4 Terras of Subscription, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Pally SOltlon, per year, by mail- Tri-weekly Edition, per year, by mai1..... Sunday Edition, per year, by mail Weekly Edition, per year, by mail Farts of a year at the earn e rate. To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure sad 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 our risk. TEEMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS I Dally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Dally, delivered, Sunday included, so cents per week. Addreaa THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, No. 15 Canal-Bt, Chicago, m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 2, 1871. SPEAKER BLADTE. Somebody lias taken the trouble to telc jnapb to various newspapers tbe statement Ibat Pennsylvania bas lost confidence in {speaker Blaine, because of bis appointments on tbe Committee of Ways and Means.” We do not know who it is that thus claims •authority to proclaim tbe opinion of tbe people of Pennsylvania upon this subject 5 but tbe ignorance and impudence displayed, in tbe statement warrant tbe assumption that no sneb authority exists. The Speaker of the House of Reprcsenta livcs is tho official organ of tho House; ho is not elected to carry out bis will, hut that of the House. Ordinarily, legislative bodies elect their own commit tees, ia which case the committees would dearly represent the will of tho majority. The House of Representatives being a large body, and the committees numerous, consid erations of convenience have led to the assignment of this duty to the Speaker, who is also a member of the House. Were the Speaker to consti tute Ihe committees with a view to defeat the expressed or known will of tho House, he’would he guilty of usurpation unbecom ing j u itself, and calculated to impair public confidence in his fairness. Upon the sub jects of tariff taxation, which are peculiarly within tho province of tho Committee of Ways and Means, the a wishes of the majority of the House are well known. The House, by repeated votes, indi cated by more than two-thirds majority that the duties on coal and salt should not onl3* ho reduced, but repealed. It was also unmistak ably shown that the temper of tho House was opposed to the existing tarifl. The .Speaker, no matter what his personal opin ions might have been, could not appoint a Committee of Ways and Means opposed to the expressed wish of the House. Each com mittee is an organ of tho House, supposed to represent the will of the majority; and, had the Speaker appointed on that particular committee a majority of Protectionists, ho would have betrayed the confidence reposed in him by the House and by the country. It is.further stated that Pennsylvania will, 1 n consequence of this act, refuse to support Mr. Blaine for Vice President. This is very silly. Had Mr. Blaine acted otherwfcoUe would have lost the respect and confidence of the whole country honest men even in Pennsylvania would not have respected him. His fairness, his prompt obedience to tho de clared will of the House, and the remarkable correctness of his selections, will win for him, in all parts of tho country, a support fully compensating for what ho mayloSetil Pennsylvania. If he he nominated for Vice President, Pennsylvania Republicans will have to vote for him.* Honesty and firmness in the discharge of public duty never injure a man in the estimation of his countrymen, whatever may he the effect upon protected coal. A FIVE-MILLION DASH. The Chicago Beprescntativc in Congress pro poses to malic a dash on the hurst of sympathv, and to secure an appropriation of five millions for public buildings at one stroke. We shall not op pose any grant that will relieve Chicago distress. This would not; but it would bo a pool for a great j cal estate ring, such as has already been mooted. No honest purpose ueeds an appropriation of live millions. What is required is an|appropriation to secure the additional ground, if that shall he ap proved. and to begin building in an energetic and luticnal manner. The public buildings cannot be built in a day. nor in a single season, no matter how many millions are set apart. As for doing this to give relief to Chi cago sufferers, it will only add to tho embarrass ments of those who are rebuilding, by increasing the demand for laborers, which is already greater than can he supplied. We suppose that to oppose anything that Chi ca go may ask will be charged to lack of sympa thvwith her distress; hut this call for $5,000,030 ha*s no relation to her distress. It is a speculation under cover of sympathy. It will not do to look i.pc-n Chicago as one exaggerated, sympathetic, suffering soul, for there is no lack thereof those who are readv to speculate upon their suffering neighbors. Tills 55.000.000 would magnify the ap propriation bill, and prevent appropriations for works, for want of which the country is suffering t o the tune of many millions—works imperatively demanded, and which will payback their cost many fold in relieving the people from burdens. If this appropriation is to be made from sympa thy, it should be dispensed to rebuild the s*orca and dwellings of the sufferers. If it is for the needs of the government, not half this sum is re quired at once. As to expending money there ex travagantly for building labor, it would only embarrass the sufferers in their rebuilding. And as to the scale on which these buildings shall be made, it should be remembered that the need is no greater than at Cincinnati and St. Lotus, and that prodigality in one will make an example for the rest. The affair should be reduced to a pure ly business view. —Cinrinualt Gazette, ■\Ve do not know wbat appropriations the country is suffering for “to the tune of many millions,” but we readily concede that there is much force in what the Gaseite saj'S about the five-million dash. Chicago does not want any public money to be wasted here under the guise of sympathy and relief. Kor does Chicago want a large sum of money to be appropriated in advance of the reason able requirements of the Supervising Archi tect. What is required is an appropriation to secure the additional ground, if that shall be approved, and to begin building in an energetic and rational manner.” We endorse this sentiment of the Gazette fully, and we assure all of our friends in Con cress that the people of Chicago ask for nothing different. They arc more concerned about the settlement of the question of loca tion than they are about the five million dollars. Thej' apprehend that an effort will be made to change the location, and that, if changed, other considerations than the pub lic good will have brought it about. TEE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT GRANT. The New York Times devotes two or three columns of its issue for last Friday to a cir cumstantial answer to the accusations which have been published against the official course of President Grant on the score of nepotism and gift-taking. We are glad to see a foimal, aud, apparently, authorized, 3 espouse to these charges, even though it be not completely convincing. Replying to the foolish remark of the Brooklyn To- Ro S or Wc'rtimer, a prisoner in the Tower, She man* aged his escape to France, where she, a year later, .joined him; and she had her son sent after her, and refused to return, living openly withMortlmcr. The King was unpopular at home, owing to measures Of certain favorites, and in 1326 the Queen and her sou, accompanied bysome Flemish volunteers, returned to England, where the peo ple all jomedher. The King, attempting to escape to Ireland, was captured. Parliament declared the young Prince King, and deposed the King, his father. Edward 11., after lingering a year in prison, was murdered at Berkley Castle in 1327, the Queen and Mortimer being the instigators. 2. Edward ITT., son of the preceding, and the second Prince of Wales, began his reigu under the regency of his mother, in 3327. Three years later ho assumed the government, confined his mother in a convent, and hanged Mortimer, who had been created Earl of March. lie was haj>py in his domestic relations; claimed the French crown by right of his mother; fought the battle of Crecy, where his son tookpart; and in 1377 died, after a reign of over fifty years. 3, Edward, the Black Prince, son of the last King, was the third Princcof Wales. Ho was the great soldier of his age. Ho married his cousin, Joanna, who was older than he, and a widow with several children. Her reputation was much questioned. Tho last years of his life were sad dened by protracted illness. Ho died in 1876, be fore his father. At the battle of Crecy, John of Luxemburg, then King of Bohemia, was killed, and Edward adopted his crest of three ostrich feathers and tho motto “IchDien” (I servo). This crest and mottohave been retained by all the subsequent Princes of Wales. 4, Henry V,, “Prince Hal,” son of Henry IV., was the next person bearing tho title. Ho suc ceeded his father as King in 1413. His early life was one of riot and dissipation. He vainly sought to marry tho widow of the late King, Bichard 11., and finally demanded Princess Katherine of France, with a dowry of 2,000,000 crowns. This being refused, he invaded and conquered nearly all France. He was offered tho Princess with out the dowry, but refused. Ho won tho battle of Agincourt in 1415, held his French Court at Bouen in 1410, and finally married|Kath erino in 1820,—a succession to tho FrenclTcrown being substituted for the money demand. Ho died in Franco two years later, leaving ouo child, a eon. c.‘ Ilenry VI., the fifth Prince of Wales, aon of the preceding, had u long reign and miserable life. He was 8 months old when his father died, in 1422; was proclaimed King in England and Franco the same year. When 8 years old was crowned In both countries. 110 married Marga ret of Anjou; was for a time mentally incapac itated in 14C1 was defeated by the Yorkists, and a few years later was imprisoned in the Tower, where he remained until 1470. A year later ho was murdered in the Tower. C. Edward of Lancaster, The Child of Sorrow and Infelicity,” son of Henry VI., shared the fate of his parents, during the War of the Roses. During his father’s long imprisonment and dep osition he was the constant companion of his heroic mother. He married Anno Kovillo, of Warwick, to procure .the aid of the King-maker for his mother, hut within a year fell in the last struggle at Tewksbury, in 1471, basely mur dered by Edward of York, while a prisoner, thus dying before his father. 7. Edward V., Infant eon of Edward IV., born 1470, murdered in 1433, with his brother, the Duke of York, by their uncle, Richard 111. Ho was 14 years old. 8. Edward, son of Richard 111. and Anne Neville, widow of Edward, the sixth Prince of Wales. He died in 14?4, before his father, and within a few months of the murder of his cousins, aged 10 years. 9. Arthur, ninth Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII. and elder brother of Henry VIII. Born Sep tember, I486; in 3301 be was married to Catherine QfArrflgoij l n( fl T9 in April, 1-793, died, aged 1G years. His widow hiavried his brother Henry. 10. Edward VI., son of Henry VIII. and JailS Seymour. Born October, 1537 King under re gency 1547; died July, 1553, aged 1C years. 31. Henry Frederick, sou of James I. (Stuart). Born February 19,1594, while his father was King of Scotland; rc-created Prince of Wales 1G10; died of consumption November, 1012, aged 18 years. 32. Charles 1., brother of the eleventh Prince, created Px’incc of Wales by bis father. Became King in 1625; executed 1C49. 13. Charles 11. Born IC3O. Fugitive until the Restoration in 1C60; died childless IG?S. 14. James Stuart (Pretender), son of James 11. Excluded from succession by Parliament; died in exile 17G5. 15. George 11., son of George I. Born in Hano ver 1C83; created Prince of Wales on his father’s accession to the British crown in 1714 at enmity with his father; became King 1727; died 1700. IG. Frederick Louis, son of George IT. Born 1707; quarrelled with his father and was expelled him from the palacel736; fatherof GeorgellL; 17. George TV., son of George 111. Born 1702; Regent 3811; King 3820; died June, 1830. is. Albert Edward, son of Victoria I. Born November 9,1841; married March 10,18C3, and has five children—two sons and three daughters—liv ing. From this it will ho seen that, of the eighteen Princes, ten became Kings, and of these Edward 11. and Henry VI. were murdered; Edward V. was murdered m his infancy and Charles I. was executed; Edward VI. died at ic years of ago; Charles 11. was twenty years in exile; George If. was disgraced hy his father, and in turn dis graced his own son. George IV. was the great reprobate. Edward TIL and Henry V. were the only Kings who had borne tho title of Prince of Wales who hud a comparatively undisturbed reign, and of these Henry V. disci young. Seven of the predecessors of tho present Prince nevea became Kings. Of these Edward of Lancaster was murdered; four others died young; Edward tho Black Prince, despite his military glory, had do mestic misfortunes; one, James Stuart, was ex cluded from tho succession; and Frederick Louis, father of George 111., died in poverty and dis grace. Should tho present Prince die before be coming King, it may ho half a century before there will bo another to bear the title. IEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1871. POLICE AND FIRE. Export of the Commissioners on the Great Confla gration. Conclusions Arrived-at by Messrs. Brown and Sheridan. The Eesponsibility for the Calamity Qaietly Shifted to the Mayor, Council, and Newspapers. Commissioner Stelim After tlia “-Sloucliy Patrolmen. A regular semi-weekly meeting of the Board of Police and* Fire Commissioners was held at tbe Madison Street Station- yesterday afternoon* President Brown in the chair. There were pres ent—Commissioners Sheridan and Rchm. The following io the report of the board on the origin and progress of the great fire. It was submitted and placed on file: Tho Board of Police, as required bylaw, investigated the origin of the fire of October 8 and 9. We have heard the sworn testimony of fifty-one witnesses, and had tho same taken down by a stenographer, and subsequently transcribed. As written out it makes 900 pages of fools cap paper- As a large part of tho tes timony was published In tho daily papers as it was taken from day to day, and, as Unorig inal is on file for reference, we deem it unneces sary to recapitulate the evidence to any grout ex tent, hut proceed to give- the result of our inves tigation, briefly, and place it upon records Tlio board And that tbo flro originatedla a two story barn in-rear of No. 137 DeKoven street, tbc premises being owned by Patrick Leary. The fire was first discovered by a drayman by the name of Daniel Sullivan, who saw it while sitting on tbo sidewalk on the south side of DoXoven street, and nearly opposite Leary's premises. Ho fixes the time at not more than twenty to twenty-five minutes past 9 o’clock, when ho first noticed the flames coming out of the barn. There is no proof that any per soushadbccnin tbo bam after nightfall that evening. Whether it originated from a spark blown from a chimney on that windy night, or was set on flro by human agency, wo are unable to determine. Mr. Leary, tbo owner, and all Ins family prove to have been in bod and asleep at tbc time. There was a small party in the front part of Leary’s house, which was occupied by Mr. McLaughlin and wife. But wo failed to find any evidence that anybody from McLaughlin’s part o£ tbo bouse went near the barn that night. THE FIRST INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE FIRE came from the alarm struck in the fire alarm D f. flee at 9;30. The alarm sounded Box No. Jf a t the corner of Canalport avenue and Foisted street, a point in the directlonfof fl ro> but a mile beyond it. There as no signal given from any box to the Central office, but tbo box was given by Mathias, Schaffer, from the Court House cupola, he bein v the night watch man on duty at the lime, and having sighted the Are. There was no signal given from anybodj*. until after the Fire Department had arrived and turned in the second and third alarms. If any person set the fire, either by accident or design, HO was careful not to give any alarm. The near est engine uoUSOWas six blocks from the lire; the next nearest one was nine blocks away. The nearest hose bouse was located eleven blocks from the Arc, and, hose house, the watch man had seen uio nre before the 'alarm Vras given from the Court House, and the company were on their way to the flro before the box Was struck, In consequence ia the hose company (tne .America) went eleven blocks and attached their hose to *_ a plug and got water on tho Are before any onginO aid. al though two engines were located considerably nearer the lire. It would require five minutes for tho nearest engine to go to the fire, a distance of six blocks. From three to fivo minutes more would be required in which to unreel and lay out the hose,make connection with tho plug and go to work. Intelligent citizens who lived near the place of tho fire testify that it was from ten to fif teen minutes from tho time they first saw tho tiro before any engines came upon tho ground. It is proved that tho engines repaired to tho Are, after getting the alarm, with the usual celerity. When they arrived there from three to five buildings were fiercely burning. Tho flro must then have been burning from ten to fifteen minutes; and, with the wind then blowing strongly from tho southwest, and carrying the lire from building to building in a neighborhood composed wholly of dry wooden buildings, with wood shavings piled in evorv barn and under every house,the Are had got under too great headway for the engines called oat by the first alarm to bo able to sub due it. Fire Marshal Williams and Third Assistant Marshal Benner arrived upon the ground soon after the engines, and at once saw that the tiro could not be stopped without more engines, and Marshal Williams immediately ordered the second, and soon afterward the third,alarm to be turned in; but these only called the distant en gines, and many valuable minutes elapsed before they could reach the lire and got to work, and, before this could bo accomplished, the fitroug wind had scattered the tire into the many build ings, all os dr}* as tinder, and spread it over so large an area that the whole de paitmont, although working with their utmost energy, were unable to cut it off or pre vent the wind, which soon became a gale, from carrying burning shingles and brands over their heads, and setting on fire buildings far away from the main tire. After it got into the high church at the corner of Clinton and Mather streets, and thence to the match factory and Batcham’s planing mills, and lumber, it was be yond the control of the Fire Department. About this time it crossed the river between Van Buren and Adams streets, by means of flying brands, and set lire to Powell’s rooting establish ment adjoining the Gus Works. Before this the watchman in the Court House cupula had twice extinguished lire, which had caught from brands carried by the wind into tbo Court House balcony from the West Side, a distance of a mile. At 11 o'clock the Tteepcr of the crih of the lake tunnel— two miles from the shore and throe miles from the lire—found the sky fall of sparks and burning brands; and from 11:30 till morning, he testified, he worked with all Ids might to prevent the wooden roof of the crib from burning up and de stroying himself and his wife. THE TERRIFIC PROGRESS OF THE FIRE. From Powell's rooting ostabllshment|Jtbe pro gress of tbe lire was rapid and tcrntic, sweeping everything in its course. Tho engines had all been working on the West Side, and they could notrcclup 600 feet of hose each, and cross tho river, ami get to work soon enough to prevent it spreading,B literally on tho wings of the wind. Blowing up buildings in the face of tho wind was tried, but without any heuetit. The Court House and tho Water Works, though a mile apart, were burning at the same time. Gunpowder was used in blowing up buildings with good effect, the next day, in cutting off tho lire at tho extreme south cud of it, and preventing it backing any further. AFTER THE WATER WORKS 11UBNED, the firemen could do little good with thoir en gines, except on the banka of the river. They had lost 7,600 feet of their hose and one steam tiro engine. Two more engines had been in the re pair shops, and were partially destroyed; so that alter 11 o'clock on Sunday night there wore but fourteen engines in service, and, after daybreak, one-half of our hose remained. This would not admit of an engine conveying water very far from the river. THE FIREMEN AND THEIR OFFICERS were sober, and did all that men could do. They worked heroically to save the property of others, when their own houses wore uuming and their families lleclng from the llamcs. A largo part of the department had worked on Saturday night, and Sunday till 3 o’clock p. in.—eighteen hours’ steady work—and they were nearly exhausted when this fire commenced; but they responded to the call with alacrity, and worked with all their remaining energy. WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS ftET.IBVE. Wo believe that, had the buildings mi the TV est Side, "where the Are commenced, beC# buut of brick or stone, "withsafe roofing (tho bindings need not have been fire-proof), the lire could i£w*o been stopped‘without doing great damage, and certainly would not have crossed the river. After it did cross, the wooden cornices, woodeu signs of largo size, the and the tar and felt roofs, which were on most of the best buildings, caused their speedy an d aided greatly in spreading tbe‘conflagration. The single sot of pumping works, upon -which the salvation of the city de ™£;'V k xsese roofed with wood, had not ap pended, c jj could he raised to the pJionce flre vras one of the earliest T° cn N t -n in the North Division, buildings to bu- toi-d you so.” have, year by year, in an- The Board of Pohcn. a nd Common Council, nual reports to tbe Mayo* -eat defects of the endeavored to point out thog... built up. manner in which our city was o>.. -of having Wc advised and entreated tbe necessity fore much greater lire limits established i*- such an immense amount of combustibles w»*. piled around the heart of the city*. TVo reported Mansard and tar roofs to bo unsafe; that the water supply was insufficient; that our flre hydrants wero twice too far apart; that we ought to have fire department cisterns at the in tersections of the streets, so that wo should al ways have water at fires; that wo ought to have floatiug fire engines, with powerful pumps in the river to enable the firemen to wet down 1,500 feet on cither side of the river or its branches; that wooden cornices were an abomina tion that tho Holley system of pumping the water and sending ft through tho pipes with a pressure of forty pounds on ordinary occasions, with power to increase it to 100 pounds 1 n case of a fire, would give us four sets of pump ing works in different parts of the city, and not leave us to the mercy of chance or accident with a single set. We sfiowed that tho four seta of Holley works could be built for less than one year’s interest on the cost of the present ‘W ater Works, and, when built, would admit of the dis pensing with every engine in the Fire Depart ment where the water was In theatreet—allowing us to get rid of most of tho horses and all the en gines of the department and to reduce tho num ber of men one-half; saving two-thirds of the ox uense of the Fire Department and making it as efficient as it would he with one hundred steam flre engines. None of these things was noticed bv the Mayor, the Common Council, or the news papers. No heed heiug paid to our suggestions, so fur as any improvement of our plan ot ex tinguishing fires was concerned, the only thing we could do was to ask foi an increase of the engine companies in order that we might he prepared us_ well as possible to contend with the great tiros to-wuicu wo were and are still liable. Our engines have always been too few in number and too far apart. The Fire Department should bo ivory much en larged, or the system of putting out tires by steam engines should be abandoned. If the citi zens do not believe this now, they will after the THE GREAT. FIRE. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT FIRST WATER. THE FIRE MARSHALS. OK THE SOUTH SIDE. next great fire sweeps out of existence the great er portion of tbe wooden city wnich now re mu ns. IF,” TOD KNOW. It we bad bad floating steam pumps of largo capacity in tbe Sontb Branch, tbe lire would not, pn bably, have crossed to the South Side. If we had bad cisterns in tbe street, wo could bavo boon saved allot tbo North Division, north of Chicago avenue and west of Clark street, and all of tbe southeast part now inclndcd in tbe burnt dis trict of tbe South Division. COMPENSATING FIREMEN. Evidence was given of money having been paid by citizens to some of our firemen, but we can find no evidence that any of them worked during the fire with any idea of receiving any pay or consideration for their labor upon any Property. The money paid was merely a testimonial of respect for the firemen, and an acknowledgment, in a substan tial form, of services rendered by the firemen, many of whom had perilled tbeir lives to save the property of citizens, and lost their own homes while do’ag so. No money was paid them until weeks after the lire, and its receipt was a sur prise to tbe firemen who got it. THE VISITING FIREMEN, The Fire Department received ail the aid from firemen of nearly every city, far and near, that could be rendered. They came with their appa ratus, and worked with a will, and placed us all uuderuload‘of obligations which we can never repay. THE LOSS. The area burned over by the fire is about 2,150 acres, divided among the three divisions as fol lows t About 160 acres in the West Division, near ly coo acres :n» the' South Division*, and upward of 1,400 acres In the North Division. The total loss of property burned is estimated at about $200,000,000. Tbe number of building* burned is bstween 17,000 and 18,000. The number of lives lostat thc fire is supposed to have been about 200, although the Coroner has, oe-yet, found but 117 bodies in the ruins. The report was signed by Commissioners Brown and Sheridan. Mr. Gund, tho remaining member of the old board, will sign tho document in a day or two. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The resignation of Policeman-Henry P. Erbs, of tho First Precinct, was received and accepted. Policeman Henry Ulrich, of the First Precinct, was charged with inattentiondo -duty, but on ac count of. variance with tho affidavit made by the complainant, tho charge was dismissed. He will be charged with conduct unbecoming an officer, whlchnovers his offence, the nature of which wili not be known until his triad' takes place. Policemen August IZumbrock, John Buckley, and Pat Conway. of tho First Precinct, wore charged with leaving thsir beats without per mission, and inattention to duty. One of tuom was on duty in tho now city building, corner of Adams and Btraot-3, und the other two went in to see how* bo was getting along, ami to warm themselves. VJhile there the lirst one went asleep, and his companions watched, him. During their absence from their heats an enter prising individual, who watehed his opportunity, curried off on bis shoulder, piece by piecoy about roo feet of lumber, acid deposited, it in I Ids yard about a block distant. The Sergeant looked all around for the two recreant policemen, and being unable to find them, entered lie city building to see how tho other-officer was getting along. Ho found him astoep, and tho other two with their feet up to the 3ro taking it easy.” Commissioner Rohm moved that they bo dis charged. Commissioner Brown said that it was a very cold night, and lhar, going into the building, while deserving punishment, was in a measure excusable. Commissioner S’ncridan thought the offence was a grave one,hut no t sufllcient to dismiss tbo men. He moved as amendment that tliey each for feit tec. dftJV pay,-and that was the sentence of the boaiO FIRE-ALARM BOXES. A Communication was received from Wirt Chairman of the Executive Committee pt*j, e Relief and Aid Society, stating that the r jrtacks erected by the society wore lo cated some distance from the fire-alarm boxes, and asking that boxes bo placed in the ollicos at the different barracks. Accompanying this document was another from the Mayor, calling attention to the same subject, and urging that the barracks be pro tected, as their destruction would cause a great deal of misery and suffering. Commissioner Brown said that there were not enough fire-alarm boxes to protect tbo North and South Divisions, and there was no money to pur chase any more. Twenty-llvo were now on their way to the city; but they could not cover the ground which the sixty that were destroyed did. Commissioner Rohm did not think there was anv necessity for having policemen stationed at the barracks, ns there were plenty of clerks around to do nil that was required. On motion, the matter was referred to the Su perintendent of the Fire-Alarm Telegraph, with instructions to examine and report. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OK THE POLICE. Commissioner Rehm moved that the Suneriutcnd dbt of Police be instructed to issue orders requir ing tbe police forceto pay moi-o attention to their personal appearance wear their regulation uniforms; to couuuev tueniscrvefl keep themselves and their uniforms cle. 4 stopsmoklngandsaunterlngontheir beau* on duty. Commissioner Rehm said that the ijon to be made to keep themselves clean. They were duly, and their uniforms were untidy. Commlsalol? er Sfi er *danhaß seen policemen riding on ’busses, amoving large meerschaum pipes, and looking very uncled*; the r hair-being uncombed and their clothes very shabby lookjn-. Commissioner Rehm saJA. some very longhair, which had th* appearance of not having been combed for a week. ~n Commissioner Sheridan remarked uJ* t tue men looked sleepy while on the streets, anu smoKea nasty pipes and rank cigars while on duty. Commissioner Brown thought tho policemen should always behave themselves properly, and not in a manner to scandalize the citizens. It was proper for a policeman to go into a saloon, the same ns any other citizen, when ho was not on actual duty. The citizens, however,ought to know ho was not on duty. Commissioner Hberldan said there ought to be some way to tell whether a policeman was off duty—by u cap. or being without bis star. Commissioner Brown reminded him that, under tho rules, a policeman is always on duty. Superintendent Kennedy said that the men who did duty In the burnt district could not avoid getting dirty and looking “slouchy.” The dust was very thick among tho ruins. Commissioner Rehm thought the men ought to have pride enough to keep themselves clean. Commissioner Sheridan was sure, if they tried, they could keep themselves bright, even if their clothes were not the best. Tho question on the motion was then put, and the Superintendent was instructed', to issue the order. WATCH TOWER. On motion, Fire Marslial Williams was instruct ed to repair the tower on the Rehm engine house, which Iwas partially destroyed during the big lire, so that ft can bo used as a lookout.” The board then adjourned. THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. First meeting of the Board of Trade In the Temporary Building on Market Street—Dif ficulties of Pedestrlnnlnm—'The Building Loaned to the Board by Judge Farwcll Free of Bent* Now that navigation appears to have opened for a day or two. it behooves the intelligent Board of Trade man to petition tho General Govern ment for a line of steamers to ply between tho new Chamber of Commerce and tho mainland, at any rate until such time as tho solitary island upon which that extraordinary structure is sit uated shall have been added to terra jirma by a chain of ice. The new Chamber of Commerce is the conse quence of a great emergency. Great emergen cies produce great men. This emergency has produced a great phenomenon. Tho chamber is approachable only in two directions. It is bound ed on the south by a row of brick buildings going up on Madison street, near tbo bridge. It is not approachable on the north, by reason of a block of brick buildings on that side, and an absence of passenger-way. It is approachable by boats on tho west side, which is hounded by the river, and by swimmers across Market street on tho cast. But Market street Is a broad thoroughfare, and the swimmer is likely to be exhausted before reaching tho other side. Unless a bridge can be constructed from the mouth of Washington street tunnel to the Chamber of Commerce, or a line of passenger and freight steamers established, tho county will soon he bankrupt, or the Coroner’s fees reduced 90 per cent. Tbo Chamber of Commerce was very full yes terday morning. Men who had crossed Market street on the ice in the morning looked down from their eminence at noon and found themselves overtaken by the thaw, and their retreat cut off till sundown. Hence tho room was very full. So full was it that very little else besides a moving mass of dark color could be seen ahead,—amass that must have tested tho strength of tho build ing most effectively. It was stated that business was rather dull on ’Chance yesterday. A stran ger would scarcely have credited tho assertion, if noise and rushing betoked business! 6o far as could bo irom the ovcr-chang'- ing view causey oy'the’ ever-changing position one to occupy to escape a miserable demise, tho room is a great deal lighter than the former Chamber of Commerce, and correspond ingly more cheerful. It was not impressively rich in furniture, the hoards being of plain pine: the tables of similar material, "the nillars and other surroundings to match. In place of the costly marble tops divided into four compart ments as of old, marble tops of oil cloth divided into six, arc to bo found. Tho building is nothing; the men are tho same. They do not own tho ouilding. It was erected by Judge Farwell, and given to tho board for as long a period as they may desire, free of rent- The generosity of tho Judge was appreciated by the board, who accepted the donation in the friendly spirit In which tho offer was made. There is no gallery, which is not surprising, as there would bo little or nothing to see Irom a gal lery, except the four stove-pipes that curl grace fully among tho pillars, and those, though the most graceful things on exhibition, except tho handsome clothing of some of tho hoard, are scarcely worthy of note. Nevertheless, measures should bo taken at ”cp, by some enterprising ferryman, to convey I n K ers across Market otreet. R t estate, Instruments Filed for Record on cember 11* CITV PROPERTY. Wabash nr, a of Ames at, w f 50x170 ft, dated Dec. 4; consideration, $3,500. Und 1-2 of Lots 15 to 18 in Tliog. Hoey’a sub-divi sion of Lots 4 and sin Block 24, Sec 29; 39,14, dated Dec. 7 consideration, S7OO. Lots 25 and 26 in Block 1 of Pierce, Humboldt Park addition, dated Sept. 23; consideration, S6OO. West Washington st, a e corner of Moreau st, njf, 25x123 ft, dated March 23, 1870; consideration, $6,500. West Washington st, 25 ft e of Morgan at, n f, 25 x 125 ft, dated Juno 1; consideration, §5,000. West Washington st, s e cor Morgan st, nf, 50x 125 ft, dated Oct. 13; consideration, $15,000. Hubbard st, between Noble and Ada sts, a f, 25x 150 ft, dated May 6; consideration. SBSO. Sub-lot 7, of Lot 8, In Block 41, Original Town, being on Fifth av, n of Washington st, dated. Bee. 1; consideration, 112,000. Lot 12, of Lot 2, of Stinson’s Lot 6, in Block 25, See 29,39,14, dated April 22, 1869; consideration, S4OO. Lot 18 in Block 2, Pierce’s Humboldt Park Ad dition, dated Sept. 25 consideration, 5300. Lincoln st, s w and so corners of Blue Island av, e 12,2611-2 ft, running to the caualjand Ko* bey st, and w f 2,157 ft, running to the canal and Wood st, dated Nov. 10; consideration, $724,362. SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS. Lot sin Block 18, Hyde Park, dated Deo. 11; consideration, $3,500. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Seduction of the Salaries of Certain County Officers. The Printing and Stationery Ex travagance to be Stopped. Mr. Cassette Claims that He Ghnnot Ban His Office if His Pees ore Interfered With. Pursuant to adjournment, the County Commis sioners met yesterday afternoon, in the County Treasurer’s office. President White in the-chair. There were also present the following* Commis sioners; Ashton, Crawford, Harrison,. Sorting, Hitchcock, Jones, Publman, Roche?. Shelly, Stearns, Taleott, Hams, and Lonergazu COMMUNICATIONS. A communication, from George Decoon,. Engi neer of-tUo County Hospital, offering;to run the engine at the Poor House for sl,Boo-pen annum, was referred to the Committee ou Boor House and Paupers. A communication from tho County Clerk to the Judge of tho County Court, setting forth that Messrs. Eldridge T&urtelotto had.rescued from the fire the files of tho Laic Record-,, foe the past four years, and recommending that they bo copied at a coat not) exceeding SSO-encDrsed by Judge Wallace, was referred t». the Judiciary Committee.. A communication from E. A. Drummond, ask ing for duplicates of Cook County coupon bonds of 85CO, Nos. and 1,192, destroyed by fire, was referred. A communication was road front Chase Bros. Co., offering to exhibit their books of interest to the public, with reference to abstracts; also from Brackett Waite, to the same effect. They were referred to the Committee of tho Whole. On motion of Commissioner Talcott. Norman T. Cassette was requested to confer with tho board on subjects mentioned in a communication, as soon as the regular business was disposed of. COUNTY EMPLOYES’ EXPENSES. The report of the County Clerk, of orders drawn on the County Treasurer for agents and employes of the county, amounting to $10,5:3.76, exclusive of bailiffs’ bills of $2,296, not audited, was referred to the Finance Committee. THEY HAD THE POWER. Tbc Judiciary Committee, to whom was re ferred the question of the power of tbo Board of Supervisors to make contracts with parties be yond the term of their existence, reported that they bad examined the contracts, found them in duo form, and saw’ no legal obstacle to their doing eo. ACCOMMODATION OF DETAINED WITNESSES. A communication from Charles 11. Reed, States Attorney, pointing out the necessity for some place for accommodating witnesses detained to give testimony, was referred to the Committee on Jail and Jail Accounts. APPROVAL OF BONDS. The Judiciary Committee presented a report on the bonds of Julian S. Rumsey and others, favor able to the persona therein named. Adopted. purchase of swamp lands. The same committee, to whomwaa referred the subject of swamp lands, reported that the notes of purchasers should be secured by deed of trust with power of snle in thirty days after default, such deed to bo made to Julian S. Rumsey. Adopted. SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. The Committee on Poor House and Paupers presented a report Axing the salaries of olliccrs therein as follows: County Agent *1,200 Warden oi Insane Asylum 1,000 Countv Physician I,•’500 Physician of the Insane Asylum 1,500 The committee recommended leaving the ap pointment of an engineer of the Poor House to the board. The repert was referred to tbe Committee of tbo Whole. The Committee on Miscellaneous Claims report ed in favor of paying the bills of Emmanuel Rockoy. The report was received, and the bills ordered paid. YEARLY STATEMENT OF BOOKS. PRINTING. ETC. Commissioner Ashton offered the following resolution: nesolted. That the Committee on Finance bo directed to inquire into the propriety of establishing a stand ing rnle of the board requiring the several heads of di'inrtmrntH, officers, and employes of this county to f. rnlah to t.' a County Clerk, at such time as said cTni.' designate in each year, a SS statement S'cc.-wfo'r’ti.o mo of la'a’soro.^' officers and employe* in the county, onn w. sane be laid before the board, at such time ns »iu._ be designated for revision ami correction, nnl, there after, oiico In each year the Clerk of said board shall, at such time as such board shall specify, advertise proposals for the furnishing of all inch hooks, stationery, printing, and supplies to the lowest responsible bidder, all bids to bo opened ami passed upon by the board in open session, the board reserving the right to reject all bids, and after the adoption of such rule, no head of any department, offi cer or employe shall bo permitted to order, purchase or contract for any books, stationciy, printing or sup plies whatever, except as in such rule provided. The resolution was adopted. The Clerk was Instructed to wait upon Sir. Cas sette and inform him that the board were ready to hear nim. FEES OF THE RECORDER AND OTHERS. Mr. Ciasacttocame in. lie Raid lie wanted to siiovr tbo Commissioners the impossibility of run ning the county on such a system as the Legisla ture contemplated. The Fees and Salaries Com mittee tntho Senate proposed paying the officers so low that the offices must be closed. Ho did not believe that any office In the county could be run on that scale. If the board would appoint a conference committee ho would make some revelations which he did not care to make before the board as a body. Commissioner Crawford moved the appointment of a committee of three, to confer with Mr. Gas 6eihc Chair thought the Judiciary Committee would answer the requirements of the office. Commissioner Ashton thought a select commit tee preferable, to avoid all imputations by the county officers of prejudice. Commissioner Harrison moved to make the number live. The motion was lost—yeas, C; nays, 8. The matter was referred to tbo Committee on Finance. the police-commissionershtp. Commissioner Hitchcock moved to proceed to the election of a Police Commissioner, in place of T. B. Brown, resigned. The motion was lost yeas, C; nays, 7—as follows: r«w—Herting, Hitchcock, Pahlman, Roello, Tal cott, ami tbo President—6. _ Kaya— Ashton, Crawford, Hams, Harrison, Loner* gan, Skelly, and Stearns—7. DUPLICATE OF WAR BOND. A communication from E. S. Lane, asking for a duplicate of a war bond of 81,000 destroyed by the nre, was referred to the Finance Committee. THE COMMISSIONERS!III’ QUESTION POSTPONED TILL Commissioner Harris moved to reconsider the vote by winch the board refused to elect a Police Commissioner. Commissioner Hitchcock thought the sooner these questions were settled tho sooner the hoard would get to work. Commissioner Harrison thought nothing would be lost by waiting. There wore many good men before the hoard, but there were other good mou who werenothefore it. The motion to reconsider was agreed to—yeas, 9; nays, 5. Commissioner Ashton moved that tho election of a Police Commissioner be made the special order of business for Thursday, at 2 o’clock. The motion was agreed to. IN' COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. On motion, the board went into Committee of the Whole on the subject matter of the communi cations on the table, Commissioner Harrison in the chair. _ The communication of the Committee on Poor House and Paupers with reference to the payment of employes, was taken up. Commissioner White moved to take up the items scrialiut, which was agreed to. THE COUNTY AGENT’S SALARY. Commissioner Ashton moved to strike out 5i,200 given to tho County Agent and substitute sl,coo. Commissioner Crawford moved to make his salary $1,500. No man could work honestly for SI,OOO. Commissioner Ashton said the salaries of county employes should be reduced in propor tion to tho reductions of otter salaries. The county was in no conlition. co pay her employes more than a living compensation. A man who could live upon ti,200 before tho ftro could live on SI,OOO now, The applicants for the office, he would be as numerous if tho salary wnre reduced td?1.000. The motion of Commissioner Ashton was to. REDUCTION OF THE WARDEN’S SAUUCt, Commissioner Pahlman moved that tZJo joint salary of Warden and Matron of the Poor House and Insane Asylum uO fixed at Si .poo. Commissioner Crawford moved to reduce to s£oo. Commissioner Pahlman made his amendment so that no extra bill could be sent in for the Matron. The motion of Commissioner Crawford was agreed to. tue countr physician's salary. Commissioner 'White moved to reduce tlic sal ary of the County Piiysician from $1,300 to $1,200. Carried. THE EKGXKEER’S SALARY. Commissioner White inquired if the Judiciary Committee had made a report with reference to the powers of the Board of Supervisors to make contracts beyond the term of their olllee. The Clerk read the report. Commissioner White moved that the joint sal aries of engineer and assistant at the Poor House and Insane Asylum be $2,000. Commissioner Talcott said the engineers of the Fire Department, who boarded themselves, and were compelled to run out in all weathers, only received $1,200 a year. A man who could attend to one of the fire engines was competent to run the engine at the Insane Asylum. There was. In his opinion, a leak in the engineer business. He wished it postponed. ComC lissi 9 ner White moved that the maximum amount paiu Ip the engineer and his assistant be $2,000, and that the whole subject be referred to the Committee on Poor House and Paupers, with power to act. The motion prevailed. SALARY OF THE POOR HOUSE PHYSICIAN. ■Monday, De- Commissioner Ashton moved that the salary of the physician of the Poor House and Insane Asylum be reduced from §1,500 to SI,OOO. Commissioner Stearns said the assistant to the Ehysician only got his board from the county and is pay from the physician. If, as he liad been informed, the office of the County Physician "was an arduous one, ho would he in favor of giving him more than $1,200. The motion prevailed. THE COUNTY PHYSICIAN'S SALARY IN STATU QUO. Commissioner Tulcott moved to reconsider the vote fixing the salary of the County Physician at $1,200. The motion was agreed to. Commissioner Talcott thought that the method of furnishing the County Physician with trans portation was a pretty loose one. Ho would pre fer fixing his salary and making him pay his own transportation. Commissioner Ashton thought the County Physician could make anestimate of his expenses. The Chair said ho could not estimate the num ber of suicides and accidental deaths for the year. Commissioner Talcott thought the salary of the Physician should be sufficient to allow him to keep his horse and baggy. _ _ Commissioner Skellysaid if the County Phys* THURSDAY* icianhsd to furnish Ills own transportation, ho would require $2,600 a year. He moved to make liia salary *1,200, and that he he required to matte an estimate of his transportation expenses. The motion was agreed to. coaurejacAfiON. _ A communication from Wilmanns «fc Pasdeionp. cfferlng to exhibit to theßoanl their abstract hooka, 35 in number, and containing 35,000 pages, addressed to the board, together with the com munications from Chase Brothers, ami Brackett and Waite, was taken up* Considerable discussion ensued upon the com munications. which was discontinued only by the arrival ef the hour lor adjournment. The Committee of tho Whole then rose.rcportcd progress, and asked leave to sit again, which was gi anted. The board then adjourned until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. THE LAW COURTS. Convictions and Acquittals* in tlie Criminal Court. Insurance and Transportation Cases— Mechanics’ Lien, Criminal Court, CONVICTIONS* Joseph Bush and Thomas Quirk, who- have lately figured largely in tho- criminal annuls of Cook County, for the second- time pleaded; guilty under two indictments for larceny, the stealing of a wagon and the felonious taking of a coat. At tho last term these culprits pleaded guilty, claim ing to bo under the age of 18 years. Tho mother of Quirk, who has already a son in the Peniten tiary, declined to endorse this, state ment on tho part of her son, but she claimed that npon-a trial he could, as ho had told her, acquit himself. Upon this repre sentation the prisoners- were allowed to with draw their pica, which-, however, they now re newed. They were remanded until sentence day. —John Burko, William Wallace, Albert Martin, ami Michael O’Grady, juvenile ©Genders, were found guilty of the larceny of live dollars, in nickels, and currency, from John Lawric. They were remanded to a Suture day fos sentence. —Bellville Alger acknowledged tlio stealing of twenty-live dollars* worth of clothing from Isaac Livingsum, and -was remanded. —William Burmiater was convicted, by a jury, of the larceny of a coat, valued at sl3, from Ro man Co. ACQUITTED. Charles Brier was tried under an indictment charging him with a burglarious entry into a car of. the Lake Shore «fc Michigan Southern Rail way Companv. The case turned upon tho ques-. tlon'qf intention, and it appeared rather strongly that the prisoner’s intention was only to steal a dead-head ride. A JURY DISAGREES. At 11 o’clock a jury retired to consider the mer its of on accusation against one William right who was charged with the larceny of SIOO in money from Pliny McKnight. It would ap pear that Pliny MoKnight, having some money, was a guest at the Garden City Hotel. Ho was met and accosted by the prisoner, who claimed to have been acquainted with him in the city of Memphis, Tcnn. They spent the evening together, and the prosecuting witness said that, being somewhat exhausted, he retired to sleep, the prisoner being iu the room. la the morning he found his pocketbook mimw of its ready cash. The doubt intho mind of the jury probably arose from the fact that Mr. failed to lock his cluimher door, Superior Court. INSURANCE CASE. An action heretofore brought against the Re public Insurance Company, of this city, by James Hutchinson, to collect a balance of S2OB upon an insurance policy, ended in a verdict for defendant. The sum was claimed to be duo for the loss of a schooner, the ILL. Whitman, which came to grief on a trip from Oconto, Wis.to this city during October, 18C0. The company had paid $5,003 on its risk. TRANSPORTATION CASE. An action, by attachment, was commenced against the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, as against a foreign corporation, by Martha John son, as administratrix of John Johnson, her hus band, who died upon the passage from Norway sometime during the year 1863. It Is claimed that the company failed to deliver his baggage, the value of which is stated at $312. MECHANICS' lies. A petition was filed by Emil Biederman and others, to declare and enforce a mechanles’lleu as against George A. Bigelow on Lots 3,4,«», 6,14,15, and IC, and parts of Lots 2 and 17, in A. Bigelow’s subdivision of Block 121, School Section Addition. This is the property upon which the Bigelow Hotel stood, and the claim is for gas-fltting. ASSUMPSIT. An action of assumpsit was commenced by Henry W. King Co. against T. H. andT. Cos teen, by which demand is made for SI,OOO. County Court. GUARDIANSHIPS. n>. Dunham was appointed snanlinn 1W rinnhnm -ndor bom! of SO,OOO. of Vi illlam Bi. Donnam, —>nmtpd cmirdiin -Sanson M. Krognass was and of of Hans Brestrup, tmder bond ot ;vV,rr BrM. Otto O. Hilda, Frederick. Henry, and MarJ -urea trup, under bond of $5,300. Circuit Court. asduusu. An action of assumpsit was commenced .against Nelson Luddington, James L. Ward, and /ienry MacFarhmd, Trustees of the Church of tho Mes siah. Demand is made for s2tfoo. A CHICAGO WANDERER. A Poor Girl, Rendered Partially Insane Through misfortune and the Chicago Fire, Picked up by the Police of Newburgh, N. V. Wo clip the following from the New York Serald of the 6th inst.: “Oa Thursday night Alfred T. Goodrich, Chief of Police of the city of Newburgh, found an ill-clad, partially insane young girl named Flora Brown wandering about the streets of that city, followed by a gang of de praved young boys. Ho took tbe girl to the sta tion bouse, and, as nearly as could be ascertained from her, the following Is the story of her suf ferings and adventures: On that terrible Sun day night of the Chicago conflagration she was living in comfort with her foster parents, who, being childless, bod adopted her. Their home»was on the North Side, near Lincoln Park, and Mr. Brown was engaged in business on Lake street. At tbe time of the lire Flora was separ ated from her parents, and since then has seen or heard nothing of them. She fears that her father was burned to death. Until Thursday of last week she was cared for by the family of a gentleman who had known her parents. On that day she started for Newburgh, intending to find an aunt, a Mrs. L. B. Owen. On account, probably, ol having to travel on freight trains as she could get passed along, the girl was a week on the way, and reached Newburgh on ThursOayJmorning. After wander ing about all day, and being unable, in conse quence of her mental nnsoundness, which prob ably was caused by her sufferings and privations, to get any tidings of her aunt, she was found by the Chief, as stated, and lodged in the station bouse. On Friday morning the Chief, ou making Inquiries, learned that Mrs. Owen had removed, about three years ago, to Illinois, her present whereabouts in that State being unknown in Newburgh. On applying to other persons, howev er, whose names the girl gave, not only was her story corroborated in its main features, but, un expectedly .she foundothcr relatives inNowburgh. by whom she will be taken care of. Her age is about 17.” LOST OR MISSING. Additional List of Persons Inquired After by Their Friends and Relatives Abroad. The Chicago Relief ami. Aid Society aro in re ceipt of letters from persons abroad inquiring for the following named “lost or missing” in dlviduals: Gabriel Henry Gordon, lato with Mr. Howard timber merchant, and Barclay McPherson Gor don, grocer, both from Jamaica, aro anxiously inquired after by Alexander Laing, Esq., of No. 5 Cardwell Bay, Gourock, near Greenock, Scot land. __ Richard Rees, cabinet maker, late of ho. 1 State street, is anxiously inquired after oy hi 3 son, Henry Rees, of No. 1 Station Terraco, Pqnt newzdd, near Newport. Poland. Oliver Johnson, a sailor, a t No. 30 North Market street befor inquired after by Mrs, Liverpool. Robert Montgomery, of No. 159 Quincy street, is inquired after by his mother. Mrs. Sarah Mont gomery, of County Antrim, Ireland. Thomas Murphy, who was in tho employ of a railroad company in Chicago before the lire, is inquired after byhla flying mother, and by his brother, Michael Murphy, of Ventry, Dingle, Country Kerry, Ireland, Henry Blight, a painter, and Ills wife, Ann Blight, aro anxiously inquired after by their sis ter, Sarah McDowell, of No. 58 Lancaster street, Klrkdale Road, Liverpool, England, The Meissner Brothers, who did business at No. 7G West Washington street, are Inquired after by their father, Traugott Meissner, Teuchern, near Weisenfels, Prussia. EN ROUTE TO PRISON, Arirnl In Chicago* from San Francisco* of Bine* tbc Alleged Robber of the Barrington (Hinas.) National Bank* About a dozen snow-bound passengers of the Pa cific Railroad, eighteen days from SanFranciaca, stopped atthoTremont House, yesterday. Among them tv as W. S. Hine, the alleged groat Barring ton hank robber, in charge of G. L. Root, Sheriff of Berkshire County, Muss., and John L. Dodge, President of tho bonk from which tho funds were stolen. Our readers have already been iufonue by telegraph of the young man's arrest In Cali fornia. Eighteen thousand of tho twenty sand dollars stolen were recovered. to^Mrwiui a diamond pin, ring, and watch, fty very near- r Htae, r who has a boyish appearan^.^nd^arath cr light and airy ma r l/ffi cr ime. He details able frankness In regard l »Ins c that re the circumstances at lengia, thathß morse followed so do. f nJoney tlie next morn would rotnnied tag been able allowe(1 considerable tlon. The p.lsoner a:i c huim>d r„ 11:6 bed f TheSlierlir says that Hlne seemed nig“ ~„,d w)ien t ho money was taken from tl5 A«hough Sere are such evident signs of there seems no Inclination on the part '“KiJSs of the bank to forgive tho criminal. They soy that tho course of Justice must not be inferrnpte