4 rtiwa of Snbeorlptien. fiTUBLS DC 1DT4501 DUir Edition. per reer, Dr WreeUr Edition. per Bander EdlUon. per reer. W weeUr Edition, per reer. Dr rerte 01 eycer etlDe mre end el« root To preventdeler endtnt*“* end ronolT. ,,j- draft, erpreee, Bomlttenn* mer Do mod o ar riek. port OBce onto, or In reKUtondlo l „nv. TO u per treat D e»r. delivered. cento per woes. D.UT. delivered, COMPACT. Addreee T y„ u Ce=elet-. Chlce«o. ID. JIOXDAT. KOVEMUEK M. 1871. fiENATOS WOODARD'S DHL. A bill in r.toum lo laud titles in Cook Count v has boon prepared by senator W ood «nl ami 11. B. Hard, Esq., and introduced by the former, which provides for tho appoint ment bv the Governor of a commission, cou sisti.ip of three persons, who shall proceed to restore the lost records by the purchase of maps and abstract books, ami by the pro ciireinent of other evidence sa .sfaetory to them or :i..y two of them, all of win Jl evi dence, when completed, sha 1 he filed in the ofiieo of the Recorder, provided that tho price to be ]iaid for such maps and abstract I«,„ks shall be Used by the Board of County Commissioners. Holding in view the fact that a record «>f iitb'—evfUthe record that existed before the lire—«loes not const unto title, but only serves aa notice to subsequent purchasers—that the record title is liable to be overturned by any bettor evidence that may bo ofl r oreil—there can bo no harm, in a legal point of view, in having a commission ap pointed to restore the records so far as they can re.-tore them. It is to he feaml that multitudes of persons would construe tho appointment of a commission with these ptnM i- as a signal for a general re-establish mmi ot instead of rmmK and hence pour in upon them a mass of testimony, oral and written, which they could not unravel ami reduce to order in the spaeo of their natural lUee. Indeed, hardly any owner would allow such a record to be made up and tiled without seeing to it that his title was faithfully set ..out. ISat ihe bill goes farther than this. It pro vide.- that whom he Commissioners shall have m.ub- up tluir record they shall deliver to each claimant, upon his own affidavit, a eertifiiate of his title as they timl it. and that such eerriticate shall be evidence of the facts stated in all c«nvt> and, places. In other words, those Commissioners are to male lUk— make it where if exists, and where it don’t exist. It is needless to say that the Commissioners can make title neither in the one case nor in the other. If A owns a lot, they cannot make him own it any more than he does now if he does not own it. they cannot confer title upon him. They might as well attempt to produce moonshine in a dark night. There is no objection to put ting upon record a set rf abstract books/or M»trh o- thru irrrih. The Legislature cannot make them worth any more than that if they try. To attempt to make titles by them, or by mdaiis of a commission incubating upon them, is a futile undertaking, and all the money sprat in that direction will be wasted. HE3YCTIOH OF TAXES. Tin-re 5- such a general demand from pniisof the country fora reduction’of taxes, that it improbable Congress will make some ebanyes, during the approaching session, in wl.a; has become themost oppressive system of taxation ever known in this country There is a great diversity of opinion as to tin (let:,:!.-, of tin* required reform. The Ameri can eaipet manufacturers who import the wind they use nt the low duty of three cents per pound, arc, perfectly willing to make that kind of wool free.but theyareopposedtoauy reduction in the lax on carpets. The luann- factnrers of blankets nve likewise willing to accept free wool, but they hold that tho pub lic credit depends upon maintaining a tax of I(V* per c«*m on blankets, from which the government does not, receive om* dollar of revenue. Onr present tarifflsnot constructed upon the principle, of collecting public revenue but is framed upon the policy of taxing the greatest number of articles at tho highest possible rate, BO as to produce t’ least revenue -'‘.a ♦W greatest ml vantage Hpormt dosses and interests. It is said that the .Secretary of the Treas ury has so far progressed iu his ideas, that ho will recommend in his annual report repeal of the duties on coal and lumber, ai a reduction of the dnt3* on salt. Even for these ravel's. Ho* country will be grateful. Tin* animal revenue from salt, lumber, am coal. doi*s not e\<-. .*d live millions of dollars but tin* tax paid on these articles by the pco pie amounts, probably, to live times tlm Biim. The difference between the tax paid l»v the consumers, and the sum received I*3" tin* government, will bo the measure of relief afforded by the changes recommended by tho Secretary This reform might be extended to tin greater pan of the long list of articles taxi hy the taritf. and, in many instances, wi more striking benetit than eoal, iumber at flail, and there is no reason but private greei and invincible obstinacy which prevents th rednetbra. We import m» pig iron, what is necessary to meet the demand in rxees> ef the domestic product‘urn. The tax, therefore, is not for revenue, bm for the ben- clil of the producers at borne, who reeei v nineteen-twentieths of that tax. I'ig iron i as much a raw material as eoal. or lumber, or salt, or IVntvian bark. Why the country should be taxed twenty millions of dollars annually on this raw material in excess of what is received by the Treasury lias never been answered. It stands precisely uu the same fooling as eoal and lumber. jl is remarkable how strenuously the cham pions of a tax on coal. ‘salt. lumber, pig iron, quinine, blankets, and carpets demand the repeal of the tax on tea and coflee. It is said that these an; necessaries of life, and this opinion is maintained hy statesmen who in- Hist upon taxing the; shirts, shawls, coats, hosiery, and hats of the people. According to these men. tea and coffee am necessaries, but overcoats a luxury; and they tell ns that it is merciful to relieve the people of a tax of cents a head per annum «n eolVee.aml, at the same time, extort from them two or three dollars a head on their clothing. The h‘*<-rct of this inconsistency, of course, is well understood. The cents of tax on coflee is all paid into the Treasury; the two or three dollars of tax on clothing is divided mainly among private corporations. Thom are occasions, however, when the most inveterate politicians and Hellish legis lators are brought face to face with the pimple on the eve of a general electioi IHCS Congress was forced, through its fears, to aboli.-h taxes, which, the previous year, hail yielded §170.000,000. The government suffer ed no loss of revenue, but the relief to tho people was none the less. There is another general election ut bund, livery Representa tive in Congress will have to vote directly upon the question of reducing taxation he fore the day of election. There is no escaping the responsibility. The people are far more interested in the question of taxation, than they are In the political fortunes of any member of Congress or any candidate for the Presidency. The Democratic party having ceased to be a power in the land, has ceased to bo dangerous. It no longer so threatens the public, safety as to compel tho people to elect any Republican to Congress who can corruptly, or otherwise, obtain a nomination. There is a wholesome change in public sentiment. Party allegiance, in the absence of a common enemy, docs not re quire Republicans to vote for a faithless, ig nonmt or corrupt Republican for Congress, where another Republican who respects and will represent the public interest can bo found to take the place. If Republican mem hen of Congress refuse to reduce taxation which produces no revenue, but oppresses tho people and consumes their earnings, then it is likely, indeed it is certain, that tho peo ple will find other Republicans to take the place of the unfaithful Representatives. What the country demands of Congress is: 1. The simplification of tho internal reve nue laws, so as to limit the taxation to spirits, tobacco, and fermented liquors and stomps, and n few other imposts, in such a manner as to reduce tho costly forco employ ed to collect the revenue. 2. A reform in the tariff which shall ro- dace the number of articles (axed to those Ulrich jiolda the largest proportion of rev enue, and thereby relieve the people- of taxes 'which yields bat a small amount of revenue in proportion to the burden which they impose on the people. 8. The redaction of expenditures by the immediate reduction of the number of gov* emmeut officers to an efficient force of com petent persons; and the abandonment of every description of subsidy or other bounty to corporations or others, for private proiit and benefit. These things may, if fairly and honestly cjoried out, approximate to the fol lowing result: 4il» Reduction of expenditure. Reduction of tax Total 1i00.000.000 and this without any such diminution of revenue aa will embarrass the govern ment, or weaken the public credit. TEE QUANDARY OF TEE DEMOCRATS. Tho Democratic leaders seem to bo work ing earnestly to rally their party around such candidates and platforms as will save to them the few chances remaining for making a respectable stand in tho Presiden tial canvass of next year. Candidates arc not wanting, and these are, almost without ex ception, of the conservative type—Judge Thurman and Thos. A. Hendricks being tho most radical Democrats thought of, and neither of them having what may ho called the ghost of a ebanco for a nomination. The New York Express enumerates, as tho list of really prominent candidates. General Hancock, of Pennsylva nia: Senator Thurman, of Ohio; Chief Jus tice Chase, of Ohio; Governor Parker, of Now Jersey; ex-GovcmorEnglish, of Connecticut; ex-GoveruorThos. A. Hendricks,of Indiana; Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania; Judge Davis, of Illinois and Governor Brown, of Missouri; and. in its leader proposing a •‘policy” for the party, there are nodis- tinctivcly Democratic ideas enumerated. The New York World, also, urges its fellow- Democrats to “take the world as wo find it,” and make the best of what cannot ha alter ed. It argues that at least one-fifth of the Republican party will vote against Grant, aud in favor of any opposing candidate of pood antecedents and tkcknowlcdped ability. Toealchthese.it counsels a concession of nemo sulVrage, specie payments, and the righteousness of the .late war: adding. with regard to tho disallceted Republicans, 44 if wo concede this much, wc may bo certain of their co-opera tion. If they bolt the Grant nomination ami run a third candidate, wo shall profit by the Republican split but, if they do not make an organized bolt, they will come over tons individually and vote for our ticket. Wc may, of course, render this impossible, as wodid in IST£, by an absurd platform aud indiscieet nominal ions. 15ut a burnt child must hi* a horn idiot if he docs not after ward dread the lire.’* ll is evident that these appeals from New York wen* a portion of the movement there In progress for the reform of the Democratic pally. It is unfortunate for the praise worthy elVort to improve the char acter of the party that the name of that party is, in the public apprehension, stained with disloyalty. Democracy is of itself an excellent word, but it has been so dishonored in this country that m> party cun succeed whiih bears that name upon its banners within tho next quarter of a century at least—always sup posing that there is a party in opposition, whose record is, on the whole, better than that of the Democratic party. To name the party which Mr. fc Tihleu, the MbrW.aud other leaders arc trying to organ ize. Democracy, would be to brand it with dishonor at the point of its new departure: and to name it Reformed would bo to advertise to the world that it had boon wrong all the while, ami hence that its opponent, the Republican party, had been right. Heitor disband the organization. and let it go to the dogs by a shorter cut. 'XHE WAR AGAINST THISTLES. The action of the State Legislature in of ticially recognizing Canada thistles, on the very first day of the session, is not so unim- portant as would appear at first blush. In LaSalle Comity alone there are two thou sand acres of these noxious purple-headed weeds, and the flight of their win god seeds this full will probably still further extend their area next year, and choke out all useful vegetation. The bill otlercd by Mr. Whiting provides for tho appointment of a Canada Thistle Commissioner in each town, whoso business it shall be to extirpate them in the mails, and. when he duds them growing upon any person’s land, to place the infected spot in quarantine immediately, and devise meas ure*, to prevent the spread of this botanical Kn-K!nx. It is a matter of very serious mo ment to onr farmers, ami may in volve thousands, even millions, of dollars if the thistle is allowed to go ou sowing it self unchecked. Nothing useful can grow in its vicinity. It is tough, hardy, obsti nate, and. like all other nuisances.prolific. It thrives just ns well in an extreme drought as in n rainy season. It will grow on a rock, or .e Gov ernor. —'The new Farmers’ and Mechanics* Uanlc In Bt. I’onl has commenced business. —A jeweller of Alexandria, named Jilm Pat rick*. was furnished si ring with three clrysolitc *tones, to repair. Shortly sifter the owner hud received his ring ho discovered that Patricks hndbeen practising a little heathen Cbuec.” be taking out the stones and substituting paste. For this Mr. Patricks was arrested, tried, undftued sl.* smd cost#, amounting to fcto more. —The towns of Belmont, Dehifield, Enterprise. Minnesota, Round Bake smd Nelmer, Ja-ksou County, did not cast si single Democratic vine for Governor. while Christiana east one only. —A keen rogue Is travelling about the country having in possession forged drafts of the banking house ofpl. Wilson A' Co., ol Furlhault. and i* re ported to have made already—ant not ennplit yet. He has operated in Arkansas, Indi ana, Kentucky, Washington City, audjolher pUces He proeiircd lithographic bank drafts iu Now i ork ehy with which to operate. KANSAS. Wnubnnsec County has thirty-two orgaaUed school districts. —The tKuly of a man. whose name appears to have been Melnncthon Toman, formerly of Hod man. Jefferson County. New York, was foo&d on the right bank of the Kansas River, on Saturlay. November 4. about four miles below Wamego,by M. B. Siebcrt. Near the body was found a small boat, a gun, several steel traps, and necessar.es for camping. l The editor of the Ottawa Uerahl Is Informed that a little daughter of Mr. Hazelton, who re sides near Ottawa, while playing In the upper •dory of that gentleman's bouse, accidentally fell through a hole In the tloor, and striking with her head In a pot of hot water, standing on the store beneath, was so terribly scalded that, after linger ing several days and sufloring intensely, she died. —The Atchison Champion of the 14th giresau account of a desperate encounter between tao police of Atchison and a negro named Leon a id. Mr. Marlin Thompson dropped *PX> in currency, in an envelope, on the stairs at tho Trcmoct House. The negro, Leonard, picked it up. About s or 9 o'clock in the evening Leonard was arrested by Marshal Weber and Policeman Shoplar. A® he. was walking along the street with the officers he threw a pocket book on the ground. Policeman Shop lar stooped down to pick it up, the negro struck him u terrible blow, and a conflict ensued iu which the negro knocked the Marshal down twice, and was severely beaten with a slnng-shot. Ho final ly broke away and was chased all over town, the officers firing at him repeatedly. lie was at last captured, and it was found that not a shot had struck him. —The Winfield Censor learns that a day or two since one Mrs. Trestle, a widow lady living about two miles west of town, was found dead in her bed. She lived alone with several small children, who could do nothlng.but waited until help came. She died in the evening and the children slept with the dead body of their mother until morn ing. By her death six small children are left des titute and alone. —Leavenworth was in a Jubilant state a few days ago, over the report that the Platte Depart ment Headquarters were to bo moved there from Omaha, hut it proved to be false. THE TERRITORIES. It Is reported by papers on Puget Sound that relegate Garfield has commenced a personal crusade against Governor Salomon, charging him with being concerned In the Lumper em bezzlement, and offering tho government detec tive sc,ooo to remain silent. —A species of sugar maple is said to have been found in the canons of Montana, and it has been ascertained that its sap is ns strongly saccharine ns the sap of the Eastern sugar maple. —Major Wheeler, United States Marshal for Montana Territory, states that the wheat crop of that Territory averages forty bushel* to the acre. Gallatin Valley spring wheat averaged thirty-five bushels per acre for the last six years, and winter wheat sixty-five bushels per acre. —The Idaho SXntetvian says that thousands of dollars were sent East and West during tho month of .September, from Boise City and valley for fruit trees. —lt cost Washington Territory $1,031 to trans port two prisoners from Vancouver to Stella cooci. Tho Oiympta Tribune thinks that scmie bedy must have taken lessons from Boss Tweed. —Ben Butler is plaintiff lu a salt U bo tried ia YanoouTor at the next term of tho District Court- Boa having failed to get the Governorship of Mauachotetta, is now going for the Cascade Railroad. _ —The Ber. Van Horn, the chaplain at Von coavcr, Is engaged In writing a biography of the life and Services of General Thomae. —The corn crop of New Mexico Is reported by tho Santa Fe newspapers lobe very light. In tho counties of Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, Mora, and Ban Miguel, there is not half a crop, while in the southern counties the yield is also unusually light. The wheat crop Is fair throughout tho Territory. —Notwithstanding the rose-colored views of Governor Campbell on the woman suffrage exper iment in Wyoming, n Representative in the Legis lature of that Territory, named Castle, has intro duced a hill to repeal the suffrage act. —The editor of the Las Cruces Borderer gives the following picture of Cochise: “He la a tall and finely formed man. and except tho long and deep furrows across hia forehead, gives very little Indication of age. Ills hair Is intensely black, his face smooth aud slightly ornamented with yellow ochre. His mouth is splendidly formed and flexible, his nose prominent, and his eye expresses no ferocity. The whole expression of his countenance Is pleasant, and one looks in vain for a gleam of that ferocity which has so long been attributed to him.” RAILROADS. On the 22d Inst, a meeting of tho stockholders of the Toledo, Wabash A Western Railway Com puny will be held In Toledo, for tho purpose of taking into consideration tho arrangements pro posed with the Lafayette, Bloomington A Mis sissippi Railway Company, together with its lease with the Lafayette, Muueic A Bloomington Rail way Company, the Hannibal A Central Missouri Railway Company, and the Pekin. Lincoln A De catur Railway Compauy, for the lease of their several railways, which arrangements* have been duly approved by the Wabash Board of Directors, and will be submitted to tho stockholders for their approval or rejection. —Clay County, Kansas, has carried tho 9250.000 bond proposition for the Kansas Central Railroad. The Junction City A Fort Kearney Ballroadprop osltlon (1200,000) was defeated. —The Columbus (O.) Journal of tho 15th says that papers have beenlfiledat thoofllce of the Sec retary of State incorporating tho Hillsboro A Cincinnati and the Southern Ohio Railroads. —Tbe earnings of the Toledo, Wabash A Western Railway for October were 9000.2W, an increase of 9148,912 over October, IWO. —The Galesburg (111.) Republican of the 18th says We are credibly informed that the chief engineer of the Springfield A Northwestern Rail road will make n permanent survey next week of the Hue between Lewiston and Knoxville, and, if Galesburg will do ber part, tho survey will be ccutlimcd to this city, thereby deciding tbo route, and putting the whole lino under contract fi'bm here to Lcwlslown.” —The Southeast Missouri Railroad line, be tween Ellsworth, Kun., and Memphis, Tcnn,, has bei-u surveyed and a favorable report made. —Ti»e prelimiourj' survey of tho Golden A Pine Bluff Narrow Gauge Railroad, of Colorado, has been completed. l The opening of the Lake Shore A Tuscarawas Valley Railroad, from Cleveland to Medina, O. was celebrated on the 16th. —The survey of the Milwaukee A Northwest ern Kiihvny to Fond du Lucia completed, and the engineers have suspended operations until its construction commences. —Tho New York ItolUtin says; •'Reports are eurrent in this city to the effect that the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company had made still another addition to its already enormous power by tho acquisition of the Philadelphia, Wilmington raltimore Railroad,either by lease or by the pur chase of a controlling amount of stock. There are so many fumors of important transactions by the great Pennsylvania Company, that any re ports respecting it arc to be received with a great deal of caution, and all the more because the Philadelphia Ledger, and other papers in that city, deny that any movement of the kind was contemplated. Rut notwithstanding this denial, and in spite of it, the statement is generally be ievrd by railroad managers and capitalists in this icily." —The annual report ot the lion. Isaac R. Sher wood. Secretary of State of Ohio, develops some Interestlng railroad facts. The following Impor tant railroad lines were chartered during the year: The Ser.thfm Ohio Railroad Company, commencing at the month **f symmtH Creek, and passing thn.iign Ijiwivliee, liallia, Jaek.-on, Pike. Highland, (liiitoti. Wanvu. (tteeue, and Montgomery Counties to Pay ten. capital. Wfluom The Davtmi Mineral Region 'Railroad Companv. eonmiemlng at Dayton and passing through M*mt gi.im iv. lin ene. n«rkf, M;»b*«o, Fayette, Franklin, Pirka'vav, FiditUhl. IVrrv tby way of .Somerset). Menmn.*Mneklneuni. Noble,* Uuenwv. Monroe, and lUlment Counties M Rellairo. Capital, ?2.500.00-k The Whirling A Toledo Railroad Coiupaiiy.com. nietieing at Bridgeport, and passing through Bel mont Hani.-on. Tuscarawas, Stark. Holmes, V\ ayne, Ashland. Riehlsml. Crawford. Huron, Seusca, sail ilu-kv.olt:iw:i. Wood and Lucas Comities, to Toledo. C#plfal.sl.oiu.eno, The Cinciunutr A Miehiran Railroad Company, cojimiei ciug at Cincinnati mid passing through Ham ilton. Wnmn. Butler, Montgomery. ilUiul. Drake. Mtarer. Van Weft, ranlding. IMlainv and Wil liams Counties to the north line of the Slate. Capi tal. tl.:o*.(f)0. _ The Raj lon.Mlllwaler A Saginaw alley Railroad Cempnnv. with a capital of Sl.noo.ooi. ami the Ciiu tu nati A* "(treat Nutt hern Railroad Company, both having the same termini and passing through tho same counties as the Cincinnati A Michigan, were nlsu iaoentoraled. The Ullbboru A Cincinnati Short Line, commenc ing at cinclmiati and passing through Hamilton. (Torment. Rniwn and Highland Counties to mils- Imi o. Capital, fh.'ioo.wo. Railroads were consolidated an fellows; The Raltl nteie, Pittsburgh A Continental with the Ctdina ex tension. forming tho Baltimore, Pittsburgh A Chi vagr-. tie MatistleUl, Culdwater A Luke Michigan wltli the Ohio A Mlcldgun. forming tho Manstield, CohhvHter A Lake Michigan; tie Northwestern Ohio with the Chicago A Canadian Southern; the North American with New York Western; the Chi cago a CnnadalSouthern and thep*«ulhwesU*rn Michi gan. lornilcg Uie Chicago A Canada Southern. MISCELLANEOUS. Forty bulldogs Is one item in a recent shipment from London to Calcutta. —A Connecticut Enoch Arden returned home, took in the sitmitiou sit a glance, tearfully bor rowed n dollar from his successor, and departed. —rheophihintbropocosmopolitauarhmism” is the latest rellglo-sovlo-poUUcvd sensation iu Ccorcia. —The spectrum of Encke's comet has been seen and measured at Harvard Observatory. It con sirts of three bright lines and a faint continuous spectrum, fainter than thocontinuousspcetrum of the great nebula In Orion, as seen with the sumo Instrument. It appears from this that it is a gas eous body, emitting light, and not merely reflect ing It. —An enthusiastic lady, who made a speech in favor of woman's rights, in Prussia, was sen tenced on the following morning by a Polleo Judge to two days imprisonment on bread and water, for advocating free-lovo doctrines. —The Churchman deprecates “a deadly mental dyspepsia that has had Its foundation laid in many of our American girls, between the ages of 7 and U, by tuo gorging of washy Sunday School books.” —A married gentleman of Elizabeth, N. J.. Inst a valuable diamond pin, which ho advertised In the Herald leaving tis with the bookkeeper as a reward to the Under. Ills wife was the lucky per son. She took the pin to tho Herald, office and got the money. —Au association, calling itself antl-Communist. has been organized among tho workingmen of Paris. The society Is said to number 00.000 mem bers already, each mender pledged not to join any section of the Intematioual. —lt was necessary in tho course of a trial be fore a Newark court to exhibit a lady's wardrobe, and it is reported that some of tho bachelor con stables held up some of the articles for identifica tion ‘‘carefully and sbriukingly.” —King's Church, Boston, has given upward of *30,000 for the relief of tho sufferers by the con flagrations at the West. —An enterprising housewife in Ohio, who for revival years has received the first premium* for the Inst display of canned fruit exhibited at tho annual Slate Fair, was abruptly deprived of her laurels thi* year. Her fruit was as fresh and plump-looking ns usual; but there happened to 1m- h lady on the committee for awarding pre miums who insisted on opening one of the can®, whai it was discovered that the fruit had been put up in strong A* this process of preserv ing fruit, although novel, was not considered Mich an improvement as to merit encouragement, the collection was promptly ruled out. to the groat indignation of the fair owner. —At a ballgiven in Louisville a few nights since, by canal employes, quite an amusing incident oc curred. Ham sandwiches were upon the table when the company were invited in to supper. Some mischievous fellow, however, had a few minutes before stolen the ham, and replaced it with thin slices of soap. The men, l>clng very hungry, seized the bogus sandwiches and imme diately bit out huge mouthfuls. The mistake was dl-covered by each individual, but no one said anything about it. thinking, perhaps, that tho others would laugh at him. The author of the joke watched with subdued merriment the numer ous wry faces and changed countenances that, one by owe, indicated the extensive circulation of the soap. —George Thompson, tho venerable champion of emancipation, after long confinement by rea son of illness, was able to attend the recent meeting of the Scolal Science Congress of Great Britain, and to deliver two speeches, which roused the people to great enthusiasm. One of these speeches," gays the Independent, “was in behalf of tho bill remitting tne restraint of the sale of liquor; and the other a denunciation of the Contagious-Diseases act. He Is residing In Kew-Lecds. o suburb of the great manufacturing town of Ixeds.” —A jour tailor named Jimmy Yolk, w years old. is now traversing Ohio as a professional tramp.” He has been on the tramp for seven ty-five years, and has visited every State in the Union many times, walking on an average a.ooo miles every year. He has good eyesight yet, and professes to be able to work at his trade. He has just returned from a little walk into Nora Scotia, and Is now m route (orTexas. STATE LEGISLATURE. Little Business Done at Satur day’s Session. Joint meeting of Committees to Con sider the BeTenue Bill. Outline of Mayor-Elect Mcdili’s Municipal Reform Bill. The Land-Title Bills of Senator "Wood ard and Bepresentative Boot Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. LITTLE BUSINESS DONE. Springfield, Nov. 18.—Nothing of any conse quence was do no In either branch today. In the House orders of Committee of the Whole and of hills on third reading were reached, but so few members were present that it was not deemed •wise to consider bills. COMMITTEE ON COOK COUNTY RECORDS. Borne persons talk of introducing resolutions to enlarge the Special Committee on Cook County Records, making it thirteen instead of nine. This Is quite large enough as it is, and as this move ■will be wade In behalf of members who are ex ceedingly anxious to get on this committee, it Is very desirable that It should be beaten. To in crease the number of a committee of that kind Is to destroy Us usefulness. If it has any. REVENUE BILL. A Joint meeting was held, to-day, of Rorenno Committees to consider the biU known as Stad en*s,or Van Dorston’s. The whole session was substantially expended on the question how coal mines should bo taxed; whether their value should be ascertained by the product of the mine or by a compilation of what the mine Is probably worth per acre, or some other means, resulting In striking out the provision in Staddcn’s hill on the subject of taxing gross receipts, leaving the tax to be levied on the general value of property as nu investment. Then the discussion took a gen erol turn as to the propriety of taxing capital in vested In any business, and also gross product. A great deal was said pro oud con on the subject, one party inclining to the view that whut is called “goodwill” should enter into tho taxable value and another denying it. There was also some informal discussion on the propriety of tax ing the tirst farm nt its value, and then tho annual products of the farm in addition to live slock and all personal property of tho farms, agricultural members, and those of that turn of mind, pre dicting resistance to this double and treble style of taxation. No conclusion was arrived at as to taxing farms and other products, and cattle and all other property, or in regard Co] taxing shares of incorporated companies, and also property of the same companies which is provided for in Staddcn’s bill. There is a feeling in Joint commit tee that the bid la too immense, and too search warrant and inquisitorial in|lts character, and laps over the same property too often, and will necessarily tend to discontent, evasions, and frauds In returns; hut the problem is to rcarii all property that ought to ho taxed in a shorter and simpler bill. No member has yet presented any practicable scheme to accomplish that cud. Mr. Short was absent, ana nobody represented him or Us bill on the committee. Stridden was pres ent, talking in behalf of his. They adjourned without coming to any conclusion, feeling that they had a winter’s work ahead to get thiugs into an acceptable shape. MUNICIPAL REFORM TULL. Mr. Medlll has brought with him tho draft of a brief bill, having for its object the requiring of more perfect accountability of all city board.- and ottieeis to tho Mayor and Common Council, in order that tho city government shall be made responsible to the public, and to si cure economy and- frugality. Tim bill consists of three sections and an emergency clause, and provides in the tirst that, in all cities ot over one hundred thousand jieople, the Mayor shall have power to nominate to the Council all members of the municipal boards, such as tho Hoard of Public Works. Police Commissioners, Hoard of Health and Kducation, Tax Commls s’oncr. and Assessors,.-Com[droller. Corporation Council, City Attorney, and nil other city otlieers who are not to be elected by the people. The S' coud provides that lie shall have power to remove imv of these otliccra when ho thinks the interests of the city require it.J mid nominate any competent person to tho Council, and if not continued shall uomißhU* po»k* other competent person until the Council cotiniius, llius avoiding dead looks from the continual sending in of the same perron. _ Iho third section provides that the Mayor shall ni». the right to veto any item or items in the annual tax ordinance, or the entire ordinance. If ho vetoes one item ho is to send his reasons to the Council, and the rest of the bill goes into effect. I thus protecting the CouneU.comeriug the Mayor, mid lorcing him to sign a bill tilled with bad ap propriations, or veto it at nil, nud leave tho city without xnonev to earn* on tho government. Tho question now is, whether it is best to have this bill passed separately in the nature of nn mn nnd meut to the charter, which good lawyers sav can be constitutionally done, or add it to tho general bill on the government of cities, now ««n a second reading. Tho objection to the bitter course is that that bill cannot bo passed till bite in the session, and will not take effect till Julv next, and for the Ur-t seven months of the new administration in Chicago xexbdlug evils cannot be remedied, and the Mayor will havo no control. Tf passed separately it could bo in force when the new government was inaugurated. The bill will bo laid Indore the Joint Committcc|on Munic ipal Corporations next week. Thera does not st cm to Is; any likelihood of opposition to tho proposal to add another board to the city govern ment of Chicago. _ LO«T KF.COTIDS. The following la a bill for an act relating to the loss or destruction of the public records of deeds and conveyances. and providing a mode for as serting title- iu such cases. prepared by Mr. Root: SeiuoM. Bo it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented In the Ueneral Assembly. That whomever the public records of any county within the State of Illinois shall have been destroyed bv lire, it shall he lawful for any person, who at the time of such lire was In the possession of any piece or parcel of laud within mi eh county, claiming to be the owner of the whole or any pa it thereof, or of any estate, right, title.or interest therein, to tile with the Recorder of Heeds of such county his. or her deposition asß hereinafter provided. iu writiiur, verified oath or affi-rmaiimi which said deposition shall state the fact and character of such possession, the description of such piece nr parcel of land, the estato or interest claimed bv the pnrtv In possession thereof.and.to the best of deponent's knowledge, information, and belief, the chain of title from the United States or the State of Illinois to such party iu possession; and shall be accompanied by all original deeds and Instruments in writing, or certified copies thereof, which form a part of such chain of title and are in the contro* of such partv so in possession aforesaid. Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for nil persons chum* inp to be tbe owners of or to be entitled to any right, title, or interest in any piece or pircid of land, which was vacant and unoccu pied nt the lime of such tire by a connected title In law or equity dednclblo of record from the State, or the United States, or from any public officer or other iwrson author ized by the laws of this State to sell such land for tbenon-pavment of taxes, or from any Sheriff, Marshal, or other person authorized to sell such land on execution, or under any order. Judgment, or decree of any court of record, to tile with the Recorder of such county his, her. or their depo sition iu writlmr. verified by oath or affirmation, as herein provided, stating the description of such piece or parcel of land, the title, right, or lutCTt s*t claimed, and the chain of title thereto, accompanied by any and all original convey ances. Judgments or decrees, or certified copies thereof, which may be In tbo possession of said claimant. Skc. a. It shall be lawful for every person who, nt the time of Mich fire, was entitled to any lien upon any piece or parcel of hml in such comity, by virtue of any mortgage, trust deed, judgment, or decree.unsatisfied in whole or In part, turtle with the Recorder of Deeds of such county. Ills or h< r doimsition, verified by oath or affirmation, as herein provided, stating the date and amount of such lim, and when due and payable, together with a description of the lands or property upon which the same was alien, as near us may be, and the original or certified copy of any micU mortgage, trust deed, judgment or decree, if un der the control of said claimant. Sec. 4. All depositions authorized to lw» filed by the provisions of this act shall bo verified by the oath or affirmation of the claimant of such es t .ate, tight, title. interest, or lien, before any oili ccr authorized by the laws of this State to admin ister oaths ami affirmations. and may also, when made out of this state, be made before any officer authorized by the laws of the State or county where wade tondmlnisteroaths and affirmations, certified by such officer under hU official seal, if he have one, and if rot, the official cliaracter of such officer shall be certified to by the Clerk of some eonrt If received under the seal thereof: provided, however, that the President or Secretary if n corporation may make oath or affirmation on behalf of such corporation; executors or admin htralors on behalf of the estate represented by then), guardians ou behalf of their wards, con *ervator# on ln'half of their erstui qui trnsr, and attornevslu fact, or agent*. on l>ehalf of person* out of the limit* of the United State*. Sec. 5. Upon the tiling of the deimMtlom boro* inlvefure mentioned, verified hr oath or affirma tlon, a* hereinbefore provided. It shall bo tho duty ofthoßecorder to tUo the same for record, and record the same and make indices thereof ami furnish receipt* therefor. In the manner provid ed by Chapter eighty-seven of the statute* of this State entitled “K?oords and Recorders" as published by E. I* Gross, A. D. 1*66. The records of such affidavits, so verified as nforesald. «hall he taken, and the same Is de clared to be good and effective lu law to charge BD3* purchaser, mortgagee, or creditor, with no tice of all the facts therein stated from and after tho tiling thereof. The said affidavit, or certified copies thereof, shall be received In all courts and places ns evidence In favor of tho person or per sons who claim to deduce a title, interest, or lien under any conveyance, Judgment or de cree there in mentioned, against all persons denying such title, interest or uen, or claiming adversely to The said Recorder shall, as often m once during each week, cause to be published lu two dallv newspapers of general circulation in said county, one In the English language, and one in the Gorman language, u snmumry or ab stract of all affidavits tiled as aforesaid, stating the description of each piece or parcel of land therein described, the mime of the claimant, and the estate, Interesr.,or lien claimed. gEc. 7. All action-, either in law or In chan cery, brought to it cover the j>os*e«sion of, or to assert any tight, title, or lu'ert-st in any piece or parcel of land In such county adverse to the own ership. or right, title, interest, or lion noon tho same, claimed In nny deposition so verified and tiled as aforesaid, sliall be brought within one rear after the date of the tiling of such deposi tion. ami not sfler. 6tc. 8. Every person who. In the taking of any oath or affirmation provided for in and by thi* net, *hall *wcur or affirm wilfully, eorruptlv. and fulsely as to any material matter in said deposi tion, or shall suborn any other jw-rsim N> ,wo ir or affirm a* aforesaid, shall Ikj deemed guilty of perjury or subornation of i»erjury (a* iho e iso iruy be), and. upon conviction thereof, shall bo punished us provided by the laws uf this State now or hereafter in fore© oa to porjoxy In other Bec.9. Tbo eald Recorder shall bo entitled to the tame fees for teoordlng said depositions as arc now provided by law for recording conveyances, the said tec a to be paid by the county within which such records have been burned. Bbo. 10. Whereas, by reason of tho dCßtruotlon of the records of one of the counties of this Htato, an emergency has arisen as reason why this net should take effect Immediately, there fore, this sot shall lake effect from and after its passage. The following Is a hill for an act to provide for the restoration of record evidence of lUle to, and Interest In, lands whero Urn records arc lost, destroyed, or effaced, and for the protection of owners nnd persons interested in such lands, in troduced by Senator Wood »rd Section 1. J‘ ,c *1 rnarUit hy the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General sembh/, That whenever it appears to :he Gover nor tliat the rccoi ds of the Recorder's office of any county In this State an; lost, destroyed, or effaced bv lire, flood, armed force, or otherwise, ho shall appoint three suitable persons in such county as Commissioners who shall perforin the duties here inaflcr provided. Such Commissioners shall hold their olliee for one year from the date of their commission, unless sooner removed by the Governor, or for such less term us shall bo ex pressed in their commission. In ease tup duties of such commission cannot be completed within the time for which tho Commissioners are ap pointed. their term of office may bo continued by the Governor or other Commissioners appointed for such time as may be necessary to complete Boforc cn t c rlng on tho duties of their nfth-e. the Commissioners shall severally make and flic with the Secretary of State an affidavit In the following form: Ido swear (or affirm.as the case may be), that I will support tho Constitution of the United Stales, and the Constitution of tho State of Illi nois, and that I will faithfully discharge the du ties of the office of Commissioner of Records In the County of (name of County! according to tuo best of my ability. Sec. s. Tho commissioners shall Ik* furnished by tho County .Board of the county, for which they are appointed, with suitable office books of record blanks, stationery, and all proper vaults or safes, for tho safekeeping of their records; und such clerks and servants os may bo necos surr In tho performance of their duties. Sec. t. In counties containing 300,000 or more inhabitants, tbe compensation of the several Commissioners shall be *I,OOO per annum, pay able quarterly. In counties containing a le.-s number of Inhabitants, the compensation of the Commissioners shall bo .fixed by the County Board, but shall In no case exceed the amount above mentioned. The salaries of clerks and servants shall be determined by the County Board. Sec. r». All expenses of such commission shall be paid by the county for which its is appointed. Sec. 6. Immediately upon such Commissioners entering upon their duties they shall cause a notice to be published In each or tho daily, and in one or more weekly newspapers published in such county, if any are so published, and in somo daily newspaper published in the City of New York, for the space of three monthsauid shall also keep posted at tho door of tlio 'Jourt. House in such county a cony of such noth*, which notice shall substantially be In the following form: Restoration of records in County, Illi nois. Notice Is hereby riven that, under an act of the Genetul Assembly of Illinois, approved the undersigned, Commissioners, immedi ately proceed to restore the records of deeds of County, and give eertificatestitle to owners und persons having liens upon land in said coim iv. All persons interested m lauds in said county are requested to present their claims and evi dence of title, pursuant to said act; claims not presented within one rear may be barred. A.8.1 C. D. Commissioners. E. F. V Skc.T. It shall ho the duty of such Commis sionei to pri*eure, by purchase or othorwi.-e. us shall apiHjar to them best, stu-h maps und plats of the subdivisions of laud in such county, and such books of abstracts of title or other evidence of tho contents of tho lost, destroyed or effaced records of such county as they shall deem proper to preserve evi dence of the contents of »uoh lost, destroyed or effaced records, and cause u record thereof with proper evidences thereto to bo made and deposit ed in the Recorder's office of such county. Pro vided. that before such-county shall lie bound by any contract made made by such commission tbe same shall be approved by tho County Board thereof. Sec. s. The record so made by the Commission ers, und certified copies uf any matter contained therein by the Recorder of such eountypnade in tla* manner provided by law for certifying copies o* d* eds, shall la* evidence in allcutirtsatidplaces o the same extent as certified copies of deeds ate evidence. Si-.c. y. Whoever shall claim title to, nr auvpv tate, interc!-!. or right in. or lieu mum. any hnd in sneh county, may presi nt to such Commission ers the affidavit of himself nr his authorized agent. describing the premise* am! selling forth the nature and extent of his estate, interest, or right in. or lieu upon such property, and w liet her niiv oilier pei'.-«»n, to his knowledge, his or claim* anV estate, interest, or right in, or den upon the same premises, or any part thereof, and. if :mv. the mrurc and extent of the same, and their nahies and best known places ol residence. rpan the receipt of such allidavit. it shall be the duty »*f the commissioners to ascertain and determine from the evidence in their pos-cs-ion or such evt dvnee ns may he satisfactory to tliom. in whom the title to such property is vested, and tho na- Hire and extent of the estate, Interest or right in. or lien of anv claimant upon the same, and to make out. arid deliver to the rial Haul a certifi cate setting forth particularlyadcseripiion of the lu-ojierlv, the nature and extent of his title to, or estate, interest, or right in, or lien upon, such property, ami whether anv adverse claim has been made thereto. Any number of lots or pieces of land claimed in t he same right may he included 111 oucanu;,,,;; x shall notapplvlo any estate, interest, right or u.*n upon land derived through any sale of such land for any tax or us-cssment. J?kc. *lo. If the Commi—loners shall he unable to tind tho estate, interest or right in, or lien upon, the land mentioned in the affidavit, to he in the claimant as set forth in such ullldavlt, elear of anv adverse claim existing, or made In good faith, they shall refuse to give stub certificate. 6ko. 11. finch certificate shall bo evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts and place*, and shall be entitled to record In the Recorder** office of such county. The fee for recording such ceitiflcate shall be twenty-five cents, copies of the record of such certificate by the Recorder of such eouutv shall bo evidence to the same extent us certified copies of deeds us provided by law. Six. 12. N T o person shall commence an action for the recovery of lands or an estate, interest, or right injur lien upon,the same as againstthe person, ins heirs or assigns holding under such certificate, to tlx* extent of the estate, interest or right In. or lieu upon the same so certified, unless, withiuone year after tho filing of such certitleito for record in the R» corder's office of such county ..except in the following eases; 3, Min n the promises were in the possession of tlie plaintiff, or the person under whom he chum:-, at tho time of the filing of such certi ficate. 2. That tho plaintiff, or the person under ■whom he claim, was. at the time of tiliug such cc:tillciite .under the age of twenty-one years, or Insane, in which last cast; sujh action may bo brought within one year after his becoming twenty-one years of age or sane. Skc. iy. The said Commissioners shall keep In their office book or books, in which shall bo listed in numerical order, all pieces of laud and lota with proper columns, in which shall bo sot down,opposite the the respective pieces of land or lots, the name of thoelalniant, dif of filing, af fidavit, ami the date when a certificate was is sued or refused: such book shall be indexed, “bowing the page upon which may be found the township and range or subdivision, In which any tract of laud nr lot tnav be found. fiu-U book* and index shall be open to the Insepcetlon of all persons wishing to inspect the same, and. at tho expiration of the term of office of such Commis sioners shall be deposited with the Recorder o! such comity. five. 14. In all eases whore the Commissioners shall reftu-e to grant such certificate, or a conflict shall arise In regard to the ownership of any estate, interest or right in, or lien upon .any land, or the person claiming any estate, interest or right in. nr lien, njM*n any land shall find that such csiatMnferest, right, or lien shall be in dancer in consequence of the destruction of the reedtds of the Recorder's office or other records pertaining to Lis title, the person claiming -neb estate, interest, right or lieu may file his sworn MlUn equity to quiet his title thereto, and upon the hearing of such bill the court may admit ns evidence bqieh abstracts, abstract looks of title or copies thereof as shall appear to the court to have been made in good faith, and such other secondary evidence as shall appear to be the best evidence In the power of thepartiesand shall give iheicto such insight as shall seem to tho court to be according to equity. cnt it baek to tin* Penitentiary Committee’ The committee then ruse, the attendance b-iu so thin. Mr. ROOT offered n billln relation to the 10-s ‘andlurds, and providing a mode of proving ti- The bill relating to roads and bridges was read fluy t,,lH H°usc adjourned till Moa- rOIiXTICAI,. Tlie Democratic (towrimruf Kentucky declares that he will never give hia consent to any meas ures looking to the education of the blacks. -An Alabama paper, in a political editorial, mildly adjures its readers to vote tor Judge So itnil-So, and thus rebuke the cohorts of tlio arch fiend”—which is rather hard on the party of th« other part." -The Springfield (Mass.) Republican opposes* the renomination of President Grant, ami would prefer to him Vice President Colfax. Secretary Boutwell, General Hawley, of Connecticut. Sena tor Sumner, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, General J. D. Cox. Senator Trumbull, Governor B. Grate Brown, nnd many other men. —Tbe Atlanta Sum says that tho Hon. Thomas Munson Norwood, the new Georgia Senator, is u years old. He was bom in Talbot Comity, Geor gia, and graduated at Emory College in tho class of 1850. Ho studied law under the Hon. Janie* 31. Smith, nt Culloden, and was admitted to the bar at Forsyth in February, IS"2. lie immediate ly went to Savannah and entered upon the prac tice of his profession, where lie has remained ever since. He was a monitor of the Homo of Representatives In the Georgia Legislature In lHtl-63; besides this, he never held an office, either before or since the war. Ills father was possessed of an ample fortune, but believed It to be proper for everytody to learn some trade. Accordingly he hud the subject of this notice, who was Ids youngest chill, learn tho trade of a shoe and boot maker, which be did; and he made the boots with his own hands which he wore when he went to college. —Gradually, as the actual f ict* of the late Vir ginia election come to light, the Conservative pains to which the Democratic party has In its desolation turned ns affording the only remaining ground of hope for jiossibh* future successes, begins to assume a very ordinary appearance, es pecially when theca uses of the result are clearly understood. The last Senate consisted of forty three members, of whom thirty were Conserva tives nnd thittecn Republicans, The present Senate has thirty-three Conservatives and ten Republicans—a Conservative gain of three. The last House of Delegates consisted ot one hundred und thirty-seven mem bers, of whieli forty-four were Republic ms. Tin* present House will have only om hundred and thirty-two monitors, thirty-live of the number being Republican. This Conservative increase, however, is owing to the fact that the late atiire. in rediatiictlng and reapportioning tho •State for representation in both branch*** oftho General Assembly, gerrymandered it in conformi ty with a well-known Democratic process, where by the representation of Republican constituen cies i.» re duced, and those of the opposition in creased correspondingly. In those few conn tics which were not affected by the redistrh-tra- U«n the Republican party gallantly hold its own. while In one or two of them Us popular gains wen- quite remarkable. —ln Mississippi, the House of Representatives will have f.l Republicans, M Democrats, and *i iu d» pendents. The .S-imfe will have 21 Republi cans and 12 Democrats. Tlie last House had .V, Republicans and 32 Democrats, und the Senate 2C Republicans nnd 7 Democrat*. —The Democrats have earned Maryland, on the vote for Governor, by about is.ooo majority. The Senate stands; -M Democrats anil 1 Republi can the House of Delegate-*, to Democrats and U Republicans. —Tlie Memphis Aralmirhe says that “The Cin cinnati Jtn'jurfrr has abandoned eternal prin ciples availability hy its advocacy o* Colonel Scott for President whereupon tho £«fuVir responds substantially that eternal principle*” are of little account if they are exposed to eter nal defeat.** —Mr. Peter B. Sweeney rents the first lloor of his building on the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street. New York, to deary, ha a grocery, for flo.ooo a year, while the second floor is rented to the city as an armory, for taivw a year. As a role, second stories do not rent soad vantiigeotMy. —Governor Campbell, in Ids mo-sage to tbo Wyoming Territorial legislature, recommended the conlinnanee of woman suffrage. which was first tried In that Territory. He says that Dm system is successful. But it is said that t «ov.»r nor Campbell expects to maintain h‘a political power through the inlhicncc of the women. —Tin* Mobile liff/utter lutes the New York TTWrftotask for culling Tweed a public role ber/’and adds: “We do not say Mr. Tweed is Innocent. but we do say that we have yei scan nothing in Hie shape of evidence to prove bis puilt. When Mr. Tweed is found guilty by a court of Justice and a Jury of his peers, wo shall Ixdlevc that a man as great as bo undoubtedly is in bead ami administrative capacity, and as gen erous in soul, has stooped to enricb by robbing the constituency that hi-* trusted him. —Revcnly Johnson favors the proposed aban donment by the Democratic party of the ground it ha?- hitherto occupied- He recommends tlm following policy for adoption by the next Nat ional Democratic Convention I.ef thr members of the convention place before the country some name which ail Conservatives as well P iua crats can support, and aunonneo. if they declare any political principles, nothing which would bo offensive It* either conservative Republicans or Democrat*. If this shall be done. I believe that our triumph will be certain, and surely all should unite in labor to that end who value the constitu tion of tlic nation, ami know the wortbof political and civil lilwriy." —Tbcie s. iins to be a little unpleasantness ninony the so-called Republicans of Fbuida. The Minimum of the State Executive Committee bus published a card repelling certain charges against the committee, ami, alluding by name to one of the accusers, says: “As to Ue la not only a worthless State officer, as ambi tious as he is useless, but he has been, and, I pre sume, now is, an ally of the Democratic party, and 'be is a natural-born fool in addition. Ill* twaddle is of no account/* The Insolvent Insurance Companies* Chicago, Nov. is. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: I was struck with the soundness of the views expressed in your issue of the 15th. regarding concert of action on the part of policy-holders in defunct Insurance companies; hut the action of the meeting at Standard Hall, on Wednesday evening,ls anvthlm: but satisfactory lo the pub lie. An excellent committee, Me>-rs. Farwell, Gray, and Sc« berg»r, had already be-u appoint ed, but died of too much lawyer; aim tlie present committee will do better than it promises if it f scapes n like fate. The llrst thing the Standard Hall meeting did was to call a bnvj-er to preside after which followed a few sensible remarks by bu*inessmun; another lawyer moved the ap pointment of un Investigating Committee, the motive, of course. being to be Chaliinan of the committee. Then another lawyer wanted at least live com mitters. which would provide four mure chair manships tor lawyers. Of the eight speakers at the meeting, live were lawyers. Finally a committee of ten were appointed. |of which half were lawyers, and if they are able bankruptcy praitlfloners, the records of our United States Court fall fearfully short of doing them justice. The meeting should have appointed a general Executive committee, representative iu its character, of not less than fifteen members, con sisting of men like Messrs. W. F. Coolbuugh. C. B. Farwell. Marshall Field, R. W. Hale. F. D. Gray, J. W. Doane. A. F. Scebergcr, J. A. Markley, C. p. Kellogg. Henry Leopold. John Tyrrell, C- M. Henderson. M. D. V.vil*, N. O. Williams. Abijah Keith, N. Matson, J •-T{. Fisk. Gilbert Hubbard, F. Porter Thayer. Then this committee should have come together, and dividid up Into sub committees, after the manner of the Com mittee of Seventy In New York. To «»ne of these sub-committees should be assigned the investigation of »h’o affairs of the liit-ea failed companies in New England, to another the tlfteen coinpa nics In New York city, and to an other the fifteen companies in Philadelphia, Baltimore. Albany.ButtiloundCleveland. Owing to the great variety of interests involved, it wifi be impossible probably to have any one commit tee attend to the cases against the local compa nies: and it would doubtless l*c letter for thuan intrusted ill Californhi. risks to appoint sepa r«te committees for each case. One thing certain; onr business men will keep out »»f the bunds of this lawyer’* commit tee- Let us have therefore a new one appo'nted, which can employ lawyers If it linds it need* them. a Merchant. —The Post Office Department, on Friday, re- eelved from the Secretary of the Treas ury a box containing I9wo> cancelled postage and revenue stamps. Tim stamps were forwarded to the Treasury by a lady residing at Bridgeport. Conn., whs ayss that she is one of a Bible-class; that sho wa* told by the Superintendent of her Sunday School that If sho wonhl collect one million stomps the gov ernment would give her two. She therefore for warded a part of the required number, and re quests pay forlheiupro rain. She claims that if the government wants a collector of defaced stamps she will accept such position for a reason able compensation. General Terrell, Third Aa-* .->tant PoNimuttcr General, replbnl ;o her tetter, earing that cancelled stamps possess no value whatever, and that the newspaper rumor to the fleet ihct tl.f ffovornm* nt will pay ns such, •tramps is doubtless intended for a sell.