Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1879, Page 9

“SPRINGFIELD. The Now Notorious Com- mon Jail) of Sanga- mon County, ero Frank Nevins Was bs Imprisoned for Con- tempt of the Illinois General and very Particular As- sembly. yrs of tho Exterior and In- terlor of tho Gloomy Prison. pen-Sketches of Some of Mr. Nevins’ Fellow-Pris- oners. saturday Finds a Thin Attendance in Both Houses as Usual. Modifications Proposed with Ret- eronce to the Existing Registry Law. fill to Encourage o Higher Grade of Morals in County Treasurers, Action on the Park Assessment BIli Postponed in the House. TNE BASTILE. ON THE INSIDE. Fpecial Dispaten to The Tribune. SrrrsaricLD, Il, April10.—There are pre- rented herewith a number of engravings of the Fingamon County Jall at, Springfleld, in which the correspondent of Te ‘Trinune was im- risoned (or thirtcen days by the arbitrary man- date of the Houseof Ropresentatives of the Gen- trl Ascembly of IllInols, for an alleged con- tempt which consisted in refusing to anewer cer- tn questions propounded to him by the House, touching certain charges of bribery which had ten made against members, which charges tere based upon information obtalaed from con- {Jen{Isl sources under the pledge of secrecy. ‘The power of the body in question to make the inprlcopment for contempt was tested in the Court, and with the decisiun of that tribunal the totreapondent does not now stopto quarrel, That is past. The harshness and severity of the tanishment forthe offense—if so mild an fo- tretlon of legislative etiquette as contempt for the present House of Representatives can be «lied an offense—ts open to pravo question by all classes of the com- munity, The unlyersal vractice beretofore {osuch cases hos becn to imprison the offender fo some apartment In or about the Capitol Uaiiding fn the custody of the Doorkeeper or famgeaul-at-Arms, In this case the alleged culprit was delivered to the Sheriff of the county to be imprisoned ina common Jail with burglars, robbers, and thieves, und to be locked fs a cell without proper light and ventilation, and which was recking with filth and crawling with vermin. Anumber of the inmates were afiicted with lonthaomo and contagious disease, Toall of these daugers and discomfits the corre- tpondent was exposed at the hazard of his ife andthe peril of his health, That this order of the House was not literally carried out, as it was no doubt intended, was owing to the superior humanity of Sherif! Shoup, who allowed tha Mhoner the Nberty of the jali, and so for modified the order of the House as not to lock Um within the crowded cells with crimInals of allages, sexes, colors, and conditions, where Allwas bleak, and blank, and gray; Te was not night—it was not day, The Sangamon County Jail was built moro than thirty years ago, and is now moldy, dark, and poorly yentilated, damp and odorous. Its walls are of brick and stono, and the exterlor is tovered with mildew, water-stains, and moss, The surrounding neighborhood {6 in keeping ‘sith the building, Lewd women, thloves, and Vagranta of all grades of degradation swarm in tte tenements nnd pass along the streets, Ono could scarcely throw a stone without atniking o ‘azrant, or pags n door without being solicited tocome in by some black or white bad. Tho aterlor of this old ruin ts flatteringly repro- \eoled by the aunexed cut, from a photograph taken on the spot, The dampness of the walla makes no show in the picture, nelther docs tho grimness of age, tor the bad smells, nor the dirt and water- ‘aio nor the wretched hoyols in the Yelnity, nor the still moro wretched in: hates, All this is left for the imactnation of the reader to portray, which such Imagination of tld reader cannot do unless {t is 6 particularly Mert and feryid one, After Passing through an Inclosure, the unhap- dyprisoneriaushercd. throughacommon wooden foot with a small peck-hole cut inthe centre, rough which tho jatler Inside parloys with aus- i us callers beforo vouchsafug them adimit- nce. Alter passing this temporary barrier ona ee faca to face with tho great iron door, ane Which one may readily enter, but whes. t tebebind {t ona cannot return to the aweet fab world without, excopt throuzh tho pro- kee “court orthe clemency of a Logislat- a Thistsa grim menace to evil-docrs which probably strike a chill through the blood of ¢ beholder who looks upon it. an turning to the right one enters the mag- sea apartment, about twelve fect square, in Ich the correspondent pasacd the term of his anoament. This is the purgatory of this ot thment, where the condemned oul tar- pt tale before ontering tha precincts of bch ing damnation, It bas ono window, a ity Stove, which sometimes warme the damp pine sickening temperature, a bed, a table, peer leg-ahackles, billles, and other in- ane of torture und punishment, Tho rs faethe cheerfutness of these surroundings the a bortrayea in the accompanying cut of wite, 1 table, about two fuet long und a foot mat whlch the correspondent indicted those ‘a nt epistles which recently illuminated the Hailes called down upon tho lieads of the ee of Representatives the just. contempt of Cutraged constituency, * Piece Opposite side of the room was the tean bed, which served os a sofa by day ce ®0 Uneasy couch by night. This nest hore, ay eurtuary, and tha adommeute Titers be readily recognized by the many tabapp Who called to pay their respects to the erie ny ein Of legialative wrath during the feature his tnearceratlon, Tho haltroyealed Uanitestat the portrait aboyo the couch iso lick pie Of the wathetic taste of plain Ieivolte en, the daticr, ‘The lover of the vietuge sof the atago will recognize in tho re Teferted to the manly features of N, D, be ¥ the showman, which Jack bas caused Whee uphere. , tnt aes cutis a representation of the tuhone in which sro situated ulno cella, Kony re which is soven fect by fourin dimen- ie prot rotate froin three to four prisoners, Doyle a uding head ts the ugly mug of Allckey daly salenlaty whe isin jail uwalting argo which will probably result in Wadg hin to the Penltenutlary, At the thoo this pictura was tho artiat fora nickel, and assorting that he was avery IHl-used member of socioty, who was out of tobacco, and who lind already served a terin of two years in the Penitentiary Ico nn honest gentleman. been regaling my onra with ditties of doubtful reputation for the Inst two wecka, and reHleving, of mortals I huve scen— THE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1879---TWELVE PAGES. en Mickey was tmportuoing Mickey is the gentleman who has the monotony of my {inprisomment by an occa- slonal clog dance anda Httlo tumultuous pro- fanity. The untveraat testimony of Mr. Doyto’s associates Is that- he {san uncommonly hard citizen for a young one, Thero wel sundry EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE arms snd Jegs sticking through the bars at the timo this picture was taken, belonging to yarfous inmates of the cells along down the cor- ridor, but the cht was so dim, and the restless: ness of the owners of the aforesaid arms and logs 80 great, that they did not take well in the photograph and do not appear in the cut... This fe no grént loss, however, to the admirers of tha physical porfeetions of mankind. In fact theso fellows, without exception, were the ugliest set x Blnee man frat pent his fellow-men ‘Liko brutes within an fron den, Mnch more intent be sald about the Sancamon County Jail and the House of Kepresentatives of the Thirty-flrst General Agsembly, but jn it all r on i ue | Ing and to be printed. A number of House bills were then taken up nnd read a firat thne, ‘The ong which provides for s Fish Commission ant the cultivation of food Mahes was ordercd toa secon reading without reference, ‘The DI authorizing celtics to contract with ad- Joining towns for the sunply of water and aaw- erage extension was civen n siiniine preference, Sennte bills wero then taken up on second reading. When of Me SRNATH DIL 15 was read, Senator Johnson arose and sald this UII was a aufiicient text. for n good apeech, but JAIL, he thought the wisdom of fhe measure. would comment ftself to every Senator without any special advocacy. Some satire nnd ecvere luw on this subject appeared to be the only safeguard which the peoples could have against the im- proper use or loss of publle funds. ‘This bill, he believed, furnished these requirements, end he hoped ft wautd go tog third reading without amendment. It was so ordered. Following {a the bilts A Bint for an act to prohibit the loaning of public money. Section 1, Te it enacted, etc., That i shall be wnlawsnt for the Treasurer of any catnly. town, duatrict, or muntelpality, or for any pablic Nourd or Commtasion, ar ‘any -olllcer or ‘Treasurer Uhereot, hav tig the care “or cttstody of any money belonging to such county, town, district, ulunicipallly, publle Board or Com- there would, doubtless, he little to the credit or reputation of elther, So we bidthem bothadieu. ‘GENERAL PROCEEDINGS. A THIN ATTENDANCE. Sueciut Dianatch ta The Trioune, BrningrieLp, Ilt., April 19.—After the soltd day's work which the Scnato did yesterday, it ‘Was scarcely expocted thats quorum would be present this morning, yet when Senator Haimil- ton, President pro tem., culled that body to order, a majority of the Senators wero present. A number of Committee reports were mare, among the most important of which was one by Senator Johnson on Senate Bil 473. This bill amonds the present Replatry Isw 60 28 a ff, way to provide for .the registratlon of voters at county ant! municipal eloctions, the samo as now requircd ‘ut Stato elections, It amends Bee. Tof the act by requiring a non-registered voter to make ap oflidayit, when offerluz to vate, that ho ts a scaldent and legal votor fo auch election district, and outltled Yo vote therein, ‘The Jaw nov merely requires tho aflldayit to re- elty that the person offering to voto Js an iuhab- {iunt of the election-dietrict and entitled to vots therein, ‘The Committee report was favorable to the bill, und 4 was ordered to ssecond read- MAIN CORRIDOR OF THE JAIL. mission, to taka or receive, directly or’ in- dtrectly, or directly or Indirectly contract or agree toreceive, far hty ownor another's benoit, any woney, bonus, interest, valuable thing, or consid- eration from any bank, corporativn, nesociation, vartnership, person or persona, or other suttrce Whataoever, for the loon, tee, ‘or depurlt of any auch puviic money, Any 'Troasurer or other ofl cer who shall vlolnte the provistans of this act ehall be deemo guilty of felony, and. unon convictlon thereof, shail be punished ‘bya tne of not less than $1,600 and not more than $5,000, and by jinpris- comment in the Penitentiary for a term not Tees than one year and not inefe thin five years, voous, Next appeared the bill in regard to‘ Pools.” Senator Merritt moved it be recommitted to the Judiclary Comnijttce, Ie wanted to see if St was rleht, 4 Senutora Riddle, Lash, McClellan, and Waite MR. NEVINS! SANCTUM. advocated the bill, Tho Jatter Sonator went for the pool-rooms in avery savage way, und when heconcluded Scvator Merritt rose und sald: “Mr. President, Lam conyluced, wid ,withdraw mny motion.’ “she bill was then ordered to a third reading, ‘The full text of, this measure, as ft now stands, As a8 follows: ve A Tis foran act in relation to bets, wagers, and ale. E Eecrios 1, Beit enacted, o(c., That any purson OF persons, partuershiv, association, or corporation whe shall keep auy room or building, orany part or portion of any room or building, or occupy any of privata gro! anya thin thia State, for the purpose of recording or regtatering hels or wagera, or of relling pools, and any person who ahall record of reviatcr beta or wapers, carroll pools upon ny (rial or contest of skill, apecd, ar power of endurance, of man or bennt, or npon the reanit of any political nomination, Appointment, ar election, or bucertain event what. never, or mnall cauxe the name ty he recoede, regintered, of sold, or any persan or persois, partneraslip, association, or rorerat lon boing the owner, leasee, or occupant of any such room, building, or part or portion the: or private rounds, whg shall knowingly permit the eaine to he taed of occupled for any of the purporre atores rald, of shall keep therein, exhinit, or employ nny Uevice, books, paraphernalla, or apparatus for the Durpore of registering or recording auch hete or wauern, or tha aelling of such pools, ur shall hee come the custodian or denositery for hite or ree ward, In any way, of any moves, property, or thing of valne staked, wagered, or pledged ay Aforcenid, “pon any such result, sach person whall bo deemed guilty pf a minlemeunor, and shall, upon conviction, ba punixhed by imprisonment in the County Jatt for not tess than one month, and not more than ono yest, or by fine not Ices than $00, und not moro than $2,000, or by beth such fine and imprisonment. ‘This is substantially the same Jaw which was {ntroduced in the New York Leuislature by the late Jolin Morrissey in 1872, which became a luw and resulted In driving the poul-sellers over to Hoboken. PRISON MANUPACTULES, ‘The bil requiring nll articles manufactured in the Penitentaries of wile Stete tobe plainly stamped showing such fact, Was read a second the und 4 hot dispute aruse over ft, ‘The roll being cull ow the Committee amend- ments, disclosed no quoruin voting, Whereupon the Senute adjourned to Monday wornlng at 10 o'clock. nNousE. ‘The House opened with prayer by Rev. C. W. Clark. it was apparent there was no quorum present. Mr, Butterworth, of Winnebago, moved fora call of the House, but withdrew ft, to allow Ilouse bills on firat and second reading. The following new bills were introduced, and read a tiret time: : By Mr. Loyell—To prevent fishing through the fee after the Ist day of February vach year, By Mr, Pearson—T'o appropriate the balance of snlary due the Prosecuting Attorney of the Alton City Court. By Mr. Ingham--To enforce penalties and re- cover fines for ylolating the ordinances of vitles and villages, By Mr. Blsbee—To pay the heirs of John Cooper the eum of $659.70. COU COUNTY NILE. Also, an act tu provide for the election of an additonal Judge in Cook County. It is as tol- lows: An Act to. provide for the electlon of three addt- iin Cireult Judges ta and forthe County of vooits Wuzuras, By the creation of Appellate Courts, under Sec. LLof Art, Vof the Constitution, it bas become necessary to Inctuase the numberof Clreuit dudges tn said county, Suerton 1. He tt Enacted, ele. That there be elected In and for the anid County of Cook three Cirenit Judges, in addition ta the utimber now pro- vided for sald county, who shall be clected, com- winsioned, nid quatiied nt the same thne and in the rane manner, perform [lke duties, aod for ike term of office and compensation as the present Circuit duces fn sald county. Sue, 2. ‘There being an emergency, this act ahall take effect from and after its passage. Referred to the Committeo on Judiciat De- partment. S CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE. Mr, Lovell’s bul amending the law in relation to crimionl jurisprudence was reat a second time, amended to real os follows, and or- dered to 9 third reading: A Brin for enact to amend an net entitled * An Act to revtee tho Jaw jin eelation to criminal jurisprudence," approved Murca 27, 1874. Secriox 1. Je if Mnacted, ete. That an act ene tired ** An act,” cle, be and the sume 16 hereby amended by adding the following section: Ske. 104 ‘That any pernon who shall celebrate any marriage when not anthorizea by the Inw of thie State .to celebrate marriages shal! be fined in any eum not exceeding $400, and tmprlsoument fura period not less thun one duy ant not exceed ing two years, provided: that murrlazes ainony the people called Friends or Quakers may be sol- enmmized in the aguanner heretofore practiced in thair sociotios. APPROPRIATION BILLS. The Senate Apprupriation bills which passed that body were read a first time, aud referred. to cominittees, cae Mr, Fosbender moved to table: the bill appra- prlatine$2,000 for publishing the proceedings of the State Horticultural Society, but the motion was lost.” y PARK ABSEESNENTS. Mr. Wentworth procured the pustponement of the conafderation of the Senate bill providing for the collection at the sixth and seventh in- stallments of speclal assessments of the South Lark, and {t was referred to the Committee on. Corporations. Mr. Wentworth hus received two large remonstranees from protminent business men and cltizens, MISCELLANEOUS, The Senate jotnt resolution fostructing the Senators and requesting Representatives in Congress to vote for Sennte Hill 730 und Houso Bill No. 749, relating to swamp londs, was adopted. House Pit] No. 541 was taken up, read a sec- ond time, the amendments of the Comnittce concurred in, atid ordered engrossed fora thira reading. ADSENTERS, Acallof the House showed 73 members pres- ent, and the House adjourned. ‘Thoso present were: Allen (White-Hamilton, Piensants, elde), Harta, Manney, Bowen, Hinds, Reamnin, Bower, Hopkins, Robison (Fnl- Tash Ingham, ton), pighan Jackwun, Rogers, Neninback, souca (Wasbing-Scarlett, Butterworth, ton), Secrest, Curler (Adama), Kentaton, Blevens, Carter (John- Kouka, Siruckiman, Bon), Latimer, Taylor (Cook), Church), Tovell, ‘Thomas, Cockle, Lyou, ‘Trammell, Crooker, Marston, Trusdell, Drfee, McBride, Tyler, Ebrhardt, Mcvreery, Veule, Eldredge, MeKininy, Warren, Mileham, Wover, Millbeeks, Wentwortt, Mitchell, Wheeler, Foxhender, Mock, Wizhtinan, Frow, Sent, Wrizht (Boone), ray, Nichols, Wricht (Du. Gross, Gtmun, Page), Tinli (Gavlatin), Pearson, Mr. Speaker, Hatliday, Potera, ————<$. THE OLL) CONFLICT. How long and dreary Is tho night. ‘af ceneity and patut Oal when will duwn the morning-Hght, And love begin to relgnt ‘Our virgin Westurn soil; ‘There sulemnly to God we eworo No slave ehould ever tui), ‘Twas then tha South, unlicd, strong, Regulved 10 have 6 Debt; Por in fe parestion cruel wrong, Whey claimed w sacred rignt, A fort in Charleston's hartior stormed, Vo fro the Houthern heart; A Kebel Government was formed= Eleven States depart, A Democratle President Sav in Seccenion charms, And fount no power tu prevent; Aut Lincoln called to arms, Nine hnndred thonsant mon called out "Yo make the traltors yield— And still was beard the Revol shout Upon the battlo-field, ‘Tho Vroclamation camo at last, | With Freedom far dhe vives A dusky row of vosdlers paseod, And we wero saved from knaves, ‘Withdraw the tropa!’ ‘Tis done, To-day A victory ju clalnied, And unrebenting Rebels say. “Tho causy we lout is gained." And Niflo-Clpbs the dash reatore— "Tho Negro's bloud fv rhea; No troupe are zont to atop the gore, For Liverty la dead. And ‘neath the Statos-right scheme wa aco A parpose to dexpoll +. ‘The freedwen of thely liberty, And live upon thelr toll. And freedmen from the polls ojected And wronged without redrews, Come Nurth whore Labor ts protected, And all thete rights poduves, It we to focs onr friends bettay— Our friends ty thine of need — What attrivute of Ged will stay its vengeance for thu deed? How long and dreary {a the night Of cruolty and paint Ob! when will dawn the moraing-Uabt, And love bexlu to solunt , Wrat Grove, In, 3,5. Dicusow, Faauiow Notzs.—Fur collars are little worn by Jadiow this avason, and this will give rlas to many soveru cougha sad colds. Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup aw Corti id safe curcinevery cass. Price 25c, ILWAUK The Prosecution of Corrupt Democratic Ex-Coun- ty Officials. A Most Delightfal Muddle that Mas Crown Ont of tho Movement for a New Prednee Exchange, Bishop Welles Roplies to tha Oiroular Lettor of Epieoopalian Laymen on the Cathedral Ohapter Subjeot, Weddings, Society Notes, Amusements, Etc., Eto. CORRUPT OFFICIALS. Brecial Correspondence af The Trioune. Minwaukee, Wis. April 17.—The prosecu- ton of Charles Casper, former Clerk of the Muntefpal Court, on two distinct charwes of embezzlement while performing the duties of his office, and of Peter Bellinghausen and Henry G. Phillipe, asalstauts in the office with Casper, also until recentiy with Mr. Meisiin- kel, the present incumbent, on a charge of olfl- celal malfeasance, continues to attract attention, but as yet only in imited circles. The event promises to become decidedly —sensattunal, however, when the time for trial ar- tives. At the preliminary examination of Caspor on Thursday, few people were present, und those composed matnly of regular habltues of the Court. ‘The examination was cunfined to the records slmply, and required but four or flye witnesses. Jt resulted In the priconers beng eld for trial in the sum of $400 bail, ‘To the surprise of everybodys, Cas- per could find nu one to go upon bis bond, and was compelled to submit to tnearceration in the County Jail. When one considers the fact thut only a few years since Charley Casper was sur- rovnded by a host of friende, who drank his wine aud enjoyed his fetes; thit In- dies einfled uyon him and pronotnced him tnot only. a hulsome- man, but a really ¢ lever fellow In every respect, this result fs really'surprising, Rut ft ts suerely a repetition of the painful truth that oman. while ottt money In tines of trial and tribulation fads fitmnself without friends; thatin tlw present ago n moncyless man has vo business with frlende, To put it tn different torm still, a man devoid of means need never expect to have friends, While Casper lod money to spend he found flmeelf constantly surrounded hy veople who hailed lim os on jolly woud felluw, and were always glad to meet and be with him, But with the departure of his Jnuney these admirers depart- ed. ‘They had no further use for him, and did not care to associate with him, much less come to lifs rescue when he needed their assistance, To make matters worse, his wife and her family relations huye deserted hit also. ‘Thus he finds Inmeelf alone in the world, with scarcely a sym- pathizer in the wide cirele of lis acquaintance. But the accursed winecup has brought the change, and te ft alone can he aseribe the fall from grace, Itis fair to presume that If he could live his life over again Charley Casper would be found an entirely different man from what be har been hitherto. As for Rellinghausoo and Phitlips, they watch- ed the preliminary examination of Casper close- ly, for the purpose of determining the extent and nature of the testimony, as well as the evt- dence adduced from the records, ‘They evident- ly heard enough tu satisfy them that Mr, Meri- winkel aud District-Attornuy MeKenues have o keen scentof the corrapt practices of former Years and administrations, and, therefore, con- cluded to waive a fori examination, ‘The Court required them to give bail fn the sum of $2 each, which was promptly furnished. In aconversation on the ‘subject yesterday, District-Attorney McKenney infurined ‘THe. Tumene correspondent that the trial will de- velop corrupt practices of u startling character, He felt satisfied that there was onough in the cure to Warrant the assertion, ‘The prelitalnary examination of Casper had been a mere fecier, but out to determine what sort of a defenso he would make. Ite had nu intention of going to the bottom of the case at theoutsct, hutsatiaied himself .with a almpie demonstration: of the character of the evidence that would be brought to bear ut the forinat trial. As for Casper, he was surorised that he had no defense whatever to make, and therefore did not wonder at the desertion of his frienda when the time presented (tsulf fur n test of their friendship iu the matter of furnishing bail. ‘They failed to come tor- ward at the eritical moment ant he was com- yelled toga to jail in consequence. Mre M Cenney adinitted the diMentty of mn suce ul prosecution of Bellinghausen and Phillips, be- enuse of thelr extensive acquaintance anid the further tact. uiat they are backed by menofineans. He had undertaken the caso with the best of feeling toward the accused. Ils relations with them had always been of a triend- ly character. Therefore malice coukt not vossi- bly Uo charged to hitn in the trial, aud the peculiar phages It might present. “1 met the boys to-day,” eatd he, “and after shaking hatide with them, told them that I would give both of them o Hyely turn, because my position and the nature of the evidence jn my poesession required it, ‘They appeared to flnd no fault, in fact could Nnd no fault.” THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The members of the Chamber of Commerce continue foirly at sea In the matter of new quarters that may be considered permanent fora decade of at least a quarter of a century, “Tlic clements of discord that began to manifest themselves fininedlatcly after the acceptance, several weeks since, of a proposition from Mr. Mitchell to provide sultable rooma in the stately edifice which he proposes to ercet on the precent site bhava enthered strength: to an extent that dinrmontous actfon now scoms well nigh impossltle, It was hoped Inst week that the new Board of DI- rectors would bo able to reach s satisfactory conclusion soon after thelr induction futo oflice, But the yery Oret session demonstrated tho Dlustveness of thishope. Atthat meetingJdohn Plonkinton subinitted a propositibn, accom- paricd by plans thut were prepared threo years since, also by Mr. Mix, for a Chamber of Com- merce building to be erected by him on West Water street, directly opposite the Plankinton House extension, on certain conditions, These plans call fora building of larger size than the ouc Mr. Mitchell proposes to ercet, with more exten give quinters for Chamber of Commerce pur- poses than My, M. can hope to furnish, with o ceiling at the contre elehty-three feat in hight, terminating ty a dome, These quarters Mr, Planiinton proposes to leasa to the Chamber of, Commerce fora terin of twenty years,—for tun years ut on annual rental of 32.000, and for ane oiher ten years ot $4,000 per sonum. ‘The Nunnetmacher boys also ontercd the aronu a little tater, with 9 proposition to sub- scribe $100,0W, provided the Chamber of Commerce will put oo up oa building of {ta own on the atte now occupied by the ol: City-Hall or Municipal Caurt bullding., These propositions are sul] uuder consideration, with no prospect that they wil be reported upon be- fore next Week, Meantime the West-Slders and the Enat-Siders, members of the Chuinber of Commerco, ore arraving Uhemselyes against each other geographically, and thers fe overy prospect for u lively Hit on this account alone, ‘The Enst-Siders ure united Ie thelr opposition to the Plankluton or West Slde scheme, but cannut unite on the Mitehell propos sition, ‘The Nutmomachers entertuln n atrong hope that the influence af those members who favor the erection of a bullding an the Janke stock plan will welch strongly In their favor, Robert Eilot, who has a piece of property on his hands that he would like to seu occupied with a maxnificent Produce Esclinnre pile, entortains a simitar hope. And both of these partics, while they do not favor the Mitchell plan, frpm eellish wmollyes solely, are driven to the stern necessity of uniting with those who do favor Mr. Mitch. ell's proposition in order to defeat the West Side phalanx, while they will not bo able to harmonize among themuelves in the event of obtuluine a trlumph over the atalwart foe, ‘The situation is decidedly interesting, to say the | loust. It presente all tho ridiculous features of a Donnybrook fair melee, with the Mileslan onitted, Some of the arguments advanced by the West #idurs, and those who favor the Nuvnemacher vroposition, are oinusing. As o sampte, they claim that, no tautter whero the Cham- ber of Commerce is erected, thy banks will, haya = to follow! Think of the absurdity! Men who are untirely de: pendent upun the monyed snstitutions of the clty for support in thelr dally transactions pro- pose to compel these fustitutlous totag after them all over creation, tha while necessity cotn- pele them to tag after tho fostitutions,. or rather their manugers! In other words, accords ing to tuelr ideas, the mountain must come to Mobammned. Ths laa sample specimen of tho talk indulged in, of the arguments advanced, by aclavs of men who, whily they form only a proportion of the repre: wealth of this city, tain the [dea that without them the wheels of commerce could not move, aul the city would be bankrupt. As before stated, the sitiation ts an interesting one, and presents many absurd features. The reault will be watched with the deepcat Intercal from this time out, —— THE EPISCOPALIANS. The cireular recently fasued, by tho Inity of this Eptscopatian Diocese, in opposition to the eathedral chapter plin, has evoked a reply of considerable longth from Bishop Welles, A copy of which found ite way into the hands of Tite Tninusn correspondent yester- day. The Bishop devotes a large share of. apace to facts and ficures calculated to show that in handling the misafonary funds of the City of Milwaukco he has permitted them to flow Into the very channels in which he found them when he came tu the diocese, sud that he has thus far alinply carried out a work that former Bishe ops and dfoccran misalonarles lad commenced, He quotes the canons of the Church gov ntative men eeein to enter- erning the: dJaposition of the — misslonary funds to sustain bis oposttlon, and pelnts outs what he terms inaccuracies and misstatements in the circtilar letter of the Inymen. Concerning the allusfon to his assump- tlonof dignity aud power he aa: “Your Blahop deprecates nnd protests against, the fmputation that the dignity, und power which are assoctated with organized work, are bis abe Ject in what he is doluz, and not the salvation of souls und the extension of Christ's King. dom.- He protests againat ft for himactf nud tor the dead. Ends are secured by means; and the usc of ineans 1s not Preaumipt ive evidence that the end ts to he abandoned, but quite the contrary; and your Bishop cluima (hat the professed “end is .the real end in all work connected with the Cathedral. And the fact stands without contradiction thit he and his predecessor, with advice from old and whee members of the diocese and of the Churet at large, have tried a system of work which has been blest with success beyond ex: pectation, ‘The ten missionary stations connected with the Cathedral, the number of baptisms and conflrinations, and the fner d Hist of vomn- municants, atnply justify appropriations which huve been made, wand the wisdom of using money ut great centres, a has been the custom of the diocese by its Bishons, ite Councils, and its Boards, In view of all that has been udduced,—thut this appropriation of “ mis- slonary funds* lias been in the tine of previous: actlon, In entire harmouy with the practics of the diocese for more tonn twenty years past,— has been ampty justified by results, and Ss more- over a matter which, by the Jaw of the General Chureh, rests upun the consctence of your Bishop alone, as it concerns his duty alone. In view of all this, when he was called upon to pledge himself, nud that for a pecuniary consid- eration, not todo in the future as bad been done continuously and suceesstully for more than twenty years in the taat; not to do Whathe thought it his duty to doy nor only that, eve put to perimancn! it his eanonl- eal Nber nd that of bis successors in ollice, or abridye for the future thelr sphere of useful ness, the teast he could do was to refuse." Bishop Welles follows the above with a denial of the charge preferred by the Inity of Interfer- ence with the older parishes of our ety, in ways injurious to their strength and usefulness, and in derogation of their rights; isu that ox- treme teachings are indulged in by the deacons und canons, He afactatms any responsibility for the utterances of the Key. Mr. Ward In his weekly, the Western Chureh, und {usists that the Cathedral has never placed the slightest ofstacts fn the way of nny parish. in the city desirivg to engage in itdssionary work, Upon the subject of Cathedral organiza- tion, the Bishop has this to gay: “Your Bishop intended to leave no ground for misconception in regard to his mo- Uves und actions. Tic cannot see yet thut he has given occasion for airy The canon will be presented for consides- atlon at the next Council. [t bas no_me- dieval ineungriities; tt ecan have none, Your Bishop will not recommend them nor accept them. All personsean judee for themselves, with this canon before them, whether o Cathe dral, organized under it and empowered to hold its own uroperty, takes the place of the trustecs of dunds and property, any more tlan a parle docs when Hkewlse empowered; ur whether tt destroys the Buard of Missions or the Standing Committee. Certainly nen can judge of the welyht of yugue ‘prognostications as to the abserption of divcesan powers by Q corporatfon whose larger chapter it 4s propored ahall be the Counetl tteelf. Your Bishop cannot but think Uint the signers of the efreular, before criticising the Cathedral plan, might ‘better have walted. till the one which was promised had been Sortlenmtiie, They would not then kaye been. compelled to act bu much in the dark, and would -hayve done Jess wrong than they lave done, And your Bishop cannot but hope thatthe baptized per- sous nud communicants among the siners, wha from this very position must Jiave on ine terest 10 the welfare of the Chureh, and should enre for ita good name, will not hesitate to correct, a3 far a3 hey are able, the errors in atatement futo whict they have unfortunately fallen. Ant might uot one also hope that the interests of common fairness and justice would fead all the signers to do the same thing! Your Blabop fs, well aware no one, in times of excitement, can protect hin. sel€from misconception or mistuterpretation. Hiv cannot, of course, disprove charges of whit he was Roing todo, Ile can aiinply deny mis. stabeunts, and walt for the vindication of tine. WEDDINGS. At St. John's Church (German) on Tuceday the Rev. John Balding united In marringe Mr. William Kieckhofer, of the firm of Kieckhefer Brothers, nud Miss Louisa Schroeder, daughter of ex-Ald, Schroeder, A reception — fol- lowed the marriage at the residence of the par- ents of the bride, snd a serenade was tendered to the young couple by Bach's Band. On the evening of the sume day Mr. Walter S.‘Taintor oud Miss dennlo Kingsbury were married at the bride’s home, on Eighth strect, by the ev. J. F. Tatntor, of Decorah, In., a brother of the om, A reception was held, after which the couple repaired to their future home, No, 216 ‘Twelfth street. ‘The affair was of the quiet Kind lately so frequent. At 1o'clovk Weanesday forencun Mr. John L. Ferguson, Acsietant ‘Tieket Agent of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, was married Miss Fannie L. Sweetland, daughter of C. H, Svtorland, the tobacconist, at the reefdence of the paronta of the bride, by the Rey, Henry T. Rose. ‘The young couple will spend their honey- moon at the ome uf the parents of the groom in Bt. Josaph, Mo, . = ‘The cugugement of Mr. Abo Frelaloben, of Spurtauburg, 8 C., ant Mixs Hella Kander, daughtor of Moyer Kander, of this city, la un- nounced. ‘The inarrlage will be solemulacd in September. SOCIAL ITAL NINGS, ‘The soclal happenings of thu week have been fow In number, considering that it Is a hollany season. On ‘ruesday eveulng Mr. Rufus Allen enter- tained seventy-five young people at his rest- dence, No. 573 Case strect. On the samo cventug, Mrs. R. C. Johnson, at her resldenca No. 657 Astor atrect, cntertalucd acompany of friends. ‘ On Thursday oveniug Mr. and Mrs. Katzen stein colebrated thelr silver wedding anulyer- sary, at No, S19 Jucksoustrect. ‘They wero aur- rotinded by a goodly number of relatives and friends, atu all enjoyed a pleasant tline, Monday evening the young lndics of Milwau- Kee Colltya enjoyed # sociable at the College all, ’ ‘The ladles of Trinity Misefon successfully con- ducted an aster market at the Metropolitan Jotel, Bonth Side, on Weduesday and ‘Thurs- day evenings. Mrs, Ozcar Lindman entertalnod company Handeumely on ‘Thursday eyeniug at her reai- dutice, No. 103 Biddle strect. AMUSEMENTS, John MeCultouch, the colebrated actor, drew crowded houses at the Opera-House on Monday, ‘Tuesday, and Wedneaday evoninga of this week, On Thursday evening the gperatts of * Penct- ope" given by outateurs at the Plunkiu- ton House arcade tog full audience. Last evening the Abous, Milwaulico's popu- Jar musical organization, gave another of thelr delightful concerts at the Acudumy uf Music to & crowded house. 5 TYonigtt the Donayin Tennessceans givo a concert at the Acatemy of Music for the benedt of Managet Mursh, ‘ On Monday, ‘Tuesday, and Wednesday even- fogs our citizens will buve un Spor uate: tor the first thn, of witnessing the celebrated bur- lesque opera * Linafore.”" Tt will bu presented by the Nice Extruvagunza orgauizatlon, ‘There fea great rush for tlekute, and crowded houses are al ready, wisured tor the several evenings. Maggie Mitchell, in her well-known repertolre of popular play: is to follow, Dabaen. te A Btupld Youth. A Loulsville young woman writes to a modest aniatupid youth: “Yes, when you usked me it-L would marry you—oh! L ought not to have doue tt, J suppewe—but then ty was auch au op> portunity, anil so I smiled tne cucito you noswered, ‘Nover!! And, you stupid, you froze, and bowed liken telegraph-pole, and inft.. O! dear med and Lcertainly thoucht that at this day there was nobody under the aun who was so. unpardouably obtuas, so far behind the age and * the rage, that he would not have instantly met me with, “What, neverd? and given me the Well, hardly ever,’ PRINCE, LOUIS NAPOLEON. The Education of the Boy for Whom the ‘Unee Splendid Eugonte Lives. ¢ Lanuton Truth, Tremomber sceing the Prince Itipertal when he was a boy of 12 having a veloctnede-race with his young friend Louis Connenu (son of the Doctor) om the private terrace of the ‘Tuileries. Young Conneau, already a. true courtier, held fn his band so that the Prince might not be defeated in public; but tn slack- ening snpecd he cave his bara too sharp Jerk, «0 {hat his fore wheel catight that of the Prince's vehitele, und both yelocipedes rolled on the gronnd with their riders. ‘lhe merry way tu which Napoleon 11's belr langlied a3 he seram- bled to nis fect and ngsiated his friend to rise stamped him asa good-natured boy. He takes after his tnother in sweetness of temocr. Atl who have ever approached him, etther duriog his father's relun or since his exile, have been atruck by his sunny face, great fntelllgence, and fraut manners. Hevwans born s very aelicato child, and had to be nursed with the itmost caro till he was 10 yearsuld. Iis nurse wasan English women, and hy had a German-Swiss valet; both wore enjoined to speuk to hi always {n thetr respoct- ive tongues, wlole his mother addressed him in Spanish, eu that the boy grew up tobe a good Mnguist without any effort, He could read in four Jauguages when he was 7, and he spent many of the long hours, when he had to remain indgors by doctors’ orders, werusing books which treated of his grent-unclo's battles, Ilo preferred this literature to ony other, and be» came of a rather bellicose moud In consequence,’ strutting about with atey sword at his side, and: fighting shain battles with young Canneau in the brond corridors of the ‘Tuileries. Hs fa- ther, who joved him with a doting love, would lave spollt him; but bis mother, wiser in her affection, Insisted upon his blind obedience. When he was 2 years old he was appointed Cor- poral In the Imperial Guard, and at 5 waa pro- moted to his Sergeantship. For having diso- beyed the Empreas while he held this grade ber Majescy cauacd hisstripes to be taken awny from. him, and be was used to the rauks for a whole year. ‘The «disgrace very doeply affected. hin, for he was very foud of showing off his uni- form before the children who were Invited to the palace tu play with hint. Once, by-the by, a. child of the actor Fechter was atnong hls guests, mid the Prince, having quarreled with this brat gave him asiapon the fave. Fechter was hufle when be heard of the affair, und declined to let his boy go the Tuileries again. ¥ He was under the tutorship of a French pro- fessor of some ability, but who Isbored under the Mssdvautage tf being exregtousty vatn. This centleman bad taken iuto bis bead that he would make of his pupila philosophical Em- peror, aud he proceeded to ply him with max- ins Which seemed derived from Rotisseau's “Emile” One day at a Court dinner the Prince, having been admitted to dessert, stupe- ficd the whole table by saying to an Austrian Archduke: “Vous avez les (dees de Uancien re gime, Prince; mais ciles ont fait leur temps. Le peupe est un occan ; al vans lui resistez, {t vous emporte” The Emperor felt bad, ag an Amer iean would say, and requested the philosophical tutor, to go and preach his maxtme elzewhere. ‘the Prince, however, had become so imbued with bis lessons that being asked soon afters ward what disguise he would wear at 9 toocy dress ball that was to be held at the Tuileries, he elected to appear as Masaniello, ‘the Em- peror and Empress agreed to humor his wish, becuuse, 08 they {atclously, observed, nothing was tu be gained i tnaking boileve that his frst tutor hud put fuollsn vations iuto hls head, ‘They cuve him, however, as ffs second:tutor and governor Gen. Froasart, who knew go Uttic about pbilcsopliy that ho would probably hare spelt le with un f, ft Cen. Frossart fs the warrior who cut such noor—very poor—fgure at the Battle of For- bach, Ho was a clever strategist on paper, and a decent scholae all round; but he was at the satic time an extromely consequential, fuss: pereonage, whom the Prince never iked. saw them togother In 1869, when the Prince awent with his motier on ao political trip to Cor- sicu. While they stood on the platform of the Luyons Nailway Station, where crowds wera’ ebeering, and Joyal Mayors were presenting nddresses, the General kept earl audibty to. hile pupils Toke your hat off. “Dut yourhat, ow” .“Bow to the genticman,” ete. Thu Prince, who knew very well what to do, looked profoundly bored, and euded by walking off to vet wearer to his mother, leaving Frossart in the lurch. ‘To give the: Prince somo emulation in lis studies, the Emperor allowed young Louts. Conneau to be educated with him. “Conneau’s futher hud been ‘the Emperor's closest friend during his captivity at tam, and was chiefly in- strumental in abetting his escapafrom that fortress. ‘The Emperor never faltered In bie gratitude for this service, and he wished his gon fo make the frlendshtp hereditary, It has be- come 80, for Loula Conneau fs to this day Prince Louis Napoleou’s must trusted friend, ‘The Prince Itnperlat had to put up with more than one affront in bis boyhood, for the Em- peror bad so tuany enemfes that chances of snubbing the heir arose frequently. In 1803 tho Prince went to preside at the aunual distribu- fon of prizes held in the Sorbonne, after the Concours General of all the public schools. A son of Wien. Cavaignac happened to bo amone the prize winners, nnd hls nama was called to como and receive his books from the Yrince’s bands but at this moment # tall Indy, dressed in black, rose among the reserved seats, and, with an imperious gesture, ordered young Cavaigune not to move. This was Mme. Cavaignaec, who thereby sought to pay off the sun of tke man who had sent hor husband {nto exite. ‘The affair made on immense nolse, but the Princo remarked rather pithily: 1t seems, * then, that young Cuyalgnac wished to act acom- edy, for ho must have known I was coming: here.” On avother occasion the Prince Im- perlal, going to the Bols de Boulogne in o care riuge, sv a boy tumble off the box seat of a val, He ordered his carriage to stop, and alighted to see if the urchin was hurt. ‘Thera was nothing the matter, 60 the Prince Imperial Klased the hoy, adding: You may teil your father that the Emperor's son kissed you? “Oh, no, I won't tell him that,” auswered tho boy, readily, “for papa Is always saying that Napoleon is a canaille,? When the disasters of 1870 overtook thel m- perlal dynasty, Prince Louis Napoleaa was old. enouh to feel then acutely, It cost him the greatest anguish to port with his father just be- fore the battle of Bedan; and, having been spire {ted across the Belyinn frontter to Mons, be ace tually escaped from the Hotet de la Couronue in thnt town at night, aud tried to prevall upon o jobmaster to let bim a trap of somo sort in which he could ryan to Franco and join bis father’s armies, Qf course bo was polltely ro« conducted to hls hotel, and the next day was conveyed, ‘under the closo custody of two equerries, to England, ‘Tho Princo’s erief dure ing the whole of the campaign which followed inade his mother serlously feur for bis health, ‘There was no keeping newspapers from him, aud what angered iim most was to read tho ace cusations of cowardice and Imbecility launched agalnat his father, Ono day ho waa observed, writing somne names ona pices of paper, and tha Ennpress asked hin what ho was dolug. “Tam taking down tho names of the mon who are tue sulting us, for 1 mean to reckon with them sume day,” said he. But by and by he threw the lat into the fire, “I know tle names by heart,” be remarked, “and 2 shall never forgot them,” The Prince came out very woll from bis studies at Woolwich, where he was highly popu- lnr, He was classed aeyenth out of thirty-four fn the final examinations, and might conse- quently haye chosen between the engineers and artilery, bad he entered tho Britisharmy, He blmself wished to do so, and would hayo be- come an artilloryman, but some State reas on prevented his skin service in the Queen's urniy. However, hu bas remained to some ex- tent Identified with the seryica by maintaining thy [rfendliest relations with somo of bis former fellow-studunts, to whom he alludes fn the letter which hu lately wrote to Bi. Rouher, announcing bis intended “departure for Africa, In the ofllcers’ tneas-room of Shocburynucess there ts 4 bust of Prince Louis Napolvon, taken under rather drall clrenmatancea. A pupil at Wool- wich, who had oa taste for sculpturing, asked the Prince to allow him to take acastof his face. ‘Ihe request was a joko, but the Prince vuteredt into it au aerieux, A mold of soft clay was prepared, and H, f, 1. was uldden to Kucol dawn und impress ils face into it. He dld so naively, but the hhoaxer, not content, cought hin by the nape of the neck and thrust his deep #8 be could into the soft mass. Tito the mold thus formed a quantity of quid plaster wus poured; but, through ave acel- dent, thy dimensions of thu nose were enor~ wous,—not less than ten fuchea, ‘The Prince laughed good-humoredly at the fun; but the wholu thing was doue to somo purpose, for, as above said, the bust still remains, —— Mow Little Things AGllet the Pootic Afind, 7 Norriatnwcn Heratd. Julla A. Moore, the Sweet Sinuer of Michigan, was nearly paralyzed with astonishment when recently informed that “eclot” didn’t rhyme with “be cat” She has not sufficiently recoy- cred to tinih her vall-completed pom “Outhe Birth of w New Spring.