Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1876, Page 8

- & THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. The Sccond DBaptist picnic at Iizhland Tark Faturday. Cars leave Kinzle street depot at 0 o'clack. D. 8. Brown, of the firm of 1lolman, Nrown & Co., while drivingon Michizan street yesterday, was thrown from his buggy and received ellght In- Juries. Mans Balatka and his orchestra will edify the jpublic with a grand Saturday sfternonn concert In he Routh Park, commencing ot 8 oclock aud clos- 1ngat 6. The Snnday-schools connected ssith the Lawn. dnle churches will hold n grand plenie In Conteat ®ark to-morrow, when the Coummlssioners will _provide o band, Tha 1adica of Wahash avenue M. E. Church, cor- mer Fourteenth street, will hold (helr aunual atraw- Derry featival this evening. A very pleazant time s anticipated. i i i Tirst Naptist and [I'lymonth Chureien Wil iaice in 8 Itle Kame of lre il this afiernoon, at the grounds curner of State oml Twenty-third streets., The Kossuth Street M, E. Chnrch wiil hold o strawheery and fce-cremm fostival 1his evenmy in e store at the southcuat corner of Purtluntavenus and Twenty-(fth atreet. QOliver C. Henson and Charlotte Schmailion wers adjudged insanc In the Comty Courl yeeterdny. Juseph Pollsk wan appolnted conscryatis tor the Wormer under bond for $40, 000, er Cleary anys (hat e wrill at the Bert meeting of thy’ County Hoard ntrodice a Terolntion 1o day the corner-sions of the new Court-flouse an the 4th of Jaly. E. F, Thomas. who lins had some repntation of Iate In renl estate und otier transactions, wan yrs- terday put in Juil on o cd & at the stiice of Ane Tone Fdoreter, who dumnands $230 of im. The temperature yesterduy, as olaerved by Man- asue, optician, TunuNe Sidding, wis s oliows: i 3 8a Ly S5 12 . n s, Burometer, 8. m;, 2 Willlam Gott was drowned In the tiver at the foot of Grove street, at 7 o'cluck lakt evening, by the upsctting of a small buat, The body was re- covered soon afterwards and taken o the home of Uls parents, No. 4 Grove strect. Henry Clay Jarrett, the managel of Dooth's 'rhén't:wy. Kew York, and the eoccewstul heoy of the Colifornia fust-train cxplolt, urfives at tho *remont to-duy, and will veenpy 8 bux ul fhe Adelphi this evenlng to witness Lie eztra There is considerable of u rush and cruei for the position of Counly Warden, Amonz v Licn who have donned thelr war colors are Walsh, ex-Ald, Raderty, ex-lepreeen pin, ex-Aid, Cox, doseph Wilde, nnd th the Chicago Democral. The fair and festival for the benellt of St Ann'a Church, corner Wentwortl avenne and L° street, I8 attended with ey Seature of the fuir 18 the contest £ watch nnd chain between Mr e BT n dadies” wold Farrerl, of Hyu tock-Yurds, 2y of succees, nawly-elected ey Assacinlion < Labrary o, it fefende of Lot are conid ‘The annusl fnauzuratlon of the oflicers of the Union Cat e L will tahe place this ou corner f State s o s anent will 1o every renpcer, pains in makin: Plymouth alnuent vy : urlors of (e ca ol anm o oawwea” will waie up o il of Dekets Asofa‘ion have these s readin g room, 150 2 hey havs ntavd about §3,000 Worth of 1 ook, i have Wow on volumzs, Wl rush h una they hisve thy Taond Witn Lo woners, tora new trial in thelr shelves ove at the Fublic Livrar, expecially sulecten b reference to the nee The argument on 13 the oyt of Cutlo. . coniracuvd o1 1CACE In Bt duilesan n ¢ £, Will Le comtaenee, Lelingwerl § Cuited Statea Court This mors ng at 10 oclock, The (istict Atlosney seeis cunfident that tue 1l e dended; aud i that event the Be will e aragued with hose whu 56 to appear butore the bar slonduy morning for woawine, A haruened okl sinner from Wanpun, Wis,, was nipped n the 3 ¥ by pulceman whiie Tk was I the Set o atleapnag (o iee i no. ¥ et Jart ity Lo e el Very evidentiy for o guod ¢ un the miu Coind nut ne obe tamed, and as thece s ot suilicient evidenca 1o warrant lis arzest, e wan nilowed o wulls away Tike o whipped cuts The man who was not Joriah I, notwithetaml- g ire, Wi's chitent protemations, ail siso tie suichde at 1 Intio Jutter cnse, 1t s uer the s v, eat were nol s aud Jurtice andrew wucheon s bladiew b moking 4 thorotgh po. clem, lowever, ti wre no duukits 1o e nid 8 dentdy, and it ittle doubt thut he compilien smicins, aud hisuticn a3 be s no relalives b thix coniry, o one will probab y ever spucstion e verdit, Coroner Dietiach yesterday concluded the In- nest on Josepn ‘CLotas, whe was beieaded Tuew- ovenlug at the Unlou strect croseny of the Bilwaukee and Hi, Paul fantroad, and the Jury upe ended 1o their LU \ecy FEVORE Colimilre Mpon d anthotitive fos wut huving & Nagaan ut I be cv.dence went tu show Hiut beia the Milwudier w St. Vaal Ruat and the Futs- Ourgy Cincinnatil o St Louis Huad fad heen shamefully negdectiul of theie ditly, a4 Wpon no iy had tiey ever hept o lagann at the Crossing ui- Ser 6 o'clock fn 1w eienin Thomss Cullalia, one of th ut the new Custont-Hol elny sick yeserdoy i turued (o woric it 1 o° but hud not been the when e usks to e lowered down. Dr. Y'arily Wi 6@ once wert for, and pronounced thit ailment to be hoart asease, ond ardercd the an tw be sent to the County oapital, but before o euild be abeed o 4 coti veyunce hedied. Callakan was obuat 40 years of age, o mattor by teade, and leaves u wife aid thres citldren rexiriiing ot the curnes of rorly-ihitd sun Arnuld sicess MRS, PRESIDENT LINCOLN. IIENR RCSTORATION TO REASON AND PROVERTY, Yewterday uliernnon, the County Conrt, Mra, Aurabam Lincols filed a petition asking that the anagenient and caie of her estate, which was taken from her ubout u year a2 by tho saime tribu- nal, bo restorad. ME. Sweltdppeared for her, and her conservato: . wntio e otiul yeaed I mystery, cu it st Woulhue dn et to cause desti, nul workinginen em- Liined of Lut neverthec ro- 1le was scut alolt, - 1n-Fass, il also appeased “The whole fiear 2 oecupied i\ ery Tew IOments, more e being consined I impunehng the Jury than w trylng the caune, The petition was us follows BIATE OF 1LLINGIA, Lt Bl R ML Walluee the C Ty —In the Connty . #70—"T0 the Hon, of the County Court of Jounty of Couk, State of nlinuis—Your peti- tioner, Mdry Lincoln, respectiusiy represents auto sour Honer that un'the 1410 4oy of dune, ot e June teqin of 170 of ihe County Cuart, Inaud for waid Count, obers Linculis, whoi youe petls tjouer prayn may be made defendant 1o this petls tlun, wax appointad undes the provisions ot Cha ter B0 of jtevised Slatutes of said Stale, now in farce, her conecevutor, Your petitioner showetl 1o your llonor that =hie 8 a proper person o hive he care and management of her own entato. Your petitioner thieresure prays thnl her rila cousenvator iamy be removed, and st your Honor sy enter anorder fully resturlng toall the rizhts and privileges enjoyed by her befure her nald Cutiseryie or was appointed, and thet her mald conservator may be requlied to restore to her wll tue woney, eatate, title, and pension pupera, Lnited Siatos bouds, leases, aud all otherveets with which he ts chargeable sx herconservalor. Mauy LISCOLN, Dr. Ninfan W. Edwards way the frat withess called, and testitied us fullows; Mra, Lincolu hiaw been with me for nine or ten mouths, anil ier fricinds sll think abe is 8_proper pervont (o take charze of her uwn a@alrs. That she 8 LOW in euid cundition; that she can man her own atlairs. She lua uot nswnl.ull 1hat slie was al- Jowed to epend during the Jast year, and wo all thiuk she fa in w cundition to take care of her own T, “I'he case was then given ta the Jury, which, after Deing absent loug enough 1o stach ety reapective mgnaturcs 103 Ve Tepurtod us (ollown SisTaTE oF ILLisuly, Lok CauNty—Connty Court of Cook County—We. the wndersigned ’u""l in the case wherein Mary Llncoln, who wis ierctofore found L0 be insane, uny Wi is now ai- leged to be restored to resson, baving noard the evidence In sald cause, Bnd thut e s dary Line colu Is reatored 1o 1eanon and je capable 1o manuge and control her vatat n way bad, the consvrvator, lited his 1eport, uccompsnicd by an of the propérty of Mem Liocoln plu in his hanca on the J4(h of June, 1675, It shawed that fn cash tiere was $1.020,25; Uited Siates vlocks und uonds §5 10N O Conse iny the periud betwe, ddun 10 1070, showed 1hat bhe c uud been'811,140. 0, und the disbu, .7 1ot Mra. Lincolu's persouat expe (264, - 34 for tnvestnents in Cuiled bial The report wawapproved, and upon the couservator tuining receipts (roul Mra, Liiculu futo Court, be will be discharged. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ADIOUENED MEE1ING YESTEMDAY AYTELNOON. ‘The Board of County Commissloners met yeater- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Preeldent Johuson ‘waa in Lho chair, and the followlng Cowmissivnery were present: Ayars, Burdick, Busse, Curruil, Cleary, Couly, Gucather, Herting, Holden, Loncr- g0, McCatlrey, Mulloy, Bchmidt, and Tabor. A cowmuuication fzam the architect of the new THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JUN 1876—'TLEN PAGLES Tlospital, recommending the purchase of fira-hore for the butkdine, waa relerred toa Joint committee on Pubtic Buildinze and Hoapital. A comumunicatfon from the kabor Lengue of Tl Insiting the Board to nttend & mass-meeting y, dune 15, af 7330 p.m.. at Twelfth Steeet ‘Tuener Hall, on the subject of convict Inbor, was accepted, A communication from the merchants of the Tnion Stock-Yazda requesting on approprintion for the HMieie Humane Socicty, to enable them to proyide for the prevention of erielty to anlmala fn rald varde, was reterred ta the Committee on Public Charities. Invilations from Isane Graveson (o vislt Cincin. natl: from Ueige W. Cook, Avent of the Chicago Southern Radlruad, to vislt Bedford, lud. ;and from dames Melermott & Uo,, to visit Cleveland, 0., (05 the pirpone of Inspecting the stone quat- tich of the several purtler, wore nceepted, Applications fram cnry Versenu, J. M. Rus sell, wnd Alexander ¥, Y oung for the Wardenship of the Fove-liouee and Tnmmie Asylun, wero ree ferred to the Committee on Public Charitles, Lix-Warden Kinberry suimited his semi-annual teport, of wiich th followlnz fv an abateact: Numbor, of pubient« at the Asylum May 31, 521, agninat B m November last: nnmber of Inters fiete, e I Paor: Housc, i#1: discharged, 5105 temaining, 915 number of bicthe, 123 total fnterments in the Cook Connly Cemelers, 1603 Amoitnt recelved a1 PotTinuse iroin sundry satee. $110,40; paid _oul tor freleht, ete., Sl 4 amonnt received for board from paying patienta at {he Ayl $210.50; wnd ficidental expunscs, 110,40, xm‘uulry hills were referred Lo appropriate come mitteer, The Committee _on Judiclary recommended (he payment of 7,50 to tivore Buckley for taking o transeriling testinony for the Geand Jury i Muy term. Lhe bill waa oedered paid, ‘The Committes on Publlc Charltics, 83 to the County Agent's anlice, d the puyment of the followin noft coul for o4, D) ent, 3520,00 Conipany, gas for May, 5t giroceries far Mny cequieition, 32 S re of A Uashight and ¥, Perlolat, 0D; Churles $20,40. Uther idls foilowed, and were ose: B« Indorsed by the foilowing Committecs were ordered pnid: Jal uddali Accounta: Cown and Town Accounts; Iublic Records; Printing and Sta- o ‘I'ho Board then adjourncd to mectatp, m. next Monday, LOCAL LETTERS. 0K COUNTT NORMAL SCHOOL. To the Editor af The Tyibune, Cmraco, June 15.—The Cook County school Principala seem to be considerably exerclacd about o communteation [n a recent fssuee of the Chicago Tunea criticlsmg the Cook County Normal Schoul und its present manngement. At their meeting last Saturday they denvunced the communication referred to us leing replote with falsehaods and misrepresentations; expresred thelr regrets that uny one would be baee enough to wish the dlscos tinnauce of the fnstitutlon, and pluced themeelves on record s sustaining und indorsing its Princlpal, Mr. Wentworth, As the writer of (he commnnication in questlon, T uhall try to explnin to tue readers of 'Tis Tiin- exg what the Couk County teachurs consider false and misleading. ‘They thlnk that it falee and mls- Jeuding 10 say that there was any crookedness con- nected with the origin of the Cuok County Normal wl, Cherehy Iguoriag or condoning the fuct tiat i membies of tae old Board of Super- ruazhty others “obtained, corn for locu 11 ot say, but e the unguen ‘it ey Would | elieve thut 1 all s eiiarts 10 ont thie L3x-phyers of Lhicazo for s erecs Bou Al eipport, s Wentwortlt was actuated seaolly 1y 8 Geii L0 Benelit the puntic ad - ey wonld lisist 1l eWapaper et ion ol honest Cuunty Comsmissinern uthers to p i BoTor: OO I hev aatie yearly stipend, Iis it shie er Fanginesr Ml ws & alary of 51,300 for wurk which e pets done tor " S600. Well, the county teachers cay that it is all tight, und taey coulil ot tell o tnisehuod, We hall nest Ind tireee genticmen derenalug the purc] **supplies’ Trom sean Poriolat. to e diepenscd 10 thi: students by cumse uture Riuberly, Shanse upon the pubhic teactiers who would indarse such Leansuctitim, oF, 1 tgnorance of the fucts, tilore Who raise thelr volee agaiust such rascahitics ctrated o the nuwe of education! "They on- aert=for il thelr resolutlons ure ineie neserions— it IL s falve 10 say that there Jd o educational necaasity forthe cxistence uf the Normal, und they atemert this fn spite of the fact that there are lwo nunared mote teachers in Cook Connty ut present than there nre places to be nlted and that even i there are more required, e people of Chiicugo al- reaay pay dhelr whure, and ore thun their_wiare, for the support of iwo fivss-class Stale Normal Sichouls, waere teachere may bo educated and TR and this ut a tlme” when the Cileago Loard uf Education is serfuusly considering whether 1hiey shall not be bhhged to close the Uity Sormal, I tne interests of cconomy. Iow modert theso entlemen miist be, Lo usis that Clicago anall supe iy tie Grangers of Cook County what they must deny themncives! 1€ the buuko-stecrers of Chicao hiuve not discovered the verdaney of the ** furetuust educators tn Couk County™ It fx strange, “Uhe only #tatement of mine which they meet wilh unything like argument Ly thut 1n reference to SWentnorth ' aidenduient Lo the School liws, M they say | have garbled 10 suit my purpose, Now, with all duo respect to the gentien 1 wonld euy that this s not true. 1 gave the amend- ment infuly, to the beet of wy recollection. The fact that tha present County Superiatcnuent, ot the request of ihe present County Buard of Edica- tlon, examlues the graduutes does not do awny with the fuct that the simcndment I8 4 scaudulons i lation. 'I'he fact that lte d by Wentworth they do That the gradnates pass the went County Superintend- ent Will not surprise tiose who Know Mr, Plant hiis siyle of exumining; but that they siould bo ded 1 de | certliivaten by diery Cook Superintendent fv u_littie too’ trans- pare any doubt exisls a9 to the character of the graduiates of the Englewuod fustliution, the repurt of the procecdings of the wceting where thess pesolutions where so unanis muusly. sdopted will werva to_dispel such doubts, In tue hist of efticers elected at that mecting, 1 full W discover the nume of one graduste, il s Ly thiesy onlcers inust be smong the most promiuent Seducaturs™ In the county, The only pluce where the graduates wucceed fn obtalniig und fo- taining positions weemw to be the Normal itself, aml fw immediate vicinity, and it 18 doubtfnl whether they uwe their positions in these places to therr ubility as weaclivre or 1o the peculine imfiucnce of Mr. Wentwortih. A Lo the unsnimity wih witleh the resolutiund wete adopted, | woull Hke 1o knuw whethor all the teachiera of Conk Connty, ur unly those of Englewuod, voled m toe watler, RRi Principuls’ Assucintion I e “heen informed iw not w - Priueipalet ruciation kt wll, but {8 lurgely mads up of usninte t 1 s Chlcago 1 in the Bumediste of rngiewould, 16 was quite casy 1o have Ahe taithtul piceent for tae occumion, alr. Went- Worth I3 un dstute zentleman; »o n his Licuten: Mr, Braytou; tie countey schooluiusters arg pol b clay L Lieir hans, Iu coticluston, [ chnilenge any Cook County Prin- clpad to shiow wny goud ressun why the pruple of Clucago siould e taxed 1o mulatain thin institn- Honsave to proviee sulardes for desers, \uvnte worth, Mwirhead, Brayton, and Lo or three other tubodies who ulleet ta teach ut Englowoud. TEACUELS' GALANIES, T0 the kditor of The Tribune, Ciiteaao, dune 14, —~We wish (o direct the atten- tlon uf yuur readera to some of the fesuits of the low rates pald aur teachers in the public schools, ‘e fuct that the low malarlen offered precludes the possibility of procuriug uny but inferior tal- ent han been long deplored by that portion of the people Interested In the science sl urt of educa- tion. The recent reduction of 10 per cent |s more than deplorable—it 1s a dlygrace to thecity, 1f the tcachers pursonally were the only inter- eeted ones, we could ey nothing; but thie js not the casc. 'The injury Is done the children of tho puor, and through them, in the next generation, the conntry. ‘Ihu ufticers uf w bank would not think of ofterlug thoir Cushice $15 per month, not becauso they could not get men who would nceept the situntlon at that price, but be- caune they could not get good enouzh nien. The position of teacher 14 our schuois (s vno of far greater trust than the bank clerk's. llero the tue und future webiure of hundreds of clildren 1w at the disporal of onw pereon. 1 b doce not possees the knowledge and kil equired to luprove every woment of this thue, the magnitude of the harta resulting is beyond conceptiot, 1t 48 uimost unni ary tu defend the statemeny that the ealary pald does not conimand & suflicient- 1y b de ot talent, but wo will relate one inch chl uf mwany ¥nuwn o ua, t prove it In » lete ter in uur poseces 0 may, une of beet o1 the pubhic the word * cunstance'” iv ppellcd **alicoumstise u concluston, let ud offer u word of suggestion for the removal of this ovil. It can be donc by wuch one of un, the reaver, the writer, —and (n this way: knuw for whom you are voling, when cunt JURFvOte. Hemeuher what wo by 6 disc Al by snce, —that 3t requires sumedhing wore than o of ourex- Peees vilicu 1o muko 6n ehlclent Mayor; that it re- quires eometiong more than he ordinury tun. of saluouekecpers to take au Alleeman, Remember tnat (be ity ollicers are the azents of the people; that by are properly selected, and the clouds of luat yearund this will "never hang so threaten. fugly over our city uguin, Nor a Tracuxu. # AYTER TUBIN PAY,” 7o the Ediior of Tha Tribun Cutcago, June 15.—WIll you please allow me the opportually to state my kaowledgy of and connection with the mutters referved to fn yonr ar- tele In yesterday's fusuc, headed *'After Their Pay"e Une of my workuien, Alexander McMilllan, of his own will, snd at thie carnest requeat of the wmen under my charge, mado & contract with voe of the baoking trms bere o acll their thee in the pay-rolls of February, March, Aprd uud May, at s diacount of 5 pes cent, sad ho nnd one of tho fiem mude an appolntiment to bring the men down to the City-Hall to hava the money paid aver the bookkeeper's deak. The men were very well plearad with the contraet, and at the glven time met there, somue seventeen of them, and found there niso walling the other party to the con- tract with the money, but no Arcangement conld be mnda whereby tha eontract could be entered into Detween the nareeing parties. Althonglhi not s party to the contract, 1 advieed the men to aceept of What T caneldereit a generoux oifer under present clrcamatances, and di not fail toshaw them how they could better afford that discount, than lose mare money by running longer erodit, lhlll " the best-Inlid plaus of mlco wnil men ang aft aglee, 159 MLLA S 5 Worka. Tore| TIIE C1TY The hill of Mensrs. Gaudy, Chandler, and Skln- nor for legal rervices In the toat care on city cortll- caten on April 20 has been presented. The amount called for ie $720. The Flaance Committee will meet at 0 o'clock Ahin mornie to diccurs inances, and the apeediest way of payimge the smployes, The Comptrollership will aleo be touched upon. ‘The Mon. Ellott Anthony yesterday obtained a blank bond, which he will have fited and dled at the proper time, when he will lay claim to the oflice uf Corporntion Counsel, 1t has been esthuated that Colvin's mistake in the auplication of his oficial functions will cost Nim about 10,000 votea when be agaln become i‘-fil’l:lfillulw for the oftice which he now asanmes to hold. Water-rents yeaterday wore S7.077. An yeater- ny was the inst day i which the water-avetmment coiild be pald without the additional 10 er eent, o recelpls In Ly departmgal. were larger tlai usual, Col. James, the City Clerk's Indnatrions mes. renger, doea not recoxnize Mike ialicy ns acity oficer. Atleast hie does not send him a copy of thie Council proceedings, which every oficial is cntitied to. City-Attorncy R. 8. Tuthill hns received a fiat. terini fvitation to'defiver the Fourth of July bun- combo at Macomb, AL, Mr. I\ thinks that tho +* shrggy-hended peacock of liberty ™ munt ap his winga for the populaco of Micomb atsoma one ulse s conmnd, Colvin'sattorneyain the conled ap Jim Steele quo- warranto cise, which wan 1o have been taken (o the Supremu Conrt, liuve declded not to bring the cacs hefore tuat hody, ‘Tha caiso for the chaigo of ac- tion on the part of the Colviniten fs said to be that the fact of tue calling of u apcelal lection was con- vincing that Mr. Hoyne did nut lntend to make the appeal, Marahal ienner has recelyed an addition to the furniture of his ofice in the shave of a hindsome Dlack-walnut baok-cake, which will be used to con- 1ain_ the rnmphlus. reports, and other books and records which have herctofore been scattered here and there. The caso fxa handsunic one, and ls o monument to the skill of M. J. Tobin, Licutenunt of Engine Conipony No. 8, na it was ninde by him. The Commlittes on Strects and Alleys for the North Division, [n whose clirge was the roport of the Cammiltice of experts on the status of tho kul- lerton_avenue conmuit, did not mect yesterday. “I'he nembers of the Conncil Committee are of the opinion that abunt £5,000 will repalr all dam- agges, and that it will not’ be neceseary to delay the work to repair the_roof in the luke-shoro shaft of the eonduit, nor s thero austhing to prevent the cumpletion'of the wark by Dec. 1, Lhe con- teact trme.There will he no recommendantion thut e wrork "bo slopped ot uccount. of u seurcity of cash. "The reinstatement of Mr. Prindivillo as Com- missioner of the Buard of Public Works in every day Toolced upon as more of a foregono conclnaion. Mr. O'Nell, the Colvin appointec, makvs no detonstrations to take the otiice, and i obl admit that ho Is not likely to taks hin seat. Man; Aldermien who have herotofore been known us Colvin's henchimen hod cxpresscd their opinion that Colvin was mel and roolish, and that the Caunctl will replace Mr. I', 'Theirvotes, they say, will o with him. The Moyor bas sald that he would again bounce his encniy, but how the Coun- cil will sipicleh the mun who 'deilcs thein has not yot been otated. “T'iv cry of the laborers for the money which they bove been en-ning for the past six monthe s duily growiug louder, and the old rayfug, ** lay-day in ten dnye, ceased to by of any comfort to thew, n Perkons who know say that the luborers and those to whom the lahorers are aleeady deeply indebted are becoming Iufuriated by the luug continned thine no payment. Already there has been talk of or- nizatlon to demand the money dup them. Mean- while the Finance Commlttee are racking thelr wonths, thun the laborerathemeelves, One cautlons Alderman eald yesterday that n bread riot woulll not surpriee hisi, for the prospects of any amicable arr ut of the troubled afales seeined to be growiny less daily, The namie of Mr, Louis Wall of the Bnard of Public Workn has been put. farward an that of a candidate for the oftico of Mayor. It v clalmed for tr. Wahl that he v perfectly honcet, capable, con- relentivan, owd popular, Hils public pustion has wade im well known o the public, and he is raid 1o be very popular, especialiy uuong the Germans, on whom Colsin reliea for support in the Magoral rice. By putting Nr. Wahl forward, his fricnda bellove that- the Cerman wupport’ claimed fur Colvin would be_given to Waitl, and his clection made sure, Mr. Wahl says thist b wever sought otfice, and_docs 1ot want one, He had boen almost forcerl into the oflics of Com- miswionc, and woild be but too zlad to rotire, but 3t lie shiould recelyo & non-partiean_nomination he shouldaceeptit. Many regurd him as tho strongest wan that could be run. Asscisor Gray has lssued the followlng notices, accarding to law: The Awacssor, Supervisor, and Town:Clork of thie Town of South Chicsgo, In Cook Couity, M- nolw, will meet ut Room No, 5 in the Clig-liall Bullding (corner of Adame and LaSalle siceets, TaSullc street entrancu), in aald town, on Mon day, the 20th doy of 'June, 1870 (being the fourth Monday in June), for the pirpose of re- viewing and ‘correcting tho axscsstuent of the property In euid town for the year 1870. perrous consldering themsolves aygrieved by sald nswesament, or who wishi to complaln that the property of another (3 asscased too low, are jcrcby notifled to appoar ot eald mecting and show cause anil have such assewsment reviewed. No cnm}lln\nl that another pervon s assessed too lose Will be acted upon until the person so nu- scsed, of his agent, shail have heen notliod of such complaint, If 4 resident of the county. 3r. J. V. Clarke, Prealdent of the Ilibernian Bunking Association, has, for soma days past, been conferring with Mr. llayew on a myatery, The myntery lia been found L bo thut Me. Clurko holda $4d, 000 warth of clty certiticutea, and In the bank e lias §78, 000 of Lhe” city’s money which hus been deposited thers, Now, “Mr. Clartko thinks it I about time thut the certifivates were pald; wo he winted to know f he could not take' hin whare of the S78,000 deposit, Mr. llayes In not favorably impressed with the proposition, and cannot accode it Mr, Clarko secmis perfectly willing to lend to the city provided the certifieates whiehi ho now hiolds aro cancoled and the fntereat on thum pald, City Treusurer llrl;sxn. Mr, Joseph Rutter, and Mr. Clurke lud o consultation yesterday afternoun, hut developed nothing, Furfher talks will be waile, but s Mr, Huyes funot to be reeaimized s Somp- tralier, It I kaid 1o be lnpossible thut he should wareant any such actlon. City Treanurer Trlggs assumed the dutles and reaponsibilities of lus nilico yesterday morning, und Danlel 0'Hara retired from publiclife, at least for the present. Tho uccounts were looked aver and the money connted, 1t was found that the acconnt und the caats did not tally, Thero was ona cent Lo wieh In the Treasucy. FhisTom Jrenan and John Lanigan divided Tietween themmoly and 1eft the amount of ‘money In tho Treusurer's tinnds about 195,000, 7. Driggn Immediatoly nterenes with Mr, layew, and uformed that individun that he was very unzions that b dirpute over the Comptrollership should ceos Ifo alen rulid that b aloule not recognize the ilun, Mr. Derickson as the Comptroller, nor should ho recogmize ilun (Tayes), which atateinent, of course, Bir, 1ayes did notat ail like. Mr. riggs was very nuxioun that it hould so bearranged that the money could be pald ont and uegotlations for n loaus Dbe entered knto. A reporter speaking to Mee elicgs was inforined that i lrlggn) should recogntze the orderaof the Council and the Finance Committeo, He naid that there was nothing at all weitled aw yet, bt he hoped/thiat utfairs would soon be atraighiened out, Tho Flnance Committoa lield a mecting yoaterday morning and consulied as to the beat way uf ob- tuivivg @ apeedy payment of the poor emplyes, There waa wo conclysion reached, that 1s, none that “will Lo mude public. 'the Commitice fealized the terrible staty of atfuirs and talked Toug nnd earnestly about the Compe troflerellp. It wan -~ concluded not to with. draw Mr. Derfekeun, that gentleman having Lett himrelf entizely in'the handsof the Commitec, Whatever the Cominlitee has uroposed for adoption hat been stopped by the trouble causcd by M Linyes’ retention of ihe otllce, which has acted as a Dbarrier between ull pluns und their realization, In the Aiternonn the Commlttee waited upon several bauk aliclaly aud consulted upon | the situntlon uud (he prospects af o loan. “Phe renults of ho cunfercnce sre kept from the public, though it {a eald that the devefupmients wero satlsfuctory and promising of good reaults, It huw 1 stated thut the bankers had decided not to udvante auy uoney while Colvin wae the Muyor; but nothing ls_salid about thy ruwor by the Finance Committee. By ous of the Commitics the Information was civen thit s plan bad becw ar- ranged aid wonld be preeentedd at the Conneil nectlng thin afternoon which provided for the conumencement of legal action laoking to the oust bz ot e, Uayes, Whut the wchemo s in kept s seeret, HAYLS AND TN BANKXIS, Tue Tusuns of yesterday contslued the ntates ment mado by an Alderman’ that Mr. Inyes was advining the bankers to steur clear of the municipal wuddle und keep their money. ‘The twotive attribe uted to this uction on tho purt of Mr, Hayes wi that he desiredto force the Finance Comulttee to recognize hin aw the un)r Comptroller. bz, layes denlea thevastatements In the follow| jous which nude o a reportor yesterday **Thero ds not a word of truth in the nts. On the contrury | am cxlmuml’ anxious that the banks and capltalists wbould furnish the money necessary torelieve the city from ita present dis- tr 1 huve no desire to be recognlzed personully 88 the Comptrolier of Chicago by the the Finsuce Commiliea or anybedy elae. * We aru about ta elect & new Mayor, add he wll appoinot bls own Ccomptroller, ‘The only wish 1 Vo for tho brlef time that 1 ahall bo'in ofica fa that the city's cr .dit may Le sustained and the eull consgs quences that would ault from camplote Annncinl prostration averted. fn regarid to the payment of cmployes | wonld say that, alnee 1t has proved so difienlt lo procure Joans, T would lke to have the cemployea accept Interest-hearing certificates {f they chose to do an, The paper could ho mado une of.” While Tdo not feel respanmble in any sease for the prosent flnancial condition, | would gladly co-operato with anybody to relieve the city from Ahe presing embarzasaments, ** Dy hefore yeaterday It was asked by the em. plogexat the West $ide pumping works that they night transfer their credit with the eity to a broker who wonld advance the money upon ‘it at o dis. count, ‘This, it was alated, Mr. linges ob- Jecfed to. - His oblection In now clearly detined, Mo sald hie was anxious that (he em- ployea " shoutd be patd, but if onc pay-roll wad allowed to be transferred in that way [t woulid cnuse great dissatiafoction and trouble ‘unless all swere fo teansferred, and It wonld caure a great deal of annoyance to the ofticials, That alt conld be so transferrad he thouzht unlikely, for there wore ubout 100 rolls representing o great deal of money. Unless hrokers, shavers, o1 eapitalints conld be fownd in sutiicient numbers to take all the {:lflh to allow one roll 1o go was thought unadviss. o ANOTIIRR IROCLAMATION. Mayor Colvin, tn expluin the appointment of C. 11, Murac to the poaition of Axsistant Corporstion , hae wrltten the foliowing fetter: dune 15, 1670, — %o the Public; of tilis marning asserts that icls Adams froom the Law cnment fx unt lened n writing the position of o 1o the Cur[‘mm 3 Connsel on the #ih Taat, and the r Vi Adams wais afterwar Lam informed, retnrned by consent af tie Conptrallor, aud the foyuext of Clty Atty, Tuthill, tg usal:t in the dutien af the Taw Department. . Mr. Adans Isnow so cruployud, and his employment has not beea Interfered with by e In any manuer, The appointinent of Mr, Morse as aselstant In Pl’o)lflrnml necersary. and has been wmade by the awful anthority und does not requice thu consent of the City Couancil or the Cily Attorney. polntiment of Mr, Mozse doex not, no: was it in- tended to interfery with the employiient of Mr. Adams In any res) whatever. Mr. Adams h: not been since the day of hin restznation cnployed otherwise thaus s special counsel with the consent of the Muyor, and such is his present pusition. The Comptealler (s, Ly the charter, made the head of the Law Department, and has the lnwful nuthor- ity to appoint each and every aralstant und clerk in tne Law Department. ‘Ihatoliicer his, however, permitted the Corporation Connsel and City Attor. tey to nlmulnk theit respective asaistants and clerks, Mr. Tuthill has dono so, and when a Cors poration Counsel shall be uppointed, ho will, in all prubabllity, be permitted to do likeswiae, Respectfully, 1L D, CoLyvix, Mr. Adains stated o A TRIBUNE reportor yestor- day afternuon that it was true that he, soine time ugo, sent Inn letter of resignation to Mayor Col- vin, but he bud not received any notifieation that it was necepted, He had no letter of verbal no- tice, and suppased tint ho was still the nsnistant to the Corporation Counsel. When Mr, Lloyne had told him to ** go buck to the Law Departiment,” it wax with the uniderstandluz, as Mr. Adams took it, that his realgnation had not been accepted by Mr. Colyin, lte will, by tho udvice of his friends, tick ta the office, and Is confident that ho will he sustained, Clty Atturney T'uthill und other zentle- amen still hold the opluntun that Mr. Colvin hns no right to appoint such an otticer as ** Asslstant Cor- poration Counsel," Ate. Morse, the spnolntee, had a long tall yenter- day with Merars, liyes und Colvin. - It wis con- cluded that ho was fully_entitled to the place and Alonld atep 1 to-day. ~ In fact he was at that time In charge of the ofice. CRIMINATL. ‘Thomaa Mack, an expresamaon, is in duranco vile at the Armory, because he last evening snatched a tlcket to Noston from o greenhorn uawmed John Rumpf, Jorepl Wileon, n enloon-keeper at No, 17 Dunne strect, waa hefore Commissioner Hoyno yesterday, ghargod with solling quors nnd clgars without pay- Ing wpecial tax, Tho case wis continued until to- day in £300 bail. F, 0, Extlue, a cigsr-maker at No. 233 Archer avenue, also guve bail in $1, 000 for his appearance to-day tn the charye of neglecting Lo pay speetal tax on chirurs munufactured, and also for fulling to e the requisite bond, Sowio daza nga A foundry ot Poter Debr, lo- cated on Michigan strcet, was rabbed of a quantity of tools and scrap-iron valuod at $40. Yosterday the nroprictor feund bin property 1n the Junk shop of Lonaid Smith, No. 31 Kinzin sticet, and he at once eaured Smiih to be arrested, Engens B, Stoddard, of the firm of Stoddard & Slmons, win arralgned before Unitea States Come wikwloner loyue yesterday, to anawer au alioged vivlation of the Bankrapt i, in buymg and & 1ing goods Just previous to golng Inte bankruptey. He gave 5,000 bail fur his apearauco whel ro- qulred, No testimwny was taken, I'atrick Hickey, Alexander Gerwin, and Michaol MeCann, thros nowrivua pickpocketa, wers, cap tured yosterday “by Detectiven Slunons _and Mucauley while plyliig_their vocation on Deatborn street. “Tho two farmer wore uwarded tines of §20 cach and lodzinz for nincty dagaIn the Houso of Correction, whilo the latter wus Jet g0 on promise of better behavior, . Refuhold, a liquor-denler on Archier avontte, mado un naw Of Lltusolf yerleriay by driving nt rice-horso speed over Clark stroct beldge, nnd when Otiicer 'Pliomins Wella remonstrated the nelilz- erent Gaul awore he could clean out any Latln, as Herminhis did of old. After plunging about fran- tically for soue timo, theoilicer obtaied newjstunce and Jugged the fellow at the Armory, 2 FLAXIE, She *Iad T Congregutinnalist, Fiaxlo's mamma stood by the table, rolling ont donghnots, ¥Flaxle stood near, drwnming on the table with both hands sa If 1L Wore a planv, throw- ing back her head, and screaming ae loud' a8 sho could ncreaiu. There, that will do," sald mamma; **I am tired of the nolse.” Flaxio stopped singing; but her Mitle feelinga were hurl, und she sald in o grieved tong: tWhero's' my papa t—lie loves mo, but you “The ap- With that she stuck both thumbs into a plece of ouy -+See, mamma, you cutacross-eycd doughnut!" She called iL **crons-cyrd " becadne the liule was not quite in themiddle, ~ Mra, Allen mmiled at the funny idea. **0 Fluxie," said she, *‘must] tle thoss wee, wee hiandsy" It was very hard doing the Saturday's baking with this Littlo chatlervox at her eibow; but Dura, the kitchen mald, lad gone (o sce her sick wmother, AL 12, sho was combig Usck; and, at 3, s, Alleu and lier lusband nnd dune Abbott were going 1o ride. Aunt Jane eame ut 2 with denr Mitle Nelile. **Dodo," eald Mrs. Allen to Dora, **you must watch theso children every wine ute; for Flaxio e uncamuionly full of wischiof to- mas) ** Yea'n, " said Dodo; and she took the children Into the nureery, rewolved 10 do Ler best. In o few ininutes Flaxlo rushed Intothe parlor where her mother iud auntle were weated, and shut the door tiard. But both ludlea heard o wailing in the nurser; “*What's that noise 30 thero?” waked mami, ** Nellie's a-hiy-In'* *What for: ** 1 striked her! **Why, Flaxie, what made you!" “Ufl. 1 bud to, ‘causu sbe wouldn't glve me the 00k, \s’heq.l-‘lumslhl wrong, she usuaily sald, **I had to, +¢ Waen't Flaxio a uaughty, naughty girlr® ** Yea'nt, " repllcd thu child, dropping lier pretty Httle tow head: but she wusn't sorry ‘s bit; you wauld know that by the funny quirk around hur mouth. Samua snw ahy would have to be pun- ished. For the lrat Uime sho suipped tho little pink-and-white huuds, It wis & great suroris to Aivs Flasic Frizale, and slinost broke her licart. *+0, L fevl orily,” Doura heurd her . And, o by und by, she crépt under the kitchen table to the uig dog Irowlers und wald sho: ** Doggiv, kiss bawy; baby feul very bad 1" Fowler ficked her face, and o look of tender [y, cawe into bie brown oyes. It comfortud taxle, He Juved baby, and buby loved him, ob, 0 much better tiun Kitty lirfi{. 1be cal, **'cause Liftty Gray had ping in” ber fee* <Ob, I feel orily," el mouncd agaln, and alole out at the side door’ while Uudo wis singlng to Nellie, She thought she wouligo luto tiie utabls und tell tho muoliy cuw how lier heart ached. Huy she forgot it when sho enw her puba's horse stunding ut the front gate, hutuessed o the carriage. - le was called Whiz, becativu hu truveled wo tust. 1 don't believe thery wan o horse o town that could toss ik bead ond tly over the rond ut such o ratess Whizi and nobudy dare drive hiw but Mr. Allen, “oh, ho," thought Flaxie; *‘guess Ll tell housy what iny wausiny did to me, " And she dinced up to the carrlage and aet her listle foot on tue Jow slep. **Who-np, hossy! Le* me get in. My uaounw snipped my' hannics; make buby feol ordy " Husey turoed atound, looklng very **pyens. ant.” Afler (hat it didn't tuke Two seconty for Flaxie to cliub fn and catch up the relus, culling Dap! Dapt Now, If Whiz had only been hitched! Bnt ss he saen't, what coulil he do but ot Aw Flaxie would sy, **had 10 go." MHattlo-baug into the streeta; pell-mell into the midst of wagon-wheels; whiz around the coruers! Just (hiuk of Lt An nobody to guide bim butthat baby T Wau sho afrajd? Ohno! Shic kept Jerking thy selne ond_calling, - pup! Dapt" " She waa having her owin wiby, und 1ked it; and Whiz. who did nut mind her half us nuich as it she hud becn aily, was having his own way, and liked t, o, Matowa_wo (he nrat discover whot had hap. oned, Shu abd paps and Aunt Jane were In runt entry talking about the new wall-pa **Why, where's the horso?™ cried Bre. Allen, opening the door, **Where's the habyT" cried Doru at the same mowent, She hud acatched Lo barn, ‘and hack-yard; and frout-yard, and could not ind ber. ‘then You may knaw thers wi time. " Dora wrang ber hands and scrosined: **T'he hiorsa has run off with that baby! O, catch that preclous, precious baby 1" But inamma, who Toved Flazlo ‘fur better than Durs could, did not ahed ouo tear. Shu only aald cally to her hua- and: STl me, Charles, what ehall we dor* Aud ke anuwered, louking very pale, **It T only koew which way ta'got™ **Get anotuer horse and go somewhere,” sald Aunt Jane, “*Thero len't & horee fa this town can overtake Whiz," said papa; bitho rau o the livery-stab asfast 28 bo could du, Mamwa und Audt Jauo g could not keep still, Mamma wwent up atrect, and_Aunt dano went down. Sumewhere they snpposed thera was 8 broken carringe; ow where thero wae a crushed and ble 2 bal Where, oh whete? Tt tio; that dear, good, hig minded Whiz had turned ‘aronnd lons agd, and was golnz home. e Kuew better than ¢ hurt one wilky alr of Flasle Frizzlo's hend. A, Allen tad hardly gat e far an tho Post-fiillee, Whin he dushed by hee; and Flasle dropped the reing, call- front, **O nmma ! manma " % Tiy the time_Mre. Allen had rishied home, Whiz waw b the carrlago yardan quictnsalamb.” Dora tan for AuntJanes the slahle-hoy ran for papaiond one of the urlfhburs fired a gun. ut manima eaupht Flaxio to lier heart, and as suan as she coul wprak for ceying, asked the mweet Jittlo naughty, try-paticnee darling what made her run away, o0l 1yided awayt DIdwe sunt™ sald baby, with a mweet smile, for elie ad forgotten oll abuut the sninping, But we don't altow yon toelimb Into the care tlage, It was nanzhty, nanghtyt *+ Well, 1 had to, " said xie, coolly, as If that ecttled If, **ilecanse 1was playin' 1 was your nauglhity little goorl: and that's hecaneol ** ENGLISH HUMOR. * Kvory Man 1l Own Poot.® Aroneura Cunieay's Landon Letter to Cincinnurt Com nerei My readers wlil, purha relish some bits of Engils humor which [ lave just got hold of, In & little anonymous tractate henring tho attractive title, **Every Man lls Own Poct; or, The Inspired Singer's Reclps Not Proceeding fie pencral principios that I this age of proyeces the nyatery of yesterdny fn the commons tace of to-day, and thal the object of poctry b 0 glve pleasnre, nobody’s varses cau pleasa a 2o much ay his own, the writer says ihat the nin art of thu modern poot s llke that of the tu prepare n deiicate repast out of the materials, Allke the cook and the poet vegetables, and epirite, I'hc rl scd Lo niix theee, but the moderns employ the materials scpatutely. “*"Thun Mr, Sw-nl-riio_uses very little elee than anfmal matter fu the cmnrnslllon of his dishes, whtist the Inte Mr. Wordaworth, on the contrary, confined imsclf “almoat oxclualvely to the confectlon of pelmeose putlding and Gint soup, flavored with the lewser celandine, and only now and then a beggar-boy bolled down Intttogive ita color, " Aftor further business-like remarks of this kind, ths writer comes to his fimt recipe, Which is for waking **an ordinary love povm * &% e two Inrge” and tender human hearts, which mateh one” anuther porfectly, Arrange thesu clova togethor, but prewcrve them frow actual contuct by placlng btween thom some cracl bareler. Wound them Both in wosera places, and insort thrangh the upenings thus made o Ane st~ ingof wild yearnings, Lopeless tendorness, and a general admimtion for staza. Thon complotely cover up ono heart with a sufiicient quantity of chill churchyard mold, which may bu garnished according to taste with dark waving weeas or ten- gu \;alllcu, und prumplly break it over the other eart. ' 1n ritral places, owning small wnckl( papers, {he reclpe for 1 *pathetlc mating yoom wili por. hapa prove Intcreating, sinco it s casy, pleasing, and not anwhole<omes **Take one midnight storm, and one flsherman's family, which, If the poom 14 to be a real nuccess, should'be as lurgo and as hungry as possible, an nust contain at least one innocent infant. 1'lace thie lnst in a cradic, with tho mothor sinzing over it, being careful that the babe be dreaming of an- #olm, oresc smiling sweetly. Stir Uie fatner well p in the storm untlt ho disnppears. Then get ready fmmedintely o quantity of cruel, crawling foani, I which rerve up the faier, dircctly an bis reupicarnnce, which in sure to take place b an hour or two, In the dull red mornlng. “This done, a charining’ saline effervescence will take place nmung the'eest of tho (amlly, Mlla up the agony o Fnit iy palate, and the poem wil e read for erusal, " Pl wrlter professes to be in posseuston of the original directions fram which the Laurcate com- posta tho Arthuriau Idyl, and glves us naa great {teracy curiosity tho method of making an epic Hke Mv. T-nn-h-n. Woare told hcre to first catch aliero, ar rathur—us only Carlyla can achiove that —to catch the nearcat appronci to n heroavailnblo, namely, o prig., But It msust not be the sclentific; or the Anglican, ‘or the Ultramontano prig, nor yet the Evangelical prig, who converts the hieatiien and drinia purt win. ‘I'lic only one entirely suitable r llamelessvaricty: Take, then, one bliwmeless prlg. Sct him np- rlfihl in the middicof a round table, and place be- sido him n benutiful wite, who cuntot ahido prigs. Add to these one married guodly mans and tic the three together in s bundle with' a link or two of Dewtiny, Yroceed, next, to surround this group with a'large number of mon and women of the rincteentli centary, In fancy hall cotime, flavored with a great many very possiblo vices, ami a few fmipoasible virtues. Sur these briskly ahout for two volumen, to the great annoyancoof tho blame- 1ess prig, who is. however, to be kept carefnlly be- low sweuring-point fur the whole thne. If hounco bolla uver into sny natarat action or exclamation, he s furthwith worthless, and you must gt anoths er. Next brealk the wife's reputation into small pleces, and dust them well over the blamclens prig, Then take a few viuls of tribulution and wrath, and cmpty these generally aver tho whole ingrodis cntx of your poem; and, taklng the sword of the lieathen, cut into small pleces the greater part of your minor characte Then wound alightly the head of the blameless prigs remove him suddenly 'rurq‘lhfi table, and keep 1 a cool barge for future use. Having thua had the audacity to snpply a Tenny- monlan recipe, it need not be'wondered that thls culinaey authority simplifica tha ** Satantic poem, ™ which, however, 'he states to have hecome less {;uhkmxlble since tho time of the late lamented yron: **Take a conple of fine deadly sina, and let them lhang vefors your cyes antil they. become racy. ‘Then take them down, dissoct thew, and stew them for sowe thae §n a solution of weak remorse, after which they are to be deviled with mock despalr. " This, huwever, fs thio unly {nstance in whicn the writer deals with any but iving models, The fote IAowh;u I8 his reclpe for **a pocm like Mr. M-tth-w et **'Take one sunlful of fuvolantary uubelict, which lizs Leen previously weil stuvored with self- satisfied despair. Add to thia one beautiful text of Scripture. Mix these well together, and,as soon aa the ehullition commonces, grate in finoly a few regretful allnsions to the New “Teatament and the Laka of Tiberins, une conatellation of stars, half. a-dozen silimlons to tho nincteenth century, one 1o Goethe, une to MontBlnnc or the Lake of Giens- va, and one also, I possible, 1o komo porsonal be- reavement, Fluvor the wholo with a ‘monthiul of * fniths ' and *{ngnites, ' and u mixed mouthful of *passions,’ “finites, ' and *yearnings.' This class of poem 15 concluded usunlly with some question, about which we have to abserve unly that' it shall be {mpossible to answer, ** Therecllst is cqually irreverent fu deallng with the male Urowningesqie: **Tako ratlier a coarse view of things in general. In tho mldst of this, }-lu:unmnn and a woman, her nud her ankled, tastefully arranged un o slice of Italy, or the country about Porale, - Cut an opons ing acroas the broust of each, untll the soul be- comnes visible, but be very careful thut none of tho body be lostduring the operation. our into each lreast s much as it will hold af thc now, strom wiue of love; and, for fear thcy should take colfi by expusure, cover them up quickly with a quantis IY of “obscure classical quolations, a few familiar alluslons to an unknown perici of history, and & half-destroyed frenco I.v{ un early wuster, varied every now and then with o reference to the fuues or togcatas of o quite forgotien cumpoder, 1f the poens be etill intelligibly, take u pen and remove caretully all tho neceesary particles, “I'he Iutost favorite—ihe pre-Raphaelite poem—In a6 adroitly deacribed that I ihink the recipist must tnve indulged freely in that direction himwelf, 1o atviacs, first of all,"a word composition, consisting 1u ong part of archalc and whsolote sworde, and in the other of Ilnwlr-lu\‘ulllml English (buth of which umat be entirely nnintelliginlo), and when these are wixed until they assumo a color different from any tongue that was everspoken, you may construct tho ahnpe of your stanzas, ‘Take three duinozels, dresaed in strafght night- gowns, Pull their hair-pins out, and let their lair tumblo all abuut their shoulders. A few stars may bu spriukled Into this with advantage. Place an aurcole ahout the head of each, and glve cucha lily in_her hand, aboat kialf the size of herself, Bend their necka all different wayy, aud et then in u row before n stone wall, with wn apple-treo hetwoen eacl, and some largo flowers at their feet, When you have arzanged all thuso objecta nyhlly, take a'cast of them in the softest part of your braln, and pour in your word cmuroalnon as abuve descrlbed, In concluslon we would reviark for bue gluners that this sort uf compualtion must be at- towpted only in a perfectly-vacant atinosphere, * ————— How the Emperor of Iipasil Ascended Dunk- er 11111 Monument, Roaton Commercial Itutletin, ‘The janitor who had chlnio of lunker 0l 3on- omenl, arriving ot sbout Lalf-past 7 Friday niorn- ing tu open the prewises, found two strangers o walting. One, a'tall, gray-hearded man in & slouch hat, avked if they could ascend the monument. *! Yes, " aald tuo custodlan, ** you can for tven- ty-Ave cents™ (holding out Wls hana)., ‘The atranger produced the muney, and the cus. todion unlocked the door and forthwith com- menced sweeping out, ralsing a cloud vf dust, ana payiug no eapeclal attention to his visitor, who wan Tooking “wbout him curloualy, u balf chaked with dust, he fnquired **If these wteps, **Yes, all right, slesd, go right up till you getto the tap.or " ¥ il ‘The visitor and his companion did an they were bid, and stayed sowe half an hour enjoylng the beautiful panommic view from (ho summit, aftor which they deacended, and were quletly walking mway when they werd hailed by 'the custodian with— **11'var, Just write yonr names In this book; all the visura'who go up the monument slgn. thoir nuwen bore, " The gray-bearded man laughed and signed his name, and the two departed, ‘The custodian never looked atthe Look, but sotiw hours afterward was electrided by ono of the afticara of the Munumvat Asvoclation who chanced 10 cowo in, asking hin, in the mostagitated man. per, when Dom Pedro, the Emperor of lrazi), had been heru. *+1lavn't been here at al)," was the reply, ‘*Hasn't been Licra! Why, bere Is bis sig re on your visitor's hook, What dues thiv meant TWhat ! sald Ihe custudian, rashing up to the volume, **Why, good kracious! that was writien Dy & tall man with a slouch liat. And »o it was; but )] man wi e Em- peror of Brazit, 'and this was the way ho ascended uner il monument, just like' *‘muy other mau. M ————— A Successful Fight with a Soake. Jound Vernon Repubiican, Horace 8hipley, of Beslin Township, had an en. counter wilh s spaka last week, e aaw the anske the inthe fleld where ho was at work, and attempted to kill It with a fence-etake. Aa he raleed the stake the suake darted at him, and colled fteelf around his Jegs. 1o reached in his pocket for his kalfe; It was not there, and no atick ur sione with- in hisreach. while the sunke wan called 2o iightly around hin Jegs that he could not walk, e threw nlmaclf upon tho ground, nnd rolled over and over nntli lie reached nomo stonex, when ho smaslied 1ts head with one hlow, It waa n black anake, aud meagured 0 feet 8 Inches in length, ——e— 5 HOW ENGLAND IS GOVERNED. The Orlgin and Enrly 1liatory of Parllament ---Puginent of Iurgonsns and Forfoltura of ‘Wages-«-How Parllament Lives nud Dioa--~ ICnights nnd Burgesses Who Are Nolthors-- How the Masses Are Btultified In IRopre- sentution, Pritadelphin Tetegraph, The Britlsh representative ngalcm, a8, with delicate [rony, it 13 usually termed, presents fea- turea that are in strlklnuucuntmal, 10 the repre- sentutive aystem of the United Statea; and fts varlous cothplications ure altogether beyond the capaclty of cven auch astute politiclans as Thur- low Weed to grasp and appreciate fn theie full significance. Purliument, it Is known, was a continuntion, uore correctly, a revival, of the old Baxon tenugemote, loreed ou ths Crown by the firm vealstenceof the Barons Lo the ong-man powerwhich, in medern English politics, is called Cusarisnn, Irom its primory organiza- tion, and for keveral refgns succeeding tie rulo of Edwand 1L, It connisted of twu Ilouses meeting together, but \'utlufi separately; the Pecrs (or Upper Chamber) hulding au inatfen- nbieright to & share in the Guvernment in virtue of thelr lordship of the soll and the nc- companying :uts of nobility; the Commons (or Lower tluuse) represeutivg the Yoroughs of which they were burzesses, or the countles of whieh t) are ullf: in lorm, though not in renlity, Knlghta, Tho varly Iarllaments wera drawn, ns to the Commons, from such places as the diseretion of the reigning King dictated, refercuce being had generally to the actual or possible growti of population or the development of linportant intereats, aud, not infrequently, to the drafta of aen and of ships und munitions they could pro- duee on ocension ealling tur them for sorvice in the military and naval “uperations of the King- dom, Ilence the cities and boroughs returning members would vary consRlerubly, us any one may learn who takes pains to coisult Rymer's Fadera, or the Pipe #tolls of the Court of Joc- chequery preserved in the Record Otlice in M3, and, [n great part, printed under direction o the Master of the Rolis. Parlioment nsscinbled for cenburies without haviug a delinite home, being convened scme- times in one bulidiog, somctimes fu another, now In London or at Westminster indifferently, anon in somu cathedral aty, The last oceaslon, huwever, of sittings being held away from the metropolls was thut of the Great Piague, when the Estates of the Kealm transacted fegislativo business at Oxford, where the Royal Court was also gathered out of harm's way 1 16685, Stifet Sabbatarian members of one or other House, who txalt the mercllces laws vf Llizaboth, Jamea L, Charles I and 1L, as patterus for lmitation, now that the conditiona of suelal existence are wholly changed, would be amazed ¢ o hear thot “Sabbatarian Parlfaments sat on Bunduy to debate, with frantie heat, the more stringent observance of the day; but the fact stands proininently onrecord In the seldom- consulted Juurnals of “the Lords and of the Commons, which, with slizht_interruptions, lllg(}';_%ouunucdw be printed from the year Other cauges than the Royal caprice wonld fn soma {nstances operate to disfrancniso boroughs aforetine represented, The origin of tho re- quircient that members of the ffonse of Com- inns wishing, for any reason, to absent them- selves from Parilnment, must fiest obtain feuve of the Speaker so to do, fato be found in the old practice, distinctly referred to in the Act of Sixtu Henry VILL, Chap. xvl,, of tho payment of Burgesses, which I found in an old edltion of ‘““ The Statutes of the Realm™ [n 1871, This act recltes: For so mocho aa comenly in the end of every Parllument dyvers nnd very groteand weyghty nat- ters, oy wele touchying the pleasure, wais [wealf, and sucrtie of our suveraigne lord tho kyng ns tha comuon wels of this hig realme, and subjetts are to bo treatyd, comynyd [communed) of, and by suctorito of Parliament to be conclided, so yt ys thnt dyvers knyghtls of shires, citlzene for citlen, hurgysca for buronghes, and baruns of tho synk [cinque) purts long tyme hefors tho end of tho sald Parllament ot thefe own suctoritees depart and goeth home Into their countrees, whereby the sulil ‘grect and weygiity matters utinany tymes gretly delayeds fn_cousideratyon wheeeof be ytt eneciyd by the king our soveralmo tord, the lords spirituall and temiporall, and the comons in this present Lariament usscmbled, and auc- toryte of the sawme, that from lhenceforth nuie of thu sald knyghtis, - eltlzens, bies yezess, wml barops, nor any of them that ierealter ehal be electyd to comu or bo in any Far- hament do not [elc] depart frum the same Farlia- ment, nor absent hym self ,nlcl {rom the same tyll the same Parlfament be fully fynysahicd, endyd, or progyd [prorogued], oxcept b ot thcy' so dopars tyng huve lycens (license] of the Speaker and comyna In the bovke of the clerke of the Paclia- ment appoynted of to bo sppoyuted for the comon lonse, upoil payne to every orie of thom so de- partyng or absentyng thom self jaic) (n an other nanner to loose |1osc] all thos [those} somun uf maney whicho he of they shuld or ought to inve hadd “for his or tholr wages, and that all the coun- tics, clties, and buroughcs whereof any such psun lpurmlfl alialbo so clectyd, and the fubabitants of ae snimg shalbe clercly dyschiargyd of all the seyd wugtes nzonst the wofd pson and parsons and their exceutours for evermore, ‘The wages here aliuded to were pald by the coustituencles, and, under pressure of the bur- den, petitlons were at-thines presented for the excuse of boroughs not returnlng members in pursuance of the writs directed to thelr Sherlils or other roturning ofiicers. l\thslnn-upfln- Hnll, for waich place the fncorruptinle Androw Marvel snt, was thus ot feast once allowed to foregro its right to representation. Tho statute I have glven at leugth in the quaint Euglish of the time is still fn Toree, but us constituencles no louger Yny wages, thit part of it which brandishes the penalty is inoperative from dis- use. It s singular, however, that the Chartists of the democratié Royal horough of Greeu- wich, without a suspicion of this law, re- maining good, sent to Parlinment some thirty years ago an nuctioncer, named John Town- send, wuo becamo one of the wost eminently learned of men on the forms aud precedents of English legislatlon; and to recoup him the smuunt Le must lose In bis buslucss, they sub- seribed and pald him regularly every Saturday night $30 fn English gold, "A manh of more sterling integrity nover sat intho Lower Ilouee, und the Commons and his constltuents alikere- rretted the reverse of fortuno whieh, threaten- ug bankruptey, prompted John Towasend, as a man of unsullicd honor, to retire from poitical 1ife thaf ho might sell his property-qualitication four the payment of eveditors, Iu process of time, the consolidation of In- terests, togethior wwith the stubborn tights of 8ir Taul and Peter Wentworth (ancestors of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke) ngainst Elizabeth, of Parliament agalust Charles L, uud of the Lords at the head of the people agalust James L, when the privileges of the Legislature in controlling revenues and supplics were sought by the Crown to e Infringed, led to the vesting or representation in the counties and bor- oughs already habituated to it, and of the fssus of writs summoning Purliament fu the person und suthority of the Speaker of the Cominona, And lere mentary fletlon may be named, Parlisnient s prorogued, the function sleeps; when it is Jluulved. I s for the tme being defunct. All public papers and dosuments continue, bowever, to be served upon the members of the dead Parllament, not only untll the return from a new clection is made to the Clerk of the Crown ofllce, but even to the time when the nuw members, having been sworn in, doliver thelr addresses to the Clerk of the Parlfamentary Papers Office, Anid the Bpeaker, who s inerely a member of tho defuict body, 8 tho ouly person who, though ofiicfally dead, bas poiver, previons to burial, to arrange with the Ministers for the time when the writs of clection shall, in his own naume, go out to the Bherlils of coun- tiea and returning oflicers of citles und boroughs, directing” them to elect thelr repru- sentative knights, cltizens, and burgesses, And, agaln, the kilght wore bucklea un his sword, and swears that he will truly serve the county electing him, and tho cltizen or burgess who represcnts a r’ly or a horough need” be neithier knlght, cltlzen, vor burgess; needs not to hold property or pay taxes In the place or auywhero else; needs not even to be knawn by name to one of thu clectors, until the moment of hia selectlon Lo run by the wirc-pullers of political committees, acting fn the {ntercst of the Reform und the Carlion, the Devonshire, Conservative, and Steplien's Clubs. There Is not, in splte of the Reform acts of 1833 and 1867, ?' determining principles or systen fn the on of o Dritish Purllawent, The Metropolls, with u}mpullliul-\ of 4,000,000 souls, returns a score of members to the Lower Houao; twelve or Afteen boroughs, With an ag- regate population of no mors than 20,000, clect just us many. Glasgow’s vots of 55,727, and vopulation ot 1,500,000, with three memnbers of Parlinnont, is noutralized by Athlone, Bandon, and Curlow, with 1,040 vuters and some 4,000 or 5,000 inhabltunts of shuntivs. The welkbt of intellect of the University of London ts balauced by vorrupt little Portarliugton’s totul votfog power of Leedd wieasures her constituency of 47,057, three members, anil 1, veopls gulnst Kiusale, Enuls, und New Ross, with 653 clectors. 'The immense wealth and shipping interests of Liverpool, with 57,753 volers, count for v.{u“ 80 much as Dowo- Ellrlck. Dungaunon, and Mallow, with their 778 og-trotters. Dungarven, Tralee, and Youghal, arlia- When legtslative — with BN shilllelaghs, dispute in Parlinment the atrength of manufacturing Biemingham's b5, TR hard-lieaded electors. Other grent towna, Jiky Barvow-in-Furness, are unrepreaented, But why mulllpl( references o anomaifey which ane of the Hebrew prophets wonld Tays sallare Y na the atars of Leaven for mulyy. tude | The trumpery constituencles that rg the lintheds of bribery aund all that (3 villainoyg nre kept nlive In the fnterest of the great gop, ernlgs fumilics, who there traln the scloni of their lineago to a disgnlsed paiperism . thy vost af the conntry by getting them clected, ang then adiling them ue slucearlsts upon’ thy ]mqn». Refoim hitherto lina been a farce; ot ekn su In (he scheme of that wonderful ox. cmplar of Thurlow Weed, Enrl Ruseell (who hears the approprinte dm{vnnunu anougsy Evglish politiciaus of *Fiwnllty Jolm,* from Nis declaration that, with bis tinkering, the lip. Its of the Constitutfon were Irn:\'nm‘xly fixed, and the tides of lu»pnlnr agltation nust beaf against them in vain), than in the policy of tig Aslan Mystery who now domjontes as” Premiee the Tory garty and the polley of the Dritia, Emplre. But'when lieads are counted in thy House of Comtnons upun questionsof royaldow. vles and annuities for German pauper prince lets, et I8 be borne in memory that JSacoh l!rl!ihl, r Bir Charles Dilke, or Henry Faweqit, or Peter Taylor yepresent by their ail¥erse votey the opiulons and feeling of masses of telligent people, who, §f population were, ns It i 1y America, n factor of representation, would pug an el forall time to those ** resumptions of the crown’ which are n scandal to Englishmen, whether so-eslled Liberals or the doclle Lunby of the Tory chicfs to be interested In malntaln. ing them. n s ————— e ey DEATIIN, A BARRY—At Klldiorn, Win., on Wednesday, June 15, Mrs. Adeha Barry, wifo of tho i, Rev, Bixhop A, O, Bares, of Wikconsin, Funcral nerylern will tnko place it Racine, Wis., on Friday, Jutie 13, at 2 p. m. Friends of 1l family afe luvited to he prosent, ROSENG—In Hyde Park, June 15, at 1 o'clock a, ., Alexander, youngest son of A, (. A, and Liannnh Rosing, azed, 4 years, MeCLOUD—June 15, Edgar E. McCloud, aged 25 years and 3 months Funecralyby carriages to Ttoschil] from 304 West Adnma stfect, at 2 p, m,. the tth, BMITH~Thuredny, June at his realilence No, 251 North Clark strect, J. 1L Smith, azed 70 years, The funcral takes placo Priduy at 2 o'clock . m, Triends of the family are fnvited. WHITE—On tho 15th Inat., Clarenee 31, Infang son of Moore €, (deceaxeid) and Mary L. White, Funeral at reaivience No, 686 Warren avenue, tos morrow (Saturday) at X o'clock p. m. CORBIN—In Newport, N. II,, June 14, ven svddenty, Hon, Austin Corbln, aged 84 years z wonths ond 16 doys, FIELD~—At Conway, Mass., June 13, Mr, Johna Fleld, father of Marshall uml Ilenry Field and Mrs. H. Dibhle, of this city, ES—DBLATHERWICK—At the Ada Street M Church, by the Rev. J. M, Canlwell, J. H, Frocs aud Jenhile Blatherwick, Tlursday evening, June 15, PIHELPS—WALKLEY—In Chlcago, by the Rev, Ilenry G, Perry, rector of All Snints' Lpiccopal Church, June I4, Mr. WIIJ, Phelps, of Aehtabu. In, 0., and Mixs Minnte L. Walkley, of ihia city. OAL ANNOUNCEM COURTY CENTRAL EEPUBLICAN CLUB, Thare will be o regular meeting of the Grand Councll of thu Cook” County "Conteal Iepublican Clu ehie evoning (Friday), 2t 7320 oclocic p. ., at Kepablienn Leadquartérs corner of Lake aud Clark wtreots, WILLIAM ALDRICH. The Finance Commiitee meots at 6:30° p, . {he sanic cvenlng. SLVERTHE WARD REPUDLIOANS, The Seventh Ward Republlean Club will meet at Weber's 1ull, aouthcast corner of Halsted and Weet Fourteenth streots, Friday of ng, June 10, 1870, J. B MEARS, Sec'y, AUCTION SALE! By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO, Auctioncers, 118an 190 Wabash-av, BUTTERS & €0.'S REGULAR BALE, Wednenlay Morning, June 21, at D:50 o'clock, al 118 & 120 Wabash-av., N. E, cor. Madison-st., Assorted Glassware, White Granile Warg, Tu Packages and Open Lots, BUTTERS & €0.'S REGULAR TRADE SALT STAPLE & FANOY DRY GOODS, Regulnr-Mude Clothing, Farnfshing Goods, Sty Gouods, 1ints, Caps, Boots und Shaes, TITRSDAY MORNING, June 22, at 0:30 o'clock, at thelr Auc. tion ltooms, 118 anl 120 Wabash-ay, ANOTEER GREAT AUCTION SALD By Abe Lipman, the Popular Pawnbroker, at the snlestoom of Wm. A. BUTTERS & CO,., Auctinneers, 118 & 120 Wabash-av., MONDAY AND TUESDAY, Juue 19 and 20, commencing at 10 o'clack esch morning, with s lurge and general varlety of MERCEHANDISE, FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCEHES, of overy make and quality. DIAMOND JEWELRY, Fine Gold Chalns, Opera Glasacs, &c., &e. T ByG. P. GORE & GO.,, U8 and 70 Wabnsh-av. On Baturday, June 17, at 9 o'clock, 13 crates W, & CROCKERY, i opon lnls Yelow and Rockingham Ware, Glasswara AT 10 O'CLOCK, BIG SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, The Entiré Farnitare (roma Fursl-Class Dwelliag. Parlor and Clinmber Furnituro, Burcaus, Deds ateads, Whatnots, Wardrober, Sofas, Loun Vo)l Trees, Chairs, Tables, Itockers,’ Extensios ‘Tables, Mattrcaven. Carpets, Ledding, Sircors, Aleo, Parlor and Ofice Dewks, Show Casea, Hook Canes, s[:;mg Baby Carriages, Refrigerntors, aud Tce Chies QEO. P, GORE & 0., Auctloncern. By ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auctioneers, 84 and 86 Randolph-st. FURNITURE, Tlousehold Goods, Ete. At our Rtegular Weekly Auctfon Sale, FRIDAY, June 16, at 9:30 n. m,, Immenao display new and eecond-hand Furniture, Parlor Sults, Chamber Seta. A full line Carpe Mattresses, Ofice and Library Deaks, General ouekeeping Goods, piblso. hulance of » Dealor'a Stock good Medium urniturs are ‘able, Plano, ete., ete, o ELISON, F'OMEROY, & CO. By 8. N, FOWLER & CO., Auctloneers, 274 and 270 East Madlson-at. TO-MORROW, at 10 a. m., ot our large double no'ie;. nfllnzu and complete line of new and se oud-han FPURNITURE. Afull line of Brussels, Ingraln, and Three-Tly CARPETS. Lonnges, Book Cases, Wardrohes, Empire Bed: stcads, OMce Desliv, und What Nota 1n endless va: riety, WALL PAPER—1,000 rolls of beantiful and new styles of Wall Paper; 500 rolls of Bordety 100 Papor-Cutting Machines, all af whick must bo wald o sctthe up & bankrupt concern, MORTGAGE BALE. - Satorday Moruing, June 17, 10 sharp, at 95 South § {md»n.."glkunuum Pixture Xmuuk for a Arst-closs Itextaurant, Chairs, Table tors, Bhelving, Mirrors, Crockery, Rang Table, Castors, Knives'and Forks, und a I of othier articice that can be veen On presil shiown by the custodian in posscrafon of san M. GREENHAUM MORTGAGE SALL, to take place on Saturday, June 17, at 1 a'clack p. 1.0t the corner of Fullefton-uv. vinl Einton-rosd, one trame cotlaze, kiln-shed, barn, and tonl-shds Also u 1ot of tools’ and finploments for brick-make Ing, une large team of horsee, harneas, snd wagots LiEWIS BURTELS, Constable and Anciioncer. UTIONERY, AR A At A b e S Lo CELEBRATED throughout the Unlon—expresacd to all . 1D and upward 8 , B0c per b, Addrest HEK, Coufece e e———— e A o] tioner, Chicago. PIHOFESSIONAL, TN s =2} s AND FISTULA positively cured WY’ out palnor e iao af L;n'mk ligtare, of caustic, A SLI CURE O NO PAY. Consulta- tions free. Dr. J. B. C. FitLirds 187 & 16U Madlsan sk, Clhicsgve: