6 governmental reports. Internal Revenue—The Army—The Nary—Agriculture. INTERNAL SEVENTHS. The Acting Commissioner of Internal Rev enue reports that the aggregate receipts from all sources of internal revenue (exclu sive of the direct tax upon lands, and the duty upon tho circulation and deposits of Rational Banks), were for the fiscal year end ing June 30, ISVI, $144,011,170.24. This sum includes the amounts refunded and allowed on drawbacks. Drawbacks have been al lowed on general merchandise amounting to $22,8*7.97. This amount is larger than that allowed for tho previous year, on account of the adjudication of old claims for drawbacks on cotton goods rendered admis sible by joint resolution No. 7S, approved July 14, 1870. There was refunded during the past fiscal year, for taxes illegally as sessed and collected. $017,581. This large in crease over tho year preceding was due to the adjustment of claims that had been suspended during former years for more complete consideration. This class includes the claim of one of the States, amounting to $45,806, for taxes collected on dividends upon stock owned by the Slate. Inis 'nas the largest claim everallowed by the bureau, and was referred to tho Attorney General for his advice. The Commissioners’ csfim ate of receipts for the current fiscal year under the present law is $125,000,000. SPIRITS. The number of distilleries (other than fruit) registered during the last fiscal year was 1 Ota. The number of fruit distilleries reci-UTcd was 7,140. Tho number of distil leries registered was 8,192. Of tho distiller ics (other than fruit) 517 were operated dur ing the vear; and of the fruit distilleries 4 007. ‘Tho returns show a total pro duction iu taxable gallons from ma terial other than fruit of 51.570,446; and from fruit, 2.1'>9.733; total year ly production, 50.776,100 gallons. The total quantity of spirits in the United States not internal revenue warehouses May 1,1871, was 41,185,713 proof gallons, a decrease m quantity on Market since November I>, 1870, 4.452.550 gallons. The receipts from spirits for ibe year were $40,281,848. The amount of tax received on fermented liquors at 8l a barrel was $7,159,740. The increase over for mer years is believed to bo due in part, at least, to the greater attention given to that fcvhject by the internal revenue ofiicers. This nttcutioirhasrevealed some defects iu the law which call for early remedial legislation. TOBACCO. The total receipts from tobacco for the ■were $33 575.09T 18, an increase of $2,328,100 over the preceding year. The manufactured tobacco on which taxes were col lected was as follows: Chewing to bacco, snuff. Ac.. class 33 cents, 01,017,80S pounds; smoking tobacco, scraps, shorts, Ac.. class 10 cents, 30,517,030 pounds. Atld to this the quantity exported, 10,021,083 pounds, and the excess remaining in ware houses June 30,1571, over June 30, 18*0, 72,- 377 tiounds, giving a total product for the year of 105,828,003 pounds. The total number of cigars, cheroots, Ac., on which taxes were collected, was 844.357. The steady and uniform increase from manth to mouth in the revenues derived from manufactured tobacco, cigars, Ac.. a since tbe present law went into operation, by which, the mode of collecting taxes on these articles was changed Irom assessment after removal from the place of manufacture to a prepavment bv means of suitable stamps be fore the goods are removed from the place of manufacture, has fully demonstrated the superiority of the present system. But not withstanding the encouraging progress that Las been made, the Commissioner is forced to the conclusion ihat during the last liscal vear much tobacco has escaped taxation through the refilling of empty stamped pack ages the second use of stamps; the use of counterfeit stamps tbe removal of small quantities from the place of.manufacture without stamps, and the stamping as class 1G cents” of Tobacco, which, under the law, should have been stamped at the rate of 32 cents per pound. A uniform rate of tax, while it would allow every manufacturer to manipulate his products in his own way, without restrictions being placed upon his modes of manufac turing, would effectually close the door lo the perpetration of fraud or the evasion of taxes by improper classifications. His own opinion is that, with a tax at 24 cents, taking into account the natural increase of the revenue as shown by comparison be tween, the collections of succeeding years, and with the advantage of some legislation hereinafter recommended, we shall be able to keep the collections on tobacco up to those under the present rates. If, however, it should be the opinion of Congress that the 3*ield of internal revenue should not bo ma terially decreased, then, to compensate in part, to the revenue the expected large loss Irorothe-expiration of the income tax during the current fiscal year, and the furtherloss Irom “Articles and occupations formerly taxed but now exempt,” a rapidly increasing item of course, he would advise a consolida dation of the tobacco tax at 32 cents per pound. Much of the fraud above referred to is ef fected through the instrumentality of ped lers. He,therefore,recommends that every person who sells, or oilers to sell manufac tured tobacco, snuff, or cigars from wagons in the manner of pedlers, travelling from place to place, be required to pay a special rax of $35. $25, or SSO, according as he travels with one. two, or more horses or mules, and and to comply with such regulations as may In- pje*cribed by the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue. For the last three years this office has been in possession of information that a large and increasing amount of raw or leaf tobacco, in portions oi The country, was being sold at re tail direct I 3* to consumers, without the pay ment of tax. Evidences of this traffic have, fiom time to time.beeu furnished byAssessurs and Collectors, and more especially by Supervisors, who, in taking transcripts from the books, required by law to be kept by leaf dealers, have* reported that they find scores of pages of the-.e books where entries were made of hales from one-half pound to four thousand each; ami the Commissioner is constantly in receipt of letters from manufacturers of to bacco complaining of the injury to their business arising from such sales, and inform ing me that in some localities where they foimeily received frequent and large orders for manufactured tobacco they now make no holes. The same parties who used to make these orders are now ordering instead sup plies of natural leaf from the wholesale loaf dealers. Against thi< traffic grown to such large proportions, so injurious to their busi ness as manufacturers, and prejudicial to the interest of the government reve nue, they ask to be protested. To this end he recommends that Section 59 of the act of July 20, k(>. be so amended as to impose a special tax of $5>K) on every per son who shall make a business of selling raw or leaf tobacco to persons other than those who have paid a special tax as leaf dealers or manufacturers of tobacco, snutl, or ci gars. or who shall sell leaf tobacco in quanti ties less 1 ban twenty-live pounds, or who shall Fell such tobacco directly to consumers, or for consumption, without its being manufac tured: and. if this is not deemed siulicient, lie would further recommend such a tax on the sales of such dealers, in excess of $5,000 annually, as would be equivalent to the tax on the same amount and value of manufac tured tobacco. Such a provision of law will not only give the required protection to the manufacturer, who now pays a special tax for carrying on his business, in addition to a specific tax on all his products, but it will also tend to increase revenue from this source. There arc now m operation ICexport bonded warehouses. The totalaiuountstorediuthem during the fiscal year was 20,379,204 pounds; quantity withdrawn for exportation, 10.021,- 083: withdrawn for consumption, 11.40J.050. The figures show that less than half of the tobacco, Ac., removed in bond from the manufactories is actually exported from the eight bonded warehouses established at the several ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, San Francisco, aud Portland, Oregon, in which were stored during the year 9,437,257 pounds of manufactured to bacco, oniv 437.405 pounds during this period were withdrawn for exportation, while, 8,480,050 pounds were withdrawn for con sumption on payment of the tax. Nearly nine-tenths of the tobacco exported from the country is shipped through the bonded warehouses at New York and Kichmond, aud of this a large portion is never stored in the bonded, warehouses. The shipments arc made directly from the factories, the goods being carted by the warehouses aud only constructively entered therein, though the owners are charged with a month s storage. The practical operation of this system of bonded warehouses hitherto has been to give loa few, more particuhirly to the proprietors of the warehouses, the same facilities for storing tobacco without tlio pre-payment of Ihe tax, as were given by the former system of class B bonded warehouses, abolished by ticl Julv 20, ia;s. It is Mr. Douglass opm ion. anil, to far as he has .been able to ascertain, it is the opinion of man nfacturcis generally, that the present E\stem of export bonded warehouses can be entirely abolished to the interest both of the. government and of man ufacturers. Under tho present system, all the tobaecu bonded at m Miebimitid is exported without even enter ing the warehouse, and the same is true of much of tin- tobacco bonded in New York. By abolishing tho system of warehouses, and providing for the exportation of manufac tured tobacco, mull, and cigars, as other meichandise is exported, allowing a draw back of the tax paid upon proof of landing abroad, requiting the tobacco to be load'-d under the supervision of an Inspector, and Ihe tax-paid stamps to be destroyed by dd officer to prev-nt reloading, it is believed a large portion of the, expenses now incurred by the manufacturers in exporting their goods would be s.iwd. The governm -ut would receive the taxes on all goods wlien removed from the place of man ufacture, all jobbers and dealers in manufactured tobacco would be placed on the same footing with regard to the traffic in tax-paid goods, and the special advantages enjoyed by a few removed, lie recommends that Congress provide that evi? deuce of loss at sea satisfactory to the Com missioner of Internal Uev«*mn» shall have all the force of a lauding certificate for the pur poses of drawback. Otlier systems of expor tation designed to remedy the evils of the present bonded warehouse system have been suggested, but they involve the multiplying of uonds to ,r bo taken in lieu of tax. A mu I- Implication of such bonds would result in au increase of losses to the government. The records of United States courts in many sec tions of the country are largely occupied by suits on bonds taken for spirits and refined petroleum under similar systems to £those proposed. In a large majority of the cases, the principals being insolvent generality be fore the suit was brought, the sureties Lave cither not been found on original process, or if found a return of no goods on the final process has realized to the gov ernment a total loss of its supposed security. TUB SEW STAMPS. Important changes have been made in tho materials and manner of preparing stamps, in order to prevent fraudulent issues, coun terfeits, and re-use. Heretofore nearly all tho issues of revenue stamps have beou printed in a single color upon ordinary com mercial paper, furnished bythoparties doing the printing. Now tho government provides a distinctive paper, and permits the printing of stamps on no other, and requires that all stamps shall be printed in two or more col ors. It is well known that tho revenue de rived from stamps has seriously suffered through the fraudulent re-uso of stamps, evil-disposed persons being able, by the use ot chemicals, to remove the cancellation marks entirely without in juring tho appearance of tho stamps. It is believed that the stamps now being furnish ed cannot bo thus tampered with, especially the adhesive tobacco, snuff, and cigar stamps printed upon chameleon paper. This paper so effectually changes color upon tho appli cation of chemical agents to remove the can cellation marks as to reader restoration to its original state impossible. A soluble ink is also used in the preparation of the stamps. Any acid or alkali of sufficient strength to remove tho cancellation made would destroy also that portion of tho stamps which is printed in the soluble ink. With the excep tion of the documentary and proprietary stamps, none are allowed to ho entirely pre pared by any single establishment. SEIZURES, SUITS AND COMPROMISES. The whole number of cases compromised duringtho year was 730; the amount of tax accepted $349,795.12; assessed penalty lixed by law, $20,070.30; specific penalty iu lieu of lines, penalties, and forfeitures, $248,020.50 total amount received by compromises, SGIS,- 497.95; whole number of suite decided in favor of the United States, 3,182; against the United States,4so; amount collected and paid into Court in suits in personam (including in dictments), on account of judgments, fines, etc., $5'.)4,539; amount collected and paid into court as proceeds of forfeiture, $145,238; total value of seizures, $915,240. PROPOSED EXEMPTION’. Mr. Douglass renews Mr. Delano’s recom mendation that prepared mustard, sauces, syrups, jams, and jollies be relieved from tho stamp duty. FORFEITED TOBACCO. There are now in the hands of Collectors and United Stated Marshals, stored in bond ed warehouses and elsewhere, considerable aunntities of condemned, forfeited, and aban oued tobacco so depreciated in value that it cannot be sold for enough, to pay charges and for the necessary stamps. This tobacco was manufactured under the old law, conse quently it is unstamped. Under the present law it cannot be offered for sale without first being properly stamped, aud there is no pro vision of law under which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue can furnish stamps tfor it. Mr. Douglass earnestly recommends that Congress authorize the Commissioner, upon leqnisition of theollicers having custody aud control of such tobacco, to furnish stamps to be attached and canceled before the same is offered for sale. ACCIDENTAL DESTRUCTION' OF STAMPS, It frequently happens that tax-paid stamps are lost from packages of spirits by unavoid able accident, without fault on the part of the persons interested, the spirits being thus exposed to seizure and detention. The pres ent law makes no provision rcstamping such packages except on tho repayment of the tax. Inasmucu as tbe stamp is a device to protect alike the interests of the government and the taxpayer, authority should bo given to complete that protection by restamping. THE TAX ON' Sllll’-BUILI>ERS. It was recommended last year by Mr. De lano that Congress remit all such taxes as-, sessed on ship-builders under tho fourth section of the act of March 31,1803, as had not been collected. No action was taken upon the subject, and not feeling at liberty to allow further delay, Mr. Douglass has or dered their collection. CLAIMS FOR REFUNDING TAXES. Mr. Douglass recommends that the Com missioner be prohibited from considering or allowing any claim for tho refunding of tax es alleged to have been illegally collected, unless such claim be presented within two years from the time the tax was paid; aud that all claims be barred in the courts after six years from the date of the payment of the tax. PENALTIES, Section 44 of the act of July 20.1SGS, should be amended by making the minimum penal ties smaller, such penalty now being a line of SI,OOO, with not less than six months’ impris onment. The undue severity of this punish- ment would seem to bo obvious as applied to offences of carrying on tho bus iness of a retail or wholesale liquor dealer, rectifier, or manufacturer of stills, without having paid tho special tax, in cases where no intent to defraud ex ists, the omission arising from ignorance of the law or oilier circumstances not fraudu lent, yet constituting no legal excuse. The practical effect of providing so disproportion ate a punishment for these offences is to dis courage complaints, defeat convictions, and induce suspensions of sentence in many cases in which some reasonable punishment should be enforced, as well to vindicate the law as lo secure future compliance with its require ments. Section (53 of the act of July 13,1SGG, page 31 of Compilation of 1807, should be amended to make it apply to cases arising under any Internal Revenue act. As it is now it applies only lo offences under that act of 18GG, aud the previous act to which it was an amend ment. The limitation of amount should be extended from S3OO to SSOO, as contained in the parallel provisions of the customs laws. Mr. Douglass renews tho recommendation of early legislation for tho the final disposi tion oi all lands which have been acquired or arc now owned by tho United States un der the direct tax law. UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS OF FORMER COLLECT- The complaint which has heretofore ex isted of delay in the settlement* of ex-Col lectors’ accounts has been, it is believed, en tirely removed by the regulations of this office now in force. Prior to April, 1870, it appeared that the accounts of sixty-one ex- Collectors had been closed, which number, however has since been increased to 434. leaving at the present time 230 accounts still open. ~Of this number 115 have been placed in the hands of United States attorneys for suit on the bonds of the delinquent Collect ors, the residue being in course of adjustment at this office. THE AEMY. The following is an abstract of Secretary Belknap’s report; The reorganization of the army required by the act of July 15,1870, has been accom plished. The enforcement of that portion relating to a reduction of commissioned officers demanded strict investigation of the records of the military conduct and service i f supernumerary officers, aud forced upon the department an unpleasant duty. It is believed, however, that the decisions finally reached were fair, impartial, and for the good of ihe service. In accordance with the same act the number of enlisted men was on July 1 reduced to 30,000 indifferent soldiers were discharged, and the standard of recruits was raised with a view to improving the charac ter of the rank and file. The staffer general officers was also reduced to the simple (juirements of the army in time of peace, and the line officers thus relieved from detached dutv were ordered to their regiments, where thev could be of more benefit to the service. The total expenditure for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 18G9, were $80,041,042,70; tho expenditures for the year ending Juno 30, IS7O, were $57,055,575.40. which sum includes $3,007,500 for river and harbor improvements. The expenditures for the year ending Juno JB7O, were about $40,000,000, including for river and harbor improvements $3,945,090. 'J ims during the year 1809-70 the reduction in expenses of the War Department amouut d to $22,988,307.30, and during the year 1870- 71 a further reduction of $17,0-55.075.40 was made. For the next fiscal year, 1871-72, there is appropriated $30,530,770, including for river and harbor improvements $4,407,500. It is with great embarrassment and diffi culty that the appropriations made at the last session of Congress—reduced as they were below the estimates of the department —can be so economized as to answer f thc pressing requirements of the service. The relations of active warfare in Arizona, in connection with Indian difficulties there, are such as necessarily require largo expendi tures, and the causes which have produced this necessity were not anticipated by Con gress when tiie appropriations were made. Desertions during the past few mouths have largely increased. The reports received at the department, indicate that the reduction of the pay of soldiers from sl9 to sl3 per m<-nth has contributed greatly to this re sult. The retired list of the armv is now limited to 300. The endeavor has oeen to equalize llu: selections for that list from both the higher and lower grades of the officers enti tled to he placed upon it, so that it may not lie tilled to an unreasonable extent by of ficers of high rank aud consequently greater compensation. Tho number of graves in national ceme teries is 317.850, including 2,29> added during 1 lie year. The cemeteries cover an area, in the aggregate, of about 1,800 acres of laud, acquired at a cost of $170,000. Tin* corps of engineers during the past year has been acttVely engaged upon tho wor.es for ihe defence of our seacoasts, on river and harbor improvements, and in surveys and re eomioisssances ami construction of light houses. With the appropriations granted for fortifications in onr principal harbors, those weeks along the Northern Atlantic and I a eilie coasts have been pushed forward in their modifications as rapidly as the circum stances would permit, and already the bat teries are beginning to assume the character needed by the requirements of modern war f;ne. The modifications referred to look to the strengthening of onr by tho intro- Auction of heavy earthen batteries for tJu? largest guns and mortars. During the fiscal year small arms and ord nance stores to the amount of $10,000,000 have been sold, and the entire proceeds, except a small sum retained to meet expense of pre paring other stores for sale, have passed into tho Treasury beyond tho control of this do- Eartment. The operations at tho arsenals avc been confined to the manufacture of supplies required by the troops, to the care of stores on hand, and to the manufacture of one or two experimental gun-carriages. It is hoped that Congress will grant the ap propriations asked for to carry out tho plans for tho continuance of tho work at tho great arsenal of construction for the Mississippi Valley at Ilock Island. Several kinds of ex perimental rifles and carbines, as recommend ed by the St. Lonis board, have been manu factured at Springfield armory for tho com parative trial in the field. An inspection of that armory, not long since, satisfied mo of the necessity for continuing the appropria tions for its maintenance and support. Suflicient information will doubtless ho derived from tho use of the experimental arms in the field, to enable a hoard to recom mend a breech-loading sj'stem for adoption. The armament of State troops should bo like that of the national forces, who now use breech-loading small arms. The reserve of 10,000 arms of that kind now on hand is not half suflicient to supply tho State upon quotas now due. An increase of the annual appropriations under the law of ISOS, providing for arming and cquiping the militia is urgently re quired. At Fort Whipple, Virginia, instruction has been given in the meteorological duties and studies required at tho sigual-statious for observations and reports of storms through out tho Uuited States, and in military signal ing and telegraphy to officers of the army and navy. By a comprehensive telegraphic organization each of tho signal stations is in telegraphic communication with the Signal Office at Washington, and from each of tliein daily and nightly weather reports are re ceived at the department. These reports are studied, bulletined and charted at the office of the Chief Signal Officer, and are furnish ed at the same time to most of the principal cities and ports of tho country. The deduc tions from the study of tho reports are in stantly telegraphed to the press, and during tho past year there have issued in this mauncr from tho Chief Signal Office and the observing stations 50.000 charts. In the month of October tho display of caution ary signals, announcing tho probable ap proach of storms, was commenced for the lirst time in the Uuited States at twenty ports upon tho Jakes and Atlantic and GuLE coasts. These signals are arranged to bo dis played at any hour of tho day or night upon the receipt of telegraphic orders from Wash ington. While the service has been rapidly organized and pressed to these results, each step has been taken only when the public mind seemed to be educated aud prepared for it, aud tho public necessity demanded it. The average time of the receipt by telegraph of the reports aud observations made simultaneously from all tho stations throughout the Uuited States has been forty-live minutes. The average time clap siugbetween tho moment at which telegrams were sent to the office at Washington from the most distant stations to that at which the deductions are made, published, and is sued to the press has been ninety minutes. Of tho deductions published from this office, CD per cent are, after a careful examination of the statistics, considered to have been fully verilied. This percentage, increased by those regarded as partially verilied will make an aggregate of DO per cent of average verifications. It has been absolutely necessary to retain about one-sixth of the army in those States of the South cast of the Mississippi which were engaged in the war of the rebellion. Numerous applications for troops to aid in the enforcement of the laws were received from United States Marshals, officers of in ternal revenue, and State officials; urgent appeals for assistance crowded in from pri vate citizens, and it soon became evident that the security of the people demanded the continued presence of the regular forces. It is a pain ful fact, which merits serious consideration, that in some portions of the South, freedom of opinion is not tolerated, if that opinion is expressed in opposition to the doctrines which originated the late rebellion. Indis putable evidence establishes the fact, which is proven, too, by the experience of nume rous sufferers, that an armed rebellion of regular organization aud great strength now exists in parts of those States. The frequent reports by army officers of perfect reliability, made after mature observation aud judg ment, conclusively show that the ramifica tions of this organized body are extensive that its system is arranged with great care and shrewdness; that its persecutions ex tend in the dark hours of the night, and in cowardly disguise, to persona of every age, size, aud condition who daro to exercise a freedom of conduct, action, or speech which disagrees with the political doctrines of these marau ders. This body of conspirators, constituted for the purpose of crushing out many of tho inherent liberties of the defenceless people of those States, delies tho law, and spurns the authority of the government; anil so long as it exists, so long will it be necessary to aid the civil authorities with the armed force of the nation in putting down this sec ond rebellion, aud in bringing tho leaders to spceclj* punishment. The intelligence of tho great fire of Octo ber in Chicago reached the department while the Uames were in progress, and orders were at once telegraphed to officers in charge of arniv depots to forward to that city supplies for the homeless and destiute. The prompt ness with which the wishes of tho depart* inenl wens carried out merits high commen dation. In a few hours clothing, blankets, tents, and provisions were on their way to the stricken city, and this immediate action i relieved much distress. The records and property in the building occupied for headquarters of the Military Division of the Missouri Kivur were totally destroyed, but the greater portion of the most valuable can be duplicated from the ■War Department. .Several companies of troops were ordered to the city by General Sheridan, under whose supervision they as sisted in preserving order during the trying days which succeeded the coullagration. The oflicial and personal conduct of General Sheridan, while entrusted, by common con sent, with the management of affairs in tho city, receives the emphatic approval of this department. Similar issues of supplies of various kinds were made to the Governor of Wisconsin, for the relief of the sufferers in that State, and relief was also afforded to those in Michigan. Without further ap plication, Congress will, without doubt, re cord its sanction of this action. In the snrvevsof the lakes, operations were carried on in Lakes Superior, Michigan, St. Clair, and Champlain, and the progress of the work in the held and otlico has been liighlv satisfactory. The geological survey along the central route of communication with the Pacific coast has been actively con tinued, and the publication of the results, al ready begun, is looked for with much in terest. THE NAVY. The main points of Secretary Robeson’s re port are as follows: The navy of the United States now con sists of ITU ships, of all classes. These are calculated to earn’, when in commission for service, 1,390 guns, exclusive of howitzers and small carronades. Of the whole number. are sailing ships, and the remainder sido wheej steamers nr sailing vessels with aux iliary screws; 53 of them, armed with 001 guns, are in the service, attached to the va rious fleets and stations us regular cruisers, despatch boats, hospital, store, receiving, and practice ships these, with the tugs and small vessels in use at the various navy yards and stations, make the force hi com mission for all the purposes of naval service. Of the remainder, 0 are nearly ready for sea, and will join the various squadrons as soon as their crews can bo enlisted and organized. Out of 52 monitors only one is now in com mission, the balance being laid up at various stations, but principally at League Island, where, in the fresh water of the Delaware, their iron bottoms deteriorate with far less rapidity than in the salt water of the other stations; 17 arc under repair at the various yards; 13 are on stocks, never having been completed and launched; and the balance of those whoso names are on the list are laid up in ordinary. Of these last, a very large pro port ion, including almost all of those built of unseasoned white oak, arc unfit for use, aud cannot be repaired with advantage. During the year the navy has supplied 1C officers and 220 men for duty in tho Coast.Sur vev service; has completed the survey of the Darien aud Tehuantepec routes, has made extensive surveys and soundings for tele graph cables, aud, under tho direction of Congress, fitted out and despatched three store ships loaded with provisions hytho charitable people of onr country, for the suf ferers from the European war, aud has, un der like direction, sent out a vessel, com pletely fitted, equipped, aud supplied, to ex plore the Arctic Ocean “toward tho North Bole.” The report of the Tehuantepec surveying expedition, under command of Captain Shu feldt, shows that a ship canalacros* the Isth mus of Tehuantepec is not only practicable, hut that the obstacles in the way of the ca nal route arc of the most ordinary nature. The total length of such a canal will ho one hundred and seventy-two miles, including river navigation. It. will require locks to overcome a height of seven hundred and thirty-two feet. The Contzacoalcos River, forming the harbor at the Atlantic side is well shelteicd, and will require dredging at only a few points. _ The survey of the Isthmus of Darien, un der Commander Selfridge, _ shows that the Airato is navigable for ships of the largest .size, having a width of 1,500 feet and a depth nowhere less than 30 foot. The actual length of the necessary canal is 31 2-10 miles, the distance from the At.rato River to Cnpica ]hiy, of which 23 miles is a Hut plain, with a rise of to feet, and no diflicultiea of con struction. The remaining S miles present tin? only engineering obstacles. Commander Scllridpe’s estimates of cost arc based upon a canal 120 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It is nroposed to lock np ton summit level of 90feet, at which point the canal is fed by the Napipi River w‘lh a volume, at its lowest stage, of over 500,000 cubic feet tier hour—a quantity which can be doubled by a feeder three Secretary again calls attention to the necessity of developing our most important navv yards. The commercial nations of Europe, from their enormous arsenals (ho THE CHICAGO TiiIBUNE; FHIDAT, DEGEMBEK says) are able to strike our shores sharply and suddenly. Our own yards are generally small in area and very deficient in water front; developed on no well-considoredplan, they are imperfectly adapted to the changed condition of construction and equipment. Iron-ship building yards are also spoken of, and Mr. Robeson hopes to be able here after to present some system to bo matured 'under the deliberations of Congress. Tho whole expenditure of the Department and the naval service since the date of tho last report is $19,265,240.52. Tho appropriations for the current fiscal year amount to $20,904,717.25. The estimates for tho fiscal year ending June 30,1873, amount to $19,925,507.02. and to these is added the sum of $507,200 for perma nent improvements atthosoverai navy yards and stations. The subject of the reduction of tho per sonnel of the navy is Tho whole number of officers of the three highest grades of the navy on tho active list is considerably less now than it was before the war. The whole number of officers of tho three highest grades of the navy on tho active list in 1859 ■was 535, while on the Ist of Jnly, 1871, the number of ofiicers on tho active list in the eight highest grades (including Lieutenants and those abovethem) was 4SS, or 47 less than before the war. Notwithstanding this con dition, tbe Secretary recognizes tho desira bility of reducing tho military establish ments of tho country, of every kind, to the lowest point consistent with the dignity and safety of tho country and its important in terests, and with that attitude of good faith and generosity which becomes a great government and a prosperous people toward its‘faithful and devoted servants. With all these considerations in view, ho is of the opinion that there are some grades in our navy now established by law which may he safely and properly reduced or dispensed with in time of peace. Tho grades v/f Ad miral and Vice Admiral, says the Secretary, should ho allowed a lapse with the lives of those who now hold them. The grade of Commodore can ho dispensed with at this time. Tho number of ofiicers of this grade is fixed by law at twenty-live. As our navy is now organized, these officers are not abso lutely required for any special duty. It is necessary for tho efficiency of the service, and for the dignity, inlluouco, and success of our naval representation abroad, that our llects on foreign stations shouldhc command ed by officers of tho rank of Rear Admiral at least. The term of cadetship for midshipmen is proposed to ho increased by law from four years to six, two of which, at least, shall bo spent at sen. By this moans, tho number of ofiicers annually entering tho naval service will be reduced by oue-tuird. The total reductions suggested are nearly SCO iu tbo number of lino ofiicers now author- ized by law, with au annual saving to tbe public treasury of near $500,000. This is as far as reductions can bo carried at this time without injury or danger. Commissioner Frederick Watts, in his re port to Congress on the ■workings of the Ag ricultural Bureau during the past year, says that an intimate relation between the agri cultural colleges and his department would he of great service to the country. Ho thinks that the cause of agriculture in the South ern Slates has not been conducted with that care, skill ami regard for ultimate results which hare characterized the operations of farmers in other States. While their lands arc constantly devoted to cotton and tobacco until they have arrived at a state of exhaus tion, those of the North are continually im proving hs* rotation of crops, which is abso lutely essential to the life of the soil itself. The department intends to aid the Southern States as much as possible. The Commissioner also says that the re port of the Superintendent of the Seed Di vision. and hiscorrespoudoncewit.il practical farmers, strongly impress his mind with the immense benefit which the distribution of seeds confers upon the country.” The Com missioner considers the distribution of the annual reports as an unnecessary expense. In the division of horticulture, ho considers that one of the most important items of special work now engaging the attention of this division is the collection of facts illus trating the agricultural status of the Rocky Mountains ami the Pacific Slope, showing the progress of settlement and colonization, the yield and quality of production, the pe culiarities and profit of agricultural labor, and the wants and capabilities of that great continental area. During the last year the correspondence of the entomological division has largely in creased, letters having been received and an swered concerning injurious insects, birds, quadrupeds, and other branches of natural hidroy, and fruits, fibres, and suv.h subjects as 3w&|# to the museum. Full experiments havecePttmadc in rearing the silk-worm. The pfnii of international exchange of seeds Ims been of great service to the department. The Colonial Secretary of Jamaica has prom ised a donation of 3,000 plants of the Chin chonas, embracing all the valuable varieties. In regard to the agricultural productions of the year he Fays: The records of the de partment attest the value of perfect drainage ami good culture in warding off dangers from drought and excessive moisture. Such has heen the experience of the present year. The area planted with com was largely increased, and a larger breadth of wheat was sown. While the crop o'Lcorn will not equal the great vield of IS7O, nor that of wheat, the mi iwrnlielcd cron of there will bo an am ple supply of both for the wants of this eonntrv, and tens of millions of bushel*'to supplement the short crops of Europe. While tin-product of hay is somewhat less than usual, its qualify is good, and coarse forage in all sections and winfc® pasturage in the South ami distant West air never-failing re sources. Cotton will bo gathered in smaller quantitv, and sold at a higher price. Other crops, ns a whole, promise very nearly aver age returns. IMPORTANT CATHOLIC MOVE- Organization of «lie l-ay Societies for KflVctire Spiritual Work—The ioun;' Him’* Chrl»l»OB Union—Wltnt it Aims to Accomplish. From the New York Standard, Dee. 1. Tlio organization of an association of Ro man Catholics, chiefly composed of the most respectable voting men in our Catholic com munity, has been in progress forsomo months past, and, from all that has been learned re garding it, promises to become the most ellcc tive and beneficial outside the regular eccle siastical orders. It would appear that it was called into existence by the present peculiar position of the head of the Catholic Church, and it is said to bo the American oti shoot of a European movement which originated after the Sardinian occupation of the Papal City. This had m view the protection of the interests of the Pope, and the enlistment in his aid of all the ma terial and moral assistance that Catholic lavmeii could legitimately and constitution ally afford him. To further those ends Catholic Unions” were established in Eng land Belgium, and elsewhere, bo successful have they been in enlisting in the service of the Church the sympathies and active co operation of lay Catholics, that it \t as do- UTiniued to promote the organization of a similar association here. It avas felt that tlio time avas conic when tho cnthnsiasm and intelligence of Catholic laymen should he utilized hy tho Church, and under its di rection ho employed to further those ends which Catholics, laymen and ecclesiastics, ImtU alike, have equally at heart. Iho hrst circle of tho Catholic Union” founded in this country was in tho Diocese of Or leans. The second circle is that of ISow The specific purposes of this union are sot forth in tho general constitution,” which for tho Diocese of Now York received tho sip proval of tho Archbishop Juno 10, 1871. They are to “meet consult, aud act mdo ieneo of Catholic interests; to maintain a spirit of devotion to tho Holy Father; aud to unite in unceasing elVbrts lor his deliver ance from tlio hands of his enemies, and for tho speedy restoration t-o the plentitndo of Ills sovereign rights.” The union is to be composed of annmherof aggregate “circles,” each circle or branch association being coex tensive in its held of action with a diocese. Tho circles are to communicate withacoutral association. Each circle, consistsof acouneil of managementanda body of members. ihe members of the council arc active, consulta tive, and honorary. Each' circle is to have the right of “local self-government,” but it is expected that all the councils will will unite in forming a “General Assembly. ihe cir cles of Now York vested its management in a council of not less than soyeiity-hvo active members; the hrst council included some of the most eminent and inllueutial Catholics of New York and Brooklyn, and tho acces sions to it are daily becoming. more numer ous. The lay element predominates, tho ec clesiastical being represented by the spirit ual directors. Very Rev. Patrick Francis Dogly, S. J„ of St. Francis Xavier College, Sixteenth street, and Very Rev. Thomas F. Preston, Chancellor of the Arcli Diocese. The Archbishop also exercises a general su pervision and the right of disallowing any proposed expenditure. The annual subscrip tion of the ordinary members will be $1 and the councillors sio. With the money sub scribed it is proposed to aid the lioly fath cis to forward Catholic interest bore by difl'umng Catholic litera ture, advancing the higher educational in terests, and, perhaps, even going so far as to found a university of tho highest class. In view of the misrepresentations of the pur poses of the Catholic Union abroad—where it was said the Belgian and English Unions contemplate crusades and other violent moans of redressing tho wrongs of the Papacy—the members of the Catholic Union of New York disavow all violent policies, and declare their intention to bo to work by moral and paciiic agencies They also, in anticipation of hostile criticism, declare that their union does not propose to form a party in American polities, for while too strong to submit to aggression, they recog nize the fact that even if it was the policy of the Catholics to form a separate party here, it is neither iu their interest nor their power to do so, —The London correspondent of the Edinburgh Scotsman says, in reference to tho ancient and re cent :y revived rumor concerning Mr. 'Walter, 51. I*., propiietor of the London Times: “There Is not anv ti nth whatever in the renewal of the old story that Mr. Walter, M. P. for Berkshire, is to ha elevated tothepeeragebytbotitic of Baron Work ingbam. The peerage has not been offered to Mr. Walter. He has not asked for it, and I believe he would not accept it were it offered to him. AGRICULTURE. MENT. DRT GOODS. J. B SHAY, WHOLESALE 239, 241, 243 245 WEST MADISOIV-ST., Has just received, and have now in stock, 60 bales low price twilled and plain Scarlet Flannels. 35 cases brown and bleached Can ton Flannels, from 11 l-2e upwards. 20 cases Opera Flannels, all grades. Also, full lines of Frints, Ginghams, Bleached and Brown Cottons, Denims, Tickings, Stripes, Checks, Bepellants, Kentucky Jeans, Cottonades, Table Damasks and Linens, Shawls, Quilts, Batts, Laces and Lace Goods (new styles for Holiday trade), Ladles’, Children’s and Gents’ Gloves and Mit tens, Woollen Goods, Wool Yarn and Zephyrs. LADIES’. CHILDREN'S and GENTS’ HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR—Having a large stock of, will sell for the next 80 days at low prices, to close. NOTIONS—THE BEST STOCK IN CHICAGO. 1,000 DOZEN NUBIAS, ASSORTED, FROM $4.00 UPWARDS. Merchants, in placing their or ders, would do well to remem ber that we have the best as sorted stock in this market, and consequently they can depend upon all orders being promptly filled at our usual low prices. CHAS. GOSSAGE CO., (Successors to Ross ST Gosiage,) 135 237 ’West Madison-st. Dry Goods. SEWING MACHINES. Special Notice. The tcorld-renowned HOWE SEWING MACHINES (-E. Howe, Jr.), have again got into good working order, and hare ample facilities lor sup plying these celebrated ma chines to the trade of the Northwest. SPECIAL ATTEN TION will be given to our CHI CAGO CITY TRADE, and tve in vite every person about to purchase to call and exam ine the oldest, best, and most reliable Sewing vTlachine ex tant. Terms as liberal as are knotvn to the Trade, THEHOWEMACHINECO. J. O. BBTANT, Manager. lEXERAL OFFICE—No. 5-39 South Dalstcd-st. SOUTH SIDE OFFICE—No. 529 Wabash-av. BOOTS AND SHOES, FLORSHEDK’S Boots Shoes, (Formerly H3 Clark-st. and 16 North Clark-st), hare reopened at 170 West Madison-st. 471 State-st., Where they will l>o pleased to scc all their ohl cus- tomcrs ami many new ones. 0.0. Thompson COMMISSION, BOOTS AND SHOES, 234 Michigan-av., CORNER OF lIARRISOK-ST. CANDLE 3. CHRISTMAS GAMES! Pounds, lialf pounds, 4s and 6s, Green, Red, and White. ARMSTRONG CO., 354 State-st. furniture. ~~WBBBR FURNITURE CO., WAREROOMS, 243 11245 Mil GlaM, CORNER JACKSON ST. A large amount of goods arriving daily. A. A. FARWELL, Agt. FLOUR. PLANT’S EXTRA.’ some retail grocers are charging exorbitant prices for “PEAJVT’S EXTRA” IE OUR, we will hereufter fill orders, from SM-Jlf- EJES, at 811, delivered to any part of the city• Price to the trade SlO. A. if. WRIGHT «t CO.,(Exclusive Agents, Southwest corner Canal ami Lake-sts^_ STATIONEKX, Smeal,Rebanks&Go. STATIONERS, BUNK BOOK MANUFACTURERS AND COM MERCIAL PRINTERS, 40 E. HAB.IUSOB7-ST., Ret. State-Ht and Wabash-av., Chicago. MISCELLANEOUS Bridges, Roofs, &c., The Michigan Bridge and Construction Co. are pro* larcd to erect wooden, iron, or combination room or ridges at short notice. Correspondents please address Michigan Bridge and Construction Co., I)etroit. Mich. 8, 187 L INSURANCE. “The First in the Field." THE HOME of Columbus, Ohio. Cash Capital, $500,000.00 Cast assets, Not. 1, 1871 995,479.12 Liabilities, includ ingCMcago losses, 353,479.12 Was the first Company to notify policy holders in Chicago that elaims would be paid in full. The losses of the Company by the Chieago Ore are being adjasted and paid as rapidly as possible, finsiness solicited at fair rates. Adjusting Office for Chicago, No. 17 Eldridge-court Agents of the Company visiting the city are requested to call. JACOB PEETREY, Gen’l Agent. Geo. C. Clarke Co., LOCAL ACCENTS, 10 Eldridge-court. Solid Fire Insurance. IMPERIAL Fire Insurance Co., OP LONDON. ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 GOLD. This is the only English Insurance Company represented in Chicago whose business is exclusively Fire Insurance. Property-owners will consult their best interests by protecting themselves with Policies in the lIffPERTAXi. DAVIS REQUA, AG-ENTS, Room 2,' No. 43 South Canal-st., 506 Michigan-av. /ETNA Insurance Company, OF HARTFORD, CONN. Organised .9. B. 1819. Losses paid In fifty-two years Over £29,ooo,ooo—Exclusive of Late Chicago Losses. Cash Capital, $3,000,000, With an ample re-lnsurancefund after Paying Chicago Losses. Assets Over $4,500,000! This well-known and reliable Com pany, which has stood the tests of over half a century, will continue Issu ing NEW POLICIES and RENEWING OLD ONES at current rates. Win i PASCO, 18, Office, 585 Wabash-av., 43 Sooth Caoal-it., AUJußtlng Office: 750 Wabasb-avn l'p to Saturday, iVorciabcr 18, 1871. 1,291 clafnid had been paid, amounting to $2,327,- OCC.OO. €lobc Ins. Company, or CHICAGO. ADJUSTING OFFICE, ROOM 1, NO. 63 CANAL-ST. H. F. WALKER, President. ilium imimcomi. An adjourned meeting of tlio policv-holders In tlila company will bo held at the olllco of Janies Baxter Co., 25 Konth Canal st., on FRIDAY, the Bth Inst, at 4 o’clock p. m., to receive tho report of their committee, appointed to Investigate tho affairs of said company. All policy-holders who wish to co-opcratp In an effort to secure a larger per cent than now offered are re ouesteC to call at the above-named place and register tuelr Dames uni amount ol yollctes. Sw rctary- NORWICH Fire Insurance Comp’y. Parties having claims against tho Norwich Fire In snrance Company can have tlio same adjusted, and such as desire can receive their pro rata share of tho assets of said company by applying to tho amhir hiem d. who may be found at the oflico of Higgins. Swell Quigg, 37U Wahash-av., up-stairs, for a few aaysrrom dpte Imrcof. WATTLES Sec y OCCIDENTAL INSURANCE CO. The following telegram was received at tho Agency Oflicc (d the occidental Insurance Companj in tms city to day: Sax Fuancisco, Dec. 5, IS. 1. A. Cl. Stiles, Esq., care A. C. Gaeeucbaum, No. 40 West llaudolph-st.: Doing no business; entire assessment delinquent to dav° Sobmly pajm; Won’t do so; without doubt will liaVe to IlauUtal ActlnK Pre3illont B. ROTIISHILD, Secretary. EQUITABLE INSURANCE CO., CHICAGO. All parties that suffered loss aud insured in this com pam are requested to present their proofs of loss as sooii as possible. Parties holding policies who did not MitVcr loss are requested to present the same for can cellation JAJdES LONG, Deceiver. Doom 1, lo bouth Caual-at. REFlilillt UNMIK ID. Four, eight, and twelve-mouth adjustment] certifi cates. Will pay highest cash price for one or aIL D. K. TENNEY. 4>4 Wahash-av. SHOES. Albany Shoes. On or before Jan.l, 1872, for the better accommodation of our rapidly increasing Chicago and Western Trade, wo will open a Branch Salesroom Corner MicUigan-av. and Harri son-st., up stairs. fsos. rBARB'sr soars. iy FACTORY —I. fl. p and OCEAN NAVIGATION. CUNARD UNI! Steam between New York, Boston, Liverpool, Queenstown, Glas gow, Londonderry, THREE SAILINGS EVERY WEEK. Passengers booked to and from German and Hcandi navian ports, ami ail parts of Kuropo at lowest rates. Sight limits from £1 upwanl. Through bills of lad ing for merchandise, to and fmm Europe, Issneti m connection*ith Lako Shore Michigan douthera Railroad. P. H. DB TEESET, General Western Agent, STO Stnte-st., Cliicn-go- •weather strips, BROWN’S DOUBLE RUBBER WEATHER STRIPS. BOSLEY CO., 117 West Washington-st. BANKING. BANK NOTICE. Tbs ComercM Moral Bat (National No 713. Established 1505.) TTAH REMOVED To its centrally located now temporary building on The Crosby Opera House Lot, Washlngton-st., between Dearborn and State-sta., burnt district, a location which it is believed will Da equally convenient tor customers in all parts of the city, by reason of the street car and omnibus lines cea tering from all directions. This institution transact s a regular banking business, buys and sells exchange, makes collections, issues cer tlncates of deposits, discounts commercial paper, ad vances on convertible collaterals, ami accepts deposit accounts from business firms, individuals, corpora tlons. institutions, banks, and bankers of known good standing, and aflonls patrons liberal faculties k and legitimate accommodations, but does not solicit inter est bearing accounts. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. H. W. King, E. F. Pulai H. H. Taylor, Albert Keep, A. Cowles, S. W. Rawson, E, B. Phillips, 11. Z. Cslver P. B. Bacon Wheeler, N. O. Williams, W. H. Ferry, H. T. Eames. IT. P. EAMES, President. W. H. FERRY, Vico President, M. D. BUCHANAN, Cashier. GEO L. OTIS, Asst. Cashier. The Commercial LOAN COMPANY Has purchased, since the great fire, the stone-front building, 126 ARCHER-AV., Junction Twenty-second st., and have resumed business os usual in said build ing. A first-class fire-proof vault is completed. -The patrons of the Bank can deposit valuable papers or* articles in said vault without charge. THE COMMERCIAL LOAN CO. will transact a savings as well as a general banking business, sell bills of exchange on Now York, and the principal cities of Europe. Tho Commercial Loon Co. baaalsosecured a twenty years lease of the northwest corner ofNorth Clark and Mlchigan-sts. A fire-proof building and vanlt 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. TQLMAN WHEEIiER, President. TRUSTEES—M. D. Buchanan, Conrad Gehrke, Toliuan Wheeler, C. Konn, Wm. Knoko, Wm. A. Ewing, Bacon Wheeler, C. B. Meyer, Thomas Buchan* nan, Jr., Fred. Meyer, O. Crohkhlte. Chicago. Nov. 20. isn. in psiToi ms, BANKERS, MASONIC BULLDING, Corner of Ilalsted and Randoiph-sts., Branch Office, 493 Wabash-av., Transact a reeular banking business same as State or National Bank. Also deal in Government Securities, convert the ’62-5-20S due Dec. I. Draw Cold Bills of Exchange on New York, and Sterling Bills direct on Lon don. Real Estate Loan and Trust Co. SAVINGS BANK SOUTH SIDE OFFICE, 685 Wabasli-ay. WEST SIDE OFFICE, 121 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. BEJLT. LOMBARD, Presiden 8. A. BBIGGS, Vice President. Dry Goods Bank. CAPITAL, 81,000,000. 386 Broadway, NEW YORK. DIRECTORS. Jarvis Blade. Thomas P. Elflridge, Eldrldge, Dunham «fe 00. Samuel B. Dana, Upham, Tucker «fc Cornelius N. Bliss, John S. «fe Eben Wright pj;- An elegant parlor sleeping car Is attachedtothelOn. a. m. train running through to Connell Bluffs acc Omaha. »it- Chicago hnd Alton Railroad—Chicago, Alton St St.Loal* Through Line ami Louisiana* New Short Route between Chicago and ■an City* TjsioK depot—West Side, near Madlson-st Leave, Arrive. St- Lools Springfield Ex., via _J Main Line *9JS a m *B.-00 pzt Kansas City fast Ex via Jackson ville. 111, and Loualana. M 0..*9:15 a m -x Wenona, Lacon Washington ■»_ Ex. (Western Division) ~*9:lsam Joliet Accommodation *4:lopm i o*' St. Louis Sprinfifield Lightning I Ex. via Main Line, and also via Jacksonville Division.... *9rtopm Kansas City Ex. via HiT-isam" IlL,ana Lonslana. M0........*W»P“ R _& a J} •Except Sunday. tOn Sunday I^. P^n p ]Sndar only. tExcept Saturday. {Daily. HExcept Monday. Lake Shore Sc Michigan SonlhernJDUlway. Depot—Corner of Polk Ticket Office, southwest cor. Madison an s-giam MOpm Mail.. m 8:00p o Special Now York Express _ m a m Atlantic Express (dally) —.«500 o m *t&3o a m CbicaeD, BnrIiB*»» canal Ticket Office In Brigs* "SrSlgr. andSixteeath-st. leon-sts. Depot cor- of Lmuaiu*-- _ ;3O am 4U5 p m Mallaad "-*lo:4sam 3dopm Pacific Fast Line 3:00 pm “fclOpm Galesburg Pasben^r.^**^ cr 4^o pm 9-A5 a m Mendota «fc Ottawa paas 5:30 pm 9c30 a m Aurora fWOpm t 7:45 am Pacific Downer’sGrovoACC I:4spm 6:15 pros Downer’sOroveAcco p m 7;13 a ffi Downer’s OrornAcgnju** 62Gam 9:05 a a Saturdays excepted. tMondaj* flXC r e foi Danville Sc Vincennes Railroad. C .-Jr-* depot— Corner Canal and Klnxte streets, Freight Office at C., C. L C. Co.’a corner ftalsted and CarroU streets. a Torre ilautoExpress.7:oo a m 3:20 p m iSvive A ccommodation 5:05 p m 8:50 a m 3Xi>tuco |f|t Northwestern Railway. Ticket Office-Southeast comer of Clark and Lake minr/m Pa55enger........,..*.* *B:3oa m *6:45 pm. ffljfo (a«t Hue .-I£U a m -3:15 p m pacific night express 19:45 p m 1&30 a m Fort Dodge and Dubuque express *9:00 p m *2:80 p S Sioux City and Dubuque ex.. *9:00 am 7U5 a m Milwaukee mall *8:00 a m *10:10 a IE Milwaukee express *9:45 a m *4:00 p m Milwaukee passenger. *5:00 p m THOpa Milwaukee passenger (dally). U.-00 p m 6:09 a s oreenßay express *lo*lo a m *7:15 p m Green Bay *5:00 p m *MO tain*** «fTP*»nt»S rtn *Uniwi*T« Dr. C. Bigelow, Fonnerlr ol 179 South tTark-ah, corner ol located fils office at 73 South Halsted-sh, second doc* from MaiUson-st., where he has a full suite of recepnra. rooms and parlors for the accommodation one patients. Call at 73 Halstod-st and see wry' selves. You will see the same old P°f have met at 179 South Clark-at., for the number Address all letters to 78 South llalated-st, P. O- BOX 454. Chicago. lIL Dr. A. G. Olin, ington-st.), is now confidentially aUmp or by maD, at 565 State-flk. Chicago, lor circular. saw .4S-00