Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1874, Page 2

[&) THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNIS TRIDAY, MARCUIL &, 1874, SPRINGFIELD. What tho Complacent Board of Tl nois Rogulators Did Yos- terday. Unsuoosssful Attompt to Repeal the Double-Track Bill, Discussion of the Bill Concern= ing Institutions of k Learning, The Burroughs-Baptists Bite the Dust. The Commissioners of Printing Tell How It All Happened. And Other Gentleman Show the Iniquity of the Printing . Contracts. Probable Rejection of More of Gov. Beveridge's Nominations, . ILLINOIS REGULATORS, Epecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE DOUBLE-TRACE ACT. 8rniNarELD, Ilt, March 5,.—TFho bill to ropeal the double-track act, which onablo railroads to mortgago their proporly to lsy down o sccond track wns boforo tho Ionse on tho third roading. Its autlior, Mr. Crawlord, argued that it gave railroads powors In addition to thoir chartors. o was foreninst that. Btarr opposed repeal on the ground that the incrensed facilitios for commorce socured undor the Iaw woro beneficial to the public, and that 10 good reason conld be given for its ropeal. OrondorfF believed Mr. Crawford failed to give any roason for ropoal. 1 tCarsody belioved that until this contest with the railronds was ended they should give thom no advantago. Lot the Companies obey the law, and thon thoy would treat them fuirly, Rail- ronda rhould retinquish their charters, and or< ganizo under tho genoral law, 1o hod boon accusod on the stump of fvoting for that law, therelore ho was in favor of its ropenl. Cassedy insinudted that any man who votod sgainat ro- peal was not honesr, which was an unjust aspor~ sion, ns thero aro just as honest men in the Ilouso ns Mr. Cassedy, but thoy don't considor their virtue us miich o matter for astonishmont g8 ho does. Io, and Hurt, and Savage, and Moflitt, and s fow others have been blowing about their honesty ou this railrond question until every one is sick of thom, 1f they would conse making BTUBL' BPEECHES FOI CONGRESS, then thore would be some hopo of aun end of tris eeusion. The bill received only 49 wtes, aud was lont, llomllr‘. moved to reconsidar, and mado that spoech. FMuom, of Adams, eaid the law enablod railroad officers to steal roads, and gave nn instance in which the Burlington Ruad swallowed a cross- road near Quiney. Liustzo believed tho law ompowered big roads to gobble littlo ones. Jaquoss excoristed the men who talked for ro~ peal, charging them with appealing to the proju- dices instond of to tle reason of men. Ho had heard no sufficiont renson for repoaling the law. Why not treat rairoads as they treated every othor business? ‘Uhe senselosn clamor of men who manufactured capitsl by abusmng ralroads did rnilroads no karm, sud tho pooplo uo good. ‘The motion to reconsider provailed, ‘Tho bill was again put on its passage, recoiving only 48 votes, notwitistanding the prediotion that mem- bors would voto for it to spito the Alton Railroad for not giving them paseos, ANOTHER REGULATION, Kohon, fresh from Chicago, brought with him tho following bill to regulaté tho prico of gay, which was iutroduced in the Sonate. It i ay follows : N 8ro, 1. Be it enacted, by the peavle of the Stats of Lili- nois, represented in the General Asacmbly, That the Common Council of uny incorporated city ju this Btalo shull havo power (0 paus all such ordinonces a8 thicy may deem expedlent for the protection of said city, regulating the quality of gan furnished to said citizeus by any gus compauy or compauies dolg buni- neas in sndd city, and tho maximun yrico which exid compauy or coinpuules may chiarge therefor, praskin. Sensloly INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tyibune, BEVISING THE LAV, Srniyorierp, L, March 5, — The House adopted an amendmont to tha Sovate bill rovis- ing the law rolating to natitutions of lesrning, _allowing them, by unanimous voto of the Trus- toes, to abandon their old charters and organize under the goneral incorporation act, A spirited dobate arose on & motion to strilo ouia pro- vigion that all DEAL ESTATE HELD BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU- TIONS . in excoss of what is required for tholr uso, not sold or disposed of withiu five yoars after title is acquired, shall bo forfeited to the Stato. Dunham defouded the proposition. Bradwell dilated on the Northwostern Univer- sity, tho Chicago University, and tho Jesuit College, bolioving they should bo allowed to ac- oumulate all the property thoy could for pur- poses of cducation. Quinn cited tho good doue by the Univorsity of Notre Damo. Oleson opposed the motion to strike out the proviso, on the ground that these educational in- stitutions attached to churches wereaequiring too much power, aud escapivg taxation on falso pretonsos, as in tho case of the Mothodist Ghurch Block in Chicago. Dunbnm explained the objoct was to stop in- stitutions from speculating in land. Tho proviso was stricken out, . Dradwell offered an amendment providing for » Oliueellor, intended to meet the CABE OF THE CHIICAGO UNIVERSITY, which was lost after un obstinate sirugglo, tho Burroughs-Baptists going under. Tho bill advanced to a third reading. SCHOOLS ¥OR COLOIED CHILDREN. Tho bill to punish school officers for excluding children from public schoold on sceount of eolor buing bofore the Seuato, Brown proposed to amend by adding * Unless thoy provide other fucilities for such ciildron.” This beiug lost, Cumnmings y;roponcd to striko out the word # color," as it wag class-logislation, pouding the considoratiou of which motion the Ifouss ad- journed. — PRINTING AND BINDING FRAUDS. Spectul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, THY COMMIBHIONERS' ANHWER, SraivarieLp, I1l, March 6,—Seorotury of State Harlow, Auditor Lippincott, and Treasurcr Rutz, sonstituting the Bonrdof Commissioners of Pub- lio Printing, have sont in to Mr. Bradwall's In- vestigating Committee a full statomeut of,tho mauner in which they hiave discharged thoir du-~ tios, togethoer with o disavowal of responsibility torany of tho fraudulent contracts. Whon tho Commnissionors camo into oflice, thoy found on filo in tho offico of the Becrotary of State an award of tho Slato printing to the present con- tractors, which was signed by the Commissioners of Printing under the previous administration. In tho matter of making the coutracts, thore- foro, no blame can attach to the presout Com- missioners, In rolation to their subsequont ac- tion, tho Comuissionors eay : At tho time when the preseut Printing Commisslon- srs ausiimed their dutied, the work of publis printing ander this uward was 10 full progress, and hud beels lor over two moutbs, sud orders for A LARGE 'AMOUNT OF PRINTING ander the proylsfons of the award hud been made by s0th brunches of the preseat Genorul Assembly, nid wero continunlly beiug mindo Ly those honoruble aodles, ‘o award, uud a bond i tho sum of $10,000 o the fudfillment of the contract, were kuowi to o an filo Ju the oflice of the Becrotary of Blate, Lut were not referred to by the Bucretury of Stato or other Printing Commissloners unutll fho time moutioned sereuftar, othor preseing aud manifold duties wholly :ccupyluf;lhulr fme wud atteution, the exeontlon of ip printing buing dony to the ontfre salinfuction, ax wuw supposud, of the Gencral Awsembly, Durlug tho weelon of the General Asesmibly, “(ho Comils- Jfonura bl frecuont conwultutiona wit (i Goyernor, turhgz which the Peinting DIl drawn up by Auditor Lippiucult, for the purpose of buproving thy presont tnw nnd romodsing Aofocts and ambiguous language thereln, was discussed and its main featuros approved of, "Thot thero aro dofects in tho prosent lnw, the formor an welles tho presont cormmissionors discoverod It belng tho faw ey had o diserotion but to oboy it a8 underatood and constrited by thomsclves aud the Atornoy-General, Homoa timo after the adjonrnment of tho first seasion of the present General Assembly the attention of the Bccn-ln:{y of Blato wus _called to a clahn mado by the Stato Printera for worlk dono fn TUE FIFTIL CLARR OF WORK, for which the Printer claimel 45 cout for twoniys fvo " dmproslons, as o fortlh in tho wwasd, but which = tho expert emplosed by tho Beoretnry of Hiato hnd estlmatod ‘an” othor clnscs viz: 23 conta por 100 fnypresslons, 18 bo underdood was (ho Inw, not having tho award boforo Lim st the tme, 'Thon, for the icst. tims, tho Becrotary of Btate Iind ocoanlon’lo examino tho award made by.the fornior Commiasioners of Public Printing, and Lio foxnd the award aa abovo st forth, duly slgued by snid (Dinmis. sloners, and bond approved by tho Governox but the bid upon which the award was mado shuwed that AN ALTERATION HAD DREN MADE in the fignres of tho Ofth class, the fignre 25s Lind & pou-utroke acrosa thom, and the Oxuros 0io fi- ser{ed, This differches o tho bid and sward nat. urally surprised tho Socrotary of Hlale who 1mme. dlafely ealled upon the Hom, O, E. Li)m‘mo!& ono of tho Commirafoners who mado iho award,and wiio In iow nlao one of sald Gommissioners, by riua of his ro-oloction {o uffice, Ho {nformed’ tho Scarolary of Blate, Stato Treasurer, and tho Governor, to whori tho award and bid oo sliown, (it lio liad o kuowlodye of such alleration of figurea ; that tho fiyurea fu tlie sward woro correct, ani ua tne been swarn to beforo {hio Irinting Committeo in thoir Investigition of tho Slato printing, not_only by Limsolf, but nlso by tho 1{on, E. Rummel, ox-Sceratary of State, and the Hon, 2, N. Uatow, ox-State Treasuror, tho (buumissioners who ‘mado tho awaril) wero the figures iwnrdod to tlio presont Siato Trinters for work In tyo fifth clss on thoTth dny of September, 1872, which sward was mado after a dolny of nearly tivo weeke, dirlug which thuo the optnfon of the Hon, Washingyn Iushnell, tho {lien, Attornoy-General, and that of (hor eniinent fegal gentiomon, wera obtafucd, all of whom gavo it as thelr opfuion that tho award, ow thus made, wae in accordnnce with the law of '187, regulsting public printing. Acting upon {his infainofon ang tho ad- the Slato oficera nforesdd, the Bucrotnry of U to his instructbns, sot forth fu Hec, 18 uf tha act nforesad, directd the oxpert before men- tloned to corroct tho arror fn Lis wlculations and cati- mates of work fn tho fitth clnsr, ond make them in nccordaneo with the award ns mndo by tio formor Commissioners sud sa olsimed Iy the State printing contractors, AR TO TIE PURCHARES OF PAPER mado by the contractors for tha Btate printing, the Commissionots uay that:he purchnse of uo kind of pnper exceptuch common paporas s now used in tho publication of ibe law journals, ote., it providod for by statutr. Whet, thoroforo, it Leeamo nocossary £o order tho printing of elee- tion registers, tho orderto the contractors car- ried nlong with it implicd ruthority to ptrchnee tho paper required for fint class of work. Tho poper, os billed to the Stato, was not unreasons ably dar, IN REGARD TO TJYING TIUI CONTRACTORH, the Commissioners assert that they have uni- formly and intentonally been in acrears to the printers, their -dosign "being to make provi- sion for auy showngos or other failure to carry out tho termsof the contract in specific in- stancos. In this connaction the communication of the Commissioners reads us follows : ‘T'ho bills for the work dono on the ffth class wers found correct,#o far a8 tho composition and prems- work wera catcernied, but, ns it was {nposaiblo at the time for the Commisdioners to. determine whether the prices charged for the papor used to Al the varions orders was or was 1ot reasoublo and just, it was do- termined by the Comuissiouers not to allow tho charges for paper until the oficers of departinenta or- dering the work: were satiafied that the prices charged fav tio varlous kinds of paper were gt and propur, But, fecliug that it would bo unjust to the contractora to refuse to certify fo o portion of thoir eiaim yet une pald untll this coudd Lo ‘done, it was agreed by the Commissionery that they would atlow, aud certify to, a port of tho emount claimed s dus the cont trctors, snd decided to allow them $17,000, with the understandipg {hat not untfl, in tho opinion of (ho Commissioners, additional ‘work Lind been done tg cover any deductions that tho Com- misaloners mighit see proper to mako in tho bills rene deved, wanld sy othior bilii bo spprovad. Iu this bill of fifth cluss work {8 the ffem of printing, bindiug, and paeking tho clection reglsters, amounting to the aum of §$17,970,6%, and to which fiem the Becretary of Btate, in his runnal atatement of tho ostimated cost of the public printing, made to tho Governor under date of Jan. 6, called 18 Excallency's_ attentlon, In cou- formity with the decision of tlio Commisgloners, no bills have been ccrtified on sccount of publio prinfin since Jau, 1, 1874, ‘Tho Joint resolution of the Gener:l Avsembly, ndupted sineo the lnbors of your Committes comuented, direeting the Oommissioners not to certi~ fy to bills of the public printers, was actually belug enforced for soversl Weeks beforo the possugo of sald resolution, - * IN MAKING TIRIN BSTIIATES of the presswork and composition of the various clasaes of work, the Commissioners wero guided so far 18 posaiblo by the lw and award, and where thero was no definito rule fixed by law they mcted upon whut they belioved tobe the rule andjenstom, which was sacertaimed by inquiry among practical printers and from the former settlements of acconuts of State printers, a8 set forth in the testimony given before your Commuitteo, Each of the Commissioucrs have in all thoir acts beeh guided by the luw st 1s found on the statutes, and, whien there was any doubt vs to it proter conmiructfon, tho legal ofieer of W Blats laa en condulted, und his aidvics followed, Where thors was 110 L to guide them their nction was based upon {hio best inforination on the subject thut could bo ob- tained ‘wus stated. " AW TO TUE EXTRA DINDISG for tao Sfate, wo bave to Eny thnt, Kince 1653, the tho “ransactions of tho Tllinois Agricultural Sotlety hiavs been botud $u cloth biuding, by wutharity of the General Assombly given to eaid Ageicultural Sodm{. s first volumo Baving heen ordered to e bound [ lati by D doln A, Kounleott of Cools Connty, thon Fecretury of tha Soclety, by aufliority of sald Saclety, for which, by agreement between him ond Mr, Enoct Palne, tho Btate paid for wald binding thesum of L% for each voluwe, From thy revords in the Andifor's ofiice, and froni v, Patne, who ald nearly Wi the work, we find that tho prices’ pald for bindiug each volume of tho transnctions of the Stato Agricul- tural Roclely was 28 foll Yolume 1, 1854 nnd 1834, Yolume 3, 1830 and 185 Volume 3, 1858 and 1850, Yolume 4, 1859 and 1860, ... Volume 5, 1861, 1802, 1863, and 160 1,115 Volume 6, 1865'and. 1800, . 8814 Yolume 7, 1847 and 1808, 1.00 Yolume 8, 1862 and 1870, kil Volums 9, 187 . 6 Volume 10, 187 58 Under forinor Administrations tho prices for ihis extra work viero fixed Dy oxperts omployed to adjust and seftle tho printiug contracts ond secounln, Durlng tho extly part ot It Sal & meeling of (ho Conunfwsioncrs was Liold in {ho Auditor's oflice, for the purposa of fixing tho prico for all clasees of exira biuding doue for the Agricultursl Soclety, Railroad and Warehotso Commissloners, and such Dinding ss wight be opdered by tho Stata Departnent, At tho meoting of the Comminsioners, Mr, Wi, 'Sludden (since deceancd), ouo of ' tho old experls, und known to' your -Commiitco oa B man of most exccllont Judgment and perfect knowledgo of State matters, was prescnt, aud aftor cousultution with him sud reference to the published stoudard Hat of the prices of all kinds of binding In the Oity of Now York aud from oxports in_1his city, tho Conmnissioners decided that the prices heretofors paid for thix clans of binding were 100 high, and con- cludod to allow 68 cents for the binding of each volumo of tha agricultural report ond othier roports Lound in cloth, Ad will bo moticed by your Commitico, this prico i nearly 20 centa less thun tho lowest prico here- tofore paid for suvl work, and G0, 00, and 00 cents leea than paid for somo of thio former volumes, 1n tbe muiter of tho binding of tho Hfth volume of the Geologleal Report, whicn the law directs shall be dono u tho etyld of the former yolumes, {hoprice fo b flxed tho Bocrotary of Stuto, Auditor und Trensurer, tho Commissioners fized tho prico of each volumo nt §3, which is loss tuan horotoforo pald, aud which was dcomed reason- ablo,and safinfuclury 10 il Blale Geologist, Prof, Worthou, who suporintended the printing aud bind: fug of #ald roport, I¥ coxeLUDIid thia statement, tho Commisioncrs desire to atato to your Comuittce, atxd through you tothe Goneral As- Hombly, that {n ' alt tholr ofiicial aets they hava bean gulded by law 80 far us auy luy wan provided, and in tho ubsorico of any directing statutes, by custoln which lind been eatablished s o precedunt, uid lvuys in ace cordance with our best judgments, Tho Attornoy- Qeneral has frequently been consulted, when any donbt wa felt, for informution as to tho ozact meanfng and countruction of law, and in all cases we have followed biu advice as tho legal oficer of the Stute, In_conclu- siott wo bava to ay that, i ull matlers In counection with thio Stato printing dnd bindiug, no final seitlo- smonta Linvo boen muda, "Uho abovo statenient it reypectfully submitted, with the request thut you presont the aamo with your ro- port to the Houde of Kepresentativen, Groue [T, HanLow, U, E. Lipvisoory, EbwAnD Rurz, Comumigstoniers of Public Printing, I OTHER BIDE, An ostimate by aun oxport shows tho following ntul‘u of fucts in tho printing of the rogistiy booles JONEST ESTIMATE, On a liboral calonlatioy, 25,000 rogiatry hooka of 20 sheots each would mako 600,000 sheots, Of thexe 476,000 wero worked on doublp forms turned, making 478,000 improssions, But 26,000 wore worled on n singlo form and are countod at 25,000, ‘I'his ontitlod tho printor to 500,000 im- preesions at 61 conty por 26—the maximum al- lowed by law—amounting to £1,250, DIBHONEST ERTIMATE, Tho charge now i for 97,500 improsslons at 25 conts for 25, and tho bill ts 39,760 ; the differonce boing ©8,500, If tho honest pricc is allowod the Journal Company would got ©908,60, and tho Registor 231,60, but nt tho dishonest rutes tho Journal would got 87,650,206, and tue Register £4,103,76. 'Tho sctual cout of the work (o the contrnetors wonld not bo 200, . DBAILUAGHE'S BHARE, And udw comos Muyor Duilhache, and snys that, when the distvibution of the swasg first bo- ou, Buillinchio was sheont from tha city, and tho bnuie_croditod the amount drawn Lrom (he Stato according tatholottorof tho contract with Morritt uo axplanation baving bocnmado totho bank thinl Lullhache's poreontsgw veslly holonged to the Jowrnat Compuny, “Fhis was ab onco correoted undor the Instructions of the Prosidont of the Cowpany, und the smount jmnwdistoly dewn upon IJ{ tho Jorwrnal Compuny, Bailhueho noyor mado oluim Lo i, bub alweys sequiosved in the allotmont to tho Company of his appnront in- torest In tho matter. Bo snya Dajliacho, Itis of no vital importanca to tho publle, to ba sure, but it shows that, ovon whon oné of thoso geu- tlomon was disposed to do the squnre thing, tho others did not daro trust him, Loy worr aus= piclous of oach othor. They understood ouel olhor well. ——— STATE INSTITUTIONS. Special Dispateh to Tho Chicugo Tyibune, THUBTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, Senmarierp, 1L, March 5.—Tho bill aboligh- tnge tho Truateos of Blate instltutions was post- poned tili noxt Thuraday, to hoar from the Npocinl Committeo, which had bottor report at once, If 1t menns busineas, BOLDIENS' ORFHANS' HUNE, Mr, Royuolds Introduced a bil to rovise tho law relating to the Boldiors' Orphavs’ Ifome, providing substantially for n Hoard of threo Trustoes and o Tressutor nob of tho numbor. Tho bill furthor provides that tho Bonrd may, gt thelr discretion, keop boye until 16 yonrs of ago, and girls until thoy aro 18, No other special changes aro introduced. The presont law compols girls to bo turnod adrift on tho world whou thoy aro 14, Home pf thom, boing homeless and friondloss, have nowhero to go for sholter. It Is cruelty to sond thom nway under puch oircumstances, and this bill scoms to bo in tho interost of morality and humanity, TRUSTEES OF TIE DEAF AND DUMD ASYLUM. A warm soysion. was that of the Sonato Com- mitteo on Btate Charitablo snd Educational Institutions, over tho nominations for T'rustocs of tho Denf and Dumb Asylum. Tho first throo gontlomon Whoss namos woro sent in woro John A. Chestnut, Wiliiam P Barr, aud Robort Boal, The names of tho first two gontlomon wero subsoquontly withdrawn, Tho Committeo finnlly, attor a heatod disens~ slon, by n majority of one, docided to roport against tho nomination of Mr, Boal, of Peorln, tho main reason being that hois one of tho pres- ont Bonrd of Truatees, which had entered Inta contracts boyond tho swount appropriatod. Hovernl Senators hnve expressed a favorablo opinion of him, however, and he may bo con- firmod, notwitlatanding tho report of tho Com~ mittoe i8 advorsao to him. The samo Commiltoo also considered tho nomination of Judge . G. Whitlock, of Jaol- sonville, a8 ‘Trusteo of the Insane Asylum, in place of J. B, Purner, whose nomlnation was re- Jeoted somo timo sinco, r A decided _opposition was made by Bonator DBrown, of Jacksonvillo, to Mr, Whiilock. Ile did ko because ho bollsved him to bo an unsuit- ablo man for tho place, and said ho was instruot- od by tho most prominont_citizens of Morgan County _to opposo Judge Whitlock's confirma- tion. 1To was mixed up in somo railrond bonds in a way that was not quite clenr or creditablo in tho osiimation of Jacksonville people. How- ever, the Committeo deeided to roport in his favor, ‘lhe Governor, who hns boon rather un- fortunato in his nommnatious, is oxtromoly auxions not tobe snubbed nuy more by the Senato, —— TAXATION AND REVENUE. Speefat Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, AMENDING THE LAW. Semnorizep, I, March 6,~—Sandford's bill to amond the twenty-fourth section of the Revenuo law, which provides that tho owner of property shall list under an oath, beiug beforo the Seuate, Brown offered an amendment involving his prine ciplo of doductions for debt. Bauford strenuously objoctoed, as it hndno le- gitimato couneotion with tho proposition iu his bill. e discussion took a wide range, cover- ing the ground sovaliantly fought over two years ago, ombracing values, abatemonts, deductions, dobts, and credits, Whiting thought tho courts would sustain any sontimont clearly ospressed by tho Logislature, and 1f the Legislature had made sbatements or deductions, tho courts wonld sustain its action, Brown's amondment was dofonted—ayes, 17 ; noes, 27; and the gentleman from Knox' was mado bappy wy Laving bis bill ordered to third reading. wo, 800, - Tho bill fo ropeal bill No. 300 was under fire for an hiour or two in the Soute, the ropeal bo- ing advocuted by Murphy, who reprosents St, Touis, sud by Casoy, Hampton, sid Whiting ; whilo tho nocossity for the bill in cities was ably dofouded by Thompson, Canfield, Leo, and Me- Grath. It was indefiuitely postponed by 20 to 16, which killsit. DEDUCTIONS. Tho consl@oration of the, bill to deduct dobta owed on personnl property from the nssessed value thercof, with an«amendment offerod by Mr, Cummings (Seuate), to include dobts on real estato, which was ponding on adjournment yestorday, was resumed this morning. Mr. Brown objectod to tho Erapoum\ nmend- ment, ss it would ouly incumber the bill, and tho feature mtonded to be reached by the amend- mont could bo bost obtnined 28 an’independont proposition. & . Mr. Cummings had no disposition to discuss tho queation now. He only wonted to got the yoas aid unys on his amendment. Mr. Starne called sttendion tothe fact that the lending paper in this State (U'ne Cutcaco Tnin- UNE) Was now committed to tho proposition of 10 tuxation at all for roal estato ; and called on the farmors and owners of lots aod lands to riso in their might ot tho clection this fall, und com- pel chango of thnt chnracter. A ovidouce of ‘e TIIBUNE'S position, be road an extract from the Slafe Journal. M. Hincheliffo wanted the Benate to be very caroful how it acted in tho matter of deductions. "These plons for the poor and the laboring classes woro ofton made_to do_stravgo duty ; aud, in this case, it wes intended to make LOOFHOLES IN THE LAV, through which tho largeat corporations could craw), and oscapo tuxation outiroly, Ho thore- fore opposed the awsndment. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 25 to 16, as follows : YEAS, Burke, Kelly, Bteele, Cuncy, McGrath, Thsonipeon, Gumniings, Nicholsott, Upton, Guroy, Yalmur, Vorls, Ferrell, Tatterson, Warrén, Green, Stieldon, Whiting, Qundiach, Shopard) Wileox, Humpton, Btarne, Willtaiaon—25, tundley, WAYE Baldwin, Tenry, Reynolds, Brook, inchiclitre, Banford, Brawn, Jucubs, Strong, Canfloll, Kehoe, Ware, Guuuibgom, Musyly, Youughlood—10, enn y At this juncture, Mr. Palmer moved to lay tho Dbill on thé tablo, Lost—nyes 17; uays 25, It zmixé to the Rtevenuo Committeo by » vote of 24 0 18, —ip—s REVISING THE STATUTES, Speciat Disputch to The Chicago Tribune, powER, SpriNartee, 1L, March 5.~Tho Governor signed the reuised Dill relating to dower. It changes tho old Inw by abollshing courtosy and putting tho husband on au oquality with the wife, glving him dower out of her property, as well ag to hior dowor out of his. AN INPROVED DIVORCE LAW. ‘Tho House passed the Souate Revision bill re- Iating to divorce, which is more stringent thun the lnwit will suporsede, oompelling the Judge to examine the ovidonce, and not leaving it to Mas- tors in Chaucory. It aims to mako divorces more diflioult to obialn, aud will surround divorce shys- tors wilh & fenco they ocanuot eusily climb over or,break through. . g THE ORIMINAL CODE. ‘Thé Houuo resumed considoration of the Crimi- ual Code, tho question pending being the soo- tions moking railrond employus flnable before Justicos of the Penco for chargiug more than tho schedule 1ates, or for putting off thio cara Jorsont rofusivg fo pay mora than the ratos. terr, Armstrong (of Grundy), and Jaquess bo- lioved tho sections wouldendnuger tho paskageof tho bill, After some dull talk tho seotions were sojectad—18 to 27 Dunhism embodied an amendmont, requestod Dy railrond munagors, punishing junk deslers who purchase stolen property marked with rail- roud initials, Hovoral gentlomon wore full of smendments, and frantio’ efforts to offer thom woro made, bu the Speakor rocognized Ray, wha moved to order the bill to third roading, aid it wasso ordored by 58 Lo b1, for batter or worse, the bill will yn- doubtuul{ pasy, and tho botter opinion scoms to }m that it will bo » vast imjprovement on the old nw. DILLS HIGNED, ‘The Goyarnor sigued the Rovislon bill regu- Inting inllu and julors, whioh nnkes no vital ohunye in the Inw, Rovision bills re-enaoting the common Juw snd countruing the stutnles wore ulso signed, ‘COWNBIIP OLOANIZATION, I'ho Governor hos gigned the bill revising tho Township Organization Inw, Itis an emorgonoy Dill, aud, Loing now in fores, the April town elections will bu hold under the soction mllowing tho usunl nuwber of polling plaves. 3'he seo- tion roads us follows s 5 In fncorpoiated towns, or in incorporated’ villugos whoie luilts uro cogsteus{vo with tho it of a town, or In towna which lio wholly within the limits of nu Incorporated elty, or fn nny organized Lown whare tho nnmbor of votes at the Iakt proceding goneral eloction oxccedeil §00, tho County Board tnay Tequira one or norg addltional ballot-hoxes and places for the recep- tion of votes fo bo provided, which placos slinll bo so Teetod with roferanco to the convendonca of tho electors of tho town, and shinll deslgnato at which of sald poll. ing places’ tho Town Clork hull nct a8 clork of tho oloctonj and such polling placo, whon 80 designated, BURll Lo “fho placo for trane. acting tho miscellsncoun businos of the fown; und ‘when soveral places oro go provided, tho electors prese ent shall chooss from (hejr number one Assistaut Moderator anid ono Asuistaut Olork, for each addi. tional Lallot-box, to receive tho votes thorein, who shall tako tho same onth and bo mubjoct to tho same ponaltios as tho Moaderator and Olork, and shall o under tho direction of tho Modurator, ' Al tho cloaing of the polls all tho suid bullot-boxes shinll Do brought togathor at tho polling-placo whoro the Town Olork acis s clerk of tho, elogtion, and tho votos sball be canvasacd at tho samo timg and in tho samo manuor, aud roturn (horoof mada (ho same, 08 if uil fho vofen hind leen cast fn the mamo ballot- box, When moto than ona voting-place shall o required Ly the County Bosrd, it shnll be tho duty of the Town Olerk fo post up in threo of the most publfo placea fn the town a notice of each of the places In the town where tho County Bonrd lave di- reoted wnd required tho cloction to lio held : Provided, that In towns whero thore 18 no Town Olork, it sball bo {ho duty of tho County Glork to post notices of olec. Hon, When {hore shall bo more than ono polling rllcnlunlnwn. tho genoral mesting for tho trananc- lon of miscellutieous buaincas shall bo held at the timo Iiereaftor mentfoned, at tho polling place whore tho Town QOlork acls as clork of tho election, and in towns whero thors ia no Town Olork, at_such place an shall bo designntod by the Connty Clerk, Tlo Houso ordered 5,000 cortiflod copics of the Jaw to be distributed among town and county officers, which will bo dono In o fow days, ——— MISCELLANEQUS MATTERS. Suecial thspateh to The Chicago Tribtnes STATE'S ATTONNEYS, BeniNerieny, I, Mareh 5,—Tho bill inorens- ing tho compousation of Btato's Attorneys was iudefinitely postponed in the Sonate, the impros- ulon bolug that thoy got too much now, COUNTY BURVEYOIS. Mr, Hincheliffo introduced o bill to-dny rolat- ing to survoyors, It provides that in countios of 60,000 iuhabitants the Surveyor is to booloct~ cd aftor the present torm expires. Beo, 2 provides that tho County Clerk shall issuo Burveyors' commisslons to any person who mny desiro tho same, and roquire bonds of £6,000 from all such applieants. SBuch commis- slonad porsons shall hold offics for four yosrs, ond be governed by all lows relating to Survey- org, They aro to procuro a roal of oftice, aud cortify to all plats and surveys,—such plats to be ovidenco in courts of rccord withont further proof. Tecs to such commissioned Bitveyors are to be tho aamo ay for olhers. —_— THE REY. FRANCIS L. PATTON, And the Presbyterian Theological Seminanry of the Northwoest. LETTER FIOM MR. MENRY G, MILLER, To the Editor of 2'hg Chicago Tribune; Bmr: An articlé appoared in this morning's issue of I'ur TRINUNE, roproscuting that tho oloction of tho Bov. Fravois L. Patton to the Qhuir of Didactic and Polomio Theology in the Progbytorian Thoological Seminary of tho Northwast was brought about by tho dictation of . Cyrus H. McCormick, rathor than the delib- orato nction of the Dircctora of tho Seminary, ‘I'he ovidont objeot of tho writer of tha article is to ereate o projudico sgaiust Mr. Patton, in view of un anticipated occlesingtical trinl in which it is oxpected ke will nct as prosccutor. AsIama mombor of the Board of Dircetora reforred to, and am, therofore, porsonally ac- qualuted with the facts touching this matter, justico to Dr. Patton, Mr. MoCormick, and the Sominary, requires that [ should publicly state thom, Tt is woll known that, atter the eloction of Dr. Preutius to this Chair by the Gonorul Assombly, in 1871, in order to mako the way clear for hiy accoptanco, a provision forhis salary was sub- stoutialty furnished by those upon whom iho pecuninry burden of carrying the Sewminary hiad theroto fore beon dovolved., This effort recoived no encouragoment whatover from those who are now eundeavoring to create n projudice in tho minds of tue public against this institution. Lhe Chicago Fire way regarded by many as dissstrous to the intorests of the Seminary; &nd, immediatoly aftor its acourreuce, Dr, Pron- tis'declinod tho position tendorad bim. I hap- pen to know thot this Beminary was among tho objects which c!;iufif' occupied Mr. McCormick's attontion immediately aftor that conflagration, although his pecuniary losges in consoquenco of it were cortninly as groat, if not gremter, than thoso of any other citizon of Cuicago. . He immedintdly mado known Lis desiro to liborally endow its vacant Chair, and have tho Sominary give an immodinte and 'certnin indica- htion that it had survived this calamuty; and it was thought that no bettor proof could be fur- nighed of, this fact than an early olection of a suituble porson to this Chair. “Accordiugly, Bpecinl meeting of tho Board of Directors was ealled for that purpose for Dec. b, 1871, At'tho time this mooting was catled, I am sat- istied thnt no member of the Board bad any idea of who would be elocted to this place. Aftortho Board convened, Mr. McCormick, who was pros- cnt, was aked, in & formal way, to participate in our proceedings, though not as o membor of tho Board, The same courtesy would have beon ex- tonded to any_other porson and member of the Drosbyterian Chureh, bad ho boen presont, nud mauifested au interost in the objeot for which tho Directors had convened. Aftor the meoting wag organized, its object hnd boon announced, sud the names ofjvarious persons suggested for tho position 1eferred to, Mr., MoCormick pro- duced, for the inspoction and considaration of the Board, lotters from distinguished clergymen in the East, rccommonding the Rev. Franeis L. Patton'for this place. Mr. McCormiok, at the timo, stated that bo did ot know AIr, Patton; bad nover communicated with him ; kuew noth- ing of him, other than what he lad learnod from these lettors; and that he had received these letters within a fow days previous to thay time. Ho said, however, that he thought tho Judgment of tho writers of thoso lettors would receiyo tho conlidence of the Board, and he would surcly give to tho Board the beuellt of whatever information he had upon the subject. Somo person thon nominatetl Mr. Patton ; and this was succceded by commendalory romarks from sovoral gentlomon who wore preseut, und with whom I um eatisfied Air. McCormick had no pro- vious understanding in regard to thewatter then beforo tho Board, Theso gentlemen took occasion to state thoir porsounl ncquuintance with Ar. Patton, and thoir views iu regard to his fitness for this Ohair, Among othor things, ono of thom stuted tho substanco of an interviow which casually oc- curred betwoou himself and a distinguished clergyman in the Enss, in which Mr, Patton was very strongly recommended for this placo. 10 this way evidences ucoumulated in favor of this nomiuation to & very romarkablo degrec, untit one of the members’ bocamo 50 much jm- proused with this faot thut Lo was constrainod to remind thoso prescnt that these ovidences, fur- nighed in tha manvor they wore furnished, could, in his optuion, bo regarded in naothor light thar a8 4 Providontial indication of the dirsotion in which their duty lny. Right hore 1 would say that those remarks eama largoly, if not almost oxolusively, from geutlomon \nm,NprInr to the union, wora occleyi- astieally in the New-8chool connoction, Aftor the mattor had booen procoeded with to tho Jongth I have indicated, Dr. Pattorson, who oceupied the chair, montioned tho name of Dr, Duryes, of Brooklyn, for tho pluco we wore en- deavoribg to Ml Komaris favorablo to tho eloction of Dr, Dusyen wore made by sovoral gontlomon ; when Mr, McCormick statod that, if Dr. Duryea was tho bost porson for {ho place, and would, ncaspt ity Lie ought cortainly to Lo eleoted ; and asked whother he would be likely to accept such s position if olooted to ib; at tho snmo tlmo romarking thet his declinature, so soon aftor the declination of Dr. Yrontlss, wonld bo very discouraging. Dr, DPattorson then sald that ho did not bulieve Lr, Duryea would accopt the place unless bis sulary was fixod as high as #0,000. (1t was oithor €0,000 oF 7,000, sud I am unabld to say which.) Mr. MeCormlck suggested that a telogram ho sont Eant to some one wiio could furninli us with information on this point, suoh ay would justif: our action ; and that tho sossion continue until an answer could ba received, But, aftor further considoratlon, it was thought that AMr, Patton rould bo modt llely to accopt tho plico, and that ko would probubly do so for tho salaty al- rendy provided, 1lo way, theroforo, unanimously eleoted. Although My, MoCormiok was presont during this meeting, he did nbt exeroiso any influence upon its action, or attempt to oxorelso any such {i‘““"j’“' othor thau in the anner I have men- aned, : Dr. Patton, aftor holding bis olection under adyisoment for somo time, dectinod it, and sont hiy Jottor of duclination to tha Cliirman of our Tixeoutivo tsourd, stating that, although snch n lmauluu would_ho ugrocablo to him, and nl- Bough Lis oleotlon to it was unanimous, he way ’lmlltn llmlhwu thrt there woro gome who did not oniro It Lofore nuy sotion wag takon upon thiv lottor, tho Rov. Mr, Mitchall and Mr. Forsytho wont to DrooWlyn, and porsunded Dr, Pation to rocon sldor thio mattor, and at least como to Ohicago haforo tinally giving an ndvorso deoision. Ho did 8o, and ultimately decided to como, In rogard to the Inferior, I know that Mr. MoCormick, ab tho Instance of those who aro now trying to injuro him aud the pnpor, was Fuml\ndm 1o bocome an original subseribor to ho ntock of the papor to s largo amount. 'This wag dono undor n roprosoutation that, uuless Tio, with somo othors, should raise_$10,000, tho oulorprlsn conld not bo_started. Tha roquired amount was ralsed, and, I bellove, paid in. ‘Tho pubscquent finuncinl history of this papor 1s woll known, It is only nocessary to sny that, when the lnst chango was made, the indlvidual who succosdod to the proprioforahip of ¢ bocamo uttorly dis- couragad, could recoivo no holp from auy sourco, and m’gm& Mr. MoCormick to take hofd of tho paper snd continug It, ‘This ho fiually conscated to do, without, as I am awaro, Imvlng takon any previous stops whntevor to l'mug about thia re- sult, Iuconsoquonce of this, it has, with the Bominaty, becomo an Institution of the Prosby- torinn Church, and is placed flnanclally upon's wound foundatlon, Tdo not think it is olthor just or right for Presbytoriana to shovo off theso pecuniary bur- thous upon tho shoulders of o follow-membor of iho Chureh, who can have no further intorost thnn thomsolves in tho success of tho iustru- montahitics which it employs, aud thon pursuo him with thoir consuro becauso hio consented to bonr thom. Youra truly, Xexny G, MiLner, Oit104a0, March 5, 1874, Norx: Wo did mot say that Mr, Patton's olection was brought ahout by tho * dictation” of Mr. McCormick, nor did we usa words to that offect, Nor did wo imply that Alr, MeCor~ mick’s connoction with tho matter earried with it any disgraco or opprobrium, We said that 4 Mr. McCormick suggostod tho name and roc- ommended tho elestion of Mr. Pation,” which was the fuot,—E, TRILUNE, Letter from Mir. John Foreythes To the Editor of The Chicago T'ribune. Bm: In justico to mysolf, I dosire to stato that, in my communication published in Mon- dny's Tn1ousE, I had ‘no intontton of * convey- ing nn orroncous impression,” I simply stated facts that woro within my own koowledgoe, Your informant has not correctly stated tho facts of tho caso; and, 1€ Lo will furnish his name and nddross, it cau easily bo detormined who is cor- reat. T havo to-doy oxamived thoe oficial rocords of tho Buard of Dircctors, and flnd thet, at tho meoting hold on Dog, 6, 1871, Prof. Patton was unanimously olectod Professor. It also npponrs of record that the Hon. Oyrus II, BeCormick was invited to sit as n corresponding membor ot to oxpress his viows. Mr, McCormick stnted to tho, Board that his own choico for s Professor would bo the Rov. A. A. Hodge, D, D., but that ho was sntisfied, from s lotter roceivel from liim, in which he rocommeonded Prof, Patton, that ho could not bo bad. e further stated that ho bhad rocolvod a lettor tor from tho Rov., Dr Iornblower, suggoesting tho nnme of Mr. Patton: but stated that’ ho, Mr, McCormiok, knew nothing of Mr. Tatton, aud that the Board must judge as to his boiug tho right man for tho placo, This letter, with othiers, was rend for information, The Hon. Bamuol M, Moore stated that ho had re- coived a lotter from the Nov. T, 11, Blkinner, D, D,, recommonding Mz, Patton. Tho Rev. $ir. Kittredgo also stated that tho Itev. Dr, Backus, of Beheneotady, N. Y., had spoken to him in the highost torms of Mr, Patton. Auothor membor of the Bonrd had a lettor from The Itov. Dr, At- water in faver of Mr. Patton. ‘Uhe namo of tho Rov. Dr. Duryen wus suggeated by the Rtev, R, W. Patterson, D. D., and, ns_many of the Dit rectors wero porsonally acquainted with Dr, Dur- yoa, the oxprossion of opinton was almost unani~ mous in hig favor, and Lo would, in my opinion, havo boon clected without _opposition, but for the fact that Dr. R, W. Pattorson montioned that tho matter of salary would have somewhat to do with gottng Dr. Duryen; that wo _could mot hope to get him for o leas salary than hie was then rocoiving as o pastor, which was stated to bo £6,000 or $7,000. Ad the Board decided that tho salary should not oxceed $5,000, Dr, Pattorson then &tated that it would bo ureless to elect Dr. Duvyen, + 1n my former communication Idid not refer to the Interior, ns 1 decmod 1t wisonotto bocomo a party to & nowspaper-coutroversy, I moraly desired, a8 a Dircctor, to state whut I know to Dbe facts in regard to the cloction of 'rof. Patton, As you havo beon pleasod to call attontion to my omission, I feel reluctantly constrained to siato what I know nboub tho Julerior: The JInuterior was startod by the Wesiern Presbyterian Publishing Company, & stock com- pauy, in tho year 1870, T was ono of the original stockholdors. A Donrd of Directors clected tho cditor of tho Inferior, 'Che Rev. Dr, Swazo; was choson editor. 'I'ho Chicago Fire of Oet. 9, 1871, seriously damaged tho {lnancinl nffairs of tho papor ; and, on tho 1st of August, 1873, tho papor was transforrod to the Rov. Dr. Dwight, of New Yorlk, who then becamo edilor nnd pro- prictor. Dr, Dwight eold his iutorest in the paper on the 16t of Fobruary, 1873, to tho Hon. Cyrus H, McCotmick, who pnrchased the paper at tho solicitation of Dr. Dwight, moro than ono year nfior tho oleotion of Prof, I'atton, Now, your readors cnn judge whothor or not your in- formant was correct Whon he informed you that “Itis a fact, howavor, that, immedintaly after tho clection of Mr. Patton to' the Professorship, Mr. McCormick secired the control of the In- ferior, and, 08 soon s it pasted into his pos- session, P'rof. Patton was made editor of tho concern,” I also omitted, in my first communication, to enll attontion to anothor minstutement of fncty made by sour informant when ho says that Prof, Datton attractod tho notice of Mr, MeCormick by his offorts *‘to suppress Miss Smilio as o pronchoress.” Tho first time Trof, Putton toolk action in the Bmilio caso was on Jan, 24, 1873, more than one month after his election 1o tho Chair of Theology in the Sominary of tho North- west, ‘This information I obtaiu from a copy of the Iuterior published in January, 1872, I now ask you, as a mattor of justice, that you will withdraw the chargo that * tho Rev, Francis L. Patton was imported from Brooklyn by Mr, Cyrus 11, McCormick,” Yours rospoctfully, Jouy Fonsyrus, Norte: Tho only particalar iu which tho infor- mation referrod to was incorrectly stated was in regard to tha * immediato" succession of Mr. McCormick and Prof Patton, in which respect wo misapprohended our informant’s state- ment.—Ep, Trinuxe, THE WAUKEGAN ELECTION. ‘WAURRUAN, Ill,, March 4, 1874, To the Edttor of The Cliicano Tribune : Bin: The dispatch in your pspor of this morn- ing, giviug an account of the rocent city olec- tion in this city, does not state tho vorreot issue. The Farmery' and Workingmen's Association (Antl-}onopoly) nominated o full ticket for city ofticers; mado no fssue on the Liconso or Anti- Temporanco quostivn; but took a bold stand nFulunt tho old Waukogau Ring, or Court-Houso clique. %hn old Ring, who have hald power hera so long that the memory of maun runuocth not to tho contrary, nominated a full tioket in opposi- tlou. For throo days after tho nominations woro mado, not s word was said on the Licouse or ‘lemporanco question ; but, as tho canvass pro- coeded, tho bold and detormined frout shown by tho Anti-Monopoly party scared the *told roostors,” ‘I'hoy sy dofeat staring them in tho faco, ‘mud rosorted to the Tom- porance dudge, This issuo, nlthnulr-h only an old party trick, undoubtedly decelved a fow, asnd somewhat incroeued the Iung-voto, Tho vote was tho lurgest aver polled horo, 'ho rosult iu vory gratifying to the frionds of tlie Anti-Monopoly paity. 'They elacted thaiv Mayor, ouo of the two City Bupervisors, and two of tho four Aldormen, Tho result of tho recent city oloction docs not givo tho slightout Indication as to tho views and feelings of our people on the Liconce or Tom- perance question, Undoubtedly o largo majority of our pouple are in fuvor of No Licenye. A Ratlrond-Pass-Beggnr. F'rom the Detrort Free Preus, Thoro {8 & newspaper moan o the onstern part of the Stato who is being bantored as tho cham- pion railrond-pags-boggar, *“ Passing ' him by, wo waut to toll a littla” story about an acquaint- anco who oneo published & paper on tho line of the Dotrait & dilwankee Road. He was amighty poor compositor, to begiu with, aud tho first ls- HIo of his Hulz;ar was & sight to see, 1o had borrowed old Buchu and bittors um-cntyl)uu to 1111 up with, and his % ealutory,” as_ha called it, contained about 200 typographioal errars, and Liadf that numbor of grammatical blunders, But It was a foundation, and he wont to receiving subscriptions and sonding for railroad pausos, 1o “wout for ™ Buporintendonts until ho had o puss overy road in tho Btato, but theso were nob onough, o sent abroad, sud finally Lo addross- el tho Buporintondont of an Oblo road, No an- swor, 'I'he editor wroto again, No auswor, 1lo wroto. o thid lottor, and un answer camo book ¢ ©Go to h——1"" o uditor turnod tho latter aver aud wrate : *Sund mo a pass on your road :ud I will" Cho pams camo, aud ho was mado WppY. WEST CHICAGO. Annual Meeting of the Park Commissioners. ) Reports of tho President and Other Officers. . —_— Btatement of Last Yoar's Work, The snnual mooting of the Board of Parl Commisslonors for Weat Chicngo, wna held yeu- torday at tho offleo, No, 23 South ITalsted stroot. All tho membors wero prosent, THESIDENT'S REvonT, Tho Prosidont, Goorgo W. Btauford, submitted his annunl report, whicl i a8 follows ; 8o far ns tho history and staloment of tho transac. tou of the Board for the year aro concorned, th full reports of other oficors of tho Doard and of the Bu- gincor scom'to Jeavo but 1ittlo for mo to call o your attention, * COMSUNICATION WITH TitK PARKS, Tho pubio will bo intorested, howayor, to know something of our plann for the future, and In thin view I may bo pormitted to say that, realiziug tho fme portanco of providing moro convonlentjways of reachi- ing tho parks, tho Board have, under tho nctaof tho General Assombly in forco July 1, 1873, deslgnated Divislon streot, from Milwaukeo avouuo to Humboldt Park; Washington siroot, from the Northwestern Tailroad track, to Central Park; and Twelfth streot, from Ashland sveuno to Ogdon svenuc, snd {honco from Ogden avenuo to Douglas Patk, us strects wo pro- posoto {mprovo a8 plensurcedrives from {ho moro thickly rottled portion of tho city to {ho reapeotivo parke, Diviafon efreot fa ‘al T ind ecdn ouly 10 bo bpntnt menmy o 4ot nish direet commubtentfon wilh Huniboldt Daris, - The Common Council Lias dirceted tho Board of Pub- Mo Works to prooure tho widening of Wanhington strect, and wo inay reasonably liopo that this will bo accomplished soon, “T'o parties dedicating tho Iand re- quired to eTect tho widoning, we invo offered to plant largo treos upou the portlon of tho wtrect widened, Twelth strcot and Ogdon avenuo aro alrondy 120 feet de, 50 wo may hopu, with the co-operatiou of prop- orly-Swners, to soon brovide improvod drives o tho porks, - . sEWERS, - Undor {ho sama law we avo uuthorized to construct sowers within the park district. Tho Hoard has desiy- nated edzio uvonue, from Kinafy stroot 1o the west Dbranch of tho South 'Branch of tho Chicago liver ns {ho line upon’ which to drain Ceniral Purk, and tho Tand Iylng on ofther sido of Kedzlo avonuc, Proporty- owners Linve beon anked “to algn the potition required by law, and, out of 18,200 foet roquirad to bo ropro- souted fn auch potition, wo Liave obtained 15,468 feot, It i our plan 10 socuro tho construction of thin rower under the Isw 28 500n a8_ossible, bolloving that tho <coat will bo greatly less than tho fncreaso n tho valuo of tho land {u tho vicluity, but, without the co-opera- tion of o msjority of tlio property frontiug,we aro powerleas, A survoy of tho proposed line, and profilo of tho proposed work, wilh eatimates 'of tho coat, have been cavefully proyared, sud wre o fls bu tho ofiice of tho oard, 4 QOLLECTING TAXES, The matter of collecting taxes and nssceiments Tovied for purk purposcs, (4o amount that baw beon suspended by appeal from {ho Judgment obtalued in the County Court, I as follows Speclal nsvessmen $132,202,03 Tinprovement tax. L 10,852,81 e parties who contest theao iovies aro for th mont patt poreods who bave been very largely bonofitted, und aught, in equity, to bo most wiling und prompt 13 pay, Of coureo, ouly one way i Teft for tho Loard in Lho premisos,—lint i#, to prosecute {ho claime until all romedics are oxhausted, Tho following table, showing thio {ncreaso in the nssessublo valuo of lands ' added to tho city by the original Park bill, and the amount of tax colleeiod by tho clty, will boToud with intrest by o public, Anncsned ynluation of lands added to tho clty under the Yark act of 1809 in 1808, Defore tho laud sworo inchuded, within tho city limits, ... 0 I 1809, valuation on city ansc: In 1870, vnluntion on city nescasment, 1n 1871, valuntion on city sssessinont, 1u 1872, valuation on city asseasment, In 1875, valuation on cily nssessment; "Llie city rocolved from taxes from fhees T 1860 Tu 187 Tu 18] In 2672 1n 1873 OVEMENT, Tho Engineer iu_ his roport ngain urges tho im- portanes of concontrating tho expendituraof tho yeur i1 ono park or locality, claining that theroby wo must attnfu hotter rosiis from N0 Bivunt cxponded thun to aivlde {t nmong tho parks, The symo pusition was taken by I at the fourth anninl Topoit, ‘o cor- Tectnoss of tho position in tho betract must be admit- ted, and tho Board has in this view done moro in Ceue trui Park than dn cither of {ho other parks, yet tho difiiculty of strictly nalicriug ta this rulo will“lio ape paront When it 1s rémembered that tho aysten of purk und boulovard under our control oxtonds over turrls tory como five miles in extent, and that ownera of property Luye becn equally aestsaod for the purchate of tho park lands, 1think wo huve rcasons to con- gratulato oursclycs over tho results already attnined irom o amount oxpended, and niny gafely promaisg tho public this lumm%mnhhu oast forty scres of Central Park will affol them uttractivo pleasure, TREASURENL'S REIORT. The Treasurcr’s report is as follows : RECEIT Balonco In hank Mareh 1, 1673, Received of County and Tows Col n account of tnxes snd auscaanots, 31,1574 Teceived of Thomas Wall, Town Sup - udaron Recelved of Board of Héalih for burying $ 8,072.38 DIELFOLL, vaeoreens . 402,50 Received from aalo of ico, 42,500,00 Recelved for hoy....... 60,00 tacelved for disabied horse, . 40,00 Tieceivod of Socretury the differont antus of ‘money crodited o sundry pursons_on tho pay-rolls but not called for, amonntiug in tho aggregato o Total receipts, Total amount of warrants puld during tho p $350,808.61 16,105.87 Balanes i "bank March 1, 1874, _ ENOINEER'S MEPORT. ‘Tho followiny statistics are taken from the re« port of the engincer: Manuro recelved, 29,387 cublo yarda night-sofl ro- colved, 8,180 cublo yardu; lawns dolshed, 213 acres; Dordesa und slopos sodded, 84,641 quard yards: sie- fuco drafnago, 184,64 ineal fects brick sower, 4 feet dlametar, 40,4 lnoal feet; Pipc-sowora laid, %069 Jin- onl feok; cateli-basing Duilt, U85 tronching for water- pipes, 0,488 Hueal fect; drives nnd walks subgrs ed, 16,031 lineal feot; gravol spread, 863 cublo yurdy gutters pavod, 301 6GuaTo yards; clay oxcavated, 64,105 cuble yards; top-soll moved, ‘eublo yards; mn- nuro sproad, 11,314 cubic "ya compost spread, 13,281 cuble yards; bydrants uut, 34; macadam spread over 493 aquaro yords: water'plpes laid, 8 inches dlumoter, 6,520 lincal foot; water-pipes lald, 4 inches dlameter, 4,628 lineal fect; treca transplauted (uur- gory), 60,5 Tinden, hiorsebean, fronwood, ' 035 ehm, ' L8937 whitotborn, maplo, 307 hickory, ' 12 405;" ash, y 3 bntternut, 107 onk, 349; sycanore, 77; tulip-re 83; overgreon, 40; cherry, virgilia, crabapple, willoy 30 looust, 217 birch, 38} magnolia, 23: shrubs in val riotlen, 64413 from nuracry slock, 1,389 tatal nume ber, 10,700, BECRETARY'S RETORT, Tho fallowing tigures aro taken from tho Soc- Jotary's report: County Olerk fees for compubing nnd oxtending taxes eud pssesamonts for 1872 and 187, $,507.90; costs in County and Circuit Courts, $300,23 ing doublo payments, snd errors and abatb taxes and assesumonts for 1871 and 1 puld ownors of lsuds condemned, $8,400.50; obliy tlous issuod for tho purchaso of lupds, $100,413.08; for rotiring twenty obligations, dated Juno ‘1, 1872, payablo threo yeara from date, $30,000 ; spocinl uakcsse ‘mant on Douglas Park Iands for improving Ogden o enue, $10,327.01 ; ofico rent to March 1, 18 oflica utationory, printing blauks and’ fourth ai nual reports, ~$760.73; labor, $4,674.87; co tractor for grading and _excavating, $39,45,7 troow, uhriba, aud sceds, $17,870,85 5 mumiro, $2,000,55 3 woter-piyies and_hydrants, $,007.57; sinking urtesian wolls, §0,200.95 : Dipe anit brick puwors aud catche basius, $3.101.10; work and waterial on fire monu~ mont, 660,61 gravel, §1,008,05; tlag-pole, reen and hot house, $1,257.74 ; oud horso, $160; saddler work, fecd for horucs, Kc., $301,43 ; unfurics of pll e~ ployes, plans_snporiutendonce, ouginoers and thelr as- sistants, sl.mm.l ¢ vroliminary wurvey sud plat for Redzlo avetiue, $202,02, The old ofticera woro theu ro-olacted, as fol- lows: President, Goorgo Y, Btanford; Trons- urer, Henry Groonobnum; Beorotary, Chorles Loding, "The Beeretary was directed to inform tho Oovernor that the term of ofiica of B. TN fros on tho Strand, which ho fitted up for - nesa that had swallen o gigantio .’,‘m,fui‘di!!?é aund found ora long that hio Lad bicomo o wenlthy that hio could woll afford to retiro from businoss, —_— © TICHBORNE. Xlistory of the Trial, L'rom the New York World, Tho long continuanco of the caso of the 'ich. borne claimant boforo the Britlsh courts hag tondad to confuse in tha public mind tho jusucs iuvolvod, In March, 1853, Roger Charles Dough- ty Lichborne, borm Jan, 6, 1820, eniled for Val. paraiso, Ohfll, In Marel, 1804, ho ombarked at Tilo Janelro for New Yorl in tho Bolls,which waa pubsequontly loat at son, all hor passongors and crow having heon drbwned. Ttogor Tichborne, o would have been- i Togor ‘Tiolborna find 1o lived, was rogarded a8 dead by all-bis fawily and friends WITIL THE EXCEPTION OF 118 MOTHER, ihe Dowager Lady Tichborne, Sir Jamen, Togor's fathor, died, &nd was _ succoeded by his socond son, Alfred, in_the title and the cilates, In tho yoar 1806 Lady Tichborne Ine sorted an ndvortisemont in an Australian papor, which, met tho eye of a Mr. Willinm Gluba, an attornoyof Wagga-Wagga, who fixed upon a man named Thomas Costro, with whom lio was acquninted, a8 the missing Rogor, Chatro was o stock-keopor by occupation, and whon Gibha enlled his itontlon to tho 1lohborae inquiry ho declared himgolf to bo LA TIE LOST TOOER, Ilis story wau that nftor the wreclk of the Dells he biad "been picked up—hoing the only survivor —byn_pasing vessel, tho Osproy, bound for Australin, which had convoyed Wi to Molboarno, 1o had remained thonceforth it Australia, ome %loyiug limsolf, uuder the namo of Thomas A8Lro, a4 & Logpor of stuck, na bofore rolated, Lnady Tichborne, in Europo, was immedintely Informodl of tho important dincovry that had boen mado, lotters passod botween hor and Cas- iro, and in Boptember, 1800, tho Inttor sniled for Tiropo, accompanied by his wifo nnd by a for- mar sorvant of tha Tichhornos and a residont of Sydnoy, whoso qc%\mmum Die lind made, and who recnguized inlifm tho missing Roger, Lady Pichborne received Castro Joylully, and NECOGNIZED 113 AB TIER 50N § but none of tho other Tichbornes idontified him, Rogor, whon Lo dissppoared, wan n slight, offominute-looking person, whilo Cnairo waaa very Falstoff in physique. Whon Crstro made hig'appearance in England Bir Alfred Tichboruo, Rogor's brothoer, was desl, Littla tima svaa lnsf by Castro, fortifiod by Lady Tichborno's recog- nilion, and advocacy, in proparing lo Iny proof boforo the courls of his idontity with Rogor lichborne. Convmissions wore sent to Australin and Chill fo take evidence in all {hat concernod the wanderings and fato ot Rogar and tho Australinn life of Cnstro, who, tho Tich. borpo side malntained, wasan impostor and s man named Arthur Orton, son of tho lato Georgs Orton, a butcher of High strect, Wapping, who Iud once spout sovoral yoars in South Ameries and had afterwards gono to Australin, whero he had lived until his roturn to England falsoly to agsume the name of Roger Tichborno. A suit in Chinncery for the recovery of the Tichborno estatos was the preliminary to {he TINST GREAT TRIAL in which Castro, now the claimant, figurod. This cnuso was the ejectment action in the Court oi Common Plons, tha late Lord Chief Justice Do- vill presiding, of Tichborne v. Lushlugton, tho latter roprosenting the Tichborne family, In the conrso of tin trial, which commenced jn 1870, snd Insted for about nine months, run- ning for into 1871, interrupted by oceasion. al adjournmonts of the Court, hundicds of wilnesses were heard on oithor sido, sbout half of whom avorred that he was Roger Tichborne and the other Nl that he was not. Ho himself was subjected to n long and arduons examination and " cross-oxamination. The clnimant qravud himself to bo dofleiont in educationnl nequiremonts which Roger Tichborna had possossed. Although showing an extra- nrdlnnryr knowlodgo of numerous episodes in Roger Tichborne's lifo he alao displayed ina more mavked degree n gross ignoranco of many Kureolm, places, and events with which Tich- orno was undoubtedly familiar, Tho closo of this caso was as remarkablo ag had beon its contmnauce, Tho jury had boen restivo for some timo and finally, bofore tho Judgo had delivored his charge, thcr announced in court that they lind mnde nup thelr minds and that they did not necd to hoar any more on iho subject. As this was equivalent to o verdict ngainst the claimant, bad "the case gone to the Jury, - his fegnt adyisers consented (o o non-suit, and tho Lord Chief Justico immedintoly ‘come mitted him for trinl on the chargo of, WILLPUL AND COMRUDT PERIURY. . . . Tlo was imprisoned for five weeks aud, at the oxpiration of that timo wns relonsed on bail, Lord Rivers, Messra, Onslow and Whalloy, meme bers of Parlinmont, and one othor, going his socurity, e was himsolf also requirod to givo bail in° £10,000, The claimant presed many of the following months in visiting various towns of Engtand, accompamed hy Messrs, Onslow and Whalley, aud making public addresses, to hear which ‘an admitance fee was charged, 'This money was intcnded to assisb in defraying the cxpenises of his coming trin), evon a8 tho * Tich- Lorne bonds,” sc-called, had been sold provious to tho first trial. Crowdu attended ap theso meot- ings and much enthusinsm wes mouifested by the poptinee in his enuse, x’t‘fim trial for porjury, which has just closed Wi TIHE CONVICTION OF TIE DEFENDANT and his sentonce to peunl servitude for foure teen yoars, bogan ou April 28, 1878, The Issue was betweon -tho Queen and **Thomas Castro, aling Robort Charles Doughty Tichborne, Baro- not.” The indictment comprised twonty-six counts, in each of which the dofondant was charged with n specifio act of perjury. Among tha charges wero those that he had falsely sworn that he was the son of Sir Jamos and Lady Tich~ borno; that he hod seduced his cousin Miss Doughity, and that ho was not tho son of Guorga Orton, the butchor. Thers woro a number of chorges less grave; but tho substantial ivaucs raisod wore whethor tho defendant had sworn Inlsoly or not .in afiirming that le was Roger ‘Pichborne, and in denying his ideutity with Arthur Orton. Tho time of the Court was taker up uutil the 20th of May in reading docnments, nnd on that day the oxamination of the mass o witnessos for tho ' prosocution was com: monced. On the fifty-sixth day of the trial—tho 10th of July—Mr. awkins, counso for the prosecution, announced that tho caso for the prosccution was closed. The number of witnosses ngaiust the dofondant numbored 212, among whom wore iho Tichborne family and friends and conuootious, French as woll as Lne glish, Chilinn, Australisn; Wappiug, aud other Orton witnosses, eto, An adjournment of the Court until July 21 thon ensued in order to give Dr. Kononly, tho dofondnut’s counsel, time tc propare higopening gpeoch, which ke began or the 23d of July and endod o Aug, 21, - Tho ox« amination of fhe defendaut's 256 witnesses cotne monced on Aug, 22 and lasted for 124 duys, clow ing on Qct. 27, 'Che classos from which these witioses were drawn wero about tho sawme ag thoro for tho prosecution, with the exception of tho Tichborne conuections and friouds, Thirly pordony wore examined on (he 30th and 8lst of +Octobeor to robut tho dofendant's allogation ro. garding Lady Radcliffe. Botween that dato and the 11th of Decomber, after Dr, Konealy Lind be« gun his “enmming up® for the defouso, oceur- red the famous enso of JEAN LUIE, s witness for the defeudant, who swore that ha bind beon steward of tho Osproy, and recognized the defendant, and who was dentifiod on the btl of Decomber and _tho following threo days by witnesses as ono Carl Poter Lundgron, s tloket: of-loave convict, Who result of this discovéry wns that Lundgren, alins Luic, was_committot tor perfury, Dr. Kenealy's speoch (interrunted Dy the Luio opisode and the Chiristmus holiduys] Instod nbout thirty-five days. Ho was followes Ly Mr. Hawking ‘in a “summing up " for thi prosecutiou, aud who spokie for over twent; days, On Jan, 29, tho 109th day of the tri al, Lord Chiet-Justico Cookburn commencod it charge, which coutinued until the caso was given to tho jury, ‘he Court sat in all 180 days. Among “the notable -incidonts that occurred during tho lnst trinl was tho mabbing of Mr, Alawking about the middle of Javuary by a num. bLer of tho dofongdant’s adhorents. Bovoral of the riotors woro arrosted, A fow duys beforo TRunyan had explred. et A Peculiur Riistorys Mr, Willinm Henry Smith, Disraoli's nowly-ap- pointed Parliomoutary Beoretary of the Trons- ury, has a pecullar history. TLoss than twont; fiyo yoars ago he wns a nowsboy in tho strovts of Loudou, htomllf ou foot In that nctive indus- try from 6 o'clock in tho morning to 8 at night, Ho wag quiclk, clvil, and intolligont, and saon made himselt chiof among his olaks, Thoera was formorly & practice of londing out the Zimes at & ponuy au hour, from 7 iu tha morning until 6 in tho efternoon, whou the coplos were dispatolicd to country wsubsorlbors at half prico, Smith's busivess in this lue grow 8o rapidly that ho lad take o shop near ihe Strand, and employ o number of nse sistants, Tioally ho struck on the ides of pur- chasing the exclusive right to soll nowspapers, magnzinos, and books at the prineipal ruilvond- stations, and tho businoss beeame so important thet publishors found it to their iutorost Lo issue 1 railway oditions ™ of theit populur bookns, Ay Mr. Smith's stand his proflts boesme so im- monto thut he hecame a very rich man in a shovt timo, Yory soon he purchased extwuslye prom- tho Chief-Juslico commenced his chisrge Mr, Whalley, the dofendant's friond and udviser, was arrested and tined for contempt of Court. P sl ot An Incident of Boyroot. Ono of tho mout pathetio instances of pure Oriontallmm that aver cumo to my knowledgo in roluted 4 » positive fact s While tha children of the Aboil soliool wore pluying together one day at rocoss, two small girly foll into u plensant dis- imlu as to the sizo of a cortaiu object: -play- bing, perhups. Que snid, ** Oh, it was vory It tio " aud the othor asked, * Wow littlo " Then tho missionary looked out of his window, and lioard hor unawor, ¢ wl‘)l'. n little weo thing,” Then tho othor proased her still furthor, 4 Wol] Low littlo#” to which tho girl ropied! uncon’ solous of tho pootry or puthoy of lier sompari- :lou,“-yAIu mth':ns “('w "Il‘z joy of my father on ho day X was born |"—The fiev. Chap ine sun, 0 Seribner's Magazine. e o e nobiad i i SR Death of (he 40,000 Cow, ‘The Duchess of Gouwva, the famous 40,000 cow, died ut the farm of the 1lon, Bumnel Uninps boll, ot Now York Mills, on Friday of lust weo