Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1876, Page 4

4 @he Tribwwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYADLE IN ADVANCE—FOSTAGB PREPAID AT e OFFICR. ., fd, 1 yenr.. Dally Editton mtlg:,; "y' at ARG T Malled to s ar 12.00 100 any auliress {onr mecks Hininy %o Ligiae 'ATLS Of YEAT &t 8anIC rate. WEEKLY EDITION, POSTPAID. Qne copy, per yeu Clubof five, percop Cinbur twehty, per The postage {8 15 centa Sipecimen coplea sent fres. 'To prevent delay and mistakes, ha sure and give Post- Oftfce addrens {n full, fncluding state nud County. Remittances may bemado clther hy draft, expreas, Post-Ofiice order, or In regfatered letters, at our rlsk. TENMS TO CITY SUBSCKIBERS. Datly, delirered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents por week. Dally, delivered, Sunday Included, 30 conts per week 4udress THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Carner Madison anid Dearborn-sta., Chicag, 1Nl on 8,50 ia - sthicls we will prepoy. Adelphi Thentres Monroo strect, corner Dearborn, Varlety perfors maace. Now Chicago Theatre. Ciark strect, between Lake and Randolph. Hoo- ley's Alinatrels. MaoVicker’s Theatre. * Madiron street, between State and Dearborn. ** Tho Overland Route. 1lool ’l'llrn‘l(re.‘ Tagiils. E Tandolph strect, hetween Clark wnd Lasalte, Fne aeent of (e Ontes Hpera Bouflo Troupe, ** 1o Frincens of Trovizonie. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1876. e —_——— Greenbncks at tho New York Gold Ex- chunge closed at 883, 1t ia plensant to be able to record that 3. Braxe is gaining strength—in Waslington. O The fourth annual report of the Chicago Public Library Directors contain much in- tereoting information. It 18 shown that of ol tho publio libraries in America that of Doston alono surpassed in circulation the Chicngo institution, 'The Evening Journal hog a very intelligont correspondent in Cincinnati, and while he trims to the preference of his paper by say- ing in o general way that Brisrow has no chance of o nomination, his dispatclics yes- terday ovening contain inany evidences of tho incrensing strength of that geutleman. Ono of theso is that a mnjority of tho Michi. gan delegation are in favor of him, witha leaning thot may earry them all over to him carly in the fight. Somo estimates of Bnis. ow's strength place his probable voto on the first ballot ns high as 200; he will likely Lo only second on the informal ballot. ' Togother with the roport of the Committco oxonerating Speaker Krnn from the charge of nccepting a bribe for the nppointment of a Licutenant in the army, and its unanimons adoption by the House, comes the gratifying announcement that Mr, Krnn's condition hos undergono o marked improvement, and that lio oy bo expected to Le restored to his usunl henlth in o fow days. Generous and manly specches expressivo of cntire confl- dence in the Spenker's spotless integrity wero made by BMr. Dasronp, a Republican member of the Committee, and Gens. Huni pur and GanrieLy, ond the Ilouse Ly n unanimons rising vote confirmed the verdict nud ordered it spread upon the records, The Common Council last evening trous- acted various items of important business, nmong them the passage of an ordinance ordering & special election for Mayor to be held July 12, and orders approving the bonds of City Trensurer Brrgos and tho members of tho Board of Public Works. A petition was received, kaid to contnin 10,000 signa- tures, asking the Council to passan ordinnuce submitting to a voto the guestion of the adoption of the ‘‘Charter of 18 Ordi- nances were introduced for the abolishmont of the office of City Comptrolier and tho transfer of its duties to the City Clerk, and also to do awsy with the oftice of Building Inspector. Judge Bropoerr, in his charge to the jury in tho CurLenToN trial, very properly rebuk- «ed Corvin for havixg made an appearance in the case, by wnrning the jury in theso words: ** T'ho real question is ns to the de. fendant's guilt, snd not whether he broke faith with Mayor Corvix.” It wus not pos- siblo within the limits of o judicial chinrgo to characterize more plainly the dastardly moean. ness of n man sppenriug on tho witness stand meroly to gratify personal spite. Judge Broporrr's opinion of the mattor reflects the opinion of tho whole community, which hus been freely expressed sineo Cownvin vol. unteered his sorvice to prejudice Curnntn- ToN's ease without hoving any knowledgo of bis guilt, ‘The question is about to be tested whether tho Common Council, n body Inrgely com- posed of gentlemen of high character and standing in tho community, will tolerate n confessed whisky-thief ns one of its mem- bers. Ald. Keunen, of the Beventh Wnnd, carrying out the wishies of his constituents ns recently expressed iu o public wmceting, last ovening offered o resolution reciting that Ald, Hivuern, of that ward, hos en- tored o plen of guilty fo oun judictmout charging him with conspiracy to defroud the Government, and that the Council do there. fore declare vacant the sest now occupied by Iionern, The resolution ey beon referred to the Judiciary Committee, nud thero should ba no hesitation, provided the neces- sary authority for such u course is found in the obarter, in promptly adopting the reso. lution and purging the Council of tho dis. grace it suffera in {raternizing with awhisky. thief, ‘The dactors disagree nbout Mr, Braine's cage, and o do the correspondents, 'Tho Tomeopathic physician in charge of thoe case pronounces tho disenso ** corebral depres- sion,” a tenw which the Allopaths reject as unmeaning and as deseribing no disorder known to pathology. The Homeopathic bulleting ore favorablo ; the Allopaths di- agnose gloomily, and declare that the chnnces of complote recovery are loss than even—one in threo at the best. By one correspondent it is asserted that informntion js obtained with extrome dQifficulty, aud that tho patient's condition {8 worso than at first reported ; by anothor, that Mr, Brane sat up and con. vorsed for o little timo yesterday, and that he ia ropidly comvalesciug. An inguiry was made yesterday by the House Judiciary Com- mittce as to tho probable time when the boud investigation could be resumod with Mr, Brame {n ottendance, and on the streugthof the reply obtained the Committeo discharged all the witnessos for two weoks. The Clicago produca markets were geu- erally lees active yesterday, and prices tended downward, Mless pork doclined 45a por brl, closing at $18.55 for July sud &18,774 for Augnst. Lard declined 25¢ por 100 1bs, clos. ing ot $10.95@10.07} for July and $10,07} for Angust, Meats wore jc per Ib lowor, at 74c for boxed shoulders, 10o for do short ribs, and 10}o for do short cloars, Lake freighta were firmer, at 2}o for corn to Buffalo, Rail freighta were unchanged. High- wines were steady, nt £1.08 per gnllon. Flour wns in light demand and stendy. Wheat closed 1o higher, at $1.06} for June and 21,06} for July. Corn closed o lower, at 44} for Juno and 44Jc for July, Oats were o lower, closing at 29}0 cash and 29}c for July. Ryo was ensy, at 72c, Barley was firm, at 600 for No, 2 and 38@39¢ for No. 8. Hogs were nctivo at the opening, but closed dull and 5@10¢ lower, Sales wero ot $3.90@6.20. Cottle were lifeless and 12jo lowor. Sheep were lower,—quoted at 82.50@4.50; Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.60 in greenbacks at tho close, A report is current in New York which is plausible, to say the lenst, and which if not truc might easily havo beon, espocintly re- garding the agency of Gen. Burier in the affair. Tho Essox Merutsrormenes fs ac. credited with an important share in arrang- ing the caso against Mr. Buarvz, and is said to havo still more war material yot in re- serve, Tho statement is mnde on good au- thority that MuLrioaN is rendy to furnish proof that threo of tho letters read in the llouso wero mnot thoso rescued from Muzrraan's possession, but swore writ- ton for the occasion and substituted for nn oqual number of far moro dam- aging lotters. Duplicates of all the let. ters aro said to have been takon before Mur- L1aaN went to Washington, and can be pro- dQueed. Butren remarked s day or two ago that if ho bad lad a hand in the business there would have been procured both copics and photographs of the lotiers Leforo they left Boston, sund it may yet transpire that this precnution was taken, If it is true, as is reported, that Gen. Looax is secking to transfer the Illinois delo- gation over to Coxgrive, it isan officious pieco of business for which the peopls will some day take occnsion to rebuke him. Itis well known to Gen. Loaax and everybody elso that the principal reason why the Spring- fleld Convention chioso n delegation so largely for Braivg, and thoreby ignored the real proportion of the Bristow sentiment in this State, wng on account of the sudden promi- nence given to the CoNzriNe movement by the appointment of Doy Caxenox to a Cab- inet position, and because it was thought a concentration on DBramx wos the most eflicient way of opposing Conzrmve, It would amount to a breach of faith for the Hllinois delegation to go over to CoNKLING at tho Leek and call of Gen, LooaN or any other man, and the people of this State would rosent it so generally that it is doubtful whether Illinois would go Republican in the clection. Mr, Georar JoNes, editor of the Now York Z%mes, and now at Cincinnati, says confidently that CoNkrixe cannot carry his own State. What, then, is the prospect in the West? THE CONVENTION. Tho intelligence from Cinciunati up ton lato hour Inst night ropresents Mr. MonTon 88 having assumed in advanco the offlco of administrator' on the catate of Mr, Draise in the Convention. His frionds claim that after allowing full tims and opportunity for complimentary votes for Mr. Buamvz, the States of Maine and Wisconsin have con- sented to vote for tho Indianian, and they nre hoping to have other BLains delegations from tho West take tho same course. 'They clnitn that the delegations from tho Southern Btates have not been and will not be seduced from their nllegianco to MonToy, and that tho issuo will, s soon ns BLAINE ig out of the way, be o dircet ono between the Enst and tho West, in which case CoNzriNo will Lo beaten, ‘This is upon the assumption that Brame isoventually to be dropped; but the ovidence thet any such disposition is to be made of him is not yot furnished. Weo havo some strong indieations of the labor going on to transfer the vote of Illinois to Covsuiva. In this schemo Senutor Loaax seews to be considered as taking an nefive part. 'Wo do not believe the Illinois delegntes, those not originally in favor of Coxkuivg and not appointed by fraud, will over bo sold ont in that manner by any per. #on for any prico, There scems to be some very loud and very plain talk going ou among the dole- gotes. Mr. Hoan declares that BraiNe can- not corry Massachusetts; and Col, Tionr- nox says he counot carry Indiana; and there is another statemaont that he cannot carry* llinols, It scems that there ia a purpose on the part of the Brarxe, MontoN, and Conxrivg dolegates to treat Bnistow nas a ‘‘ common cuemy,” and to sgreo on whatever courso iy bo necessary to dofent hiw. . In the mecantime, Gov. IIayves ig tho soc- ond choico of everybody, and is sssuming large proportions as the probuble nominee of the Couvention, “THE TRIBUNE" AND MR. BLAINE ‘Tho number of people who are concorned 08 to L'ux ‘Crnuxe's political future is only limited by the number of these who would liko to seca Tug ‘Crimuxe and other indepond- ent Republjean journals of tho name cluss desert the party, in order that tho party might bethe more freely used for corrupt purposes, Among these people in tho vx- salury-grab crow of the Whisky-Thicves’ Or- gan in this city, which is constantly predict- ing tha departure of Toe Turouse, in serene forgetfulness that it Las frequently charged that T'ue Teisune has already departed. ‘The latest burden (not in the nnturcof a mortgage) which lays hoeavily upon the Or- gan is nbout ‘I'ug 'I'aipuxe's relative position to Mr. Braixe, concerning which it says: What course wlll Tus Cuicauo Trmus: take should Buaixs be nominated? Its opposition to him has been #o bitter, lerce, uncomprombslng— its unwillingness to accept his explunutions hus Eoen v prouounced—its jmputations upon hls con- duct and upon bis motlves have been so open- monthed—tlint 1o way baw been left clear for re- turnto his support withont the most bumiliating scif-stultifcation, In fuct, the only consfstent course that seema to rematn |s for Tk Tiisune to withdraw from all claim to afiliation with the Re- publican party, ‘Ihie aninus of oll this is plainly revealed by the final sentence, It would please tho Whisky-Thicoes' Organ vostly, as well as tho Whisky Thioves themsolves, to have Tie TuuNe withdraw from the Republican party; but ux ‘U'nipuNe does not conteme plate anything of the kind,—not becauso it enjoys the ussocintion with a cliqus ot per- sons who hiave attached themsilves w0 the party for oftice and plunder, but because it has an abiding faith that the honest instincts of tho maesses who make up the Republican party will prevail over the schemers and cor. ruptionists, As to 'Fne Umivuse's treatment of Mr. BraNg, it has been candid, fair, and sincere; and while it will support the Re- publican party and oonose the Ppuocratio THE CHICAGO RIBUNE: TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1876. party if Mr. Braixe i nominated, it will have no ocension to rotract anything it hns said, and it will &till believe that it would have been infinitely bettor to nominate ‘some other man, It will do its utmost, novertholess, to arrest the calamity of defeat which such a nomination will nu. questionably threaten. Tne Tnmune has nover been ** bitter, flerco, nncompromising™ in its opposition to Bratve porsonally, nor unwilling to accopt his explanntions, It objects to his nomination because explann. tiona ara necossary. It has diseredited from the first and all tho time the chargo that Mr. Brawve bas ever beon corrupt in his public or private lifo; but it hns beon foreed to the conviction of his own lettera that he lins been dabbling in the stocks of *'kiting” roilronds which based thoir existence upon nntional legislation, nnd it is firmly per. anaded that the people of the United States are too much incensed agninst those railroad schemes which speenlated upon Government pntronage to rondily forgive anybody who afforded them materinl assistance, Tue Tutnuse has not thought, and does not now think, that oll of Mr. Buang’s ability, brilliancy, alertness, aud bravery, which will shine during the compaign if his henlth is restored to lim, offsets tho political objoctions that have been urged ogainst him, At tho samo timo, we are con- vinced that, if he can be eleoted in spito of the objections made, he will give tho conn- try a vigorous, upright and brilliant adinin. istration ; and hence, ns well as because Tue Trisune is fully persuaded that it would bo calamitous to let the Domocrats gnin control of tho country, we shall do everything we can consistently and fairly to sccure his vic- tory. Wo can do this withont forfeiting the right to our present conviction that it will bo an ensicr matter and better for the Re- publican party to elect some other man. Wo fully recognize the universal demandof tho country for an aggressivo Reformer; and, Lnowing that the nomination of such a man will render vietory certain, wo conceive it to be shortsighted and foolbardy to court defeat by neglecting to respond to the popular call. THE S8PRINGFIELD FRAUD, It now appears that Tue 'I'ninuNe was right when it assumod that the Springfield platform was mado to fit some other person than Braixe, and that the refusal to instrnct for BraiNe was intonded to enablo the man- ngors to transfer the vote of the Illinois del- egotion to somo other candidato. 3r. CoNk- L1No waR the man who was the *unknown ” at pringfield, Thero are soveral reasons for such n result. Mr. Conkrmva, through his friends, has immenso wealth at his disposal ; his chief ropresentative at Cincinnati is Sen- ator Joxes, the .millionaire of Nevadn, M. CongLiNG has also the wholo patronage of the United States at his disposal. Ho can empty all the Custom-Houses and Internal Rovenuo offices in tha United States, and A1l them with his friends and the friends of his friends, The forco of theso reasons upon tho proprictors of impecunious and starvoling nowspapers, and upon office-seekers, aud up- on Senntors and Reprosontatives whose friends have boen put in prison or are over in Canada, can well bo understood. To this latterclass Mr. Conxrina's friends can prob- ably offer & pardon in cnso of his nomina- tion. While it may prove truo that the wily mnnngers may deliver tho Iilinois delogation to Coxxriva in the Convention, what then ? Can thoy givo any guarantee that the Ropub- licans of the State, betrayed and sold outin Convention, will ratify the fraud ot tho polls? 'The peopls of Ilinois have very lit- tle knowledgo of CoNkLiNe, and that little is by no means favorable. The people of Chi- cago and all Western cilies remember the malignity and perseverance with which lo rosistod, and for nlong time defonted, the importation of goods and their shipment to the West in bond, Mr, Coxrrive labored hard for the New York Custom-Iouse, and for the peremptory payment of duties there, instead of at the placo of their destination. ‘The merchants at the Wost had suffered long under the depredations, spolintions, and blackmail of the New York Cusiom-Houso appointees of Mr, CoNgriNg, and when they asked for roliof ho foralong time success- fully opposed it, and at last it wag carried in defianco of his earncst protest. 'There iy nothing in Mr. Coxgriva’s record or in his personal carecr in the least sympathetic with the Great West. o is o man of ability, but o poor statesman for theso times. Ho is litor- ally a machinist,—rules and governs through on army of official dopendents; men whom Lo ean dismiss at tho loast sign of indopend. ence or insubordination. In this respect ho 1 of alarge class, and it is of tho rulo of that class that the people of the West are henrtily tired. Now it appears that Senator Toaax and tho Assignee of tho thieves' organ of this city aro nt Cincinnnti, laboring to deliver to CoxeriNg the delegates appointed to vote for Brawxe, 'This thoy may succeed in part accomplishing, but woo be to those who per- petrata the fraud! Weo have objected to Mr, Brame's nomination on the ground that nomo other eandidute might be selocted who conld be more certainly elooted, and whose nomination would be cquivalent to an olec- tion from the start. But as betweeu Braxe sud Congrina wa do not understand how any Western, or Illinois man especially, could think of rojecting Braixe for tho pur- pose of nominating CoNgLING, * The man who refuses to profit by expe- rienco is no safo guide to follow. In 1873, the Republican Congress adjourned under a cloud ; its members Lad voted themselves o presont of $5,000 each from tho Nntional "Preasary, and they boldly and deflantly de- fended the action beforo the people. There wns an odor of corruption nttending that Congress, and subsequent revelations leave no doubt that tho Pacific Mail was ono of tho lightest of the sins of that sesslon, In 1874, these people came bofore sn outraged and indiguant countvy demanding of their party are-clection, Lut that ro-eloction was denied, nud io tho lobbies at Washington, and now at Cincinnati, theso ex-Senators aud Hopresentotives, discarded by the lto- publicans und tho country genorally in 1874, aro shouting ** Anybody to kill liawstow," the * Dovil himself sooner that Bawrow.” One-half the Foderal ofticora appointed by theso nnti-Buistow Benators and Repre- sontativea and ex-Congressmen are now eithor in the Ponitontiary or fugitives from justice in Canndn or in Europe. It Brwsrow be nominated, how are these men to be pardoned and brought back to put up nominations for Congress, or con- trol Btate Legislatures in the mutter of tho clection of Senatora? If Burstow be elect. ed, who will operato the party machine? What will, in fact, become of the machine? Theso men at Cincinnati who are denouncing Baisrow are not denouncing him for any nct personal or official of o dishonest character, 'I'hey hold his crima to bo greater than steal- ipa,—it i thoromays) of corvupt and dishon. est officials, their trinl, conviction, and im- prisonmont, without tho advico or pormisaion of tho Benators aud Representatives who ap- poiuted thom. terfero with their intentiuns, and hanl them out, moiat, unplensant, disgusted bodies. 1f thoy tako poison, somebody runs a stomach- pump into them snd pumps them back to lifo again, If thoy cut their throats, they cnt unskillfully, and only utilato them- pelves, If thoy have n pistol, the hand grows unstendy and the bullet goes wido of avital apot. With the Indiana farm-hand's mnchine, however, there is no such word as fail. It will theroforo grow into favor aml popularity nmong those discontented spirita who nra anxious to ** climb tho golden stair," first, becauso it is sure, nnd second bocnuso it don't hurt. Other modes aro unsure and hurt. The machine, however, will hardly come into genernl use, hoeauso thero aro fow peoplo ingenious cnough to build one of thom, and those who are insano enongh to commit suicide nro not sane enough to enl- culato its mechanical oporations, Tho de- mand for the mnckine, however, might be filled by some onterprising manufacturing firm, The materinl for their construction is very clienp. The Indiana man's machine would probably not cost over %, and they might bo manufactured in the wny of business for much less,. Wo have no doubt they would immediately como into favor. Iow dolighted Appur- Aswas " would have beon bind ho hnd one of theso machines instend of being obliged to pick his nrm open with & scissors and slowly bleed to dentht ! ‘I'he general use of such machines would also simplify the work of the Coroner, becausa there could not be any possibility of mistake ns to the cause of death. By the use of this Inborsaving machine, suicide would be reduced to n syatomatic and legiti- mato business. 'There is progress in uvery- thing connected with staying in tho world. Why sliould there not be progress in the methods of getting out of it? ———— THE GRAND CANAL DU MIDIL France, not contont with the glory of the SuczCaual, is now ngitating the quostion of the # Grand Canal dn Midi,” running frpm tho ocenn to the Meditorranenn. 'The project is alrendy so far advanced that delegates from tho Chamber of Commerce have been np- pointed to consider the projact, ostimantes bave been made, and tho Minister of Public Works has made several favorable reports upon it. 'The general course of this water- way will bo southeast from Havro to Mar- neilles. The Seine River is navigablo for 840 miles. From tho Yonne River, which is tho principal tributary of the Scino on the southenst, thore is already o small canal, the 18 REFORM TO BE REPUDIATED1 The Republican party contains much the Iarger proportion of the people who favor honest governmont, faithful execution of the Iaws, ofilcinl integrity, and official eapnbility in the publio mervice. In tho proportion that the Republican party of this class of tho popuiation is greater than that of any other party, to that oxtent is the numerical strength of tho Ropublican pnrty weakoned by any dofianco or disregard of publio intelligence and public morality. For instance : There is not a Republican in the United Btates who does not know that Mr. Bristow represents Reform in the ad- ministration of all branches of the publioc ser- vico; that ho, if elocted, will continuoan un- remitting war upon nll forms of official cor- ruption, offteinl ineapncity, and agninst all abuses and extravagances in the public sor- vice. It docs not follow that there are no other persons who are not reformers as well as Mr. Bristow, or that tho nomination of some other eandidato would necessarily im- ply that tho Yonvention wns opnosed to reform, Dut tho combination of all the other candidates {8 based upon the fact that thoy and Bnistow represont different schools of official mornl- ity, thiat ho represents one code and thoy an- othor; that the differences between Braine, CoxkriNg, and MorTox are purely personal, and involve nothing deepor than a choice of individuals, while the difference between them all and Bnisrow is one upon the broad, fundamental principlo of governmontal ad- ministration. 1le would sever the Execntive from the Legislativo branch ; e would mako himself responsible for the administration of the Inws, through officors chosen and rotained in office beeauso of their fitness and fidolity, instond of beeause they are useful as personal ond political retainers of membors of Con- gress, ‘When, therefors, Mr. Bristow is rejected, openly and avowedly, upon the demaud of CoNkLiNg, Camenoy, MonToy, SreNces, CLAy- Tox, LooAN, CanrenTen, and Boss Sunenenp, because ho isn Reformer, nnd because he wonld regenorate and purify the public sor. vies, then such n rejection for such a causo is o deflanco thrown in the face of the moral ond intellectunl classes, and is such a con- temptuous disregard of public opinion as must challonge a defection at the polls, which the rolalive strength of partics doos not Caunl do DBourgogue, which wns com- warrant. . | menced n contury sgo, aud which con- Cou the Republican party afford at, this | ;o0ts the Youne with the Saone. election to malko its choico of candidntenupon | 13, (hiy river tho tide of commorco the sole issue of Reform, and Opposition to Reform, and take the latter? With BELsNar and the legion of disreputablo rovelations, can the party declare that no reform is needed, aud that there shall bonone? Is that an issue on which to hope for success in the doubtful States of Noew Yorl, Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Indiang, tho votes of all of which will ba nceded to clect the Re- publican candidate? In 1874 there wero cnough Democrats and Reformers in Illinois to defeat the Ropublican candidates by 30,000 majprity, to elect two-thirds of tho Congres- nionnl delegotion anti-Republican, and to clect an anti-Republican majority in both branchos of the Legislature, Ts the domand for reform any less strong now than it was in 18747 Are not all the clements of oppo- sition in existenco now that existed then? Shall not tho Republican party recall and bring back the multitude that revolted in all parts of tho country in 1874, by nominating a candidate whose very nanie will bo hailed by the wholo people ns a guaranteo of Reform? THE LABOR-SAVING SUICIDE MACHINE. Our dispatches yosterdny morning con- tained an nceount of o suicide which for hor- rible ingenuity has rarely if ever been ox- celled in the snnals of self-murder. The poor wretch who hurried himself out of the world made his preparation in a very unigue way, nod displayed an amount of inventive talent which would have accomplished im- menso results if it had been appliod to a logitimate mechanicsl purpose. Since a quiotus can be made to one’s life with a bare bodkin, it will strike most persons that the Indians farm.-hand put himself to s good deal of trouble with his ingenious machine for hend.cutting. iy trouble, however, so- cared absolute certainty in the oporntion of his machine, "T'he nx was suspended in such o manner that it was suro to fall in a certain dircetion at & certain time, e placed him- solf in the path of its descent, ko that there could be no possibility of avoiding its odge, oither by voluntary or involuntary motion. Where tho ax would strike, he placed a small box, open on one side, in which his hend reposed. Ile held his head firmly in position and his chin up from his neck by a stick run ncross tho box, Ho was strapped lightly to the floor with two straps, one aronnd {ho arms and the other around tho legs, both straps being screwed to the floor. 'I'hus when the candlo which ho had placed botween the cords holding the ax burned them off, the weapon would swiftly oud heavily fall and perform its horrible mission with absolute certainty, Nothing but n miraculous interposition conld stop it. aving thus perfocted ‘s mothod which was proof ngeinst failure, his next step was to securo o pninless denth, This was easily done by filling the box, in which his head re- posed, with cotton saturated with chloroform, Nothing could be neaster, surer, or more will bo earried neerly duo mouth by Ly- ons into the Rhone, and on to the Mediter- raneau at Marsoilles. The proposal of the engincors is to widen and decpon tho chan- nel already provided so that it ehall bo 300 feot jn width and 80 feet in depth through- out, and the Minister of Public Works esti- mates that the whole cost of providing such n passago for vessels of 200 tons burden would only be about $12,600,000. Tho En. glish, of courso, nre deeply intercsted in tho construction of the canal, as it will save their smnll vesscle bound for tho Mediterra- noon from 800 to 900 miloes, and, in fact, will complement the Sucz Caual, being, with re- gard to Englaud, the missing link in the wn- ter.wny to Indin. ‘The London Z%mes, speak- ing of the posuibilities of its construction, says: Though the longth of line In the case of the pro- posed Grand Caual du Midl I» so much greater, tho width and depth suggested aro not o great, and much of the work i already done. The course of the Selno as far s Yonne la remarkably even. Thero 18 no strong current euch as un engineer who pro- posed tomnke the Rhinea channel of communication would have to provide for. 'I'he Barra, one of the Incldents of tho preat estuary ot linvre, is some- what similar to the bore on the Sovern, but this Is uot of such charicter as to provent the profitable navigation of the river from the ses for mnny milea Inland, and, weren way once clear betw cen the Nortlsof Europeand tho Medlterrancan, such as vessels coulil pass which aro Indivposed or unsulted 10 traverse the stormy waturs of the llay of Bfscay, atide of commerce would Le ect flowing which would sweep awny any remaining difficulties and exerclae o permanent Influence on tho history of the world, The Inst point indicated—‘‘the stormy Bay of Biseny "—is a very important one, as its novigation is always dangerous, aud its shores are strown with wrecks at all times in the year. By the construction of this ghip. canal all this dangerous navigation will be avoided, and vessols bound for the Mediter- ranean will havo nothing worsa to encounter than the peril of * the raging canawl.” The originntor of the schemo nfso writes to the Times, and, in addition to the offecting of n safe aud speedy passago from the ocoan to the Moditerranenn, enumerates other advan. tages that will flow from it. Ho clnims that it will free for ever the Bouth of Franco from all inundations; that it will roceive nbove 12,000,000 tons of shipping por sunum; that it will onable the ownors to disposo of an averago of 21,000,000 cubic yards of water n year for irrigation or motive power, and that *“if tho whola of this water woro used for the wants of industry nlone, it would give in the Valley of tho Garonne four times the power roquired for tho cotton mills of the wholo world.” Apart from the immenso advantigoes to be derived from this grent project, tho spectncle of Fronce agitating this colousal system of in- tornal improvement, while the othor Euro. pean powers are wrestling with the question of war, is a choerful one, Frauce is tho in. ventor of tho systom of canaliziug rivers, or cffcetive, nnd yot wmothing conld Do [ ntleast was the firut to ndopt it. 'The Canal more grimly horrible nud despairingly | do Languedoc, connucting the Atlautic with courngeous, 'Tho derdrement is more thrill. | the Mediterranean, wag doveloped by Ricae- rizu ond completed iu the reign of Louis XI1V,, but all her numerons canal schemes have been small as compared with the Grand Cannl du Midi, which now soems likely to be completed, and to make a revolution in com- mereo, " ing than anything in flction. 1lo coolly Aus- pended the ox, at a point fifteen foot above whera his head would Iny, by the double cord fastened to the ceiling, Ho then lit the eandlo, which way caloulated to burn down to the cords before Lie should wake up from Lis unnatural slumber, Dy its light he ar- runged his box, stufing it with cotton and soaturating it with chloroforin. "Then he throw himself upon the floor and fastencd his head iuto the box, aud with remarkable skill fost. ened himself to tho floor, so that there wos no possibility that the convulsive movements which somotimes follow the taking of chloro. form would disturb his position relative to the keen edge above that was waiting for him. ‘Tho opinte did ita work, lle went to sleep with perfect confidenco that his machine would do its horrible business in o perfootly satisfactory wmanner. ‘Tho brief ocandle wshed its little light upon the ax and reflected upon tho face of tho sleeping mon. Blowly and steadily it burned down until it reached tho cord. Inuniustant the cord snnpped, the ax doscended with a crash through the man’s neck, and buried itself in the floor under- nenth him. Yts work wog sure. ‘Thero was uo mutilation, no suffering, no toyture. In an instant bo was in oternity, wmlgut apang or a struggle. As o rule, sulcides do their work in a bungling way, If thoy aitciapt to drown thewselves, somo humpye fpdividaal may ju- The United Btates Supreme Court has made an dmportant aud much-needed deciston In the cuse of Davip I, Mitcuett, plantif in error, v8. The Board of County Commissloners of Leavenworth, Kan,, ALBXANDER HEPINE, T'reas- urer, uud Tuosas LeoNARD, Bherlil. The fucts In tho ense were substantfally us follows: The plalntiff had a balance of $10,350 on the 28th February, 1870, to his credit fu bank, which he converted fnto United Btates notes. These he tnclosed in & sealed package and placed them for safe keeping in the bauk vauit s u special deposit, On the 81 of of March he withdrew the package and redeposited the notes to hls credit, fn order to cscaps taxation upon his tmoney on deposit, Personal property fn Kau- sus i3 listed March 1, but MitcueLt @il not list his geposits, and, on discovering thls, the tax officers udded $9,000 to his assesament on se- count of the deposit, 1o then flied o LII to restruin cotlectlon, alleging thut United States notes were not taxuble, The Supreme Court of Kaunsns dlainissed the bl upon the ground that “a court of juatics sitting us a court of equity will not lend its aid for the accomplishment of uny such purpose? This declsion Lus been uftfirmed by the United Btates Bupreme Court fn the following lunguage: * United Stutes notes are excmpt from taxation by or under Htate or municipal authority, but a court of cquity wil} pot knowingly use its cxtroordinary powers to promote any such scheme ns {his PplnintiT has devised to eseape his proportionate share of tho burdens of taxation,” The decls- fon will beof significant Interest Lo many tax- dodgera fn this locality. ————— & PERSONAL. Mrs, Bartorls will return to this conntry on tho next teip of the Heythln, Wo'll wager it was n woman who got the Flemish tanguo recognized fu the Courts of elgium, Tho $t. Lonis 7imes Intorms us that ** George Band was not very well known of the present gen- cratfon, " 1t Is reported that Mr. Marguard, of New York City, hna Just given $100,000, which he promised some Umo ayo, for a chapel at Princeton Collego, Ienry Ward Beecher haa been robbed of $K00 worth of allverware by ‘*a curly-headed man' who worked on the ragged edge of his dintng-room safe, Salvini haslost Wls popularity In London even farter than he gafned It Tt 14 no longer the fash- fon to have Shakepeare interpreted through the ma. dlum of a forelgn mind, Miea Allco Hosmer, a very young siater or cousln of Misa Harrlot Mosmer, mado on operatic debut an Adelgtra fu ** Norma " with the Corbett Cumnpany last week In Now York, * The marringe of James (ordon Dennett, it Is an- nounced, wil take place privately within 8 few weeks at Newport, Miss May, his Intended, is #poken of i the most enthusiaatlc terms byall who know her. Collector Simmons, of Boston, was marrled Inet Wednerdny to n young Indy of Newtonville, Mass. Gen. Butler witnessed the ceremony, and suiled, and blinked, and dresmed. He felt that he bad revenge for Sinunons' treachery at last. The advantages of Chlcago as o summer-resort must be apparent to the most casunl observer. The subject ought to be more talked about in tho nows- papers, We fear the people have forgotten the ar- guinents so powerfully presented in past yoars, A ‘prentice hand ahowa teelf In the recent dra- matle criticlams of the Indlanapolly Sentinel, the writer of which tokes atrong ground fn upposition to *‘the sentimentality " of *‘the Gardin Mu- bille.” The Graphic thinks ** Gardin Mabille " Is deliclous. It 18 Mr. Dristow's good fortune that hls friends at Cincinnoti are respectable men, littlo nccus- tomed to ** lnying wires” or **controlling delega- tlons.” The candidate who secures somo of tha Southern voles will Luve'to thank for thewm unscru- lous dirty-workers. A person signing himaelf ** Enrcka, ' who writes to Tug Tuinuse In complaint of certain theatrieal managers, is informed that the charges e tnkes need the bucking of responsible names. Anunye mous allegations of fraud may casily bo cowardly, mallcious, and falee. Mies Anna Ollver, of New York City, n graduate of Nutgers College, has graduated also at the Theological School of the Boston Unlversity, The rite of ordination la withheld from wemen preach- ers by the Methodist Church, butlicenses to presch can be obtained from local Conferences, Tl Trustees of the Johns Hopkins Universlty in Baltimore have been Informed Dy cable thut Dr, Henry N. Martin, formerly of Unlversity College, London, and now a Fellow and a lecturer In the Unlversity of Cambridge, England, accepts a posie tion as Professor In thelr University, Dr. Martin has been ansoclated with Prof. Huxley In the prep- aration of u work on blulogy. Col. Bob Ingersoll—whose creed Ir embraced in the blasphemous utterance, ** An honest God's tho noblest work of man "—has been designated to nominate Mr, Blaine at Cinclnnatl, This is a curi- ous combination butween Atheinm and Puritanism, It might be excused by eaying that religlon has nothing to do with politics, only the religlous peo- ple don't llke to have that said, M. Casiiuir Perler's fliness §s cavsed by enlarge- ment of the leart. Tho rapld and Incvitable progress of the walady excites general anxlety fn Paris. His death would be s loss to tho Moderato Liberal party, of which he 18 one of the tnost os- teemed members, e fs G5 years of age, and mar- ried nt 35 the siater of the Duchess d'Audiffret Pasquier, the wife of the President of the Senate, Mr. Conwny writes that keen regret fs feltIn Loudon at the death of Julia Mathews, who was nolonly a great favorite as an uctress, but also was beloved und respected as a woman, Sho leaves three children, who will be In good hands. There never was a moro brlillant theatricul success In London than this surprising Australisn uchieved alout elght years ugo—iwhen shio was 26 years of age—ns the Grand Duchesa. Father Chinlquy, who has been so conmplcuons In Canada as an opponent of Roman Catholiclym, has again been arrested—thls timo fu Montreal. ife made tho boallifs who came to arrest him walk in to breakfast and to family prayers, prayed with them, and cxpounded tho, Scripturcs, then went with them before a maglstrate, and was balled out. Tie sy he lsgetting used to arrest, and docs not mind it atall, this being tho thirty-third thne he Lus been arrested. The jury of tha French Salon have awarded the Grand Medal of Honor to M. Pant Dubols for lis sculptured monument to Gen. Lamorlcicre, and the Grand Prize to M. Sylvestre for hia pleturo of ¢ Nero und Locusta.' The other first-class med- als awarded ure 8d follows: Painting—MM. Joseph Sylvestre, Paul Dabols, Francols Lematte, Leon Pelouse; Engraving and Lithography—M. Blot; Architecture—3M. Hermant, 'Thomas; Sculpture —MAL Coutant (Jules Fellx), Marquet, La Ving- trie. If the hospitable people of Cluclnnati had taken In the delegates and entertained them, o the cus- tom 14 with ecclesiaatical conventlons, tho tickets for spectators might have been distributed to bet- ter purpose, Under the present ruling, cach delo- gota I to be entitled to three tickets, and the Cin- cinnut! peaple will scarcely have o cliance to sce thelr own aliow. Hotol-clerks and bar-tenders will be the only favored portion of the community, the rent of the tickets will go to blowers and strikers from abrond. A vomewhat doubtful statoment of tho discov- ery of o genuino Raphael, **The Last Supper," In the Clty of New Orleany, has found credenco inre- spectablo quarters, It {8 alleged that this pleture, puinted by Rapiacl shortly before hils death, was wolen In the sack of Romo by the Spanfards in 1647, From Rome it went to Spuin, and from Spuln to Loulsina, when the latter country was a. Bpanish dependency. The Caunt Do Turentie, who wus In Now Orleans a fow weeks ago, pronounces the painting genuine, and has mado an olfer for it The monogram of Raphael, it s suld, has been de- clphiored under tho margin added to the origlial canvsy by the thieves, Mivy Minnlo Hauck, who has been In this coun- try three weeke vislting her home und friends, and Tooking at the Philudelphin Exhibitlon, safled for Navro Baturday, The New York Z'ribune nays, fn this connection: ** During her csreer abroad she hus wou u distinguished position w her profeasion, and becowme » prime tavorite tn the principal citles, espectally of Germany and lungary, Her voleo Ly goined much In volme sud richness, und tho pretty young singer of seven yeurs ngo has devel- oped into u highly-sccomplished urtlst. She wleely refused to ho the victim of u summer opers season which Mr. Strakosch wished to give at thy Acade- my of Musle, 1ler engagement at Berlin reopens in September or October,* y o01 rogard,” eays Mr. Gladatone, **compnlsory and penal provisions, such us those of the Vicelnae tion uct, with mlstrust and misgiving; sod, were I engaged on un inquiry, § should require very clear proof of their nocessity before glving them my ap- proval; but T um not able to undertake to enfer upon an exumination of the question,’ *'For thls very reason, " says the Pall Mall Gazette, **it will prubably strike many persons that Mr, Gladstone would have acted with greater prudence had he ub- stained from expressing the * mistrust and misgly- fiig? with which he regurda the compulsory provis- fonn of the Vucclnnation act until ho has found time *to enter upon an examination of the qut tion." Possibly the result of such cexamiuation will be the dlscovery by Blr. Gindstone of tho fuct that the Mves of thousands are snnuslly saved by the operatlon of the uct, thu provisiona of which ho views with 8o muck susplcion, MOTLL ALRIVALS. Palmer House—T. 0. Eldridge, 0, M. Wyaltlr- ini, and Elils If. lNolmes, tan Fraucisco; Jullua Wadsworth, New York, Director M. &8t P\ It R.; M. ¥, Blalne, New York; John Coleman, England; Frank E. Snow, Dn&mk' the Non, Il'i | 3 Thoep, Bloomington..., rand Daciie—A. Swineford, Marquottei Gen. E. 1% Winslow, Cedur Ruplds; den, N T, Clark, Minnesota; Col. J.N. Merriam aud Col. 3., Averlil, St Paul; Ex-Gov. J, B, Wakefiold, G, Dickineon, Ionofulu; —Gen. — James Cralg, St _doe, Mo.; tho Hom, “dess Noyl, New York; Thomis Bemnett, Utah..., Iyewiont House—L. V. Ledyard, Supcehienicit Michigan Central Hafiroad; the Hon, W, \ Ituntoul: E. C, Graut, New York; ( Curtis, Ogdensburg, N: Y.§ E. Rowswater, Bee; B. P. Tomkng, Now York.... Shermidn louss ~Ldeut. terbort Winslow, Unliéd States vmy; the Hon, N, W. Groew, Pekin, 1l ; Maj, J. G Paugborn, Kankas City Zimes: the 'Hon, W. W. MeKenzie, Hopkivevifle, N. ¥.; Maj. ‘William ilipdwan, Utab; C. N, Brockway, New York, Minucsota; J. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Fourth Annual Report of thg Directors to the Common Council. Somo Intoresting Statistics Concorning 1t---60,000 Volumes and 30,« 000 Borrowers. Doston Excepted, Chicago Ins {ho Largest Clreulation in the Country. Tho Board of Directors of the Publie Lihrary held their annnal meetlng yeaterday nfternoonfn the ofiico of the Librurian. President Shorey oeca pled the chafr. Fhe specla) business befors them Wi the annual reports. "Tha fourth annual report of the Directors to the Councli was read. The cxpenses of tho Library for tho past year wero $11,723.00, OF this sun, $10,745.02 hiave been expended for hooks and 2,401, 03 for newspapers and periodicals, It was dotermined thnt s public Nibrary conld b malntalned In Chieago upo a tax of one-afth of mill on o doliar on the tuxable property In the city, Experience ahows that such o Wbrary cannot g carried on effectunlly w0 an to accura tho moat m. portant result at o cost lexs than the full amount of the tax authorized by the law. Tha levy of 172 was made for ene-Afth of amill, amounting ty $50,830.40, of which $52,401.61 have been cul- lected, Tho levy for 1873 wae n 1ttle short of the wholu amount anthorized by law, belng 840, 031,68, of which 813,005.16 have been collected, The Tevies In three following years were each $25,000, of which thero havo been collected for 1874, $17,580,00; for 1875, 80,910,006, The wholy amount collected under all the levies wos $120,. 19, Contrary to the Judgment of the Dircctors, for the Just three years bas been reduced 95,000 o year. All the ecridux con. sequences (o the Library of theso deficlencls were now npparent. The nnpald vouchers of the Dircctor amount to $16,500. 13, 1t appears from the revort of the Comptroller that ho charges the Library Fund with $0,308 on necount of the Unge defalcation, and when all the youchers now drawn shatl bapald the Library ¥und will be overdrawy $21,004.18, 1t s probablo that tho Income next year will not be more than £20,000, aud the ex. pensce not probubly leea than' S27,000. Unl specinl relief iy lmmediately granted,' the clrenlat. ing departwent of the llbrary will have to be clos Tlio cash balance on hand on June 1 waa $757.45, . LIDNARIAN'S REPORT, The report of thu Librarlan, W. F. Poole, for the year ending May 31, wis read “and approved, Mr. Poole tutes that tho Library hs been aifected Dy the general business deprsslon, and the db- erul, miinfoipal support which was expected lns not been realized. Under these unfavorablo cir. cumstnnces the Library has had an_accesslon of more than 10,000 volumen uf atandord works, and now poscases o collection of neacly 50,000 vol. wmes, ‘The Liirary has o st of more than 30,000 bor- rowers, and "1t is rapidly increasing, The rooms Tave been crowded, and much deluy has been ex- perienced by those desiring books. The present rooma have met acceptably the tem. porary wants of the Library, ond there Tas becna 8 $1,5600 In rent, $884.05 in hoating, and 3 In lighting. arge room konth of the reading-room hoe Been Atted up with cases for patent reports, publio documents, und State pupers, 2,000 voltimes of which have been recolved since tho last annual re- ort, 2 ‘The number of volumes in tho Library at the last report was 39,230, and the present number Is 419,024, Tho accessions of the year have been 10,261 volumes, Of these 2,105 have boen given, and 8,050 have been purchased, The number con- demned and worn out was 433, Tho reportgivesa clagsified inventory of the numberaf books now In the Library, and of tho accesslons which bave been mude Lo eich department. The amount expended for new books was 810, - 78510, The bk of the accerslons were in the depertiments of history, biography, travels, arts, natural rclence, and the litoratura of the eoveral continental countrica of Kurope, - Less than 600 volutes of English prose fetionand juvenilo books were ndded. Great ombarrassment has recent] been cxporls onced, both to the parties from whomn works liova Deen purchased and 1o the oflicers of the Library from the disturbed state of the City Trcnnnr{‘. ait the non-payment of the vouchers drawn by thu Board aguinst the nppropriation mado for the sup- port of the Library by the City Council. The pur- Chaseu of books have been made In Europo and at nuctfun wlex In Eustern citles. "o donatlonn of (hie yeur have beon 2,105 vol. wnes aud 354 pampllets, The Lolland Saclety of Chicao has given ity collection of Dutch books, conslutlug of 701 volumes nnd 62 pamphlets, 1n responwo to clrcular, luw reports and_public vol- umea lind been recelved from a uumber of States and Territorles, from tho Department of the In- terlor at Waehington, and from the Hon. Carter H. Hurrlson, The “Young Men's Christlan Aswocin: tion of Cisteago has given the public documents of the Unfted Stutes which it posecesed, 407 voi- umes, A lotter had been recelved from ¥, W. Chesson, Secretary of the Anglo-Amerlcan Aeso- clation at London, stating that he had paid to B, ¥', Stevons, the Library et tliore, £17 100, the Dalance of 'the money “In his linnds, given by the Englieh people ufter the grant fire. duige Jauneson lind given 07 volumes which wro seeded toward the complotion of the Hlinols documents, Tha City of Hoston had presented 10 volumes i continuatiou of its excellent acrles of city documenty. Tho 170 Volumes presented by Gov. Rice, of Maschu- sotty, nro especlully valuable, TILE BOOK-BORROWERS, The number of regletured book-borrowers ro- norled 8 yeor g0, was 23,284, of which 14,637 Were males, and 8,627 wot females, Tlie prerent number fu 13, 127, of which 21,260 are_mulca, oud 11,847 femalen, Tho number of cards surrendered andl_canceled since th opentni of the Library i 8,920 makiug the total numbor of pereous How Tioldfng cards and entitied ta druw baoks, 50,005 Of tho D, B41) nuw nums reglstered, 202 chiose fode- positSisInstend of the usunl cortiicato of yuarunty, snd 301 tisvoeithdran helr deput und worred dered thetr cards. ‘Tlie nmount of deposits now 1 nossoslon of tho Library, and in the State Suvings ‘ln“k, 188270, on which 818,40 Interest Lus uce crued, The amount of fines recetved for the de tention of books has been $2, 3144, Thesmount recelved lnst year 2, 645, 7 “I'ho Library hos beew open 207 duya durlng the year, The clrculution of Looks In 1475 was 839, + 160, and the past year 405,747, A’ compurative statement 1y nade with other Jl- Draries, which whows that, with the exception of the Boston Librury, the Chicago Libracy hu the Turgent cireulation. Tho elrculation of history wnl Diography had fucressed from 7,11 to 0.2 pet cent. “lyventy-alx persona constitute the working furce of the Library. Elghtecn are employed In the day thine, und ix 1 the evening. ‘Thers fa o day und 3 alyhi fanitor., The totul uniount paid for snlurivd wan $14,705.2 i it whio havo conmulted referenco boukt 14 5, 528, and 18, %83 volumes havo been used 1ol the purpose. - ‘Dl number of serials kept on file in the rudlu,‘ room s 30, OF thene 245 uro puriodicals wid 1 nuwapapers, OF the former 11 Snglinh, 44 Qerman, U French, 5 Hohemfan, Scundinavian, 3 Dutch, and 9 of other uatlunalis tea, OF the newspapom 41 nte duilies, and we Of the formor 16 re ghfta from thepub- linhera, und 40 of the Iattor, S ‘g humber of visitors ha fallen off allghtly, and has avernged 630 dally, The average number of vixltors on’Sunday hay Leen H60. ~Fhe tot umber of visitors to the Library aud reading. ruote liaw been moro thun 700,000, uid the total laaud of books und periodicals have been 537,111 THE LIBRARY. " The completo card cataloguuof all the books In the Library fus becn of tie greatest practical ste Vico, nnd s comatantly refetrod (o ws the wuthor tive menun of uxcertaining what the Library ¢ tainy, The ** temporary tiding: st wiiel been printed from tiae to tine, lave, In o measire supplied the want of o printed "cotulogue, — Abal 2,500 copics of the i cdition uud 4,000 of the carller editions hnve been kold, = "A lnrgo clrculation of books necesnarlly Involyt o large expouso for rebinding. _ Last” year 44 Amount way 31,001 80, Tho number of Vulumes nchuding serlals and newspaners, sent to the bis W wWiis 8,234, 0f Which 7,406 hnve been retored, o whols cont of binding and rebinding wat 84,350.57. 'Pho regular force of the Library latt Fepnired 1,04 voluines, and 408 coplus of publics tious I paper huye heen prepared for the shehe by putting them Lt the Euierson Home- bt “Pho wnnual cxpenso of bindtige i the future i W likely to fall below 4,000, and e the workio: I ‘will exceed thit wm, The plan recomh tiended 1 tho last report of establaliig a bindey on the prembies for the Library work 1t wlll be s vismble to conalder whencvr ‘thie Cunds of the i stitutlon wiil justify it. 'y OF the Rrtiah Pateni-Offico. peporty—3,000 vol- unien of which were donuted—302 hnye been fe d, with the Hinled fui (R of the bl euve Londati u wre Amerlcan, ! Ing, whic t by done before they 1 Tho number of yolumes nuaccounted for. ahuwn by the snnnal examiuation, wus 421, Among? the accessiony of the past year hus | f"m valuable collection of works ol the wmechanic sfth fron-working, thy steam-englne, ete. Asihe ©6F suurces of the Library huve become better LuORL there fu developed a demand for s Wghee und 204 higher grady of bouks. "o sucure these Wurks b toSsupply thie wanta of tho circulating departieit it 13 eescntiul thut the orlging) n{;pmynn[um pport of th Library should b restored Py report was adopted,and the Board adjourt after uttending 10 s0ie Inor WELLens, e —c— S, Bpectal Dispate DA!WIL!.L":'IIL. Juno 12, —3uj. John i1, Tec 0: Rossville, thia counts, died thls ufternuon, afler § Nugering ness of scversl months of discuse & thedieart, Muj. Lou entered the War us prbvate 1 the Ong Hundred nnd ‘Twenty-0fth Hiiiols Hek? wient, hut, bufore It reuched the fleld, e was €00 tnissfoned’ Major, which poattion he' held (i G0 cluse of the Wir. ' At the tine of his deathh ke B0 o1 of the most promiuent smerchianty uf the L ty, Bud ouo of thy waut igLly pusuented citise