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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 17, 1878-SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 REAL ESTATE. PARIS. CITY AFFAIRS.

faee Loa, ()ore 1111(1- said r- If rt rttr the tear( Catscs that Are Stimulating the Demand for Real Estate. A Farewell Benefit at the Thea tre Francais. Thy Efficiency of the Fire Department Not to Be Affected. Activity in Rents---The Principal Leases Miele Last Week. Bressant Retires from the Cemedie After Twentythree Years' Service.

1 Some Nore Policemen Dropped-- Slaughter Of the The Silver Law, Eastern Capital. ists, and Chicago Loans. A Wonderful Frogramme, hcluding Sara Cernhardt and Alounet-Sully in Othello Soule Anecdotes of Crenant. rovr Large a Proportion of Chicago naal Listate Is Literary and Artistic GossipThe Coming SalonNew BooksNew FlaysMusical. New Building ProjectSales, Loans, and Building Permits.

able tales are told of bispranks at the Gymnase. One day, Lesueur was oil the stage, attired, a la Louis in stockings, and buckle-shoes. During ()need the scenes he bad to stand at the back of the stage, listening to some speech that was being made him. Bressant watched him from behind the scenes and, while Ms attention was diverted, took a long iron rod, with a book at the end. which he quickly thrust through a crack in the canvas anti fastened in Lesueues that.

when he wanted to make his exit, for a long while he couldn't move. All his suppressed entreaties were was at last, to Ea he was obliged to take oit his shoe With what dignity he could, and retire from the scene bare-footed. A.iother favorite trick of Bressant's (if Landrol, of the Gyinnase, is to be trusted) was to trip actors up with his foot just when ttev were eoin2: on the stage. One night he tried the joke on Lesueur, who. to the astouisliment of the audience, as you may suppose, tumbled im when his time came, swearing audibly.

ne best of the thing Is, that, in spite of his facetious tastes, Bressaut has been always looked upon as the very model of cold, correct elegance. We are beginning to look forward to the Salon already, which promises this year to be very interesting. Amongst the chief pictures will be. if report speaks truth, a Napoleon in Egypt," by Detaille a "Louis XIV. Receiving Conde," by tieroine (who was a defaulter last year); a 'Magdalen.

by M. Benner, tue painter of the John the Baptist in the 1617 Salon; and another picture of a scene in the Franco-Prussian war, by M. de Neuville, "The Capture of the Church- of Le Boursret." The second volume of Victor Hugo's History of a Crime" persists in not eoindie forward. First it was promised tor the 2d of December, then for the 15th of January, and again for the tld of March (to-morrolv); but, on was told to-night that the real time of its appearance is still doubtful. The latest hits" in the book-market have been M.

Victor Tissot's Vienne et la Vie light, chatty account of a stay In the Austrian Capital; Ad. Belot's Vends Noire," and a curious book book bearing the suggestive title of Les Mille et Une Nuit's Matrimoniales," by AL Quatrelles. A new play with a political moral, by Sardou, Is being produced to-night at the Vaudeville. At the Renaissance. Lecoeq's "Petit Due" draws crowded houses nightly.

Prince Rudolph, of Austria, has taken a box for this evening's representation; and LI. It. II. Albert Edward of Wales and his brother the Duke of Connaught will pay the theatre a visit to-morrow. he programme at Sunday's Conservatoire concert included Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and the music to Mendelsslion's Midsummer-Night's Dream." We are to have a novelty in the s'aape of Niel Gade's "Erl-King's Daughter at the Chatelet concert on Sunday next, and, on the same day, M.

Pasdeloup will give us Liszt's "Tasso music at the Cirque. With all this (and much besides) to look forward to, we should be difficult to satisfy if we complained. MARY ST. MICIIICI to the Rev. Galusha Anderson, President of the Chicago University.

The advance of rents on State street is shown by the increased rental obtained by W. E. Hale from the upper floors of his building at State and Washington The leases of the fourth and fifth floors, made Eve years ago, when business was at its nest, have been renewed at a total advance for the two floors of 82,500 a year. LOANS. Time enough has now passed to tell what effect has been produced upon the minds of capitalists by the Silver law.

Wright Tyrrell, in answer to inquiries, stated that of all their Principals only two had mentioned the subject. (inc had expressed his fears that his loan would be repaid in depreciated silver when it fell due, whereupon the mortgager had offered to pay now in legal-tenders. This oiler to anticipate the date of maturity was accepted. The debtor paid up, and had the satisfaction of treeing his property from ineurnbrance, and the lender received his money back, principal and interest, in good and lawful money. Only one person had asked to have the loan he offered MADE PAYABLE IN GOLD, and these terms bad been readily accepted by the borrower.

Not a sinzie capitalist had withdrawn from Chicago. Other loan agencies re, port substantially to the same effect, and it Ls evident that the predictions made by the Eastern press, that Eastern lose confidence in Western mortgages, were as wide of the mark as their prophecies about the price of gold. In the real-estate loan market the market is still drooping, borrowers are scarce, and loan-agents have but little to do, spending their leisure moments in gathering up the fragments of business that passed through their hands in the palmy days before the panic. Where the borrower is not in a position to settle, capitalists renew the loan at low rates in preference to loading themselves down with real estate. The prospects of any immediate improvement are not encouraging.

There are no heavy speculations that require assistance to tide them over a dull season. The only cheering feature is the continued Increase in the proportion of payments to new liabilities. Money is coming in much faster than it is going out, and the mortgage indebtedness of the city is being rapidly reduced. The following were the IMPORTANT TRANSACTIONS of the past week: Northeast corner of Paulina and Indiana streets 121YLx144 feet. $16,000, live years at 7 per cent.

Archer avenue, 25 feet front, running through to Elgin street, northeast corner of Twenty-second street, $7,500, live years at 8 per cent. Northwest corner of LaSalle and Elm streets, 25x119 feet, five years at 7 per cent. Michigan avenue, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, east front, 25x179 feet, $8,0110, five years at 7 per cent. West Madison street, 100 feet east of Leavitt street, south front, 20'130 feet, three years at 8 per cent. West Washington street, between Clinton and Jefferson streets, south front, 62'102 feet, $13,000, five years at 7 per cent.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT YOU THE WEEK ENDING MARCH IA The Mayor and the Aldermen will have no controversy. The former is master of the situa-, titm, and the latter know it, and, although twenty-five policemen were dismissed, and thirty-three firetpen requested to retire, yesterday, the Aldermen didn't even protest. Perhaps there has been a compromise. But the Mayor says he knows nothing of it. It is certain, however, that the Fire Department proper Is to remain intact, and very probably not more than seventy-five policemen be discharged.

No further reductions will be necessary in either service, if the $30,003 in miscellaneous receipts set aside for each is available. Ever since the Council appropriated $230,000 to be derived from this source, his Honor has said that no such amount would be raised. Supt. Hickey is of the same opinion, going so far as to say that no more than one-half as many saloon licenses will be taken out this year as last. Ile attributes the falling off to the Red-Ribbon movement, asserting that such a number of drinkers have signed the pledge that lack of business will compel over 1,000 saloon-keepers to abandon the business.

Others who have almost as good opportunities for gaining knowledge on this point, do not place the figures so high, but they do not question that there will be a large shrinkage. Instead of the sum paid by saloons last year, perhaps not over will be received this year. It is proposed to make up the amount of by licensing people who are not now licensed. The Committee on the subject has already agreed upon making the livery-hacks tay a fee, and an effort will doubtless be made Monday night to take action to secure the licensing of street-ear conductors and drivers. While the Corporation Counsel has decided that the street-cars themselves cannot be licensed, It is claimed that, as the Council has power to license hackmen, omnibus drivers, I.

others engaged in a similar business," it can reach the conauctors and drivers. The IF now, If they were taken on again, they would lobe their prestige." Burr. BaneITT, of the Fire-Alarm Telegraph, has a small Department, but a very important one. He is limited to $17,000, of winch $3.000 is for salaries and $9,000 for miscellaneous expenses, the whole appropriation being $20,000. Can you get along with the $17,0001" said the reporter to- him.

a I cau, aim retain all my men." "Their salaries are shaved 5 per cent!" go "How will you save the other 101" "By economy." "In what direction! 64 Well, I can buy the raw battery material and manufacture what Limed myself. Wbat cost $3,000 last year I can make for 1.50d. And I have paid 60 cents an hour at the eleetricad works lor repairs. I'il take off my coat and make them myself, and ray men will help me. Then I'll not wake some extensions of the lines that I contemplated.

Our Department is different from others. I one pars is thrown out the whole is worthless." "The best fire-alarm system in the world will not be allowed to deterioratel" "No, air." Tug PETS. The bears and eagles and other animals in Union Park are to be killed. It costs 10 month to feed them, and eeenotuy is necessary In order that the men in charge of the grenade; may receive their salaries. It has been suggested that all the fish in the pond be caught.

slum they also aro an expense. Were this done, there would be four or live courses for a banquet, to which the Aidermea could be who voted for sewers aud viaducts. So far the Comptroller has made no redue--- tious in his thee. It has been decided, however, to cut salaries 15 per cent, since that is about the only thing upon which to save. Two or three clerks may have to go.

INSURANCE. A searching investigation of the insurance offices on LaSalle street Yesterday afternoon failed to reveal any action on the part of the underwriters growing out of the peculiar financial conditioa of the city and the threatened reduction of the Pre Department. They do not propose-to do anything until the city authorities commence on a reduction. In that case they will be guided' by instructions from the home offices. In some inetances the agents have taken advantage of the situation to caucel non-desirable risks, and reduce policies on others, where they thought there was too much at risk.

TUB SCHOOLS. The Special Committee of Eight, anpointed by the Board of Education at its last session to consider the great sod pressing question, How MS we cut down expenses held a secret meeting yesterday afternoon in one of the Board rooms, and applied themselves for over two hours to a eolution of the question. It was not to be expected that the Committee would get through the business at one sitting, nor did It. As made up, it consists of the Chairmen of nearly every important Committee in the Board, so that when the priming-knife is applied to any special department, the Cliairman of the Coinnuttee controlling that Departruent has a chance to rise and explain just how possible or impossible it is to cut (town its exeenses, and, in the latter case, to show how proper it would be to eliminate sundry items of expense in others. The only matters touched upon yesterday were those of supplies, repairs.

aud, after mace talk, the conclusion dually arrived at was that by a course of strict economy tit the use of chalk, pencils, pens, paper, ink, blackboard-rubbers, maps, soap, brushes, brooms, and the one thousand and one other etcetera, somethiug like $10,000 could be saved in this Department. The question of salaries was not touched. Probably it will not be, since tile sense of the Board seems to be that the teachers' pay is low enough as it Is, and that the decrease should be made in other wavs, thus keeping within the 85 Der cent which will be collected on the appropriation. Further mectiters will be held Monday, Tuesday: mil Wednesday, and the Committee Will report at an adjourned meeting of the Board to be held Wednesday THE CIRTIFICATES. No more certificates are to be redeemed or interest paid until the injunction case is decided This course was determined upon yesterday morning, for should the courts grant the injunction the Comptroller and Treasurer would be liable for all the money paid out on the certificates from the time they received notice.

through the Law Departmeut, of the filing of the application. In fact, no summons has beets served, but the city accepted service Friday, when the bill was sent for. The Colporation Counsel is at work ou an answer, and the arguments may take place Monday. It was intimated on the street yesterday that the reasou for shutting down on the certilleates was to give a non-resident holder a chance te apply for pay- by in the United sat grotaueds foortrst, ginning a There hi emr implies 1 can, i sa however, a ck faith la oo trunnte hpian part of the si ecne authorities in the legality of warrautie Special Correspondence of The Tribune. PAIlls, March I.We should have to go back a good many years to find a parallel for tbe magnificent representation which was given at the Theatre Franeati on Wednesday night, when Bressant, the popular and talented actor, bade farewell to the stage after having been connected with the first theatre in the world for upwards of twenty-three years.

The benefit had been expected and promised for several weeks before, but nobody outside a certain privileged set knew when the great' event would come off till the bills announcing it for two days later were placarded on Monday. Then there was a grand rush for tickets. All the prices were tripled or quadrupled; but that did not seem to stop any one, though the times are so hard, as we know. The boxes and stalls were advertised at 40 francs, and the rest of the place in proportion. In a few hours all the seats were snapped up but those in the amphitehatre and the receipts, which, on a first-rate "liernani" night even, hardly reach a larger sum than 7,000 francs, had swollen to the remarkable figure of 32,000 highest, I believe, by a long way, ever taken at the theatre.

And no wonder, with such an extraordinary pmgramme. We had Mellhae and IIalevy's "L'ete de la St. Martin as a lever de ridean; an admirable revival of Alfred de Musset's beautiful Caprices de the most delicate of all the Comedies aud Proverbs." but that pearl of comedies, On No Moline Pas avec l'Amour;" a couple of scenes from M. Aicartrs new translation of "Othello," played by Sarah Bernhardt and M. MounetSully the whole of Moliere's screaming comeny, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (with the Incidental grotesque dances and music) and, as an intermede, nothing less than Adolphe Adam's "Noel," sung by Faure himself, whom we had almost thought lost to us forever; the "Swallow Song from Gounad's "Mireilie," sung by Mine.

Mialan-Carvalho; and two or three selections from "Don Juan," in which we heard both these once inseparable artists singing as well as In their best days. The prices might have been decupled instead of would not have made the slightest difference in the attendance; but even so, Bressant can't complain. The casts of the Caprices de Marianne" and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac may be termed, without exaggeration, phenomenal. Hardly an actor or actress of note now on the boards of the Theatre-Francais was absent, and even the most instruiticant roles were filled by artists who at another theatre would be stars. Imagine police of St.

Petersburg and Moser, suggested an illumination; but in the former ate the suggestion was coldly responded to. and in the latter tt was, I am told, not responded to at all. On the other band, the news that the troops were about to enter Constantinople was most enthusiastically received, especially in the provincial towes. In Saratol. for instance, there was a boisterous demonstration in the theatre.

As soon as the news arrived the representation was interrupted, and the nattonal authem was played repeatedly amid the vociferous hurrahs of the audience. When it became known that the SbnOtIneelliellL was premature, there was a good deal of disappointment and murmuring. During the last few days in St. Petershnrg public feeling has oscillated between enthusiasm and despondency. according as the chances of the troops entering Constantinople rose or fell.

The peace party bits for the moment disappeared, or, at least, become silent. During the suinmer and the autumn I used to bear dozens of people corn-planing of the war, condemning the short-sieeited. bellicose fanaticism whica had led the country into dilliculties, and ardently hoping that peaee wouid be concluded as soon as possible. Of late I have heard very few people speak in this way. Niany of those who formerly condemned the war with Turkey as most disastrous for the economic and political progress of the country, aud ruinous for the national finances, have now forgotten their prudence and gloomy forebodings and are ready to en- gage with a light heart in a great European etruggle, the consequences of which would be for Raasia far more disastrous, even it she were victorious.

The etaange is, I believe, the result of various causes. In the first place there is that feeling of recklessness which is expressed in the popular eaying. "In tor a penny, in for a pound." At this moment I cannot recall any Russian equivalent for that homely phrase, but I have no doubt that one exists, for that peculiar species of recklessness is far stronger and more frequent in the Russian than in the Englishman. Many strange manifestations of it on a large scale might be cited from the history of the last twenty years. At the time of the Emancipation for example, a large number of proprietors alio had at first opposed the measure, suddenly turned round as Soon as they saw it was inevitable, and, making a holocaust of their ancient rights, demanded that the reform should be as thorough as possible.

Something analogous seems to have occarred now. "I was strongly opposed to the war," said a friend to me the other evening, "and deeply regretted the commencement of hostilities; but, now that things have gone so far, I should like to see the question thorn oughly solved, even though it should cost us great sacrifices." Many hold this view, and they can adduce very strong argumenta in support of it. I do not speak of the people who preach the "bag-and-baggage" doetnne in its extreme form, and who are ready to sacrifice 50,000 human lives for the satisfaction of seeing the Cross put in the place of the Crescent on the dome of St. Sofia. I speak of sensible, moderate men, who think more about the present interests of Russia than about historical missions or the possible future of the Slavonic race, They hold that, sooner or later, the work must be done, and that it is better to finish it now, beeause, if it be left unfinished, it must all be done over again, and all the sacrillees must be made a second time.

But what is this "work" that is so often vaguely referred to and so seldom accurately defined! Of course each one ioilows his own conception of it, and some of these conceptions are very fantasticaL An anonymous for example, writes to the itiovremennlyabacestina as follows: llas the time not come for completing the Crusades begun by the estern Christians nearly 800 years aeat Is it not the proper moment to revive the idea which Christendom strove to realize in the eleventh century? Nay not our present struggle with 3tishometanism be the beginning of the end of Ins Christian aspirations to emancipate the Holy Place in Palestine? Surely now, when we carry on a struggle for the liberty of the Christians who have so long suffered under the horrible yoke of Islam. it is the proper moment to say to the Christian world, "Tyke time has come for completinit the Crusades and for freeing forever the Holy Places." Let there be free, Christian, international of Jerusalem, extending from tee sea to the River Jorean, and endowed with free, international institutions. I quote this curious document in order to illustrate the extraordinary conceptions of "the great work which are occasionally to be met with; but it must not be supposed that such fautastie notions find general acceptance. Though educated Russians possess many characteristics of the broad Slavonic nature," and often conceive grand schemes which seem to the practical Englishman thoroughly utopian, they have a keen sense of the ridiculous and a considerable amount of political sagacity. What the majority of them understand ty "the great work IS the emancipation of the Southern Slays from Turkish rule, and the obtaining of certain political advantages for their own country.

At the beginning of the war, the former of these two aims was almost exclusively thought of. but recently tne latter has been brought prominently forward. and threatens to bring about a conflict with other Powers. The intention of annexing a large part of Turkish Armenia is not likely to be resisted, but the desire to make the Black a mare clautunt will probably meet with decided opposition. What Russia wishes is to have a fortress at the northern end of the Bosphorus, so that in time of war she could without a fleet effectually protect her southern coasts.

That such a concession may be extorted from the Sultan in his present helpless condition is not at all improbable, but whether Europe will sanction the arrangement is a different question. The desire to recover the strip of land at the mouth of the Danube may also lead to grave difficulties, and already it has raised a violent anti-Russian feeling in Roumania. On this subject a Russian correspondent, writing from Bucharest. says: Our allies, the Roumanians, abuse us unmercifully. There is not a single Roumanian paper which does not say something dieagreeable for us to hear, and the crowd is so excited that we shad probably have our windows broken.

In spite of this the Cabinet of St. Petersburg shows no signs of withdrawing its demand, and still hopes to find some compromise. It will be curious to watch bow it extricates itself from its present awkward position. RUSSLI. Tbe sppreach of the lst day of May always sticaulates the market for Eales as well as rents.

rersons who have the means to buy and are compelled to move, begin to look about for teases Of their own. The real-estate agents are having numerous inquiries from intending purthasera of that sort. The accumulation of the savings of the classes that have hitherto patronized savings banks is being diverted into real estate. One agency that has control of a f.e of acre property in the southwest part of the city, around which a large population has settled, report frequent applications for lots. The property bas been foreclosed; the time of redemption has expired; and in a week or two the property will be for sale.

This firm expect to dispose of it rapidly by sales of single lots to reaidents in the viemity. These people have little sums of tuoney to invest. They have made up their minds that a little parcel of REAL ESTATE IS A SAVINGS BANK that nobody can break, and that is what they Wish to put their money into. In general the market is reported by conservative men to be in a better and more confident state. The public are beginning to follow the lead taken two years ago by our shrewdest capitalists, and most cessful merchants, These gentlemen have been puttilig their money steadily and confidently into real estate.

They have picked up the choice bargains and are looking about for more. Real estate can't be embezzled, nor repudiated; no such questions can be raised about It as are agitated about munivipal and other securities. It can't be broken like a savings batik or National Bank. It way pay a low rate of interest, but ma SECURITY Is ABSOLUTE. Such considerations, and the growing demands of our populaticn for houses and stores, make clueago real estate at present prices the best of investments.

The following were the important transfers of the past week: No. 61 Grand boulevard, 241124 feet, sold for $7.000. Charles Charleston sold to Paul Rothbarth 'Jot on Ohio street, SO feet west of North Dearborn street, north front, 40x100 11,500. Lot on tiouth Dearborn street, 49 6-10 feet north of Van Buren street, west front, 243jx itliq feet, sold for $12,500. George E.

White sold to Suaan A. Koon lot on Carpenter street, 100 feet south of West Lake street, east front, 30'125 feet, with improvements, for $7,000. Ileury E. Brown sold to William Wheeler No. ludiana avenue, 4 feet, for $10,000.

William L. Heaton solo to Thomas B. Scott 40 area at the northwest corner of street and the Chicago Oz Danville Railroad for 120.000. Mead Coe have sold the southwest corner of Loomis and Madison streets, 50x125 feet, for and a lot on Superior street, between Dearborn and Clark, for $100 a foot. saveaDar's TRANSFERS.

The following instruments were Jed for record Saturday, March 16: CITY PROP, RTY. West Monroe st, 100 ft of Canal at, 20i189 ft, dated March 11 3 3,000 West Monroe at, ft of Canal undividee Ni of 2t11.189 dated March lei. '750 Wes6lonroe at, undivided 34, of same, dated March 16 750 West Monroe at. undivided of same, dated March 16 750 West Monroe at, undivided of same, dated March 11 750 Diber st, a cot of Kinzie at, 182x 11914 ft, dated Waren 15 Green et, 200 ft of Van Buren at, 50x125 ft. dated March 15 4.25C Spruce at, 96 ft of Loomis at, 111 ft.

dated Dec. 13, Eunice ht, 166 it Of LOOMIS at, at, 750 750 750 750 2,000 4.250 4,000 Instrurnents 1878. No. I Csiderat'n 1 80 174. 438: 341 45.4431 1877.

Csiderarn. 111 270, 800 30 21.347 141 292,147 15' Trust-deeds Releases 120 138 CO3trARATIVN OTATEMICNT FROM MARCH 1 TO MARCH 16. Public Opinion la St. Petersburg. Correspondence London Times.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. present it is often said that the Russian Government "maintains its expectant attitude." The phrase might be more properly applied to the Russian people. They are waitinganxiously waitinzto know the practical results Of the tedious, and to thetu unintelligible, diplomatic campaign which has succeeded the brilliant military onerations. Why there should be a diplomatic campaign at all.

they cannot understand. We have Deafen the Turks, they bay, without foreign assistance, and, therefore, we have a perfect right to dictate what terms we please without foreign interference. Why should we not do with the Porte as Prussia did with Austria in 1360, and united Germany did with France in 18701 Those who bear the sacrifices and gain the victories have alone the right to determine the conditions of peace. This argument seems to the great majority of Russians quite unanswerable, and accordingly the idea of a European Con 1877. No.

C'siderarn. 1878. No. I C' 411,310 621 71. 362 482, 672 Instruments Trust-deeds 309 5 861,862 81 134,201 300 5 2901 swel eat, they They left Torts have bap want they body had 'lent was 'Own Card ant, the 'Inds It to it of has rest L4'ut end last torS WaSi Ned not Ver nt tea the ted the the the tes aid het 'is the to 6134 or ils.

St. wtt on ts, no en ,38 he nd Lid gs ly ,) Aft '8, LiU i. Is a Is 1,000 3,000 5,000 1.200 companies, and not the men, would have to pay the fee, which would perhaps not be over $10. Aldermen are looking over the charter to see who else can be licensed. They will unquestionably make some business for lawyers.

THE FOLKS-The twenty-five policemen who received notice Friday evening that their resignation would be accepted at 10 o'clock yesterday morning appeared at the pollee headquarters on time and delivered up their stars and clubs. Thirteen of them belonged to the "Lake street squad," live on the North. Side, and seven on the Soutn Side. They got no pay, and will receive nothing for the service they have rendered for several months. There is no money available, and the Mayor declines to issue any kind of a warrant until the injunction case tit decided.

The district most affected by these removals is that bounded by the river, Jackson street, the South Branch. and the fake. Only six policemen were on beat in all that territory yesterday. There were four others at street-crossings, but their orders are not to leave their posts. The officer who bad the biz ladies' corner," Washington and State streets has been dropped, so the big ladies" will now have to run the gauntlet without assistance.

Monday, twenty-five of the South Side officers will toe invited to step Own and out. None of the station-houses will be abandoned, since the property will have to be taken care of, and the semblance of a department must be kept up," even though the force of men is small. As to reductious in the Lieutenants and sergeants, nothing has yet been determined on. It is contended that none can be dispensed with, one of each being essential to every station, the Lieutenant for day and the Sergeant for Went duty. Two, and, perhaps, three, of the headquarter detectives will be ordered to do patrol duty.

Who tne unfortunates will be is as yet simply a matter of conjecture. THZ PIRENIZZ. In the afternoon Fire-Marshal Benner discharged two of his men and retired thirty-one others. The former were the latter the watchmen at the engine-houses. While these watchmen will not draw regular pay.

they will have the preference in case any vacancies occur or men are needed to take the place of any of the regulars who get sick or are injured; that is, they will be placed on the roll of applicants, and will be given work temporarily when necessity requires it. This is a precarious means of obtaining a livelihood, and the greater portion of the thirty-one will undoubtedly wan- der off to other pastures. Tneir cutting-off, however, is only a saving of 10 per cent. The other 5 is effected- by shaving the ray of every one in the Department. if, as seems to be anticipated, city warrants will be givec in lieu of cash, and they must be discounted, a fireman's pay will, in reality.

be materially reduced. But an effort will be made to save the men from any shave beyond the 5 per cent. It is believed that the business men of the city have at heart the welfare of the Fire Department, and that they can be induced to take the warrants at their face value, and use them for taxes; or that a pool will be made up by subscriptions large enough to cover the salaries, say $300,000, so that the warrants can be carried until the money is in the Treasury to take them up. This proposition came front a merchant, who was of opinion that it would meet general approval. Whetter it will, remains to be seen.

You have gotten out of your difficulty at last?" said a reporter to Marshal Benner. Yes." No companies will be disbanded!" Not one. We will keep in service all the apparatus, including the chemical euzines." I ou disagree with Supt. Hickey on the salary question, and prefer to keeo your men I was opposed to reducing the salaries. but the Mayor said to me.

'I hold you responsible. and he gave me orders to curtail expenses and keep within 85 per cent of the appropriation. He said to me: 'I don't care how you do it, but It must be done. Consult the best interests of the Department. If you can save in one portion, all right: let it go to make up the By discharging the two subs, putting the watchmen on the waiting list, and reducing the salaries of all the men 5 per cent, 1 can pull through.

But this makes the Department carry a great burden." "How sof" "The city is in a very peculiar financial condition. It was simply a Question whether I should disband four or live companies and discharge seventy odd men, or do so I have done. If I had discharged the seventy and disbanded the companies, what would have been the result! Tne insurance companies would have raised their rates, and some of them would have canceled their policies and withdrawn." "They will not do so now 6'1 don't think they will, But if they had done so, the people would -dare been obliged to pay increased rates from to to do whati--m order to save $75,000. Now as to the burden. The pay of the men has been cut down.

Supppose they are paid in warrants, How much will they have to pay to get them cashed I "I don't know; 15 or 20 per cent, perhaps." "Exactly. A pipeman would receive $5,50 instead of eSOU." "But, don't you think the plan to have the warrants taken up at their face will be a success What scheme! "Haven't you heard of itl I ference or Congress is intensely unpopular. That Western Europe, the determined enemy of the Slays, should have a preponderating influence in Slavonic affairs seems to be at once an injustice and a humiliation to Russia. Equally unpopular is the idea of a compromise of any kind, and accordingly the recently published preliminary conditions of peace have given great dissatisfaction. On reading them the natriotic Russian reasons thus: Why is the autonomy of Bulgsria not to be complete? Why are the envineloated rayatie still to pay tribute? Why are the Tursish troops to remain at certain points of the emancipated territory? We are apparentiy about to apply to Bulgaria the system of gradual emancipation which has proved so dissetrous in the case of the other Christian provinces of Turkey.

Within a few years we shall have disturbances, insurrections, and diplomatic negotiations for the withdrawal of the Turkish garrisons; and, when that has been obtained, we shall again have disturoances, insurrections, and diplomatie negotiations for the abolition of the trionte. Why not avoid all this by giving complete independence at once? Why have we suddenly stopped when a few steps more would have taken us to the goal? Had we marched boldly into Constantinople without paying any attention to representations, protests, and threats, all serious difficulties would have disappeared. The Sultan would have crossed into Asia. a great part of the Mussulman subjects would have followed his example, and this thirteenth war with Turkey would have been the last. The men who have the direction of foreign affairs are, it must be confessed, in a very disagreeable position.

Well acquainted with the difficulties of the question, and feeling constantly the responsibility which weighs upon them, they have to be cautious in their acts and moderate in their demands. But outside of their own little circle their good qualities are little appreciated. Their caution seems pusillanimity, and their moderation foolishness. Because they refrain from giving expression to the wild dreams and far-reaching aspirations of irresponsible amateur politicians, they are accused of being wholly devoid of zenuine national instinct. Every concession they make to political necessity is condemned as a symptom of culpable weakness and almost as an act of treason.

Here in St. Petersburg their diplomatic skill is to a certain extent appredated, but in Moscow they are spoken of in terms by no means complimentary. More than once I have heard them of late laconically and graphically described as "ces itnbeciles," and frequently I have been warned not to pay any attention to their views and intentions. It is said: They are like children who imagine that by rillsine little piles of atoms they can stop the onward coarse of an avalanche. They do not understand, and do all they can to oppose, the great historical movement in which they are supposed to play a leading part.

But they will inevitably be swept onward by the national will and by the irresistible force of circumstances. 7,500 2,000 1,560 2,500 2, 000 MORTGAGES ON CHICAGO PROPERTY. Very exaggerated ideas prevail at the East as to the proportion of Cnicago property that is under mortgage. This misapprehension is shared by a good many Cnicago people. In conversation with a leading lawyer, one of our principal real-estate dealers remarked yesterday that "Not more than a third of the property in the business part of the city is mortgaged." That is absurd," replied the lawyer.

"We all have to acknowledge that nearly all the property here is incumbered." You are entirely wrong," was the answer, as I can convince you in a moment." The real-estate dealer, who is personally familiar, as the result of many years' experience, with the history and condition of about every piece of property in the centre of the city, then ran rapidly over the principal buildings. A tally was kept of those mortgaged and unmortgaged, and, to the surprise of this doubting friend, it was found that fully two-thirds of the business property was Rag Or DEBT. A TRIBUNE reporter who happened to come up asked for the list of mortgaged and unmd-ftgaged property, so that the public might see for themselves tow much the mortgage indebtedness of the city was generally overestimated But the real-estate man shut up like a clam at the mere suggestion. "It would raise the town," he said, "to mass tne mortgages together in print in that way. But you may say that by actual count there is not more than one-third the property on Washington, Randolph, Lake, Wabash avenue, State, Dearborn, LaSalle, Clark, Fifth avenue, Madison, and Monroe streets incumbered by mortgage.

This would not have been true three Years ago, but what with sales by weak holders and foreclosures it is true to-day." BurimING. Dearborn street is to have another valuable Improvement. C. W. Colehour and Mr.

Kaentzler, of Kaentzler Hargis, are about to erect a en four-story and basement building on the northeast corner of Monroe and Dearborn streets, on the lot leased by Kantzler Harps two years ago. The building will have a frontage of 130 feet on Monroe street and 130 feet on Dearborn street. The building will be mainly an office building, but fifty feet may be rented on Monroe street in floors. Field, Lieter Co. will occupy the building on Monroe street, between LaSalle street and Fifth avenue, owned by Mr.

Leiter, for storing their goods. BUILDING PERMITS. The number of building permits issued during the week MILS sixty-six, an increase over tne preceding week. 'Thirty of these buildings will cost $69,900. The permits were: A.

B. Fiedler, three-story dwelling at 443 Wells street, to cost 6,000. Smith Brothers, two-story store and dwelling at 141 Cornell, to cost $3,000. Jonathan Clark, two-story store at 58 state street, to cost 5,000. Mr.

Benziein, two-story dwelling at 63S Sedgwick street, to cost 1,000. George Willard, two-story store and of Henry and Lallin, to cost $3,000. M. O. Wells, three-story dwelling on Congress street, near Michigan avenue, to cost George Baldwin, two-story dwelling at 121 Vernon avenue, to cost $2.500.

L. A. Howland, two-story dwelling on Calumet avenue, near Thirty-second street, to cost $4,000. E. C.

Preble two-story manufactory at 38 and 40 West Monroe, to cost $6,000. John Peters, two-story dweliing on Brown, near Twelfth street, to cost S4.001 George C. Scherer, two-story dwelling at 90 Elm street, to cost $4,500. J. F.

Temple Sons, addition to 360 South Canal, to cost $2,500. M. J. O'Brien, two-story dwelling on Indiana avenue, near Thirtieth, to coat $4,000. 111ft, dated Dec.

15, 1877 West Twenty-tirst st, cor of Fiske st, 5081(8) It, dated Feb. 15 Clinton st. 134 ft 8 of Van Buren st, 228151ft. dated March 16 Arnold st. 336 ft 8 of Thirty-MU' st, 248120 It, dated March 8 Vernon av, 143ft Ti of Twenty-ninth st, 208100 It, improved, dated Feb.19 (O.

T. Southorth to Werstum and Jones). Flournoy st, 29214 ft of RoDey st a 20! x100 ft, dated March 9. Westlake et, 378 ft of California av, 248148 ft. dated March 15 West Randolph st, 50 it of Curtis st, it 258100 It, dated March Bissell near 8 cor of Centre et, 50812 .5 ft, dated Dec.

13, 1877 Bisset' st, the undivided half of the above. and also Spruce at, 96 fL of Loomis st, a undivided half of 72x 111 ft. dated Dec. 15, 1877 Market st 160 ft 8 of Van Buren st, a 208100 ft. dated March Oakley av, 117 ft a of West Adams et, f.

16889 It, improved, dated 8epL 2, 1876 West Madison at, 125 ft of Lincoln st I 258125 ft. also the premises No. 309 West Monroe at, dated March 15 (John R. Wheeler to William B. Race) Dasnielt st, 04 ft 8 of Thirty-eighth st, 2481'23 ft.

dated March 13. Dashiell et, 115 ft 8 of Thirty-eighth et, f. 248123 ft. dated March 13 West Adams at 81 ft of Oakley av, 100 ft running north to Wilcox et. with a front of 180 ft.

dated March 12 Pell to Robert S. PettiDoue) West Jackson st, cor of Oakley av, 8 99876 ft (except 40 ft of Lots 12 and 13), oated March 15 2,500 00 4 000 STREE'r-cLEANIN G. To the editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, March 16.The condition of our streets within a few weeks east was worse theft at any time to which the memory of man out the ante-pavement settlers. The great improvement, which is apparent, is wholly due to private effort, and this suggests the Queries: Why not make it obligatory upon all to keep their etreet, as well as their sidewalk, clean! Has not the Council power to regalate the one as well as the other! Why should the city pay over $100,000 for that which can be as well done for one-third of that amount, without resorting to a general tax, and at a comparatively slight expense to those immediately benefited! These are important questions at a time when retrenchment anil economy are growing fashionable, even to the extent of regarding our-highest interest, the public health.

as a subordinate one, because it is thought antagonistic to the public pocket. If the city cannot legally act in the manner suggested, a public sentiment can be created, which will bring about the seine result. Chicago has always risen superior to her misfortunes, and should easily surmount this. While askmg questions I want to put one other. Why can we not dispense with nearly all of ourilight police force, and repiam theta with private watchmen, giving the Litter pollee authority within certain limits! I venture the asEertien that the serve.

rendered will be equally satisfactory, while the expense to the city will be nil. would also apply the same rule to our Fire Department. Cut it down even more than the Mayor suggested, and permit those most interested to replace at their own expense, giving thew authority even to keep their own steamers for the protection of certain areas. It cam easily be done by co-operation. Our city is paising through a great crisis, but It has met worse ones.

-What is needed is to compel its citizens to think and act for themselves, and not put the city to the expense of being bead, hands, and feet for them. We submit to too much governing, and rings prosper because we throw material fur plunder iu their way. 1. A. ISiELBON.

THE ZUNI INDIANS. 8,000 500 500 20,000 6,500 Delaunay, Got, Coquelin, Worms, and Mlle. Croizette playing together in Alfred de Musset'e comedy! Worms as Ceti, the love-sick adorer of the fair Marianne Delaunay as the madcap (ctane, who pleads hie friend's suit so successfully that the hard-hearted beauty at last relents, alas I only to bestow her love On Celio's ambassador Got, too, inimitable in the coini-t7ragic part of the jealous old Judge Claudio; and Coquelin, the prince of humoristsas his obsequious follower and toady, Tibia! I cared less for Croizette, who played the capricious heroine (why capricious, bv-the-by Marianne was no coquette, in spite of the title of the comedy); She has no womauly charm about her, let her admirers rave as they as we are all aware, her admirers are Legion. Croizette is neither a great actress nor a beautiful the chief beauty of woman lie in the graces of face and manner rather than in mere splendor of form, cold coquetry, and extravagant toilettes. I never look at her without thikking of a sparrow.

Her every movement is strange mixture of grace and impudence. Her nose (no offense to it) resembles a beak; her eyes twinkle with the same hard, cold brightness as a parrot's or a linnet's: and her voice is as harsh and metallic as a cockatoo's. With all this, however, she hail great talent of a certain sort, which fits her excellently for the parts of brilliant courtesans and dashing demi-mondaines, but (to come back to the point I started from) unfits her absolutely for playing any character needing womanly softness, delicacy. and charm. They are celebrated for the perfect finish of their stage-effects at the Francais, as well as for their finished acting; but, in all former revivals of "Les Caprices," a ridiculous tolerance had been extended to the habit of playing the short, but most exquisite, closiug scene (which seould occur in the cemetery) with the scenery already used for the rest of the comedy, and which represents a street, with a view of Marianne's house.

Not to be open to lurtber reproach, the Francais restored the cemetery scene last Wednesday. It is superbly painted. In the foreground is the tomb of the unhappy Cello. shaded, just as Alfred de Musset's own resting-place, by the drooping branches of a weeping willow. To right and left are dark masses of cypress; and, behind, the night is closing in above the long, blue ranze of sullen mountains.

The short fragment of "Othello," which was played by Sarah Bernhardt and M. MounetSully, confirmed me in my opinion that there is no one on the French stage at present able to do full justice to Shakspearean tragedy, and no French audience wholly capable of appreciating one if there were. The scene chosen (that in wnich Othello smothers Desdemona) afforded a capital opportunity of judging the actors' strength and weakness. Sarah Bernhardt was fairly rood, though she was too dreamy and mystic for Dvidesnona; but Mounets Sully as I quite expected, made a wretched Othellotie has always a tendency to exaggerate, and this exaggeration was more marked than ever. When he came in, his white eyeballs gleaming horribly from out -a coal-block face (for be had taken up the negro theory of Othello), and began the celebrated soliloquy, It is the in his most absurdly-sepulchral tone, there was a general titter, which soon swelled into a laugh, and the whole effect was in an instant ruined.

Bressant. himself was too ill to antiev on Wednesday, so a farewell was spoken for him by his old companion, Coquelin. Bressant was born on the 23d of October, ISIS, and is consequently nearly 63 years of age. lie made his debut as an amateur on the humble boards of the Theatre de Montmartre, when he was but 18, much to the disgust of his family, who did everything they could to dissuade him from taking to the stage but in vain. Thus early be was stage-struck, and it was not long before he threw up his situation at a lawyer to sign an engagement at Montmartre.

Ile did not languish long in the suburbs, however. In 1633, Dartois, the manager of the Varieties, engaged him for the Amours de Paris." Two years after, at the exceptionally early age of he was offered an engagement at the Comedie Francaise, but he declined to leave the Varietes, where, he had just found a wife in the daughter of one of the persons attached to that theatre. In 1838 he set oil for St. Peters- burg but his career there was as short as it was brilliant. He was oblived to leave the banks of the Neva to save himself from theconsequences of certain scandalous intrigues in which he was much mixed up, they say.

Bressant was always a polished and captivating fellow. The Russian ladies thought so too, it seems. On his return to Paris he entered the Gymnese, and played for some years in "Clarisse Harlowe," "Le Ills de Famine," "Le Marriaze de Victorine and other pieces, with in- variable success. 'Hiscounection with the Comedie Francais (another way of saying Theatre Francaise) dateis from 1854. During the twenty-three years be adorned the boards at this house, be appeared in more plays than I can call to mind for the Femmes Savantes," "Le Lion Amoureux," "Adrienne Lecouvreur," Les Faux Menages," etc.

Since 1671 we have seen very little of him, however, for a wild youth and long- hard work bad aged him greatly. Ile was, with Regnier, one of the Professors at the Conservatoire for many years, and among his pupils are some of the most rising and successful actors and actresses of Paris. Six are at the Tneatre Croizette, Samary, and Martin, MM. Mounet-Sully, Villain and several more are likely to be there ere ionts. Bressant was very popular both with the public and his fellow-actors, although he was an Incorrigible player of practical jokes.

Innumer Peculiarities of a Progressive Tribe of Arizona Savages. An Arizona corresponaent writes: The Zuni Indians are located in New Mexico a few miles east of the Arizona line. They are an industrious, economical people; are kind and hospitable to strangers, live almost wholly within themselves, raisc cattle and sheep, weave blankets and cloth for their own clothing. They live in four-story buildings. the entrances being in the top story, which they enter by means of ladders which they take up after them at night, and then consider themselves secure from enemies without, and, so far as the rude implements of war the Indians use are concerned, are undoubtedly correct.

These Indians have no traditions of the past that connect them with the ancient people who once densely populated this Territory, but from their mode of livin2r, the architecture of their buildings, they are undoubtedly the last remnant of that great people who had large towns and cities and who carried on extensive agricultural enterprises. Some distance from this Zuni village, on the Arizona side of Vie line, is a salt lake, and all around the lake the brine has evaporated, leaving vast deposits of beautiful white and chemically pure salt. To this inexhaustible fountain the Zunis have gone for their salt for a period so far back in the misty past that the unlettered Zuni has no knowledge of the date of commencement, but probably many centuries before our aueestors landed from the Mayflower on this continent, or even long before Columbus discovered that there was such a country, the dusky Zuni maiden and her liege lord repaired hither to this bountiful source of supply, and in peace and security gathered what necessity required. Time rolled on pale-faces came and settled near, and were shown this wonderful deposit and were invited to share its fruits with their dusky brethren. A few years ago one more avaricious than the rest concluded to locate and make it his own private property, to settle there and become a toll-gatherer.

In vain the Zunis reasoned with him that they had for centuries the free use of this lake; that. by priority discovery. occupation, and use they were the rightful owners, and if any one could make a monopoly of its use they were the proper parties, but that they did not seek for advantages of this kind, but did urge, In the most solemn manner, that it be left tree for all to go and partake of it at pleasure. The new occupant insisted that be bad a legal right to it; that it was his own property; that he intended to hold and enjoy it for his own use and advantage. It was not long after this that hie cabin was found abandoned; his things, such as gun, ammunition, provisions, and blauseta were undisturbed, but he has never been heard of since.

Whether he became disgusted with his own illiberality and wandered away to parts unknown or whether the Zunis sent him on a voyage of discovery, is not known. But no one has since bad any desire to monopolize this It mine, and people of all nationalities, creeds, and tongues go there in harmony and gather west salt they want, and they invite the civilized world to come and partake with them, as they claim there Is enough for all. THE STEWART $4AUSOLEUM. Special Divotch Up The Tribune. NEW YORK, March crypt under Una chancel of the Cathedral of the Incarnation at Garden City.

in which is to repose the body of the late A. T. Stewart, has been designed. It is in the form of a polygon, wish sixteen sides, twenty-two feet in diameter, and twenty feet in height. Each angle is to be ornamented by a clustered pillar of variezated marble, surrounded by elaborately sculptured foliate" capitals, from which will spring two vaulted ribs of the ceiling.

These ribs cAmverge at the centre, and give the appearance of a dove. The graininz of the canopy will be awn' decorative. The space between the pillars will be richly paneled and sculptured la line white American statuary marble, and the ceiling wilt be of the mime material, as will also be to tesselated floor. Nine windows will give to the trYhty wild the two approaches will lea" from handsome vestibules, which wid coo net with the Cathedra above. It is probable vie crypt will be completed simultaneously with the Cathedral.

SUMMARY FOE TUB WE. The following is the total amount of city and auburban transfers within a radius of seven miles of the Court-House tiled for record during the week ending Saturday. March 16: City sales, S2 consideration, $271,702 south of city limits. Pales, consideration, $33,500. Total Gales, b9; total consideration, $305,202.

RENTS. J. C. Sampson or Charles Tobey, have rented the store and Asement of the building Cu the southeast corner of state and Jackson streets to the Singer Sewing-Machiue Company --for three Years 4,000 a year. The Howe Copany-have reated quarters on the southwest corner of State and Jackson streets.

There is a nest of sewing-machine companies In the vicinity of State and Jackson streets. The Davis Sewiug-Machine Company, as we have already annoupced. has taken the northwest corner of Quincy and State streets; the Remington Company are on state street, just north of Jackson, and the Grover ct Baker are on Jackson street, just east of State. Mead st Coe have renewed at $16,500 a year the lease held by John Wilde az Co. of the store on the northwest corner of State and maalison streets.

The price paid last year was The building now occupied by the Singer Company has been leased bv J. C. Sampson ea Co. to Schweitzer st Beer a year. The store to be vacated by Schweitzer at Beer on State street, near Jackson, has been rented to Story Camp for $6.000 a year.

Fairbanks ct the furniture-dealers, have leased of S. M. Wyman, the manager of Stein's Store, the building now occupied by liairtianks and by Webster for $10,500 a year for tea. years. The first-floor front will be remodeled, and one grand entrance opened for the two buildings, which will be thrown together.

The Tobey Block, southeast corner of Jackson and state streets, has ben leased by Mr. Charles Tohey to the Sieger Sewing Machine Company, to be occupied by the latter May 1- OFFICE RENTS. Office rents will average about the same as last year, according to the trrents. In the Major Block, for instance, Mead it l'oe report that they have raised the price of some and redueed that of other dices. The reduction is in the high rents, and the increase in the low rents.

Tenants paying high rates want to economize, and so expensive offices are weaker, while the demand tur cheaper quarters late become sLronger. Geo. G. Nea bury has leased SS State street to Merker bros. for one year; the second floor of aa aud 50 State street for $730; 161 'Washington, store and basement, Ior 77 DearLorn street to Tom Andrews for and the fourth floor of 00 State street to Barry Bros.

for $400. Urals BalTleS leased the large brick resilenee at Kenwood, lust south of Porty-seventh street ad Greenwood avenue, for.l. U. Lathrop, THE TARIFTITES. ALLENTow, March 16.The demonstration to protest against the passage of the Wood Tariff bill was a grand success.

The visiting delegations came into the city with bands playing and flags Eying, and by noon the city presented a very animated appearance. Trade was generally suspended, and ad the business houses and many nrivate dwellings were prof usely decorated. A procession formed, with Mayor Young as Chief Marshal, and it was estimated there were 15,000 men in line, mostly iron-workers, with the civil and military authorities, firemen, lodges of all kinds, citizens on foot, and tradesmen of every description at work on wagons. The banners were almost without number, and contained sentiments expressive of the feelings of the community towards free-traders in general. After the procession, speeches were made from four stands by G.

A. Grow, B. Markley Boyer, John W. Killinger, J. S.

Biery, Edwin Aibright, Edward Harvey, Col. William McMichael, and J. P. Wickersham. The speakers were enthusiastically received.

MO As Russia IS a country with an autocratic form of government, it may naturally be supposed that the statesmen and diplomatists can close their ears to vague talk of this kind, and foilow steadily the course which calm reflection indicates. They have no factious Parliainentare opposition to face, and are never troubled with the apprehension of clamorous public meetiturs or other popular demonstratiott. They may live, therefore, in a world of diplomatic attrais tion in which dissensions are prevented by the influence of bureaucratic discipline. All they require is the sanction of the Emperor, who is neither a dreamer nor a fanatic, and who, in the greatest as in the most insignificant affairs of State, is free to act as he pleases. These suppositions and conclusions are to some extent in accordance with reality, and help to elplain the fact that Russian foreign policy is is generally firm, decided, and logical; but it would be a mistake to suppose that the Russian Government is entirely tree from the influences of public opinion.

The Emperor and his counselors are Russians by birth and education, and live in the same intellectual atmosphere as their fellow-countrymen. Though they have far more freedom of action than a Cabihet of responsible Ministers, and do not require to think of Parliament or constituents, they naturally strive to give expression to the popular will in so far as it does not seriously compromise the interests of the country. Prince Gortsehakoll, for instance, though he occasionally affects to be indifferent to the vox popult, is by no means insensible to the approval, congratulations, and applause of those who call themselves genuine Russians and profess to have what they term the notiontie." As to his is sometimes said that be is compelled to make concessions to popular feeling. The expression is not strictly accurate. The Czar has such a large reserve supply of real power in the boundless unreasoning devotion of the masses on any particular (AA'ilbi011, however important, he could act contrary to the popular will without fearing opposition or immediate oisastrous consequences.

But, on the other hand, if. by compulsion be meant moral Influence. the remark is true. Even an energetic, self-willed Czar must feel that, when the country is In danger, the secret of his strength lies chiefly in fail and hearty agreement with his peoole. That a full and hearty agreement does not exist at the present moment, is painfully evident.

Thouot the war bad caused great sacrifices and imposed heavy burdens. the announcement that an armistice had been concluded, and that the preliminary conditions of peace bad been siraed produced disappointment rather than satiataction. lii bouor -of the evetrt the 0 I 44 "I understand an attempt will be be made to form a pool, or to e'et the merchants to take the warrants and use them for taxes." "lf that could be done, it would be a great benefit to the men. Who made the proposition 4. 1 can't tell you, but I know a friend of the Department is talking the matter up." "1 hope he will succeed.

By retaining the Department unimpaired, property-owners will save a large amount hi insuranm rates." low will the men take tbe reduction?" I don't know. I had a school of Captains Friday afternoon, ami called their attention to It, and, for my own gratification, asked them to vote on the cut in the salary or the discharge of men and the closing of the houses. Three-fourths were in favor of the 5 per cent. They didn't desire to see any men dismissed and the Department crippled." The men will be satisfied?" Some will not be." Those who don't like it can resign." Certainly. There are a great many men in the Depratment who have been connected with It for a number of years, and they take a personal pride in it, and, while they hold the lower positions to-day, they are looking forward to promotion.

I am satisfied that some of them would resign if it wasn't for the expectation of getting advanced, since by resigniug db An Eccentric Welt. oil me Derrick Wells in the oil regions have flowed salt water, fresh water, gas, and oil. We now Lave information that a well in Butler County Las been flowing balls of fire. To ada to the interest of the phenomenon, each of these balls of tire exploded with aloud report. The well is situateil on the McCandless farm, in Butler Comity, considerable distance beyond developments.

it was Unished some time ego, and was drilled a test well for that locality. About the time it was completed an immense vein of water was struck, which flowed lau feet into the air. Reeently the family living in the vicinity of trite well were startled by a loud. rumbhns Lot much unlike thnu3er. They found, on going out of doors, the noise proeeeded from tile welL Balls Of lire arose above the coluina of water and exploded with considerable vioLmce.

This phenomenon continued for some time. zrben the rumbling noise awl the balls of lira ceased. OBITUARY. NEWBURG, N. March 16.Commodore John Hodges Graham, of the United States navy, (lied of apoplexy last evening, aged 84.

The Commodore was one of the twelve officers who took part in the midnight expedition against the British stronghold opposite Black Rock. Nine of the officers were killed or severely wounded, Graham receiving a wound in the Wile which caused the amputation of the limb afterwards. March lg.Henry Disston, ow-manufacturer, died to-night from paralysis..