Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1876, Page 8

] HE CITY. GENERAL NEWS, Darglara entered the drug-store of A. C. Muesciwhite, No. 83 West Madison street, and took 800 out of thie moncy-drawer. Time, 8:45 0. m. Raral passenger to hack- man:. "1 told you to take me to 59 Bixteenth street, and you've brought me to 16 Fifty-nlath streot.” Qeorgo Sterling, of No. 63 West Lake strect, wont on & spree Saturdey evening, and when he o covered missed his wateh. chain, and pockets book, the wholo valuedat §205. The reception to the Rev. Dr. Moratfo Steb- bina, of Ban Francisco, which tas to have been held this evening at the Church of the Messiah, 1s unavoldably deferred, Dr. Stebbins being callcd 1o lcave the city a day earlier than he had , At first arranged, Mrs. Margaret Buchianan Sulllvan atill con- tlnues very law, though no chiange has heen no- * tleed In her condition during the pnst twenty. four hours. Bhe suffers” very ~much from sleeplessness, which neceesitates the use of morphioe by the hypodermic process, ‘The Sccond Reglmdcnt will leaves its armory this cvening at 7:30 ofclock, cecorted by the Great German Military Band, for the Expusition Buflding, whore it wil he tendered musical re- ception Mr, R, J, Creswoid, A fine pro- erammo lias been prepared for the occaston. At Ogien's Grove yesterday thero was a plo- nic of the Sons of Herman, "Among the apeake ers of the occasion was Arthur Eiher, who talked {‘mlllh-n to the distaste of tho crowd, An Inclpicnt riot occurred, which was quenched with difliculty by the polies. Thnore were no arrcats. The race between the boats helonging to ftho Farragut Boat Club, the Kenilworth, Ada M. Boyden, and Bertha Palmer, postponed from 1ast Monday evening, will oceur Luts. evening at 7 o'clock sharp, wind and water permitting, ~As the boats are of very light build, the smoothest water I3 absolufely necessary for a successful race, ‘The course’ Is the same as before ane nounced,—1 mile stralght away from foot of Madtson to the stake-hoat off Twelfth street. The other day a young man called innta fashionuble florist's und spent the substance of = week's wages in n rlotous bouquet, whichhe Acalred should he forwarded to 3 “certaln hund- sotne youn laily, * The bouguet was to be com- posed’of such Nowers as I the toyal lang: y\u would signtfy Friendship, Esteemn, Respes 0% miration, Paseionate Love, Adoration, Desire, and several otlier aasortd passfons, Tt §a be- Ueved that the tribute renclied fta destination, beeatise next day a fuunq woman culled ot the florlst’s, and maid: Do you understamd the languoage of fowers!” “fle bowed, and ol he dii, as “he would have sald it he Aidn’t know his A, B, C. ** And you can,” she eald, with some hicsitation and n iine color, "un, with flowers nuything you wunt to?" ' Mudam," hu answered, with o low bow, "1 e express in the arrangement, color, and fragrance * of flowers, the whale cumit of pneaion, from timld love to jealousy, hatred, anid . 1evenge,’ “Then," she gafd, ™ glve ine & borquet to mean ‘You are a chuckic-headed, swallow-tatlod Bllmvv‘l’tuucd clam;' [don't care how nuch I “0sis. THAT trisn PAPER. A mass-meeting of Irish eitizens in favor of a etrictly 1rish daily newspaper [0 this city was held i’csll'nluy afternom at Maskell Hall on Dc!g' ines street. Mr. Me McCuuley, Teller of the Fidelity Savings Bank, inspired” tonfidenco n the scheme thraugh his pusition s Chuinnao, and Mr.J. J. Kearney endeavored to seeond him In the recretary's oflice, ‘The purpuses of the meeting “were ably st forth IH severnl spealiers, after which r. Geowge F. Codd, on lehult of a . Commliitee of Fifteen,—five prominent citizens from cach division of the city,—sppointed to canvnsa the [rish population, reported that the rentiment waa altogether In fuvor of such a veature, Indes, thero was i doubt. but that tho 5000 subseribors nsked for could be easily abtained, thereby setting the new fournal on a ftun and rellable subscription business. Ate though cach wember of the Committee wns greo In flelds of journnlism, romo very olab- omte fdeas wero put forth, and still wore claborate manstons In the alr % form i thele fertile imnginations, for, fixing the prico at §10 per year, “they -olemnly Iaid their heads together and remarked that 5,000 subseribers at that rate’ wowd mnke n capital of 350,000, The new journnl ia, as ect forth in a prospectis soon to be _pubitshed, to ba defensively Catholie, Independent fn polittes and {s to contaln twenty-vight columns of solid mcrur;' galmlum. beables huving the scent of Cubill's Frish Pitot. The Chairinon then sollclted sbout a dozen subscriptions from the nambgr present, snd in recompense for their kindocss remd a recent Nat on American lpumlns from the pen of Arch- bishop Purcell, of Cincinnatl, -aftee which the wmeotiug adjourned, FEARYUL ACCIDENT. TIE REIECTED DISPATCH, About this time the circus agent bursts into the country newspaper ollics aud says bresthe essly: 4 You the editor?" “Tam, sir." “ Correspundent for Bome 01 Zii * \Arzan it tan pressi” “Yes, sir.” “I'vo ot the biggest sensatlon you cver saw, und T want you to send it off by special to Tug Cntcaco Truvxe, New York Herald , and all the other iz papers.” The editor gets vut bls pencll and a quire of printing paper and says, Dite [n.' . The clrcus agent suys: ** Put down that Blowhanl’s Gigantic Mammoth Golden Tuber- nacle Combined Back-nctlon Megalothaayl- tarfan Clreus—It"s u blz thing, T tell you,und [ am agent; Barnum's §s a side-show 16 i, und Lent Would have ta burst upand go homo on fout only our old man lent him money——have you got that downi™ I have” *6Well, ndd that we have heen tenung up In the Northwest and beon colnfng money every. whiere, while all the little one-horse vonceriis that get up big posters and obtain money under falsc pretenses Laven't been taking in ‘stamps enotgzh to }my fur thelr MNeenses~houses pis pered, all of e 4 “Go o™ “ Well, last week, while wa were moving the sbow from Qshliosh to Howlvllle fn seven spo- clol trains and 163 cars, the train carrying the Zoological Carnlvorium ran off. the track’ and ]nll |ht;.duun were smashed and the anjmals gut ouse. * Bless my soul, you dlon’t aay so " “ 1 tell you jt was wosse tuan the 8t. Louls Canventlon, The Anaconda swallowed theon), real Afrivan Girafle in this cmmm', imported specially for us at a cost of $158,500,'u11 bt 10 or 15 feet of jts neck. The poor anfmal’aeflorts to cacupe from its Jivingtomn wers frantle, and the look of dunb, almost human, mfony I ita large, lustrous black eyes, moved the sternest advance ogent to tears.” e e Royal Bengal Tigor, tho & 'lien the Royal Bengal Tiger, the Bumatran Lion, and the Big-llurned Rhinoceros got lnto o threewornesed flght, uud the way fn which the air was full of huwls, and dust, and Lloud, big cliunks of meat Iike sirloin steaks sewhizzing round--it makeas me shudder to thiuk of (L) 1t must have been terrible,” “Terrible aln't no word for it. Then the Chiasplan Glzantic Orang-Outang and the Bluv- ¥aced Gorilla cume up with clubs formed of saplings 10 feet long, and as hig round os your Jeg, and sailed in like policemen into a primary meeting, and In 2:14; tlm{ had flattened out them tigers, and lions, and rhinoceroscs, tilt there wasn't one of thewn dored say his soul was his own. “Wonderful! wonderful!" “You'ry just talking, 'Then the Elephant Mercutio, furned wild with fear and ruge, uud trumpeting like a thunder-storwn, ran into w fold whero a farnice had a flock of 100,000 Mo rino sheep, aud such muttun-juggling I never saw fu iy Hfe. He'd just yank up usheep his © trunk, ond” give himoow o jerk, and—zip! that ‘sheep would o sbooting through the afr, and come down flat s & pancake 000 or 700 yards off, It was just old chatn-lightoing, and it would have made your eyeastick out to sec it. Why, ouce ho Lad sey- entcen sheep in the air ot ance.'! “‘How 1nany lives lost i None, thauk Heaven, We always havo o stcaw firo-engine filled with chloroform on the tralu with us, sod as soon as we could get it ‘out aud get steam up we begon playbng on them, and, of conrse, whet they were stipeficd, it was the caslest thiug in the world to cateh them and put them hack In thelr cages," “J understand; but that poor girafle " *0, we gave the auaconda a burrel ofumotles, and the girafle cume up numf‘ but the uetion of the anaconda’s gastric juice has taken all ghe color off’n his hindguarters aud hall-melted off 1a hoofs.” “How wonderful are ths works of nature " *“ You bet. Now sock it to them red hot and Sively and 111 ante up all the tickets to the show you ‘want,? The editor does 0 and goes to bed to dream that be is an ausconda trylug to swallow a long- mecked circus, marked *“speclal complimentary + 80 the own TRILUNE," when ho &8 wukeoed by :hc telegraph boy, who brings him tho follow- ) Yout epecin) to Cricaco Trinune ahant clrens occident refuscd, Please [‘ny beater, §G65, 14 rit. W, 0. Tzi. Co, THE COURTS. RECORD OF NUSINESS THANBACTED SATURDAY. Judge Farwell seill deliver a declsion to-mor- row morning In the Englewood College cnve. Thohearing In the matter of the petition of Jamces M. Barton and wife to adopt a child nawmed Mary Sherwood, who ls claimed by the uotorlous Jonnie Browning, was sot for Satur- day afternoon bofore Judge Farwell, but was postponed by agreement till Wednesiday after- noon, owlug to the absente of the Judge. NANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Tho composition meeting In° the case of Nathan T. 8mith was sct aside on acconnt of the debtor’s fnability to comply with its ternis, In the caee of K. K. Foraast, an onder was mnde authorizing the sale of the bankrupt's assets at auction, In the matter of John A, Ahrons, an order was made for tho’ sale of the bankrupt's renl estate ut nuction, after three wecks! notlee fn the Journal, y The ercditors of Jamea Wiley & Co. held a meeting Saturday morning, but declined to ae- cept the composition of 23 per cent offered by tho hankrupts. The bankruptey proceedings will therefore £o on as tsual. 1. F. Jenking was appointed Asslgnee of Il dore H. 8imon, ‘The meeting in the cazo of A, J. Hanchette for the electlon of an Assignee was adjourned to Oct. 11, The megting for a simllar purpose in the case lli\[ I, '}-‘fugclxc Caldwell was postponed until 1z 81, Creditors! meetinga for the clection of Aesign- ecs will be held this moruing nt 10 8, m, In the foltowing cases: Bumucl Zepp, W. H, §nmnn‘. Ben Holbrook, and pt 11 a. m., Jacob Frye, A composition mecting will be held at 10 & m. In tho matter of Abratiam Rosenthal.. A second genoral meeting will be hetd n the caso of 0. G. Thompson, nt 2 p. m, SUPENION COURT IN DUIEF. Albert L. aud Danlcl ', Hale, hegan asult for 85,000 agninat Charles Overrocker, Henry 8. Millard filed a bill alnst Gertrudo E., George I, aud Edwanl A, i1x, and Alfred A. Bettamy, to foreclore o trust deed for 4000 on Lots 7, 8, 0, 10, and 11, of Block 8, In Mill- and & Decker's Subdivision,of the E. 17 of the E of the N, W, I of 8ec. 26, ), and 13. atharine Ferret hflsl\ll a suit for 82,90 . nofust the (lermanfa Tusuranws Company of Now Orleaus, nnd_another for 4 like amount nggainet the Home Insuruce und Banklng Com- puny of Toexas, Elizabeth Drako gned David Preston, 8, A, “m‘.l%l;b F. W. Crusley, and James Payne for 21,200, Pi{mm}n}k Moran commenced an nction agatant eter Burger nn a Clty of hicago, layin, dnmsgum?é!%lx)a. o IS W. 1], Woodward began a suit in_troapass to recover 5,000 damages from the INinols Cen- tral Raflrond Company. Harley Green et al, sued E. G, Orvis for 83,000, Horacs .White Legan an action to recover ,000 from Hermnun Liob., CINGUIT count, Caroltne J. firld&xmn filed a BN Raturdn, azuinst Heury (L, Willlam, nnd Quy Catlin, m IL, J, Sheldon, Trnatee, nnd Richard Whater- ian, sicesssor in mul, to forocloss A trust deed for 83,000 on Bloele 1, fn Clydo First Division, g;(% p]rg:v. of tho W, if of thu8. E, i of Hec. Wil 7. ITynos und wifs filcd a petition to ho alivwed to adopt Flarry Olwell, a child about 5)?:{;‘;1% h b 1t . atrick Bueh began o ault {n trospoas the Chicago Clty Raflway Compfuy. cl $5,000 dainages. JunaMERTs, Sureaton Coumr—Coxrna wicl vu. 1% E. Whelen, §58,00, —Samuol Blisw et al, ve. Willlamn Hnunu*} 01t 43, —Holus, Fay & Conley vs. Goongo I, Van Nuato, §441, 84, Junur Ganr—Julla Cutlin ot al. yo, Willam I, TDowns and Bevjamin . Siay, 8220,05, —Alice K, Dater va. John Il ond Anginetta E. Walker, 21 3 Ciwewr Covnr—Coxregsians—Abealom Her- ring va. Chnrics Cleaver, $:438, 83, —John A. Miller va. August aud Willlamminle Schrader, $520, e p— LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. WORRINGMEN'S PARTY, ™ tho Edltor of The Trivuna. Curcaco, Aug. f.—1u the platform of tho Work- ingmun‘a party of tho Tnited Btatos I tind tuis clayro: **Frohibition of all labor by chihlzen be. low the agfo of 14 years," Aa1 nnderatand {8, this party tu gotton up to geatst working men and woman In providing for themedlves and famillen without bolng restricted to tho system of accupting o stated sum for thelr wages, If all ehfldron undor Tk yenrs of syoare to o prolitbited from labor, oud the sualf amount of money thls work woukl bring then, whut is to bocotao of the thousande of widows who are loft with large families to provide far, and every ol heluw (he oge of 14! Tho mothor's portlof—suppostng aho could extract time trom her nbuudance of huvwe- hold Jsbors, and [t would sequtre o feame made of dron to go throngh ith her matocnal cares astdo from this—wouly bo u Ticro plitanco toward feed. Ing and vlotling o host of 1ttlo ones, ‘fhore ura srores of wamen who sre ledt thus, with from oue to cight little uned to look after, By getting the boys into dry-poods vtores as cash- boys, anit the girls To ussoredng raga In somy dicty dein, they £u 10 ehe vt o rmuduuu 1ivelie hood, synereas, If thelr tiine could not be nthlized, «tarvation or beggary would star them in the face, anid Lhe streetd ine sorn thickly thron, with mis. chievous littlo roughn, whieli s entireigaunnocen- sary. Lventure o adert it phe- 1 the cash und errand-boye i {hin city belung to familivs who are thankfnl 1o get the small pittunce their tme und work bring them, Of course, If 1ey conld be vent to.school, thelr eduentlon would b of far more worth to them In tho futures but, when u womn has bo one to as- aint hur lu providing for hor ollspring excepting the frall brmge who ne cndent upun her for u e and energies must utifized i1 hunce to utllize them, It 1 n hurd putigh tusk for w woman who bs dependent on her wn fabor 1o furnisl a L, food, wad cloflims for herelfl out of her neuggre woze, suying nothing of provhding for w houserul of children, 1tud u fnend—a dear, good wiman—whone hins- Land was tuken from her by conswnplion, 1The teafons wasting away of th tnvabd hud drawn, Hitle by dtle, from thele coflers, until the fnwehing-up of the wsad deamn Jeft only the emply coflers for her poor tired Neggt to contelnplate. Therw was “hor room, Just a3 he hud left it—his cale, hie mametivo sceming to pervade the atmosplicre, Oh! how she dreaded 10 feave It 10 shie could ouly get some wewlng to do, that rhemight stay wherd she had s0 long wept atliis bedslde. 2 “The kind; physiclan pitled her, and, roaght hor miy o day of 1wo uf pea ‘Fhie neighbors (women, of courso), began to luok ather with suspicious oyee, nnd gather In kuots and discusd o nutter, picking 1o plecos, with their Yeuuauiaua tongaes und itcllng ngure, ter chiaruc. er, Su the room must be given up, all the old assocl. ations renutineed, every tle mindered. The poor, frail, worn-ont creaturs engaged s sitnation s dey* gomls clerk, but thera wae 0o reat for her behind the counter. Itichly-drossed ludles wonld rus. tle theie silks (hrough the afsles, aud lounge down unto 50ft seuis prepared for them, exhoust- vd withi the effort of atanding up long cuough 1o walk from the strect-cars Just outalds the woor, ‘Phe broad shelf st the bottom looked tempting to her, hut it she chanced to drop fur w moment vnte it the eycs of the door-walker were'wpon her, alart- g her to her fect again, Thus ahe Hngered for s fow weeks untll extiiusied usture would bear | Towger, and whe laid horself wearily sway benesth’ the nosacs and violeis, W Iy responsivle for this poor girl's death? Firat, thoee venumous gosslps who virtually said o wuman ahutld have uo home if unfortunate snough 10 loge lier hushund, Second, those {vmnrmnnul thet dry-gouds kuuse, swho, ilke all of thele ciave, fuil to provide seats for their Jady clerks and ot them use them when not waiting on customers. It 1w glowing evil, which will some day’come buck tu therw, either I thie lite or the Jife beyond, If, ns s clafuied, the Workingmen's party will equilize the Inbor of men and women so that o wutnan shall receive the same pay for the same awmount of labor done, it will bu” bringing abouta reform that thunsands of women will haid with re- Juicing, —~Lug will jvr Mun, MartEsoy, xi—B, 1L Roath. i8 any ¢ SCHODL-TIOARD INTIIGUES. 70 the Edttor of The Trivuna. Cricaau, Aug. 10.-~Intervsted partics who have been inteeviewed by tho reporters In regurd o the lute murdor have appareutly tried to give the pub- He to uunderstund that the statemcits charging Miw. Sullivan with ucting In concart wlth certain members of the Board of - Educatlon to control the management of uur achools wers recently manufuctured by Mr. Hanford, and are without any foundation In fuct. Without indorsing the apor read i the Conticil, 1 deaito 16 uay. We S ice to the mewory of M, Hanford, kit shaliar storles have been cirrent in our educationul clreles for wlong tune, More than $wo years ugo It was coinpion (alk sud the general undesstanding smong mebers of the Boazd of Educution wnd others, thut Mra, Bulllvan (then Missa Buchanau) and a certaln few mewbers of the Noard were deter- ulued to dictutu hiow the schools shuuld be fun, vr eloe do all lu inelr power to throw discredit and disgzruce un the whoio school management, The Fulé-or-rain pulicy was then tnaugueated by them, L will atato ouv of the groumds for this genrral |, understunding and Proquont articles, Benerally accredited fo Thuckunan, snd their suthorslilp nuser deiled, Were appeariz in some uf the Chicsgo pugers, ‘wevercly criticlalng tho generul winnagement of the sekools, sml making reckless charges nud insluuations sealnst those in control. ‘Tl writer waa ovideutly kept thoroughly uformed of wil that wus trunspitiug In Doard und Committeo weotings and clsowhoie. The uet abualve of thu charees wade In theso artlcles werg forthwith cchivod In the Board weetings Ly the recognized fricuds and co-workera uf thiv lady. On oue uceaslon, when ouc of thesw wembers had 1 «houd at the tino of the rhooting, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. AUGUST 14, 1876. made a kpeech that wan particnlarly abusive and full of unjust personalitios and. wholesals charges nifllnnt saemhbars, oflicers, and teachers, the next of theae articles complimented him by name na one of the few commeandable and traatworthy membors of the Board. This ramo momber (4 gentieman named §n the unfortunate paper rend befors the Councll) wax a0 abueive and fne solent In his tlende< againet the schools and most of those connected therewith that President King trequently called him to order, and m:ndlmu oven ordered” him to desist, nud take he man erary? " waa s qaestion not unfre. atently anked by those present, Yet thin Tnne- man, a8 §a well known, alterwards rove in Im. portance and infincnce in the Board of FEdncaifon, nnd was sble to command n_majority vote fora matter of pereonal intereat (o hlmself, "Fliat thesu facta, and others that might Mfilven. warrantany portfon of the charges made i the now famons paper, I will not aflirm; bat the sweeping denlals made are certainly calcnlated to wrong impression concerning the Intey. vorthy man now no longer able to defend EX-Menngn or Tz Boann of EbUcaTioN. i THE PUBLIC LIDRARY. Th the Biditor nf The Tribuns, Citteaan, Aug. 12.—Innsmuch an mors or les baa been sald of late, through the columns of tho press, concerning Chicago's pet Public Library, yon are once moro beiged to glve apacein yoar col- uinns toa few words on the subject In question by onsof **the people.” ** A Workinzmsn" com- pinins that becausc he I8 not permitted (o lenve his busincss during working liours, he is Jocked out from the benefita of the Publie Library, the Instis tntion being closed up at G p. m., whils others Ond fault with the general ;management on the part of the amployes, Tinrge {& doubtless correct that 4 greal denl of s unwonni by the not too- Miligent tibracians, and thst the Public Library Inilx to ecrve the purpose fur which it was estab- Ilshed, that Is, fuenishing tothe nisscs, cspectatly the paoror aud working clnnses, literstore without coat, thereby stimulating them fo u hlflhcr intel- lectinl and moral atandard, The greatevil com- plained of by tho’plebulan seems not to be ro much that he 18 unable to secure and digest hle full ration of literature from the Publis Library, 0a thathia brother of more wealth and lefsure can and docs avall himself of ita fuil - benefits, Now, Jouwil pletee ailow e to roggest "that ail thiess evils may be removerd by nlm{ romoving the canse —that ls‘ nbollsh the Publie Library as an institu. ton, sell the bonks, and put tho money In the City Teeasary whers it holonga, or pay R to the city em- ployes to whom )t s doe, ' This would rellcvo the city of another expenaive burden. The masace— the working class—don't nced nnd don't want a public lfbrary 1 public Hbery (s only o pnbic tan- taltzer to “efen the few of thia clams who are fn need or want of books, fur thoy have not the time to spare Ju t{;nh.x 1o and waiting at the Library for a hoo! nring busluepa hotira. It woudd he cheaper and more agrecablo to them o 2o to to gome privata cireus Intiug librury and hire the book they wantat 3centa aday, Jint'tho wmkhll( clasa nre nol, ns 8 clas, readera, nud cannot bo induced to read unless they nre inclted h{ a_more poreonal and urgent tuter tban the Pubic Library, If porchauce the nvemge warkjug man shonld bio aclzed, on hin own acconni, with an appetite for literature, he can almost al- ways find 8 book; he doesn't oxporience hulf tue trouble In socuring wu intervating book nearer hotnn that tha avorayo attouduat a3 tho Public Libmr expurloncen Ia ranmaylag tho akelves only to fni that ' Thera's nothing hers 1 want to read." And, hesido silordiug but hittlo honeat to the pablie, ot a lnrfi cxpenso and @uch dissatisfaction, tho Pub. Itc Library intarfores with private entorprises, such a8 private clmumfln‘l librarics, Lookstoros, news- ntanda, otc, It has boon eald that o_largo tlon of the books taken out of tho Publla Lideary aru chasp novols, and snch wishy-woshy staff, that 1a neknowludged to bo of no matorial bénedt to the Teadors, but which, If they muat have it, ean be purchaded by the poorest at the atationery snd news.stores.” 11 seeins hardly fair that tho pablic should be taxed to.the disadvantage of private par. tles, without leneiting the pablic. And, now, [ thlnk J apeak the thoughts of a ma- {nrlty of tho worklng clasncs of the city when I say, ot the Public Library he abollshed, for the reaxon that it fs of no benefft to the **paople,” and soon thers will apring up In its stead privsta libearics to which all will be adinitted to enjoy tho bonatits for & very wmall fee, with but ltile inconvenience, and no red-tapo, “Nor In." TIN STANCIES. 0 the Ealtor uf The Iribuns. Cinoano, Auvg. 14.—~DBy your Issue of Taesday It appears {hat o couference was held Wednesday Inst at the Tioned of Tcalth rooms hetween the proprietor: of severnl slaughtering end fertillzing establistinents and other cltizous who wore In- vited by Dr. McVickar, Health Commisstoner, for the alleged purpoes of devistog plans with the view of getting rome rellef from the torrible odora affjcting this community, Commlttoes largely composed of the worat stink- mnkers of Nridguport ond the Stock-Yards were Appointed 1o carry ot the objects of the confur- enee, Dr. MeVickar, Df' the anmistakable genlts of his plan of {ho casipa ?'n uyainet tho offonders, nm‘zly drmnonatratos tho fuct tiwt he lina mistakon his vocation in life. lustead of belog A disclple of lscwlaplus, it orldont ~ ke wonld 1o a geuntes snecoan ns o followor of Vidoeq, 'The deteculnn of crine I n progressiwny aclonco; iIn its infarey honest men weio fih‘tlfll usod to detect eriminala} tha odvanes af clvilization daveloped the lies that jt was bewt oot thiof to eatch a thiefy bus It rematnai for the transcandont «gontus of 8 MoVielar ta diacovor that tho anly trae way Lo fippros ceima 18 10 Invito tha erlminals (o sot the timo and placo for datoctimg themsclvos, 1n thls councetlon, I would 1lko to call Capt, m«:ka;f- attontion (0 ths farl that {tis nowin order for tim {0 invito Biikca MoDonald, Tankine Rros., o1 Il genuu omne, to a conferenca with tha vlew of zetting them interceted in the suporossion of gambling, They will, ot course, havo no ob. Jection tuteiling the gental Captain when to call around and cateh them in the net. At the conference in - question, Mr, Murry Nol- #on, who in ears By been very nigireesive ngalust the wiink-kors, was appoinicd on & amolling commitico, but at the suggestion of Mr, Sheewln, whoxe capaclty “as u stink-makor is unexcelled, that gentioman {M dropped, T admit that nction appears to@ordinary minds {H. advised, but, ns Mr. Sherwin b of course that settled N, M. dlicted tor stink-maklng; was conyicted onco, and eseaped conviction lust sumner by the sup- posed vennllty of one Juror,—the usuul casie of one wisa wmun und cloven fools. According to Dr. McV.'s plan, the swishes of Mr. Sherwin, having sach on cxcellent record, weru entitled to greater woight ‘than those of an ordlunry law-abiding cittzen “Ilka Mr, Nelwon. It was swigested thut the Committer should visit the auspecied extublishments within three weeks, but onu uf the xthnk-makers present nd, the tlme ro- ducod 10 uns week. I canfess that)arrangement appenrs Hke o stroko of cconomy, It belng canlor and chizapor Lo keep thelr estabilahmonts In good order oue week for the reception of agullible Com- mittee than for three; but, of courso, thosy self mnfiuu;lng guntlemen would not resort to any such Eephterfuge, A1) i now reafutne to completo the briilfant rlm\ i fur the stink-makers to run thofr works n heir o *1 obnoxluus manner at the thno appoint. ed for the visitof the Commniliteo, which, of courss, they will do. S 1will conclude by regretting thot“ the f:nlul of MeVickar ha heen «o long sllowed to blogm un. en, and wipgesting that the (overnment utllize It by ealliug him to succeed Bristow in stamping out'the whisky fruude, . CoLuaNE, ind objections, was twice fn- RIFLE PRACTICE, 4 o (he Editor of The, Tribune. Cmicaao, Avg, Noticing in Friday's fesoo & letter un tho subject of ** Ritle Practice,* and re. ferring to the necesalty or ndvivabilily of securing asultable range for militla practice, I would like o make n fuw suggestions supplementary thercto andl In regard to a still smore edective means of se- curlug that efiictency which the L 8. 3, at prossnt seam to lack. Al will of cours sity of coutinued pructlce in she nnnlulmi accuracy and efficiency; but, ke all practicy uukm{; 10 that -u{‘e of accuracy charace teristic of o sclvnce (which, In fact, good marka. manalip [s), practice with tho rifle musi be taken np I it sniont rdimentary form, and gradually brought to this staco by meana of a system of **aim- ng drill'* and *“cunidle practlce, " which, taken up In the order they are mentloned, cannot fall of securing the desfred foundation for wilch they are #o well nidupted/ Less uttention fs pald tothis ele. montary und oftun, todlous pmuctlce, generally, than |a absolutely necessary, but having had expe- rlence in trainfug mun in the ase of tho milltary ar, I can testify ta the fuct that only through ac- qualntunce witl alming-drlll and candle practica cun any satisfactory results be oblalned, und Jt is only thirough a knnwledge of thess that the hand and eye L made to act {n unlvon, the ridcmun baconie nccustomed to his rie, aud x)} tandency o ** filnching™ overcome, By meons of this peelin- Inary dridl some of the wost nervous can become tolerably good markemon, and thougl it ix quite an achioveinent 1o be sure of & harn .dvor wvery time at 1,000 yards with a military rife and opett wights, stlll such a degrow of proficloncy miztht i tinve be attained with- constant. practice, But when o fails to hig th t repeatedly at U yardy, oF averages unly .t out " e may Justly conclude that something {s radically wrony, viin ihmand not the riile,—~and he lisd better t hiuacll ubout remedylng the defect before apolling Lis reputation e 3 marksman, for, yens rally, Taultwin shintng and position can, witha Jitthe praciite, Lo uvercome entirely, 10 nddition, therefore, to the suggestions of 448, and before securiug & runzg for 8 ncedless Jsie of sinniuuition, whila tuuf of tho Chicogo iilo Club will snawer every purpose fur the pres- eut, 1 wonld suggest | that wore attention be' pafl to ko dotalls of . armory 4l " ln wiming und Ccandle-practice thai Las been dono herctofore, and ihat ot untll each rhilemnn can extingnislia candle 3 feet from (he nnzzla nine times wut of ten witha primer cap shall hobe allowed o practice ut 20y ‘yudl, or even & lews distance, with powder and balf, ® In this way Libiuk ull grownds tor conplaing in rogurd tu ¢+ wild shooting * oo the part of the 1, 5, G, will be removed, as will aleo the dangor tu the Srmarkee aud any pienfe partica §n tho neighbor- Car, 8, 1.OOK OUT sHART. 70 the Xditor of Tha Tridune. Cuicaco, Aug, 11.-+8¢o hore. The appropria. tlons for 187U wero uade by the old Council In April, orut lealt inthe spring, The tax levy that 13 to be made on the valuation that Is now niads We a1l underutand fs to be for the whalo amount of the spproprlativna then mads by the Councils J swllo of vachwido of It 'he ellovt vn Ogdon sy~ | Lius, was 3t possible Tor Alexandur Sullivaa w re . | o reason tu regret what thoy have dald on this Now, 1have no objection to this, and nefther have T that the oxpenses for the year 1876 will rench (1) only abant four-f(the of this amonnt, Tint thern iy a gand epportnlty forsharp, hunest men o kee that thix 8111 of the approptlation be put to Hs louitis mate uss. 1, for one, detire ta keep a ahury look- ant for the rovenuc, and_expenses, and_expendi- ture of Chicago in the future, and 1 _hope Tar Twnuss will keep it readera posted on these three pointe, Cantiot you make & statement of tle hresent financial condition of the city, aud ecach Tnesday morning give the teaneactions of (he week, nnd then, once & munth, give & distinct atstement of the month's wurk, a0 that every man mny cut it out, and keop it in hila pocket till the next manth? Anl Iet thlo annual reporl I vety earctully made up from them. Lot me noggest that you give the {tema in common Innmm)v A well a8 in technica) iangunge, 1 think you willdoan incalcilable good peaplo that I foresce & to the city by this mean But 1 do want to warn great chance for fat contracta, and, in genernl, & chance for p)cklnzur hers nnd thero n caol thone mand, and no one the winer for if, hecanae there witl alwayn be the excuse that this or that thing fs within tle appropriation, 1 think the city, by placing thia diference be. tween_ the taz-levy and the expendiinres for the year 18715 in running & very groat risk, and one which, if thers 18 yiot great watchfulness oxerctacd on thepart of thy honost workers in onr Clty Legls- lattirg, will prove tho greatest chance poselble for rogues to (1l their pockets, I ordinary circum- stances allow auch chances, it muat be seen at o glance that the present presentaagreat temptation, Mr. Comptroiler, furnish the pross with an exact statement of one abligations, (ive the amount dite the city from tho taxes for the varlous yenrs, including the levy for 18703 alsu tho Income from the varlous ronrces of revenue oft the city. Naw, what fs wanted Inthis: that when the ex- penditares for 1870 are through with, and the money to pay them Js collected, —and it must be collected, or wo may ns well xhut nl» shop, —the indebtedness of the city be reduced the amount of tho difference betweon “the expeneesnnd the tax- lavy of 1878, plus the amount of the back taxes, and the Income from all other vources, TAX-PATER. TAB " NATION" ON TAE SILTER QUESTION. v the Editor of The Tridbune, Cmicaco, Aug, 12.—lins the prosperity of the Natton enabled Its proprietor to nvest some sure plus cash (n ** Governments*'? The uffensive title of its article on the sllver question In this week's Issne, and tho tone of that article thronghout, wonld seem to (ndicate this, or that reason had abdlrated its throne fn the head of the modest gentleman who cdits that Inflzentin} shent, Bnt &t s to be noted with satiafactlon that hia geninl sentiments and charitable Inatincta yot remain ond milivato hin wwruth, prompting hinm to let ftbe known that **Wea do not say that every silver resnmptionist is 8 knave or an inflationist. " 1low consistently, when speaking of the ' great ary of ruscals who lave whateyer iu tortuous and tricky," oniita tu remember the honest Congressmcn **nol punishable by the courts,™ who perpetrated o frand on 40,000,000 of people iy dmnpnq ho unit of valne of thelr wmonoy from the foundatlon of the Government nun- der cover of **an act to reqnlnu‘ the nsoay offices, mints, und cotnagenf the United Staten.™ To he suro, he rays, ** there §s o steajn of dishonesty run- nig throngh ‘the potitieal” world Just now which mien politica cunsist largely in the concoctlon of tricke s ovasions, ™ hut thin renmrk i not appli- cable to the frawdulent procuring of that act to be ,mmtd. Lut to the effort for i1 repeal when ita true itdden character In discovered. The Inveetmentaof all Lustness men in mer- chandiee, lands, buildingy, ond all inetrunente af {ransporiation and comerre, have shrunk during the last threc years from 25 (o &0 per cent. Thonsanids of burlness men of the claes which onr newspapers formerly dollghted to Jand as % the energetlc, pualing, go-ahiead Yuen, ™ hut who now nfipeuronly g ** kite-Nlern " ete., oic., nave lost thelr all; but In this slanghtor of nccnmmulations one Incky cluws of inveators hiave looked on un- noved,— the men whose enerzies are bounded by thelr ofiice-desks, the Investors In hond or mort- gago. E*in thetr pood fortane ar tho results of thete good_judgioent no fault can be found, Dut must The Governnient, which guarntecs o mu 1o pers manence In the value of my merchandlee, or of my billding, or of my veescl, Bgainet the Nnforcees- sble fuctuations of the commercinl world, indorse the frand or {gnorance by which its Inslruments have exceeded thelr functionain a secret nttomipt to guerantee to the !»uulmma of bonds the value of the monoy fi which fhey are payable, by widing hundroda of millions to the aggregate indebledness of it people, and forclng down the value of overy form of secutlty for this Indeltodnesst d. U, B. PREVENTION OF DISEASR. v tue Rditor of The Tridune. Cnicano, Aug. 1%,—Occunlonally soneible are ticlea are pubdliebied npon (ho subject of **prevens tion of disense,* hnt they reach only a small por- tion of the people that mecd Just such hinta and recommendations. A fow weeka since an nrticle oppeared in the Bclentific American, oud was reprinted inthe Jne terlor, upon ** Keeplng Cool, " which contained a great deal of excellont advice, and which was worthy of belng followed by every one whe n. In danger of being **suastruck.™ Bnt the articlo wos eeen by comparatively fow who aro cxpused to such donger, and the same {3 truo of many other common ond often fatal complaints. Ponplo sro Ignorant of thelr caores, ignorant of their na- ture, end hmorant of thelr managoment. 1t e olalined by somo medlical Journals that the treat-* mont of disearcs should forover rtemain with tho oducated physiclann. It such Jonmals and thora physicians who aubacribo to thot sentimont nrc heartily fn rameat for the best welfare af tha commanity, they cer- tainly canunt object ta {ho aduicntion of the prople wpon much toplca an will prevent diseass. Any ob- Joction on tholr part” would plica thorv in A most onouviablo lgkt, Thore t no guod reagon why the marscs shonld not Know how to presérve tholr henlth, Aud that, too, at a inoderale prico, | The mutter Ahould be 0ro 0F pils Hie educntion, and taught as sy other useful Dranch of edtication ix taught. There are dispen- suzles for the poor of our targo clties, can obtaln drugs at fho cIty' expensc, hut what aro dengs worth Cunless the necessary annitary measires go with themf—unud they suldom go with them. It Iw not the poor, un- edieated classes from whom the preatest benetit would be expucted. h{ public vdueation of the sub- fecta of unatomy, ehyriiopy, and hyglene, hut from those who wil) renson for themselves, bit us ot are nnlearned npon theso hnportant topice, ar people ara not living ae long as thoy gt it they followed the laws of their hodies. Out of thio 7,000 denths thiat occurred fn Chicago Inet year, Jusu thatr 200 died of oll_sge, Such A fact "docs not apeak well for tho habits of the people. Any one who undorstands the laws of life, and practlees a porfect system of hyglene, wil never die of any discnéc, The Heglstrar-in-Chief of Englund roports, that ont of 350,000, there are 140,600 un- tlnely deaths, and 260,000 'who wulfer {rom dls- canca that conld have been provented, and the snme ratio will holil goud a0 Inr ad this country s cone cernod. What this country noeds la o class of thoroughly educatod, honesi men, who will devoto tlielr imo to the inateuction of the people upon the correct rules of living. . TUE UYDE, PARK PORTY-THIND STREET SEWER SWINDLE, T the Editor of The Tribune. 1Ivoe PAnk, Aug. 12, ~Facta are dally coming to light which staidp the acheme to build a deep sower, from the Stock-Yards to the lake, oo Forty- thira streot, as one of the moat infamous of nll the steals which the Doard of Trustecs of Hydo Pask over sanctioned. All tho leading property-own- where they ors, who will be bled to the tune of 980,000 protest, and msk tho ardinance legalizing ~ this outrage to bs repealed, Looking Into the asscssmenteroll, we find in many Instances lota assessed in jnat doublo the amount of other lots alongshle thewn, and other ovidencea of that same criminal haate to ptishs tha thiug through before tho owncrs wake up that other thleves manifest in carrying off the vllver when thoy hreak dnto a dwelling at night. Let the ‘people of liydo Park note fhe lact hat blde have alrosdy been put in to bulld thle wewer for $i1,000, The gange of wreckers who admintel nffalenof flydo bflrk vy ordercd & spech wntnent of $80,000 to pay thie and—themaelve bably, But therv Is no necd of auch a sowers and tho peonls cannot pay far it if there wore, In tines lke thuse, when every man's Instinct teaches him retrenchmunt and econoury, Lot the pauple of tiyde Park aud the property-ovnens go in a body ucxs Tuesdny after. nooh to the Town-1iatl. where the Noard” mvets, and demand the immediate repealof the ordinsnce by virtue of which this plundering scheme Is uloue posalble. The ThistiNe has alrcady shown hat this scheme s for (be. benellt of the 8t ards amil atink fuctorics west of Blate strect wha proposs to sinpty thelrtlth into Lake Michigan und polson its walers for miles, and then muke the peopls of Hyde Park pay 330, 0U0 for the dvse. The Board of Trustves by argned that Forty-first atrect residents and other nefghborinzatrecta were In favor of the sewer, This 14 now proved to he fnlse by all the reslidents of Forty-first sireet uniting in a remonstance ugninet 1. O lllnlhlnm:ul uspirants for Congrees hope ta buy 440 or votes from the contructara if they englneer the steal through, Lot thiem beware, and let g, John i, laxla beware how he trilles with an outraged community of tax:paying voter The people of [lyde Patl: intend votlng forthe mun or men wha witl uppose thiv weeeking scheme and all others 1ike i1, which aniount to A virlual cone flecation af property to pay, nat the legltiouto ox- rfizvommunl. it the cost and keep of an nlzed baud of tax-thioves. Tax-Payen, OUDEN AVENUR RAILHOAD, Tv the Kditor of The Tridune, Cntcago, Aug. 12,—Among local canuses aflocts Ing the prescut status of real estate, the cone struction of thu Ogden aycoue horse-railway from Mudlson street 1o Western svenuo s probably the most fitprtant. The track ts now belng lald apd 14 put do™ as far as Jockeun atrect, the roadwsy betweon the tracks being paved with wood, In al) probability it will be completed to Westorn avenue intbe courss of twowmonths, by which time the Company may conslder it for thetr interest to ex- tend ft to Douglas Park, and a sngle truck lo Lawadate, The efflecct of this road when completed can hardiy bw overcstimated. 1t will glve 8 great fmpulse to property within half enne, Van Nuren mfbet, and Mariton atreet, will bn fmmediate and important, _Ogden avenun whl woon he oeenpled wititstoren and dwellings throngh faentire Jenath from Twelfth wireet, Twelfth wtreet will foel the honeta of nereased travel very materinlly should the rond be extended to Donglaa Pack, It will add largely to the husinees of Von uren streef, and «till Moro to that of Madieon sireet, and through thene and ather channels help 10 mivell the voluine of busineas on the South Hde, and at the sante time to develop retall husiness slong all these routes. t18 0 notable fact that, in al} clttes reguinrly tafd the **diagonal routes,'* whether ordiniry rlreets or horee-rallroads, becomno grest con- sluents = thoronghfares, and drafn (so0 to apenk) all the contiinous streets, Of""‘ avenue will hinve one peenliae advantage, and that fn, will have no competing disgonal route, and will consequently sweep tho whole territory to the sonthwent, swhichis of immenscestent. Ulyhourn avenne in,'In & measure, 0 competitor ‘of Milwau. kee avente, Archier tventte n compotitor of e Jalanul, bt Ogden nvenuo standsalone, and wiil be (he great **omnjum gatherum® for the whole southwest part of the city, and will at some futire sy ponr an immense conconrse of people into the central, west, and south divistons, and to Madlson ntroet bo an the teibutary Missourl to the Misals- !I[ml River, The territory opened by thia road will afford the chieapest and nearest homes for our citlzens Lhat can be found lu nny direction, and furninh thono ‘aiready establlelied there means of cveape to buslnera which® fllt‘{ lave heen loaking forward ta with eager expectaifon, On the whole, o roay conalder thie Ozden Avenue Horso-Italirosd the most notable event affecting the status and yalno of a Inrge extent of ferritdry of any project inungurated slnce the great fire of 1871, InvesTioaToR, FLUID 8TINRS FOR IIYDE PARK. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicano, Aug. 1%,—Any luman individual whoeo olfactory scnses have been regaled with the teiple extracts mont fonl, scending and deacend. ing, as the denslty of the atmasphere may be, from cxlinintions of rotten entralls, blood, livers, and 14 genus omuc pecullar to the stinkerics of .the Stock-Yards reglon,—we say fthat In- dividual may soon realize the full mean- ing of. that old adage, **Yon may as well ent o devll as drink hls broth,™ In Iyde Park. Last fatl a scheimato hnfld a U-fout sewer on Forty-third atreet to cost 340,000 \vas defeated in the Bonrd of ‘Prustees of lyde Park, and since the new foarl, clected on the score of radical reformn, liwve **gone slow* on the reform thus far, us proved by non-reduction of salurles, and nddi- tion of §7:2,000 i taxes over Inst year, has piven new conrige to the conks of the propased broth delectuble, wo they huve revived the vile thing, and now bid fale 1o outatrip the witchen [ Macheth who ** Muke the grucl thick and elab,™ which will be good for the iufanis, as well an ‘*meat and lh‘lhllh" for the grown-up humans of liydo Park, who i ‘Iieadny noxt it 1a proposed that the Villaze Trustees put the aforesald turkey-buzzard nnder contract, and have the fonl earclon begln to pike 11s 8-foot column of tquid efluvial nastiness into Take Michigan, to be taken upand distributedto the peaple as Hherally as the capucity of the f-foot Dipo at the Wiler-Works will admit of, After {he rinughterhonse Interest of the ‘Town of Lake have hind oppartunity ta *liiteh on,* It { Imlm-d that {hin conductur of. **attar de poreine " will be pro- tected by a liZiningerod of the hest brand, In ardor o Tave no lack in recelving capaclty, it Tins boen sy that a 6-foot, of, which will hy better still, a 13-foot water-plpa be put in, when the uew Holly angines are vuted to tako the place af the present nearly worn-ont onea, as 1t will sdd distribiting power. It I8 a well known fact that rewonijee mstter readily seeks the surface of the Take, and floata nearly [ntact a grent dintavee, and, in this care, n north or northeast wind wil lani the commadity alung the #hore, All (he way to Sonth Chicago, free of cost, cxcept of lifo, hedlth, and comfort, . ) Troperty-owners on the lake shore and the water-drinking reaidents throughout the town swili have opportunity to tost this cuse practically, unlesx they riss up I their infght and euter thelr protest ngainst this stench: of all villainies anda joikon s subtle s the Upasof Indi, Gotwp potitions, protests, and reinonstrauces, and pre- seut them, and also_youreelves in_person, at the next moetiog of Trustees, Tuesday nexl, and thaso who como afler you willeall you Dirssso, TIE 3ILYER DOLLATL, T the Edltor «f The Tridune. Uiigano, Aug. 12.—Mr. Henry GCreencbaum says the restorntion of ellver money to ftn stutus au hefore the act of 1473 demonetlzlng It was passed, woull be n measure of inflation. * Now whnt I the meaning of the word Inflatlon, as applied to the currency? Itw ardinary signification Is **a ewell- Iz with wind or vanlty," and, zs npplled to the currency, it undonbtedly means to Increasa its volnme without adding 10 its welght or valne, Tha ward I tina seose §a properly applied o an Increaso i the volume of paper promises to psy money, insued by n Government or an individunl, withoint uny Increase n the meany In posseroion of such Governaent or fndividunl whereby to make good the promise wnd redeen the paper. The United htates Trensary notes are promiscs Lo pay money, enitany increaso In tho amonnt issued, withont wny correrponding incrense n e resaurces of thae Gaveenment or nieans provided for thole redemp- tlon, Iu fuflution, ani any infation of puper cur- runcy mukt of necerity lessen Ity purehasing power, the nperegmte umount in circulation being worth no more aiter Inflation than befor, 1t is dlificalt to ko how this can be spplicd to the restaration of allver dollra to thelr origlual status, Justead of belng a measure of Inflation, it is one of resumption, because it wilt have the effect to far- ateh tho mesns whereby 1o roideom the promine which {8 rrlmrd on_every Treasury note, The colnage of silver dollars, and reatoring to sllver coln Itn legal tonder und unit-of-value quality, wauld enhance instend of diminixhing the value of the aggregate amonnt in elrculntion, I'he: demonetlzing of silver liad the offcet to de- precinty the value of slver by prohibiting Its we for tho purpowo to - which it s hest mm‘rlofl. and for which it was for- merly uaed. Remonctize 1t and yor will at anco crente a mutlclent demand for §¢ for o A8 maoney, 10 rai IL Lo unequnl value with gold. Hence, tho meawtiee 13 not one of Inflstlon, but of resumption, What would Le thought of nn act of Congress which elwuld prohibit tho ues of wheat rajeud in this country for the purpose of making breadt And yutaueh i act would scarcely be s wreater folly ihan that hy which the peonle of the United States are doprived of tho use nud benollt of the products of onr silver mines, T ui eal the Mint and Colnagoe uct of 1874, und rusnmption will bu casy and no- body hurt, Jo W, . CRIMINAL JUSTICH. 70 the Editor of The Tridune. ciéan, Aug, 1%.—Heams have beon written over {n relation to the causea which have produced the escapo of #o many crfninals from morited pun- ishment, without placing the responsibllity where ftholongs, Tn most cases, it in not from any do- fect in the Jow, but from the . manner in which It i adiministered. A man lns been gullty of & great crlme ugainst soclety and the laws—there is no doubt'abont hin gullt, as he was acen by competent witnesses to cammit tho crime; and yet lie escapes onl puniehment. 1ow Is it dono? One of aur Judgus anld not very lung ngo while un tha bench, ** Dula s of the vory essence of a successful defense,™ That Is the kpy to the whole mattor, “Ihe criminal manages o get togethor thy amount of money nec- cxsnry (o satlely the cupidity of his nl(mmg’. and then commences tho strugglo. To carry out thufr achemes, **delay ' mustbehiad, #ad to get delay the moat outrageous Iylug and awearing i resarted to, Witnesses are suborned or hired toleave the jurin. diction of the court, Juries arv solected through collnslon, or tampered with after being driwn; mew trials’ are esked for and ob- tained for frivolaus cans changes of venun are takon without good reason, until at tnel blind Jurtlce, wearicd af the contest, lowers hof scales and ullows the crlininal (o go forth & free man, And yet tiie mon who llmnlrullu-llm wircs that produce such marveloua resulta nro all ** honorabla men.' Ktep Inlothe court-room aomne pleaannt worning, and watch them as thoy come i, See with what & lordly ale Mr. Ii, feesh from his ox- perience In aildavits in another court, will strut. past the commaon herd, exchange salatations with other **honorable men," aud hobnob with the Court, ‘The fart that he has been guilty of conduct which would exclude n husinecs man from the an. cioty of respeciablo business men does not aflect hlm, because what he did wae done under thu shadow af tho conrt with sume of the ** forms of Inw™ larlnu around Joose. He does not loss casto with the profession or standing in the conrt, but with brass newly polls) 1 ready fo bully awityeas, wrangle with T ** honurable man,** or wreatle with the Court, 'I'lie newspa scold, the people say **\What a shame, " sn all le forgotten, THE STINK, v the Kditor of The Tridune. Cmieaan, Aug. 1L, —To-night, ons of the hot. teat, sultrleat, sickiiost of thy year, wlen the bu- man framo, enfeebled with provions (erma of lues dungerous heal, {sstriving to recover from or avold gastric and fntestinal tnllammatlion in a hondred shapes, the rendorers of all abominable aninal matters gather at tholr peat-pons to the windward of Chicaya, fire up thelr putrid furnaces, and vinp- 1y upon this great city o fetid stench agatnst which lK: ordinary constitulion of uan cannot hold its w W, Huve these enemnles of human socicly not for- |u|u~':| ulh rlght to peivate propesty of tuls descrip- hat the arm of tho law 4y have been so co (nuous for these many nmers witkout an ore anizod officlal participation iu the truly Slthy lll::lm un'nnm.-d at the oxpenae of he rights of every citizen In there any iremedy—immedlate remedy? Cane not the public sontinient of this city bo manifesiod In & manner ko hostlle as to put stink-manufactur. erd’ stiuk-mannfacturing proporly st the mercy of that Just law of eminent domnin which would do Justico to 300, 000 conl tat Arruicson. A THEOLONICAL QUESTION, o the Lditor of The Tribune, Cuicavo, Aug. 31,—WHl you permit a young nan, who honestly desires enlightenment upon a subject which scems very strange to bim, (o ask, through the medivim of your paper, tho Itev. Johu Atkineon, if the cracl klling of Mr, Hun. ford by Alexander Bulllvan was, ue, he sug- gested i his rumarks wmado st the fuue. al, *'a disponsation of God, and although {u usuceming wo lerriblo and myaterious, that God bad byit sonie good purposo to fulfll™? If it was jon I it not plain, also ralyzedy Conld thi slst and thwart the catrying ont of A dixpensation Grthe Great Creatar? Wae 1t posaiblo that ha could have resistad the lrresfsiible Inflnenco brought (o hear upon him by the Almigity to become tho cruel slayer of “an honeas man? And it onr Heavenly Faiher wna the originator snd caura af this terrible act, I it not presninntion, in the face of auch A view of the case, for the publie, who believe in profecting hiuman_iffe, il pinishs ing whoerer destraya i, to demarid the lifo of Aloxander Sullivan, iho, nmnnllng to tho shove iden, wan only n medium- nclected by the great and poweeful tiod to catry ont one of“1ila plane, and the exccation of It reems to us poor morials **ter- 2ibly cruel and mysterior Now, the writer makea hold to eay that, ehurfi- ink upon the great anil gool i acts of thl iud, drives awny front the fold of the Charch mor plonnly-Inciined and intolilgent, thinking young men thaa all other causes, for to them it seemn perfectly nbhorrent Lo connect our ieavenly Fa. ther with such a -bloody, Satanic, and unnatnral tragedy. Juxion, RESTORE THE RILYER DOLLAT. v the Bditor of Ths Tribuns, Cmicaco, Aug. 12.—1 have rend twith fn. toneo Intetcst the articles, editorial and otherwise, published i 'Ties TmnuxE ou the silver questlon. Conld the mass but understand how great a wrong was perpetrated upon them by that lniquitons act of 1873, there would be nothiug elao thought of, in a political aense, until the old honest aliver datiar of our forefathera was returned to us, Aas it now {a, the bondholdera and t’hclr florn ganm, notably the Chicago 7mes, nre endcavoring T0 Dervort the Honeaty and integrity of i Amerl- can people by crylng **shame,” and dennuncing the movement to” remonetize the siiver dolinrna a atep toward repudistion] Let not the peaple be thus decelved, A was remarked |l{ Mr. Jobn T, Bennett, In his communication publisked by you yeaterd uyb et us ges to it that no ‘candldate for Con- resn, of asplrant for Senatorial houots, be nom- nated nntil ho shall hava given his most solomn pledge to labor fur the romanetlzation of silver, <t this be made a meanura af the peaple, not of partiea: and if 2 volltictan dare raine hls haud or voice agninat it, let his political dnys bo numbered, In n communication published in one af the ovening po) mm{tnwrdly, W. ¥, Cooluangh, ¥ deciared lll\n miver matter the question of the ho rd and predicted that 1f alver remain demonetize the Ameriean people will in thne become but hew - craof wooil and deawers of waler for nations of Burope, When men fike Mr, Bennett, Mr, A, M. Wright, Mr. Coalbaugh, aml thousands of other profeselonal and bueiness men, and powerful Journals like Tats Citicaoo Tiinexx, give ntters ance to demands so righteons and junt, let politi- clans, Inand out of Congress, heed them our be- ware, Pio SiLven. OOUNTY NONDB. Tv the Kditor af The Triduns, Cmicano, Aug, 12,~Ilave the Connty Commix- sloners the power to lzane bonds of the county to build the new Conrt-Honse, under the aneclal nct possed for that puepose, ana which took efect Amill, 18731 If that actat the time of its pas- mage was vatld,—i. o., if tho Legislature lind the ower to pasu a spectal act on the eubject, —then Is {’he act still in force, aud the county suthoritics may Iawfully lsauo such londs. Yor it jan well-knuwn rule of law thats general tnw dnes niot, by implication, repeal & kpecial law, and there is no doubt that the act passcd to enahle the autharlties of Cook Cunm{ to rebulld the Court-1fouse and jail ls a speclal act. 1t in lfpfll" ently peneral in lia torms, and fa applicablo to all Conntlos having n_popaiation of over 100,000 Inhablitanta, hts' ‘could onty apply to the County of Cook, for no other county’ in this State haa or {s kely to have 8 populationaf 100, - 000. 1t1s justna mucha special law aa if Cook County had bean nawmed and the net had been In cxpresa terms applicable only to that county. It befng ther & apeclal uct, I8 not repealed by the genersl Iaw parsedafterwards and which went in- to effect March 31, 1874, Now, in order to determino whether this law ts constitutional, it fs necessnry to Inquire whether *% general law could bavebeon made applicablo to thi case, The nnswor muat be, it could, Tho gen- eral lnw which wout into offect March 31, 1874, wua and s so applicable. Tho speclal law, then, Jannt be_unconstitutiona]. For the Conailtutlon . 5., p. 03) provides that **in all casos whers a general lnw can be made npplluhlcwno special law ahall be enacted, " 4. W THE SCHOOL-TRACHENS, 79 the Editor af The Tribune. Cricaco, Aug, 12,—Wiil yon sllow me to eay through your columns that 1 fully aympnthize with that pralseworthy spirit of economy which sug- gests the catting down of the wagea of the school- ma'ame, not only lu Chicago, but throughout the whole State. Thelr money 1s so easily carned,— oly slx houra* work, —and shen those ara over. no armnging of lcsaona for the next duy, no mental worry ovor that thonght thiat, however consclentiona and palnstaking, she must continually suffer from mlsre presentation; and,as forany needof accumu- Inting for **u rainy doy,” it s cntirely opposed to the ertablished orderof things fora woman to expoct Tiote than the present calla for. Supposs they do #ay that wamen who have the rame amount of work to do are entitled to at least halt ns mnch pay a6 tire men, oud that thoy who feed the mind should e pakil us much as thie coak, wito fords the body, thus insinunting that mon are unjuet and non-progressive | does not **might]malke right* in this matter, as in every uthor? Do we not [ax onr- selves almost ns much for school-purposcs us our cizar-bills amonnt to, and yet_they ara not natis- ficd? 1f we yield to ail these demands, how {8 all this to end except tn complete supreanincy of un- gratefal womanhaodt Can we a@urd to curtall onr private expenses for thin? In health so dear, or education so much tobe desircd, asto be purchared at the expense of the enjoymont to'be atforded by aprime Hnvana? Iy all means cut them down, and show (hom that we havo yet independence enough to resist wrong. 1. Gunayn, HOW TIID JONDS READ. o the Editor af The Tribune. Cmicaco, Aug. 11.~Iwas surprised on reading the allver correapondonco that there rhould be so much diversity of opinion zs to the wording of Government bonds, Al my wealth 18 {nvested in them, nnd to-day, having occasion tu visit the Deposltory, 1examined my bonds and find that in the 10-40s and 5-20s there is not une word said or unplied ns to what kind of doltare “they shall he pald In, neither do the words **gold ** or ‘*eoin occur in any rlmrl. of tha bond. ‘The new a6 of 1870 read, *'ltedeemablo in coin of the staniard value of the Unlted States on the saia July 14, 1800." Tdon't think 14 would be any great Injustice to holders of £-2208 and 10-40s to” have them paid in " current money, ond if silver dollars were standard coln fn 1870 the new Gs may justly be pald fn them. Yours teuly, C.C.D. A WORKINGMAN SPBARS. To the Edilor of The Tribune. Cnugano, Aug. 12,—Iom glad to ace that you keep hammeringaway at theellver-dollar question, and are in.favor of glving the average American citizon aomo show as well as the bondholder. We laboring men don't often have ayything to say ou such quostions, bat we are watching thia dis- cusalon with & great deal of Interest, and want tw sco which side onr publle men arc roing to take. They will pleasc remember that hoigh we don't fulk much, we rofe. sbloto ace why, whon th Almighiy this lund of oura with rich deposlis of allver, our Government shonld atudy to prevent our derlying any boguftt from ft. Give it to'ew rod hot, Mr, Xditor, and we workingmen will hack you antil Cuongroes gives us back the old stlver dollar, which wo couslder guod enough for us, or ‘*any uiher man,” i Cutautes SuiTit, CORRECTION, 70 the Edlior of The Tridina. Cmcaan, Aug. 12.—Allow me to correct an crror in Tueeday's TRInoKK in regard to the new mission of the laptists, The mission s Jocated on Western avenue, near Toylor strect, It was orl ginated not by the Icy, Dr, Goodspecd, but by abrother of his, J. W, Uoodepeed, an enterprising book publisher on Clark strcet. The pasiors Good- apeed ate succesaful workers, and this one. though not ordalned by men, haea call to ** fulnil hie course,” and ia doing it. The Iev. L. Raymond, n vetoran in the minisiry, prospect of a good work Ji rison strevt §s glven uf another riscs in & necdy part of our rapld]; fug city, Respeettutly, 700 MUCH SPRINKLING, 9 (4 Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Aug, 11,—This street-sprinkling busi. ness ds 8 regular nalsance the way it 18 done now. They flood the wholu street, eo that it looka as it & Leary rain had just fallen. 1t wouldn't be so bad it they only wouldw't sprinkk tho crossinge. THoping this will come under the notice of thosa who **flood * the sireets, 1am your, elc., o West o, ——————— PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY ACADEMY. Penusylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa., opeus Sept. 13, Clyil engineeriug, the classics, aud Euglish thoroughly taught. For circulars apply to ‘I, A, Cosgrovs, 80 Washington strect, Culcago, or to Col, Tneo, Hyatt, Prealdent Py M, A. Col, Hyatt will beat the Bherman HouseMon. duy, Aug. 14, trom 10 a. m, to 1 p. m., and will bo happy to sce patrons of ths Academy and otlicrs on officlal busin e — " A FACT FOR THESE TIMES, ‘The differcnce between the most jmproved styics of the ordinary sewing machine and the “New Automstic” of tho Willcox & Gibbs B. M. Co,, Is slnply marvelous, und puts the latter far alicad of everything hitherto fuvented In sewing-machines, On view at the Couteninlal Machinery Hall, 8ce. O 7, Col. 50, and at Nos, 200 aud 202 Wabash avenue, Clicago. —— THE ST, NICHOLAS, - ‘Those who advise thelr friends to stop at the 8t, Nicholas while visiting New York will have Dy Brck & Raynor, makersof tho ** Marat SR PR RS e inloloiua MoV Y—1ly drowning at Gnlon Clty, M Aug. 12, Charles L., aldeat von of John aged 16 veirn 8 montha and 0 days, pleane copy. W, and llancho E. Bhaw, sjged 3 and 15 day! v BY years 1 Jackann-at. A, Kighth Ward B in Blue, at No, AKig oy in Bluc, a No, G0 — point; whila those whom they tnay haye fn fOuenced to become guests therewill ba geatety) OZONIZED OX-MARROW FOR THE jjAR, ¢ Coloms, Notleo of funeral nd scrvices at Cothedral oy 88, Peter and Paul hereafler, lmulfl\'—-sumlng morning, Aufi, Xm Jamen W, . Re son of N. M. nnd Sntah €.°D 5, nued g enrm, The body Wil be taken 0 W lsconsis 13 nterment, Faneral rorvices at 1023 Weat Iarrtooa-at, thyy (Mnnrln‘)‘) sfternoon at i o'clock, ¢ lartford, Conn., snd New York Prpery MUNT—Chlcago, Aug. 12, 1870, of Section o the brafh,”Leanive It ot o ol ort, N. ago 3 years. Wi umruh':nl Cemeto Y- 11 g R arled gy €& Falrpurt and Rochestor (Y, Y.) papery A o th it 1 B '—In thia city, Salurday, the 12 diphihertn, DAV Dradiey: younaost st '3?'.?;1’.': munty " Monday at 10 o'clock from 710 Wesd mervons af. Funeral UINN—Tn thin clty, Aue. 13, Ca . of Hamen Quinme aeod B yosre " Cobarine, wiry Funeral on Mon ay, the 14th, at 10 n., m, from her late residanco, No, 1024 Nutterfield-rt,, 1o Sk James’ Chnrch, Cara to Calvnry Cemelery. Glargoir, Scotland, popees please copy, FOLITIOAL, ANNOUNCEMENTS, | S us-cobivtiran il bty bl ol EIGHETH WARD BOYS I BLUE. “Thero will be an adjourned meoting of Company g avenue, this evening. Heoubil othar vatera déxiroms o dofiz romothing. tansras the clectlon of layes and Wheeler next Novembep are invited to attend and joln the Company. Jens ber, are notitied that the election of tako place fo-nights ey EUPEO] B et o\ /TGN Testtmonlals from well-known cltirar o snd Cinelnnail, amdother placen Samonatrats Tacars n a douht that KIMTKON will cure all pains and nen Shorier spnce o time than any other KROWR Femip & BHUPREON Cures Rhicumatinn snd Neuralzia. EUPEOINW Cures Tondacho and Toothache, HUPHBONW Cares Durna anid Brulses, EUPEOCIT Cures Plourlsy sud Felony, MU PECOIN Cures Carbuncles nnd Banfons, HEUPREOIT Cures Diphitherta and Sore Throat, EUPEON Cures Corns, cte., cte. For cartlficates scu clrcutars, T'OR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ACGENTS, 92 & 94 Labke-st., Chicapo. et T ittt L ML L G i By WM., A, BUTTERS & GO, Anctionecrs, 118 and 120 Wabush-av. - NBAR TELHE Rolling. Hlls amd Archer-u. AT AUCTION, ? Ashiand:av. and Lynch-p) A, R 'wo cea and [ota Ty 0 por Some s soquired. WL A BUTHERS K e0., Auctioneers, By the Now. York Monay Tonn Office (HENRY 8. WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., 118 & 120 WABASII-AV,, o'cluck 8. m, cacli doy, ~The stock consists of un cndless varlcty of Fine Golt and Silver W ATCFELRS, DIAMOND JEWELRY, Fine Gold Sots, Fine Gold Chains, BUTTERS & C0.'S REGULAR SALY. White dranite, Yellow and Glamsware, Cutlery, WEDNESDAY, Aug. {0 &t BUTTERS & CO.’8 Joots, Shoes, ' THURSDAY, Avg. 17, at0:30 Iouschold Goods, Carpete, Stoves, aund otber merchandi _BATURDAY, VAN SCHAACK, STOVERSON & BEID, AUCTION SALES. ON EABY TERMS, Twolve ts an Thirty-third: cr on Laurel-st., between Thir yman-ets, TIAAS, Prestdent), at the Salcarooms of TUESDAY, Aug, 16, 1830, commencing at 10 MERCHANDISE, Ot evory make and quality. Opera Glasaes, &c. Grocories, Doggles, &c., Dry Goods, Woolous, Clothin Butters & Co.’s Saturday Sale. ) {0:an ctoe By G. >, GORE & CO., 68 and 70 Wabzsh-av, Opening Fall Sale Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Notions, ¢ ON TURBDAY. AUG. 13 we will offer a spleodld Asgortment of most desirahle ds, locluding the fuk luwing spocialtici £TOIBULaNY o 2 of, Buspenders, A fresl fuvolco of Alpacas, A siew line of 6-4 Cloths, A line of French Flawes, A pleadi line of Noiastics, Full linesof Notlons, 8z casea of ed Comforters, i tine of Cansimerc 'aro ‘which the attontis of Luyera fa tnvited, o Targe and Hlegant Lincs FALL STYLES Boots, Shioes & Slippers AT AUCTION, BY CATALOGUUE, On Weduesday, Aug. 16, at 9} a. m. prompt. regalar elzes and perfect unless’ sold *tar aru, RO JORNEH SHOWS DETTEIR LINES of goodsthan we offerat thissale. GEO, I\ GORE & CO, 08 and 70 Wb By B, W, WESTFALL & CO., Auctloncers; Ealesrooms nd 12 North Cagal; Furniture, Cnlpgl. and Ol Patntings at suction, Ab private realileneo No. 7 Caliimet gy, near Twventicths $apducsdar, Aug. 15, at10 8, .o will b sald the four Hor Sulls, superior quality, mude w order, Marblue Top Centye'Tablen aFasy Chalm, Mantc) Ornsiuvny rlegant French Plati tains and Lawbrequlas, largo Nouk-Case, and ul 0 ook~ It Fural Vathieor! 8Y. ver ' Vioudy e 1 Paiutiogs from the earcls o . This aalo offera rure induceincilé, The gvods €y bo wec ondsy. ¢ 0. By JAS, P, McNAMARA & CO., * 117 Wabash-av., MN. W. cor. Madison-ut. 1.000 cases Boots, Shocs, and 5“‘» ere at Anc- tion, Tucaday Mornlng, Aug. 15, ot i} o'clock, P. MeNAMARA & CO., Auctioneers, CONFECTION £nv. BIATRD thronghout the Unlup--expresscd (o all parts, 1 b aud_upward at 45, 40, G0¢ per B, Address orders GUNTHER, Coulvor tivuer, Chicages