Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1877. TIHE COURTS. Serious Charges of Usury Against the Chicago Building Society. Tho Onse of 8hiaw versus Shaws-« A Wifo and Not o Wife. Joseph E. Otis ‘Appointed Receiver of the Estate of Hopper, Boyle & Co. New 8units, Divorces, Bankruptoies, Judgments, Confessions, Etc. A few weeks sgo a mult was tried bofore Judge Farwell in which the specions dealings of the Chi- cago Ballding Soclety {n inaling cat.throat and usarions loans were shown np in their trne light, Tho Jodge then held that the Company's way of lending rioncy snd computing Interest was Hlegal and nsarious, and could not beuphold. It was thelr practice to compnto the Interest in advanca for tho time the loan was to ran, add it to the prin. | cipal, and divide the sum into equalamounts, which were to be pald monthly, so that the whole principal and interest would be extingulshed at the timo the principal fel due, This Jooked equltable, but In reality it compelled the bor- rower to pay a donble rate of Interest. Encour- aged by this declsion, foor nafortunate debtors of the Company yesterday filcd billa against tho Boclety and ita factotam, C. R. Brooks, asking for rellef, Peter cunnlnglmm. the grst Arpllung ntates that in 1R71 he borrowed 81,400 of the So- clety, giving notes for $1,940, duc in five years, and trust-deed on Lot 17, Dlock 1, of Aac- Tienolds” Subdivision of paft of the H, 4 of the N, E. ' of Sec. 0, 30, 11, In 1874, $200 more wwas borrawed and & troat-deed given as security on the same proparty, Brooks,mads the advances sud secured his pubscription, for by the rales of the Saclely no loan could be mads but to a stock- nolder, Complalnant hae paid $1,000, but the Company Insists that €1,200 is atill due, and Is threatentng to foreclone, Complalnant, thercfore, arka for an injunctionto pravent this sale, and for an account, Patrick and Catherine O'Koefe complain that they borrawed $300, and gave a nole for $700 and _a trust-deed on the 8. of Sub-Lot 21, 1ot 3, Block 24, lu Shefieid’s Addition to Chicago. They bave pal 0, but tho Soclety clalms they yetowe 3110, and complafnants want Ao account of the amount they Actually owe, Michael Lynch represents that In 1872 hs bor- rowod 82,600 of the HSoclety, wiving notes for &}, 410 and truet-decd on Lot 48, Block 17, {n Shef- ficld's Addition to Chicago. lie has Yflld 2,100, leaving $1. 200 aillldoe, bat the Soclety claima he yet owes £1,075, sad complainant asks for the usual acconnt, and an fnjunction to prevent a sale, Lastly, Lawrence and Elen Itecd rolate their Relevances. They borrowed 82,5600 of the Society in 1847), civiog noten for 83,600, secured by trust-deed on Lota 30 and 40, Dlock 3, in Shef- field’s Adilition. They hava pald §2, 840, but the Eaclety etill wantssome S0G0moro, and threatens indefanlt of payment to acll the property, Tho usual rellef s asked. All theeo.bills make the sama serlons charges of misreprosentations and fraud ogainat C. It, Drooks, and-allege {hat usurious in- tercat was extorted and pald. Answers were flod immediately by the Kociety, and replicstions by tho compla{nante, o that the canee are ready for trial, and will ba’ heard soon, or more probably taken to tho Supreme Court by stipulation. W.IL Peckham l{?uul for the complainonts In sll the sults,” and Uault & Law for the Soclely. A WIFZ AND NUT A WIFE. Theto ls materfal for hall-a-dozen novels in the case of Anne M. Shaw va, Peter Shaw, naw on tri- o) before Judge McAllister. About 1853 o young filrl under age married In Canada 8 youth also un- er ago _patued J'eters or Petrie, without her pa- renta’ consent, After llving together for a few manths the husband left his wife, and she did not hear of him bat ouce for lwenl'y ‘nrl. About 1845 she came to Chicago, where In the course of o few yenrs she became acquainted with Peter Shaw, and was married to him, ‘T"n{ did not live ether very happily, and she filed s biil againsthim ‘“uu'me on the ground of cruclly. He found t by somie means ihe circumstances connected with tho first marriage, hunted up or hoard from her Orat husoand, and * fled 2 cross bill In her suit asking for a divorce on tho ground of bigamy. The casa wan trieghy before Jud Moore A no haw obtain. year or 0, and the Judge at the ~ 8¢ ©d o divorce, though | same Lo cxonerated her from any intentional wrongdoing, 1t was shown that she had procurod Jegal advico to the cffect that she lnl‘(ht marry aziln undeatho circumatances. While the divorco null was pending, Shuw's g0 peculiar® dae tective having hunted up the factw abont his step. mother, Kwora out 4 warraut for her arrest on & charge of blglln{ before Justico Matson. When the caso was called for trinl, however, no sttempt wrhatever was made to snbstantiate tha charge, and Mrs, Shaw was of conracdischarged. She then began suit to recover damages for mallclons prosecution, and it was calied fortrial yesterdoy afternoon, Mr, lervey, the attomey for Mrs, Shaw, occupied nearly tho wholo afiernoon in making ihe oponing argument, The case will be contiued to-day, Mr, Yeters I3 Hecalver ‘of Public Lands in Arizons, and {s maeried, and Mr, Shawls 8aperintendent of the Weat Sido Parka. v IIOFI'ER, BOYLE & CO, ' in the case of David ¥. Rundel vs, Elljah 8, Alexsuder, Mark T, S8eymour, Joseph O. ftutter, and the Phitlips & Colby Conatruction Company, Judge Willlains yesterdny appointed. dosern. Otin ecotver, under a bond of $125, 000, 1810 take posseseion of all the books, papers, ef- fects, chattels, and cstato, real and personsl, of the firm of Hopper, Boyle & Co., of which tvn*lumxnt was & momber, and of {ta successor, A, T, Seymour& Co, aessrs, Seymour, Alexan- der, and Rutter ara to deliver over to the Recciver all Frupcru of the two above-mentioned firms 1n tiolr pornckaton, and submit to such examinatlon s ruu){elm necessary before a Mastor in clum.-erg. ‘The Recelveriato colloct sl the assets of tho Brms, begin such suits as may be necessary, and report hlu doinga from time to time to tho Court, 1TEME, Judges Drummond and muasm will to-day hear Arguments In the cnaoof the Connecticat Mutual Lite-1nsurance Company va, the Marina Company, and other cuves, onthe power of forolgn corpora- tions to take mortzages or hold real estate taken B paymeut of a debi in this Stata, Judge Uary, after completing the call of hls present calendar, will saelst Judge Jameson, Now calendars will be prepared for the May tonn, Judge Willlsms will, My 7, 1o Judge liooth's tourt-room, commence a gencral call of tho com- mon-law ducket, dismissing all causes wherein the z-mcn‘ have not shown due diligence in prosc- Judge Moare granted & divorca yesterday to Flias . Devoa from Zadle M. Duvo-’on the I’mund of descrtion, and o Magdalena Moeller from Henry Mucller, cause do. on and adultery. r.Otls Judge Farwell grante reaof divorce to Ja fin:l\‘f:yy fromn Whitteld N, Alley onthe zmnndzg William 1. thoes bogen & eait. for §0 m M. Hoes an & #0] tho City of Iiighiand Hark: o8 80000 diiinat Tlomas E, Couriney, Asaignee of Joasph Lafter. ;fl;&amfl"fi“dfi““ In lm‘{l; -z-hm.afilmn K. , Edwin Thorue, and lsaso N, Ma; 5 clalming $5,000 damages, AN, i ' " B‘A‘xlfillllla‘llfl' llA'lTlllflnd n Involantary petition waa flle axaluet Adolgh (Gollachimt, Tynatia. Seome on 8lmon Qreenhoot, partnors. as flulmnmldz. fsteln &Co,, and dealers inmen's furolahing goods at No. 187 Vit avenue. ‘The follawing &6 the pos tltioning credifors, with tho amount of thelr clalme: " 1, Wallach's Sons, $3,784.14; Willlam Lattimer & to,, 81,345,75; Isaac itoscnatoin & 000.07; A, Landes & Co. , $108: $1,200 U Lagowits & Con, $050.97: Kioin & Hoextor, .60} Cellar & Duan, 871k, 25; elter & Gans, $760, 94 and Goarge FPearco & Co.. $10.60, 1t llchl;gudlhll thio dentory, on (he 16th of Mareh, * 1877, beiny Snsolvent,. mad preferentlal payment of 85,505,020’ M. 1lirech, of Milwaukee, ono of thelr creditors. They cont feased baukruptcy |mmedlately, and were adjndi cated, & Warraut belng Issucd roturnsble April 80 befors Heglster Ifibbard. Moyer Frank was spe poluted Provisiunal Asiince, n the caso of the Ag0 te Manul Campany an order was made directing th-'fi‘n‘-':;:‘:le towell at retall in tho ordingry course of business 10&;‘:“!1. d-diyidend A case e sccond-divide Wrisiey Brothars was continueg nnh o ase °F E. king was appolutedrAssignes of Charles b | B Aico wilbo chosen at 10 u wignce wi chosen af ¥ a’:g\'ng for the eataln of l?lnry La"v'}'&fl‘:': fr 3 4 BUIPERIOR COURT IN DRIRY, Thomas Narrisun ct al Smith for §1 000, Willlam Bprague, and A Leanurd Fiback, for the ass of Mafin Fishe back, brought sult for §2,000 agalnst John Smith, CIRCUIT COUKT, Caspar Scheuring commenced a sult in trespasy yerterday azainst iGe Chicago & Northwestern Hails way Couipany, Ayln! mages at §135, 000, pramuet T. Cutter began a suitln trover against Hiamlu L. Kempaterand Charles 8, Wilcox, claim- damages. ; e arriet A. Murpby brought sult szainst George Juchem and Johu Kaber. clalming $1,000 daniages fot n alleged breacl of covensnt. Edward Monrce was tried for burglarr, found Iroo was 7 or burglar, ouac wullty, sud givea ons Jeac in tha Penfieatiary, Jub ‘““”l.x Boyle was tried for larceny asd found not nZ' :aeyh Hunt was on trial foe larcony at adjousn~ Jybos Daouxo Ll 14 Ja Conecticns M xp—Arguments fa Capnecticns Mu- SUn] Life-Insurance Com Compan. TR SR R R s p Aect DOW VD . §ibas BioposTr~Genera! busines. e PUF UARY=IT, £13 10 460, aud 483 10 403, laclur on trfal. Jibum JauEsox—133, 157, 154 s0d 160 to 176, la- 1w cljalne o b Jobasuon taabari, o h}f‘!:f.)lmlbwu-fl.‘h A i Down- Gbux folzns—Set case 6. 801, Muslier ve. 6ha Issarance Cowpany, and ealendas b tHY e e e g 2,007, iaa va. Hous No, 007, biaw v haw, oo Lan Vaawsii~5et case 1,152, Kull vs, Hala- GE MCALLIyTER—Ect case Aad caleadar K. : 3&]\\1&.“ 3 A 3, g 013 40 835 Inclualy, i ey Jenng WILLTAA-Sct case , Chamberlatn va. fluriel. No caure on triat. JUDGMRN’ UNiTED ATATES DisTRICT o Kehioaner Danlei Newhafl: dn Bhip-yard Company v4. Kame, § BLDERIOR COTNT: lv"mxlinlv Hecetver of the City Natlanal Tinnke. ¥ 22,000, — 1 hifn, wias Alvly uineit incae, ineuatia Por: ErRehers, . ~lenry 5.~ Jamcy Arkson l T 54-\‘!:,—-5»"{!:;5)’(!9!"' & Owen Evans and Mesisiinn ey A FARe—L. 1T, Toldenweck va. fouls Mal- tel 70, —Willlam Stevens vo. John A. Owen, “Thomns Brown va. James Clark, £182. —A, !v‘lémn VIL "’Eui;r'{nvllli:‘fla George Vogt; verdict, $343, i T OO AT (e RonERA-C., C, & 1. C. Tiall- S'in fuvorof the uardian olinn _for new 1a A MeCormick, rics, tive Thomas Flits v Tlenry 28103t Charies Rirkensliaw, aaeni- siiee.—J, W, Knowlesetal fs. Chrlstoplior Kemming, $63.60.—11, C. Lam . Appleton Wiison, €74, e — URRENT OPINION. During the last canvass Gen. llampton annonnced himselt as sn advocate of a free batlot, free speech, free press, and free men, and a8 theto aie an epitome of Republican principles, lia s essentially a llcpublican, 80 wa are to have a Repnblican Governor after all, That Iatho philosophic way 1o look at it."—CAarieston (8. C,) Hepublican (Rep.)e ‘While to the wisdom, moderation, courage, and dignifed fiemness of tholr groat leader, Wade 1lampton, and to thelr own pationt forbesrance and dteadfast davotion to the principles - of free, constitutional goverzment, the people af Sonth Carolina owe their final redemption from Radieal minrule, plander, and appression, they will, nevers theless,' necord to Mr. Hayen the credll that inay ba s fo e e S R right an ) D oCassily, —vacannah'(Ga.) News (Dem. "ire-Kater). Hayes [ not required by doctrinal conslatency. by the logic of his own case or the facte of Fackard's case, to vindicate the vahdity of hiy Tresidential title by recogmizing the validity of Packard's title and “holding the Army and Navy of the United States ready to maintain it at every hazard, What, In tho entire (itness of things, ho iacalled npon to do is simply to lcavo the Jsang 1o adjuat Itself In Louinisng, and to regard as tho tate that which sponlancously etands with a ro- publican form of government and not in conflict with the Constitution of tho United States,— Galveston (7ex.) News (Dem.). Gen. Sherman seems (o b an fnnocent aort of ¢ old man, He wanta to know whether Indlans that are being fed at the expense of Sior 24 a day cach should not bo Induced to tranwport themmelyes where they ¢an be fed for 81 pot day. Certainly not. The object of Indisnafa Lo consume pubile money. ‘The chiof end of the red man n 10 serve contractora, The truth ls, Birting u.u{ ‘band nmnml for the sake of econamy and reform, be removed to Chicago and quartarad in the pala- tial biotels, Thera {s monoy in it for the Govern. ment, and & good thing for Chicago.—Cincinnail Commercial. It is within tho books for Mr, Hayes to make himael? & aecond Monroe. Tle may not, wo_think cannot and will not, disorganize parties, as 8chura would like to do, rebullding new anes on an en- tirely new plan. The old parties are hore to atay, Nelther will go to pleces, But the spirit of buth mlz be liboralized, and the beat cloments of each be brought ta support tho Administration in all good works, Thus in 1880 the issues woald shapo themsalves out of things modern, and we ehould be able to pick our next Presldent with referonco to his 1dentification with national and pol‘l,llnr in- terests and his fitness- for the place,— Loulsrille Courier-Journad (Dem. ), ‘That the sbandonment of the Po\lcy' of extrinatc military support o the Repablican” party in the Booth would be followed by its dissolution in its present form, and the reurganization of partics on rome more salutary basla than color, cannot ho doabtad—and that' tuls lethe firet {ndisuensable rreraquisite toa Government of law and justice, under which the negrocs will ba rafa froin per- aecation, and will enjoy all tho blessings of real freodom Instead of the barbaric license of n polits- cal mscendency fur which they are wholly undt, s eo evident that it forms the suMiclent jnstification of th;yullcywhlch alma to bring 1t about. —3¢, ZPaul Ploneir-Press (Ind. Rep.). Tho New England Methodist Conference maden good record Saturday by adopting without disrent & cordisl expresalon’of confidence in the Presldent and approval of the justsnd peaceful policy he fa striving to carry out. This was the responao of the full Conference to Dr. Matlalieu's unforiunate -(um&m to enlist thia Important religious body on ¢ of political mslcontents, whoin the grand forward uwo:; of patriotism and charity has Jeft far behind, 'This Conference has always taken ad- vanced ground in favor of the rights ol against the abuse and tyranny of power; and It iu cntirely consistent with its past record in nsing its infiuence now to promoton better undorstanding ond bring all classes into relations of mutual help- fulness and good will.—Doston Adoverilser (Rep.), Federal interference in our State affalrs to sus- {aln and protect In authority 84 consummate 8 banid of rascals as ever disgraced mankind has alroad; cost the peaple of Lonisiana several handrods o millions of doilare; and with the remotcst nroba. bility of such rule belnz contiuued over them, or af a demand being made upon them ta enter into any 205t of & bargaln of comprumise with of rucog- nition of the rascala who have rovbbed, disgrace: and bumiliated them, thoir temper'ls growing threatening and thele patience §8 rapidly wullnf awsy; snd neithor Gov. Nicholls’ induence, or thal af sny other of thelr louders, will be abls Lo pro- servo the statua quo untll the Prealdent shall have made his arrangementa for the orgsnization and control of the Houee of Iicprescntatives when tha extra sexslon convenes.—Nsw Orleans Democrat {Dem, Fire-Eater). Tlow {s It posatble for nen of sense to continue the discusslon of the Southern question in a parti- san spirit? Even If we were basely to consent to tha surrender of thoe rights of tno ‘neizro, tu jolu In that crucl and senseless crusado which dlagraced tha Southern whita mon dnring the recent cam. palgm, fate, which Is stronzer thauthe will of man, would stiil'thwart the surrender and punlsh tha crime. Wo inust protect the rights of the ucgro, bug we cannot do it by outlawing the white men. On the contrary, the {rue policy of all friends of the nogro w to meet the new order of things in faith, and o contribute, 8a far as lies in thelr power, to bulid upgood fecling among all claases and iotereste, North and South. The frm bnt E:mlc policy of the P'resident in thix reapect han en & model which should be carefully studied by extremists, =S¢, " Lowls Globe-Demacrat (llep. ). Tt would have been cause for siucore regret if, after maturc delibaration and refiection, the No England Conference had adonted the Mallalien res- alutions, ~ Tl fact that after mature consideration the Cunference upanimously and cardialiyvoted to austain the ollc( of the President and io declsra their belief that {t is now thne o labor to bring tho cauntry to a condlilon of peaco, Rood feellng, and E;nnpexlt(. 1e one which Indicates the drifs of the at sent{ment of tho North, Now and then thery drew 3 Cliatles Millng verdict, 8140, an trial-H. D PArmentérva. I'ra $111.a, = Willlam e #, Diotrich, $117. %) ! aro earnest and honest men who will declare that (L s notyct time to put away the sword and that the Southern leaders must Lo treated as traltors, but the great wmass of Christian people of the North will bu found In accord with the earnest and hearty resolutions which the New Englind Conference have sdopted 2s to the course which & Christian spiritand patriotlsm dictates as the duty of tho hour.—Boston Journal (Rep.), The only romatning question fs the amonnt of mischief Packard can make, In the Btate snd the country, He grows ngiler &a tha purposa of thu President and the country becomos clearer, and ha Is evldently supported sccretly by the Northern Republicans who hate ]ll{u and mean to kecp the bloody shirt In politic yet, 1t s not impossible that ¥ackard uay foment diatur! ew betwoen the two Governments and races as _his last desperals resort, thou(n 1t hardly secins likely that he will completoly lasa his head. Dut, whether ho bmits gracefully or not, ha has got to submic, Gov, Nicholls gives the same aranrancea that Hampton did s to Bonth Carolina, st he will make no attack upon the Packard Stale-fouse, or in auy way permit or encourage violence, but galn his supremacy through the force of public opin! and the sure driftine'of the groat budy of ali the Bnmlu\ snd_ancial eloments to his support,— pringfeld (Mass,) Republican (Ind.). The shot-gun method of Inaugurating Adminls trations can nover find favor with the majosity of cltizons in this country, 1t is-yn- American, and s rocoguition by th encral Government ss thoritative would be the sevcrest blow which our fustitutions have ever yct received. Its appareut succesa In Sout) fotina has already nlilrd . ahout of flerce triumph on the part of iie suppori- era, —possibly & premature shout,—snd has en- couraged them o expoct the same resalt In this State, But Jol them buware. Violence bey violence, and Preaident liayes must know that [t s not by supporting the shut-gun government of the Democratie minority {n this State 4 A gonuine rlnflullon I8 to be produced, We are lnclined, horefors, to beliove ihat the intentions of the Presldent bave been misunderstood, and that his lnminfil ~unacconutablo delays fathe settlement of our difticulties arlse wore from & mistaken notlon of the poasibilities of the situstion than from suy m‘?fim'kl""zm“ wg;l Fan vlnl::{c:d-nd wrong @ sako of any probable personal - New Urlsans Rlpl’b fcan (lfflzklll Kep, )Ylnuga 11, In & little while, Prastdent Hayes spei by & formidable faction of biaoaiLbe sat Inxhln atrike him down bucause he has been to bis country, but not to the revolutioniste of uthera peaple will bave 100 grave PATt (0 tho conteat 3 tween lwo wings of & t ";. 5“:'“! N5 Biatictothen. Lo such £a avent i woald bes shtics opon clyllization and dlsgmce upon: Southy wanhood for us Lo refusa Lo 9ustaln the brave jaes attacked in his own housshold for dolog bl ::Rl; to his country without reference to sectlons or to prejudice ocisted with the War, Wor oarown patt, Wo bave no sort of hoajtatiou In anoouncing now, in view of what wo beliove Lo be the Souths ern pollcy of the Presldeat. aud in sdvance of the sssault we expect to bo made upon biw on Kceount of that policy, tbat we bavg no idea of being fadif- kérs-on upon 4o combat between the factions, bat that, (I it come, we wmean Lo o It ftwith &l our might on tho sids of tha man whose eaemlzs in his own party woald strike bim dowa for et holding dows the Dgpruud snd persecatod people of the South. Thess arv our scatiments: and we have not s doubt A& the contemplate: cmcrgency srisos, we shall oo that they are the sentimeutls of nincty-ninu bundredths of the best aud bravest of the men ‘who were four years lu the feld for the csuse of the Lonfederacy, —ZLichmond (V) WAlg (Consersusive Deen ). NATIiONAL REFORML Closing Session of tha Northe western Convention. Imperative Neccssity of Recognizing God in the Constitution. Addresses by Prof. Blanchard, Jonathan Young Scammon, and Others, The Natianal Reform Aesociation continned its scenion yesterdsy mornipg, about 100 people be- Ing present. Preaident Wallace, of Monmouth College. called the Conventlon to order. The Itev. Mr, Moffat offered prayer, The ecretary read the rerles of resolutions pra- sented the evening previons, and the Convention proceeded to take them up and alzcnas them sep- arately. p DR, M'ALLISTER yome toapesk to the resolutions, e held n copy of the colonial charter of Virginia, and quoted from ik the expressions regarding the trust of the people In Providence. In 1774, Nov, 1, & com- mittee was appolnted to prepare a paper appolnte fng & day of thankegiving snd prayer, and that proclamation wae worded In the most earnest man- ner, ‘The apcaker gave other itluntrations to ahow that the whole apirit of the early lifaof the coun- try was Chelstiun and religlous, Mr. A GIbbone wanted to know 1f the fact that thie country was first inhabited by savaces wasany reason for the cotntry not becuming religions, The Rev, Dr, Everts aald that no man, If ssked to choose & basis of good life, would take anything other than Cheistlanity, So it happened that Christianity wae adopted by the people of this cauntry, secuted religions, but bere cverybody was free to nct and relect. Mr. J. 1. Matshews thought that the prominent word In the resolution was Chrietian, derlving its origin from Clirlst. 3ten who opposed the resolu- tion refuscd to acknowledge the divintty of Chriet, Ile was not a member of any church or denomina- tlon, bt he conwidered Christ an of divine origin. ‘Take that {dea away and nothing but darkness was efl, Tha first clduse In the resolution was ndopted. MIL BLANCIARD sald that If the natlon wur nut resnonsible to God, to whom was It reaponsitile? 1f the Dillo was not the standard of cooduct, what wne the atandardy ‘The law wus written on the hiuman heart, and yet W, M. Tweed stole $6,000,000, The Bible told thein what to do lmllnénau‘. Lut when tney foine:d o few millfons of other pevsle in natlonal compact 1t waa (ol them that the Ifible waa no anthority, Waat, then, was the nuthority? -What right had the City af Chicago lo fino him €5 for wetling drugk? The Couanc!l mizht pass an erdinance allowing everybody to steal from their naizhors, ot that would not be accordance with he standard which all have in thetr hearts, If a man went to neighoor's liouse and shot tilm down In the presence of his wife and children, it wonid be all “right ifa ma- orlty of the Judices on the bench and of the men n the jury declared “him innocent, —uniers thute were Aomio highee law bonind wiich prociatmed it murder. [Applaus The lev. J. W, system of education shiould "be such as would In- oculate men with principles of morallty, Tho Ktate ahould give n duy of rest and should ‘protect thie peoplo wlio destred (o worshlp God fh penco and quietness. 1f the Stato had no conrfitutional authority to onforce this snd other moral: jaws, tuen thero could be no suck lawa passed. The beat Jawyers sald that the Ten Command. ‘ments were esnential, yet they refused todisctiag or recognize them, nfmply because they were mot man's law, but God'slaw, 1t wu clalmed thst a1 goon as the religlous clansa was allowed inthe Constitution there would be & revival of thy thumb-acrow " and rack, bot that did not necessarily follow, lrother Ifoh [nucreoll the other night had tilked a d deal about peoplo not letting hiin think. He knew what was the matter with Ilob, aud he had no objectiun to hin thinking all he pleased, ‘Thinking went too far sometimes, Jones thought thathe liked Plkt's wife, and no-one hadangat to injure him for hinking all he pleased, Lut &5 soon a4 he took her and hecavie a bigumiat, then he was going too far. Much hiad been eafd about corruption fn allice, but atlll corruption went on, It the religlons ware in the Conatitutlon, that woulddo ome g wouldn't §t, in the direction of municipal and Gov. ernment roform? 1t wouldn't prevent good, houcst men from votine, but the wicked, the corrupt, the frreligiaun, if nnybody. The VicoPreaident, the. Itav, Dr. Everis, was called to the chair, and the clause joat discusacd was adopted, 'Tho next clause waa taken . Dr, McAllister salid that the Supreme Court of Californla had decided that nething In the ktate law favuring Clhicstinnity was leval, as the Natfonal Constitution aid not recugnize any partitalar tes ligion, The Liberal League leld a canvention in Thiladefpbdt Jant summer, and waged war upon the oxiating cukloms of Chriatianity; and when that ‘was already hezun. was it not tima that Christiane were in carnest 1o dofond their rghtat "The Rev, 11, U, Perry considered thinquention aa tho keystone of thearch of thele religions life. One of the most beantiful of hymny wna ¢t 3y Country, 'Tis of Thee, " and it touched every Mm'l and when he was osked what was the meaning and intent of this Convention, hesald that it tonched atl that Christinns held dear, ~thelr salcety, thelr iife, thelr countrr, thelr roliglon. Thero \was always on overt attemut to divorce fbe Amerlcan Govern- tent from Chritianity, and he looked with shame and plty upon tho apathy of thuss who onght to be up In armsin defensu of tholt rellgion. DR, WALLACE #adl for 8 hundred years thia had been practically & Christinn nntion,” Thore had been & Curistinit Sabhath and a Chriatlan influence. Now the move- ment was to abolish all this, to entircly strlp the Government of overvthing that was striclly relig- lous, Wae it any wonder that those who had looked atthe poet were mlarmed st this new oulbresk? Much had been talked uoout the rights of Kablath- Lreakers, but were thors no rignta for Babbatn- Ikeepers!? Tho laborlug 1nan ought to have rest, bnt hero the facturles and mills were grinding on soven doys a- week, and the poar Chrstion was forcedl to work or 10 stay out ol employment, 1t ing underfony of tho rights of tha it 10 the country, —nat of the base and ut of tha pura Christlan Iaboring cleaient. this dowtruction of sl rights that was tear- Ing out the vitale gradually of the country, 'he fifth claane was takon up referring to the i"“":.“"é"“ (0 the Natlonal Cunstitution recogniz- ng the Crestar. Er..}lc.\llhhlr wald that the only abjectlon to thia amendment was on the ground that iXintringed tho rights of people who wero nnbellevors. That was not where thy fnjustice really lay. The schools exinted, the churches exfsted, aud averything that could be atfected by such an smendment exiated, 20 that thio objeetion had better bo thoso exirthus thiuze rather than sgulust b pussdl rec tion of thei fu the Constitation, Tho (. halrian ssfa that this talk about consclonce wae [rrelevant, In the South some years ago thy conscluntes of a great mauy poaplu were violated, bul 10 one prosent would say that such violation Wwas wrong. The naxt clause was discnsacd by Mit. BLANCIARD, 1le thought that the lesson of the resolutlon wan that they shoald unite in arme. Untll now tho a bad been of limied number. Take that have been beld [n this hall for many yen , compared with the secret- socioty conventions, and the nwinber was very small, Dut thinga wers clanging. Fifteen fi:lr ago Mr. Moody could not attract Alty people meeting, The black man had exporicnced a cliap) of condiilon, tou, withina fow years. —They uow made laws for the mon who used to lash thelr Dbiceding backs, . This showed that thv worl moved onward, Tho right was going to telnmph, since (God wad God, and all they had to do was' 1o exerciss themaelves to the beat of tholz ability, TEMPRRANCE. Mr, James I, Matthews, editor of the Weatern Weekty, Alden, 18, oUered the following as & vauce quand the reforus couvention soventh resohuilon? S s ol L& wa sdmit the truth of the position O L HUA S T et o1 the grust sdjunc thi ol 3 eform for tho sldiag which This Assaclation was ealled togothcr, and {hat %o il juin heartlly 6 supnoruini every. shuse which aa fuF s ubject presccvaiion 4f the puFlly of our ath. I Curistian Sat ed to the Commitiee, Dr. Edwarde an sd- p. m. ¢ Couvention wad culled to arder by Dr, Everts sud Dr, Cannon offered prayer. Dr. Ed- o malitea, couslating of the Tiev. E. nauce Comusittea, couslating o ., B, G. Elvay, the Rev, Jamcs Dodds, and U, G, Mo~ Millan, Inag}»ulnud . Dr. David McAllister opened the speaking by fuueltlnl that the sesslon be given up to dlscuse- o PV‘I." OF OBJEOTION TO THE WORK OF THN AS- o spoke of tho commOR Gbjestion 1hat It waa the 01 @ common ol Work of the Assoctation Lo make men Chrlstisns by law, - ‘X gentleman in the sudience thought ibatthe roper work of Chelst was 10 regencrate living earts, 80d 10t to 8iter written laws and constitu- tons, r. McAlllster spoke concerning the objection wl?lchulfl had ml‘:aollnnld. Ho thought fhatail thero was of It was that wen must confurm to the outward principlesof worsls 8¢ the law vow stands, snd he would bave shem rospect religionin the same way. Mr, Holroyd spoke of the similarity of work now olug on In (’uu pwo“m" and In England, Ja the atter country a strong edort was belog mads Lo separate Church and Btats, snd considerable suc- cees had been bad, oepecially lo the matter of moving the schools from uuder the eoutrol of ¢! clurgy, Th ker ea1d that |n thls country he Soka tor Chieiatlanity moting mote than s fale Beld, and It would by powvrful enough Lo re- Lo world. It would ot do to meddle ustitution teo much, or ne one could el nl:alwu. dlldvu bis opinfon that mo aenduent was needed, Dr. Everta thoughs that there should be a mu- tusl dependeuce between the Church and the State. Thera never was & State which did nut bave ree lutions with & Church, and thore never could Whea there was au_untrue religion then tho State bad ke up aad carry the Church. t bad beca sald by s clergymin jna sermon i thia city tbat Lhls was offeuding agaiust the cone Acicoce. What waa thore in the wozld that did not Uther ratlons prercribed religions, per- | ", lln’n thought that the natlonal | offend eome nne's conscience! Another ohjection was that 1t was balatering np religion, which wan ptoperly answered. T!w Finsnce Committee paseed Aronnd subacrip- tion carda through the sudience. DR, WALLACR eafd that the Conventlon did nat proposs to make more than & few dozen persons moral by Jaw, Among t:ieae were the legal ficru s known as the Federal Government and as the Commonwealth of Illinote, "1t gras boped 1o make {hese honest, moral, righteans. The speaker did not think there war a tendency taward anjon of Chnreh snd State, #4 had been angreated. He thonght it was quite enanzh for the Assoclstion to let well enongh sione, and ho would be wiliing to do that; Lt the other aide would not do that; they wers working away constantly by psesing rtatutes which took nway one by one the privileges which the commuon law had aiways guaranteed, Canch-Shell Iteynolds sald that he accepted the offer of free speech, le then apoke twenty iinaten in his nrual strain. ‘The Chair then rend from an infidel paper the de- munitniwhich infldels made on the Gavernment, fol« lTowinz the readinz with commente, and ealling ng~ onall people to_join to repel tha ttacks of the Materiatisis, €poaking of the union of Church and ~tste, the Chatr aaked why san did not raisc an onlery azainst other unions, auch as Army anl Slate, Commerca sud State, or Famlly and Stater Jiut there was no danger; there never conld be such a unlon. JONATHAN TOUNO SCAMMON rald that the meeting -reminded him of the first of thore beld 1o discourage slavery. Great principles never progresscd ro fart A8 when attacked hy their enemies, real auestlon was not concerning Church and State, but whether swe were to hiave In- fidelity and the State. The great trosble was to hie with thosa who_bellere, with “Bob Jogerroll, that there wan nothinz In the world hut material: f=2; that waa the plrl‘ which was making the fight, The queation was, Why waa this Convention held} 1t was becaysn {addelity had hecome rampant and aggrensive, Just asslavery hecame aygressive hefora s fall. The speaker passed eumie severe rtrictures on Jlob Ingereoll for his materfullstic Ject- ure at Mctormick J1all.” The speaker added that Ingeteoll and all other InOdeln owed the literty of npenking their docteines to the fact that this was s Chtistian country. In no country In the warld wal there eser freempeech exceptina Christian country. In closing, the apeaker eaid that while there inlght not be manyin the amdience who wonld agree with him In his theological views, yet all would join fn aaying that ccrtain thinga wera Tniccesaary aml proper: First, the scknowledgment of the existence of Divinity; recond, the acknowl- edement of the Iible as 8 rule of condact; and, third, the necensity of making shis Hible & subject of etudy by the children in the school The [fev, 11, (3. Persy recapitulated the objects of the Aaociation for the benett of those who had come In Inte. He proposed, an the practical way v hrln{ about the desired end, that every hearcr #pread the views before Lis neizhbors ro thatin a Hitie time they could go to the ballot-box and en- furce the demand which they made. MIL M'LXOD argued that this was not a Cliristian conntry, The Consuttution wan written by an infidel and” foagnt for by ten, Washington, who was himself an in- fidel, AMr, McAlllster called the gentleman to order, Dt he was not put down for sutne minutes, during which tio lie charged corruption and hribery on every man {n the Governmen| rant doswii te the hiacksmith, " Mr. McAllsster, from the Enrolling Committee, Ennnsnl:;l that he had enrolled 125 members from ve The Chalrman of the Finance Committee report- cd eollections of $11, Mr, McAilister moyed that Jonathan Young Bcammon, tho Rev, W. W, Lverta, and the Rev, Francis L. Patton be appolated 8 Commission to carey on the work In this citv, with the under- sunding that they were ultimately to form an Exccutive Committes, and to keep In communie calon with the Executiyo Commlitee of the Na- tlonal Arsaclation. The motlon waa carried, and the Convention then sdjonrned. The ltev, Dr. Edwarda preelded over the evening wesalon, which was opened with prayer by the Itev, M. Willlamson, THOP. C. A DLANCHARD wan the firet speaker, Flo pald special sttentlon o the constitutional-amendinent queetidn, lken- ing It ton biouse which a man might bulld and afterward wish for very goud reasans toalter. After tracing the progrees of the Kepablic for 150 yests down to the formation of tha Constitution, the apeaker concluded that the work bad been done un wieely #s could have been cxpected, Every ‘nation must do one of three things concerning rellglon; it muot choose nna religion, forbld any relicion, or allow every reli- gion. Premising this, the speaker said that no nation had ever ‘lived without some religion, It waa not posaible for the State to allow all religions ar to forbid ull: therefare It must chiovse one. As matters now stond the Constitution wae ’aran and the State of 1llinols waa Christian. 1f, therefore, the Ktnte laws were flghl. being Christian, the Conetitution was wrong, being P'agan; and If the Constitution was right, then the State [aws were wrong, 1t followed, therefore, that one or the other should be changed. 1f the State was from man and of men, then tue laws were wrong and the Conetitution rights but If the State was derived froim God, then the Jaws wers richt and the Con. rtitution wrone. A nation could not sin unless it was responsibln to God; then (ne law of tlult and wrong was merely the voice of tho majority of the people. After showing that & na- 100 was Lo a certain extent n morsi bolng and conkl sin; and thai the greatost crimo any nation coald commit was to deny Its God, the speaker conctud. cd thal the great national crime was the denial of God in the Pagun Comstitntion. The speaker clused by saylng that hie would infinitely prefer to livo the heatuenlam of Greece or Home recugnized the law rather than have, na ot present, & con- siitution which made thie, in nasme’ sad iu fact, & nation of athelste, The Rev, Mr, Willlamson, of Towa, spesking of the small attendance, refes 10 the wordsof Jon- e Lord raves nelth- cr by the many nor the few," Ile encouraged his audience also that they had, by the ald of the re- porters, apoken to 5,000,000 people. The people of lows wero awakening to the work of the Asso- clation and heartlly approved it, 1lo counsclea tience, perseycrance, and coaxing, TILE RAY. MIL PANKIHURST sald that he had no doubt lhlx 1t the Christian peo- ple were thoroughly awake t tho sin of neglecting od a constitutivnal amendment would be adopte av fast as it could legally be done. e bolieved that thiswas u Chrislsat notion, and that {t was whown in |um¥ peopte to support Chaplal! would invite all peoplos to come here and bat wonld say to thein at once: Don't meddle with the life of our nation, its Christian religion, If any man or men had any doub! ut this heinga Christian nation, why, "then, let us at onco puta clause in the highert law of the land. FKducalion wasstireefold—physical, intelloctual, and moral, Suppose wa were Lo apply o & Sehool Loard fora code of morals to be taught in the schools, thoy could i one nowhers elso In tha world but {n'the o, 'Afier passing & vote of thanks to the reporte 118 Convention adjouraed vins aie, el MARINE. CHICAGO. Anntvata~Prop Measenger, Donton Harbor, suns dries; vrop Depero, Frankfort, sundries; prop G, P’ Heath, Saugstuck, sundries; schr Auno Thor. rino, Manitowoc, cedar posta; achr Belle Brown, Ahnapee, raliroad tles: schr Harly Dird, South flaven, wood; achr Winnle Wing, Pentwater, luwn- er. CLeanANcze—Bcehr Tompest, Jackson Port, 2brle fNoar, 4 brls dmk. and sundries; schr L, . Coatos, lhnlflfun. bria beef, 0 brls pork, and sundries} prop Sky Lark, Bt. Joaoph, 50 kogs beer and sun- dries; prop Depere, Manlutee, 70 bu oals, 10 0 brls pork, and soudries: prop U. 1, Manistee, §38 bu bariey, 100 bu flax se nger, Benton latbor, and sundzies prop G Heath, Saugatuck, 160 bu corn, 600 groen hides and sundrics. REEF OFF CALUMET, ILL. r bnoy bas been substitated for the third. A clasa can herotofors marking this recf. The buoy 1s palaled red, and ls placed on the shoal in eight foot of water, or some ] Vfrom Gen. brie flow, Calumot Folnt bearing 3,34 deg. west, dustant 2132 yarda, " Clarica Folut i, by N4 N distant 210 yards. L] Commander U, o Tuspector, 8, Navy, Lighthuu Elevondt Disirict. Detroit, Hich. bidesiio sl o oY LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, OUR DRINKING-WATER. 70 the Editor of Ths Tridune. Cuicaao, April 10.—In ylew of the slarming incresse of sigkness due to the Impure character of our water-aupply, it has secmed to me that mors oxplicit directions should be given to the ublic In relation to the method of parifying it fure uaing i6 for dnnklnipnrwacl. And fired, it should be koowu that this water containg the elements of septic poison, We are drinking the same polsou that we breathe when inhale sewer gas. The waler hias no odor bucause it Liss boen deodorized by the paror water of the Jake; but this is not disinfection, Neithes is the of the w;w a #lgn of presen| earing up " purity, The real septic polson eludes the micro- scope and sll chemical tests. There are only twi methods of purifying the waler 50 &s to ma ;I abaoiutaly u‘:“;'h h\'n dr:nlm (473 \sy‘bo&' rom twenty y minutes. This dest and all water drank for all septic germ 3 wuk:p w“‘om.; shoukd be boiled. I nfi svfor weeks (0 come,' becausa the polson wi] luges In the mains for a loag tme afier pare waler bugins 10 run throogh them. (2) Anutbier mathod of panifzing ihe water, whe Toiliog ls {ncon- venlent, 1s to sdd 10 esch gullon tive grains of salicylic acld, A larger quantity woald duug safe and tastelesn. Agitate th Floroughly. and allow it ta seitle, This is 8 thors ough l:: ;lnmdon. and sendere the watar perfectly I3 nok. 4 u‘uum phyeicisns have as many patients (moet. 1y cbildren) {1} with fever and bowel complsints, & e ig ooy eopiic potboning iy some fori. | - sullol rom aip 1ol o, N il poleoning K iis. M. v, 1WOULD NOT LIVE ALWAY. To the Editor af The Triduna. Cuicaso, April 10. —A special dispaich in yester day's Tmisuss, suncanclag the death of Dr. Mablenberg iu New York, etates: +* D, Mahlea- berg was the author of many wel ong thom ** I woald not vy alwsy, " elc. This statowent will bo reculved with sorprise wauy sdmlrers of the tifo and charscler of Llhop Hebor, who bave beea taugtt to bullove that Bishop Iluber wrote that hymn wany ycars before Dr, Mublenberg was bori Wisisn 1L Avays, DR. G. D. BEEBE. The Death of the Eminent Phy= sician and Surgeon. A Bietch of His Life and Labors.--His Last Momenta, Dr. G. D. Deebe died yesterday morning at & quarter before G o'cluck, at his residence No, 1045 h avenue, where he was purronnded by the icted members of his family and his brother phy- eicians who have been with him daringhls brief bat fatal fliness. A TrinuNE reporter wasat the house st & 1its hour Tacadsy night, and the Doctor had just passed through several very severe parax- ynms, wad feeling better, and made tne remark that hoped to Inst another day, Dot his hopes worenever realized, He continued Lo sleep at shiort intervals np toabont half-pastl o'clock ln the morning, when he began to rink rapidly. ital. 1ying again. he called for the members of hia fam- fiy, snd the quiet of the early morning haur was Lroken by the wonnd of his volce and thst of hin wife, ringing, He was calm for sbout an hour, Uaring which perfod he seemed to be egtirely con- scioos and took an affecting leave of his family and the friendn beside him, Ha then aank into another collapse, torsed reeticssly, in hle bed, and was sclzed with s very severe pain st his heart, ife wan given a few whiffs of cbloroform by Dr. Cole and Dr, Cook, =nd during the Intervals between his sleep, and even daring his sleep, he seemed to be hurdened with the thonght that his wife and children wonld be left alone, aad would have no one to care for them, This theaght was upper- most in hia mind. An for himself, he seemed to La cautent, but this thaught of his fsmily evident- 1y worked upon him Intensely. He passed through snother collapse, during which his pulee conld be folt mt first, but it at Tart was 00 feeble that [t was unly by nutting the ear to his heart thatone conld telf he stil] Mved, At ihe honr above mentioned, while Dr. Cole was satenting with his ear at the patient's heart, it sud- denly ceaned to beat, The dead physician's fea- tures kept their placid, natural appearsnce for ahouta minute after life departed, when they changed to an extreme pallor and a much-wasted mppearsnce, Thie change was remarked sa belng unususily rudden. During the dny, for the monm{ful news had gone abroad carly, kind friends visited the bereaved family, and did all that an earnes -ymrlmy conld do to support those who were thus Jeft in the pres- cnee of dealb. ‘The body will be embalmed by Dr. Cole, and the funcral will take place from Plymonth Charch next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. From tho church the remains will be borme to Graceland for Interment. Dr. Beebe left hila businers and private affairs In d T afternoon, in the pres- mily, made hia last will and Lestament. Members of the mzdlulflmmfltm are requested tomeet at the Tremont liouse to-morrow afters noon at 4 o'clock and make arrangementa Lo attend in a boay the funeral rervices, DR, BEHBE WAS HORY 2 May 28, 1835, at the Town of Falmyra, Wayne County, N. Y. His father was a farmer, whose neans were somewhat limited. and Tir, Beebe's carly education wan obtained heres little and thero alittle’ In the intervals botween his work on bl {ather's farm. At the age of 17 be determined to leave home to obtain greater facilitles to acquirean cducation. Hin father opposed this coursc, but be received sympathy and encouragement from a most exemplary Cliriatian mother. “The ontcune of it 8l was that he left home and attended Uenesce Wesleysn Hflmlnlr{l. where he studled hard and managed to pay his expenacs, mow by work- ng o 4 farm end by ‘teachin echool during his vacatlons. He_ even di mure than thls, for he managed affatrs ro well that when he leftthe Sominsry be had accumulated enough to support hisi while' studying medicine. He then read medicine for one year in Rochester, when he entered Albany Medicsl College, n promi- nent allopathic Institution. While at college Le alen read medlelne with Dm Pratt, who, by the way, was a leading homeopnthle physician. - In callego he obtaincd a thoroughly-grounded kuowl- edye of all the preliminaries of the profession, and in r, Pratt'a oflice was Inducted into the practlce of homeopathy, for which he had conceived a atrong love and an admiration thal amuunted to nothing #hiort of enthuslasm. Iiaviug taken the full courso at the Albany College, he wus gradunted from that inatitation with credit, and then went throughs full medical conrwe at the Homenpathic School of Medicine at Phitadelphls, where he waa graduated 1n 3857, Dr. Heebe then CAMX WRST ANDAETTLED IN CIIICAQO, ‘where he engayed In practice vn his own account, bat short)y afterwarde, 20 rl‘lll!ly did be rise in the profeseion, he was aseaciated s» a partoer with Dr, A, E. Small, with whom ha remained several yoars, he breaking out of the War, Dr. leebe was commlsaloned by President Linculn a lrigade Sur- on. History recorde that when he first presented iimself for examinstion befure the State Modical Doard for the position of Burgeon in the army, the Board geclined to examine him simply on the ground that he wasa homeopsthist. Dir. Hecbo then went to Washington, backed up by a munster petttiol digned by wmany of the lcading physiclans” ond clilzens gen- erally of the Northwest. and Asking the sppolntment of a homeopsthic surgeon. The case excited a great desl of comment and discussjon, and was, In fact, made a wort of a test, Dr, Beebe demanded an examination In Washington from headquarters, obtained Fremdent Lincofn's order, and went befors a Buard yery much prejudicu apainst homeopathn in genoral and Dr. Beebe in articalar, The examination was unasually rigid, ut Dr. Beebe came off with fying colors, and then recelved his spoolntment as Brigude Surgeon, 1le was firat aesigned to Maj, -Gen, Hunter's come mand in_Kansas, It wan at thin time that the guerrllla Price was overrunning Miseourl, and the natorious bushwhecker Quantrell wes A power in the land, Dr, Heebe's dutics more than once led him into tho State, and oo one occasion it 1a re. corded that some Federal troops had Liin arrested for Quantrell. The mistake Wus soon ttincavered, and was relivhed by no one betterthan Dr, leebensa rather good Joke. After tha battle of Piitabur Landing ho was transferred to the command ol QGen. Roscerans, and aavizmed as MEDICAL DILECTOR now of the left wing, under the inmediate commaund of Gen. Bchayler Ilamilton. Soon after thls, in the following wunimer, hic was sentio Northern Ala- bams and arsigned to the command of M en. ‘Thomas, After Gen, Bragg's defest and the fails ure of the campaign ln Kentucky, Dr. Ueobe wae assigned to (ion, McCook's corps and placed on his stad as Medical Dircctor. Just previvus to the battle of Stone River he was transferred back to thewtafl of Gen, Thomas, where he. remalned as Medieal Director of the Fourteonth Army Corps untll, ip April, 1843, he was compelled 16 reslin on account of [ll-hesith, bronzht on by tremens dous exertion and overwork, which made more prominent a heart trouble from which he bad received more than one premonition. To Dr. Lieel s Medical Direetor, Is chledy due the sbandonment of the practice of crowdiug the wonnded Into bulldings. Through his instrunen- tality, chilefly, they wers provided with accommo- dations ip tents, and the reanlis showcd Lhat the Loctur waa sa 10 his idea that a reform in thie regard was sbaolutcly essential, All through bls army career ho was known only 1o be loved and appitciated, and bie nanie haa frequently been mentioned with merited pralse. In Gen. Thomua' ropozt of the battlv of Murfreeshoro special men« tlon {s wade of his akill apd eficiency in taking care of the wounded, and hls gallant conduct on the fleld of battle, McCuook's report of the battle of Perryville, the praise accorded to him fa nono the less strong, nor nont the' lesd deserved, (ien. ‘Thomas choso Dr. Heebo an bis Chief Medical Director in preference to any other man on his Jarge etafl,—a mark of spprecistion which left no room to doubt Dr. Beebe's eminent abilities, The Doctor wis very enthusiastic on the 1 ction of humeopathic prace tlee In the army, snd spent & great partion of bis time at bla own expense In supervising the pree sentation of numcroun betitione ta this end. Dr. Beabe achleved conslderable reputation as organizer of medical corps, and was tustrumental In atraightening out more than one hadly demors alized brigade. Iis well-known wedical hicresies, for such they were accounted by the followers of the uld school, subjected him ta 8 good deal of un- {riendly enticlom and not a few ch but vut of "ol cuerged triumphant, ea tion serving to enhance his prominence, and, strangest of all, ta secure for him pronsotis After resigning his position fu srmy, in 1863, DR, BEESE RETURXED TO CIICA00, and again resuraed bis practice, which Le continged unty] sbout 1308, wlien he was compelied to give It up on account of ; recurrence of uis old trouble. lfl remained out df practice until about threayears aga, devoting the interim tooccasional transactions In resl estato. \When he reeumed his profesalon he confiued it solely to oflice practic Duringthe past wintar he créated cousiderable dlscussion, and some prefty sharp criticlam from certain quarters, by thepubdlcation in Tur Tuisusa of his famouslet: ter on tho subjectof thesulpho-carbolateof sodivin 24 & preventive of scarlet fever, With this diacus- slon the readers of this paper aro ’L\"{ scquainted, but it may be stated "here that Dr. Decbe was tha frst (o uso the sulpno-carbolate as & prophylactic fu this diseune, alihougt he never mada sny clalm o haye dlscovered thu chemical agent, of W have invented the septic theury, but ondy to have applied it, and to bave found {t'suce ceastul lo ractice. Whajever of morit, there- fore, there 1 1n waipho-carbolate a preveative of scarlet fovor, the world is indubted 1o Dr, Bacve for having first appited it fo thle use, His asticles on the subject Iamnqla( Jutters bo bitn from all parts of the coultry, aud 1t wae usual’ thing for bim to (ake them bote with hiw o the evening, after & hard day's omhcr v‘r;ulu. “l’l -ns;u; tl:u::l; ltfi) = grossing was bis oMcu practice, fn fact, that it wan oftea g“:g () lfltrmldnlfhl that he bad concladed even a small portiop of tuls vast correspondence, The strain was too great upon him. He fuund tbe izlsl :zm-g.ouhu nnnlng'hu.k. bat, with a Moger- 00, e g T The ve! o le cago bo recelved tl Arpeot calle fo.aticnd souieof bie gatiente. - fie 'was 1li-prepared for the Jooruey o New Orleans, and the desired belp did noi come, He was noll- jug better, but rather worve, and returned to Chi- fago- nitely woru out,—s shadow of bis former self, and s sad example of overwork iu the pi fesslon which he loved and adorued, —wuribe yia last sickncas, which was prouounced hypse and dilstation of the hemrt,—In uther wur, Iargement of tho Least with dilatativoof ta v ties, —he waas attended by Dr, N, F. Cook, sasietod by Dr. IL B. Follows, Dr. C. K. Fldruge, Dr. M o In Gen. V., Cole, Dr. A. . licebe, Dr, L. A, Tieeba, Dr. Gieorge I, Blias, and Dir. Talcott, while he re- ceived frequent eatls from many oihers, fncinding reveral of his friends of the allopathic persnasion. A counci) of physicians has been el twlce & dny, —morning and eveninz, —and everything has Dean done that human knowledze and tngenulty could supgest, ail to no Avall, ie leavea behind him 8 wife and Lhree ldren, to whom he was most devotedly at- ached, besides hin two brothers, Dr. Arbert (3, Iieebe, and Dr, L, A, eche, snother brather in New Jorany, and his old father and mother. He wos married in 1803 to Mira Mary Brewsier, af Erie, Pa., alady af a prominent family fn that clz. whom he had met in Chicago before the War, and whoss acqualntance he had kent ap daring the War through the frequent interchixnua nf leti Ilus hittle danghter, Gertrude, s A vears old, while thie two boys, Freddie and Bruce, are 11 and 6 re- tpectively, Dr, and Mre; Heeb» ccra devoted Chniatiens, and members of Plymouth Chareh, and during the Doctar's lest liiners bave received con- noistion aud eympathy from the Hev. Jir. Evereat, }gclrd:uw pastor,” and from pumerous loving er.dr. 1t now remafns to speak of UR. BEEBE'S PROVEASIONAL ATTATNMENTS, of which there [ ample testimony on sl sides, He was a must close stutlent, and 8 keen observer; 8.man who wos never detorred from undertaking an nperation which bis jadgment apptoved, or the receseitien of the case nire -lml}l‘ cAgee no une had attempted (t before him. s was hia distincul«iing trait,—s_boid, positive, ageressive knowleige, sud a complete mastery of, and fer- ity in, the most saccessful erpediente. lle s known an having beow the firet {0 Introduce in his tutgical practice, in which he stood pre.eminent, the methiod of torsion fn ovary discares, which he cleverly xulatituted for the nse of the clamps and ligatares of the old method. Perhaps his most ceisbrated oneration. and the one on which hie fame asa surzcon will cnlefly rest, was that per- formed soine yuars agoun a° Mra. Childs, of Lea Centre, 11, Thie was n.cane where, in conse- quence of strangulated hernls. the Infestines had become mortifee ‘The treatment involved threa distinet steps: first, the amoutation of the fne tentines; sccond, tha unlen of the divided ends of the intestines, which he performed rix weckn after completing the first mr: nnd third, the closure of the internal opening of the abdominal walls, In this operation be took out over thirty feet of the intestines, removed the mortified portion, cansed them to grow together again, and restored Mrs, Childa to perfces health, 21 an evidence of which it is atatedd that in five montha thereafter she bore & child. It was o cascof Jife and desth, —pazticulariy desth,. d was taken juat at the right time and by the right man, Of fils treatment of “this re- wnrkable care, the mosl noted medical and sorgical suthoritles of the world bhave been rofung in thelr an4 the Londan Funcet. e lending medieal Journat of thn wurld, referrea to this operation aa teaching ihat Lluman life was never lo be dirpaired of in ale muat wny concelvable circumatances. — Un more than one occanion lir, Beele haa oplcn‘ed the abdo- nto men, slip one inicatine snother, straightenen it out, and pat It back e sy alanys nade & pructice of asing ternally in his eforts to prepare (he system to keep off gangrene, and In this he hae. been most suce cearful, having saved casca that slmost any other surgeon in (he country wonld have lost from the eflecta of thst dire ‘accompaniment of discase— gangrene. Naturally, he taok a personal pride (o ravinzsuch cases, buiin apite of all this Bo ono ever knew hini to be in the least degree self-con- celted or vainof his auccceres. 1t Is only a short time ago thst Dr. Beehe linproved bis operativns on restotng the peripeum,—his method entitiing him 1o greut credit, By tho use of certan neediea which hie Invented, his operstions in this particalar line hava pruved most snccessful, DR. BEEUE'S HEART ftaelf has been a medical curiosity for eighteen years, and it seemed little short of the {ncredible that 8 man whose vital orwan was in such a con. dition s his war shoald not only live, move, and have his belag, but that ho abould experience com. parativoly none of the lnconveniences nsually aulting from sach a condition until, In his dsys, the tremendona overezertion of the man bronght on the fatal stiack. Dr. Becbe, 8t the tine of the organization of Hahoemann Medical College, was made jts Fro. fowsor of Anafomy, which position he fllled with credit, bat which he resicned when he entered the army. On his return he became Frofes- sor of Burgery in the College, but resicmed Tecausc he was diseatisfied with the management, lie wan ointed to the eame position in 1870, accepted, snd served for 8 time, But he again he. came dirsatisfied with the mansgement of the In- stitation, and agaln resizned. In his intercourac with the profesalon, Dr. Beebe, Jike every man possessed of strony characteristics, Lad many very strong friends and sowe strong ene- mtes. Jr, 1, B, Fellows, who has bad sn office with him' for & yoear and & balf, ua well an many uthers who were continually brooght into contact with him, speak of him as universally courtconn, kind, and considerate towardn sil, “flls patienta lmnlkcnnull affection for him, and during icknena have ehown a thousand and one marki b hi of devotion for thelr friend, By one and all t] news of bl death will be received with the most unfelgned sorrow, ——— LETTER FROM THE MAN WHO KICKS. 70 tha Edilor Of Tha Tribuse, ‘Watwexa, 1L, Aprll 10.—In your iasue of the 7thinst you pblished the enclosed Do me the favour Lo publish the following facts, In reply to what was published for Skeels without comment as T appreciate your position av su sdministration orgen, The bet was thas Hayn would bo elected vn tho 7th of nov by An haneat elcetion without fraud or techalcalities myeell and disinterested parties who were present made aflidavits to the abore con- ditions at tho bet Frevious to the frst (1st) of Pebr last Yealled On Mr, Culverand notefed him that those who were constituted by bettlug men the Judces on bets, In New York and claewhere had declared all bets of on premdential election, And that we wonld after that time consider Oaroff, And 1 for- ther Ktated that 1 dld not want hls money, If I Nup- ed hie cousidered 1 had nob won it, Nordid 1 want [0 pay him money be hiad not won, At that Ume I consldered Tildens chances beiter than Hayee, 1 notetied the holder of the checks Mr BReels the Bame tiing and demanded my checks which ho refused to give up-. Prevloustothe 25th of Feb 1 told Mr Culver 1 did nol esteem his check of any more value than the paper it was written on, As 1 knew he would ziot pay it afier | notefled Lim the beis were off, 1 wmsde anuther bet with Mr Culver no_money or chiecks up that Indians would give over 5000 majority for Tilden, ‘The Officlal count gave THiden Ho05 majorily, | was owing Mr Culver a hallsnce of sccounts, About the Sthaf Decr inst ] ssked him to allow mo the bet Lo bet he ad- mitod | bad won, but be sefurcd—lleging aa sn excusa that 1 noteficd Lim Uar bets was ‘off on tho residentisl eloction U was willing snd pald him Back tho money he admlted | wun on Indians when e demanded It; rewpectiully yours, | E. Datton 1. 5, you can commept all you wish on above 1f you do Dot want to publish it without E. D, ———— WILL CONTESTS. Nxw Yonx, April 11.—The geners] torm of the Bupreme Court hae Just dolivered an elaborste oplnion deciding that the Surrogate cannot allow custs to the defeated party In will contests. The practice of allowing coets, the oplnion declarcs, virtually offers » hribe to reckless contestants and their couner] (o revent the scitlement of eataics by prometing liigation and enl!ndrfln’ strife, when every foterest of the qnmln call for thelr specdy adjustment. It might lead to great abases, 1o injury of widows and orphans, and ta eredlivrs of deceasod persons, whom all courts should ba sedulous fo protect.’ Tt wonld be & harardous ex- periment for & wealthy man o sttempt to,dlsposs of his eatata by his own will if it cuuld be distrib- nted st the mere will of & Burrogata amung the counsel of all whu chiooss to web up whatever pras tonuo of contest the ingenuity of avarice can dee viee, T O1GARN. A M. FRECHIB, MANUFPACTURER OF THE ® poongmist,” * My Pride," and * Paracelss” CICGARS. N, W, CORNER BINTH AND CUESTNUT-8TS,, PIILADELPHIA, 7 FPIROPOSALS, b O T R A i G Bealed propossis will be racelved by the undersigned a the olfice of Young & Dackus W e until Monday, the I Inet.. at 6uon, fur the courtrucs tlon of 8 4ock fur the Uolimbys & Toledo Ralrosd Company, at Tuledo. ‘Tue duck will Do bullt In watcr Shout 40 Teet deep. wnd conaiat uf 4 crlb iaut 40 feok wide and about 3,000 fect du leagth, with a reiuraing wing b each end sbout 100 feel Jung, — Thore will be sbout 80,000 cuble Yards of es ok 0 in, clgcations will b ou ition sfter the Abave affive, where any and sl lafor- 1o the work can be oblalued, a&.rlhflmvl Sepa- s “h nThl Company resery Ut L0 rojuct a3y M. M. OREENE, Preaidont. Putt. D. Franes, Cblef Engineer. Toledo, U.. April7, 1677, SIEDIUAL. PRESORIPTION FREE. £ Bemiual Weakn Mane For the speedy curv of Sewiu qakqoee L mun.:' o Drarines ot Tn e dente, e firs DIESTA QU RS 0. Glucinnsst, Outo. BOALES. 1) L L ATANDAKD SCALES OF ALL KINDS, FAIRBANKS, MORSE & OF * 111 & 113 Lake St Chlcago, Becaresul tobuy only the Genuise. MINOELLANEGUS. ____ INUECTION#CADE: Cureta3days, ¥orsale by FOUGERS, Now Yurk. AMUSEMENTS. n;\vfiffifi”ffifimnc mflwnsm&y Eventog, April 12, Farewell Den- o WILL E. CHAPMAN, | Mannger of the Theatrs, The performance will commence with the. , DUME BELLHB. Eltza, the Dumb Belle, Mea. LAURA R. DAINTY, hér sl appearance on Sny eiago, for Nla ocrasion . ouly; Capt. Harry Vivian, WILL E. CIIAPMAN. Other charscters "hy Volnnteers. After which the new Local Comedy of YOU ARE 80LDj OR, THE VIOTIME, Four well-known Journallsta. To conclnde with RIP VAN WINKLE. > Rip Van Winkle....... ..Mr. ROBERT McWADE WAVERLY'S THEATRE, LY, roprietors MAGUIRE & IAVER WILL E. CHAFMAS .. - aszer E N DAY HYening, ARIND, oF . omaeneiof MON ROBERT McWADE, In bls own verelon of RIFP VAN WINEKLHA, And supported by a complete Dramstic Company. o enday sveaios, Apri 15, Farewell Denett ta arng evening, i e i nel = WILL E. CHAPMAN. " UAVERLY'S THEATRE, Tietarn of the famed OATES PNGLIRN COMIO OFEHA, comprised of forly artl he MOM Micceas- ful ur1mlnflnn for the representation of runncnleom‘n opera in America, combining all the elegahiee And dell- cacy of Enallsh comedy, with the sparkle and briliisncy of French wit and iouslc, under the management of Mr. Samael Colville. Muiteal and Atage Director, Mr. erme WiIliAme. Jlondar and Tneaday evenings, April . Joagd (7, La Fitie de Sme. Angot: ivedneniay even: G7ang Drichess: Thnduy and. Frilay even: Gerote-iirona: Aatardey evening Prin Wedneaday sud Kauirdey Matinecs. oew da . Box- sheetnow open, snd scata may be secured iz days ln aavance, McVICKER'S THEATRE, = - The eminent Charscter Actor snd Comedlan, Mr, P B, CHANFRATU. Last night but two of the erest drsma, KIT; OR, THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER. ext week, Mr. Chanfrsn will & . for the oret time n soveral yeara, 1o ieoricinal impersonation N(I;;W CHICAGO THEATRE, ark-st., opposite Sherman Housa, LAST THREE NIGHTS Emerson’s Minstrels. LAST BATCRDAY MATINER. ADELFUI TUEATRE., LADIES NIGNT TO-NIGHAT. THE TWO ORPHANS. S era A SIGTrER, Too Whittel ot Eatirely Kew ollo The Parkers, Mor: JACE AND JILL. ({20 T teviny é;:-:i TONY DESIER s Clown. ' alizt, Pannic Beans, Leaiia Monday, April 16—~The Mountain Meadow Massacre. MUSEUM. BEN COTTOF'S VAUDEVILLE AND NOVELTY CONPARY. | Houses Crowded. Celebrated Lee Pamlily. The Two Oar Fans (Orphans). Admisslon, 16, 25, 35, and L0 cents. Ko extra charge for reserved reats, e EAILEOAD TIRE TABLE. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. 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