Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1874, Page 2

g ' ~__THE CINICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, Y FEBRUARY ey T s b ad 13 C 1 los thy f, 1f tho t roo. that, * | B £ ‘,um‘nnkn wi, and thero ho wil I, probably rojnte | of Jong yoarn, the logislatiye n tion nnd judicint A3 THE LAKE-FRONT QUESTION, | ;b fos it thow coma." Sueont unio |t boslos thinking ot 1 thoy punot e that +AYRAGE:FOR LIFE, ., | SR i hoke ‘st St oo | Qoo aF bbb st | STATE LEGISLATURES, Oitioaao, Yob, 81, 1874, I Y proporty will ba dc])rflalnlgl‘.‘ almost im,t ntly, 5 & i Soelety, ormmo othor Englinh mpgazitio, cppjeal and to protoct it whon i camoy ,In- Views of the Opposition. | Letters from G. W. Miller and © M. Lottor from Mr., Go W, To the Kdttor af Lhe Chleugo Tridun Bii: Tholnte discussion of the Lnke-front question hus noE Lash, I my judgmont, as thoronyrh and comprohonslve s the mngritude and mportanco ‘of ‘thié ‘Bubject domand for renching an futalligont and judiolons conclusion, ‘Lo nscorbain tho valuo of the throo aquarcs sought by tho €lirds “Fallfonds, s a mat- ter subsequont and socondary to tho prior and " moro import ant miery; whothor 1t would o prie dont and advisnblo, in viow of presout ciroum- stancos and Sativo: dével onts, b0 disposo of tho proporty to these Compnnles ak all, ‘'ho financial nspeet of ,the question has boon confinodl, so fur) to tlio miere’ icortninmont of tho prosent valug: of tho ronlty involved, without {nking into considoration an inquity whother differont disposition of it wonld bring SUPERIOR PIWUNIARY ADVANTAQES, Taor timo hnd pollcy, 6o Adon after!thio destrue- tion of £200,000,000 of ‘valunliles; 5 attomp to 1ix & just prico of ground in the course of dovol- opment from the recosairiiction of buildings and Dbusiness, Tt f. timé* onongh to inour ‘Baori- flees whon tho munizipsl oxchequor droops 80 low that its roplanivfaniont by’ taxation bo- comes impracticablo and iutolorable, Who would undortake fo compnto the yalue .of thoso khmn squarod fivo yéars hdncd, wWhon the groat hirbor now buflding by tho Unitixd Statos for our ne- commodation shall en finishod, and the stroots abutting Michigan avenuoe extonded to it and proporly improvied, End *¥han tho enlnrgo- ment of * tlio Canndidn'canals shalt bb™afmultn- u¢ously coraplitod, with'the Fraitd isisughration of our “Eurdpean ‘comtherco ‘mid 'Asintio “tiani- shipments ? “Would '£4,000,000° b deometl an oxtruvagant figuro at'suohn pdciod for +this proporty 7 I not; suroly tho finances of this Riotronalis could aord ‘to_dwait ovonts oo non at hand,reploto With*sueh’ pecuniary”profniso and siguifiennce, o o w0 L 1t tho Compnnics seoking theso gronnds aro ‘burning with nuxioty aud-impationca: for & grand union depot, why not commenco its exection now : ON THEIR.OLD HiT) strotching somé 800 fdol from ‘South Water to Handolph, stroot, nffording atplo spaze for, and audly needing, sitch ou improvoment had adorne mont? 16 the nuswor to this query to. ho found in frantio " offorts to sceuro confiination of “vosted rights” voucheafad by thie 1 net? 18 this tho reagon of sicl tenacions cling- Ing to tho sum of #¢800,000” and phraro * quit- claun,” tho idonticnl - laiiguago - of Ko Dbill? Would thoy thus propara for bottor' and” fulirs mcrtion nd ouforcoont of tho riite, fran chisos, and fees, on thoir bohnlfy coiitaitiod ihoroin ? ; ; Tint lot s oxamine frthor tho financial sspect of tho quostion, With ‘the” complotion- of our groat harbor and 1t dacls, and tho oxtennlén of o streots hithorward, tho Chnadine ‘cnnnly sularged, and onr Eufopesu commorco fairly nohoral In, Cliieago would then bn ffi . poitiof %o dispono of theso queron to tho bost advant- go; in fuet, *sho would bo compelled 20 con- sigu TUE, WHOLE LAKE PARK to business purpoics, bozinning nt tho vorth and, What woukd thio 1,600 out of nottly wiid sonth frontage of thess grounds, - wanted now Dy {ho railroads, Lo worth z0 tho_businces-tom- nitity for bustbei-purponos » ot up solidly and magnificontly, 'what would this land, with its improvemonts and porvonal. valuables, bo Worth Tor - municipal - - taXation? Dlnco the. “total ub 16,000,000, - yielding, * ot tho aver- ago xato 'of £ yior cont, + $300,000 atunily and confinuously to tho City Troasury ; whereas, for railvoad purposes, ns contempluted, thin_constaut stream.- of rovehno would "ceane, or rather novor atart, n thie grounds and grand union-dopot would bo exempt from * mimicipal taxation.” i tho faco of suchi figures: porpotu- ally maintnined a6 an incomo, Low S 2 PALTRY AND INSIONIFIGANT docs tho sum _ of $§00,000 becomo ! Eyontually tho residuo of the Luke-Park would graduilly snceumb to tho prosaura. of ‘business, with liko reslts to tho ciby's finances, But dovolo tho three squares to dopot-pnrposes, anil the residuo of the Lalce-Parl is ruined-and blasted forover ; und tho intercsting futtire panoramn just depict: cd. with.its browd avenne- landing, into._ tho _eily ~6schequor, would never ho witnesdod, much loss realized in porfect fruition, by tho Intest gonora- tion, 3 In the noar future, o peoplo of Qbioago will bave to considor-and dotéemine anothér point of primo necersity’ and importanso to' their com- morce and -prosperity. - Tho -Gencral- Govern- ment, ng herotofoto obgorved, will finish, in somo five yours hance, tho grand harbor in-front of tho city ; our stfcots will bo ostouded and ‘im- proved theroto ; tho Oanadinn-ennul-oulargomont. will bo comploted simultaticonely. Bvorything waould thien scom to bo-in roadinss for sticcoss- fully inaugurating for Chicago " DINECT TOREIGN TRADE, on a lnrgo ecalo, bt w ~cloud ‘hanging on_hor onslorn - liorizon mny: fhen’ bo- monsured inats trua bouring, ‘ho railrosds uow. occupying tho Tinle-front—making, with: the Baitimora & Ohio Toud, four monstor” triuk-linos—will virtuall et Chicogo off from thid groat Larber, an present,” - $ 2w P 2t AN INSUPERADLE: BATRIER to the convorsion and linprovemens of tho Lako- Jurk Jands for morcantilo and commercial pur- poses, Tholr long, constant, nud sumerons iraing on numerons. tracka ‘will theu become such o serions obstaclo to'freo and #afo comtu- on with this harbor'as to nocossitata the waluption of ways aud' mounsfor the immedinte reimoval of - all- intervening tracks betweon tho rivor and Pnrkerow.'* Clicago must ore long begin to consider tho most oflicient measures to bate such fonrful menaco- and- obstruction to Lior futuro commerce, prospority, and expansion in that direction. - How imperativo; therofore; in Jior prexont’ duty to’ throw overy safoguhrd aronnd interesta“of such transcendent moment and mingoitude, B0 that, when ho lour of teal snd_conflict comes, sho may not Do, liko - Hamson, shorn of hor stretigth, and doomed to digcomflturo, ro- morso, and . shamo. What' short-nightodnoss and consummato folly and reckloasuess would it Lo Lo grant theso manmioth: corporntions nddi- tionai Toothold on grounds tho total ‘abandow- ment of which will soon bocoma o maltor of PRIME NECESSITY AND STERN ENFORCEMENT, Ratber ot hor discourgo all permanont im- provemonts by railronds in that quartor, A *quit-claim " deed from Ui cily to thoso Companies, ay dircetod by tho Luko-Front nof, would cortainly commit Lior to its provisionn to thut oxtent as to eripplo hor at lonst in nssorting nud maintuining rights and intorest which may be involved in subsoquout conlicts and various nueationaarising outof, or inconsequoncoof, aaid pravisions. Chicago cannot now afford to give in ier udbesion to nmensuro passed by sn infa- mous Legislaturo throngh Lribory and. corrup- tion, which sho Lns ko ofton denounced in tho strongest language, throngh her pross, maus- weotings, and Council, Bho must koep time end step in this mattor with tho onwaxd march of Lor somuerco, growth, nud achiovemonts, with an ayo single'to’ that deatiried grontncsiund g w"lnch Lor topographical position enitles Lor to altain, . ¢ “I'ruo, this Inw hies beon ropoaled ; but IT I QUESTIONALE, whether this ropeal currion with it thio grants thevo- in mudo in fee by tho sovoreign State of Ilfinoi to the party of {ho second part * in perpeluily,” when - enid party had entored uporn fho possossion ' und ocoupanoy of gnid runts, wholly or partially, prior to theropealing act, The Take-Tront bill, though conceived in #in and brought forth in iuiquity, may not ho ko moribund a4 vomo persons imagine, that it can- not bo mude to sirike with effact after recelving {ram tho city an offioial recognition and ratifica~ tion in a scaled nntrumont, Tho 800,000 u[mci- fied s this ack wnk o bo paid ns o considaration, not only for thoro throo squurcy, but for tlio sectlon of submorgod Tand oustward, nlso geant- ed Wi feo and in perpetuity.” This portimuolt uud poiwistoney of dlinglug to tho Tottor au spirit of this npparont abrogated ouactment, as smunifested by théso Companiea in_ pandry nngo- tutions with city officinls, may well bo rogarded us omons of ! INTENDED FUTURE MISOIIEY, aggronsion, and conquest, under the 'banner of *“vestod rightn,” Lot Chioago, thorofors, com- it no act, or the somblance of mu act, that muy wend to bind ber, hand oud foot, 'to n fuvorite car of Juggernant constructiug for hor ovor- throw in subsequont complications and contosty, ‘Lot hor suy, poremprorily und most emphatioal- 1y, to thoso walling coryiorations, now,- nlways, i forevor, thnt sho will wovor grant them o single foothald an tho roulty thoy nro 80 mux- iously and oousclessly endenvoriug to confirm n fieritious title therolo. Dotfer 13t hor say to thom, Proparo ye to 1aoye south of Lurk Tow, * Kiotter from Mr. Pl 5. 'Puloye Do the Lxirtor of The Chictyro Pribune:® > * Stit: Tu tho yenr 1868 thoro was concolved Dy thion monster monopolios n seliemo for plun- doringe tho pooplo of this oity, of grontor magni- tude ond In ita rosnlts of greator Injury to our poaplo, thau was ovor hoforo attomptod in nny civilizod community, 'Ihis schomo wos to nteal the acertions that would bo made for nll time to como ot our Tanke-front, hfwéen ‘Lo Clifengo Rivor nnd tho southern limitn of the city, aud, ih atdition tiorolo, to oblulu’ abeoluto coutrol of tha tommorcs of this ient ity i 1o carry out_this solidmo, tiio Tliinoin Contral, tho Michigan Contnl, dud thoe Chicago, Dirling- ton & Quiney Rallrdnds obtained from the Logis- Intura of this ‘Btato, in Aprll, 1669, to Dpussago of whatfs knowinas - T } " TUE LAREFHONT AT, "Pho nct mol with much horiost opposition in tho Loglalnturo; but, aa fu woll-known, the threo great Park Rings—tho South Park, tho Wast Park, and Lindoln Fark—ninde common causo in tho onslaught-upon-tho goneral public, and tho threo Park bills and tho Lako-Frout bill wéntthivongh thd mont' Yotton Logialafurs' tlint thnt this Btato lins over scow, in gront trlumph; tho rallrontls seouring tho Lark mon by putting in o provision muthorizing the elty to scll tho en- tiro Luko Park, sud requiring that fho proceeds should go—not into tho City Trotsury—bit into tho troasuries of, tho various parke—called publlo parks, but in reatity nofhing but private conspir- noios o onvich a fow oltizons by tho oxpenditnra of monoy colleeted from the peoplo under the thin - guigo of taxation for o public purpose. Whis Luke-Front bill, asido from robbing thio pooplo of ton or moro millions, to give to theso . privato conspiracies, tho pak organizations, was, aud iy, - IN SUBSTANOE TIIS: First—Tt gives to'tht * litlols Contral Rafl- rond tho ownership of all tho acorations of tho Linko-shoro for moro thnn threo milos in longth that may bo mado for ail timo to como. Lok u tho neeratlons upon tho nortl Lake-shoro, gand af tho acres of Jaud inndo by tho Illinols Contral Ttnilroad in front of thoir depot, and you may got n faint idou of Lho yaluo of this grailt of tho - Sccond—1t given ta tho Illinois Contral Rail- rond corporation tho_ownorshin of the Laku-in froutof thoir bronkwator, from tho Ghicngo Tiver to thio Tllinofs: Contral Ronud-House, and milo in width, {nto tho lako, withtho right to makoe an outer fnrbor, surronnd 16 with “wares houses, docks for lumbor, and all articles of commerce, and all practically free of tazation by the eily, counly, or State. : 10'is trud that the Btate may doriva tho samo perccutago—T or cont—from any rouits ot profits of this outor harbor thiit it derivos now from tho racéipts of tho Iinois Central Railéond, nnd tiab Toasehold intorost theroon muy bo taxod for ety and othor purposes ;-bub it is onsy to porecivo that tho'sailrond éan so'orrangomattors tint ATION WIL, TiZ ODTAINED "I'his gamo railcoid now has <0 N from that sourco, * This id proporty -onst-of its dépot, leused toprivato por- sons, o at loast ocenpted’ and-coutrolled in p vato intorosts, upon which it pays 10 taxos wiat- over, and nover ks paid any toxes upon. Third—1t gives fo the Illinois Contral, tho Michigan Ceutral; snd tho ‘Ghicago, Barliugton & Quiney Ruilrdads, throo blocke of Inud, & part Gt Linkko, Parl, for tho sum of 800,000, yariously catimated as worth from £800,000 to +$2,600,000. T'ho monoy for theso threo blocks, by 'tho 'net, was to 'go- fufo thotreaunricn ‘of : tho public 2 {ifa was tho eondition of the matter during Mayor Rico's Administration, -Tho law provided that thoRuilrond Compnnios should pny, of thin 500,000, tho sum of 200,000 t6 tho cily for tho 10 of Uio parke, within nine monthy after” tho pnssngo of the ‘sob.® Tho Compnuies, by Mr. Walicit, cho Prasidont of tho Ubleago. Durling: ton’& Quiney, allrond, ATTENTTED TO MAKE TIIS PAYMENT, and buvo va_olufmod that tho eity wag bound by Mr. Kimball, the Complrolior's, recoipt of tho samo; and {ho ity has over sluca cou- tonded that {t was not_bound by Kimball's nct. Tepented afforts have ben mado in tho Commorn Council, sinco then, to havo-tho clty, by its Common Council, recognizo tho nct of Kiinball 08 tho nct of thooity. All theso attompts wero succesnfully resiated_during Mayor Mason's and Muyor Modill's Adminiatrations; and ons year ago tho Inw itsolt—tho nct of 1869—was ropoaled Dy tho Blato Logisluture. Notwithstanding the ropeal of this act, theso rallronds havo nob. abandoned their schomo to got possossion of this outer harbor, these blocks of Jand, and the acerotions of three milos of Jake- front. "Ehioro is nuw ponding beforo the Conncil | twa roportu of o comuiitios, one in favor of quit- claiming tho thioo blacks of laud for S800,000,— tho prico nemed i iho nct; and the oflor in oppositior to so doing. . Prosident Walker, of tho A romarl droppod by ; Chicigo, Burlington & Quiney Railroad, ’ bofore tho Committoo “of tho Common Council, givos tho'low to the 3 POSITION NOW TAKEN DY THE RAILNOADS, Ho said : “Wo [tho ralronds] have alroady paid $200,000'on this land, -ond aro ready to pay 8000,000 moro for tho quitclaim of tho city.” The "railronds evidontly, after consulting omi- nent logal couuscl, aro propared - to invest this amount of moncy upon the proposition * that tho nct of 1869 was in tho naturo of o contract betwoon them and tho Stato, and tharoforo, bo- ing protectcd by tho National Constitution, tho Siuto Legislaturo had no powor to pnss_ tho re- pealinig act ; also, that tho railroads, having paid the oity tho €200,000 undor ana_us provided in that ack, tho Logialntura could not provent tho consummation of tho salo by the ropoal of tho act, :-That is- tho reason_Prosidont Walker con- tonded, “Wo binve paid $200,000, and aro willing topay tho city tho remaining 600,000.” Kol now tako th. $600.000° and tho 820,000 which still romnina {n the hands of Mr, Kimball, is Tor tho city to ratity, ay fur as it hns tho powor to do it, the infamous et of 1869, "ho fack i, Mr, Liditor, that, as auy ono who takos tho trotblo to reflect upon thin matter can 00, Lho railronds do not care’s fig for ‘tho thrco blooks of ground. ‘Theso thirao blooks of ground at $800,000 aro & mero bugatollo in comparison with tho ks - OTIHER VALUADLE * onans’ contained in thonct of 1869, “ho ncquicsconce of the city i# needad for twoirensons: Firal—To got vid of tho contract bobwoen tho clty ond tho Tllinois Coutral, by which tho Illi- nols Contral ngreod that it would nover uso the worls which the Company proposod to construot Detweon tho north lino of Itaudolph stroet aud tho south lino of Lako Park, excepl for tho pas< sngo of or tho making up or distributing of traine, nor -placo betweon those points any ob- utrietion to the view of tho fako from the shoro; - V'hi i tho contract or ordinanco of 1852, up- on which tho Illinois Contrel obtnined the right lo euter the clly. - Y - Second—T0 uvoid all controvorsy with the city a8 to tho right to tho uccrotions at tho onds of the utreots loading to tho lake aud in front of Lako Park, “Ihoro are good legal euthorition which hold that tho Logislaturo could not sunul this con- tract bobwoon tho oity and the Illinois Contral without tho consont of tho city. It tho position of tho raifroad companios fa corract, thon tho city, by rocoiving tho manoy,— £800,000,—for tha thtad blooks'of land, glvas it anisent to ta nctof “1869, tho' contract or ordi- nance of 1852 is'onnntled, snd tho railronds will live no opposition' (oxcapt-tho outlook or now rights of privato property-ownorn, which can bo Lought or condemad), to tho consummution of Ll TIHEIN GRAND SCIEME OF PLUNDLR. ‘Cho Ilinois Central will hayo all tho neerotions of tho Lako-front; snd who can cstimate’ tho numibor of aores which will ba mudo, o the valuo 6f thoso aceretions 1n tho courso of timo? Iow | ousy; having the right to'tho acerations, it will ho for tho railrond to fill in and-mako Inid_ out into tho lako is whown by tho fact that, worth of Randolph, “this samo Company. hus made u large ummbor of acres of land, front which It i now drowlng o handsomo incomo, if it chargos tho neual routal of such praporty, Do the citlzons Iknow that the railronds now Linve, novth of. Stun- Qolpl, whout fhirty-five acres of land, nnd that a fgaod bortion iy usail by privato partics for lnn- or-yurds, oto, 7 THEY HAVE LAND ENOUG U Rt for tholr now depot, if' thu land is all. they want. The filinois Central ulso socnros thik outer harbor, ono milo in width and sud ovor & milo longth, with tho right to oroct olovators, wara. Louses, dook, ote., aronnd” tho ontiro” harbor, xm‘ll, to all intouts ud purposey, free of tuxt ation, In It not onsy to seo that, when this outor har- hor is constructed, vossols will ontor that in proferonco to the tortuous, winding river? thue tho railrond, boing froo of taxation o8 to the outor hurbor, can ufford to pay vossels Lo ontor thore, Iustoad of charging them doclinga? and that vossuly, saviug doliys, and expensos of tug= hire, will givo tho outer harbor tho profarance ? Aro ot theso two gritbs—tho ncorolions nud tho outer havbar—-worth w hous of TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARY ? Ta it not o schomo of vust mugnitudo? Will not this xafivond, by means of this - ontor-harhor tlght, control the ontira sommorco or thin grent “for' the Kingdom of louyon is at houd,” flu{m of tho trado of tho Northwest # Whiat are owners of proporty ou {ho xivor and mord Uian.half of it valno 1" What aro the othor railrond corporations con- teklng fn thia < clty thinking of," thatthoy 410 Yot oppoko this nohomo . 0N thoy 1ot eg.tht, i to tho commereo of fhis city, they will bo at tho moroy of tho Tllinoks Contral Railrond Company ? =Tt 1T oARy Lo B6d LIAL, T~ EBUTEG-0F —timoy the- Dusiuoss of tho ity will contro iatouyd tho ontor: Tirbor,—tho raflrond enn mako-all'tho lnid noc— osanry; and that.tho _confro of . busiuoss will bo trauforred £o fho Lnkesshojo. and tho gutor; harbiritronndlby: ro'the' oriord 6r buidt- Hlons-proporty wont of Wabnah syond6 biing; thnt thoy camiot sao tho dangov ™ 5 - & T “-Avatt from this material buslness view of this matior, 14 16 niok well to consider whotlier or 1ot tho bullding up’ ‘this: outér-hnrbor with wave- Tiouses,” dlovatots,” ofo., thus: shutting oft tho’ Inke<breozos front rhora thnn u milo of llm most: dansdlypopulated portio ‘of tho ofty; will not: | ’n.zrunxu.m AFFLOT 'TilE HEALTHIULNERS. of tha city? - Eyon vow it'in woll kriown that residoncos near tho Lako; ort wtroots thut do vot, un thiaugh to tho Lalio, nro not ny dosirablo or e Donltly s thoso wpniv thrgugh ptrooti. -+ < A poor’ ** nowing-glel " hod Lior- plafntive ap-' peal iu & mornlug nowspnpor ‘a fow days yinco, thidt Ll Liko Darle nlght o présorvoil for list class, nnd:othora who donld nok afford tho lux of wrlda to Caluniot or tho Dowplaluos in wénrol of o parle.: Lhin outer harbor anco butlt dostroys Lake Park: it'will thon be worthiloss, bhut off ns it Wit bo fram tho Tisko, - % i’ C But, doys ono of tho Committeo raports, tho clty ought to'sofl, becauso it iy in vt of wpnoy. Doos an Individuil soll bis-“-front door §n¥d" Decauso lio wants’ monoy 7+ No,' gentlomon: ‘of tho Councll, tax n'nnd wo Will pay tho thxos, but’ don't " soll the 'city's’ * front: door yard,/ Dresorvo tils Lelto Parl, all, évery fueb, and tho acerotions in fronk of it, aud" expond upon this Lalio Park, for ono yoar only,” nn amount: equdl to what {8 wrang your aftor yeor from propoity~ ownors to fmprovo tho other” parks nud to bene~ it property fu thoir vicinity, - wid" you will then linve o Lk Park which Whl- be of moro roal, | nctual e DENEFIT AND TLEASURR to tio peopls tia ol your ather ‘pnvis evor will Do: "Iy it; and thon “ngk -the' poople” o veta | whothor thoy-will keap Luke. Park: mid * abolieh tho othory; or koo tho “otliors and. soll. Tako, Park, -and you will find a majority ot “60,000:vo~ tora fn favoriof kooping tho Lako Ttk : Lbollovo that, {£tho poovlo-cionly lnen tho enjoymont of Tinko'Park-bonutifiod nud’ addrned 08 it might bo—for 60 yonrs; thoy wauld * foel strangly inclinod to mote suminary Inmp-post j|;n|fcu to'auy man who attemptod to rob om | Tiomombor, you Oty Tathors, that tho mo- | chiauics, Uho elorks, tho nowing-gitls; - tho 'labor- ing mou, aind all tha podr of tho city, Lnve’ and tafio s gront intotost b thls Linke-Park question'; and’ that* THEY IAVE BORE RIGHTS P that Aldermen and city ofileints aro bound to re- "1t 50u, who now have the future of Lako Park befofo you, reaily’ beliovo’ that' tlioso tail~ ronda-neod thoso threo blocks of land from Rau- dolph to Monros streat, for depot piirposos; not- withutanding £hoy hvs, now Ectsive. nord ad- Jolning theso- throo blacks; then- uny to thom, tho courts -aro opon ‘o _you -to coridomn thoso | o blocks' by pyiu n fait prico fon thom, b wo will nosar, by any act, - ordimnce; or_ronolu- tion, directly or ndiroclly, consont 10 tho nfa- inouss aot of 1869, or aid you to [ -~ PLUNDER PO TIIE PUNEIO the Inke-front accrotions, or to control the on- tiro commorco 'of tlis' elty by your coutrol’of this ontor harbor, -~ B > T bava no interest in this mattor, oxcopt s o citizoin; but I could not romain® silout, Liowever | much I'desirod 80 to do, and #co this monstrons | schome, which I opposed during four ‘youri of | ofliciul-Tife, consummated, without entoring this my protest ngaingt-it. F. Toney, : NEMARKS. It appoars to us that tho evilawhich Mr. 'Puley | approlionds from ‘tlio proposed sale crn Lo | avoidod by insorting 4 clauso iu the doed resory- ing tho riparian right, and'all othor rights apper- taining to tho ity in tho premisos. Tho process of condomnation which he suggosts conid do no more, though, upon many considoraticns, that | proceeding wonll bo proforablo, Tho question | whethor tho Rnilrond Company took auything Dy tho act'of 1869 is still undetormind, Itls ! vory cortain that tho State Legwslaturo hud no | Fight to ecll Lako Michigan. Nor tro thore any | natural accrotions, a8 yet, in tho upaco om- Dbracod by tho nck of 186). Nor ean tho Legislaturo divost riparian ownor of natural | aceretious forming on his hore. But, howover that muy be, it is important that tho city should rosorve sl the rights it lms in the outsido Larbar, and this can bo oasily dono in the'pro- posed quit-olaim deed, if such a deod is made,— Ep. Timose. B ——— A LEGAL DEFECT, AND ITS REMEDY. To the Iiitor of Tho Chicago Trivune ; Bir: " Thereis a radical defect in tho lawa of Illinois which our loglalators resolutoly rofuso to w00, or, woolug, fail to comprebond and romedy, and whioh would, if cured, Inrgely decreaso tho volumo of litigation in all tho courts of this Stato,—that is, tho system of foos and costs to Do cuarged against tho dofeated party in frivor of tho provailing party, Ono prominont causo of Ttigation'it this State is its chonpnoss. ' It eoats Dut liitle to tho party who briugs o suit to inati- tute it, and, if. hois dofonted, it costs bim but Hittlo moro. If Lis claim is ovor o frivolos, ha is onablod to mako tho defondant » Jargo amount OF " expendes in attornoys' foos'and oss of timo, bosidos tho voxation aud nuoyanca of belug mado defondant in s procooding at lnw, ‘and'tho anxioty consequent upon it. Tho dofondant is deaggad into the litigation, or compollad to pay ot unjust claim, subjectod toall thoso wrongs and aunoyancos, and gots—what? Simply ox- cuned from paying a dobt Lo aid not owo, tho plesisure of paying i attorioy, loslng hia timo, und. sufforing 'thono’ anngyances, and Foltiig notliing fn sofuru, - Buppodo tho tass rosoraod A purty holds o just, and perhaps adnutted, claim ngainut_mnothor ' smply ablo to puy, buj who, for some renson of Li owii, is not diposed to respond to'thio just domand of- his oroditor. Ho rofusad to Puy. ' Tho creditor Lrings sult, Py, bis- Iwyor, huits up bis witnossos, losol is timo, opoils il tempor, chafes and worrios at * th ln's dolay,” aud, aftér a yoar or bwo of offort, succoods “in gotting & judgment for— what? Procisoly for tho sum the debtor wus Lound to pay hin, honostly owoed bit; aid nothe ing'nioro,” Nob ouo dollar for Lis oxponsen ; nog ono dollar for tho unjust deluy in paying ; ot o dollar for Liu loss of timo - or- tomper, Tesulliug wholly from tho wrongful act of tho dofendnut *The syulani- i Wwrong, and, it nunt bo_ patont to auy ono, offor & promium ou litigution, and it to-day tho most fruitful causo of tie lumbor- ing upof our court-dockoty, and of oxcoseiva county taxation, as woll 1a of Intorniinablo dojay in getting cases'which aro logitimato subjeots of Litigation tried, ‘Tho plifn and simplo romedy forthis i to givo tho provailing party such por- soual costs and nttornoys’ foen s muy bo oxpect- od o rensonnbly indemnify him for Lis timg, troublo, and expendituro mado necossnry by thg action of - tio dofontad party, - Let it o under- stood that libigation by u Iuxuty to bo paid for, a8 all othor luxurios aro oxpected to bo, and thoro if off tho oars of tho porson who-would thua jnsult ;| avenue solicary and., alono, aud, either:tho wine NThe \Advantu:x;gs of a ‘Young/ Englishman. “That: Scroami Which. Stardled. Michi- = gan Avenue, o ¢ £ Forelgner Depprts - «for. Home. ! ‘Ihiro wooks 0go & young Englishman'enmo to this ity audl lirod rooms in » boatdiug-house on “Micllignh nvetito, | T this “thoro I itotling yin- “usnl,Mauy Englishmon come lioro ovory yoar, nud, aftor hinving undorgono for a 'niifliclontly long timo tho pir'and rovivitying fufludnecs of Amcrlean polities nnd Ametlean socioty; becoino oducatod up & thint son. Ho was tho “typieal’, Englishman. of orléan’, stags and *, tho " Amoarican . novell His fuformation abont. this country was derived trom tho Liooks of Englieli tonrists, and tho pro- ductiony of Luglisl magnzlno-writrs. * Ho was, doubtless, thorauglly nequaiiitod Withi tho gaog- aphy of Sugaox anil’, Middloox,. bub wa liopo- Iessly.ignorant of that of tho United States, OF the xolativo position of California and Now Yorle holmow vory little, excopt that he supposcd that thoy ivoro abiotit n4' far aprt as Dovon and Wostirioreland:", To “hiti* Amiorles was_a ,Jnud “eon tho Torest primoval,” . about sovared” mitlh whicl. Mr. . Tongfelldw . had . informod +him ; a-“land " where' “all * thio ‘mon’ wont about itk doubl-barolod *; anot-gund **'on gl ‘Bliduldord ;" Wlicfs_thdy” slopt _two i n bed, and o beds iu o room; whers baths woro unknown ; -where peoplo helpod thomaclyea with {holr owi forks t& the food on tho dishos boforg thom ; and whord therd provailed u profound and “fnitolorhut hatrod-of “England, ‘and sl that sy Buglish.' “116 folt himsolF-here like -n’ nirangor ina strango Innd.! Ho 'atdod *Jiké Tith amid tho alion corn,” ignofanto Fous ways, suspiclous of" otir yooplo Ml goubrally distruStulof ovory- thivg around him, ~ - “Iho Iifo of otory_mon fu’n sorles of dilln- sions, somotimos - plonsout Gnd gometimostu pleasant. Thoso, ko yowny; - Englishmen undoy went hore wero xathor ugrecrblo than othor- wiso. * Io swus ablo to- proouro a singlo Thdd-room. Ifo’ fouiid, that flio boardors i his Tidutio’ woto_ rodsonnbly “cultivated'ns £ tho o of tho fork;-and that" axprousion did notdiffor from thoso of Lju” dwn countrymen, Ho saw no_double-barrolad shot- ‘gana. "excopt in tho shop-windows. ITo missod 1110 foreuts primoval, arid found liusoh aaid cltion wwhoro o - lind” looked - for “only-lons tracts'of wasto woodland, - L at :till ho could ot _ontiroly recaver from . his suspicions. Lonoath evory - drcssteoat, lurkad o Delt with a couple of reyolvors; ovory hoot o faucled ' * Dowlo-knife: ' Iio* lad "iond the *uiovels . of * * -Gotetaccko,~ nid - thio diaty ::of - Captain - Marryat. = Mo~ know from these - produotions: - the * -impulsiv n el e vty 1 ottamhd. dir accont and modes of | . Phoidwolldrs alflg:;hl%m( avaihio, matrigd and siluglos maythorofora, ‘Eo) thoy Will nat bo . disturbed” in ihe'-fitbito, ; Tho ‘only rogrot In that Lo uolution of tho mytory wwhioli‘lins {ormonted them fov two days should Do ko wimplo._ Whoy lind_fancied n_your montrnod Iy hiw paronti, +tid hiad fanieiod womo worthy -foot-pndy und doptivod of his hook. 1t will, hayee, bo o, dispppointmont th them to 168 (Uit It faa nothing man whom tofrorahd’n -politéinan’ combiod Ly muko mad. ! vout tho loast romane citizon pursiod by satoh-and -poeket-- Sales U.nd.'er:;"l‘x'}tsf Déeds. Which Is 1t Proper Place for Salgs. The. . Knickerhockor - -Insurancé - Qompany, ¥ Onoof tha mont“lmportnfit cldod, quostina which haye li groeé fire, undor trust-doods, [Sovon-olghtiuy, porhaps . aloventwolfti, of all tho trus}-deads mado:bo- foro tho flvé ‘provided thal-snle, in'" cnss of do- foult of paymont, shauld be mado .at tho north door of tha Court-Houso, " Tho-destruction of the Comrt-Tlouso on Washington and Clark cornor of ‘Adams aud LnSallo, lins ralsod tho diflcult | quostion as_to which ia_tho Court- Tousb.. 1616 irged 6n-ono kide thak’ the' “old Court-LTouso " Iy moant, g tliat, was tho only ono*In cxistaneo” bofors tho firo, ond that o Trustee has no . powor to nltor tho dood, L& poyors belug limited. . On thé othor. -hafid, it i ‘cliimod *that, partios, n statiug tho.Court-Ifouso as tho placo of salo, only futoiidod 6 fix'a placg which would bn pub- lie, and whero a snlo wonld bo woll attondod, and 4 good prico bo obtainod on_a forcod galo, and -thiat tho “Aéw". Gourt-Tlouso * is now by fat tho most froquented and publio. A large number of salos hava hoon mado at both placos, Gront doubt ng £b° tho placo to bo chosen, 1 somo {nslancos, , and, o desire to gain timo in many more, linve sausod. siits to be commencod | by tho mortgngors to reptrain, thoso sales wndor opds, alloging tho above argumants, o, howayer, —that of Edward O, Wallor ¢ Stophon 11, Arnold, and_Hou d d o’ doublo .digulty. the Trustao, to ¢ovorall auestions, had ndyortie 0.8t b .on, tho J0th. of Javuary, 0 n6w Court-ITomso, aud on the 1st ab tho *old * placo. Wallor dllod n bill {0 roistrain botk Tos, allogivg, awmong othor,things, that.the rusteo’s powors, woro, gono _entirely, thut, tho 61d Cotirt-oiiio Whoro' tia kalo was covonnuted -0 bo mndo was déstroyed; ‘ad that lio Lind io power tomake o now placo. The dofotidnnts lled an answor'* stating thib thoir * colirio had Teeri piraued to avoid any doubt, givé a. cloar sud ortless ways of .the American, and hay,. upon the shightest prévocition,—wlici ian’ iGii o rofused to liquor * with *him;-“for instarito, “ho wonld draw ou his-bowlo hud- proceod ‘to* énrve “Phoreforo, this young Englishman was painfaily sud oliborately polite. 1o was, 80 “polite that whonever o bunko porator ROt “hotd of him and asked him to drink; ho was winble to xofuse for foor of wounding.the foolings b -that Awerican. SN gy s et Dut gradually "o gob into. fomale society, nnd folt more at ' homa. ‘Tiso " Indics naturally -~ took ** compassion upen this=stranger i indeed; Jnglishmon avo rather.favorites than othorwise ins ocial circlos in . Chicago. Thoir curions ways, - tho| antiquated, ~ Old-World nors, in which: thero” iu "alwayd® sotething'to nmuss’ and, to-entertifn, mako “thom*~ vory'* attraé- Hiva to tho' vivgins ‘sud matrons. of. stbis " clly. “Lhey,mny havo to- turn oway tholr Lieads . to stiflo'n langh shilo thoso odditios nro tuiking, : yobthey ard glad to liave them ar Tho Chicago fouuz lady sagy o hor friend;” * I hato o Bnglismas,” 83 oo would ay T fins sicye-tartio o i i o otlzor ovening, this partioular young Eu-| glishmav—this oo wholived on Michigan svoiuo, “u little™ nortli' of Bldrldge’ cotirt—was out lato ut: aparty. Ho ‘loft ‘thero _aftor 13- o'claclé-and: startall to-wallc homo.: {Ho wout down Michigan ho lud drank, the futtoring romarks_ho:had! henrd’ from tho gitls, or tlie Jonely and’ deso-+ lato- stfcot Ko oxcitod his imngiation”that' Lo- began to droim.all- worts of ‘wild aud unploasant things, Erory ' fool-fall - which: bo Lieara in -tho distunco - sonnded. to Lim like that of somo approaching higuwayman, ‘or sonig Faiilan émissnry thirsting for tho hlood of an’ Euglishmau ; and, wlion - Lohenrd thoso footfalls ccloing - far-mvay, o tremblod dud | shivoted an do ehildren nt night when, slospiug ! slono in o darle room, thay hoae a stop wpon (s | stairs or o Land rattling at tho latch of the door. Hiy norvousness “geow wjjon lilm, and, from quick stop, o fellinto & lops, and; from -that, into s rua. ol e Now, it 1o lapponed that running aloug, sighiug for - his honio ag tho hart- pantoth ifter tho water-brooks, SR & " A policemun cldd in blue, With brazon- buttons bright, honrd tho soind of thosa footstéps; and camo around the cornor Linlf a block: bohind’tho youug Lnglishman, in order to soo" what tho mattor wau, *Noticing o mai running rapidly, .ho vory naturally camo to tho conclusion that hio was ior n burglar or o thiof, and sot out in pur- suit of him. Tho Englishman, beoring ' somo oue behind Jijm, naturally accolorated hils paco, aud xan futiously, Jike Abner, tho son of Nor. ywhilo tho policomas followod lite thio fleat-Toota whilo lio was. thus nhol, ‘Iho policeman chasod Lis gnsping gamo with flylngs Zoot, but soon found tlut;ho was unablo £0 catoh up with him, Fonr, 08 tho poot snys, bad givon wings to tho young man, and hio was goiving in tho ruco. Uhiorotoro, tho policoman row his rovolver, and fired at {ho young man, with tho provorbial innccuracy of patrolmen. Tho bullot wont far nbove hit hoad, of far on ong sido of it ; but the young man heatd tho report, and his fears wero multiplied wn hundrod-fold, Ho, thien know that tho worst was coming. 1lo Lnow that hohad to dio thon and - thero, far from his native lond, far from tho pleavant flolds -of .Kent; = and ho --gava vont to Lis feolings in n most unoartbly and dosper- ato yoll—such n serenm au ono somotimes henrs from n horeo fatally wonnded on battle-fleld—~ such & seranm 4 that ultorad by o lost spisls whon it is ushored among" the inhabitauts of the awother world— . Dontons, mad with gles, g Sltting round tholr sulpliur souy i brimatons teg, * Who girls slopt’ soundly, their right arma bo- noathy their icads, dronming of partiow, of con- quoats, or of drussos ; andthawives.loy in' the safo: linrborago of thoir husband's arms, une mindful of whafevor -might happen without, But this desperato and frantic scroam, thls nst will bo less of it, end law will have more of cquity init, 'Thid rule provails largely iu tho courts of tho United States aud in many of the States, could bo introducod in this State with littlo or nio disiurbanco of our j\ldioi\ilJ:rnuud\lru, and would of iuelt work a roform and retrenghe mont surprislng even to its nd\'oum\zu:i v M e o A Bnd omon. A woman is employod a3 messengor at 6. col- Hory in Walce, aud aa sho bogins hor-daty carly cach morning, slio moots grout numbars of col Yiem gofng o'tholt work, _ Bomo of thom cou- sidor it o bud omon o moot & wowan first thing in. the morning, and, not Laving snecoedod it dotorring hor from hor work by obhor mouns they waited upon tho managor and declarad thab thoy would romain'at homo unloss tho woman wis dismissod, Whothor thelr suporstition whim was geatillod T not atatod, < The Lornos. - “A qubject of romark,” uays tho Palrie, “at Bt, Poterburg, on tho Iuarriago of iho Duko of Tdinburgh, was tho abuonco of tho Princoss Toouisa'and lior husband, th Marquis of Lorno, o motive wau simply oo of conjugal dignity, @ho Iwwa of etiquotio do mot pormit n porson who in' not of royul blood to o sonted at Lo 3mporor's tablo; and, a4 tho Drincoss was forcod to witnss that mortifioation atBorlin, ulio would not ‘exyoeo Lha man whosa namo sho bonts o & roawsnce of it," : ~—Dir, Ban Mondell, 1t I statod, rocontl, sold soma ' aupertlious” picturen for -L160,000, Amoug thom wan “Tnudsoor's * Ottor Hunt," which wont for £6,000, 1t was_ aftorward resold to Baron Grant for £8,000, and {t s now stated aud -hopeloss outory of an Lnglishnan in_dee spuir, awakenod thom violontly from thoir slum- bors, ud, bolting upright in bod, aftor the min- nor'of women, tho wives shook “their husbands Dy tho showldérs and askad thom if “thoy hourd “*ihnt."- Thon cnme auothor pistol - shiot; and theu- auother tcroam,”.tho -ound of hutrymg feot, aud then silonce, E B Lut tho ohaso wont on, Tho young Lnglish- man; runving a block further north, turncd off cowards Blato straot, and, -hceing tho door - of n galoon opom, rushed -in and foll fainting on tho ‘sawdust floor, “Iho policeman, reuched the epot fow mimitos Iutor, uud grabbed his viotim, -‘ho! saloon- kaopor, - fortunutoly, liiaw-tho young English- |- man; he hnd boott in- thero: dcoastonally - to quonoh biu tiirat with tho national bovorago of Lingland; convoquently lie sxplaiuod. tho ouso: ‘Chopolicoman waa satisfiad, nud, willing to muke emouda for what ho lad dono, eupported Lho young mau on ono sido, while tho snloon-koopor did 80 on tho othor, and thoy took him, Panting, cxhuuatad, Liolplesy, dying, to tho wholtor of his bonrding-honso upon tho uvonuo, 'Mhoy ook him up-stuirs, this wrotohed youny “Englishmnn, and " thoy put him'to bod, o' fandindy, ooin thin procossion, imngined that tho young man was in » stato of hopoless intoxicafion, ‘and proparod tp givo him waruing on’ tho following moraing. : Dut waining was unnocessary. When the paokiod Ll irunle aud bl h young men uavioko, ho pnol portminntenu: and ‘his hat-box ; he put hin wie rolls in 1tuoll-sill onso & ho tool hiy field-xInum, whichi lio_waro suspendod: noross -hln baolt § Ty taolc i oyo-glasson, and all that way his, and ho aroso and wont forth, like | the upostle of old, nlmlllllg the dust from his foot as a tostimon: agninst Ohlongo and thoe Inbabitants thoreof, that Slosrs, Agnow, 'tho dealers, have boon olfered £10,000 forit, ‘- ] bavk to'Kuglund, whoro u‘uuh suenos of ylolenco Ho has roturniod to his homo, 100 haa gono titlo; nid "obtain’ a ‘good price. * Inusmiel ns - uSithor would bo nuisiied with'Tess than tlio do- cision of {lio " fjlithestcoprt, . & formal. hoating . wad hid, hion n decred. way Fondorad by, Judge Moora porpotually onjoining asale abtho “naw " sourt-1lonso,”:sud digsolving - the™- ihjunction which had _boen issued pu to .tho old sttos ©TFrom*” “thig™™ ‘deerde “thé " com- “plaimant” appealod, * thi, ~ Dy ' oar unique’ practico, roviviug, the injunction, and the cado ‘was prosouted aud argued” at the. January. term just pasted of the Sipreme Court." Inasmuch as tho quostion fs_cntiroly now, Driof ubstract of the briefu filed by.the. rospoot- ive partic will ba fouud instructive.* MMr. Con- -gidor H..Wallot,counsol for tho appoliant, Waller, 8 b e . "To condensa tho .facts to singla question, tho racord cries ont: - . Where;:under powors of salo ina trust dood mado bofora tho Chicago - conflagaration, can a..foroclouure by publishad :notle of salo take plade; if any, 8o ne t6 vest.tho groutor's titlo in tho purchasor ot such sala 7" . Ono advortixcmont etates tho old Court-Ifouse, tho othior tho'.now. .It must -bo. doterained ‘hothor tho T'runton cau act uuder. . powor” or st tho cstui'quo trust invoke judiclal aid, 4o right-of ‘tho Court, to: tako. jurludiction (pud inaka tio injuuction. porpotual’ wndoj tho rat notico,.nnd «dissolya it ns to’ the second), wilLnoy bo disputed. Though theso nlos would Do void, colleatively or soparately, yob' ach and Dot would.cast a-cloud 'upon our . tftlo, .Tho {Frustee's deed undor uch -tale-wonld. bo.like'n yoid tax deod. It would ombarrags tho salo. of tho proporty and dopreciato its value. Oue or £wo chancory suits might o' ncogsary to loary tho slatuy of Lho titlo; %5 o2 1 “1{ thio axacution of power bo proscribod. by o particulnr method, it implios” that. tho modo propoacd is to bo- followed, and it contains'a nogativo upon ovory athor fode. 80 ** o final reanlt of the decwions is nid to bo that a powor of ualo may be oxorcisod by tho mortgugco whero it is freo .from doubt, - Tho nglo must pureno atrictly as to timo aud placo tho atipulation in tho mortgage. o 5y “Without muh thnt oquity coul trust-deod according 1o tho stipulation” of ity powors. Whothomoquity could: bring tho grant- or within ita jurisdiction and morcly nppoint tho, placo of ualo, aud thou compel thoirustco to ox- -couto his povor- is questionablo? Cortaiuly, if it.be o hold it must bo beld that tho trustes s to bo treated as o spceial Mastor in Ohwncory, *¢ By nunlo undor tho trust-doad; if maue in pur- suancoof tho powar, tha titlo of tho appoliant would bo coffactunlly divestod, 1o oquity of xo- domption remaining to him or ‘o any otliox por-, son; theroforo, firviow of such consequancos, :hio inu a right to Insist upon o strict”compliones ‘withs tlio power. Far notico- to tho world la.tho -munuor proseribod in the doed s ns lnportant to. it genitor aud s el (o oblook of roguiing notico at nll ns notico to Lim. Lquity will pro- yont tho rusteo from cronfing 1 cloud upon - pollant's land, “ovou. though -bisdeed ox doo wore void, - - ) ] “No ualo couldtako placo ‘at tho place midway inApnco . . whoro the north door of tho old Court-Houso was previous to 'the firs,’ ‘bocnuso tho destruotion of tho placedestroyed tho powor; becauaw ouo ossoutial olomort of tho powar was Tncking, and “reudored tho romaining clemonta nugutory; and bocauso tho falal defoct in tha ver docs not doprivo thio cestui- quo_trust of i many romodies both ot Inw and"oquity, * *No gale could take placo at tho anst door of* thio- to sorth doors” of the Court-Iougo on Adams'stroot, booauso such placs it Hot namod in'tho powor? bozadeo it did not exist aud waa not withili the' cantoniplation “of thia partios whon the powor was crontod; bocauso such salo pormits tho Crustao to male s now contrack ho- twoen the parties; becauss such acty inktond of Uoiag. i pusunicy of 6 bowof o ucoiizary and divorotionary it the Trusfeo; and,boosimo’ the Trubteo, in placo of g deoliy to'dxoraing judicial poweis.”, “~On'bohalf of 'tio’ppéllacs wnd’ in favor of tho valldity of tho vido” undor trust-dogds, M. | Honry L) Slioldon kays s i “1ho”only potnts disputod In tlin Court aro: | queation, it may bo affimod * 1 Whothor by virtus of "a trust-dead, to| soouro tha payiéit 6 miouoy, ‘exceutod beforo tho destruction of the old Court-Iloiiso i tho City of Chirago, Oot, 9, 1871, nud numing as tho | Jlueo of salo ftho uorth door of tho Conrl- | fouzo of tho Connty of Cuok, inn tha City of | Chicago,’ tha Truutoo can soll af tho ndw build- ins ow Adanyp utroot, now used as s Cauxt-Houso, otd how building’ Laviug bro orth doo and an undostroyed witix of tho old Couit-Honso {but which Las no nofth” door) buing'still’ par- tiully ocoupiéd for tomo of (ko purposck of g Court-Lono, ] 3, Whothor by sucha clauso the frustors jntonded particilar point in spaco, and, if ro, whothior thie Triistoo may utill kol af tint placo, tha pot heinz asoortaiunblo und acoossiblo, 4, Whethor tho dostruotion of th building | dostroyod the power of salo, and tho partios must o into ohancory for raliof, - G It in propor'at an early point fn this aygus mant to call tho attontlon of tho Court to tho'inie portan putt porformed by our ordinury trust- doos in tho dovelopmont'and advancoment of tha Stato of Iilinoiu, ‘horo s somothing moro 10 bu conslderad in this” cuso than tho *taohnloal and suslons Limliation of thio powors of n Truw- toa, Lowis it that in tho rapld matorlnl” do- x}(l(ln'nt]y dxjieat thit | ut o younjs | streets, and tho oraction of & now ono ou tho | locroo “ a -foreclosuro of this | d duty, f !} droom, | mifi._l aff Inws for tha, prok unedryfnlons dobtors, oric Logistatueg. theongh -nlLth6 hiutory of tho Rt lins gramed nolhing but tho most mporatlyo auslatance to porons ot tha olncs, Tt i Tong been o onding principlo tho polioy of thiu Htato thne liolding an o o igid yorformatica of thelr confrncts was {n Lo long-ran tho best thing for tho partics them- selves, and out of all doubt the bost thiug for tha community:—Wo hinve-nover shown frvor to:niny Tniwe, nm-u,nnmonp 14 on axoaution, or voxa- Lious.redomptious’utlor judietn) aalen, - < Now, whablsdlio rocnle 7 ‘Tho henylept ol | Invostor of nioitgage vapital lu tho Blato oL Tlil- bl Js o ot Lifo, Theuranco Compauy, | insliagod Ly.5 oy of Coiineeticat pobtlamsh ot | wigquntedt “woilitys whravdnose;- ani~forosight. Years ago, looklug ovor tho wholo Wost with it Iihudred paoplo bt varied-logisintion, thoy o~ lected the two Htafes of Iiljuoiy, and Miswoitrl na tho Lost flold fivwhich (5, fonn, théir surplus, on tho mortgpses roluived by their . cliartor, Tor twonty years tigyTiava fiveatod tholr funds in portgages sbouljoquully , hotweon , thono” two onj of noody and tufol, o ottt -holow- erred - In porpotnnlly-on- Joining tho slo of the Trustes at tho onst dvor of the two norch dgory, o). Adans atreot, of the Court-Houna-df the County of- Cook, in the Cily of\Clitenizo;'mcaning - the * Coukt*Houss on the cornor of Adams and Ln$allo streots—Lhoe old Copet-Houyo Lying boon dostroyed. I Fipst—Suipposo- tho Xdnms. treok..Conrt- Lo lind bt ono vorl door. . Gould tho ru- ilco kinlo thoro ? - 441, Whore hns beop a groat, TFuatid Lolng boviiid to follow biriatly the torms [ of ctho _trust_deod., Thint Matrunioyt. sy ho ‘#hall offat' tho proparly. for’ anlo *ab.tio 1orils | dlgorof tho Court-Houso of tho County of Cools, in tho Cily of -Obfongo.t - Thnk I Just what he 328 tryings to do. Tharo ta nothing -Iu tho deod o sliow el piiniod futondsd iy patlicular pok i upnco. #4¢ Secondly—There ara ko north doors. fn_tho noy buildingz. uged a3 a Court-Houno, on Adamn plreot. : Counsul ‘for- tho nppollant inslst o iruutop bn yo discralion, and If horo.ara " two bulldings, both” usod” ne” Court-Housos, or it \thera i but onobuilding and it s twé north ‘Qoors tho Tristoo can muke no cholco, can ox- otcive.no- discrotion, .but his -powors-iro' gona and tho partios nust resort to chaucery, Tho special point mado s a./I'rusloo can oxorciso ab- “solutcly no-discrotion, ‘Undor nuch n deed ns used fn Ly caso, it tho ‘Irusteo nets in pood falth toward all tho parties ho may dooldo nt which of Wwo buildings, both wsed as Conrt. Liousics, ho will soll, and if.ho ducides to_soll: at o buildibg used.a8 o Court-House, but which s o north doors, he may also deeide at which of tho w0 north doors hio will woll, and if the no- tico mots out tho placo of anlo with cortainty, -and ho followa tho pawor iu all otlor raspocts, Lils salo will bo validl, * Moraovor, n Trusteo hina power Lo oxoroiso il discrotion, a3 tho'followlng cnsos show : *In_tohclusion, the. following poiuts have beon establishod: : *1, Tho ol fna trust deod oxcouted ho- fore is dostruction of Lo Couit-Mouso in Ohi. cagd, In 1871, nathorlzing tho Trusteo to sell tho “promiuos ‘at _tho north door of tho Court- Ilouse, of, tho .County of Cook, ‘in_tho .City of Chicago, ouables tho Tritatao ' to make a valid ‘enlo at the presont and naw Cotitt-Rowno of tho Cofinty‘ol Cook, in tho'City of Chicigo, and if this. now. buildihg bas Lwo north. doors, tho Trusloo may doclde at which ono of tio two northrdoors ho will soll, and if the ndvortiso- mont namos tho place, with cortaluty, tho enlo - will bo.valid: “¢1¢ tio Court daoides that by the phrase tho _north door of tho Court-Ilonso, of tho .Conuty ‘of Cook, in the City. of Ohicago,” tho trustors intended a fixed poiut iu epaco, ‘tiou tho spot ig slill fccesssblo, and contral, and therd is no rénson why tho Trastoo should ‘not scll on -the sito of tho old building. “ In coustruing tho torme of such trast-deod, this,Court will not compol the wartics. o 10 into chancory for thoir remody if by nny romsonnblo intorpratation of its torms, tho power of,_salo bo atill oxoreised,” TILE KNICKERDOCRER INSURANCE COMPANY. Tho argumonts on tio.motion to uot uida tho {docrod lacely rendered agulua tho Knickerbockor Compupy woro conelided Sntnrday, und_the caso talton "undor advisomenit by Judga Willinme. Tho morning was.ocoupied i argumonts, tho'af- fidavits ou. which tho motion was bagnd having boou’ submitted o “wool ‘ngo. Mossrs Shufoldt & -Ball, on bobalf of tho complainants, urgo that tho cnus bad boen ponding for nearly two yours ; that the domuirror Jiad boew overrulod on o rulo mado on tho dofendants to [ nnswor;. that it _cannot Do urgod . an n defonso _that tho - mattor wan forgotton, an o yéar ormoro had passed siuco :tho. domutror ¥ns. ovorralod ; - that, moraovor, tho Company iavo no good dofonca ; it is hopo: lossly insolvont mid Lus beon fighting all suits, it ovory concoivablo whapo,td gain timo an avold any ovort nots of bunkruptey, and that if the presont decrae bo sot, asido on the ground of Jtregularity, auothor must bo_outored to-mor- oW, - Counsel for tho Company: Mossrs, Gfant. & Swift, ob tho othor hand, allogo that tho well- sottled ynlo of this Btato,is, that no bill in chan- cory in 'lho "naturd. of o creditor's: bill, can, bo | maintalied “\less. tho . partios - thoroto. have first cstablisbed . their claim _at . common lai; andy that . ‘noithor -itho Company ' nor its_nttorneys, had any notico to tle. rulo to angivor. *This suit 1 bt an_attompt o, obtain o specdy aud wholosalo docreo, ngainat tlie Come ‘pauy.without first bringing o_suit_on-tho gom- on=1aw kiflo of the Court. Tho Company, has o good defensio to mnty of tho suits, a3 o largo | Bumbor of the eroditors havo novor proved Liisir . claiums properly, or hayo alleged total loss whon it°with ouly partial; ~ A suit i8 now in progross beforo® Judgo Treo, cbraught by Yolnan o Ling, .drogets, tho Compnuy, and will bo, doshtlos, contostod, asit iu tho.first .ono triced. doal snid about o TTENS, Thiero will bo no. jury i the Suporior ‘Court this weck. “ho Jury who haye beon trying. tha condomnae tion cusen of Weat Van Tiro. siicot renderad o verdict.for tha total damagos nt £25,677.30, - UNITED STATES COURTS. Tdward Sturgis commoncod & suit againet D, X, Penrsonis for $3,000, g Thonins Considiino_rocovered judgmont for 91,069.92 agalust tho Marino Company. * DBANKRUPTCY ITEMS, “Tho proceedings againat J. 1L, Byrno wore or- .dored dismisscd unless .objections aro filed in ton days, . A, A, Wiswall was adjudicnted baulrapt by coufossion, sud..a .warrant issued roturunblo Murch 21. . * A, V. Landon et al. ,woro. adjudicated bank- ruph by dsfuut atd the waraut mado roturuablo Darel: 35, . In tho mattor of Gidoon Truosdoll, n meoting of crédiLors wais hold Saturday, st .which Arthur "Lruckdoll was oloctod Assignao. Ui fiest , gonoral meoting _of craditors was Tiéld Biturday in tho mattor-of John Morphon, 8¢ whielhGoorgs - W. Cauapboll woy alectud As’ signeo. ¥ AUPEIION ‘COURT' IN DRIEF, ;Qharles 7. Hull bogan a suit in replovin against . M. Dradloy.and Jamos Fiyy, to recover throo omnibuses. worth $1,600, CINQUIT. COURT. Marin L, Wolcott and Thomns Van Valken- Durgh commoncad dn sofion agaiust Thomas Notl for $1,000. BLOOMINGTON. omplain of flenavy faxation. pecial Dispatchto The Ol LooxiNaToN, Iil,, Fev, 21, u.8ubject of . prop- | ofty and taxes I8 cxelting much comment hers, and with géod reason for taxca i this elly ngyregate $3.01 ontp 31 series of..articles publisted in tho Paritagraph;on’this question ,furishes duta for, come aueits, 1t 35 1koly thiat p incotiug of tho peoplo. will Do hicld.in'a £ew days to” considor (ho subject and de. Viso methods snd’ plano -for -retrenchinent, .aud, it npcessuxy, 1ay . pluss for tho eloction of & i sct of Hicors, 2 . LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Verdict ina Cuso A of Subscription 1o co Stocks I New Yons, Feb, 21—Counscl have obtmned a ver- “dict in ox-Qov, Bulomon’s suit in bellf af tho Bray- ‘orn' Tiphigance Company of America, orgenized under hp luws of Wisconsin, ugatust Heury Ulanson, Jr., .of Ahia elty, to recover $3,000 on au Installment of $10,000 1o tho capitul wtook of ho Gorapany, ho dufunio Wwas thut nelther tho subscriptlon, or any part thereof, was to bo patd untit §300,000 Had been’ Tadsed fu thi city for such capital st — RIVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. &, Louty Fob, 81,—Tho Merehants’ Exehango this noon wnnfinously ‘sdopled resolution: approvig yolopmont of tho Northwost tho Htato of Illinols has #o {ar ontatripped its noighbors 7 1t has to- day tho largost annlnlmn. £lio most ncoumulat- ed: woalth ind Ui mosk commeraial prospority, Tt has tho groatest numbor of miles of rullrond] of wny Stato in tho Union, Yot in its gaographi- eal conncotions,its climatio tyflucucps, th gonoral institations, nad tho chinraoter of ity ‘citizons, it docs Tt diffor “'groatly from " the sdjowming Statos. It onu_bo wiul in a word that loadin roason for ull L smcooss hag boou the jiventor abundunce of eapltnl, ‘o wnccessfully duvelop & young aud growing country you muut nog anly Capt, Jamen 5, Esdls’ plun, tiow bafor Gongrean, fop despondng tho Minsdesippt Tiver at it montls, and roce ommendlug {In favorabla cousidoration to Congrey, i lan f Cojt. s propestato yeiro o st ok i knd 15 ot duep by s noatony o Jeliga1 the totul cost of tho Work to Lo $5,0(0,000; the channol fo Lo mafullaliea for few yoats'aba Coit of §300,000 por anunm, When the dopthy of twonty feot s obtaued, 81,000,000 18 to bo pald, undt whion ach miditfonal Twe fout shall bo socured, additivunl $1,000,000 to bo pudd ;. providud, howbvor, that no’ payment. whatovor sl b maddo untll four” monthu ‘afier {wonty. feot shiall bo koourod and uninterrupiedly matutdined: ‘Cho payient of 30,000 por yeat du 40 defoml soiely o 4Y0 niow, buk money, Now, Hluwauely g nariey awpon mnintalulug contiuully dwonty-olgit feol et ] ly y-clgut foot lu —_— 'The Minnesota Legislature Finds 0 Irreguiarities in the Management ~—of-State-Institutions, Tho Iowa Legislature Declines ta Resto = Gapital' Punishment, - WISCONSIN, Sneetal Diapdieh to The Chicann Pribine, MaDIS0N, Wis., - Fob,- 22,—Considorablo time was spont this morning on n- proposition to colo. | brato. Mouday ns 4. legal Lioliday. in, ionor. of Washington's birthday. . -Tho .Senato adoptod ¢ “Jolut resolution that, In honor and_porpotuation of tho momory-of: Georga Washington, thirty- .poven guus-ho fired by. tho. Stato. Armoror on Monday, .and...adjourned.. to . Mouday evening, ‘Iho Assombly devoted n Jargo part of Its sossion to-dobating motions to ndjourn-over till Monday ovening, or tll Tuosday, which falled to carry, 60 that, tho Assombly,. with.inany mowbors ab sout, will sit on Mouday. « BUNATE. A resolutlon for final-adjournmont was poste povod il Thursday, - Awsombly.bills woro conenirred in Jimiting the ages of boys went to tho Industrial ‘Schoo), and tlio Rontancing-powor pf. Justicen ; providing for oarly romoval-to homos af- children of cortuin nge who havo beon fu, tho Soldiors' Orplaug omo flvo yonrs, ... Billa woro indofimtoly Jontponod providing for Industrial Sohool for glrly, rolating to tax-dueds, evidonce nud injunctions on Recoivars, A substituto for tho Assombiy bill, abolishing tho Sonalo Board of Olinition and Iteform, ang inatend, glvlu{; thnt-Honrd more powor and ' oth- orwisa amendlng lw. govoruing, it, was ordored to o third rending, 3 “Thioro was qutio n dobato on a Ll to ehang thio systomy of -county. governmont from Loards | of town to Doards of- district Bupervisors, and ponding o, motion for,indotinite. postpouoiien! tho Sonato, adjourned. B ST Assmany, Sannto bills woro.coveurrad in rolating to the support of tho poor; rolating to common uelioola ; regulating capacity. of apple, poar, and Dotato buvrels, and momorials to Congress for ny oqualization ‘of bounlion: for an - approprine tion sufliciont for. {ho dratlglnr' of n-navigable channol botsyeon o, hncbor plors, at Abnapo roluting to improveuiont of harbois and tivor: and a joind - transportation to - Enstorn aud - for markels, " vin -Ningaa Falls, + A - Lills - passed roponling Chap. 189, laws of relaling to practioo in_civil actions; rolati tho administration pud distribution of.-os" - iutostatos ; rolnting to npponls; for protec of banks and shoras of Lnko Michigan ; pro _ ing for {publicalion of notices. in vartaln.ca tho Wholo, A numbor ordored engrossed, and others indofinitely postponed, hicluding among tho Inttor bills requiving 8,000 inhabitants in an incorporatod villaga' for n connty muporvisor ; providing, for, tho” avseysment of riflway prop: erty for’. taxation ; providing for a chango. of counly governmont to the Commissfoner systom, ‘Lhiera continnes to _be much oxcitement Lere over tho.Governor's action on Wisconsin Central Ttailroad grant, and many of hin political frionds, who deon the ‘intoress. of their -nection-injuris ously affeoled, aro loudest i theic coudomnze ion. rgs T, - BINNESOTA. % Swectal Disnateh v The.Chlcwin Tribune, ' - 8. PAUD, Minn., Feb, 21,—~Tho, Senato hus ordersl Judgo GliNllan 10 be brought iu on Monday mornin toablido the nction of tlat hody, on his refusal o an. ewor . queations aeked him by the Tuvestigating Come nittee, relating to_matters of ‘which Le was iuformed through Uolug an attornoy of Wilder, purchascr of thg Lacel Lako Tudiun-pine,.. Most: of -thy- Inwyers in the Senate, novertheless, scomod to_enstain GHdlinn's thos ory it L 58 privileged ot o roveal ho acerets of his clfent, Lo Speelal Gomunitico roportod a.bill providing for {he colleetion of taxea slnco'1860 upoh luuds conveyed by Jaud-graut compabies by fustructions ot of record, whertby sald lauds cscape asscesment.. Laasod, Bills wero reported imposhig u penalty of $5 for keeping.n shcepXilling. dog : & .m gress for . n renuwal to thio Site, not (o tho 45, tho laid-grant for tho St. Paul & Pucllic Ex ‘efon lines ; all owing rafivaad companics tIl Juno Jay tazes, s pensity of 35 yer. cent altnching af(ont dato uppolnting a Comiuission of Fisheries for year (o superviu tho- futroduetion of-now varie, aud adopt measures for tho protection - of ediblo -1 from unnccesanry, destruction, : Tho House Conimittco o Public Accounts con tho manugement of tho Witens Normal Sehaol fo 8 doficlency of £,000 neurred -in - dircet vialation ¢ , sud for the' yunythorized exponditury of ==, hoy nlso report irregulatities and o defestive syst in aceountn in that. and othor Stato fnstitutions, A bill was intraduccd autliorizing towns on tho lri_ 1 conatriict u canal for frelhting purposos from Laka ' - Waconina to ke Miunctouks, This would give un outlet lo tha lnrge wheat, region ‘between Minuetonka River aud tho Pacific main Hue towards and acar Mine neapoliy, ' g iR i N " IOWA. Special Dispatch to The Chiearo Tribune, Des Mouies, Ta., Fob, 21,:Tho Sanato jassed 5 bill to=day appropriating $60,000 for uid {o tho. Northweste ern sulforers. - ~'There wis consldorable discussion as to tho consti. tutionality of the prococding, butall preforred to erx on thio sido of right, » I tLio Tfouss tho samo biil-was-refersed; aud mada [ tho spoctal order for-nextAfondny, - "Phe Houso gave soveral gontlemen an opportunity ta falk on resolution favoring tho restoration of Hio gat. Tows for murdorers, uud, ou tho vole; defuated i by 41 yeas to 40 nays, THE COLLEGE INVESTIOATION. Winn was Loforo the Agricultural Colloga Tne vestigating Cominitico, nud teatifled in - Uehlf of the sunuagencnd of I'rosident Weleli: and thio prerent Dot of Tristeea, 'Chus far avoryhody s disappolnted willy the inveatigation, © Tho, tostimony . shows nuch bad Lloud butwoen the ns and the outs about the Jollege, — UTAH. BauT Laxcr, Utah; Pab, 21.—Tho . Ulab. Taglelaturo ndjourned flits morniug sino die, vory littly haying tieen accomplisiied at thiy sasalon, ~MoAt of tho Lilly thint, woro pansed wero of suchi n churactor. as nol to suect th approval- of the.Goveruor, OLITICA | Delogates Nominated, for tho Rown Auti-Monropoly . stato . Convention. Snecial Disnateh ta The Chicaan Tribune, Dus Mores, Ta., Feb, Tolkt Connty had their Conventlon to-dny, and sclecter dolegutes Lo Lo . Stato Convention, . All Lut two tow- sl woro- roprosontod. by full - dolegations, and, greatdeal of enthusfanmyns dlsphyed, No reaot tlons woro passed, . ho- Anti-Monopolists Luld {h primarles on tho ai, . . Npecial Dispated to The Chicagn Tribune. Dunigu, In, Tob, -2L—Au Anii-Manopoly O vention , was Leld.hore to-day, at which delegates W clected (o attend tho-Btato. Anii-2onopoly Gonventi, ntDes Molucs, on the 231b, 3 —_— -OBITUARY: Ex.Senator Wiginll, New You; Teb, 21— Jerdld dispatel from Taltts more announces tho death fn Galveston of ex-Benator Wigfall, of Tozas, "The Reve Br. K. S, Mason, Raleigh, it g N Q. C <TuLetan,N, 0, Fob, 21,—~Iho Rov: Dr.T; 8; Mason, for thirly years Ttoctor of Obrist. pincapal Ohurely, In thinelty, ind oneof* tho most distivguished members of thiu diocusor is doad, . B, e2Connor, 4 CINCINNATT, O, ¥eb, 21.—Dr,.0'Connor, momber o tha + Olio Constitntional - Qonvention * from * Beneea County, died ot the. (ood Samaritan Hespital ot 10 olalock ‘ta-ufight of pnimonnry cousumplion, uftor an absenco of ouly a fow days from hiu weat. bty A New' so for Corn=Monl. Tndjan,mant as-nfortilizor i -cutbueinstionlly recommendad by u Now doruoy farmor, 1o xaya 1638 Aupariar to Peruvian .guino and-not halt v woutly. 1lo ha testod its proportios on potutocs, grasd, and wheat with excellont. results, and reon ommends farmors, geuerally, to'tey it for-thome solves, Applied in hills of corn it hud romariae Dla -offect -in -stlmulating growth, the samo-as guano, and , hko tho lattor it had Killed the corn whon ‘in_contact with the growing gorm, The ftlm\xlu!lqg efloctaf Indian.monl must bo owing 0 tho nitrogoious alomonts contained in it. Ity conglstotico In u fiuo powdor rondory 1t spoady of docompoxition aud quick In avtion, ———— i ‘French Rarobit. n ol oaok, & Frouchman, who ‘saya t] racantly tnsted Wolsh rarobl for the 'm»»hfiu}s Iu Philadoiphin, gives tho followaus roacipt fo miaking Freuch racobit, which ho tainks sl o found grent deul bottor than tho Wolsh: Taki throo outiony of. checso, out it in small, square picacy, and Sot it ta'fry wilh & littla piovo o onr thoin upon your cheeso, inco & sort of mnft, and tako it off, oporation should not take wmoro than. uboa, e osolution. relating to n_ohannolual: v Numorous bills werp copsidored in Comimittos of "~ £lio Anti-Monapolists of “iaa tior, Whon your chioesie boging to molt hate. .