Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 2, 1876, Page 7

THE CHICAGO RIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY: 2, 1876—Six' N PAGLE [ WALK UP, SAMHY, And Explain Your Reform Way of Gobbling Railway Stock. The Chicago & Ajton RB. R. Wants You to Disgorge Your Plunder. How Samuel J. Charged Up Ex- penses He Never Incurred. An Interesting Chapter from the Record of a ‘“ Reformer.” Samuel J. Tilden has been regirded os the Napoleon of railway lawyers. That peculiar £e1d of legal practice he has made his own, and through it he has added. numerous “bar'ls of money” to his carthly treasures. It has been boldly and unhesitatingly charged that he has not been over nice or peculiarly scrupulous in the manoer in which he performed his dutics to his rallway, dients. Like Jake Rehm,ghe peems to have put into suceessful operation all the quirks and quibbles of the most accomplish~ pdlawyer,and invariably made it a rule to get #gomething for nothing,” or as near pothing 88 Was possible. In the Unit~ ed States Court for the Southern District of New York, there is a bill in equity filed Dy the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Ilaute Railroad ageinst Samueld. Tilden, charging him, in mlll{]sion with m‘i‘"eetor four m.l;;:lrg with bav ocuspocased that corporation ina quasi- legnlnim.nncr out of about §1,000,000. And now comes the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis as a prominent actor in a somewhat simi- Jar suit agninst “Slippery Sam.” Some four- teen or fifteen ¥ears ago, this road, then known asthe Chic{\‘go& Mississiopl, was in financial troubles. ith the 2id of the machinery of the courts it was reorganized, and Samuel J. Tilden and Louis H. Meyer were appointed Trustees to Jook after the interests the bondholders who ‘hadreorganized the concern. Sammy was othing loath to play the role of Trustee. _He had done o before, and knew how it was. The Compan; basnever been gbie to effect a settlement. He resented bills for the rent of un office that was notin occupancy by him, and for the hire of elerks who only existed on paper. The Chicago & Alton Company, growing weary of the re- failures of Sammy, the Reformer, tocome the ecratch and give an account of his stewardship, some two months ago filed a bill inthe Circuit Court of this county for an in- fanction_ _restraining bim from making any transfer of the Company’s property wrongfully ‘held by him and for a subbena callidz “upon himn to walk into the Captain’s office and scttle. The injunction was accordingly issued, but Bammy was too busy looking after his Presi- dential schemes to pay ans' attention to it, and up to date he has not filed his apswer. To the uoprejudiced looker-on it would seem as if St. Louis, either as the component portion of a railréad or the meeting-place of a corrupt litical party, might, after all, prove & Vaterlso to the great sol-disant reformer. The bill filed by the Chicago & Alton Rail- Foad, of which Judge Beckwith is the Solicitor, £ 15 A8 FOLLOWS: S, To the Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook Counly: Your orator, the plaintiff in the above entitled cause, respectfully represents unto yeur Honors that it is a_corporation created by | and organized under the laws of the State of Ilinofs; that herctofore, o wit, on the 1st day of November, A. D. 1802, certain persons who were the bond. ‘holders and creditors of the Chicago & Missiesippi Railrona Company, and its successor known as the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company, se- Jected the defendants as their Trustecs for the pur- pose of securing the payment of cortain indebiod- Tiess then held by said creditors against said cor- poration Inst ‘nsmed. That an arrangement was entered intg by the said creditors under which eaid railroad and-property of the Chicaro & Nississippi Railroad Company, afterward known as the Chicage, Alton & St. Louis Railrond Company, and subse- ently known as the St. Lonis, Alton & Chicago Failroad Company, were sold. nnder and by virtae of a decree of 1he Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of 1llinois, and st such Bale, ‘made on or abont the 4th day of August, A, D. 1852, the said Louis A Mever ‘and, Samuel . Tilden became the purchasers, and by reason thereof invested with e title to s3id railrond und its appendays. ~ Thng afterwards, on or abont the 1stday of No- vember, A. D. 1862, the emd Louis . Meyer and Gamuel J. Tilden conveyed the eaid railroad there- tofore belonging to the said_last mentioned cor- porations w0 the Chicago & Alton Railroad Com- auy, and by an agreement then and there made tween the said Chicago & Alton Taflroad Con- apy and the eaid Louls 1. 3 Samuel J. Tiiden the Chicseo & Alton or sl B PaTARL S Py the amount paid by the said Louie H. Meyer and Samael J, Tilden upon the purchase of said property and their reaconabie espenscs and charzes relative to the busincss. t under and by virtne of suid arrange- eaid Meyer ond said Tilden were 1o receive and_ stock of the Chicago & Alton Railroad = Company #ufficient to pay themsclves and all disbursements aade by them; said Meyer and Tilden had authority mnder £aid arrangement to sell certain portions of the bonds 50 to be _ DEPOSITED WITH THEM, and 1o deliver stock and bonds to the creditors whom they reprosented in satisfaction of the in- debtedness of such creditors. That the s3id Meyer and Tilden. on of about the 1st day of November, A. D.. 1862, conveyed the eaid railrosd to the plaintif pon condition that the plaitif ehould ve, use, and occupy £aid road, and take the rev- enues thereof; and puying theréfor certain bonds in the eaid decd of trnst mentioned, which deed ‘plaiatiff brings bere into Court, and craves that ihe same may be taken as & part of this petition, the some 25 if the said deed were herein set forth &% lenzth. Your orator further represents that, under and by wirtue of the agrecment 50 _msde and catered inta etween the creditors of the Chicago & Missiseippi Bailroad Company and its successors and the said Louis IL. Meyer and Samuel J. Tilden, the said de- fendants were required to_pay to certain_ creditors of the £aid Jast named corporation certain sams in stocks und _bonds, as will_more_fully appear by a <copy of kaid sgreementhut the plaintif brings here into Court, and claims the enme benefit therefrom 86 if it were herein set forth at length. The plaintiff further stutes that certain persons, * creditors of the said corporations last namicd, did not become partics to the eaid agrcement, but were, under and by virtne of the decree of the Court under which this £aid railroad and append- eges were eold, entitled to their distributive share of the proceeds of the sale, and the piaintiff is. and for @ long time has been, the owner of cer- tain_bouds and ecrip of the Chicago # Missiesippi Railroad Compuny smounting to the sum of over $3,500, and by reason of such ovwnership of aid bonds is entitled to have its dis- tribative ehare of the procceds of eafd railroad and its appendages, in accordance with the agreement entered into with the Auditor of enid Compan; &nd the said defendants, and in accordance witl the decree of the Court under which said property was wold, . Plaintiff farther atates that, in order to carry ont e agreement made between it and the said Tras- tees and the partics whom they represented, the Plaintifie delivered to the defendants a large ‘8mount of1ts capitsl stockand a large number of iis bonds of varions descriptions of the par value of 2,570,000, viz. : ehares of stock were for the sum ©f $100 d $500 ment the each; the bonds were for the sum of $1,000 an cach, apd the bonds were described in }:g r?:m of T he{ei-:ihelg;e dmcnt;n 104 08 first- sege sinking-{un nds, first-mortgage ‘onds, and income bonds, of which 2600, 000 were Enking-fand bonds, 2,400,000 first‘mortgage ‘bonds, ‘and 1.100, 000 of income bonds were DELIVERED TO DEFENDANTS, ¥ith a Jarge amount of capital stock; that the de- fendants proceeded under the trust hereinbefore uentioned to pay the creditors of the old corpora- tione, and so pafd out the entire amount of sink- fng-fand bonds and a large proportion of the first- Iortgage and income bonds: but that after ‘having paid ncarly all * tho - indebicdness ©f the said former companies which they were re- {ured to pay. and having rescrved eufllcient to py the residue of the indebtcdness, the defendants stil hold in their hands n large amonnt of eaid stock, List-morteage bonds, and income bonds. That the defendants, under the pretense: of adjusting their ¢laims for gervice, wnfium coneent of their cestui que trust or the plaintiff, appropriated & large &mount of the bonds, to-wit, $70,000, in payment$] Of their pretended services in or about the trnst; and, after thus wrongfully approprinting $70,000, they, on or about the — day of —, 1803, render- ed anaccount to the Chicago & Alton Railroad mpany showing that, after making all deductions for their_pretended rervices, d taree, and for every matter or thingconnccted with theirtrnst, there remained in the hands of said de- Zendants 3 larre sum of money, to-wit, £6,000,and 8 large amount of said bonds, to-wit, $32,000, ‘Which of right the said defendants ought to have ;:tumtd 10 the plaintiff; that the defendants have Om year to year since that time rendered accounts Xelative to eaid trust, and have claimed to have Twed and appropriatcd said sum of $6.C00, or there- tbouts, inmoney for office rent and clerk hire, all of yhich charges ure fietitions, when, in fact, the eaid lefendanta hase never had any office or Enid any Elerik hire or other expenditures since the year 1803, and the eaid defendants now hold the bonds the caid plaintiff of theamount of about 332,000, ‘Which donds huve never been pat upon the market §r_fold, nor have the coupons of the same ever & 1"'2!."“;“’ or mey;l for payment, excepta mber, whereo! ayment e was obtained by the RATIARCOL N s DEPENDANTS SURREPTITIOUSLY, nd the plaintiff etates that the defendants onght &nd are equitably bound to return to it the shares Ofita eapital stock now in their possession, and the 2nd coupone now in_their pozsession, to- her With all sums of money collected by them Aud your orators farther represent unto yoor on- Ore. that under and by virtue of the cortain deed of trust hereinbefore mentioned, theee defendants were Trustecs for the purpose of securing P2yment of six hundred bonds bereinbefors men- .cellation of bonds ko drawn tioned, denominated the first-mortguge sink fund bonds, and that in eaid deed nnr?,smwnskg;u» vided that certain sums were to be deposited with said Trustees cvery slx months for the parpose of redcoming the eaid bonds. That it was the duty of said Trustees to draw by 1ot the bonds o to e re- -deemied, and apply any moncys placed in_their. hands for that purpose to the redemption and can- 2 C lot; that from time’ to time the plaintill romittod fo. defendnnts iarpe sums of money, and that the bonds were drawn Dby Jot and "redeemed - in accordance with the provisions of the deed of trust hereinbefore Inentioned; that on or abont the — day of —, 1875, the plaintiff remitted for use of sald Trus- tees, to be applied in the payment of the said sinking-fund ‘bonds hereinbefore mentioned, o larze sum of money, to-wit., thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000), and required the said Trustees 1o draw by lot the requisite number of bonds and apply the eald sum so remitted in _extinguishment of the bonds so drawn; that the defendants, in GROSS VIOLATION OF TAEIR DUTY in that respect, neglected to draw the eaid bonds 28 required by the eaid truet imposed in_them, and only drew s portion, and appropriated the residue of ihe money so remitted to them for the payment of eaid bonds to their own use. Wherefore the plaintiff demands that an account may be taken of the atocks and_bonds delivered to the defendanta to puy the creditors of the Chicago & Misslésivpi Railrond Company and ita success- ors, and of the sums of money, tocks, and bonds paid out by the' defendants in dischorze of thelr trust, and of the sums to which the defendants are entitied (your orator herchy offering to pay, do, or perform whatevershall to this Courf seem equit- able and just) a8 o reasomable compensation for their services and expenditures: that n writ of in- Junction be {mmediately issued aut of and under the seal of this Court enjoining and restraining the said defendants from selling of, transferring, or in any way interfering with 8aid money, stocks, “or - bonds until the final order of this Counrt; that an acconunt may be taken of the 'sums of ‘money so reinitted 1o the defendants by the compluinants for the pay- ment of the said sluking-fund bonds and of the sums of money paid out, settling, disposing of, of, " iransferning, or fa any way ierfering with the xaid money, stocks, ~ and bonds until further order of ihis Court: and, also, to grant unto your orator 2 writ of subpena. 1wsning out of and under the seal of this Court, directed to-the eaid Lonis Meycr and Samuel J. Tilden, de- fendants, commandiug them, -and each of them, ‘on a day certain therein named, and under a certain penalty, to be and appear in this honorable Court, then and there to answer ull and alnfuhr the premises, and to stand to, abide by, sand perform such furiher direction and decree &3 may be made ugainst them or cither of them. Aud your orator will ever pray. = Caicaco & ALTox RAILROAD COMPANY. . Judge Willtams granted the injnnction upon the enme day, upon f1ing a bond of S10,000, Messrs: Louis H. Meyer and Somuel J. Tilden have failed to make answer to this date. THE STORY OF SAMMY'S WHISKY CROOKEDNESS Special Dispatch to Ths Tribune. CivorxwaTi, July 1.—A reporter of THE TRIUNE today called on George W. Guysi, ‘having been advised that he could give the facts concerning the seizure of a distillery in the State of New York in which Samuel J. Tilden was interested for defrauding the revenue, some time in the ’60s. Our reporter found Mr. Guysi at his office 'on Main strect, and_having asked him_for the facts, Mr. Gussi said: “In 1866 or 1867, in the winter, I can’t tell exactly what month, I was sent overto Lebanon Springs, N. Y., the hamcof Mr. Tilden, to investigate an irregularity there in the Tilden laboratory. They called it'a lab- oratory. The Tilden Bros. were distilling there and peyingno tax. The tax at that time was NO RESPOXN $2per gallon. They claimed that they had chemi in the mash. They had a regular dis- tillery, and were mashing from 100 to 125 bushels per day. They claimed that it came out ether.”” Reporter—What was the distillation? Mr. Guysi—Alcoholic, of course. R.—And subject to the tax of §3% Mr. G.—Cerfainly. R.—Iad they been paying anything? Mr. G.—Not a cent. R.—And the tox then was $2 per gallon? Mr.*G.—Yes. : R.—How long had tiifs been going on? Mr. G.—Well; I can’t exactly say now. The tax ought to have been in the neighborhood of $700 or $500 per day. R.—Had this been going on long? Mr. G.—Well, for some months, at least. I can’t give you the fizures, as all my &xlapcrs ‘were destroyed by fire, but the reports in Washington will show. = R.—What did you do with the case? Mr. G.—I stopped them, and turncd the mat- ter overto the Assessor there, to colcet what was due from them. R.—Do you know what was the result? Mr. G.—I don’t know, but I have no doubt the reports on file at Washington will show the whole case up. R.—What wasyour position then? Mr. G.—I was a Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Department. FOREIGN. THE EAST. MONTENEGRO. Brrwiy, July 1.—~The Prince of Montenegro has solemnly engaged to remain neutral. PRINCE MILAN’S PROCLAMATION. ViENxA, July 1.—Prince Milan, in his procla- mation, says: “ Turkey has provoked war by not satisfying Bosnia, aud by threatening Ser- vis. We enter Bosnin in the cause of humanity and nationality, and to re-establish peace with- out offending Tarkey’s integrity.” The procla- matjon mentions Austria thankfully for her ef- forts to protect Christians, Viexya, July 1.—Several evening journals state that Turkey will issue n circular to the Great Powers, throwing the entire responsibility of the war upon. Servis, and declaring Prince Milan a rebel beesuse he seceded from the union of Vassals. The following is an extract from the Servian manifesto: ““Servia has done nothing whatever to hinder the work of pacillcation, whilst Turkey has sur- roundecd Servia with a belt of iron. It is impossible to remain longer within the bounds of moderation, and the Porte is re- sponsible for any eventual bloodshed. The Montenegrins will be_on our side, and it will not he long before the Herzegovinese, Bosnians, Bularians, and Greeks co-operate with us.?”? The manifesto concludes by cxhorting the troops to repect the fromtier of Austri: ‘which has claim upon their gratitude because of the benevolent protection extended to their Herzegovinese brethren, TUE EMPERORS. Eus, July 1.—The Emperor William leaves here to visit the Czar at Jugenheim to-morrow. GREAT BRITIAN. PAILURE. LoxpoxN July L.—It isrcported that awell- ¥mnown firm of stcel manufacturers at Sheffield have failed, with riabilitics at $163,000. RIFE MATCIL. DuBLIN, July 1.—Ulster won the All-Ireland challenge-shield at the rifle match at Wicklow. The Irish National Rifie Association has ap- pointed the following gentlemen to represent Ireland in the Centennial matches in America: Fenton, William Rigby, Johnson, Ward, Joynt, Cooper, Goff, Greenville, Millner, Pollock, Young, and John Rigby. SWINDLERS SENTENCED. Loxpow, July 1.—In the case against the “Enplon Gas Company, the defendants, Aspln- wall & Knocker, were sentcnced today to twelve, and Muir & Whyte to two monthe’ im- risonment. Muir was . the projector of the ompany, and _Knocker manager of the Mid- Tand Bank, which advanced the moncy, and Whyte introduced these persons to Aspinwall, who managed the financiering of the Company. The indictment was for conspiracy to obtain by false pretenscs a settling day and quotation on the Stock Exchange. LIBEL SUTE. Loxpox, July 1.—Robert Buchanan, the poct, having sued the proprictors of the Ezaminer, cluimiag. damages in 520,000 for allezed libols contained in reviews and in letters of Algernon Swinburne directed by Buchanan’s criticisms of Swinburne and other poets, under the designa- tion of the * Fleshly School,” the jury awarded Buchanan $750 damages. FRANCE. PENSIONS ABOLISIED. " Papms, July 1.—The Budget Committee has suppressed the %:ensions of the invalided func- tionaries of the Empire. 3 2 THE MUNICIPAL QUESTION. - Pants, July 1.—The municipal question is postponed till the next session. The ques- tior-threatened to cring defeat to the Ministry, they claiming larger power in appointing Maires than the Repuhfiun Deputies were willing to cencede. i GERMANY. X VON ARSIM. BERLIV, Jaly 1.-~The Count Von Arnim has arrived at Carisbad, closely watched by Prussian detectives. ——— SPAIN. . THE ARMY. MADRID, July 1.—The Senate has voted a bill fixing the army at 100,000 men. RETRENCHMENT. Consultation of Several Council Committees. All Are in Favor of Cutting Down the Expenses. But Cannot Agree on the Department. which Must Suffer. Ald. Kirk Submits a Radical and Sweeping Proposition. ‘The Council Committees on Police, Fire and ‘Water, and Schools held a meeting yesterday morning in the Council Chamber to consult to- gether on a general reduction in the running ex- pense of all branches of the City Government. There were present Ala. McAuley, Kirk, Briggs, Koerber, Cleveland, Niesen, Gilbert, Ballard, Murphy, Sweeney, Stewart, and Sheridan. Ald. McAuley acted as Chairman, and opencd the discussion by stating the object of the meeting. Mr. Briggs favored a general reduction, and his remarks were seconded by Ald. Gilbert, who was in for pruning liberally. The others realized the importanceof such amove, and so cxpressed themselves. The proposition was then made that the different Comunittees prepare a resolu- tion for the REDUCTION OF PAY AND NUMBER OF MEN in their respective departments, and that the resolutions be presented to the Council at some time not far distant. This proposition met with opposition from’ some who considered certain departments too valuable to the city’s interests to be touched. Ald. Sheridan thought that the policemen fully carned $1,000 a year, when the amount of danger they experienced, and the expense they often were obliged to £o to when new aniforms were ruined in a melez, were taken into consid- eration. The number of men in theforce might be diminished, but not the salaries. Ald. McAuley was strongly in favor of reduc- ing the wages. Plerty of good men could be had for much less than $1,000 a year. Besides in these times $850 wss as much as §1,000 was o few years ago. There was no necd of paying such a high salary when persons could be had for much less. There were thousauds of me- chanics, laborers, sailors, etc., not make $700 a ycar, and did as much and as hard work as the police. It wasno rea- son because policemen were not rich that the city should pay large salaries. The city was poor, and people had got to flnd out that the city would pay no more for labor than a private corporation. Ald. Gilbert also thought that $1,000 a year was too much for police work, and he believed that the citizens whom he represented agreed with him. They should have something to say about the way the money was to be spent. He also thought that the force was too large, and, although Supt. Hickey and others were against a reduction, he believed it nbsulutel¥ necessary, and knew that people would see it after a while. All departments should be cut and no distine- tion made. 5 ALD. KIRK said that if any one should show him that his private business was in-as bad a condition aswas the city’s, he should say that he was_ “fectotally busted,” for be re- garded the city 95 in . that plight. No money was to be had. It was all exhausted. Even the Burr Fund was cxpended, and dubts were staring them {n the face. They had now to rc‘liy on the generosity of the bankers, who would lend no motey unless an inclination to ‘maintain strict economy was evinced. No one was more in favor of a reduction than he was, and he should be on that side all the time. Ald. Sheridan said that if the police salaries were reduced he should not be surprised to see all the good men leave the foree and go into the untry. c‘Md?""(}dlI:'crl;--Let them go. We can find plenty to fill their places at less salary. Ald, Kirk had reccived visits from persons who wanted THE FIRE DEPARTMENT diminished, but when he had cxplained why it should not’ be done, he had been agreed with, He did not waut to appear as opposed 10 a reduction, but tho Fire Department could not stand ft. There were good mechanics * fu the gre force, and they were earning their money. Then, 3 fireman was worked harder than “a policeman. Two hours at a fire was worse than & month of police work. Ald. Gilbert did not sgree in that. The police worlked for twelve hoursa day 365 days In the year. Theloss of life was much greater than on the fire force. He believed in 4 graded re- duction. The times demanded a reductiop, and it must be made. The cmployes themselves wounld see the neccessity of it. " There was no mouey in the Treasury, and before any would be loaned a gencral reduction would haveto be made. They could shut off the gas, redu.c school expenses, and salaries of emglnyes, but it would mever do to disband = the police force. The city would be one great mest of thieves and loafers in a few daysfunless every man made an arsenal of himself.” But he would again propose a graded reduction all around. Ald. MeAuley said that it would not be at all {fair to wake a reduction here and none there. 1t must be general and equal. Ald. Gilbert—Let us .reduce the number of firc-engines to thirtcen. Ald. Kirk broke in hastily and said that such a course would be A MOST DISASTROUS ACT. Not one dollar of insurance could be obtained. Tt would cause all the insurance_companics to leave. It bad been difficult for him to obtain insurance on his own building and then not enough. Ile favored a reduction, however, and would Bay e men at the samerste that he pud men in his private employ. For instance, there 'was no use in paying such largesalaries for coal- Deavers in the pumping-works. . ‘Ald. Sheridan again put in & good word for the policemen, and Ald. MeAuley aguin sug- §cstcd a reduction according to the table that ad been made out some time . Further discussion followed, all participating and agreeing in onc fact, that a reduction” must be made, but not in_certain departments. One man upheld the Police, another the Fire, but mone advancing any new reasons for their preferences. - The motion that the different Committees prepare resolutions providing for reductions in their respective departments was then put and carried. The Aldermen then entered into a discussion of the well-known financial condition, which tended further to - strengthen - their detcrmina- tion to reduce. . Ald. Kirk said that if there was any way to ‘bring thejpublic to understand the situationand realize the difficulties that threatened the city, he wanted to know it. He thought the stato of affairs was due to a loss of taxes, and he should be in favor of the measures expressed in the resolution which he had drawn. THE BESOLUTION is a5 follows: Wnezgas, Itisa well-known fact that the Fi- nance Committee of this Council have done every- thing in their power to induce the moneyed men of this city to come to_the rescue of the “city fn her present financial difficultics, by laying before them a full and fair statement of the- asscts snd Habili- Iiersl. taken from the books of the Comptroller; and, \WiEREAs, It appears that the city is perfectly golvent if the taxes dueare paid in, snd thut a tem- porary loan by the moneyed men of the city would &nffice to pay all smounts due laborers and em- ployes; and, . Wrshras, There i no disposition manifested on the part of our wealthy citizens to advance the city money in any shape, Or any security; therefore, - “Provided, That the Committee on Judiciary be, and is hereby, mstructed to report to the Council forthwith the following ordinances: 1. An oftice abolishing the office of Superintend- ent ot Police and- disbanding the entire police orce., 2. An ordinance disbanding the office of Fire Marshal, and disbanding the entire fire brigade. 3. An’ordinance canceling the city's gas con- tracts, and cutting off all the street-lamps, 4. An ordinance abolishing the Board of Public Yorks, and etopping all work on city improve- menta. * : He should offer that resolution Afonday, and believed, if adopted and_carried out, it would have the desired effcct. When the people were without protection from policemen and firemen, without gas and water, and cognizant of the fact that the city would go to the infernal re- ions unless something was done, there would e something done. ose time-worn tax-fight- ers who had Tor years beaten the city ont of its dues, and had meanwhile cojoyed all the bene- fits arising from the payments of others, would be forced ~to disgorge the amounts which they were robbing the city of. There.werec many such men, and rich they were, too. e of them owed as much as ,000. If o few such men should pay up, it would have 2 good effect. Yes, sir, that was what he advocated. He could protect himself and_ lis property, snd thought that uo scrions damage would be done in the short space .of . time that the snarchy would reign. -| The Committes then adjourned. who did" peA1e Kk in talking with a reporter sald that, e SMEANT ALL TIAT 72 mAD SAID, and would stick toit. Takinr a paper out of fiis pocket éu):) sxtild: c“ Thcife i3 somcthing that, approved by the Council, would save the city 500,000 year, 1t s @ tina roposition toputina patent burner in the K’nl‘gflvorks. I}w is a good thing, I know, and I will work for it.” h B TUEOLED o ngu;ru as agreed upon a plan for reducing expenses in that llt?mrtman ‘The project is to dfimnd the foree of sanitary policemen, retaining only four in_ their present capacity; cut down all salaries; dispense with a City Physician, putting his work upon the Sanitary Inspectors, and thus cut off §22,000 a year of expense. The planwas to have been laid before the Mayor yesterday by Dr. McVickar, but His Honor haviag gone out of town, the matter was of course deferrcd. That & reduction all around in salaries and in the number of employes will soon take place is wrdoubted. The Board of Public Works, how- ever much {s desfred otherwise, will probably be required to aiscontinue the works now under way, and it will then be seenif suits for dam- ngcis will involve the city in further compli- cations. CASUALTIES. A Lightning Mail-Train Jumps the Track on the Alton Road. The Engine, Tender, and Bag- gage-Car Badly Smashed. None of the Employes or Passengers Se- riously Injured. OFF THE TRACK. Nmwoop, Iii., July2—3 a. m.—The No. 8 lightning express, due here at 11 last night, was ditched on a side-track at this station by detaching a switch conneetion. The train was going at full specd,—this. not being a stopping pofnt,—and throw off the engine, two conches and & bagguge car. The engine and tender are now laying across the track badly de- molished; also the baggage car. The coaches are not so badly damaged. The engineer jump- ed, and escaped injury. The fireman is slightly scratched. All the passengers escaped with a rough shaking up. Tramps have been infesting this vicinity and south of here. It is supposed they misplaced the switech. They have been very audacious. A special train from Springfield, TiE TRIBUNE correspondent accompanying it, has just arrived, and will transfer the passengers. FLOODS. , > Special Dispatch o Tha Trivune. 8. Louis, Mo., July 1.—The regular South- ern-bound trains on the IronMountain & South- ern Rallroad went out as usual this morning, bat no traine came up the line, in consequence of the flood caused by the recent heavy fall of rain along the line of this road. Between Bailey's Station and Kimmswick there have ‘been two washouts, which, as the track is en- tirely submerged, the raflroad companyisunable to repair until the water recedes. All of the delegates to the Convention who were unable to get home yesterday went down on the road this morning, and both the Belmont and Little Rock express-trains were literally crowded. The vio-| lent storm which came up about 5 o’clock has increased the trouble, and there is now little probability that any trains will arrive before to- morrow. Should “the wet weather continue great damage to this road -may be anticipated, 88 it runs for quite distance through the swamps of Arkansas on piling. ————— OBITUARY. WaeeLG, W. Va., July 1.—Crispin Oglebay, “President of the Bellaire Nafl Works and Presi- dent of the National Bank of West Virginia, and formerly President of the Benewood Iron ‘Works, died in this city last evening. Great Shop-Koepers. In Seribner for July, Dr. Holland says that A, T. Stewart's ““business was one which he did not do, and could not do, withont o depressing influence upon all wbo were dependent upon the same business for a livelihood. Hjs great tsiablishient was o shadow that hung oyer all the others in the town. The man with $10,000 or 320,000; the man with #100,000; the man with $1,000, cach, alike, was oblized to com- pete with this man, who had millions outside of the necessitles of his enormous business. The hosfer, the hatter, the woman in her thread-and- nccdle shop, tbe milliner, the glove-dealer, the carpet-dealer, the upholsterer, all weroobliged to compete with Stewart. If he had followed a single line of business, it would bave been dif- fercnt; but he followed all lines. ver ho saw 2 profit to be made, fo auy Hue of business that. was st all congruous with d s, he ado It Ho thys besmme a formidible. com petitor ith half the hopkeapers in New ork. His capital made it possible for him to ruin men by the turn of his hand,—to fix prices at which everybody was obliged to sell at what- ever loss. However proud the New Yorker may have been of his wonderful establishment, —and there is nodoubt but that it was pretty universally rzix:;ded with pride,—it is casy now to see, in_this period of unexampled de- presgion, that our business men at large would be in a much better condition if that establishment had never existed. If all the money that has gone to swell his useless estate bad beeu divided among small dealers, huu- dreds of stores, now idle, would be occupied, and multitudes of men now fo straitened” cir- cuimstances, would be cflm%\fldvd Prosperous. “But it is sald that he employed a great mafil{ people. Yes, he did; but did e pay them wel the employ of others? The necessitics of his position, and his ambition, compelled him to pay small prices. The great muss of those who served him worked hard for the bread that fed them, &nd the clothes that covered them. The 'public bought cheaply; the outside dealers suffered; the employes laid up no money, and Mr. Stewart got rich. Under the circumstances, and under the necessities of the case, was it desirable that he should get rich? We think not; and we think that the flnal re- sult of this great nhayke%ping “‘success: Is de- plorable in every way. It has absorbed -the prosperities of a great multitude of men and ‘women. New York would be richer, hnpg[cr, more comfortable, more healthy in all its busi- ness aspects, if the great store at_Tenth street had never been built. - Five hundred men who invest their little capital in the varicd lines of business, and pay- their modest ‘rent, and .de- vote thefr time to their affairs, content with rofits that give them and their familics a fair iving and a few savings for a rafny day, are cer- tainly better for aclty than o single Stewart, who absorbs thelr business and leaves them in distress.” g —_———— Jefferson's Musical and Literary Recreations. Jefferson was an cxccllent performer on the violin, and every weck a party of muslcal ama- teurs, of whom he was one, assembled at Fau- quicr’s palace to play. Hie fondness for the in- strument lasted very nearly throughout his !i!fi and, in spite of the maxim of Lord Chesterficl that no gentleman should play the fiddle, be re- mained %ts faithful votary. It consoled him in the weary hours of agc, as it had amusedhim the brighit days of his youth. At this time, as afterward, he read extensively in the various departments of belles-letlres— ‘though rarcly a novel. ~Sterne, Ficlding, Smol- lctl.,film-montel, Le Sage, and Cervantes cx- ‘hausted his romantic reading. “Don Quixote " he Tead twice in hys life, and greatly admired, but books of this class were never favorites with him. He laughed at Mrs. Radcliffe later in life, and clung to the classics, in all languages, with immovable tenacity: The great Greek -and - Latin writers, with Tasso, Metastasio, and -the minor Italian pocts, were his preference; and in his college days he loved Shenstone, scraps of whose poems were found scribhled over many of his carly manuscripte. But while he.was at Williamsburg the god of Lis- literary Idolatry was Ossian, then just given to ihe worl He read ond studied the ecloquent rav- ings of Macpherson with vivid sdmiration. So was this ‘pussion_at the - time that be resolved to make .himself master of the Gaclic tongue, in order to read the poems in the original; and actually Wrute to a relative of Macpherson in Scotland, once a resident of Virginia, to procure him & Gaelic grammar and dictionary, and have a copy of the original man- uscripts taken and sent to hl.ml.‘ The cost need be no obstacle,” he wrote, “the glow of one warm thought * being * vrqrth’mvre than money.” “He wes mot ashamed,” he added, 10 gwn that he thought this rude bard of the North the greatest poet that had ever existed.” ‘Aslatens April, 1182, in his 40th year, he abd the Marquis ds Chastellux, with 8" panch-bowl between theta at Monticello, contended which should repeat to the other their favorite pas- sages. We may easily fancy with what ardor and enthusiassm the young man insisted, at William and Mary, upon convertiog his fellow- students to his faith in the *rude bard of the North.”—John Estes Coaks in Harpa’s Mogazise for Julg. . Would they not have been better paid in ' REHM. How Much He Got from the Dis- tillers. And How Much He Paid Out for Election Expenses, Mr. Hesing versns the Government Counsel---Jake’s Limit. Somebody hed presented Mr. Hesing with & large and elegant bouquet, and the expression on that gentleman’s face, as he buried his nose in the fragrance, Induced a TRIBUNE reporter to snatch him for an Interview. After a few brief, pertinent, and appropriate Temarks upon the flowers, the reporter spoke of Jake Rehm and his career in crookedness. Ina moment the gentleman’s eyes began to glisten and his lips were set firmly together. “Do you know, Mr. Hesing, that the Govern- ment counsel expressed their faith that Mr. Rehm told nothing but the truth on the stand?™ . “Iread that they so expressed themselves.” CAN’T BE RECONCILED. “How do you reconcile Jake’s sworn state- ment that there wos no immunity promised him with Judge Bangs' statement that there was an agreement to that effect?" : 1 don’t reconcile it.” #Do you think Jake told the truth?”? ¢ Judge Bangs says he did.” “But Judge sangs emphatically contradicts Rehm’s sworn testimony.” 4 8411 T take Judge Bangs’ word.” “Then you think Jake_ told the truth, even though he contradicts Judge Bangs?’ %o ‘¢ Judge Bangs says he told the truth.” “ Mr, Dexter also says that Jake told the: trath when be related concerning the amount of money he received. How about that?? #T%vant to believe Mr. Dexter.” JAKE'S MONEY. “ Did you ever have a conversation with Jake ;::1' ”the subject of the money he was scooping. T gian “IWhen?" “Then he was Supcrintendent of Police, about a year and a half ago,” “How did it come up? T was in his office, and he was telling of a silver mine in Colorado in which he was inter- ested with-Beck, of Milwaukee. He said the mine was bound to pan well. I asked him what his object was_in trying.to amass so much. money. 8aid I, ‘Jake, you don’t gamble, von don’t” dress very. well, you don’t run sfter women, you don’t drink, what do you want of s0 much money?’ " “ What did he say?” ‘Well, he said he had fixed his limit at a mill- ion, and he mean’t to quit when he had reached that amount.”” -as he making much money then ?” I am inclined to think he was. I was pres- entata CONVERSATION TIE HAD WITH BUFFALO MILLER, at which Powell was also present. Rehm wus to pay $2,000 toward a fund of 38,000, but he came in and said that as Mercereau had refused to pay $800, which it was expected he would y, he (Jake) thought his shure should be re- uced to $1,200.” ¢ Now, Jake,’ said Buffalo, ‘You ought to pay every cent of this monex.’ a3 l“ :%uw so?,’ nskedfi'f:fii’ i i ccause,’ says ou are m: $15,000 2 month.’ ” 5 5 ¢ How?? asked Jake.”” e - “%¢You are getting,’ said Buffalo, ¢ from Ro- elle, Junker &- Co., $6,000; from Willizm Cooper, $2,000; from Russell & Furlong, §1,000; frowm the Illinois Distilling Cnmpnng, through Stebbins, $1,000; from Dickenson, Abel & Co., $2,000; and from Rush & Pahiman, $1,000— making $15,000 & month.”? “What did Jake say? ”” asked the rcporter. ‘¢ He didn’t deny it, bot Janghed, and said no ane knew how much he had to pay out.” ¢ When did this conversation take place?” - Tt was about October, 1875, just before the second batch were seized.” 3 “ How long had Jake recefved this income?” i “ From July, 1872, to May 10, 187.” ¢ That would make about thirty-four months, which, at $15,000 sgxer month, would make his receipts about $510,000. Is that what you mean?” ¥ “ That is what Buffalo charged him with, and be did ot deny it.” “ Do you think jie got that amonnt?” T am pretty sure of it.”? « But, he swore he never received anything like that amount?” 1 know he did.” 4 And you say he got it? 5 He got it.” ‘ But he said in his coaversation with Buffal Miller that no one knows NOW MUCH HE SPENT; db‘;Dfl know?? Mr. Ayer says he spznt $20,000 for political purposes.” “Did he?” «No. When moncy was flush at_election times, commencing in 1853, Rebm, though in easy circumstances, took money regularly from comimittees, and that money was all be spent at clections. - This was continued until money be- ¢ scarce, and merchants and bankers refused t0 pay any more, and when they refused to pay, Jake quit spending. Evers candidate or politi cian who has been in the fleld for ten years will corroborate my statement when I say that Jake never speut money for auy candidate or any .party except the sum of $4,500, which he raised on an cxtra assessment on the distillers, Gaugers, and Storekeepers, to spend on Far- well%s canvass in 1574, and this assessment was over and sbove the assessment he had already levied for crookedness and politics.”” @Who did spend the rest of the money}*/ <At the election of the Pcoplc’suurt&gn 1873, my own gxrlvatc expenses were over $5,000, while Juke Rehm hardly paid for a glass of beer dar- ing the whole canvass. en the clection was over, Jake went to Buffalo Miller, who was -County Treasurer, and - demanded $10,000 from the county funds for hisservices. Miller couldn’t and wouldn’t take the coanty funds, wherenp- on Juke told him if he d.ldn’tnlm the £10,000in iwenty-four hours, he (Buflt ofv couldnt run crooked another sixty minatcs. Buffalo came to me and begged me to_introduce him to some banker. I did 50, and Billy Byc, who was then the Deputy Trensurer, deposited some real cs- targ seeurity, upon which Buffalo got the money an PAID IT TO JAKE.” “ And he kept it?? “He paid to Buffalo some time afterwards a note of miue for the amount.” “ Has the note been paid?” “NoM 5 ';,',I ake had a great many of your notes, hadn’t o “Yes, but they didn’t belong to him.” “‘Iflm\‘ !113 gfog&%thcxgs'k egreed 1 1317 T wantel ,000, and Jake ed to gef for me if I could get* %ood security. He raised the money from the distillers, and I gave him, {or them, my notes at 10 per cent.) indorsed and secured by Staats-Zeitung_stock.” “What did he do with the notes” “He traded them off.” # And the stock?” “T am told he bought some real estate with it, which he now holds.” “ And the notes never went into the hands of the men who luaned you the money?"” “Noj they were clear profit to Jake.” “Jake says he spent more_ at clections than you credit im with.” ; “Iknow he docs.. .He told me rej 'llte(_i]y, over and over again, that he ‘only paid $4,500, ‘and yet just about the time he squealed, he came out suddenly and raised the amount to _$12,000, claiming that ho had spent that much.” “How did he raise the money from the dis- tillers; I mean the $10,000 you got” “Dickenson, Leach & Co. gave him $1,500, Roelle, Junker & Co. $5,000, Mercerean $1,500, 3. D. Wand §5,000, and others chipped in enongh to make u&the ‘balance.” “Does Rehm still hold any of your notes?” “He holds one for $5, and that is all he bas got.” . “You have spoken of Jake's DISINCLINATION TO PAY ANYBODY. Heewears that be spent large sums ip ixing Fovernment officials.” *TWhen I was in Canadal saw Bridges, and he told me how much he bad received from Rebm. Rehm once gave him $500 to Kuynn his house on Calumet avenue, and $100 when be was goinz to New York to see his mother, wio was t en dy- ing. At another time Bridges gave Rehm $2,000 to buy highwines, and Jake recurned the: amount with profit. | This makes $1,200 altoy ether, and Bridges says he will swear, 50 help he p him God, that he never receifed another cent from Rehm,and yet Rebm swore that he had paid Bridges fabulous amounts.’ Angd Mr. Hesing buricd I;ltshl nos‘e n tgf bou- juet, and declined to say anything 1t 3 i V:"slwrs pour in daily at the Jail, and huge ‘bouquets and baskets of fruit and flowers n:; rive hourly. Abel hias abandoned the affairs of -this world, and has_buried himself in Wilkie Collins’ * Man and Wife.”” Dickinson footed up ‘his revenae tax fortheaay, and found itamount- ed to $11,000. Among the other visitors was Bor- ton M. Ford, and during_ the day ex-Ald. Om 1 dropped in to see how things were SeLting Over 200 people made the grand tour in the course of the ‘day, and when the boys went to bed they were tired and sleepy. COCHRAN ESCATES. What Col. Juessen urged in mitigation of David Cochran’s offense against the Internal Revenue Iaws before that gentleman was sen- tenced to a three months’ residence in the County Jail, had little effect upon the course of ustice as administered in this, the Northern istrict of Illinois, by his Lfonor, Jud§¢ Blodg- ett. What Col Juessen, seconded by Judge Bangs,., urged dycszcxd:g bhad more effect on ~ the goddess th the bandage around her eyes. Col. Juesecn stated in snbstance that Cochran pleaded guilty because e could not get bail, and with the idca that, as he had been {;mtustin-— his innocence very strongly from the start, Be would easily secure o modification of sentence. Cochran was, in fact, only a teamster in the employ of Rue P. Hutchins & Co., and Col. Juessen asserted that, the 9nl{tmud he ever committed was in per- mitting’ hinsgf It!oi}m taken for Andrl.-w‘gmék ran, one of the cxiles now sojournin, e Dotinion, LR Judge Bémgs 5:;};1 he Lhudg&z Cochfl-‘\!l's punishment was too severe, and suggested a’| mgfi]flu}ion. % es 0l. Juessen remarked that -the missing Andrew would return. & Judge Bangs said that was.true, and that Andrew would obligingly submit to David's sentence. The Court also looked at the matter ina fa- vorablelight. Julgment was act aside, and the defendant released on his own _recognizance of $1,000. He walked off as gafly as thoughhe had received news of the demiseof arich uncle. In the future he will probably steer clear of Hatchins and distillers generally. STREET TALE. v the Edltor of The Tribune. * CmcAGo, July 1.—After listening to the able defense of Jacob Rehm by the Government counsel the other day in court, an astonished auditor inquired on what terms Rehm intended to let the Government off. Thesupreme ability of the defendant was noyhere so conspicuously exhiblted- 28 in his coup d’etat, not of the ‘Whisky Ring, but of the United States of America, as represented by onedepartment, that of the law. He even induced one of the hired .attorneys against him to justily, or, at any rate, excuse his stealing $120,000 of Government money (which he admitted he had feloniously taken), on the ground that he did not put that money in his pocket, and keep it there, but paid it out in strengthening his influence over his fellow-criminals, 5o as to compel them to buy their malt of bim, of which he hnd o monopoéy; that in this way it paid him better than to de- posit the money 8 baok and leave it there. This '"was ref ed by hon- orable and distinguished paid Assistant Am)m!f of the Government as s wise, prudent, Jjustifiable busivess act on the part of the all- powerful thief. The poor, benizhted, andlegally- unenlightencd daily press and “street™ opin- fon at which the learned attorney was so fndig- pant, are still unable to discover either the legal or moral distinction betwcen Rebm's patting the stolen money in his pocket or paying it out where it would do most good in securing polit- ical influence which should create a market for his malt mon?o‘liy. Only the most skilled casuistry -coul emonstrate the great dif- ference which the use of the money makes in the guilt of the_thicf, and, therefors, grow so eloquent in hisdefense. Next time Government ‘should not employ such brilliant moral Tumi- naries. But the file!t(ofl recurs, What is Rehm going to do with the United States? STREET ODSERVER, SECRET SOCIETIES. The Grand Orient of Egypte==The Colored Masons. MASONIC. * YHE REGENERATED EGTPTIAN CRAFT.” To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, June 28.~In answer to the Inguiry of your correspondent, Shemenoth, I have to say that there is no connection between what _the circular to which he refers calls “The Re- generated Egyptian Craft” and “the Riteof Memphis, which was introduced here, and into which so many of our brightest Masons were initiated some years ago.” The Grand Orient of Egypt has abandoned her charters under the Memphis Rite, and has organized under charters of the first three degress of the Scottish Rite, and is working in harmony with the three de- grees of tho York Rite, and in accordance with the jurisdictional laws of the English and Amer- ican Grand Lodges. That is why the expression “The Regenerated Egyptian Craft™ 15 mow, used. The Memphis Rite has been repudiated everywhere, and the general understanding is that it is not to be revived. R~ MASONIC LIBRARY. ‘The correspondent of the Boston Journal at Cincinnati gives the following notes in which are very plainly to be scen a strong opinion on the *colared Masons question: Among other curious and valuable private col- Jection: ‘be!an.,rvlfl.v to the wealthy citizens of Cin- cinnati_is the Masonic Library of. Ill. Brother Enoch T. Carson, 33d. In manuscripts, engrav- ings, and publications in every madern language it far surpasses any similar coliection in the world, and it Is to be hoped that it can ultimately be. se- curcd for the bengfit of the craftsmen. 111 Brother Carson is oneof the Ohio Free- makons who have taken a deep intergst of late in gecuring the recogmition of the cdlored Grand Lodge of Ohio and the subordinate lodges, with an ageregate of over 800 members. His library con- tains the old English Masonic Kalenders, in which ¢+ African Le:dze of Boston, ™ of which Prince Hall was the first Master, ia recorded among the other lodges, from its warrant in 1784 until it, with oth- er 1odges in the United States, was omitted in 1313. As the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was not fair- iy recognized and established until 1792, African dge can_hardly be branded as ¢* clandestine,” snd the numerons Masonic bodies which have spruns from itare not ** illcgel, " according to the ancient landmarks. Moreover, it lins been official- 1y reported to the Grand Lodge of Ohio that these colored Freemasons practice the same rites and have eubstantiajly the . ssme esoteric or secrot ‘modes of recognition a8 are practiced by the white Freemagons the world over. I1l. Brother John D. Caldwell, who has for the past twenty-five years Been Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the State_of Ohio, is, with others here, earnestly en- ed in removing this barrier—the anly ome ro- Fiining—trom before the colored Freemasona, 1 bave been shown here the original warrant given in 1776 to **American Union Lodge, " in the camp of the Continental Army at Roxbury, Mass. Gen. S. I Parsons, afterward Judge of the Northwest Territory, was made Worshipfal Master, and Paul Revere engraved the seal. The Lodge thus formed wzs kept up in the Connecticut lipe of the Conti- nental army, and its celebration of St. John's Day in 177, near Newburg, was staced by Brother George Washington. Col. Jebn Brooks, afterward Governor of Massachusctss, Was orator om St. John's Day in 1782. Afcer the war the Lodge was located at Marietta, 0., where it will celebrate its Centennial, and its vatrant and army records wil e restored to its keeping. CIRCULAR PROY THE GRAND ORIENT OF ECYPT. The following circular has been' sent to many of the craft @ this country. A-G.D."G % AD T SEGUETARIATO GENERALE DEL G2. OB D'EBoirre E Divrxprszn 1770—1V. OF JULY~1876. Centennial Celebration of American Jadependence. zAn Siz Axp Brorupm: 3. I and P. Bro. S.sz. Zola, Grand Al of G Orient of Egypt pro- pored. and the foliowing resolution wis enthusl- astically adopted, to de somt 1o all American Crpd © Lodfes: ‘'srand Orlent of Egypt and all Todges bading therefrom avail thém- aelves of e happy ~ event of the Gentennial Anniversary of Amcrican Indepen- dence to greet treir American brethren thoreapon, a8 the best pats of one of the greatest nations in the world, arl to request them to sccept in S0 glorions 3 63y the hearty_salutations 2nd fratemal B rlen frem ihis regenerated Egyptian Craft 3., Which fs working to strengthen_more and maro the N ered des binding and uniting all F. and A. 3., who sre spread throughont the world for the glosy (e G. G. O. T. U." This you will be pleazed o convey to your [ 1. (Lodge i aun“;n;l° fall ieve me truly and fraterna » gecm, and believe e (71T . Grand Sectetary. Valle del Nilo, Or. d'Alessandria, Li 13th May, 1876, E. P- : display July 4, in Michigan City. One of Good- 3:;1.’5 stcf\mus will run'to that port during tha ODD-FELLOWSIIP. TIE GRAND PARADE. ' The event of the year fn the Order will be the grand celebration and parade fa connection with the session of the Grand Lodge of the United States. i IN MEMORIAM. . J. E. Hurlburt, a member of Fort Dearhorn Lodge No. 214, died very suddenly on Wed-os " day last of congestion of the brain. Mg, Hurl- burt was a native of Connecticut; and came hers some six_ years &go, and has been dum ing that time il the employ of D. B. Fisk- & Co. He ‘was a member of Union Park Congregational - Church, and also of the Sons of Temperance. His funeral was held on Thursday, and the Lodwe escorted his remains from his residence to the depot. He was buried in Waterb: Connecticut, where {‘d“s “{l;l‘:z:fi reside. A\dlr. urlbnlfi'fi was a modest, man, an sessed thosi qualities fl-l;gd old-time mues ‘Wwhich \reinszfiiugi mcn and affectionate esteem of all who knew MANCHESTER UNITY STATISTICS. The London Timex of June 6 kas L‘\:zsc follow- Ing paragraph, giving the_statistics concerning the Manchester Unity, or English socicty from - hich the Odd-Fellows of his countrv took The delegates constituting the Annoal Morabla Committce, or Centrsl Geserning Body, of tho Manchester Unity'assembled yesterday morning at TRyde for the transaction of the business of the Or- der. Mr. J. T. Cox, the Grana Masterof the Unity, presided, andsome360 delegates were pres- ent. ‘The Grand Master, in the course of hiy in- angural address, conaratulated the Unity on its steady prozress, numericaily and financially. Dur- ing Jast year 35,620 members were initiated, the total number being 508,013,—nn increase of 11,845. The recci pEafor the.yeur bad been £650. 031 1%s. 6d.. und the expenses for sick and funeral benehits had been £459, 862 1s. 6d., leavinga sur- plus of £190,169 10s. §d.. and making the total accumulated funds of the Unity £3,879, 730 0s. 2d. Referring to the now Frienaly Societies Act, the Grand Master pointed out that the bill® the Chanoellor of the Exchequor had introduced into Patliament would remove the objections enter- tained to lezislation by afillated socicties, and ob. gerved that the measare might now be resarded aa- one of the greatcst lielps that had ever buen afs forded to the working-classes by Government. A. L. Barry, R‘{i}t Crand Tr . L. 'y . Grand Treasurer, of was in the city yestorday. g Gen. J. C. Smith, Grand Seribe, fla- delphis, on Ccnwll’;nin.l e Bl Fort Dearborn Lodge installed its officers st o :g:g;l meeting last evening—the first of the Fond du Lac Lodge No. 30, Wia., have just ‘bought“two new flags for their parade o thtg.' ags for their parade on'the Evergreen Lodge No. 265, Remembra Lodgo No. 79 and MeLean Encsmprcit No.25, of Bloomington, Ill., havé procured ele flags for their %fi'ém July 4. Prvearelelbema The Lodges at Galesburg celebrate the Fourth and have procured, through. A W. Bergaren of that city, elegant new regalia for that oceasion. Bro. Bc?grcn procured " the outfits in Chicago last week. 4 * ‘There will be a public instalation of the offl- cers of Rochambeau Lodge No. 532 next Wed- nesday evening, at 8 o’clock, with music and nd- dresses in Frenwh and English by Prof. Delafon- tain, Demars, DeVerme nnd others. S. B. Walker, Eaq., onc of the oldest and most highly esteemed members of Excelsior Lodge No. 22, will leave in a few days for the mit‘)lunmhal :fi ‘Vermont—his thl;tlve State. He will spen 6 summer months there, and visit Philadclphia in October. i Dr. S8amuel Willard, P. G. Rep., Prof. of His- tory in the High School, is preparing s serles of lectures on History. The; wuf beof the highest character, as their'author Is not only thorough- 1y versed in the facts of history, but is otler- wisc admirably fitted by nature and education for his work. MISCELLANEOTUS. 6.A. R. - The formal muster-in of the new post of the G. A. R, in the neighborhood of Twelfth and State streets, took place,on last Friday evening at No. 717 State street, by Commander E. 8. ‘Weeden, who also installed the officers. They arc as follows: Commander—F. C. Vierling." 8. Vice-Commander—B. S." Wakeman. J. .Vice- Commander—D. B. Kenyon. 8. . —George A. Elton. icer of the Day—William Punch. Officer of the Guard—Terrence Newman, Chaplain—Richard Higging. ¥ After the ceremonies Com. Weeden addressed the Post. He congratulated the members on their success and gave them some good advics, and closed by saying that he saw no rcason why it should not be oné of the' largest “and best Posts in the State within a short time. The new Post is to be known as ‘‘Carson Post No. 40,? and will meet regularly on Friday evenings. K. OF P. At Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 8, K. of P., last Wednesday evening, the following oflicers wero elected for the ensning term: 3 C, C.—John Brennan. V. C.—Thomas J. Shea. -Alexander Henderson. Abe Lipman, Thie installstion will take plzce next Wednes- day evening. . Cruseder Lodge No.'1, K. of P., wfl hold a public installation of their officers ne:t Tuesilay evening in Grand-Lodge Hall, cornerof LaSalie and Adams streets.-: .. i 1.0. 8. B. Tllinots Lodge No. 264 elected the following fis om%‘;nf»‘]" lh[l‘!item; Geul"_l’ze-;hflx “s!: lent ; es_Livingstone, . ident ; Livingstone, Treasurer; & F. Bach. Finauclal Becretary; J.( Mayer, ‘1591',(1{" Js‘clgl"cufi\;_: e o e e itenel, L. 1. Fréibor- 3 NOTES. A. . Calkins, of Davenport, In., was in the city last week. John Sheville is daily expected home from an extended trip through Towa. . A. McCartuey, of Chlcago, 1s - traveling f.h‘r’augh Tows, Mlsxy(;n.rl, Nebraska, and Kangas. istory, of this city, has secured e o “Fhatel in New York for theis headguarters Aug. 14 and 15. B . Smith, 824, of Oriental Conslstory, a gfllzke;t o Alntlpm'ls :sendlpg a few days East, in New York and Philadelphia. - 3 T. T. Gurney, 334, of Oricntal Con- sismmrgr& this city, wng’ln sttendance upoa the National Board of Trade held lately in New York City- Late advices from M. W. Bro. George E. ‘Lounsbury, of Cairo, state that the iflness which prevented him participating in the cerc- mouies at Danville Jast week still continues quite serious. 7, - H St. Bernard Commandery No. 35 K. T., has received an invitation from Laporte Command- ery, Ind., to icipate with them'in a Templar 1. %er. and L Goldstine Trustces; AL Silver, . OF L. Abraham LincolyL0dge, No. 49, clected.their offcers a6 Folloms. - George Braham, President; A. J. Myers, Vier<resident; John Jones, Treas- urer. o ——— a2orcine Monstrosity. Jan Prancisca Chronicle. The City/L Peking, which arrived from China last Satsuay, brought o monstrosity in the shape ¢ 8 hoz *From between' its shoulders Grops an excrescence covered with bristlcs, and abedt the size Of a large cocoanut. It hangs erlectly free and s eusily movable. - Alung the de of it extendsa row of four or five upper nippls, and its whole ap ce and feeting shows it to be nearly identical with the udder of ‘acow. From what would be the lower end if it were pendent fnstead of Iying upon the back of the animal, arc five long, finger-shaped protub- erances, grestly resemblingthe fingers of the humaa ‘hind and perloctlypliable. These ars also covered with long, st{ff bristles, and from the end of each of them depends a long black claw, as near like the claws of a as any- thing else, the ends of them being as sharp as though theyhad been.treated with o file. The- ears of this lieak of natarg are fully s large as an clephant’s,being at lenst 8 inches wide by 10 long, and Lanr down over the animal’s cyes, completely blinting it. Souseless Lave the éycs ‘becowne in consquence that they have shrunk away untfl they kve almost disappeared. Since it reached the agt of 6 months it bas been un- able to stand, arl it has lain since then on its left side, and it nyer stirs from that position. In spite of all the lisadvantages it has lubored under, it has constntly increased In size, until at the age of 12 mnths 1t weighs £00 pounds. It is'the_property ¢ a Chinaman who_lives at Hartford, Conn., to vhich place it will be for warded. IMutually Carlm; for Each Other. The Oakland (Cal.) Z-wscripttells the follosw- ing pleasant story: “Yiere has lived in this city the past few years & yulet, modest gentle man, by the name of Petr Miller. He has re- sided in this Btate twentyears, worked in the mines, and part of the tirt at his trade, carpen- tering. Years ago he somenced to send home to his widowed fmother, liug in Michizan, wlat he could afford to spare I his earnings. Be- ing a bachelor, he could 1t brook theidea of ‘having the idol of his heartofl in her declining years; conscquently he s her money from time to time, making Do 1try of it, but pre- suming his worthy relative-ould use it as she deemed pruper. "After ycs of absence ‘mother kept writing for hitto retarn, but like other old Californfans he \\’fi)l’onfl, and did not. desire to go back until Hhad sufficient to ¢ghow that hewas from theslden State. Time -works changes, 8o it did wit Peter; he found -himself about a month ag without lulv:— *strappeil,’ to use the comua term—end the surroundings nefther pleasasnor satisfactory. He was unwell, and thought ? home and the friends of his youth back in ‘e Wolverine dis- tricts. He wrote to his moth that he could not conceal his pride any loog and stated the stiuation; if he mone; hc,&xld return; but e had to make it Monday 1o¥he receized a. check for and in the lettexas stated that the money he had been aendé:a;mc.!or yeurs had been Invested in real , and that he had better come back and takeharze of his property, Whicir was worth over 3 . =