Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 3, 1881, Page 8

1 ' Po 8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1881— IN PAGES, . ' THE CITY. PERSONAL AND GENERAL J. Rowen, Of Montreal, 1a at tho Sherman, 1M, Invixa, of Moutrenl, Is registered at the Valinor. ‘W. 8, Batnwrx, of Buffalo, Js regiatered at tho Tremont. OD. W, Youna, of St. Paul. fs stopping at tho ‘Tremont, D.C, Atkins Rherman, E.Paynn, of San Francisco, is registered at Bherman, RF, Nasox,of Inrtford, Conn, Is stopping at tho Palmer, J.P. Unvenwoop, of Big Rapides, Mich,, 1s at tho Tremor I. 8, Heywonns, of Utiea, N, ¥., is stopping at the Sherman. JonN Rankrn, of Binghamton, N. ¥., ts at tho Sherman. Pneacott ELY, of Marquette, Sich, is at tho Grand Paelfic, Davi J, PLAYFAIR, of Ginagow, Scotland, $s atthe Palmer, Carr, T. 1, Bunnows,of Colorado,ts registered atthe Palorer, P. RENEGAT, Of London, Eogland, Is stopping at tho Palmer. Hanon Dera, of Leith, Scotland, Is registered atthe Palmer. Gronax EK, Pirrsr, of Ublen, N, ¥,, [8 stopping At tho remount, BLE, WALKER, of Indlanapolis, !s registered At tho Tremont. Gronge W, Pron, of Pech's Sun, Milwaukeo, 18 at the ‘remont. Ronent Keiti, of Dubuque, In., {8 stopping ‘at the Sherman. Joun H. For, of Cheyenne, W, 7, Is stopping: at tho Sherman, JunarN.M. Husvann, of Cedar Rapida, isnt the Grand Pacitic, MA, AND Mies. J, C, HeLMof Colorado Springs, are at the Palmer. FREDERICK Vox Kun, of St. Louls, Is regis- tored at thy Shorina:! J, PRAvis Qurionyy, of Philadelphia, 19 regis- tered at tho Tremont. Bantry CAMPInLL, of New York City, is req istared at tho Valmer. J. MANDEVILLE, of Now York City, 1a regis- tered at the Sherman, Yinwias Henny Cutrronp, of Portland, Me. 18 ot tho Urund Pacine, = N. IL. Sevaoun, of Bridgeport, Conn., fs regis- tered at the Grand Pacific, Il, Hea and Sydney 1. Klein, of Manchester, England, are nt tho Palmer, ‘Tur Hon. Thomas 1. Keough, of North Caro- lina, 's stopping ut tho Palmer. A.W. Kousthxe, Passenger Agent of tho Iill- nois Central Haflrond, fs at the Palmer, Mn ann Mrs. W. P. Kentoan, of New Or- Jeang, are stopping ut the Grand. Pacific, Dr. Asp Mit. LK. Banpwen and Miss dulls D. Grey, of Fhiltuieiphin, nre at the Palmer. Crancrs L. Dayis and ble Alvin Joslin" combination were at the ‘'remont yesterday, J. McKinnen, Miss McKibben, and Miss Rose Dowling of St. Joseph, Mo, are.nt the Paliner. Mr. anp Mrs. W. EY. Sati and Sir. and ‘Mrs. F.M. Deibl, of St. Albuns, Vt., are ut the ‘Tre- anont,, i ‘The dry goods elorks to the number of a score mot at 25 Waabingtou atreet yesterduy and traus- acted Foutine afluirs. Hesay Kip, of Buffate, General Superintend- ent of the United Stutea Express Compauy, 1s atthe Grand Paeitle. Gronar f. Conners, General Passonger Agent of the Fall River Line of Steamers, New York City, ig at the Grand Préitic, A. V. H. Caniexreit, General Passenger Agent of the Chicayu, Miiwaukey & St. Paul Ratlrond, Milwaukee, Is at the Grand Vactic. Jessh Hirvia, of tho Sborman House, bas opencd 1 subscription ist for the Michigan auf- ferers, and ja now waiting for the genorous Chil- cayouns to walk upand ¢ign their naines, A nuMuEn of Enstero ratlroud, passenger- ngonty arrived in the olty yesterdfy atternnon on tholrreturo from the Colorado. exeurston. They are scattered wround town ut the yurious otis. > A MUBICAL service took pints Inst ovening at the'ltey, Dr. Locke's church, curner of Wabash avenuoand Fittcenth street. ‘Thera wie no ipreaching, sluging constituting tha praise “gerviec. Tnx Indios of Hydo Park nro requostad to meet nt 10:30 Tucaday morning wt the Susonto ‘Hall, corner of Hydo Vark avenue and Fiftty- {third street, to muke up clothing for the Michi- sun aufferars. ' W. A, Beut, New Orleans, Lay E. 8. Lotgh jana wife, Bt. Louis, Moz N.C. Hhunintrey and fumily. New York; G, D. Wicks and family, ‘Cloveland, 0.7 1... Wagner, Philndelphin, Pa.§ I. J, Portor und wife, St. Louls, Mo.; Gen, Witt: Hane Mavarty Oss. A. St aul, Minn,, are at tho oland, . ‘Tar members of the Second Christin Church, “on Oakley avenue, deny tho truth of at item re: veently published ‘to the offect that thoy bad hinited with the Western Avenuo Chureb, “Thoy say a few of the younger mombers went over to Hthe Wostern nayéenue aoclety, but the majority ,Femain and fntend to hold the property and con- tine services of thelr own, Atop, Hennent, of tho Shorman House, wishes Ht understood that he will not charge tho clty a cent efthor for tho refreshinents which bo fure nished tho Aldermanie dotegation to Clovelund, or for the wiiter ho ont te take care of them, Ho ays that ho would rathor pay those bills ‘binself than have the city pay; so that the total A soem exponses will bo about $44 to tho elty. Licur. Frank Rounpy, of Company BE, Bixth Kogimont, i. N. G., wag married Saturday after: jeon to Miss Eva La salle, second daughter of : O, T, La Suile, of Luke Geneva, Wis, ‘Choe tromony was performed by the Rev. Ut. Ts Ker j foot, of the Church of the Holy Communton, ut! ‘that pluce, only the immodiate friends of tho -contracting purtica being present. Mr.und Mra. ‘Atoundy will spond u few weeks fh the Buste ‘elties, and return to Chlenge for pormanent ros- euce, A QUIET and unostonintious wedding took tpfuce lust oventng ut the residevce of Me. and rg. 3, 8. Sturt, No. 412 Vurk avenue, whore Mias Kernfo Swicknrd und Sir, G. We Pike, of Rocktord. wero married by the Iev, Dr, Stro- Jorldge. ‘The patlors were handsomely decorated, with tlowers, und only the hnmediate frends of the family wero present. ‘The happy coupln »Btopped ut tho Palmor Mouse last night, and i whi remain there two or three duya, when thoy ‘leave for thelr Hockford home, Last evening tho Isractites commonced tho :celobration of the “Day of Atonement" —Yon 7 Kepur. ‘This ja tho hollest: and most important vor all thé Jewish bolldays, No food or drink culjowed to bo partaken of during {ts twonty- four hours’ continunnee, and the entire day Is iepent tn tho sytmroxs tu prayer and supplication rto the Alunghgy for tho forgiveness of sins, ‘places of businoxs of alt the Isruelites hero exe cept 4 few of the moat fberal will be closed to *day on uccount of thla holduy. ’ A MFETING of tho Chicago Pres¢ Club was helt \Yestentay aftarnvon to mike tial arniugemonta ‘for tho annual publie entertalnment whieh 48 to ‘take place in Contral Musio- Hall fueaduy eve ing, Oct 1. It was reported that Mr. ‘fhomue W. Keene, tho eminent tragedian, who vontribe uted so lurgely to the sucess of the ontertalne Tent lust Your, hud consented to take purt in ‘the prognim, and other dratnatic stara hud vole unteered thofr services, ‘Che inugieyl part of tho program will be reprosented bythe Apolto Chav aod other tulent. ‘Plakets for tha enters talinpeny can be obtained from members of tho club, ON, of Virginia City, is nt the GOOD-BY, OPERA, WRECKED ON THE OCKAN OF KUNG. * Last Monday there appeared on tho streets of Chicagy A wou and pale young man, whose form was ill protected ‘from the provailing “ Mani- toba” by the flimsy folds of u linen duster, ‘This young 120 was pot a stranger within our gates, ‘Dut few of those who bad beard bis frank, buoy ant Jaugh and otwerved tho winning sinlia which was ever playing wround bis Ipe in ties one oy would recogulza bint they met bist how, ‘Tho laugh bus a cold, metallic ring, and the poling inile bas beon chased away by Trettul frown, Far years he had held away in the tocal do. Purtinent of a Chicugn inorning dally, and unit ®& month ayo bls had been the cal, placid life ‘of the ordinury city editor, but in an evil ino “ment the tomptur caw and shook @ bay of yale tow, glitthring yotd in iis fuco and be fell.“ Ho is well known us a phllunthroplal, and be bus ule ways tele kindty toward the strolling player and his hard-working ayont. He felt that bu sboutd do something to benefit the drama and the drae mille profeyiion, and bo decided Lo write # pluy a play which sbould elevate the mural toue of the stage and ut the = wame tle aur money into the colfers of the ucky bistrion who @bould star” in it. Thuthe feund that play-weiting wasnovasy tack, and tually ho gave itup wud tirued bis ‘attune on the business lupurtinent or the protca. sion, The failure of a great wuny artists, bo argucd, was due to the inuffivieuvy of the ads ‘Vanco agents, and bo thought seriously of ots Uarkloy in this tine. Tho represeniaive af Emma Abbott, Jimmy Sorrisy's uightingule, beard of the young city editur's incliuution,ap- proacbed bio, aud offered biw a princely sulary to “ygoubead" of the prima duona. Sulary wesuo Object to hi, but be accepted the vf fered position In tho Interests of the lycto stage, Hobad combined tho duties of musical critic ‘With those of city editor on the paper ho ropres sented, and he feit fully competont todo the nd- vatico work for a musical organization. The day for departure enino, and the happy young Journntfat packed his valiee full of copies: of his’ paver containing tinttering notlees of Little Emam, and started for tho wilds of the far West tolmpress pon tho mind of tho tins tutored Westerners tho grentness of bis star and show. Hut the foapte of Denver, Omaha, and Council Bluffs did not take kindly to the rathot~ fe advance nzont trom Chicago, int he wns pro nounced w fallure, wusted anit dishoartencd, returned to the efty last week n saddor and tt wisor mitt, and resumed his trisiiess of dealing out assignments to chean reporters nt the same old stand, Tho lyric stage has no charms for him now, and ho promines to show It tep in its trie sm In a serics of essiys on music, “Twas ever SUBURBAN, BNQUEWOGD. ‘Tho Englowood Union Voteran Club hold thelr reguhir meeting this evening ut thelr elub- rooms in eck's Hock, Tho eliub have received & number of relies from tho battlefields of Nashvillc, Stone Hivor, Missionary Ridge, and Chickamauga, among whieh nro a number of briok from Fort Nagley, Chattanooga. Thu young mien of Englewood have formed a aootnl club, whieh wilt be known aa t Tho En giewood Club." The following woro elected olllcera for tho cusuing yor: Vresident, Cc. 3. Thurntont Vice-President, Frank P. Sliva; See: Wil Maynard; ‘Treasurer, Ubaries 'y; Executive Committee, W. H. Whalen, F.A. Stone, and Edward Gregory. It Is pro- posed to give tt series of partis diring tho Ken son, and the Cook County Normal-ttail has heen cured for that purposy. Tho Jake Shore & Michigan Southern Rall- rout! Company some time ngo commenced to lay two additional tracke between Englewood and Chicago, Within a row days un additional forco of men bas eon uy to work tipon the job, and ft Ia likely the work will be comploted jn n short toe. Two of the tracks will probably be used fer passonger-tralis aud the third for Freight. ‘The Rock leland Railroad Company are about to erect noew passenger depot ut Fifty-tiret street, and will estublish a telegraph oilive for cs vagal trains nt that point. * Mr. C.D, Perry hus contracted to bufld a num ber of now houses on Sixty-seventh and Sixty- olghth streets, nenr Wontworth uvenuc, CITY SANITATION. A Furthor Invostigation of BadlyeAre ranged TenementeMouse; The Tenement-Houso Inspectors’ weekly re- port, prepared by Chief Inspector W, IL Ge- hung, showa that 102 houses, containing 2ik4 rooms, were inspected during the pnst weok, occupied by 600 families, containing 2,707 souls, There were forty-one notices served and twen- sy-elght nufsunces abuted. Among the tm- provements nade wore the perfecting of Bix- teen defective druins, porfeeting four cases of defective plunbing, cleaning nineteen priv vanits, and Srectii two now ones, There wero Huta houses calcined and two new sewers put in, Tho following dafects were reported: SECOND WALD. Nos, 58? and G8 Stato steect, owned by Dr. Guerin, The building fs 4 brick Of nineteen rooms, occupied by twenty-stx persons, Tt ta danp and duaptdated stricture, No, G82 la used Ag n bonrding-bouse, anda sitloor and drug store: weoupy the ground floor, The plumbing work poor and local sanitury condition bid, a foul Gnd offensive privy being ono of the glaring auigances. FOURTH WALD. No, 2062 Stato street, owned by C, V. Walto. A frome structure of eight roots, oceupied hy: eleven persons, The plumbing work Is poor and the drainage isbad, VPrivy-vault Ja full und offensive, ‘There is a tnundry in the house. In the rear there {8 a duptication of tha avove, twelve persons [living in the house. Ail the de- fecta ure trepented, and the dwelling js ina ditupidated condition. FIFTH WARD, No. 28 Wentworth nveune, owned by Honry MeDonald. A framo house of ten rooms, occu pled by olght persons. Privy-viule full and offensive, ‘fhe roof 1s leaking, tho walls nro black and dirty, while the sewer 1s choked. Nos. 3727 and zr Cologne street, owned by Michel Moore. A two-stury brick of twenty> two ronins, ovoupled by thirty-three persons, Tho drainage 1s bud, and tho privy-vault i In a faulty condition. ‘The drainugo Js very dofect- ive. “Tho privy-Vauit aceds cleaning, and a atugnant pond of waste water fy iyloy ander: tho hougo to breed dizense and death, 'Tnere uve buen three deaths in this house, the Insnector Bays, all Crow filth diseages, us follows: Cult 2 yelrs old, svarict fever; chill # ycars ald, yphold fever; ebild 6 years old, dipbthoria. No. 8 Hickory avenue, owned by Patrick O'Connell, a two-story frame of ten rooms, ac- tunied by cloyen persons. Full of offensive privics, FOURTEENTI£E WARD. No, 07 Waubunsla ayvonne, owned by Miko jynch. A framno of twelve rooms, oceupled by: seventeen persons. ho dralungy te poor, and tho: privy-vuult ts full und olfunsive, No, 44u Milwaukee avonue, owned by H. Weber. A brick dwelling of thirtcon rooms, ocenpied by sixteen persons, ‘2'ho drainage fs imperiect aud obstructed. No, 423 Milwankeo avonuc, owned by John icing Wator-pipes uutrapped, and plumbing de- jective. Nog. 38 and 4U Fox place, owned by N, Spratka. A house of vixht rooms, occupled by twenty. tive persons. The yutters in front’ aro foul, and the bouso overcrowded by Polish cm- arante, No.ié Waubansin avenue, owned by Mrs.onorn rin. A two-story fritine of #ixteen rooms, oc eupted by fourteen persons, Ino plumbing and wewernye Aredotective and poor, whilon full and offonsive privy-vaultudds to the nnstinesd ot tho surroundings. ‘Tho water-pipes ure untrapped, while tho sewage iy deposited (n- open xes, and from there curried into the open gutter, Whore ft stands a reoking, atinking, rotting, Athy masa, The wou who owns the property 1a lying low on nsick bed, cinfiining consumption ws her discuse, Tho [n+ spector goes on to oe fn his report; *T pointed out ta her how benetlolil to her health a peneral cloaning-up would be. and served a notice upon ber roquiring her to remedy the GLAMING SANITARY DEFECTS, Tinformod her that Twoutd call again ina few ays to sce thit tho work wisdono, she told me point bionk that it would not he, As lone ts sho ls couiined to her bed there is no way of Kota, her into court. And yet, for hor own culth's suke, there shoule be same way tu coms pol her to do tls very necossury work.” No, 2] Fox plice, awned by Anton Nasilk, a one-story and basement frume. The drainage {4 poor, aud privy-vault tull and cifensive, There is no plumbing in the house. Garbage aud filth Ml tho yard and premises, atinkloy up the nelyhburkoad, . Here ts nnather nico placo, No, 47 Blackhawk atreot, ownud by Jobn Gaps. Atonement of ive roving, aveupied by six tatilles, consisting of twenty-nine persons. ‘Tho tonunts ure huddled togethor In rooms x10 teot, “Eight human ber ings oxist Inthe collar. It 1s, 8 ralght bo sup. posed, u damnable place oven for a brute to un dure life In, ‘There fs elght square fevt of room toulubt persons. When it raing tho water rings in over the floor. The walls aud celllog are un plastered, whilo the bourds are nagly with grease and dirt. ‘a, 5 Fox plice, owned by I. Sebuttze. A tenement of clubtcen rvoms, occupled by thirty: ninw persons, No plumbing work in the huuse, The drainuge ts poor and local siunitary condl- don very bud. no alley ia embutlistied with Miayuant sewage, ‘Tho toaumont ie avers crowded, No. ld Bowman strest, owned by Janes Lyons, A frame wenament of ten rooms, occtpied by ten persons, Draluuge is poor aud privyevault full and oltensive, SEVENTEENTH WAND, No, 310 North Market street, owned by D, Mile Ianoy, A frame of sixteen rooms, oceuplgd by: tweuty persons, ‘Tho waatesplyu on tho tlrst floor is bursted, and trainuge yenvrally is dae fectlve, ‘The owaer 18 uway, but tho tront ro- Tuses to rolleve tho tenants of tho stink whieh necessarily urises from a broken wiste-plpe, ‘Thero are ne traps, and sowereas, through the agents neutect, (8 alowed to contaminate tho ale which the poor tupints have ta broutho. 48 Superior atreel, owned by 8. Lb. Alexnne a A tonowent of sixteen rooma, ueoupled by twonty-seven pemons, The plutinhing work te wrelchedly poor, the drainage 18 defective, and che privy-vauite are full and offensive, hore tea factory in tho rear, where thirty-two girls areginployed, which le io afr sanitary conti: om Tho neclor gaya: “Tho tencment ta horrioly itthy, the worst that | have yet inet with. ‘Thore isu pool of stagnant wator under tho house, ‘fhe water-pipe leaks, and there 13 an aceimihition of fit and rabbish In front of house, The walor-elosets ure feartully nutaty, anu, the doura In the houve are uit tho bingos. Lhe winks wre Cull with polio filth. ‘Tho walla have natbeen whitewashed for ton yeurs. Sixty persone huvy to breathe thiy tuul and contaminated alr”. Nowa North Market streot, owned by M,C, Springer. A lenoment of soyenteon round, ocetl+ pled by xoventecn persons. There sre no traps to wastospiped, and gower-yus pervades tuo pretilec La —— rs RESIDENCE LOTS AT AUCTION! ‘Tho Chicago teal "state Lxvhanyo have some Mty-elght uico resigenco lowe fronting cast, west, and gouth,on the wortbeust cornur of Forty-weventh street and Cottage Grove avenue, which will go under the auctigucer’s hatmtnur to tho highest biidcr this afternoon (Monday) ats @clovk on the premises, The property to hoe sold js nicely Jocated, aud surrounded by the best clisa of realdtcnees, aud ie reached in thirty minutes by the forty-six suburban trains of the Mua Contral allroad, and every ifyecn wins ules by the Coltuge Grove avenue dunuuy, ‘Thla {eA wost grand oppurtunity to wccure m destrys bie bomestead,-or tu muke 9 puylny Investmout, Mr. enry J. Goodrich, Huon t, 18 Dearborn utreet, or the Chicuye eu) state Hachouse will furalsh all who Wisb to atrond the salu with free, tlekets, Hop Bitters ourca by removing the caus wickuess oud Teulorlng: vitaiy. = of PRESIDENT GARFIGLD. Memorial Address by the Rev. Charles Caverno. An Exheustive Analysis of the Dead Patriot and Statesman. A Just Condemnation of Existing Political Abuses, and the Laxity Of Political Parties in Selecting “the Tail of the Ticket,!” A week ngo yesterday tho Rev. Charles Caverno delivered at Wooloy's Thontre n mee torial address on the death of Prostdent Gare Neu, In which he vritleised “tho process, or rathor uo process,” Of tho selection of his suc: cessor at the Republican Convention teld in this city in Juno, 18, Tho next murniug the Inter> Ocean, which did not print tho address of Sir, Caverno, contained tho following eriticism: His remurks would hove been out of pince at any mes Tuey were in exeorably bad - tistey coust@red in relation to tho ovearivn on wolet he spoke. They nnswered no questioning of this mourning period; they were not tn the line uf 0 tribute to the memory of tho dead President; they were tot comforting to a saddened people; and they Wero Hot considerite nor patrtotie. Thoy were slotply inexcusable and In excecding bad'taste. his is ue time for wrangling, wd the nian who tries tu foment 1-Tevoling o1 suct An occasion would strike bis brother at tho fu- norul Of their fathor. ‘Tho same afternoon Mr, Caverno asked the Aiter-Ocean to publigh tho address in justice to himself and its read@, which ft contemptuous: ly refused to do, Aa tho uddress strikea radically at the core of existing politieal abuses, and tho otstomary laxity displayed by pullticnl conventions In 90+ focting whut is commonly called the “ tafl of the Uckot,” it will commend itself to thyughttul and patriotle citizens of all parties, Mr, Caverto sat: Thore is but oue subject before tho minds of the American people. Yo tht subject [ spcuk, No prudent General alter a grent disaster will itto.discuver the oxteut of his loss und ty Ainnte ita probuble aud possivic consequences, ‘resident Garfeld Is dend, but we lve und are to make ndjistincnt to the now condition. We shail have no Adoauuta sense of the duty devolving upon us untll we realize the mugul- tude ef pur Joss, Carlyle, writing of Walter Scott, saya: ‘It can be sald of hirs, When hodeparted te took a man's life alone with Lim, No sounder piece of Mritish Iniuhvod was put together in that clght- evnih ventury of time.” We shalt ropent just that: When Garficht led he took a man'a He wong with him. No sounder pisce of American miunhood was put toxetbor in this nineteenth century of time, Vor many years we have not been igaorant. that thor Was Buch Aman us James A. Garilold making hig demonstrition ou this curth, But we have been fookmy nt a xreat many othor things besidea—baye been distracted by,this, thal, and tho othor, and buve not set togethor tho toms in this Garteld manifest.to see what would be Its stim total and its meaning, Indeed, while i imin fs still working wo do not feel resscd to such an exerelso—tho sumantry Will ye moditied by much that ts coming and to come In But now tho end has come, And one. more cin bo ndded to the demonstration, we are chattonyed to pat together 1h [1s connections what bas been pass. ing before us, und to untke up our Judgment ‘upon its comparative and nbsolute value, When wo still have falrly sano through with: this exercise, 1 think we shall come to the con- clusion that wo Baye liad with us ercuter and even a better min than we have ever thought, It {s full twenty years since Mr. Garkeld camo BP. to the pubis viow ag a factor in public at- aes, 1 think we shall in no othor way get 4 moro comprchensive grasp of the Bistory of those twenty years than wo sbull by following tho sin- wile ino of Mr, Garileld through them. ‘That work 1 cannot do today, J only indicate it us work for an scholar and & patriot to perforin— and ore not afl American citizens to be scholars and patriota? ‘There uro mon who appoar {uow and thon who are n system of themscives—whose eyatcin, if we fraep It faite usin possession of the lending soci! or polftical facta aud forces of thelr diy. Mr. Gurtield will be fount to be ono ofthese men, If vou study Washington fn all bia cous nections you will bavea fulr hold upon tho inelples and powers of the Revoluvonary War, 1u fact of tho whole ora of tho itevolution, if you mako a study of John Quincy Adatos or of Dunlel Webster Zou will (ind that they sum- marize American bistory from the time of the formation of the Government down ton period fairly within the memory of mea of middlo ugo, OUR.LOVE AND OUR GIKE willnow send us to a search for oversthiy sald and done hy our dead President. Deed wilt be embultsed 1 writlog—utternices of thought will be lovingly sought and sucredly preserved. Whon wo sbull biuve nll those put togothor, not merely ip biography, but 18 collected works, wo shall find that we have probably tho best clew man will huve to tho deeds and feelings of tho era ofthe Warot tha Rebollion undef Recon- traction, Work dono is a testof power. 1 know wo are abard-working Nation, But I thlok T huzard Httle in saying that when he diod no man in the fand could show a larger body of work dona during bia lifettine than he, It js nstonlehing, when we make it u mutter of study, to suv how auch and at how many important points Mrdar- Neld hos provaded tho history of the last twenty yours. ¥ He died tho Executive of tho Nation because ho was born an Executive, Ie could, he would do what was committed toblin na matter what that was, His War record, standing by liselr, fesumething of which any military man might ‘be proud, Civitinn though be was on the thestro: of war, he conquered the altuntion and tho cno- my wherover ho was pluced. During tha whatoe of his Congressional career the Inborisg our of the public business seems to have been In bis louds. itbink ho finally came to the headship of overy committes on which be was pluvod, On tho Comulttcoon Militury. Alfairs during tho War, and sinco the Waron Finance and on tho General Approprintions of the Government, ‘ou -eHn BeO that his power and jniluenco have. sbeon brought to bear at tho working polut in the iain departients of our gigantic Nutlonul mechantem, His specobes during this period willbe mgrent revolution of what was transpire ing in tha tines, but thoy will be only ay tndex. of his Tubon, No blstorlan can ever bring out to us tho work of tho wom- imitteo rosin nud personal work which lny boblad that—the source, the scerct dynim- isin of legislation, Mr. Gurflold has been more thane Representative In Congress; be has heen a directing teglslative agency, Somothing, shall ‘wo not Buy tnuch, of biussing In vvory home in tho land runs buck for origin to tho caro, foro- thought, forosight,and hurd work of Hepre- sentative Gartield, tis over such broad ground that we must go to find tho systom which Bir, Gurtteld embadicd tnd whon we nave gone over it, } report wo shall bo-astoniahed to see how tuch of the history of these twenty years ho was, Thun his no bral hav comprehunded more of tho Glewenté of our National problom; than hig no moro powerful bund has grasped tho bulinof Governmental uf- alrs. Without any conscious effort for It, with ovon. some sensitive shrinking from, it Mr. Uarhetd was grent in another respect—is leadership of nich. Ho was able to secure commendation for whuthe did from public Judgment, Beyond that there was uw charm alvut bin that secured personal attachment, gd Inch becaineacyunlntod with him, they not” only approved whut po did, but knowledge of him overywhere ripened lato wifection for thy mun, Whon bo died the heart of tho civillzoi world was with binias perhaps it bud been with noother dweller upon eurth. Certainly thero lng bech but one ther mun—e, Lincoln—in our history whocould ke considered aa having xo firm a hold upon the affections of the people, or, ruther, as being vo tirinly hold by thom. ‘You muy say this wns duo to ayinputby with une naturally by that his suitering, bat he sympathy, Jt fs singular how quickly ho ray to the posseasion of this aleution of tho Nation gud the world, ut if you {ook ovor bls carner youwil wo the inevitablencss of this result trom tho beginning. bvers ay for Wenty years hus becu steadily forward In tho public ‘cuntldence, ‘Tho operation of prayilation hos beon no invre regular than tho falling to hine of publlo Uust @id love. Whon bo wus in the arity withs outiny salicitation on bis part the people of thy Western Reserve cloct hl Ropresuututive to Congress, ‘There is meaning in that steady, unfailing attachinunt of the Ashtabula dlatrict for uighteen yeurs—nn atuchmentneverbroken oxcopt in durronder of its objeut to Lronder love und wider claling in which bis own dlstelet etiil bud thojr share of doy and pride, ‘Phen bow rape idly wud how civily thle publle confidence ran up to its splendid culmination, Ja one and the sutnio your this nian wis a dtepresentative ie Congress, was United States Senutor-elect from, Oblo, und Presicont-elect of the qt and every honor Was bls as natural euoll apple falls Sram tho bouwt, question about Mis HOLD UPON THE PEOPLE of the Distelut, Iwas the ninth tue they had elected bh with an opposition so email tit ply acrupulowlty fue furine would compute it a ull. Every voto of bla party deatgnated him for tho ollice of United States Sonitor, aud bo Mud mach ood will from thugs woo werd not OF thy party. xy fouspelves Woru witnesses of whut wid dono fa thid city, When tho sentimont and cos. yiction which bud ucdintatstered tho Goyerament for twenty years Was seeking 1 candidiute forthe Jrvsldoney, whon the convention bud tred ftwelf of ull ide inaues, aud began th cHrucal ty sock for # Inat—v man who should represent somes thine and win thd people tr whut bo repre: suuted, How quick they found hint - Aloe} that baying fold ane min they should eo soon, have thrawu up the suureh for anothor with thelr copscience and their wits. ‘Tbut faflure sent Gerfeld to ble grave. ius mon sald, * Wo have found one man; this ls tiresome business, Wis bylding the Magnetiom of yur being to dys tectaman; Jot ts throw dice for him." And they threw dice, nnd tho dio that wns cast was Joaded with Guricld'’s dcatn. ‘That was not the fault of the mau on whom tho lot fell. Tho fault loy ln leaving things nt bap-hazurd. Ant Carteld would nothayeso done. If be had any- thing todobo did ft—did it to the Inst, put tho dant tnish upon it. Ho threw noiice, tossed to coppers for anything, Nut tho side of things Hunt ought to como up he putup, and then ho vested. Tam ong ol those who hope, perhaps bolloye, that, cousklured as dice-throwing, the conven ton made a fortunate throw—that the lot, afte wh, fell on an excelent wan, My antinndver- slong are not upon the man but tipon tho proce vss, oF, rather, io process, of his saleution, Some. Hritiah statesman, T think, bas sald that Provt- dence ts on the side of foo! Kkards, and tho United States. But the United states haa no business to ay Providence. ‘The men of that convention shall not yo guliticss, They wenkly eae Up the eenrch for a iin and fell ty gains Hing, with the nuiJestie ify thoy had Just found and the letrest interests of the Nution at rinke, Thoy shall not bu excused. ‘Chroe several tines within the aotive life or Ue Inemory of the ina- jority of tho members of (iat convention sim- Hint badles bad. tos olf thelr tinal duty to tho tlice-box, and three soveral thes unspeakihle tiigaster find followed the deretletion of duty. ‘Tho convention knew the teaching of experi once, Tho tears were not yot dry on the cheeks of the people ever the consequences of tho last mistike. ‘The Nation wns etiit grinding In tho prigon-bouse of in tony induced by that error. Hut you will love to linger on tho other proc: ess—thnt of genuine duty in sinding a imun, Twiee have you seen that iu thls city, and bow glorious waa the result. ‘Twenty yours ug men cant togother hore in earnest ty do Just what was best to be done, Men from other States enmo hero and sald, one after nuother: © Wo know of a man in our «cotton or our State.’ Anil truly they di. Butyou sald: 8 We hav aman to Llilinois who ts the best tian for the Dos! tion, ¢ a Wolnve no Word of disparagement. of other mon, but this is the best man.” Men bee lieved you. Thoy snid lt mnay not be quite clear tous, but wo belleve the people of HMlinold are in curussty ‘and we Will tuke enrnest people at thelr. word. History bus already veritlod your word, nud has nothing to do but perpetuate your ve- raelty. At tho ond of turents ears mon were again here on tho suine errand, You Inst year saw tho prucesses; you know tho result. So long ns thie city etands inhabited by man, so long Will It be to it a pride and glory, that hero were found, here were designated fur the suine eacred dulies und trust—for tho one bigh- est dignity of the American Nation—Lincoln and Garteld. Then thure tovk plnce on the theatre of tho Nation whut had itiready takon place in the Stute of Ohio, Whon Mr. Garflald went out of city with hig nomination he was a beaten min. |} was no fault of bls. Men grow tired of the repetition oven of tha goo, Theery of cuunge Is seductive, ‘The Natton was uncnsy, restless, or lurge ningsed Of tho people were. Thore was friction in oO party which iad pet him up osm standard-beirer. The air waa tall of delualons respecting tnduatey and tinanes, But every day told in lis favor, Poople silt he ig quict ‘and be ls arent; he hess clear brain ond a ateaty baud; he knows how to open und to shut tho antes of silence and of specch, Then thoy bovame convinced that he wasn Hood tuin—that no base and evltish motives had pueacseiin it bin, avd that he was bis own man, Su tha thine rat on, and whon tho day of election came bis good-natured, MASSIVE, DIGNITY IAD CONQUERED, On tho dthof Maveh Inet he went. up to tho Capitol, touk tho oth to support the Constitu. tun oF the United 8tutes, kissed his mothor and wife, und became vested with tho Prealdoncy and the confidence and love of the people, Tho peupte sald: “We have i President who tan Hreut stntesman, a faithful sou, and a true jover. Jt is well. Thon he organized au Exccutive Administra- tlon whieh taal few short mouths did such an amountof work As to astonish the worlkt. the other branch of the Government wut should havo aided him and had part in bis glory idting away its tine—playing tho foul, ‘When ho started for a vacation trip on the 2d ot July, he said he: felt ko w boy just ous of school. Ho was light-hearted because ho was conselous bis trek Was done, Of whut has prpnonet since the 2d of July 1 forbear tospenk. Teannot sneuk what is un- spenkable, Sulfering unto denth bas shown no brent In the equipvise of his bolnug, Uutl want: to fasten nttention to what has happened, ag it brings inte clear rehet a capital wo bad ie hla in hls enpability for attractive leaderstlp. Thoro ny lutent in, tho inan, ready to apponr it ite scuson~It did appear when cilled—tho abillty to wit us wo see, 60 that how thare Is no such thing as party known ta thig_ great sorrow—no North, na South, no East, no West—no nationnlity even. jo this grief, but to bo human fs to possess it, Tho pationt, winning greatness of those last elxhty days was no extreme offort summonad to mect an cmergeney, Thosg alghty days, with all thelr outcome, Join as naturally on tho nine aud fatty yeirs preceding as frultun thoantumti bough to the blossom of spring and the swelling calyx Of summer. . ‘The deathbea only hurricd to conclusion proo- cased which would havo-wltimated in the sume results, thoussh perchance thoy might have pro- ceeded ut a slower ratio. ie way zathoring ju the hearts of the peoplo nefqst ué mun ever did on thisearth, Ibina mun Of this uttractive, wiining lendorship that Wo havo lost, and lost out of the Presidenoy, Wo vainly try to éstimute this lose, lo ways: history of what man has acconiplished fn this world 18 at bottom tho Lita tory of tho great men who hive workcell hore,” ‘Thit statement wil bear itiown welght. The mugged nro busy with tho things thut are—ouly tho tho things 0 je and that can be. With the property-gettera tho unknown goce for a terror ng well ns n wonder, Thoy feur to break o now path. Conservatiam clings to tho thing that fs, and it ts mighty. Tut whon a thing Is really done, conservatiam clings ta that us part of tho oxieting state of things—as n fact uccoupiished, : Lot Mr. Lincoln nsi tho penple whether bu shat! issuu tho Proclumution of Emancipation and the ground swoll will tuunder, Not Let Mr. Sincolu jusue the Prockamauon of Ginancl: dation ana nak the people If fic snall bo with- drawit, and the Kround swell will beat heaven with No! ns thunderous as before, Wo had this tremendous vantugo for progress in Mr. Jurticld usa leader, Conservatiam gad coin to avo contidence in him. Ho could@prye sono forward and the peopic would buye Bald: * Wao nwo very busy, bur Mr, Gurticld Is usually right und wo Will follow hin ‘hig attractive power would ve perilous In a budinan, But here was a good man. Wo ure not obliged to ask denth to cover his faults or ols follies, There never has beon taint upon his dnterrity tg 1 man, o citizen, wud a statesnan, When It uccaine clear to hlin that wrong ine hered tu any course hu was pursulug he abane doned It. Whut better oun beiug do this slite the Infaltivle God? It was a small, poor budget of questionable deeds that partizan intorcst. brought forth ugainst hin net your, Loxam- ined it, such ag i was, and bocatue convincen, nat that there might not have been tistake, error of judginent, but that nothing but a tartus ous Spiel cauld anywhere agslen tuck of recti- tude in bls conduct, Here something must be antd about the apirit of our polities, It fa “brutal, cowardly, and inurderous.” Mr. Gurfleld bua nor been a tet- ter man during those Inst olghty days than ho ‘was bofore, THE NULLRT OF A MURDERER ave hin pel, and people symputhized with Im Iiit. Dut the frou nny outer uw man’s soul ua woll ug lead bls body. The pains of the spirit ate nu tess worthy of sympathy thun those of the few. | Wo” rage tt | uneantralted wrath nguinst the asvasin of thu Rhye foul ite, ut nsausinution of reputation ia 4 récogntzed node of pollticul warfare. Ropu~ tation Ig dearer to man than Ife, yet we suifer mfdcoustruction and misrepresentution Of mos UVCS, acls, HAY speceb—purversion ot deeds, nt- ttudes, and intente—aud this kind of eruolty oes unwhipped of Justice, Nothing enn compensate for our loss, but if fn the solemnity of our sorrow wo resolve that mon of all partivs shall bave justice and kindness whilo they five~—thut (ho ussusin of reputation abil tukG bla pluce with Guitenu, soma ight WHI shino ont of our darkness, ‘Thare te another way it whict we tiny osti> minty the greatness of President Gartletd, Ao- cordlug to tho yours of stuteanansblp ho was Bt wy What fay behtud intght very proporly ho conddored ua vantage ground for & quarter of acuntury of yeureto come. Lo had ualy talrly come into pussesstoy of hiinself om tho thontre of civic action. Duntol Webster wus only ase year younger than Gurileld at tho dato of his denth whon ho mado hia reply to Unyne, aAfterthat he bad cleven yeura of cantindous sorvice in tha Henute of tha United stated Uo- fore be firat becaine Sccrotary of State, Vresdlent Gurtield had ten years muro before him yet ore he would have been ud old ng Web- ster when be begat tls eareor a6 a diplomat, Mr. Garield mizut buve beon Vreaidunt yot agin, with amar to spire, bofore bo vane to tho polnt in bis life at which Webster began the foundations of ono of thy monumonta of bis enduring (ate, * ‘Tho [oss of tuday Is gricvous, but It bocomes Anguish us we louk at tie possibititios of twenty- ve yeurs of Ife ta whleb bo bad aright tur dimeelf and for the Nation, What Whittlor auld of uuothor uoblo but une Aniabod curcer (tbat of Robert Rantoul Jr) comes aptly to the thought of today; a5 Lond! while hls vaica waa living vot in vchoes round the pilared duel At rita te batted pase lay rag With thatmus of State and loyue of homot Deadt tn that crowning grave of time ‘Thus Lehwuiph uf iife's xonigh houry Dewi] yeiia wo wateuod hls mantvud’s primo Wrouk frum tho slow bud into Howor, avers dliscerm that ought Dnad! he ao xront, and atrong, and wise, Whilto the wenn thousands yor draw breath, Vow deopongd Chrouels thut uread surpriay ‘Tho mystery and wwe of dowtht Feuu tho blah place wbereon aur votes jal burtio tft, clowr, culm, ourniust, fell Wietines wordy like tt reludo nutes UF BOTY KIeU But Ny witd enthustaas of tito rig Misti pateed aud plewe hp akewed alway the cobsinoss Of bie Northurn night, z ‘Sho ripe ropyus of musulan'’s diy, Ally atovs were slow, yet forward still pail Whord ollers paused UF fallgd— Do tar clu with couataut will ‘Vho rostless puviwur Saaled und pater is 4 10D FUL tu wwoll, TN A r » And. pad of hear return ty siund In silence by BUew-nue gyrase. -I¢ ty wot vowsiuie cor threnody to gay thot thore Ja toss, irrepnrablo loss, In such a denth, Buch mon do not full without {oss to thoir nge. 'Thoy hover have. Iris well to quote Mr. Gare Held himself, “God reigns." Ihut {t will bon fatal usc af n gront truth if wo sottio down wn- der that thought, and do not rentize that pon ovory man n sterner struggte in duty hus boon devolved by thodeath of this man. What bo coutd havo done wo are now ‘The seer In tho Revelation cr say. ** Tho Lord God Omulpotent rotgneth: ace ho saw tho beret and the false prophet, with power to overconte and tu kit, ut work on the new of hus nan history. The Savior said of the mallgn ine Nuences that wore xathering in about him, “Now js your hour and tho power of dueduess” Tt is nn unbroken induction hitherto that tho power of darktioss haa assumed! unwonted uctivity, on tho ussnalnation of the great and wood lendera of men. "The ovll that nen do lives aftor them." a na have writton history a8 woll ag states: men and patriots. Did Willhim the Bliont lenve ith impress on tho bistory of the Low Countrics? So did Gerard, und It ts dificult to suy nt this day WINCH MODIFIED IT THE Most. Motley saya: ‘Tho pistol of the Insignifiennt Gerard’ destroyed the possiblity af a United Nethoriand State, while during the life of Will Jan thore was tinion in the policy, unity In the history of the cotntry, fn the following yenr aAntwerp fell before the scluntiilc ellorts of Parma, Tho city which had lows been the trocat ats Wollas the most opulent capital in Buropy eink forever to tha position of provinoiut town, = With its fall tho final separa. tlon of tha Nethorlands was completed, His fife) gave existence to an indepeintent couutry—his death defined Its lime Its. Had hp Hyed {wooly years loaner, tt {3 pro iublo that the seyon provinces would have boon foventoon, and thnt tho Spanish title would haya heen forever extinguished both in Nether Ger- many and Celtic Gaul.” - Tho peovle of fSelgium are wrestling with troubles todny that would havo wot thoir sottlo- quel alsssee AN years ago Unt for tho nesasin erard, Partinily contomporhry with William the 8i- lent, but with wearcer running ten years over into the next century, to 1610, there eaine to tho surface in Franco the greatest und best leader in her history since Coatetnagno ti viey, of Na- varre. France bas endured a travail of 270 yenra to take up work where Henry tho Fourth {nid It down, Ho was, by way of reliyloug liberty and Inoltements ‘to progress in all d@betlon’, procced|me to tho development of a people auch ne have been to the front in England alnce the Reformation, Me oven had n ‘scheme for the permanent pavlfvation of Europe which Is not tobe ro- garded ng ontirely chlinerlen!, ustess you regard what ho acttnlly necomplished In iis life 1s ehtmera, But all coos posaibilities vanished before the digger of Rnvailluc, Europe bus had No peuce. The French people, Instead of coming to the front, settled to a fourth catate. Kinys, elorgy, aod nobles superimposod upon thom, With tho murder of Henry roaction sot in, othor forces camo to tho surtace, nnd the bise tory of France bis boon what it bas—govern- ment by Cardinals in tho intercat of Romo, draggonnades, revocation of the 1Mivt of Nantes, expulsion of the Hinata ats, sytoranites noverty, and gorrow, tho rovolution, Bonapartism, Im- aerinism. Guldwin Smith, [ think, bas written, of the last 100 years of French history, entithiog it Tho Agony of France.” But thisagony was Dorn of 180 yaare prior axons. Tho good write bistory—sodo tho bad. You ean rond the ties of Ravailing in French bistors ua woll ag thosoof Honry of Navarro; indeed, vou tuny nsk whosa lines you ean roud in Fronul, istory except thoao of Ravuiltac. Dot ueed to akk tho: question’ whother, John Wilkes Rooth kre been writing in American history ng woll na Abrebam Lincoln? Did Mr. SAncofn issue an emancelpation proclamation? auth necessltited a wandering in the desort wot yot completed aro freedom should become practicul fact. 1t only needod the grent hoart and the grent brain of Mr. Lincoin, with the tol- lowing lls tuadership could have seoured. to in- fe now Inspiration and new lifo in the South at once, ‘Thera is ntido In the nffaira of nen Which, taken nt the Hud, feuds an to fortune; Onutted, uit the voyago of thelr lito Is bound in sbatiows und In miseries, ‘Tho piel shot of Booth acnt tho fortunate tide of possiblity of relnspiriting the South with desiro for progress and gonuiue lborty to ebb, aud we are dragging in the shallows of that. ebb today. A vain, fgnorant, and wrong-headeil suan became Prestdont. The hour of the powers of darkness came again, and Jn it thoy wrought with mivht and muin, Tho Lost Cauao took heart, Tho Leminn igs of the now ordor of things wero resisted, Wo stand in front of tho fact today that for sixtoon years the South has heen shut to Immigration ‘except as invited to wenra pidiock on it its lps, that therein mur- dere of tho helpicas “victiing of formor slavory havo been more numerous year year than thosa who have fallen in sone of tho workl's groat wars, ond thot thoroln the \otlog power ‘of 4,000,000 of United States cltizons has Leon by force, terror, and fraud reduced to nullty, J ‘hi sald that Andrew Jehuson bad a right to his iqilzment, Cortainly, but ba had no right to it where It was. It was not a judgment repro: sentative of the Atnerican people, ‘They nover asked bim for bis Judgmont whan the pistol af Tooth gage him Ophurt unity. by constituttonal form to expross it, When his tern: of office ex- pire, who usted biufor bis Judgment on any eubjoct under heaven? : Thore is no use in trying to disguise ft: The nesasin is power as woll us uthor nen Renural- iy, aud entirely naturally the greatur puwvor the ereator and tho botter the main upon whom his wickediivss takes vffcot. "Wa shall get alaug.” Cori 102 ple of Franco have, got nlonfr for tho Inst 205 yeurs, But bow? We sbull get along. Cur- talnly, Wut how? We shall cnt, and drink, and sleep, And clothing, and warm ourselves In the sunlight and bythe fire, Men have done that before, and done inuch that was base and iguo- Dio, individuatly and collectively, beside, Tho Amorican peuple might havo moro history under the loaderahip of Ji Gartiold. Of what sort it would have been there fano doubt. Shall that sort of hlatary yot bo written? ‘That Isa quostion lying boford me, you the Amertean poopie. Othor forces stand ready to grasp the historic pon. Tho question of the hour i8 not whotbern poor migoreant ahall be hung or how ho shall be punished, The geeut the apoalling—question prosiod upon ug inthe presence of our inajestic dend ts, How mueh of American history shail bo writton by Gulteau? —— SS) THE LATE REUNION. An Untamed Confcdorato Major Dissat= istlod with a Tribune? Correspund~ cents Notes—'Fho Correspondent Gots Mack with Some Rathor Pertinent Romarks and Forcible Suggestions, ‘To the Ed{tor of The Chicago Tribune, Ciurarranooaa, Tonn,, Sept. 20,—-1 have just received u epeoint to your paper front this phica wiluding to tho narniy reunion whieb oecurred bore Inst week. Lelip from thut spcola) the fol- lowing paragraph: tha abwuney of many prominont ox-Tabole who had alaniied thule Intention to be present wasn gruat dls Hppointment to nt, wid aly. Tho pec “written inmes A. ospeciaily tu the {ous Toa tion up tt true fb duoks as though thelr absence miuht- ave been an intended slight upon the mon whe hind no chovefully necapted thy olive ‘ranelt and cag down hure to shake." Itta to be hoped, howaver, Hint fuls muy, pravo nut (0 bu thy caso; ut ie loval tun figure toel tho keenust disappolniment at tholr nb- soltcy, Bnd, WHO tnking nO charges Of auy kind, piilnly oxtiibtt tholr utter disgust, ‘Ths unfortunate parugriph disgures a very plousane article, Ie ts another {Wustration of the vow kicking over tho bucket of milk, 1 bow to nesure you that, whilo the ex-Vonfedoratus doubly regretted tha wbsencoe of inauy of our prominent Uonerals, tur whose coming we had hopefully looked, thare was no "utter disgust * elthor felt or oxhibited. Gon, Joseph BK. John- ston was kept at bishome in Wastington by feobluncas of bualth—a fecbiencas that has with~ drive bin from tho hulls of Congress. Gen, Longstreet was hold in Atlautn by thy pressure of busin nh tha Unites Brutes Court, of whion ho is Marstat. ‘Tho Georgia Leglulnture was in ita closing days, wud tat fact kept Gen, Colquitt (who fa Governor of Georgia) away. An uveldentin the ftumlly af Gan. Kirby dmith, which occurred us ho was tuking the train for Chattanooga, kept him athome, All of those Generals, including Kiso itunes, Brown, Gore don, Lee, and duokson, telegraphed thet’ deep reyreta nt being compoltod tu be absent, and ox~ pressing tholr dep sympathy whth | the objects of our society, nearly ever, using. tho paasnge, “although abs ae person, 2 an with you ti epic Others, who ved at great distunces, romuine at home, believing the great calumity would present the reunion, | Thus you sue bow unkind 8 tho finuende aud tho direct statument of the Parugraph quoted. As wollimight your corre- spondont Haye said that the Exooutive Commit- ten of the Ariny of the Cumberland folt the keenest *disguat " at the absence of Sherinau, Sherktun, Grunt, sae’ scores of other distiu- guided Poderals. — Alaal thy etd circumstance whieh kept so many away wus folt by us all, 1 bow to ausure you that the men who com: posed our soctuty aud the hundreds of cx-Von- Teduratea wha ‘crine kere trom all purts of Vounnasce, apd frou: Geurgia, Alabume, Kone tueky, anit Arkuuas, wore ‘untied with the provluimod objeot of our urgantzation—via. ‘Yo oxtund asoldiorly keeoting { the Buctoty of tho Atiny of thy Cumberland) wlicu holds fs asnual rus (uiion In Chattanooga da Buptumbor, 1s shuraby: dumonatrating that the ditargices uf ie vast, whlen brooghy Ya fay tu face IN marta eonibwt, ke how {upautten by thy soldiers yf loth sides, who did thule dutys, wud that thers tw a Uruchurivod whitch uultus unas the putriuiig cttlzous of a cunimon country, Wo nro not politicians, nor ure we ultices wcckers. Wo bad nuthing to confers and no favors to auk, Asucluty of our diatingushed fullow-cltizons was cumlog ta vur city, ‘Th Were once vilr onemnics, aud met Us On the Bh toric Helds ubout Chatiiugoga, Wa recognized dy thetn brave tien, who dd tholr duty, and wo eulred ty extend to thon a soldierly welcome, ‘Thore wore no expressions of contrition or proo- Iumations of nbsalution. We met thouvw that ouee wore tho [sue us ultlzeus of 4 vommon country, und thoy who attompt ra attribute sordid and losincere motives tu the lute wearers of the Uruy do thom grosa injustice, Your correspondent indujues tho customary cant about our general ignoravoo and the Yunlted boundarios of our information, ‘bls bas grown lo bo fashionuble with correspunil: ents, bul ithe alinoat a8 tintruy as it ty fashions able. We buve our hitnble, plain, iyneruut peuple, a6 you bave thou in Wilvuls, aithougn berbups fo larger pervontaye, Hut if your var- Tesohduut hal entered tho real souloty of uur country be would understand usbstter, The feagon why our people wisundersiand yours is Lecunep they do Lot mivot them, und the reuson, iu iauy instanves, why We ard inlérouresented \ebecuuao your correspondents proter to cour sult “intelligent colored men.” Now, our lato reunton {a tho Inltial movement to introduco ua to cach other, and we alncerely hope the movo- ment will bon glorious sueccan, Whothor or tot we shall eucecod in convincing thoae who desire to remove to our country tint this ian portion of the United Statos, by tho full nod free consent of its inbubitants, J cannot ailitm. ‘Thoy tayo hoon sadly mistaughe by the chlor sources of Information—tho pulpit: nnd tho preaa, Wut if onn sincere nnd honest movi Ment, which resulted ao gloriously Inst wee! aball bo tntrly published, !look for a large tm= Infgration to the South in tho coming years. T do not desire to trie advantage of your columns by afroe advertisement, but 1do wleh to say that all who desire to remove to our country na farmers, manifacturers, merchants, or eitizona will bo welcome—thrice wolcoine. Mut wo have all the noliticinns we nead nosy. G. C, Connon, ex-Confederate Secretary. ‘To the EAitor of The Crteago Tribune? Cutcaco, Oct. 1—When n correspondent 1s called upon fo defend a position assumed in tho Uretarke of his duties tu bls omployers, it bo- comon to domo -oxtent neeessurlly question of fudividual opinion; but there may be facts con- nected with the ense which it would be simple foolhardiness to deny or attempt to pallinte. Mnj. Connor's assurance that tho abaonce of prominent ex-Canfederates who bad siqnitiod anintention to ba present at tho into reunion was unavoldable, is, of course, entirely aumli- clent, and L can but express tho rearct of thou- sand that thelr absence trax unnyoldable. But, until tho enuses of their absence wero officially promulgated, it hnd, to say tho lenst, 0 Bus. vicious look. Tho absence of Sherman, Grant, etal. wos, under tho mournful alreumstances, perfectly justifiable, and, Indeed, unnvoldabie, twoof thom being ag thoy aro the ranking ofl- cors of tho Unite States army. so! have alrondy spoken of the grand, royal, and open-hearted reception tendered the old Union soldiers by tho ex-Confedorates, and too much Praise of tho manner in which the boya In bluo ‘were cnitertained by the gray wero impossible, Tho visitors bava no cumpinints to make of tho manner in which thoy wera entertained by tholr ex-Confedorate friends, and departed for thelr Northorn homes with the most pleasant recol+ Jections of thelr visit to formor fields of bloud and carnage. As for tho correspondent, he hns nothing but praise for the kind manner fn which + he was entortained by cvory one with whom bo came in contnet, : ‘Truth compols mo to confess that no pen-pict- urevan fllustrate the condition of that grent elnsa constituting a majority of the industrial ‘olngs of tho section wnder discussion known ng tho working and producing classes. lgnoranee may not be a Vico in itself when forced ipon the jlossossor by peculiar mothods of custom or a system ontalling the ropression of eduvation; ‘Dut it auroly Is a standing reproach to the class having tho ordering of muttors in tha commu- nity In which it oxists, ‘ne correspondent is much annoyed and chngrined at the intimntion that ho fulled to ronch thut Mocei of superticial naturcs—" the bust goctoty." When he was throwit In contact with Maj. Connor ho folleitated himsolt upun the boliof that ho bad indecd reachud that much- desired eminence, and no nct of mine, Lam sure, could he construed Into nn abuse of tho high — priviley necorded, ‘The * intolligent colored mau,” itis nocdicss te romark, wi an unknown quantity in molding the correspond- ent's ideus nod ophilonss ‘Tho correspondent joins tho Major in the hope and beilef that the Inte reunion fg but the initin! Movement Inn rund and complete reconciila- Hon, in which tho North Is ready and #0 moro thno bulf way; and th oventually lond to resutts the ike of vwhicn will bé a surpriso to this generation und poople. ‘Tho opportunities for the Jnvestiwent of Northora capital and onergy in the devolop- mont of Naturo's wealth so Invishly bestowed Unon the country contiguous to Chatthnoogn aro bouniloss, and no doubt thoso opportunl- Ues will bo seized upon gv soon ns moneyad en become nwaro of the exiatonceof thia great Storohouso of crude material, Having been accorded tho privilege of hoing heard in self-dofenso, end having no wish or intention of cutering “Into A controversy with Maj, Coungr or any cleo, Lwitt hore close the muntter. ConnEsYONDENT. FIGHTING FIRE. Tho Exporicnco of Miss Kittic Lewls'in ho Huron Poninsula—A Conflict with Wlanies for Forty-eight Hours, Detroit Frea Preat, Sept. 29. Learning that at No.- i} Rowland streot n young woman could be found who had passed through tho porils of tho terriblo forest fires on tho Huron Poninauln, 0 roporter of tho Frco Press yesterday sought hor out. Miss Kittle Lowla 18 domostio in tho above-mentioned place. In her personal appearance thoro ja nothing to indicate the onergy, courage, aud horolem sho hus displayed whor thogo qualltics wero most neoiled. Thore {a no suggostion of Btrong-mindoduess in ier appearance, ‘The act, dotermined fentures aud daunticss oye aro not thero. Sho fs merely a womanly womnnn; abova tho avorago hight, well formed, with light brown. hair‘and eyes; but bonenth-thut calm oxterior Mos ou indormitable will and heroic dovotion to duty. In Dwight Township, Huron County, in asmall log houso, lived, and, thanks to Miss Lewis, still lives, hor aunt, Dire, Christopher Armatond, Stir. Armstoad, bis mother, now 102 yours of ago, and four emall children, Mr. Armstoad is now a cripple, having been # sufforer from fover-sorcs for along timo. Thoy were very poor, oven be- foro the fire; but Mrs. Armatend, nsalatod by ber two Nttlo boys, cultivated thelr ammull farm ns Dest sho could, and tannaged to provide the fam- ily with food. Misa Lowis has asslated them ‘With shoos and clothing, A short timo previous to the fires sho went to Dwight to visit hor relatives, and was there through tho terrivlo ordeal. Hor narration of her personal experionco Js thrilling in the ox- trome, Sho states a fact that bas been widely denicd ~that tho farmers Ngbted tho firey that left many of them bomeotess and penuitess, Thera bad been uo rin for a jong time, and evorytolng was as dry oe tinder, All frouni them the suttlers bod been for days buriing brush upon thelr nowly-ctonred fonds. Hor tinele had remarked that {t was con- trary to law to build forvat fires at such u timo, but’ upprebended no dunger until Sunday, the Ath fost, Ou that day sho nskod him-to drive hor aver to a Mr. Carlo’s, nnelghbor: He replied that the Winslows, near nelghbors, wore burn- dug Jorge tracts of underbrush, and ho was afraid to leave home. ‘On Monday. Zaorninl » ta Bth, tho otr waa thick With amoke that wné rising in vaat clouds from tho forest Just beyond her uncle's clearing, She asked bim if there was any danger, to which ho Sonliet, Lunt, stuboly,” pofating to his wi la that skirted tho woods, “will burn Hke pluie atieks.”. von tho tamos could bo keen, and before noon the fonces fire, and tho two women-went to and commenced tuuring thom dows In se oudeavar to stay tho progress of the ilumos, “By noon thoy wero bavk ut the house battiiog for thofr lives, Dut for tho ruddy glow of tho conflagration, it was dark us midnight, Halls of tire, Jurge pleces of bark, and even klowlng boughs of hemlock bragh, fon allarouuidl thom; und tor hours Misa Lowls dasbod through tho thick smoke, extinguishing those branaa with pails of water, suimiping thom out with ber foot, tntll her shoes were burned away, her how pyctially consutmed, and her foot blistered. ‘Io protuct bur person sho drenetied hor elathing at short iutorvals, and Protected hor bead by tylug awot skictover it, The amoko was bliniting to tho oycs, painful to the lune, and at tines 60 duneo that they wero obliged to breathe through wet towels, Duriug tho afternoon and Monday night those two women succooded in extinguishing every fire that kindled nuar them. No stop, nu rest— no thna to partake of fuod,oven—sud ovory momont su tho enolreling wall of flume draws fuse closer to {ts victhus. Tuesday: mourning, despite their most desperate exertions, the bay stacks, burng, and other oul-bulldings wera Hoked up. Everything was. guno but tho loys house, and the wails of that were so bot ad to burn the hand, ‘The currunt-bushes and othor shrubbery tu tho gurden and around the house burst into iames, and the Intrepid women fore them from tha ground with tholr bitstered bands and trampled out the fire. They brought witer from the woll and slashed ft than the walls af the smoking bouso, Thoy soaked hlunkets wud spread thom over the roor, Whou the huyrloks ouught fica, Str, Ari stein abandoned hope. Not so the doturiniued woien. ‘Thuy redoubled thule oxortuns, works ing with frantic caorgy as tho day advancod, Thole torcibie strung 8, luck Of food und” rest, boxan to tol) upon thole ytrength, The water hi the woll boyun to become muddy. Should that fall thore would bo no hope. And all tho thug the cordon of ilame was ercoping nearer. I(t scorched thelr fave und caused stoum to arise from thelr drenched garments, To struyyl Jonger was of uu ayall, io Death sconied tnuylte able, ‘To tho south of the house thero was a small pick Of greou corn, [ts vumpurative freshness boked Inviting to tholr inilamod ‘anit bult- Ditnded Synbulls and thither tho entire foals randmotber, children, all—wont, o& thoy be. toyed, to dic. ‘Thoy throw themuejves upon thelr knves and prayed In Bpaulab~ prayed that God would avort thy terrible fate thut was tn. ponding, Aud still tho devourlug circle drew nearer, Thon therocame v reaction, and Bliva Lowls arosy from bor kuecs with u horolu resolya 1 iio, If die sho wuet, batiloy with the de. stroyor. Bho could not bear the thought of ber body being found where people Would way that shy cowered fo fear of the corn, Shu would much ruther they would gay that sho dled tubing thy Hoult to tho bitter ond. and sho hoped there would be something In the position of hor budy tormutely toll bur story, Sud aroused her aunt, Jnfused her with somothing af ber owa grim dus term{ualion, and aguly they rushed to repel tho foe. Disa Lowla observed that the tira would. bur row beneath tho turf for several fest, and thon Durat focth Bt Uuoxpeuted poluts, To guacd ngninat thoso insidious appronchos, thoy dug» trench around the house with hucs and poured iu water, and then, through that terrible Thurs. day night, thoy throw water tipon tho house, Mrs. Arinstead bringing \t fram tho well, while Miss Levis, with n basin, dnabod it upon tho roof, cdnonday morning found thom | stilt. worklog with’ untiagging energy, though thotr uxhausted frances wero Wwenk and tottering, and tholr eyes were ay inflamed that thay could but dimly seo each othar. At 10 e’ctock the wind wbifted and alight raln fell. Their terrible vigil wns pyer. - Of the work of relict Miss Lewis docanot speak, In pratzeworthy tering, Bho romnined sore ono week, bilnd for three days, and In that me ber Mocle tind been able ta obtain from tho Kelief Committee only thirty pounde of corn-teal. Bhe gave her uncle all the money she had after paying ber faro from Vort Austin to Detroit, and rinco sho nreived here hna gent bim money and clothing, Sho says the plice to buy. soe whent for the sulferers fs tn Huron County: thas. when sho went whonrd the atonmer at Port Aus. tn large gquanitios of whent wore bolnig put nbuird, and it was brought to Detrolt, Those Sarmera who escaped the tinmes are solling their crops ty tha shipping buyers fora Detrolpmarket, while tho [tellef Committee are buying whout in, Detroit to ship tu the sufferors, paying far more’ for It than it would cost within a few mites of where it Js wanted for seeding purpoaos, Although three weeks hnve ulapsed, Miss Lewis’ cyas are stilt fotiamed, and one of bor feot has not yot fully healed, | MONUMENTAL, : John TL. Volk, designer and manufacturer of fino granite aud marble monuments, tablets, atatunry, curbing, ete, In selected. stock, Ofico corner Doarborti and Randolph streots, ras aa = A Big Grape-Vine. : ‘Tho yino at Hnmpton Court Vainco bas been Prosentod by her Majesty to tho Princesa Fred+ orlen for bor privaty use, ‘This vine, ove uf the curlosities of the wardens, was planted {n 17, and resoediny totho popular belief ts tho Inrrust, in Europe, if not in tho work. The offelal guide to tha palaca mentions that “in tho nu tum ft altnost drags tho house down with’ ite thousand clustors of purplo grapes, sxumboring in fruitful songons as many as 2,500 bunches of a pound wolght onoh.” Hitherto the frult—tha Ulnck Hamburg grupe—hns beon exclusively ro- korved for tdo Quecn’s dossert. Tho principal stem, nearly thirty fuches in olrcumforenca at ita beso, Ja rbout 110 feet long, and If permitted, would outgrow tho building, which from time ta time has been enturged untit it now occupies a hall of 2,00 squaro feot. ————____. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate nn Invalu unable ‘Tonic. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate la on Invaluable tonle Inany case where an acid toniels Indicated, GREENFIELD, IL, J.T, Prart, Sf, D, ——— Worecommend Eldredgasowine-machines. DEATHS, MIDWHIA—At the Palmer Hours, Chicazo, Oct. t Jest, of hemurrtngs apoplexy, Alice J. ‘a, wito ub Godruo ¥. Hidwall, of bloupy Eye, Minn. temslae, taken to Fale iiaven, Conn,, for inter- nt. LONG—MMra, Iilltn, beloved *wifo of Capt. Wilflam Long, ngod if years. ral anrvices it? p.m. Monday, Oct, 3, from the realdonce, bt Nowhorry-a ‘to Gracoland,” Friends of tl family aro Invited. . 4 Oct 4.10.0, m.. from hor Into reste place, nhat will conduct tho noun mooting toduy in, Farwell nn, Topo: “tho Gulitur Bh,” E MULE SEMLANNUAL MEETING OF tho Presbytory of Chlenzo will be held ot the Westminster Preabytorian Church, coruur of Jackson and Peoria-sts., today at 10:da'elo ing, Lexinolng at 7:00 o'clock, thore wil be n mootin on Homa Mlesiona, to be addrussed by the Key. Dr. 1 Kondall, of Now York Cty, ono of ‘thio Secretaries of the bontd, and other sposkors. ~ MLE OPENING EXEROISES OF THE Women’s Coltoge wili take placo this ovontng ae ho college, an und su Boneh Lincoln-at. Prof, D. We Graham wili deliver tho address. Friends of tho Ins Btiiution nro conially invited, WI NEXT TERM OF ‘TILE CHICAGO Collegu of Phnrinacy will begin Munday, Oot. 3, Phe opuntine tectura will ie deltvored by Lrof.' 1. "D, Gnrrlion ats p.m. In the now hall, comor Michizan= nv, und Van Buron-at. “Subject: Origin of Madicle hui Mroportios in Hinnta” All aro invited, AUCTION SALES, By GEO. 2. GORE & UU., ali and 210 Madison-st. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 10 o’clock, AT TILE 110UsH * No. 564 Wabash-av.,. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS, Including Parlor and Bedroom Furniture, Carpota, Stoves, Kitchen Utonails, &o, Also 1 drat-otnss Pinno, Lovo, Hitchen Gig, Pe Gute & CO, Auctonoar™. REGULAR TRADE SALE DRY GOODS, TUESDAY, Oot. 4, 9:30 a. m, A Vory Largo tnd Important Offering, GEO, V, GOK & CO. Auctionoors, BUYERS FIRST-CLASS BOOTS, SHOES, large DOUBLE SALE at AUCTION Wednesday, Oct. 5th, AT 0180 A. M, PROMPT, The following guaranteed goods, sold in the West only by us, will be in the sale: ‘ Martin L, Kelth’s Men's Wear, M. F. Prouty & Go,.’s Sucker Boots, Chicago Shoe Co, Women's Wear, All icHoice warranted goods, as well as a great variety of Custom Work anda FULL LINE RUBBER GOODS. GKO. P. Gow & CO, av and 21d Madison-st, REGULAR TRADE SALH DRY GOODS, THURSDAY, Oct, 6, 9:30 a.m. A Vory Important Specinity Sole, , . GEO, I’, GONE & CO. Auctionaers, OPENINGS. OPENING! . TWENTY-FIFTH OPENING Fine Millinery and Cloaks . WEDNESDAY, OCT, 5.” ALL INVITED, NO OARDS, HOTCHKIN, PALMER & CO, 137 & 139 State-st. 3 RAL ESTATE, * OR SALE, To Close an Estate, 20 tuot nu Oak-at. nour Lake-Bhoro drive. A splea= Lt fity for tn oaira to bulla. a spuorlablay toe nyostors who desire to bull & CUR, oh La Bulig-et. * os erp in deme nrnrm Rond $1 6b S oF fcc 8 sample eats sy stir afttetet Raully wod strictly hte tal EAL LOA ll ‘ap ane