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No. aD Wsbasa assaus. thrcd.stoty, anl 1ass:
tncat MaFh1s froUs dwelling, On which there
IL An t0cunlbgAnce Of stous $l5,0 Equity
NGrtbaa.t coiner f>rcsci b,aisyafti I'D fifiY.
hesk htt4ett Lot 10 Ana Nest las sest Of Lot
b Ia Hlock 8. Drs1ra Gulth's 8u6dlTtstons
Farm. combining il arrcs. ID Marion County.
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To Rasnta-achrs Gibraltar AMI Lincoln, whrtt and
corn on .. /. TO saRinaw--*ehE L0ns Star. coin
on .. l. In tho afternoon thu ". Burt faf corn 10
l,nffalo At 3Ac. md u. 4. Wells for 20, 000 bu
wheat to do at Axe.
LnH1hcr charters were nadd yesterday At - pcf
nj from Mnakcgon to Chicago, And ptopottlohatc
Iates from other rofts.
, 1877-11-13

During the month OF October. las vessels. carry
Ing l,c57 men. md representing tonnage of
gcls, carrying l, 4G3 men. and representing ton-
nnGc Of I'll, H:.o. cleared. At Saginaw. 03 vessels
with 610 mon, and representing d tonnnuu Ut
~, h77, cnterrt. md ~ ycAsels. carrying 50 men.
md representing Q tonnage Of q, III. cleoted.
, 1877-11-13

ot1iceE Jameson, who keeps t!dnGs qutet around
tho lumber market, and ncvos neglccts his duty,
has returned to Ills poat again after nbscnce OF
three weeks, cduscd b3 the sickness and death ct
lis good wife, who was With him for seventeen
years. Ne has tho sympathy Of many friends in
his rad and unexpected bereavement.
, 1877-11-13

several Of tho lumber -1u{geh "laid OF thelt
siothes" yesterday, preparatory To laying up for
1ae ~intse, and u soon u their eAryues ass dEs.
eaa1Rsd tasy Will 20 into winter Qu.stsss. They
~ ~ MincsEs, Il Tempo, Racine. Eysltns. and
:. y. Tracy. More will follow soon. Tho late
kales gAse Ill the old craft auYe1s shaking up,
aaa tore thsir badly worn out canvas 10 pieces, 10
as xs :: deemed best 70 lay thea up. especially sn
LEV q &he fseA that ther o9aess hsvs not sealtxa4
'as1a Tor trip Or txu before the winter comes.
, 1877-11-13

The Michigan Salt Association have shipped this
season, IN 10 Oct. aG, Oil, 0to hris nf stlt. anl
expect to move a largp quantity jet bcfor. navl.
gatson closes. There arc sixty-stvcn arms en-.
gagged In Tho manufacture Of salt In TINT State. Of
WHICH Gfty-thtoa arc, IN The Aesociation, ihslr
falt pruduct this season is estimated At ab5nt
l, tGQ, 600 bfls.
, 1877-11-13

On Thur1iAy tho mAEine Insurance companies
engaged In buslncss hero will probably adopt tho
schedule Of 1875 on grn!n cargo risks. Those
rates arc \ Der cent on sat and senm 10 Buffalo,
=. Is to sarnta. .. Th 10 Oswcgo, to Ugdensburg,
and 8. 10 to MuptFeaI.
, 1877-11-13

Sntrtaf heiHtlch 10 The Calta1o Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nor. 1e.-Tkc schf Lotus
was to-day libclcd for 30. 900 by the ownors OF tho
scow Milton, run down by tho Lotus.
The prop City OF concord arrived to-day, leaking
badly. with atcam- pump working. She will repair
ut tlr Dir. .dock here.
Charlcts: To Orwcro. schr Riverside. Amert-
ean, 81, 0oo bn wheat at SIC.
, 1877-11-13
EIltE.

!gpstidi MsDaleA to 7h4 Chicago Tribune.
Eh1E, ra., Nov. Il. o.-Arnyats-prop 1ndia. chi
cagn; schrs Enterprise, 1tarvcst Queen, buffalo,
Dcpartures-rrup Japan. Chicago; PROB lndis.
nufIalo; schr Thomas 4. Scott, Ch'cago; tehss
iska tanrf3pr.
, 1877-11-13

PORT HURON.
6p.tfo. Nspaseh 10 1ht Chicago Tribune.
Fanr 1funoS. Mleh.. Nov. 1e.-nown-rrops
ST. Louis. 81. ranl. Wavcriy. Empire State, En-
terprise, TempesL and harzes, r. Chamber11h md
con,nrt; schrs Ida Keith, jtasea, Montmorcncy.
Ccrrltt Smith. Champion, Mary Copc1y. II. j.
All. MonteA'n,. II. c. Winsiov, john II. IIulchin-
son. r. i. nunfor,l.
Cp-rrops Philadelphia 'nean Richmond, 1yisaa-
hickoh. md Annie 6hcr,t6od: sehfa z. q. breed,
Eagle Wing, sophia MitseNf J. u. Wilbut, 14tnes
C. Harrison, r. N. Portch. John Prics.
Wild-aouthwcst, gentle. Weather dns.
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UUFFHT.0. y
DurrAto, Nov. 12*-coal fretshts steady Al
81 90 per ton to Ch!cag9h''
Cbnsters-sehrs l.. W. .rtssy. eoat TO Milwaukee
a! 81 90 pes ton; schr Thqhas Perry. con, to Dc.
tto,t to aoc; stcsm;naret ;msnIa, eos! e Wind.
Clearance rror ltavaha! roo tons coal, clsve.
land: Wtnstow md lnHSek. 600 nrls salt;
loanoke. 20 bris salt; Jay.. f:h!eaRo; To'eao,
tons coal; reshlieo. 400 4'trs coal. Sweetheart,
1000 ton. coal. Il. Ws:sa1o. l,ao0 tons eoai.
Chicago; Helena, Cleveland: ii. u. Norris 1.ooo
tons coal, Milwaukee, ia,
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EssltaA.ed value: :.,...... ................ oAH III
tAx cestlncatsA c!alg.s " eaxss s4xanccd np,
BE- mVra than balanced by ar1rais vi lAxes Of.
on pesttoA& Ut real ektkte owned eYth4 eAnk.
secured osp, -. 7sl -
u. u. BpenGes'B nntrt tfur....,.......t61a,4 as
J.. u. GatIusF'x nUtrs fut discharged
In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
u. I. H1ytpn'a note for. t1NN
ALFRED Sptukx nutes tot Abont... -. h.u&
clsns"s,, ..,.....,,..,,.,,,,,,,,,,, aS2iQ
, 1877-11-13
THE GREAT WEST RELEASED.

THE GREAT WEST RELEASED.
Tho tug Protection, with Tho schr Jcan!s Lind ~
a'tghter, and steam pump, won't to tho Ec5tof OF
tho bark 0FeAt West, on Hyde Park Reel, yesterday
forenoon, and, aftcs taking OF portion Of what
fsmsnad Of hsF dsck load Of lumber, sho Aoatel
easily, and Wa hauled OF u soou ~ ths rrotec.
ton took bold ot her. She was towed to shlA port
A. a9d n,ooscd at tha io9s Of NStth franklin street.
wafer, Pig yss listed over to lie stalboArd. and
~ hnla 4 5p!1 ~ o! TAter Ths lumber, Of which
Her canvas y nearly I'll gone, aud her bottom tias
9efshea soRas at9m contact with tho rocks;
locked md pumped ons before tho cargo in her
quites some extensive repairs 70 ht her for aerslco
again. There wure ninc feet of water on thu rpef
whctc tho stsReis bow roated, ns ahnNn by eol,nl.
inTs !skea eg Capl nifxs During y:.tsri.y lis
male cook, - depicted in TMa rwt1Ias, wsrs tho
.ao|cet Of much ta!4 In usastne erclce. Il sppears
that the tuy pfotcctiup ran out on t.a luke fot q
distance Of fifteen mlea In search Of Capt, Nelson,
md did not return untIl evening, whcn II was too
late 10 search further Oh account OF darkness. 4
soa Of Cspt. Nelson was on shs tug ~ tho time.
, 1877-11-13

AtEltANE FNEAHl4I 1kAIESs
Following Il an exhibit OF the ayafa2o freight
fates from Chicago To bu6ato By lake for the month
Of 0etabss, and ths average on tho sans cereals
from Ha6slo 70 New York by canal FOE the past
tap yeAtp
, 1877-11-13
PORT COr,11onSE.

DuTFALo, Nov. 12.-Vcsecls ptsslng Port COL
borne lock for twenty-f0nr hours cndfnY at q
n't1bck on the 9Th:
Eastward Props Milwaukee, Toledo 10 Ogdcns.
burg: City Of Toledo. Chicago to ogtcn.burg.
Wcstwarl-rrbps 81. Albart. Ocdonthnr~ TO
Chicago; Atmn Monroe. Montreal to Fort Stanley:
bnrks II. h. Moorc. Charlotte 10 Tojcao: Mystic
hta. to Tolcdo: bnrge r. Church. Drdenshnrg 10
Chicago: .tNrs Nh1dius Star, Uswcgo 10 Detroit;
Prince Alfred, Eipsaton 10 Toledo; Ltucoln Dali,
UAXeso to Chicago.
, 1877-11-13
h1cylCilER'S THEATRE.

The performances daring tie entire week arc for the
bcneli Of tho
P0LICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
Mon1ny. Tutsaay. and Wednesday nights. the cele-
s!asA t'tc4; e SEl4Is rAMIH AZ r the
~hlcl! t:nanI isecd and Nike jsa<:ings Will give s
Nrss i WIN -LiiLISS. ~. "r W6sHS's tAsr LOVE,
will be rss,dutrd In usua style of cxcclieucc. and
tF 4 nf1.rn fnI rnAt
, 1877-11-13
MARINE NEWS.
nnmors fhat the Schooner Sylvester
Seelon 1fas Gone Down with
All on Donrd.
Il l. Thought that fhe Collided with
tho Magellan.
y,risas fatls and Circumstances Surrounding
tds Disaster at TIVE Rlstrs.
Release OF the Great west--
Cargo, Insurance, Etc.

THE TWO RIVERS DISASTER.
Much conjecture whs indul1cd III yes'trday
,nput vessel men regarding the manner In which
tbc .enr Magellan ana her entire crew vera lost,
md rumors wore sife that shs Ind co,tlcd wsth
he Canadian schr Sylvester Nee1on. snt the latter
had also went down with her crew. The belief of
sou,e that arch was the cAst WIS strengthened by
Tho fael that nothtna had been heard Of the Ncelon
ppce phe left this port on tho morning Of the 15th
init, ID company with the Magellan, Mnry Mcr-
lit, Oliver Mowatt, william Home. md Jamc"
Couch. The Mowatt and tho Homo have
rucs pissed Fort Huron md the
Srclon has had ample tlrho 10 do 30. Ar. Matoy.
WHO attended to Tho eharte!lng Of tlc Maesllan
,a at e ,s% e as
sboyc iacts, nnd he thought that IL wns alrangc
!hat If The Was iii right he did mol hear from hcr
iarlaIn. The following dispatch "a' received yea
w PA po.er nt cns q Ss
H. 81 1 ~ / IT,
| E ys o"a IT, s, sssissf bsn :so
n % aass Ta 81 &c i s:!s
The .heory ths! q collision ha. eccnr.ed seems
osna 'fsi On as beach ndeatcs Le eorreecss d a
There ars two Canadian sehooners bearing ,he
name Of Mellon. one having sxlvcstc. prcaxed tc.
icrr i, and tho other q. n: Tho Sylvester Nee
built hy l.. shick'una-who also bnltt tho Magcl.
ian--In 1874. IA owned by Mr.. scarth and ol,er.,
e. Y ct III ri Pa sae a o. 5"
oi yc,, valued IL 81. o;o. eon.lened to Mcs.rs.
0oodethan, = Wos... Of Toronto. the same gentle.
Was consigned. capt. Lyons commanded llcs.
md he had crew Of tcycn imen, There was but
Nesoa aea oay s Of ec Co., n
ihcr measurement, Tho futmcr being no tons
burden. 10th rsro . now en- ssra1E ycs:e!s and i
, 1877-02-11
SUNDAY PAGES

has been Ss13, 1874 26-less than one-twen:
tieth Of its cost. In 1875 the tolls received
from this canal were ST., 900 and its expenses
S125,00O. These are not the only unprotta-
ble Waterways in the State. In fact, the
enormous profits of the Erie, Oswego, and
Champlain Canals have been swallowed up
in the losses on the others, so that the peo-
pie of New York are in no wise benefited by
the tolls exacted on the profitable canals,
while they are thereby deprived Of the bene-
fits for which the canals were designed.
There is no doubt that it would be na-
tional blessing to have the Erie Canal
opened as great public highway, free to
all, ard this could only be permanently &C.
cured by its formal transfer to the National
Government The people Of New York can
afford to make such trnnsfer without
money and without price, since they will be
the chief beneiciaries Of the freedom thus
attained. As it is now, their business is
burdened and depressed by the tolls which
are exacted, aud yet these tolls do not in the
least diminish their public taxation They
have, therefore, everything to gain and
nothing to lose by the proposed transfer.
The only difference is that they will directly
assume debt which they will be obliged to
pay sooner or later in any event; but in the
meatime their business will have been suf6-
GENTLY benefited to enable them to discharge
the debt without feeling it.
, 1877-02-11

A Washington dispatch says that the
democrats openly threaten to break up the
Commission: They say they are deceived as
tothe operation Of the law creating it. +" *' De-
ceivcd!" Bosh! They knew what they were
doing then just as well as they do now. #
they have case that will not bear the tests
and strains Of investigation before the Arbi-
tration Board, who is to blame? Certainly
not the Republicans. To undertaketo break
up the Commission becadse its decisions do
not harmonize with the hopes aud wishes
Of the Confederates in Congress would be
the mistake of their lives. It is inst what
the ultra -partisans on the other side would
like to have them do. Neither party can
commit such blunder and go before the
country for justification. The side that
breaks up the Commission will be broken up
BY the people. Desperate as partisans are,
they cannot play fast and loose, heads I win,
tails you lose, in any such way.
, 1877-02-11

Tho action of the House upon receipt OF
the award of the Electoral Commission yes
terday, although not in accord with the
spirit and intent Of the Electoral bill, is in
keeping with the spirit manifested by the
Democratic party in the Southern States
during the late election. In voting for re-
cess, instead Of acting promptly on the re-
port Of the Arbitrators, one day, at least, is
lost to the latter body, which fact
was probably foreseen and calcu-
lated upon by the obstructionist ma
jority in the House. The decision Of the
Commission is now, however, beyond revo-
cation so far rs Florida is concerned, and
further unnecessary delay on the part Of the
Democrats in recognizing this fact will show
to the country that that party is disposed to
shirk the responsibility and evade the conse-
quences arising from the natural working Of
the solemn compact to which they have al
most unanimously subscribed.
, 1877-02-11

Tuesdays Mardi-Gras festival at New Or.
leans bids fair to limp some. Among the
prominent and pleasant features of the dis.
play heretofore have been the music of the
national bands and the turning out Of the
soldiers as Turks aud other things: But the
officers hare arisen in indignation, with
drawn permission to use the bands, and
ordered the soldiers into the barracks. The
trouble arose Thursday night, when the
Knights Of Momus gave their annual shin
dig. President GRAFT was represented as q
boss devil, aud Gems. SHERIDAN, SEER
MAN, and others of note, as jour
neymen imps, In order to soothe
the anger Of the officers, and SECURE tho
music and military, a committee waited upon
the officers and begged the revocation of the
order shutting up these adjuncts. This was
declined with thanks, unless the discriminate
ing ass who calls himself Rex shall disclaim
publicly any connection with the insult. As
Rex is popularity supposed to be identified
with a policy-shop, it is doubted if he will
complicate his business interests by losing
the trade Of his fe1iow-knights. Instead Of
being six Of one to half-n-dozen of another,
it is severnl bands and more soldiers to f.
lift,
, 1877-02-11

Chlcf-Justice CuU8cH, OF the New Yorl
High Court of Appeals, expresses the opin.
ion that neither Congress nor any Commis.
sion created by it can 60 behind the prop.
erly-authenticated Electoral vote of State.
He is positive ir the opinion that Congress
has no such power, as the selection of Elect
OTIS is exclusively State matter,-a right
conferred on the States By the National Con
stitution. In alluding to the case of Louisi-
ana, he takes the position that
:1he Constitution gives to every State exclusive
control over the manner OF clecting or appointing
PRESIDENTIAL Ecctors. II Louisiana las seen 1T to
create Returning Board invested with authority
to declare who is elected 10 Office in thar state
ana such Returning Board has acted In pursuance
OF law, there Is no power in Congress. O. in anv
other body outside OF Louisiana, to 90 behind f,s
action.
Judge CHURCH is Democrat, one of tha
stnctest Of the sect, and before going on the
Bench was great leader of his party. In
regard to the Oregon case, Judge CHURCH
has also expressed his opinion quite as freely
and decidedly as he did against the power Of
Congress to override the rights of the States
IN appointing Electors. He is reported as
saying that :.
The Governor Of Oregon had giyen certificates tn
two Republican Electors and one Democratic
Elector- With reference to the Democratic Elect
or. CnoS1N, he had no right, according to the de-
cisions Of the Courts Of New York or OF Oregon to
certificate at ALL Nafving that, and granting the
Governors right to give him certificate after the
certificates were given the functions and duties OF
The governor OF Oregon ended. It now remains
, 1877-02-11

It appears that the two Republicans met to cast
their Electoral votes, aud, CRos1s being absent,
they proceeded to fill 4 vacancy. CRoNIs, on the
other hand. met by himself. and, the Republicans
being absent, he proceeded to fill two vacancies.
''Now," eaid the Chief-Justice. "thcre cannot
be any question as to which Of these two Electoral
Colleges will have its votes recognized, or which
ought to be recognized. Had CnoS1S remained with
hts. two Republican colleagues and insisted upon
casting his vote for T1LpEs, the case might hare
been more complicated, hut he did not remain, and
there is where he aIippcd.''
These views accord perfectly with those OF
every sound and discriminating lawyer in the
United States, although many, from party a1-
legiance aud partisan motives, may not feel
at liberty to state publicly their actual or
private opinion.
, 1877-02-11

E1-Goy- SEYMOUR, of New York, expresses
the opinion that the Democrats in Congress
''made great mistake in supporting and
urging the scheme for IN arbitration" His
reasons are based on the low grounds of n
politician viewing the matter from the
standpoint of partisan advantage But he is
quite right in saying that "T1e Democratic
party, by consenting to the Commission and
advocating it, have closed their mouths in
case tie decision goes against them, and will
have no grievance with which to go to the
country four years hence" Yet it is a fact
TINT Gov. SEYMOUR never opened his head
against the proposition of submitting the
Presidential ,mudd1e to a Board of Arbitra~
ton until he discovered how weak case his
party friends had, md that it would not hold
water. Then it was that he began to utter
regrets, and to wish that the party had stuck
to the bulldozing programme, and tried to
carry things by force and violence, count
in T1DES anyhow, and risk the conse-
quences. But it is too late now for such re-
pinings and remorse
, 1877-02-11

| and yet We have entered upon the sec
ond century of our national existence with
the most inferior and rotten system Of civil
service outside Of Turkey. Men are selected
to fill Offices because they are not tit or able
to make living in anything else. They are
machine~men, used Us tools of other and
more powerful machine-men, toadies and
hangers-on Of certain powerful leaders,
bummers, 1oafers, and vagrnnts. Under the
operations of this wretched system there are
today sixty Or seventy thousand heads of
families in this country who arc liable to
be hustled out Of Office perhaps in few
weeks. They are men who have now been
in office long enough to have learned their
trade and given satisfaction to the business
community and general public, and the pub
lie business runs smoothly and quietly. And
yet the very bread of life Of these thousands
of men depends upon the hazard Of die,
upon the turn Of q card, upon the way one
bypercritical Judge may decide hyper
critical, technical question. If he decides
one way, they remain in; if he de-
cides another, out they oil 60,
from highest to lowest, and their
places arc filled with hungry,
greedy, hnlf-starycd mob, with tigerish
instincts, knowing nothing of their business
and caring nothing for it, wanting their
places only that they may make money, lead
an easy, lazy life, and boast themselves of
consequence among their loss fortunate fel-
lows. # an election only changed the heads
of departments, as it does in England,
France, and other European Governments,
it would take away the deadly animosities Of
our system Of politics. 1t would prove q
remedy for the popular debasement and cor
ruption. Our National Government would
no longer have to bear the disgrace Of the
developments that have been made in the |
Of the past year. The settle
ment of this question is the most important
work Of our statesmen for the future. The |
situation grows worse every four years, and |
the country cannot endure this continual !
strain much longer. There is no hope for
IN end to political confusion and corruption
except in reform Of the civil-seryice system,
aud the sooner that reform is commenced |
the better it will be for the future welfare
md prosperity of the whole country.
, 1877-02-11

for short-clears. Highwines we're quoted at
$Lo5 per gallon Flour was in better de-
mand and firm. Wheat closed 4c lower, at
S1.30a cash and $l.31t for March. Corn
closed ac lower, at 4l4c cash and 454c for
March. Oats closed easy, at 353c cash and
3S5c for May. Rye was quoted at Zoe. Bar
ley was quoted at Gee for February and colo
for March. Hogs were dull md shade
lower, at $5.75@o.5o for poor to choice.
Cattle were quiet and steady, at $3.00@G.0 90,
and sheep unchanged, at $300@5.25. One
hundred dollars in gold would buy $1o5. rs
in greenbacks at the close.
, 1877-02-11
0UR CIVIL SERVICE.

The uncertainty pending the ultimate de-
cis1on Of the Court of Arbitration on the
Electoral vote has both its humorous and
serious sides. Sixty thousand officeholders
are hanging to one rope, and ten times sixty
thousand, who want office, are holding des-
perately to another. One strand Of the lat~
ter rope has already given away in the loss Of
Florida, but the ten times sixty thousand
hold on as if it were life-and-death matter.
The sixty thousand are holding on for pres
ent bread and butter, and the ten times sixty
thousand for prospective bread and butter.
The sixty thousand are made up of the Post
masters, Collectors, and Inspectors, who, at
the head of their army of employees, hayo
fought, bled, and died for their party. The
ten times sixty Thousand are motley gang
OF lazy rid-raff, who want places where they
can make money without working for it,
led by the FERNANDO WOODS and DAVID
DUDLEY FIELDS, corruptionists of the worst
description, and by the Gen. BouNs, like
CoRsE and CAMERON, who were ready to
march to their post-oftices up to their knees
in the "goah Of "wah." As the time for
@no o4tHAet uec1hlon dra#s nearer, rs day
succeeds day, they hing on all the tighter,
and their anxiety and agony grow more and
more 1udicrous- It is absolute cruelty TO
anlmals-this torture of suspense. Sixty
Thousand men are travelling about with IN
uneasy feeling in their necks, rs if their heads
might go into basket any day, while the
ten times sixty thousand watch their bread
and butter alternately appear and disappear
with tantallzing but cheerful regularity.
There is serious side to this business,
It brings out in still sharper relief the incon-
sistencies, cor1uptions, and abuses OF cur
miserable ciyi-serVice system. We have
country next greatest to Russia, greater than
Russia in its strength and material resources,
aud greatest Of Ill countries in its future,