, 1859-01-22

TIE 0'BRIES.FTRR1cK CAsE.-We have receiT-
ed couple Of letters based on our late reference
to the course and issue Of tue case Of O'Bfen rs.
Ferrick In the Court Of Common Pleas, involving
title to COW valued at. $40 ur. 0'Bricn FIN
forms Us that he does not and never did live in
KlgabDin, and that his cow was Ct a nine year
DID," instead of six rs stated. TIE add the three
years with pleasure.
Mr. O'Bricn more than hints at the possible in
yestisation Of some Of that "sweaTiag Of a most
unmistakable character" at the next session Of the
Grand Jury Of the Recorders Court, from Which
circumstance we infer that be disapees with
t,retrc "obstnate men' in relation to the question
Of property. Seriously, our article contained no
intended reflection On either Of the parties to
The Csc.
The other communication touches "a long TOW
Of bricks" and involves a.queation that the pub
lie, wheu they have little leisure from politics,
may perhaps attend to, but which long before
that time will bare been considered upon and de-
cided by right minded ana Intelligent ulen. The
case of LII. 0'Bricn:a COW might do tie world
some service if it could awaken in every mind the
reasoning and results attained By our cor1espon~
dent, who takes the" up.rards Of sl00" costs for
a text to discourse upon the propriety Of 1ery-
ing heavy taxes for couuty aud city purposes, and
| tho saai"to'neaee Of our eou=:., the while the
county Offices coin fortunes annually for ihci7
incumbents-
"County bills unpaiI, or cut down to the lowest
figure, while few Fortunate nncs arc adding,
EACH, to the honots OF their offices .emoluments
| dlspruportlonate to all reason, Justice and pro-
picty-this il the clue costs aud iee, like thtse
In tile O'Dren CASE"
The writer proceeds rs follows:
"WhiIe On this subject, let me ask how far
| the record fees Of the county Of Cook would 20
towards paying the annual county expenzes, and
| whether there mig ght not be An advantage 10 the
public. even in tessening these fees one-half, and
! further increasing the revenues OF the county by
the fees Of the County Clerk, nni1ing liberal
| stated salary to these 1s we'll all the other
| offices from Judgesiips downward. When the
| Supervisors Ut their next session pass half day
! in discussing The payment Of q bill Of <i8, viii
| they ill out the guod day q work By footing up
such M approximation Of figures as may show
| how much tho county could save BY, the adop-
tion of salaries instead OF "feee," and how much
advantage the public would gain from the leg
eeniug Of the coata and fees 1T present exist
ing"
We are astonished at the elasticity aud due
tl1ity of the tale of Mr. 0'Brien's COW. hut the
deductions are worth noticing. Some Of these
daya the question must be decided, and in the
only right Way for the people and the public
In the meantime that COW ''still lives," possibly
to Go still further public service.
BuslSEss EpucA1IoS-TuEoRr AND PRACTICE
| Cons1xsD.-1t ia often urged and quite frequent
| iY with too mitch truth against instruction by
Systems in departments CT busiuess, that the
! students are only ''book learned" and about as
| veil fitted for realities as Was the swimmer who
| learned 10 swim Oh q table. 1t is not strictly
true, but it is true, that storing up ever 50 com
| plete system Of rul<s in the Students mind
will not make him business expert
| Aessrs. Bryant, Bell Stratton, proprietors
| Of the chain Of Commercial Colleges in sir
Leading Northern elites. have recently INTRO
! doced combination Of theory witn practice,
| which puts the oar into the students hand, e7en
with the book before him, and veil instilled
ru.es of business life ore developed and muscu-
larized By the very Eemblance Of rigid bust.
| ness routias.
In Banking, for instance, in the Commercial
College in Larmon Block, bank counter, With
its various stands and desks, has been fitted up,
in right bsuking-ot1ce styte and at thls desk, in
the various posta Of Cashier, Tellos, Book-ke.p-
er, e., the class is thoroughly drilled. With
this bank, the business Of the student is trausac~
ted, and tho ghole interior and relative life OF
banking and mercantile business explained. To
borrow a figure from the medical schools,
Mcasrs. Bell Stratton, the resident Principals.
| have introduced dissection md the una.omr Of
business in all It's branches, No subjtct is siebt-
| cd. and everything is thus from working models
! explained and drilled into the mind an the e1s
| perience Of The student. The plYu vii, uuiYers.
altg md ct once commend it,elt IA an EXCELLENT
| one.
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! ni6csnt AMIR arer oottan nm in ,ba we.t n
the forenoon GRAND nrorsssi sion .atea nrace
| connoaed of the II andrers' Soc;etv H;ob.
! land c,,rds and o,ber military com,en;es ya.
ami, I,oa,e, ,ha Mavor ond f:onno, con,c;t
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ain, that uniro,a,,1v favor;ta ballad .An,d
Aaoe oSne, as wen as MS nigoly amusing
poem 81 lam onanter 20 % fee''ea oY
genuine son OF Tue nea'neF.] AFTER mis-
comes the banquet anu bAH a. the fremont
| LOUISE where beauty and m'r:n will predonl-
nate. Large deputat'ous from the cities and
towns aloDg the lines Of railway centerug here,
are coming 10 join with The citizens Of Chicago
IN the affair.
| ANoap w1ra TIE Ssx1ox,-lt has beeome
quite the custom in civ churches To induce n
| kinq of religion, d;uue&s Of the light during
tb. ,ermon tine at evening" service h1 nartiafIv
shutting oE the eas. Tbia i, alI rerr we'll #
the thing be not carried Inn far md Il certa;n.
" is 80 when the tioht remaining is 20 Insult.
c'eat tnat 'ae expression oI coun'enancee' ootn
oi the speaker ond DIS audience Is lost IN d'm'
oess' Then the only advantage gained is to
those who hear with ciosed eyes, end are OF the
opinion, IRON thorough pe7nsal OF she Bible,