Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1876, Page 2

0 etent snginaer upon hin ataff, The officars ::::l’:n:cd lm: that titey know nothing of the ace of tho Maxiean gountry, had no maps, know not his ronte, and inststod that they conld ba of noservice to im, 'Yon do nit understand mo, gentlomen,” roplied Sullivan; it is not for what | sm golng (o do that 1 want any of yuur arsintanco. L only want you to map 1t out after I bavodonaft. You aro alwaya talking about yout military echaol, and whiat you have stndied, and tha tiko of yon will bo at echool bereafter, sud thoy will want to study Sullivan’s Iouto to the Capital of Mexicd’; and if over I should Lo Lmuirer, whom would I want for Secretaty of War but my own Enkincer 7" Sullivan sot out upon his march with no one to map out bis route, Ile panetratod roglons where na man Bad ever been boforo, 1o came out of forosts whero men least expacted bim, 1o appeared to bo everywhore, and tho inhabitants could make 1o calculntion whors ha nas nat. They otthor a1l jotnod Lim, or fled bafore him. 1o lied ov- erythitug his own way, until, fo his efforts to join the main army, ho found Dimself iu the fortifled country. ilero ho mirsed big engincor snd his military education, 1o was wounded, taken prisonor, marched into the Plaza, a bullet prerced lis hoart, and that was the last of Sulli- van, But it just took a Chicago Insh boy to toach tho Emperor Mazimilian how to die tho death of o solder somo tiventy yoars afterwards ; and Sullivan had 28 much right in Moxico as Maxmilian, Thore aro 67 namos tipon the two votiag-lista of 1825 and 1830, Bix voted at both oloctions, leaving 01 dilferent names, which, with tho four on tho tax-list of 1825 who did not vote at sither aloction, conatitate the g5 fiom whom our flrat familics are descended. And aa theromay bo somo prido in after years in tracing one's conuectton ®ith ODR FINST PAMILIZS, tho real Knickerbockers of Chicago, I hava ta- ken soms palns to obiain intorviows or hold cor- respondence with anch of thom a8 might bo Iiving, ond with the descendants of such as aro dead, Of o vory large proportion of thom I can obtain no knowledgo whatever. I aball publish all thelr names, nnd at some futuro tmo shall pnblish what I havo ascertained, or niay horeaf- ter arcertain, of tholr history sud of their do- rcondants, When it was kuown, jn 1860, tho Lrinco of Wales was to make Chicago a via- it. ono of our society mon suggested that {t was my duty, a8 Mayor of tho citr, to solect about o tupared from our first familics and givo tho Princo & ball, I asked him to give tho names of ihe hundred from tho firet families. This bo paid ho was nnwilling todo. 1 aslied him then to give mo tho namios of even ten of nur firat families, moanfog, of eonrse, nine bsrded hiw pwn. ‘Lhia ho algo declared hr-e't uawilling do. Dut if, at any Mmtaro time any ene of our socloty men ehould wish to mohe A party trom’onr firet familien, o g danye sume a8- sstanco from this loct At thie tino L tlnnkc there wzo- but thres of 2. Ouo i~ Melud 1 Beavblon, 2, John B, Baankien, of this rily. now tho lesding man nong thoe Pottawato- mub Ludisus, in Kansas, 1ho socond iy pAVID 3UKEE, pow livine tiear Aurera, Iil, o was born in Vieginia i 1500, and weot to Cineinnatl when a youuy oien as 8 blacksmith, Undor the treaty of ¢hiwaro, mado with tho Indians by Gen. Cass {, the Governmont wns to kewp & biack th here, who nas to work exclusivoly for the Irdisns, Col, Beojamin B. Kerchival, thon In- dian Agent, aflerwatds a promipeat citizen of Detroit, went to Cincinoati and omployed Mc- leo to come herein that capacity. Mcloo reachied Fore Woyne, sud thors waited for o guido. At that tmo tho onlr mail Chicago had was o monthly one to Fort Wayne, [lo aid not wait loug before tho cxplorian expedition of Maj. Stephen I1, Lony reached that plaze, snd o necompanied i to Uhicago, Turning to tho history of tunt oxpalition, by Prof, Wiliam 1L Joaung, of tho Umversity of Peundvivasia, £ fiud that ordera were isaaed to Maj. Long Aprit 26, 1824, for lum to commenco at Philadelplua, tbenco to proceod to Whecling, thenco to Chiea- 10 or Fors Wayno, thonco ta Fors Armatrong or ubuqte lead mivos, thenco up the Misswsippl to Fort 8t, Anthouy, ate, Tho expedition reash- cd Furs Wayne May 26, 1823, and Prof, Keatiug spoaky of tho fort thew thero s oiceted in 1814 on the sits of tho old fore, tho loeation ot which Lad beon designated by Gien. Authony Wayno alter hin victory over o confederated Indians on tho 20th ot August, 1794, wiich ave rise ta (ho treaty of Greeovilla In the following year. The Professor says also tuat the expodizion forcunutely mes at Fort Wayno tho express sont from Clicago for lat- terd, and obiatned him s ginde. ‘They left Lort Weyno Moy 29, 1521 Their envaleads onuistod of ‘soven perrons, including tue soldior malls carrior and n colored uervuni 3 und thoy had two boises loaded witl provisions, Oun Lhe Sth of Tuno they reschod Fort Dearborn, Chitaxo, hav- [ng beou'cight days in travetiog tho distanca of 216 miies, a0 avorago of 27 miles a day, their distanco excoeding the wsnal allowanca by 16 mitex, 1 conaeiuenes of thetr ciceuitons route tonvoid tho Elkhart River, Ths raliroad tram now leaving hero at 9 a. m. reachos Fort Wayne at 2 p. m. Tho post at Chicago was abandoned n fow mouths niter tho party reached it 1o cone roquonce of tho rapid extenalon of tho whito popnlation westward sud tho establishmant of chnin of military posts slong tho Missiesippi Rtivor, rendoriug the continuanco of the forco hero uuneccssnry. An fudiau Agent, Dr.Aloxander Wolcott, nnele of our presons County Surveyor of the snwe nome, romained horo, to keop up amicablo relations with tho Indians, and to nt- end to their wauts, daily bocomiug grealor in consequence of the incroasing searoity of gamo, Fort Deatborn was not occupivd by soldera again, except temporanly i transit, nntil 1832, when the Black lawk troubles broke out, When Mr, McKoo camo hero there wera but two houses ; one belonging to Jobn Kinzie, tho other to his son-in-law, Dr. Aloxaudor Wolcott, the In- dian Agout,—Mr. Kiuzio's bavieg beon built fizut, Loth houses were built of lozs, and lined with cedar park. Tho third house was built by Jounoph Pothier, b Frenchman, and one of the voters hore in 1620, und who_until recontly was » rosident of Milwaukce, Ho marned an In- dizy Lalf-brood, brought up by MMr, Kinzie, and waa striker for Mr. 3foKoo in tho blucksmith shop. ilr. McKeo was married by Mr. Iifuzie, 3t Mr, Kmzio's house, and ho built tho fourtn house. All four Louses wero on tho north side of tho river, ‘The whabitants wero woldiers, I'renchmon Iu’ thay employ of the Amencan Fur Compsuy, and Iudinne, When the fort was not garrisoned, sud tho fur-traders wero In the country taking their yurchases, tho Indisns constitutod ultaost e entiro population. lu 1837-"24, Mr, Moioe carried the wmail onco s mouth to Fort Wasna, As his Indian pony had to cany the majl-ba and the blankots for hiwm to sluen upon, ho conlfi not curry corn for the pony sud provisions for himself,” 1le drove thio pony iu frout of him, aud cut down an elin or basswood tres for the pony to browse upon duriny the night, 1o car- ried a gun with which o killed tho gamo for his owu food, ilisronto was from hore ta Niles, Mich., thonce to Likhart, Ind,, and thenoo to Tort Wayno. 1lis average tiin from this place to Fort Wayno was fourteen days; tho quiokost time ho over mude was ton days, Gon. John MeNiel, one of tha lhoroos of tho battle of Luudy's Lave, commandod the fort when Mr. McKee camo to Chicago, Soon after his arrrval, & gafling vossol, nnlhd the Heartlons, undortook to outor tho mouth of the river, 16a ashore, and wos beoched iu the eand. Thoy tried to cut her out, but sho wont to pices, Abouta yoar theresftor the first vesssl outerod tho butbor, sud anchorod opposmto the fors, It was the United Hiates rovenua-cutter Yairplay, ‘When we epeak of the firat vewscl comung to Chicago, thore 1 always n confusion botween the vessals that suchored outsido sud tho vos- sols that actuslly camo up into the nver, It is claimed that this United Btatos revenuo-cutter Fairplay was tho firss ono to actually enter tho rver, In 14820 thoro camo bero a palling vessel, ralled tho Young 'Ligor, to outor the river, but abe anchored wvutiu tho lake, slipped Lior cablo, &od woot sahore, ' Me. E. Buell, now residing in_Clinton County, Jows, noar Lyous, syed 75, clainm that ho way pilot and vavigator on tho schoouer Aurora, Cupt, Titus, that coms to Chicago in 1520 or 1821+ but he leaves tho question undettled as to whiether or not he cutme up iuto the river, The steawors which brought iere thie troops of Gen, Beott, in 1832, had 10 auchor sumu distauce oute sido, ‘Tha persous clainung 1o have been upon tho first vessel that pussed over tho Chicago Lsr sod camu up futo tho river are evon more uomeruus than those claiming to ba descondunty of tuo persons who bad tho flrat white child ‘born iu Chicago. 1 will not discuss this matter now, o \be mndss of you care less ubout thuso whio bad she first child than you do sbout those who arv to Lave tho nextoue, and wuat i to become of 15, The third wan now living who votod in Chl- eago Preciuct, Pooria County, in 1939, is our well-kuowt foliow-citlzen, ALK BEAUBIEN, Ho came hore in 1520, to vieit his brothor, John H. Euaubion, who wad su employe of tho Awer- keau Fur Compavy, and who Dived 1 a loge louse pear $he lake-shore, newt tho mouth of the river,on the Bouth Hule, Mark rolurned W _Deirolt, and brought Jus fauuly here, aud built him & long-bouss, frontiug the river, on what ds kuown as tho ‘¢ Old Wigwam Lot,” cor- Jer of Lake and Market stroets; it Loiug at that tune tha only dwelling-houso vu tho Honth Sluuhaxcum huw ‘brothes’s. 1e coustructed it foz hotel purposes, and, wheu the Indiun Chiof Baugsuaah Juarued his deaign, Lo told Lina thst Amincaus vswed their Lelels aftor Lig men, el asked bun what o was golog to call is. Mr, Rannblan took the hint, and aatd, * Il call it Haoganash! ™ A fow vears rltarwards ho Duilt & largo sddition to it, which was tho fitst framo-liouse built on tha Bouth fida, It was in this honea that I tool my lirat maal, on my arrival horo in 1836, it bemng then kept by Johu Muorphy. Mr. Benubien was bora in 1800, nnd in Deotroft, whero Lis fathor was aldo boru: but lus geandiather was an omigrant from Franco. o establishod tho firsc forey, at thae forks of the river. e wes an original fiddler, baving inherited the are in tho natural wav; and he will probably die one, In cass of the abscuce of the mueic At unyof our parties iu ollow times, Alr, Denublen was alvaya wsent for, and, whon ona _fiddle-string broke, he was pood for tho threg; aud, when anothor broke, Lo could sl keep up the music; and {f thors woro only ono string left, o party wonld nover go nway disap- pointed if Mr. Lentbien was loft to plav upon it, 110 bias done much to koop up our lirdt fatuilies, having had twenty-threo children, 1fis grand- children liad numberad fifsy-threa when tho groat-grandchildron hegan to mako their apacar- ance, and he stoppod counting, Iintrodues hm to von to-day as the only man you wlll probably ovor woo who mitneasod tho surrendor of an American nriny. God grant that auch an event may nover happen syan! During tho War of 1812 Mr, Deaublon's father, hearing that tho town (Dotroit) was about to Do bombarded by the Dritixh army, bad ordored his chlldren to ga down inta tho collar, whon news canto bt teu, Hull had surrendored. Mark Besubien saw Gon. Hull nnd Lis ataff rowed ovor to the Cana- dian ehoro, and then ths woldiers woro taken over under tho chargo of the rea-coat oficwaly, GOOK COUNTY waa got off from Peoria County nnder an act passed fn 1881, The firat election wad in Auguet, 1832, I'ho county was nmned for the lon, Dan- iol P, Cook, son-iu-law of (fov. Nintan Edwards, wiio wns ono of tho_{imt United States Benators trom this State. Mr. Cook _wau a mombor of Congress from 1820 to 1827, and died in 1827, agod 33, ono of tho most talonted mon who avar lived fu this $tato, As our poll-lists of tho first election, in 1832, wore burnt, I can no long- er traco our {iret faroilios, and those wito wish to marry into thom must look back to thosa who woro taxed in 1825, or votod in 1826 or 1890, if thoy do not wislt thoir honora disputed. Coak Caunty then included tho present Counties of Take, Mellenry, DuPage, and Will, all weat be- ing ncluded in Jo Daviess Couuty. The only voting-place of Caok County ab thal timo wna at Chieago, The highest numberof votes east for nil tho eandidatos for any eno oflice in 1832 was 11, agatust 32 in 1830, and 35 In 1826, It scoms to bavo beer tho practica thon, as now, to take an ofticer from Galena, and then, as now, thov were very good mon, Galena snd Chicago were :hon 1n tho swwe Representativo and Souaterial Districts, Cul. James M. Strodo was ol3ated Lo the Senato, and Boujamin Mitls to 126 flouse, both bownyg nttorneyseat-law at Ga- fona. Elijal Wontworth, Jr,, who died at Galos- burg, Ill., on tha 1% of Novembor Iast, ro- eotved all tho vates far Coroner at this alection, o wrota me, just bafare his death, that he wont with bis father, Eljal Wentworth, Sr., from Maivo to Kentucky; thoy wmoved theaco to Dodgosille, Wis, where ho was living at tho timo Jofferson Davis was constencting Forl Winnobngo. Davis had boen ordored thoro soon atter i graauasion ot West Lot in 1323, and ho ofton visited Dodgoville in attondanco upon docial parties, and s well romembored by old sottlors thoro, to this day. In 18J0 Mr. Went- worth and his father moved to Chicazo, and rented B now hotol of James Kinzie, thon the beas in Cuieazo, on the Wedt Sido, noar the forkn of the river. It was a log-house, with upright boarda upon tho outside. He carriod tho uail from Cicago to Niley, onco & mouth, At tho anaunal olection in August, 1834, the bizlieat numb>r of votes for all tha candidatos one o.liea wau 528, agninst 114 in 1442, ar popalation bazan Lo increase. Ting vote was for tha wholo County of Cosk, In 1835, the highest number of votos in the eutire conn- ty, for a!l tha candidates far aay one oilico, was 1,004, Androligious entorprisa _and liborality bLad 80 for advauced tunt, at the Ladies' Fair at the old $t. James, the mother of Episcopacy tu tho Northwest, on the 18th of Juno tn that your, the recolpis wero 31,411, In tho spring of 1817, at our first munleipal clection, tho city alone caxt 700 yotes. It scoma niot to bo gonerally knnwn that, np to the timo of tho opening of the Illinoia & Michigan Caual, Chicaio was not at all troubled with mozquitaos ; s blossing which amply com- poneatod for mauy of our girly doprivations, ‘I'no Listory of Chicago furnisocs ouo with a comploto history of AN INREDECMADLE PAPER-MONE? SYATEM, Emigration was fast tonding wostward in 1835, Goverumont land was 31.25 per acro. Tho omi- graots had littte or na money, and would pur- chasoe laud on erodit 4k greatly advanced ‘prices, Eantern speculators flocked” hore aud took ad- vantazo of this coudition of things, Tho Goy- ernment maney reccivad for lauds would bo do- posited n the Dauks, crod'ted to tho Govirn- mort, and then reloaned back to speculutors, Thus the QGovernmont had crodits in bauky to mora thay tho smount of their capital, and thoir assots congrstod almost entircly of the notes of Western specalators. The Gavernment was out of dobt, und bad mo uso for it surphis, whicls was fornung tho basis of thoso largo epeculativo losns, aml mon be- eam~ evon mors excited and reckivas thai wore tho land-nperators here in Cnleagoat tho timo of tho recent panic, Dealdes, money was takon from evory branch of business Lo {uvust in these West- ern apoculations, Thoe President of the Unltvd States bad no power toatop tho salon of lauds ur to lmit bank discounts, Mo saw the immediats nocesaity of arresting this condition of things, and be had no oth- €2 way 10 do it than to lasuo an order that nothing but 4old and sflver abould b recelved for publiv lands, Accord'1ig (0 an fnvariablo law, o redundancy of paper had drisen the precious mutala out of th coitatry, and tha links hniF wot the specio whorewith to rodeem thelr bills, which wero fast being prosented to obtain land-oifieo money, 'The banks all failed, aud corporas tiona and Individuats tssued cerhificaten of fndented. nieas, which wero {nterchanged o8 curroncy, Btaten, countiss, aud cltica pabil their debts in” warrauts upon an ewply trossury, ‘The Cansl Cam- wmissfonces puld coutractura fu serlp, aml o contractors pail thelr laburers 1 a lesser scrip, redeomable fu tho serip of the Comimis- wioners, Nearly overy toan In Cblcago dolng bustuess wad {asiilng his individual scrip, and the city sboundad withh lttle tickets, such an * Gotd at our store for 10 conts,” ¢ Good forn losf of bread," #dood for o shave,” % Good for A drink,” eto., eto. When you went oitt to_trade, (ke trader would look over your titkets, anu Acloct il s bo could e o the Lesi advantage, The times for a while neatmod very prosperous, We Irad o currency thal was interchangoable, and fora imo we auilered no juconveulence fromi ft, wxcept when wo wauted some upociy to pay for our pustage, Tit thows duyn (Look 25 centa to woud @ lettoe Last, But after a whilo 1t was fonnd out that mon were avar- ianting, Tho barber bind outatanding tov many siaves : e baker too watty liavos of bread ; tho sslootr-ioepet too many drinks, ete,, ete, Want of contldency came geiserul, s wan becsmeafrald to tako th tick- cts of unothier, Bome deelinod to redeem telr tickets fiy sny way, nud soms sbiconded, And people found out, oy 4u'slways tho case whr thor Ia o redundancy af paper monuy, that thoy bhad hoen extravigaut, hail bought tungs they did wot need, and had run in debt for a larger amonnt than Ihvr waory ablo to puy, Of coupie, niearly every ouo fallod, and chargos fiis fal- ure upon Frestdout Jackson's spoclo circular, In after timos, I asked an old sottior, who was a groat Rrowlor fu thoss dayv, what offect tiine bad kad upon Lis viow of G, Jackenn's circular, #i raply was tht Gen, Juckeou hud spoiled iy belig w great mun, Sabi lie, ¥ Teane to Chicaygo with nothingg, fafled for €1 0,~ a0, and could have falled for n mullion, If Le bad It thiebubis buret in the natural way,” A BINOLE INSTANCE will {llurtrato to what varfous purposss those litlo tickets of fudobtudneas conld bo put, A Nitle boy hail a tlcket % Good for u drink,” He droppod 18 Lot the church contributlou-bus, aud beard ho - wore of it o tud wnother boy, who did - tho gamo thing with the ke 1. That by told bis slster, whu told her wothier, who id bor husband, who demed 1t hia duty to toll thio Deaconss Moanwhils tho buys wern putiiie . tho lickuts daud for a drink,” sud telldug W other Loye o du the i Tho Leacun, alive to all tha respoustbiities of his puaition, for the Orst Lno in bis Lfe cutorad o ssloon; culled the barkeoper ohu side, sud wkod him to chango a $1 serip, well knowitg be coull uot o so ulean It wore fn Hguor-tickete, Fhu salosnekeepor tckots, aud declined to maky waw alrald to offer suc] " the chaoge, until the Descon gave him u hind that, y although o did not stimulate imself, bs thought g could nso tho tickots, ‘Tnen, sald the Deacou, 1 lave & curluaity to kuow the xtentof thess tcketn, uud Foally wisih you would put a privato mark upou tium, aud nolify” me whon ouo rulurus Tuluk of o Deacou puttiug nick curroucy fnta a cone tribution -~ box! But Lo dld it, sud tho Loye put in sowe moro. Ou Monday afteruvon thy Doson was uotificu that one of his tckets had bewu redeomed, Ob, what o chauca fora oindal cave ! Imagiuy that'such o thing had bappeied tn ourdsy ! ‘luluk of our culerprising uewsistherors culliug upon 3 Deicon, snd aeking bl What W the average time of n Hquor ticket's olug frow his chureh coutribution bos to s kaloon | With solemu tresd $ho Doacon wnado Lid way to bi3 paator's real- duticd, and aakod bim whiat dwpoaition b mads uf tho various tickets taken frow tho coutrlbution-box, ‘Ko roply was thit tis wite axaarled tuem, strung ut atriigd.oubore | eu upon s book, urch crodit as sls ussd auy of tiel, Auddo you way, iy deat Lrother, * wikod thy Das: cali, * bk you bave ho knuwlodgo ‘of the marticae Urod b Walch thedy Vicketa lavo boon puL 2 1 da #4500, aitd tho pastor, [y Doacon vecitho | frose, 1o bad clostod lia pator, but 1 iava uo d st tig Priyed, “ Moy the Tord Wive morsy ou bis e Wiked" Pho wife was called, id boe Lusoan | ald, " Ly Deacun wisites U8 Lo Qive ai account of tho pros oueda of tha coutnibutiun bax,* +* Nt cxactly no, iy doar mister,” waid the Deacunt hut L wish b kuow for wual purposcs the Wquor tckebs have beeu imsd,” He cumpretcuded the matter ut ouve, sid_promptiy replied, % Wiy, Deacou, did you waut (uem? 1 nover tuought you were s drinking msu, Now, s yuu didu’s have e Dickets, will you sharo with us tho procesda? Let us alitske s driuk]” Hba rushed to ur pantryy brought out a yitchier, with tunsb.ees, und it v tilod with=mniik] Tn wmakiug tos change with ber tuilkuwen bis eyeshad falivu upos thicsw tickets, and Lasaid hocould usetuom, Tuae tusowing tho lquor tickets into tho coutribition Lox was Lut & ropetition of thy old adige, * Evil, Lo lou twy good,” Thoy liad ischarged oll tho funetlons of thamaleru prectinick, evea ty farnishingn powrly-pald clergy- mn e chifidron with miik, Yot louig aiter oie Chlingo cttzons wera vletimized by AXOTTIER IRMEDEEVABLE CURRENCY DEVICE, Michlgan I=qisfatars thought that, while there wasnot apecia enough 1t the country for s hanklne basis, thoro tand onongh, o they passed what s known as the teal Eatate Banking Iaw,” They contenlod that real eatate wan Letter than gold and - silver, becanse a nun conbl nob run away with real estite. Clicago merchants, busincss men, and_epeculitors genorally, fantead of payiuye thelr dobta with theirinoney, hought Miciigan wild lands, hul them appratsed, and then mortgaged them for bills, which they brought liona 10 pay toelr debta withi, Jteal ostate, which In gonor- ally tha first property 1o feol tho oifcct of fuatad cilrrancy, 8:0u rose jn valuo, and ita ownors patl AMichilgan anoihier visit, secared a higher spyralsal of thetr fanda, and esehaniad tho second mottjagn for nome moro'lills, For about &_sear we had excellent times ogaln In Chicagy, It then confidonce hegan o weakon, Aqunta were sept into the covotry to buy_auything they could, pravided Michls gan inoney ~ wouiil taken, Merchania wouldt post In their windowa o lst of bills that they would re- cotvo fur o givon iy, and thon rovise the ltat for tho nextilay, ‘The bubdle oan bural, and everyono was the noorer for tho good timea he fiad enfoyol, Mane ual 1abar, which waa the laat thing to riso, \was the last rentiug-piace of the warthloss bills, Duriug oll this excitement incident to our rent wariets of Irrodeemable paper, our sutferings wore tho greatast for . FOBTAGE IONET, whileh had alwaya to bo in sbeclo, and apecis wag then nt frow 60 to 104 per cent premium in our depreciated curruncy, Iut postage was thon reckonod by the shoet inatesd of by wolght, The result was that, although friends wrote but ssidom, thelr letters wora o sort of dally journal, When agyihing occnered to them, they would writo it out: and when they had filled & shost, oftentimes writing crossways sleo, they matied it as noon as thov could ralso the past- ags, i traveling at the East, I have fallen in with soveral of (hess lottera writton in carty tintes, whown puolication would add matarially to thie early history of our eity, Lt their contonts wer 8o nitved up with private matlers apportaiuing to diier- et Lumilies that it In imporsiblo to ubtain possoasion of Ilem, As our labaring men woro pakl fn eurrency, It ofton took more thau n day’s wark Lo pay tho poste 8> 01 8 lettor to an Eastern frienid, 1 will rolalo an anecdote to fliustrate this fabfor, Soan after my firat eloction fo Congress;: 4 youni mat who had rendored wo matertal acrvico, mads mo & call, sudd observerd thal pstags wan very highi ln which senthment T ccieurced, and promised o libor toreduse ¥t I3 thea ruirked thit T would hava the frapking privilegn; to which I assented, aad prom- 4xaf to Iabor to Aboudsly 1t, But all this id net seem tofnterest the young man, aud 1 was perpioxed to Itnow the rlft of bis couversition, Fally, with Rrost embacrassment, ho obsorved that Bg wan ongaged to o yound lady ot the Losl, and wanted to know If T Ccould uot frank bis lotter, T axplained thit thors was but oo way to avolil tha respanatullities of the taw, nnd that was for hlin to writo hla lotters to me, andl then I could writo a lettar to bier, calling hier stteation to bis; and alia could hava tho sams privilpre. The coreesponduncs tou thiy form uncdl thy Congeressman from her dls- at the closo of dhio sessbon, I was golugliomo by the Wway of hix district, T dld notcompres Jiend bim unifl ho atited tkat ho was well acquainted 10 tha family of tholady with whom I had bewn cor- rospondiag, anil suggested toat, 1f T wan grolug to bo marrled pefore tha ezt session, it wauld ba pleasant for us 1o board at tho sams house! This put n new phiase upon my way of dodying an abussof the frauke iog pravilege, and 1 wrote to my constititent that he st briug his courtahip to o closs and hs did so, Four lotters froin him and threo fromn her covered the trausaction, ana I swmna indebted to thiaday to tho # congefen -0-fund ""of the Poat-0:Tico Departmont for $1,75, Bu this was a very iusignidcant wum Lo pay for the spcuring of good Yaukes qirl tothe Weat in thoas days, Lasides, thiora are seven in tho fsmily now, and ono weut ta tho War and that $L75 was an {uskgnhil- caut bounty to pay for & soldior.’ Aftor all, the beat way to procure noldiera is to breed them ‘yourself, But every thne any one apsika to me nbont the cor- ruptions sud defal:ations among public men of tho present day, I aco * meno, mene, tokol, upbarain writton on’ tho walll £ thiuk of that $1.75, and say nothing. Not satlsfled with the realestato Lisking experi- mant in Michigan, of trying to mike casy timea withe out_prompt specis redemption, sons of the npeen- t3torn of lliinols thought that'they would try tho Michigan wystem, with BILATE BONDS abatituted for lands. 'Fas vesult of this last experi- suent i too familiar to the mass of our ckizens trict anked o if, - to necl an estended convmont. Money waa borfowed, aud Stats bomds wore purchascd. i momt hizarcessibla places in our Stits wero sowght oub for the lication of hauks, and biils wore exte #ively Issued. Moucy waa abundant, prices of eve: thing advanced, aud o fnauelal wilienium was onvo mora among us Tho colsequouccs of this sysrem wero quite aw dlasstrous ns thosa of the resl estato aystem of Michigin. Cousideriug its age, Oaicigo haa Ueen tho greatest suffercr of any place in the world from anIresdesmable Jagetinoney mystom, Its loescs in thia respoct will nenrly snproximata thoas from the great fire, Aud whon you talk to oue of the eurly nettiers of Chilcago about the advautages necrus ing from an_jrredvemable mouoy syutow, you Wauto your labor, Ho bus been thero! . ONE OF OUNl EARLY AMUSEMENTS was that of wolf-hunting, Experlenced Indiin ponles wero plenty In our clty, Tho last hunt I remembor hai for {is abjoct the driving of as largo a number of wolves as possiule up to the fee upon the lake ehoro, a0d au near the mouth of tha harbor as could bo dotio, ‘Thura was to bo no ahoating until the wulyes had got up- THE CHICAGO TRIBUN ou tho fce, No persot waa 10 fir unicss Ly aim was ene drely ovor o3, nud thon to the castward, Twa partios atirtod esrly fn tho moruing, oue foliowiug tho Lake shora south, and the ofhergtho river, to mest at n coinmon ceniro not far from Blue Inland, Then they wero to sproad thomselves out, cover s much terri- tory a8 posalule, and drive thewolves befors them, About 4 o'clock In tho afternoon a wolf mado bis aj- pearauco §n the outsk.rie of the city, Tho news was spread, snd our peoplo turnod outon foot, Leeping along thu maryin of tho river, 80 a8 ta driva tho woives upon tho Ice of tho lako shore, One wolf after another mado his appoarance, std soon we saw the horsemen, Thio pumber of wolves was about the sare as thut of Sameson's foxes, 'Ll men wero so eager to gat tho Birst firo at & wolt that the tramp of thelr horses Lroko tho fco; and, ns the wind was rather brlak, it broko away from tho shore, with the wolves upon it, and drifie northeasterly, very mucl in the saute direction a8 that takon by tho recont unf wtunate balloon, But the wolves, unliks the man i tho builoow, took n9 ro- porter on board, Men, women, and children lined the bank of tho take, oxpodilug (0 sce Lhe lco bresk in plocea and tho walves swini ashore. Dut It did not do B0, Our people watched the ico, aud could sco the wilses punning from sids to side, until they faded sy fran viow. Wheu I took my list look, they up- poared about the aize of mice. “Auout two weskn afterwarila o lester apposred in o Detrolt paper contalning an account of soms fari sot« tlements on the vastern aliora of Liko Alicligan belog atuicked by & largo body of hungry wolvea. ey do- stroyed fowln and catlle, and for saveral daya sproad terror tirouft tho nelyhiborbood, Wa always sup- posed that thoso wero onr wolves, bt onr hunlers nuver lald uny clalin to them, a3 tho news of tholr a rival was #0 long lu reasblug’ hore, Aud o4 an evl- dence of the tardy traneit of merchnidise and mally {n thoee duys, I will utate that our uawapapers of Sp- tomber, 1835, annuunco tha areival of o schoonor, with goodu twanty days from Now York Cily, the shortest tme avor made, A nowspaper of Dec. 2, 138, nounces that Preslidout Jackson's messaga to Cougros was only twelvo days on Its route from Washington, It was publishiod Lre Baturday, hut tho aditor says he wotld have bastied it ou Thursdsy, bus for tha oxe troma cold weat “;L'uu first divorce sult in our clty was brought in LAND BPECULATION Bad bacome Ao brisk Livra in that from Jan, 4 to Oct. 2L of that ymr the yapors snnvunce that Augustus darrett (sfterwardn Mayor of the city) liad sold -land at his asuction roowsd to the modnt of $1,800,000, Our peopls had commenced ltization wo much' that at Ui commencomont of Cosk County Circult Court fn May, 134}, thero wore 210 oases oul th civil docket, and'the Uourt sat txo weoks, Tatiga- tlon ko fucreasod that fn bay, 1837, thero wura 100 casos on the clyil docket, Tho nowapapers pelatod, too, tha alarming fact that over a milllon dollars wore tne volved {u these caed, T VEST MIDE was tho last to advanco én population. Although st ouo thne, prior to tho elty's Incorporation, It tue duubtedly had, s« it docs now, the largest portion of our Inlihitauty, thars wero only ninoty-ssvon voters ou the wholo Weat S:de &t our Arst muciapal a:ection, "Ilhiess wore montly from our test familivs, as thors wers Uving theza about that thoe three Tudian Gulefs, —Hangatual, Lafrombolss, und Kobluson (whoss Tndiim namd Wis Clio-clioplo-gua)—witu occinlonal ity froms Hhaboneh, awl any nunber of Tndisue, French, and mizod-biveds related o them, The W.out Bide was tho last wido to hive 8 phand, but the sirains of the Ndila woro alweys | to busrd, aud the werddanca wis no uncommon thing, I romembor attendlug the wadding of oiie uf Ta¥rambuise's danghters, Slho was marriod {oa clerk fu_the Post-Oilice, and 18 tow the wifa of Medard B, Meaubien, herotofors alhided to fn this lecturo, 'The clerk wan tho one who delivered letters, and, of course, wax wall known to ull ver citizous, uud was' romarkably popular, e went to the printing. otlics und had Ofty cardé of favitation wiruck uif, Hut whon people wunt for thelr leiters thoy politely Lluted that thoy expected a card of Invitation tu the wedding, 80 lio was compellod to 1o 10 the printiog- ollea and have ifty morn struck oif, Thewo dld nat last lonig, w liv lisd & bundred more, Then bo wand that Lickute wera of 10 use, aud everybody tnigit cowe; und about svery vno did catne, ‘s corewony formed, Ly tho Rov, Liaao W, [iallam, pastor ufs Janica Eptscopal Chiureh fn this clty, Everys 0 ligh-toed, woll worthy of n Iudiin Chisf's daughtor. ‘Tho houxs wak of no pare teular nu, a8 16 was surrotndei with people, Thly wolding mado & wtrony dmprossion au tny tmind, ay it was tha frst e 1 avor uow tho Indiin war-dance, Boie of the gueats not only tad teir towabawks aud BEAlINERNIVes bows a0d aFFows, but a fow of thui Liad real weulps Whiich busy preteniled they had taken I the varloun tudiau ward, “Puelr faces wero ecorats ed wit ull the Lavorits pictured of tha [udians, Aud B0IM0 Of OUT youny whits tnon and Lidiza playel the part of e Inlian o well iat it was_ difieult (o i tingalah e (ron Uio reud vaed, 1t Bas boots u woite dor u mi tst, Witls aur profeasis of 1S v Leen duvouting so msny diferent xioda of dai . 1o ol dum B3ve repeodes tas D lan aarda o, which {o uie 14 1much wors senvible Ly g of thass wilelh sru 1waw pra 3 of e fasbionabl parties, L pTssame tuat tho trools 1e that our failies voushlor (At Ui Il wiropaiint uge temparized tae thu oceaslon, wonld dilterices with tin orlginat patut put on Votora thns (61t e b s ik whicli thoy wisod L0 reim i thougu te ovod g, Onw of our youuy ten_claitue L tht, at this we ldiug, awid tho crowd, wup:reeived, ho ad clippod a bk from thia bridu's Long, Howiug, raven hulr, Souo of birvastptu, and very soon 14 1his halr hebad putistow thereafter theso Indian bridal broieplus wero abant 24 thicz e wers tha uanufactures from our old Couri-Howso ball afidr s lre, Oug tian who had WOrn 0o foF s0:ue years wav wudidenly taken slek anl oxpuctud to e, Ho callod his wifo to'hls bodslde aud 1014 Lier ha duemed It Lils duty o utate Lo her (Lat ho Lad boen decelving her for’ years, and he could not dio Lo peaco until Lo kad made s contession, * Imust ora T dia that tha hals in that pin T havo 114 50 deceltfully 14 not the fiale of that Ine dan Colaf'adaughter, but yourown,” Wit pRIT eyen 13 loa'ied to his Wife [oF foratvene, *And fathat il that troubles you,™ sahit sho ' wint you havo just re- vealed 4 sour dying hour ouly confirms my apinjon of you. Talways smpposed youl thought maraot ny than yon did of o squawl **° And now T sippesa yit think that that man dled in posee, Vit ho il not, 1o in nlive now, Thora is oceanionally an instanco wiiers aman lina ‘surrived & confocnlon o his wife, It whore, olt whera, {8 thera an instanca of 2 wount who Lins mirvivad a confasaion Lo liee funband | After the marriage of this Indian Chiot's danghter #overal of our wealthy citizeus (wealtly for thoas days) giwo L TETURN PARTIES, 1 romamber attendiug a very eleyant ono given at {he houso of Medard I, Boaublon, I think the fanliions able socloty of Clleago subaisted for about twa tnonthe tipon that wedding, ~Mr. Beaublon has given o sov- eral invitations, as he has others of our olit acttlers, 10 vislthim at bin reatience among the Poltawntomies, Ife told ma that T would bo big Poltawatomlu | Ha gavens a roason for nbanidoniug Ciioago, whera ha wan n merchant, that he would rathier bo o big Indian than s lNitlo whita man, Mo bas the reputation of being tho handsaaest man that was ever fn {hila oity, I met him at Wanhington o fow years ago, and hn sttracted great altoution for Wiy rematkebla poraunat anty, The most of the families of wealth, aducation, and Ligh soclal position, about tho timo of our fucorporas tion, wera sattlail upon the North Side, The * Like Hlouso " thero was tho frst brick hotel conatructed in our clly, nud it was na woll furnlshed and con- ducted an nny hotel west of New York City, Upon the Sonth 8ide wers most of tho business housos, aud hotels for tha accommailation of farmers who camo to Chicago with their loida of grain, Busineas-mon withouit familice, clorks, and smployos of buninesis mien, genorally boarded at thegn hotols on tho Sauth Bide, ofton sleoping in tho stotks, Wo could not have anything 1ke & large party on the Suuth Slde, witliont fomala domestics, the Norlh Skie conld {nvite our yonug men (o thale parties on that Side; tut when wo hiad & iy ¥on the South Side, instead of conin@ tionseives tho ladias woilld acnd their domest)h, Andaf L were to o futa detally of tiis arigi: of the fashiionablo soctoly of Obile cago of Wi present day, {could matiafy onr young men {ust xhether they waiiiel to make money or rales eaithy children, the bost thing they could now do woutld be tn fmitsto the exatnple of aome of our aatly settiorn, aud warry a lady whio dares discharge an im- pudent or incompeteut tnaid, and can do the wark Lieraclf tl1) sho cats got better one, “Fliera was considerabls fll-focling ‘stono time bo- tween tho North and_South Hldes tn_counequonce of this disorimiuation, But politics, then as now, proved a ureat laveler sn soclety, 'Thers was AN ELWIANT PAKTY GIVEN AT THL LAKE 1INCSE onu evening, where ono of the most fashionvle men on tha North Sule, who thought hie would throy Dy dincing with o South Bide dresing-mald, whilo ho eiipposed bty wifo was being entertained at tho sup- per-table, But sho entoced {ha ball-room whila the dlance wan going 03, At onca 3 proud heart was fired, Quicker than thought sha wpoka to a carrfage-driver who atood nt the doar looklng I : *¢Can you danco, Mike?" *It'w only for tho want of n partosr.’* was tho responso, B:izing him Ly the hand, sho sals “eoimoon!” and, turnlug o the crawd, sho sald “This ba,a gamo that two can play at " and fmmod| stely tho danen went on, nmidat the applauge of tha wholu room,—thn man with the South Sido dressinz- mald, and Lifs wifo svith the Sonth Side driver. Aud thus freo audrage.began its work against artificlal so- chal position. Not long aftar my firat eloction o Congreas, upon opetilug my tnall at Washingtou, I found a lotter duted in the westorn part of Tows, thon far fu tho wilder- uewy, rosding in this way ¢ Ay dent old Chicago friond ¢ Treo you have bean gotting up in tho world, and it 18 50 with mysele who am the Sharlff's deputy hore, and T also keop hotel, 1 am tho samo ono who mada all the fuss dancing with ths lady at the Lake 1lousa ball, nud you were thera; nnd tho girl T married Is thewamo domestic lier hos- Dand danced with, Tlhe Judgo of the Gourt boards at our houso, and ho often danices with miy wifo &t tho ig parties hore, whera wo aro consldered among tho Qirnt folks, il I reckon my wifa Lridiet would put o0 na many aire aa the lady did at tho Lake House, it sho slould catch mo dancing with domeatics, 1 found out that those peopls %uo_mada 8o much fuss nt the Lake Houso wers not consldered much whers thoy came from. Lut thoy emigraied to Caleigo, and tuen they et up for big folks. 8o L thought 1 would marry Bridget, sud start for s now country whera I oould Le aa Iig a6 anyboly. And now remsmber your ald Chicago friand, and fell the President that I am for his adminiatration, and would Uke to gut tho poat- aftice hero, T remember that duting the sesslon of Congress, I boarded at tho samo hiouse with Horeco Groeloy, and Tie was (roquently 1 my roumn; aud I think that it wan from tuls loltor ho borrowed Lis sontiment, * Ga Weat, young man (" 1u oue carly Umes it was customary ta EXCOMUUNICATIE MESKRS OF TILE CRURCK s publicly as they had been admitted, Now, we hear of surmlssions, bit nover of excam unuteations, Lrof, David Swing lias como as ner NYflog that bili as any wo hava hoard of rozently, but futute historlaus will «iiTer as to whether lie vxcommunieated the Church, or e (ol bl [ reuentbor 1 esrly times hore, of a clergyiaan‘s Uealing, ot the closs of Lls servico, with o momber, ona of our wall-known citizous, some what after this fashlo You will romomber, my 0 M. Blank wa3 proposeil for admiasion ta this church, aud aftor ho had pass A favorabls examiuation, L called upon overy oug prog- ont, to kuow i€ thero waa any objection, and no uns rosa nnd objactod, It becomos my patuful duty uow to pronounce tio scotance of oxcommunieation upon tim, and to remand him back to tho world agaln, with all Lfs s1us upou Liw head.” Wheraupon s guntianian ros0 In lila pow, and sald, “ And now tho world objucta to recelving him 1" On Which, burats of Iaughtor ol tho houno; and tho preveiso tatusof that man wan never detormined, a tho civil courts fn thoss days hud not begun Lo interfero n- ecclomastical mattora, In theso times, the Ubureh would undoabtcdly hava callol upon the courts ta graut » mandimus ujou the worlil to rocolvo i, o th world would have aplied for an injunction to prevent ths Church from oxcom- municating him, In moat now mcttloments there oan always bo polnted out somo particular clas who giva tons to the carly wocloty ; euch ar tho Dllgrime and Purtans of Now England, the Kujckorbockera of New York, tho iinguenots of South Carolina, the Craolos of New Or- loaus ; aud fn later days, men fdsniled with monu. factucing Snlorents, mining futorests, railrosd jnter- catr, oF with sominaries of learuing, But hora in Cllcago in early thines, wo lid not any ono provatling clnsa o¢ {nterest 3 nor was thora any sufliclent number of peopla from any particular locality to exerciso o controlling lutluenco in molding publio_ sentiment, Wo had poopla froni nlimost every clfmo, and of almost evury opinion. Wa lind Jows autt Christians; Proteste ants, Catiollen, ant InGdeln; smoug Protestants, thera woro Colonists and Arnianlans. Nearly overy langusge was ropreeonted hers, Hoine pooplo had st mish of tho world, aud sore vory little, Somy were quits learnadl, aud ‘somo very fgnorant, Wo had evory varlety of woaplo and out of thedo o lad to construct what 18 calicd socfoty. The wintera wora long: no Tallruade, no telegraphs, no esnal, snd all we had to_rely upon for nowa wore aur weokly towapse pors, Wa had 1o l{uraries, no lectures, no thoatres or othier plac:s of amusement, 1f a alranger attonded 2 gathoring of any kind, the mass of attendauts were equally mtrangers with himself, and the gentlomen ailtnuinbered the ladies by about four or Ave to ono, You nal WIIAT BOCIETE LIVED UPOX in thoss dsye? I auswer, upon Talth, Bat falth withant works {s dead. ¥rom the clos ta tlio opening of navigation, nevrly iz montha jn the year, wa had nothing to do, Our faith consistod principatly in the future of Clilcayo, Nearly overy one Ll Inid out s town, und men exchanged lots with oach otbor, very mitch aa boys swap Jacakuives, Tho groitest storye telicr was ahout a8 big & man'ss wo had, If nnow story was tolil 1t was soan a town, and duocredit given to tho originator, If a new book spe puaro 140 out mdut, that was loaned around untit an- othiar now ouo cano to {ako ita place, Occasionally cuoof our young ey would go Eist and got him a wifu, and thin wa duoussud hur foe awhile, Drees- wnakers would fuvariably wike her (ho first call, ex- swtno hor dresses, and tuen go from doot to daor, likon modorn cenans-taker or {ax-colloctor, soliciting orders sccording ta tho latust fasbions, TUERE WA# GREAT PREJUDICE between the emigsaits from too South and thoss from the East, Allour Esstern people were considered by tho emigranta from the Nouth as Yaukoes. Tuu first contest was about tho Conveution wysiern n politics, Southernurs denounced {8 vehemently as o Yunkos fn- novation upan the old systew of llowing every man tarun for ofllca who wanted to do so, aud taking his chncos, Tneir ayston was ta wolleit tholr friends so solicit thems ta tuu for of cansented und pisced thomsolyes in the bands of their frivnds, All Yaukes customs, fashions, snd innovas tious upon thelr eatablishod usages wura rdiculod au Yiukea notious, worthy unly of the pedlers of wood- e clocks and pawler sponns, * " ‘Tlhoias Pord, born iu Uulontown,” Penn,, in_ 1800, who had Hyod in Uilinoid from 1804, and whowe father il boen killad by tho Indlans, camo hers aa Judge, and ahl mors than uny otaer porwon 10 mollify the }Il’fi,‘ltuc!l of the Houthi agstust tha North, Hu early fureaaw that all that tha eatly sottlors of [ilinis need- ed, was tho growll of wore Yaukea thrift among them; and he early told his fricuds that whils ks stayed hero ho was golug to conforia to all tho Yankea notiony, oa fane ae he conld sacortiin what (hey were, and wantod lis scquatntances to inforn him what he stioulid do to prevent embarrassnent by non-couforin- ity, I metLilm ou his way to Gonrt ouw morning, and 10 Baid o hud Just been detained by a Lady complaine duyg that be did not attend Ler parly on o revious enfng. il told her that he was very fond pf partics, aud alwaya attonded them whonevor he could, but that ha beld Conrt that evenlng until it was 0o Lite to Ro, But thisdid not satiely her, Hhe wanted to kuow, {f ho could not atteud, why be did not seud & “pegret, Ao did nob unduratind the matter, snd madu ab oxcuse that the Court was walting, informing har that ha would cunverss with hor soma ather timo, Lut, watd ho, * what's that? What did shs want wa to do when I couldu't got® I informed bim " that the Ly had sowo wiators visiting hur from the East, aud sho hadt o pridy iu baviog e writo bomo that smong her friouds wors tho very best people du Oaloago, ond wmong thom the Jduige of the Court ; which i hid abacuce, & Uitle note fron him woald establisn. * Capital, capital, xald e, * Why yon Yaukees ave s motiva i all you o, You turn everytulig ta account, ‘Tas 1o ger Lilya amoig Yin%zes the mura Taso wiiy L fs thut thoy are it Thoual GvOrRauALg ) codutry, Nobody wibH cocnplain of mo bereter 10 thit redpost, Ll Laver b0 43 Bote-papor in - any deak, and i th awyers Aletadn e DU 0§ ts Soeriil with o e of ey e b Viukued wiant 1o 1o o 10 L8 11y Iy igu apuresziibon Of you, plsavo It 100 know.‘The nest day the Ju lye callad at my o Wit @ beantfal Lithie wite, on glit- widgod papur, mliroised to Lix wifo, aud resding ua foliuws Judge Fori's complinents 4o Mra, Ford und th calldren, sl Fegrels iat s canot Lo home £ have by plesrtire of thelr socloty an Sunidy neat,” Bebw thiu wan tho following postieript s Tue above i uno of tho Yankes uotlone, sl wion waut Lo go auywhecs wud cantiut, you wust slwaye send one of thicon, which they call' ¢ regrot,! Pivins (toll this to hiu 1olglbore, utid alw tell thom that when' L roturu [ aliatl Layu » groat luany dories 10 tell tam abous dif- ferent Yankes notlons," Not loug aftur, I was at Oregon, Ogle County, whure bo resided, sud whore ha was thea Lolding Oourt. MONDAY: MAY &, 1876, ‘Tho fashlanabls peoplo on, Lt dons, Bt thata dy auy other thing it you® Witon it beeame time for the BherdlT to adjonrn the Conrt the Judste said, = M, sheelif, don't forgat that Furty at quy oaro foufglt,” “And tho Bherlff oz clatmed, * Hear yal Ifear yal * Tho Judgs of thia Court tewneatn ma (o sav that he and Bie fuly wonld Do pleasedd ta rro you all nt hin houre (o-uight, both citizons and atrameral Now this lonorabie Court stands adjonened nntil to-morrow marning at o'cloch Tt was woudvrful to natico the mistire of Poapla who nierea noufuialy visited Lin that avening —nttarneys, frors, siitors, and cltizens generally, with (helr Wiven, Ono peraon seonsed 84 mueh al Lomo an anothior, Thero wan a grand waleamn for atl, 1o wan the very prince of hospitality, Ifls amall Liours could nat contain the crowl, and many stond outails and mingled i tho entortalnments, Tho Judge psaed Uheotigh the assemblago withs waiter on whicti was & devanter of Malsira wiio, and wine- lasnen, Itis wifs panssd arousd with another walter oaded with cako, Hald the Judyo to some ¥aukeo gontiomen, *'This {4 the wny wo original Illinolsans given party, Welnvitanil; the lateu-airlng i out: all como who can, and thosa who cannot cote asy notblng, ‘Thiny ndver writo any ‘regrots.’ Indeeda great many of our promitient nion at the South conki notdot, T haye known mien {n onr Leglvinturp who oould uot write,” Then ho passod sway inta & group of poopie whio ware tiatives of tho South and Lol tham how ho @ot hitmaelf futo troublo with a Oliiowgo lady by not writing ker a littia billot-dous explainiug te her why hie did o {u her party, whon bo wanted togo moro Whan she wanted £0 lnvoim, 1fo ofion uttered the sentimant that Lo dld not wisls to live in & locality whera his botso was not largo enougli to antertaln his nefgnbors withont making welections, Ho wald he must_eltber Luild him o lirger housn or mava nto & dintant settlemont, Whon 1 came away I axprexsed the winh that I snight soon havo tha pleasurs of secing Lim and bis neighvors {u Cifesge. Whereupop A\ Judya jocasely obsorved, ¥ Wo eithier g4 o 4n &30 you or sond you a b ¥ lifnotsian, a natlya of North Carodns, oxclaimxd, " Yen, whon you Yeukee peddiers ara putting up wood- en clarks 2ad pewter npovna for this rogion, tell them iwputupo littlo yiit-odgod note-papor for un, sad Uiava thom o bo suro that tho gold fon‘t bronzo " Tiut the paoplo of thia State seltlod the house ques. tou for Judgo Ford, For, at {he next Gubernstorial cloction, he was made {is Chiof Mamatrato, and na Governor be rondered his name dear to avety Hiinofn- an by Lus almoat sitperbumau, but ewinaotly success- ful, efforts Ly complete tho Iiinois & Slichigan Cansl, and to reatore the loat credit of our Btate, Hu dioi not long after tho expiration of hia term of allico, and loft to 1iia children ouly tha proceadn of the copyright of hin History of Lilinofs,— Look which, when ouco commenced, 1o reader will sy asido untl ho Liss fine ished it Iu'this work (s the only authoritalive lnatory of tho setticment of the Mormous n this Siate, and theic nal expulsion of It, wit tiie nerassiuslivn of tholr leador, Joseph Bumith, In hid preface ho says: # The wutkior ias written about amall evente and littls man, Aud in all thoso mattors in which Vhe anthor o fgured personally it will o sonis relief to the reader to find that ho lias not attempted to biow Lim- seif up luto n groat min,” UNE OF OUI MOST KKLIAULE PLACES OF ENTER-~ MENT was tha Post-Office whils ths mail was being openod, I'he Post-O:Nics was ot Franklla streat, betwoen Lake stroet anil tha rivor, 'The mall cosch was frregular in thio timo of ita arclval, but the horn _of the driver an- nounted itsapprosoh,” Theu tho peopls would largely assombla at tho Lost-Ofico, and walt for. the opoulng of the mafls, which, at times, were very'hesvy. Tho Postmaster would throw outa New York paper, and bownn geutleman with & good palr of lungsand & Jo- vodo temperamsut would mount n dry ff00ds box nad cotraonca readiug. — Occasionally I acoupied that po witlon myself, During exciting” times, our loling men would invariably go to the Post-Otlice themselves, {nstead of seuding tacir employes, Tho nowas woul ba discuased by (lio assomblsge, and oftentimas heav, ta would bo nade, and augry words paasod. If {t, was uloction thmes, there would bo two papers thrown out, of opposito politica, two reading stauds establish. ed, two roxders engaged, and the mon of esch party woulil asaornblo around *their own resder. 'Flls can- dition of things would last nntll the mails wera opon- edl, when the gathoring would adjourn until tho next hlowing of the driver’s boru. ‘Luis gatlering aford- ed tha Lest opportunity for citizens to become ao-+f quninted one with uuother, On one of these occanions I wsd introdiiced to a Tdoutensnt fu the ariny who Lad just come ta take cbargo uf the Government works in this city, o had great confidence in our futnre, and expronsed hia in- tantion to fa! all his moans hore. Ile was evoat. ually orderod away to some othog statlon, but xept up lis fnterest fu Ghicarto, His taxes becuimo high, too high in proportlon to tifs pay sy nn nrmy officer ond mnan«n of hle family. s wifolad onco placed tho prico of a new dress 1n a letter which was to leaya Dy the retura of a mail which brouuht her husband an oxorbitant tax-blil. Ife cxpraased Lis Intontion of or- deriug, by ths game mall, tho sals of his Chicago DProporty, na hiis meana could endure bis taxes ua long- or, * {113 wifo ordered hor lettor from the mail, took out the monoy, and, saying that slio proferrod the Chi- ¢agu property 10 @ uew dreas, fusisied thit ho should usu it to pay kis Chicaga taxos, The next sinmer ho visitod onr city, and ronted the property for enough ta pay tho tazxes, * That lady lost har dress for that year, uut uhio gatued thoroby one of tho largest and moi celahrated eatates in our cily. I mention this fact to ‘warn our lidics that thay sliauld never ask for n now dreen natil they fiud thelr busband's tax-rozelpt In his ud, ot the same tme, T would cautlon hus- bands not 16 try £ carry 4o much real catate as t4 mnke thelr poorly-clad wives and children objects of r.lmrl'ly when tlioy make thelr appearance in tho str2oth. Our early sottlers wero distingnlshed for thelr LIBERAL YATUONAGE OF ALL RELIGIOUS DENOMINA= TIONY, and wo had ono clergyma who eroatod as nuch seuss~ tlon an any wo isve R since b8 daye Like oll rodl {nftuontial sensational prescers, ho was an origiua e dealt freely in pathos und In ridlenlo, If we eried once, we weto miiro o laih once, {n overy sermon. Unlike clorpymen now calledt sousational, he nevor quated }malry. nor told snoedotes, nor ‘used slang phrases for thie purposs of creating o lsugh. Thero way nothing mecond-handed about him. I allude ta tho Rev, Irasa T, liinion, o Baptist clorgymun, who was thy only scltlod mintiter oa the Soutu Sido When, I camo lierd i 155, ills resfil=nce was near tho car- ter of Van Durou atrect snd Fifth avenue, thon o the aulukicla of tho city, an was shaded by nativa oaks. 10 wiea & 1030 Who ndver oemed 83 Lappy sy whien Lo way bimraoraing convertod sinpers in our frozen river or lake, It lnsald of biaconvaris that noono of them was ever kuows to bo a backslidor, If you could wes tho cakos of ico that wero raked out to make room for baptismal purpones, yau would mike up your mind that 1o man would 'Join 8 - church undor uck clrenm- atauces, unless Lo olnod to atay. Lmmersions wore no uncommon thfug fn thoso days, Uno cold day, about tho 1ut of Februsry, 1539, thero woro BEVENTEEN IMMERSED IN TIE RIVED, at tho aot of State stroat, A hulo about 20 feot auare wan cut turough tho lco, and & platform was sank, with on6 end rosting upon the shore, Among the neventocn was aur well-knowu archiftect, John M. Van Gadel, Ale derman-alcct, sald to be now {lio only survivor, Thera are many now living who wars baptized by Mr. Hine 10n; anioug therm (& tiawifo of tho lon, Thomas Hogyue, STayor-elect, Bt recontly our Baptist friends have mada up thetr minds that our Iake has enough ta da to oarry away all the soworago of the city, without wwashing off tho sins of tho people. It Is also clajmed for Mr, Ilintou that no couple ho marriod was ever diyorcod, 113 was Jist g caroful fn_mareyIng an ho wan {n baptizing; he wanted nobody to fall from raco, It waaihe custom {n thoso days to give clergymen donatiou partles, Now, wo have surprise parties, whan the lady is expectad to endangor her hoalth by havidl working all day in ordor to propara lior house for anurprise in tho oveulug, Tho ouly warprise about them is tho moguiticence of the proparations, Thon the party wsa advertfacd in the nowspapers, aud & notice posted In tho vestibule of the church, It wus customary 1n those days for all denomini. tiona to patrouize Hherally tho clorgymon of other do- nomiuativun, Mr, {linton had a fatally of children nearly growu up, snd counequenily all tho youug poo- lo, am woll as the old, wonld bo there to have @ grand rollc ot hin donatlon-party, Thera wers no rellyions sorvices, aud tha houso was completely taken posnes- slon of by tho wulitado, Poopla would sond just int they app3usd to havo. anid ft would ook st thiacs a8 if Parson Hinton was going Into the sforage husle Corda of wood would be plled bofare his door, flour, salt, pork, beef, hox-rafslns, lomons, orangens, horring, dry goods, anything aud ‘overything. After the douation-Jiarty Wan over, (hers wan'alwaya » large quantity Jeft which Lo did Dot need, but he axe actly whero to placo it amung the destituta of the clly, Provably no vecasions aro” romemberad with mora pleasure by the old xettiors of tho city, than (hinie gaotligs ot tho Loapltabls manslon of e Jolly Eu- ailsls preacher, with his atiractivo luugh, who always enjoyed n good story, aud could generally tell & betier oo, Ehery ara matiy macriad oaiplos In thia city wio will tall you thut theru was whors they first wet. TH PIGT BABBATIL L PABSED IN TIIS CITY, my good boardiug-houso mistross Look ma with her 10'hia clusech, an wes tuo custom of Clrlatisa lidisa whli alcango’ youug men i thosa days, ilo told me At godliugss {s profitible unto all tilugs; aud ho was right, Christlau men and women bave not kept up this good old custom of taking young mien, strangora {u Lo city, to.church witn tietu, and uslog thelr elforts to laid them ton bigh woctal position withs thelr roligious justruction, Straugo youtig mou now Iu this city aro told that tlore i a tnoral sudrin- ary opeuwd Liero, untirely for thelr Lonsdt, whers tha weita are all free, aud men uro supportod expresaly 1o #av0 suclh ou_theynro from destruction, 1 mever know & youug man to amonnt to anything i he had o reapout for hitw saclal position; aud that position can uover bo attained where young men are turied away for raliglaus tussruction, $0_ places t visit which thioy would ot thivk of Jnviting a youny lady o leave a raipoctable church (o accumpany them, Al honor {0 tose clorgyinon ahd Chrtdtiana of Gbicago wuo hava thelr woukly chureh sociables, where youug ton uro brought forwanl into reepectabls soclal futere courso ag well as niorul dovelobmunt, Tho celebrated Indiau Chief, Blackiawk, covered_thls whola ground whon hie ssid to Gen, Jacksous * You aro a man, and 1 amm auotlies, Nut foeling able to sustain tho expense of & whole pow, 1 engaged ono in partniersbip wilh au unpretend- ng 'waddlv-and-bwness maker, who, by s llfoof jne dustry, esanomy, sod morality, hus accumulated one of the lurgest_ foriuuos in our city, aud stlll walks our structs with ad Little protuuso us when Lo saded the hacnvasos of tho farta:rs who hrought the wrain to The chureh-builling firyt-clas: of my half uf the pew was only $10.50 wore than It Wwould 114va buen 1n vur Bavior's tims, People wonder st tuw raphd fucressy fu the price of roal vstate at tho Worb; buk it buars 40 comparion with the in-roso in the price of goapol privileged, A good clergynsa ts well worth alt tiat a fleoral-hwarted” congregstlon may sco AL Lo pay him. 111t the peop.o ougutfo cry out uyaltn ik tho Tkl Wasta ol in sitay, stoadily fuckease jug. fn tao orostian of extravagint church oditicod, Audluo prilsin wuch matiers sooins b0 sab up all othor considorations, Durlug tho rucent panlo, & Christlau Lady of this cty, with a large fume lly of chiliron, waose bLaibsud was suddenly roducol from 'opuleuzo tu penury, astonlelied e by observing, with tears in ber eyes, that her wiost grlevous attiction was that ehs would be oo patiod 10 give up Lee paw ju bor churol, which was o of the most oxpenslys Ju the city, sud tako ous jua clisaper wlitica, Aud yot aur poople sing in every cliurel, % (5o I3 prosudt everywhoru, At tho clodo of wervice oo day, Parson Iluton sald he taougnt Chicago peaplo ouglit ta KNOW MORK ADOUT THE DEVIL ‘ than thoy did, ‘Thercfors Lo would tukoup hisbls. . havanot been prostrved, Ohleago newnpspor onter- tary, [n fanr lectnres 3 firet, ha wonld pive the origln of itis Davil; sycond, ststo what the Devil tas done ; Abird, siate what tho Devil In now doing : and, fourth, preseriba how todestroy tha Devil, ‘Thowo lesturss wern tho seneation for the noxt four weeks, The hauns conld tot eoutain the muns that flockad to Lear bl and it 18 8 wonder ta mo that thoss four lectutes rize had mot then reached our city, The hird evening wis of mever ta ba forgotten In thin city; oe 1L wonld not he i€ ono_of out mest _eminent elergymen, with tha effective manner of preaching that Mr, lilnton had, should undertake to tell s whnt the dovil in dolue i1 this city today, Tho drift of his discourse was to proxe st oveestiody i o dovi: it {o dovil wan s ovory atore, aid overy bank, and_he did not oven oxcept the chiirch, 1lo hiad the devil down oulwide and up tue middle of overy dance; fn tha ladies’ cuiela, and the goutiemon'a whiskers, In fact, befaro he finialicd, ho proved conclusively that there wrre Juint a8 tnauy devils in svery th Fon i5 1t5 and AF 16 were in thin our da not have heun awiie enough in the Sock-Yards fo eant thiem tito, Whon the people came aut uf churcl, they would Atk oach othor, * What fe your devil7 ™ And they would ntop one anothor in the strecta dnring the ook, anil onk, * What does Inrson linton ray your devil 187" I fourth lectrs contomned hia pro- feriptlun for dratroviuyg the"dovil T remaibor hin clowlug: * Pray an, relhren and friondu; Wray cver, Fight nn woll na pray. Fray and fght unill the devli is dowt ! Tho world, tha flesls, thio davil, Wil prave a fatal knnrs, Unlean wa do realat him, 1y Taith and humbie prayar,” Tn thin grand contest with his Hatanlo Majesty, he, our leader, fotght gloriously, hnt ho tall carly in the Wi A giearern, bave sepd @00 gallant Nglt ta this tay, but, Judging by our mornlng panera. ten dovit s wtlll far from belng doad, Yet we ‘dralt him s0imo very Liosvy ulowa at tho recant alettiun | Au fntereating lustitution way THE PENRY-ROAT Drtsyean (he Nortlh and Soutli Hides, Tt was & gnonral intelilgoncs oftice, Buduoss was done principally upon the South Hids, whits most of the dweliing houses were upon tho North Bide, The focryinau Kirew abotit evory porsor fti_ town, and conld auswer any question as (o wiso had crossl, roots lind ot bon beet ralsed to their presant wrade, nor tha rivor duepened or widencd, and the lboat wau eustly accessibly by toams, I8 wan puiled across by a rope, and was uot used enougl to kill Uhe green ruslies which grow In the rivar. 17 & ady came upon tho South Bida to 1ns an aventng, who_ wonld lsave word sith tha ferryinan whera hor husband could find Ler, Tlundies sud letters ware loft with him, to bo delivered 10 porsons o thiey paesrd. Ilo waaa sort of suporan- nusted eallor, mnd” {f ho had not eafled into every port fn tho world, ho bad a remark- able feculty of making poople think ho had. 11is fund of storics was jnoxhianstible, aud he wan con- stantly spiuning bis {nteresting ynras to thoss who patroutzed lifa sustitution, Like niost sallors, L could not pull unless e sitng, and to nll hia songe ho had one rofeain with & singlo varistion, 1114 yoice wan loud and aonurous, - 1€ lis falt dispiritod, hls rofratn was And L slgh ao T pull on my boat.” 1f he felt Jolly (sud prople took partioular paing to mako bim Ao), hils ro- fealn was, *And I stog oa I pullon my boit. All uight long this refrain’ was disturbing tho cars of thosa who dwelt near tho banka of the river, Hong after mong was composed for him, in tho hopo ot changing lis tune, hut it wonld not Lo long befurs hie would attach to it his usual rofrain, Ono of our mu- et compoasers composed a qnadrille, which our younyg foiks used Lo dance in the eveniug on the frrry, during certaln_ portfons of which they would all jolu fu old Jncica roftain, and aing, *And Wwo'll danco'ss we ride an tho boat.":Tliero was a little boy who tok great do« light fu Jack’s company, whioss parenta lived on tho marn of o river' near ‘tho ferry, and of tho Luat of bis sickneas s was burning witl a violent fever, nothing would quiot him but the sound of old Jack’s voico. Old Jaok bad just sung, * Aud [ sigh as I pull on my boat,” whon the Loy whispsred his last words ta his mother, And I dio while Jick pulla on hia bost1” Jack hieatd of tns, sud ki lungs bocane stronger than evor, Racking both his mowery imsginition for songd, for weeks all niglit ug, with his plaintiva refrain, * Charllo dies pitilnon his boat.” A aistingalshed postos traveling ot the Wout about hta timo was tarrying at the Lake Houno, aud heard of tho Incldont. Sho wrota for o New York magazino gomo beautiful lines sppro- priate to tho Last words of tha cluld and tho eirenm- stences, Theso wera roproducca in our Chicags papers, but I have lu valn souglt to find them. Some of our old serap-Looks undoubitedty contata tham, and X woud iks 1o bu tho fustrmens of ticir republica- toa, 0l Jack went to church ons Sunday,and the olergyman proachod from tho text, * Whosvaver aluall Vo asiamed of 3leand My words, of hiin manl the Hog of Man b ashiamed when Ile shall come fu Hin own glocy." After churcl was over, tho_clorgyman took Jack to task for miking so_mnch nofsa an bix torey-bosty aui told him h was oluy to have i re; moyed, * You can't do i, said Jack, *Why not7" sald tha clergyman, * Your sermou, slr, your scr- mon! You said wo mnst make a practical application of it.” *1ow can you apply that Lo your positin 7" 1u'this way,” saidgdack'; “tho Mayar appoluts & forryman, 1 'will jull tell "him, ho that s aghamed of ma and of my bost, of him will T be ashismed whoo I gata tho polis on tlia day of eloction 1" Jack was not . Dut ho weut oo fall (o tha Houth with the ‘but, unlika the robins, he returned 10 more, robin Ho probably saw she coming bridgo, It was cuatomary duriny the winter to glve A BERIES OF DANCING-PARTIES at central polnts botwesn hera and tho Fox River, along the Jine of soms of our maln traveled roads, noticus of which were generally given in the nowsps- pera, We used to have much moro stiow thay Wo have, Doy, and large slolgi-loads of pooplo would bo ftled out from the clty, 10 moat yoting people from dierent parts of the country, Peopla in tha country settlo- mnonts were gencrally emigranta from the mors culti- Tated portions of tho Lt United Blates Sonutor 8iina Wright onco told mo_ that bo could enumerate a hundred famllics, tho very tower of the sgricultural intersst of B, Lawrenco County, who had emigrated to weat of Chioigo, Tness settlors weea not always poors tliey wero ofton men of larga famillos whio cafus lioro to obtaln & largo quantily of coutiguous land, en 24 to scktle their cluldren” around them, Tho ous tom at thess partles was to leave Ohicago about 4 o'clock u tho ofternoon, take supper on the way out, nnd sngage breakfast for the moarnlng; sad, aftor daucing all night, getting hack to tho city aboat 9 or 10 o'clock. Tho hotels in the country wera froquently built of 1ogs, but whother of logs or howrd & ware generally Lelit in one atyla, Cooking-rooms, bar-room, aliting-rooms, wers w; ond above was ane large hall, which could bo usod for religlovs sore vices on Bunday or publio mectinga on n weckday ; and, by suspending blankets, could ba divided fits sloojlig-roomn. Abovo waa'the aftle, which could bo uaod for norage when thio hall was cleared, and also for dressing-rooma at purtica, Xadles and gentlomen could mora easily fiud thelr” wearing apparol whun suspended from nalls driven fnto the bosms of the bullding then they can now from the wmall dressing- roomia whero tha clothlug 1s in constaut danger of bu- ing mixed togother, I reiember ono of thvse ocea- slons when tho country residents had Lo- Run the danco beforo those frum fhe city had reached thers. Country ladies were passing up and down the ladder to tho dreasiu roor. Hut the city ladies would uot ascend tho lad- dor until {4 had Dbeon fenced around with blankets, There were always ou theso occasions mothers present from tho country, who attended tho young peoplo to look after tha caro of theiz hoalth, such as seolng that they were proporly covered ‘on tholr golug homo from » warm rooin, as physlcians wero vory ecarce fa tho cauntry, sud ‘It was & greit distanca for many of them ta send for medicinos,” Thesa cauntry matrons took it much 1o hoart that' the young ladios from the clty wre &0 parbicular in having tho Indder fencod off, and were very {reo in tha expression of sheir views on tho subjoct to the-elderly gentlemon presont, During the evenlug a sleigh-losd was driven up containing o French dausouse from Ohicago of cousiderabls note in thuso days: and it was not long after #ho cntered tue hall bofore tho Hoor wia cloarod for her to hsve an_opportunity €0 show Lier aqility au a fanoy dancer. When sho bo- @ toswing arouud upon one foot, with the olber extendod, ons of these country matrons, with a grest deal of fudiguation, ran acrows the boll to'lier son, and said, %1 dou't thiuk it ta propor for our poopl to sos any auch performauce sa this, und now you go right down and tell tha lindlord that wa want somu mors blankets,” snd Lo boy aturted beforo tha last part of tho sentance was hoatil, and I'll hava lor fonced off T e e e e e e s by herself, sa tho vity Jadies did tho lsdder!" Mer re- marks wel issad {rom ous to anotler, aud the com- pany ly spplaudiog them, whon the spplauso tol wan greatly incrossed by the ontrancs-of tho Jandlord with somy blaukets under ki arm, . Tho more the apm plausy tucreasod, the moze animaied beustus tho iy souse, whio took Jt all for bursclf, Tho fancy danc ‘was finfuhied, but tho morriment had sucl au eifect tlat ono of dur clly youvg wen Look dowis Ule Lian- kots wround tle ladder; und for the romatwlcr of the ® ug the exposed ladder aud the uiwblo krench dauscuse cansed to altract attentlon, lave thils nado you s fuw asleotious from my Iasyo casiot of reiululacences of tlo ausmiits of eurly Ouicago, But 1 giyo theim s & mory appeniix to my bistorlsal locture, und do not wikly them consid- ored s anny part of it,.u8 I could bave ended withuat them, aud theu kave glvon youa lecture of ordinary lougth, If any oue thiuks them lunsppropriate to thiy oocasion, I wish to say that I respoctfully cauour in his viows, 1f, howover, they huve served to componus sats auy of you for the tedlum of tha more historicsl portion of it, I will walvo the question of their ape propriatenous, aud sxpress my gratitication st haviug lven thew, —_—— A Npitting Sunke. Thora {a & dangorous snako, not uncommon about Badjuella, Wost Africa, callod by tho n tives nqja neje, and by the Portugucde cuspedira, It {8 sl in size, sud remarkablo from ita habit of epltting whon luterfored wath, ‘o salivs is ejocted to considerable distances, and is eald to oanyo bliudness if it touclica the oyqs, One of the snaken was capturod by natives, aud brought to whero somo Fuglish winers wero at work, It way teassd by & mimer who was standlug over the cage, which was on the ground, sod rotali- atod by a discharge of spiitle, Bomo of the liq- uld suterad the miner's eyos, und though tue eye was immediatoly washod out with water, it was vory much srritated for several days, 'Chie suake waa killed befora auy experimonts cauld be mado with it by tha soluntitle superintendent of tho mine ; ho hine, howsver, no donbt of the miner's statemont aud that of his compunions, corrubo. ated #a 1t 1n by the testimony of the uxtiyes aud tho l'ortugueso. —— Mz, Wilbur F. Storay, of the Chicage T¥mes, waa foroman of the Urand Jury whou bis pap ablished the lifo and advuniures of Oliver L. Klnnou under the attractive caption of * [ndi- soa's Favorita Hoad Horeo.” ila drow up & bill and was about to Lave tha T'imes indicted for obscenity, 'T'io manazing oditor got wind of it and seat word (o the " High-muck-s-muck that tho paragraph (soven cotuinna) shipnad i while ho wae oat taking lunch. Mr,” B, toro up tho 111, bus shook bis foro-(fogor at the anage 8 editor su a wazufog sork of @ way.—Cinoine nali Lnguirer, ___________—____ 530 Sl ¢ TO ARMS ! TO ARMS ! This. Is the Cry of the Communistia Lumbor-Shovers Now on 8 Btriko, It Thoy Can’t Get H1.75 Per Day The; Will Not Allow Othors to Gol #1.60. What Was Dono at Their Mass-Mooting Yestorday. ‘Way out in tha aouthwost portion of the oity, on the opon prairie, the lumbor-shovers mel yestorday aftarnoou. Throngh a mass of min. glod mud and dobris, and in and out through poculiar by-ways, & Tmnuxe roporter trudged palafully to fiud tho mass-meoting, Tho place chosen was a largo ploca of greenaward sonth of Twouty-socond stroot, snd noar Van fTorn ang Lincoln streota. Tho crowd which gathered thero was Inrgo—vory Iargo. It was awollod by aqualling brata nud uncouth fomales. It num. borod thotsands. ‘Thore wore micu gathored oy who chad no Interest in the proceediogs, ' oxcopt a3 lookers-on. They soon becamo disgusted au.! Frpt thoir way. Tlho tmowa of tho gathering was a clan o i Ista—{guorant, superstitions, and ungodly nnd uokempt. They wore mainly Bohomans, Poles, A fow Huogariane, anda small sprinkling of Gormaos, It was a mob of gigantie proportions, which oould casily Lave beon carried away by g forr designing men, and the gathering yeaterday bodes no good 1o tho lumber intorests unless some precaus tiotis for protstion AR, TAREN TO-DAY. Tvery man who was decently drcssod waw frownod dawn upon, and ignowiuiously hustled to ons aids, A wagon was usud for 3 spoakers’ stanil, but a8 quick: ly o8 any porson caiue ucar who was suspectod an bo. ig & reporter ho was pushed to tho outer edge. Huch o tnob did not want & reportor near them. Liven ta obtaln the namo of the Coairman was not taleratel, No one pretonded to know anythlng, and not oue of them wonld tell the moaning of o word that any speakor uttored, All, however, wero fiery, and advi. cated o resort 10 armis, The addremes woro maloly in Dobemlan aud Polish, intorsperscd with a fow specche e in German. To the credit of the lattor bo it gaf that their addreascs wers marked with a more tempere ate tone than thoss of the otler speakors, 1% biad bean dociled by thie umber-doalors Lot o re- duca wages below the standard of 1ast year, afler last weuk’s dunonstration, Tho eltfko than was cauaed by nn altonipt Uy cortaln dealers to roducs the wazea of “aliovers' to $1.25 per diy. from $1.50, Tuid led ta’ the troublos of whsich fuil details hava besn given fir ‘e Toisune, Tho decision to pay $1.69 por day i was supposed wluld pacify the mon and prevent furthor troublo, Slnce tho arrest of soma of tho ring. loaders in tho riotoun demoustration,a few of tho hoi. hosd Communiats have gouo among these Ignorant men aud told them that the polfco and jiress had now bocomo afraid of thewn, and any demand: which they made would be compiied with, TIOVIDED THEY USED FOROE sufficient to compol the ewployers to submit. T demand {3 now for $1.75 w day, and ng lass, 'The Hohemian sposchos snd thoss of tha Pole * wera of the most flery character, * Lurn down thy Iumbor piles, eald one of the apoakers, Thay appealed for means o buy arma so that they could driva thi meu away who would continue to work for §1.50 o day, or {0 shioot any employor who would makoa preten won of defonding i propcrly. Tho must lawlesd sctt wero advocatod, though there was little dsmonstration outsldo of tho npplauns which the Ignorant mane ave the apeakers, In this reapect tho mob,wan rather woll bebaved, Thoy eslled for monoy to ball out suy who might e arroslod, snd to dofray the expensca of thelr triula, Tho police and press were alludod 1o in the mow Jeering torins, They wero spoken of as the paid hire. ! lings of the capltallsts, and as foes to the working © Ono dollar a hea mei, was sakod from ocach wan 20 that WEAPOXS COULD DY FURCHABED in sufclont quantity to aem at loast 130 of them, ¢3 drivo out ull Who would not foin tho trikers. Theyy would take 1o less than $1,6 por day, and would, allow no man_to work for leas than that in any; iumber-yard o Chicago, Oaa of the speake; pointed " to a neighvoring = house whera sub- scriptions would be recetved, aud whore volun. teor contd leave fhelr mamea and contribuu arms. Among the mob were ncattersd n few polica men {n cltizeus’ clothing, bt thay were not moloated The reportars wure olluwei feom ito grounds "oy 1 ucer-looklng crowd, whio muttered in Lohumiag, but thoy wer not disturbed, Thara 18 no doubt that' the mog mean misohief, and they will gathor togotber this moruing for the purpons of driving out all mon who work jn lumber-yards at less than 31,50 & day, Uow. sver, Botgt. Vesoy, who hay obargo of tho Himman Itrest Btation in thie viclnity, will, no_doubt, ba pro- pared to give any sttempt at rloting a prompf aqusich. ag, Howil bave his menal on duty and Lo p 2ated o send 1n an alarm 08 Aoon aa any serlous demw nglration §s attemptod, T NIGHT. 0 night! O quist night ! Datlied in the clear starlight; Drivging fo wsaty souls Bweet rest and calm repose, Caatfug o'er grasa and flowers Bright, sparkling, dewy aliower From Moaven's purs cell,— Thine s the atilly hane Whien thoso In Troublo's pawer, f And $hoeo whio mourn thoir doad Wuth wad, low-beuding Liad, ¥ind for thels bitter grict Transleut but swest rulief In sloop's calin mpell. On thY soft winds ascond " Trayors frowm thu satnts wha bendl Huwinbly st 1ils great throns Whosa mighty power alona Can to tho tronbled-heart Comfort and joy impart, And perfick rost. . O night! on thy still ate Hoft zephyrs ceom to heae YFrom those who, gono befora, Wait vn tha shlujug -homim L] Low-whiaperod words of Telling that eafe above, "Mong the pure blcst, They watch and wait far me, Aud that they o'cr will bo Guardiana to guido, each da’ 8afo bn the narrow way, My weak and faltecluy foot; Aild that thoy o'er will xeop Watch to the lat, O night! thine is ths honr When my mind's mighty powsg ‘L'races ou foeting winge O'or my Uifo's wanuorings, Briaging back unto wo Platuly tho momory OF days longs past, Ah? then I shrink with dresd, With shomo I bow wy Lead When Cousclence whispora low, 4 Ax o'er thy ifs T go, Faw kindly acts L 860,— Little the charity “Uhy band o'er cast,” 0 uight 1 unto my breast Diriug dull forgetfulnoss ; Lat 1ot sny miud Back to Youth' Or pluck from I omo Hluating, mf Or idle bour, O night! unto my hesrt Hwast, quiot posce imparty *oadh' my wild, roviug thonght To deem tue past 88 vaughty But lift dta cyes above With trust i 11ls great loye Aud mlghty powor, —_— A Remarkable Den of Snnkess Applelon City (Mo) Democrat, This ooty ¢o bo tho timnof yoar whon snaket aro most abundant, We learn from Ar. A. Jo Hoffwan, who lives in tho vorth partof tho county, that recently, as ono of his bired mou way gn!m( dowa a small guleh, bho camo upon & orfect nost of squirming reptiles, the ground olug covored with listle aud big coils of black, shinlog bodlos that wero basking, Knowlog tho Liabits of theso roptiles, tho man wont back to tha farm and reportod to Mr, Holfman what Lo bad woon, when it was decklod to walt uotil evonlug, aftor the suskes kad rotired to thoiz hole, and endeavor to kill them off, Juat alte) sundown both men repaired to the piace, o fint uot s vatigo or tml of a suako to be sven, bw woll-beatou trails loading to & holo in the groun about the size of o buckot, waloh wout dow sfantingly uoder the oarth, 'Iho groud wi beaton down us solid as though it kad bes poundod with n mullet vr used 8 s croqus ground for a whola jseason, Mr. Hollman ¢ somowliat acqualuted with the hobits of tho) AT auiwals, 0 he stationed tho bired mt at tus mouth of tho holo wit an jrou bar, baving a sharp hook rlx. tho and bogan baubug ous th e Tua Hret to rwsvond to bi ugly *“critters,” Tno tirs s thcust was uno whioh magsured 8 fout 8 IIMJIEI o lougih, sud was ono of tue blwwnlf i upociod. After workiug for an Luur sud a m-; or #o, aad haviug drawn out 183 snukes, ‘fl. quiited for the duy. Noxt moruing, befurd ; sun was up, they bogan agaiu sud drow fort 4247 mora of the roptiles, wuen tho muwo uoumfi( ta give ont, ‘The rock aud woll ou top of tin next was thou romoved and an oxcavation abou! the sizo of & barrol was found. 1t s supposeé that this family of snakes had hold posdoszivs of the prairiva for yeard, B8 muuy muwll:;fl‘ from 9 to 12 feot in longth, aud wero s larg round as & maw's log.