Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1876, Page 4

L TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. . * RATES OF BTDSCRIPTION (FATADLE IX AVANGE) TFostagse Prennid at this Ofce. Daily Bditlon, postpaid, 1 year.. 13, Pariy of year atsamo ratd; g tony addrmaoun wrato 1.00 eal o 2.00 [ERt T Giou Pariaof year at sams rate, WEPKLY EDITION, FOSTFAID, e cop, per reat. Emb ‘of Hemper o Cinb of twenty, pe: o Gpecimen coples sont freo, Ta prevent delay and mistakes, be sare aad givo Fost- Dffco address 1o fall, inclnding State and Couniy. Romittances may be mado either by draft, oxpross, Post-Oftice ordor, of In reglatorad letters, at our rlak. TEENS TO CITY AUBBCTINK Dl delivorod, Bunday oxcepied, 33 conte por weak, cent 5 Dty eytvereds Bundgs el COMPANY . Corner Madison nad De ‘Cltogo 1it. AMUSEMENTS, HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Tandolph street, botween Combination, * Figue, MoVICKER'S THEATRE—Madison street, betwean Dearhorn and Btate, Engagement of the Bagale Aitonoll Company. * Fanche NEW CHIOAGO TIEATRE—Clatk streot, botween Dandolph and Lake, Hooley's Minstrels, ADELIIT THEATRE—Mozroe stroet, corner Dears born, Varlety enteriafnment, ' Mazepps.”” Clark and LaSalle, Engagement of (he Filih Aveaus MCCORMICR HALL~—North Clark strect, corner Rinzie, Grand Compiimentary Concert to Diiss Kata P, Doughs, The @hieans Tribune, Monday Aorming, Moy B, 1876, The prico of greenbneks at the Now York Gold Exchange on Saturday ranged between B83 and B8} . Mrs, Van Corr began her revival cam- paign in Davenport, In,, yesterday, preach* Ing three times to largo congregations in the Methodist Church, Sho has mado up ber mind that Davenport ought to yield her sbout 300 converts before she gets through. Tho President does not rush to the rescuo of Deacon Wirpran McKes with #he alacrity thot was anticipated. 1fe scems to boin ng Lurry about exercising the pardoning preroge- tive, and, it is thought, will continue of this mind until Judge TrzaT aud District-Attorney Dree unite with the movement to secure Mc- Ere's pardon,~—a courso which they have as yet declined to take. Doxt Peono paid a flying visit to the Oap- {tol in Washington yesterdny, tho fact that it waa the Spbbath enabling him to pursuo his inspection in his own quict but headlong way, and without disturbanco by cither the curious or the ofticious, 'To.day he will pay the President a stato visit and look in on tho stupid Senate sitting as a Court of Impench- ment, and to-morrow Lo leaves for the Con- tonninl opening, The delivery of the Ion. Jomy Wesr- wonrn's interesting lecture on ‘! Chicago's Mon and bianners,” ot McCormick’s Hall yesterdny afternoon, was the ocension of a notablo assembly of the carlier settlers and tho present representative people of the sity. The lecturs is published in full in our columns this morning, and should be both read and preserved a3 a valunble contribu- tlon to the history of Chicago. Therae is reason to nuticipnte a violent dem« onstration in this city to-day by tho lumber- shovers now on o strike for higher wages. ‘They demnnd $1.756 per day, and, undor the oxcitament of Cowmmunistic harangues, are likkely to organizo and attempt to forcibly prevent non-striking men from working in tho lumber-yards at $1.50, tho price the denl- ers aro willing to pay., The police authori- ties aro nmply forcwarned of tho possibility of an outbreak, and there will be no excuso if the riotous strikers aro not mode to feel the power of tho law in_timo to provent n collision if possible, or in~any event in time to suppress the first symptoms of a violent or unlawful demonstration, Acting-Mayor Corviy, whose term expires with the nssembly of the new Council this evening, Lins propared a messnge, an abstract of which is given clsowhore in this issue. It ia nssumed that Corviy is still Mayor, and the recont olection is carefully ignored. Beyond the presentation of a fow igures which could be readily obtained fror:the Comp- troller's office, and somo recommendations which are of no official valuo or pertinency, coming from s mere privato citizen, the messago contains nothing worthy of notice, ond nothing that the Council will think proper to consider. As a valedictory, it would be acceptable, though in bad tasto; 88 a messnge in regular form and coming from a pretondor and usurper, it is impudent and ofignsive, and will probably be treated with the contempt it merits. A now phase of Turkish tronblo is pre- sentod by tho cable dispatehes this morning. Balonica, n Jarge seaport city in European Turkoy, was on Saturday the scone of n seri. ous rigt between the Clristians and Mohawm. medans, growing out of an act of grosa big- otry and intolorance Ly the former, who forcibly took from tho "Turks a Christian girl who bad voluntarily taken up her abode with them, intending to embraco the Mobamme- dan faith. Accofding to a report from Con. stautinople *he interforence of the Christinug was instigated by Lazanno, tho' Amorican Consular Agent at Balonica, A furious viot ensued, during which the French and German Consuls wont to the Mohammedau mosque, and were killed by tho exnsperated Turks in spito of the efforts of tho Governor to save them. A Tarkish frigato left Constantinoplo yester- day for Balonics, Laving on board Ecmeny TPasua, the mnowly-sppointed Governor, n Turkish Comymissioner, the German Consul at Constantinople, and the Sccond Dragoman of the ¥rench Embassy, Salonica js the most important commercial city in European Turkey, having s population of 75,000, of ‘which about 30,000 are Jews, 5,000 Turks, and the romninder Grecks and Franks, or Christans as they aro known, Tha riotisa serious affair, and is likely to lead to trouble. some complications involving the United Btates Government, B The Chicago produce markets were general- ly quiet on Baturday, opening firm aud weak- cning afterwards. Mess pork advanced 200 per brl and closed tame, at $21,05 for June and $21.25 for July. Lard declined-E@7io per 100 1bs, closiug at $12.40 for June and #12,85 for July. Aleats were steadier, at 7o for boxed shioulders, 116 for do short ribs, and 11jo for doshort cloars, Lake freights were dull, st 8}@330 for wheat to Buffulo, Ilighe wines were steady, at 1.07 per gallon, Flour was quiet and easy, Wheat closed 1}c lower, st 97§c for May and 90jc for Junme. Corn closed o lower, at 4530 for Moy and 40c for July, Oats were firmer, closing at 80jo for May and 80jofor June. Rye was qulet, as 61in. Barley was firmor, closing at 6Go for May nod 600 for June. Hoga were in light eupply and 100 per 100 Iba higher, nt 27.00 @7.40, Cattlo wera firmer, nt $4.26@5.30. Sheep wore quiet and stronger. One hun- dred dollars in gold would buy $112.75 in greonbacks at the close. It is interesting to note the beautiful con- sistoncy which charnoterizes the Centennial manngement with reference to tho Sunday question. Pious brethren throughout tho land bnve passed resolutions of joy and thaukfulnesa that tlie holy Sabbath is to bo respoeted in tho conduct of Americn's great show, and the Exposition grounds aro closed to n curious world in accordaunce with the highly moral vegulation, But within the buildings the lum of busy preparation is heard on the Lord's Day, aud thousands of workmen are engaged in *getting things to righta” ngainst the opening-day. It was so yestorday, and tho ungodly wondered how it could be that & Sabbath which was so brittle 83 {o bo broken with innocent recreation could stand g0 much hammering and lifting and swenting without going ail to picces. Wo publish this morning two elaborato opinions, written respectively by ‘Lmosnas DexT, Esq., and the 1fon, Joux N. Jewerr, ominont members of the Bar in Chicago, in responso to the inquiry of various Aldermen- elect touching theso questions: INret=Can tho Commou Council, in the existing stato of affalrs, elect one of thelr own members {0 per- form the dutiea of Mayor 7 Second—Cau the Common Gonneil order an election of u Mayor 1y the peoplo? Third—Stould tho Common Counctl canvasa tho voto cast for Mayor at tho recent olsction, and hiad tho peaplo & right fo voto for that offico at that timo? The two opinions, though differing ns o text, arrive at the smno conclusions respect. ing the points at issue. It ia held that the Common Council have no power to elect s Aayor from among their own number by ap- pointment, thero being mo vacancy in tho sense which contemplates such appointmont ; that it was in the power of the Conncil to have called o special cloction for Mayor, but the neglect or failuro of the Council to specify the Mayor as among the city officers to be elected could not operato to defeat or invalidate the clection which was hold; and that, thercfore, tho eclection was valid, and the new Council is justified by law in cnn- vassing tho voto cast, and in declaring Mr. Hoxxe to bo duly clected Mayor of Chicago. PROPOSED PACIFI0C RAILROAD BWINDLE. In the Jnternational Review for May-Juno there is o paper written by ono R, T, Cornuny on tho * United Btates Land-Grant Policy,” which paper, though oatensibly n grievons lamont over that polioy, is an argument in favor of ono of the most stupendons ewin- dles over attempted upon any Governmont. Tho United States have granted to the severnl so-called Pncific Rmlroad Companies, North nnd South;'150,000,000 acrcs of Innd. It issucd.also to tho Union and the Central Pacifio Railrond Companies, and to other companies, sinco substantinlly consolidated with theso two, United States 6 per cent bonds nggregating %64,623,512, for which the Government holds n second mortgage on the ronds. On the 1st of January, 1876, the interest paid Ly the United States on theso bonds, over and nbove the amounts earned by the ronds for Government trans- portation, had reached $21,500,000, showing nu nggregato indebtedness to the United Btatos ot that time of ©86,000,000, which sum, at the same rate of progression, is to go on increasing until 1895, ‘These roads owing this indebtedness havo received 382,000,000 acres of land, the North- ern Pacifis Road 47,000,000 acres, Tox Scorr's Southorn Compauies 70,000,000 neres, or, together, over 140,000,000 acres. Tho completed roads have solected their sites for towns, for stations, and all the lands which the Compauy mny need. Chey have also sold largely of all the land lying east of the 100th degree of longitude, West of that line all of the companies hold, probably, 125,000,000 acres, These lands lying west of the 100th degree of longitudo are not, asa whole, worth 10 cents an acre for any ngri- culturalnse. It is possible that, by n grand and costly scheme of irrigation, a portion of them might be made productive, but even this s not possible, becanse of the total want of water. In the narrow valloys of the small streams, & limited space on each aido of tho river may bo made to produce grass, but are not capable of being made into farms, From the northern lino of these lands, west of the 100th degreo of longitude, and stretehing down to tho 'Texas boundary, all tho land is barren, desolate, and ineapable of supporting life, It is sand, rock, frequently of volennic formation, all impregnated with alkali, furnishing no food for man or benst savo tho scauty growth of sage-lrnsh and cactus, At intervals this vost tract has its parks, and other fertile patches, but theso are no more than oases in tha groat desert which lies between tho fertile plaing of the East and the main chain of tho Rocky Mountains, Theso railrond corporations which Lold 125,000,000 of acres of this land know how valuoless tho vast proportion of the property is, both at presont and prospectively, and thoy now binvo the effrontry to apply to Con. gress, that the latter Bhall purchase the whole body of uusold land from the companies at 260 anacro ! 'Tha companies which have built and completed their roads with the money represented by tho $34,000,000 of nntionat bonds, and which abtained originally 12,800 acres of Jand per mile of tho road for nothing, ask that Congress shall take back all that has not been sold, and givo them for it 32,50 per acro, or at tho rate of $42,000 per milo of the ronds, and that the proceeds be applicd to tho extinguishment of tho £86,000,000 of presont indebtedness to the Government | Tho Northern Pacific Company, which ob. tained 25,600 acres of land per mila for 1,900 miles, asks thot Congress shall buy the land back, paying therefor $2.60 per acro, or at the rate of §51,200 per mile of the road. Y'ou ScorT, for his Toxns Pacific and other roads, holding 70,000,000 of acros, nsks that Congross ehall buy back the lund and pay bim in bonds at the rato of $2.60 per acre. Estimating the unsold and unsaleablo and valucless lands at 125,000,000 of acres, taese Railrond Companies propose that the Government buy this laud at $2.60 per acro and issuo ita & per cent] gold bouds for the sum of $312,500,00010 the several companics. Literally, the operation is that the Govern. ment issuo its own bondsto the amount of §312,600,000 to pay the debta of certain rajl- roads, curich its Credit-Mobilier rings, and to build other railroads, At b por cent interest, the bouds torunforty years, tha United States would havo eventually to pay, principal and interest, tho sum of $781,000,000, Tho articla in tho Jafernational Revicwo urges this polivy as a meany by which the ¢ mis- take" of granting awsy tho publio lands may be corrected, Though Mr, Tou Boorr's namo doos not appear o the articls, there i no THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY 8, 1876 e et e e e e e e e — —— — — — ———————— e mistako in the inspirsbivy, Thongh the volco in tu yuite of Jawus, the hand is the hand of Esav. Tho argument used is that theso lands were the patrimony of our posterity; that they wero to bo held ro that, as the popula. tion increased, tho land rhould furnish the people with the means of subsistonce; and that the Government, in parting with the Iand, has in some way robbed posterity of the opportunity of extending the aren of cultiva- tion and confined rgricultural production to its present limits. Thisargument, if it conld have nny foren at all, would apply if tho Gov- ornmient had sold or given nway tho land to ba removed from within the territorial limita of tho United States. Dut the man secking land a hundred or athonsand years hence will find it just where it nowit, aud it can bo lought then as rendily as now, and will be as susceptiblo of cultivation thon na it is now, The chango of ownership has not decrensed the nmount of land in Illinois, where the Government was ouce sole propriotor, Norcan the swindle Lo extenuated Ly specious suggostions that, in the absenco of the railways, it cost the Governmment six times as much to transport freight, troops, and mails ncross tho continent that it will cost by rail ; nnd that this * saving " will nlone nmount in the courso of time to the principal of all tho bond subsidies voted to build the railways, ‘That kind of sophistical logic has exhansted whatevor respeet it once had. Nothing of tho sort canhide the naked- ness of tho proposed robbery,—that the Gov- ernment shall substituto for the land-graut 8 direct grant of monoy, to b computed at the ratoof $2,50 per acro, the money to be obtained bytliosale of national bonds, andadd- ing over three hundred millions of dolinrs to the principnl of the public debt, and fifteen millions of dollars for anuual interest, That is the wholo schome,—to get tho United States Lo giva theso companies threo hundred millions of dollars of Governmeont bonds, and take back this land, which is not worth pn average of 10 cents an acre, THE TORNADO. Thoe details published in Tne Trmuse this morniug of the tornado that Saturday night swept over the city show that the storm extended from Eastern Kansas to Lakoe Michigan, where it expeonded its forcoin this vicinity, aud that the storm-track at sav- eral points was between two and thres hun- dred miles in width, At Leavenworth, mas- sive brick buildings, oneof them an extensive factory weighted with machinery, weroblown over like card houses; roofs were torn off houses ; walls were erushed liks egg-shells ; and tho iron roof of the Union Depot was ripped off. Tha path of the storm swas di- rectly through the heart of the city, and no less than thirty buildings wero wholly or in part destroyed, while few escaped without moro or leas damage, tho wholo of which is roughly estimated at a quarter of a million. At Lawrenee, o number of lLiouses wero blown down, and the torrout of rain, by which the tornado was accompanied, swept away railroad tracks, well-nigh cutting off railwny communication. At St. Josoph, Kansas City, and otlier points on the Mis- souri River, the floods did great damngo to theerailronds, aud at the former city railrond communication was wholly susponded. Ad- vices from intermodinte points are meagre, and perhaps will be delayed for a day or two longer, so that the damage done is mainly n watter of conjecture. In Illinois tho storm extended as far gouth as Cairo, Carbondale, ond Carlinvill, In tho latter vicin- ity a number of buildings were blown down, ond on tlie Illinois Central Railrond, near Mattoon, n passenger {rain was lifted from the track and carried over the ditch, injuring a number of pas- sengers. There aro few dotails additfonal to what was published in Tre Trwuxe of yesterdny relntive to the damage done in the city, which, it is estimated, is in tho neigh- borhood of a quarter of a million, the par- ticulars of which will Le found in our city columns, Happily the storm appears to have been much less severe on the lake than ashore, and the losses, particulavs of which will bo found in nnother column, weve far less than had been apprehended. “THE DOUBTFUL VOTE” ‘Thoughtful Republican newspapers, like tho New York Z'imes, are beginning to make a formnl recognition of the irmportance in | the approaching Presidential election of the “ doubtful " or “independent” vote, which Tur Cmicaco Trinuxe has from the first given its proper significance, It {s tho Lal anco of power that, in tho absence of any influence not now discernible, will turn the sealo, andin no States will it assert itself moro than in New York and Ohio, which aro now genorally regarded as the prineipal battlo-fields, There aro soveral elements which enter into the final placement of the large doubtful voto throughout the country, tho full oxtent of which is indicated by tho revulsions on both sides, first in 167f and thon 1873, The curroncy question will cut some figure, though not so much g it would have done hnd tho clection occurred Inst yeor; and in this rogard tho Democratio party is in o more embarrassing position than the Republican party, beeause it is more seriously infected with the rag-baby folly, Of course the Republican party will not, under any circumsiances, adopt any- thing but an houest-mouoy platform and uominate an honcst-mopey candidate, no matter what the other side miay doon the subject, Tho Democratic party is in an un. fortunate situation in this rogard. Tho nomi. nation of an avowed sound-poney man will alienato the lurge ragamuflin vote of the Democratie party in Indiana and Ohio, while an avowed inflationist will drive off tho hard. monay Democrats of New York and the East generally, But tho “*doubtful voto” to which tho Republican party mnust defer, if it desive to mnke victory an assured fact, ia that large class who have determined to cast their ballots where thero 18 thoe best assuranco of u disposition to put a stop to officiel thievery and reform the publicservico. This voto s made up largely of tho Lib. erals who voted with tho Democrats in 1874, Theso peoplo havoe been hoartily disgusted with tho performances of tho Democratic Congress, and aro strongly predisposed to return to their first love, All that §s necessary to secure their roturn is the nomination of a candidato whoso very name will enrry couviction of n determined effort to cstablish honesty in office oml reform the publio servico, drive out the official scoundrels, sud attract a new and botter clasy of men to tho Government offices. Dut this much &3 necessary, No empty sud pro forma declaration of such an intention will suffice, Both plalforms will contain such declaratious, but they will be equally meaningless unless accomnpanied by the placement of a man at the hiead of the ticket whoso charactors and associetions offor a guaranty of good faith, It is within the power of the Republican party alons to nominate such a candidate; and to do thig is ita firet dury, to itself and the eann. try. In this way, sud in this way only, can tho ' doubtful vols " be countod on to assure Republican victory. THE GREAT AMERICAN LETTER-WRITER, Alr. L. H. Frrznvon, the Demooratic Door- keeper of tho House of Ropresentatives, who recently timed up under numerons indiet-" ments for arsou, slealing bed.quilts, perjury, nssaults, and othor offenses agninst tho pence of the people,. hns now turned up ns the great American letter.writer. Since Mr, Firz- nven beeame Doorkeeper ho hins been anx. fous that his friends should Lehold him in ol his greatness, and to one Texns friend he wroto a letter which hns found its way into print. Wo cannot allow this romarkable document to pass nunoticed. Tho eaplious render mpy find fault with its orthography, and tako exceptions to its literary style; but, it any one is warranted in haviug a contempt for spelling and rounded periods, it is n Democratic Doorkeeper. Wao thereforo mako some extracts, which ara worthy of preserva. tion in amber. Mr, Frrznvon writes : 1 have been trying over sinco my clectlon to write to you_but have boon bosloguod fréum 8 §n the morning untit L or 2at night I biad abont ono hundred & ffty appolntments to maxe and have had I reckon with- out azaggeration #,L0) applications besides men wome en & children pullng & jurking me every time I would put my liead out of fha dvor of my ofice, Lenving out of question the awful pressure to which poor Frrznvon was subjected by this furious mob of Democratic men, womon, and children, enger to act as reformers, and the improper and ungraceful manner in which he was **pulled and jurked " about, his jeremind throws a flood of light upon the avidity of the Domocratio patriots who for fifteen lony years have been kept out of the spoils. If there were 3,000 of theso patriots after Frrz- nvan’s appointmonts, how many must thera have been demanding tho sppointments of other House ofticers? The mob outside the House, howaver, was no more 8ovore upon Frrzuvon than that inside. Ho says: I hiave moro favitatious to frolicks with the mem- Yers and Benatora than any man in Woskington. I am & biger man now with tho mombers than old Guaxr. T cannot put my foot un the foor of tho Hall Lut that thoy makea break for mo & sometimes s dozen bolng ut ma ot once for places for some friend ¥ ecarcely over it out of tha Office to go on the tloor of tho House, Congressional frolics are not the only amusements of Firznven, Ho is Jiterally in clover up to his knees, for he writes, in another placo: 1 wish you could be hera with me do try & eomo on, tho Govat furnishes mo with a fine turnout & ing palr of Lorees & befoeo & after tho house s & recenn I have exclusise uso of thom, my coachman comes down overy morniug for us, that s FAY and mayself and after dristug sraund o wy Lroskfast take ‘mo to my office, come on & X will givo you & — a good time. Who could resist such an invitation so on- thusinstically expressed ? Elegant as thisis, Frrzrvon expects still more elogant things to come, for he writes: Thavo o Supt & asslstant §neach departmont and abouta dozen biook keepera besldes my Ofico clerk, & wado thingsup iustile, 1 havea boy to tako my fant & coat or I cant turn around without somo ono st my beck & caffy & whonI got oll my new appoint. mouts broken in, T aball hayea nice time, Frrznvon ovidently hins an embarrassment of good things,—in point of fact, almost too much for an average mau in this valo of tears. A man who finds his meat all fat in this reminrkablo style, alter boing without o square meal for nearly o quarter of a century, ought to be on the lookout for some great calamity, Such colossal happiness, such stupandous agonics of ccstacy, such bods of roses, such ambrosial days and nights, such “frolicks " wilh *‘ tho membersand Sonators,” not to'speak of tho “spanking Horses,” and “the boy to take bhis hat and cont,” must bo the preludoof disaster, ns CrzoraTna’s sail up, the Nilo preceded the nsp, and Neno's ravishe ing fiddle only played an overture to Rome's flery disaster. Perhaps Mr. Frrznven's pro- phetic soul anticipates somo such denoue- mont to his merry carnival, for in another part of Liis screed ho suddenly drops his ex- clamations of delight and lapses into tho followmng mournful bit of plaintive phi- lasophy ¢ Thus wags the world let a man be proaperous & avery man i his friend, s Poor Frrzuvon! Ile ovidently hns a sus. picion that thero may yet bon thorn which shall prick his nose in this bonquet of swoets s0 persistontly thrust into Lis conntenance. Perhaps as ho and Fay drive around in their turnout with *ths spauking Horses"—no ordinary horses, for thoy always have a capital ‘' I["—he may be disturbed with visions of a certain fatal landaulet that used to flourish nbout Washington, and that came to grief, although the horses had only a little “h," 'Thero is another indication of a com- ing storm in his notification to his friend in Texay that he may have to draw on him for $200, notwithstanding o is a * biger man than old Granr,” and at last is living “in stile,” Wo trugt, howover, that no snch calamity will befalt this Domoeratic reformer, and we trust that his indictments for stealing bed-quilts and other things will all be quashed. A patriot who hos waited so long to reform tho civil sorvieo, to restoro tho Constitution a8 it was, ond to clevato thoe standard of na. tional politics, ought to suceeed. ILmcky Tirzuvan ond happy Fay, his son, “Ifa son shinll nsk breand of any of you thatisa father, will ho give bim n stone?” Not much. Hee how a good man and o patriot provides for his own: Favarrived on Beturday morning all safe, T et him to work on Monday st a §2,100 place, & he ls Ao most delightod fellow you ever saw, Happy pair! Long mey this roformer wavo and have “‘a glorious time,” and bo * higer than old Graxr,” and have * frolicks with the members and Senntors,” Aud if so Lo that ho is over called to account for the purloined bed-quilts, may ho have graco to Lear it. 1t is announced that the ‘I'vensury Depart- mont will begin to-morrew to pay out silver over the counter for chocks drawn against it by tho differont Governmout departmonts, whon the holders of tho checks desiro it. "I'his will facilitato largely the efiort to get silver Into circulation, though it will Lo sub-. Ject to the danger that, if any large amounta of silver bo drawn, they will be held for spec. ulative purposes, innamuch a3 emall change is already ut a premium of from 8 to & cents, owing to its scarcity, 'Tho better plan is tho authorization of the issuc of tho $10,000,000 of silver atill in the Ireasury in exchange for legal-tender notos, and, it thia bill be report- ed to-day or to-morrow by the Ways and Meons Cowmmilteo, it is to be hoped that it will be passed promptly by both Houses. There is little doubt that, with such an suthorization, the bavks would generally send for tho silver aud issuo it to thoir customers in exchanga for fractionals, Inthis way alono cau tho ecxchauge bo ef. fected as rapidly ns is desired. It is probo- blo that tha cstimated comage of $2,000,000 a month can bodistributed through the 'I'roas- ury and Sub-'I'reasurics in exchango for frac- tional currency as rapidly as it shall be pro- duced, if thoio agoncies in the meantimo ohall b rod the bur ing the $10,000,000 now on hand. Aintribut. Since it has boon gonorally concedod that tha decision of Judge UAntren in rolensing Kin- nouny, the recusnat witness, on Aabeas corpus, wwae strictly pursuant tothe act of Cougress ro- Iating to contompts, it bas boon discovered thnt thie act in queation was & blunder of the rovisera of tha United States statutos, and Iy only opora- tive hecauso of the wiolosale ro-conctment by Congross of the rovieion. The ground of Judga Cantrea's doctsion, It will bo remombered, was tlat the nct provided for turning ovor to the Courts for trial witnesses who rofused to snswer quostions put by s Cougressional Comrmittos, thus taking out of the hauds of Congrees tholr punishmont. ‘The original nct, Low- ever, coutained tho proviso that, “ln addition to prosent pnius oud ponale ties,” witnoaron refusiug to suswor shionld be subjoct to indictmont, snd, upon coaviction, to imprisonment not (ongor than oue year. In the rovision, tho phraro quoted was carelossly dropped. Had [t been rotained, it may bo ques- tioned whether it would bave boon constitutional, for tho additional punishment would have beon » second punishment for the aamo offeuse, Tla act was, howover, passed in 1857, for tho exproza purpose of providing for continning tho punishment of contumacious witnesacs after tho closo of tho session, ‘The question that naturally will arise npon it in KiLnovny's case will bo whether, sinco Lo was in fact imprigonod by order of tbe Ioueo for contompt, ho can now bo triod upon tho indictment for that samo contompt for which ho was punished by his imprisonmont, Aud, unless the order of the Houso was wholly illegal, 1t 18 quita cloar that bo cannot bo tried, for, if tho punishmont was logal, no additional aud second punishmont can bo imposed, e i Among rocont doaths announced by the carrent ‘English papora aro those of M. Gnrass, an Alsa- t{an sculptor whoss busts wore very succosaful; of AL A. Tissien, s patator, who acquired sreat roputation by his two pletares of “'The Em- poror giving Anp-EL-Kaper his liborty ot tho Chateau d'Amboiso,” aud ‘* Naroreoy ITI. ap- proviog of tho plans for the Louvro™; of 3, Xavien Evaa, o fertilo French nuthor of novels chiofly denling with tho mannors of Americans, and especially with the Indians ; and of Ricuanp Hnirsoy, one of tho moat distinguished of the early Tractarian converts, who followod Dr. NEwMAK into the Catholic Church thirty yoars ago. Tho London Athenccum says of him Iia literary powers were very conslderablo, For sovoral years ho was editor of the Rambler, and when that portodical was merged fn tho Home and Foreign Review ho became a rogular contrib utor to its poges, and afterwards to tho ANorfh Dritish, His ‘Lifo of Campion' was published in1868." —— Coneidoring that this is Contonnial year, tho stoem of 8aturday made frightful wori with the cagles, Mr. McVicken's bird of freodom. is keeled ovor to ono side so that ha cannot got his oyo on the sun nny more. Another ono was brought down on Lanko stroot, and yoaterday was sprawling in the galter. Another on Wabash avonuo lios on bis back, with his clawe in the airand bis toea turnod up. No news has yot come from Canren IIAnnison's oaglo, but fears aro ontortainod that Lo may bave bosn dasbed to earth somewhoro belwoen bore and the sprays of the Pacific, in which he was proposing to bathe. A Philadolphis genius bas proposed s novel plan for Coutennial ornamontation, He wauls all tho telegraplie companics to paint their poles of & tivoly color and to put a amall r.ole on tho top of {he Iargor onmes with o d-feet tlag. It is o little romarkablo that tho I’hila. delpbin patriot (id uot complets his Conten- ninl gush by suggosting that tho telographie employes be clad in a comploto suit of red, white, and blue. . . —_—— Tho unplessantnesa botwson the ragamufiin Cincinnati Enquirer acd the bard-sboil Louis- ville Courier-Journal has roachod tuat polnt of desporation whore the formor calls tho Iatter *a Iypothecatod Iyphen,” We submit that it |y bigh timo the mutual frionda should stepin be- tweon them and stop it. e Cotviy has served n torm a8 Mayor to which ho was olectnd. After his torm expired ho be- camo & holder-ou; ho is now iu & quandary, but when tho wuew Councll doclares who is Mayor bo will be & quandom. PERSONAL. Darney Willlams left $70,000 to his mother and ters, Tho Centennial Behemoth " {8 what Baroum calls hils hippodrome this year, Ars, Jofferson Davis and daughter asccompany Mr, Davis on his Europoan tour, Olivo Logan eays Nasby's play “Inflation” made Lior very sick with its catch-word * thio ora of pros- perity bas sot {n.'! A cynical writer on the Brooklyn Argus suggests to 3tr. James Parton that he may get even with Gov. Rico for Lta veto of tho marriage-Lill by writing his life, Tho ceremony of the crownfng of tho statue of tho Virgin at Lourdes {a fxed for the 3d of July, and alt the French prelates aro to bofnvited. A Papal brief asuthorizes thy act. Tho Maharajahi of Peuttials, whose splendll Jewels attracted auch attoution during the Prince of Waless visit to Tudia, diod recently in au oplleptic it, Iia eldest som, agod 5, succeeds b, Prof, Henry A, Beers, of Yale College, hias adopted thu plan of wsking attendance on Liu lsctures volune tary. Tho ssno plan waa tried by thres Profussors 1ast year, and it {s said to hiavo worked admirably, Tho Topo has created Monsignor Fontenoaw, Dishe op of Ageu,n Count of the Roman Einplre, Tho UL tramontans Union says this iaarare distinction, and ¢ coufers fufinilo honor npon tho prelato who is its obe Ject, Mr, Ollver Hoyt, of Stamford, Conm., has given $25,000 taward tho Centenntal cndowment fund of $500,000 for tha Wealeyan Univeraity, fu Mliddletown, Conn,, In addition to $35,000 given Kowa yours £go 1o tho same {pstitution. According to tho modern Domesday-Cook, vecently publishiod, it appears that tho Duke of Norfolk has the largoat rental in England, owning a8 bo does Jand o the Weat Riding of Yorkshire which briugs him $§1,- 160,170 per aunum, What doos he do with all the money 7 Misa Elfzaboth Thompaon, who painted Rolf-Oall ** and *Quatre Bras,” has comploted ler ¢ Balaklava,” " represonting the roturn of tho survivors of the gallant S8ix Hundred, Tho pcturo, having been toa lata for the Roysl Academy, s oxbibitad at tho Tooms of the Fino Art Hoclety in London, IHeury A, Holomon, Who formerly hield tho poaition of recelving clerk in tho ofiico of Registor of Arrears, rooktyn, {s now under arrest on a charge of emboz. zlomont, Ho a very respectably connocted, and was onoof the most prominent ushers at tho BLrooklyn Rink during the sToody aud Bankey rovival, Miaa Mary Wells, of Ht, Josepl, Mo, o bighly ro- spectablo and worlby young lad: Laramie, W, 'T., & fow days ago, on tha notorsous Kate Bender, Sha was Leld u custody ssveral days, until papers cetablishing her identity could ba procured frow ber howe, A Spricgield (Maaz,) dispatch says that tho falluro of Harvey, Amnold & Co,, of tho North Adams print works, ié oven mors dissstrous than st first appesrod, “Fhis Uabilities, 1¢ s thought, will rise over ratlier than fali below $1,250,000, and not less than 12,000 men, women, and childron, tn the six mills, ara tirown ous of work, 3 Honry Ward Beecher's lecture in the Lrooklyn Academy of Musta May & was largoly attended, Among tho prominent citizens on the platform were Judge Nellaon, B, ¥, Tracy, T, O.(8Learman, aud Dr, Edward Eggleston, sabject of the loctury was Tho Loss tho slluston belng to tho late American War, Tha proceedu were dovoted t0 tho proposud Sole dlers’ Home of New York State, Mr, Edmand Scherer, & French write following unique criticlam of Milton's * Paraaiso Lout”In s rocent work s * Paradive Lost is & falso, grotesquo, tireaoms poom; ot ono reader in & hun- drod can go without muiling through the ninth and tenth baoks, or without yawuing through tha eleveuth and twelfth, It does uot hold togetter; it is & hyra- mid balancing ou ita pojnt—tle most frightful of problenis resolved by the moat puerile of means, And yot, neverthisless, * Paradiss Loat! is {mmortal. It Livea in virtuo of 6014 episodes which will semaln for- wives the sver famona, 1In opporition be Dants, whom wa must read altogether if we wish roally to possess his beau. tles, womust resd Milton only in fragments. Dut thiess fragments are part of the postio pstrimeny of the human race,” Thio Keely motor hian beon hesrd from sgam, One of ita enjlittainatia projectors declares thatils success {33t last asanred, and that a publio sxhibition of it powera will be ingde about the time of the openlog of the Centennlal, According tothin confident persons nge, " the liour {s fast approaching when the name of Reely witl be soutded in trumpet tones throughouk tho clvilized world.” Tho dimculty hitherto has beon {o fiud materia) of mficient strongth to hotd the pow- or crealod by the invention, The prossure of entlie sisam o tho square inch ia very heavy, The vialt of tho Emperor of Beazll to hesr Moody and Bankey at the Hippodrome, and tho remark of the Iatter that not oven an Emperor can save his soul withe out submittiug to Christ, rocall an mnacdote of Peler Onrtwright, 2o famous In Lis day o8 o Methodist minia, tor. 1Mo waa presching on ono occation, when Gen, Jackson entered the church, sud sitracted, as Mr. Cartwright (hought, more attention than e was en. titled 1o, whoreupon the prescher lustily sang aut, #*Who carca for Uon, Jackson? Ifo'll go to hell as quick s suybody If he doss not repont 1" 3ir, Thomaa Carlyle is now 81 years of age, and has been using his pen publicly since e began to write for ths’ Edinburg Review, in 1823, Ho docs mot love Ameriea. Indeed, Lis antipathy to our beautiful conn, try nooms t0 fncreass a8 ho grows old. Recently he #alil to have remarked, within the hearing of Mr. Con. way, " America fs & great country, Uut no nystem can 1eat which would give Jesus snd Judss precisely tho #amo vole on public affalrs,” Who does ha moean to represent by theso personsges? Noca ho mesn tho Jewa by Judas, and the Christians Ly Josus? It 80, ho would disfranchise tho Jows; but Jews volo in England snd hold office thero a8 woll as horo, Tho Pritno Miniater 1a a Jow, Miss Elale Iollonbeck, of Catskill, hss shown mora ingenuity in torturiug o rival then the fajthful chron. icler of events often has occasion to record, Bhowas the mistress of a Dr, Wetmore, For the purposo of forclug & separation between Lim snd his wife, she wrote regiilarly to the latter, informing her of the auc- ceases of the unloly slllance. The mistress wrote to the wife: *Oal [the husband] gave mo material for & now bonnet to-day, I seo you wear your old one yot.” Agaln: ' Calaeent me down & nice little watch Christmas, and to-day I had s besutiful neck-handker- chbief with a Javender border, All I ever heard ko gave you tas your teath.” It is n comfort to know that this woman and hier paramour have been brought to book by frionds of the {njured woman, sud there will be somo law on the subject that may not provide for past wrongs, but will ot Ioast necura the wifo in her rights for the future, TOTEL ARNIVALS. Patmer House—J, W. Gall, Cincinnati: J. Marshall and W, T, Marshail, Leods, Eng.: J. H, Shaffer, Kan- kakeo: T. W, Mcoeloy, Plitcburg; 3. Lawler, Prafria du Chiou; Georgo Gray, Enclaud; J. Burt, Loudon; E. W, Drigham, Loaton; f. Tubbs, San Franclaco. .Grand Pacifie—Tho Lop. Schuylor Colfsz, Houlli : 1L, T. Paddock and wife (Alaglo stitchell), aud = tho Miisses Aitchell, Now: York; 1. If, Marmaduko, Ht. Loula; John T. RKeaworthy aud J. B, Deardsley, ' Rock Isiand; B, N, _ Sanders, 8t Pa L. Mansou, New Yorks . d. Hill, 8¢, P'aul; Madama and Misa To Vert, A oblle, Als.:' the 1lon.'G, B, Bmytha, Keokuk the ifon, T 'O, Pound, Wisconsin,, ., 'reniont House—J, C. Duff, Manager Daly'a Avenue Company; Col. E.' Dradiey, It Montreal: De, O, L. Cooko and tho ilon, F. Cooke, New Yark; tia Hon, J, Condett Smiith, Now York: Willlam MecKinley and’ wife, Oceidontal Hotel, Sl Francisco; tho Hon. T. B, 8prague, Detroit; the ifon, J, H, Bwartovant, Toronto ; Edward Magnire, U. 8, A, Sherman Huiyi—H. L Adawms, Brocktor, W, i, Danforly, Quiuey: Col. A. 31, McDougall, Us 8. A4 A lerco, New York: Josephi A, Dane, Lioaton; J. M. Prico, Newark, N, J °f, ‘Faller, ‘Racine; Ttoberts, Doston Angler, A, W, Lindsty, Now Yor 7 Harris snd dsuglter, New York: Thomss: Mrs, J. 8, Allen, Kalamazoo New York; W, L. Stesrns, Michigan Cincinnat AR W harics W, Porter, &t £ W, Dewey, . 8, Denuelt, —_— CROPS. KANE QOUNTY, ILL, Hpeslal Diapateh to The Cliicagn Tribune, DracxvEnny STATION, Ill,, May 0.—Vegotation for the last two weoks Lus been mearly ata standstill, Fruit-troes are leaving out, Early-sowed 0ata aro up. Tho averago of oata and corn will excced that in auy formor yrar, Very little corn bas been plauted, Tho ground Is too cold, Letter walt till June than to plant corn whon tho ground is s cold as it 3 now, with tho thormometer runging from 50 to50 degrocs, Tuo provailing winds ate northwost, north-north- east; end such will probably be tho caso for several wonihs to como. Tho mean lemporature of April, 1876, at 6 a. m., was 97 degrees; corresponding verlod iu 1875, 33 degrors, “Chla month, up to the ith inclusive, 33 degrecs; tho Orat six days {n May, 1475, 52 deyrees, ‘There ia not gruss sufilclent to suppors cattlo yet, Hay is plonty and cheap, here uover was 50 Jittla wheat and barloy sown In thls (Knuo) Qounty os tuis yewr, F Farniors are devole tog their attontion wore to dalrying than to gratu. ruislog, 7. THE MICHIGAN FRUIT-REGION, Speral Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuns, QGuAND HAVEN, Micl,, May 6.—Tho fruit hero hos 1ot been at all Injuted by frost, and procautions are beiny taken to provent the buds from destruction by cut-worms. Instoad of sbout 25,000 peach-trees to be planted {n this vicinity this yoar, thoamount will prob- ably reach bevlden o large amount of spplo, pear, plum, and cherry trees, with 8 groatly-fucreased ncreaga of amall fruits, bloro trecs nud vines will be planted this spring than i any provions years LANSING, MICH. Spaefal Dusatenta The Chicado Tribune Lansixa, Alich, May 0,~Thero is o demand East Just now for Michigan flour, whichbas stimulated the market at this polat, as thore is, among the farmers hero, considerable of last year's crop; and, notwith. atanding they ave now Lusy with their spring work, they manago to ship {ua few loads of whest. One fariner, at North Lansing, was pald §1,90) for Lis grain eaterday, Tho cold, wet, backward spring Las do- fl'td the getting-in of spring crops, but grass and wheal ata growing nicely, audan abundsnt crop 1s an- tclpatod, “CROP-PROSPECTS." Specfal Correspondance of The Chicago Triduns. Monntsox, TlL., Msy 6.—I notico considerabid of lats in the papers in zegard to crop-prospects, Now, it scemis 10 me sltogother prewmaturs and o wasto of words for any ono to ventura an opinfon oven, much Iess o prodiction, upon & question tho result of Which deponds upon o many contingenclos an docs that of the futura crop, In (o commerelat column of your to-day's fasus yousay: * Thero is promire of a lileral yield thla year fn tho leading cereals”; and I Lavo Just received s letor from s prominent gralu- house in Washington asking tho question, * What aro tho prospocts of tho growlng crop fn your lucale ity 9" Tous, in this sectfon, whero furmers aro just sowing amall grain and plowing corn-ground, thess {denn veerm somewhat ludicraus, wnd savor of a lack of intormation {n regard to tho Progeess of farmi-work. Talk nbout * growing crops” when (I wili yenturo tho assertion) thero {a not an aoro of corn up in tho Blates of Jilinofs and Yowa, and not one-fenth part yet plant- ©d, You might us well bave talked uf *crop pros. pecta® laat Decomber o8 10w, 0 fur a4 voututlng n prapheey 1s concerned, Thero ure 8q many slips be- twixt and tho Hp* that I look upor ft folly to make a prediction es to the future crop A cazo $n polnt : Last fall, according to crop-reports, g raher proguostcations, tho'corn crob was aid 19 be *simply fmmensos® Litt lo! an carly frost, sud now, In ||.l¥l vivluity two farmers bave it to buy whers ong has it to soll, and tho surplus to send (0 your nlar- %ot will bo leas {lan aver beforo sinco the raflrosd usaed tlrough hero. Indeed, if there are Lweuty cars oads of surplus corn from ihie whals of Whiteaido Gounty, it wil be doing wall undor the circumstunces, And 1'8m fuformed that tho same 1a tha caso in all (Lo northiern part of tuia Gtate and Tows, I believe the outiook s for bighier prices for corn lator ony and would advise all farmers who hive goud corn 40 * hang on"" for batter prices, Reapectfully yours, Goun-Dearen, ————— s, THE WEATHER, WasTXaTON, D, O, May 8—1 6. n,—For the Tean- casce, Gtila, Upper Misslastppl, sne Lower Missourt Valleys, and the Uppor Lake region, rising barometer, freali and briak wostorn 4o north winds, slightly warme er, clear or clearlng weather, excopt lower tempera- turo in the firat district, and folowed in the Missourd Valley by falling barometer and southessterly winds. 10CAL OBSERVATIUNS, Oticano, May T, Time, e, Theiii,) _ Wiad, Ttaiis| Wetlior . 60, 79/8. &, lgut.. 55| o83, Wi, freah. o, G4 bl Wiy bris 65) 08[8, Wi, frosi.] 80| o4l8. Wiy freali ‘Maximum thermometer, 6, I:l;}:;:lm, ORNERAL O BV, 8. - Ouioauo, May T—Midulght, Wind, _ [Waln|Weather, | treab n Blation, 40,00 42|W., OBITUARY, New Yonx, May 7.~TIs Mon, Jobn A. Besring, exe member of Congress, disd yestardsy e Mineuls, L, L SATURDAY'S STORM. Additlonal Details of the Dovastatlon Produced by Our Kansas Visitor. How the Cgolono Appeared ag It Bounded Ovor the Lake Near the City, A Passenger Train Hurled from thg lllinois Central Track Near Neaga, Fifteen Persons More or Less Ina Jured---Somo Quito Se. verely. The Cook ‘County Hospital to To Re “paired at Onco. " SATURDAY'S TORNADO, WHELE IT CAME FROX, MOW IT LUOXED, AND WIAT 1T DID, The tornado of Saturday esms {n from the aouthweat, and laid its courso almost north. enst. Occaslonally it sworved, but its path wag almost direct. Asit came across tho prairio, it vresented tho nspect of a tall column baving u awift rotary motion from right to loft. The clouds above it huog lowor than thoss around, drawa down by vacunm in tho contre. Its color woa smoky, aud it was composed of sticks, stones, and mossesof dirt. As it thundercd along, it did not seem to o very low oa the ground, but bounded from pofut to polnt, liko a ball. Whorever it struck it toro tho enrth aud drove parts of tho dobris of which it way com- - posod into the ground. Ita velooity provented a Rood viaw of it, and it dashod by and was goge ina socond. Ino thocity it spparently took an upward ahoot, il it hung above the roofs of tha houses. Mad 1t dropped aod run'continuously on the surfaco, tho absonce of everything that stood in its track would have inarked ita path. Ad near as it can bo ascertained it foll from its heigat bt two or threa times, and then osccnged Whero it dropred s wmarked by tho ruitsof and uprootud trocs, An it 1aesed tho boundary of tho caty and out upen thio lake, a Lettor view of it could Lo had. Htriking the water nbout n mile from the shore, it staggered for a moment and stood still, 1t wes then composed of elght or ten columus grouped together, oll whirling around a central poiut, Tho columus, or mpirals, twlstod aud writhed liko Anakes. Tho grotp was nbout 00 feet iu diameter, the varfous parta leaning at tus 1op tawards the centro, nud_bulging slightly at lo middle. Nowand thon'a column woulit' draw away from s follow and then aweop back, na it siruck driv- 40 ono from tho othier sldo s short distance from the Dath,Aw {t recovered from the attack upon tho water and gathored for o fresn mwocp, th spirala twistad thur lengils around each otuer, and ssemed fightiug. Tho cloud aboyo waa black o fuk, and fuat over tha centro of tho plilar it bellicd down untii the top of tho ono and lower aurfaco of {ho other touched, THE DOWN-NUSUING Al 1n tho vacunm drew the cloud down nud absorbod ft, Directly under thio mase (bo lnko was lat_sud atilf, Around it tho waters were lashod and torn. The wazes cishied upon tho spirais as i€ driven to madnesa by the uitsck, Now and then tho top of 0no of the twlstlig pilars would soparato from the other, and, beuding dowy, would wave and atrugglo mbove thy augry waters, ond fhen alowiy rsivg, re- sumo v pomtlon, Hometimes tho - prest nygregation of suakes,—for thoy 100kod lke snzkis,— would alrink down, dfawing tho black cloud with 'it, Then it stretched out sgain, driving tho cloud back agaiu. Around ittho rafu fell in torrants, but, fustoad of beatlug down tho waves, thoy sccmud fo grow mora and more enraged, All around tho suffering cloud, | tho otliers hung 8 dull, pallid gray, an thotgh thoy were frightened by the awful battlo in thelr iniust, Tho tornado was & deep dun color. otwoen tho constituent columna tho gray could bo seen Loyoud. As tha mass arose {rom tliv lako, t0 conilnuo its culiras, 1t flatteued from tho top, The heads of the apirals fell outwarde, and, droppiog down, twisted around tho centro and drew tho whiole togethier liko o sheaf, The aytendant cloud follawed downward, and lny liko o huge capon tho top, ~ An the pillars curled araund, binding thomselves together, tha cloud vomitod lightuing, a though sick of tho performance. Hising from tho lake, builing sna belching fie, tho centre throwlug out hugs volumes of smoko to tho cireums fereuce, tho lower vart abrunk upwerds, until the whole formed ball of vreathiug, enrling dull-colored suioke, and {tien dropping for i instant to tho sur. faca Of the water, It Was lost. When the cloud urose again, the Lall was gone and the white waves were Ieft victorous on the fleld. The Skt occurred aboul & milo southwest of tho crib, und Listed in_ tline about amnfuuion balf, Buch auother scetie may never come {u this generation, and it fato be regretiod that the eylinder could not Lavo been caught aud plekied for actentitlo uvestigation, TRE DAMAOE TO TIIE CITY 19 about a quartot of a milllon dollars, Iouscs wers unroofed, and chiwnnoys perfahcd evernstingly, The old Counfy Hospital prescuts o dismuntled oppears agco fron: the nvuthwost, Tho tipper rodf is yone, and scantling and aplintors bang over the paaput: Upou the old ste of the Reaper Mislon Iv a heap of rulne. Along Wabash arenuo nr1 .osanrted acuttlos and rolls of tin Touflug, blown from houses ou all aldes, Iicround thero u treo Ia turncd over, roots uj inthoair, Huge pleces of plato glass Abound, s the constitucnt vlements of chimueysuro scattered far and wide, Oue chiltnuoy on 8t, Mary's Ghurels fop- before July of August, (- [led gver upou tho zoof of D Ellridgas Louke, on sldrldge court, and, plunglug througt, secured safoty from another nttack, Two of tho plunacies of tho Wabash Avenuo atlio- dist Church wero lifted and dropped, Oue foll to the nortll, aud landed in the strect, The other went southward upon the roof of Parzous' drug toro, sumahing fn atiolo, An immensa heam learing evi donco ¢f dry-rot rattfed down on {ho veranda back of the e, sunubiug tho rail aud loosealng (hiugs genernily, Surmotnting the tower on tho monthesst eorner of Graco Eplacopat Chuzch was & tall stocple. Ths for= nado foll on it, and the stceplo tumbled ovor inlo the yard, carrylujg uway tho brick wall between the Uliurch property and the garden of H. K, Buell, st No, T4 Wabash avenue, Tho garden was Hiled with huge boams and scantiiug aod wtones, Tho roof o {he nouthern sxde of tho church was toru away fur 40 feot, and the rubbish, fallug through, smashed In the floor, aud landed 0 the basoment. A centre beam poked one of it ends througl the castern atalned window, clos up 1o n horsc-shoo which hiad Loon nalled to tho window for tuck, Thy stane-wotk on tho tower was torn, and & hugo block, welghing two or thres tonw, was mioved 8 foob from ta place, aud nangs over the roof, just Lalauclug, Neurly all tho staitied windows ou tho southern wide are wure or less broken, Tho jonor walls uro cracked, aud atained with Water, Mrs. Buell and Mira aisy and i Nottio Buell wero in thele houso st tho time, Hearing thio craah, they weut to the wiudows, but the afr vus thick and heavy with smoke aud dust, Nutbing could bo huard but (b roar of the atorm sud the griuding of timbers, The Louso trombled aud whook. Yoarful, of what thoy nover knew, the Indies rushed from the houso, aud nover learned of their LArrow escagio (rowm tho falling stoeple uutil their arival at tho liotise of & fdend, Mr, Buclia Loudo was ouly sligbtly fnjured, “Lho dimage 1o the church fs oxtinuted ut 310,000, ———— THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. APPEARANOE OF THE WIUECK YCSTENDAY, At tue County ITospital, located at tho cornee of Lightoonth and Arnold streols, tho scens yesterday morning was ono of gunoral desola- tlon, ‘Tho roof ot tho building was fouud seats tored promiscuously about the premiscs, and tls juterior of tho buildivg showed unmistska ble evidences of thie havoe of che raiu and wind tho ovening previous, ‘Tho patioutd Liad boen crowded togother in tho wacdt that Lad oscaped, and were dolug rea- wonably well, ovory precaution bLavivg Locw takon by tho Warden to add in oxtra attene tlon what could not Lo provided otherwiso, No ouo appeared to bo sulforing any tuconventence, more Lhan was vecessarily jucident to crowding 180 porsons into a spaco wheys thero hiad heroe tofore beon room for Jess than one-third of thal number, About 10 o'clock the guardians of tho connty, the County Commussioners, bogan to put in st appearance, with viow to_remedyjug o condition of sfairs which they had boen led 10 Lollevo was fut murt serloua than it proved, Thoy were closely foltowsd Dy ou army of cottractors, ANXIOUH FOR A JOB, among whom Wuro Deunls Ourrun, of OrsndJury fame, P, J, Sexton, Multay, and uthurs who futeat tue County Bullding, "The vuly miseng meu were b4 lightutng.rod sud paluting coutracura, bus their sb= auuco was atoned for by 1ue preaouce of tho legal ad: viror of the Doard aud Mr. Colviu's Tuspector ol Buildimgs, 'Tho Commissiuuors hud vomo togethes for the purpose of taklug the uoceswury tepu to atiurd the patlonts a degroo of comfort, aud” the coutractort kiad au ey0 to tho sxime eud, 1t Waa the Hrst tiie tbal wuch an occaslon bad arisen, ‘Tha afteruoon previous Lad velipsed auytling fu the meiory of o Board, undy a8 usturo bud vxceedod flaslf, the niore allible oulclaly felt tuat thoy Lud un oxtension of Hccusy, sud, eveu thiey uinned, that Lut Uitle would Lave to ed 19 the Tength of thefr prayers or facos whea gu tho feule teutial utool for forgivences of thelr Wegk-dey wrongs, MEETINO OF TUK COMMISSIONELS, ‘Tho Commissoners proscnt wero Aestrd, Johnson, Lonorgan, Bunlit s, S0 haer st 11 Clexry, and lolded, The ca gclou. l'rn(dul;lo‘ J&l‘k‘n&nu x‘“ tho chalz, A OULIPCO WAS K] o “lork. Tue first lvlulrlm l‘p&l‘lld 10 be a dlscussion of tht sliuation snd an interchsugo of idess. Mr, I Bad talked the sltuation over 8ad was ia favoz of mew TTANEO AR m .