4 j|ribtnw. Terms of Subscription* PATAHLE IN ADVANCE: Dally Edition. per year, by mail TrtAVcekly Edition, per year, by mail Monday Edition, i*r year, by matl Weekly Edition, per year, by mail parts of year at tbu same rate. To prevent delay and mistakes, bo anrcaad give Post Ofilce address in full. Inclmllnp state and county.* I’ostmaMors are allowed 1C per cent commission on yearly subscriptions. llemittumesmay be made either by draft, express. Post Oilice eider, or lu registered letters, at our risk. TEEMS TO air SCESCUIUEII3: Dally, delivered, Sunday excepted, aicenta per weak. Daily delivered, Sunday Included, 30 cents per week. Addnws TIIE TRIBCKE COM PASTY, Ko. IS Canal-at. Chicago, 111. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, ISTI. the GOVERNMENT RI'II.DINGIfi. It is not easy to understand why the loca tion of the United Stales offices in this city hhoiild be ♦•hanged because of the lire. There was no complaint before the tire that the lo* talion of the Courts. Custom House, Tost Olliee, or Internal Ueveuue offices, wasincou veuienl or remote. A change now for the mere sake of change ■would Iks au act of Wan ton injustice wholly inexcusable. The gov ernment selected the present site in ISSR, and since that time, upon the assumption that the location was permanent, many millions of dollars kavdliecu expended in that neigh borhood. To change the site now, without a reasonable excuse, would be an act of un fairness to which the national authorities should not he o^party. The Government of the United States is not a beggar. It does not ask for land for public purpoweti without paying for it. It owns tho land upon which the Post Office building is now situated, and, if it wants more, will un questionably buy and pay full value for it. The old building site is altogether too small, even for present purposes. The government wants at least an entire block. It wants a Dost Office buildiuglarge enough for tho groat business of this city, and the distributing business of the Northwest. There must of necessity be an immense service of receiving and making tip mails forall parts of the con tinent at this point. It is more than likely that the old site of the Post Office building will bo required exclusively -for that* purpose. There will be needed a Court House, with proper accommodations for District and Circuit Courts, Clerks’ offices. Marshals’ rooms, jury-rooms, a hall of records and the various ot herappurtenancea of courts, of which at least one is always in session, and the business of which is constantly increas ing. The accomodations for the Federal courts and officers were entirely incomplete in the old building. The Custom House is fast becoming an important institution. Long before the new buildings can ho erected the foreign trade of this port will have quad rupled, and will continueto increase. Tbe In ternal Revenue department, including Asses sors and Collectors must of necessity continue many yean. But whether the government aball decide to erect several buildings or one building to embrace all its offices, there can be no question that it will demand an en tire block, in order to have its buildings wholly detached from any other property. This latter result i» only attainable by the exclusive occupancy of the site hounded by Madison. Dearborn. Monroe and Clark streets. If the government can obtain tins land at a reasonable priced he buildings will be located there. If the government cannot get the land, then it must purchase elsewhere. But there is no difficulty in the way of ob taining this laud, whether the owners are willing to part with it or not. The power of the United States to take private property for public uses, paying due compensation therefor, is undoubted. The National Gov ernment can, therefore, t ike any land it may peed in this city for public uses, upon the rendition ot paying its value. This value, when it cannot be satis factorily determined between the i. ..ners and the agents of the government, must be ascertained according to the forms of law—following the course prescribed by the l.|, onnli law as Congress may enact. It is, of course, desirable that there should he no ohstaclcsin the form of excessive demands for tho land;, it is of great importance that these buildings should be commenced with as little delay as possible. That Congress will net promptly in making the desired appropriations is beyond nil doubt, provided the government officers are enabled to present estimates both as to the cost of the buildings and of the necessary ground. Any controversyor log-rolling as to the removal of these buildings, and their loca tion on other sites, can have no other effect than to delay indefinitely the adoption of plans, the preparation of estimates, ami the appropriations needed for the. beginning of the work. Let ns have no controversy on tliis subject. LAVUenthe. government makes Us selection,let there be a hearty and cordial co-operation by all the people, and every in- ducement offered for an immediate and rapid coustruction'of the needed public buildings. In reference"” to the alleged movement to have the government buildings transferred to Market street, in the vicinity of the old gas works, we are satisfied that no such scheme is now, or has been, on loot. The parties owning land or leases there are en deavoring to establish the wholesale diy goods trade there, which is perfectly legiti mate and proper, if they can accomplish it. But they are in favor, as we understand, of having the government pokes remain where they were before the fire. TASUIAIVV EXTERMINATED. While the yearof our Lord 1871 has proved, thus far*a year of calamities in the material world—of fires, and accidents, and tempests, and pestilence, and famine—it has also proved, in this country at least, u year of grace in social and political advancement. Passing without notice the conquests over crime and corruption in the social world, and, bo far as politics are concerned, leaving oat of the.consideration our triumph over the dead-beats in Chicago, we must rejoice with the people of New York at tho great victory which they have achieved over the powers of corruption in the defeat of tho Tweed faction. For the first time in many years. New York has chosen a respectable Board .of Aldermen—the Reform ticket having been elected entire. The complete county ticket of the Reformers was also elect ed. comprising a Register (General Sigel}, and five Important county officers; so that, in all things pertaining to local admmistra lion. Tnmnmuy was completely routed, and the interests of the people triumphant. In the Senatorial and Assembly districts a gain of three or four legislators was achieved by the Reformers,though Tammany still elected a majority of these, including Tweed hiutswlf, who, by dint of much ruffian ism and alleged ballot-box stuffing on the part of his myrmidons, aided by a lack of concentration on tho part of hisopponeuts, was chosen to represent again his old district in the Senate, But Tammany can do nohanu in the Legislature, where there is a strong two-Uiirds majority against it. ami against the party which has hitherto fostered it. As to Tweed, his majority, which he insolently demanded should be raised to 30,000, has been reduced from 22,000 of two years ago. to 12,000. But. what is more important, tho Tammany giant finds himself shorn of his strength. Tweed, stripped of bis patronage in the municipal administration of New York, and bereft of the party which he has hitherto been able to use in the Senate, as his partner, Tom Fields, has done in tho Assembly, will be a very insignificant member of the New York Legislature. Bather, he will be very significant of the wreck which his party and Lis political system have suffered. He will stand forth in alibis hideousness, and bare of all tho panoply of office which has made lum look so fiercely powerful hitherto. Tho very men whom he has bought in former years will buffet and revile him. There will be no longer any comfort for Tweed at Albany, as there never has been tiny glory or sympathy; and it is altogether likely that, even if the Boss”—Boss no more henceforth—'eb.. and brought back for trial. —The lowa River is lower than has ever boon known before at this season of the year. —Mr. Phillips, of Quarry, raised l.fwt ripe Iteans from a single bean. He got this bean out of a sack of coffee. —A special despatch to the Dubuque Times sirs: During the mouth of Octoln r over co.noo acres of land were taken In the Sioux City band Dis trict under the homestead and preemption law«. Cash n-celpts at the office were over 51.000. Four hundred and eleven homestead papotn wore filed, which exceeds the number of any previous month since the office was opened. Only 2-VMVU :u res re main unclaimed.-which at this rate will be entirely taken up b> May I.” fayottq, recently became so terribly alarmed at the advent of the small-pox fa the country round about that they assembled In town meeting and declared martial law.” A line of pickets was thrown out to guard every approach, and to pre vent jK'rsoiiH from the infected districts coming to the village. —Lafayette had three scnsatlonson the evening of the 7th iust. The safe of tho olliee of Esquire Ten Kyck was roblied of 13,000 and the olliee set on lire; u nursery agent, named Biddings, was chloroformed and robbed of Woo; i\nd three stables were burned, Involving a loss of 11,800, —The Baptist State Convention closed its ses sion at Imllnapolls last week. The reports from district associations show tho Church generally in a flourishing condition. Madison was selected ns the place for the next meeting, on the last Tuesday of October next. The Rev J. 8. Stone, of Fort Wayne, was selected to preach the annual sermon. The Rev. J. B. Slmff, alternate. The Convention voted to raise #3,000 to carry out its plans for the year. —The apple crop is a failure In Dubois County. —The citizens of Spencer county propose to organize a mutual lire Insurance company. —The Holly Water Works, In Columbus, re ceived their tirst practical test last Saturday night. A tire broke ont in a stable tilled with hay, belonging to Henry Deeper. It was In a remote quarter of the town, and before the hose reels were on tbe ground the building was enveloped in flames. In live minutes after water was ttrst thrown, the Arc was completely extinguished. —ln a town near Vincennes, a man died of a contagions disease, and it Is said that the authori ties employed some negroes to bury the corpse, and then shot the negroes to prevent a spread ot the disease. —John W. Hartley, of New Albany. Inherits a Louisiana sngar plantation, valued at #IOO,OOO, by the death of a relative. MICHIGAN. E. W. Agnow, of Grand Rapids, was run over on the sth by a railroad train, at Homer, and bud both logs cut off He died about three hours after. —A boiler in tbe Island Mill, at AuSablo. ex ploded on the 4tb, killed two men, and severely Injured two others. —The Detroit Free Preuot the 6lh says: “Many of the older lake Captains and others who, years ago, used to go down to oar inland sea in ships, will remember Captain James Mcßride, who, after much service on tho lakes, became a partner in the sail-making business, which, from tho almost total failure of his eyesight, ho was obliged to relinquish. He subsequently took up his residence In tho. village of Wayne, where he died on Monday.” —Considerable pine has l>cen cut on tbe Menom inee River during tho summer, whiohls now be ing rafted. —A rifle has been fonnd in tbe Pcavine Swamp, near Dowagiuc, supposed to have been lost In an Indian battle hundreds of years ago. —A Benton Harbor gardener has ripe strawber ries this late In tho season. A —Grand Rapids this year has sustained losses from fires amounting to 1300.000. MINNESOTA. Tlio way they go to law ot Sauk Rapids is thus told by the Sentinel! “J. Q. A. Wood, Justice of the Peace for this town, has l»cen very busy for the last few 'days, In trying cases between a brother-in-law, u sister-in-law, and another brother-in-law, tho father-in-law acting as counsel for the daughter. It is altogether a curious fum ilyquarrel. Mr. Rouse, son-in-law of Mr. Dan Miller, sued Mrs. House, daughter of Mr. Miller, and tho Justice returned a verdict for the defend ant for (23; then Mr. House sued Mr. Rouse, and Mr. Rouse sues Mr. Miller, and the two faults arc postponed to a future time. The St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, on Mon day Inst, authorized the appointment of h com mittee of five to attend the convention to be held at Detroit, November 23, to consider the question of improvement of navigation from tho head of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, around tho Fulls of Niagara, and byway of tho St. Lawrence to the seaboard. —A little daughter of James Gray, of West Al bnuy, Walmslmw County, while playing about a threshing machine a few days since, was caught between cue of the sweeps and a plank and actu ally disembowelled. Shu dropped dead from un der the machine before any one know she was injured. —A Jury in s Justice’s court in Owatonna, last week, niter remaining in consultation all night, during which oue party was skunked fourteen times at euchre, brought forward verdict of ii oUtjrrosequi." KANSAS. Tho Kansas Publishers’ and Editors’ Associa tion. at the recent convention, passed a resolu tion to the effect yiat tho usual advertising rates he charged for political announcements of all kinds. —A verdict of not guilty” was returned in the case of F. C, Jones, charged with embezzlement from Wells, Fargo A Co.’s Express. —The ladies of Atohlson have formed tho “Kansas Belief Association.” to relieve the des titute families in tho western portions of tho State, who bavo been rendered homeless by prai rie fires. —The peanut crop la a great success In Davis County. Missomr. Yellow ochre has been discovered in Johnson County, and, inconsequence, land has increased in value. —A movement is on foot to establish a starch factory at St. Joseph. —Christian Fortieck, a farmer of Livingston County, Mo. t is charged by the Buffalo Courier with being an accessory to a triple murder, which occurred at*ont sixteen years ago. Tho accused announces his willingness to return to New York for trial. OHIO. Thcro Is talk of establishing a dental college at Tiffin. —Tbo Cleveland Plaimlealer says that Dan. V. Stow has entered suit against the Lake Shore «fe Michigan Southern Railway for &0.000 damages. Plaintiff lost his right arm by an accident which he claims resulted from carelessness. —TheCoshocton Democrat says: “The apple crop Is not as scarce as was predicted. Good ap ples are selling at SO cents per bushel, and many formers will hold theirs over tiUJqpring.” —A young man named Nathan Baker, residing near Fanuersvllle, Montgomery County, com mitted suicide on Monday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Baker was under two In dictments—for bigamy and perjury. —Peter Agler, a highly re-peeled farmer of MiflUug. hanged MniscUto an apple tree on the sth Inst. Cause, mental derangement. —Chillleotho is noticed to pay her gas bills or do without light. —Marietta young ladies wbcnfthey get married arc given 11,000 bills by delighted old ancles. TUK TEBBITORIES- Governor Salomon, of Washington Territory, recently delivered a message to the Territorial Legislature which furnishes a considerable amount of information concerning that portion of the country. Under the new census, the Terri tory has n population of 23.450, which the Gover nor thinks an' under-cstimate. He places it at 50,000. The assessed taxes In 1970 amounted to £28,377; in 1871, to and the total amount duo for taxation. Sept. 39. 1871. was $18,450. The value of assessed property, real and personal, was t0.459.056 in 1870, and 1s $11,582,890 in 1871. There is a delinquent tax list of $13,697, but the Gover nor i expresses a doubt of its ever being paid. From January IP6B. to September, 1869. 253.722 acres of land were disposed of, while the numl>cr of acres disposed of during the two following years was 503.016. Under the homestead and pre-emption laws 270.155 acres have been taken up since IW9. The total number of acres surveyed in 1871 was 567.085, and the total sutweyed In the Territory. 0,130366. There arc tbit ty-seven saw mills in the Territory. In IS7O they cut up 139357.937 feet of logs, and made iso,- ill.«7feetof lumber, of which Puget Sound cut 117,007327 feet. The commerce of tho Territory may be gathered from the following figures: The value of dutiable goods imported during tho year ending Juno 80.1871, is $33,797. Exports to foreign countries. £(93.048. Exports in American vessels, jr-0238.i; in foreign vessels. $90,161. Pour thousand passengers arrived and 3,C31 left In 1871. RAILROADS. The Chicago firo has stopped the work of grad ing on the new railroad from Clinton to lowa City, the Southwestern. The iVtsa. of lowa City, says, however, the stoppage will l*e only tempo rary. The work on the Cedar River bridge Is still going on. —Addison Day has resigned the position of Su perintendent of the Iron Mountain Railroad, and it is reported that A. \V. Sopor has been appointed as his successor. l The Chicago, Dubuque A Minnesota Railroad Company is pushing it* lino to St. Paul with un usual energy. This road is connected with the great system of Illinois at Fulton, and thence, following up the west bank of the Mississippi River, it strikes all the leading cities In the val ley. Grading has been completed to the State lino of Minnesota, and the iron is laid as far op a» McCrcgor, with Iron enough on hand to finish the road to la Cresent. which point is confident ly claimed will bo reached before the close of the year. The cars are now running to Clayton, and in a few days McGregor will be the temporary tci minus of the road. —Two new railroads arc to l*o built across the I Mate of Mis«ouri within the next twenty months, to l-e known as the Missouri Ontrol Railway, and the. Laclede and Fort •S.'ott Railroad. The routes of the proposed roads are to start respectively trum St. Louis and Sto. Geneviese. to cross each other at Bolivar, in Polk County, and thence to traverse the Indian Territory and Southern Kansas. —Th«-ie is a pre s* nt prospect that the members of the UxMaturf iron N*«rtht-ru Missouri will l*o ItLc first time, direct by railroad. Tlic Southern blanch of the Louisiana Railroad will probably tie complete:! some time this month. OUITVSRT. Colonel David Stanton, Auditor General elect of Pennsylvania, died at New Brighton, November 3, aged 42 years. In August. 1801. he entered the army as surgeon; and from Novemlier, 1802. to Drecmber, 1865, was Superintendent of Hospitals and Assistant and Acting Medical Director of tho Northern Department, on the staffs of Generals Heiutzelman and Hooker. In 1804 he was brevet ted Lieutenant Colonel, and In 1805 was made bre vet Colonel. The doctor was of Quaker descent, an old-time almlitlonist. and a near relative of •Secretary of War Stanton, to whom he has a strong personal resemblance. On the 18th of lust May he was nominated for Auditor General by the Republican Convention which met at Harris burg. During the recent canvass he stunqied the State, and, at the election, received over ii,yoa majority. -General Wellington H. Ent, of the Pennsylva nia Reserves, during the war. 'lied at Blooms burg. Pa., November 5, aged 37 years. In 1869 be was the candidate of the Democratic party for Surveyor General of his State, and was beaten by Jacob M. Campbell. —General James McClcary died in New York City October 5, aged 34 years. He served during the war of the rebellion, lost onoarm ut Shiloh, received another severe wound at Stone River. He was mustered out of service with the rank ot Brevet Brigadier General of the United States army and commissioned as Captain of tho Forty fifth Regiment of United States Infantry. He subsequently settled In St. Mary’s Parish, Louis iana. where he was elected a member of Congress but his health was impaired tosneh au extent that be was unable to take his seat last session. —General Edgar M. Gregory, United States Marshal for the Eastern Districtof Pennsylvania, died a few days since, aged 69 years. He enter ed tbe army in 1861 as Colonel of the Ninety-first Pennsylvania Regiment; was bre vetted Brigadier General, Scot, so, 1804. and Major-General, Aug. 9, 1805. His regiment was mustered out of service in July, 1805, and he was transferred to the Froedmen’a Bureau. In May, 1809, he was appointed United States Marshal by President Grant. —Judge Hiram Denio died at Utica, N. Y., on Sunday last, aged 72 years. Ho was appointed in 1634 a Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and then began the Judicial career In which he won eminence, serving about four years. About 1836, Judge Denio entered into partnership with the Hon. Word Bunt, and transacted legal business of much importance. In June, 1853, ho was ap pointed to till a vacancy on tho benchof the Court of Appeals, and twice afterward was elected to the same position, closing Ids career in 1866. He held other honorable positions, such as Bank Commissioner and Clerk of the Supremo Court, and he was from 1635 a Trustee of Hamilton Col lege. In politics Jndge Denio was a Democrat, but be was still more a patriot. He favored tho Union cause during the war, voted for Lin coln for President, and supported the war measures of the government. His legal fame will rest upon the services which ho rendered as Judge of the Court of Appeals. His decision on the Metropolitan Police law offended extreme Democrats at the time, but it illustrated his inde pendent and non-partisan character, and tho party was compelled to recognize his fairness and bis Integrity by a renomlnatlou. —James Thachcr Hodge, who was lost in tho steamer R. G. Coburn, was 51 years of ape. Ho was employed in, the State geological survey of Maine, under Dr. Charles T, Jackson, and in that of Pennsylvania, under Prof. Henry D. Rogers. He subsequently took part in numerous private enterprises for the development of the mining resources of thecountry, and tho promotion of me chanical inventlons.pcrformed extensive travels in tho United States In England, and contribute voluminous and important papers on scientific and Industrial topics to some of the leading pul»- iicatlons in that department. A few years since, while engaged in mining operations in Montana, he came into collision with some of the settlers in that district, whose depredations on the propcaty of the company which he represented, ho was compelled to resist by force, and on occasion of a sudden rencontre fatally wounded oue of a party by which be had been attacked. A Judicial in quiry and trial ensued, which resulted in his hon orable acquittal from the charge of homicide. PERSONAL. ThoAmcnVou Jfcgwterot OetolK*r22 chronicles tho following Americans In Europe from Chicago: Paris. Cot. 21. J. A. Cutler. Mrs. Field and fam ily, tho *lsscs High. Mr. and Mrs. Julia Magiil. George Murton, G. H. Payson, Mrs. Adam Smith, Miss Emma M. Smith, Picrroso D. Smith, A. B. Smith, and J. F. Tracy. London, Oct. 21. E. G. Asay, W. E. Doggctt and family. Miss Gratid. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. null, W. C. Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Stanton, and Mr. VanTuyl. Berlin, Oct. 16.—Gurdon Corwith and B. C. James. Munich, Oct. ll.—Dr. E. C. Rogers and F. Corwith. Geneva, Oct. 17.—Mrs. C. Bowen. Vevay, Oct. f6.—James A. Bowen, Captain and Mrs. Sumner. Rome, Oct. 16.—Mrs. D. 8. Hasluck and Nelson Thomasscn. Brussels, Oct. 18.—Miss Gratiot. —The London Stirs of the 23d ult. says: Let ters received in Birmingham from Mr. Bright give an encouraging account of the state of tho Right Honorable gentleman's health. It is not, however, considered probable that Mr, Bright will address bis constituents this winter.” The Emperor ‘William has conferred the now ly-fouuded cross of merit npon Baroness Charles de Rothschild for meritorious services in tending the sick and wounded during the war. The in signia of the order are accompanied by tho autograph letter from tho Empress Augusta. —Mrs. Diana Vick, aged 115 years, died recent ly in Williamson County, Tennessee. She was twice a widow: both husbands were Revolution ary soldiers, and up to the time of her death sho was drawing two pensions from the government, —Louis Napoleon recently planted, in the park attached to his English residence, a young shoot of weeping willow from Longwood, St. Helena. .—George William Curtis’ new lecture is on “Women in the Olden Time and in the Now.” —Captain William Forrest, a brother of Gen eral N. B. Forrest, was killed a week or two since In a personal encounter in Texas. —The last fling at Bcrgh is that he won’t let Now Yorkers bottle catsup. —Mias Burdctt CoutU is now called Baroness nighgate. after the name of the village where she was I>orn. —Mr. Taylor, of Manchester. England, has re ceived the following letter from General Gari baldi CAPRARA. Oct. 10. 1371. Mr BcarTaTTjOß: I go to Becario for the abolish ment of capital punishment amt war. How then could I approve of the murder of the hostages of Paris! However, yon will know in time that many more murder} were committed by th© Versailles party. Ever yours, O. Oakaiuldi. —The Crown Prince and Princess of the Gor man Empire visited the battle-fields of Worth and Wclssemburg oa the ith ult., attended by General Von Sandrart. —George Alfred Townsend is to lecture this winter oa “Tho .Loves of tho Patriarchs.” Ho means, not Abraham and Isaac, but Brigham, Bcbcr, and other Mormons. —The engagement of Miss Wise, of Washington, the daughter of the late Captain Wise, of the navy, and granddaughter of Edward Everett, to M. d’Hauteville, is currently reported by tho Washington papers. It will bo remembered that a few years ago M. d’llautcville married Miss Bessie Fish, the daughter of the Secretary of State, who died in Franco In the second year of their marriage. M. d’Hautcville is of American descent on ono side of the house. —Of the Hawthorne family none remain in Con cord. Mr. Julian Hawthorne is about removing Irvm Now York to Now Orleans, where ho ha* work in his profession of civil engineer. Hi* younger sister. Rose, now living lu London, was lately married to a young American, and will per haps return to this country, as her sister. Miss Hawthorne, who i* much out of health, will soon do, but not to their old home. —Henry Ward Beecher says that the most gratifying circumstance in his life was Iwing kissed by A contemporary asks: “Isn’t this a little hard on Mrs. Beecher!** POLITICAL. The St> Paul Pioneer (Democratic), which lias been grimly abusive of Governor Auatfu, the Re publican candidate, acknowledges u total defeat, and prays. Let us huve peace.” —The Peoria (III.) Democrat meets the over whelming defeat of its party by suggesting that Judge David Davis be the Democratic candidate fur President in 1873. —The Pittsburgh I'ost, which proposed the name of Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, as the Demo cratic candidate for President in 1872, publishes the comments of several Republican papers, under the title of “The Radicals Trembling at the Mere Mention of Colonel Scott's Name.” —The prohibitionists of New Haven, Conn., have issued a call for a State Con vcntlon to be held in that city, 13, to nominate a' temperance ticket for the next election. A new temperance paper has been started at Hartford and another is projected at New Haven. —At Ottumwa, lowa, at the late election, a Democrat voted a last year's printed ticket, say ing he didn't want any new departure in his'a.” —An Omaha paper advises tho people not to make such u fuss about the shooting of one con stable. as there are over forty candidates for the position. —'The great strike at Newcastle-on-Tyne. which, after five months’ duration, has just ended with neither side carrying it* point. Is computed to have caused a loss to the trades of $1,200,000 in or ders, and to the shipping of $500,000. to say noth ing of the enormous sums spent in the support of the workmen, of the severe injury inflicted on the small subsidiary industries, and of the de parture of some of the i»est mechanics to other Held-oflutior, wnd thl-independentlv of the suf fering among the strikers, which must have been eery great. During the period of the strike the death-rate at Noweastle rose from tweatv-flve to from forty to fifty per lAsy- that is. r.earlv A FIBE-PBOOF CHARGE. Empanelling of a Orsitri Jury in the Criminal Court-Charge of* Chief incite William*—" Innocence Khali not be In. jimlly Accn*ed, nor Guilt Escape Pun* hhtnriii The Jury Warned Again*! Oovrrnor Palmer’* 1/Ctter to the Attor ney General. Yesterday morning, pursuant to the order of Monday last, a pnud Jury wits returned into the Criminal Court. It was empanelled as follows: William L. Church, foreman; H. I- PrcatlH, H. Safford, John Gray, A. M. Ferrier, T. E, Trow* bridge, J. R. Gaskins, E. W. £tat«liford, W. 11. Ferry, A. B. Jotiamm. George Annoar. T. D. Booth, Martin I«wl* O. C. Staples, L. Compton, g, J. Hayes. 11. IX King, and Phillip Conley. After the usual oaths were administered, tho Court, Williams, Judge, charged the jury, as fol- Gf.ntx.emes: Yon arc empanelled at hii lm* portant crisis in our affairs. The work of the last grand jury, stiH Incomplete, was terminated by that destroying angel who. on swift wings, sped through our streets with lingers of flame, writing M Ichanod” upon our pride and joy. That which brought sorrow to the innocent brought gladness to the guilty, for our prisons were unbarred, and the Inmates, with very few exceptions, set at lilv* erty. Jf early ever y case of crime which will Ik* brought to your attention occurred at or since the lire. The embers of our conflagration arc yet hot. Tottering ruins stand all aronnd n*. Distress is ‘everywhere, though Chicago in its crisp bosom is receiving the Heaven-prompted charity of Chris tendom. But all are resolute though sad. Brave words arc spoken and noble deeds done by those who suffer but will not complain. Smiles lighten the face while tears glisten In the eyes. Often all is lost but manhood and its unconquerable will. Some hearts are broken. Not a few* are rendered desperate by grief- Properly to discharge roup duties at such a time requires great wisdom. Public seullment ought not to bo shocked, nor private griefs aggravated by needless aspersions of tho innocent, while the punishment of the guilty should be made certain. By a cautions and wise discharge of your duties, you will be come the conservators of the interests and peace of the public, and will perform a most important part in demonstrating that here innocence shall uot be unjustly accused, nor guilt escape punish ment. As I have only an Imperfect knowledge of the class of cases which will como beforeyotu 1 can only charge you generally, and uot specifically. Many olleged larcenies will bo brought to your attention. During the nro many houses and places of business, with their contents wore abandoned by tho occupant*. The opportunity was presented to evil-disposed l*ersons to feloniously appropriate property to their own use. Persons availing themselves of such opportunities added inhumanity to theft. Property laden upon wagons, trucks, and drays to be carried to places of safety was feloniously diverted from Its place of destination, and appro priated by the bailee to his own use. Everyone so appropriating property was guilty of larceny. Some property m the hurry and confusion came by mistake into the possession of parties who originally did not Intend to appropriate it. but afterward, knowing tho owners, have Wiled to inform him of such possession, retaining it us their own. You will in all these cases Inquire with what Intent the property was obtained or retained, and if such intent was felonlons, you will bring in a bill of indictment against the offender. In some cases property may Imre honestly come into the possession of and been honestly re tained by parties who, not knowing or being able to ascertain the owner, have kept it subject to bis order. If there has been any attempted conceal ment of property l*elonging to another, such at tempted concealment will go far to establish the felonious intent of the possessor. Cases of alleged arson may be brought before you. Do not permit your sense of prcscut misfortune to cause you to rashly charge the Innocent with so black a crime. Neither let the cause of Justice suffer by allowing any person thus guilty to escape. Some cases of homicide you will be called upon to investigate. If the killing was with malice aforethought, ex press or innflied, it was murder. If it is the un lawful killing of a person without malice and without any mixture of deliberation what ever, it is manslaughter. Having determined in the particular case whether the crime of murder or of manslaughter has been committed, you will ascertain who is the guilty party. One maybe guiltv as principal or as an accessory. An acces sory Is be who stands by and aids, abets, and as sists; or who, not ladug present, aiding, almaing, or assisting, hath advlhoduud encouraged the perpetration of the crime. An accessory after tin* tact Is a person who. after full knowledge that a crime has becu committed, conceals it froai the magistrate, or harbors and protects the per.-on charged with or found guilty of the crime. You should find no I*lll against any party except upon the information of two of your number who have a personal knowledge of the facts they state, or, upon the testimony of witnesses sworn and examined In your presence. The prosecuting at torney and tile Court are youradvisers upon ques tions of law. but upon questions of fact you are the sole and exclusive judges. Neither the pro.-e --cutiugatloriiey nor the Court have a right to in struct you who vou should indict, or who you should not indict. The farthest in this direction that either would have a right to go would be to fldviso you what facts, if establisuedjl*y|the evi dence, would warrant you to timl a hill, uud in what cases the bill might be Ig -1101 cd localise of defect of proof. It would be dangerous to private rights and an invasion of your prerogatives, if even this Court should advise you whoyou should indict. If this Court may not do it. far less may any per son who does not sustain to you. othcial rela tion. And it is your duty to banish from your minds all passion uud prejudice, as also does it behoove yon to isolate yourselves from every influence From without your body. It is also the duty of tho Court to see that|to the extent of its power, you are freed from nil exter nal pressure. Shou Id any one, not of your body, sock to influence you by written, printed or ver bal communications to any of you. you will In form the Court «f such fact, that the offender may be dealt with for contempt. Neither will you permit yourselves to l*c affect ed by any communications, printed or to be printed In, nor any editorials written or to he written for any paper published here or else where. More particularly might I to warn you against l*ciug influenced by certain Inters pub lished in some if not in all our city papers, purporting to have been written by the Executive of (his State to the Attorney General and to the District Attorney of this circuit, advising the in dictment of certain persons named therein. Pur porting to be letters of the Governor, and having been extensively circulated, your respect for our honored Chief Magistrate personally, and lor bis official position, might lead you to attach to them great weight. But they should not exert any Influence upon you whatever. The Prosecuting Attorney of this Court Informs me that he knew nothing of the let ter said to he addressed to him until he saw it published In the city papers. If it was written by the Governor, it was only a private letter to the District Attorney, and Simula have been iu his hands before it was given to the papers. Possibly it may have been procured by some evil-disposed person, and given to the press without the Gover nor's consent, and for a purpose different from that for which it was written, and one which the writer would not approve. It would be inconsistent with the high reputa tion of our Chief Magistrate for integrity and legal learning to suppose that he designed to have those letters published iu order to Influence vmir action ns a grand jury. The possibility that such would he their effect would be enough to deter him from giving them to the pub lic. You ought not to assume that the respected Chief Magistrate of this State would do an act highlv indecorous and improper in any individual, and above all in one whose cluJesare not judicial. Again. I repent, these letters could not have been meant to Influence you, &ti;l your couuucfought not iu any event iin the least afleeted by them. From my knowledge of the care which has heen taken in the selection of men of the strictest in tegrity and highest personal character upon this panel, and from my personal acquaintance with, and groat esteem for many of you, fam satisfied that your duties will not only be discharged con st 1< mlously. but that the cause of justice will suf fer nothing at your hands. THE RELIEF WORK. IVhnl a Correspondent Witnessed at the First Baptist Church—Committee Be* ports. To the Editor of The Chiengo Tribune: Sir; There is certainly nothing more pleasing to any one interested in the proper distribution of the munificence and charities given to thu city fiom nil quarters, both at homo and abroad, for the Ireaeflt of those who were sufferers from the late tire, than n visit to some of those institutions sot apart for such purpose. In the midst of our city of ruins, it Is truly grand to contemplate the principle and character of those who. from a deep religious conviction and fellow- Christian feeling, have been actuated not only to consecrate tbelr noblo edi fices for charity’s sake, for the shelter, convenience, and relief of their more unfortunate fellow-creatures, but who are also ludcfatigably engaged daily in distributing clothing, food, and money to hundreds of needy sufferers, who have been left without home or shelter, and who have nut the wherewithal to buy the commonest neces saries of life. Among the moet noted institutions of this kind, and which deserve particular notice, are the Plymouth and First Baptist Churches, on Wabash avenue the last mentioned is especially our fav orite. Everything appears to Ik? managed there with the l>eßt understanding; there is no con fusion, and. above all. it is free from that inquisi torial, to which too many of our sensitive suffer ers are subjected before they get the needed and desired help they arc justly entitled to. The management have carefully continned to avoid this process, so that the most fastidious need have no scruples in making application for relief at this noble and, we might add. model institu tion. It might by some bo considered invidious to par ticularize the different parties connected with this management, a all are alike courteous and civil, but we cannot allow this notice to pass, without honorably mentioning the names of those upon whom has devolved the responsibility and labour. Mr. Lingdcn.Mrs.l4thguw. and Mrs. Wilson,de serve the highest praise for the services they have rendered, which have been of such a character bat their services cannot now be well done without. They appear to have reduced everything to a perfect system and business-like shape, ana how ever onerous the duties and difficulties they have had to contend against,have not for a single hour relaxed their energies or lost their goodness of disposition. It appears from what we learned, that from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. these parties are to bo found at their post, with the exception of one hour’s recess for lunch. In the course of the day hundreds arc relieved, and many are UieGod bless you’s that emanate from the hearts of the poor stricken sufferers, to these good Samaritans, as they wend their way with their handles of clothing, etc., which they have WewlU not soon forget the sights of distress we witnessed while visiting this place, and. as strangers arc kindly Invited to visit, it would he well if more would take advantage, and find out for themselves the means through which the macnltlcent donations of charity are being dis tributed. and the self-denial and sacrifice of those engaged in the distribution of tho»e charities. We would heartily recommend nil who have time and opportunity to visit the first Baptist Church and its management. Pno Bono rmuco. CHICAGO. NOV, 7.1571. COM.MITTKE HKPORTS. The Committee on Employment report: We have employed to-day (Tuesday) sixty men and seven teams. We have but few orders on hand nowlrom parties who want carpenters or labor ers. There is an Increase in the number of men applying for work, and it is of the greatest imonr lance that jh rsons who want laborers or carpen ter* should send m their orders to tlo hcadqu lit ers of the bureau, in the Court House Square." l Tin Committee rejnirt: Applications for houses. ICO; total applications for houses m date. r.HT?. Houses fnrtii-hed to-div. total ;o i,:;:, g>; v.*;i t*i building houses is progressing very fast. The favorable weatlwr enables the committee to push the work with great rapidity. Tim work on bar racks is nearly completed. Wo are having a large ninnlier of applicat ions from dishonest people. who have IninlHT for nun house, and are now trying to stent enough fur another/* LET TJS COMMEMORATE. llott n Neat, Appropriate. Fire-Proof ITlonumeut tuny be Obtained for Chicago Good I m* for the Old Bafe*. Insur ance Pollcie*, nnd Discarded Office- Holder*, Near London Bridge, whore the great Hrc of 1660 came to an end, our cockney cousins have erected a huge monument, which rises above the busy streets about a.*io foot. On the top of it is a sort of globe of tire, looking like nothing so much as a huge lior«e-chesrmvt done Ja brass, which gives the world an accurate synopsis of the pro ceedings of the flames in their destruction of prop erty oa that memorable occasion. It la a queer looking shaft, very handsome or strikingly ridicu lous, according to the taste of the- observer, con structed on a ÜbNlitled plan ot the famous Kddystone lighthouse, at a great expense. From the platform near the top, a splendid minifying view of the house tops (uueoiubnstlble housetops by the way), and tlie million telegraph wires, and the handsome cabs, and the ’busses, and the self-satisfied throng of Johnny Bulls, who, swarm ing in from all parts of the country, emerge from the great depots in the vicinity of “The Monu ment.*’ learn all about it. and pass by ii, certain, from information Just received, that it commem orates the battle of Waterloo, or was erected to Pick Whittington bv a grateful constituency. As London, tlie metropolis of the Old World, has its inonuuient. the question not unnaturally sug gests itself, "Why shouldn't Chicago, tho metro pulia of the New World, which has bad u fire greater than that of Ixmdon. in proportion us IS7I is greater than 1600, have a correspondingly greater monument!” And is a very sensible one indeed. True we have elected an economical city government, who will not erect it at the city expense; the Belief and Aid Society will of course refuse their assistance toward such a tourenir of the tiro, hut we. the citizens, need not despair of achieving it, without their assist ance. It cun be economically done, for we have plenty of material. We do not want bricks, we can generally donate those for rebuilding ptir- IKieos, if they are tit to use. There arc thousands of iron pillars, but we cannot afford to use those, with the present tariff. How, then, do we pro pose to erect a cheap hut imposing monument, which shall give a complete history of the city, from the start of the tire, to the defeat of C. C. I*. Holden, including the condition ot the firemen on the Sunday night, and the subsequent actions of Mr. Fred Gnnd. not even excepting the diabolical rhyming which the tiro has provoked in other cities! Tills b* not a conundrum by any means, though it may appear like it. for the answer is very easy. There are, as some of our readers have probably heard, lying round the burnt district, several tiro and burglar-proof safes, which were overtaken bv the fire lute at night, and. before they could make proper arrangement to resist theoncmvlua body, were rendered worthless, with all their contents. Tills mishap has solved the question of a neat, allegorical, imposing and cheap monument, and it only remains for some of onr large-handed and footed citizens from Alderman McGrath’s ward to set to work to construct it. All over the burnt district the prostrate forms of hundreds of conquered safes are lying, win-re, having faith fully performed their duties as worthless guar dians of property, their ungrateful owners have abandoned them to ignominy. The Idea of build ing a monument from them is novel and unique— more so. perhaps, than the monument itself will Ih», but w« must not grumble at appearances. Henceforth the whole duty of our citizens will bo to build every structure cheaply, tiro-proof, and without regard to appearance. Now. a> these safes art utterly worthless—as they alwavs were, only their gulled owners did not know it— the monument will be the cheapest possible. As they have already l>ecn subjected to a tierce heat, am! have bceuThor oughly burnt to rubbish, there is little fear that they wUllmrn again- It is true they arc of all sizes, patterns, and qualities of badness, and makers and owners will all have an ©mill pro prietary interest in the structure. Situated on the base ball grounds such a monu ment would tie a singularly conspicuous object from the other side of the lake. Supposing its base covered the entire grounds, and it was built pyramidally, it would reach many thousand feet above the level of the sea, and carry up to the heavens specimens of the feebleness of human ingenuity when opposed to fire. At the very ajiex of the pyramid far up sinning the clouds might be gathered the glorious army of insurance companion which have already gone up,** gazing upon si scale, whereof the beam tnmuls skyward bearing aloft th-* tiny assets ot the whole gang. Pedestals might be constructed at intervals'ail the way up. upon which could la* placed for variety the whole Police ami Fire Departments, the present defunct t’oni mon Council, and Hoard of Supervisor.-. Mayor Holden, smd the other dead members of the Bum mer faction. It will be seen that the design, drawn by one of our ablest local architects, combines charming originality and eloquence, ami si disregard to the laws of gravity. There would be m> opportu nity for a wooden roof, hut the presence of the I’olied and Fire Departments would be sufficient to ensure its .-medy destruction if the monument ever slid eaten tire in the dry season, and a wooden roof could therefore be dispensed with. .Such si movement would, without doubt, be come rapidly famous, ami eclipsclin beauty even that of London. .No sun* could mistake it for the titling tribute of a grateful city to Mayor C. C. P. Holden, smd being built and adorned with wlmt is confessedly worthless, would be a monu ment to economy, as well as to tho tire, beside removing the rubbish to one psirticuhu* spot. Let the work be commenced immediately. GEN. SHERIDAN AND GOV. PALMER Important Correspondence. The following correspondence needs no com incut. It explains itself: state of Illinois. Execitut. Tirr.xnTMitxT. SI’UUfGFIEU', uct. 10. !S7l. i Colonel R. R. Mason Peak sue Colonel ir. Pilger. Adjutant General, etc.. will leave here till* evening with imu company of miU tin ami one thousand musket*. He will also, otter re porting to you. organize for the preservation of onler in your citv. Colum-1 Dileer la au old *oldU-r, has serv ed ninler mv eve mi the Held, and will preserve order at all harauK He has orders to eiilorre law. and lie has muskets enough to do it effectually. Respectfully. JOHN M. PAUIEIL CliidorsH‘iucnt.l General Sheridan: I opinion, tho men are uul wawd. pleat* order tltoir re* turn. K. B. Mason, Mayor. [Copv of TeWsttim.i SI'UINUKIKLP. Oct. JI, I3TI Lieutenant General P. f-herhlan. Chicago: Please inform mo of the number of troops ordered into Chicapi bv vmt on account of the tin*. ami that an* uow on duty in the city. Thanks for yon prompting. John if. PALMKU. f Cop v of! ele arnm. TIEAI'OL'ARTEU.S MILITARY DIV. UK UIE Mlx-OfUI. CHK’Ai.u. lIL. Get. 11,1571. J Governor John M. Palmer, Springfield. Hi.: .«even companies of United Slates troops are hero or coming, and a regiment is being organized for twenty davs* service from the old soldiers in the citv, which 1 think will l»e ample, shall keep your volunteer* for a dav or so. Thanks for them. P. H. suKltit'AX. Lieutenant Ucner.iL LEXTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, Interrogation* lo’lVhom they Mnjr Con* To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Pir Will you. or somebody else, explain how It is that it at present lakes city letters two days to reach from one part of the city to another, and letters from n few miles outside of the city from four to five days to arrive here! 7 have two let ters now before me. sent from a place not eighty miles away from Chicago. One was scut on the 27th of October, ami arrived here on the Ist of November; tho other was sent on the*. 2d of Novend*er and arrived on the 7th of November. This might do well enough forty years ago, but not in 1871. John Sendbeug. Chicago, Nov. 8. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sik Can you inform a constant reader of your valuable paper if pawnbrokers are liable for the value of articles that were burned in the great fire above what was loaned on them: that is, the actual value of flitch articles I C’. Chicago, Nov. 7. Information Wanted—A Question Tor Lawyer*. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Snt: Will you please inform me. as well as hun dreds of others, what course we shall pursue in onler to obtain our rent which wo paid in advance for October. 1871. An* the landlord- not obliged to refund the amount paid in advance from October I* to November l, 1871. Tenant. Chicago, Nov. 9. Relayed J uslice. To the Editor of Ihe Chicago TYibune Sin; There was one example of noble gener osity and disinterested humanity during the great fire, which has not, but ought to i*e, made public. Tilt* propeller Ira Chaffee was moored near Polk street bridge when the fire broke out; but as dangerupproacln-d she slowly dropped down the river, picking up fugitives In her progress. Arrived at the mouth of the river, she was made fast to the north pier, and Captain Costeeu. (perhaps that is not spelled right), seconded by bis estimable and courageous wife, spent the* uigbr, or what remained of it, and the next day, iu rescuing and succoring the unfortunate North Siders who had l»ecn com pelled to flee to the beach, where they were ex posed to tho fiery element in the roar and the waterv element iu front. He continued his hu mane* exertions until liia boat wa* literally crowded. Many remained on l>oard until Tues dar; and. what stands out in noble relief in con trast with the grasping extortion of so many others. Captain C. declined any compensation for all ho had dune and given. ONE OF THE RESCUED. CHICAGO. NOV. 9. The Tleney Paid for Thomas Concert Ticket*. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Bik: A communication, in one of your late is sues. from Mr. Theodore H. Thomas, was brought to my notice this morning. In reply, allow* mo to present, through your columns, a statement of facts (or the perusal of all whom it may concern. The sale of tickets for the Thomas concerts com menced on Wednesday morning. October 4. and continued until Saturday, October 7. Inclusive. All my books and accounts connected with that sale were in the iHvr-otlice at the time of the tire, and. consequently, were destroyed. I have, therefore, no means of ascertaining tho exact sum-total of that sale. Business called me East immediately succeeding the 9th ultimo, where I remained tnree weeks, so that I have l*en ignor ant of inquiries made, either by private Individ uals or the public press. In reierenee to certain moneys said to be in my possession, and belong ing to holders of tickets for said concerts. Upon my return. Mr. All>ert Crosby, proprietor of Crosby’s Opera House, called my attention to an article seeking Information as to tbe almve. The receipts of said sale were retained separately end apart from the deposit account in the Mumi lactnrers’ National Bank, which was in my name, aud the private property of Mr. Albert Crosby, and which, upon my departure for the East. I re turned to its legal owner by an order upon Mr. Ira Holmes. President of said bank. Part of the revc iptsofsaid sale wen-disbursed in the following manner: in payment of bill* directly connected with the Thomas concerts, and in mouoy ad vanced to Mr. Crowell. Mr. Thomas’ agent. Tho balance was placed lu a safe in my private office, together with some M.i») of collateral security bold by me. and my i»ersonal projH-rty. Mr. Cro bv iicloveil the extricating of said safe until my rr-tvni. L'oon it-, production and opening, ytw •.'.■it;, 4 ;!k r««nss wJ. U, Evsrtei, ITertinff. anti some half dozen of tho workmen employed in the cou.-truction of tho First National Bank building, the contents wen* found to he in an umlistingnlalmblo mass of Hum and cinders. .Mr. Albert Crosby did not have hi his possession one dtdhir of the money receive*! by me. and was in no wise connected directly with It. as I was the sole manager of the house; anil the contrnels with Mr. Gosehe, Mr. Thomas* man ager. were with me personally.—he to receive l»er centum of the gross receipts, and I no per cent. lam entirclj* ignorant of tint cause of the singling out of the Opera Hon.-e. and inquiries concerning the disinisUiun of certain moneys, when no mention whatever Is made of similar in stitutions where tickets were sold for the produc tion »»I new pieces ami new attractions, with st consequent increase of advance re«*cipts; though I presume it was hy reason of the preponderance of amonnt in sale, which has been quoted in tho most exaggerated figure*. geo. IV. Garrison*. Late Manager Crosby Opera House. ClllC.ibo. Nov.». Thnt Galesburg Tale. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune fciu: Our attention has just been called to aa article In your paper entitled "A Galesburg- Talc,** which is so false and slanderous that wo cannot let It pass unnoticed. The facts are, tho party iro* not bunted out, hut took advantage of her supposition that all onr books and paper* were destroyed (as she staled to our agent), to de fraud us of onr pjojjcrty. She also told her neighbor, Mrs. Watts, that It was a good chance, to make a machine, amt she intended to usoiU Only $lO had been paid. **o. She applied at Galesburg for instruction under an assumed name, ami so acted as to excite tho suspicion of onr agent. Mr. Ho**, who at once communicated with us. the facts, ami ordered the machine, which was onlv leased, taken hark. Her name, as onr books show, is Alvira Mitchell, alia* Sexton, at Galesburg. In spite of our own heavy loss, we are doing all wc can for sufferers by the fire, and do not limit onr charity to those who were our cus tomers, as th© Belief and Aid Society, or any really needy who have applied to ua can testify. We will aid the deserving all w© possibly can, hut wc cannot allow our property to b© stolen under any circumstances, wilt the Galesburg liepubti can please set us right 1 Very respectfully, Farrar Wheeler. Dealers In Wheeler Wilson Sewing Machines. Chicago, November 9. The Present nnd Future Danger of Chi- caso, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: StR; We laugh at Paddy, who was not afraid of fatal accidents because be “nlvcr was kilt in his life,” and. by inference, never would be, bntho only followed the common bent of humanity. l» relying upon precedents. Antiquarians affirm that every inhabitant of Pompeii might have loft, the doomed city alter the ram of ashes began r hut Pompeii never had been bnried—no. not in tbe'mcmory of the oldest Inhabitant; her con servatives refused to believe she over could be. and no doubt laughed at their flying neighbors, while they bravely remained ana argued that it would not be uiueli of a shower. Among my childhood’s recollections of Pitts burgh art* those of seeing women null great beds of live wood-coals out of ovens which stood on wooden platforms; supported hy posts. |n yards surrounded by board fences, ana containing ligh wooden structures, of which the oven-shed,*? roof, was one, and one of which was often a rough stable, with hay or straw protruding through the crevices and scattered on the ground. To hear.i* tires started by this process and promptly* sup pressed. was almost a weekly occurrence; butt never knew of any law to prevent that model! getting up conflagrations, and con remember hearing people laugh at the fears of those who argued that property should be protected from that risk. No great fire could be traced to an oven; and that plan of taking must be held safa until it has been prove! otherwise. On the loth of April. 1545, the proof wasfurnlshod. There had been a long drouth: there was n high wind; tho oven was in the right location, and the whole bus iness part of the city was burned in a few hours. No wooden !um>c had lH*en built within the city limits for twenty-three years: but the lire started near the confluence of the rivers, where the old Fort ami first .-cttlemcnt had been made, in a lo cality where there was plenty of kindlings. The commerce of the city was then carried on hr tho livers, and the tire soon gut into tho wharf ware houses, filled with bacon, oil, turiwntiuc. sugar, and other combustible matters, am! made such a heat that fire-proof buildings melted like glass; and tho lesson which Chicago has recently canned, but not learned, was then and there taught with a perspicuity which one might have thought left ts lueaningunmlstakahle. Tin- fact taught there and here Is. that a fire proof l.u>me.->-centre in a city, surrounded by board-pile* smd wooden buildings. Is simply A maityr ti« d to a stake, with the fagots all piled around, ready for his destruction, and only await ing the application of the. match. No one accustomed to consider the relations of cause and effect eonld have looked over Chicago without leeling that a great conflagration wav imminent. Its square* miles of light woodea buildings, or buildings carefully supplied with a superabundance of kindling wood, in the shapeof cotnlces; its wooden sidewalks and sweeping prairie winds wen*, and are, loudly suggestive of swilt ami sure dori action; but. like Faddy being killed. Pompeii twing buried, and I*ittsburgU in-ing burned, those most interested obstinately shut their eyes to the danger, and Insist upon judging the luture by tho past. Now that so largo a part of the city lias fallen a victim to tho reck less defiance of immutable laws, her people fall back on the old ground of false security, ami aot ns though the danger vva» past. We have no in stance on record of a city Indug burned twice by accident, ami what has never been, of course never will be. So our citizens are rushing on. putting up costly and elaborate wooden houses, and decorating their stone nnd briek structures with kindlings, to Ik? kept high and dry, ready to iw converted into brands which sin ill scatter destruction in the next great fire. Preachers are talking about the judgments of God!” If they would fall resolutely to work to pull down tuo wooden cornices, mouldings, brackets, and pinnacles on their dwellings, ami church edifices, they would do more to avert these Judgments than by any spiritual exercise to which they can possiniy suojeeb iuemvi.t-i umi their flocks. No amount of prayers will prevent the burning of a wooden steeple, and scattering the brands over saints and sinners, parsonages and “playhouses.” with an impartiality which shows that violation of the physical laws of the universe can never he condoned by prayers. The evil influence of the bad example set by Christians in their church-building is largely ru sponsible lor one danger from'tin?; and tlu* wooden tinery with which they art' loaded. uutsuW and in. bears the same relation to tieir efficien* that Uic cockade of a militia-man does to tho digging and tu inning of trendies. Christianity is out on a grand dress-parade. When she lays siege, in dead earnest, to the strongholds of Satan, she will lay aside her plumes; and Christian ministers are not prepared to discuss the moral causes of our great tire, until they have earnestly enlisted in the work of bring ing this people tu repentance for that violation of physical law which is the direct and unmistak able cause of our great calamity. It is the first duty of all Cliristian organizations to take down the wooden cockades which direct tbo lire of Uxo enemy mid endanger life and property. Let Chi cago get rid of her paltry architectural shams, and build for safety instead of show. Until she docs this, she is in constant peril of being blotted out of the list of the great cities of the world. Chicago. Nov. 7. Jane G. Swisshelm. the Lens of ihe Coualy Haw to Remedy Records. rofAe2TrfiVr.ro/TAe Chicago Tdbu»e: Sm: tfbe dost met tyt; of the Oouuty records Is dOUbtlesj§ a grf-at loss to the community. As in other lossos.tbc first question is. how to repair it, ami the remedy will In.* found less difficult than at first anticipated. Let every owner of lots in the burnt district take immediate possession of Ids property. A possessory title will, until a bettor one is proven, bo a good one. and will in time ripen into a per fect one. Is-t all the deeds which liavc escaped destruction be recorded again- Procure a Hut*, law authorizing the npiNihitment of three Com missioners to procure abstracts of title of all reul estate in Hie burnt district proven by tboso who made them, and have such abstracts placed ou record, and that such record shall be prima facie evidence of title. And, lastly, let those who would “make assurance doubly sure.” file a bill In equity to quiet their titles, making all persona Claiming adversely defendants. Aii Ihu would be nothing new under the son. More than titty years ago it was put in practice in the Miami Purchase, as it was called, m Ohio. Judge Symraes. the principal proprietor of tho pun hasejkept the JamdOUlce. containing the field notes of all the surveys then made in the counties of Hamilton. Butler and Warren. The office and all the records it contained were destroyed by fire. On the sth of January, 1814, the Ohio Legis lature passed a law entitled An act to perpetuate evidence of the original field notes of the Miami Purchase,” Vul. XII. p. 31. By this Law, thn*o Commissioners were appointed for the purpose of Collecting and perpetuating evidence of Uie original survey made tinder tho direction of John Cloves Syromes. They took the testimony of the late Judge Henderson, then a surveyor, who hod accurate copies of tho original field notes. Judge Henderson being a man of undoubted veracity, his copies were made a part of the report of the Commissioners, and their report was duly recorded in tho offices of tho Ret orders of their respective counties, ami. from that day to the present, as full faith and credit lutvo been given to the record as could possibly have been given to the originals, both iu courts of justice ami"by the community at large. What has been done in a similar cose can bo done now. and. doubtless, with the same bcaoti cial results. Cincinnati. Nov. 6. THE REPUBLIC INSURANCE COM PANY. Letter from C. Kl. JlcCormiclt. E««. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sir.: Will you allow me to say a word lUro jgli the your paper in regard to tho Re public Insurance Company. I have policies issued by that company upon property destroyed by the recent tire amounting to over tIOo.WX), unci have never owned any of Its stock. In view of the recent action of its Executive Committee, I deem it the interest of every policy-holder to allow the company to go forward In the way des ignated by the comiuittce,and renderiw resource available, discharge its liabilities, and resume the busiuets fur which It was organized. Should it succeed In doing so. It will receive tho tallest measure of public confidence and occupy a lead ing position among the Insurance companies of our country. Among those who Lave suffered from the great calamity which lias befallen our city, none need, encomagcnunt and indulgence more than they who insured the property which has been de stroyed. The scheme now adopted by this company In eminentlr just to its policy-holders, and, I liara nu doubt, will meet wkU taeir hearty approval. Should the company be driven into liquidation by its creditors, and its assets be col lected and distributed through a receiver ap pointed in bankruptcy,or la a proceeding in behalf of the State, every motive on the part of its stockholders to save its charter and' thereby give value to their remaining stock would be taken away; and wasteful litigation and tedious delays might be expected, rather than a zealous effort on their part to relieve the company from its present embarrassments. In my opinion, tbe true Interests of the policy holders and stockholders lie in tho same direc tion. and that consists in encouraging the com pany to continue In the coarse indicated by this action of its Executive Committee. Cmcoo, Nov. 6. C. H. McCormick. National Congregational Conncil. The National Congregational Council will meet on Wednesday, the 15th inst., at lo a. m.. in Obor bn, Ohio. There will be delegates. The Hoc. G. Hammond, the Hon. S. it. (rookias and the Rev. Drs. W. W. Patton aud J. E. Boy, of thfe city, are among the number. The Chicago Northwestern, the Chicago. Hock Island and P;v citic, and the Chicago. Burlington A tjiiinry Kail i oahs will return at oue-tif th fare those who shall huvcpiiid tr.ll tare ingoing. The liakc 9aoro i Mulligan fkutheru Hoad will return sucli at out uwi eU’iii tut.