Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1877, Page 6

A 4 » THE CHIGAGO TRIBUNE: SBATURDAY, JANUARY 27, IST7~TWELVE PAGES, : SCARLET FEVER. ithe Homeopaths Discuss lts Rem= " -edfés and Prophylactics. . fhey Recommend tlie Dally Use of Attenuated Belladonna. The“Extent of the Epidemio Attribtted to Want of Sunshine and Dirty Streets. Conference To-Day Between the Mayor end Physiclans-=-Corresponde ence on Fever. THE JIOMEOPATIIS. VIRTURS OF BELLADONNA, A meoting of homeopathic physiclana wns deld fn the club-room of the Tremont Iouse Ist evening for tho purpose of dfscussing the subject of prophylactics in connection with the present epidemie of scarlatina and diphtheria. ‘The meeting was called to order by Dr. T. C. Dancan, President of the Chicago Academy, ‘who nominated Dr. D. 8 fmith to preside. ‘The nomination was mado unanimous, and Dr. 8mith stated the objects of the meeting, Prot. Bmall spoke of the treatment of scarlet fever. He had had considerablecxperionca with that discase, and his succcss was reasonable. o had confined himself strictly to the lome- opathic method of treatment, although the sama treatment was not practicabla in all cases. The treatment was more difficult where there was a talnt of scrofula In the patlent’s stem, Xe had goncrally commonced with 30“(: unbunlelRu and ’followcd It up principally with nconite and belladonoa, Of saveral cases this scason he lind lost but one, 1In this instance the patient was taken Uil in the morning and died “{n tha evening, Dr, Bmall ‘was rather disposed to exalt the uscof bella- donna as the best prophylactic he had ever Xknown of. EAPI{““M by one of tho members.] The prophylactic power of bolladonna had been vnm‘.hmylnrby ghoemann aud many of his most succeasful disciples, an the speaker was not aware of a singlo case of scarlet fever that had proved fatal after thismedicine had been used in time. 1lo ‘had also uscd chlorate of potash, which he re- garded as o strong antiacptic, with marked sc- cees, A to the sulpho-carbolate of soda, so much talked of Tately, biec had uecd that remedy to some little extent, but not sufficiently to ‘warrant him fn pronouncing an opinfon on the afficacys of this antiseptic. Generally speak- jng therefore, his expericnce had been with belladonna ani tho chfurate of potash, of whose merits he could freely speak. DR. FOBTRR arose to expreas the opinion that Dr, Small had struck the key-nots of the whole matter, and ha ‘hoped the meeting would give no uncertain sonnd with regard to the prophylactic powers of ‘belladonna, inregard to tho virtues of which he read coplous cxtracts from Dr. D. Francls Condle’s * Discascs of Children.” The clinch- ing _points in the quotations were received with applause. The author of the book cited seyornl Instances of the successful use of belladonna by othcrfish}'slchm as well as himself, and declared "himself as highly in favor of this remedy. Dr. Foster clted a case where he hiad visited'n family fn which ouve member was down with tho scarlet fever, Ifo had given ‘belladonnn to the others, and not one of them took the diseage. In short, he repurded it as the only known drug that was of any recount ‘whatever fo Emvcnung or curing scarlet fever, aud he hoped this drugz would take its old place 1in the materia medicans o sure proyentive of searlating, Dr, Willlams, a pbarmaciat, added his testi- mony to the successful use of belladonn, larze quantitics of which he bad sold even to nllo- pathic physictaus, Dr. Duncan read from the proof of a medical articlo several indorsements of the use of bella- donna, from Ilalmemann and other physicians down to several modern Britlsh medfeal perlodi- cals, Dr. Duncan bad not had much experl- cuce with scarlating,—only having scen four cases this geason, and belladonna had been found sli-sufficient. Ile hod Jately commenced to use the suiphio-carbolate of sutla, but he was not a8 yot prepared to speak of its merlts, 1le considered 1t the duty, however, of Iils medieal brethiren to glve it a fofr trial, Dr, Adam ™ Miller cnutioned people against uslug belludonna ndlacriminately, Otherwise prople would be rushing to the drug-stores af- terit, rour some of it n a goblet of water, uud beautiful cases of sore throat would be the re- sult. It must be used with discrimination—ond in tho attenuated fortn 4 proparcd only by Iomeopathic physiclans, [Applause.] He'had also tried Ilr{unhl as 8 umlv]u’ uct connee tlon with belladonna, sud had found it & suc- cessful reinedy. Dr, 8mall niade a fow remarks to the same effect, hia experlence bayving taught hitn that bellndonna had aleo ucted us a predisponent. Dr. Woodward didn't belleve in helladonna ns & prophylactic, and clited Instances drawn from his own experfence where it had fafled, D, COOK wouldn't sit by and hear belladonna decrled. Never durlng lils work of twenty-live years had lie been 8o absolutely convineed of the posltive efll of belladunna a3 a prophylactic as he had during the progress of ‘the {weum. epl- demic, 1t was not a falr trinl of belladonna to give the tincture, or mnssive doses. ‘The physi- cian should begin with the thind decitnat atten- uation of belladonna, and then, week after week, and mouth after mouth, continte its use during the epldemfc, gradually ascending to the slxth, twelfth, thirticth, aud other decimal at- tenuations. Togive ft in finproper doscs was slmply to enhauce the dauger of a fatnl result. Dr. Couvk cited several cases where belladonua bad been used with remarkablo sue cess, ‘The only mild coses he had secn this win- ter wero those” where belladouna had been used ‘with tolerable regulurity und systen; and the ouly hard casce, where the discase was finully overcome, were those_in which belladonna had ‘been properly used. If sulpho-carbolato of so- dium was 8 preventive for scurlet-fever and oth- er septic discases, to Dr. G. D, Beebe Lelonged the credit of the discovery, and no jealous, stu- pid ass could take & away frour him, Whether he wrote for Tz Tuisune or the Timer, wughter and llpw:uu.] Ho would not say that the sulpbo-curbolate of rodu was a raventive beyond all doubt; but if it was, r. Becho was the unl( max that had ever sug- geated ft. He had clalmed that 18 was funocu- ous, but Dr. Cook wus of the opinfon that it ‘was a rather dangerous cxperiment to glve it to young children as o preventive, and expect them to carry it In thelr systems ,during the progress of an epldemic. Dr, Wilkde didu't belfeve in Dr, Cook's meth- od. He had tried it Iu oue-third and one-sltxh doses, and every putient had dicd, Dr. Cook—What! Every patient die! Does ke Yoo most of them. (Laug) 3 ic—Yes, most of them, (Laughter, Dy, Cook—Then I say o c.amm(m":'f...ue.z would be In order to-iuvestigute the causcs of death, V‘Lnugmcr.] Dl;. \u el !Ir“(lnsd' to lll‘rl‘wl olu!. of bis state- ments by explaining that only seven patients out of sbout. Sxty-llw or iuvcnl’y had ull\[:,fl. DR, MITCURLL spoke In fuvor of bLelladonna, und sald it was as perfect & prophylactic us it wos possi- ble ‘to ubtain. It was evident that the doctor did ot think uny too highly of the sulpho-car- bolate of sodu, for he compared its use with children to the use of thres or four bottles of whisky to allay the bite of o rattlesnake, The preseription which he would recommend was four pellets of belludouna night und morning, Dr, Hawk stated Lis cxperience with sulpho- corbolute of soda. In one cuse it had been sue- ceasful und fuasotber it had fulled. Ho wus disposed to think moat favarably of belladonna. Dr, Hawk bad something “to say ubout Lls idea of the "cause of thu epidemic, which he sttelbuted to the lack of suushine this winter. Since the 1st of October there lad not been Sftcen duys of sunshine, with & correspondingly low birowmeter. This, ke had uo doubt, was cuuby of the reverity and the protracted of the epidemle, and even of other discases, Dr. Ballard relicd on belladons, which he bad found successful evea in the 200th attenustion. {8ensation. | Dr. Bwith, the Chalrman of the meeting, was fnvited to express bis views on prophylactica. Ho wasglad to see Dr. Jobnson, an alluputl, present, and hoped to hear from him before the meetingclosed. Dr. Suithread from “Elvoll's Practico of Medicine" sowe fuyorable opiutons of the use of bels; and added i servation where it had been a sucesssful remnedy ip mild cases, or hurd cuses taken fu thue. Ina Zew malignsut cuses (4 bed falled, but du these cases he was culled In when It was only too lute, ‘Therv biad been cases of deuths frow tho ues of this remedy, bouglit st the drug-stores aud un- derthe usme of the homvopathiic iuixture, but ihe trouble was that the sttenuations wese too low and 100 strong. At <hls o ge ol the proc 8 commitice of Drs. Foster, o.lw B szn vrepasry resolutions expreas! tha ense of the guthering. o % Whils the Cowmitiee was out, other medial tlemen expreseed their views, one gentle- mn ndmmt}r‘n’g the nse of mr:o’“c acid as a prophylactic in cases of scarlet fever, ‘Tio Committee reported the following reso- Iutions, which were adopteds TECOMMENDATIONS. Rexolred, That this meeting recommends em- hatically the dally use of belladonna as s prophy- Pnc(lc against senrfating, but only In doscs o at- tenuated ns not to prodace vinible effects upon the u;'rnlfl;m, and slivays under the ndvice of a famliy vaician, P esaired, That faolation in the next only means that wo know of o prevent the apread of the din- eare, bat we deprocate arbitrary interference with the rights of familics. . Rlesalred, That e have oyery teason to believe 1hat aach a conree would reduce the frequency, the noverity, and the mortality of this dlscage, but will not whoily eradicate 1t, nar do we know of any means that will, Ziexolred, That there resolutions be transmitted ;‘l’ C::; public press snd to the Commissioner of ealth. Dr. Johngon was fnvited to express s views on the general subject of Fruvhy\nct\m. which Tie did at some length, cautioning people not to repose biindly in the lmlmol warding off the diseate by the use of belladonna, or any other medicine, but to take such measures as theycan to separate the ek from tho well, and to” pre- vent the dlssemination of the causes ol discake by the usc of varlous disinfectants,~carbollc aclds, lime, potash, ete. Dr, Johnson also stated that the report of the Committeo this evening at the tirnd Pacific meeting would cover this roggestion, a8 well as - that sugeestion that tho prophylactics should only be taken under the direction of the phyeictan, Dr. stl[lllh“!Drl traced tho causes of the epldemic to gt HORRIBLY, CONDITION OF THE STREETS and sewers of Clifcagu, and commented on the negligence and apathy of the general public in r‘lnv(nq the sanitary” government of the city in ho hands of o g old man, who knew no moare of sanitary felence than & young child. Dr. Mitchell "olfcred a rosofution calltng for necessary legielation to enable the Mayor of Chicago'to appoint a ITealth Commission, to consist of four allopathists, four homeopath- fsts, and two cclecties, to supersedo all health officets previously appointed. ‘The resolution was lald away until a Sanitary Committee had been nr{mlnm , to whom it was respoetfully referred, The Committes nq\ulmcd consists of Drs. Small, Cook, Hoyue, Mitchell, and _Ludlam, their dutics to consist *malnly In the drafting of sanitary regulations for the Den- efit of the city. . The' meetfox then ndjourncd until next Thursday cvening at the same place, The sub- ject at that time will bo the treatinont of theso Wlseases, THE MAYOR. TEADT TO CO-OPERATE. In speaking about the saunitary condition of the city, and the recent movements that have been actuated by the fatal prevalence of acarlet fever and diphtheria, the Moyor yestendaf said that he was much pleased that the physiclans hd taken some steps towards the sappresslon of the disenses which had ecourged the city for the past fow months, and e was Incliued to Jook with favor upon the resolution which had been ruucd by thie physiclans assembled Thurs- day night at the Grand Pacific Hotel, proyided nnymm‘pekcul, physician conld e found stho was willing to nssume control of tho Health De- artment for the salary attached to the ofllce of {ealth Comtuissivner. What was ncoded In that office In the present emergency was o prace ticing ?hyslclun of experience, Judgment, and executivo nvllity, but tho salary was small,— 21,500 n year. Once before the Mayor had Jooked about for = mam, buf conld find no one to @Il the Dbl Now the cirenmstances were changed, There was somethiog Lo work azainst which, If overcome, would do credit tothe manwho overcame it,and from a conversation which his Honor bud with Drs. dohnson amdd Tsham Thursday he bad been Ied to believe that there was a manof the requi- slte ability, judgment, and experience who would take the piace, If only for the enke of adding to or making u reputation. It mattered not what motive n tian possessed who stamped out the plague, I the playgyo was_stamped out. That was all that wias wanted, The geotlemun who nt present acted as Commissloner of Health was not u phvsfelan, but was a good sanitarian, and had bad a good denl of experience, e was not supposed to e uumr(‘lnlll to treating cases of searlet fever a3 a physician would be, and, of course, conld not enter upon and grapple with the dlseases now prevalent as they uvdoubtedly should be grappled with, A phy- slelan could instruct the Sauitary Inspectors how to sct, and they could carry out the e structions without much trouble, as they wers mast of thein men of Judgmont. Searlet fever #ucd diphitherin needed to be handled by askitled hand, and the adyles which should “be given ought to be the advive of o medleal man, ~The Mayor has requested sevoral prominent phy- sictans to meet bim und the Committee on Health this afternoon at 3o'ciock In bly office, and the eubject of the appointment of another Heaith Commissioner will be talked over. CORRESIPONDENCE. A CAME IN FOINT, To the Kiltor of The Tribune, Ciedoo, Jan. 20.—The controversy now go- Ing on between Dr. G, D. Beebe and certaln members of the medical fraternlty over the cura. tive qualities of *“sulpho-carbolute of soda,’ and its application In cases of searlet fever, cte, finds a striking colncldence in the cnse of Har- vey, the discovercr of the cirealation of the blood, 1 quote from the *Philosophy of [enkth"; Contemporaries are scldom grateful to discover- «¢rs. Slore than one instance s on record In which a 1man has Injurcd his furture snd lost bis kappincss through the ciucldatlon and establishment of & truth which has given bim fmmortahty, 1t may be that thero ure phynical truths yet to be brought 1o 1ight, toway nothlng of new “applications of old truths, which, If they could be annuvunced and demonstrated fu-day, Would be the rumn of the dis. coverer, . . . It may be, the hope und the expece tation occaslonully aross thnt the Inestimaule vene elit hu waw about Lo confer on his fellow-men would secura to him some portion of thelr cuteem and confldence. What * must have been hla dirappointment when he found, after thu publication of % tract, the Mttle practice he hed had as a physician by de- grees fell offtjlo wos too speculntive, 100 thco- rotical, not practical, Such was the view taken oven by hin trienda, 5364 enemies saw in his truct wothing but indicutions of a presumptuous mind, thiut dured eull in queation the revercd authority of the ancients; and some of thuw vaw, yoreover, Indications of & malignaut mind, that concelved and defended docirines which, it not checked, wonld underming the very foundations of morality and relizion, When the ‘evidence of thi camu frresistible, then thess persons suddenly turned round and wald that it was all known bo- fore, and that the wole merit of thia vaunted dis- fi;v'rrur couvivtod in having circaluted the circulas 1om Interested In this matter In g0 far only as all fathers ought to be. 1 huve not the pleas. ure of an_aceuuintance with Dr. Beche, and kuow not whatlier he I8 a homeopath, allopatl, orete-pth™; no matter by what system or theory hu wages war on the desolater of our Bearts and homes, 8o lovg as his efforts ore crowned with sticceas. The school of the Tounda- tion of his principles of practice s ot little consequence, ra!w«lnll_v when our chitiren are inthatoils of that wrim und futal disease, and Lie has the ability to rescue them to rosy, rol- Hekine health; the question of schiool ar sys- tem then resolves itself Into utmost {usiguin- cance, Evilently Dy, B. ks tho unly tenable ground I this batthe, and - the query vut forth by bim to these malcontents, | take up—{if you kuew the puteney of this remedlal agent why so dila- tory about Its usy In this thne of especiul need ‘Phe HealthOlicer of this eity reports 104 deaths from scurlet fever und furty-cight from diph- therla within a few weeks, 3 ‘Lhe etlictency of the medlelne seems to be un- questioned; i1, then, you knew its power and used [t not—I Judge not, but will add, the bright intelleets of the profession must have been dazed, und nothing, apparcatly, but jeal ousy ut the succcss of a rlval brother” hus touched thelr vitality, Now that the cobwebs are partly removed, pull them udl down aud il up the space with active thought and earnest work, and undoubtedly the reaults will be bene- ficdal to your patrons und no luss gratilying to yuuraelves, A Patuen. SCARLET VEVER. 7o the Editur of Tne Tribune, Cuicago, Jan. 26.~—As a dally reuder of your paper Isee thut youdare say a few words fur suferiug chifdren, whether the M. D.'% like It or not, therefore I wish to say o fuw words about searlet fever, fecllug confident that some will be benelited; preintshug that what Isay s born of experience, a8 my children have been carsled safely through searlet fever and sbout all the uther ills et children’s flesk 1s heir to, by the Lollowing simple mode of treatseut: First, #eo thut |h§ boweld uperate aud wre kept open til the 18 well (do ot go to extremes in thls, bowever); secomd, su uwbundanes of woolen cluthing, snd partitularly about the fect; third aud principally, us large o dplece of faun 88 «an by Used, oue end wet fu but water and _upplicd (a3 warm us cun be borne) arousd the neck, the dry end outside of the wet, the cloth shuuld be” rebeuted ubout cvery twenty minutes and until the fever atates, when it should be replaced with & dry fannel, to be left ou till the fever commences agatn, when the wet should Le appticd sgaly, siternating this way il the child ls well, of course, beingr used thy mo; tho child fukewiriy woter as often ss b will take it, and only a teaspoonful at. atime (by glving only a teaspoontul at a time, the muscles andorgans of the throat and month are contin- unlly prompted to exertion, thereby keeplog them clear of mmcus and keeping them motat, and nlso the bad effect of eiug chilled, as when using o larger quantity, is avolded); fifth, the temperature shonld be moderately swarm and kept even, day and night, or, if the child aleeps, the temperature can be lowered o little in the nlcht, l(‘.‘onlhumus heat applied to the feet is beneficlal tn bad casee. “There are other points worth mentioning, but asthey wil naturally suggest themselves to peoplo of good common senso I will not trea- ass further on your space, except to say that n using the flannel there Is a Qanger of cn(ch(n? cold, and those who are lazy or curclets should not try Ik, for there §s no aurer way to kill a alck chlld than to get the pores of tho skin opened and then allow the child to cateh cold, but those who will not mind the Lother an who will stick to their work, will cure every tlme, and without medicine, Joux (. Nicuotsox. SPORTING NEWS. PEDESTRIANISM, Bpectal Dispatch to The Triduns, OMAIAy Neby Jan. 2.—Jolin Oddy. of Phila- delphia, who clalms to be the short-distance champlon nedestrlan of the world, will begin his attemot to walk 110 miles in twenty-four hours at Turner Hall, for a purse of £200, Oddy hns accepted tho challenge of Ilarey Lcwfu, now_In Chicago, to walk a Gfty-mile wateh for 300 & side, Uie mateh to take' phice at Omabia within two weeks. — THE TURF. : CiNcINNATY, 0., Jan. 20.—The spring running niceting on tne Chester Park course will upen about Muy 23, or immcdiatoly after the close of the Loulsville races, and cuntinue five days. Entrles close March 1. ITandsome purecs are offered. The succesa attending theso races Inst apring leads sporting men to expect the fucst meeting ever held hero, ————— WASHINGTON. The Pollcc-Muddlo—MeLean and 1111 Bury the Iintehet. Speciat Dispateh to The Triduna WasitinutoN, D, C.,dan. 20,.—The new Police Doard of tho District suspended to<lay Maj. Richards, Chief of Pollce, and detectives Mce Devitt, McElfresh, and Miller, who tes- tificd against Murtagh, in connection with the Whitthorne and McGarraghan cases, Gatebiell, the new President of the Board, Is toact as Chicf of Police in theinterim. This action I8 made possible by the LIl passed unan- Imously by both Iouses of Congress a week ago abollshing the Police Board, and placing the control of the uty Governmnent of Washington fu the hands of the Commissioners of tho Dlistrlct. The President's mes- sagze announclng his veto has not yet been prescnted to the [lunse, but the reasons he Is understood to have elyen for It are that he I8 couvluced from the testimony taken that certain reforma fu the police adminie tratlon of this city are neceseary, and, while ho 1s fn fuvor of the proposed transier, he belleves that these reforms should be made before the transfer takes place, Leuding members of the Houre and Senate ex- ress the opinlon that the bil abolishing the Police Board will be pasacd over the Presldent’s veto whenever it {8 brought up for action. 70 the Western Asvoctaied Prese. WaAsmNGTON, 1), C., Jan. X.—Mr, Washing- ton MeLean, of Cinelunati, and Represcntative Ben Il have reconciled thelr "dlfferences. ‘fhey had a conversation today in the” Sergeantat-Arms’ offlee of the House. Mr. McLean now remembers Tio dud meet Mr. 1HIf i New York n 1865, aud Mr. 10l nuthorizes the stitement that e Ia fully satisticd that MeLean had no {utercst whate ever {u or connnetion with any cotton transac- tion fu Georgzia. 1le s also satisfled that Mr. MeFean was no nni- to any conspirucy or other wrong to Me. Hill In Washincton, The mects ug yas. very cordlal, aud they parted warm rionds. ‘I'lie Presldent has nominated Thomas Settle, of North Carollna, United States District Judge for Florfda, and Bewjanin F, Flanders United Biates Assistant Treasurer at Now Orleans. Ex-(lov. Kellozr and United States Marshal Pitkin, of Loutsiaua, had an interview with the President this wmorning In rolation to political affuirs In that State, ‘The bl reported by Mr. Allison trom the Senate Committee on Indian Affaira to-day, and placed o tho calendan pruvides. for ratifying the grreement made with the Sfoux Indlans last Uctober for their cesslon of the HKlack Hills country without any material amendinente, ex- ceptone, which omits the provision for their re- moval to the Tndian 'l'urrlluri'. The Seunate confirmed the nomlnation of Alexander Sharp us Paymaster of the army. —— CANADIAN NEWS, Special Dispatch 10 Thé Tridune. TorosTo, Jun. 2h~Iu the Ontario Leglala- ture the bills to incorporate the Orauge Lodges werg thrown out of the Private Bllls Committeo by nvoteof 18to 12, A speclal cublo dispatch says the London Times publlshes correspondenca between the Canadlun Premfer, the Domfnlon Telegraph Cotn pany, and the American representatives of the Direct Cable Company, and says: ** Should the Cable Companles umalmamate, o fresh coms peting company swauld be au {nevitable result.” Spectal Dispaich o The Tribune. MoNTREAL, Jui —A mun pamed Jones Morrls sud his n-luw, Mr. Lichienheim, ar- rived In this ¢ity recently from Chleago, aml started a broker's ofliee.” Their buginess lnd Just pgot started when an sgent of the Chi- cago dry-goods house of Farwell & Co. wrrived, deputied to search out Morels and seize any property found in his possession, Healleged that Morris had been carrying on business in Chicugo, and left without puylug his debts, and ulso took away asscts helonging to creditors, nnd that Morrls “was interested in Lfchtenbetm's transactions here. To-day the Uerman Natlonal Bank of Chicago, by its nt- torney here, took suit agalnst Morrly for u large wmount lu projuissory nutes due by b, e — TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, New Youw, Jan. 206.—~Willlam IT. Hays, George W. Stanton, Jr., John L. McAuley, Hen- ry 8, Marquard, and K. L. Cutting, Jr., have been appoluted o committeo by tho Arkangas bondholders to canfer with the Governor of Ar- Kansas, and to make uu equituble adjustment of the Eule’glc(;‘l.' apih e NG . Bpecal e} uns. JANEIVILLE, Wia., Jan. 20.—At the Congre- gational prayor-meeting last night IL M. Ilare, Who was latety suspended for six months for wisconduct, opplled for letters of lonorablie dlsmissal for his entire fumily, Including his nd himnelt,—cight in all. Albwere grunted exeept the one to nhin, which wus refused, because he was uot in pood standing, belng under suspension. A member proposed that Mr, Hart be given o Jetter stuting bis exuct standing ju the chureh, but this hy declined takiog, saylug he would have a regilar ono ur none at all. Spectal DiopaicA o The Tribune. Braimarienn, Ui, Jun We—The Sceretary of Etate to-day fssued certiticates of orgunlzatlion to the Chicago Btenographic Xssoctation to do & stenogzravhle, law reporting, snd publishing busluesd; capital, §21,000; corporators, J. Bennett, €, Scates, A, L. Davison, W. wards, A. C. Nute. —————— COASTING, Spactal Dispatch to The Tribune. KANEAKBE, {1, Jau. 26.—The peopls of this city, young and old, of both sexes, are onjoying tho novel pastime of “sliding down hill.” 1n- diaua svenuc fs one sheet of ice, and sleds move swiftly down the grade for a dlstance of thres blocks. ‘The sport has become actually fashion atle, und the mounllght. uights bring out a crowd pambering vowrly 200. “Sleds are rigged up with comfurtable seuts to bold bslf a duzen or more, und people who supposed they were through’ with thelr childish pranks long yeurs ugo, hiuve been Indulging with the greateat en. thuslasm. e et — THAT STATE-HOUSE ELEVATOR. Tu the Fditor of Tha Tribune, Cuicaco, Jun, .= happeued to notice, the other duy, that you oppoied the wish of the present Lihinols Legislature to have thie Capitol building to Springticld provided with au eles vator for thelr accommodation, Iadumit that your oppusitiun to the proposition, on the inuing account of expense, surprised me very much, but wiil sugizest, as a comprumise, that the contract to build the sald elovator be given o the builder of the Asbiabula bridge. "The work will then be cheap, the lexislators will get thelr elevator, and everybody wlubulufim Yours, ete,y SONQRA. BaN FRrANCISCO, Cal.. Jan. 20.—There is noth- g new from Sonore ‘The regent reyolutiou fs considered endud, COUNTY FINANCES. Another Effort to Borrow Money Defeatad. Fitzgerald and Ayars Determined to ‘Wait for the Taxes to Come In, Holden and Tahor HMake n Desperate ‘Effort to Forco » Loan, And Make Varlons Incorrest Oharges Against Their Follow-Jom- missioners, The Finance Committee of the County Board Neld o necting yestenlay morning to cousider the question of ralsing monoy to mect curront expenscs. Commissloner Ayara presided, and thero wore present Messrs, Holden, Tavor, and Fitzgerald, Treasurer Huck had been Invited to attend, but for some reason did not. ‘The Chalrman said he had called the meeting at the request of Commissioner Holden, who, e presuined, had something fn his mind which ho wiahed to bring before the Commlttee, COMSISSIONER HOLDEX £ald the County Boardvhad drawn ordars that omounted to something ke $10,000. There was 1o money in the Treasury to meet them. They had been drawn with the understanding that they should mot be presented until there were funds in hand, The system was all wrong. No orders should be drawn until there was money {n the Treasury to pay them, The Boardl had been waitlng sifice the middle of De- cember, expecting aimost daily that the Houth ‘Town Collevtor muddis “wouwld be nd- justed In sume manner, cither by ihe upsettiog of the collection of taxes, or by putting the matler fn such shape that the taxes could be collected. Ilad {t been gettled, there wonld have been in tho Treasury now $100,000 or $160,000. But no mouey had been derived from that source, or from the taxea in elther of the other Dlvhlon-‘ and tho expenscs of running the county machinery had m%n met. They hiad been met "‘i to tho pres- ent_time by wmvnry loans. It was pretty hard to tell whon the Bouth Town muddle would bo adjusted, and_he saw no wayout of the woods but to make a further temporary loan to carry the county over the noxt thirty days. He thorefore moved that the Committee recom- mend to the Board that the Finance Committee sud the County Treasurcr bo suthorized to ne- otiate a loan of $100,000 for o time ot exceed- g five months on the best terms possible. COMMISSIONEL FITZOERALD remarked that Commissioner Holden lad ae- knowledged what he had heen trying to get into the heads of the Conunittee and of the Board— that the system of dmmh\;i on the Treasary when thero wns no money fn {t was all wrong, He, however, had been overrnled every timo he made tho suggestion. e had motleed that Commisstoner Holdun's name was always at- tached to tho audited bills, Ilolden, ns Chalr- man of the Board, mgllt to have deprecated the ractice, 1t he had, he (Fitzgerald) did not be- iove the other committees would have con- tinued doing so. As to making temporary loans, ho did not think the Board hod power to Lorrow the money on the strength of the uncol- Jected taxes. 'Fho Committee should not uver- step the law, If it wereauthorized, ho probably would be in favor of it to meet un exlzency. It scemed to bim they would become involved 1L they went on and borrowed mouey when there was none cotning in toliquidate the Indebtedness. No one could tell wien the Bouth Town con- troversy would be scttled. The Chairinan stated that s ve-months’ loan would not give sullicient tino to take cure of tho lonns falliug due In three or four mouths, ‘Commissloner Holden enfd his idea In noming five months was that moncy could now be pro- cured for probably 8 per cent. The city, had thrown out a feeler to the effect that it would borrow at 7 per cent, While the county’s cred- it was better than the city’s, he was Inclined to believe they would have to pay 7 or 8 per cent. But next ‘June money would " be cheaper than now, aud if a sufllclent amount of taxes wos not then collected tomeet the tcmporary loans, others could be made at & Jower rate of {nter- ut-l Lost summer a loan was made at 4§ per cent. ‘The Chafrmzan did not think enough would be coll(cmd by June to meet the outstanding obll- ations. F Commisstoner Holden wanted 1o kmow when the outstanding loans became due, "The Chalrman—In June 8200,060 will be due. Commlssjoner Fitzgerald—And $100,000 more {n July or Aucust. Comnmissioner Holden—Anather falls due in November. At this juncture, Holden sent for ATTORNBY HOUNTHEE, and hie came futo the room with a yolume of the lLegat News under bis arm, ‘ommissioner Fitzgerald asked bim to turn to the statutes, and point out the sectlon which cmpowered the Buard to borrow money frum time to time on the uncollected taxes. Attorney Rountree replied that ho would not because tlicre was no such section in existence. Cotnnlsslaner Fitegerald—1ill you show us where the Board geta the power! Attoniey Rountree—Dy the declsiops of the courts all byer the United Btates. Conunlssioner Fitzgerald—1s there a provis- fon in_the Statutes of Illinols granting such werl Attorney Rountreo—No specitic grant of pow- Commissioner Fitzgerald — Just - what T %hullkhl,—llml the Board had no such power by v, Attorney Rountree—Tho question has becn decided by overy Bupreme Court n the United Btatea; and was settled beyond n doubt by the Clreuit Court of Cook County fn the case of Prindevitle vs, Hayes, [This cato was declded Ly Judge MeAlllster in April, 1870.] Tho prin- ciple lald down wus that when taxes wero levied hf’ o body authurized to levy them, in_contem- plation of luw, tho monaey I8 "1n the ‘Freasury; and muney inay be borrowed from outside partics, &unblu out uf those taxces when collectud, ven if the county had reached it conatitution- al limit of & per vent, If the Hoord had levied a tax of $1.000,000, they could borrow that amount. {The attorney then read from. McAl- lister’s dectston), Commisstoner Holden—That settles It. That 14 what was always done in the Comimnon Coun- Attorney Rountree did not believo a caso could be found that disputed the position or the question, Julgo Farwell, in tho case of Ballard ugainst the County, reatfinnud this prinelplo, Commissloner Fitzgerald—Dut In that ceso Holden was sont for, und stated that there wus uiesns on hand to build the Court-House. TiR LAW OF IT. Attorney Rountree—~\When tho case was first taken up, the tax-levy had not been mude, Counsel tor Mr. Ballard rafsed the question of the power of the Board Lo lssup county bonds,— the lirst thne theright had ever been questioned o myv knowlede. "It was deemed aitvisublonut to ublde the resultof thut question before Judge Farwell, and tho Board levied a tax smounting to $£25000 for Court-llouso purposes. ‘That Inced them [ a ditferentustitude, and thoy weut 1 again and showed that the levy had beon made for the full amount that would be expended under the vontract for the cut-etone work, and under other contracts for the year. Judge Fur- well at once recognlzed tho principle 1 the Prindovitle-Hayes case, and ducided that the Board had the vizht to go on and muke the con- tract, because, the tax having been lovied, the mouey o conteuplation of Jaw wag in the Ircuamlry, and thercfore the debt could bo fu- curred. ‘The Chafrman—1In view of that fact, could tho $423,000 be sliverted to any ctber purpose than the one for which the tax was Jevied? Attorney Rountree~There 1s no provision restricting the Board as to the use of the County funds, cxcept with reference to the fund pro- vided to imcet the bonded fudebtedness, Out- side of that the provisivo is geucral,—**Shall have contrul of the County tuancus™,—the posver of the Board s absolute, e Commissioner Fitzgerald—It 1s infallible} Atturucy Rountres—Not by & good deal. think fallibilicy characterizes ‘o lurge purt of it wueulm;mlrmu {ufons. (Siiles,] *'The Y uw shall take and bave the care and custody of all the real and Pfiuuunl estute owued by the county,” and shall **manage the county funds and county business, excent as utherwise specially provided.” There is the generul power Lo matiage the funds, The cxception st “*Whenever o tax is tesled for the payment of o spacitic debt, the amount of such taX collected shall be kept as 8 scparate fund o the County “I'reasury, und expended only in the lquidution of suchludebtedness; provided thut any surplus remalulng I the treasury after full payincnt of such fudcbtedness slull be transferred to the common fund of the rnun‘l‘y." Commissloner Fitageraldcontended that when & tax was levled for a certaly purpose TUR MONEY MUST BE USED FOR TUAT PURPOSE ONLY, I $25.000 of tho §i35,000 levied fora Court- House was left, 1t would go ioto the Ga neral F t the end of the yeur. The statuts ex- stated shat thal fund could not bedi- Commissioner -Holden Im‘nlml if the Com- missioner called the $425,000 indebtedness, Commilestoner Fitzgerald~Certainly, It s levied, and the people will have to pay It 3 Commissioner 1olden had not learncd that'it was an indebtedness, The nnl{ indeltedneas was the 8inking Fund Jald asido for bonda which the Board had agreed to redeem, S Attorney Rountree did not think any such ouestion arose—that the Board would under- take to divert a taxlevied fora Court-ilouse to any other purpose, Commissioner Holden wanted to ask Fitrger- ald liow _he proposed to pay the tndebtedness created dally for the support of the county inatl- tutions and officers: Commussioner Fitrgerald—I will toll you. Cnt off your exrcnses to such an extent that what{s collected will ba smple to meet them when they come due. The expenses of Cook County to- dny are $100,000 more than they should be a year. That could bo cat off, and affaire con- dneted as well a8 now. If aman in business with -a capltal of $10,000, makes $5,000 and rpends $7,000, it only requires two or three ears to exhnust his capital. That way of do- ng Puslnena Is what is the matter with tho connty. Con’;mluluncr Holden had not asked for aline of policy, but HOW TIE PHESENT RMERGANGY WAS 70 1B TIDED.OVEN, Commissloner Fltzgerald—Cut off uscless men amd expenses, and you can go into the market and get all the moncy that is needed, With the rescnt fecling of the people towands the Board, t will be hard to borrow $100,000, If the ex- penscs were limited to the money recelved, the county wouldn't bo bard up. We can certalnly moct all obligations {f they are nut“ztunlur than the Income; if they are, we cannot do it. Commissioner Tabor—\What are we going to do with the debt we nro uln:m_}y Hable fori Commissloncr Fitzgerald—There s only one thing to Le done-~wuit untll the taxes are col- lected, or burrow, ns Holden suggests. Cominissioncr Holden sald they had reached the point which ho expected would bo developed by Fitzgeraid, He (i) ad openly stated that the credit of the county was nng;m]lzcd and fm- palred by the nctfon of the Borrd In dolny certain things, and yet mentioned no way by which tha’ present con- tingency could be met. Tho county to-lay was no worse off than it was onc, two, or throu yeara ago. It owud $330,000 of floating debt, §00,000 of which was due May 14, 8100~ 000 July 19, and $60,000 Oct. 11, Tow vas 1t with the city? iler foating debt waa something like 84,000,000, and her funded debt about $17,000,- 000, Yetshe was n&plumlud by the very partles who were deerying the county’s credit, aithough tho sccurity for the pn{mcmnf the county's debts was not only the clty but the whole coun- ty. He saw mnothing In the situstion which called for the remarks of Fltzgernld. Anat- tempt was belng made by the “heaviest men'* {1 the South Division to DEPEAT TN COLLECTION OF TAXES, Perhaps they wonld ho snccessful. 11 so, he, as & member of the Bonrd, pronosed that the coun- ty machinery should bLe run in - some mau- ner. was alleged that - the gen- tlemen who rocured an Injunc- tion restralning fhe County Clerk from giving the books to the duly-authorized Col- lector of the South Town—the publie press had 80 stated and 1t was tho pmvnllln%; oplnion—de- slred to avold the payient of thefr personal aud other taxes. Whutlier there was any truth in that he did not know., Ho wonld ot assert that, because some of the [iemlcmun hnd done us miich as any others to build up the city. But there was an attempt on the Yurl, of the large taxpayers not only to crippl to completely swamip the ciiv, While they (the Board) were Intercated In the Bouth Town to the extent of 8700,400, tho city was Iuterested to the oxtent of 2,100,000, For une, he pro- posed that all the oblizations shorld be met and promptly os they came due. 1I the South” Town * tax was defeated then ft would he timo to take nction—to pursue the coursn sucgested by Fitzgerald—eut off and shut up the County "Agent’s oflice, the Hospital, and Poor-Hlouse,'and Insane Asylun, and say 1o the poor people of Chicago thit the fighthng of cortain wealthy persons agalust pay- iz thelr taxes had bronght about that condition ol things, ,’llmlmnple should know what ob- structions were thrown in the way of Evansget- tuge tho tax-hoolks by Robert Lincoln ana Fitz- rorald. It had becn stated that tho County Treasurer would not join the Commilttes 1n recommending a Joan, ~Was that truel The Chadrman sald tho Treasurer hud not told bim go. e, however, had heurd 1t “outslde,” Commissiouur Fitzgerald said ho biad been ceu- sured for belnz ABTUMBLING HLOCK IN ' HOLDEN’S MOVES," and also {n the wavof the Collector of the South ‘Town, He denlod having dono auything look- ing toward the shuttiug up of tho county Institutions, e meant his acts to be at all times couslstent with law and the Interests of the people. Ialden hod been trying tosolve a ¢ mystery " fo _which he and otlier metbers of the Board had atlowed themselves *“to fall into,” but they hadn’t solved it. They hnd drifted Into Indebtednesa knowingly, and, having gone as ‘far as they could, Holden now advocated, If the taxea could not be collected, the closing up of tho Institu- tions, upon one of which 850,000 had beco spent lugt year for the sggrandizement of a few cople. That was & woste of money (n s opin- r«;’n. It thie $200,000 wasted on the Hospital hod been put into the Treusury, thers would have buen no hawking of tho uuunt{' paper vn the street [n order to meet obligations, ~ Holden was an old tulmyur, had beeu in olfice s great inany yoars, und kiew last seur when thelmprovements Were golng un, Lhat times wero hard, and: the collection of taxes would bo dclayed: that people would be dlatory in paying them. Emergencles shiould have beon snticipated, sud the Loard not allowed to drift on a wave untll it ron aralust o rock and went to pleces. They hud gone nlong, expecting the taxes would be coltecieds but they hud not been. At the first meeting $100,000 wus borrowed. Iolden sald that wonld be suMcient to bridge them over un- til tho taxes cawe In. Two wecks sfterwards ouother $100,000 was added to the fodebtedness, 1f they kept that up, there wouldn't be much left. In order to take up the outstanding luana new ones woutd be nccessary. The busls on which to run_n Uovermuent was: to keep its expensen within §ts meaus, aud pay ns you go. The County Government hadn't been managed In” that way. It couldn't pay fts ucbts, IHe had always advoeated the cutting down of expenscs where it could be done, but never the closing up of the institn- tlous on which mnillions have been spent for the accommodation of the poor. The taxpuyers on the South Side would pay when & falrl cted Cullector called on thom, Only o few wmen fought their taxes. 135UING DONDS. The Chalrman—In cuse the Bupreme Court declded adversely on the question of fssulng bonds,—that the lssutug would huve to be sub- mitted to a vote of the people,—would ot their consent be required before the $425,000 could he used to mncet tho Nabllities arlsing out of the construction of the Court-House! 1f s, the Buard could draw on that fund to meet other expeuscs, Commissioner Holden—The County Board was elected to specltically carry out thu splsit of the Constitution,—to conduct to aftaird of the county. When the Bupreme Court declded they could lasue no more bonds, it would bu fime enaugh to provide means for dolng ths next best thing, s The Chinlrmun—But in snticipation of that, it Is wways well to act prudently and with fore- thought. Wo Jo not want tu act now as though it weru a foregone conctusion that all the tuxes witl be collucted,—that the Bupreme Court will decide In favor of fssufng the bouds. Cannot the #425,000 be drawn agalnst to meet current expensesf We must Juok ahead a lttle. In cuso the Supreme Court duclded adversely, It wonld leave $U47,000 to pay the expenses for the ensulng year and tho Hoating fndebteduess. The foating judebtedncas was $350,000, Thut would Jeave $317,000 to run the Guvernment, and it was sdmltted that the estimates for the vear wero low. ‘They wero based on bo supposition that ever ceut of taxes would be collected. The shriskoge lust yeur was 37 per cent. This would leave only #200,000 fo round numbers. Commissfuner Holdon remarked thot what he was trylng Lo get st was muul&lunl. alight of, The Chalrman—Not at all. You wish to de- vise means toget il of the diflicultles under which we aro laboriug, Commlasionor Holdun—~To Hy our debts ns we goalong. If Bupervisor Lincoln lud used the” discretion of an ordinary business man Evans would have had the Collector’s books thirty dayva cgo. He presented a bond which was ten tlmcs i excess, probably, of the auount which would cowe Intu his bands, If Lincoln had sccepted ft (It was pronounced good by, business juen generally) thero would Lo to-day dn the Treosury o sufficient sum to mect ull the current expenses. The Chatrman—Wil uot the personal prop- erty tax be collected fu wny eveutd What pro- portion wiil be lust umxulf'l Commisstover Holden—II I understund the law, and I thiok 1 am correct, if no Township Colloetor reccives the books, the tax for the South Town for 1570 ¥AILS TOTALLY. Attoroey Rountree wus called fnagain. Me sald the law provided that the books must be in the handsof the Town Collector, and ho nust make a delinquent retury to the Couuty ;}u&lccmrz betore application could be mwads for udgwent. 'l‘um:(.‘hnlrmm asked if Holden supposed no Cutlector would be ng luted at any timel Commbasioner Holdeu—Ouly & {mlo over & mouth {3 left. ‘Tho Chainnan—WUll 4 not baall right if » ¢ the county, but* Collector is appolnted on the last day of the {,Ima ;!IIM\I» for the Collector to lold the 00k~ Attorney Rountree feplied that the Collector coulil make o delinguent return on the last da; Commissfoner Holden remorked that' it looked as if_no Collector was to be appolnted but Judgo McAlllster had come to the rescue o the n‘eou e, and rellef would bo had througWthe courts. . The Chalrman—Can't we live a few days longer, aud walt for the decision of the Court! Commisatoner Holden~—Wunmust have mone: 1 ece no necessity for delay. Whether the de. clelon 8 for or against Evang, wo st have n man to take the taxes ng they come in, 1nsk for tho question on my motfon. The Chalrman sald the £100,000 would become due In June, Mready $200,000 ‘would have to be pald {n May. Thoro was no earthly use in borruwing moriey and making other temporary lonus to meet it. ? Cominiesioner Holdea—Wait nutll the time aumus, and then we can geo what should be one, TIE QUESTION WAS THEN PCT on the motion, And 1€ was lost, Holden and Ta- Lor voung in the aflirmative and Fitzgerald and A;‘nrs lnl l|’e ncxgl!lge. 5 sommissionor Tabor—How are you going to pay these billsl TR ‘ommissloncr Fitzgerald—~We are golng to pav them ous of the taxes, Camnnssloner Holden—They propose to drive us to closhug up all the public ?nuuuuuun and turn the puor peuple nto the streets. The Chalrman—Not at alll Not at all} Commissloner. Tabor—flow do you expeet peunle to furnish the county with supplles when {uu don't pay for themi ‘They cannot afford to he deprived of thefr money, Cummilesioner Fitzgerald—Why did you et s0 many contracts? If you lada't done so, wu would Have liad a Httle inoney left now. Commissloner Holden—1 want the people to know who is fighting them. Commissioner Fitzierald—And I want them to understand that X am working for thelr best interests. Don't be alarmed: none of the con- tractors will stop furnlshing supplics, The Chairiman—The Lord WIIP provide. The conversation after the vole was taken was carried on standlug up, and tho words hardly couvey an Klea ‘of the bitterness with which they wero uttered on the ong side and the ralllery which characterized tho otber. While the meeting did not break u{; inarow, it came to an ¢nd suddenly, Commissl mmr]lnldeu leaving the roown without saying good b, Tabor Inyitin, , aud Fitzgerald v to take a dylok. e 0 UTILIZING PAUPERS. An Iden Sacoessfolly Adopted In Iolland. Toronto Globe, One of the most practical and successful plans of deallng with pauperism hins been care ried out near Steenwijk, Holland. There are established the pauper colonies of Frederick's Qord. They were founded in 181817, during the famine of that time, when the paupersin Holland had {ncreased that some meastre for thelr sustenance became Imperative. The Boclety of Clarity at the awue, cooslsting of a number of wealthy men, bought somne 15,000 acres of sterile Iand, mostly iu the Provinces of Deuthe and Overyseel. Thero they settled o number of families of beggars and paupers who had been such for years, with an curnest desiro to moke themn fudusirious and sclf- supporting. They rendered a_ swall stream (vhie As) runniug through thefr land navigable to the sea and fo other parts of the country, that tho settlers might hive communieation by water with the wholo neighborheod. Nut less thun 20,000 persons finally subscribed to the onterprise, euch paying tivo florins and sixty cents (about §1.10 of our money) annually for its isnintenance, Each wdult, If ablo and willing to work, 1s given a amnl! cottage, two acres of land, n plg, o cow, aud occnnlunnlly some sheap. “The tanid s to bo thled and the Tubor and management of the colonfst aro caretully supervis It he bo fruorant of aurlenlture; na he frequently s moet of s class having lived In town), he re- ceives daily fnstructlon untfl ho has learned whatever it 1s ncceesary for him to know. 1is children are sent to schools established there, and for whicl con.lxpelent teachers aro furnishiod by tho soclety. ‘The women aro employed in sewlug, eplnning, and weaving, ond “every- body 13 kept busy, the iutlexivle rule of the colonfes beiug that nobody shall be idle. At the closo of each day’a lubor the laborer izots a card with an exact utatement offhis carniugs, for which hie recolvea from the public stores an equivaleut In food and clothing. Whatovgr he needs for the first year Ia furnisbed: but Te ls expected alter thint to repay the price of his equipiment, and most of the colonlsts have done e0. The great majority are 'el(-nllp{nrlll)lh and some of them hinyo “lald by considerable nioney, for whautever they earn beyoud thelr dally requirements oud the advances made to them by the soclety belongs to them. Bubject to strict rules and under severe discipiine whilo thoy remaln, they are permitted to 50 away they wish to, ulter they have (schgrged thefr Indebtedness and -~ gath- cred the first harvest, Somu of them are 80 {ncorrigibly lazy that nm{ return to thelr vagabondage; but wost of them stay, and are benelited In_overy way by thelr new life. They who prove themselves industrious and trastwor- thy have tho land thoy haye tiltod placed ut, thelr disposul, and assumnu to tho Society the relation of_tenants. Tho colonists who are disorderly or refractory, Idlo or dislionest, are sent to Ommerschauf, do- signed ns a pcnnf colony and o reformatory for beggars, 1L {a o deeayod fortress on a ferttle spot Lt the midst of & barren muor, and was ar- ringed for its present use in 1821 Divers mu- cimnical trades, such as weaving, tatloring, and vorpentering, are carried on there under the strict supervislon of overscers, ‘I'lic place ls surrounded by & brond canal, and vigilantly watched by a number of guards, to prevent the cscape of the inmates, Tu counectiou with the colonfes s an agricul- tural achool, where o superlor education fsgiven to tho best-behuved and most promising of the colonists’ children, In addition to the cle. mentary branches they urs taught botany,chen. {stry, mathematies, and the modern langungos and are thus ited to fill ofticlal posts In the settlement, Yor some while after the philanthrople un- dertaking its fuflure woa generally predicted, and its progress wus somotimes far from en- cournging. But ns the years have gono ou it has redeemed the highest” expectation und dem- onstrated the wisdom of the original plan. In ull the colonies there areat present, we belleve, 11,000 persons, and the annual average cost per bicad 14 75 florins—about 832, The number of subscribers has areatly declined of lute years, and the Government of the Netherlands now par- tially supporta Froderick's UDord and its con- nections,” On the whole, it has been a rema:kn- bl suceess,—much mors so than any attempt ot & shudlar klud in Earope. ———et——— IOWA PRODUCE. To (e Edlor of The Tribune. VinTox, Iu., Jun, 25,—Good sleighing makes busiuess lively. Thu lLmocense corncrop s cuming 1o, which will pat the farmers in good financlud conditfon. In travelinfover the Btate, it Ls evidont that unless a lurgs portion of the corn can ba used in feeding hogs nnd cottle, that tho prico muat go much lower, Wheat s o fallure, and many farmers must look to Miune- sota fur bread; but I think If they can gobu fuir price for corn they can afford to buy wheat, Potatoes ure scarce wid high, Takiug the Stute together, it 1s enjoylug & good duree of pros- perity. J. W. DarvLow, e —— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, TV the Edltor of The Tridune, ALreya, Mich., Jao. 23.~Flease find fnclosed check for DALy Trisuss and a club of wee! Hes. Al parties that have examined Tir TRiv- UNEln thls place, sy it s tho Lest paper printed, and I'wish it could be put In the hands of eyery intelligent person in tho United Btates, Yours, . ¥l W, TO-NIGHT. My soul to-night ia flted with such wild paln—~ Buch restices craving for forbidden things! The Past comos back (0 moe like soma suft siraln A singer breatkes nukuowing that hu singe, — The sweet, dead Past, thut risen gnm its gravo As fresh and radlant, from the dily, damp clay, As though It were but one short hour sgone That | with breaking beart laid it away, And then the Present comes, with gloomy brow, — A grim, dark shadow, lke 4 shapo of strifc: AR, »ce!uho graipe my vmlling, ocauteons Past, And with flerce havds whe throities out its lifel My soul is 8llcd with such rebellions pain Abovo the fair, white body of y wlainl X Dmiscovt, ————— _The_Hustle-Tracy library, now on exhibition in e , und s00n to bo woid, s rich in Bibles 1 ‘estatnents, coutaining 150 cowplete copivs of the formerand tweuly-ouaof thelatter. Inthe cul- lection s the Jiblia Sacra, & small veliom quarto, printed in old Gotbic characters st Venlce lu the Juarliso. Oue of tho uiost Intervating editione is hat of Buck & Daniel, Cambridge, 1638, ju whica an Smportant mivprint, leading fo scrious theo- Iogieal cuntroverslen wes wade. | The pasiyo 1 Acts, vi., 3. waa prisited in this editio Where fore, braibren, look ye uut smeng of bonest peport, fall of the Holy G om, whow ice wsy appolnt over thls busluess. The italiclsed word Is wapposed Lo be 1 miaprns for ‘eye.” The mllg:(ni brought “Enn tho' Fresbyte- rlens, andat snotbertimu upon the Independents, & charge of dishonesty and cuvnivg. Another fda- ture of the lbrury is ffty-thres lots rolating to Hobart Buras, 4 SITTING-BULL, * Where He Is, and His Comfortabls Bituation. Result of the Past Year’s Oporatlons Apainst tho Sayages, Total Failure of the Army to Accomplish Its Objeot. Bpecial Cvrrerpondence of The Tribune. Braxvixa Rock, D, T., Jan. 11.~Since my last Jetter, Tater news las been recelved from Bitting-Bull and the other hostilo eamps of Bloux Indians. Two Indians arrived at Chey. enne River Agency sbout ten days ago, direct from Sitting-Bull's camp, which they report on Dry Fork of the Missour! River, about thirty mites from Fort Peck, M. T. They regro sent Bitting-Bull as prosperous and hap py as o bellicose. Indlan could wisli to be. o had about 160 lodges of his people with him, and about 800 of these were his falthful goldiers, The half-breeds from the British Possesslons were supplying hln with ammuuition In abundance. Cart-loads of cart. ridgcs, powder, and balls had reached his camp, Morcover, be bad been tendered by thewm o share of thelr country. This kind offer Sitting-Bull {s at present under no necessity of accopting, s bels COMFORTABLY BITUATED WHERH HE I8 He 1s In the mnidst of vast herds of buffato, has ll the arms aud ammunition he nceds, ang does not fear the Umted States troops *in the Tcast, as ho can always get out ot their way if they push bim hard, which they havo not ye done, Areport sent to the vress some wecla 2go0, to the effcct that Lieat. Baldwin, with 10t mien of the Flfth United States Infantry, had driven Sltting-Bull Into the Bad Lands, 1 laugbied at by all who know tho facts. Siy not wish to fight unneces ting-Bull does sarily, e dmpl{ moves his camp and pm{mrcu toreslst. If pushed hard, he flghts; and thus far, it must beconfessed, hehas fourly successfully, Itisknown that, In tho affair with Licut. Baldwin, thiero was NO FIGUTING WORTIIY OP TITH NAME, The Licatenant prudently withdrew his forces when Sittiog-Bull took up the position he had sclocted, after getting his women, children, and propertyy In & safo- place. 1f bombastic dis t:(l,ln]".‘l to the nowspapers, and oflicialraportsof Commanding Generals, Colonels, and oven Licu- tenants, could put an cud to the Sloux war and annihtlate Sitting-Bull, we would now have peace, and the redoubtable 8ioux chieftain and all his followers would have been killed *“fue tirely,' as the Irishman would say, long ago. Since Gen. Sherman reported ditting-Hull s “{lying before Miles, and ascertain to be killed, cajitured, ot driven to the Britlsh Possesslons,” and s having “but n remnant of thirty todges,” {t {s learned that Mile: liad ° quictly “returned to hls post on the Ycllowatone, to rest; while Sitting-Bull has increased his “reminant of thirty Jodges ¥ to 100, ond bas procured ammus nition and all_ other_requisites for carrying on war as herefBfore. e Is now in the same con- dition ns _another dlstinguished rebel by the namo of Davis, who some years ago set up tohe President of alarge strip of territory on the south side of the United States. Nr. Duvis wanted nothing in this wide world but to Le “let alone.” Timt (8 ALL THAT SITTING-NULL WANTS. He clals o lurge strip of country in the north ern purt of the United States, a1id all he wants ts for the President of the Unitod States to draw off tho troops nud let him alone. He will see that no other white people intrude on his domain, Uen, Sherman remarks Incldentally fn his last annual report that, In September lust, o few hostiles came intv the Agencies, where they were treated {n the usual way. I do not pretend to quote his exact words, but that s the substance of them. Well, from in- ?mq- amung the military men st the post here, ledry that mare hostiles have been induced to come nto the Agencies by the Agents and local commanders than have béen driven in by all the expeditiona in the fleld, including that'of Col, N."A. Milea, Tho ofiicers here tell mo that, ‘notwithstanding tho officlal reports of Col. Miles, Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan, aud Gen. Sher- man, that 400 or 00 lodges had surrendered to Miles, aud would ruyflurnhumnelvu ot Cheyenne River Agency on or licfore Dec. 2, NOT MONR THANFORTY-ONR LODGEY had nctually surrendercd up to Christinas Day, and not more than 80O persons In nll,—meun, ‘women, and children, Gen. 8herman told the Secrctary of War, In his report, that probably 2,000 persous had surrendered to Col, Miles; xmg hlc predicted or declared the war virtually ended, letter to Sherman, which las been published fn the mnewspapers. these flug vmmlscu and reports yleld & nct result of about ity men and 200 women and_children, who lave surrendered at Choyenne-River Agency. The Agents and local commanders have cer- talnly reduced the hostile forves more than that number by induclug them to cowe In and sur- render themselves, thelr arms and horses, to the military authoritfes. I learn, upon in- quiry here, that about forty warrlors have sur- rendered here, nt this Ageney, to the com- manding officer, Gee, Curlin, ‘Ihien, a8 to thelr Dbeing treated u8 usual ot ths Agencies,—which remark scets tobe a steer of Gen, Shermu— does he put kuow that the Agencles were until recently TSDLIt MILITARY CONTROL] And, {n fact, s0 far 0s the hostiles are cons terned, they are still under military control. They were roquired to givo up thelr arins and horses to the ‘milltary commauder, They were Kept under guard for ecveral months, and fed a4 prisoners-of-war. Then, as they becume o burden, and could not have been forced to leave apaln for the hostilo cumps, they were re- lensed on parole. It witl be scen that the Slonx-Indian question BTANDS TIUS The Indlans have lost about 100, warrors killed ju Lattlo durlng the lust year, About 150 more warriors have surrendered themselves at the seyeral Agencies, ‘Lhe hostiles then can take the field “In - the llmng with only ubout 220 less than they hod - when they de- atroved (en. Custer’s command on the 25th ofJunc, 1676. The greatest dunage the Indians haye sustained 18 nt the Agencles,—cspeciully at Btanding Rock Agency, whiero they have heen disarmed and dismounted, oud thus rendered harmless, 1 have taken some Llnu to ascertaln how many horses have been taken from the tn- dians hert, und I learn thut not less than 1,750 horses and over 100 guns, besides many revolv- ers, have been taken, aud put whero they will ugvcrbu used by hostiles agal. This process o DISARMING AND DISMOUNTING las been carrled on all winter. Whenever s run 1s hoard of, it {s sent for by the command- ng ofticer, and mounted men” gre kept con- stuntly scouting over the country for hundreds of iniles in search of Indian horses, On Christ- mis-dny Licut, Kisllngbury returned from an uxpedition to tho south and southwest, and brought n a fine herd of scventy-tive ponles. ‘This young officer has made bimsell the terror of the Tudlun, They says It s no usc o liv to thu whits wan ‘wny lonzer; he ls too smart for us: wo cannot hide our poples— e fluds themn fu some way.” Notwithstanding this constant {rritation of the Indiaus by hunt- dngupgnd eelzdug thelr guus sud borses, no colllslon has occurred ut this Agency, or bear ity between troops and Indlans. “Theso Indfans at least are conquered, although I am told that, as lato as !nrlembm last, they were as turbuleot and, hostile und as §mpudeit, os auy of tha - medints followers of Sitting-Lull. What the Govermment inteuds todo next spring towurds u renewal of the War fs a quear tion Chat csunot be answered heres s 1 tiud thut neither the mllitary oflicers nor the Indlsn Agent can give mo oy information on this point. Itis certain, howerer, that the opers tlons of the army during the last year TOTALLY FAILED 70 ACCOMPLISI TUKIR 0D~ JECT. ‘Well, it fa 8 good school for thearmy. Let thewm try it again, and let tho authorities ut Washingrton put oficers i command_who will try to kill aud capture boatile Judfans witn powder and bullets lnstead of printers’ ok, 1u the carly part of the civil war, T have heard it soid, wany o mon was nade Brigadier-General by u fulsome pufl fromn a pewspaper correspoudent, and - others by “blowisy thele own Lorus,” to use tho wilitary slangs phrase woich [ hedr amoug tho ¢ boys fus blue occasjonally. But, if Gen. Bhermai wants to make herova aud Brigadicrs out of suy of his Coloucls now fn the loux couutry, let us hops that he will fnslst that bis captives and slain shull bear ut least some proportion to the pum- ber reported u tho nowspapers,—say 50 per cent. "The Government should cither send men of eernest purpose into the Held azalust these bos- tile Biouy, ur they should give it upasa b b, Either course would do very well, Tie ndians ase bt burtig ausbody wow. Nebody wants to Hve in thelr country just now; but I will be wauted herealter fur the Northe: 3 clfic Rutlroad, snd for the selticments that will follow it. Suit uu{ bao just as well to keep ouf Ustlo arny in tralping. by them oub sgela sfter Blitiog-Bull, OLirres . Col. Miles s sald the same thing inu