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PRESS AUD TRIBUNE. SATURDAY MORNIHO, JAHUARY 29, 1869. The Pablic Lands and the Homestead BUI. We caunot allow the action taken by Cod. gross, iu reference to our Public Land system and the rights of actual eettlers thereon, to pass without again crpressiog what we be-, licve to be the unanimous voice of tbe West on that most important subject. The bill giving actual settlers on the public domain ten years to make their selections and pay for their farms, ha? been defeated by a straight Democratic vote, and the pioneers ol thenew States aud Territories are left as before, to be plundered alternately by speculators and Government. Beside this gross wrong, tbe li-.w Territories are, by the same action, con sigued to a slow, unhealthy growth, a scat tered and incongruous'population, and a con dition of undevelopmeut aud unihrift which must work incalculable iojuty upou the fu ture States. Let us explain how this L« done. The first settlers ou the public domain are required by their ueces.-itit-s to select farming lands and nothing else. They can occupy only one hun dred and sixty acres, all of which must be in one body. They are not permitted to select eighty acres of rich prairie, forty of woodland stud forty more of coal, stone, mineral, or water power, unless all these happen to be grouped together on one quarter section. Nu merically they are unable to claim more than a small fractiou of the lands embraced in anv giveu t-ut wy, and pecuniarily they are una ble to pay eveu for what they have underta ken to cultivate. "While they are making se lection?, speculators or their skilllul agents are picking out all the choice farming or wooded tracts not actually occupied, all the eligible town bite?, all the water powers, all Ihe stone quarries, all the coal and mineral land* acd all the intermediate sec tions or fractions between different settle jueuls which are likely to advance rapidly in value with the improvements put upon the ground by the industrious pre-emptor. Thus the great bulk of the wealth of the new sur vey. including all the secondary sources of prosperity—all except the antediluvian re sorts of corn growiug and cattle herding— arc locked up in the possession of capitalists, a thousand miles\lts f .aut, who have no inte rest in the Territory, except to tell out ulti mately at a large profit. When the proclam ation issues from Washington declaring the lands ready lor sale, the speculator knows precisely what tr.»cts are not occupied aud whtt' sections are valuable. He knows, too. whether any occupant of a valuable tiact ha*, failed iu some trilling particular to comply with the pre-emption laws, lie knows who of the pre emjitors is able aud who is not, to pay the m;jQ -y demanded by tbe Land Oflice. He uses all this knowledge on tbe huudr»,d per-cent principle, measuring his prolits by the limit or the law and the needs of his euf=- toiners. The capital at the command of an experienced operator at the first land-sale in u new district, ataou'its often to millions, hardly a dollar of which lails to double, treble or quadruple. Of coarse every cent made by the distant speculator is abstracted from the capital, the motive power, of the Territory. ' . Nor is it merely in the sudden withdrawal of valuable land* from the reach ol'the pro ducer, that the present system woiks fatal!} to the prosperity ol the community. Fopu lution is dill used over large areas, making it difiioult to combine the force and capital for building schools ai.d supjior ing religious iustitutions; while social privileges are of course out of (he question. Thus the law sets ;i premium on heatli::ni>m, which Is uot slow iu proclaiming Its supremacy over all our new Territories Thi- is no fanciful picture. Hardly a resident of of twenty years in Illi nois, Wisconsin. lowa, or Minnesota, but will confirm all and nrjre tlian this, with bitter experiences of the evils of our public hind system. A Homestead Bill is now pending in Csn gress, grautlng to each settler on the public domain one hundred and sixfy acres of land ou the condition of liis occupying and .im proving it. Djubtlcss It is destined to share the fate of all other mea-ure= for the benefit of the laboring white mail, at the hands of the pro-sluvery Democracy. "Mud-ills" have nothing in common with Ihe high station of the negro-breeder and the doughface. The civ ilizatiou of the boundless West is something by all means to be discouraged and prevented, while the energies of the American people are being directed into the channels of Cuba stealing and cluvo tiading. Wo call upou the settlers ot the new States aud Territories, whica have invariably embraced Democracy ♦luring the earlier years of their existence, to look at these things by the light of the facts presented ia the lata v..to on the Actual Set tiers' bill, aud tbe coming vote ou the Home stead bill. "Cincinnati and her Kailroads— -Tlie Ideal, the Actual, the Possible, and iM-eessiiry." iLe above is the heading of a Jong, carefully written leading article in the Cincinnati Gazette of Thursday, 27tb. Tie writer goes buck to tbe eurly history of Cincinnati, and refers to tbe iJ'dl then formed uud acted upon by her lead ing mind.-, muLing tbut city the great central distributing point for tbe commerce of tbe South acd West, and drawing tbence a traffic which i.houid make Ciucinnati " in reality the Qaetc Citv "of the continent. In tbe pursuit of this ideal tbe trade and the sympathies of Cincinnati became largely Southern. In fact, she was in sentiment more ol a Southern than a Northern city. Id the great centres of trade north of Philadelphia, her name was seldom mentioned, and Cincinnati papers were beldom met with in . A\;w York and Koston. Butjlest we should be MiHpi-cicd of cot reprcfccting the article fairly, we quote largely lrom its own language : Daring tbe period in which her character was formed, und her commercial relations were be ing tixed, Cincinnati was essentially in her spir it and views a Southern city, expecting as it would seem, to become the one centre o'f the business of the great valley, to receive from »ne « est its riches and convey them to the syiutliern H-.ibrrjttl, and Jq return receive from the i.uoth the foreign tr.i<lc. aud distribute it owr tbe v.ui- v. At tin? r-uiue tuue Hie expected that the Meu u u lai tlwiuugntare lor Ex-tern and Wist lray) would pass ot course, thr-ugh her. Jin. wbo.e po,icy. and Kt ii\d>- Southern Fvm patbie-, prevc-jitvd any ft mig b-Uecu lirr and tl>r Noith and tl e eitu * of tbe Northeast. Aorth of 1 uiladeipbia, Cincinnati was little known or careJ tor, and the cities of the South rere tar better ».cqunioied with ber condition aod prospects thau those of the EasU This is the result of that ideal tchcme of which we have si.oken aod which, as we think, has shaped all the ear.y history ot our city. w e will tarn now to »but we ImYe ilesngatiWd in our beading, tbe actual, meaning by it the real present condition ol Cincinnati, and her business connections and prospects. Cutuffa-i ohe was from Northcn -vrupithies and almost trom the knowledge ol the North* Northern emigration, enterprise, au u canital luari hed « esterly along lines which run far north ol Cincinnati, instead of concentrating uikiij tlrs population, as it Howed westward along the I/Uie ivgum, auu over .Vonberu ludiaua and Illinois • reaching at h-ngtn Joa.i, Wisconsin and ilinne- If." L: " k'«' C.HIW, lis trade »lons win, ! t? wcm-nic* of limne and JiitultrU '1 T TV*™; »•"!« at tlie V . m . 1L has followed its eons 'ind 1 daughters, wuu both its good-will and Its cuniLil ' and hence the rapid progress >»r the Northlvi<t' I and its close buitne-s counecrion«aud liviocsviu' i pathies *itb Yi<:k and New England. B.ston and New Y\>rk arc deeply iutcret>t<'<! in ■ Buflalo, Cleveland. Ditroit, Chicago, Milwaukee M. 1 au!,aud St. Louik ; Dot compared with her relative im ™rtanee, v erj-liltleisl , e..rd ttare of Ciacioiati. rue Qjeen uty lie- very much out Mdc of tho sphere ol their thoughts. Xf now a Cioctuaaiiaa will 'ale aaj late rail way map, h» will had a (0 -what imtructire contlrmauoD of what baa bteu here act forth He will perceive that the octual is almost thi "ZKTT'r 01 """ lde,u ""eh "• to gather to the Qaeea Citj the commerce ol the w 'au° snr P™ etl >« how, north ot the Ohio and Slisßiesippi road, all the ureal line, point and lead awaj from Cincinnati, and fk JL B s eal V l "™ which overspread, the northern and northwestern portion of the Valley of the iliwiasippi, haa evidently bees constructed >Ollll look 10 the lata aud the With 1 r C 1""' *" h °°t regard to Cincinnati. With few exceptions, the roads leading to ns have the loot ol croas roads. They intellect north lh ° rot, K w «re« Which, pointing east and tt,c country to the north ol tbe Miasiaaippi Md the Missouri to the saV« ifihS-T"! hx ' msp bctore andcom fi„. 11 wl " t we * re writing, he will Hod our atalemeDWi veriOed. Let him beiin with tb. Mnl flntlthenreach" T " re Ua ° lt 1 " ld I°li'napolia and »' irL 10 "!?, « Sandusky J'lltebarß. Th'en l»?>, ? £ connections to noia, and follow «?.'acy. llll ward till it touches itwlv- Northeast connects with two ereat p B f U 9 ' and there either side of the like i^£ rfl v rtmtes ? 006 on net-work of roads which n?. ? Bt l " c th« conntry from Bt, i*uia to all of which concentrate upon Chicago and Mil waukee, and then consider the eastern routes from Chicago and Milwaukee, including the Chicago and Pittsburgh road, and it willbe seen bow the great trade currents are flowing to the North of oar city, while it is mainly by crott eonntetiens that we gather some contribu tions from the main streams. This immense development of the country of the Lakes and the Northwest has taken place mostly within ten jears, and the facts which hare been stated, sufficiently explain why in that time this city has not advanced as rapidly as some of its friends predicted then ; particu larly as for most of that time we were without any direct rtilwaj connection with the Missis sippi. The same map will also show as what our re lations are to the trade, and more especially the travel between the South and the North which by the ideal plan wus to be thrown in upon the Queen City. For all the purposes of this state ment, the roads from New Orleans and Mobile to the Lakes by the way of the Central Illinois ttoad, and others, may be considered as tiniebed, and we have in this great line a main thorough fare from the Southwest to the Lakes and the Northern cities which takes the tide ot Southern travel far to the West of Cincinnati. II now we turn Eastward from Mobile to Savannah and Charleston, we shall see that they are already connected through Chattanooga and Memphis with the great route from New Orleans to Chicago; and next jear they will aIBO be united with Louisville by the way of Nashville, and thus it comes to pass that in the same manner that the commerce of the Northwest pas*tß to the North of Cincinnati, so does the trade, but especially the travel, of the South and South west pass to the westward of us; nor will our Mississippi road answer the necessity of the case, and turn these currents upon our owo cen tre. This is not the mission of our Western ruilway. Nor does this complete our sarvey of the aciu ail condition of Cincinnati and her railroads. Directlv south of us, and midway between us and the Southern seaboard there stretches a great truck railway reaching—from the North ern citits to the Mississippi at Memphis, and crossing ererf route which has been or can be devised lrom the South to the Western valley, and this interrupts trade and travel both, which naturally belongs to Cincinnati, and carries it partly through Tennessee and Virginia towards Philadelphia and New York, and partly to the Northwest by Memphis and St. Lonis, or Nash ville and Louisville. Id this manner Cincinnati, ere another year is over, will be left commer cially on island. The great streams of trade und commerce will llow around her in every di rection, or at least on the three principal sides from which alone her business can be derived. Let the business of the country through which these various roads pass over, settle in the chan nels indicated, and business relations be formed independent ot this city, and it is easy to foresee the ultimate result. Cincinnati would, in that case.be compelled to contend 9gaiu6t great odds. The bu-inei which she requires would not flow naturally toward her. It would be necessary to Intercept and divert it ou nil side* from tbeic chan nel-, wuich are being ?-o r.tpid!y perfected. The Qieea City could, doubtless, witb her capital, si;iil t inanutacturtH, jiiid her cs-tablished buaintM relation-, and all the combined influences or a leading city, do mtieti to bustaiu herself against every disadvantage, but f-lie car;nut eouuieract l>orpe'u:dly the drawing around-lur line* of commerce)' which will, iu the end, divert her busi ne>s,and hbut her iu like the trenches of a besieg ing army. We t link we do not exaggerate the intluence which our city will feci ere long, from these great lines which are bigiiminj to close around her, and hem her iq. The very same process is now going on with the country south and southwest of us which has been completed to the north and northwest, and whicn has carried the business to the north of us. The direction of the southern lines thus far is such as to bend the southern commerce and travel partly to the west and partly to the east of ns; nor is it easy to see how this isola tion can be prevented by any communications which Cincinnati has now at her command. By her present channels this trade cannot reach her without going far out of its way, ex cepting only that part which we control by the river. As to the "possible? the Gazette suggests the opening of a great through Hue of mil way from Chicago 10 Charleston, making Cincinnati the central depot of the route. Nearly the entire line is already in operation, and the opeuingofa fe.v more links will complete it. It maybe doubted whether the remedy proposed will prevent the evils so clearly and forcibly stated by the editor of the Gazette. The centre of wealth, population and power must soon be west or Cincinnati. There is still fcfjine discussion as to whether St. Louis or Chicago will win the prize ; hut it cannot bug re main a matter of doubt. Holding t'.ie keys to the trade of the L'reat inland seas of the continent, with a ci-uutry uncfiaallcd m mineral and agricul tural riches stretching far away to the Jloeky Monntirrwand pouring it-* wealth into hercoflers, Chicago, withiu the next decade, will vindicate her right to the position of the great central city of the continent. lirokers in Michigan. A law of Michigan icquires ail persons engag. Ed in money brokerage to make annual returns to the State Auditor of the amount of capital em ployed, aad of the Ixv they pay into, the State Treasury. For the year ISoS returns were receiv ed at the Auditors oflkc from seven per.-ons and firms in that business, from which it appears that the capital of lookers In Michigan ranges from S2OO up to $2,000, and the taxes which they pay into tire State Treasury trom J2 up to 530 per :in num. The whole capital employed by those who made returns is 5G,200, and the aggregate of their taxes is ;'j3 ! A Lansing correspondent of the Detroit Jdvcr- User think* the law Is evaded—that Michigan can make a mach larger s'.ow both of Brokers and of capital engaged in tint busiucss than the cant sum leturncd. lie estimites, from what he regard- as reliable data, the number of Brokers in the S'.ut.' at filty-one, the capital employed by them at $1,105 000, and the taxes wliL-h they should pay SIC,OJU. lie suggests a change in the law by which these gentry will be mide to pay up hereafter. Scarcity of Provisions. There is a scarcity of provisions in Gratiot, Isabella and other Northern Counties of Mich gan. S. S. Hastings of the former county writes the Detroit Adtwtutr underdate of January 20th, as follows: To alleviate in a measure, tho sufferings of the inhabitants, I would suggest and urge that farmers that have provisions to spare, and teams, would bring in loads of provisions and exctange the same for our shingles and lum ber. A large portion of theinbabitaots of these >oribern counties make pine shingles through the winter months to exchange for provisions. No teams with provisions to exchange tor shingles or lumber, hare been here this winter, that X em aware, which is one cause of the al most entire destitution of the necessaries of life in our midst. A bill for the relief these counties, appropriat ing $15,000 for the purpose, passed the lower House of the Michigan Legislature on the £s*.h inßt. Internal Uisscnsionsof the Democracy. A special Wa-liingtou dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial uuder date of the 2Gth, k ; The D'-wala* er.'an iu this citv, the Slates, uho-e editor, Pr.vi-r, was coiilldeotUl adviser iu the r«cent difficulty with File!), di< lires this evening, that ib"re i- u j louder a Democratic party, and cite* in proof of \u n>«crti"ti Hie tlis sensiou between Buchanan and Cass on Squatter Sovereignty, Ihicbm.m an Floyd on the P.irilic ILulioail,and IJuchanan and (.Nil,!, m the Xai:ir. It says that, on no single is.»ue is there tonrorxl m the pditv, and a-serts that the contu.-iou of Bublc wu-not equal to the proent di.-cords oi Dcinoe racy. Thf .States Leiiu understojd to expre-s tue views of Douglas, the art.ele attracts great, atten tion. The internal strife ot Democracy burst lorth witb futy in a deba'e to-d.iv, which sprang up in the House, r.n the slave trade. It was the'hoUcst debate or the session, Icing a real debate, uot ' mere es<ay reading, and nged almost entirely in ' the ranks of the Ad uiuistratioa, the Republicans looking *>u and laughing. A leadiog Dcmooiat, Branch, tried to stop it, ? aying if it went oa, it would lead to Kunething worse than the slave trade. He meant mat it, would smash np the party. What Montgomery nays of Ilimsclf. IFrooi the Lawrence RrputUcin. Jan. 21] There are two sides to erery storv F"r months the name of Capt. James Montgomery has been a«acrciuted oalr with charges of out rags und crime. Oa Tuesday he voluntarily appeared in this city and surrendered himself to the crv:l authorities for trial. Oa last evrn mg before one of tue largest uudiecces ever as sembled in Latvrenne-presided over be Hon. »ur. iiardjcg, of Doniphan—he stood lor two hours Lod a naif, and gave & history of Sauth. eastern Kansas for the last three yeare He cannot even give an abstTAct of his flpeech. Many of ita tacts are alreadv matters of history. It is sufficient to say thu't Captain Montgomery claims to have lived iu good faith op to the Denver umuesty us it was understood by the people at that time; that the late trou o.es have bten occasioned by a violation of that amntaty, ia leg-l perbecution, and a personal attack upon btuieelt bnd familv, and that beis Jlrm an *ious fur peace on honorable \ reuiAikswere receired with great favor by the audience, and will furnish a o.tfs in the miuds of numbers for arriring at a dif. ferent estimate ol his character than thev had previoutl? held. \\' e believe and hops that this southern d.lhculty has at last about spent itaelf and that remanent peace may tereafier reign! Another Baltimore Mnrderer Con victed. Corrie, charged with the murder of has been found garjiy 0 f murder ;n the first <!«! sr6€'5 r6€ ' -.?• !I 8 l ? e ih P eraon convicted of mur der within the last few months. Thev will ®n unquestionably be executed. Poblic opinion is 1 so strong in favor of tbe death penally in all these cases, that the Governor would not, even if be were so disposed, undertake to exercise the pardoning power. The dftermination of Courts and juries to enforce the laws to tbe full est extent against the rowdies who have corned and disgraced this city, meets the ooqnalified approbation of the masses of car people No Land .Sales in Minnesota this Year. Hod. J. M. Cnvauaugh writes to CaaL Jaf. utjirkcy, oi BlPjul, that ''there will be no pi.b'ic sales ot hinds in Minnesota during the present jear.ficcpt the Pine laodi in tbp Cambridge dis tnct. Should this information prove, as *e hare SK^ a^t' corr V ct ' il source or great <=f our OCR SPRINGFIELD CORRESPOSDEXCE. MORE OF THE LECOMPTOX CHARTER. Dyer Ont-Dyered! BraisonfLD, Jan. 37.1E&3. A more critical examination of the amend ments to the act incorporating the city of Chi cago, reveals beauties that have never been tireamed of except by the rare geniusea who contrived them. In the last form of tbe act, the city is divided into eighteen wards, each of which elects two Aldermen; and tbe division is bo grossly nnfair that, while a voting popula tion of 8,400 elects fourteen Republican Alder* men in seven wards, a population of 5,000, scat tered through the classio localities known as "Kansas," "Kilgubbin" and 44 Squalidor," returns sixteen live and hungry "Dimmicrats" to the CoanciL By some mistake the old &tb and IHh wards ore left almost undisturbed, and under the new names of 17th and 18th are not included in the above account. This inequality of representation is the radical, fundamental error in the contrivance. That popnlous part of the city south of the main branch of the river and north of Madison street—an area that ineludes nearly all the large hotels and heavy business houses, and the most valuable proper* ty, real and personal, and which has at least ICOO voters'is pat on on equality with Bridge port-the camping place of a nom&dic popula tion and the site of a few cattle yards and slaughter-houses. That may be Popular Sov ereignty ; probably is as Dfer & Co. understands it, because tbe same irregularity, though in & lees degree, may be found in all the Republican when compare a with tbe Democratic wards. An examination of the amendments in detail, and a statement of the objections which lie against each, would be the work of a lortnight. It is sufficient to say that tbe evident design of all is to erect the city of Chicago into a close corporation of which the iile leaders of tbe Democratic party would become the managers, with power to perpetuate their rule, indefinite ly, by well-known Democratic methods. Ia carrying out this fundamental intention, the plotters have exerted all their ingenuity with out scruple or remorse. They propose, I. To virtually disfranchise & large part of the Republican population, upon the theory that two Republicans count as much as one Hibernian. 1L To rob the Mayor of all power in onr city affairs, reducing him to the political ttatus of & wooden man, 111. To divest the Common Council - the im mediate representatives of the people—of nearly all the authority which that body now 'wields, and to transfer it to oiher&nd irrespon sible hands. IV. To create a Board of Public Works, by act of tbe Council, and endow it with extraor dinary authority. To this Board the Council is secondary and subordinate; to it all petitions for city improvements must be addressed; and upon its recommendation only can tbe Council act, while the Baard in many if not all matters within its province, may proceed independently of the Conncil, and levy and collect assessments without appeal. This Board is absolute ia the exercise of the power with which it is cl othed; aod as it is entrusted witb all the important in terests now managed by the Sewerage Commis sioners, Water Commissioners, City Superin tendent, Street Commissioners, and, in part, with the present duties of the Mayor, Comptrol ler and Council the latitude allowed It lor mis chief corresponds exactly witb the inclination for mischief in which its members may indulge. V. To destroy the control of tbe Mi'.yor and Council over the municipal police; to put all police matters into the hands of three Commis sioners, who are primarily elected to the Coun cil, and are created, on express terms, a body politic. These may appoint any numbtr of men to serve them without consent of the Council; and to their patrol-men is given jurisdiction uhich (zUndsottr the whole Slate! The Board acts icdependentlv of sufficient limitations and restraints; it is irresponsible to any other branch of the city government; and last of all it has the power to draw on the Treasury for its expenditures, necessary or unnecessary, with out the concurrence of any other authority whatever I YL To aggregate all power in the hands of a few men whom the people do not elect until they have wielded that power long enough to muke it perpetual—men who are responsible to nobody, who account to nobody, who need fear nobody, so finely will they be entrenched behind the extraordinary language of the amendments proposed. The amendments will probably be printed, when the readers of the Peess and Tbibonr will see th-'t all tlieso allegations are borne oui by the text As presumptive proof, Iseadyou a couple of advance sheets in which the radiant beauties of those to come are seen to glimmer forth. They relate to tbe manner of submission; and if human assurance could go further, let some one say how and in what: MISCELLANEOUS niOVI?ION3. j-ec. 3. The licence for selling lager bier and ether fenneatcd liquors, and light wines, cxclu. pivcly of utlier liquors, known as spirituous or strong liquors, shall in no ca c be fixed higher than twenty fivetlolhtrs lor one year. The liceus" for ?cllri£ fermented, vinous and spirituous liquors of all kinds, may be fixed at anv sntn not exceed ing titty dollars for oue year. "Licenses may be taken out f r six months, aud parties to whom the fame are is-ued, shall pay therefor, one-half the sums respectively above specified, fur licenses lor cue year. Sec. G. The clectiou, now provided bylaw to be held ou the fir.-t Tuesday in March, A. D. 183'J, shall be, and is hereby postponed until the last fuesduy in March. A. I). lSsi>, at whieh time, the and Common Council, and other olll:ers, required bylaw to be elected at the same time, shall be elected; but, in the year IS6O, and annu ally thereafter, the municipal election for the Major uud Commou Couucil, and other officers provi !ed by law, t» be elected at the same time with the Llayor and Common Council, shall be htld on the first Tuesday iu Marclu Sec. 9. That it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Recorder's Court, within ten days after the paHsage of this Act, to appoint for each of said IS wards three inspectors of election and two clerks of election and one place of voting and, as soon as may be thereafter, to give pub lic notice of the time and places of holding said election, in the same manner as notice is now required to be given for tbe holding of munici pal elections in Chicago. The inspectors ol election sbnil have the toU power to appoint special constables, or peace officers, to preserve tbe peace of sgid election, and no otfur officers eba:l be charged with tho preservation of the peace at said election. Sec. 10. Tho returns of the votes for and apamst the said amendments, shall before two o clock P. M. of the day next after the said election, be made to the City Clerk, and the Common Conncil at three o'clock P. M. of tbe d.iv ufter said election, and shall examine and canvas said returns, and declare the refult of said election. Ant ncmbbs of the Common Council then present shall be sufficient to con stitute a quorum. If it shall appear that a ma -jority of the votes cast are "For the amend ments to the City Charter," then this set and every part thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect, and tbe Common Council or in I their default any number of the Ccmmon Coun cil, shall forthwith publish notice of the result aud that aa election will be held on tbe Tuesday following, being the last Tuesdav in March A D. ISS&, tor the election of the otEcers provided by this act to be elected on that dav, at which election tbe same inspectors of election, clerks and constables or peace officers shall act and the same places of voting fhalT be used, etc Sec. 11. Iu case of the d. ath, inability, or re fusal to act of tbe Judge ot tbe Recorder's Conri in the appointment of tbe places and officers of said election, then the Sheriff of Cook county after ten days, aud within twenty days from the passage ot this act, shall appoint said places of voting, and the voters assembled at the opening of the polls, on tbe day of election, shall elect the sa.d inspectors and clerks of election : and if no placts of election shall have been oppoint ed, the people of each said new wards, or any number of than assembled for that purpose may, on the night preceding the election, at a meeting held in pnrsuance of *uch notice as nuy be published in the Chicago Times, appoint their own pluccs of voting. The above are but specimen bricks of the whole structure. How do the people like the prospect which this opens up before them ? The .election here provided is to be held in all the eighteen wards—Biidgeport and Holstein in cluded. Great is modern Democracy! The state Reform School—Partlc* and Partr Management—i Tlie lildscly Af fair. * lO;rre?p:ndeseeof the Press aod Tribose.l frsixcnnjx j sn . ~ 1559, The State Reform School bill has been tbe order ot the day in the Senate in Committee of the Whole, where it examined section by section, and here And there verbally amended. The liberality displayed by this body in accept ing tbe bill so nearly as it came from the bands of its author is highly commendable ; and there can be no donbt that the good to tbe State will folly repay the amouQt expended to put tbe school into active and success r ul operation. The location is not fixed bj tbe t:'.l; that is left to the Commissioners created b. -he act; but it is generally understood thit a ite will be sought somewhere in the North, wiUao convenient dis tance of the larger cities whence most ot the juvenile crimit.als come. The House has been engaged In the pae&sge of bills—most of them acts of incorporation, and t.mong them none of general intorest. As yet meet of tbe work is done in committee. Both partiee are holding frequent caucuses for the determination of matters io which members of Che same party might disagree. Tour cor respondent does not preteod to know the recent dologs of the Democrspj, or tbe method in jffblth tlitir ftflUrt kre gianaged; ~bat £f tbty trc conducted with half the discretion that is dis played by the Republicans, the political advan tages gained by either side will be inappreciable at the end of tbe session. It has been the mis fortune of the Republican party in Illinois to be represented here too often by men whose zeal has outstripped their discretion, and who were forever uneasy and restless unlesß far in ad vance of their fellows in matters of doctrine. Fortunately, for the future advancement of the .party, and the near supremacy of the great truths which it holds, this Legislature is not so efllicted. The shock brought upon the country by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the burning indignation of the people when first placed face to face with the designs of the Pro paganda have so far lost their first effects that men can now look with calmness upon the pros pect before them, and can choose deliberately the methods by which they will repel the ag. gressions that are boldly avowed. It is fonnd tbat positions have been assumed by extremely radical thinkers, that cannot be maintained; and that the first step toward a victory which will wrest power from the enemies of Fre'edom, is that which consolidates tbe party on a constitu tional and tenable belief. Hence, the action of the representatives of tbe party will be marked with that discretion which is the sure presage of victory. The paragraph in the Pees 3 and Teibcne in relation to the unfortunate affair which has plunged at loast three families here into sorrow, is erroneous in more than a singular particular, I had resolved not to speak of it at all, because it is a matter of local concern, and the grief of tbe guiltless is at leist entitled to such respect as silence can pay. There is no evidence that young Kidgely, who bos absconded with a young and foolish girl, added robbery to his other offenses. He was in a situation to have drawn almost any reasonable amount from the funds of the bank where hz was employed; bet it is not known that he has abused his trust- That he has gone, and that he has sacrificed his social position, his standing in tbe Church and his title to tbe esteem of his fallows, is, alas true. But these are enough without accusations which be does not deserve. OUR WAHINGTON LETTER. £ock bland Reservation—The Culm Scheme Probable Pdisaie of the £30,00d,0U1) Rill —The Consequences—lndian War Claiine, d-c. [From our own Correspondent]. WAXUIS3TO3, Jan. 2s, 15C3. Probably by this mail you will receive a copy of tbe decision by Secretary Thompson against the pre emption claims set np to the public lands on ltock Island. The decision is, that the island is still a military reservation, and can not be sold without an act of Congress, the law of last session having taken away the power to sell. This knocks the p.ans of the speculators qnito into pi. One set of pre- emption claim ants express their determination to remain upon their claims, and to contest at law all at tempts to onst them. Tbey rely upon Judge McLean's decision on the Bridge case. As I think it important to relieve our politi cal friend, Montgomery Blair,from responsibility for any connection with the Lindsley and Dan forth party of squatters, I will state, at the bazird of repetition, that he represents another interest, and is entirely opposed to them. Tbe Cubau agitation has begun in earnest. The Senate Committee on foreign affairs yester day reported the thirty million loan bill, to en able the President to begin operations ia his peculiar style—that is, b7 bribing the Spanish officials of Cuba, and the Spanish ministry, and tbe c:urt pimps in Madrid. This practice be thoroughly understands, and it corresponds with his idea of atatesmao&hip. It is the same plan by which he attempted to pass Lecomptoa, and by which be did pas 3 the Eoglish bill. A party of Cubans now here, esy they dis tinctly uadcrstand Mr. Buchanan, that he means to buy Captain-Generai Concha, and the} inti mate that the means indicated might not be un successful. Oa the other hand, there is no cer tainty that Minister Preston will be received. There ia even no certainty that be means to go to the Spanish court until after the adjournment of Congress. A short time before Mr. Preston left this city, he said tbat be did not care to go to Spain to discharge routine duties, bnt was ambitious to be able to do something which would s : gnali73 his mission. The only con struction of this language appears to be, tbat he intended to wait in Paris or London until after it should be known whether Congress would back up the recommendations of the Message by placing in the hands of tbe President the means of carrying out bis policy. Mr. Seward muds a short spsecb, approving tbe bill io rather a sportive vein, as it he thought it a slight matter. Toombs mide a slashing, Locofoco, filibuster speech. The ppe-ch rude, abuilow, unttatesmtinlike, tbe pattern and model of tboae wbich will be made on that side throughout tbe coatrcversv. Now, probably this bill will pass the Senate. There is dinger tint it will pasi the lioune also, and become a law. Douglas, und the Douglas wing of the Democracy, will support it heartily. Cox, of Ohio, commonly called Sun-set Cox, or Sail Cox, btß made a ranting speech in its fa vor. The bill command SG votes in the House from the South, und will require, to give it a majority, G3 Northern Democrats. There are SOoftbemin ibe House. Is it probable that twenly-three honest and and true men among them can be found to break the trammels ot their pany, when the Executive stands behind with bags of coin und thousands of nilices ? I confess I doubt it. For tbe first time 1 fear tbat the scheme will be curried throu ;h. The House Committee on Foreign Affiirs bare agreed upon tbe same bill, and are readv to re port is. The Democrats all concur ia ibe ma jDrilr report, and all the Republicans sign tbat of tbe minority but Mr. Burliogatne, who r<- fiigtsj Taat is most singular and most lament able. Aad tbe reason wbich he gives makes the case worse. He says thut s;md of tbe B'boys of his district are in fivor of tbe acqui sition of Cuba. TLis is no reason at ail, for the grantimr o?" aa enormous bribery fund is no way to get Cuba. It mis bill be passed, tbe consequences will be about as follows: Thirty million* will be added to tbe public debt. If any effectual use of the money be made, this sum will be but tbe first instalment of $150,000,000 to be paid for Cuba. Bat if spent ia organizing opsa legitimate war, we shall soon heve upon our bands a contest with France, Spain and England, which will cost fcSf'O.OOO.Ot-'Q. Tbe Oregon and Wushington Indian war debt makes poor progress. It is no: a Southern i claim, otherwise it would have been promptly : paid, whether six millioos or sixty. The Mili- 1 tary Committee of the House have classified tbe ' items, and have reduced tbe aggregate below I two mi.lions. Among tbe charges are, old pis- i tols, |so; old condemned United States mus- ! kets, sold by the government for $3, at SSo; i bay, per ton, $145; oats, per busael, 75; i corn, s»>; pasturage lor horses, £lO per day, A;., | and eo on. j Com. Paulding has written to Mr. Kichie, of ! Pa., a beautiful letter in r.cknowledgrajnt ol his 1 efforts in getting ihrougb the House the laie resolution of thaoks, lor arresting "one Wi.liaai Walker." * Jcm-j. The Tnrifl Question—Tax on Tea and Coflec—Organization of the Next House— Ihe Cuba Scheme --- Fort Snelling, tic. WaVbisgtos. Jin. 23.1539. The ouly expectations euterLuned of a modifi cation lu tbe tariff, ia thrj;:gh a Committee of Conference, by the House side, iu-Lstlos on tbat a-* a condition precedent to any loan. Still it is douli'.ed ii'c-ven tins will *eive tbe purpose. The Republicans htld a caucus on Monday night niid agn ed uuaninwa>ly to Jaipur, a eluage in tbe tariff Tbe appK-lictJileJ tivisions on tbat scort* are, therefoie, ground Us*. At a meeting of scleral members of Congress, which wa> called by iecrvt iry Cobb last week, at the Tri-a-nri" Department, lie sujjgfiU'd a tax on tea and coffee oae mode ol raUtug the rev enue, but bis Democratic friends wore afraid of trjing tbe experiment, on po.itical grounds. I'be Stales of this morning s.JVs: 44 Tbe Demo crats of tbe South aud West will resist, by every constitutional expedient, any efibrt to alter or modify the pretest tunff rate.-'." It al-o remirks that as n consequence of the accumula tion of business before Coagiess, it Is now gene rally believed tbat there rann be an extra in wiiich event tsni.ei.il elections would of cour>e have to l>e held through aiino-t the entire South and We-r, together with a portion of the North, a laigo pr.'p rtiou ut tbe State* not having a.- \et electea their members of Congress. Tne suire thing occurred in tbe extra sfsMon of ISII. An im;>ortJtnt puiat, affecting tbe organ 5 * itioa ol tbe ucxt Hou>e, is unw belog discussed here. Ibe certificates have not bien issued to six city members from New Y rk, upon ?roun«H of informality in tbe rciarus Mate officers have bigntd a statemiut getting forth ibe votes given und to whom tliey leeatty b.*long, therefore'these hix members conid not be called at the opening of tbe he>»iou ; but ibe present Democratic CJtrk, Alleu, who will ofiMatc till his Fuccc.vor is e'ec- I led, ba> signified tnat he shall include tbem in the roll of members elect, i'iiis proceeding may pro-* bably determine tbe organizition ol tbe House,as putties are closely diviued Ibe settlement of the Douglas and Pitch affair is legarded as involving a c inplete »nrrender oa t:>e part ol Djuilii* The corite-poadet.ee admits of but oue p')A.«inle interpretation, and leaves him in a Wcrse predicameut than before it opcued. Intelligence from responsible s-ources In Mexico disclosed much probability of a contingency of Miramcn'-s successful movement against Juarez at Vera Cruz, and of a new revolution leading to tbe recall of Santa Anna, nho is at Sr. Thomas, wait ing for srme snch event. Slideli's Cuba report admits tbat one hundred and tweoty-flve millions at least will be required for tbe purchase of Cuba, and, therefore, the thirty millions nf>w proposed is only a oeginning. The second instalment of the Fort Snelling par chase, which was due in Jaly, was not paid, but arwugfments have been made, with tbe coo>ent ol Floyd, for an extension of time, by *hich a for leiture is prevented. Steele and his associates give assurance that no drlay will occur as to the third iustalmcut. Coshocton Treasury Robbery. ICcrreirsadencc of the Cincinnati GaztlU.] OoLruica Jan. £5. Mr. Moore, Conductor on the Ohio Central, informs me that tbe amount of money taken from the Coshocton Treasury is lesa than ten thousand dollars, instead of eigbteen or twenty thousand as flrat reported. He bad his inform** tion dirtctly-from the TreAlorer. ' * B, - The Natural and Fictitious Conditions I which Tolerate Human Slavery. j ratn thus. Io my previous nambersl have eadeavoredto ftoaljZ9 the operstloa of thooght, of which the word "Property" is the exponsat—to ascer taio what is meant by property, going beyond its mere rerbial definition. It was foand to in* voire not merely things, bat ortain relations between persons and things establishing owner ship. These relations exist by arrangement of nature and cannot be annulled thoagh they ma/ be ignored or violated by individuals or by governments. Thoagh the triumphs of civilU zation have not penetrated the wastes and re cesses of Africa, the physical laws upon which they depend are as pervading and powerful as in Europe or America; and thoagh the heartof the native has not been warmed and humanized by the genial influences of nature's moral laws, we most not conclude that these laws have sus pended their authority and jurisdiction. The reciprocal relations between created things which have been established by bamaa laws may be annulled or modified by those laws. Not so, when the seal has been set by the hand of Omnipotence. Man may cspture and subdue to his use the bufrlo of the plain and the law will protect the property thus acquired against the infringement of msn, bat be may sot sub due even the root-digger Indian, and hold him by physical force as his property, with or with out the sanction or protection of law—much less may he claim the sanction and power of law to sustain and aid him in this outrage on the degraded, helpless savage, whose " rights," whatever they may be, should be protected by law with a more scrupulous regard to justice* by reason of the very ignorance and helpless ness of the pitiable being whose destiny is placed in our hands by no act nor wrong of his own. A similar outrage on the African is pira cy under our laws—the penalty death I Reader, those are obvious truths—pause and reflect, and let their teachings be stereotyped on the tablet of your mind. What are the "rights" guaranteed by the Constitution with reference to "slaves?"—or Htrictlr speaking with reference to persons held to service or laoor under the laws of a State? Tbe Constitution informs n». In the language of Chief Justice Taney, " The Constitution has always been remarkable for the felicity of its arrangement of different subjects, and the per spicaity and appropriateness of the language it uses." The Constitution guarantees to the slave States an ebumeration ot three fifths of their slaves in adjusting the ratio of repre sentation o&d Presidential votes. There is no controversy about this; and we hear nothing of aggressions with regard to it. This seenres them a "sestional" property representation. Tbiß is " eqaality," of coarse! Bat each is the provision of the Constitution. Next, we find the Constitution provides that persons held to service or labor in any one State, under the laws thereof, escaping end seeking refage in another, shall not by reason of any law or regulation thereof be released from such service or labor, but shall be given up on demacd of the person to wbom such ser vice or labor may be due. The language is in deed perspicuous and appropriate. It expresses jnst what it means, and absolutely explains itself. No bonest, unprejudiced enquirer for truth in its purity can raise a plausible doubt, if he seek the meaning tn the language ot the Constitution itself We see the meaning. It does not contemplate nor name any others than per sona held to " service or labor under the laws of a Slate;" and as to them, only provides for their being given ap on demand when they escape and are caught in another State. There is no room for dispute, unless we suppose that what the Constitution says, only expresses what it does not mean—that its plain, specific and unmistakable provisions are to be construed by the rule of contraries and are to be understood as a sort of floating buoy warning otf the water cralt Irom rocks nesr by, but leaving them to find the channel elsewhere as tbey best can. Judge Tasey says t "If any of its (the Con stitutions; provisions are deemed unjust, there is a mode prescribed in the instrument itself by which it may be amended {query—\n it to be amended by an extra-judicial opinion ot a few partisan judges?) "but while it remains unal tered it must be construed now as it was under stood at the time of its adoption. It is not only th-? same in words, but the same in meaning, &c." The Ordinance of 1767, containing the clause excluding slavery from the Northwest Territory, waa ratified by the lirst Congress that met atterthe adoption of the Constitution; and some of the members ot th&t Congress were tlso members of the Convention that formed the Constitution. No warning voice bid them be ware 1 This meets the case, and removes all doubts, if there were room for any. Clear as a pool Irom a mountain brook, wherein we see each pebble, and its position, is the language of the Constitution and its obvious meaning; and it is most manifest that Taney labors in " Dred Scott " to stir up sediment to discolor the wa ters—to becloud what was most clear. He sajs "the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitu ion." If this were true, be would have shown snch dis tinct affirmation, and thus have settled the point, without incurring the scorn and contempt so deservedly attaching to him as the just judg ment of the American people for the infamous " Ooinion of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case." Again, says Taney, "the right to traffic in it, like any ordinary article ot merchandise and property, w£i guaranteed to the citiiens of tbe United States, in every State that might desire it, for twenty years," This, with bis deductions from it, is a gross perversion, and a begging of tbe question. What thoagh Congress was de nied the power to prohibit the States from in troducing certain "persons," until after a cer tain period? What of it? Does that annihi late tbe inherent difference between persons and things? If "persons" are admitted or intro duced and brought under the operation of "tbe laws of a State" for a certain period of time in the past, does that annul, or alter, or add to the present operation and effect of the only clause of the constitution which guarantees to the slaveholder bis right to the return ot his slave if be escape into another State ? But if a Stale may under a constitutional guarautee, in* troduce certain persons during a certain period, and hold them subject to their State laws'within their own jurisdiction, does this necessarily in volve a right to make tbem "chattels" or cattle and to compel other sovereign States to sink their own sovereignty, disavow and dishonor their own principles, and treat these "persons" as chattels too, in flagrant violation ot their own constitutional guarantees? This carries the 1 rights of the master into all the free States in i contemptuous disregard of any constitutional prohibition by the States—or in other words carries the slave codes of the slave Slates, with all their consequences, into every free State; and we have no means whereby to save our selves from this blighting incubus. It is a right under the constitution, according to Taney, and tbe great universal panacea "Popular Sover eignty" cannot save us 1 The argument of Ta ney logically and irresistibly leads to this—or it is senseless and means nothing. Thus it is be labors to stir mud in tbe pooL lie "palters with us in a double sense" until be stultifies the constitution-substitutes other and ambiguous language in lieu of tbe "perspicuous and appro priate language" of the instrument—extracts from the ambiguous substitute tbe new doctrines bis masters (tbe Pro-Slavery Democracy) order ed him to bring forth—and then gravely pro nounces it to be the true construction of tbe Con stitution, and impbdentlr thrusts it at us a final settlement of the question. But, let us admit hiß proposition—his first stand-point after be t eparted from tbe Consti tution— to wit: "tbe Constitution recogniz.-s slaves as property;" what then? Have you imparted new power to the Constitution by this new form of words? And what are we to un derstand by "recognizing slavqa as properly i" What is the virtue and elfect of this? We must go back to the Constitution for tbe answer, and there we find it we tea it. and there is no room for honest difference of opinion on tbe subject—the three-fifths enumeration, and the giving up escaped persons who were held to service " under the laws of a StaU." It were absurd to require me to discird tbe intelligible words of tbe Constitution, and to adopt as a substitute the foggy abstraction which Taney has slipped in, as a Uickster juggles a card out of his sleeve. True, tbe meaning of tbe Con stitution might be expressed in other terms— but any cbaog* in tbe phraseology which chang es tbe sense, us neceasirily spurious. Then why get away from the language of the Constitution I itself wnen you seek its meaning, if its lan j guage be so "perspicuous and appropriate?" i it could only be for purposes of peaversion and deception. A juggler may covers watch with a canopy be fore jour eyes and, anon, on uncovering, a cab bage-head is disclosed, and the watcn has vaaUbed no oue can tell how or where. But let tbe tubtle Chief Juslice canopy the Constitntlou with " Dred Scott" aa often and as long as he mav, it yet reruaiud there tbe same in its every jot "and tittle; and the record staods attesting how "it understood at the lime t>f its adoptionand how it will ever be understood by tbe freemen of tbe laud, until it be changed by the mode pre>cribed in the instrument iue:f. It a cabbage head be exjKwed under the juggling expeiimeut of the subtle Chiet Justice, 1 lancy we eball tec it—not uudertbe canopy. The doctrines in "Dred Scott" are a slow poison to tbe Constitution—deadly as hemlock ! »> hen the " Hosts of the Cross" w-re mar shalled in Syria to redeem tbe Holy Sepulchre from Saracen, the word went rouca when nightly posting the sentinels on guard, and eve ry tongue proclaimed aloud the heart-stirrinz exhortation, "Rkmeueir tar Holt Sspulcubs!" The exhortation, we are told, wes echoed lrom post to post; tor it was the duty of the sentinels to raiae this cry from time to time upon their periodical watch, that the host of tbe erusaders might always bear in their remembrance the purpose of their b*ing in arms. Republicans! tbe defeat of the usarpers ia Kansas is but an incident in the noble cmse you have embraced. The principle ot yonr Constitution is insidiously* assailed. Subtle arts will snceeed the foiled assaults of tbe aggressors. -Ton, too, should always have in your remembrance the purpose of your organization-tbe redemption and the preservation ot your Constitution. Then let tbe word p&ss round, and in strains toat sbail re ich tbe spirits of '76 io their far abodes—let the ex hortation be echoed from post to post, and by every tongue—Bsvuibsk thb Comtittttios ! Adas*. Quincy, JU., Jan. 20,1559. La Cresceat, Minnesota* The Hokah Ckitf, of Jan. 29th, has the follow ing items: This flourishing place promises a good "open ing out" in tbe spring. In spite ot the bard times everywhere, La Cresocnt has been build ing dwelling bouses, shops, etc., all aloo* dur ing tbe past fall and winter, and it is asserted by her citizens that many more will be pot up when spring comes around again. Selah Chamberlain is now at La Crescent, and, we unaerstand, is making arrangements for add ing a considerable force to the Soot River Road. The word is that "the road mast "have,the first twutj milei camjiited tl «| .mu ,ud . moaijrcindoifc" HOW NOT TO DO IT. The Dooglas*Fitch Correspondence* [From the WsiMnitoa UcJon. Jan. 35.] WasaxsoTos. Jan. 21.1!£9. Sis: To-day, in secret session of the Senate, you offered me an affront so wanton, unpro voked and unjustifiable that I am obliged to in. fer it must have been the impulse of passion, and not of deliberate premeditation. This note Is written for tbe purpoie of affording you an opportunity of saying whether or not my conclusion is correct; and, further, of af fording you an opportunity of retracting the offensive language which you tbua gratuitously and unwarrantaoly applied to me. Respectfully Ac., 8. A. Douona. Hon. Graham N. Fttcb. WasßisoTO*. January S3,ISS. Sis: Yonr note of yesterday was banded me this morning. In reply, 1 have to say that you yesterday mads a charge that the lately-op pointed federal officers in Iltioois were corrupt, dishonest men—or words to that effect. You knew my son to be one of those officers, and you could not expect me to hear such a charge without prompt denial of its truth. I pronounc ed it to be, to your knowledge, untrue. You subsequently so modified it as to satisfy that you excepted my son from tbe general charge, although yon did not name bis, and I made no farther issue with you on that subjecL When, at a subsequent period of your remarks, you attributed to me statements which 1 had not made, I requested that in quoting me you would do so truthiully. These remaiks were certainly not" deliberately premeditated," but tbey can not be qualified correctly as the "impulse of momentary passion." Tbe first wus prompted by a determination to defend the honor and character of my son, as dear to me as my own, against an attack so general in its terms as ne cessarily to include him; and the second was the exercise of my right to rectify a misrepre sentation of my own remarks. Respectfully Ac., G. N. Fiicn. Hon. S. A. Douglas. WaaHaoTOJf, Jan. 22-9H P- M. Sis: Yonr note of this date has been placed in my haads. 1 admit, without hesitation, your right and duty to do justice to the reputation of your son. At the same time 1 maintain my right, in the discharge of my duty as senator, to comment freely and fully on tbe character of executive appointments, especially in my own State. I deny, however, that my general re mark* ia r«lotion|to tbe list ot Illinois appointees, confirmed by tbe Senate during my absence, could be fairly interpreted to emorace your son. When you seemed so to construe them, I promptly replied that what I had said of the Il linois appointments was true as a gtiural rule, but that there were exceptions, among whom I recognized some of my own friends. Alluding particularly to your son, I added that 1 had nothing to say in regard to the merits of his appointment, choosing to leave that question where I placed it by renarks to the Senate du ring the last session, in your presence, at tbe time of his confirmation. You now admit that you nnderstood this explanation to exempt your son from the application of my general re marks; and yet, you have failed to withdraw the offensive language, but, on the contrary, at a subsequent stage of the debate, when apolo gizing for a breach of senatorial decorum, you expressly declared that you had nothing to re tract—thus appearing, in my apprehension, to reaffirm tbe objectionable words. As to the other ground of cffencs admitted in your reply to my note, I have to say that 1 did not understand you to assume to correct me in a quotation of your language, as 1 was uncon scioas of making any such citation, cut to re peat the original offence in another form ; oth erwise, 1 would have made a proper response on the instant. This explanation, which is duo aliko to us both, on tbe points presented in your reply, affords you another opportunity of withdrawing the offensive words wmch you admit you ap plied to me in yesterday's debate. Respectfully, Ac., S. A. Douglas. Hon. Graham N\ Fitch. Wa3Hisctos. Jan. 23, ISO?. Sia: Your note of last evening was handed me at 12 11. to-day. Your explanation in regard to my son being now explicit, 1 have no hesita tion in saying that if you had excepted him from your charge, or not made it general, ,1 would not have deemed myself warranted in rc pellinz it tn the words of which you complain as offensive, and which, in constquence cf your <jr planaCion, I now withdraw. I am also informed by your note that, if you had cot been mistaken in relation t> my re marks on the suoject of your misrepreeeuutios of my sentiments, you would at the instant have made a proper response. This likewise enables me to say that, in my closing remarks explana tory to tbe Senate of my share in an exciting debate upon a sutject not relevant to anything before that body, und tbe responsibility tor tae introduction of whica rested solely with you, I should have withdrawn, as I now do, the second offensive remirks, if you hud made tbe same saf*V(Ktory«P ,Bna ti on <A*/iyou b&venovmade. Respectfully, Jtc , G. N. Fucu. Hon. S. A. Douglas. Washisotos, J.in. 2L lSi>. Sir: Your note of yesterday has been receiv ed; and while 1 accept your withdrawal of the words to which i have taken exception, 1 owe it to myself to protest ogamst the idea you seem to entertain, that my note of Siturd<>y wi>s in tended as a precedent and inducing condition of the redress which 1 solicited, instead of be.ng, as I certainly designed it, merely responsive to the specifications in reply to jour first commu nication. In regard to the introduction and relevancy of the matter in tbe debate out of which tins difficulty arose, 1 canuot think tbat a proper subject of discu-sion in the present correspond ence. Respectfully, Ac., S. A. Docglas. Hon. Graham N. Fitch. WAfuixuios. Jan. 2-L1 *S?. Sib: Your note of to day was received at A. il. It is not for me to judge tbe motives which dictated yours of the 22d. I can only say that my answer was predicated upon the ex planations it contained. If yonr explanations are disavowed, my withdrawal must likewise be disivowed. Re«pecttul!y, As. G. N Fitch, Hon. S. A. Dou>;la-. n AsurxcToX, Jan. 1539. Sib: I am averse to prolonging to this con troversy after gaining the aubdtauce of my de mand; but I cannot close without responding to your lest note by saying that it is immaterial to me upon whatyou predicate your withdrawal, since 1 have guarded against u misapprehension of my position. Respectfully. Ac , S A. Docglas. Hon. Graham N. Filch. llVs/o'n Items. \ A* "Old Settler."--Tbe Chester Herald \ notices tbe recent death in that cnuntv, cf Jean Baptists Momrieuil, a entire cf Kaskaskia, aged niuety-«ix. who h.id "pent n;s whole life in or near his nutive village. What changes baa Illinois seen within tbe scope ot bis life! Scicide or an Indian* Gibl We learn, says the Su Paul limes, from a gentleman, w&o came down from Belle P>uine yesterday, that a young Indijn g'.rl conumtted saic.de by 'bang ing herself to a tree, pear tb-t pUce on Tues day last. Cause, disappointment in an uffiir of tbe heart, A Dbdneex Jcbdr.— In a slander case in a Madison, Wis., Court, on Wednesday, proceed ings were suspended in consequence of cne of the jury turning up drunk. Toe court ad journed, the Sheriff was ordered to walk the juryman about and sober bun. and the SUtnff proceeded to put bim throjgb. Ueavr Damage* Agalv?t the Cirr or Sr. Loi'is.—Some months ago an order was made by tne city ot Sl Louis to drain a pond in trie city commons. It was done by cuuseg through an embankment on street, by tbe cave of Felix Coste was ovet flowed, and a numoer of barrels ofbeerdestroyed. Mr. Coste instituted suit against the city, laving damages at |24,000, or for 3,000 barrels of beer at |3 per barrel. Oa Saturday a verdict was re turned sgaiast the city, aud damages assessed at 117,000. Sxating.—The lassies were having a gay time this morning on the ice at the foot of Seventh street, in the wav of sliding and skat ing, and bigh and lotty tumbling. Crinolines and whoops were consideraoly crimped up, when the uir damsels unceremoniously saluted tbe ice in a style not recognized in drawicg room circles a* the most fashionable way of do ing the polite a la Fret.ch—Dubuque limit. Foxt.—The Trempeleau (Wis ) Phnter says: "One of our citizens, Jacob S Cook, caught seventeen foxes last weft within fifteen miles of this place, of which fifteen were yellow, one grey and one black." He was offered f-io in cash for tbe hide of tbe bluck fox, which be re fused. Tbe Pioneer ears they are remarkably plenty in thateection ot country. Cocbt Hocse Bcbnbd. -We learn this morn ing that on Monday o'ght last the Court Hous* at"Albion, in Noble County, in this Stve, took fire in tbe clerk's office and was entire Iv con sumed. Loss of building estimated at (5.000, value of judgements destroyed, about $50,000, which it will take moch time and tronble to re store. Tbe books in all the other offices were preserved. This is a great misfortune to the people of that county. Ft Waynt {.lnd.) Re jru&icsn, 26<A. Dastabdlt. —The Burlington 1/jicktye says tbe Monday m rning train from Chicago was delayed for two houts by tbe attemp* of some rascal to born one of the bridges about twelve miles np the road, a little beyond Oqnawk* Junction. Ssveral of the ties were burned, but the fire was extinguished before any serious damage was was done Tbe break was repaired and no farther detention will Uke place. A Deo Feat-Fast Tbavelixg. A voung gentleman connected with the Express Office in this city, says the Stillwater (Minn.) Jttutnq.r, bad occasion to go to Areola, a few days sioce, on business requiring speed, whereupon he harnessed a fine Newfoundland dog to a light hand-sled, and made the journev on tbe ice io just t«enty-aeven minutes! The distance is seven miles—being an average of one mile io a little less than fonr minutes. The dog is about one year old, but large and powerful. We would like to see the dog tha'. can excell this feat. Mtbtekocs.—Tom Mason, the well known barber on Main street, says tbe Peoria Trarv tcript, seems to have some enemy who is de termined to take bis life. His shop has been repeatedly fired into from tbe rear, after dark, and as hi as can be ascertained, without any apparent cause. Four bullets have thns been fired, three of which passed through the win dow, aad one throogh the door, the marks of which are plainly to be seen. The last one fired was on Tuesday evening of the past week, and Mason has the bullet in bis possession. We do not learn that he snspects any one, and the whole affair is very mysterious. Babiaxa.—Oar friend Gov. B'sson Eddie is a bright little fellow of only some four summers. He loves to talk of God, Heaven and Angels, and his idea of these great mysteries are olten •moiingr .One day ha stood looking intently at th* filling i&oir, whin hi uld to oil mother, i "Mama, I know why God makes it snow, it's because he don't waot the Angels to take cold." He had been told that when little children died they went to nee God. Thinking of this one day, hesaw a fir on the wiodow, and going to it Mid—"Little fly, don't joa want to see God ? I knowyoa do, aad vnu shall;" and there upon killed it.— Clinton (lotca) Herald. Di-GRACiroL.—On last Thursday afternoon a party of four of our town topers met at the house of one of thei- number to drink and have a grand epr*e. They carried their carousals to such q leneib that the wife of their host was compelled to semi for >issis aace to rid her pre mises of them. In the mean time, the hoit without any provocation struck his little child —just begianicg to ran arouad—a severe blow with his shoe knife on its arm, just above the wrist; which laid the fissh bare to the bone. A neighbor's wife comin,? in tit this time, picked np a tire shcvel and verbis ti ietji soon sent the three victors homewards with something like a flea in their ear. A physician dressed the wound of the child Bat this did cot terminate the tiUair. A', a company of indignant men went to the residence ot the man at whose house the brawl took pl_.ce, called him out, ! bouid hiai to a tree aud yavs him oa thorough ; ® probably ad toe nature of the cuss 1 demanded. In adai;ioa tj this they drugged him around through the umd till be wis thoroughly subdued and piteously for quarter, which wia At length fivea htm, on his promise to be •* as decent a man henceforth as he was capable ot:*—&*%htUU {JU, iiUiz-.n. illtsccllaneous. GREAT WESTERN LEATHER AND HIDE STOKE, 11 l* 1 canvii.y iinos., 201 ana 303 South Water Street, CHICAGO. ILL. T\TZ HAVE JCST RECEIVED IX BOND * 1 thrcu«h the CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE, cur first lavo.ee f.r the jt*r. t f FUENCU KIP aud CALF SKIN?, AND liOOT FRONTS CIiIUPED, ■ Foe the Spriiigr Trade, DIEECT FROM THE PAR\3 MANCFAC:CREBS. , Bot Vaiera aid Leitber Desert will fin J the Stoek r to be very superior anl PjJccj Low. We Late la Stick 1 aaacvimics IjiwatJ lar.e Uionnent cf 1 SOLSLSATUER BEST TANNACFS OAK andIIEJILOOK Cf PER KIP and OAIF. LINING?, LASTi and FINDINGS. Which will be sold at the lotce-i'. vuirtet price i tj BLACKBURN BROS., At their LVATUER AND 111 DE BT>>SE. 301 <k asj South U&tcr (e* tof Wei.* street brijj;-,) Chicago. N. B.—lhs hUhtst curkct yr.es u&lj la Cash for ir lie-'. j I^4 £ A T II E li! L K AT T H K R: HHST CLASS CaT7~A~E iOP SKINS jut rev«s*:;d OZBEOT rao raAHOE: BT JAMES KELLY &. CO., i 13 L\KiX?T 213 Chicago, ILL. VTcjo tee? conataaUy on hand the largest «ock of Leather and .Pinitings To ue round ta tu e West. Aiao, a larxe stock ol superior LEATHER and INDIA RCiIBES BELtING. All of the above will be sold Tr:ar low for cash or sd* sroved pine-. JAM S3 KELLY & CO., oclb ly-biy7 243 La>e street. Bear the BrMjc prescription drub stoke. «J3 L'LAHKSTiIECT, Opp. COLlir tICI'SE. BUCK & EAYNEH, APOTanOiiDIES and OSOTIiaT3, B«to announce that the* have c-ameaceJ business In t c ati.ve location where tbcylfpe to tueru aairccilve a shore cf pub.lc support. A full siock of DRUGS CHEMICALS, rOBEIOH AND AMERICA'S PEBFUME3Y. TOIL HiT AHTICIIBB Wi-ei aid Linuori for meilic-'nol purccsts. ia, his been fa' f-iiirstlccic t from the most re.Sab e houses io >ew i\rk ci.y—puritj M.d mid'-, ta e»cry in itacc.t* e fi s' conslderviox k :h«e nwiys ai they wi l ea ieav i: to reader e *cry • ; f their buslaesa .1* Is.a;tjn* and re.lable ai poaiibJe. Many >ear j eiperiecci as IPractical utliocaries, In this :»nd other cities In Ear-p? ami Am»rica, haaUtied tucm wi;ii udvaaiui-i aad QUAii2c.iiors or some lirpjr taice and ccnsiderutlon. Physicians l'je cr:ct;ons and M'dlclaes will be pre pared ;;a.cr uor cwn pcrsoa-il s-iterlatcQiiar.ce at all hoars, a-id cam acc >uni wattiver wi.l atq Jihaed per sons or I'w'. jid ce inirujted :o cispeasesc-liclaes, ja-3 cj7 Iw M K V Klß's Uiraculous Vermin Di-stroyer, For the D-:stiactlon of ISat*s' ?IXce, mole*, Jlosqaltocii, lioachcfi, FlciUf ?Iotli9« Garden Autfs Ac. rn E CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS kwwn onderthe above title f.r tie laat £] ye*n Cirotuhout KuT-'d?. where they tuv-met with a triam pha-1 iuccesa. htve ifQ'ilre 1 fo: tfteir la»entor and M.mufac'urer*wjrl'l-wl«te celebrity, attested by tr.» ta nerors of RuTsla. Frince. Austria Hie Qaeea of kin* lard, the Kin:s of lie .nuai. UciUad, Na:ne% Uav irit, S.iT(iD>. tc.: i»»- :a Arner.ci th.-lr e£Jeaoy 'as been end rs-d > y the rs o' l'abl'e Ins'.ltatl><t s aad thu approval of anm- r.«m pnv .te citijsna. that tliey are the o:n» reic«»il.e3 inthe woiM ture to eitermioate all kiu is of vermin. Meier's Pre; destroy the anel come iotrucJcrs witiuat m-.rc/< >Uid iievcfalL His art iiai' .jfHth t» miilio.iH cf t:icci ia the world, aad fr..ra t!il< <i iv f:f T4t-:;i-w',.t of all tr.er- suip owuers, aad hu;h tndaen wdi be ">occr9 Fcrra'n." Z3Tdct-Ilv!»clkiK'*i fro'n ii -\-nt.i to II.OJ TaaMS—Six taor.fhs. or flvett r'.•i , nt. (ao De;ot cl th? taTea'. >r aril proprietor. MEYEt. Prartl'al Oiern'rt tli Br.adwa;. (>.<»r. Uoujtcn-at..)New York. Oeacril Agent for ti.e Cnlttd ."t.ite* a-.d Caaa<laa FRtUSit.Cli V. KiairoN So. lo A3tor Home, a >1 *l7Bfu S.Y ileji) Ivio nm ra«iX€*-; & co;s IM I'KOVKD PATENT UELODLO.VS, OHtilNSj ETC., ALL THEIR RECENT IM ' ' pßriviauiTS, and the only Instruments In which the Patent DIVIDED SWELL Can b.* otta'nei 95 f *lnrk Street 93 At the M,*n of th; Star UaLner. We ere prjparid to furflli'-i Prlace's Unrivaled JI-.lo dcons both at \VlioJf»;»le and Retail, At Factory I without ar.y addltkn for Freight. PRtCEd OF roKTJBLB IS? .'KCIIKSTi: FonrOctavr. C to 0 1 -13 Four aad a Half octave, C ta F r'ti Five octave, F to F 75 Fire Octave. Double Heed. F to T UO Fpica or p.aso caftn: F.ve Octave. Pt> P 11*1 fix Octave. Fto F 1 UJ Five Octave, H able Re»iL F to F 150 Five Octave, Two Banks of K»j« ORGAN HELODEON. Two Panksof Key?, Five Sets of ReeJs, E*ht Stors. One haif Ocavc Fojl Pedals, line svt of RerJa In Pcd.Ußji Independent tr C U and examine oar stock of Muskil Merchan dise before purchsslc* cliewhete. Prtserreth'sadvertliemert, forthe next one w'Jl be abcu; someth'njt else. ROOT Sl CAD? a T. EOOT,) No. 93 Cl.uk street, extant, t ia2j • OHIC \HO. UH>(iINS BROTHEKS. MUcIC PUU LI»iIt- > 8- *0 L\ke rreet, still bavaoa hand the larg>;t sfck of MasU-al taerc-andite ae tbz any other house ia theNoiUtvesL »>eare s it aaents far ih" eel ebrat -d " MoJei .M;:odiM," made b» Mason k llamll.'*. also vats for L!«hle. Newton <fc Bradt»a-y'i PIaNOA with ihi " P tent -*rch • rjat wh.ch is Used by no other Maanfict-re'sla the warld. aad is the nostluno taat mecLiaalc-il liatirivement. loiteal 0 iron as nost miic rs d >—t»Mca kives th j las . 0- tacntao tilljaj.l tilsiwcenblesuuaj—or aslrn wotdtn ■ the or 1 Inarr »i —wh'ca reefer* U i;ec i-sarv to weaten I th.' part of the i :Urumeit ihe pos-lbie j itrea-:tj Is rej-iir d—by cotti i< *crv»» tue train of ma «0">1. * i-fhte. N-«tm t Br.i t'jur>'s Lave a taeti: t wh-rrebj the; sarin* this pattrt lnt> proper'onn brtlie aid of stum an i p jwerful machtLery. A st.aln ot te -1 toaj w.J .zax mg ii.i: ra.i un o. toe arcn. w'-'n tte fibres of ihe =vod ia j te nl -f Jic'm< w b7 the conticahy ce; •.* interrup.ed at aVr< distances, tiave their natural p w.-r i,( rc»staace s tilly auiin:ntea by the pee liar loruither are L.aOe to tn the Patent Arch \Vr;«:. Kv r> ni ra.nea Is *arraatriL *d k'ndi of Chur h Music lio»ks f*r »al- Tb4«-liea cstiadU'es hive lio kout is the HA HA. Pritea_tfie Cjyy ii cer.ts. sec.', by sail post* pa. - : ler 'lcz-'.; r.s' All orJcrs mus; be aulressed to Ul'o''».Ni tt:10 Live s .. i» Sly HOI FOR PIKE'S PEAK! RIKLE>. SHOT GU.Nd. REVOLVERS, UNI»'ES. aad Kecersl outfits 'or the UinfS at 2jo Lake Btre-t. utO. T. ABfaKY fyAgeats for llatira's Powder. jaiT cIOJ ly For the Gold Mines. SHARP'S AND COLT'S R.FLtS, COLT' 3 PItTuLS, BOWIE _ - alsi. a largs *. assortment cf Taraet * . and o.her Rlole*. Shal " (iar*, and cube.* aps*- rates f.racec-raloutfit a-i for the Mints at SG fTjl Lak* *■' " t>. BATOX de CO. QOMETHISQ XEV 1!! MITCHELL'S O PATENT MetaHic-Tlpppd Boot and Shoe, An IrEprovewnt bss been arp!!ed to Boo's and 9 u oes. by which a GeU Savirs U Exser?e lj made. Every Iko; aad thoe Qraltr kaow< thai child' ea will wear r at at tr 4 e to« th-bert-cocsimcted kh« la from fcort» six weeks, and that It Itherto dtfled the skill of maanfic taren to obv i-U e Ih'-S diOicalty. THE •*METALLIC TIP J taeets and OTerecmes it. A snail piece of eorcer Is neaVyf*«ened to the toeof the boot or ahoe, ttfoTdics a eomulete Tirutecti-o to It, and reader!"* the efforts of the BOStlnveKra'.e stamper laeljctnai to kick or wear it out. We present this Invention with »he fullest know'edr* of aad experience ia lis P. acticai L'Ulity ilavlD* ai w for nearly two years been subjscted to the severest teits. li hia, by Its own latrinstc merits, actually sartcounted every objcctloo thateouid otiloiy be broorht »K\lnit lc. as the accumpanvinK certificates, which are bat m f«lr ar «-ajre of tnodreds of other*, wil. aftnadantly c->r;ob« rate. We nar- co hc«ltauon tn say n* t&at the Met-Utle-tlpped Youth, lie oil atile: and we cootider it a moderate sta'emeuL thatoaepvlr i f the Metallic Tips will outwev two to three rair« or the old style, m*klnj a aaviag of nearly two-thirds In the expense cf shoes. »«ssrv. WiD>WOSTH A WE LS, or Cblraso Have been appelated Arents fot th* sale of the Boots aad Shoes, and ar.* authorized U dispose »f lowa aad County Eljhti ommoMcatlotis addressed to them or the nadersijtaed will rtcelre proper attention. CilA.'.E McSINNE? k CO^ Water Boston.Hasa N. B.—This Invention is a complete protection frca the ccttlnx of f.e Prairie UrasKS. a:dis specially adapt ed to Miners'tue, aad all occaaations whien pa ticolarly exiK>«e the toe of the bovt or ahoe to beicsent or worn. ] aily-ccl MUBST NEL3OH PRODUCE, COMMISSION .SHIPPING MERCHANT. No. 6 tiilliard's Block, corner Ctark and aoutn Wai«r-<u, Arents for the FULTON STAfICH WORKS, Pultoa, N. Y. I Laid pswe*o diver tiurch Cumpany.) Thej tnannfactare all kinds of pure Corn Starch of a superior «aa3ty. Orders addressed to M. NELSON. P. O. W>\ wiUreeelve nropptattenUon. otf b!2l ty T7TNEGAR!-GENUINE NEW^JERSET T Cider Tlaetrar. for saleby the bbl. at BAWTKH. PAIOS k delS-lv Wholfult PutiHa*. I* Lake street. COFFEE. 5OO BAGS RIO COFFEE iod reeebaj i&3oß*r*<3 lotbs al'lovg* v» RXTVOLD& C.T A 00. iiUbicinc£i &c Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, fold by BOLLES, SMITH A CO.. 134 Lake atreet. Hoate Iter's Stomach Bitters, Scld ty E. T. WATSIN3 X CO., to state street. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Sold by J. n. REED A CO.. Kl a-d U? Lake s'recL Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, eold by HAVEN. PARRKLACO.. t; Water Itreel. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, fold bj SARGSNT i ILI LEY. HO Like Kreet. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, SoM bj E. a. ? JLLSK kCX 37 Wile.- UrctL. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Sold by BOCKFAtNSU M C).. 35 Water street, Hostetter's Stomach Bitter?, Sold by L, HEAD * CO.. Lake street. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Fold by 0. r. SCLLESJkCO. Hostetter's Stomach Bittera, Uave. fcr th'.lr Toricand otherMedlJnalVirtues, be come so celebrate J aad popular, that unprla: p ed pa'- ties hereatd eliewhere cjuatesfeited theorx'ea* sive'y.and to prevent deseptlon we refer purchasers to the ab3Te partle] far the genuine aniclj or to the pro pristors, Uostctter Jc Smith, ja3s c37-gm PA "\IWTHERS, AS YOU LOVE YOUR 1_ Cb'.ldrea. be oathe alert fnr every jimptoo of Wonaa. Forwcnos caaje Ihe death o'oyetnaaaay oti*r diseases. Ia all eases DEAL) SHul of pale coentenanee. livid "" circle arcuail the eyes, and _ . _ foul breath rve H OLIO POR WAY'J* VKUKT4BLK 08. TVT S ' They are adi liclous prepa " * ratloa of 3u*arthst<uiy child wlllcrive. If worms are present, they will safely and ef fecto diy remove them aau reaton? heal'b tn all evea Worms! Worms I—These urublesome Infests ot the stomach and bowels of children have at last fonod their mttch in a mvtch'ess areparatlo > called ** Holloway'a Worm Coafectioo." whtcb Is la the form of a tl'aaant and agreeable candy. The ll'-tle children a3e«ted with worms, which heretofore turred up ncses and ■pottered aad erle«l about the adialnls'ratlon of the nauceoui stuffs under the name of Vermifjc<% will ocen thtlr Uttle mcuths with ecstvy to thank the lavtfntor formvlrtn* a plrannt care for one of the mcst trouble* •on? d'.seasft. fcrery box warranted. B JLL>'A SMITH A CO.. deil li< Lake «*.. Agents for Northweat-m j*ra' *s. Brown's Bronchial Troches, OB COUGH LOZENGES. from Bev. Ifmry JVard Bcec&tr, vha !uu u.<r*l t\s Troche* j<rs vr.irs.— I have never aliaused my mind res[>ectin(; them from the lirst, except to Hunk yet letter of that wliich I began in ilnnkvn; well uC Brown's Bronchial Troches From Rer. F.. IT. Chopin, />. 7).,.V<ir V.irfc.—l con sider your Lozenges au excellent artirU' fur their imr and recDiumend their iwe to I'u!>li« ri^akeu. Brown's Bronchial Troches From Mr. C. 77. Gardner, Prinetpel jft&r RuJfer'j Femcle Ixdtilule, .Vr» r./ri,— I hav« b#on aiHirteJ , with Bronchiti* during the past winter, and fmind no relief anul I found your Brown's Bronchial Troches Dr. Line prescribes them in his practice. Brown's Bronchial Troches Dr. BijeUn says are simple and certain. Brown's Bronchial Troches Indispensable to Public Sj>eakers. ZLon's IleraLL Brown's Bronchial Troches An excellent article. Auftonof Era. JViajMh^ujik Brown's Bronchial Troches A in Mi admirable remedy.— JturnaL Brown's Bronchial Troches A sure remedy for Throat Atrections. Tnmcript, Brown's Bronchial Troches Efficacious and pleuant.— Traveller. Brown's Bronchial Troches Cures any Irritation or of tlm ThroaW Brown's Bronchial Troches Cures Couch, Cold or Hoarseness. Browns Bronchial Troches Cures Rruuchfcis, Asthma and Catanli. Brown's Bronchial Troches Clears and gives !*tren;th to the voiro of bin«er% Brown's Bronchial Troches Cures Whooping Cousli and Intluuiva. Brown's Bronchial Troclies Are the greatest Remedy .«c«Vnc« ever pro«luce«L Brown's Bronchial Troches Are only tli cts. twr Ilox. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PEISTTON" «SB CO., 94 Lake Street 91 OPPOSITE THE THEMONT HOUSE. 124 Lake Street. ■ IIE GRFaT WESTEtiN wnnLEs.Uir a> d is v. r\ n PATENT *7 jf» ? nt\ If yoa want a Remedy for your Cougu, —OO TO— BOLLES SMITH &. GO'S LM Lake Street, near the corner of Clark-si Fycu want a Bemedy to Purify the Blood, Goto BOLLES. A CO.. UM Lako-su Fyoa want aFeYer asd Ague Semedy, Go to BOLLES. SMllll A 00.. Lit Lake-n 17 you want a Hair Restorative or Hair Drea -L ISO. Go to DOLLEi. SMITH A CO.. I2t Lake^t. Fyou want a Eheumatie Pill or Liniment. Goto BOLLSa,miITU *CO. latLakeMt. Pyou want a Bemedy for the Pilo* Qo to BOLLSa, SMITH A Cu. LU Lake-sV Fyou want a Hair Dye—Warranted, Go to BOLLCB SMITH A Co,. u7 Lake-et Fyou want a Pureative or Cathartic Pill, Goto BOLLIX, A CO.. U4 LakeV Pyou want a Pain Killer, or Pain Extractor. Gou. BOLLEA SMITH A CO.. Lake-it T? you want some Tonic Sitters or Scheidam J. ScENAPPd. *o to BOLL>2. dMITH CO.. Lake sueet 1708 Daponco'*, Clark's and Cheesman's r MALE TILLS. *> to BOLIA3. SMIIU A CO., l.i LakestreeL. (?0R Cough Candies, or Pulmonic Wafers, X Goto BOLLE3. riMITH A cO-. U4Lake-r> t?OB a Powder, Paste or Wash for the Teeth, r Goto LJLLEi. HMIIHACO LM I^ke-'l UOB a Liver and Dyspeptic Bemedy, X I Goto bOLLEA riMITH A CO.. IJ4 La>e-4l L*H)K Vermifuge, or Worm Lozenges, X 1 Goto BOLLES. SMI til A CO!. 1:1 I^ko-rv f?0& 6trengthning Plasters of all kinds, A Goto BOLLbi. tiMHH A CO.. U4 L*ka-fl lA>3 a Bemedy for all PriYate Diseases, Jl Goto BOLL&i B.MI IH A CO.. 1W L&ke-r. 1703 a Bemedy for Diseases of the Skin, X I Go to DOLLED d.MITH A CO.. Lake-el f 'OB Fancy Sdapa, Brushes, and Toilet Articles, Go te BOLLiu*, SMITH A CO.. 124 LakMtT^ L OB Handkerchief Extract and Perfumer?. J? Goto EOLLEi.SMITH A CO.. L» Ltke^l UVr Trusses, Shoulder Braces and Abdominal A? Taey are agents forthe manufactoren and will fell at low prt.-rs. Goto BOLLES. S-JITII A CO.. 134 Lake-* THE LIVER INVIQORATO'H PRTPAMD BY D 2. SANTO SIX tO3POCNI)ED EXTIKELY FfiOfl tL3S, IS (»NE OF THE DEST PCKGATIVB and LIVSR MZDICISB now before'.he public. J Theee (iQisa remove; * Onedo«eoftenrepeated all oorbld or bad matter * Is a sure cue for L'aole* frcmthesyitem. sayply- 1 « .>lorbnt. and a »re. leg tn their place a veatative of Ch»dera. healthySowofbile.lnvli- . , . . oraticx the stomach.: tj i pn.y onebottio Is need cauia* food to ed to throw ootoftLesrs well, p b rlf y tag \Bt rj t«o» the effects o' aedl blood, giving tone and to* health to the whole ma-' . ' . . chlnery. removing the] <C *5,? *i pj Blillout aUAcka aig| " , cared, and. what is betvJ?; < One dose taken a sao.-t prevented by the ©cea-i v liioe before eall&g gives jlonalnseof the Liver In-. ,vj{orto the appetite aci vlgorator. i CQ n^f e# dlsea* One dose after eatln*) ls«afflc!entto relieve tae, HI One dom. citestepeat. itomaeh aad preveatthet . iedfc^« mo"c iiI«TT food from r.«tas aad kbt. iz Tarsi 'am. 1 l2c ' .while »uinfj e r ana Onlyoasdosetakenbe-l 9 luo wel 4'oo>»(atau fare retiring, present*. pH ; jield ala-!;t to the SrH I aldhtmsrw. ! dese. a,™ -o.; ">• One dose taken after rn ' We lake pleasure in rh ea;h meal wli. care Dys i SeJ ,ccmraendin< this med)- Mosaa- ,plaf M a prev-atative .. . for Krv«r *nd Airue, 03c fc^ 0 tS,i er i l * ,,> :s '-" ! I'kill *rv?r, sad ail ttaonfuUwlllalwvsre- ' . ' Fevers of a atUious ilereHick H in*. It operates with Only one dose lame- Icertalatv, andThoaaands relieves .'wlio.l i*re willing to testily to while ' ItJ wnaderful virtues. ALL 7THO US6 IT GITUiCv THSIK UWANIMOUJ XESTIMOIfY IH ITS FAVOE. OT UlxwaterUtoe month with the IsrUontor. :cd rw&ilow both toge^A^r. mar osiru bottu. Dr. SAN FORD. Proprietor, No. Mf Broadway. New Y '.-i iti-'*ile<t by all Dramsta. Bold, also, by SOU.IS, HMITn A CQ,. aad FAfljrwrocK a da via, r<i.i».i3Lßi 118 Raadolpb strea JUST RECEIVED -AT THt- Homoeopathic Pharmacy, 168 CLARK STREET ItS A fresh supply of HOMOEOPATHIC CUOCOLiTS o a ALKKTHRKPT A. Also, another lot of BELLOC'S VIMRVQ4L, l*U 'HAUI7 * XIJQ, iiltiuiiiti', &c, PERFECTLY TRIUMPHANT bemedt Tor AIL DIiEiSES ARI-ING FROM M A Ii A IC I A ; Particularly rfIVBH and AOUB. li 2.1.J.?° ?' 1>T er*il'y produced by the TTWlliirifl ttDQ (bn Of tlld Weil {in -h ii iliuaia) or turpit U?er enlargement of tne »£ieeo,"r a£ue Cake j t! ous ties tteat fevers, Hnn «lfl 1111 n< lroQ » blillOUS COndU Uoaof the sra eta lt» larre t:-\tj *re all 7e«e:al>le. and perfectly harmless In tti-lr «-i e : j. J?J nerfu »«•. lain to cnre. Rea.ler. if you d-*;re to tavu ino'iey and time, «od ret Tour heilin. tax? it u taet> ma«i'i a# these things which only ta'llate wh'l 9 they do niftcurw a mimvA^. 11 !' y ' b - 15 - 1!S7 ' MTS9R3. a <v. MANN « CO.-OenU: Weilodyoor A<ue Balaam superior to aiy remejy iq our market for the lermaaent cu-e of all ma:«rioui die .tr*. We ebeerfa.ly recommendlt as won*/ ihit i;r»at name U baa whereve- »>i i a d u.eA. Vcr? truly jour*, RICIIAIID3 A TIHM43. - .. . «atio*. Oh'<v, April. I«J*. Totheiu.T«?rers of cLll s. fa'er and 1 cheerfully snmbitths following: Havicg o*>'ervcl cojelvthj ef f. eti of ur. Mi #i A<ue Uahatn 1 a $ vlosliy the pas*. tnree je if.lini well pie-ut<l with Its remedial vir tue! a* an ;utid to malaria I ha.'e frequently um>l r >p aiy 1 r +cttc-:, a;d ».t;i eu I™ su'L>'\«:Uua. Prom my luln3«.e kao#i. <u-of t' U co:o,oaod.l recommend it isj-fe And M. E. L'ACKSDOM, D. M. MiiSU< :*. K MANN « llivt-gsold jour Ashj U.di m fir ■ .e mv. ih,-e« jcKn tj scores of persm- lauii.. vic.uit \ aad ubjer»iu* Its ell<ctv we do nj-t b.T.ure t-i » «•>-! *#.. ,n||. b-,t retted* ev.*rs»ld n iLd ir.a. nd »,.i ifT ; ctu*lly euro chills, fever-«nda*ae «;tlnut f. I , Truly jours, PUIILI UAN' £ &EA2N3, Dru**Utj. no «>v-j di tol. 13. lii«. UK. 3i v^WPlea,a j-n 1 tai oue-ta-f arow irore of year U.\3AuiiDui'.* :i 4 t»-ly ltiaio <,eat dem*nd. and ant betwiy U>- K:n* of Kever aod A««e. J. LYILE, ?b>sic2ia Otu^irt. _ _ . Lrcsroti. June IS. IS5*. MES3M. B.K MAN.N 4 CO. 04133. obin.-Cenrt; I baT« to say lb*i I bite f >r several m n'b* been com pletely oroßr*tc-d b> tails, f;Te? »d<l a«ue. acd u I b*te a larse family wbj wsre <l«iueo Jcat •>L.oa mi labor for their exutm*. Ibayatr.ed u "Is ail ih« woe reme dies In mj re*ca [*jj ibe> are le<i o:%] u.H 1 fouod uon« ticareuatillcsed your **je I na»e aeTrr •hoc*, crbadap rt.clenf f Ttr tlnce the rti»t dose, oat I bare sln-e ased the tb!rd bottle. I have now Been soacd for t reemqua*. iu.d lid conllica. i; U tboonly tbiigtha' wilt cercrfiii. Yoars uuJ„ o. P. WOOD. 8, K. 31A.%\ *fc t 0., Proprietors, Gallon. 0. O. J. WOOD .fe CO. St. Wj. sl>. Sole Wbolesile the We.teraiUJei aai T.r:iv,rl-r«. and sold b t all drolls v DR. G J. LEER'S QUININE SUBSTITUTE, Or, .VKllfj; TO.YIV, WILL cuaz FEVKR AND AUUi!. A I'SO, YELLOW, CIIAGKES AND i * Panama Ferers can often be prevented by tbe nse of thU taraiuab e remedy. Tie retlye Is from a very c lebrated slclan after thi.'ty.dve jftrj eipfrioce to UospltaJs and 1 rlvite practice In New fork ulty. and baa been waled la a I lections of tbe couctry dunn« the past six jeais wltli the n>st *»-steraaa«l Jj.u.h»estern c-iUJtry, Fever and Aeue prevail It hi* accomrlsned reach by curia* tbe d's-.-aae as wUI as and reeuueratlaji the sy»- Wm already sAa'ter-d by the o.se of Uwln'ne. Morphine aad Mercury, or rorn 100 'r-e uso of tbe trashy oo*ttam* saeh as are d 'lly bela< forced ui*a the .a- TiliiL To all juJerlrw from rros ri-ion after dUcAS© I recommend aad «4r.ia;e-; th'.i Me lkine 4j a perfect T nlc. To travellenln unhealthy cilnu'e*. I would use the words of the wvll knjwn Cattaia Jul.a W. Manaon. now of a Liverpool Packet IJae, a d m\iy jears m lha Bouth<rn aad Americao Ccastin* "I would a« »oon thiok of *oin< to sea without» redder as without th«s Quinine J. H. liAZARD. Pnmrtrtor. 121 Maidea Line. New York. Pcnton, Coblnaon & Wholesale Aamt*, Ii 3oata Water jtrvet, Cbic<«o, Hi. tAr.'4 \\ r EI«n AND CONSIDEK AN HONEST »» Fuerds delay not ■ "ly one moment In uMdk thli great ard best Jvlb it wlTb- e "'*h2? t"e S»rln(t of Life, and / \ \ thou wilt be restored t__L\ < r scaln t> thy taml'r. Thoaneed not **—' for as : ear'y *a ti «u art tl y roidhtoi !i not mor«» hopeless thin muse «ai. acu ai tbim knowe.h, I have been resmre-i to robmt a« weII as ihouaanda of uthen. »b;<»» testimony if uu <vl;t :Isd w:ih the hot nft, because ev-tyibl a thnu hMI tried has Mled. that thou »r betond the rfacb tredirines. TboawiH sareir rotl.r d-celve<l by ih i gcod remedy. Be sure that thcu ii.:U<st ■•■tbrr ta- 'lo nf 80'dby «OLI,feA sMITti * CO.. d«-l • Ui L\*e street. Ileal vistntc. J,IIR3T CLASS PROP E 11T For Sale Cheap ! choice lots ok memo ax avknte, Near Monroe street, full depth to an alley. Very cheap, EIGHTY AC i: K S Divided by the South Brvicb. particularly adapted to Manufacturing Purposes. TWO LOIS OS SHEEMAN STREET In 3oh?ol Section aJdition to Chlcico. ONE II C D R EI) AND FIFTY LOTS, In the Wes; Dlvlsiin, All the above Proyerty will be sold v-r7 cheap fcr ca»b oron time. Cdlan liee. Inquire of C. P. PRCS, lalb9 Ilin lal Lake »lr<et. Improved Farm for Salo. I WKLL 1 \ Hundred imd Twelve with ;in abu->danc« of wo«d and livtni waier. c;m br at i very low vrlre. TVs farm Is wltuia amile and a bal' of che \>a'?na Kail 1 oaiL an<i ihe tarn-: distance 'r m UatavK on (tie Llur llczton Road.aboutthlrty-flvi miles from inquire of C. K. 1»- K. jal lra VM L\ke street. W? ANTED TO EXCHANGE FUR A CITY t t Zesldeaoe. a Tl C» yi S 'r K J\ i), Ji'omazif of a Two story Mllw.iuki» Prloi :Ji>aje. v*t bulldinca, Yard and Garden, ail In order, local etl la one of tho-e beantiful aadhe»'!:y L-»ite l'ywaaln Wliconslo. only W mlts ?rcr» * hi« c!ty < r tt. ; lc*}o' tt'< ' ake tfhoro i-Mlron-i wanted to «e:l v,r oxciiar:/ tor •• t> . t.c,;- Wisconsin fuming ud Pin a L\nd* Icr Partlt-Jar* address Pi*t. OTr* 'Jca I>V. ■ay*-»a-a- IT "Jj" S. GOVERNMENT LAND LOCATING * AGENCY. Tbß Subscriber having hid much practical experieaca la SELTCTIN3 AND LOCATING LANDS, In the various L<td o!s<iict«ln theWesiern states b unusual facilities for v.tillable seclectlons FOR LAND WARRANTS OS CAdil. Chelae Selections muy now be made in IOWA, WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI, Penoaa bavfag Warranta ctn b.\vo tbem Located La their Own Name. And 40 per Cent. Prodi Guaranteed* Payable In One koar. lowa. Wisconsin and llllaob Lands 'or sale low fur Cult. Money Invested la Kansas and Nebraaka. £. SALJdDCar. Laod Ucatlna A>ent, aalSsodiy -if Clark street, Cbicavo. <_Dll' uilJiitu -" Located at Chlca«. New York. Phtl*i!elobla, Albany Buffalo, Clevela id-ix.d i'e'rolt. fontj thro' tf~e eclire Chair. Co' , «r , Hd'tHn**of *' Biysni k ilercani'leColleic" aad "Neil's CcmraerclMl eowcondeeted asnnr I stltuM n inner tl - atme and it'ie of BbLL, "hVANT A arWATTO... DinbyV.Bfll Joint Proi rlet-'r and A.*v»cl ue Pr*r.ci; al of Cb!ca;o Col leve. C-reuliran Catalraue nf a) cm s fort bhed gra tuitously on application » the ua* ersi»oed )a?i yOdAw 'V BRYANf. BRM. i; HT^AtTQ*?. SAMSBUR Y MANSION FCIP'OL, LIN COIN WOBCKiTKR. M.V34. A First-Class Uoardlnji and Diy for Yocng Ladles. J. V. HB.vJE. PrlnapaL Ri-mucn w Chi^AOo:—Wm. ». o<de ■ t>u : H*v. Wn. W. -'atton; J '» Wei-ter. Luther liaver, K q.; Wm. U. Esq . 8:i t. Pin. A:b B. Lounsb'.'ry. Esq.; JoLa I*. Chwp.a. t«q.;J. moo. jai4 3m* pOT'S HIGH SCHOOL. • THE NEXT. Term will e nrienos on Mocd S >veraber 3d, ii.>_ A. J. HAWYJ.R. -V SI.. C. tlaae to reeeiva orlv tweatr-flve pupils Into his a; li;s residence. 11- MoartM «r«e:. and h • wishes no • 'o apply for ad alMlon un!e«i thc7 sr« determiiird o o well for ♦hem ♦etv-s. Fcr the advancement of thciw -daltted ao :>alna wtil be rp iml by the tea hers. *e* £ll1 1 CAG O C GAR ITABLE EVE AND K-ltt INPIHUIUY, Dispensary or th« InJirmary Open Elery Homing from 11 1-2 to li 1-2 o'dk TOR GRATUITOUS TBKATMEST 0. e poor iiilb dhease* of the Kya and lar. ! a 60 Sorth Clark Street. Cor HicJiigajL 1 1. uiTsis:—W L Newberry, CV Dyer and L Hiveo. V. Pre»lde t ts: d Hton>». i?eeretTiry 1 Treaa3r*r: J U Kinsi-. Rev N I. Bice, D 0. it v -V B«rr*. P Carpen ter. W II Broan. KB Mo "a** * »to»ely. M ti«ir»ner. Cos CL?i»ol-cao» s&— Prof D BraJnard. M D, Prof J W tn*r. U i). ATTOrcqSoaaßo*3-S L Uolmes. M D. W >< BaltieU, iaji 3a* ... , . «, . \ r - fro ctieul optician, •' V '.I ik-L'!. f\lS 1 "TV N. 1., 19 JOUTn CLiRS STRICT 19 Oi>:be Court Ilouw*. Largest aci choicest sssortireat of Optica] aad Vatha matical (i«o<3sla tb- _ Cnntal - laa« and i ieaaloc BRAZILIAN PEB BL£ SPECTACLES on band. Also, Opera Ulasses, i'e-scopes Mieros'ooei -"arometcrt. Thermometers. Lanteraa. A&-, Ac. tW All jroods an* sold at the lowest New York pricn. de»3-lybrg K Y W Aji D E A K . Uli. I'.IDK»W 000. • ."ORMERuY OF XHK E?tt AND £vR r laflnnary of LoulsyQle. Ky., ajjd more reeently Phj» at clan and Sonceoo to iho Ky« and Kair loflrrnary, Cobna, boa. Ohio, and aotbo*ef »-"Hew rtrvtem of Treatlna Di seases of tbo Jtytaod Ear wlthoot lu a a or the Knife,'* would announce (hat he ha* permiaenUy eitabl'shrd ap Inflrmeryla thecttyof O&icaso. lUtoola. ai dIVKNTY THRK£ South Clark street. In ordei to atfdpl to those fiicted with r iriers of the &T« and Car. ao opportonlty of being treated by a »ystea wtilca >a entirely aew. per. fcctiy safe, aed tue newer been knows to Call In eeieeuoe permanent eorea In all esse# *Tthin toe reach ot human raeana Ckk«|« Ifarrwl Dbnftetvlaf C»h bootti QTiAwif. NrAA.soara-m. Ass pbkparkd to contract with MUlen far a regular poppfy of Barrela, of a soi«rior soailty; U oni/arm riia. Alvsaap onhaadaaepclio if&i SMdIH ud