LAND TITLES, The Necessity oJ Perfecting Title to Onr Beal Estate in Cook Conatj Before tro Can kcry and Collect Taxes. Jo the Editor of The Chicago Trtbune Sir: In the article,published Inyour Mon day issue, I urged the necessity of securing the abstract record books as evidence of our title, as a matter of convenience and precau tion against loss, as the books now are the only evidence of consecutive titles which we can refer to. or rely upon. I now'wish to call attention to the necessity of securing these abstracts in some way. and making them prima fade evidence of title, by Legislative* enactment, from tbe fact that, until wo again put our titles on record, wc cannot see how wo can levy and collect taxes upon these lauds for revenue. On examina tion of the different provisions of our Reve nue law we shall find many provisions, where the owner of real estate taxed must be known before, tbe taxes on his lands can be finally enforced by sale, and tax deeds made of same. Notice must bo given upon tbe ow?.er or occupant, or, in cast of non-payment of taxes, and be fore any judgment can be entered against such land, the owner of the same may appear in court and fils objections, «tc. -Now, ■what evidence of the ownership of such lauds •will the court require f How can the real owner go before the court and tile objections so that the court can recognize his title and his right totile objections? Suppose several owners appear; is the court then to stay proceedings and investigate title f Again, suppose a judgment entered and the land sold for non-payment of taxes, ami some gentleman laud-shark, watching to perfect is tax titlo by a tax deed, is required by law (as be is) to give notice to the owner or occu pant of such lauds of hie holding a certificate of sale, and when it will become abso lute. within two years tho owner can redeem; let us ask, here, what evidence of title the owner is to produce for the purpose of redemption, amt to save his homo from a tax deedf The owner, at present, fins *no legal evidence of title to show, either to the officer or in tho proper office, where he will be entitled to re deem, which will warrant such office r to receive his money and enter on the records that such land is redeemed. We shall find this right of redemption is an absolute right, and how can the county or city anticipate a successful collection of taxes on real estate. ■when so important an elenujit of enforcing payment is wanting 7 Who will buy at tax nafeaT Or, if the old tax shark is on hand to hid. will lie not be there with the understand ing that ho can lory greater blackmail than ever 7 for he, of all other sharks, will not give up his illegal claim without full, abso lute, and legal proof of ownership; and when he calls for a deed, and tho olncer in forms him that tho owner has redeemed, each kind of men will very pointedly ask— ll'hat oirnerf and how, in such case, can the officer protect himself 1 As it seems to us, in I tho present condition of allairs, there is no legal protection to either the real owner or to the officer who may receive his, redemption ineney. Until some legal means are provided, (for proof of titles) this all-im portant right of redumption from tax-sales, as tho law now exists, is absolutely sus pended. Again, (our law books are gone; we cannot refer to them for authority) but wo submit, that we shall find, when the right of redemption is impossible to the owner, for want of proof of title, such right, being ele mentary, will relate buck to the levy and sale, and thus we shall find tho whole sys tem of taxation, when there is no evidence of title in any one, will be declared, at least, veiy doubtful, and any attempt to levy ami collect taxes for city and county revenue for onr daily support will be successfully dis puted. Our suggestions above arc only first im pressions and given to the public for consid-, oration, and are made for the purpose of call- j jug into effect some way or means by which I wo may once more get upon the records as owners of our laud. If the above objections are not tenable, there are others which will be. Tho whole system of taxation without legal title being shown is full of difficulty. What, then, is our shortest, cheapest* and quickest wav? Wo have examined with care what is known as Judge Gary’s bill, ami Clo not hesitate to say that just such a bill ■will bo needed, and its value will depend proportionately upon tho facility it will af ford td perfect title iu chancery cheaper and quicker yhau before, or without such enact ment. SvV? shall need that bill, and many others, before we perfect our titles of record in Coolc Couni.v. The primary objections to all chancery pro ceedings is the length of time and expense; and if. under Judge G. s bill.it is contem plated that all titles must be perfected in chancery, we do not hesitate to say that it will not answer tho necessity of the ease. The argument in support of such chancery proceedings is that only iu a court of chancery can a title be declared, valid; that no legisla tive enactment can make a good title toland. We conewhj shown hv them, in the shape of a conveyance recorded in t ho proper office, and made evidence of just what ibo paper purports. there arc other claimants to the laud in question let the other party go into chau ferv and light it out. in conclusion, wo here wish to ho deli xjitc.V understood, that we do not claim that unv °f llm Legislature will make these tiv'oiilh title in and of thcmsolves, hut sim- Jly eviilvnce title. The inrmteo in tluw deeds, don't w;int anyjudicial decree to make llim the owner ip of what he is owner of ady-Tiow. without any such derree. All he wants, under heaven, la siiuplj* to rein state himself again,’ -before- 'the world./ of T record ■•m what he oWhed* and *wlint was of record before the fim. What more simple f We know that all this will require time ami labor, Imf wo must meet the condition of things squarely and fairly. VT« cannot evade them. The only thing Which astonishes me, is the inwne folly of.diday in securing these books in soiu,. ~oy. V'e BtMpm.a whole regiment of soldiers to watftrnnd guard a safe containing a'few dol lars in grccnbuckA.* ftiid neglect that which is of greater importance, and upon which our whole future depends. .how, suppose we all regard the world lion estj and go to work, nt once, pnd get these titles back where they were before the tire: will, in most cases, turn out all xicht. We know there will bens, will have to ye fixed »p in chancery, but they will lib VOLUME 25. must avoid making such an act too minute, too complex, anil full. E. W. Evans, No. 133 Madison street. Chicago, Nov. 7, PJ7I. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sir 1 notice in your issue of yesterday a letter from John V. LeMoyno, Esq., on tho laud title question, in vvhicn ho throws out some valuable hints on this subject, but many of tbe profession will not endorse the plan he suggests of putting into the hands of the Governor the appointment of a commis* siqji of throe to nine lawyers to hear all (iue.«tions tf title aad report their decision to the courts. The view taken by Mr. LeMoyne, tuat till must be decreed by tho courts, is the only turn and safe means of perfecting evule.ie cf title, but the mode suggested is expc:i -Miami cumbrous, without any ad vant i «h. There is no need of a commission apurijltdby the Governor, beeiunsc our coir- 1I here, composed of eight able) Judges. ha.T ample powers as courts of cb-.iajery to enter such decrees :ih Mr. LeMoyno contemplates without ii;e expense of a commission. Every lawyer knows that the Circuit Court, sitting as a i onrt of chancery, can render all tho relief required in this emergency, ami that, too, as rapidly as any commission could. What is proposed to bo accomplished by Commission ers is already, without any further legisla tion, the duties of our Masters iu Chancery. Wo have the machinery iu perfect running order and complete iu our Court of Chanoury. Wo have eight Judges with chancery pow ers, and, 1 believe, three Masters iu Chan cery, appointed by tbe courts. Let the Leg islature authorize the courts to appoint as many Masters as there are Judges, and the courts can do all the business required on the chancery side. Let the Legislature further provide, as suggested iu the letter referred to. 1. Fortho notice necessary to bring all claimants into court. 2. To determine what shall bo evidence of title besides what the law already provides, a. To provide what shall be the eliect of a decree, and the length of time allowed for an appeal on writ of error. Let the Legislature look well to these points and avoid a long and intricate bill. The shorter and simpler the bill is the better it will be for our titles tt> real estate, as the courts then, untrammelled by needless, and perhaps injurious, legislation,' can grant nil the relief possible and decree a perfect title. A decree ot title by our 00111*18 of chancery is the best known to the law. The practice and the powers of mir court of chancery are i well settled by a long line of decisions which cannot be misunderstood; but a bill, similar to that proposed by Judge Gary, might bo easily misconstrued. A bill cun be framed embracing the subjects suggested, by which our courts of chancery can render a decree on the Master’s report in less than three months from the time the proceedings arc commenced, and in cases not contested there is no reason why the proceed ings should extend beyond six weeks. Sup pose a bill is tiled to quiet title to the Janu ary term of the Circuit Court, which com mences ou the third Monday of that mouth, and the law which shall ho passed by the Legislature shall provide that four weeks, notice, published in manner now required by law. shall be snilicicnt to entitle the com plainant to a default against every person claiming an interest in the land, unless they come into court and assert their claims; the complainant would he entitled to u default on third Monday of February and an imme diate order of reference to the Master in Chancery, to take the proofs and report the state of the title as now required by onP chancery practice. This could he done in from three to ten days, according to the amount of evidence introduced. Lpon this report of the Master a decree could be entered which, for all time, would settle the title. In the proceeding which 1 have supposed, the decree would he entered on the Master’s report without tak ing up the time of the court any more than in .the case of the commission suggested by some. As far us I have heard expressions of opinion from the ablest members of the bar of Chicago, they are decidedly in favor of an act at the opening of the next Legislature so regulating the chancery practice as to rap idly determine questions of title in Cook County, and giving such force anil eliect to the decree of the court as the urgency of the case requires. The proceeding, therefore, in chancery, would be as speedy as any other, and more certain and reliable. It would also be of as little expense to the parties as the proceeding by a commission, and far less ex pensive to the county. The expense of a commission of nine, as suggested by Mr. Lo Moyne, could not be less than from SIOO,OOO to $130,000 per annum for four or live years—dur ing the period of the comity's greatest need. Cjiicauo, Nov. 5. J. A. 11. THE LOS ANGELES TRAGEDY. An EyMyiwro’ Account of the Hccnc. Ix)s Anpele.i (Ort. 26) Com-Kpoudciico of tlu* Knuichco ilulk'titi. Los Angeles, although boasting of being tlu; city «1 tlu* Queen ol the Angels, is cursed v.ilj* such another hotbed of crime and de pravity, :n its Negro alley, assail Francisco has in’ its Barbary Coast and Cliimi-town. Negro alley Ls a small street con'necting with the very business portion of tlu* city. It •insists of low, whitewashed, one-storied, old-fashioned, windowless juloho buildings, j and heurjg striking contrast with its neigh lu»r Los" Angejes street, with its linetwo storied brick wayeljouses. The denizens are almost cosmopolitan,!;;«*! ponsist of the dregs of society, among whom an* koine of the great est desperadoes on the I’acilic coast. Hinder r* crs. horse-thieves, highwaymen.burglars, etc., from all parts of Southern California and Arizona make this their rendezvous. It is iu tliis plate, ;ilso, that the Chinese congre gate—their bro’thels monopolizing about two thirds of an entire block. Among these Celestials are two rival companies, whoso jealousies have created the most bitter ani mosity between them. Outbreaks of a minor chanuUT have frequently occurred. Blows have been often exchanged; firearms, even, have been resorted to Jj? tin* parties on more l ban one occasion. And giiqlr Whs thy case on Monday last, when the prologue to the pres ent tragodv w«c performed, ■'flic chibf‘men of tin* rival companies then had Inch words concerning a woman, which, it in alleged, the one party—tho V«» Hing company—liad ab ducted from the Ah Choy com pany—by ha vine her married “JMdicau'* tasbion with one u» his own men, so as to de prive the rival of any r|;iuu to her. The quarrel dually resulted m the putties draw ing pistols and bring three shots. ul> escaping uninjured, although Vo King’s coat wits pierced by one ot th* 1 two halls tired at him. Tne parties wen; arrested, £nd the ease came up before the Justice of the IVace for prelnninary*cxamhiatibu. The prjsoners were called on to give bonds to appear iu court tho following day. bail being fixed In one ease iu the snip of SoOO. and in the other SI,OOO. Doubt existing iu the minds of the Justice ua to their being worth the bail, Jio sent an officer with one of them to take an inventory «£liis ctl'ccis, it teems that John exhibited to Hip officer about sH,ouo in gold coin, bfsidcs a large amount iu greenbacks, and he reported the same in open court. Tin* bonds were of cour>o accepted, and the next i day the ease came up for exanif’jation, and,; after oecunynjjr the whole day, was continu ed until the following ng! to their quarters, they renew ed their quarrel, land pistols were again drawn and shots tired. Mounted oflicers were almost instantly upon tho spot, having been stationed in the immediate vi cinity, in ’anticipation of an outbreak. It v-ms Jn I*o4*l known" that a number of China men bad arrived by the last steamers from San Francisco, the purpose of taking an active part in a great to e*mu* off be tween the parties. Audit isa».‘‘!**tatv<» that they had purchased all the small arms iuey could liml iu the city. Tho officers at once endeavored to make, attests; but one party of the Chinese immediately turned* m>on tin* officers, discharged their weapons pointddunk at them, then fled into their ileus. The offi cers pursued, but were driven back, one of them, and n citizen who had come to the rescue, being u'onjided, tho latter mortally, dying in an hour and t> half afterward. Crowds appeared on tho scene jilniosf simul taneously with the commencement of the shooting, and tho Chinese discharged the contents of their revolvers promiscuously among them. Of course, the crowds .-.cat tered like leaves before a whirl wind, *nnd the Chinauieu were, for the moment, left masters of the field. The re action hyvvevcr, was almost as rapid. Almost ‘‘very man s hand sought the hack pocket of his pants, nml a pistol wjis drawn, cocked and discharged at the Chinamen iu less time than it takes to tell. The quiet streets rattled with a deatomng din fmu thocon tinudl shooting for several minutes, and the devil’s carnival was fairly opened. In a i twinkling the entile block was surrounded by unbroken link of human devils thirst ing for n.ycii»rc; But no effort was made to storm 1 tho houses of th*‘ Chinese, the recep tion of the officers had Intimidated (he most rrrklessamnngthatinunrally feckless Jant of may bo calleil “bordonneu.*'.. The inmates of ihn. pdolica, at .unco set to work barricading ffunr doors. >'or a time, no dis position to attack the stronghold was made. Curses and loud dcnunciattaug of tho whole “heat]ien M crew arose on all sidOs. Threats .of bhruiug them out were freely made; but providentially HiiofJjpj* dement prevailed, dherwisojt is not improbable that the chi ef ornugn mid lemon groves would be to-dav a heap of smouhlering ashes. While await ing results in an excited .state of inaction, a Chinaman, hatchet in hand, ran from one of thchoiV*Qs> prnhably with the view of cut ting his way out* He fniledtoninthegamit let safely, lie was epc he lin’d crossed the street, and was marched by ospers tow i aids the jail. Almost ns soon as ho was ca’iight. ono'of the excited mob endeavored to plunge his knife into the Chinaman’s back, striking tho captor's hand instead. When about two-thirds of tho way to jail, tbe mob, which followed crying, "Hang him! hang him! Take him from Harris!" closed around the captive, took him by force from tho officers, ami, finding a high gateway with u strong moss beam over it, close at band, converted it into a gallows, throwing a rope around the wailing Chinaman’s neck,hoisted him forcibly against the beam, if not then breaking bis neck, at least stunning him. The mob was now fairlv maddened, and raved for more victims, Shouts of "Let ns So and fetch some more!” "D——thes of from many tliroats. Tho uproar was immense. The yelling and cursing was frightful to hear. The savage war whoop of tho dreaded Apache was as the melodious strains of heavenly music is to tho wailings of the damned, when compared with the bowlings of these blood hounds. Natives and Americans united in their demoniacal demonstrations. Tho scene of action was again visited, andthis time efforts were made to enter the dwellings. Fearing to burst the doors, a band of men climbed on to tho roof, and proceeded at once to chop holes in It with axes.- Shots were fired re peatedly into tho interior of the tenements through holesthus cut. Whenever an inmate was supposed to have been shot, au exultant yell greeted the spectator's car. Many were thus shot. Flash followed flash, and crack after crack in rapid succession. Attempts were made to firo the building once or twice, but the brands were instantly withdrawn. Eventually au entry was effected, and then such a sight 1 and such a noise I Half tbe horror of the scene was shrouded by the vail of night; but to the scnsoofhearmff.it stood forth more prominently than it could possi bly have done during the day. when the busy hum of the wakeful city would have some what smothered the noise. Trembling, moan ing, and in some instances wounded Chinese were hauled from their hiding places, and forced into the street, whore the unfortun ates were instantly seized bv others outside, ami ropes quickly encircled their necks, and with a nm they were dragged to tho nearest improvised gallows at liahd. Three thus suffered in a cluster, to the end of a gutter spout overhanging a corridor; three others dangled from the edge of tho same a wiiiug. Olio of tho cluster was a small boy. not over 10 years of age. A large wagon close by had four victims hanging from its sides. I ivo more wore taken to tho gateway where the first Chinaman suffered, and were then lynched. And what were the appearance and charac ter of these lynchers, is a question already answered by every reader of the affair. Most of the whites engaged in the hanging were men of Hibernian extraction. Men in whose countenances you could easily distinguish the brute nature that controlled all their ac tions, hut none of that “face divine” we are so often delighted in looking upon, anil which we always hope to liud, and what we look for in the possession of every human being. And these men had all their brutal passions wrought to the highest pitch. But were any stronger evi dence necessary than the utter demoraliza tion of this mou than that already adduced, we liud it in the fact that the city gambin~ men? sprigs of humanity, not yet having entered their teens—and alas! that which wo men love aud adore when pure, chaste, and undeliled—woman—participated in the night’s hellish proceedings. Instances of both actually came under my own observa tion. At the place of execution, on Los An geles street, a little urchin, not over ten years old, stood on the top of the, awning from which the Chinese were hanged. He was as active asauy one in doing thelianging. His childish voice sounded strangely at that Time and place, as he called aloud for more victims to sacrifice to the demon god: mid it was a stranger and sadder sight still to behold him lay his hands to the rone and help haul them up And in the back ground was a woman loookiug on! Hit brogue betrayed her extraction. She loudly congratulated the lynchers on tho perform ance of their diabolical work, aud encour aged them to continue. At their late homes, other acts were being performed of little if any less diabolical a character. Even’ nook and corner, every’ trunk, chest, ami drawer in every apartment was being carefully and expeditiously ran sacked. Locks gave way to the pressure brought to bear against them. Every* article of value passed into the hands of the pillagers. Even the victims exe cuted were robbed of everything of value in cash and jewelry they jmsaessed previous to being hanged. One of them, the Chinese doctor,'had Jus garments stripped from off his person while hanging. Others had their pockets cut out with knives, which entered into, and fearfully lacerating the flesh, the wretches having neither time nor patience to rifle them in tho usual way; S4OO was taken from a trembling Chinaman as he was being taken to jail; $7,000 was extracted from a box in the Chinese store; there is from $14,000 to $:I0.000 estimated us having been curried away. These dark deeds were finally brought to nn end at half-pnst 9 o’clock the same evening. At U o’clock one would have scarcely believed that such fear ful scenes were taking place in the city only two short, hours before, so quiet aud de serted Were its streets. A STRANGE DELUSION. Foreigner* in Cnniou Charged U'iib Clr* cnlaling a Diabolical Tlcdlctnc. A correspondent of tbo New York Evening Pont, writing from Hone Kong. says: “The present mail will inform you of the ‘Genii Powder’ excitement. Placards have suddenly appeared in Iho most important localities in Canton province, charging for eigners with having concocted a diabolical medicine, winch causes the bowels and the feel of the victim to swell up within some twenty-live days after it is taken, unless the patient will consent to cuter the Isopian Catholic Church. The medicine is said to bo circulated in all quarters at foreign expense, through the agency of Buddhist nuns, old women, and various sorts of hawkers and pedlars. Per sons arc imi:ic"4 to nartake by the represen tation that a pestifebiio is impending, for which immunity can be secured only bv a dose of the powder. If, when the swelling Wgins. they refuse to become Catholic, they dm. and report has it that some thousand persons have uUxady perished: “Of course,the excitement caused among an ignorant and superstitious people by «ucu a stpry is by no means trilling. As a‘coqse iiueucc, trouble and bloodslied ha vu followed. A poor Chinaman was killed in the Btn*cta of Canton by an excited nibh on suspicion of dealing in this powder. A woman was killed in theVninun. and a man was executed by the Viceroy oil the same aroijud. Sharp des patches by the conmils have beep foHpivejl by proclamations by the Viceroy and Brovin -1 cmf,Judge. The latter order the people to mat“! !l Ui eider, under the severest penalties, but at the same iltue they assume the correct i»c*j of the report that such a powder is in circulation. A* reward is ottered for nnv i one found engaged in its tU-!rib»i*;Qp, and as the ollieial retrospects of the mutter do not atlinnthe falsity of tho charges regarding foreiguers, the impression remains on tho minds of the people that they bre actually guilty. It fs, therefore,’ clearly 'a matter of question wki'lher Jhe harm docs not surpass the good. “Tho origin and design of these placards demand the gravest inquiry. To pass them over as mere conditions of ignorance which cease to do evil after a lull supervenes, is to practice political unuckery, of'which we may some day be the victims. First of all. bo it observed, thdso placards’ arc u Common agency of stirring up a popular commotion, and placards.agauist foreigners have been known over the old Hong days of Can ten. What distinguishes the present move ment *l3 the extent of territory over which it prevails, ami the homeogenity of plan indi cates extraordinary facilities /of attainfug a eommou understanding and coidferf 6f he iifui. “Two theories are advanced to explain the movement. By some it is regarded as a part of a plan to overthrow the Tartar dynasty, by embroiling them with foreigners. Audit is uy no means an ill-chosen agency for that purpose, as I shall point out hereafter.’ By others it is lookeunpon as a most ingenious device of iho Mandarins to implant a deeper dislike of the foreigner in the minds of tho common people, ami there is an abundance of testimony in favor of this opinion. The manipulations of Chinese statecraft have a special cud to ac complish at the present time. Tho treaties an* to be revised, and the Inland residence question is to be discussed. The Chinese are bent on refusing that demand. The Karl of Clarendon, moved by the representations of Mr. Burlingame, gave various classes of for eigners a rebuke for not paying more defer ence to the yrtfcheg and prejudice* of tho poo tie. The Chinese had these’ papers ’trans lated and fook the hint, and tlie'maudarins arc now manufacturing a public opinion bit terly hostile to the residence of foreigners inland. No less than four Oenuuu missiona ries living in inland towns have been driven ba *k to Canton or Hong Kong, while their 1 liousos have been looted and destroyed. How a Terrible Diipncr fu Prefeiite^l. How a fearful railroad accident was pre vented is thus told by a correspoudent of the Ltica Herald at Richfield, K. Y.. where the incident happened: Four freight cars, heav ily laden With lumber uiul merchandise had been brought to thojunctlon near Cassvilfe. by a coal train. These freight cars were carelessly uncoupled on a grade of eighty hye feet to the pjijp, and iimuediatelv began backing toward Clica. Thev gained uioiucn, turn a' a fearful rate, and all elforts to stop ♦hem by throwing mils and other obstme lipiu* upon the track were ineffective. A train had left Utica but d&bt minutes before, and every one was well aware that the heayy freight car# would in a few ‘minutes" go crashing into its rear. Fortunately the en gine of the coal train stood ou A switch, ami CHICAGO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1871. Engineer Fcrrcl at once determined to give the flying cars a chase. All hands mount to the post of duty, the signal is given, and tbe fearful race is begun. There is awful danger ahead, for if the workmen should have the rails up, or the flying cars themselves should leave the track, even* man would be in cter nity in an instant. Mile after mile the chase is kept up. and the locomotive gains inch by inch. At last tbe fugitives are overtaken tbe critical moment has come. A mistake and all is over; the flying cars will only he hastenediutheirflight hytnecollision.Butthe fireman and brakemuu are reaching down from the roar of tho tender, one with .the draw-bar and tho other with the coupling pin. The cars touch; tho draw-bar skilfully guided enters the socket, and the pin drojm to its place. The danger is over,.the speed gradually checked, and iu a few minutes the engine and the rescued cars are again climb ing the grade to Casavilie. Tho deed of tho engineer and his faithful assistants was one of true heroism, and will long be remembered by those iu the crowded passenger train which was hut a few hundred feet in advance of them, and whoso lives they saved at the imminent risk of their own. RUSSIAN AGGRANDIZEMENT IN CENTRA!. ASIA. Campaign Again*! Dzonagaria—Snrrrn der of the Saltan and Annexed** of -Hi* Territory. Berlin Correspondence of tfco Lomlon Tlmw. After keeping quiet in Central Asia tnis summer Russia Has resumed her career of conquest, and again annexed an extensive territory. This tune Dzonngaria has .been' subdued by her arms. Dzonngaria, or, as the Chinese call it, Thian-Chau*ne-bo. is sit uate ou the northern elopes of the Ihian- Chnn Mountains. Till ItiW it belonged to China. In that year the Mongols, who are the indigenous population of the country, l>eing infected with the spirit of mutiny long rife among their countrymen further south, rose against the Chinese authorities, massa cred the garrisons, and achieved indepen dence. The Chinese Government made no attempt to reassert their sway over the out lying province. Having to quench rebellion in so many other parts of the empire, they could not afford to pay any very particular attention to the Mongols. The Chinese thus disposed of, the Dzounga ria Duugeiis proceeded to elect a native ruler. Abel Oghluu, the new sovereign, has since resided in the town of Kuldsha, in the Valley of the Hi. and being universally acknowledged by his subjects, seems to have had a pleasant time of it for a pretty long spell. Quite recently lie took it into his bend to fall out with the Russians, and cumo to grief. The Uungens hud interrupted the Russian trade wfch China, and destroyed a Russian factory; hut the immediate cause of the quarrel was the refusal of Abel Oghlau to surrender Khirgese who had lied intoDzouu garia to escape paying tithe to the Russians. On this account Russia declared Iwjit. Hos tilities began in last dune, and. after a series of successful encounters, the Russian forces, under General Kolpakovskt, advanced to the fortress of Tehin-na-tcho-dai. Ou June 30, they dislodged tho Dungens from their position in front of tho works, took three guns, amt stormed tho town. This decisive success, to achieve which two full hours wore required, cost tho triumphant army only 14 men. The Ist of July witnessed the surrender of another fortress, Suidum, with 5,000 inhabitants. This time the victors did not have the trouble of discharg ing a shot. The native mind already recog nized tiie impossibility of coping with the in vaders, and gave it up as a bail job. Proceed ing further west, General Kotyakovski on the 4th of July had the pleasure of seeing the unfortunate Abel in his camp. The defeated Sultan had come of Ids own accord to deliver himself up as a prisoner. lie had trusted.” ho said, in a formal address not devoid of natural dignity, in the justice of his cause and the assistance of God. Having been vanquished, he bowed to the decree of the Almighty, and entreated the conqueror to spare his people. If there were any crime hi what had been done, let the General punish him. but pardon his inno cent subjects.” In reply, the Kussian Gener al enlightened the hapless chieftain on the differences between Christian and Duugen morals, and promised protection to all who would lay down their anus. After this gratify ing announcement the 9,000 men who formed the remnant of tho native army were dis banded by order of their sovereign, and went home rejoicing. All danger of further resist ance being thus removed. General Kolpa kovski entered Kuldsha at the head of his gallant troops on July 5. This closed a cam paign which, reckoning from the day when the various detachments united, lasted exact ly one week. Considering the inauv engage ments and the distance between Kuldsha and tho point on the Borochudsir frontier from which the Russians started. 90 miles, the pro cess was rapid enough. Much booty wits taken. Ou the walls and in the arsenal of tiio capital alone 359 heavy gium. 57 livid guns. 13 falconets, two mortars. IJSSI matchlock rille*., 075 lances, etc., fell into the hands of the Russians. As a formal acknowledgment of tho fact that the sover eignty of the land had passed to the White Czar, the rt'galiu of the late sovereign, con sisting of his sword, seal, and standard, were solemnly handed over to Gen. Kolpal>ovski. Two hours after the occupation the city bon* its usual aspect, tho shops being open and the artisans carrying on their several handicrafts in the streets. In Central Asia people are used to being conquered, and cannot afford to get excited on each successive repetition of the procedure. TJie extensive territory which has thus been added to the Knsi-ian possessions is n mountainous region, with fertile valleys thinking the wild declivity of the hills. *lt in about twice no largo as Ireland, tho na tive inhabitants being estimated at 1.500.000. and the Chinese and other Hhuddist settlors at oQQ.pqo- more. Tho country alxmnds in coal, rattle.‘uhel, Ibis Triuco rales a Tartar territory recently emancipated from Chinese dominion, To protect him against the fate of Ills late neigh aor and ally he has two safeguards; the tow ering ridge of the Thian:Chan and a rare pru dence which will teach him lobe ware’ of the Russian Scylla after escaping Chinese Cha ryhdis. AH’ INTERNATIONAL WORK. The Proposed Tunnel from Dover lo Calais. t«’ From the Philadelphia Uhljut. In ISdT, it the suggestion of the Emperor Napoleon,an International Committee was formed to organize' plaint for a inmiel between England and France. In June. lt?0S, the coni inittuc. together with its engineers, had an interview with the Emperor, in the course of Which copi er and Calaia, and a new tunnelling ma chine, which has been at work for mouths imou the chalk at Snadland, near Rochester, (England}, will bore a hole seven feet in di ameter and eighteen yards forward in the cnalk stratum every twenty-four hours Ay l being so, it is estimated tnat what are called tbe driftways of tne tunnel can bo driven iu one year, instead ot five, os originally calculated, and the en largement and completion follow in two or three years more, it is now proposed that there shall be two drift ways and two separ ate.tuunels, so that the trams shall cross by one and re-cross by the other, thereby greatly diminishing the risk of accidents* And with regard to the ventilation of them, which was at one time considered a most difficult prob j£ lu the difficulties appear to have vauis. d. the difference iu temperature between .ho tw u ends of a tunnel is the greatest security tor its ventilation, and many engineers con that air shafts so far from being essen ual defeat tlie ends for which they were de- Mgnod. The towers or air shafts standing up like light-houses iu mid-ocean, at first pro jected, are no longer thought necessary. In fcliort. all obstacles give way before deter mination. ingenuity, and money. BANKING. NOTICE. rending ilia completion ol its repairs, the First National Bank UlU,on THUIWDAY, NOV. f, occupy th© temporary olUeo erected for Us nse on Washlngton-st., nearly op- P«tetl.o °W building. It la confldenUy hoped that.thislocation.accessible by streetcars ana omul otu lines from all parts of the city, will so meet the wants of all our friends as to render branch offices unneces sary. Our 11 Si iIUB-PHI TAETS were uninjured in the Ute fire, and. with the strong guard kept over them night and day. give a guarantee of safety not generally found in the city at the present time. Our depositors who have valuable papers, etc, ran arrange with ua for their safe keeping. If they so Jeeirc. SAMUEL H. NICKERSON, Pra’l. li« J. GAGE, Cfuhier. Savings Bank. THE lomnsmceilHCo., Located at 37 West Madison-st., coder tho sberman House, are paying their Depositors ITV FULL. Liberal advances made on com mercial accounts. B. W. RAWSON. President. J. H. PEARSON, Vico President. W. B. HOSWELL, Cashier. Directors—W. K. McAllister, 8. W. Itawson. James Ward, John Buehlcr, E. F. palalfer, J. W. Pearson, James Lotutiev. THE FM National M Will build immediately on the northwest corner of Mad ison-st. and Pifth-av., and expect to occupy their new building by December 1,1871. 0. B. SAWYEE, Pres. N. LBDIIIGTON, Tice Pres. ISAAC a. LOMBAED, Dash. Chlraco, Orl. as. 1871. THE REAL ESTATE LOA:- TRUST GO., BANKERS, AND Dealers in Foreign and Domestic EiehauP HAVE RESUMED BUSINESS AT 68 S WABASH-AV., New Fourteenth st., and aro prepared to psy ail demand* In fall. Depc.i— fr-edted. and «ur regular banking buttons transact-, si usual. For the accomtaodwloa of oar West Side friend* cnttom»n, weeballopen an office in s fc-w day* ini part of the city.* BENJ. LOMBARD, Presides•» S. A. HBIGG3, Vice President. THE Third National Bant 436 Wabash-av. Branch Office, Ko. 26 West Washington'S or. ißTiara peabce, ph#. li. V. PA&IOXS, CMb. tt. n. snrru, mt. cmll THE Merchants’ National Bank of Chicago, No. 335 ITlichigan-av. BRANCH OFFICE, 30 32 S. Canal-st. THEi STATE SATIKCfS IMTllTiiiii Hu a temporary office at NO. 580 WABASU-AT., And will rercOT« lut of Korea ber to nev bloc S cr: (iU belli oa M*dl§on »f., between Market at, an* riTDr, when* th»r will b* located ontll they can e FIBE-PROOT BANK BDILDIXG on the old alto. S3 LaSalle at, LAZARUS SILMM CO, BAIffESRS, -562 "Wabasli-av., ..'ontiime their bnsineaa u usual. All da osits payable on demand. ZAZ. gILVEEtTATT 00. EDWARD HAIGHT CO. _ BANKERS, Xo* Wall Street* Kew York. iiVii FEB O£NT. Interest Allowed oa Deposit, sIoImSMt 0 MrflrA l e «BU MMTSUteor Indirtilnals or firm* baaklng with tu mar and draw «s thcrplwe. the same as with asrtouik w **Uuw Interest oa ail balancej x Stock*. Gold, BaataMS-Wb ncm and yllact Tioalnfes aotea and ilraxts Uuoaghoot the t bltcd States, glrtog prompt returns. yM TILEE, ¥MI CO., BALIffKSRS, 381 WABASH-AV. Cot A and Sllxar. Covarnmant SeearitlM, Land War rant*. Colic** Scrip, aad Eallroad fitofk* aad fioeeb bouehtaca s CISH.IMN IIjIRDLV bankers. iUTC Mnmed btuiof,» at So. 223 Michigan ar. ana— prspaicd toß}«et a ai) (WmamUlafull..Booths 'nee aui onr regular banking beilil'M transacted Acwmnla©fß»r»hanU and eeaetry bankarswill-- special sittntlos. J*c» the accommodation of oar SUe friends «d ctMtcmer* "w. hifi'opened a b<~ 1 office *at KeritTOtia! s(.,juit north of lUndelpb. INSURANCE. Tte M I ft MS!” THE HOME Insurance Company, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. Cash Capital, Assets, Not. 1,1871, Liabilities, including Cbi- $500,000.00 995,479.12 cago Losses, 353,479.12 Was the first Company to notify Policy holders in Chicago that it would pay claims in fall. The losses of the Company by the Chi cago fire are being adjusted and paid as rapidly as possible. Business solicited at fair rates. Adjust* ing Office for Chicago, 17 EUlrldge-coairt. Agents of the Company visiting the city are requested to call. JACOB PEETB.EY, Gen*l Agent. GEO. C. CLARKE &CO., LOCAL AGKNXS, lO Eldrldgc-conrt. Continental Insurance Company of ffetr Tort, The following correspondence explains itself: OFFICE OF CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, N0.102 lIhOAhVVAV. NEW YORK. Octobers, IS7I. Hon. Geo. W. Miller, Superintendent Insurance De- Jartment, State of New York: ■BAH Sir: The failure of many insurance companies by the Chicago fire, after had boeu given that they were able to pay all demands, and to pursuo their business, has Justified on apprehension in the Eublic mind, and, perhaps, lu your own, which it l» nnortant should be :illayed. we, therefore, so far as this company is concerned, request you. at your earliest convenience, to Invest!- gate Ua affairs, and to ascertain Us position and ability to fulfil existing obligations, and oil that may arise In the ordinary course of its business. We wish, also, to cull your attention to onr Increase of capital, already largely over-subscribed, and desire to know when we can close the subscription books, and call in the money, under your construction of the statute. Your prompt attention will be recanted as n favor. Very respectfully, GKO. T. hope. President. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF NEW YORK. ALBANY. Nov. 5.18T1. At the request of tho Continental insurance Com pany of the City of New York, I have taken tho earl iest opportunity, wince the aiUoumment of tho Nation si Convention of Insurance Cumniiitstuuers to investi gate the affairs of the company, amt I find its condition to bo as follows: Its assets, amounting to $2,8*T.307.W. aro Judicious)j andsafelv Invested. Its capital of five hundred thousand dollars is unim paired. and it has a surplus of net assets largely in ex cess of tlie amount requireil to reinsure its outstand log risks, after providing for all other liabilities, in eluding Chicago losses. Its losses sustained at Chicago are in course of rapid adjustment, and leave tho eompanv with abundant ability to afford Indemnity t<> its customers, and to re spond promptly to nil customary claims. Tho subscriptions to Its voluntary addition of five hundred thousand dollars tit its capital are much greater than double the amount to which stockholders are entitled, and the subscription books must yet re main open until tho 20th Inst., at which time the sub scriptions may be made pavablu. (Signed) OHO. W. MiI.LEU, Superintendent. TO THE Merctais Prapny Eolte OF CHICAGO. •TfaMjr the Policies you nosc hold are eu» tirely teorthless aud tee take this mrsiii of informing you that tee can bare the Policies cancelled, aud trill issue *VJB If* O.VJSS .IT Fef/H R»ITJSS, in the ANDES, AMAZON, BREWERS, TRIUMPH Insurance Companies OF CINCINNATI, Whose Combined Assets are Over $2,000,000.00. The last Isro had no risks in the Great Fire and the >I,VP£.V pays dollar for dollar E. E. RYAN CO., 47 South Canal-st., Chicago, Underwriters’ Agency, OF NEW YOKE, Cash Assets, After paying Chicago Losses, $2,500,000. We are paying losses In fall as fast as ad justed, by Sight Droits on Sew Tort, ADJUSTING OFFICE, 60 South Canal-st., SECOND FLOOR. FIRE INSURANCE Risks written on Dwellings and other prop- «the Local Offices) 62 South Canal-st., 2 d floor. and 473 Wabash-av, 0(II)E.\, SIlDi k SCUDBER, AGENTS. TOSKEBS SEW YORK Insurance Company. All persons wbc have ant presented their claims and proofs of loss should do so at once, and all policies out standing should be presented for cancellation, and prop ertv insured In solvent Companies. The ■Company has I>een oldiccd to retire from the field, and has cone Into the liaad* of‘a Receiver. s’o. t>6 A\ eat Madison-at, bp stairs kdiusting Office Republic Insurance Company, Chicago, 508 Wabash-ar. All persons having claims against tills Company are requested to make regular proof of !o«s, and file them ♦f once. ATrangemcula bav f been made to adjust their claims with all possible dispatch In the onlor in which hey are fijpd.* north american:fire INS. CO. Parties bolding claims for loss or damages bv the Jat« fire, under policies of this company, will please present tlieir proofs of loss at the oillcc of G«o. C. Clarke, Bsq., by the 20th nest. WYuJtS BLACKESTOXE, Becelver. SEWING MACHINES GKOYER BAKES mw jutuiiE conn, 90 IVEST RANDOLPH-ST^ (Corner of Jefferson.) _ Better prepared tor business than over before. Sure era by the fire liberally dealt with. NUMBER 94. INSURANCE. -ETNA INSURANCE CO., and invite the public to call and examine their new stock of MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, received Since the tire from their N«>w York and Baltimore branches, including the celebrated Knabe Pianos, J. Bauer Co.’s Pianos, .Needham’s “Silver-Tongue” Or- Loisu Paid In FIBy-hro Tear*. Over SM,-1 gang. Of Hartferd, Conn. Organized A. D. 1819. 000,000~Exc of Late cm cage losses. CASH CAPITA!, $3,010,000 With an Ample Be*lnsarance Fond to be kepi Intact after Faying Chicago Lostes, ASSETS OVER $4,500,0001 This wclLknown and reliable Company, which has stood the tests of over half a ten* lory, will continue Issuing SEW POLICIES and renewing old ones at current rates. GOODWIN PASCO, Agents, Office, sSsWabash-aT. 43 South €anal*st» Adjusting Office: 750 Wabaah-ar., where over SSOOOOO losses Uy the late tiro have already been paid. HOIKE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Sew York. ORGANIZED IStf. HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY, of Now York. ORGANIZED 132*. CITIZENS’ INSURANCE COMPANY, of Sew York. ORGANIZED 1536. Chicago lown paid by Sight Drafts on .Vew York ns fast as proper adjustments are made* Tho shore old, well-known snd reliable Compsnlw, proved by fire, continue to Indemnify the people. Policies issued by their West hide Office, 30 sad 3‘J Cenei at., over William Blair A Co.; South Side Office »45> NVsbssb st,, oxer Find National Bank, Adjusting Office. 491 Wabash ar. SPECIAL NOTICE, Tbs patrons of this Agency can hsre all necessary as slaUnce and advice as to making PROOFS Of LOSS," upon application at 491 Wabash or., when officers of the Companies and an able corps of adjuster? are settling all claims. ARTHUR C. DUCAT. PHENIX Insurance Company Of Brooklyn, H. 7. Cash Assets, Oct. 1, $1,858,755.45 Wet assets, after pay ment of Chicago losses 1,500,000.00 The Pltcnix was the' first Com< pany to pay a loss after the great fire, mid the Adjiistcrsof the Coin* pany arc now engaged in pay lug all of its losses as fast sis ad* Justed, Policies issued on all classes of hazards at fair rates. R. S. CRITCHELL, Special Agem (or the IVortbwcMcrn Stales. Office 30 West HTadison-st. Branch Office, 386 Wabash-av, Important Notice. NEW AMSTERDAM Insurance Comp’y OP NEW YOBK. All persons having claims against tho New Amster dam Insurance Company, of New York, for unsettled losses. are requested to In? present at a meeting tube* held at Non. £>l ami £l3 Mhhiganav., corner of El dridge-eourt. up stairs, ou Wednesday next, November fl. at 10 o'clock a. w.. when the officers of the Company will present a statement of its affairs, and make a prop osition for MiUlemvnt. It will be for the interest of all interested to attend NOTICE The President of the Occidental InsnranccCompany. of San Francisco, will be, on ami after the filli lust:, at No. -lO West Kandolph-st^ for the purpose of adjusting lossds occasioned by'the great tire. A. C. GREENEnAL’M, Agent;. Pacific Insurance Co. of San i'raucl!ico. CASE CAPITAI *1.0011.000 GOLD. Risk* taken at fairr.it***. Jti ptlv niijn.tc.l unci piij. WcaltTU Bnn.ck t Xc*-. 4;2AV«Ut*li avenna. Hatching Jt RnNto (tenrral Acreats- Stiller A Drew. 471 LitCrf g.ni. forCUlctirn. Connecticut Mutual Life. Members of the cotnpanr who have lost their noli cles, am! U*um> whose premiums are now dne, or about due, will pltase call at our office. STEARNS. DICKINSON CO. General Agents, 379 Wabaah-av. benefit or sufferers. TEN PER CENT Of Our Cross Sales of Saturday, Nov. 11, Kill be banded to the RELIEF Fill COMMITEE, _ FOR THE BENEFIT OP THE Sufferers lyfeLiM IIABLEY& HULL, THK GREAT CLOTHIERS OP L THB WEST, 122 West ladlson-st CHICAGO. dissoiatdton notices. Dissolution. The co-partnership heretofore existing nnder the firm name of btrpbeas A Emery, planing mill ami box man nfactnrvn*. in this city, U this dav tlKHolrttl br mutual Consent. IfENRY bTEt’HENB. FRANKLIN EMERY! October 27,1371. copartnership. A copartnership Is tht* day "formed br Henry Stephens amt W. Clark, Jr., late connected with Thomas Goodwill!?, for the purpose qj ranriQg on a general planing mill, dockage, storage, imu shipping of Inmber. and box turing busluee*. Who assume oil liabilities and collect all debts due the Ann of Stephens Emenr. HENRY STEPHENS Octobers?, 1571. O. W. CLARKfdR. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. The Ann heretofore existing under the- firm name »nd style of OLIVER RJEkCEis thlAdar dissolved by mutual-consent "R-M, OLlVEßi.auuwrUk. r- K. M. OLIVER, CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 1871. WU. L. PIERCE. srcrsicainiTSTßDMEfrrs; PIANOS, Organs, etc. ATTEimOlll, BUYERS I JManmM, formerly 63 Waaliingtou-sL, are m>w located at 270 AND 614 MICHIGAJf-AV., A tall assortment of Paganini String*, Violins. Accordion*, Concertinos, ({altars, Brass Jo strnmcnt*, etc., which they are offering tor CAs«» at ptf ally reduced price,*- IV*Pianos anil Oreans toned, polished, repaired, and shipped on abort notice. JEM BAUER CB 370 and Git Itlicliigan-aT., Office Gtt JKchisa»*av> ROOTI& CADY, 612 Michigan-av., Geoi Steck Co.’s Pianos Root& Cady Pianos, Mason Hamlin Cabinet Organs,lmported Musical Merchandise, Strings Violins, German Accordions, &c. Sheet Music and Music Books. PAPER, PAPER. Winnebago Mills. Tl'e have a stock of Wrapping Paper. Flat Paper. Print Paper. Book Paper. Tea Paper. Twine. •liirf in a fete days can nil or ders for all kinds of Paper. SUES, SITS Cl 344 and 346 Wabash-av. LAND TITUS. li Hr Titles. All persons owning BEAL ESTATE in Cook County shonld at onoe prepare to FBOTE THEZB TITIES. After an act is passed providing for this, it will take years FOE OUB COURTS TO COM PLETE THE BUSINESS. Therefore if yon wish to save expense and delay,, hand in yonr abstracts, deeds, &c., at once, as the business will be taken np in regular order. First come first served.” Charges low. MM P. ELBE, BEAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, No. 393 Wabash-av., IN BASEMENT. BOOTS AND SHOES Bits si Stines, BOGGETT,BASSET! ftlffiLS, HEADQUARTERS AT 522 Wabash-av., corner Harmon-coart, are now receiving a new atockot Boots and Shoes, and arc prepared to supply cus tomers. FEEffijieipfflt Manufacturers and Jobbers of BOOTS SHOES, Dave a well selected Stock at tbeir new Starr, 219 ftiichigan°av.. (Opposite Trcmont House), Where ire »boil be pleaded to kc« ear Can* (•men nad the Trade generally. PRO33PT ATTESTIOV CITS.T TO ORDERS* RAILROAD IRON. RAILROAD IRON. 1,000 tons 56-pound American Hails; 2,000 tons 5 8-pound. Eng lish Hails, for oaxly .delivery in Buffalo or Chicago. rc -A. full stock of Lake Superior Pig Iron, Scotch Pig Iron, Le high and Lackawana Coal, for sale in lots to suit. A. B. MEEKER CO., 876 Wahash-av. OCEAN NAVIGATION. INMAN LINE, OCEAN STEAMSHIPS, Carrying tie Nalls between Europe ud America. Steam twice a week between lew York and Liverpool, tgneens town, Londonderry, Clasjow, and Scandinavian, €erman, and other European Ports. FRANCIS C. BROWN. 39 West Klnde-aL, Chicago.