Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1872, Page 2

2 —eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 17,--18%: LABOR IN ENGLAND, Prosperous Conditien of the Workingmen. The Increase of Wagas and Diminu- tion of Work in the Past _ Twenty-five Years. What is Paid to Various Classes of Operas - tives. The Cost of Living---How Surplus " Earnings are Speni, Correspondence of The Chicazo Tribune. “MaxcrEsTER, England, Sept. 30, 1872, ‘Having spent, on & visit to England, several weeks in the midst of the manufacturing dis- tricts of Lancashiro-whero that county borders on Yorkshire, and having had good opportuni- ties of knowing the present condition of the Isboring clseses there, your correspondent taket $his mode of acqueinting your readers with the vesmlt of his observations. The district above ‘mentioned includes active end large industrial populations, where are produced cotton and Soollen cloth, mats, iron, cosl, 2nd many other articles of general use. Ihad often heard of the “ panper Iebor of Europe,” used 6 an argumont against Froe Trado, and I desired to sscertain the actual *down-trodden” condition of those ¢ panper Iaborers ” with whom it has always been held by Protectionists to ‘be inhuman and unwise to place the American workingman in competition. Tmmediately on arrival in DManchester from tyvakes,” fairs, and fastivals. They aleo- absonf theraselves from work at other times, without permicsion from their employers. ~1f they orked the regular hours, they would- earn the wages above tated; Lut they waste their time !\DEanEyl idloness and drink. Theincreace of’ drunkenness in Lancashire is 30 to 40 per cend above what it wasa few years ago. Toillus- trate: At'ths recent ‘walkea’at Aahton (32,000 inbsbitants), there was received et oroof the three railwsy stations sbout £500, during the three daye, in excess of the receipts in former years. This was for escureion ticketd 1o ile gea-aide and other places, taken chiefly by work- ing people, The average expenditure per head for excursion, refreshments, snd drink, amounts to about 103, and tho los of time per an.y would be 58 more. Theeo excursions, or ‘culs,’ are frequently taken. The machinists at Hibberis & Platt's, in Oldbam, earn so much thet they cannot consume their gurplus in beer and ordi- nary liquors, and haye begun to drink cham- ‘pagne on Baturday nights and Sundays, exdhiro cabs, or hacks, to take them from public Touse to public-house. To euch an extent isthis done, on Saturday night, that a cab can scarcely be obtained by an outsider. ~These machiniats work by the piece, and earn from £2 t0 £3 per week. Eight thousand persons are cmployed ab ths works. Iron-workers make heavy wages. Puddlers get £3 per week; roller men front £5 to £10. Some get more than this." C.— About hatters and others 2" . AL.—%1 dont know about that branch of busi- nese, but I know that employers com lain of searéity and indifference of hands, and the men have zlways plenty of money to spend in drink. The following i8 & true story, and camo direct from the pariy: A collier met. his employer, ab the sea-side, & few weeks 5go, at a_Watering place_called Blackpool, and asked him it htz would have a bottls of wine. On the ‘master; declining, the collier said, ‘Ah! theawrt one o thoose proud chaps.' The employer, being un- willing to be considered proud, end wishing to sea what the man would do, accepted the invitation. They went togother 1o s _ hotel, and tho collier _ called and paid for a bottle of champagne, which cost 105 6d. Atthe very colliery where the man orked, the average ¢ utput ’ of coal should bo 1,500 tons per day, and ab that time it was only 500 tons per day, owing to the colliers being 50 well paid that oy woald only work & fow days & week. They donotnow work above haif-time, nor with tho same energy as formerly.” CAUSES OF THE HIGE WAGES. C.—** What are the causes of this great pros- Liverpool, I noticed tho air of independenco d = WELL-TO-DO APPEARANCE of nearly every workingman I met,—not oaly of factory-operatives, but of laborers, tesmsters, porters, ete. I inquired of old friends, who had Jived in the district all their lives, and was as- sured that, owing to combinations and strikes amongst 2l classes of laborers, the workingmen had it sl their own way, and that tbe mill-own- ers and other employers ware, in & grest mess- ure, at their mercy. One gentleman pointed me {0 & gang of men mixing mortar for some ‘brick- work for him, and said that, if he was to eay & cross word or find sny fault with the men, ihey would at once pick up their tools and leave, and he would be unsble to fill theirplacé. Being the guest of & very intclligent gentleman who lived near Ashton-under-Lyne, I ventured to INTERVIEW EDN, in American fashion, in order to nscertein how far my observations and_impressions were cor- rect. The !Dllowing is the result : . —* T understand, Mr. B., that ou have lived here for some time, znd have een engaged in manufackuring2* “Manufacturer.—* Yes, I biave been inbusiness spinning and weaying cotton, for twenty-cight Joars past, in the haatt of the Ashion District, Which is only six miles from Manchester.” XOW AXD TWENTY TEARS AGO. ©.—* Will you state the condition of the miil- eratives at the present time, as compared with eir condition twenty yesrs ago.” perity and high wages?” M. Tn one direction, it is owing toa con- stant increaso of demand for coal snd iren, 2nd @ determipation in the men, by strikes and combinations, to restrict the ‘ outturn,’ and sokeep up wages. Cotton-manu- facture is at present unremunerative, owing to the high price of cotton, and the scarcity of Jabor from the causes before mentioned. ¢ Mas- ters,” or manufacturers, find themselves With & vast amount of mills and machinery on hand, hich they cannot keep fully at work. Itisa peculiarity of this trade thet, owing to the very expensive mills and mechinery, owners, or leszees, cannot stop their mills without serious loss,—ssy £100 per year for every thonssnd spindles. This compels them to run their mills at & loss in preference to stopping entirely.” OPERATIVES KOT CONTENT. .~ suppose the operativesare content with the adventages they now enjoy 7" “if.—+No, they ure now agitatingfor a farther reduction of the hours of Jabor, and are deter- Tnined to use their newly-scquired political pow- er, by the extension of tho franchise, ts faras household-suffrage, to accomplish_their object, which is limitation of labor to 54 hours per wWeck, or an avorago of nine hours per day. Mills now close at noon on_Saturdays, and work about 103§ hours on other deys."” : C.— How long hss this great prosperity and independence of the working classes con- tinued 2" AL.—“For three orfour years; and, for the Jast bivelve or eighteen months, they bave had it their own way, and have succeeded in evory de- mend made,whether for higher or shorter hours, in the iron, conl, and textile trades. They oven affect to be anxions to know how theirmasters or 3f.—+ Theaverage earnings of the cperatives now are something like 40 per cent moro’than they were twenty-five years sgo, although they are working only 58 to 59 hours per week, a3 nomj with (8 to 72 hours per week in former Yimes,—females working only 10 hours per dsy,. according to tho ‘Ten-Hours' Act. Tiis Ten-Hours® Law, or ‘Factory Act,’ wes assed shout thirty years' ago, and veduced ibe gnure of labor for women and children to G0 hours per week ; revions to that time, all tbe operstives roried from 68 t0 72 hours per week. Notwithstanding the recent reduction fo 59 hours per weels, the increese of wages has been 40 per cent, as beforo stated. Wenvers, owing o mproved machinery and better work, now Yond three to four looms, where they formerly minded only two; and thus, thongh the xate of ‘wagos by the piece is the same, yet their aversgo earnings ars from 40 to 50 per cent more than formerly.” 5 CATSES OF THE INORLASE. 0.—*“What are ike causee of ihis great in- m 3£.—* Ono cauvee is the dimination of popule- ton, which the consus returns_of 1871 ebow to be, 'in this district, something like 10 per cont less than in 1861s This has- caused searcity of Isbor; and the consequenco is, at the cotton-spinning and wesving machinery is seldom fally employed. The reduction of population bas been caused by migration Lo oth- erdistricts, and emigration to foreign countries, —particularly the United States. 1n thie district Slone, there i, o the latter conntry, an exodus of fifty per week, which i slightly in excess of the patarel increase of the populatios WAGES OF FACTORY-OPERATIVES. C—“Biate tho wages of scll-sctor mindere, weavers, and other operatives.” M—“The eelf-sctors get: from 2is {0 £2 por weel,—1 mesn adult mules. The yverage wages would be ‘sbout ‘304 “Piecars,'—boys from 13t 20, who assist the <minders’,—got from 105 6d to 168, or from £2.50 to 24 of yourcurrency. -These are often chil- dren or other relatives of the ‘minders.” Weav- ers are generally young women, singlo and mar- tied, from 13 years upwards. ' Those under 13 sre restricted by law co half-time. ‘ Half-timors,’ trom 8 to 13, boys and girls, earn from 25 6d to 45 per week. They aro compélled bylaw to atiend the Egblic {freo schools during the other holf of the day. Weavers ocarn from 10s to 218 per week, for *full time’ work. Girls of 16 {requently earn 158 per week, or nearly S4 of your currency- The mele ‘card-to0m hunds® carn sbout 218 per wook,—this _being _comparatively unskilled labor, Female *card-room hands’ carn from 108 to1Bsperweek, ‘ Winders’ and ‘warpers,’ whoare always femsles, earn from 10sto 20s per week, according to ability and class of work. *Siz- ers’ or ¢ dressers,' who are alwaya males, earn from 50s to £3 per week, ‘Twisiors,’ *drawers,’ ete., males, about 253 per woelk.” C.—*‘What would an ordinary family earn,— say father, and two_boys.and two girls, balf under and half over 13, leaving the mother at hums,"nnd allowing theyoung children only half- time A.—¢ About £3 per week. I know many fam- Uies earning £5 to £6 per week.” COST OF LIVING. O.—* What will thismoney buy, in houee-rent, fuel, mest, and clothing ?" Af.—*House-rent runs from 1s6d to 4s 6d per week. Those at 1s 6d are cotfages of two Tooms and pantry, all well built, of brick, -Honses et 38 6d and 4s 6d contain sbout eix rooms. Bome of them have a emall flower-garden in front, with scparate femccs. Theso houses ure well a.?dhmdaamely built, and of sugerior ter.” C.— Who pays the rates, or taxes?" M. *The landlord,—including even the water- rate.” 4 About fuel 7" Af—* Aboutninemonthe ago, honee-ccais were Be per ton of 2,240 pounds. Now, owing to ad- vance of wages to the collicrs, the Frice is double.” ‘What do the operatives Jive op 7” Af.—The best food their money will procure. Flour is worth 25 3d_per dozen, or 24d per &.flmd- ‘best cuts cf butchers' meat, 11d ; pota- s, 1d per pound, or 58 per huehe‘l; engar, 4d $0 54 coffes, 186d; tea, 25 6d to 35 ; vegelables andfruit, et 4 moderate price; apples, from 1d to d per pound (there is always an abundance of frait and vegetsbles in the market); fresh butter, 164 per pound; milk, 8d per quart; cheese, from 8d to 10d per pound ; bacon, 6d to 81. Oneof our pennies equals two of your cents. €.—** How is clothing ?" Af.—*'A good, respectable suit of black broad- cloth is worth £4 ; iweeds aud other woollens, from 2 to 3 guineas per suit; other cloth- ing in proportion. A good pair of balf boots, {10m the ehop, is 126 6d ; Women's shoes, consid- erably less.” WAGES OF OTHER WOREMEN. ©O.—* What are the wages of bricklayers, col- Liars, &c. 2" M.—*Colliers can get £3 to £4 per week for working eight hours per day; but they drink, a good deal of their time, and’ coneequently don't 5“ somuch. Theycould, if they worked steady. ricklayers, £1 16s per week, for 51 hours. Carpenters and mesons, 308 to 528 per week, for the sawe time.” 'WHAT 1S DONE WITH SURPLUS EARNINGS. C.—* What do the workmen do with their sur- plus, after paying rent, buying food and cloth- mfil.-—“ They take many holidays. and attend all employers vote, eince tho Ballot law: end one of them said—though jocularly—that if hiz mas- ter, or ‘mester,’ ‘didna vote right, he woulduz work for him.’ C.—4Do you consider, fror gonersl appear- ances, thst operatives engaged in ali brauches of business are in 8 prosperous condition " Af.—* They never wera 60 prosperous.” C.—What is the prospect oOf its continu- ance?” AM.—*There are indications that the working clagecs have pushed their advantages too far, and that the capitalists will cease to extend their business. This conrse; combined with the patural incresse of the population, will inorease the supply of labor; but, at’ present, there is no encouragement for the capitaliet. He has all the troubla and annoyance of scarce and uncertain labor for nothing.” TRADES-UNTON! C.—''How do they eccomplish their object and keep up wages ?" g M.—‘ Each cines forme a Trades-Unios, ap- pointe committees, aud makos levies to carry on btrikes, and to support tlose out of work, Who are willing to submit to temporary disadvan- tages for ‘f'igmar labor and more wages in the future. 'Thay live from hand to mouth, seidom Iay up anything or buyeny roal estate, and waste their time and mogey in drinking. Thicy Bave delegates to their Labor-Leagues, and they suspend work on their instructions, totally ragardless of the interests of their em- ployers. Clerks, teamsters, railway-porters, etc., have their * Unions’ aleo.” _C.—*You say they accumulate neither money nor property; how, then, are they supporied shien the works stop, or run very short tims ?” . —+ Many fall back on the poor-raes; and, whenever trade is bad, there is & correaponding increase in this class of toxes, which are paid by property or real-estate owners, incloding, of- course, the employers.” C.—*How is it on the Continent of Europs ?” M —The increase of wages there has been very great. They have strikcs and combinations there as well as here.” The foregoing statements were corroborated Dy other purties in different walke of lifo. There i no mistake about it. The lzborers of Europe 2re far from being ihe ‘paupers” they are represented in America. < # A ‘Ehe inferenco in favor of Free Trade is too obvious to require comment. 1t is gratifsing to S uat the Amorican workman generally ‘saves his surplus earnings, instead of squander- ing them 28 thosebold Britons do. W ARECENT ADMINISTRATION VICTORY. Yhy the Office of the Raleighi(N. C.) Sentinel Was Blown 1o Atom ‘The following is the articlo which was pub- lished in the Raléigh (N. C.) Sentincl, exd for which ita office was destroyed ; “There bas been more work for the Grand Jury of Welte under the beneficent acts of ro- construction than for that of any county in the State. Forthe smaller offenccs. the Grand Ju- rors have not been slow to make presentments. A woman, for etealing a towel and pitcher, is in the Penitentiary serving au unexpired term of wo years. “The plans and echemes for plundering the State of £16,000,000 were all concoctedand mostly executed in this city. Yot no presentment of the evil-doers has ever been made. When the Grand Jury did present tho chief, General Lit- tlefield, for bribing and cormlf»ting the Legia- Iature, Judge Watts adjourned the Court in less than five minutes alter the presentment, aod before the Solicitor could draw a bill. When we informed the foreman of the Grand Jury where be could find evidence, that Littleficld lad bribed General Lafilin, » member of the Legis- lature, Judge Walts charged tho Grand Jury that somebody had beea tampering with them. Judge Watts we think indictable for having in his possession 5,000 of State bonds. Timothy Lee, the Sheriff came wrougfully into posses- sion of $10,000 in- State bonds. ~The State was robled of £173,000, and no man indicted for it. Andrew Jackeon Jones, it is true, was in- dicted and convicted. The sentence upon Jones for essing this State of $1,000,000 was twolve months’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary—jost balf of the punishment upon the woman for stealing apitcher and towel. When sentenced, wo expresced the opinion that Jones wonld not be punished, nor has he been. Ho appealed to the Supreme Court, and that granted him a new trial. Itiswell for Jones thathe did not, like Kirl and Helden, *‘exhaust the Judiciary.” We mean no refection upon the Supteme Judiciary, for we think it likely that Jones was entitled fo 2 pew trial. A get of blundering Solicitors to draw bills, snd ignorant Circuit Judges, such as Watte, Cannon, end Henry, to pase upon them, and the chances ar that & now trial would bs grented threo times out of five, We have not inquired into the political complexion of tho Grand Jury. It it is the old Calvin Branch Grand Jury there is no chance to indict any Radical offender for robbing the:State. James Harris, Parson Sin- clair, and some of the Committes who located the Penitentiary on Decp River, can be_indicted before any other than the Cslvin Branch Grand Jury. Smith bas sworn if he answored certain questions about the lease Lie would lay himsell liable to criminal indictment. The State lost 2,000,000 by tho lease. If money was paid to saccomnlieh it the parties re indictabla.” i | PENNSYLVANIA. Why It The Pardon-Brokers’ Governor- -Bili THany, Geary, and Forney. ) Pieystone Chips. From Our Qun Correspondent, 2 PGILADELPHIA, Oct. 15, 1872. The Penneylvania clection has been accounted . for in various ways, a8 to all it was a surpriee, ! Grant men 2nd Greeley men. 'This shows {bat i not even the Grant men are up to the apprecia- tion of their Pennsylvania constituency. Bill b Mann, and Bill Leeds, and the other band-Bills, <cangoMerton betterall thotime, and, Imightadd, 37 he were sufiiciently lucid, even Zach. Chand- Jer. They bear Lo Trveed and the New York gang, in their political conspiracies, about the same proportion that Charley Bates, Noah Claypole, ‘and the Dodger might have borne to the vaster operations of Mr. Sikes, Mr. Marks, and Mr. Fa- gin. They accomplished this majority of 20,000 in Philadelphia by the ordinary methods of ex- travagant registration and stuffing the surplus into the boxes a8 if voted, and by the extraordi- nary method, which is rapidly coming in fashion, of treating with the subordinate managers of the opposite pariy. By the latter device, old Tammapy Hall at one time bade fair to endura forever. It was always open to treaty, smiled ‘benignly npon every newspaper in Now York, and, when extending liberal largess to them, said: ¢ Gentlemen, when you tako thislittle fifty thousand from us, do not, we pray you, uador- stand that it is to affect your political convie™ tions. On the contrary, wewish you to support your own party on all National questions. Sup- port also your candidates ot general elections. Beforoman made us citizens, Great Nature made us men. We shell ask youtohelpusin the city, and occasionally in the State; but mever cease Lo be Republicans, for every man is en- titled to his conacience, his wote [AIr. Trweed al- ways pronounced it with 4 w}, and the reward of his honest toil." Leaving Mr. Tweed's presence with the reward of his honest toil, the stipendiary aforesaid said to his wife, that night, when the children wers ssleep, and the gas was about o be turned off in the parental bedchamber: Ny dear, this is & happy land in which we live. Nono dare molest nor make us afraid. We support the City Government beczuse it is gen- erous snd comprehongive, and, particularly, my dear, because it respects our loyal obligations to our party in general.” The good man then counts his money, thinks the occasion suspicious for s little family de- votion, and drops asleep ciphering up the Tela- five advantages for investment of * Govern- ments " and city lote. THE PURCHASE OF THE INNOGENTS. To this way, the smaller jobbers of the Dem- ocratic party—1 do not mean any person in re- sponsible mansgement, but the ward-chaps, and those who run for the Legislature and expect no higher—were brought in by the Leede- and Moo Ring. This was the argument : “Sam, or Tke, you might 2s well make your Little pile this fime. Elect Buckalew and you get 2 Aristocrat. Why, there ain't uo Democra- tic behsvior in him? Ha wouldn’t pardop his brotber-in-law. .He's cold and selfish, and one of thove danged respectabla felows. _He's been in the United Btztes Senate, and bas got the Pres’ancy on the brain. He wants to be Pres'- entof the Unite States. That ain't your atyle nor mine!" “ Air’t there 3 good deal of this talk for a busi- neas-mattars” fby Bam acc lke, with their palms yichiog. it {ns, boys, I mesn fo bs trank with you,” saswarg o ooy of the yzest periy Which fought the ear snd presented the bull-pupa. ¥ sm comirg {0 it." “ Come, rlammed quic: ©The real question Lero with us is the Pardon question. Herc's Bill Meno and onr party just at the merey ot thn Gav'noz. Bposin’ 06w YO elect Buckelew, and after a whils you take cne drink too many, and find yourself in Moyamea- sin’ or Cberry Hill [;;rimm- . Yonr friends come 0 us and say - ‘Get lis or Ssmmy out o' this!'" _ At this point, tbere is beaming interest amonat the auditors, uod no interruptions. ’{hs envoy looks into their eyes, and drops his yolca: Boys,” hie veys, “50u know we've got five thozeand majority In his city, and the registra- tion, You cau't buat s, And it wonld be awk. ward £ either of you cvor ha dona_anything.” (Psuso of the elight, breath-catching sors, not intended, bat not withont effect.) “You say,Get usont of thie. \Voll, we say back: Tkey, we wartlo help yoa:in this ofice, we troat ull Partics aliko, But the Judge is sg'in us, and the Guv'por is ag'ia us, and heisa celd, Yetpectahlo, selich olsp, with Lia head ll!lF of the [Pres'mey. Now, if sou'd a-voted for Johnoy | Hartrantt, =~ who always remembers lis friende, and ain't gob nore of Lhis respectability 0od stuff aboat him, and, Sam, is a Letter Democrat 86 to Heart than Buckalew,—wa could 'a fired it. By George! boys, it's Heast that you want, particklarin Gav'or. The Guy'norof the great Stateof Pennsylvanie gin't got 1o business with big Bosd full ot the Presney. Leb Grant or Greoley bo elected, we don't care on the office Sow hich of 'em ; and mind, Itell you, we'll Sarm Mr. Grant if Lo beats Johnny Hartranft. But Bill Mann is the best District Attorney..we over bad, 2nd he'll alweya git a friend & pardon if the Judge end the Guv'nor ain't 2g'in him. He's got Heart, he has!” “Now stop your chining, ” esy lie and Sam, tand come round to the Dewter Pig, Letween Wine and Gallowhill strests, and we'll talk bus'ness ¢ PARDON THE BOON OF PUBCHASE. The prize of the election in the City of Phila- delphia was the pudon-%mnting power. 1twas. the issue as to whether the State ehould Lave a Lunb and inflexible Mafi'atrale who would not earken to the appeslof aDistrict Attorney, oven though countersigned by a Judge, {a par- don the malefactor {hey had themasives prose- cuted and gentenced ; or_whether a GGovernor and Judge shonld be msado, partners and cre- ations of thia same District Attorney, to make juil-deliveries when it becamo his intereet. The greatest office for a dishooest man tobold in all America to-dayis the District Attorneyship ot Philadelphis, because Philadelphia Dar & larger criminal class than any other American city, and the negotiation of pardons through his offica involves perquisites and bribes of unparslleled magnitude. #Skin for skin,” ay the Serip- tores, *an eye for su oye anda iooth for & tooth; and ali that a man bath, that will he give for Lis life.”” Yea! and for his liberty. A wicked man's instincts need liberty the moet. Men aro so wicked that thef have not a wife, OF & PAFEDL, or some one to sell all that he hath and give them deliverance. In no part of the world {8 PARDONING MADE A COMMERCE, agin Pennsylvania. Itis astyle of corruption cspecially fitted_to a State where public lecling runs in no broad, reliable channels, but puddlzs out, and dries up, and keops up = cackle without congruity, Jike old hens on the roost when the rovster be not ou police. ‘The little newspapers there merely pick at people, and give over, about the time there is good cause, to pick atsome- body else; 6o that o{:iniun is never prepared for any sturdy pull, and long conviction can no more get hieadway than a strain of eloguence in a time of general whooping-cough. ~Hence, pardons are apatched between the publio cackles, and the criminal often comes out of jail without publica- tion,—the newspapsrs meantime picking at some other poor strutter of the hour, THE SLEEPING SENTINEL. When the Great Angel comes to judgeihe wor and the average Philadelphia editor ap- peare, thero will be no_more phenomenou in Heaven thanif s emall boy bad been brought into police-court for wiping his nose on ths silk elirt of one of the Muses. The Angel will look at this editor with & eort of every-day commiser- ation, not wholly unmixed with disgust. He will eay : 1 Jo not know &ny eentence emall enough for you, and yet the character of thie Assize de- mands the lighest _Euniahmenl known to the tsw., I thiok I will sentence you to bave Braine, Take Braive and return fo your voca- tion. a8 you bave dons Follow it as meanl hitherto, and be compelled A Dopart,—or, rather, shoo!™ am afraid that even the Omnipotent Angel could not put brains in this class of individual. 1f ho conld, the brains would go one way and the editor that, 80 tho moral affect of the sen- tence would belost. THE STATE NO BETTER OFF. In our National diesovointment over this elec- estimate youself. ‘grateful tion, we have yet a missionary pity whichbids us try again, We pity the State of Pennsylvanis, whose ruler is how the Distriot Attorney of Phila-. @elphxni]md whose ample and beautifal territory is at the mercy of the criminal classes’ thers. We pity and sympathize with the sturdy people" of the State, that pardons are honceforward _tobo_the purchase of robbers, and.-paid-for-by- increased robbery, which, in its turn, will de- ‘msnd more plunder to buy the good offices of the ¢ ty anthorities. We pity, that great State, with ts ‘boundaries af once on the Obio, {lie lakes, and tide-water, that it has deserved this prophecy at tho hauds of any etranger. ¢ Hartranfi,” said Major ke New York Mail, * will carry Pennsylvania. He could not; under the circumstances, Do elect- cd nywhere else. Bub o cau carry Fennayl- vania. = o He did. " The east of the State'was in-8 co- matosa condition from the protracted use of fried oyeters, and voted for Hartrauft becenee, not Daving eaten the abelle, thoy had not linied their intellects. ‘The wterior voted for him ‘hecause lie was supposed to bo another man ith the same suffix to bis name,—all the named sound- ing alike after dinner thero,—and because Jerry, Biack had just given a charater to Créswellin the Chorpenning case, Which was interpreted to mean a character to the whole Stete ticket. The west went for him because the oil-corner they formed a year ago, in that section, was 50 hein- ous & conspiracy thei the oply way to have it for- gotten was to do tho more atrocious thing of electing Hartrantt: A generation of Stet, who shall deliver ye from the frying-pan to' come? Be off with your Diatrict Attorney, ‘who has you in custody for three years io come, aud be ye all pardoned in time, for we'shall have the nexi Congrese, and mean to punish you With'a heav duty on domestic sausage and all cheesg whicl gmzlls -above B0 many pounds to the square inch. % THE PARDON-BROKING GOVERNOR'S STAFF. ‘The criminal administration of Pennsylvania will be quite complete when Mra, Lucy Cobb is called to Harrigburg to add grace and infatuation ~to the Governors duty. This lady = was the very _ .capable and chommndafin&puflon-bmker of Johnson's Administration. e had s besutiful eye, and Wore tho smallest number four shoe, and was possessed of but one bad habit. She used chew- ing-gum, " This chewing-gum will greatly add to hier sccomplishments at Harrisburg, and it will put everybody at home 3 if thoy wore at dinner. "The dotective police officers, Mesars. Smith and Lamon, have just been added to the Legislatnre by the, right loyal City of Philsdelphia. The Judgo, Thompson, who hus given diguity snd character to the Bench for more than twelve Bundy, editor of the |- years, goss down to make the way easy for the ‘pardon-brokers’ dymmbg. In place of & pure and expericnced man, liko Senator Buckalew, a lean, lymph, dull-eyed shire-butcher goes into the Crecutivo Chair, And master of all is Bill Mann and the Criminel Ring of Phila- delphin. This Mann has ‘been in office almost con- tinnously since 1856. When first elected, he hads contest, and bought Off his opponent. After several terms of unexampled corruption, \nercin criminals were compounded with, an pesee and good order given to the winds, the otter people and journala bolted his nomina~ tion, and he withdrew, only to return after sin- fls form of retirement, master of the city again. ¢ is now master of the State, and what offen- ces e does not care to compound with as Die- trict Attorney, pass up to the Governor for the broad seal of pardon. In THE CRIcaco TRIB- TNE of March 13, 1868, I sketched thia person, Mann. He was then in temguxuy disgrace; he is now the only legitimate Boss Tweed in the country, and, while Tweed stolo” only from tax- ayers, Mann's sources of eupport have always een charged to bo the criminal classes. Heig a man of some forco of natural rowdy- iem, great extravagonce, and he appears to have struck bands with Cameron, and ruled his 01d chum, Governor Cartin, out of the Ring. Grant's Postmaster, at Philadelphis, & man of better stamp, has just beon elected County Clerk op the city ticket. Cameron will return 1o the Secuate by natural ascendency over the City Ring, snd live out his sordid and picayune Qsys like s moth in the brightness of power. 1asked a gentleman what persons ‘bad been most efficacions in defending this galaxy of folka before the more provincial and verdant people of the Commonvwealth, «Well,” said ho, two pious men,—James Pollock, Director of the Mint, and George H. Btuart, founder of the Christian Associstion ! They Lave issued the certificates of oharacter, and strewn the palms befors the feet of Barab- bas and his band.” GEARY AND FORNEY. : John W. Geery will Jeavo his office gener- ally despised. He was neither fish, flesh, nor fowl,—solid, gaseous, nor- liquid. He tinkered with Labor Reformers, and was the Hilgh Mogul of Union Lenguee, Hetried ta eplit difforencosin thievery, and cast up pen- nies between different forms of felony. Nature ‘mado him for a faithful Sergeant in the Regular Army, who needed some walching, st twenty Qollars & month, He was big, country-looking, and he wore whito cotton gloves, one size too Dig, at receptions. These qualifications failed, ‘because there was not enough natural manto eke them out. He pardoned Yerkes & Co., on tha ova of election, to get a document which im- licsted hia crew, and some say.himself, in the Cvana peculation; and we discharge him from honorable mention. It appears, by all the facte, that the most honorable man i the Hartrantt and Geary Criminal Co-operation Saciety, waa the #aid Yerkes, and he had been sentesced to five years in the Penitentiary, though sll the- while ezid to have been retsined a8 a membér in good standing in the Philadelphia Stock Ex- change. Imagine Mr. Ketcham in jail keeping his eeat in the New York 8tock Exchange. | Mr. Jobn W. Fornoy has played the partin this campaign of a weak epirit, “letting I dare ot wait upon 1 would, like the poor cat ' the adage,” His course of action should have been decided at the time Mr. Sumner broke with the Cameron-Grant party, when Forney cried, “Halt!" And even his weak order then bad the tone of command in it, and made for an instant yu.nic in the ranks. He might have cried, i About face! March!” at that time, and kept his 51{&y rospectable; or he might have plunged boldly in, created & great peper wmd B Stato spirit, and repdered rant's nomination impos- sible. They repurchased bis pliant and ductile will for the petty office at the receipt of cus- toms, which, in the Scriptures, was always given to s pereon by the name of Mordeoai. Mordecai Forney satin the receipt of customs, and wes fiahed with the eggs of criticism,—eggs which id not always burst fair -nor shed the most perfome, His ofice became & pillory and ucmenned him. Ho descended from it, and attempted a sort ot balf-way fight hetween Grant and Hartranft, cutting the former from his baso, and the latter from his hypoth- enuse. Iad that sort of fight won, it would have been all the proportions of & campaign - waeted ou carrying a hen-house. To have succeeded in it, and planted the fizgz on the Len-houes, with tBe White House yet fo carry, would have been merely to gain a_small clevstion and be unin- trenched in the face of the firo of the cidalel. Bnt Forney was a Pennsylvanian, and could atrain at o goat and ewallow a camel. ‘He i8 inst now getting much prophecy of 8x- cseding misfortuno from gutter-snipo pepers Jike the Lening Bulletin, To _such goslings of ace and knowledge, he is still towor anda ight. He has lost nothing. His paper is & better pru{:erty than ever, and ho s better man, for the balf-Gght he made. Let him procsed on the same lino, make things lively for gin And wickedness in Peonsylvania, and {e will die not witiout record and remembered good influence, [:7%::8 —_— Joaguin Miller’s Drive, From tha New York Sun, Oct. 12. Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Bierras, ie e‘.aapping at the Aetor House. On Thursday, be and Colonel Tennie C. Claflin, Mrs. Victoria Woodball, and Colonel James Thomas wera driy- on in a stglisk four-in-hand to Central Park. ‘The poet was olegactly attired -in & plain suit of black, and wore & costly Panama bat, his long, tight-colored beir hanging down on his shoulders. @ casried » delicate cane, and ever and anon etooped over in s thonghtful mood, and rested his chin on his clagped hands. Colonel Claflin, who Sore & handsomely-trimmed_dark alpacs dres, . a lilac necktie, and sn English riding hat, sat bolt uprightin her seat beside tha poet, and chatted pieasantly with him, her large, beauti ful eyes beaming full upon him. Dirs. Wood- hull, who was dressed in somewhat the same stylé as ber sister, tho Colanel, eat beside Colo- nél Thomas, with whom she kept up & very lively conversetion. 9 As the turnout sped over the splendid drives, ibo morning visitors to the Park hastesed to catch s glimpse of it. Joaquin seemed aunoyed, and he'blusled to the roots of the hair. He frequently turned to tho fair Colonel by his aide, and eaid he failed to underatand the rabid curiosity of New Yorkers. As they passed the statuary the blue eyes of the poot lighted uj with a peculiar lusire, his paetio fever returned, and he spoke in rapturous tones of the poet of old. Mrs. Woodhull was inclined to_talk poli- tics, but the warlike Colanel of New York's col- ored regiment seemed -spell bound with tho poet’s talk. At last they renched Stetson's, and partook of breakfast. Alany flocked to the dining room to see the yellow-haired poet, whose married life has been discuesed over the entire globe, and the woman brokers of Well street. After finish- ing their repast and spending some time in con- .any one, and will gladly enter upon a contest by _auch means of warfare I em without weapons of versation, the party returned to their coach, and wera driven throueh the Park - to the Kifth | pearance as Cherubino'in the ayvenue entrance, and thence Gown town, the fair Colonel and Mré, Woodhull going at:once to their brokerage office, 48 Broad. street, and the -poet andGolonel Thomas.to. their hotel. > On- heir way down town they were.the observed “of all observers, and the poet drews Sigh of relief when once mora in his room in the Astor House. THE BARONESS VON RHADEN. Why e, Pauline cea Left Berlin | for - AmericassBreaking a Contract . with the Royal Theatre and Forfeit="] ing the Position of Court Singer--The. Prima Donna in kler Own Defencess: _Comments of tie Berlin Press, | Berlin (Sept. 13) Cpmgmmm of,_the' New York Sun., Ag the renowned, German, prima.donna is now the following information \cannot ‘& your sity, but be acceptable to your readers. It relates to 2 her departnré from Germsny without having ob- tained feave of absence from the management of the Berlin Royal Opera House—s mstter which. ia serionsly agitating the minds of ‘the! public hera at the present time, and which also forms the themeof animated dlscussion in the news- papér press of the German capital. . 2 _ Bevaral years ago Mme. Pauline Luccs entored- into an engsgement with Herr Von Huelsen, the General Superintendent of the Royal theatres in this city. By theterms of this contract, the primsa donna ‘was constituted s life member ‘of the Royal Opers Troupe at a salary of 8,000 thalera: per annum. - The contract also.provided that she ‘waa to receive & pension of 2,580 thalers a year 80 goon a8 her voice ehould'be gone. In‘engag: ing Mme. Lucca on these torms, the shrewd mansger no doubt closed a very advantageous ‘bargain, for the stipulated salaryis a very small one when compared with those generally paid in Europe to first-clasa actists, and when taking :| into acconnt the superior talents and accomplish- ments of Mme, Lucca. “On the other hand, it must be borne in mind that the Emperor Wil- ilam honored her with fraquent. costly presents, snd that the-provisions of her contract with Mr. Von Huelsenwere such a8 to allow of her ac- cepting *“star” engagements in Bussia and'Eng* land dufing three months of the year, Your Tenders probably.are aware that 3me, Lucca several years ago was appointed by a royal decree the Prussiah Kammersangerin ' (court singer), the highest honor’ which can bd con- ferred tipon any artist, and in which honor, until recently, she shared with Messrs. Niemann and Wachtel, and with Mme. Mallinger: Some' dif culty, however, arose between the rival canta- trices. The aature of this ¢ unpleasantness o was irifling, and Luccs came out of the difisulty victorionsly, owing to- ber influence with the Emperor_and Empress, while Mme Mallinger {fell into disgrace at conrt. It is only proper to add that there are”many people .here who con- sider Mme, Lucea to have been clearly in the wrong, and who assert that Mme. Mallinger was most unfairly- dealt with by their Imporial H’ilmea'u!" 2 The duty imposed on Mme. Lucca by her ap- pointment as court singer was to sing in ail royal court concerts. 6 position of Jiammer- sangerin is agreeable and pleasant. Mme. Luces ‘had installed herself firmly in-the favor of both the Emperor and Empress. The latter especi- ally was most affectionate and kind to the fair artist: She was never ellowed to miss any ot the soirees given by their Imperial Highnesses. Mme. Lucca is bound to spend three months every year in the British cepital, with the obli- gation of appearing in opera thirty times.” For.| this engagement she receives 30,000 thalers a season—that is to say, a total of 120,000 thalers. The Fmperial Opers House, St. Petersburg, paid Mme. Luces for her lnst three weeks’ ‘star” engagement in thab city the sum of 10,000 roubles. i Her Bngugemenl: with Mr. Gye has two years torun. She did spend three months this -year- in the British capital, but, insteed of returning- to Berlin at tho expiration of that time, she closed a contract with AMr. Maretzek to go to Ameriea, and then endeavored to have ber en* gagement with Mr. Von Huelsen csncelled: Failing in her efforts to sccomplish this end, he went to Ischl, in Auatris, and after spending sevéral weeks at that faghionable summor resort the independent prims donna went to England and took passage for New York. Under the circumstances it is not to be won- dered:2t thet the Berlin press and public should be much excited over the conduct of 3Mmo.-| Lucces, which, to say the least, seems exiraor- dinary. The Berlin Gerichiszeilung, speaking of her unceremonions departure, says: “ Before embarking for the United Bfates, 3Mme. Lucca”has proved to her ‘dear Berliners’ that she could not find it in her heart to leave a community with whom she has been a greai {favorite for years, without bidding her friends a fond adien. - For Mme. Lucca will not return to the German capital. Her effort to cancel her contract with the mansgement of tho Berlin Royal Opera House has proved unavailing, and tho resolute prima donna has taken the gquestion- able liberty of going to the United States, in spite of the rofusal of Herr Von Huelsen, tho general superintendent of the roysl theatres in our city, to grant her leave of.absence. for the purpose of fulflling her Américan *star’ co- ement.” =€ n the ove of her depsriure for New York, Mme. Lucca addressed the following- letter to the editor of the Berlin Fremdenblall. She writes from Liverpool under date of Aug. 81: “When you receive these lings I shall be on the ocean. ~ But I cannot leave a city which has 80 much become my home that I have almost en- tirely forgotten the place of }ny_bir[.haw' hout giving my Tonsons for my departure and bi goudfixywupnwc ~which has alweys le upou'me every kindness and attention that love and affection could bestow. I cannot bear to fhink that my frionds sbould be really under tho* impression -that I leave Borlini for-the sake of money. Any one who looks back n{énn my past career_dispassionately end without prejudice will admit that if I were moved by considera- tions of profit in my actions, 121 wre infia- enced by love of gain, it would not havo taken ten long years to dovelop that fact. I assure yon in the moest = emphatic man- ner ihat all the treasures of the Indies could not alone have induced me to leave a city to which I am firmly bound by the ties of love and affection. BotI cannot run the risk “of lfiain exposing mysolf to insults similar in their character to thoso which were heaped upon me last winter by a certain cligue. I cannot bly d9 50 without sullying my Dame, an will ezsily understand that I am unwilling to do” 80 after X havo striven hard to maintain the good reputation which I enjoy st.the-present - time. 1 hiave no objection to be put side by side with 88i~ meking nse of oll Iswful means with which na- ture haa endowed mo ; but I will never have re:, courso to intrigues and’ insults ; for sgainst dafence. [These remarks probably refer ta the little unpleasantness, above, which _occurred last winter between Meadames Luces and Mel- linger.] 1 cannot find that Y sm guilty of hav- ing committed any wrong sction “toward the public. Ibavedoneall in my power to induce the management of the Opers Houso to cancel my contract, but_my efforts to this end have been futile. 3,2 4+ Affaira have thusngsumeda very ead turn for me, Berlin beingltnrhidden ground to me in the future. Still, I am determined to remain firm in my resolution, Myhonor as an artist has been too deeply wounded, and the clique which represents my enemies is 80 little choice | in the means of warfare, that I should not for the world ngain lay myeell open to the same in- sults, sgainst which no haman being can pro- tect me.” I'mow requeat you, Mr: Editor, that you will bo pleased- to convey to my dear Berliners the assurance of my.deep and heart-. felt gratitude for all the love and kindnesa whicli they bave shown me, and to bid them n fond good-by - in .my name. The Berlin public and I will never be able to forget ona_ another. In this - connection I still avail myeelf of the present opportunity to remind them.of my favorite dong: F o . “*¥Es war 8o schon. Tod musste doch vergeb'n." 1 am, sir, youra very respectfully, . ‘“PaoLise Lucca.” SBome of the Berlin journels comment in very severe language upon the above affactionate farewell. Staatsburgerzeitung, for instance, 8ayS : s A . “The Berlin public. know_best themselves what to think of this letter. But we still con- sider it dne our readersto state what wo have from very good authority, viz., that Mme. Lucca, 2 fow days previons to her departure, made use The behavior of Mme. Lucea toward the public at that time was of 80 improper & character that the %nafl people of Berlin had far bettor cause to ‘be angry’ with. the self-willed .ongstress than vice versa. So_ far.ss Mme. Luccs's asgertion is concerned, viz.: that she does not go to America for the sake of money, Wwe -cannot-but doubt-the-truth-of ~her-remarks -in this respect. Still, we do mot blame her for leaving Berlin for this reason. Itis evident that by doing so she makes s very good bargain. Up-. on hier return from_her transatlantic **sfar” en- gagement,” she will' be'in possession of a cash <capital of about 170,000.thal ers.—The.yeatly in- -terest on this sum alone will bemore. than four times the amount of the pension guaranteed her 13 g;armmggen;sqt of ‘the Royal Opera House of Berlin.” ¥ - Now that Mume. Luces bas thrown up her en- gagement, having taken her departuro from the erman capital without leave of -absence, and against the wishes of Mr, Yon Huelsen, she will -be, of.course, no longer entitled to this pension. The Berliner Borsenzeilung, an influential and: usually well-informed journal, even goes 80 ar a8 to make_still more cutting remarks upon the subject of Mme. Lucca's departure. 1t says: “Mme. Lucca has started on her journey to New York without asking the consent of her hus- band, tho Baron von Rhaden, nay, withoutin- Zorming him of her intended departure.” The Borsenzeitung farther informs the public that this course of action, and other proceedings on. the part of the little prima donna—which the just mentioned journal promises to lay be- fore its resders era lonz—have induced tho Baronv on Rhaden toinstitute legal proceedings 2inst his wife for a divorce. In justice to me. Lucca, however, it is proper—go far g this action on the part of Baron von Rhaden is concerned—to remind your readers of the old Latin saying: Audialleram porlem. The Baron, it isasserted on good authority, is no longer the examplaty husband he was during the firat thres or four years of his merriage to Mme. Lucca. Indeed, the" fact has frequently been men- tioned by the mewspapers that Baron yon Rhaden i3 aninveterats gambler, and that hehas squandered many thousands of dollars'of the earnings of his wife. Hoisreported to have given a good deal of trouble to flm%ime prima na of Into years, by keeping very lato hours, and conducting himsolf generally in & manner un- becoming to one in his high station in life. Some of the Berlin papers, & few months ago, in com- menting on the -fact that Baron yon Rhaden +would probably ot accompany his wife on her trip to tho United States, mentioned that Mme. Luccs, in order to protect herself and her young child from want in the fature, would probably havo to bring suit for s divorce against the Baron, her husband. _The sale of her jewels in Tondon, in May last, it was said, was due to the {fear on the part of Mme, Lucca_ that she might become the victim of another Marguerite Dix- ‘blanc T have reason to believe that such. was ot the case, and _that the sale Wwas owing to some domestic difficulties. It will appear a3 o aignificant fac that, on her American_tour, the prima donna is not accompenied by the Baron Yon Rhaden, but merely by hor parents. Sho has also taken along her only cbild,’ & littls girl nearly 2 years old. TThe Borsenzeilung etill cells sttention fo the -fact that the 15th of September will be the day on which Mrme. Lucca, in_sccordance with tle terrus of her contract, will have to return to Ber- lin' from Ischl, and informs its readers that, Mme. Lucea not making her appearance at the office of the Royal Opera House on the 15th of the current month, Berlin's favorite prima donua will be dismissed from her position as Kammer- sangerin and member of the Royal Opera troupe, and that her name will be placarded on the posters.of the royal theatres all over the city, with the announcement that Bime. Pauline Lucces, the, royal Conrt singer, has broken her ongagement~ with Mr. Von Huelsen. Tho Borsenzeitung farther sags, that, in consequenca of the unpardonable course which Mme. Lucca has pussued, the doors of “all the prominent ogam honses in Germany will be closed to her in the future. : ; Well, it is to be hoped {hat tle Berlia papers will in time get oyer -their sorrowat, the losi of their pet artist, and take consolaticn from the old saying: “Thero are just a8 guod fish in the sea as ever werd caught.” Still, itjs ouly .true. to say that the regret at Dme. Lucca’s absence from the Jmperial city of Germany is shared alike .by Court end community, for she was | really o great favorie with ths Berlin public, from the highest ranks to ilelowest, Under the - shove circumstances, howover, it is, of course, not to be exflected that Mmo. Lucea will return to Berlin at the oxpiration of her con- tract with Mr. Meretzok. Her American en- sagement, T underatand, will last until the latter Past of Mby, 1873, She will then, no doubt, ro- tarn to London to fulfl her advautageous on- gagements at Covent Garden, for Mms. Luces, 23 before stated, is under articles witu Jr. Gye fcr two more seasons. THE RECENT RAILWAY HORROR. Particniars of the Accident. on the Elizabethtown & Paducah Road, From the Paducah Kentuckian, Oct.12. One of the most shocking accidents it hes failen to our lotto record occurred on the Eliza~ bethtown & Paducah Railroad, Thursdsy night, ab the lofiy trestle just boyond Lawton's Bluff, and about eight miles from the city. The frain +was due here af 8:40, but was' somewhat behind {ime, bringing it on the trestle-work &t about 9:45. The speed of tho train, according to testi~ mony, was at the rate of sixteen to twenty miles ‘per hour. The rear car, which contained some fifteen or twenty passengers, among them a number of le- dies 2nd two small children, ran off the track sbout " 150 yards the other side of "ihe trestle, and ran elong the ties until it reached the mid- dlo of the treatie, when, the coupling breaking, {he car tarned over, and was precipitated a dis- tance of about forty feet. The coupling of one of the other cars was broken, but t%xey all wont safely off the trestle on to the embankment. The car turned completely over, striking on its top, and the immense weight of the timbers of which it was built, and the trucks, nearly pulverized it, it was reduced o an actual piloof splinters, and the- most wonderful thing_in the world is _that _any human being could have gone down with it 2nd ever emerged from the ruins alive. " The engine was immediataly stopped, and all who were able immedintely set to work to rescue those who were beneath the ruins. The scens 85 represented to s was of the most heortrend- ing cter. The screams of the women and. the groans of the wounded were enough to make the stoutest hearts quail. The working force was small, but they worked with & will and a de- termination while the engineer bronght the re- ‘mainder of the train to thecity for surgeons and citizens. The call was promptly responded to Drs. D, D. and Joe Thompeon and a number of Citizens, who praceeded to the scene of the dis- aster; where they worked heroically till cvery one was removed from the wreck. Mr. Ingegnero Antonio Maledfassi, s tobacco agent sent fo this country by the Government of Ttaly, ond Miss Georgis West Jordan, grand- danghter of Mrs. Cook, Clarksville, Tenn., and nieco of Rev. J. T Hendrick, of this city, Were instanily killed. ‘We give below s list of the wounded as far as wo have been able to gather it; there are gome, however, whose pames we have ‘been unable to Pprocure: : - Mrs. Cameron Thompson, of Cincinnati, (daughter of Mr. E. W. Weathers, of Mayfield) Teceived a moat frightful and dangerous wound on tho head, and js otherwige badly injured; Mra. Seymour Perkins, of Elkton, Ky., also & dsughter of Mr. Woathiers, was slightly injured. Mrs. N. H. Colb, wife of Captain Cobb, of New Albany, and sister-in-law of Mr. J, R. Cobb, of this city, who cam here to try the effects of ineral water for dropsy, bad herJog_broken abovo tho ankle and the flesh torn from the bone to a point above tie knee. Amputation was an imperative pecessity, and Dra. Joe. Thompson, D. D. Thompson, Tauber, and Maz- well performed the operstion as soon as the gnl.isut could be sufficicntly rallied to endure it. he is in & very critical condition, and but little hope is entertained cf her recovery. Mr. A. S, Harrrington, of the firm of Me- Doneld & Harrington, was very dangeronsly Wwounded about the head and face, and, it ia thought, if ke recovers, he will Joss ono of hia eyes. B Mra. Cook, of Clarkevills, Tann., was slightly injured. . Nr. M. Liviogston, of this city, was injured of the following language shall go to Ameri- ca, even if they all stand on their heagls (& “The Berlin Tagblall spesks in still severer terms of the coursa pursued by the Baroness von. Rbaden. Under date of the 6th inst., it publish- s the follGwing : 3 : . ‘“ The insults to Mme. Lucca during Jast win- ter, to which the prima donna takes the trouble of calling attention in her letter, were of a very trifling and insignificantnsture, Moreover, they were discountenanced by the commusity in the most decided and unmiétakable manper, and in terms bLighly fattering to the aougstress. We therefore ‘incline . to the opitioo thal none but a person possessed of ‘s vers reeentful temper would think of parading those old griev- ances as just ground. for, breaking & contract. severely. % Mr. I, Lovi, of this city, received savero and painful injuries about the head. Mra. Warren Thornbersy recai Jjuriea whicl are very sevare. DMrs. J. K. Cobb, of this city, received very peinfal but not seriaua injuried. - Henry Burnet received & cut 02 the hesd and bad his shoulder bart. Mre. James Beverly received & gevere conta- sion on the head, Sbe Liad & young <hild which, by the fall, wau thrown some fifteen or twenty feet from ber, bat, with the exception of 2 scratch or Lwo, was unburt. Mrs..J. W. Baker, daughter of Mr. Rosz, of this Gily, waa caught under {he timbers, her Tower limbs pinioned, and there was not force vait internal in- 1t will be atill fresh in the minds of- our readers that the insults of which Mme.-Lucca complains consisted in a trifling opposition—which pogsi- bly had no existence at all except in the im- agination of the fair prima donna—said to -have been offered to her on the occasion - of her ap- “Nozze di Figaro:' enough present to release her. 8he was there- fore compelled to remain in this conditior until S\EEisLflnn% ‘arrived from this city. She was bad- head, and was _severely ‘bruised on the face and bosily, b“%:'fi'.’%ixm“fi:’gha Asgessor, was very ajor er, Revi s !a\'dex,dy Druised a\'zt:!nt the hend and shoulders, and is suffering grestly. 3 Dudley Cu)i s;t Christian County, received some very painful contusions on the head and face, but not-of a dangerons character” Mrs. Brown wes considerably injured about the head and face, but not seriousaly. . There were other passengers on the train, but they were fortunately on the forward car. Several theories have been sdvanced as to ihe cause of the eccident, the most possible of which, and the one which our reporter, who visited the scene, thinks is the true one, is that two wheels of the rear coach jumped off,-and, finally, 150 yards from_where the first impression of the Srheels can bo seen on the cross ties, the other trucks went off the track, and the whole car tip* ped over the trustle and dropped thirfy-five feet to the ravine below. The track was considera- bly torn up, but & force was at work repairing it, and it was expected that the train for ouisvilla would pass over it about 8 o'clock yesterdsy afe ternoon. b . Mr. Maldefassi was found standing up, lesn- ing nFninnt the side of the car; stone desd, an awfargash on the top, of his hesd, his brains oozing therefrom. Mrs, Beverly, wife of the accomplished clerk of the Jim Fisk, was on board-the train with a young child. The child escaped unbart. Mrs. F7efi fo the ground and one of tho trucks csme whirling down, the sharp edge of it coming withe inan inch of her head, pinning- her tothe ound by her hair. 1r. Pomp Sebree was co: Belled to cut her bair all off close to her head orde; to release har. She was only elightly in- jured. - Two or more of the Iadies who were wounded and fastened to the wreck, lay twoor three hours in the most excruciating Aa%ony .and ter- rlitl‘)le susponse before it waa posgible to'cxiricate em. ‘But & few momentsbeforathe terribleaccident, little Georgia Jordsn was expxaasm% childish glee at the prospect of seeing hor relatives in this city. She did not live to see them, ‘but waa Xilled & few moments afterwars inher grand- ‘mother’s arma. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. A Banker in Scrantonm, Penn., i3 Gagged, Bound, and Brutaliy As= sanlted by Three Men—Failure of the Scoundreis to, Secure Anything. From the Seranton Republican, Oct. 11 On Wednesday night, about 11 g'clock, a bold attempt was made to rob the banking-house of Ssnderson & Co., in this city, but the scoun- drels got hold of the man who did not carry the koy, and their plans was frustrated. . Mr. Georga P. Kingsbury, one of the firm in the banking- house, has a snite of rooms on the second floor over the bank, where ho sleeps, Thereis no one in the building at nights but himself. On the evening in question he was returning to his rooms. He entored tho ballway, closed the door, commenced ascending the stairs, and struck a match to light himself up, but the draft extin. guished the flame, but not until he discovered three men standing on the stairs. _This aroused no suspicion, as he thought they were a_parsy from & club-room above. ~He heard one of them g8y, “That’s him,” and in an instant he_felt an arm placed around his arms and waist. Ho then mistrasted_something was wrong, and yelled murder.. The ax&mmmun bad no sooner been ut- tered than a hand clasped him by the throat, and he was struck a herd blow under the right eye, which caused the blood to flow profusely. They admonished him sgainst mak Ing any moise, and- placed bandcuffs on his wrists, with his'arms placed behind his back. He was carried up in front of his :room door, laid down, and the key to his room taken from hig pocket, the door unlocked, and he was carried to the bed and placed ngainst the head-besrd in an upright position, his feet were tied togsther with n.Tope, a towel fastened over his momta; they passed another ropo around the head of tha Dbedstead throngh his arms at “tho elbows, 223 fastened securely ; he was then blindfolded. ‘After this was accomplished they drew down the blinds and lit the gas. A ropo was placed around his throat, and then twisting it until be was almost choked to d::flafihfly demanded of him where tho keys to the bank were. Ho stated that he did not have them. The cord en- circling his neck wasagain twisted, andade- ‘mand made for the keys. He told them that he did not have the keys, that Mr. Renshaw opened 5368 he pank.” On of them remarked, ¢ Gearge, that i8 not so, you are. in the k in the morning before Renshaw.” The rope was sgain tisted, and the demand for the keysre- newed. Mr. Kingsbury then stated that he never carried them, that the teller of the bank had them. They ebandoned this plan, and _in- etitated & search of the room, after having first mada s thorough investigation of Mr. Kings- bury’s clothing, the bed-clothes and_mattress. The lonnge was thrown over, every.dmwer in the bureau ransacked, books taken from the bookease, trunks gone throngh, and aver{unmk and corner where 1t was posaible for & key or keys to be secreted *was - thoronghly examined, but all in vain. They abandoned the job, leav- ing Mr. Kingsbury bound and festened to the bed, and retired, bolticg one door on the inside and peesing out the otber, locking it and taking u’fi yonas thoy had left, 3fr. Kingsbury soon-as the; Y. 1 en- 4 thinking that soma Jdeavored to meke & noise, - ono walking along might hear him, but receiv- ing 10 response, he commenced to sway-himself ‘backward and forward, in the hope that he could wear the ropa in £Wwo on the carper of the bedstead. Almost exhausted, he_sbandoned _ thiat ides and adopted another plan, which, after considerable perseverence, succeeded. Heman- aged, by working his fest, to get oneof his oot off, which, hoe said, he thought was abouk 5 rod long. After he’ got tlie boot off he did not experiance much tronble ‘in getting his foot out of the loop. Having gained this rfiwmhfi he threw himself around and finally got on ! floor and backed up to the head of the bed, and by considerable mancuvring sucaseded in gne fastening everything but the ‘handeuils, which bound his wrists. He walked -to- the front win» dow, sndmaneged to get it hoisted by bringing ‘his head and shoulders into requisition. era was not s person tobe seen on tha street, not sven a policemsn. He said it seemed almost an age to him before he heard a human being stir. Presently he heard some one walking, which proved to be Dr. Burns, who snswered his_call. The doctor, at the request of Mr.- Kingsbury, woke up Mr. L. 8. er. He unbolted tha door mentioned above, o that they -would be able to gain an admittance. Keys were procured with which to unfasten the cuffs. He was weak and very much exhausted. - The men evidently are not strangers, a8 the; called Mr. Kingsbury by bis given name, also Mr. Renshaw. The only thing taken waa $4 in money. They did not disturb his gold Watch, which was in his pocket. They examined Tis Gidmond pin, Ting, and_studs, that Were in his dressing-stand, but did not take them. It would seem from _this, that they weré experts, and did not deal in anything thut would lead to their dstection. Rarve Jewels. A London correspondent of the-Boston Globs haa the following : “ I took the opportunity, s few days aince, of going down to South Kensingion to have a 100k &t the jewelry at the International Exhibition. The room contain & great deal which i8 valuable and beautiful, and o great deal which is curious and interesting, but I had no opportunity of going through the place tbuxongh.!g. and 8o can give but & very imperfect ides of the wealth of goms accumalated in the building. Isaw some of the famoas Cape diamonds. oy wera large, and of s light straw color—vastly inferior, to my mind, both in lustre and appearance, o Brazilian and Oriental gems. .The most marvel- Jous feature of this exhibition, which certainly every lady who cares about_jewelry should have an opportunity of seeing, was the matchleas. cole Tection of gems belonging to the Duke of Devon- shire. Setting aside the setting, which for mas- sive richness snd beauty, could scarcely be excelled, the gems themselves ara the most beautifully engraved stones in the world, actually dating from the times of Roman Emperors and Ssssanian Kiogs. Besides this 1 saw several specimens of emerald in its matrix, in Professor Tennant's fine collection, and & model of the Mogul Emperor diamond, weighing 279'carats. The Princess of Wales has sent hun- dreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of jewels, _wedding presents, the most notable in the: collec tion bewng & \Eair of bangles, 2 necklace of rowi of pearlsand emeralds, with, for & centre, large stone of the latter, ecratched witha manic pattern ; a Highland brooch, presented by i Queen’s Edinburgh volunteera ; the King of of Penmark’s necklace in the Byzantine style, of onds and great drop pearls, and a Dagmar cross beantifally enamelled in ‘blended colors; the Rajah of Jheend’s necklace nf Lasqua dismonds ; the Rajah of Kurpoortulla's present of omera.lés, rubies, and pearls, brown with age ; the Marajah Dhuleep Singh's_bonguet holder ; the South Wales badge, & riband and Welsh dragon in enamel, which, as we are told, © was borne by Cadwaladyr, the lask native King elect ed to rule over the tribes of Brifain, from whom the Prince of Wales islineally descended.” 1 Pruised abont_the head, face, arms, oo PHer child—ubont 18 months Sld—re- ceived but 8 few trifiing ecratehes. - * Misg Mattie Rose received a fearful cul on the | —England has hod the gratifying experience of reaping $1,500,000 out of the telegraph linea ;:;: they became the property of vum-”