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, 1876-09-03
An IMPORTANT CITY IMPROVEMENT

MAURICE STRAKoscH, in company with II.
prima donna, Mile. BELoccA, who has reca,.1
made great success In San Francisco ,r-;ns,
In this city yesterday. The latter left imr.s
ately for Philadelphia to fulfill an epgagrn1as.
and it Is altogether probable will return to III,
city in the latter part of the present month :.
open our musical season. Mr.. SrgAgoscu wv
remain here 4 few days to arrange the nrr1;n,
naries OF plan which he has in conteunlqt;..
for very important improvement and ons
which has long been needed in Chicago, Il h..
already been announced in The TRIBUNE H..
during bis recent visit to San Francisco he NJ.
pleted his arrangements for the construction -,
an elegant opera-house in that city. Chicapo y
now appears, is also to be the locality Of Il.
enterprise, his purpose being to crect
large music hall, upon the plan OF the A1h.,.
Hall in London. The location will be centr,,
one, and, we believe, has already been securpd
It is his intention to construct hall commod1
GUS enough to seat between 3, 500 and 1000 nm.
pie, with very large stage adapted for festfr,,
purposes and the production OF important
works, and SO arranged that the building ma,
be used for an opcra-house whenever It sh,i1
appear feasible to have one. The interior ~
rangemcnts will comprise main floor, su-.
rounded by boxes, which are to be sold for a 2onq
term OF years amounting to perpetual ovntr.
ship, and gallery. There is certainly pres,~
ing need for such hall in this city in copytn.
lent location, not alone for concerts and festi.
vals, but also for lectures and great popula,
gatherings, and we have no doubt M..
SrRAKoscH will find rich reward for
his enterprise. It is fortunate for tia
city that the hall is to be built by zen.
tleman who has devoted his whole life to tho
managerial business, and who has the requisite
skill and experience to know exactly what kind
OF hall the people want. Music has suffered
more in this city since the fire from the lack Of
a hall than from any other cause. So long IL
we had the Crosby Opera-House there wass
common centre for music, but since that tins
it has wandered about in churches, theatres,
and badly-located halls, and has picked upa
very precarious living at best. With the erec-
tion OF a new hall, however, music will recei7ea
fresh impulse, from the very fact Of its having
permanent home.
, 1876-09-03
PERSONAL.

Mr. Joseph Hatton, the English novelitt ano
playwright, has sailed for America.
Mrs. Hiram Powers will return to the United
States shortly, after an absence Of forty years.
The English gossips have revived the story toss
Mr. Dsraeli is shortly to marry Lady Chesterfield
The daughter Of tOliver Optic, ~ the boys fa7of'
ite, is about to be married to Mr. Sol Smith Rusaelt
the actor.
4 Pole has been sentenced to three months IN.
prisonment for following French officer IN faf'
and singing the German Rhine"
Mr. Chauncey T. Bowen, of Chicaso, IL to %
married the 18th inst. to Miss CrockeE, dauga
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Crocker, Of Alban5'
n. Y.
Aimee is about to marry in San Francisco 1 mem
Der OF her company named Darcy. She shonlon'
mix opern-boufIe with matrimony, as Nrs oalo
has done.
Tho pious Boston Museum has put chnrea-
scene on its new act-drop. The entertainment
only Of the t'lecture room I" order, though g1'e1
with real actors and unsanctided scenery.
The Independent says that Bishop Coxes attaeh
on Prof. Huxley il outrageous; for he deseFs@
honor whether he be considered q Christian OF
Pagan, his errors OF opinion being honestly he1o'
Mr.. Wa6dington, the new French Minister o!
Public Instruction, is rapidly becoming the mosN
popular man in France. Hardly five months II
office, he has already done more than Gutzot am
Duruy.
Miss Griffin, young sculptor OF New fofk'
IN Albany for the purpose OF taking bust OF eo.
Tiden; but, as the Philadelphia Tines says, tn'.
fact does not remove all anxiety in regard TO 1as'
income-tax-
Mrs. J. desires THE TRIBUNE to INFORM Luz
New York Independent that there is such thfnS -
mHin1ica and IA hintoru - afyaD U4RE "
, 1876-09-03
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,


The question of abolishing tho Board Of
Public Works, which has been recommended
by Mayor HEATH, will come up before the
Council at the regular meeting tomorrow.
An ordinance providing for this would not,
under the terms of the charter, go into effect
until the beginning Of the next municipal
year; but should such an ordinance be adopt
ed now We have no doubt that the present
members of the Board C1essrs. PRND1vnIE,
THOMPSON, and WAH1) would retire at once
in order that it mil hit be put into operation
Immediately. The abolition Of this Board
and the substitution Of single Commission
er of Public Works would be in keeping with
the spirit and intention of the present charter,
and follow out the policy already practiced by
the abolition of the Board Of Police and the
Board Of Health. It is not unlikely, there
fo1e, that the Board will be abolished. We
know that it has been recommended by
Mayor HEATH only after deliberate consider
alton and upon mature conviction that it
will be in the interests of public economy.
The chief objection that has been urged
against the proposition is that the geo.
graphical division of the city into three parts
seems to demand separate representation Of
each part in the Public Works Department,
and that this is attained by having Board
Of three members. with one from the West,
one from the South, and one from the North
Division. But any advantage that this geo.
graphical representation may secure to each
3;x;a;r,, =, +},o arrol1a <7;c+x;hr+;o, .f f,r.x
is more than Offset, we are inclined to
think, by the disadvantages to the city at
large that result from an increase of ex-
penditures incident to the system. So long
as each of the three members of the Board
regards himself as the special representative
of his Division he necessarily uses all his in
fuence in behalf of his immediate constitu-
ents. This naturally leads to trading.
The representative Of the West Di-
vision will agree that the demands
of the North Division shall be salts
fed if the representative Of the North
Division will concede the de1Qands Of the
West Division, and so on. We say that this
is the natural tendency Of that system Of
organization, without meaning to impute
any bad motives to. the present Board If,
On the other hand, the responsibilities we're
concentrated in single Commissioner, he
would regard himself as the representative
Of the whole city, and livest himself Of any
sectional feeling. The same effect may be
noticed in the matter of patronage. Three
Commissioners not only require three sal
aries where one ought to suffice, but the
number Of applications for subordinate places
increases in proportion. One Commissioner
in charge, who is directly responsible to the
Mayor, and who cannot shift the blame for
any mistakes ppon the shoulders Of others,
, 1876-09-03

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Wi1l you state in TIE Tn1B-
usE what became OF the Sixteenth Amendment
noticed it passed the third reading. I have no.
ticcd, but do not remember Of seeing how it was
disposed Of have inquired Of several Of the read
ers OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE, and none remember
any action OF Congress after the above. Yours tru
y, 4 SUBSCRIBER.
Early In the session Mr.. BLAINE introduced
into the House the Sixteenth Amendment,
which was subsequently unanimously reported
by the judiciary Committee OF that body, and
unanimously passed BY the House itself When
it reached the Senate, the amendment was con-
sdered as insufficient, and the Committee OF
that body proceeded to enlarge it, making it
more comprehensive, and then put into it pro-
vision declaring that the exclusion of religious
teaching did not exclude the Bible from the
schools The result was that an opposition was
provoked, and the amendment failed to pass the
Senate for want of the required constitutional
vote.
, 1876-09-03

No one familiar with A1r. T11DEN's poGti-
cal methods will doubt for a moment thnt he
inspired the conduct of the recent Demo-
cratic State Convention in New York He
rsn it as completely as he ran the st. Louis
Convention in his own interest, and there
was no independence of thought or action
on the part Of the delegates, who were his
automatons mcrely.~ He probably believed
that he could constrain MIR. SEYMOUR to &C
cept the nomination. In this he erred, but
he withheld the knowledge Of his failure from
the Convention, SO that it adjourned, leaving
the nomination for Governor to be dictated
by him to the State Central Committee. He
secured this result by having the Chair
man of the COMMITTEES appointed to
notify SEYMOUR announce that the
latter had signifed his intention Of accept
ing. This was the lie direct, for Mr. SEY-
AouR, on the contrary, had persistenhy and
peremptorily refused to accept Judge
GREY, the Chairman of the State Committee,
now announces this, and the Democrats are
SO much outraged at the whole proceeding
that they will probably insist upon having
the Convention. recalled This will be a per-
sond rebuke to TuDzs, who would probably
name his factotum, DoRsHEn1ER, or his
former law-partner, ANDREW H. GREEN, now
Ss;omP1ol1er Of New York City, for the
Pi pa ace. In any case, there is new cause for
a1se' e'ension among the New York Democrats
.no he part of autocrat and dictator which
~ tnpy has attempted to play will not be
uRely I" strengthen him in his own State.
, 1876-09-03

Tbs Hon. BLAKE, Canadian Minister of
Justice, who has been in England several
weeks, hiss, it is said, made en- arrangement
whereby the extradition clause of the ASH
BUTTON Treaty will be continued in force be-
tween Canada and the United States
, 1876-09-03

The New York detectives think they have d.
covered in stdrover" ADAMS, who sared train
On the Central from demolition, the man who
set up the job to wreck it. He Is now in iail,
and, if he is acquitted on the charge, he will
then be returned to Philadelphia as little
CHARLEY Ross.
, 1876-09-03

The nomination Of 4 man for the highest ofice
in the gift of the people should inspire sons
respect for him. It is proper to prove him
thief and competent to convict him Of perjury;
but when it comes to Hkcning TnDES to SIT
TING BULL, as Herald correspondent did, It Is
equally disrespectful to TnDEs and an insult to
the redskin.
, 1876-09-03

Parts Of the World" "Thc Geoor,n,,.
Nomenclature Of Spain and Her Paop,a
':The Geographical Skill of Ceryautesn y u,,
dittons to the Compendium Of Spanish Histan au'
by Du Quesne," and "a Prologue tn ~!
Amiuta of Tasso." @9
, 1876-09-03

Down In LAMAR's district they supply Demo
Gratis with police badges, and arm them With
clubs and pistols. This makes them conser7a-
tors Of the peace, and they are not responsible
for the death Of any Republican Who riotously
Yotes Is his conscience dictntes.
, 1876-09-03

The fourth annual exhibition Of the Inter-
state Industrial Exposition will be opened
next Wednesday evening. The management
of this institution in the past, and the prep
arations for the present season, warrant the
prediction that this years exhibit will be
moro attractive and the attendance larger
than ever before. It ia q Chicago lnstitu-
ton, which has been Of great value not to
the city alone, but to the entire Northwest.
The average attendance for the past three
years has been 400,0 900, and it serves to draw
people to Chicago from all parts Of the West,
Northwest, and Southwest, and to give q
lively start to the fall trade. To the country
visitor it offers the opportunity for thor
ough and rapid review Of the " shopping !"
of 8 metropolis, al well as an inspection of
the various improvements IN agricul-
tural and industrial appliances. To the citi-
gems of Chicago it provides pleasant re-
sort, with good music, variety Of sights, q
mass Of people, and combination of useful
study with rational recreation. The build
ing has been thoroughly renovated; the
space was all teken long since; and the pre-
vious experience of the managers will enable
them to give satisfaction from thevery open
ing The Art Gallery for the present year
has been filed mainly from the private COL
lections owned in this city and elsewhere,
following the plan Of the s. Centennial Loan
Exhibition OF this year in New York City,
which is spoken of as the finest collection of
paintings ever exhibited in the United States.
Altogether there is every reason to believe
that the Exposition will be even more of
credit to Chicago than heretofore.
, 1876-09-03

In recently-published correspondents be"
tween THOMAS JEFFERSON and JOHN ADAMS,
the latter remarks to the former that his COLI
munication was The best letter ever written by
an octogeuarian dated June l."
, 1876-09-03

Government officials have discovered that the
Hawaiian treaty is unconstitutional, as it affords
a preference to the Westernslope, in contraVen'
tion of the statute in that case made aud pro
ui1a5
, 1876-09-03

Dom PEDRo's effort to induce the Mennonites
to settle in Brazil bids fsir to prove abortiEe.
The Russians have concluded they cannot stand
the climate.
, 1876-09-03

The British ship Victoria had lively tins
recently on the Bonny River, South Africa. Tho
colored men fired into the steamer, and, had It
not been for her celebrity in getting out, would
have sunk her,
, 1876-09-03

At tho Now York Exchange on Saturday
the dollar greenback represented 91@914
cents in gold.
, 1876-09-03

Miss ANNE BREWSTER has discovered that Tho
people Of Abyssinia are remnant Of the lost
tribe Of Israel. She accounts for the deepened
color, but fails to explain the shape Of the nose.
, 1876-09-03

Out in Nevada some fellows killed the wrong
man. They went to his wife and apoloslzed'
and she accepted with the explanation that ~
cidents would happen in spite Of all precaa'
ffOna
, 1876-09-03

tns o cago produce markets wele moder-
a'e's ac4'e Saturday, and breadstutfs were
n1"' "aue provisions were weak. Mess pork
closed 81 1e :0c per brl lower, at SIS. .50@15.5 55
casn ano 80 .55@15.57 for October. Lard
closed 11*'e per 100 lbs1ower, at 10. 20 cash
4nd 9s'ooei 524 for October. Meats were
stesoae1' *s tc for boxed shoalders, Ste for
, 1876-09-03

The Troy {S. ~ Pres has discovered thss
"The story Of the stealing Of CHARLEY Ross
has been heralded all over the country"
, 1876-09-03

SDEpESDExT ORDER OF FoRRESTERs7Menn: n,
noted to meet At their hall is South Hals,ed.st TO-
day O'Clock to sttend the funeral Of on deceasea
nil Bv ordcF II. SEAT0S, Secretary.
, 1876-09-03

HEsPERIA LODGE, No. III. A.. F. and 4. NJ
Special Communication Sunday afternoon At o'cock
to arrange for the funeral Of our deGea:ed nfolhe
Epbert Stacy Bard. CHA6. II. BIsENAN. W. ii.
CHAS F. FORESTER, Sec.
, 1876-09-03
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

CHICAGO coMMASDEEY. 10: u, KT.-Attcn" .-tttcn
t1on Eif kntEht1-Stated C0ncavc Monday evening"
Sent T. at =: 81 for business and work the X. I.
otder Visiting Sir Knights courteously invited" ~
A~~' - CHAS J. TROWBR1DGE, Recorder.
, 1876-09-03

APOLLO coMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMLAR.
Stated Asser}ly in CoucAye Asylum IS Mouroe-st-
Tuesday evening, Sept S. At y O'Clock
The New York herald., 1876-03-08

scHR AsBE coRsox from cardenas for New York with
cargo Of put into Key WeSt 7th inst leaking DaaJ
Win discharge
scHR WHICH, before reported ashore at Nanshon, was got
of Saturday towed TO New Bedford by seamtng Nellie
She will be pumped aud taken on the railway a. fsh
Island.
ScHK SILVER DART sold aueon at New London otn
BY United States Marshal Carl Nathaniel Hopkins OF
froyineetovn, Tor the sum OF 81 .0sj.
ScHR BorrIK WELLS from ST Marys. Ca at Philadelphia
March - reports Feb "a Ia lat 40 lon az 30 experienced
severe gale from the North started head rail- opened
water way lost 10000 feet of lumber damaged AL sinA
stores she continued making water arrival.
The arbtratos in the OF the bark Else Esehrcht
er from Jamaica for the Baltic which taken into
bernnda Feb IA alter being aground Long Bar nave
NEw LoSDos. March 6-The schr Sequn has been taken
near the shore below DavOns wharf where she will be
pumped out and discharged OF her cargo Of coal.
SAN FRAscIsco. Feb 26-Bark Ieonium. Capt Malgrum,
has put back TO Puget Sound with 10 feet Of IN
her hold The vessel loaded Port BAkey. There is nm
insurance the vessel for $1,000 and the Is fully in
sured.
DISASTERS IN DEcEMBER-The direction Of the Bureau
Nerita has just published the following statistics Of mari
time disasters reported during the month OF December
1919 concerning all Sailing vessels reported lostfS
English, II AmericAn IL French % German. Greek.
Dutch. Russian, Norwegian Danish Italian, span
Total $50 In this included vessels reported
missing Steamers reported lost English German,
American Spanish Frcach, Dutch. Total, H. In this
number Is in luded steamer reported missing
SnIrBUILDISG-1he bark OF $50 tons building At
kinson Fillmores yard Ncwburyport will be launched in
May She will be called Haydn Brown honor
tor from that district, who is Of the principal
The New York herald., 1876-03-08
EDWARD ]. HALL.

The examination into the OF Edward J. Hall was
resumed yesterday before Judge Morgan at the WASH
ingon Place Police Court Mr. Jareslauski tho clerk
had written out afdAvt for Mr. O'Connor sign
but even after consulting with his lawyer he refused
anix hts name stating that he did not know anything
about Mr. Perry Mr.. Orvs nor what they had to
say Major Cooney then Informed Mr.. O'Connor that,
under instructions from the Judge he would
be locked up ior contempt of Court unless the
affidavit was signed. Mr.. OConnor refused, and the
whole party then before the Judge in the court
room Mr. oConnor there said that he would prefer an
examination, his answers being put down as he gave
them. He then testified 10 the loss OF the bonds, as
reported in yesterdays HERALD, but added that on
leaving the Safe Deposit Company, he called at store
to purchase lock TO pot a trunk He then went TO
a grocery store in Yesey street, and while he
was purchasing goods at the counter respectable
10 okng young man said TO him. ''You have dropped
something" Mr. OConnOr lookedton the floor, and on
looking up again missed his bonds and also found that
the Young man had away. In regard the bond,
he that he believed his had been erased by
chemical process. Ou nailon he said
that he bought the bonds in 1871 about year
the robbery, from Mr. Nelson. of No. 20 Broad
way, and then took them to the Deposit Company He
s~orc positively that the prisoner Hall was not the
man who stole the bonds
John A. Hilton, Secretary OF tho Hannibal and st.
Joseph Railroad Company. stated that he mad ex-
amined the books OF the company and found that Mr..
OConnor credited with forty nine ST. QUO and two
$500 bonds, the numbers of which tailed with those
IN the complaint The bond IN question, No. 34Sl,
one OF the bonds registered. There were two
kinds OF bonds, callod regisler aud bearer bonds;
the bearer bonds became registered bonds by the sig
nature the back. The bond question, No. 34S4,
was not registered bond Its face but was so on
the books OF the company.
Mr. George W. Perry next called but was not
examined Mr. Perry Is the man who innoceLtly ad-
vanced tho $500 To Hall the bond, believing TO be
good.
The counsel for Hail. OK Assistant United States Dis
rlct Attorney A. IL Purdy made brief address,
stating that the charge OF larceny entirely done
away with and he would ask that his client bc ad-
united to bail pending further examination, and thus
giving opportunity for the defence. The Court
liked the bail at 81 OO0 in default OF which Hall was
sent to the Iombs
The New York herald., 1876-03-08
MARITIME MISCELLANY

Sur Rosa BoSHEuR CBr from Pensacola for Liverpool
which grounded Pensacola Bar March . remained ony
hours, when she hauled Oh without serious dam
nge.
BARK ExANUEL (swe), from Bull River for London put
into Savannah 7th inst leaky.
BRiG OsALAsKA from Lcghorn Tor Philadelphia. dragged
her anchors Gibraltar Feb l3 and touched the
examined her bottom and found the main keel split
recommend tnat her be discharged and the
vessel repaired.
BRIG B NIcEERsoS (Bn. Norris days from Halifax,
Ms for jamaica struck the rocks Bermuda night oi feb
"a and became total wreck large portion OF her cargo
OF hsh &c saved
BEIG Consul PLArEN (Ger) Pauley, from Antwerp
Dee ~ or Boston, put into Bermuda March With damage
TO rudder. &c.
BHc a CooSAS (Br). Adair, from Wilmington. Nc Feb
III with urpentine aud London experienced feb
l5 hurricane NV. which caused the vessel 10 sran
and leak badly sails &c. On the 2ls she
rived Murruv anchorage Bermuda and there being no
available aud the dock yard boats being under repair
she could obtain On the night OF Rue ia
heavy n Ia which the vessel parted one chain aud
dragged within 10 yards OF the main land Towards
evening the captain aud pilot deserted the brig but
the returned with another pilot and mon from
the shore, the following afternoon the wind mode
rated aud she taken FROM her perilous position
Rae 1lIRAM AnIrf from Cardenas for New York with
sugar pvt Into Key Wesf 7th inst leaking badly.
The New York herald., 1876-03-08
CLEARED.

Steamer Nevada CB, Jones, Liverpool via Queenstown
Williams Guion.
Steamer Columbus. Reed. Hayana-wm p Clyde L Co
Steamer Magnolia, Daggett Savannah-MuTray. Ferris
Co.
Steamer Richmond Kelly. Norfolk City Point and Rich
mond-Old Dominion steamship &c.
Steamer Garrett Hicks Baltimore via South Amboy
w DalEelL
steamer Tybee Kuehl. Philadelphia-Jas Hand
Steamer Neptune, Bearse, Boston--lI Dimock
Bark Lyman. Pnkham, AMOR Tor orders-J II Win
chester Go.
bark Christina Cswc). Larsen. Riga-Bockmann, oern
A Co.
Bark Josie Mildred. Ginn Caibarien-James 4 Ward 4
Co.
Ba-k Thomas Brooks. Waugh. 81 Jago-waydelI 4 Co.
Brig Para Brl. Reeves, Cork Falmouth orders
Biak eslee 4 Caidweil
brig Speed (Bri, Larkin evideo-Brett, Son Co
Brig spring Bird tBr) lasseli, Rio Jancrorhos Norton
4 Co.
Brig IIyperian. Clark. MatanEas-Brctt. Son & Co
Schr IisLe Dewey, Davis. Oporto-J Amsnck 4 Co.
Sehr Lotta Bell Hamilton, Fort au Platta-A Nones
Co
schr Gcrtic NerrOw, Neader Kingston, Ja-A II Solo
mon 4 Co.
orre Drisko. DriskO, Georgetown Dem-Loayerait
4 Co
Schr Abbie. Oakes, st Johns. PRS Michelena
Schr Race Horse Miller, Baracoa-B J Weinberg X Co.
Schr Annie l. Palmer. Lewis, Baracos-Isaac Staples
Schr James Warren Drisko. st Augustine, fa-Bentey,
Gilderseeve 4 Go.
schr Geo X vreeand, Van Cloaf Bstimore-wm Chal-
schr Ida Della Tore, Chase, New Acknowledgment
Wood.