Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1873, Page 2

2 THE COUNCIL Mayor Colvin's Inangural, The City Finances a Bad Conditions i Imperative Necessity for Econ- omy and Retrenchment. ‘He Recommends that the Tax-Levy Bo Reduced to 16 Mills, That the Sunday Ordinance Be Re- pealed or Modified. Fhat' the City Gas Contract Be Set Aside. And that the Building of the New Court-House Be Pogtponed. " Appointment of Standing Com- mittees-~~McGrath Chair~ man of Finance. Remarks of the Outgoing and Incoming Mayors, & 2 The noiv Council held its first mooting last ‘evening. Thero was a largo attondance of spoc- tators outsido tho fenco, whilo & number of ipoliticiana nnd offico-scokers found their way inside the sncred onclosuro. Soon after, half- pust 7, the two Mayors sppeared and weore ap- ploudod. Mayor Boud called the mesling to order, and & quorum of tho~old Council was ‘found to be prosent. Ald. Dixon moved that the minutes of the last -meeling bo approved without reading, Tho motlon was agroed to. TIANKS TO THE ACTING MAYOR. Ald, Dixon—As tho old Opouncil is now, about to adjourn, I desire to offer a resolution, Ald, McGrath—T desiro to know if that communication to the Council. Ald, Dixon—TIt is simply o resolution, I would .atato, in referonce to the outgoing mombers— nothing elso. Pho Clork road ns follows : Wiizaras, Tho dutics of the Councll are now ended, and wo soon shall part officially witl enchi ofher, and, Wirneas, W dealro to offersomo tostimouial of tho biglt appreciation of tho Lousty of purpooy aud iri variablo courfesy and fair treatmont that each aud all of un have recofved ot {ho hands of the lon. L, L. Bond, a8 Acting Muyor and presiding oflicer, therefore, Lesolred, That we ununiaiously otfer to_our worthy Acting-Mayor, L, L, Bond, our thanks, for the able amauncr in which he hos discharged tho duties of the oflice, aud touder to him our Lest wislies for his futuroe awelfare, Tho rosolution was unanimously adopted, * Ald., McGrath—I move that the retiring or outgoing Aldormon conduct their successors to their soats, It may bo necossary to adjourn ; 1 do not know what the programme ia. MAYOR DOND'S FAREWELL, Acting Moyor Bond—Gentlomen, the timo s ap- proaching which is fixed by law for tho dissolution of ihe Council of 1872 and 18737 but beforo dissolving the Connell, T desire to roturn my thalks to tho Alders e for the uniform kindness wiileh thoy hava shown ‘ta e, both in tho capacity of nu Alderman and. os o individual—to return my hearty thauks for the supe port which you have given mo, and tho_consid- evstion with which you havo treated 1o, - Asid Iuleo desire to roturn my thanksa to tho Financo Committce, Onbut two occasions, and thosa very izecently, havo I fallod to obtain a ' quorum of that is a Commitfee whenever I callod thom togothior, I thauk thom fur the atiention aud assistance thoy Linve given e and the Gouncil, and for their assiduous - attention 20 the buainess of thie city. i 1 ‘W hiavo mado our recard, gentlemon, nnd Wo must Lake it with the good and tho evil, To-night it closes, ond, could wo go back, I do not elievo that wo would wioh {o chungo it, o o I ahull not dotain you by atluding to any business which 18 upfndslicd, or anything which {a gone, for, 541 sharo with you tho rosponsibility, whintover opin- fons 1 may enterlain will bo of little Toment to you, 1 desiro, however, to say ono thing about financial ointters, 09 it s 'n polat in which tho peoplo aro deoply ' juterested, ~ It {a well kuown to you, eud will bo known fo tho peoplo hereattor, that wo mado o very heavy appropriation, and I wish to state tho reasons Why it becamo necessary, . Tho fira destroyed o vast amount of publio property, 48 woll as 3 mueh groater amount,—an fmmeno amouni—of pri- vate property, from_which wo could not thoreafter ob- lafn any rovenue, Immediately after the disastor, tho levy was reduced to ten mills, which loft tho Treasury in’ s disorgonized und dlsordercd state, aud tha city to carzy on its improvements by borrowing money by o process which s usually tormed * shin. ning," n vory expenstyo wny, as ¢ adds to tho cost of every improvement 10 or 20 percont. Thore wora also tho changes which aro incident toa remodelod Cousiitution, which, with the confusion of laws, and fhio uncertatiity of the lovy, mado it diflicult in 1873 to bring up tho doficlencles of 1871 and 172, Thoe Consti- tution itsolf prohibited tho city (wikely I {hink) fram borrowing airy monoy boyond the limit of tho noxt an- nual tux-lovy. Thero ronialued then two things for ua to do, ' One was {o lot the eury departoient got slong os best oa it could by borrowing funds tomporaclly, and the othicr was to go to tho people sud ask them for « wuiliciont aun to squaro the nccounts,and theroby avold trouble fn the future, This Council took upon liself tho responeibility of “making o lovy which would relleya tho Freastury of tho immenso drain by short lonus, and bring the finauces inio’ the condiiion required Uoth by tho citizens who Lad lost thoir ‘praperty by the fito and thio 140,000 pooplo added to hio population ofter tho calamity. Wo wanted sore #chool-louses ; our Firo Dopartmont was not deemed udoquuto to protect a wooden clty; our police fpree was understood {0 bo too smnll numorieally ; and this Council met theso difiiculties fuco fo fuco, aud saked Afor tho monoy to romove them. I thiuk, therefore, gentlomen, wo may say, whatover slus or shortcomings the outgoing Courcil Ty have been gullty of, that it s cnoof tho bravest Cousills that ot oF canvensd tn tho oty ‘A éaii, gontlomon, T (hauk sou, T shal iot detaln you with further remarks, but now declaro tho easion of 18713 closed, : Ald. McGrath ronowed his motion about tha outgoing Aldermon conducting fhe incoming ones to their seats, and it was agreed to. THE NEW COUNOIL. > The Clerk called the roll of the new Council, snd tho following Aldormen auswered *‘hera": Richnrdeon, Foley, Warren, Dixon, Cooy, Fitz- perald, Sidwell, hgn.uldmg‘ Dickarlug, Stons, Behmitz, Roidy, MeClowry, Cullerton, M. B, Bail- oy, Hildreth, O'Drion, T. l!.]]mlu]};, Clark, Wood- mnn, Koboo, White, Mliner, Hoath, Moara, Gumpball, Quirl, Cloveland, Eckhurdt, Mc- Grath, Mahr, Btout, Schaffner, Longacher, Can- non, Murphy, Brand, Lynch, Corcoran, Jonas, INDUOTING THE MAYOR, 4 Mayor Bond—As the Mayor oloct hins not beon wworn in, the Aldermen” will please atand up whilo the Olork admiuistors tho onth. All aroso, und the Clork administored tho asual oath of oftice to Mayor Colvin. M‘n{or Bond—Gentlemon, I have the honor and thoe pleasure of introducing to you the Hon, Haryey D. Colvin, who will bo your Mayor, and {mmhle over your deliborations, for tho coming VO yonrd, BTAYOR COLVIN'S RIEMARKS. Mayor Colviu—tentlemen of tho Qounell: Tn ss- sumitug 1o dutles of the oflice of Muyor of the City of Chicugo, I do wo with greal diiidence ss to my abily, und phal elafia from you wll the judulgerica that you will hava the paticito to give me, Under {ho Sayor's bill it Locomes my daty, a8 Mogor, {o Jprescnt to you ut this timo wy tnnugural, which 1 ‘proposo Lo do; but beforo dolng o, T purpise saying o few words to thls Counell in regard to thosituation as svo findl it 3 and I Lopo those who were eloctod on tho othier ticket will not regard what I am about to ssy »5 out of place on thia ceasion, I must alludo to the post, 1 wuat alludo to tho ‘rocent election, whicl pluced me, and mavy of the gentlenien who aro 080~ Zinted with mo, whero wo aro townight, “There wus & party known in the last eanvnss as tho Pooplo's party, and suother ouo known as tho Oltizens’" party, 1 felt bound to identify mysolf with the for- ner, and many of you gontlomien wero with mo, Wo avent iuto the canvass sud contoatod 1t 18 wo wuiporad and belisvod, on priuciple, Wo promlsed the people, i1 elocted, that wo would do tho Lest inour power to &ivo thiom a good and economical government, —'Thin blodyo, 50 far a8 I am concorned, goutlomen, 1 tntend {ovaloun ; and 1 sliall call upou ovory ono Wha was elocted with mo, and ask to do tho ynmno, [Applause,] For, gentlomon, 1t is “in your hands, and in mino to & considerable extent, to Bay what burdens the peoplo of Olicago shall bear, S gy porhape, nos fl to pass an ordiuanco, but To- momiber 'the prerogativo of tho Mayor—the power to voto, I hope it will nover bocome nccessary to exer- elso it 80 Jong a X hold the oflice, T desire tu bo on good termsa with tho Councl, not puly with those Aldermen who wara elootod with me, piy THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1873. o but with all who composo this body. I doalro ‘o * consult’ i7lth thom, and ~ wish Hom to eonanll with nto If thay thitk- it- necessary to o Ao; in ordar tint wo nisy Artivo at auch conclisions as shull Le boueficial to the peoplo of our city, 1t {3 10t nocoseary for mo to asy anybhing in regard to tho polioy of the now Admipiateation, for tha rone sou that Lhe inwugural address sets it for(h quite full With ticao remarka, gontlomon, X willnsk the Olork; with your pormisston, to read the nddress, TIE INAUGURAT ADDRESS. Tho Clork road ns follows ¢ Gentlemen af the Common Connetl : ; A shiotp and bitter, but dooisive, contest has placed tho Administral of which I have tho honor ‘to Lo tho head i1t slon of tho Olty. Governmont, 1 During that contest thono opposod Lo ua rosorted {o ofery pousible means, not only (o mistoprosont our po- Htical Viown, but o siauder privato charactor, Tho animdeitios and jentouslea of rollgion, national- ity, sudl raco wore selzad upon with avidify for tho TUTpOsD of - Weaning from us yopular support, This modo of conducting o political campalgu tended {o yrejuiies tio minds of nnuy porsons, Goll at homa and abroad, ngainat tho movement which hea placod us {nour prosont postion, - "Not only o, but it tended to creato tho impression ihat the ndvent of this Administration to power would Dring not only hio good namo bub tho finanolal {nteg-, rity of the cityinto disreputo,- T viow of thoso facts, ovary mombor of tho now avorument has, in additioh to motives of patriotism, thona of porsonsl prido to impol him to tho task mol bofore bitn, 1o mut holp ot obly to _disprovo tha clinpgen which havo boon 80 rocklossly Lioapod upon un in tho past, but to roscuo the city from their possiblo ovil offects §n thofuture, Ouly by such sotion can wo disnrm thoso who liavo misroprosonted ns. . Buch & couras of conduct dlono will inspire confidenca fhat {his Administeation is not o roprocntalivo of o parly aa distinct from tho community at large. Gentlomon of tho Douncll, I look to you fo unite with mo i ovory Iawful moans to this oud, With you lice tho inftiativo of overy moatro of oxpeuditiro. Tho strong desiro of oach Alderman to urge works for tho benefit of Lis ward js tho main provocativo to usc. Ioss of oxcessivo exponditures, It is alno tho inclting caugo of tho creation of rings," which oo tho pa~ ronts not only of wastoful appropriations, but of cor- rupt and fraudulent schomes. n ovory instanco of exponditura esch momber of tho Councll should have an oyo sa much to tho gonoral Ainanclal aiatus of tho city ns to the particular intorcst of ifs soction, Only by keoplug this principloof action steadily {n viow can wo prosoryo o healthy condition of our finance, Wa cannot honeatly shift tho responsibility of bad Iegislation upon sny Board or officor, as has ofton harotoforo beon attemptod, You voto the appropri- ations, ‘Tho business of Bonrda and officers 1a to oo that they are faithfully and houestly expended. T om urgont upon thia poiut of economy for two polent ressons: Tho firat is, th deprosscd condition of tho gonoral financo and trado of tho country: tho socond i the fact that wo hiavo assumod the adinlnis~ tzation of & city whoso finsnces ro by no meana in & prosperous, or oven healthy, condition, It will ro- quire, not only tlio utmost oconomy,of oxpenditure, but tho most prudent and skiliful finencial manago- ‘mont, not morely to carry on tho' Governmont, but to protect the crodit of tho city, In a word, gentlomen, our ecesrors leavo us an ompty Treasury, with Habilities to o large nmount ‘maturing in tho toar future, - FINANOES, % Every good businoss man poriodieslly tales an nc- count of stock, t us, then, look Into tho nasels which will bo turned -over to ua and the liabilitica which wo il havo o moot. Horo i iho balanco- slicot: - : C y Tmmediate Resources, Tax certifleatoa of -aalo now hold on prop: erty forfoltod to thoclty in 1873, in round DUDDOTE. v e s e g Lrienere $600,000,00 Tax_cortificatos of salo of 1873, 'aiso’s0 = ' held..vuuoos 54,707,36 Balance of canal - F:{ city.... 100,000.00 . $764,707,30 i ,533,054,08 Bonds dup Jnn, 1, 1674, . 60,000.00 Inh:gwll due Jan,'1, 1874 + 467,750,00 0L ivvtssaensenvane senansenssons 81,801, 70408 Nearly the entire amount_of tbo Soating dobt ma- tures prior to tho lst of April nost ; . » lurga portion of It in January and_Fobrunry, So thattomeet nearly $2,000,000 of Labilitles, tho city has ‘the small sum'o $100,000 duo by tho Btale, snd_whintovor amounts cai Do realized from the nbovo $000,000 of tax. cortificates umd from ihe probably vary small amouutof faxen whioh can bo collocted fo_Apil 1, 1874.. In_addition, funds must bo provided with which to nioet the general oxpensca of tho Government, o constitutional linit of the bondodl debt of tho elly 16 6 por cont of tho last nsscesment for Stato snd county purposes,’ According to tho oqualization of Blato faxes this yonr, which- tho vost majority of tho cltizens of ook Coudty considor unjus, ths Valuation would ba t, North Divislon, 23,070,154 South Division, 123,118,762 Weat Dlvisfon. 84,741,023 220,836,008 Total, Fivo por cont of this nmount f 11,402,700 ; but our present * boniled- dobt is 81,644,000, and 4 thus still $2,061,204 in excoss of tho constitutionsl imit, So that we cannot raiso any fcther smounts upon bonds, in order to moot tho floating debt fulling duo botween now ond_tho 18t of April, tho interest duo on tho st of Junuary, nd. {bo currcht o¥ponses of tho Goverii= ment, $ad In faco of the prescnt . monatary stelugency, it i hoploss o expact Lo resizo upon any lacgo poriiin of 110 $600,000 of unpald tax cortificates, Not loss thun $000,000'0f_such; running back to 1805, havo poriodi- cally beon usod fo swell tho nxsata in tho Compiroller’a Toports, This, I foar, 4 tho oy bouefit tho city will dorive from this latter amount, In fact, tho warrants uupon whloh thoso cortificatos aro founded, with tho ex- coption of thoig. for 1671, Liavo bocn deatroyod i tho reat fire, S 814 i trvio that thoro s $1,100,000 fn_round numbers in-{lio Treasury ; but this.fum 18 deposited to tho crod- it of spocial funds, Thun $700,000 18 to meot” the cost of tho wator-tuniiel and for water-purposos gonerally ; | $100,000 belongs to tho publio building ; whils the ro- ainder i sot apart for tho school and different sink- ing funds, * Thoro is thus no considerable amount of ‘monoy in the Treasury o tho creditof tho gencralox- a0 fund, and thus svallsblo to moot the sbovo la- ol Tho fotal sppropriations for the year ending April 1, 1874, 0ro $6,065,687.20, Theso nro to bo mot by thd xcb, liconses, and ioa to Lo colleclod during (Lo on- auing yoar, Dut, when you considgr that fully one- third of the aboveamount will Lo ‘consumed ‘in tho liquidation of matured indebtedness, you should bo ‘most seriously impressod with tho necéssity.of rigid and searching economy, a5 I am alao informed, that the tax for 1873, mot yet Tovied, will not probably bo Jess than 20 miila on fho dollar, ‘This {s b mills more than that of 1872, And’| tha laiter was falt by our vitizen to b o very onerous Tovy. Werl “Itio valuation of real nnd pereonal property for 1873 1aa Httlo over $311,000,000, - Tt1s-a crious..quostion, for you, gentlome, whotlior, In theso hard times, with sl an oxtromely. Hiringont, money mazkot, and i faco of the unjust tax which the State Board of Equal-" ization has anddled upon this county, our aitizens can megt s vory onorous lovy of 3. por’ cont, . For. my part I dohot boliovo thoy can: If wilha jovy of only 16 milla lsst year the city finda unpald tax cortificates to tho amouint of $600,000 on ita Lunds, whist amount of auch certificates moy wo not expoct to find unpaid at tho cloao of 1874, under a-Jovy of.20 milli? Tha tax Jovy of 1671 wad .cut down from 15 to 10 mills, ‘Ought ‘ot tho levy of 1873 bo out down at' least to the figuroa of last year? With this objoct in viow I rosommond that it uppropriations, oxeapt for oblecta ofabaolute necossiy, bo disponaod wil. . For sanitary considorations, our Howerago, including tio sowor with, which to flush the North Branch, must. Lo extondod.; Somust onr water-mains, It Iy bo nocessary {0 conatruct o faw tomporary schiool and cngine bouses, But T carnestly aubnitt that all_approprintiotis_othor than for objocts of actnal noceaslty bo disponsed with, 50 that tho tax- lovy of 1873 may, f possiblo, bo cu down to figuros whicli will not. Lo #o. onarotlsly op- preasivo s to ulmost absolutely -endangor s collec-, tion, i o ‘We find tho tax-payer of to-day heavily and unwont~ edly oppressed by threo distinctly operative causca: 1, ‘T'he-buainess of the'conntry 1s sorioualy depressed. 2, ‘Tho purchasing power of ifs curreucy, ia largely on- Lanced. 3, The burden of our city spd county taxa- tion is enormously increased, . | k- 3 ‘Tho obatacles in tho way of not mierely ‘mecting its current oxpenses, but of protecting the ‘credit of 10 clty, are made atfil more formidublo by tho dificulty of obfuining loans, . I Tearn that applications latoly muda at tho E«st have boon rojected, ‘Ihus we havo imposed . upon us tho task of not only lquiduting tho debts con- tracted by our prodecessors in ofiice, but of ro-eatab- lshing our city's credit, ks Lot us, thon, resolutely aud consciontionily act onr- solves 6'tho work boforo us,” Lot us dopond upon onr oown exortions rathor than upon tho prospeet of exters nalald. You or I may hold views for or sgaiust Con- gresslcool ald, as regards the oasement of tho prosent monogey niriigoncy. Still ot ua not bo led syay by uny hdpos of rolief which may or may not acerus from 2 moro {avorablo gencral finnnclal, or businces atatus, Tathor let us st once lxiliato » strictly economical ‘movement in every branob of the govornment. Let us, in theso hard times, not upon tho “pay. a4 you go' principlo, By #0 actiug wa will not only tho moro of- Toctually luolp ourdolves in olir prosont s, but tio moroe ]ml*}a ly domonetrato to others our spprociation oty ot ability o copo witl, thoituation, - i Itho following statemont, exhibiting tho bonded and flonting debt of thn city' from -April, 186, to April, 1873, will Bliow_by haw much, within & brief porica of four years, wo bisvo boen ingroasing our dlobts. | OrADRL 1, 180, tho bondad dobt. of ‘the. Fity ‘wad: £300,871,50—a ' total of $7,852,600 ; tho fonting dobl, $41160,371,50, Tho resourccs’ for Aprit1, 1871, woro $5,018860.91, 'On April 1, 1871, tho' bonded. dobt was'nominally $14,103,000, but 10 faot'$13,644,000; Donds to the awount of'$559,000 had beon bought i for and held Ly tho elty, tho cily boiny ¢ amount, Tho floating dubk .at that dafo was $31d, 91,45, "Thus tho tolal bondod and flosting dobt on April1, 1671, wiaa $13,888,421.46~belug $6,000,040,05 ‘moro than on April 1, 166, 5] On April 1, 1673, illo bondod. dobt was $1,544,000, tiing o saztio o8 'that of Apriil, 1871 (thg honds In the slnking fund Laving beon Lurnod and’ cancelod). The floating dobt was $1,840,033.04—n total of 815,393~ 332,04, or m increnso’ of ' $644,010.60. In addition, $2,000,012,43, vopald by the Stato o tho clty ou acoounl of tiio canal improvemont, was rocelved up o April 1, 1878—moking » total of $3,631,623,02. of . redources over and above tho recclpts from taxes and miscollaneous sources, 1t will bo seen by this that tn four years, during which our population increased from probubly 205,000 ut 50,000, or 82 per cent, tho indebtedness of the city (bouded aud flonting) lisd 'fncresscd from $4,180,« 16,303,332,04, O 68 por cent, In addition, s nouut of over $2,000,000 of assets ébdlna the moue; celved from Ui ‘Btafo) had buon added to tho ourren Toculpt, AUNDAY Taw, During o last muvicipal admintatration tho atten- tlon of our commuulty hias, Lo a great extont, boou di= Yorlod from all guoutions rofurriug to an economical manogomont of tho olty Guances, or ovon to the pro- foollon of lfo and praporty, by efforis us rullless s {hoy wera {rantlo, o ouforc cartain ordinances in vo- gard o the obuervation'of tho firat day of tho weok, Itiaa well-known fact that those ordinsaces, how mucli Aoavor thoy may havo been In consonines with fimcuu- papulation at tho timo of thofr enaotment, nvo coased to bo ro, slnce Clilcngo sy, by -tho hars ‘monlonts co-nporation of citizona elonglhg to affforent natiounlitien, grown from a villago to tho cank of ono of tho grent ¢llicn of tho world, For arorles of yoara 1t hias boew tho practico of our municipal adminintra- tion o tront. thoso ordiiances-an “obsolate,” nnd to rofrain from enforeliy thom. 1 desonunce that practiva, but meroly (o atato’ that with= i1 tho Inat yenr it lina ‘hocomo dintasteful to o largo ortion of tlio commuuity, In our Into election the snuo lins been fairly nnd N!r!l\ru|y mnde whether flio oxiating ordinunces shall Do rolained and . enforcod, or, upon tho ollier hand, cither re- penlod' of 80 modified a8 Lo bo i connonanco with the Dresent_slata of publlo_opinion in our community, A majority of our peoplo, Ao ovorwholming that i would be propostorous to dosignato_ tholr declslon n o anap Judgment, or Lo cavll ot s mosuing, haa declded {ho qucatiou in'fayor of tho Inttor nltcrnative, It bo- hoovea ail good citizons who bollovo in ‘the principl of our republican forin of govornmont to, actopk tint popular decislon_to which, following tho advico of my ‘prodocessor {n offico, thoy Nave npperlod, There s 1o Toason to foar that thoso who cousclontlously bollav o oziting brdinances ypon tho hfect o bo dlctated Dy a apirit of rollglous intoloranco incompntiblo with the o rit of our ngo, will, on tholr ‘own part, defy tho apirit of mutual toloration. If tho Common Cotncll, in lta wisdom, and having undoubtedly full powor upon the subJoct, should_dotorming cithor to ropeal or ity tho Hiundby proibitions and Suiday elsuscs fu the Licenso law, or to fully sccuro tho religions oxer- ¢lsos of a portion of our citizens from alf disturbance, ‘witliout fntorfering with tho harmless enjoymonta of ofhor citizons, it will do no moro than ita duty townrd thio majority of the pooplo af thia clty. . Tho adminlstration of tho Publia’ Beliools, Pallce, Tiro, Waler, Bowerage, ond Publio Groundy Depnrte mens of o clty will eall for caroful aud prudent Toglslation, oLy, somo Onr public sohoola should bo made tho means of imparting knowledgo of tho most ureful charactor, Thoso ncquiramonts cssontisl to ordinary busincss avocations should bavo procedence, . 1t {s sufliciont to oxpoat tho city {o furnioh {ho risiug goneration withs auch {nsiruction ns will provido tho basia ruther than tho superatructuro of thorough education, Tho total amouiit {o the crodit of tho achool fund, with the Sahool Agent, i $16,185.07, tho "“two yoars o, | . s own croditor to that* . POLIOR, Our polico pyatom ‘should bo conducted upon tho principle of tho prevontion rather thou_tho puniah- mont of erlmo, Nor should tho city sesk to obtaln rovento by means of any of tho provalont forms of vico, When it doos it becomes particops criminia_in {ho infquity It profesaca to_punish or suppreus, My nstura revolts againat this borbsrous and_brutal prac~ tico, not puraued for {lio purposo of oxtirpaling vico, but with thie objoct of adding a fow poitry dollara (o tho publlo revenuo, I shall nover recoivo my sance tion, Al tlint can uscfully bo accomplistied in this dircetion {a tho mitigation of tho mora glaring and do- moralizing effects of that which in all ages and anion all races has oxisted a8 an ovil that may bo mitigated, o, porhaps, regulated, but which hos nover yot. beon exterminatod, Tollco officers should bo mado {o understand and fool that Inwa aro onacted o3 much to profect tho un~ fortunato as to punish tho wicked. Inno caso should & pordon bo inlumancly treated simply becauso Lo s been arroated for somo petty offouso or misdemoanor, 1 am docidedly opposcd to U practico of poilco offl- cors. rocelving moncy, in tho alape of rewards for sorvicos rondored, from any corporation or Individual, Iot them look (b tho city alono for remunoration. Buch practico will, sooner or Inter, end in tho forco be- comiug merely the {natrumont of great corporations or woalthy tndividuals, i . FINE DEPARTMENT, . o maintain our Firo Dopartmont In tho highost ntato of olficiency should bo ono of your chief curcs, Tho objective polnt In (o contest against our moat throatoning sud dangerous firea {s tlio sontiwestorn ' istrlct of the city, Lvery possiblo means should bo used to procuro o plentiful supply of water for thia district, Tho tunncl now being constructed in that diroction muy.bo mudo availablo for an independent wator supply for firo purposca, WATER-MAING, Tho embarrasaed condition of tho finances will ine torforo with s liboral cxtenslon of our water-mafns, 1 nuggest, howover, that in insinnces of tho eroction of Jargo munufactories in tho outskirts of tho ity re- quiring water, the mains should, if posaible, bo ex- tended to thelr neighborhoods, ' Such an cxtension will creato ravenuo in tho form of increasod taxon, i ©BRWERAGE. ‘Tho outlying wards will also for tho same causo suf- fer-for want of sewerngo, This is to bo rogretied, Heretoforo tho inlylng wards have been comparatively too lighly favored in this respect. Tor somo tima to como o situntion ehiould, I possibio, bo reversed. THF, COUNT-HOUAF. PG 1 am opposed to tho construction nt tho preéent timoof tha proposgd city aud county buildings for court and municipnl purposes, Tho financial condi- ; tion of thecountry gencrally, snd of tho City Treanury paiiculnsly, puts aicls consfriction out of tho povsi= flitics, 1o theso viows T um confident that T am sun- tainod by an_ oyorwholming mafority of our citizenn, In this conncetion T may add thit 00,000 of tho fund sppropristed to tho city by tho State for thia purposo i boou diverted to oflier objects by tho precoding, and must, of course, bo roplaced by this or tho suc- ceoding Admintstration st rome futuro perlod, . TANLS, It will Lo n question for you to consider whother s0ma of tho Bonrds of Commixalonces of Parks should not b abolished, The control of all theao public ounds might be tranaforred eithor 1 tho Board of Flablio Works or coutralized in ouo Boned of Park Gommisstoncrs. A cliungo of ihis character would savo & Iacgo snount of oxvenditure, ond not intorfero with 0 judiclous insuagoment of {his branchof our Qity Government, OUR LABONING OLARSES, . Targo numbern of pereons wiil doubiless bo thrown out of crmploymont e coming wintor, WOSk for such ‘might hoprovidod to a consfderablo vxtent in cloaring away the unaightly dobris now cumbering (o Court~ Hotso Square, of ot fomo other nccessney labor, It il bo fonmd oro proftablo to smploy such persous than to bo compellod to aupport thow: without employ- ‘mont, BPECIAY, COMMNITTER ON LEGIRLATION, ; X recommend for consideraton th appolntrent of o ‘speolul committeo on Stato logislation for Coolt Counly. Our Tax law nceds a thorough rovision, Thip present law provides for tho asscasment of real and porsonal proporty in tho possession of partics on tho 1nt of Muy fu each year, Instead of such, on avor- ago valuation for tho wholo year should bo talicn, By {ha prosont. mode, lrga nmount of property, con- sisting of vouuls, coal, firowood, fure, and athor varle- ties of morchiandiso, cecapcs taxation, A lirgo num- Ler of persons also Temove from thelr lubitations or storca on the 1st of May, and thun escapo asscasmont, It s probable that by an averagoyoarly valuntion ot Joust $60,000,000 could bo added 1o the asseasincnt of taxablo proporty. ¥ viADUOTS, o TATLWA Dut wo visducts bve been conatructod ncross tho many ralway tracks in the city, Tho companics aro legally and morally bouud to constriict such vinduets, Tho courts havo so deoided. And eceing that they yosnces milea of track frontage, it 1n unquestionably propor thut thiey should bo compulled to comply with tho requirements of tho law, at least in thomore popu- Tous portions of tho clly. A aas, The cost of lighting tho city amounts to tho cnor- mous sum of $400,000 por annum. T'he pumber of atroot lamps {6 7,344, at an oxpenso of over £56 per an- num eah. Yo thia imust bo addod tho cost o lighting tho various publio ofliccs, ‘Tho contracts mndo pre-. vious to tho present with tho gas_companies wero for ton yeara, from 1850 101809, ~ ‘Ihioso wero Tenowoed fu 1869, und mado to_oxtend to 1870, It iw'a question, whelher such contracts aro binding. 1 am informed that tho Supremo Gourts of this and_ other States hayo decidad thal no municipal corporation has the right to. contret {o pay sums greator tbun the amounls Yearly appropriated for specliio purposcs, ~ An offort should bomada to uavo tlio city o portion of this cuormous outlay, 2 In conicluslon, gontlomon, I would ndd fhat, in view of the prostrated condition of our Olty Treasiiry, our follow-citizous loudly call upon you for economicul leglslution, At the samo timo, thoy look to mo for o prompt interposilion of my voto to any measure of Swusteful, oxcossive, or corrupt oxpendituro, I hopa and trust that nelthier will full in the duties of our re~ spectivo proviuces, Tu thoovont thint wo do not, wo eball acquit oursclves to_onr own and the publio eatis- fuctlon, and recelvo the raward due to good and faith- ful porvauts, . REFERENOE OF THE ADDRESS. Ald, McGrath offored tho following, which ‘was adopted : Resolved, - That tho sppropriate standing commite toos, when' appointed, bo instructed fo consider the various mndters apporiaining to therr dutics, embraced in tho {usugural wossago of His Honor tho Moyor, with tho viow of submittivg such ordinances, an recommonding kuch legiulation, us moy bo nocousary to carry the samo into effect, . REDUCING THE TAX LEVY, & b Ald, Campboll offered the following : Resolved, That tho tax levy of over $0,000,000 for the fiical year 1873 18 opprossivo, and ought'to bo reduced; an Rtesalved, That tho Finance Commfttes he, and thoy are iereby, instructed to tako immodiate slops to ro; duca suld’tax lovy to $4,000,000, provided, i tiio apln® fon of tha Corporation Uouniul, it cau bo done, and zo- port their uction to” thls Coumell at thelr’ earliest convenionco, ® Ald. MoGrath did. not ‘want the notion of tho Council forestaliod. i . Ald. Cullerton moved to lay over and publish. I {:hl. Dixon wishod . to hava & voto on tho roso- ution, : : + Ald: MoGrath moved to tablo, and it was tabled ~=y088, %‘;mm 8, 163 nls tnug\rux i ¢ . Yeus—luchurdson, Toloy, Fitzgorald, Schmitz, Ry, MeGlowr, Yutiorton: 3. 1 Bagier Wildretls, O'Trlon, T, IL, Batloy, Kohioo, White, Eckhardt, Mc. «Grath, ‘Malir, *Btout, ; Lengachor, Cannon, Murphy, Brund, L@u(x. Corcoran, Jonns—24, Naye—Warron, Dizon, Gooy, Sldwell, Spanlding, Pickering, Stonn, Olurk, Woodman, Minor, Jeatl, Mooro, Camphell, Quirk, Oloveland, Hehafinvr—10, . THE BTANDING COMMITTEES, Y Mayor Colvin—I am now propared to appolnt the Committoos, and give fD\I, gontlemon, an - opportunity to nndorstand who 18 who, By ob- oot in dosignating tho Committoos to-night is hat thoy may take nction as early as possiblo, lflrtltrlx‘m:;tuny that l? s bfll j:lmlnu to our peoplo that that nppropristion should be cut down, if it {s possible to do it, 4 lhe Clerk thon read which 18 g follows ; Finance—MeGraty, Bpoulding, Lynch, Schaffnor, oath, * Hatlronds—Lengachor, Richardson, McGrall, Blout, ‘Woodmuu, Judiclary~Rickirdson, Cannon,. White, Cullorton, Campbell, Fire and Water—Corcoran, Malir, Foloy, Woodman, no, ‘Schools—bToore, Teldy, Eckhardt, Lynch, Clovelaud, streets and Alleys, S D—Hchinit Poloy, Bpaiding, ik cliniz, slono, Copy; AcOlowry, Hildrett, Ko- Strectaand Alleye, Miner, 0'Wriow, Oatapbol, Oloye- tho list of Committess, hos, Woodman, Stheets dzllll N, D,~Lynck, Cannon, O Streets and Alleys, ~Lynch, Cann g Alleys ) lorooran, tho publio opinfon of o compuratively small aid homo-" It Is not intended to, " Wharvea and Publia Grounds—Cannon, sehfinu}. Moare, donan, Tialloy- (T, 1L.). A : Whirfing, Privilegea—Tolioe, Cleveland, O'Brieh, Warrom, Olark, s o ocal Assinmente—Fitzghrald, Mooro, Roldy, 11t droth, hlury .'nllifillmtll—yv.hl!o, Tealls, Balloy (T IL), Spaulding, Ifcennes—~Trand, Dailey (T, IT), Mahr, Reldy, Cor- ;z%fificd—sdmflngr, Tichardson Murphy, Cullertdn Mll;'ml,mhu—auunr(nn, Jonue, Plekoring, Bohofner, Harbér and nrmf-'-.mmmm, ooy, Blilyoll, Lon- gacher, Bafley (1", 1 oo LPrinting—1to) tzgorald, McGrath, Murphy, Dalloy O, Ty, i larketi—Siout, 0'Bricn, Watron, Quirk, Sdwell, Publte Juildiga—Dallby (M. B.), Bchimitz, Gooy, Ticatly, Brand, County Relations—Plekoring, Brand, Batley (T, 11,), Tho Counell thon adjonrnod. ————————— CITY' AND. COUNTY OFFICES. e Thomas D. Barrett, for & long time Chiof Doputy Olork of tho Criminal Court; ins beon Hildreth, Dixon, | rotnined in that position by Mr. Doylo, snd was sworn in yostorday morning. The Recordor of Deeds bogan business'yoster-~ day morning in'his now quartors in tho Times Building. What records tho county posscssos weore romoved théro in a couplo of oxpress ‘Wagons, Tho Banitary Superintendont stated yestorday tlnt thoro was a slight increaso in tho numbor of houses Infocted with small-pox last woek, ns comparod with tho provious one. 'Tho deaths wora ono loss, and ho thinks thero isno causo for alarm. The Board of Public Works do not know when worle on the Fullorton avenue sewor will be comnonced. Only a partial appropriation has beon mndo, and a question has arison as to tho right of tho Board to lot tho contract to con- struct o portion of the sower. Monoy is soarce, and thoy seom inclined to defor the worl, be- lioving that wages will soon come down, and that the sewor can bo laid for much losa’ than tho eatimated cost. Tho new County Treasuror, H. B. Miller, will begiu the discharge of his duties to-day. Itis underatood that William Boyer, who has been Cashior for soven yoars, will bo retamed. Tho clorical force 18 now small, aud no changos are oxpoctod. Dan O'Hara hos not yot bogun his dutlos as Oty Tronsurcr, Iis bond has to bo approved b{ tho Conucil, which sannot be done for a woelk nflonst, 'Thomas Bronnan, who has boon om- Eloyod in City-Collootor Von Hollon's ofice, will 0 tho Cashior, Llio placo in o be Allod by s brother of Austin Doyle, * ‘Thus onily in tho senson tho-employe of the Doard of Public Works in, charge of the firo liydrants says that ho has found quito a num- bor frozen. " o patially nitributes this condi- tion to the carelessness of firomon, who, after 1ualng them, do not *turn thom off tight,” aud tho consequonce is that the small amount of water allowed to riso in hydrants oasily congenla, Hoplso throws somo blamo on tio stroat- sprinlders, The Qlork of the Circult Court of Cook County is roquired by law to report twlco a yoar the ro- coiptu of tho office from feos, and his expondi- tures, Yestorday, Mr. Jacob Groes, tho Olerk of tho nbove Court made his socond roport, showing that ie had roceived about 821,000, and paid out about $11,000, lnnving to_the oredit of tho county tho sum of $10,684.04, 'Tho expenscs iuelude tho snlarios of elevon asistante, ranging from 1,000 1o $3,400, aud uearly £700 for tho stationory used. A froat many pooplo supposod that tho re- conily clectoil ofty oflicors wonld take charge of their departments yostordsy at noon, aud con- scqunnufiquitu o crowd collectod in and nbout the City nll’ to roo nud hear, if possible, what took place. Thoy wora disappointed, however, Mayor Colvin alone moking his appoarance, aux Do ‘not Lo raliove Acting-duyor Bond, but gimp- lg to got eoma information. It was oxpocted that ho would drop in about noow pud suporsode Mr. Bond, and soveral Aldermon wore in tko Mayor's officc awaiting his arival. He cano et the hour mentioned, and aftor being introduced ho shoolt hands with all regout, - Ald, Moore asked him {f 0 nd como with the intontion of put- ting tho harness” on. *No,” ho repliod, *1 want to learn something ubout’ the programmo at the Council meoting in the Bvonll:P; Mayor Bond retires to-night, as I understand it, snd I succeed bim, and will bo around in the mornin for business.” Corporation Counsel Tuloy o Compiroller Burley ontered 'tho ofiico ab this juncturo, and o genoral convorsation onsued, during the course of which tho Mayor oloct was infornied as to the customary mathod of induct- ing o Mayor into oflico. Bubaoquently, ko bad o privato conversntion with Comptroller Burley in the little offico of tho latter, and fioally weut woy accompanied by J. K. O, Forreat, Tho.Bonrd of Police mot at half-past 2 o'clock in" tho sftornoon; preseut, Commissiouors Cloveland and Shoridan, Cominissioner-clect Reno was rmong the spectators. Afler suditing tho time rolls of, the T'iro and Polica Dopurt- ments, tho Bonrd adjourned. Commissioner Bheridan_and Mr. Rono immodiately loft tho room, and cailed on Acting-Mayor Bond, and asiced bim if Rono wns not_entitiod to tako his sent 08 o Commissionor, Mr, Boud thought ho wnd, Tenobhad been elected to fill the unox- pired term of Mr. Brown, and Brown’s torm ex- pirod on tho lst inst, ' ¥once, all Mr. Rono would Linve to do, wouid bo to qualify, fllo Lis bond, and take his soat, .This Mr. Reno did ~ nbout four days _ago, - Bhoridan and ho thon visited the City Clerk's offico to get o certificato, Gon, Hotchkiss receivod them with a smilo, but told them ho could not issno a commission, a8 Mayor Colvin was not in the City Hall. Shoridan .tried to convince him that the Mayor's bill Lad nothing to do with it, but Hotchliss said it was useloss to ask for the commisaion; if the Mayor had notified him to issuo ono it would be all’ right; - but in the ab-. genco of inntructions he could not do it. ‘Shori- dan booumo nngry, and told Hotehkise if his term did not oxpira noxt woek, ho would have bim impeachod for stubbornness and rofusing to do bis duty. Ifotehkiss remained tnmovad by Bhoridan's threats, and the latter and Reno went away disgusted. ¥ —_— RAILROAD NEWS. ONI0AGO 4 LAKE HURON BOAD. The Europoan ddmlinistrations Comploir for Amorican railrond seourities, has reported to tho bondholders of the Chibago & Lake Huron Tiailroad Company, concorning the polioy, which it s ndvisablo for them to tnko. Thero aro 81,- 800,000 of 7 por bent bonds outatanding on tho Michigan Beotion, on which coupons for iwo yours are unpaid, making $504,000 overdue for intorost of tho £2,000,000 loan on the Michigan Indions & Illinols Seotion; $706,000 was sold, sbsolutely; $1,000,000 has been deposited with - tho Continental Improvemont Company, and the Ponnsylvania_Company as a pledge for the poymont of 850,000 duo theso uompanies for work dono, $274,000 is in the hands of 8, W, I{a(Fk!na & Uo., na seourity for dobts due that firm, and 21,000 in the bands ot Crorar, Adnms & Co. The roport of tho Adwministration anys that if tho mortgn?u should be foreclosed the holdors of theso pledged bonda would come in for their full Yroporuou according to the fnco of-the bonds in | hoir Liands, whilo there aro some floating dobts which aro prior to'the mortgage, The Adminis- tration bolicvos it to-bo for the best intorests of the hondholders to ondeavor to socuro the com- pletion of -the rond aa a through lino from Chi- cago to o connection with the GrandTrunk and the Great Wostorn of Canadn at Port Huran, his is already- provided for on tho cnst by m contract_for consolidation with tho Port Huron & Lako Miobigan-Railrond, whioh has boen for somo timo in operation from Port Huron wost 060 milos to Flint, Ou tho west & contraot made with the Pittsburgh, Fort Waynoe & Chicago Com- pany gives it the use of that road from the wost- ern terminus of the Poninaular oad at Valpa- ruiso, Ind,, into Ohicago, & distanco of 44 milos, I'hero is thon In oporation of: this line tho 44 miles of tho Fort Wayne Road from Chicago to Valpavaiso, the 165 of the Poninsular from Valpa- ralso to Lnusmg,1 Mich., oud the 66 of tho Dort Huron & Loke Miohigan from Port Huron to Flint, Mich. Tho finp botwoen Lansing snd Flint fs but 50 milos long, and tho twolast-named companies Llave mado & contract of consollda- tion uuder tho name of “Qhloago & Lako Huron," and will eudeavor to completo this gap, after which thero will bo no obataclo to the ruu- ning of trains through betwoen Chioago and Tort Huron, and such n_connection with the Grept Woatorn or Grand Trunk, or both, s will enable frelght aud passongor cars to run ‘Immgh by this routo betwoen Obicagoand New York and Toston, as thoy now do by the Michigan Central and tho Lako Bhoro routos, - with which it would bo & diroct compotitor, From Ohicago to Port Huron tho distauco will bo 835 miles by this route, and to Bulfalo 521 yles, whio {s us short a8 any other route, or nearly so, “ho Admivintration has minde s oontract with the Ublcago & Lako Huron Company, which ostpones the paymont of all coupous until May, 878, in oconsldoration of which tho Company sgreos to pay G per cent intareat on the coupons afler thoy becomo duo, to pay the. dobts which uta prior to tho mortgagen, Lo roliove tha §1,000,¢ 000 plodgad for the dabt of 8460,000, and to'come [flule tho line by constructing’the soction. he- woen Plint and Lansing bofore tho ond of 1875, Mr. L. H. Moyar, of Now York, s mado 'Iritatoo- for tho bendhiolders under this agroemont. An this lino is so near'y compluted, and will b mnde Ao much moro valunblo by completion, thero being £wo good connoctions enstward with ono or the other of which lutimate relations can doubtlosy Lo extablishiod, it sooing wiee thac gront: offorts should ba mado to fiulsh Lhis liva, whon: it will o compornblo 08 a ronto for throught troflio with tho Michigan Central, or tho Lake Bhora's Lino from Chlcago to Toledo, It will probably algo besnsed to give n Chicago connoe- tion to tho Grand Rapids & Indinua, TOSTON, NEW YORK & ClI0AGO. l Tho lately, organizod Boston, New York & Ohicago Rallroad Company, which has mado & conditional loago of tho Lake Ontnrio Shoro Rond, agroon to.ralse on the bonds of that Com- pan; 800,000 by Doo, 81, 860,000 more by Fab, 48, 1874, and §400,000 moro_by April 1, 1874, tho money to be used {n comploting tho Lako On- tario Bhoro Road. It also ngroes to pay thoe lat~ tor Gompany 7 per cont intoront on s‘;,goo,uao an rout, DALTIMORE, PITTSBURGI & GIIOAGO. Work on tho giading of the Baltimoro; Plita- burgh & Chicago lino has beon susponded for tho wintor, partly on nccount of tho severo wenthior, and_partly on account of tho difioulty whicli the Balthnoro & Ohio Company finds in obtaining ourrency for its Europoan exchango. Nogotintions are going on for the uno of fim wostorn-part of tho fino by the Chicago & Canada Bouthorn Rtoad. 3 TILE NEW ORLEANS THIOUGH LINE, Aloxander Mitelioll, Bupuriuwndenf-. and W. P, Johnson, Genoral lnn!uuvur and ‘Tioket Afinub of the Illinois Contral Rallroad, will leave tuls morning for Cairo, to meat Mr. . D, Frost, Goneral Managor of tho ississippi Contral and Now Orlesns & Uroat Northern Railrond, to make ammfinments foroponing the now through Huo from Ohicago to Now Orleans, and to attond o grand ball, to be givon on bonrd of the trauait stonmer Xllinols, which has hitherto made the conncction botwoon the Illinois Contral and the Mobilo & Ohio Rallroads, but will now be Buparsaded by the new and magnificont forry- boat latoly bullt by tho Ilinois Contral, and K}wqfl on the river at Oairo to counooct with the issisaippi Contral, REOEIPTS OF 100H, ‘Tho railrords aro doivg an_immonss businoss just now in_the trausportation of hogs. Tho reonipts ot tho Btock-Yords, from all tho roads, during the last woek, amounted to 205,000. Tho rccoigm for tho waok provious wore 185,000, which waa thought to bo unusually large. THE ALLEN PANEL-GAME CASE. The argument for & now trisl in the case of Goorgo Allon, Hattio Allon, and Mollio Xnox, convioted of robbing ono George W. Fitch of a largo sum of money by the “pauel game,” was bogun befora Judgo Farwell in the Oriminal Court yesterday. afternocon. The court-room was filled with poople, who oxpocted that tho ‘man Allen, if not allowed o new trial would, say somothing implicating Dotectives Slayton and Gollagher, who, ho asserts, had recoived -from him over 600 to got him off, but who did not keop faith with him, . Mr. Trude, tho counsel for Blayton and Gallaghor, was nlso around to tako care of the interosta of his cllents, John Lyle King, the cotnsel fortho prisoners, stated that ho had not time to .pro-~ paro affidavits, but he had tho witnossea in Gourt to contradict'tho statemonts made by tho woman Sanborn, e p y - Mr. Birch, tho nssislant of the Btate's Attor- ney, objected to tho Introduction of oral tosti- ‘mony, but the Judgo thought it would bo better to’ go on with the caso, and huve n short-hand roporter tako notos 8o that tho statemonts could bo'sworn to afterwards. . The first witness introduced was Justico Au- ustus H. Banyon, who tostified that he romom~ ored Mr. Fitch, who made s complatat bofore him that ho went into & room with the womnn Allon and- was robbed of $1,000. MMr. Fitch did 1ot claim that the woman stolo the monoy, nor | ° did he state.that any one took hold of him and took tho menoy. o could not romember ox— actlv what Titoh snid, 0. R, Matson, Olerk of tho Bouth Bide Polico Court, being sworn, testified {hathe remembered the timo wuen Titch mado tho complaint, but could not reinombor what was said in regard to the caso. 5 “x, 0 Fi Mr, Birch noked tho dofondant whetber ho hind not a letter in his posscseion which was sont to Mr, Fitch in his nano, to keep him away from tho triol. - Mr, Matsou produced a_lotter which Mr, Birch procoeded to read, but Mr. King ob- jected, sinco noither hio nor his clionts knew the contonts thoreof, Mr. Birch hnnded the latter to Mr. King, who, aftor jooking nt it, objected to tho readivg, but said Lo had no objections to the Jndge's looking over ita contonts. I'no Judge rond the. lotter and decided it was not proper evidence. No more witncsses being rrusuu&, tho caso was adjourned till 10 n'clocfi his morning. Tho lotter nbove referrad to reads as follows : Gronoe W. Fizoir: Your caso waa called on 16th, and i continited untii the 20th. g By order of Judge Banyou, o Onanzzs Matsow, . Tolico Clork, This Jetter is a forgery, and was sout for tho purpose of misloading the prosecuting witnoss, and kooping bim away at tho time of tho tzial. Great Trensure Trove. A caso of lflnF standiung hns just beon decided” by the Tribunsl of the Seine. ~In 1807, as some ropnirs were going on at the Lyceo HouriIV., bahiud the Panthoon, a workman discovered & large number of Roman coins in a sewor, The 1aw rogards, in puch.caacs, one-half of the value to the finder, and tho other half to the propriotor of tho ground, in this instance tha oity.. Tho contractor, in whose omploy the workman was, stoppod in'claiming bis ahro ; but. ho bLaa now been nonsuited, and the municipality have paid the fludor tho suwn of 18,302 francs for his half: of tho ~treasure, which i now depositod st the Musoo Carnnvalot, This, establish- wont, founded Ly tho . city in the old hotel of Mmo. do Sovigno, has thus come into possession of a ready-mado collection of up- ward of 800 gold medaly, nll of the sizo which numismatioantiquaviescall tlie qureus, answerlng to the twonty-franc pioce, but of o valuo ong~ third highor. " They form a sories portaining to tho histury of Lutetis, from tho reign of Olaadi- us, to that of Septimius Severus ; with vory fow inforruptions it comprisca all the Etnporors and Emprasses of that poriod, yiz. : within_the yoars. 41 and 193 of our era. 'Thoy aroall in porfoct presoryation ; those noarest the timo at whichtho. colloction was buried look s if thoy had just como from the mint, such a8 thoso_of Com- modus, - Perlinax, nnd cepecially Soptimiua Saverus. The most. brilliant poriod of the monetary art, that of tho Antoninos, is smply Topresonted ; tho two Faustinas aro 1‘raquom.ly ropented, ‘Lhoro aro moro than fifty Vospasic uns ; of Titus thoro are fowor, but thero is ouo, with the exerguo—Divus Z'ilus on tho obverso, and the eclls ourulis on the roverae with the thunderbolt, which is extromoly valuable, Thoro ig Julin Domna, mother of Caracalln, an Eling Cmsar, two or threo Plotim, which are extroma- ly raro, an qurcus of Antonius Pius, with tho oxorguo, Cangordiw wnern@ on the rovorsoe, &o. This (ronsurp must havo beeu Lid sbout tho yoar 193, ‘Choro ovidontly wore at that timecol: Jactora of old niedals a4 thero are now. e e A Dolnyed Stenmship. ‘ ‘The Pall Mall Qazelte of Nov. 15 saya : ““The" Inman stosmer City of Richunond, which Las beon for some {1mo ovorduo, nrrived at Queenstown yoaterday, in tow of tho Olty of Montroal stonm- er, bolongiug to tho samo compauy. The latfor was aluo ovordue. The Clty of Richmond loft ‘Now York on tho 25th of Octobor, and.four days- later umcny of her oylindor burst, dissblivg eompletely her atoam macuinory. The weather ab tho timo was otoriny, with heavy seas. The disabled steamer was put under sail, .and for the threo following dsys mad fair progross, but on' the fourlh day strong easterly galos were ane countered, and sho .was driven .com Inkfl- ly. out of tho courso of tho Transaflentio stonmors, Tho weathor continued veory bad, and the stoamor mudo littlo or no progress &l Monday, whon, hoving got brck to the regular traok, slio was overbaulod by the Oty of Mon- tronl. Tho City of Richmond waa thon lying to undor olodo-rcefed topanils, with heavy cross sons, and in rathor o porilous position.” Capt. MMirehouso, of tho Oity of Montroal, at onco had two huwsors attached, and took the holpless veu- sol i tow. Owing lo tho bud btato of tho .woather, thoelr progross did not oxcooed three and a half knots an’ Lour, but tho Oity of Ifontreal bronght her congort in ‘snfoty, In passing tho fortd ono of the hawsers was thrown off, and the other immodintoly parted with a loud report, but the Oity of Riclunond was thon in still water, and was ab onco brought to anchor, Ifer paugengors wero transferrad to the Qity of Mon- ronl for convoyauco to Liverpool,” and tug stoamors have been telegraphed for to Llur‘mul to tow tho disablod vosse! down the chaunel” —Quinoy, 11, is exclted ovor an nmmvt by 8t. Louls prooutera to seduco young girls to follow n lifo of shame, The police fin\'o taken tho matter fn land to soouro, if possible, tho arrest of tha variles oncaged. " WISCONSIN, : A Comparlson of tho Vote for Govern- | or.This Year and Two . Years Ago. Somy_ Siigiirilies fu tho Resulls of Lho! Eleetion---Action of tho Grangors, the Good-Tomplars, the " Germans, & Rumors as to the Filling of Ofices ==<Gov. Washburn Not to Leave the State. The Stevenson Murder Case, at Oshkosh. Oun Correspondent, Map1e0N, Wis,, Nov, 20, 1673, Tho official canvaes of tho vote of Wisconsin for Btato officors on the 4th of Novemborhas not yot beon made, owing to the fact that, beforo the roturns wero all in, Attorney General Barlow, ouo of the Canvassars, foll and broke his arm, at his homo in Baraboo, and has not boen ablo to bo horo sinco. Tho following COMPARATIVE TADLE OF TIE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR this yoar and'two yoars ago has been carofully rovigod from the offioial returns, and will not diffor from the final canvass: From Our 1673, 1871, s N Counties, : F.: » ElE|E|& s & ¥ LI 67,910]06,34'81,605 - |yterest, and, though his opponent was a_ fiu.u%nr, . THE VOTE FOR OTHER OFFICERS yon hewve alroady publishod, but'it s repeated for commont : £ Becretary of Btato—Young. .....07,1 Treusuror—Johnsou. .. 60,474 Kuchn,..80,840 Attornoy~Goneral—Frigby... .. 07,92 Bloan... 70,504 Stato Superintendent~Graham,07,137: Soaring..80,147 Com. Immigration—Lindman: 06,55 Argard . 80,600 It is curious that tho aggrogate vote for. Gov- ornor yaried go little from that two, yoars ago, .while the relstive vote for tho opposing tickets was almost roversed. Tho vote,ths fall was 48,015 loss than in tho last Presidential cam- puign, snd 45,608 less than in 1808. Tho Oppo- sition candidate for Prosidont last yoar, and tho Opposgition candidate for Govornor two years 8go, wore both distastoful to the Democracy, and thousands of them failed to yoto, many of whom came out this year, = . . EXAMINING THE VOTES BY COUNTIES, it will bo soon that, in counties where there wag a lurge proportionate German vote,—as in Broyn, Bulfalo, Fond du Lao, Manitowoo, Mil- waukée, Qutagamio, Racine, Sauk, Sheboygan, Waukoshs, and Winnobago,—of which s considor< ablo numbor had heretofore voted the Ropublican tickot, $horo was ovidontly & transfer of & larga’ number of votes to the Opposition, In Eau - Claire, Plerco, and one or two other countios, thero was a transfor of votos on'local issues. As to most of tho rost of the Btats, the Ropublican dofont was largoly ‘the result of Ropublicans’ staying at home, B v - -’THE VOTE FOI DIFFERENT OANDIDATES on: the respoative tigkets showa somo singular rosults. Gov. .Washburn, generally pronounced #tho bost Governor the Stato ever had,” an Ex- ecutive of groat ability, raro independenco, and who . had: shown himeolf the-special friond of tho .people in their strugglo against monopalies, thoroughly known and high- ly rospeoted .88 . & man. and an ofiicor, roceives less votes than any ono olso, Ho hiad to stand n.concentrio fira fromail dircctions, The quor Intorest was_spooially hostile to him, on account of his pronounced’ position in favor of .the Grabam Temporanco law; and, in tho northwostern” part_of the Btato, his supposed friondship for the Wost Wiscons{n-Railway, and his rofusal to joopardize the intorosts of thio 8t, Croix Valloy in tho land-grant for.s railroad tharein, in order to accomnodato the Chippowa Valloy interost, incarred enmity, Mr. Baker, for Lieutonant-Governor, who was by many rogard- ed - tho wonlest candidate on -tho: Ropublican , ticket, was woll takon caro of by the railroad in- hod tho. most votes of ‘any one-on the Re- \publican _tioket, * oxcopt ’ I'risby, for Attor mnd'-flpnonl, who, by getting & splondid’homo- indorsomont’ in_tho stroug Domocratio countios 1m the neighborhood of his residence, anceeeded in running Mr. Bloan, who was ono of tho ablost mon on the Raform Hekot, bolow mny of s a5 socintes. Again 3 Mr. Graham; who had traveled all over the Stalo ) during. tho' Inst fow yonrs, Tiolding Tenohers’ Tustitutos, and was thoroughl posted on and -identifiod with the publig-school interosta of tho'Btate, and tho choice of ils tonchors, ‘on o the candiduoy win fawly forced, sand estimablo gentlomau, was not n public- school man, doos not run much_better thay the averago. of his, ticket. Col, Johnson, wloso momiuntion was nrged to propltiate tho Nor- wogians, and contributed largoly to alienate tho ‘Gormans, and who was atrongly objevted to as a oandidate, ran well up with the tickot. H . THE GRANGERS, a8 a body, dld not cast thelr strength on elther side. ' T womo localitios, 88 in the vicluity of Mr. Taylor's homo, in thia county, some local {Graugs went protty solully for him'; in a fow Nocalitios they voled almost unanimously for 1 Gov. Washburn, but, for the most part, thoy {votod thoir rogular politics, Whilo the lquor }interesg raised o larga sum to dofeat Qov. Wash- burn, ome Good-Tomplars voted and worked {tor Taylor bocause his wifo.was one of thein, and thousauds of thom and other temporance fmon o Lad buen aagor for' tho suasitiant, of the Graham Liquor-Hollers' Reuponsibility law *stald at home, MORE GERMANS than_some believed were in tho habit of voting tho Ropublican ticket chmnged their votes agoiust it this yoar, s they eay to tonch that pa::{ » losson, and rovenge ‘what" they rogarded an insult in dlscarding IMaj, Batos for State Troasure: r, and turning a Aleut ear to their protests azalnst restriotlve " thelr npologlsts and dofenders bellavod | publicity already givon to tho facts, an and- whoso :lppéi:qm, though a sehiolar e tomperance and Bunday leglslation, & Mobilior ucaudl and (ho haokepy grat aiorcns. ed tho honest maenos of the party moro than posaible, and kopt at homo thonsauds of Ropublican votors, who will not volo tho tloket Liereafios unlezs on thes and kindred sabjoats thoy hnye indemnity for the rose and weonrity for {ha faturo, aitd unlers Gongress provides iomo rolicf {rum the fluancinl embarrossmonts of tho couns 1y THE FILLING OF QFFICES, ; Governor-Lilesl Tnlylur lteops himself pratt; closely at home, ou his farm, 12 miles from tha radlroud, but ho docs not oscapo oflico-socking and other borea. There i8 snid to be an ser- nost cffort, stroogly rosisted, to make A, B. Aldon, s woll-known Domocrat, Assistant~ Hocretary of Btato. Col. Gabo Bouck, of Oslikkosh, has boon gonorally - named = for Bpoaker of tho Assembly, and he swould mako & good one: but it {s aald Dr. Wight, who claima consideration a8 tho organizer of tho Re~ form movomont, pushes Mr. Wost, of Milwau- keo. ‘Thero are all sorts of rumors na to tho QGovernor's Privato Boorotary aud _Buporintend- ent of Public Proporty, and Madison mon enough to fillall the oflicos are counting on them, whilo it is said Govornor-Elect Taylor thinks Milwaukeo is ontitlod to the lion's sharo, GOV, WASHLURN finda some consolation in the thought that he fa froo from all such porploxition. Lhough de- fentad li I8 not cast down. No one ncod la tho finltotlnq unction to tholr souls that he {n going to leavo tho Biate, ns has beon reportod in somo quartors. Ho has boon away much of tho timo siuco eloction ; but, finding him ot bomo to-doy, I loarn, on inquiry, that o proposos to romafn in Wisoonein still, and in o fow days will movo into the plnco ho latoly purchnsod noar this clty, whoro one of his mar- ried daughtors will keop houso for him, and he will maka it bis homo, ~ Called to Pittsburgh to testily in o mail-robbory case, Lo went on ta Washington to visit anothor married daughter Ilvlu? thioro, and, whilo at tho Capital, called on thio Prosidont, All roports that ho had sny (alk with the Prosidont in regard to any office or ap- Pohltmont for himeolf, or any onc'else, aro uttor~ without foundatfon. ‘The Governor will loubtless bo hoard from 1n the cauvass noxt oar, and his dofoat now will stimulate some nb loast of his friends to moro onruest efforts to socure his eloction to the United States Sen- ato. THE LAKES cloaed over horo to-dny,—only a day different in dato from the two last’ i{nus.-—nnd promise fluo skating. A woman walked out on the ico aud attomptod to drown herself thin morning, Lut was roscuad, aud frionds requent tho supprossion of her namo, Bhe was partially insnno. 5 'LUS. Tho Stevenson Murder Carce Special Correspondence of 'he Chicago Tribune. Osnxosu, Wis,, Nov, 30, 1873, Tho trial of Charles A. Btevenson, for the murder of his wife, commonces in the Winne- | bago County Girouit Court, “in this city, on to- morrow. Goorgo W. Burnoll, Distriot Attorney, conducts tho prosccution, and Charles W. Fol ker, of tho firm of Follior & Welsbrod, the do fonse, The Hon. D. J. Pulling, Oircuit Judge, s the reputation among the attornoya of being the best judge of criminal matters in tho State. Btovenson's killng of his wifo will, of course, bo admitted, and tho dofenso will put in a plos of omotional iuganity. Both the prosecution and tho defouso are in the hands of good lawyers, 07.| and & very intoresting cnso 18 expectod. > THE MURDER. Btoyenson is a man about 60 yonrs old, & pat- torn-maker by trado, and, at tho time of tha homicido, .was omployed in_the Vulcan Iron Works of TFlotchor & Lvoriit. Ho had bLoon married to his third wifo ubout two yoars, and had lived very unhappily with Lor. On tha aftornoon of Tuenday, Bept. 8, 1872, Mrs. Stoven~ son loft Lior Liusband, and went a fow miles iute tho country, to tho house of o friend. Stoven- son followed her, and the two roturned to thoir houso, on tho corner of Main and Molvin atreots, ‘| in’this city, about 4 o'clack, As they eamo homo, tho noighbora noticed that they wore talking'ex- citodly,—Stovenson, cspecially, _gesticulating wildly. Maa wsnd wife enlored tho houso tae gother ; but, In u fow minutés, tho'woman came running out of the door on Molvin straet, with both houds pressed on hor loft breast, and shouting, - _ 5 fae ““ r'st srOT ! 1'ax syror | In Lhe moantimo, tho story of Stovenson's quarrol with his wife had drawn soveral of the noighbors and a couplo of policomen to the spot. Mrs, Btevonson had strongth onough to run noross the straob to tho residenco of David Ebi, where sho expired in about fifteen minutes. The potico and the crowd paid littlo or no attention 1o thio woman, but hurried into tho house, Thare, in the kitcheu, atood Stovonson humself with A RAZOR IN 1US HAND. Policomon Ford nud_Doherty woro tho firat to onter the door, and, us Btovéuson saw them coming, ho “luuricdly slashed tho razor-blade noross” his throat, cuttwg two large gashos almost from ear 10 ear. Doberty sprang forward, lmocking the razor {from Btevenson's nrm with n blow of his club, A stresm of Dlood gushed from the wound, cov- ering Btovouson's olothes, and forming o’ thick pool upon tho floor, They thon forcod Stoven- son into a chair, pinfonod him, and partly stop- ped tho offusion of blood by binding heavy tow- ols around his neck. Al this Btovenson rosistod Liko o madman, tearing tho bandages from his thront unless his hauds wore socured,-and sliout- ing, bolwoon his clonchod tooth, “D—n ye, lot hor bloed, I don't want to livel" : © - Y8 INJURIES, An examination by Bhysiclnus discovered ihe fact that he had shot himsolf boforo cutting hiw throat. From tho courso of tha ball, it was ovi- dont that Lo hiad held a pistol close to his mouth ond disolinrged it, tho ball tearing away tho roof of the mouth and lodging in the bonea of tho head. This was not a fatel wound, aud loe lhad ovidently attompted a suror means of exit. o lus wounds were. (boing dressed, and boforo . his handa wero pinioned, ho coolly raised his haud to his mouth, worked it brokwards and forwards a fow times, and pulled out & lnxgo fractivn of his jaw- bono, to which wero - attached two of his_teoth, Looking at it for & fow minutes, ho droppod it into o tu-pan by bis sido with all the sang froid of a child at play, Strango asit 1oy scom, with both his windpipe and jugular- voin s8verad, and & pistol-ball 'in his lmmfi Ste- vouson rocovored. As soon a8 he was abla to bo romoved, ko waa takon to jail, whore lo bas sinco boen confined. " At first ho was raving to destroy Limself; bul gradually, ag -his” wounds healed, ha becamo tractable” and anxious to livo. During his incarcoration, and aftor his injuries wore overcome, his record is good ono, "The Sheriff states that he has beon mild and tractable. Of lato ho has maoifosted a fmut desiro to bo acquitted, and bas said that, I ho could onco moro have his freedom, with hiy wifo_out of tho way, ho would be s happy man, 5 HIS EXPLANATION, :Btovonson claims that constant domostic trou- ble and his wife's infldelity had so worn upon kis nervous systom that ho was perfectly frautic. Ho declaros that ho was go oxcited, so mad- doned, so wronght up, at tho time, that he did not know what Lo was doing, Ho profosses ro- pontance, and says that nothing bu tho blind- noss of rago made Lim commit the horrid deed. During the summer ho appealed in a business- liko manner to soveral of the physiciaus who drossod his wounds to certify in court to his in- sauity at tho timo of the murder. His dosiro to dio sooms to grow loss overy day, 18, STEVENSON was ghot by tho same woapon.with whioh. hor husband attompted suicide. It was a Smith & ‘Weason revolver, and, when found in the room, hind two cartrldgos remaining in it. Tho ball had piercod hor loft broast, lodging In the right lung, and producing death in a short timo, - < ey TUE TRIAL, + The peculiar circumstancos of this oase, thn the charaoter of tho counsel and Judge, have given this trial an unusual prominenco In this part of tho Btato, and its dovelopments will bo carofully .watched. Jxo, Lioks, e Nomen The Dominican Library at lRome, " The Dominican Library is, next to that of tho ‘Vatican, tho largest in Romo, \nd the one most matlo use of. It bonsta some 180,000 volumes, 2,000 of which are rare aditions of tho fifteenth coutury, Whon tho Italian Government racents 1y took possossion of it, along with all other prop- orty bnlon(ilug to tho Order, there was much excitomont in tho literary world of Rome as to tho disposal that would bo mado of it, The Dominfcans protested againat the act of tho Government—alloging that_tho library was tho Freporly of tho Vatiean, and not of tho Domin- oan Order; but the Government took no notica of this proteat, any more thau of all tho othar {)rolmu that wero put inat tho samo time by ha othor Cathollo orders whose proporty tho Itallan _Governmont confisoated, [it. hag now been oflcially aunounced that this great library is not to bo taken nway, but is to remain in {ts prosent placo, and that tho Dominican monks will continue their ususl librarian duties, It ia to be thrown open again to tho public as usual, and the only chauge made s that the suporin= tondonce has boon iutrusted to s layman, a Protessor of the Turin Uniyorsity.