, 1873-11-07
Another Protest Against tho " Eqrzali.
zation" Of tho State
Board. -
Young, tho NIonoy-0rtler I'orscr, so'l-
tcnCcd to Three Years ia
The pcnitcntiary.
A Heavy Day in the Bankruptcy
Court.
The rafferty, Casc...The Criminal Court--'
Tho Conrts i'll Drlol.

beg,tn Yesterday in tho Circuit Court by tho
Kirby. Carpenter Company against JoDeph Pol
lak. Complainant, nftor stating lin ncorrora-
ton md ownership of larGo timber lands III
winconsin mud Michigan, alleges tint, aecgrtlinE
to law, it nlat'o scbsllnlo Of it's property III
took County, amounting to S47,725. Tls was
wrougfnlly asReshed by tho County Assessor ut
S27,725 to Kirby Carpenter Il Co., and $4,000
to the Kirby Carpenter Company,-lho com"
plainant.
The State Board Of Equalization raised tho
valuation G8por cent, or to SOL. AL, Which is
EG,GSG In oxeess OF its mar1iot raluo. I'll aadi-
tion tho Board ratod tho franchise Of tho Conf
pauy at e32 5a2, milking tho p1n Of ss6.aas OIL
which 1t must pny taxna. Complainant a1lcgoa
ueurly tho snnlo rcasons thuae brought forward
In the caso Of tho Republic Lilo Insurance Com
pauy TINT the Board l,aa no judicial powers,
Kayo no notice, exceeded its bounds, iR Illegal,
a,ld that tl,a rensaoHsnent, bosldcs being unjust
and oppressive, is utterly void. No now fea-
lures or principles arn involved in this case.
DlsT1LLEnl su1T.
An important tnlit ,7as commenced yesterday
In the Circuit Court by tho Chicago Alcohol
Works against Samuel 4. Irwin, Collector Of
Internal Revenue, to dotarmino tho basiso
taxation on tho manufacture Of liquors.
tho manufacture Of nlcohol from grain, aud COM
pIicd with I'LL tho Revenue laws rs to notice,
bond, etc., and, among other tlIinga, Bating thut
plaintiff would Torment each tub Of nash for tho
period Of Rovopty-two hours. Irwin, as Col
leetor, received from snid plaintiT
vnrions sums, during the months
, r. Ma s5ars t ~. Ap;r s{ +, 519o m a.. aa
tillo1y, basing hs estimato on u 9orn,onting
period Of forty-oight horrs. In that time he
collected s1O,4o0 on 104, 900 bushels of grnin.
Plaintiff. lowuSor, alleges Tint, bis ferlnont-
Ut forty-eisht iou1s, tho por diem capacity
tax SHOULD have beou a7,7A OH II, $40 bnshcls or
Erain Tile larger sum was paid under protest,
sud MI appeal taken to the Commissioner OF lu-
ternal Revenue. but by him diBallowed. Tho
s1nount claimed ia the difference hetwoen tho
two yaluations, amounting to S2,706, for which
tue suit waH brought.
! 4 similar suit was brought by the same plain
tin against Horinnn naster, na Collector, from
ti,no Raster collected e11 ,4l8 Oh basis Of
: III, ,480 bushels Of grnln, predicatod, 1iko the
other, on the basis OF o fermcntng period Of
forty-elght Instead Of seventy-two hours. The
true estimate should havo beon rs, 424 on basis
Of 81 ,2ao bushels. md tho difference, S3,024, is
tho amount for Which suit IL brought.
THE JAr. CONTRACT.
The case OF Doyla aud johnson against Alder
man Bailey, which was commenced about two
months ago. to got slnro in tl.e profits OF tho
new Cook County Jnil canlo to the surface again
in the shape Of amendments by tho complainants
to tholr bill III the amendments, as He'd, they
give copy Of the contract as set forth by Tho
feelings of Sam Aahton, omit tho allegation Of
Ills drawing tho contract and of
sllverman's taking charge OF it. Thoy also
aav f afs aacne to tGoip a Eli apd pp 70 we 15fGas eS
proudly refer 'sas evidence Of the truth Of your
Asntor's statements" is ruther attenuatod, aud
would bo a Noal; support and therefore, ask to
strike out such allegation.
1loat Of the al1egatioDs in regard to Silvarman,
they ullese that there is Hill due Ii per cent.
Of which they ayo cntitlcl to two-thirla, and
pray TINT tho defendants, excepting Silver
lnan ind Knnlig, who arc dropped 1nny bo pro-
hibited from paying over anything to Bailey.
Seneca D. Kimbark s'y yester1ay filoa bill i'll
tho Superior Court against John Qnincy Adams,
TO prevent sole a'er I "9Etgegs Of t4s o,;-
zion Of Lots 2 ntd 3, III Block Of William
Joncs' Addition TO Chcugo, and Lots 2, Block
II, md Lots and / in ElncE II Of the Asscs-
sor's Division Of the southwest fractional quar-
Complainant alleges that ii, July last he bought
said premises subject to mortgage OF $l5.0u0,
Which he assumed. The mortgage Ind boen
given to noeuro the payment Of thrco notes for
5000 each. with interest ut per cont.
gust, 1875 with interest," Of which complainant
was notified, and OIL the day Eont q check to
tho ha1k which hold the note for collection, but
tug note ,t could @ not be found nd During Ausast,
plainant, but not having tho Endorsement Of
Albums, paymont thereof wns refused. About
tho goth Of September time of payment was
9xed, but before tho .dato, and on tho I'd Of
money, and Adams therefore dcoarod Tho
whole SUM due, md tllorenpon proceeded to I'D
vertise the premises for sale. On tho 9Th Of
were held by sonle luwyerB here. went to them
and offered to pay the Es5, ,t}00 due with ntorcgt
and all reasonable costs. but refused to pay $3.50
uttor1leys tees which woro demanded. The Halo
waH set for to-lay, md IN injunction was asked
to prevent it, which was granted by Judge Gary,
on defendant giving Il bond in tho sum OF 81, 500.
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT Ass1dNnstl;T
Francis Q. Gross, AZ Assignee Of Goodwin
Lourey, Potter O. Strong, al.d Daniel Louroy,
filed a 'bul against stoplsanie Porter aud Horace
Porter to set nside alleged fraudulent convey
:rco. Complainant nlleseB tlnt Lourey, Strong
l. Co., In June, 1869, ,nnde to ono Horace Porter
personal, for the benefit Of their creditors. Al
rho same timo they mado out and delivered tc
said Porter schedule or inventory oi I'LL thoil
property, Including therein two pieces Of land
situated one III Aenry County, ILL.,. described NJ
tanning about 1Go acres ; tho other aituatcd in
Livingston County, H.. mud known III The Il
or Sec. II, ", T. quit clalln"doel was exc.
cntel to Porter Of eacll OF those pArcels Of land
Porter accepted the trust, and held posHessior
OF tho property until his death, III February
laG9
III 1879 the aforementioned Assignee. by Pc.
ttion of the lirm and By Hi order Of the sul>o.
ror Court Of Nov York, was appointed Assignee
OF said firm III place Of Porter, and took POSSES
sion of tho property.
When lilo property was conveyed, 1t was done