Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1874, Page 4

—————-—fi-—‘i—‘——'———“——“’_‘—————_—_—_ - TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. , BATES OF SUDSORIPTION (PATADLR IN ”"";‘2)7 1240 3 B 91 8 Tarte of & yorr at tho samo rata, To prevent dolay and nilstaxos, bo sure and give Post Of canddress in (ul), Including State aud Conaty, Tomittances may bo mada olthior bydeatt, vxpross, Post Oicooude, or in registored latre:s, ab our risk. TERMS TO CITY BUDSURIBRNR, ’ . dalitcred, Bundas orcoptod 5 cente por wool P elivored, Sundar Incladed, t0 conts or waak. THE TAIBUNE COMPANY, blcago, il TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. botwaon, AUADEMY OF MUSTO—Haluted straat bofwac on and Montoo. Kugagomont of John 7ish Coualn, " M Bt JI00LEY'S THIEATRF—Randoloh stract, betypen Olark and LaSalla, The Great ‘Adolphl Compsny. stanley, I'arco, and Varlaty. DING--Lakashore, foot of Adams A oabs ™ Aitorhoos aad uvoR(ng: BUSINESS NOTICES 4 AND GOLD T leugara: TUSL- Now York. 410 TO 81,000 INVESTED e et A mont, Send o DGR S8, Hankors, 3 WelLat Wihre 85, ek, S ok Tlhe Chicago Tribune, Thursdey Morning, July 30, 1874. Thoy do say that Gen. Butlor i at the bottom of tho sult for libel inatituted agoinst Tilton by Mr. Gaynor. Probably thereis a clovon-hoof at tho bottom of Gon. Butler, A ourlous nnd patbetic incidont of the groat flood in Allegliony County, Pa., was tho rocov- ery of o slocping baby in & cradle, thirty-five les from tho scono of the dlssator. Look oub for lyric effusionas in tho Beptembor magazines, sud for uncommonly bad vorse in the Bunday *papars, Spinner and Bristow aro not and have nover ‘boon at odds, So much for the exciting war- rumors from Washington, We esuuot flnd torms ln which to oxprees our admiration of tho gonius who concoived tho story, gave it gonoral eurrency, prolongedt the crisis over days and wooks, and finally stnmpod it all as a silly le. —— Tho Emperor Willinm of Gormeny: is. going to Italy very goon, probably in the sutumn, Thero will be a dolightfwl Interchange of oourtosios between him and the Pope, of course. TImagino the prodigal roturning homo unrepent- snt, and tho old patriarch with a rod of afitic- tion Iying tn wait for him bohind the hall-doar. —_— While Mr. Gladstone was in powor, the num- Yer ot Liborals in tbe Houso of Lords was largo- 1y incrensed by thowe whom the late Promior added to tho Peorago. Thoro is the slightost ind of & euepicion thac tho Upper House msy therefora prove & stumbling-block in tho way of Disrsell. This would be a contingency entirely new in English politics, r——r—e———— The German squadron now in British wators has Leen ordored to the const of Spain, French politiciaus will understand this apnouncemont to menn that the Bpauish Republic sball not be ptrangled in its cradle whila the Emperor William lives. This guarnntoo {8 not given bo- cnugo tho Spauish infant {8 wholesome or ploasant, but rather becsuse the Fronch: boy needs reprocf nud earrection - /The 'storm at Pittsburg caught tho Signal- Bervico obsorver with his night-cap on, Ho was expecting nothing of tie lind; sud ho uuw smy=y in low simplicity, that there wero no indications of it beyond & slight clange jn tho bnromutm‘.. Tho truth reema to b that the storm was an oc- contricity of Nature, or, ab least, tha result of ‘meteorological conditions which sclentific men havo not yot begun to understand Tha Hon. George F, Hoar ropols with some indignation the jutimation that be solicits the Kapablican nomination for Governor of Massa- cuusetts, A Worcester paper that assumed to gpoak. with authority aid, sovoral weeks 8go, that there was no honor which Mr, Hoar so earnectly eavetod as the one which he has now disdainfully rojected. Somobody ks boon in- discreat, or some other body hea doviated from the caact line of veracity. Gov. Daxter has como boforo the Congros- pional Tnvestigating Committee, and taken back in dotail all the charges that he occe made sgainet Sonator Clayton. Tho Democrats aro represented a8 bolng much inconsed by his doplicity, oud tho dlspatches pay that thoy now speak of Daxtor as “tho biggest lar in Amorica.” This is o proud distinetion, coneidoring tho recent revola- tions in Brooklyn, and the impoesibility of do- ciding who hag told the truth in that matter. R Trindlo s tho champion dofaulter. He wag the New York ngent for a Philadelphia and two Chicago insurance compavios. Unlimited con< fidonce was reposed in him; and ho mado the mont of his opportuaitios, His wife and family wore seut to Europo saversl months rgo, and now ho bas gono like an exhalation of the morning's mist. One hundred thousand dollars have gone with bim. Wo shonld despair of ever finding & jury of his poers to try Prindlo, and for this renson are not wholly meonsolable at his boing out of ronch of ‘the law. Tho companies that trusted him go implicitly would now reesive and duserve more eympathy if thoy had trusted him less, Bound business principles roquire that an agent who has tho handling of large sume of ‘money should not be treated as o brother, but a8 o man whooo hand is agalust bis omployers and whoso employars' hands aro against bim, plasissitiosihipiele ol The nrticle jo Tur TribuNE cxposing the il- Ingality of tho rocont election of archutects by tho Common Couneil was a goneral sublect of discussion in oficial circles yostorday, It wns susitnined by good suthority, and tho further point was mado tuat, ovon if tho Couucil might legally oloct architects, it could do so only by passivg an ordinnnce. The clection of Mouduy s therefore void on two grounds, To choose Messrs, Karls and Egan’ over again it will be nocoseary, in tho firut place, to disrogard a plain provislon of the City Charter, and, in the next place, to take a yoa-and-uay voto on an ordlnance. Oun such a questicn, every Alderman should make a record, The County Commissionors, at thelr mooting yesterdav, 5o far respooted the advico of Tue ‘TrinuNE a8 to-doler actlon on the matter until 1o firut Mondny in Boptomber, The Chicago produco markold ware genor- elly oxcited yestorday and irregular, except wheat and Hour, Mess pork waa activo, and declined 60@70a por brl, closing at $23.00 sollor August. Lard was n good dgmnnd, and 20@250 por 100 Ibs higher, closing at €12.87¢ cash or soller August, Monta waoro losa notive and firm, At T4 @7%o for shoulders, 83{@10¢ for short . PHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1874, tiba, 10@103o for short oloar, And 13}@130 for' ewoot-ploklod hams, 1lighwinos wore mod- orately, active and atrong, at 070 por gallon. Lako (rolghts woro dull snd woak, at 29(@23{0 for corn to Buffalo, Llour Svna loss.active at former pr(cén. Wheat wos quict nod sleady, closlng at 81,073 cosh, oud §1,033{ eoller August. Corn was vory active and muelt oxcited, ad- vanelug 43¢o; it closed nt 720 cash and 01igo gollor August. Onta wero active snd Go highor, aloslng at Gbo.for old, 62 for mow, and 30}{0 woltor Auguat. Ty was dull and ocasier at 88c. Datlay was ingood domand and e higher, nt 81.00 @1.1034o cash or sellor Soptomber. Flogs wore fairly activo at 10c dectine ; ealen ot §0.00@7.25. QOattlo woro active aod firm, Sheop auict and stendy, The New York Financial Ohvonicte inelsts that tho Wisconsin railway declsion was roally of “no consoquonce.” This opinion is basod on tho bollof that tho decision waa dolivored orally. Belug thus **loosaly put togother," tho Ohroni- cle svors it contsined monttmonts to which Judge Davis would not subsoribo, DBut tho fact is, it was mnot delivered orally, It was carofully written aftor » conforenco lnstivg fromn tho noon adjournmont . until evening, and was road by Judgo Drummond fn*court, as wero ulso the suggestiona sdded therato by Judge Davis, Tho couusol engaged in tho case do not xogard tho result so lightly as the Chronicle dobs. Tloy are assurod that tho Court hold tho view that, ss the Logislaturo had thio undoubtod right to to reposl tho charters of the corporations at wiil, and such st would practioally ruin tho value of tho proporty, thore- fors tho plea that compliance with tho law wonld bo ruinous could not consistontly bo sceoptod 28 sufliciont cause for au Injuuction, Tlhe post- tion aflirmed may bo o dangorous ono for tho Btate and disastrous to tho corporations, but 16 18 none tho loeg hold to bo'tho law in Wisconein, A speclal Grand Jury found two indictments against Staadon yosterday. TFor the' beneflt of tlios0 porsons who Linve forgotton or nover kuew. about Stasdon, wo-will soy that bo ia the nisn who is supposed to have converted lis houso into & powder-mngazitio aud made proparations for' touching ,tho old thing off, It was no.fault of his, tho Grand Jury thouglt, that the prep- ot arations fatled. One of. the ludiotmonts against Limd {8 for arson, and the other for murder, Novw, Btaadon, ar whoever it was that placed tho Xkegs of powdorn his kouso, never inoant to mur- der suybody. His singlo-minded purpose was to destroy tho Louse so quickly that it would bo imposeible to tell what caused its dostrue- tion, Dut tho law prosumes that a man intouds the conscquonces of his own acts, and thercforo tho case must bo made up ngainst Btaaden 28 if Lo bad actually arranged to blow up such fire- men and citizons ag wora naturally callod to tho houso by an_olurmof firo, The incondiary in tius cage seemed not to know that the oxplosion of £0 much powder would probably put out tho fire, and In any event render tho recovery of - uurance vory uncortaln, The Cours ot Commissioners of tho Alabama Claima met on the 24th, and after tho adoption of cortain rulos adjourncd to Oct. 1. The ralos provido: 1. That John Davis, Esq,, Olerk of the Court of Commissionors of Alabama Claims, shall filo. a rocord of sll clnims transmitted to him, and docket them m the order of time in which thoy may bo received. 0. Whet =2 -teimg ghall bo filed within ,six months from tho 22d day of ‘July, 1874, and bo vorifled by the aflidavit of the claimout. i 8, That every olaim shall bo stated in » peti- fon addressed to the Court, and set forth tho titlo of the cuse, the Clristian names snd sur- uames of claimants, whero and when they were born, whoro they resided betweon tho 13th day of April, 1861, sod tho 9th day of April, 1805, |, both {ncluded ; whetbor they have boou natural- izod or not in any othior country than tho United Staten; whether thoy ovor took any ataps to be 6o paturalized; o otatoment of the facts aud clroumstances, place, date, assignments, trans- fars, cto.; the mmount for which judgment is ssked, principal and intorest to be kopt sopa~ rate, Thero aro the principal rogulations con- corning olaimants, The rest relato to the Court itsolf aud to tho counsol for claimants, DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Tho Democratio State Committee met yestor- day and adopted a call forn Btate Convontion, to bo held at Springficld Aug. 20. Tho call em- Lraces all yoters of tlo State who dosire to pro- mote the following-named principles: irst—Tho restoration of gold and silvor as the basis of tho ourroncy of the country i tho speedy resump- ton of specie-payments, nud the payment of ull natfonal Andobteduess in the money recognized by 1o eivilized world, Second—Freo commerco, Third~Indivilual Uborty, sud opposition to sump- tuary Inws, % LFourth—Tigid restriotion of tho Government, both State and Natlonal, to tho legitimato domain of politt oot power, by cxclwding therefrom all oxcontive and legislutive intermeddling with the offalrs of soclely, whereby monopolies ure fostered, privileged classes sggrandized, and individual freedain unuecessarily and approsaively restrainca.” . Fyth—Tho right and duty of the Stato to protect its. citizens from oxtortion and unjust discrimination by chartared monopolies, . - ‘Wo think the Committeo have actod wisely in furnishing this ontline of principles boforeland, for, although not necossarily the platform of tho proposed Convontion; it will have n great if not | decislve influonco in shaping that ! platform, It is -duo ‘to caudor to state that it is the only squaro-tood declaration of principles on tho cur- rency question e8 yet put forth- by any politieal organization in the Btito, being o . domaud for tho sposdy rostoration .8 gold. basiy . for {ho. ciroulating ‘medium, and for the paymont of all natlonal ine dobtedness In that which is rocognized as money by tho clvihized world. Wo ropent that this is tho only manly and unequivocal platform put forth fn Hlinois this year. If. the Convontion to ba Leld on the 20th shall adopt the same, or, eomothing oquivalont to it, and not less da- clsive, it wlil have porformed n patriotio and wisenct, furniehing o notablo contrast to the action tuken by Indiana Democrats & shott time sinco. After the platform Lind hoon adopted, tho rop- resontativos of tho thrao Gorman daily papors In Chicago signed the eall, Thissimultancousnction was due, no doubl, in largo part, to the third soc- tlon of the document, which dealures opposition to sumptuary laws, Nevortheless tho columns of those papers have shoiwn that oven this regolu. tion would not have been effactual unless pc- companied by tho ono calling for o sound cur- ronoy. Tho aotion of tho German editors, how- over It may havo boen brought about, porsesscs mucl) significanco in Stato politios, and oven mora in the local politics of tho olty and aounty, Tho Copgrensional elections will bo largely in« ‘ fluenced by it in evory Distriot fu the Btato, The noxt question to come np will bo the ex- podionoy of indorsing the nomiuations of Mossrs, Goro and Ettor, the candidates of the Indopond- ont Convontion of tho 10th of Juno, If matls- factory nssurancos can bo obtalood from thom, or from tho party which thoy moro partioularly ropresont, rogarding the cwtrranoy plank,—which" ia tho only ronl differonce Liotivoen the two plats formé,~it {s vory likely that that will bo tho ro<', sult. Bub it would be'an undignified lowering of tholr ntandard to. tako Messra, Goro and Ettor without some auch asaurance.. THE PROPOSED FIRE-BOULEVARD, Nothing hins so strilingly commended itsol? to tho pooplo of Chlcago as tho suggoeatlon that & balt of torritory of tho width of a block, running wost from tho'Juko to Asbland nvonito, snd- thonco north, should bo purchased by’ the clty and Bot apart as & pooplo's’park and boulovard, forming st the sama timo one of the groatost possiblo protectiona against ‘and prevontivos of tho sprasd of firo that can bo dovised, Twonty' yeara- honco, it {t bo not dono soonor, thia soiomo will“bo's nocossity. In ths meantimo, tho' FAM of it will :adwit .the dnntrpuglan of proporty tou or'iwonty timea tho cost of. tho Im- provomont at this thne,” Mad thle improvomont boen ndopted twonty yenra ago, how valuablo would it be now. Wo bave oxpoudod in actual outlay of bonds and intorest, and aro yot to expond, an sggrogato of from six.milllona to ton millions of dollara far the parks and boula- vardg in tho Town of Myde Park and on tho wostori limits of tho. aliy, " To- tho mulll- tudo ' these ‘parkn are ‘almosk' ‘a8 fnnocossiblo 8a It thoy wore ot Jollot or Wankogsn. While : wo' do nok. undorrate their valuo, “thoy can nover be of that popular intorost and popular benafit which's contintious parlk planted in tho mast densoly populated districta of the ' elty muet bo, Suppose this park bo located with ita'north Jino at Polk stroot, or Twolfth atroot, oranywhoro in that gonoral locality, and ex- tond, 500 foot wide, a distance of two milos to Asbland nvenue, could thero bo a wiser or moro "hoalthful provision made for tho groat mass of tho' community? I¥ will ponotrato tho most lhlqkly mottled . pottions. of the. oity, giving broathing spaco snd relaxationto multitndes ‘who aro now confinod to.tho crowded tonomonts and natrow . sirects whero' they live. Ins fow yoarsitliis park, planted with traos, will bonot only 8 placo of hoslthtul rooreation, but will bo an ornamont to tho city beyond comparison with any other- publio {mprovement, ‘In ‘point of neconslty as & sanitary moasuro, and ngan all- sufficlent barrior agalnat® firo, its valuo s not to be goraputed in dollars and conta. . i - There 15 an sdvantago in catly action on this subjact, becango ninotecn-twantloths of tho im- provements in the distriot coraprised consist of wooden buildings, mostly of an indifferent or not'costly charactor. A larga portion of it is not improved at all. ‘Under the law a1l buildings hemn_ner to bo put up must bo of brick ana of sorao permancnt ckiatactor, and tho Iand ana tho improvements can be purchased in 1874 for much loas than s fow years hencs, whon' the vacant places will ‘e covered and new bnildinga take fliq placo of tho.old ones. What is nooded’ now 1a that the Olty Governmont shall iake immedi- ate stops, first, to scloat and designate tho terri- tory to bo taken and devotod to the vark; next “for the condemnation of a portion of tho whole ‘distanco annually. Thisis but just tothe owners of tho land, who, in tho- sbsouco of any - such notice, may procced . to make improveménta they otherwise wounld not, aud to onablo thom to seok other locations for homes and business for tho future, It will cost a gon- sidorablo sum, far moro than it would have cost twonty, or even ten yoars ago, but not half as muok as it will cost ten yosrslienco. An annualtax and appropriation for this purouse. ~in pa most. choorfully borne by the tax-payers, sud. we ¢an imagine no class of the community, rich or poor, who will not oqually rejoico in the bonefits snd enjoyment of this great improvement. : Once oxtondod across the South and West Divisions, the park with its boulovard can bo ex- tonded northwardly so as to furnish to the various portions of the city on each sido an effectual out-off from any conflagration which may originato in any othor. "As & proventlon of tho exteusion of firos thore can bo no more cortain procaution devised.. We bave the tor- ritory to spare; it o8 'yet has no ocost- ly improvements to be taken down and pald for; ita cetablishment will cause the removal of notbing but what i of iteolt dangorous to tho gafety of the city. It will ro- move seversl lumber-yarde, wooden buildioga |, used us sawmills and for 1iko purposes, aud gen~ erally got rid of much inflammable matorial,” 1¢ will ggva confidonco and geourity against firo from boyond, snd at tho same tima glve to the people of all'the crowded parts of thoocity o roating- placo, with pure air;and all tho comforts and enjoyments of & wido oxtended park at thoir own .doors, aud not involving an oxpenditure for oar- fafo orearringes to' reach it. We aro confidont that this community, taxed heavily s it is, will more choerfully submit to bo taxed one million of dollara to bogin this firo park than thoy will to bo taxed one-tonth of that sum to bLogin tho Court-House and Qity-Hall. The park will be an expanditure for the publio benefit immediate and direot ; tho Court-Houso ia a job for tho ox- clusive bonefit and profit of coutractors and their |; paténors in tho City and County Governments., " STEAM-PUMPS ON THE DOCKS. In connaction with tho construction of a park through the hoart of -the city, referred to in an- other article In this papor, wo suggest, us an ad- ditlonal, mensura of dofenso ngaingt firo, tho purchage of sevoral large steam-pumps, to be lo- cated at points along the river. -In Now York, at ong of the gront bonded warehouses on South stroot, ono of those pumps has boen lcated, and it 19 4l to bo capablo of sending a strosm from the Enat River with tho foroo of a dozon ordl- nary firc-ongines. It can bo used with great of- feot both in the amount of water it can project as woll a8 the forco with whioh it is driven, Bo grant ia tlie power of (his stosm-pump that 1t s now proposed to oxtond ita usefulnoss by attaching pipes to it extonding from the dook to Broagway, communioating with hydrauts on tho cornor crossiuga, If this moans bo effectual in Now York, it cortainly can bo made’ moro g0 in this oity, whero wo havo tho river running through the wholo longth of the olty. Ons or two of theso stonm-pumps placed on ‘tho maln river could furnish through » pipo wator in avy quantity to any part of the Bouth Diviaton na far south s Van Buron sirect, This supply would be in sddition to the ordinary eupply of wator and the ordinary firo-oxtivguisking apparatus furnlghed by the city. Thia plpe may have hoso aitached to it at any point, and each sircam wounld havo a force and offect equal to that of at loast ono ateam flro-engine. Tho coat will be comparatively small, The pipes require to bo lnid only a fow inchos benoath tho surface, and, as thoy will be empty oxcept when in uge for & fire, thoy will not freeze. ‘The moment & firo- slarm j8 sounded tho steam-pump fills these pipos; whon tho Loso is attacued thoro is an avallablo aircam roaching to the top of the bighost building, snd driven with all the forco of tho pump at tho river. 'Asananxiliaryto tho machinory of ths Fro Dopartmont; these pumps will prove valuable bocauso, while In no way intorforing with tho rogular wator-supply upon which tho fire-englues must alono dopend, In- dopondent sorvice of waler in groat abundanco, and drivon with & power no flro-engine can ob- tald, s furnleled, ana {8 instantly availablo. "Thoro'will bo nooded, howover, o, supply of hoso, to bo nsod In conncotion with thoso steam- pumps exclusively, and a forco of mon to handle {t. Thoso ‘stoam-pumps can bo stationod along tho main river, and the Bouth Branch and the North prnquh. nn;l, it their power is not grossly oxaggorated, they can furnish &ho groater park of the area of tha clty with a supply of .wator for fires far In oxcees of that now fur- nished by tho VatorWorks, and with s power t0 each hoso attrehod aqual to that of sny fire- ongine, Wo think, as tho wator-supply for fires 1s ono of tho uncerlainties under which wo oxist, thnt the purchagoot a steam-pump of this char- acter, and'sn’ esperimont of its caproity and usofulness, woull ba’ excoodingly usoful, The expondituro wil?bo woll repaid if the perfarm- atico do no morothan furnish au additional sup- ply of wator, . ' OIVIL RIGHTS AT THE S0UTH. A tragody hns just beon onagtod in Carroll Oounty, ‘Tonnesmo, which illuatrates the avorage nogro's idonas of civil rights and what is apt to como of it. A nigro residing noar Mapla Creck, in that county, eenceived tho notion now not un- common among 1is kind thot bo was a8 good ag any white man, dthough bis charastor was nono of thobost. Inlood, he had the roputation of belng a mont notorions and dangerous person, ‘This did not provent his wishing to marry tho daughtor of & wlita man. Ho bonsted that ho would have her for his wito; and that if hodid not.marry hor he wonld kill ber. - Tho father of ho gltl, s Radicsl Ropublican, hoord of tho no- gro'sintontions, yent to sco him, questionod him "concerning his throats, snd administored to him corrcotion which, under tho ciroumstancoes; bodid pot considor impropor. This sorved only to oxasporate tho nepro, who now eworo that ho wonld be avengd both on the father and daugh- tor. Ho armod himeolt with » viow of accom~ plishing bis inteations, and awaited hia oppor- tanity, The falaor heard of his lying in am- bush, and, with tho agsistanco of some friends, ‘captured him, During tho night, a party of maskod mon took him {n charge, and oxeontad Lynch law upon'him.. The tragedy occurred in s Republican district, and it is said that the partios o thoiragody were all Ropublicans. Tho ao- tion of tha white men fn this affair caunot, of courso, bo too strongly condomned. Bub it prosos & moral which tho advocates of civil rights, 8o caliod, will do woll to ponder. Tho nograes hiave boon pronchied to 8o long about their .nqqnllty with tho white man, both political and soclal, that their desiro for it has roached fover hoat. Tt f8 timo that logislation at least should conso to feod it, Suoh horriblo tragedies ns that we have just recorded ara tha natural outgrowth of the movomont that started tho civil-mghts agitation, i THE AREANSAS CONGRESSMEN, We showed, in our issuo of the 27th inst., -that tha Congressfona! investigation into tho Arkangns clootion of 1872 has proved that Bax- "tor was nover elected Governor, and has ostab- Hshed the strongest of probmbilities that tho Logislature which afiorwards convened and chose Dorsey United States Senator Was never itaclt olocted, 50 that Mr. Dorsoy Lias no right to hig Boat, WO .PFOPOED LOW. o smawsiuy thio - su= sults of that-investigation as ihey affoct tho Congressmen from Arkansas. The Btato hna four Roprosoutatives, ono of whom s choson at large. In tho Firat District, Gauso (Domoerat) ran- sgainst Hodges (Republican), and was elected by 1,500 majority. The * offleial ro- turos of Clayton, Dorsoy, e! al., elected Hodges, Gause, awaro that the House, in its then tom- ‘por, would not decide contostod olection against & Ropublican, though tho caso against him were proved ton timea ovor, declined to mako any farther fight. Hodges took his soat without oppo- sition. The iuvestigation has shown that ho has no vulid title to it. To the Bacond District, tho Republican candi- dato, Snydor, was probably electod. o now s the soat. " (Donioorat) was opposed by W. W. Wilshire (Ro- publigan). The former was- elected by sbout, 6,000 majority. Somo 4,600 of these votos woro counted out, but tho mnjority was atill 1,400, Then:Gov. Baxter cortiflod to Congress that tho “voto stood thus ¢ W, W, Wilslire, “vilabiro *, ‘Thos. M. Guuter, 11,499 “ Gunther . 0L Guutoe, '8, M, Guutor,” ' T, M, Gun- teo,” #'Thos, M, Guntee,” # T, Ros Gun~ vor 1,460 13,640 * Baxtor tostifled that thia statement was cor- reot, **as appoars from tho roturns of snid eloo~ tion an filo, and certiflcates of olerky doposited in the offico of Becrotary of State.” The clorks wero all in the pay of the Clayton-Dorsey ring. ! Auy ono of them, by. copying Guntor's namo wrongly, could out down his yoto. Bo of, courso thoy misspett most laborfously. ..On the show- ing of thie roturn, the House, in Fobruary of this yonr, soated Wilshire, Republicon mem- bers protested fn vaiu,. .Gon, Hawloy said that tho.returns, doctored as they wero, showad that Guntor had n majority of 900 to 1,400, - Tho in- vuéngnuan shows o majority of 6,000. Now, wark the sequol. Whon the Daxior-Brooks _hquabblo bogan, Wilabire turned around with Baxtgr againss Clayton, and Doreoy, and Brooks, —_thet is, against the Ropublican party. Where- upon the House, June 17, did, withont ton min- utes'! dobato, uneeat the recaloitrant Wilshire and admlt Guator by an unanimous voto, For Congrossman-at-Large, Hynes (Domo- crat) and Bradloy (Republican) ran, Tho former carrled tho Stato by 18,000 majority. Arrango- ments were mada to count him out ; but, by the mistalko of somebody and to thesuroriso and vexation of overybody engaged in the job, tho “ofticlal " returns, after alt tholr dootoring, gave him 246 mejority. An offort was thon mado, at Littlo Rock, to Laye Qov. Baxter.with- holda certificate from Iynes and sond to the Hougo a cortiflod statement of votos, a3 in the Wilshire-Gunter oase, This would have invelved Hyneg' cortain dofeat, Ile, 8 Demoorat, would have hadno chanco before o Republican Con- gress undor the highly moral systom of votlug on a candidate’s politics instead of his evidenco. 8o the man who was olocted by 18,000 majority pald tho man Lo had dofoated In order to provons the latter's comtesting tho cafe, Mo gob Lls cortificato aud took Lls goat, His briba to Bradloy was partly cash, partly paper. Mo fatlod to pay tho notes, and Droadley sppoared st Waahington, last: mouth, and triod to unseat him, DBy that tiwe, howover, ter)" snd “Thos, AL Jrenter ‘be tho sonsation in tho Enat,—all irivestigations 1t booamo evident that * Arknnsas Iepubliosn” waa substantially n synonym for * rascal,” 'Tho THouso ignorod Bradloy and contontod itsolf with ordoring n gonoral invostigation. ‘It thusap- posra that Bonator Dornoy, of Arkansas, haa no right to his noat ; that Hodgon, of tho Firat Dis- trict of Arkaneas, has mo right to hin; that Gunter, of tho Third, aftor boing kopt out of his for fiftoon montbs, finally got it only bocauso ifa whilom adversary had become morae anti-Re- publican than hoj "and that Hyned, Cobgross- man-at-Largo, thongh elootod by 18,000 majority, biad to Luy his cortifieato and so win bis soat honoatly and dishonestly. Wo commond this showling to tho *atatesmon® who havo rocon- structod Arkansaa, e—— THE ABDUCTION OASE, The Philadelphis abduction still continues to for tho past ‘four wooka laving provad utterly futile. Not a singlo oluo hng boon discovered to aid in an intelligent pursuit. This in tho.strang- qat featura in the case, and lna ocessioned no littlo unfavorable ‘comment on the part of the pross and polico of Philadelphia and Now York. The provailing improssion is that Ross has beon all thie timo in poseossion of cortain {nformation which ho hiss withhold from tho polico, Throe wooks ngo hio rocelvpd a lotter offoriug tho ros- toration of tho child for tho enormous sum of $20,000. Theso suspiolona suggest to the Boston' Journal & story aimilar In its proliminaries to the presont cnse. Fortyyearn agoa bonutiful ohildwas stolon from s poor man in England, and.the fathor notiflod that the sum of .£5,000 would rousom bim. Tho paront replied, throngh the’ channol directed, that Lo could nok raiso s tithe of that nmount. Tho kidnapper sssured him that by applylng to his rolativos he could obtain tho monoy, and 80, indeed, he did. The child was roturnod, the anxious father made Lappy, and the genaroua ralatives gratifiad, Moanwinlo ono ot tho contributors to tho ransom fund hsd mado nrrangoments with tho Bank of England to rogister tho bank-notos ho contributed and to notify him on thoir prosentation, hia objeot beiug to find “tho kidnappors, The "plan was guccossful ; tho kidnoppor was found ; and the sorrowing fathior was sontenced . to ponal gorvittido for conspiracy to dofrand, Ho had abductod bis own ohitd for the sako of the ran- womg Y Tho New York fferald of TJuly 25 containe o lattor from Philadolphis ‘which ombodies’ what are siated to bo gonoral. rumors and suspiclons }h-l this colebrated abduction caso s a frand; “that it was 8 schome resorted to Ly Mr. Ross to rafgo money to extricate himsolf from financisl ombarrassmonts, Tho form of theso rumors is thiat, whon & sympathizing public had contrib- uted the $20,000 to pay tho ransom for tho ohild, tho child would bo brought homo by some poraon aharing the money, and that from the be- ginning the child lire boon morely hidden. Whon tha offort waa made to rafso tho muney for 'the rangom it failed, though s much greator sum might havo been raised as a reward for tho cap- tura .aud couviction of tho abductors, Tho Moyor's proclamation offering £20,000 for the recovery of the child {is conditional upon tho arrest sud conviction of the kidnappors. Since thon nothing furthor hias occurred relating tothe “subject. None of tho Philadaelphis papers give curronoy to theso storles, snd thoix publieation in the Now York paper, if - they aro false, is cal-. Injtho Third District, Thomas M. Guuter - culatod to give additional weight to the disttess of tho afflicted family. ; ORIGIN OF THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE, Tt 15 hard getting ot tho beginnings of things. AN GuitUesmentn sme dnvedred 10 OATRULES, Whore tho- first oyster camo from and how it camo—who shall tell ?, Whethor tho first egg was a donation to tho world by one of the feath- ered tribo, or whether thio firat of tho fonth- ercd tribo had previonsly inhabited a shell, is & problem which lopg dlsturbod the philosophic brains of formor times,. Where the Misaissippi, or any other mighty stream, really begins,—1. e,, whora tho fivat drop of the Father of Waters, ar of any othor groat siver, i to bo met, 1s a ques- tion which no earthly goographer can eay. The sclontific world is puzzled to account for our own boglnning, Tho origin of spocies and tho doscent of man aro very kmotly quos- tions, Aud e0 {8 tho origlu of tho' wom- an's temporsnce crusado. Who inaugursted tho mighty movemont? What lovely volco firat obanted » bymn in the domain of Lagor? - What charming Jips lot drop the firat summons to sur- ronder? What dainty hands emptied tho con- tontd of the firat kog or barrel of liquor on' the sldowalk or into the stroet ? , Whereia tho spot that saw tho beginning of this world-movement againet the Tyrant Drink? Hithorto, Hillabor- ough, Ohio, has claimod that honor, Thore waa the spot whore tho movemont bogan. Thoro was tho swoot voico that sang the first crusade note of o tomperanco hymn. There the hands thap doomed the first iron-bound keg and its oon- tonts to destruction, Hillsborough's claim to tho ' distinotion was universally allowed, until Weston, McLean Co., I, question- od its titlo to ¢he bonor. In Weston tho great tomporanco prayer-movement had fts ori~ gin, | Bo at lonst olaima o corzospondent of the Chonoa (111:) Monilor, who boasts . himself a citizgn of that placo, now no longer tho loast in fame among tho towns of our State. Tho Weston olironicler tells us that the crusade had its origin In tho following monnor : Two years ago ‘s ré- ligions meetlog of unusual length was hold in ‘Woaton, | While the minister was {akiog caro of tho souls and conscioncos of the members of the moeting, & Kpight of Xing Gambrinus was caving for tholr stomacha at Lisliosdquartors,—n shanty noar: tho railroad. With ench sucoas- givo day the enthuelasm of tho parties in search of roligion Iacreased. . In an equal ratio in- oreasod tho thirst of Llie unrogenerate, The more tho ministor proachod, and tho longor the meot- ing lastod, tho widor tho oyes of tho faithful wore oponod, and the more plainly did thoy seo the abomination thero was in tho ehanty near tho raflrond, iutho boer, and in the man who drank it, Boon s spolosman was found to ex- prese Iu words whae sl fole, Io doclared tho 1ittlo ranch was * o nuisance snd s sink-holo of oorruption.” Ifo rosolved himeelf accordingly info a commandor-in-chiof, and all the rest of the meoting into an army. Placing himsolf at the head of nis columne Lo advanced upen the stronghold of tho liquor-dealer, Arriving ab the boudquarters of the onecmy, & patloy onsucd. ‘L'ho oppoaing chlafg talked of the waathor. Thoy talled of tho oropa. Thoy talke od of p fow other things, Whon they had thus bocome to n limited extent acqualnted, the modorn Godfrey of Boulllon, with the sword of argnmont, demolishod Lis adversary, Then ho prayad, and go did his followers. Nover was pray- ormoro offocutal. The beer-man surrondored, Hp olosod Ll saloon, Ho Jolued. tho Ohurch, He begau to live a righteous life. DBut the very noxt day a terriblo tomptation camo to assail lim, Bix koga of lagor nddrossed to tho cone ‘vortod saloon-keopor woro pitched from the expross-iraln at Woston, Tho crusndor who had boon tho moans of lis convorsion waa consulted, ‘Thera was s amall sccount rinning betwaon tho two. Tho stmount of tho bill was about oqual to tho valuo of the nowly-importod elx kogs of boor. Tho orusador proposed that it tho whilom ealoon-keoper should kelp him to destroy tho laat shipmont of lquor ho would cancel his debt. Tho proponition was ncoopted. A fow, atrokos of tho hatehet, and tho liquor was whoro 1t might baye lauded Its victims lind it not boen dostroyod—in tho guttor. This tho Weaton his- torfan glnims wos the origin of ‘the late orusado, Othora honrd of it and " aid likowlso—only thoy did not - canool sy -dobte. From ‘this.grain of muatard-secd tho great troo grow, Itmay bo that tho Weston manis right, Wo profor to withhold our’ daoislon, howover, till wo hear sgain from Millsboroug ‘WOMAN’S DRESS, The Woman's Jourrial of July 25 contains o ‘roport of the work performed by tho Dross Com- mitteo of tho Now Englaud Woman's Club from July, 1878, to. Jamiary, 1874. This Commitieo was orgonizod as a rosult of Miss Stuart Pholps* eneay, M What to Wear,” which was firab road before tho Olub, then published in the Inde- pendent, snd then ropublished in pamphilet form. Tho! Committeo quickly camo to the conclusion that, tho prosont fominmne gorb is nolther hodlthy, nor besutiful, nor economieal, nor do- corit: It ‘Is,'above all, unhoalthy. It com- preagos the vitsl organa; it hangs tho wholo weight of tho-clothing.from tho hips instoad of tho ehouldors ; and it causes a varying and un- oqual tomperature in tho different parts of tho body. It was not considercd advisable torocom- mend swooping ohianges, liowover. - Reform, like ‘a baby, must’ orawl boforo it can walk or run. Thoe Committen thorofore contonted itsolf with_proparing sn olaborate argnmont sgainat the present atylo of dross, and with takiog pains. %0 bring tho subject bofore tha publie. . Copiea of the printed argumont woro sont to sl persons | kmoyn to bo interestod in the cause, ond to the 460 registered ‘dressmakora of Boaton, in. tho hopo * that thoreby somo_ conaciencos may, bo, awskenod among this influontisl and fmportant olass of work-women by which the waists of their oustomora may horoaftor bosparod a little of the torturo.to which. thoy sro so ofton induced to submit.” Wo are not informod whothor the hopo was Justifiod by tho rosults. Lack of monoy provonted much tract-distribution. Ar- rangoments woro mado for a course of- six lec- ‘“uios by promincnt Boston ° doctors upon. tho 'health of women as- affcoted by thelr drens. Charts and mannikina wore propared o8 illuatrations..” Improved underwear ig also boing devlsod. - The Gommittes will not lay down any rogulation dross, but will suggest ideas for othora to carry out, with suck modifleations aa individunl taste may dictate. It lshoped that the garments may bo g0 arranged that chest and lmbs may bo moro warmly clothed than now, that the number of ulidrta may bo diminished, and that overy stitch of clothing may hang from the shoulders instond of the waist. Tho second installment of the Committec’s roport, covering tbe timo up to data, will ba publisbed fn a few days. ———e Tho full skirt {5 the badgo of feminino servi- tnde, Woman's dopondence can be ostimated by the tongth of her-train. Dr, Mary Walker, of Washington, alono 18 pro-ominont among her 80x for practicing tbis tkeory with any degree of success, but even sho haa hesitated to carry it out to its ultimate consoquences. She has cur- talled hor robes, woaring abovo tho masculine ‘pantaloons an abbrevinted skirt, proportioned 1o bor . figuro :about 88 faisly as those of enrly’ -childhood, * Jforgetting, like Bamson; aftor his barbor-shop oxperionces, this elo- mont of woakness, Dr. Mary Walker assumed tho masculine right to lense a house to & tyrant man. Troublo having ocourred between land- Iady and tyrant, and the former baving been lod to make some daugerous threata againat the tonant, tho natural propensity for opprossing tha other eex provailed with the Iatter, .Dr. ‘Mary Walkor was arrosted on the charge which ia ususlly brought againat the tyrant, and placed undor bouds. Tho groat mistake the lady made was in.adhoring sufliciontly to anciont supor- stitions to retain even half o elirt. *“No com- promigo™ is the watchword of modern reform- ors, and, to bo consistont a8 wellas securo, Mrs, Dr. Walkor ought to abandon {hoe dress-skirt sltogother. ° - ‘ —— 1t Victor Hugo' only know what an infliction bhis dovil-fish story. would have indircctly pro- ducod npon sufforing humanity he would, wo lopo, have paneed bofore introducing it into the “ Toilars.of . tho Sea,” From the first appoare anco, of, that ‘work thoro has been o strong temptation to imaginative porsona to discover o mariné monator. The Now York World recently oaptured one in ité ofico,—~invonted him, rather, —and sn account of -the mouster’s poculinrities wandered through the countryin newspapers, Binco . that . time, it would .scem that tho percentaga of vessols sailing from American or Apglo-American porla withont encountering asohool of dovil-flsh ia ridiculously emall. In fact, it Booms 88 if tho csstorn coast of this Continent were gusrded by a cordon of thesa bideous creatiuros, Tho impotus given by tho World to thelx invention is wondorful, DBut it doos soem strange that so sedate and prover a Journal as tho Toronto Globe should bo guilty of the friskiness of : n dovil-flah sensation all to it- golf.’ It is noarly time some otber field of imagination wero found and oxploited. — Ji. - LOCAL, LETTERS. TUE PROTECTION OF IUILDINGS FROM EXTERNAL L FIRES, . Ta thie Editor of T'hs Chicago Tribune : o 81n: The great fres of the lnst fow yoars ha sliown ' tlint .even-buildings consiructed almost entiroly of non-combustible matorial can be seri- ously injured,’ shid their contents entirely do- stroyed, when subjeoted to tho Intense heat of a gonoral conflagration ; whiloa brick vault, with doublo doors, offectunlly presorvoy” articles aa eaglly inflammable as loogo papers, It is thoro- foro ovident that, it tho couditions of tho vault can be roalized in the cntire building, a confla- gration cau pass around it and lenve tho build- ing comparatively intact, Tt is cortainly practicable to construct a build. ing that sisall fulfill all tho conditions necossary, and ovou to render oxisting bulldings, If con- atruoted of musonry in a substantinl manner, Aafo from oxtornal firo, In this view, I would offor the rollowing suggeations : Render tho raof five-proof by flooring in bo- 4weon tho Toof-jolst, say 8 inches bolow the top edgos, and_filling in botwoen with conorate,, ‘Thon pread 1 iuch of concreto over all, sud covar with folt and compasition as usual. The wood will then ba {mbeddad to & dopth of, eay 4 inches, fu a nou-uvombustiblo substance, aud ovon undor intonso hoat ean only chiar, whila the folt compoaition roudess tho yoof perfoatly wator-tight. T'ho slight injury to tho wood pavements by firo, oven whon lurge butuing masses luy upon the anrfaco, has baen often remutked, and this same mothod of jmbodding wood in & non-com- bustiblo substanco In much employed in Lurope, whero firea aro axasadiugly raro. The wally, it properly conutructed, aro alroady fire-proof, 'T'he cornice, if of galvanized iron, shoutd bo oxamined ; as 1o ofton they aro bung on seantling thrnat through the walls, that silow tho fire to cutor tho building, It s slugular thet sheot-iron cornfoey are g0 oxtensively used, when stono, brick, or terya-cotta aro fur botter, and, it propprly managed, coat but hittle moro, Tho only vulnorable parts romaining are tho opeulnfiu. Those in tho rear are uswelly pro. tootod Dy Lrou shuttera j bub those fu frout, sl though largor avd sonrooly lens sxposad, are un- protoctod, Thia s dua to tho difloulty of Aiting iron shuttors to an architoctural front. IamJustin receipt of an fllnatrated eatalognoot A lind of thinttor now manufactured in England. Thls shutter han alrondy beon weed on impor tant buildings, and promises to supply the want, 80 long folt, of a rolling shuttor that oan bs . roadily appliod to all apenings, ‘Chososro mado both of iron and atoel, and of eavaral patterns, at variablo cost. A woll-known housa in thin city has tho mattor undor conslderation, and, if ropor srrangomeuts: can be made, will undor-, alio tho manufactnre horo, ‘Tho cost of tho fow modifications I have pro- posod will not Lo oxcossivo, and, If gonorally adanted, would roudor the aproad-ot fives imposs siblo, while tho diminished risk would materially lowar tha rato of Insuranco. A bullding enfo from external firo reqnires but Iittlo more to ronder it pracieally fira-proot, The floors may bo protested by embodding the Joists in masonry, anad tho gm tions, whon not conatructed of brlok or tile, by filling tn hotweon the studding at top aud bottom, and thon, with & stoam-pump, and & propor supply of hose at oach story and on the roof, and s trustworthy janitor who sloopa in the bullding, fires can bo a3 rare in Chiengo an thoy wero in Parig under tho roign of Nanoloon. W. L. B. JENNEY. Chicaao, July 20, 1874, TITE DUILDING LAW. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuna 2 B The deraud by the National Doard of Undorwritors for “ Tho enactmont of & stringent building lnw, for the governmont of tho city, and iits thorough anforcomont by s competent bureau,” will meot with no more emphatio ine dorsemont from any class, than from compotent and honost buildors, In twonty yoara' oxporionos in Chicago building, there novar hos haen o time whon I have moon E0 much rescally work in Progrons we now. s 16 rongon i obvions to thosa in tho business, After the great firo thoro came in g awaml“of adventurers, many of them withont oharactor or means; man who do not pay for their materials, and who svatomatically dofraud their workmen ; theso aro tho poraons who are dolng tho most of the building “in Ohicago to-dnv. Many of the oldest aud ‘most roliablo bullders have been crowdod ont, not being able to compoto with in- compotenay and dishonesty combinod, Ownorg, when you see your walls hotng butlt with brick not thoroughly wet, the insido thrown in_with littlo mortar and 5o cross-joluts, the . evidence fu conclusive that your bnilding ia ‘comparatively worthlesa, BuiLbez, Cuioaco, July 29, 187, CAUGHE AT TT. To the Editer of The Chicago Tribune: Bin: The daily pross of lato Lns thrown fts roadors into muocl surprise by startling stato- monts of facts, sald to havo taken placo abroad, whichare supported by tho authority of most emmont seiontific men. - To reliove my perplox- ity I took tho resolution to bo present at asitting and wont to tho house of a Dr. M—, on West TRandolph strect, whoro & medium, Mrs, Porry or Parry, bad matorialized, 1t was sssertod, tho shades of Katio and of John King.' Tho medi- um haviog been bound and sbut In tho eabinet, the usual phonomena took place; but to mo, with ono excoption, tho facos ware not to bo diss tinguished tho one from tho other. Evidently somothing troublod the woman, for sho soon 1usisted on boing lot out. The committeo woro asked tolook at tho knots, when hehold tha Iattor wero found not in statu quo, Both mome ‘bors of the committes wore mariners, and, at a lanco, catohing tho situation, thoy had nob astoned ber tiehtly, but had left a peculiar knot at the end, which inexporicnced efforts waould tighten, not undo. 8o our modinm, having loosened horself from one end of tho rope, fotn ah unmanageablo knot at the other. With this oxcoption, not one knot was right, nor had sho hean ablo to rowiud. tho rape as it was before. A commitieo of lndica was now appointed to exnnine hor, and togother thoy loft tho room ; but soon returning, declared tho examination to have boen unsatisfactory, as sho had rofused to romovo a certain part of her dress. In the meantimo the medicine-man bad beon amusing his aadionce by describing the sbades of some rolatives of o fow mombers, none of whom reo~ ognized tho donr departed. At this poriod it was ted that some one hnd beon trying to humbug s, and I loft. Tho M. D. ia & woll-known trance-apeakor, and really ought not to be the dabbler in prastidigi~ tation which ho laat night proved himself. T onco he snd his friend biad fallon into the handa of the Philistines. Unless thoy cohecl their mondacity lhc{ will probably awakein the Spirit~ World to find themeclves condomped for o fow thousand yoars or ao of walking the monotonous treadmill or picking oakum. L. Cuicano, Iniy 29, 1974. TWENTY-SECOND STREET 8ZWER. o the Editor of The Chicago Z'rtbune Bin: About a year ago tho poople residing tlie noighborhood of the foot of Twonty-sccond stroot divided thelr tims oqually between trying to escape the outrageous odors of Bridgeport on the west, and Twenty-sccond stroet sewer on the oast, If, for a littlo while, the wind eamo from the north, they spent that timo In detailing their griovances in the newspapers, The Bridgopork nuisanco still continues, and doubtless will ta the end of time.. The papers bave often ine formed ug how grand and henlthful & project was tho extousion of, tho .sewor bovond tha bronkwater, Our hopea for_ improvemont, how- over, have been blested. As it now stands, the gower 16 littlo alse than a huge funnel. Tvery castern wind ponrs into it, and forcos out into ovory house baving sawor-conneotions, smolls, in comparison with whioh the odora of Gobomnna, aro as Bweot porfumes, Tho sitnation ig inviting to the commnnistio element. If they could com= el tho wind to blow eaut and west ab the enme- ‘Lx_!iu, our destraotion would be specdy and cor-. in, E Wil not the authiorities at lenst} board up ther end of thesower tothe watar'sodge? J.R.C. Guicaco, July 19, 1874, ° . HOTEL ARRIVALS. Grand Pacifice—Tudge O. B. Liawronco, Gales- burg ; John McCullough, San Frauciseo ; M, J. Dockor, Pittsburg; J. J. Brooks, Cleveland ; Qoorge M. Turner, Oloveland ; O. H. Roovo, Balt Lake Oity; J, H. Josoph, Montreal ; C. 8. Rogers, 8t Louis, . + . Palmer House—TH, K. Thatcher, U. 8, N. ; Walter Mann, Bt Panl ; . D. Fisko, Now York: C. 3. Onrr, Galesbnrg ; Onnrles B, Dyer, Racine ; AL Samplo, Philadel- phia 3 J. W, Whito, Dittsburg ; J, B, Johnson, Washington, D. O.; J. M. Grogg, Cincinnati; D, ‘Thompson, . Philadelphia; J. P. Manan, Cam- bridge, Mass.; T. B. Crookor, Mondota; J. D. Gifford, Clovelond ; the Ho. Richard J. Ogloss by, -Deeatur. . . . Tremont IHouse—The Hon, M. L. Ward, Now Jorsey ; Col. J. Hill, Lo antport; W. ML O, Nittonin, U, 8. As; David J, Bdwards, Boston; Dr, 8. B, Bnively, wifo, aud daughtor, Now York: W, E. Floming, Say Fran- cieco; Johm T, Btewari and sop, Coun- cil Dluffa; Hornco - I, Mann, Phitaburg ; . K. Nixon, Chicago; Col. A. R. Eanton, St. Louis; D. R, Gareison, aon, and threo dnughitors, 8t. Louis; William 8, Bavker, Bt Touls. . . . Sherman flouse—J. F. Placo, 'San Tranciscos Hom, W. 1L Grocno, Cairo; J. H. Oborly, Cniro; Charlos Carrall, Shawnoctown ; 8. Stinan, Nashvitlo, Tonn, ; tho 1lon. Robert Reed and tho lon. Johu M. Reed, Montreal; the Hon, O. Zorloy, Joliet; A. W. Maupin, St Louis; T Tinomnan, Mississippl; O, O. Rdwands, Clucine natl FAMILY REUNION. Dwiant, 1L, July 20,—The 84ih birlhday of Col. R. P, Morgan, Br., waa colobrated hore to day, by a family reunion at the rosidonce of Lig gon-fu-law, . A, Gardner, Bolween forty aud fitty junior membera of tho family were prosont. Thoso best known aret H. A, Gardner and Sid- poy B, Morgan, of Livingston Connty; Joln 11, Morgan, of Iraquois Counnte; Richard L. Mor- gau, J., of Dloomiugton; and Goorgo O, Mar- f““' of Chioago. Col, Morgan, Br,, I tho oldest iving American civil enmnoer, rnd has been prominently connected with the early history of mauy of the important works and lines of rall- road in this Stato and conntry, Ife isin V‘llflm‘- ous henlth, and hopos yot to lgiva practical ng- sistanco in_tho solution of tho trausportation quention, ITis buliof s, that tho moohanical do- focty in our n(lrnud-uyufnm are quito 08 much & burdon upon the poople es _the wrongful prac. ticos in its monagowent ; and that tho Jattor moy bo muterinlly renmediod by corrooting tho formor. kg diisonl desaiecin PURIFYING THE POLICE, Snectal Dispatch to The Chicaao Tridune, Doyton, Mass,, July 20.—Lhe Mayor to-day completed lny renavation of the Sixth Polies- Preoinot, in which the Kaly Ourran mystery was racently unraveled, by reduolng Borgt. Lucas to - the mnflu. As it now stonds, the Captain bas been , disohnrged, and one of the Lioutenants traus. forrod, thoir placos bemg filled by oflicars Pros woted from other slationd,