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, 1870-09-21

In The TRIBUNE of the 18th was pub
lished despatch from q correspondent at
ST. Paul, in which, referring to local poll
Tics, among other things, was said:
"W. S. King, Postmaster Of the National
House of Representatives, is mmoner Of
the railroad and agentof William Window. 8"
We are informed, and have every reason
to believe, that this statement in reference
TO Ntr. King had no foundation in truth,
and, therefore, ought never to have been
writt& or published. Received at night,
with mass Of telegraphic despatch
es, it escaped editorial scrutiny. In JUS
tice to Mr. King, we make this explanation,
that any person who read the despatch may
resd also che explicit contradiction of its
statement.
, 1870-09-21

Tho stubbornness with which General
U1rich, himself true Teuton, as his name
evinces, and the thoroughly German popu-
lation Of strasboqrg, have defended that
fortress against, the assaults of the Baden
and Prussian besiegsrs, ahould be source
Of pride to every true son Of Deutschland.
Strasbourg beingan e1-German city, defend
ed in the main By or: Germans, we are ena-
bled to SEQ what the tug Of war
is when Greek meets. Greek.
If tho whole French army were composed
Of itnperturbable Teutons, in like manner,
King Williams advance would enable per
sons of philosophical hankerings to arrive
at solution Of the question which used to
be discussed by the logicians: "What is
the net result when an irresistible body in
motion comes in contact with IN impene-
trabIe and immovable substance?"
, 1870-09-21
Two agents for life insurance companie

Two agents for life insurance companies
write to us, the first to inform us that one |
reason why so many policies lapse, is tha,
many persons nrc willing to pay tho pre-
mi1ms for short time us mode OF pro-
viaing for their families while they are
risking all their means in some doubtful.
speculation OF venture, and that having
come out Of their special danger, they Let
their policy expire, feeling TINT they have
had The full value of their money
in being insured in the meantime.
The second informs MS that he is aware
Of Int t0o companies which have failed in
England within as many years The chief
failures we have in mind are those
Of the Albert, the Commercial, the Inter
national, the Hercules, the Prudential, tue
European, besides which there are several
whose names escape MS. But it must be
remembered that, for twenty years past,
the ipsolvent English companies have had
a way OF coucealing their ruin an1 susuend-
ing their fate, l'y amalgamating, i. c., trans
ferring their policies and assets TO other
companies, Thirty-three companies had,
in the course OF the existence OF the Albert
{about thirty-dre years), amalgamated in
it, end its failure, therefore, il in fact, the
failure of those t1irty-three companies, all
Of whose policy-holders we're "tlone =" out
uf the value of their policies by the final
failure OF tho Albert. The Iuternationa
represented between twenty-five and
thirty of these amalgamations, and
the others their proportions. Il
seventy companies form, aud after pros.
ecuting their business for time, one aftel
another assigns over its assets and
liabilities to the others until there are only
seye,s, and the seven ut last fail outright,
viii it be conteuded by our astute insur.
snce agents that only seven companies nj
told have failed, and that tue other sixty,
three succeeded?
| AS for the profit Of the late policy -holda1
whose policy has lapsed, but who fesls tint
he has been insured in the meantime, it i.
much like that of the Ohio farmer wig
drove his hogs to market and drove then
back again without edeeting sale, bu
who argued that he had the worth of hi
money in the society Of the hogs on ths
| WIZ
, 1870-09-21
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DrNth. for the week--Cpudtttnn Of the
1arm1ry.


The regular weekly meeting OF the Board Of
Health wss held yesterday, President johnson In
the ehalt. ..-.
pE1NQuES scAvRSoERs.
Dr. Rauch stated that Information had come to
him tnat parties doing the scavenger work for the
city, were in the habit Of depositing dead animals
on the prairie, west OF the cIty, contrary to law.
On motion, two policemen were detailed to bring
such offenders TO Justice.
- WEEKLY MORTALITY.
The Sanitary Superintendent, Dr.. Raueh, pre-
sented bis weekly morality report The total
number Of deaths was 163. " these the most I'M
po1tant causes we're as follows: Cholera tnfau-
meaenseriea. 1s M ): typaod fesel s: dyseatef5. );
tarrhea 6: chronic f1farrhea, 6: dlptheflB L; en-
telI1ls, 4: hamilton, 5: old age. 3. Ther1 were Is
deaths less than In the preceding week.
HENARKs.
Or. Rauch, the Sanitary Superintendent, Ia his
supplementary remarks, says:
IL sqsE NIB 6 dsstss
sossea j T.
q
number Of deaths by certain dstates nsldeat e child
s ~as Ia sese ss
nna ,s IL bs
I'd M Sassiax y a. II sasf
death.
cxtraet from The Grand Jury. pntsAed IL the ne1'
Il says: awe know not Why It Ia shAt the Boazd 81
Health hare aos tsken nptiee of this matter 1tmost
Ii referring 70 the records Of th!s board. It will bf
found that IN MAv 1851 eoon after its q,
san!ta Ia.Detfor Of ,he Second Ms, Dr dMtay
81 u thc A1mofy. On May II. 81. Els msdc an abie
and s.hoFse 5gg71t e @ ths .gese . The beard and
tszy condition Of the Anoy be the subject nf con
enIrns action b. this board and the Board of Public
published the srrost q Ds. Hay and after the
ID better sanitary condition: The ATTEMPT way oni5
PARTIALLY succ<tful In le6B the board axzLn called
fcptitn 10 the Ar1noT md smother WI
made by the Common 0enneil. On june q 1ao, Dr. j
, 1870-09-21
HOTELS.
HOTELS.
ANDERSON's a
H0Tth'
1d71AQ 151 Dearb0rn->t
III y I3v1 1V1

0ppbSlTE PoST 0FFlee
This House is new; 7entlla.leA r,-
furnished in the best and moss e. sraG
ner, with Spring Beds, Mosquito BAIL
the comforts Of home. .hs ssns%
Location central, and opposite LIZ
Post Office. .h;s s aS
class House in all respects ,u;ta !:
Tha Diuing Rooms connected VT. WI
Honse sre unsurpassed in the ho9'aT =, trsi..
parmsIee's atages connect with q"
, 1870-09-21

gant and convenient is cqual to that of tho
. old man in .ch0osi4g Fontaineblcau for lis
temporary rehdenes;;: The gEeat Benjaroin
frenahi cour4t turing the IRevolutionsSf5e IL
sided at versailea Tho Prussian general
officers will be in tho enjoyment Of the
Injuries which the finest chatoaus can af-
ford. They have Ind hard campaign,
aud will appr ciate a little elegance in
style OF living for awhile.
, 1870-09-21
a%Ern1NG THE CITY CHARTER.

The Common Council. on Monday even
in;. adopted resolutions rcciting the ne
ccssisy Of amendments to the city charter,
and tie expediency of having all such
amendments acted upon 1,y the Common
Council before being presented to the Leg
i>.atare. The Corporation Counsel and
the City Attorney were directed to confer
,.;tl. tie different departments Of the city
with reference 10 desired legislation gener-
:,lIy, and particularly upon The following
%;il,iects;
''Fr>t. the sewerage 4ucstion; second. the
IL "tl:rr rr''lc purposes: third, tic new Cl,5
Ii,!tcr!t; Iputa. the t.on s:tuct{on Of sewer or
rinl.'rrruBh conlni nf proper dimensions from
RIVER f.. lh- purpose cf c.eaainE the sane,or for
:.n n(..a r:lHal, " no-e desirable for the same
ps-p.~,: ..i;J, .hs qncsasoa Of repairing Streets
,l'!.!i st4v:: ttcc been rased hy special assess
n,t,,:.
1t il u .s,ille that this resolution eun:eul-
t,la1,s legislation which the new consti,u-
tl,,.4 declares shall not hereafter he lawful.
The constitution says that the General
Assembly shall not pass local or special
law, III a long list Of cases, Of which the
t,sIi..win. are few:
''vacatiug roads, town plats, streets.
;,'!,y- and pn',llc grounds.
Incorporating cities, towns or villages
or changing or amending the charter of any
towE. city. or village"
Any amendment to the charter of the cit,
II Chicago by act Of the Legislature is pro
hititet, unless the same be by general law
and applicable to all the charters Of all The
other cities in the State Special legisla
tion being prohibited, all special amend
,uents- by whomsoever proposed, are on
Of the question. the day of special legis
1a.ion has passed. and hereafter the Stat
is to lie governed by general laws.
There ure several modes by which gen
cra1 laws may be established for tie gos
.rnmynt of cities !. A general charter 0
:. municipal corporation, under which til
inhabitants of any city may organize
government. .. The division OF cite
into three or more classes, and providing
General charter for each class. 3. The en
;.vlment of general law comforting upo
Tie people of each city the right of sell
Government, under which they may at an
tirac alter OF change their own charter by
1"p,!ar vote, The charter always to be COZ
s:>tcnt with the Constitution of the Stat
Perhaps this latter course would he tt
best for Chicago. The great ev
under the old constitution vas, that an
irresponsible person could go TO Sprinl
field and have the city charter amended
suit his purposes, and the people Of tn
city were always at the mercy of the sci
constituted governors who changed, 8
tered, and amended the city charter
their pleasure, and advanced theirpesso
al interests at the sacrifice of those of Il
, 1870-09-21

Iar Representative IN Congress for tho STATE II
Large, General JOHN A. LOGAN.
s:atc Treasurer, ERASrus n. BATES
Suuc:intealcnt Of Public Instruction, NEWTON
tATE.MAN.
Ca:u-1ssiouers of the rcnttentiavS, ELNEa
WAStINt1RN and CASPAR be TZ.
, 1870-09-21
TIE TwELFTH DISTRICT,

There is an unfortunate difficulty in the
Twelfth Congressional District of this
State, which, If not amicably arranged;
threatens the loss of that district DT Inc
Republicans. The contest for the noEn1-
nation was between Mr.. Jehu Baker aud
Mr.. john B. Hay. h1r. Hay is the present
member, having two years agobeen elccteo
TO succeed SIr. Baker. Tho convention
consisted Of thirty-one delegates, from the
following counties: st, Clair, 10 delegates,
Instructed to vote for Hay. Madison Couu-
sy, delegates, I for Baker and for Hay,
but instructed to voto as a unit as the ma
jority should decide. Clinton County, 2
delegates, instructed for Hay. Randolph
County, delegates, 9 for Baker and two
for Hay, Int instructed for Baker. WASH
ington County, 1 delegates, 2 for Baker
and = for Hay, but instructed to votc for
Baker. Monroe County, 3 dole
yates, instructed for Hay. In
strict compliance With instructions
tho vote would have stood 1C for Baker
and Is for Hay; hut one Of the delegates
from Madison refused to vote with his col
leagues, and the convention refused to re-
quire delegates to vote as instructed. This
delegate voted with the other Hay delo-
gates on all preliminary motions. Tho
seven Madison County delegates entered a
protest against this approval by the conven-
ton of q violation of instructions, and
then withdrew, taking with them the Baker
delegates from Washington and Randolph
counties. Tho result was that both gentle
men were nominated by conventions claim-
ing to he regular.
The controversy has become very e1cit-
ing, and the friends Of eaeh gentleman
have become exasperated against the can.
didate on the other side. The district il
Republican by about 1,Go0 majority only
aud the party cannot afford the luxury o.
running two candidates for the same Office
| at tf,e same election. The difficulty mus
, 1870-09-21

The movements of the cotton market Of
last gear, and the probable result Of the
current cotton crop of this year: must sat
isfy every observer that the Sonth has fully
resumed her capacity to supply the cotton
markets Of the world with as largo or larger
crops than ever. Our crop for tie year
ending September |, 1870, is estimated at
:,l:A,a46 bales, This is M increase Of
7l5.9o7 bales over the previous year, aud is
almost up to the most prosperous years be-
fore the war, beng above the average. at
this rate Of increase the crop for the cur
rent cotton year must amount to 1000, 900
bales. So large supply, in coniunc-
lion with the BRAZILIAN, Egypt
inn, East Indian, Chinese and
Japauese cotton product, which flas been
greatly stimulated by the recent rebellion
prices, can hardly fail. to bring down cotton
to about its usual price before the war, say,
2 TO I: cents. The English importation Of
American cotton was from 7sS, $40 bales in
lsGg to I, 1875, 191 bales in the cotton year
just ended, September I, 1870. Durin 8
the same period the supply from all other
sources fell off from 1,2522, 9lS bales during
the cotton year 1867 to 9so,s45 during
1870. The result OF the year has been in
England:
,.....,. ....... ..,..... Dales-
An increase ef import compared with the =
same date last ,ear off, ..--....-....... 75,37U
Al increase. OF quantity taken for cou-
sase seeicase q actual export d.. ss
An tDCf1HEe 0f Stock OF 9IN
, 1870-09-21

The press of New York City unite in
giving credit to City Judge Bedford for
fearless discharge Of his duty. He recent
ly sentenced the robber Egan to the State
Prison for Is years and 6 months; two
others, for the like crime, i. years and six
months each; and fourth prisoner for 10
years. A burglar was sentenced for 20
years. In passing sentence On Egan, Judge
Bedford stated thnt the Recorder, City
Judge and District Attorney would apply
to the next Legislature to change The terms
Of Imprisonment in cases of burglary and
robbery from term of years to imprison-
rnent for life. He added:
"The 1aw-abldng citizens may rest assured
that my colleague, tue District Attorney, and my-
IN o F osia m naTr os
tnto the argument, believing, as we do, that II
fcw .!oses o1 this legal medicine could be properly
ecitin portion Of Sew York sacie;y Would II once
he cnaEgetl."
The great evil in the administration Of
justice is the uncertainty which attends the
| enforcement Of sentence when consic-
zion take place. There is hardly profss..
sionnl burglar or robber wlo has not al!
ready been tried, convicted and sentenced,
| several times, and who has not been set at
liberty before the expiration OF his term.
Any addition to the number of years to
which a burglar may ha sentenced will he
of little use, as n preventive Of crime, m.
:css there be q reform in the mat:
Ter Of releasing prisoners. 1t il
marvellous how these men OBJ:
min rardons. Ordinarily they art
socinl ortcasts, having neither friends moi
influence, and yet experience has shown
that but few, if any, Of them ever serve
out their full term Of imprisonment. It
large cities these men have professiona
brothers, who rally to the cause of thei,
imprisoned companion. These men sooi
make themselves useful to small politi
cians; these, in time, excite an interest il
men Of more influence, and, event
ally, the Executive is importnnci
Tor the discharge of crimina
I who is wholly unknown TO th'
petitioners. The power to pardon is
.;ise one aud cannot be dispensed with
;'ut its exercise might, perhaps, be ra
strained and confined 10 proper cnses, i
he proceedings were required to be public
If every application fot pardon, togetho
With the names Of those asking for it, an
he reasons urged, were required to j
published before being acted On by I'll
Governor, the course OF Justice might b
:ess interfcred with, and burglars and rot
hors would not be so disposed to tux
. The chances OF escaping punishment i
that means.
, 1870-09-21

ALLEGEp pBFRAUnESa / CHEnITcK.
QcorRe F. Harding Y. A. E. Kent Ct ais. "a. &
Kent Coz, aud Henry Remington. This Is
proceeding 10 restrain The execution Of q Tzus-
ices decd to s. A. Kent, Of property In Avoca,
Livingston County. Complainant States that
$4,000, which, Remington being insolyent, By
conspiracy with Kent 4 Co. he seeks to deirand
hin Of. II Is stated that Remington sought to
compromise with his creditors, excepting com-
pta,nant, and succeeded tn making sucn m ax-
ranEcment; tb0s proceedings In bankruptcy wErc
takfn aXatnst hlm;. but these so arttulE,
tint Considerable length OF time must
elapse before an assignee can be appointed.
Meanwhile. ..s yeststasSy, George Seville
trustee, pretended to self the real estate Avoca
Wa8 fictitious, and that complainant WIS himself
ready to bid, had he been allowed an opportunity
80 to 10, a much higher price than Was paid By
S. 4. Kent. to whchl the property WIS knocked
down. 1t ia also stated, that the properly, n1-
though susceptible Of division, Was sold en nsasst
FORECLOSURE.
Merchants, Farmers i Mechanics Savings
Bank Y. DAME, j. Ditlock, ct al Proceedings to
sell under trust dee:j, Lots anl Q, RlbaErs0ns
Subdivision of the north e5.25 acres OF the east
half, Of the northeast quarter OF Section g. 49, H.,
eosL of thc1ight Of way line Of the Illinois Cen-
.ral Raliroal Company.
Second National Banky Charles I. Epps. As
suulpsis~ Demand, 5000. .
George L Crosby =: Jared l. Edwards. As
Eumpsl. Demand, 81. 500. .....
Same =. SAME. Assumpslt. Demand, $500.
-Geotge aud Archtoo1l j. Little r. Albert s
Anderson, o. VIII County. and Richard Blake
man. Case. Damages laid ut IL 900.
, 1870-09-21

The Prussian commanders exhibit good
taste and judgment in tho selection of
headquarters while they arc engaged in the
siege OF Paris King William will occupy
the palace Of Versailles during the opera
tions before the French capital. He could
not wish for more beautiful, charming anil
comfortable quarsers- His son, the Crown
Prince, shows that hts taste for the elf-
, 1870-09-21
rrpuRL1caH1sa IN ENGLAND.

csn7ass13neHs Of OF ne rsR.ten.iz' sR MnW' "Ae0
,,1,c,r,sx IN runrsrn
So! M ~. 80 o.toa,;o,,
ine WI -.-... 49, ...cas;so,-t -
''.n' - ~-,,:a,s ...,- ,,,oco
r'',". VII. ,:ss,. nv nrn-
- 80 l .na, .,,:s,s;sa s,on r,orcbod IN
'1eo 'no"'~.u 49, a. ..-.a,s - Tondon
N". 80 .aa,a .,rost;nos of ,,ood |
~ "o no1oi p..,.,:~ ~ " 49, ~ Fronca and 10 thc
y, w. ~; .A :. 49, Trn;,os s,at.s The nopu-
law f.,,;r,a f,r ranu1,licanism was moi dis
-. a-.;.,', Thor., was m tracking to poyer;
.,,o.,.,, a. ono1;fr;p, tt,e admiration
~. ~. p,,n,,l;cs h1. disclaimers of |
,..-.;,;,,- =, ,ba Fo,3isb rnonorchy. There
,r.. ~ sarv,,i,x Tbere was no ex-
,o,,.;,n - ,bn British monarchy. It
f,,., In, a;cn;ead ,,onr1,r daclara.
49,. =, s,-or ~ on Enc1;sb Denn1,-
Il. Th. ,7,wrfa,, of the French mon
a..,,,, ,,.,e .,,o-;zaa The establishment
~ 1,,a,.b R.n,,r,,;c rns hailed as one
-.-, s.ea - ,ha an.nc;nat;on If Enrone
r. ss..s. aoa;net ,ba 1,ann1,1;c If France
!, I'D ~ ,,c . war oo,;pst rennbl;-
- ,r,;c,, tha r,aonSa If Germanv
:.t....:9 =. ;lao,,11 &c tbos. NJ
rss,,s T1,ssa tuo hnndrea ;thonsand
1..-,.,,. -,,a.,,. aa,1,-.a +hot +ha
rcSrlY IT Ensl.nd would persist until they
Ind vx7,uv from d cowardIy and vscillating
Ministry the recognition of the French Re-
p,hlic.
The addresses, demanding pesce aud tho
recognition OF tho Ere :ch Republic, it was
announced. had obtained the signatures of
::;us, ,nu Of En.lish workinemen, These
,,o,,}, ;,nn,,rea the German people not 10
, 1870-09-21

The German Democratic Union General Com.
mIttee Of New YORK city, at recent -meeting;t
adopted resolutions that the United Statea should
not interfere IN the war in Europe and request
i'm the STATE Convention not to pass any EeaolN-
ttous on the subject. - =: e.
, 1870-09-21
tSTNnRGANIE MATTER"

urotract controversy with "a Revolutionist |
of 1s4s." Nothing that could be saia would
chauce his opinion on the point in dispute.
He firmly believes that Prussia hasthe right
TO conquer the people Of Alsace mud Lor-
r..iuc and fo1cibly annex them to Baden
and Bavaria, in spite of their utmost resist |
ance. He is opposed to permitting them
to vote on the question Of transfer, but in
sists on treating them as mere inorganic
matter, as 60 many ac1es of land or cords
Of stone. He says they wilt make good
"Germans" after they have been annexed
long enough. We presume this is true
''Use doth beget n habitin mnn." Almost
ali men are endowed with the faculty
Of accommodating themselves to circum-
stances. After the Alsacians have been
absorbed and digested by Baden for lew
generations, they will get veaned of their
present ardent unyielding attachment
to stla belle France" Two hundred years
connection with France made them enthu-
siastic Freuchmen; and two hundred years
or less will suffice to make them shout for
Baden as loudly Us they now shout for their
Gallo friends. We freely concede the
wonderful effect Of the Gesistless tooth Of
time over mems feelings and attachments,
hut fan to perceive how that meets the oh-
lection heretofore raised against the pro-
posed rApe and abduction.
Our correspondent speaks of annexation
to s.Germany." But 'sGermany," as a
nation or government, has yet to be formed.
! It has no present existence, either de Jdcto
I or de .3ure. There is P1uss3a, IN inde-
pendent nation; then comes score of
I princ;palities, partly independent, and
partly dependent on Prussia, forming to-
gether what is called the North
German Confederation. Then there are
the independent kingdoms of Baden,
Wurtemberg, Bavaria, and -Hesse. Then
there is German Austria, mixed up in sin
grlar relations with the Slavonic people Of
Hungary and other provinces; there is
also the Independent German Republic OF
Switzerland, and the independent King
dom Of Holland, or lowl.tnd Germany.
When we are 1old that Alsace and Lor'
raine are to DO restored TO Germany,
we are puzzled to know exactly what i
,,o.nt t,,er,:hv
n,t on, corras,o,,1snt ;rx;s,a ~, III.
s7n;1o If 81 fnt,mr rac1,im;nc n stolen sor
fron, ro11,ars W. oaoin III to nerceiv,
. t,,a ona1oov ~ t;t,oss of t1,a co,on,r;son
11a ,,o,., H., ,r.ra :. sto,or y ,axo 1,cc,
daa3 t;aso +n-, con.,r;a, Tha 1,st -
,h.,, ,rara ,,rdar o,r,,,rd toro haf,ro RE
vol ~ Nv wiiI;on, Nos horn s;~ 7ar
-a,;.n. ~ s;rao oo,,,o o,,a nons
~ oraot-uronafathSrs ~ the o1t1cs
) 1ir;no ro.n IN a1soca werc. ,,or
: Era1sh o;,;zsn, st,tuta of 1;ritatior
ne = ,,r.,t,- -,,,,,,, ~, ,,,,n,.,, offo;re .1c
,, ,.o11,in, aver con1d 1,o c,ns;dars;, ae settle
: l,v Inv nsace nossession or fine
H., ~ fp;an, et;c1-s ~ +ho Nov a1o,;co
eo =. ..r.,,;,,e. a. A,na,;oan x,rooaaor
1saas a,.5 Ta.-.;nn snnnosa :
.h,.taa tha oro,,,ont no con,sd
= ,hot ,7a Amo,;can Gova,nn,a,
rronc+n11,. o,,,o;ned New MaIic,
,r;,,, H. bs,af,1 ~ v,oncro1 ;,h,1,;tont
a nr5 on,oxe1 = ao.;nst tle;r consent
- ,,o,o,, ,ro naror heora ~ onv onnos;t;,
n or nrotest from then-tloes Tint net.