, 1872-10-09

States troops who had been ordered to tbs city b.
General Sheridan, md, the following dsy, other
arrived raanga total uf about sercn hundred draw
from onsts, Lesreuworth, and Louisville. The,
We1e once assigned to guard duty in the burnt po1
doa Of the South Division, where guards were chief
neefel- At the tiroe General Sheridan dIrecte<
General F. 7. Sherman to organize regiment Of in
facy, numbering Goo men, to guords for th
twenty days. Tais mas done, md tho men wc2e :
ssrcd 70 duty in various parts of the city, espec..
the southern portion Of the South Side.
Sheridan informed the Mayor officially that no csses
4 outbreak or disorder tad been reported No &c.
theatsated attempts at incenttarsm had reached him,
aud the people we're calm, quiet and well disposed.
afforded him pleasure to call attention to the cheer.
5al spirit with which the people Of the city met their
chage q denar sserdan ths a ot
ths9ss u Chicago and It's people for the very ecelt
erty Of the citizens, and inquired uhether there
co,,.,,,s,, gas any longer necessity fos the
snstaan IA qe peea thf sat% % Deemed Tf best &
would disband the First Regiment Of Chicago Volnn-
teeEs and consider himself relieved from the respon-
aIn5oc thereupon nzed the houe Of p m that day Us
tno one At which tie aid requested Of General Shcl-
On On should cease This return to the natural con
soa q affairs Wis soHcwk2t preIpitaed by tho acct
ds9;3l shooting q Colonel Thomas. ". G1osvenor,
#e.AacNn citizen, by member Of ono Of the couc-
2anes Of Colonel Shernans reSimant on the night Of
the 2oh Of October unfortunate occurrence Which
Hns lac 1n1nedl2to cauao OF protest by the Governor
Of ths stste aatnst the neon Of tho Mayor and Cen
era aEer1dan- On the n4h OF October therefore, the
United States soldiers ordered to their poss md
the regiment o Chicago volunteers mustered OFT
the re9res: Of sevcra citizens General Sheridan asked
INC n1sary 2utnos1ues Q: Washington to order four
ssenpa9tes tsa Of infany to Tie city order to guard
that wlesa persons would attempt to seze tho stores
deposited tn thain Tho troopa sent but no &C.
ing Influences Of the fire. 60 far as ts CIT Goyeru-
nent WIS concerned, ended on the 23d Of October.
STATE AID.
On the evening OF tbs 10th Of October Governor
Palmer issued c2n for special session of tho LeEs-
In order to consider what could be best done
for the relief Of Chicago. They assembled the 13h
to what the; desred returned to the Capital Com
81 a s Tho Of
of s3o0o,09o advanced to make the deepcut,
and which to DO repeid out OF tho revenues Of hs
payment q State and county tsses; and th he State
akn charge Of the poor mad the cririnals Of the
2o.nty sn The groat want ct the moment Mas money
1ee It had not donr with which meet tie interest
n it's bonds or to pay pocemcn The Board Of Police
to 10 issued to special policemen but
hoy bad not dollar, and weEe compelled to give up
he idea. At the outset it had been proposed BY
hat tbs city borrow hundred million or so from the
National Government but that was soon abandoned. |
Tue Legislature, nearly third OF whose members
sen INTO as opeso for tss
ID. Il ordered That per cent bonds, payable in
asa onehfth nor mere than oae-tbird should be ap-
Eed to the construction of bridges and public build
g e. nna OF oa
onded debt Of the city cnd the maintenance OF tie
ire and Police Departments. Some Of the money
nee devoted to The payment Of the police, and to the
taer most urgent wants at tie city. At the same
me bin yas passed to enable yarehousernen to DE-
10 ire, and that wsa ali the legislation which WIS
assed for the benet Of Chicago for aeyczal months
When the Legislatrra reassembled in NoTember,
me had shown that there wera two matters growing
It Of the fire which deserving Of tho saoet sc1i
Is Observation-Disclosures and ta7stion. The
,en destroyed along with the Court House. A gen
a feeling of insecurity prevailed upon the cub
transfers, al loans based upon real estate, ;
1nld come to an end,-that there would be neither
Jiag nos borrowing It WAS asserted that possession
s ths only proof OF ownership and ta: the vacant
Is would Be seized by squattars, who could not be
ectcd since they would havn more title than any aa
.nications from lawyers and resi- estate men The
dges prepareda bib on the subject and others wc1o
afsed BY lawyers Of prominence. Owing to the su-
save their own property, tho members Of tho three
stracs firms Of the city he'd succeeded II saring d
1eCQEQBs LQQS6 o4 me Il
n suffered to burn up nncared for: These books $
ed many Of them as the peril Of life, con:aiued
!. amount Of information relative to dccds md Il
sr Instruments concerntng land in this county and
purchase Of these volumes and tbs snnking them d
dence was . prominent feature Of nearly al the "
propossd to prosids for atn1le proceeaa in t.
ncer5 By which the cloud that rested upon every a,
e Of had in Cook County you'd 30 1emo;cd, or q
ase duty ii should be to e1nine aud report to .he
ri, The person in whom it found Il Il
s b sa 7sae ss asseauesa Es' In vss:s 81
isatarc, and the suojsct led TO wear:some discus ii
,s and ha.tet1 debates Finally was passed pro-
joint action of the Cook Comfy Commissioners III
judges, and also furnishing simple chancery nt
sesding TO estsn:hsh title Il furtaes regulated he
ot6ns has yet been done Ths sbstraes men, Nv who 2,
ks hare lowered their price about twoshtrd but hi
conclusion has yet been arrived at There has been Ii
7holesale resort to the Courts to establish he and 1t
abstract firms objectng to tho provisions OF the Ii
them have changed their method OF | n
g business, and longer give abstracts, but sim to
opinions as to titles. TraaEfers bare bean made, nj
loans have beene Negotiated to no ncoaEidetable AZ
ut, and time has shown that much Of tho appre- II
lion entertained On the subject os lind titles 81
great ineonveaiaace ard may get be the source M
Edculty; out many of the letters written on this L.
ect List October and November would read rather n
ously in the Eyhtos years experience IN
Cor Ssa.e purposes for the taxes Of ee
1871 had been burnt up, and some steps had of
taken to restore it. Until This doae, neither II,
nor county could get farthing from TINT guar. bu
md tho Latter greatly in ueed OF money. It thf
also hoped that steps might be taken to avoid tho tos
aent Of Tie State tar on properly whseh had been pie
Dyed This ho8ever it was found, could not be itie
done. The cit5 tar books had been cor
bat 1t WIS deemed ernrcEtlJ proper and just ad1
o attempt to co1}ec. tbs eatiro tax imposed Of liz;
whose houses storss had been DESTROYED, and 500
WIS., therefore, introduced and passed TO allow Of wat
Ito In such cases After various unsuccessful in.r
,pts biz was passed providing foea reassess- az
Of 1871 are now collecting. By another bill, the hei
y WIS allowed to issue bonds to the amount Of
),ooo, for tho rebuilding Of the Court House and
which bonds have been put upon the market. We,
bills paased providing for the restoration mil
urt records and also for the removal Of the chill mn
from the Cook County Reform, School to the II i.
Institution st Pontiac which, though resulting ce;v
the FIRE, would na7e been wise thing to hare tea
if it had never happened. 4 hill was introduced Hoi
1t was hoped, would make It easy to obt2in for
,apita secured By mortgages real estate, and CIT
would doubtleas have been beneficial in its re- md
but thu opposition to it among country Iaeu-
s1a so formidable that 1t could not be passed. of
. FEoErAI AID. city