4 ||ribmw. Terms el Subscription, PAYABLE DC ADVANCE: Dsffy Edition, per year, by maw.., T „.fn.oQ Til* weekly Edition, per year, by kail 6.00 Eunday Edition,' per year, by matt., tso Weekly Edition, per year, by hai1..—.......... LOO Parts of a year at the same rate. To prevent delay and mistakes, bo sure and give Post Office address in full. Including State and county. Remittances may be made either by draft, express, Post Office order,- or in registered letters, at oar risk. TEBUBTO CTTT BUBSCBIBKKSt Daily, delivered, Sunday excepted, ss cents per week. Dally, delivered, Sunday included, so cents per week. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, No. IS Canal-sL, Chicago, Di- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1871. abstracts and affidavits of title. The Housd* Committee on the Restoration of Records-in .Cook. County has been in creased in nulhbcr to thirteen, and it is ex pected that tjiey will soon visit this city to obtain whatt4*ep light or darkness may he bhed upon tho subject hy our lawyers, real estate men, Hoard *of etc. It appears to us-that the committee is inconven iently large if so, that evil cannot be cured now. It is to be hoped that the mem bers are more, intent upon restoring tho records thauT upon seeing their names in print, and that they have sufficient intelli gence and legal information to know that it is record*, and not titles, that they have to deal with, —that it is evidence,land not own ership, that they are to look after. In hunting after records they will discover that there arc. none in existence except tho few which have been filed in the Recorder's office since tho fire. There may he other original instruments in tho hands of private parties, hut they are not yet records. But there are certain books, owned by private individuals, which purport to show what conveyances have been made, and what en cumbrances executed, and what judgments rendered in this county, from its beginning down to Friday,noon immediately before the iiro. It is obvious that no restoration of records can he had without resort to these books and, supposing that tho owners are willing to sell them for a fair price, tho only question-ito. be determined is, what effect they shall have in determining •questions of disputed title in courts of jus tice. It seems to us that the utmost the Legislature can do is to provide forauox aminalion and comparison of the hoolrs hy a commission, and to authorize such commis sion, if they find that the books are what they purport to be, viz., lona fide abstracts of tho original instruments, and if a satisfactory price can he agreed upon, to file them in the office of the Recorder of Cook Comity. Being so filed, they will be evidence of tho facts which they purport to show, and, in tho ab sence of any better evidence, will generally be conclusive in tho minds of courts and juries, If the Legislature attempts to go outside of these hooks, hud take the affidavits of in dividuals as to ownership, it will open a floodgate that will not discharge itself in the next ten years. The affidavit of tho ©wner of a lot is no better, prima facie than ♦he affidavit of one who is not the owner. The pnll lß UU< l penalties of .peijhry will not prevent false gearing if iho chances for levying blackmail arc gTCat; as they would ho in a case where affidavits were Admitted to record. The. recording of affidavits at ten cents per hundred words would, un doubtedly. he a fine thing for the Recorder; hut they would not ho of the slightest use, cither to a court in determining a lawsuit, or to a lawyer in passing judgment upon an ab et racl of title. Consequently, they would not enable anybody io borrow money upon mort gage. If a man's oath is worth anything to a kioncy-lender, there are plenty of Magistrates and Notaries authorized to administer oaths, pud the borrower can take as many as he likes. But no such lumber should bo ad mitted to the public records of the county. INSURANCE ADJUSTMENTS. The most troublesome, protracted, and uncertain proceeding in tho business of in surance is that technically known as the ad justment of losses. In all insurance honestly and legitimately conducted there ought io he no such proceeding in cases where the property insured has been wholly destroyed. Tho interposition of an adjuster in such'a case is only a necessity to protect the com pany from its own reckless and unprincipled mode of doing business. The practice has heretofore been to permit any person to take out a policy upon any building for any amount which he might de sire. and without any reference to cthe actual >nlnc<»f the property insured, The compa ny would issue a policy for $20,000 cn a huild worth *IO,OOO quite as readily as it would for $5,000; in fact, the solicitor and agents, whose commissions are increased or de creased by the amount of insurance, never persuaded any person to take less insurance on any property when he had the money to pay the premium. This mode of doing business is highly profitable, but necessitates, in case of loss, tho' services of au adjust er. It is, moreover, a robbery of honest in surers, ami an inducement to dishonest ones to commit crime. Tho business of insurance is«mystery to the majority of men; the great mass of iusurors, and especially those having a single pTccoof property, place im plicit faith iu tho promises of the policy that. In case that property bo destroyed, tho com pany will pay.the amount named therein. Such a man cannot understand the argument which justifies a company in receiving a premium of ono per cent on a throe told valuation, and lu cose of fire paying only one-third that sum to the loser. That this kind of insurance leads to arson is not denied, yet it is encour aged by insurance companies, who protect themselves by tho means of an adjuster.” Like tho man who was indifferent as to tho result of a verdict Jn an action of debt, be cause ho was certain ho could beat tho plain tiff on the execution, these insurance com panies takcall manner of risks, for all manner of sums, from all manner of people, confident that, in case of accident, they can beat tboir Insurers in the adjustment of losses.” To cover the losses sustained os a conse quence of this system of insurance, persona owning other property have to pay rates far in excess of what tliqy wonld have to do if insurance was conducted in a legitimate manner, and offered no special inducements to crime. Proper insurance ought never to exceed threc-fonrths or two-thirds the value of the property insured.;.tho. owner ought to take the risk of the otherpart. Uudorthat system, with the owner deeply interested in exercising care'"'and vigilance, the rates of insurance' could, bo reduced to onc-third their present sum. As it is, each man has to insure, not only against acci dents, hut against his neighbors, to whom the Insurance companios havo issued bonds under tbeir corporate seal, that, in casetboir premises are burned down, they will receive twice the value in. greenbacks. Full insur ance, therefore, becomes an absolute neces sity against the incendiaries,' who consider themselves practically hired, at a large price, to hum down their.own property. Our peo ple have bad 'an expensive lesson in insurance business, and to the most of them it is ruinous. The great men of the present day are the'“adjusters.” The ad Juster is an agent of the company, whose special business it is to prove" that the plaintiffs property, for insuring which the company has for years been receiving pre miums of 1 per cent on SIO,OOO, was worth only SI,OOO, and that the old iron, bricks, and foundation left on the premises are worth $1,500; and that the person insured, in seeking compensation for-loss oh his policy, is really.an impostor seeking to get money out of the company onCfalse pretences, for •which crime he imprisoned for life! Now there ought to .-borsome law on this subject,—a law to protect-honest Insur ers against dishonest 'The-law should make paymtot absolute to the'full amount of the policy in all cases of total loss. There ought to he no. such thing os ad justing a total loB& In all other cases, there Should be absolute payment of the full Amount of insurance, less the value of the property rescued or saved. Then insurance companies will taketho'trouble to examine the value of the property offered; they-will, before taking risks, stipulate as to the amount of insurance to be allowed ou the premises. They wiH '-understand that it is common prudence/to let each man he bis own insurer for a given proportion, and that tlic profits on business thus conducted will l>o largely in excess of tlioso under the sys tem of offering bounties to incendiaries. Now, lot us look at the process going on in 10,000 cases of total destruction of the property insured in this city. The insured person is required to furnish plans and speci fications of the building, which in a majority of cases is an impossibility. hen these are presented they arc submitted to a builder employed by the company, and who never haw the building destroyed, and in several cases these builders are brought hero from country towns and vil lages. This huildcr makes an estimate of what he thinks the building was worth. By a strange system of ratiocination, this es timate of this stranger, employed .by the company, is taken os part of the proof of loss, and binding Upon tho policy-holder. Until this estimate is made, proof of loss is incomplete, and tho sixty days before pay ment” do not begin to run until this proof of loss” is filed. Now, if the company was re quired by law to make this estimate before issuing tho policy, there would ho some degree of fairness and honesty about it. The attempt to reach the value of a building totally destroyed by examining a written statement of its dimen sions is about as rational as for a man in Chicago to decide upon the value of ahnild ing m Paris by examining a specimen hriok. These j>o«t morion examinations of the value of buildings no longer ‘existing is per haps a necessity of the dishonest sys-. tern of insurance, and the" law should at once put an end to them, hyrequiring that insurance companies should ho compelled to pay the full sum of tho risk taken by them on all property which they can examine be fore insuring. The proceedings of some of these insurance companies, and their adjost ere, and their estimate-makers, are so dis graceful, not to say dishonest, that no person acquainted with the facta ought over to do any business with them. ABOUT TtET.TIgP HATTERS. There is considerable hue and. cry raised, against the character of the relief service. This might bo expected in any event. No system of administering the benefits of the relief fund would have suited all parties. Especially wbuldany just system prove unsat isfactory to those who think they ought to receive a greater portion of aid than they are in justice entitled to. Hence no sensible person will be too ready to conclude, because complaints are made, that, therefore, all is wrong at the relief headquarters. Nevertheless, wc presume the clergymen and others who were represented at the meeting on Monday, aud the others who are complaining about the administration of the Belief Society, are not entirely without grounds for their com plaints. It must bo that, under the most perfect system which human wis dom can devise under such circumstances as the present, there will bo some needy ones neglected, and tome sensitive ones subjected to what they may deem indignities. It is also possible (though less probable) that im postors may obtain some of the benefits which belong to real sufferers. Wo trust tnat the managers of the Relief Society will listen carefully to all complaints which may bo made, and especially that they will tole rate no boorishness or impudence on the part of their employes. It ought certainly to bo practicable to fill tbc ranks of the society’s helpers with thosclwho are ladies and gentlemen in their demeanor, as well as .faithful custodians of the property ciitrusted to them. If any of them arc shown to have been otherwise, they should bo discharged at once, no matter how zealous they may hav.e been in looking after the financial interests cf the society. The society should also cheerfully accept the co-operation of any organization which* has facilities of its own for obtaining or administering relief to spe cial cases. Nor should the Superintendents of the society conclude, because a person has a criticism to offer concerning the socie ty’s acts and methods, that they are neces sarily “bummers or malcontents. At the same time, clergymen, churches, and the public must recollect that the Relief Society cannot warp its plans to suit the varying wants of ten thousand individual cases. The chief. requisite of so extensive an establishment, especially with such a work OP hand as the Relief Society has, is the greatest good the greatest nuviber, and that, to fulfil this requite, economy is neces sary above all things. A conai«f?rablo amount of red-tape is also absolutely prevent thousands.of abuses which woulu, without it, creep into the management, and eat up all tho resources of tho society, and leave the sufferers destitute before Christmas. Through the iustrumuntolity of the Relief Society the needy sixty thousand can bo fur- nished with shelter, clothing, and food fully twice as cheaply as they could be by more private and select methods of distribution. It is co-oporatibn that docs tho business, and all the partners in this co-operative arrange ment must bo treated alike. We cannot rido ns comfortably nor bo landed so close to our own doors by the public street cars os by our own private carriages; but many of us have not private carriages, and must take the less comfortable and loss accommodating street cars. Wo would be called fools if we were to demand that they servo ns as ele gantly as onr coaches, and so much more cheaply at tho same time. It is for tho good of tho hundred thousand that tho officers of relief have to seem unduly severe with tho ono thousand. TRE PERSECUTED MURPHY. To prove that misfortunes never come singly, tho people of New York, having been bereft oi their Tweed, their Sweeney, and their galaxy of Tammany jewels, have now lost their Murphy, who sat at tho receipt of customs, and by tho pulling of his gentle wires directed the politics of tho East. Murphy has resigned. Like Napoleon and tho late Boss, Morphy throws himself cn his “consciousness of roc- itnde,” and calls upon history to vindicate him. Tho rectitude is a very slight, frail object, and, as to history, tho task assigned it is already herculean; hence wo may say that Murphy is very hard upon both rectitude and history. Also .upon the President, to whom ho applies fora char acter, with which to go to the next place in want of an experienced politician, thorough ly familiar with tho cooking of.conventions, used to chamber-work, and having' no ob jections to going into the country,'or'into any political party which wants a skilful organizer of its kitchen cabinet. Tho general purport of Murphy's letter to. tho President is, I have served the govern ment more faithfully than any other |oflHcor fans done or could do in my place. lam de voted to the government—hence I leave its service. My management of New York poli tics has been vindicated by the recent elec tions. lam devoted to iny party’s interest— hence I retire from the chancellorship of its affairs.” This is not esteemed good logic out in this section of the country. It is at Wash ington, however. for the President* accept ing the resignation, writes substantially, Murphy has been with me some two years, giving perfect satisfaction. I like him, and hence I have. concluded. to dispense with him. Anf man who will take Murphy off my hands will confer a signal favor, and get a good article.” More specifically, Mr. Morphy affirms in his -letter that his administration of the Custom House has been a model one, and that posterity will vindicate him. But ho does not refer to his administration of the Republican party of Now York, which has been his chief business while an officer of the Federal Government; nor doesho allude to his operations in Now Yorkroal estate in con nection with the Tammany Ring. Ho docs not vindicate himself from the charge of treachery to- Republicanism at Albany, from -the- charge of cojxuptly and im morally disposingpf the Federal offices for purely personal purposes. These and other kindred topics, which have formed the basis of the persecution of which Murphy com plains. do not receive a' single dip of ink from his eloquent pen;-nor do they seem to occur to the President -in making ont Mor phy’s character” for him. The President is euro, however, that, whether Murphy be among the ins ortho outs, “Time will con vince a just public of your entire innocence of the charges ‘brought ngolnst youi” Oh Murphy’s account, we hope this confidence is* Pot misplaced, and that tho just .public will hot hesitate to bring iu a verdict of “not guilty” the momuitjdujphy’e facte are all iu. As Murphy is now temporarily out of employ ment, ho could not devoto the winter mouths to better advantage than in arraying the fact?, if there are such, which bear upon his side, and presenting for his vindication some thing more substantial than his mere plea of not guilty* This is all that has yot boon brought forward to disprove the serious charges which have been brought touching the personal, political, and official integrity of Mr. Murphy, and, though it may bo con vincing to the President, is not so to the peo ple of the United States. THE BETTIS H-AMERICAN COMMISSION. Tho Joint Commission provided by tho treaty with Great Britain of May last for hearing and adjudicating claims by British subjects, resident in tho rebel States daring tho war, for damages and losses, has or ganized at Washington. Tho Commission ers are Mr. Recorder Gurney, of Loudon, on tho port of Great Britain; Judge Fraser, of Indianapolis, on tho part of the United States; the third member, selected by tho King of Italy, is Count Corti,* an “Italian. Tho United States are represented by Judge Hall, and Great Britain by Mr. James M. Carlisle, of Washington City, as counsel. Tho British Government has also an agent to receive and prepare the claims for presentation, to tho com mission. Over 2,000 claims have already been filed. They include demands for losses hy tho use and appropriation of private prop erty by tho United States, and for losses un der all tho circumstances incidental to a con dition of war. They include, in many in stances, demands for consequential damages. Taking these claims at tho exaggerated sums sot forth by the parties, they amount to many millions of dollars. It will he remem bered that the Confederate Government is sued a series of bonds known as cotton-bonds. In other words, that government took tho cotton and gave to the owners bonds ropro-. seating its value. Much of this cotton was seized hy the United States, much of it was destroyed to prevent its falling into Federal hands, and much of it was destroyed bs tho United States. Tho holders of these bonds will claim their value, insisting that the bonds are mere certificates of tho fact that the holders wore tho owners of that much cotton. There are certain well-established princi ples of international law which have a di rect bearing upon the general question. The first is, that all residents of a hostile State, during war, are to be classed as enemies, and no person can claim to have been exempt from the consequences resulting from the war. This is the absolute rule as regards American citizens resident during the war In tho rebel districts. These claims rest npou the ground that tho snfibrers were British subjects, and, there fore, not subject, as ordinary residents, to the consequences of a state of war. But this point has been frequently adjudicated by va rious governments, and especially by Great Britain. At an early day in the rebellion, Judge Holt, Attorney General of the United States, certified to tho State Department the following opinion on this point: An unnaturalized foreigner and British sub ject. who has been a permanent resident of ono of the States of tho union and has enjoyed the protection of our laws, is entitled to no more fa vorable consideration than a citizen in regard to tho payment of a claim upon tho government for property taken for tho use and subsistence of our troops, or destroyed or damaged during mil itary operations in time of war. Since then the Government of tho United States has been governed by that opinion in its dealings with this class of claims. The British Government is on record, dur ing a long number of years, as refusing even to ask reparation for losses sustained by British subjects residents in foreign coun tries during war. The following official lot-, tors of the British Minister, upon recent cases, would seem to cover nearly tho whole of tho claims of British subjects resident in the rebel States during tho war: Foreign Office, March 49,1871. Sm: I am directed by Earl Granville to ac knowledge tho receipt of your letter of the 22d lust., containing a statement of certain property possessed by you in Paris and tho neighborhood, and referring to tho losses which you stato you have sustained In consequence of the occupation of such property by French and Gorman troops, and requesting that your interests may be placed under the protection of Lord Lyons, with the ob ject of your claim being ultimately urged upon tho French Government on account of suoh losses and dilapidations. lam now to inform you that Lord Granville has taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown ds to the liability of the French Government to compensate British subjects resident in Franco for loss and damage to tbclrpropcrty durlngthe late war, and that His Lordship has been advised by them that tho British subjects resident in France would have, in their opinion, no Jnst ground of com plaint against the French authorities in tho event of their property having been destroyed by tho invading armies. -Their losses under such cir cumstances would bo among tho Inevitable con sequences of war raging in a State within which they have chosen, as foreigners, to take up their fCe*dcnco, and, with regard to such losses, British subject would not bo entitled to claim any com mutation from the French authorities. Foreign Office, March 1,1871. Sib I have consulted tho law officers of the Crown upon tho point submitted to mo In your despatch of the~slth of February, as to the claims of British subjects to be indemnified for the loss of property during tho war, and I have now to acquaint you tfuir I am advised by them that Her Majesty’s suMects resident In Franco whoso property has been destroyed during the war can not expect to bo compensated, on the ground of their being British subjects, for losses which tho necessities of war have brought upon them, in common with French subjects. 1 am, etc., Granville. Those British subjects who have had their hopes of largo amounts, so diligently culti vated are probably' destined to meet with general disappointment. IRON OEUJNO. To the Proprietors of The Chicago Tribune: Bms: Wo umlcretondlyour building was con structed with corrugated iron arches resting upon iron beams for floors. Wo will bo obliged if you will inform ua how your floor stood tho heat during the lato fire, and would like your opinion in regard to corrugated iron arches for fire-proof floors as compared with those of brick. American Corrugated Iron Co., Nov. IT, 1671. Springfield, Mata, There worn several buildings in tho city which' were considered fire-proof. Some were constructed with iron arches for ceil ings, on which thefloora wore laid, and some with brick arcbcs. It should bo added that tho iron arches wore covered with a mortar made of gravel and cement, an inch or more above tho crown of the arch, which mortar, when dry,become hard. In nil cases where tho walls were not injured, aud afforded a firm support for the iron booms, these arches are uninjured. More than half of the ceilings of Tiik TiunuarE building *aro still good, aud all that will ho needed is a coat of paint overhead, and a floop, to render the rooms ns good as they were before tho fire. Wo understand that tho brick arches in the Illinois Central Land Department building, and of some others, have in every cose proved to he worthless. Tho experience of our fire decides us in favor of iron ceilings. BELIEF OF 008 ABTIBTS, On the 19th of October a meeting of artists was held in the Academy of Design, at New York, for the purpose of devising means of relief for the artists of Chicago, many of whom were left destitute by the lire. At that meeting it was decided to solicit volun tary contributions of pointings from the artists, such paintings to bo sold and the pro ceeds applied in aid of the above object. The result of this mooting is now before ns in a catalogue of 150 paintings, by the best East ern artiste, winch will shortly ho sold at auction. A private note accompanying the catalogue informs us that the collection is attracting great attention, and will undoubt edly realize a handsome sum. Among the pictures hy artists best known to Chi cago connoisseurs are “At Long Branch,” a water color, hy W. T. Richards; “Sunset,” by. Shauglmessy; “View on the Hudson River,” by Tiffany, a young but very promis ing artist; “Wild Horses,” by Bispham, the study for which was burned at Moore’s art rooms In the Crosby Opera Hoase; “Fruit,” by Winslow Homer; “Ducks,” by A, F. Tait; “Every Cloud has its Silver Lining” (a very significant title), hy S. C. Bontello; “Sea Coast," by Do Haas; “Console-' tion,” on allegorical representation of. Plenty distributing to the granaries of Chicago, hy Bonis Lang; “A Seaside Landscape," by C, C. Griswold; a sketch, by Geo. limes; Lake Zurich,” by T. Addison Richards; “On the Farmington River,” by James M. Hart; “Lake Mahte nao,” by George H. Sinillie; a marine, by J. E.Breyoort: Genesee Meadows,” by Sam uel Column: Calmßefore the Storm,” by K. VanElteu; alandsoape, by W. L. Sonntag; “Juniata River,” by A. H. Wyant: “Fall ing Leaves,” by Jervis McEutoe; “Sunset,” hy W. Whittridgo; “Cedars in Autumn,” by Wm. Hart; ‘.‘Tuolumne River, Cal.” by Albert Bierstadt; “Going to .Take a Nap,” by J. G. (Brown; “Meadow Scene,” by A. D. Shattnck; “Los Miserablcs,” by W, H. Beard; “Moonlight/; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1871. 1 hy J. W. Casilear; “Out of Her Reach,” by S, J. Gay; “South American Sunset,” hyM. J. Hcado and three groups hy John Rogers, tho well-known modeller in clay. In addition to this generous action upon tho part of the New York artists, Mr. Alex ander White, of this city, has taken his ad mirable gallery to New York for sale. Pre vious to the sale, ho will exhibit it, and ap ply tho proceeds of the exhibition to tho re lief of our artists. The two projects combined will undoubtedly produce a handsome sum. As to tho manner of its disbursement there is already a difference of opinion. An effort is being made, wo understand, by certain parties, to have the funds used entirely for tho re-erection of tho Academy of Design. While this may be a very excellent plan for giving the artists a place of exhibition and studios at a low price, especially those ar tists who have lost hut little, there are other things to ho considered. Some artists lost everything, and have not only to replenish their working stock, hnt are actually desti tute of the necessaries of life. They must be provided for, and tho erection of a now Acad emy will not accomplish it. It will take many mouths to build the Academy, and, in tho meantime, these artists will suffer. The members of tho Academy are already reor ganized and holding their meetings regu larly. They will do well to consider the sub ject in all its hearings before they take any definite* action. Our local insurance companies have been justly censured for many of their move* menta and doings; hnt for genuine rascality tho. following incident beats all wo have heard attempted hy Chicago companies: As soon as tho effects of our fire become known in Now York, an aspiring genius found that one of tho companies had lost about one third of its available moans. He at once bought ten shares of the stock, applied to one of the courts of tho Barnard and Mo- Cunn stripe, and had himself appointed Receiver for the company. How much the “Chicago sufferers” would have realized on their policies by the management of such a Receiver, and under the decrees nf such a court, can readily ho* imagined. The fraud was so transparent and ontragooua, that, when the officers of the company presented a statement of their assets and losses, the order putting the company in bankruptcy was rescinded, and its officers ore doing business and paying their losses like honest men. The above faot is commended to the attention of onr citizens who are looking after tho proposals for settlement by the Eastern insurance companies. A Professor Be Yere, who has just turned out a book on Americanisms, has happily discovered a new interpretation forth®word Chicago. This has been held hitherto to msan either skunk or wild onion, and be tween these two tho proud Chicagoan might take his choice. But now this Professor comes in with a theory (whence derived we know not) that Chicago means neither of these offensive articles, but simply “play ing water.” This interpretation, coming just after our river has indeed begun to “play,” or something like it, would he accepted as an evidence of Be Vere’s superior philological research, were it not that a little farther on (on p. 195) ho solemn ly informs his readers that tho term “checks," in the phrase “to pass in his checks,” means a checkered fabric of cot ton,” of which shirts are made; hence, by metonymy, that the late lamented Jim Bledsoe, as snug by the classic Mr. Hay, passed in his checkered cotton shirts when he passed out of existence on tho ill-fated Prairie Bello. This sort of talk has tho effect to check our enthusiasm for tho new philologist. Tho King is dead—long Uro the King!" is not exactly tho order in New York. There it is, “Tho old Collector is turned out—pitch into tho now!" In accordance with this programme, wo hear it already alleged against Mr. Arthur, tho successor of Mr. Murphy in tho Custom House, that he Is a fratemizer with Tammany, Laving been hut recently smoked out by tho newspapers from a SIO,OOO office. It is also charged that ho is a favorite of Murphy’s, who is expected to carry out that noble martyr's programme, and honor all Murphy's bargains for tho souls of useful politicians. Wo trust this is not so, and that the report from Washington, yesterday afternoon, that Mr. Arthur is recommended by Messrs. Geo. Opdykc, William Orton, John A. Griswold, and others like them, os the fittest man for tho place, will prove correct. Mr. Disraeli, after all his defeats, —in Parliament, before the people, and (lastly) in the closet, as engineer of the now exploded peer-and- artisan coalition,—has j uat achieved a victory, having been elected over John Raskin to some honorary office in one of the Scotch universities. But, as Ruskin ia deservedly the most unpopular man in the kingdom, this election does not give much edai to the ex-Premier. Official returns of the recent election for Con greaeman-at-Large, from all the counties in the State but Lawrence, give Beveridge, Republican, 136,141; Hayes, 116,854; majority for Beveridge, 19,687. Lawrence County will reduce Beveridge’s majority about 200/ The St. Louis Republican gives a list of forty nine Democratic papers in Missouri which favor the policy of making no Democratic nominations for the Presidency and Vice Presidency in 1872, —The New York Evetiing Post thinks that the salaries of the more Important officers in our Na tional Government are too low, It’says that one of the most distinguished writers and respected political thinkers of our country” (probably Mr. George William Curtis) has recently been obliged to decline the office of Secretary of State from this consideration. Amur Dickinson’s lecturing receipts for the last two years alone have amounted to nearly $40,000. —The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham’s estate settles up worth oyer SIOO,OOO, which goes to hla son Charles. —Gerritt Smith is in his 75th year, and his memory is so perfect that he can repeat most of the Psalms, and many other parts of the Bible. His wife, whom he married abont half a century ago, is still his companion. —At Pittsburgh, a few days ago, Miss Leila Anderson was married bv proxy to a Spanish nobleman named Fernandez de Gamines. A brother of the bride acted as tbo proxy. —The Marchioness of Normandy, going for the first time from Sydney to Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia, of which the Marquis ia Governor, was thrown out of her berth In a storm, and arrived at her new kingdom with a black eye and bandaged head. -Louis Kossuth is living in a retired maimer at Turin, Italy. He keeps himself thoroughly acquainted with the news of the day, does not be lieve in tbo International Society, hut regards it as Indicating a tendency toward a republican form of government in Europe; thinks that tho troubles in Austria will result in the downfall of tbo house of Hapsburg; fears that Hungary will oppose German unity, will miss her opportunity of becoming an Independent State, and will be subjected to a fate like that of Poland. —lt is rumored that tho Grand Duke Alexia has requested an interview with tho woman softragists, labor-reformers, and spiritualists of America, and that tho Russian minister, Mr, Catacazy, has made arrangements with Mrs. Ylatoria Woodhull, President of the National Re form Party, to hold the interview at her resi dence, In New York, —Frederiek W. Beetson, Into of No. 194 Wavcrly place, New York, owned a favorite dog, and abodt three weeks ago, while playing with him, the brute licked Mr. B.’s Ups. The same night the dog exhibited symptoms of being rabid, and* continuing to grow worse, was killed with poison three days subsequently., Two weeks ago Mr. Beetson complained of great pain in his head, had great horror of water, showed fear to an unusual degree, and was seized with spasms on drinking. A doctor was called to see Mr. Beet son, about ten days ago, and* learning the history of the ease, administered the proper antidotes, without success, as death ensued on Friday. —A citixen of Cincinnati, named Thomas Hol ten, has Just returned home after an unsuccess ful search of many days along the shores of Lake Huron in quest of his wife’s body, she being' one of the passengers on tho Coburn. He travelled several hundred miles on horseback, on the American and Canadian* shores, making careful Inquiry at every point where there was any chance of bodies having been recovered. —At a special meeting cf tho vestry of Christ Church, New Tork, on tho 17th, the Bov. Dr. Ewer sent In his resignation as rector, and It was promptly accepted. Dr. E.’s tendencies to Catholic ideas, not only with reference to church ceremonies, but tho sacraments also, wore too strong, it seems, to bo permanently repressed, and, in order to have a freer field for their incul cation, ho considered there was no alternative but to separate himself from tho parish. —The New York of tho XBth sayaA ILLINOIS ELECTION, POLITICAL. PERSONAL. private view was afforded at the .Leavitt Art Gal lery, lost evening, of the collection of pictures belonging to Mr. Alexander White, of Chicago, and the collection will be thrown open to tho public on Monday. It is no exaggeration to say that It embraces some of tho best pictures that have been seen together for some time. Mr. White Is evidently a gentleman of taste and refinement, and has selected his pictures with the closest criti cal eye and knowledge, and the result has been the oolloctlou of a number of works of art which, each one individually, represent- the truest and best styles of the painter. Among the more notable pictures noted in a hurried examination ofjhe collection are ‘A Chapter from Parmela,* by Geo. Broughton, a most exquisitely painted and conceived picture; a water-color by Mcissonier; a marvellous little pen-and-ink sketch by poor dcad-ond gone Zamacols; a delicate pencil-draw ing by Rosa Bonheur; together with works from tho easels cf Church, Achenback, Bouguoroau* Desgoffes, Ed. Frere, Bobie, Schroyer, Inncss, Eastman, Johnson, Xoulmouche, Vibert, and oth ers well known in art, both hero and In Europe. It Is Mr. White’s purpose to dispose of his collec tion at auction, severe losses In the Chicago lire having necessitated such action, and an opportu nity will bo afforded the art-loving public of securing some of the rarest gems that have been offered for a long time.’* MISCELLANEOUS. A pompous but benevolent Bridgeport (Conn.) man has had Ida pliotograpli neatly framed and sent on to the Wisconsin sufferers. —Hie largest cotton mill In tile world will com mence operations in Norwich, Conn., in a few weeks. Its capacity is 110,000 spindles. —The college photograph business has grown to be so extensive that leading photographers make great exertions to obtain contracts for the larger colleges. Tho seniors at Yale have awarded their contract this year to a Montreal artist. —A Philharmonic Society is to be formed of tho best musical talent in Eansa£\City, Leavenworth, 6t. Joseph, and Omaha. —Tho British Government sends tho following reply to the Irish Fenian Amnesty Association: “Her Majesty accepts and has acted on the principle that political offences should, wheikthe danger arising from them has passed awaAin conformity with the sentiment of the age, be treated with leniency; but the murder of Pollve Sergeant Brett was not, in Her Mojcstoy’s judg ment, a political offence, and still less oan she consent to place in that category the conduct of those who by perjury and mntinou.'* c acta have brought disgrace on the profession ot gallant sol diers. Her Majesty commands mo to add that, while she recognizes the hnmane feelings which have suggested a prayer of this nature, she.can not but regret that it has been presented, os it might naturally raise hopes which could only end in disappointment.** —Russia teaches her soldiers to build railways, as 'well as to destroy them—making railway con* etructlon a specific branch of her regular military education. In 1869 a number of troops were sent to the different railroads for instruction, with a view to the ulterior formation of companies capa ble of building, destroying or managing railroads In time of war. Baring the coming evolutions these men will lay down rails to connect the Feterhoffand Warsaw lines. The distance is a little over five miles, and the work most bo com* plctcd in ten days. What does all this training meant —The Boston Shipping List of the 18th, speak ing of the late Arctic disaster, says 44 T be total number of vessels in the Arctic, including those under foreign flags, waa 42. Tho latest reports show that their catching* up to the time of tho disaster amounted to 16,195 barrels of oil, which was a very poor result, even had they safely cleared tho fishery. We estimate the amount of houe to he in the aggregate about 170,000 pounds. Of the above number 7 vessels are supposed to have escaped in safety (5 have arrived at Hono lula. string fears are expressed for the safety of at least l), with 2,995 barrels of oil, the bone of which we estimate at 33,000 pounds, supposing they all arrive in safety. Wo therefore consider tho actual loss to be 36 vessels, 13,190 barrels of oil and 127,000 pounds of bone, and see no reason to hope that further advices will show It to bo any less.” —Some amusement, and not' a little eonstemo- tion, have been caused by tbo discovery of an un intentional but troublesome error In the first sec tion of the act of February!*, 1871, granting pen sions to tho survivors of the war of 1812. Tho act most explicitly requires each veteran of sixty days' service In the wsir, who applies for a pen sion, to support the Constitution of tho United States, and tho surviving widows of such officers, and enlisted and drafted men. as tobk pact m that war; kindly ‘‘provided, however, that such widows have not remarried.” General fit. John B. L. Skinner, late Assistant Postmaster General, one of the Now York veterans, was tbb first, to apply for and obtain tbo pension granted by tho act, but declines to draw any further instalments of it until he knows tho extent of the obligations ho has unwittingly assumed. The act will be taken up for amend ment when Congress meets. Improvements In ilie Reconstruction of the City. To fhc Editor of The Chicago Tribune Sib I have boon a resident of this city about ten years, and have in tbat time admired the beauty -with -which it was being improved in its buildings and streets, but have never failed to note the unstable character of the buildings—this defect arising mainly out of the poor material used, and the rapid manner in which the build ings wire reared, which I have always deemed very reprehensible, having frequently In conver sation so expressed myself. In my observation of the improvements, tho question was always propounded as to where the tiro limits extended, If there were any; to which mmiirv I never re ceived a satisfactory answer. The idea of a com munication through tho Journals had often oc curred to me, but was deferred through press of other engagements. The calamity that has at length befallen the city Is only what should have been looked for sooner or later, owing to tho improvidence of our citizens, and tho exceedingly accommodating spirit that has prevailed with our Board of Public Works. That board, either through their anxiety to cater to popular feeling, and thereby secure votes, or, through more commendable motives, the great desire to have the city grow in magai- tude and population, boa been lax In its duty up to tho present time. If such a course has been necessary for certain purposes, other certain ob jects arc now so imperative that more positive rigidness should be exercised. Self-preservation demands it. and tho groat future of this city demands it. This tiro has been sent, I verily believe, nt this time, to'show us tho way (ere any additional advance to greatness bad been made In the same direction), and give the persons who have in charge tho re-establish ment of order, io., the opportunity, with a clear Held and open way, to so commence tho work that the grandeur, os well as convenience, of tho city shall be commensurate to its demands. This ordeal of Arc, in which individual suffer ing has been without parallel, and tho material loss unequalled by anything tho world's history gives any account of, cither by the devastation of the elements or the effect of war, in so short a space of time, but furnishes tho lesson, though severe, that we must learn by the experience thus hardly obtained, wo must build unto our selves the great Central City" of this continent; for, that there is to be a great Central City,” none pretend to doubt Tbat city must be one of two now striving for the ascendency—Chicago or Bt. Louis. I say let it be Chicago. Its strides to greatness'have been immense; but it required reconstruction upon a grander scale and more solid basis to make it all that is desirable, for. Just as surely as tho immigration to this conti nent continues from across both oceans, the Pa cific and Atlantic, Just so surely -will that influx gravitate to tho centre (os docs tho water to the deepest port), whence again to spread and cover the entire length and breadth of the land. If such,then, shall be*the case, it is plain to see where that centre must be found. It remains with this generation, then, and at this very time, to so shape ourselves that we may secure it; and tbat can be done only by pursuing a wise aud broad policy, and considering well all points that present themselves, having for their object tho promotion of the general good, Irrespective of any individual interest that may be involved (as now there is no such interest to require especial fostering), though each particular one will re ceive more or less of the general good. I think one of tho most important Improve ments to bo secured now is the owning by tbe city of all the territory on either side of tho main river and its north and south branches, for a space on either side as near to three hundred feet as Canal, Market, Klnzio, South Water, and such other streets as approach tho river through out its entire length, will give tho room men tioned. to be kept for wharf purposes, except only where it is necessary to have elevators for storing and transferring of grain. Locate them at secure and convenient distances from each other. Make all railroads enter tho city at either end, following along the bank of the river, and have tho grand Union Depots, one for tho use of roads entering and following- either branch of the liver, and near enough to each other to make It convenient and accessible to pass to or from either rto the other. Pray government, if it Is the work of the General Government, to make breakwaters along the lake shore, to furnish a harbor for ves; sols, and have removed to this lake front all tim ber, coal, and wood yards. 1C it is the work of the city to make the breakwater above referred to, then let tho work go on. As a compensation for this work, and for the use of docks on the river, a fee per ton should be collected of each vessel discharging, or having tbe use of dockage room. By removing your lumber piles to the lake shore, vou remove a largo and dangerous aider of fire from your midst, and place It at one side of the city, and over which tho prevailing galea and winds tend seaward. Having the lumber, wood, and coal yards at that place, tho large amount of delay that Is of so frequent occurrence by the passing in and out of lumber and wood vessels, whose only business is to go in loaded and return empty, would be saved, and our bridges, in that way, would prove .more useful totno transfer of people and propsr *ty from either side of tho river. It will be said that the cost of this undertaking would be too great in tho present crippled condition of things. 'lt is true, the cost would be large, and there wotild i bo considerable feeling entertained that the money would bo squandered. But, even at the expense of a reasonable percentage of mis spent treasure, we had better secure the con veniences and advantages to be derived there from than forego this opportunity. That same general plan of Improvement should now be adopted to secure the demands that a century or two hence will require, doubtless all will admit is necessary; and that the defraying of tho expense of this general plan should ho distributed so that several generations to come may pay for some of the benefits that they, more than we shall enjoy. Is also proper: therefore we need not hesitate on that account, bat only to consider which Is the beet plan. There are many other matters to be considered, such as tbo grad ual removal of all wooden buildings now In use, by districts, within a given tiiuo, outside of tbe new fir© limits soon to do adopted, U. Chicago, Not. 20. BOARD OF HEALTH. The Death Rato for the Poet Week—Small Fox Alarmingly Prevalent—Twenty Now Cases Reported* and Two Deaths— Sanitary Condi tion of the Occupant.* of the Barracks—Re port of the Sanitary Committee—Precautions for the Future. There was no quorum of the Board of Health present yesterday afternoon, and so no meeting. Tho usual reports, etc., were in readiness, and are given below: MORTALITY FOR TUB WEEK, The report of the Sanitary Superintendent shows tho total number of deaths for the week ending November 18 to have-been us, besides 3 premature and 7 stlU-blrths. There was an'in crease of a deaths over tho proceeding .week. There wore 63 males and 58 females who departed this life. Among tho chief causes of death were; Accident, 2: brain disease, 5; cholera infantum, 2; consumption, 4; convulsions, 13; croup, 5; diarrhoea, 1; dysen tery, 3; scarlet fever, 5; typhoid fever, 17; heart disease, 4; old age, 2: pneumonia, 7; smallpox, 2; suicide, 1. On tho 16th, 21 deaths occurred, and on the 14th, 12. There were no deaths .reported in the First, Second, Nineteenth and Twentieth wards; leach in the Fourth, Fifth and Seven teenth; the largest mortality being in the Fif teenth word, where there were 10 deaths. Tho Superintendent remarks that the moat marked chance Is in tho increase by convulsions and pneumonia. There is nothing unusual in the causes of death, and tho death rate Is not high, taking all things Into consideration. The nmubor of deaths in tho hospitals was not as grout d last week. SMALL-POX. During tho post week there were reported two cases of small-pox at No. 17 String street; one at No. 209 Newberry avenue; three at No. 57 Cherry street; one at No. 783 West Lake street; four at No. 182Newberry avenue; one at No. 22 String street; two on Thomas street, near Lincoln; one at No. 25 Grove street; one at No. 716 South Rel ated street; one at No. 2*3 West Division street, and ono at No. 735 Larrabce street—in all twenty cases. The cases on Thomas street ore Immigrants just arrived, who were passengers on the Aliemania from Hamburg. For the last two weeks nearly all immigrants that have ar rived here had the infcouon among them, and within tho last week a number of oases came here, some remaining, and others going to various points id tho Northwest. On Monday morning attention was called to a man disguised as a woman, suffering with small-pox, who was making his way to Milwaukee, but was stopped at the depot, from whence ho was removed, as soon ns possible, to tho Small-pox Hospital. Tho Superintendent immediately culled the attention of tho railroad authorities to tho fact, and sani tary policemen were directed to inspect all In coming trains having immigrants aboard. The Immigrant bouses were also ordered to bo In spected, and inmates vaccinated by the Sanitary Inspectors. A communication has been ad dressed to tho Superintendents of tho railroads, urging the vaccination of their employes. On Sunday a woman, suffering with small-pox, was brought from Blue Island to this city, taken to the Mercy Hospital, then to the County Hospital, then to a police station, and, finally, to the office of the Board, and from thenco to tho Smallpox Hospital. The party who left her hero, left her at the County Hospital, and it was ouly owing to the kindness of a woman that sho was finally cared lor, as &U seemed ready to abandon her. Ono patient, suffering with mild varioloid, ran away from tho Smvll-pox Hospital, and when the Steward attempted to take him back, refused to go. and, having no ono to assist him, the Stew ard could not compel him to return. It will bo seen front the foregoing that, in spite of all tliat has been done, there has been a decided increase in the number of cases, and there were this week more reported than for the same time during tho last four years. The rwo persons who died of the disease during the week had never been vac cinated. The Superintendent urges vaccination and rc-vaccination, ns no ono eon tell when ho will como In contact with the infection. No new cases have occurred in the barracks, where vac cination and re-vaccination have been pushed with all the vigor possible. HEALTH AT THE BARRACKS. Although there are now about 6,000 inhabitants of barracks, there have been no deaths in them for tho past three weeks. Tho general health at tho barracks is better than in the crowded houses in various parts of the city. A number of such cases were reported dining tho past week, where tho inmates positively remsed the offer of the Shelter Committee to furnish them accommodations, and they were compelled to remove as a sanltiry necessity. The barracks are daily being made more comfortable, and tbo sanitary arrangements are improve! as fast as possible. Comfortable and well-arranged hospitals aro now being constructed ‘at tho Harrison and Hoisted street barracks, wbloh will bo finished in a short time, and where tho sick will bo well cared for. There is also less typhoid fever In the barracks, proportionately, than in the crowded houses. On tho subject of the sanitary condition of the barracks, there aro several reports from tho District Sanitary Inspectors. The report, dated November 20, of Dr. Adolphus, Inspector of tho District in which are located tho Sladison and Elizabeth street barracks, contains tho follow ing items, all of which confirm the statements made in yesterday’s Tribune I am sorry to state that tho water closets of tho bar racks are only two feet distant from the rooms facing them. These rooms arc Impregnated with fecal odor, and must be detrimental to tho inmates. Tho water closets are in the usual filthy condition. NUISANCES. During the past week thoro were’ served 333 notices to abate nuisances, and 173 were abated. REPORT OF THE SANITARY COMMITTEE. The report of Drs. Rauch and Johnson, tho San itary Committee, which should have been pre sented yesterday, is as follows In compliance with Instructions, tho Sanitary Com mittee wonlil respectfully recommend that a regula tion be passed by tho board, forbidding the building of distiUenes, slaughter-houses, rendering establish ments, and soap-factozico, in the territory Included between Fullerton aveune, Douglass placa, and Western avenue. The committee wonld fmther recommend that no rendering bo allowed within tho above prescribed limits from April 1 to October 1; also, that no establishment bo built or business carried on, that .may become detri mental to health outside of said limits, and within the Jurisdiction of this board, without first obtaining a permit from the board- Also, that no more than two Lead of cattle bo allowed to bo kept on any lot or in any stable within tho limits of the city until first ob taining permission from tho board. REPORTS PROH THE COURTS. CIRCUIT COURT. OPRRA HOUSE SUIT. A writ of attachment was sued out by Thomas Lynch against Albert Crosby, upon allegation that defendant Is indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $40,575.13, of which sum $25,145 was for money loaned, and promissory notes for the balance, payable on demand, with interest at 10 per cent, and for work and labor; The defendant Is charged as a non-resident, it being stated tha t- be hails from Massachusetts. INSURANCE CASH. An injunction issued upon the prayer of Vi liam Grus Co. (Oms and John O’Connel). tailors to restrain ’he Germania Insurance Company from prosecuting a note of 1960 scoured by trust deed on Lota 46 to 63 of Soucrbry «t Grus’ Subdivi sion of Block 28 School Trustees. Subdivision of Section IS. 38, U east, with a view to offset a policy upon which was a loss of $3,000. SUPERIOR COURT. ALLEGED BROKEN COVENANT. William Fiedler was summoned ns forbrenoh of a covenant by Stephen Rcuas upon a demand for $6,000 damages. CASE. An action on the ease was commenced by Mor ris Hearn against James Wright, in which the damages are laid at $6,000. ASSUMPSIT. Actions of assumpsit were commenced by: Anthony A. C. Rogers vs. William H., John T.. and James M. Harper, demand $3,000. Christian Metz vs. Nicholas Bloehs; demand, $2,000. REAL ESTATE, List of Instruments Hied for Record on Tnes~ day. Not. 31. CITV PROPERTY. Lot 48 in Block 0 of e 1-2, Sec 31,39,14, dated May 24; consideration, S6OO. Emma st, west of Milwaukee av, n f, 25x125 feet, dated October 20; consideration, SBSO. Canal st, HO ft southof Vanßarcn st, e f. 22x190 feet, dated November 13; consideration. $5,500. Clark st, between Vanßurcn and Harrison sts, ef, 18 3-12x100 ft, dated Nov. 8; consideration, $7,433. Second st. between Western ar and Oakley st, nf. 25x125 ft, dated Nov. 20: consideration, S7OO. Clybourn av, n wof Division st, n e f, 66 ft, running to Laßar st, dated Nov. 20; consider lion, $5,000. Lot 22, in s 1-2, Block 54, 800 19,39,14, dated Oct. 14; consideration, $425. Lot 36 of Block 8 of Hodges* Subdivision, in Sherman’s a cJi-4 Sec. 28, 19, 14, dated Nov. 20, lft>B; consideration. $625. Erie st, 125 ft w of Kingsbury st, sf, 25x100 ft, dated Nov. 2 consideration,sl,9oo. NORTH OP CITY LIMITS. Lot 39 of Block 19, of e 1-2 of a e 1-4 Sec. 29,40, 14, dated Nov. 14; consideration $1,500. SOUTH OP CITY LIMITS. Lots 24 and 35 in Block 1 in Orris Subdivision, a e 1-4 See. 7,38, 14. dated Nov. 22; consideration, 1160. •n-prr.TRW for CHICAGO. PARIS. 8. X>. Warren, Erlanger 4c Go., Bothchild freres and Fould Co., of Paris, each subscribed 10,000 francs for the sufferers of Chicago. Eleven other firms and individuals gave, each 6,000 francs; seven, 3,600 each; four, 3,000 each; three, 1,500 each; and thirty-seven, 1,000 each. Up to No vember 3. Munroe Co., of No. 7 Bue Scribe, acknowledged the receipt of subscriptions amount ing to £37,350 francs, or about 947,000. LONDON. London, Nov. 18.—A despatch has been received from the State Department at Washington, thank ing 'the Consuls of the United States in Eng land and on tho Continent for their efforts in behalf of the suffering inhabitants of Chicago. The circular says the American Government. is gratified to see in tho liberal responses to the appeals of its representatives abroad unnsnalevidences of in ternational sympathy. The total amount of sub- scriptions for Chicago received at the Mansion House up to lost evening is £48,600. Capt. Bam. E. Gross has received six boxes more of clething. Ac., for distribution among tho poor of Chicago from the Ladles' Relief Associa tion of Philadelphia, of which Mrs. Hatter Is President and Susie E. Claghom is Treasurer. These worthy ladies have sent in all over twenty large boxes of clothing to Chicago, and are de serving of honorable mention. The Belief mad Aid Society aad the Bn yean of Special Belief* Ib the Editor of The Chicago TrUtvne Sib: In your report of tho proceedings of the meeting held yesterday afternoon at tho First Congregational Church, the reporter evidently, misconceived the nature of ray remarks, and as that misapprehension concerns others, I have deemed it beat to request space for correction. 1. Isold nothing whatever in regard to the general management of the Belief and Aid Socie ty. Tho BUbjecfunder discussion was tho failure of the Bureau of Special Belief to accomplish the end for which It was created by tho Belief and Aid Society. 2.1 did not, in the most remote way, hint nt or charge corruption. 1 havo no reason for doubting tho strictest integrity on the part of tho gentlemen in charge of the Bureau of Special Belief, and wish it dis tinctly understood that the complaint lanotono of tho misapplication ot relief; but rather of tho non application to a class of cases peculiarly ro- intend to.WjgWftg of brains on the part of those i a 0 f Relief and Aid Society, or of the Bureau, oi Special Relief. My own suspicion is,mttue framers of the system under criticism, mm having moved in an atmosphere far remove .both intellectually and socially from want oi any kind, hardly appreciate the natiiral sensi tlvencssof the human heart under these circiim stances. The remark that I made at the meeung yesterday was: “That there certainly must he in the city of Chicago both brains and heart enough to devise some means by •which these sensitive natures could in a prompt and humane manner receive needed aid.” ‘4. Mv remark in regard to funds held In other cities, had reference to the iioii-apnlicatlon and not the wis-appllcation of relief, and was to tho effect that to my knowledge money and supplies are being held back from tho feeling that bv-and-by. In this very direction, a great want will be reached that has not been mot by tho regular relief system, and that there was more and more tendency on the part of commit tees In the cities still holding theso funds, to dis tribute them through churches and independ ent beneficiary associations. 6. In conclusion I desire to say that j consider the system of tho Relief and Aid •Society' of Chi cago as one of the best anywhere to be found, for the care of .the poor y o have all ways with you. And have used some Utile influence that I possess in some other cities, to secure tho adop tion of similar plans. But special emergencies require special appliances, and, as in many na tional crises, the man for the situation is h© that can throw theories to tho wind, and, by energetic practice, achieve substantial results. Witu re spect, P. FEAKKIiAXP, Chicago, Nor. ai, iBTi. A Branch of the Cincinnati Soap; House. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune 8m: Please announce to your readers that a branch of the Cincinnati Soup House has been established on Harrison street, in the northeast quarter of the barracks, on the corner of Centro avenue and that street. The nutritious com- Sound will be served out to families in tho ncigh orhood, requiring It, ns well as thoso living in the barracks, every day (Sunday’s included), from 9 a. m, to 4 p. m. B. Fbaxklakd; Supt, Chicago, Nov. 21,1871. CROCKERY. BURLEY dt TYRRELL, CHICAGO. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF CHINA AND EARTHENWARE. 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