4 |p« |nbmw. Term et Subscript!®** PAYABLE IK ADVANCE Dally per year, by mail.-••«••• ••••••••••.$12.00 Tri-weekly Edition, per year, by mail 6.00 Sunday Edition, per year, by KAIL 2.50 Weekly Edition, per year, by MAIL 2,00 Parts ol a year at the some rate, io ptovs n *»49t*#W| be 9WO and give Post address in full, including State and county. Remittances may be made either by draft, express, •.Post Office order, or In registered letters, at out risk. TEEMS TO CJTT SUBSCBISEBSt ©ally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per wfjek. Daily, delivered, Sunday Included, 30 cents per Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, No. 15 canal-su, Chicago, HL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS7li 'wArtlCD~-A PUBLIC LIBRARY. On the mottling preceding the great lire, Tim Tribune published an appeal fora free public library in Chicago. It was one of several such appeals, in which wo announced an intention to keep the subject before the public until the great desideratum should be supplied. The terrible events which have since ensued have rather reinforced inch an appeal than otherwise. Chicago’s need of a free public library is much greater than before the lire, and, we are glad to add, the possibilities of soon obtaining one are also greater than before. The sources from •whichgreat public libraries, of the kind pro posed, are obtained are (I) municipal appropriations, which need not be lavish in amount, and (2) private munificence, which has always been found prolific in valuable contributions to any public library -which is hona tide public—that is, free to all. To show what can be done with publishers, we have only to cite the account given in these col umns, a few daj'sago, of the collection of over 20,000 volumes by one gentleman, who passed around among the American publishers and booksellers. And wo now have a fresh in stance of the feeling referred to, in the action of certain British friends of America, toward raising a noble contribution of books for a free Chicago library. In Loudon there is an Anglo-American Association, presided over by Thomas Hughes. M. P., and composed of phil- Americanists like himself. At a recent meet ing of this society a lecture was given (the first of a similar course) by Mr. Justin McCarthy, on Chicago and the Prairie Country.” The lecturer was introduced by Mr. Hughes, who, in his preliminary speech, stated the details of a plan which ho is pur suing with great energy and efficiency for the replenishing of the great free library,” destroyed at Chicago. This plan is to secure from each living British author a copy of each volume of his works while the deficit of contemporaneous literature and the necessary proportion of classical and stand ard works should be made up by publishers and individual contributions. The Anglo- American Association has taken this matter in hand, and will work in conjunction with Mr.Burgess, the origiuatorof the scheme, for the forwarding of the noble work. Mr. Hughes has already corresponded with Thom as Carlyle, Mr. Disraeli, and other distin guished authors, with- decided success. Mr. Carlyle grumbled, as his constitution com pelled him to do, but wound up by saying: "A copy of my books shall not, by any means, bo wanting.” Mr. Tom Taylor, the humorist and dramatist, promises complete files of Fundi, and the principal publishers, includingMacmillan, Murray, and Smith Elder, have agreed to contribute liberally from their shelves. The generous founders and forwarders of this movement are entitled to the heartfelt gratitude of the Chicago public, and to even an increase of the popularity which they have already achieved in America. Mean time, the question occurs. What disposition shall be made of the gift from our English friends, when it shall arrive? Certainly Chicago was never so much in need of a good public library as at present; andnever .was there so much need that the books which we shall be able to accumulate be so placed before the public as to benefit the greatest uumberof readers. Private libraries by the thousand have been swept out of ex istence, and, at the same time, have perished the means for replenishing them. Other means of mental occupation and recreation have also been destroyed so that the greatest demand for reading matter an* books of reference comes at a time when the supply Of such is almost entirely cut off. ”j 8 c^ ear that the contributions of our Eng lish frieuds. and of others who may emulate their liberality, will bo particularly wel come and it is also clear that these benefits can be utilized to the best advantage ou through the medium of a consolidated public library, taken care of by the citv aud accessible to all citizens without charge! The means of accomplishing so desirable a rcouU are. fortunately, not difficult. A bill 18 already before it,., state Legislature au thorizing municipal governments' to appropt iations for the purpose of establishing pnbl'c.libraries, and it will undoubtedly be° come a law within a few weeks. This will enable Chicago to organize a free library on the same plan as that by which Boston has mado ner free library the best collection in America, and the strongest, numerically, ex cept the Congressional Library at Washing ton. An appropriation of twentyor twenty live thousand dollars, or even less, with suitable plans and regulations, would bo all that would be required to carry the enter prise info effect. -Landlords would compote actively for the privilege of furnishing room to so publican institution, and men of wealth and letters would soon bo vicing with each other in contributing books, manuscripts pampldets—whole libraries—to the public fund. The Boston Library has been enrich ed, since its foundation, hy several very choice private collections, turned over bodi ly to it Vccansc of its stable and public char acter. Ibo same would bo tbo case with a Chicago library which could, by virtue of its plan and management, secure tbo confi dence of the Chicago public, and be adopted as ftc library of the city. Especially might 7 'V th Butl an organization formed, profit largely hy the generous sentiment now -prevailing toward bar throughout the civil ized world. irmoßnY representation. One of the duties of the Legislature is to pass a new law, regulating the manner of voting, and of counting the votes, for Ecpre- Beutativesiu the General Assembly. The new constitution provides for the apportionment ot the State into Senatorial Districts and the election of three Ecpro sentatives m each district; and, also that m all elections of Eepresentatives aforesaid, each qnalilied voter may cast as many votes for one candidate as there arc Eepresentatives to be elected, or may dis sa Of oannl parts thereof, among the candidates as ho shall see fit; and the candidates highest in votes shaU be de clared elected.” This is the law of the State, and the elec tion must be held under it. But there ought to bo some, legislation to give it effect. For astnnee, there ought to be some prescribed uniform rule, for the designation by the i.° ol the division of his three votes i-ach he entitled to cast three or Ecnrcsentativo. Ho can give all three votes for one candidate, or two for one can didate and one for another, or he can give one vote each to three candidates. What -the iiegislatnro must do, is to provide by law the mode m which this designation shall he made. This mode ought to be uniform. Provision .should also be made foi the proper donating of ballots, when the voter accidentally, or ignorantly, designates more votes than -he is entitled' ■to give, as. lor instance, when he deposits a ballot with three names upon it with a designation of two or three votes for one' candidate, without erasing the other names. There ought to bo a uniform ml o for the government of the inspectors in such cases, cither requiring tho rejection of the whole ballot, or counting one vote for each candidate, or requiring tho three votes to he counted as directed and tho othcra rejected. At the first election, and until this mode of balloting becomes familiar, there. will he many such mistakes made. The jealousy of candidates will induce complicated manipu lations of the divisions of the votes and the dealing with all snob cases our* left to the discretion of partin' P 0 siblc inspectors of election? au 01 ttxospon* A SLIGHT P We have liccu fur -^FFEEEKCE. present conditio' Btatel ellt oC «>o suranco Comp I gcl illiains In load Tiio rovi dcuco, Rhodo Is- Auditor p Ml “Panr bad filed with the State ou tlie-** swoni statement of its condition ment lst f Deceml,er last, which state wo compare with tho one prepared for ia present emergency; ASSETS. Cash on hand Cash in hands of agents. Due for premiums C. S. bonds National Bonk stocks Accrued interest* Ivlins on poll**tcnils.’ Wee ,V u, t receivable salvage claims Total assets. LIABILITIES, Amount of losses unpaid Chicago losses Stare taxes *7O, ’7l Required to reinsure at 40 p. c. C1.7G1 Required to insure at «o p. c. Ret’n prom’s on murine rislcs Unpaid dividends All otberclahuß Expense of closing business., Expense in defending suits.. Total liabilities SSG,G9I T his company, upon this last exhibit, has assets equal to 50 1-2 per cent of its losses in Chicago, but is offering policy-holders 40 per cent. But the statement on its face is ab surd. Since January the assets, consisting of cash, bank stocks, and government stocks, have shrunk from $278,900 to $219,507. The SIO,OOO of loans on collaterals have vanished. Bills receivable, accrued interest, sums due for premiums, salvages—all have perished. Has there been a financial crash in Rhode Island that has destroyed all these assets, and depreciated National Bank stock 15 per centl The shrinkage has even reached the cash on hand and in the hands of agents, and over 40 per cent of tho greenbacks have gone beyond the reach of the officers. In January, 1871, tho company made a sworn statement that its liabilities were but $80,094, against assets of $278,990. On that exhibit it sought business in this city up to the day of the fire. Adding tho whole of the reported loss in Chicago, tho liabilities made an aggre gate of $310,794 liabilities, leaving assets equal to 87 per cent of t he liabilities. This company is but one of a score which have presented a new schedule of assets and liabilities upon which to settle with policy holders. The statement speaks for itself. We hope that no person will accept the 40 per cent otl'crcd by tho company, but that tho committee of policy-holders will pnt.this and all other similar concerns in a court of bank ruptcy, and compel a statement of what has become of tho lost assets and a true state ment of losses. The theory that unearned premiums must be paid in full will not boar the test of judicial investigation, A court of bankruptcy will direct that all the credit ors of a company shall share its assets pro rata. Slowly hut surely justice seems to be over taking the sinners at Salt Lake. Only a feu years since, Brigham Young anil his polyg amous elders, dwelling in the fertile valleys that surround Salt Lake, bade defiance alike to the moral sense of the world and the laws of the nation. Human foresight could hardly divine any condition of things that would break the power of Brigham over his ignorant followers. But at length the necessities of the nation forced the building of the Pacilic Railway, and the discovery of rich silver mines in the Wasatch range at traeted a large crowd of hardy Gentiles who do not recognize the authority of B. Young. The ofliccrs of the government began to feel that they now had strength enough to exe cute the laws of the land. Indictments were found for lewd and lascivious cohabitation against Brigham and several of his leading men. The trial was set for next Monday; but Brigham is absent in the southern part of the Territory, and his law yers plead for a delay of two weeks. Wheth er the delay be granted or not will make no difference in the result. He will not deny the fact that ho has a dozen or more wives, so-called, and the conviction may as well come lirst as last. On condition of his obey ing the law hereafter, no one will object to a pardon from the President, and there let po lygamy end. To this conclusion must it come at last, for the forty millions of American people cannot abandon or modify one of the essential elements of Christian civilization to accommodate a few rich Mormons in Utah. The Common Council seems unwilling to take up the subject of excluding frame buildings. Many of the men who are going out seem determined to vote against the ordinance, for the purpose of using it as capital to get back next year, and several of those holding over, in the remote wards, seem to be afraid that somebody will use it against them at the next election. Alder man Wilce, of the Tenth Ward, deserves the thanks of the public for the zeal and ability with wluoU ho too pushed this ordinance and brought bis practical knowledge to tho consideration of this important ques tion. Tho best thing tbo Com mon Council can do is lot the subject lay over, to bo acted on by tho new City Government elected since tho lire These new members, it is to bo hoped, art) alive to tbo necessity of doing what every other largo city lias long since done—prohib iting the erection of any more wooden build ings. If Chicago is over to put off the ap pearance of barracks, and take on that of a permanent city, now is the time to begin. So long as a man is liable to have his perma nent improvement surrounded hy shanties and tinder-hoxes, such improvements will ho postponed, and tho city remain a lumber yard; and conflagration will he considered one of the institutions of tho city, to bo paid for in double rates of insurance in companies which Will pay ten cents on tho dollar of their losses. t A minority of a committee of the Common Council bay© reported that, in their judg ment, Mr. Carstcn Blohmo was elected Al derman of the First Ward in tbo autumn of IS7O. instead of Sir. J, J. Knickerbocker, tho sitting member. Inasmuch as a minority of a committee cannot make a report in any case, and can only submit their dissent from the conclusions of tho majority by permis sion of tho majority, and since no such per mission has been granted, the irregularity and unimportance of the proceeding are suf ficiently obvious. But, in point of fact, Mr. Knickerbocker received thirteen votes more than Mr. Blohmc at that election, according to tho official count. A recount, made at the instance of Mr. Blohme’s friends, resulted in throwing out nine of Mr. Knickerbockers votes for iutoiuiality, leaving him still a ma jority of four. The ChrhHaa Union (edited, as wo learn from an announcement at its head, by Henry nrd Beecher.) says of Grant’s correspond ence with Murphy: TT'f 1 ‘hat we could say that Goner' s|=ffia;siw&feSS s t^a.*S3?s>Si*-ff or underrates its acnmen. But is it rcason roliefon a P ul, lic ‘cacUei-,Tiotli of politics anil roligron, to require of his audience greater faith than he has himself. I don’t Whcve for my own part.” says Beecher, “y« nn douhtedlv, the simple pnhlic, with eves less openaud months more so. will swallow H “ThoJaUatl" 10 06 f setol >ShUn at lS£ the flames with bucket "of a In^SsaldZ™^ fllC Bt Ck b styles of good; dM IC a 6 to and SANITARY MATTERS. Regular Meeting of the Mortality of the Past Week- Increase of Typhoid Fever. Jan. 1, *7l. iVop., ‘7l. 33.58 a 20,781 1,720 4,105 05,15(1 55 000 147,61(1 125,000 3,239 10,000 10,063 10,306 1,001) 2,810 Continued Prevalence of Small-Pox-- Criminal Neglect of Physi cians and Others. A Case of Shocking Inhumanity —A New Small-Pox Hos pital Wanted. *219,870 .*278,000 Jan. 1, ’7l. Kot., ’7l. $23,003 40,922 75.75G 21,051 A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held yesterday afternoon. Mayor Mason in the chair. Present—lnspectors Johnson, Bauch, Hoard, Von Hollen and Reynolds. The report of Sanitary Superintendent Ranch was submitted, showing the total number of deaths for the week ending November 25 to have been 132, in addition to 2 premature and 13 still births. There was an increase of 10 over the preceding week. The chief causes of death were as follows: Acci dents, 6; brain disease, 7; cholera infantum, 2 consumption, 8; convulsions, U; croup, 3; diphtheria, 3; dropsy, 3; enteritis, 5; scarlet fever, S; typhoid fever, 24; hydro cephalus, 4 inanition, 3: old age, C; pneumonia, 9; small-pox, 4. Of those under I year of ago there were 30; betweea one and two, twen ty and thirty, and thirty and forty. 12 each and between four and live, 2. Of males there were 76; females, 57. On the 19th Inst, there were 19 deaths; on the 20th, 19; on the 21st, i»; on the 22d, 19; on the 23d, 18; on the 21th, 21, and on the 25tn, 21. In the Fifteenth Ward there were 19 deaths: in the Ninth, 1C; in the Sixth, 14; in the Right, 13. The largest ratio of mortality was in the Fifteenth "Ward, where there the rate was 1 in 1,353 of population; and the smallest in the Thirteenth, where there was but 1 death, or lin 9,740. 1,317 8,000 7,500 8389,732 EESURK3 OF TOE SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent, in his remarks, states .that the increase in mortality is common to this season of the year, and there Is nothing unusual in it; in fact, the general health of the city continues good, taking into account tho peculiar conditions that now obtain here. Compared with last week, there were 3 mote deaths by accident: 2by brain disease; 4by consumption :2 by dlpthcria; 2 by enteritis: 7by typhoid fever; 3by hydrocephalus; 3by inanition; 4by old ago; 2by pneumonia, and 2by small-pox while there were two less by croup ;3 by diarrhoea :2 by scarlet fover; 3by gasf ritis; 4by heart disease, and 4 by meningitis. Tbo increase in adult mortality shows that the tire, with its concomitants, to gether with tho severe weather, had a marked inlliiencc uponold age. TUemost marked increase has been in typhoid fever, which disease has steadily increased for the last mouth, and, Horn present indications, will continue to do so, unless many of the houses, particularly in dis tricts where our foreign population resiles, are relieved from overcrowding. During tho past week several horrid nests have been discovered, and the inmates promptly removed to the bar racks. THE BARRACKS. One death —that of a child, of croup—occurred m tho barracks, the first in four weeks. There was gome suffering from cold during the week; hut, generally speaking, the health in the bar racks is much better than among the same num ber of people of a like class who live in houses in different partsof thecity. Much progress has been made in making tho barracks more comfortable, while their sanitary condition has also been much improved. In short, many of the people in them are better cared for, and in better condi tion, than they were before tho lire. No other case of small-pox has occurred in the barracks, and the vaccination and rcvaccination of all is nearly completed. There is still danger, how ever, as individuals are daily admitted from tho densely crowded houses in different parts of tho city, and continued vigilance is necessary. _ SMALLPOX. The remarks of the Sanitary Superintendent, on the subject of small-pox, are as follows: Daring the past xveek eases of small-pox anil ratio have been reported at No. 243 Division -street. No. i.j Burlington street, »o. 51 string street, No. go Fisk avem, e. No. lOTjdhnaon street. West Catlianuc street. No. 202 West Twelfth atrc^ t Ko. 819 Larrabeo street, >-Vr Hb est Division street. No. 599 south Union street, -street, No. 180 Indiana street. No. i? 66 South J elliTson street. No. 33 Ruble street No 42 spring street, and at the Marine Hospital. It will be seen from the foregoing that the disease is on the increase, and will continue to bo so while medics! men, and those having patients in their houses, neglect to report, and persons fall to protect themselvesby vac. cuiatlon ami live In tho city, individuals come help with the malady from the connin', other cities, and gnmts. Three of tuose reported this week arrivedTn this country bj tho steamer Alleuiauia, but tho dis ease did not develop itself until alter thev had boon here several days. In the winter of 1SG1) i called the ei, i^ n °f: aml subsequently, that of «.m* d«legntion m Congress, to the necessity of vac, 1 lir atl^onpMSii^?t fAb fore l, V’’ V lvavo the old comi- Jn. 2so action was taken, and it Is to be hoped that TTV, S/f5i U Kr«J. 1 i r «i^l eni of throughout the U mtetl states at this time will bring nlxmt such ac -011!?111 AVaytbs,t thelntroduction and spnauof thomscaso from abroad can bo prevented, t amounts to Utile, and, in tills n spect, Jh a failure at least to :i great i>v lent, ns the disease docs not always Show it self m patients when they leave the an&nmtliu> station. Much speculation has been indulged in with rd H*? tll oUrcoo infection, but to mo it is perfectly ptain,. as for tho last vear iiearlv overv stcamei that arrived in this country from Euro no liali small-ijox aboard. Of the cases now in this city fonr. monff f °rolgnprs. Thu teason of this is ner £SL r ,V Un a3 maliy of them think that it is unneces sary to vaccinate, or rovaccinate, while, at tho Sa time, they arc placed in tho wav of the infectioM hv oohlact with their friemh yih 0 have Just aniv% coail by. Tinssamocomlitiouobtains atCLncin nati, where, from October lto November 9.210 died of small-pox, and of these 200 were Germans For this ineliniiiTw r Ve tL Ja< J on, y twelve deaths by this disease, imluiim-, two that were not reported. Small-nox is also quite prevalent at st. iWs. In both cities tie donlh rate for tho last fourycars, liy small-pox has been much greater than in this city, 1 3 I deem it my duty to call attention to Dr. M. O. Springer, who reported constipation of bowels as the cause of death of a Mrs. Hall, who died at No. 37 Untile j «™uber 14. of what has since proved to bo l' as been brought against Dr. Spring er, but ho has left the citj*. TJIO circumstances at tendant upon.thu discovery of the causoof death of this n fi OWB: 011 a,st Jmrsday morning a man, who said Ills name was Darwin Hall, presented himself at tills office, and requested that I should send i lr/tsmi* r° ir,>s l ,i tal After a careful exam inatien, I detected no evidence of small-pox but he said he was salislied, from what ho had been told about lie llml or wonia have the disease, senVVofiii 1 1 ,a VVJ 88 p V rBl9 l UDt 1,1 Ashing to be a l»o said that llu ,disease. limmediatelyreferred tothciecoidand found tiio case ns stated be’fore -ind told them mo, direct ug him. at the m« t,. r. turn In vvlicrc ft VES*-.,TSSaS |SS£!pSSStSgS tip same that 1 tolil cant- U ill 14 sl >e left apparently aatteflcl F.-ftrl ,,n Fi idflv morning she returned, apparent)v exultant saying that slip ,v a certain that lip uiau 'iiail sin-in' wx, ami that .-be wanted him takeniway iSi her that I did not believe that so sudden a chan*»t» could occur, ami also told her that I wouhl seohim ll!< hOO ll 1 could get away from the office i sa%\ the mmi between 12 axid 1 p. m., and found him in a bam, with no tire, and hut 1 itlle cj>v.‘rin,i «,..Vi swollen ami bloodshot, dimcultv of roSirotiofl’ with free expectoration of blood, but wUli 1» mirkl nf small-pox. The inhumanity that drove the man to the l«un caused mo promptly to decide tint i»n„ii 0 L J«‘ -SW&-S? S tvas sent a..d“SS I lst X »^'»ntliiapar«nmio"rt f o e S l a? iiiSsifiSaiss til;.., Wnlclptfril assttiC-ilr >fm others. 3 01 Wc ami much aufierlng jilh by many is to me inex ■fi'aed vacciunllcn. f No''be?tjK m'K! week. ie cacy of vaccination mill tion the effl than that now* pu*i«ini.iii.wm uin, ,io n cau be found Here it is S,i“ V' L Clly m thi barracks. |u the same war. Flags liare S the others homes when* thero idaccxl on all tlio rant, and one saloon nn/» i~riJ)ILJ™ lx 1 addition totlir fave been clo.^dTu I Sg JJ? 1 n olmro ntore the Maine buihlingJu 11 t -‘l a em.e of small pox being in rp» OTHER REPORTS -as re and.2U nuisances abated PonrnSn 6 becn sorv ed Sfsajsr SrfSjJ-FSM f>r. Adolphus reports tSt i ‘S av a S® r .worb. hitchcn ar the Central i £mcmnatr soup mease benetlt in Is-of i m much comfort to fhnrSSo;? 0111 01 n °w- and of need of fresh plo supplying the he ceiled" the bareaebti and ehouhl publish- K& d £s?»£ aS estate lerten avenue, DonslirpiSe am? n w dc byr, I I nuc, was referred to the^S?mt»£ c,tora vc Hospital to supple the nlarn n? !1 Sl “all Pox Tlio board then adjourned. To the Editor of <3tf». T T J/,c Cwcttffo Tribune: am by this morning's Tamest: that •THE CHI' Board of Health. !Aout 18.W0 brick per flay. y all Kpaatl tbo clay, and mold it. dofn-awav S'** 11 theold 'wheel,and tfie slow methods o? sham i Bricks cannot bo made when the nights arn SSSSSJ. nEC 'luently the first baking or brinks cannot do turned out until sometlmo in Mav aml operations must ceaso by tbo Ist o£ Noveuh?r and sometimes earlier. ,mdant mfcflmtely“m Tim C ST MACHINERY, ETC. Hon h“ SS ifo“Snv^et^ns-,oaloila &agßS£^r%,issa Shed Two 2^oo JS'J nt around, planks, etc iSS TtS™f st tu mMll,lllM and draw iirti;; S JOO Harnesses.. 100 SS Ham ftT horses ”to“?isi?“ d^ Wood (to bo done previous* to wintAri 532 Other expenses to first kiln .I*.*” £.OOO Total current expenses, aud a liaudsomc X wcS «S o[eilM!nmu s for »bo BO< son IStfiSfnr? l’™ Dt almost cepm! to the original ox -5fi52i t SSi>.A. p 8 n w J 10 “as capital at Ida com- Wpll n?.i> s J rea to turu ovcr two or Uireo Hans in !c d next two seasons, will do well to seek an eligible Hto 2 IT a brick-yard in Chicago or.ita immedito vicinity. nmP" afl needful prepar ations during tho cold'weather n„ be ready to commence business as «5m Stfci&ftm oP a s THE MURDERERS, Su 1 onliminncc Granted Gregory fVri the Alleged Double-Murderer. hiK V^,^ W J Perteet baying been abanAmteif by bJS attorney, as was stated in TheTbibcse of Monday, the Criminal Court Judge, yesterday appointed.Thomas H. Marsh to defend Mm. M Perfect is a colored man, and It is aaidof him that bo cut the throat of his wife, Martha* THE FIRE INVESTIGATION. Continuation of the Examina tion of Witnesses by the Board of Police. Testimony of the Man at the Crib and Firemen—How the 6as Eeser voirs were Emptied. The Board of Police and Firo Commissioner., yesterday, resumed tbelr examination, wltb re gard to tbe causes ot tbo burning ot tbc city. Tbc first witness examined was CAPTAIN MICHAEL UICKET. Ho did not attribute tbo conflagration to tbo drunkenness ot tbo firemen, and boiteved that only Divine Providence could have stopped It when it reached Monroe street Tbougb bo be lieved tbe gas in tbo works near tbo Armory did not pass through water.be could testify that something coming from tbo Gas Works was wont to go into tbo cells of tbo Armory through tbo sewers, which smelt most abominably of gas, a nuisance which bo bad complained of for eight years. Wltb regard to preventing tbe spread of tbe fire in its earlier stages, he did not believe It practicable, and tbe combustible material on both sides of tbe river was about equal. JOHN LOLLAND, keeper of tlie crib, said tlio sparks began to fall upon tbo crib at half-past 11 o’clock on Sunday nifilit, and continued to fall until 3 o’clock on Monday morning. Brands from 3 to c indies in length feU upon the crib, and would have burned it but for the careful at tention ho had bestowed upon it with pails of water. The brands appeared to be fragments of pine boards, and must have travelled three miles. Ho could not tell at what hour the Waterworks were destroyed, but saw by tho cessation of tho current in tho crib that the pumps had ceased to act. The smell of the smouldering city is painfully plain when tho wind is from the west. 1 GEORGE E. FULLER, the night telegraph operator, was the next wit- I™olsely tbe same as the statement made by him to a reporter of Tub Tribune, and published some days ago. He could give no evidence as to intoxication on the part of the fireman. In answer to a Question pom Fip Marsha! Williams, whether he ramem y?J'yWia2B>lmvl>>g stated that tbe con dition of tbe Court House would render it a good morsel for a wholesale lire, be said bo did not D. J. SWEENT, foreman of tbo steamer Fred. Gund, made some rather Interesting statements. Summed up they were to thefollowlngeffect: Ho bad boon m tbe department since 1849. Ho went to at the third alarm i?;i'- o tai 0 5fe- 6X i aotly an hour 1111,1 ,!ve minutes after the first alarm was given. He drove down Tyler street to Jefferson, and thence to Canal street. Finding tbe churck on tiro on the inside he ceased to play upon it, and turned bis stroanl ““h 3116 eluw* bmSed down, but the mill was saved. Meanwhile a col umn of fire came upon him from tbo south and drove lum away. Then Bateham’s mill was burned, and, as bo earnestly believed, tbe firo spread to the South Side from that point. Tbe firemen were not intoxicated, but some of the companies were without officers, and were very slow. The tire could not have been extinguished when it reached the South Side, but its spread could have been prevented. He would have nSS a long tl ,‘s riTer an d saved Frank- I h< i c