Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1878, Page 7

TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNiS: "THURSDAY, MAY 1878, MARINE NEWS. Board of Marine-Insurarce Holds an Important Meoting. The Local Agents thing Abont tho Understanding o Had at tho Cloveland Meecllng. {3 Agent Charged with B éultinq the Cargo Rates. Yossel Assessments, Launch of o Now Sohooner, Tug Competition, Loke Froights, and Port Notes, INT-INSORRANCE MATTERS. AMmAt:tlnz of the Chicago Bosrd of Marine-Tn. sorance Agents was held in tho ofice of the Traders' Ineurance Company yesterday afternoon, Yt which thero wee present Cant. Wi M. Egan. of {he .finfalo and Mercantile Compsnies; Capt, Biphicko, of tho Pacidc Mutasl, Toledo.Fire and Marine, and Rational Tdoyds: Alexander McKay, ot tne 8¢, Pan Fira and Matino; 1. J. Lowls, of {he Detroft Fire and Marino: Geotge O, Clarke, of the Manufacture James II. Bishop, of the fraders's J. Cameron, of the Northwestern Na- Honal; Capt. John Prindivillo, of the Manhattan, ton, and Becurity: T, (. Frostdence, WenhnEOn A Mercantile Maioal; re. Atking and Beckwith, of tha Orlent Tho tna was not represented. yan presided as reguiar Chinirman of the Board, and Mr. Iilshop acted ns Secretary, The Hoard resolved to reafitrm the echedule of nates recently adopted st Tinfalo, and fxed the gate on second-class froight at 30 por cent off grain rates. ch was recolved from Milwankee an- et that tho Lacal Doard at that city bad, esierday, made the rate on grain cargoes from Jiat port fo Buffalo 20 cents net on the $100. 1t was evidenily done with tho expectation that tha Chicago lloard would adopt the sams rato, bnt the Iatter refused to chnnm]:‘ :nrl “tm sffimary w|1 o communicate with, _tho General e 1 eompsnior, " at Buffalo, . and them to instruct the 1o agents st lilwaukee not to write Chicago husine: Aoy rate. This has boan s matterof somo con. A T A on provions occaslons, and: the Chicago ents expect to Liave thelr request complied w!.l"n' o :‘nd the business of this port left to them, ioard then adjourned, 1t wan learncd hera v jnct nnderstanding a Tuesday that the matter of ‘rates was to bo left entirely to the Local Bonrds, and any agent who werota for n less rate than that fixed wontd bo suin- mirlly bounced. Local agunts charged with cut- ting ratcs will be brought before the lncal Ilonrd, lm.f‘ 11 convicted, complaint will bo made to the Company they reprosent, and thelr removal ru- S . tho faco af. tho focentbiigind. Gf the Mlcfiu and the agreement on rates, 1t A satd that an aent of the Aiina Company waw caoght wrltlng ons jullalo cargo at 26 cents on $100, the fixo e, by which tho /tna's agent agreed to ahide, being 40 cents on the $100, and 10 percont off, The shipper for whom tho 1isk was laken was nu- thority for tuo statement that tho Altna had agreed 1o take the business at 2b cents, and his word s canefdergd a8 good as his bond, The offending d meeting charged with the cut, but, e Wrata, M erely " dented. f mub sequently qualifed ° tho ental, d finally, ~when nressed to confront the shipper with snother ayent, refused to stand up to the rack. That le the statement of rentlemen, and is generaily crodited by ¢ aro tnterested in such mattors, Capt, Dorr, the Goneral Agent of tho Altno at HufMalo, was telegraphed to concerning the matter, and Is ex- pected to take soma declded action in conformity with the Cleveland underatanaing, It was a noticeablo facs yeaterday that the Etna Company was’ not ropresented at the meoting of the Local Board, aud it wae whispered that the sileged cut was the canwe of tho absency of tho sgent of that corporation,, =~ s : ¥ HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, 'The following extracts are taken from an artlcle {nthe Milwaukeo VWisconsin of Tuesday: The amount of $15,000 voted by Congress (o Miiwankee harbor will bo devoted to n contiuua- ten of the stone aupersteucture of tho north pler. Atthe clove of Jast season H0 feet of this atone auperstructnre was completed, Hacina ta to have 810,000 for tho extenslon of thenorth harbor pler a distanca of 100 fest farther. eatward by additional erib work, © SR Tho amount voted Kenosha Tarbor, 88,000, will badoroted to. Fvnnr-! repairs upon the old .bicrs o such addlilonat du-nglnF o1 iy bo deaniod Secestaty 1o malntain & good depth of water in {ho obanuel for veanels of large alza, 3 The appropriation of $5,000 ‘proylded for the antbor at Port Washington ia to bo exnended in dredging the lancr basin on the north side of tho harbor, work on which was conducted Inst-heanou fothoextent of removing 45,000 coble yards of earth, 3 Tt i The ymall -panrlnuon of §2,000 for Blheboy- o llarpor wi | be oxvended In m‘!ulrlng the superstructure of tho old picrs and dredinng, or Manltowoc Llarbor $15,000 fs provided. This sum Maj. Robart yroposes to expend upon nn extension of tha north and rauth plers by subistric. tare cribs, at Jeant 100 feot each, and njfon drodg- Ing where nocomsary, - “The aum of &5, 000 contalncd in tlia bl for Twa Rivers Haroor will ba devated principaily to tho :::;ntmn of tho harbor plore st l?nr. frty feet Ahnanco has mecured 88,000, which wiit be do- {;lfil. o decpening the channel tn the fanor harbor nz. At Sturgean Day tho sum of 830,000 {a to bo ex- {cuded ugun an extenston of tin_harbor of refugo adding 00 feet of subwiructure critn to vach per and lling them with stone, A mall portlon of the appropriation will bu devoled to repaira, At Gircens Uay thio sum _of 85,000 iy to be ox. hausted in invproving and stealghtoning the chan- wel, which in neurly two miles in length. have' 310,000, which 1ol plete the mupers structure on crlbs wink last sesson, and wake a forther extension of crlb aubstructiro of 100 feat o1 ono plor and fifty feat on tho other, i of 8 000 voted to, Mnml‘mlh ll-rbgr such general repaire upon tho breskwater as uiay b desmed necomary. - Juecrld plers at Ontonazon aro to be extended 30 feet each with the sum of $15, 000, bg devoted to sink. th AcEazle Mauor 85, 600 win lo cnbs on each side of the cut, through Ing gul :h"lxiy reel at the harhor entranco, 8o as (0 pro- r,?l dainaye to veasels from striking the rocks, gty ot et e ks n 13 0 i wi beadanarters aru located In Mtiwaukeo, = NAUTICAL MISITAPS, The prop Jarvis Lord collldod with the canale Toat Charles Sweet on entering Buflale Harbor Baturday night, cauulng the latterto spring sloak. i Yonday morning, at Cloveland, as tha tug I, P, Lawley was towing the schr Bophia Buith into the nterbed, the schaoner strack Tnage Sims* dreduo, tad damaged it conslderably, The schoonor was Iu,; lnglmi:l 1o any extent. 0 her laxt (1p the. steamsh; b o et ekt o et of' st Forty-Siile Pulnt, in the iralte, and broke e "he blades, On'her up-teip from Bualo bbb “I.B K:l':).mnll‘ and either got n new wheol il espouding blude on the sume wheel Vetrolt Post yeste, rday: ** A gentloman who ar- 'L'::lhlmm Toledo last eveniug on tho Cannda e 70 train reports that when near Vionna the it aera wern suddenly startled by a Uriht Bum, Apparcutly fromn u vessel o fire, Later tho peararere plalnly vivlble, and the vessul, tu all .tfianm‘c. was & Iarre propellor, " o Oshikouhi Norfhic tery, ol Saturdsy, ro- relghit iied disaster aa followe: *5The sty Enl'!ehvsully-b L, Sam. Neff, (s sshu l‘fl:n deebulut, at the Bavonty-ix was on ¢ Bizy 'to Fund du Lac with }im.fpnmum n baard, ‘when on account of Whe k\y load whio boyau ta ' mako water nud had ""lwfi‘:fld‘&-fl“ er from muklug, A tug b achr Pelican not wi th & number of apa :“\u'lmg‘ynu Jasu ou her recent downward fx':l hul;, e I_.:lh iust,, uear the eutrunco of tho Straits, thi o ::w of the Egyotlan, Samucl Morrisson, Sro yasla, foll averboard and’ was drowned. o st oL tho time of tho accldunt, weremove o naut fourteen knol an hour, 'The unfor- r im0t U3AL 1w ur thive linus thrown, one lich then a0 Blu, but owing to the rupld rite at Ny “v were moving through the water bo was corer poder aud loat, el subscqueat efforts to re- A'NflnL dy belng'futile, Iie wae s restdent of bving par U 28 years of age, and leaves & wita, Lelng foecd watried laxt fal), ‘Tue Paltcan, wh ot op prcd Up the river by the tug Barah E. Br, Wlhalonor 85eival hers tau into the wcbr Kate o 4hre dn rylug away the Pelican's jlb-boom, Haeing of the 124 toPmast backstaye of thy waln du‘lm @ Winslow wore carcied wway Ly the LA % UNCII OF A NEW SCHOONER. By flmm Diapateh Lo Ths Tribuns. e hally gy 1, Mich., May 1, —The now schoon- Superyl,p LOULLLS shipyard st thls port, under tao was g \on of Duncan Roberteon, master bullder, o mu‘“"‘ln": lsaached this afternoon st 4 0wl !8eny etrangers and citizens belng present i Mu.mm- fret plunge of this gallant craft. low um;d tbe David Macy, in bonor of the & Chierd Macy, Prouident of the 1liluols, Paru T 830 Ratlzoad, Mr, Macy lives in ludianap- Luoof its wost huored citizeny, aud cut of Lawlng thiv vessel after biw Otler & Savidge Lutber Come ahpreclated by “his many fricuds, Tenguy wens une aru: Length over sll, 133 K‘[ Of Sel, 125 fect: leugih of wolded Tiets devia of Bald, 7 feep © fncocs; "8 measurcment, 215 tons; currying i feet lutaber. Biie will bo'scavoners tree Liasts, uud baviug three batcbes, with nearly half her lamber on deck, which makes her a very hanily inmber eraft. She wad bullt to trade hetween Spring Lake, Mich,, and Michiran City, escinaively for the Cutler & Savidge Lumber Company, who are one of tha Inrgest Jumnber-ma ufactnring concernt the Rast Shore. Thay have large lnmper yards at Michlzan City and Indianap- olis, They aiso aro proprietors of the ceirbrate rummer reaorts, —the Cutler llones hero and the Sprieg Lake llonee, at Sprimnz Lake, 1t is the intention of this Cumpany to huild anuther large schooner this caming wint, The ontfit of the Macy waa fucnished by Messrs, Dun- Tism, Holt & Scanton, of Chicagu. BURNING OF THK 8T. LAWRENCE, &pectal Dimwateh to The Tridune. MiLwaukre, May 1.—The scow Mary E. Pack- Ard, from Sonth Haven this morning, brings newa of tha hurning ef the schr Bt. Lawrence off this port last evening, and the drowntng of Capt. Mar- tin Larkins and 8 parsenger named Arthur Piplow, of Giflord, 1h, 'Fhv remainder of the crew was picked up by the achr Granads, Aunapee, The awrenco was owned by the tain, who lenves a wife and two children, tLwALKEF, Wis, terdav, when twenty rn", schr 8t Lawrence took fire from the botilng over of a kettle of pltch in the galley. When aiscover- ed, the fire hiad made such headway that the efforts of the crew to control it were of noavail. The Captain ordered s boat lowered while the and fanded st veesel was under a hoadway of slx miles per hour, Tho boat capsized the moment it _touched the water, drownlng Capt, Martin Latrkine, and & passenger named Are tbur Plplow, of Gifford, 11l. ‘The remainder of the crew were plcked up by the sche Uranada and Ianded .at Ahnapee this” morning. Tue Bt, Law- rence was owned by Capt, Larktua, THE ASSESSMENT OF VESSELS. A commiitee of veascl-owners called on South Town Arsessor Rice Tuesday, and that officlal-aficr coaference with the gentlemen regarding tho aseees- ment of veascl property, during which he expressed the oplnion that he thought it wonld be the wiser ‘flnu 0 nllow the vessel-owners Lo name the person hey wanted to assesa thelr floating ’ywnerly—m\va them 1o understand that ho wonid appoint any competent man the Committes auygested, The latter promptly gave in the name of Capt, John Farrow. and yeaterday afternnon he won nppointed at a meeting of the Soulth Town Tloard, " Capt. Farrow has performud the dnty of aaseaning vesnels for two acasons past. and has given entire satlefaction (o all concerned, e fa o practical man, and knowa how to valuo vesscl propeety as it should be, BUFFALO. Burrao, May 1,~Waler was let Into tho Wel- land Cana) to-day. Clhinrters—Schr Surprisc, coal to Detrolt, at 20¢ free; M. P, Barkalow, cement to Cleveland, 4c per brl free on board: 1. M. Gcove, ralt to Cieve- :I;_nd at 3c per br); coal thence 1o Milwaukee at ic, t:lnml—t'mrlv Feyptian, Cleveland: W, 11, Bar- num and Dean Richinond, 330 bars tron, 800 bris cement; C. J. Kershaw and Arabla, l'hlmfiu: St Louls, Duloth: echrs (3. Z, linzard. Chicago; (irorge W. Adams, St. Peters: Telerraph, U, W, Davis, and E. 8, Wililame, Toledu: Lone Star, Bhoboyuan; A. Ford, Ashiabulay II, Dudiey, Erie; barge 1. F. Charch, Chicago, Cleared from Tonawunda—rop Cn{nhou. Tay City} schr Fame, Monastique; barges It N, TRice, Mary Stuckton, and Nocthern Light, Uay City, LAKE FREIGHTS,, o Tho demand for grain craft vn 'Change yesterday was limited, and the number of vesscls ready to lond wmall. Charters wero made on tho boals of 3¢ for corn to Buffalo, and 1d¢ for do through to Torton, Luke and canal rates were quoted higher, at 10c on cors and 10Xc on wheat, n conse- uenca of an increnre In canal freightsat Bufalo, uom was taken for nbout 165, 000 bu corn on tho following bon I'rops Portage and budger Siate corn throngh, and schy ledwing do at dc to Buf- }gllr?z'n :z::'l;znl Lincoln, Gibraltar, and Lizgar corn to i N 'The schr Crostliwalto wan chartered yesterday to earry 595,600 foet of lumber (rum Chebuygan to thin port at 81 per 1,000 feet, Tho Kenrsarse was taken at 81,124 for 160,000 from Muskcgon to this port. PORNT IIURON, Pont Iunox, Mich., May 1.—Dotwn~—Trona Vanderblit, Commodore, D, F. Iove aud barges, Balina and barges, Vulcan and raft. Up—~Prons Annle Young, Marlna City, Germania and barges; achrs Otonabee, Azoy, Lucorns, Now Dominiun, *, > Winu—south, gentle; weather fine. Pont Hunox, May 1—10 p.m. —assed np—Trops Avon, Roanoke, Pactfic, Mayflower and barges, So- Bperlor and barges, Falrbank, with David Stuart; schrs Aunt Rath, ftoot, May Gnthrie, ; Down—Props Nahant, Bertechy, 11, Howard and consort, Mary Pringie and bartes: schrs J, Bentley, G. 1, arrinoton, Puluskl, Florida. Wind~Gentlo: cloudy weather, WIIAT A MILWAUKER TUG-MAN mp. & ‘Tho Milwaukee Wisconsin of Tusday stated: that the U. T, A. tug George W, Wood recclved $73 for towlng the large schr A.Ih Mooro from thls Eun to that, but it evideutly did uot Know that a {ilwauken tugman _had offered to_cume huro with hils tug und taw the Mouro back for $75, when £100 had been charged horo by the two towlng compa. nies, Chlcago tugmen do not propuse to have Milwaukee tugs take the husiness (n that way. and, In competing, say thoy have the ndvantoge in go- ing to Milwaukee, Lecause thoy cau pick up o tow on their way back. TIHY CANAL. Bmnorront, May 1.—Arrived—Montank, Lock. vort, 1,230 brla fluur. Cleured—D, T. Wright, Mornis, 67,005 ft lum. ber, 3,100 P sundrien, Lockport; Morning Light, Ottawa, 77,208 (1 iumber, 07,000' shinglcs, 4 brls ur, Buimaerons, May l—lflflv. m, ~Arrived—3on- tauk, Lockport, 1,250 brls flour, Cleared—Montauk, Lockport, 4,413 bu wheat, &0 brle flour, ———— ILLINOIS RIVER IMPROVEMENT, ‘Tue Board of Canal Commisvioners Lave fasued o circular and profile map showing the Improvements made on the 1ilinois River, and calling attention to thu great necesmity for tho completion of the work, Tno circular sayw that threo mora jocks and dames, esthmated 1o cost 81,150,000, will bs required to cumn{lula the improvement of the river to its mouth, CLEVELAND. Bpectal Dizucich to The Tridune, CreveLasy, 0., May 1.--Charters—Schr 1da Kelth, coal, Ashtabula to Chicago, at 40c; schr Qen, Worth, Buffalo to Ashtabula, cluders, at ¢ ‘mr ton, free; coal fretghts frm, vesselsasking 40c o Clicago, ERIE, Epecial Dispatch fo The Tribune. Enix, Pa,, May l.—Arrivile=I'rops 5t Louls, Clina, Nuffalo, Departures~Prop China, Duloth; toz Hobert Dunbar, Detour, Mich,; schr Zack Chandler, cual, Culeago. MARQUETTE, Bpecial Dispaick (0 The Tridune. Manqurrrs, Mich., May 1.—Arrived—Frop Oscar Townsend ; schr Edward Kelly, Cleared—Prop V, Swaln; Wind-Southwest, Weather—Finv. MILWAUKEFE, Bpectal Dispateh to Ths Tribune, Minwavkee, May L —(irain frolghts quiet but Brmer. Carricrs ask 4¢ (pr wheat to Duffsio. Charters —Schr W, IL. Hounds, 21,000 bu to Duflalo, d%ie, DULUTH, B7. Pauw, Minn., May 1.—Tho Lake Superlor trado is very activo, Twenty-two steainors arrlvod at Dulnth dunnz Apsil, mostly brineine freight and emigrants from Canadian polots for Manitooa, Northoru Minnesota, and Dakots, . e NAVIGATION NOTES. AT CUICAGO, The acow Lorena has recelved & new forcaall. The bargs loblnson was overlinuled st Doolit. tio's dry-dock yestorday, The Meuckaunowent fu for culking. ‘The Unlon Tawing Awsoriation paid off its em- nloyes yosterday, $3,000 belng required for the purpo: 1t was very dull on the docks yesterday, and ves- el movements were fow. Tho lumber market was frco of cargoes last evening. To little scow Oercules, which lost hor jibboom recently on Lake Michigan, arrived fo port yes- terday minuas that article, ‘The prop Antelope was in Miller Bros', dry-dock yestordsy for fastening and caulking. Sbe looks very tehia since hor rebuild at Day City. ‘The scbr lteyulator left lutuber-market last oveulug, baving been there sixdays. Bhe s titled to demurrage, aud if justice were dooe she would get it. The schr Bells Drown srrived hero yesterday cargo of bosls from Europe Hay, @ blace whery, it 18 8ald, a vessc) nover before received & carzo. Scows were used to luad her. Church & Hill, o wrockers, sold to Finney Bros. yesterduy, the anchors, chajus, windiuve, buat, vare, cie., that thoy saved from tho schr Dick Sowers, wrociked last 1o Mr. James Barnet bas ary pawpnlet to Lle ** marloers should oblain, 1 on Groen Bay, t fssucd a supplewent- st Pilot, ** wuich lak 1t contalna 1ome valuable {uforwutiun sbout the harbors on tgurvtan Hay. sud additivny and corroctions to tho ** Const Pilot tliat every Vesael-inater und owner should have, ELSEWHERE, The life-boat crew at Cleveland biss been organ- tz¢d for L »eavon, The wite of ‘ppt. Michact sfaloney, of the schr Phocms, died ut Kenosha on Monday, A change 1 bithouay-kevbei 1s talked of ot Monomince. N, L. Anderson will likely be the next In¢Ambent. Capl. Jamen Jacknon will hereafter anll the Welle Bart. Capt, Fred Hart wiil remain in the Michigan. The achr Annlo 3, Fostor han been pnrchased by s F. Allen, aud will now helone to Kingston, Drl{all papers say that the (ioudrich Company want twa of Clark's life-rafts, The new stmr City of Detrolt te expected to ssll from that nort for Cleveland, May 13, ‘The ache (allstin has been dry-dockedat Daf- falh for gent epaire. Cabt. Juhn Calson, of the revenue cutter Dexter, at Newport, has heen ansigned to the command of the Manhaitan, st Oswel Jq4iph Sloan. of Buflalo, has secured the cone teaot for ronalring the City of Bheboygan, lately dismasted off Long I'oint, ‘The barge Sanahine has been rold by Noyes & RNeed to Watron & Van Eten, of Bay Clty, on pri- vate terme. _Cupt. Sam Murdock fitted her out, and whio hae left Duflalo for her new part of hail, The ateam bargo Pred Kelley and conzort Warner mude her secnnd rouna teip trom Cleveland to En- canaba In seven days, which may be considered re- mnrkably qoick time, The Chicago 7inies doean't go vety heavy on ma. rine newa, but Lends ite encrgies Lils year to clip- \ng from Tetrolt papers withont credit and mak- ng ontlandish headlines, —Defroit Neirs, 'lio Dotroft News aaya: **The togs Mocking: Bird and Frank Moffai fiy the ‘Dara to do Jtight * fing, but they will dare ta do anything to Ates|a tow of schooners,” Soma Chicago tug men wor th- er_be taken in tow for **echooners™ than fly the red nbbon, At Detroit one of the ing men complains that Canadian tugs sre allowed 1o bring vessels an thin #ido of the river. and are not molestea. but when an American_tug goes' into Canadian waters with 8 vessel shie 18 conpelled to make a report at the Canadian Cnstam-Jlouse, and to take out clearauce Ppapera bofore she can ‘ui away, 'he items passed for canal construction in the Dominion Varliament on Friday last were—Lachine Canal, $2,000,000; Corowali Caval, $250,000; Welland_Canal, $2,500,000; St.” Anne's Lock ar Canal, 850,000; Carillon_Loek and Canal, $240, - 000: Gironville Canal, $270,000; total, §5 ; total, 5,290,000, There ie eomething of a contrast between the resent season and that of 1872, six ycars aco, Then, says the Utlca Obserrer, the 8t. Lawrence at the Cape waa full of ice the 1ith of May, and on tho 20th, scven days later, Capt. linckley got stuck in the ice In ttempthig to run hiv steamer from Gananoque to Clayton, ‘The Huxter cana | strar City of Detroit has just accomplished onic of the fasteat tripson record. She Icit Buffalo $aturday, the SUth alt., at 4 o'clock inthe aftarpoen, 1oaded with 7,000 bu of wheat, and reached New York last Satutday afters naon at accomplishing the feat 1w’ fiftecn minutes less than seven days. PORT OF CHICAGO, The following are the arrivale and actual sallings at thia port for the pet twenty-four hours ending at 10 o'clock last night: 1vALS. gehr Ringfsher, hula, coal, Clyborne avenue, s, Muskegan, luinher, Kinzie sircet. ina tinber, KEampaon Blip. Jolinson, saginaw, lnmaoer, Allen's Slip, 8, ‘Austin, Aipens, Jumber, Markat. bene g V. Jone, Tumber, Allen's 81ip. Behr Minersa, Muske umber, Market, el ¢, N, Ityan, Saginaw, lumber, Market, Behr G, i1, 1fackley, Stuskegon, lumber, Twelfth street, s Granger, Ludwiz’s Pler, lumber, Indisua eel 5 Belir K, 3. Stanton, White Lake, lum| Tip A wig, &outh liaven, limbel e, Buftalo, sundries, 13in Lron Tempent, Gramil Haven, lunber, roct, Fron . I Hast, South Haven, lumber, Wabash svenue, Prop ¥ ‘rop Wa . G, Audrews, G M, Vortch, 'Manf leveland, ity, sundries, Btate, Bark, Chican avead HeliF dcreules, Manistao, el Foe Tianndte, Whirs Thivers ports, Tarioston slip, Keir C; O Dre trand Haven, Tambee, Marki Belir Wolverii tiraud tfaven, Jumiber, Market. o e T - Gas- House 1 P car Bouvinie, Pentwater, lamber, Market, *rop New £ra, Graml Maven, towlng, cast’of Rush. ACTUAL BATLINUN, Mllwaukee (lu load for Bufialo), Bear Montteello, Huftalo, grali, ar Aorgan, Mantatee, Jilit, Trop Btaruc A v Gk, Stamated Eehr Live Oak, Manlstee, lgit, Prop T, W. Knovk, )llnl‘l!e“. Tk Relr fteed Care, 'rop Lelan o Febt play uafuts, sodth fidv i Ao, KAl bt 0. 1l Hacklsy, nfinnm&u:hn ; f ehr 0. Rehr Minorve, Muake Tollai on, 1yt Selir lisnaer, t Heow Girange ot 1I; Kehr €. Mle misted, tlaht. BehirJ, t. Kehr L, Muekeo s £t }»"{-‘j' i fitec e chir 1t n Manfitee, licht. Bolir 0. Lo Jolimean, Mantstes, Heht. X Ta_ATMIVE TU-INY, Prop Vanderblit, pro K:Tr.nrder. vron James Flek, -:r.. » prup Messenger, . stine o, atiog 8, Bl et E OCo Lo, SEunE Aot opoliay wrona, sLimr M CITY § Arguing tho Matter Bofore the Four Judees. ‘The cano of Faller va. The City of Chicago, to te~t the Jegality of the city scrip, camo uv yeators d.y mornlng beforo Judges Willlawns, Liooth, Rogers, aud McAllivter, sitting In banc {n Judee Tocers' room, 'The Fuller ulll wna filad Monday to enjoln the city frowm (ssuing this scrlp, and the caxo canie un on demurror Sled by the clty's coun- sel. Mr, Edwanl Robey sppeared for the com- plainant, and Corporation-Counsel Donfleld and Hidney Smith for the elty, The procecdings wore commenced by Atr, Roby's reading the bHL Ml HONFIELD followed. The question raised, of extrome Importance, The poeition of the com- plulnant was that the city, having arrived ut th Nimit of its indobtedness under the Constitution of the State, could not becomo Indehted any further n any manuer nor for auy purpose, and that the cliy had no power to lssue renewal warrantsin anticipa- tlon of the coiloction of ravenue, Tuls all neant that, If the city could not continue its funce tious by means of thisscripand these warrants, thiers was no fegnl way known. to the Inw an it cx. {sted to-day, by swhich the functions of povern- munt could be rontinued. o would say authori tatively that, iftho oflicers of the City Govern 0id he, was one ment could not carry on the functions of that Covernment under the law, as clearly defined, they certwinly Lad wo desirg to continua In thele positions by any evaslous of the law as it exlted, Undoer the declelons af the Kne prome Court, ho took ic that the city hud fmplied, clear power to ledie revenne warrants, and carry on thy governuiont by that means if suflcinnt, 1t was sdmitted that the Gecal yoar commencé Jan, 1 and ended Dec. H1 of each year. Tho approprias tion ordinance was passed §n March, 1878, as pro- scribed by Ihie statute, ON TIIE QUESTION OF TN FOWER TO 188UN TIIS acune under su appropriation and levy auly made, he would aimply call attention to the case of the Bourd of Public Works vs. llayos, —the firat in which this propositton was lald down, and from which the city authorities souzht he power Ihoy now oxercisud, 3¢, onfleid contended that the city had followed thio decisfon of the Clreuit Court lu the Hoard of Publlc Warkas va, Hayes’ cane, the declasion of the Huprewe Court in th Springeld ve, Edwards cavo, Inx i dechslon of the wame Court In the Law caso, Judge MeAlllstor—-Fxcept with regard to making the warsants recelvable for taxes. Mr., Uonteld sald he was coming fothat. 1le then procevded to read from Billunon Municlual Corporstions, to the cffect {hat such vouchurs were meccasary (0 tho carrying en of ¢ity governmonts. o followed this with & reading of the aci of 1872, amended July 1N77, providing that the revenne for clty pusposcs siinll ba cullected in gold nad atl- ver cuin, Y d States logal-tendery, —cur- rent Nutional Bunk notes, City Comptrolier's, City Auditor's, or Cily Ulerk's warrants, or orders un the City Treazury, In this, smid Mr. Bonfleld, lay tho ll’l‘llurllly tor making this scelp Fecoivable for taxes, 'This warraut waw simply uu equitable assignment of the debt wheu collected, sud not a debt, becauwo it camu strictly within the spuropriatign 'far the crreut yowr. Ta sustaln this point, Mr, Donticld referred ut some Jongth to the suthoritics. MR, HOBY follewed for Judge Fuller. l}c was mot, he sald, by tha statement that the city wust by conducte by o (seu of scrip or stop, st that there wew no desire . to procecd {llogaily vn the part of the cor- poration. 1ie was glad (o fiear this Jast atatoment, o circumetancea of the city were the growth of 8 nuwber of years. Thess wareauts bsd been the statute authurized their being made re- ceivable for tazce, und it pow devoived upou bim to show that tho practice was iicgul. After readiug from bls brief to the oBect, in short, that certificates shuuld not be fusucd, aud'no espenses should Lo maae before the monoy was (n,the ury, sud 1hiat the appropriation of vne year is mado 10 pay tho cxpeuses of, the nest, Mr. Itoby re 10 the decuton in the Hoard of Public Works ve. Ilayes' cane, sud to tho Kdwarde case, contending {batibadec: tueroaunounced sustalned the duc- trine that these warrunta or ordere were debts within tho meaning of thelaw. Iu the caso of thiau cer- tificatcs, the city was 1o become Lisole to puy a debt for servicoe reudered. They were statemcnte, in fact, that so wuch moncy was duo frowm the chy for scrvices. 1f the city could tsaue §1.60 In cer: tilieates, it could lssue” $40, 000, of thew, It 1he taxes wero uut collucted. the city, and not Is Jrulividusl oficors, would be responsiblo for thelr ; paymeut. But v of the Eupreme Court fu case wus slso cwpbsiic ou that theso twa were debls accordiug toall lexicograph- ere, and evidences of fnaebledn o thy common igeglotof tho terw, Thery wae 0o authonty fu the! gharter 1o put the Cily Treasurer up ¥eparate from ‘the city ava party promising to pay these debla. Ju the Law case, the Court ceclded that I such ordere wers fasucd tie buldere wuat look to the officers for thelr nay. Dat without anthority £0 do thix by the city charter they could not b fa- sued. The quertion was, tha eity being In debt, conld it incur any furiher debt? and the Injnnction was to prevent 1t incurring one dollar of debt from now to the end of the yesr. A peron, according to the decialon In the Rpringfinld case, mizht per time. whould be {n 0] Tt ¥f h failed t0 e 1t, and the tax was col evl|ln money, itahould form no debt of the corpo. ration. EXAMINING THE APPROPIATION DILL he saw specific appropriations of from $270 to $700,000, and yet the city waa building a City- Hall before a dollar of the taz levied to build it It wan an abaurdity (Eat the hould bave no present meane of condncting its afTaire for eleven months, but that it mast be forced 1o snin sronnd and be at the mercy of those who had money to lend. Dut s worse absurdily grew out of the con. straction given by conneel to the Iaw, The Council was to defermine the amonnt to be ex- pended for varions purposes, hat for two montha bafore the appropristion wan made there was node- termination whatever as towhatthe expensce should he: and for two monihs or mure before theee wi any determination on the snhject, the entire legis: 1ative powera of the city wae in the handn of the Mayor and Comptroller, who might borrow meney for eurrent expensea daring that time and de- terniine what those cxpenden should be, t this stage of the procecdings, a recess was taken for one honr, On reanming his argument in the sfternoon Me, Roby referred at length Lo the law and sothorities, and said thathe had ‘fatled anywhere to find any- thing to authartze the spending of money hefore ita collection, It was ‘abeurd {6 constrne the #tatnte 4o that money was in the Treasury, when 1t could nevcrget there, and sbsurd to sct on the hypotheais that money was in tho Treanary, when not more than 85 per cent could be obtained by the Collectors, and one-tenth of that must be cone sumed in paying lutcreat, The rosd and bridze, city and villave, and zeneral revenuo atts twere passed at the same time and went fnto force the samo day, and no power was given to anticipate any tax except by the road and bridge act, and tnen for the purposc of providing for :g- e repalr of broken beldges, etc,, and vouchera or orders n such cars wrre made recelvable for tho rond taxes duo ot the time tho specific wark was done or the #pecific matertals farnished, and not for a aubse- quont tax, These certificates amounted to an otticial act by the clty acknowledging as they did the rendition of services and the liabiliy to pay them out af somo sum belunging to tho city. To the assertion that z BUCIH MEANS WERE NECEBSARY to conduct the affaira of the city, he contended tuat such was not tho caso, ISutif'1t was, then the city suthorities shonld ceare expenditures nntil they could realize the money according fo law, No tax war regarded s {n the Treanury in contem plation of the [awa of 1llinols until it was actualiv collected. ~ Thera wera over $3,5601,000 of city taxes which had never been col- locled, throtgh = the insolvency of the artice, ortha fact of their having moved away, licra was some seaso 1n the law, and It was ly nouscnse Lo regard this money as in_tho Treasuty orover liable to be there, Fiva per cent of the taxes every year were wholly lost by reason of In- solvency or removal, and 1 per cent was Inst on account of errors and abatements, and all the taxes thus lost never were in contemnlation of Jaw or fact In the Trearary, Tholaw coutemulated the fact that on tho Istof Janunry, 1878, for inatance, thie taxes of TH74 were not in” the Tressury, and provided for tuclr caliection by tax sales, alts, otc, The city, in short, stood creditor for persons whose dnty it ws to pay tazes, Some would be collected, bul more” would not, and in contempiation of law the money for the tax of 1878 was no more in the City Treasury from Janu- ury (o the present time $hnn was the capita) of & private corporation. feprescnied by book-accunnts, notes, and mortgages, o be considered os collect- ed, or in Lhe condition of cash, * _WITIt REGARD TO TIE PIACAL YRAR, Mr. Roby lield that it commenced by law at the anaual election, If the burden of taxation was to bLu uniform, the time for levying taxes miust be nixed by the Ilw-mlkln( lm\\'f‘r. and could not be aslogated to various {ndividoalr, nor could It bo changed as to diferent muinicipalitios in the State, Bucli a change wus uo subject of municipal legsla. tion, and belonved only to the Legislature of the state, Theexerciro by the Common Conneil of such power would be equivalent fo local leginlation, and was clearly ngatnut such decisluns o8*he huil been sbieto find on the subj¢ét. While this Dill was filed at the request of the Mayur and the clief city ofMcere, it was prosecuted in carnest, The oty | was fn debt thoro than the hiunit, and it must not he allowed to become farther indebted for any Dpurpose, 0o _wattor huw fmportant that purpose might be. Theae certldcates must not be Insued as evidences of debt, nor anvact performed tht conld ereato dehts, even though' this clowca every city oftico and dixcharged every cllly ofcer, Nelher the Cogrt nor the plutntift was {n noy manner re. spunsiblo fur any such’ resulte. It was the law which was responeible, ani if this was the penaity of_the utterly lnwless caurse of city finances from 1870 to the prvsent time,“the Court had no more option in inficting tho prhuity than it could have o banging o warderer, ., MIt. SIDNEY SMITI followed for the city, Hesmd ho didu't propose 10 reply to the speech of $he counvel who had Jusl €loncd Tor two reanona: §7f the Airst place, it would ko ton long; and, I th vecond place, be did not understand woat the \Il]nv,l_ had Doop. driviy 5 and it was ImpossibloTog!ELin to . ARake 1o roply toaibing ho didn't undtystand, He proposod tu call sttentlon to the quu‘null hefors the Court,— whother the elty shouid Do stoppod fiom Issuing thin acrip? e then reforeed to the regular, Jegul way in which the Appmpriation bill bad leen passed. A tax had been devied—a llen on the Tunl catoto and personul groporty of citizens who didn't run away before &he warrunt gt luto the hands of the Collector, + Mr. Smith could not vew how the fuct that 5 pereent of Lhe taxes, as al- leged by ir, Ttoby, wouid not by cellected, or that 6 percent of the peonle’ wonld riy awsy, suould wct projudiclally to the rights of Heary Fuiler, tux. apor.’ Mr. obys srsumiant was plossnutly el nded to us 8 hurantoe. in the interesin of thy acalpers, and the Caurt. reminded of the old minge that there Is nothlng certaln in this world but death and taxes, 3r, Smith then took up e of the plcces of- the new pcrip. voad it avur rery slawly, and declared 1t d len in equity to cnl;llm;': $100 ‘out * of the fund {nst whict was deawn when collected. - And no on earth could prevent . To up thin emplatic assortion, Mr, Bmith quoted larzely from Lis auttioritics, Those Tregsury warrants, to restrain the fvsug of which the bill was filed, constituted an cquitable assigu. wient of sliquot purts of the fund agalnst which ey wero drawn. Authorities were cited to prove the correctnens of thie position. But an_altempt hiad been made to wpell out o wort of an ablization on tho part of the city fn those ordetw, Ifthere was any such obligation, thut could not defeat thy natruticnt w8 an ossluniment, 3t was sllegea in the til] that the rights of - Hunry Fullor woutd be fufringed by the lasuo of theso warrunts, The Legislature, by the amendatory act of 1877, had pluced hoss warrants on, 8 busl of coluy makiog them, o fact, legal (uuders, rocelvable for tuges, Was Tlenry Full uxpvvr. afraltd of botug seduced Into the propri- ety of paylug his taxea with onv of thess warrants? According to Mr, Smith's interpretation of the de- cistan of tho Bupreme Caurt 1 the Edwards case, the city mfuht levy a tax, draw orders on specine funds, and lct tho city employes lake them snd stund their cliances b getting the nmnur ‘hat was what the city was dolng and with this pre- seututlon of thy city's alde of the cave Lo closed his Argunient., * Juage Willlams stated. that bo and tho othcr Judges would take the ‘luuu«m under conwldera- tlou to-day, and that thoy would dlsposc of it as svun tereatier a4 possible. o eti— ASSESSMENTS. To the Editor of The Tribune, Quexwooy, April 20.—You gave the Citlzons' oclation aund Aswessors & guod shot about vicash valio" InTus Trinuns of Apell 25, bave ussesscd when 1t took 200 cents of oue kind of caxh to buy 100 cents of unother kind of cash, and both s luwfal tender for - the kind of property 1 was trying Lo value. Allow s few suggestions oy 10 equullzation, The State Board i a necessity, under the preseut systom, but they undertako to couatize too much. 1 fhuy woutd equalize by counties, aud raise or lowerull property ol a county by the eame percentage, the countivs could very soon regulate the incanality of thelr asscssment. It thelr Aswcosors value town luts, acre property, of personal property st different rutes, they can put them out, and elect wmen who will wdopt uniforw rates. Iu countles that huve adopted townabip orzunization the Assessors are elected by the towne, they must mect with the Supervisors and ‘Town Clerk to rovise and correct, the County Buard wmust tevise and correct, aud, when so corsected, let thus by the avscsiment of the county us to unlformity of value In the county, Tho nuuber of acros and thelr value, the number of town lots aud thelr value, the nuaber of hursos sud thelr value, the number of cattic and valuo, und so of all the diferent kindy of propesty enumerated on the schedulis, can be reportod (o tiu Btate Board & now, 4o that luc{pnuy Judge how the county hus beon deseased. Weo pay town tax #s lowns, county tax as countles, Way not ralse or luwer hy towha and countive? Thiswouid bring the remedy tesrer howe, Undor the present sys- fem, when the wescssticut of 4 lown - or county s Jurked out of gear b the workiuge of the State Board with thelr cqualization on town lots, ucre property,or pers sona) property, 8 singlo tosn might as well uu- dcmru o knock tho spots olf from the moon by pitcning rye strawe ss ‘to undortuke to mect the views OF the Stale Board. One single cxamule cited by Mr. Dorickson ot the meeting of toe Cltgzone' Association will snow low the present plau worl The wcre proverty of Cook Uounty wus rafsed 15 per cent more (han town and city lots by the State Board, = All of the Jund asscsred by the ucre bs in Gve Commissluners' dlstricts, wuile ten Comuiseloners repee ts. Is 1L prob- able that the five couutry momberd got that much the advautage of the ten city members, which would amount Lo §2,000.0007 Is it mot more robable that the Aftecy Commissloncra of Cuok ‘usuly afu belter judgea proparty In the county than Would not tho sanw rule spply to overy” county. In the State? I €. Lo swaet. bectfully e e SAGINAW RIVER. Special Dispaich 1o Tha Tviduns. East Sacixaw, Mic.. May 1.—Sbipments from the Saginaw River for Aprii: Lumboer, 40,303,000 foct; lath, 3, 443,000; whingles, 15,030, 000; hoops, 1.515,000: valt, barrcls, 10,000; timber, cubie feet; 15,000, No lumber wus sblpped from by siver durinz Avsll, 1637 CINCHONA RUBRA. Dr. D'Unger’'s Remedy for the Liquor Appetite. It Is Accessible in Chiengo, and Is Not 8o Very Costly. Practical Druggists Deny Many of the Doctor’s Btatements, Aboul & week ago there appeared {n Trr Trige TNRa letter from R, D'Unger, M. D., of Minne- apolls, In reiation to what the Dnctor ferms the ‘‘cinchona cure” for drunkenncee. In this com- muonieation the writer clatmed that he accidentally discovered, wnile residing In Maryland, eleven yeara ago, that tinctura of cInchona, manufactured ftom the pure red hark, Cinchona rubra, entirely destroyed the appetita for alcoholic Hquor. Thix he mupported by Instancing a ence effected by him- relfon an old-estabiishea worshiver of Bacchna whom ho treated for congestive chills, and to whom, as a last rosort In s desperate care, he sdministered & very strong dose of tinctare of Cinchona rubra. The patlent recovered from the chills, and developed at once sn antipnthy for Maryland whisky enrprising in onc who had for many yeata made it his daily dnty to get drunk, 1n the letter referred to there ls o contalned certain information in regard to the valoe and me- dicinal provettics of cinchons. ot the principal rolnl made by the writer was that no ofher bark ‘:nn Cinckona rubra wes of any avall,and that thie was ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ONTAINY On this subject he said: **Thus it Is that we have Cinchona fiava (yellow bark), Cinchona palilda cr-la burk), Clncliona rubra (red bark), ete. e #ides, In the way of adulterations, there are hosta of ralse or Carthiagenian barks, Payta bark, Chinese batk, ete., & ‘description of which wonld fill Tne Trinuse. Chewical experienca has developed the fact, however, ihat red bark yields from two tu thtev and reven-clghths of the active vrinciple, pure cinchonia, andless than one. half par ceat of quinine: whereas yellow bark yielda lone than one-tweilth of cinchoniy, but mbout 2per cent of quinine. Tho truth iy, thers in nu aniicle in the market Ao alfficult to procure as genuine Cinchona rubra, or pure red hark: and it 18 hafe 0 may that not one drugygist out of five hune dred [s ablefo distinguish the difference between it and the mora thun " fifty varicties of counlerfelt r[mli-'- Which bave been cliher nized with It or suld or it Furthermore, Dr. D'Unzer alleged that ha **had found it niterly finpossitile to procnre the genuine bark swithout ‘baving it especiaily ordered for tuny,** and that to his knowledee ** some druggisle had sold tincture of sloes and gentian for pute cinchong,” thus robbing their castumers, and renderiug the new remedy for drunkentucss in. operative. THE FORMULA FOR PREPARATION OF TIIE GEN- UINE ARTICLY the Doctor gave, aa folluwa: **The manner in which [ concoct the tincture of cinchonn that 1 une 1n my practice {n to make & pint ons of one nound, Tgetthe hark in the **quill™ form mostly. and pulverize it Just before the flll{:llclnl(lmumllnn ie begun, 1 corer the puserized bark witn water and keep 1t over nivht (oriwelve Lunrs) thue saturuted, afterwards nalne dilute aicohol, filtering slowly untt & pint Is obtalned. 1f the tincture does nut ook a very dark reddish-brown, I rofiter autll it dues, The doso | administer ls usually s teaspoon- ful three ar. four limes nday, or ax often as tho patlent eraves a drink. In some cames. where the party s strong and vizorous, and when the nervous systein has not been too much shattered, 1 increare the dose to two and rometimes three teaspoonfuls, Very rarely do 1 use nnything cise, except it may he where taere {s great restiessness and insomania, when 1 administer full duses (ten to twenty grains) of tho bromide of potassn,* Tle chiarzen made axainst the druzziets were ro mreeping in their character, and 1he consequences of such action ms 1t was alieged that they wero gulity of saimportant to the pubdlic. that n Tine teparter was detalled 1o w144t certain wholgsalo and retall huases yesterday for the purpose of in- vestigution, The first victtm was ML 11, A, HIORLIUT, of the firm of 11, A. Hurlbut & Co,, No. 75 Ran- dolnh stfeet, and his attentlon wan_directed 1o the leading points of the article, e, D'Unzler made a steang fealuro of his atatement the diiference tu price between the different varictics of bark, lle waid: **The tincture xold in di torea 1s made froms yellow bark costloz 30 to 15 cents per potnd, inxtead of from red bark, which custs feam' §2 to §5 per ponnd at wholesale.” llere there were fize ures to o upon, aud the inqalry was made 8s to thelr corrsciness, In reply, Mr. lurlbut sold: **Thecommon yel- low bark couts from 33 to L0 cents pee poond, but the Doctor fa entirely off in his statement nbout the prico of red bark, “Clnchona bark has advanced consliterably In prica within the pust year in conse- uence of the internicine troubles "{n the South Awerlean republice, where it s foynd. The war i11° Suvopd af 2180« orh great demand for qulnine, and thue has stile; up the m 1. 1ut the best red bark 13 worth to-d lr about ¥2,25 he ptice la ade per potind at wholesale, although 1l vancinig " *+Do you keepthe red bark " SCeriulnl; jyou cansco for yourecil what tho tiren procured specimens of all the varletien of cluchona bark kept In atuek by the frm. Tlhe diference between Cinckona rubra and U, fara wos at ouce apparent, the trst Lelug o color a durk red and the last pale yellow. Not unly wonld a druztgist know the difference at onee, Lut ouy wan with cyes in s head, Lowever uue acquainted profesmionally with th’ goode, conld tell tho distinction ut u glance. The reporter anked for further inforwation, which was given substan. tlully ns followa: & "Flm cinchona bark prost Indemand fa that known wa O cabroapa, which Is the best quility of yeliaw nark, und costs nooud the samu as . rudra. Ciu: chonn bark differs greatly os to iis composition, T can bost tlluvtrate this oy relersing to fome of our native trees, For instatice, 8 mapie i« o maple; but there are aubdivislons of hat specien of tre * which are \v\uul{ apart, There s the eoft maple, which ¢ tapped for sir- up, and tse bardur lind, from which littlo succharine matter can be obtuined. There ure probaoly ue many vacletios of Cinchonaces s of maple. W ithout making acheimical analysls wo cannol tel) what proportion of valnable alkalofils ta contained in any one parcel. of tark, lut the way wo do {8 this: Thero ure (two manufucturers of quinino iu the ed Statos, — Menats, PPow & Weightmau, and Hosengarten & Bonw. both of Philadelphin, These firms buy bark subject to analysis, and emyploy comuetont men to conduct the work, Such bark us does not contain enouzh quinis for thelr usy thoy rejeet, and it {a thrown upot th market, we Wit o supply of bark, bo it red or yellow, we send an onler to one of theee tirns gud they send us what the order o at fa to wny that you rely upon the buainess standing of the frn with whom you dual, in tue ame wnv’ your customer, the retalier, rellvs #a; we bave to do that In regard to chem- generally, We cannot tell what the con- 1 propertles of u cestaindrug may Lo shuply y Joukin at it, Dut any man wia has had any uxperivnce cun form an ided a4 to the quality of bark by its appearance, in the same Wway a4 a drys ouds wan cun judgo ol milk ura grocer of sugar, hore v tuld uxiruct of ved bark ou the market ta-day.” "\(’ell. it you or any other reputable fim buy good bark snd sell it to your customura, the public 1 hold of 1t pithiatelyr” lly v, Hed Lark” can bo got In any appolntod dragestore. But it b ot in come wmon demand, awid there ml.,;m be country druge stores where 1t 18 not kent, 1f you try any” of the Tending nldrugxil-u e can gel” 8l the fod bark, or tincture of 1t, that you waut,” ~~hu¥]nu manufacture tho tincture, or simply well tho barky” **Wao well the bark, just which kind {s ordored, and the dru nuke tho tincture th v <o, D'Uiger alicges that some drugzlets paim off tinciure of alocs und yentisn on thy Unsuspect- ing public. [w thut possibler” *rdust ns pomsibio 3¢ 1t would be to wull fiver cent rot-wat whisky for tmuorted Otard brandy, and peoplo would e just ss Hkely to take it." . AR ATEVENSON, of Van Schaack, Blevensou & Co,, Dearborn and Lake strec d ho had scen the artlcle referred to, aud that §t contalned many . mnstatenients, The current quotation for Cinchona rubrd wae 23 por pound, altbough the market wan kdvance Lu showed samules of allbhe \arictive known 10 the trudv, and suid that tho wiincipul demanl ‘was for the best yellow bark, which cust abuut 32 per pound, This was the kind used Ly drogcisie, ccuuso {t contuined the Jargest mepnnluu ot auinta, Thero had been an fucreased dumand for red bark within th puat week, but the Gng had plenty. of 3t 10 weet all orders, and n ull probabllity other wholesale sud retall es- tublishments wera nuullurl( fised, ‘I'nere wev o foundation for the aliceation that bnre red bark could uot be obtained, uny wore than pure nrlum U pUre mazne Mr. Stevenson could not be- Heve that deu; fl; were su {zuorant as not 10 bo able to tell th oods frony the puorest, of 8o given up to the greed of gain as to deliberutely wwiudle thelr custuwmers, Tho reourtur aleo ealled upon MU, BUCK, of the firm of Buck & Rayner, snd propounded to bim the gueation waether or not 1t wus pusatble lo oltulu the vored bark* frow rutwl drug- wiored, Mr, Duck that be bad 1t in his store, ai AL thero had been of late semo demand for tha article, or ruther for the tincture, ‘fhic reporter © ueked whether It was true that not one deuvgist lu 500 coald distiuguieh 1he didurence between Ctuchoud rabrg wnd terior ar countosfelt barke, **That (s not teue, " satd Mr. Buck. **Apy one of tlem can tell tho difference ut ouce. IUis o apparent that suy ong can see it at 3 glanco. kind f6 8 deep red, tho other of & ycllowish . *Of which bark is tho ordinary ‘quiuine’ which tke ductors oeder preparedt™, *¢That bs ade from toe yelow ‘bark, Cinchong callsaya, one of the best Kluds.'sud which custa rathor more thau the red bark, ‘('ho callsaya bark contains mure quisiue than tha other, wud, s& qQuinioe i the active princtple “vhich bs requiced, that e taken. 1f the olberelbulod, Cinchonia, was desired, then the red bark wauld be used. Dut the sceepted brinciplo bas becn that quinta was the moat valuable alkalowd, wud on tuls voiut the wuthocitlvs are all u; ¢ Dr b Cuser, *+Tho Doctor alle 194t be Lo fuud it utterly rephied d 1 Imposethin to proture the genoina hark withont Que having [t rpocially ordered; fa ft & fact that the are ticle 13 80 rearcey™ ‘‘Not at all; we have it at sl times, and we bavo the flofd.extract of red bark and the tinctare vnd}lorme."h " ** 131t teun (hat droeoista are o greatly miven to the aduiteration of druga that they cannot eeil an honest article of cinchana of quinine? ' **A drugpist, like any other aenler In goods of any kind, depends apon his reputstion. If he rells &n inferior article, or en aduiterated one, peaple find it ontand don‘t uy from him Any niore. Atany reprtahle drug-atore the red bark can be obtzined, and. If 3 rmcrluuan called for ihnt, orany preparation of ‘ft, then it wonld by flied as ordercd.” But phesictans do not eall for red batk or any preparationof it. Their presceip- tlons are for Ciachona calienyn, becanse that {s the kind belleved to be most eficacious in dise and that I8 the recognized article of commerce. **Could a druzgist detect adnlterstion in the :In‘cllur:rgr extract without submitling them to oaly **Thst mizht b diffenlt, althongh there should be a perceptible difference in color. That atory about the Impossibliity of obtalnlug pare bark s all humbng. ~ We keen it, and #0 do all dragaiats whao do a large buslness. In T eald, it e not A4 much ¢alled for ng the callsaya bark because the medical lm'lfemlion do nat prencribe it, and conse- anently here may bosomo small drug-stores where 1L1% not kept, ™ !*Then quinine, or any other extract of Pern. vian bark. 18 not more likely to be adulterated than Any other drug for the quality of which the cone sumer had to rely upun the tetaller, and the ro- tailer apon the wholesale merchant or the manu- facturer?” ot & mx’: LU hfln‘ell;‘mcn T‘, |;lnll|:e.rne lg]- eprosent the quality of their goods, whatever branch of hnsiness thioy afe In, ¥ REVERENCE TO STANDARD WORRS *hows that the yallow bark ranks high tn medicine, One aothority apeskn of calisaya bark as **one of 1he very best kinds, " aud aaya that ** The discrim- ination of the different kinds reaulres much ex. perience. Tha tast iaalways bitter, but it is ponsi- ble even to distingulsh by the taste those yarletier which contaln quinia most large- Jy from those in_ which cinchonls {e most abundant. The eame thurity #ays that ‘*The chicl active principles sre the kalolds quinine and cinchonine. and that tho Intter Is not gencrally present 1n #o larze n propor- tion a4 the quininc, and docs not poevers euch powrrful medlcinal properties. The Kuryclonm. dig Kritannica rays that the four primary alknlolda ytelded hy cinchona barka are qolnine, quinidine, cinchonine. and cinchunidine; that different barka derived from the ~same Apecies vary zreat- 1y in_richnesa of aikaloh ana that egually &reat fluctuations occur in the relative proportions of the various principles they yleld, certain barks being kuown {o contein quinine in the largest pro- vortion, while In othora cinchonino ia the mont Rbundant printiple. Ko far, tne medical professfon bave united In nholding quinine Is the most vainable tonle of the two. Cinchonia 14 used as & general thing only when a patient eannot afford to pay for the custly quinine. Where tho Intter costs &3 an ounce, cinchonia costs 81, If & doctor Is vreacribing for a poor pstient, hic Is very apt to prescribe the former, and for w wealthy one the Iatter. The exact difference between the two bae nnt yet been asccrtalned, It s uot the correct thing to say that quinine fs stronger ttan cinclionis. or that half s teaspoonful of une Is equal to n teaspoonful of the othor, Bat, #8 far as cxperiments go, nuinine ie far the mora owerful of the two, acting not only ns 8 stimu. ant, bnt as an antiseotic. Tuat clnchonis has sny special virtues distinct from qainine has not wet been aacertained, Someboay has ruggedted o tha- oty that tre alkaloids of cinchonta sy at soma future thiny be converted into the quinla alkuloide, but It haa 1ot yet been done. TIHF INVISTIOATIONS OP TIIR REPORTER rave that, assuming there I snything in Dr, Lnger's discovery, the citizans of Chicuge can avail themselves of it to an exteut far beyond the unfortunates who live fn Minneapolis ond other rural districts, The red bark, which ia so potent, cati be obtained bore puro and at a compuratively price, Al that remuins, then, is for per- #0ns who are afilicted by an incorable appetite for Itquor to get some of it, prepare it uccording to the Dactor's recl) ulven‘ above, and test the efect. Or perhiapn Supt. Felton might Taise a Httle moner, geta futy puGinds of the atull, make hiv decoction, and then pour it dows the feluctaut tiroata of woie of tho fellows who are font oul to him to be cleaned, sobered, and »iifl- el up, ond seo whether he' would not deprive thenl, mach ugainat their will, of the Houor appes tite, und make them, altaust without thel rcouscnt, decent mombers of socicl, ————— THE OHIO LEGIS! ATIIRE, Spectal Digatch to The Tribune, Corvunus, 0.y May 1.—The Senaie Committee appointed to investizate Into the. attack made on Senator Forrest by Commisatuner Hell yeaterday marning arrived at tho following concluelon: That Mr, Dell hail committed & grave indignity upon tho Senate, but, as ho says the act wus committed onthe lmpulse uf the moment, the Committee will go no furtlier than 1o scverely reprimand tho Commissioner. Commissioner Bell then offered s hund 1o Henntor I , who accepted he motion inade to nbolish the Commianone: oflice \\‘15 :fmn‘(n ulfi-tlllr’hholcd.lhl.' matter will pass over. and the two belligerents of vi dwell xnnuharlnunl(y“ FEsierans el T the - Western» Assoeiated Prees, Cortunus, 0., May 1. 3 et “nas ndopted pove ‘ommissioner liell foe I l«‘?‘mu _ve-‘ludn‘v. 4 a reaviution adopted yesterday provides for ad. Journment May lil?nnd not 18 ns re Ih‘d.' Tu the House, the House il requiring Count: Anditors 10 wupuly clectlon precincts with poll books and tally-sheets was passed. A bill wae in- troduced to admis women o the practico of law in hlo, 4 I the Senato billswero Introduced to provide for the punishinent of Jerons for abusing oF injurinz oflicers of (he Jaw In the discharge of their duty? to regulate the compenration of County Lugincorw, in the House o resolution was offered and defeate ed directing the loard of Public Works to take {mmediato possessfon of the public works of the State, and providing that such action shall not e constraed to meun that the fessced shall be released for uny clalms for datnages due the State. e et — PAYMENT ENJOINED, New Yong, Moy 1,—Due preparations had been made for the. vayment on the- May interest on the Londs of the Wabnsh Rallroad, the mouor having been deposited at the Metropolitan Natlonal Uank In (his clty, and the checks having been filled out for the coupons left at the hanks, ~ Tho fyiunction obtatued in Urbana yestenlay stayed tha puyment to-dsy on ol except the fras, e ———— COAL, New Yonu, May 1,—The Delawnre, Lackawanna & Western Ratlrond Company suld to-day 50,000 tons of coal, as fullows: 6,000 toux steninboat at gil 10 to & 10,000 tons grate ot $3.30; 000 tons e ut K1.-45; 20, 000 tons siova At 83, 70 10817755 71000 tons Chiwtot at S1e10. 1 8470 Iy censuring ssvault upon Senator Nuvava Cirr, Nevada Co., Cal., May 21, 1573 =1 Vo Plerce, M, D, Duftalo N, YimDuan 813 For threo years | was aflicted with a sculy eruption an the face, and pimples. I tried cvery phvsiclan, and cvery remedy 1 eould hear of, but tono purpose. At last | tried your Galden Medieal Discovery, aud was. happlty as- tunished with the result, wy fuco became stmooth and well, and cvery plmplo and bloteh entlirely disavpenred. [ re- gurd ftas the best remedy ln the world for Qiseascs of the blowd. Yours truly, A. Duasionn, 1 AND AGUE OURE, {1 ilaing ALd Glhir e, ":‘}“k und fover satlafuce remedics thie work, Pt e, L, G LLL & CO, Odlikuatr, Wla. B 1 can teulty to the Lizh th . k2 il value. o peans dherbeg Kyrup of IIY\K‘FDI‘DM“A con- sider 16 deservtug of ateniton Ly i proréastin Kei: a) .+ Jubio, N, Feb. 8, 1804, 3 Wo have uo heattation I recummanding Fellows' Nypophosphites (o wur fifends as a breparation of uu- doubled uierlt. Vours vflYLI{);PA-\..’ CLANE & CO, Montreal, January, 1972 y 5 Capt. 1. Cottill, who was cured of Consumptian 1n 1M by Fellows® Corapannd bveup of Iln’logluullhllex perstiaded me 1o try the Syrup for Bronchitie frou Which | had wultered tnich. ' 1 used unly thiv buttles, and_ oiv Duslil e now better a1t baa boew fur e iy W, 8. N, r N. B, Maven, wy, V» & MELSON, brldgowater, N. 8 B0id by all Birugaiste. EXTIACT OF BEE LIEBIG COMPANY’'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT FLAVOURING STOCK FoR S0UPS, MADE DISHES AND BAUCES. . LlEBoIl(,imggMPANY'S EXTRACT . "1 8 succees sud & boou for -;Ic\ll lllUunl Boald fe '—Ses “Medical 1 Brit Medleal Juura; ke CAUTION. — Genulne only with the fas- simily of Baron Licbig's Slguature 5 Ink scross m«"mbd‘.‘ " o * Cunsumption ln Englasd Incressed tons fuld i ten yeags. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT ¥ MEAT. Tobo bad of all Sttehsopers, Girucers and Cheiats, Suls Ageats for the Ublted States (whuleasle ualy), €. Davld & Co., 49, Mark Lane, Loudou, Eaglaad, e ey BIKDS, lmported CANARIES, Talking Parrots, and other Faucy Birds, Goidish & Aquariuwe. FRED L!' KAEMP t, 127 Clark-st. Ui ke, &e 1n sue month's time’ At RESTORATIVE.S SAVE|TO LEARN EOW TO DO YOUR)] IT READ AND HEED HAIRl wHAT FoLLOWS. BAVE TOUR HATR.—The lawa of Health and Longevity demand it, the eustoma of social Jife require it. The matter i of great importasnce in every way. BEAUTIFY YOUR JIAIR.—Tt lv the sur~ rassiog crown of glory, and for the lossof it there is no compenaation. CULTIVATE YOUR JAIR.—For by other mosns can it ba saved and beautifleds . LYON'S KATHAIRON, Discovered thirty-five years aga by Prof. Lyon, of * Yale, {a the most perfect praparation in the world for prescrving and beautifying the lair. Deatdes being the Lest halr dressing ever produced, Lyon's Kathairon will positively prevent grayness, and will ree atore new hair o bald heads, it the roots and follicles ate not destroyel. 1t actually performs {hese seamiug misacles, of which the following s A FAIR SPECIMEN, T had been entirely bald for seversl yeam, cone stitutional, T suppose. X used a fow hottles of Kathairon, and, {0ty great surprie, Lhave a thick growth of young halr, COL. JOIIN L, DORRANCE, U. B. A, Ia every important respect tho Kathairon is ateo~ "lutely facomparable. Itisunequaled 1, Ta Cura Daldness. 2, To Rastora Oray Mair. 3. To Remave Daadrufl. 4. To Dress aad Beautify the Halr, DEAR IN MIND.—The Kathairon U ro aticky pasto of sulphur and sugar-ot-lead, o paint and daub the bair and paralyzs the brain, It is & pure ind Nimpld vegetabio lotion, atended tore atoro tho hair by natural growth and relnvigoration. 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