Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1876, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1876. COUNTY AFFAIRS. - - » Finance Committeo and Treasurer Authorized to Bell Another /100,000 Fire-Bonds, gherift Agnew Allowed #5,800 for Dicting Prisoners Dure ing the Past Quarter. gat Ho Mut Sottle Up All His 01 Acoounts Boforse He Oan | Got It, YN & galot Littls Bombahell About Ofela) Corrmption Thrown Into the Ring by Commis sloner Bovse. gne of Ihe Pigmy Tammany Said to Be Willing o Soll Out for $340. The regular woekly mecting of the Connty Board was hold yosterday afternoon, sll tho membora bolng prosent, . The first businoss was daclared fo be the un- Bnished matters of tho last mession, under whioch fhe quesiion of burying panpors was oallad up and 1ald over for ono wook, TIE SALALY QUESTION, Wr, McCaffrey callsd up the salary question, sod directod attontion to the fact tuat sovoral tommanications oo the subject ware In thoTos- sossion of the Board, Ie wantod the quostion 1o be taken up and diaposed of, and to that end moved that the whole maiter ba roforrod to the Committae oo Publlc Borvice. e, Carroll hopod tho motion Vould not pre- wail, sad that the quostion would bo referred to tha Finaace Committes. - Tho motion of Mr, McCaffroy prevailed, and tho quontion was accordingly referred. ¥ COMMUNIOATIONS, A communleation from an employs of the COounty Agent's office demanding $1383.50 for ex- tra work 10 1576, was read and placed on filo. A osmmunication asking an appropristion to pay somoons for proscouting Btato cases in the Polico Courts was road from Bupt. Rickoy and roferved. The usual number of bills wore thon read and Koforred. AMEPORTS. The Committco on Fiuanco reported that it bad examined tha report of the Criminal Court Clerk, and had found the same correct. Tha Committes furthor roportod in favor of selling £100,000 in fire bonds for tho benefit of tho balding fand. Adopted. The Committee on Publlo Charities reported in favor of a bill to AL Mitcholl for noventy-four stock-hogs, amounting to 2654, and $iI3 for “other expenses,” and recommoud that “an oriler for $667,13 be drawn in favor of Mitchell, Adoptod. THE BRENIFF'S ACCOUNT. The Commnuttes on Jail and Juil Accounta ro- riod on tho r‘ueauon of dioting prisoners in b Countv Jail for tha Inst quarter, allowing tho 8horiff 80 conta per day each_thercfor, amount- ing to £5,800.60, r. Burdick called attontion to tha unssttlod condition of the Bhonf's accounts, snd ssked that tho roport be recommittud, and that tho Oummirtee be cmpowered to effact a rottlement with tho Bherifl covoring his ofiicial cazoor bo- foro any money was paid him, Mr. Guenther sald [t was tho duty of the Fi- manco Committeo to sottle with the Bheriff all old mattors, and it ouglt to be required to do1t &t once. The Committee's rop Blesara. Mulloy aud Begative. blr. Guonther then movod that the Clerk of 4he Board ha Inatiucted to witbhiold the ordera and auch other ordets a8 lio had untll a settle- ment was mado with the Sloriff, Adopted. TARMS' BWAMP ELMB. The Joint Committee on Publlo Balldings and Public Bervice roported and recommonded the cllawance of §14,131 to Contractor Harms oo excavatlug and piling for thé Court-Honso foun- dation, Adoptod, * pUFFALO Y MILLER'S PENQUIBITES. Mr. Burdick called ou tho Fivance Committeo for knowledge in roforence to what disposition bad been mado of Lis resolution of a fosr wooka g0 in reforonco (o tho amount of money racaiv- »d by ex-County T'reatiror Miller aa Troasuror ovor and above bin salary, Mr. Ilolden roplied that tho Committes had haken tho Iniatory stops Jooking to a report, but undor tho circumstances did not know what it coutd do, e promised, however, to mako a re- port, and tho question was passod. ALLEGED OFFICIAL CONAUPTION. Ar, Busso called attentlon Lo a report on tho strect, roflocting on tho character of the Doard, 1o the offect that Mfesars, Dledrich & Horder, sontractors for the mason-work on tho Student's Hall, at Englawood, bad besn npsmwhnd Lya momber of tho Board and had beon’ askod to ive him thelr note for $340. in ordor to havo & ill of thelrato tho smount of #$1,300 audited a0d pald. Ila said the bill was an old one, aboit which thata had been somo diflicalty, and he ralsed +tho queation fur the purposs of having 1o charge investi Mr. BteCaffroy—What Is all this abont ? Mr. Holden—Will tho Commisaionor repeat his statsment or inquiry ? Mr. Busso replied. that Br, Herder had told bim in porson that he had besn approacheid by » Commissionor and asked to pay 8340, and ha the Commlnllunnrz wonld guarantes tho audit- g of bis Lill by the Committes on Education and the payiog of the same by the Board. ) Me. MoOafIrey—Tho CGrand Jury isthe place tor Herdor togo. I bollove he liss, and Las 3a{d what he baa simply to create s aympathy, Mr. Holden—Io ought to go before the Grand Jury snd uot ¢ome hera or ou the sireot. While I d‘nlubl the scenaation, X am in favor of Invosti- mating. Bomo copfuslon followed, in the midat of which tho inquiry was oconveulently lost sight » t was finally adopted. arroll voting in the It was sscortained mfterward that the Com- mlsaiooor pointed to was a_geotloman from tho Weat Side, and that it tho-Board failed to make 1he noceesary inquiry in the matter that Mr. Herder wonld take it on himsolt to exposs him 8 tie desorved. 3 RESOLUTIONS, Quiet boing restored, br. McoCallrey intro- duced & resolution providing that tha Board roceed at onge to clect - watohmaa for the laoorder’s office and one foriths Jaih—officers authorized at & former meotng. Mr. Mulloy sald the Committes on Public Records had been autbiorized to '.{’th" » watch- man for the Recordor's oflics, and lud made tho sppointment, r, Duase wanted to koow hov many watch- men it would be necassary to employ, ‘Thore was & porfect army of them alicady employed, 804 he thonght the thing had goos far snough. In fact, they ought to bave one for each room in ihs Uoung Bollding.. Mr, McCafirey tinally withdrew his resolution, abd the matter was dropped, Mr. Hotden introduced a resolution providlng that the Joint-Committe on Llonpital Pub- lic Buildings tako 1nto oousideration tha eroction ofan engine-house, morgue, aud_amphitheatro 04 the pow Hoapital Iot, Adopted. . X IN SXARCH oF A LANDLORD, Mr. Carroll introdaced m rosolution mstting forth that the owner of tho building ccoanied by the Necorder had refused to give the Hecorder ko use of certain vaults, and_ providing for so- curiog anotbor buildiog for tho use of the Re- corder unloss tho owner ylolded totho demauds mado on biw o refarence to the vaulta, He- forrod to the Committes on Judiciary, LOLDZN'S JAIL NOBPITAL ¥AILH, . Mr, Holden introduced & resolution eafling on tho Committes on Jail and Jail Acconnts fo ex- amine {nto th Ibillty of motting apart sult~ able room iu the County Jaii for the uso of tho lchkltx:‘?l'l:n ndl‘ that Iinln‘l;:lion- Jati me disousalon, the resolution was lost, Adjourned until Thureday. ——— A Dog Coasting—A Story Told by a task mitiie l..llllla Giarls K “Last winterns I was burrying ho i« tchool, hoping there would b:’m:a ‘m!n : ’nl‘l’d’% before datk, I saw, just as I reached the long bill by Mr, K. og drawiog a sled up tho hill, ‘Ho wea 8 large, yellow dog, with” long Mit-like los, immenss “fspping e: s, and & Yery mouornful expression of countenance. s waa baroessed 10 thue sled by the rope, which was tled to bis callar, and sa he bad gome difiicolty in dr 'lm‘i the slsd up the bill, i$ bein, Mippery, two goutleman ns I stopped au ¥atched bim. He at last resched $ho top of the LuL and furned round facing i m, wait- Ing for his liiile master to0ome ;end unbarness Bust ia an wcky m dipped amd tho“ilud’ n:::dl:" fl'flfi: 3 £ him off his feet, and away he reoring down Hill. 1t wsa a very fanny chlurl 1o look at, for he aat upright, bis long, {ud leza aticking stralght out fn front, his fore E“" pawing the alr, and his louF oars flapping ahind Lim like flay Ho cant bin ayes plounly upward, and, e y opening his, mouth, thero floated up to us on tho frosty ait one of tho tnost beack-broaking dog howla I avor hoarl, ALtho faot of th hill, thers was s corner to be turued, Tined on ons side by & post and fence, and on tho other by alamppoatand troon. As e approsched this dangerous place we held our bresth with nuspenss, Doggy maw his dangor, too, and bin holplosn crien brought tears to my eyos, and thou, ¢8 ho awept grandly*roand the cutvo snd todo gallantly ioto tho gutter, the spectators rainoil & chiosr, and he wan loaded with paty and carceses. But ha was not elated, obi, nol anl when oue of the gentlomen offored hia ifitlo master ton cants if he would have the farcs re. peated, doggy quiotly but firmly deoclined, and, patting hin tall Letwoen his logs, anoaked modostly, to his konn G il o AR THE CENTENNIAL MINE, 4 Thoro's Milllans in It 7—A Specimen Nirick—=A Full and Glowing Account of tho Rocent Gold=Discoverics near Laramic, Wyoming 'Territorys Omaha fre, Jan. 20, Tho readers of tho Jee, through s briof tolo~ Rram, have alroady been made awnro of the ra- cent valuabla gold-discavaries near Laramio, Wyoming, at tho * Oontennisl Mine® Yoster- dny afternoon, Buporintondent Clark, of tho Ualon Pacifle Raflraad, roceivad by exprosa from Col. Dawnoey, ono of tho discoverora and ownors of the mine, a spooimen brick of gold, valued at over $2,100 In curroncy. To<lay wo had the ploasuco of viewlng this brick st tho offico of fluwrlntmdor‘t Olark, It 18 about 4 inchos long, 2 inchos wido, and 1 inch thick, and bears tho stamps of the mint at Denver, where it was as- sayed. It was produced from oro which ssanyed £40,780.34 in gold, aud $271.49 in slver, to the ton, making a total valuo, to the ton, of $47,051.~ 83. Manv of our prominent citizens have viowed tho brick to-dey, It will be deposited attho Firat Natlonal Bank, aud in a few daya forwara- od to New York for businoss purposes. Col. Downey s ondeavoring to dovolop tho miuo aagoon aa possiblo, Tha discoveries aro creating great axcltemant, and, wera it not for tho deop snow, hundrods of men would be out prospooting in that vlclnllf‘ encouraged by the results of tho '*Centennial.” Col. Downoy has been groatly ausisted in lia_antorprise by hia brother, who ia a survoyor of wide exporioncs, and a practical man. Col, Downoy'a letter to Supt, Clark, givon be- low, which accompanied the brick and several specimens of oro, will be road with a doop in- terest all ovor tho country. Lagawiz CrrY, W. T, Jan, 18, 1870.—S., I 17, Clark, Eagq., General Superintendent U, P, . R—Smn: In cowpliance with your request through Afr, Bhaukland, with reference to'the * Uentennial Gold Bfine,” T havo e bonor to submit {he following atstoinout ot acta: The Centennial Gold Mine ia located on the eastern alope of thio Modiciue Bow Mountain, at s point bos Aween the north and tho south fork o Littlo Laru- mle Dliver, 30 miles dus weat from Laramio Cliy, Wyoming,' The Medicino Bow Mountains constitul » fink {n the matn chain of the Tocky Mountalns, or Blerras Madres, and lie in_the mineral belt running from Aexico through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyom- ing, and Montans Territorios, fnto tho Dritish Possos- slons north. Tha existenco of gold fu theeo moun- taina is not » newly-discovored fact, aa tha alluvium in Uso valioys of all tho stroatns having their sourcos in tlicae mountaing i well known to contalu placer.gold, About 18 miles westward from the Centennisl, on Douglss Creek, a tributary of the North Platts Biver, rich placers invo bosn discovered, and we have, dur- ing more than & year, been engaged in_openlug thom on a large scale, accoriling to the most Imnroved methiods, Wo bava now, notwithstanding want of capltsl and other drawbacks, succeeded in gotting onr ground ot propor shaps o irarrant ua in expecting tair roturns {o tho coming season for the uatlay fncur- rod, Our chinf expoase {n preparing far guich-mioing, has been the conatruction of 3-foot, bod-rock flumo, at_ cost of $,000. Rich placars indlcate tha existence of lodes of gold- besring rock, but the Canteantal is the firat lode of any maguitide or fmportance discovered, Other Ioden of equal richuoss probably exist, but the coune try Liss not bean prospeotod to any extent, and conso- quently their valuo remaina unknown, ' That other 1odes oxlst In the vicinlly of tha Centennial fs: indi- cated by the fact that rich * foat * rock tnay bo found seattored over the whole surface of the mountain, * ‘The Contennial lode is, however, apparently & oen- tral deposit from which nitmerous ludes of 1ess magnl- tudaradiste, This lods was found mora than a year ago, when & sbaft was sunk aouma 80 feet in quArtz that masayed, at the Uuited Etates Mint at Denver, over §930 por ton of 3,000 pounds, whils some of the rock askayed $24,000, And 1o asazy, gave less than $600 in coln, ‘Tho rock, however, penetrated by this ahaft, waa groatly disturbed, broken, and somewhat mix with the tountry rock'; and, st tha depih of 0 feet, it was discoversd Lat the shaft Lad been sunk on asilde broken from the main lods, but how far, or in what dirsction, it had moved, rowalued an unsolved prob- lem. To solve thls problem we drovo s tunncion & horizontal plaus abont 30 fest lower than tho mouth of the sbaft of discovery, and on tha lno of that tun. nol wo fonnd tho maiu jodo, which proved to bo & vein of good quartz, In_ place, with well-defined wall rocks The vein isa solid body of gold-besring quartz, comyletely Qlling w crovicy runging in widih from § 13 3 feol, and dipping at'an anglo of about 20 degrees from & vortical plaue, Ata point opposlte the dis- covary sliaft we made an_openiug into that ahaft, aud thereby discovered that the siida bave had broken off from tho main alidoat this lovel, aud moved about & feot, 8o that tho hebging rock of 'thia loda above sets ou_tho foot-rock of thaloda Lelow, with tlie line of fracture cleatly definad, Here wo Degan _lakiug out ore, and in tha opening slresdy mads 1,00 tons of ore ars exposod, _Alwaya satisfiod concerning tho rich- noas of Lo ore, we are uow sasurcd of {ta extent, and on this_assurance wo hava procured s tea-stamp quarts mill, which (s now in operation, aud from whicls wa have just recolved the nrat return, Tho roturn is highly satistsctory, ~ Durlng a ran of four- n days, we crushed 100 tonsof ore,st a total meo of only $430 for takiug out rock, sud Mog, Al {hs rock botween the walls of tho loda “waa orushed Without sssorting, a8 wo deaired o asccrtaln - just what tus averago vein-matter would yield i workiug, Tho result was 101 ounces of motal, containing YOS gold aud 080 ail- ver according to ansay at tho United Htates Brauch Mint, Denver. The bulllon is of unusual fnenoas, snd worth $18.77 In coln per ounce, Tatal ooln valua of the yleld for 100 tons of ore, 81.896.17, Adding premiurm on gold, &8y 13 per cent, or 824645, ivos oure rency-ralue of ylold' $2,142,22, 'Deducting total ex- [euso of run, $6501n oufrency, fraia 82,1432, for cap- al investod, 112,00 for sach working day,—sbant (00 per cont per'annum on 810,000, which sim covers our previous outlay in opening the mine and procuring tho inlll, “Thess Agures appear wild, but Sgures (el tha enth, Deeiring to find the Jodo on & Jowar Javel for convon- fance in working, we drove anolhior tunncl on a horl- zontal plane 80 foet lower thisn that of the tnnusl al- ready montlaned, in order o tap the fode 10 fast bo- low {hio surface, 'In runaing this tunnol s distance ot 100 feek three apura of the miain lode wors out on {ts lie, As theso spurs contain & very rich oro, we are now driftiog on ons of them in’ the direction of the main_lodo, It {s®in (bt spur that tho remarkably rich ore was found. Tho crovico of this spur varles in wldth from 10 to 37 inches, aud ix Slied with a pecullnr kind of quariz, through whicl the gold ia thoroughly disseminated, Exporta aro of the opinion that, whon the main lodo 43 tapped on this level, it will be found to carry tho same character of ore; but such an_event would tran- scond our mioat sanguine epectation. Al aures, Liow- ever, that the gold in e quarts ie in such a form ns 1o yreclude the idoa of ita Lsving undergons any chaugo ainco fta_segregation, and tisd tha rock must therefore:ba of & cliarsoter for which It hins an ori. inslafinity, Tho fact s, that the rock s of unusual richness, and the Indloations aro {avorable for a mina unequaled on this gontinent, Prof, Jacoh F. L, Sebirme syor in_oharge of ho i of the nver Drauch, haaassayed s number of specimens taken from differant parts of the spur- -veln, and gives the following rosults: doly, 2,203.9 ounces por ton of 2,000 pounds of = ore,~worlh $0,76000: silver, 20008 ounces por ton of 4,000 povinds of e, wGrth 811149 fn aota{ talal, 141021 K1 o per ton of 3,000 pounds, & per cectl Ay Gatod Jan, 14, 1610, Fo 0% 88 per cectiiate ot b Dcloso Bersiith eeriineate of 7 e1nress & gold brick, whi £'of the reault of 1hie 100 tons trut millsd, and als0 sperimeun of the ore. Yo conclasion, I deairs respoctiuly o, say that tle evidences of great mineral doposits Tow Mountat aro uamistaesbye, - - o Medlciny Within the walls of L6 thousand lodea that cus (hiws ‘mountaina in avery diroction, willious of untold wealth ealed and biduen awsy, for Wo mountaina ars nno offern ato the lodes, When open, $ho cotfera will yield , and I forwaril up thelr treasura; but & golden Xoy 18 required ta un-, lock the door, Confident of the capabilities of ths sounts . 1 hava, s of dol- lop the ro. sources of thua conutry. It seoms now that my fondeat axpectationn ars o (o ave of reslisation, Truly your friend, Brzeaxx W, Dowxxy, P et A WHISKY TRIAL. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicaao Tridune, Broux City, Ia., Jan, 21.—In (ke case of Mrs. Tucy Devoro agaivet Otio Kastoer, clsimiog 910,000 damagea for selling Inloxicating liquor 10 ber husband, the Jary' retired al G Baturday evening and rendersd a verdict this morning ao- quitting the defondant, Jlow Thoy Fixed It, A New Yorker, while jJourneylog tho other dav. was recogulzed by andther citizen dolog busi- npess near the Bowery, Le belng also away from Liome ou business, snd aftor s llttlo proliminary conyersation tho first romarked s **Wall, I hoar tliat you had to maka an aseigu- ment, “Yes, dat {s drew," replied the othor. *And your brother over on Clatham stroat; ho amlyned, too, dida't bhe?" sald IhE 'You zeo it was just lke dlis," Bowery man, "I was nwhg & goob deal wakes over wy stock to Jacob and Jasob makes over his stook over to me, Lis pees- nsna and ho does my pecsueas, aud dom vellora vhal was aftor money doan g-l aomel" Mayor Colvin Vetoes tho Gas Ordinance. It Does Not Reduco Prices and Beneflts Only tho Corporators, An Effort to Pass It Over 1Mis Head Proves to Be a Failure. Ald, Hildreth Wants tho Counoil and Its Doings Investigated, The Board of Trade and Bank Cashlers Are lo Do the Work. Tho Other Gno-Ordinances Rocom. mitted, “T'fas rogular weakly meeting of tha Oity Coun- cll was hold last uight, Ald. Dixon ln tho chair, Thero waa a Iarge attendance. TIHE OAS-ORDINANCE VETOED. After routine, the City Clork read tho follow- g communioation frotn the Mayor : An_ordiuance concerning the Consumers’ Gaalight and Coke Cumpany bas been preseuied 1o mo by the City Cletk for ty spproval or disapproval, Tho said orInanco was passed at the laat meeting of the Councll, and jmmediately aftor jta passaga a mo- tion wss made nud seconded by menihers who voled in favor of {ts pasage 10 roconalder the volo by which the onlinance wea passed, Panding ihe ditcussion upon the motion, and while tho natter was under con- sideration, tho Cotincll adjourned, 1 am of the opinien that I can Jegally approve or dis- approve of this ordinsnoa, notwithstanding the rule of 0 City Oouncil providiog for the raconsideration of & nd I have therofare taken the ordinsnce under conslderation, and broreby retnrn the same to your tionorable body, witliogt my approval, snd for the fal- lowing ressons Firat—That tho ordinance in question allawn to the parties ntoreated Uie perlod of 9o yeara ‘within which coustruct thair works. Second—That the ovdinance in question does not, fn my oyluion, require the roquisite gusranteo that the frauciine thus granted will not Lo burtered away, and thereby be made fo aubsarve tho intercsts morely of thoss whu have obtained it. T'hird—That tho ordinance in quostion {rrevocably Dbinds tho carporation ta thosoparties for the term of w0 years, without auy correspondivg ebligation on the part of Aald partlea, Fourth—Thst the price, widch by thls ordinance, consumers aro o bo charged for gas 15 the same now charged hy the companies 1n operation, lo-wit: $2.60 er 1,000 foct, from which fact ¥t moat oiearly sppears Tht #0 far as'our citizons are ciascorned, they will de- riveno bLenefit whatsoever should the ordinance vo- comme a law, sod, _FytA—That this ordinance, taken as a wholo, saema to furnish_far greater protection to the Inlereata of thoso to whom Lhe franchise in granted, than to the {n- terestaof the corporstion, or thuss of the public gen- oratly, I m(nmzl therefore, for the reasons abova given, ap- prove of this ordinance. 1am in favar of chioap gan for our_peuple; sud will approvoof any Ordinauce (properly profecting the inlareats of thw cily) which will macure it ; but [ cannot consclentiouly glve my sanction to sn Ordinsuce which notably fails in those particulats, It {a my duty to gusrd falthfully the pubile intererts conllded to my care, and while I ocoupy such position, 1 shiall continie to try and do my duty, DISOUBSION. Ald, Fitzgerald moved to recousider the vote by which tho ordinance was passod. Casriod,— yoas, 47 ; nays, 0, Tho Obair thon statod the question tobo, Shall the ordinance pass, uoswithataudiog the dayor's veta. . Ald. Richardson moved tiat a Special Com- mittoe of five bo appoiuted to conafdor this and the othor gas ordinauces, with instructions to ro- port at a reasouable time, Ald, MaOlory moved to lay the mation on tha table, whicli, howevor, stas not seconded. Ald, Warron, a3 an amendment, moved that the Committeo conaist of two fram cach alvision, togethor mith the Chairman of the Council. Ald. Watermao oxprossod himself ia favor of, tha amendmouta sought to bo incorporated inl tho ordiuanos at the laat meoting. 1f 1t saw pou< sible to get thus queation of laving gas-pipes anay from the Council, be thought it would be anadvsutage. Ho suggosted sho adoptiou of A GENGRAL ORDINANCE, vate, to do away with thosa contimued applications for/) franchises, Ils thereforo favorod tho roforanco; of thissubject to the special Committeo, in th hopo that eomo action might Lo takon i thal direction, - Ald. Richardson ssid & was in tho power of the Council to do what they choss with tho ordinance, Suppose they should ameud it in compliance with sll tho roquosts of tho Mavor, 1t would not bo an tmproper procestig. 'They ought uot to pasa it over tho veto without con- pidering tho sugrostions of tho Mayor, and tho roforenco, in his opinion, wes the propor oourss to pursuo. Ald, Hweenoy did not belisve in ignoring the Mayor's objectlons, but thought thoy should mako o thorouph investigation beforo takiug any further stop. Attor conslderable dincnssion on Parlismen- tary rules, Ald. Gampboll doubted the right of the Mayor Lo jnterfere by voto when tho inatter ‘wou still pending bofors the Council. Ho maved POSTPONE AOTION INDEFINITELY. Thore would, ho said, be a desperato tight over the francuiso if it wna 50 valuablo as some of tho Aldormon supposcd. o waa in favor of Dot taking a voto, an ruled by tho ehalr. - By defer- ring actinn indefinitoly, tho mattor would bo alinched by lapse of time, Ald, Woodman was also of oplaion thas the ordinance was still the property of the Couunoil, and tho Moyor had no right to {uterforo a$ tho prosont atage, The Chairman, after listening to the viows and motions of the different Alderman, hald that tho only question which could bo ontertained waa, shall tho ordinanco pass, notwithstandlog tho Mayor's vato ? This question was thion put aud T Log! by tho following voto : Yeae—Richardson, Clarke (l"(lll.ll. Bommer, Ma- Dounld, Daley, O'firien, White, liyan, Evkbardt, Mabr, Lengnchier, Dickingon—12, Nuye—Toloy, 'Warrvn, Fitzgerald, Coloy, Blone }Fuuxu:), Htone (Fi(ih), Reldy, Cullerion, “AcCiory, itldreth, Woodman, ~Clark (Tentt, Oundersud, Ileatly, Waterman, Campbeil, Caso, Cloveland, Quirk, Blout, fcliaftner, Murphy, Bwoenoy, Circoras, 20026, Ald, Gundorson movod to reconslder {tho vote by which the ordinance failed Lo pass. Ald, Woodman moved to lay tho motion on the table. Lost—Yeas, 15; nays, 24, Ald, Bchaffnor fnquired whai ttia atatus of tho question would bo in case tho motion provaited. ‘I'io Chairman~Tho ordinance will be in ox- sctly the satio condition aa boforo, and snothor voto will bave to be takon. Ald. Quirk objocted to wasting time with auch motions, ‘There was an oxcellent ordinance awaiting consideration which should be takon up. Ald, Campbell sald the first vote on the quea- tlon was flonl, The ordiuauce had fallen, and its propor place now was the wasto-baskol. could uot bo takon up sgain unless by some Al- derman s now matter, Ald. Belisffoor Liold a similar view. Ald, Rctardeon eaid it was no uso kicklng agatust the pricks. Why not accopt tho situa- tion ? Tha Mayor had killed tho ordimance, aud bo should shouldor the responaibility. Homo farthor discussion onenod, -snd the Chairman oventually rulod the motion to racon- sider out of order, 'fhe regular business was thon proceedod with, - CENTIVICATES Of INDEDTEDNESA, Ald, Mitdretl introducod the followlng, whioh was passed 1 Wikneas, 1t han been charged in editorisl articles in tho Cbicago 1ames that reapunsibls officers of the City Government hava been and arefssuing curtificalos of {ndsblednens contrary 4o law; and Wuznxas, In sald sriiclea {4 a insinnated that fraud- wlend cortificates of ndobteduess havo Loen aud aro belng iseud by aald city officers; and ¥ ‘Wuereas, The proacul City Goverumont {i chargsd 1n othier astlele fu Triz OuicaGo Toiouxs and 7imes with increasing tho taxes and with geueral oxirava- gagca {a tha expendtiure of the pibile {unde; and Wiknmis, Huch srticlos aro caloulated to in. Juratbe crodit of the Oily of Ohicago in the estima- {lon of people who havé no appoctunity fo sacertain 4he truth or faleity of such charges; therofore, be it [Rtceotued, ‘That we hereby eordiily fnvite tho Presi dent and 'Becrotaty of the lioard of Trade, and committeo aa 1 nf 4 Board, o & thorough iuvastigstion into such charges su soon 4% praclicablo, and wo freely render them every facility s them to arri XY : Lo aable themto arrtvuat an datelllgont couctusion ; J{esoived, ‘That {be Presidenta snd Cashiers of the seversl bauks of tha Cily of Chicago be requasted to g e T e {ouded (0 150 Tosrd of Trade, o o oY e Tho oth dluanoos th 0 othor gas ordiuances thon csms up. Ald. White moved that they bo zafrrrnd to the Jolut Commitieo on Sircsls aud Alleya of tho three divisions, Ald, at d the objsct of this roferenco wa simply to d tlio ordinauces. He waated them referred to a Bpacial Commities, ‘I'ie Chairmsn said stsnding committeos took prefsrenca, Ald. Wuite, in roply to Ald, Stout's inslous. tion, said tho real cbject was toget the ordi- = t H 3 necernary. Hoina furthor dabats wan Induiged Io, and tho motiou provailed, The Council then adjonrned. Rl et L THE BLACK IIILLS. Bismarck Gotting Lonesomeand 8ighe Ing for Visitors, to Judgoe by the Ap- ponded Montonogrin Alluromentss apecsal Inapateh to The Chionar Tribune Dissanck, D, T, Jan. 24.—Doputy Unled States darehal Asl, accompanied by Califorals Joe sod gix othors, srrived last avenlog six days from tho Black Hills. Thoy report 1,200 men ln tLo Hills, aud mineraarriving daily st tho rate of fiflty or soventy-five. Provisions ars plonty. Flour s €12 per bundred; bacon, 25 cents; coffes, GO cents; (lobaceo, £1.50, ete. Californla Joo and the others return with supplies and mail at onca, Ash, who fa roltable, aud tho others ara oqually 80, raports that they saw $137 takon out by four men in six hours. Ile eaw no Indisus on typ routo excopt one doad ono near Grand River. Cavalry horaes at Lincoln and other poataaro be- {ng sharp shod, snd othor proparations aro Lo~ ing made for an active campalgn againat Sitting Bull. Actlvity In & fow days meay be Jooked for {n that direction. Bpeetal Diapateh to The Chicago Tribune. 87, Pavr, Minn,, Jan. 2{,—Tolegrama to the Dispatch from Bismarck to-day indicate great - excitemont there, caused by tho return from tho Dlsck IHiils of soveral towosmon who want out with » mnll-carrier carly this month, They speat six dave in the mining camps and bring many glowing reports and eoma glittoring facta, Mincrs are goingto tho number of seventy-five dallv. Custor City, 4 miles Bouth af flarnay's Yeak, 1L Oity, U milea porth of tho Poak ata Junction of roads, and -(olden City, 8 miles east of Lill Ch{. ars oatablisbed trading polnta, Flour rotails at £12 per hundred: bacor 25 conts per pound; tobacco, $1.60 per pound ; snd other suapliea in proportion. The richost {»Ilcea weru aaid to be on Dear Butto Creels, bt ho pnna' saw four men 10 two daysof aix hours' work tako out €210 from Sponcer & Co.'a clsim, from which In a1l 86 ounces wera taken from an excavation 12 feot wide, 80 feet long, and G feet Twonty-two dollara in cosise gold woro brought in by'ono of the party, five spooimens by anothior, & $20 nugget by another, & $2.50 nuggot by another. Tho return trp waa made in eovooty-two hours' travoling. Ths woather in tho IDl valleys is reported eploudid, Tho stroams are olear of ice. Hapids, craeks, sud other undlsturbed stroams sre throngod bfi flocks of ducke. Califoruis Joo came with thoe purty to conduct back the train of wagous whioh is to leave Bismarck tho latter arl of next wooek. A tolegram recgived by the ‘hamber of Commerce bero, algued by all the business-men of Bismarcl, asks tho Chawnber's inthienca towards an oatly reopening of railroad communication scroes Dakota. Thia staton the number of mivors in the Black Hills at 1,000 to 1,200, enys nll aro doing woll, and proposcs to compets for supplying them. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, TOARD OF TRADE NULES, o the Edutor of The Chicano Trivune ; Cuicaco, Jan, 24.~Iermit mo through the columns of your paper to say & word in regard to 2 much.sgitatod question nmong a Iargo class of our busincss-men, via , grain corners, Just now thero is a cry to * Ropeal tha rules,” * Fill your contracts or buat," and other kindred ro- markn, which aro all very well in theery, but T yonture to eay that aboold tho present rufe be repealed tho very mon who are su clamorous for the chapgo would soon_ demand somsthing dif- ferent. Let us now, while wo are witneasing tho rosulte of tho last corn corucr, f0 shapo our tulos that we may not bavo a ropotition of this diszraceful aflair, ‘I'ho blamo in tho present instance suvema to be eqnally divided betweon those who were long wiid thoso who were short. ‘Tha manipulators of the corner wora wrong, bocause thoy wore buy- | ing what they knew oould not be delivered to tuam. Nay, moro than that, thovr bought what thoy did not stant deliverod. If thoro lLiad been thoremotoat ohianco of thoir roceiving tho prop- erty, they would not have purchased it, The short sallor was wrong, for the roason that he was gelling what ho was almost certain bo could not daliver, and, s in somo instances, solling out his cash corn at bigh pricos on the last day of tho montl, and thon defaultiug on his option sales at the low price, All thesa ecandalous pra- cendinga whould bo stopped st once. Tho rule as it stands ia partly right and partly wrong, but it 18 altogetber 100 tuch in favor of the short soller. L tho buyor Lo equailv protectad, and I thivk this can bo wcom&)h:\hud by finiug auy ono who defaults oh the delivery of his property tho last two business days of & manth 10 per cent onite valua, oo the two days previoua to that Bper cent, and for any time prior to tho 1nst four businosa daye of = month & per cont. And let the finea bo paid, not to the * corner,” but to tho Board of Trade. I vonturo toeay that with such s ruls in operation, no ona would consider it remunorative enough to attempt to cornor the market, and the Board will not be embarrassed by the amount of money it roceives from fines, as no gue wouk sall property unlcas o wan cortain of delivering it. Tho commigsion man then would not stand in foar of boing ruined at the end of every month, a8 property woull be bought and sold’on 1ts menits, In fact, I think that to mod- ifr or amend onr present cornor rule, as ahove nurgnnlm.l. woald be to diacourago the triciy, un- principled trznaactions which havo ro diszraced our Boanl, and inaugurate p now ora of straight. formard, legitimate business, (.o W. A HTNANOZD I A STRANGE LAXD, Tothe Editor of The Chicaao Tridune : Cigaco, Jan, 32.—I want to tell you of my misfortune in your city. I mrrived here last ‘TPuosdsy from Peoria with my wifoand child 2 Fears old, and had 375 in my pocket;, and left Ty wife and child at tho hotel and thought L would go out to soo tho city. I went on Fifth avenue, aud hotweon Randolph aud Lako streels I was met by o thioviug talking soung follow, who handed mo o card and told me 1o walk in sud take a cironlar and & specimon of thelr goods with mo. I walked in, and was not there long before Ilost $60, swindlod by two men inside with an covelopo gamo, and fold got out, or tioy would have mo arrested, I wont ton policamsn on tho corner, and ho told mo ho would have to arrost me if I had thom arreated, and they would get out, and I would have to stay thera two or throo weeks, 8o I made up ny mind to drop it. I had to send my poor wifo Lome, aud am now {a & hard fix,—no money, and not a frioud In tho oity, Can the polic stop thom from robbing every poorwrotch who comes to this city ? Jasrs Dixoxp, ' ANTOUNDING REVELATIONS, 7o tAs Hdifor of The Chicaao Teibune ¢ CmicAdo, Jan, 24.—The Communiata have, through the sgenoy of ** frionds," becomoe postod ou the following facta, These wore thie fostruo- tions : Ancertain tho number of arms undor the control of the First and Hocond Regimonta and the palice foreo; the vamber of men, military aud palles, who oan be spared (o case of an out- broak; and, if possible, apike tho artillery, so as to render it unfit for use. ‘Ihese apply ouly to Chicago, The Communlata of Now York, Philla- delphia, and otlior Iargo cities, aro on Lo look- out, and s simultanoous outbreak all over the conntry is under advisoment. The force of the militia‘ts nos despivad, It will ba overwhelmoed by numbers. I cannot atato with certsinty whon the *row” will commence. I will moraly gay bewsro, The Communista know thero s & **traftor In tho camp.” Therofors I can only sign mysell ONEor Tury, S il Tho Centenninl in Now Yorl, Tho New York Times of tho 10th says o far aa can b loarned, the German singing s0- cietien are ihe firat to mak tlotucan, tmembarw of siuging X! 1lall, in Eighths atroet, aud thore docidod that each of tiem sbuuld Lrlug thi wialier” Leforo the soclsty vf which bio waa » wembcr, and Tequeat Lhat s delege- tion of threo ba sppointed to oonfer with a simiar number from other organizations, Iu Auguat tho firsk of these mectings was leld; thero were gresent delcgelious from tho ' Liedare krauz, Avon, Sacugerrands, Beethovou Maue nerchor, New York Manuerchor, leluo Hund, Turaer Hoclety, and the Ation of Willamaburg. Nott® iuif of » deBolte charactor was done st Srat, but the constant gowing together of thess nd the con- vossstion whick followed Lnve bad estiug many prominent persons Iu the movement, which baa resulted i the sdoption of » general &flln ta celebrate the Oentennlsl in a niting msuner, 1) plan L'mulu-uu hree fostivals; & grand concert o be wld s Gllmore's Gazden on the 24 of July, which oo~ curs oy Sundayi s mopster torchliht’ procession t, of luter~ on the night of tha 8d; and snd & volkalest and gen- eral foatival of song and dincing at Jones' Wi on the 4th, The Buuday night concart will be wholly un. der the eare of Dr, Damrosch, who will be the leader aud director on that oooaslon. Gilmore's full orches- 124 of 100 plces will socommpany & shorua of neatly (00 woloes, wbo a7e £ be salscted from Lhe socetiss befora oamed, The progragume bas 2o} yat byea Soally de- gmrd upou, R aced himsel! ~(‘I‘u Lellevue Lospital Medical Cullege,ul OUR INSANE. Report of the Medical Committeo of Investigation, Treatment Madmen Receive in the Jail and Station-Houses, Lack of Experlcence of the Medical Ofcers at tho Asylum, Defootive Arrangements as Regards Food, Bedding, Ete. The Accommodatiohs Poorar than the Cost to the Counly Warrants. The regulsr mooting of tho Soclety of Phy- sicians and Burgcons was held at the Grand Pacific last evoning, Thoro was a vory large attendance, Dr. W. I Dyford read an intorest- 1ng paper on * The Dormold Csats of the Ovary.” Dr. J. B, Jewol!, from the Committos apnointed to ascertain the condition and treatment of tho innano poor of Cook County, road tho following roport, whicl, on motlon of Dr. Devan, was unanimously rocelved as tho oxpression of the Hocioty, After slatiog the facts connocted with tho appointmont of the Commitice of Investiga. tion, conmsting of Dra, Hay, F. Ionrotin, A. teaven Jackaon, Charles G. Bmith, and Dr. Jew- ell, Chairman, tho report coutinuos For some time, and from Yarioun causes, 1t was not pincticablolo securo a meeliug of flie ' Commitec. ut, st last, all the members oxcept one met and con- ciuded on & plan of operationn, It wa decided, in tirle, to devide tho work of the Committes into two parts : To inquire {uto the condition of our insane after their arrest snd prior o thelr ap- pearanco before the Cannty for comualtment; and, kecond, inquire into thewr b o tho promecution of ite work 1 is but jusi t0 atate that Dr. Bmith, ough duly notified, bas not taken any part in any way, while Dr. Henrotin realgn- ed bis place before the Commitioe bad falrly begun to act, for tho reason that hio Lad Just boen removed from his place os County Fbysician, and he fearsd, very proporly, that if he took ‘any part his action might be coonirued with some plauaibility s in rotalfation for &ifa romoval from official position. The lliness of Dr, Jackaon, unfortunately at the lime net for the virit to the Asylun, Jett only two Imembers of the Cqmmitica rendy for sction, Aftor sowng general remarks on tho subject of fneanity, aud o stotement of tho roaeons why #0 many insaue persons are to be found in this county, the report says: WIEN A PERBON BECOMES INSANE among our poorer elassct, b fore the Couuty Court, fore w jury, Who, upon hearing tho teatimony, de- claren the yerson sane or inusne, and if the latte, the necewsary tapers are mado out by the Court, sa re- quired by liw, and tho porson is then sant'ta au snstum. ~ But the Court sits only ouco s week in thin county 10 try cases of insanity, and 4t hence beoomoa an (nquiry of some finportance an to what fx douo with viclént cases without Lome or friends in the in- tervala, Iithérto they have beeq sent efther to the polic statious or thio County Jall, whers they aro coufined uotll taken before the Court, 1t must hapnen uecen. parily that the majority of wuch cases will bo kept st the stations or jail from twenty-four houre fo one weok befora they can be paasod on, As 4o the condition of such cases while AT THE STATIONS AXD JAIL, e would offer the following, mada up from state: ments by Dr, Henretin, late ‘Gounty Phyrician, who has enjoyed ample oppartunities for asocriaiing the facts in the case, T ususl history of the commitment of an fnsane pemou is aafollows: Ho ls either taxen 1o rolice atation on the complaint of rome person, or, Laring been found activg in » disorderly manoer on the stroet, n urrested by (o police, nd, ey brought beforé the magistrate, showing by hin demeanor his condition, Lo is summarily locked up, and the County ' Physlcian is sent for. Il'erbaps it fa fwa or lbree daym after fhe first arrest Leforo he reachies the atatiop, and seos the Fatient, and then he csnnot remove him exeapt under auie yirocess of law, which uecessitates s petition from the County Agentand & warrant signed Ly the Court, This ofteu takes & day oF two moro, 80 that allogether four or five days elapss elora the patient {a remosed from the police staion, fla may be, and mmost fro- Qquontly fs, & raviug manfac, often nude, or partially 83, extroaicly fliy, and fn wany cascs has passed day or two without before’ his_ arrest. The ac. commodations at the alations are Tery poor, the food {s of the coarse:t quailty, and_the patient i3 usually forced to aloep on 6 bard bunch or on the stone flagaing of {he fout of bis cell, Many cascs hiave been meen ln tioae atations of men snd womien in the wildost de- Jrum stark naked, covered with 8lth, and_exposed to tha gaze of 'every chance passer.by, or Whoarer might “wish to o them:' Woek tofors lamt 8 man this condition was confizel {n the Harrison Street Btation for five orsix days, wnd towards the cloto of this timo was almoat exhiauated by lfs exertions in his delirium. During thifs time ho had 0o bed, and the only nourishment he had, 8 far 48 we aro iaformed, wan bread and coffee, Fomen are not infrequently seen in the same condi tlon and surroundings. @ ouly change thiat can be made in {his programme 12 to take alngle cascs, aud, 48 5005 48 the papers can Lo securod, tranafer thens § THE COUNTY JAIL. But tbis ia hardly any bettor, The jaills [U-ventilated, the cclia dark, about 8 feet square; the bunka are of fron snd fastened scainst the wall, which is elther bare fron or protected by padding, which only fur. nlshes ocoupation to lnsane iumates In stripping it oI, Tho water-closels are [n euchi cell, and those who Xknow tha insane can ruadily see to_wliat use they may Lo put by them. In fact, the transfer ssews Lo bu for thie worwe in wany respecte, " 1n tha central polico statioan of the Nortl and South Bides, tho celln aze high, and well ventilated, and light- ut, w1 In Uioss ceapeols atloast, beltar than the holos o tho jail. 1o in Siens to npeak of the improprinty and danger of the tukano Leing Lroughtup o Court, for thia is unavoldable under tho Btale law, howaver much to be rogratted. The insan tried once a week (Thurs- days). The Connty Physicisn, whose duty it s to sco to theae unfortunates, ia, in this connty, overburden with work, so that however willing he may be be ca not give them the prompt and complete stiention they Tequirs. A fow cases have snt to tho Bt Joweph's Hoapital pending trial, but thioss that most need tentlou—the furioun onen—aro not sdmittad there, they eaunot be aulably accommodated, and (hoy dis- turb tho other paticnts, Tho rusuls 14, that tho very easen whith, frons their nature, need immediato eare and treatment, ore most negiocted, and . loso the fow first valuablo dayathat often turn tho acale between cumhility and the reverse. After some statomonts by Dr. B, O. Dlake ro- garding ineano paupers, the roport eontinues 1 BUT THE REMEDY exy as to make never been applied. We lown projosed, in effect, bLut nothing has ever bren dous, It fa simply 1o prepare suita- Lle roazas in the County Hoapital, 12 which all fnssna persons may bo , when_arrestod, whilo swailing trisl, (héy may ba st onco put uuder sppropriato troatent, both bygienic and medical, at inat most important of all perlods §n the history of the {nsane,—in view of thofr rocovers,—thelr early stages, Buch an arrangement should ba Tiade without any do- Iy, and your Committeo strongly recommend that {Blx Hoclaty tako such steps samay In ita_judgment seetn beat Lo sectrs (his much-neaded reform. o now furn to report on the condition of tho pa- tienta after Wietf arrival AT TIK COUNTY ARYLUM, The location fs oun of the dreariest, flattest, most expored fu_the connty, sud o many acootnia un- aulted for this purposs. Two large sdditions Lave Dren made to the Asylum buslding bluce tho first por- tion waa constraciod.—t Iast ous during tho pest twn years,—belug now sbout completed, When (i laat adaitfon In ready the eutiro bullding will sccommodat, stiout 4010 patienta. Upon the whiole it 1a & goo buil 15, and, capecially o the modern partions, 16 w Vto ity prirpora, 1t 18 protty well ventilited, atd e well heated, £0d has a good water supply from u well, st from what wo bave been ablo to seo (o drainago can be mado moderatcly good for some time o come, Tiut tho tiwo must come, and Dot very remotely, wehicu th dralusgo, owlng 0 the nature of tha coun- {ry, must bo inadequato unless expensive meana aro etaployed fo remove Lo sewerage from the flat dis- trict which now ruceives it, not far from the Asylum, In the importaut mattars, then, of s bullding, of water-supp) 0 of ventilation, Leating, and sowerage, wo find {ho Bospltal in fafr condition. ‘At prosent thore aroabout 710 inmates inthe Asy- lum proper. Tu the Poor-Hoausottere sro at loast 1,000 peruins, and siong Auesn from Afty to 100 old and young, eithor wesk-minded or sffected with mild types of Inaanity, thuie ralving tho whole number of persons at thy o-Hospital and. Poor-Tlouse who should bo cltber in an asytum oc sn_ihatitation for (Lo idiotio sud feeblo-tnluded Lo something more thian 30, NOW, WIIAT PROVISION I8 MADE by osr County Commissioners for tho medical and snslorial care of 1his Iarge body of snaans persons 7 Aftor referting to tha decided ability roquired of a pordou in chiarge of such an iastitution, the report aays t Tuora aro at present (wo physicians who havechurds tiok oaly af the Asylum, bul of (e ick at tho wijoii- ing ¥oor-iouse.” Onof thess phyaicians s Xnown o cue member of {be Commitloo to Le au ezcelient ‘oung wan, whio bak aitended ons course uf loctures 1 ono uf L calleges in 1hfs city, aud who weal to the Asylum somd t1me aiuce, Bopiyd to make his sofourn Jroiable in the way of atudy, Ifo Las mever com- Plutod bis ordinery studies, bas never uutil sluce biv Tealdenco of a yeaT or w0 et thiat Hoapltal had sny o pericuco of any kind i the trestment of dites wWortLy of the uame, 1 14 in na sense quatified to as- suima thie position of pliyslelan (o such an insitution, And ‘he Jocs L0t pretand 10 bo 80 qualined, and yoi bio hiaa been Feoently eloctad on » salary sa asatatat pliysician 10 the Asylum, A REGABDS TUE BUPERINTENDXNT, lie Ls 8180 & Young man, who, frow the st wo can Jeaty, cannob bave kad an extcusive vxveriouce i the {reatieut oven of commo foriue of dis I e manageizent of the lusen 11140 Lisve had soiue ressun 0 doubl wi vens yraduate in medicine. They kuow ihat b haa om record 1n thda ity aa & graduste of im0 Joarn 14 bas oftoun one wonder it haa’ and (hat ho bas 80 repraranted himanit to more than one member of the profession in thin city, Hearing thess statementa contradictad, the Chaliman of the Commit- tea requaied hia nasociste, Dr. If. I, Bannister, to write to thy Becrstary of Lie Collega ta sacertain the truth of theae roporis, snd the answar was *Tho nsme of Dr. Georgs I, Cunningam 14 ot on our Lnoka, either ag & atudent or graduate of the Bello- vue Horpital Madical Coliege.” Thelr opinion that the present Gnperintendentin nt qualifiad to take charga of such an lustitution, to the benefit of Its inmates, has not been el qridence of fitasss’ (ht bas aiac 0w The Committee know of o positive neglect of duty on the part of tha medical gentismen at pressot in chfrge of the Anylam, in 4 far as they may be sup- poasd to underatahd it, Thay hive testoni to think thoy are dofog tha beat they csu undar the clranm- stinices,and have good Intentions, But ¢ is the de liberate opinfon of the Commitieo that - THE PURASNT MEDICAL RTAFF 18 NOT COMPETENT ta mansge thoallaizs of the Asylum In the beat Inierea's of the patients, Dut we donot Ao much hlsme tho medi- e8! gentlemen n ch 24 th m which placed them thero, Ax we hiave sald before, tiie reaponsibis Lody is the oard of County Commistioners, and wa wauld poiut emphatically to the past and preseat coudition of ihe County Inasna Hoapital as s proof that they are, 1o way the loset, unswars of 1he nature of the re- sponribility resting’on them in ke mamsgement of our Asylunm, The whole syntem i3 wrong, in that 38 political, and the Asylumn must snfer in ita sffairs, from all the rlwngee o Iocal politica, B0 long aa the Asylum I» under tha prosent ssatem through veform in ita condition, 4a nardly to be expected. TUELE ABE AEYERAL OTHER FEATURES in reapsot 10 the Asslum to which we wonld call your atiention before closing our repott. We bavo alrerdy mentioned pne anomalous featiire which obiaing there, viz.: that the ‘Warden, or the mers contractor for rupyizing the material rvede of the tinepiial, fn officially the superfor of (Lis Phiyrician. This nppears ta us s complete {nvasiun of the mormal wnd ususi arder of things. Then sgain we have to roport THAT TIIE FOOD AUPPLY {2 much below the grade thet should Le on (be diet list of an Innane Asylwo, Tbevread 1s well Laked, but 1o flour is of the commoner grades, An the quality of the heef s much bulow what sbould be furnished the fnsann. Tus enfles and tea, 50 far an tho Commitlea could observe, wero of fair quallty, and the vegotable aupply, though it 110 rafhge, 1o o ths Whale Dot 10 be compikined of, Tho special dlat iist, except In thie care of vary fow ar- Ucles, and for s very Limilad ranga of cascs, 18 not at allas’ libers| aa s necessary or an ahould be afforded, pecially for the money. We have no fear of being auccessfully contradicled when we mey that, in_one Judgment, " the mupply of at our Couniy Anylum in neither ¥0 good as the Indans require uor 50 good an the cost of maintaining our insane abould afford them. At the Umo of a former viaib of the Cuasrmzn of of the Comuniitee, on his ow raspousibility, bo found, TIUE DEDS, expecinlly in tha lower wards, very coarss and nncom- foriable, aud destitute of piliows, At tho time of the virit of {hio Committee, the same kind of beds, cousint~ ing of Uckn filled with coarss straw, were in use, but \liey were supplied with straw plliows, stuffed with elinilar material with tho ticks themselves, Wo do not conuidar them such aa shonld bo provided for the fn. saue, cerialnly not such as are provided in ou Stato honpitaln for the Inkane. Neithier did the cloth- fog of the patients, t leael of maty of them, appear (o the Committee to be as good anis furnished at Klgin and Juckaonrille, It certainly diil not acem to be os good as Jt should be for $uo oty that these pa- tents cost the county, We also saw iron Laudeutls in ure, to faaten paticnts to their neats, snd caunot sco 1bo necessity for thelr uso when I 1a remembered that other and moro comfortable means for confinement may bo just aa offcctunl, We did not have the best opgertunttiee for julgiog of ho charscier and aificlency of thn nurses, but hsd rome reasous {nr belioving the attendsnce ususlly good, Notwiihstand- ing the unfortunate fact, as it inust be rezarded, that the nurnes are hired aui discharged by the Warden, ratber than tho Khysiciar, which practica is in force, £0 {ar ax we know, only ju our own Anylum. o Liavo {ntimatsd that for the amount of money tho Asylum coats the county annyally, that TUB ACCOMMUDATIONB BIOULD BY. DETTEL. In making tila statement, thé Conunittee has relfed on the following data : ‘The Asylum costs Lo county snnually about §70,000 in round numbers, This includes atiaply tha totil sum expended in the care of the inmane, in supplying food, clothing, medicine, salarics of ofiicers, sttend- aots, etc. Wo bave placed tho average number of in- ¢ the Asslum at 30, Dut the truth ia go for the psst yoar, This would rake thie cost of Zuintainlog pstients, ex- clusive of e use of the bullding, which docs not enter nto tho aslculation, aboct $.00 §o €5 per week. This sum furalabies thousanda of Loarders in ibis aty with letter accomuiodstions, and at the bands of private parties, who expoct 8 margin as profit an thus price, Tha cont of keeping {nsane porsons in the Maine, Rhode Island, aud other hosnitals is given, In all casos better sccommodstions aro bad for lces money than in the Cook County - stitntion: We havo also comparad tho cost of maintaining our lusano Lospital or Eaupers wih two Wosternfuetita- tiout, viz,: the Northwestern Hospital, at Oshkosh, Wis., and the Nurthera lfospital, at Elgin, which are Btate institutions, At Oshkonh the paticuta are fn nished in @ very superfor msnner with spring Le: and bair mattreascs on good, large bedsteads, and other usetul furniturs, snd esvelient food and Atst-class madical service,—iu all these respocts better than at our Asylam, and for £4.50 & week per pationt, Thoe report then compares the Elgia and Jef- ferson Hospitals, to the great disadvautage of tho latter, the cost beiog at Elgiu w135 per weok, with good food, beds, stc. : Our county lusane cost s much or more, atd aro not provided for a0 well as &t our Slate Arylum at Elgm, We hope iho torws in tibs comparison may bo slown moro clearly equal Ly our Asylum autboritles, but we Mear tacy ca- not be. _ ither there {8 a grest erzor in the A jures or thiery are grave errors in the sdminimration of the boagftal. Tow does it canio to jiasa that, atthis great. eat of all the contres in the world for the stapies of life, auch graina and neats, thal it costa 80 much mure torun our bosphtal than it'doea to conduct others in the coet, and espeoially whera tho accommodations are of #o nferior a grade? We bave beard a gentteman of large experieneo in tho caro of ihe insane, and who i8 8 irstciass ssylum supariutetdent of twenty years sanding, doclare that he would be willing to take tho seyiutn uuder contract for nue or more years, agreeing 10 furnish competout ‘medical attendanice, i all rospects couducting the {u- stitution far abova {bo grado {t now fa at, sud'at o cost of $4 & woek for each patlent, and that he would cx. post to make out of this price, sbove all expenses, & nalary of at least §5,000, Now, if the eatimates ws havp made are correct s regarda the cost of our Avylum, or auywheratieat rect, tho sctual coul for sach pailent ouglt not to ¢ ceed £ to £3.50 por week, ‘Tlis would leave a diffor- enco between the actualand satimated cost of cach jutient per wack of $1ta $1.5) to Le sccounted fur which amounts to a sumof {rom $10,000 to §15,000 o year, Wo have no hesitation fn declaring our belief that in this aspect of the Asylum wanigement, thire is something which TUR PUBLIC SHOULD RIGIDLY INQUIRE INTO. Dut how abail flta ba dono? 1 the munagement of the Hospital 1a not what it ehould be, the authoriii-a will doubtloss request A thorough Acrutiny, If they arc rich, either no atzontion will b pald 10’ austhing that Tuay be aaid, or a Grand Jury of ordivary chii: zens will be luvited to visit the Asrlumw, aud spend a Tew lotira i 8 pleanant faunt thhaisgh o untemuliar sconca in fia” wards that 1isve been prepared by theau. thorities i1 anticipation of tho virls, or they will invite the Judges of the conrts to vieit the iusttation, oz it way be a comuittae of the County Commisaonors, who will goas experts in Asylum maticrs, examine, and report on its conditfon, One thing they arn nat | y (o o, however, under {he present aystera, fa (o petent | _commities "ot inves. this Hoclety to deaignals m ' oom. yeiciaus ta iiato the condition, past and present, of tho Hospital, ULl this is dote, and tho wholo matiar 18 aified to {he battom, wa wish to leave it on record fhat in our bellef thero fu gross minmanagement at tho Cook County Hoepital for the Iussne, which ought not Lo bo any longer permitted. “There 18 00 other way of securing & reform under tho iresont aystem oxcept by & atatoment of the farts to {lio people of tho rounty, 1o whom b Asylum be- louge, and of creating a public sentiment a2 etrou; that those whoss offeial duty {418 to tove in tho mats ter will L compelted to fnaugurato reform, Buch, Mr. Preaident and_gentlemen, fs' the report we would make as to the conditon of insane poor fu thin city and county. Wolave cortain Tecommouds- tions 10 make, but thioy are not fucluded in his ro. pord, ot ospooinlly o the Tesson Ut iy Tequie sl conalderution. AH of which i espesifully wil- i 0 wearlsome condition of humanity 1" How mauy wrotched homos fu our land! Tlow many heartbroken invalids! Life with wmany eigoifion a mere onerous existence. Allars sub- Joct to diseaso, but when hoalth Is removed the hope is uearly goue out. Hickneas Is usually fn- curred throngh exposure or carolodsuoss, La- poctally ia thia trne with thioro disenssd poculiarto woman. Through her own imprudence snd folly sho fs made to drag out & misorable exlatence— s source of sunoysnce and auxlety to bLar gricuds, and anything but n comfort amd pl ure to berself. Ixposuro 1o tho cold at timos whon eho should be most prudent, and overta; Ing hor body with laborious cwployment, are both fruitful causos of many of the waladics from which she saffors, (radually the bloom lenves hor cheeks, her lipy grow sshy whise, her vivacity departe, sho continually experiences s feoliug of weanuoss and gouoral lsnguor, aud altogetlior prossnts a ghostly appearauce, What docsshio need? Bhould she take some stimu- lating drug, which will for the timo sko ber 1 feel better," or doed her entire system domand roparation? Sl roquires sowcthing which witl ot ouly restora to hoalth the discassd organs, but will tone sud invigorato the eystem. Dr, Piorca's Favonte Presoription will do this, T hwparts atrongth (o the discaved parts, brivge back the glow of Loalth, and reostores comfurt where previously thoro was ouly suffering, Every invalid lady should send for ** The Peo- plo's Common Bouso Modical Adviser,” fn which over ity pazes are devoted to tha considoration of thosa dlseases pooullar to women. It will be sent, post-paid, to suy wddress, for 91,60, Ad- droas B. V. Pierce, M. D., World's Dispensary, Buftalo, N, ¥, Agouts wantedto scll tuly vatua- ble work. ———“——_——_—_-fi————'—_“—fi wont, ca~ THE COUNC“_. naaces Into auch shapo as to ronder votoes un- oo AMUSEMENTS, EXPOSITION BUILDING, NATIONAL EXHIBITION POULTRY, AND PICGEONS, IN AGRIOULTURAL HALL. THE GREAT BHOW DOGS IN ART HALL. Admtssion to all, 60 conta; Children, 28 cunts, Open from 9 a. m. until 10 p. m. HOOLEY'S THEATRE. Maooma & Havenry, L . J, L M. Tieturn of the famoos ' CALIFORNIA MINSTRELS On ascaie of Liberality unequaled in the minatrel world. Fipst week of s MR. PAT ROONEY, CHARLEY MOWARD, ARD HCHOOLCRAFT & COES, aud reappesranca of ARLINOTOX, RICE, COTTON, ROBINSON, Rey= noll Bpos., Kembie, Tilla, Fredericks,Oberist, Murph Weidnesdsy and Saturday matinees, Admision 50 aud 25 conts, 3Tonday, Jan, 31, resppoazanco after an absence of five monfhn af “tho worid's greatest come- dian, Mft, WILLIAM EMERSON. Open atf7; come meton at A n'click, ~Qarrisgia muay he ordered at 10:15, M'CORMIOK'S HALL, FOUR (1) GRAND CONCERTS. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY EVEN'ES, Jan, 81, Peb, 2, and 4, and Saturday Matinee. Fob. 5, HANS von BULO {Tho Oreatest Master of Lo Tano), sasiated by the Young and Favorite Soprano, MISS LIZZIE CRONYN, Programme In Friday's pipers, Heserved Beata, § Jan. 2% a} Tho BOOT & BON' "EXPOSITION SKATING PARK. GRAND TOURNAMENT TO-NIGNT Three Ladies will be chovon troni the audience arnd crowned Quecns of Brauty by the winuers of -the Tatrney, Munquerado Thursday Evening, Tan, 97, Prize for bont costume on exhifbiton at 1tool & Hons, 156 Atate-st. Foreonn in full drees nduittod fros, Admission 2ic; children under 12, 130} 1,500 soats, none reserved, WEST SIDE SKATING RINK. GRAND FASIUERADE AND CARNVAL, Wedacsday Evening, Jan, 26. Two Prizes will bo awanded—For the best Ladles' Costume, sn_elegnnt Tiouquet Halier, and a Bilrer Cup for the bent Genta® Costume, Prizes on exhible tion at the Rink. McVIOKER'S THEATRE, ENGAGEMENT FOR ONE WEER ONL of the clarming littia ariizte, Miea MINNIELZ PALMER, 1In her romantie drama LA'U‘G-HING“- B BS L MONDAY, JAN; l}.IEN DeBAR A8 FALSTAFF. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Every evenlog and Wedacsday and Saturday Mats- mech, gr-nd production of tho TWO ORPHANS Withan immensn cast, Popriar prices, 23c¢, 80 and 3c; wmatineos, 25c aud E0c, Disgram af the theatre and reserved ncats delivered at Moulter's Munic Htcre, 1:0 East Madison.at., and at the Aczdemy 1ox Office without extrs charye, BURLINGTON HALL, Corner Siateontl and Slate-sts, PEDESTRIANISM.—Greal Match Walk of 100 Milea by Henry Forvat and Bsm Cooper for a purse of §3ib), Wednesday Eveaing, Jan, 95, 1476, 8 :30, Admiinsion, 2 centa, 3, . Yaring, Forests iralner, will walk 508 miles f0'0 dayn, commenclng dan, & &t Durlinglon Hall, for & purde of $0, ADELPHI TAEATRE. EVERY NIOUT AND MATINELS, THE RADIANT COURT O BEAUTY, Tho Beautiful Lady Minstrels, the Great 8tar Olio, aml DEN THOMESON an JOSIL WHITCOMH. Remember, an entirely uew Qrat part this woek, Be- cure seats early. Houses Wierally packed. COL. W00D'S MUSEUM, EIDDIEN ELANID And PO-CA-HON-TAR, THE COLISEUM. Fivery cvening this week tho beautiful snd talented WIESTON ST ALL TIIL OLD I crnld, _OCEAN NAVIGATION, WHITE STAR LOE - MAIL STEAMERS FOR EUROPE. Rates 88 low as by any othor first- . class linos Addresn ALFRED LAGERGREN, Gen'l Western Agent, 120 Randolpl Or 1Y, GREENEBAUM & CO,, 78 1¥fth-av, National Line of Steamships. NEW YORK T0O QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL. tuniay, Jao, 2, at 12 noou 0. 2, &t Ta. 1 st iinm ), 8L7 . 1k tona, ut 108, iy 260 and Roturn (lal cod TaLcs. Bieersy 1.7 £1 aud upwards on Gireat Hritaln. Appiy Ly . 1. LA N Norineast woraer Olark aua landoiph-sta. (0puOsite ney wriuan Housu), Olice, ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE: iy, Uetapany's Mall Btoas betneen Now York sud itavre, v.a Fymouiu, ) splendid vessuls un ihis favonie roule for the Uontine: (el s e r Bl ALl trud SEEREL e, L Satarday, Feb.l AN . aturaay, Keh. r“lUCE‘O s]ll i‘;l’\) aocprdls h“n:cl:m::d.'l‘li B0 ), aocprdiug to accoumiodatios Vecotd eablon $72: fulv. B, fiolue HEkete &t redusg tN 403, ftenragy 831, With superiur accuuimudauons, i all neceasaiias 'lflt‘ml itra charge. Hisain ATTY steorBRe passoOgars. Py Fondwaz, N.¥. 1 UNITED STAYES & BRAZIL MAIL STEAMS! Baiiny Tegulutly overy mobtn from Watson's Waasi Tirookiyn, No Yor 'nts, Pornambuce, Bahta, and Rio Jnerio, calling at &t, Juhin, Porta Rico, L XARTIN, 8,000 tons, Thursday, Feb. 3, JOITN. BRAMALLS 2,500 tonw, Fob, 33,at 1 p. m, 3, L. WALKER, 2,700'tous, March 33, at 1 p. i, ‘Thicss ateamors Ao porfectiy o, with all tho iatea Improvaments, having irsteclass passoigur sccommo datiops, ¥ar frelght aud paaeege, at reditced rates, apply t J, 8. PUCKEL & 00, Agsuts, 84 Pinot, Now York, | Great Western Stenmship Line, From New Yuik to Bristal (Kogland) dizeot. E?IINWALL. Btauper, RAUON, Batuidar, Jaa YTORA. v 3 87 Intsemadiste, 813{ Btacraxe: 83 8120 Paepiid Alnoiage cariina ol Lreight Dapot 13f5 Hiore 48 ADONALLN Aguat. g OUNARD MAIL LINE, LBl thres lstes » week to sad (romy Brtiah Porta ) Offio, Bortiwast carner Clark ssa DU VEIN KT, Genoral Wastarn Assnt. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME INDIANA. The Ststythind Sosslon begin Tucadry, Feb, & 1870, ¥or tering, ute., addreas the President, TEV, P, J, COLOVIN, 4. B, 0., ‘Notra' Dawe, Jid. WINTER RESORTS, FLORIDA. THE WINDSOR HOTEL, on 81, James Park, Jach sonville, ¥lorida, Low open for guests, {4 ot ool t, plote, aad Bral-class in svery mé?bfl‘ & MOOLS, i