Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1872, Page 2

L] THE CHICAGO. DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER WASHINTOM. - Completion of the Eanawha o= Canal Survey. The Leesburg Poisoning Case---Mrs. Lloyd to be Rearrested. The Missouri Disaster to Be Investi- gateds Special Despateh to The Chizcgo Tribune. THE EANAWHA CANAL. ‘WasHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The last session Con- gress made an appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of making a survey across {he State of West Virginis, with tho view of so extending . the James Biver to the Kanawha Canal, as to connect the former river with the Ohio. The proposition was to make tho canal wide enough to admit of the passago of steamboats of i) Capacity of 300 tons. Parties connected with the survesing expedition bave arrived here, who state that the survey bas been finished, and & report on the ronte will be submitted to the Engincer's Department on the route laid out by the middle of themonth. The route &Jropcsed, it is stated, will follow tho James snd Jackson roads to the foot of tho Alleghony Mountains, at & point a few miles from Covington, where it is proposed to make a tunuel under the mountaing nine miles long and of the full width of the canal. This tunnel will be over 2,000 feet above tide water. Two miles from the western end of this tunnel the canal will enter the Greenbrier ziver, near the iron bridge of the Cheszpesake & Ohio Railroad and over the stream. It is pro- posed to lock and dam the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers to o point five miles below Charleston. 2 TUE LEESBURG POISONING CASE, The intercst in the Leesburg poiconing caso seems not to have subsided, notwithstanding Mrs. Lloyd’s scquittal by a jury. - It is.reported that she is to be arrcsted on the furthier charge of having poisoned another dsughter, who died ebout o year ago. Public opinion in the neigh- borhood where she resides seems to very strong against her. Her family physician, however, declares most solemnly that she is wholly innocent of crime, that her daughter Anna died of intersusception of the bowels; that her two boya died in_ 1870 from eating strawberries in the woods, and that Aaud-died from a disease resembling cholers "morbus. The experts employed on the trial ‘propose to continue their investigation into the article, bismuth, and publish it for the benefit of medical science, to govern future action, should o similar trial again occur. The chemi- cal experts for the prosecution acknowledge the correctness of the results obtained by the ex- perts for the defence,and that the bismuth Treally contained arsenic. THE MISSOURI DISASTER. Acting Secretary Richardson to-day ordered an investigation into the causes of the destruc- tion of the steamer Missouri, by which eighty lives aro said to have been lost. The construc- tion of the vessel, her equipment, the manner of stowing her cargo, &c., will be taken into con- eideration by the Board of Investigation, who will hold their session in New York. ADSENT EMPLOYES. It is estimated that if one-sixth of the em- ploges of the Government “will be sbsent from his city during next week, the Presidential elec- tiou taking them to their varieus States. Most of State and political associations have made ar- Tangements with the Railroads whereby they se- cure tickets at half rate. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE. Since Chief Justice Chase has been here he has found that he cannot attend to his duties without seriously jeopardizing his health. Itis understood that unless his condition improves before* winter he will take a = frip to California. -There is much complaint among the practitioners in the Supreme Court abont the physical condition of tho Chief Justico, and of Associate Justice Nelson, inss- much 28 the business of the Court is very much impeded and embarrassed thoreby. AX ICE CREAM CASE. ) In the celebrated ice cream case, wherein the keeper of 2 restanrant sought to charge s party of colored men $2 each in advance for a plate of ice cream, the Police Court here to-day decides that it is evaion of the Civil Rights bill, and the keeper was therefore fined $100. The gist of the decision is_that the prico charged was & E‘(o- text to evado the law. The Court concluded its decision as follows: It would seem to be the part of sound philosophy and good sense to accept with lLiberality and good faith that which has become both history snd_estab- lished Iaw, but, if communities and individuels, mis« Jed by prejudice or other copsiderations however tempting, fail to recognize the logic of events, it ia quite certaih the logic of events will not fail to recog- nizethem, The rights which have lost 3 revolution will not stand nside for pretexte. The defendant has taken an appeal. SIALL-POX. :One hundred cases of gmall-pox are reported bera for, i month of QOctober. The disease is still on the increase as the cold weather ap- proaches. BELOIT, WIS. Petails of the College Troubles. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bevorr, Wis., Noy. 2—About 10 years 8go, the annual publication of the College Register was commenced by the students of Beloit Col- | lege, 8s & sort of memorial sheet, pertain- ing chiefly to the . eoldier students in the war. It was published with the epproval of the faculty, and under eir general supervision, snd each year the students, withont waiting for solicitation, sub- mitted to the facnlty for approval the proof sheets before publication. Since the close of the war the College Register ‘has Jost something of its original memorial char- acter, and treated In a free and spicy manner of matters connected with the inner life of the College, _ together with things, Jlocal and’ otherwise, which the students might be in any way’ connected with. _The JKeg- ister for this year isin press at Rockford, and on being agked for the proofs a few days ago, the students positively refused to give them to the - faculty, and sent, instead, & formal written protest against any interferemce on the part of the faculty in relation to the proofs, _claiming that the ublication of the Register was a right belong- ing to them, and not s mere privilege tod by the Faculty. This protest was signed by all the students of the College proper, excapt three, and, nccompanying it, was & pledge that they would contiune in their ‘refusal to submit the proofs for cither supervision Or censure, even though such refusal should result in ex- .pulsion. Yesterdsy afternoon_the Faculty and students met in the_college chapel to consider the maiter, and remarks were made 2t consider~ able len, by both professors and students. . Another meefing was held’ at the sume place this afternoon, and after along and thorongh - discuesion of the cage the students adopted tI 0 . following.resolntion : . YWaEnzas, In_proceeding in the course we'have e 0 b Quing weing § therefars. , Resolved, That we request to_bo beld in ‘tho same place we were before the demand of the Faculty was . made for the proofs. i i The meeting adjourned, an e probabilit now 18 that tho proofs will bo submitted to +he Tacalty for supervision, or the Registr will nobt be published this year. The students have recalled their pro- test and pledge, and the indications now are that in a few days more entire harmony will be re-established botween profeseors and students, and Beloit College move Tight on once again quietly and smoofi:ly in its work of education. THE ARGTIC OCEAN. Norwegian Discoverics in the Vicinity of the North Pole. 7 New Yosg, Nov. 2.—Advices from Goths concerning the explorations of the Norwegian, Captain Nils Johnson, represents that Johnson, in re-exploring, in August last, the islands east of Spitzbergen, found the seas freo of ice to the northeastward, and indications of powerful ‘oceanic currents, serving to keep openthe high Polar seas. Johnson went north to a latitude of Dearly 80 degrees, Dr. Poterman, the great . German geographer, is shortly to make public the discoveries of Johnsqn. . —_——————— Death on the Roil Ew YORE, Nov. 2.—A -special states that a e ot Tagonto nd Bauce Railroad ran off the track near Owen Sound, killing G. Davidson and Isaizh and JEmes Shermen, 2nd serionsly ing four others. wol’u:xg;sgoum. N. H., Nov. 2—The Coroner’s Jury exonerated the road from blamo in the late accident at Seabrool. Their verdict was that the icaster was caused by a switch being changed Ly -eraons unknown. i Y Youx. Nov. 2.—The accident already re- | evening:: turns out liko his sale of gold and purchase of ported on the: Jamed Railroad, near Mon- mouth, N..J., on Thnmd&m? Was d:g’tu careless- Ress in telegraphing 28 to, the Tunning of trains. The engineer and fireman; who-were fmad, were - horribly mangled. “The enginecr on one: train did not give eignals for “down brakes,” thongh in full view of the approaching train. It was ‘miraculous that o frightful loss of life did not dccur. ~ No phyéician wais mesr to aid the wounded, whose sufferings were, for a while, endful, - DETROIT, Nov. 2.—George Show, a brakesman on the Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Rail- road, was killed at the Grand Trunk Junction, to-day, by falling in front of s freight train, which 'run_over him, catting his oty fn o, He wos & single man, belonging to Greenville. WALL STREET. Comments of the New York Press on ‘Freasury Manipulations-=Review of the DMoney, Hond, Stock, Gold, and Produce Niarkets, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yoms, Nov. 2.~The Ezpress says this “IMr, Boutwell's debt statement bonds on Oct. 7, a juggle. While buying 6 per cent bonds, he secretly issued $4,566,664 in greenbacks, and increased debt to that amount. The issue of greenbacks, like the sale of gold and the purchase of bonds, was done in a corner, to mako a corner, and to help the few. The secrecy of these acts is among their worst fea- tures.” s The Post remarks on the same subject: *The . public was not advised of any such proposed ac- tion, though thers is good reason to suppose that some individuals were. These fortunate persons were enabled to prepare, to their own gain, for & change of values, while the general commerciel public, withous tho knowledge, must suffer. Whatever authority of law there may be, or.assumed authority of law for an increase of legal tenders, there cortainly is none which authorizes the Secretary to nse this power se- crotly to the immensé benefit of a fow, and to the injury and possible ruin of the msoy. This feature of the czse is utterly indefensible, and oven ing. The Commercial Advertiser, this morning, calls attention to another probable Treasury trick on the general public, as follows: ** Those ‘who are thought to receive secret information of the Treasury's plans were sellers of gold yea- terdsy, and have made money by their sales. ey have been been selling again this morning, and the gold brokers suspect that the sales are based npon private lmnwledg of the November programme of the Treasury Department not yet announced to the public.” MONBY. During the past week the money market has drifted towards higher rates and increased in activity. The great bulk of the loans on call has been made at 7 per cent currency to 7 per cent gold, with exceptions st 1-32 o 1-16 oh the one hand, and 3 to 4 on the other. The discount ‘market has worked close, and, outside of the ‘bauke, prime business notes have been quoted at 10 £0 12 per cent. The great check given to the transporting of produce and merchandise by thehorse discase has caused & greater pressure for discounts. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. The foreign a:changes have steadily declined, under a very limited demand, an incressed suj ply of cotton bills, and the uncertainty attend- 1ing the daily rates for the use of cash gold. GOLD. The gold speculation has been weak, and the price Lias declined from 1133 to 11134 to-day. The somewhat remarkablo spectaclo Was pre- sented of £500,000 gold coin being exported to Europe, with sight exchange at 3¢ ger cent be- low the shipping point daring_the closing days of the week. Some prominent bankers were free sellers of gold, which gavo rise to rumors that the Treasury wers selling sccretly. On the Stock Exchange speculation has been irregularin the extreme. The speculative in- terest has ceutered in a fow shares. The course of the market has been influenced to & consider- 2ble extent by the increased activily in mone and the proposed issue $10,000,000 Chicago & Northwestern convertible bonds, and £40,000,- 000 New York Central bonds. The latest deal- ings ehowed an_irrogular market, some shares being nearly made up to the highest point of the week, and a few closeon to lowest quota- tions, while the bulk of the shares was asbout midway. THE BANE STATEMENT ia favorable. Increaso in deposits, $1,202,800 ; increase in loans, £2,907,300; increase in specie, 91,093,300 decreade in _circulation, £94,800 ; decrease in legal tenders, $605,600. TMPORTS AND EXPOBTS, The foreign commerce of the port for the week was 28 followa: General merchandise imports, including dry goods, $6,487,625; pro- duce oxports, $5,470,104, and specio exports, $1,172,556. Total merchandiso imports since Jan. 1, 369,177,630, against $320,981,649 last year. ''Total exports of produce, 194,540,084, against §199,383,065 last year. Total exporta of specie since Jsn. 1, 962,448,016, gn.inst?fl,’lssr 072 last year. MAREETS YESTEEDAY. Money was generally easy to-day. In the ‘morning call loans msed from 6 to 7° per nen:-l but in the afternoon declined to 38, with business at 4 to 5. The foreign exchange market was dull and beavy. ng was heavy and lower. In the morning it declined from 112 to 1118, but in the afterncon %IE; was a fimer feeling, and & recovery to % Government bonds were heayy and lower. There was a fair inquiry for fiour. Low grades very 8carce, and shipping brands wanted. Medium amber wheat scarce, Extra grades firm but quiet ; superfine and No. 2 active and firmer at-#he close. The market for low grades was quite active for future. Lotson apof quiet. In wkeat nothing. holders asking_ higher prices for shipping qualities ; winter held high~ er but quiet. The market closed dull and weak~ er on spring, and steady but quiet for winter. Sb?per_s and millers held ofi. Pork unsettled- and easier at the close ; for future delivery dull. Bacon weak~ Cut meats weaker and less active. er. Lard wenker. * SPORTING. Trotting—Basc Ball. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. LASALLE, Nov. 2.—A large number of men as- sembled at the rade course in Porn this evening, to witness s trotting-maich between D. Mal- lock's Gray Henry, and 2 Tuckahos colt owned in LaSalle, for the best three in five, o sulkies. The last-named horse took the firat three heata, winning the principal stakes, 60 a side, and & congiderable number of side bets. NASH\'ILLE', Nov. 2.—Two races came off fo- day on the Nashville Blood Horse Asgociation Courge. “Tho first was_a match between race Double Cut and Flush for $1,000 a side, two mile heats. Tho second race for the agsociation purse, $200, two mile heats. Repeater . 31413, Fiash was the favorite in the first race two to one, snd Evelyn Mobry in the second_rece, st about the same odds. - Flush won easily. The otherraco was very exciting, and- furnished splendid &port. The favorite, however, was beaten. Westher cool snd bracing ; sttendance good. Nrw Yorg, Nov. 2.—Bass ball: Atlantics 16; Tclkfords 13. Obitaary. Loxpoy, Nov. 2.—John Francis Maguire, the srell known Ixieh member of Parlinment for Cork City, and proprietor and princig:l editor of the Cork Examiner, died last night in his 57th enr. 5 s J Crry oF Mexic0, Oct. 25, via Key WesT, Nov. 2. —>annel Agnas, the Protestant Episcopal ‘Bishop of Mexico, died Oct. 18. Ocenn Marine News. 8ax Fraxcisco, Nov. 2—Tho steamer Costa morning with passengers by the Henry Chaun- cay, from New York, Oct. 2. Lospos, Nov. 2.—The steamship St. David has arrived out. Sax Fraxcisco, Nov. 2.—Arrived to-day, Rich- ard Robinson, 150 days from New York. “Sailed, American ships Doniel Marcy, Regent, snd Southern Cross, with wheat to Liverpool; French ship St. Croix to Queenstown. * New Yon, Nov. 2.—Arrived,steamship Rhein, {rom Bremen. w, 5 Murder of -a New York Ward-Politi= cian, New Yok, Nov. 2.—a great seneation was cansed up town fo-night by the murder of Thomas Donohue by John Stammel. The murder took place in_Johnson's odl-room, corner of Twenty-eighth street and Broadway, while pools were bemng sold on olection. The nssassin’s brother ~was Florence Scam- mell, who was & candidate for esistant Alderman, -and was killed by Don- s Surinzs palitieal Lyew] in Novorber, 1870, ! apec!»:{;:m The presentation address was made Rics, from Panama, arrived ab 7 o'clock this. John Scammell frequently threatened to avenge his brother’s murder, and once sucoeeded in in- flicting on Donohue what werse believed to be fatal wounds. Scammel fired six shots to-night, Xilling Donohue almost instantaneously. - The murderer was arrested. FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAIN, * New YoRrg, Nov. 2.—A London letter says that Gladstone opposes the. raising of the Alabama ‘money by the way of aloan, as it would increase the debt. It is most probable that bonds will be issued for part of the $15,000,000, so as to ex- tend the payment for a considerable period. Loxpox, Nov. 2.—The municipal . elections throughout England yesterday resulted in heavy Conservative gains, which are attributed to the passage of the Licensing act, There was much dissatisfaction at the working of the new Ballot act. The voting was.go.slow that in many places all the votes could not be polled. Dm‘ng court, yesterday, in Durrus, near “Bantry, Ireland, a floor guvu way, precipitating two hundred persons a distance of ‘twelve feet. Several were instantly killed, and forty were in- Jjured, some of whom may die. Charles Francis Adams and Elliott C. Cowdin sailed to-day in the Russis. - 1t has'becn raining: incessantly in London for the pest four days. A mt};let‘wns given last night by the Royal Geographical Society in honor of Bartle Frere, who 18 about to proceed to Africa to promote the cause of the abolition of slavery -in that coun- Villism H. Thomas, of Noles and_Queries, garean entertainment last evening, which was ;rggly attended by members of the literary pro-~ ession. PRS — FRANCE. Pants, Nov. 2.—About a-bundred and fifty pereons’ yesterday attacked. Octrol station, at the town of Bosseges, in the Dopartment of Gard, and wounded & number of gens d'armes. The latter were compelled to fire upon their ag- . sailants, several of whom werekilled and wound- ed. Troops have been despatched to the town to prevent further trouble. The preliminary examination of Marshal Bazaine by court martial hes been resumed. e o CENTRAL ASIA. 4 St Prrrsspxo, Nov. 2.~ Later advices from Khiva roport that the Khan bas built & fort at Djarkale, whero he will resist the advance of the Czar’s troops. Hoe still refuses to surrender the Russiansheld as prisoners. ——— CHINA, " TLoxpoy, Nov. 2.—A despatch from Pekin an- nounces that the Emperor of China was married on the16th of October. There was no outside ceremony other than the processicn, which es- corted the bride from her residence to the Im- perial palace. St SOUTH AFRICA. LoxpoN, Nov. 2.—Mail advices from Cape Good Hope to the 5th of October say that the ro- port of the discovery of precions_ stones in Ari- zona had reached the diamond fields, and caused some excitement, and & depressing effect upon the diamond market. Gold has been discov- ered. o MEXICO. “ City or MExico, Oct. 25, via HAVANA AND KEx WEsT, Nov. 2.—General Rosecranz and Mr, Plumbs’ railroad controversy is a subject of in- terest. Much correspondence has taken place concerning it. - Trevino has arrived at the Capital. He was well received by Lerdo de Tejeda. » Porforio Diez has commissioned notable cit; zens to arrange peece between himself and Lerdo de Tejeds. Genersl Timenz has been imprisoned in Guerrero because he had not swrrendered his arms. Almendare, leader of the citadel revolt last year, has been arrested. ‘The Commission to investigate the border depredations went to Matamoras to-day. e Mexican Government still delays action on the Mixed Claims Commission difficulty. Bliss, the American Charge de Affaires during the absence of Minister Nelson, i8 at present in poor health. On the receipt of the news of the death of Mr. Beward the flag on the American Legation and Consulate was hoisted at half-maat, and kept 80 four days. The Mexican press contained longthy and flattering biographies of Mr. Soward. Mining matters are improving. Several rich ‘mineral veins have beon discovered lately. A new Protestant Church has been opened. Beveral journals complain that the Catholics 8t pasquinades on the street corners against otestanta. CUBA. New Yorx, Nov. 2.—Havana advices report that during an insnrgent attack on the village of Guiss, near Bayamo, fifty houses were burned, and s small detachment of Spaniards ‘was captured. . - . HavaNa, Nov. 1, vig Kex WesT, Nov. 2.—In- tense excitement was caused by the receipt of the news of.the burning of the steamsbip Mis- souri. Several prominent Cubansare among the loat. Stenmboat Sunk. Mexrems, Tenn., Nov. 2.~Psena1;§em by the steamer E. H. Durfee, which.passed down this evening, report that the steamer Belfast, Cap- tain Sedan, from St Lonia for New Orleans, struck & enag yesterday, st the hesd of Island Twenty-six, some- 100 miles above here. She sunk in five feet of water. Her bottom is badly broken. Nolives lost. Telegraphic Brevities. Thomas Ausbro, of Ban Francisco, for a libel on Edith O'Gorman, the escaped nun, was yos- terday fined $1,000. Willism Mayfield was arrested in New York, on Friday evening, for alleged swindling of mer- chants in that city on an extensive scale. A fire at Charlestown, Clarke County, Ind.,, on Sumxdn({é ‘burned four houses, the Post Office, a dry %ao store, bakery, and residence. Loss, 16,000 ; insurance, $3.500. ‘The Philadelphia_Mint yesterdsy commenced ‘melting 1,000,000 $1 gold pieces, to be converted into pieces of a larger denominstion. Twenty millions of these pieces are to be ueed. ‘William Johnson, an operative at the Mineral Point Zinc Works, in LaSalle, had his_left foot crushed betweon fwo cog-wheols, on Friday ev- ening. The injured member was amputated yes- terday. Herman Asher, steward of the United States _Hotel, in Louisville, formerly proprietor of a *hotel 'in Wheeling; and the Gibson House, in Cincinnati, left for parts unknown on Friday night, having borrowed money, in emall sums, !ro&n many persons, and leaving sundry bills un- paid, ] A telegram from Grand Junction, Iows, yes- terday, says that the ground was white With enow throughout thst vicinity, the first snow- storm of the season. Thousands of flocks of wild ducks and geeso are flying,_sonthward, snd the sloughs along the line of the Des Moines ‘Valley Railrosd zre full of them. The body of & young girl, about 13, named Doy, who has been missing in' Northwood kinca last week, was found on Fridsynight.. Franklin B. Evans, who was arrested on suspicion, ac- companied the Sheriff to some woods near by, and pointed out the spot where the body was buried under astump. The inquest is being held, 1tis probable that Evans hag made a con~ I{:snic/n. Grent excitement prevails in the vil- Bo. A young woman, by the nameof MaryE. Armstrong, éommitted suicide on Friday night, at Logansport, Ind., by taking twenty-fiva grains of strychnine. She was divorced recently from her husband, andleft a letter stating that this was the reason for committing the act. The_ ceremony of unveiling the Scott statue took place at Central Park, New York, yesterday afternoon, in the presence 6f & vast throng of by , and the acceptanca speech by jomptroller Green. Wm. Cullen Bryant then “delivered an oration. Brotherton Brothers, of San Francisco, for forging a check on Treadwell & Co., were again sentenced to the State Prison, the third time, {orhn term of twelve years and two months each. The small-pox in Boston is diminishing; only sixteen deaths this week, ‘Woodward, Cshoone & Co.’s furnishing store, and Ives & Co.’s lamp manufacturing store, in Barclay stroet, New York, were damaged by fire 4his afternoon. Losses about $75,000. The Rov. W. H. Hare, now Secratary of tho Foreign Committoo of the Episcopal Cliurch has been elected Bishop to the Indians. Governor Baldwin, of Michigan, has issued a proclsmation appointing Thursdsy, Nov. 25, a8 & day of Thanksgiving. J. C. Eany shot and killed George Cole, & Dep- uty Sheriff, near Memphis, Tenn., on_Saturday. One_Barican, of Boston, was, on Saturday, ac- quitted of the chargs of havins~ murdored his o 1 'WOODHULL & CLAFLIN, Arrest of These Notorious Persons in New York, Saturday. They Are Charged with Sending Gbscene Publications Through the Mails. The Twain Committed to Jail. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yomw, Nov. 2.—About noon to-day, United States Marshals Bernard and Colfsx went quietly down to tho office of Woodhull & , on Broad street, and, inquiring for the heads of this firm of femalo brokers, were told that they were out.~ The brace of officers said they would wait, and seated themselves in the office for that purpose. Ins few minutes both Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin en- Ferud, and at the same instant Marshal Colfax informed them it was his duty to take them in custody, on an affidavit charging an offence against the new United Stateslaw relating to the posting and sending through the Post Office obscene publications. Mrs. Woodhull expressed herself at once ready to accompany the officers, it Miss'Claflin aid that she had some business of & very urgent nature to attend to, which would only, however, occupy her the ‘space of a few moments. --8he was_permitted to retire into an shte-room, ~where ‘sho - remained for & moment only,when she again reappeared, and, & carriage being in'readiness, thé party entered, &nd were driven directly to tho office of Com- missioner Osborn, in tlie United States Building. News of the arrest sprend with the speed of the wind, and it was bat a few moments after, when the bankers, brokers clerks, etc., enraged in the vicinity, left thebusy scenes of the stock market and their own offices to flock to the sanctum of Mra. Woodhull, where they congregzted sbout the door in great force to learn the Iatest particulars. In the meantime, the Marshals with their prisoners, had arrived af the Government Building in Chambers_street, and Commissioner Osborn held proceedings in the apartment of the United States Circuit Court. When the well-known forms of -Mes- dames Woodhull and Claflin emerged from the coach, the wildest excitement stonca sprung up, and an eager throng followed np-stairs. In the carringes tlore wero about 500 copies of Wood- hull & Clajlin’s Weekly which had been seized. Mrs. Woodhull looked grave snd govere, never smiling, and listening with apparent painful in- terest to the proceedings. MMiss Tennessee Claflin wore an indifferent air, and her eyes sperided with excitement. They were both dressed like, a8 i8 their custom,in deep black with purple bows, and the latest style of hats. They presonted the same bold front that has ‘been &eir distinguishing characteristic. The accnsed wore represented by Mr. J. D. Reymert. The District Attorncy, Noah Davis, a] pesred for the Government. Immediately on taking his sest on the bench, Com-~ missioner Osborne, addressing Mr. R:Emert, agked if that gentleman was ready to proceed. Mr. Reymert begged His Honor to give him 3 few moments to consult with the prisoners. Commissioner Osborne assented. During the private conversation Tennesses Claflin was obeerved to smile aud hfib soveral times, while Mrs. Woodhull preserved through- out a grave demeanor. Both defendants eatin the centro of the Court-room, next the railing. Mr. Reymertsaid: “ If your Honor please, I wish & postponement of this case nntil gome day next week. The defendants have been com- Sletuly taken by surprise ; the arrest was sud- en, and they are not, consequently, prepared with their line of defenco.” Commissioner Osborne. Then what do ‘propose.to do ? 5 . B. .1 propose to have the case adjourned to Monday or Tuesday of next week, and in_the ‘meantime have the prisoners admitted to bail, Commissioner Osborne. What do you proposs to do, District Attornoy ? District Attorney Davis. This is a very seri- ous charge. 1am not anxious in sny way to incommode the defence. I think $10,000 would be a reasonably small amount of bail to accept for their reappearance next week. . ~ Mr. Reymert. Your Honor, the defendants are not accused of libel ; they are not sccused of assailing the character of any party; they are simply &uged, according to the wording of the wvit, which I hold in my hand, with sendin, obscene litorature throngh the Post Office. think £10,000 bail is too e an amount. istgict Attorney Davis here repeated his ap- plication for $10,000 bail and no less. He re- iterated his comment on the gravity of the charge,the magnitude of the reputation at stake, and the ;fipufiudan of the distinguished gentle--. man assalled. Mr, R. aaid there was no fear the accused would run away from the city to avoid the ends of justice. Theyhad nnawnga erof extensive circulation in this city ; the; Bome real es- tato here; they bad friends here; in fact all they had was located in New York City. Con- sequently, hethought they would have mo rea- son to run away. to defeat justice, Tha; had no inducements of any kind outside of New York City and Btate, to attract them thither. They were not common felons.. The e of sending ob- sceno literature through the Post Office, a8 in- dicated in the case, was, in his (counsel’s) opin- ion, nothing more and nothing less than an in- discretion. District Attornoy Davis. If the defendants are 80 well-to-do as the counsel indicates; if they have respectable and wealthy friends, real es- tate, ete., Idon't eeo what objection theycan have o giving $10,000 bail. ‘After some further discussion, Commissionsr Osborne eaid he would take $8,000 bail, and would adjourn o furéher hearing of the case un- ti1 11 o'clock on Monday morning. There are also warrants sued out by Mr. Chal- 1is, charging libel. Mr. William F. Home sp- pears as connsol for Mrs. Woodhull in the latter cages.. At2p. m. the two women were taken to Ludlow Street Prison in & handsome. carriage, with a liveried driver, breathing forth indigna- tion sfter being informed that even if they ob- tained bail they would be immediately rearrested on similar charges, - This afternoon the police, upon a warrant is- &med by the Mayor, seized the establishment of Woodhull & Cladlin, together ‘with the books, furniture, and so much of the edition ennhi.mng the libellous matter as has not yet been ;‘BM in_circulation. Newsdealors are forbidden to sell any copy of the paper containing the scan- dal, on the printing of which the arrest is based, but st certain news stands copies were obtainsble this evening at $1 each. (70 the Associated Press.) New Yorg, Nov. 2.—A great deal of falk has ‘been occasioned about town this evening over the arrest of .Woodhull & Claflin. .Praceedin%a were firat taken against them by Ar. L. C. Challis, a well-known broker, who last night ap- plied for warrants for their arrest for a gross, 6candalous, and malicious articlo on him. These ‘warrants were accordingly issned, but before they could pe executed, some one acting on behalf of another libelled party, as it is said, and import- ing the aid of Comstock, the famons enemy, to obscene literature, had warrants issued against the Mesdames by United States Commissioner Osborn. The affidavits in the case wers made was‘lbett Anderson, Post Office clerk; a Mr. the ou ey, of Rrooklyn, snd T. W. Rees, & clerk in e ITndependent newspaper office, who ewear to the sending of the offensive publicationsthrongh: the mail by the accused. The witnessedin the case, Wm. Moody, negro, and C. D, Miles, who mailed the papers, were sent to the house of detention. The two were taken to Commissioner Osborn’s office in a carriage, -and thence to jail until Mon- day evening, when a heaning will come off. Thoy ‘manifested their usual boldness, and desconted on the way to prison on the ‘‘outrage” of the arrest and confinement over Sunday. They in- sisted on suitable apartments at the Ludlow Stroet Jail. This afternoon, upon a warrant issued by Mayor Hall, s seizure was_made of the estab- lishment of Woodhull & Claflin, together with the books, furniture, and so much of the edition of publication .-a8 was found. The indignation of the community generally has been aroused by the brazenness and audacity shown by the publication complained of, and the p;ueacusiu;g parties purpose pursuing the case vigoroualy. . . Chellis has also caueed the arrest of the go-called Colonel Blood, who is charged with Deing an accomplice, alag of Denyao, tho stereo- typer, and Smith, the printerof the gcandalizing paper. The stafutory penalty for sending ob- scene literature throngh the mails is imprison- ‘ment for one year and £500 fine. Illinois River and Canal News. LaSatrg, I, Nov. 2.—Rivee—Nothing ar- rived or departod. Caxar—Passed In—Nothing. Passed Out— Gold-Rod, loaded with lumber for LaSalle. Eight feet and six inches of water oo the mi- ter-sill of Lock 15. % Locurozt, Ill., Nov. 2.—William Themss, Gea- eral Buperintendent of the Mlinois and Michi; :Canial, has issued the following order of . Bosird of Canal Commissioners R o -~ S All bosts ClesTed after the 15th instant-will be at the-owners’ risks. - % : 0 .- S “‘Canal Collectors will see that ‘all clearances ‘and permits are made in accordance with the above order.” THE HORSE-DISEASE. [To the Associated Presa) .. . . . .:NEWYORE. NEW Yorg, Nov. 2—The horse epidemic is rapidly abating. All the reports from the dif- ferent stables are very encouragiog. Thestreets present ‘s more cheerfal ‘aspect. The clear, bracing weather will doubtless prevent a return of danger. < A Last night 83 deaths wero reported in this ity, and 146 in Brooklyn. g eans of locomotion for the wants of business are being fast supplied. The horse epidemic in Jersey City bas taken a Aavorable change, and the streets present a busy acene this morning, especially in the neighbor- hood of the steamship docks and ferries. New Yo, Nov. 2.—Evening—Broadway pre-- sented its usual activity to-day, showing an abatement of the horse distemper. The car lines are fast resuming travel. Encouraging re- ports continae to be feceived from the atables, and the total disappearance of the epidemic is looked for"soon. _The mortality in horses, how- ever, continues, No cars will be run in Brock- fyn to-morrow. Philanthropist Bergh publishes an appeal asking the total cessation of equine o to-morrow in this city. NEWBERG, N. Y. Newsura, N. Y., Nov2.—A large number of “additional cades of thehorse disease has occurred ‘here, although no deaths are reported. BALTIMORE. : BAuTDIORE, Nov. 2.—The horse disease has ‘been more gerionsly felt to-dsy than any day E;;aviom!. Fow carts or drays are on the street. e horse railroad comxz:fiez have given notice that no cars will be run to-morrow, posé of giving their horses rest. prevails -very mildly. Should the weather be fayorable: it will soon disappear. = At 10 o’clock this morning there was only one hack on Mona-~ ment Bquare, the grand hack stand of the city. WASHINGTON. ‘WasaINGTON, Nov. 2.—The horse disease pre- vails . thronghout Washington, thomgh, in_a majority of the caies, in & very mild form.. No deaths ave yet reported. CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, Nov. 2.—Still the horse distemper spreads. The strests are already as quiet 28 on Sunday, and sppearances indicaie that eremany hours there will not be_a well horse in the city. Already some business houses and express com- panies are employing oxen and olerks o hsul freight. Most _of the hacks and express wagons have already disappeared. One street rzilway company has received permission from the au- thorities to run dummy engines. BOSTON. BosroN, Nov. 2.—There is & marked improvie- ment in the Horse Disesse, under the influence of the clear, mild weather. The streets are be- gining to assume something like their fiormer usiness appearance. PHILADELPHIA. PmapEreETs, Pa., Nov. 2.—Reports of the horse influenza ahow that there were abous 1,200 develo; cases in the principal stables yester- day. Theyindicate further that s majority of all'the horses are now more orless aifected. The Second and Third Street Bailway Company have withdrawn three-fourths of their cars, while from forty to fifty cars have been with- drawn on other lines. All, or nearly all, of the lines will probably stop running, and give their horses rest. PRILAD! Nov.2—Afternoon.~—Theliorse~ disense is rapidly increasing. There are very few teams on the streets. Large numbers of street railroad cars have been withdrawn. Near- 1y all the cars will be withdrawa to-morrow, in order to rest the horses and enable resunipion on Mondsy. A wagon ¥peued on Chastnnt atreet, dravn by men. The storekeepers have great difficalty in delivering their goods. . CAMDEN, ME. Caxpey, Me, Nov. 2.—The horse disease appeared Here. Stable horses are all sick. The mail i carried by one team. Not a horse can be hired. The farmers are afraid, and remain at home. Trade suffers consilerably. One horse has just died in Lincolnville. D Nov. 2--The report, telegraphed 'UBUQUE, Nov. 2.—The repo: elegraphe: that the hotss disease had sppeared in Fais city is utterly groundless. Prominent farriers and horsemen most emphatically deny its existence here. On the contrary, all the stables have been. thoroughly cleansed and disinfecied, and every precaution taken to guard against it. AUEOBA, ILL. Avsora, HL, Nov. 2.—The horse, disease, now greafing §o much excitement throughout the country, causes a good deal of excitement among horsemen in this town, a!f.haugE no cases of the disease have yet appeared here. Tt is reported, however, to have broken ont at Mendots, one horse-buyer there, out of twenty- g'zghthonas, having eixteen affected with the 0886, RICHYOND, VA. Ricmuosp, Va., Nov. 2.—The horse discase has appeared, and several cases are reported. WASHEINGTON. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘WasENGTON, Nov. 2.—Two chilly, raw, driz- zling dsys, with s northeast wind prevailing, have developed the horse disease here into & regular epidemic. The livery stables are gener- ;Et’ clot 'J?:d thmreycm Tun fewed:nd far ween. e veterd surgeons predict that the disease will be light. ¥ Trrosvez, Pa., Nov. 2.1+ is setimated that, a., Nov. 2.—It is estimate nine-tenths of the horsesof this city are affocted with the epidemic, and unfit for service, al- though but few fatal cases are reported as yet. (Oxen generally are used as substitutes. PITTSBURGH. “PrrrssurcE, Nov. 2.—The epidemic among the horses has spread among private stables. The horses in Moreland & Mitchell’s stables are slowly recovering and it is expected With favor- able weather all will be ready for use in a short time. No death have yet occyred. Livery men are having their stables thoroughly whitewashed inside. Carbolic acid and, tar are freely sprinkled over the floors. ALBANY. Arpaxy, N. Y., Nov. 2.—There is no abate- ment in the hors diseaso. Men snd ozen are substituted in_drawing carts, trucks, wagons, &c. The Fire Commissioners bave appesled to the eitizens to draw the steamers to fires, if any ocear. i = POLITICAL. ARKANSAS POLITICS, LirTiE Rocg, Ark., Nov. 2.—Large meetiugs are now held nightly by both political parties. On Monday night the Reformers have a torch- light procession. The Administration Republi- cans have a large meebing ot the same time. Trouble is apprehended in some of the counties ‘where the registration has not been asliberal ag the Beform party claim it should be. In such counties it is stated that separate polls will be opened, and returns made with & viéw to con- testing the election, should it result unfavora- bla to the Reformers. LIBERAL MASS MEETING. Special De h to The Chicago Tribune, CuAn{‘fs—ro:l% Nov. g No-day hos been a grand gala_dsy for -the Liberals and Demo- crats, about 3,000 being é)eresent to listen to elo- ?ent speeches -from Senator Trombull and on. John Scholfield, bristling all over with telling and effective points. The Liberals and Democrats will carry this county by a decided ‘majority. —_—— Sorry is Not Enough. “Allan! Where is Allan ?"” A moment ago he was playing with his little cart inthe yard, heuling dirt to the currant- bushes. I cannot tell how many cartfuls he car- ried. He was busy as a little man. But Allan is gone. Where is his cart? “Allsn! Allan!" ““T'se hero!” at last said a small voice from the ‘back parlor. ‘“What are you there for ?" asked his mother, opening the door and looking in. . - ._“Allan did not answer at first. He wagstand- ing in’the corner, with a pretty scber look on. *“Come out to your little cart,” eaid his moth- er; ‘it is waiting for another ron.” bo“ T's not been here long ’nuff,” said the little 3- * What are you here for at all?” asked his mother. , I punishing my own self. I picked some green currants, and they went into' my mouth,” 8aid Allan, ‘¢ Oh! when mother told you not to? Green currants will make my littla boy sick,” said his mother, in a sorry tone. *Yon needn't punish mo,” said Allan; “I Ppunish my own golf.” ‘His mother often put him in the back parlor alone when he had been a naughty boy, and, you see, he took the same way with himself. « Are you not sorry for disobeying mother 7 ehe asked Allan. X gorry ; but sorry is not ’nuff. I punish me. I stay here a good while and have thinks.” IN THE ‘ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Boulder Valley--~The Largest and Wildest Canon in Colorado, Caribou---Town . and Mine. Denver---lts Commercial Importance--- The Suburb of Villa Park. The Agricaltural Resources of Colorado- " Tts Facilities for Stock: i Kaising, - I From Our Own Correspondent. i Dzxvee, Col., Octobar, 1872. One more excursion from Denver, throngh Boulder Canon, to Caribon, finished our Rocky Mountain wanderings. The distance to thecanon of Boulder is about 26 miles, over the finest of roads, with the mountains rising alivays just aboveyou,—massive granite walls, rifted, ‘broken, and infinitely shaded. As you descend into THE BOULDER VALLEY, one of the finest agricultural diatricts in Colora- do lies before you, with the town just beyond, ander the shadow of the rocky cliffs. On the right, some distance away, is White Rock, look- ing like & huge white sand-bank ; while farther on is another of those isolated buttesthat rise so conspicuously along the verge of the plain. On the left, and juiting out at right angles with thef| mountains, there is a series of high, flat, oblong plateaux, as smoothly and evenly rounded and levelled as artificial terracesfashioned by human hands, Spending a night in Bonlder, we started at an early hour for a day’s drive through the ’ LARGEST AND WILDEST CANON in the Territory. The road winds, for neatly fitty-soven . miles, between ledges that tower, in many places, to the height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet, sometimes bare and naked, sometimes covered with & straggling growth of evergreen. Boulder Creek foams and dashes over the heap- ed up rocks, in a thousand white waterfalls, that seatter their spray almost intoyonr face. Cross- ing and recrossing it thirty-ona times within & dozen miles, your passage seems to be cut off, at every turn, by a solid wall. Passinga sharp angle, another still looms before you, and yet . another, before you, behind you, on every side of you; while, far, far sbove, the jagged edges are fringed with trees, sharply defined against the narrow patch of sky; and the eagle's eyrie perched upon a shelving rock just below them, dwindles into s emall speck. Driving. for miles through these gigantic winding walls, with the swift torrent roaring always in your ears, you experience & certain feeling of relief as you erge and move into the open sunlight. At Middle Boulder, we visited the large, new reduction works connected with the iamous Caribou Mine; then, winding around the moun- tain, with sunny glades lying far below us, and the distant hill-mides just touched with bright autumnal hues; past the beginning of new mining towns; up, almost to the snow-fields, we found ourselves IN cARIDOT, with s blinding snow-storm beating in our faces. The little town, with its long rows of unpainted Touses, looked rather dreary in its frosty Sep- tember sotting. The dreariness did mot sbate ‘when we found ourselves nearly fast in the mire in the middle of the principal street; but, in spite of appearances, we found s comfortablo hotel and a good dinner; after which we started ont, in the fast drifting snow, to visit the Cari- bou Mine, which is said to be THE RICHEST MINE IN THE TEBRITORY. But minesare not omamental places, what~ aver may be said of the contents; and spaco forbids a detailed description of the mysteries of shafts, and tunnels, and ores, which wers so courteously explained to us. The sun shone brightly over s December land- acape, a8 we drove down the mountains, the next morning. Buat we very soon left the snow and the piercing wind behind us, and reached Denver in the mildest of September eveninga. So literally is Winter bere cradled in the E:p of Summer. DENVER. ‘But Denver, a8 we saw it on entering the Ter- ritory, and Denver as it impresses us on the ave of departure, are widely different places. The isolated city, with the interminable plain on every side, and the mountains 15 miles away, is the central point of & country of Whose varied resources we hsd no previous conception. The }:oetigal Auraria bas a more substantial regson or “calling itself the Golden Lan than a few yellow sands in the capricious be of Che eok. Perhaps, too, it dropped some of its chimerical visions w2th its romantic name. There, to-dsy centres the trade of the moun- tains ; and here are shipped the mineral tress- ‘ures that constitute a 0 share of the wealth of Colorado. - TEN MILLIONS 1s considered a moderate eatimats of the value of the gold and silver exported this year, with t‘heu?mspect. of a very large increase Tnuxt year, as the mines are developed and the facilities for reducing the ore are improved. THE AGRICULTUBAL BESOURCES of the country have hitherto been held as sec- ondary, on account of the supposed cost of irri gation. But the system of colonies, which pre-~ ‘vails 80 largely hero, has distributed the prefi;x- inary expenses of farming, and is rapidly filling the " Territory with sgricultural - settlaments, With irrigation, the soil affords ample crops of small grains, and vegetables reach & luxuriance of growth that is almost fabulons. Everything seems to grow on s gigantic scale in this region of magnificent altitudes and_colossal foxces. Imagine the capacity of s soil that produces cabbages weighing 60 pounds, beets.33 inches in. circumference, squsshes = weighing 200 pounds, and avux:hing in - the same proportion! It sounds very much like s fairy tale; but, haying had dembnartation of the facts and measurements, I cansay confi~ dentlyitis not a fairy tale. The country al- ready supplies itself, and every yearis adding Iargely to its productive resonrces, as well s to its population. THE FACOATIES FOB STOCK-BAISING might render posaible & return of the old pas- toral times, When shepherd and shephordess bad mothing todo but play on_the lute, and make love and poetry, while the flocks amicably took care of themselves. Itis said that there is no country inthe world . where stock zan be kept with 8o little care and cost, 23 in the Colo- lo Parks and Plains. But the Corydons and Phillises conld hardly dream very long in the old Arcadian seclusion, for the mountaing and valleys are literally overran with TOURISTS AND REALTH-SEEKERS. ‘The mineral springs, the bracing atmosphere, the life-giving climate, and the endless pano~ rama of besuty and grendeur that stretches ‘always bofore you, make it the Eldorado of the invalid ; and, of those who come, alarge num- ber make it a permanent home. Indeed, it seems likely to bacome the land of reconstructed invalids, althongh many who seek the higher altitndes without proper sdvice and precaution 8o away disappointed. 0f all these advantages and resources, _DENVER 18 THE EEY. Here the railroads centrs. Here everybody comes to start into the mountains, and here everybody comes to depart. Scarcely thirteen years old, desolsted in its infancy by fire and by flood, blockeded by ~Indians, and cradled ' by “roughs” it has to-day the appearance of & city of & quarter of & century’s growth. It has substantial business houses, fine churches, fine residonces, all the ‘metropolitan conveniences, and is fast adding the luxuries that have belonged exclusively to the old cities. It has its dozen miles of boule~ vards laid out and partially completed. Along the line of these boulevards it has suburban res- idence-grounds, Crossing the Platte, and fol- lowing its banks toward the southwest, over the fine, broad stract, slready bordered with its doubla fows of shade-trees, you pass Highland, Cheltenham Heights, and . VILLA PARE. z TThe latter is largely owned in Chicago, and is 1sid out in ornamental style, with an_immense reservoir, an artificial lake in embryo, and a eat number of forest-trees in process of plant- Ing. The boulovards pass directly in front of it, and, a little way off, runs the Plaits, through ita eon fringe of aspen, while the city lies just eyond, scarcely » mile sway. On the other side are’ the mountains, looking 80 Dear that yon might be tempted to scale some of them before breakfast, if exporience had not taught you the folly of trusting the evidence of your own senses, Altogether, it is one of the most delightfu resi- dence grounds around Denver. One of the must striking points in this new country is ITS HOPE AND ENTHUSIASY. It has no past,~no retrospect. Its life 's in the futnre, and the fresh exuberance of yuth -colors all ita visions, Itis -lavish, cordial and buoyant,—pointing out. its .advantages ani at- tractions to strangers with pardonable pride and unbounded faith in the greatness of its owndes- tiny. “Its poetry is the postry of Nature. Its life is external, active, and_stirring. But the vigorous pioneer race is curiously mingled vith the delicate, hot-house, drooping growth of an old civilization,~finely-strung, brain-weary, Lfe- seaking invalids, who seek & new. lease of exist- ence, and find it, perhaps, in the very freshness of a moral atmosphers so far. removed from their own previons éxperience. We Jeave the Rocky Mountains with many ro- grets, and many pleasant memories of kindly courtesies and generous heatts. A.R.G. FURS. Who First Wore Them---How Past Generations Regarded Them. The Process .of Preparing Peltry for TUse. Styles in Furs for the Winter of 272 =--Ladies?, Children’s, and Gen. tlemen’s. Evidence is not wanting to prove that fur was the primitive material used in the apparel of men, and was early held in high estimation. It will be remembered by the many willing and un~ willing readers of the Bible that Adem and Eve (whose 14st name we have ever wished to know), on being driven {_om the Garden of Eden out into the bleaker climates of the oufer world, were furnished by their tailor with coats of skins ; and the ancient heroes of the Greeks and Bn'mm are represented as being clothed in skins, Zneas wearing for aa outer garment thst of a lion, and Alcestus being formidably clad in that of the Libyan bear. ’nns_ very rational appreciation of the fur as anarticle of dress has never died oat among men, although the fashionof using it for fall suits has only been refained on *Greenland's icy mountaing,” and in cointries possessing a like cheerless climate. Ths fur msy, indeed be called the fabric of Toyalty, for we read in the history o the crusades of fln? magnificent displsys by the Enropean Princes, of their dresses of costly furs, befors the Court of Constantinople, and are further in- formed that, Quring the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the use of the choicer furs, as the ermine ond eable, was restristed to ‘the royal families and the nobility, to whom they served as distinctive marks and badges of rank, and were for this purpose introduced into armoria bearings. While in these days of better sense display in dress is made in lighter maZerial, yet fars are an aristoeratic rticle of dress,and a superior set signifies that their possessor, or some near friend, is the owner of a royal fortune, if not of royal blood ; and indeed it may be said, that for is womn in this climate, not 80 much because it is nocessary to wear it, asto indicate tnat the wesuer can nt’{ard the luxi ince we rely for our main supply of upon new and undeveloped cmp‘flgs,, it ?sd;g lrxr:i\fimhnhls that the chilaren of the next century ill be compelled to brave the blasts of their winter unclothed in this aristocratic'material, which, by its very scarcity, must becoms even more aristocratic. This reasonzble supposition leads s intoa field of unlimited speculation, the most serious of which s, will the result then be taat the na~ tives of Greenland, Icehndblnd Lapland, whose peopls only can keép their Hlood to liviig beat 5 covering their bodies with. fur, be frozea out ? It is to be noped that the tide of emigration to those popular countries will soon pack, and thus avoid the calamity, for there is not much likelihood that they will so multiply among themselves. that they shell cover theircountries and thus exterminate the seal and other fur-pro- ducing animals. o ; To avoid these calamities, the domestication of animals now wild will be necessary, and war- rens for the breeding of them must, sooner or leter, be established. In fur-dressing there are many curions pro- cesses. The lady of wealth, robed in soft sable and otter, is not often aware that the.soft for she lays about her neck has been placed in & tub of rancid butter and trampled upor by the feet of men. The pelt is thus sofiened, 2s if par- tially tanned. ~ After this process, they are next cleaned of the loose bits of intigument by rub- bing them with & strip of iron. The grease is then removed, by tiampling. them witha mix- ture of mahogany eswdust, the while becasion- ally beating them and combing the far. the matter of varjeties in general use, the Bable is the most costly, then the mink, and the seal. This year the seal for' larger goods and gentlemen's wear, is to be decidedly the most opular; while for smaller goods, suchas col- ars a.:d boas, the mink isto ehare its former g:pnlmb!'ty with the otter, the bleck makten, zad o sable. % * For e goods the seal will entirely su; nt g i % long and sweeping mink g known a8 the Victoris, will now be quite out of style, and, inste il be wom & geal cloak, cut loose, or in gore, | with double-bresst, rolling cost collar, aleaves either flowing or coat style. These are to be worn plain or trimmed, with & popularity in favor of the plain. The trimming consists 6f black marten, or soma other faucy far. This trimming is worth from §3 to 84 s yard, and is much used in trimming street-dresses. A com- Plete set of seal fure for lady will consist of s seal cloak, & boskmnfl, gloves, and cap. These, worn with o dark heavy dress, trimmed lightl with marten fur, make » street-suit for mmid- winter which is like to become very popular, and ainly nothing more tasteful, or, indeed, sensible, could'be imagined. This set of furs Tanges in price from §150 to §250. - In emall goods, o far ss the shape of the fur is concerned, there is little change. The boa with emall® muff, will "be the most -fashionable set, and with these it will not be inappropriate to Wear a seal cap, of which there ‘are two styles the turban snd the Thompson. This lstter is pointed hehind, and will bs the popular et of the winter. It may be here remarked that, ex- capt the far be of ermine or mink, tho boss' are worn with fringed ends, while the collars will be generally plain. R The hair of the black marten fur, a5 is well- known, is long, and has_not been considered fashionable. But this winter, in suits of boa and mufY, it will be much worn. A suit. of this fur will cost from 985 ta $30. o For children, the gray Siberian squirrel and the German fitch, sre no longer worn; their places having been taken by the Asi Iamb, made up in stripes of whita and gray. This fur is curled, being made €0 by sewing & ‘band about the lamb while yet very young. A set of furs for a gentleman will consist of & - seal cap and gloves; the cl + muffler wil be mno longer worn. caps, we have obscrved three very besutiful styles, viz: the Laplander, the Greenlander, and the Tcelander. ‘Che Greénlander, a high cap withont Yoll or front, will probsbly be most worn. A cheaper capin these styles is made of Futria 1 ur. In 8o far as furs may add fo the good appear- ance of ladies and gentlemen, we shall sce more stylish ladies and handsome gentlemen this win~ ter than for many seasons past. —The Bishop of Lincoln has iesued a form of iyer for use in his diocese, supplicating the ivine aid for the removal of the cattle-disease oW 80 prevalent in England. —The report of the Secretary of the Vermont Btate Board of Education shows the entire school-population to be 87,000, and the number of ory ‘ed school-districts 2,645. The perms- nent investment in school-houses is estimated at $1,265,387, and the total cost of schools for the past year, including books and 6 per cent inter- est on the amount invested in school-buildings, at £630,000. The report advocates o Stato prop- erty-tax of 20 per cent, and a tax of $2 per poll for the support of achools, each town to receiva a distributive share on condition that it_raiso one-half as much by tax on the town; 5 per cent of the whole State tax to be set apart for books of reference and spparatus, one half of the balance to be d.inh'ibnte% on school-popula- tion, and one-half on the total sttendanco, the balance of achool-expenses to bo defrared by local tax. e