Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1873. THE DEFALCATION. A Criminal Prosecution of Mr, Gage is Urged, The State’s Attornoy Will Bring the Matter Beforo tho Grand Jury, Further Partioulars Regarding M, Qage's Property. Ex-Alderman McAvoy Exoncrated by the Finance Committee. Suggestions Concerning Kceping Public Moncys. Tho Moral Aspeets of Mr, Gage's Case. Things woro unususlly quiot around the City Tall yesterdny. Ilts Honor tho Mayor was in s offico, recoiving visltors with his usual urbanlty. There were Aldermon bound on ad- visog His Honor, and herecelvod them with the constdoration due mon occupying scats in tho Iegislative chamgor, Caudidates wore speonlat- ing as!o their chauces for conflrmation, and they, too, sought consolation from tho Mayor. Ho gavo it thom. Ho i n woll of sympathy in such cases, The usual number of applicants waro on baud for pardons from the Eridowell. In tho Comptrollor's offico thore was extraordinary quictnoss, Joo Yorrest was thcro wrapped In his toga, and onca in 8 while an Alderman would drop 1u to fnspect tho scenory, AMr. Iayes did not come down town, n ooto having boosn reo3ivod, saying ho wns quite unwoll, and sume mopivg tha Chiof Clork to consultation ot his house. Mr. Farwell went, In the legel bureau fhiere was no special excitoment. Judge Norton was not much in tho office in the forencon. The Qity Clerk's ofiico waa tho rondezvous for Aldor- men whe always hang around there when thoy have nowieta olso to go. The capacity of Ald- ermen for hanging round is somothing amusing. The Treasurer's oflico prosonted nothing strange. Alr. O’'Hora was thore in the morning, and Mr. Bronuan oll day, and Mr, O'Hara sgain in the sfternoon. He iutonds to keop opon Louse, a0 that any citizen can cxamine tho books and sco whero the monoy i3, ©0'IIARA'S DEPOSITS. So far, ho hns distributed ihe cash among the following buuks : German Nutlonuh.... Third National.... “Traders’ Nutional. 16,000,00 TidelltF e aesas 81,000.00 Tlinols Teust and Savings. 20,000,00 Total, . +.$460,400.69 ‘The usual daily memorandum was sont to the Comptrollor's ofilce, but the new books have not ltmcu opunod yet, and moy not be for & day or w0, 3N, GAGE'S PROPERTY. The liet of his property, us furnished by Mr, Gago himsolt, i us follows s “Atwood Farm,” so-oalied, contufning 254’ cres, valed acre, Two d % nue, valued bt.... 40, Thizty acres in Lyons, Gook Cointy, valued ab 5,000 Tuverside indeLtedness, consisting of bouds in Riversid at §1,250 and other seourities ot par value...., 405,000 Oue-half futereat i thoonmibusline of Pavmes 100 & Couy FAEA M. o1 vevevoeveessss 100,000 Ttcws not Enumerated, consisting of D properly, notes, stocl, and accounts, suy... 100,000 A gentleman called on the Mavor yeetorday, however, and stated that the schedulo was not complate, to his porsonal Lnowledge, Ho fur- nished tho following ttems, which may or may not bo included iu what Mr. Gage culls *items not ouumerated,” Hulf interest in & lob on Stnde street ; lots in Holstow ; house and lot on Wabash ayouno; notes aud bonds on Gregory Aining Comrany; 225,000 of Eouwning Iost BLOG Canuda Railroad stock; bauk and insur- auce stock, CRIMINAT. PROS"CUTION, Tho Stutee Attorusy wus yestordsy inter- viewed by o TRisuNE . 0porter o the subjoct of tlio probabulity of the eruminal prosecution of Ar. Gogo. Hestated that soveral persons, all of them taxpayers, without any versonal preju- dico against My, Gage, two of “thom among our Tost prominont citizens, Lad called upon him to irpross upon lim the nescssity of n thorough {nvestigation of the Treasniydefaleations, They hell that the ln o City Treasurcr's position uud wealth should uot ghield him from the opeta- tions of tho Jew, and they oxpccied that the Grapd Jurv would take action in tho matter, They stuted to Mr. Roed that it ho failed to Dring tho matter botoro tho Grand Jury they wouid ranko a formal comnlaint agninst hin. Tha State’s-Atlornecy stated that ho consdors it his outy tu cull the attention of the Gignd Jury to the matler. An atlempt it in understood will aiso be made to indict ex- Comjptroller Burley on the ground that he hind cagnizance of tho doficioncy in tho cily funds tho dcf.lutions were going on. As a ground for tao indickmont of Abr, Butley, relis ance is placed upon whut Ald, Sherwood Knows ebout the matter, JUDOE NORTON sald that notbing Lad Leen dono in"conscquence of 3r. Hayes not being down at the ollice. Should Mr, Linyes not come down to the ofilco tu-duy, Jndge Norton, togothor with the Mayor, will calt upon the City Comptrollor and arrango matters with him g0 a4 {o bring matters toa focus an soon as potsible. AL, GAUE'S PUYSIOL CONDITION, The mental and pbysicel condition of Mr, Guge was reported much improvod yestorday, though no was atill unzble to leave Lis rooms {n the Grand Pucifie, oven if ho bad any desire to do so. o has not Loen eccn by nny one about the hotel, exct‘s]pL s jmmediate fricnds, for five daes, but it is doflnitely stated that no apprehen- tions nced be felt as to bis flnal rocovery. MEETING OF THE FINANOE COMMITIEE. At 8 o'clock the Financo Committeo met in tho Mayor's ofilee, Tho meetings of this body have neualty been hold in an alr-tight compartaent, sn | thelr procedings have to be %uaund at, or s1ven ot second-hnud from somobady who hag beon iuside. A squad of roportors Lang ronnd for bours until the statemon get through, enl 13 they emorgo from thosceret chambor, they are prabbed oro by one, and pumped, Somotimes iho pumping yiolds nows, sometimes is doos not, but anyway 1t is nows colorad by the bias of the man who tells it, Tho 1esult 1 unsatiafactory to ovorybody. Yesterday tho reportors upll:liud for admission, but it was rofused, and tho busi- nees went_on withoat their aid, DBosides the Mavor and Tinance Committeo, thore were preacnt ox-Aldermeun McAvoy, aud Bewda, the brewer. 'Thio object of tho meeling was under- stoad to bo to invostigato cerlain_allegations to tho offect that Mr. McAvoy, who is also the Meyor's nomineo for Commissioner of Publio Works, Lad borrowed monoy from the City Troasurer when ho was a momber of the Finance Cotamitteo of tho Council. Lhe emouut bor- rowed is eald Lo boe §35,000, and us Mayor Culvin eonsidored that iL would not Lo proper to appoint on tho Board of Public Works & man who was alleged to havo used tho city monoy when it was bis duty to protoctit, bo culied upon Mr, MeAvoy to explain the transaction. ‘T'aat was why thu meeting was held, 31'AVOY EXONERATED, Ald, Tleath cama out before the meetiug \was over, und was immediutely surrounded by ubout elevea eager reportors, whom be shool oll, how- ever, in a very decidod muunor. 1o stated that he bind improssod Lis viows on the meeting, and Lied loft to fill an appointmant, What the viaws 1in hiad exprosrod wore hio deolinod tostate, The loudest kind ot oratory was indulged in by many of the Aldermon, and their frautic gostuios were falthinlly shadowed upon tho gluss daor of tho Mayor's rauctutn, tho #hindow of Ald, Bchaifnor's nioustache belng pnrliclllnrl{ imposing. At a fow minutes bofure ¢ o'olock tho Mayor umerged from b roow, aud tho reporters touk poswoss g0 1t was found oul thut the sum awl wuvhtance of tho maoting, consmtod of speeches Ty Aldermen Honth wud Spalding, who stalod the reports in_ owculation uuent tho ex-Aldar- roan, which,hoy bolioved tu b founded in fact, Aftor houring thoexplanations otfered by Mestra, P Mvoy, and aftor rading. tho fols lowing nifidavits, the meeting docider that os- Alis, MeAvoy wik not awmo of anything bolng Wiong in tho Tivarnor's ofice whils lia wag ember of tho Finence Cowmittco, Matb the trananotion with the Clty Troasnror was not in violation of the ohartor, and that tho ox-Aldor- man had done nothing which cowld hinder any :xlmml:or of tho Council from voting for his con~ rmntion, The following aro the nafiidavits presentod at the meoting s OrFioE of T DowsER & Irmin Buswina L. Codpany, Citiosuw, Dec, 16, 187, To the Financa Comnittics: Wherear, ramorahave been lreulated to thy offact thiat M. I, 1L, MeAvoy, whils p memboz of the Finance Commuittes of the Common._Counell, had at difurent thies obtatned 1noncy from thio ity Treasurer fur s own use, directly nud indircetly fn volution of the ity dleter,' T mako tho followltig stulement of ficts to refuto muld rumors os fulse, il withont auy founda= tion whatover s = 1n Decurubor, 1871, Tacted na agont for Mr., Albort Croaby (who i Preetdient of s Compaug) In o oct- tlemont of o largo claim ngainat Liw, which would ro- quiro a lurge amount of ready wnouey . Tu convorsation with him, It wan_siggented that, ss o was oo of tho boudamen for the City Trensurer, ho could protally obtain motey frons i ou yacod paer, ‘Accordingly, on tho 19th Dacomber, 1871, this Comie 10y, by Aitiert Oroaby, Yroshlent, ind miyself, Buper- Yitendunt, Invtied n 110t puyablo on demand to Albert Gronby fok £25,000, with 0 per cont ftorcas. per nu- num, . This vote’ Mr, Orosvy negotiated with Mr, Gage, with the underatanding, ns lio informod me, thiat ¢ showld Tun nlen indetinitely, Thiw movey ob- tufuea ou thin nota wan received as Tollows c. 12, 1871, s, 21y A7) Jun, 0, 15 Total, Da Dex t Jun, 1, 1872, wo _bad poid over to Mr, Crosby Up. $19,231.20, ond on Jau, 13, 16873, 1 consummnted the nuttiyment of tho elaim nguinst him, and we advanced Jim $30,000 more, mukivg bim owo us $19,231,20, or 14,151, 40 moro thun the nmount he had obtained from Mr, Gage, Mr, Crosby ot times reducod his indebtod- aes to this Company, bit on dau, 1, 1873, our balsncs against him wos $12,012,30, and, o8 wo Liad on tho 47th of November provious pofd ou the noje nt his request $10,000 to Gage, ho owed us $22,612,36 imoro i tho amoutt dus -Guge., On {he 7th of November, 1872, tho omowit from Gago was e duced to 10,000, On Jam, 17 and 20, 1873, 1t was Inoreaned to $20,000, aud un Oct, 8, 1873, 1t was ncreasod to $15,000, which was paid when demanded on the 28th of November lust, Tho balance due us by Mr, Crmbr on Jun, 1, 1873, of $32,014,33, was not re= duced any In reality until July 1, 1874, at which timoa dividend” bocame bis due. Aud to prove that this whule transaction was Ly My, Orosby, and that ho really hind ol the bonofit of the saue, Iwill say thut W the paywent of tho $35.000 on Nov. 93‘ when the moncy wan callod, wo 100k Mr, Crowbyls mote for £15,000, moncy advanced by us on tho payment of the same, and we still hold Omlbru note, 1 usterstand that Mr, Guge's chiock-book shows two chiceks, dan, 17 and 20, 1873, 5,000 cach, s given to tho Downor & Bomis Drowing Company, nud J, I, y, Treasnror, Thia is quite riglht,—Mr, Mo~ Avoy kimply actingns an oflicer, s sgont of this Couipauy to get the money and doposit it, the checks, of caiirse, having to Lo mado 5o Lo could fndorso thent 1 them negoliable, e 1 am suro that Mr, McAvoy has never oblalned any monoy from dr. Gago for his own use, and tho above statoment will aliow 1hat this Compnny, of which Mr, MeAvoy 1a n member, has al:o derived no beuolt from moneys received from tho City Trousurer, Lo wholo trausaction was simply by sh urrange- ment and negotiation of Mr, Crosby, obiained upon tho strengll of his being ono of the porsounl friends of Mr, Gage, I do not beliova that Mr, McAvoy couid hayo obtalied suonay from Alr, Gago for his own uso if hio had tried to do ko, 2r, McAvoy wat not Chajrman of the Financo Com. mitteo when Mr, Crasby obtained the money frow RMr, Gsge, Yours vory respectfully, H, V. Biisis, Qouoral Superintendent, 1 Lereby certify that tho alove statement fa correct, » Auucnr Cnosny, 1, Tohn T0, MeAvoy, of the Olty of Chicago, County of Gouk, aud Stato of Iilluols, being first duly sworn, on oatll depono and may tlint Thuvo never elthor durectly or fudirectly reccivod any_monoys, checks, or atlier valuable cousfderation from David A,'Guge, Inta Oity Troasurer, to o used oF applied to my personal ‘Profit or ndvaniage, ‘Aud furthor, thnt sny check or memorandum for mouey or otler valuablo consideration that may ap- prur n tho offico of the Clty Treasurer, whero niy namewas tsed, the prozecds of which wero not ap= plied tomy personal use, bonefit, or profit, aud all transactions with Xir, Guge were for the advantago, Denelit, and profit of other persans, for whom I was requested to teansact the business, ‘And further, thiero Leing rumors of charges that, in conelderation "of recelvig monoys from Me. Gago, 1 sigued reports of tho Finaneo Committee covoring up Irreguluritics fn_the Treasury Department, s untrio in every partienlar. T did not pign any such Toport, Nellhier did 1 know of any such deichnetos in tho City Trenaury unti) the recent dovelopments, Dated Dec, 18, 1973, Jouy H. McAvor, State of Hlsis, Cook County, ai. Lersonly syleared Uelore dnoy Jamies T. Allony o Notary Publie for tho county nforeaatd, this” 18th day | of Detombor, 4, D. 1873, dohn I, MeAvoy, whoso nnme fa subecribed to tho foregolg amdvit, and wint.s that the foregofng statement, modo by bim, s trug und correct i whole end every particulur, to'tho st of bis knowledgo und belfef, Bubscribed aud swoon to befors mo the day and year aforceatd, —t— { e } e’ BALOMON AND FIBCTER, The following is the leading oditorial in yoster« day's Slaats-Zeitung : Tue Onioaco Tninosr, in s commemnts on the Gage defuleation, {8 ut le at superior to tho Juurnal, Tostand Tfmes {n that 1t plaluy ealls this defalcation aerime, and urgos a crimiunl prosoention, This s cerininly somethig; ia much, under tho clrcum. stances, aud ehou'd therefore e acknuwicdged, Dut, whilo L1z Triouxe:lots Gage drap, it has loBiap at the Saats-Zertunn, sud 1o 1t ways “fuo Joug serced of tho StaatwZeitung against fywaitenod_sepulchres,! meaning thoroby tho aup~ porters of Mr. Gage in'tho ltw eity olvetion, n_order to have any oflier point than that "ot sheer’ brutality, must assumo that tho porsous who voted for Mr, Gago knew that he was o defanlter. Not many years ngo, {he Stauts-Zeinng hud two particuler pets in oflics Dere,—u Sberiif sud o County Clerk, Ono of them leappeared under clrcumstouces of 2 painfal chaacter, leaving bis bondsmen in the voca- tive. 00 otlier wout 0 n Western Territory, avd’ was thero Smplicated in n mysterions disap- [irance of ybllc funds, DIA thd stauteZeiting inow, when it supported ihieso men for oftice, what they dutended {o 4o, or might be seduced into dolug ? "o denou e peopls for supporting or voling for men of good repute bocause tliey Inuy aiterwards 1,rove un. worzhy of tlio trust reposcil in thom, is the shoerest foliy und noarcuec, duch a rulo would coneign tho tauts-Zestung_to the inbo of whited sepulchrea with a vengeance. Thowe who supported M. Gagy fu the recent election di 5o with ns elear o consclenu.s any men over nerfornted any publie act, If the facts that nre now kitown had beer then known, he would not Biavo got o singto voto, " Tiero s tho ronly, polnt by pomnt: Tho rhrass “whitened sepulelires,” in Tucsduy’s Staate-Zeitung, roferred, o3 the comivction . plufnly showed, not 10 thiose who supported Gage at the last election, but to G)go lftusclf, d such uovout Christlan hypociites of bia cluss us 'Schuyler Colfix aud 0. 0, Howard, who wero specifically named, ‘iz TwipoNG: perverts tho meaniog of our words, apparently in order to lug fu o comparison Letween Salomon and Lischer and Gugo, it they oro 08 much llko sy ¢ bawl snd Laud- saw. TFiratly: Srlomon performed his offictal dutfes in Chicago fajthfally ; bo never stols s cont of publio moncy, but, on tho contrary, eaved (ho tax-payors of Cook County tho sm of nbout $200,000 (tlic unjust nesessinent of the Board of Equalization in 1868), Tho tuz-payers of Chicago have nothing to do wiili the Governor of Washington Terrltory, It lu reported thnt bo borrowed §10,000 or 330,000 from the Recoiver of Vubllc Monoys to bo used fu_ speculating,—which wan certatnly wrong, though it would not plico Balo- mon on tho gnmo footing Witk Gege; but corlainly would put him on tho ewmo footing as Viakeloy, Sherwlu, und otlers, who hiad_ioans £rom Guge, nu nona of Whom huvo et been called bia_accomplicea, Bt {he chicf point {5 that, when the Exsminor discov- crod thfs deficit §n tho Recolver's accounts, and do- manded that tho money shonlkd ho procured within tweuty-four hours, it was actually pafd back, Thus tle Uited Statos ins not lost o~ cent by Salowon. Whicro, then, deed the compariéon with Gago como e 1f Gagd and bl feiouds lau ucted horo us Halo- Iaaes T, ALLEN, Notary Jublie, omon uud his {riends dait, thnt {x if thoy had mado good fhe entive’ doncit, it i prob- ablo bt Tuz Tainess, asd is certaln thut tho Pest and Journal, would lave uboundod in praises of this “ mun of honor" ko lust Lwo papers ave iready Lestowed thia titlo ou Lfm, conditiouud that ho will return the money ho has taken, Sucondly, Tt s cortafuly trila that Fischor disappear- ed undor ejrcumstance which were very painful to his fumily, but Lis dsuppearaneo had nothitg (o do with o Ureuch of bis ofiAal duthoe, That ho #let bla bondamen in tha voentive,” Iy u shwer untrath, Not merely did thie city losu notltng Ly Fischer, but it still owes bim 2,500, which Lo hus o ‘right to clun auy momcnt. Not only lms Lo taken uothiug from tho County Trousury, but thero 184,000 stunding 10 lfs eredit, whichs Sherilf Bradloy musi pay over g0 soon ns hio ‘apreats, Binco Gago's deloit amounts to 433,703, Flsclior’s nccounts stand 359,203 botler'; that 16, insterd of causing publle moncys 'to dlsappesr, ho 1eft I tho Trecwury 36,500 thut belouged to him, Now, since it 18 B Fnnose thul lna brought in Salomdi aud Flscticr,woliop t wil] bo fulr and lionest enougu fo give its reuder tho preceding faoty, Again : Wa uro not dealing with things which Gare mifght have dono fong ufter hin lut elostion, but with thiiags whicl ho buw dono for years, ‘Thut,’ out of a hundred votors who sapported him ob 'tha 4th of Novembor, ninety-ufna did not Iuow how lndly it oo with i, wo wro willlg o Lelivva s bttt 3, Jornco Whito was anong thony Jaly doubt, Not that wo waels to neuert thut b kinew ho delalls of the defalcation ; but Mr, While, 3f questioncd wnder oath, would Liurdiy deny Lt Lufoko thy clection lio lud Tecoted from otlier wources neator o him thuu ihe avticle in tho Zilinofa Stats Zetung, the moxt aluriae ingg stnfoments concerning 3, Gago, Mr, White, if wvorn could burdly deny that tho opinfon ‘tust Gige would ho ruinad §f compolied to aceount to s siiccensor, was mich talked over i the circlos du which ho moved, Wit we aesort {heroforo In, that If the ecditor of Tuk Trsnuxe hnd dono bin duty bonestly, (1 he cer~ taluly wowld have done, If Gago had Beon § Stauts Zeduina wian) ho coulik carly have gotton ut tho truth thraigh bis reportors, Wo o ol ueouse Ui Thin- DNE of knowing Wl (hut e known to-duy, but thut AL know enough o muke b pee gard it uh dts o duty to lown womothing Lurther, A shmyple fnquiry of the cdltor of the Stiats-Zeftung woull hisve put it fu rnfll\lumn of thy proof of ull th charyes confainod fn tho urticles pub- ahai, Mt nwtoad of Toukding after such praofs, Ttk "Luining, oven oight duys ogo, when Lundreds know almost uli of thal whiclh everyono now knows, cane tented Lself with alling our churges * conterplible alndors * nud wureolyes %cowurdly sianderers,” Nor hus it yel takan back theso_vpithets, which, bowaver, degrace 1t alone, sud not tho Staats-Zeituni, s s our suswer toTur Tursung, and aow we ‘will wait to see how far thelr fairness goes in this cone troversy. OITY TRIEABURIER, Tho Bt. Louls Democral spaaks as follows of the various systoms of keoping public funds g largo defaleation of the Clitengo Clty Troasuror, David A, Qogo, whiol was roporied at longth in yon- terduy's Democrat, ought o provoke somo discussion ay to whotlier 1 whole eystoin of our ofty and county matey dopeally 4Dt wron $ S Fundamentat prii< clylo, “I'here nre threo modes {u which eitfes and countien, lmvlnq large atcounta of mvuey on hand, can Grrango nhout e keopiug. To it s Lo glvo tho Treasurer exclurive and absulits control ovor The manuor of de- ] 0 tini t, mud ho place wrore to doponit it takiug & hond from Ll for the falibful roturn of tlie bulaiico 4n in fiwnds on Lo el of Wi term fo tho eity, ‘Tho secoud {r, that {he city ar county sball advertin for propoyla on the part of bankn to° ro eive Aich public moneys, and wward fhio deporks acrordingly, fakiug ' tho_ riake (hommclves, and mot naliows lug “the Tremsurer 1o lavo any ronponsi- bidty “in “the mmtter of deposliing, ~‘Lhio third fs the plan ndopted by {he United Biates, thnt no pubillo corporation should fiirust fta monoys ‘any pris vato banit, but ehoull jteclf nesumo the toek snd sisk of Keeping it doposits iu ila own ssfes, Under our Fedoinl Qovernment, thin lnat fa_called (Lo Sube Treanury syaton, and was {ntroduced for the very Jurposa uf cviudlins al tho riska aud_loseos that musk inoviinbly nttemi tiio depositing of Yarge suma in pri- yato tunlftutions, Tho history of aur uational flunnces frowm Jackaon’s timo ta tho presont hss amply dowo.. stoated tho windom of 1ia syetom e far a5 1t aypiles to our Federal Treasury, Lk us rovert {o the tirat syatom, the one which lias worked Buch disastrous resuils i Ghleage, and which Lina beon Littlo less oxj.enefvo to our own cily under the Suslaky regimo, aud which, i doys long ago, coused the Cotiuty Troasurer of St. Louis to exhibit n defalen~ tion of fevernl hundrod thoneand dollars, whi his ‘bondsmen had to ralse for hiin, Under this system thio Trousuter of & publiu corparation is burdmed with {lio wholo risk of keopiug 1l money. I he Lisppens to have & safo, uud koops $500,000 in b, nud tho safo is broken opon and (ho Tonoy stolen, it s bo who suffers tho loes, wud Is sceurities Linvo o oslst him iu covering it Unidter thiceo cireumntunces, Lo naturally prefera to ine frust tho rafe-kceping of tlio monoy to”ollior partics, aud necordingly ho celects different bankn, with whom ho deposits §t. Horo, agaln, ho naturally concludes {bnt, i¢ ho s eld to acconnt’ for the eafé-keeping of tho monoys in thioso banks, ho ought to bo allowed {hat percontnga (or Intorest) which banks ueuslly pay to doposltors, fin consideration of thole confldencs, s own salary is clearly only for the porformance of Lile duties 3 the risk that he ruus in assuming tho safe- Xeeping of tho money Is quito s difforent matér, and requires quito another copsidoration, Bupposing the atk i which ho hins deposited the monoys jutrusted to lis chargo breoks—ha losea tho money and o muko good th loss, Ionce he very naturally consid- ors that, if hohea to tako tho risks of tho loss, ha ought afeo to bo allowod tho riska of tho profits, knd this g, in our opluton, the objcctionablo “fuature of this systom, Liko DIr. Goge in Olicago, lke Mr. Sunlsky in our own cily, iika every ono clso who {6 chargod with this hnmouhc rcaponsibility, overy auch ‘Crosnurer will consldor bimaeif Justitied in using the monoy intrusted to bis cafo-keeping to his own g, so that Lo may be lndemnitied ngninet any loss Le may be called upoit to suataln, It is simply o gambling Lusi- ness, nud ofton loads both tho Treasurer and 11 cor ‘poration of which hio is Lreasurer to greut dinsater, Tho sccond plun {8 open to two objections, The first ona fs, that it does not oporate offotively, Our Bl, Louls County Court hns uado au order inviting g‘mumm for ail fuuds In tho hands of the County ‘reasurer, but 3r. Mathins, our County ‘Lreasurcr, doyoals, fovertiioleas, Just whero o chogsee, 1o ut- terly Jgiiores tho order of tho court, and tho 1aw mus- tafns iw n ignoriug 1t; becauac, takiug the risks, ho thnuks o ougi {o s alibwed to ke tho profits, Thio socond objection is, that i public corporations, ke our Cily Council and County Court, for fustunce, should Invite propusala for” the du{lusll of the piblio moueyn atrusiod to tom, ibs, weikent anks would e olways on band to secura thoee des potlls by olfora ot highest intorost, Our saunicipal corporations would loso infiuitely mora i ouo fatlura {hou all tho {ntorest thoy might thus seciroin niauy years, Boalles, no priuciplo Liss been moro clestly Satubilshod 1u 0}l tho expordenco of the lato panic, and of provions pauics, thau that the payug of iutorest on current deposits $A Tuiuous in its ultimato effects, No Dbauk that pays futercat on doposits, which may ba drawn ont any duy, Is safe. All tue’ abjections that apply to_ the Sost plan appty, thereforo, to the sccond oue, and make It oven worso, Tho third plsn Ja wubstantintly tio ono pursued by {lio United States in tho munugement of fta fluaucial matfors, To carry it out hera in Bt Loule, for in- stanee, a luw ehould be paesed directing this Troasurer of the City of St, Louis to kcep all tho monoy coming 1t biw hands dn's vault, to bo built by the city, tuklug away from lim oll the responsibility for tho moncy kopt In {8, but likowias_probibiting Lim from doposite Ing it nuywhero else, sl. Lo, but tho city, should be the custoiun of the funds, 80 far as tholr safo-keoping s concernied ; Lo should’ bo the oustodian only of thelr proper ap lication in payment of gouuitio ouch~ ers, His bond ehould cover noihing oleo; all risks of butglaty, fire, &e,, should be undertukon and provided for uy fhe city, While merely vuggosting this plan for tho prexent, we shull bave occasion to discuss Ils Yae ‘rlous features at unother time, AMOIAL ASPECTS OF MR, GAGE'S CASE, To the Editor of The Chieaqo T'ribune: Bin: Though I seldom “yush into print,” allow mo to oxpress myself in your columns on this occasion. A mau who las stood Leforo tho community for yoors as n philanthropist, o man of public Bpirit; prominent in deods ol charity aud merey; enjoying tho confidonce of his fellow- men to such nan oxtont that any office at their disposal is_his for 1ho soolking, s clocted to tho oflice of City Treasuror. In this Xnnmuu tho same confidenoo that cheered aud Lionored him in priyate lifo is con- tinuod, Eminently qualified for the position, ho enters upon his dulizs, Now, what have the public a right to expect of such amun? E, Havo thoy not the privilogo of demandiog and exPcvung more of him than” of one in whom in privato life less trust Is reposed 2 Did not the lato City surer recognizo thia himeelf when ho pid intercst monoy into the coffors of tho clbg. or was that simply an clee- tioncaring dodge Iu nuswer to the former, cannot wo roply yes ? To tho lattor, it may not Lo sufoto hazarda roply. {’Jut in elther ovent, is it not clear that the moral rospaneibility resting in such & man a8 wo linve describad, is greater than on ous from whom less is expected? It surely is. Now putting bolind bim tho enormity of his sin,sncriticing a nume unhlumiehed,bnuf!ug dig- grace aud dishonor ou his family, ho deliborutely robs thé City, betrays his trust, Yel‘jums bim- #elf and bocomes o common deluulior. should the public now say ‘Lo is not an or- dinary rascal, but s man of fino parts and worthy of sympathy and help,” or sliould they snv that having * fallen_from his high cstato " i punishment should bo as sovero us that of less respected defauliers ? It seoms to mo the lattor, and that any at- tompt to screon Lim or pass over tho sinfulnoss of Liis peculations is but » premium on rascality, and on inducoment to thosein liko positious, who iteh for zold, to run the chances and do lkowiso. 1t is ronk Injustice to send a poor dovil, bronght up in #luws of a groat city, to the Peni~ tontinry for steahng o cout to protect himwell from tiie soverity of the weather, and allow a man who has liad the advaninges of education and society to stenl his halt-nuilion and go freo ; Do tho object of pity—lovked on 88 an unfor- tunatoman, 1t can be but n_slckly sentimontality and a wicked compoundiug with felony. Let not our n{mpuflay for the eriminnl shut our oyes to justice. Coxe, THE CITY MONLYS, Toa the Editor of The Chicagn Tribune: Bim: Tho recent dovelopments in rolution to our city finances vory maturally canso men to thiuk and inquire after ways and meusus to pro- vent such foarful catastropbos, Botoro Mr. Qogo aspumod the oflce, our former Tronsurers loaned the funds to hanks or otherwiso and pockoted tho intercst. As with tho city's growth these sums incrensod, tax- payors argued that the Inrge interest thusvoatiz- ed by theso ollicials should Lo covered into tha T'reusury, less o fair_and liberal compounsntion 1o the Trensuror. It was also nusertod—no doubt tiuthfully—that thoso lurge receipts woro afton omployed, to greater or loss extent, ns corruption-funds. When, therofore, on his first clection, Mr. Gnge proposed to pay tho Interost into the ‘Prgasury, bo was grontly applauded for disin- torestod patiiotism, Tvory recurring day, howover, brings now experience. Amoag other thmgs wo learnod that it is not alwnys snfo to doposit Inrgo anounts of monoy n banks, and wo bogan to think it wore botter to puttho public moneyin & placo of abrolute snfoty and forego the intorost, Noono will question tho fnct thut taxpayeranre entitled to all the intorest thelr monoy will bring; henco the quostion arlses, Is thore n wuy to so- guro this to the utmost Porsible limic without detriment to public intorost ? We wuro unnnnlly assessed to puy our tanxes from six to twalyo months in advuneo of the timo tho money is to bo used. Now, 1t appours to me quite” pructicablo ta divido tbo taxes into four and ndo uymonts, Eny January, A}ml, July, and T)umhcr,—klmu extonding the payments on un averape of four monthw, ~ ‘Thin would groutly voliove n largo majority of taxpayers, and leave them to onjoy the intorest on their monoy for four montha longor, which, on the £0,000,000 asuvssmiont for the coming your, would amount to the snug litlo sum of §200,000 at 10 pef cent per aunuwm, Trompt paymont could ho ingured by proper pounlties, Tho Collector shionld promptly pay ovey to the Tronsurer, sud roport snoh pay- monts, and exhibit his vouchors to the Oomp- traller, who should make an entry of all suoh amounts,—thus showing ot nli times the bal- auces that should be in the Tronsury, All contracts mudoe Ly the city inyolvin paymont of movoys should bo wmade wit reforenco to mionoys oo houd when auch pay- mients hecomo due, Comparatively small balsnces would be in the hands of the Tronsuror nt any timo, ond theso linble to bo ealled for at any timo,—thus quickly londing to dotection of possibio poculntions, Tavrayen. RAILROAD iTEMS. TIE NEW S0UEDULE OF FALIGHT OHARGED, A roporter of Tue Trinuse collod on Mr. A, Anderson, Genotal Buperintendent oftho Toledo, Wabnsh & Wosturn Raflrond, for tho purposo of finding out what his company intonda to do in rogard to the now frelght tarift arranged by the Hoilroad Comminsionors for their rand, and which is to go futo offcct on the I6th of noxt montl, Mr, Andorson stated that, in bis opinion, the tariit would Liave to Le approved by tho Leginla- turo bo fore it would go into eftect. Thoy had no lden of complyiug witl tho provisions of tha tnifr, considering it to be unconstitutional, Tho Inw providos that the Commissionors should ndu?t roasonable muxinum ratos, but, iustoad of that, thoy have mudo the lowest rates pussi- blo, just suoh 1atos as o farmor umuml{ would makd, Ang ratiroad complying with tho tanft would be bankrupt in” less than six months, and, for that ronson, railronds would hove to fight it to tho Litter end. ‘he tarift was made ospecially for thoir rond, and ho Lnd to admit tha it was more favorable Lv thom thou the ronds hmdh;}z from Chicago Weat. It #oemod as if tho tayiff bad beon mado especially againgt Chiengo, Hotlronds wern in the habft of mnking lowor ratos for long ditauoes, os- pecinlly from ono large elly to “another, so na to pive Obleago merchanis a chance to compolo successfully with 8t, Louis sud Cincinuati,g But, undor the Commisionera' tariff, this could not Do done, becauso thoy provided that . railrond comp avy rhonld not carry froight for long dis- tancos for & less amount than for short onos, Tor thin rearon their rond would bo benofited, Tuuning as it s botweon Tolodo, O, and St. Loum, which oitios, not boing in the Stute of Ilinois, could successfully compoto with Chi« cago. v, Anderson was of tho opinion that tho Commiuslonors know about an mich of run- ning railroads s o horae doos of Iobrew lan- guago. THE MICHIGAN BOUTIHERN, "The Discotors of the Luks Blore & Michigan Southern Rallroad Compavy havo created n soc- ond mm—g;-ga on their {Aropnrty for $256,000,000. Itin undorstood that this mortgaga is now ro- cording in_about thirty different countics in the, Staten of Now York, Obio, Michigan, Indians, and Il'inols, through whish the rosd passos from Buffaio to Chicago. Tho mortgago, bosides cov~ ering 4,000,000 floating_obligations nud €6,000,- 000 debentures ovonted last season (to meet which 2600,000 a yenr . not oarnings is pladged for ton yoars), will “provido for $10,000,000 now oxpenditure ou the road and its equipment, It raisos the funded debt and capital of the Une in aqual proportious to &100,000,000, aad brings up tho question whothor tho rosd will be nble to onrn £8,000,000 yoar, including §500,000 s year for sinking fund, for some yonrs tocomo, 1t is roported that niot moro than from four to five millions of their mortgages will be issucd at prosont. INOREARED TAY. About a wook ago, the managers of the Chl- cago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad roduced tho pay of thelr engiuecors 10 per cont, having proviously reduced tho ealarios of sl other e~ ployos of their rond tho samo amount. A fow days ago » dispateh _from Aurora stited that the engineers conterplated o striko on account of this reduction, This statement was donicd by tho officors of the road. DBut there scoms to have been eo much disentisfaction among tho ongineeis that it was feared thoy might stiilo, and, to prevent this, the Company gave ordors yosterdn) to raise thoir ealaries ngain to what they icto before tho reduction was mado, and gaxxnoqucutly tho engiucers on that rosd ara appy. RAFFERTY. Gov, Boverldge Befuses to Grant Xilm 2 Iespites Tt was rumored yosterdoy that Mr. Small, tho indefatigablo counsel for the murderor Rafferty, Lad applied for o supersedoas to one of tho Judges of the Supremo Court, and that tho writ had been rotused. The Judge, Lowever, advised Mr. Bmall to apply to the Govornor for & respite, 80 that the application could be made to the full Court in January, The Journal of last ovening gives tho following interviow with Mr. Small s Roporter—Itis a fact, thon, that you have ap- pliod to & Judge of the Bupreme Court for a suporsedons, and failed to obtain it. r. Small—Yes, I did. The Judgo advised mo, however, to apply to the Governor for & ro- spite, and thus bring tho oaes befors the full Court, at Bpringheld. R.—To which Judgo did yon apply? ~ ° AMr. 8,—I'hat I declive to tell, "I had rather wot have the namo of the Judge givon, at prosent. R.—\Vas it Judgo MoAllistor? Dr. 5.~1It was not. As s matter of dolicacy, I did not sco fit to apply to Judge AloAllister. R.—As tho matter stands, then, though no snporsedens has beon granted, do you consider that it has boen refused ? Mr. 8,~I do not B0 consider it, R.—8hall you make any further effort for a suporsedens 2 I, 8, —T shall, At a Iater hour Stato's-Attornoy Reed was found in tho Criminal Court-room, where the Tfollowing colloquy occurred : TRoporter—ir. Reed, havo you heord the nows sbout Rafforty Btato's-Attorney—No ; what fa it ? “Lhe reporter thon proccedod to detall tho above facts to the cagor State's-Attornoy, and inquired : ow do you intorprot the nction of tho un- known Judge in roterring Mr. Small to the Gov- ernor ¢ Htato's-Attorney—~It unquostionably means that the Judgo, whoever he ma; be, is unwilling to grant & supersedons, Iteporter—Do you thiuk any other Judgo will graut ono? Btate's-Attorney—I can't toll positively, but doubt 1t. Idon’t bollovo any one of thom will tnke tho responwibility of interferiog again m this caso, 1 guces Riafferty ls *gonsup,” I will at once telograph to Gov. Deverideo and aco il I can learn suything furthor about tho matter. ‘Wheteupon Mr, Reed rotired to his offico up- &tairs and wrote tho following telegram to tho Governor : Omoaao, Dec, 18, 1873, To TMls Ezcelleney, Gov, Jaln L. Ueceridyo ; Teporters suy Judges Supromo Court refuse super- scdeas in Rafforty’s cage, aud you aro asked for o respite, Auawer fully. Ikope you wiil not interfore, ‘OnanLES 1M, NEED, A Tninuxe reporter called upon Mr. Reed last evening to hiear the resuls of his L“B]Ll\lflh to tho Governor. Mr. Reed stated that Lolad recoivod an answer from the Gavernor saying bo lad ro- fused lo'frlnl a respito. This settles Raflerty's coso, and unlees somothing extracrdinary oc- ours lio will oxpiato hig orimo on the gallows one weelt from to-duy. Testing thao Kee IEu ux, ow Some Sioua Olty crs Made o Orosving Noar Decas che Xrom the Sfouz City Journal, 0. A. Bmitl tolls a good story on bimself, A. Ifale, and Goorge Tappin, ‘They woro down on tho Missowri hottom, unoar Deoatur, last weol, and vory anxious to ges across Lhe river, Tho reports ~ which they heard in rogard to tho strength of the ico woro so conflicting that thoy heyitated to ventura upon it for a long timo. Fi- nally they proourod small boat and mads tho ven- turo, ‘Cappin pulled on a ropoe attached to tho how, while Smith pushed at the stern. The object in tuking tho bont was, in case the ico gave way, to have it hLandy to take to, and thus #nvo themselves from o watery grave. It was agreod thay M, Hale—ho botug o Jucgo man— should temuin ou shoro until Bmith and Tappin had gained the othoer bank, whon ho should follow on bis hands and knees. The parties with the bont reaghed the othor aido in afoly, when My, H, struck out ns previously uranguz. 1lo sprend hitsolf ot like & bat, in ordor Lo cover ns much surfaco ag he could, and thus crawled on his belly for hulf an Lour—n very fatiguing process of navigation, At the eud of half an hour he had renched widway of tho river, whon ho beard n nolse_Lehind him that fillad his soul with terror. o thought tho ico was breaking up and that he was a goner, suro, He lnoked around, and thoro close behiud him Wi u tonm of horses attached to a load of wood, Ho aprang to his fout to osoape being run over, aud lit out for his comrados, who were lying on the ground almost ohoked with laughter over tholr groundless fenrs and Mr, Hale's adyon- turo, S, —The sinuol report of tho Stato Anditor of Ohio, mado to the Governor on Fridsy, shows that the wmount of dobts of counties, tawnsbips, itioy, villages, and school dlstrlots in Ohio i 20,029,123, un incrouso over 1873 of £2,442,675, Llio ety debts are 76 por cont of the whole in- debtednoss, and the debts of Clevaland, Cin- cluuatt, aud Toledo, amounting Lo &10,275,810, or 07 por cont of all debts of cities m 0‘110, und more than 50 per cout of the tolal roported debt, "Phe Auditor resommands tho pudsige of law providing for tho appointmont of a spooial oflicer, whoso duty 1t shall bo ta examiue into tho affalra of ovory county ln Obia ‘alroady to Mr. PERTEET. No Hopes Left of Life, A COhoico Variety of Confossions. He Prefers His Lawyer to His Ministers. Sirifo Botween Orthodoxy and Kelero- doxy, Unavailing Efforts to Get Up a Petition. Letter from Perteet’s \ Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Jorier, Dee, 18,—Publio intorest in the miser- ablo felon who is to bo hanged horo to-morrow las rovived. Tho postponemont of tho execon- tion nomowhat allayod it during the weok, but, a8 thero appears to bo no vory great chance of snother interposition of the Executive power, the excitomant s considerablo. BUFFERING FROM NERVES. Bineo Tridny, Porteot has been in & very ner- vous condition, and has hind sovoral fits of con- vulsions, which have loft him prostrate for hours, o has been surly and obstinate at one time, and, on one oconsion, absolutely furious whilo with ono of his spiritual advisors. Ho is treatod by Shoeriff Arnold and that goutlomnn’s kind-hoarted sistor with unusual gentlonoss, bo- ing humored in almost every wish. In conso- quenco of this troatment, he has on throo seve oral occaslons admitted tho commission of tho crimo, onco golng 20 far as to minutely describs tho ciroumstauces. But tho lady doclines to divulga any of tho confldences reposed in hor. CLERICAL LABORS. It is hor opinion that the efforts of certnin olorgymen, one of them belonging to Chi- c8go, have contributed 1o the irritabillty of, and consoquent falschoods told by, the prisoner. The fact that ono gontloman of the cloth camo to him with a written statomont of tho caso, and sskod his signature to it in tho intorest of an ovening nowspaper is now gonorally known, and sovorely commentod on by tho officials of tho county and tho citizons gonerally. HOW THE RESPITE HURT 118 §0UL. High words wore exchanged botweea Portost sand Mr, Smnlo, on some epiritual matter, Pertaot giving way to his tomper, and talking loudly sauvd furiously, When Mr, Smalo osked the prisoner whon ho should call again, Dortact coolly told him that whon ho wanted him ho would send forhim, He bas also said to tho officials that the respito granted bim Inst week had done bis soul moroe harm than good, by reason of the misundor~ standings betwoon himsolf and tho ministers. Ho was, to-dny, nervous and depressed. Ho bas writton auother letter to the Governor, and another nppesl to State's-Attornoy Itoed, and is walting for a roply with great anxiety. ALL READY. To tho Rev. Mr, McLeod, of Joliot, he sald that he was in. readinesa for his journoy, and would meet his death resolutely. Thero aro so many stories in circulation about Lis written confi.;na{uu thata word ontho subject sooms noedful, Counsel, A HOST OF CONFESBIONS. Although tho publio mpy not rogard it sa a document of great relinbility, bo has, under s pillow, o packet which is {o bo rend aftor Lis execution, nud which will give his version of the hoirid busluoss for which be is to hang. A con~ fession ia also in tho hands of his spiritual ndviser. Anothor pecket has been given to the lady who has been #0 kind to bim, and o hLint of its contonts was carclossly dropped to a roportor of 'TriE TRIMUNE, It i3 supposed, from this hint,that the desperate creaturo’s intention was first to murder his wife, snd subsequontly lis dnnglllnr Lucinda, nfter which be was to 8avo tho Btato the expense of banging him, by applying the razor to Lis own throat, That ho failed to_completo his whale- sule butchery insocommendablo a mannor is due, 1t is belioved, to tho fack that bis cournge— or whatover brutal instinet was substituted for coursge—gavo way, If this je tho cado, the grantivg ~auother respite would be n pity, as 1t would yob tho aunals of erimo of & vory usoful contribution, Tho theory Is not & now ous, his counsol, it 18 sald, having entertnined it provious to bis trial, 1E STILL SIUNS RLTORTEDA, Bo morgso sud taciturn has Pertoct been, that reporcors have oxperionoed the utmost dilliculty in nppronchivg him. e rotirea to his cell snd concenls his faco whben addressed by anybody but Mr. Fellows, tho 8herifl, Dr, McLeod, or the Indy who has bofrionded him. Ior this roason, an interview which a reporter of Tix Tninuxe managed to obtain with him was briof and un- aatistactory. S "I'he roporter askod tho convontional question, whothier Ea liad made bis peace with his Maker, to which tho ]ill'iuanor roplied, zs he Liaa done oLeod, that he was ready to go on his journey. “What was your dificulty with Mr, Smalo?” asked tho reporter. *‘Ila_camo hero to run me, and run the whole buslness, just a8 ho has ever since tho trial," was tho surly and vindictive roply. A NEGATIVE MAN. “Iave you made any confossion?" was tho lm.:nn‘d In’m.wumdmml query. #Arg you going t0?" 1410 you going #1g that on account of Judge Knowlton's ad- vico to you?" No reply. “Do_yon intend to mako any romarks at the scaflold to-morrow 7 “No #I undorstand ihat you have an explanation to make to the world of tho unpleasant affair.” “Yes! I havo bore something that the world can Beo. Thoy will see then how far I was con- nected with the commission of the orime, I might have made known somo circumstances— {from the boginuing I might lave introduced a history that would have 2xculpated me to & cor- inin extent, buk the facts would have reflected on thoso who are dear to me,” * What is tho nature of thoso lnc!a?——thn( might, if they are what you say, eavo you yet." *You will son, you will see.” NO FAULT TO FIND WITI TUS LAWYZR. % Doos Judge Knowlton know theso facts? ‘You surcly have not concesled avything from bim m 'T'o which Portost roplied that Judge Knowl- ton hiad not been moroly a lawyor to lim, but s {riend, and he took more consolation from hiy fotters than from the visits of the eccleainatica, “Nothing,” said he, *‘cou make mo consuro Mr, Knowlton,"” from which the ouly inference tbat can reasonably bo drawn is that an effort had been made to socure a word of conaure. N0 ToTE. Do you," pursued’the reporter, still hope for merey ?" Tertet replied that he did not, but thora was somothing in his mannor that suggosted that ‘Tl yretoh condemued with life to part Htil), stdl), on Hopo relies, Aud ovory paugy thut rends his heatt Bids oxpectation rise, The interview was prolonged somewhat, the reportor endeavoring to elivit from the prisonor what his frionds were hoping, Ho plled him with quoations relative to n letter ho rocelved from Judge Knowlton yostorday, but Pertoot was obstinato, and subsequently grew angry and norvous, Tha informmlion, howover, was in- dafinialy given by loto who undorstaud tho caso, anil attribute it to tho earnest eforts mak- ing by the Mothodint clorgy to obtain a commu- tatlon of sentence. A COMIROMISE, . As_tho caso now stunds, Portoat I8 batweon two firos on tha confossion business, If he con fesnos, ho enubs Judgo Knowlton's theolog aoil advico, aud porliaps (s0 o Lan boon ol injures his chauco of commutation, On the other hand, if ho docan’t confoss the Mothodist olergy will censo their offorts on his bebalf, 1le s vory huppily compromised by not confossing during his lifotime, but Ly leaving s writton von- fession with two or threo people, ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY, Moanwhilo tho elcrgir oxpross thoir abhorrence of the lonraod counsol’s loterodoxy, as may be undoratood from the following lotior written to Gov. Boveridgo: # Jovtwz, 1W,, Dee, 15, 1670, To_His Bzcellenoy Guu, Loveridge: “DeanBins I thenk yon siucerely for sparing tho litu of Vorteot snother week, Tvery righte 1 minded Ohristian sud cltizen in this community | l heartlly approves yonr actlon. Tho wratched man desires mo to sny that bio cannot find words Lo oxpreas hia gratidudo, X trust o will improve the {imo granted, ko that ho may bo ablo to meot a shamoful bub dj’uut death with somo dogreo of calmuess nnd_resigmation, 110 hng made (what hio moys i) o fall and frank coufession of "his nwful crime, tho cruel adyice of hlf counacl to the contrary notwithstanding. **The poor wretol, atanding on the brink of oternity, wns Intimidaled by his counsel, and it was not until almost tho fast moment that he burat the fettors with which thoy sought io bind bim, and confostcd bis guilt.” Bluco the ro- splto, Lo hos moro fully unburdoned his mind, and consequently {feels moro resigned. 1 have stendfastly refused from tho first (o nign his petition for o commutation, aud warned him not to entertnin any such horo. I can eay to mysolf_that the idon of & commutation nover ontored my mind when asking your Excollency for a rospite, ond I think I mnl By tho snmo of tho prisoner. The only object I hiad in view was distinotly stated in the telegram, and I fool that an approving coneclonca will go far to extract tho poison ottt of the arrowa shot atyou by a portion of tho public prees who rotorrod to this mntter. Again thanking your Excellency for your Kindness in granting our request, and praying that you may bo Divinely guided in'tho dischargo of tho duties of your lfigh oflice, Iam, yory falthilly, Janes MoLzop, [ f“l"an‘r" of tho Firast Prosbyterian Church, olial BILL OF FARE, Tt is cumtomary to publish the bill of farg of criminals about'to dle, The publlo demand it. Portoot, then, ato heartlly at noon to-day, par- taking 'of thio following cholco comostibles ¢ ‘l'hreo big sweot potatoos, lalf a duck, somo oysters, bread and butter in vast quanti- tios,—tho whole washed down with tea. FINAL PIEPARATIONS, Tho gallows ia & rolia of barbarlsm. Thero socmed to bo an idea that the fall of tho saud- bags world not be suficlont, Honco somo of the flagging boa been removed to give thom a drop of nine or ten feat, Foara aro outortained that this will wronch the poor creature'shead off. But the porticulars are too disgusting to dwoll upon. Experiments with the ghastly affair which has ended the earcor of only one murderor have not boon vory successfal Litherto, but tho me- chuuical fanits aro suscoptible of remedy. "[ho excetition will take placo botwoen 1and 2 o'clock. TERTEET OERTAINLY DOOMED, Bome partics were busy iv Chicago yesterday getting up a potition to the Governor requesting him to commuto the rontence of Portect. Com- ratively fow signatures woro obtainod, and it 5 not ot all likely the Governor could bo induced to further prolong ihe murderer's oxistonce. Btato's Attornoy Roed waa again oalled to use his influcnce in fayor of a commutation, but he resolutely declined, It is, thorefore, safo to sa) that beforo the xun sots Porteet will have pnlfl tlio ponaity of bis brutal crimo. Leétter from Judge Knowlton. ‘WiraTon, 11, Doo, 16, 1873, o the Editor of The Cliicago Tribune: . B¢ In your lssuo of Saturday last, you mako at lonst ono quotation from n lettor mostly writ- ton by mysolf (it not being an acourate copy), published the day provious in your paper. It is not my object at this time to question your religious opinions as oxprossed in your articlo of Baturday, or the propriaty or morality of publishing and commenting upon a private lotter obtained by any of your roportors or cor~ rospondents (as Iam informod my lotter was) from tho possomsion of tho porson having ita custody, without his knowledge or congent, But I doeiro to call your attontion, aud that of the publio, to the fact that you omit very import- ant ngguugohconnnanon with what you have quoted, Your first quotation ia: Should you be requested by any one, no mat- tor_who, to make any confessions, I bope you will b firm in refusing to_do ro, u8 it conkl_do "you no good in this life or world, or &ny other, Tusisi upon your innocence, as you Lave hiefotofore douo aud sal ‘undor the solomnity of un oath, Hero you stop, when you should, to convey corroat impressions of the scuse of wmy letter, have furthor quoted this: To daclare the contrary now, whon your mind may ‘o Impaired through nerve-exhuustion, cousequent upon auxiety, would be unrelfablo with me, nud a stoiu upou your memory, Your oaths that you wera innocent have boen taken when your wmiud was sll right, and in good healtlful vigor, 1 wish hora to say, that I have more confidenco fn what a man doliberatoly swoars to when thore 1a no queation that ho s in the full and healthy possession of all his mental facultics, than in what ho merely says when his mind is, for aught known to man, impaired by the means suggeated iu my lettor,—or without such impairmeat, when fiuzing upon & gallows, which in a fow hos ho nows lie must ascend, and be there inhumanly strangled to death with a rope around Lis neck. I will add suothor difforenco hetweon my sen- timents snd what I understend to be yours, which is, that I bave no such small concoption of o Suprome Boing 88 to suppose thiat be would treat o poor, agonized, dizembodied soul any better because, on the ove of death, Lie had con- {eesed to anothier Jmm‘ mortal something which that mortal wisbed to bLear, even if true, than Ho would had no confession bcen made. Lost X should not falrly interprat what clso ou were pleased to sny us to or upon tho sub- {.mr. of the offcot of death-nppraaching confess glons, I offer no furthor commont upoun them, but leavo the public to form their own conelu- sions as to whether your views aro correct or in- correct. 1 will furthor eny, that I am now glnd that T wroto tho lottor in question to the uufortunato l!_’e;lcnt. It secms to have given him some ro- iof. 1would sny <l1nita asmuch and oven mora (inoluding what 1 remarked about the opinion of Judge Oml%), to you, or any other human boing, even though not my cliont, it I thought it would iu the slighteat degreo reliove the agouy of mind produced by tho couviction that the man'must, by tho oold, unrelenting hands of tho law and of an exocutioner, it a fow bouts bo hurled, with con- vulsive, gurgling breath, into tho sublima and awful prasence of Lis God. J. H. ENOWLTON. —_— 'The 870,000 Defalcation of the Trens= urer of Leavenworth County, lkan, From the Leavenworth Tymes, Dec. 16, Early on Bundsy morning s ruimor was prova- lent to tho effect that Goorge 8, Smith, County I'reasurer, had admitted o deficioncy of 70,000 in bls accounta, and bad siguod over all his prop- erty to Lis bondsmen, William P, Borlsnd, IE. W. Gitlett, ©. B. Braco, Dnanlel Kinnear, 1. Housley, H. D, MoKsy, sud I 8. Footo. This report was pot craditod at firat, but us the nows spread and conflrmation bogan to cowmo in from every point, the doubters began to fall into tho lino of boliovers, and there was nothing to do bLut accept the roport as true, DMonday enne, aud with It the dotails of the dofalcu- tion, As ecarly as practicablo we interviewed the Doputy in chargs of the Troasurer’s ofico (M. Smith bolng sick and conflued to his bed), and from him learued tho truo situation of af- fairs, It soems that up to two wooks ago, aven the Doputy ‘Ireasurer and his assistauts knew nothing of the dofalcation, and the first intima- tiou thoy had of auy trouble was a want of funds for which they could not account. ‘I'ha funds of tho Treusury wore doposited in tho city banks, and properly credited on the books ab tho Treasurer's oflico ; but when the Doputy, in the abgonce of Mr. Smith, attempted to draw on tho bauks, ho found, to bis surprino, thut nothing was duo the Tronsury, Mr, THal- lined, on discovering this Yetato of aMairs, ot ounce informed the bondsmon of Mr. Bmith. 1t appours that tho moncy was drawn from the banks by Mr, Smith on his own chiockn, and that he failed to notify his Deputy of tho withdrawal of the funds. 'Of courso no ontrios woro made on the books of the ofllice, and hence the acconnts thera romalned perfeotly correot, Tho deficioncy is ocstimated io bo botwoen 50,000 and _§76,000. Mr. Bmilh {8 at proscut quite siok and unablo to give tho oxact amount of his nssets, but his bondamon tool confldont that they, with the amount of property turned over, will noarly, it not qutte, make up the dofi- ciency., Smith anys ho bag on deposit in a bank of this city betwoon $24,000 nnd $30,000 in county sorip, and $8,000 in 6-20 United Ktatos bonds, but this deposit is nowhere to bo found. Porhaps whon the Treasurer rocovers ho will Lo abloto get track of tho misaing mcouritics, but ut presont they are beyond tho kon of his bondsmen or thoss at presont in oliarge of the Trensury, A moating of the Board of Connty Commis- sionors will bo hold on Wednesday, und an luvos- tigation follow, Youtorday tho bondsmon held a moalhl\(&, aud at their rmiueut Mr, Bmith appomted Edward Burr, Dopuly-Treasuror, and ho takeu uhargo of the oflico until sowe pormanent change Is mwade. potiiiolel Xubleauaiaisic Stita ‘The Iod Biver Raft, From the Little Lock (.rk.) Gazette, Dec, 13, Tho Washingtan Telegraph of 'Lhutsduy comes to ns with tho following announcement’s ‘¢ Iha stenmor Audrow Ackley, belonging to the Iron Mountain Line, srrived at Fulton yos- torday mornn:f;. ‘I'ne Aokloy cumo through "the channel of Old River, whoro™ the raft hus beon cut nway, Bhols the first stcamer that las passed through for mm; yoars,” Thus the long wished for evont bas at lengtn occurred. The romoval of the it sud tho oponing of ppvigstion in an announcement biow; foll battling for tho rolicf of others during ¢! Into epldumic at Bhroveport. Tho navigat{on o Uppor Red River is now open. The Cairo 4 Fulton Rallrond Compnoy heve made arrango: monts with & line of stonmors to run abovo and bolaw Fulton, in connection with the rallroad, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Rcport of tho Government Diroctors From the Omaha Republican, In the roport of Inst yoar tho Dirccters sayy 4 Probably vo equal numbor of consecnlivomilet of railway in the United Siates can be found in botter condion” But now thoy say tho rond “ig in botter condition, in muny rerpocts, than it was thon."” A grent deal of work wa: done in 1872 to guard ngainst a recurronce of the enow-blockade. In tho last yoar's roe port, tho Dircctors soy that * tho offorts being orablo to tho momory of Liout. Woodrufr, \flll‘% .made by the Genoral Buporintendont to provent n renewal of the snow-blockado, will, in our Judgmont, if ho s allowod to porfect thom, prove satisfactory.” They now claim that that }udgment i justified. During 1872-3 but onq train was detnined twonty-four. hours, and foiw onstorn conncotiond were “lost at Omaba during the entire wintor.” * During tho yoar, 381 milea of road have been raized from 1 to 6 feot,—nn nvorage of 3 fcot, Soventy-fivo miles of snow-fonco, and 4 miles of #now-shods have been bullt. ltlsAug?uatcd thut these features will bo disponsed with by the widening of the cuts. There aro now 67 culd protected by shods and feucos. Widaning thest outs wil, itls estimated, dlspenso with 15 miles of this sort.of protection and exponso. Al the somo timo that this improvoment is going on, tho longeat and bighoat trostlos are hoing fillod at u comparatively slight axpense, Blxty miles of new iron have been latd, and 500,000 tics roplaced—tha Inttor at sbout Lalf tho former cost. 3 ‘Tho number of engines 18 given at 147, the cosl rauging from £8,000 to $15,000, makting a tatal in Valistiont 81,632,600, On the 20th of August the cats, ete., are given : apgrogato vale untfon, §2,117,260, Al toported in good condie tion, ‘Thora Wore 1,150 box, 1,600 flat, 48 dump, 950 band, 3 derrick, 5 wreoklng, 0 mall, 12 bag: gogo, 2 pay, and’ 2 officers’ cars, bosldes the repulne first and second-class conclics and the Lincoln cor, At times, 100 more hox and 150 moro fiat cara could bo employod. An addl~ tionul number in boing constructed. In tho lo- comotivo departmont, the shops, with dimen- sions, ote., arg me at Omahs, Grarnd Ysland, North Plntte, 8idnoy, Cheyenno, Shorman, Lar- nmio, Medicine Bow, Lawling, Bittor Crool, Green River, Evanaton, and Ozdon, Muchiuory snd conditfon proucunced good, and capacity apparoatly sufficiont. o wator siations aro givon; mods of supply, oto,, and the Compsny is compli= mented upon its oxortions aud success g the scarch for eprings, and in boring nrtes sian wells, There arc 75 water-siations, averaging somo 181¢ mulos apart. Soven are supplied by artestun’ wells, the aggregate cost of which is 852,118,741 7 sclf-feoding, 28 by wind. mills, nnd 38 by hond. Partics oporntil;f; in cosl on tho lino of the road oxpress & willingnoss to furnish coal to the railrond company at from %2 to 8 per ton, The prico now nominally paid to the Wyoming Conl and Mining Company is $3.50; ~ tho differs enco botweon this and the contract price as sot out in our reporl of last year is, wo ara fuformed, held in uheyance for ndjustment at some future time. Lo Cosl and Mining Cowme sy clnims full contract prico, which, a4 Wo are nformod, relinbly wo doubt not, amounted on tho 81st of July Inst, to a balance duo to said Company of $1,075,696.97, while the balanco dua ot that dato at the nominal prics of €3,50 waa $263,082.16, lenving o bolance of 3812,214,85, not o dollar of which, in our judgment, rhould evor bo paid. And wo aro flumly of the opinion that an entively now {mlicy with yespect to the fuol doposits along tho line of thie road, should ba adopted, both s to the supplies for tho Company nud for general consumprion,"” ‘Tho total enrpinga for the year onding Juno 80, wero £0,833,905.09: for {tho praceding yeas thoy waro $7,060,614.40 3 incrouse, £1,638,950.60, The operating oxpensos for the yoar are 84,607, 999.66; for tho previous yoar, ©4,300,816.04 increat, £997,182.62. Incrowo, in not earnings, $1,288,78,18., A much gruator increaso is an- ticipated noxt yoar. 1t is clnimed tliat tho rosd * is o complefod road within the meaning of thoacta of Conv gress providing for its coustruction,” ‘Cho Jand sold to Oct. 81 amounts to 709,748 ncres, atan avorago of £4.00 per acre, aggre- gating 8,595,460, The roporc says “The Governmont bat stopped cortifylng honds to the Company, Tho Company 18 selling uncertified lunda to scttlers and others st piicos avorsging §4.50 glur acre, Bome of tho lands sold aro paid for in land-grant bondsof the Company. The bonds, when thus recelved, arg canceled, ond the debt of tho Company yeduced in corre- sponding amounts, Some are sold for part of tha rigo paid in cash, with balancoon iime, beor- 1ug intorest. Incither oveut, the Company gots wprosont pocunisry benofit. Still, tre Jands thus sold aro not subject to taxution, Wesuggest that somo rnmcdy uufi\xt to bo provided for thig aunomelous case.”” They favor & certification of tho lauds, Tho report further states that o Jiboral man+ agemont, capecinlly in_the froight departmont, would biing the aunual_earnings up to $12,000,% 000 within two yoars, This is the closing paras graph : ** The #nfoty of tho Govorumont investe mont dopends on the future of the road, and wa caunot urge too atrongly, tinat somo means ba doviged for o localization of the exeuutive powor of tho Company.” e — Mr. Colfax m n New JRolc—Elis Exa verienco in Making Cure of inebris WLCKe n the South Dend (Ind.) Tribune, Deo, 15, M. Colfax is nimost as weil known as an ad. vacato of tho causo of Temperance as hois of tho principles of the Itepublican party, and thora aro fow soctions of tho couutry whora'tbo peo- plo bave not hewrd his onrnest offorts in the cuuso which bo Lus osponsed so warmly evor sinco his early teens. Last Friday Mr. Collasz lind anothor opportunity to put his preaching into praotico, _ Whilo at work in his library, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, his wilo camo to him and_sald thero was a man lying in the rond opposite their residonco who was to all a) poarauce dead. Fho day was_ostromoly chilly, with a cold rain falling. "Mr, Colfax hurried ouf 2nd found the man wnok oxaotly dead, but dead drunk. Ifo was wob through, Lis clothos wora covered with mud, aud he wos as entlrely ob- livions of thingy torrestrinl as if ho had imbibed from tho game bottlo with Vilkiug' Dinsh. Tho dolivery wagon of Knoblock, Obapin & Co. lappening wlong Just thon, Mr. Colfax hailed tho drivor, the body. was lifted Into tho vohicle, and mounting the seat with the driyor, M. Colfax started out to find, if possible, whero the 1aun lived and tnke him home. The fivst halt made was Jn front of the Knoblook store where a crowd soon gathered, and from somo of them It was ascortained that the viotim of tanglefoot lived eomowhere in the vicinity of Uollogo Grove, over amile away. Tho velicls way started in that dircetion, and when in tha vioinity of Collogo Grovo, Mr. Colfax bogan his inquiries for the man's rosidonce, and, after over an hour's search, found it in tho woods some distance boyond Colloge Grove. The mem- bora of the family wero groatly slarmed, at firat, thinking that the husbaud and father wan doad, but alter ascortaining that he was only drunk thoy wero as groatly surprised to think that our distinguished townsman should bave gone to the troublo of bringlug him home. Mr. Colfax warned thewm of the 5;1'0“ dunger the man was subjeat to in gotting drunk, snd having g0 far to travel on a road ‘xilun.u unfroquonted in places, and particularly during the inclemont senton. e Sonn Bright on the Domestic Use in in Engiand of indian Coris Rocupaty, Oct, 10, 1813, Dean Sin: I duly recoived your intoresting lottor of 28th April last, and have submitted i to Mr. Buckmuster, who has boon giving lec- furcs on cooking a¢ Sonth Konsington (at the Inteinationsl Exl\lbiflonhnnd hava asked him to considor now far auything can bo done on the snbjoct of tho use of Tndlun corn in this coun- try, Hithorto nothing bas boen doue, and thera aro diftloultion iu tho way which it witl tako timo to overcome, Uho grentest diffioulty ia that which attends all now things—tho indisposition ot the pooplo to give o favorable or even an {mpartial ottontion to what is naw. Tha chief hindrance to the use of Indian corn has slways been the want of kuowledgo as to the various modes of coulflnf it, I spoak now of those who sre favorably disposed luwnnl it. ‘Thoro must ho meu aud women in this country who aro fumiliar with this branch of cookery a8 practiced with you ; or, if not, it would not bo dinicult to uuglnlgn somo Amoricall Man or woman cook who would undertake to instruct init. I shall probably soo Ay, Buckmaster again when I go up to London, snd I sholl urge him, and those with whom he s agsoeinted, to arrange for tomo provision by which ull that 1a known Ju the Btates with respeet to Indlan corn may also bo known in this country, Wa have always to im- purt & lurge yortion of our food, and it seemn very straugo that an artiole of such groat con= sumption with you should bo so hittle favored or . kuown among us, T cannot eny more on tho subject now, but I will uot foryet it, or your lelter upon it. Iaw veory reapectfully yours, Joun Brrour Au, Jonx L, Qauding, 8 Aerchanta' Exchange, Ol