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BUSINESS NOTICES.
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Thursday Morning, July 30, 1874.
They do say that Gen. Butler is at the bottom
of tho suit for libel instituted against Tilton by
Mr. Gaynor. Probably there Is a clovon-boof at
the bottom of Gen. Butler.
A curious and pathetic incident of tbo groat
flood In Allegheny County, Pa., was tho recov
ery of a sleeping baby In a cradle, thirty-five
miles from tbo scone of the disaster. Look out
for lyric effusions In the September magazines,
and for uncommonly bad verso in tho Sunday
papers,
Spinner and Bristow aro not and kavo never
boon at odds. So much for the exciting w&r
rutnors from Washington. Wo cannot find
terms In which to express our admiration of tbo
genius who conceived tho story, gave It general
currency, prolonged tho crisis over days and
weeks, and finally stamped It all as a silly lie.
Tho Emperor William of Germany: is going
to Italy very soon, probably In autumn,
There will be a delightful interchange of
courtesies between him and tho Pope, of comae.'
Imagine tho prodigal returning homo unrepent
ant, and the old patriarch with o rod of afflic
tion lying In wait lot him behind tho hall-door.
While Mr. Gladstone was In power, the num
ber of Liberals in tbe House of Lords was large
ly Increased by those whom tho Into Premier
added to tho Peerage. There is tho slightest
kind of a suspicion that tho Upper House may
therefore prove a stumbling-block in tho way of
Disraeli. This would be a contingency entirely
new in English politics.
The German squadron now in British waters
has been ordered to tho coast of Spain. French
politicians will understand this announcement to
mean that tho Spanish Bopubiio shall not be
strangled in its cradle while tho Emperor
William Uvea, This guarantee Is not given be
cause tbo Spanish infant is wholesome or
pleasant, but rather because tho French boy
needs reproof and correction.
• /The 'storm at Pittsburg caught tbo Signal-
Bervico observer with his night-cap on. Ho was
expecting nothing of Iholuudj and ho
in low simplicity, that there wore no indications
of it beyond a slight change in tho barometer.
The truth soemo to bn that tho storm was an ec
centricity of Nature, or, at least, the result of
meteorological conditions which scientific men
have not yet begun to understand.
Tho Hon, George F. Hoar repels with some
indignation tho intimation that he solicits tho
Republican nomination for Governor of Massa
chusetts. A Worcester paper that assumed to
epdak, with authority said, several weeks ago,
that tWa was no honor which Mr. lloar so
earnestly civetod as tho one which he has now
disdainfully rejected. Somebody has boon in
discreet, oc sorao other body baa deviated from
the exact Hue of voracity.
Gov. Baxter Ims come before the Congres
sional Investigating Committee, and taken back
in detail all the charges that bo ooco mado
against Senator Clayton. Tho Democrats
are represented ns being much incensed
by hia duplicity, aud tho dispatches
say that thoy now speak of Baxter
as “tho biggest liar in America.” This is a
proud distinction, considering tbo recent revela
tions in Brooklyn, and tho impossibility of de
ciding wbo has told tho truth in that matter.
Prindlo is tbo champion dofoullor. Ho was
tbo Now York ngout for a Philadelphia and two
Chicago insurance companies. Unlimited con
fluence was reposed in him ; and ho mado tho
most of hia opportunities. His wife and family
wore scut to Europe several months ago, and now
ho has gono liko an exhalation of the morning's
mist. Ono hundred thousand dollars have gono
with him. Wo should despair of ovor finding a
jury of his poors to try Prindlo, and for this
reason are not wholly inconsolable at his boing
out of roach of tbo law. Tbo companies that
trusted him so implicitly would now receive and
cleiiorvo more sympathy if thoy had trusted him
loss. Sound business principles require that an
agent who has tho handling of largo sums of
money should not bo treated aa a brother, but as
a man whoso hand is against his employers and
whoso employers' hands are against him.
The article in Tun Tuicd.ne exposing tho il
legality of tho recent election of architects by
the Common Council was a general subject of
discussion in official circles yesterday. It
was sustained by good authority, and tho
further point was made that, oven if
tho Council might legally elect architects, It
could do so only hy passing an ordinance. Tho
election of Monday Is therefore void on two
grounds. To chooso Messrs. Karls and Egan
over again it will ho necessary, in tho first
place, to disregard a plain provision of tho
City Charter, and, in the next place, to take a
yoa-aml-uay vote on an ordinance. On such a
question, every Alderman should make a record.
The County Commissioners, at their mooting
yestordav, so far respected the advico of Tub
TnimnvK ns to-defer notion on tho matter until
tho first Monday in September.
The Chicago produce markets were gener
ally excited yesterday and irregular, except
wheat and flour. Moss pork was active, and
declined Go(a>7oo per hr), closing at $23.00 seller
August. Lard was In good demand, aud 20@250
per 100 lbs higher, closing at cash or
seller August. Moats wore loss active and firm,
Hi for shoulders, 9}{( g)10o for short
ribs, 10@10>£o for short clear, anil la#®* 80
for' sweet-plcklcd bams. Ulgbwinos wore mod
erately. active anil ’strong, at 070 por gallon.
Lake freights wore dull and weak, at
for corn to Buffalo. Flour Vaa loss active at
former prices. Wheat was quiet nnd steady,
closing at SJ.o7‘tfca H h, mid $1,03# seller August.
Corn was very active and much excited, ad
vancing 4#oj It closed at 730 cash nnd 01#o
ocllor August. OnlH were active ami Co higher,
doling at CBofor old, 020 for now, andßo#o
seller August. Bye was dull and easier at 83c.
Barley was In good demand and Uc higher, at 81.00
(s)l.lo><fo cash or Boiler Soptombor. Hogs wore
fairly active at 10c decline; Galea at $0.G0@7.25.
Cattle wore active and firm. Sheep quiet and
steady. ■ ■ "
Tbo Now York Financial Chronicle insists that
tbo Wisconsin railway decision was really of
“no consequence." Tills opinion is based on
tbo belief that tbo decision was delivered orally.
Being thus “loosely put together," tbo Chroni
cle avers it contained sentiments to which
Judge Davis would not subscribe. But tho
fact is, it was not delivered orally. It
was carefully written after a conference
lasting from tho noon adjournment until
evening, and was road by Judge Drummond
in*coiirt, as were also tbo suggestions added
thereto by Judge Davis. Tbo counsel engaged
in tbo caso do not regard tbo result so lightly as
tbo Chronicle docs. They are assured that the
Court bold tbo view that, as tbo Legislature had
tbo undoubted right to to repeal tbo charters of
the corporations at will, and snob act would
practically ruin tho value of tho property, there
fore tbo plea that compliance with tho law would
bo ruinous could not consistently bo accepted
as sufficient cause for an injunction. Tho posi
tion affirmed may bo a dangerous one for tho
State and disastrous to tbo corporations, but it
Is nono the loss hold to bo tho law in Wisconsin.
A special Orand Jury; found two Indictments
against Staadon yesterday. For the benefit of
those persona who have forgotten or novor know,
about Staadon, wo will soy tbat ho is tho man
who is supposed to have converted his house
into a powder-magazine and made preparations
for old thing off. It was no.fault
of his, tho Grand Jury thought, that tho prep
arations failed. One of. the Indictments against
hint Is for arson, and tho other for murder.
Now, Staadon, or whoever it was that placed tho
kegs of powder in his house, never moan t to mur
der anybody. His single-minded purpose was
to destroy tho house so quickly that it would
bo impossible to tell what. caused its dpstruo
tion. But tho law presumes tbat a man Intends
tho consequences of his own acts, and therefore
tho caso must bo made up against Staadon as if
he had actually arranged to blow up suoh fire
men and citizens as wore naturally called to tho
house by an.atunnpf fire, Tho Incendiary in
this case seemed not to know that tho explosion
of so much powder would probably put out tho
fire, and la any event render tho recovery of in
surance very uncertain.
The Oour* or Commissioners of tho Alabama
Claims mot on the 24th, and after the adoption
of certain rules adjourned to Oct. 1. The rules
provide:
1. That John Davis, Esq., Clerk of tbo Court
of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, shall file
a record of all claims transmitted to him, and
docket them m the order of timo in which they
may bo received.
o. Tin.*. Bball bo filed within .six
months from tho 2i!d day of July, 1874, nnd bo
verified by tho allldavit of tho claimant.
8. That ovory claim shall bo stated in a pell
ion addressed to tho Court, and set forth tho
title of tho ouao, the Christian names and sur
names of claimants, whore and when they wore
born, whore thoy resided between tho 13th day
of April, 18C1, and tho 9th day of April, 1805,
both included; whether they hnvo boon natural
ized or not in any other country than tho United
States; whether thoy ovor took any steps to bo
so naturalized; a statement of tho facts and
circumstances, place, date, assignments, trans
fers, oto.; the amount for which judgment is
ashed, principal and interest to bo kept sepa
rate. Those are tho principal regulations con
cerning claimants. Tho rest relate to the Court
itsolf and to tho counsel for claimants.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Tho Democratic Stato Committee mot yester
day and adopted a call for a State Convention,
to bo held at Springfield Aug. 20. Tho call em
braces all voters of tbo Stato who desire to pro
mote tho following-named principles:
J-’iraf—'Tho restoration of gold and silver os tho basis
of tho currency of the country; tho speedy resump
tion of specie-payments, aud tho pay meat of all national
indebtedness in the money recognized by tho civilized
world.
Second— Free commerce.
Third—lndividual liberty, and opposition to sump
tuary Jaws.
fourth— Hlgiil restriction of (ho Government, both
Slate and National, to tho legitimate domain of politi
cal power, by excluding therefrom all executive nnd
legislative Intermeddling with tho affairs of society,
whereby monopolies uro fostered, privileged classes
aggrandized, and individual freedom unnecessarily
aud oppressively restrained;'
/VIA—Tho right and duty of tho Stato to protect its.
citizens from extortion and unjust discrimination by
chartered monopolies.
Wo think the Committee have acted wisely in
famishing this outline of principles beforehand,
for, although not necessarily (ho platform of tho
proposed Convention; It will have a great if not
decisive Influence in shaping that ■ platform. It
is duo .to candor to stato that it is tho only
sqqaro-tood declaration of principles on tho cur
rency question as yet put forth by any
political organization in tho State, being
a . demand for tho speedy restoration
of a gold . basis , for tho. circulating
medium, and for tho payment of all national in
debtedness In that which is recognized as money
by tho civilized world. Wo repeat that this is
tho only manly and unequivocal platform put
forth in Illinois this year. If tho Convention to
ho hold on tho 20th shall adopt tho same, or
something equivalent to it, and not less de
cisive, it will have performed n patriotic and
wise act, furnishing a notable contrast to tho
action taken by Indiana Democrats a short time
since.
After tho platform had boon adopted, tho rep
resentatives of tho throe German daily papers hi
Chicago signed tho cull. This simultaneous action
was due, no douhl, in largo part, to tho third sec
tion of the document, which declares opposition
to sumptuary laws. Nevertheless tho columns of
those papers havo shown that oven this resolu
tion would not have boon effectual unless ac
companied hy tho ono culling for a sound cur
rency. Tho action of tho German editors, how
ever It may have boon brought about, possesses
much significance In State politics, and ovon
moro in tho local politics of tho city and county.
Tho Congressional elections will ho largely in
fluenced by it In every District lu tho State.
The next question to come up will ho the ex
pediency of Indorsingtho noiuluatlous of Messrs,
'THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1874.
Gore and Ettor, the oandldalea of the Independ
ent Convention of the 10th of Juno. If eatla
factory assurances can bo obtained from them,
or from tho party which they moro particularly
roprcHont, regarding tho currency plank,—which
la the only real difference between the two plat
forms,—it Is very likely that that will bo the re
sult. But It would be an undignified lowering
of ttioir standard to tako Messrs.' Qoro aiid
Ettor without some such assurance..
THE PROPOSED FIRE-BOULEVARD.
NollUng has so strikingly commended Itself to
tbo people of Chicago as tho suggestion. that a
bolt of territory of tbo width of a block, running
west from the loko to Ashland avbnuo, and
thonoo north, should bo.purehaaod by tho city
and Bet apart as a people's pork and boulevard,
forming at tho same time one of tho greatest
possible protections against and preventives of
tho spread of fire that can bo devised. Twenty'
years •hence, if it bo not done sooner, this
Bohomo will bo a necessity. In the meantime,
the want of it will admit -the destruction of
property ton or'twenty times tbo cost of tbo im
provement at this lime,'- Had this improvement
been adopted twenty years ago, how valuable
would it be now. Wo have expended in actual
outlay of bonds and intorost, and are yot to
expend, an aggregate of from nix millions to
ton millions of dollars for. the parka and boule
vards in tho Town of Hyde Park and on tho
western limits of the city. To - tho multi
tude 1 these porks are almost'as inaccessible
os if they wovo at. Joliet or Wankogan.
While wo do not. underrate their value,
they can never bo of that popular Interest and
popular benefit which*a continuous park planted
in tho most densely populated districts of the
city mmt bo. Suppose this park bo located with
its north lino at Folk street, or Twelfth street,
or anywhere In that general locality, and ex
tend, COO foot wide, a distance of two mllos to
Ashland avenue, could tboro bo a wiser or moro
hoaltbfal provision made for tho groat mass of
the community ? It .will penetrate tho most
thickly settled portions, of tho city, giving
breathing apaco and relaxation 1 to multitudes
who are now confined to.tbo crowded tenements
and narrow streets whore they live. In a few
yoarstbls pork, planted with trees, willbonofc only
a place of healthful recreation, hut will bean
ornament to tbo city beyond comparison with
>uy other public improvement. In point of
necessity as a sanitary measure, and aa an all
sufficient barrier against' fire, its valuo is hot to
bp computed In .dollars and contii. . ‘ ,
There is an advantage In early action on this
subject, because nineteen-twentieths of tho Im
provements in tho district comprised consist of
wooden buildings, mostly of an .indifferent or
not'costly character. A largo portion of it is
not Improved at all. Under the law all buildings
hereafter to bp put up must bo of brick and of
socho permanent character, and tho land and tbo
Improvements can bo purohasod.ia 1874 for much
less than a few years hence, whon tlio vacant
places will bo covered and now buildings take
tho place of tho old ones. What la needed' now
is that the Olty Government shall take immedi
ate stops, first, to select and designate tho terri
tory to bo taken and devoted to the nark; next
for the condemnation of a portion of tbo whole
distance annually. This is but Just to the owners
of the land, who, in tho absence of
any such notice, may proceed -to make
improvements they othorwiaowonld not, and to
enable thorn to seok other locations for homos
and business for tho future. It will coat a eon
slderablo sum, far more than It would have cost
twenty, or even ton yearn ago, bat not half as
much as It will coat ten yoarshonco. An annual tax
and appropriation for this purouoow -~ni moflt
cheerfully borne by tho tax-payors, and we can
imagine no class of tho community, rloh or poor,
who will not equally rejoice in the benefits and
enjoyment of this groat improvement.
Ouco extended across tho South and West
Divisions, .tho park with its boulevard can bo ex
tended northwardly so as to furnish to tho
various portions of the city ,on each side on
effectual cut-off from any conflagration which
may originate in any other. As a prevention of
tho extension of fires there can bo no more
certain precaution devised. Wo bavo the toiv
ritory to spare; it os''yet has no oost
ly improvements to bo taken down and
paid for; Its establishment will cause (ho
removal of nothing but what is of itsolf
dangerous to tho safety of the city. It will re
move several lumber-yards, woodon buildings
used os sawmills and for liko purposes, and gen
erally got rid of much inflammable material. ’ .It
will give confidence and security against flro from
beyond, and at tho same tlrao give to tho pooplo
of all 1 tho crowded parts of tho city areatlng
placo, with puro air) and all tho comforts and
enjoyments of a wide extended park at their own
.doors, and not involving an expenditure for oar
fafto or carriages to roach it. We are confident
that this community, taxed heavily as it is, will
more cheerfully submit to bo taxed one million
of dollars to begin this firo park than thoy will
to bo taxed one-tenth of that sum to begin the
Court-House and City-Hull. Tho pack will bo
an expenditure for the public benefit Immediate
and direct; tho Conrt-Houso is a job for tho ex
clusive benefit and profit of contractors and their
paitnors in tho City and County Governments.
STEAM-PUMPS ON THE DOCKS.
In connection with tho construction of a pack
through tho heart of -tho city, referred to in an
other article in this paper, wo suggest, as an ad
ditional measure of defense against fire, the
purchase of several largo steam-pumps, to bo lo
cated at points along the river. In Now York, at
onq of tho great bonded warehouses on South
street, one of those pumps has been located, and
it is said to.bo capable of sending a stream from
the East River with tho force of a dozen ordi
nary firo-ougines. It can bo used with groat ef
fect both in the amount of water it can project
as well ns the force with which it is driven.
So great is the power of this steam-pump that
It is now proposed to extend its usefulness by
attaching pipes to it extending from tho dock to
Broadway, communicating with hydrants on tho
corner crossings. If this moans bo effectual in
Now York, it certainly can bo made’ more so in
this city, whore wo have tho river running
through tho whole length of the city. One or
two of thoso steam-pumps placed on tho main
river could furnish through a pipe water in any
quantity to any part of tho South Division as far
south as Van Duron street. This supply would
be in addition to tho ordinary supply of water
and tho ordinary firo-oxtiagaishing apparatus
furnished hy tho city. This pipe may have hose
attached to It at any point, and each stream
would havo a force and offoot equal to that of at
least ono steam fire-engine. Tho cost will ho
comparatively small. Tho pipes require to ho
ioid only a few inches beneath tho surface, and,
as they will ho empty except when in uso for a
fire, they will not freeze. Tho moment a fire
alarm is sounded tho steam-pump fills those
pipes] when tho hoso Is attached there is
an available stream reaching to tho top of tbo
highest building, and driven with all tbo force
of tbo pump at tho river. As an auxiliary to tbo
machinery of lbs Fro Department, those pumps
will provo valuable because, while in no way
interfering with tbo regular water-supply upon
which tbo fire-engines must alone depend, in
dependent service of water in groat abundance,
and driven with a power no fire-engine can ob
tain, Is furnished, and is instantly available.
There will bo needed, however, a supply of
hose, to bo used In connection with those steam
pumps exclusively, and a force of men to handle
It. Those steam-pumps can bo stationed along
the main river, and tho Bouth Branch and tbo
North Branch, and, if their power Is not grossly
they eon furnish tbo greater
part of the area of the city with a supply of
.water for fires fir In . excess of that now fur
nished by the Water-Works, and with a powor
to each hose attached equal to that of any firo
ongino. Wo think, as tho water-supply for fires
is one of tho uncertainties under which wo exist,
that the purchase of a steam-pump of this char
acter, and an experiment of Us capacity and
usefulness, woull bn exceedingly useful. Tbo
expenditure wilt bo well repaid if the perform
ance do no moro than furnish au additional sup
ply of water.
' CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE BOUTH.
A tragedy has Just boon ouaotod in Carroll
County, Tonnosme, which illustrates tbo avorago
negro's ideas of civil rights and what is apt to
come of It. A nigro residing near Maple Creek,
in that county, cmoolvod tho notion now not un
common among 11s kind that ho was as good as
any white man, although bis character was none
of tho best. Inlood, he had tho reputation of
being a moat notations and dangerous person.
This did not present his wishing to marry tho
daughter of a wlito man. Ho boasted tbat ho
would have her tar hla wife; audthatif ho did
not marry hor he would kill her. -Tho father of
tho girl, a Badlcil Bopublican, board of tbono
gTo’sintonllons, vent to soo him, questioned him
concerning bis .throats, and administered to
him correction vdilcb, under tbo circumstances,
bo did not consider improper. This served only
to exasperate tho negro, who now swore that ho
would bo avongid both ou tbo father and daugh
ter.' Ho armed himself with a view of accom
plishing bis intentions, and awaited his oppor
tunity. Tho father heard of his lying In am
bush, and, with tho assistance of some friends,
captured him. During tho night* a party of
masked men took him In charge, and executed
Lynch law upon him. Tho tragedy occurred in a
Bopublican district, and it is said that tho parties
,to the tragedy were all Republicans. Tho ac
tion of tbo white men in this affair cannot, of
course, bo too strongly condemned. But it
proves a moral which -the advocates of civil
rights, so colled, will do well to ponder. Tho
negroes have boon preached to so long about their
equality with tho white man, both political and
social, tbat their desire for it has reached fever
hoot. It is time tbat legislation at least should
cease to feed it. Such horrible tragedies as that
wo have just recorded orb tho natural outgrowth
of the movement that started tbo oivil-nghts
agitation.
THE ARKANSAS CONGRESSMEN.
We showed, in our issue of tho 27th last.,
that tho Congressional investigation into tho
Arkansas election of 1872 has proved that Bax
ter was never elected Governor, and has estab
lished the strongest of probabilities that the
Legislature which afterwords convened oud
chose Dorsey United States Senator was never
itself elected, so that Mr. Dorsey lias no right to
his seat. Wo propose uotr.lo«i.«u.uwiuo tu«
suits of that investigation as they affect tho
Congressmen from Arkansas. The State has
four Representatives, one of whom is chosen at
largo. In the First District, Gauso (Democrat)
ran against Hodges (Republican), and was
elected by 1,600 majority. The “ official ” re
turns of Clayton, Dorsey, et al., elected Hodges.
Gauso, aware that the House, in its then tem
per, would not decide a contested election against
a Republican, though tho case against him wore
proved ton times over, declined to make any
farther fight. Hodges took his seat without oppo
sition. Tho investigation has shown that ho has
no valid title to it.
Iq the Second District, tho Republican candi
date, Snyder, was probably elected. Ho now
has tbo seat.
In jtho Third District, Thomas M. Gunter
(Democrat) was opposed by W. W. Wilshiro (Re
publican). The former was elected by about
6,000 majority. Bomo 4,600 of those votes wore
counted out, but tbo majority was still 1,400.
Then: Gov. Baxter certified to Congress that tbo
.vote stood thus t
W.W. Wilflblre 12,<M4 ,
11 Wilshiro " 12
Tbo'o. M. Gunter.
M Ountbor
GmUoe " 11 8. hi, Gunter,” " T. M. Quo
ted,” “Thai. M. Gurnee," “T. Bos Qim-
Ur," and “TUo«. U. Greater............ 1,450
■ - ■ 13,640
Baxter testified that this statement was cor
rect, “as appears from the returns of said elec
tion on file, and certificates of clerks deposited
in the ofltao of Secretary of State." Tho dorks
wore all in tho pay of tho Olayton-Dorsoy ring.
Any one of them, by copying Gunter's name
wrongly, could out down his voto, Bo of. course
they misspelt most laboriously. ..On tho show
ing of this return, the House, in February of
this year, seated WJlshire. Republican mem
bers protested la vaiu.- Gen. Hawley said that
tho.returus, doctored as they wore, showed that
Gunter had a majority of 000 to 1,400. Tho in
vestigation shows a majority of 6,000. Now.
mark tho sequel. When tho Baxtor-Brooks
squabble began, Wilsbiro turned around with
Baxter against Clayton, and Dorsey, and Brooks,
—that is, against tho Republican party. Where
upon tho House, Juno 17, did, without ton min
utes'! debate, unseat tho recalcitrant Wiltshire
and admit Gunter by an unanimous voto.
For Congrobaraflu-at-Largo, Hyuoa (Demo
crat) and Bradley (Republican) ran. Tho former
carried tho Htato by 13,000 majority. Arrange
ments wore made to count him oat; but, by tlip
mistake of somebody and to the - Buroriso and
vexation of everybody engaged in tho job, tho
“ oOiclol" returns, after all their doctoring,
gave him 210 majority. An effort was thou
made, at Little Rook, to have Qov. Baxter with
hold a certificate from Hynes and send to the
House a certified statement of votes, as in tho
WUehire-Guuter case. This would have involved
Hynes' certain defeat. Ho, a Democrat, would
havo had no ohanoo before a Republican Con
gress under the highly moral system of voting
on a candidate’s politics instead of his evidence.
So tho man who was elected by 13,000 majority
paid the man ho had defeated in order
to prevent tho latter’s contesting the
case. Ho got his certificate and took his
seat. His bribe to Bradley was partly cash,
partly paper. Ho failed to pay tho notes, and
Bradley appeared at Washington, last' mouth,
and tried to unseat him. By that tipio, however,
it became evident that “ Arkansas Republican"
was substantially a synonym for “ rascal.*’ The
House Ignored Bradley and contented itself with
ordering a general
pears that Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, has no
right to tils seat; that Ilodgos, of the First Dis
trict of Arkansas, has no right to. his; that
Gunter, of tbo Third, after being kept out of
his for fifteen months, finally got it only because
his whilom adversary had become more onil-Bo
publlcan than ho; and that HyhoA, Oongross
man-at-Largo, though elected by 10,000 majority,
had to buy his certificate and so win bis seat
honestly and dishonestly. Wo oommond this
showing to tho “ statesmen *' who have rocon
slruolod Arkansas.
THE ABDUCTION CASE.
Tho Philadelphia abduction still continues to
'be tho sensation In tho Fast,—all Investigations
for the past four weeks having proved utterly
futile. Not a single clue has boon discovered to
aid In an intelligent pursuit. This la tho etraug
oat feature ia the case, and has occasioned no
llttlo unfavorable comment on the part of tho
press and police of Philadelphia and Now York.
Tho prevailing impression Is that Boss has booh
all this time In possession of certain Information
which ho has withhold from the police. Throe
weeks ago ho rocoivpd a letter offering tho res
toration of tho child for tbo enormous, sum of
$20,000. Those suspicions suggest to the Boston
Journal a story similar In its preliminaries to tho
present case. Forty ycara ago a beautiful child was
stolon from a poor man in England, and ■ tho
fathor notified tbat tbo sum of - £5,000 would
ransom him. Tbo parent replied, through the
channel directed, that ho could not raiso a tithe
of that amount. Tho kidnapper assured him
tbat by applying to his relatives ho could obtain
tho monov, and so, indeed, ho did. Tbo child
was returned, tho anxious father mode happy,
and the generous relatives gratified. Meanwhile
one of the contributors to the ransom fund had
made arrangements with tho Bank of England
to register the bank-notes ho contributed and to
notify him on their presentation, hla object
being to find ' tho kidnappers. Tho plan
was successful; tho hidnappor was found; and
the sorrowing father was sentenced, to penal
sorvitiido for conspiracy to defraud. Ho had
abduotod bis own child for tho sako of tho rau
som.|
TU6 New York Herald of truly 25 contains a
letter from Philadelphia which embodies what
are elated to bo general. rumors and suspicions
that this celebrated abduction case is a fraud;
that it was a scheme resorted to by Mr. Boss to
ralso money to extricate himself from financial
embarrassments. Tho form of those rumors
is that, when a sympathizing public had contrib
uted tho $20,000 to pay tho ransom for tho
child, the child would bo brought homo by some
person sharing the money, and that from tho be
ginning tho child has boon moroly hidden. Whoa
tho effort was made' to raise the rounoy for the
ransom it failed, though a much greater sum
might have been raised as a reward for the cap
ture and conviction of tho abduotors. Tho
Mayor's proclamation offering $20,000 for tho
recovery of the child ;ia conditional upon tho
arrest and conviction of tho kidnappers. Since
then nothing further baa occurred relating to the
subject. None of tho Philadelphia papers give
currency to those stories, and their publication
in tho Now York paper, It they are false, is cal-,
cnlatod to givo additional weight to the distress
of the afflicted family.
ORIGIN OF THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
It Is bard gelling at tho beginnings of things*
jlu ... iu aiuuuutJß.'
Where the first oyster come from and how it
came—who shall toll?. Whether the first egg
was a donation to tho world by one of tho feath
ered tribe, or whether the first of the feath
ered tribe had previously inhabited a shell, is a
problem which long disturbed the philosophic
brains of former times. Where the Mississippi,
or any other mighty stream, really begins,—i. e.,
whore tho first drop of tho Father of Waters, or
of any other groat river, is to bo mot, Is a ques
tion which no earthly geographer can say. The
scientific world is puzzled to account for our
own beginning. Tho origin of species and
tho descent of man are very knotty ques
tions. And so la tho origlu of tho 1 wom
an's temperance orusado. Who inaugurated
tho mighty movement ? What lovely voice first
chanted a hymn in tho domain of Lager? -What
charming Ups lot drop the first summons to sur
render ? What'dainty hands emptied tho con
tents' of the first keg or barrel of liquor on tho
sidewalk or Into tho street ? , Whore la the spot
that saw the beginning of this world-movement
against tho Tyrant Drink? Hitherto, Hillsbor
ough, Ohio, has claimed that honor. There was
the spot whore tho movement began. There was
tho sweet voice that sang tho first orusado note
of a temperance hymn. There tho hands that
doomed tho first iron-bound keg and its con
tents to destruction. Hillsborough's claim to
tho distinction was universally allowed,
until Weston, McLean Go.,' Hi.,* question
ed its title to iho honor. In Weston tho
groat temperance prAyor-movoment had its ori
gin. ! So at least claims a correspondent of the
Ohonoa (111.) Monitor, who boasts ..himself a
citizen of that place, now no longer tho least In
fame among tho towns of our State. Tho Weston
chronicler tolls us that the crusade had its origin
in the following manner: Two years ago a re
ligious meeting of unusual length was held in
Weston. While the minister .was taking care of
tho souls and consciences of tho members of the
mooting, a Knight of King Qambrinua was
caring for their stomachs at his headquarters,—a
shanty near tho railroad. With each succes
sive day tho enthusiasm of tho parties in search
of religion increased. In an equal ratio in
creased tho thirst of the unrogonerate. Tho more
the minister preached, and tho longer the meet
ing lasted, the wider tbo eyes of the faithful
wore opened, and tbo more’ plainly did they see
tho abomination thoro was in tho shanty near
tho railroad, in tho beer, and In tho man who
drank it. Boon a spokesman was found to ex
press in words what all felt. Ho declared tho
little ranch was “ a nuisance and a sink-hole of
corruption." Ho resolved himself accordingly
into a oommamlor-ln-chiof, and all the rest of
the meeting into an army. Placing himself at
the head of bis columns ho advanced upon tho
stronghold of tho liquor-dealer. Arriving at
tho headquarters of tho ouomy, a parley
ensued. Tho opposing chiefs talked of the
weather. The}* talked of tho crops. They talk
ed of a few oilier things. Whoa they had thus
become to a limited extent acquainted, tho
modern Godfrey of bouillon, with tho sword of
argument, demolished his adversary. Thou ho
prayed, and so did his followers. Never was pray
er more effectual. Tho hoer-mau surrendered.
He closed his saloon. Ho Joined, the Church.
Ho began to live a righteous life. Put tho very
next day a terrible temptation came to assail
him. Bix kegs of lager addressed to tbo oon-
.11,499
. 691
vorlod saloon-keeper woro pitched from tho
express-train at Weston. Tho crusader who bad
boon tlio moans of bis conversion was consulted,
Tboro was a small account rnnning bolwoon tlio
two. Tito amount of tho bill was about equal to
tho value of tho newly-imported six kegs of
boor. Tho crusader proposed that If tho
whilom saloon-keeper should help him to destroy
tho lost shipment of liquor ho would cancel his
debt. Tho proposition was accepted. A few
strokes of tho hatchet, and tho liquor was whoro
it might havo landed Us victims had it not boon
destroyed—in tho gutter. This tho Weston his
torian claims was tho origin of tho lato crusade.
Others hoard of It and did likewise—only they
did hot • cahool any dobts. From this grain of
mustard-seed tho groat tree grow. It may ho
that tho Weston man is right. Wo profor to
withhold our decision, however, till wo hoar
again from Hillsborough.
WOMAN’S DBES9.
Tito Woman's Journal of July 25 contains a
report of tho work performed by tho Dross Com
mittee of tho Now England Woman’s Club from
July, 1878, to January, 1874. This Oommlttoo
was organized as a result of Ulss Stuart Phelps’
essay, .“.What to Wear,” which was first road
before (bo Club, then published In tho inde
pendent, and then republished in pamphlet form.
Tlio 1 Oommlttoo quickly oamo to tho conclusion
that tho prosont femimno garb Is neither
healthy, nor beautiful, nor economical, nor de
cent It Is,' above all, unhealthy. It com
presses the ivital organsj it bangs tho wholo
weight of tboolothlng.from tho hips instead of
(hb shoulders ; and it causes a varying and un
equal temperature in tho different parts of tho
body. It was not considered advisable torocom
mend swooping changes, howovor. • Boform,
like a baby, must crawl boforo it can walk or
run. Tho Oommlttoo therefore contented itsolf
with preparing an elaborate argument against
the present stylo of dross, and with taking pains
to bring tho subject boforo tho! public.Copies
of the printod.&rgumont woro sent to all persons
knotfn to bo interested in tho cause, and to tho
-460 registered ’dressmakers of Boston, in. tho
; hopo “that thorebysomo consciences maybe
awakened among this influential and important
class of work-women by which tbo waists of their
customers may hereafter bo spared a ilttlo of
the torturo.to which (hoy aro bo often induced
to submit.” Wo are not informed whether tho
hopq was Justified by tho results. Lack of
money prevented much tract-distribution. Ar
rangements woro madofor a course of sizico
turos by prominent Boston doctors upon,
tho ’health of women as affected by their
dress. Charts and mannikins woro prepared os
illustrations.-' Improved underwear is also boing
devised. - The OommiHoe will not lay down any
regulation dross, but will suggest ideas forothors
to carry out, with such modifications as individual
taste may dictate. It is hoped that tho garments
may bo so orrangodtbat chest and limbs may bo
more warmly clothed than now, that tiro number
of skirts may bo diminished, and that overy
stitch of clothing may hang from tho shoulders
instead of tbo waist. Tho second installment of
tho Committeo’s report, covering tho tlmo up to
date, will bo published in a fow days.
The full skirt is the badge of feminluo servi
tude. Woman’s dependence can be estimated by
tbo length of hor train. Dr. JTary Walker, of
Washington, alono is pro-eminent among her
sox for practicing this theory with any degree of
success, but even sbo has hesitated to carry It
out to its ultimate consequences. She has cur
tailed hor robes, wearing above tho masculine
pantaloons an abbreviated skirt, proportioned to
her figure ; about as fairly as those of
early" ’childhood. Iforgoiting, like Samson,
after his barber-shop experiences, this ele
ment of -weakness, Dr. Hary Walker assumed
the masculine right to loose a house to a tyrant
man. Trouble having occurred between land
lady and tyrant, and the former having boon
led to make some dangerous threats against tbo
tenant, tho natural propensity for oppressing
tbo other cox prevailed with tbo latter. -Dr.
Mary Walker was arrested on the charge which
is usually brought against tho tyrant, and placed
under bonds. Tho groat mistake tho lady made
was in adhering suilloiontly to ancient super
stitions to retain even half a shirt. "No com
promise” is tho watchword of modern reform
ers, and, to bo consistent as well as secure, Mrs.
Dr. Walker ought to abandon tho dress-skirt
altogether. •
If [Victor Hugo - ohly know what an infliction
his devil-fish story would have indirectly pro
duced upon suffering humanity he would, wo
hope, have paused before introducing It into the
“ Toilers.of tho Sea,’* From tho flrst appear
onco i of, that, work there has been a strong
temptation to imaginative persons to discover a
marine monster. Tho Now York World recently
captured,one in its office,—invented him, rather,
—and an account of tho monster’s peculiarities
wandered through tho country in newspapers.
Since, that., time, it would seem that
tho percentage of vessels sailing from American
or Anglo-American ports without encountering
a soliool of devil-fish Is ridiculously small. In
faot, ( it copras as if tho eastern coast of this
Continent wore guarded by a cordon of those
hideous creatures. Tho impetus given by tho
World, to their invention is wonderful. But it
does seem strange that so sedate and proper a
journal as iho Toronto Olobe should ho guilty of
the friskiaess of a devil-fish sensation ail to it
self. It Is nearly time some other field of
imagination woro found and exploited.
LOCAL LETTERS.
THIS PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FHOM EXTERNAL
FIRES.
To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune
Bib : Tbo great fires of tbo last fow years bavo
shown'.that oven-buildings constructed almost
entirely of non-combustible material can be seri
ously injured/ aiid tboir contents entirely de
stroyed, when subjootod to tbo Intense boat of
a gonoralcoufiairration ; while a brick vault, with
double doors, ofToctually preserves articles oa
easily inflammable as loose papers. It is there
fore evident that, if tbo coudiUomurf tbo vault
can be realized lu tbo outb-o building, a confla
gration can pass around it and leave tbo build
ing comparatively intact.
It is certainly practicable to construct a build
ing that shall fulfill all the conditions necessary,
and oven to render existing buildings, if con
structed of masonryin asubstanllul manner, safe
from external (Ire. In this vlow, I would offer
the following suggestions:
Render tbo roof llro-proof by flooring in be
tween tbo roof-joist, sav 3 Inches below the top
edges, and filling in between with concrete..
Thou spread 1 inch of concrete over all, and
cover with felt and composition as usual.
Tho wood will then bo Imbedded to a depth of,
say 4 inches, iu a non-combustible substance,
and oven under iutonuo heat can only char, while
the felt composition renders tbo roof perfectly
water-tight.
Tho alight injury to tho wood pavements by
fire, ovou when largo outuiug manson my upon
tbo surface, lias been often remarked, and this
same method of Imbedding wood in a nou-com
busliblo substance is much employed in Europe,
where fires aro exceedingly rare.
The walls, if properly constructed, aro already
fire-proof. Tbo cornice. if of galvanized iron,
should bo examined ; ns too often they aro bung
on scantling tbrnst through tho walls, that allow
tbo tiro to outer the building. It is singular that
shoot-iron cornices aro sooxtcnßlvolyuaod, when
stone, brick, or terra-ootta aro fur better, and, if
properly managed, coat but little more,
Tbo only vulnerable parts remaining are tho
openings. Those in the rear are usually pro
tected by lieu abutters j but those iu front, al-
though larger and scarcely lons exposed, oro un
protected. This Is duo to tho difficulty of fitting
Iron shutters to an architectural front.
X am Just In receipt of an illustrated oatalognoof
aklnd of shutter now manufactured In England.
This abutter has already been used on impor
tant buildings, and promises to supply the want,
so long felt, or a rolling shutter that can bo
readily applied to all openings, Those aro inado
both of iron and stool, and of several patterns,
at variable cost, A well-known house in tills
oltv has tho mutter under consideration, and, If
proper arrangomoutu can bo made, will under
take tho mnimfnotnro hero, .
Tho cost of tho few modifications I have pro
posed will not bo excessive, and, If generally
adopted, would rondor the aproad-of fires Impos
sible, while tho diminished risk would materially
lower tho rata of Insurance.
A building safe from external ftro requires but
Ilttlo rooro to rondor It practically fire-proof.
Tho floors may bo protected by embedding tho
joists in masonry, and tho partitions, when not
constructed of brick or tilo, by filling In bolwoon
tho studdlug at top and bottom, and then, with a
steam-pump, and a proper supply of hose at each
story and on the roof, and a trustworthy Janitor
who sloops in tho building, fires can bo as raro in
Chicago as they wore In Paris under tho reign of
Napoleon. W. L. B. Jennet.
Chicago, July 20,1871.
TEE JIUILDINO LAW.
To the Editor Qf 7Vic Chicago Tribune:
Bint Tho demand by tho National Board of
Underwriters for “Tho enactment of a stringent
building law, for tho government of tho city,
and Its thorough enforcement by a competent
bureau,” will moot with no more emphatic in
dorsement from any class, than from comnotent
and honest builders. In twenty years’ oxporionoa
in Chicago building, there novor has boon a time
when I havo soon so much rascally work in
progress as now.
The reason is obvious to those In tho business.
After the great firo there oamo in a swarm of
adventurers, many of them without character or
moans; men who do not pay for their materials,
and who systematically defraud their workmen;
those are tho persons who aro doing tho most of
tho building in Chicago to-dav. Many of tho
oldest and most reliable builders have been
crowded out, nob boing able to compoto with in
oompotonoy and dishonesty combined.
Owners, when you see your walla being built
with brick not thoroughly wot, tho inside thrown
in with Ilttlo mortar and no cross-joints, tho
evidence is conclusive that your building is
'comparatively worthless, Boildeb,
Ouioaoo, July 29,1871.
GAUGEC AT IT,
To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune,
Sib : The daily proas of lato lias thrown its
readers into much surprise by startling state
ments of facts, said to hayo taken place abroad,
which are supported by tbo authority of most
eminent scientific men. To relievo my perplex
ity I took tbo resolution to bo present at a sitting
and wont to tbo bonso of a Dr. JF—, on West
Randolph street, wboro a medium, Mrs. Pony or
Parry, bad materialized, It was assorted, tho
shades of Katie and of John King.' Tho medi
um having been bound and shut In tho cabinet,
the usual phenomena look place; but to mo,
with ono exception, tho focos wore not to bo dis
tinguished tbo one from tho other. Evidently
something troubled tho woman, for sbo soon
insisted on bomg lot out. The committee woro
asked to look at tbo knots, whon behold tbo
latter wero found not in statu quo. Both
hors of the committee woro mariners, and, at a
glance, catching tho situation, they had not
fastened her tightly, bat had loft a peculiar knot
at tho end, which inexperienced efforts would
tighten, not undo. So onr medium, having
loosened herself from one end of ttio ropo, found
an unmanageable knot at tho other. With this
exception, not one knot was light, nor had she
boon able to rewind, tho rope as it woe before.
A committee of ladies was now appointed to
examine her, and together thoy loft tbo room;
but soon returning, declared tbo examination
to have boon unsatisfactory, as alio bad refused
to romovo & certain part of her dross. In tho
meantime tho modioino-roan bad boon amusing
bis audience by describing tbo shades of some
relatives of a few members, none of whom rec
ognized tho dear departed. At this period it was
hinted that some one had boon trying to humbug
ns, and I left.
Tho M. D. is a well-known trance-speaker, and
really ought hot to bo tho dabbler in prestidigi
tation which ho Inst night proved himself. This
onco ho and his friend had fallon into the hands
of the Philistines. Unless they check their
mendacity they will probably awake in the Spirit-
World to And themselves condemned for a few
thousand years or so of walking tho monotonous
treadmill or picking oakum. L.
Oujcaqo. Jmjr an, iwu.
TWENTY-SECOND STREET 82WEB.
To the Editor of The Chicago 2’ribune:
Bui: About a year ago tho people residing hi
the neighborhood of the foot of Twenty-second
street divided their timo equally between trying
to escape tho outrageous odors of Bridgeport on
tho west, and Twenty-second street sewer on tho
east. If, for a little while, tho wind came from
the north, they spout that timo in detailing their
grievances in the newspapers, Tho Bridgeport
nuisance still continues, and doubtless will to
the end of timo. Tho papers have often in
formed us how grand and healthful a project
was tho extension of. the-sewer hovond the"
breakwater. Our hopes for improvement, how
ever, have been blasted. As it now stands, tho
sower is little also than a huge funnel. Every
eastern wind pours into it, and forces out into
every bouse having sower-connections, smalls,
in comparison with which tiro odors of Gehenna.
are as sweet perfumes. Tho situation is inviting
to the communistic element. If they could com
{icl the wind to blow oast and west at tho same
iriio, our destruction would ho speedy and cer
tain.
Will not the authorities at least” board up tho»
end of the sower to tho water’s edge ? J. 11. C.
Ouicago, July 29,1871.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Grand Pacific—3 ridge 0. B. Lawrence, Gales
burg; John McCullough, San Francisco; M. J.
Bockor, Pittsburg; J. J. Brooks, Cleveland;
George M. Turner, Cleveland; 0. 11. Hoove,
Balt Lake City ;J. H. Joseph, Montreal; 0. S.
Bogota, St. Louis. . . . Palmer Mouse—Tt,
K. Thatchor, U. S. N.; Walter Manu, Bt. Paul;
W.D. Fisko, Now York; C. 31. Oarr, Galesburg;
Chorlea 32. Dyer, Baclno; M. Sample, Philadel
phia ;'J. W. White, Pittsburg; J. B. Johnson,
Washington, D. 0.; J. M. Gregg, Cincinnati: D.
Thompson, Philadelphia; J. P. Manan. Cam
bridge, Blass.; T. B. Orookor, Mondota; J. B.
Gifford, Clovolond; tho Hon. Richard J. Ogles
by, Decatur. . . . Tremont House —The
Hon. M. L. Ward, Now Jersey; Col. J. Hill, Lo
gansport; W. M. 0. Nittonin, U. 8. A.; David J.
'Edwards, Boston; Dr. 8. E. Snively, wife, aud
daughter, Now York; W. E. Fleming, San Fran
cisco; John T. Stewart and son. Coun
cil Bluffs; Horace F. Mann, Pittsburg;
W. IC. Nixon, Chicago; Col, A. B. Easton, Bt.
Louis; D. B. Garrison, son, and three daughters.
Bt. Louis; William 8. Barker, Bt. Louis. . . .
Sherman J/ouse-~J, F. Place, Ban Francisco;
tho Hon. \V. 11. Greene, Cairo ; J. H. Oborly,
Cairo; Charles Carroll,Sbawnectown; S. Sttuan,
Nashville, Tonn.; tho Hon. Robert Rood and
tiio Hon. John M. Rood, .Montreal; tho Hon, 0.
Zorloy, Joliet; A. W. Muunin, St. Louis; XV
Baormau, Mississippi; 0. O. Edwards, Ciuciu*
uati.
FAMILY REUNION.
Dwiout, 111., July 29.— Tho 84th birthday ot
Cot. R. P. .Morgan, Br., was celebrated boro to
day, by a family reunion at tho rosldouoo of biff
sou-fu-lavv, IT. A. Gardner, Between forty ami
flftv junior members of the family wore present.
Those best known are t H. A. Gardner and Hid
noy 6. Morgan, of Livingston County; John IT.
Morgan, of Iroquois Connlv; Richard P. Mor
gan, Jr., of Bloomington} and George 0. Mor
eau, of Chicago. Col. Morgan, Sr., is tho oldest
living American civil'engineer, and has been
prominently counseled with tho early history of
many of thu important works and linos of rail
road in this State and country. Ho is in vigor
ous health, and hopes yet to givo practical as
sistance in tho solution of tho transportation
Stion. Ills boliof is, that tho mechanical do
in our railroad-system oro quite as much a
burden upon tho people as tho wrongful prac
tices in Us management 5 and that tho latter may
bo materially remedied by correcting tbo former
PURIFYING THE POUCH.
Special Dispatch to The Ohieim tribune,
Boston, Mobs., July 29.—Tho Mayor to-daj
completed bid renovation of tho Sixth Polio*
Precinct, iu which tbo Koty Curran mystery was
recently unraveled, by reducing Sorgt, Lucas to
tbo ranks. As it now stands,the Captain has been
discharged, aud one of the Lieutenants trans
ferred. their places being filled by ©Ulcers pro
moted from other stations.
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