Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1874, Page 2

SPRINGFIELD. Roport of the Btate Bonrd of Chari- * “ties Concerning the Inourably - Insane, About 3,000 Insano Persons in tho State---2,400 Cases Incurables Increased Accommodations N eeded- Asylums for - the Incurables Not Desirable; - Tho . Legislature Working No Grent Bonefit to Public Interosts. Carcloss Manner in Which the Statutes ) 3 Are Revised. Ex-Senator Doolittle’s Appeal in Behalf of Chicago University. : THE INOURABLY INSANE, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. REFORT OF MR, BEGRETARY WINES. SermorieLy, I, Fob, 17.—Tho special roport of tho Board of Publio Charitics on the numbor and condition of the incurably insane in Illinois, ‘which is appended, roveals a doplorablo tato of faots, Thore aro 800 insane in tho State, of whom & great majority, probably four-fifths, are jucurable. Tho provision for taking caro of them in the Btato at prescnt is wholly insuffi- cient. The Btato, county, and privata asylums now eroctod will. accommodato about 1,200. Whon the -Northorn oand Southern Hos: pitals shall have beon comploted, - thero will be accommodations for 500 .additional, or 1,700 in all, loaving 1,800 etill unprovided. for, Thora aro now . . 5 \IN THE COUNTY JAILS AND ALME-HODSEZS of- Illinois about 700 inssno, of whom. 450 are outeide of Cook County, bosides many othors supported by the towns and counties, and by friends, outsido of alma-houses.. .ho condition of the insane on the county farms is reprosented by tho Board ns extremely unfortunate for the most part. - 2y But tho Board opposo the building of esylums designad exclusively for the clironic onsos. They nrge upon the Logiglaturo tho noceesity far an Immediato complotion of - the hospitals noyw. building, and are of tho opinion that B ADDITIONAL TIOBPITAT) ACCOMMODATION will Lo demanded by thu}moplo of tho Btate'in o vory short time. - Thoy favor tho total abolition of tho pay-diet in sll State Lospitals for tho in- anne, and the making of them absolutely freo to all pooploof tho State, ; Tho roport was preparad by, aud is mainly tho result of the investigation and work of, the Rav. Frod 11. Wines, tho compotent Bocretary of the, Board. Tha following is the % ¥ULL TEXT OF THE REFORT : BOARD OF PUBLIO CUARITIES, BEORETARY'S Ornaz,} + BPRMINGPISED, UL, Fob, 16, 1674, o the Hon, John Early, President of the Senate :. & -~ Sm: Ihave tho houor to acknoyrledge _tho ‘rocoipt of tho following resolution sdopted by the Bonato Jat, 19, 1874 ¢ 2t “ Kegolved, That tho State Board of Oharitable Insti- tutlons be, and they aro hereby, requestod {o roport ta. tho Benaty whother thoy canuot doviso some plun snd find gome placo in the meny insane-asylums in the Btate where tho incurably insanae can beaccommodated aud caved for without cost or charge to relations or friends ; and that tho Secrotary of the Scnnte furnish !&m C'!.\nlmun of sald Board with acopy of this resolu~ o, ¢ A completo roply to tho foregoing inquiry will in- cludo iuformation on the follawing poiuts, namely FOUR GENERAL INQUIRIES, < Firet, what i8tho numbor of insane porsons resi- donls in tlis Btato? Sccond, of this number, what proportion may bo regarded as”_practically {ncurablo 7- Tuird, what fs tho- total smount of tho provision niready mudoin Tllinofe for the proper ara_and treat- ment'of tha insano ? and fourth, what furtlier - pro- vislon, if any, ia.tho State called upon to make for its Incurablo iusane 7 = WIIAT 18 TIIE NUMDRR OF INSANE TN JLLINOIS? | In tho ninth census of the United Btates, for the year 1870, under tho superintendenco of Gen, T.' A, ‘Walker, tho number of insanc in Illinois is atatod at 1,625, Butthis fgure (1,625) s vory much- 100 low, B Las boen fully domonairated by the speoial investi- gation on tho subject instituted by the Doard of Public Charities jn 1809, and carried to & final revision nnd completion in 1872, By reforence to the firet nnd second biennful * reports of this Board 4t will be rocn that, iu accordance with the desire.of tho Governor, tho Hon, John M. Pulmer, the Board openod correspondence in 1869 with evory physician in the Stato of Ilinols, for tho purpose of ascertaining from oach of them the number of insane and idiotio, individusle poraonally’ known to lilm and residing in’ his' immediato neighborbood, The replics roceived, which aro pormanontly filed in this ofiice, and open to auspection by tho Logislature, woro entered ina book Dby countios, All duplicated names wore crossed out, and all idiofs reported as iusano were carefully sepas- arated from tho truly fusane. When this had been thoroughly done, the fact nznpcnrb«l that the physicians of this State had porsonat knowlodgo of 2,357 cascs of insanttyin Xllinots in 1809, ! g ‘We wero fully aware that the returns received by nus wero fucomploto and pattial, for, after repasted. solfe- dtation ana endeavor, wo failod to abtalt, from 4,175 physiciana to whom clreulara wero sent, 'mora; than 1,728 ropliea, Wo accordingly procured from Gen. Walker, the Superintendent of the Censug, o manu;, seript )fat of tho namea Feportod to him by the conana takers in this State, Tho list reforred to s atill in our posecasion, Tha Secretary of the Board, with an na. Fistant, then made a consolidated list from the twg, taking iufiuite pains fo oxpunga all duplicatod names, nnd revising Lls work sovoral times to avold tho possic bility of suy considerable orror. Tho result fa on record in” our ‘office, ‘‘The consolidated - lst contains 5,005 names; of which 783 wero found on: both' tho iformor - lisia,’ 709 wero rolurned to Gen, Walker by the consust takers, it not to us, aud 1,613 wera roturned by the: phyaiciana of tho Sista to s, but nat to Gon, Walker. ‘fo show the aceuracy of the ouumeration 123 duplica- 4ions not discovered at Washinglon by tho clork in tho Ceusus Oftico wero expungod from Gon, Walker's own list by Mr. Wines, whosa opportunities for verify. Jug them were necessarily better than thoso_of any strauger, 8 Inthe compendium of tho census in a faot-note (e. £30) tho Superiutendent of tho Cousus nrgues at some lungtls that tho figures_oblatned Dy us aro incor. rect 3 but sinco tho publication of the "compendium, after o personal futerview with Mr, Wines, Ges Walker volunturily wrolea letler addressed to M ‘Wines withdrawing the srgument alluded to, and ne- knowledglng that it was fouuded tpou a misnpprehon- slon, Wo know thot our figurcs are core rect, -Thoy must bo correct, umless {ho ‘phystolans of the Siato, without any’ motive, delfbor- ljy characterized peraons of sound mind as insano, Wo raply; therefore, {o tlio question, How many in- sane oro there in Iiliuofs, by ufl{lng a little ovor 8,000, gr sbout oo n 840 of the outiro population of ts State, 2 WHAT 18 THE NUMBER OF INCURARLES 7 It {8 very gouernlly ugreed mmong oxperta that In- 2anity of moro than one yoar'a standiug i rarely cured, Dut of 216 recaverles, for Inatance, in the Hospital for tho Jusane at Jacksonville in lfi‘il and 1872, but 16 werd recoverioa of patients fnsanofor mora than ono year beforo admission to the Hospital, The number of incurable cases In any communily, therefore, must be approximately commensurato with {ho numbor of recent cases, ‘The number of recent cascs may bo_catimafod thongh not definitoly ascertained. It maybo nesumed that i‘n Illinoiw, in o large majorily of insfunces, appll- cation I 1nad 'to the Superintendents of hoapilaa far tlie admission of porsons uewly issuo, within twelvo 1montha from tho tirst outbroalt of the discane, An ex- aminntion of e reports of 1ho inatitutions nt Jacksoi- villoand at Elgio shows that there wero admittod, in 1872, to those two houpitals about 300 rocont canes, i &, caieh OF lesa than oo yonr's duration, It is evident, thorofore, thut the ratid of ourablo to fuourablo cased must bo small, Thie twbles published Ty us n our first blonnial ro- port show that of 1,705 canon of Jumonity, I which tho durution of tho distus was known aud stated, only 450, or a hitlo over one-fonrth, woro Facont casos, 1, ¢., cascs of leas than n year's duration, Of 1,453 cnsch, coucermng whicl un opinion wau expressed 1a 0 thelr curabllity, only 393, or & littlo ovor one-fourth, were culled curnblo by tho physlcluna reporting, 1f o definito eatimate Is desired of {Lo numbor of curable cases, wo veuture to say, without any prelen- #lon (o oxuctncss, about ono-fifth—or 20 per cent— which wonld give Curnblo cascs, b ITucurablo, about, Tota sosliseis +.3,000 Trobably thoro ars not 600 curablo cases in Iilinols, 1t llt‘cs':liurlliy follows thut (hu groat majority of our insuno population elonga to the class chiracturized au “inourables.” ‘WUAT PIOVISION 1AS DEEN MADE FOR TIE INSANE IN THIS BTATE ? There ro in Tllinols threo ospitals for the insano undor Biate owneralip aud control, namaly, the North- urn, at Eigin ; the Contral, ot Jacksonvifio; and tho Bouthorn, at 'Anus, Of {hese, that ut Jacksonville, founded {n 1847 and comploted 'with the ‘additions i 1868, will accomodate 450 patients, but tho aversge number of patients in 1873 was 451, The honpital at Elgin s ouly yartially comploted." tFse Borl wingi ) now ocoupled, accomiodates, by crowding, from 180 {0 400 pationts, Tho eutire structure will furnished sud ready for uso by the middlo of next summor, or Dy thie oarly autums, aud Wil then contain aa many a4 450 paticuts, Fhig hoepltal at Anna will, when comploted, accom- modato 500 patients, The north wing, now ocoupled, M fumisliod, WoWld ontulv, asy, 300, but so many ‘|'the date ‘‘Teb, 16,” not 19. onght not fo bo érowilat Into i with Hla presont fack of facllltica for propor clamsification In wards, Besides theao State tustltutlonn, thoro nra two_pri- yath rotreats for tho Insano,—ono st Batavis, i Kano Gounty, undor thio clinrgo of Dr. Taiterson and ono at- Jackaoniville, undor tho cliarge of D, McFarlud, ‘Thora is aleo an {institution known ne_ tho Cook Gounty Tusano Asslum which Is relly u dopariment. of o Goolc Gpuity Alus-Ttauso, | 15 organization n {mportool, da fcilly for troatmont very iuferlor, aud itn maagiensont porniciows, Jofora, the miillidn of thio fourth alory St 5as designed for 200 patiouts, bit, By tho wAo of i nbomiinable ‘baseincnt, more wer crowded futo it. Tt now coutatng 900, To racapitulato: Thoro fa ot preront hospital accommodation iu Tilinols for ot oxceeding 1,100 or 1,200 lusane, ns follows : Jacksouyilo, Sato Hospltal 450 JIncksonville, private hospit 20 Tigin, Btpto THospits Baldwin, privato hospital, ©lilcago, County THospltal Anna, Biato Hospital.... Hotal ss7zainisisiiasss 4 .. 1,150 Tho complotion of tis Northorn and Southorn Hos- pitals will addd nbout 470 Leds to this total, making hos- ita] provisions, in all, for about 1,700 patients, leaving 300 atill unprotided for, oxcopt il county alms-liouscs, siud {n Jails, ond in privato familics, 3 'GONGLUAIONA OF TIIi: TOARD, . Tn viow of this atato of facts, tho Toard virges tho complotion of thicre naylums, and bolloves tint addi- tionnl oaslums will bo demanded soon, It opposca tho onlargoment of the oxiating hospiials, argies agalnat tho poparation of tho onrablo and Jneurablo insane, and rocommeonds tho abolltion of the pay-lsts, and that tho Stato shall earo for this clnsa. : prisshi and shall a mera nature, stand in the way of & law which Allmust fool to bo wino and Snat 7 Tho Univoraity of Ohicago ean and ahould bo mado Jocthy,of, vnd eqval o nuy of, tho othor geent inatlny tlonaof tht city, Tor that murposs, tlio Board of Trustoos nro looking fo n reorganization'uponia Lroador banls § 1o {hio. raialng of moro than half a million of oudownionts i lands nd iotioy Lofore July 4, 1870 ; aud to tho Luflding up of oll thia departmenta known 1o tha most advanced universitics of this country or of Europe, And, in bohalf of the Doard of Trustces, I 'beg Lo nmaure tho Committoes that the preaent meastre 4a ono which thioy dcom of {mpartanco o ald tiom i thus moking tho Unioraity of Clilcago what it otight 1o bo, Tho Al 13 wo drawas s (0 givo overy other uhle xouwily tho rumo prlvileqo, If they clinoso o ozorclso ft, (o Trastuon o, the Unttersty of Glicago voloica tn tha aitceess of all other universitics, aud, in asking the hssago of (14 bill, thioy oxpect fo rocelvo thetr hearly conourrenco aud good-will, An catoomed friond once anid fo mo that ho folt some raluctance to vote for it, boonuso tlio univarsity haw clianged itn nawno from tia # Douglns University ¥ to tha * Univaraity of Ghicae g0 This i an cntlre nifulnko, \When Mr. Dougias sxoonted a docd of tholon acten of growid fo Dr. Turroughs, in trust for tho university, o objoctod 4o Linving it bear tho namo of tho ¢ Douglna Univorsily, Ila mamo was thon prominont ns o candidate for Prostdent, and howovor high and pure his motives miglt bo, thioy would b lishla fo misconsiriiction, and lio fnistated 1t should bo named aftor tho groat city ‘whoro it wa to bo located, and whore it now Atands-» » monumont to s momoty, Lis sagucity, and Lis lovo of Lifu follow.mon. -Ifo nided fu preparing ita chartor i which it racolyod n prosent name, 110 vas olocted Prosdent of ils, Dot of Tenatccs (uenrly forty in ntmber), nuid o hold that position unth ils denth, 1t 18 bolloved tho passage of thia law will open o now era in tlio affairg of tho Univorsity of Olilcago—an ora in REVISION OF THE STATUTES. Special Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, TRE MEPEALING BILL, Srnvarern, 0L, Feb. '17.—~Tho most im- portant chaptor of -the Xevision is that which ropoals the nots In conflict with now Inws. It will bo cnelly soon’ that confusion worso confounded will onsuo if old laws aro allowed to romnin on the statuto book unropesled, or if. Inwas ara repealed and nothing now passed. Thot tho Ropealing bill now boforo tho'Bonato is not correot is too truoe, and tho dangor {8 that it will bo ‘enncted without tho sorutiny necessary lo supply onuissions and rootify mistakos, ;. BOMF. FRRORS, ' For instance, tho Inw passod Feb, 17, 1851, rolating to alions, and giving them tho right to buy aud sell proporty; is repenlod; and nothing takon its placo. Tho same 4 trmio of tho act of Murch 25, 1809, directing tho Auditor-to roport Innds subject to exccution in favor of tho Binto of tho not of Fob, 14, 1863, , oxempting proporty -of tho Amorican Biblo Society from taxation to tho amount of $50,000 } of the act of April 15, 1809, rolating to Btato and town officors ; and tho . nct of tho snme datoe rolating to torma of Justices’ of the Peace, Lino 52, which- ronds ““to amend | the several laws allowing the Illinols & Mickigan Canal to bo taxod," isnot correot, the word ‘‘lands" boing omitted aftor canal, ' In fino 185, tho date of the act ropealed should bo Fob. 10 instead of Fob. 12—n fatal discropnnoy. Line 057 should ‘read, #inoluding socioties 'formod for mutual improvement or for the ()ramalian of the arts,” "the words italicised boing omitted. ' Line 9o should read *judicial: circuit,” and not judicinl court, Lincs 016 and 916 should rend “approved Fob. 10, 1855," not 1865, which rofors to no 'net, and moans nothing: ' Line 977 should have * Bo it goes, from :the preamblo to the last olouso ‘. -79 i .IT I8 FULY OF EDRORS.. - “Liny words, Buch a8 “of, to," Wiho W tgn "aud “*or,” :aro exchanged for each othor, loft out, or-stnok in-at pleasuro; and. with rocklesa disrégard-of the titlos of tho'asta ropoaled or re- ferrod to. As for punctuation, the Rovision Qommitteo rose suporior to it altogother, ''Thoy ‘were"too learned :to stoop to notice miserablo :‘commns or nsignifleant” somicolons, But lnw i3 an ' exnot solenco, and _oven- constitu- tioual- lnwyers "should :condoscond . to ra- gard ' the " 'dotails which . oonstituto - its -oxaotness, ' Tho cousequonces. of passing this ‘Ropealing' bill - with all ita' orrors - will cause ondless litigation. 'If ‘the errors’are - enacted, ‘thore 'will bo no tolling what the law on any sub- -joct will bo, This shows-the sbsolute “folly - of r_ushlnfi through rovigion bills at a gallop,” and especially the Ropealing bill, which may upsot everything, L ' Attention is called to the matter in all kind- noas, and no doubt the Gommitteo will ba proud to havo their worl fluished in a manner that will roflect lustro on each and all of them, As the , |-Repealing biil stands nos, tho revision will res qwt lustre onnokody. PENOEY o The farmers onjoyed thomsolyes this morning, ‘and were eloquent on the wubject of feuces, Tho bill, na it camo from the Agricultural Come (mittos, recommended n 4-foot fonco, bub yestorday the House increased the altitude to 434 foet,. This morning the 4-foot mou- rallied, and reconsidored tho half-foot, loaving tho hoight 4 foct. Whon thoy got that far, some brilliant discouraes on tho “ aim and ‘objeot” of fencos wore dolivared, until the: subject was talked to dontls and tho bill recommitted. BTATI INTERFERENCE IN FOUEIGN MISSIONS, Mr, Peltzor arrivod this morning, accompnnied gzn potition signed by Scaudinavians, ‘asking ngress to raise tho Bwedish: mission to tho rauk of firat clags. - What this Legislaturo hay o do with forcign misuions ia hard to divino, but then thoy” imagino they should rogulate foreign minsions, tho movement of tho hoaveniy bodies, tho farmers’ movemont, and evory other movement. Cobblors should stick to thoir lasts, and tho Legislaturo to its legitimate business, X ) TUE CRIMINAL CODE came up on its flunl passago in the Sonato. Iincheliffo moved to recommend to the Revision Committou, with iustructious to sirike out the soction prohibiting entry to corl inines, manu- factorios,, otc,,. without tho expiess or implied consent of the owner. The scotion aims to provont sinkes, - ‘Hincholiffe and Stecele had o, tilt over the roforouce, which the Benato refused: —yons, 63 nays, 26, - The bill was passed without furthor discussion,. by a bare majority, as fol- lows: - .-, . : Baldwin, Glonn, . Steele, | Brown, Hundloy, * Blrong, Canflold, “Nicholson, * ' Upton, | Caoy, Palmer, Ware, Castfe, - Patlerson, Warron, Cunuingham, . Reynolds, Williams, Donnhue,, :* Bwiford, Youngblood, 0w, .. Bhaldon, .. Mr, Prosidont,—26 Forrall, Slarne, S50 =% Navs, 0 - 5 Burko,” - - Klly, *Yorls, - Iélolfichcllfln, - Bligpard, Wauite. o e z Nut’Vollng——Drflo}m and McGrath ; abeent, 16, ! THUR PRINOIPAL ODJECTIONS TO THE NILL .on the part of those who votod against it are the sectione nllowing crimiusly to teatify. in- Lheir own bohalf,” deolaring_optiou-trading in .grain and stoolis to bo gambling, and subfocting all commorcial«papor councetod with option-trading in atookts, grain, oto,, to all the provisious of the law coucorning finmbllug. Less sorious objec- tion is mado to the goctions restricting the.por- sonal liberty of persons degiring o entor mines or manufactories, concerning tho obgervance of tho Snbbath, aud concorniug the ealo of liquor, .. The fact that tho bill had u hord time passing the Scnata doos not ‘recommond it strongly to tho Houso, where it will be discussod at gront longth, and perhaps amonded in many Importunt partioulurs,- It will probably uso up throo woelks, D ————t O0OK COUNTY ATFAIRS, Stiecial Dispateh to The Chicdgo Tribune, THE UNIVERSITY OUANCELLORGIHIP, Berxariewy, 1L, Fob, 17.—Presidont Doolit~ tle has propared tho following address, which s been Inid before the' Education Committeos of both Houses : GENTLEMEN: At the request of the Board of Trustces of the University of Uhlcago, T cama hiere on Baturdsy lust to answer any fnquiries in relation to tho purposs of the proposed luw fu relution to tho | Chanceltors of universities, Theso inatitutions neitlior ask nor oxpect pocuniary aid frou tiio fato, aud must rely on voluntary dndowments, If already eudowed, o Chancellor charged with the duty of ralaing endowa ‘ments would bo necessary, All thsat would then Lo ro- quired would bo a Prealdent, But in tho nalure of (hings, 8 Presidont, lowever gifted ho may be, cans mot ‘ot the smame timo act xa - Presidont, und discharge his wholo duty an the chiof oxeoutive oflicer, in_fnstruction aud discipiine, if, at the sameo timo, fio i charged and_burdoned with the harsssing duties and cares of cndowment and finance, 1t ro. quircs a full-grown man, wholly dovoted to tho inside work and development of (ho educational inferests of o univoraity, to o President ; and another mon who can dovoto’ his wholo powers to ontsido work, to on- dowmont and finance, until tho endowment fs mado nure, A mero finaucial agont 18 not enougl 3 it shonld be s high ofielsl who can apoak for, and ix (ho namo of, thio Bourd of rusteos upon the subjuct,—a Obane celtor of tho Lixchoquer,—a Bollcitor-Genbral,—It o word, » Ohancellor, 'Tha’ Hoard of Trustoss of tho Unlyéraity of Chicsgo lwvo fully cousidered this subject, and havo, with groat uuanimity, resolved upon if, As mon soting for tho public guod, and without omy othor . personal 'motive, they are willing to tako tho responsibillry of tlio measuro, Tut ft 8 objocted " that tho Wrustees, . Toe Moving Dr. Lurroughs ihio _Tresidency, huvo resclved 1o appoint bim to tho offica of Chans cellor, ‘Tlatds fruo, They must Lo supposed to lisve tho misaus of Judging s to thole duty in Alling tho of- ico, bocauto tho respomailty 8 upon them, oy imow tio situstion, sud, knowlog it ‘aasuro tie Gura-= lttoes that, fn tho prescut. position of offalrs, tlioy bave resolved to do it na thie best, wisost, nud most racticablo thing to bo doug, That {hors may havo oxe which all tho friends, and_profossod frionds, of tha funtitution will Liave an opportunity o aizlvo, not to pull down, but to Luild ups not to wonkow, but to strengthen, (ho honds of ali who aro williug o work forits great futuro, Rospeotfully yours, J, R, DooxIrrLe, NORWOOD PATIK. Whaito roported the Committeo’s substitute for Williameon's bill for the separation of Norwood Park from the Town of Jofforsonwith unfavora- Dlo rocommendations. Tho bill was rond & first timo and ordered to a second roading. @AB WOIIKS FOIL OITIES. . Theo bill allowing citlos to cstablish and main- tain gns works was postponod on Waito's motion, to givo Cook County Benators time - to inquire what their conatituents think nbout it.- Dow, Waito, aud Reynolds aro in doubt. Consldoring tho bill lina bod bofaro Sonaton for o yoor, 1t 14 about timo Bonators know what it moant, : BUTERIOR COURTA, “ Bonate bill 144, which hag émuaed both Housés and has beoen signed by tho ovornory finally de- {ines the position aud prorogation of the Sue Farlor Court of thiscounty, ‘it was first ostab- ished 08 o city court simply. ~ The constitution ' of 1870 rocognizod it ns a”court of concurront Jurisdiction with Cireuit Courtn, and the pro- visions of tho rocont law simply amplify Phnt provision of. tho Constitution. fn tho old” stat~ utes, howover, the jurisdiction of courts of this obaracter, and tho practico theremn, wore jum- bled togefhor with all the othior provisions con-. corning such courts, Tho Inw Iately approvedis a collocation of the general provisions concorning {uflsdicuon and practico in: Ofrenit- Courts, and noludes in sl its provisions the Superior Court of Cook County, Tho constitational onth pro-- seribed for all Btato offlcors takes tho' place of the spocial oath herotofore preseribod for Oirenit Judges.: -The following, as Sco. 4, is & now pro- vision: * If thoro {8 no court-hansa {n the county, or §¢ from any causo the courl-liouso is unfit for tho -kolding of court thereln, the proper suthoritios -of tho county . may temporatily provido anothor place st tho county.. seat for tho holding of court, or tho Court, by order entored upon ita records, may_adjourn fo' nuitablo, plnce, at such counts-seat 3 and 1l place 6o provided, +or to which such ndjournment is mado, sball, during the tme the court I8 so held thereat, be held to be tho conrt-liouso of such county for all judicial purposes connectod with auch court,”-: Tho only additional provision of tho Igw s the ono onnctod last wintor, concerning the intor- chango of judicial services by Judges of dlffor- ;mt countios, which is engrafted into the present B, TR Tho provisions concerning -holding oxtra ses~ «gious of court at unaccustomed places during a ]]vanmnmnn, 1L, Feb.17.—The who]n.ni!ur— vl .o -doduction mob, pestilence, or other publio calamity; as horotofore oxercised undor proclamations by the Governor, . will .Le heroafter oxercisod on tho order and discrotion of tho Court. - The law goes mto effoct on'July 1. g ——— THE REVENUE LAW. Special Dispatoh to The Chicago Tribune, AMENDMENTS PROPOSED, * noon eession of tho Houso was taken up to-day in disoussing two bills amondatory of the Gon- oral Rovonuo law. “Tho bill introduced. by Mr, Btrootor proposes to.amond by allowing from tho gross smount of. thoe smount of .boua fido considoration recoived ; 'and of for crodity debts R ‘8o much of any lhability assumed for othors shall Do deductod in listing -porsonnl property na the ‘porson making out the statemoent bolleves ho 'will' bo "compelled to: pay. ~Also, a deduction *shall bo allowed for the amount of “f tho'party making *gonoral "gans, royaltics; annuitics, ted some differenco of views among the frionds of the-untvoraity 18 trdo, That i natural, aud what b5 a ted, But that among the Board of Trustoes there s any sorious differonica upon this sub. = 40 bo o) 4 14 8 miatake, Dosides, tho appointment will al. {::yo‘b: Wwithin tho power "of tho hourd 10 chavgo; - purchase money duo on nn{ erticlo of personal proporty, ho list to verify tho samo by onth. E THE QAKWOOD BILL, . which wag alao under consideration, proposcs to allow deductions for indobtednoss incurred fn socond, third, fourth, and fifih: items of the d Taw, ‘which’ compriso . horsos; cattlo, mules, and asses, sheop, and hogs, : : From tho sum of-the sixth to tho twonty- third itoms inclusive, may bo deducted indobted- noss incurred in the purchase of any of said itoms—which comprises machinery, snfes, bill- iard-tables, carriages and wagons, watches, clocks, sowitig-machines, pianos, molodeons, or- | ntent-rights, steam- Doats, nnd all'kind of vosgol craft;’ merchandiso, mntorial and: manufacturod urticles, tools and implemants of nverf kind, gold and silver plato, dinmonds, and jewelry. & ¥ Trom tho - twonty-fourth to the = thiry. sixtli itoma may be deductod any other indebted- noss, oxcept indobtednoss incurred in tho ‘chinso of real estate, or indobtedness served: by mortgage on real estate. It is, howayer, pro- vided' that this ehall in no way apply to any bank company or corporation oxercising bank- ing powers,.or privilege, It was on tlus, being an smendinent to tho. twonty-seventh sgotion of the gouoral lnw, that the debate took place. ~Strootor openod with s stirring and son- siblo specch, favoring tho (}xrinul}fln of allowing the deduction of. houest dobts from the valun- tions of personal property. ‘ Gordon snid the whole pooplo, in every part of the Btato, wore 2 k s i o CLAMOTING YOI RELIER 5 from the opproseions imposed on thom by this Iaw. ..The proposal for roliof camo from tho, othor sido of tho houso, and it was the duty of this Genoral Assombly to givo to the considora- tion of tho amondment proposed thoir most oarncst: attention. Upon ~ the dominant party would rost tho respomsibility In this~ _malter, and thoy might - reat aseured that the soyoro rackoning, Loitzo arguod ‘that, the'purposoes of taxation being to support the Govornment, which pro- toctod all proparty ‘alile, all tangiblo proporty should Lo asscrsed for the expensea of Govorn- moeut, whethor it was paid for by the holdor or uot, people would call thom to a DOLAN WANTED TO BNOW whethor this Logislaturo was sent horo to make Inws for the woalthy, and hiold the bondholder and tho banker from 'taxation, and provido that tho producer, who.created the wealth :'of tho Biato, should tako upon his overburdened shoul- dors tho whole woight of taxation, Bhaw, fuly admitting the dificulty which sur- rounds the question of deduction to bo ono of. tho groatest involved in any system of taxation, onterod into an elaborato dofenae of what ho ad- mitted waa ¢ doublo aescssment,” claiming that nates and crodits wore property, and should bo taxod, b0 Bishop, of Honry, STIENUOUSLY OFPOSED TNE DEDUCTION THFORY. o olaimed that this system would rellove all tho railrond rolling-stock in thoe Btate from ns- sogament, as thoy wonld claim it was covered by indobteduess, * “Ho thought tho farmers, in thelr ~ eofforts to nvo‘id the full . ghay- mont of iaxation on their stook, Ware trying to enjoy a luxury which, on.examination, thnytwnuld fiud would boe too contly for enjoy- mont, Moore, of Adams, would go further, and tax indobtodnons, and suthorize tho croditor to do- duct tho amount of tho tax from nia dobt. Kaso made a characteristio apeoch against do- duction, followod by Quinn, who dosired to urge urnu tho Houso tho necogsity of carofully con- sldering tho importauce of amonding tho law ag it now “stood. Tt was impossible thet thora shonld oxlst such wido-spread dissatisfatoion among all classes of tho peoplaif thore wero not VERY SERTOUS DEFEOTS in tho law, Btarr offered an smondment that tho amount of all notes, bonds, and other ovi- donces of indobtednous givon to tocura tho pur- oliatio money of roal ostate, whore proporty in taxed, should be exempt from nesosamout, 1o arguod, in a vigorous spoech, againat tho injuy- tico {Afil’rlflh'llm(l Ly this syatem of double assoss- mont, ki amendmunt was voted down, Carpontor movod to rofor the two bills, with tho anendment to tho Committes on Rovenue, with instructions to propare a bill to amond the Tovonuo law with provisions probibiting any doductions, Yo offored this amondwmont ne a'tost Lo try the feolings of the Illouse on tho dednotion I||rluc|[lln. Bradwoll was in favor of the roferoncs, but decidod to hiave the rosolution divided, Inscoro waid tho Committoo had slready had rsonal_question, tomporary a ita’ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, thosa billa boforo them, and hiad reported thom back with & rocommondation that they do not pasa, Btrootor was - - * & - . OPPOSED TO REVERENOR as b was quito ovidont thiat tho Committoos on Royonue in both Hougos had boon carcfully se- Iocted with roforonce to thoir feoling In fayor of tho obnoxioun Inw of 1873, aud thoy would not pr%plm any bill, . ' Curpontor's resolution was voted down, and n motion to smond by striking out Bco. 27 was lost Dy a largo majority: A MOTION TO ADIOURN nntil the morning ot 10 o'olook was carrlod. It 18 ovidontly tho intontion of the Houso to undor- tnko thin hionvy taslc ‘of revising the Ravonus law, Tho ball i8 fairly oponed. Whon and JWhore it will ond it {a imponsible to prodict. —— MISOELLANEOUS MATTERS. | wont at tha work o . regulating ‘f*most odious. aud ruinous Bpecial Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, A PENITENTIARY INVESTIGATION. Brnvariery, Iil, Fob., 17.—The Ilouso ros- olutfon for a spoolal Commieslon to investigato- the nffaira of the Penitontiary, which has. boen slumbering g0 enaily, was takon up in tho Bonato, and tho old disoussion repeatod by Palmor, Btoolo, and Voris, Tho dlsonssion was nhypon a* motion to rofor to tho Committeo on State In- Btitutions, whioh propatad tho whitewashing ro- port on the death of the conviot Willlama. Whitewnshing, partizanship, and peraonal'intor- osta woro oharged ns tho motives for-the motlon to refor to this Comuitteo, Btoclo snid that it was patont: that this Com- mittoe woro unfriondly to tho rosolution, and, ovon if ho was slso unfriondly thoroto, ho would opposo tho reforence as unfair. It was s mise taken polioy to refer to an unfriendly commtteo, Tlho rosolution was roforred to the Judiclary,’ whero it will bo buriod. $ BINE DIE ADJOURNMENT. 2 Torrill introduced n°jolnt resolntion for a 'sine* dio adjournment on March 14, Tho Bonate ro- fused to suspond the rules,—yoas, 20 ; ‘nays, 16, —two-thirda boing nocosnnry. - Thls Logislature Las no intontion of consing'to do mischief, LEOALITY OF CERTAIN RAILTOAD-AID RONDS Tho Senato ordorod a Conforenco, Committeo, ot tho request of tho, Houso, on the .Rovision blchnncnmmE tho Socrotary of State, the point of differonce beiug concorning making tho Jjour- nals of the Gonoral Asscmbly, -horetoforo” and horeaftor, primn facio evidence in courts. : Tho legality of cortain railroad bonda doponds. on the insortion of the word * herotoforo,” . - . DIGGING A OANAL. T'ho memorial of the Hougo to Congress to dig a canal to (ho Mississippi Rivor was unanimously pasged by tho Senato. 3 \ i . LICENSE -, . was igsued to-day to the Withing, Onrriago Genr ;ml Whool Company, of OChicago. Cnpital, —_— e RAILROAD NEWS. TOE NEW ILLINOIS RATLROAD DILL. Tho Sacramento Record declares,. with refor- once to tho Railroad bill which has: just passcd our Loglelaturo and i8 awaiting the signaturo of tho Govornor, that it ia'one of tho crudest shd most clumsy.things over considored’; and that | thia is procisely what might havo boon oxpected [ in & bill drawn in-utter ignoratico of the complex conditions of tho transportation businoss, In xegard to rallroad logislation in goneral, tho #amo papor eays: |, . - iz i Though in sovoral Slatos the populer projudico b, . orystallized in domands for .Jaws of thin nature, no Iegislative body {n any part of tho country Lias yot suce ccadod i offecting tho object. -~ he pooplo of Llinola tholr . ronds with . far more onorgy and vim {han have been displayed in Chlifornia, and thoy paseéd n Iaw of tha most stvingent kind, deapito all ropresentations on tho port of clear~ sighted Lusfncos men, Tho enactment of tho Inw wag hiiled by the domagogue press s o popular. rlup ¢ butbofora tho congratulationa of {ho blatliorslites hnd died away 1hio real consequonces of tho moasure bogan ta manifest themsolves, Tho bill crippled tho roads to somo pxtent, but it erippled ‘tho businces publio far mora serlously, Franiod with the oxpress purposo of- proveuting discsimination, Jt oporated 1o cotablh tho Ind of diserimination, Framéd for the avowed purposo of oqualizing rates, it . created Inoqualities $mpossiblo without it, Framod th the declarod intention of meling ‘out exact justito to il parts of iho State, it rendored the adminfstration of justice impossibio, It injured hicago, It robbod interior Lowna of heir irafilc, and hed thelr markotn. 1t dlscriminated againat the 1fiinols linos, and Iilinols fntorosta generaily, and yed directly futo the Lands of rival States, Buch Was the result of hosdlong snd unintelligent loglsla~ tion i Ilinols, and similar effocts mny bo anticipated -from the samo Xind of. legislation iu Culifornia, Il nols procoeded on tho ooty that tha rallrosd Jitorest Was an fsolated intercst, which Lad no vilal conucetion with thie general welfarc, and which could be attacked -with porfoct safoty, Bl has loarucd, to hor coat, that . tho roads cannot 1o assallod, caunot be unjustly treat- ed, without fufifcting the’ severest Injurics upon tha community, which, if it supports tliom, is also sup- orted by thom. It 1s not as yet demonstrated that eqislativo bodiea can interforo with rallroad fariffe at all, without, doing mischief to tho peopls. Tho best intelligenca of {ho timo haa been devoted to thls ques~ tion, oud, after prolonged and caroful study, hua do- clared that the comploxions aro 100 complex to render intorferonco,wigo or kafe, : E PIIOPOSED ACTION YN CALIFORINTA. ¢ -1t in nlso stated in tho same papor that tno .Prosidont of the Central Pacific Iiaflrond Com- pany Lins nddressed a lottor to tho Committeo on Corporations of the Californis Senate, in which ho temperately discusses the probablo offoct of tho action contomplatod by tho California Logis-. Jature with roforenco to the railronds. He sots forth -that the ronds wero built on'the faith of Just_treatmont in tho futuro, tharo being an im+ Elmd undarstanding that tho public, for whoso onofiy they wero built, would not attompt to rojudico 0o vostod rights of-iho bonduolders. The question, ho says, 18 to bo decided, in aot, whethor those who put thoir money in railronds” bnve any vested rights bo respected, "Tho bonded indebtedncss of the ronds amounts to a vory largo sum, and the President of ‘tho Central Pacifio ‘claimu_that, ss_the, bills now ponding Lofore the California Legielature will, if onacted, compol yirtual repudiation, tho State.| will bocome responeible for .the damages that will noceasarily be inflioted upon the bond- holdors, 4 ' ACOIDENT ON THE ALTON ROAD. -Mr, J, 0. McMulliv, Goncral Superintondent of {he Chicago & Alton Railrond, rocoived ndispatch yestorday morning informing ‘him that n coal teein coming north at 4:20. .. m., ran.off the sfrack noar \%(m‘ninmo_u, ruuning into tho bridge over the Innkakeo River, noar that place, dam- ‘ngingthe firat span vory oxtonsively, and throwin, thio engino on ite side, right over the nbutmen! of tho bridge, whoro it now romaing, Tho acci- dent.oceurred through tho carolussness of tho . man in elinrgoe of Lhe engine on tho double-track work by’ not resotting tho switeh aftor having phasod over it, Mr. Cordott, tha Oblef Engincer .ot th o Toulsiana Bridgo, who camo to tho, place of tho ‘accident by the , morning expross comiu up, toolk tho necessary . mess- ures fo ‘have tho damage ropaired ‘at _onco, sending .o, dispateh to tho American Bridgo Company.-to sond up' the nocessary pleces roquired’ to repair. the structure, and at noon yoaterdey n special train loft for the Bpot having on'bonrd everything necossary to repair tho dmfin. All will bo in order by noon to-day, | when"trains will run ns weual. . The night ox- presa from St.' Louis night Dboforo laat was sov- oral houra bohind timo on account of tho broken Dbridge, but all othar tinins arrived in this city ns usdal. Fortunately, none .of the cmployes on tho train at the time of the accident wore hurt. ' 'TIE BT. OROIX LAND-GRANT CONTEST. - - Suectal Disvatoh to The Chicago Tribune, MruwAuree, Fob, 17,—With rogard to tho con- testod Bt. Croix land-grant, action waa talon at a rocont citizens’ meoting at Uhippowsa Falls, It hiad beon proposed that the county swamp-lands should be uged .to aid In the building of tho Stato ltord from Eau Cluire to Asbland; and, to Insuro tho compliance of tho peoplo of the county with this design, and their support of tha Bt, Croix grant to the N. W. R, R,, tlio seok- ers after the land-grant held out the inducomont that thoy would build a Ohippewa Valloy Branch of tho main lino, promising to bulld from Chip- owa Falls to some pomnt on fho Misslssippl r{lvor within throe years, upon tho same condi- tions a8 on tho maiu line, with the proviso that, to fnsuro tho building of tho ~Menominoe Dranch, that village will subsenbo to, aud pay for, 925,000 of tho Company's stock ; aud, toin- suro the Chippews Valloy Branoh, Lhat city sub- woribe for $25,000 of tho (!om!mu,v'a stoel’; sald bonds to be delivered immadiately, ar in city or county bonds, to a Trusteo, but not handed to tho Company boforo tha completion of tho road. ‘Whorenpon tho mooting pasucd the following resolutions ; 5 Rteavived, 'That our members of. tho Leglelature Lo requonted o upport such measurss in the disposition BRUARY 18, 1874. Genoral _Mnnngnm of railronds in the Btate, and thoso passing through or into the Btato ¢ . BrATE OF ILLINOIS, . RAILIOAD AND WARENIOURE COMMTRATON, . BeniNaFieey, 1ll,, Fob, 17, 1874, - B Wo desiro o call your attention to the ro: vitdona of Bectiona 1 and 2 'of tho act of the Leglsla~ ture of this Btato, ontiliod “ An Act Rogulating tho Rocolving, Trausportation, and Delivory of Grain by Talirond Corparntions,” ‘and. defining tho dution - of mucl corporations with. rospeot thoroto, spproved Aprll 95, 1871, Complnints ara Lelng tnudo to thia Board, by porsons realding In_ varlous parts of the Blato, tlint thin law, o far as providing neales for ! wolghiug grafu fa concornad, {a catirely dinregardod by thio sovoral raflrond compinion of the Btate, and Is thoreby rendorad wlmllmnn‘mm“m n socuriug tothe ,Droducora of geain the bonoiite thoroby intended Lo Le iconforred. By Boc, 11 of an act passad st tho samo *scauion of tho Leglalat it fs mado tho duty of the iBoard to prosocuto all' corporations or ‘persons, whenovor' it aliall como’ to ' thoir knowledgn, olihor by complaint or otherwiso, flint any Iaw or laws “pertatning to tho ralntlon of raironds and warliouses tho publie, and to tho sccommodation and seourity -of porsons dolng businces thorewlth, Lave beon or aro Loing violnted, “In view of tho fact that, o far an this Board 18 informed, no prosesutions hnve hithorto Leen Auntituted for violations of this law, Wo. hava thought it proper to call your ntentlon to thio provisions of the Insy cltad, truating that this conrso will bo aufficlont to in3ure on your pari an carly compliance with tho Inw, On Delwlf of the Board, I am, very reapectfully yours, Jonn . Pransow, Clnitman, BUIT UNDER TIHE ILLINOIE NAILROAD LAW AGAINAT : THE ALTON & BT, LOUIS ROAD. 4 Specral Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, . Bermvariew, Il -Fob. 17.—Judgo. Beokwith, attorney for tho Chicago & Alton Xailrord Com~ pnn; 18 Loro, and whon the onso brought by tho lailrond Gommiantonors against. tho rond i ealled up in the Circuit Court, now in Aossion, ho will mako a motion to_ contlnue, on the ground that thero aro important witnosses who canuot bo obtainad at thia term .of tho Court. Tho testimony they desirn to got ia tho samo hs that - dosired . .in tho - Northwestorn Iallroad at " Frooport, montion of which liss been made In' these dispatchos, In addition, tho Obiof-Englunor Ia now ongagod in inaking an estimate of .the" cost of the rond bo- tween, this point and Williamsyillo, on which Enrb of tha rond tha oxtortion is chargod to bave of tho 8t, Crolx faud-grant aa will inaure tho buflding of a Qlinpows Villoy atirosd, Hioreby ludging our- solyes to tho fulfiliment of sucli conditions by way bo necessary to ssouro ta complotion, Teaolved, Yhiat wo empliuticaily aisapprove of anyat« fomyt to placo tho wwamp lundi Ju tlils county In-the lauds of any poreons ot commilteo whstover foc nn purpose, ud espocially opposo i phasaie of Llte ac now beforo tho Leglslaturo givivg thom to Darlua Tircozo, Samuel Vaugu, J. McGauley, and 1o, iu trust or otorwiso, v ‘Tho bill is now boforo the House for conour- renco,.and will bo reported iu n.day.or two, RAILROADS IN ILLINGIS REQUIRED 7TO FROVIDE BOALES FOR WEIGHING GRAIN, Speoful Dispateh fo The Chicano Tribune, BrniNa¥iELy, 111, Fob. 17.—Tho following let- ter lng boen gont to all Buporintendonts aud con made. ‘fhe Genoral Tickot and Froight Agonts are on%ngod in making an estimate of tho amount of business which {8 dono. on’ thio samo part of tho rond. Theso facts they dosiro fo prodice ns ovidonco, and then fake'thio opine- lon of exports ns to tho reasonablencus of their ratos, All thoso things considered, tho casa will undoubtedly go over. R i A VILLAINOUS HOAX, Forged Fetters to tho “Now York i Stock Exchnnge Announcing an Ine crease: of Stock by, the Westorn i Unton Telograph Compnny, and tho Toledo, Wiibish & Wostern Rail. rond Cfilllplllly--flnfl"v Sales and n Decline in Prices. 3 X New Yonx, Foby 17.—A grent’ fraud was' por-. potrated on the Stock Lxchange to-day—the groatest.in tho history of tho inatitution. Aftor tho second enll an’ individual handed to one of the pagos _of tho Board o - lettor nddrossed to f* Mosos H. Wheelock, Vico-Prosident," which the page doliverad to tho gentloman named, and ho read’ thosame to tho Board,, It was o8 fol. lowa: iz Y {". WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPIT COMPANY. B y Niw Youx, Tab, 17, otes 2T, Theelock, Esq,,’ Vice-Treaident New' York stock- :'As roquired by the rules of tho New York Stock-Ex alinnge you aro heroby informed thiat tho Directors of {his Gompany, after maturo doliberation, and aoting, a8 thoy beliove,.in accordanca with. the ultimato bes intoreats of tho Company, hnte decided to Increans tho capital atock of this Conipany from $41,07,410 to $50,~ 000,000, Thio procoeds of tho ale of ndditfonal stock,| togethor with tho procoods of the aalo of 87,105,235 o thie stock Intely in the pusscssion of tho Compnny, witl' o oxpended in ropairs and improvoment of the "prese ent lines, and oxtousion of thio.lines of the Company to nearly all post-offices in’ the’ United States, and for tho establishment of ‘e .linc ‘to Californis and Moxico, to -state that while ‘Tho_Directora by thio oatabilshmont of the new Lines may deiay. for & | 1ttlo, the expected dividonds to stockhol iders, thoy ex~ tiréas a contidout hiopo that by thus taking posseasion of tho whole fleld, and effectuslly thwarting the catabe Ushment of a rival company, tho" ultimato value of the . stoclcwwill bo {n no way diminianed,end that. reason- ablo dividends can bo pald out st no distant day, Yours truly, . (Signed.) WiLLTAX OnTON, i . Presidont. : Hurdly had: tho -reading of this Jotter boen {lnishad, whon ona of the pages of tho Board ‘was handed another lotter, addressed to the. Vico Prosidont, which was road by that gontloman as followa': H : ToLEDO, WADARN & WxsTERN RAILWAY, NEw Yong, Fob, 17, 1674,; £ T the President af (he New York Stotk Exchange:. * Tn accordativa with tho rules of tio Now Fork Stock Exchaugo, you aro horoby notified tunt st the expira« ;Hlon of thirty days this Company will {ssue 100,000 sharea additional capital atock, incressing the common stock of the Company from $1,000,000. {0 $25,000,000, Tho proceeds of such additional sliarcs will bo nsed * for tho purchnso ‘of olling-stock nad enginos; and for Tepairs of tha prosent rolifng-stock ; for- constructing -new bridges ;- for bullding an additfonal donblo- track} for tho ins0 of ateol rails; for obtaining (dinproved tormiunl facilitfes ; and for other.similar purposes of the Company, , ery respecttully,” | Tho roading of theso lottors caused groat ox~ citomonit on” the Exchangd; and_immediatoly thero was a genefnl stanpods to gell the stocks, erposially Woiters” Union and Wabash. Amid tha finnuul confusion. some .mombers of tha 'Board had tho good senso to examine the lotters, .aud, boing familiar with tho signaturos of Messrs, Orton & Cox, prononuced tho same for- gorioa. B ¥TE = % i_. ‘Cho officors of the Exnhnuxia immediatoly sont Iottera to the oflicors of _the Westorn Union Lol~ ograph and Wabash Railway. Tho Wabash lot- §" lwas roturned \Vfl}\ the following note at tho 00t 1 W . ““Tho above is not genuine, M. Cox i3 in Toledo, Thera Liag' hoon no moeting, nolthor is this Mr, Cox's aignaturo, : T (Signed) P,'W, Buiaas, 2 i, " ransfer Clark, * : And Mr. Orton sent the following roply on be* Lalf of bis Companys . 3 3 Sty Yonx, Fob, 17, 1874, ..o New . Q. Chapman, Esq:; President Now York Stock Erchanye s “I hnvo fust lonrned that on announcement Law been mado in tho Stock Exchauge that tho Dircctors,of tho | bef Western Unfon Tolograph Compauy havoe _recontly voted to increase Llio capital alook 0 $50,000,000, This sunouncement has no foundation in fact, - No meoting of the Dircctors has beon Lold for soveral months, nor hiaa tho matter of inorenso of tho capital stock of” tho Compauy heen a subject of conaldoration at any meet~ ing of the Exeoutivo Committes. - Reapoctfully, * . " .WiLLuk Onro, Prosidont, . SEAROR FOR_TIIE FORGERS, = : Datectivoa aro alroady on tho track of the pors patratora of theso forgories, It is roported that -8 handsome reward will bo offered for the dotocs, ‘tion of the forgers, Tho Vico-Prosident was :blamed by some for rending tho lotter without | it consulting-tha President of the Xxohange, and it is stated that this matter is" undor disou elon in the Governing Committes, Every offort will bo mado to ferrot out this'audacious awindle on tho Btock Exchango. ] T # YRESS COMMENTA. s s Tho Commercialeays : **'The most suspicious fonturo of the mefurious trangmation is Mr. Whoelock assuming to not as Vice-President, and reading tho forged communicationa fram tho Weatorn Union offices, whon ho is notking more .thon Ohairman of thoe Floor Committoo, 180+ lock is an old momber of the Stock Exchango, .and has sustained o roputable oharactor up to this time, It behiooves the Board to ‘inquire into Lis- dealiugs in thess stooks now and re- contly, as.woll aa to flnd qut who have b te buyors and sellers for themsolves and T partios.” R * VThe pnlos of tho Westorn Union st forged letters wero - rond, smountad to sharos, and of Wabash 20,000, LUMBER. he ‘Crade in Northwestorn Wikcons sin~ePProposcd Organization of Deals cru to_iRogulnto Pricon. Speeral Dispateh to T'he Chicago T'ribune, LEAv Oz, Wis, Feb, 17.—Gentlomoen in- terestad in tho lumber trade in tho northwestorn part of this State ave been in tho City of Bau Clairo, consulting with our lumbermen on the subjact of organizing a lumbormon’s assaciation for tho purposo of colleoting statistics on stooks on hand, the capnoity of stroams, and the oxtont of aperations planned in difforont quartors of the Biate, with a view to rogulating tho lumber supply 80 a8 not to allow it to outstrip the do- mand, It has becn found that the intergst in Wisconsin is uufl‘erlufi from a disorganized sys- tom of aparations, aud, in spito of thedull pros- pecta during the fall and early wintor, thore is a probability that tho sprivg will find Jumbermen surprised to sco a gront many milllons more of logd in tho strenms of Northwestorn Wisconsin than thoy had any intontion of putting in. Something must bo done, and it Is hoEud 0 of~ fect an organization during tho spring, The prosont consultation has roforence to tho pro- priety of attempting to include the whole lum- oring region of tho Northwost, or whethor the whole of Wikconsin alono, or only that part of it Immediately tributary to the Mieslesippi river, Whilo thio local trade in the lumbor distriots ling soldom bpon bottor than now, the prospoote from tho Lower Mississippl aronol yot flattoring, and tho stock of logs on the Blaol, Eau Clairo, Chippewa, Monominee, and Bi, Croix Rivers {8 now figured up to an amount nearly equal o thatof lnst year, * . T 00 | beauty, Lio reasoned, quito conclusivoly, that tho phenomens ' and persistenca of. forco, “with tho doctrino that \prosented by ita adherents, ‘our knowlodge, numerous unanewerabla® objeotions * . During tho lapss of thieeo cycles, however, thora has ‘| of thia globe, fustantly becomes the property-of all than stoam ; 4ill wo ma THE NEW-FLEDGED, Annual Commencement Rush Medical Oollego. at Sevonty-Six Doctors Manufactured in Ono Evening. Address of Prof. DoLagkie Miller. Tho thirty-first annual Commencomont oxor- Theso aliould take warning typo, of whom Milton wrote. hxy ihe fatoof tholr protos From morn to foon, from noon 15 e And won ioadlong sent, 2" \° 4o 070, With Lln sndustricun crow, to build in h-y1,» __ History {8 burdonod with tha dolaila of their suceos., alye and ignoblo exequies, “none, thorofors, distrust the fature of acleutlfo mods elnie. Portlal viows aro incomploto, tlierofors dofactivo, Thono whio adopt defectivo view may well 1o gom: B Graiire Hoacmetos ;or-fo diminulivo rivulet (and nomo aro ver, or.to d « ery small)y aud {t will ever ba thua, Lol {¥hich coma to an abrut (erminntion, 1p in'n briof apaco; whilosolontifio hedicing, liko & noble river, avor inoreases fu volumo ki it flows onwaryl toward thie fnfinito] el g Thio Proforsor concluded as followa : Graduntos of 1874, I have mado theao remarka fn your hesrin, ) usoful exeralso of it aA auggestivo of thought, Tt may he o 10 mind for you to elaborate tho amont, On an oocanion #o important and. inter. g o prostt a1 you, (ho opios ovcled pon: aro not inapproprinte, No subject 8 too broad or olsos of Tush Medioal Qolloge tool placo lnst | d%0p to “engago ‘your " aitentlou, Homathin evening at thio Michigan Avonuo Buptiat Clurch, | Jou® ‘!kno‘::l)mngu"a‘v nt“‘(o’m nnlfl:n‘:a o corner ‘of Michigan avonue and Twenty-third stroot, Long bofora the hour of boginning, tho ohuroh waa packed with a largo crowd of tho ‘frionds of the Collego and {ho gradunting clags, Tho membors - of the olass oceupled the front part of tho houso, and prosented & yery fino ap- poarance, « i At ilt-past 7 the Fnoulty of the Collogo, pre- ceded by tho Rov, Dr. Bullivan and Prof. J, W. Fraor, the Presidont of the College, ontored the ohuroh and'iook eoats on the platform, Aftor o voluutary on tho organ, tho 3 " EXENOISES OF THE EVENING : wora oponed with prayer by Dr. Sullivan ; aftor whioh the Prosidont conforred the dogreo of Doctor of Medicine upon tho graduates, and houorary degrcea upon the following gentlomen : Dr. Rogors, of Bloomington; Drs, Wlluz (and Wilcox, of Bpringfiold; and_ Dr, Diuthardt,. of Chicngo. _Aftor the olass had obtainod their sheepsling, Prof. Freor modo a short nddross to thom, giving n minute history of tho Oolloge from tho granting of its charter in 1838 up-to tho prosont time. 'Tho addross was woll rocolv~ ed, and was followed by the valedic- tory, doliverod by Dr. 8, F. Bonnott. It was woll writton and well delivered, but, 1iko all vale- dictories, was of special intorest only to those addreasod. At ila closo the spoaker wad grooted with applause. " PIOF. MILLER'S ADDRESS. . Aftor somo munio, Prof. Do Laskie Millor do- livered the following addvess, which was, woll receivad by tho studonts and tho ontiro audi- onco: . Standing in the contre of an extendod plain, tho tallest mau can discovor objocta only to a limited ‘dis- tanco. Should ho be surrounded . by undulations of tho surface, tho radius of Lis vision would thereby be shortenod and its aron -circumseribed, Would he look outand over the landfespe, onp thus situsted must scek some olovation, ust sacond to tho lofty sume mit, thougl to resch it Yeguires totlsomo exortion 3 then only doos the bosuty, of Mid varied scenery pro- scated t0 his vision around ap! -bo.lnw him ropsy his o toanll orta, o As in tho phyaical worldyso in mafly respocta ia it in tho Intelleotunl, Thio nnediicatod mon socs no barmany or relation in the varicd phenomena of naturo, and it surroundod, &8 ho mont likely would b, y. suiperati tion, tho unvolling of the forcea of natura excftes in his ‘mind sather tho feolings- of spprobionsion aud aug dresd. “Ho caunot look boyond tho clond, nor feg Dy the lightning's glare, norabovo tho thunder hear i1t amall volce," A 4 i 1t 1a not till ona thua situated has ‘asconded from tho low plain of ignorance that- foar will givo place to sny real ploasuro fn tho contmplation of maturo or af mature's works, . Tho progress of tha scholur hias been Slgoricolly. compared to ono muking a d{Moult arcont of the steo) mountain-sldo,~'"tho * bill of, sclenco,”—up whicl tho mako slow 'but unequal 8. gomo outstrip thoir companions fora timo, but relox their efforts, and fall bobind, whon only part way up. A fow, though they advanco alowly, finally, by porac: Yorance, reachs tho rummit, and then roalize a consum.~ mation of “tho plonsurca 'of hope, ns revealed in & Xkuowledge of sclonces, which thoy' now moy read in tise yolumo of naturc, open béfors them, i As o, howover, who from a favorable’ helght views #ho varied landscapo, with its bills and valleys—rivor and lakeoscity and lamlet—prosouting variely and but slso & comploxlty amountiug “almost o confusion, 50 - with {he. scholar, when ofronpocting * tho subjects which' havo ine dividually ond n detachod portions for 5o long a timo | gecuplad hile attention, “80'diverso and ovon antagon~ ialio do thiey seom in thelr nature that to reduco them toa unity and briug their monifeatations fnto bor- mony muy well appear imposalblo, For dos ho not Nuturo tho almost end- oriinary dose of somo audorifia or anodyno, Would you possces keon porcaptions, olokr reasoning powers and sound Judgmont, dwarf not thoughts or narrdw viaions,! Ralso Auo groovo, aludy matare'fn hor thousnd.oviting olds, Ly the tct of tho Faoulty and Trustecs of Rush iModic fram, ‘M, Baulnau, C. Byrno, 0. N. Carr, T\ J. Oallin F. W. Chase, I.B. Connots, flCummh H, Orowdor, T, W. Donke, R, 0.8t i W, I, Tranka, W, H.Fronch, 1. H. Gilicm, & T.'Goblo,” %, H. Going, . W. G W, Grimes, " J, E: Hathorn, T, A. }Iurrlnfiim‘xf ., Hendryx, Laiio, A. Lol F. H. Lord, tho intelloct by polty ouraelves out of al Collego you ara thls ovouing ralned o & highor plain than tist on which you have traveled hithorto, Yonr aro placed on n lovol with the most gifted, now slart forward in yonur ‘with the moat favorod in 1 volvo niew dintles and rosponstbilitios, con, I hold ovory mana dobtor to hia profession, from tho wlich, an mongf courso do sook to recelva countenanca and profit, o ought thoy of duty to en. ; doavor themselves, ornament therounto,’ ATl that 1a wortli airiving for s beforo you, Your auioe cean will dopend in largo ortions, Thoitgli you posse ovon,—do nat roly on theso, once are far mora certnin my knowledgo you have been faithfal studonts, Let ot the fatal notion now study &z ondod,’ should now bo_redoublod, You rofesaional jouruoy abreast s lund, On_you mow de. Baid Lord- Da. Ly way of ameuds, o bo a holpand Jogroe tpon sour own ex. - aa beiliiant talents,—gontug Industry and persever- , guarantoea of euccess. To Uke poskounion of your minds that Your application, on the contrary, - Koop iul mind over 1hd - of tho hlll of aclence ; press onward and up- sligory i ward ¢ ‘give way to no relaxatfon till your foet stand on * nxod...dg.; bigh s man os ovor tod, orwize,while you think you aro zdvanoin bl faot receding, T the tee Delt, who, pais, drifted twolvo olug naked tho irst roquisita of tho, orato “ sction,” tho second, “ action,” Woro T to'defita tho roquisites of siclan, 1 would bo— roudther, gl worthlcen, but you will prove wollnigh wortlless, but you will saon loarn &y . litinguish 156 Nold from: drows) % liko o Arctio cxplorers oi the Itos ey walkod ton miles toward tho toward thio equntor, - Demosthenos l" replied, ' thi0'third, M action, tho ‘succoanful phy. Buy booksand e, some may whilo -read—read—read, thon buy moro books, ons, 3 for theso many weeks wo havo floated 1, Gontiomen, delighifaily togethier on tho placid stream of Time, To-night vo drift apart, may yleld to him, Xindileat wishes 8nd_Lenedictions of tho Taculty, for ‘whom T sponk, Wa will evor rojofce in yoursuccorscs, ; Zwo Tlato says : ¢ 4 the gods, and of ovary kbod ‘to o biomcd and hapy takor of tho truth, 88 porsibl wo expodt but one roport: that in every rlation of Lfo—whethor asmon,ss phyaiclans, bavo beon trice to yoursolves, . X must not dotain word . A “ Faroweli—a word that must be, and inth beon, A'round that mnken us lingor—yat, Farowell,” each to Al tho’ spaco saclety ou'go hencs bearing with you the ov pathize with you in your trials, e i thoeboglaning oF overs good te 3 man, and ho'who would abiould bo from tho firat a par- at Lo may live o'true man as Jong o troalod.” From you for thon Lo ‘can or oa citizons—you to 1L profession, to all. _you longer, L would evold {by PRESENTATION. At tho close of tho address s very ploasant little eplsodo hupgnnud. Dr. Powoll, tho Pro- fouaor of Military Surgoery,- was, an clegant behal. yery fooling, hnpgy manner, and thenked tha olnes for so_beautiinl o presont. . The- exercisca of 'tho ovening woro bronghb to o close by tha-, pronouncing of tho bonedictlon by Dr, Sullivan, and sevonty-six. fledged disciples o rosented with %old watch by Dr. T, 'W. Mitchell, in - of tho class, Tho Dactor: replied in a : iruung men went Esculapius, * THOE ORADUATING OLASS. forth full- | Tho following aro tho morabera of tho olass of 16745 W, A. Allon, B, F. Bonnett, V. A. Dor- 0. L. Burroughs, J, H. G. H, Chapman, - . W. Cook, J.E. ¥, Dun- A, J. Ervey, H. Eaton, 'D,"W. Tdgar, renyos, \5 . G, IL Hill, ‘L. 0. Hornol 5 b, W. R. Lowis, K. A. Livingston, IS Lytls, M. M. Melin: obacevo in tho pheuomens o Ve s 3 fess varloty shd 'complexity . of hor foress? Mow §‘“fi ;}éC“’?‘;‘ ‘,Mf}mfllc‘]fm R ];““unr!t‘l‘gf' 3 diverso \dn “mode ‘and | remit] By <-partal-| 4o g Jetnae O & Mokleop, O M, Martin, B, viows, ho rcgards light, hoat, gravitation - 2L . D, gnault, ‘G olpctrloity, sound, mognotism, © sa distinet | XL 3Millor .« Milos, T. W. Mitchell, . 0, gntities, . "Tho oporation of somo one or more of thage" | “¥fdore, W. Hh Morgan, L. Murphy, R. Parkin, forces ha seca manifestod in tho dow-drop, sparkling | G, W, Parsonawl- Parsons, T. H. Payno, W. T, the brilliant Luea in tho rays of the morning su 5, of I tho pondor- of tho flowor on tho mountal ous forco that haa liftod untain abovo the clonds] * In tho lightning's flash and sttendont thupa der, in the movomonts of planets through cthior, could anything scom moro domonstrativa of diversity of forccs, wabjoct to difforont lawa? . | Tho Profossor tlien,. by an_elaborate argumont. . domonstrated tho corselation of the pliysical forces— and roached tho logical conclusion, tuat £il tho varicd manifestations of naturo, aro but tho modifications of a ainglo forco, ~ : From this ho passod o provo {lio unily of mat- tor, which- juatifiod tho - exclamation, Givo us' hon--tho. alom- -and-..motion—I _ show u tho unlyerso!” Advancing still further of organio biics, both-vogetablo and animal, wero tha reaults of this same forco ; and that inorganio and or- ganlc naturo wero rulad by a singlo forco—the unity Ho, -however, Jolnod- lssue- force was blind and acel- donta), aa follows CREE 13oprd tho facts catibiighed by Selemen an come parablo, to a few pobblea gathiered o 8" an fho” shiora’ of -tha ubnite. oooan of ruth] WhAL, - -the mysterich = GHIL " hiddon - n bosom of iho mighty uncsplored? How far transconding, all:- siretch ‘of _thought that unknown Infnite eauso of oll things! Tho facts, which wo thiuk wo comprehend, wo.ara attompling,.nd clildrsn atring thelr beads, to. arrango and classify, that wo may utudy- thair rolations with_each othor, | | Fortunito for ua if that atring, which wo call luw, {5 tho goldew thread held by tho Liand of Deity, . - : T oo behiud theso phsnomens,”and upori which thoy depend, o force that knows no difference betwaci great and smll,—botween pondorous and bouyant. A forco that moves all things in_harmony with its own will, hnt requircs no greafer effort 4o creato a ‘platiot thian to round s tear, ‘A forco that can rostdo ouly {n Omulpotence, which wo name God | -, " - ,Tio argument theu proceoded to provo tha ation of nll power inmind, which '’ rafied’foroe, from ing o lind atiribufo of fattor,fo . Lving, activ priuciyle, of whicls mans splrit {8 tho Gnito proto- Out of this line of thought grew yory naturally fho doctrine of ovolution Whloh “was muelacily statel o organtz- In tho pronnt stata of wore adduced, ! Btill, it was'concoded tliat finits mind could not poe into snd : fully understand tho Infinite, for, ai tho locluror snld: Wo tn all theso’ mattors rop:- resont tho man standing in_ tho contro of an extended plalu, Tho most cultivated' and oxalted Intollect can discover tho ralation of facts, only to limfled oxtont, Wo #e0 no relstion Uotwoon plenomcna, but Jusk Deyond our mental horizon, nll may bo manifoated, In ouir viow tho chiain. msy Do brakon ; thore the links may be supplied. To s, clingma appenr impassablo; thero no frrogularliies oxiat, for + 14 All are but parts of oo stupendous wholo, * “Whoso body-nutaro-fe, and God the soul./, !Thon followed 2 graphio deacription of the progross of the raco in hiatoria timo, beels no time when' to live was 8o great a boon Lo jntel ligent creaturcd as the presont, Whough it bo a timo npmlluu aotlvity—of confiict of minds—of aspirations after tha higher nnd botter, it fa s time, alao, of irro- slatiblo progress, of innovation nud improvement. Lot i strugels proceod, it will surely feauo b the eurvival of tho fittest, Comiug of Whls universnl unrest, ulready wo have iunumerablo n}\]lllnnfl!! 1o ald in hwman efficiency. * Tho conyaralon ot force in a thousaud ways, doing the work of hnnian hands, Steam for motive power ; lightuing for our messengor, by which diatant nations aro.mado nolgh- Lers, and Mrm:unl; thought, A new ful o out len or invontion startod on any part and §s at oneo assimilatod Into Lo coumulated miass of intellootual capital for oconomio utllity, Thua by tlegraphio wire,—the_chord vitat(s of mankind, the minds of all peoples act in harmany, as responsive ay | 8% tho time;and-that tho Dictator had nat Uie brain of ono fudividial, in moving forward tho car | 8% Savanu of progress, Though inveution and oxocution havo Kfl&e\l Lumensely to our resources for social-domestio and economical comfort and officlency, the domands upon sclouco aro not caucoled, woe Wil thoy. be, i we have gained Lotler and chicaper motive po travel fram continout tinent ou submarine rallways, or by iylng or balloon- dug through the air ; tiil man mny " call down rain nt will, when crops may bo increased ton-fold ;. 4l arti. ficlal {:ub:' for domeiitio ure, shall bo a8 cheap and sud abuni from the danger of explosions; till death’s carnival - ou land * aud sea s end. by ullliziug forco 6o that - collislons becomo Impossible, by rendering traius and ships re~ pellant, proveuting contact, ’ ‘Then' tho futuro groatly incroasod officloncy and ulility of medical sclence and practica received - attens tion, from which it was confdently prodicted thnt Iln‘u“qh this syeuoy, the anclent proplecy would yet Lo fulfiliod, ¥ Tha chlld shall dic 100 yeara old," With foree-matter-mind, theltrinity of humunity, what muy not bo accomplished ¢ Plamb, K. T. Pur: 8. E. Robinson, W.. LANsING, Publishors’ Assaciation was called- to ordor in this place to-day- by tho President, ron.: Forty momblors wore presont, Tienty~ four new members woro rdmitted, all publishers of country: nowapapors. Tlm'{cilowh!s: regolu- tion was offorod by Mr., Lowis, of § lating to the present ‘postago - Iaw-on country newapapers : Regolred, That the Bflchigan Press Association re- Aterate ths lauy “ and resolutious n and that tho Beorolary be instructed to soud offica! . coploa to membora of Congreas, Aftor discussion by tho represontatives of country snd clty journals, tho ‘resolution was _unanimously adoptod. ' A réeolution was offored by Mr. Gibson, of the Michigan Farmer, ngainst tho practico of somo their ciroulntion by gilt entorprises, which di nob meot with favor. % i ToLeno, O., untas wator § till human Ufo fa protoctod | to-day in'tho case of,young Ells, who comnn guicide lnst night, do 3 deod was prompted by the deceased having beon doteotad as a dofaulter to tho amount of ~§260, .| Ells was opprossod with tho fear of oxposure, —_———— . A.Reod, A, V. Rickey, . to, ¥. L. Round, J, 4 Beroggs, B. B, Shumway, A. R, Small,'A, H, Stoone D. 1L, B. Thom T I Wats, L F. Walkr, 8, 0. Wornham, J. BxJWhitloy; 0. Wiley, - 'T. R, Wiloy, A. L. Wright, ounghan, Post-Mortom Degreo—J, warde s CHEAP STORAGE, Milwaukeo Grain-Déalers Moving in g the Matter. § Special Dispateh to Ths Cnicago Tridune, Mrtwaures, Feb. 17.—At the meoting of the Obamber of Commorce, called to-day—as an- notnced _in this morning’s TRIDONE,—for tho purposa of protosting againat tho proposed lim- itatlon of charges for elovator-storage to-one- bhalf the prosent rates, in Tne TRIDUNE woro carried, ing, it wus freely stated that ouly awaiting the broak-up of vator miono] als to start in and Dbuild all the storaga roq B i the'rosolutions as printed Alter tho moot- y@rivnte capital is b railroad-ele- ‘0 MICHIGAN PUBLISHERS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, : 4 Mioli., Fob. 17.—1'ho Micigan State 8. War- oW, re- w and sentiments of the preambla JE adopted at s session i Jume, Lsd, bllaiota of buorossing .. MASONIC. 2 : Spectal Dispatoh to The Chicago Tribune. ' MILwAUKLCE,. Fob. 17.—The following Royal Arch Masous_were elected oflicors of-‘ tho Grand Ohaptor of Wisconsin for tho* ensuing yoar, at “tibe canvoonlon of that body. in this city to- ny: J, Broolior, of Raging, D, of Milwaukao, G. G. 8.; D, H. Wright, of Madison, J. 'W. Woodhull, of Berlin, G. Secretary. H. Evans,.of Plattyill, &. H, P.;.J, 0. . G, H. B.; T, W, Bwain, N. A, Kooler, ofDolavan, Troasurer ; K’.; —_— A MISSING MONITOR, - ‘Wasmnarox, D, 0., Fob, 17.—The Secrotary of the Navy to:day raceived ,n-tolegram from Comminder “Braino, commanding tho United 5 concontration aud ofliclency of | Bfatos steamer Juniats, that he tator, whi night. of"tho 14th inat, wanther boing thick and tho .sen running heavy J dated Savaunal, stating rnxmd company with tho Monitor Dio- o’ tho' Juniats had in tow, on the off Charloslon, the artived ki on thoe night of the 16th. . — SUICIDE. OArro, Tii,, Fob, 17.—John H. Donnott engi- Wors | noor on tho - | horo lust night from an overdoso of laudanuut, Bupposad to be suicido. Cairo & Vinconnos Ruilroad, dicd Speclul Dispatch to Tho Chicavo Tribune, Yo 17—l Corauors Iriquost v alttod Joveloped tha fact that tlie The FPorch of rom the Now York o Templo. eniag Poatl, In tho hears of London, whoro overy inch of grouud Is worth a fabulous sum, thero has for centurlos oxisted a Inxgo plot of ground which, Standing on thia high plain of Improvemont and | owing to red tape and old tradition, has boon of posslbilitics, imbued with tho sorenoly oritemplato the history, achiovemonts, Aud T ts brond cathollolty all are made reciplonts of ita kinde 1y offices, eapeclally when discaso, liko a dark cloud, sottling downto envelope, nouo’ aro 80 high, hough tho brow bo pressod by a'glittoring crown, that thoy do not potition it for rellaf., }»owny ond its flo{)rlv Llesa it for its bo factions, Erom this point of viow, how puorilo an: Jotty soem tho disacnsions which Liave sometl marred the characlor and lives of tho disciplea of culaplus! Mow short-sighted, how simplo—to’ u uo strouger epithot—ara thoso who deprive theme sulvos of tho enilro rosources of our art by ems bractog limited aud partfal viows of modical scle ence, aud Losst of belonging ‘o a distiuct school | A distinct schiool, forsoothi ™ Yherv fu but oue sohiool of mediciuo, au thore 18 bub oue acloncs of medicluo, which embracos all sclonces, Such oxist in our tino, but thoy are not peculiar to our timo, In one form or ruotlier thoy havo in: l(lunl—lm‘ Apirit of the age, wo may | no uso whatover, Lvery visitor to the Brtish capital will romember the flagged court-yard in ospuatlya triumphe of (o miedical profession, In | front of Nt. Paul's Onthedral, guarded from tho stroot, aud sepatated from tho basilica by s hoavy iron-railing, oQuuux lo sprco stands o woathor-gtained stutua of noen Thero ara nono eo lowly—ihough possessing only | Wron robuilt In tho middla of this jnac- Anno, undor whoso rolgn Bir Olirlstopher tho oathedral; other ocoupant or uo- | ornament there ia nane But at Inst this forbidden ground has boon mado publio. ment of a city, have hoavy old rallings have beon torn down and sold ncnflw rato of §40 o ton, Wi 2he cathedral authorltios, on pay- fandly sum by the corporation of tha lrown opon " this wasto placo, The 0 "T'ho low stono prapét ich supported tho raillug is loft standing, and in placo of tho gatea thero s an_open pnhwny “l.m tho now plaza, algo od ooloty from curly days, | Bt. Paul's in worthy of (ho noble structure itself, A tosgolated pavoment has been laid down, Bo that now tho approach ta LW