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

et THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1876, ——ee—eee b ‘ THE CITY. day to Condon's, on the corner of Cologne and Deering streets, Thero are how about forty f En;!{lu for the Xrlzcs V{IlI‘Ell ‘lvl{llbl()selmxrf"\{“r c||\o . 8l gamca. meeting wi held _Monda) NEWS. 1| miantRe Grients court an Weat. Harrizon street to complete all arrangements. THE BLRCTRICIANS, The Chicngo Electrical Soclety held fts rec- ular monthly meoting Inst cveming ut the oftico of Gen. Anson Stager, In the Unfon Building, Presldent J, P, Barrett fn the chalr, A paper on electriclty, ne nrpllcd to_the telegraph, was read ’by Mr. _C. 8. Jones, Bu- perintendent of the Tele‘;mph Department of the Tllinols - Central "Rallrond. Ha mndo some interesting remiarks on the condi- tion of telegraphy aa a acience aud an artn quarter of & century ngo. Mr. B, M, Barton, Becretary of the Western Electrle Mauufucturing Company, was excusceid from lecturing on the clectric telegraph uutil next mccuni.v. Dr. E. A, il by request af the Prestdent, explained some phencmena fn conneetlon with the working of Seclanche and other hattorles, "The excrclses were interapersad with music. CIBCKERS. ‘The announcement of a chazker tournament tobeheld In this city sent n ropdrter around looking the afuir up, and thai he was not ahlo to flud it was owiug to the rcmnrlmmf gootl reagon that no such thing existed. It ap- peared upon fnquiry that Junc 17 Inst Messra, J, Blanchard, O. P, Hathaway, and O, D. Orvig arranged n firnugffl. tournament on the general plan of having cacli entry put up 85 townrds n prize for the winner. It waa' Intended to have cach person who entered play ten gmincs with overy other entry, and to Nave tlie contests cominence Aug,” 1. When the date arrived, however, it nppeared that It was too hot to ent ter into any tournament, und the affulr was con- GENERAL The noon prayer-meeting will to-day‘bo lcg by F. 11, Revell. Arvid Qumalius, member of the Swedish Parllament and aditor-tn-chief of Nerkes Atie- hunda and Allehanda for Folket, Blockholm, la eojourning at tho Tremont House, f A mceeting of the Homeopathle physielans was to bave been hield at the Tremont last eveniog, But the three gontlemen and one tady who did imeet falled to constitute & quorum, and thoy accordingly adjourneds The temperatuce yesterday, as obeerved by Manasac, optician, 88 Madison street (TRinuNa " Bullalg), was at 8 . m., 77 degreca: 10a. my 0. 12 m., 89; 3 p. m., 83; 8 p. m., 7. Barom eter, 8s, in., 20.16; 8. ' Pollceman Koenig's condition s reported ns unchapged. Nino daya havs now clapsed sinco the occurrcnce, and his survival would seem to be Insured, wero ‘it not for some doubtful 'physlcians who think tho crisfa’ has not yet wpassed. § A meeting of the users of wood-working ma- chincry bas been called, to toke place at the Grand Pacific this evening, to offect a cancert of waction agafnst the payinent of the royalty tiam- led by the Boston Conductory Compaay on tover's patent shoot. ' _The Raov. Dr. H. M. Fleld, edltor of the New Ly 20.7. York Erangelist, and niece will arrive thismorn- | gequent!; atponed to Sept. 15, when it will ‘lng from Callfornia by the Rock Island traln. lnac Im:ynnméfosa Clark n';:ect. rolspecu are Dr. Field's friends will find hiw at the Grand Pucific, it is to bo hoped, none the warse for lis trip thus far around the world, * { Mra. Sarah Ives, residiog nt No, 1720 Shurtle{t ‘avcnue, died suddenly ot 8:30 last evening, at Yier resldence, and from thie circumstances. at- tending the death heart-dlsease s thought to \Jinye been the cauee. She wus o marrled woman, rhutl;‘cnlvcn no children, Tho Coroner hus leen xotified. Joln Burke, 8 years of age, reslding with his parents st No, 28 Twenty-thlrd street, while uucmpunfi:n Jump off a frain on the Michigan Bauthern Raffrowd, at the 'L‘wn-ntf-scunml atreet crossing, fell under the cars and had s right ey so budly crushed that amputation will prob- nlxli)' be necessary. . There {s nothing new In the baillwick of the whieky exites over the Rlilne, They think that the restdent will in n short time tqualize the sentences of all to three montha, X, A, Btorrs and Wash Ileslng, who have been fn Washing- ton for the past tew or twelve days In thele fi- terest, ure expeeted home this morning. Late Wednesdny evening Oflicer Edward Fitz- Berald, of the Cottage Grove Aveuue Statiun, Jound a 2 months old femnle ehild lylng on o reass plat In front of No. 1077 Wabnsh dvenue. 'I'hu chulil was neatly and comfortably dressed in a white Hnen dress and red flannel underclothes, and wus yesterday sent to the Homo of the Friendleas'by Justice Sunimerficld. For want of n Letter nume {t was chifstened Etta Delmay, At nmeeting of the artists of this city held Inst cvening at the Academy of Design, J. Roy Ttobertson i the chalr, it Wos resolyed by the Jlmners us a budy not to aceepl the Invitation of he Art Commlitree of the Exposition, to cou- tribute enough of thelr works to fill one of the rouins in the gallery for the fall exhibitions but us fndividuals they promised to extend thelr co- wperaiion s far as possible, The nrtists felt as u body that the Academy of Design hud the first clafm. A very end necddent is reported from Thorn- ton Statfon, 22 miles from this city. Wednesda) laet two daughters of Murtin Kogler, u well- Xknown und sespeetable resident In” the village, went down to udpnml in & stone-quarry for the purpose of paddling In the water. Aceldentally 1he two children, oo nged 4 years and theother 16, fell {uto the water fnd were unale Lto et out. Thelr mother heord thelr ‘scrcams, and rushed down to the pond barely In time to rescue her, loved oncs, but in the exeltement und fright she became exhaust- e, nued was unablo to reseuc berself after sav- fng the children. The body wus recovered soon afterward, but 100 late, for life was_ already ex- thet. Coroner Dietzsch held the inquest yeeterday, and returned a verdict 1n accordanes :’mh the talu told by the two motherless chil- ren. Fears were entertolned around the Times of- fice Inst evening that an oflleer, armed with o requlsition from the Governor of Wisconsln and the cuetomary papers lssued by the Executive of this State, would made a rifd on Wilbur I Btorey, with a view of arresting him, conse- quent upon an Indictment having been found eayalust bim In_ Milwaukee for mallcionsly Aibeling Chief-ol-Pollce Beck, of that city. Sherdil Agnew vas promptly uotitied of the impending danger. An Imporiant attacho of the ZYmer was promptly on hand at the Jail, and Mr. Storcy’s Jawver, whose brenst-pockets were filled with tlie necessary ers_to sceure the Ammediate ssuauce of a writ of hnbeas curpus, wwas not far distant. Al the preparations, how- aver, proved uscle: “The ofticer i not JIIII. n an appearance, and the vonerable cditor of iy Two papers, both dnily," slept the sleepof the E mlr;;u\ Leautifal within the walls of bis own omicile. that twenty or more of tho best playcrs of the Northwest” will be preseit and compete, and that the tournnmont will bo a decided suceesd, TNE EXPOSITION GARDIER CONCE The innuagers of the Cryelal Garden concerts in tho Exposition Budlding Lave engaged Mrs. Helen Auies Bllling, o vocallst well known In New York. 8he will make iaer firat l‘?mmflmu to-day. Mrs, Flora Mueller {nee Kuntze), of Cincinnatl, has also been enmuged, and will take part fn_the performonces Sunday and there- ofter. Next weok the (lerman Military Band, rning from Phitadelphiu, ‘will fuliil” an en- sment nt the Crystal Garden. These abund- nt provialons for sustaluing the high standacd of exeellence which hins becn established at this dellghtful plnce of summer-pesort will be grat- ifyinie to nll who frequent it, and should basuf- ficlent to Increase the attendance largely. —— TIIE COUNTY BOARD. DILLS, ETC. An adjourned meeting of the County Board sras bield yesterday afternoon, all the memnbers belng prescut exeept Mr. Herting, A communieation was read from Architect Corchrane asking that P. J. 8exton, contractor o thio new County Hospital, be pald $10,000 on 1is contruct, Referred to tlw Committee on Publle Buitdings and Hospital. Numerous bills wore then read and referred, among which was one for clothing for the In- gane Asylum, amounting to $484, from McElevy & Co. (Perfolut), nnd one of §38.25 for wosbing for the County Jail. ‘I'he pay-roll for the County Clerk’s office for the month of July, amounting to $6,042.77, was rnanlcd on fayorably, as alao-the Sherlfl’s pay- roll, smounting to §7,808.21, ‘I'ng Committee on Jall and Jall Accounts re- ported favorably on billsatnormting to $8,648.30, Mr, Burdick Inquired as to the necessity of retaining u Superintendent at the Insane Asy. Jum, since the work there had been completed, Mr. McUn(n'c‘v replied that the work hud not ‘been completed; that a cistern. was belug con- structed and other fmprovements were in prog- vess, and that the services of the Superintend- nnt could not be dispensed with at once. ‘The Committee on Publle Charities reported in favor of allowing bills amomating to $1,638.57, Among the Items was the McCitTrey llvery bill umounting to $74, and §16 for funing planvs, COUNT-HOUSK BTCINE. Mr. Conly offered u resolution providing that In the bullding of the Conrt-touwse the selection of stuno be confined exclusively to llmestone. Mr. Guenther was opposed to taking any gc- tion fn the matter without the co-operatlin of tho cll{ authorltlos, who were entitled to somo reapect, Mr. Buseo wanted this resolution tabled tem- porarlly, There were bids in for doinz this wark $100,000 cheaper than it could be done with Lemont stone, and inasmuch us the adver- tigement for vropusals covered all kinds of utone, the resolution wns out of place. Mr, Guenther was opposed to lLaving the Comnmittee to whom thie stone matter hnd been referred instructed. Mr. Ayars was of the suine opinfon. Alr, Conly sald the Committes wanted In- structions, ‘I'ie motion to tablo the resolution was flually lost by the following vote: Yeas—Aynrs, Burdick, Busse, Guenther, Hol. den, Schmidt, and Tabor— Nuys—Cotri Catfrey, Mulloy, Cleary, Conly, Lonergan, Mos Johnson—7. Mit. BUIDIOK then took the floor on a motlon to sdopt the resvlution, e ald this question of cost stould be consldered Inany action tuken, He called atlention to the fact that tho Jowest bid for 1e- mont stune was 855,000, un excess over soine of the sundstonu bids of “§100,000, He then proceeided to soeak of the relative durability und worth of lme anil sandstone, and snld thut no one who knew what he was speaking of could deny, successfully, that the latter was superlor to tiie former. Limestone was not _adapted to this climate, and could not stand it. Evidenceof {1a crumbling and sealing was seen on ml sides fun this vity, and he detled any oue to point to s bullding constructed of limestono thut was not defaced, Alr, Conly wanted to be polnted to some buflid. ing where the sealing and decay spoken of could ba sean, at the rame time clllng witention to the diterence between the stone at Lemout and ot Jower poluts along the canal, Mr. Burdick polnted the gentleman to his res- idence, which wus ane of a block of tive hl\llxllllFfl on Michigan avenue, where he wonld fiud the sealing und erumbling he hud spoken of, Mr, Clear, at stone ure you tulking ont [Applause. ADUSE OF CONFIDENCE, The procuring of free passes from rallrond tompanies and eclling them to sealpers ecems Lo have grown to e quite a trade, A day or 2wo ago ex-Clty-Clerk Forrest sent.n request to one of the Superintemdents of the rallroads rentering i this ety 1o give the man MeGirren, Turmerly a inessenger in the Council, & pass to Couuel) Blutle, The request was camplicd with. Previous to this Mctlrren lad haunted the ofices of seversl ex-Aldermen nsking them to use thelr jufluence to get hin u pass to some ‘place, but without suceess on his part. Mctirren, however, obtufued” the dealred Tnxmlmunl through Jue Forrest, and proceeded imedlately to hypotheeate it He visited sev- eral of the tleket senlpers, und finully sold It to @ Clork strect firm for §11, The detectives of e Company heant of (¢, and one of them was detalled to ggo and buy the pass, which the ecalper allowed to passont of his possesslon only upon payment of 314 The Comipany pald the cash and then rent word to Mr, Forrest that n cheels for §14 woulld be fu order, amd reluted to Lilm the circumstances. Mr, Forreat promptly p. 1le acted from kindly motives eoward MeGlrren, and It wis the abuse of that. Elndness which hag _caused all the trouble, It Is not llkely that McGireen will soon be the Iplent of “anothier pags from o rallread com- MR, GUENTHER was opposed to the ndoption of this resolution. ‘To adupt it would put the county in the hands of a munopoly sud a ** ring,"” which would cost the people wot Jess than $120,000, [ie would never vote for the resolutlon for this reason, that it was unjust to the public, ‘Iho county was uider no speeis! obligation to Lemont, fur it paidd fts puupers fur inore than it recel frow Jts property-owners agtaxes. Jle belley there waus other cheuper” and * better stone hundreds of miles away, and he would not hesi- tate when the timo cotie to cast his vota in thy fnterceat of publlie cconomy rather thun of the “ring ¥ utiempted to bo'folsted on the people, CHANGED 1118 MIND, Miv McCaffrey spoke i favor of the resolu- tlony nud wanted and would have notblng else thun Lemont stone. Mr, Burdiek—tlow long has it been since you chsngel your oplnlon f Mr. McCuffrey—When was I of a different oplsdond M Burdick—=1 can prove that You have changed your views very radically, My, Ayars voferred to MeCaffrey's plea for tho laboving-inen I his argument for Lemont stone, und »afd that it wes all buncombe. What- uver stone wus ndoped the cutting of it would be done fn Cook County und the Clty of Chivago, Mr. Cleary wanted the whole mutter referred to the Joint Committee on Fublic Buildings and . Publie Service with instruction to report Mon- TILE TAX CASES, The morning seasion_ of the County Courl yesterday was more Interesting than tsual, fne &ane cases belng on trial; but the alternoon yielded only dry abstractions, the tax cascs be- Loz oiain taken np. p Judire Wallace held, as to the ul)‘]‘:c(lnn that the ity tax ordinance wus not published, that it Lod been published us contempluted by the tnevitable conclusion from the evi- eding the polnt that the ndoption peral Tncorporation act abrogated all provisfons of the old charter, ho sund it was u-rmlnl{' not the intention of Leglslature to vepeal the special eharters, slnce it il saved in the City aud Village ooty wlt lawsior purts of Jaws not fuconsi; L with the G 1 Incorpo- ration nct. The only question shers was fn relus om 10 1, 30 far us he el heen able 1o asee taln, wurs I8 nat the et of incorporation wn- eonstitutional, hecause of its apparing o8 un amendient £ wnd that question bug been dis- e Court. to be argucd—the Je-. y the rea adjudicatn the lawfuluess of the . These will be tuken - s ave renclied,—per- by many pereons I\’Ir. Tuese offered un_omendment that the Committec on Public Buildings of the City Councll be added, Several members joined in an apparently pre- concerted exclamatfon that the ¢ty hud nothing to suy i the matter, LIMBSTONE ANEAD, Tha motion of My, Cleary to refer the resolu- tlon wus then put and Jost by the following A VALUABLE PERIODICAL. Perrons deslring complete and relfable In- formation un the subject uf lmiugu should gub- seribe for the J¥ i Postal Lecord. On page 23 of the munber for August, aletter rom Uhé Post-Oftice. Dopartment at Waehing- ton gives the postage on third-cluss matter )| runsfent newspupers, pamphlets, ete.dnsl cent | votas or every 2 vunces or fracondl part of 2| Yeas—Tuwe, Cloary, Guentlier, Mulloy, ounces. T mo_ofliclal_annomicement s | Seynidt, Tabor—0, made an Yngud On_paze 20, uuder * Rulings | . Auve—Ayars, Burdicts, Carroll, Conly, Holden, of tho Post-Ullice Depurtinent,” the states | Lanerzan, McCatlrey, dobnson—5. wient is ade in two liferent paragrphs that third-cluss mattey must be pald ut the rute of 1 cent fur each ouuee or fraction the wiariuns tell us that twonegutlyes are to an aflinmative, but they lave ne to Infoym s 08 Lo tho cffect of two statineuts di- rectly contradictory to two otlier stutements. Io J\ull to the Welern Loatal Hecord it should b said that in the r*t'l of Jetter posts 2i¢ Lo points in the United Rtates, thero §s no ambigulty or confllct of stutemcot, us these fsates uro omitted altogether. UAKD-BALL, A meeting of hund-bal) experts was held last nlt'ht at Carmody & O'Malley’s court, corner of Chicago avenue and Frauklin streot, to muke arrangements for the hand-ball tournameut which is soon to be neld In this city, undin which all fovers of tlhie game are unusially in- tetested. There were present Ald. Q'Biien, aud Messrs, Carmody, O'Moalley, Coudon, Ci diby, Hurrity, and several otliers. Aithough 2ley did not complcte the arrangewments, it was wleclded to comuence the gunes on the 1ith of his month by ufiunu of tho First and Sccond clshs fu Carmody & O'Malley’s court. The dullowing Wedaealsy the seene will change to +Ald. O'Hricn's cqurty and then sagau ou Satuy The motlon to mluln. Nuestono was then put andd carrled by the following vote: Yeus—Cargoll, Cleury, Conly, Lonergan, McCaf- frey, Mulloy, "Pubor, Johnsun—8. Auys \J“" Burdiek, Busee, Uuontlier, Holden, Sclumdt—d, ‘I'he Board then adjourncd adust constder- able exeitement sad confusiod. s THE FAST TRAIN, . WIAT PIIVATE ENTERPIISE 18 DOINO. ‘Tho widely-heralded sunouncement of tho withdraws) of the fast-mall tralus hus led the Weatern public to suppose that they were to be relegated to tho old system fn their communi- catfon with New York; butan fnquiry reveals the fact that privafe entcrpylse is dong for the people what the Confederate House of Repre- scntatives have cut off the rallwuys from doing, It is of course well kuown thut one of the fost traius, and the one on which Bt. Louts and Cin- vinnat! wers dependent for thetr il was run over the Penneylvaula Raltroud from Philudelphia to Pittsburg, from which lace it took s sliout to the two citles named. uch as the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Cld- % engo Road, the direct line from here to Pitts. brirg, was aloo controlled by the Pennsylvania Road, the management thercofl (commonly known ns Tom Beott) kept up tho fast time to thia clty, and by offering passenger facilltios really ling the ndvantare of the lake and Canada Iinea, It e no little tribute to the cutorprise of the Pennsylvania Rond that they have kept up their fast traln from Philadelphia to Chics) withont the mall, and have every day bealen tho niulls about twelve liours. But the enterprise of the road would have avafled the people of Chicago very little after all had it not heen supplemented by the action of Adans Express Company. As before stated, the Pennsylvanin l,omrnn: nul?‘ pravided for n service from Philadelphia to Chicago, aud, ines- much as nohody cares what happens In Piilla- delphin anyway, that was not of so great im- portance, “In this strakt, Adams Ex“mn Com- pany stepped i1 and offered the Railrond Com- pany 4 very liberal sum_to haul two cars from New York” to Philadelphia in time to connect with the fast train, Tho bargain wns struck, and now the Chicago people are, thanks to the Exrweu Compuny, twelve hours nhead of the mila, This makes itsclf felt to the newspapers by delivering to them their Now York exclianges Imifa day before the tardy malls could briny them, Forthe forethought which gave this !\rl\‘llcgu the press aro Indebted to Mr, Anson Jorton, agent of Adama Express in this city, There ia no donbt that tho Corpany will tind 'a rich reward for thelr entorprise in Increased PALronigo. COLVIN OR IIOYNE. THE ACTS OF THE LATTRR NOT VALID Comptroller Farwell yesterday requested City-Attorney Tuthill to piepare nn opinlon that shonld direct him (Farwell) in the payment of money to the former Mayor of Chicago— Colvin or Hoyne. Mr. Tuthill responded m tho following: T reply to fnnr commnnication of recent dato asking my opinfon ax to the valldity of the acts af the 1ton. Thomas Hoyne in removing certain afil- cers aud employes of the city whilo Acting Mayor of the city by virine of the clection held on the 18th_day of April. 1870, and ns ta whom yon shonld pay tho Anlury of the Mayor during ‘the period mentioned, T have the honor to rubmit the following: It I8 proper to say ln the ontset that forull the purposes of this opinion I am bound to accept tho declsion of the Circait Court in the auit Inetituted to try Mr, Hoyne's titla to_the oftice as the Jaw, 1t lins beon so accepted and acted spon by all partios, incinding Mr. Hoyue Mmsell. The decislon of tha Court wav adversa to the cloims set np hy—or ralher for—Mr. Hoyne, 1t declarod him, duriig the timo he assumed to act as Mayor, to lave had no title to the ofiice, —to have beey & moro wsurper. And it declared that Mr, Colvin was at the “dno le‘umy entitied to dlachargo the dutics of the oftice of Mayor, 1t may be ninintalned, howeyer, that Mr. Ioyne, clafming nnder color of enid election, wea {netailea in the ottice of Mayor, was recognized by the City Council and several of the departments, and that ho did actually discharge the duties of the ofiice of Mayar, and_tiat, therefore, although he was not ho'de jure Mayor, he was tho de facto Mayor of Lhe clty. I.;ndcr the view I take of the care, Ido not deem 1t necessary to discums tho question as to whether Mr, lloynnulmhllnfi. in view of all the circam. stances, was such 8 Lolding as to make him, in the oyeof (e law, the de facto ofiiclal, I base my oninion upon the theory that he was the do facto Muyor of the clty, 'Tho acts of siuch an ofil. cer atc for certain purposes validated by tho Iaw, 'Tho law,recognizing the fact that persons whonre_not legal oicers sometimes ssanme to be sucl, have tho rcputation of belng snch, snd ' net ns such, nccepts snd ratifles thoir ofMcial acts, im so far this 8s fanccessaty to protect public intorosta and tho rights of third parties. Individual cltizena cannot, before they veutare upon the transaction of any buslnees with ane who assumes to be s public ofi- cer, be required to examine into his utle to tho oflice, S0 farna thoy are concerned, it fs enongh 1f ho haye the raputation of being such officer, aven though be be not 2 good oMicer in point of law, Cilfef-Justice Butler, In Stata vs. Carroll, 38 Conn,, 4-71, in an clnborate and singularly clear deciaion, reviewing all the leading cases, says, **An oficor do facto 18 oné - whoee acis, though not those of u lawtul onicer, tha law, ypon princlple ot policy and justice, wiit huld valid, s Inr g they Involve tho interests of the pablic and ml:d y.-)nn cs when the dutlea of the office were ex- ercieed. ™ Dut not every nct of ade facto officor Is valldated, The object of tho ralo Is to protect the public and tho rights of third persons. 'The ressonof the rule falls cxcept n such cases, and henca the rule falls. The declelgna fnether bold that voluntary and arbifrary acts on the part of a de facto officer, acta \rhich the reacon of tho rule docs not reqaire the legal ratification uf, are not valld and binding. In tho celebrated care of the King va, n Andrewn 163, Lea, Ghicf Justice, said tht $n thoso cuses the propor question fa_ whether the person be .un offlcer de facto an to the particular purpose un. der conalderation. That the proper dlstinction fn betwoen such acts 08 ore necessary for the good of the bady, which comprohend Judiclal and ‘minis. torlal actd, nnd auch as are arblirry and volantary. ‘This limitation of tho rnlo has been recognlzed and adopted i this country in every cawe, #o faf as my rescarch has gone, in Which Ita existenca be- Camo n qaestion. 1L wan no recognized by Ch cellor lent fu tho cas of Tho Poople va. Colifus, 7 doln, 350, and by another distingalelied Judge in the €ase of Tho Vestry of St. Luko's Church va. Mattuews, (u 4 Deasn, 678, "('he limitution in an firmly established as is the rule ftaelf, It only remafns, therefore, to decide o8 to what wan tho charucler of the acta of AMr. Tloyue lu removing officers of the city. Admitting thot he wan a de facio ofiicer, does Lo law validate #uch acts done by him? 1 'am of the opinjon that it dovs yot, Such Acts wero not ncts necessary Lo bo o In the Intorests of (he public. The Intereata of the public demand that ofices be filled, for, In contemplation of lnw at lenst, howevor it bo lu fact, vfticea exist for the public good, Neither wuch acts come under tho head of those which nffect the righta of third persons, and are therofore validated, ‘The removalof au officer 148 purely voluntary nnd arbltrary act, snd hence, under an nnvarging line of authorlties in’ tifs country and England, can be done vnly hy one who i ‘I;ul. merely o de facto, buta de jure, oflicer him- welf. 1 um clenr, therefors, that Mr. Iioyne's acts switile hio was nasuming to act as Mayor [n rumoving officera and employes of the clty were not valld, 1 am 180 of the opimion that the salary of the office uf Mayor can only be pald to Mr! Colvin, whom, the decivon of tho Court has higld 10 have been tho lawfel Muyor dnring tho timo Mr. loyne wan acting, do facto officer cannot ank more for Wjmaclf than that he = sbould be offorded protection and {mmunity from actlons for the performance of official acts, This, most nuauredly, in such n case as tho present, when the ouly defect'in the title of tho de facto officer waw, o declded h{ the Court, a narrow and naked technieality, would be grunted by any Court sitting to udminisicr justice. Tut a de fucto officer can clalm no more for him- self, There tn 1o provision of law for the payment of ihe ralary of Mayor ta pre than one porson. That perwonTn ho whom the Court han declared to huue been the Inwful Mayorduring the period of Mz, Hoynu's incumbency. Keapecttully, Rictanw 8, Turmus, Clty-Attorney, LITHE CITY-ITALL, The recelpts yesterdayfrom the Water De- partment wero 82,273, and from the Licenso De- partment, $4,500. Bvrit. O'Connor, of the Armory squad, yes- terduy sent in his reslgnution to the Chicf-of- Pollee. The thing wag accepted and takea effect to-day. The eve of a grand bounce is a bad thne to resign. . The Board of Publlc Works yestorday audited thele monthly pay-rolls of $35,000, and also is- sued an cstfmato of $4,000 to Jumes Kincaid for wurk on thwe Milwauikes avenue viaduct, which {8 progressing rupldly and satlsfactorily, ‘Waork on the paving and fitling of Dlue Island uvenue has been temporarily stopped, owlng to the fuet that the contractor was unable to ob- tuln dirt wherewith to ), Work will shortly be resumed. ‘ "I'he Committec on Licenacs fs colled for Mon. duy nt 1L o'clock [n the City Clerk's oftlee, The Specinl Committee on Paving will meet In the Couneil Chinmber this afternoon, and the 8pecial Commilteo uppointed to make an examivation of the origlial bids for the coustruction of the Tullerton ayenue conduit and the Weat 8ide water tunnel will meet fn the Clty Clerk's oflico at 4 p. m, toaday, A shrewdt advertiser called upon the Bonrd of Public Works uakmlu{ and wanted perintssion to puint upon both ends of all the bridge-piers in the eity the name of his patent medicine, so that persons In crossiug the bridge could not avold seelng the name. ~ He offered 2350 for the priviteges Nio wan referred to the Councll, and there he will undoubtedly be vefused, as similar applicauts have heretofore Leen, ‘There was no little grumbling done yestel by sundry clerks und ofliclals over the npg- Iijustice done to o cf named Ellwood, held o position under the Board, Lie was discl nat appear, h satlstuctory employe, and a brother of Ald, Cleveland was put “fu the vacancy, Complafug was mado uot ouly neainst the Board, but also sgulust Ald. Cleveland. ‘The popular loan was Invested lu yesterda; tothe &l{:nl of $24500. The subscri ‘érl wer{ B, M. Iuaddock, 610,000 C, . Liuvs, $5,000; T7M, Adsit, 85,0005 J. K. Dyson, 85003 and pert sons who ated that their namnes be withe held, $1,500. The Comptroller was yesterday assured tint there werw to b soine lurgy whounts wivaneed this week b{' persous who haveas yet rematoed in vbseurity, The larity of the loan I3 now catablished, Thera will "be great rofoleing by the clty employcs wlen o pay-dsy Is unnounced. The discharged city emploves are about to be pald in full for thelepast services, Mayor Heath and the t:um‘introller talked it sll over yester- day, and decided to pay the dhdmfl;e\l hands of the Board of Fublic Works, as follows: South day who it scems that «d, though for what reason does huviug always been conaldered a grant, gixty days; Diviston street Iaborera, Satnrdays North Di- vislon Iaborers, Monday; West Divlslon labor- ers, Tneaday; the water and rewerage hands Wednesdny. ' The salarics are for four months work, and wIll amount to about §100,000, Pay- menta will i made at the Ex){!)sllhm Building. The discharged handa of the other Departments —clerks, firemen, pollcemen, ete.~will proba- biy be pafd shortly afterwanl—at lenst one month's satary, Tho receipta from the popular Toan will be used for the purpuse, qud conse- uently the payment of one imonth’s saloary to thy reinalning émployes may bo deferred be- yond the time when the Comptroller had ex- Yncml 10 pay unless there is a iphd taking of he loan befora the closo of next week. Tho Comptroller Is busily preparing for a payment. The Mayor, Commissfonera Thompson and Prindiville, of the Board o Public Works, City- Engincer Chesbrotigh, and Capt, Davis, of the United States Light-Houss Baard, madu o vislt to the crib last Wedneedny to sec about placing a light-house there to take the place of the one recently destroyed by o licavy etorm. Capt, Davia recognizes tho absolute neceesity of 4 nfm. both for the protection of shlrplm; and the erlb, and thinks that he can get the Govern- ment to make the desired improvement. A bill was passed In the Ilouso of lwrrt:acnmuvua mnkrng an nppropriation of §5,000, but the menstire was lost in tho Scnnte. Tho stm ilght be made up from some contingont fund, and this Capt. Davls thinks will prolmlylf Do done, A substantinl, powerful light s what is wanted by tho city ' authorities, and the Government wants no jurisdiction over it or uver tho crib, ns was at one time supposcd, uxu;iw. to have o mon thero - to tgke clarge of the light, cte. ‘There I8 nol.hlnp{ new in _the reduction excite. ment, except that tho police magnates had o mecting yosterdny mnorning and reported the names of thelr victims, The men, sixty fa all, will be_notifled thia mnrnlnlp’zoo( thelr Fomoval, when tho liat of names may be published. That those men who are and haye been the least ben- eficial to the pollee force will be the ones to be discharged thore (8 no doubt. Supt., Hickey has already ehown an impartinl apirit In hia ncts, and says that ho will only act ns the Interests of the clty demand. The Councll Conmittee on Police has had for some weeks a plan for grading the force, makiug threc classes of mon,—first, ave- ond, and third. The first grade will recelye 3350 o year, the second 3700, _and . the third $000. For the comfort, of the men now on the force, it may be sald that nonu of them will be put in the third cluss. That di- vislon will be rescrved for and composed of the ecn hands who want to_learn the business: hould the plun be ndopted, and thers Is reason to believe that 1t will, for the Committes and tho heals of ths Polico Departmont favor thers will not be a reduction In the salaries of all the men, for some, of course, will be put in the second class, and the reduction thus pro- vided for. It is tlatined for tho scheine that the first-class men_ witl not sufler very much, and that it will tend In the futuve to makethe police more ambitfous to scrve falthlully to eccuro promotion to the irst claas. —— CRIMINAL. Josaph MeNally, the would-bo bank swindler, was yesterday bound oyer tothe Criminal Court in $500 ball, A boy named John Anderson is locked up in tho Mndison Street 8tation charged with ex- tracting $2 from tho tM of J. W. Winebrener, of No. 31 South Halsted street. Michaol Healey, who stabbed Michacl Hene nessey about & week sgo, was yesterday before Justico Kaufmann, but, Henncssey being still unable to appear; the case was continued until the 8th fustant, Iver Jacobsop, captured b; Officer F. A, Taylor whilo trylng to shove &queer ? bills of the Paxton Bapk of Indlana atn West Ran- dolph street saloon, was zeawrduy held in $500 bail to the Criminal Cour Willlam Milhousen and Abraham S8trauser had a row on the corner of Thirty-third court and Onoida street, aud Abrahain wus stabbed, He had his sssallant arrested ; a chiange of venue ‘was taken from Summerficld to; Justico D' Wolf, and Milbausen was yesterday bound over to ap- pear before tho Criminal Court for ‘‘nssault with o deadly weapon with intent to do bodily Injury.” A fow days ngo a writ of habeag corpus was Iasued {u the Criminal Court 'z,xlg nufp case of Hucbner, charged with the murder of his wife at Niles Centre. The ovidunce fu the case was heard yeaterday, nmllp{jhu; consldgrable time; all of it has beretofore been publishied. The ro- sult of the hearing wns that ITucbner was re- manded to await the action of the next Graud Jury, ¢ Justice Bummerfleld yesterday sent to the House of Correction Thomas Viggers, disorder- 3” thirty days; Thomns Bweensy and Tim Gnd_v,dlunmerlfly, "’"""fi days cach; Plum- mer Greeloy and Slichaol Shay, tramps, threo ;émi;lz'h;‘ eac] t; J-r{ms| nurua. thirty fln):_i James 5 iug, twenty doys; George” Harrison, va- o Hattio Trnsrfi, drunk, thirty days. Adam Garney and Noal Willlams,Penitentiary birds whoes terns expired yesterday, were bo- fore Comnmissiouer Hoyno upon chirge of rob- biog the Owecnsburg, Ind., Post-Ofilce, - The gmal against them was poaitive, and both were cld to the Criminal Court in 81,000 bafl. ‘The Job was doue several years ago, while they were out on bal upon thoe chasge for which they were scat to the Penitentiary. Unitcd States Commissioner Hoyne yesterday recelved a telegrat from Sherifl” Fhun, of Du- buque, that he bad in his keeplng a gold watch which was stolen from the Commnlssioner's son, John T. Hoyne, while returning home some weeks sgo. - Furthermore, the dispatch sald that tha thiet was under wrrest. If Pall could only got hold of that mmK, $5,000 ball would be but o portion of his punishinent. ‘G, L. Batcbelder and Jenule Pago are respect- able-looking peoplo, and llye at G0 Butterfield street, ahove Thirty-sccond, in a houso which {s owned by s man named Willlam A, Reason, ‘The partles have been backward with the rent., Therefore, the owner yesterday preferred the charge of * liviop together in ait open state of aduitery " agningt the vouple, ‘Thoy went be- fore Justico Meochand gave bonds™ of $400 to awuit examination Thursday. o Yeaterday mornlugr it waa ascertnined that Kerrion Dollard, who was shobl In the Bar- ber atrect riot, was shot by Cornclius O'Brien, and not_ by Juck O'Briun, who was arrested for the deed. “Curnclius was arrcsted In Court yes- terday morning, und was, together with John O'BrienandCasey Uahill, held without bail to wwait tho result of Dollard’s injurics. Last evoning the wounded mun was fn guite a preca- rious condition, and was thought to be rapldly fulling, Cornellus O'Brien was taken beforo hlm in tho evenlng, and was fully [dentitled o8 the person who fired the shot. John Beherens fan erotehety old Jlollander, who has soured on life and living by reason of the loss of his wifo and family In the great Minncsots massacre, and l?' tho tortures of rheumatism, by which he {s bLadly crippled, Bympathy enllsted by his condition and sovers alliictions 13 the ™ only thing that will suve him now from cowlign punish- ment for o crimo he committed “{n a man- ner tnost dlabolical yesterday afternoon. About 3 o'clock two boys namned Wikie Ellls and Frunk Masou, nficd reapectively 13 and 14 years, un- tered his shop uud purchised a stlek of candy, Muson paying for the same. _As they wero leave ing Eilts turmed sud ridiended the ofd man, und muda fuces at him, which so cnraged tho old “fellow thiot lic took out his revolves, o Smith & Wesson, No. £, and fired at the offending boy., Tho bullet missed its mark, but strack Mason in the left hip, Inflcting u very severe and ugly wound. 'The injurcd boy was faken to his home, No, 25 8lolto street, und Belirens was lockedup fu the West Twelfth Street Station, A ratbier respectablo appearing woman giving the name of Olive G, Holliday was yesterday arrested by Officer Decelle, ut the listance of Mrs, Clarinda Newkirk, of Humilton, Mich.,und bLier sistor, Ruth Freuch, While on the paasuge from 8t. Joo to this port, thu ladles aceepted the companfonahip of Mrs. Holliduy, and foumd herquitoagreeable until yeaterday murntug when Mrs, Newkirk notleed thic luss ot u pocket-hook contalping $00, and causcd the sriest of her companion, Upon befng scarched the iest time:, nothing suspivious was ound upon the lady's person, but Alrs, Nowkirl wos still firm in - the convietiun that she was thuthlet, and caused her tu be taken to the Annory, where the misslng Yockuthunk wus found secroted In a shuwl whicl no woman carrled upon her arm, Soveral al- le;scdluwyuunp)mmdunlmlmllu! Mra, Holllduy befure Justice Bumwertold {cnerua and lud thelr case changed to Justlee Footo's office, where the woman was leld fa $500 ball to the Criminal Court. Then these grecdy cormorants pounced down upon the unfortunato woman snd nctually robbed herof o watch and chain and sanie othor jewelry; under pretense of col- Jecting thelr legal fe And all this was done in the Jmumedlate presencs of the Court, — ——a——— A Muppy Fumily, Qolut Mkl (Cul.) Neic. A Gold Hiller has u cat that {s suckling four kittens and a young rat. Yesterday the Juvenite rat wandered o soic distance from the nest rovided for the kittene, when the cat went for t and carded it back. Sho uppeurs to think as well of thu lttle rodent as sliv does of her uwn {uun oues. It would be curious to know what ho status of (hntiuung At will be when its lot forces it Lo cither Keep with the cats or yun with e ratie conncll, and As an evklence that they had ever heen on friendly terins with the Government, putl: ed out from their bolia the ariginal certitieates I~ sugd to thom by me eleven yonra before. Reporter—~**The sreaty you reter to, (eneral, sran mnite with the Sjonx at Kort Plerre, after your attle with thein av Ash [ollow?" ** Yon," aaid the eueral, unid he procecded to relate briofly the cause which led fo that war, anda description of - THE ASI-OLLOW FIONT, of which the following is the substance? TheSfous had been” from timo inmemorlnl. at peace with the whites, but (n the month af Aue runt, 1854, -about 700 lodges of Minnecenjoid, headed by Old Matthews, ar Bear-That-Shrinke, were encampied at Beanden's rans 8 miles from Fort Laramfe, A Mormon train came along and left n lanie cow behind, An Indian killed the cow. ‘The Mormons reported tha fact to Lient. Flemlng, commanding the port at Fort Laramlo, which was 1hen garrisoned h'y etxty men. Lieut. Gratian was sent out with half the ‘gacrison to capture the In- din who slaughtercd the cow. A demaid wos made forthe outtaw, who waa_ a visiter with the tribe, and the Chief enld that lio could not turny him ovee without violating hospitality. The Chief offered to glve three ponles in pnyment for the aick cow. Lieut. Grattan, in luff. deciined recelying reparation, e would accept nnlhln¥slmrl of the man: blood foe blood, man for cow, Huvlag made & formal demond three several times, it fle solominity due fo the oceaslon, he unflmbered six-pounder and polnted It toward the Indinn vil: Ingo, “A'man sood tealy 10 apply the I hied match to the priming, The old Chief placed hia !)m;] befora the muzle of the cannoo, and yelled, *¢ For God's aake, don't shoot: have pity on ut.! With uplified handa ho roceived she’ charge snd was BLOWN TO ATOMS, The Indians then turned upon thelr aemllants and kilied I"ulrly man in the party, including the commander ond the luterpreter. Swift lisar, the Chief whom Gien. Harney met at Fort Laramie thirtecn yeara afterwards and pre- sentod with & sult, picked np one of the dyin eoldicrs and “‘(E“’ him "8 miles to For Laramie, where the man expired. _The indians then hr?m com;i and crossed the Platte. 'Then commenced tho Indian war. Anather event oce carred in the yamy fall which interrunted the eace. P‘" November, 1854, Bpotted Tall, Long Chin, Red Leal, and throe other young braven wiio wera soldiora of the old Chlef killed' near Fort Larmic by Grattan's men, altacked the United States Mail- cuaclion thewayto Salt Lake, killed threa eni: [loyes, wounded Mr. Kincalde, of Salt Lake, nnd hon robbed tho mall of $10,000 fn fold. Irhey also stolo the mulesand harness, Tho robbery occurred 26 milles east of Fort Luramlo, *| . Gen. Harney boing then in command of the United Stutes forces In the Sloux Country, re- nolved to chinstlse the Indians for the numerous outrages committe by thom, He came upwith tho sloux, composc ‘mostly of Drules, under their fumous War-Chiel LITILE TAUNDER, ond sent a demond for the surrender of the mall- couch murderors and other dosperndous, whose criinea werescreened by the tribo. Negotlations were continued without the proapegt of a tavorblo termination. Although the slaughter of Grattan's TILE INDIANS. Sitting Bull, His Lieutonants, and His Army. Some Aneccdotes of the Leador of the Liostilo Redslking, Gcen, Harnev's Views of tho War---The Battle of Ash Hollow. Strength of the Sionx and Thelr Allles s\ Force of 22,000 Men, SITTING BULL. S LIUTENANTS AND H18 ARMT. Special Correspondence of The Tribune, Tont Buronp, D. T, July.—L propose to give you fu thls letter some information with regand to the Indlan situation, gnthered from personal obsérvation, and from testimony of a credible character recefved from others, It may gerve §n some degree to enlighten your readers as to the personnel of the leaders of the Sfoux, nnd give them some fden of the thoughts and objects which antinate the redskins In their fght. It.Is o noticeable fact that, 8o far fn the In- dian movements, the recognized Chicfs of the Bloux natlon—Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, sud Young-Man-Afrald-of-Iis-Horses — have not been mentloned, nor, so far ns {8 kuown, have they bod any hand fnit. These men were, In fact, miaunderstood by the young braves, They had too many talks with the whitcs, nnd were supposed to bo too much under the fnfluence of tho patofaces; and, war having been determined upon, a Chief woa' sought under whom they could fight who had never ylelded to the influ- llmm of the white man. Buch a one they found o . . BITTING DULL, who {s o man of medium stature, about 40 years of nge, powerfully-bullt, and of inuch dignity of manner, His distinguishing characteristic hos been unrclenting bostility to the white race. ‘To such an extent has ho carried this that tho higher Chieta of the Bioux huve looked upon bl 08 a sort of brigand; and from these two causes he bus never figured In the Counclls that have been so frequently held between the au- sy ';f:re:nadtl!ar:g‘flmg‘r‘:lc'rl\ :fwill:.e asce, :l . Harn o thordties of the War and Indlan Depariments | yavea ond beliores o this day, that Urattan was and the Indlans, Occostonally he has visited Fort, Peck, but only 0s a visitor; he has never drawn rutions or aunultics. Ilis followors wore at one timo but few,—probably not over 40 or 50 lodges; but among them, naturally, ho {atoxicated, and that it waa his imprudence aml want of tact that led to the terrible fate of himself and hia mon, and that the blame dId not rest wholly on the Indlana, The negotiations with Litile Thunder ended by the latter sendiug Gen. Harney word that he waa rendy (o fight or shake handy with him. Gen, Har- finuwrcd Kindred pirits,~-a band of despern- my.’con-&euu this insolont mmn?s In the light ocs, In fact, who knew nnl.hln;i‘but hmllmg to | of ' challenge, determined to put a’ stop to thelr the whites; and, in numerous skirmishes which | biuster and ravado bfl thrashing them out to thelr heart's content. ile thereupon closed the confor. enee, by eending word to ‘Littla Thundor to ha- ruuguc his men, and propare for a fight. ‘rhis seemed a piece of generous gallantry on the part of Qon. liarnoy—but, as the'sequel showed, white brains were fut auperior in iactica to the un- tutored rad_man, however conapicuous might bo his natural bravery. Uen. liarnoy, in antlcipation of a fight, had coricealed his cavalry far to the reur Jna ravine unknown to the Indlans, The Iatter, sceing & comparativoly small force of infantry n thelr front, naturally felt n cantempt, of their cn- emy and stood thelr ground, —which they never do if consclous of juferiority In polnt of numbers. ‘The tight opened with the infantry, who wero kept well in hand_to prevent unnccessary loss, and, ut the proper time, when the indlans were massod for u vigorons ons this band have had with both red and white men, they have never been beaten. Now there are two things among the Indians, ns with us, that 20 far to create power, —wealth and snccees, Bit- ting Bull, through she latter, acquired tho former, consequently his standard did notlack for recrults, Auiong the MORE PROMINENT OF 1118 LIEUTENANTS— for to that dignity, I supposc, they now aspire, or may he sald to bave raised thumselves—are the fol- Towing: 11":“1‘1:(1« Assinlbolne Is & young man pcnmli out of his teens, amall In stature, but lithe an nctive ps a tiger, Heias captured by Sitding Bull, in a rald made on tho Assinibolnes, when a child; was rafscd by hls captor, and is now a sori of Adju- tant-General. Cruel, crafty, and unscrupaloie, well-educated for au Indlan, fall of tzht, he 18 & l':%liyroml:lflnl uld [p carrying out the plaus of his f. anothor prominent man fs the_Kunacka,—na dan- gerous castomer. Ho apeaks Enulish well, and o8 formerly employed e 8 mail-cacrier on the Missouri River routes. This man 1s an excellent kcout, and, from his ncr‘nnmlnncu with Ruglish, on prove and no doaht has proved, himself- very eflicient n lelnlm? the intentions of the white men, andatded In frusteting tholr designs. Another dererving of special mentlon is Long Tog. ‘Tall and powerful, standing 6 feet 3 Inchea, in the prime of life, this mau ia the porfection of Indian beauty nnd manliness, [ head ta na long 8 his body,~he bolng an_able thinker, dangerons in councli’as In battle, 1o Los loafed around tho Agencies considerably, but nh\-n{n 0831 ENBINY, ~— #nying that, wore ha io catch whits men in ** hia contey,” R would kill them, Then thers aro The Gall, The Drag, Iron Dog, and others less prominent. The first choso hls nomo to express hie bittornoxa to the whites, 1o s brave; has withstood o uu{nnol charge; in fact, Jiud 2 bayonct theust through his body, yet lives. The Drag is & brave of 4 feet 8 Inches, The whole of thess mien nra known as **bad" the signal was given, and the cavalry camo up, 8nd, swecplog “like a torrent amid fho red foce, the alaughtcr was turned into a rapid Dight. Seventy-two dead braves wero picked wpon the field. ‘The Indinna retreated into A DEEF CANON, and both enda wero guarded, #0 that it was nextto fmporsiblo for them to cacapo without a further terriblo slanghter, About thia time Gen. Harney, who had heard firing In s rear, was informed that Col, Howe had sn engazoment with o band of Indians who had taken refuge in a cavern: and hnd slanghtored nearly all of them, Tut when Gen, Harney ascer- tained that the alaughter conaisted of women and children he woa #o inconsed with the cowardly act that ho ordercd the mouth of the raylno It which a romnant of the Indians were corralled o De left unguarded and_the cavalry withdrawn so that the Indlans were sllowed to go, as the denth of their Prlnclp:l braves and many of thelr woincn and children was consldered to be punishment cnough, Tllgfll ia brlefly told the story of the battlo of Ash Hollow, whlthfmvm\ an eifectanl Liow to Indlan uienace and detlanco In that quarter. AN APFECTING INCIDENT. fndiuns, $itting Bull himsclf is not cruel, unleas | The second day afler tho lattie .den. Marney fils hentt Is very bud. Tlo haa been knuwn to fot | asys he eaw two lndiau glrls who were woundad by wWhitea go after belng captured, And just hero I |.gin-shots In the cave.” Onoof them, about 15 years old, was wounded in the breast, The Gen- oral approached her, and, anxious to ascertaiu tho extent of the Injury, offered to oxamine the wonnd. ‘The girl struck ot him with the cnergy of n tiger, a8 it rerenting =n insult on female modesty. ‘Tho 7|rl on boing aesurcd by an interpreter that it was for her good that an examination shonld Lo made, finally submitted to the Lest surgical attendance to be had In the command, and she recovered. Gen. Ilarney retornea to Fort Laramie, whera ‘his men wore recrnlted, and he bimsolf recovered from Anattackof cholera, A winter campaign was set on foot, but most of the tralls follawed re~ aulted in not finding the Indlans in force. Those hat wers met wers utterly subdued, in spirit, by the sovere punlshment ai Ash Hollow, ext spring Gen. Harney moved over to Fort Pierre, ou the Missonrl River, to mect his supplies, The Indions nesembled there when the treats ‘before alluded to wua made with the Sloax, whicl resulled in a general pence for soveral yoars, or untii the Unlon Paclfic Road was opened and the forta on the Powder River ltoad wero established. BIOTTED TAIL and his confedorates fn the mall robbery wero brought in nnd dellyored up, Thdy were soquictly placed on buard a stesmer wnd sent down the river thatthe Indlans belleved for a time they were exu- cuted, Spotted T2l was confined under sentence of death at Fort Leavonworth, but with the inten- tlon on the part of (ien, Uarney of ultimately ro- Teasing hiw, whichwas done under the Adminiatra- tion of President Buchunap, The diacipline of Spotted Tuil has mado kim and his band ever sinco then furt fricisls of the whites; and, on the denth of BSpotted Tall's daughter, by her dylng request sho was branght down from the Powder River country, somo 200 miles; to Fort Larumic, where may relate 5 AN ANEODOTE, to show how Sitting Bull {a feared. In Janunty lust, while Mo}, Alderson was Tndian Agent at Fort Peck, hio recelved from the Governe ment a lotter, which he was ordered to convey to FllllnF Bull, commanding that worthy to como Inta the rescevation, or consider himself an out- nw. Alderson was in o quondary, tlon woro clear und‘gerdmplury. o sont for Mr 8. Bull, but Mr. 8, Bnll wan just then too busy to visit Peck: no the lottor had, i possible, to be sent tohim. A gontloman of unquestioncd bravery, who could !{lfllk tbo Indtan Junguage Aoently, waa sent for, sud offered 8500 und an escort 1t he'would toke the lctter to the Indinn cnmr- After eon- elderation, however, the uffer was declined; for, said he, **1f T could see Sitting Bull myself, I helleva my lita would be safe; but he would cat my ears off, anre." Finally, 2 party of lndlane wera dispatched with tha mislve, after it had been vory carcfully explained nnd intorpreted, After an absence of five daya they returned, and confcss- ed that thelr hearts **weto net big enough” to carry such a meseaze to Sitting Bull.” Conaegoent- 1y tlie nonevolent Intentlons of thie Govornment wero nover conveyed to the contumaclotis Chief. HERE 18 ANOTUEN ANECDOTR, to show that, from an Indlan standpoint, Sitting Hull can be magnanhnou In 1873 ho was coming with a sinall band to Peck, snd he found, a short distance {rom the fort,” thres white men lying unlcep under o tros, 11is followers wanted to kil and scalp them on tho wpot, nnd sccure thelr arna and horses, Thia tho Colo? would not allow, and stood over them i1l a1l his band bind passed, Nest dny, in the fori, bitting Iinll walked up to the Teader, Mr. Campbell, and shook hands, Camp- 114a instruc- boll sald ho dld not know him, **Lam Sitting | #ho was huried with unusual honors, all the mili- Bull,* was the roply, **and I gave you your life | iary of the post Jomning In the funeral, and her ro- ewtonday.” **low was that?” sald Campholl, | wains belng depnsited on a acaffold 20 fect Ligh (n 'he Chief procceded to explain In & manner that satlsfied Campbell that what he suld was tene, and, in gratitude, offercd rewards; but Sittinis Bullde. ciined nll such proffers, and, after snother haud. abaking, strode nway. PREPARING POR THE PIOTIT. It was, then, to Sitting Bull the yonng men looked when oeking for a” leader In the fuhe” that they had determlned to nake, and w ey knew woild be bitter and bloody. ~Iie band creased rapldly, until it becsme a'littlo army, Em- Inearles werw at once sent oul to all the Agencies to procure recrults. nnd, as far as possible, armne and the soldless’ cemetery, which bveriouks the town, The skulls of Jir twa ponles wero nalled (o the poata ou which her collin rested. TIIE IOSTILES. STRERGTI OF THI BIOUX AND THEIR ALLIES, New York Sun, To understand the extent of the Indlan wor we now have upon our hands, it Is necessary to have & correct knuwledge of the position aud power of the hostile Sloux and their allies, In ’x'.'-"e“v"u'l‘}'.'«"flxmfi'x“r"‘:’;l“ ch&fix‘a‘ffi?fi%fl’?fi%fl%‘. one of the tate reports of the Commisslouer of ing tho Assinibolnes, Uncapapas, Yanktonals, and | Indlan Afllairs the locatfon of the differcut Lirovans, Thes meesongens, with perauasive art Agencles is given, with the number and condi- tion of the' Indlans on each reservatlon, The entiro Tndian population of the United States, oxcluglve of Aluska, 3 estimuted at 295,084, In Dakota, Montans, and Wyoming, there ace nearly and shuguent isuguoge palnicd all tho elaries of Victary and all theliopes of reward; and, from svery point, drew off nunibe somu Inntances against thy tione of thu elders: aul (he re af 4,000 or 5,000 warrlom, of young tmen Ishes and peotcata- t waa a collection That (his army hon Leen hondled with akill, “we know to our | 70,000, divlded as follows: cost. Crook was met aud repnised; and, when DAKOTA AUKXCIES, sure that ke wonld not or conki not move to aid Men andd Women. Terry, the maln body actiug agninet hm were B84 withdrawn, and reinforced the party Custor had at- tacked with such dikartrous results. Should the Indlans romaln anbordinate to their leaders, there In wvery reason to feur a longs and bloody stritggle, 10 which the Modoc war will be hut a8 " skirmis) to thy Battlo of tiettysburg. 'The whites, sll tho way from Youkton to lienton, feal that thoy uro on tho eve of a terrlbie strnggle, nud thut s war little wast bo Inangurated. Bimeton Agoney (Blo Devil's Laka (slonx Grand River (Hloux Clieyenua liver (soix X v Missourl (5] FoR herhold (Gru Yonea. Whatatoiiy (Rioux), Finndreau apecial (8103 0 Tlsekfet Agency (Biacktcet, ‘Mioods, and Plo- i wiffeii Ruter Agehoies and wand fied Cloud Agency (610uX and Cheyenuos) Tatal pumber in hosttle country.., 63,008 According to the eatirates given in the samo re- ort, about 40 per centuro wonien; thisgives27, 000 ndfun warrlors within this Territory, which, canald- cring the number of bands that have never eottled at any of tho resorvations, {s a low estimato of thelr strongth, — According 1o the sama calcnlation tho Sloux snd Cheyenncs, now ovenly at war, :“lll:m be able to bring uearly 22,000 wen uto the old, ——————— short of ostermination Bluny will—must full; but the result will fusure to thoso lef(, and {o those who como after, a qulet and peaceable habitation in tho Jund of thelr cholce and udoption. J GEN IIARNEY. IS VIEWS OF THE SIOUX WAR—THB CELE- BEATED ASH-HOLLOW PIQUT. 4, Louls liepublican, Aug. 3, Gen, W, 8, Hurnoy, whos¥ reputation as an Indlan-fighter was won in y o hard-fought cantest omong the everglades of Florida and on the great platns of the Weat, was in town yos- terduy, baving dropped lu from lils country-seat near Meramee Statfon. A veporter of, the Republican casually meeting with the General on tho street, after possing the timo of day, most naturally asked what his views wereabout TUB PUESENT SI0UX WAT. “ Entirely unnecessary,” sald tho dencral #+ 11 they had carricd out tho troaty I made with the Bloux thero would bave been 10 war, The Indians are found of distinction, sud I orlginuted a scheme, duviting the youug war- rlars to become soldlers of tho United Btates. ‘They were to recelve unlforms, be formned into companics, and bold themsclves in veadl- ness to amssist the nrmies of the United Btates whenever called upon, Certifi- cates of enllstment were issued to them, by wiiich thelr natural pridu was gratified, and the exulted In being recogalzed as soldiers, In th new relution they becamo fast friends of the United States, and {t {s a fact that In 1847, when thie Indian Peucs Commission, of which I was & member, vialted the Sloux of tle Upper Miwsourl, bundreds of wmiddic-aged beayes saie lato the 7o the Editor of The Tribune. FamreieLD, Mich., Aug, J.—Last year, apriog wheat in this section yielded from 24 to 33 bushels per ucre. Last apring o luge breadth was sown, and farmers estimato tho yicid not to excecd from 3 to 5 bushcls per scre; cause, weevil aud wet woather. Corn s n failure, caused -by the continued rofus through the mouth of June, which drowned it out. Oats yery light. Ilogs abundant, but nothing to’ fatien them with, —————— That Lntg of A;ncm:ncu. Atbany Ecaning Journal, The following poatal ~cards explain them- s d,, July 21, 1876.—ke H xpiawaroLs, Ind,, July 21, 1876.—The Hon ATk tr—why Iho d—) doi® soi acnd along that letter of acceptance? Qub of postaj stawps? Clorks make way with your gilt-cdged p: per? Flica bad at Albany? Arin paralyzed! Dolls On your Land? Or what? Bolieve dic, honored Samay, atleuco In {hls iastancs In wt golden, but _yooden, very wooden. If you peralat In delaying, N = 1ike a8 not poople will biezin to apeak of yo W NECIelian of Lextor-tweiters. 1 conbige v, n g swtne of ", dellecsuiy to Wrry p. Yonets Nanxa, Exreerre CrANnEn, ALnavs, July 34, 1850, My Dear [fgnna; Deisy i the recentfon by you's iy letter f acceptice la duie entirely <o the s, prze of thte fass mall b the Itepnblicans, (o sump epenkert st dwell upou this outragy When you l:el the lettee yon candute R mune upg tunc, (o sult yourself, Yours, TiLuay e e — TROUBLE AHEAD. Spectal Dispateh to The Tribune, MONTREAL, Aug, 8.—The actlon of St gy plce Seminary in serying notarlal notice on thy Rev, Mr. Parcnt, Protestant missionary, toleavy lifs honse at Okn in twenty-fowr hours, couses great excltement, and intelligence s eagerly sought alter e to the result. ‘The notarial doey. ment scts forth that the lamd on which tye house occupled by the Revs Parent stands, ang the grouds surronmiiug i, Is the property o the ucmlnnrf'. that Mr. turent {8 cncrondlitng and demands that e give up posaession of tiy hotae, und take away i fence which sirroundg thie land of applleants. The fndlans wero mugy exclted when they lieard of this ducument, ayg asked the mlssioniary to remalbny and were wijl, fug to defend hn 1T necessury, e caine 1o Montreal this morning to obtain legal advi, and s resolved to remain at Oku, DEATIS, A A A A e AR AR ey COWLES—July 25, at her hume n Ausii; 0., nncrn-)mrl{l . I uburg, incas, Notale M. Cowica, GONE T REST. Gone to rest—a nolile Woman From this earth haa puesed sway; Bhe hns done with all things human, Lald aslde hr form of clay. Gone to reat—how mweel her slumbord No mvre toguish—no more moau; Gone to Jolin the hnp;:{ utmber ©Of the sninte around the Throne, Gone to rest—by frlends surronmiled Mid the scenes she lov'd the God’s rich mercy wns unhounided, Calling hor thite home Lo rest, Gone to rest—Iin that old mansion Where Ber hnpplest years wero passedt Jay was hers in tnil cxpansion, F'hat those scenes should bo ber lasts Gone to rest—hor eyelids closing Witlya fuith in God profound, nd with old-time fricnds reposiog In tho plensant burlal ground Gone to rest—briynt angele greet hier With sweet sonus of Juy and love; Prionds, dear [rlends, muy we all meet her In that botter Jand nbove., Cuicaco, Aug. 3, 1870, CaArT, Bax, SCHANK ~On the evening of the 2d nst., Peter Schank, J¢., aged 43 yuars., Funieral ftou his Iaio residencs, No, 161 Cottage Grove-ov., I'riduy, 4th inst., ot 1 pom.. Currluges 1o Onkwood Cemetery, - HEYNER~—In Chicago, on Thursday, nt1.30p, m., Aug. 8, 1878, Amelia Francen, only daughter of dtiony 11, and’ Cornclia d, Meyher, nged 4 yeant @ months and 23 days. Funorl from tho roulilence of the parents, No, 27 Lexington-av.. Friday, Ang. 4, at 2 p, m. Vrlends of tlie family tnvitod 1o uttentl, "Neward (. ) papera pleasc copy. KILCOYNE—Ang. 5. Mlchael Ktlcoyne. Yuneral from the residence, 431 West Sixtcenthe st, at 10 u'clock Baturday, to Northwesters depat, thence by cars Lo Calvary. NICIIOLS~Aug. 3. Marlon Nichols, danghter of Williams P Nichiols, aged 16 years and 9 nionthe, Funetal from hee ‘fatlior's residence, 345 West Adams-st., at 2 o'clock p. m., Friday, Aug. 4. FLATT—At Wheaton, IIl., Aug. 2, 1870, Josle L., Foungest ohild of ™ Deibs aud Lucy K Platt, ogod b years 6 months. ©&-Alblon (N, Y.) and McGregor (In.) papess pleara copy. POLITIOAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, * TORCHLIGHY COMPANIES. The Cools | Conm;rcommm:u on Organization of Hayesand Wheeler Torchllsht Compatiles carnestly request that such organizations in tho varfang warde and towns throughout tho county roport the namncs and address of the ofticers and the number of men cnrolled in each company to J. B, Reynolde, Room 14, 1006 ¥Ifth avenue, and where mnot organ- ized to Immedtintely procee to organizo such cone lmnlel, and #o report, for the nnr‘wsn of clecting he soveral divisions and a general organization, LOUIS SCHAFFNER, Chalrman, 3 SECOND WARD, The regular monthly meeting of tho Sccond Ward Tepublican Club wlil” o hield at Bennott Medical Colluge, 513 State atrect, this svening, THIRD WARD, All membera of the soveral compnnies * Minate Men of '76, " organized and in procees of organiza- tjon in the'Thind Ward, ara requosted ta roport for drill ond instraction ' t 060 Wabash-av., this evening at 8 p. m. 3 FIFTR WABD, The Fifth Ward 1laycs ondl Wheeler Guards will* meet this eveningat Folz's Hail, cornur Twenty- sixth snd Butler, for thoe olection of oflicers and 1o complete the organization. BEVENTH WARD, ‘There will bo mecting of tho Soventh Ward Ties pablican Clab this ovoning at Webler's Hall, south- ‘wert corner of Ialsted and Fourtcenth strocts, full attendanco of mombers, and also all young men_connccted with tho ltepublican pariy. it earnestly requested, 0s the formation of o llaye and Wheeler Company will bo considered. MEDICAL. EUPEON! Cures Ttheumntiem, Nournlgis, Burns Drulscs, etc. See certificates of well-known cltfzens, Wholesale Western A;fenl 1. A. HURLBUT & CO.. 75 and 77 Randolph-at., Chicago. AUCTION SALES, BT il bl o ST SR By ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auctloneers, 84 and 80 Itandolph-st. At Our Priday's Sale, Aug, 4, at 930 & m, We have percmptory orders to close out 2 Rolls Wool and Ingrain Carpels, 20 ROLLS OIL CLOTHS, Matble-Tap Tables, Sido-Boards, Burcans, Wash: Stands, ull frst-clags gouds from o leadlog cliy desler, A full Hue PARLOR AND CHAMBER FURNITURE, New and used Carpets, anid General Houschold Goodn, Bedding, Stoves, Ottice and Library Desks, Genoral Murchundise, ele, One SWIEY COFFLE- MILL, cost $50, Undur chatiol mortgage, one splondid CHICKERING P1ANO. The entire tnrnitire private residence. 1,300 vols, standard and miscellancous books, Limmensgsale. Attend for bargnine, i ELISON, POMENOY & CO. ELEGANT LANDAU ot AUCTION. FRIDAY, Aug, 4, at 12 o'clock, aL our Store, one vlegaint Lan: 1,500% to bo sold ninder c_lnl_lii_ll martg El}fl‘: cu. By G. , GORE & CO., Ut uud 70 Wabitli-ay, On BATURDAY, Aux. lll.tl'flal:k. 18 Crates W, G. Croekery (New Styles), Yellow and Rockingham Ware, L l“fl\‘ll HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, minber Koia (0 greal varley, BooksCases, e e Tateae, Sofa " Lounper el ‘and Houkers, Warteohes, steacanters Whals o Ofl-Ciothsy reserve, nes 11 d'cloe u Commenclug Monday, Au F. 14, and contlnulog till wold, the entire FUI NITUIE aud FIX- TERES of the THE GREAT CENTRAL HOTEL, s Whole« 8 whort Nothing In the led thiv kale. )., ductioueers, 70 Wabnshi-av. Butters & Co.’s Saturday Sale. BATURDAY MORNING, Ane.‘r-. at D:30, at Halevtoums, 118 and 120 Wabaaki-a FURNITURE, Pianos, Caryets, Household Uoods, &c, ALSD, Crockory, Glassware, Stoves, Phas etons, Buggies, oto. CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALIL Of the_entirs Furnitire of 21 rooms, fomprising Reds, Bedding, Carpets Soves Burcaps, Tables, Clialrs, &e., &c.. slinated on the third ‘and fourth foors ‘of 108 Clark-st. 1. MENDRICKS, for artgegee. the Union—expreaacd 1o sl parts. 1 aod upward sk 25, 40, 80¢ por W Address ardors GUNYHLR, Coufowr tioucr, Chicaga Market-al., opuarita Fiold, Lefter & sale House, Chlcapo. Llcgantly furnlah time uinco nt n cost of §50,000, hiatory of 1y West has ¢ GEO, P QURE & \ ¥ | . 3 .