•Hr HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 187L •_* __ A __L __£_M_r_____ ___k__»-A______a__ Bally r n t M i i r KditMO. far —so* ay aval. diwtar' K4iu»«,#v year. IT **«-.»..., Weekly Ediooe war year, i f U L u . , 1» p——at M a y e»d Brieta *'—»b»SBl (Maee aitessa In. fun, mciuaiac ftaatittaaces Bay tM Buato «itaar ay Sraflt r>:»i .>««.» order, err m re*l»t«—« M M t , tf MTIiik. ~~us TO aemr BM—w—•• l>»Uy, d«i:T«>ie»i sauUay exespeea, H M a n .Dm. T i„. . 9r*4, M<—ear IIM»1W*><*. J* oae_-§« i M i w TH * TBJ» c xn CX>MF AS T, No. U C*a_-*t, Chtaaffa, 01. ity. . o u g h t t o h a v e the i m m e d i a t e benefit of t h e p r o c e e d s . Y\ he a there- s h a l l b e » f u l l a u d c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t a t e m e n t of t h e M t u » l g n a n n a l c o n d i t i o n o f t h e c i t y a n d e e u n t y goven.m*ant*» a n d * c a m pare t i v n ex> hi bit of l i a b i l i t i e s e n d o f t h e m e a a » o n hand, t h e r e w i l be no quest toa t h a t b o t h govern nasn ta w il i b a v e need of e v e r y poaaib 1 e son ree of r e v e n u e T h e d e b t s of b o t h c i t y a n d c o m i t y , to m e e t w h i c h there is no m o n e y iu e i t h e r t,rea.«tt..ry, uniet 'be p a i d b y increased ta x a t i o o . I udcr s a c k oi ran instanoes, to hold this i m m e n s e property u n p r o d u c t i v e , or, w h e n made p r o d u c t i v e , to appropriate the proceeds for the benefit of pur kg ia the s u b u r - b a n t o w n s , w i l l b e e x t r e m e f o l l y . " H i • TTTB AKXZON A MASSACRES F» f,, S A T l - R D A Y . P F < " E M B E R -'. UJTI, to me anperfleas, not. practicable by the "le propose* (Re the gifts ef ell authors will g o for " prise i; and. third, face of it a v f ~ a Hung great' IHX f i l l L I M U I Y . W e h a r e - i r c t d y aUuidnd t o the n o b i s g i f t 1 w h i c h t h e E a g i i a h a t t h M ^ m A $ £ M ABgi®- I a. \-woeiation acting iu cancer* with them, propose to aaai ta C—taiga, to make j good, to some extend, tha loss of hooks by the recent tire. The history of this movement may be briefly ato£od. The Angle--Aaierieau A s s s e i a t i o . * o r i g i n a l l y a r g a n i v e d to promote amicable relations between th® two coun- tries oa the Alabama question, still remains in existence, and,, on the .13% of tact month. was called together to listen to a lecture by Jfr. Jaetia McCarthy on Clfnege. Mr. Thomas Hughes had already been canvassing the question of supplying C_as*g* with the nncleas of a free library, an»i deemed this a fitting time lor the iatrod*ction of such a proposal. \ His statement of the plan dn- veloped many interesting points, especially in the mnaatteent manner in which the prominent Inglinh authors had received hint proposition. Mr. Forster, the English Min- ister of Education,—and, we' protttme, the anthor of the forthcoming Life of Charles Dickens,—offered the complete worb* of his father-in-law, I k Arnold, of Ma«by. Th« Dnke of Argyll promised a set of his own works and agendhms subscription besides-" Professor M«nro, M « .of the most eminent English classicists, promised copies of h b editions of -the Latin-authors, with the char- acteristic condition—" if snch old world an- tiqnated things can be in place in sneh a very new world as poor Chicago now will be." Dr. William Smith offered his biblical and classical dictionaries. W. J. Evelyn prom- ised a copy of the ** Memoirs," which hsre now become an English classic. Mr. Tom Taylor, whose name has become pleasantly familiar throughout the length and breadth of fch.is country, gave " a Ticket of Leave" to an entire set of /'ascs, and the great publishing firms, Marray, hmith A Elder, and Macmillau &, Co., whose names are as familiar here as the Apple tons or Harpers, also promised valuable contribu- tions. The Marquis of Lome agreed to lay the plan before his mother-in-law, Her Majesty, and was confident of royal sympa- thy and aid. Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Carlyle sent in letters conveying their sympathy with the scheme in a rather growling man- ner, as might have been expected, for both these gentlemen have suffered for many years by the piratical seizures which our publishers have made of their works. Mr. Carlyle's letter is so characteristic of the rugged old philosopher that our readers will be glad to see it in print. He says: Forgive m e thai 1 have not sooner answered your friendly, cheery, and altogether pleasant little note. I supposed Burgess would have told you my ohjectio&ft to the prcgeet; that it seemed to me snperflous, no* practicable be proposed (tvx t k e g m a o f ail the books oh an enter- lonci or eaaraoter—* „ L b o t h at Chleago and here, l"heaa obleettoasi « B not T»ni«h oaraAee- tion. but, on the eoatrary, gather weight. Jtevar- t he less. If yon and the literary world feel nothing of the like, and the project do take fire and f o a S It centinues eertain that my poor oon'j-ibutlou of a copy of m y tKtoJtar snail not b y any means be wanting. The immediate result of the meeting was that, after Mr. Hughes had made his state- ment, the association voted unanimously, on motion of Lord Ed maud Fitzmaurice, to act as a body in pushing subscriptions and solic- it ing donations. The moral aspect of this meeting is a pleasant thing to contemplate, and shows that, behind the bl aft" and sometimes forbid- ding exterior of John Bull, there is a big heart, and that it beats in sympathy with,, suffering. With the memories of our great conflagration -and the wide-spread destruc- tion of literature still fresh, and the munifi- cent and unsolicited action of the British authors, as well as the unstinted benevo- lence of the English public, constantly recur- ring, the recollections of disputes over cod | and herrings and the quarrel over the Ala- bama- claims seem quite insignificant. The olive branch tendered to us Chicago thank- fully receives, and recognises in it a symbol of peace and common brotherhood. And now*one© mart,two would reiterate what we have said beffra |pon 'the disposi- tion of this gift. It must be treated in the broadest, freest manner^ W4- •» placed and administered that it' shall confer the gitnjaaat amount of good upon the greatest number of people at the smallest poasibie cost. It must share the greatness of all our other public enterprises, and be as available to reading people as the wafer of our lake. This end cannot be accomplished under the maaage- ment of any particular association, devoted to a particular purpose* because the element of exclnsivaaasa aeceasarlly enters into the very motives of such an association. The Chicago fire has developed %.tl*it sf character in the donors which we had almost forgotten. It. should develop on our own part % thorough- ly gameroas and dietineuvely metropolitan acceptance of |h«tt fegft. Chicago has long been large enough for a free public library, managed as are the great libraries of Boston ami GdseJsaa&tL |f we have associa- tion.H of difsrte dkagaaiMr, which a lull to have libjne&as fat a aateial purpose, there be no eouff.tet. We can still have our BHI libraries like the Catholic Library. the Historical Library, tier'" Aoadomy of Sciences' Library, and others, each serving its special CMI, aad ntettisg the waats of certain classes, tibeogh ft wauM he hotter to have them, all brought together. Thk free library., however, must be a public library answering the wants of all, 'free from, sec- tarian or class inftuenee, and managed in a broad, free, and gone rone manner, as wewoild administer any etaer great municipal tnati- t ntion. Its board of uianagement "IwrnM be composed of our most liberal and initneatial - • • - ••'.ist«M!i.i,i sh.,'H)-d be ,1a. '• k>ng e.x perience *u«.i ittri.jjv taote lo t a k e c h a r g e of i t . O n c e l e g a t e d n n d o r g a n - i i e d , it s h o u l d 'be t h e plaasourabia d a t y o f e v e r y c i £ e s s t t s a d d to Is a n d l a e s s a e o i t s u s e f u l aesa. W e ar. nf«rm>-d . .mn v»-: , <»\. e e l l e n t »ri;v thai the, Yetueg'-M.-u t C h r i s t i a n AasjtrtaMon .are w i l l i n g to g i v e up t h e i r b a l b S a g , w h i c h is air—-v& i prsetuu o f re ««t < ••'•tion-HSff®® c a t A of i t a s i s a y b o neededM&r s ftfpoK of this ktai, at Governo to t h e Alio s y s t e m of nhat it A pache to fee iwr day t h a n .1, a n d aubaiil to appreciate t h i s h a s t y a n d i u e x p e n s i v e mode of p u t t i n g 366 r e d - s k i n s on t h e pension rolls the n a m e s to be erased at s o m e f u t u r e t i m e if f o u n d n o t to be untitled to p e n s i o n s : T h e p r e s u m p t i o n , a p p a r e n t l y , w a n t h a t if a C h e r okeepw)Uaw applied for a pension, s h e w a s e n - t i t l e d t o it. and t h a t this p r e s u m p t i o n i-onld o n l y be o v e r c o m e by p o s i t i v e proof. I'cmbt less, t h e careful W h i t i n g (a relic of J a k e rhoui |n*on's admiuistrat'.ou of Mgl Interior 1 .)-<-• part men. f e x a m i n e d ffil n u u ^ g • a f t fiseluurge o f s u c h s-arri' a n d the marriage certificate of and found thsm all surprisingly for lie took the mou-ey * •'. i i i as a me nib tion. v,• h e r an attorne t h a n sis a D u p a g e fi of t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l C o n v e n t« he s e e m e d t o !»«• m o r e efti< it-iit a* v of t h e Recorder ot ( (x>k COuutv represeutative of the people of iA'f: ilid: i n v a i \v M.bi« , reirular, "" it i iviag • * a >_' n ;>at >h • i h III i k • r uis' w o u l d b e ; ii a si rst hem *.s '. he, juxlalLisim as we do sub i he shows, to his own t, by poiattoag out how thsproductrv _ try af Ariaeaa. is kept back by the i ,,t teiToriMii ->..-;. - - • pre-seut Indian policy keeps the settlers of that Territory. The result of the bribing policy, Governor SsJi'ord shows, i# not peace, but a war of raids and massacres, in which all the blows are given to the savages, and taken by the white settlers. He -shows that, within the six weeks next following Mr. Colyar*s " so-called pease," thaw wets (besides the horrible mas- sacre est -JHtt Wkkenburg road.) twelve differeat raids -s-or murders, tne perpetratovs of UKist eft1" which were traced directly to one or another of the gov- ernment reservations. It thus appears that the outrages were committed by pensioned Indians; hence that the bribing policy does not ensure good behavior from the red man, but seems rather to incite the contrary. One object, if not the object, of Mr. Colyer's recent visit to the Apache country seems to have been to hunt up evidence going to shov, that the white*, and not his beloved Apaches, were to blame for the Wkkaaburg majssacre; and, having secured a story which answers this philanthropic purpose, he hastened back, and has already appeared at Washington with this statement: That the trouble all came of a forcible -assault oa an innocent Apache by three white men, who robbed the noble savage of his gun. This, supposing it to be true, of course acquits the high-toned Apaches of all blame for ambus- cading and shooting down in cold blood six travellers by the overland stage-coaches, and demonstrates conclusively the wisdom of 'boarding the Apaches a* the government ex- pense, allowing them hve days for warlike exercises between ration-days, and restrain- ing the military authorities from interfering for the defence of the civilised element. Somewhat strangely, however, Mr. Col- yer*s plea for his Apaches does not seem to have softened the heart of the government authorities; for, on the JTth ultimo, it is re- ported from Washington, that the President, in response to a petition from the Federal and Territorial officers of Arizona, and the citizens of all the principal towns in that Territory, asking far a continuation of General Crook's policy, referred the petitioners to General Sehcheld's late order, and remarked that the govern- ment proposes ** to deal summarily and vigor- ously with the Apaches if, after daLy notify- ing them to go and remain upon the new re- servations, where they would he fed and pro- tected, they continued on the war-path." General Schofield aanounoes, in his general orders (and the same policy has recently been announced from General Sheridan s headquartersf, that— Active operations will be kept up against the " a with ail at to th© 206, or to parties represent- ing them, "". The attorney or agent for these afflicted squaws was Wright; and, after Whiting had bean designated to go'out to Fort Gibson, and provided with 170,000 to pay the pensions aad mrmrs of .pension (for the claims went back to the period when death or disability occurred), Wright, generously became his bail, aad the two gated in harmony through- out. Wright also furnished security for all | A c subsequent Pension Agents appointed to disburse the funds in. the Cherokee Nation. aad furnished th© last one a good board- I lag place. The latter fact coming to the knowledge of Secretary Delano, h* K due time, reported that, not only was the agent a fraud, but that the pensioa-list itself was a fraud. The Secretary thereupon or- dered a further investigation, the details of which have not been fully disclosed. It Is ascertained, however, that of the 400 names on the list, not more tiian 38 were ever enti- tled to pensions, and that the names of these even were inserted without authority of law. Secretary Delano is entitled to the thanks of the country for his promptness and de- cision in the case. It is to be hoped that he Will go to the bottom of it and make a thor- ough exposure, no matter who suffers in con- sequence. ___________________ X ' h l <>;ck, will shortly be re#[>en<-t.l season, a .ml win comfortable which . Will- or the scat: w e t seasos > re pa re thei w hi litis w tli dead dismissed the agent on. suspicion, and a man out there to investigate, who, in time, reported that, not only was hostile Anachos of Arizona and p _ practicable vigor until they submit to the author_- i t y o f t a e government pressed mit Kroml has been given tor all toe Apaches to avail themselves of the liberal terms offered by the government the Department Commander will, in his discretion, make use of the friendly Indians to hunt out —id ttettroy those who remain obsti- nately hostile. At the same time, the War Department has wisely determined to iacrease its efforts to weed out speculators and corrupters from the military camps in the neighborhood of Indians, thus aiming to silence the clamor of those who allege (with too much truth we fear) that the state of demoralization which has prevailed among the Indians upon reservations hitherto has been in- creased by the vile and disreputable pro- ceedings of many of the officers and camp faUowera who must, in the eye of the simple Indian, represent the government which claims their respect. ' "n • ; — • • • — ' PEHSI0.H FRAUDS. Several statements have appeared in the Eastern press concerning the proceedings in- stitutes by the Secretary of the Interior against one Wright, an ex-Indian trader, for alleged frauds in the payment or procure- ment of pensions for members of the Chero- kee tribe of Indians. A special despatch to the Mew York IHsame of Nov. 87, says: It is state* that toe government has caused the arrest of Judge J. W. Wright of this city, ia con- nection with the alleged Indian bounty frauds recently imejatioaed in Washington despatches, aad that he has produced bail for his appearance ia court if called for. In the meantime, investi- gation to the West will be continued. The charge against Wright is that he pro- cured from Secretary Harlan two orders, di- recting the then Commissioner of Pensions (Mr. Barrett) to put on the pension rolls the names of some four hundred Cherokees, male and female, for death or disabilities in- carted in the military service of the United States. The number of Cherokee Home Guards from whom these four hundred pen- sioners were obtained, is stated at about two thousand. The reason assigned for this large proportion of pensioners to a given number of soldiers is that many of the male Cherokees 'hail several wives apiece, and that if Mee- maw-chuck-a-chee was killed in the loyal scouting service, each one of hie, disconsolate widows was entitled to draw eight dollars per month from the public Treasury, Bat what- makes the matter worse is .that the placing of these Indian names on the pension rolls was misss^illnii n I in an inegahw maa- ner; that the usual eafegaards to protect the goverBmsirt against fraud were dispensed with, and that the money to pay the first in- stalment of pensions was 'sent out to Fori Gibson before any in\ entagatiou of the }aa> tice of -the claims had bsaa made. The amount drawn on these HwwiUibissn spHs is about tactro-per fear, aad the process has been going oa six years. Public attention was first drawn to this The New York THbtme has discovered that possibly there was something irregular in the conduct of Secretary Boutwell in allow- ing the Jay Cooks Synod or Syndicate to draw three months' interest on the new 5 per cent bonds before paying for them, thus actually increasing the public debt $180,030,- 006 during that period of time, ia direct vio- lation, of law. The despatches to the Associated Press re- cently contained an explanation of this transaction purporting to come from Mr. Boutwell himself.. The substance of it was that, the government had lost nothing by the syndication of-the debt because, if theSyadi- cate had paid the money when it subscribed lor the bonds, the gold would have Iain idle in the Treasury during the three months. This, even if true, is no answer to a charge of violation of law by one who is sworn to exe- cute it and to be governed by it. In addi- tion to the bad example thus set to subordi- nate offisers,—the example of observing law only so far as it suits them,—it is unfortu- nate for this species of defence that its net result was to place $1,900,000 in the pockets of the Syndicate bankers. We do not believe that Mr. Boutwell shared in this | profit to the extent of a single penny. But it makes no difference to the tax-payers whether .ley Cooke gets it Or Mr. Boutwell gets it. The money is gone; To say that the government could not have used $130,- 000,000 in gold coin during a period of three months, but must have allowed it to remain idle in the Treasury vaults, is sheer non- sense. During that period of time govern- ment bonds declined about 2 per cent in consequence of the Chicago fire, Mr. Bout- well could have bought these bonds to the f tune of $130,000,000, and have stopped inter- est at the rate of 6 per sent, if the Syndi- cate had paid the money on their Peter Funk sobaJription; The New York HenM has a wonderful rev- elation concerning the new "spiritual force." It has generally been the blemish of the "spiritual" table-tippinga, bell-ringings, ( etc., that they have always been done ia a dark room, evading scrupulously all oppor- tunities of exhibiting themselves in open daylight; but the manifestations BOW re- ported are claimed to have been made in no loss public place than the Rev. Mr. Beechsr's church, and in the bread light of a Sabbath morning, before a crowded congre- gation and in the midst of a service. It is recorded that, just as the eloquent pastor of Plymouth was (in reporters' parlanceh " let- ting himself out" in prayer, and the congre- gation had been wrought up to quite a high I pitch of sympathetic excitement, a table di- rectly in front of the preacher's desk com- mencedja series of violent motions, as if in assent to more urgent passages of the prayer; also greeting the refiain of a hymn and the strong points of the sermon in the same manner. If the story is true, it is a new compliment to the eloquence of Beecher, since no other preacher is known to have moved inanimate objects, and extorted, as it were, wooden " aniens " from common deal-tables. If the story is true, we say; but as, according to the same story, the table which tipped and cavorted around in the manner described was surrounded by reporters at the time ; as the event occurred some time last summer; and as it has only now been made public, it must be admitted that the story hath a very ancient and hsh-like smell, • „, J^JLB? matter by Urn Cincinniy ouWishad^aefcu: from c las, dated March ft, law, dh misaioeer of Pensions to thepsasioa list witaaaf 1 -tftms* The Cincinnati I'a; Mr. J o s e p h 8 B u n 't; e.\ -<. Ga tit, w h i c h See re tar j' Har- i t i a g t h e C o m - >laee n a m e s o n l-"K>u.« \ a in u i st- akes, e d i t e d b y omiiiiKsiOBSir Of f Si are h The European papers are discussing the question whether or not England can be in- duced to cede Gibraltar to Spain. It has been stated in several leading Spanish papers that such a transfer would be consented to by England if the terms could be adjusted to the satisfaction *of the two nations. But when we come to the principal reason as- signed for .England's willingness, we begin to be exceedingly skeptical. This reason is ** her abdication of her position as a Euro- pean power." If England has done this, she fwould, at least, be loth to confess as much» and the abandonment of Gibraltar would be such a confession. It is true thut a fortress, even, so renowned and impregnable a stronghold as Gibraltar, is not of much ac- count nowadays, and that all its heavy guns could not seriously interfere with the passage of a fleet of iron-clad war steamers of these days. Nevertheless, the cession to a foreign 'power of a 'possession which has so long been associated with the prowess of Eng- land, and to _ gain which so much blood and treasure have been invested in times past, is a piece of diplomacy for which no English, administration would like to make itself answerable to the English peo- ple. T i e only bargain of this nature to which Great Britain would probably become I a party would be a " swop " of some kind. 'But Spain, has no equivalent to convey ex- Pensions}, intimates 'that this ante Sis a forgery. Probably the tf«.?etis*s respondent Was net .allowed to oopy Ht rental it. W was a ibrary 1 in. An, t»: r vxt v. :M merge their « *.-*•«<»; i . l O e r s iu t l i -. c;-' • L e t t'ucin mil ">m Li>«uottoii o f I . I . M n i o . i t Jpu . . . i ' u e > » - • " . . * - • ' better i. .ne than • "»'' to , ami i e \ i i:>efor-- aa * • s e m e n t to d o it. H e t a - in.l >f e l o q u e n t s'igg*vtt ions mpliih• v>- lectnreM, c o n v e r s a t i o n s , and *o- 4 it«i*nnics m r o n n s r t i n n w i t h U, >*.wial. character a n d g i v e u.t a literary ;» ail ai.ut.ji pm, t-*JU..ad ^ : i«.t» 'U a level with«weeffl»«(Btei nositiea. B .t first let us e s t a b l i s h our library, ami build U broad ,i,-e ' i u . i str«»„g e n o u g h to Laat little 4i ke\sf; bat, having [ transcribe it i j on this j^oint; it, attempted to . Indeed, he says VLi \ - « l » . •U in the ing. Th« we had such tablishment of wbat'tsay be aa b i for s tie i"urn serious tteeliuei same « f i n i M u ieiils. ::i Ssao. iy ihj* 1 to jiJ •it >..•£.: f . -* h »•<. . ] , i j . . : w i • an, -y f l u e l t . ' e sigalng a Seu* i>r »* u Id e - e i u t t o i m g a j a that died Co : i ; r would 1 Bartan. A Secretary ','-, ,,.>hr.l. jfc.ssigai.iig l b s i.ifti>-ia, ,if :.lie < o • n ';irui»li i, ^aid tfts:, t verv -'• » uio-»I ll*.i*tnn s H.«!:;.at) « ,'lectio a. eelU prom n o d t h e e e s s » t t of t h a t i s l a n d t o < f o m s t a l n g w h i c h A m e r i c a w e a l d ot Isstea to, mvmt if Spain would. ajai The order of Sfajrch G fe«redfeosa tfeereanaria el psaftoaent. bat t3ba folio wit mask pa rport, is still there: DKf*.%mrasfitip c . - : M . I'V! > , J * - . . . . , •• . ' I'rimo* . ' a eii«l>.'' Vlr s i n e i ; l a t e r i a | > i »e . immmtm, r hUrlSSS. i say that tS~s> coiBmittee wi] general paltoy before them. ui t h i s thirds or t 1 prup«.>ae i > i t h e passag T hc-s* bi 1'!. • ths • 1 . »l (.>: establi.^he • o v e r n m o a t will h« bi.njrh; », L _ _ ^ i s a v u a i d e appropriations for a s s u p p o r t a n d • .a: —uiant. to tmm PC _. r T k i n L • 'i !• i X*e,isiatore o u g h t Eo repeal a t o n c e dslteg? l a w n h i c h re.iaires t h a t t h e eds t the property o n lied l>V k® Pack, when soid, >ja:i be applied to pruveMieut of s u b u r l i a p.*r'k.- * t i t have, for m a n ) y e a r s to a. 'a,.--, t • )««y thf> aiiuual ,uler»-»r . ti. -a r, . k • aulltoae of -nay part of ! t . l l HI iwsk - baaAkasMi wil aat bsia direct a n y of its g s a e r a l Vasane ••-<•» I _ k s Park « w l a M a t s ; i*l»ene^-er it itAlsaoaetef, the cityanaj > inrmc. - ii'l s which, upwa te- e s rijU.nJ to u>«ke tiwM-v. IUM i>..- ! h»T« to r*»4|oest that rt»fl will , a. . •' the '(•ii..».u< a*o. a .*,.!, > ,.. u*.,>u rolls Ike rates au-1 out •" • ie 'aenston* a lowed will us liere ed 1 ue n»uie» of tUosei tlanuant- IN d Jts.n the roil-. wln> in.tv H- found ,j«;a:l.- entitled to o< nsurtis, will t>a iu :l;e :o..f> on ihe rSk-Oli't wt hia report am. nws < : . . ; of Indian aarue* auiouuting >• rte» slue that Mr. Whiting aaall proceed •'-'.r»cu ,*u»l eat«r UIMHI the dnttea vvttfl ! « hatst-d at as early ,i day aa p«»«Ml>l*. "-.il - K.-»a .1 I'DU vauld .i*\" this ortler • I ina,,-ttect ianneUiatrly I aat. re*j»e\*t --*.i ..-,a ,-ut sffv,,,- «»—wwr J A H B S kanuLK, Secret^ ry. Soldiexs wkm a a ~ » appl.ed for p e n s a m s sad have been obllgrf to produce their dis- ispesa sa^F-ir^aVaci^rHe lists," and i :.» i!iwl,,.i - x a m i a a t i o t i s uud iBgVel a v j g t s e i ! Of l e d t.iiH-. a a d Washington despatches say* Shat the Senate Committee on Finance have determined to take no action on the House bills passed at the last saasiea to repeal the duties on coal and salt, bat to wait and see what the House Oeauuittee of Ways and Mfmam propose as a' general policy on the tariff question. Praeasfctag that the Committse of Ways and Means will fairly reflect she iiMltllpliilW safe to I the Ifttaat®, as a s bills sow pasaed by i House bar They were &&s eteetaTm >f Ways aad advaaee-as they cannot i. tilet! the Me;, we. i I majori,"y of ;,i ts organ . art a»:: s ta ken up afte 1 !ir- * ' o m m i t t e e • > u s t r n c t e d i auti rh ai < in a w ii< i m i i i tely after st uicaBaaN isretheral , A i-.ii, s 't I he House t :i ditfereut inilua if ' h - y would, !.-.' report w> t!ie Hoiise. as'sooa 8,6 practic I a t l e a It d third bill rep»-;i!.a.i g the t Tber. 1 list wall l»e a sufticieut the .Senate -a th© v i e w s w h i c h tain c o u c e m i u g a general [.Hjiicy q u e s t . e n a;Ki. < \ ofre]H>aling.for t a x e s w h i c h are moot burdensome pe«'i>h in proiMri ion to the a i u o u n t o f : «!iirb t b e \ yield to t h e f r e a s u r y . I m i a - nlicat ,<)u t o they enter- al, the ta.ri.tt' hwithth'Ose > t h e e u u e hat -:- I t S j ' - k ' ! • l, ipplicariou an per- te:fu.sed !».•- M, er I c»u#» isome bluad«ri#g oil«r recording ueeils in C o o k C o u n t y , o%dble that injustice *?. •• in t his d e s p a t c h .» ttuaig a asssi opno t he I It - Mr. t m been done, to but, if it be rrtte n that fight, the rolls, wiE ' ckcua»tM&e« gass tetoUx Mr. Cody's status h e Bodkfttver Fanter, j s a t pass, a n d advises {twang for btby plow- furrow® t o carry» md t s plant snch crops n e x t spring ( l a w e t weather, H r . E M U ts a a a m a n of observation. a Republican says a contract has te e ree tion of a building for the of printing, wrapping, and box paper, on the e a s t side of F o x River, near the dam. •—'Tne soldiers of Winnebago County will hold their next annual reunion at Pecatoniea, on toe 7th of December. —A horrible affair occurred at Detroit, near Pittsfield. a day or t wo ago. John Barnes, a noto- rious rough, got into an altercation with a m a n named McLaughlin, and, while the latter was not looking, struck him in the neck with a large knife, severing the jugular vein and causing his death •in a few seconds. Barnes was arrested and taken to Pittsfield for trial. — The passenger train on the Oilman, Ch n ton & Springfield Railroad collided with a train on the Illinois Central Road, near Clinton, on the 2tth int., resulting in the demolition of a pas- senger car, but fortunately not seriously injuring anyone. * — A m e n named J a m e s Cannon was killed near S e w t o w a , Vermillion County, on the 25th n i t , b y George Kirsh, s e x t o n of a church. The two had a n altercation about a boy w h o m Klrsh h a d ejected from t h e church. A t Rossyiile, in the same county, o n the Kth ait., J a m e s Bhnms, a colored barber, w a s killed b y John Smitty. to a dispute about the ownership of a turkey. —William Buell, one of the oldest citizens of Shelby County, died on the aotb ult. —William M. Fowler, a well-known lawyer of Springfield, died very suddenly last Monday. —Bloouiington is building her first grain eleva- tor. —Diphtheria is prevailing to an alarming ex- tent i n Eockford, —Carlo received and sold her first bale of cot ton this season, on Friday last, at 16 seats per pound. It w a s raised near Oceola, Ark. —There is a person living near the village of Concord, Iroquois County, said to be worth some •80,000,-who, acting in the capacity of Supervisor, asked the hoard for an appropriation of 140 for the benefit of a poor w i d o w ladv, w h o lost her husband in the army, and w h o had several small children to provide for. She is the daughter of the petitioner, w h o has recently been indicted for keeping a travelling tippling house. The board very justly refused to acknowledge that the lady was a pauper. —The German Cathiliee of Freeport will build a church edifice next year that will cost from 125,000 to 130,000. —The Mt. Carroll Mirror says the Hon. James Shaw shot thirty-seven ducks to five hours, kill- i n g fourteen at one shot —Aldermen Costeilo, of Peoria, died on the 38th ult. ' —The Peoria Review has passed into the hands of Messrs. Thomas Cratty and Leslie Robinson. IOWA. Franklin township has an ear of corn with 98 r o w s aad 1,440 grains. —It i s a farmed that the Indian signification of the name " Iowa " la " the drowsy ones." —The Delhi Court House w a s set on fire last Wednesday by t i e prisoners with intent to es- o a p e . . I t w as discovered before any serious inju- r y resulted. —Afiffa makes fuel out of corn in preference to selling it for 15 cents a bushel. —The case Of B. F. Allison, of Grand Junction, against the Northwestern Railroad Company, to which Allison claims 175,000 damages for injuries said to have been received white riding over de- fendant's road, has been postponed until the next term of the Circuit Court. —Adair County h a s a sensation hi the shape of what is supposed to be a Rooky Mountain Hon. —The Waterloo Reporter s a y s : " R. W. Wass, of Hudson, in this county, h a s a Chester White hog that outweighs anything in the field or on the turf w e have seen tola season. The animal weighs a thousand pounds on foot, and measures around the girt as much as an ordinary horse. A large number of persons have visited Mr. Wass for the purpose of seeing for themselves if the reports they had heard in regard to his hogahip were true. The manster hog is from pure bred stock brought to this county from Pennsylvania by E. Severance;-Esq." —Mrs. Senator Harlan is so far recovered from her late illness as to be able to accompany her husband to Washington. • ""wiscosarjf. The Brandon Times s a y s : " Joseph Pettit, one of the pioneer settlers of this section, died at his residence in Springvale, on Wednesday. He was about 80 years old at the time of h i s death, aad w a s well known by all the oldest settlers of this region." —The trial of Moody, the supposed murderer of Blancharti in a Stevens Point stage, closed at Ap- pleton on Friday l a s t The testimony of one Otis clearly proved an oii'fti, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, after about an half hour's deliberation. —E. P. Brockway, of Ripen, has taken in 91,816. during the past fall, in premiums on his short- horn cattle and Berkshire pigs, at the different fairs where they have been on exhibition. —The Sheboygan Times s a y s : "Mr. Detien, teacher of the parish school connected with S t John's German Lutheran Church, spent some ttme, Thursday evening, in reading incidents of Indian life and warfare to this country Going to bed with his mind rilled with the subject, he dreamed of living some of the scenes be had been dreaming of, during which he had lost his scalp a t toe hands of a redskin, re. eelviug thereby a terrible f r i g h t Oa being awakened by the stir iu the house to toe morning he found himself nimble to speak, and could only communicate w i t h the others b y w r i t i n g - thus relating his dream. U p to this writing (Friday noon), w e are told, he has n o t y e t recovered his speech. H e ia a young man and was married but two weeks ago." nraiAKA. The Hon. R. W. Thomson is writing a work o a Romanism. —The Hon. W. E. Niblack is lecturing through the State on obaeiwationa in Washington. —A. R.Harper, who was familiarly called the ** Father of South Bend," died recently in Phila- delphia. He came to the farmer place la 1836, and w a s the leading spirit to building up its man- ufacturing industries. —The Grand Lodge of I. O. O, F.. ia session a t Indianapolis, adjourned on last Wednesday night. The following officers were eleoted for the ensu ing y e a r : Grand Master, John A. McQaiddy, of N e w Albany; Grand Warden, Richard Owen, of New Harmony; Representative to Grand Lodge* W. B . DeWolf, Vineennes; Orand Secretary, B. F. Foster, of Indianapolis; Orand Treasurer* Theo. P. Haughey, of Indianapolis. —A strong effort is being made to insure the erection of a Presbyterian Female College at L«- gansport. —Thirty-one thousand barrels of Hour h a v e been manufactured a t Elkhart since harvest. —The N e w Albany Ledger of the 37th u l t says : '• Mr. Davis, a relative of the Park family in Clark County, w a s in the city yesterday. He w a s at Has residence Saturday afternoon, ami assisted in | | easing the wounds of the girls. H e re- ports JBvehaa getting along WaH w i t h some prospeOt" of her recovery. Helen is rational aad able to ait up, hut there is not much hope for her. A portion of her brain, about the size of a goose egg, protrudes 'from hm head- Eveline nana being questioned in regard t o what she saw, said she saw s o m e ana moving about, but w a s instantly struck. I t ia probable she w a s roused n p b y the noise of toe murderer, and, be- fore she (fully awakened, waa attacked. The phyaiaiana s a y It is truly remarkable that these girls -can live w i t h each serious wounds," —Mr*. Maggie Bpeakman, oflaAurora, l a s a claim;for g»,600 against toe Spanish Govern meat, for toe sxeoattoa of her husband, Charles i t ggaakmaa, w l t e n will eome before the Ameri- c a n aad Spanish Commission, which meets in Washington on the let of Decemlher. —The Shamroek floor mills, near Edinburgh, Johnson County, w e r e . burned last Saturday e v e a m g . Loss estimated at ®»,;i ut ;ii<-on* M pocket-book oonteiniiig tisu a i d teaaejewelry. Upon bstag bcenglat to town Btie >-rtni 11.1 coiib sseU lu> i*utli, 11 ud waj feggi ta the sum ol ••".'O-W, in default of which — st&uus sommttted. Ths fellow gives U S n a m e £ o a a Lee, a n d s i g n be Is team wlsnooigti), —Mm. Emma Hamas Walker, a highly-isteemed l ay, daughter of one o ! the pioneer families of Rising Bun,dl*d suddenly at that place o n the 19th u l t , only a few days before toe first aaaiver- sarv at her marriage. A slaoting affray oeeurred at istandlsh on the 2Tth ult., to which James Kane was instantly killed by William Buck, of Portsmouth. The par- ticulars are as follows : Kane and others were on a drunken spree, making a disturbance at the hotel. Deputy Sheriff Shiilinger attempted to arrest Kane, and called upon Buck tor assist- ance, Kane drew a revolver and threatened to shoot Buck, when the latter drew a revolver and fired, killing the former instantly. —Ayoung lady named Sarah Griffiths, living at I h r e e Bavers, committed suicide on the 25th nlt. l>y.hanging herself in a wood house. N o cause is known. —The Lake Superior Iron Company have upon their l a n d s a bed of soapatone of fine quality which l a s lately been discovered. This stone is valnaUe for stove and furnace lining, and other purposes. The company have put some m e n to work, and a ill test toe e x t e n t a a d value of t i e new discovery. —Tie Hudson Post s a y s : " The boiler to the saw mill of James DeGolyer & Co.. on Charles Bart's farm, to the town of Ransom, exploded on the 23d, killing the engineer, James Furman, and little child of Mr. Palmer's, 5 years old, and seri- ously Injuring a brother of the same child, and lady —name unknown—who, with others, were spectators in toe mill. Want of water is supposed to be I n s cause of the explosion." nnnncsoTA. Mr.C. G. Oilman, one of t i e oldest settlers of Winona, died at V ties on the 23d ult. —The trapping season has commenced. A t Al- exandria, receipts of furs, especially rate, are al- ready considerable. - F o r k is plenty at $ to 6 cents at Alexandria, DougbM County, and venison i s a drag. —Mf. William M. Corliss, Clerk of the District Court and Superintendent of Schools of Otter Tan County, died hist Tuesday. —The Winona Republican records the arrival a t tim Slate Normal School of the portraits of four pre-Aaamite monsters,—the Glyptodon, ten feet long; the Mylodon Robustus, eleven feet l o n g ; the Dtootherium, t e a by twenty-one feet; and the Elephae Primigenias, fourteen feet high and twenty -one feet long—all of life size. —James Larson, a switchman at Herman, oa the main line of toe S t Paul & Pacific Railroad, w a s badly injured o a Saturday l a s t H e w a s standing behind the caboose car of a train, which was suddenly backed, throwing him upon the track,' the wheels passing over a leg, which w a s amputated. The conductor, LeChure, who w a s reported fatally injured near toe same point on Sunday, is lying in a precarious condition a t Will- mar. THS FAS WaST. Arlsona diamonds are creating a sensation in San Francisco. —A motion for a n e w trial In the Medlicott ease has bean made and argued, and will be decided on t h s 9th of December. A correspondent says Medlicott has very much changed to appearance. He is pale a a d tola to flesh, a n d his countenance wears the expression of despair. His sad appear- ance Is the subject of general remark. —M. W. Reynolds, one of toe best known jour- nalists of Kansas, h a s been appointed Receiver of the Humbol it Land Office. —The Yreka (CaL) Journal s a y s : " The middle lake, which has run dry in Surprise Valley, leaves a sediment or bed of superior salt, clear a s crys- tal, from four inches to a foot to depth, and cov- ering an area of fifteen miles in length by six miles l a width. It was never before supposed that these lakes contained a n y salt, and the water w a s always considered clear, fresh water, with some alkali in it, as most of the fresh water to Northern California possesses." —Portland, Oregon, has more saloons than any city o f its size in toe United States. —There are between sixty and seventy houses at Junction City, the n e w Oregon railroad town. Over forty buiidl&rs have been erected daring toe past three w e e k s ? —A rich lead of gold and silver-bearing quartz is reported to be found in the hills about thirty miles southeast of Dayton, Nevada. It assays very richly and s l o w s aonsiderabte free gold. ' —Storm signal stations are now to operation at Cheyenne, Denver, and Santa Fe. —Governor Harvey, of Kansas, l a s appointed the Rev. J. D . Parker Superintendent of the Blind A s y l u m at Wyandotte, in toe place of Dr. Updegsaff, resigned. —Tie Reporter claims that Watoena is entitled to the appellation of the " City Of churches " as regards Northern Kansas. They have six—Bap- tist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Catholic, Christian, and colored Baptist. The four first named de- nominations have large, handsome brick edifices- The Christians and colored Baptist* have frame houses of worship. —Ths Junction City (Kansas) Fuion says that a man named Christian, a physician to toe army, committed suicide by shooting, at Fort Hays, on Friday, the 17th u l t There w a s noth- ing unusual to his conduct during U s s t a y a t that post, a a d a note toft by him failed also t o throw a n y light on the deed. He had made all arrangements for a trip to Camp Supply, where he had been ordered on duty. The shot w a s fired into Ms mouth, the ball coming out through toe top of his head and entering toe ceiling of the room; and, w h e n found, he w a s lying upon his back, with a buffalo robe under him and knapsack for a pillow, both hands clutch- ing a revolver tightly to his breast Abont $1,500 were found en his person, which he directed in his note to be sent to his wife. t-uGIUSM. &€> term, f a r - I One Bruiser Afraid and the Other Dareen't. Tlie Thanksgiving Mill BetvwMn Cokiri and Mace. A Modern RepresentalSfil i f Quixotes Windmill * Contest eu>:,t- DOW . 11>,>,i, term • . ;,- »,.(• ever done foi >i a 11, orilinij d e a l s ou_Ul !<< i •anil:- nl their present rates ib. wi»h. ID man.* iustani 1 in 1 e-payers', of which the - unrtia o> Bud for"Ui* oa uei of 1 '• ei \ Thiii.' s.ive bis bind, to " s i s tinoes what it costs to pi I' to • Hi 11.. B A I L B O A D S . The Chicago, Burlington A Quincy Railroad Company contemplate soon putting another train on their road, t o run only between Mendota and GaleabUTg. —Tie California &. Oregon Railroad line h a s been loeated as far north as Willow Creek, Shasta County, and runs about seven miles east of Shasta. —Minnesota City ta t o h a v e a Union depot built b y t h e Chicago & St. Paul and Winona aud S t . Peter Companies. —The Fort Dodge & Wells Railroad is being pushed forward between Fort Dodge a n d Garner Iowa, with the utmist vigor. —The Burlington & Missouri Railway is build- ing a water tank at Ottumwa, In., of cut stone, 90 feet high, which will east $25,000. J —The Leavenworth papers are rejoicing at toe •proposed Denver & Salt Lake Railway,and claim it to a connection for the Leavenworth & Denver Road. The ftotea nsserta " that Leavenworth is destined to be the great middle station upon the popular trans-continental highway of the future.' —At a meeting of capitalists and railroad men, held in Sionx City, hist Saturday, articles of asso- ciation were signed and a company formed under the name and style of " The Northern Nebraska 4 Dakota Central Railroad Company." —The stockholders of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids, ft Minnesota Railroad will s o l d their annual meeting at Cedar Rapids, on the 30th of J Desember. —The citizens of Bosne (Iowa) had a meeting in t i e interests of l i e Das' Moines, Boone, ft North- ern Hallway, on Tuesday evening. They appoint- ed a committee to call a vote tor a 5 per cent tax UCtbe township, which .with the help of the ft*V 000 that Hamilton County raised, will make the protect successful of Insuring to the farmers of Boone sflsr better market than they are now able to command. - T h e Missouri. Kansas A Texas Railroad Com- pany ant trying t o obtain team toe Greeks the s i x mile state, three miles o a a n d side of the road, where i t runs through their lands. T i e treaty provides that a strip not to exceed tores m i t e s t o width e n each side of the road shall be sold to the company, at a price to be fixed by toe Creeks, aad of by toe company only to mam- Creek nation. The Creeks now take d the ambiguity'of toe minimam, and y will only sell the company a strip width. Francisco Morning Call Of toe 23d Panto! 8-rate 11:1 g A! week, IrS'tSt, ;ii the llu ^ In :_Mjta Ceatral S 3 ** ~,~"*toa i g a a s v l s ? _flBn«£S? « • ay brasek «f same (JUttoron jsouta—a Pacific (to HolUs- milesof railroad Bead ( t f B l ' branch «f same miles; _ to Bear Creak). 58 miles ; ter). 100 miles; Watsonyuie branch at same; 2« mites caUfonda. Pacific {VaQajo to MarrsTilie). «5 S ' l & a T C S A . b n ^ X s a n M S - t 0 Callatosa. u'- North Pacific (DeasJute to HealdaburST 4a ^ie^LJKr^mm*?» Vtlisy Baud, 4S; tafifbraS :,, Mi,tua, eii.h«ttsl tha* •_&}-;every OIK oi the liaea ennme. ratni is ta an unfinished state, ami beitta exten.lea tnmi.'Ursa* i-adrciaileoauiaan'cat'OQ with ths Stat* ex- ''*•-'' "SHU'r'irV"1,'. A 1 l,rt<%-* -vtu »»m(ttoatradVof t^u\?}it!uIll}2^^^ntTi™ntv- * n ( i make this 1 '• \1fJ_,"'srii<'",i5t-»,JPajMlth*tribuiovot' the trav- el awl rrask- oi tb« Pacific coast, - C a p t a i n Isaac Bly, who was a gunner oa board the United States frigate Essex, Commo- dore Porter, in the memorable ftght when she was captured by a British squadron on the Chil- ian coast, in isi*. Karragot being a midshipman ua the Essex at the time, died in New Bedford last week at the age of $1 years. Captain Bly carried o a the business of a cooper for many years, and dm ing the last years of his life was blind. _}" Twelve Sham "Rounds," and Affair Decided a Draw. the FIKST OESPATCH. RH.OI.KTS, La,, Nov. SO.—The special train en- gaged for t h e Maee-Coburu excursion started from the Mobile Railroad depot, foot of Canal street, at W minutes past 7 o'clock this morning. The initiated had been instructed to be on hand punctually at 6 a. m., but the tram did not make its appearance till nearly an hour later. At the depot some forty metropolitans were detained for the preservation of order, b i t beyond pre- venting parties without tickets from eater- 1 tog the cars, their services were not called into requisition, a s t i e crowd w a s very orderly. The police accompanied the excursion to Gent illy Station, about four miles out from the city, where tickets were examined. The train consisted of ten passenger coaches, containing some 500 per- sons, the majority ef whom were what are termed the better classes. Including representa- tives of the bench and bar, medical profession, banking, cotton, and mercantile establishments. The sporting fraternity were out in force, with representatives from all the principal cities. Among the notables of the prize-ring present are Tom Allen, Ned O'Baldwln, the Irish Giant, Tom Kelly, Sherman Thurston, Jim Cusick, J i m Coburn, and Pooley Mace. SKCOKT* DESPATCH. MOSTGOMERT STATIOK. Miss, (forty miles from New Orleans), 10:45 a. m., Nov. so,—The cveursion just arrived at this point. Nothing of special in- terest occurred during the trip, as everything w a s conducted in the most orderly manner. The ring is now being pitched on high p o u n d In a pine wood, about fifty yards from the track, J i m Co- burn superintending the construction. Mace and Coburn Just reached here from Bay St. l o u i s . Both m e n are in excellent condition. Co- burn weighs about 164 pounds, and Mace i t s pounds. THIRD DnSFATCH. N B W OKiaAKS, Nov. so.—Prise-fight, 1 L » a. m., N e w Orleans time. Coburn shied h i s hat in the ring, immediately following in person, amid great cheers. Mace, a moment Later, stepped in. Tom McAlpine and Larry Powers, second Coburn; Cusick and Tom Allen, Mace. Rutin Hunt, of N e w Orleans, w a s chosen referee, aad entered the rine amid tremendous cheering. He said the m e n came here for a fair tight, and it is supposed that the crowd came for tlie same purpose. If they remained quiet, and let the referee and umpires do the talking, they would, no doubt, see a good fight. Mace won the toss of corners. Coburn advanced and offered to bet Mace $600, which Mace accepted. Al Smith for Mace, and J i m Coburn for Coburn. There to now a drizzling lain. After preliminaries and hand-shaking, time called for tlie * Ffrrf JfoM nd—With betting two to one on Mace. The fighting commenced at once. Coburn got t w o blows on Mace's body, followed by a slight one on Mace's mouth. Another severe blow given and taken, Mace forcing the fighting during the several following rounds. Coburn hit Mace on the neck, and Mace got in one o n Cobura's right shoulder. More sparring aud Maee got in a slight blow on Coburn'B face. Mace still forcing toe fighting and foUowing Coburn up to his c o r n e r - got in one heavily on Coburn. The latter count - ered, clinched and threw Mace. Time, 32 minutes. Heetmd Round— Both m e n were prompt on call. A long tone w a s spent in sparring, and both men rested. Coburn hit Mace just above the belt, and Mace got in a slight blow on Co- burn's heck. Sharp exchanges passed in favor ef Coburn, when he clinched and threw Mace. Third Hound—Both cautious, more feigning, and the men rested again. Coburn got in heavily on Mace's mouth. Mace returned llsrhtly on Cobura's head. Sharp feinting, and both men fell. Fourth Round—Long sparring. Coburn hit Mace heavily on the breast,' and slightly on the left side. Mace got in one on Coburns forehead, the latter returning on Mace's back. Much feint ing again, and the men rested. Three times the referee said the people had come to see a fight, and not fooling. The men then advanced to the centre of the ring, and Coburn got a blow on Mace's neck. Mace g o t in one heavily on Co- burn'a left eye. First blood allowed for Mace. Joe hit Mace on the left breast, after long spar- ring, and got in again on Jim's face. Maee then hit Joe on the forehead. Men resting again. -Maee followed Coburn to his corner, where sharp fighting ensued, ending with Maee down. Fifth /rowwf-Mace got in a blow on Coburn 'snose. Sharp fighting, give and take, around the ring. .Feinting again. Coburn hit Jem in the left breast. Both countered t n the body. Severe fighting fol- lowed and Mace clinched, and Coburn threw Mace over the ropes. (Great cheering for Ooburn j Sixth Round—Tne m e n advanced, when it was observed that Coburn had something in his hand. The referee called to the m e n to open their hands. Coburn threw something on toe ground, which w a s handed to the referee amid great e x c i t e m e n t The referee said h e found Coburn had only a small piece of oakum, and ordered the ftght to go on., Severe fighting ensued in favor of Coburn, when Mace slipped and fell. *_Jere_»fA,Jto«aff—Maee got slightly in on Ooburn. The men clenched, and Coburn threw Maee, fall- ing heavily on him. £ightK Roirntl—Hard fighting; Coburn forcing Mace to toe ropes, clinched and threw him. [Cheers from Cobura's friends ] XmfA Round—Feinting and sparring around the ring, both men extremely cautious. Coburn gave Mace a heavy body blow, and jumped back and grinned at Mace. The Latter claimed foul, but it w a s not allowed. After dodging and sparring round the ring, the men rested. Coburn got in slightly ou Mace's breast, and then each counter- ed on the neck. Some light exchanges, and Coburn threw Mace at the ropes. Tenth Round—Morel feinting, followed by hard fighting. Mace forced Coburn to the rope*. Some sharp exchanges in the corner and loth down. Eleventh Round—-Coburn in Mace's corner. Sharp nghting in favor of Coburn, ending in Mace being thrown. More feinting in Mace s corner again, and the men stopped and eyed each other. Twelfth Round— Cries of " You've got him Joe " were heard for the last half hour. Cheering and feinting in Mace's corner. Mace's friends looked eerious. Mace got slightly on Coburn. An- other long affair of sparring aud feinting. Maee to his corner, Coburn eyeing hint. Bets of $60 e v e n were offered that Mace don't win the tight. The referee here said, " I'll give you five minutes to advance." Coburn advanced quickly to Mace's corner. The latter came forward, but retired again to his corner, Coburn following and again feinting at Mace. Another long interval, and the men came again to the scratch, and Mace retreats to his corner. Hissing from toe crowd at Maee. The referee gave half a minute to ad- vance to the scratch. Ooburn quickly advanced, and Mace followed. The referee ordered ths men to their corners, aud declared the fight a draw. The fight lasted four hours and ten minutes. FOCBTH DBSFATCH. B a w O B L S A K S , Dec. 1.—After the referee or- dered the men to their corners in the last round, he advanced to the centre of the ring and said :. " This crowd came here to see a fight. You have bad every chance offered, but seem afraid of each other. I therefore declare the fight a a draw and ail bets off." The last round Lasted over an hour. After the referee's decision, Maee crossed over to Cobura's corner, and patted J o e on the back, saying, " Coburn is the best man I ever met in the ring." Maee has a severe con- tusion just above the left hip, and acknowledged that Coburn struck him there tea times. Coburn has a short cut down the left eye and a scratch on the nose, under the right eye. Otherwise lie shows no punish- ment. In the second round Mace J inured two fingers of his left hand when he hit Coburn°s head. He g a v e this as a reason for his hugging his corner, and acting on the defensive. Mr Hunt g i v e s the time of the fight at three hours and thiity-eight minutes. The specta- tors seem well satisfied w i t h | t h e referee's de- ctetoa- __a__ . . « , . m^m •••• A d j u s t m e n t » f •Msarrfiunec »m t • m u n n M o n •amesaa f a the Editor of The CAieago frihitms .• S i s : It is currently reported thai "the adjust- ers "—you know them—are refusing to p a y com- mission merchants the full value of goods held by them " for sale oa'commtoston," and which were consumed iu the late eonflagration; that they are paying upon such goods the amount or extent of the commission merchants' interest only, that is to say, the charges or cash ad- vances made by the commission men upon the goods sent them to be sold. Now this is w r o n g ; indeed, it amounts to a fraud, and the adjusters themselves know It to so, The contract under which commission mer- chants insure 1 earl*.: " On goods their o w n or held by them in trust, or on commission, or sold, but not delivered.-* The Supreme Court of this State, ia the case of Home Insurance Company ra. Favorite el ol,. 4S ILL, p. 248. defined the words « i n trust," and in g a n g it said 1 • We are, therefore, of opinion that the contract of insurance covered property entrusted to appellees to i>e stored for a compen- aaoon." And this, too, in the teeth of a stipula- tion in the policy which read : " Goods on stor- age must be speeifleaUy insured." And with stronger reason shall goods held for sale on com- mission be paid for to the utmost extent of their value; for if the insurer intended to limit toe words, " for sale on commission," to the commis- sion merchant's interest therein, he would have done so by apt words : that he has not limited them is suffleient, prima faem, to hold him liable for the full value ef the xooda consumed. The question Is not an open one. because it w a s settled year* ago; see the ease of DeForest vs. Fulton Insurance Co. 1 Hall R, p. St. DeForost insured and sought to recover the fuB value of the goods. The court said : " H* nmy recover to the extent of their full value, for his own .ben- efit, as far as his own interests extends, aud be- yond that for toe benefit of the owner." And see Parsons on contract, vol. % p. 412. m The adjusters, to whom I have already re- ferred, Snow that this is the tow upon this sub- ject. If thev know enough to render them com- petent to honestly guard the interests ot those who sent them here. Respectfully yonrs. O. B. SAHBCM, Attorney-at-Law, 68 South Canal street, Chicago CHICAGO, Dee. l . • » I! - Kedwcttea- • ! Fecw. I s the Sditor of The Chita®® Tribune : ' BOt: There is great danger that the present ses- sion of the Legislature wil! end without any more being accomplished in the way of a redaction of fees and salaries in this county than w a s done at the previous session. The infamous fifty cents term-fee l a w , under which, for writing the title of the case in a docket'once a year, six dollars is charged, is still in existfDoe. In all the 10,000 cases ia court at the time of the fire, that fee ia still an item of costs, and will tie charged and collected so sooa as the files are re- stored, and J e s t as properly mow as ever; for, . ' •i W©fi"i* I® 1,* ug I...' m a - en;* Th< r. . • ;,,. down t® sna- p's are apt rtr-tntgetatta >m oa®tea who has lost polled to pa; deeds on reeura again, is simply an outrage. n i s s l a i • ot mriix,, 1 r% ,,;,,; ,-v,iiiil orti, :<'•• have been established by p r e v i s e s Legislature* at outrageous rates. They should be cut down by this, a t feast 2s per c e n t JdBt toform and retrenchment t a l • tangible shape. Thereto little or no anew ©pposifkm to these That to net ths game. Hut tones iu •ted in opposing them are moving heaven and earth to delay action, to prevent waagree- meut upon a n y measure, and to l a v e toe Legtoia- turc adjourn w i t h o u t doing anything upon the subject. There to great danger that our law-makers will M trap, and w e continue t o be pine- plucked a t a time when to rob by ex- ices, to like stealing pennies out of a man's hat. >, Nov. n. «. BUILDING MATERIALS. V a H e ties and t|t*«l»«l«-» of Maildimn s-i#ne Of- fered in Ilia iMm-ker—HiSa»is» L i a w s t M e or Marble—Tie Lei»o»i and Jwiiet ttwarrtes a a d Their C s p a e i i j — tievelaad MaadBtaae—Lake gqaaataa Beeara SUMte—Warbtr for Building FariMae*—Coorrrte Kt«Mr. Of building stones there is no lack ia this mar- ket. With tha exception of the stone from toe quarries of Lemont and vicinity, all ot them have to be brought from a distance, a a d are compara- tively expensive. All the varieties have their good qualities, aad nearly e v e r y kind has its iaci- imperfections- The fact that none of them the heat as well as brick will not deter people from their use. They will enter largely into t i e structure of buildings, competing sueeesafully w i t h iron for fronts, and with Milwaukee brick, east, and galvanised iron for trimming*. Their endurance of the heat, the weather, and the wear of time are uneoual, as will appear from the speeitlcatioas which follow. There li not a variety mentioned which is not beautiful, capable of being wrought Into exquisite shapes, and equal to all ordinary exigencies. II.LI1U1IS LlHUCTOlTES. The Illinois limestones, euphemisticaliv called marbles, have the great merit of nearness and ac- cessibility. The quarries from which they are ob- tained are principally at Lemont and ioliet, near the canal, upon whose placid waters they can be floated to the city at Little c o s t The capacity of the quarries is unlimited. Chicago has used an- nually of this atone l.sso,000 tons, and her needs foe sidewalks and general building purposes to the future cannot easily be calculated. The stone to taken from its native bed in lay • ere frtni four to twelve or more inches in thick- ne*f>, the instrument of separation principally used being Biirieigk'e steam drill. The blocks are in superficial area 8x12,6xfi, CxlO, aad of all intermediate and lawcr sizes. The-rough dress ing in now principally done at toe quarry, mostly by _erriman's patent planer. Tito l a v i n g been done, the blocks are swung by derricks iato ca- nal lioats, drawn to the city, swung off iato the stone yards, where they are sold ami finished ac- cording to the design of the architect, before be- ing taken to the buildings for w i l d they are de- signed. N e x t to granite, limestone has the least power of resistance to heat. It 1 tears within itself the elements of its own destruction. It will probably endure exposure to the weather a long time without disintegration, but unfortu- nately the cities of toe West are new< and the tests to which it has ao far been exposed are imperfect. It to capable of a high polish, and can be wrought into all handsome and com ? heated architectural designs, with a restoteac* 0 the ch isel somewhat greater than that offered by the varloua sandstones which are offered in our market but not sueh as to make It in this re- spect particularly objectionable. It to used for footing stones, foundations sidewalk*, trim- mings, and facings. Its general appearance to familiar to every one. The Honors building, the front of which w a s one of the most elaborately beautiful iu the whole country, w a s one of the best examples of what the material to capable. It varies in prices according to size aud use and thickness, from thirty cents the cubic foot to «J cents the cnbie foot. Work at the quarries usu- ally commences In April and ends in November. The present season elosed ou Friday Nov. it, ths stone yards receiving on that day their last shipment until spring. CLJBVELAHD SANDSTONES. The Ohio or Cleveland sandstones that have found their w a y to this market are principally quarried at Amherst and Brownhelm, Lorain Comity. Ohio, about forty-five miles west of Cleveland, near the Lake Erie port of Vermillion. The quarries are connected with Vermillion by a short Line of railroad, built and operated by the owners. Being near Cleveland, and not far from the through route of vsaaeis from Buffalo traver- sing toe lakes, the shipping facilities are good, freights being taken kt easy rates by vessels pass- ing in ballast. The stone is taken from immense bluffs entirely above the water level, which Insures a desirable freedom from moisture. When water-toaked toe iron existing in the stone is held in solution, and upon the evaporation of the moisture it cornea to the surfsce, collecting ia the knots and seams, whence it is easily removed in the process of quarrying. The Ohio stones have been extensively used la the building of Rasters aad Canadian cities. Tits Parliament House a t Ottawa a a d City HaU of Detroit are t w o of the moat noteable exatnides of its use abroad. It has been employed extensive- ly for trimmings and facings of buildings in Chi- cago before the fire; and some specimens are still remaining. Nixon's Block, at the corner or La- Belle and Monroe streets, almost the only build- ing left standing ia the burnt district on the Sooth Side, to of too Cleveland sand-stone. This structure w a s fortunately situated aa regards ex- posure to the heat, being on the windwaed corner of the block, and toe flames being driven inward and away from the front With thesa favorable surroundings the exterior shows no trace of the terrible conflagration through which it passed unscathed, and in which the * e a t was sifficlentlv IBtense to melt the gilvanized iron cornice from the eaves. It to sufficient for this beautiful stone to say that, as far as its capability to resist the action of heat is concerned, it stood the test better than any building stone used in the city, except the red sand-stone. Nothing more could be expected of i t It has maintained its reputation, and will be prominently seen in future years in Potter Palmer's new hotel, Drake's Block. Bry- an's Block, MeCormick's Block, Pheips, Dodge, ami Palmer's n e w buildine, with many other beautiful structures which will soon rise out of the dust and ashes of the burnt district. It is claimed that the stone hardens with age, instead of disintegrating. It to easily worked, and well adapted to general business purposes, as well as to all ornamental uses. The quarries hav e been worked abont thirty years. The stonn can be furnished in this market at from eighty cents to a dollar the cubic foot LAKE SUFKBIOB SAKDSTOffK. This handsome stone was observed man v years ago by the navigators of Lake Superior, and its possible uaea noted: It w a s not, however, until recently that any attempt waa made to atilhe it for building purposes, it appears quite equal in powers of endurance to the Connecticut brown sandstone, and is of a little more cheerful color. The t w o firms now furnishing the Lake Superior stone are Peter Wolf, a n d WeTto, French A Co. The quarry of the latter ia near Marqustte, that of the former on Baas Island, not far from Dnliitn. The stone of the two quarries differ la auality. The Bass Island stone has no perceptible strata, and is quarried in large masses. It has numerous spots called clay-holes, which can be hidden by care and skill. The Marquette sand- stone is laminated, and liable to show seam* after building, when exposed to the sun. A building, near Turner Hall, of this material, having a high- ly ornamented front, to said to have shown per- ceptible cracks in the ornamental columns of the front. What the stone from the other quarry lacks in durability, tha other lacks in beauty. In desirable qualities there to probably not much to choose between them. The Marquette stone has been longer in the market, and haw met with general favor. The Boyee Block. a t toe corner of Madison aud State streets, partially finished at the time of the fire, to one of the best examples of tha texture cf -'•cstone and its building capacities. It can be JI i n hare and there in buildings ail over the city. Among the costly residences constructed of this material are toe houses of Mr. Hongh, on Prairie avenue, of Mr. Crane, on Wabash avenue, of Mr. Boughton, ou Indiana avenue, and ef Mr. Bov- ington. the architect, also on Indiana avenue. Owing to the Arctic climate of Lake Superior, op- erations at toe quarries cannot oemmenoe before May, and must end in October. The supply ef t he stone now In the market to very light A ves- sel baded with it to on the way, but it is doubtful if she makes the port before spring. We are informed that a third firm hare ex- pended about $40,900 in opening another quarry on an island near the bottom of the Like, under diaeouragiag circumstances, b o ; will re- new operations in t i e spring. Tito stone has been sold to this market during the past season for from 11 to $l.%, but toe price will be in the future materially increased. OTHKX BUILDING STORM. The new Chamber of Commerce wul be of the beautiful dark drab Cincinnati sandstone. Abe Berea and Columbia sanostoaes are fine grained, and present a handasnui appearance, but are said to be shaly and friable. Judge Fuller, at the time of tha,flre, had a new tank building, to be constructed of toe Minnesota granite, which was just rising above the founda- tions. The granite, although lying on t i e side- walk, and not coming directly tote contact wftt the flame, w a s shivered into a thousand frag- ments. A sample of fine-grained drab sandstone, from Paoli, Kansas, has been on exhibition for several davs at the CfiBee of Mr. Van OsdaL, toe architect. No*handsomer stone has ever been seen In this city, but it will have the drawback ot the ex- pen-e of transport*tion from a remote point by rail. Marble will not, probably, enter largely into buildings in the immediate future, principally because of its great costliness. The marble for monumental purposes—not Italian—nas been brought principally from Vermont and the quar ries of adjacent States. That for building, from Waste heater County', N. Y., and from Canaan, Ct. That to too Field A Letter block was from the quarries of the placa last mentioned. It was fin- ished at the East and brought here ready for the building, i t cost ts»aO0 at the quarries, to which waa added, when delivered here, tlMOO as the cost of transportation. Marble for the builder's needs can hardly be furnished here for less than «S the cubic foot. Portland sandstone brings here about the same prtoe. It to of thi« favorite material that the elegant new dwelling of George M. Pullman, in the South Division, to to be entire- ly constructed. Of a'l the stones mentioaed above, it to acknowledged that the sandstone* are the most desirable, on account of the ease with which 1 Le v yield to the drill and the chisel, and their ablliiy to stand the test of are. Of the build- ings Ct the Illinois limestones that had longest stood the test of time, w e may mention Adsit's bank. Bishop Foley's residence, and the house of Mr. Young, a t toe corner of Mi jhican avenue and Monroe street, all of which had been erected from eighteen to twenty-five years. Stone-cutters and workers receive from three to fire dollars a day. according to their akffl. Stoaeln nearly all easea to cut to the various shapes designed bv the architect at eome one of the many stene-jards which, for the convenience of hand ling such uuwieldly material- are moated j priaclpaUy along the South Branch. t'OJSCRKTE STORK Our article would be incomplete without some sU—Jons to the many concrete budding stones offered to the public. About this material much lias been said both for and againstsa the last few rears There is no doubt that concrete stone Ian be made which will sttnd the teat of time, hot wholber so desirable »» object has been yet accomplished we are unable to aay Iuatortunate- iy b a r , a c bat liinrted data respecting this •ab- ject at our dtepoaaL The various kinds l a d been offered by the agents to our bnilders. bat had not, up to the time of the fire, been extensively used Now it toe time for persons having meritorious j (onctete atone to push it ia our market F [<-.--•, j concrete to the best known Sore, but we are n.„• 1 i n c h ci l l i i , l i I !i Of *!' toovglt to the BwiMSpd a a i t i e struct lure. ite*rtaea^^JMB-__* p1rep_edlfrWalB% erits Th» to usu.-iiv aad tbwr, position 1 a Board of Police. l i L £ • • • Tesfhsesy ef Firemen and fUtsaae.—iafhla? Importssf Elicited. •n i ifflE 6RJEJIT FIRE. • of the Inverti^ttiofl by the .1*3 *tf!^|, # ML <\ The Board oi PeBee a n d Fire Cemmrtsiotier* yeHcrday resumed their inquiries into toe e a u ^ of the spread of toe fire. F. T. B w s e a y w a s ths first witness called. H e w a s f a r o n s a of tic- Hook and Ladder No. 1, a a d arrived at the seen • of the fire in answer to the second alarm. Ere.i an his arrival he believed the fire cauld l a v e be -n stopped. He asked Assistant Marshal Solank w h y Bab Williams did not move t i e engines to the northmf the fire. Schaack said l e l a d made the suggestion, but WUUains told him to " g o to 1—IL" No engines were to the north of the fire before the third alarm had been given. The wind was blowing vt n l a r d when he arrived. He could n<»t explain the lack ef base that prevailed. Mr. C k a l u t , * thought it might he occasioned '\y i'je rapid change of tkuuttoii by toe eneiu.es incident to the fixe. Sweeny said the engit.es movedmore rapid ly than they had reuson. Several cf tbeau lert H w a r m p — o e before there was a a y aer*asity foi doing so. The Wabnusia moved froui toe ca. u -1 of Taylor and Clinton street; the Sherman and l o n g John retained to the same place and proti'cied each other. The Coventry nmvol a w a y from the ping oa Polk street, and the Gaud from Batebam's mill, before mere was any ocea sion for so doing. The managemcut of the l**t engine was as good as eoald be expected, aud it* lose was owing to no tneoni?>etenoe on the part of the foreman, a s there wore n o Marshals in the, neighborhood, and no head to affairs generally. The fire did a o t move rapidly across Moarrx- ftreet, nor until it had been through the Armory. Worn he reached the fire there were four stream* playing to the south of i t He only saw William* once ; that was on the corner ef Mather ami Ca- nal streets. The Fire d a r s h a l then croas-examined the wit- ness. The replies tended to show that there w a s very little a flee tion wasted between the two. WILLIAM rttA/Ell. a citizen, w a s the nest witness-, but beyond stat ing that Omnipotence could not cheek the fire, and that be rode down to it on a hose cart, he. iufoimtd the Commissioners of nothing. A recess was here taken till 2 0 clock. CliVllI.ES 0. EMOET, of the Insurance FJre Patrol, started over to th* fire when it res el ted Van Buren street. Aid. Htl dretli went to bun to get aotue powder. He took a Hancock to extinguish awnings, etc , which caught fire from the aparki. The powder w a s to kegs aud tin cans, snd was covered by .canvas and tar panlins. He gave a brief account of the biowinr up oM.uildings, not differing from that of ex Aider man Uudreth. Commissioner Sheridan an i M a t Besner seemed to be directing tilings. He did not know Bildreth very well, nor did he remember teeing him, nor could he recollect bearing cittoens express any desire to blow the church down. He did not know what was done with the powder after he gave it up to Oommii .stoner Sheridan. HKKI, 1 ,i HrrroKi 1 watchmaker and jeweler, was next called. H.* did not know anything of the progress or origin of the fire. But he endeavored to save the s-eaiu sr Fred Ciund. If tire firemen had only unscrewed the hose from the plug, they could have saved her easily; but no effort waa maue to do so. There were only three firemen around the engiue, and they were hiding- fr«.m the heat behind i t They had plenty of time to remove i t It ran under a burning build) n-j, and It was too hot to save her. end she burned up It was fully half an hoar after WilLUi—s gave orders to remove her. He (Williams) went away soon after. H e called on citizens to help move the engine. The firemen w ere working all the time. As be was not in t bar heads he did not know whether they thought they could put the fire out or not. He did n o t think it brave lu them to continue using their bo>e. She did not rim down the grade until ber hose burnt. The building burnt half an hour after she ran toward it. They " did not save any- thing, except they ran a w a y . ' The hose caught fire from the sidewalk; the me% were driven away by the heat of the coal yard lire. lLENKV BCLWIKKLE, Foreman of tile insurance Fire Patrol, took the chair- The third alarm waa given at 9:45. He started out with his m e n at ths third alarm. He tcok the duDd'i stream from some oitiseus w h o were u*ing it on Baiehauit- mill, and carried it until they shut down and pulled off. The fire broke out under the Gund, from a lumber pile, a n d she was moved to a place of safety. H e pro posed doing some blowing up, and Williams told him to go ahead. He then met Mr. Htidietb, from w i t c h point his story was substantially that of the gentleman named, till the unloadim; "of the powder. Ex-Alderman Hud roth had had a con- versation with Williams previous to the latter'.* sending hku for powder. Later, he went to T B B T S I I I C K E Building and discharged sixteen 01 eighteen charges of toe Babcocks; but without success, into the basement. MeVleher** Theatre then caught from the basement. H e turned his attt ntiou to saving trunks. He got $10 for doing ao, though he did not go into the business with the anticipation of making much money. OKOKGX 8. OOBSBT was driver of the fire escape. R e did not know much about the fire, except that it was a pretty big one. The board listened to him and adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning. ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. Twenty-Fifth Aiutaal Aaaeutbla—i •** tb«- A u s . eiaiiuu KlectUn *f Officers-Bmnqaet at thr B r i g s * I l e u a e - T e n a t a and BeapeMCs. We do not remember w h o lt was, if it was not Praed, who said that the Scotch were always leaving their native toad, and always singing in her praise. The last part of the statement a un- doubtedly true, and toe first does not admit of much question. The land of toe lake, mountain and heather is well remembered by her aon.«, no matter what part of the world.1 Iks their own thistle down, chance m a y h a v e blown them. That pleasant memories might not be allowed to fade, and good-fellowship not be forgotten, the Il- linois Ht. Andrew's Society held their 36th an- nual reunion last Thursday evening at the Briggs House. Mr. William Stuart called the bnnncM meeting to order. ltesoluUona were adopted thanking brothers else where for eleemosynary contributions. The fuad so col- lected was placed under the control of the Board of Managers The various reports were. received and approved. The officers whose Dames follow were duly elected. JTteUlrat—General John MeArthnr. rirtf I ic* Itetirient—William St uait. Nrernd I7ce J'reritlent—Alex. TitoatptOB. Trratiirrr— William M. Dale. t Secrrfanj—Johu Stuart. Before sitting down to meat, each member adorned himself with a sprig of heather, imported from Scotland for the occasion. The dining-room was bare of ornament, a return to ftest principle* earned by the conflagration, but the hospitable boai d waa covered with the usual luxuries," hot Scotch" having honorable prominence aa afore time. The address of General McArthur, the President, touched upon the ordinary topics, and ear-or tally inculcated charity and generosity. After some telegraphic greetings l a d been read, Mr. George Anderson was called upon to recite '• Tam 0*8hanter." He dccltoed. saying after tlie great calamity he bad no heart to recite a poem abounding in such tender associations. He took t i e occasion to present a ram'j l o r n , handsomely mounted, and ornamented with many Scottish devices. After the customary toasts aad responses, the assembly broke up, having spent a delightful e v e n i n g REAL ESTATE. Las tram e a t s Filed far R e t a r d o a F r i d a y , Decewiber 1 . c m t*s©i_iTr. Sub-lot 13 of Block 14, Section 8, 39,14, dated Nov. Si; consideration $4(30, E1-9 of Lata v> and 1* in Block I, Ogden'a Add 1 tion. being on Hubbard at, between Green - u i Hatoted sts, dated Nov. 1 r consideration $6,000. Ncaje st, 10$ ft n of Cornelia st, e f, t i x r u ft. dated Oct. i : consideration $1,000. West Adams at, n w cor of Hamilton st, s f, s i x LOO ft, dated Nov. 1$; eon Hde ration Ss.aoo. State st. between Thirty flrstand Thirty-second sts, w f. 26x170 ft, dated Nov. tT; consideration, 13,000. soBTii or ( ITV i.in*m» Lots 15 and 16 in Block 11, Ravens wood, dated Nov. 8; consideration,$2,500. socTH o r CITT r.i a m . Frederick place, 1S« ft, s of Oak st, e f. 13411 :* ft. dated O c t l ; consideration, $.. 000. Lot 41 la Block 3, Rawsou A- AkeiiyVSub.U vision ef a e l s Bee.«, as, ' f, dated Sept. Tt; cou - siderat ion, %em. Ij«avBi».a S a p r * » ' C a a r i KecarS*-. S T A T S o r I -.uncus, 1 SCrBEMKCOCBT.NOBTHEBM OBAKO DfVlSiON. C L B B B ' S OrricK, O T T A W A , N O V . avc i To the Editor of The OMoe§0 fWfema .• S I B : I enclose herewith a c o p y of a tetter ra ceived from Mr. Chief Justice Lawrence, in an ewer to a letter of inquiry written by me respect - ing the propriety of loaning for a a y purpose whatever, to patties or their attorneys, any of the records filed in tola office. Many applications have been made to me t o permit them to g o from the files, and tor various reasons assigned- This letter, -4 hope, will be seen by many, if not all, of the members of the bar, in Chicago, acid settle the Question raised, and reader it unnecessary for m e to refuse to eomply with any further requests of this kind; - farU,* not my nature to." Jteapectfuilv^yoar*, W. M. T A T L O » , GAU»BUBO, HI. NOV. S7. Me lor W. W. Totflor. Cieef: Supreme Oomrt: D B A B S I B I have received yoeo* letter of the teth, in regard to applications made' t o yon to al- low records to be taken from the office. You are perfectly right in refusiag Daring the late see atom, the Court was several times asked to peirmlt be withdrawn, and that it woe n e w m o r e ^ ever important to adhere to the rate, ta 1 that all pereous taterasaed in a reoord nto 2 _ . v J S S L a f i ? - « a - i J ? * " * to * _ W e e j r t e s . Tkey cannot be withdrawn, e v e * by consent of p a n i c s , a s in their — —. than the parties are interested *ng.. Y e w s very truly, C B. L A W B S V C E . T i e S N U B t « i t •.» , , : To the Mditw 0/ Tke Chimyo Tnbume: SIR; Navigation OB the summit level of the Illinois A Michigan Canal will be tetajHwarlly sus- pended on and after December t, for the purpose o l removing obstaa«—i_jM gwane—seaoifcaai '""__L_ • • : :• , : • • : : . : —•*_ Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com