Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1877, Page 12

CHE CHICAGO 'RIBUNE SATURDAY DECEMBE TIE FIRE LIMITS. Ald. Cullerton’s Amendment Regard- ing Two-Story Cottages. The Committea Deeides to Report 16 PBack fo the Council Witkout Recommondation. - The City Council Committess on Slreets and Alleys, of the three divisions, held an Important reeelon yesterday afternoon, the principal business heing the conslderation of Ald. Callerton's amend- ment to the Fire Ordinance, which gives the owners of property the right to baild frame houses, not ex- cecding two storiea In hefabt, within certain pre- ncribed mits In the Sixth and Scventh Wards, ; Thera were present of the weveral committees, Ald, Gllbert, Carey, Ballard, Daly, Bweeney, Throop, Beldier, Daumgarten, Tarnow, and Wheeler. Ald. Ryanand Cullerton and reveral citizens, interested In the matter, were present. Al Glibert presided, and read a copy of ALD, CULLEKTON'S AMENDMENT TO THE PINE ORDINANCE, * which {a as followa: Rrerioxn 1. That Bectlon of an ardinance amend- atory af Chap. 11 of {he Tevised Ordinancrs, passed July 20, 1874,entitled ** Eire Department, " and repe: ng an ordinance pased Nov, 29, 1873, smending Bee ld clinpter, be, and the samie 14 liereby, amended a1k 8 follows: “*Tha fire llinits of the City of Cnicago ehall embrace andincinde within the same all of that district or terri fory which 13 now contatned within the corparate limits of aid City of Chlcago. and_ no bllding shall ba here- after crected within said fire liznits, waless n permit fo tho ercetion thereof shall have ‘first been ohiaine trom the Ruperintendent of Daililigs of sald city, provided frame or wooden bulldings, not over two #torfex In helght, may be erected within the following ¢ercrihed tepritory: Commencing o Stowart avenuc ntia junetlon with Eqan avenur, thence north sl the centre line of Stawart avenué Lo tha centrn lin fwenty-ninth street, (henco west on Twent, strent to_Halsted slreet, thencs south on rletto Thirt nt tielice weit on TUlry-mt to Arhiand avenue, thence north on Ashian{ avenno 0 Twelfth street, ihence weston Twellth street to the clty imita; provided, further, that tho fea for fssuing ruch permit stisll nos exceed 30 cents, Sxc. 2. This anlinance ahall take’ effect snd bein force from snd after its pasrage and on pubiteation, um MiYIEE, | sproperty.owner within the district described In the above, appeared befora the Committee and #poke in fayor of the proposea change, He that eeveral pronerty-holders In the territory re- ferred to felt as i ihev had not been justly dealt with by the passage of tho last ordinance, The properiy in the southwestern scction of tho city iind been entirely lxnlmFmvrd sinco the pnssago of the Fire Ordinance. Provious to that lota had Teen eold and dwellings conatructed upon them, Naw they found it himpossible to get tho sewerags in that section so ns to bulld of brick. Thegronnd was 0 low that the water was witnin two nr three fect of the surfsce, o that brick or stone founda- tiona conld not lald. The Conneil could not fi“"’ the sowerage,and thorefare ihey could not baild brick houses. Another hardahip was that the taxes had not been materlally dimintshed. “Thoy were paylng taxes 10 improve ather portions of the city, and yet they had no improvements out acre. He was lm iog taxes an property that he would be very glad to take two-thirds of the as. #epaments for. Tle had m‘n‘\urly there and proper- ty down town which pald the famo proportion of taxes. If they conld get the Pl’lvlle)mnf constrict- ing wooden buildings of a ai Irnlllvd holfhl Acres of sucl structures could eanily and quickly be torn down by thc Fire Depnrtmont, ~Tho water supply wan aleo amply suficicut now to pro- vent the spread of fire. The lota conld be sold | thiey had tho privilege of bullding, The editor of Tk Thinuse hat argned that brick houacs could Tie bullt an cheaply as frame, That was not teue. \ man with 850 could getastart by hulldinga nasnty, and fually obiain agood dwelling, To feebrick he would have tohave $250 st least to rtart with. Ald, Gilbert aald tho ordinance provided for twa- nlory hounes. Mr. Flsher sald ho wonld rather have the height reduced than not have the ordinanco passed atall, Ald. Giibert looked ovorthe ducament azain, and safd the urdinance read,**Not to excaed two +taries. o) oot nih od ALBERT GRANE, n real-cstate doaler, addrossed the Committee. Tlo #add hie had a largo pecunlary Interost §n thie teeri- tory covered by the nmendient to the Fira Ordi- | nnnce. le had lost twenty-threo bulldings in the Great Fire, and o did beliove that & man who ind thirty or torty acres of land, which porhups ho had held for yeirs, anght to ‘have tho privilegs of crecting st Jeast detached buildings npon it, . Tha clty was not burned twice by wolated small framo houees, but by Jure wooden buildings that were Lazargously uccuvied. Ile owned property whero tha occupant coul {uu up small frame buldings, and tha probabliity was tory would mever need houres, To cited tho caso of a Mz, Foster, who had ‘adeavored to ralse cabbogos on & tract lund In the sonthwestern portion of the clty, and could only ebtain a cent apleco for them, whercas e coulil have rented the property urofitably if he could have bullt frame budldings wpon 1. Tho #peaker owned twenty acres on ‘Thirty-0fth street, for which ho gave $00,000 five veura ago. o owed §15,000 un the uroperty, and_had nat ‘been ‘ubla to reallze anything en it. - Taxcs had been ievied and pald on it. and he aaked tha pentlsmen to tell him what ho was_golng to do with It, Ho spoke of Mr. Shurtlef's Inability 1o rent a brick howse he had built on his property, and that ntleman had {nformod him that he had no en- anmgenient 10 bulld more, The speaker dealt laryely with poor yople, mud bo. knew how thoy *sere eltuated. They wero hanest, hard-working wien, who voted right every tine. They made In- wiznificant payments on the lota they bonght of him, und he knew their needs, They couilt gor ‘umber on credit, and as many of them wero car- '.enters, or their friends or relullves wore, thoy tould moon crect & rmull dwolling that would an- ewer until thoy could obla'na better oue. Hut they could not get Lrick on eredit; the brick-man. niactirers did ot caro to scll them mmall quanti- tica when they could como uown fown and #ell large quantities fo rich wen. In tho oatskirta’ -of tho city they must boild frame in = order’ ta have the dwnlllmxl- lnnd improved. 1t would not be of vuch great im- Dortanca but for the taxation. ile had just strug. iled thrangh paying histaxes, 1o nover knew of uny Jarge fira where small dwellings tad been the catiac of burning up a city., Ald. Gilbert roferred (0 The danger from santh. weat winds, and the speaker sald ho never know of tny such huildiugs an those desired aciting dro to selly, Acres of Uhew conld be palled down by the firemen in & ehort time, snd there waa gon- cnlly insuraiuce cnoush on them Lo enable tho owners to rebulld, Ife had had mon cowme to him and ask Wlin to take back tho lotw li had evld hem, altee they had partially pald for them and sound themaclves unable {v Lalld upon th ‘Thay were lionest men, whose handa wore bai «d by toll, aud they were not Jike soma of the aris. ruceatic class whom he knew of, And they voted Bibt every time, gentleman how ho knew Ald. Duly asked the thiey votod rlght, Mr. Crane 2ald ho had talkod with many of thom; bt b would not discuss political matiers with the + entieman, THE ALDERMEN, Ald. Cullerton spoke in favor of hls proposed riny nent 10 tho Fire Grdinsnca, d showed the 1 :coasily of reccummending | L pai ,f' Hlewald 1 1ere wera 17,000 acres of unimpraved Jand In the outaide districis of the city, Ald. Daiturd asked if it wonid nnt bo better 10 conlract the city limits, and Cullerton sald the €ouncil conlid not do that, o (Cullerton) thouglt iy constractionof coltazes should be permitted. Id, Theoup opnosed the change conterniated by Ald. Cullerton, 1o wald it wuuid ba a sad day * Iththem when they N‘:eulm.l 1he Fire Ordloagce, ) nrdatiips bud slready beon eudured by 500,000 Jicrscne in tha clty. Wis inincesaion bad veon ihat o rlovnlunl of ihe Fito Ordinsnce ware oxtreme, Ald, Bweeuey favored the am 1 -some leugth'of tho Lardelips aud suf 110 Qrdinance bad ciuved tiw poot paop e city, Alg. Cary asked him If the peovle of the North fide were not lurgely in _fa rpol the Pirg Ordis vance, sad Ald. Bwcenoy sald the peoplo of Lis ward {the Revenicenth) wero not. Ald. Ualy spoko stroncly against the provosed suendment 16 the urdinance, and showed the dan- Loaof allowing the crectidn of framo bulldings Withlo the city limits, Ald. Beldler thonght the Virs Ordinance should 1ot be tamucred with, snd dellevod 1§ would havs lecn betler for tho city Jf t bad had the ordinance thirty years ago. : Ald. Bauwmgarten was in favor of the amsnduicnt, wnd referrod Lo the opurations of il 'Ire Ordl nunce upon his covstituency, most of whom were yoor people, who would bulld frame bulldings Vihere they could not baild beick. Ald. ‘Ternow moved to place the ordinance on Ble, but withdrew bis motion, Ald, Sweuney moved that it be consldered sgain by thu Committee in two weeke, Ald. ‘Taroop moved that it Lo referred back to the Council without recommendation, and ble l.ulllunl)m!l"t‘d. ‘Tho street-civaning contract was referred (o the Ticpartment of Fublic Works, 1d, Gilbert's wide-tiro ordinsnce was consld. ered, wud slter some dlscuseiun, duting which vey- cral changes were praposed, {8 was referrcd back to the Cuuncil without recommendation, Toe Commitiee theu adjourned, e —— ' SIGNING OR STAMPING. To the EdUor of The Tribuns, Coicaco, Dec. 7.—Itis he practice of Recorder Lrockway to staiop hus pawe oa the certificates o deeds and other papers Sled for record, nutwith- standing the statute requlres be shall siga It in Lls own proper haodwriting. 1 bave called upon Lim for tho purpose of ascertalning any suthority fir 80 downw, and directod his stiention to tho ratute o Lho subject, which is as follows: *' When any {nstrument in writiog s recorded ln the lecorder's ofice, tho Recorder shall Indoren vy such lostrupieat & certificaty of the tino* ¢ic., **which certiticate sball be signed by the Jovcorder, .and sball be evidenco ol the facts Fiereln atated Aod sgaln uoder caapter oo **Construction of the Siatat 874 tho followlng words: **The quimd b{ law to auy oficlal ur public writing ¢ ¢ bond requited by law, it sbould be ia the proper bandwritiog of such person, or 0 case be 18 unable 1o write, bis proper sk, Mr. Bruckwey was unublo to give soy explana- tiua of wby be used (he stamp cxceph ibat Lia predeceseor did It, and he was anite aare ho had consuited the Connty- Attorney on the anbject, and fonisted that the stamp complied with the law. ~ As long as the publle records are fn exiatence it may not he difficuit to prove a deed, bat should they ba destroyed avain, conld we rely an nuch a certifiento to anstain the ‘‘evidenco of the facts thercin etaced '? Several lawyers have told me no, J, Hexny Eorr, CURRENT GOSSIP. IN THE GARDEN, Tree her to the garden pass: A hanman flower I8 ahe, Golne, in her loveliness, With her sweot mates tobe, Bnut where the hud or flower That wonld not drop e closs— The lily her whito hand heslde, Anear her cheek the rose? Mayhap the heartsease wooeth her} Within {ta velvet heart Lies mystic charm for volvet eyes, Bweet heart-thoughts to Impart. Bho panses—ppeaks: *'O here's Lhe place ‘Whore that horso-radish grows! ‘They ray its jaice in milk will take These feeckles off my nose!™ Avnona, 11l Ernze Howano, BAVED DY FEIGNING DEATII, Correspondanca Denver (O0L) News. There are on the foothills in Gunnison Connty, at this season of 'the year, great numbersof deer and elk, with many mountain lions and bear. Willlam Yale and brother loft My, Preston’s rancn on the Gunnison a few days ngoto hunt for deer And clk. A wagon drawn by two animals, gans, ammunition, and provislons completed their ont- fit, They traveled all day and reached the hills about nightfall and encamped. Seelng the next morning & good deal of signs of game, they con. clnded to remain at leset one day, and try thelr tnck, Enarly In the morning they etarted in differ- ent directions with gune, powder, and ball, of cource. After going about five miles from camp and scelng no game, Willlam Ynlo concluded to return. Te had proceeded bnt nh uhn:: dl:t’:mm Ixehhro ho 'Im-n:.h a thongh! 9 rust! o e ry le:re“l. Looking np, he ?a!w. only sbout thirty yarda from him, & hoge hear coming dircetly to. ward him, with open mouth, growilng, and givin: other cvidences of & thirat for blood. Yulo walte nntil the brute came within a few rnuu of him, when he took deliberato aim, bat unfortunately his gun missed fire, | The feroclous boast ran directly agalnst the hunter, knocking him down, and” as quick as thonght Yule tnrucd overon! aco and feizned to be dead. ‘The bear bit him severely in four places, disabling one arm and ono leg. Aftur the lapsc of & fow minutes, neither feeling nor hearing the beast, Yule cautiously rajsed hin head, and saw his an- tagonist abontthirly yards ofl, apparently cover- Ing up somcthing with graes. Sceing a teee near him, he made up his mind to reach it and zet np 1t if_possible, cven though serlonsly wounded. So off "he crawled through the snow, keeping an eyo atientively on the bear and the tree. Ieachlng the tree, he started to climb it, and the bear siarted trom his_ retreat directly towara him, rowling and gnashing his teeth. He soon reached fha tree. Yule had gone up only a few fect—juat high enough for his own safety, but not too hugh, for the boftome of his fectto be touched hy tho noso of the beast, 1le ugaln attompted to use his gun, but in valn. The animal whined. growlea, and'gnawed at thetren, Altera whila ho returned to what appeared to be s large plle of grass, and commgnced again to work as though he was cone cealing something, Yule, though suffering much from cold and his wounds, reaoived to ma%o a Inst offort 1o save his life, Ho descending cautiously to tho gromnd while tho bear was at_work, he crawled a few steps til] he got 8 low, bushy treo between himself and the bear, watching the animal closely in the meantime. He could not travel mors than a hundred yards at a time without resting. At last ho reached the camp, complotely exhausted, ‘The next day Col, Cashion, ‘James Preston. P, T. Stevens, and John M, 8mith armed themaelves and went to tho scene of the fight, ana when within abont thirty-Ove or Inn&y;rd.l of a large ilo of stratv, thoy suw & large bear emargo tnore- rom and make toward them, evidently with the intention fo fght, but ho did not proceod far bo- fory ho fell, plerced with ton hal 800 ponnds gross, and was nelth cinnaman, _bul ellver.tip or ranj beast. Covered n) dead deer, which ¥ had killed and tho grizzly nor a cross betweon the two, called bear, & malignant and ferocious in .his bed was found s largo was snpposed a mountaln lion bear had stolen. “COGNAC” CONQUERED, Bun Francisco Matl, A trial took place yesterday afternoon at the Recori Stablos of the new elactricbit, **Cognac,** the man-cating Porcheron stallion, had the first benefit of the Invention. Tho horso and hia vices have heretofore boon described by the Maif,an also tho numecrous -cecapes of P'rof, Taff, who ls at- tempting to subduo the brato. About 2 o'clock the round tent la the rear of tho atable, ftted up somewhat after the atyle of a clrcue, was well filled with spectators. The ring wan bparded up some cight feot high, to preventany of the visitors be- comling faod for tho horse, who roamed about his den scoking whom bo might devour, aod one gen- tleman, leanlnz over the rail, Cognac reared and went for his arm in the style of & terrier for a rat, l‘ml atmont succeeded in hauling him over into the ring. A‘lmpu having heen attached to the animal's halter oy the Professor through a partly opened door, ' was passod aronnd 2 post ontaide of the arena, thon entered the inclostire and fast- oncd another rope to mulf-nlu in the centroof tha tent. When the horse had beon thaa secured, he did notlook particularly viclons, and submitted to have a bridlo hendstall fastened ou, with uo other mani+ festatlons of dislike than shaking his heud emphat- ically, ‘This belng accomplished. the Profussor showed those presenttno bivand reins. The former i of leather, leather hoing & non-conducter, and o wite passing down each zoln cofls round the bit on botli sides, leaviog the centro clear, The op: erator carries tho battery fn Lls breast pockets Two wirea from the |nstrument go down thu slcoves of thu eoat and terminato ln 8, cuch thumb of which ts a copper button to corre: -rond with the buttanson the reina at tha terminas tion of the wire, Thereforo, when the copper on the thumba touches tho conperon the reins, the connectlon Is ado and tha clectrio currant passcs downono_reln through tho horsa's jaw and ipthe other, ‘The bit being sdjusted, ‘soveral slight shocks were adminlstered, which did not at all improve the animal's tewper, Tho ropa fsatened to the side of the clrcle was cast loosu and hold by an attendant, and Ta@ procecdcd Lo lead tho horse around the (nclosure by the reina. -~ Cognac, how- aver, objected 10 his Ilrllxm‘cllul lcsnon In clec- tricity, and inade « Jivaly fight fur about ton min- ules, the rope onone aldeand the retns an the other vreventing him from doinz actual mischief. Io reared and wparred with hie forcfees and meant burineas, tho l'rofessor finding 1t diicult to make the conmection snd apply the electrio nbock, After a thno ho succceded, adinin- interlng ahack aftee shiock, and driving tho hurse backward around the arens. When the aninial was bdued, he allowed himeclf to be backed and led ound, and oven permitted the attendant to touch his head, The horse sweated considersbly and ap- peared much quioter, Tho Professor aiated that he considered the experiment & suced as never before had he been able to lead aor back the animal, nor had his asslstant gone 4 front of him and todched his bead, Thismay bdso, and Tafl's nerve and perscycrance way ba cruwnod wilh success, aud {ho animal rendered mudorately qulet, but it 1v yory qucstionable whethot his bad qualitios nia; not bo transmitted tu_ his descendants (o the this ad vhelmr he is really K of taming. o ha al+ ready killed ono man, and, in the oplulon of many, }zw Deat way uf tamlog him would be 10 put s bui- et through'hls bralu. THA SMUGGLED-CIGAR GAME, % Loston Journal of Commarce. Veteran smokera arc sold by shrewd swin. dlers, who aro fruitful in devices. The com. moncst of theag dodges I the sale of pretended smugglod cigers, and thoogh it s been played times without number, and time out of mind In part city of the glabe, uaors ol the weed dled by It every wesk In the yesr in fhle Ty City of sharp people, ‘The modus operandl ls simple snough, but it takes a good actor to carry 1t through. Tha victim sslected fa alw ‘l a0 invelersto has been particularly marked by (he Tha lailer watchies bls npnoiunu i nd with & coupie of boxes coucenled under (he ..{rkuwmch be doos fur the occasion, e ore uunn\lmrmmn of the unsusbecting it Lusincas who is In the eojuyment of bis third or fourth afternoon cigsr, . ** Apy cigare to-dpy, captalo? he saks in a low volce, casting bis eyss furtlvely around, as i he fearcd shat Ue wight be vvurhestd, *1No," i the curt answer, But these ain’t your common cigars, cap' 0n can't gut nono like ‘em at the Revere MIF . er Jlouse. Seo here, " luwering huwln\ **thesq cigars cams from avana, and there iala't been no dative pald on ‘o, oelther. Ous of wy own speculations, Had ten boxes, and sold 'em all bat these two. They're worth $50 a thouvand. I'm be. iauing to fuel a lllLlc reaky, god my nmr ua1ls L0, 5:1. too. Lot you have ‘em, if you'll (ake both xC8, 8 c. bozte, st half pr. . oI yo the mercbast abortly, thedsy with all sorts who {s snooyed every bust of applications fue patrogage. *tJust try that, will you id the vender, nothing daunted, bursting tho rncr of one of Lhe boxes, and taking out 8 cigar al random; **'t'wont cast you soytbing. ~Thas ls an pupeal (e merchant cagnot repist. e tekos the ‘Tr iooka at I4 czllically, smells of c The mun it, lights it 'he ‘g putl ks cooug bas told the truth. Such a clier ig baed lo be bad anywbere, and he ooecious that 1L is worth 0 wore bhas §30 & thousand. He can't let such & ghance slip, aad yet Le ducan't fucl that ho g Lo eucourngo sumuggling, So be asys, dissembling b"fl“fl ale dlesr, cortaluly, But yo e g 3 Tl 4o y0u 40 for the two, ™ o PrCt ** You're rough a arln’ wan, cap' cagtyou callfyford A W Fary ** Furty it s, then; bat It my obip wasn't gola® t0 aall to-Rlght you couldu’t bave thom for s':m a8 ho® He welghed*| tha nree. " The 810 are pald aver, and the ownership of tho boxes transferred ; the swindicr places himself on the othor aide of the door as toon 89 possible, and seeka some other locality 1o repeat his elever aper- ation. When the victim, full of antlcipation, sceks 0% for & accond weed, he finds that ho has pur- chased the rilest kind of & cahbage-leal article, which would be dearat 50 centa n- thoueand, the specimen having been o rcnll( fine, pure Havana clgar, nsed expressiy aa a balt, ,Smaggitn’ don't for such smail fig- LADY FRANKLIN IN AMERICA. Firgtnta City (Nev.) Enterprise. By the Eastern papers werco that Thomas M. Barry, second mate of the A, Houghton, o whallng bark that was lost whileon a crujso in Hudson's Tiny, hae, after numerons adventares, reached New York, having In his possenslon relica of air Jobn Franklin, and knowlcdge of the whoreabouts of a calrn suppoted to contain the booxs and other valuable articles solong uearched for, This re- minds ua that Lady Franklin palda vieit to this city In 1861, The fact is probably unknown, however, to many Virginians, except those who were then residing In the eity, ho wae sccompanied by her niece, Mien Cray- croft, and came hero from Steambant Springs, tak- {ng rooms at the house of Cliarles L. Roes, While here her ladyship visited and oxamined the mines of the Ophir and Mexican Companles, then work- ing in thelr firet bonanzas, far west of where thoy nre at present mining. Daring her atay here sho was visited by many citizons, Jadies and gentio- men, who were desirous of paying thelr respects to her, s Tiuring the evening of her stay a note was hand- ed to her, asking, in very prooer terms, that the weriter, a Mr. Hall, mighi bo permitted to present himsotf, ho having been much In the service of Sir James Jtoss and Sle John Franklin, Mo was in- stantly admitted, and related many things that bad occurred In Anstralin, which seérved to enable Lady Franklin to conncct him in matters in which herself and Sir John had borne prominent parte, This intervicw was hardly cnded beforo anothier oxcitament was caused by the rr!ltnlfllllm of C.J. Sulllvan, now dead, dbut_ at that time one of our eubstantinl citizens, and & most Ingenions me- chante and workor In iron, Mr. Sullivan relatea to Lady Franklin the man- nerin which ho had been connected with herself and hnshaad, In a way st once 2o fcrae and feeling 24 to bring tears to her cyes, causing quitea little zenaation amonc those present, Many old resi- dents wil) remember tho aplendidiron gate wronght by Mz, Eullivan at hia blacksmith shop on North B s(’re:t. called the **Golden Gate" and much ad- mired by all who were capable of Judging of snch work, Mz, Sallfvan, Itnos came ont, wasarmater of tho ships Erebus and Terror, in the Antarctic Ocean, while on 8 voyage of dlscovery (o the fouth Pole, leaving Lady Franklin and BirJohn st Van Diemen's Land, of which colony Sir John was then Governor. On the return of the hips to England Mr. Sullivan recelved a mes- sage from SirJames loss, at Woolwich, dl‘ll(lllg him to join tho expedition in the capacity of armorer on the voyage which proved to be the last evermade by the distinguished navigator and his unfortunate party, Mr. Sullivan did not go on ac- count of the sirong opposition of his friends and relatives, therefore cscaping all the torrors, sufler. ings, and the rad fale of Sir John Franklin and his entire command. ‘The dignified and respectfnl manner in which these and many other circumstances were related by the old scamen, connccted with the fact of her meeting with her old fellow-voyagers so unexpeet- edly in this far-away and wild poing in her traveis, no doubt produced an effect upon her ladyship's mind whlcg cansed her Jong to remember her vislt to the Comstock Lode. CLEOPATRA'S COSTUME. ANew York Herald. A pointed crown of gold glittered on & work- table tn a private parlor of the Coleman Iouse, Into which a reporter was ushorod on sending up his card to flose Evtinge, It served to recall the pure poso of his visit, which biad grown somewhat dim and {ndistinct under the groeting glanco of the new Cleopatra's fisshing dark oyess *4 Good evening, madame," eald the reporter, abont ta seat himsolf-she {s somewhat short-sighte ed—on somo necdlework, —Cleopstra’s necdle- work, which tho Iady had evidently lald aslde when ane srase to recelvo her visltor, “*Qood oven—not thero, please, Take this seat, ™ salil tho hostess, with one malestic sweep of thearm removing the reporter from his inso- care position, hall standing, half sittin; nd with the o“h-ruwnmz nlg the menaced ar, which b ftly bright, and was threaded. ‘'here wan & pause~—composure on the part of Ltho 1ady, a light perspiration and speechlesa’ gratitude a4 concerned the reportor. **Can 1 sorve you Inany way?' qucried Cleopa- caltoly. The reporter was abont to remark that it a 1ifo of gratitude for what she had already averted, if de- Yotion, undylng, doop—but the polnted crown ra- called bim, *+1read in & paper,' ho remarked, ** that whon a dreasmaker intcrosted with mnking your cos- tumen for Clcopatra went to ses Picon's painting, to which sho was reforred for. suggestions, she cama away saying that the whole matter might bo moro properly reforred Lo a joweler. I have been sent to ask—" ' It might have boen fancy, but the reporter thonght thatat this moment the lady's face was convulsed with laaghter, Ile panscd, **Pray continuc,' said Clcopaira, *'yon have been sont to ask—1" *¢Why,'" Thy m 41 Infer," raid the actress, ¢’ thatyon are not familiar with Picon's patuting of Cloopatra.*' I'he reporter confessed his Ignorance, and a creepy, uncomforiable feeling came over him as the thonght untored his mind "that pechaps ho had trodden on dlniemns ground, i 4 What—{s—the—costumo?" he managed to ur. ‘hy should & jeweler have becn mentioned In connection with tho matter? Of—what—does—|t— connist?” he blurted oat, getting warm. Cleopatra rose to her full height, and the word came trom hor lipy with unmistakable clearaces: ** A necklace, * ‘T'ho reporter blushingly withdrew, QUIPS, ** Firat In wore, first o pleco," as the man said when tho patch Iu tho bsy-window of bis trousers wore through, A young man hired as & elork was told by his em- ployer that all the clerks sleep at the houee, and that it was closed punctually at 10 cvery night. **Odon't spologize!" sald tho yonth. **Idon't care what tims it's closed, if it's only opencd early eoongh la tho mosaing. " A hat-factory was barned down In Orsnge, N. J.. 1ast week; and the local co-operative had jt: **The Fire-Flend 'At It Again! Mo Shoots the Chapesull A Losathat wiil ha Felt!li" From which It is_Inferred, with vomo_show of reason, that Oaksy 1all returncd from Europe by way of New Jersoy.— Fuck, v A few daye agoa castomer In & wholessls hous romarked to tho dealer that he noticed an on. pleasant odur upon the premises, The latter did nnwmrenln anythiog, and the customer added: ** Well I gueas 1t {8 the collar that smolls.” The other replied: ** Notat sll, 1smell nothing, It soema Lo be the buyar who smells, " A 5-year-oldj’came up to his mother and ssid, +* Mathier, 1 saw something run across the kitchene floor this morning, aud it hadn't suy legs, eithor; what do you supposa it was?'. The mothet sald sho supposvd it was & worm, or something of that sort. Finally sha gave it ,up, and the yoangster calmly sald, **It wansome water," * In a shooting party in 8cotland, the other d: were two koepers, ouo 0l whom was & ux‘h bulky man, the other belug comparatively sl and puny. ' Tho big man got badly shot, wherson #il his compagion ln arais_wss heard ta say, by way of sympathy, was, **Rin, man, nn: ‘mm ;hul:lnx. 80 that wo may not h.lvo to carey yo s0 ar aske Al nndlc{ was a prominent lnw{:r in Tuolumne County, Cal, 1o was cmpluyed to defeud a cliont foratealing '8 hog—fury tral, Dudloy made an eloguent snd mucce: plea. The man was ac- quitted. e was gratefnl, . but had no money. *+jlow can I ever repsy yon, Mr. Dudley? I haven'tacent. Accopt my thank ** Thanks be hnnanl' sald AL~ **Hend mo & sido of the pork. " Ona railway lige, recontly, a pass atopped the cunduc 4 and asked, ** Why d nolpl.hu train run fa Tyt gocs fast uzh (o suit 1f you don't Jlka thu rate of speed yet of aud k, " was the rejoluder. **1 woauld," replied {he passengor, sottl(ng back In his seat, ** but my friends wouldn't coma for me untll tha traln comen n, sud 1don't waatto walting sround the statlon two or thres hours, ' A Joily son of the ocesn was about belnx put on rd an outward-bound sbip, for which he had previously entered, when leavo to bare snothor tun *‘up town.' Uelng Informed ¢! be could mot ba permijted to go, as tha ship wi about to gall, houwsng out {0 man on the whar an’entire stranger to him: **lcre, my frisnd,* throwing kim a five-sbilling piece, **spond that for me—1'}l do 84 much for you anoll - —————— FOREBODINGS, My hesrt 1s 5ad to-night; & gloomy sen! 0f comlng evil reats souly And vagdue imaginjuge, sud fear intense, And nameleas horror, All my thoughta control, ‘The world seema atracgely calmto-night; & dread, Drenr stiliness hovers gver all; And weird clouds have gathered overhead, Aund darkoess falls about my like & pall., The -olli mur-mly awedto-night; and low, 23‘"&"‘: e geoat il x|o|udeni 0slly sbadows sver com 2 Ang sll m"“h lu‘“‘dblflbl:l‘?llr?‘ Ary heart la glled with dresd forebodingy, for This uwlul silence bodes approaching doom— glu prescuce of 8 drum; Witor I whispcred ** Come ""—oblivion, and the tomb, L. A. Osnogss. ——— ‘The True Hostonian Bpirit, Liosion Traseliar, An old tremp, with his face shrunken with huoger, was overturning the coutents of au offsl-wagon down ‘Maip atrect last Tuesday af~ r-xuuuu. tryipg to dshiouda luach, when a po- fceman caing aloug aod esked: S Wby dou's you go tg work qawin’ wogd, or diggle’ clas, or romethin’, and carn enotrzh to wit youa ! rqnare menl, and not be stuflin’ vourself with this unwholeaomn earhage 1§ Bam-by, 'aforo you know it, you'll be dead, ana the city'll have tosend vour corpso uptothe Brizhiton abat- tolr.”” The old ontlaw uewm down on to the sldowalk, and s he wiped s tangled whinkera he snid: " Pretty tuft times, boss, when er man hez ter git his wittles out of er swill wagon! [ hatn’t used to rlch business as this, and don't you forgit ft: my fathce tvas one of the richest men on this Contincut once; he owned more'n half the cn{ of Boston, aml I was brought up in the lap of luxury, as It ware; I graduated at Harvard College, and know'd lm.-nly different languages; knowed all about astronamy; could tell ye how fur the planits Batan, Versuvious, Juniper, and Venice was from the earth, and could repeat the whole Bible from the first chap- ter of Adam clear through tothe landing of Noan’s ark on Plymouth Rock.," Then the po- liceman looked a3 If he was golng to drop down dead for a moment, then he rallied and struck ncross the strect, muttering: ¢ Well, Isware I never !v,unn:d anything equil that for ignerence, never.’! SILVER. THE PRESIDENT’S MISTAKE. To the Edllor of The Tribune. CrircAqo, Dee. 7.—That the Bouth and North- west aro thoroughly dissatisfled and dishearten- cd with the President’s financlal policy, as ex- spressed In that wonderful message, {s very ap- parent on ail sides. I have not apoken ton man who ha8 nat cxpressed himsclf thorough- 1y, determinedly oppased to that policy, willeh, 1f carried out to the letter, will no doubt bank- rupt every enterprising man in the land, Is there no appeal from the Prostdent’s position] Cannot the press and people keep up such a racket that our Congressmen aud the President will bo obliged to take cognizancel I it possi- ble that ono-thind of the country—numbering among them all the “'goldites” of tho New England Btates and Now York, who are clamor- fng to bo pald 15 or 20 per cent moro than they lonnea—snouid rule the other two-thirds ina matter #o unjust and one-slded! They ot up +a ttelegation of Wall atrect speculators and sent them to the President, presumnptiousty bcm:lnr him to disregard the ery for help from two-thirds of the natfon, and tho President secms ta have llstened to them, and eratificd thelr wistics o for as ho could. 18 it not ubout. tima for the xcoplu of the Northwest and South to organize thelr delegation to wait upon the President and Congress! Cannot' the peoplo and the press throw such force and earnestnoss into this all-important matter that hao wiil be obliged to reverse his deciston? Cannot thero be such a nolse mado as to ralss n two- thirds majority and pnes the Bland Silver bill over the Prosident's vetoi—as it seeis sure that he will veto suchi a bill If it is passed. Man; people belleve that i this policy of tha Presi- dent—which se¢ms to bave been put Into his mouth by John Sherman and tho rest of his kind—1s persisted it 1t wiil counteract oll the ood feeling aroused among conservative peoplo Ey his Bouthern and Civil-Servico policies; in fact, his measago Is humiliating to his {ricuds, as it omitted many {mportant things, and on finance It showed he ikl not understand tho subject, and had not taken the trouble to: post himself, but sliply sald what he was told to say. 1am aconstant reader of your valuable paper, a8 I am of many others, atd I have no- ticed, by the careful and logical way you have of reasuning, yon often change public sentiment Irom wrong channels into right ones, and if you will only keep upan incessant war upon this re- sumption schome, and contintio to show up that swindilng demonetizationol the * sllver dollar," ou will do much good aud gratify. fiuur natrons, {lcapectlully, J. ¥, ConprLy. JOIIN SIHERMAN, To the Editor af The Tribuns. ‘Wrsr Derene, Wis, Dec. 8,—Notleing your editorial respeeting tho President’s flnancial policy, permit ma to give, for the benefit of the readers of Tne TRInUNS, asolutionof the matter. Thestrengtliof the opposition tothe remonetiza- tion of silver, in Mr, Hayes' mind, Is John S8her- man, Tho weakness of Mr. Hayes' flnaucial pot- {cy ls John 8herman. The aristocracy of debit {s John Bherman, Tihe power behind the throne in finance In this Admministration Is John Bherman, ,| and the rcason {s found tn the Sherman famlily- publication that mentioned R. B, IHayes for President before the Kincinuati Conventlon, 1t is uscless to wasto argument In the ecasc, John Bherman bolieves In the single standard of value, and he {8 too shrewd and too old a politician to be thwarted, especlally with the prestige ho has with this J\dmlnmrngnn W. e —— CURRENT OPINION. Tt {s plain In its atatoments and dlspassion. ate in tone, and ithears throughont the clear marks of belng tho eincere utlerance of sn earnest man, ‘baving strong convictions of duty, and conacious that ho {8 striving to do what I8 rizht and best for his country,—Phlladelphia Ledger (Ind.). As a whole, thia message, so cloar of pas- slon or personal pollcy, so moderato in atatoment and argument, will be widdly acceptablo, sud will tend largely to strengthen the popnlar confidence in tho honoaty, integrity of purpose, and sincerity of the Presldent,— Phtladelpla Press (Rep, ). It is o calm, dignified, and suggestive pre. sentation of the manifold phascs of nationsl aflairs, and tho recommendations made are gen- erally wiseand well couslderod, It la a farabler @document than any of Grant's mossages, and bears tho Imopress of a thoughtful mind.—Loulsville Courter-Journal (Dem.). 1t will bo soen that Ar. TIayes bas hoark- ened diligently unto the specious “pleadings of the resumptionisis, and that ho does not yearn vio- Jently for the dollar of the fathers, Onother mat. ters fio morallzes In & ntyle which, if not veey odi- fying, is_calculated to ‘do nobody an srticalar Uarn, —~Nashellle (Tenn, ) American (Dam. ). Tho message draws the lines sharply, There can bo “no mistako abont ite mesning, Nothing is loft to inforenca; nothing fe evaded. On ita dlain declarations the pooplo must divi into two distinctly-wmarki arties, and the fight will bo as desperata as hae beon known wince the ‘War was cnded, ~New York Evesing Mall (ftep.). Asn wholo the message will meet with general approval. In lt{le phrascolof nd grammatical construction It s so declde rovoment on the worm-fence Knglish of nt, !‘lm versons of litorary taste will in somo moasure Lo reconclled to ita author ae the usurper of tho Presldentinl oftico,—Murrisburg Patriol (Den.). ‘There is a lack of positivencss on subjects wherg It would be expected; yot, take It through. out, it will ve regardud, witti tho excoptionof the Houthern policy part, ua sound R‘l’:ln and practical in toi southern poliey, u.mqunml ontl: it are correct.—£% (Rev,). ‘The Proaldent nsod n fiood wan; very llttla, Excopt taken on the faancial question, thore islittlo in his first message 1o lmpresd the country with tho atrongth of his convicilons or bis confidence in hmaolf to successfully enlorce the policy which hie Lakes such Jaine o defend,—New York Come merclal Adveriissr (Ren.), . Mr, layes stands by his colors in his message, e dofenda tho Southern policy as based on popular demand, foreshadowed by hls own pledges, and now vindicate b{ puolic by 1b 5. fits tr words to o Grm poultion ho has ‘Tho Prouident has given the world another proof of frmne Where many men‘occuny the position be ocey, subjsct to simliar lofluencon and triale, would vaci b poiat, we dnd that the position 1n the gift of plsys s degrao of coursgo In expresaing his con- victions that must command the respect of the voople. —Fitlaburg Chronicls (Rep.), ‘The reading of Presidentinl messages is ode of those aad dutles whick editors canuot avold, and which none bot cditors can survive; sad we can confidently way thag i g aod »ad esperi- euce we have never kuown & Prestdentisl mesaage in whicl; 30 coplous 8 Huod of wuida suberged ko sinall an amount of fdeas us ia the utterances of the truly good R, U, layes. 1t is io Evarts' woret volu. =8¢, Louls Globs-Danocrat (Rep. ). Althuufih not n State paper of marked sbility, it [s of mora than avorage perapicuity of Executlve messayes, and in general wllr compare favorably with auy thiat hava been tatd before us In Tegent years. Un or two auestious {6 nught bave been more aggresaive, particulariy on that of Clvil-Bervico reform, sluce the Aduinfatration has wade s0 muck of It in cther ways, but it cannol be denied that ou the whole frankicss has been well temoered by prudence.—£Alludeiphla Times (Iud.). ‘The Boutheru polioy ia treated with o cer. taln alry and boswling ‘cheorfulucss that may or w3y vot'be intended to bids anapologelia tendoncy of ‘seutiwent, but which ls certululy wade thu vehlclo forsoma ne writing in the 1770 vela, Mo swlnently correct, though, in the proposition that the policy has brought aliout & very tuch jme proved condition of thius in the Soutt. And for this the South ts so grutelul that the Prosideat bas wuz futl permisaion to make whatlever cxouses ha sus Bt 0 bla partys—XNew Orleans Tunes (Dean.). ‘Tho first annual message of Presidont Tlayes s caleulated L0 produce & favorable lmprea- sion both st howe aud abroad. as well from ita gon- wral tone and -r.llll as from the sounduvss and good ssuso of s principal recowmmendations. It s entirely fre from the tonn of sortlonalism and partiansiiip which has charactertzed some recent measaces o Conzress, Itisequally freo from any- {hini llke egotism, and even whore the Presticnt ailndes to the adverss ceiticlsm which haa been pared upon his Eoutliern poilcy fs withont 8 traco of quernlousness or personal feeling. —Zaltimore Sun (Ind.). The strong point of President Hayes' first menrsaza {8 its elonr, nunen‘.mnnly tone on the ro. eumption and sitver auestiohs. “Tho seak points aro its tame_and cmply treatment of the Clyil Sersice and Ita complacent inmione as (o the Houth. The falr pointa aro ite remaining direct and ruceinct summaries of public matters, On the whole, 1t I8 8 very creditablo paper—not bold, rtriking, dnd commanding, but plain and sensible, written In gond taste, marked by excellent temper, and calenlated ta Jeave njllcnmnl}lc"l‘mfl impres- sion. —Albany Evening Journal (Rep.). o Thoe Renubflclm party ia pledged to mnin. tain the public eredit, and provide tho people with nstable enrrency. Tts traditions, {ta histoey, and il ita national Eln(lnrml aro plain and positive on theee points, Noww, 18 it not time that il our Re. Imbllcun friends who have been led astray by Jemocratic hercales nbout sliver shonld return to 1he stralght path? The President showa them the way. Tet no man Jaz behind. Leave to the Democrats all eclicmes for semi-repndiation and depreciated currency. Oura {8 the party of sound {n[cnoy) and national honor.—Clecelund Ierald eps). Tho np;nml on paper for the prompt pun- fshment of any farthor lawlorsncss nthin and far-oll round, and the Presidential assurance that **whatever authority rests with me to this end shall not hesltate to put forth ** partakes almont of tho nature of a joke, 1, upon tho formal requist- tion of the Governara of Snuth Catolina and Loulal- ana, no constitutlonal nulllurh, could be found for retaining amere handful of troops in these States, how, then, shall Federal force enter upon tho roll of a'sovereign State without requent from ita Joeal authorities? Tlavo the Chisolm or the Hambnrg marderers como to judgment? Nay, 18 1t not an opon fact that the proscciition of {ha at- ter wan suspended with Adinistrative condent - Clnctnnatl Times (Rep. ). Congidered by itrelf, it is 80 compact, calm, dieniflad, and scholarly: a0 tmbned with the sulrii of (o Ioftlest patriotiem ani cultured states- manehip, a8 to make It ono of the strongeat poesl ble argamenta in favor of Clvll-Setvice reform, It ia_imporsiblo 1ot to contrnat it with messages transmitted to Congrees by othor P'reatdents, and, contraating it, not to sce_how fil-favored they aro bealde ft. It demonstrates that Cisil-Servico reform has begun fn tho highest ofiice of and that it ta o work down o tho Towest from a fi - nhing. While sometimea disagrecing with the ‘rusfilent In his canclusions, wo yet have nothing but commondation for that sehich we feel to ba the ablost mesaugo tranamilied to Congress sinco the torm A;l Abrabam Lincoln,—Phitadelphia Inquirer (Kep,). The message of Prosidont Hoyes {a im. portant for nothing but for ita expressions npon the tinanclal quentions, and those utterances have been already antlcipatod. 'bat ho will veto any bilf providing for free colnage of silver and for its unlimitog tender, fsovident. The veto will lead to mora important reaulls than any 'residentlal #ct alnee Lincoin sigued the Emancipation Proclae mation, It will aronea a deep indignatfon, which will grow and widen as men dlscuen tt, and'it wiil cauge n new organization of pollitical forces, 1t will have tho effoct of the Aring on Sumters It will awaken the epirit of the people. Wo thank Prosle dent llaycs fornis mesaagce, and we shall thank him for his veto, Ila [an powerful Instrument in & wreat causo,—stich an insirument as George 1. wan in ostablishing the Amorican Repubitc, or s dJefletson Davis was in omancipating Slavery,— Turre Haute Express (Ind, ‘When Mr. Boutwall, who was Becrotary of the Treaanry, was_dro, J)ed from the Sennte, ho appolnted st 85,000 a year to revlso the He. d Statutes of the United States, to hava be We suppose cen dona under the Clvil-Servico rules, becauneho wasn't & lawyer. Theracould bo no position bettor ealculated to Inject Into tha lawvs certain plirases and scctions for tho convenlenco of thoschemers who have speelal Intercats in our legisiation. Mr. Boutwell Is one of the persons ‘who were engaged in tho Lrickory of demonotizing silvor. Tha great omisalon of the gold-sharps was in not Includivg in tho Revised Statutca of 1874 the tofunding act of July 14, 1850, If thoy had done so, the ‘‘coin of standand valuo of the present date™ would have reforred to & time aubsee quent to tho abatractlon frogy tho peopla of the sllver option, —that is, to ti¥date of the adoption of the Rovised btatutes, In thatcare, the faco of the bond would have been changed to corroe apond, and the bonds lssued under the Ito- funding act—the 4 per conts, for Instance—would have been gold bonds. Me, Doutwell may entor- taln the hl’h puql;po-u of completing his work ns Hecrelary of the Treasury In lllml'lnf{ the Refund- “'F act {nta the next volamo of Revised Btatutes, ‘with the usual repesling clause of al! conicting logislation. This would mako tho bonda thoreafter issued gold bonds, Jawfully and Incvitably, at once and always, WIll the great American alatcamon ‘who are {nterested in the rights of the poople—that dragon of finencial virtne, Mr. Garflcld, for In- atance—sce that thero Is no morc surroptitious Anigrican Jeglalation In tho Intercet of tho Lritish Eold policy? Don't let this change of bond-contract 0 accomplished through tho carcless accoptance ofassurances that thero {¢ nothiug now that ls im- portant in the revisions. Tho Ruvised Gtatutca aro as full of trickegsa r:por can bo of pine. Watch Mr, Boutwoll! Let his Revised Btatutes be read ng forty competent proof-readors and balf-n-dozen ablolawyers, —Cincinnati Commerciat (Ind. Rep.), —_—— EXAMINING ARCH}!_;IAElgTS WANT TO BE To the Editor of .Thl Tribune. Cnicago, Dec, 0,—Two yoars ngo last June the Common Council dirscted the Mavor, by a nnani- mous voto, {0 employ soven of the oldest aud most distinguished architecta of this olty to examine tha new Custom-House butlfing, to sscortaln whothor it wae the worthless and unsafe thing which Mr. Buperintending-Architect Potter and the Washing- ton Commisslon had declared It to be, Thoy had said fts foundation was unsafe, and that it must be polled down, The people of this city wore not satisfied with their verdict, and de- manded that the caso should be careled to a highor court of inauiry, composed of our own best archi- tects, who were famillas with the sol of Chicago, and wero compeient Judges §a regard to the sccurity of the foundationa of the great bulld. ing. Tug Trunuxe, as tho exponent of pudlic optnlon, and aoms other papers, fterated and reite orated the demand, until tho Mayor, at the request of the Connctl, appolnted Mesurs, Oxdel, Boyington, Wheelock, Baer, Burling, Egan,and chunmurh to do the work and report to that ody. Thoycomplica and mado A most exhaustive andacisatific inqulry Inta all the matters which af fected tho safety and permancacy of the atructuro, and reportad that the soll, foundations, walle, ma~ ur! ete., which had been condemued were right and safe, and that, with some sltght modifications ‘which thoy suzgested, the edifice could bo complot- ed, The Councll accepted tha ryu'l. tranamitted 1t o Waahington, and Becretary Lriatow appointed another Commisslon, which came, examined, ayallod thewmsclves of tho laborlous Investigations of tho ChluFo architocts, and reported (o the Becrotary In favor of tho security of the founda- tons, the character of tha atone, tho solldity and safuty of the walls, and of the complotion of the bullding. ~ Inshort, after four daye’ vxaminatlon, for which the United States Government patd them 9,000, they confirmed the judgment of the Chica- Ko architocts, based upon the work of nearly four ‘weoks, Mcasrs, Van Osdel and Bager went to Cincinuatland Buena Vista, at tholr own exvenso, ond made & llmvun’ih lhnvclllxlllnn Into the quality of the ne of thoso (luuulnl and of the buildings erccted of he Duona Vieta stona In Ciuclonatl. For thla arduous work and (hls exhaustive and Hmlcnlud“lu ‘th.:":hbmhl bolng iIn the cl emen—Mr. Chosbrouy ng In tho city's serve ice, uccpud-mndwr‘flhnlr blfll. which A’mumnl- ed In ail 10 £, 400, —1. ¢., $200 lows than the United States Governmont pald threa men for four days’ wotk. This lll the Common Council declines'to pay, adviscd by tho Law Départmout that it has nolequl right to du so. They should bave thonght of that buforo they ordored the work done, comes witha Lad grace from the representatives uf a great city to employ seven of tho Ancst experts in the city to do thelr work, sod then telf an.-\n they have no asuthority to pay the bill. That the city vught o pay these gentlemen for thelr services and oxponscs, howcyer, scoums plain fromn the following couslderation The city, through {ts Council, has nright to protect itself ayuinat dangers Lo its citizens threatened by bulid~ inys bailt ou {nsscure fuundstions, with fmperfuct materlal and cracking wally. If to alford such pro- tection s not s **municipal purpose,* for which ttie Council b right tolmpose aud collect taxes, why do thef auo this ruwc , and why ha they croated un Executlve Department, witha g perintendent of Bulldings anda etalof lan wnbe ordipates, whose right “and duty aro to supervise all the bnlldlufl which are eroctud In the city, and 1o pull down, 1t tha owner will nat waen nn{:m ln{ hmlfllnq which vuts In peril the citlzens of Chleago? Tlero was un immense strocture belng erected by the (overnment of the Unlted States, which the Bupervising Architcct and a Commiuslon of throe Uovernment cxperts had pronounced un- aslo on its foundations,—rosting on **a bed of mud," constructed {of hinperfect soft stone, with W \ready dangerously cracked, aud %o Worthe Jeas that it niuet bo pulled down, . This waa p facle evidence of tho daus l:lxul character of this grest bulldlag, which juehiidd the Council in in- atilutingan inguiry. The Mayor had not yet a5 Eulnud the buperintendent ‘of Uuildingd, and, ad be ' been appoluted, would nol Lavo been computent to decide 8 question of such mlfinlludn 83 tlls, which fuvalved scicntide skill of the bighest onder, and a combination of wisdom and experlence which conld nut be found fn s partment the head of which wae expected to di Yol his whole tiwe 10 it ot & salary of §2,000 per sanuw, But the Council bad the” sawe right 10 create @ special Commisslon for an hnportant in- vuuinlon which it had to create & Dopartment, and, baviug created it, thoy havy no moral or legal Ti4ht to rofuse to pay such’ Cowlflssion, any moty luln-uklnc cxawination, @ report slx of thove gen- than 1o repudiate “the paywent of the salarics of iho uperintendent * of Build (l d bls subordinstes. But it e d 1u 8 bullding of the United States Government, built on ite lands; of which Congreas bas exclusive Juris- diction, and tnerafore the Clty of Cbicago bad uo 7ight Lo foterfore with dc. 1t 1e the rlght of Chl- €ugo Lo protech Lis citizens lplun‘lmi ulssuce 1a tho abipe of wu unsufo structuty, and the cily s us competent (o du thisincase of n violatlon of ite butldiug lawe by the United Statos Government as in suy ulher ca ‘Iho (iovernmont of the United States could not slore guupuwder in_ great quund- Uea, o pitgo-glycering, on Custom-Houss Biuare; por could 7 meintaln a - nulssace In tho form of a grat bulldipg bullt oa ® mnd_ foundations, with cracked walls, It ia platn, therefare, withont noting Any other in- terest which this city hosin the great Custom. Houne building, that If the Cominon Cowtnel] of this ety are disposcd 4 do the fale thing by the experts wham they employed to acerimin the facta In this enne, thero {s an open door fur them foda 1t, anddo itleg:lly. and at tho sama tima nerform 4 tardy act of Jnatice, and express a frll‘elnl and nppropriato acknnwledement for an mnurtant public rervics, which reasaured the filizens of Chicago In regard to the snfoety of the Unilding, - preserved it “from demolition, and expedited {ts comnletion three or fone eats,—thna contribnting m-:all( 10 the conven- cnce and business fachiitics of the entire city, In its lrlgle character of Post-OMco, Cuntom. Tonge, and conrt-roome, the edifice Ix designed ns much for the hencfit of the City of Chicago as for thet of tha Governnient of the United States. Tho amonnt charged fa & mees bagatolle, corrospond- fng with tho valne of tho services rendered, and it recma but an act of simple Justice to thesa gentle- nien to pay thele bill. Juatiog. There s no find from which ¢ can ba pald, Nothing can be done with 1t tinder any circur- rtances unttl an nlpyrumlmlon s mada for it in the Appropriation bill (o bo passed noxt yooe, THE COURTS. Record of Judgments, New Sunits, Dankrupte ey I'rocesdings, Ete, Irn C. Calef, by hia agent, John H. Clough, commenced snit by attachnient against J, Irving Pearco tarecover §20,000. In tho aMdavit on which the attachment was fssued, Clough states that the enltis begun to rocover tho amonnt of three promizeory notes, one fot $7.000 dated Dec. 1, 1873, and due In ono year, the second for 85,000 dated Fob. 27, 1875, payabte .on demand, and the third tor 84,500 of the same date and also mayable on demand, all bearing 10 per cent {ntor- est, Beveral interviows have boen had Iately with Pearce relative to ths ecttlement of these mnotes, and he was threatened with suit unicss ha fixed the matter np by yester- day, Calef offered o take in payments ratable proportion of the real estats owned by Pearce. The latter offered to turn over a plece of property worth 812,000, which was nceepted, and Thuraday at3p. m. waeappointed n the time for making and delivering a deed. The time came but no Pearce, and the 1ast heard of him he was in Niles, Mich., having left Thursday afternoon. It ia clalmed that thia action of Pearce constitutes such a concealment, so that process cannot be served ‘within the mecaning of the statute, as to justify the {esuance of 8 writ of sttachment. Tho wril’ was {ssued under bond for 8113, 000, TR COMMERCIAL LEAGUB ASSOCIATION. About & month ago the Anditor of Stats, T, B, Needles, filed an Information in the naturo of a quo warranto agalnst the Commerelal Leaguo As- roclation of thiscity, a late organization which haa been charged with doing a I|lu-h‘:nnnca Lrasle nees nnder tho pretonso of a charltable oaganiza- tion. The Company in duo time filed an answer denying the charges of tho information,and claim. Ing that it had in no reepect violated the law, Bentortiny. Harbort O Teed: an Bocrotary of the C"mvnw fied ~ an exccedingly vague and brie? afidavic sottlng ot that Julze Will- Iams, to whom, by tho rules of the Court, the caso wae sent for trlal, was prejudiced agalnst tho As- roclation s0 Lhat & foir trial could not bo had bo- fore BLim. A ulunfio of venue was accoralngly asked to rome other Judge. Judge Willlama therenpon, thongh denying’ that ho was In any manner prejudiced, directed tho case E.- bo acnt to Judge Kogers for trial, which was one.- 1TEMS. Judge Drummond Jast night left for Indianapolis to attond the funeral of tha late J, D, Howland, Clerk of the Federal Conrts Indianapolls, Ife will bo Ladk Monday, bit will leave for Milwvaukes Monday nlght, to be absent a coupleaf weeks, 1t 1s somewhat donbtful as to noxt week's arrange- ments for calling the Circult Court cal- endar, Judge resham fs in tho mid. Al liera, but he will o of n _ case probably bo obliged to stay at_home now, as the death of his Clerk leaves the Court businessinan unfinished condition, .Yudfin Iodgett will, theres fore, prubably ga vn with the call as usual. Judges Gary, Jameson, Farwell, and Moora will hear motlons to-day; Judge Rogors submlitted ca udge Dooth sct case 2,918, Zobers va, ; and Judge Willlams genoral business, Judge Farwell yesterdsy lfmmd »_deoroe of dlvorca to Marla Grein from Bernhard Grein, Judge Williams granted 8 decree to Danlol ¥, Tiarber from Charlolta A, Barber on the groind o; descriion, and to Margaret Jones from Michael Jones on account of his cruelty, UNITED STATES COURTS, Quincy A. Shaw, of Slassachusctts, flled a cred- itor's bill yesterday agninst the Fiest Universalist Church and its Truatces, In ofder to discover if pos- stol sets of the church with which to pay a do- cree of 835, 700. 18 againat it. Tho decrea was ro- coverod in July last, and was on a claim for monoy loaned to the church in 1872, The Becond National Bank of Aurora bogan a sait for §10,000 against James W. Eddy, Bamuel Dorz, 11, W, Potter, and Lowls Holmea; snother for 35,000 auainet J. W. Eddy, Ggorge B, Dorr, and Bamuel Dorr; and a third for $10,000 azinst .‘l‘._ \y,. l::mly, Qeorgo K, and Bamuel Dorr, snd If, , Pottar, J. P, *Farwell suod Oscar L, Amorlcan for 1,500, B, M, Bmith bronght sult for $1,500 agalnst Emapuol and Slmon ilartman snd Fred Ilonkel. .(l. % 2&1)! snd Olivor Perin suod the same partios or 3 ‘ 1L 'C. Barlius suod Frauklln D, Cossit for 81,000, DANKRUPTOY MATTEIS. Julina 0. Guthrie, acommisslon merchant at Room 13, 184 Washipgton strect, filad n voluntar, petitlon in bankruptcy yosterday. debts aro 897470, the securol unsccurcd $33,737,30, ctlefly for diffcrences on grain contracts, besides $1,000 Bability on dise counted paper, and 88,600 on accommudation paper, e ausots comprine some unincnmbered renl estate, bills and notes, $5,718,14, and open accounts, *I‘& 174.73. George W .hmpbull was yeatorday appointed Assigneo of Fritz A, R, Sontag. 2 An Assiguoo will bo chosen this morning at 10 o'clock for the eatato of Willlam J. Maskoll. CLUIGUIT COURT, Ira C, Calof began & sult for $20,000 yestorday sgalnat J. Irving Pearce, Moscs Dloom commenced A auit for $20,000 sgalnst Henry Greoncbaum. Leopold Hloom be- fim‘ suit agalust llonry, Ellas, and David Greens- dum to recovor aliko amount. Mary 3lathews commonced asuit in trespass nu‘lfint tho City of Chicago, laying damages at ] CRIMINAL COURT, Tho trial of W.D, Osborne for the killing of Ruske occuplad the Court, Tha case will be cone cludod to-day, TUR CALL MONDAY, upGu PAuNNOND~In chainbers, rDax NLobukTT~Circuit Court ULR GaRY=273, 113, 274 10 4 tagtul D g n trial, 253 7. No asia an trial. ox casa 103, Latshaw ve. Loud, nd calendar Nos. 43 {0 633, tncluslve. No. 1,140, Catt agliso va. Fitzsimmons, vn trisl. uvnos fooTi—Set casa 1,114, Blone ve. City, and :;lI:l:ullr Nos. 433 436, 10 440, Inclusive, No case on Unox ParwsLt—General bualne: UbUB WILLIAMS-073, llsssols v e JUDGNENTS, , TPERION COURT—CONTRISTON: RO bfdnn and Ygpie Junas QaRT=G. Wobliley vi, ~=Willlam Bislr & C Cinowit Covar—Ji "Rneats,"on trial. artha Cymins vs, retins o o0 ) Toull Risiets $4ne. . va. JONN Livingstony $28.30. 01T Co ‘nak ooxRs~L. Daruett vi, Mariin Burbach. §3). 80, Jioop Iobpi—Sainet sharn ve. James 1. Paul, iz =fua’ Waiors Maiont Woater caat fonr?fh ariiovy verdict, $2.00%, 0, ‘snd motion (or naw Irisi L et R 43, and mo . B Bari ve, Hichas ickaracy, $o4TS. HIDDEN THOUGHTS, They llgn;x;ed qulte & crowd; ox the comer they stood— Some h:fihml. some shootlng as hard as thoy contdt At onco all is still—not & sound to be heard: What caused thisatience? Ah) 1t's casy inferred; For slawly and sadly there came down tho stroct A lonyg, sad procession—a beart ceased to beat. Each ralucs his hat s thg bearse passes by, ’l‘hlnk‘ln ,'"Ily fura gy come Deati sw I geady 0 die: ueation enslly asked. \Who can snawer and #a; & Ten‘nkdnud"’l'm roparea shuuld tha call come o-day " Where unn’un #0 answer, how many we xnow w"“:‘l)‘(“ll bave been such tho reply imuet be ot ‘et they noed not despair, but pray God tofol 3 an, H{: the thicf G ihe c£048, 10 death lno;"n::y M Por Jesus haa told The vilest of sinae: That the bouks that are kept by our Father sbove Ave kept oo & lhsory of Juaticy and Lot And by prayes aod repeniauce tols goli may be won, For He balls the return of " g o o\{'ll‘fllfl‘l Grovs, Dec. ;wod "“"y_ L. 0. that, whils the lamp burne, 8s tine 10 return; “ Whos, Kmma," Sam Francisco Cull's London Lelter, Perhaps you bave heard of the new music- ball soug which bas achorus with a shout of ' Whos, Emmal” 1t ssems to be a tuneless fldp' 101 can eather apy ideaof it from the raying of the street boys. Tho words of thy song are such that it 15 not likely to be scen ou plano-fortes 1o people’s drawing-roows; and it s sald that George Leybourne, the ** lion comique, bas got Into scrious trouble with tho autboritics h{lmukluguw of dogerc) verses of & character which the French, when trying to writo Euglish, speak of as tres schocking. But it is strange what a bold the eju'\llllorgl" Whoa, Emml{;" taken on tha street Arabs, aud even on men of the lower class, Occasioually it (s used by a Cartor or cabiun as a warning ety to get out of the , in place of the loug lwpn.lu *ligher upl?” “The other night, in Maachester, when Adelaide Nullsou was about to take her polson & Julict) & gallery god unexpectedly shouted out to her, “Wioa, Emms!™ agd she had to whoa In the widst of her woe, fur tbe audicoce roared with lsughter. And, funnlest of all, » few daya ago, when Albert Grant, of Mina colobrity, the feiend of Belicnck, 1 to be n conrt glving evidence eoncernlig LY of bin apcrations, a hollow valce from o e present vliown intlercd gah peemeil o indirnte int he had reached hard-pan, eried out i ally, # Whon, Emmal " " igally " CHASE AND HAYES. A Correspondent Telntes n Conversntiog Dietwoen Balmon I’ Chnae and Rutherrrg It Hayen ield Twonty-two Yenrn Agne oth Live to Carry Ont the Cherlsheg Hopes of Wiilals They Gave Expression [y Beptember, 1880, Speetal Corraapondence of The Tribune, CLRvELAND, O., Dec. 0.—~“T hapg often thoueht," safd n prommnent gentleman of thiy city to your correspondent, “I hava often thought in the light of events that laye tran. spirod during tho lst twolve manths, of an . cldent which haopened mora than twenty.iwg years ago. The Incident made a deep fm. pression on my mind at. the time, not on ge. count of the most important actor In it, hyy because of the cntire nowelty to me, at that time, of the expressions employed," Your correspondent, knowing that the eentip. man had onco been somewhat of o stager, ang had many Interesting rocollections of the many great mon Ohlo has pushed to the front during the past thirty-five years, wasall nttentton while e proceeded In very nearly tho following words to tell his story: ‘*1 happencd, durfng tho month of Beptom. Emmy ADpne \ber, 1855, to be making o somewhat extended Journey, much azainst my wishos and inclins. tions, in an old-fashloned stago conch over g hills and through the deep valleys of Southeayt. ern Ohfo, 1t was the vear in which Salmon p, Chiaso made lils first eanvass for Governor. Ifg had stepped to tho front many years heforo ny an uncompromising opponent of the great alayy power. In (1837 ho had appeared before 8 Cinclnoat! court as counscl for Matilda, n young colored woman who had escaped from bondago in Kentucky and hiad been recaptureq 1o Ohlo. Ilo took the brond ground that Cop. gresa had no right to fmpose on Stato offlecrs the duty of assisting to render up fugitive slaves nor to lexislato on the subject at all; that the States hiad this matter entirely (n thelr own hands, and by the Constitution were sulely responalblo for tho performanca of that auty, oud had: a right to preseribo such proceedings a8 thoy saw fit to pravont unjust arrcsts and detentfons. Notwithstanding the po rer with ‘which theso views wero presonted, they were, of courac, unsuccessful, and Matilda was recome. mitted to slavery, Many peopls thouglt the young lawyer had made a mistake® in thus advocating tho unpopular side of thiy areat question; but ho followed up tho coursg ho had marked out, and - adopted the grand maxim: ‘Blavery fa scctional, frcedom fs na. tlonal.’ Then camo his great dofense of Yan Zandt, who was taken as the original of Mra, 8towe's Van Tromp In *Unclo Tom’s Cabin, Van Zandt had been a Kentucky farmer, as [ remember ity and had, some tima bofore, liberat- ed his slaves from & convictlon that slavery was wrong, ‘and afterwards removed to Onlo, set- tilug somewhero pear Cinclnnatl, Soon after he was Indicted nuder the Fugitive Slave law for harborlug slaves who had cscaped over the border. The case had been carrled to the Unlted Btates Buprame Court and argued by Mr, Chase, nssisted by the late Beerotary Beward, and, of course, became one of tho historleal coses of the country, In this way Mr. Claso became quite famous, and In 1849 was clected to tho Unlted States SBenate by the Democrats and Frec-Sollers, **Excuso ma for golng Into his history so much, but it {s almost necessary to shiow th bearing of tho Incident I am about to relate. **The canvasa of which I havo spoken hat reachod fts helght of intercat, and Mr. Chas was making o vigoroun personal canvass. 'Tho coach had reached Jackson, in Jackson Cdunty, fn-the morning, and had balted for a relay of horscs. Jhst as tho atago was starting agaln [ wus rejolccd to sco Benator Chase, with whom 1 had, oven thon, a slight acquaintance, come in snd take nscat. In his company wasa young man of pecullarly frank appearance, whom, after sbaking hands with me, he Introdaced ae Mr. Ruthorford “Hayes, a friend of mino, from Cincinnat!, who s traveling with ma for a few weoks in the canvasa of tha State,! After passing the nsual formalitles, and re- marking upon the pecuifar difficultics of stage- coach traval, tho favoritu subject of slavery op- positlon waa futroduced Ly Beuator Chase, and nrl;:ucd with pecullar warnith. It socmed from what was sald that there had been somo proe- vious talk botweon tho two, and be alinply ‘re- sumed ft. 441 tell you, Sonator,’ sald Mr. tlayes, *In my oplnlon the only hope for the perpetuity of this notion iles {n” reconciling tho soctions, Tnis overlasting animosity botween North and Soutl will, at length, deatroy the wholo vountry, and tho hopublle of North' America will be_nuinber. ed with those of Rome, Uzceco, Switzorland, and Holland,? 4+ Bug thero never can be a reconciliatlon,’ sald Benator Chaso; ‘thiero must be an ever- Increasing fight s long as slavery xists (n one soction, North and South aro radically different in desires, napirations, oninions. Slavery must bo killed or kill us. Slavery, which ls soctional, must becomo natlonal, or frecduin, which Is national, must becomo seetioval. This s the great contest, Itis now amolderiug, but only Divine Wisdom cun tell how scon it muy vt fanncd tnto an active blaze! ! “+1 ngreo with all you say,® sald Mr. Haves, but to ma it segms that the only hopu Is tn the creation of a public sontiment that shail inslat that slavery {s wrong of itself, It really np- run that there {s an {novitablo contest be- ween tho two idcas,~botweon the North and the Bouth. Luts In iy opinion, we huve been wrongfully cducated in many respecta in regard ta the people of the Bouth. [ have assocluted with Kentuckisus more or losa for the past fuw years, and must -a{ that I don't sco as they. wuch different, with tho exception of theie niscrable (deas In regurd to the enalavement of their fetlow-men, from the poople of Ubjo,~ Southern Ohlo, at lcast. *4Oh, wo ngrce, then, pretty well,’ safd Mr, Chaso, ‘ufter gll. You admlt and fuslst, just as strongly aa I, that slavery is wrong snd the gruat bane of this coutitry; that, unlessitls rooted out, it wili ’}m" the deatructlon of the ropublican idea. Imuul{ differsuce fs, you attribute the ditficuley to lll-foellng botween the scetions, whils I, observing the {lI-feeling, seek tho causeand finditinslavery, Licll vou slavery 18 n relic of tho past, which "tho slower nations of Eurupe huve abolished, but which we, stand- ing In the front rank ot progress o overy other respect, still chorlsh and warta In our Droasts. But, Jika tho serpent which the simple cuullufl- may o Bs0p placed beneath hls frock, instead of crushing (ts head, slavery will st length bury ita poisonous fangs in our-natlonal breast and contaminate our entiro lustitutions, Like the bite of o polsonous wfw?cut. 1t must probably be treated When the deadly fangs arc sot fn the natlon’s flesh, It,1nuy bs necessary with a x’u(c 1L ful, savaroe ‘stroke of the’ surgeou's k t ome portion of the pure flesh to suva the whole vody politic. But let {t be done; acv tho sovercd part away, if ueccssury, with 8 brave heart, and thank Jod that tho vurse bai bewn dis, of with so litl ! “ For g moment Alr. Hay wed to be (n g deep study; when ho agalts spoku, 1t was as fol Jows: * Ycs, there can bu no doubt but that the dlaposition of slavery fs tho tirst. great ques tion to be decided, and I phall sirive to do my part in settling it, but when that Is done I hope I mey bo abls to do s hing towards heallng the wound you bLaye ribed as likely to bo nade by the grcat surgcon't kuife of abolition, Tho wound will uced curc ful nursiug, I tell you, If she patient ever ro- covers.’ ¢ ¢ Well, you younger men may hope to do something of thiat sort perhflu. but 30 far & wo older ones are concerued, we are ablo e prosscute tho battle, even llfi)ukfll wo dlg at the poat of duty, we shall be content.! “Fhug the conversation drlfted on, and, 80 ar a8 1 wua concerncd, I did not notice tha long and tedious journcy half so much as I ex- pected to. I obacrved with plw?ur- the ability with which all the qnestions of the day wers discussed by the two men whou I, even then, fmagined had bright futurcs before them, but little did they or I imagine on that Scptember day what fale had fu store fur them, Both, to carry out, iu a large degree, tho cherished bopes of which they gave sn wutliue fo the coach,—ouo to_be twice Governor of Obio, retary of the Treasury fn the, time of the na- tlou's greajest necd and (e author of ivancial schemes that proved, perbaps, the pauacea for the heallug of tho natlon, made sure by the wauad of bis favorite abolftlon, and at length todie fnthe scat of Jobg Marshall; the othee to be thbrice Jovernor ofOhio aud bovor the seat of Washlugton by carryfng out the plans of that great min for dhe prosperity of his coun- try sud developing the ideas which he bas evie deatly always chicrishod. GARY. .