OUT OF THE ASHES. t Progress of Permanent Eebuild ingin the South Di- vision. An Almost Incredible Amount of Work Done Already. Two Hundred and Twelve Brick and Stone Buildings in Course of Erection. Covering: a Street Frontage of Three and a Third miles. Probably there are few people In Chicago who are aware of the actual extent to whi-di the work of permanent rebuilding baa begun. A casual trip through the streets of the burnt district alto gether falls of conveying a correct idha of it, and nothing short of a thorough and patient errand of observation will answer the purpose. The principal portion of the restoration of business structures is, of course, confined to the South Pi* vision, where the pressing needs of commerce and trade have left no choice but to begin at onoe and supply the buildings which the Arc swept away. "With the same wonderful energy and contempt for difficult obstacles whijh made Chicago what she was, her business men have cleared away the ruins of their former greatnes?, and set vigorously about the work of recon struction. The result is that, seven weeks after the fire, Chicago has made a be ginning almost incredible. The high price of building material of all kinds, the great ad vance in the rates In all branches of mechanical labor, the cold and unfavorable weather for out door operations—none of these drawbacks have been allowed to a interfere. To say there Is a feel ing of hopefulness among our burnt-out xehußßcrs -would fall to fitly express the true state of things. TSiero Is no hopefulness about It. It la absolute certainty, as solid and unshaken as are the massive walls of the new order of structures. So far as .the progress>ofarehnUdlng has extend-1 -od -up to the' present time, the architectural dlf-1 fereficc from Chicago as it was U strikingly no-1 Uceablo. condition of enforced econo my* together with a determination to secure massive permanency at the expense of elegant ornamentation, has brought about an almost uniform plainness. With few exceptions, the main walls are of the uncertain-colored brick, peculiar to this locality, the fronts of red or white pressed brick, or of the painted and •"pointed’’style,the trimmings or stoneoriron, and the cornices chiefly of brick- This excessively plain style, however, only obtains in the buildings new under way. The leading architects arc per fectly swamped with plans and details for more elaborate and pretentious structurcs/to be com menced early in the spring, so that the present is hardly the time to speculate on the appearance of Chicago when rebuilt. Our design now is to pre sent an accurate, authentic account of the pres ent progress df the work of permanent rebuild ing of stores, warehouses, cto., in the South Di vlaUJti, not touching upon work contemplated, but confined exclusively to work already begun, giving localities, owners, size and material. RIVER STREET, KOB. 6 and 8: A. Vance Brown, owner 50x75 feet; five stories and basement; red pressed Brick front. v>ast side; Henry Fuller, owner; 80iso feet; lour, stories; plain brick. Southeast corner of South Water street; Mat* thowLaUin, owner; 100x180 feet; four stories; red pressed brick front. West sides Rogers A: Walters, owners 99x166 leet; live stories; pressed brick front. Northwest corner of South Water street; Wm. Numsen A: Sons, owners*, £ox6s feet; Jive stories; pressed brick front. No. 43; c. A: A. Price, owners; 54x80 feet; four stories; plain brick. No. 45; Chas. M. Gray, owner; 24x100 feet; four stories; plain brick. SOUTH WATER STREET. 'Southeast corner of Wabash avenue; Matthew TAfUn, owner; 63x140 feet; four stories; red pressed brick The Hinsdale Building, corner of Wnbasn ave nue 48x65 feet; four stories; pr essed brick front. Northwest corner of Kiver street; tbe Hemp stead Building; 30x150 feet; four stories; plain brick. Next (Joor west; George Armour owner; 30x150 fleet r lour stories; plain brick. South side, near Wabash avenue: Judge Linds ley, of Cincinnati, owner; 26x140 feet; four stories; red pressed brick front. North side, near Kiver street; H. H. Schufeldt, owner 94x120 feet; four stories; pressed brick front. No. 130; H. 8. Chase, owner; 00x70 feet; four jtones and basement; MUwn«kecforo. Southwest corner or Franklin street, the site of the Nevada House; Wm. Brass, owner; being rebuilt os stores. South ride, near Franklin street; 11. Byrne, owner; 25x80; threesloriei; plain brick. MAMSoS STREET. Northwest comer of Market: Union Dock Com •■pany; 180 feet on Market, and JBO feet on Madi son; 20 stores, 25 feet wide by 50 feet deep; Ihroc atory bricks; nearly completed. i Nos. 264 and 266, M. CorwitU; four-story brick, I 40 by 90; foundations in. Kos. 268, 270, and 272; S. Meyers; four-story bricks, CO by oo; basement and first-story walls up. Nos. 274 and 276; Geo. 13- Roberts; four-story bricks. 40 by 90; basement and side walls of first story completed. Northeast comer, Field, Loiter. Co.; flvo story-pressed brick; 189 feet on Market and 161 feet on Madison; first fioor walls nearly complet ed; joists nearly all in. West of Fruoklln, south side; Jameson Jc Morse, four-story brick, 30x80; ready for the roof. I No. 196; James Egan, two-story brick, 25x85; ready for occupancy. Northwest corner of Fifth avenue; Chas. Bus-1 by; two stories and basement; brick; 32x80 feet;! first-story walls up. Nos. 1T« and 180; 8. Nickerson; two-story and basement brick: 40x103 Teot; nearly completed. Nos. 181 and 183: James Wadsworth; four-sto .rj and basement, with pressed brick front. 80x00 feet; at work on the foundation. Bonthwost corner of LaSalle; Otis Block; 180 x 05 foot; four-story stone front; digging out for the foundation. Southeast comer of LaSalle street: Br. Major; 80x175 feet; five-story stone front; removing the comer of LaSalle; M. Scbwelzer; four-story brick, 30x85 feet; removing the debris. Southwest corner of Clark; H.W. Hinsdale; four story and basement, stone caps; 25x85; first Southeast comer of Clark; Mr. Morrison; four story and basement, sand stone front; 90x100 wet; digging out the foundation. _ Nos. 105, 107, and 109; CahitfßbWolf; fsur-story brick, with stone front; 60ri67 feet; a portion of of the walls np. ftNos. ill, 113, 115. and 117; Mr. Morrison; four story brick, with stone facings, removing the drbrisi 60x40. Nos. 112 and U4; Rosenberg Rosenfcld four story stone front67xl9s feet, 4f the government does not buy the ground; removing the debris. Nos. lot and 106; Ros-nberg St RoeonfeM four story stone front; 45x185 feet; removing debris. Nos. 108; Mr. Andrews; four-story stone front: 22x160; removing debris. Southwest corner of Dearborn; E. W. Hawley; five-story stone front; GOx'Sfeet; removing debris. Southeast corner of Boarbom Tkibonk Com- pany; four-story and basement, with PhlladcloMa 1 pressed brick front. Lake Superior stone facings. Workmen are engaged in the outside basement 1 walla.- Northeast comer of Dearborn; Miner Estate 1 flvc-Jtory brick; 30x70 feet, with stone front; 1 most «f the debris has been removed. MeVicker’s Theatre; four-story brick, with an elaborate front; 82xl0fl feet. As before, ic will be the best theatre west of New York. Between $150,000 and $200,000 will bo spent In erecting and furnishing it. Workmen are digging out for tho foundation walls and work will be commenced as soon as tho plans and sneclflcatlons arc ready. Nos. £6.68, 70,72,74. 76; J. E. Otis; f.ur story bricks, each 25x50 feet; first floor walls are U Southeast comer of State; Mr. Otis; four-story brick; 60x75; debris being removed. East of State, south aide; Dr. Newton; four VOLUME 25. story brick, 40x150 foot; working on the founda tion. Southwest corner of Wabash avenue; Joseph Rultur; four-story and basement marble front,7sX 160 feet; removing the debris. Rost of Wabash Svenue; 8. S. White, of Phila delphia; 4-story and basement; Philadelphia pressed brick front; iOxioofeet; foundation walls n. iIOVROE STREET. Nos. 0 and 11; C. H. Beckwith; one-story brick; occupied. Ea«t of Wabash avenue, north side; McKindley, 3ilchrist A Co.; one-story.brick,4ox9s feet; occu pied* _ East of State street, north side; Potter Palmer; three-story brick, 42x102; occupied. Southeast corner of State; Potter Palmer; ho tel; second atory partially up. Northwest comer of State; Judge Otis; four story brick, lOQxlSO; removing debris. No. To. Powell, GotcbeU A Co.; one-story brick; °*No?7l; George Boomer; four-story brick, 27x 75 feet; part of second floor walls up. No. 73; Henry Brlnkworth; three-story brick, 55x80; foundation walls in- _ West of Dearborn, east side; Culver, Page A Hoyno; five-story brick, 50x136; removing the debris. Will be commenced at once. Corner of LaSalle; Fred Jacobs; four stories, 40x80 feet. South side, west of LaSalle street; Frank Sturgcs; five stories; 40x120. North side, west of LaSalle street; Kent ACo 45x80; five stories basement of sand stone; red pressed brick front. Northwest corner of LaSalle street; Bryan Block; four stories and basement; stone front; 50x160 feet. North side, west of LaSalle street; Dr. Couiq|; three stories and basement; 35X80 feet. North side, east of Wells street; Mr. Cooney: two stories; 18x40 leer. In die rear of the above, some owner, a threp story brick; 18x40 feet- South side, cast of Wells street; Mr.McLano; three stories; 60x80 feet; Milwaukee brick front. North side, west of Wells street; United States Express Company; two stories and basement; 60x160 feet; Milwaukee brick front. North side, cast of Market street; J. V. Farwell Co.; live storiet; ISBXI9O feet; plain brick. West of LaSalle street, North aide; Mr. Apple by; four-story brick; 45x180feet. MICHIGAN AVKSCK Nos. 13 and 15; D. M. Richardson, owner; 48x go feet; three stories and basement; Detroit pressed brick front. _ Nos. 124,120, 128, and 190; Bowen Bros.; two story bricks, 80x70; the last three are occupied; the first story of No. 124 la up. North of Adams; Mr. Tuttle; four-story brick, with stone front; 70x120 feet. I North of Jackson, east side; Mart Bros., H. A. KoUen, ami others; two-storr brick; 250x80 feet, Southwest corner of Jackson; Mr. Gardner; five-story brick for a hotel; 80x172 feet. No. 194 Kendrick Perry* one-story brick 22x70 feet; occupied. North of Centres*. west side; J. Bcampaon; four-story brick; 35x115 feet. In the rear, same owner, thrcc-story brick, 30x 30 feet. No. 10 Congress street; J, V. Scammon; four slocy brick; 30x70 feet. WABASH AVENUE. Southeast corner of Randolph street; Stein's Building: 4Bxi7ofeet; flvestoriea; frontolMU waukcebrlck. Eiiftsldc, near Randolph; McKee’s Building; 40x60 feet; five stories and basement f front of Milwaukee brick. Nos. 48 and 60; Phelps. Podge Palmer, own ers 40x100 feet; five stones and bOßpjpent; Mil waukee brick front. Southwest corner of Randolph street; Pay, Allen Co., owners; coxiocfcet; two stories; pressed brick front. No. "3; Jaeger Bros., owners; 2GsIBO feet; throe stories and basement; pressed brick front. North of Madison, east side; Mr. Busby; four-story brick pf marble front; ;axl*o feet; removing the debris. No. no; Thatcher estate: ave.-stopF stone front, 45x1C0; removing the debris. North.of Monroe, east side; Dr. Ray; flve storv stone front, 40x160 feet; foundation Is being nut In. Southwest corner of Congress street; Mr. Tay lor two-story and basement, lOCrxso feet. No. 335; W. B. Pierce four-story brick, with iron front, 48x120 feet. Southwest corner of Vanßuren; J. V.Scam nion; three-story and basement, hQxJU feet. Southeast corner of Vnnßnrcn street; J, p. Otis four-story brick, 100x80 feet. Nirtheast corner of Vanßuren street; Mr, Avcrlll; fonr-story brick, 00x126. North of Vanßnren street, cast side; Dr, By ford; four-story briok; 87x105. South of Jackson street, oast sldn; >lr. Abbey; four-story brick, 40x175. North of Jackson street, \Ncst Side; Addis Ballard; four-story brick, iron front; eoxiso. Northeast corner of Adams; Mr. Odell; four story bnck with stone facings 40x130, with a wing 35x30. BTATS STfIECT. West side, between Lake ahd Randolph sfrpeta; aiatthew Laflin, owner; eoxm feet; four stories and basement; pressed brick front Southwest corner otSoulh Water street; J. H. Dunham,owner; 28x95 feet; four stories; red pressed brink front! _ North of Madlsoa, east side; Frank Starves; five-story stone front; suxlOO feet; debris being removed; work on the foundations will l»o com menced right away. r South of Washington, cast side; Mr. Stone; four-story brick: 24x85feet; foundation walls in. A five-story brick, a portion of the foundation walls of which arc in. Is to bo erected adjoining Mr. Stone's building. The owner's name popld not i be learned. No. 141; Daniel Barclay; three-story brick, 20x50 1 feet; first-story walls up. I No. 143; Joseph Wilks; three-story brick, 20x601 feet; second-story walla up. No. 145; Barry «k Cushing; three-story brick, 20x60 feet; second-story walls up. No. 140; Mr, Swartz; fonr-Btory marble front, 35x80; first-story walla partially up. Nos. 142 and 144; Thus* Maekln; three-story brick. 45X80 feet; foundation walls In. No. 146; ißtnu Sowing Machine Co.; three-story' brick* sixoo feet; foundation in and reur built up to second story. No 166; J. Otis, three-story, prcw*d brink front, 30x80 feet, removing the debris. Adjoining; JohnTnimer; four-story and base ment, 25x100 feet. Southeast comer of Monroe; Mr, Pike; four story brick, 80x120 feet. rI Nortlxof Monroe, west side; Mr. Cphoff; three storv brick. 22x120. Adjoining; T. Oils: four-story brick, 25xl2Qr- I Adjoining; Mr. Jenkins; fhreostory and baser ment, 22x120 Nos. 294,290, and 298, five-story bricks wltti mar- We fronts, 00x150 feet. Opposite Congress street; C. J. Nailer; four story 4)rlcks, 150x?0. Northeast corner of Harrison; Pat, O Neil three-storv and basement, toxuo. No. 340: Mr. Plcscr; two-story and basement. 25x100. North of Congress, west side; Mr,Bogardus; four-storv and basement; 20x041-2 loot. Nos. 2i« audftso; J. E. Otis; four-story brick 50x100 feet. South of Monroe, east siac; Potter Painter four-storv brick, 35xi20 feet. ÜBABBORN STREET. South of Madison, vest side; Mr. Fuller; five story brick,, stone front; 150x100 feet; re moving debris. No. HO; John Jones; five-story stone front: 24xfi« feet; taking out the debris. North of Monroe, cast side; James Macklm four s'ory brick: 27x130 feet; foundation and first story walls up. Adjoining; Mackln Grcgoton; fonr-story brick; 50x130 feet; foundation walls in. West side, north of Jackson; Captain DcHaven; four-story brick, 125x00. East side, between Randolph and Washington streets; J. Ik, Rice, owner; 80x120 feet; four stories; pressed brick front. CLARK STREET, East side, between Randolph and Washington streets; Dr. Fowler, Dr. Goodwin. Mrs. Maxwell. him! others, owners; 80x80 fee!: live stories; Lake Sm>crior sandstone front. East side, between Randolph and Washington streets; Mri Hobson, owner; 25x89 feet; four stories; pressed brick front. 1 Eos. 14 and 16; Thomas Lonergan, owner; 40x 80 feet; three stories and basement; red pressed brick front, No. 192; Eastman A Blanchard; four-story and basement, with stone facings, 22x00 feet; founda tion walls in. North of Madison, west side; Daniel Crcnley; four-story and basement, with pressed brick front, stone trimmings; 30x80 feet. Nos, 121, 123, 125 and 127; Mr. Morrison; flve etory, with pressed brick fronts and stone facings, 120x100 feet; ready tor tbe foundation. Nos. 120,131,133 and 105; Mr. Morrison; four story and basement. 120x60 feet. N0.213: Milton CSeromo; two-story and base ment, brick. 18x40 feet. No. 215; Celia; two story and basement brick, 20x40 feet. No. 203; Patrick McMahon brick, 30x00 fce»; clearing out No. 205; r.pl. Billings; three-story brick, 30x00, No. 297: Bcckcr ACopsiUl; three-story brick, so.v 00 feet. No. 307; William Brown; three-story brick, 25x so foot. No. 318; C. C. Otto; toor-story and'basement, 25x100. 1 West Bide; north of Harrison; Dr. Aiken; four -1 story and basement, 50x70. Nos. 341,343,345. 347, and 349; Captain Thorne, of Baltimore three-story and basement, 100x60. LA SALLR STHEET. North of Mndlson, east aide; Boone’s Block.COxßS 1 feet; four stories, ■wltli pressed brick front and brown stone facings; first floor walls up. I North of Madison, west side; Mr. Walker; four 1 story brick, with stone trimmings; digging outl for the foundation. Insurance Exchange Building; being repaired. 1 Corner of Adams street; the city building; I one and two story brick, 178x178. It is nearly com- I pleted, and will bo ready-fur occupancy hi ten 1 days. turn avexce. No. ill; A, C. £uwis; three story brick, 20x65;] partnf foundation in. Nos. 124 and 126; F, A. Jcnsch; four stories and I basement, brick, 40x70 feet; foundation In. I Nos. 375, 377. and 379; Henry Wells, owner; I 1 three-story and basement; 45x80. Nos, 407 and 409; Northwestern Distillery Com pany; two-story and basement: soxiso. 1 No. all; same owner; two-story and basement; 30x56. 1 No. 484; Illinois Stone Company; two-atory brick; 30x21. FRASKLIX STREET. No. 52; A. 8. Seeley, owner; 15x80feet; two story and basement; plain brick. 1 No. 46; A. C, Wood, -owner; 25x80 feet; two- Btory and basement; plain brick. I Comer of Van Burcn street; Geo. E. Brown, I owner; three-story and basement; 45x90; plain I brick. I Comer of Tyler street; Boyd . Harrison street Polkstreet Michigan avenue... Wabash avenue.... State street Dearborn street-... Clark street LaSalle street Fifth avenue Franklin street— Market street...... Miscellaneous Total. HOW SHALL WE REBUILD OUE To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: My remarks will more especially apply to buildings to be occupied as banks, offices, and wholesale and retail stores, which, with their contents, are of such immense,value, amounting, frequent instances, to many luilltouH of dollars. Can Hr*® £?°r4 to burn such immense values every now and then, for the difference in interest bet ween the cost of Number and iron? Much comment ha* been made on. the fact that Tue Tjubuj*e Building, the First National Bank, and the Post Office did not llames. What chance had the buildings named, surrounded by fire-traps, con taining Shell masses of lumber, from base ment to attic! Can apy eanp jflan doubt what the result woqld have been if street had been built like the three buildings named, iion; fye Jake tQ the river? That street, if so built, would bo I standing to-day, since it would have formed 1 a bulwark to resist the burning of the frame and 6*uallpr buildings south thereof. The injury 'in that' Pase would bo confined to the south side of that street, ana. otjjpr dsm i ace would have been comparatively trivial. Had LaSalle and Washington streets' also been composed of the same class of buildings as tho jjnrco mentioned, all would have been intact, ornmUiy to, pt £his time.. I Let us notice for a moment *tho mapper in J which many of our expensive buildings are built; and as the Drake Block has burned twice within a year, that example shall bo taken. *As soon as the basement is up, large lumber girders are placed on pillars, and then the transverse joists are laid in, which, with the floor, form a mass of lumber. Re peat this mass for live or six ’other floors; 1 then, as at the first, erect a Mansard roof, all Of lumber! Will the architect dare publish I the number of £c.et of lumber ho piled] away in that building i I saw jt burn J the first time. The interior walls] were Only twelve inches in thickness, sup porting tue fioprs and roof, pf course the j mists conveyed the lira from ope division to I the other, and the whole roof crime down, j with all the floors and most of the outside I walls. One would think that the burning of millipas of dollars’ worth would have taught the arefluoov. if anything would, that such a mode o£‘ lnuldlngTsouhi bpng nothing but .disaster. No, not at ail. Hi* j built again with the same masses of lumber in each floor, the only difference being six teen-iuch walls, and a slight iimdihpatjou of the roof. It was burned again—twice in I one voar. Probably at least eight millions of ’dollar? Jiave been consumed in that block within a year, Can we afford it! This sacrilico has been made rep the fimer- I cnee in interest between tlio cost of luiiiner and that of iron and other nou co:nbnstiblc material. The Dr.ake Block .is an illustra tion of our usual expensive buildings, winch illustration will generally apply to them all. What have wo recently seen in the papers! Why, that the Drake Block is to bo rebuilt. the mmti ns Wore I hope Mr. Drake will turn architect this time, and dictate not only the materials, but also the substance or the walls, and the mode of laying the bricks. Piling six bricks one above the other, with- out a break In the joints! Kvery bnck should bo a bond’* m ’such largo and >m-1 portant buildings, well tied with hoop-iron. The mode of bricklaying is disgraceful for such large buildings. How shall wo rebuild the inner circle of] our city 1 answer, tjio same as in o)d cities, where they have practical men as architects, and clerks of works who understand the strength of materials, and the power of re-1 sistance, with proper building ordinances, fully carried out. Use crick and stone; iron joists; brick arches, tissued from one joist] to tbo other; iron or stone stairs; perforated bricks, with H iron for partitions; iron window-frame j; outside roller steel blinds; iron frame woyk for roofs, j and slates hy copper wire: the doors of checkered marble, encaustic tiles, or planed Joliet stone; anything rather than wood. Let us have streets of such houses, where such immense values arc stored, and we could with confidence meet such hurricanes as that of tho fatal Monday J morning. What impediment is there in the way to our having such buildingsasthoseskotched! Simplv and chiody fossilized architects, 4 who, with frantic frenzy, will shout, The cost!” Tho cost is the difference in j interest on tho cost of tho materials named. The saving in insurance will bo a consider- I i able portion of tbe interest on tbo extra cost. Take tbo late Oriental building. Assume it I were rebuilt “u« be/ore.” The insurance, from the property therein, will cost $4,000 J per annum. A building constructed ns sug- gested would save one-half of this sum. which would pay interest on $20,000 of the extra cost. But tho cost is nothing to tho comparative safety of the city. What would be the effect on Eastern capital coming to our aid if tbis i course were adopted in onr rebuilding? Pray, let u* think on this important subject. My idea is that capitalists would ratberloan us at S per cent to build such buildings, than at 10 per cent on such as we have built be fore. Let us foster this capital and secure its confidence. 4 1 I fear many of our citizens are already for- j gelling the awful lesson tho great calamity I tanght them, as we find the same masses of laumcr ore being piled in tho baildings—too good to be called temporary—now being built without doubt under the advice of those architects, who seem to profit from such calamatics. I trust the owners will make short work with such advice, and feel that they cannot afford to bum out every two three years. Many are now stating that 1 such a fire cannot occur again in Jnmdrnfc of yean. Tho doctrine of a fatalist is scarcely worse. Wo have the same unbroken, vast plain to tho west and south; we have still thousands of frame buildings, with shinglesandtarredfclt roofs; wc may have a drouth equal to tho last, and are still open to hurricanes when natural laws work that way. Pray, let us not forgot these facts, and let ns provide against them to tbo best of our ability. One architect’ has written a pamphlet against stone buildings! Has he forgotten most of tho public baildings of tho world, which have stood, many of them, for hun dreds of years! Of what are they built! All stone will “fly” from unequal expansion, I os a thick tumbler will’ fly by boiling water being poured therein. Remove tho cause, tbo masses of lumber in each building,—and j wo will have but few occasions to complain of stone. ‘I i Hooks.—Wo cannot have a better example j 1 than the Court House furnishes. Tho old 1 part, being of timber, is ‘gone entirely. The wings, of iron and slate*though not first— l class, are still .standing, but doubtless in jured by the old roof in tno_ccntre, Lot us. I therefore,'construct our roofs of iron, and Sut bn the slatet’yrith copper wire, and. t the materials used are of good constrfffction and quality, 'wo will have but little'trouble from this source. Those who desire Hansard roofs thus constructed need not fear; it was the fearful lumber pile in each of them which causedtho trouble. Let there be an end of shingles, lumber, tar, and felt, in roofs, and a large portion of onr hazard from without wul disappear. OITYP CHICAGO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 18TL Assuming that wo do not, have another such a visitation, if we continue to build as before, wo will have periodical fires, such as the Lake street, Farwell Hall, and Drake Block, every now aßd then, which will burn millions of dollars’ worth of property, and all in consequence of such quan tities of'lumber and such roofs. Can we afford to meet such losses from such causes I The architects can, and probably will, de nounce me for my impudent Interference; but I look a little beyond them, and trust the day is not far distant when we will have the pleasure of seeing the city rebuilt as here sketched. I trust all office-renters, bankers, and merchants will combine, and that a manifesto will be signed hv *ll who rent buildings to those who bjnm, setting forth that none of them rent store, bank, or 'office unless the buildings are so built. Let a merchant understand that, if he has a stock of one million of dol lars, his insurance in the ordinary building will cost him £O,OOO per annum, at least, more than if in a fire-proof building, saying nothing about the general feeling of securi ty. I hope our fellow-citizens will earnestly consider, and take action for our future se curity. roars truly, Engineer. Chicago, Nov. 23. A LAW-ABIDING GOVERNOR. From the New York Tribune, Nov. 20. Governor Palmer of Illinois is a lawyer, a Soldier, and a politician. He is an excellent lawyer; lie was a soldier of such merit that he rose from the ranks "to the command of an army and a department. Bat it is the custom with Western men and Western pa pers to say that he is a bad politician. If hisis true, it is the fault of politics, andnot his. It means that he will never sign a hill with a job in it by means of which influential party friends are to profit. Ho never uses bis appointing power for Ms own advantage. He will not swerve one hair's breadth from what heliolds to pe the law to save his own popularity or his party's majority. He is so good a lawyer that he rarely makes a mistake in the law. Ho is so honest a man that be never goes false to his convictions. For these sufficient reason the practical" politicians agree that his public career is ended with his present' term. If the “practical" men are to con tinue to have it their own way in the future, os they have too much in the past, this may bo true. _ 1 Just now they spem sure that the Gover nor has made a grave mistake in urging the 1 indictment of the Mayor of Chicago, of Gen oral Sheridan, and of General I T. Sher man, for the shooting of Colonel Grosvenor, and subsequently in laying before the Legis lature the considerations which moved lum to this action. JJis message has excited in Chicago a storm of denunciation singularly at variance with the calm and temperate tone in which it is couched. Ho meets the usual fate of men who "keep their wits about them in times of general excitement and tu mult, and who presume to recall to their followrcitizens thp memory of thejr mistakes and follies. It appears from the Governors message that on the Ilth day of October General Sher idan, under authority which he claims to have received from tho Mayor of the city, issued to General Frank T. Sherman an or der to organize a regiment of infantry ‘to s&rre ak guards for the protection of the re maining portion 6f the city of Chicago for tho period of twenty days.* This regiment consisted in part of companies of State militia and ofrccruits enlisted under General Sheridan's authority. Among them was a company of boys from the Chicago Lmverei ty, uijijer tho command of Captain Colston. XMV tobk mi utisnal oath ut allegiance and obedience. To nse Governor Palmer's words, Supported by this force. Lieutenant General Sbcrldaa proceeded to establish military rule throughout the city. His guards were established ana ms sentinels posted on the public streets,■with orders’from him, or’from some of’'his subordi nates, to arrest citizens who might, la the Judg ment of such-guards and sentinels, be suspicious persons, and to tire upon and wound any person who tbould'refuAe to obey the|r coniuia^dp; and one citizen of the city, who was quietly passing along one of the streets, was ordered by a senti neWo halt, and. upon bis refusing to obey, was shot and mortally wounded. Theodore N. Treat a hoy of 16, a student in tho'uhvvenmy, hailwjj and shot, on the night of the 20 th of October, Colonel Thomas \V. Grosvenor, a prominent citizen, who was passing the sentry on his way home. This fatal accident seemed to arouse tho public sentiment which had been apathetically conderitin* tp the substitution of military for civil authority*' iHfIT the ’statu'6l siege was. terminated two days later. Governor Palmer contends that this .force of General Sherman's was raised utterly without legal authority, that it had no right to perform any military functions whatever, land that m inflicting death, oygn tn I pursuance or a pretended duty, its officers rendered themselves liable I lto an indictment for murder. After full deliberation, Governor Palmer took the i responsibility of formally advising the At torney General of tho’Btate and District At torney of their duty in tho premises. The auoihaloua character of these troops isshown m the rppojtt pf General Sheridan to tho War Department. Under ddis of October 25 ho says: “It is proper to mention that these volunteers were not taken into the service of tho United States." They were certainly i never lakpn ipto the service of tho State of I Illinois; find can iflerojoru ouiy ho regarded I in tho light' of an itrcgiilar police -force, raised by General Sheridan, under color of 1 an authority from the Mayor, which he had no right either to acaHpib or to delegate. It Is asserted by sonie Pi Governor Palmer's excited critics in Chicago, that he himself had recognized this usurped au thority. But tho Governor’s message dis pose* of this assertion. Up .to the. 17th of October ho was uiidcr iho imprussjop that General Sheridan' was anting in strict sub ordination to tho civil authorities, and as soon as be leagued that tho Mayor had prac tically abdicated and given up tljo govern ment of tho city into tho hands of General Sheridan, ho wrote him a letterceusuring his course in tho severest terms, uud expressing the hope tbpt ho would atonrp legal authority; Tho Mayop smereil, m a tone rather of petulance than dignity, that he had already decided to dispense .with mil? Italy aid in a day or two. He stated also, in language which shows his entire uncon sciousness of any snpb thing as constitution al law I do not believe, when tho lives and property of the people—the peace and order of a large city—are in danger, that it is the timo to stop and consider any ques tions of policy," which is precisely the sen timent which, if generally entertained, would make free government impossible i upon the earth. I Good intentions cannot excuse violations lof law. The surrender of municipal author ity into the heads of the soldieis is an act of desperation. Nothing 1 can justify it, nothing can ever ex cuse it. but an overpowering necessity which deprives all civ il magistrates of their free will. It does not appear that at any time there was such a necessity existing in Chicago. On the 11th of October, at tho hour when General Sheridan was giving the order for the irreg ular and unauthorized regiment. from whose ranks came the fatal shot, tho Adjutant General of tho State was in Chicago, with over 500 disciplined men of the St*to militia, under skilful and trustworthy officers. It is true there was a good deal of wild talk of disorder and crime, of violence and incen diarism. But General Shondan himself has borne full and manly tost imouy to the falsity of these stories. There was no such emer gency as required that dangerous precedent ,to be sot, of weakly yielding tho charge of 1 tho public peace to the military arm. As tho grand jury of Cbok County have re fused to indict any one on account of the. death of Colonel Grosvenor. it may bo said that this is now a barren discussion. But it is dangerous to pass in silonco any infraction of the principles upon which our democracy rests. In this case there was no harm in tended. Tho Mayor of Chicago, influenced by tho prevailing excitement, and uncon scious of the full significance of his act. surrendered his authority unneces sarily. General Sheridan, whose faults always lean to virtue's side, assumed tho re sponsibility which was thus offered him with the best intentions, without inquiring, and probably without caring much,what the law of the case was. But Governor Palmer conld not bo permitted to look with Indifference upon a proceeding which contravened the fundamental law of the State and the na tion. Ho has done well in making his Erotest, even if ho accomplishes nothing, nt denunciation by it. Tho tone of I the Chicago press is certainly not ealen-1 latcd to encourage him in his champion- i ship of law, One paper thus decently com- ments upon his message: “Governor Palmer I has deliberately convicted himself of being either a fool or a knave. Until his dving day the infamy of his record will stick to and confound him.” Another, with more courtesy, but equal disregard of the princi ples involved, says: “Granting that tho Governor is technically right, we are bound to say that we do not see tho usefulness of such transcendentalism at the present time." When the vindication of law, for its own soke. Is called transcendentalism, it does not indicate a wholesome slate of public opinion. All this Governor Palmer has braved, and, what is far worse, ho stands, without flinch ing. the injurious praise of his enemies. He hears himself accused of an inordinate and self-seeking ambition, oven in acts which are full of self-sacrifice. But, with all this, in a i timo when getting and holding office by any i means seems to so many men the only object of it must be a singular satisfaction to deliberately prefer duty to popularity; to seo his majority turn against nim for saving words like these: i While I continue to occupy the place to which .1 hap been by my fellow-citizens, it Is my duty to exert all the powers they have oon i ferred upon mo to maintain the adjustment* of political power, precisely os tho people of tao United States and of the Stateof HliooiShavc. by their own solemn constitutions, determined. I ara not at liberty, even by my silence or indlffer ease, to consent to acts that will, by their direct consequences or by their influence and example. Insidiously chance the spirit andsnbatanoe otour imitations, wUla tLs forms of the government apparently remain unaltered," 6 THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Synopsis «f tfa« Annfaal Report, •The following summary gives the most im portant and interesting facts contained .in the report, by the War Department, of its operations during the past year. First in in tcrest this year is the essentially new work of the Signal Corps, better known and appro emted popularly as the Weather Bureau.” This latter work, however, grew out of the military signalling,to which during and since the war, the government has wisely given great attention; and it is for this reason that it is nnder the custody of the War Office. Great progress has been made by the Signal Oflice in the development of tho army signal service, for which a training school is in op eration at Fort Whipple, Va., and it is rec ommended that the study be made, at West Point, one which shall enter into the decis ion of standing. But the great advance has been in the weather reports, the transmission (from twenty-four stations) and publication of which was first put into practice Novem ber 1, 1870. The issue of synopses mid prob abilities three times a day has been contin ued since February 20, and, through the press, 10.000,000 Copies have been laid before the public. Of the probabilities 60 per cent have been verified by tho result, ana. 21 per cent in addition partially verified,strikingly showing the usefulness of the work. Butfor the haste necessitated, the percentage of ver ifications might have been far greater, bnt reports taken at all stations at 11:35 p. m. are telegraphed to Washington; collated, and the deductions made are furnished the press at i la. m. Observers have been detailed for Captain Hall’s Arctic expedition, and for Mount Washington, but it is proposed to extend tbo synchronal system by seeking the assistance ol ship Captains, to place stations at Pem bina, Sitka, ortho Sandwich Islands, and ultimately to develop an international system, which shall secure reports of storms approaching from the West Indies, the Whirlwind Islands, and tho coast of South America. A communication is now haddi- rcct from the Signal Office at Washington Kith the coast of the Pacific on the west, land eastward to the coast of China and Japan, the one link of the Pacific cable be ing wanted to girdle the world. To Profes sor Cleveland Abbe the country is indebted for the accurate prophesies of the weather; Professor T. B. Maury's work is well known. Danger signals are now displayed from 20 ports on the"Atlantic, Gulf ana Lakes. The fisa and fall of Western rivers is also to be report edhere after, and there are* CO stations throughout the country’to extend the bene fits *f this system to the agricultural com munity. Doubtless enough property has been saved this year by this means to more than pay the total expenditure for the weather service. The Quartermaster General reports that $12,f0,026nas been appropriated and dis bursed during the year, while there remain fo he settled 5,055 money accounts, and 7,815 property returns. General Meigs calls atten tion to the fact that it is important to keep tlje grqiter disbursement jn Jho bonds of bonded ofljcers, and the necessity, under the present circumstances, of awarding extra compensation to acting assistants, that the duty may he sure not to be shirked. During the year, 1,763 horses were purchas ed for the cavalry, at a cost of* $166,680.24. The average price in Texas was $G®36; m Department of Columbia, $75; Department of the Piatte, $135,13; Department of the Missouri, $143.50; Department $162.49. Transportation for the year has cost $1,998,010,35, pf Which $1,186,300.04 was fnr services over the Pacific Railroads. Of the Southern railroads which woro al lowed to purchase for the United States, twenty-seven have paid their debts, with interest, amounting to $2,465,567.23. Twen ty-four are still in debt to the United States, the amount due being $4,734,350.53. War claims for Quartermaster's stores from loyal citiiens number 28,039, involving $17,811,141.06; 4,950 have been settled for $2,078,083.05; 13,923 haVo been rejected, cost ing $8 308,254.07; 6,23l'are suspended, audon 3,935 no decision has yet been reached. There are 74 national military cemeteries and 316 private and post cemeteries. The number of graves is 317,850. During the past year the graves of 2,295 not before reported hayc been recovered, and the remains have been transferred to national cemeteries. The Commissary’ General’s report is about I the same as last year. There is a good sug gestion that the rations of the army he va ried according to varied hygienic conditions; f bat we read that thp army has been excep tiqnjiUy Well supplied during the year. I Purchases of beef were made iu 41 differ- I cut States and Territories. The lowest aver- I ago was iu Texas, 4 1-5 cents per pound, and j the highest in Delaware, 16 cents per pound. The average contract price perpqund lor the whole country was 10 50-100 cents, each being a decrease from lost year of l 97-100 cents, These figures are valuable iu connection with the nigh cost of living. The Chief of Ordinance reports qa io the aisomda, etc.,‘qnd 'suggest that the arma ment of the State troops should be the same as that of the National forces, who now use breccb-loadiug small arms. He requests leg islation on the subject of arming and equip ping th* militia of tbo United States, ana re ports thtt't fteavv’cannon for sea-coast de fences are much wonted, and that cast iron is not believed to bo suitable for heavy rifled guns. Tbo Paymaster General lias disbursed $15,830,001.-fe to tW army (including West Point), and $2083,173.44 to volunteers for back pay and bounties. Tbo army has been •fully pauV Tbe'heaitb of tbo army, by tbo report of the Surgeon General', bus not been so good os last year, the deutb-rato being 17 per 1,000; the proportion of deaths from all causes to cases treated was one death to 122 cases: 8,918 persons have been furnished with artificial limbs, or paid commutations therefor, under acts of June 17 biid 30,1870, and 7,887 under previous acts. 1 The surgical records include 235,303 cases, and the Medical Museum num bers now IS,OIB specimens, Part I. of the “Medical and Surgical History of the War” is near completion, and will belaid before Congress during tbo coming session. There are now 54 vacancies in the medical service, audit is recommended for th® good of the service that restrictions on appointments be now removed. General Howard concludes his reporton the Freedman’s Bureau by recommendation i that it bo discontinued, the Washington Hospital being placed under charge of. the Territorial Government. Tbo reports throughout shows an excellent condition of the army during the year past. Extraordinary Tlwft-The Clothes of Smnll-Pox' Patient Stolen by an Attend- ant. From the Louisville Courier. A negro named Thompson was employed last week to wait upon a gentleman who bad come to Louisville alHicted with small-pox. The gentleman died in a few days, and Thompson was left in charge of the body and baggage, Ha stole the baggage and earned it to a nous© •on Jefferson street, between Preston and Jackson. A iine set of Ihdia mboer teeth were also token from the body, Thompson was immediately suspected of committing this unnatural theft, and a \V est End physicion began to examine into the matter. Ho questioned tbo negro in regard to tbo clothing, but could loarn nothing about it. Thompson professed entire igno rance ct the things, though ho bad taken caro of them himself. The doctor then changed his tactics, and. bringing into the room a loaded pistol, presented it at the darkey’s head and again asked for the hag- Sige. Thompson’s response was prompt, e said that he had taken the clothing and the teeth to a house bn Jefferson street, be tween Preston and Jackson. Being sent after tbo things, ho soon returned with all of them, except two bats, for which ho was sent back a second time, aud has not been seen since. The clothes must have been in the upper portion of the city several days, but it is possible that they were so bandied up that no harm can come of them. They were un doubtedly impregnated with the poisonous virus. The underclothes were taken from the cbnise, and all of the garments had been hanging in the room. A. WeltDresied Man Found in a Vacant Lot In Philadelphia with Hi* Throat Oat. This morning the residents of West Phila delphia were horrified hy the discovery that a murder had been committed almost at their very doors. This morning, •while Lieutenant Leech, of the Sixteenth Police District, was arranging his morning returns in the Station House at Thirty-seventh and Market streets. Officer McDonald entered and informed his superior that while travers ing Walnut street ho had found the body of, a man with the throat ent from ear to ear. The Lieutenant and a number of officers at onccproccododtothospot indicated andfound the statement made by the officer was correct. The scene of the tragedy is located on Walnut, between Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets. Lying about are quan tities of cobble and granite stones intended for paring and curbing, and between two of the latter the body was found wedged. At first it was supposed that the victim had committed suicide, and a search was instant ly instituted for the weapon, hut nowhere could any instrument of any kind be fonud. Meanwhile an officer, in examining the body, found that the third finger of on© of the man’s hands hod been chewed off, and an inspection of the throat wound showed that no suicidal hands could have produced it. Those who have ever witnessed the kill ing of a bollock are aware that the hatcher first mokes on indentation with the knife, whitfh ho then turns in the wound and draws across the throat. Such had been the course pursued in this instance, and it nas plainly evident that the deed had been done calmly and deliberately, and as plain was it that the unfortunate, man hod ceased to breach© almost immediately. Considerable blood was scattered about, and it was for the time being supposed that the murderous deed had been committed elsewhere and the body hauled to the place where found in a wagon. This theory, however, was soon dis- Eelled, since there were no traces of any ve icle. The next theory was that the mur dered party had been enticed to the spot by some of the “gut gang,” and the neighbor hood being a quiet, deserted one,served only too well their purpose. For a time it was a matter of impossibility to obtain any infor mation relative to the bloody afiair, but after considerable search it was ascertained that a woman who resides in a block of houses situate on Chestnnt street hod, during the morning, about 1 o’clock, heard a ter rific scream. Further than this she knew nothing. A cool merchant named James Jones, whose place of business and residence are both located near by, also remembered, having heard a scuffle and screams daring tho night. As might well be supposed, the nows of the bloody deed sped like wildfire, and soon a large crowd collected at .the fatal spot. Every new arrival was allowed to ox amine the body, but. singular to relate, none could identify it. The murdered man was a robust, handsomo-lookiug person, wearing a black moustache and imperial, having let black eyes and heavy black eyebrows. Ho was attired in a rich suit of broadcloth, and had worn a black Kossuth hat. Whether he had been robbed or not is yet unknown, but a search in his pocket resulted in the findim; of only seventy-six cents. Tho mystery that surrounds the matter is somewhat peculiar, and the police authorities have not the slightest duo upon which to base any move ment. The matter has been placed in the hands of the detectives. THE FISHERY BUSINESS. Beaalu of the Seaooa’a Operation*— (Jm< mat Number of Dhasten* The Gloucester (Mass.) Tclegmph in its an nual resume of the fishery business for the season, gives the following facts The year now (losing has not been a successful one to the Gloucester fisheries. The salt-herring fleet secured good fores, but wore obliged to soli their fish at ruinously low prices. Tho fresh-herring fleet was more successful, but the business has always been looked upon more for employment for ves sels and men than for profit. The several bank fleets have been fortunate as a whole, and the winter thoro fishery was quite suc cessful. The snmiqer bait fleet have had a' largo catph. bnt bait bos been a drug in the i market, and the results have not been grati fying to owners or men. The stock of mack- I erel Kept over last season proved a burden, and while tho fall catch has exceeded the I expectations created by the ill-lpcft during the summer, the market has been dull ana prices low. The Greenland halibut fishery was a failure, and taken in the aggregate the season has been far from a profitable one. Twenty-three Gloucester vessels made freshrhorring voyages to Newfoundland, and twenty-three to New Brunswick, five of tho latter making two trips each. The Ray of Island salt herringfial\ery employed thirteen vessels, and the Greenland halibut fishery four. Seven or eight vessels engaged in the Magdalen Islands and Labrador herring fishery in the spring months. The winter shore fishery was extensively followed, and summer bait fishery employed a respectable fleet. Eighty-one vessels made one or more trips during tho year to Grand, Western. La Have, or St. Pcteris Banks, the largest number of bank fares received in any naontb being thirty-three jn dud the total number or fares deceived 835; Twa hundred and eleven vessels Were employed at some time miring tho season in the George’s Hank fishery, and 750 fares landed. "As usual, this branch pf the fisheries has proved most destructive of property and life of any branch of the fisheries, and the year has been unusually unfortunate in this regard. Ten vessels, valued at $48,000, nave been lost in this business during tho year, with their crows, an aggregate of eighty-nine men, and eight men have been lost overboard or from dories while attending to their trawls in the I George’s fishery, making a total loss of nine -1 ty-sovou lives in this industry. Sixty ves sels made mockereling trips south, 150 pur -1 sued this fishery upon tho Massachusetts and j Maine coasts, and 108 in the flay St. Law renco, I The record of disasters to tho Gloucester 1 fleet during tho year now closing has boon a most melancholy record. Tho loss in number l of vessels, in aggregate of tonnage, and in value of property destroyed, exceeds that of i any previous year, and tho loss of life has been greater than in any other year except 11852. when 148 lives were sacrificed in the i Gloucester fisheries. Since the recapitula -1 tion of the losses of 1870, published Jvovem jber 19 of last year, twenty-two Gloucester I vessels have been wrecked, sunken. !or abandoned at sea, becoming total losses. These vessels covered a tonnage of 1,170.07 tons, and were of a value of $l(&0G0 t on which there was $80,316 insurance,'mostly in tho Mutual office. This represents a loss of about 4,1-2 per cent in the number of vessels owned in Gloucester, over 4 per cent of the tonnage of tho town, and 41-3 per cent of tho capital invested in the fishing business, or over 11-3 per cent of tho total valuation of the town. The loss of life during tho year has been very largo, 113 men having been lost invessols which failed to return to port, and twenty-four liaving been lost overboard, or in dories upon the banks, a total of 137 men, a number equal to seven-eighths of 1 per cent of the total popu lation of the town. Forty-live are known to have left widows to monrn their untimely fate. Twenty-eight left fatherless children to tfio number of eighty-three, and. four others ore known to have left children. Tho following is a summary of the losses: Fithrru. Vessels. Tonnaue. Value. Lite.*. Shore.... 2 44.77 2.000 3 Herring 2 133,01 1&W0 Bank 1 24.100 24 GoorgpH 10 521.74 41,100 97 Greenland 1 64.97 7,000 |2 Bavst. Lawrence 1 43,07 1,700 I Coasting S 11537 8,700 Total 2i! 1,179.97 $106,060 137 During 1870 tbo number of vessels lost was 13 tonnage, 730.84; value, $73,500; insurance, $50,495; number of lives lost, 88. LOST IT THE FIRE. One trank, marked “BROSS, U. S. A.”; one packing trunk, marked “Bross,” trim woollen clothing, women’s; one fine pic ture, landscape, with cattle, horses, etc., hy J. F. Herring, name on the picture; one buggy, with single harness, horse blan ket, etc.; one bundle of women’s clothing, lace fan marked J.L. 8., and other articles. Whoever will leave informa tion with the Cashier of the Trib une, IS South Canal-st., or drop a line, with place where they or any of them can be found, to WJff. BROSS, Tribune office, or at No. 6 Sixteenth-?!., shall be liberally rewarded. MBLBHT ElftlL, Successors to J. H. Seed Co., WJtOIiESJLLE DRUGGISTS, 619 STATE-ST,, are now prepared to fill all or ders, having received since the Are a complete stock of all goods In their line. PmiADKLrniA. jfov. 20. INMAN LINE, Carrying tbe.BaDa between Europe and America. Steam twice a week between Hew York and Llterpool, Qneew town, Londonderry, Glasgow, and Scandinavian, German, and otter European Porta, Timragh Tickets between aU the principal dtlea to tbe United Statea and Europe. _ Sight Drarta for Jtl and upward on Great Britain, Ireland. and the Continent. Address PBANCI3 a BBOWN. 88 West Chicago CTJNARD UN Steam between New York, Boston, Liverpool, Queenstown, Glas flow, Londonderry, THREE BAILINGS EVERY WEEK. Passengers booked to and from German and Scandi navian ports, and all parts of Europe at lowest rates. Sight' drafts from Si upward. Through hills ot lad. ing for merchandise, to and from Europe, leaned in connect!oxrwith ~lake Shore A Michigan-Southern Railroad. P. H. DU TEBSET, Central Wcitem Agent, 370 State-at., Chicago. LOST. DJEUTOS' OCEAN NAVIGATION. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS, NUMBER JLIO. BANKING. BANS or ill Bil. I Mo. 562 Wabash-av. Established in 1854. Continue to transact a general Banking Busi- ij ness, and ready to ac- B commodate the public i as heretofore. a LAZARUS SILVERMAN. The Commercial i LOAN company; Has purchased, since the great fire, the stone-front huh ding, 128 ARCHE R-AV., Junction Twenty-second- st, and have resumed business as usual In said build- lug. A first-class fire-proof -vault is completed. The patrons of the Bank can deposit valuable papers or articles In sold vault without charge. THE COMMERCIAL LOAN CO. will transact a savings as well as a general banking business, sell bills of exchange on New York, and the principal cities of Europe. The Commercial Loan Co. has also secured a twenty years lease of the northwest corner oLNorth Clark and Miohlgan-ats. A fire-proof bull ding and vault is now being built on said lot, and we expect to resume our North Side business about the first day of January next. FRED. METER, Cashier. TOLMAN WHEELER, President. TRUSTEES—M- d. Buchanan, Conrad Gehxke, Tolman Wheeler, C. Eanu, ffm. Enoke, Wm. A. Ewing, Bacon Wheeler, C. B. Meyer, Thomas Buchan uan, Jr.. Frod. Meyer, O. Croukhite. CHICAGO, Nov. 20,1071. LIT, FBI ms. I BANKERS, MASONIC BUlld)INO, I Corner of Halsted and Randolpb-sfs>, Branch Office, 493 Wabash-ar., i Transact a reeular banking business i' same as State or National Bank. Also deal In Government Securities, convert the *62 S-20s due Deo. I. [j Draw Cold Bills of Exchange on New e York, and Sterling Bills direct on Lon e don. On Friday November 24,1871, THE Commercial National BANK OF CHICAGO, Will occupy Its new office on Washington-at., between State and Dearborn-sts., adjoining tbe First National Bank of Chicago., H. F. FAMES, President. BL BUCHANAN, Cashier. BANK OF MONTREAL. The BANK OF MONTREAL will open a branch office (or the transaction o( a regular banking business on Randolph-sL, opposite the Court House, and ad joining Bryan’s Fidelity safe Deposit Co., on Monday, the I3ui Inst. The permanent office, located In the Union National •Elmir Building. Madlson-st, will be ready for occupa tion in December. _ Stealing Exchange bought and sold, and Letter* or Credit Issued on England. China. Ac. Drafts issued on New York, Boston, Son Lrancuco, and all nointa in RICHARDSON, Manager. EDWARD HAIGHT CO. BANKERS, No. 9 Wall Street, New York. PXVB PES QEHT. Interest Allowed on Deposits. The business of our firm Is the same as any State or National Bank. Individuals or firms hanking with ns may deposit and draw as they please, the same as with any Hank, zeept that we allow Interest on all balances (ox five ner cent.) J W« I>UT wulseU Bonds, Stocks, Bold, rtßlnos.pt pen, and collect business notes and drafts throughout the United States, giving prompt returns. WMialMtifCoiwe Will open an office at ZVO. 58 CANAI-ST., On Monday, the 27th, and their main office will remove to their new building*, comer of Wahash-av. and Congress-st., as soon as completed. E. MAY2JARD, Cashier. HOTELS. St. James Hotel, located Corner Clark and Folk-sts. Containing ISO Booms. Tie largest and Best Furnished Hotel in the West. A. t. LOEIffO, Late Batteion Boom, WILLIS HOWE, Late St. Jamci Hold, WIU be plowed to lee their old' friends. Ask btueee for the JAMES. Clifton House, NORTHWEST CORNER OF WlSHllTffl MD MfflMS. W. A. JENKINS, Proprietor. H. F. KITTEEDOE. RIVERSIDE HOTEL Accommodation! for tbc bll And winter at tmt mod ante price*. loauire at Blrentd* Hotel, oi at th*o» Oos of the BWerslde Im] roTemeat Company. 7Qft WA tIAHn-A V. CENTRA!. HOUSE, Reopened on Ilalatod-st,, one block south of Van Bn ren-st Now throngbont, and open lor guest*and ttrst-clasa boarders. Booms largo and very deeiraoio Tnmslont. euo per day. g H OIUi hardware. J. L. WAYNE SON, NO. 14 NORTH CANAL-ST., (Lat« 190 Lakost,) have a full lino of Cabinet, Bnilders’ and General HARDWARE, Upholsterers’ Goods Undertakers’ Trimmings. Thanking friends for past patronage, we ask a con tinuance of the same. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE ASDTOOLS. J. K. TYIER. ffo. 260 B{a.e-sl. msiiouL. MOmiOIOM on collateral security, by E. JACOBS, 2S between State and Dearborn. Office bows, from 1 ibiaonlof tittli&ftoflTi&lDli PBV GOODS, J. B. SHAT, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS 139, 241, 243 245 WEST MADISON-ST., Hare just received a large shipment of LINENS direct from the manufac turers, being a portion of a former order, made before the recent ad vance,.and will sell them at 10 per cent less than they can be bought oi any other house in the city, consist ing in part of 10 cases 7 and 8-4 Bleached Table Damasks; 1,500 dozen Hhck Towels, all,grades; 850 dozen Ladies’ Linen Hemstitched Odkfs., and 50 cases Linen Cambric Hdkft. We have also a full line of Flan nels (both Wool and Co*iton), Repel lants, American Cottons, Ladies’ and Gents’ Hosiery and Underwear, No tions, &c., in fact the best ASSORTED stock to be found in Chicago. The attention of close buyers is respectlhily called to the above an nouncement, as we intend giving our friends the benefit of our purchase before the advance. S 1 iTETTAMS ffllW, IMPORTERS JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, UeipevtfnUy Inform their friends and the trade at large, that the; hare opened their new (tore at 136 Michigan-av., Between Sadiion and lonroe-sts., East Front, With their former targe stork and extensive variety In every Department. 11l orders Tin have ear prompt and faith ful attention at LOWEST PRICES. JOHN V. FARWELL CO, 247 249 Monroc-st. We are happy to announce that we are in our new quarters with a (tall line of goods' in all departments, which we are offering at the lowest, rates. Onr facilities are ample to meet the demands of the trade. Orders will be filled promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. CARSON, PM 00. DRY GOODS, At Lowest Prices. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, 329 West Itladlson-st. Retail Stores, No, 138 Twenty-second-st., AND No. 636 West Lake, near Panlina. MUSICAL. BUCK’S Second' lotelte Golecii. A work of nnusnal merit. Said to exceed In heanty even the first collection, which has been received with great favor. it contains about GO Motcwca, onedourth original, and the remainder skilful adaptations to Church pur. poses of music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haupt man, Liszt Cherubini. Nenkonm and others. Hr. Dudley Buck, tho author, is one of the losers by the Great Fire, but fortunately saves his reputation, which Is among the highest as a composer, and Ida Mo tettes. which should be to him a new beginning of good fortune. Price, In Cloth, $2.75; in Board*. *2.50. LYON A HE ALT. 287 West Madlsoa-et,Chicago. RICHARDSON’S .NEW METHOD FORTBE PIAKO-FORTE. This well-pro vod Method has been 12 rears before the public, carefully prepared,- and highly recom mended at the outset, it has ateadUjT Increased.to pub lic favor, until, some years since. It fairly reached raa hioksst position, and seems likely to retain It fora longtime. Annual Sale-—- .125*000 Geplea* Commencing to ta»o lesson*,? cLaalng a lucliartlaou” aro very apt to bo cotempo raneoua avents. Price, 811.75. Sent, post-paid, lor the retail price. OLIVER DITSOK CO., Boston. C. H. DITSON CO., New York. Ditson Co.’s STANDARD OPERAS. Ertmnl, Faust, Lucia, Lucrexla, Martha, N® no, Somnnmbnln, Travlata, Trovatore, Mir rinse of Figaro, Fldello, Fra DUvolo, as* Don Giovanni* 'Handsomely printed, unabridged, superior to aU other edition* in lulnesa, containing all the tonics anfl English words, and ail the music, including that of the recitatives, they are yet soldfor the low price at ONE DOLLAR EACII, ami will be sent to any ad> dress, post tree, for the above price. Finely bound in Boards for 82*00 each- OLIVER DITSON 00., Bortoa. C. H. DITSON CO.. New York. CARRIAGES. Wm D Rogers, Joseph Moose, Jx. Wffl. D. ROGERS CO, ESTABLISHED ISM. ORIGINAL AND ONLY MANUFACTURERS OF TTTR pRf.ff.RRATRD Rogers’ Fine Pleasure Carriages. decant Carriages of every description. In stock sad bSt^opderJ handing SULKEYS, SKELETON sad LIGHT TBOTTINO WAGONS. FINEST FINISH. NEWEST STYLES, and UNXK QFT A T.f.KD DURABILITY. Drawings and Specifications mailed when aolloiteft Office and Wareroozns,loo9 1011 Ghost* nat-0t; Tff»mTrfngWy and Pazziah-sts. SUCCEEDING GEO. W. WATSON CO, (Retired.) CIGARS. HAVANA CIGARS. The undersigned are receiving by foil assortment of thempatdealrabla n assorted. Cigars. Their stock U large pr^pUyTwlS enabling them at all ewkS anJ at the low* the freshest an dm o« t ™Swarded on applies te£ rt Th» followm. Pnuid. m .mniliW.tt~.wMA they receive regularly: i r LmßOMd»S»ti«o. La Anti(m«i*d. Tigmro Kgg* sssfe,. SSSSSSf-': 0. P «?r”' lSkSwW*' 1 'veiaracbn. AguiU Universal. s>*«-• .sasat.=- A ‘-““r pabs a Titronn, 921 and 923 Broadway. N«w York, Aug.l un. PHILADELPHIA.