3 |jlji jpfcagff |nbxme. Terms pt Subscription, VJLVABU ra jlstsscs: DaUy Damon, per year, by cm. •W-iroilv Edition. per year, by Kalb.. Sunday Mltion, per your, by nan. WeeUy tOllion, per year, by hail Tarts of a year at the same rote. Ob prevent flclayauamlrtakea, be sure and Eire to* pnico (Uiw in full, indu.llug State BHuittanccsipaybcma-ie citber by Dost Office order, or in registered letters, stums-to ettr efuaciUßEßii! Daily, delivered, Sunday ™?^coii. Daily, delivered, Sunday IncludiA rental^ SATFKDAY, KOVEMBER 13, IS7E To Advertisers. To-niorrow (Sunday) morning wo shall Usno a Con Mli snpple.mnt. Advertisers are re a ue» cd to band in thdr advertisements ns early In the day as possible, East Sunday wo were compelled lo omit nearly ten columns o t advertisement). In tense qucnce of lack of space, rendtlng Itom tbo ate hour at which they wore received. To Connin' Denier*. Tim Tnißfxn is furnished to country dealers at the rate of ta.ls per hundred. Express charges nnd postage additional. Payable In advance. tVo arc prepared to dll orders promptly. the gothehhest or Chicago. AliUlhastvcuintroiluced in tlio Legislature luovining for certain reforms in the municipal government of Chicago. It proposes to.en act that the legislative department of our Cilv Government shall consist of two bodies instead of one—a Council of fifteen members elected from the three divisions of tbo city, and a Board of Aldermen, identical with tbo present board, as to membership and mode of election; also, that tbo Major shall have certain powers °f removal now denied him. This bill, so far as wo are able to gather from the data telegraphed from SpringheUl, is a mere njuinting ai tbo reforms which are ncedeil in onr city charter. That docu ment has now swelled to the balk of ponderous legal tome, and has been made, by much tinkering. muiuosUoua l)ly die of the worst charters over enjoyed by an v city in Christendom. In respect to fo«tcrinir cornu tic-n in the Connell and dc pattments, It is nor. perhaps, so bad as the charter which Tammany has given to New York. lt-» had pre-eminence lies, rather, m the way in which it divides up the responsi bility el the various departments, so that no one of them has really good facilities for doing an vthing. and all have the best excuse for d.*i"S nothing. The fmirpriuclpnl admin istrative boards of the City Government are constituted iu the most heterogeneous way. none of them living responsible to the people or to any one recognized directing head whom, in his turn, the people hold respousi \.le. The Heard of Public Works is the only exception, being made up ky ibc "Mayor and Common Council* Toe 'Hoard of Police is elected by the people, and is, iu all respects, a law unto itself. The Hoard of Education is chosen by the Cm ir.on Council, bat regards itself as a cc-oidhisite body with the Council, and can not be reached either by tbo Mayor or by the people. The Hoard of Health, to m.iKO jt. Mill more independent, is appointed by the Judges of the Superior Court, and clothed with a complete outfit of indepan dent ja v.cs by the various State statutes which Interesfrd panics have, by nod,ting down to and watching their time, slipped through ihe Legislature. A more homogeneous plan for constituting these boaiils smd bolding them directly re sponsible to the constituent authority is one of the r downs demanded of the Legislature Sit itspiesini session. The nuaMive most needed, however, tow ard infusing life into onr City Government, sudcheeking the abuses which, have crop>. Into the various departments, particularly the Common Connell, is ono enlarging the functions of the Executive. Wo should con fer enough powers upon the Mayor lomatco him a M:ij or, instead of a mere stick. That Chicago has been without a-directing head for Uui past four years has been not so much the fault of the two gentlemen who have oc cupied (nominally at least) tho Slayers chair during that period, as of tho wretched amendments” to the charter, which Lave been perpetrated from. time, at the insur'd'.>n of _epbym- j.oiitlcioMs, almost couip.Ckely stripping tho Executive of all power to -do the city any good, no matter how great his desire or his ability. As each new board has been created, a now subtraction from the honor and responsibility of tho Mayor has taken place; and, as successive politicians Jnvve got ready to go into business in the Com mon Council, they have got a now ftiwimd mont tacked on to the city charter, adding to the facilities for jobbery iu that body. Iu addition .to those infiuences,Bomc ovor-zcalous Eepublkaus got alarmed, two or three years agor&tthc prospect of the city going Domo cratio at some fnturo election, and mshed through a bill depriving the Mayor of the prerogative of presiding over the Common Connell, or appointing the com mittees of that body. The consequence has been that the Alderman who devoted him self tho most assiduously to log-rolling, or made tho best promise* to members interest ed in getting upon certain committees. Ins' been chosen President of tho Council. Pres Idents Comiskey and Holden arc the fruits of this sagacious statute, and, under its work m lugs, the sessions of the Connell have de generated into mere pot-bouso brawls. The Mayor and Council took leave of each other two years ago, dnd there has been' no co-op eration between them since. "I Stripped of his power to influence;-by sng r geftidiiS, the ordinances of the city; stripped of bis power to designate either the personnel or the policy of tho boards for which tho pie have thoughtlessly held him responsible; stripped, by recent tricks of tbo Council, of even Lis veto power stripped, in short, of alibis executive prerogatives, except that of appointing a hell-ringer or a ianifcor, and of drawing his salary and paying it out to beggars, who enrsed him because it wasn’t larger. It is no wonder that tho Mayor of Chicago has not been nmeh heard of through bis executive acts during the past four years. Tho question is. Does Chicago need an actual, bvna ftJe Mayor? Doca it need an official with energy enough to inangurato a policy for the revival of municipal prosperi ty, firmness enough to adhere to it, and au thority enough, derived from the charter it self, and net from any "bargains with Alder men,'to carry it into full and consistent ope ration? Docs it need a man clothed with such powers that he can ho really what the people, in electing him, supposed- they were getting, a controlling head of tho govern ment, capable of correcting abuses in what ever hoard or department, and houndon in dufjafo correct them T It is to tho Mayor that the people must look, it is to the Mayor that they naturally do look, for their guaranty of an honest adminis tration. If he proves to ho corrupt, they can impeach and remove him. If there are screws loose in any of the departments, tho Mayor should, under proper laws, ho made to lighten them up, or else resign his official functions to some one who will. A Council, composed of forty members, is not a resppn- sihle hedy, They may transact any amount, of iniquity, and not he hold to any definite' accountability for it. With the Mayor' it Is different. Tho people know where’ to put their linger upon him, and -will not fail to do so if he proves unfaithful or incompetent. But no Mayor—not if wo had Count Bismatk himself in the" execu tive chair —can do Chicago much good nn-; der the existing charter. Wo trust, there-, iore, that some well-considered hill will he passed soon at Springfield, restoring to tho Slayer of Chicago these powers at leaatsto appoint or remove, with the concurrence of the Council, the"' incoming members of tho Board of Public Works, of Health, of Police, and of Pdnvation, and to veto any and all hills passed by the Council, including those ■winch-ore (as was.the case last summer) smuggled into appropriation bills, for the purpose of coercing thehlay or into approt ing them. The new fire ordinance proposed by tho special committee of the Common Council, is a long step in advance of anything yet driitf in the Connell toward making our city n habitable abode for somebody else bosido tho ‘fi^e-fiemU With regard to roofs it proposes a decided revolution, by providing that aQ reefs shall be made ofjmstal. ilatc tcrraicott*, or other fire-proof material. an 4 Mwrnice, coping. bayr^ off p ro 1 of inflammable Aatcrml shall bo SteJs*=^* a a Trent on the richt of the Bth ult. This tarred paper. I,cn onco kindled and torn off by the mud, Hew- over tho city in myriads of fireballs, ig niting without fail whateverit lighted upon. It is doubtful whether, after the wind itself, any one cause is more biamable for the spread of the conllagraliou than this sort of roofing. In tho first place, roofs must ho made steep er than heretofore: then nodal naturally takes tho place of this gravel arrangement. Tin, which is used almost exclusively m Montreal, is a very good covering material, shedding firebrands as a duck’s back sheds water. d.OJ ifiO 2.00 THE rXRE UKTT3. Tlic special committee of the City Council have agreed upon an ordinance which is to bo submitted to that body on Monday even ing next. Tbo city is divided into an inner and an outer district. Tlio inner district is bounded by the lake to Thirty-ninth street tbenco vest to State street; north toTwea ty-sceond street; west to Centre avenue, north to Taylor street; west to Western avenue; north to Indiana street? cast to Eueker street; north to Cbicagoavenuo; oast to Wells street; north on Wells and Clark to Fullerton aveune; thenco cast to the laic shore. Tlic erection of wooden bnihlmgs is pro hibited in both district?, but, in the outer district, such buildings may bo erected if they arc enclosed by brick walls not less than four inches in thickness. Inasmuch as tlio difference in cost between wood and brick bouses is not much more than 10 por cent, it is probable that the cost of a wooden bouse enclosed by a fom-inch brick wall, would bo greater than that of a simple brick bouse. Consequently the enforcement of the proposed ordinnice would be ns efficacious as one which Hhouhl exclmlo wood altogether. There Is a movement on foot, of course, to upset Ibis ordinance. It is owners of “country real estate” which hap pens to bo within tbo corporate limits of the eitv—acre .property recently subdivided or about to be subdivided into lots. These par ties expect and desire to cover the land with some kind of cheap, inliammablo barracks, called cottages, and then sell or renttuo premises to poor .men. It is a sad inter ference with their plans that tbo City has been 'set oil firo and burned down by the same sort of pino kind lings that Iboy propose to multiply all over the prairie. The fire having come, and two or three hundred millions of prop erty having been destroyed by it, one would suppose that these enterprising gentlemen would take a back seat and allow the city to be built in some better way than their way. lint i,o such modesty has been exhib ited by them. They are duiermined to de feat the proposed lire ordinance if possible, ami will doubtless spend some money to pre vent its passage. WoTepcat what we have said before, tba„ it would be cheaper for the city of Chicago to purchase and destroy every frame build ing now standing, than to allow them and others to peii! from day to day the properly, health, audeiedit of tin; city. Theic is no safety save in the absolute pro hibit ion of frame buildings anywhere in the city. It must 1)0 as extensive as '.be city limits, ami there man be no power anywhere io grant sni eial exemptions in favor of any person. Tiitrc are ai this time, perhaps, one 'hundred wooden buildings erecting iu detr aree of the existing law; neither the police nor the Hoard of Public orbs daring to per form their duty. THE CHOIS2I. While Sow Vink has keen, waiting the arri val nl the Ilussi.m Fiance with feverish |y, anil straining its eyes, from morning to night, towjr.il Handy ITook to catch til" Urey gleam of the royal sails, another visitor hits a,rived, quietly and, without any ostonta vtinns display* anil waits at iiaarantino fo* ~ici option, oilicia! or unoEeitil, it little mat tins whieh. Alexis, if he arrives, will he the euesl of the peers; cholera, already arrived, V. ill ho limgnest of the people. Alexis will ■jjie. t t.uly the wealth and beauty of the me chid era, carders of social position, si a min to meet all. The royal vessel of Knssia will he Hot by our yacht and naval Feuadrons, with much display of hunting and noise of cannon; tins absolute vessel of death, fuli-freightcd, rides at anchor, at uunrantino, silent, grim, and terrible. '1 he steamer Franklin, whieh has brought the cholera to us from Stet-'in, had six hun dred ar.neloveu immigrants on hoard, closely packed away. When ton Hays out from Chrisiiausaud the cholera appeared, and before reaching Halifax ono hnndred per -1 Far,F;tverc seized with it, of whom forty died on the passage. How many are now sick with it, at (inaranrino, it is difiioult to -tay; but RUilieient to sow the seeds of this dreadful plague throughout the length and breadth of the land. The authorities of New Vmk city owe it not only to themselves but to tho whole country, to stamp it oat at once as they would an incipient, fire. Not 0110 person should he alloyed to leave the steamer lor tho city—at least until the cold weather sets in. Not ono piece of baggage or cargo should ho delivered over to commercial greed until the disease has been cat irpated. Once let it got a loothold among the lilthy tenements of tho water lino o£ that city and it will remain there through tho winter, gathering strength lor an out burst in tho spring, "when pur railroad sys tem will transport it lar and near, and de liver it with fatal promptness. Whether any human ageuey can check its progress en tirely may well bo doubted. It has started from tho remote parts of Asia, and has Steadily advanced- westward through Kussia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and i Germany,- and has now crossed the ocean. Nevertheless, ranch-can ha done to mitigate its horrors, and reduce tho per centage of mortality. Ouco let it start, how ever, with full sweep, and it at once gets I heyend control. Medical skill can grapple with other diseases. Small-pox and fevers, which aro now epidemic in many of our largo cities, create no panic, and hardly dis turb tho regular daily current of life, be cause tho physicians can cope with them and keep them within hounds with ordinary sanitaiy precautions; hut against cholera, when once started, medical skill is vain. It will he too late next spring and summer to theorize on tho origin of cholera, or to bring forward tho thousand and one storco tjped remedies for cure. What is now want ed is instant and intelligent action before cold weather sets in. Crush it out, and lot winter help freeze it out. In our own city the tire has been a purifier, and will help ns to'avoid tho coming dangers, to a large ex tent. Tho time of Us arrival is favorable, for it gives ns tbo winter to prepare ourselves to meet it. We bavo only ourselves to blame if tho cholera finds ns unprepared to fight against it, Chicago has certainly had her full shore of horrors. If of human origin, wo have reaped an abundant har vest from tho sowings of oar folly. If of divine, wo have received our chastisement without unnecessary repining. In either case, if wo have tho pluck and cu ■ergy to go ahead and bnild up again on our inms. we certainly have vitality enough not _to admit this now horror, next spring, with out some show of questioning. Let us, therefore, put ourselves in readiness to meet it this winter. The task is not a difficult one. With a cleaner river,'and. with qne thiid of onr city already' pnrifipd by the fire, wo can meet it if it arrives, and at least keep it withmbonnds. Congressman W, D. Kelley, o£ Philadel phia, has recently published a letter, in which he takes ground that tho business of wool growing in tho Northwest must Soon ccaso,’ under the strong competition afi'orded by tho plains of the Western Territories. Even from Texas, the wool-growers aro driving their fleets to the plains. Mr. Kclloy says: Indeed, tho fanners of many of these States have transferred their flocks to the plains. And wby should they do this 1 A pood farm In Ohio, Indiana. or Illinois,-In \V isoousm.Ulohlgun, lowa, or Minnesota, involves the interest on u guad deed or cnpltal.ond is pretty heavily taxed: Hut •vnllor nmong those mountain*. In* which lo.ow Ktif iutnev food, Involves neither Interest nor in*tho States, much of tho summer labor of? fnnia r 18expendedIn previaing hay,earn. Slid other fowl for UU slock during tho winter ill hole, without barn or agricultural Implo- K C or labor, or even forethought on Ids part, tho atockman'a call!c andrtiocp ara fed abun dantly every day throughout Uio year. He then proceeds to show the disadvan tages under which farmers of the Northwest labor Sn ottompting to grow wool—tho damp, which aflccts tho feet of the sheep; tho scab, and other disease*, the cousociucucea of snow and exposure on the prairies. From all these destructive results tho mountain plains of the Territories are free, and the condition of SELLET OH WOOIrQEOWIHG. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18,j 1871. tlio wool in nincU bt*tttr in From all these tilings. Sir. Eclloy argues tb.it tlio wool-growing business will bo transferred to tbc mountain ranges, and bo eventually abandoned by tbo fanners of tlio ‘Western States. Tl;e farmers of tbo West bave been deluded for many years by the promise that wool-growing was to bo made profit able I by law. The price of domestic wool,' however, has not advanced, and the wool-growers, who have been receiving less money porpound for their wool than in ISCO, have been paying from 70 to SO per cent more for their woollen goods. They have been wailing sis years tor their profit nniler a protective tariff; during that, time iliev have killed off a largo portion of their Uee’ks, and now the great champion of protection tell* them they can never sue cccd as -wool-growers, anil must turn their attention to aomethiug else, and that the business must go out to the plains. In the vein hope of at some time getting a tew cents profit from protection, these wool-growers have submitted to ho taxed on everything they have to purchase,, and now the unhide is hurst, and other people, who can raise cheaper wool, are to have the business. Messrs. Coolhangh, Farwell, Field, and Olliers, llio Committee of Niue appointed at the meeting of policy-holders in suspended iustuauco companies, invite all holders ol each policies who desire to unite iu the pro posed action, to communicate to any member of the committee without delay their names, that of tho company whoso policies they hold, and the amount of said policies. It is Impossible for the committee to canvass the city and search out such policy-holders, and, at the same tiiiic.it isnecessary to find all. or, at least, a majority of them, in order to ren der practicable the plan for realizing the largest possible cum by the movement. Hence the importance of a prompt* conipli ancc with the commit tee’s request. Mr. Turner Ims introduced ft hill in the Illinois Legislature, the intention o t which is to make women eligible to all avocations and Munitions to which men have accov, csccpt hearing arms and holding office. In order that no revulsion among the laborers’ unions should result from this, to interfere with tin* rebuilding of Chicago, will Mr Tur ner kindly add a proviso that this act ahull rot take effect, bo far as hod-carriers and stonemasons are concerned, until (say) the Ist of May, IST-i? Then, wo don’t object to any contractor being compelled by law to employ any female who cornea up ami de mands a -situation at those occupations; for this, or something analogous, must be the effect—if any—of Mr. Turner’s bill. Tho Chicago Times give? prominence to ft lot tor communicated to that journal recom mending that the Democratic party maitc no nomination for tho Presidency next year, bn* .snpp'ut such candidate as may ho pre sented hy the Ueiorm lieptxMieani. Tlio St. J.oui./ lUyitifUcitn started, Mil-? Idea FOim* weeks ago. and it Una shwc hocu eu dmhcd hv u large number ui tho loading journals of tho party. The recent elec-ion in New York has given a decided impetus to the movement, and it lets ac»iuu*c-l sntUeuait strength to give a great- deal of uneasiness to the men inside politics.” THD NORTHWEST. JLLIKI The Jacksonville »il. the 15th ?a;*s: On Etttmdny last, while the smatn.r J, C. McMuU’m was Inuiitcrviwg a weed train on tho LoaDiaua Fruncli from the Missouri shore to the Illinois side, and as St drew near the landing, two men. iiamal Mike IWrcAl and .Mr.. Flawnlgan, at- tempted tojmnp imlioro, but laiscnleiiUtcl t'oo dsl nucc anil fell into deep voter. Tiiuy voald, lo till probability, have hern drowned hod It not 1, 0 l u jor the bravery of nn Irishman named Jliko Fiaunlgr.n, a‘ stranger lo the one lucntioaed above, vho sprang into tho water and rescued both tarn.” —Mr. F. Cobb, promisor ot an omulbus Hue lu Jacksonville. Ua« brought suit against Jesso T. >'cwni:ui, tho proprietor of a rival line, for 6 *—S(.nie sjo.«x> oc tmi court txuubo bonds of Macoupla County wore burned lu tin Chicago lire. —Hoyrs, Democratic candidate for Congress man from the Stale at large, did not receive a vote In Eerremun, Council IIIU. Donnda, Busk, Bice, lhoini‘Bon. Woodbine, or Ward Grove. —A vole la to bo tnfceu at DcKtilb ou tbo 18th (to-day), on a proposition to appropriate $3/>D, or e6 much of tlu.t sum as may be needed, to boro an artesian w.U for the use of that village. Tins labtokd conumny promises to'pay &J.OCK) toward it If they e.iu thin obtain water for their o iciuoi. —Air. -McGinnis, living near the 'ill vgo of Xjoan.J. In Sangamon County, in sinking a well recently, camo to a body tif water which appear* JJkc a subterranean lake. A most remarkable Jcalure iiboui ibis strange body of water Is that though almost ico-cold. it i*stincd by'somo hid den force, anil bails an»l bubbles np to the ho ght of several feet above the level when at rest, ami that this commotion of the water occurs at regu lar interval*—an hour of rest, succeeded by an hour of the bubbling, and so on, alternating from cJlm to troubled water?. —F. C. Ingalls, a Freeport lawyer, well known in Chancery practice In this Slate, has removed to Chicago. —A mining company with $330.0>3 capital lias been funned in Gulconda. —Chenou bought ct.cco bushels of com during October. There arc three lodges of colored Masons in lowa,—one at Muscatine, one at Keokuk, and one at Dca Moines. —Dubuque became n village lu 1937, governed by a Board of Trustees, which village became a city lu in 1641. —John Hull, 28 years of age, a photographer, was found dead la his gallery at Muscatine last fiiilay.' A note lying ou the table explained that ho had contracted large debts by gambling, whi.h ho could not pay, and he had therefore taken poisciu —One of the finest buildings In tho State when It is finished will ho tho Immno Asylum at lado pendt nee. The foundation Is of granite, with the suporsUuvUuc of brick, lined with Ananusa (■tune. —lowa contains 5.CC2 colored people. —They arc building a catlodral steeple in Du buque which Ims been runup CO ltd, and has cost thus far $5.c00. —Muscatinn Is doing a lively trade in mauns “eaucr kraut and shipping it down the river —ln Henry Bunt and a roan named Emm b’.c got into difficulty near DccdsviUc, Henry County. Bunt struck Branildn with a club crushing Lis skull, imd causing Us death. Bunt rondo his escape, and tho officers have no 1 been able to get their hands on him. until last week when Sheriff Spearman traced him to Greenwood County, Kan. lie is now secured in tho County Jail at Alt. Pleasant. wiscossi*. A nice* ynv.ng girl at Green Tmr, was being courted I'V a nice vonne man. Ho was gracious ly lineliued, and mad.- her present* of hair-oil, which he purchased from the store of the father of his adored. After giving her some twonty Ictllcs of the oleaginous flald, he discuvctcd hi wae working la a circle; ns fast ns ho. presented them, she returned them to the store, thus duti fully making trade for her father. Xho Catholic priest at Kcwashntn broke his Irg, last Saturday, hy a foil down cellar. The Jancsvilio Gazette says there U atpresont in that city a scarcity of wood which beats the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. —The Lodi Journal says that Robert Steele, or the t -wn cf Dane, killed a w.-ir, lart week, which measured four feet eight laches in length, anl stood four feet lour laches high on tho shoulder. XI e Milwankoe Stn'liwl says that Joseph Ody, a pronrim nt lawyer la Milwaukee, recently died In Germany, whither he had gone to recu perate his health, which had been failing for years. There have been five cues of small-pox la tho vhloge of I'ulflfrkl. _TJie NcVAli any of.a recent date Bay*: .•Tliia aftemron ft highly* romantic marriage tooi place In tbis city.. Juiuc* A. Ksoeor. an oW Kchtncklftu. ol eomo fame a 9 a etock-ralsor, and author of n wortt.on U«g>V«Vr». dnat tonal Bank of Rhode lalantl, Newport, has bten connected with that institution S3 years. —Prince lUsmnrk*fl regular nllawanco of brandy while travelling, meoriling to tho Coulais, is a lottlo and a half per diem. —Garibaldi is .witling a book of his lifer which is only to bo published after his death. —The ease o£ Vermillion ts. Vermillion, recently called up In a Washington court, reveals a fearful absence of ilcmtstic bliss, nenrj O. ertnDlion is the plaintiff, and his wlfo, Josephine, the i> fendant. The testimony shows that Henry tnar riedthanadj-in good faith; that she enjoyed his led and board tho short spaco of half a night, and then abandoned him: rhat shortly liter tho ceremony sho ro- Uinikcd: "The old fooll I married him for his money, and I'm going to have It;” that eho *l.nd visited him twice since tho abandonment, but the i bits wore rather painful than otherwise, for the lady, holding a brace of pistols before Henry’s countenance, demanded of him ft ,000 or his life, iir. Vermillion was, however, proof against fear He retained his money nnd his life on each occa sion; and we arc glad to add that ho has been granted a divorce. —lt i* related of Jefferson that be might hftv« been u rich nnd not a poor man, as he was, hut for the multitude of admiring visitor* ‘ttrorgedMonticcllo from year’s-end to year’-* end, and literally ato hlmoufof house and homo. As many us fifty strangers sometimes swarmed 1 1 ui*m Wm in 11 single afternoon. Thoy came on lorscback nnd in carriages, and doxcuft of them stayed all nlplitwimdL many ©Cthem- stayed to days and evrn weeks; 2To other main' of whom wo have any record was ever so overrun visitors for so long i>eriod. They caroo till lands ami belonged to almost every rank w Titr. It wns not possible to turn them avaf* jei J ft t*cD had to stand the punishment* and bo stood U Immly, and with at least outwar.l soronlty o si l:li, although hi* Inward struggles wero tera -lU* lio ilnall* Mild Ms library, porhapa then In America, and the choicest Posseaalott had on earth. Be also sold some of his tod. A few friends, and own the Legislature* of States, tried to help him; But these offorta wero ot no avail. Bis affairs grow worse and wore*. Ho finally petitioned the Legislature of Virglula for permission to dispose olhts but before the act was passed ho died, and Wa estate was said ot auction by hi* creo o.s. and his heirs were turned from their ancestral uoor 1 f °—The* rekin correspondent of the St. Ptlereburff announces the death of VoAea, the most dangerous enemy of the Europe ms In no was the tutor of the lute Emperor nn.l consequently possessed great influent o at the Chinese Court, and was tho chief ut the lit- craty class lu China, which Is known for its hatred of everything European. His family t".s of Mongolian origin, but-had long lweu settled in China. Tho late Emperor, on aseon-I ing the throne, gave him the important po=t of Governor of Moukdsn, in Mantehnurla-a dig nity which is much sought after lu tho, empire, as Moukdeu is tho cradle of tho rolgnln 0 di na'tvl tnillo holding this post VoAen was a wlluess of tho war in which China was beaten by England nnd France, and tins l>- flamt.l the hatred, which ho had previously felt for all foreigners into a sort of tceney. IV aon, shortly alter, he became, tutor -to the present Emperor, ho repeatedly laid before the sorerclga reports against Europeans, and. In oao ot those Ire went so far ns to declare til at he would not d.o happy until after ho had eaten tho flesh of the foreigners and lying on a couch undo of their skins. Bo protested strongly against tho estab lishment of a school of science and foreign lan guages at the Pekin Foreign Office, and against tl:c Burllngumo mission, ou the ground that a fuieigncr had been placed at its head. and .that tic fcubonlinnte posts were filled by Chtuaso dig nitaries. Vo-Ycnwos very popular among ms couatrym* n on accoantof lus charities. Ills dls intetedness. and his simple mode of life. Ills household was conducted on a modest seal**, and a considerable part of his fortune was devoted to Ibe relict of tbo poor and tbo m.vlntcuanoo of a achool for giving gratuitous instruction to those who could not afford to pay for their edu cation. MISCELLANEOUS, Sixtcch vessels of tbo Gloucester, Mass., flshin: fleet have been lost, this season. with 163 men. many of whom leave destitute widows and chil- dren. T ow Orleans had two sensation? on t.io i-Jb iSbc suicide of a noted womroiofthe town In the parish prlron, and the mnrder of a colored woman, named Laura Hudson, hy her es-uus* band, who beat bur brains out with a bludgeon. —Postmaster GcirralCrccsr.'ell forbUmho lot ter-carriois to issue their usual New Year’s al- dross, stating the solicitation of presents by any means whatever to be wot only prejudicial to the public service, but derogatory to the rvspcct tiro carriers should command. —A valuable fdie of antiquity !m«, says the Zirant Derail, lately been discovered ia the grounds’of the Russian pilgrim’s monastery out tide the w.vlU of Jerusalem. It Id a monolith out out. of ft single bloc*, and only half couiple-.e. From ft dcsurli ticn In the Malory of ilavius Joa».*xmUP, it is 1 e leved to bo a O'dimm Intended for il.o decoration of tho ancient Temple of Sd emou; but, as tho co’ivun split while It was worked, it w;w left uu&nUUcd, the lower part of it remaining in a rough unhewn state, lue monolith, wk'< Ti r.bobl C 3 feet In length by 6 in diaxnc ter, will certainly prove :i» object of keen interest to archieologlfils; and it is tube hoped that it w:li b3 retained iu a place of safety—tho pillage of monuments cf antiquity ia the being now systematic. —-Tho attractions of Los Angeles coutny, Cali fornia, bealdei Ihc good chances one has to kill Chinamen, arc many. The county was organized in ugo, and in 1970 its total valuation was some thing more than 53.003,020. Its products are taiuly wool, wine and brandy. Tho nativefruus are the btiuctvt, orange, lemon, gr.ipo, p-oiea, olive, walnut and pir.o apple. There are about tinv'ce acres of laud open, to the necessary irriga tion, and 23,000 already irrigated. Corn yields tighiy to one hundred and forty bushels per acre; u hey aop Is cut ia May; an acre in grope vinos brings fifty dollars annual profit; an orange tree yield** trota three thousand to live tiioasaad oranges. lais-Angeles town was founded in 1731, ami las now about 3,303 Inhabitants. Tito county fronts lorluomUcs upon tho sea. —Au applicant for the position of domestic i:i a r-aabury (Comi.) i‘ai;iily was asked it «lio uud.’r- Mmnlbow u> use U-.vscac. Her reply excelled tljc usoftt tempi!ino expectation.-*. Use it, li It i td-c exelubatd, in a roue of reproachful oxplann sl.n; “frii’oimi a.c.iu of karyosaue and IMnorer itbl: i'or lilts lift ot a sluivlaV’ Sliclwas not oo gajrcd. —Early J. Er.%on, who murdered Edward Ly.o? on the Horn Lake Utwd, near Memphis, iu Juno last, Lr.s been ncußneed to be la iged in Decem ber. —A tfrrlflo Hail Momi visited ThVd-is County, y CKat i t meently. The Mansfield JufeHigeneer i»vk Koln full in torrents, and bail of the slzo ~Viuj»*aoi.vs run Thick nmlfaM. Stock was Killed In the streets, htMisea were almost ouroofed, aud we might safely sr.y that there Is not to Oauaod a lu.U dozen houses in the town with a whole wtu ilow glass, Branches the site of u mans arm wore toi-u from the trees, and several persona who were to unfortunate as to he caught l-i it I wciosevciely injured/ 1 —The Mason* of Ualvoalon. Texas, have issued' pn posnls to misery subscription, SlW.ooOfor tho erection of R splendid Masonic Templo. —A beautiful»l *ce of Ibrnitn Billie pavement has been rei eat iy fovn.i ut u depth of twelve under carpenter'd shop m Cordova, Spain. Only a portion of it has been lul.l bare, but so far us exposed it ceu-dMs of four female figures, s«p posed to represent tho Seasons, Each bit o' mo saic I* less than a quarter of nu luch square, and consists of marbles of almost every shade of col or. The work i* of beautiful linlsb, and in an ex cellent Mate of preservation. —The “Pilgrim's Progress has boon translat ed into Clmi*>6?. and one of tho xi. itrations rop resent*! u Christian with a pigtail. —TuAuMx la women have certain rights undreamed of by Americans. They can refuse to Accompany their husbands to any locality which endangers their liberty, life, or health, and* un less married to ta'lliary men* can refuse to bo parties to perpetual peregrinations, and to set tling in foreign countries.. —A Kew Jersey man drank seven quarts of tha “liahtulng” of UU native land In five days, aud died. —Secretary Fish bus received a draft for 81,200 :u gold for tbe aid of the stiflererß by the Chicago llrr.fiom Henry.!. Winder, United States Consul at Sonnoborg. Tide is part of the contribution of the inhabitants of that-part of one of the Into Saxon Duchies known as-tbo-TUurlngkm Forest, Where are made many ot the most attractive of child) one toys, and where the people are mostly V'tyioot. Protection of the Bant*. 3b Ui« Edi-.or of Thz Chicago IFifrwie Em: In his message to the senate and House of representatives, yesterday. His Excellency the Governor of the State of Illinois makes this statement: "lam also convinced that,as lato as tho lilh of October, he (Lieutenant General Sheridan) ordered additional troops to Chicago to protect the liar.is from trouble’’with.their dtoos- Itorf A viler slander upon the hanks and tho 01 1 -cf (Tiieajio was never utleren. The money amf valuable, of iho hanks were, at that time, as tno Governor well knew, out of tho ivaoh or both the bank* and tlu ir dcpositors.-burled m tr.o rain* of the buildings which the banks had ooaiu lied. It wa» to protect these treHMin* contained luiltolr vaults nsuoiitf the ruins from tho acute iVith'Uß of thieves and robbir*. that tho aid or General Sheridan was ask*!. and that guards •wore plac do.ound tho vhuUb. The bunks wore uoioiemd irr business until tho 17th October. TJf sUttiimnt of thf Governor Is not onlv with out Uh* fPgUtubt foundation, but disgraceful and tcaiiCaloot. UAMk£B» CIUCA.OO, ypT.lil. BelnftinCctacnt of Coin in Court* T» the Kttitnr of The CAJenp® Tribune I notice sn order tnado by one of the Judges of .nine court held in the city of Chlcagoto reinstate in con: t eases in which the papers were destroyed hv the lire. If lawyers arc allowed to mato their ovtncnrc, they cannot very well fall of success, however rnjnst. or iniquitous tho claim. It is an cafv thing tor a lawyer to remember all no wants to remember for tho snccosa of hie cass, and a Yen easy tiling for anattotuey to forget anything detrimental to his cans© of action. It would sohaervo the ends of Justice .vnsuj better to cmricl all parties to begin anew, and allow nil the in neflts of a fair trial especially in cases Of malicious r ro=eouUons, conrnpt defaults, various prosecutions, as in tho case of the swindling and unlaat clamtrap defaultpiwtirod hr Duidany against Phillips, wherein, Iby shari' practice, indgracneof sa,«o.,s, was most i uniuetlv omi corruptly obtained, and they seek to take property worth nut less than from- ,100,000 o WThy'nVt ebrnpei ttitso parties to allow a fair trial, nnd nor allow a robbery to bo reinstated I ASCFTEKEn nt the Hands or Saaiute. Tbe laffliette Bloomissfoa Railroad. Ditto*, iu., 2fav. i&£ 10 the Editor of The Chieago Tribune Pm: There have arrived hero in two days 7u cor loads of Iron far tiie Lafayette BloODf incton Railroad. making in all 15.000 tons iron, ibathavo arrived been for tho above railroad.- Tlic coatTuctors,; Messrs. Snail, Tayior, «fc.Co.. •will oemmenoo to lay Iron iniafew dara. The iron la already Bid on the road from Blooming* ton SO miles jcost, and from I.afayetto a miles wist, and we hope to see the care pass error this nsMl. from Bloomington.. HL, -to Lafayette, Ind by Jan. 1, JB7i n'liis rnUrosd will develop thencbrFt lands hi lllinoi*, fcnd'givo the chrsp frvlgUts to Sew York, and an Inurea&od value to the com of from 8 to 10 cents per imaaeL Tlialorical Tj the Editor of The Chicago 'frUntnc Bin: Inclosed is a leaf from the ruins of tho building occupied by onr Historical Society. It was handed In by n friend, who is supsrln tfndiu< the removal of tho cfehri*; and ho B ftyß tr.i'»*y fis'.pruenU, lUrectoric**. and other bo«-:«. wt hli h< thhikF oueht to Lo t rv UnV o. Cl*.!C VGO. .14 NEW. YOBBL The Fall of Tweed— Cry for Beform. Is President Grant’s Election Surd Senator Tronsball on Oorernor Palmer. From Oar Own ooironponilont. Nsw York, Nor. u The manner in. wliich every Now Yorker asks yon Wbatdo the people ont in XUtnoia think of our election!” shows that the vic tory over thamulcsEtiesa in it was won by men not used to voting or sacrificing their private moans for public necessities, -ho oficcl hero is profounder than auywhoro c.so in the country. Tho great lump, or wart, o£ Tammany had hcen horna by this city as a jester wears his deformities,—sonrccs of humor as well as of pain and humiliation. Now that tho burden is gone, and the city stands up in comparative soundness and grace, all wonder at their own vnlgantj in tiiut-3 post in iualviu£ light of *nch "tunes and even taking u sort ot ullo pleas ure iii tlio grotesque behavior, rttwcJtalu/ioty I tmd lonhommie of their tyrants. KEACTIOS IS SKV» \o3Mv* Ab tho mouttich wUo cat oft I ,J hid drives was named llluii King lw» *J? Tweed becomes the graeums Boss, and imktho Prince of Erie.” The public heat ed tlicco monsters m their gossip as Odoii buch rendersßlue Beard” in »j>cra InutTe. The King also understood the power of iadi racc in governing, and hired negro minstrels, song-makers, and newspaper Buhomiaas to -rack broad, alleviating jokes in caricature of them, and in relative denunciation of their more serious exposers. The Hlmttenug of (lie King, the nervous spasm of b.remie.y and ids “retirem nt,” the udgerty greed old Tweed to pack up his swag and aoscoa.l. the flight of the graml-larceny.thieves with their ebneubiues, purchased in matriraou> with (bo proceeds of plunder, as a hotaa tliicf buvs arming squaw from her father,— these things have taken the scales from the eyes of the New Yorkers, and made plain t.ic ImleousiießS, as well as the weakness, of the carrion who conducted tho long viiltnre^rule. New York, breaking the self-imposed chains of good nature and indolence, rises like Pia mct'tciVfrom tho rock of Caucasus, and Hie gorged birds <’f greed, embarrassed by their surfeit, fly ofl without resistance. It-is always so with bad habits or bad ruler-.; thrir strength exists in tho victims wcak n'si: of themselves they were never pokur. Now if the newspaper press will be un.im mons'amltho people and their leaders in Now York begin.another campaign. the Erje King will also go doivn-timtothoioelc eoaitioii between pinchoeek capital and d-- ctaded law and justice. b t THE DKMOCrntCY SOTJNP. rAvidenee,. watchful over our laud and iis iiiluilotiiutP, lias inclined tho public muni Jo o ri“ all sum 1 consideration*, and grapple uhl* vi eiUVragc ami an abuse of party bpmt. Tiio lieuiocratic party, preserving its organi yition under tho standard ot dead iss.it---. end nnd> riiieoinpeteut.heeansqutuiriueipled, eemnmiiders, is hopefully debating its patnof* hm I the wisdom of disbandment. Its sclf-su=tainii:B newspapers havo anion against, the Bourbon demagogues who ano rS«..l tn ihcm.-dves.thc making ot plar fenns and the selection of candidates. r till tho air with tee predict.on t.i.u their voting multitude wdl not dept:.. but will r. palliate any measures of nroer ss or ioa.lois grown conservativeffoui tae' o. Jvi sole. l.et ibe experiment be tried 1 Xlu.i m ji'atnre and good sense prevailm one p if.-.* as Ihe ot her. it was the llenioeratie v o.er iof Vev,- Yoik—apparently the most bemuu m 1 end r; actionary people of that party—woo did tin- work against politicians woo had rj oei'iedly led I hem to victory at tue pulla. 1 gu.vnt’s chances. Have these late elections in the btat-*s as- Mi r, d IT< shield Uiam's re-election. This is Urn pivotal ouestnm of the next j 1 1 le.snraV' Titly. docs not feel satisfied or it, Itaving begun hi* administration by a wholesale piusciiptioii of former o.lne-h ihl ern, t uniingtout Kgdical Kepnblicans as w«H as milder ones, ami often replacing the smmirMul approved with tho u.iwui. »u I untitled, he is now preparing to recommend u vital chango iu tho civil service. ilii3 mh’hT be a coiicvSHiou to tho nsmx !Ifn union if ail tin* elemonU disapprove ihe, tone and intelligence of hu hrst, te..n. Ho is also, through The X ostnias.ei Coin -rai. about to broach to Congress the .mew tionol postal telegraphy;, another subject forced In.mo to hull by being generally adop.ed bj his uißapprovora. TOO LATE. These changes in the spirit Oi his dream might hi- evidences of a Kag.ieitv Vinrn at la-t in the dusky impenetrability of his hoao.n. but. as he has always put them oil w't.io t sympathy until now.,perhaps Ibey sho.-. .i l enl.ilenee not so blnm in his re-election, m.- h-.fc hu adopts the weapons oE.lus euem.es. YVith the hiemocralic parry quiescent -.a t-* nominations next year, and eumins t... *sr 1 to these and other wide mows of p01.t.. .1 Kif-uin Ki publican, not woolly inferior to -.lit body ot Ins countrymen in niiaers.aud- Inm magnanimity, ami'ardent regard for tie diuuUy. progu'HS, uml imiiucati«ii or tho P*iiti. soi his lilac, would carry iho United States; awl. carrying U, would speed \t fj:r uhnu\ Ol Util* ifcigu ol guess-work siud clunp-sjohmiv that ih« nclnumslratutu «c Vn Hidriu Grlmt might in future be s.iul to l, Jt vc closed with tho surrender ot Appo.aa lux. BF-MOCKATIC SENSE. lliclrauiu? IViuwrat, o.t xoTii nro wnvuing Ij«'i'.rc-tii these points to withdraw Lint in tlic event of .1 l '_' pnLlican. of to wait until Grant i 3 put .lor ward, tho Keformer also selected, and then meet and advise no nomination. What is a reform ot the civil service good for, if the example of ail civil service, the I’nddciicv. continue to ho no higher than Tom. SltirphyliiliDß tho.hest place in lac I'rcsidem's gift \Ve make this new depart ure in the civil service from the deepness Nepotism, ami our Kcformer loses cotindenco in human nature hecauso a naval Ailiinral once, in t he days of his youth, when his head was round, wrote a letter.) There cun'l>e no good reform of tho c.Til wit hunt a rtf oral in Iho X’fesnlcncy. I’ohlni telegraphy w not n reform; it is a necessity; and, as long ago h* •I |L .V V was all provided for by statute of Congress. £l*>’ATOU TUV.MUITLL ON PALMEIt AND blii-U- Senator Trumbull. in a conversation upon ilie enppiantiug of SSlnln authority by Ute United States military, said nearly as loi l0“ It t is unfortunate for that ho W been put in awkward tlims of asserting tno Slate a.i thouiv at Chicago, -Iho sympathies mai.hmd wore with tho mmpfc aud able manner in which- General dtalu with that conflagration. Grateful to him for his great services, public opinion is, in my judgment, eoyero anti unjust to Governor 1 aimer, v, ho wns asserting the Chief of the State in tjie case of a citizen shot down by a volunteer organization actim* under the auspices of tho United stales limi tary commander. In any other time, it would ha.vo.heen an infringement upon the imUdictionof Illinois fora national oUcor toraife; treops there, Palmerhad yistaxuly -Miit State troops In Chicago, and Sheridan not ni tdiiiff turn sent them hack. Ao\y, estrcir.o-*dHses make had precedents. At lawv’fhei'ldlliuir of Gnisvcnnr was munlvr. The life t ii a-citizen of Hip State was taken in lime of-peace liy a soldiery acting u d' penOsut of any legitimate authority ot tne Slate. lint, although Governor Vnlmor is temporal ilv unpopular, his actum will make the Government aliWashingtou cry a unit m the whole system of invading States anil sus pending their laws.’’ Oath. laying of BHcb Walls* To ihe Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sin: I have been watching to sec something in tie newspapers In relation to the manner. In whlci brick walls have been, acd are being, can strutted In ot:r city. ‘Within, say, two yfiirs pait. TC-ry many buildings have been built of brisk, tho walls of which, in the lower stories, were }Yunv fixt.en to tvrcuJy inches thick. 2fow, does It not seem reasonable that, if such walls had been properly bnilt, they would, In the mam, bo now stAXulinK 1 pearly all the In Id by laying what the ancons call s if„f u SfwM^^ brick nnd an Insufficient quanUty ofpwrmorur. today, where some mason* wore ersu Intr the walla of a new building, and lender s every. sixth course, I askoJJS o^?s f# eecr if the wall would not be much stronger if headers were laid every third coarse. Ho said it would but that. In the West, walls were often laid with seven stretches to one header, wtiloTin England, where he learned his trade, f verv other course was ft header in all good SuchabuUdibg may burn, and the walls bo left standing. let unypersm who wishes to .1,. ,™-rWiri.<-tw6cn tho lavorn of hnck, nml tho S^SSaSr®Ttie-.rail*general!;-,will fur mSo eunimelngveviiieneo «t a needed reform.. All claeoe, have aii interest in this matter, for it -fleeSSSt that'll Vnek buildings ran be to coa stroiMod that the woodwork and the contents may brnStini-tUll leave the walls standing, no mieTi wnSnl cenflngrntion as .wi have lust pawed SrSgli will ever again take place. H. Cnicjco, Kov.is. _ Flrc-Kx»in«wi»hln»Appar*toa. Ib the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bra It was with pleasure I rend your article In this morning's Issue In regard to Fire Extin guishing Apparatus. Truly you say that overy rfl v apparatus for extinguishing of fires is worthy of careful examination, especially of that description which Crm bo used to cheok Arcs TThcn flrtt discovered. It has frequently occurred thut out moat cr-total business men, w pride themselves, in nil business mnt&*ra, tbev always lock the stable before thoh*»reo js stolon.” have-not ?ftM s:u*« utb'ni’Mn S«r.:rft keg Of thioTrs. the Fire King/ who likclv to Steal i x»ou us utfttl «uu »U v.lan wo -loaii 'vxyncl him. in «ru.r to protect ourselves against wo liar our floors ana make sooure all avenoss w approach. It acorns to mo w“ n nSw floors from the greatest thief o! them aU. »o r. there is a plenty of such-Si troflnccfl, anil upon truly acfennflo which the water Is auporaatnrated anfl charg»t with carbonlc-acld gas. There Is not a schoolboy, who hua read tho llrat principles of chomhtty, who will net Inform yon how much more emotive lliiK 60iei- u atmuted. water is than pum com water. Tunics have been erected in several tan* tories mid buildings in this dty, and tho proper niiK-e and imimnit'is attached for it v» all pj.its of fiiuh building upon the aaino cttiy*ras principle a* yon Oescrllm a* used by Mr. Hau, also, porruble, apparatus and engines mi wheels, wUlea ore hnown to bo sMt-actlng, which arc Rbowu hr a euretnl oxnmlimthui of tho reports of the heads of the different Fire Imnarhnonto, to have proved successful In all the largo cltloa of the loud, and which uro mom extensively u«o j in foreign binds, because their use U better uud.u niimii Slionld W* wo nut now oHk «>ip Fire Coin &oncri. hb well c* every individual property mvorr too.xan*m»> this sreat question, and plaw r.iiA of these nt every police station and cvor> point where a telegraphic alarm U placed, so that the policemen can hot only, as soon as tiro l» dis n.vScd. “llout the department, bur. at the same, time have an apparatus and soma means for the instantaneous suppression of the same iu its In- SulrScr. nnd thus wive great losses and immcn-o i *inllacraTlonfit It sco ws to me tliat now U the iSmicftlme hir action in this matter, bet Ca.cago {»lito-vroof hereafter, and every man guard Ins uud provide to do so. Chicago, >ov. 17. JJOBHTG FOB FACTS. Exploits of tie Tit.worth Engine Co n 7 the Great Fire-Expl.lt. of Shay while Srnrehin, for HI. .llasiioea interview with the Gallant Captain. II baring been stated that Sandy Sbay, foro nsan of the steamer Titsvrortb, knew something et tbe great fire, and the working of tbo depart ment, one of our reporters called at Ida casino house yesterday afternoon for tbo purpose of conversing with him on the subject. He was found seated near the store, with his men arooad ida* ready to respond to alarms of lire. Our re r,,rt'«saUiUd lulu with," Well, ‘dandy,’l have come to interview you.” Sandy. X don't know anything. Keportcr. IVbat did your engine do at tbo big fl siuar. Well. lean tell yon that. We were at Kusb>mct bridge, uud hud a prcttyniugu tiiu.. liomrur. Were you ontheM eat Btdol gaudy. Yes; HU wo didn't go until the third Munw im ck. The wren-Ih»x was tura-td la oc fust. V.'c went over mid took a position on Bwiug stnot, near Jefferson, and led nonth t*> Foiunor street, ami worked there unt l we burst tivo lengths of hose In many minutes—ten min utes an?how—and by the time we got the lensUiu in again, and before wc got s V, l l i t 1 tho the drove us away. Vo tUtn lul ui two or three hundred feet cast of JuiTer sou street, and held the tiro there m lomr a« the hose held; and after wo got the ho*, back to the street north of i. wing. and cut oil the fire thorn from going «[vjit brliding on tho east side of Jefferson su^m. Then woeiirrlcd our pipe to Polk street, and cat JiH e lUe the corner of Folk tmd Jof ?er“.n street*, and leaving the budding spud mi tVe tide. Alter wo had slopped tao ttru tlicie, I took «p a position betweeniluwlson an. I Van fairtu streets on JdVcr.ou. and cut off we lire there cn the northwest corner of too .dh\* and c’imton street. After this I ordered tao ca* K HVo-oxt l ;l? Myllt'&fameaycattot ttero 1 \cas otw myself beftrctlmi. I took the b«ae i-art an I treat ov>. to tho&auh SUle, ainl the. lira was tatu at tio coriatr of Madison amities strci'N. •Jt-norler. wimt did you do thciel randy. I didn’t do anything. £atilv. tU alono witli the hose cart. T-aftottocnrcnaine liouec, ant, snnnir Inta' nn l war, went t; S at beck 1.. tc.e West H-> brina the engine over. Tlieie was an itirian i.las iuk uu tLo innijr j itm’c iiousc. riiere w;w ao me there, tat i*!cnty of sparas. laey won, tins it down. I retiuuo-1 to the esc Sale :is.ant-. aaressibl'-. and after imttios out Urn lira ui tlw bmleiut'tl.e nidi wiTKtvorijiiijfon. I V. ..V,'i' cri iaeer to take fao i-nenin to uiiisnatli h.t-n au;t *vt aposiuoa uo-.tli ot the tire. M hen I witli flw 1 use cart I eoulil ti.tr fiml her. Ito it i all around for her ami trie.l to K et east mi twtwt iv anr elreer. tmt euiit.l uot on aeeouut ot r.i Hu', llevuler. Ifud it ►puiiid fr»*ni M.idi-oii anu 1 Well* siro-'U to thcie whi’e you were' gone I I fc; ruv. j»« but tho sp&rk* were a iaio>c w j I couldn't get through. P*tV» Ptwhora m 1 Eouth WuUr and cnuWn’f attv iu.Uo.._ ruo Ju iti'lni.'s at the int.-iocHi-n O* avoir and ri. r.fh V.'M. r street worn thm on it*•;. wun up South Water street tu Ut ils, mi-1 \V:*u. cr to the Sorth Side. U*to wo met mo i-; *m of •n* cij ire it> a wtgon. I ui uei wo uomml K:i:zb* stro.n bridge U» tna Fide, and went duwn tv» TweU'tn str« t; r The* "tiver agi-.lu and gat nf tbj tirj *»u Wnbr.sh av« HU'*. 1 fo*4Utl theen.-nm a.tna r*.nm r.f»S*.'t* and W’aphuigron *'•.«*i.%«u.icv*.. t-c el vith the hv»lr.int. and strct.-ny.d our in*'t went to vviK* on Field I>*lt»-v W.hi n the crclutt slutted tho hud ab.i.u lu.y noeiu's pttS'Urc. Wo worked thorw uuul wo Mtck.il ill the water on: or the uwv.is am. couldn’t-cet a drop. V.o worked tac.o ivcni.'-slvc uiinu'es. Jin otter. What hour wap that 1 i-aud-. 1 can tie-1 anytlnna übont it. It hove i-coa near dayligh:—ahemt 5 o oh-.-rC. I ind ingila \u-tfUMiio no goud tbere.no wi.ilta the river, erst of Hash street bnJg-*. «o U V. C We led our hoso flirou.U Julgo ruWci.-. inU) K.vcr street, j;oth Hides nf Ui-v6 wet** then OU dr.-. MU latlci s lt.oa.k haJ.ir cun Lf. Westuro'J tncroas Mnir as wo wiu L ana 1 wutll tho t-.re dr »\'o u* on?. Mo tu» u fuugut tao fljiut'oitt tho «1 ®c, l*etucca MioWffiini.vouua au*l H’.vf r ftn 01, niilil We wcio Kiur.»uade.«l bj art, r.Ld h. dt» cross cast lo Michigan avenue. Jh Lad P> take uji then, ami there U win ns hud a mi nv h!uu eii’iucc of saving oar appava.us. Kovortvr. H«w did you get hot uut I Fuidv. Wo got her out by going down tao dock j iid through tho M:chlg*u c air-d ftyhjht ImtiM*. \o Foutli Water street, oppu.-m; tlm L;u.»a •ireet 1>« pot. I Ull the men to tlwro uu tu i wont im ntul “n Ccntml uvsnuo, w••►t a. tho I .Uimt.unitj <-eo if we could got her oil. tarung'l tl G b.iso bull park. I fonni, u way io get out. but Ilu* street was full of wliLshej barrels, tuid I um'.du’t cut back lo the place lhadlo.t t.w on pine. While I was Using to get to them tan company tame through tho depot, and oout through the base ball park. When Igotlo tho pluee, they wore gone. I had 10-:t ihem, I looked for them, but eoulil uot find them. Hy that time I was just abant blind. I eouhVnt fee where t was going. m> f.v< 8 were so fuU of dust. A fr:cu hwh.» la un erguu er mi the railroad, called me by n-nue Jiwc tin i!. Mid I answered, and he told mo tu j;r»x>i.n hlfiffcgint*. laid hv rma rode to sirrer. ithen went home, Lc.ug so •uiuu tn.»», i could rot «lo any more service. I wo* x*»i>ston:y njjivcd cut, nud dm company [to tao cngiaw,r] vibero did >i>tt goto 1 r The Eutfinccr. We went to tho comer of Mon roe anil Wabash avcmieand stayed there about an hour. We could’nt get any mater, un i started nn I jhe .-tret t. llv thti time all tho water wan out «»C i the engine's boiler, and I went up to tho Econo nis’a hov.se niul filled It up. That was too l-vt v-orkwi* did that dor. That night we caaio i down town and went Into a building on Hubbard S iidy«ueee any of tho Firo Marahds th Hu!Hld. ht filherof thorn except Wal ters Inu t him in an alley between Harrison and Vm lUucii strt-efc», nenr Cliaton. U« came woio ami looked at u> a couple of minutes. Up never 1 said a won!, but walked off. ITc vaa too om> Marshal I saw during tho entire lire. TLc-limnnctT. 1 reported to WaUcra at t..0 Sbcuuau Houuo with tho engine. Sandy U'M .nw to goto the escape house. It waiaU allrc, and 1 i i-ci ui ted tu Walters, and ho scut rop to Boldine s 1 B\*:eU. 1 gut a sticaui on pnr engine hoipn in Dcnrbsrc street, and afterward went to the 81. Jj.m- Bnutcl. where we met Sandy. Wc lmdonij ono bncth of hose, and couldataq much good. Ilevoiter. Had you lost all your hoso T i:uglucer. Our hose was west ot tho lire, and 11 f au*il jv °Wc s sMy ed with tho car to bore when the eugluo venturer to the BiMito bide, mitfky tlio tliuo X gi>t im ro it Imrpcncd so couldn’t tot where wo could do ai*> good, a-s wo couldn’t Ilml tlie enpine, until "fji? of‘So the West Side and came up on the ca<»i sluo ox *.llO liic. 1 think if wo had had four steamer*, and pit lit v of water at State and Washington street, we could have saved a great deal oi property nil the cast sidp of State street. Knglccer. Ycp, it burned as slow as an old rap Sandy. If wo had hod four stoamors to work north, the firo could bavo been cut off at atato rud.Wnfchincton streets. Tho htat*warped tho buildings ou the rapt slfie of tho strpcv. and cun S' d them to -tumble down. If wo had had water to wet them down wo conld have saved them. It was a close shave there that wo dldii t lo*c onr engine at the bridge. If wo had stayed a minute Huger where wo were wo would Iwvo Ihxu obliged to jump Into tlie river. Tho half hour’s work di ne in saving tho apparatus au-l lion* cxluiurtcd nlv mm more than all the otuOv work ihev had done. All of them wore nearly blind fu.m the dust, ami the wind was blownijf so kli ong as to make It dUUcttlt to keep on our feet. KeiM'-rter. TUero arc rumors of disaffection in the department 1 Do you know anything about unv' dUtatUrm*iion anaiug the b’hoys I Hind v. Well, you know there Is a want of 11 ip nn ny. and, where th* re isnut harmony, yoimisut as Well trying to do anything. rororlcr. Bill you tell me what you know abmt the inside workings <>f tho department I Saiidr. Idcn’tknuwiinyuiiug a’KUit that, u th< re had been a good reservoir wlii ro wo wen*, w could have done a great ih o’, of gypd. Kucinnr. Yes; a reservoir oi barrels ca i aclt v would have given us water for some time. 1 tandr. These rrscrvolrs arc tho most essoutml tli'iir 1 ihev tuuid iuive m fbw city. Jftoutigai urn.n> il.y nH alt.’gotUnr on the XV »t<>r'Vi.rk'. peveral ouostloiis woro then-asked San.ly, wii L tu. view (if inducing blm to iii*^ejS" ha knew about the workings of the Hro uepa t- S Uni it wan Useless to attempt to “pump” anyylilni:." or, at least, wmiUl iwi viaco the rcßiimniWlity for the (lemer- SirtH cthitluh oltho Xlro Derartmcnt where It litlohgs. Xl:* Synod #f ClcTeland—Hesttltttioa* »f 8;mpB(b)r far the Chicago Saffcrm. To Vie Editor of The Chicago tribune Sir: By special-resolution, tho- following ex pression of sympathy and goodwill was extended to all who liave Buffered by the Chicago Are. and the Stated Clerk was instructed to forrarda copy to Tub Chicago Tnistrans for publication. Jakes Shaw, Stated Cleric of Synod of Cleveland. 1 1 _ The members cf theSynortot.Clmtofl JjtrabraJ with the eeepeat sorrow ot the tonlhlo has Islil so largo portion ct the «lIT cmorm m arhet. Octttoynig »o many live*, w> fanctoarlea, and eo nwy two place* of hn*lnew, and annihilated more than two EiftndTtUUon.oi wraith. t SfJnSJSi??S handrcd thousand Vro Kiu*i»»ellen. »o v the nrro.mr of money luve-del* thaneur Insert miriius, drawn by horses u» parte of th** city within thrus squares from thr fiver. It is *lllO they could ird bu used for ub nt threemoiiUmof Ujo .tear, when Arcs arom.-it frequent and «isa*lr«iis, bat, when th°y couhi bo msi <1 at all, Iher tetvites could bo uiado of grcai value. EEAX. ESTATE. XBffirmscuttt Filrd for Record on Priiay, K or. 17. Undivided 3*2 of c 1-2 of n 1-2 of Lot 7, Pis’ it Wooiiv.iUo«kC4, See 7. 14, mth t. uf. 23x125 ff, dated Nov. n; e«m.,Sl.h>». Lot 16. in J'U ek 1, vt J. Ilnli’a ro-«uliOivision of Davis’ with improvements dated yiiv. cousiili nutnn 4 42,5'*. "Warren uv.; near Oakley sf, nf, 20x117 ft, with dated Nov. W<; coxnMarutlun, *2,0.) i. EtufcU*d fit, 75 ft uof Moliroc st, of, 20x125 ft, dated Nov. 16; consideration, $5,200. Lot 7 in Week C 2, S».-ctU»i> 10. 32. 14, Uoing 23x125 ft, dated Nov. l'; re n-dderation, *&:o. f ccoud fit. I* t wo* n e.-teni uv ana 0 iKloy st, n f jfloxico it, dated Oct. 2t; i:oas!do«»tt«»u. ifJ.-t-'W. Wcfitrrn av, Iwtwt cn Second and Lrx** st«, w r. soxliviw ft, with HxltX- V, 8 1, on Erin st. m sama -blccft; dated Oct. 21; consideration l.3l.o2o. Lots 4 nuflfi, in Block 1, in Wilber and li’ifi-- fcarfa Mock 23. Sen 7. W>, 14; dated Aug. 5; coa "*I f jarahc'*'sn iv nr Crosby st, cf, 25x123 ft; dated Kov. 17; ccnsiilcnitio!i.sl.«io. undivided i-i of Block 7 in Mortons oast I*2 nnrfc v wcfitlL Sou. U,;w,-135 dated April 1. Coiiiider n*Unri^yCstreeL opprrft* Sllrcrstrcet, nort'i front 25x1t0 feet with building; Gated Oct. li. Cun nnith'rtnt on fmtarl” st.eer between Clark ael Lnsclie Greets; dated Key. 11. O-n-.M-ratun, SS £St =l, 111 Block 10 Wol.-otl-j Afl.Wlon.lv.lnsn J on Outntio *t, between LaSalle an.l Clarks,*, dutul 2?ov. 17. c:on-Menitl«;ii.«.o-o. Lot in. nncl'» 20 fl I*»t 17 o! L“t.-b to to, m Ikoik 49 See 7 ro 14 lN>ln< h f oil W-/»t Wiuduutrtim st, hclv.et n Ashland »v and Vaulina at; da.cd May I.* Ccti-Moralion. s2*».(Kj»). tr> Lol 18 of Lots 0 to H>, In TOncS 40. Soti.A 1 being af on NVusbingtoii between V-- Imul i:v and raullua tt, dated May I. Coua. leiw ’ll 'll orV:d•:V>Tl nca 40. in Eaton's Addl:i-ji, duUd JuttuiS; eonsulcrntion, tiCW. MaiW st. I’itwctii Mi-nroo and M:»ul?on «N, TT f.4OMT, tt,dated ?av. 1; ejn*:deruttnu. llmife and Jot. kimvu as 2fo. 276 \farrou av, dalvdAVr. 16; M»m It Oi* CITY tISUTi*. Qji(x arrc.'wUh improvement*, in vr r.im«rnf Lot::], in I‘iuo Grove, Uutctl Sept. 8; xien, $5,0c0. FOXTH OP CITY I IMIT-S. LotMS,l6amKo in r>!u<‘k it *»f Trout C-l --unirV p«; 2-1 Sc. 4. Z3, H, dutftl Z*o\\ 13: cons-d* fiiUKU, 12,T-0. l.ots! 6, 7 uml w h» Tiloofc p. In Day's n e 2-t ot See, 4, 14. «h*t« ri 2»ov. 1*; ctujj-Muration. that the future city miy bo lit :;ll tjvrts sin io-prt»v» iiM i.t on that naw ia r:irv,l ofTt.r Tto fo!3oAYlntr fertile ma«M.;r:itiou or yoi;*- fcdf a:;d ti c aumvious rtutlers of Tail nit s', of hv»:n are pcidpualiy luU*rv>tinl in .V:i i. ilrsr, ullovr mo to express m.* rcsiorata vcgre-t That permits liflvo In numerous ci cr;.nti'd tor the im tl*m of building-* Id the b i~ <'l«trlef. which. It l-*> to bd feared. will pr*»v;» t oti-TH. Iu to a weli-amimvd. ii :i:ae2if.v4 s*iii‘y t»mauv’u tmd? p*n-s s uv. r.vnUb’d the inevitable usU of lioallav- o*. »ivssc:«d '■Hlldinr.'*. fxpv.vcd, dunu-.,' t.i‘ir f*\- *u i:i ilvr, tu tho vicissitude o» wiutov, urn, t.,** I jai'ciis tiu-c i* of rin.it 1 Cfoarmntty arc ba.U :ni: .u baste U* ivpvut at Wire.** r i;w plan wl'i’h I otl-.*r foubniplutcv a t’C n- MiueiKU of tm* whole burnt alst/ift ».n a*vVi-.v: adopted in lb« m’Y.ly-ou sir.-i in I*r.i U*:u /i I wii-.th it, I believe, m pact boreov\f i oni. u I’rvtch. Its nunn feature* ;l t o.i series oi t»* Hive: rontMioas loiiidtuuinrd arrays. forarn: .‘.a idevuird r.Uidv.av. ievcljvifh tin? main lUhm*. U*e buildmcM lining tlio new a tie c avtnuirt. The object* t;) v bo trr, f.rat, a subway for t;io w.‘ radwav, with an up tiaefcon on.* side and d..v;i *r» the other, and in the. mtormedutu apt J tic wider gas lupins. telegraph-wire**, ViruUs t« calry ctl surface-water rf mi n’-’O.e, ami evtu towns, If m*c* &sary. It is c.uu’oa; »l tlmt ilio nits* m vnteT-piws arc load tput-j tor iV.c ilia hut Mipply of the city, notably iu o.ia.tc. lire. ‘Without disturbing those already in u«; new ximlLs could he laid cu the proscut lowl of the meets, with the obvhuia advantage of b «;i r nhv;«j*»K*-t-utal»*c loriep..i:s. »r for comieoMjua to Ijcii'nde with ui\iu<*€Xib' A near ay. tom of and lutcr.il hraacUes c-iaia oo l:;hl in the same inamiox’; ntul the tch-v-trap i \vlns, in&tc'ad of tho i»n ÜBEitrUtly polca. would ho cut r j-ii.hr, ami, at luc panic tuue, iinn.a. l i from accidocts, and always convenient for au«r«- tion-, cdcfitiuii**, or ri?i»ulrs, at an immense (.f oxpt of u I nuisance of brot c -bt. li 1-* V r,l lV it l i ia the trade of tliu whole burnt district shoiiM *>o Thms raised hy inc.iuo uf uro.us, and :i tt i rorichcd fre in the nnhunit sections, by carnrvs v.ayscn a grartual bloivi ou eitherdiuO- 1m u trances to mo railway cntiar.oon for ia pa»vja rert would be providcilby bt.urw .y3 at the ui.e tcctlor di l tAc KtmdP. ilefidi-B having the ?trrrls iiUvbhU'Uvied by lUo-c necessary e*.* j tlice.fU'ct-cuTP, there a:c Jnaum-rablc m Icu.d adTi.ii’.ntiu* which vv!U n\ »tthems-lvis m.v r ruulnv. Owners «sf hde iwW vn a iev«l the rresent airocta \.U he 6 Vt., oxi ciibC of tica valine for .u viulst Pilose having bnscmcn as may appear nt Urst eight. Improved syistcuia of arch-< oustnictiou have reduced very considerably. Letter from Henri Kochcfori. The London AVica of tho 27th nit. contains the following letter from Henri Kooaefor** to M. Albert July: “Allow me, dear defender, to offer you an edi tion ol tho Lanta'ne, formerly anpiwsed w Uavo ▼kldid me so much, and which imwcoafr* mo w Soar. What most iliatrespe* me in theoalnmcus nr all govts hurled against, not only me, but my fondly, and even my children, is Uic thought t .ut 1 tee in them vague hope* of the resurrection advnaaty thouchtto ho dead, and which I xt-vuled to have burled. I fieo sprouting m all mirSSu" lilcrwy and political muaV-.m* v bib uniting but a laua;vrtist no 'id ««m'er l oally .-sp, ,-t to bear that Sapolton llf returning to W* rightful domain, ho* P clainitdnnnmucHty.a'Mt thatT, uCtqr being con demned l*r a repuMie, Fluid exponent* «v bdli more ttrrlblc doom of pardon by the empire. A Jnrfiaau in Troablc. rroai the Commerce (Ho.) Dbpaich. Thoiraa >’iuiey. while iu tuwu too other day, pnntoirs puioo liltlo ati:essltlfS_for Ul3 aji i»ro;icl*iuc vcil.liufr. was nabbed by oaorlil An.ki*- con ami mil upon the jury to deUtrudue tlio ca*o of tho State vs. M*e. Jscwmun. woa on Tues day. «ml on Wednot-day evening' xoiud w** take place. TLotilal teuton and oeonyiod tlio »lay and a portion of the niaht. Tue jury rotired •to their room to decide. They v»cro diwdcd oa the verdict. MpUt parsed away and still SaHe iuvor held out. Wednesday wcitiliiiir evening—\7ua appcinvclua--, fcul he »11.l arriFCiiVr. His condition was terrible*. eon aalmoKinoldseufferinge. Nerec wua a juryman «r o re desirous of a difference aarl SwderSica verdict, rba jury in the meaaUma td S moDy appeals xa woj'd but they 'srero as often re.umcd to tjojf Finally. at oVlucV. tuo JuflCT,vlio probablyJmew liowJt WB iaua-u, dUcEarccd tLe Jury. som‘a Sag Vm ktaadiag ready, paddled and bridled. Five miles lay bo iwfUiTcm end the home of bla ufilanoed, wharo Vwodd'uc party in leas than an hour bo Trailing lor his appearance. If Tom failed to make bis connection on time, It was because horseflesh couldn't make it. OtHperaleFiglit with RaU, f rqm the JlaUlton (Wla.) Journal Nor. 15. On Wednesday morning a boy about ten year* oW succeeded by strategy In getting four or dvo rat« into a Mnall upper room fa Folks* brewery, on the South Side, from the apartment used fur drying barley* He closed the door on thorn and went at them with,a stick, when thtr. turned upon him with the ferocity fjr which this vermin la noted tinder such clreirn stouces. They diimlo- repeated leaps up into Itls fuco with a rapidity and savageneas which ho de scribes as terrible,, nipping him on tho ehe*ks and-übbutthoneck. Fur a while he succeeded in pushing them away from his shoulders, anti urmy times they bit bis bands and fastened tbo;r teeth through his trowsers into his legs. They kepi him so l;n?Uj on the defensive os to prevent: iiim from seeking tho door, ami would soon overp‘ Wcied him with their fierce, perddeu. warfare; Ids shrieks for help brought thowor.-* men to his assistance, who found him luafr prnted lu many places; he fainted from ftig.it‘»n being rescued. The rate ull cleared tho roam tco iuMiiUtThodtniT wns opened. NOTICE. mclC*e Jhclr rwpwttve sitere* W. 1871. as i