Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1872, Page 8

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1872. OUR NEW LEGISLATORS. How They Stand Upon the Senatorial Question, The Republicans Divided Between Oglesby and Washburne. Mr. Scammon’s Candidacy Met With Scorn and Derision. The Senators and Representatives elected, or supposed to be elected, in Chicago, were inter- viewed by TrIBUNE reporters yesterdsy, as to their views upon the Senatorial and Temperance questions. The result, as faras obtained, is as follows : SENATOR BEYNOLDS ‘had not pledged himself to any one; would not vote for Trumbull; had heard of Oglesby; did pot know absolutely that Washburne was a can- didate, but suspected it when he found him at home and around. He would not vote for Scam- ‘mon, if Scammon was the only man upon earth. “Hegould vote to modify the last Liquor law,bub Dot to repesl it. He thought the landlord clause was a hardship, and bore unjustly upon the own- ers of proporty. SENATOR THOMPSON &2id he was not in favor of Trumbull, * by a long pull” Washburno was anaple man. He was not sure he was a candidate, had heard that Oglesby . ~was; would be inclined to vote for Scammon, if Scammon was & candidate. He would not vote to absolutely repeal the Liquor law, unless to substitute a better one. He thought the law passed by the last Legislature could be amended and modified generally. SENATOR DOW swes easily approached, but very difficalt to ques- tion. He should vote for the repeal of the Tem- perance law, if, after full investigation, it was found that it ought to be repesled. He would oot commit himself on the United States Sen- rtorehip; but he thought Oglesby was clearly wnd fairly entitled to the place. The Republi- rans could not do otherwise than elect him. SENATOR 'GRATH wag found after a two hours’ search, bub re- fused to answer any questions. SENATOR WAITE was opposed to the present Temperance law when it was passed, and voted against it because it was nnconstitutional ; did not wish to give his opinion on the Temperance questionany farther than he had stated in his speeches during the campaign ; did not think it good policy to com- mit himself on the Senatorial question ; did not commit himself when he voted for Logan ; did not know until yesterday that Washburne was & candidste ; had never heard of J. Y. Scammon ‘being & candidate. ME. JAMESON " did not believe he was elected; he thought Frank Sherman was. If elected, he would vote for Trambull, and wonld then express his senti- ments on other matters. ME. FERRIER preferred Oglesby to Scammon, but was “a ‘Waghburne man all over.” He would ‘go for Trumbull as he used to go for the rebels down South.” He had been represented unofficially by the papers 88 an anti-temperance man, when ‘he was not. He wes in favor of the law passed by the 1ast Legislature, and wonld not vote to repeal or change it. The Sunday law on the statute books mlgbt be sltered so =8 fo suit better. He would vote to _improve the Sun- dsy Isw, but not to Tepeal it. MR, COND would vote for Trumbull. _He never drank five dollars’ worth of liquor in his life, but was an anti-prohibitionist, and, o far as laws had a m}ubifiary tendency, wsuld oppose them. He nght drunken men were & nuisance, and in- terfered with public order and decency. They ehould be punished, and so should the esloon man who sold liquor to a man intoxicated. No one had saked him to pledge himself upon that question. He had not studied the law very carefully, anddid not know that he would vote for its repeal. He would vote to modify the law. He did not beliove in sumptuary législation, erin :et.tumphng to msake people righteons by statul R, %'CLURE was not.certain about hia election. - There soemed to bea tie between himself and MMr. Pelizer. If 8o, their chances depended upon ‘the toss of the copper. He believed he EY wmajority over Peltzer, and that both of them were entitled to sesis, Roundiree being ineligible, having forfeited his residence by being_ s candidate lastyesrto the Wisconsin ture. When the matter was definitely Bettied he would unbosom himself at length. He believed the Liqnor law;passed st the last gession was unconstitutional in many of its pro- visions, if not as a whole. He was opposed to anconstitutional laws. E. HOPKINS was described in the Directory asliving at No. 452 Sonth Clinton street. The house has a fihurd on the outer wall, with “Small-Pox lere” inscribed upon it. The reporter re- ‘mained onteide. Mr. Hopkins was not seen. B, WASHBUBNE had stated his position on the temperance ques- tion in his speeches during the campaign ; was not a temperance man himself ; thought Ogles- by was the favorite candidate for Senator ; did not wish to commit himself ; Washburne wag a very able man but, Oglesbyhad the inside track ; was sm'ga ed to hear that J. Y. Scammon was & candidate. MEB. HERTING was decidedly opposed to temperance laws, and wonlddo his best to have the present law re- glulei Oglesby was his choice for Senator ; id not think that either Washburneor Scammon wonld have any strength in the Legislature. JUDGE BRABWELL was found at the office of the Legal News, in the Custom House Block. He said hehad been elected on the temperance platform, and was, of course, in favor of sustaining the Liquor {aw ‘passed at the last sossion of the Legislature. It ‘as, in his opinion, a good law, and he saw no reason why it should be repesled. When msked for whom he should vote for United BtatesSenator, he was. somewhatsurprised. After some cross-questioning, he remarked that * Old Dick” would beat them all. He had heard Washburne talked of, but had notseen him. Scammon’s name had not been mentioned iu his hearing. When the reporter was bidding him ood day, the Judge said, I sm decidedly in Governor Oglesby for Senator.” B, WATMAN, who was npfo:ted by the Liquor League, said e was not pledged to anybody, and proposed to act independently. The Liquor law, in the main, was all right, but he thought it should be modified, especially the clause g & lan Yord ras%nnmbla for the conduct of his tenant. He had heard of but one man who was run- ping™ for the Senatorship—Oglesby—it being understood during the campaign that he was siwilling to go.” He (Wayman) was not pledged to anyone, and would vote for the ‘Republican nominee,” whoever he might be. He liked Oglesby, and wonld vote for him. ME. BOUNDTBEE thought the present Temperance lawunconstitn- tional, and ‘wonld vote sgainst it should the question come ‘before the Legislature. Had not Slade np his mind on the Senatorial question ; s pledged to no one; thought Oglesby wes the favorite ; did not kmow that ‘Washburne was a candidpte. Was nob aware that Scammon had zny Senatorial itchings, and did not wieh to give his opinion a8 to his chances. MB. 0. G. WICKER 2 did not think the Liquor law had been in og?rn_f- tion long enough {0 warrant its repeal. it roved obnoxious to the people, then there would be some valid objections to it He should mob vote for its at the mext session of the Legisiature. Ho thought Governor Oglesby ought to be satisfied with the Governorship. 1f ‘Washburne's name was proposed, he should give his claims considerable attention. He would not, however, commit ‘himeelf. He preferred either of the gentlemen named to Jonathan Y. Scammon. §avar of MESSES. SCANLAN, KEHOE, EIC. d . Scanlan had gone to Peoria and taken his jdeas with him.- ., BSenator Kehoe wag not found, nor were Rep- resentatives McLauchlin, Halpin, Eahn, Lomox, Cullerton, or Olsen. The Funeral of General Meade, PrraperpEn, Nov. 8.—The City Council yesterdsy ap] ointed & joint committee of ten to confer with the military suthorities relative to the funeral of General ‘Meade, which will take place on Monday. Both branches of the City Prooncil will sttend the funeral ina body. In- pendence Hall wiil be draped in moOUrning for thirty dsys, General Prevost, commanding the First Division of the National Guard, invites all military organizations in the department commanded by the deceased General Mesde to attend his funeral on Monday next. PrILADELPRIA, Nov. 8.—A large meeting of the most influential citizens of Philadelphia was held in the city to-day, Mayor Stoekley presiding, at which a testimonial to the memory of the ate General Meade, mcitm% his virtnes as & citizen, and his record a8 & soldier, was adopted. THEY WILL RATIFY. A meeting of the Commander-in-Chief and Staff Officers of the Union Standard Guards of Cook and adjoining counties, was held last evening at their headquarters on Lake street, to perfect arrangements for & grand procession in honor of the recent elections. There were present General I. S. Reynolds, Commander-in- Chief, Colane! 0. Lippincott, Major R. 3. Wood, Aisjor J, W, Laimbier, Captein B, R. De Young, and Colonel Storey, with two other gentlemen whobave held less prominent positions in the Ol'%nhizntiuns incident to the recent campaign. t was at first resoived that the ratification ghould take place next Thursday night, but, in Conideration that tho Central Committee was owing the organization a coneiderable sum of money, it was resolved that no time should be get for the ratification, but that a Committee, consisting of Colonels Wood, McArthur, Cly- bourn, and Lippincott, with tho Commander-i Chief, Beynolds, should wait upon the Central Committes, and request the paymentof the money due; and, if their demands should be satisfied, it would be decided by the Committee where the procession would take up its line of march. Tho meeting accordingly adjowrned with this understanding. —_—— A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY. While patrolling their beat on the railrond track near the intersection of Twenty-second and Halsted streets, sbout 9 o'clock last evening, Officers Scanlon and Kelly, of the South Branch Police Station, made a horrible discovery. They observed s ‘dark -object lying on the track (a switch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad), and believing it to be some bewildered inebriate who had lain down in the perilous lace to sl:;g, approached to arouse and start im tow: home. To - their utter horror and dismay they found it to be the headless, handless, and footless trunk of a man who had evidently been run over by a locomotive. Lights were procured. and search was made for the missing members. They were found some distance from the track. The remains were conveyed to the Police Sta- tion, and thence to the Morgue, where they were subsequently identified as those of James Dolen, aged b5 years, a resident at No. 498 West Thir- teenth street. - The mutilated corpse was_taken home to the bereaved family. Deceased was a Iaborer in McCormick's reaper factory. It has not been discovered how he met with such a ter- rible end. R MISCELLANEOUS CITY ITEMS. The slarm from Box 325 shortly before 12 o'clock last night waa for a fire in the residence of C. Blackburn, No. 80 Centre avenue, which was damaged to the extent of about $100; fully xfnmmd. The fire was caused by an - overheated arnace. At half-past 6 o'clock last evening a woman, named Anne McDonough, married, and the mother of three children, died suddenly at No. 27 West Stxteenth street. She was 82 years of age. The cause of her death is not known. A property-man at the Academy of Music was seciously brned about the face, neck, and arms last evening while preparing fire for & scene in the “Black Crook.” 'l isthe second accident of the kind that hos occurred in the theatre during the present week. A little boy, nemed William Parnell, arrived in this city g‘as(erdny from Halifax, Nova Scotis, in gearch of his mother, Briflseb Evans, wife of a cabinet-maker. As he did not have her sd- dress, he was obliged to stop at the Harrison Street Police Station, and can be found there to- day by bis friends. At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, & team of horses, which was evidently not much effected with the prevailing epizootic, ran away on La~ Salle strect, with & wagon loaded with over- shoes. The goods, and two men who were rid- ing on top of them, were spilled &\o:fi the street, but were not much injured by the fall. The sad spectacle of 8 boyof 12 years, crazy from the effects of whiskey, was witnessed at the Madison street Police Station last evening. Immediately after being locked in & cell, the un- Tortunite little follow was seized with violent spasms, and would have died but for the prompt attention and skillful ireatment of Dr. Fleming. Augustus King, s roral ruffian who broke jail at Evanston, on Thursday night, was rearrested by an officer of that suburb st the Chicago & St. Touis depot, in this_city, last evening. He is aid to be a thief and vagrant, and was serving out & term of imprisonment for disorderly con- duct and other violations of Evanstor propriety, when he made his escape. A dymmg ‘man named Panl Christian Anderson, ed 22 years, fainted away while walking on itchell “street, between 6 and 7 o'clock last evening. He was borneinto s house, and laid upon a lounge, and in & ehort time had 8o far recovered as to feel able to go home without as- sistance, While stepping from the door he be- came faint again, sat down upon & step, and ex- pired. His remains were taken to the Morgue. A fire was discovered by some boys in the ‘basement of the Reformed Presbyterisn Church, corner of May and Fulton streets, last evening, and was ‘extinguished before any material dam- sge had been done. It is believed to have been started by an incendiary, as & large quantity of rags satursted with kerosene oil were found cloge to where the flames firstappeared. At 5 o'clock on Thureday afternoon James Goodman, a sailor on the barge E. M. Tyson, fell into the hold of the vessel while coverin, hatch. The hatch-coyer, weighing sbout ffty pounds, fell on him, injuring him 80 _severely that ho died at 8 o'clock yesterdsy morning at his residence, No. 535 South Union_street. Ho was 85 years of age, and leaves a wife and three children. About 1 o'clock yesterday morning, Officer Hinckley and two Merchants' policemen observed two men attack and Tob an old man at the cor- ner of Washington and Clinton streets. They arrested them, Hinckley taking one, and the Merchants’ policemen the other. The latter succeeded in_ breaking away from his captors and making his escape. His companion gave the name of John Reardon; $13 of his victim's money was found upon him. He was sent to the Criminal Court in bail of $500. David Adler, proprietor of a small hat and cap store at No. 250 North avenue, was arrested yes- terday on & capias sworn out by Ames, Sher- man & Co., and other . creditors, who allege an attempt to defraud. He came to this city a short time since with letters of recommenda- tion from responsible parties, by means of which e secured considerable credit ; but it has been discovered that he disposed of his stock at less than'its value, and was about to leave the city with the proceeds of the sale. He is now in the County Jail. _———— The Beecher=Woodhull Affaire Augustus Watters writes to the Newark Even- 111% rier : ever did Mr. Beecher appear 8o grand to me a8 on the occasion of my recent visit. In re- ferring to the Waodhull outrage, I ventured to express my deep sympathy, whereupon, with a quiot uplifting of his lion-like head, he remark- ed, * My dear friend, I do not need any sym- pathy.” Afterward he remarked he felt troubled for his friends, because they were troubled ; but, as for himself, his life for twenty-five years in Plymouth Church must be his only defence. It would be impossible to de- scribe my feelings on leaving the presence of Mr. Beecher on this occasion. The majestic %’amher could not bend o Jow as to notice Mrs. ‘'oodhull until I remarked that the woman was undoubtedly insane; end then, with the kindli- est of smiles, he replied: “I believe 80," too. At any rate, I_can only wish people better minds.” The first thing I said on approaching him was, Of course, Mr. Beecher, this thing is afraud from beginning to end ?”’ To which be replied, with an indescribable motion of the head, -Entirely.” In fact, he made me feel that I had never before realized the potency and comprehensiveness of that word. PDecision of the Emperor William in the San Juan Case, » The London Telegraph l}mblishsd, on Oct. 26 the Berlin despatch following: “The three referees handed in their report to the Forej Department four weeks 2go. Thereport, which, T understand, will not be published unless by the request of the contending parties, charges upon England the vaguenees in the word- ing of the treaty of 1846, which was proposed and drawn up by her representa- tives, Charts of the San Juan. Islands ex- Tsted at the time ; and it was possible, say the Teferces, to have attained grester precision in the definition of the ‘boundary-line, On this ground they hold the plea untenable that the ge- cirnphy of the coast was_not exactly known when the Treaty was framed, and state that the Spaniards had surveyed it as early as in 1787, 1792, and 1795. The word '‘southerly’ in the Treaty, says the report, ought to be interpreted to mean the shortest channel to the Straits of Fuca. The natural continuation of the middle of the Gulf of Georgia is represented 8s being more than any other the Haro Channel; and it is asserted thet the Rosario Channel, claimed as the boundary by the British Government, does not im- mediately connect with the Strait of Faca—thus rendering untenablo the English argument that the boundary line should pass along the whole of that inlet. Only two folio pages are occupied by the Emperor's decision on the subject-matter of the referees’ very voluminous and conscien- tiously minute report. The decision ‘begins thes: ¢Whereas, the Treaty of Washington stipulates, in Article 0, to leave me to decide ‘which claim respecting the San Juan boundary is most in ac- cordance with the true interpretation, I now decide withont appeal that,’ &c., according to the despatch I ent you yesterday. A special messenger starts for Washington to-night, bear- | perial verdict.” FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAN. T.oxpox, Nov. 7.—The Presidential election in Americais_the principal topic in the moming papers. The prevailing sentiment is favorable fo the Administration. One of the chief sub- jects in the complimentary. notices is the older}iy manner in which the elections were conducted. Much surprise is expressed at the completeness of the Republican triumph. 2 Subseriptions are being raised for the relief of sufferers by the Italian floods. ing the SAXONY. Drespex, Nov. 8.—The festivities attending the celebration of the golden wedding of the King and Queen of Saxony continue. SPAIN. Mapzi, Nov. 8.—The Epoca publishes a let- ter from Cadiz, reporting & conspiracy t0 in- augurate & serious insurrectionary movement, which is actively fostered by the International- iats smong the employes of La Carracs Rosal Dock Yerd Arsenal, near Cediz. The sttempt was squelched. 5 General Gaminde has been relieved of his command a8 Captain General of Catalonia, and General Balerieti appointed his successor. CLBA. 'Havaxa, Nov. 8.—Generals Ampudia and Men- duina, commauding the miiitary distriots of Hol- ginm and Bayamo, heve received orders to re- turn to Spain. THE CENSUS. An Intermediate Census for 1875— New Machinery Wanted. The following paragraphs are from Superin- iendent Walker’s census report: The cordiality with which the press and the country have recognized the publication of the prime results of the census has_afforded ample compenéation to the Superintendent for all the effort that has been required to accomplish the completion of the work of compilation within $wo years from the conclusion of the enumera- tion, Thereis no Teason, however, why, with such modifications of xiatmag laws a8 would in- sure that the material should come or:gi:a.lly to the Census Office in the proper pe for tabulation, the entire compilation should not be concluded within a year from the date of the first receipt of returns. It is not possible for any one who has had such painful occasion as the present Superintendent to ob- serve the workings of the census law of 1850 to characterizo it otherwise than as clumsy, anti- quated, and barbarous. The machinery it pro- vides is as unfit for use in the census of the United Btates, in this day of advanced statistical science, 8s the smooth-bore, muzzle-loading 4 Queen’s arm” of the Revolation would be for service against the repeating rifle of the present time. It ought not to be possible that another census should be teken under this law; such 2 thing onght ot to be serionsly proposed. The country has suffered moro than enough already of discrodit and of loss on_sccount of the wrotched insufficiency and _inappropriateness of the provisions of this ill-constructed and outgrown statute. ; 1 do earnestly recommend that the attention of Congress be especially invited to the proprie- ty and expedicncy of an immediato census, to bo taken in 1875, in preparation for the :Fpmndnng centennial celebration of the political birth of the nation. A census of the United Btates taken under a system, and_with a management which would secare the publication of the result Ty the 18t of June, 1876, would bo s noble mon- uinent to erect at the end of & century of thena- tion's life, It would mark off the first grand stage in an industrial and social progress al- together unprecedented in history, Berve as the starting pointof a fresh career which we have, under Providence, reason to believe ghall'be greater and happier yat. 3 Another congideration which uhongli influen- cesme in this recommendation, is the belief that census in 1875 would, in all probability, secure the taking of the Federal census there- after, at intervals of five years only. The inter- val of ten xbm fixed by the Constitution has been found to be far too long for all the uses t0 which the statistics of the census are put, ex- cept onlyfor the redistribution of Congression- al representation. Bo rapid are the internal changes of the coun- try, oftentimes setting calcnlations st nought, 50 fierce and vast_the growth of the nation 28 a whole, that the hiatus in the statistical informa-~ tion at the command of the Legielator, the pamphlcteer, the journalist, and tho social aud olitical philosopher, five or six years after the sm of the census, becomes positively painfol. Whoever will call to mind the esti- Thates as to the population and wealth of cities, Btates, and sections, which immedistely before the ockurrence of the last census were properly put forth, were made the ‘material of political nd indnstrial speculation, and were even taken 28 the besis of State and national legislation, Will hardly be disposed to question that the cost of a censys once in five years would be amply repaid by the light it would shed upon the condition of the faople and the progress of the pation in population and wealth. Were the Country once to learn by practical experience the advantages of & quinquennial enumeration, it is Tiot Jikely thab s longer period would ever there- after be ellowed to intervene between the Fed- eral censuses. THE NAVY. Report of the Secretary of the Navy— Number of Vessels in Commission— The Rotten State of Our Iron=Clads. From the New York Herald, Nov. 1. The deplorable condition info which the ves- sgels comprising the United States Navy bave fallen does not appear to bo E;enam“y known to ihe enlightened citizens of a country which, from its forward state in the march of civiliza- tion and advancement, should be able to place before the eyes of the world and of its qwn eople, a naval force fully able to guard the Interests of the flag it represents at home and abroad. The American people seem fo e unaware of the actual state of affairs, and many who have hitherto_indulged in golden vis- jone of the great naval force which we have at hand in torpedoes, monitors, line-of-battle ships, &c., will have gheir dresms dispelled by a glanca at the real condition of the United States Navy. Tt appears scarcely credible that we have not a singlo vessel that mey really be called a man-of- war; but such is the case, the few vessels we 3t possed 00 being built after old models, and |° many of them have gone through the process of Zebuilding 80 many times that the words of Gid- eon Welles himself may be quoted in this in- stance. Unfortunate, indeed would be our con- dition should the country be suddenly involved in hostilities with any one of the principal mari- time Powers of the world. In 1866, the navy of the United States was composed of ?Dfi'vaumls of all kinds, mounting an aggregate; if in com- mission, of 1,743 guns. In 1868 there was & re- duction in the number, and in the last report of the Secretary of the Navy the following statie- téicatrepmuent the total naval force of the United tates : Vessels on the navy list, of all classes and sizes, 175, of which 20 are sailing ehips, and the romainder side-wheel steamers or sailing ves- sels, with suxiliary screws. Fifty of these aro in sarvice, sttached to the soveral fleets or sta- tions a8 cruisers, despatch boats, hospital, store, receiving, and practice ships, and these, includ- ing the tugs and smsll tonders in use at the navy yards and stations, constitute the force in commission for all the purposes of the naval gervice. Of the above number, only 28 sre in foreign service. Of the remaiming 125 vessels, 6 are getting ready for ses, 52 are monitors, only two of which are now in COMIRIESION, the ‘balance being laid up at various stations, princi: pally at League Island, where, in the water of the Delaware, their iron bottoms deteriorate wigh far less rapidity than in the sult water of the other stations; 17 are under repair ava- rious yards; 13 are on the stocks, never having been completed, and the balance are laid up in ordinary, for the most part unfit for use, hav- ing been built of upsessoned wood, and, as the Becretary of the Navy in his last report snys, “ Unloss fomething is done in this direc- tion, our navy, now by no means respectable for & nation of our rank and xesponsi%ifities; will soon almost wholly pass out of existence asan arm of our nationel power.” . Sinco tho year 1829, when the Navy, during the existence of tie Board of Navy Commission- ers, may be_seid to have started into life, the service has but for a short time increased in efficiency, and that Eeriud waa during the Re- belliob. ~ As far back as1829 we had in commis- sion twenty-two vessels. mounting 626 guns; in 1843 we had forty-one_vessels in commission, ‘mounting 998 guns; in 1859, thirty-ssven ves- sels, with 626 guns: in 1853, forty-six vessels, with 967 guns; in 1854, thirty-six veshels, mounting 634 guns ; in1859, forty-three, mount- mfi 675 guns. From 1829 to 1870, in guns we fell off an average of abont six per annum, or about 240 guns in all, and we have now 609 guns less than we had in 1843. There does not secm to be any good reason for this decadence of the Navy. Since 1829, the populstion of the conntry has increased more than twenty-six millions, and the value of property has advanced in & corres- ponding degree. Our citizens are engaged in ‘commerce in the most distant countries, and the United Btates have gained a position among the Powers of the earth that they did not hold when our fleets were much superior to what they are &t present. These are the facts from which statesmen can jntzfie ‘whether there is anyreason why our navy should carry 609 guns less than in 1843. Of the twelve firat-rates, five are built of ‘hite ozk frames, and are now on the stocks in- complete and somewhst decayed. It will be neceseary to complete and launch those that are in the best state of preservation very soon, or the cost of replacing the rotten wood with sound material will be very expensive. The Guerriera has been so much damaged by accident snd decay that ehe isnot.worth repairing. The Ilinois, now on the stocks at the Kittery Yard, i8 not considered worth completing, and will be brokeg up. ~ The California, flagship in the Pacific, will not, at the expiratiion of the pre- sent cruige, be worth the cost of the repairs re- quired. In thegecond rates, the Albany msy be considered condemned, the Towa is very much decayed and cannot be repaired, the Congress, Severn, flagship of the North Atlantic fleet, an Worcester will not be wortl the extensive and expensive repairs required at the expiration of their present cruises. Thoss of tha rates, twelve in number, have nearly all been repaired and been made available for the next two cruiges. Of the eleven vessels of the fourth rate, the Dacotah, Kearsarge and Tuscarora require ex- pensive repairs. There are nineteen vesgels of the fitth rate, of which six are sailin% ships, two captured block- ade runners, valuable forspecial service, seven built of white osk timber, very much decayed, and requiring thorough repairs; the remainder aroin gervice. Of the receiving and practice ships, a number have been condemned, some are in commission as practice ships, store ships, and despatch vessels. These vessels can oniy be called auxiliaries to the navy, which could be sugplied from the merchant marine. ? the vessels composing the several floets in commission, not more than eighteen are in con- dition for real service. Some have been con- demned as unseaworthy, aud almost all require considerable repairs to bring them to their most efficient state. After the grzsent cruige the following mamed vessels will have to be thrown aside as unfit for ective Bervice. They were hurriedly built for & special purpose dnring the late war, and being constructed of unseasoned white oak tfimber, conld not be repaired to any_sdvantage. These vessels are the Congress, Nantasket, Quinne- beug, Resaca, Worcester, Albany, Delaware, Guerriere, and Severn, In two yaars, then, the navy will lose ten ef- ficient vossols, carrying 128 guns; and_thera is ot one ship building to supply their places. No American steamers run on the Atlantio route, two only to Brazil, and three or four to Chins. All of these are unfit for war purposes. Nearly every nation of conne:}nence is"outstri ing 18 in the race for naval supremacy. The irks aro going largely into the building of iron ships-of-war, torpedo vessels, &c., and increas- i.ngths number of their arsenals and docks. rugsis, which £WO years -g0 Was not consid- ered a Naval Power at all, has commenced the increase of her navyon & fflnd scale and is lay- inmnb lu-?e depots_and _constructing yards. While and is rapidly attaining perfection in her iron-clads ehe is 2lso devoting much atten- tion to & vory fast class of vessels designed to cruise against an enemy’s commerce. Besides the 100 iron-clads, home and reserve vessels on duty, she now has in commission 191 fast screw {rigates, sloops, and gunboats on the various stations, giving protection to Britieh subjects in all parts of the world. : In reporting the condition of the iron-clad vessels very little can be said in their fa- vor. Forty of the fifty-one vessels are of less than 560 tons measurement, cannot carry s modern hattery, have very little speed and consequently cannot be of much use in fighting an enemy in &n offing or_in protect- ing & harbor. They are built in violation of es- tabliched principles of naval architecture, and have been of no practical service to the coun- try. The deck beams of almost all of the small class are very much decayed. Four of the largest class built in the navy yards, of white oak, are now on the stocks, and too much dam- aged to be completed. Hulls, turrets, and ma- chinery, the most costly and powerfal, have been exposed without care to the action of the ele- ments, and are fast losing their value; and of the whole fleet of monitors relied on by the country for defence, not one can be made ready in time to resist a sudden attack. There are at present two torpedo steamers building—one at the Brookly Navy Yard and the other at the Washington Yard, appropriations having been mada by Congress for the purpose. The one building-at the Brooklyn yard, from plans by Admiral Porter, will be about 250 feet Jong, and will be an immense vessel of her class. When complete she will carry = crew of sbout 100 men. It is not " intended that she shall go under water. The Government officials are very reticent about giving information, but it is reported that she will be divided into numerous compariments to prevent her sinking if .struck by shot or Shell, and will present but » small por- tion of her I sbove water. She will carrya rifled gun in her bow for offence and de~ fence in case of accident to her machinery or other emergency. She will bristle around with small torpedoes, which can be run out twenty- five fect. Her electrical apparatus and the tor- pedo _machinery will be of the most perfect Jescription. There have been 5 series of ox- %erimants with & small torpedo boat at the rooklyn Navy Yard lately, but it has been pronounced & failure, a8 it is unmanageable When under water, but hopes are entertained of remedying the defect, and s board of naval offi- cors are at present engaged in making experi- ments on her. . We bave seven regularly established navy yards. Notmore tnan four of these are capablo of fitting out but two or three vessels at one time. In allis felt the want of more docks. In our seven navy yards we have but three dry- docks. In ths event of a maritime war this de- ficiency would be seriously felt—perbaps to a greater extent than any other of our pressin, wants. The dock-yards at Cherbourg an: Toulon, in France, and st Portsmouth, in Great Britain, each contain s greater number of dry- docks than all our yards combined, and some of the other dock-yards of these Powersare bub slightly inferior to those named. _— e ——— A BOSTON HORROR. The Body of & Man, Cut to Pieces, Found Afloat in Two Barrels—Vice tim and Murderer Unknown. Boston, Mass., (Nov. 6), Despatch to the New ¥ork Herald. A most mysterious and terrible tragedy has been developed in this city this afternoon, the circumstances of which are unparalleled among the multiplicity of revolting and strange crimes which have taken place in this vicinity recently. The victim, the sssassin, and the motive are all own. Up to this time, and in the absenc of such facts, the event has caused considersble excitement. It scems that between 3 and 4 o'clock. this after- noon some of the workmen employed in the gas house at the foot of Cambridge street discov- ered a large barrel had floated ashore along the Danks of the Charles River. Thinking perhaps it contained something valuable in liguids or contained something valuable in liquids or con- traband, they pulled it in and unpacked it; when they were horrified and sstonished at the die- covery of two human legs and a human head, the latter being bald-headed and indicating that the victim was about 50 years old. Fresh blood was dripping from the remnants of the body, and everything seemed to indicate that death and butchery had tsken place within & very few hours. While the worfim 1 ‘moving and caring for the repulsive and sicken- ing mass which they had found, & second barrel was seen in the stream, and upon being brought ashore and opened it was found to contain the rest of the body—the portion between the neck and knees. The indications wero that decapita- tion and amputation were performed witha sharp Xknife, for when the remaius were placed together in proper position they fitted 80 perfectly and nicely that the points of separation could only be discovered by the traces and 00zing of the blood. None of the clothing was missing except the hat, and, aside from a emell flesh ‘wound on the -Belgian puwouy en were engaged 1n re- |. face, thers was nothing to .indicate that there had been . straggle. Atound tho body there was a large rope which had been firmly tied, and wupon the back, between the outside and under shirt was a gold watch_and chain, which spparently had been secreted there by either the murdered man or his murderer. ide from these articles nothing else was found. The clothing which he wore was of the best quality, and averythin; seemed :n lnd.icai&‘ fihfl% tdu man was ono i3 go circumstances. e body was by a Coroner. d b hargeor THE GREAT SOUTHERN CANAL. Facts Abont the Proposed Water-Cone nection Between St. Louis and Sae vannah—A Meeting of Southern Governors Calleds Atlanta (Ga.) Correspondence of the Savannak Republi- can, The projected canal from St. Louis to Savan- nah is commanding much attention, not at all points North and West, that look to the enter- prise 28 anew channal of communication with the sea and the world abroad. Our_intelligent Governor has maturely considered the proposi- tion, and so impressed 18 he by views of its grand results, material and political, to Georgia and the South, that he has issued a circular, inviting all the Governors of the South and Northwest to convene in council ot Atlanta on the 12th of November for & comparison of views and an agreement upon some plan for_carrying forward the magnificent scheme. It also proposed that the Conuention, after adjournment here, shall visit Macon and Savannah in a body, and in per- son view the grourd, and acquaint themselves with the temper and opinions of the peoples of those cities. The project under consideration contemplates 2 continuous line of water communication, nat- ural and artificial, from St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, to Savannah, in the State of Geor- gia. The Miesissippi, the Ohio, and the Tennes- Seo, to Gunter's Landing, incinding the canal around Muscle Shoals, now being constructed, form the upper portion-of the line. The com- pany now organized in this State, and whose work is the subject matter under imme- diate consideration, propose to continue this line South, first by & canal from Gunter's Landing, to the Coosa River at Gads- den, in the State of Alabama, thence by said xiver, eighty.oven miles to Rome, thence up the Etowsh and Little River to & pole near Roswell, in Cobb County, whence it will cross the Chat~ tahoochee, thence via Atlanta to one of the trib- utaries of the Ocmulgee—Yellow or outh River. The Ocmulgee and Altamana will for the remain- der of the line until a point shall be reached nearest Savannah—say the mouth of the Oohoo- pee—from which the canal will be continued to that city. Tee distance from St. Louis to Savan- nah by this route is about 1,300 miles. Such is the szoject. For a long time doubta were expressed as to its feasibility by intelligent and enterprising men, but they have been dis- g:lled by recent practical surveys of the most ifficult portions of the line by & ecientific_com- ‘mission organized by the Government at Wash- ington for that express duty. The official report of the engineers, copies of which have been re- ceived here, will be presented to Congress at the approsching session. It definitely settles the question of Frmtimbihty and further, the utili- £y and profitableness of the work as an invest- ment, even at the immense expense required for construction. It is estimated that the portion of the line in the State of Alabama will cost $6,000,000, and the portisn of Georgia, €0 far a8 Macon, $50,000,000. It is expected that the Federal Government will, under the River and Harbor Act, put the Ocmulgee in a condition for permsaneut navigation ‘beyond that point. The engineers, in their report, not only indi- cato the cost and character of the work, but they go further and furnish estimates of its business when complated, and the cost of trans- gnmfiinn as compared with other routes from t. Lonis to the Atlantic. These are highly favorable to the projected line, and indeed, give it a marked precedence over all others now in operation or in process of construction. The cost from 8t. Louis to New York via the Erie Canal—the present smc tdoroughfare for Western groduoa—is set down at $11.76 per ton, or about 35 cents per bushel for_cym, Between the two cities by rail, the cost is about double these figures. From St. Louis to Norfolk, via the Ohio and James Biver and Kanawha Canal (now being constructed) the cost will be $6.70 per ton. From Bt. Louis to Savannah, by rail (Green Line, which is the chespest) the cost is 316.50 per ton, or 50 cents per bu for corn. Bythe projected canal, the engineers esti- mate that freights can be carried between the sams two cities at $4.88 per ton, or less than 15 cents for corn, which is 38.85 less than by the ‘Erie route to the Atlantic, and 31.82 iess than by the James River and wwha Canal. PRUSSIAN PHYSIQUE. The Men of the Empire, Pasmt and Present. Berlin (0ct.8) Correspondence of the London Daily 5 . Jalgraph. In aleading article that recently appearsd in your columns, it ws justly observed that, despite the fondness for and sptitude in athletic sports characterizing the English people, Britons of the present generation cannot boast of greater size, width, weight, and endurance than were attained by their_forefathers. This statement, Shich Thave no doubtis well founded, suggested to me an inquiry_with respect to the actual state of %hysica.l standards in Prussia as compared with their conditions half & ceni ago, shortly after the conclusion of the War of Emancipation, which left Germany impoverished and enfeebled, though victorious.” The few trustworthy data I have been eble to glean upon this subject may ot be without interest for your readers.- Noth- ing strikes & foreigner, especially if hie be a mil- itary man, 8o forcible upon entering Prussis, either from France or Belgium, s the gizeof the goldiers compared with that of the dapper but ‘under-sized :finnaflb! he has encountered in the last-named countries. The Prussian liner is not only a taller fellow than the French cr i iou, but he is stouter, heavier, and stronger than either. On &n average, five Prus- fian Liners weigh as much as six French lignards ; this fact was satisfactorily established during the Inst war, when the presence of some 300,000 French soldiers in Germany enabled military ethnologists to ascertain wil considerable ac- curacy vae main difference in the physical mate- rials of which the hostile armies wera composed. The eleven-stone man_may be said to predom- inate throughout the Prussian army, putting the Guards’ corps out of the question ; and-in one or two of the provincial corps—as, for instance, the Socond ( Pomeranian), the Brandenburgh, and ‘Westphalian Corps—unlessIam much mistaken, there are often ss many twelve-stone as ten- stone men. The Infantry of the Guard and Guard Landwehr presents a body of men num- Dering between 49,000 and 50,000, whose average height is 5 feet 9} inches, and weight 11 stone 8 pounds. From 6,000 to 7,000 of these range from 6 feet to 6 feet 6 inches in height. All'the Cuirassiers—there are fifteen or sixteen regi- | ments of them, if I remember aright—are huge fellows, those of the Guard being giants in size, breadth,and strength, riding neazly 21 stone with their sccoutrements, &c. 'The Foot Artillery is composed of picked men, ranging between 5 feet eight inches and six feet high. - Even in the Polish and East Prussian Infaniry regiments, Trecruited in districts the well-being of which stands at a much lower average than that of the other Prussian provinces ve been asswed on indisputable authority that nla.rgepm)gorfiun of the annual contingent from Prussian Poland, Lithuania and the barren lands on the Ruseian frontier, .consists of youths who have never tasted meat or wine until they joined the ranks of thearmy,) & man standing under five feet five inches in his regimental boots is & rare and ex- ceptional sight. j d in this country above all others, the army snd the male population are convertible terms. The army is more than the pick of the nation— it is the nation itself. All the male- adults of Prussia, save cripples, dwarfs or thoso afficted by constitution: ebifihes, have been, are, or will besoldiers. Youths are, a8 it were, taken bodily out of the way of temptation at the most danger- ous period of their lives, when their passions are at & maximum and their judgment at & minimum, and sequestered from the world for nearly three years, during which their muscles are developed, and their intsll.ifenca supplied with the means of development. They are taught to practice an absolute and blind obedience ; they are fed whole- gomely and sufficiently, bus in such sort asto render them comparatively indifferent to good cheer ; they are made to work harder than they swould have had tolabor atany calling whatsoever in private life; their morals are looked after with extremestrictness, and when they have complet- ed their term of service, if they manifest o desire to capitulate” or re-enlist, they aro dis- misged to their respective civil avocations, as arule, in high bealth, bodily and mental, well st up, hard and tough, sound in wind and limb, with babits of order, sobriety, and economy, an in every respect better men than they would have been Lad they spent the three years iu question at the plow, the forge, or the degk. The larg majority of these emancipes return to the groove |, from which their summons to the Prussian standards plucked them in their 21 st year and, a8 soon 88 they had recovered the ground lost to them during their absence, marry and boget large vigorous children. This is the coun- try par excellence for early marriages and large families—of conrse I mesn among_tne lower classes. The throngs of sturdy, hardy children pervading the streets of Prussiafi- towns and villages would cause & disciple of Malthus fo shudder with horror and disgust at every step he took in localities 50 ‘philoprogenitively defisnt of his principles. These riotous and masterfal Tesults of the goneral military service system. Generation upgn generntio;ri;)f them, for the last sixty years, have been making their appesr- snce upon this worldly stage, each a trifle bigger or stronger than its predecessor—a Very tritle, AIASO! Conn, cag in; AMSON— Church, Pittsburgh, by Rev. Dr. rfal | derD. Willismson, of .G youngsters are, in & great maasure, the practical | stocky of tbo fomer clty. MARRIED N MORDOCKNav.. 6 Jem, st Now Eazen. 23 SRaS n.'ié'&?cfi'&u‘:gnm of thé officlat- o cards. _Nov. 6, at Trinity Simorgon er S0t DY hicago, T, and Julls Fabue- cles V1] DIED. Ta Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 7, Lens Lar- possibley, but atill something. And g0 it i sthat the army measures have waxed and increased since 1813, until they have reached dimensions that, conld the Prussian hosts of the Befreiungs- Jrieg be suramoned from their rest and paraded for inspection by the side of the present army, would astonish those veterans very considerably. Tho uniforms of the 1872 levies would hang like draperies on the limbs of Blucher's ‘‘babes” and Lutzow's Wild Huntsmen ; and the sinewy young troops _that invaded France a couple of Jears ago could not get into the breeches and tunics of the heroes who struggled against Na- goleo_n 's legions af Ligny and ésmppes. udging from the data I have been able to get at, T should eny that the average Prussian T of 1872 js three inches bigger round the chest and two inches taller than was his grandfather or great-grandfather in 1822. Nor must this be attributed to an incremen in general bien-etre; for that has been also the case, and to a greater extent in Great Britain, and'yet it appears— vide your leader—to be admitted that Great Bri- tons are not er or stronger men than their progenitors. Noj it is not because the Prussians of nowadays_eat more meat, drink more wine and beer, and work fewer hours daily than did those other Prussisns with whom our troops fought sid~ by side i Belgian plains and forests, that their stature and girth have increased, while ours have remained *‘as they were;” it is ‘because half a century or more of compulsory military service has coerced Prussian men, from father to 8on, into immfing the condition of their bodies, with the ited object, truly, of attaining the highest possibledegree of figfvxting povwer, but algo with ‘the magnificent eflect of smeiiorating in an extraordinary measure the hysical force of & whole nation, Moreoter, the russians, as a people, have‘enjoyed the in- estimable’ advantage .of poverty. They have ‘been more Bober, more chaste, moro thrifty, _more inured to privations, harder worked than sany other great European people—not because they are of their nature paragons of the virtues, far from it, but because hard necessity has been their master, as well as the shrewd, sagacious Hohenzollern. Wealth brings with it comforts and lnxuries, and is followed hard at hecl by degeneration. It makes life easier and happier, mfi, like the pursnit of the arts, softens the PROFESSIONAL THE FRENCH DOCTOR, B. BRIARD, fromthe Academy of Medicine, Paris, now Professcr sad ‘propristor Chicago Medical Institato, has opened. his Pharmacy and Consulting rooms at 188 SOUTH HALSTED-ST. Dr.'T. Brisrd, tho distingnished French physicisn,’ still continues, as in the past seventeon years, ta sclentif- Jcally treat and cure all forms of diseise, nomatterssto- their nature or long standing. - Consultation free. Al languages spoken, and o com- plete assortment of French toilet azticles kept constantly on hand at DR. B. RRIARD'S Drug Store, AUCTION SALES. A.BUTTERS & CO- By BUTTERS’ SATURDAY’S SALE HOUSEHOLD 600DS, C Crockery, and @lass Ware, arpets, Stoves,Table Cutlery, Aud OTHER MERCEUNDISE, tobozold BY ATUCTION, On Saturday Igloming, ~Nov. 9 At 55 & 57 Sonth Canal-st,s Commencing at 9% o'click. WL A. BUTTERS & €O . Auctioneers. manners. years of almost unexampled grosparity delivered great France, courageous ut impotent, into the hands of her foes, Whose bodies and souls had been tempered the while to the hardness of steel by poverty, hard work, and frugality. And yet who—not being of either nationality—does not prefer & Frenchmen to a Prussian as a companion ? For poverty does not ‘make people amisble, nor, to tell trath, does hard work, while there is but a step from thrifti- ness to mesnness; and amenity of feeling, courtesy of demeanor, even common civility, are unfortunately incompatible with the mental and physical habits inculcated in & people by a mili- tary regime like that which obtains in Germany at the present day. In & word, nations have to choose, as matters sstand, between improving their bodies and improving their manpers. Prussia made herchoice long fic ; she hag widen- d and deepened her chest, added considerably to her stature, put on an astonishing amount of muscle, and hardned her frame to every sort of trial, effort, and exposure; consequently, she bas doubled up, bumilisted, and mulcted her tare: Glassware, Chiaa ‘bles, Chairs, Cooking Range, Ki'chon Utensils, Shorw Cases, with a largalov of ‘Wines ind Ligrors. UTTERS TEE ENTIRE FIXTURES AND FURNITORE OF THE Imperial Restaurant T0 BE SOLD BY AUCTION, 0On Monday, Nov. 11, at 10 o'clock, AT THE RESTAURAT, 51 South Canal=st. We shall sell, without reserve, for cas, the entire Fiz- .Platac Ware, Crockery, g of Silver-Plat tléry Tablo Linen, Ta- s, &c., consisii are, Table ookin; A. Bl CO., Auctioneers. ‘more wealthy, easy-going, and amiable neighbors. She is at the top of the trae; everybody isafraid of her. People do mot, of courge, experience #ny extravagant degree of affection for those of ; whom they stand in grievous bodily fear. 8o she is not loved—at least, not much. But what does that matter to her? She is Sir Oracle; and when she opens her mouth all men yunctually hold their peace. But she has got suddenly rich, and it may be that her Spartan virtues will melt away under a shower of Einld. Her milit system has made her what she is, and nothing but pros- perity can unmake her military system. As far as English physical modifications are concerned, T must leave your readers to draw their ovn in- ferences from the facts detailed above. ——————— A Dreadful Scene of Murder. Troppman has been imitated atSzent-Clary, » village in Lower Hungary. During the night of the 13th of October robbers broke intothe house of an innkeeper, Francis Czutech, and took possession of about £200 worth of money and chattels. Everything was packed up, and | the robbers removing the bags, when one of the gang upset a chair, which awoke the landlord, Who was sleeping in the next room with hi: wife. Mr. Czutsch at once jumped out of bed, tooka_double-barrelled gun and & knife, 2nd ogened the door, through which he fired two shots at the brigands, withont hitting them. The miscreants’then floored the unfor- {unate man, whom they nearly atabbed to death. Mrs. Czutsch, who was awaki and hurried to the help of her husband, was murdered most cruelly. The robbers then got hold of the six children, tied and gagged them, and set the house on fire at the two corners, faking to flight with their booty. The ill-fated house was soon in 8 blaze, and when the first fire-engine :spenrefl on the spot the mother and children had already been buried under the falling timbers. The landlord succaeded in Ccrawling out of the fire, and has been sble to ive some importent information, although here is little hope of his surviving. ~Ho stated that the assassins were nine in number, With faces blackened. The police were actively searching for the murderers. —————— Telegrap hic Brevities. More vessels have arrived_at San Francisco on £© of h 102 FINE This Railroad, between Lake and front on Madison-st. fare to Chicago, and Cen! and leads directly to the Hiversido Pazkway. Austin is Cit ened by the uoise, | & persons residing there and doing business in The tare is 735 cents or 850 peryear for & pass oo 2ll trains. The property Is 50 fest higher thin Iuke: T Re diained by sewers, etc.s il Hotaar 173 e deop o oo alley sad front o Churches an fine City Halland School House adison-st. is 120 feet wide, aad runs Central Park, being open fram Austia through Chicago LOT IN AUSTIN, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Orn the Grounds, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 13. Aspecial train will leave Wells-st. dspot at 19 o'clock 8w, on Central-av. on Pine-st. on Walnut-st. on Madison-st. 10 Lots fronting 47 Lots fronting 30 Lots fronting 15 Lots fronting verty lies immediately sonthaf the Austin depot, the Galens Dicision of, the Cbicsgo & Northwosters Madisca-its., baving a south Madison.s:. is the main thorough- is gravelled with Jollet gravol, ‘It o hasa west front on Fav., which is graveiled, ‘twwo miles west of i the icago. the Jevel of the and has a foe foot streets. gehoolstn a prosperous condition, A ive just been completed.. directly hrongh o Afichigan ‘An artesian well l}nzan sunk on the southeast corner {his property, which flows upward of 20,000 gallons per onr. & train of cars will be run to Austin every hour and et tigm, from Yoy 1, 1633, Teims of Sale—One-third cash, on ono-third two yoars, with interest'at 8 per ceat. cash, one-third ome year, WM, A, BUTTERS & C0., Auctioneers. within the last thirty dsys thanin_any ar period in the history of the city. Business bas generally improved, and there is mno tromble Sbout tonnsge or grain crops. Delegates representing all the Southern steam- book tegarents, Jeave New Orleans on Sunday to attend the %en -al Convention of Steamboat- men at Ceiro, Nov. 12. Captains Bordesux and Pegram accompany the delegation. Tast evening the Directors of the Lonisville & Cincinnati Short Line Railroad, elected General John Rehols; of Virginia, President of the rosd, vice Dr. Green, resigned. On Thursdsy might, s passenger_train from the west on thie Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ran into a Pullman palace coach which had been de- tached from s train from Washington, and left standing on & side-track at Washington Junc- tion or Relay House, tobe taken up for the west. The an coach was wrecked. Only at 1,000 Rolls Gi By GEO. P. GORE & CO. 22, 34 and % East Randalphst. AT AUTCTION, Honsehold Furniture and Carpets, &e. The largest and b o Jargost, snd, best sssortment of HOUSEHOLD , and every variety, that ever was offe: “Auction. .12 Crates of W. G. Crockery, 85 Cases of Glass Ware, ors, 50 Rolls of Floor Oil Cloth, lls Gilt Wall Paper, 500 Pairs Gilt Shades, Show Cases, Ofiice Desks, 1 Light Express Wagon (new), Pianos, ON SATURDAY, NOV. 5, AT 9% O'CLOCE. GEO. P. GORE & CO., Auctioneers. six passengers wers in the coach, three of whom were injured. The oakum factory of Gorham, Train & Co., at Norfolk, Mass., was burned yesterdsy morn- ing. A worlman named Calliban perished in the flames. His son was seriously injured. The loss is & . George Junior, an old colored resident of Peoris, was selected as one of the Grand - Jury on Thursdsy, This is the first negro juror in Peoria County. - Alargo bam near Denison, 0., belonging to Alexander Houston, was entirely burned on By G. P. Gore d Co., On Thursday, Nov. 14, At 9 1-2 a. m., we shall offer at Auc- tion, in addition to aline of KNIT GOODS, HOSIERY, and NOTIONS, the finest stock of . Decorated China Ware and Tops, Thursday night with its_contents, consisting of a large 4 Cof grain and oy, andj!._fnllfst&:]%figf FANCY GOODS AND GAMES, sgrieultural implements. @ origin of e fire d thi: B e & mystory, as none of the family had been | Yob offered this seasor. 4 Home Tox sevoral dags. GEO, P. GORE & CO. A fire- yesterday forenoon in McNamara & 22,24 & 28 Randolph-t, Co.’s wholesale boot and shoe store, corner of Pear] and Walnut streets, Cincinnati, occa- By ELISON & FOSTER. sioned a damage of §5,000 to McNams by water. ‘mostly Tnsured for 93,600, mostly in home companies. _Messrs. Meyer & Co., boat dealers, in the same building, lose £3,000; fully insured. The buildings are owned by Mr. Levy, of New York. Losson them not above $1,000. On Wednesday night, s stock- train on the Jacksonville Division of the - Chicago & St. . Louis Railroad was ditched, near Mason, City by the breaking of a rail. Several cars were badly 85 and REGULAR SATURDAY’S SALE 0 NeW AND SECUND-2AND TURNITURE, CARPETS, &a, On Saturday morning, Nov.9, at 9§ velock, at our salesroans, 87 Marlzet=st, ELISON & FOSTER, Auctionesrs. wrecked. On Wednesdsy night James Estel, Jr., Sur- visited the house of & man named Shaf- Veyor, o2 ’lving mear Anderson Depot, on the Nash- Vil & Chattancoga Railroad. He and Shaffer Eo‘: i!lno & w&rfly g spute, whicla ended in s fight- stel got the advantage, and was punishing £ S %tre, Shaor intertored Shaff ] Shaffer severely, when o ot e on and stabbed Estel with a knife. Thursday of the wound. Marches' picture-frame West Twenty-sixth street, stroyed by fire last night. Within & week the Cleveland manufactory, No. 348 New York, was de- Teess over $40,000. olice have been By HAREISON &CO. REGULAR SATURDAY'S SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, This Morning, et 8 1-2 o’clock. Chromos, Jierors, Parlor s, Chember Sefs, ‘And & very largo general assortment. HARRISON ¢ CO., Auct: S &3 Sonih Canal-st- working up a case of horse-stealing. They cap- cnpmgd tgvulve ‘horses, six buggies, one vlugo‘?, and & large quantity of hamess all stolen by one man, named ja. He commenced last April stealing the horses in u-gxomIflg ?\m— ty and selling it Jfifl fi’g ?Dn.r- {25 that the police wers on his track, flod to De- troit, where he was ‘arrested on Thursday. to 10 WL Advertisements Received too Late for Classi- fication. 50 MEN FOX SAWMILLS AND PIN workl all winter; fam and bosrd furaisbet tho work; wages 83 to farm hunds, 400 railroa ers and iU coal miners: cheap tickata South. ANGE. peppnd iy coal minary: shesp Hketa Souh. ANGEL - Occan Marine News. ANTED_NOW 18 THE TDME. QUICK, 1 ANEED 0N 48 or i e Hastoighcsh £ sgent wanted. The horss diseass is at present our specialty-. TLoxpoy, Nov. 8.—The steamships America 5 % 'NER WANTED—WITE 810 OASH TO E} and Anglia have arrived out. A tmedia busin will pay’ o Yonk, Nov. 8.—Arrived steamer Austra- ;;;?‘E:“:&“::':- prel e g o lis, from Glasgow.