, 1863-04-14
sREC1AL MEETING OF TxaF
COMMON COUNCIL.


c SPECIAL MEETING OF TJsF
c COMMON COUNCIL.
, Dredging the sonth nranch-1ncre,a
Ing Pay Of Fire Depnrtnent-Con-
ufmat1Ou or Superintendent
n OF Schools.
: TEE MAYOR cuoKEs ,DoUr rr,,
CANAL CONVENTION,
In accordance with call signed by eight nj
| dermen, special meeting Of the Commo,
Council was held yesterday afternoon, at fou
r O'CLOCK. Present-Hts Honor, the Mayor. AMI
, A'aefnen botsford, Hoyt, Hahn, Baragna
| na'n' schall, Holden, Brown, Harvey, Conlan
"mtc, Woodman, Law, shufeldt, Tlttsworth
and Comisky,
: TEE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PETITION.
. ne petition from 1essccs Of lots In block
~, III school section addition to the cIty 81
sn1eaEo| u1s9oi WIS brought Up, representing thai
expense Of opening Dearborn street from
Madlson to Monroe streets-the petition pray.
ing to he relieved from said assessment, for
reasons therein given. Tie Committee on
schools, Hoyt and shufeldt, reportcdfavorably
to tAe prayer Of petitioners, for the reasons
set iorth IN petition, and recommended that
10 1Aose ot the occupants who have paid the
assessment, the money shall be refunded, and
Tor those who have not paid, TINT the same he
arc concerned, and the assessment be paid BY
thu ScLool Agent out Of the monies in his
hands, belonging to the school fund, not 9TH
eEwise appropriated.
After considerable debate the report was
/ unanimously concurred In.
CONFIRMING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
a communication from Luther Hayen.
President of the Board Of Education, was
read, settling forth sur4 action Of tho recent
meetings Of The Board, as under the proyi-
sion Of the new City Charter, must be con.
,hrmcd by tfe Council. Ald. Hoyt moved that
ent of Public Schools, be confirmed, and that
year. Carriad. ~@'0'o pe1
| DREDGING TIE SOUTH BRANCH.
The Committee on Uarbor and Bridges rc.
| po'tcu 1aFofaolv to The passage of IN orfli.
nanee zee requiring thu: dredging and deepening
" " J. ang oouth br.ncfl, from point in Sec. 81.
~ -. a:lh - e, whtre linz drawn parallel with
the north line Of said section, and Ii 20-1N1
chalns south from suid north line win cross
said South brunch, to the north Iinc nrodnc,d
.StstwArdly Of lot 4, in subdivision IF f1oclxs
:, :, and =, Of Canal Trustees, sub division ot
etoEas IN the south fraction Of Sec. 2yT. 80
| \. ka1 Ee Il E., and that 1910 be nnnronri-
ated for tue same. Adopted
| TIE CANAL CONVENTION. .
4 communication was read from the con.
| nitIee of the BonTd of Trade, Mercantilc A.
! soclatIon aid Citizens, setting forth the i'm
po1tancc Of the great cunaI project tn the
Northwest, and Of the Convention 10 be held
IN thls city, and asking an appropriation Of
alV,eVo or such part thereof as may be found
necessary for defraying the expenses Of rnter-
ta1nirg our guests On that OCCASION, .anJ of
holding our convention.
AID. Conlan Moyed to lay the matter over
70 s SUBSEQUENT ID meeting, which the Mayor de-
Aid, Holden hoped Conlan would Withdraw
MS objections and give this matter the atten.
tlon It's Importance demanded, as the com.
mll!ees were composed of the first gentlemen
Ill Tie city, and utter mature delibeTatiou bad
| concihded that the most equitable manner iu
"l1c'. The expenses Of this convention could
| bc assessed would be BY IN appropriation by
TIC city. Thu com1uittees shouild have an M.
SNcf " IN early dag, SO rs to know what to
deIend upon, AND what arrangements to !
Aid Hoyt advocated the same measure
and offered series Of resolutions ,author;zin,
lhc appropriations. The Mayor told him theY
were out # order-that he had already Dis
posed Of the matter for the present Comis-
- declared llost out Of order, but AID Hoyt |
sni,rds% aalutiou H 4he por 5eod1Dg his r.
qualification Or amusement, but Insisted uIe the
matter was laid over and no further action
eo1io be taktn ut this meetiug-taat both |
Ald. H"yt and his resolutions we're out of |
order. 01s ~
AID; Comisky waxed warm, and CHARGED
AID. llo.t With attempting to bully The Coun-
81 into n:akl1g an appropriation Of $40. Go
1or What, they knew not. This was motion
1hat eIu!d ~ rot be choked down the Council
" political tricksters-Hpw did lie or the |
Council know What AID uoyt or he Cowmit-
ices Fdhtd MiS money f0r2
AID li"yt replied that bis intlmatious and
!ns1niatAons were IN insult to the best men
in Chlc"go, unless they considered the insig-
l'iheance Of their source.
The Mayor called Aid. Uoyt to order in ,
decided manner :"
ALL Baragwanath manifested not . little
anger, and called ALL. Iloyt to order--no
member should stand up in the Council cha1l-
tan ne1 ana call another "ins1gniticalt." Laugh
The Mayor said such language from an Al.
oeflhan WIS disgracelul to any body of Alder
:aen. ReDewed laughter.) '~
"A A'd: Go:lnisky said that this was the sec.
ond or third time that Aid. uoyt had attacEcd
hin! personally on this floor
Ald. Hoyt dc1ed Lin to specify the in-
A cross-fre wa. continued for some minutes
III ~ Mlieh several Aldermen participated.
The Mayor decided tho gentleman ont of
Icer, .n US the : motion lad been disposed Of
tue Canal Convention communication had
beer, laid over.
Ald H"y1 took an appeal from the chair,
Iitisworth and others, that they should have
ote1 extremely glad to see this matter acted
upon now, but considered the matter rs laid
otcF to the Eext naecliug-the chair was s,,s.
tanned. 1 -"'
SALARIES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT..
The Committee cn Fire and Water reported
1a5 orable to the following increase Of baiuries.
and an ordinance was passed authorizing the
ine'ease m 10 lake place from and after May lat:
Ensei ~ 81 En='1esI y sIp PET an1nm $4,000
Eifg EEng,1ee'o me- = q fi1e Engines per month.
All 9tne1 M employees n Fire Department :. e
sion CT the rule, and that the increase Of pay
it-lost 0fF0oeo
Council adjourned.
Letter from Jos. X. G. Forrest.
To the Editor Of the Chicago Evening Jontua1:
, mas been charged on the street that have
nesh N the receipt Of pay from tile State, as
G1'Hmet 81 ana az A1d t. g. the Governor, to the
did not think it worth nv while IN rcn,r t
TO tEl= unnitigated faleehood, until observed
1haf malignant nrsondl tnt1y or tneuic, Of
n'.f, m sont1iyed to have the charge inserted i
nest me tGhfsago 9c; ;'n accompanied with some
n,ost tae INFAMOUS libel upon 1uy private charac-
acter Of Governor Yates {
NOW pronounce the statement that re. !
ccisc Coloners pay, 4 lie, circulated by the :
rerSon or persons above alluded TO- aud which
knoWingly and wi1fnlly sold out the Union
men Ut this State to 'he eecessionists. Conner
beads and Knights Of the Golden Circle Of t|,e =
late Constitutional Convention.
During the session Of tho late Legislature | +
" hich ut ended If correspondent Of two T,
l.aGfng pape6 cf this State and Missouri. not
even Tie most 1naligDant Copperhead dared
charge INC with that which pretended Rennh- s
llcans now procure inserted in secession | E
prints 49, N~~s7s'ou
lhe truth Il tEat have paid all my expenses
1t Springfield, and during n,y visits fn mr.
y 1mits In the field, in Kentucky. M;ssonr;
Tennessee, Mississippi. &c, and during nv
FlsltE elsewhere, out Of my own pocket. with I
he exception Of $1C0 or s17O pajd ,ue "is he 7
General Fuller, who c;rnlore;, mn h
Is IL substitute for r L. Hoyne, EsG.> 1who %
Fas originally appointed, but declined, to P
inspect the camps at Cairo, Paducab. Birds
,oint,, &c. Nearly all Of this money wns il
:Spended by ME In said visits. This was g
lcAriy two years ago. i
1oF. 3ates, since August last, has emu1oye,1
ne portlon Of the time US Secretary OF Clerk g. g.
II lie Executive Department, but Tor #hirh | =
{ erEleG have, as yet, received no pay THIS | 9,
$ MI hare received for mr. two years's ol
crTlces as Colonel and Aid to the Governor
tree1s 0A VIZ d
II any gentleman doubts my word. let him 7
prly to GOV. Yates, Lieut.. Gov. HofFinaun III
r hon. Jesse 4. Dubois Auditor nf S.,t. W