Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1874, Page 2

2 THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Adoption of the Court-Houso Reso- _ ... lutions. All Efforts to Amend Them Are Useless, Tha - Oammission of the Arohlteot Remning'4.Per Cent: Mr. JohnsofiSays the- Pcople Demand a Court-House. Fho Oity Must Take Onre 'of It . i .80lfy The County Commiseionors mot yestorday af- toruooty, Prosidont Ashton fb the ehalrs QOUNTX 1IOBIITAL, - ‘Tho ‘roport-of tho Warden of the County Hospitsl was submitiod and reforrod. Tho ra- port covors, tho quartor ending May 81, L1874, during ‘which timo the total oxponsos troto $12,003.93, During Maroh tho averago dally ox- pouso per pationt was 673 conts; duriug April, 6 conts; durlog Moy, 0834 cents, There woro admitted 518 pationts, of whom 288 wero dis- charged ne' rocovored, 70 ms iniproved, 80 by roquost, 5 ne disordorly, whilo 11 absconded, 2 wont to tho Pest Houneo, 86 wout to $hio Ooanty Houso, 47 died, and 171 romain. Tho recoipts in mounoy from pationts amounted to 308,65, MIBOELLANLOUB. An application by the Qounty Superintendont of Behools for the purchase of Mr, Nelson's col- lection of natural curiositios for tho Normal Behool wna roforred. A communication from the Wardon of tho In- sano Asylum, sotting forth tho necossity of an additionnl wator-resorvoit, for use {n caso of omorgonuy, was roforred. L .A communleation was recelvad from Chorles B. Joukius, notifylng the Bonrd that ho holds n tont on the coticrete pavemont Inid about the ail snd Orjwninal Court buildings, and that ne loss his claim for roynlty is tespootod ho shinll commenco_procoodings. The matter wan rofer- rod to the Judicisry Committoo. G THE COURT-HIQUSE, Tuo Donrd went into Committes of the tWhole on the Court-House resolution, Commis- sloner Jouos iu tha chair, % COMMIBSIONER BURDICK sald that tho finauces of thoe county and city jointly wero in mno condition to undortnko the vout oxpondituro contemplinted, Lt was not cor- tain that the county could bulid its helf of the Qourt-Houso without resorting to dirgot taxation, and it might beconio necossary to soll tho county's roal estato at a groat sacriflco. Ho did not an- ticipato any bettor stato of thinga in tax collec- tions for 1874 than for 1873. Hecalled attention to the enormous park tax pald by South Ohieago, which now amounted to one-half tho tax paid for o douled that thoro oxisted what could properly be oslled a neceesity for n» mow Court-House, as tho county was now woll provided with officos, oxcepting somo of the courts, for wlish good, comfortabla rooms could be rentod for a small ortion of the intercst on tho cost of tho new Euildlngm Tho Cummissionor from Rome (Crawford) had told bow that city was robuilt, but ho bad omitted to stato how thatcase applied to the condition of things in Ohivngo at the prosent time, It would bo wise to doter sation until the flannciat condition of tho clty and county was improved, or until the city took soma steps toward providing some portion of its share of tho monoy, Ho offercd an smondment, pro- viding Tor o conforenco with the city as to tho proptioty of taking sny nction ot tho prosont time, and striking out” the remsinder of Com- missionor Ashton's resolutions, It scemod to him that it was nocossary to make this move botore nuything was dono toward tho selection of architeets. Commissioner Clough heartily conourred in tho views of the praceding spenkor. 130 was not ready to build, nor did ho shink it wise toat- tainpt to sottld so many things in ono afternoon, A prudont man would firat determine whother he 1ind the money and was ready to build, and thon ho would polect an architect. o hoped the Board would move slowlv, | . COMMISSIONER CRAWFORD waa cortain that thore nd Leen timo enough to agree upon the matter. It had boen discussed ntwml\'. und vory thoroughly. Io uivolm ouce moro of Rome, Aud again aired his knowledge of anciout history, No furtber time was ro- quired to consider tho nocossity of tho building, and each member conld determino in his own county purposas, mind whother the time hua amived " to commonce the ocrection of tho building. His pride in Chicago wae el Lhat e folt compelled to vote to procecd at ouce and bufld s Court-Ifouse, Ho could kot lay aslde that pride, and e wanted to see o com- mencement mudo, Heo wan not willing to saeri- fico Lhe publis good for Lis private intorosts, COMMISSIONER KOQUE did not believo that Commissioner Crawford om- budied ull the pride there was in Chivage, In riring o postponemont bie had the best iuteresty of th vily ut heart, 1o did rob claim that Chi- cago wus 80 impovorished that she could not build & Court-Houso, but that it would be unwise to proceed nt this time. The nmendment of Comnussioner Burdick covered thie oase, and ought to bo adopted. The way to tho commenco- munt of tho building could not now be seen with- out looking divecl taxution squarely in the face, The people were not rondy for this, I'ho umendent was® lost, Commissionors Bogue, Burdick, aud Clough alone voting for it. ANOTIEI AMENDMENT, ' Commissloner Clough moved to amend by providing that there should bo no fucrense of direct tuxation, sud 1o steps takon until after Lho sale of unproductive lunds by tho county aud city, and the salo of Coolk County and cily 7 per cont bonds at par, suflicient to defray tho oxpente of coustruction, e also proposed to instruct the Building Committeo- to ascortain whether tho unoccupicd lands and the Londs can bo nogotiated in the manuer provided. o thought that this should meoet tho views of overy momber, T'his information was necessary {n order to act intelligently. No ono seomod to favor direct taxation; then why not ascertain the condition of the county and city financen boforo proceoding further ? No ono could object to thls, for no one sooemed to know anything ubout tho mattor. Unless the city could go on and build the county was not ready to Emcce«l, and musk thon considor what was best to bo done, Commissiuner Johnson thonght the Board had nothing to do with the city’s finnncos, It wny well kuown that the oity could not soll bouds, It was of no consequence whether the city wns ready or not; the county should act for itself. Paople were very anxious last year to huve thoe Court-TTouse bmlt, aud he could seo no reason why thoy should not bo just us anxious now. If ® voto wero taken, tho \)Imvlo would give a lnrgo mujority in favor of buildivg tho Court-Houso, Coummissioner Burdick — No doubt of, it. They nro not hnlf of them tuxpayers: Commissioner Johmson aid the poor man had a8 many rights oy the rich, . Commissioner Burdick ropaated the stato- ment that it was & well-known fact that not ono- Lslf tho voters of Qook Couuty were taxpayers. Commissioner Johnson thought thero woutd never como a time whoun tho Court-1louse could Yo bnilt 8o nhuur\y on now. It would bonetit overybody. He pald taxos, and Lo way willing to go o, It had to be sturted some timo or other, and it only roquired courago to do it Commissioner Boguo asked if the proceding sneakior was aware of the terrible tinanucial revo- lutlon within the past few monthy, IHeemphati- cally bolioved that o majority of the puople wore opposed to butlding now 1f tuxation wora neces- LY, C‘):xmmln(uner Clough eald his smondment did not contomplate any material dolay, It offered tho only possiblo way of building a Conrt-llonse outsido of direct tuxation. ilo submitted this to overy member of the Board, and he belioved that, by acting upon o plain proposition of this Jand, J;n Bonrd conld got along fasior than.in uuy other way. Pho real Intorests of tho eity. waore the intorests of the county, aud vice veras, “I'he nmnendment wug lost by tho samo vote as boforo. THE FINST AND BECOND PREAMPLES wero adoptod, as follows, Commissionors Dogue, Itnrdick, and Olough yoting nay : WienEAs, The nccossities of the munt]y and cufi requiro thuf somo stops bo (aken at an ear! {duy wit] yelerenceto the construction of n Court-Iouve und Clty-fiull commensurato with tho wants of our pugple sud burbnens s and, Win.neas, 'Tho publis sentiment of !\romr(y-llomnn sud taxpayers wonld seemn to indieate n desire that auch bn‘luluu ‘shioulit be crocted upon the old uite, and Buished us wwon uh thie Ainances of tho county aud city will purmit,—provided it can bo done without un e creade of gonvral fazation, snd thut the Lullding to bo. constructed shall he of such u chisracter us to mest tho + greseut and future dymands of our lugreasiug populas Hon and buniniots, withiout any attompd at dispiny o arnawontation, oxcept sich an may bin abdolitely neo~ oasney for sueli 4 bullding ¢ and tio Corman Goiucl) of tlia Qlty of Uhlengo having instructed thelr Onm: mliteo ont Publio Butidinga to confor witli ihis Bdard o the mubjoct, Tu connoctlon with the motlon to adopt tho first royolution, Commisgloner Burdick snld it was prematuro to authorizo tho Committos to copsider the quostion of the employmont of ar- chitects, Tho firat question wast Shall we build n Court-Houso ? > BELEOTING AN, AROUITECT, Commesioner Crawford was not in favor of glying any comrmittoo the power to soleot an ar- chitoct. “He moved to amond by hnvitg tho Toard alant Ang o moro architoots, without any couferetica Wilh the Uivy Gnvernmont, Commisslonor Johnkon eal LS Uvnimuu Qouncil liad alrondy instruoted its Bullding Com= ;nuttnn to oonfor with the county ou the sube oo, : Commisaloner Crasford’s nmendmont tas lost, {md tho original resolution was adopted, na fols ows 5/ . Rcsolved, Thab the Committes on Publis Bulldings be, and thoy ara hioroby; Inatructedito confor with said Conimit{ce of thie Coniznon Council au t¢ the propricty of solutiug ono or wmore archilects who sliall, whoi tlected by this Board and thio Comenot Counchl, o~ spectively, prophro a plau with all the necassary drav. Ings, dotalin; ntnd specificatiots for o Court-Hoio and Oy, o' o evedtad Sohitly by tho ottty wud ity on (b publio square 1 the City of Clilengy 3 thio aal reliltoct or urchitouts, in tho proparation of sald plan, 0 uAo #0 ol or aty part thereuf of any snd all pluns and drawlnge now fu the possession of aud belonging {0 tho bad cottnty tud city, ua i thele Jdgmout niu bo required 3 provided, that noplnn shall Lo proparo: or sdopted, or any stich \mfldh:fl consirugled, which stiadl I 80y vent oxeood dn cost thia mun of $3,600,000, Commissionor Olotgh moved to strike out the dotniled instructions in the socond rosolution, andonly pravide that tho building should be uniforn in stylo, charnctor, and -conrtruction. This motioh provailod, and the rosolution was adopted, aa follows ¢ Zeesolved, "that so wiich of said plan and hlllmln$ s shall elong to and bo required for tha uso of snid eity, in minor detalls and intornnl arrangomonts, shall by subject to the direction of tho_elty authorities ; aud the county portion théreof, as afaresnid, subject to tho diroction of {ho connty authorities § provided that the oneral arrangement of eold plan and bullding shall fio uniform in atyle, churacter, architocture, atd Nuish, A motion to rieo and report progrpss was lost, Commissionor Ashton moved to recommend that tho whols Yropoumun bo lald on tho table. Ho was ovidently muoh annoyed at the striking out of the dotailed inatructions. was loat. Thoe motion TIE THIRD RESOLUTION wag ndopted, as follows, without discussion ¢ Jtenolred, 'What in tho proparation of said plau the Jndges of th soveral Courts of Cook County, thie oy~ oral Olerkw, tho Tocorder of Deeds, County Treasurer, Buyieriutotidolit of Cotinty Schools, and {lio respéctive lieads of tho varfous departmonts of the county and oity shall be conaulted msto the location, situntiot, and arfutigement of the soveral offices and rooms Lolonging and appertainiug to thoir soveral dopartments; and, after such plon aball hnve been propared sud sketched {n ponell or ik, sud boforo tho samo is submitted to tiifs Doard and’ {ha Common Comell of the City of Guicago tor sdoption ot sojoction,—vidal rigit is licrey oxproasly reserved to sitd Doards reapectivoly, —tho same sliall bo submitted {0 & comnitte of clils zeun or tuxpuyers, asshall horenftor ba provided, who, togother with such other persous xs thoy shall call to {heir asslstonce, may examine and Investiguto such plaus, deawtugs, and dotadls, ond ninke such sugges- Tionn ‘and recominoudations with referenco thioroto ns in thelr judgment thoy shall deom beat and tho caso shnll rofulraj ll sucl suggostions and recommonda: tious, whon 10 made, shall bo noted by gatd arohitect or architects, and thoreaftor said plons, drawlngs, sud defoils, togotlier with such suggostions aud recon. mondations, slall bo submitted to said respectivo oards for Rdoption, smondment, or rojection, Cotmmissloner Clough thought that 4 per cent was too Invge o componsation for tho architoct- ural work, and ho nioved that 2l¢ por cont bo substitutod. ‘Tbia was adoptod, fud tho motion to pass the resolutlon ng amendoed was lost. "ILE FAFTH RESOLUTION was adopted, as follows : Resalved, That all formor action of this Board and tlio Gommon Gounell of the City of Chicugo, indon- siatent aud in couslict herewitl, be, and the satno is Deroby, resoinded, ond that the Clork of thin Joard fs horeby” inatructed to furnish the Common Council of sald City with o certiflod copy of Lo forogoing, sud auk thofr coucurrence therein, THE ARCHITECT'S PAY, The fourth remolution, flxing tho arohltect’s componsntion at 4 por cont, was ndoptod a8 orig- inally offercd, as follows : Resolved, 'That tho compenaation to bo atlowed to sald: arobitect abd architects sball not excoed in tho Wholo the sum of 4 per cent upon tho cost of the building, work, materials, and finish complote, tho cownty sud clty 10 defray otie-linlf each of tho oufiro cost and onte Iay for suid bullding, with tho oppurleaucess and tho sald architect of architects shall, from aud aftor thelg desiguution and ecloction ad aforceald, do and perform ull things in andabout suld plans, drawings, dotails, specifications, bullding, work, labor constric: tion, and finfsh to completiou as shall b directed and required by said Doards, thelr agents, ofiicors, and comnitteos, for the compensntion foresatd ; and pon. thelr desfgnation and solection by said Boards, befors fhey or efther of them sbail enter upon tho dikchargn of 3ald dutles, ko or they shall enter-into a good anil sullcient bond to and with said county aud cily in tho ponsl sum of $250,000, with spproved accurity, for tho faltufal dischargs sud performanco of tholr dutles in the premiacs, Tho Committoo thon arose and reported prog- reay, and _action upon Lho report was taken on each resolution soparately, INEFFECTUAL EFFORTE, Commigsioner Clough renewod hig amond- ‘mouts, offered in Comuittca of the Whole, ns to the salo of unoceupiod lauds and city aud county and eity bonds, Tho amondmonts woro lost, tho affirmativo votes Leing those of Commissionors Boguo, Burdick, Clongh, and Jonos. Comuniseioner Boguo renowed his substituto offercd lnsg weok, postponing the whole subject mattor until tho 1st of Docombor, 1874. Lost by the snme yote ns above. The Board thon conourred in the rocommend- ation of tho Committoe of the Wholo as to the preamble and first resolution. The action of tho Committeo in reference -to the second resolution way rescinded ns o snivo to the wounded feolings of Commissloner Ash- ton, und tho rezolution was adopted ss originally drawn, with tho following detailed instructions a4 to tho plnng ¢ Aud that tho county portion of said plan and huilding ahall provide for fiftoen comuion-law court-rooms, four Chancery-Court-rovma, 0no Buprome-Court-room, Wil neceraury consulfation, Juiges', Clerks' rooms and closet attached to and connocted thorowitli; ono Probate and one County-Court-room ; the yroper and necossary roms for tho Law-Library, All commou- Inw cotiri-rooms to Linve attachied nni conneetod there- with two jury-rooms cach, a Judge's room, and closets; all Glancers: Probalo, aud County-Cotrl-rooms {6 hove attachod and conneeted theruwltl one Jury-room oach, Judgo’s room, aud closots ; thero shnll also bo provided for the county portion of said bullding o ‘proper and sulliclent Recordiug Departmont, with nee- ossary and proper vaulta aud roomu itached ; nocos- sary and proper clerks’ rooma and vaulls, Thero shnil 2180 Lo located in or about the county portion of said building ono grand recelving Gro-proof vault for county and oity use: also, i the county portion of ding, all such ofhor offices, rooms, aud vaults Lo required sud directed.’ The whole of tho matorial and work of sufd buslding whon excoted to Lo first~class, and os near firo-proof as possiblo, In connoction with the fourth resolution, Commissiouor Clough renowed his motion {o fix tho architoct's compousation at 2},? Em cent, ‘Ihis was loat, and the fourth and fifth resolu- . tions wero adoptod a4 abovo, T'he Board adjourncd until Mondsy next at 2 p. m. ““DECORATION-DAY AT BRATTLEBORO,” WATERVILLE, Ron,, Juno 1, 1674, o the Editor of The Chicuyo Tribunc: 8in : In your editorial columna of the 10th inst. you havenn articlo headed * Decoration- Day at Brattleboro,” in which you do injusiico tothoold * Greon Mountain State,"—placing lier brave peoplo in & falso position, Tho horoes of the old * Iron Brigade " of the Potomao, with other votorana of tho Inte War, did observe Doo- oratlon-Day nt Brattleboro, and, with rolatives and frionds, visited the graves of the ‘‘horoes who died that we might be freo,” and thero, with approprinto corcnionics, covored thoir graves with wroaths and flowess ; whilst a fow of Jim. Tisl’s Now York chuws took advantagoe of the day to dedicato his monument, Thero are tho facts in tho caso, and, by giving them publicity, you wil correct un ovil"report which has gone Torth. T, SrauLDING, Gov, Dix to Prosident Grant. BraTE O¥ New Your, Exrourive cw\unxn,} ALUANT, June9, 1874, DeAn Gexenan: Ihave road repestedly your fluancinl plan, sud thero is not a suggaation in it in which I do not fully conour, I am especiatly ploased thut you recommond the withdrawal of all cirenlnting notes undor £10, That was tho Tronch llmit, aud it wns by means of It that the German fndemmty was paid, There in not tho slightost dilloulty in gotting as larga & basis of specio for our paper eurroncy, If the country will have. the wisdom to adopt your plun I am entisfled that it will provo an offoctunl_romedy for our flonncial ombarrass~ monts, With giucoro regard, yours, Joun A Dix, 1its Excellency U, 8, Grant, e Prince Organs--53,000 in Use, ™™™ Reed's Tomplo of Musie, 03 Vun Buren streot, offers these first~clyes Mmstraments at tho very lowest prives for cash or time, Monoy refundsd if uot satisfuotury, Clroulurs kont fre — - Geyser (Seratoga) Water on Draught Dy Buck & Rayner, makers of the4* Mary Oologue,” THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1874 e —— e O ] THE COUNCIL Tho Lake-Front Property:to Be Advertiged for Sale, Tho ~City-iall Properly Not fo Be Disposed of, An Inquiry Tnto the Oity’s Finon- oigl, Condition, The Proposed Street-Car Llne on West Indiann Street. Investigating the Bridowell, Tho Common Council mos Inst evoning, Prosl- dont Dixon jn tho ohair, 3 DATH-IOUBES, P A regolntion, offored by Ald, M. 1. Dalloy, directing that the monoy apprapriated for the oroolion of bath-houses be immodintely expended for that purpose, was roforrad Lo the Committoo on Fluanco, 2 WEBT INDIANA BIREET. Ald, Oloveland presented an ordinanco grant- ing the Wost Division Btroot-Railway Company pormission to lay a stroot-railway traclk on West Indiana stroot from Halsted fo Ioyne. It was toforred to the Committos on Stroots and Alloya, West Divislon, Ald, White prosented a potition agalust grante 'ing tho permisslon, It was similarly roforred, n was alko & polition of cltizone in favor of grant- ing such pormissivn, BTEAM DAILAWAY CARS. Ald, Sehmitz prosented an order, direoting tho attontion of tho Board of Publis Works tothe fact that railrond companios ars continally vio- Iating the ordinanvo relating to the spood of stenm cars, and instructing thom to onforco tho ordinance, It wag possed, ’ DBIVING CATTLE. Ald, Reidy submitted an ordinance prohibiting the driving of more than thteo héad of cattle or hogs &t one timo from tho Unlon Stook-Yards, or anyof the stroots of Chiengo, betweon the Lours of 6 in the morning and 8 in the ovening, Tieferred to tho Committoa on Polico. DATHING IN THE LARE. ; Thoe Committes on Judiclary ropotted adverse. 1y to tho proposition to prohibit bathing in front of the old Catholic Cometery, Ald, Belinfluer prosented a remonstrance agames the adoption of the report, which was lad ovor. Tho remonstranco was roferred to the Committeo on Stroots and Alleys, North Di- vision, < INVESTIGATE THE BRIDEWELT. Ald, T, I, Batloy offored a resolution providing for tho appointment of n committos of five 1o Invostigato cettain oharges against Copt. Maclk, one of the officors of thio Bridevwell, and also tho goueral mmufiemenz of that institution. On do- mand of Ald. Whito, tho mattot waa roferred to tho Commitieo on Bridowoll. SALOONS ON SUNDAY. The Olork read an ordinance Utawn by tho Law Dopartment, amending the Buuday Liquor ordi- neuce g0 a8 to roquire saloon-keopors to keop closed on Sunday doors opening on the streat, and to provida windows with shuttors, ourtalns, or blinds, under Ennn]t of afine of not lesa thinn 86 nor morae than £100, Ald, Richardson claimed that thoro \vas no no- cosaity for tho passege of such an ordinanco, for tho reason that ite provislons were alrendy con- tained 1n overy saloon-boud, and, in casc of a rofusnl to comply with tho bond, the Luw Do- Enrtmunh could commenco #uit on it, and tho {ayor could - rovoke tho licenso. hm-novur, there was n Btato law against keoping snloons opon Sunday. Ald. Cullorton {nquired who was to enforce tho Btate lnw. Ald. Richardson eaid it was tho duty of thoe Police Dopartmont to onforce this Iaw, the samo 88 tho lnw against larcony or murder. T'ho ordinanco waa roferred to the Committea on Licousos. TIE OITY FINANCES. Ald. Cullerton said the Common Council had tho right to know the condition of tho city finan- cos, Ho did not know in whnt banks thoe city money was doposited, but bolieved that, in caso tho mionoy was loaned, the city should derivo some Dbouoflt from it. Mo had mado cortain pledyes to his constitucnta Inst full, and Lo was anxlous to avo this matter settlod. Ho offerad tho following resolution . JZesolved, That the Committes on Finnnce be and thoy ara Lioreby {natruotod to roport to this Councll at its next regular meeting upon the following mattors 3 1, s exact amount of bonds outstanding agaust tho City of Ohicago, by whom licld, aud for what pur- posos fucurred, 2, Thoamount of cash on handand subjeet lo the orider of the City Treasurer, whether in bank or othor- 5 wiso, “8, Tho amount of monoy {n bank belonging to the city, thenamo or names of the banks with which mouey belonging to the city is on deposit, the awount 20 dejiosited and lield by each bunk, and the rato of in- torert atlowed or paid by each said bank on sccount of such deposit, and {d whom paid, ‘Iho resolution was roferrod to tho Committee on Flnauce, IROELLANEOUA. An ordinavco granting pormission to run a firelogn lacomotive on Wost Van iuren stroot wag roferrod to the Committco on Railroads. A recommendation by iho Board of Public Works for an npflyraprlnllon of $4,000 to bridge tho river at Fullerton avonue was roferred to the Committoo on Finance. An ordinanco for widening the South Branch on tho west bank north and gouth of Iarrison greot was rotorred to the Committeo on Tinanco, Tho engrossed ordinance providing for the appointment of a Tax-Commissionor was presod by o vote of 81 to 4. THE LAKE FRONT. Thoe mujority and minority reports of the Conunittoo on Wharves sud Publio Grounds way taken up, Tho maojority report recomwmends thoat no stepa bo tukon in the sule of tho lako front until an opiuion is had ns to the Jogality. of suocl a ualo, while the minority roport favors the immodiate salo of tho Inke front sud presont City-Hall site, Ald. RicLardson moved to ktrike aut tho City- Hall slto, ‘Clie motion preyailed, Ald. Cullor ton, MoGrath, and Cannon voting in the nogative, Ald. Campbellmoved to strike out from the minority report the portion relating to sub- dividing the Jake frout, The city had no power to subdivido untl s title was porfect, and it would bo folly to ndvertise & subdivision whioh b not been, aud could 1ot be, logally mado. Ald. Cullortop said that if the city had a right toroll at allit had the right to sollby single loth, Ald. Campbell belioved that tho city had no logal right at presont to eell the property at all. Ald, Iildroth stated that the provailing belief that the lake front proporty was dedicnted to ark purposos was all o * flotitions imagination,” 'l:om wae no rostriction to the salo of tho prop- arty. Ald. Coey saw no objection to selling in small Tots if the city bad the right to sell at all, Ald, Cnnpbell snid that the Council hod ss much right to sell Doarborn Park as tho Inke {front. ‘Il either should bo sold, or it use por- verted from theoriginel dedicution, the prop- orty would revert back to the origiual donors, ‘I'ho quostion was whothor the United Sintes Qovornment and tho Stuto of Iliinois would take advantago of such & loopholo. The issue would rost with the partios who should buy to dofend their title, If bought by n corporation, thoy might dofend tho titlo, but private individuals could not afford to do this. No privato indi- vidualg would bid for lots under such circum- stuncos, aud, kuowjbg this, the railrond compa- unies might put in a low bld and got the proporty for loss than thoy had already oftYered. 'Ald, Sidwoll belioyed that 1o land oust of Mich. ke avenue wus otiginally dedicatod. Al the lund now there wad 5.0 rosult of acerotion from tho lako, which bolonged to tho city, aud the city had a perfeot right to soll elthor in blocksor lols, Tho peupla wore in favor of selling the proporty, and lio could soo no objection to udvar- &Xuinfilt for uale, and see if anybody wanted te uy it i Ald, McGrath bolloved thoro was butone oplo- fon ns to the proprioty of solling the pru]lurlv} and tho ouly way wus to advertisn for bids, tho railroud compaaies should bid but 82!)0,000‘ then it would bo timo onough to srguo ihal nofut, but uutil thon {6 was promsturo to rais ihn quostion, Alresdy tho proporty had boon Jopsod out to varlous parties for pure poscs mot contemplated in the allasod otlgiual dedication, aud if thoro woy ""fl aueh dinggor ox that spoken of, It wag & mira that somobody kad not taken' advuntage of i No- body could tel} whother tho cily's title was good ornot, ‘The Attornoy-Goneral of tho Siate con- fosaod that he did not know, If the rrowsrt tan onoe kold, it was none of the Council'a busi- noss to inquiro whethor the poople who bought could hold i, If tho public only linow Low _nogligont tho Common Council had beon in soll- ing this propoerty, ot the exme time imposing cnormous taxes, ko belisyod that indigoation mootings would ho held, and the Councll do- notnaod for its negloot and dolay. Tho poopla wantod It gold, boyoud a doubt, snd the propor woy to find out what the powers of tho Coutoll word was o ndvartise {¢ and toat tho question, Ald.'Tonan Inquired how about the injunction granted by Judgo Drummond. i Ald, McGrath said that thiainfunotfon only rolatodyto complianco with tho act of 1800, by which the ity was compollod to goll tho laud to tho railrond dompanion, Ald, Honth was oppcred to relling tho land Reeording to the tarmaof the roport, It wau a woll-khown faot that for years mon bnd spoou- lated upon the probability “that it would bacoma nocerary to oatablish additional dooks in Iront of the proporty, 1Ie was opposod to tho eily's parting with “{ts riparien rights. e gave a minuto history of tho land from ihe original aurvoy in 1831 dofvn to the prosont time, * Io wanted the olty toyataln ita riparlanrights, so thab in the future it could ouYoy AN otiornions rovenuo from tha dooks whish were dostined to ho conntructad thoro. Ald, McGrath asked whother thls would not correspondingly docreuso tho valuo of oxlsting dooke, 80 that nothing would be ghined, Ald, 1Teath eafd tho outor dacks would nover bo butil atil they woro nosded in nddition to oxluting docls, Tho firat duty of tho Councll s to itho all endoavor to Induco tho United Btates Government. to glva tho city a titlo lu foo slmplo to the property, . . ALD, CAMPBELL thought it a bad time to force roal eatato upon the markot, whon tho financinl condition of . the count was mo critfenl, with no monoy scoking Invostmeut in roal .ostato oxcopt at roduced prices. Aside from tho lake-front, thoro - was no question that tho bids for tho oity's real ostato wounld be for below what could bo obtalued for the proj orty as fioon ad buslness revivod,~~which wonld bo rs soon a8 Congroaa oithor took somo declsive netion or cdased to tnmpor with_the question, To soll all tho city's ronl estato to-day would not roliove the tnxpnyers o dollar, 8inco tho propo- sition of tho railfoad compnnles, throo yoars ago, to give §800,000 for the lnke-front, tho dobris doposited thore bad increased i¢8 valuo at loast &0600,000, and yot no one could How eny that the raitroad companios atood rendy to make any of- for whatover for tho property. Tho clty needed this property, and ho wus opposcd to solling it at oll, If the titlo was perfected, tho rail- road companios would bo glad to leaso it from tho city for depot purposes. They wonld never tnko o titlo from tho oity " unless they could socure oxemption from municipal taxatlon, Tirst got a foo simple from the Gov- ernmont, and then sell it if thought proper, THE VOTE. Tho provious quostion wag ordered, and tlie voto on Ald. Campbell's motion to atrike out the proposition to soll tho lake-front in single lots was as follows : % Yea—Tichardson, COocy, tono, Schmitz, Telay, Qlark, Kehoo, Healb, Moors, Cumpbell, Gloveland, Lyncl, Jonns, Mr, Preaidont—id, “Nays—Foloy, Sldwell, Bpaulding, MeClory, Culler- ton, 41 B, Bailoy, Mildrath, O'bejen, T. 1" Dailoy, ‘Wobdinan, White, Quirk, eGrath, Mahr, Btotit, BebnMnor, Lengachor, Oannon, Murphy, Corcoran—20, Tha voto on tho motlon to substitute the mi- ;mrlty report for the mnjority roport was ai fol- ows i T'ag—Cosy, Blawoll, Splnlquilmclnry Cullorton, M. B, Balloy, Hilaroth, O'Brien, T, F. Dailoy, Woni~ man, Kehos, White, Quirk, McGrath, Malr, Btout, Bthaftuer, Lougachet, Onunou, Murphy, Corcoran—22, “Naya—ltichurdson, Btolo, Bcumiltz, Raiily, Olari, Tenth, Moore, Gampbell, Olovelond, Lynch, Jonas, My, Prosident—13, THE REPORT a8 amondod was then adopted., It is as followa: Your Cominittoo on Wharses and Public Grounds, to whom was_reforrod the report of the Committen'on Tiro and Water relating to the saloof vacant clty prop- urty, hoving bad {bo samo undor advisoment, rospeote fully foport: That in vlow of tho fast that to follow- {og Yots aud plecs of land owned by tho city, and pur- chasod for the uso of the Fire Dopirlnent nnd other purposes, aro not in uae, and aro not noeded for publio s, Viz.: Tols on Tlinols strcet, noar Frantlin, 40x100 foot; old Engino No.3ot. ', Lot on West Erle strect, near Milwaulog avenuc, 20x 82 8-10 feot, formesly ccenpled by Firo Departmont; ol briek biilding thercon, Lots on Luiallo street, near Mudison streot, 44x101 feot; old Long John ougiiic-louse, Lot on Blato sbroet, noar Congross etreot, 25395 feot old J, I, Rico engino-Louss, Lot on Iitiron street, noar North Clark streot, 50x109 feot 3 old Ituron Stroel Polico Station, Alka n tract purchnsed for quarantiuo purposen, be- tween Thirly-third ond Thirty-fth stroots and Went= wurlls svenite and tho raliroad tracke, 543 9-10x457 act. Also a tract purchased for quarantine purposes, bo- tween Thirty-third and Thirty-ifth strocts and Bute torield atrect and {ho raflrobd” tracka (excopt {ho por- t1on on Thirty-third street occupled by the South Di- vivlon Yound and Pound-Keeper'a Louse), 60x1,203 -100 feot, sizo of untire lot, . "Alio that tract lying south of Eugenle streot, north of North aveniuo, oast of North LaSalle street, and west of North Clurk streots sizo, 907 feot on North avenye, 518 6-10 fect on North Lafallo street, 63 5-10 feet on North Clark streot, and 62 6-10 feet on Eugenlo stroot, ‘Alfo 8 triangular placo north of Tugenio streot, enst of North LaSallo street, and west of North Clark stroct (nbout) 24 foct o Egonle sircot, 60 910 feot on Korth Lasiallo strost, aud 63310 foat o North Glack streat. Lot on cornor of Washingfon snd Franklln stroote, 100x07 feot, formerly occupitd by Hoso Elovator No, 2, Lot kuown as Resorvoir Lot, on the southwest cor nerof Olicago avenua ad Blgwick treat 3 size, 150 eat, Also thio tract of land Iying cast of Michigan svenyg and west of Illiinofs Central Raflroad tracks, snd Les twoen tho south line of Raudolph atrect and the north line of Monroo strect, commonly known as the luko- "“Dfl*ll'mmfly, lpeelfinl(lnnu deserlbed in secompany- ng plat, Your Commitico Teapooifully rocommond tne pas- sage of the followiug order: UORDERED, That the City Comptroller bo and ho Iy neroby diroeted to advortise for salo thie lota nud ploced of Propurly doscribed in the report heroto atinched, Buch advertisements to bo iuscrted in the Chieago I'fmea and Tiisuxe for at least ten doys in succession, and that tho plats of tho proporty known as the Lake- ¥ront pmpmmna tho property oconpiod by the pres- ot Olty Hall, Yo also {ugorted with {ho advertisement of thono plecos of city proporty deacribed respectively, and that the Comptroller roport tho bids for each o #nid several lots nnd pleces of land for confirmation or rejoction, a8 s by Inw roguired ; bids for the Lako- Front property 1o ba rocaived for the entirs tract, sin- e lots, or biocks, the conditions of sale for ali the Jroporty included to be the samo knownas canal. orms, The Council adjonrnod, AN EXTRAORDINARY ROBBER. A Swedislt Captain Loscs RIis Dinw monds Very Strangely—ihe Dotcct ives Stcoptical. From the New York Tridune, June 13, Charles Andorson, lately Gaptain of o Swodish ship, informod tho polico authoritio on Thurs- day, Juno 4, that somo thno dwiing tho throo provious days ho had been drugpod and robbod of uncut dinmonds worth $15,000. 1lo anid thay while trading with tho nativos along the const of Afrles aud Brazil o bad purchnsed from thom 0666 rough dinmonds. On raaching this city ho attempted to soll thom, but the price offersd was 0 low that_ho detormined to go to Buropo and endenvor to dispose of them at Amsterdam. 1lo was rocontly marriod, and intonded to go to Eu- rope with his wifo. Ho thought, thercforo, ko would soll soveral of tho diumonds to obtain money for the tour, With this intontion he started from his fathor-in-law's house in tho Bowery, baving the diamonds in a packet of his pantaloous, and wont to a diamond broker's oftico in a building on Broadway, botweon Fourth streot aud Washington I’)lluu. As ho was going up tho atairway of the building ho mota young man who said bo was the broker's olork, and that Lig employor was absont,: Upoun his lulliug tho young man that ha desived to sell some dismonds, the lattor raplicd that the broker would bo bauk lator in tha duy, e wont homo and at 4 p. m. again atarted for the oflics, In Iouston stroot ha waa hailed by some one, and turniug around, rocognized the brokor's olork, who was aooom: rnnlud by a young woman, Tho olork vaid that ho would go with him to tho oftico, and that the woman wasbis wito. As thoy were walking to- ward Brondway, tho woman “took a- small box from hor pockot, and taking from It a lozenge, offerod it to tho olork, put anothor in hor wouth, aud gavo o thi rg to Andorson. e put the lozeugo in his wouth, and #oon Dbeoama vory dizzy. Tho womsn thon wuddenly tossed & handkerohlef fn his face, und ho ‘bocame unconscious, \When ho came to liweelf ho was spparently in s collar, ‘L'wo masked men wore utnmlinfi by bim, who gave bim some coffes to drink, o aguin beonme unconseious, Hovolal hours nftorward ho wus awskaned by the two mon, who bound his handy snd foot, aud then put & bandage soakod With chloroform nbout his faco, Ho aguin bo- camo unconscious, Whon Lo rogained con- seiousnoss ho found himself lying on_the side- wall at Bpruco aud Noksnu streots, o stng ficml to Ltk room at Hwoeney's Hotel, aud thoro igeoverad that ho Lad boun robbed of tho din- mords, ‘The thioves kad alio stolon throo din. monl shivt-studs, three rings, und his gold watoh aud ohmin, Capt, Irving, Chief of tho Doteotive Bquad, and Dologtives Dusenberry and Macdongul, to whom Audorson narrated the manner of his rob- bery, declara that they do not beliove it posstble that e was robbod in tho way bo describes, CHICAGO' LITERARY CLUB. The First Dinner at the Sherman Houso, Address by Iile Rovs Robért (}olly_er on Literature and Great Citles, . Remarks by Judge Jameson ‘ahd Othors. The Ohlengo Litorary ' Club, which began its lito sovoral weoks ago, and numbors nmong its momborship the most notablo scholare, wits, and poots wo havo among us, by Insb ovening anme to tho Limo whon [t sodtned proper‘to isu- gurato its sorlous labors by o soctal mooting in whioh spocthos should bo mndo, n fonst should Lo enton, aud a tima'of food fellowship gonar- ally bohad. For this purposo tho Hoolety niot at tho Bhorman Louke, whoro o banquot was lald 1n tho Indlos’ ordinary. At 8 o'clock, 4 full attondaneo being present, the mombors sat down to the fonst, This wns &1l that it should be, and needs no description, It might bo romatkod in passing thot the ltorary men displayed an opicutenn tasto and delieacy that prouages that they will live lovg to confor tho bonofits of tholr labors upon ua, 4 Whean all bad oaten heartily, snd s modest glass of pure wine had beon added to tho inward stores, tho litorary olinrnoter and talonts of the organlration tound axprossionn spooubea, The Prosidont, 3 ‘TR REY. RODEDT COLLYER, :?nlm A8 follows on *Literaturo oud Groat Ttios1" drnTuesexs I the Umo over comes fn whicl 1t ‘will bo worth any man’s while to writo s literary hils- tory of Olicago and the Northwest, nnd ihis - Olub o then put in o clalin to ba mentloniod s ono of tho sigus of & finor and larger lifo, which succeoded o Fudo tern fght of tho Ot furly yoars, T st e fact may bo statcd a8 quite tho moat notable, that TItZ. ONICAGO LITERARY OLUN wa o tonult of o fealiny tiore who bicame tombern of 1t had in common bafore they camo togetlior that thie imo hiad, fully come whan wll trus Ipvera of aoks in our city should entor into s leagiio throuh whicl whatover each man bud of spocisl wortl to bis fellows should bo brouglit 1o tho exchatge, 8o tht thorg might bo s comimon ealth of tho obfture which hnd cane to ny ripercas, togeller wih 8 compatiy of mon anget and anxloun (0 welcome overy new sigii of sich auiture, elther pmoug thono of tholr own community or thiosd who might como to ua from othorwhores, For thia ia to me ‘. THE DEST THING 4bout our soctbty £ fur 0 wo Lava come, think ench man. among s sceind to buvo been moved Dy this shwvard mpulso, 80 Lkt 8li wo nioeded i order to got o falr slort waf to pass thio word to fall fnto line, sud then sco wliat could bo done {o easry our common pirpose in tho best fanlifon. Tn all my oxporiohco I have nevor scen a sacloty formod with stich A OHEERFUL STONTANFITY, or ono that {n my.opinion had o trucr oz moro unselfish ptirpose, or that et a8 wo moet to night under fafror auspices of a Jargo auceoss: and this fs Jiist n it should Do, for of oll thiuga T can thitk of for which men Tongue togothor, thero 18 not one which dopouds moro entiroly on Auch o epirlt 08 wo havo witnessed (bnn tho companionship of nion who gatber for a purposa ks thfs with the risen presences pbout them of thomo who Lave given to thio World & glorlous gift of thought that breathe and words that bura in fmmortal booke, Andl If wo shinll think s moment of our posilin, we nliull sca how smportous tho call must bo to mon of & gennino ltorary instinet and uspiratlon to enlist in Bomo slich tompany aa this wo havo formed. Wo uro st tho dayapripg Bbill of @ city tint was biiflt bofora Yero Marquicifs 8t00d on ous shiore 490, years ago, nud touched {ho land and water with ho hioly presonco of aman of the purost Chirstliko quality, and beforo the firat log was squored and_matched to mako o slellr for tho cldld of the niow thmo, Tt {4 not porsiblo to look in a broad way at our sffustion and not feol anro of tlla ous thing, that no mun or Aot of mon maio Ghicago, Tho welglit 15 In tlio othor soal OIIIOAGD HAH MADE TUE ME] And e, whilo wo may Lolfove as wo will n predestina- tiou an lectfon, or freo graco and froo will, wo must Ue Calyiniats to o man whou wo think of the marvelous fitnow of a fow aquaro miles procisely here and mo- whera lso forn peorless scat of comtuorco, and say thiat for good o ovil, or for Loth, so It ind to be, foro tho foundationd of the world we mow lve in, when tho wild Inds and_wators woro given over to wild men snd bosats, this city stood squato n the henrt of the brooding and fashioning Providenca, the Spirit whoso cyes uro bohind and before, aud on cither side, aud_was builb without tho sound of 5 or hunimor, Thoy called 8 mun out onco in Buffalo to make n apeecs, ad, 05 10 Wan oub of aur own oltls 2eus, thoy naturally egged him on to mako & fow re- marks about Chicago, ~Ho was o modest man, as you mny bo suro, for, na 31z, Artomus Ward suid, whon ho wama fo 800 118 ofce, our only drawbnck, g0 far aa he could sco, Wik o modesty bordoring on Eclf-diatrust; “ Qentlomen,” this man said, *Chicago i a civy of aboNit 5,000,000 aouls. Sho fs sltunted by Nntura oxnct- 1y undor thio beud of the horn of tho godiess of plonty, 0 thut the Arst and best of overything falls futo hor Jap by o Jow an {novitablo 0a tho law of gravitation. Hor nuburbs are Milwaukoe, 8t. Louts, Cincinnati, Detroit, and a fow placos of minot noto, and her ports Tor tho presont!aro Montreal, Now York, sud Sin Franctsco, aud when, somo timo ago, sho declded to tip tho contincat tho othor way, and mnko tho wators of our river run lito tho Gulf of Moxico, tho msn yho took Lo contenet, Lappening to vist i Ealls of Niugaro, slood awlilo watehing thiomojostio slght, and, a8 he turned away, muttored with o touch of régret, +Wo shinll have to stop this; wo want Lake Aflchigan for somothing eleo.! ! 1 have understood that tho Bultalo pooplo thought 1o was 1ot quite 60 modest in Ll statement a8 ho might have been, and, if he spoko of things sa they wero just then, I'will fiot sy e did not overpass tho Hno in ono 'or two mattors, but it ho spake as o scer of what wis coming in duo time, g told u tho samo casoutial wny o simpls tratll, This clly of ours, for vastuces, for wealh, for splondor, and for whatover bolongs to fhie most supeth coutro of commerco n tlio noblost land undor the sun, 18 to havo s futuro of which tho bollest man mouy us tare not drcarn {or foar bo Tuay nJuro such alagd- ards of fituess us ho hina fo uso wilkin Lils own natire, and fall into babita which will HOHE i for the kober and nerious work cach man of M 19¥.20 do in his own Littlo corner, Now, I notice 6vorywhe.u fu tho hi-tory of what T would eall tho inward man thot, whire v noblest roots andsoads of the religious lifs Guuis by some accret of oction to thotr fnest frultion apart from tho vast ond’ quick sggregations of men, go fhat you huve to look toward the grassy uplands of Bothlehem for your David and Jeaus tho Clrlst, and toward tho fonls ‘nmong tho golitudes of Arabia for your Mahome, 1t always has boon true, and atways will be, that LITEUANY CULTURF, and tho gontus through which culturd rlses to ita finest tlowering oud fruitazo, insiinctivoly soeks grent citles sud makes thew’ {ta true home, Naw und thon you may find such flowers of a rare, mweot beauly aud grace owny from the supromo contres oflifo and thonght, Tho beautiful rocessos of tho lake country in Westmormnd nonrlshed Wordsworth'a genlun, Tiho greon tiplauds and shingry woods of Scotland, gloaniing with dalvles, cutitht tho hoart and touched lo noble nusio tho lyre of Buras, und the cold shouldar of & Yorkshira moor, g familiar to ma in my boshood, standiung awsy i e distunce, s Lako stroct |8 now, was the sad and Holltary homa of Chariotte Brotite, who shiook our own hoaris to wuch » PUEPOse & quarlor of & cenfury ogo. Great cities, thoreforo, have no monopoly of {heso fruite, and yet I voutur {0 aay thoy nre casentiol fo the vory fuest and best, Athens han her Plato, but ¢ seawa ss i€ he alao Jnust kiave s Athions, Lohdon has hor Blakspesro aud yet but for London who shall dure to say thal Shukupeare’s gonfus miight not after all Luvo wasted it awactiices on tho desort afr of a tonth-rate country town, and Leen lost forovor {o the world ; or that but for London wo could hsyo our Chiancer,Bon_Jonson, und Milton, and » host besido, who ahod auch a peor- Tens Lustro on English Iettors i1 the old duzs : o, i1 the Inttor days, T 1ike Thackeray or women like Georgo Hot, Osflyle in his moorland solitude had alrcady nursed hfe Leart fnto its firat disdain of tho * twouty-six milliona of Lugland, moatly fools," ns bio aald ; still e liad to go at last 1o Whoro ‘such fools gatbured in tho mifghtloat nultitude to find tho truo Pinco for bia throne, 8o Emorson, musing down iu Concord, still neelts Boston for lils keonoat coutests of wit ond wis- doin, and, os he told mo once, wion Lo wants to (o Bomo steadly airoko of work {akcs & room at the Parker Touso; sud Hawthorne, tho man wlioko gonius Lug Wllll thd finest flavor o strength perhups of auy writer who Lias yot appeared in American lottors, wne sturving body atil soul umong whiat wore thon thg soll. tudes of tho atrocts of Salem, when bo was drawn ou of his dospalr by our nobls ‘fricud James Fleldu, sud Draught, in apito of himsolf, closo to the quick, warm heart of the motropoliu of Now England, and then fromn thiat duy his gonius began to flowur 0 148 finest perfec- tion, £ THYRIOAL BOTENOE BAYH that {liere Lna uover Doon & new plant discov- ered of o Bupreme worlh fu tho solitudes and among the savagos, In Australia,at tho Oape of Good Hope, 1o matter where, tho sun of the larger aud finer 1ifa seoms to be essoutiul to the vory existonce of theso kindly and oultured sorvanta of man; thoy will only oW as tian frow, Wo all burgeon and ripon_ on thio b wterm, und 1o 1t in with tho finest fruits of liter. ary aud urtiatio cultire, 10 soltney wouls tho unverse looks dowa fnbon- pitabo, And tho huinan heart finds nowhere shelter but fn Duman &ind,” Goargo Lliot uings, sud capocially this must bo truo of tho fuost and puréat products of tho lmman heart aud braln, ‘The Ilads woere sung and the grand old drawa yoio {0 tho,musla of *the multitudes, The grent atatnes woro cast und chisollod whien att touched lier lofifeat aununits, for the publio squares and tom- pless nud the smost matchloss ploturos wero patatod, .not to tho order of milllonaires to Lo kept In tholr gallories for tho envy of tholr frionds; thoy were (he ultar-ploces of grout cathedrals, tha glory of city- hLully, and the comtmon property af all who bad oyes to sev them, A Athens, Rome, Florenoe, London,«Great ctles like thieso arv liko tho great orgaus which alons can inter- l\r«l for you tho finiest aud utrongest stralus, and ot ho pama thwe touch tho slnplest with auow graco ; or, tochinuge my tigure, as we hear of wine of the mos wonderful quulily—~wine which as thoso who kuow obout theso things sflirm, 4 (0 uny common juice of tiio genpo what tho diamond {a fo charconl and this wine doponds for ila ullermost socrat oh tlio'fires {hat huutlo and hurn boneath tho rootd of o vines us woll 84 01t the sun whick pours down from nbove. 8o, if you will Tnt mo sny 80 it Acemn to mo an if THFRAR, LAVA-IKDR OF GUEAT OITIFR with thelr iddon fro and brimstonodf you will,—thoss burly, reatloss, Lurtling, intenso clemonts,—kindling and conmuming o8 in tho tmee of Trog-town battlen ; tho intonso consutning of Athions and Romo, tho Atinada doya and reforming dagn of Queon Boss, the burniug of the Puritan fizes, ani go down o our own ngm,—slomets ko hero gatiered inlo thelr inteusont neflvity In gront cities, aro tho nursorios And Vineyards of tho'wina of 1ifo we sloro iu immiortal books, 1t 18 onea mord Lo be noticed ar & truth which T will run out hirfofly on & doublo line to anvo your tmo and Imtfonce, that on Lhis powor wa scok to gathier, to sow, sl {o zhpen, IN HOME RMALL MRANUIE TINOUGH THIK OLUN, - . cily like thls, of ouy city, must depond for a name #hd placo afige one gorgedun palico, o wolomi femples, our rsironds, and marin of commerce, aro awept nway, and hothing nleft bul vast “mounds of viin, 1t 18 to Mteraturo that we aro to ook, not only forw great placo, in the world's Distory, bt for any place, Theao ponk_catch our {houghts and decds on tha wing an thoy aro fiylug swifly, townrd forgetful- ness and old night, and £ tho pen In tipred with tho gold of _genius they are touchod with fmmortal outh, That i oo thing, and {be-vther ia that onty at st will any ity he romemborad {o any purpose o8 thoso who fiave this gift may Lave mado it shine with thie aplendor wfixluh with firsd {n (he man who saw whint wan pansing, pAinted it in the colors of Lils own soul and sot it fn'tho sun, for tho ngoy {o_como to wondor over and admiro, What would wo not glva to-dny for oo porfoot pleturo puinted by [ man of tho' lifo ' of old Egypt before Herodotus? Tho 1lfo of tho ago (hey havo fust tauched in (it new torb, whero thioy found footateps of thio men who five {housand yoars ago put the sneroi bull in hin scerot chamber, and then wout away never tholr imprudont solection has been made mante fost. Ridloulo or flattery will not atgio for or egalnst the truth. Lot thono who wish to do so arguo from mo to tho poople; lob iisor onca arguo from thia thoory to the people, and the natlon's peoplo will_not bo humbugyod, robbod, and murgorod in tho lmmediate futuro aa they, bavo been in tho past, We don't want to go bacle to *'tho good old times," but forward Lo the nn]oi'mont of highor nnd belter practical truths.” Touch tho truth who dare? ) Joux MoAuLtFrE, OnoAdo, June 19, 1674, s S TIE Y, §L. C. As Proceodings of the Rusiness Mooling= IEcports of Committcons : A business moeting of tho Ohicago Young Men's Oliristinn Assoalation waa’ hold yoaterday ovening in thoir Hall on Madison stroot, bolug tho firat of {ta kind for two yoars, Tho mooting wns hot n very lorge one. Ilie chale was taker by Mr. J. H. Colo, who, aftor prayer, and the singing of & hymn by the meoting, oponed the oxerclsos with o brief address in which he stated that tho moeting wonld have beon’ much largor but for tho holding of soveral Union moolings in. diffaront parta of Lho city, ab which tho Yokoe followa woro all present. Ho called upon M, 8, Ai KEAN, Chnirman of tho Finance Committos, to makay roport, Mr, Koan stated that the Sooloty wory dreaming for n moment that thoaw footprints would bo thoro whon thoy thomeelves were blown shout tho dosert dnst or sealed within tho fron hille, Ifow full of inforoks thekeglinooveries aro {hoy buvo, fust mude ou tho silo of old Croy, Lut excopt to antiquariaun how ompty they wauld be, iad not Trog lived all-thuso agea in [fomer's great Lntttes, and mweot Hitlo eplaodes of ‘homes aud childron as roal as auytiing within our oity Lmite? When I went into : TILE UIGHLANDS OF GCOTLAND {ho othior summor I should bavo seon litily to onokiant mo tiot been enchanted before I wont with Seott's exquisito ploces, aud one morning wandoring about Tomon, 1 felt an it T had faund somothing worth moro than Bt, Paul's whon 1 lghtod on Ringe= gnde streat, and wout up and down thiuking of our friend Mrs, Gamp, It fa this fouch of gentun which ripuna at ust out of ail oulture, sud- all_carneat an Lioneat endoavot afier oultirs, which outlasts and otit- valugs tho moat_moguificont ' ereations, and the most wonderful bistoties fhat nro Teft to the chances of time and {ide. If our city, with hor wonderful future, i remomborod in a futuro still more wonderful, these e TIE GONDITIONS OF IEMl IMAMORTALITY, Nob alono fhat sid aholl e great, but thab 8o shall Lavo writors, thinkers, poots, and historiaus greator thun hernolf, If much n man it watcliing us to-day, and han beon for somo days that aro gone, children-will sit with books on tholr fap, and blot thorm with tears an they read thia atory of our suf- fering ond simpls manfuinces, 1 think now and thon, T woutld fika to try my liaud af half a dozon Hitle plos tures I hold fa my Lourt, of what T witaiossed hero aud thero betwoen tho 9th of’ October, 1871, and thio next spring, And still, ns ono goneralion poskes nway, and anotlir akes It placo, thicra will Lo chapters Juit as full of wonder in thelr' own way, and still wo must do- pend on this wo aro seokltig to clioriah and ripen 3 not on our. Hiatorioal Socloty, not on our Acadumy of Sclences, not on our aeliools, churches, hoapitals ; not on tho noblcat things Lesido, or tho most fmnposiug ¢ all thicac nro of incaloulnble worth, but that -witich 1a of Quito slugulaz, noparate, sud unique worth, (s ;) T8 LITERAILY QUALITY, {hid powes which can tell tho wWhalostory of it to future nges, Ao that wo shall not Live In o dnwib sileuce Iu the 1ifo of tho world to_come, but, if it pleaka God, in n splondii story of menl and_women wlio wora not con= fent to gather wealth which can rot and ruat, bt wore overmore bent on that which endures whon tha stara drop ono by one out of thelr orbits, and are no more soen, Gentlomon, when T sat down o write out my worl and thought of what I should say which you “wanld hear witl mont ploasure, I thought of poor ‘o Hood's aondition when fnvited to_a feast, A little daughter of tho liouse cante and_whisperad, * Please, Mr, tvod, maitha sonds hor compliments, and when ‘will you begin to bo funny 7" AT TEMPTATIONS Iny tucro sud in other diroctions of a lght and trifiing sort, 1thoughtIwould like to toll you of #uoh literary clubsas 1 havo heard of, read of, or touched in semo nearer woy, But aa I'tried to touch tho couficetion of a gatherfug liko (hia With tho real putrposa for which wo whould gather I found Uit s was {ho only word T could say that would satisfy my own fusight, and with this word I can only ond 68 T began, with TIE MOST IIFARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS for what Liua beon done, and thogumo anticipation that hesido the pleasure undprofit¥each man of us will Focofvo from theso gathorings, thoro will bo this aofld Purposo at tho heart of all {o build up in our young city a socloty of mon who will do all thoy con for tho dovolopment of literary culture, 8o thnt our 1ife In ovory ehape of hurvest work, herofsm, and loty, of fame snd clrio virtues, stiall not paes fnto ul- lenco, but in avery generation shall find men who dra fitted' by thls literars goning to iransmit to future aggen picturo of whatever i best and noblest in our lifo for tho inaplration and instructivn of tho zges lo como, OTHER BPEARERS, Judge 7. A.Jawneson followoed with s short and anlo paper on the future of the Club, in tho courso of which ho gave tho Chicago papors u handeomo compliment for yprintiug eermous. Thin nllnsion was heartily applnuded. The Rev. Williem Alvin Bartlott, fhe Kov. Dr, Obambor- lain, C. O. Bonuey, J. L, Pickard, CGon, J, B, MoClurg, snd Dr. Ahdrows followed 1n shiort ad- drosses, Tho tonor of the remarks was congratulatory of the favorablo auspices undor which the Club is started. Bomothing, also, was said about the future grandour of Chicago. Oue of tho gen- tlomen present put o stop to this topls, nnd thon the Itev. Dr. Chamberlain called attontion to the sorious dutics of the mowbership in well-spoken W ords. At 10 o'clocl, the party beenme mformally so- olable, and, attor a few momonts paseed in con- vorsation, adjourned to s noxt rogulur mooting. ‘Amoug thoso prosonc were tho_Rev, Robort Qollyer, D. D, the Rev. 11, N. Powers, D, D., the ltov. W. A. Bartlott, tho Rey. Dr. Chambor- Inin, J. L, Pickard, Gon. J. B. McClurg, Dr. H. A. Johmson, Dr. Androws, O, C. Bouncy, Judgo J. A, Jamcson, Jud%u Ienry Booll, and mauy othier gontlomen distinguishod iu arta and lot- tors. —_— RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICE-HOLDERS TO THE PEOPLE, o the Editor of The Chicaga Tridbunar Bin: That Inflated thought, the expansion of tho currenoy,—a thought which was never worthy of birth,—scoms doatined to ocoupy tho position boforo tho publio that should Lo ocoupied by rongoning upon some project that s foundod upon equity and posseased intolligonae of good, Among tho thoughts advanced for considora- tion we fid one that, figuratively spealing, isn political guillotine, which, in its efency, {8 aa re- volting to tho average politician as tho sight of (he block or scaffold is to tho averago murderor, namely: *That all officers who nogloct or vio- Into ofticin] duties bo rocalled by the voters ; tho voters to elect officers to fill the placos vacated Dy rocalled ofticers.”” Will you kindly allow mo to ronson from tho subject to the mnegos, Alsane .\pzayar; Ban ongineor. A employs B to manage a boilor and ongino, which all classos havo asslsted in build- ing,—the farmer, coal and iron miner, machin-~ ist, boller-maker, speoulator (not accumulator A, and ali othor industrious partics, doing tholr allotted ahare of moutal and physleal labor, A has the gonerally-rocognized right to dictate to B, It B carrics more or less prossure than A dlctates, he is discharged or resigns, and an- other 1 employed for the position. Bo it should e in Goverament affalra, Evory ofiloor hag tho right to rosign, by doath or other- wise, e, the employers, have, or should huve, thé right to discharge tho officor who does ovil, or negloots to do what tho mnjority says Is good, and instructed him to do, or avoid. If tho oftica-holdor, or tho conefitution or- platform ho, 16 Insthuotod |80, IaL. 4l hia gl sace. not grow so fost ns tha poople can, lob thom o onlargad, If possiblo ; or, if impossiblo, discard them. If tho ofticial outgrows tho poo- lllo, Lio Lias no right to compet them Lo wour too nrge a govornmental suit, Tho Lonest, comnpe- tent oftioial knows thin guillotive is not being built for him, The dishonost invompetent feara it. Bomo rulo thomselves by principle ; somo roquire to boe rulea l?' lovo; sonie by fenr. We laye no guarauty of the bnnouty of any {ndi- vidual ; thereforo should protcet ourselves, All odmit that this plank is rlght in thooryy but say it 18 not practical, Ipoy it Is practionl, aud, for overy argument against it, can show ono or moro to sustain it. 'The praotical over has boon, and, we may reasonahly conclude, over will bo, tho result of “reasoning "and oxperimenting upon vistonary thoorlos, Now forms of overnment are but new inventionv. nventions aro alwsys vielonary until practicslly testod by bohlix usod, Ay time, and doubtloes your columus, will not now pormit n dosoription of what I consider the practical ; but the immediate future will see its adoption agl- tated, ‘Tho leaders of the Tarmors' Conventivn goggred it from entering their platform; and, in #0 dolng, simply oboyoed the praeuuni wrang- door fu_thelr brujng, Of courso tho murdorer wovonts tho bullding of or dostroys tho gal- 0WS, . < Wo want that tho bost mon should bo oncottr~ urad to souk thoe ofticos, and linve the best asso- cintes whon (hey are in thom. The ofiica is au inanimate thing; therofore, cannot sook the olllcor, ‘Tio poopla, to whom baloug tho ofoosy may seek and ohonso an incompotent, and shoul have th {‘uu right o lu,t]i‘a,r‘c,—nnt only tho right to employ, but the right to dischargo whon making offorts to have a cool dup of cold wato. avallablo ot ovory blook of tho elly, for the ue of passongors, Thoy also intended to organiz different placod of resort whora young mél could havo amusomont, without the eon« comitantsof intoxleatiug Tquors., Ila bolioved thnt God hind heard the potitions of tho praying womon, and that it was now timo that tle mon should aid fu tho work. Io callod upon M. Ttonnds, who was on the Committes \vflh bim, to sponk in bohinif of the temperance causd, M8, TOUNDE snid that she folt tho neod of hearty co-opera~ tion in tha worl tho orusaders ldd undertakon, Although it might soota otherwiso, tho work bad been carridd on afteotively. The snloons in the difforont divislons of the oity liavo nearly nll boon visited, and in noarly evory instauce’ tho faties hnd boen well rocoivod. It was in thoir proyer-meotiugs that thoy folt their groutost siiougl lay. “Thir prayor-maotings had Doow wapecinlly Buccossul in the Hothel flome, nbout 100 of the ocenpants of tlio Home haviug signed the pledge. - Peayer-mectings bad recently been opencd aé tho corner of Third avenus snd Tourtoanth streot. In tho (Marina Hospital it'was stited thers waun giohd elidués fof tho work. Al over tho city tho feoling was in_ favor of Lo movomont, and tha trouble was tho find« ing of workers, 'Tho fact that so mdny mon woro out of um{rluymunt caudod tho Indlies o grond deal of troublo. Thug wore constantly being appealed to by poople wio ind signod tho l‘)]uflgn 9r “Worle to db. In thls rospoct flio help aiid counsol of tho mombota of tho Yonng Mon's Ohristian Assoclation was espocinlly | roquested, It work . could ba provided for such mou, a groal step. im the work of mnkhg; the city a temperato ona would be gained, Hhe bolieved thnt the forves of tlio tomporanco workors should bo oneen- trated in those wards of tho eily which wont lnst fall for the Puu])lu'n Party, in ordor that by tho noxt olection tho ballot might toll a tate of tho success of tho temperance uovemant. Tha Iadios had consocrated thomisdlves for the worls, nnn]\mh thoaid of God they would finally suce caod, ‘The moeting engngod in silont prayor for the consnmmntion of tho wish oxprossed by tha Inst spoakor. IR, PIILIF MYERS, Chairman of tho Library Comumitteo, roported that the number of Vooks in the library wad 2,697 ; number drawing books, 605; numbor of motthly potlodicals on fils, 203 numbor of woekly papers on tile, 695 of daily papors, 16. MISS E, DIYER, Chairman of the Bible-Work Committes, reports ed that flve persons wore engnged in going fromy houso to houso reading the Bible. When the Bible conld not bo read religions convorsation was omployed, The only question of tho Biblo- worker was whoro to begin. When this was doe oided tha rest of the worlk was oasy enough, T'ha spenkor ralated tho clrcumstanco of tho tonyor+ sion of nn infidel of forty yenrs'standing, who had boen brought to thelight through theagoncy of the Bible-workers, : 3N, ARCOER, Chatrman of the Botrding-iouss Committoe, thought that the work of the Committeo was closely alliod to that of tho Temporance Com= mitkao, 'I‘hu{hnfl on thelr list about fifty bonrd« ing-houses, tho prices of which ran from $4.60 to &7 por weok.” They liad on an averago an application & day from young Obrlstinn mou in* sonrch of bunrding-houses, Mt WITONCOOK, . Chairman of the Employmoeut Committeo, sald that the work of this Committoo was n very sevis ous one, nud that the Youug Mon's Clristian Associntlon wos going to be much perplexed about it _bofore the problem was solved of how to aatlafy the domand for employment. There wora in the city as good businosa-men ns any in the city, who were apeuding day aftor day ih o frultloss sonrch for work. 8till, the Committeo did a grent denl of good, and, although they conld mot do all they wishod, thoy hoped to ba ablo to nccomplish more in the future. In the abuence of the Ohrirman of the Mission Committee, Mr. Van Aradale stated that iv tho intention of the Committeo to divide the into into different migsions, which could ba visite ed by differeut members of the Associntion, THE BUILDING COMMITTEE, Mr, Philip Myors, Chaitman of the Building Committoo, kaid "that the present building, with a front on Madison straot of 25 foet, and rune ning back 108 feot, was Lho nuclous of their fu- ture property. I'he Committea hoped by nexs yeur to have Farwell Ifall orocted. They waora gotting forward, aud hopod, with God's help, to suecoed. On behnlf of the Locture Committo, Mr, ‘Van Arsdalo statod that it was the intention of tho Committoe to organize s series ol [ree loo- tures and anather of paid lectures for the ousus ing senson, g 3R T, N, CRITTENTON, Chalrmnn of tho Lyceum Comunittce, stated tholra was cusentinlly a Chiristian Lycowm, bug st tho samo timo they triod to mako it as altractive as posuible to young men and women., It was hoped that the dobating would ba of great Lonow fit to the youug mon of the city in teaching them the rules of parlinmentary debato, and in making them ready spoalera, whila with music, readings, and ‘other oxoroises tho Lycoum woul soon miake itsolf known 38 a pleasint Elnuo to spend an oyeniug, Although It was only egun o foew months ago, it had alroady a mom- barship of 100 mombers, which he hoped would shortly be increased through the agenoy ot the Associntion, Ar. J. W, Farlin, Chairman of the Momber- ship Committeo, stated that the number of mem- Dora on the 16tk Juno was 821, TILE PUBLIBHING COMMITTEE. Mr. Myers, for the Publishing Committes, atated that the paper known nw Heavenly Tdings liad been disposed of and its placo taken ; Everybody’s Paper, tha monthly adition of whiol reached 68,000 copics, which e was suro wonld roxch 100,000 yory shortly. Aboub two tons of Dubhn tracts had beon disposod of. Mr, Norton, Chairman of THE MOBPITAL COMMITTEE, snid that fn the namoe of two bundred dyieg pa- tients in the hospital and thoir friends, hethanked the mootiug for listening to him, Tho work of his Conunittee was an awful fact, aud 1t was pos- siblo to rolate many incidents wiich would veb forth jts nature, A upply of 400 papors was distributed overy weuk through tho liospital The Roman Catholics mado a dully vlah'nuun to the hospital, and when tbe Ymmfi Men's Ohvin- tian Association Logan tho work thoy tried to place obstacles in tho way, but they wora soon overcomo, 'Tho work of the Committco, though arduous, was always falthfully carriod out, On behalf of tho Dovotiousl Committeo, the Chairman stated that the provor-muotings aro being very woll attended. T'wo Arabs had ene lm-ug tho Inst prayar moeting, aud nt it olose oxprossed gront plensura In it. * Thoy statod that thoy thought that Jesus Christ must have boen in Mohammod. All tho moetings wore succoss- ful, Etornity conld toll how muoh good waa dona by tho Straugors’ Prayer-Mooting nud_tho noon-dny - prayor-mootings, ‘Ihe Murine Ios- pitat meotings are managed by Col. Whittle, and woro succossful, Stroot-wmootings had bogun, nnd five wero going on during the presout ovons ug. 8 3N, VAN ARSDALE stated that tho Nutlonsl Gonvontion of Young Mon's Christian Associntious would take place in Dayton, 0., on tho 24th of Juno, Ho nomluated a8 delogates from tha Qliengo Assoadiation J., V. Tarwoll, D. W, Whittlo, J. 11, Colo, B, A, Kenn, - . D, tngorsoll, J. M. Hitehoook, aud W. W. Van Arsdalo, with alternates, On motion, the nominatious wero confirmad. Notioos of motions to change tho aonatitition wors mado, 80 a4 to ellow ladios to become ac- tive mombers, and to romovo the rostriotion of age in tho olection of ofivors. On motion, the meoting adjournod, —— H 3 —Thore la sn almoud orobinrd 1u Banta Olara County, Cal,, contalning 100 acros and more than 20,000 troos, o this 140 uores moro ard to'be addod, when it will bo tho largest almond orobard i Californias,