Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 96, 1874. 5 — e . REAL ESTAT , & 0, R« B, Finally Obtains Its Right of Way, ork Between the City and Scuth Chicago Begins at Once, Loan Market Shows Seme Heavy . jnvestmenis for the Week. i | A ment-Houses to Be Erected in the Durned District, i ; H ¢ e Sales of the Week---What Is Doing in Rents. i i . THEDB. 40. R R o the lino of the Baltimore & Ohio’ [ gioed between South Chicago and this city e iterrupted for somo timo, as oor road- Lroe, by the disagreement betwoen tho rail- ey and suc properly-ovners sbout B ighrl vy tbrough Oakwood Park. Tho paerasstono time referred to arbitrators, 5 4 was not scceptod. Through tho, | Lertions f tho ageut and the counsel of tho b tement s Leen clfccied, but oa what f ot made public. Tlio right of way for ; e vhole rosd baving been thus sccured, the ! el begin tho work of construction south- ] s Pasksido Siation at once, Laborers 1 4 g alieady busy at South Chicago, and track- Stogis proceodiug Tepidiy from Welkerton, 0., i, By this diligeaco the rosd expect to "ogels thcir conection, 2 bo roady Noy. 1 1 r3 trains through trom Chicago to Bal- DUTLDIN signe of getivity in the burned district are al- sudpagparent. Several struccuzes, somo of them G st bo confessed of tho most modest and vo kind, aro well under way. Piaus have pared for more elaborato bildings. 3pe supgesiion of THE TRILUNE that this die- e conld iv po way be better improved than by £ inmodaction of apartment-houses is likely to e res prectical Uiustration. Tho Keal Estata d Building Journal anuounces that Mr. F. A §hena will build ono_of these blocks throo o brick, and having o frontage of 80 feet 1r9) feeton Stale, corner of Jackson street, i zoother of 8 sumilar kind, 40 feet front by %0 I deep on State, uear Vau Luren street. The £t wil cost 25,000, and the second $14,000. r. T. Allen, of tho firm of Alie, Keith & Ga, will erect, on an improved plun contaming agamber of pew features, a block on the south- et cormer of Wubash avenuo and Harrison et This will be three storics and basement, yibstores below acd residences sbove. The Pack will bo 75 feet front and 175 feet deop, and et §45,000. Vs, Kate Tierney will build & store, and resi- &xe above, covering No. 321 State street 7tis will e £0x40 fect, two etories and base- et Y Luke Weet will build a two-story brick store, 4 wdresidence above, 20575 feet, at No. 323 State 4§ gmet. Theso two buildings will be located be- % pen Van Buren and Congress streets. ‘Tas ndvantages of this etslo of building ac- s to every one. If its populstion were con~ j ated in apartment-houses, the arca the ciywould Lave to cover with water-pipes, &c., salibemuck emaller. In cobscquence taxes would be ligliter, and safety from fice greater. Lendlords would get more rovenuo than from e wasteful aud inconvenient cottages they uow <o fo ofer. Tenauts would enjoy con- viieaces lo which they aro now strengers, and Joudenevery appréciably in the expenses of ving. I 2 EUILDING PERMITS. Duioghe s weeks tho followiag. building permits bave been issued : N C. J. Hamilcion, five-story and basemont ‘beick, 2x130, No. 24 Eaet Lake street. 1. Heorr Eoff, five-story and basoment brick, 841130, No, 26 Eeat Lake strect. M. 0. M. Chapin, two-story snd basement trick, 0190 feet, No. 180 West Monroe street. A H. Burley, Tour-story and_basement brick, 20100 feet, No. 120 Lake strect. * Join Sution, throe-story and. basement stone, 15570 feet, southwest corner Lincoln and Madi- 2 sreets. . Mk §. Thompson & Co., two-story brick, 40 Sfeat, comer Pearson and Frankliv streets. illiam Waller, four-story and basemiont stone, 4232 fect, Oak gtreet, near Dearbora, Mre. C. Btevens, two-story brick, 24x46 feet, Euloat, near Webstor avenue. Adolph Bloll, one-story brick, 20x30 feet, No. £13ite street. P4 Newton, two-story and basement brick, 82 feet, Ko. 127 Third avenue. 2 Shueider & Co., one-story and basement ik, 50575 feet, corner -Walker and McGregor s, Tuthill King, four-story and bascment stone, £1155 feet, No, 115 Lake street. CV. Heory, two-story and _basement brick, 89 feet, Uriion street, near Meridian. Thomss Byrne, two-story and basewent brick, &1t Ceutral Pack avente, noar Jefferson et Hming & Wilson, two-story and basement l'.::g 6Ux38 feet, Park avenus, near Oakley Y C.P. McKay, fvo-story and basement brick, . ¥ofert, Campbell avenue. § ThmeF. Cornell, throe-story and basement britk, 95265 feot, Blue Island avenue, near Four- teeuth streat. Courad Beipp, three-story snd basement brick, Z_’}m"“l&hnd\my avenue, near Twenty-sev- _B. Va1 Glah, four-story and basement stone ?'r-:_og feet, noriheast corner Illinois and Clark 8. Swarichild, three-story and basoment stons, 40 feet, No, 233 Ohio street. 6. Johnson, three-story and basement E;”- 10936 feet, sonthesst corner Btate and eaiy ttreets, Mrs. E. Eennon, to-story brick, 102345 feet, Ommer Adms street and Hamilton avenue. oS Jansen, one-story and basement bricl, @) feet, Btate strect. g Mozee, three-story and basement brick, £ \7“1’;.:‘-04 1x Wabash avenuo. ] mimsll, wo-story brick, 22x56 feet, But- 4. Deate, two-sty i X 15 Daterttd E::Ten“s' ory brick, 18330 feet, No. BINT. Asi -w Datural rerult of the fire, house, office, Te rents have been more active the past Foroolr . 1W. Hymon has routed four baso- i offices in lir ul]!.{ounra Block st $6)0 snd Hhh) . Honoro Lias reuted part of his E"’é‘}“’ the Post-Office, and is to roceive from Efmernment £25,000 per year for the north o 0 Lasement and two next floors of his ity ‘:B bulding, uutil the Goverument are INE move into their new quarters. g Sampson & Co. rented, during tho week, ¥ stores at Nos. 210, 2i2, avc 214 Blate kfifl‘e 2150, the storo at No, 291 East ltan- THET. aent in business this trenle RgETOgate Volume i3 inc:c aed Ttz of each loan 1a larger. o) “f“!nncf.: wompany has loaned neariy te 7! Flereas it had nothing to its credit :un jJ7evions weck. In fact there s a bLoitr all ronnd than v P was _expected. :q"“fiwcuen by the negctiau‘ou of a loan nai (e by the Chicago & Southern Reil- Eey fnfll.t 'This is_a mortgoge in trust to Koo Smythe, of New York, covering Z2i road, and all property of every doscrij- o 'fl?we 320 Londs of &1,000 each, draw- ¢ bonds bay tlirr v yes res 4] 1004, it 'y years to rup, and mature L1 payments both of principal and cent interest, payable semi-aunually. t ere 1o bein United Statesgold coin. i L'Eg“fx Men'e Clristian Association lLug Yoty IT”vun of §£37,000 with the Connecticut toegaing, Insuranco Company, Desides the tion o Sabere is & trust deed, with o considor- 3,5, 14 “0u000, covering certain lauds in Sec. eyih evidently 10 eceuro purchase-money, i prenty being transferred thio ssme day t0'8 it o {OF the samo sum. There wero cred- fitigy ol i0surauce companies and othor T3 m_mm) Ineiitutions in the week ending 107 the' 73, loaus amounting to $142,000, and W ipoesPonding week this year 339,500, all gy, Mter sum s the business of one cor- lhv-.‘;m Taca, t will be noted that mortgage loaus ® falling off in comparing b;hu two Ry . TVE FLTEMENT FOR THE WELE ENDING UL 2 3 JuLy, 1604, | oLy, 1878 e —! *truments, iConsider-, ation. u No. | Consider~ ation. 904 CECET AL R 26 | sa0ie1,53,c01 " 538ls1,108, 805 | 214] ; T FIOM JULYT TO DATE, T JuLr, 181, || soLy, 1873, Instruments, | 5 Consideri| . [Consider— No. | ation. ||N6. | atiom. . Truat deeds, i malisonsent| s Aggregate, SOME SALES OF THE WEEK. ayton & Co. have sold 50 feet in Hydo nwood court, between Forty-seventh cighth streets, for £2,750. ovor Lins sold t+,0 lots in South Bhore , 100 by 187, on the cornor of Seven- ty-fourth sirect, and it Yates Subdivision, west frout, for $630 each; also bas oxchauged a two- story house and lot, No. 294 Barling strect. for o 3317 acre fruit farm at Vills Ridge, Tulavki County, Ill., at o valuation of §3,000. Gague & Morier Lave sold the Louse and lot at the coruer of Ladlin and Sampson strects for $3.100 cash to DL Korus. Wing & Fatlin havo sold_thirty-four lots in' Hllm' subdivision adjoining Woodlawn for $15,- 225, _ Williston & Garlick have sold 50x125 feet, with imvrovements, on the routheust corior of Adams and Honoio siroets, for ,000; four and a ha'l acres at Western Springs, with improvemeuts, for £16.000. Willinm A. Travis has sold 15_soros in Block 14, Washington Heights, for 525,000 ; and 15 acros in tho same section for S . 0.J. Stough has eold 8,700 feet front at Stongl’s new statiol t Hinadale, ut from $10 to $12 per foot, in tracts of from 100 to 500 acres ; houso and ore acre at Hiusdale, for $6,000 ; houte and 100 foet at same place for £8,000 ; house and 50 fect at samo place for $8,000 ; also entire block in Hinadalo for 810,000, Tighland Park Butlding Company have gold,” at Highland Park, 1. 8. 3 Lot G, Block 36, S1,000 ; 8. 36 of W. 3 Lot 10, Block 1, $300; Lots1 and Block 70, £2,000; S. 15 Lot 8, Block 1! 3 proved. ¥7,500. Fotal, $11,230. Hopkinson & Huling have sold Lota 6, 7, 8, snd 9, Block 2, Sarah J. Dunun’s Subdivision at Washington Heighus, for $1,100; also the fol- lowing at the samo subnrb: Lot 8, Block 32, B. I L. & B. Co.’s Subdivision, for 00; Lot 80 in Willis M. Hitt’s Subdivision on Vincennosave~ nue, for £35 1. A. Dragg & Co. have sold Nos. 60 and &4 Twenty-third street, with 100 feet of groundand im]gmu! ents, for $32,000. ben T. Runyun has sold tho west 3¢ north- east }( of Sec. 28, 36, 12. for $16,000. N.“I. Wright bas sold west 1§ uvorthwest 3 Sce. 3, 87, 12, 80 acres, for 16,000, Totfer Palmor hes sold 833¢ feet morth of Quincy strect on tato street, 20x145 feet with 871¢ feet in Tear for $36,800. Granvillo Bates bas sold 6214 feet (improved) on Kandolph strect, west of Ada street, for , 000 Ira Brown has sold block at Park Ridge for €5000; 33 lots at Park Ridge for $3,800; 1 block at Thornton Station for §200. 10. C. MeNeill has sold houso and lot on Calu- met avonuo, south of Twenty-fourth street, to Mis. Plolps for 215.000; als0 640 acros of land in Minnosota to B. F. Culver for £6,400. J. F. Stoveus hag sold lot on_Bushnell street, west of Buddan street, for SL600; lot on Bhurt- 1iff avenue, botween Twenty-ninth and Thir- tieth strects, for 3,500 ; 5 acres in_Washington Heights, in Sec. 10, 37, 13, for §1,500, and 100 feer in Traver's Subdivision at Burlington Heights for $1,500. John H. Avery & Co. have sold brick store and lot 213110 féet on Van Buren street, west of Fifth svenue, for 315,000. Tirich & Bond have sold 300 feet, north front, on Oak streot, batweon Jefferson and Washing- ton street, for £21,000, which the purchasors will 1mmediately ymprove; two lots in Trow- ridre & Swann's Subdivision, corner of Seventy- fifth strect end Stonoy Island avenue; lot on Beveuty-fifth streot for €500; also two houses Washington avenue, west front, morth of TFifty-tinrd street, at $6.000 each. E. G. Stiles hng_sold three lots at Desplaines, in Bargeot's Subdivizion, to Mr. Kimball, for £250. Also 4 lots in Thomas' Subdivision, Das- aines, for S500. Paul Cornell bas sold 6 lots in Block 80, Hyde Park, 50 by 150 feet in sizo, for £21,000—§70 per foot. J. Graham Hamilton is the purohaser. U. B. Matteson has sold 12 Iots st Deepluines for 3200 esch, aud 1 lot at sumo locality for 8225. Tobert C. Givins has sold 2 lots in the grove ot Sosth Lnglewood, to L. P. Cook, for €400 each. Also, lovon Vinconnes roed, South En- glewood, for $500. At Glencoe, on Wednesday, Morton Culver £old at public auction 80 lots (50 by 172 feet i sizo) for ahont £7,000. G.F. Work' & 'Co. havesold2 lots at Bouth Lynn, 255123 feet in size, to Algy Doan for £250 esch. Also, a lot just enst of the Northwestern crose-roads, Sec. B4, for 8230, Also, to Algy Dean, of this city, 20 acres 4 miles west of Fond dn Lae, Wis., for £4,000. The West Chicago’ Land Company, yesterday. sold & lot on Weat Lake sireet, between Forty- eecond and Forty-third streets, 25x150 feet, to Ira H. Drovw, for £900. Tor the month of July, up to yesterday_after- noon. the sales of the Iowa Railrosd Land Com- pany liad aggregated 10,000 acres for £70,000. B. L. Hull Lias sold for Erancis Vail and C. C. Lay 550 feet, in Block 27, Montrose for 816,500, Day & Szuborn hava sold Lot 7, Block 6, Cook & Andereon’s Subdivision, frontiog on Douglas Perk, for £9,500. - Campball Bros. have eold store and dwnlliug No. 935 West Madivon street, for 855,000, an cottage and lof on Congross street, belween Campbell and Western avenues, for §2,000, also, at Campbell Park, o vacant lot, 24x1083¢, for £1,500. 31cCord & Co. £01d thirteen lots on Fifty-fith stroot, corner of Wallace, for 1,000 each. Asiley Mears & Co. sold st Highwood to Honry Hjorth a lot measuring 800265 for $5,000 on the condition that he erect thereon s dwelling worth §5,000. Warren, Keoney & Co. have soldat Sonth Evan- ston fivp 50-foot lots west of the railroad at §25 per foot ; three lots in tha Ridgo Addition st 510 per foot. They are building four houses whote averazo cost is $22,500, snd are getting ready to build ten more houses for B. T Allen to cost from $2,000 to $2,500 cach. They have built for sale a honse on Lincoln avento valued at £3,000 and another &t Oakton avenue valued at $3,500. ‘B. F. Culvor evid dwelling at No. 171 Calumet avenue for $15,000. TRANSFERS. The ‘following instruments were filed for rec- ord on Saturdsay, July 25: CITY PROPERTY. bey st, 8 w cor of Peterson st, e , 24x100 ft, dated July 24.... s 1,00 Fairfield av, 141 £t 1 of West Chicago av, % f, 1255126} ft, dated July 23..eeeenen. 2,000 Minman sf, 100 f¢ wof Leavitt st, 1 f, £t duted July 25..eoyoee 00 Lauiley st, 250 1t of Thirty-ninth st, o f, 31z 10 fi (Toun F. Weaver to Burr W. Mcars), dated June 20,000 Wabash av, 1323 ftn of Thirty-third sl w1, B13¢x174 610 Tt, dated July 2.oevunreazoas 3400 Indiwna av, 331 ft 1 of Twenty-ninth st, 8 1, 50 X100 810, dated July 2k, . 14,000 Forrest ov, near Thirty-sixth st, w f, 1982330 £t, dated July 18, . Saiieseevres 18,000 Ohid st, 178 ft ¢ of Westorn av, 1, 60x123X( 1t, with, buildings, dated Juty s, 4,600 Warren av, 110 £t s of Paulina st, s 1, 22122 ft, dated March 19..... e 7,000 Curtis st, 25% {18 of Huronst, e f, dated July 25. s 800 Coblenz st, 832 {t e of Oakley v, dated Nov. 8, 1872..... .. 500 West Jiuron st, near Kcil dated Ju‘y{%”'ifi:\.ii 2,500 Lake st, 163 £t w of Leav] ley, dated July 9....... 7,300 Arnold st, 153 ftn of 1 of, 49/43121 610 ft; also Gurley st, 63 1t & of Aliérdsen et n £, 26100 ft, and other prop~ erty, dated July2. soUTd OF OITY LI (ILES OF COURT-IIOURE. Tota 1 to 22 and 43 to 46, in Bakerso 4 8 © o n Sec 17, 38, 11, dated July 31..... 9,800 Lo}{ ?-;x:ua‘-:u, Dlock &, ar"n 74 rodsof me X amed Fhly o3 1,219 ts 26 to 30 in w 27 Block 20, one and Lvm)s Dartn i Sec. 7, 36, 14, dated July 2¢ .. 1,100 Lote 81 10 50 1 w ¢ of ‘sumo block, dated July South § : Block 13, Lyman ot &l e i mw i nwaofnoX Sec. 11,38, M. dut- d July 16 Aenipra o e o B LotY i Fes i 'of Lots 27 and 33, Dob- o 580X of B e i Soc,3, 3y 1y dated Lots 99 . Block 8, Eberhart & Weag Ciofmw X Sec, 9, 38, 14, dated July 22.. 500 Lot 72 in Block 1T, If. L, Stewart’s BW X Se¢. ) 1, 38, 14, dated July 22...... 'SUNDMARY.OF TRANEFERS FOR THE WEEK. The following is the toial amount of city and subur- ban property within a radius of 7 miles of tho Court-House tranaferred dunng the week endiog Sat~ urday, July 252 . Ko. sales, Consideration, 9% Cits PEIY. ..o $460,670 Soor ey timits 2750 South of citF mits. M9 TWeat of city limta.. 5,600 $iean For the week ending July 18, 5740, For the woek eusting July 11 1,001,137 For the weel snding Jaly 4, 291,518 Weekly aversge for the month of T b il o | 967,580 3 average for 10 I =" g 191 21,4548 B ; Lots 1 aud 2, Block 58, im-, FRENCH MANUFACTURES. Influence of the Fime Aris on the Industrial Arts. Sevres===The Gobelins. The payment by France of the indemnity of fl:m Germau war, in the time and uunder the circumstances which have seen its accomplish- ment, is one of the wondors of history. Dut it is somothing besides : it is a rovelation of THE TRUE YOUNDATION of tho national strezgth and wealth. In 1867 {few visitors et the Capital would Lave hesitsted to pronounce Fiance thoe foremost of Continental nations. She herself had uo doubt at allin the matter. But, as to tho basis of her claim to predomi- mauce, therc was a diversity of opinion. Some Frenchmen placed it in their army; somo in their great writers, artists, and'thinkers ; others in the brilliant personulity which had impuged its speech, manners,” and costumes upon the world. In the spring of 1871, that army was with tho snow-wreaths of Decomber; the intelicct of tho nation eat overwhelmed sud dombj; the great artists laid down brush and clusel, paralyzed by the goneral stagua- tion; tho great singers und uciors forsook the stage, and went elsewhere to collect their goldea showers ; tho Frerch lauguage, modos, aud manners, bod ceased to bz *‘ the fashion.” In tl.us bour of uuiversal humiliation and de- spair, THE INTELLIGENT FRENCIL ARTISAN stepped to the frout, and, by hisskil, ingenuity, aud frugalily, saved the country. Toore cau be no doubt, after the cxperienco of the lust threo | years, that tho atrong point of the French peopto finaucially is thoir manufactures; and, farther, thespecial foatures and directions in which their manufactures gurpass all others. It is haid- ly necessary mnow to piove that there are better eoldiers than the Frooch. As archi- teets, seulptors, and painters, they aro, iu spite of their admirable schievemenls in thoso direc- tions, surpassed by mote than one nation; in the mattor of groat poets, they have always been distauced by Germuny, England, and Italy ; in great pioneers zud tho machiuery of coloniza- tion, what possible comparison with Aterica ? The German may tesch you, the Lnglishman Rovern you, tho Italion thrill you best, if you will. But clothe you feod youl, amuse you,— wuo will do this 80 well as the Gaul # Therefore, though the Americau visiting Pacis will find there, in the Fine Arts, food for the most delightful memories of after-years, yet the observation of tho peculiar excollencies and characteristics of French manufuctures will give him, as the citizen of a new and undeveloped couuntry, practical lessons not to be obtained any- whore else in the world. The particular manufacturce in which the French excol aro those whuch belong to what might be called " THE OBNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT of the useful arts,—those which cowmbine beauty with service. They lead in the production of overything relating to tho decoration of the dwelling or the adornment of the person. Por- colain, tapestry, plate-glass snd crystal, bronzos, with the whole department of ornamental cloth- ing, are among their specialties. Tho rematk- able perfection and universal fame which they have acquired in theso directions are duo: first, to the spplication of <ho principlea of the Fine Arts to iudustrisl employ- ments, and the adoption thorcin_ of tho Intost resulis of scientilic resoazch ; and, second- ly, to the unusoal dogroo of maunual skill or handiness possossod by tho French artisan,—a dexterity transmittod through ceaturies from g:mut to child. The whole nation bus gifted Or8. "Fho works of Ark distributed throughout Lho arks of Paris, the number of muscums and gol- orios open to the public witbout fee or favor,— the finost palaces, tho Tuileries included, beivg nccessible to the rudest peasant on certain days of the week or year.—all tend to educato tho eye and mind of the commonest mechanic ; to im- plant artistic ideas nod siandards, whoeo infla- ence on every kind of work is imediztoly ap- parent. Another thing to be noticed in Franca is tho comparatively smsll amount of mauulacturing dons by machinery, and the large number of ariisans who manufacture ON THEIR OWNX ACCOUNT, without capital. Of this class are tho dwellers in lictle gorrets undor the Mau:ard ruofs. dressmakers’ asewstants, flower-makers, Wood- engravers, aud otbers,—who execute certain trim- mings, sprays, or blocks, * by tho picce” asthey eay. Ilence, the French artisan is more of an {ndividual, and less of & machixe, than most ; loss of a drudge, and more of o 1aster. Infact, thero are fow of them who are not artisis in a pmall way,—who do not take ngride in their work beyond the money it brings. ‘The resultis, that much of the simplest worl reccives a cer- tain impress of creative power, of taste, end beauty, which can nover be bestowed by me- chine, or machino-like, lsbor. This is a feature which most noeds to be commended to the American artisan aud manufactnrer, be- cause its ivfluence is immense, wot ouly on tho article produced, but on thelife of tho producer. Finally, s few great establishments, conductad under the superintendonce of tho Goverument, where certain forms of production aze carried to the highest poesibla excellouce, are to the Lum- bler mechanic as the Great Review or the Geu- eral's triumph to the raw recruit. The manner in which taleat or skill is thero noted and rewarded forms a part of that idea of promotion and distinction withont which no artor individusl is likely to wivaucs very far. ;1;::0 most remarkable of thesc esianlizhments is ) 'POBCELAIN MANTTA! gituated 6 miles west of L'ariz, m t! Cloud. Take the cumbrous horse the natives * The American, Ruilroad.” a the woather is fine, climb to one of the sea the outside. From there you will have a view of the prettiest country in the neighborhood of tie Capital,—views which, 88 ' you approach the wooded hoghts and ~ greon ter- races of St. Cloud, will awaken delight and enthusiasm. From the gate of the Palace, ten mivutes’ walk throngh the lovely Park will bring you to the Manufactors. The only part of this thrown open to the general public is the musoum sud tho show-rooms. ~The work- rooms, revealing the wholo process of making porcolain, from tho preparation of theclay to flie draught of orimnal plous in the studios of design, aro accessiblo only through a special ‘permission from tho Government. A particular description of this process would repeat too mach with which the world is familiar through eoncyelopodios _ and travels, einc a visit to the English Potteries, to tho great ‘manufactory of Dresden china at Beiszen, snd to the Italian establishment ot Ginori, will dis- cover modes of procedure not differing in_their goneral charactor from thase of Sevres. To om- hasize tho distivctive merits of Sevres, ouo must ratherdwell on its UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL FEATURES. And, first, thero is tho porcelain iteclf. What- over concessions may be mado to the prod- nots of Saxony and _ Staffordshire on tho scoro of strength and durability, it seems impossible not to pronounce this the most bewatiful in the world. It is the very pootry of Pottery, Here, for mstaucs, reproduced with Wonderful fidelity of outline and color, are mas- tor-pioces of tho old painters,—tho darl, fnzcinat- ing beauty of the Fornaina, Raphacl’s portrait from the Florentine Gallery, tho great Vatican frescos of this master and of Michacl Angelo, with portraita of Titian and Yan Dyck. Plaly, works like these demand that the copyist should bo no littie of an artiat himself. They have all the effect of the finest painting on ivory, and far surpass tho nverago copics on caavas of tho same 6ubject. TFully a3 attractive, however, are_the origioal deeigns. Iere are vases, cups, ‘and pitchere, of cxquieite form, from the classic simplicity of the antiquo to tha armest fancy of a luxuriant imagination. Yet, 1o this respect, the German sud English estab- lishments seem fuliy cqual to Sevres, if, indeed, thes do not bear away the palm. That in which tho French manufacture is matchiess and imm- ftablo is tho idea and execntion of its COLORED PORCELAIN FHOM ORIGINAL SEETCHES. lere is et of plates, for instapce. of Lo tint of cream or Prrian marble. In the centra of omo les a biunch of the white Chasselas prapes,—each —grape trapslucent. and showing through the delicate ki the lignid sweetnces beuath. Tho next late has & bunch of grapes also, but theso are mburgs,—dark globes of purple velvet, with a bine cobweb-like bloom. Another plate has two apricots, golden, with a rosy blusb. Anotb- or has for it8 centre strawberrics on their stems, English Hantbois, —long, slender caues of wbite, flushing on one side into red. Apples of a wax- Jike whiteness streaked with cnimsom, gresn “ Reiue Clande” plums, and yellow Beurre pears, afe only & few of the fruits represonted hero. Equally beautiful are the centres coutaining flowers,—Jamask roses 80 perfect a5 1o suggest their delicions fragrance, pansies whicli scem just plucked, aod flzme-coiored nas- turtiums, These plates aro intended for lunch or dessert-services. A dozen of them can be bought at the danufactory for 370,—not an ex- orbitant price When oue considers’ their execa- tion. They are the work of truo artists, and far surpass the greater, part of fruit and flower nting on canvas, The very eight of them Lindles appetito and tranquillizos the mind, and they would seem calculsted to turn eating from & common necessity into an elovating ceremony. THE VASE-DESIONS are more elaborate, and many of them are ex- quisite. Ouoe has n rcedy pond, with swans swimming among the lily-pads, or restingin tho green sedzo near shoro; ono, a clump of hilace which have & dewy look, implying fresh- uess and perfumo ; another, o thicket of eglan- tino, the piuk cluster eplasied with rain from o tusmmer-shower, Sowe havo bistoric heads,— Manoleon I.,Josenhine, llortense; and one, n spirited sod admirably-colored sketch called + Louis Napol:on's Escapo from Ham.” The chiof beauty of uil these is the unbacknoyed chractor of tho designa, with tho rarity, deticacy, and harmonious blending of the colors. A feature of Sevres which las contributed greatly to tho cducation of the workmen, is its Musoum. This is unique in its plan, and, of its kivd, is the finest in tho world. Among the treasures of noted connoissours in Eugland and cl=evihere, nro rome very valuablo colléctions of epecial war ohas ko collzction of Majoli- ca, by tho ko of < of Palisay warc, by Mr. Brauel; of Oriente . by the Daie of But tho cuilection at Sevres Atarboroush. wirus to givo o COMPLETE IISTORT OF THE POTTER'S ART,— | from (he manufactuzo of the first brick up to ihe finest porecl s pracliced by all na- tions from tho earliest time natil now. ~ Nothing has baen omitted to make tho Museum instruct- ivo and exact in every parucular. Nob an arti- clo bas been admittea which cannot declare, by & trustwortby labol, when it was mado, whers and why it was_mado, and, epproximately at least, the materials of which it is composed. Entering here, the aspiring apprentico or fature inventor mny see bow bricks were mads by the ancient Egvptians, and how thoy differed from those which = Cicero put into his houso on the Palatine; may compare the pot- tory of those notions with .that of the Etfuscan and the Greek ; may follow the foot- ‘tops of the art up to the dato of the first glaze, and see what Palissy sttompted avd what e ac- complished. Finally, he wmay leurn, from the wingular but pricoless collcction called ** Fail- ures,” what has Loon attempted and found to bo impracticable,—a discovery which may save him - vears ot fruitioss oxperimont. Tho workman at wvros may well bo an expert, sinoo he atarta with an oxperience of moro than 2,000 years. Tho institution poesCEs0s 8130 & rare library of techuical works with lustrations, for tho uro of tuo cmployes, It is not strauge, therefors, that Sevres should bo A BCHOOL OF ARTISTS, whoso eervicgs are in Ligh roquest, not ouly in their own country, but wherever tho art is prac- ticed. Many of iho finest desiguans of the Eng- Jish nnd Genmoan potteries are Fronchmen trained st Sovres ; and thero are instauces where fwo Governments have competed for the samo artist with extraordinary offers. The experi- ments at Sevres are too costly to allow it to cover its expeugcs, and the deficit is met by the Government. It 18, neverthelees, of practical utility to the nation, by raising the general repu- tation of Freuch manufactures abroad; and, st Liomo, its influcnce on the lesser industries is folt down to the construction of the rudest ar- ticle. Tho fincet work of the establishment is seldom sold. It iy used to ornament the ma- tional paluces, or a8 presents to the crowned Leads of Europe. Next to Sevres, the most remarkable of the fFreas manufactories is thot of GORELIN TAPESTRY AND CARPETS, Joro then four centurics ogo, Jean Gobelin aenieved fame aud fortune by his skill ia dyeing woul, and, rising to ofico in the State, relin- quished £o othors his flourishing cstablishment. 1is successors added to tho original business the Working of tapestry. Latar, the great carpet- manufactory, which had its first workshops in tho Louvre, under tho patronigo of the Medici, and gained colebrity in all Enrope, un: der the name of the *Savonmorie,” {rom the soap-manufactory to which it had beon trensferred, was added to the Gobolins. Long bofore this, however, it had become the prop- erty of iho Government, and 1t so remans to this day. The Gobolin tapestry can be best de- gcribed o8 painting in wool. 'Ihe art which wns once the chiof smusement and occupation of noble ladies, from Penclope down to Mary Stuart; whose decadence mway bo traced in those estraordinary landscapes of our grandmotbors, in which & graceful shepberd, with indigo eyes and yellow hair, eat on & poa-grcen bank ogling & piak shef herdess, Whose mouth was a straight line, Those eycs atood ont as legibly ay lettzrs 0a a el {liu old, despised art finds its apotheosin, its ideal, embadied in the work of tho Govelina. Taking some of its Iator achievements, ono may £ce in the show-rooms the full-lengta portraits of tho lato Emperor and Empress, a8 painted by Wirterbalter, in their coronation-robes. Com- poro these with the original oil-paintings, and vyou will bo convinced that imitation can go no farther. In ono respect the tapestry has CURIOUS ADVANTAGE OVER THE PAINTING ! The most that the painter can do is to make a robe Jook like milk, or cloth, or velvet; but here the dress is silk; tho velvet robes, tho ribbon decorations, the dark cloth of the Emperor's euit, aro all copied in the original materisig, When you turn from thesa to the jmitation of tho gems, you will sce that the artist bas known how to conquer unusunl didiculiies, as well as to uso an edvantage, since Lo Les reproduced the glitter of tho gold and the sparkle of tue gtones. 'Tho most olaborate work at the Gobelins is a copy of Raphael’s Transfiguratiou, and the most beautifnl effects are ecen in soveral copics of light and_joyous subjects by modern French artists. OComparo with these the flue collection of tapesiry of tho days of Francis L and Louis XIV., and you will see that the art s takeu 2 long stride in the last hundred years, ' most morked, perhaps, in the lot fifty. Not the lenast interesting tuiog here is to WATCH THE ARTIETS AT WORK. Tho warp of tho tapenstry is vertical, and the workman stands in front of what seems an im- menso canvas, covered with littlo bobbins con- tainiug wool of every conceivable shade. is pattern is bebind 2 and_ho works on the \rong #ide of his picture. Evers now and then Do turns to look at the design behind him, snd once in & whilo he goes around to the otber sida of his frame, and surveys bis work on the righs side. But the greater part of the time he secms to the novice to’ work by faith; ho laya down szure, picks up crimeon, Teturns s Sollow bobbin o its place ; aod all the time those Sloudor, dextorous fingors of his goknip, snip, on the wrong sido, with his shatp, glancing ecis- gors, and all the time the picture on the other sido grows and grows undor your oycs, 88 if by magic. The carpet-worker, on_tho other hand, hashis design above him, and works and cuts on tho right side, since the' perfect smoothness of tapesiry must here givo place to the deep velvet moss which be uces by evenly clippinghis woolen onds. The workmen are UNUSUALLY INTERESTING IN APPEARANCE. They ars somowhat dpn.le, rather digmfied and avp in menners, and would be talen anywhere ‘or professional men, echolars, or artists, rather than mechanics. ‘Lhe occupation of tho father is generally adopted by the son, and there are somo workmen there to-day who aro descended from Liulf-a-do7en generations of tapestry-work- ors. The productof this meoufactory is not gold. It isused for_ the carpetiug and decora~ tion of tho state palaces, and is frequently be- stowed as s gift upon some friendly sovereign. The finest specimens of 1t8 tapestry were to be aecn during tho Empire at the Palace of 8t. Cloud. 'The wslls of a suito of apartments there wore adorned by copics of the famous Rubens gallery in tho Louvro, Tepresenting tho birth, B arriage, and deatiny of Muio do Medicis, with other events in her life. In this series the Blazing scarlet of the Cardinals’ robes, tho trans- patont pink sud bluo of floating kcarfs aod Fouds orphasize what is tho great glory and Saluo of tho Gobelin establishment,—its MARVELOUS AND JMATCIILESS DYES. In these, also, lies its practical service to the wholo field of French manufactures. Adjomwing the show-rooms of the manufactory i5 2 small chamber lined with cabivets. On thist casting o glance upoa these you will think your- self surrounded by o decomposed rainboyw. ~ The innumerable tints of which it is compozed are the dscs cmplosed here, many entirely un- known to foreigners, snd somo to any other manufactors. These are the results atiained by the ablest chemite, in the laboratory o' the Gobelins. Of tho intinite variety of hues, one can form no conesption beforehand. In Americs, for instanco, tho modistes sesure us that it is impossible to have a hat, a dress, 8 pair of gloves, dyed so cxcellent gray. But Bere is blue-gray, dust-gray, rose-gray,—io fact, & world of grava ; not only & scora of reds. and groens, and blues, but anequaljnumber of shades of a hoat of colora for which you have no name. Thess are the results of experiments too costly for the great woolen manufactorios to veoture upon. but the benefit of which they reap. A yearly coarse of lectures is deliverod here on the APPLICATION OF CHEMISTRY TO PBACTICAL DYE- 6. The Gobelins, which seems at first sight s costly accessory of royal magnificence, is thus & school which has contributed not a little to the advancement and reputation of other branches of French manufacture. The observation of the influence of such establishments on the lesser industries, and of tho peculiarities of the smaller manual eniploymonts, would be to the exceeding advantaga of ‘the Americaa artiean, emplover, and publie. CranLEs LaxpoL. THE WALKER WILL. Testimony of the Brothers of thic De~ ceased. The hearing of the testimonyin the AL O. Walker will caso was continued yesterday at tho Couaty Court-room beforo Judgs Wallace. ANO0S WALKER, brother of deceased, was examinad by Mr. M. . Foller. Had been intimate with deceased, and bad sometimes resided with him. o left there finally duniug the latter part of last summer. He was treated unpleasantly by Mrs. Morton, and by a girl called Lizzie. They neglected his wante, and even insnlted him. Atone timo the formercalled witness * ndirty, lousy scoundral 8aid he was off all day, and drunk. She told his brother she would not have such a man in the houso. Tho deccnsed told Mrs. Morton and tho Dutch girl Lizzie to leave the room. A gort of frece fight arose. The girl Lizzio threw some pepper in witness' face, Witness * simply knocked Mrs. Morton down.” Afterwards Mra, Morton struck at witnesa with her erutch. One of thom throw a dipper of Lot water at witness, ‘Tho deceased then put both the women out of tho room, This wasin August, 1671, Witness went to s neighbor’s to waeh the popper out ef his oyes, ard stayed away for ceveral days. .On one oceasion a conversation 2rosoe between and Jr. Otis Walker, in regard to business mat- ters, in which the latter bad said that Mra. Mor- ton was coutinually picking up whatever inci dents sho could to” further her purnoees. ceased had replied that he wonld hear nothing agomst her. Buo had eaved bis life, and he was under great obligation to her. He considercd that deceased had shown BIGNS OF MFNTAL WEAKENING for threo or four years past. He bad sceu him shed tears when his oldest boy was buried, but not when the tirst dirs. Walker died. Ho had seon him shed tears at ono other time. Deceased waa drinking berd, and gorting very weak in body, of latar years. Formorly bio was very neat and stylish in his dress bofore his firet wife died. 0t late years he became caroloes and elovenly, and wore his clothes as long as he could make them hang together. Ile was even dirty in his babits. Afterwards he was so full of liquor that ho could not talk plaiuly. itnoss thought the eyes of doceased had a very derd expression for the Iaat two years, He was 8o weak, laiter- Iy, that bo could not hold papers in band. His stop was slow asud mensured, ag if ho feared & fall. He judged that his mind was fatling from bis giving way #o conatantly to drink. Witnoes had_insianced cases of failure of memory in business matters. Ho sent off freight on the steambont to the wrong places. He wonld fail to remember what he had dictated a few hours before. Witness had epent two summers and three wintors at the Manitou Islunds. De- coasod failed to send monoy to pay the hands employed as woodchoppers and fetvrers, though written to frequeatly aboutit. Witness had to come to sce decensed ebout the mores. Deceasod promised the money and also a house- keepor who wae needed, ond told witness to be on hand at the boat on & certain night, where he would find both waiting for him. ~Witncss did 80, and found neither, and had to go back with- out money or help. At last tho mcn at work Liad to como to Chicago to got tHeir monoy, and finally alt hands bad to leave. 1o froquently promised wilness money “ to- morrow,” and as often failed or forgot to fur- nish it.. He would make mistakes in figuring up hie accounts. Very frequently Mis., Morton drove down to the office with him. For the last few times she was always with him. Cross-ecamined by Mr. Swell—Tho pepper scene occurred bofore the firo of 1871. Witnexs admitted ho could probably bave drank less liquor, but did not make trouble iu the house, a3 Mrs, Morton alleged. In regard to the trip to Erio, witness stated that he and his_brother left Chicago at 5:15 p. m., that ho reached Toledo about midnight, and got to Erie ot 10:20 o'clock next morning (a rather gmiel: trip). Decessed had probably forgotton things promised to wit- ness for ten or fifteen times—clothing, monoy, etc, On one occasion witness LOANED 50 CENTS TO DECEASED, aod the latter failed to repay it, though remind- od of 1t. Deceasod waa, sll his life, derelict in tho matter of paying bills. Some bills he would pay and some ho would not. He never beard it accased of promptness in paying bills. Ho was facing Mrs. Morton when Lo knocked bier down. Could not tell how old she was. Sho Wwas ono of the kind you could not judge of her ago. She was a cripple and walked with a crutch. This was in 1863, 8. B. WALKER, 163 West Lake street, Chicago, brother of M. O. Walker, called and examined by Mr. Small. Came to Cbicago in 1841. M. O. Walker camo in 1839. He was engaged in staging with deceased from 1539 to 1365, also in omnibus and livery lines. T'he memory of deceased was remarkablo during his former lifo ; was ais good as tho fact in black and white. Some years ago witness had a busi- ness settlcment with deceased. Ho made out the statcment himself, according to his brother's request, and brought it to him; left it for two woeks, and decessed liad not lookod at it ; put it off from time to time, and finally, some months fore his death, denied that tho statement had over been left with him. For years witness had tried to get s sestloment, nod fai eceasod owned property jointly with witnees, but forgot to include it in his will. Hc cxecuted a mort- nge shortly before he dicd. Witnoes was at his Erol.hnr'n house nearly every day during his ill- ness. For the Iatter part of his life TIT$ MENTAL CONDITION was very much weakened. During the last month of his illness he sometimes would gay nothing, and at others would talk ad libitum, but in o diccounected and nnintelligible manuer. Ou one ocension witness took his wile thero, and de- ceased tried to talk, but could got no further than the words * It is more than a year.” This he repeated fruitlessly, until Mrs. Aorton told itness and wifo that what deceased wished to sy was that ** It is_moro thao a year since we (dacensed and Mrs. Morton) were éngaged to be married.” Mrs. Morton was invariabiy present st the bed-sido. Ilo never eaw her absent when witness was present, except upon one gocasion, for & few moments. Witness was present evory day but one daring illness of de- Sessed. Tho property omitted by deceaged from his will was worth nbout 2£36,000. Deceased never said he was going 1o be married, or that ho was about to make s will. He becamo very thin and weak. His nerves were slmost gono. Mrs. Morton wasa widow; he kuew her rc- puted husband, but not her until be eaw her at hus brother's house. Supposed ehe was a visitor until told sho was o housckecper. Upon one oceasion sho was seot away for a few months. A question as to the reason for this absence was ruled out. On the doy of-the funeral Mrs. Morton had spoken of Otis pawning his watch, and sain be a8 living extravagantly. This was while riding in a carriage to Graceland. Io the aftcrnoon the examinationof S.B. Walker was continued. Alr. AL O. Walker al- ways spoke in praiso of his sons, if at all. Aftor the fire, when he wanted to raise money, he re- fused to do so upon his property on the cor- Der of Wabash avenuo and Randolph street, say- ing it was tho best ho had, and he waated fo leavo it for his boys. This was in October, 1871, a fow days after the fire. Witness had scen Mrs. Morton manage deceased in Lis last sick- ness and previouely. For instance, ehe had ssid that sho kept the key of tho closet, and let him have no more liguor than she thonght beat. Slo had influcnced him not to buy s new carpet on account of Jack of money. When it was suggosted thet Amos Walker was a good nurse, snd, being out of busines, had botter act a8 nuise to his brother whilo eick, Mra. Morton bad replied that she wonld not have him in tho house. At _the time of tho funeral sho had remarked that $10 a month was eoough pocket-moncy for Ed Walker. At the faneral fhe boys rofused to ride in the same carriage with her. Witnees voluntzered to do 2o. Mrs. Horton said she was sorry the bore should feel 20 towards her. Sue wouldbe glad to have things g0 arrangod that they could all live togethor. Cross-examined by Mr. Swet—Mrs. Morton had paid that she dealt ont his Ixrénpu to him, and had made Lim promiso to drink nothing Qown town. She gave bim very small dores. Af. O. Walker's memory, ongiuaily, was very strong. He ran down mentally very fast aftor receiving hie hurt, ayear and & half ago. - Over a year azo Mr. Buckingham had remonstreted o ih decensed, telling bim his property was melt- ing away very fast by his recilessnesd. ALETASDER ASHBT, 5 Hanover strest, Chicago, examined by Jir. 1simu . “liave been emploved by M. O. Walker S fardener and man of ail work. Ikuew 3s. Morton ; she was of pretty high authority in tho house. Decessod wae very weak; bad to bo belped ot of tha buggs. Witneas sometimes hed to hold him in his carnage. Decessed heid throw up while nding home. = He remarked to witness that “I ain't the fmen I used to be. I am breaking witness, Mr. M. O. Walker, Mr. Buckingham, - down fast.” His weaknoss was caused by liquor. Mra. Morton used to ask witness whero they had been, and bow much decoased had drank. She had much influsuco. Once whon tho plumbers were at work in the house, she hod sent Mr. Walker up-stairs, eaying sue would bosa that fl_)b. Once she had told witness sho would get Hm hia walking papers. Shortly after that he left tho place. $5ho had gaid, ““1 can do a graat dezl with Pap Walker.” Tho two usad to play backzammon together. Me heard them onco voa little spat. Sho told 3ir. Walier if he did not let hor have her way about fixing the stove she “would = be dsmned if gho wonld etand it.” This wes abont last Christmas. Once ho beard her say, ** Otis 13 mad at mo becanve he thinks I am goieg to warn his fathor. God knows I never thought of such a thing.” Mr., Walker's mental conii- tion was very bod. Witness ueed to drive him around, and deceased, half of the time, did not seem to know whern he was going or wanied to °d was very dilatory and caroless witnees. Ho seemed forgetful. He had to belp deceased ond of Ins carriage; bad beard Mrs. Morton say that ©* Amos Waliker had got toleave or sho iwould, and she koew Pap Walker wouldn't let her She frequently paid tho domestics their wages; nomstimes 8ho paid witness. Sue spoke unkindly of Otis Walker. She used to say sho kuew ne went to bawdy-ouses on tho Wost Sid She accu- pied the eame room with Mr. Walkor. Iesaw Ler on the lounge aud Mr. Walter in bed. Cross-exaitined by Mr. Sweti—Did not mean to kay that they occupied the samo bed. M. Waliéer was in very poor health au the time. It was Jast October, and Novembrr, aud D e Adjournzd o 10 o'clock 2fouday 1or NCRTH STATE STREF 8 Judge Fameson Overrnles the Fotion 10 Brscontinuc tie Kimprovement. Judge Jamoson yestevday morning delivered a decision in ihe North State strcet improvement casie, being & motiun on the part of tho city, through the Corporation Counsel, to discontinue further proccedings in the matter of condemba- tion and assesuwont for beneits. The motion was resisted by o large pumber of property- owners interested in receiving from the city the samounts tixed by the jury in tho original con- demnation proceodings, and also interested in dofoatiug tho efforts of the city to withdraw from what bas turncd oat to be a very expens:ve improvement, and which has given rise to a vast amount of disauisfaction aud fault-nding, for the nlleged reason that in many cases tho smounts allowed by the jury ae compensation to tho owners of the property condemmed wero enormously dis poportionate to the nstual value of tize property taken. All the defendants wero represented by counsel, who wero complimented by the Court for the ability and research shown in the preparation of their briefs. Judge Nor- ton, Corporation Counsol, reprecented tne city. TIE HECISION OF JUDGE JAMESON was rendered from notes, and in substance was as follows : A proceediug was commenced Jact 1fall by the City of Chicago, in scoordance with the Btatuto governiug such cases, to condemn proverty adjacont to North Stato street, for tho parposs of widening that street. Sacs. 8,10, 12, 14, and 15 of the statute define the procecdings nocessary for the condcmnation of privato prop- erty for public use; while Socs. 21, 22, and 24 provide for tho subsequent procecdings to ssscss benefite. Tho statute provides that the city may file a peiition for the con- demnation ; that & jury sball_bo called to find ihe valuo of the property : aud that, when the verdict of the jury is brought in, power is given fo tnke an appeal from tho judgmens fising the price. In tho recond stage of proceedings, the caty files a petition for tho asressmont of bone- £its, and Commisisicners are_spointed to nssoss tho adjacont property fo the amount in which such property 18 decmed benefited by tue im- provement. n this caso the original petition was flled, a jury was called, evidouco was takcu, and a ver- et was rendered fixiog the value of the prop- erty condemued. On the moion of thecuy, the judguaent was recorded, and a s2cond po tion wes filsd for tho nssessment of benefits. Commiesioners wero sppointed, and mado their report. At this stago tho city bocame diseatisficd, and 5 motion Wwas filod to_discontinuo proceedings, the eflect ought being to uproot from teir foundations all tho provious cases. The question is, WIETIED THE COURT HAs THE POWLR at this stago to discontinue procecdingz. At somo time tho titlo of property conilemned passes to tho city, aud tho question is s to the point of time when the rigite in the case becomo soverally vested. i Tt is contendod by the city that the original judgment is not final, becauss the procsediugs zre incum{),lum, and that an important stop re- muins to be taken, namely, o eusess benefits. The reply to this is, that the proceedings ato uo Thoro incompleto tban1s the case in evy judg- mont in debt or assumpzit, Second, it is contended that the theory that tho judgraent 14 final puts an unreasonzble com- pulsion_ upon the city to tako dpmpm_v before tho pric is sscertaived; and that tho city could never know until too late to retrace ita steps, whether to make an improve- mont or not. The answor to this is, thatifa statate is unjnst, it is no ground for refusing to enforce it if its provisions are unmistakable. Finally it is said that the condemnation is only COMPLETED BY THE PAYMENT to tho owuer of the property of the amount fixod by the jury. Sac. 1f of the statuts pro- vidos distinctly that tho judgment shell be finel, andallows an appeal. In all condemnation cases tho proceeding to nesess benofits is scpa- rate sud diatinct from the first proceeding to fix. the value of property taken, and may be taken in another court, skowing that the “first jude- ment is final. Another reascn in support of this construction is the fuct thatin the second pro- coeding many peraons are patties who were not parties to tho original proceeding. A judgmont in & caso of this kind is an un- usnal one in form and effect, as it orders tho plaintiff to pay something to the defendant, sud 14, in reality, an order fortho exchiaage of monoy for property. But, because the comylete execu- tion of tho judgmont ia postponed, 1t does Dot follow that the judgment does not vest rights at once. ‘Appeal has been made on argument tending to show that TUE ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS is grossly umujust and oxcessive, and that the prices awarded by the jury iu tho first case wero enormously disproportionato to each other. ‘Theee sllégations, 1f provea, cannot form tho ground of & decision on this motion. The Court Bas no discretion in this matter. It must erecuto the law as it is, and, if the jaw is 8o unjust ihat it caonot be oxecuted, tho Judge muet resign. The power confarred by the Lritish Parlinment to Judges to declars void a law that is unjust docs not obtain in this countrv. i The conclusion of the Court is to OVERRGLE THE MOTION %o diecontinvo proccedings. Thnis decision is againss the Court’s firt juclination, and it hss becu only upon a careful examinstion of the briefs apd a full cousideration of the statutes that this conclusion has veen reached. Jadge Norton etates that the case will now bo carried to the Suprems Court, either in its pres- ent condition or an improved oue, if any im- provements are found pecessary. If the decis- jon is alirmod by the Suprewo Court, the act of tho Council m_listening to the petitioners on State street and repealing the ordinauce rovid- ing for asscssing the benefits, will cost the city about 400,000. - e A Biz Doctor’s Fee. Nere York Correspondence of the Loston Gazefte, The son £nd heir of the lato Edwin Stavens, r. Joun G. Stevens, althougl bo is the possess- orof almost unlimited wealth, being worth eome £75,000,000, has, motil very lately, been & mosk \inbiappy wan., ~ He has boen aflicied ince his birth with a peculiar wen, ich Las increased year by year, until it covered a large portion of s tacs and neck. It was a most unpleas- ant object, being covered with long hair, gnd sirangely resembled en animal. No manp could ees it without a shudder D adies havo farnted at tho sight of it. OF course Mr. Stevens fclt the affliction most keen- iy, and it had, naturally cnough, a most depreas- ing efegt upon his spirits, \Vhat was his im- onue wenith to him? Any workman in Lis etaploy was more to be envied than he. He be- earge morose and almoss melancholy; sociel that ke was exceedingly fond of Lo studions avoidad, and, 2(though & yoang man, be becama almoss ‘& recluse. The best physicians asd gurgeons _of Europe were coasulted, but they all gaid that to remove the wen could bul rosilt in bus death. Althcagh his life was €0 miserable, etill thore was Lope, and ho bore bravelr up egainst repeated disappointments. Deliverance camo ot last, and a feww dsys 370 80 operation was performed which has made him a vew man. Dr. Wiliard Parker, of this city, had faith to believe tha: the wei, a:l:xld haux:éno;fi. He tola Mr. Stevens 80, an e young 9, grasping .t the straw, promised him 150,000 if he would perform the operation succeesfully. Ho did s, and Las won the everlasting gratitude, as well as the InoDey, of the voung millionaire, who is now ‘pronounced out of danger. The opeérution was per- formed with eleciric kuives. and it is said that when thohorrid tumor =28 removed, the ain boneath was as_sonnd and smooth as that of apy other partof ihe bodj. Notwithstand- ing the cloud that has hung over his whole life, * the, young man baa had his lovo affair, like ths xels_ of uws. In early youth he was betrothed to alittlo girl, the dangliter of one of his futher's dearest {riends, who always loved Uim, and sor- rowed with his affliction. While the hateful tbmfiwgu upon him, it is said, Mr. Stevens gave upall ideaof being marricd, but, now that 1z has been removed, wo sball expect soon to hear of great wedding festivities at Hoboken. LITERARY NOTES. TPIRIODICALS RECEIVED. Tho Catholic Worid_for August (Catholic Publication Houso, New York) Lzs continnations of ** Antar and Zara” (Aubroy de Vere's ** East- ern remaace narrated in gongs™); “The Veil Withdrawn ;" “#Auglican Orders L Wing;* A Discussion vith an Infidel;” Glimpso of the Green Isl Thoros:” and +0dd S at atter;” - du Deffaud;” * Caj with Thy Broth lambrosa ™ (poem). Chicaqo Teacher for August (Belfiold & Kirk). Scribner’s for August (Scribnor & Co., New York) has installments of Edward King's ** Greut Bouth,” Jules Verno's * Mystorious Island,” Adelme Trafton's * Katherino Earle,” and Tichard Hewry Stoddard's Studies of Some Dritish Authors.” Othior papers sre: “*A Loxt Art,” by William Henry Goodyear; ! Whitelaw Reid,” with portrait ; © Cinvabar City,” by James T. McKay; “-Our Mutual Friond’ in Mavu- reript,” by Kato Field ; Lecollectiona of Charles Sumoer” (from advanco sheats of which wehava given copions extracts), by A. B. Johnsou; and " The Crisis at Genova,” by Gideon Duper. Tae pocms are by Helen Barron Bostwick, May L. Dradley, ** H. H.,” Benjamin F. Taylor, Nelly M. Hutchingon, and Joha G. Saxo. Dr. Hollaud the editor) chats of Charlos Sumner and Prof. wing. ‘The number ia profusely illustrated, St. Nicholas for August (Senibner & Co., New York) has a large variety of stories, sketches, poema, and picturcs for the littie on tho many cootributors aro Elizabsth Stuar Phelps, Jaue Groy Swiksheln, J. T. Trowbridge, Abby Mortou Dinz, and Frauk It, Stocktoo. liinois Schootmaster for July (Aaron Gove aod Edwin C. Hewett, Normal, [11). The Champion for July (Colen & Springstein, Chicago and Iudianapolis). ide for July (Ameri- A 3 “Grapes and " Othor articles h-3asic;” ¢ Madawo , What Mast Thou Dono and “Tho Legond of Val- ¥ Amigrican Bookscllers' can Nows Company, New York). American Homes for July (Lenry L. Shepard & Co.. Boston oud Cbicago). Brownson's Quarlerly Reciew for July (New York). American Naturalist for July (Peabody Acad- emy of Science, Salem, Muse.). Northirestern Keview for July (B. R. Dearden, Chicago). MISCELLANEOUS ITENS. Brot Harto's last story, “*Johu Oakhnrst,” was written in o single night. The anthor sketched the ootlino of thestory in his heaa as he was sitting, one afternoon, in Washincton Square. After dinner bo went to work writing it out, uud ot through beforo breakfast the pext mormuz. “Tho price paid him by the New Yori Temes (0T this_production is_said to have baan #5%0. —Tha Hon. B. H. Gillett has writterr of **The Lifo and Times of Silas Wright"” tothe exteat of two 800-pags octavos. —A new collection of poems, by Philip Bourko Marston, will be snortly published, to be tol- lowed by a koparate poem of somo iength, ‘A Pilgrimage.” The German poet Froiligrath is to edit & volume of sclecticns frum Engiish poetry, n wehich the most modern poets are to bo repre- sented. —The American fund 28 a testimonial and benefit for Hans Christian Andersen is oot grow- ing very rapidly. —3rs. Elizabeth Akers Allen, suthor of ¢ Rock Me to Sleep, Mother,” etc., i8 now one ot the cditors of the Portland (Me.) -drertiser. —Mr. Case's * Materials for the Hietory of the Athenian Democracy from Solon to Pericles™ (James Parkor & Co., 1874), gives in tha spaco of s ghort pamphlet the original statersonts of Greek suthors with rogard to theso politeut changes upon which 80 many pages have been written by bistorians. —Prof. Von Holat has writlen an able aod learned work on tha “ History aud Constitutio of the United States,” which is just published s Dusecldorf. He draws from American experi- ence. with the Federal system, some pertinent applications to modern Germa politics. —The Germans ase still busy writing on tha unity of tho human race. Tho latest buok i thatof Dr. Leo Renitch, who, following tku unscientific method of the origin of mankind ot a definite place, brings the human raco out of the heart of Africa, —A carious fact is related in connection witl the recent death of Jules Janin, the Frenct critic and litteratour. He is snid to have ex- presaod much horror at the idea of dying lik: common mortal, nightcap on bead snd a coolicg draught beside Lim, but wished to diein Lo samo way as Beranger, the great Ivric poct, Who- died seated in bis cisir. Tho identical chair in- which Beranger died was in the posseseion of Jamip, and the lotter bad his wish gratilied, for it waa while seated m this chair that he passed. quietly away. —Tennyson eays that Miller is the greatert American poet, and Miller says that Tennysor: 15 the greatest English poet. A man conldn’t v prove_on that if he sot up all uight.—Detroid Free Press. —A hundred years 8go it was fashionable (o say Lonnon insiead of London. *We see,” s Appletons’ Journal, *how culture bns graduai eliminated a vulgarism like Lonnon from pop: 1ar use, and may beliove that it will in time con- Bign to the limbo of tho paat such utterauces uA cas'sel, of "fen, agen. exfror-dinary, ctc., Bow con= sidered polite and propor.” —>ir. Benjamin Motag, late Secrctary of the American Legation in London, who lias bLee: called home to tako a place in the State Depar: ment, has, in addition to doing practically »'% the work of the Logation, managed to dine ovg in aristocratic English society nearly every night for thirteen years. It hus also becn his practics 20 enter into a book ench night, before retiring to rest, tho pames of his host and follow guesi-t aud the pith of what was said L\urin[i and sftes fho meal. Considering that Mr. Moran hu+ moved ia the cream of diplomatic, fashionaule. sud_literary society, that book will Le weitc reading ; but it is not to be given to the worlL until aftor its compiler's death. —James T. Fis!ds says that whenever he hea < of a * pretty gocd scholar” le is reminded of pretty good egg- " Jir. Joseph Hatton, an English novelist, ha$ written a romance, called *‘Clytio,” in whicis Kalmat, one of the characters, is another uwmc for Joaquin Muller. —A cable dispatch announces the deeth of Fritz Reuter, tho well-known Germao nove Reuter was ot only ono of tho most celebrated, but, in & financial sonse, porbaps the most suc= cessfal, of modorn German writers. 1018 forts was the delineation of low German character. o was in every way_a_ favorito of tho people. fhs stories smused tho peassnt. Lecauzo L knew that they were truc, and the factidious countess took delight in them, wondering it it Wero poseiblo that such queer pevple: 25 ha du- seribed could exist. Of all bis works, perha «Ont of My Btream Time™ laos gaincd tha widest circalation. In Germepyit is unduuli- edly tho most popular. Reuter was much be Toved not only #a en sutlior, bus 5 5 M 3 —Tho Boston Saturday Ecening G de= nies, upon what it claims to Le the best sutlori~ tr, thet Prof. Henrs W. Lougfellow i3 writicg i biography of Senntor Sumuer, and it add: » new life, nor any satisfactory life, is likel appear at present. JIr. Sumzcr left material for a very interesting volume, picturingz Lis hist before he engaged in the public eesvice, whick '3 iny the hands of his literary exccutom; but L person to whom they would be willing to it Lias yet signitied a dasico to embud, biographical literature of the country. time in the future & compotent Laud oy &= tempt to skotch the history of Mr. Sumner’s cf = reer, and this, 1n connection Wwith the times - which 1t was connected, would form 3 thci worihy of the most eminest of writers. We m: have to wait yonrs for itto be attempted. specches of the Senator are being edited above-referred-to _executors, sd L. Piect aad Francis V. Baleh, and will con at la 1 four volumea moro. Somo of the larer Listor ¢ il bo aonotated by matenal from the pen £ 7. Piorce, wo belioro, which will olcidato xor:a of the ovents of Mr. Sumner's later history.” O wWolves in Columbia County, Wis. Fyom te Columbua (1ix) Lenocrat. The wolves 870 80 troublesoms in the ToTos of Lowville and Denkorra that many of Lii - ors think thoy must abandon sheej-:a together. Mr. Heory Delaney sags thu wiitl} Lave destroved €500 worth of sheep 3 Year < Lis dock. e has not increascd lus flock f< four years, on account of their dopredatiocs . His placo is surrounded by thick groves of tit: § ber, in which the wolves fnd & ssfe reuci, They are g0 bold thst they will jump intoa sai » seize a lamb, and be off for the brush before L s alarm cau_boe given 80 88 to shoot the pexk. ¢ hioves. air.D.had s powerfal dog, that w: § & match for apy one wolf, but two or three s tacked hitm at once, and soon killed tho uok doz. Not long since tho wolves made a raid G $P3"E Stobbins' fock, 1n the pasture, and s ceoded in_uilling five. Tbe county snd the Spoded ot “Lowville, offer a reward of 515, yef; ibey ara onstantly incressiog, on sccoust c§ the prosection afforded them by the thick brushy