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

e - \ 4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. he same rate. Tojrovent dein {atakos, bis ture and giva Post n full, inciuding tate and County, Post ‘tay b made eitler by draft, oxpros, ', OF N TegiNternd Joiters, AL wur riak, CERMB O OITY SUEACHIREKS. s doliveied, Bundey excepien % cente per wook. ;. aeliverod, Bunday included, ¥ ocents per woek. Addien THI TRIBUNI COMPANY, ‘Caruer Madison and Desehorn-sbs., Ubloago, it TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. PERA-TIOUSE—Clark street, ennatite B oo AT & s Minatretes Aflarnoon sad svenlug. PVIORKIUS THEATRE-Madlion strect, batwoan Doara, sl Htatn. inksgomeat of dosepn defiorson. *3ip Van Winkle." LEY'S THEATRE—fandotnh strest, Letwesn O e A W tor o "Aefaoon sad evening. AUADEMY OF MUSIC~Halsted straat, hotweon Mad- . Wngapemont of Mira Olive Logan. 20 Woman Wi Talka Aftornoon aad evanloy —_— B RRNAINRE, ater " A rmvon snd troct, btween 00 Mnrrisn, ening. ALT—North Clark stroot, corper Kin- G tha Ehomas Orehbatea EXPOSITION BUILDING—Lakeshoro, foot ot Adams stroot. ] SOCIETY Wi * MrEXI00 lets uf UL , VETERANS OF TIR WAR WITH rentiing a tho 16k Tt Congromional Tsiutrl ot il ploase send thete addrots, ompany; o Heklo st to tha understgnod. Thoeo wish'nx to jolu thie State Qryanization williencl oy the amount of inftintlon iy Tocomiendod to forin Luoal Organizations tn o0 of aaid Diatricts, Fut all fuformatlon address U. It OIS, Vies Prosident Stata Orgautzation, 113 Fiftl-av., Chicso. NS" UNION,—Tho regular monthly mostin Somtaoa. £ SOHOLS, President. BUSINI OF CUSHING'S TUBULAR P IR A (Ormuad ol cuatiran taot, 21En S5y, which, whea oated, creste 8 Fapid, or oorront of air thrungh and outs! The Chitans Tribume, “Wednosday Morning, Septomber 30, 1874, Two prominent busincss housos in New York failed yoaterday, one dragging snother down. The broken firms ars Willinmson, Grifiith & Co., sugar vofinors, aud Jsmes Bishop & Co., fm- porters and manufacturers of india-rubber. It is not probabie that tho ruisof theso housss will involve any others. Mr. Thomes Kiusolls, aditor of the Brooklya Eagle, has promised to contribute a atatement to the litoraturo of tho Beechor scandal. Coneid- ering tho persous of dublous character and uo chareotor at all who bave already appeared a8 witnesses in this miserablo affair, and consjder- ing also that tho privato bistory of no witaoss 1a entoomod by tho nswspapois irrolevant to an ex- amination of the wain issuo, Mr. Kinsella can wall afford to chango his mind snd brosk his promiso. The division of the Milwaukes & Bt Paul Rosd known as the Proirie du Chien branch, which was at first oxempted from the operstion of tho injuuction lately issuod by tho Stato ¥u- prome Court, hiag now beon placed on s footing with otber parts of the rond. The oxtenslon of tho injunction in the meuner indicated is moro s mattor for cougratulation than for regret. The exemption would have beon comparatively value- Jesa to those enjoying it, sud would st tho best hava bosn purely accidental. e The Superintendont of tho Centrsl Pacillo Railroad has published s card in responso to complaints of swindling and robbery on {he No- vada Division of the rond. Admitting that gam- blors and thioves do infost the trains of Novada, tho Suporintendent complacently says that tho Company caunot undertake repressive moasures. Possongers, be says, must look out for thom- gelves, A raflrond company which shirks ro- sponsibility in this impudent monner desarves. o ba overtaken by tho Grangers. Senator Scburz's domand for the removal of Marshal Packard is supportod by some of the etanchest Administration organs. The Presi- dort. may be more disposed than is commonly be- tieved v get upon Mr, Schurz's suggeation. It ia cortain Wat in no ather way cw he 8o eneily rostoro order in Loufsiana, Packardis tho head and front of tho oXending—tle man with braing and without principles who hos been prominont 28 o partisan of Keltogg, To give such an one ocommand of the Foderal forces is to place the State of Loulsiana at his mercy. Andhe has no mercy. Four continnous days of fighting bstwesn the Carliets and tho army of Geu. Moriones iu tho Provineo of Navare bave sppsrently given to noither side a matorial advantage. An nttack of tlio Carlists on Gon. Moriones' loft wing was ropulsed, but tho Ropublicans wero not able to drive the onemy from tho flold. Theso advicea come through Madrld, and may bo trusted to stata the facts ns much in favor of tho Repablic- an causo as the circumstances seom {0 Warrant, ‘Altogetber, the nows is the most important that Liss come scross the acean for deveral weeka; and, takon In connection with reports by mall, it leads ue to expect eomo notablo achioverments by Caxlon bafore bis campaign 18 clossd. and 90a for Octoner. On Saturday evoning last thero was in store In this ally 016,153 bu whent ; 1,072,026 bu coiny 462,497 Lu oate; 20,010 bu tyoy and 181,762 bu bntley. Tho hog market was weak and 10@U00 lower, with aales at $5.00 @7.50. Cattle wore dull and weak, avoraging 9%c lower, Haloa at §1,76@0.50. Bheop ruled stondy. At tho requont of a cominittos of tho Cltizona' Association, the Hon, Jamea P. Root has given an opinion in relation to the legality of the Town DBoards in Cook Couuty. Ife says that tho govornmont of this county om- DLraces parts of cach of tho two systoms provided in tho Consbitution, ithor of thesa systoma alone would bo logal. A combination of both in fllogal, As the people have adopted tho Commissioner system, thoe township or- ganization eystom is oxoluded. Mr. Root's ar- gument is plaueible, and will commond iteolf to tho honrty sympathy and support of all the pooplo who aro not secking town offices, Thoro fano body of men in the commnnily mo wall adnptod as the Cilizens' Associntion to under- tako a war of extermination against tho Town Boards, Gon. Butlor hins explained the nature of the sorvices to the Xollogg Govornmont for which be rocelvod somo thonsand dollars componsa- tion. Ho will doubtless succood in satistying the paoplo that ho did make an argumeunt for Kel- logg befors tho Supremo Court, and that in do- ing s ho was acling strictly within the law, A delicato sonso of honor would kave restrained s prominent member of tho Government, tho Chairman of the ouso Uommittoo on the Judi- clary, from assumlng tho relations of a paid at- tornoy in & caso which ho might bo compelled to pass upon in the capacity of Judge. But then it is absurd to look for ihe mame featation of & dolicato mense of honor by such men a8 Butler and Carpentor. Tho most dis- couraging thing about this and eimilar rovela~ tions of Butler's charactor is, that many ro- speciable peonto can bo found in all parts of tho country to admiro tho * smartness " of tho man, The Nowsboye' and Bootblacks’ Homo of this city will soon be insialled 4n & building of its own on Quincy streot, near Fifth avenua, The now Home will contain kitchon, dining-room, parlor, sitting and resding room, gymnasium, dormitories, school-rooms, and workshops. The valuo of the whole property will bo 50,000, A cssh subseription of $2,600 will place the prop- erty in tho hands of the corporation free of all incumbranco. Our citizens are about fo bo called upon to mako up this sum., We doubt not that they will doso. Thoe Homo is ono of our moet doserving charities, It provides for a clase which no other institution reaches, By furnishivg boys aud girla with choap shelter and food, by gotting some of them homes in the country, and by training others to useful trades, it is prevonting pouperism, promoting honosty, and saving future taxation. The sum it asks is comparatively small. The good it does is great MMr. Johu A. Logan delivered a apoech at Indi- snapolis yosterdsy. Mo reviewed the Civil- Rights bill, tho rocont outrages in the Bonth, the independont movement in politics; and in touching upon all theso subjocts he nover neg- lectod tho contral thought that the Rapublican party onco Bavod tho TUnion, snd now wishes the Union to save it. Ho spoke 28 if parties wero onds not means 3 and, indeed, ho bolioves so. Senator Logan's logie would bo amusing if it woro engagod in loss solemn dis- cussfons, An {llustration of its ludicrousness may bo found in tho argument saoriously put forward by Mr. Logan, that since the Democratic and Ropublican parties are corrupt, any new party must necessarily bo corrupt slso. Not a maiter to bo eo easily for- given s the disingonuousvess of 3Mr. Logan. Ho misstatos tho contents of the Civil-Rights bill, tho facts of tho disturbaunces in Tounessee and Gov. Brown's protest, aud the circumstances of tho recent revolt in Now Orleans, Wodo no bolieve that Seuator Logan is 8o much of n fool aa not to kuow botter than he speaks. ‘Thero scoms to bo a wide-spread misnpprehon- sicn as to tho water-supply of Chicsgo, Tho firo in July last took place in a district ocontainiug two short and narrow streots. Though contigu- ous to tho businces part of the city, these strosts, which in early days were choice locali- ties, had long ainco been sbandoned by business, and gonorally by respectable reaidonts, It so bappoued thaton these strests the water sor- vice-pipo was of but S-inch diametor, and the engines could not bo supplied. As soon as tho fire had loft that locality, tho wator was abun- dant, Beeauso of this it has been assumed that 81l Chicago is supplied with water throngh 8-incn mains, and tho insufiicionoy has boen horalded throughiall parta of the country, and used to produco an insurance panic. Now tho faot iy, that, of tho 35134 miles of waier-pipe Inid beforo April 1, 1874, thoro wore but 43¢ miles of 8-inch pipe. No pipo of that size has been 1xid 1 this clty for mony yoars, and a very largo portion of what was originally Juid down hes been supple- mouted by 8-inch pipe. During 1878, nearly 8 miles of 8-inch pipe wero laid in place of the smullor size taken up or abandoned. The work of ottablishing the new local insur. anco company, to bo known as the Anchor, is 'T'he adjourned Liboral Convention at Albany, N. Y., yeatorday rofused to make any nomina- tiona, being evidenilyinclined to support Tilden, It hos not entered into the heart of Westorn poople ta concelvo thoe porplexity of tho honest meon {u New York, who wish tovoto intelligenitly, aud ars compelled to chooss botween Dix and tho Custom-House Ropublicans on t'so ono hand, and Tilden and the Tammany Democeats on the othor, Dix or Tilden might safely bo elocted, if the election would bo accoptoed morely 28 o tostimoninl of porsonal worth; it is tho no- cosaity of impliedly spproving corrupt political ringe in order to oloct elther ocandidata which perploxea tho honest men. The Chlcsgo produce markets wors gonerally Airmer In graln, and weak In provislons, Bloss pork wan quiet aud 10@200 per brl lower, olosing at $21,76@21.85 cash and $17.00 goller tho yoar, Lard was quiot and onsior, at 14}4@143¢0 por I cash, and 1134o seflor the yoar. Aoats wore quist aud oasier, at83(@83(c for shouldors, 8% @13%0 for short midales, snd 13}¢@130 for awot-plekled bams, Ighwines wero quiot and steady, at 81,00 per gallon. Lake freights wore dull and tirm, at o for wheat to Duffalo, Flour wes in falr domsnd ot former priced. ‘Wheat was wnote sctieo snd 1@1go higher, cloging at 004a cavh, aud 083¢a soller October, Cotu waa active and weak at 13§@13{o advance, progrossing successfully. It should recoive tho genoral aupport of ous citizons, and particularly that of our merchants; not merely bocauso it will lend to tho organization of other home companies, but becruse it will tond to provide n security agatnst Gre, the need of which wilt bo Loonly folt after the Board companics have srithdrawn, There is au impression among many peoplo that thero aro outsido of the Natfonal Board organization s largo number of good com~ paniea, This is not corroct. Thoro are good companlonoutside of tho National Board, but they aro vory fow. Of tho 454 companlos, home and foreign, doing bumnoss in tho United States, 1ho groat majority ave vory snwll onos, gotten up for tholr immediato locslities, and nover ventur- iog beyond them, Out of thia whole numbor, only fitteen have acapital of over 1,000,000 aach, whilo tho oapital of tho great majolty rangos from £60,000 to $300,000, By the law of tho Btato of Illinols, no corapany with & capital loss than $150,000 can do businesa in Chleago, and this provision rules outa lasge number of tho non-Board compauies, Whilo thero iano doubt that & well-mausged fssurauce company with its ocapital Invested in United Btates bonds will pay lhsndsomo AQivldonds, st tho samo imo the meln resson for golting up insursoce companies fn Chleago la to thus onablo the pooplo of tho aity to domons atrate {n the most forclbla mannor posaible tholr confidence fn their own oity. Capital invested oloslng at B0}o omub, aud 80j¢o for October, Osts wore moye sotive snd wesk, oloalng st 40}¢o cash, and 400 for Ootober, Nye way quiet and unchanged, at 89G00c. Darloy was saotive and 8@0}¢c bigher, oloulng at $1.06 oanhy in United Btatos bonds mokes a home company juat aa socurs as any foreign one, because United Btatos bonds, haviog & gonaral valuo, oannot possllily bo affeotod by Any looal disne- ter, Dy distributing stook among sil claases of THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 380, 1874, businass it will cronto & genoral iutorost in tho compauy aud socuro ity good mansgoment. Tho doflcioney of Chicago In good hiome lusuranco companios Ia host shown by the faot that it pos- norsos but threo, while 8t Lonis has twenty. seven, Clocinuatl twonty-two, aud Milwaukeo fivo. A vory mtoroating controversyla llablo to grow ont of the Arctio discoverios by tho Auatrian ex- plorors, P'ayor and Woyprocht. Dr. Hayes hna already printed s communication in the Now Yorl Tribune claiming that the Amorlcan Grin- noll Land bas boen slghted furtbor north than {40 Franois Josopl Land of the Austrians. The Dootor says: * I take somo prido in thinkiug his, a8 1t Is not only an Amortean discovory but my owp, ond haa DLeon traversed by mno olhor white man excopt my ono compauion in 1864 and my three companions In 1861, I think I may atill thoroforo claim tho discovory of tho most northern known body of land on the globoe, for on tho Groenland side Oapt, Iall did not extend the surveyas of Dr. Kane (which torminatod about latituda 80 dog. 60 min.) so far north sa ho nighted boyond my own surveys on the oppasito sldo.” The most northern land sightad by tho Amerieans waa named, Capo Unlon ; thal by tho Austriang, Onpo Vionoa. As it is not Nkely the Austrians will glveup tholr frozen laurols with- out a strugglo, wo may look for sn excoodingly intorosting digoussion, and a renswal of the in- tornational raco to reach the North Pole. A compromise bas st Jast beon reached by rep- ronentatives of tho Kollogg snd MoEnery partios in Louisians. Tho torms are perhaps a8 gener- ous ns conld bo oxpected. Tho Consorvatives pledgo thomsclves to causo all violenca and in- timidation of voters, if any oxist, to coase, and to nasist in maiutaining poace. Tho wholo mat- tor of registrationiscommitted totho suporvision ofan Advisory Board, composed of {wo Domocrats, two Republionns, and an umpiro, Gov. Kellogg promisos to carry out such recommeondations of thia Board ag are not contrary to Inw, The Ro- turning Board is to bo reconstructod, vacancies boing mado for two Democrats. Wo have said that theso terms appoar to be gonerous, That thoy aro tho bost which could b6 obtained, and on tho whole satisfaclory, is tho obvious inforoncoe from tho fact that tho signatures of both parties aro attsched to the protocol, Dr. Bonzano, tho umpirc of tho Advisory Board, 1s generally spoken of by the pross of New Orloans as an upright man, These circumstances furnish s strange commentary on tho Associated Proos dispatel from New Orleans this morning, which trests the couferencs contemptuously, and eays thot the Advisory Oommittes is made up of one * lust-ditch " Domocrat, ono third-term Liberal Republican, and threo Faderal ofticials, 1t wmay be well to wait for batter infarmation be- fore forming an opinion of the conference and ita resulta, THE COUNCIL AND THE FIRE ORDINANCES, The Common Council had bofore them on Monday night two ordinauces, ono of thom ap- propriating $260,000 for additional fire-ongnos, buildings, and equipmonts, aud the othor appro- priating $500,000 for laying 8-juch mains in place of tho small pipes now in tho district lying be- tween Chicago avenue and Sixteonth streot, and Halsted streot aud the lake, Tho flrst of thoso ordinauces waa ordered to be engrossed, and will pass s week honco; the otlier one waa o now ordinance, and, bemg objected to, was re- forred to o committeo. This sccond ordinance was objected to by Aldermen from the outlying wards, and ospeeially by Cullerton of the Seventl, Campbell of the Thirteenth, and Schaffner of the Soventoonth, on tho ground that tho money was needed to Iy servico-plpes in localities whoro thoro is now no wator. ’ Xt tho question were simply ono for tho dis- tribution of water for domestic uses, the objec- tion would have considerable forco; lut tho ordinanco is not of that charnctor. Thers was, in June last, an appropristion of nearly £500,000 for the oxtension of water sorvice, nose of which is to bo expended in tho district covored by tbis ordinance. The reprosantatives of the district desigoated by Ald. Dixon's ordi- nauco might will as much reason objact to the npproprintion of §800,000 sunually for tho ox- tonsion of water-pipes in tho outlying wards on tho ground that the insido wards were not bene- fited thoreby. Tho objection is utterly un- tenable, The object of the Dixon ordinance 18 to flnish at ono job a work that has boen going on for years,—the substitution of 8-inch vipes for tho smallor pipes which unforiunately woro lald be- foro it was auticipated that Cbicago would evor attain its prosent alzo. That work basto bo dono at some timo, The 8.Inch aud 4-inch pipes aro no longer sufiiciont, and must be replaced. Tt §a a question whother this chango should bo mnde novw, at onee, or whother wo shall post- pone it uwtil thero shall bo balf-n~dozon more fires, ot which—ns has beon roported by the Chiof-Engincer of the Fire Departmont so fro- quently during the lnst six years—it will be found that to enginos will oxhnust tho water- supply of & neighborbiood. Of the nearly throo milesof auch pipotakonupduring 187, tholarger part of it wae taken up in the outlylng wards. ‘Iho district covored by tho ordinanco ia now nll seitled and densoly populated; it em- braces, in point of value, four-fiftha of the ie provements and taxablo personal proporty of the clty. Wo muoh mistake the charactor of Ald. Compbelts conatitueuts if thoy do not differ with him in his opposition to this ordinauce, A large majority of them do businoss In this dletrict aud have largo prop- erty-interests at steke thero, But tho whole clityis equally intorested In making s defenso agalnst fire by all the means possiblo. To put down Jargor pipo In thia district to protoct tha bulk of tho genoral property of the whola people. Wotakoit that tho conatituents of Ald, Cul- Jorton and Ald, Bchnffuer aro folly as much intor- eated in the proservation of thoe proporty in the First, Bscond and Third Wards of thocity aa thoy aro in the proporty of tholr own wards. What- aver {a ealculated to deatroy yraperty or credic, In any part of thia olty, is In the ond folt more eriously by the laboring population than by sny other portion of tho pooplo, Anything that is calculated to inoresse businoss, invite cspital, establish crodit, and inspire confidence, 18 of nmecessity of deep porsonnl {futerest and diveot beneft to tho samo olues. The own- ors of proporty In thia dlatrict whoro this small plpo ialaid pay from 34 to 1 por cont additional fusureice becausa of tha alze of the water. yoains § ¢his wame offect {s extonded {0 the oute Jying diatricts, and tho ownor of every oottage and dwelling fn all tho owlylng wards, if ho oan got good insurance at all, hns to pay double raten, Hols, therefore, Intercsted dlrectly In romoving the causos which lavo produced this panio among Iosuranco atookbolders, and this ordinauce, 1¢ passed, would havo thia direct of« feot, It would sliongs the now genaral bellet {hat the Gly Governiment g lndiffarent to the enfoty of tho city; it would strongthen our frionds all ovor tho country who aro battlling tor Chioago 80 bravely ; it would luspire oonfidonce and hope, and would directly boneilt the city far more than tho expondituro of ton times thoeamo smount undor other oircumatances, Lot us oo that, 1n duo time, this ordinancomsy bore- ported and passed with au unanimity that will givoe sasuranco that tho legistative dopartmentls fully alivo to the wanta of tha clty at this time. SETILEMENT OF CORNERS, On tho 18t day of July, 1874, tho following soctlon of the Criminal Codo of this Btato wont into aporations 80, 100, Whoavar contracts to havo or give ta him- aalf or anotber tho option to sell or by, ab a futurs time, any graln or athor commodity, atook of any rail- road or othar company, or gold, or forastalla the mar~ kot by apreading falns rumors to influence the price of commoditios thorein, or corners the markat, or attompta to do 0 in Tolation to any of such commod- itiow, shall be fined niot les than $10 nor moro than $1,000, or conlined fn tho County Jail not oxcseding otle year, or both ; and all contracts made in violation of thia ssotion aball be considored gambling contracts, anil shall be vold, Desplio this law, thoro was a very conmdera- ble corner in corn in the sama month of July. The cootracta wora noarly all compliod with, aod tho cornor was profitavlo, Thoro wers, however, & number of porsons who foll back upon the law, pleaded the immorelity of gombling contraots, sold their over-contracts at cornor pricos, and rofused to settle. Binca thon, thore lns boon anothor corner in corn, which closos to-dsy at 8 o'clock, aud thero is some approhonsion as to the mottlomont. It s ro- portod that somo of thoss who managod tho July cornor have boon selling short to tho Bop- tombar corner, and tbat tho advanco in corn has boon 8o groat that thoy, a8 » set-off fo the Iuly business, intond o plead in thelr own boslt the statuto sgainst gambling contraota, Whothor thoro be any foundation for this ro- port or not, it indieatos that tho July precodont for avolding losues upon short sales is lisble to bo ropeated, in which case cornors will bocomo uncertaits and therefors unprofitable, Whon thoy coaso to bo profitable, thoy will coase alto- gothor. - Alrondy thoy have to be conducted on honor, and, in this respect, bave somothing of tho charactor of contracts st tho gaming-tuble. Unloss tho Board of Trado men 8o change thelr practicos as to provent a culmination on the last day of overy month, thoy may oxpsct more or loss of such sharp doaliug ss ocoutred & mouth ago and whioh may recur to-day. MUNICIPAL TAXATION, Totlie Editar o7 The Chicago Tritune 1 Bt : In your issuo of this morning, when reviewing tho report of the Commitioo upon Tuzatlon to tho Citizons’ Assoctation, you boldly mssert that tho true remedy for the ovils of our present rovonuo syatem lies fn ndirect tazation, You will admut that wo must raise gomo $7,000,000 annually in this county for city, county, aud State taxes. To raiso $7,000,000 by tho lssuo sud sale of Iicense certificatea Is, in tho firat place, to lovy s tax of that umount ugon tho busiuess men of this city, snd indireetly to offer a premium of tbe same amount to tho morchanta and jobbers of Now York, Philadel. phis, Clncinnaty, St, Louls, and Indianapolis, whose traveling agonts Bwarm like locusts at all the Jotdls In Central and Southern Ilitnols, s well ss in the Btates south and west of us, Itis idlo to may that tho consumer will ultimately poy this tax, when ho has the option of clicosing not 10do 50 by buying where no such tax is iimposed, Tho alfticulty suggested applics to ovary business- man in the Stato, aa well s to Ohicago morchants, aud is, tomy mind, » fatal objection to your plan. Dutif you ean show its fallacy X shall feel greatly obiiged, aud Le willlog to give duo aftontion to all your arguments in ita favor, Yours truly, A, J, GattowAY, Chairman Committeo ou Tuxation, Cmiaaoo, Bept, 39, 1874, 3r, Qolloway arguca that indirect taxa- tlon would levy a tax of 87,000,000 on the merchants of Chicago, that they would thereforo Lo hoavily handieapped in thoir race with Eastern rivals, and that thoy could nob cast off tho bur- don on the cousumor bocanse tho Iatfor would buy of tho untaxed Eastoru morcusnt, who could nfford to sell at lower ratos, This would all be trua if it was proposed to raise $7,000,000 by indiroot taxation ovor and above tho present tax-lovy. But nothing of tho sort has been snggested. It s proposcd to collect tho present amount of revonue in & new way, aud to savo {horoby tho 20 or 25 per cent now paid for the expenso of collection. That is, to rolleve the merchanta aund all other paopla of Chicago ond of Ilinols of ono-fifth or one-fourth of the taxes with which they ara now handicapped. It s proposed to repeal tho tax by valuation so that tho wholesaler or tho rotailer ehall psy & fixed sum annually, in tho sbapo of a liconse foo or In somo other way, instend of paylng indofinite amounta on what gomo shiftless Assosgor guosses tho value of his store, and his goods, and his home, and his por- sonal property may bo. Wo iuvite Alr, Gallo- way's enrnest sttention to this conundrum: 1f Chicsgo now pays £7,000,000 taxes por sear, and yot controls tho trade of tho Northwest, how much loss likely wouldsha be to contral it if her taxeswero cut down somo hundreds of thousanda of dollars by tho saving of expense by tho indirect system? e THE COMMUNIST SCRIMMAGE. What 18 there in tha atmosphoro which pro- duces such belligorent effeots among the small politicians? Iardly have tho blackenoa oyes and flattencd noses of tho McDonald-McGarry glirmish bagun to hoal, bofore tho Communists and the patriots of the People's Parbygotat cach other, vi et armis,—not with pistols and knives aftor tha MoDonald atyle, bot with flsta and brawny arms, with sticks sod beor-mugs, with tables and choirs,—a good old-fashloned froo fight, in which ono man Is a8 good es anoth- or, snd mo purtiality ia shown, Thoro geoms to bave beon no lack of sc- commodation for all who woro doalr- ous to tuke pmt in tho coremonios, and oven tho police who wara on hand manifeatod no desire to intrude or futerfere, but, with com- mendablo fairnoss, waited until tho sombatonts wera gufficiently pummoled boforo they consignod thom to tha atation-houso. Liko s doso of mad- folne, thoy wero woll shaken boforo takon, Although the Communists wore in & woful minority, thelr oppononts outnumbosing thom thros to ono, one cannot rostrain & focling of satisfaction that they woro passad through tho thresbing-machine of tho Blstoenth Ward, Thore aro threo suflicient ronsons (o acoount for this eatinfaction, which might otherwiso sppesr like takiug tho alde of the uppor dog in tho fight. Tirat, the Com- munleta bad no businoms to bo &t the moate ing at all It was not {holr mooting. It was pob i tholr ward. They had no fotercst in the dlsoussons, politieal or othermiss, Thole prosence, thorefore, wae Dboth gratuitous and impudent, snd their attompt to got posacasion of the organization of thomoat~ ing was a ploco of Insolenco which morited und recolyed prompt robuke, Bocond, the Com- muntat by nature I8 a nolay, turbulent follow, & brawling sbiriekor, and & nulssuce {n suy com- munity, Ho talks ail tho timo and talkn an loud aghecan, Ha throatens, browbosats, swaggors, and latimidatan, Ko 19 & demagogue of tho uitrs gort, 8 mobocrat, and o Phillatine, nnd, by- dint of his nolsd, and bis awageor, And bia braggo- doolo, ho managos to scoure a followlng af thoughtloss workmon, who fall to distinguish botweon noiso and mouse, It 18 & good thing, therofore, to havo the conceit taken out of iim & littlo, even it it has to bo done wilh ‘boor-mug and fist, Third, tho Communist ina tuoorlst, and big theorles aro usually very b surd and somatimos dangeroun opos. Ho theo- rizos upon tho propriaty of dividing all property oquatly,—~that i, aa ho b dono nothing in tho way of Iabor, hio should have half the accumula- tlons of bis neighbor who has worked bard sll Lis Nfe. He thoorizes on the systom of procuring good government by abol- ishing all govornmont. Ho theorlzes on tho bost maunor of prosorving proporty by burning up sllhooan. o theorizes on morality by urging tho dostruotion of churchos and the hanging of minfstora, o theorizon on ponco and good order by cronling mobs, Ho theorlzes on Iabor by vagsbondizing, Ho in fact epends his lite thoorizing, Now, thers s no botter way to ,convinco a Communist or sy other mon of tho fulity of oconstant theory than to briog him fn contact with an occaslonal fact, Tho People's Party in the Sixtoenth Ward ovidontly approciated this, and progented the Communist with some stunning facts and knock-down srgumonts,—facts em- phasized with right snd loft handers, and argu- gumonts basod on tho logical promisea of beor- mugs sud olubs, The Qommuniat who mot with these unoxpocted facts ‘must bo convinced by this timo thas life ip not all theory. If, thore- foro, tho ovonts of that litle serimmago shall teach tho Communist respeot for tho rights of othors, if it shall take somo ooneolt ont of him and porsusde him to sing smallor, and i it shall induce him to take mote practical viows of life, this valuablo experienco will have beon obtainod vary reasonably. It will bo nouo thio loss valuablo oltlior if the Communista wora acting Monday night lu tho intorosts of certain Ropublican politiclans of this city, a3 has boen strongly intimated, and as tho figuro out by Jallor Folz in tho alialr would soem to indicato, e——— The young marricd mon of San Francisco have sot an oxamplo which.will probably bo foltowed without deluy, It is o protective moasure, aud thus appoals directly tos patornal governmont. 1t i 00 lous thon a schame to provido for moth- ors-in-lait an asylum in which they may oxerciso thoir peouliar fucultios without bringiug immnod- erato griof upon socloty at large. Thoy Lave framed a potition to Congres for tho crectlon of » spacious nud neatly-sppointed editles fn which {uo mothers of their wives may be placed. Chi- nese sorvants with luxunant pigtails are to boe placed at conveniont intorvals for tho exercise of tho hair-pulling proponeities of the order; graven= images with wito wigs aro to bo placed in the ifferent dopartmonts : mivlaturo howscs in the direat confusion are to bo provided for tho oc- cupants to * put in ordor ; " aud bronzo figurea seatod in attitudes of the most abject misery sro to bo scattered profusely round to wffurd audionced for the lecturing proponsitios of the {nmates of the asylum. The paticiouars pray for the crection of tiis nsyium on Goat Islaud, and ;hn& all communicativn bo cut off from the man zud, The New York Custom-Houso suthorities sre in nuothor potty snarl. Wuen Goorgo Maodon- ald, the Bank of Loglaud forger, was urrested at Quorantine in Afarch, 1873, ho had on him jowolry valuod at §3,000, This property was taken from bim and handed to tho Seizuro Buresu of .tho Cussom-House to await the payment of the duty, thero being no ovidencs to show that ‘Macdonald in- lended to smugglo thom in. They are still in possession of tho Bureau. Macdonald's attor- neys clim them by virtue of sn sasignmeut made by thelr client; tbe Bsuk of England autlorities claim thom on the ground that thoy aro part of the proceeds of his forgery. Col- loctor Arthur appesled to the Becrotary of the Trossury for instructions, sud Mr. DBristow soos only one of two ways out of the difficulty. Tho jewelry should bo sold and tho proceeds, loss thio dutios, handed over to any duly proved claymant, or tho United States District Court must bo calted upon to dotermine tho matter, so that tho Governmont should not be beld liable for delivory to the wrong cluimant, Tho latter courso will probably bo chiosen. _—— The movemont for a congress of mem bers of the Protestaut Episcopal Church i3 opposed neartily by the Bishops of Now York and West- ern Now York and by tho ultra-Iigh Church party. The opponents take tho ground that the londing advocates of tho Congrees aro those whoso tondencies axe to yield to the popular dagire for snulyzing craeds and the rejection of ol that fs superuaturalivm. Tho ultimate end of this @osire 1s rationalisn, and with thia the Catholio Episcopalian, us ho culls himself, has no sympatliy. ‘Chis is more Catholic than Epia- copalisn, [ e NOTES AND OPINION. The Lako County (1lL.) Indopendent Reform Convention, lsat Saturdey— Resolved, Tt tho lato {roubles fn Lowlslana ara churgaablo to partisnnship, indecision, aud favoritlem 21 Wasbingion, coupled with tho usurpation ot parti- 4an courty,—clearly showing that partisans capnot gove eru o greal nation, and ave ungt to bo trusted with tho destinies of the American people, —Tho Quinoy (11l.) correspondent of the St. Louls Globe uays Ridgway, tho Ropublican cau- didate for Btate Treasuror, was in that city last weolr, prodicting his own mejority **in tho nolghborhood of 10,000." Mr. Rudgway haa boen all around tho Stato, and his opinion may bo commended to editors who fancy thomagives in~ spired o prodict tho usual Republican majority In Iiluols, 4 —Tho clection in Louisiana, Nov. 2, is to be for Btate Traseurer, Legislature, and local ofli- cors. Tho Legistature will elect a United Btates Senator vico Kelloge's colored man Pinchback, to whom Kellogg, whon bauding bim Lis credon- tials, is sald to have romarked: * Pinch, if you're no Sonator I am no Governor.” The Uuited Btates Bonato has doclarod Placlibaok to bo ** no Souator.™ The Now Orleans Picayune of Iato dato snys : Whutever tnay be the fate of the prosont usurpation, it 41 of great concerh (o our peoplo to iava ais tuest and capublo Blato Troasurer, sombors of the Legiula- ture, purishyand munleipal ofticers, Wo hava litilo hiops of achfoving auch resulls if tho honast citizous full to buve thomsolves roglutered. ‘They shoukl ot bo doterred by the notorious frauds and Negulitios which, it 18 boiloved, hava beon practicod by the par tsan ind irrvsponatblo Reglstrare, ~—Jobn Forsyth, editor of tho Moblle Register, {a w candidata for the Alabama Loglalatura ., —Ot tho Arkanaas elootion, tho Littlo Rock Gazetle soys Dy abatalulng from participation In the olectlon of Oct, 18, the Radfcal rocurants Lopa to uliow s diminsh- ed vote i1 the Btate, through which thoy can sguin avall themselves of tho stule arguient of *intimidation of Ropuvlican yotors " in thelr proceediug for a T-recous struction of Arkansas, The fieat duty of every Oons servative In the Btate, therefore, i to come out and vola *For Oonstitution™ on eloction day, If overy Conservative vofo fu cust, the total vots olight to be iin hie noighborhood of 100,000, ~Tho voto of Wyoming Torritory is thin year about 5,000, against 8,600 two years ago. The ollieia] majorlty for Bteelo (Democrat), far Cone gross, is 608, ~The bost advices collected by the pross of Colorado give Patterson (Demoorat) 1,079 ma~ Jority for Congroas, in that Torritory, and yet tho air of Donver ia thiok with rumors that tho ‘Porritorial Governor (an obnoxious appoin'tes of Grant) will o manipulate the roturns as to #4gleat " the other tnen, Tha Danver Newy, last woek, said: Xt may do to forge and throw out refurus under garpalling sulo o som of s outliers States, whors Fodorsl Layonota ave conveniently noar j but suali_ au sttewpt bu this Territory would burdly promote s aithy digeation on tho part of those who should maki e oy ~John Robbins, of Philadelphis, & membl i of Congrees from 1840 to 1868, Is the Demoa::atio candldate for Congreas in the Difth Distrilik ol yostorday morning of tho dosth of John 8, Wright, in Wost Philadelphla, on Baturday last. Hia loug residenca fu thia city, his intimate ne- soclatlon with its carly history and growth, make & moro extended notice of his lifo sud labors ap~ propristo, 1t corlaiuly will bo recognizod a4 & morited tribute by all our older citizons to the momory of n man whose influence had a’marked offoct upon the growth and prosporily of tho dlty. ou tho 1Gth of July, 1815, and was thereforo & bt city, ngainst both Harmey and Myers, who are dividing the Rapubliean strength. The Republicann alrendy glve up that (Fifth) Dis- trict, but hope to mako its losn good In gainlug the Boveuth, wharo tho Damoarnts aro divided —Why don’s Grant and Williams punch up Gov. Bovorldga about tho condition of uocloty in ‘Williamgon and Jackson Counties, Tl ? Another “vondotta-ananssination in Willismuon, last week, and atill another, moro horrible, fv Jacksou. ‘What is the Colloctor of tho Iort, at Cairo, dolng? If only wo had n man, now, like Puck- ard, In the Cairo Custom-Iouse. ~Boulds Bakor, Ohalrmau of the Ropublican Btato Contral Committoo i Toxay, was raported to bavo made represoutations to the President of * 600 politicnl murdors In ‘Toxna winco the inanguration of QGov. Coke's Administration.” At tho Ropublican Congressional Couvantion in Auslin, Tox., lnat wools, it was autohritatively donfed thint Boulds Bakor had mado much rapro- gontation, and it was denounced ws & **nows- papor-canard.” —'ho Prohibitionlata of Ohio, besidon a Btata ticket (for which thoy expect to pull 30,000 votoa), hve tickots in thirty-one countios, aud will vote far their oo caudidates in fourtean of tho Lwenty Congressional Distrlots. —'The Wisconsin Prohibition Conventlon, to organlzo for businoss moxt year, will meot at Ripon Oct. 13, nnder »eall to which 700 namen aro attachodl. tho Ropublican party Is ended. Thoy claim that tho mission of OBITUARY. : Joux 8. wniant, Driof montion was modo In onr columns John 8. Wright wan born in Shoffield, Mass., little more than 59 yents of nge. Lo camo to this city with his fathor, the lato John Wright, in 1832. e nesisted in building the third frame house crected in Chicago. At tho time, though s mera Isd of 17, ho moon made Limsolf sc~ quainted with tho goographical and commorcial position of tho city, and with the vast extout anad the rozources of tho country by which it surrounded. For years his opiulona wore treat- od o wild and vigouary: but thoso who have soon the stcaly progrous of tho cily in wealih snd population; who Liavo scon it grasping tho comnorco of o dozon Biates and ‘errito- rios,—the largest ond tho richost soction of torritory lying togother on the globe,—are now roady to admit that extravagant a8 his predictions then appeared, they havo alrondy beon more than rolized. Ilo belleved i Chicago, and had tho ability to mako othora aleo beliovo in ita ** manifest dostiny.” As oo instanco of his foresight, wo mention that, whon the Becond Proshytorlan Church wag floishod in 1850,~thon by far the best churcls adifice in tho city,—a number of gentlamen wero discussing its substantial sud otlior characteris- tics, when,somo ono romarked * that i would stapd 1,000 yoars” *Nopsonsn!" maid Mr. Wright, ** it will not bo fifty yoars beforo it will hava to bo moved to mako ay for busingss.” It stood on tho corner of abash avenue and Waehington stroot, far romoved from the businoss portions of Lako and Wathor stroots. Beforo tiwenty years had elaps- ed it was indoed 1n the way of business, Ar. \right had thirty yosrs to spare in hig predic- tion; but tha gieat fire of 1871 spared the pooplo tho necessity of removing it. Mr. Wright and his fathor gasisted in tho or- gonization of the ¥irst Prosbyterian Ouureh, ‘with tlio Itov. Jeromink Porter as pastor, 0o tho 26th of Juno, 1833, Mr. Wright, Br., snd Philo Carponter were the first Elders, Mr. Porter and Mr. Carpentor are still liviug, John 8. Wright also aspisted in organizing tho Second Prosby- terian Church, uod remained a momber of it till his death, v "Dwo important events of Mr, Wright's lifo de- sorve special mention, either oue of which mor-~ its the lasting gratitude of our city and tho en- tiro Northwost, With an eye to tha develop- ment of tho ugricultural resources of the Nortu- west ho nstnbashml ihe Prairie Farmer in 1338 or 9. 1fuottho first—and we think it was— it cortainly was tne first really successlul agri- cultural journal published west of Luke Michi- an, Thoso who look at the tables showing the .lglnst shipment of 78 busbels of wheat from Chl- cago in 1848 canuot appreciato tho troubles and tho triuls; the carking caros and the mental sirain necessary tolay tho fouudation for that vnst and succossful culture of (ho soil west of tho city which sweliod our recaipts of coreals, last yoar to beiug 100,000,000 bushola, Mr. Wnight conductod the Farmer in tho form- jug poriod of that agricultatal dovolopment. It ‘Wus & long timo beforo tho prairies could even be plowed siccesstully. 'tho stacl clippor-piow solved that difiiculty. Tho barvestor, tha thresh- iug-muching, tho corn-plunter and cultisator, with other implemonts woro iuveuted dur- ing that time, aud olaborately discusscd in ALv, Wright'a papor. Emigration was oncouraged by statistics of the products of agrioultural me dustry, sud digcussiony wors 89 ably carried oa by Mr. Wright aud bis assistant, now tho Rev, J. A, Wright, ot Bay City, Miob., that the Prairie Farmer cirenlated from Maino to Uregop, and from the Lakes to tho Gulf of Mexico. Ouly aur oldor citizons who have persouul knowlodgo of tho charactor of the paper, and the wids ox- oxtont of its cireulution, can form auy Just estimato of ity controling ivluonco upon the growth and the prospority of our vity, aud of tho entire Northwost. Dir, Wright continued its publication till his extensive manufaciuring busivoss in 1857 or '68 induced him to commit its dostiny to others. Torhaps it oy be thonght extravagant to assert tuat Johu 8. Wright did wore than any ono wan to build the llineis Coutral Lailway, and thorofore to aid in tho dovelopment of our vast railway system. Wo stato s fow facts and leave othors to judge. From. the very com- mencemont, he was uiuong its wost outhusiastic supporters, Wo aro not quito sura that Lo ongmted _the echomo of & land graut to build a railway from tho Lakes to tho Gull of DMoxico, but it was just like bun to it. Whilo the Y’mjocb WaS the subjoct of diseussion in the wiuter of 1549-60 tn tho nowspupors, and something lad beou anid about it Cougress, Mr. Wrigt, at his awn oxponse, bad s ciroular printed stating briefly tho ndvantaces of such 8 great natiousl work. 'Ihose, withtho form of a potition to Congress 1o binko tho graut of lauds to tho States through which the proposed road would run, Mr, Wright bnd forwardod to overy Post- mustor botwaon the Lakes and tho Gull, For waaln aud mouths thesa potitions came pouring into Congrous by hundrads, aud, taking advau= {ago of thin ovoswhelming exprotsion of public opinfon, our Senators aud Represontatives pro- oirod tho passage of tuo bil gronting to tho Statoe of Illinola ovary aiternate scction for 6 mmles on esoh ~sido of tho road to aid in its construction, on tha 20th of Saptambar, 1850, he system of land-grants hus long since been overdong ; but as tho alter- nato scotions woro sold for $2.50 por scro, sud tho Efllmll“flh of our Btato wae incroased by hundreds of thousands and ita woalth by mili- jons through tho building of this soad, tho wie- dom of thib first grant will now searcoly bo quess tionod, lr. Wright kopt tho spare timo of hir alork ocoupled for wouka in sonding oft the poti- tions roforrod to; ho paid oll tho oxponso of printing and sending, and thus ho furnishod the [uinonco by which thie grant waa obtamed. Wo shall not attempt to cstimato ity valuo to tho aity and to the Statos woat of Lako Michlgan. Mr, Wright married Mius Catherino I, Luraor, & nfoce of Aru, Washington, of Alt. Vernon, V., in 1844, by whom ho had four ghlldroll, throa of whom survive him. For tho lsst faw yoars, owing to tho immense strain upon B 1o saeftor iro, ia. mind was uubalancod, aud hiy friouds now roahzo that it commoucad much earlior than thoy were awaro. Ie was a man of groab omorgy; had s keen, lncislve mind, gravping facts with Ernlt lsnlllt(, by Whioh 13 seldoms fallod tu all kis carlier bistory to convinos those who could follow tho rapid wrocosses of his rousoning. Donovolout to 8 ault and entorprislug boyond bis munn‘, whils Dis lubors sud his wriGings medo othors ¥ uhl he tailod to koop tho two or threo fortunes whioh at tinos nio had smaszod. Our older citizons will agraa with ua that laat Baturday olosod ouo of tha most buay and, In its earllor years, ano of the most useful lives ever passnd ju Chlosgo. With us they will say, * Pasco_to the ukw wand honos ¢o tle memary o Jolin B, Wright! INSURANCE. The Bituation’ Mot Mzterinly Altered, Officers of One New Yorle Company Satisfied with ¢hicago Risks, Mooting of tho Northwestern Co= operative Committae, Creditors of the Great Wests ern. T2 SITUATION IN OFIIOAGO, Nothls g further in rogard to tho withd=awal of tho Natli >nal Boerd Companles from tlis city to- morrow was loarned yoaterdsy. As stated in Yeutords y's 'Pnioung, only six or styen toms panios b nvo thus far givon notico of withdrawal, and no n ow advicos woro rocolved yoatorduy, as nomalls from Now York arrivo bore on Tucsday. 'To-dny, being the lsst day of the mouth, must bring tha {ntelligenco as to which companies iu- tond to 1 omain, and which will withdrasw. ‘Thors I bardly o doubt that most of tho Now York cormpanios, and thoso of Hartford, and all tho English and Gorman compnnies excopt tha TRoyal of” Liverpool, will cosso to do buainosa horo aftor to-day, whilo nearly all tha companies from of hur places will romain, TILL FERLUNG AMONG INWDBANCE AOENTS ,v-;mrdnv wos o mixturo of hopo and despair. Widlo they hoped thow memws of hvolihood might 20t Lo titken from ther, still they folt a8 if tho sworet wa uld como. Thoy aro anxiously looking for to.dny's mall, which will oithor bid thom to go o or look out for another occu- yation. Tho action of tho Common Council Monday evenims, In not acting mors promptly on Mr. Dixon's propouition to lay now wator= mains, bas dopra:esed thelr spirlts oonsiderably, and thoy foar ths.t this action will bave a daz- aging influenco it Now York. A largo numoor of tho ngenta aro,now st tho East trying o ine duce their compau ica ta@ignoro tho rocommenda~ tian of the Exocul ive Committes of tho National Toard, and o pmuiber have promised to send ropresontatives to this city to have another look over tho fleld befaro taking action in repard to tho recommendation to withdraw, A numbor of the munagorn of €lieso companios will arrive hore inaday or two, and bave n consultation with tho Northwestorn Co-oporative Committce, . AN, MONTGOMERY, tho Qcneral Agond. of tho Nstional Bonrd, who did mott of tho m iuchief by bis uuiavorable ra- port when sont her o to examins our allaire a fow weoks ngo, will alito ba bero agalu in a day or two to bave suothei look. The feoling among the lusurance agon'ts apainst this gentioman ia very bitter, and Lis recoption here will bo nny= thing but bospitablo. The manngors of tno ine dividuel companies dosiring to withdraw are not blamoed, it being stated that thoy wero compeiled to take this unction by tho pressurc brought to boar upon them by Now York merohants, who woro jealous of tha rapid groweh of our city's trade, and tho officors could not iznore che de- mands of the stocklolders. Thoe Lresident of ouo of tho most prominont companies in New Yotk stated to his agouts in this ciby, when ine forming thom of tho withdrawal, that thoy conld not he\‘l it. Prominaat morchants of Now York bad callod upan thom, and theeatened thom ta withdraw thoir patroungo upless such action way takon, Mr, H.H, Hult, President of TIE NATTONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, of Now York, was in the aity during tho lest fow deys, looking over tho field himaedl, and bo was. so’ favorably improssod with the .ondition ot alfairs in filus citv, and tho futuro pros= pects, that ho ab onca gave orders to Dis agonts, 3 Tossrs, Ducat & Lyoas, to _continug to nudorwrii @ on desirable property. Undoubt~ cdly many o € the managora who will bp hore 1 & day or two will take mimilar nction, Wnen tho National Bo:tsd shortly after tho fiva of tho 1dth of July issu2d thoir ultimatum threatoniug, in cago of non-complinnce, to Withdraw on tho st of Ootober, it was meraly intouded to scaro our authorities 1uto compliance with their demands. "Phoy had then no ides of withdrawing or they Would bave laft by tha 1et of August or tho lit of Soprombor. ‘Lo roason for making it tho 18t of October was because during tho last park ot Octobor mere policies oxphe and must by re- nowed than io any threa mouths combined. Owgog to tho groat conifagration in 1871, most avfi\:les mature during tuis month, Thoe New g’ork {obbers aud mer¢uants, many of whomare stockholdors in thicse cumpsnios, took advantazo of thus circumstanco to striko a blow at our com= mercial interosts, aud thus rogain their lost ground. Thera1s, however, every probability that their sehome will and iu smoke, THE WHOLE WEST, without an excoption, bas taken up the gauntlod for tuis city, and will stand by it a4 thay have done before. Not a singlo Westora inguranco company will withdraw, anda large pumber of Jlow ones aro coming Horo to_take tho placo of thoso that loave. Tho Buffulo Tusurauco Com- pany, which berotofore lss doue no buiness in tills city, ns forwardod cho following dispateh to theiragont in thin oity: You, the appointed agont of the Buttuio Iusurs comnp ugy, at oteby itstructed to do AFo busiuuss In the City of Chicago, Talte no riska cxcoodiug $,0, and avold tho Wes: Bide, ¥ou can blud at ouce, E, B, Ssurn, Secrotary, M. Bmith 8 one of the ablest insurauco men in the country, and knows what ho is about. o hias beon in the m:{ himaolf to ascertnin the state of affaits, and the above dispatch is tho result of hir obaorvations. 1ad tho Now York companics douo as the Dufialo Tusnranco Clome auy,—oxcludod such distriols os wore oxtra finznrduua,—nc ono would have found sny fault with thom. THE NORTIWESTERN CO-OPERATIVE CONMITTER of tho Nutional Board was in gewaion all day vess terday nt tho oftice of Mr. O. 1. Case, on Wash- ington street, ‘I'bhis Committeo conasists of tha Tforlowlog mombers, all of whiom were prosent : Ar. O, M. Cavo, of this city, Chairmanj Mr. G. AL, Tyon, of tho iusurance firm of Ducat & Lyon of this eity ; Alr, J. B, IHall, Prosidont of tho Hlowo Inuirance Company of Columbus, O.; Ar, 1. L, Magill, General Agout of the Phounix of artford: at Cineunati, U, 3 sud ¥, O, Bonuetr, Genoral Agent of tho Aitna of Hartford at Cio~ cinuati. _ What oction was takon by tho Committos could mot bo loarnod, £ thoir vossions aro beld in privato, but they stated that thus far they bad dono nothing buy to comparo ratos for towns outsida this oity. hoir sessions will continuo for sevoral days, and some _setion in regard to our affairs will Lo taken. Tho mombers of this Qommittao aro unsnimous in thoir opinion. that the Kixeentivo Committeo of tho National Board has oither acted vory maliciously or committed at egrugiows blundor, WITHDBAWING COMPANIEA. The compauivs that aro understood to have given uotice of their withdrawal yeatorday, are fho Niagura Underwriters’ Aganug. cansiuting of tho Gormania and Hanover, sud the Homo, of Now York; tho Insuranco Compsny of Norih ‘Amorica, of Philadelphia, and tho Springileld Firo aud Marine lnsurance Qompsny, of Bpriug= fold, Mass. “t'lje Exchange, of New Yark, and the Armont of Pittaburg, have given notice thay thoy wi remain, FROX JIOME QOMPANIES. Wa publish the following latter to one of our citizons, written by ono of the oldost, a4 wall ua most highly iutolligent, merchaats of Now Yok John 8. Williams, tho writer, is ono of tho part= nor 1 the well-known firm of Willisms & Guion, tho prinolpal owuors of the Greut Wost~ orn line of stoamsbips, runuing botweon Liver pool and Now York, The same frm who, in compliment to Ohicago, named one of tholr stemors tho Obleago, 1t will bo soon that Alr, Willisne, while anhcipating thet tho sation of tho Now ' York undorwritors wmsy givo Chlan;io gomio troublo, yot shows uy fliat our situation is Dy no meaws bopeless, It 18 of groat lmpor- tance, as it will show tho corrospondonts of Willitms & Gioun sbroad that this firm bos full {aith in the ability af our aitizons to oyeroome tho effeots of khn{ dastardly blow aimed at Ohi- cago oredit by the shoit-sighted, solt-sumoiont, but ignorant persons who expooted throo month wan amplo timo in which to reform tho abuses and defocts of thirty yoars : 63 Warx STnser, Nxw Yonx, Sepk, 20, 1874 orar Hoyne, icago) PRI otk TR tn tho yapere of toe morning that the Underwrilers have turned thele Uncke upon Ohilesgo, leaving your bosutiful olty to thio tonder moroles of il own cliizens, Now, I don’t know auything sbout the quuuonfi but If .ffl' are in troubl s of i loh, If tod yiih e L e 03 o of Fveets o, o (%4