Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1874, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, TERMS OF THE TRIBUN! TATES OF RUNACKIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADYANCE). 12,00 | Bundu Tnneese S LE00] Weol Parta ot ayearat the samo rate, ‘Fo provent dolay nud mistakes, suro and give I Ofticeaddrers in full, meluding Btato and Conty, Liemiltanicon wnay bo mado oitlier by draft, axpress, Lost Oftice ordor, ov in regustered lolioim, at onrrisk, EIMA TO CIY WIBRCHLIRI, Bath. delicored, Sundar axcontoi 35 coite por weoks ally, ¥¢ . Sunday inafuded eonte 3 DLy roreds Sungey I SUN GOND ARV ‘Corner Madison and Dorrhornoats,. Ohloaga, 1ite ¥ TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. A ERA-HOUST—Olark BSaan Monser Kolly, ATt and ovonlug. M RS TRRE~-Madison stront, botwesn Db e SR A Lot o Josoph JalTorson, “Tiip Van Winklo troof epvosite Peiac® Affarhoon O—Tnlstad atreat, bstwnan Mad. AOCADEMY O MUSI b 1 it of W, A. Mastayor, 112—Tandolph stract, hotwoon S v R Vi R HOOLEV'S Olark ‘and LeSalle. ‘evouing, M MUSKUM-Monroa stroct, botwoon Bidie st Dambora. H Abdustion.t EXPOSITION BUILDING—Lakoshore, foot of Adams atroct. The Chicagy Tiibune, ‘Weodnoesday Morning, Soptomber 9, 1874. Tho Wisconsin Supromo Court mot yestordny and immediately adjourned to tho 1Gth inst. On that day a decislon will be given ou the appli- cation for an injunction upon the Chicago & Northwestern and Milwaukep & St. Poul Railroads to compol obedienco to tho Pottor law. The Republican Nominating Convention of Bouth Carolina met in Columbia yosterday, Tho temporary organization was carried by the Ring, but tho dispatches sny that o now man will probably be uowinated for Governor, Thus tho Ring will appear to coucedo somothing to tho etornal docencies, whilo virtually holding mattors na before. Mnj. Blaford Wilson will {omnorarily dis- charge tho dutics of Chiet of the Government Beeret Servico, Ifo has an extonded acquaint- anco in Illinofs, and may poscibly accommodato mattors to the wikhes of the anxious man in Chicago. It is romarkable, by the way, that no-~ body has presented Mr. Rehm o8 n eandidate for tho vacant place. It it is sccrot servico tho peo- ploin Washington want, Mr. Rebm fs tho man to please them. All his recent services to tho pooplo of Chicago have been most profound socrets, botweou himself and tho Mayor. It Las licans rocoives much oncouragement, been called to moot at Chattanooge, Oct. 18, Tho Democrats, not to bo shamed in a good ‘worlk, aro considoring the propricty of calling a slmilar Convention, to oxpress the indignetion with which the recent outragos in tho South aro viowed by the prommment mon of that party. ‘Theso two Conventions together will neutralize tho effect which cithor scparately might have produced,—a result which will be not anunmixed pleasure to the Ropublican Congressional Cam- paign Committee. Edmund Yates has publishied o card disclaim- ing any intention of Leiug ungrateful to his on- tortainers in Amerien. Ho reckons the months spent by him in this country among the happicst of his lifo, and expressos deep regret that o ro- cont novel from his peu based ou American lito should have been cousidered offeusive. Mr, Tates will doubtless thank us for the sssurance that his books aro not rond on this side tho ocenu by many personsof rofined tastes, aud he los, therofore, escaped tho consuro of that class iu the community whose society Lo particularly affects. r—— An open letter to porsons col\tolllpfntlng an invasion of tho Bioux Indian rosorvation. bns beon published by the Interior Dopartment. It xecites tho treaty stipulations with tho Indians, and says very elearly that tho Interlor Depart- ment has no discretion but to ovoy the dircc- tions of Congrens. Al expeditions to tho Black Tills aro thereforo forbidden until the country aball bo thrown opon to settlemont by Congress. Porsona who might otherwiso bo disappointed by this decision may find comfort in the statement of the New York Tribune correspondent with Gen, Custer's expedition, that tho gold in tho Black Hills region can be measured in o thimble, — ‘There did not seom to bo much dangor, & fow weoks ngo, that the paople would soon forget about Standen, yot such a result is now among the probabilities, 1lis trial way postponed from the July to the September torm; and yestorday it was again doforrod until Octobor. By the time Lo is brouglt into court, some protty faith- ful readers of the nowspapors will associato tho namo of Standen with potty larceny, or three- eard monto, or an Inconsidorablo offengo of that deacription. They wiil have utterly forgatten that Standon is the man charged with arson, and supposed to have proviously titled his houso with guupowder, in order to provent a miscarringo of his design, The Cincinnati ‘Commercial i disgruntled by our yemark that the Southern State Govornmonts aro ablo aud willing to suppress tho Bouthorn outrages, and it wants to know what 8lato Gov- ernment we refer to. Tho article fu whicli tlus remark was mado was, au argument against in- torfereuco by tho Unitoed States Government un- il called for, in the constitutionnl modo, by the Executive or Loglslaturo of the Stato, For tho comfort of tho Commercial wo will semnrk that wo hag particular roforenco to the Kellogg Government in Louisi- ana a8 ono both able and willlng to do tho right thing in tho premises. We win add that its ability is not oxbausted whon it sholl have om- ployed all the force at its own command, It still hias tho forces of tho United Btatos to rely upon, nnd this rokerve powor was contemplatod and distinetly pointed out iu the articlo in which tho Commercial fancion it has found o flaw, o insist still that if Southern State Govornments, oflicered by Republican Governors und Logiula- tures, negloct or refuse to make thoir official eall upon the Presidont for assistance, the pre- sumption is that such assistanco is not nosdad, and that the omploymont of it would do mage harm than good. The Chicago produce markots were generally firm yestorday, snd graln was stronger. loss pork was quiet and ateady at $23,00 per bil cagh, and $17.25@17,80 seller tho year, Lmd way quiet and nominally unchanged n¢ 16 por 1b cashs, nd 11%@1154c seller tho year, Moats wero otive aud stondy at 85¢®83{o for shoul- ders, 123(@1480 for shors middlos, and 10@11}40 for wweot-pickled Lams, Highwines woro quiot and atrong, st 81,00 por gallon. Lale frelghts woro loas activo and caslor, ab 83{o for corn to Buffalo, Flour was quiet and unchauged. ‘Wheat was moro ackive, aud 3¢@9{o higher, clos« fog ab 800 cash, 953§ seller the month, and 8do for October, Corn was loss notive, but 20 Lighor, oloalng nt 74Jgo cash, 74igo ‘seller tho month, and 74c for Octobor. Oata woro In good domand, und 13@320 higher, closing at AB}ge cauh, and 480 for Octobor. Rye was quiot and mlendy ot Bi@B2c. Barloy wan active and 26 highor, ot 07@Y3¢ cash, and 83@04c sollor tho mounth, On Baturday evening last thore was storo In this city 980,857 bu wheRt, 1,268,770 bu corn, 030,805 bu onts, 28,206 Lu rye, and 54,107 bu barley. Hogs wero in domand st 10@160 advanco, olosing firm nt §5.50@7.80. Cattle wore quiot and oasier. Shaop wore firm, —— Tho Ropubliean Blate Central Committoo of Missouri hns enlled n Convention to most at Jeferson City Sopt. 23, and has advisod that no nomiuations bo made, but thut the party bo loft froo to support tho tioket which Is, in thoir Judgmont, best coleulated to securo oconomy and good govornment. This action is & part of the programmo announcaed by theSt. Louly Dem- ocral, which was partially carriod out in the ro- cont nomination of 3aj. Goutry for Governor, The Globe has utronuously resisted the surron- dor of the Ropublican orgamzation, and now on- Joyu the felicity of forming a party all by itsolf. An {llustration of tho mauner in which tho ‘Ropublican party is boing condomned by indo- pondont thinkers 18 furnishod in the Tenth Alas- sachusotts Distriet. The prosont incumbent from thnt district is Alvah Crocker. Ho has beon superannuatod, and it has beon protty woll agread by tho Ropublican mansgors that eithor Prof. Stocltbridgo, of the Massachusotta Agri- oultural College, or Charles A. Stovens, a wealthy mauufacturor, shall bo- given the rogu- lar nommation, This plan bas beou interforad with by tho frionds of Julius IL Soolye, the distinguisbed Professor of Amborst Collego. Thoy have anuounced him as an indopondent caudidato, and promised thoir support towards bis eloction, irrespective of tho retion taken by tha xogular Convantion. Tho bolt has poculiar significance g boing mado in advance. It was woll undorstood that Prof. Scolya lind no chauces of the nomination, yet tho usual courso would have boon to await the action of the Convontion befors announcing a new candidate. By not doing so, tho friends of Prof. Soclye, who aro satd to be all Republicans, oxhibited their contempt of the Convention and its moungors. Tho sccrat of tho opposition to tho nomination af Prof. Seclye may bo found in tho fact that he is o Froo-Trader, in the limited sengoe of that term. Y'ho manufacturera throughe out Now England are good Protectionists ; and itin for shis renson among others that tho Now Englend’ dintricts in which the old colleges aro situated 80 seldom choose the puro-minded scholars in their midst to represont them in Coungress. Tho scholars are all advocates of o tarifl solely for rovenue, BOUTHERN SO0CIETY, The cliargo of Judge McManama to the Grand Jury of Owen County, Kentucky, in roferonce to tho recent outrages porpetrated thero, whilo n most commendable and outspoken declaration, dicelosed an nlarming stato of socicty In that quarter, Ho commences by saying that this is tho first timo that court has been beld in Owen County without the presonco of numbers of clti- zens currying doadly woapons, He then in- stances a case of murdor committed in tho streots of Monteroy whoro tho Sheriff refused 1o executo & writ for the arrest of tho asyassin, aud ho calls upon the jury to indict tho Sheriff. Ho says that precopt aftor precept has been issued from the Court for the arrest of eriminals and returned by the officors of tho Court * Not found," although the parties might have been .oatily found. That s to BRY, the Sheriff rndhis gang aro in collusion with tho criminals, Ho expresses tho firm detormination to rid tho county of these desperadoes, oven at. the hazard of his own Iifo, and he nsks tho Grand Jury to support him in so doing, The Judge mukes no particular reforenco to tho outrages perpeirated upon negroes in Kon- but evidently includes them # his goneral , #inco ho adjures the jury to porform their duty oven in deflauce of n hostilo public opivion, Tho murder porpetrated at Montorey, which tho Sheriff so coally iguored, scoms to hinvo been the killing of o whito boy by a whitoman, but it is hardly to bo supposed that public opinion in Owen County acquissces in murder 18 ono of tho e arta per se. The kill- ing which is really sanctioned, and against the popularity of which ho warns tho jury, wust ba the killing of blacks, Nevortholass, ho remarks that thoe presonco of Stato aud United Statos troops in the county for tho purposo of sup- pressing tho outrages way gratifying to *all good peoplo, from which it may bo inforred that publio sentiment {8 divid- ed in Owon County on tho subject of killiug negroes. fHo might have add- ed thot tho way to make public sentiment in the country at large tolorably united is to killa fow moro nogroos and olect » . fow more Shoritfs of tho Owen County pattorn, Whatever may bo tho sufforings of tho South- ern pooplo by reason of noyro sufirage and carpot-bag rute (and surcly Kontueky hns nothe ing to complain of on this #core), let them bear in mind that assassination is no remedy for any- thing, Ontho contrary, it ie tho one thing that will surely rivet tho chinin that galls thom more femly upon thely - limbs, Wo tell thom that tho Coushatta tragedy hns couvincod thou- fands of peoplo in tho North thnt the Kollogg Government, with all its frauds, Is a bottor thing for Louixlaua than auy Government which counts among its supportors tho perpotrators of that atrocity. Porhaps tho villaing who committed that sixteen-fold barbarity don't care what is thought about them and their aota in the North. But they will be made to feel it soonor or lator. There koema to be no method whatever in their madness. But thero will bo & mothod {n the curo of 1t f thoae practices continuo, Enetorn reprosontativos of throe grant inter- oata—the grocory, furniture, and iron trados— Liave beon systematically interviowed concerning tho businosu prospeots of this fall, The commercial deprosslon of tho South, in- croassd by tho unbappy patitical condition of that region, hag sorlously lutorfored with whole- eale grocory tranusctions, Hopea woro ontor- talned, somo timo sinco, of o livoly domand from below Mason and Dixon's line, Theso hopox woro, howaver, basod on the promise of good tobacoo and cotton cropa, The long-continued drought has disappointed suoh expoctations, Texay {8 tho solitary Bouthorn Biate which still shows signs of incronsed demand, The Weat fa oxpected to draw largely on Eastorn grocery atocks, Dospita too littlo rain and too many grasshoppors, tho orops aro thought to promise woll, As yot this promiso haa sont fow buyors Eaut, Tho farniture trado suffers from diminivhed domaud, both in tho Bouth and West, Tho in. cronso of furniture manutaciuring iu the Wesd hina had a bad offoct on the Eastern market. Iricos havo boou cut down to s figure which leaves small margln for profits, for, althoigh tho wagon of Inbor aro loss, the cost of materials romafus substantinlly tho eamo. ‘Lhoreis scarcoly any domand for flne furniture, The iron business is in n bad way, Drices aro at tho lowest possiblo point, but tho stoppage of railway construction aud the dopresston of bulld- ing intorosts provent nuy noticenblo incrosso of domand. The wintor will probably bo passed in almost complote fdloncss, T'rade is now so flat {hat ovon tho stovo-makers ara doiug little. ———— **RE-ELECT EVERYBODY.” The ory of tha Ropublican managers this yoar is, **Ro-oloct overybody.” In Malno, tho Re- publicans have nominated for ro-sloction not only membors of Oongrous and Stato officers, but membors of tho Legislature. In Vermont this policy hng received a check in tho dofoat of Poland and tho lous of ono-third of the Logls- Iaturo, therthulcas‘lt rcoms to bo rogarded tuo only policy that will savo tho party; and so popular lins it bocomo that it i8 now opouly or tacitly appifod by Ropublicans to Domocrats, and tica versa. In tho back-pay grab and most of the other dlaroputablo transactions of the past the Ropublican party has been vigorously aided and abottod by & cortain number of Domocrata, ‘Iheso bnvo sorved as counsel on tho other #ldo to “‘concedo" awny tho rights of the minority. ‘Thoy voted for aud took thoback-pay aud tho in- crensed pay, and declarod it was right. Thewo Democrats, conspicuous among whom aro Rau- dall, of Ponnsyivanis, and Eldrodgo, of Wiscon- 8in, aro also candidates for ro-olection. Tho Ra- publican cry to *re-vlect everybody™ includes tho re-olcction of thoso Democrats. It 18 n bar- guin and tradobetwoon thecorruptionists of botl partics to secure an indorsoment of thoir past record. Randall supports Ketloy, and Nepley, and all the back-paysters of Penusylvauia. Car- ponter supports Eldredgo in Wisconsin, and El- drodgo {8 in favor of tho re-oloction of Carpentor. This re-olection dodge it nothing loss than s consplracy to dofeat tho' public de- mnud for reform, In Michigan, Sonator Chand- Jer is a hard-monoy mon and Senator Ferry is an inflationist. All the nine Republican membors of Congress beve boen nominated for re-elec- tion, soven of thom being inflationisls and two hord-monay men, Yet Chandler and Forry unito and aasist upon re-electing all without roforoncs to the currency or any otber question. Even in Massachusotts, such is tho apprebon- sion from a new Oongress that will oxpose and punish tho corruption of tho past, that Ben But~ lor withdraws s}l opposition to tho Ioars and his other encmios, and cries out * Ro-clect overy- body." In Ohio, and Indiana, aud Mmnosota, mont of tho salary-grabbars have been renomi- nated, and tho party is to be whipped into that procoeding. Every Domocrat who shared in the disgracoful logislation of the lnst four years is also to be *re-clected.” s “Ro-oloction ™ is but another nawme for covor- ing up. ‘Cho story of Congressional maladminig- tration and rotton legislation has yet to bomado publie. An Opposition Cougress, composed of mon elected frosh from the peoploand of men who are not conneoted with tho past, will bo a sort of Grand Jury having authority to unveil the past and oxposo to tho country tho dopravity by which it hiag beon 0 long governed. The al- linnce betweon the Democratic ana the Ropub- lican solary-grabbers, for their mutual re-elec- tion, is of itself an evidence of tho corrupt state of partics in Congross, and of tho necossity they feel to havo tho past covared up. 1t is not likely that the poople will bo deceived by this arangoment ; nor is it lkoly that th oy will be detorrod from accomplishing tho chango in Congress which they have rosolved upon. Evory min who voted for, received, and did not Jotura tho back-pay, no mattor to what party he belonge, oughtto bo rojected by the people. The combination by these corruptionists to ro- elect thomselves should give now fmpetus to the popular detormination to roject thom all. Whena man says re-oloct everybody, Lie means oloct tho mon who will covar up and doatroytho ovidonces or their own oficial turpitudo,—and that appeal should bo answored by the emphatic rojection of evory porson conneetad, Lowever romotely, with party frauds in Congross in the Inat four yeara. a—— ey REPEAL THE LAND-TAX. A glance at the rolurna made by the Assossors of the taxablo property found by them in 1874 sorves to show that the old, old atory has beon ropeatod, and that the burdon of taxation is again placed upon tho laud, Excluding spocial raitroad property, the ronl and personal property found aud roported by thoe Asscssors is valued by thom at 81,105,322,820, O this* sum $267,469,- 491 is put down for personal property. In the way of tho discovery of property tho enumeration may be said to bo pretty acourato in the following items: Lands, town lots, horses, cattle, mules, shoep, Logs, carriages nnd wagons, watches and clogks, sewing-machinos, pianos, melodeons, and organs, Tho enumern- tion of theso outsido of tho citios is nearly ox- act, but within tho citios lamontably deficiont. A largo proportion of tho poraonal property of tho Btato iu that intornally aud insopurably con- nooted with the landy, such as tho live-stock, agricultural tools and {mploments, household furnituro, sowing-machines, clocks and watchos, and wagons, Deducting the sassessment for theso roported from the countiea baviug large clties, wo hava tho following rosult of tho ap- portionment of tho nsscssment botweon tho land and its cssontinl appurtonances, and all othior kinds of proporty, Wo give the mssess- monts falling to cack clasaifleation « Improved Iands, Unimprovad Innili. or Tmproved town lots, Unlinproved tow oth,vee s Other lands aud lots. 4030670 “Yolal lands 1$330,407,302 Tarsonal property pertalniug to the ,‘m‘"_flf o L 40,501,502 Togscd, s Garr Watelies and clocks, Howing and knittin Plunos, melodoons, cfo. ‘Agricnitural tools, ' fmpi Houseliold furnitiro, 111,200,040 Add valuoof lnmh.... . ‘.;l:lfl.l\l'h:m:l " Grand total of lande aud sppurtonances, §957,701,008 Trom this it appenrs that alt the porsoual prop- erty in the Btute of Illinols found by the Assoas- ors, nat aotually on the land, wos 163,558,818, T other words, tho land in tho Btafo aod what i found on it pays noarly 86 por cont of all the taxos lovied in tho Stato, whilo the othor porsone al property poys about 14 per cont, Of tho tax lovied, an averuge of 10 per cont is not colleoted, Tho tnx actually collected is about 00 por cont of that lovied ; and, of what ia collectod, the land and the property pertalning thoroto pays within o smail fractlon of the wholo, Thls agsessmont for Brate purposes {s also applicable to local tax« ation, g0 that the land and tho property on the axmy, and the Improvements on city lots, yay ovor 00 por cent of tho local taxes, as woll as of the tnx lald for Binto aud gonoral purposos. Tho farmors of Illinols Lave boon ohenting {hemaolvon for yoars with the delusion that por- wonal property, which, i a Stato like this, is near- ly, 1f not fully, oqual in value to that of the Iands, can bo compelled to pay its proportionato shinro of publio taxes, This has beon disproved by tho oxporfonco of overy Btate in tho Unlon. "There is at loast one thousand mitlions of dol- Iata (cash value) of poraonal proporty in this Htato which Las nover boon nssessed and nover will bo ageossod. It is of auch o naturo that it cannot ba found, nor can it bo nssessed, nor conld tho tax bo collected from 1t if it waro sa. sossed, B Tho romody for all this has boen found in othor States which, like Illinois, havo suffored {rom this injustico, Tho remedy waa applied partinlly in Wisconsin somo years ago, and is an- uvunally doveloping, and in & fow years more thora will bo no oceaslon for any tax by valuation:in that Stato for Btato purposes. In Penusylvania tho remody was applied vigorously many yonra 8go, and when the Btate hod adobt of over $60,000,000. It abolished the land lax ! Tt thon adopted » system of indiroot taxation such ns is authorized in our Conatitution. It did not, howover, proceed In the stupld mannor adopted by our Legislature, aud attompt lo value tho proporty, tho oapital stack, or the franchises, hut it compelled cach railrond company to pay & porcontago of it gross enrnings; eash bank and other company to contribute of jts dlvidends; each gas, borso-railway, and othor corporation to pay Its proper quotn. In this way tho soil of Pennsylvanla has boen mado litorally froo, and no cltizon hina over boon gold out or driven from tho State by tho tax-gathoror. Our Coustitution {s ovon more liberal in its Drovisions than that of‘Ponusglvanta. It pro- vides for revenue from various sources, without rosort to valuation. In Yonnsylvanin it costs hardly anything,—not ono mill on thoe dollar,—to collect tho wholo State ravonuo of five or six millions of dollars a year., In this'Stato, whon the Auditor wishos to raies s million of dollars, ho levios a tax for $1,300,000,—the oxcoss in- tonded to covor (ko cost of collection and the smouut not collccted. Tho Legislaturs, by & Jjudicious arrangemont for indircct tnxation by licensos, tax on snles, on dividends and gross carnings, could afford to ropes! the ontire tax by valuation, and have abundanco of revenuo for Btato purposcs. It would raiso tho financial credit of tho Btate, would add largoly to the valuo of the land and other property, it would stop tho migration of farmors, aud would enabte thoso in dobt to apply the money now wrenchod from ihom for taxes fo the payment of thoir mortgagoes and othur obligations. To ropenl thoe land-tax would iu throo years add & vast army of producers to tho population of Tilinois, and attract hithor capital now oxcluded by our fear- ful systom of taxation, ————— - Thoe Northwestern Christian Advocale has had nnother spasm. 'Che occusion this time 18 the indocent reports in the daily press of the Boceher-Tilton easo. The most indecent article wo remombor to have soon on the case was pub- lished ns original matter in tho Northweslern Christian Advocale some time anterior to tho publication of Tilton's testimony bLefors tho Brooklyn Committeo. The publication of this articlo esused » genoral oxclamation of disgust among tho Mothodists of tho Northwest, Tho Allidnce, on tho other hand, thinka that in o cae liko that of Boacker the daily pross could not havo-done othorwiso than publish it as fully 84 possible, and that the cause of morality has moro to fear from the covering up of teotimony than from its publicity. It suys: But thorenra thosa who complaii of the dadly press for publisiiug tho meaudala and quarrels in tho churclies aud tho gonoral corruption of sovisty. Now ‘we fracly admit that {t 18 not plousant, especially to tho portics coucorued, to have theso things mado public ; noithor 43 it ploaasut to have such tilugy ocour even ju private, but they must_aceur before oy can bo pube islied, and tho only question then ia whethor it 1 beat for sdclety to keup its wrongs covered up, Tiuls wo kuiow, that cvil Bocks thy cover and darkneds of night and that truth and right arg not afrald of the day, s thot tho four of osposureds oncof {he grealoat ro- Atraints upon wroug-doers. Aud in theso times of goneral wickedneas |t s a mattor of concratulation thus the dufly pressin ita cfforis to dotect and vxposs wrong of ail kinds I8 mora than matel for the roguce who are tryiug to conceal thoirovil doeds, Tu this wo Tojoics. Lt corruption of ull Linds und i all placen bo dragged to tho light, and lot us know the worst of our moral malady, 1f individuals nnd churches and society do nob want their meanncea kuown, lot them avold tho meunness dlaolf, and then thoy will saye thomselves from tho sin and tho publi {rom the pain of readiug about it, “his micch hava'we observed : therods generally s williugness to heve {lings published whoto the dis- wraeo does not aifoct our sido of tho houso, ow Terdy aro Proteatants to publisl any wrong done by Romans iats, und vice versq, How o roliglous proas dilalos upon murder aud rapo when they ats causcd by infome poranco. Loy are right fu this ; Uit then the Church shiould ot complain when tho siory of 1ta own ahamo 16 told, Darkness and gecrecy ura uuspicious, Tho publie biavo s righit 0 suspoct whatover canmot bear tho light, /¢ i the alory of the iible that 1t neither cunceals nor extentutes the worst crimes of its Tioblest heroes, Sccrovy ia tho standing Toproach of Ttomne 15m, and wo should be sorry {ouca Protestants scoking shofter in tho darkness, We rojolce fu un fndopendent prcas that daros toll tho story of tllk world's on.golng ilflt usit ds, ——— OHIO KNIGHTS FEFMPLAR, Special Dispatch to TAe Chicago Tribune, Darrow, O, Sopt, 8,—Tho finest display of Kuighta Tomplar ever mado in tho Stato took placa Lero to-day, noarly all tho Commanderica of tho Stato being pres- cut, Half-fare traing were run onall tho roads cen- tering horo, aiiil thousands of strangers availed thom- solven of the occasiou {o visit the clty, The proces- sfon formed at the hiead of Main strect at 2 o'oloex, headed by tho famous band of the Newport Darracks, Kentucky, aud_marched to tho outhern Ohto Falr Grounds,’ On areival there the Graud Commuander of tho Stato reviewed aud inepected the va- rious cowmnds, Au bour or two wag epont In drlll, showing great proficionsy, At & o'clock all lio Knghts present wero invited (0 a bans aquet_in the Expoaitfon Lullding, propared by the Inights of tufu clty, Tt1s estimatod that 16,000 peo- plo wituessod the parado and procession, Te-morrow the ollicers of tho dilforcut orjanizations will hold thefr yearly encampment to transsct busincss portain. ing to tho prganization, —_— ARKANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, Lirre Roox, Ark,, Sept.-8,—The Constitutionsl Convention adjourned at® o'clock this morning to the 20th dsy of Octobor, ——— Insurance, Attontion is fuvited to tho advertisomont of the In. aurauco Agenoy of Nollo, Nughten & Co,, publishod in another columu of to-day's pppor. This well- kuown ogeucy, located fn the Morchonts' Duflding, cornor of Wushiugion and LaSallo strosts, olfors to writo desirablo risks at falr rates fn the Gompnies 1t ‘roprosonty, siuong which ore thy lioyal, Canidian_of Nontreal, tho Girard, Philadolpbia, the Dritish Amerl- ean of Torouto, the Wostorn Assursnco Company of Toronto, and tho Old Dowminon of Rickmoud, Va,, all well-kuown and good companies, ol Bpots on the Teoth, Remove them, and thwr forestall tho decay thoy threaton, by brushing the eummol frequently with Hozodont, A puro moutt, and durable teoth, aro cheaply purchased at tho price of this ncatimable proparation, . —_— Album cf Musio, ‘Tho wocond edition of tl * Album of Musto,” con- taining forly-three pleces wlect music, vocal and fn- atrumental, for plano, 18 Row for kale st W. W, Kim- ull, Btato sud Adatas striots, aud a$ the Expositlon Price, §1, —_— Princo & Or.’s Organs, Fino organs with six stop for 8148, warrantod firete olnse in tono and Buivh, Money refunded If not sate infactory, Reods Towple of Musio, 92 Van Buren ntreat, —_— Pianos and Ogans to Rent. 5 A largo uasortuent of sworlor instrumonta for rent 6t $5 to $1 por month, Rait deductod i purchased, Lyon & Houlyy Btuto & Moiroo streots, NMorse's Luxurene, & Lato Discovery, Purlled, doodorized cocisnut ofl, and other fugre- dienta ologantly combined,' As a lair.dressing {t bsa 1o enual, und its effeat fn restoring and presorving ! Ex Vai Babaaolly the halr Is truly resoarkablis 80 conf ll:n:unn & Uald, Agonts, ‘ by FUTURE FIRES. Insurance Men Interviewed for the New York Monitor. ‘What tho Insurance Herald Thinks, OHIOAGO INSURANOE AGENTS. Tho Insurance Monitor, of Now' York, & journal which has attainod tho twanty-sccond year of ita oxe fatance, hos beou at pains to Intorview tho (nsurance. man of this cily, with the bject of sacortaining thels ‘viowa on firo mattogs, and tho riaks of fnsurance com- pandes dofng busluess boro, In tho Boptombor num- bor of thio Jlonitor overal of thess interviaws aro pub- lisliod, and subjoined is an epltame of tho oxpreasious of opiulon llcitod ¢ GEN, A, O, DUOAT, & votoran ngent, stated that tho Firo Dopartment had 1ot kept paco with tho growth of tho city, aud that the firodiita wore not .cooxtonalve with thoso. of tho municipality, The great fires of 1871-74 ‘Were aceotint- ed for by tho extraordinarily dry season of thoso years, ‘Thioro had Ueen 10 proper offorts madoto hunt down fucondiarlos, and pubiio opiuton appoarod to bo vory letharglo on thoaubjoct of incondiarism, Political {n. iluoncos hud partially dostroed discipling fn the Fire Dopartmout, thoreby Impuiring 1ts_ofclency, Large plles of lutwbor sud other Intlammable. mattor wero k- lowed in tho hoatt of tho clty, nlmont, whils saw.millse ofl-refinerles, aul otbar combustiblo entablishmonts, woro alarmingly common, Tho denally of frawmo buildings in tho West Division was anothor cause for alarm. Tho wouthiwest portion of tho clty he conald~ orod was tho most exposod, at tho prasent. Umo, to tho ravagos of fire, Gen, Ducat did not think that & great fire, starting anywhicro in tho outskirts of Chicago, would reach and deatroy tho buniucas dlstrict,—If ouly tho sugyestious mado by tho Loard of Underwrilors wore Lioncstly ncted upom, Tho' firo of July 14 had awopt mway tho most threatoning snd worthe less portion of tho South Divialon, He waa of oplufon thet tho prosont use of iron shutters, in busiucss bulldiugs would, more than anything Provent tho upread of firc, cupoctally fn _bulldings ait- uated on the stroets bordoring the cast side of the Bouth Branch. 'The late iro Lad done much to wake bunfuosn-umen up o tho necessity of self-presorvation, und, in tho busiuces centro of the city, e thougnt it mposaiblo that oue block could bo birned, because of tho precantions taken alter tho warning of the lato tonilagration, Tho proprielors of tho large hotols woro wiiling to ndopt tho sugyestions of the Uuderwritors to wny reasonabla extent, Eight- Inch - water-pipes * ,should bo generully adopted, and iro-cogines of largor eapaclty furnished, Ho reliubed the fdes of o widoavenuo bocut off the southwest danger from the solid built portion of the clty, Tho water-supply should, if possible, bo mado inoxlinustivle, aud foue Hoating ongliea should bo kept upon tha river, Thuo could be mado serviceable even iu wintor Ly & systeriotic brealing of the river jeo ove eryday. Lo thought, dospito the ery ratsod o tho coutrury, thut tho great majority of Chicago ineurors wero undor-insured, The ouly true way to.advanco rates Judicionsly waa to add largely for deficionces in ganstritetion and protection, 'Tho tire ordiunuce, late- 1y passed, forbidding tho crection of auy more frame Buildings within tho’ city slmits would, Lo thought, ba zealously ouforced, 5, a1, Mtoony vas next futerviewed, and, ju tho main, agreed with the viows oxpressed by Uen. Dueat. {fo chpectally favorod the satablishment of o corps of sappora. und aufucre, “Marshal Beuner, owlig o the oxiuting syse temn of governing thu Firs Department, had 10 chatice to shiow of Wit wlutf he wao made, 11 sgreed witl Gen, Ducat that thio citizens gonerally wero under ine aured, Io Bopod that & still moro striugent Firo Ordinauco would soon bo paesed by tho Common Councll, and public opinlon seomed finporutively to’ domand such a measure Tho elrcular lotely fasucd by tho National Hoard of Underwrilers could not bo consfstautly adapted to Chlcago: no new standard of rates could bo properly flxed unleas tho partics proparing the samo wero on the ground to adupt 1t to tho cxlatiug stato of attafr, It Wan fmpossible for him 10 say how the action of the Natloual Buard would affoct our city nuthorities, 3. 3, asrrie thought that Chieago's compwratiyo fiamunity from fivea provious to 1871 was duo to tho fact that fn U, P, Harriy, deccased, we had o most. zenlous, selontifc, and accowplished oflicer, Mo kept ' the old Firo Depariment complotely under hia cou- trol. The former Fire Departmont, wlilo destituto of much of tho mechanical appliance now in voguo, was far bettor dlseiplined, sud thereforo much moro efticiont, than the present orgouization, o considered it perfeetly ahsurd to 8UPPO30 that any diro originating in tho busluess portion of the eity could uven burn so miuch na ono block, becauss, despito tho great altitude of tho bulldings, ‘their con- struction Is such us to offectuslly prevout Auy exton- wive upread of firo, ‘I'his was sufliciently proven iu tha lato fire, whoro, notwitbstandlng a potfoct sbowor of sparks and cindors, covoring, i somo instances, ‘whole roofa of busincas bulldings, mo’ Aro roko out in them, Itelative to the avenue on tho West Sido, tho fn- creano of wuler-lllg'ply. aud wdditions] Are-coginea, ho agreed with Gen, Ducat und Mr, Moore, 1o was ape posed to an_exorbltant inaurance rate, because the systom would alienato eome of thoir bost fricuds, and really the chances of socurity were ucreasod, owlng to procautians takon aleo July 14, He vondemn tho Jatu clrcular of the Natfona! Board ns baing i~ Judicions, founded, ns it was, upon n very Imperfest knowledgo of the city, its coustraction, and tho wauts of ita citizens, He thought that the Citlzens' Associa- tion, recently organized, would have a very Lealthy olfoct on‘tho future guvernment of Chicago, WILLIAM. WAKREN, of the Liverpool and Loudon sud Globe Insurance Compauy, thought thut an advaneo lu rates would bo tho very best means of stirrlug up the Ohicngo publio taward takiug oificient measures for tho pravention of firo, 1t would impress upon the eity authoritivs the necessity of taking iwnmcediato and declsive stops in regard to the firy-question, I did not conidor it probable that they would bave grest fires iu tho clty in tho future, 58 tho burnt distriets were bullt, or butlding, of brlcl, ntoue, iron, st othor solid moforie al, vastly differont from the dangerons frame shauties, o regard to Fira Marsbal Beuner, Lo could only say {thut some years ugo, fu his hoaring, that oflicer defined Ais Liuo of policy 1n case of 8 tire originating fn the then woodun district aud getting beyoud Liw control, thoroby endnngering \ho busiess section, | This volly Murshal Seuncr, in his (Ar, Warron's) oplulon, succeasfully carriod out on the uight of July 14, The autlug of tho Jaty cireular was a_bighly’ uiwisa pro- coeding on the part of the National Board, To illustrato: Ung of our beat busluoes houses, recontly rated bythe Local Board at 1,15, will, by the now niting, bo 3,16, T'he offect of the clreular will ba to causo tho withdrawal of many compaules, throwing 0 business 10t sccond-class Linuds, 0, W, AT consldored that & 19uch wator-inaln would Do uoe- essary Lo adequatcly supply the engines, Tho busi- veas blocks wore, ho thought, ndmirably constructed, provided, in 1ost casos, witll water-pipes running t6 thie roots, a groat protection in case of fire, Tho ome Ploees have been drilled to nso- extinguishers, hows, ete,, and to flood the roof when dauger threntons, Not vGF G0 por cont of all the propurty In Chiengo 18 fully {usured, o thought thut wuch pressuro vrould by Dbrought to bear upion tho elty authoritics, througl the Citizens' Assoclation, ag to compel them to wmp:(y with the protectivo domands of tho Natious] Hoard, If & comuilttes of the National Board or a committes of practleal underwritors would visit the clty, they ‘would find the real cause of alarm very much less than thu’ aupposed It to bo, No establishment could stand thw‘advaneed rato of 3,15, aud it would by slicer mud- neas to oxpoct therm (o do su, L navie @ 5 thought thnt tho plaion-ougine of Ciucinnat! had proved ftuclf a far Letter fire-fghter than the engine anoat gonerally used iu Chiltago. Mo did not consider Murshul Beuner competeut for tho position which he Lield, Hohsd not the Tlulllll:ulluufl of u Chlof, al- though o Lofter man could bo found in cuses of ordi- nary tiro, Hin general views wero fu sccordanca with thoie already given, OUENT 8, ONTTOMELI, i not think that tho present firs ordinance would rovent tho erecticn of frame butllings within tho ity imita, 1o thought ilial tho seifon of the Commoin Councll thus fur did not go to prove that that body moant atralyht business n regard {o ro menstiros, Ho consldered that tho advanca charged by tho Uoard 10 July for luck of slitters, watclmon, and fire-walla wauld bo suflicient for the present, Gronak: g, ULARKE, n addiion to tmproved e applisnées and dislpline i tho Fire Depurtment, would recommend tho ese tablighment of auxiliary volunteer. fire companles, Thoy should roturn to primitive times, aud rely 10 8 groator oxtent on haud-engiues, buckets, and other simplo means of batthing with fire. o did not huvo groat faith fu tho presont Marshu It ealibro wus (oo light, aid buneoded guidnuce from a clearer boud, G, Slislor would bo Lis clioleo for Firo Marahal, If, by the 1ut of Octolicr, thers was no bign of Imyrovidg the condition of things, muny ‘companies would undoubtly withdraw, Viows of nuarly the suino tonor were oxprosusd by Q. 11, Case, Teals & Fishor, O, W, Drow, S, P, Walkor, V. 1. Cudiuguanm, aud oliore, Tho'sxtrac givad embrace (ha vital polnts, g e THE INSURANOE TIMES, The Beptombor nimber of the abovo.nawmed Now York insuranco publication hus tle following loadlng articlo on the subjuct of Chicago ; “Wo read of n Bpantsh King who, In the absence of tho ofticor whosy duty it was to wheed his royul arm. chialr away from the Hire, sufiercd himeelf o bo rosste e to desth rather thu violate the rigid etiquetts of th conrt, Wo trust thut Chicago will not staud upow hr dignity to this uxtont; yot recent appearniees giva countenunce to wo absurd an ides, 1f who should burn. down aguiu—und nothing {s more lkely—what clatm ;?Iuh; sle Lave upon thesymputly and wid of othor ea ““4fer calamitous fires aro not fnovitable, They are {ho nutural ‘conscquonces of a bud wystum, Tho defects aud ovibs of that kswten have beenw polnted out, Tho kuowledyo of their exiutonce is no novelty, Thoy wro facty which lave from Huw to time beex roported for the luat ten yours to the Common Counell of Ohicago, by the Bourds of Police and Publiu Worka of that city. "1t is, thorefore, no wondor thut Ghicayo lisa miora tisn onéo boeu o "noarly destroyod, Whon wa consider the luxlt{ and imperfec enforeos mont of ity buildting lawa; the narrownoss of Sty firo. Uwita; the smaliness and yaucity of its uaing, plrel, and fire-bydrunts, and lhstxcncul insulliciency of ita waler supply; tho proximity of vast lumber-ywrds aud paw-wilis on the windward eida of Chicuigo’; the oxiatonce, in the leart of tho cily, of frail, infaniuae Llo pinio uhiantios closa to daujoroua fudtorica s the Jvoaknesa and incompltencss of tho Fire Departmiont § the want of an orguulsed forco to dotoct and punishi inceudiares § and, above lll‘hlllu antire subjostion of tle Fire Doparlunt to the firaldom and carruption of political infinonce, under the bllpht of which it can nover attain efiiciency—whon wo bont in mind {less und muny other nlarming nud shameful facla of the sume cliaractor, it seoms & miraclo that Qbieago liua Zot bean s camiplotely and _ggully noniilated by, fira ananclont Troy aud Oaribnge? oy gr hoa ruined many firs inaurance compas fos which would, Lt for her terrifia_conflagrationn, havanow boon aimong tho mont flourishing institu- tlons of the laud, Many other companies barel cacaped doatruotion by fhe Dhlegethons wil occalonally cour hhoso cocumlonly courso thraugh “that ' city s ‘and th vast conilugrations) wuiformly foat on {ho oggros ants of the risks taken {n ’Omungm In qlll'i“llu that grent commnercial emporium, the companien il thoreforo, make no macrifics, "It 18 mot. tholr intorcat to nlay, but, unwilling to swithdraw from any y the neccssary proteotion of firs insuranco, thoy linvo submitted o the Munlclpal Government st citlzons of Obleago s statement of the prasantions Imeasuros, and means thot must o_sdopted fo. onably thom to romsin With a resnonnblo Ikellhood r e peclation of escaping ruin and baukruptey. Togs mild protest Lna been addressod o the mutiner: tles and peoplo of Glicago & conclline tory apirit, romoved " 58’ far ws powsiile {rom_arroganco or menace, with ho most ‘sineors nd frioudly, purposo of aiving thom all the nid thas can bo rendered, with due regard to tho_dictates of Kelf-preacrvation, Lo rofoct uch wisoand wholosorus counsol, Jost it nccoptance should neem 1iks ubmise sion to dictation by Now York and the East, I8 childish and nonsousical, and wholly unworthiy of manly and rational minds, . “If Chicago can afford to do without stringent fire lawa, and s capabla Firo Dopartmont, aud consoquent HW burned down once or mnore in evory two or ireo years, slio may toll tho world outsido of Lor Jimita) to mind ts own businesa; but this i more than even Chicogo can afford, 'Tho merchanta and property-holders of Chlcago kikvo Luon told, snd ey now themsolves, that, if they eannot get insurance, fll\:{ cannot got credit or monoy to impro roporty, and that unlcas their city can lave all it no of In- surance, at ratea prevall ug 1n othor Jargo cities, thelr trado and commorce will depart, and othior and’ more #ccure marts will reap the benofit of the chango, “ Merchants who bad fent pork and groin. to Ohi- oago, Letug unable to obtain fnaurance thiore, havo ale ready beeu compelled Lo ahip the property to othor cllioa, This s ouly the commoucoriont of tho effact thut munt follow the suicidal inaction of the ralors of Clicogo, It 18 ss ridiculous ss unjust to blamo firo” uuderwriters for lgoding tho recon- meudstion of the National Doard, to protect tho capital of tholr companies from fmmjnent danger of sunihilation, by withdrawing from Ohfeago, on and after the 1st of Octobor next, What seusiblo mun can fail to approve the wisdom of thelr caurso? Mr. T. If, Montgomery, General Agont of tho Nutional Board, who haa recent] iy inveatigated the subject, inds the dangers thore from firo ovon groater than ho foared; and othor firo agenta in that city hold with bim tlio opinion that the companios would do wall to stop undorwriting on buginess hnzarda in Ghicago ot onge, Nothing provents the accomplishment of tho ro- forms necessary to proserve Chicago from deatruction but ber vensl and Sclpfirnm pollticions, who, for tho #8ko of keepmg thioves und partissus in office, would lat tho clty wink in flumes to tha ground with sa littlo ‘comnunction ng Noro fiddled ovor buruing Rome. “Tho firm staud of tho compunica s aircudy. pro- duced ho firat (ruits of concession, The Financo Commitioe of the Common Council of Chicago havo rocommondad & special appropriation of $200,000 for improving the wnmlnmfl{. Thisfa something; but tho National Board Lins aaked for notliing mora ‘than ia nbsolutely and fndlspensably necewnary for the pro. tection of Olicago, No compromise can be mads with the fire doimon, or tha prairio blusta with which Lo lsghes his fismoa into furious contlagrations, that dovour the fruits of man's industry and thrift, fo the amount of hundreds of mil lions in n night, Every fuccre friond of Olicago, sliould stand by the underwriters st this omergency, and demand snd reat satlsfied with nothing less than il sha requires to pince hior on a perfect equality with New York, or any other elty i the Union,us to tho ox- celleuco nud efticloncy of Lior Firo Deparfinont, and of every regulntion, ordinunco, facility, applianco, sup- 1y, and protuction necessury to provent or promptly discovar and extingulsh firca,” RELIGIOUS. Adjournment of tho Detroit Confers encosStutistics-=Appointments, f Spectal Dispateh to The Chicayo Tribune, Roxxo, Mich., Sopt, 8.—Tho Dotrolt Conference ad- Journed thia noon. Following ure among tho statis- ties wot forth in tho roport of tho Statistical Commit- teo: Total of probationers, Fall membors, ... Bundsy-school . 20,740 Tho following are tho loadiug sppolntments : De- trolt Contral, L. I, Fisko und J. B, Atchinson ; Trini- ty, W. I, Pearce ; Blmpaon Olurch, T. Stalker; Jof- ferson Avenup, A, B, Dartlett ; Sixteenth Btreet, Lowls P, Davis ; Fort Sireet, R, S. Pardington: Monroo, Q. Wortley ; Ann Arbor, W, H. Bpier ; Yg}::lunll, M. Fuller : 'Duzter, J, A, Mcliwiln ; Grass Lake, T, Josiiy ; Adrian, A,'F; Touma § Tecimsah, W, A, Lia nott § Flint—Court Street, J. McEldowney 3 Garland Street, J. Horlon ; Howell, J, B, Kimmel; East Bagi- naw—Jofferson Stroot, D, Coslor; Heds Stroet, J, SBaginaw Clty—Wastinglon Avenuo,’ 3, Ames Church, J, E. Richarda; Day Oity—Washiuglon Avenuo, J, @, Potter; Tre- mont Aveuue, J, T, Hunlltwon; Pontiac, C. T, Allen, Nomeo £, B, Caster; Port Hurou, J. B, Mare quette, and I, O, Northrup, Tho Conference reter- ated ita formor condemnution of dancing und of games of chiance, and alao indorsod the Michigan Cliristan Advocate, vod_ Tequested that it ahould b changed from monthly to weokl; LENOX CAMP-MEETING. Sixth and Seventh Days—The Excite- ment Unabated—Kucistors Fined for Selling Near tho Grounds. JoLET, Sept, 8,—Tho elxth and soventh days of the Contennlal Camp-Meoting passed off without any incl dents worthy of note, Two men who Lad openod & Testaurant and huckster's shop near tho west limits of the ground wero arrosted on Saturdsy evening, and on Monday wero fined $15 each, uudor the clause of $ho Asgociation’s charter giving thom Jurladiction over 160 rods around thie grounds, The Uhlef of Polico for tho grounds 14 un oflicer from Chicago nawmed Barer, o s spokun very Biginy of by thows aesempiod. Tho porvices thin moraing Wore oponed by general prayer-meoting at 8:30 o'clock, lod by tho Rev. Mr. Inskip, At 10 oclock tho Rov. Willism McDonald preached from tho foxt, Isafab, Ixil chopter, 10th verse, “Liftup a Standard for 'tho poople.” ’ At 1 o'clock p. u, & childron’s mesting was beld in tho tabornaclo under direction of tuw Rov, Mr. Kostor, of 'ac.‘&urfilah. ‘This was ona of the most interesting up o this Limo, At 2:30 the Rev, Jennfo O. Willing delivercd a stirring nddress, Straugors oro stiil pouring in from &it quarters, and tho ampls accommodations are acarcely sutiicient to acconimodato the immenso throng wlio aze in cou- ilat sttondapen, A very serious foeling seoms 1o porvadatha ontire assombiago, aud great Work ls oz Pocted, . THE OIL-REFINERS. Speclal Dixpateh to The Chicago Tribune, PreTenunG, P, Sopl. feTho beat-posted oflre- finera of this cily widto that & meoting of ofl-roflners fa t0 bo liald {u New York to-morrow aflernoon, in order 10 organizo tho relincry intorests of tho country, Tho objocts aro to proposo a plan by which ali the oll-re. Aiueries outaldo of tho ol regions may be sht down for thirty days, or until better prices sre cstablished, Cloveland, Puiladelpbia, and Now York hiave siguitied thelr nteitlon of sondlng dolegates, and, with pno or two excoptions, the Pittsburgh refiners havo aigniflod \I.u.‘:r gnesy 1o carry out an agreamant of this aort, e s o THE I0WA GRANGERS. Spaelal Dispatck to The Chicano Tribune, ‘WAsIINGTON, 1a,, Supt, 8,~The Palrons’ aunual plo- nio cume of hero to-day, From 5,000 to 8,000 people wero on tho ground, "Over 300 wagons pussod one point golug through town to the fair-yrounds, whilo iy reached LIV point from othor dircotion, " Milos Bridford presided, whilo J, G. Molvin, the Hon, ¥rauk Drown, the Lon, B, F, Brockway, and Josse Poarson, all Washington'Counly furmors, did tho spoaking, Thoy congratulated thewr follow-farmers that the Graugo orgunization wus atil alivo und ablo to make & demouutration almost equal 0 thut Of Jast yeas, iaenl bt o THE WEATHER. Wasumazox, D, O, Sept 8,—Over tha Lower Mis- sourt aud Upper H(ll‘l»lfllml Vallcys and the North- west, fulling barometer, southenst to northcast winds, stationary lemperaturé, clondy and. rainy woatbor, Ovor the Upper Lake roglon, slight changes in ‘burametar, light winds, moutly from the southesst, somowat highor tomptratuve, qud clear woathier. —_— OBITUARY. New Yo, Sopt, 8,—~Williaw Bumatend, #ald o ba yory wealihy, aud formorly conspleucus in the poli- Hewof Now Jeraay, and who sorved term of nine months in the Pentientiary upon Lie_ conviction, after @ triy), of dofrauding Jeraoy City whils » member of tho' Tiard of Dbl Works, dlod 1ast night a¢ bis homag 1 Jeruey City Heighis, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RED MEN. InpranavoLts, Ind,, Bept, 8.~The groat Counctl of tho United Bates of tho Tudcpeudent Order of led Men mot {u uunual sovsfon this forenoon, fu Ied Mou's Hull, and waa called to order by Jumeu I, lilley, Great Inco'hanoo, A call of tha roil showed & largo Topro- soutation of delegates, uud the follawing ollicers : Jas, P, Riley, Virginia, Qreat Lucolioneo ; Charlos 5, Botty, Ulilo, Great 8t, tilg 3 William ¥, Modchism, Tonticnice, Groat &r, Bug{ Paxton Coats, Ohlo, Grout Prophot} Jouhua Muriv, Deluwaro, Gront C, of R J, D, Naker, ounsylvauls, Groat Totakon; Frank W. Adderson, o, Great M. 3. ¥, Mous, ‘Diutrict of Oolumbis: Teaso Woodson, ( Dalawaro} and J, 6, Suyder, of Oliv, woro named Commftteo ofi Crodentidls, Willfam B the Wampum, belog ab- Gormich, of D85 4t N Murfl;\ml, appointed tr the vacanoy pro - tem, The urel:n Iucohonoo submitied his yearly journal mliowiuy tho issusnco of a dispenvaton for” Counellin Mussacliusctts, and the institution of the acl foll tril Iawk Tribe No, 8, Muscatine, I: lu‘l"figfllu bs No, 3, 8alt Laka Ufty'; Olulm Cribe No, 3, New Dursuguas, W, T3 Red Cloud Tribo No, 8, , Ol 1N Mostiug House, Misy, ; Blaok Huwk Tribe Sork Wilinimaton, N, 0o Catawb Frion Nt oo Nhé, )?, 'u"?i‘"fl' 'mu;‘; xg:. 3, Columbia; uscarors Ll s O, "Nue fotlowing Fhsn Sectiscis conatitme tha prosent YiceGrost Incohoness: IMinots, 7, Toutalana, Charlon 1ahony 5 Miselsaippl, ¢ W, Ellings ton ama, Robort Kafmdale s “’I’uunuln, Georgo D, Hockman ;'Utah, Thomas E, Clohey, Toxas, M.J, Whitmnn ; Waaliington Territory, T.’ O, Apploton; Tows, A, M, Tiatnon ; Kanaan, W, R, Tteld, The Jodmal contalns s numabier of decialons valuse Dle to tho Ordor, and pays htgh tribute to the vigh lance of the Great Ohfof of Racords, Joshua Waros, —_— BEECHER-TILTON. —_— A New Outburst Promiscd In n Fow Days, Spectal Dispiate to The Chicago Tribune, NEW Yonx, Sopt, B.—Everything points to the burate Ing of tho storm afreah in & fow days at tho furthest, even nhould Mr, Moulton adopt the highly fmprobabla course of withholding his promissd contrivution to tho seandal iterature, Mr. Tilton is now putting (he flatshing touchcs upon his fortheoming reply to Mz, Boechor and the Commitlee, and expressos Limsolt as iudifferant whother Mr. Moulton speska sgatn or not, sithough ho hos no musplclon that ho il keop silent, Hia own statoment flls fully 400 pages of legal-cap, and smmwars this mromucrst polnts it the opposing papers with much elaboration snd with many documents, Wallo roaiing tha fiual draft of this paper to his counsel, ox-Judgo Morrls, aud » fow yorsonal frionds, jesterday aftornoon, tho all-boll rang, and upon go- ng ta the door Mr, Tilton's whols family of clildren grested him—Florenco, Alice, oll, and Frank—and §t was &' hnppier Moweut than ho had seon for montls, Ono who was presout spoke of it us & most {mpreasivy sceno, e proualy lod Alice, who 14 the picture of Mra, Tiiton, back futo bis study, saylng, You au Xuow Floronce, and I want to iutroduce yoit to Alico,” ‘Thoy thon wittidrew, and Ar, Tilton rotrnod ot once, fomurking, sa tho Ledger says, *to bo continuod,” s undleom.rrcl\mded tho situation and hustoued awsy, M. Morris doclaring that ho would gladly poate Pouo any Liearing to grant such a ploasurs, (When tho roports of a compromise in tiie Beechens Fllton case wure clrculatod in this clty aud Brooklyn thiros weeks ago, m“fl were thaught by a fow parsons for s day or t%o o liave soma fouudution, but wore short-lived, and faally dincarded, loaving ittlo oF no ftupreaalon that such a course kad boen considerod by oMo party %o fho controvorsy, or Ly muy Of thelt mear frinds, ' Notwithe stunding = this eonvietion, tho rumors from LDoston of consultations between Mr, Cleveland and Jir, Moulton, and othars, Lisvo occasloned far more interost and concern in Brooklyn thun if thoy bnd Doon started at homo, Tucre was much eonvaisation ou tha subject yeaterday, ¥ow belloved the roport, and yob thora appeated o be with many a lurkiug doubt, * Mr, Moullon would now indiguantly rojoct sucha proposition,” said ono of hiv fritnds, * innoe gout or gullty,”’ Bald one us mtrougly ' apposed to A, ~ JMoulton, “Mr, Boccher eannot fford t0 recognize any offoris’ for & private peitios ment." B, V, While, a momber of the Committes of Iuveatigntion, said thiat compromise was ustorly e Dossibla for Mr, Boecher. 4 Sliould hu attempt to buy Off any act whatevor," sald Mr. White, * or should Ly assont to any suggestion Jooking to"s compromise thiere would'bo notling left of him. Ho would no stand & dsy, Ido not bollove such an sbsurdity ‘Thero 1 apparantly growiug uncasiness to havo thago perlodical statemeits and rumors brought 0an ond W.,_Lacocks > Roeviow of tho Scandal by an Ohio Congregational Minister, Special Dispatch to The Chicuyo Trivune, Mansr1zLD, O., Hopt, 8,.—Tho Rov, E, B, Fairfleld, pastor of the First Congregational Church of this clty, will publish in this week's Monafleld Herald » very ablo and comprebonsive roview of tho Beecher caso, It will bo vory strong In s concluslons sgaingt Boocher, bringing forward many now and startling points, thoories, and arguments, This paper obtalns great significanca from the woll-known high charactor of the author and is prominence in tho Church and country, and as {ndicating the probablo viows taken of tho Beocher mattor throughout tha West, &t loast by the clergy of Beackier'’s own denomination, THE STATE CAPITAL: Resolutions of R ect—The Lincoln Monument Dedication — Ex = Gov Oglesby to Doliver the Oration—Ad- journment of the State Contract Board, Special Dispateh to The Chizaga Tribune, SPRINGFIELD, TIl, Sept. 8.—In (he Stato Board of Equalization this morning, Afr. Miles, Oisirman of the Spoclal Committes on the subjoct, roported tho following preunblo and resolutions, which were adopted: WiEREAS, Slnce our last mecting, it hns pleased Him ‘whose throne i in {lio Leavens, and who doeth His ploasuro amoog the inhabitants of the cearth, to ro. movo from Wa by death our Secratary, Willlam Stade den; therofore, Jesolved, Thut in the death of Mr, Stadden thl Board has lost an able counselor, tho Btato of Tilinois a most ofMiclent public servant, his family a kind hus- }):Iuddmfl indulgent father, society a trus sud trusty iend, Letolted, That wo tender to the bersaved fumily onr hearlfelt sympathy, assuriyg thom that althougs the eladows on tho great dlal-plate of lire may cowa and o, aud the ourners aud thio muslc of tho presnt b 1ito and gone 1a o hearl, his memory will ba groca orovor, . Jiesoloed, That those resolutions ba spread upon tho records of tho Doard and bo published in the proceed- 10ge, and that’ copy thoreof be sat to tho family of tho deoeased, Gen, 0. I, Lippincolt, the Chairman of the Board, pald o high tributa to tho deceassd fu a fow well clioson remutks, Ho was followed by Mcasrs, Ailes and Wiley, after which the Doard adjourned, The Liucoln “ifonument Association haa expetienc. ed great difficulty in socuring tho services of wome ono to dellver the oration at the dedleation of the Lincoln Monument, which occurs ou the 15th of Octobor noxt., It will be remombered that the Prosfient of the United States was first in- vited, nnd docllued. Bubsoquentiy Gov, Diz, of New York, was inviled, and gave ax & resson for 'doclining prewslug ofiickal engagemonts, Then & corrasponde ence took place between the Uommittes and the Hon, Gideon Welloe, Mr. Welles atipulatod that 1t would b impossible to accept, for the reason that Lo would bo called upon to spoak at leagth of Lincolw's ree coustruction polley, and, in doing this, Hhe would show " tlat’ the '[Bopublicans had’ doo paried from it, and in" this way ho might give offense o somo of Lincoln's {rtond, The Come mittes considered this stipulation, and agrood that Mz, Welica should bo {avited and given & catte blanchis to speak upon such topics and in such mannor &4 ho aliould chouse, Ha was 50 otitlod, but ho st foared fo make tho experiment, sanigning others, but not important, reasons, Gov, Morton, of Indians, was lastly soliclted to undertako the great task, but hiy failing henlth, which 18 vory ‘marked, "rendored it tmpossible for to” do g0, fo-doy, s & mootiug 1 this city, fhe Assocll tion solocted Gov. Ogleaby, who sccopled tho task, It is presumable that the remote reason for so many declinations can bo found in the fact of the great magaitude of the undertaking, and tho chancea for & correspondingly groat failure, Tho Gommisaloners of Stato Contracts adjourned over until Saturday without awarding any contracts, The object of tho adjournment was to have the Attor Bey.Golicral present. when (o awards wows made o decldo fochuical questions at law, e sl FIRES. Destruiotive Pire in Midland Oity, Mich. Special Dispateh to The Chicaco Triduna, East Badivaw, Mich,, Sopt. 8.—Midland City, on tha ¥lint & Pore Marquotte Rallway, about 20 milos from this city, was visited by a firo lost night, involy- ing alossof about $16,000, Tho firo broko out about 7 'clock n the burn connoetod with the Interuational Iotcl, owned by Aloxander Findlater, 0nd within five .miuufos the entire barn was one ahieot of flauica, The burn waa full of dry hay, which burned lko tnder, Tha flames soon reachod scross Reod stroot to the 8t, Nicholas Hotel buru, owned by E, J, Medler, aud that foo was soon a 1masm thing ' flay 3P kln strect, and awept off the wagon and biacksmil shiops and a [ot of Juibor belonging to Wataon Harrs, Aftor the bara camo tho vhgou-shiop of Willam Bol: ton, adjoluing the 8t, Nicholas H bara, It belng found impossiblo, with the meana at hand, o gav uny of these buildings, the firomen turnod thelr ate attentlon fo saving tho bulldings on Maln stzeet. Tho blackmyih-ahop of Birong & McKaly, which was L fow feet from ~Uolton's wagon-shiop, wus, by bard work, usvod, and thus the eprosd of ihe iro n thut Qirection stopped. nd this house burned, the now snd fino block of Willlam Harris, togethor with thostores of @, O, Thompuon and A, Morss would probably have buruod, Tho fire was Ln ail Jobability ingendisey, an It catight u thoag-lof, and t iu roported that a muan was Lurnad, 1f 80, 1t st b tho incondiary, A Liorve bolonging fo & Ar. Marting of Pine Itiver, aud & cow was Lurned In the Internn: tlonal burn, I¢1a estimated that thera waa aboiit 30 tons of lisy in to Tnteruational barn xud some 300 bushels of oats, Tho lonses, as noar s wo can et them this cvoning, are about as follows: Alexandsr Fuudiar, $T000; ' J. Modler, $5,000; Watson Harcls, $3,0007 g'hurm ;%‘E""é‘f,.,d'mf‘u‘x“' Jouss, xumw-k'wmnm arr] 3, ng icEuy, 3 wvery- thing T Lo Taterational bass wes bairneg: At Maunistco, Mich, Swecial Dipatch (o The Chicaye Tribuse, MawisTxe, Mich,, Sopt, 8,—Last night s fire brody outin a barbor-shop on Houth River strost, which communicatea with & boarding-house esst, destroyiug both with most of their contenta; thence east acrous the streot {o the Bcandinavian Hotel, whicli wus pase thully deatroyed, The total loss 18 about $12,000, Insur uce, $100 on the barbor-ahop, $3,000 on the boarding= housa and contents, aud $5,000 of the Lotel and seas teats, Thore will bo some salvage on Alis hotal, At Akron, O Sptelal Dispaich to The Chicade Sribune, Ax30N, U,, Bopt, 8,—~Abont 2 o'clock this moraing the American $ouss, owned by Florence Heber, took fire and waa lnl:lzduuv’.fl- Lous, $5,000, Insured for $4,000, The fixe is bolleved to be the woak of &M {ucendlary, Forost Fires in Now Jersey, Eaa Manson, N, J,, Sapt, 8,—The fire fn the pinoy woods still rages, aud has spread considerably siuce yosterday, At Elmwood the flamos have crosssd the Atlintio Yaizoad, aud throaton e Lmniirovied 10 wosdow, R — At Eadt Albany, Awnaxy, N, Y., Sopt, 8,~The tatal loas to the Bosiom & Albsuy Railway by last nighi's Gre st 000 uulodg LALED s i e opg e