Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1877, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 0 a fine of & sad the smpudence to ask Senator West, who was present in the room, to open it, but had not the manliness to atlow him to make an ex- planation. There is not one syllable in the Jet~ ter which is not capable of - ENTIRELY BONEST EXPLANATION. There is not 4 necessary hint of a corrupt pur- pose. If singie instance was wanting to show that this whole story is the resnlt of an infam- ous cousplracy, the conduct of Dudley Field and his Committee towards Kepublicans and towards Gov. Wells fully confirms this theory. Directly the letter bad been rexd in Committee, Gov. Wells sent, tothe Committec a letter reauesting’ to be heard at once, and demanding a5 a matier of simple right and justice that his explanation might go the country with the letters which are being used as instrumenst of RUINING IS REPUTVTION, 2nd of supporting the Democratic story of the subbess of & State. Yet the Committee, by 2 strict party vote, refused Gov. Wells this ap- portunity to be heard, as they bave contrived to refuse him for a week, and refused te allow the minutes to stow that hie bad made such applica- tion. The Republican minority arepowerless. If Wells could have been heard, it is positive that be would have told a story which would have sbown 1o cvery fair-minded man that the letters ‘were honest. It will be remembered that at the time when the letters were written the White League of Lonisiana were quite turbulent. The lives of ‘members of the Returning Beard were threat~ ened, and boasts were openly made in the streets that 1f the Returniog Board returned the State for Hayes or Packard, no matter what the facts ‘before them were, New Orleans WOULD NOT BE A SAFE PLACE forthem. Indeed, Littlefield testified to-day that his uncle, Spearing, told him that if he cepted the position of clerk of the Returning Board le certainly would be Lung with the members of the Beard. Thescletters of Wells 10 the President and Senator West simply in- formed those persons of the tremeudous efforts the Democrats were making by corrupt means to accomplish their purposes, and sugeesting the pressing pecessity of supporting the handful of Republicans in that State and the Returning Board by the moral influcnce of Northern pub- lic opinion and by the prescence of troops. That 1t is evident is what the letters were meant to say. There were abundant reasons why these Jetters should hava been ntrusted to Maddox He went to New Orleans during the count of senting that he bad been sent b the Chairman of the National Republican Com- mittce. Maddox, in his private conversations, repeatedly declared that there was great danger tolthe Sods of the Returning Board trom Wiiite Leagucrs, and in conversation with Wells, an old ’wa:;in:mm of twenty-five years, warned Lim of these dangers. MADDOX. 7o the Western Associated Press. WaSEINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Maddox was sgain to-day belore the Committee on Powers, Privileges, and Duties of the House in counting the Electoral vote, and, after saying, 1 fecl much judisposed this morning, and would there- fore ask to e excused till Moudua'," handed to Mr. Field the two letters spoken of so often during his previous examination. Onewas read by Field, as follows: J.H. Aladdoz, Ne Y Etanding the political condition of mutters here, from sesvciation with both political parties. and as a friend of the President and Government officers, would it not be_considered a part of your duty to goat once to Washington. with as Jittle delay as possible, and place before the President the condition und pendingdangers of the situation? sShould you conclude upon prompt action in the premises, allow me to commend you o Senator West, who is my fricud, and with whom you will frecly communicate. Yours very traly, - J. Mavisox WeLLs. Witness said that when he first alluded to these letters they were i New Orleaus, but bad been received by him to-day. LEITER TO WEST. At this point Senator West entered the room, when Field asked him to open the letter ad- dressed to him. Senator West replicd he would, and read the contents, as follows: New ORLEA + 21, 1875. —My DEar SexaTon; 1 reg ch 1ot eecing vou when here. 1 wented 1o £ay much to you which would be at least umprudeni to put on paper. I trust, 10 meet you in Washington s-soon as is over which is upou ux. Our duties as reluruing olicers huve augmented the magmi- tade of the-destiny of the 1o Zreat parties—may 1 not g2y the tion. | fully compreliend the situa- 128 my duty 10 che greatest iiving Gen- Grant, und not wita my consent stiall thie oppressed people be governed by his paroled prisoners, aided Ly the white-hivered cowards of tbe Nortu. -Let me, ‘stecined S1r, Warn you of the danger. Mithions hiave been sent here xuu wil be nsed in the interest of Tilden. and unless a eounter-movement 18 made it will teimpos=ible for me or any other myividual Lo arrestits productive resulte. The gentleman present this letier 13 fully aware of the moves, und, if you allow. will conmimunivate freely 10 our friends, and act promptly, or resulls will be disastrous. A word to the wise. Striclly private and idential. Yours very truly, J. MapisoxN WeLLs. For the Hon. R. J. West, Washinzton, D. C. Senator West permitted the Committee to take a copy of the letter. THE COTTON CLADL Mr. Lawrence asked Maddox whether any- body offered £50,000 to. report in favor of tue cotton cJaim which he went to Louisiaglto in- vestigate. Witness answered that, after the unfavorable report had been made by him, a person suid that if he had wade a different report be might have realized money by it. - Witness dectining to give the pame of the person, it was insisted upon, and he said it was Megrue. Mr. Sparks asked it it was Cun Mezrue who was connected with the St. Louis whisky frauds, and Maddox answered he thouglit so. & Committee then went into private consulta- jon. LITTLEFIELD BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE. The sub-committee ot the Scuate Committce on Privileges and Elections resumed its sessions to-dsy. Senator Howe, Chairman. Littlefleld, in reply to questions, related incidents in his later hfe, from which it appears be lived in New Orleans in 1368, Subscquently ‘was ay Galveston, but returned to New Orleaus in 1571, since which time he bad held various public oftices there, und lived in concubinaze five years, and he said Le was worried because he bad been questioned about the Vernon re- turns.’ He said the matter ought to be fixed, and suggested to Darvis 1o make a copy of that return, and then he would HAVE THEM RLJECTED, and would furnish evidence on which they should be rejected himself. Davis wanted wit- ness to assist him in making up this similated return. We made a return purporting Lo be the original return. Wells asked us to find three polls that would make up the destroved returns from Vernon Parish. This done, Duvis asked Wells how svon his evidence would be in to torow them out. He swmd in a day or two, and took a memorandum of the matter and went off. Waen witness first took this Vernon them. Went w Springficld to consult with Gov- Palmer with Spearinz. When Le left Spring. field it was not understood he was to_be 2 Wwit- ness. Was with Spearing in New York. Spewr- ing served a subpeena upon Lim there. Did state to Gov. Palmer he did not want to be a witness; alsu to Murphf‘ and Spearing. Senator MeDouald showed wituess a paper which he identified 23 the returus of Vernon Parish. The Polls 2 and 9. of ninety-seven and eiglity-one votes, for the Democrats” he had changed w the Republicans, where there were no votes, making the fabricated return, atter the inal hud been destroyed, witness and Davis used the regular consolidated blank form. ‘The object was to make it appear that the return HAD BEEN REJECTED rather than thut the votes bad been transferred. The three polls 1abricated aggregate 179 Demo- cratic votes. There was one nore vote in the fabricated list than in the originul. .Judwe Da- vis was iuformed about it, and he suid that was near enough. " Davis was Parish Judgeat Baton Rouge. wells tiled his cvidence on which the fabricated list was thrown out in a few days after the list was promulgated. Davis furnistied the evidence frum Wells, suying it was avout as good a thing as e cver saw. Witness read atlidavits furnished by Wells, and thought Davis wus nght. Two of the ath- ants Jived in Tensas and the other at Baton Rouge. Witness atterwards covied the atli- davits. They werc sworn to before United States Commissioner D. J. Jewett, of the Republican Comumittee on Kegistration and Canvass, who assisted Blanchard in doing what- ever figuring was necessary to be done. The Clerks sent by the House Commission to New Orleans were fever permitted to examine any of the returns or tabulated statements in the oflice of the Returning Board. Gov. Wells pru‘nlecd 1o witness to practice, to- see if he could COUNTERFEIT FLANAGAN’S SIGNATURE. Spearing supported_Hayes and Wheeler, and the State Democratic ticket. T{x(ls feeling was Man hem’_{l_ 1 ubout 70 ye Lives in the West. Tie night Gitford sent the Qispatch to Washington to Allison he was very h under the infiuence of liquor. Witness ¢d him not to send the dispateh, but be ju- s He said if witness would not conie to Washington with him he couid go to the Treas- ury or to the manager of the National Repub- lican party (thinks he mentioned the nume of Chandler) aud he would o at once to the Treas- ury and gev the $100,000° for the information. He was so drunk witness thinks he bud to copy the dispateh for him. : Witness never showed the {abricated return to anybody till he guve it to Spearing; whu re- ceived 1t under pledge uever touse the name of wituess, OR COMPROMISE HIM in any way in connection with it. It was a copy of the tabulation of the votes of cach parish in Louisiana as they were received by the Board from the Supervisors that was lurnisted to llale, and at his request witness and Woodward made u copy for Hale, who took it and lett. After- wards we discovered the imistake, and went with the original to laule and corrected the error. Hale feft New Orleans a day or_two af- ter. This oceurred on_ Thanksgiving-day, and Hale dined with Packard that dav. Hale was a Republican or. Gov. Pulmer was there as emocratie visitor, and he learned Hale had been furpished with the information which he had not got. Senator Shermun was present when we made the comparison, and corrected the error in the copy given to Hale. Gov. Palmer wanted to kunow why be had not the same courtesy as Hale had.~ Witness declined to apswer. He asked fora copy of the samne document which had been miven Hale, and asked witness to come back at § o’clock and see him. Witness promised, but did not go. Gov. Palmer stated to witness that if he had any- thing to do with this busiuess he should pay for nothin®. No Democrat ever offered witness any money or suggested pay to him in_connection with these uisclosures. ~ Certainly Gov. Palmer was the last persom witness would ever gotolor such purpose. Al the white Repub- Tlcans in New Orieans are on some rolls and drawing pay from the Government in sume w: To Mr. Howe—It was after the promuigation of the Electoral returns that Wells requested witness to make up the 1alse returns. Tne fie- titious retura is correct, or within two votes of being the vorrect copy of the original return de- stroyed. Witness was subjected to an bour's cross- cxamination byM r. Howe to test the correct- uess of his stacements and of s rocollection as to the manacr in which the fabricated returus of Vernon Parish had beea made up. Witness was unavle to state why, when Wells asked 1or three polls that would suke up the agzregate of Polls 2 and 9 destroyed, he or Dav.s uid not at once tell him that thie 178 votes were to be found in Polls 2 and 9, ready made to his band. Adjourned to Mond: SENATOR ALLISON states that the I in' regurd to his corre- spondeuce with Gitford are as follows: Gifford being from Jowa wrote (oot telegraphed as stated by Littletield) that he bad iniormation of great iniportance to the Republican party, and wisned to come to Washington to commuuicate it GifTord did not state the character of this informat:on, and morcover wrote that he had promnsed on his honor not to communicata it to the Senate Comunittee tuien in Louisiana. Sen- ator Allison showed this letter to his colleague, Senator Wright, and also to Scoator Morton, Chairman ot the Senate Committee ou Privi- leges aud Elections. They advised Allison to 1elegraph to Gifford to consult with Senator Howe, and Mr. Allizon did so, saying to Guford, “TIt would be safo to consult” with Senator Howe.” Senator Allison did not telegrapn, as stated by Littletield, *Howe only is sare.” THE LOUISLANA RETUKNING BOARD will testity before Senator Howe’s Committee carly next week. The Board is held subject to tue order of the Morrison Committee of the Iouse. There is an understanding between the two Committees that whenever the Senate Cum- mittee desire, the Returning Board swill appear Defore them and testity. Gov. Wells seut are- uest to-day to the” Committee on Powers, rivileges, and s of the House in Countiug the Electoral Vote asking he be al- lowed to give his testimony before them to-day so that it could be placed before the public with the testimony which Littlefield is ziving. Tue Committee copsidered the request at a secret session this afternoon, and by a party votc re- fused to grant it, the tive Democrats refusing to vote for it, and four Republicans voting to grant it. By the same vote the Cummittee refused to allow the request of Gov. Wells to be entered on the record of the proceedings. WELLS' LETTER. The following is thie text of Gov. Wells? Jetter which he sent to-day to the House Cowmmittee inquiring into Louisiana matters: ‘The testimony of Joseph 11. Maddox having been taken by the Committee in reference to_aileged conversations between himand myself, and certain Jetters having been produced, I 1nost cctfully ineiet that my testimony in relation Lo these mmt- tera be taken without dclay. [ feel this is doe me, that what 1 desire to say on that subject should bo_ knowa to ihe Committee immediately 20d that the facts should g0 16 the country with those letters. There is nothinz ia connection with my conduct 88a member of the Returmug Board or as an individnal tonching the subject unaer cun- sideration, which 1 desire to withhold. On the contrary, I am anxivus that the whole of these tacts shall be known. 1 al-o desirc to be interro- cated in relution 10 the maiter testified to by the w.ines~—Littiefeld—affecting me, and I most re- spectinlly protest azainst further delay in the mat- (=} return he carried it howe, and FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT ill & dropped out of his pocket a dav or two after in putting on his coat at his house. e putitin a drawer, and it remained there till {.\w morning of the day witness left New Or- eans. Comlnfitn the subject of the investigation, Littleticld said he served on the Returning Board from the 9th of November to the 23d of December last. Gov. Weils made the sugges- tion to him of altering the returns. Sunday evening, Dec. 8. Gov. Wells called witness to hitn, and putting his finger on Polls 2and 9 of the Electoral vote of Vernon Parish, sald: “ Littieticld, I want you to tranpose these re- turns for the purose of electing Republic- e candidates” Witness transposed the vyotes that night. Eaton was drunk Eunday evening as all were, and promised to assist lm}:,_uut being sober toe next morning refused. Finished the work Monday. Pat the h the others and it was brought back aud marked *““Compiled.” Four or five days attcrwards, Gov. Wells told witness to destrov it. | Did not know whetner he or Gov. _ Wells destioyed the returns. After Wells had becn before the Congressionat Committee wit- ness IAD A TALE WITH HIM. : ‘When witness toid Spearing, the livery-stable %eeper, about the Vernon returns, it was inthe prescnce of Gifford. The latter thought it was a big thing, and wanted witness to .come to Washiugton with him where we could get $100,000 Tor the information. Witness repied he would have nothing to do with such proposition. Gifford telezraphed to Washing- - ton that same evening concerning this matter. It was to the effect that be had received INFORMATION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. A dispatch was sent Senator Allisos, and Gif- {ford, later, showed witness a dispatch trom Sen- ator Allison to him saying: ** Consult Howe. Heonly s safe.”” Witness knew if Gifford said anything there about it witness would never et out of New Orleans alive if the Republicans knewit. Spearing wanted witness toallow him to usc this information. It would, he said, be for his interest. % said if the State was turped over to Packard they would all be hung, witness with ter of my examination. (Simmed) J. Mapisox WELLS. he Commiittee will examiue Wells Monday. VERY DAD Mi. MADDOX. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 3.—C. Irving Ditty, 3 r, and one of the Comunissioners appoint~ President Grant to proceed tu New Orleans aud investigate the result of the Louisi- ana ele.tion, bus written a letter in which he relers to meeting Joseph T. Maddox at the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, last November. Maddox, to the utter amazement of Ditty, who thought him a Democrat, introduced himself as beng ostensibly an agent ot the United States Revenue = Department, but in reality a sceret, confidential urent of the Presi- dent 1 New Orleans.to soyout the political situation. Maddox said the most intimati relations existed between him and the Presi: dent, who relied catirely ana implicitly upor bim, and could shape his Louisiana policy ac- cordingly. Maddox reported that he was well known 1u Louisiane, aud bemg supposed io be a strong Democrat, had gutieu a good deal of in- formation whicn would be useful to Ditty’s Commission. _Maddox never showed Di‘ty any report to the Presidunt, and shortly disappeared from New Orleaus. During the late war, while Ditty was in the Confederate army, $40,000 was raised to buy .clothing for the -.\rmg. This was iovested in ‘tobaceo and sent to Maddux, in Maryland, who agreed to sell it and return the pro.ceds in uni- 1orim clothes. The detail acconpanying the tobaceo returned and reported it s having been seized by United States troops ou_information wiven by Maddox. Ditty says Maddox had ?m;m_em. Lincoln’s permission 1o trade for to- bacvo in the Confederacy, and whether he used this permission io furnishing supplies to the United States, or betrayed the trust of the Con- !!;u]llecrzbe suldiers, he is equally unworthy of el 1 MISSISSIPPIL. STGFFING EXTRAORDINARY. ‘WisHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The investiga- tion into the conduct of the late election in Mississippi was continued to-day beiore the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Board of Registers, who refused totestity b forc the Committee yesterday, testified there was a confcrence of leading Democrats of Hines Counnty a short time before the election, at which it was proposed to furnish oue of the Democratic judizes of election -ai each polling- place with a duplicate key to the: pallot-hox. Witness furnished . about fifteen of these duplicate keys to differcnt men, all of whom were white men, and, he thinks, Democrats. He slipped a small parcel into the-vest |}DL:!{£L of one of the judges, remarking as-he did so0, tHere is something which may be of use to you." Did not tell them what use was to be made of them, but thought they were all smayt enough to find out how and for what to use tnem. - In answer toa question from Senator Teller, witness sald: * I suppose my idea was thatif there were too many Repablican votes in a ballot-box, the key was to open the box that Republican votes might be taken out and Dem- ocratic votes substituted in their stead.” Witness admitted that the Republican Judg_e_s of election in Hines County were generally ig- voraut uegroes, and it was au casy watter to getthem intoxieated election day. Headmitted further that 'DUPLICATE KEVS TO TUE BALLOT-BOXES were furnishied to one of the Democratic judges in every polling precinct in the county. Henry Outlaw, of Aberdeen. Munroe County, testified that all meetings which colored Repub- licans attempted to hold -in_his county duriy the late campaivn were broken up by urmes Democrats.. \Witness was at 4 mecting i Aber- deen during September. At that meeting seven- teen colored men were shot, some of them killed.| outright, and others were so seriously wounded they iad_since died. Democrats hud the prac- tice of riding through Munroe County at night, taking colured men from thewr beds, and whip- pungg them, and many of his race had slept out of dours for several nizhts previous to the late clection to prevent being dragged from their homes and whipped. Witness was WOUNDED IN THE SHOULDER by a bullet at a political meeting in September lust. Upon taking the witness:stand, Outlaw asked to be excused from testifying. Hc said ne should not dare return home if he told the whole truth. OREGON. WASRINGTON, Feb. 3.—In the Oregon Elec- toral investigation, Wiliiam D. Spencer, Jour- nal Clerk of the United States Senate, testified as an expert relative to the handwriting of two ciphier dispatches,—one to . T. Pelton, of New York, and sigued J. H. N. Patrick, aud the other addressed to Samuel J. Tilden, oi New York, signed “Gobble.”” Spencer testified that he thought the dispatches were written by the sume person and with the same kind of ink. Joseph N. Fitzpatrick, clerk in the oflice of the Sccretary of the United States Senate, cor- roborated the testimony of Spencer. Mr. McLinnon, of the Treasury Department, supported the previous experts. N. 6. GRISWOLD, of Oregon, a Democrat, stated the reason the National Democratic Committee were called up- on to. furnish money for contesting the issuing of a certiticate of election to Dr. Watts was be- cause the Oregon Democrats were poorer than a church contributfon-box. The Committee will finish taking testimony on Monday. MINNESOTA. ELECTOR FINSETI. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. St. PauL, Minn., Fev. 8—The Scnate to-day ordered.the Committee on Federal Relations to report on the question of granting leave of ab- seuce to Senator Finseth that he way ovbey the summons to appear before the House Commit- tee at Washington to testify relative to his eli- gibility asan Elector. The Committee will re- port Monday, recommending that leave be granted in courtesy to Congress, but denying the right of a Congressional Committee to re- quire a State Seuator to leave his seat. The Demoerats affect to believe the Senate will nev- ertheless refuse leave; but declare they can es- taplish the fact of Finscth’s inelimbility with- out his presence. They asscrt that the frst papers which Finseth exhibits wers really made since his election as Elector, being fraudulent, dated in March, 1875; that the records of the same have been inter- ellated among the records of similar papers 1ssued in 1873, and that they will prove these assertions by the most respectable. citizens of Goodhue County. Republicans not personally interested are willing to concede the whole asa specimen of comwmon disrespect for the natural- ization Jaws, but maintmn that true or not it is now too late to affect the Presidential vote of the State. MICHIGAN. DEMOCRATIC HOPES AGAIN BLASTED. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasmiygron, D. C., Fcb. 3.—Dan Herder, Republican Elector from Michigan, was exam- ined to-day. The Democrags have. claimed that he was ineligible as an Elcctor in that he had not been naturalized. He, however, brought his naturalization papers with him, He and his father were naturalized at Grand Rapids. Lhe records were destroyed by the fire, but his finat paper he obtained, and to-duy presented,it. The last case of allezed ineligibility of Repab- lican Electors is thus disposed of. ILLINOIS. THE NINTH DISTRICT GONTEST. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. GALESBURG, I1l., Fev. 3.—The vatlots cast for Congressman in the Ninth District were re- counted to-day, and resulted in a gain of thir- teen for Wilson, who is contesting Thomus A. Boyd’s election. Wilson’s friends are much cast down with ti small result, as they expected they would gain nearly 200 in the city. o ————— ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. OtrAWA, IIL, Feb. 3.—Opinious have been’ filed this day in the following named cases in the 8upreme Court: 1874—No. 350. Lewis va. G. Graves; decree re- versed and remanded. o 157’3')—)'0. 480. Uess ve. The People ex rel. ; af- rued. 1876—No. 8. P. D. Stanley vs. ThefPeople; re- versed and remanded. 26. Lake Shore & 3lichigan Southern Railway Company va. McMillan ct al. ; decree afirmed. 44, Pierce ve. The Peaple ex rel. ; utiirmed. 48, Oukwood Cemetery Asvociation va, Same; afirmed. 49. Batler ve. Same; afirmed. Walter et al. vs. Same; nilirmed. Cuoke et al. ve. Sume; aflirmed. ki Same; afirmed, unue; afirmed. ve. Same; ailirmed. 61. Juckeou vs. Sawe; allrned. . Andrews vs, Same; allirmed. . Morton ve. Same; ailirmed., Hamilton et al. vs. Suwe; afiirmed, Honore vs. Same; aftirmed. Vail vs. Same; aflirmed. 08. Broad vs, Same; aflrmed. Beers vs. Same: aflirmed. Sams fil Sume; atlirmed. Derby vs. Same: allrmed. . Pansbrough ve. Same: aflirmed. . Watker vs. Same; adirmed. 5. Rankin ve. Same; afirwed. Littlewood vs. Same; atlirmed. 7. Brandt ve.-Same; atirmed. Sume; atirmed. ame; aflirmed. ame: aifirmed. Same; afirmed, 115. Brown vs, Same; affirmed, 200. Richardson vs. Aiken: reversed and re- manded. ————— THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. ANX ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 3.—Dr. Rose wasput on the witness-stand beiore the University Com- mittee, and gave a full account, as he under- stands it, of his dealings with the laboratory and Dr. Douglas. He had prepared a complete, &ystematic account of all moneys received into the laboratory by him, and paid over to Dr. Dougins. - By it, it appears that Douglas is in- debted to Dr. R6se 1or $831, instead of Rose baving been a defaulter. to the University. Every penny paid Dourlas has its receipt, which Rose” has thus far kept to himself. There is more to be developed yet. Hispaity say the final result will snow - Douglas still more largely indebted to Rose, and very deeply -~ in debt to the University. \While the Comumittees of Investigation berctofore bave found Rose shore cach year sinve 1866 several hundred dol- lars, he shows clearly tnat in some years he had overpaid Douglas, and, while in others there was a balance ot from $20 to $150 due Donglas. This was settled during the summer’s vacation, and he produces prool of these settlements in bank checks ~~awn iu favor of Douglas and paid to him. This 15 quite a letting down from the $4,000 claimed agninst Rose ns stolen by him. His friends claim that the cross-examination will be unable to pick a sivgle flaw in his testi- J. T. Lecester, President of the Hines County | moby. WASHINGTON. The President’s Message on 'the Sub- ject-of Specie Resumption. He Suggests Legislation to Bring About Such a Resuit. Passage of the Legislative Appropriation Bill in the House. An Exhibition of Human Wealkness on tho Salary Question. Rumors of Irregularities in the Chi- cago Custom-House. RESUMPTION. , TOE PRESIDENT'S SCUEME. WasnINGTON, D. C. Feb. 3.—The following is the President’s message to Congress on thes subject of the resumption of specie payment: To the Senate and House of Representulives: By theactof Congress approved Jan, 14, 1873, 10 provide for the resumption of specie poyments, the 1st of January, 1579, is fixed as fhe date when such resumption is to bezin. It may not be desirable to fix un earlier date when' It shall actually become obligatory upon the Government to_redeem its ontstandmge legul-tender notes in coin on presentation, but it is certainly most de- sirable, and will prove most beneficial to every pecuniary interest of the country, to hasten the day swhen the paper circulation of the country and gold coin shall HAYE EQUAL VALUES. Ata later day, if currency and coin should retain cqual values, it might become advisable to author- jee or direct resumption. I believe the time bas come when by the simple act of the legislative branch of the Government this most desirable re- suit can be sttained. 1am strengthened in this view by the course trade has takenin the lagt two cars, and by (he strength of the credit of the Jnited States at home and abroad. For the fscal year ending June 30, 1876, the ex- Eorus of the United States excceded the umports ¥ $120.213,102, but our exports include $§10,369, 621 of specie and bullion in excess of im- poris of the sume commadities. For six months of the present fiscal year, from July 1, 1876, to Jou. 1, 1877, the cxcess of ¢XpOTts Over imports amount- od 10 §17,544,569, and the imports of specic and bullion exceeded the exports of precious metals by $6,192,147 msume the time. The actual ex- cuss of exports over imports for the six months, exclusive of specle and bullion, smounted to $13,757,020, showing for the time being theac- cumulation of specie and bullion in the country smounting to S10RE THAN §6,000,000 in addition to the national product of these metals for the same period. a total increase of gold and silver for six months not far short of $t0, 0U0, 000, 1t i very evident that unless this great increase of precious metals can be atilized at home in such Wiy a3 to make it in some mANDer remunerative to hoiders it must scok n foreign market as surely us would any other product of the soil or manufac- ture. Any legslation which will keep coin und bullion at home will, in my judgment, soon BRING ABOUT PRACTICAL RESUMPTION and will add the coin of the country to the circa- Jating medium, thus securing a bealthy intlation of sound currency to great advantage of every Jegitimate business interest. The act to provide for resumption of specie pay- ments, anthorized the Secretary of the Treasury (o issne bonds of either of the descriptions named in the act of Congress, approved July 4, 1870, en- titled ** An act to authorize the rcfanding of the national debt, ™ for not less than par in gold. With the present value of 445 per cent bonds in the mar- Kets of the world they could be exchanged at par for gold, thus strengthening the Treasury to meec inal resumption, und to keep the excess of coln over the demund pending its permancnt usea circu- lating medium at home. All that would farther be required would be 1o REDUCE THE VOLUKE OF LEGAL-TENDER NOTE3 in circulation. o accomplieh this, I would sug- gestan act authorizing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to issue £ per cent bondy, with forty vears to run before maturity, to be exchanged for Jegul-tender motes ~ whenmever presented in sums of $50, or any multiple thercof, the whole amount of such bonds, however, not to ex- ceed $150,000,000. To increase the home demand for such bonds, I wonldrecommend that they be available for depogit in the United States Treasury for bunking purposes under the various. provisions of law relat.ng to the National Banks. T would sugzest further that National Banks bo required to retaina certain per cent of coin inter- est received by them from bonds depogited with the Treasury to secure their circulation. I wonld also_recommend the repeal of the third section of the joint resolution for the issuc of silver con ap- proved July 22, 1876, limiting the sybsidlary coln and fractional cnmn? to $30, 000, 000. 1 am satisicd that if Congress will enact some such law as will accomplish the end sugsested, they will give relief to the conntry, instant in its efféct, and for which they will receive the gratitude of the whole people. (Signed) ~— T. S. GRaNT. EXEcuTivE MaXstox, Feb. 3, 1877, NOTES AND NEWS. TUE LEGISLATIVE BILL. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. ‘WasmiNeros, D. C., Feb. 3.—The House passed the Legislative Appropriation bill. In the matter of salaries an act was done conspicu- ous for its meauness. When the salary-grab law was passed the President’s salary was fixed at §50,000. To-day the House repculed the law fixing the salary of the President at $50,000, and provided tnat it should be_$25,000, by a vote of 126 to 47. Yet the House refused to reduce the pay of Senators and Representatives to $4,500, and even refused to permit an aye and no vote to be taken upon the question. The number of internal-revenue coilection districts were reduced, notwithstanding the protest of Foster that it was a false economy, as the Government lost wmore by the reduction thau the pay of the additional oflicers. TUE FLORIDA REPORT. The Democrats were unable to consider the special report of the Committee ou Florida Af- fairs for the very curious reasou that as the leg- islative day of Thursday still continues it could uot be taken up, as the consideration of it had been fixed for Saturday. CUSTOM-HOUSE IRREGULARITIES. There arc runiors_that the admimstration of Feldkampfs. lately United States Appraiser at Chicago, will not’ bear inspection. Frank Gil- bert is understood to be au applicant for Feld- kamps' place. Iuquiries bave not yet been completed as to the alleged complicity of a prominent Chicago house and the recently- discovered Custum-Housc irregularities. INTENDED CUANGE. Tt is stated that Patterson, Doorkceer of the Democratic House, contemplates resigning his oftice, and that, in such cveut, the oflices of Doprkcc{mr and Sergeant-at-Arms will be con- golidated under Thomson, the present Ser- geant-at-Arms. ORDER COUNTERMANDED. he Western Assoclated Press. WASHINGTON, U. U., kev. $.—The order trans- ferring four companices of troops bere to Fortress Monroe has been countermanded. SILVER. The Secretary of the Treasury says be has suflicient silver to meet the legitimate demands, and declines to re-exchange United States notes for silver brought to the Department in sums varying from $10 to $500. = CONFIRMED, The Sevate contirmed us Postmasters M. M. Hurloy, of New Albany, Ind., and W. E. Hob- son, of Bowling Green, Ky. ALEXANDER H. STEPUENS' COSDITION to-day has been more quiet, but he is gradually wing weaker. The President and bis son cs cailed upon Representative Stephens this atternoon. When leaving, the President tovk bim warmly by the hand aud assured him he would call again, and hoped find him better. OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. By the suspension of Cougressional work at the oflice of tite Public Printer to-day, about 600 persuns are thrown out of emplovinent. The Public Printer has no money othier toan unex- pended balances of appropriations to the De- partments and Congressional Library, and for printing proceedings and debates of Congress. CONGRESS. SENATE. ‘WasRINGTOX, D. C., Feb. 8.—The absence of Senators at the expiration of the recess at 10 o'clock made necessary a continuation of the recess till noon. Upun reassembling the eredoutidls of Senators Davis and Saunders, from West Virginia and Nebraska, were presented and filed. The joint resolutions of the Minnesota Legis- ‘linturcin favor of a law giving a bounty for the -destruction of grassh i Sniracto of er shoppers and their eggs A resolution instructing the Committee on Appropriations to report a bill making an ap- propriation for the support of the Government Mr. Hxlnl{n reported a bill aathorizing the Postmaster-General to pay the rent of premrses occupied by Postmasters” of the third class. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Hamlin also submitted an amendment to tl_y.- Post-Office Appropriation bill appropriating g..oo,oou for steamship mail service between San Francisco, Japan, and China, for one year and authorizing a contract witn the Pacific Mai] S':camshlp Company for transporting s month- 1y mail between l.huémrts designated. He also submitied an amendment appropriating $250,- 000 from the revenues of the Post-Office to ob- tain proper facilitics from the great trunk lines r railway post-office service during the fiscal year mdlué June 30, tlSTS. Fetereal y inting of was referred. pr’ll‘nhunl;zm Tor the sale o the Fort Dallas mili- tary rescrvation in lh?cxnim.tiou of the morning hour, when a brief Exccutive session was held, followed by a recess tili Monday morning. OUSE. The session was resumed at 10 o'clock, and the House went into the Committe of the Whole, with Regan in the Chair, on the Legisla- tive, Judicial, and Executive Appropriation bilt. Mr. Kehr moved to amend by tixing the salary of the President at_$50,000, instead of §25,000 as provided in the bill. A quorum not being present, it was agreed a vote be taken in the ousc. After having disposed of the bill, the Com: mittee rose and reported it to the House. ‘The amendments fixing the salary of Senatars and Kepresentatives at $5,000 were agreed to. The amendment increasing the compensation of the President to 350,000 wag defeated—yeas 47, nays 126. ‘Il bill then passed. The Speaker lnid before the House 2 message from the President on the financial question. which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Recess till Monday. CRIME. A MODERN CAIN. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. OxAmA, Feb. 3.—A special received here fo- day briefly announces the conviction at York of Warren Cloagh for the murder of his brother. Warren and Nathan Clough resided and did business at Seward, Seward County. Warren kept the-Blue Valley House, and Nathan was a horse-dealer. On the morning of the 2d of May last Nathan was found to have been most foully murdered as he lay sleepiug up-stairs in the stableof the hotel. The decd wascom- mitted for robbery, as between $700 and $1,000, which deceased had on his person was gone. He was wrapped up in the bedclothes, showing acareful, premeditated act. There were two blows, one on the forchead, inflicted by a blunt instrument, and one upon the jaw by a sharp instrumenf. Warren Clough, abont 8 o’clock in the morning, was the first to discover the murdered victim. Blood had run from the wounds on to the floor, and a foot- print +was in " the Dblood, and a bloody foot~ print was also found in the bed. An ax belonging to the premises was found with blood-stains upon it, and also a smail piece of tieskin and some hairs of the cyebrows corre- sponding to Nathan Clough’s.” His brother Warren was arrested and held for trial. The case was taken by change of venue to York, York County, where it occupied ten days, re- sulting yesterday in a verdict of murder in the” first “degree. It was a case of circumstantial evidence alone. It wasshown, among other things, that Warren had obtained possession of most ofhis brother’s property, hold- ing it in trust, as it were, to keep deceased’s wife from getting it, as she and her husband had a falling out, and Warren did not like her. By the deatn of .bis brother he would come into absolute possession of his property. It was also shown that Warren had had in Jis posses- slon immediately after the murder a sum of money about equal in amount to that stolen from deceased, and he could not explain the cir- cumstance. - s THE QUINCY MYSTERY. Spectal Dispatch o The Tribune. % Qorsey, I, Feb. 3.—The man Webster, of Jecksonville, upon whom a deadly assault was made-in this city night before las, is still alive, and there is slight hope of his recovers. Two en named William Brown 2nd John Thompson have been arrested on suspicion of hay- 10g committed the crime, and the'developments that have been made lead ‘the police to be- lieve that they have the guilty parties. They are held to await the Tesult of Webster’s in- jurics in the hope that he may be able to identi- Iy them. k: A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the Rhondfis murderer, who has not yet been dis- covered. GARROTERS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. LASALLE, IlL., Feb. 3.—A number of days since John (alias Pluck) Whalen, Owen Cough- lin (alias Cobb), and' James McKinzie, three notorious young desperadoes of this city, were arrested ot Mendota, charged with haviog gar- roted and robbed of a valuable goid watch Cornelius Cahill in Peru. Aiter a protracted examination, Whalen and MeKinzie were to-day taken to Ottawa for trial. Coughlin was dis- missed as to the charge aforesaid, but remanded 10 jail to await an exawination under & charge of "attempted rape preterred by a married woman o1 this city. YOUNG TRAIN WRECKERS. Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune. ForT WayNE, Ind, Feb. 8.—For some tims past tics and other obstructions have becen placed on the track of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway almnost daily be- tween this city aud Upper Sandusky. Scverat times accidents were narrowly avoided, and a close watch was instituted for the perpetrators of the outrage, which resulted to-day in the ar- rest at Upper Sandusky of two yvung men named Berwick and Ensminger. The cuain of evidence against them 18 said to” be complete. They were bound over for trial in the sum of $1,000 cach. INSURANCE THIEVES INDICTED. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. New Yors, Feb. 8.—0. R. Wetmore, Vice- President of the Security Life-Tnsurance Com- paoy, was held in the sum of $20,000 to-day on an indictment for grand larceny und cmbezzle- wment. It is charged that he appropriated 34,400, drawn to the order of Alexauder Barton, to_his own us¢. Bail was furnished by his father. Rob- ert L. Casc, Sr., President of tue Company, will give bail on Monday. Robert L. Case, Jr., the Actuary, is said to bave left the State. EMBEZZLING OFFICERS. PorrsviLLE, Feb. 3.—Heury, D.. Boas, Sccre- tary of the Citizens’ Buildiug and T.0an Associa- tlon of Shenandoab, has beeu found guilty of embezzling nearly $7,000. Joseph F. Dengler, ex- Cashier ot ihe Pennsylvania National Bank of this city. hes been sentenced to two years and two months imprisvnmeut in tihe Perutentiary. The amount embezzled was about 3§,000, of which $5,000 bas been returned by Dengler’s friends. FORGERY. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. SPRINGRIELD, L., Fub. ¥.—A very bungling foruery on Train-Dispatcher Dresser, of the Wa- bash Road. was perpetrated to-day. A stranger presented at a jewelry store what purported to be the order of Dresser for a valuable watch. The watch was delivered, and subsequently, up- on discovering that the order was furged, the party presenting it was arrested and jailed. RIOTOUS STRIKERS. LouisviLLE, K¥., Feb. 3.—Thirty-odd firemen of the 8. W. & G. S. R. R., who struck because of a slight iucrease of wark, and have been guc- ceeded by others, cendeavored by violence last night to hinder their successors from running the engines. They failed, and in tuture will be severely dealt with by the authorities if caught. BURGLARS ARR);S‘TE‘DA ’ Coicrysart, O., Feb. 3.—Three notorious thieves and burglars, named Rose, Dillon, and Clark, were arrested lere to-day with a quan- tity of silkin their posscssion which was stolen in Cleveland. They are wanted fn Columbus and Cleveland to answer the charges of bur- glary and safe-blowing acaiest them there. LYNCHED. Lrrree Rocr, Ark., Feb. 3.—The Dewitt, Ark., County Indicator publishes details of & Iynching in Stanley Township of Frank J. Aston a few days since. Aston was taken from home without clothes by a party of men and hung to alimb of a tree. "The reason for the crime is unknown. " CAPTURED. Meypuis, Feb. 3.—Sherif Anderson re- turned from Paducah this evening with Bob Dtury, the murderer of Deputy United States Marshal Gibson. Drury’s father is now in jail awaiting scntence for passing counterfeit mozey. ——t— THE HULL CASE, Special Dispatck to The Tribune. SPRINGFIELD, 1Il., Feb. 3.—The Rev. Ford ‘Wines, Secretary of the-State Board of Public Charities, is preparing a rcpurt to the Governor of the Board’s investizations into the circum- stances of the sudden death of Col. E. 8. Huil at the Insane Asylum, Elgin. The report will exonerate the management of the institution from &ll blame in the macter. 4 Oregon was discussed.. until - for the SCARLET law will be s ¥ entorced. Brst ofen, Pickard, Superintendent of Schools, is_credited with the stateme; “children with the scarlet fever are noy oy Uit to attend the public schools, and that loweq the chilaren in the schools ot present go ™t 8 families where there is scarlet fever. fie from missioner has learned from Dr. Koy o Cou. that, in the North Division alone, s jo ozt children went from houses ‘where ?n In case has taken - hold to the h‘ s axd mingled with the ofhier gonidls This _ will stopped, even i Ll found necessary to close the ‘public g',‘, b The Mayor and the Commissioner sen pg 20 the necessity is for the suppression of :lu; _ease, and_they can, they think, conviner Council that nothing would be £go ‘great He rifice to wmake, if the making of ltwould.lt S clty from its present state of fever, fee the CORRESPONDENCE, W CARBOLIC SoaP. ¥ the Editor of Thé T CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—As s0 muchh;:; been and written upon the terrible svogrge wm;;& been sweeping the little ones from our ety please allow me space in your paper for the - pression of my views. 1was present st o, meeting of the homeopathic physicians It'.h' Tremont House, Jan. %, and as 1 g Ilts Ravages in the City During the Month of January. The Victims Mostly of Foreign Birth and Among the Poorer Classes. Wiere Dirt and Squalor Reign Supreme, There Stalks the Pestilence. Views of Severel Correspondents on Pre- ventives and Remediea. OFFICIAL REPORTS. TEE DEAD AND THEIR DOCTORS. Tz TRIBUNE publishes below the record of deaths trom scarlet fever for the monthof Jan- uary, as found on the books of the Health Com- missioner. A glauce at it will show that ths far the sufferers are of foreign parentage, living in those sectious of the city where all the con- ditions are unfavorable to health. Streets like Wabash, LaSalle, Rush, Cass, Pine, ete., will not not hear one word in favor of ; d method of preventing th 2y, be found unrepresented on this long roliz: feser, 1 iuferglmn et m; m& :tm o portant methad of prevention has been o‘?"‘ ég:’e‘ft nf;.’gf')'e?xs sgo, 1 hzdsn €a5e of - searlyy ; 0. family, 2 son 8 years of apv, Pt severcr case, until the' ‘seventh “day sis s eruption first appearcd, I never knew, ing that there was great virtue in -::;ulbss?:“ resolved then to try it. On the fiftn day ,1“ the eruption I commenced its use very l'r’eel 5 hot-water, bathing from head to foor are il rter. ata time, not exposing tosthe afr the & .‘;‘;{.fifi'f,'" wet, and wiping with ufiry towel. Itp:rz;x:mhm ¥ earsons. this operation three times overy day tili he ed well cnough to leave the oom, ynd tontieans morniog ant night for two W!fil'lnnzgxy‘ Other children ‘played with him ij N as so0m a5 ho ks able 1o be ot g oLl sultivg., 1 bave, during the past four . pursued this metbod of grercntion -'A'itgfit? most satisfactoryresults. Physiclans well ke Blanche Thowas. 857 West ki Cas. C. Beardsiey. 13 South Por: Fred &, Stenvachizr Larrabee. i thata scarlet-fever futient cannot give the dis: Gert'de Mortensens2l Maplewoo k. case till atter desquamation sets in. It i3 the Daisy Desmond ...418 Sunih State Watson. that the germs are seattered far and 2 Maric E. L'unya. .. 85 White... Jaconson. | codrecot Shila ¢ wile, b W hleat: 3005 WHCo% av Beack. s of children are sent to' sehool, after re. Emima A. Vognied.80s North Robey..N. covering from scarlet fever, without receiri; A. A, Pischezol South Halsted.H. Merckle, thorough bath of even common. mdwflg‘: Jana iz, X As o preventive I would recommend belly. donna highly if the child has'bs exposed; but I believe morein Efirfii’%’h and hot water as a grand disinfectant, if pw:): will h:}ot be éoo lazy u} \fie it, a3 often, as” ther- oughly, and ag carefully as the i the patient is convalescine. it RosaLrz J. Roop, M. D, Maoggle Ba Sam k. Mvim're 1 “J. B Takcott. A Lymat. . 7. Byford. . H. Bingham. Wager. Goodnow. . T.J. Blomquiat.820 Hannema fagilida, Kann... Cor, Hanover &30, THE SULPHO-CARBOLATE. To the Bditor of The Tribune. . Cnicaco, Fep. 3.—Asthe profession ‘aresp generally opposing the sulpho-carbolate of sods and its nse, I wonid like to report four catesin which it.was of service tome. The firstw myself. Iawoke one Saturday morning withs severe chill, followed by fever, my temperaturs being 105. Dr. Beebe was notified of my candi tion, and on findingr the leftside of my throst entirely covered bya large, deep diphtheritio ulcer, the backand left sidesalso beinz fuvolved, began the free use of the sulpho-carbalate [ passed a very sick day, bat in the evening my iemperature was reduced three degrees. On pAEe 10.0). Thompson. 180 Blackhawk. ... John Keenn. 741 N, Ashiand av. 30 Mnereenth. prescribed for three patients, and on afternood started forthe Centennial to an appointment. Case No. 2 was of a child 3 years old whohad diphtheria. Both tonsils were involved, md she had high fever. The sulpho-carbolats of soda was used alono. In twodays the child was up and playing about the house: the throst was heiling rapidly, most of the swelling having subsided. Two aays later the child was attacked after running about in the cold En, the.same prescription’ was used with a simi's result. L had two other cases in the same bouie on the same remedy doing well. » Casc No. 3 wasof diphtheria. Oueof you correspondents called on me one motning Wit an ulceration involving one tonsii sd a_ part of the throat about it B felt indisposed to work, but west as it would have been difficilt ™ furnish a substitute. The throat remained sors for three days, durng all of which time ke was attending to his usual business, ref home at 12 o'clock each night during some aur coldest weather. The sulpho-carbolate wis used exclusivelyexcept the first day, whee rhoy taxicondendron was taken with it.- Case four was of erysipelas. A young ma of about 27 years, aiter a minor iliness, Was at- tacked with erysipelas, commencing on the forehead at the edge of the hair and extendicy downward and backward on the temples. In spite of the usual remedies the spread, untilin forty-eight hours the face wzs covered, the eyes closed, and the patient would not bave been recognized by his friends. Th temperature 3t the time, 8 p. m, WY 105%. The sulpho-carbolate was gives The uext morning at 10 o'clock tht temg.-ratm-e was 10134 and the color of the fxt much lighter. The remedy was continued aloot, and the temperature did not again rise; but tht patient was soon up and abont With notbioe! bat asore ear. The treaument with this remedy +was then suspended. After removing the fu- nel which he worc ‘about the neck during bt iliness and exposure to cold, ne noticed the i flammation spreading from the earover thefst and sent for me in haste. 1 found the left st of the face as well as a part of the forehiead cov- ered by the inflammation, and_high fever, it temperature beinz 1053{. The sulpbocarbe late of soda was again given. Duri me'ngfll the patient vomited severely. At 10 ok the ext duy the temperature was reduced 0 10236 und the disease arrested. This on Suturday night, and by the nest Wednesa] the disease hud disappeared. 1 would sy these cases are Teported at My OWD SUZEES! 1 give them for what they are worth. d § bave given the sulpho-carbolate to mazy my familics in scarlet-fever districts, but bfe nad but few cases to treat, aud thz ;eréolll_:lfi C: Wyman 495 Indiana s ifoute Guedtner. 113 8. Clinton. Loutsa Crawford..i91 superior... ¢has. Concors Thirt John Teare. Y. Burrill. . G. Gall. i 5 1da AL W Anoie M. Cls Frapces L. Clark. .16y Maxw 52 Weat Polk. 250 White.... P, Heuges, Wilier. Mutthef. a ac 40 South Morgan. . 2.7 Blue [sland av. T, 3y Jeferson. ... . Mal Ella Wycko? Otio Brauut. J. Rilerane ed McDeyiit. S03 ..1316 T. Van BurenJ. Langridge. 359 S. ‘Halsted. ... . Parsons. W. C. Hunt. Fograte Wiillams. Arld. 70 T wents-sev the, W. Burrill. Huron......... W, J. Hawkes. 757 South Halst ‘esterberg. .142 W, Washing ul’. W. P'aine. Any Foerster. G. K. Dyas. C. Websier. BAD SMELLS. To the Editor af The Tridune. Cnicaco, Feb. 2.—Lately there bas befl; great deal said about the health ol the city. would therefore ask you to publish afew i which are perbaps not kmownto the officers. My businessis that of deliveriog to familics in ull parts of the city, and, a5 !z=§ erally euter at the rear of the house, either the l;i\scment or inaghcbkitul\zu, iean speak fruw personal observation. P ver shuce last fall T noticed a bad swellt very many kitchens. On inguiry 1 find & xfl" frow the sewers through the dm]n-xlpfi pert siuk. Mauvy lamilics throw the 8lops &1l scraps of meat, ete., in fact,everythiog tat 7 go through the basin, in the water<losct & the privy vault. This goes into seiwers s there and rots.” 1 k{;)umil it me\g-;e ;\‘:fl i coldest weather this winter. Now, one o the causes of diphtherizand mmws Last year L uoticed almost cvery I ’mv sotne kiud of a vesscl in which parings of o tables aud uifal of all kinds were deposited, you seldom tind any such vessels Dow. I Le: 512N F STERDAY’S REPORT. ‘There wero about twehty new cases of scarlet fever reported yesterisy. Dr. Garrott, the Medical Inspector of the West Division, made a report of tie prevalence of the plague in his section of the city, and says that the disease is chiefly confined to those.quarters where dirt rules supreme. The sanitary condition he found to be gencrally bad, and but little attention paid: to precautions against thc discase. He says that no puins are taken to isolate patients, and from all he can learn the attending physi 5 do not Wfi any attention to_isclation aud disin- fection. Bothof thesc measures the Inrpector urges as necessary. Dr. Knox, the "Assistant Commissioner, has Lemporarl]flmkcn charge of the inspection of the North Division, and yesterday made a2 re- port to the effect that be bad found the general condition of the sick and sick-quarters to be bud, in 2 saunitary point of view. scarlet fever in the following houses: 41, 45, and 230 Huron street; 530 Market; 191 and 57 Superior; 188 Chestnut; 233 Division: 44 Gocthe; 39 Sizel; 703 Lurrabee; 60 Wesson: 496 Sedgwick; 27 Blackbawk; 82 Weed; 81 DOCTORS> COUNCIL. Alot of doctors met 1o zee 1t un some plan they could agree, By which the fatal coure to stay Of a dire dieease that Lield its eway O'er ity hones and country side, And thus the Conncil did decide: First, Doctor C. arosc 2nd eaid The patients siways should be bled; Then pbysicked oft with calomel, And tuey'd never fail of getting well. le'd cured 8 thousand, moze ur 1ess, So all to this should acquiesce. Grant place; 183 Townsend; 142 Chicago ave- 1auded to the letter, mics 505 Wells; 512 Franklin. He found bwen- | Boe 2ot he thonght It mbsht be bester ty-five new cases of scarlet fever and fourtcen To dispense with blceding and physic tod recent deaths. The main seat of the fever And try what tonics and foud would do. is north of Huron street and be- This course bad proved in his practics tween Wells strcet and the North A certaincare, and could pever wiss. Then Doctor M. said he'd take his oath In saving patienis Be'd beat m::::om. ‘Aud neither a phystc nor tonic (Le conld never Lis patrons thus abuse,) But simiply dose them with belladonna, ‘And never fuil, he'd pledge his hoavr. . Number four wholly failed to see - A ray of light in the other threc. His knowledge taught the ouly Was to que. difease ere it beguns . And sulpho-carbolate of zodiui He'd use in spite of i1s recent odivm. Z. disbelieved in prophylactica, 2 3 that nchool of nte-tactlcs, But dwelt at length on desquamation, ‘And various kinus of inflammaton, ‘And gave at last what ecemed a posers Exanthemata et anginosa: wise M. D., by nis bookieh lore, = Brorree 2i bewn maid wad knowd before. ‘And, though quite true in former yeark Way oosolcte a8 it nOW appers, ‘For doctors hold it s well-known fact, 0ld panaceas soon fail tosct. . Thus they argued the evening throngh, 11} the iore one heard the Jess he knewy And finally cumae to the wise concluaio - That farther talx cnnmgcd confusion; But onone point they did all agrees = o Each thought the other knes fess than ke Branch. The sanitary condition is bad. The disease scems to scek the -most squalid and filthy neighborhoods, and in those piices where there has been tne least regard for cl ness the mortality Is greater. The Inspector found the warning-cards pretty generally posted. He Tiad found some shocking instances of poverty, and disregard for all Iaws of beulth and de- cency. Iu onc house on Superior .strect he found five families, containing twenty children. Fortunately, but one child was sick, but there was nothing to indicate that any attempt wasto be made to_ arrest the progress of the disease. But jittle attention was paid to the 1solation of the atilicted, and disinfecuing wus not done to a large enough extent. ‘The Commissioner of Health says that he has learned that persons interested tear down the warning cards as soon as the sanitary policemen have departed after posting them. "This he re- ards as something that shoald not be done, as it is in direct opposition to the carrying out of the plans which the city officials havee made for the eradication oi the'plazue. The city now controls these cases of contagious sliseasc and intends, if necessary, touse the harshest and 1most prompt measures to avcomplish the end in view. There is a law ugainat~ the tearing down of such cards after they hayve been once posted by the city anthorities, and making a person o the following Wednesday I was out of bed,and * heslit gools ‘therelo? amd b thisbe