Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1876, Page 7

olinl &a T Sueer HE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12, IS7d—TWELVE PAGES. 4? LIFE’S MUTATIONS. The lfnmnncc of o Rich Young Mnu, Now o Residont 4 of Chlcago. A British Naval Officer of Fine Family Becomes 8 Varioty Singor. TWhat' o Dountiful Supply of Whisky and an Unsympathetic Wife Accomplished. A ‘Practical Bermon, Worthy the Attontion of Our Rapid Young Men. Trom a Lisatenant's position in the Dritish Nasy to thnt of 8 tonor in & very modium varioty company, tho transition (s rarely boatd of with- out tho pages of romance. From tho comwand of a British man-cf-war to tho grecu-reom of & coucert-hail I8 a change of baso searcaly over ex- perfoncod. Yet thia is tLo fato of ono man who nightly caters to thio smusomont of audioncos which gathor ‘in tho Adeiphi. A native of Eoglend sud part lLoir to one of tuo mont extonuivo calates that pay tribato to tho Crownm, ho for & portion of Liis osrly life folicitated himeol? on tho possea- gion Of FOROUrCOB mOre generous than ato ore dlnarily voucheafed to man. \Yine and wageall comploted & conquoat of Lis means about ton yoars ago, and regolvod him into an emigrant to i1io New World, whore, a soldior of fortuno, ho rustied fnto lista whore merit slono was the measuro of succors, 1lo became & resident of a prosporous clty within a day's ride of Chicago, sad in o flduciary capacity commonded himaolf {0 the confldonce and esteem of Lla naighbora. Succons sttended Lis efforts for nsoason, aud todoy ho rocalls thab past, whon ho was sur- foonded by tho luzuries of life, o8 an cxqulsite dream in the hour of torrible. reality. From 8 position of comfost und oaso Lo d OMADUALLY DESCENDED 108 cizclo lews prominont and respectablo, bo- ocoming tho babituo of top-rooms, whoro Lo con- sartod with tho drogs of socloty thiern arrayed, pext tho inmato of on asylum, ood foslly drift- wood behind {bo conos, and the story of his fall 13 conctadod, * Mo was born and rearod in Dovonshiro, Hie fathar was known o3 ono of the oldest ofiloers in tho Quacn’s earvica, tho last surviving officor of tLa britla of Trafalgar, and a witnoss of tho fall of Nelson on tha blood-niainod decks of tho Vie- tory. Hisfamily wen composed of threo soos, boing educated to commercial purs a vecond apprenticed to mininterial tho profession his fatler Bed exsolled in. Aftcr thorough proparation, this lrst wos onterod oo o candidate for bouors in tho Royal Naval Collego ot Nowcross, noar oz. o comploted tho courso of atudy prczibed fn thit inetintion, gradasting in 153, and waa sppointed to o subordiunto posi- tion, awalting oroers. Mio soaeon of vacation won passed in travel, and omid tho soolety af arsases and wcholams. Iaving run tho gamat of tho puncipal eontiental cities, ho roturncd to Rogland, and applied for active vorvico. Tho spplication waa comaidarod favarably, and 1o applicant sssigaod Lo tho ship DIERE GHABLE, undor ordora to sall for tho Medlterranosn and Couma. He was shsont thred yoard, aud, for meitosinons servicos as 110 ssarmung of tho Pohio faras ufi Wo Chinoso coast, w3 promoted to 9o oilizo of Sab-l4eatanans. 0o his 10turn ho wan {zanporarily aliaahod 10 thoe squadron lylug I tha hazEor of Piymotwh,whoro bio waa, in com- with brochaz-cidocrs, mado tho roziplent of sialisy oxtonilcd by wealthy citizous resid- fu3 1n tho subarte. 15 was Loro bo mot his (n- turo wite, and oo wheos intinenon, it ia claimed, exrrciesd ro banefal mo eoffoct ¢n his frime. Sho In ropressnicd s & buxom, Mooming, hoalihy Treh girl of conntlotu por- sdaal akrections, acconpliahod fo uil tao polita astn, edneaicd, refingd, and ona who atiractod pot alono by ot peeonsl ehacmns, bub slse by thn aubetustial cowry sho would bring to tlo sarcerafnl suitor. BUp was z pative of Dublin, fLap danebier of ono of Lo gontry, tho nicco of Judzo Lall, Chicf Juwicn of tba Conrt of Ad- Toiraléy Jusedicting, avd pore hoirses (o the SOUNHTONN MITATS, within sight of tho Izish Cavital. Tho soquaint- anco vms of the most formal charactor cofore 1l you=y Licutenant wad sgnin ardarod 1o 5o Eo~ was gooa kwo ysxs on thin brip, 5 visited Bouth Ameris and tho United Stalos, and on hiy _Tosam to England ecught to placo himeclf agoin 2 commieation withthe Jrish faxa. 1o aflmt 127 aes of Yimo and onportanity, and, aoa fall- fisdgwa Tiexlanan, sulled secondl in cummand of b Dopegal to tho Wees \ndica to aeait tho cozelmaion of nepotiations reanectine tho peizura of Yaron nod Slidell by Cammodozo Wilkes, Whea tho disluniats had dispossd of this affair, hp vio reclled $o his bomo by death in tho fxnilly, and at the cloes of thio cnstomary mourn- ig poriod b began o tous of tho English water- inz placos. In Cath Lo unoxpoetedly ronowod 1ho acquaiutancs of tho Dubln balko, feom whom ko ssparated ouly stiae chs bad yiclled n willing esout 10 hin FROPOFAL OF JARAIAOE. Vrhen ko sanction of tho proopeclivo brido’s nolher was sought, oho refased Lior cougsnt, and th yeic vacuxted to & convontent Grotna Gizew sad wero uuited. Thoy retived to tho Rantemncy's eatate, whero they kad tho livesof lux- safants, wud axcemdod bizs pabutancs in o romud of jastivs, fetcw, and kolle. Hio brothor had woTud 42 $ho United States and cstablished him- auli m p udghboring city, whorohis juvestmonto wopersd), aud tz-Usy ho i3 regarded an ono o ths solid men of the vicinity i which ho liyes, i3 yen\ryman in the feading church of tho Epia: opol ¢imenynation, bead of o leading firm, snd itoutitiss wish tho canmorcisl and marine fn- teraakis of thss cit7. o was communicated with, Infrarzaed of tho brotber's bontiruptey, and the fanaer fzct thet his drothes's wito had Loen dis- inbarited o cungoquenco of hor merriago. napouss, b» wauted them to vinit him and ho would endasscr to proenro snch employmont s would ensblo shio eouplo to livo. comfortably, with tho praspect of amaesing o fortuno. Acling upon tho snepeetion, tho whilom naval of- Sear secursd thn wreols of his fortune, and, with 1is tamuly, sstiod fox Nea Yorlk abont ten yoarn sgo. From thal ¢ty ho removod to tho resi- Aunco of his beotlier, whoro o obtaizsd o rae manoralive ponlliva and bogan the 3 AUTUAL BATTIZ OF LIVE, with tha most briliant promiso of victory. 1o ¥ 8 quist, go-eaxy exlgtcuce for sovoral yeore, fug housshold Invicassd by tho hirth of threo shildren, sad the flattoring proopects that grect- 1 his advont haro woro apeadily being realized, A2 thin point oocasious! diagroemonts occurred Yotwocu bimself and wife, which, In time, be- nms rosalved into avintermited sounes of dla. sordand trial, Domesiio infaliclties outailed o sunalty, which, in nearly every case, i coxsc- Quenton s lock of family hurinony, sud ho bs- E-n the vain sttempt of forgotting Liu troublen v rosort to tha companfonship ot wen of thy town and the reudezvous tney frequeuied. Yroma sobor, Industrions, eapabls i hs ba- cama shifulons, unrellablo, and PROXE TO DUUIKEATEAT ‘Tha wifo, witbout attompting his roform by tho maoy littlo nots of kiudneds sus wione conlid rondor, by the sympathy she only waa sbla to afford, drovo bim by uer uucharitable coudnct ta drink doeper and” tho puruit of & more pro- nonnosd Ufo of dissipstion, Bnally, when ba was holploss from liquor, sbo causod bis arrest and incarcoration 1o tne atation-honso, and apr Ecnnd bofore the Cours to prosocate her huz- and asa common vagrant, Iiis frieuds, how over, frustratod her desijus, end he wed ro- loased. Bhe thorcupon bogan A HUIT YOR DIVORCE, and he not making any dofouso n docree was ob- tained, When this waa accomplished bio dooded bar his entiro proporty, valued at aboul $15,000 (in truat for the bepeiit of thelr children), sll of which had been tho resalt of bis individual labors, aud gaye himself over wholly to drink. Alout a year since Lo determined to reform, snd with that hopo in view cawme to Clicago. Bat hie life hore was a repetition of that which he was ambitlous to cat looxe fram, aud ho du- sconded lower iu {hescala of humanity, Ex- Lausting the limitod moans ha Liad resorved for bissupport aftor soparativy from hla wifs, ho becamo a dopendont on such odd jobs as he could sacure, and (too proud to solicit sid from former friende) be maintained a precarious ox- istenca on the profit theraby derived. Laat win- tor Lo agmn sought reformation through such influencen as are exorted al th WASHINGTONIAN MbMY, and so thorough was tho discipiine he impossd that 1t was thought ho was cured. Whilo dowmi- ciled {n this ret1oat, bis former ewployor aud rominent ex-Governor of & nnlghuoflnx Bua cortained hus then status, which, belog found tn be sli that could be desired, ho was socalled to k2 ledgos and an opportanity once mare pre sented him whorahy e might Lo abls to redeom bis fallen foriunoh, Whils fhus oconpied, ho ‘was gonatantly aunoyod by s divorced wife, who sought overy oocaslon o degrade Lim in the satimation of hia friends and asmcoistss, and not ontiroly without the dosired result, The end came soon, end ho agatn indulged hia babi for drnk, which onlminatad (n remuittng him to more forlorn condislon than that he had pre- viously expericnasd, o ia possoaed of & BUTERY TEXOR VOICE, £ald to be smoug the bont in the country, and as n member of varioun munioal Boclotias has often contributad to the methetio tastes of rofined audiencos, bad 1o beiter days availod Limeolf of tho experienco and kuowlsdge of mastors in the art, and o plaascd waa Gnissppe Nicolsi, manager of tho Kellogg Ovora Troupo, with tha puronesn and volume of hia volos that b profforad him an _engagement, whioh at that timo traa doclined, ‘Whon his waa sgain oast oud a mandsror and advsotursr he utilized this gitt, nod ondoavorad to mako ls the moans of obialn- M & procariouy livelthood. In this ho was pare Iy sicossstul, bub his habit roturned with incronsod violonce ot lutorvals, and whon ho was on tho eva of muccoss It was tho moans of provonting that consummation. Au arrangomeat waa perfoctod hfi which he would hava boon given s trial on 1o Iyria stage reosntly, and ho was assurod, by thoso who knew of his aapnacity, of & pormauocnt engagomnnt. Lub at the sppointed tima Lo was not £0 bo found, nud the Iash atage of Lia diseasa wan wordo than tho firat, 1la frionds iu tho city, porooiving ths debssed condition to which bo had cotnmitted himself, and approciating his worth, MADR A YIRADL RFTORT to work cut hia redempbion, but tho nofortanata victim, roalizlng that aach an oud oan only be at- tained' through bia own efforts, dealined eselnt- suca, and docidod to go it alons, Tlo kobored up, desartod his unual baunts, avoided the compau- fous who had tsmpted him to drink, and bogan a now lfo, At firat hia oxperienos was uot such an to encourago Lim to parsovero. AMcn diss trustod b nincerity, Friends who had enjoyed bin hospitality in moro prosporous days shunned Lim, but ho htruggled on, tsily roalising how diffeult It is for a man who Ju down to raise himself aliovo oircumntauce and prejudive. When ho Lad, as he thought, becomo proof sgainat tomptation, ho endeavorod {0 secure o position in the cholr of ono of the city chiurchos, but was unsucocesful. Mansgor Grover hoard of bis oxcollonco as & elugor, and after komo prolininary negotiations ho was en- goged and has since boon omployed therc for tho past fortnight, his offorts meotivg with tho approval not ouly of the mouagomnat but also of tho nudicucos, and, with tho Immediata Drospect of contracting with an Inglieh onora trouo for & aeasou, ho {s oncouragod to hopa that by deya of soTrow Aro past. el feco [ ARy AN OPEN LETTER, The Hlinois Rallrond Cominission. 7' the Editor of The Clicaqo Tribune s 1t i8 abont timo tho Rapublicau parly acd the peoplo shiould raceive somo indication from the Doard of Railroad aud Warehousn Commission- ©ers of this State, a8 to what thoy have dono or intend to do iu roturn for their enlaries of £3,600 oach por annum, drawa for tho last throo years with zealous diligenco ‘and commondable regularity. It fs about timo Xepnblicana of this Btato know lLiow littlo thess gontlemon have done for {holr money; how uttorly thoy havo falled sud neglocted to oboy the mandate of tho Iaw under which they were appoluted, and how in conse- quonco of tleir porsonal fucapacity, lncompe- tonco, and noglect, the alatutes of tho .Btate have become practically & dead lettor. REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN PAULT. And, in commoncing, lot mo ay that, a3 & Re- publican, I can lay no part of this neglect at tho door of tho Democratio wembor of tho Com- wizelon, Mr, D. A. Brown. Tho two Ropubtican mombors of tla Doard, lesars. Poarson sad Stoolo, constituto a majority, and aro rosponsi- blo entiroly for sll aflicial acta, Mr. Brown 10 o gontloman of good jndgmoent, snxious ta do his daty to tho Btato, and, in com- parison with bim, tho Repablican clomont of the Board hsa by ita inaction moritod, aud Is now ra- celvipg a% tho bandaof overy wmomber of tho party in tho Hiato who is cognizant of thoir courso, a just moocd of cendure. Tho Board a8 conotitutord in Aarcn 1673, con- gistod of Col. H. D, Coolk, Chairmau, and Aessre. Pearmou suid Brown. Under tho man- agoment of Uol. Cou't nuti7o staps woro takon to sty ont tho datios lmposad by law. In Novom- ber Cul. Uook suddualy died. Tho vacaney wad filled by tho appoiutmont of thz tIun. Jamad Steelo, proent tocumbond, and Mz Poargon became Chairman. Vrom that date to tho prosont, n poriod of two ysars, duiog which imo a uslary of about £300 per mouth has boen dmm’iug into their ‘oakets, tho Bowrd undor tho diroction of tho Tapnblican majority hiave, boyond flvo or aix dayn per month spont in anditini scaonuts of thomsolves and sabordioatos, and io reading Jotters from the Chicazo (irain Inspeotion Do- pactmont, accomylishiod abaolutely nothing ex- copt tho beginuing of nino or ton puits for ox- tortion and tnjuat discrimination. Boon after tho firat abovo-moutioned appoint- mont, thw Qoyornor, in an vidross April 4, 1873, sald in reg tothem: ‘1 will say thoy ara men who mean basinoss, thoy sro mon who mezan work ; and thay uudoratand thia: thatif tirny do not porform thoie work aa Raliroad Commisclonars of this Biato, they muat, at my hkldkfi tst out of the way, and give place to 1mea who will do tho work,” Ho lonyg 2 the Jamonted Col. Cook romainod at tho heim thoy did mean business, and thoy did good work. Dat from tho Lino Poarson decamd Chalrman tha tuing hes grown lowor and lower In prblic catoom, solaly by the incompetonco of thoso two mon, until, from o starting ont with almost tho eotiro presa of tho Biate, and kindiy publio sontimont, in their favar, thoro I8 today aarily a papar in tho Slate which does not foal geanilulized ot the sivoctaclo they prosout. Arnd whaat s this apoctacle? I must make my sasertions good, or acknowlodge my errur in ad- vanoe, . Let na #eo tho facts, 1n Chag. 114, Tovised Statutos of 1874, thoro arusovoral Iaws, covoring Beog. 86 to 117, ln- clasive, whioli contaln’ provisiuns devolvlog duties tipon this Board. Hoo, 14 roads as follows : 8al Gommisitonars shall examine into the condition aud manngeraent, ond ol othor matters concernioy o itetnrss of raflroads and warchonsca in this Kiato, w0 far 3 tho samo periain to the salation of auch rosds 1101 warehouscs to ths public, snd to the sccommoda- tiounnd socurity of jersons doiog businoas there- with: and swhotlier sach raiiroad cumpanios and waro- Touse, thoir oficers, diroctors, managars, loascos, agouts, aul emyloyy comnly with {ho laws of thin Hinta nowin force, or which shall hereafter be in foreo, soncornlni them. And whenaver 1t sball coms i their’ knawlndan, by comptang or othericise, or they atal] hava ruzson to beliovo that any such law or lawa Tiave boun or era_being violated, they shall prosecuts, , ol chrporations o persoun In ordur faenable satd (¢ ta"verform thedr dut.ca under thia L4t, 1143 herehy mads thoir duty b causo ono of thelr Tiutnleee, at cast cnce in nz Mmontha, to vinlk each conn- 1y in tho Htalo, in which s » rallroul station, aod per- sonaliy suuire 1o tho wancgewent of uuch raliroad ani warchouso businesa,’ lore, tuon, Is o {flmn and unmistakablo ox- preinlon by 1aw of tho scopo of thoir dution, and what they aro oxpoctaed ta do to earn tholr sala- rics, 'Klls lays out work encugh to give them conatsnt employmont, carly and lute, and cm- plogwont, too, which wonld "be of somo bouolly to the peavle, and aléo to tho railroads of the fitale, Wora thoy tosttond to tholr business, they wonld not prosont the apectaclo now scon, of devouns foar ot five daya per month fo their dnties, sud thotr pay-roll wonld not show & com- ponsation of frows %10 to $50 Eflr day for the laya of activa sorvico, 83 lu now tha csso, \What ara some of theso dutien roquired by tho ahove-quoted seetlon of the statutey 7 1 answor that, uudor the ** Act 13 rolation to foncing and bporatig railrosia,” pago 0T, thoy _stiould oo it wll track 4 wafaly feaced, that enitablo pro- toction oxists aanst all combustibles, that thoro aro proper slgpboards at crossiuzs, salo A proschos ot crossings, esfa dralindges, no ol glrucilon of higliways, no running froight cara Dol pasgonger cars in the vamatrain, a proper number of brakemen on tikind, Aaitablo tools and appliauces for safoty in all puosengor cars, uafo couplings for cars, satticlout Hagmon &t dan= BOrous Crodsinisy, 0o, s This Jaw 1 not repeatot itis in full forco, vot thoso gentlemen Luya pover aboyed ono huo or word of 1t, or iuvestiyated or oamined, or pretended to do sv, oue Yoad fu tweoty in the Htata, They have no moro knowladgo of tho wnfoty and convenicuee to tho public of tho bridges, tracky, Ewitches, aquipment, or ANy thing clie, of nino-teuthia of tho railronda of tho Btate; than £f they wero yet unborn. They have never seen or riddon upon nossly all tho roady of tho Stato, and have nover protended to make ‘auy sort of & porsonal oxawlnation s required by Tavw, and a8 1 constantly douo by the Commit- elouera of sowe other Btatos. They have iguored aimost entirely tho pro- visions of the * Act 1 royard to recoivivg, car- Iying, and_ delivoring graiv,"—ono of thu wost finportant law in forco in this gralnsproducing State. 'Thoy da not Luow from persousl knowl- odge, and in Gve-ulsths of the cases Lavsuo Kuowledge by roport ovon, as to the compliance Wwith this law 1o ralation to weighing graiu, fur« nishlog ecales, (_lohnry of graln, chaugo of con- stonera e giciently. niznment, recelylng on traok, or receiving and delivory at crossings. Tho * Act in_regard to extortlon and unjust Aiscrimination ® they lavo performed some dnties undor, or ratbor thay have employod some twonty or twontg-five lawyers, at an exponse of 2100 to #2,600 each, o mauago their cason for them, Bomo nins or ten muita have boon brought undor this Jaw, aud it bas unfortunately Lappenod that in such of theso aa tho Doard . or Ite mombers put 1n = porsonal apjiearance at tho trials, As maungers or witnesses, they have met with poor succoss, oithor producing » disagreoment of tho jury, or boing forced to accopt eontinnancas or postjione. wments. Where they have loft matters to their counsol and_romnainod away frum the trial, thoy bave socured judgmonta, Iiad tho legal mom- ber of tho Board nttended to his dutics, ho oculd, with the assistanco of tho Attornoy-Uan. oral, liave pronscutod those fow cases, and saved tho Htata several thousand dollars peld to other attorneya. Bat be unfortunatoly seoma to Liave forzotton that Lo was anpointed bacauso ho was n lawyer, and ho oven forgot that he wan a lan- vor when he allowed himaoif and the othor mom- ors of tho Board to bo uncd a4 mtuesses, aud consented to answor quostivos s to tho reasons why the Doard performed oertain official sots, nnd bow thoy arrived b certain concluaions in thoir oflcial capacity, - As well might tho Proat- dentof the Unitod Btatos bo puton tho wit- noea-stand and mado to atate why Le appraved or refussd to spprove a law, Or aa well might o leginlator bo made to givo tho roasons why hia voted for or agaimat & measure, Lub our lawyer Commisaionor nevor puzsled his brain over thoso little quoations of form, o that the main uostion of drawiog Lis $300 por month ia un- lorataod, Tho act nmltln&?s Commission itsslf hasin many inatancen n lefs unexecutod, That 8iRa raquiros persanal examinstion into tho mans agomont and condition of tho various raiiroads aud warchousos, aud oxpresaly iudicatos and provides for an czamination of tho books Aud aogonuts of transscttons of oorporations. Bat thoy havo nover oboyed it, ‘Tne law contemplates, althongh not sxpressly commanding it, the investigation of tho canscs of acoloonts, and, whore such have oocur from failure'of tho roadato obey tuo law, it is tho daty of the Commisgion to unter complaint ond urge %mnwuuan for such failnre. But our proolons Commission uover haard of an acol- dont, of, {f they have, they nover felt that they liad any Intoreat in securing eafe ralroad transit. ‘Upwarda of 500 ralirosd omployes havo been Killed or injured during the past lnn in this tato, whilo in the lino of duty. 1arge pro- portion of thoss havo boen brakemen sod gwitchmen, many of whom were injured while uonpli.nfl oars, of In othor dsngorous employe mont, tho rish and dauger of which woro groatly incrossed by tho unsate constraction of cars. “I'ho law enjoius upou this Board & porsoonl o amination of tho * condition and managemont of tne roads, snd thoy could find mmplo scope for the employmont of thoir talents and time In doveloping noms improvomonts which uhatl re- dugo this torriblolist of mortality and dismems bormont, now ayoraging ons casy for overy day in tho yoar. for Hlinola alono. Thoy might bae como public benofactors in this and many to- apects, did they but concoivo tho sptrit of the authority and duty dovolving upon them nnder tho statuto, 1t 18 woll undoratond that some of tho railrosd- corporations of tho Stato, Laving been Lighly Erosparmm and baving earncd large profite, ave, by moans of stock dividends, nud in somo casos evan a dividond in boods, mado their ao- counly to ehow a greatly diminished profit : and in othor canes by charging to construction ac- count what should havo beon oharged to operat- ing oxponsos, sud vioo vorss, presentod & bale nnoo-sheot wihich in uttorly erroncous ana fateo, and aubjooted thomaelves to tho oporation of tha QGonoral Iaw. No cases of thia kind havo evor bosn investigatod by the Board, sad no case is known whore they havo ovor obeyed tho legal aathority to examino the books of anysuch com- Damoa; pod, if thoy had so examinod tho bool, not ono of them is compotent to 8ay whethor thoy wore right or wrong, tras or false, Thelr annual repors 18 compokod of crude statemonts of ths ralrosd cowpavios, thrown Togethor, and » fow tablos summanizod tharn- frum. Theso tablos, L0 bo of any vatuo, should bo correct and ncoarate, sud bagad upon a thor- ongh knowledgo of the affatrs of all the roads. 13at what aro they? Not s singlo tablo in theic Toport is ourroot, whilo the must of tlom are so glaring in thow dofools sa to be absolutoly worshipes. 1lad tho Commission oxorcised the anthority confided to them in this regard. they oould hava socured o sot of tables iu regard to tho cost, doba, valuo, aquipmont, exponditure, prolits, losscs, aud other detaila of railroad busi- nows, which would have Looa ronlly valuabla for reforence nnd vrosorvation. But, as I atatod boforo, thoas thoy hinve preparoed aro valuolods. Ihars aro a hundrod other things in the action and non-sction cf thiose memboers of this Board which dosorvo tho sharpest consuro, 1 liavo onumaraied sufliciont fur this commu- nication. Now, au a Ropublican, I addrosa the BBEnnblic- no mombers of this Board, and in behalf of tho Republiosn party, which haa boou long onowgh scandalized by thoir inoapacity and nog- 1nct; I domand {hoir immediato rosigontion. As an origiusl advooate of the systam of State control of rallrosd corporations in obedi- o000 o tho Constitation ; 88 o firm believer in tho excolloncs of tho lawa of this Btate, whouo onforoomont they have eo suamefully noglocted, I domand toat they got ous of the way sud lot somuthing bo dane. o Bapoblican party is abont to antor into & pational contest, and the Blato of INlinois 1s ono of tho mogt important fsctors in this cotost, Tho Ropublican patty of thiaBtate cannot carry such » dead wolght. It dooa not proposo to whoatder a couplo of official corpdos, and it will Qemand of tho Governor poromplorily tho ro- domption of hin plodgo o tho peaplo if thoy do 1ot yoluntarily pisco their positious at bia oeal. Tho lepublican party will never brook {hio outrage of payiog.s logal feo of 22,600 io oue Iaw firm in & little ovor & yoar, whon tho Iawyor mowbor of tho Boars hias dono literally notling to ourn bis puy. It will not Lrook tho ymont of mearly 910,000 in lawyors® fees to outaido Inwyors in Lo yoary, whon tho Stato al- roady pays a momber of this Board 3,600 and oxponsos, nud furnishes an Astaroy-(ieneral to nesist, unloss something is dono or showa lo Justify the oxpendituro, n plain torms, thesomon, hawavor highly thoy rany staud o8 citizons, a8 Bepublicau otticiala aro {rands, and their longer continuance iu placo is most outeagoons, 1 desire them to digodt this briof etatoment of only & fow of tho salient points of thoir careor, and thewo by no means tho wort to boolted, and nnswer them, it thay shall goo fit, and in return I will engago to fur- nisk anothor chapter of inofiiciency, and what somo _peopla would use strongor langusgo to describe. 1f (iov. Dovoridze, now that hia attention eallod in this direction, will hoad tho demand of tho pooplo, ho will reliavo bis admiuistration of tho greatoet ncubua it has had to suatain, ‘[lien lot thoss two oflicial nonentitlos give placo to compotent won, snd pubito entimant will wolcome the cbango, This is s oase for promps action, and fros usa of the knifo. Yours truly, Ruruouican, THE COURT-HOUSE. *Ta the Editor of The Chicago Tyfbune: Cuicaon, Fob, 11.—Those who havo looked down upon the workmon cogsgoed with thotr pons derous-welghtod machiuo in driving pilos for tho now Conrt-1louso, have doubtless wondered nt tho method sdopted, and have guossod fn thoir minds a8 to tho object iu driviug tho hugo woodon shafis into the oarth. The thoory 8 suppoeed to be, that tho solt is too soft and yioldiog to furniah & secure resting-place for the foundatlon of the massive structure, and, thero. tore, to noed stiffening up to rocoive it. Dut it this were tho theory, why shonld not tho piles be driven oloso togethor so sa to give & uniform snpport to the siruoturo, iustead of being placod from 4 to 6 foet spart? 1t would secwm that n uniform baso wore mors reasonabla than that tho foundation should bo wustainod by piles under ono-Gfth of its extont, whils four-fiftha romain unsupported, excopt by tho earsh. Su;?uumg it to bs tho desiga to mako the fouudntion of concreto, will ot the weight of thio walia resting unon the portion not supplicd with pilos crack tho couoreto maus, aud thus causa the bullding to settlo unevenly? It is tho opinion of some of onr most caroful aud solontifio architoots that the piles shoold heve Loou driven so thiokly as to furuish & uniform Au})port, or Lavo bacu omitted satiraly. 'u Now York City, whon pitos are driven as supports to measfvd bulldioge oo thous stranta whinh have beou made by fllling In with eoft eorth, it bas boon customiary to drive them sa near torethor that thiey constituted s contlnuous sud uulform luf\pox!. Certaiuly this {e the come won-sousa motbod, end, tu vxpressing this opine jou, I am not spezlung st random, for I have tho highest profoincusl anthorily to justify it A building which is to cost ovor throe mikiions of dotlurs, sud dewigned to stand for sges, ought not to be faulty st the very bottom. 'S‘.'rmn 0 the superstruciure can moro oaally be romedied, but erzors such as this sooms to be are likely to vitista the wholo structure, and roudor "the grund and costly edifica an abortion, 1018 well kuown that the great Amerloau Ex. pross Bullding in this city was originally ¢rected on so imperfect s foundation ihit the entire frout was taken down ta keop it from actually failivg inoto suip, and that & newana beiter ofa b\uldlugill sottla ave fonnidation was Isid, on which the prodigto wolght of the maasive walls now roats nocirely. It the Uouri-Ifouso walls aro otectad upon the prasent plau, and tho spacacly-disposed piles Ara not supplomonted by otlists which will give the gonorata, or Iayor of groat stonoes, as the caso may be, a unitorm bearing sud support, thera s ronaon to apprehend & resalt similar to that ex- perioncad in tho bullding of the American Ex- prass Company, which would fnvolve tho nocas- sity of & comploto reoonatraction. Architects famillar with tha oonstruction of masive buildings, and whoss skill is unquentionable, rend, 1o the contemplaled sbiabby method of lle-driving for the fanudstion of our Conrt- oune, tho flrss chapteriu & Llllfll’{ of blunder- Ing, whicls saust ahow tacif in a bulling marred by analghtly cracks aud seams, 1f not absolutely unsafo aud worthilens. 1t in sdmitted on all hands that the uaderiylng oil of this city must yieid to the pressurc of our great buildinga—tue chief thing to b guarded Rgraioat being unovea settling, Yhould shie walls y, the auperstruce Lure mignt, by it8 vass walght, elnk down a littie, but if dus elluwauou wers mado for thls—aa it should -be, pianned by s ekillfal wrohitoct, who would estimats tho weight jof the ontiro suparincumbent moas of walla sl foot—ao harm would come to tua huildlag. If, howover, the foundation is uuequally supportad, tho walls must sottle unevanly, and crackd moro or less formidable will appsar. Whothor the rumor that has heou widely broited that there was & *big ateal” in tho foundation of tho Court-Houde, whichs has sorved to appoass tho hungry hotda which votes appropriatious, be true or 8oL, tliore scoms to Lo » profound mystazy in regard to thess piics. And why, it thoy waro used at all, thoy wero not abundaatly used 1o one can teil. ’Are the mansgors of our Qort-House foliaw- fog the Twood Biog plan of using tho building for mining PuUrposoH, jutendiug to male it pay good intorsut on tho bad investment nade in damagod characters and soared consciencon? If 80, lot them bs ins by the dissatrus his- tory of the Now York Court-fouse Lung VA @ LETTELLS FROX THE PEOPLE, TAX-PATERS HAVE NO RIOHTS. o the Editer of The Chicago Tribune : . Cn10aco, Feb, 11,—Our Judges, Bupreme snd Ciroult, are hopset, intolligont, and pleasaut geutlomen. Dut the salary of every one of them 18 pAld by taxation, aod as beiween tax-payard and tax-eatorn thoy can oniy eeo one eids of the caso. For what in the world do wo pay the sal- arios of theas Judges maless itis to protect the citizon from wroog and outrage? 1f thisiaall wo oo oxpect from homeat men,—for L insist that thoy aro honest,—what are we to do? ln favor of tho thing calied Govermmont, me. cording to onr Judges, sl itregatarities, sll illogalitios, all wrong to priveto citizens, must be ovorivoked. What moro could tho worst despolism ek ? . But our Judges sro honest. Yes, snd the worst dospota and tyrants aro the bonest ones, Tho worst and most implacable porsecutors Lavo been the bonest onos. It is not enough for vur Judgoa to be honest, ‘Uey must bo freed (o home oxtent from this terrible delusion that the thing called Govornmen! wmust bo sustained &t all hazards, uo matter bow administered. I am not sdvooating revolution, but nothiug la tuo world is 80 salutary as for the Goverument, both city sud county, to learn by experiouco that the Gosernment should to some eoxteat bo sdministersd in accondance witk tho Wishius of the law-abiding_sod az-paving por- tion of the community, Can_anythiug b wore roasousblo, I wuuld aske evon of the Judgos ? What ara thuse wishes ? Ninety-ninoin a hun- Qdred of our law-abiding and_tax-paying eitizous will any that not only shouid the Luxes bo squit- ably assosned, aud not by favoritisia and corrup- tion, but at this tima thero should bo sweop.; and radical reductious. Wo bave been oblige to aubmit to aweoping redactions in vur owo tu- comos abd oxpsudiurcd. Hesi-estato neither golls nor ronts for former prices, uid taxos should bo reduced in proportjon. High taxation is the only obstaclo ju the wny of a return of good timos. High taxes drive asay capital, drive away manufacturcs, drive away labor, gkilled and unsilied, drivo away trnde, depress roal-catato, aud discourage building aud improve wonts. ‘Ihp nooossity is upon us. We must uloct men to tho Legaiature who will curp the evor-grow: ing tendouoy to aver-toxation. Womuné cloct ‘Aldorman who will reduco the oity expendituses, ot oo, but two, mulions at loast, sud buiid the City-Liail by welling usoless property. Wo mant oloot Aruessurs whosro nob oulv houost, Iaw compotent. Womuet sbolixh ownsbip organiza- tion. We must got sn honest County Doard, and, finally, Wo wust olect ot only houest Judges, but Judges who can aeo something of tho rights of the poople sa woll a4 tue necessities of the Goverumont, ‘One word to tho Citizeny' Association: If the city is pllmg up an 1llegal dobt at the rato of nonrly 260,600 per month, a8 I_ s informod, why is not_tho city onjolusd? Our Judges aro Nonost, and {8 s nat mpossiblo that acaso might be presentod which would, 1n_their opiuion, call for rodrose. Pro Boxo 'unLico. AMENDING THR REVENCE LAW. To the Editor of I'he Chicao T'ribune : Cuicago, Yob, 11.—Sinco it has boon shown that no relief canbe had for those who bLave boen o outrageously aseessed ou thoir, porsanal effocts, cannot the Citizons' Committeo, or in caso they doclino, lot our Reproseutatives at Springiiold attend to It, sud bave the Ituvenuo Jaws &0 romodated aa to provent in a mesanre, if not catirely, a ropetition of sucl impositionw a8 are now imposcd upon tho tax-payer. Lave (hat Jaw g0 amondod that money on deporit, 1t being in tho shape of & bank-accouut, may bo lixtod as otnor accounts in tho list of * credits,” Funds fu haud, that is monoy stored away in old ktock- inge, or at the dopths of feathor-hods, o inone's privato_uafo, to be likemse linted, and i cass whore dobta_aro owing they to bo taken into thy scconnt, and only the balnnco of credits Listed. ‘And lot tho Assesror or his Deputy, on tho spot it practioable, and in the presouce of the ownor, valus snd list tho morchandiso as othor chattel goods of such owner, and return bim a duplioato. Shonid the valua~ Yions givon by the Asscssor oL bo_ satisfactory, allow the ownor the right to call in two or moro Bt his oxpenso as arhitrators, who, togettior with {10 Assessor, shall fix tho valuo. To this part of oach aud ovory lList loz each Assossor or Dopaty be aworn, and to the credita let the ownor bo mworn. Lot such valuation b flnal, with heavy Saaitien for fraud, sllowing no Board of Equsi- Pz-v.(on to change such valuos, With such & plau it does secm sathough bonost aud completo roturns of proporty couid bu had whereby all would hiavo to pav 8 just,and oniy a jusi, Pro- portion, 1f Boards of Equahization sre & ucces- mity, lot thom have ta do with real entkte ouly. In fact, 1 don's just seo why the above plan vannot b applied ay well to the listing of roal propersys v No Repness.” HOW TO MAKE NOMINATIONS, To the Rditor of The Chicago Iribune: Unicano, Yeb, 1l,—Primary moctings snd even nominating conventions, a8 now conducted, are & curso to tho politics of tha country, and it {8 timo tbat somo now and better aystomof nom- inating pablic oficcrs wero adoptod. H0 long a8 thio primarics, with thoir cliques snd Ringe, are permitted to ruls and namo the rulere, ro long fs it poaaible for suoh mou as Phillips and his sat- ollites to blackmall a rick and populous city. ‘Tho pross, which usunily prompts nnd guidos publio opinion, could domuch to corroct this groat and growing ovil. Let Tax Tnmrxe and othar papors of Chicago join handa for onco and pat down this jniquitous eystem of partial and ono-slded nominstions by & sat of Hing poil- ticlans and tag-entors, At oach nowepaper ofiica a box might bo provided for tho depoxit of nonunstions, aud each paper might request its city rosderd to wond in their nominations, the ro- suit of which sbould bo snnounced atan ap- ponted timo, Editors might confer aod su- nounce tho averago result for tho entiro city. Tho Oitizens' Association, beiug unpartivan, conld eafoly be iutrusted with thla plan or metbod for ascortatning the publio preference sod will, Tt it diatribute among the morolants aud busioess mon & ctroular ehowiog what of- Ticos ara to b filied, aud raquest that ihe blanks be filled with the usmos of suoh candidates as are thought to be most honest sud ca) able, A comparizon of thess returos would show what candidstes ara most esteemed and availablo. This mothod of making uominations would bo froo from the evilsof primsry mestin nd give ths pooplo a mora geuorsl Jutere: d voiga in tho slcotion of publlc men. H WHAT ATLS TRR BOARD OF BravTH P o the Kdstor of ‘s Chicaco Triduna: On10a60, Feb, 11.—Can it bo that the gentlo- men composlng the Board of Ilealth—so called —are slok aud the yiotims, from exposure, of tha torrible mal hiah thev Liave so loug at- lowed to make its way unreatralnad through our city? It thin be the causs of their inactivity, it serves them right,—but it Nature has incapaci- ated them from smellig, or Lfsome terrible El:lfl;‘fl’l ias soized them, they aro to ba pitisd and envied, Mon »ith no nnses or noren 80 obtuse as to ronder thom uaable to detect and lotats amells 9 pungeot and offanaive en thosa from Bridge- port do not deserva to ba called wen of *'senes,” and thelr ueglect for over nix woeks to abato tho nuisauco is o virtual declarstion of thelr iucom- potency and unfaitbfitiness as gaardians of the rubllq henlth, It would bo serving thess guard- ans right to bottla np tlo thickest and richeat Puflwn of this foul airand compo! them to in- 1ala {t for the reat of their wortsl oftictel lives, Punish the men who cause the cdorsas one ‘would a cat or dog which commits a nuisance in s noat and !\d{ house. These Bridgeport polsous ara carrying disease and death into thousauds of Chicago homes _for whieh the Htock-Yard man- saers and Bosrd of Health envuld be held diroctly Teapupdible, E. TILE YYAY IT HLALLY WAS, To tha Flftor of Tha Chieago Tribuns 2 Cintcaao, Feb, 11.—Ia your lunus of thin date you say that the docision of Justice Foote in the 1ax caso of tho city sgaiust the Richards' Iron Worka was yeaterday dacided agalnst the Istter. Tielioving that you wouid not knowingly publish & nuzatatoment of facts, and that, having been one of the proud srray of taz-fighters and ** kuew 10w It waa yourself,” you wounld be resdy snd anslons to taliy one ™ for the firat succossfui tax-caxe agninat tha city, wo confess to some- what of sarprise at the remarkablo variance of yonr statement from tho sotnal facts iu the Yromisen. In the first place, the suit was not tho City of Chicago ngatuat the Richards’ Iron Worka, but, on tho coulrary, the kuit was brought by Rich ards' Iron Viorks againet the City Callector, tieorge Yon Hollon, 'to racover tho amouut of %150, paid to Lim Jau. 20 last, undor protost, the amount being & tax susessod agaiust tho old Ricbards' iron Works corporstion for 1674, snd ‘previous to the existonce of tho prosout firm. The decision of Jusiico Foote waa in favor of the plaintiff, and Judgment for the full smount of 218 and costs wea rondared agajust the city, a3 the record siowa. Yery n:uj;muully. . C. RicuAnps. NOUSERLETERS, ATTENTION, To the Hdttor of T'he Clucago Tribune : Ciricsao, Feb, 11.—Alicw me, a3 & young housekespor, to nsk some ladies of experionco for a fow pluin recipes for cooking snd bakiwg— cake cepovially. Now, it is 5 very oles thing to liavo & cook-boolks, There you can read that by taking a0 many egge, nud so wuch four, and €0 much sugar, olo., vOu cah produce & certain effect. Not ono word of Bow to mix it, of what two ingredicats to pat togother,—which, uveu in my ebort exporience, I find is biguly necessary to kuow, and unlces done, malies a fsilure, Mauy voung womon with husbands of moderate m:lnflmllifllu with me in thankfuluoes if they can bave throngh your mediom some correct 1= formation which wouald onnble them to save what thoy repuatedly wasta in tho vaiun endeavor to make palatuble woal for a tirod sud huogry Dhusbsnd, of porbaps some friend whom ho may juvite to Jotn us ina meal. By fowerting thia you will confer & favor on A Poon Max's Wirn. The Ass and the Eors From a Charge to 6 Jury by Judge Gu; Our Hupromo Court has very properly ad- jndged that the exemption lawe mado in behalf o poor persoos enall bo liberally conetrued and onforeed ; for inatance, 8 horso and yoke of oxon, cart and two-horss wupou, are excmpt by the words of the statute. Qur, Supreme Lourt, Cliel Jastico Nicholkon delivering the upivion, have solemnly adjudged that aa aesla 8 borse, and & horso in an s, belongiog o the Bame Epeeica. While Judge Nichiolson is good authority 1 the 10 i8 aqually distiguintied u8 u bLorse sud 8830l t; and Lerenflor st ayn wust Le regard- edas 8 horse, and a hotse me an ass. It is kuown that in tho early daya of Judes, tho ass wea the ammal principally 1n use, eithor for riding or dranght ; set history loaves us in doubt whothor the aen is the progenitor of the horse, or the horwe tiie nrogenitor of the uss. 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Fn~z i s rescing from 810 o 45160 kel 1o poratial Al(wla {0 amall nvostmenls Y ouan e Waakly Tsprt froa to atd foe It o Litsbury Uarier Address ALEX, YROTITIN Lankors & ifrakers, A A A A A TREASURY DHPARTMENT, Qryice 0 UOMPTROLLEN OF i LCRUELS! ax, Lo UIXG 1! e i Foi lonal All porsons haviy, <l wieliat thi nef atl oy Buttiied o prosobt Ll ik PPt T e aticn Bt P saino, and iy and 10 Sex 1), Hiorman, Ilecaisor, av the odice of Sidbahelagy : 'Ubicago, 1l 5 SliN JAY KNOX, Gapisoller o the Corzentys AMUSEMENTS. Crand Maiinee Today at 2 9., AN OLI0 7HAT OUTRANKS ALL OLIGS. THE BRAHAMS, LURLINE & WATSON BINOT S, THE GLORIODS TABLEAUX. Only three mor.o Performances by thls Mammoth, Lo mPADY. McVIOKER'S THEATRE. Eagagement of tho Distingulshed Ariists, Mr, & Mrs. Y.LORENCE, Who will appearin the glotloia comedy written ex- preasly for tuen by B, E. WoOLPE, Eaq,, entitled the MIGETY LIOLLAR And acted by them avor 10) 1tghta in New Yok, The Hon, Baritwel Blote, .Ar, W, J, Florenos M. Gen, Gilfiory . Stre, W, J. Fiorence Every Night sud 8y HOOLEY'S THEATRE, SUCCESS CONTINUES! HUU BES CROWDED! Bonrcoly Standing ftoom st 41 J wely Dedicated the People't Theatra. - Nightly sttended 0y frmm 11 4,860 of our iest citizens to witnata 109 far. 124t CALIFORNIA BUINGTIELS, ceriainly the largzat shd mual cuaiplets comusay fa (o3 murld. el .7, 180, 8 now candidate far pablie f& rat appeatance (n Chioago, Bane - Frank Bell, Dlack Dermeathones, ia Iamarous Spec =5 8% 0f which the rens of Now Y ork, Philadalphis, Dneton, &34 Haltimorsare Gnantmous In thelr pratss, Emersnn, bei wolcraft, Cac, ‘ntton, Hobingnn, and Kewbla A1 Hew acta. in. vl it soned el tae diloreat BN " SUNDAY LEOTURE SOOIETY. PROF. R. A. PROCTOR, ‘The Eminent English Astronorer and Hrhentist, on MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE. Lecture filustrsted by Maps and DrattiL\gu, McCormick Hall, Bunday, Teb, 13, 3 p. . Doors open ., ‘Tickots for rale at the donr, sud at Jauseu, McClurg & Co.'s. AD!HSMD:‘I, TEN CENTS. THE COLISEUM. Mondag, Fab. 7, aud every eveniog_this wdt. 7 NIV S S, BERTIE 1 AT, FSFRIT FANTOMY, TOE CLOWN'S TEOUBLES, and the wonderful CAWTHORNE CHILDIEN, One more work of tlie marvelous JAPS, JHPPE and FANNIZ DELANO, Miss LOTTIX BROWN, atc. Admission, 35 centn, GOL. WOOD'S MUSEUM, GRAND BUCCESS OF Litllz Barefoot and the Ticket-o-Leave Man, Fagegement Extrzordinery of MHES. MARY MATL. SUALLL, the CHAMPION PEDESTRIAN LADY OF THE WORLD, Will be on oxbibitiou daturd RAILROAD TIME TABLE. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTIRR OF TRAINY EXPTANATION 09 RAPERRNCK MANKA.—Y Satnrday ox. eepted. *Bundny azcepiad. tMoadas P s ol oA i dastonad, £ CHICAGO& NORTHWESTERN RAILRIAD, Tteket Oftess, € Cuareat, (Sherman Honen 4f., corner Nadison-at,, and al the dep Leare, Arrine, B ey aPaciflo Fast btsu An3, Jay K 1.4 ay Al 1t 2¥il=aikas Aitmanken BAxIeRKSF. Biilmadke Pat-coRer. Liireen liny Extroet. susilion'k b1 a—Denotcorneraf d K o BeStsoraarat Canaland Rinste-s MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. Denoty foot Of Lakeest, andfoot of Teentysscond=u, ik ellnlie o, €1 Clarkot.y souNEas Corner e e e e o Wipalt croar o Jap 2all (via 3atn and Alr Lino) ay Bapross., ~ *Bunday Ex. P CHICAGD. Al,'!,fl" "1’1" LauIs. anid Chirago, Kamas Cily and Denver Short Liner, Union Depat, - Wett Sid Vadivnn it, i R Pl et ek 128 Tendaphate e Leare, Kansas Gty and Danvar Fast Kx. Bt. Louls xnd nprinefisld Kz, Bt. Louts, Bprinedeld & Toxai. Prarla Day § zpr icako @ Paducal on, W asminton £t inn. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN. Tause, Arrire, o 'CHII)BHE'J. MIL“;"H);‘(EE &ST. PAUL RAILAOAD. "nion Derat, adiv € 2 L tsup.m *He. m A1 ralne run vis SMilenukoo. Minneapalinnre gowd oithar ¥ Tm“e«f Tor it Panl an€’ Cnfon, oF via Watortown, La o mt Praiels 28 Winoma, pepe ror 0I5 CENTRAL AAILROLY, R R T A et n:va CENTENARY M. E, CHUROH. coNcHl® T, TUESDAY EVENING, FEB, 16. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL JFUSIC. Admirson, 25 cents, B, D, MAGRUDER Will lecture in tho Dime Couree o Grow's Opera-Tiall, SUNDAY, FCU. 13, AT 3 . 3L __Subjoct: “Revolution in Louisisna.!! # t. Louia Pspres: Faar CHICARD, BURLINGTON & UUINCY RAILR ta, ook 3f L diana-av. ard Sic wiemsty, 1 r'.‘msmmrb:.". "Ticke )Aces, 53 € """ OCEAN NAVIGATIOK, ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE The Geueral Tra antic Lompaoy's Mail 8 betwesu Now Yor re, V. 1y splendid vessals va thiis farunito ruite for the Continuut. {bolug, mora_svutuerly than suy other), will sall from Urth 1Lve: Touzols. 1Ly, Marc! Surtay. Suren 14 'GOLD tincluding wine): ‘110and 8130, socordiiy s Acconmodatin: socona cabin, 874; taird, $i. Return tickets at reducn Iiea.” Sigarige a3, wil suberlor scccmymonations in- clndin:mu.ll'gflll?nl Ifllll:’\!ll o ntfl‘!‘ll Hienmors Taarke o ak carry leeraxe pEsnvILE LO01s DrhE TR Keobt, & iirokdieiz, ¥.¥ National Line of Steamships. NEW YORK TO QUEENSTOWN AND LIVARPOOL. ¥ THR QUEKN, 4,431 ENGLAND, 448 ton 01 CANADA, 4,76 t0nn ... Thuredar, Fab, Cabin pisesr, 400 and 8D, currenoy. etant Todueed fates. " Bteorage tckews, &3 surran Drsita for £1aud upwardson Great Britala. NATREE) e er larx a0d Handoiohia,” (ropoer east eornar ndolohat. " (1pDoaIie Do Bhorman iiuuse), Ciioako. i AMERICAN LINE. REDqg;EEfiATES LIVERPOOL, QUEENSTOWN, Avd all portsn Great Dritain and the Continent. J. H. MILNE, Western Agent, cornor Madian. 0. 18 Laall e 7 (B LSRR Grent Western Steamship Line, Frum New York w Bistul (England) direct, CORNWALL, ver., - teaday, Feb. 9 BUMERART, W vor ves Tiurnday, Fel _Cabla Passago, Intermediato, 84b; Stecrace, 83), Eioarsion uckets, €12 Prupanl Slonsga certilicAtia 6 Amply st tearal Feolglis Denot Laxe Shora & 31 "R R, GEU. MCDONALD. Azsut. ICAGD LINE. T u Washington, Plmer ey corner dtsalion, trrice, Day Express—Pollman Draw- ing-Rana Slesplog Cers, 1ol Nuow York wit! <! Atlantie ILxpres: acs Dram ma 338, m, f:0a, m, ontl Day Eij Indianapolls, Liistiile: "Dath Raght Kxpress (rail; Todianapolts, Louisville & Cinci iress CINCINNATI AIR LINE AN KD = Diepot, eorner Clinton nmi_bja_rr:;l_ olls Toaireillo & Clucln"— e yans e * 8152, m.|* 320p. ma B A T ot it BT TUNC V) POPSVEryom | 108, 1. India nar 5 PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS RAILRTIAD, From ideyol curner Clintan and Carvoll. INMAN STEAMSHIP LINE, Carrying the Matls hetwoen EUROPE AND AMERICA. For parsago, apnly at Compangin Ofico 523, Clark:st., Chicago. ' PRANCIS C. BROWS, Gen, West, A¢'t, £~ Drafta on Grest Triuain and Trelun e e e ————e Arir Colurubus, Pittsburg & Now York Day Fth Cllnmban Pittsirs & Now York Nigh l({wm-muln... ‘e m. &t p. an. PITISBARG, FT. WAYNE & CHICAGD RAILY . _MISGELLANEOUS. ____ SODA WATER APPARATUS, For the manufacturingof Soda Water, Ojnger A‘l:& i Wines, Mincral Waters, Mead, Koot Heer, vic, Tiotthby Machlaes, for corking and ling: Disponning Apparetus for tha Couler, on new pritcl- ples._Sund for Catalogue Wit Tepofty of Judzes o Apparatus, WIL] 2, oty T» ASER, 41 and 43 F4fibeav., keep on band the largial assorts ment in the city of NEW AND HECOND-IIAND GUODS, Furniture, Carpots, ledding, Offico Deskr, Counters, Shelyiug, Sbow-Caten, Lefrigerators, Ale Tozes, Gis IYstures, Office Partitlons, snd OfMce Rall- ing bought and sol ENAMENTS ¥ _GOLD™ AND STLVER, UNDERTAKERS, New Desligun, Improvemonta in Construction. Vare- v unt excellod, Liniugs, Bobes, Fringes, Dry Goods, e Ko CRANE, BREED &8 CO., 3-8 PROPOSALS, Proposals for Forage. ey D O Rt rataare 2 Drtre Quanirusen G ST S s, fanlad propossls, in trinlicate, will be recol otfien until 1 o'clock ‘Tupsday, L sy at "Btavch, 7, il Do oponed In the praswca st (matia opot, Nebrask. i matnilor'al tha fioal o iltion slx Liundred S of dne, B NE Bibdred housad (1,f0,00) poun ousand (W0,A00) paunds of uats. Dropasaia for & laes quantity will bo recelved, Provosala ara favited, butt fur the delivury uf the corn & dGata in now gunnyor burlap sacksy Lobe rovided by 8O AN Had b delivery in sackewba (urnlabed Ly ta for, o3t 100 will bo given to articloa of domastia pro- :"&‘x"u'f‘-mm o ondorod oa eavolops, *“Bide for rorano."! 40 iract will be Ist with tho provisa thk tho qnan, e hay b inoreased of roduced o ihiird Bt a'r:fl-"fi’-;m\':m'.nn? 51 the Department at a2y fa reaorvod. Caditions made known ; oy, Chtet gn oLD PAPERS, b ¥z OLD PAPERS FOR BAXNS At o cents.per 100, In the Counting-Room of this Office. srtermastar, ~ T _ee | Lt Lia excapta Draply, 11 N s 1A duat Meiary BALTIMORE & OHID HAILROAD. vuing teare s rom seus of Expotition Lutiding and foh ar T -86C0! b, Depof evrner Madisin-st, nnd dnwiias, " Cly viee, 8 Clark-thy corasr o Waske st Morning ¥xpross Accommuodastun, .1pro {Dally. *Dally, Sundays excopted. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Depot, cornerof Van Liranand shatman.sia, Tickslofina Leave, Omabs, Leavenw'th& Atehison B3 2 FeraAsoummutatio N WINTER RESORTS--Florida. GRAND NATIONAL HOTEL, . JACKSONVILLE, FLA. THE FINEST HOTEL IN TIIE BTA Oprn from Decemaber until By, Bpocial ratos by ‘week of onth, | Chargse jald for telngrams, for Fooms, ror funded, Use uight mosssges. GEO, MoGINLY, Prop, Al Proprictor Kimball Houss, Alsatd, U, MASSAT, N. P, A FAMOUS WINTER RESORT for tlines desirous of omcaping tho sevority ofe Norths ern climate, Temperaturo nover fali bslow 64 dogy Fabireuhioit, nor rises above 83 dviz,, and. the variation Qoca taot exeoed b deg, L 4 hours, 4 TI ROYAL VIOTOLIA HOTEL, beautitully situstod and well kopt. Unitod Blates and Ot ors overy tou days ¥ROM SAVANNAM, GA. Trip anly 48 honrs and in sight of land nearly fhe ens tire distance, Tliustrated Nashua Guids sent froe on application, MURRAY, FERRIS & CO. 63 fouth atrent, Now York, o W, ¥, WILITE, Ageat 3L 0,1, 1t 61 0lskatroat, Cldongo, ______ 67 Clark atreat, Chiloago, FLORIDA. THE WINDSOR HOTEL, on Bt Junes Yazk, Jacks ;;;nkvuln. Flortda, now opon for @iiats, 18 wow, come ete, 15d fAirat-cisse (n ovory Foapsel e PIRM CHANGES; ' ! PRSSEUBRRRL e DISSOLUTION. The copartnorahip beretoforo existing bet wooms Henry Cahn and Menry Buschmeyer, uudet the rm stylo uf Cabn & Buschuioyer, Lsa bocu dissulved by Loiisdon, Tionry Calin having purcherod the futerest of Leury Bus collect alf bills and sottle sll 1L Srurs debis, and 18 tho only party antitied to collect, and ho 15 the suecessor of h‘;{fi mxuh\nm‘ T, M Y OAH. Obicago, Fob, 11, 1876, HENLY BUS il MEYER, DISSOLUTION. The copartuership knowu a8 ‘Hepp & Bchoenthaler, of (a Gty of Chicago, Ly ended st torminaled by otk tract on (bo st day of Janusry, 14870, Ar, Jacob B, e hn ssutitned all assets and agrood fo ray all liae HiuhP.a'of waid copartncrship, and continuss the busk Deaa st 10 0ld Kad, 75 {2 8L Wont ricagoey; | 3 JOBEPH EOHORNTIALER, ACOL B HERY, erm 20478 Oanat.’ ¢