Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1874, Page 8

g THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1474, THE SUPREME COURT, Action Taken by the Chicago Bar Association with Reference to Its Consolidation, The Arguments Presented in Favor of the Project. In November, 1573, a meeting of a fow gentlo- monof the Chicago Bar wag held, which num- bared among its mombors some of the most dis- tinguiehed of tho profession in thocity, On this cceasion the initiatory steps wore inkon which cnlminatod In the formation of tho ** Chi- cago Har Awrsociation.” A committeo of eight was then appointed to preparo a constitution and by-laws, and presont tho samo on March 14, 1874. On that day a constitution and by-laws woro adopted, oflicers clected, aud the Chicago Bar Association unhorod into existenco, aud it now has a total memborship of 107. The fol- lowing aro the officers for thio curront year: Willism C. Goudy, President; Lyman Trumbull and Thomes Hoyne, Vice-Presidonts; A. M. Ponco, Secrotary ; nnd Oliver I1. Horton, Trens- urer. Tu addition to an Executiva Cowmunittes and ope upon admission, the constitution of the Angociation providee for standing committees upon * Amendment of Law,” ** Griovances,” and *Legsl Edueation,” The titles of theso com- mittees indicate tho machinery employed by the organization in carrying out ite genoral objects, which,as declared by its conetitution, are * to maintain tho honor and dignity of the profes- sion of thie lww, to culiivato social intercourse smong its members, aud fo increaso ity uso- fuluees .in promoting tho due admiuistration of ustice." 2 D‘l‘lrlug the hot months the Association held no meolings, but, with tho advent of plessant woathor and the return of lawyers from their summer rambles, ita activo work commonced, At the monthly mesting held Oct. 8, Mr. Pence, the Hecretary, introdnced tho following Preambles and rosolution iu reltion to THE CONBOLIDATION OF TIIE BUPIEME COURT & ‘Wuxnzas, The members of this Association are in- tarcated in the proscut disposition of sll cascs brought ‘Deforo the Supreme Court of the State of Iiinos, iud thot such casés sbiould 1cceivo proper cousldoration by the Judges thereof ; and . ‘Wurnese, The businesa befors said Conrt has grown toauch an oxtent thot it bas become impossibie for the Supromo Court, o8 now organized, to peoperly dis. poroaf its buniness, and do justice fo itaelf, on nc- ‘count of ha great labor and the want of proper fachl- i n nzAs, 1t seems impossible that tho Conrt slonld continua tn’ tha futuro to rouder satiafaction ta tho rofeselon and (o iitigonts without greater fucllitics for doing ta work ; sud Warnras, Tho proatest obstruction to the proper disporition of its busiices consists in tho divldon of the Btsto into thres districts, m which the Court must now bo _neld, and tho neeussary roparation of tho Judges duting the greater part of the year, and i Fonsequenco of th alsurtor terus of tho Court, which practically preventy and greatly discourages tho oral Brument of the canes before them ; and Wirenras, 1n the opulon of this Aveociation proper econsiderution of caney on appoul demandn oral argu- ment i1 tho pressuce of (ha full Court, whick cannot 0 lind under the present srrengement’s aud Witeairas, 1t i tho opimion of thin A#sociation that 4t 18 for tho futerext of the Judgos, Hisgauts, nnd tho 1rooplo, thit the threo Grand Divistote, 28 now consils Fiitod, be consolidated yermunently at’ the Capital of tho State, bo thut thio Contl cun lear tho cases Jhiroughout {he year, and decido the caxes zy_thiey niny e and v uvold 0 delay which sometipica smounte o a denial of justices sud WiEnEss, Dy such m arrangemont the Btata sould bo rolieved from the butdon of muiniuing two avlsh, Tothils {tmay be mnswored thab Iiii. Rants and lawyers Lnvo to travel and expend money in a like manner to attond court, and that thego traveling-nxponaca would bo incroased by centralizing {he Court. Tho fnot I8, howover, that suitors aro not, excopting in vory rare fne natancos, compelied to atiend tho aessions of the Court, "As to tho Inwyors’ travaling outlays,— which, of couras, syentually fall upon tho chients, —thoy alroady oxist, and cannot now bo diminirbed, and would only be Ineroased— for eoxamplo, in a cnse from Chicago— Dy the difforenco betwoon Sthe fars from horo to Outawa and from loro to Springficld, This would be eo trifting that any one possersing tho luxury of having a caso in the l?uprcmu ourt would gladly liquldato st, ospocially it his busi- noss wero thereby more quickly accomplished, Whon Maliomot ~ discovored tho mountain would not come to bim ho vory sensibly deter~ mined to pracosd hbiwself to the mountain, novor dronmiug of tho extra exponso or troublo botween Jazily lylng at his own door and vig- orously prosecuting hin solf-impozed task, + OMAL, ARGUMENTS 1IN COURT are now virtually shut off by tho rule which causes tho ealling of twonly cnses por day, the cousequonce being that not more than 1 per cont of {ho cases aro no argued. Somotimes a luwyor mn{ go there with tho intention of dolivoring an oral argument, but his oppouont, kuowing the short timo at the dispoeal of tho Conrt and the oxistonco of the above rule, is absent, 8o ho has 1o contont hlmsolf with morely filing his printed arguments, which are neccssarily brief, evon to Daldnces. Thus Injustice is dono to his easo, a8 mouy minuthe, which could hinve been smply olucidated in a slort speach, loso thelr force, and aro only partially undoratood; evon by our ablo Supreme Comt. “The timo required to pro- vare an oxtonded writton nrgtument, to print it, and thon to peruso it by the Court, might noarly all bo spared, and the whole task infinitoly botter porformed Dby prosenting it orally, But the \m;nam. nyntem prectudes this. The rig- orouy rule concertting tho cailing of twouty coses por diom wae obliged o bo adopted, becauso tho system (7) frittors pway tho tino of tho Court 1 jannting shere and tliore to tho plnces of sos- sion, leaving only baro moments, whilo in sou- #on, to call over dooksts. DISTHINUTION AXD DECISIONS OF CASLS, At tho ond of each term of court, the woda of dlutributing among tho Judges the multitude ol cases upon which opinions havo to bo written i8, to say tho least, unique. 'I'ho caues aro taken by the Judgen in accordanco with tho agouda numbar, cuch taking a coso in rotation, without rogard to the allotmont being on a ques- tion such as he is or iy not omincutly quulified to haudle, It is much the samo a8 if tho casos wero dealt out like a pack of cards, ‘Iho canes nssigned to each Judge aro then sont 1o his privowo residonco, thero to b ex- amined, studiod, decided, and opinious written. Marl tho conditfons undor which thiv work ia carried turongh. Tho Judge is widely sepuratod Troms lils colabratoss, with whotn, in $ho process of ovolviug Lis opluton, be cronot cousult, ho Tewatscea Of instructton und guidanco aiforded by tho librarles of tho Supromo Court, which coutain many 1aro and valuable books sygregat- ing o valuo of §75,000, uro us offcctuntly sonicd to hiw, by tho diianco at which thoy are re- moved frow him, a8 if thoy bad uo oxitonce whataver. That this is_soriously fele vy the Judges themssives 18 ovidenced by the face that woveral of them aunnally spend large amounts of their cowparatively swail enlaries in buying Dbooks tpphicable tuthe caxes coming under thow connizanco—n mauileat hodship. _Alded, thon, only by tho lmited resourcos of Al privato Yibrary, and deprived of tho countol of his naso- ciates, tho Judgo elaborates his decision, When tho_Judges noxt meot—n further detay—thoy road over, In confereuce, tho opluious whic ench lias prepured, fno, 1f approved, thoy aro sent to tho Grand Division whenco thoy ewau- ated to be filed, Itis not possiblo, however, that, under such o plan, tho cases will receivo that col- Jeotive attonsion they domand. 'Ihon overywhurs aro Loo apt o rely upon the accuracy WIth whicl 2 nssocimto doos bis work. Un tho other hand, Wero all the liorancs concentrated al ouo placo, Court-}ouser, two Hbrarivy, unid two sets of officerss ut ;\’r:‘;y Targe oxpense, which would then be rendered nary § ul?:fil:‘t:fihnd‘c", That this Areociation uso all hon- orable moans at the hext mectingof the Lemalature of thig State 10 {ndvce it to conealidate tha Grand Divis~ fone, snd fix and establish the Supreme Court perma- nenfly at the Capital of tho State, and that a commities o appofated fo trge such chunga to the Leglslature,” The preambles and rosolution were raferred to a apecisl commitico, vowprised of Goorgo W, Smith, Melvillo W, Fuller, B. F. Asor, Robort Hervey, and J. C. Richborg, Eeqs, with in- sirictions to report thereon at the noxt regular wmouthly meeting of tho Association, to be hold Saturdsy, the 7l prox, In connection with the foregoing action of the Chicago Bar Associntion, it may not be out of placo (o notico tho, argwments for and agninst the proposed cousolidation, .and briofly review tho Eismry of the legislation attompied therson lost winter. STORY OF LEGISLATION. Ta the mew Conetitution it is provided that the Supromo Court whall sit at 3lt. Vernow, Epringfold, and Otiwwa, onch onco o yoar, aud may hold o term of cowttin Chicago; this to continuo until chauged by lepislativo ction. Loat winter an mmendment wae added to one aof the rovision laws, consolidating tuo_ Suprema Court, its books of recoids, papers, nnd libraries, . at tho Capital of tho Slate. The vill, 08 amend- ed, westead & first ond socond time, reported {favorably upon Ly n committee, and was or- dered to's third reeding, in the flouso of epre- aontativos. WIRL-PULLING, Tt having been discovercd that an overwholm- ing majority iu the Seuato would valo for the measuro, the wirc-pulling begsn. Robert A. D. Wilbanke, Clerk of tho Scuthorn Grand Division ; Cairo D, Trimble, Clek, and Woodbury AL ‘Tayior, ox-Clerk, of the Northern Grand Division'; Wasbington Bush« woll, ex-Beuator and ex-Attorney-General; ox- Henator Reddick, and n host of smalor Iry, wero brought or sent down to ugo all theie tino urts to provent & ‘*consummation o devoutly 1o ba Wished.” Tom Caxey in the Senato, and Dr. Cusoy in tho 1onse,—both men of wido personal intluenco nud great abihity,—joined this noble army of martyrs aud bent eagerly to tho fray. Seustor Cascy ovon went o far asto urge, ‘piteous tonek, that bo did not altogother object 10 tho proposed ounctment, but, if thae "bill beesmoe Jaw while he was in the Sennte, it might appear to his constituenta that, sub rosa, be had been instrumental in procuring its paesage, whereby his Congrossionsl aspira- tions would be entiroly deleated. With con- simmato vigor and tact, the allianco dovoted themselves to THE CIIICAGO DELEGATION, that being the fallowest field, Dy copious ad- ministration of genorous and scductive alinu- lsnts,and vy trading Egyptian votes, they succecd- ed in inducing northoin members oithor to vota sgaiuat consolidation or to conveniently nEsem themsolvos from roll-call, Wav- man, Booth, ierling, Scanian, MeLnugh- tin, DPclizer, and othors guccumbed to thesa arguments and blundishmente, aud con- gonted to whilo away clsowhers the momentous hour wheroin the decisivo vote was holng taken. But Dradwoll, a vory towor of strougth, ro- mained thim, and to him_belongs, almost if not entirely, tho supreme honor of having voled and spoken for the measuro. - Tho nefarious pluns being all matared, tho bill ‘wag called np, vord a third time, and put upon its paesngo; tho result belng—yeas, 71, nnd nays, 84. Tho bill required 77 votes,—a major- ity of thore elected,—to pass it, and had all tho niembora done thoir duty by boing present and recording their votes, or oven lad u postpone- wment for two days been obtained, it woula un- doubtedly have become luw. ARGUMNENTS 1IN FAVOR OF CONHOLIDATION, The proamble and resolution above incorpor sted proseut very forciblo aud conclusive arga- monts in favor 6f such & mensuro ns wes bofore tho Houso of Representatives ut the Inat ecssion, but s few pertinont detuils may bo mtoresting ond inetructive. Tho business of tho Supreme Court, which is yoarly lucreasing, i vantly largor ihen is ordinarly suppused, tha’ gencral opinion being that o Supreme Judgeskip 14 little moro then & deefvably fat ainecuro, 'To diapel sneh ap illuelon, it 18 only necewsary to stato that tuo Supremo Court nmmullt' ndjudieatos apon from 1,100 to 1,300 caves, wliich sto die tributed ns tollows : From GUO to 700 at Ottaws ; from 300 to 850 at Bpriugfleld; and from 200 ty 454 at Mount Vernon. Whon to the mare multi- fudo of sheso casos ara added the questions and intoresty involved in them—which are at ouca vezatious, varyiug, distracting, and widely and vustly iinpiortant,—sud further, when i is cou- sidesed thas they must each and all be viewed i decided upon calmly and_ fudiclously, it will o specedily discovered that the duties of the suproma Judges are 0L B8 . flippant o popular adeas deem thom " to e, Any plan, therefore, whiely wauld wiore 1eacily facilitate tho transaction of tho urt’s businens (han oxlsting arrangements, is i v worthy of the nttention, 1ot ouly of atornity, but of tho peaplo ot lavge, UKDEN THE PURYENT BYSTEM weeh of tho dndpes’ valuable tino is wasted in ey ing hither and thithor from their scetier- ol homow 10 tho widely-sepurated poiuts of sea- it vico versa, und ek of thelr not ton y alaricn exponded thoroln, and i oxtra i yiocmsnriiy inonered by a pon-rosldoncs at il neenen of thotr labors, 1t s plain that the imo mo dont would be infiuitely botter spent it dovoted to their moro Immodinte tusks, sa it wonld be were they porformed at ono place -only; and the money thus eaved would aceve to eko out stipends alrondy nob 100 1, and the Judges residiug thero, tho books pro- Vided by tho State ab such & vast oxpeuso would Always bo ot hand for referonce, nud that wis- dum which s the rosult of multitude of counsel at ull times avaidabic 1n mutual cousultation oy Lo opivions ate evolved. All of which ¥ un- porsible under existing arrangemecuts, JUBLICE I8 DELAYED by tho present systom. Whis in domonstrated by what bis slready been adduced, but it will by sl further evidont from what follows. An asppesi can only be heurd in esch Groud | Division_ oneo . year. By a rule sdopted lnst Jauuary at Springtiald, it was ordored that o chungs of venue conld noc by {aken from ouo Giund Division toanuther, unloss by motien made, aud conseutod to vy the Court o the Grand Division m which the caso origipated. In this way, an appeal from an iutosivr court is virtuwlly throwtt out for, at_lonst, ono year ; wherexs, it the Court wore situsted ot ouo point, appeals could be entered nt all timoy, and tho buriuess of disposng of them thereby wmensely expediton. Qno greas ery agniuws tho measiue iy, that “[iLE COURT-HOURLS would bocome o wors thoir present uses to ceaie. An exumination wil mod- Wy this opmson very couslderubly, 'he Conre-flouge at Ottawa “was built by LoSalla Couuty, on Jund donated by the conuty, snbjece to this provisu:thut, in tho event of the prem- jEos ctusing to by used by the Bupreme Court, they shouid rovert to the county, —LaSalle County bas becu 1or somo yenrs ugitated upon tho question of buitding u vew Courc-liouse for tho accommodution ot the Cireniv and Gounty Courts meoting at Ottawn. 1 tho Bupreme Court vacato thut city, tho conuty will then bo provided with clegaut court-jooms, in every way adapted to their wanls for years to come, without tho necessity of drawiug n dallar from tho County Lressury, tuus effectuntly squolehiug tho ery of aconumy, which by s0 lo ured tho second connty i the $tate to ondure recoms modativns, o eulled, for lucal court purposes, which aro a stauding digraco, ‘Lho atmer bistory of TUE {ITLE TO THE COURT-HOUSK for tho Southern Grand Diviston reveals thoe fact that the State's tenute of it is, to say tho leust, very questionnble, ‘This builamg is crected upon Jaud belonging tu tho-Casey estato, In 1848, tho thon 1eprescuiative of thac famly gave the land for twenty yeurs for the purpoxes fcr whichat is now oceupicd, with the roveision to the hetes g tho end or that tiae. - ‘Lho term tor which it was donated hus long ngo expired, snd the question , ure not thu Cusvy heirs now entitled to rental for tho land? Furtber, at the time tho it was mdo, Waller B. Seates, ox-Chict Jusiles of the Suprowe Court, ws reeiding at Mounc Veruou, and, at tho reyuest of M. Caouy, drow up the dead, which wis banded’ to v, Johnsou, the then Cierk of tho Soushern Grand Division, One woald nutwrally suppose such an importzat deod would huvo been nstautly aud duwly rocorded, 'ne tuct is, TILE DEED WAS NEVER RECORDED, for noilher swaong the records ol Jefforson County, the papers in tno Governor's oflice, nor in tho ofile of tho Scerotary of Stute, doos theve exist any documentary ovidence of tho titlo upon which the State holds tho premises. $'ho origginal donauing Casey s dead, his ropro- soutrtiyes now Liviog Leing Scuator Casey, Dr, Casey, aud numper of minor hoirs, Though tho Henetor und the Doctor have oxprossed themuelves willing to furninh u deed which shall weeuro tho rights of theateto in the mucter, thoy catinot, of cowrse, act for the minor heirs, bo that thio nghts of the State herem may bo con- jseated abuny tima. : Marvelous }tu velate, neithoer of tho Courl- Ifonsen at Oltaws and Mouut Vernon, nor tho rooiy lensed at Bpringtield for the Bupremeo Court, havo FIRE-PIOOL VAULTS OR FAKES Sor tho preservation of the priceloss docnmonts of the Cowrt, There iy not even a safe for tho Nsoof tho Clorks, unloks cach _providos ono ut his own uption and oxponse. On tho eontury, all tho pecesssry procautions in this direction bave beon taken in the portion of ghu new Stute- louss mtendod for the Buprems Coutt. A4 A SLATTER 03 LCONOMY the thres Girand Divisioun ought o be cou- goliduted, The foos which now forin the egregiong Wilaties of the Clerks wight o largely ourtailed, wnd thowsands of dollurs yenrly saved o litigauts, Aversging 340 por eand ux its total feus,—a low estimate,—and dedueting elevical expeuses, the thron Clovky receivo not less thn tha folluwing lundsowne meration: Ln tho Northern, 110,000 por s ;1 tho Contral, 5,000 ; und in the Sonchorn, 1,000, 1y the consohdution, cul wxpotisen would ot bo inoransed, ong Clerk only would bo needod, who, it awurded the present stipond of tho Ottawa Clerk, would then be in vecoipt of twice as much ag ench of tho Judges, sud Atill 31,000 would there- bv bo yourly waved to be up]lwlhul toward ro- ducing the fees, Neither would tho rannmng expunges Lo incressed, but would lw ruther diminished, sy there would by only vue fanitor, instead of o triuity; ono coulls Lioure to Leep i ropair, instoaa of (hree, eta,, oo, Ak tho caso now stands, wany lsw-books Bave to bo purehased o teiplivato, 1F sho libra- rios wore connolidatod, two largs libravies would b6 formod,—uno for the esclusive uno of {Le Judges, tho other for the Inwyurs in genersl,— and then euough would reinain to meko wy n hundeome colleetion, which could be sold for Jittlo less than coat Lo defrny the oxpeusos of e« movl, and to form tho nucleus of “a fuud for now much wasto existing property future purchuses, By buviog two libsarios, as abore proposad, Iawyera wonld not be tiable to the disappolntmant, now froquontly oxperl- enood, of flnding the books thoy might need wero alroady in uge by the Judgen. CUI BOKOP Of what spooial ndvantago lu the present cum- borgomo and uuwieldy systom? Notwithstand- lnF all this array of gogeit azgumant againat it, ‘why is it porpotuated 7 Onlnl‘x\u of greoay hotol- keopera and a fow In"puonnmun printers, ‘nobody at Ottawa or Mount Vernon in benofited. 1t waa soriously nrguod lant wintor by oppononta of the meaxtro that Mr, Trimblo, Olerk of the Northera Grand Division, Iad purchased, sinco his olec- ton, n privato rosidenco in Ottawa, It was not contondod that, if tho Court was contralized, Mr. Trimblo's honea would bo awallowed up or its valuo deprecinted. Bosides, yvith nll due ro- #peot to Mr, Trimblo,—who is s moat worthy gen- tleman,—tho oftlvo was noither creatod forhiim nor any one olso as pensloncrs on public bounty, Mon who soek and accopt official positions at tha hauds of the people must abide by the vicis- situdes of such oflicial lifo. Ono of {hoso vicls. eitudon i, that tho poople, who can croats an oflica and oloot its locumbent, can, when tho au- premo bohests of the peoplo domand it, abolish bt offica and diecharge its officor at will, 1t hna beon also soriously eald thot, wers the Court consolidatod at Springfleld, tho Judges would bo aurrounded and influenced by the ovils attondaut upon CONGNEGATED POLITICIANS. This is alike uncomplimentayy to both Judgoes aud politicinns, But the ovil, it such thore bo, ovon mnow holds sway, for, by existing statules, tho day of convening the Logiulaturo is nluo tho day for convening tha Buprsmo Courtat Springtleldy and it has yot to bo domonstrated that the Judges, oither ‘collectivoly or individn- ally, have hitherio folt and obeyed the corrup- tivo prosonco of politicians during their co-ses- sions at tho Capital. Thero ia another fact whicli thoso who advanco ths thoory sigoliicautly ignore, ‘Tho businces of tho Court at Mount ‘arnon {g, sa alrendy stated, much loss thao at Outawa or Bpringflold, yot tho attondanco of Jawyors there is threo timen groator thinu olso- whore. Every Inwynrin Igypt ia a politician, so0 the yearly pilgritnage to tho Mount Is dovout~ Jy mado to fix tholr elates. Ilonce tho Incroaad uwwmbers of the legal profeasion thore and thon, Tiually, it is presumable TIE JUDGES TUEMAELYES aro abont as woll ablo as any to fully understand this consolidation measure i all ‘1ts boarings, Nouo aro moroe intimato with tho requirements of the Court, nono better aware of what will facilitate tho diacharge of their arduous duties. It is & well-kmown fack that, it tho matter wero loft to tho sola control of the Conrt, consolida- tion would bo 50 ot sbout 8a to bo fostantly ac- complished. It ins novor beon pretonded that, of the soven occupaunts of the Supromo Donch, moro than ono hus over oxpresaod opinions diy- Invorix:§ coneolidation, whilo tho othors aro Inown {o agroo with it to tho full, and oven the dissenticnt may now be deseribed as woakening. KAILROAD NEWS. Rockford & foclk fsland Xoad—Ef- fects of Mailrosd Logisiation. TIHE NOCKFOBD, BOOK ISLAND & BT, LODIS It will bo remembored that when Judges Drummond snd Blodgott decided the motion to reopen tho cuse of the Union Trust Company va. tho Rockford, Rock Island & 8t Louis Railrond Company last Wednonday, thoy loft the question of who ehould bo appointed Reccivor open until Baturday, to allow the names of somo suitablo portona to bo suggosted. Saturdsy, therefore, the cago camo np. Abont 12 o'clock Judges Drummond nod Blodgett entered and took their acats, aund Judga Drurmond explained tho two hours' delny by stating thab they hnd hied nn intorview with Judge Pleasants, of Rock Island, and unless the eounsel in the cnse had agreod on somo ono for Rooelvor, thoy woro not dispoked to makeo an appointment that morning. 1f the counsel conld agrea ou some porson thero would bo no difiiculty, but if not, the Cowt would allow time for Judgo Pleseants to invosti- gate thie question of law wn regard to jurisdiction involved in tho case, os it was desirablo to avoid & collicion betweon th State and Fodernl conttn, Judge Trumbull renwrked that hio and tho op- posing counsel had not agraed on Recoiver, and 10 Lad no oxpoctation that they wonld agreo,’ Ho insisted that tho Company boing insolvent, with gravo charges of mismauazement against i, had 1o right to Lo heard at all a8 to who shoutd bo appoiuted Roceiver. When tho bill wan iled by # Trusteo or morigageo tho complainant was o ono who was authorized to namo o Receiver, and the Cout apnoint that one, according to the usual rale. ‘Thohonds ju tho present iostance wera not worth ovor 20 per cent of their face valuo, o ropreseuted the 'Frusieo, the ropro- sontative of all tbe bondholiders—of ail thosa who had any interest in the matter. But ho had 10 objection to delaying a short time to allow Judgo Pleasauts to look over thy mattar. Mr. Osborne thon urged that posties representing 2,000,000 of bonds had not united intho bill, or in requesting that thoe lrustee should foreclose, The Court bud said thnt tho bill conld nov be entortnined nuless the requisite numbsr £hould join. Tho anewer had denied all the nllegations of the bill, and sfiidavits bad ‘been filod to show that tho necessary mumbor bad not ngreod to, or requentod foreclosure. If tho Court phould sy that the suit conld not Yo sustained, it conld not appoint o Recoiver, Tte nolmowledged o Recolvor wan necossary, but claimed that tho acciver already appoiuted by tho Stato Court was preserving tha proporty. Ho wonld ask the Coutt to examino luto that question, and sliow an examination as to the point whothier tho holders of 2,000,000 uf ouds had joined, Judge Drummond declined o answor the question nn{ turther at provont, It hnd beon preeented, ho #nid, on tho hearing previously niad, and passed upon, and tho case was decided toho properly in court forall preeent motious, 11, on » finnl hearing, tho couusel wero not satis- tled, they should object. Tho question had al- roady been decided. Tho only question thon to bo ticcided wae a8 to who shoull be appointed Receivor. 'L'he Courc understood that thers wera aevoral intorests,—that Mr, Cable's intorest was antagoniutic to that of the bondloldors, The substance of tho whole matler was, that the property must bo sotd: it must go to the bond- \oiders who ownod it, au it belonged to them, T'ho quextion was &8 to tho propnr sdwitiatralion of it bafore it wes sold; to bave it honestly protected. Tho Compiny wae confossedly lnsof- vant: tho troublo was »a to whothor tho proper- 1y belonged to the Neceiver of the Ktate Court or the Fedeval Coart. Tho propesty in any cato mast bo sold, and thero wns no cieapa from it, ond the gooner it was dono the butter, Tho Court wished to appoint some competent impar- tial man, and one, if possiblo, who was familizr with tho manngoment of railroads, aud, s the partios couldt not ugres, the Court wounid do it of 1ty own motidn. ] Home further dikcnssion was had as to who whould bo nppeinted, dndge Yrumball ingisting that the Compauy should bave no voice in tho matter, and 1t was finally agreed that ho shonid prosent sowo enitans nemes, and that he Court would, of ita own motion, nided by the suggestions offered, appoint a Rocoiver, 'Ihe uppointment will b made to-day or fa-mmorrov. NESDLTA OF RAILROAD LEQINLATION. Tho Wisconsin ruilvay managors are in fre- neut receipt of inquirics as to the result of their oporations undor the Polter law, Au sccurato accouat was inshituted on tho 18t ipstaut, when the law went into effect ; ut flio businoss of railways estonding over such o vast Rystom, it i4 uol possible to oki- tain correct returny of auy month until very lato in tho wareosding montl., * Besides, a8 this com- paiaive information np to Dee, 41 was desired by the Wisconan Railvay Comymisslonors to lay before tho Togletnture, the Htate authorities uro dispoed Lo lot tho State first rive publivity toit, Itshould ho remembered thut siich com- parition will bo ayaiant hudinens dorived duriug thu[u:rea wonths jmmedlately eucceeding the punie, 1 Towa, the dasreasoin the curnings of tho trunk-hney hus not been notieesblo sinco tho on- forcomnent of tho now law for a vory evideut ron- #on, Tho law only affects local trafle, which doea not countituto more than 20 por cent of the gross wmount of Lusmess i the through tes an grain and live-atock—tho main articles of shipment-—wero advanced 5 cents por 100 1bs, which lly makes up tho defivionoy on loeal Ireights. In Wieconsin, the digproportion pe- twoen neal and throngh business is uot wo great. TEUN MAILROAD, Curregpuntience of the Chicugo 1'valiniie, Lassizg, Mivh,, Oct, hreo lines of sur- vey hinve boca run ox the Cuieago & Novthoast- erit Railrond, from Lawsing o 1int,—starting from tho prosent terminus of tho Chicago & Lioka Iluron Ruilroad, South Lansing, Lanslng, and North Lanning, respectivo ‘Holnes Brow', Planos, Drices excewilingly reasonable, Warranted firsl-elned fn qality, "Porme, $30 conl 3 balance, £33 monthly, Keed's Temple of Mo, $) Vay Tren atrest, —On tha 19th ult, the wife of Sam Ilenry, a aolontul Hodont. o1 Salishiiry, Ald., betame:ihe 1aother of four ebildvon, \rlien informed of tha fact Ram oogan to propare fors journey, 1 aln't grine to liva 1 div hoab Balisbury no longer," aaid Bem. LOCAL MISCELLANY. UNITED HEDREW RELIEY ASSOOIA. TION. Tho aixleenth annual meoting of the Unlted Hobrew Itellof Ansociotion of Chicago was held yesterdny afternoon at Standard Ilall, corner of Michigan avenue and Thirtoonth street., Tho object of tho meoting was to rocolve tho roport of the officors and Bxecutivo Board of tho past year, and to olect officoru tho ensuivg one, The attondanco was larger than that of former maot- {nga. ‘I'se mooting was oslled to order by Charlos Kozminaki, Prosident, Ho briofy statod its ob- Ject. The resding of namen of dologates was on motion disponsed with, . T'ho next order of business was tho reading of the annunl report, Thso Financial Soeretary’s report showed that tho following monoy Lisd beon recelvod : Donations, Duca from Collooted from congregations, . Cotlected from apostal commitics, Trom exposition, Dalanco due Treaaurer, Balauce duo Trousuror, 1673, $10,709.67 Of the above amount $8,300.06 was paid for tho rolief svorl propor, and oxclusive of tha amount pald for traveling oxpensos was dis tributod among 824 cases, of which 176 were es- nintcd only opce or twice. It may Le assumed that ot lonst 75 cakes may bo not down as per- taancnt, conbinting of aged, sick, and decropl neoplo, widowa with vory Inrgo familles of amall children, ote, who will always bo depeudont upon somo eleomosynary institution for their subsistence. Bosida this, 82,000, a special freo reliof fund, was distributod, Tho Hocioty ia bohind, aa will be soon, 81,499,683, ‘Iho Posrd of Trustees incorporated in the ro- port varioas recommondatious looking to bottor- ng the Hnancial condition of the Assaciation. On motion, the report was accepted, and the afficors of tho Aesociation woro thanliad for the 3\:\{? ‘manner in which they had porformod their ution, T'ho report was subsegnently taken up again, ‘whon Bovoral of its featnren wora duwcussed, but with no result oxcept to approve the action of tho Board io _borrowing ,f1om the Hospital fund for speciol relief. The call of new dolegatos was then made, when &n ordor for further business was agreea upon, The rocommendation of the report, that the Incoming Board be elected to hold over until tho summer of 1876, wes not conourred in. ‘T'he election of oficors for tho ensuing year wes thon proceeded with, resulting as follows : President—Nathan Elsendreth, Drerident—J, Rogenberg, Llecordina Secretary—D, Adicr, Zaancial Becretary—E. tobovita, g’_rm&lllllr—P-XN’filmsnulXurfls. G dack ‘rusteers—Philip Stine, ono year ; Go ck= b Fe T aonol BASs Gt oasrey Hagds "'he mocting adjourned for ono weok. —_— THE MAN WITH THE WHITE HAT. Thore travels sostward nenrly overy night in tho lata West Division streot-cars s man who woars n white hat, and who i8 always accom- paniod by a boy, who genorally falla nsloep in n limp wuy on the shoulder of tho man. This briof desoription is familiar to the conductors aud drivers on tho lator cars swhich run on Madi- son and Btate strects, though the conplo men- tioned nbove tiavel only on tho former line. Tho few minutes of woot communion which are enjoyed by tho employen of tho two lines! aro spent in rociprocal descriptions of the dead- berts thoy hava met, and henco the extensive kuowlodga of this individual. The tolorance of a conductor is slmost illlmit- able. His movablo abode 1 n house of refugo for Llack or white, man or woman, drunfard or prohibitionist. He looks upon each one who comes, 1n a purely commercial point of view, as the equivalent of & conts, and Lo pats all tho women on the haok with oqual force whother they be nuns or night-birds. Hois not epposcd to eivil rights. Ho stops bia car at tho Washing- tonian Yowme, a church, or a ealoon with equal indifferenco. DBut n great and rightoous hate fills his soul agpinut tho wan who has tried to dend-bout him. o nevor forgets or forgives that man, Ho descrfbos him to bis companions, accomproying tho account with harsh wvords, and, whonever the opportunity cowes, ho taken revenge. A man whom circumstancos compel to travel on the cars, and who 1as onco attempted to “*do" thoconductor, bocomes a straet-caroutlaw. Against him oll things ure allowable, For him tho cor will nevor stop; to bim goes tha torn change ; against him all the rules aro strictly en- forced. z The man with the white hat belongs to this class, Loarn trom his history tbas honesty is tha best policy when small sums are concerned, 10 was going woat ono night with bis boy, aad had about roached Fifth avenuo when a ‘bus ovartool the car. Thinking he would reach his dosination goonor, he left one vehiclo, just bo- foro tho conduezar came around for his fara, and took a rofuge in tho other, which soon got out of kight of tho slower car, As for tho concuctor, ho said nothing, "Phreo bights aftor, tho man and the boy lap- pened to strike the eama car and the #ano con- ductor, Wheu it eame pay-timo, tho latier wos landed a quarter. Ilo gavo the mun with tho whita bat b conts. “Whero iy the rest of my change,” says he ? 4 Five cents,—thnt is all,” says the conductor. “BatI gave you & quarter, and thore aro only two of us.” * Yea, but thero are the two fares you did not pny the other night." Aftor this digloguo tho condnctor went out on thae platform and told the driver, Thon there was wild laughtor, which seemod to frritata the man with tho white bat. "I'wo daya nftor, tho tnan and boy wore in the sumo ear, 'Uheir stoppiog-plico is Centre avenno, & fact well know 1o tho conductor. The oy fell anloep and eo did the man. Near Roboy ntreet tho conductor wakes my man, aud aske him benevolontly whera ho wants 1o get off, ** At Conira avenuo ; whore aro wo ?" it Robey." «Why didi't you call tho streots " “ I did, distinetly.” Exit the man with tho whito hat, swearlng, But, since all tho conductors know him, ho is navor’ safo. Hodaro not go fo slcep, for ho kuows Lo will o carrled past his destination, So ho dozes and stavty, and looks out of tue win- dow, sud is ina coustant apprehension that puzzles ono, whodoos not understand tho cause, Jyery cominotor looku at hiu feco in that sus- fcious why which is g0 unplonsant,—gnzes on Enlh sidos of his nickols, and thon pockets thom withs an air ua if ono should eny, I know they aro counterfelt, but thoy are all ho haw, If thio enr Is erowdod, and a fub woman or un- leasant oan comes in, bo 18 always tho one who 5 orderad to *“ movo along, sir, to mako room." 1t ho tries to smoke, o 18 out off with singular abraptuess, 1t porsiblo, the conduelor treudn on hia feot, o the wretobed man Leeps thom tucked under hiu seat. When ho gots in the car at Stato strect, the conductor invitey in any ‘b driver who tnay bu there, and, = sil- ting ot tho other eond of the cur, toln this story, Tha 'bug drivor, looking steadily at tho man with the white hat, eays that 2 nickol thiof is tbe lowest thing ho Lkuows of, "Pho car-driver chimes in, aud the wan, knowing ho {s moant, and poworiesa to holp himsolf, fuipnn tloep, *I'ho moral of this pleaning little story is too obvious ta nood stating, [ g KIKE McDONALD, TIGE LAW IN THE CANE. ' the Hditor of The Chicago Lribune Bin: It seoms ta have beon an unfortunate wiluconeoption of the lnw which pormitied Mike McDonald to go *¢ scolt fres.” §f aeitizen could bo invaded in the manner McQarry was, and no crime bo committed worthy tho attention of a Grand Jury, onr laws would b smguludy de- feetive, But was it secossery under our law for the Cranid Jury to find that deDonnld's pistol way lomled befora they could indict him 2 No- body doubts, snd the Grand Jury could not doubt, that McDonald arsnultod McCarry with the intentlon of oithor Lilling him or dolng Bim o bodlly Ilojucy; that he hed weapon in hin haud capablo of doing eithor the oo thing or the other at tho distunce o way fioin Motarry, awd with which ho would have dono either tho one thing or tho other had he wot heon proveuted, no mnttor whoetbor the weapoo were Joaded or unlonded; that the cii cumstances of the aseault suewed ue gsasidaras ble provocation by MoGarry, and au sbandoned and malignant heatt on tho part of MoDorald, ‘Tlso above facts bolng undoubted, the Grand Jury, undor our Inw as it standa, chould have in- diotod MoDopald for an asastlt with Intent to to kill, and alzo for an nonault with intent to doa bodily fnjury, It would not be necesonry in the indictment “to atate just how McDonald meant toenrry out his criminal intent,—whotber by ubooting, or beating MeGarry with the pistol, or by ernmmln? it down_ hiy throat, It wasonly nocosnary to know thnt ho had the oriminal in- tont, and the particular elreuratancon of tho na- aault which shiowed that intent would Linyve beon avidonco of 1t bofaro tha 1ury whioh trled tho caso (800 Whatton's Orinilual law, Soc, 1,381, of aixth odition). Tho casos whoro it hias bosn held nocossary to Emvo the gan or piatol loaded woro onsos whero the agsallaut who Lield tho ‘woapon wao at such groat distsuce from the per gon aspolled that ho could not ronch him to do him injury uvless thera was & lord In the weapon, of which any ouo can con- vincs himsolf by oxmnlnln‘;: Archibsid's work ot tho placos roforred to by Mr. Rood, Of course, i one points an ompty gun wt anothor half o mile away, hio cannot be acoused of intending to kill him., And so tho courts, which are gov- ernod by common souao lo eriminal as woll as in other mattors, havo docided. But the mame courls, govorned by alike common Bonse, must declare in casos liko McDonalu’s, whero the as- anilant 1s ahnoat In coatact with his intonded viotim, pursning him with tho iutention and the prenont moans of killing him or injuring him with a deadly woopon, that it docsnot make mueb difforenco how o usos, or intenda to ueo, that wun{:on. nud €0 it is of no grent congo- quonco whother tho wonpon is loaded or not, Tho assertion by n Grand Jury tlnt thoso of ua who are moro peacoably inclined may bo sot upon while pursuing our ordinary vocations by roughs and braggadoclos with pistols cocked and capbed iu their hands, and murdor in thoir bonrts, and wo liavo no adequate redrosy ab the hiauds of the Iaw becauso, forsaoth, some Lappy sceident haw saved us alive, and wo caunot provo that there wero leaden buliots, backed by powdor in cown- munleation with the caps, ready to go off by being struck with hommorn attached to locks fu perfect worliug ordor, with triggers junt rendy to bu prossod by villainous fingors, nuy ono of which things il is impossible (o prove unlopa we captaro the plstols,—such an nssortion is as alnrming a8 it 18 contrary to good songo, sod Jaw which claims to bo tho essouce of kood songe, It makoa tho eapture of a pistol by a cowed and frightened man ot of the Lnods of » detorminod cnenty who is Ernwng its muzzle to bis hend, with murder io Lis eyo, & sino quo non, withont which the poor man, o oycapes alivo, can huve mo redress worth _mentioning for tho injury inlioted upon hitn, lt farthermoro tolls rogues thnt, il they nro defoated in tholr murderous design, they must only hold fast to thoir shoot- ing-1rons Gl thoy can bo counsoled to oscapo the consoquences of thoir outragoous neta. It tho meshes of the law wore o fino as that, bold, bod mon would invoriably brosk through thom and eacapo, Thoy do this ofton onough & it la; but alas for us it _such constructions of the law in tho intercata of royrues aro to provail. Cuzcaao, Oct. 24, 1874, J. H. 8. THE GRAND JURY, To the Editor of The Chicace Tribunc: 8m: Iseoby Tnr Tamnuss thay the Grand Jury failed to find an indictment sgainst Mike McDonald becauso thora wes no evidonco to show that the pistol was loaded. This reminds mo of tho jury who wore impanclod to irya prisoner for maliclona mischief in killing a neigh- bor's dog. Two witnesuos testified that they saw the prisoner aim & gunat the dog, heard the gun go off, and saw tho dog drop dead. This was all the ovideuce. The Jury retivod, and, after ono hours' consultation, ro- turned & verdict of not guilty. Upon boing agked why thoy rendered such a strango verdict upon such ovidence, thoy replied thne no witaess was gwvorn who testitied that ho saw the bullet atuike tho dog. Thoro is ono thing that tha public cannot comprehend in tho matter of our Grand Jurics, sud that fs, how it happens that in mnoy casca, and enpecially in those quasi-political, witnessos for the defouse are called before the Girand Jury. Whon the charges agnainet the County Com- miesioners wero inventigated, not only tho Com- misgioners themselves, but others who would testify iu their favor, woro oxamiued. ‘The re- Atlt woe as much of a farco aa the 3like McDon- ald eans, aud for the snme rensoun. What business had Mr, Reod to permiit witneezos for tho de- fonao to go betore the Grand Jury ? Hoscema to think in momo ceses that the Grund Jury are to pass wpon the question of tho guilt or inhooenco of tho accusea. 'The Grand Jury ore to hear only the witnesses for tho prosecntion, and if they think a prima 1Iagio cuso 18 mado out, a tasa which they think ought to be investigated by n potis jury, they fiud a bill, Iu Cook County only i3ita practico ever to call witneseos for the defente bofore s Grand Jury. Why are tho defendant’s witnesses callod 1n some cases, and not in othors ? Such tutling with justice as in this McDonald case ie having a vory bad effoct upon tho Ignor- ant and Eunrur classes of our city. ‘Thoy apenly nasert that politicul infiucuce and mouoy, mioro wertioularly tho formor, aro all-powerful in ahiolding tho criminal. E. Cmioano, Oct. 24, 1874 ———— GENERAL NEWS, Col, John Wilson, Uanited States Comsul at Drusaels, will spend » few weoka in tha city, Ho is stopping at 1236 Wabaah avenuo, Somo person drove off Dr. Blancy's horso and buggy yestorday aftornoon, from in frout of Prof. Swing's church, cornor of Superior and Rush strects, and up to lass accounts bad not re- turned it. 7 A valunble gold watch waa stolen at No, 10 South Clinton ptroet, yosterday, by sneak thievos who ontered the place, Prof, C. Dale Armstrong, tha clocntionist sod ventriloquist of thia city, with a troop of colored singers from tho Olivet nnd Providence Daptlst Churches, gave a concert at tho Coventry Btroet Buptist Church, Satwrday ovening, Tho oudi- once was Iarge, and the outertaintent wes of # highly amusing and creditablo characlor. ‘Tho engine-tondor which xan into the river at the railroad bridge near Kinzie street, last Bat- urday, was taken out yestordsy alternoon, A reception was_given Tridny ovening by Mr. and Mr, John C, Dent, of B, Louis, in honor of Col, Grant nud bis wifo. Tho burglary business in the somi-suburban parta of tho ity hay fallon off considerably of lute, o5 many of “tho gontlomen angnged thorein are noy running for the Legislature and Com- won Cowneil. Atwer Wuesday weok, however, wuch of thew as aro_ ot voturned wiil rosumo thair former oceupation with renewed zoal, **in order to get back $hoir olection oxpenses.” Tho body of nu_unknown meu was found fonting in Ogden's Blip, nt the foot of dichigan ntreot, yeuterduy afternoon, and Ofcer Lyok- Dery; fundt it tukien to the Morgne, Doceascd was abont 27 yenrs old, has smooth face, amd is drosaed in” & black frock-coat ond corduroy pants, A pipo and some tobaceo yora found I the coat-puckote. ‘Tho romatus hud ovidoutly boen in tho water 1ive or six days. A thier entered the apartments over the cate of D, Olmsted & Co,, No. 216 West Budison streot, Saturduy ovonfily about 7:0 o'clock, sud hud prepared to got off with u quaniily of silvor- waro and clothing whon o lodger's cntrance geaved hiwm, sud enused him to jump our of the necond-story window to the" sidowalk, Ho crcuped affer knocking down a boy and canning aume exciteniont. A goutleman living ou Wahpanseh avonuo lot himself into the hones on Sunduy nbout 9:45 n. m. with bis cigar, and threw hiu Iatchkoy sway, iaving taken oif bis wateh and left it on the ot In the hnll, #o a8 not to rouse tho femnily, he trunbled up stairn, aud, entoring the bod-rovin liko o rumnwuy thunderbolt, huid: **8al, wife; bocu sheein' eclipst,” and foll iuto n wouud wleop. A young ledy on Ann atreot, raared undor the yory Woppingt of the sanctuwvy, when vopro hendad on Sunday wmorniug for not urging her young mun Lo depmyero 230 4, ., suid that thoy had waltod up to koo the echipue,—sho was 10 fond of zuology. 3 It was roported at 7:00 a'clock luat ovening that o brato nomed Alesundor Larraboo had conunitied wurder by beatiug hig wifo to death, at No, 81 William stroal, Just aast of Cantye av- enne. ATnmusn reportor visited tho Louso Hborily altevward, aud tound the woman alive, thongh sulfering from sovore nnd daugors ous ternal Injuries, Dr, G T, Adams ted attended her, aud wis unablo to give nn opinton o4 to the ullunuto result of tho injurios, TLur- raboo lud berton Lin wifo Saturday ovoniug, bee canso ahe had not wmilked the caw, and lnst ovens iz oo in du a moudlin stato, and began to abuse her agsin for tho sameo reason, 1o wound - up somo_ vile romurks by kivke Ing the wowmun down an outshle Mght of stann, and, whow ler proatrule formn way Iying on the walk, followed up hin cowardly aftavk with several inoie kicks In his wifo's abioen sud bazk, The affuir caused consider- able axcitoment in thonsighborhood, and thronts of lynching wero froely uctered by a largo crowd which aegombled. Hpeclal-Officar Jones arvsatad %rr‘xi-hnn,aand %nke’&!hlnll ?w in Madinon Btreot ation, Yonterdny atiornoon, ab 1 o'olock, whils the tock-Yards dumimy was standing on tho traok ot Lho corner of Stnio and Thirty-fonsth stroets, aman by tho nsno of James Ommd{. a formor car-driver, ntoppod on tho front platform, and took tho llnes in hand, The conductor, J. N. = ‘Tennyson, ayked him what ~ lo wonted thoro, nud Cassidy ropiied by taying: “What s that your Lisioess?” Tho conductor theroforn caught hold of him and threw him off tha platforin. Ha fell en tho fraok, aud a3 ho did go tho horsos atarted for- ward, and drow tho car-whieols over Cassldy's logn, injuring him badly, and breaking the hoties ot tho llmbs,. 1o was rémovad to the County Hospital, and 'Tounyson was asrestod and lockod up. The Fair at 8t, Patriok's Ohuroh, which oponed Jast weok, continues to bo & great succens. It fing boen orowded ovory might, and Mo pRbtor, ino Rav, Fathor Conway, is vory much pleases 8t tho zoal oxhlbited” by his ’;urlnhonerl in thelr snpport of tho ontorprise. ‘Thero In & gold-hoadod cano contest betwoon Cartor H. Hxrrison and Jasper D, Ward, a8 to which can- didato s the mora popular. Tho votes run oty ovonly, with Ffurzison stightly ohead. protty Y, 'thore is also a contost botwroen tho Rov. Fathera Conway ani Nackin, the prize belng a hoautifully-worked stole, Theso contostanta aro neck and neck, ‘Cha Art Gollery fs very woll supplied with oll paintings, chromon, and unique ongrovings ropresaniing saints, sages, kingw, hards, Liorocs, heroines, battles and siogos, It alono wonld bo woll worthy of & visit, ‘Ihe fair, which 18 held §n tho chitrch basomont, will con- tinue for sovoral nights more, HOTEL ATIMVALY, @rand Pacifio Hotel—Col, J. N, Macomb, Ea- ineor Corps, U. 8, A, ; Henry A, Barling, Now Vork ; I'rankt B. Olark, Goneral Managor West Wigconsin Railrond § Rtoduey Dennis, artford; . . Wilcox, Cloveland; Andrew oy, Utah; A, 8. anou, Davenport. + . Lalmer House—Mr. George G. Dates, New Yorlk ;_Charles Gaylor, W. J, Florenco, Now York; the 1on, JI. 0. Howell, Philadolphia; Prof. M, O, Vinceat, London ; H. . Cliapman, Hlssineipp(; Josoph Leonard, Philadelphis : James L, Randolph, Ohlof Engincor Bllimore % Obio Railroad. . ._. Zremont House—. 13, Spoucor, Now Yoric ; T, A, Williams, Boston ; Adbort Haight, Daniol Post, Duffalo, . . . Sherman Hottse—. O. Ronkiu, Washingto ; 3L Dantorth, Dubique; H. 3% McClure, Ji sonville; Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Washington, i d e J. ncle Acts of Cournge, Dovotion, snd Hue manity. Writing from Brussols, Sept. 30, fn_rolation to somo recent local festivilics, tha London Zimes correspondent saya : **One of tho most interest- ing cercmonies of the fetes was the distribution of State rowards for * acts of courage, dovotion, and humanity,’ at which the King, Quecn, and the Princess Lowno woro presont, lu Belglum thore is wo trusting to privato bonovolence and to private socicties to roward or recognizo the saving of life from drowniog, fram fire, or from calaniity in tho stroots. This duty is undertalken by the Stato, and is uvder o Staca_Dopartmont. The corowony was hold in tho Tomplo des Augustines, s fiue old church, which stands fa tho middle of tho roadsway it tho now boulovands, for tho building was claimed by the priests ut tho time when tho city suthorities wero cloaring away tho old huildings for the now aud prand Maprovemouts iu the old quarter, Ao the authoritios made n brond road on oach side of it. The law hes now decided that the owner- ship of tho building is veatod in tho city author- ities, and it is helioved that it will, lico Termplo Tar, in London, block the way but for few moutho lougor, The hody of tho building, which 1u of groat ize, way crowded in overy part, aud hd Minister of the Intorior prosidod. ‘Thoscata on the eidod of tha platform wero filled by ofli- «cery of the State in nuiform, hy ofticers of high raok, and by mombors of the Court, When tlio Toyul tamily come, the wholo audlonce aroge with the grontest enthuyingm and clicored their Mejestics the Xing aud Queon and her Koyal Highoesy the Princeas most warmly, The frst to be hounored was a little follow 12 yoars of age, whoae nchiovement brought toars into the_ oyos of the Qaeen aud Princosa, It asowed from tho nccount road to thy sudience, that threo chitdren, of whom tho boy was tho oldent, wete playing in their room by themsolves when tho httle sister pulled over & paratlin lamp ond scé hersolf on fire, 'Tho bravo little foilow, fearless of burns, id $ho Lest ho could to oxtinguish tho flrmes, and was g0 hcrribly burnt himyolf that he way three months ill, and will bear sho marks of his rehluvement to {ho grave. 'Tho wister died ; but thio boy's uot wai recognized bf' his being award- od tho modal of ths ficat-clres,—n Jurgo gold medal, surmonntod with tho Royal crown. Mhe wuocond was & boy who rosoued o child from tho brokem i3co in & caunl last winter, and tho gold medal way also given to this little hero, The third was o nun, who had rescucd, at tho risi of her lifo, au intunt from s burning bouge, After tho Loys and ths nun camo two wombern of the Chiamber of Represantatives,—>. D'Andrimont, the Dep- uty of Licge, woll known to tho English Yolun- teera who visited that city in 1869, aud to {ho mombors of tho Iron and Sieel luatitute, who were thero a short timo ago, and the Comto do Dorcligrave d'Altens, Doputy of Tongres aud Torgowaster of Marlinoe, ~ 3L, D'Andrimont waved tho lives of two bathors on two different oceasions, ‘I'ho Comto exposed his lite on two cecagions in prevenumy publio calami- ties at two fires. The two Doputics wero rewarded, amid tho cheers of the zssomblage, by the civil cross of the second clusa, ‘I'ae two members of tho Bolgian Dorlin- niont were followod by two workmon, one of whom, a slator, Wagomans, had rusbed into a brrning house to rescuo » wick womau, aud was agelsted by » printer nemed Dacos. Lioth men wera roiich burnt, and tho slator had tho firste elnss aedal avwarded, tho othor the secoud. Then camo Col, Poitiers, of the Garde Civique, of olenbeck St. Jean, who plunged into the water in_his clothes to save a man who lhad fallen into the canul, The Colonol way wswarded tho first-class medal. Among the oiher heroos in civil life, decorat- 6 for saving lifo, woro a student, agod 16, who rocoivod tho first-cluca modal for suviug a man from drowning, tho Abhot ‘'homan, of Ostend, wlo receivod thie sanio for a like act of devotion, a religieuse numed Justine Morelle, tor saving u chilidl oorriod nway by & current ; aud ofticers and prlots of Autwer) woro rowardod, their ncis of evotion Leing in connection with the flve of the parafin loaded American ship Wostmorcland, On ono of the brave fellows belng called it was announced that lie had met his death by droan- ing in tho River Seheldt. ‘L'hore wero mmany other proxentations of Jiko churactor. e i S il A Veteran’s Treasnurced Nuslkcots Jrow the Ruchester Democrut, Tle was & remarknblo-looking okl geutlomsan, and be ent in tho waitivg-room of the Cential Depot with an old-fashioned gun scrose his lnoes, Lo ous ywho passod him by, ju a casual way, Lo scomed to bo # buutor on his way to somo wood or field whore gume was to be found, But ho who terriod & momont learned that the old gontleman was oue whom the potion had Tonored for his assistance in ats timo of nood. On tha stock of the old gun was a plato bearing the words : By regolve of Cuugress, Tresvnted to AMOH SORER, For his gallantry st thuelege of Plattsburg, Tho Inscription told the story, 'Thie old man was 70, Ho eayn that twouty young follows, only Lwo of whom wore ovar 18, formed thom- solyen togother and offered their eorvices to the Unitod Btaen Uonerad in command at Plates- burg 3 they wero suppliad srith somo old muskots, and, on tho Lith of Heptomber, 1814, in the sim- plo languego of tho old jan, they **did thn best thoy could,” 1Mig work wan dono 8o woll thut on the 11th of Boptomber, 1826, tho muskot, with the wbave ingcription, was givon him ne 2 tribute of the nation’s cuteem, Who Dulkie of Northumberinad, . L'row the Lonsan 4'ciesranh, Warocelved #owe days sinco an tmportant com. municution to the eflect that Ris Gruce tho Dulte of Norttwmberland had becomo a convort to the Tloman Untholio faith. 1 ordor to test the ne- uruey of this sintement, wo sont for Informa- Lion to Alnwick, and loarned rom s telographio dizpateh Lhn the rumor had no foundation in tuet, In consequence, howavor, ut o reitoration ot the vriginal atsortlon, wo last nlght reforred tho roport to ono of the lughest authoritice of tho Catholis Church In England, who, in auswer 1o our inquiios, uexerts hiw Ly belief in the Duke's vouvertiou, aud adds that His (hrace way Iatoly ndmittud into communion by the Bishop of Deverly. e A Cupricionn Cuts A olergymun's eal at West Bpringfleld, Mass., lias aliown rome remarlablo symptouw of nat- ural dopravity, Aftor giving Dbirth 1o seveu littons recontly, of vurious colors, sho romovad the two blackest from thoe group and utterly re- fusod to take any notico of thow, No sooner were they rostored to hor pest then slo again anel agati eoeted thom, wnd death finally ye- Hoved tho Jittlo waifa,” And th in doflanog of tho Fifteonth Amendment, which declares that thore shall ho no distinction on account of color! Mo other theu a Massachuaetts cat wonld %nnvv dared thue to otfend the mnjesty of the A BUNDAY'S NEWS, o Torsd of Polivs nd o of Police snd Fire Coumisatons, has ogroed upon ths employment of Gon, Sh:[u’: sz S L B el oatirely sal o Oilfzons Sasociiion, 3 tiluctany e 0 Firgt Daptlot Ohurch have soloctod n plan for their new church edifico, and f oncs with ita ercctlon, ! Witk prasoed s Soskbi i '.‘i'llo South. eoratal stow sud Postmaster. Jowell bad o consultation with tho {’rg:l?izfilhl concorning to Federal officers iu Toxns, and roud to him roports, which are considerod con- fidential, in relation to thom, made by Bpocial Agenta. ' Tho only Postmostors to by changad ore thoss at Galveston nnd Houston, ie Trosident han slyendy, through the Postmanstrr- Qenoral, roquosted {hem to’ roaign, but they liavo as yot medo 1o responns. Secralary Droe tow ta convinced that chaugos ought to bo mads smong cortain Treasury ofticers in Texes, and this will bo dons a4 an ertly day. 'Tho bueinos in pomo coses, has bren loosoly transacted, (o the loss of cuqtoms and interoal revenns, | l;l‘n:ll\h::mhlt:m tfi:flu of New Otloans zrs about to atrike for 5, HOW OVo! magatha. 5o p" 3 i i ey Four thoussnd naturalized votots, in Orloans, hnvo beon disfranchieed by a cn\a\o‘l{l‘.& Kollogg's Attorney-Goneral. A Foreign, razil declinos to entor into recipro with Canad. pefeal tndlng It is oxpected that tho publio trial of won Amnim will begin early in December. Bismarsk will be the principal witnoss for the proscontion. A dinpateh from Paris says tho Logitimists are nrging the Count do Clinmbord to roturn to Tranco. ‘[ho Spanish Rapublicans have comploted the work of fortifying the lino of tho Ebro, and an active movement apainst the Carliats is expected 0 bogin immadiatoly, A dispatch from Tiflis, tn_TRusin, brings {n tolligonco of n disnstrous fivo in tho business portion of that city. At tho time tho telegram sway sent the theatro aud upward of 100 storcs hod been burned, and the fire was still raging. The IXcecher Scandal, Thero wes & long argumont Saturde; City Court of Drooklyn upon tha mo{lg: “&: counsel of Honry Ward Boechor to colpel Thao- do1c Tilton to furnish » bill of particulars in hiy euit ageinat Mr. Beocher, Counsel rond tha aftidovit from DBocolier metting forth that the plxintiff apecitios hut ono date on which any act of impropee conduct on hia (Beacher's) part in allegod to havo occurred. Tilton avens that 3rs, Tilton and Boocher confessed tholr guilt at diferent times. ‘This Mr. Beechar posi- tively donies, and characterizen tho ntatomont as utterly ialso, and fears that Tillon contemplaton tho manufacturo of ovidonce at the coming trll, and, therefore, no reriuirna to know what testi- mony hio may expoct to refute. Tho Court took tho papers. & Miscollancouns, on, Bheridan tolographs that Lieut.-Col Bucll attackod the Indfit’uu at_tho hosdquortera of thie 8alt Fork of the Red River, on iho Stb inst,, destroying campa of fifteon and seventy- five lodges, respectively, and driving the Indiang before him, Mo ia utill in pursuit. In the Convaution of tho Irish Benovolent Se- cioties, in gosslon ot Baltimore, a rosolutivn was passed that it was inadvisablo to encourage Irish immigration to this country at this time. A daring sttempt wos mado Saturdny night, at Camoron Ktation, Mo., to rob tho_ castorn-houad oxproes train of {lio Chicago, Nock Inlaud & Po- cific Railrond. 'Tho passengers and train men voro at supper, when 3ix roobbors boatded tha train. Four jumped mto the baggage-car, and two mounted tho engino, ‘hoy ran the train two milea north, but, fuiliog {n their attempts to break open the ospress-safoe, abandoned tha train and flod to the woads, « SMITH~On Sunday, the 25th iost., at T ; P R Soar, Blacs f flfii’sfl;‘}fi “Tiie reniains will perive at Welln Strsct Dopot on_Tuess o1 dny moralng, Who 3t lust., 8¢ 8:35, thonca (0 St. Marss Gl ritro Taquiom mwim wiff bo calebalod, arfor whioh tho funcral will procued by osrrisges to Gaivacy Censetory, I'rlanda aro furitod toattod. LI:ONARD—On Sunday moralng, Oot. 25, Miss Mary T urvices at her lato vesidence, No, 631 We gy ot Bt T rommatas Wit bs tocen Po ., for $atormoats £ Hoohelter (N. Y.) papors plests copre 7, Qct. 35, in his S6th viving"son of (bs lata of Ubloaio, il bo given hereafter. SPLGIAYL ROTICES. Centaur Liniments allsy pain, eubduo swollings, bes buorns, sud wili cure rhenmstiss, apevin, and any flesh, bona or musrle "= atlment. Tho White Wrapper fs far KNS pamiiy use, tho Yellow Wrappsr is far animals. Price [0 cents; largo battles §I. Cildren Gry for Cuatoria.—Plcatant fo taka~t perisot substituta for Castor Oll, but 1nore oficacious {n m!u]:llni 1ho atormach sl howals, = ON SAL "By BLISON, P_él\imtoy & co. BANKRUPT S&E AT AUCTION, TINE WATCHES, DIAMONIS, JEVEIRY, &, &, AT OUR STORES, Nos, 84 and 86 RANDOLFH-ST. Monday Morning, Uct. 26, 10 o'clock, A Largs and Geoeral Stock of Koy and StomeWiodiog Ladloal 2nd Gens' (ol Vatclie, tino Gold Vost znd Lo oatine snd Opora Chalne, Gold l\nckhm\l/ Gold Locke! Tuo Gold Kings, Sloars Yuttons, Pins, Earriags, Sets o Jowelry, Olialu and Band Dracelotr, Yei, ko, Alro, & full linn'of fins Roll Plate Goods, Sold wnder ordorof by Auslgaco in m;"\' et On Tnusfln;Mummg, Qot, 27, 0% o'clk, WE MAKE A SPECIAL SALE OF Parlur Stoves, Hoatini: Stoves, Couking Stoves, Bare room Stoves, Grates, pte., LISON, POMEROY & CO. Aratisnee By GEO, P, GOLIs & €O, 08 & 70 Wabash-av. AUTCTION SALE OF DRY GOODS By Cntalogue Tuesday, Oct, 27, 9:30 2, m, CATALOOUES TEADY MONDAY MORNING. Tn e nats wo shall of tey attraction {n Dros g»:a;‘." 2\"‘|7:§ n?-]",;'%’nfl;:fu'ffifd s.h'l:;.H S, Alnasat o oss Cluths, ole,, ol S ivntnois, Satindo Cine, Trepellaats, Boavors, Sialiona, Cassimurns, and Costinis. it savotco of Brocho dhuwis und Searf. qihtn Ll g of Cattgase, Lty Shias DHigks Charhiamy, ot Canllgass,”Shwis, Jaokots, 520k oo, g Gloves in xrest vacisty for Gonts, Ladios, and e Sl o Toatanr, Shoog, snd Kil “Tiion Wilo oo Spam, T, 0y, Hiaty ot T v e foree Fmoy Toads, Piatod Ware, and Catlorrs onthos Towors, us, and Lacos. hips, Mankiote, pie, AR PN, sl oo Homp and Tngrefa Carpata at 1] 'clock, GO, P. GOWE & €0, 63end 70 W ON WEDNESDAY, 0CT, 28, > AT 8 AL PROMPT, Large Lings . 8. Court, TR 0f Medinm aud Fioe Grades. OF GOODS WILL Bit SOLO. 0. P. GORF fiand 10 AT ATTCOWECOON, ON THURSDAY, Oat, 20, at Miaclock, Woean show ‘thy Largost dtuck of Household Furniture That crer was offored at Publio Auctlon fx this, eftg (and il o M i\l Wondstop Chawbar Ne Bota'th oy tmaitiv, link Ghon Slasfonnty Wanl 04, 10 + Atly'longnrn. s steads, Gurnts, Uibgo 1o Oit, 48, atoiunits Clatiat, Pau amt Vou £2 {araly i it O1gtosnc, Diovs-oons, Garaley J‘{*xf:%?i;»..(“:'%bnxm‘.:‘ Cioine, snd Casstneros. Gy It P, GORIE & 00 WG 83 anit 70 Vavaah-ay.