Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1876, Page 5

Committea could not make rome fortyof the O oo, Council, e contended Fecome e would not be breaking tha contract by th thet $oi)in the Inmp n. 1d that & preat reductlon conld be . Jll'hnc"qhmes‘blun of {hin city, but it benanved e aancil t carcfully investiate the standing of the now companies boforo sdmitting them. ALD. RAWLEIGH . aid not think the atreets wouldl bo hurt ranch what- A noght be done to them, It was absurd to e orin could be put in_ aperatlon in one 0k B "o changlng the burners, the Befoot TEM o emed t or 7 feet, and the 3-feet buners e irn & or 6, Jlo could ot reo whero there e el savlng by the chinmge, The new T baniea would give stich honds sa the Councll ree ""e"d nm{ l:'u could not seca why they should mitted. B otapson—Which of the companles aro yonn favor of admitting?. Aul. Rnwleh(‘lll—lhlll;l them. one particularly. o e B eon—Then yan favor Ald. Sheridan's proposition——maklng thodold frac? e wIigli—Yon, IF they furnish the right Kindof secunity, 1cannnt ace where the city wil o auything by mimitting thew. On tho etior N they will gain. The Prosldénts of the gas companics sald, ** We wlil do komething if you don't make 8 report,” but they don't nake any woporition warth anything. ‘Che 60-cent reduc- Jrob e aa no propontion at all, since it ran only untll the 1t of April noxt. Tha Presidents wanted to lreep the Cominittce on the snxious seat, Ho could not be kept thore, and was bound to make & ‘geporte jd. Thompson proposed to have the new com- pnAnIM Toy thate mnkna on the Gntskirts of (he city and come toward tho settled portion last, Tam notin favor ALD, CULLERTION, ono of tho Comunittee, cxplained that the Con- pumera' urdinance was the.only one lcfore the Committee, and, as the majority desired to have all of tho ardinances, and to hoar what propusi- fion= the West 8lde Company had to make, thoy had deeided to mako no report, Tle thonght 3r Hiliingn would reduce the price 81, The roport bo- toré the Council wax no report at all, and, as it waa_ucceseary for the Committes to cover tho whole gronnd, he moved that the subjoct be ro- committed. ‘Ald. Throop explatned how there came to he two gna companles to-day. The older one haden- (lenvared to aearn the new ngxemnnthnl fi?.'u'i."'.‘:’; Iivllll;- the young company was nof 0 m{ of y,l‘ufi. !mfl 1t wos decided to dlvide the city tween them, Ald. uullcr;on—-Wcrn you a stockhalder in the jaat compan; ! Al l‘hr%up-Ye!. 1 sunk about all of it Langhter]. ! Ahi uu?mmm—n was not a paying investment? ALD. TIIRQOP— that Ume; It 18 paging mow In eversthing elso but_as, the Alder- “competition wan consldered o benefit to the publie. ~With regard to the chlnFu 4n the capacity of the burnerd, ho thotight the Company cnufl] aurejruinto the pressurs na (o make asmuchont of ihe U-fect ns out of the G-feet Drimners. lie was oppoted to the change nlosn tlic companies agrecd to put on o kind of hurner fhint. wonld ahmt tightar with the Increase of preau- uro [loughter]. filc ren] oxpenxe of muking gas 15 thin clty wae not above GO cents per (housaid, and there wna margin onongh for a reduction. 16 wos in favor of admitting all the companice fnto the city, with a proviso that not maore than tlitec or foir phonld occnpy the samo street. 1f that was dune every houss would ba supplicd that palit & ressonnble price. ‘Ald, Thompeon—Are yoti in fayor of an amnend- ment to this proposition, (hat they shall be com- I.tm-(lmgnlomopnll‘lennd to the outskirta of ¢ aity? » e hroop—1 suppose the Counell have the control of those things, and can ord2r pipes latd in overy vtreet whore they aro needed. v "Alo. Cullerton—We have the privilege of order- 1ng thie Company, but not (o compel thy AL, Throop—\vell, they would not disobey the order. Iamof opinlon that no arrangement for Jonger thon a year should be made with “any com- Afil, nwlorasked I¢ the Chair declded that the' sopor beforo the Coulell wun a propor ono. 'huhfllmlruwn sajdt he wonid let the Counell”de- clde that, AN, Lawler moved that the subject be referred back 10 the Committee, and that they be requested {0 revort o week from Alonduy nfternoop, Al Thompson=-itke {1 two weeks, Ald, Lawler—A week from Monday ia long enongh, If you intend to do anything. Ald. Thompsou hurtd tbe gentleman would make his motio. so os to cover only the matter of the admisslon of the new companles. Action rhould ba tuken on the burnar question, since by rubetituting the S-feet burners 520,00“ & montl ould be saved, Ald, Sweency secondod the motion of Ald. Culle ton to recommit, ‘Ald, Cullerton favored IMMUDIATE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCES, end linve them pasged or rejected. 'I'wo or threo . months had already been lust, und §f the subfect wun recommitied unother month would be, 'If the matter could uut be brought Lefore the Councll without pettifopeiuz, the public ought to know it. Te desired to read the optulon of the Corporation Counsel npon the legality of the gas contructs as & part of hix peectr, Ald, Cullerton objected, The Chair deciiled thut the reading was In order. It wan gormane ta the question, . Cullerton appealed from the decialon. Chalr wan s#ustained—yens, 205 nays, 3— 0'lirien, and Swealiey, RPORATION CODNJEL'S OFINION, Alderman then read the oplulon as follows: Cureano, Avg. 10.—All, Riticlelyhy, Ghalrpian of the Commilieeon Giis—DEARSIRG Your nute of thin dat Fequesting my oplnon ut once **about tho tias Co airy'® COLLTRELY wHT She Clly, * Ak fuat been rocefved. Yuli do L. kpeclty fu_ WhAL pard ou wieh iy opinlun, but i take it for granted, fron what you sald to e 's fow dayw auo, tiat you with “to_sscortaln ititer tho Clty of Cllidgy s 1o puwer of abrogat g theto. Tot at though, man _remarked, 11 haped to bu able, when I did glve an oninion upon this subjvet, (o cover the eatire ground, but hav- Ing been enzagen constantly in court 7or the Lt & K, 1KV hid o opportunsy to complete m vetipations, which | commenced some tine anc qud, tlereture, wive vou oy Without At Iy Fedsone for the saine on every point in detall, Irat, theye ate two viess of thu rights, dutics, and obligutions of mantetpal corporations Wwhich furists in titstountry huve taken, aml they lnve arrived at thtir Soncluiuus accurding to Ll atauuipuliit Srei wilcy tiey love reganded them, = Cunstquently, There ora twulines of dcclsluns upon (his mutter, Tiie first viow Ity trent iunicipal curporations i, regard o tholr coniracix the sanio «3 [ndlyiduals, anduniess absalutely rohibited by somwe provision of thalr charter, ave I ticin hound by them in every (natance, TThe other view 1, that I & insnleipal corporation fn exerching (s powers ks contruct which fnvolves A lepiuiaifve vgrer, thiag that bower caunot pg liam- by the actfon of [ty Jegislative hody, su s to pro- "p‘vlallmmmull legislative budy trom dealing with ect. chinsyIvanin and Californin the question Las come e Courts 0 Uiese KIGTea up Lo whether Lie stipe nE of gaa o Lie City Invoved the uxerclss uf & sintive Tunction, nud whetlier tha clty wan bl L0 11s contratia. (or s aeivaly OF 1 e s ks Hher Lors dechied that 1 1vo.ved u Teglvlutive fune- tun, and hat e elty wanliahio. N Michlzau, and several othrr States, 8 St or the puters st davios 01 S1ty to oy L I 1 era aud taties of Clly o DRI U8 in- liabilants with kan, then 10 Comnon Couel can by cuntract w t1e 0 e power we (0’ reve ercl £ n Wicquent Coumbn Conety, 1o our 114 exerchvs Nuw, the =0 0f gas lias bicumme . e e decade A it ered whieh WIIl vompied ; 2 dlepneo with Troh Dincs Bk s g, SeopotIe 3¢ wnch u Ustas shuld Daphen, oF wnt: new und vastly eheager o bo diicoverad, S icre gas conEAGH were el BINAISE w0 thiy Gl hot 16 Abroated tiio Common_Counchh of tiat tay wadia - nng Disndeuied, with N0 Power {0 mods of * Miutnation, <if “ie" earaig pilod Intabitants'~ for ‘s fiindreatl; Gr O rma’ ot whitl 1" now pald to a Rin. Cifie view which | tako 10 this matior (s thes e Lorparation acting 1ur (ho bEReit of 110 pablia At gs ant holdiig ils POWErs 1 Trust Sox the entipe pesple 1A DO oWt 10 CUter lita s contract which woul obte YEuLIL frum performiniz 1 (Lo dutics, Rycry rloge dortred rom ot ulden, sublect 1o he Fetrlotion i a1l s o exrclacd b NOC10 ufare urgt Lo prammute the public weiferd, HOLlErs, 884 10 bo "Thie ealtlotion upon_tho power of o paritton (6 enter. (10 CONLFCLS witeh. ey panCle Truin performing I duty to the public fa nothing mors inw tite appiication of the, priuCiple Which ayobis phg gumtracte b fuitviduus wiica they arg detriiicat to the puliic rlght . every perou of corporatiun wha enters futo contraci wlili'a winnelpal con poration doen 50 with fall ROtice o {leir bawers, il 1L They are”sabfict to e chuoe Uy e Leghaiature ot tho Niate, A mitblcipal corpra: i 1 part of the Kisie, b Drouglit (6o elng Tor local Tiineuty a0d acta ouly for 6 benent of the pub: To light tho clty with kaa lsonc of the powers con. ferrcd i the Gty wa & munleipality, uud (it power £annot by cunveyed uwny by any City Connctl whateyer sither by cuntract or i any othier manaer, if una Comision Guuiicil can 08ty & coutract that any ppany shall rumuhfu o thocity for Vi years 1t an fur Lityrand 3¢ for Nity years, 't can for a undred; uad, 1 idy can do this 83 1egurds on of the powers of the Munfcipalliy, [t can do It with alf tha atlier powera of e elty, and (€ mignt in time wo huppen tnat the ity would tid lolf cdipletcly hampersd, and allof 1is’ ‘m\n ra fuvined out to privale persous, (thia wae tha viow which' wes taxen Ly the Court of t,vurflll 1 the recent case of Richwond County Gas- it Gomnpany Ve, Middleton, 50 N, Y.y 0. 332, i theroforo of opinlon that thie Clty ot Chlcago ho inlicraut power of Sbrugating sl the ges Goll- L4, 80 far 0 they purport (o biud the sction of tha y Connil for the petiuds named, and [ ain further of Qin opinfun that, (n vieW of the decialon of (s Su- Bremmc Court [0 th ease of Rumpt vs. Cliy of Chicago, 3111, 00, chat tho City of Cliicigo s perfect powek Lo refulate wverytliug relating w the sublect of caa &nd 1nay uny on What strecta and aileys gas niay Le laid ff:{:,';,“““""’ cagnot create @ ouepoly of 1t manu- 1 ortfcular gas cons b 1 1 hava trosted the question which you have presented to me simyly ua guestion of pawer, Yut [t by no means Futiows that the vily (3 ot able tor &11 th gua Lahall Lrogated, ~becausa ute until tiwss contracts a 11 well setticd that if one accepts oF knawingly avalls Iumelf of the henenit of servi for iz without cea done for Lz, ba Lield to puy for areatounblo compenaativn, a1d n'l’mr&uure are ook fuluk'::'_yll,muuln aceordance with thy terws of tho fuiharity or request hie sliould Ertiort AnTuoxy, Corporation Counsel, Ald. Gilbort sal, If the Corporation Counsol was ¥ight, he thought I£ was the duty of the Council to i onco W)P the enormous ex&:nduma of monoy, — 1o take act{on upon the inatier and settle it = He belioved the Councl} waos 10 & positiun to demand of the companies fta righta, and’ teli them the peo- #le were not going to Lo swindled eny more, ALD. SUERIDAN . 81d not agrea with Ald, Gllbort that the Gas Com- mittes had been dilatory and dons nothing; they 4d been In conaultation with the Gas Companics, Laughiter,] The maln_points of hia ordinouce, r‘lm wae nuw hofore the Committee, wers as fol- ows: Lunds of $500,000 were deiuandod of Lhe §ompanles tu sacure Liic city syalust damago of an &lnd; the compantes were roquired to confurm toafl Ordinances of the Councll; aud the maximum Tices Lo ve charged wery 160 pur thousand fest ¥ te city and §3.23 by general consuwers. — Tha fompanics weoking charlers wero satisfed with hor: condltions, 'Tho Alderman went on to polot ;m the lmms odvantages to the city which would ulluw tho admisaton of now compeales. The old Companics had wade o proposition tu reduce the fice Lo consuncrs, who would probably be taxud tuako up tor the” concessfon tv the clly, The Waln reason why the companies wlshed o' mako terma now was thelr fear of competitlon, which would compel thein to cnt down thelr prices. l. Calferton read portionaaf thie above opinion to show that therc syus notling therein which (arvvnfl the valdity of the centracte. Ilo contonded hat 1t was the daty af the Councii to recomit the matter, sa there wore several propositions before the Commlttes, Al McCren anfd it was evident thiat n minority of tue Canncil were figaring for further Linie. DELAY WAS WORTn $1,0(0 on $1,500 A NionT to the companies, The mafority of the Commiltee were to blame for not reportingaomathing tangibl Tho entire a[:‘:npxlullnn would be expended if tion was not taken right awny. ile hoped the Ject would niot he reconimitted, Ald. Lawler disclaimed any intentlon of favor- 1og the companies in making his ination Lo defer. 1d. Smith moved the {'revlmla quoation. The Cunlrman stated that he lind promised the Prealdent of the Weat Bide Comnany a heating be- fore the Commitice. 'Ihat gentleman had been absont from the city, or ho would have Atiended to the matter bofore. ubstion was than ordored. %: '?.?3{'13" to recommlt was lost by o vote of yeas, 101 nays, 20, be TolONE, o on, Collcrt Aldric ompaon. ertan, “f,'.’.?,e""}fl‘he‘l;mcr.ngm'lnu [*Whecicr, Tiyat "NMurphy, Sweeney—1, g , Gifhert, Stewart, Bheridan, Bommer, Cred, ItAWIC 3 1 oD TS, Roser, Rirk—20. . The question then recurred on "C11B PASSAGE OF TI{R ORDINARCE. Al Cullerion moved ta amend by striking oot all sfter the enactlug clanse and substitnting the ordinance relating to the Coke Gaa-Light Company, which he conaidered preferable In several reapects. §d. Fhompron offered na a nnbstitute: Ordied, That the Board of Public Warks be sad they are ioreby directeit to uhange the buraers on thie streets famps throughout tha city from 8-fout 10 3-foot hurn- LA Fand (bat the change he minde as rapldty a3 possibie. Ald. Rawlelgh moved to Iay this on the table. Carricd—yeas 21, nays 12, ne follows: Yeas—Qlibert, Slomart, Shertdan, Sommer, Lodding, Ketber, TArnow, Van Oidel, 8inith, While, ‘Throop, McCres, Hawlelgh, Gicvelind, Hatmgartel, Nlesen, R o I Y i % Aldrich, Thompson, Cul- sty 'Lawicr, "Deldler, Wueeler, Tyad, Lrphy, Bweenty—12. MU hite. toved to lay (he motion of Ald. Cullerton on the table. Carried—yens, 312 nays, #=tho latter belng Ald. Callerton and Sherldan, All. Cullerton—Will some gentteman inforin mo who tho beckera of ' the Consumers' Ga-Light & Coke Company are? Al Sweeney.and White—~What do we care? Al dlibert noved to amend the ordinance b making the price 21,50 per 1,000 feet all runnd{ and directing the Copany to use 3-foot burners, Ald, Thompson moved that the ordinance with the amendments should e referred Ao the Law )‘):pninln{.nl. with instructions to report next Mon- dny night. deAg\vhlle moved that a report on all erdinancen on the gua queation should be mado s week from Monday, and that fis conslderation ba made a specinl order for 4 e'clock. After some discussion the ordinaace was laid on the table temnporarily, Ald, White then moved the passage of the CORE AND GAS-LIGHT COMPANY ORDINANCE. AN, Cullerton moved to ndjuurn. Lost—yeas 0, nays 42, i, Gifbert moved to amend Gec. 0 by makin the [irlaaulu the city and general consnmers, ;1.55 ‘ea o'Rirlen, per Currled—yens 32, nays 1, A)d. Som- mer. ' . Ald. Gllbert moved nn lmcm’ment mnking the bond $500,000, in llen of $200,000, Carrled. Ald. White maved the previgys question on the paesnge of the ordinance as amMded, All. Cullerton moved Lo adjourn. Lost—yese, 20 nays, b5, ‘The previous question was then ordered. The ordinance was then passed by s unanimous vote, Ald, Gilbert moved to take up TIR CONSUMRIS' OLDINANCE, Carrled, Ald. Gibert then moved to amend See, 2 by mak- inga uniform price of $1.60, Catried. Ald. Throop moved fo nmend Sec. 4 by making the bond $5600, 000, instead of $200,000. "Carried. Ald. Thompson moved an_amendment which re- qulred the Luw Departient to approve of the anro- tles. Laid on the table, . Ald, Callerlon movud to amend Sec. 3 by makin tho pinount to be expended in the purchase vl gronpd, erection of works, and laying of malne within ong year $300,000 instesa of $1u0, 000, Ald, McCren thonght this would defeat the pro- Ject: Ald. Rawleigh moved to lo lay the amendment on the table. Catried—yeav, 22; nays, 10, Ald, White moved tho passuge of the ordinance 26 nmeggied. The Pruvions queition was ordered on this. Tho ordiuance wes then passed, Ald, Cullerton voting in the negativo, 1d. Gilbort moved to take up the arder CUANGING THE DURNEUS from 6-foot to G-foot. 5 An offort was mado ta adjourn, bat it failed. The order was then tuken up, .S » Aldl. Ballard moved as an amendment: Thatall teat-meters and gaa tnnjicetors bo dispensed with and wa setle with the Oaa Cempany Ly the d-foot burner and Ume-abls recently adapted by this Councll. This amendment was subseqnently withdrawn. The order was then passed. THE COURT-HOUSE, A\d‘.l Bmith offorcd the following, which was asaed: WitrrnaAs, In o recend conference between the Bulld- tng Committees of the City Councll and Commission- ers of Cuok Coutty {f was gyldent that an arrangeniont woul la Letween the Cly of Chicsgo and the County of Cook tor the bullding of, tho Clty:N1al) by (e County of Coul, provided chiat 1t could bo Tawtully onas Wilkkeas, Itis reported In the city pressthat the County Commisaloners are abuut ta awird tlie contrat o the atonu work fur Lie Court-1louse In sucl a wi It in ® 18750 loss to th clty snd county} ther fore, h Hesolred, That the Building Committee belistructed to confer with the County Commlesioners with a view 1o protecting the beat Intervata of tho city aud county, in tho aclectlon of stune for the bullding, and sccurling thie awarding of the coutrict o the lowcat reaponalbly ilor, The Council then adjonrmea, INDIANS. A MESSAGE 1'0 CONGRESS. * ‘Wasminaron, D, C., Aug, 11.—The ‘following snge was sent by the President to Congreas to- {he Senate and llouse of Representatives: 1 tranye mit Herawlgh & tolegrain of ‘the Gih of August iust, from Licut.Yden, sherldao to Gen. sherman, o lotter of the 11th uf thic prescnt month from tien, Bliceman ta llll-l secretary of War, and » letter from the lstter of lic samio dai {0 e 'l atting torth tho posalble eeds of the ariy In covscquence of exiatlng hostilities, 1 would sironly urgs upon Congiess tle pecenlty making sonic provislun. for & coutingency which m Wrisa Quring the vacation for mare troops [ the Indlan country thian (¢ s uow possible to send, 1t wontd seem 0 me’to b much {o sutlorizo an Incresss of tho prusent cavelry force v 4,50 Drivates, butif tils Is not deomed advi tigii that the Président. be withorizod to cal) out exceeding ive replinents, §,00) BLrouz each, of valui- teera, toucrey for urlid ot excoeding <Ix months, lould thisIatter suchority be given, 1 would not order out any vojuuteers uniess, in my opialun, based upon Feriorta from thie acenic af war, | docmed it Abaotutely Iicuessiry, 86 then only the smallest nombEr cour aldered suiclent W meel tho smorgency. igned) U, 8. Gnaxr, ENRGETIVE Marnio, Aug. 11, s SUERIDAN TO SHERMAN, The following la Gen. Sheridan's letter to Gen. Bhermant Ci10A60, Aug. 5.—To (e tngion:_Ihave not yet boen ably. 1o reluforce the gar rison ai Tted C.oud, ‘A7 Bputied Tall b Ttock, ta councine Inalsns or to acrestaiid d:6 srilat] comitbgin, Ibeg of yul to sua tua Military ominliteo 7' Vhe'Hoss wid urge on {t tho necesaity af fncre tho cayley reglments 10 Lo each compan rook's " total strength 1 1,774, ‘Tarrys 573, and Lo glve thils forco to them I have stripped every post from the line of Manitoba to Texas, Ve wan ‘morg mouted wed, We Lavé o excueded the law In eulisting ludian acouts,— n fact, sy &3 mnuy a8 tho law allows us, whole umber In tifa division (s only 114. Th Indtans with Uen. Crook are not enllsted, or even paid., They srenat worth paylag. \tioy ure with hits ouly t5 ratt: £y thelr dealre for a ight wid thelr LUl for roveuys on h X, P. H. Sncsipan, Lieutenant General, A letter of Gen, Bherman to the Secretary of ‘War jndorses the recommendations of Gen, Sheri- dau, and the letter of the Secretary of War recom- wends the sawe to the Presldent, —— TERRY’S COMBAND. 87, PAvy, Minn., Aug. 11,—A epecial dispatch from Bismarck transmits the following from Gen. Terry's corps, at tho mouth of Itosebod Creck, Aug, b . T. Sherman, TWaih- Cul. Otls, with slx eompanies of the Twenty-second hm“"{ 400 The S, Ben, Siilen, With ix come panfeaa Fifth, reached tiic’ camp'the nost de e slghit of thess Lwo Gno Lattalious WAS Inost charin: 10g to our men, who are jubllant, but luck somethin nl‘hl slasticity whicl l;h’nm:wr ized thein fu the earl; ¥3 0t the cumpnlgn, Our fellows aro In a temper which wil render thcm dsnxurous antagonists, but l{lt‘y it asrhin TR Tontd Sl sul an order dated ‘olluwstone. cutoniencs oa the Tth, Uen, Terry, In UG, e Drotate b s 1o pebemten uice Pl Wiltush Kraos, 'wnd Beafuunin Stewart, of Cantany Eo dianatchis to en, Crovik auivok others, yolunteered iou country, when iba la- INDIAN TERRITORY. Ponr Scor, Kan., Aug, 11.—Advices feom the Cherokee Natfan, 1. T,, areto tho effect that the Government s in & very unvatticd condition. Chlef Thompwon's administration {s unsatlsfactory to the more intelligent class of Cherahoes. e fu s full- blood of only muderate abllity, and ia in the hands of ]:!‘mz&ln-u:olc:&:-rhrl-'- a vigorous offort s making o re nize tho 4 To0 bmuprababla fo witl ho waccesaray. ot Sud It ie —— e Sllver Discoverivs In the Bluok Hills. Cheyenne Leader, Aug, 4, That rich aliver orca have beon found In tho Black 1tity, and in woll-dedned volnu, too, 1s now suttied beyond doubt, Frombsine volns bave been’ found about the hiesd of tho Speartish, betweew Dead- wood and Iapid Crecks, “and {n the “vicinity of Hear Butte, The dincoverivs In the last-mentioned loculity promises to be of great hinportunce, the vuins belog wide, with well-defined watly, and Vrecable n fong dlstance by the croppinge. The fead there wad discovered by two brothers usumied Morrit, Who ot firat supposed It was o lead-mine, —uot havinghad experionce In prospecting for and testivg stlver ores. Tho acll test proved, however, that 1L w: rich veln_of surifvrous ga- Iena, and tho firt uakay uve @ return of over 142 ldea thio gulena, th veln cunces to the ton, b earrie far us it has been expoacd, & heavy budy of willlng ore which {4 rich In silver sulpliuretd, No une of silver wining experience who lhas ex- suined cre from the Merrltt Jude, and tho dip and trend of thy veln, und thu general formation, doubtethat it Is u true flsure sllver-vein. Wo have thess facts from partles just io from the wines, WHISKY. Ex-Bupervisor Matthews Tells His Story to the Investigating Committee, What He Knows of the Artange- ment Made With the Squealers. Ho Consldered the Circular Letter Détrimental to Pubtic Interosty. Matthows Gives His Views of (;he Ward and Wadsworth Casos. His Testimony Generally Com-~ plimentary to Wilson. Tho President, In an Interviotr, Reviews Wilson’s Testimony. Ho Hints at & Oonspiracy Botweon Bristow and the Solicitor, THE PRESIDENT. N A8 SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT WILSON'S TESTIMONY. Special Dispaich to The Tribune. Wanstikaton, D. C., Aug.”11.~In the conrse of a conversation with a fricnd, Qen. Grant has re- viowed the testimony of ex-Sollcitor Wilson in detall. From this snme conversation it was learned that the Preatdent claime to have deferred to Secra- tary Dristow’s opinion in all matters relating to the whisky-fraads Investigation and the trial of the affenders, and that he &t that time had so greot confidence in Mr, Bristow's fidelity and honeaty that he was ready and wiling to go to any extent to strongthen the Secretary’s hands, and even to sacrlice many officers who had boen hia personal friends, and in whom he has reposed ns much con- fidence on account of thelr supposcd honesty and ability as in Secretary Brlstow himsclf. Asanin- atance of this willing disposition, it was mentioned that at Mr. Bristow's sollclitation he removed Uni- ted States Disteict-Attorncy Patrick and United Btates Marshal Newcomb, of St. Loals, when rep- reaentations were made to him by Mr. Bristow that the retention of these persons in ofice would em- barrase hie operations against the Ring. THAT PAMOUS 1YDOHBEMENT. Tn reference to the asscrtion of Mr. Wilson the indorsoment of ‘‘Let no gulity man escape,” on the Barmard letter, ho said that he hadno suspicion of elther Cascy or Bab- cocle when he wrote that indorsement, and thatat that time he had heard of nothing calculated to excito the slightest anxloty {n Lis mind {n regard to clther of them. He belleved them hoth {nnocent. e was led to write this Indorsewment by havine had hils attention frequently called to aesertions by car- taln persons in St. Louls that they had such potent Influence at the White ouso that the Secretary of the Treasury would not be able to reach them, In ‘his efforts to bring the Ring to gunishment, In or derto STRENGTUEN THB HANDS OF SECRETARY DRIS- to TOW, and te convince thesa unprincipled persons of their fmpotence, as well 28 1o show all members of the ‘Whlrky Ring that the peraons reforred Lo were fm- postors, and had no fnflucnce at the Executive Mun wuion, bo made the indorrement fu question. 1In referring Lo the accuracy of Mr, timouy ko far as it relatos to datee, the President eald he could mot help thinkimg that Mr, Hristow munt have taken noten of what occurrogiat evary Cabluet meoting In which the prosocutf@n of the Whisky Riug was dlecussed, and that Immediately atter each ho hell & conference with Bollcitar Wil son, On many points the Presldent aald that he g{;\"‘l"l‘: ex-Solicitor Wilion had slready asuwered ol —_— MATTHEWS’ STORY, THE SQUEALBRS. Special Dirpatch to The Triduns. WasnmatoN, D. C., Aug, 11.—Thc examination of ex-Supervisor Matthews was continued by the Whiisky Commlttes. The controversy between Plalatod and the Demacratic members of the Com- mittee was sottled by & compromise, by which the Preatdent's lotter was notadmitted, bat was vagunoly described, The followlng is a brief abatract of Matthows' testimony: e was induced to come to Washington by the Government counsel en ac- count of the proposition of the Whisky Ring, which quite surprised the Chlcago Govormmnent ofll- cers, Matthews came to Washington %hccom. panled by Tuesell, and presented the prope- sitlon of tho squenlers to the Secretary of tho Treasury and Hluford Wilson, The proposition was rejected, and Matthews belicved n ‘etter proposition could be obtalned. Matthews returnedto Chicago, conveying, as he thooght, the authority which gave the loeal officera entire discretion fn the matter. TUB PROPOSITION FINALLY AGREED UPON was that the diatillers and rectifiers of the first ‘atel should turn State's evidence, make no de- fenew in the cass of the property alrcady scized, ‘but might apply to the Treasury for release, como into Court and plead guilty to at least one good count, and If afterwards thoy shonld tes- tity fally, fairly, and truthfully, that scntenca shouid not ba moved ngafnst them. Bristow thought the proposition which Matthews Lrooglit to Washington jus too broad, and that they were paylog too much for the information, Trlatow loft jt, howovez, entirely to the discration of the Government counsel, Wilson substantially agreed with Bristow. ‘Matthews produced a letter from Gen. Webnier to himnself, which contained the written opinion upon the proposition of the squcalers for Matthewe to take to Washington as ropresenting Webster's views, It fully indarscd the proposition, and Webster thought ~that . no price wus too hlgh to ?ny for the information which would discover Hesfng, Relim, and the originators of the Ring, 'This lotier Becrutary Bristow took to the Cabipet meeting, Attorney-General Plerrspont heing shaent. The I'realdent Tead it, subacribed to ita opinions, and sald thatwhile the proposition was 8 preity broad one, that, in Webster's lou- guage, th his judgment. NO PRICE WAS T00 MIoN to pay for such information. Hristow, tmmedinte. ly upon returning from that m“‘“‘!{v landed tho Ietter to Matthews, and Informed the later of what the President sald, Matthows coneidered, thera- fore, that the Dresliont fully approved at the general proposition to” grant (m- anunity 10 obtain wuch nfurmation, and was ot the opinion, therefore, that the cirenliar order of the Attornoy-General, which practically forbade takipj any Btate's svidenco, wae not in har- muony with tho Presivdent's approval of thls Webstor letter, Boforo hmmunity wus gronted, Matthiows #ald that, notwithstanding TUTTON'S OIPOSITION TO TIIS PLAN, he (Tutton) had worked for moanths with urmy of cxperts to lscover wumething sguinat them, and hud been entirely unwuccessful hefore the Grand Jury, Tutton’s work, Matthews thonght, ight have knocked soms bricis out of the Whise bullding, but it left tho wmaln bulld- {4 nding, and tho Whisky Itiny would never have be ndcntmguu except for "“’af' nting of immunity. = As to the circulur lotter, hewy was very emphatic In his opinion thnt {t waa detri- mental to lhnh‘nh"c intereats, for the reason that it weakened tiie confidenca of Jururs n the charuc ter of Stalo's evidence, If ft hed not boen pub- Huhed, hothought that the latter would have lu'un Jooked upon by officials ms foolish and weak. Ile thought it was in dircct opposition to the injunc- tlon,” ** Lot no gullty man excape.” The dixtiliers and rectitiers In_ the Nt batch, e maintained, " notescapypunishmnt, sathe. flurmnhul[mun fmr of 8 pul l?n confeasiun of gullt, and beeldes w0 beggars and paupors to-day. Matthows deacribed Tutton as pedoutle, dogmatic, wnd oticlous, though an honcst, man. WARD. Matthews testified in subntance as folldws asto ‘Ward, ulthough ho_statcd he preferred to “r’] nothing about it: It wou qruvc«l that lohm pal Ward ‘E.Y.HJO: of thissum $1.000 was confessedly for political purposes, and on corruplion was chargpt as the remaluing $1,600. Rehin testificd fThat e Wau for corrupt pirposcas gvard eaid ftidwes to taken to Powoll, n"{r wag 1o by pald through Guodall, of the Fourth Nitional Bai Matthews examined Ward's accounts, lle that Ward's dopusit tickets wers all misse ng. This he constdered o wuspfelous eircum- stance, und told the Cashier, The infurmation Iy soue way camo to Ward, who brought the tickets. to him (Matihaws), saylng that ho (Ward), with Goodall, thinking there would bo un esaminntion, hay, one Bunday, removed the tickets frow the bauk, Mutthews examluved theso tickets, which wore in Ward's handwriting, sod fouud noth- fng wms& about -thoni. The cross-exambnue tion trled o briug out tbu fact that thess cortificates might ".“l': have been tictitions. Matthows vaid this was posubie, but did uot cou- slder it probablo, Matihows told in detall TR HTOKY OF TUE §5,000 At the Fourth Natloual Bank, said tu have been o part of tha $10, 000 pald tu \Vulllugmu licslng for Dithdrawing. Matthews clufmod not to bu cluar In Lis miud that the $1,600 buslucss was satisface torlly expluined, Anothoer suspiclous clrcutu- stanco futho evidence syuinst Ward was the fact nutlct that after the distillérs® book Bt e Order ot e coure, e vlaced in Ward's eifo, e bevks which THE CHICAGO TRIBUNI: BATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1876—TEN PAGES cnntnined the mont important evidence agalnat the distiliers wete misaing. ‘Thesn hooke, however, did appear when Immunity wan rraniod and the fiest batel kol pleaded goilty, Matthews TUOLGIT IT VERY PECULTAR the most fmnortant ooks should have dlnvrelred. while tbe lemst Lmportsol were left. ile rald Ward's explanation was thal the sifiing of the baoks waa slone in the prescnce of Phil Hovie and other ofiicera, and he xuppusc: it was all ’Ir‘hL An (o Wardiworth, Matthows aaid the chief evl- dence was tho testlmony of Rehm. There were many clrcumatances which wonll have been nuspicloun If Wndawoith had been Collector nloug time, but which were not ‘llunuly Ause picious nder the circumataucer. Matihews con- nlijered Wadaworth a goad sort of feltow, who did not (ake readily te tho revente lLusiness, The condition of tha book kept with the rectifiors wan a auspicioun clrenmatance agaiant Wadeworth, The factof the existence of ocouspiracy right under his nose, Matthews thought was another suspicious circuinsfance. Matthews waid e did not upprove of the disminsal of the sults acainet Ward and Wadsworth, but he subuitted to thic opinion of the local counsel. . A8 TO BLUTORD WILSON, Matthews sald the instructions from himalways were to be ansured of the facts, ana act with celerity and andacity, 3le never recaived fnateuctions from i to indict anyhody and get the facts afterwardn. 1t he had, ha should immcdiately hava asked the dlamiseal F such perzon. Matthuwa did notbelley | the story that Logan related abont Ward and Wil son, with reapect to Ingicting Logan and gottin the fncts afterwards, ~ Matthews pusitively denled | thnt the arrangement for Immunity for “the firat TDateh comprehended any hut the dhlllllcrs and rece tiflezs who pleaded gtll\lr, and szl §f Bangs and thelocal connael Included more in that srrange. ment they have violated the sgrcoment. MATTHEWA' HTONY, b the Western Aswciated Presa, Wasntsaroy, D. C., Aug 1l.—Col. Asa C, Matthews, Supervisor of Internal Revenue at Ch cago, wan examined thin sfternoon by the sub- Comritice on the whisky fraude, 1o gave & hise tory of the immunity feature of the wi l!kJ prosa. cutlons, and sald that when he came fo Washing- ton, on the 21st of December, on business connect- ed with the subject, he snw Secretary lristow, who was huclined to reject the terme of Immaunity pro- posed to fhose who should plead guilty, a8 the terma were too liroud, and as they were paying too mnch for information; and the Necretary forther ratd that he wauld leave the matter in the discre. tlan of the Diatrict-Attorncy und speclal counsel. Solleltor Wilaon sald abont the rame thinz. The terms of immunity, as finally sgreed on, had the effect of entirely breaking H]! the Whisky lunfi. Matthews Yead o letier wrilten to him by Collec. tor Webster, and which he brought to Washington and handed to Secretary Bristow, who Informed him It had been vead to the Cabinet. The letter s dated Chieago, Dee, 18, 1675, and is to the effect that Webster favored paying the price asked for information proposed o be fnrnished against the Jiing by Rehm In care St could not he procured in any other way, Wilness testifed that he handed the letter (o Secretury Hristow, who took 1t lo the Cabinet, Attorney-General Pierrepont being absent, and ~when he = again raw Ehn Scocretary the laiter informed him that the Prenident, after reading the letter, eald hat the rice was too grent, 'This was glven to him as the anguage of tiie Prestdent, In reaponae to further qneatlone, the witness said it would have been ut- tarly impossible to reack lesing and Rebim in any other way than by granting immunity, e also sald that Wilnon nevee advised or suggested to him ntany time that be should procure an indictment azainst any man withiout sufliclent evidence, nor hind he ever heard that Wilnon cver 80 suggested Lo any one, diccctly or Indirectly. ir. Cochrano asld thatas (t waa probable that Congress will anjourn uext Monday, he was con- tent tolot tho investigotion goover to the next acesfon, but if it was now to 2o on he wonld sum- mon Mr. Storrs and Gen. Porter. Mr. Pinlsted snid bo hod hall n duren witnceses to examine, and preferred to continue the investl- gation to-morrow sud Monday, v Adjourned., WAETHR BLUFORD WILSON. Interna) Reventia Agent Gavette, writing from Jackeonvlite, 11, complalus that Bluford Wileon has falsely and maliclously slandered him before the Whisky I'rauds Commltice, and Inclosen & copy of & letter from Supervisor Nntthews, and oue from ex-Commissloner Pratt—the latter dated July In which Gavette's character asan oficer snd msn {a strongly indorsed, i ! REE. 1t {s claimed by Mclice's 8t Louls friends that. Tis applicating for pardon will eventually be grant- cd elthier by an absolute pardon or by a'relesso on the ground of improper inluences to secure conviction, CHICAGO. COLLERTOR'S PARDON—PHE PULLMAN CAR COM- PANY—FROPOSED INCREABE OF DISTILLERY CAPACITY. Yesterday atternoon Ald. Cullerton, who was pardoned Ly Preakient Grant on condition that lie pay the fine of $1,000 and conta which had been apsensod on him, called ot 3Marahel' Compbell's oflice amd liguidated, The bill amouuted to 81, - 204,563, —the odd $203.568 belng the costa of caurt. In compllance with an urgent request from the ofice of Internal Novenue, tho Full. man Palace Car Compauy called around yesterdny and scitled with Unclo Sam for welling wines, liquors, and cigurs on thelr dining ears withont having taken out the required permit. They were asscased 81,120, whick covers & perind of Uirea yenra, Collector linrvey lhus notificd the distillera that on and after the 1at rnlx‘ the capaclty tax of the louse will be estinated on the Laais of 17 quarts 10 tho bushel per fermentstion perfodpf forty-eight hours. The distillers are very much exercised over the proposed change, as will be ncen from the fol- luw{:u: ctter, which came to Tax Titsuxe last ovenlug: L T the Fditor of The Tribune, Cnicano, Aug. 11.—Anothieroutruxe ia contemplated on the dist{licrs in tho Northern clivinte In compeiling them to ferment (0 forty-elcht hours, when the ex. oction of ress letter of the fil\'a the distiller the s ls own time, They do not intend to tell the dis hie must feriment Ju forty-cight lours, but they will tix s copucity st 16 quarts por_Liahiel, which no distilier can produce. Like the ‘Tice moter, there fe no doubt A yeant-maker 8t the Bottom, hy whom the distillers are o be biackmalled. 1t 85 well known fact that fu cold elimates itka Chicago forty-clght hours will not pro. duce resuits, while tn New Orlepns, for instance, e gamu time f8 more than sadictent, and {n° Clliciunati amply _sumeélent. 1 {3 “undsratocd that Cincinnatl aud Feorla, disappoluted {s not hein) able cluse up the Chicazo houss, arc urging this ihingon, Nefors the imposition of the tsx not & louse, a8 far as our knowledge goea, forwented In Jesy than seyenty-two hours, Thierial lovenus Iaw permita a distiller to efect ¢ own ferenting poriod. Fx-Cominiaioner Daugl arbitrarlly so modificd the iaw asto cumpel a distiller tosubmitto n survey of bi hlllll‘. msed on the forty- eighthour fermenting periul, 8xing the production ot spirits at 14 quarts per busticl, 80 per contof which must he produced, or a fax would eBAL on the deficioncy, aa though produced. This left o dllm&erwumlnlrcfl to ferment in seyenty-two houra tliler ain capaclty ond etill avotd tax, For ance, {f the full capacity of a distiilery surveyed and nuing oif the forty-clzlit-liour plau |3 1,500 buishels of Frain per dl{. 1 will, under thin arder, be cumpelied to roduce 4,250 galions of spirits per' day. ‘Ihe same Fiocisn survcyei on Torty-eiglit hours and Tunning sov- cuty-two, must s Whout oue-fourth nare, or gt Mours to produce 4,800 gnlions per s dlinbnery aurvered ot (Ory-chht liours ai Ing seventy-two to produca about vae-fourth more ltx, or 1,000 gullons, which would be an absolute yield of 4 wallons husbel of graln used,—which in this climate aud with the watr used herd, by snctual Giperiante of yenrs of ihe best distillers’ cannot be donw only exceptivnnlly, The resuit of this most un- Just and krhitrary order whil 16 0 require gho distilier iy montha tu the year t) poy & wx of DO cents allon wn apirits lie “hss uot and ewnnot produce. B 0% S8 e, i, Cot e 2 cak tha ey can colleet hole :‘tx.xh fllmu’ the fl! aclt; house of ‘& a0 Pamotiat hreater than 1b G pouibly praduce, Shiey would better thruw up thio Sponge, and fet 8 new set tako tho helm. A Targe quantity of refected grain omesto thie_and no other inarket, and frouw which a el smaller yield (8 ubtajied. This proposed order will compel the alatiliors here, agalnal thelr beat fater: eaia. 1o Lily & bolter grado of gralo, aud leavo thla pour grain 1o tat n thie farmers’ bus. Thie (fovernment Wil be, under this order, the losor avwellus the ditilier, buchusa tha distillory forments Jiip th sventy:two Twhrs will uhtull froni one to two itarts 10 thu Linshel moru spirts thun i compelled to erment in forty-elght houra, By (he recards in Wash- inigon 1t wiay uppear thal tho louses wing £ia forty-t1RNLLOUT Nct§od produce sa miuch as Uioss houses Wiifch uss ueventy-iwo lionrs. Tliis on the burhels wlaolutely nacd. For fnstance, Eupacitated 5 bish 8 Luto bushcls, and uatng fortye hours, and obtalnjug fourieen guarts to the busliel Frodices 6.0 o016 aullonm, willsa dlstlicey capact: ated the sdino, ~olght, e lng {n sevent: ely u a5 ol 1,600 Lusticl uiore, or 1N73 n. FoUrtoen quarts ui that amiount shiow & ul’mllnrveyul W'(l lans, The former uses the whols numbice of* bushols wsiesscd, whille (o lstier use only 1,500 hushels. though ss* seascd on 1,675 bushels. LibTiLLKE, 1t is understoud that Mr. 1. Shufuoldt will go to Washingtou in thu conr: a few dayw to ro- wonstrate with the. Department in the iuterest of thy Chileazo distillers sguinat the proposed lucrease of capacity, ——— CROPS. Onana, Neb,, Aug. 11.~A party in from Fro- mont, Neb,, to-day, sayw the grasshoppors fn Immense nutnbers allzhted thers to-day, and have commenced on the corn, ete. Rteports from the northoru part of (ho State sy the ravages of the grasshoppera ore very great un corn. Bl gralng wil finely harveated. The country In the nelgh- borhood of Elm Creek, Neb., was cleaned a fow doys since, ‘I'ho colgmmn {8 moving fu o south- weaterly direction, 1t v not many mtles wide, ——————- Thu Hattest Montl for Sixty Years. New Fork Sum, .ig. 9. Acvordiug to records curelully kept of a trustworthy Instrument hanging in o ehady place, and not exposed o refleeted heat, the umut‘x Just closed was the hiottest we bave had n New York for ucarly alxty yeurs, The mean indicated wus 80.18 -degrecs, The neavest ap- proach to it was fu 1860, 1t wus thon 78,70,— AL degrees lower, ‘The lowest inean shice 1813 was n 1867, which wus 7483 degrees,—a diller- enco of 7.55' degrees, Untll thio 22 ult. the mean tentperuture was above 80 degrees, oxceept un the 1at, 8th, and 10th, and wus above 70 du- grees UL the 80th, Ou the Oth the waximum Wus 100 degrees, und on the $ith the wiohoum wiua 01 degrees, o runge of 39 degrees. Ralu fell on thirtcen days. Oa tho 80th und S1st 845 {uclies. Heuvy shivwera fell on the Hth,—In all 2.4 Inches, ‘Ihe mean wanperature for twenty- vne years (1855-'95) waas T4 degrees; lust month wus 5,54 wariner. ‘The meau in tuis city {or forty-thres years is 3.1 degrevs. MORE CORRUPTICN. Charges Made Against Health Commigsioner McVickar. A Night Scavenger Man Swears the Doctor Demanded $100 a Month of Him, And, Failing to Get It, Abro- gated His Contract. Dr. MoVickar Denies It, and Says He Put tho Man Out of His Ofilce, Mr. Lander Relterates--«Charges Agalnst Moscs Hookes=-1listory of the Contract. The Post of yesterdsy contained an artlcle based upon the afidayit of George Lander, one of tho parties who had the contract for doing the night- Bcavenger work of the clty, which rellected upon the officlal integrity of Dr. Brock McVickar, the Commissloner of Health. The chargo agalnst him #thus set forth: (ieorge Lander, of the City of Chirago, being doi; sworn: deposca aid 1ays that ho ix the Fatentes Of Ab improyed odorluss I‘Hl 11 s eatch-haalns, and that he is Ty hat he and e’ ATt fuinfled thelr pare of Kald contract to the watlataction of the safd Board o Health: that fn July last Dr. Brock Mevickar way appointed 10 superintend ths work fore merly devolving on the Loard of Hewith; tiat for sume time pnit the otticers of the bonrd of llealth allowed ogers o " intetfere it roper] Buchor e e ' node thetr contracts that on the 45t of July foat the e ent visited the oftice uf Dr. McVickar, at the Honure Bloeks that Dr. McVickar cailed Lis deponeat fito Lis ) private oinic charge of tiie He. artment, and unile; the contract with Mr. Buchier Wasa gcod thingr for Mr. Bucher and the depanent, If_the work was tiot fn- terfered with: that tiw (Dr. MeVickors could prevent any trouble ur interference, aud I deponent wonld pay Iitm $100 a ruonth, the faterfering partiea ahouid muke no further trouble, and would Lo stopper; Bent Tetused 10.do b teahested, and that Dr, Mo tlcreupon tald If e (deconent) di ot do g0, he wauld not make anything by it. Del then Jeft, and on the BIALOL uly last was notitied by Mosea Hooke, an- aistant to_Dr. McVickar, that (he contract with Alex- ander Ducher, referrcd to, was sntulled, aithough by lu terma it cxtonded autllApril Y, p6TH. 0L 0 ANDER. Bubscribed and aworn_to beforame, & Notary Publle for the County nf Couk *and State of lllinols, this 10tk day of August, 1870, ‘WiLLtax HaskzLL, Notsry Public, M0SES NOOKE, This nllegation fs & very sbrious one, and, as Dr. McVickar had not been called on for & statement. & Tuinuxe reporter visited the Health Department to interview him. 1le was not in, but his lieuten- ant, Moscs Hooke, was, and his attention waa di- rected to the aidavit, his name being mentloned thercin. Mr. looke was astonlshod, and la- conically characterized the charge as **a d-—d lie." When asked for his reasone, he said that Bucher & Lander had vitlated (hefr contract by dofog the work as otiier scavengers did ft;-msed buckets * instead of thelr patent ~ ma- chine. The Law Department hod doclded that the coentract woa {ilegal anyhow. Xir. Lander had come to the Board of Health severnl Umes, and actedss If be ran tue wholo ofice— clatmed privileges which were not accorded to other scavengers, And wus su insolent and abuslve on one occaslon that he had been put antof the room, Mr, Hooke had mach mure to say, —giving s history of the scavenger contract, etc., but add- ln;;“nnlhlu to what has been herctofore pubilished In"Tix TranoNs {n relation thereto, DR, M'VICKAR. & The reperter them went in search of Dr. Me- Vickar, and found biw lu hisoflice in Kentocky bad not scea the Past, and when the read to him he was two from fndignation. Sald the reporter to him: **Was M. Lander in your olice on the 26th of Jnl(r' bout that thme, " w tuke him {uto your private officat” Y **\Yhatoccarred *¢[ supposcd he had o _contract for doing the work, and Itold blm I world protect him In that **Did yon kuen‘yanr agreement?" “*No; becaunse T wis advised hi the Law Depart- ment that the contract on which he llhdlcllcrhll claim was {llezul. ™ *\Why waa it Illegal " **Because it gave im—an |ndividoal—a menop- oly of the busiuess." “YWhy was the contract given te his irm in the frst {xlacn *4\Woll, that was entiroly with the old Board of Health; I had notling to do with 1t." “inid you have any conversation with Mr. Lan- der that day sbout money?" o Nowe ia the slightest degroe squinting toward M'VICKAR'S DYPOTIRSIS. lllll }lnw do you account for hia making this afida- ity ‘*He waa insolent In my office,and I put himout, e had ofered our men $3 for each notice they wonld give him of & vault to be cicaned, and I tolil Tiim it was not proper. lle carsed me, and was very abusive, and I told him to go out Hewsald he wmlldrul me out. Tshowed him my star, and took bold of ulm and put him out, " +4\Vaa that his only renson for abusing your” ::{‘!ll:,'nl" Bl accesa to the books, *" 1l Knd been notified that ho had noright to Iook at them, slnca it zave him an sdvantage over the other scavengers. U "k\.\',lmt {nformation conld he obtain from the poks?" **A record of all the vanlts reported as needing to be cleaned.” ++You say there 1s no truth In his affidavier **None whatever, It Is fulse u ita Inception, false In its statement, and falso {n its result. I hnlv,o'nn dealro to rush Into print to vindicate my self.” You are ready to be investigatedr (Sarcastically)—**No; I rathier shrink from in- veutigation.™ TI[E DOCTOR PURTHER STATED that all the night.scavengers had been doing work for_somo time without puylm{ any license. An ordinance, however, {s now in proparation, re- quiring them to pay what they used to—820 & year ~Dbefore Bucher & Lander got thelr cantract, ‘As 1o the other ovldence of corruption alluded to by the Josr,—the voting ‘‘yea " for the Dunn & Hcanlan contract, and begging Secretary Merrill to {aluify the record,—Dr. McVickar sald ho voied *‘nay " when the matter was before the Huard, and, s Mr, Merrill had made & mistake In the rec- ord, ho unly requested him to chauge it ‘I'he re- poriain tho moming papers the day after the awarding the contract gave the Doctor s votlogin the negatlve, JMH, LANDER, After having secn Dr. McVickar, the reporter called npon Mr. George Lander, the maker of the above affidavit, and vroceeded to interrogato him: 4] bave just beon having a talk with Dr, Mc- Vickar about those statements of yours,™ sald the roporter, *‘and ho puts the matter very different- How sof" asked Mr. Lander, ‘Well, he anyn that about the 2fith of July you called at s ofiice, and he objected Lo you jnylng i1 to the men for giviug yun_ private information about yauits thul had to bo cleaned, and wound up I.”n‘ "!5“' you sut of tho ollice because you swore ath *Tlicre la mot & wonl of trath Init," aald Mr. Lander. +*Waa the day yot speak of the only ono about lhol{'lme thut you wero in McVickar's oltice? ++§0 hie d1dn't a2k yon for the moncy on one day an grder you out on uuathorr" *No. Ho also_says," continced the reporter, **ho 0 says ho has D 3 NO PRIVATE OPFICE.M 4+ Oh! pdhaw! There are threw rooms right along togother, and his {s the laat one of thew, It s the satas thing a8 & private aflice,” , +'\Who was around when bo made that proposls tion to your' **\When 1 went in he sald tome, ‘Come into the other room,' and ho tuok me Into the third room aud shut the door, bud without locking it."* V*Wau auybody elso aroundy" * Yes; ex-Hecretary Murrill snd ome of the Tk, d"::gan}g thoy bear anything™ "'n?én‘ you went outt™ Yeu, “{{"uvl. about thess 83 ho says you pald to the **7The only talkIever hadsbout inonoy was aboat that tinie with Moscs Hooke. They had shut down on n.\r coming u thers, and refu to let ine come in the office at all. [aaidto Musce, * ladn't we better make sn arrangement and di- hing, und go Lalf and hall in it?* and he sald, all rlglty pay, over.' *Ohl said £, +you ste too fast abuut ft. Did you name sny sum}" ssked the reporter, Nuj § didu't say whethor It was balf the money or half the stulf," **Tell me, did you BVBL PAY ANY MONEY I *¢ Tho fact s, nverybod{ [mld woney, and they ased to doltinthis way: All the old scavengurs uscid to pay u dollar (o the {leaith Uticerun avery nol 1alda't do it rat, but had to at last, In order to get any atall, You sce ono of these Meatth Onicers will go uround his ward or his ‘l-n’l. of the city, and will plck up fiyo or seven or olght vuults {hat need cleaning, snd ho goes n)on:innd 1neets a veavenger and miys: *Beo bere, what'll you give? How's greéaser’ nud tho vcaved Jiays soing> thing. e would pay & dullar for overy notlce, and the Hoalth Ofilcer would det bim know whers Lho places were, Then the flealth Opicer would go wroun sorvo his notlce, und the scavenger would go to the mdn_(Laving’ the fret rhow) ald recomniond himwelf.™ ’ ¥ Js this the vuly ernoked businesuof MoVickar's that you kuow about? PLTB DOWNEY. V"No, there's ome othes thing which®I told to Mr. Fred Qrimm, of the which he pablished. " Thereupon Mr, Lander Erndnced a copy of the ;\’alhnfll ‘Demacrat, which contalned the follow- ng: (ne day the son of W, Laracy, who now has the eon« tract for day scaveuger work, woa sitting in the front roum of tue floard of ifealth, when Dir, S{cVickar came in. Downey waa waiting for him, ' Dr. McVicker handed over to Downey & roll of paper money, and anld, "1 won't taxe your maney, hut If you have & e ugEy, then — " aad Downey ropl Cartainlyt 1 have one, and [ will send it to you, ' snd MeVickar fe now driving amund the ity with » iven him by Pote Downey, ‘I understand, " continned Mr. Lander, **that Downey told & man yeaterdnay that he-had sent for the Norse and gy, #nd way golng to get them ‘.’;f,fi;'flf!?' o thatiere neod mot be any trouble lonal Democrat, and “MOSES HOOKE alno denies the trath of your statement, and esays LR R d—d lle,' " CAILT hinve to a1y abont Moses Flooke in thla: that Mr, Laracy is now doing the scavenger work for 874 a day, and he does it hetter, an averybody admits, than Pete Downey, who used toget $110a day for it. *Well," saye Hooke to Laracy, the _other da, ‘Downey was & g fricnd of mine, e nsedto pay me $50 & month, and I think you onght to do something for me too. Then some tima ago, when they fct the coniract for the ramoval of dead un|m!rl. the Unlon Ren- d!rhli (Company put in & hid for 88,000 and Loala ad one In for $5,000, 1 was thinking about puttingina bid. Honke came to me and said: *You o around {0 Haoa aud tell him to shove up hinbidalittie,' Sald I, “Thatis Haas, of Haas & Powell; they are sharp fellows, and yon can'tdo anything of thnt sort wilh them,* " ** Have you aald anything of this offer of Dr, Mc- Vickar to syt *To whom?" ° *4To Ald. Lengacher." ¢ How Jone ao was that ¥ ¢* About a week and s half sgo." s Anybody elaer® **Fred Grimm. ‘*Anybody elser **Yen, Ttold my partner ahout it the next day. T came very near leiting it out one diy down at the Nayor'soffice. Iwnw In thero taiking and Mc- Vickar came In_there and began to make s fuss abont somncthing Twas saying, and threatened to e me ot of there as he had put me out of the uard of Health. Iwaagoing o answer back snd show up things, whea Ald, ngacher, who wis there, interfered and atopped the Fuss.* LITIGATION, ** Are yon going to Jaw about this, Mr, Lander? Yex, we are going to get our righta from the eity. 1 wanted to do aomething while Mr. Colvin wak_yet Mayor, but iny attoruey wald it was no Food doing unythlog thien; that” it was better to wait unt!l we got o Mayor who was settled and fixed. After Mayor ficsth eame in about three weeks -;io. my Yurmu served & notice on him that we nhionld hold the cliy respousible if it failed to carry oat our contract, and we Intend tv go to 1aw if ncceasary to recover ane losses. We have In- x::'u:lel-g.u;t’:lenl InI mlcll(nwr{l II‘I‘III other things, earning eno, famillon, E1 40, wipport- 9y **Doesn't your contract contaln a clange that it may be terminated by the Bourd of 1ealth st the expiration of o year" * Yer, but that docen't connt n this esre, bo- cause the contract was from May 25 to May 23, nd they let 1t ran until Angust, ae they began the wacond year and cannot end it until May 25, 1875, CONPIRMATION. The statement af Mr. Lander that he hiad made knowu these facts to Ald, Lengucher and Mr. Fred Urimm, of the National Democrat, induced a THIBUNE reporter to visit those gentlemen, who were found in close attentfon to thelr duties in the Counci] chamhber. The Alderman said Mr. Lander hsdculled on him two wecks ago, and told him the circumatances, and detailed the conversa- tion he had “Lad with Dr. McVickar, Grimm admitted, fn 2 - mixtere of snuff and Englivl, that Lender had reluted the eame story 10 him, ud from the twain the reporter learncd that Lander's statement was to the effect that Mc- Vickar wanted $100 per month te draw off other scavengers and permit Lander to goon under kis contract, provided Lander would pay therefor $100 per month, The reporterasked Ald. Lengacher I he propos- ed instituting an investigation, to which interrog- atory ihe Aldernian responded that he was not pre- |:lrc;ll.\:]:‘u)‘. bu:‘hluhlul\lnd :‘he repurter that some one Buggest the Hivestigation st the ae mecting of the Council. x Ly TIHAT CONTRACT. During the fall of 164, Dr. i, C, MRler, then ARYBODY ELSEN! Sanitary Soperiutendent, was Baitlmy and war vyery much struck by Wrl apparatne fof romoving uight soll witheat calng any smell. Soou after Lis retarn o the city he endonvared to lmpress on the other mom- bers of the Hoard and oa thie Aldcrmen thic sdvies- billty of doing sometbing ! ibie same kind in Chi- cazo. During December, 1874, the Council an- thurized the Board to ssvertise for hids for doing the night scavenger work., A nninber of proposals wore recelved, “and ameng them that of Mr, Bucher, which' wos he lowest, aund the contract was awarded to him. According te Mr. Lander, thiis was a disazreesbla surprise to Dr. Miller, who had expected hat his Baltimure friend, who was among the hiddurs, would get the contract, This awarding of the contract was followed by months of wrangling In_the Council, and in the Committes of that body which had rpecial charge of the subject, It wiv finuily decided that e, Bucher must bulld & machine for the piirpoec of romoving the night soil snd make it work to the eatisfactlon of th Councll. He wont Into partner- ship with Mr. Lander, who owned & patent for one of theac machines. A the time of the letting of the contract the then Corporation Counsel, Judge Dickey, was called ‘on for an apinion whether such o contract authorlzing one Individual to do all this work for the city was legal, Ho declded that it’ wan, and 8t about the same time, or a little subsequently, Egbert Jamleaon decided’ tuat it was not. Nevers thelesa, the contract was regularly deawn up, and was opproved by the Council abont the 2hin of s, 'fi-enn went to the Mayor for hin algnature. Ilo called on Corporation-Counsel Dickey for aropin- fon as to its legality, and Juno 10 that gentleman gave anothier apiniun to the ellect that thie contract wan not one which was In the power of tho Cauncl] to make, Thu fact iu that the Supreme Court, in the case of Sherwin & lteed, had decided that no monopoly of this nature could be crented, —that it was not in the powoer of the Legislature or of any city Lo glve an Individual or & corporation the sole and exclusive right to carry on this work, MMr. Londer says that the Mayor signed hls con- tract notwlithstaiding the opinion, though the fm- nreesion of the writer Ja different, Ilowover that nay be, the reault of this oplnion was that other scavengers, noturally opposed to the Lander.con- trnct, Applied to Magyor Colvin for licunscs, and were licansed by hlin, —hnll a dozen of them. Afterwards, these licensea ran out and were neverrenewed, Several scavenizers were brought up for dolog business withont a licenso, but it was decided that the law did not require them to oblain lcensen, and the sulta wero dismlssed, Sinco that timne tho business ling been anopen one, and Mesrs Tincher & Lander have done what they could, and the old scavengers have done whot thu{ coutd, doubtless, ay Mr. Lander states, by briblog the Lenlth ofiicers, 1t [s probable, huwever, from the decldlons on the subject, that'Mr. Lander's con- teact 18 not u binding one, and it {s doubtful shiether o can recover any d¥mages from the clty for its alleged violation. 1t 1a thercfore perplex- ing why—on the ussumption that Lander's story {s true—Dr, McVickar ahould have propesed to ‘aid liim In carrying out & contract which Le must huve known could not be enforced, In vlew of all these circumetances, however, it would_probably bo wiser for Dr. McVickar cither to demand an “investigation from the Couucll or wue Ar. Lander for libel, e e —— OBITUARY. CALVIN C, PARKS, Spectal Dispalch to The Tribune. Aug. 11.—Tho Death of Calvin which occarred st his resldence In this clty at £ o'clock this inorning, has cast pro- found worrow over the entlra comnmunity, Mr. Parka ind been () for the past year, but at inter- vala felt sufliclently well to leave kis home for a short drive or witness some of the work upon s largo stock farm; the "day bofore hia death ho uppeared much better, snd wrote & few Lualnoss lettors, and his friends ontertained hopea of his ultimate recovery, Mr, Parks was born ju Truy, Oakland County, Mich., March 20, 1829; he removed to Chicngo in 1834, where he engaged in the wholesale c!ol.hhui husiness, the firm hoing Wadaworitl & Parks, 1n 1861 ho assoclated’ him- ol with George M, Gray in the bauking undur the firm nome of C, C, Parks & hualnesa L’n.I which o copartnership coutinucd until 1864, 1o then woit to New York and eopaged in stack brokerage with Charles J, Osborne, and, in 1808, with his brother bert realding in the city. In 1HUD Mr, Parks lald the foundation of bls 1{ve stock busiucas, which grew very rapldly Lo large proportions. 1ie was conald: ereil thy most exteusive breeder in aliort-horn cat- tla in this section of the country, and had s large and wide acquaintance. o wis unlversally teemed and respected. ITis funeral occurs to-mor- row at 1% o'cluck, from his late residence, and the burial will take pluce at Rosebil), a truln leaviog e depot abuut £ o'clock. 7 e —— Touching Incldent, A tonching fucldent Is rJ rted (rom Chattanoo- A, An utter stranger called on respectable fari- er Tast weok, aud uwked him if_is house bad not heen roubed’ during the War, Th that It bud, **1," waid the atranger, a nuuudluirpmy that did it. I tool Tocket." - $3'hat locket, ™ said the faruier, becn worn by my dear child,” **Here it s, ro- vlivd the strangie, vislhly affectad. '] am rich, Lut me make reatituifon. 1lery are $:0 for your il ™ [l avo the farmur a8 $50 Uil and re- cefved 80 In change, 1o than wrung the farmer's hiand warmly, und Juft. ‘The furmer Loa sincy drled ours and loaded his sbol-guw The $50 LI wis 8 bad une. e — R ———— The Roliglons L'ross in Politics, The Syracuse Northern Christiun Advocal (1] *Whosa fuult ls it thut the religlous prees is so one-uidud fu the matter of politicsY Our rellglous exchangus, with the exception of “the Ruman Catliolic and the doubtful Soulhern papers, ure liv unanimous fu their prefurcuces, Fhelr most acrupulous respuct for their non-yustlonn poxition doew not avell o conceal their decided choice for Iayes und Wheeler. And what iva Litth slugulur i that thors Who werw, o fow monthe sgu, tie woat_ distrustful of partics st now the wost pro- nounced in thoir approval, ‘I'ie reusons for this watlsfuction ure these: 1. In tho nomiuation of thoso men the plans of werw parly uwnsgoss did notencceed, 3. They arn men of unqnestioned and irled nicgrity and abiliiy, and co renrntativon of the trna American character, . In thelr reln- tlon o ench plher or to the [sance on which they ara nominated, there I8 no contradictin or smblgaity. 4. In Gov.'Hayes' letter of Acceptance he stands’ edged unequlvocally to specie roforms. ie tells lic prple cxactly what he mesos, and what h in- tends to do If elacted. He doen not attempt to duzzle the vision by giitorin fucth, togother with the fast ghementa sl cling to the Demoomtic part Tiops for power through Its triumph, will g! he moral support of the Prolestaut rellgious press of the country, however non-partisan (¢ may appear, totiie Republican party during the conilng cam: paiga. ™ Reneralit; ————— A New War, Newa received |n Eogland by the Cape Mafl stcamer Indlcates that war betiveen the Trans- vaal Republic and the Zulus wes on the point of breaking out. Thecause in disputeis concerning boundaries and the aepredstions commitied by Zulus upon the farmers. Troops wers belng Ymmed forward to the frontier onergetically by ’resident Bingers, and the Zujus are alsa n: Ing_extensive prepurations. Fightlng had al ready accurred, fn whicha Zulu Chlef waskilled. BUSINESS NOTICES. Rusalan Koamiss, or AMilk Wine—A natnral dletetic remedy of wonderfa) recipsrative power. 1t can be digested by the feebleat slomach, and pon- geatcn greater wourislipg power Uian kny oluee food.. Approprinta for invatiin xeneraily. nfants or hduita. Curea dyspepain, promotes dlgeation, 6lla the velns with bealthy blood, prodnces 8 clear complexion, vigor, and plurpneas. Bend for lit- erature on Koumiss, A. Arend, chemist, No. 621 West Madlson sirest, « ————— Dr, Broadbent, Palmer House, Parlor Y, I dning marvelous cures by making the lame walk and the deal hear, by laying on of hands and maz. netic healing power.” Our readers shoald not fal tosee bim. ~ Advice feee. o e ——en Aillions of Dnttles of Darnett's Cocontm bave been sold during the last lwcnt{nnn. and the public have rendered the verdict that it is the beet halr-drenelng in the world. VEGETEN. Ftrikes at the mot of diseass by mmrifsing the bloed, reatoring the liverond kidneysto Lealthy sctionm, in: Vigurating the uorvous syic: sdls VEGETINE Janot & vile, nagesnite componnd, which I|MH|{ mm the bowelr, but mavfe, pleazant "mfd{l.l which ls sure 1o purify the bivod sud thereby resiore the bealin, ' VEGETINE 18 mow prescribed In cases of Scrofals end otherdis easesof the blood, by many of thie best phiyslcinoa, ow. T 10 Its Great succes th curlag sii didcases of G " YEGETINE Dees not decelve Invalids into false hopes by purging e A Sl sy stems feadlog tha Uearing an oy . patient gradually fo perfect hoalth VEGETINE TWar looked apon a8 an_exneriment for sorme Hme by sumo of oir best physicians, but thege most incredtis luun Io regard to i triends pporters. VEGETINE Iustend of belng s puffed-np medicine has worked Its way @p te JLr present astonishing success by setusl curing sl disoases of tha blood, of Whateyer VEGETINE S1738 Borton physlctun, has a0 cqaal 12 Wlead purt: fier. Hearing of (ul-runy wonderful cures, after adl. othier remedics Rad faiied, | vistiad the labarstory snd convimeed myself of ita genuina merit, 1t ls prepared e i by A campiuRded L5 BUCh N MAKREY IO barks. mota, ikl &34 ProXice sscontaning resdice. VEGETINE Insckmowledred end recommendod by physicisns amd attiocaries Lo bo the beat parifier and cicanser of tha bloud yet discovered, ani thousands speak Ia ita praiss who have beon restornd to hicalth. ‘merit 'are zow {ts wost ardeut - PROOF. WHAT IS NEEDED. Boszex, Weh. 13, 1271, Mz, 71 R. BTEVRNS: Dear Sir—Ahout one year since I found myself in » freble condition from general debliity. VKGETINE was strongly recommended Lo tme by a friend whio had buen much benontted by ita use, 1 procured the artf} cle, and afier using scyel was restored to hnaith, and discontinued i1s use. uite confident piaiate for which it Ia eanecially prepaced. and would clicerfully recommeni It to thuss who fesl that they Bud somuting o rustars thetn to perfect health. ot P PETTINGILL, Firm of 8. M, Pettingill & Co.,10 Gtase-st.. Boston, L oaypeensy | CURCHONATL Nor. 25, 1872, Mn. L PvENS: Diar Bir—Tho two botties of VEGETINE furntshed we by our sgent my wife hsa nsed with Fors long Lime she has bon and costiveueas; theso trouliies aro now eu moved by the use of VEGETINE, Slie was wlso troublca witt: Dyspepata aad General Debility, sud has becn greatly bencatted. THOS: GILMOKE, 2% Walnat-st. FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN.* Narick, Mass,, Jane 1, 1872 M. T0. Tt BTRvRNS: Dear Si7—Thraugh the advice and earnest parsuasia. of ltey. K. 6. liest, of this place, I have takin, VEQETINE for Uspopain, of which [ huve sullerc or years. ve tsed only two bottles, and already feel mysell S Duw man. Newpectiully, Shas PsCtul by 3. w. canteR, Beport from o Practical Chemist and Apothecary, Nosrow, Jan, 1, 187 Dear SIr=This {1 to certify that I bave sold a 0 15434 dozen (1,832 botties) of yaur VEGETINE sluce Aprll 12, 1670, aud cun truly say that (v hus glven the ext satisfaction of any remcdy for the compiatnis for which It fa recaminended tlnt'T ever sold arcely & ay passes wiLliout satiis of Iy customers testifylux 1 Ita merita ou themselves of thele friends, 1At per- fectly cognizant of seversl cusea of Scrafuions Tumors Deing cured by, VEOETINE alona In Lils vicluity. Very sispectsully yours AL GILMAN, 408 Drosdway. To Il B Bravexs, Esq. Vopeie is S0 by A1 Drogis, PARASOLS. West End Dgrfioods House. Wo stiil have a large and varled assortment of SUN UMBRELLAS and PARASOLS, and, to close the goason, offer entire stoclk at tol- lowing prices, being fully one-hnlf values Tot AN-Silk Parasols, 75¢., worth double. " Lot All-Silk Parasols, good size, $1.00, worth $2.25. ; Lot Twilled 8ilk,Clear Ilorn, - Pearl and Silver Inlaid, Ivory, and Natural Iandles, $2.00 each, worth $4,00 and $5.00. Our Best Twilled Silk Sun Umbrellas, sold for from $5.00 to $7.00, now $2.50 and $2.75. . CARSON, PIRIE & CO., Madison and Peorla-sts. DRAZILLIN PEUBLIE SEEC nted to-all alghty by luapection at fl’k&’&'& , i 8 Opticluy, B8 Madlson-st, (Tribune Bullding. .