Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 15, 1872, Page 2

W THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1872 THE LARSEST I3 THE WORLD. The Great Pemping Water Werks 2 Steam Admitied fo the Cylinders Yes- terday Norning for the First Time. The Massive Walking-Beam and Fly- Wheel in Rotion. . 5 of Water Bipe Laid During the Year, Twenty 1i Through the nipping and eager air of yester- day forenoon, 2 large and distinguished crowd of Chicago aotables assombled at tho Water Works, Like tho Athenians of old, te sce and tohearsome pewthing. Mr. Cregier's new 180,000 toy was to0 be chovwn off, and a great many , gentlemen wished to witness theevent. Among thosepres- ent were the Board of Public Works and their employes, prominent members of the Common Council, Engineers asd Commissioner Stone of the St. Louis Water Board. Tle gathering was one which could keenly appreciate the starting of en engine which could supply & practicably imitless supply of water—at any rate for one men. Itpossessed au interest for them which the Sunday ordinance greatly intensified. A history of the engires 2t the Water Works, with a deseription of this particular machine, was published at length in THE TRIBUNE yes- . and 2 repetition of it would not be in- teresting. Tho first movements on the part of the memmoth were to be closely ecrutinized, and were 2 source of considerable ansicty to AIr. Cregier. Shorlly after 10 o'clock the two levers which seb the engine in motion were raised by L. Cregier and on assistent. Slowly, un- Gera yressare of afew poundsof steam, the ecormoeus beam on one side rose to the roof of tho building, and tho giant fr-wheel beran to revolve with & ponderous but noiscless motion; then the other beam ross as ths former subsided, snd the diel which registered the revolutions of the wheel marked one. The levers weie raised again, and the wheel Lept in motion for o few minutes in this way. Meanwhile the water raized by the few revolutions of the wheel and action of the pumps was allowed to flow avound the mouth of the well, below the engine, Tempo- Tary errengements had Leen made for the water which ran away as fast as pumped up, in order togive 2 general idea of the zmount reiced by the suction of il coloseal pumps. In & minute or two the levers were withdrawn, and, under a head of fifteen pounds of steam, the ighty engine worked onits own great respon- ty. Now {he water came on ina deluge, gurgling, Tushing, roaring like a cataract, foam- ing white, 2nd dashing over the mackinery in the maddest mauner, and secking tho lake from which it has been torn, with o ceseeless roer, throngh the immense ducts provided for it. Al ‘who witnessed the operation of the engines were impressed with the cunormous volume of water raised at each sirole of the pumps, zad st the power of the cngine. The latter moved as easily, quietly, noiselessly, as a well-conducted watcl, the regular breathing of the steam in the cylinders like cu overgrown toper sleeping ont bis last drunk. There was no vibration, and even with the fhree large engines going at once in that comparatively emall Toom, one ked no need to raise the voice to make himself heard. The engine wgs a triumphant success, and DeWitt C. Cregier was the happiest man in this city vesterday morning. Chicago Las rcason to be’proud of him end of his engive. The latter i s2id to be tle largest pumpiug engine in the world. Bome of the papers kave been describing the engine a8 of 2,200 horse-power, which, a8 Mr Chesbrough states, is all mooushine. There are £0 many differeni methods of estimating horse- zcity of an engine is not safe~ ot war. The marine engines itish Favy, for ingiance, ara spoken of 88, 6ay, 500 Loree-pover, when they may be in reality four times that power. The correct method given by Mr. Chesbrough in estimating this engino is as follows: It is capsble of raising $6,000,000 gallous of water, or 268,000,000 pounds, 150 feet in 24 hours, or 43,200,000,000 pounds 1 foot in 2% hours, or 200,000,000 pounds 1 foot in 1 minute. Horse- power is estimated 2% a capacity to raise 33,000 pounds 1 foot in 1 minute; the liorse-power thus errived at would be 909. To this is added 5 per cent for power lost in friction of machin- ery, and the horse power of the engine may thus be called 1,200. At the same time, if circum- etances required, the cylinders of the engine, under high pressure, could sccomplish double the smonuts of power, but the pumps will not allow such 2 donbling. . The next engine in size cen pump 18,000,000 gallons ; the next 12,000,~ €00, and the smallest but 5,000,000 gellons, During the past_fortnight the new 88-inch mein_through the LaSalle street tunnel, from the Weter Works to LaSalle street, has been put_into use, and {he effect upon the supply in distant parts of the city has been little shor of marvellous. &venue, an a4 water was imm: o I3 g 4 As for South as South Par onal Liead of iwenty fest of The value of dbyan accident g0, which Lus for the tely oblaine to the Bush sirec zight would have Leen 2 ¢ pew 86-inch pipes. which will get down to workin a da. soon as the novelty hss w if, be better supplicd with water in a number of years. Dup day will doubtless Le far too little o v Up to-April 1, 1872, ity hud Iaid 23735 wmiles of water-pipe tkrous Dur- ing the past year the ity lias laid nearly 20 miles of water-pipe, more thsn was ever laid in the city beforo 1n tho same time. There ere seven eizes which bave been 1oid, as follows : 4-inch, 23,446 foet 5 foet ; 8-inch, 27,240 12-inch, { 16-ineh, 16 feet ; 24-jucki, 38 feet 36 0,601 feet : total, 103,932 feet. 9 fect, or 10}4 miles of sewerage, have bc 1, of the fol- lowing gizes: 1 foot, 2 ei, 4 feet, and 434 feot. The exhibit, for a burnt-out ciiy, be- zome especially grstifying. Ve mey show Bos- ton that she has nothing o fear in her calamity, when after our much grcaler disaster we can build up 2 city and loy more water and sowerage pipes than were ever laid before in the seme tima, At'tho same time, ¥ A suit has Inlely becn docided in our Supreme Court, tho detzils of which are more romantic than ary novelist even of the sensational school of the present day could dream of. In Beverly, Yorkshire, Englend, lived in the first quarter of the century a man named Thomes Grahem, & cabinet-maker by trade. In 1821, being then 19 vears of 2ge, he married one Jane Lancaster, b; whom he had two sons, William Grahmn an John Lercaster Grakam. Owingto a quarrel ho bad with his wife about a legacy of £100, he left ber about . and nothing further of him was heard at Beverly, bat there were rumors that he hadmarriedarotherwomaz. Intheyear1833aman named Thomas Graham eziled from Liverpool to Hobart Town in the skip Hibernia. He was sccompanied by & woman whom he had married, end by whom he had three children. At the time of her marriage she was 2 widow, and had children by her first busbond, a 3Ir. Hudeon, & lawyer. The Hibernia was burned at ses, and of Grabam's family only Limsolf and his step- gon (one of the Hudsors) were saved. Thay were izken to Rio, where Grahzm worked as a cabinet-maker, and thence Lo cawme to Hobart Town, where he remained for five or six years. At Hobart Town he became acguainted with the wife of o person named James Orook, employed in the Ordnance Department, lived with her 28 bis wife, and in 1841 merried ker in Melbourne. Crook did not dio until 1846. Grahem amassed money, beeame {iho owner of lands and houscs, aud established a brewery in East Collingwood, which gave him good profits. Ox the 41st of Jannary, 1817, this Eraham died suddenly, intestate, and Mra. Graham, his supposed wife, applicd foradminis- tration. Hor right wes immediately opposed by » number of persons, including her own dangh- ter, on the ground that she was not Groham’s lawful widow, her first husband (Crook) having been slive 2t the time of her marriage. Whilst they were a%nabhnng in this way, startling news came from England. On the st of January; 1871, a month before his death, Graham wrote & letter, addressed on the ecvelope to John Lan- caster Gralam, or his brotk: illiam Grabsm. Beverly, Yorkshire, England; ~ Thid lakter stated hat tho persons to whom the letter was ad- dressed were the sons of Thomas and Jane Gra- ham, that ‘Thomas-had been a_ cabinet-maker, that he was now getting old, snd had consider- able property to bequeath, and asking his_sons to apply to himat once. Strange to eay, thislet~ ter, 80 curiouely addressed, fell into the hands of - the parties for whom it was intended, who im- mediately communicated with a firm of solicitors in Melbourne, the letter reaching this country as Mrs. Grabam, who had_compromised with the parties who had been litigating her title was about to obtain administration. There being no evidence in support of the genuineness of the letter, the Court recognized Mre. Graham's right to be appointed administratrix. A suitin equity was then instituted, the question for decision . being whether tho Thomas Greham who died in Melbourne in 1871 was the Thomas Graham of Beverley, father of the plaintills. Evidence ‘was taken by a Commission, the case was'argued a short time since, and judgment pronounced by Mr. Justice Aolesworth in favorof the plain- tiff’s claim to be the sons of Graham, the brewer. As their mother did not die till 1860, in 1o aspect of the case could Ars. Crook be con- sidered the widow of the deceased, and therefore she has no title to any part of ‘the property. The %B:,fi)%c is supposed to be worth from £50,000 to £60,000. T — THE CENTENNiAL ANRIVERSARY. International Ex| ion at Philadel- phin in 187¢--Mceting of the Centen= nial Board of Erustces for the State of X1linois. SerancrrELD, 1L, Nov. 11, 1672, The Board of Corporators for the State of Illi- nois of the Ceniennial Eshibition convened at 2 P. m., Commissioner F. .. Matthews presiding. On motion, E. D. Sweeney, of Hock Iland, was chosen Secretary. The Commissioner then delivered the follow- ing address: . GENTLEMEN: Before proceeding to the busi- ness for which we are called together, I do not deem it altogether out of place to lay before you some of the general features of the proposed greut enterprise in which we, asthe fourth-State in the Union, are 5o lergely interested. The American people, throngh their Repre- sentatives in Congress, have decided to celebrate the ono hundredth anniversary of their Iude- Eondence Dby holding a grand International Ex- ibition 'of arts, manufactures, and products of soil and ine, aud Lave appropriately located ib at the City of Philadelphis, that our’ Lirthiplace a8 & nation may beliold us in our prime. The sct of Congress, approved March $1, 1871, which thus provides time and place of meeting, also creates the United States Centeunial Com- mission, consisting of two members from each of the States and Territorice, whose dutyitis to prepare and supermtend the Eshibition. These Commissioners have twico metin general session, Lieve effected permanent organization, and agreed upon the outlizes of & planof exhibi~ tion which, wo feel assured, will meet the ap- proval of all. This Exhibition will be international and uni- versal, comprising a represention of all arts, Justries, aud manufactures, all natural and arti- ficial irmlncts, and all the vavied results of hu- man skill, thought, and imagination, Not only do we urge and expect our own State to come forward and contribute io the display, but, in the eloquent language of Gen- eral Hawley, President of our Commission, * Wo invite the entire world to come and lay her rich- est and choicest trcasures at the feet of the young giunt of tha West, and to bLehold what il rival in splendor the wonders of the palace of Aladdiv.” * The Lenefits of such a comparison of the products of different countries is evident to all; and it isbelieved that fifty-five acres of floor-space under roof will be requived for this purpose, in order that ample space may be given to each State, Tenitory, and foreign land. The site for the buildings and grounds has been located at Iairmonnt Park. The Exposition will open on April 19, ana close Oct. 19, 1876,— theae being, 28 you will remember, the anniver- saries of the first and last battles of the Revo~ lution. This undertaking, o patriotic in con- ception, 50 vest in proportion, and en useful in results, commends iteelf to the heart of every American, and toall who have enjoyed the Dblessings of American institntions. The fire of patriotism is not quenched by the lapee of a century, but brightens ss time rolls on, and shines with as clear beams to-day as those radinting from the spirit of “76.” Tdo not Lesitate to promisa that Ilinois, though the fourih State in the Union, will be secoud to none, and will lead the van in preparing for this event. Ouly once in 2 lifetime will such a de- mand be mzade, or such an_opportunity be of- fered to display our national pride; and we must not allow other States to surpuss us, either in display of products, or the patriotism whick will lead us to help in auy way deemed necessary for the success of the enterprise, To erect the immense buildings required, and to remunerate architects and others who must give their wholo time o the Lusinese,—in short, to muke the thing a success, will, of course, re- quire & large amount of mouey, and the people must be made to undersizud the financiel char- acter of the Exposition, and that, as stockhold- ers, they will not lose the money which they in- vest, nor_will the conirol of it pass entirely out of their hands, though the true National char- acter of the sckeme demends that the Commis- sioners refain proper power and control, These diflicult._points were mude. tie subject of ma- ture delibergtion by our Commiseion.-aud the result embodied in‘an sct of Cougress, which Beems to cover the whole ground. It would be well to remember, and keep be- fore the people, the fact such exhibitions have heretoforc proved sery good investments, and statistics are not wanting to prove thal stock- bolders Lieve realized & very high per cent on their original iuvestment, 80 that many who cannot be induced to subscribe throngh patriotic motives will readily dv so when they perceive its pecupiary advantages; and zlso that any State which does not avail itself of taking its full quota dwring {he Lundred days, will Fave no right to complain if, afierwards, other States buy up #1l tho stock, which, under the ect, can be doue, without regard to quota or locality. Tt is for the purpose of designating proper places at which subscriptions sball Le received, aud the cousideration of kindred topics relating 1o the great echeme, and to devise means for making this glorious idez a utill more glorious Teality, and to ask your Learty co-operation and that of the people” of this Staie tirough you, that I have ealled you togother at this timo. Our quota of w6 capital stock of the Exhibi- tion iy 258,710, Jas. H. Reid, of Warren County, offered the following preamble_and resolution, which, on motion, were adopted : ‘WarnEss, The time of one hundred dzys fixed by the act of Congress, passed Jure 1, 1672, for making subkcriptions 0 the stock of the Nationsl Exhibition, to be holden in Philadelphic in 1876, is, in_onr judg- ment, too short for the dissemination 'of information in relation thereto among the people, tnd tha proper consumation of said subseription ; therefore, Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are Liereby respectfully requested, upon their meting in December next, o so amend gald act that the time for receiving subscriptions shall bo _extended to at least six mouths from thie time of opening the book therefor. On motion, the Board proceeded to mame ‘banks and bankers to receive the subscriptions to thoe capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance : Franklin Ssvings Bank, Chicago; H, Greencbaum & Co., Clifeago ; Lunt, Preston & Kean, Chicago ; Union Nationsl Bank, Chicago ; Third National Bank, Chica~ g0 First Nafional Bank, Aurora ; Third National Bank, Rockford; First National Esnk, Marengo; National Galena ; Becond National Bank, Free- port; First National Bank, Sterling; Lee County Na- tional Bank, Dixon ; First National Bank, Princeton 3 First National Bank, Geneseo; Bock Island National Bank, Rock Island; First National Bunk, Ottawa ; First National Bank, Joliet; Grundy County National Banl, Morris ; First National Bank, Lacon ; Livings- ton County National Bank, Pontiad; First National Bank, Kunkokee; First National = Bank, Peoria: Second Natioual Bank, Galesburg; First Notional Baxk, Canton; Farmers National Bauk, Reithsburghs Monmouth Nstional Bank, Monmouth; Hancock National Bank, Carthege; First Nutional Bank, Ma- comb ; First National Bank, Quiney ; Daniel Hesraon, Carroliton ; First National Bank, Piftsfleld ; First Na- tional Bank, Jacksonville; Ridgely National Banl Springdeld ; Savings Bank, Spriogfield ; H. M. Vs dever, Taylorville; National Bank, Bloomingto Afsyfield & Co,, Lincoln ; First National Bank, Prikis illiken [ First. ‘National National _Bank, H ional Bantr, Shelbyville; First National Bank, Paris; Firet Nationdl Bank, Centralin; Vandslfa Na- ‘Vandalia ; Haskill, Harris & Co,, Hills- iona] Bank, Carlinville; First National ; Russel Hinckley, Belleville; First Nae tional Bank, Cairo; Farmers’ Savings Bank, Carbon- dule; First National Bank, Showneetown; First Na- tional Bank, Olney. H. H. Rountree, of Montgomery County, pre- sented the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the papers throughout the State be ‘requested fo publish the proceedings of this meeting, On motion, the Board adjourned to meet at ihe call of the Commistioners. E. D. Sweexey, Sceretary'of Board, et Struggle With a Burglar, Canandaigua, N. Y, (Nov. 10) Despateh to the New York Times. Rev. G. C. Thompson, of this place, had a fearful encounter with aburglar, in his study, on Friday night. It scems that a number of his frionds wore visiting bim, and one of them de- .~ Millik 0.y eired to enter his stude, which is on the second floor, near the head'of the-stairs. e went up and found the door locked on the inside, and re- turned and informed Mr. Thompson of ' the sin< fact.. The latter explained the matter to_the sutisfaction of his guests, as he did not wish to slarm them, but he was uneasy in his owvn mind, end, when they Dad departed, be resolved to investigate the un- usual occurrence. He approached the door of the study end demanded to be_let -in, otherwise threatening to break in. 'The door, after a short interval,'was opened; and before DIr. Thompson could recognize who the intiuder was, ha was seized about the arms in a powerful ragp and thrown'to the floor. He succeeded in reeing his arms, and then a terriblo struggle commenced, the burglar putting forth every nerve to drag Jr, Thompson to the stairs and throw him over tho benisters, and Mr. Thomp- son endeavoring to get away and call assist- ance. He gave and received several blows, but the intruder was too muscular for him, and adually drew bim toward the stairs. Ir. 'hompson held on firmly, however, as he deter- mined to take his assailent over with him if he wag thrown down himself. The light which he bed brought up with him_was extinguished in the first of the contest, and the two were strug- gling entirely in the dark. The strnigle con- tinued over fen minutes, when Mr. Thompson began to fail in strength and from loss of blood, and the burgler succeeded in_ getting him to the top of the stairs, and threw him over. Mr. Thompson held to him with the tenacity of & bull-dog, and pulled his assailant with him, and the two went to the bottom together. Mr. Thompeon was ouly slightly stunned by the fall, and the burglar, ami,nrcnlly uninjured, attempt- ed to escape by the hall door. He was held still Dby the half-unconscious preacher, and only re- leased himself by breaking his arm by a power- ful blow, and escaped. Wio the burglar wasis not known. Mr. Thompson lies in a serious but not dangerous condition. SR e e THE BOSTON BUTCHERY. ‘fhe Charles River Mystery X Cleared Up-=Theory of the Assassina~ c Alleged Murderer. Boston (Nor. 9) Correspondence of the New York Herald, The mystery swrrounding the latest Boston horror, wherein the body of & man chopped in pieces 'was found packed in two barrels end Hoating in Charles River, has been solved at last. The murdered man was Abijah Ellig, o well-known speculator, and the alleged murderer, who was arrested this_sfternoon, is” Leavift Alley, s teamster on Washington street. 1le is over 50 years of age. Within the casks was a large quantily of shavings and Thorse-manure ; the shavings were of a character similar to those which are ueed in the manufac- ture of billiaxd tables, and the manure seemed to evidence that the crime was committed in a stable, and tlat the shavings Lad been procured for the purpose of bedding down the horses, Turther search revealed the presence of a billiard pocket, much out of repair, and & tat- tered piece of cosrse brown wrapping paper, let- tered in marking ink, ** M. Schouler, 1049 Wash- ington strect.” Pulling this and that together, the officers visited the establishment of AIr. Schouler, eud learned that he had in his employ a teamster named Leavitt Alley, who had bLeen in the habit of carting away the shevings from the establishment for use at his stable. Mr. Alley was at onee placed under the surveillance of the police. Thus matters stood until last night, when a visit was made to the stable occupied by Mr. ley, on Hunneman street, and a rigid _investiga- tion was commenced. With & derk lantern in hand the ofiicers explored every nook and corner of the rickety structure, until, as they reached the north side, a startling discovery was made, The side of the building for a space extending about four feet in length, and fully that distance from the fioor up, was found to be spattered with blood. Neur ihe floor tho blots were large, growing smaller 8s they went upward, as if"they hed spurted from & recumbent body. Onone of the posts was & large clot of gors, perhaps os large a8 the end of & _man's thuwb, which hed dried on the wood. Piles of manure and wood shavings wero collected in the locality. Tho blood was talen to o chemist and sualyzed, proving conclusively tat it came from & human body. ~Alley's clothes have been ex- amiued, and show large blood-stains, which fact, taken in connection with the others, leave no reasonablo doubt of guilt, p I give the theory of the crime, which seems now-well established. MF. Ellis was a creditor of Mr. Alley, and the latter Lad been owing moncy for some time. ‘fhe deluy in payment vexed Mr. Ellis greatly, and he was very free in his expressions of dis- content. On Mondaylast he publicly announced his intention to get the money 28 soon_2s pos- eible. e was seen during Tuesday, and for the Tast time alive, at half-past 7 o'clock, proceeding vapidly up Woshngton street, in tho direotion of Alley's house. Tho presumption i8 that while on his way he remembered that that was about the usual hour for AIr. Alley to put up his Lorses, and he therefors changed his course towards tho stablo. Finding Alley there also, Mr. Ellis probably spoke to him’ harshly concerning the matter and an alter- cation ensued, resulting in the murder. Alley then, it is presumed, unassisted, clgo(flmd the body into fragments, packed end carried it away. Thisia the theory mow mostin vogue, and it seems reasonable to believo no more convine~ ing chein of circumstantial evidence could be gotten together st such short notico, for all scems to point conclusively to the guilty man. A visit to thestable where the crime was un- doubtedly committed, revealed s shocking state of affairs. If for no olher crime, Ally ghould certaiuly be indicted for cruelty to animals for keeping his horees in such a place. The struct- ure looks 2 if it could hardly etand & light breeze. It is built of old boards without sheath- ing, and the cracks belween them are in some cases two inches spart. Tho wind whistles through these crevices, and there must have Dbeen no little suffering occasioned by such neg- lect. Tour guant, bony horses gnawed away at their mangers that morning, look- ing as if they had never been half fed, and ox- lxigiling sirong proofs that the wood of their mangers had been their only sustonanco Lo-dsy. They whimpered sorrowfully, 8s if half cou- scious of the discovery of the dreedful scene which had been enacted in their midst, 2nd cast appealing looks at the few visitors who were al- lowed to gain admittance. The stable floor was littered with dirt, and the whole esteblishment seemed as if it were on its last legs. The ma- nure heap was raked over again morning, and it is said thet several small pieces of flesh were found near the spot where the murder was committed. 3 The sllegea murderer, Leavitt Alley, isalarge, thick-set men, of medium height, &nd stout. His head is pertially bald, like ihat of the man who is supposed to be bis victim, aud he wears 8 long whisker on his chin, which has evidently been dyed black, aithough originally of a gray color. Ashesat in the office of the Chief of Police for three long hours his countenance bore an appearance of imperturbability, elthough at times he hid his face in his hands and scemed deeply moved. Nothing in his de- meanor, however, scems to indicate that he was guilty of the dreadfnl crime with which he is charged. He remained quietly in his chair, but conversed with nobody except the ofiicers, and with them only to o elight degree. Alley was fully committed this afternoon to await the result of the inquest into the death of Abijah Ellis. Barrett, the other suspected party, had no connection with the murder, Alloy had Tecently moved into o house he had purchased of Ellig, and_owed the latter money overdue, which i§ probably one of the motives of the mur- der. Allcy reserves & dogged silence, The San Juan Boundary Question— ‘Text of the Decision of the Emperor of Germany. . The following is the text of the decision of the Emperor of Germany on the San Juan Boundary question, published in the London Echo on the S0th of Octobor: *¢We, William, by the Graceof God German Emperor, King of Prussia, &c., after examina- tion of the troaty between thie Government of Her Britannic Majesty and that of the United States of America, dated at Washington, ~May 6, 1871, by virtue of which ' the above-named Governments bave submitted to our arbitration the question at issue between them, viz., whether the line of boundary which, accordin, to the treaty dated at Washington, June 15, 1846, after it liad been continued westward along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of tho channel ‘which separates the continent from Vancouver's Ialand, el be further drawn southerly through the middle of the said chanpel” and of TFoea Straits to the Pacific Ocean, should be run as oleimed ?i _ the Government of Her Britannic u)eatg, throngh the Rosario _Btraits, or through'the Canal of Haro, as claimed by the Government of the United States, in order that we should decide finally, and without appeal, ‘which of these claims is‘'most in accordanca with the true interpretation of the traaty of June, 1836, have, after toking into consideration the statement of the experts and jurists appointed by us fo report on the contents of the respective ceses and counter cases, with their inclosures, given the following decision : e claim of tho Government of the United Btates—viz., that the line of boundary between the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty and the United Statesshould be run through the Canal of Haro, is most in accordance with.the true in- terpretation of the treaty concluded between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and that of the United States of America , dated ot Wash- ington, June 15,1846, -~ —~ - B ‘*Given under our hand and seal at Berlin, Oct, 21, 1872. Wi BOSTON. Kis Business Prospects, - - Fyom the Boston 4dvertiser, Nov. 12, The merchants who have suffered severely - by the fire ‘have not yet had time to investigate their condition sufficiently to know just go\v well they will come out of the dissster. Many of them ure able, however, to judge with an ap- proximation -to accuracy_how large_ s stock of Eaud.u they bed on hand, how much, if any, they ave saved, what proportion of the lossis cove ered by insurance, how much of the amount of the policies will be paid over, and whether large or emall sum musthe charged off in bad dobts. Most of the merchants are inclined, we think, o overestimate their losses and under- estimate the offset in - goods, insurance and debts. They take this view not despondontly, but with a determination to face the worst a once. Inall thatwe have learned, therefore, with regard to the business outlook, our state- ments must be taken as the extromely depress. ing side of the case, all modifications of which will_be likely to put o more favorable aspect on the condition of affairs. In the first place, it will be well to repeat that the soverest blow falls upon three interests, tho dry goods, the boot, shoe and leather,and the wool trades. The great imcery liouses, the breadstuffs interest, the fish dealers, the pub- lishers, practically all the gieat finoncial inter- ests, except insurance companies, and the retail trade (E'enem“y, wora spared. ile we can congratulate ourselves that what we have to en- dure i8 1o worse than it _is, we cannot disguise that the calamity is particularly severe for Bos- ton to bear, precisely because the three interests destrofind are the very three in which Boston hag been the leading market of the country. But even a8 tho matfer stands, there are many en- couraging facts that ought to be made known to reagsure all who have doubted whether Boston can recover epeedily from the disaster that hag fallen upon us. - The fire came at s most fortunate time for the boot and shoe trade. A month earlier or Iater, still more two months earlier or later, tho stores on-Pearl and High streets would have been crammed with goods. As it was, the dieas~ ter comes between two segsons, and not only 80 Dbut finds the stock unusually- light for the gen~ son. In some of the warehouses on Pearl sireet, the etock on hand was worth only from five to ten thousand dollars, whera the average stock would be two, three, or five times as large. There weore portions of a frent many stocks saved—in some_instances, foo, very consider- able portions. Nearly all the firms on Pearl street were very strong, and it is believed that elmost nono of them will be com- pelled to suspend payments. _‘The run- ning powor of the factories is of, conrse nim- prired, the raw material is ample in amount, and thers is plenty of time to restock before the'| spring trade opens in January. If the straggling customers who usually anticipate by afew weeks the regular of the trade will but_postpone their visits until the time of active trade, our boot and ehoe dealers will be prepared to meet them with 88 good an sssortment and with as large sup- plios of goods as ever. Already the wholesalo merchants in this line of trade have taken com- bined action, looking to temporary accommoda- tion, and if the general prospect is not bright it is af least not ono to causo great depression. The stock of wool in Boston was, it is esti~ mated, worth not far from 34,500,000 But the Congress street stores wero larg ely commission houses, and the loss does not fall exclusively on Boston. Something will be saved from the in~ surance, even where the wool was owned hero, and the amount of insurance is understood to be very large. When all deductions heve been made it will be found that the destruction of property in this department, although very great and celamitous, is by no mezns cer- tain to do more than crigple the trade. The emount of wool in store was s full average however, and tho srticle bears s high price. Practically, s none of it was saved. -The singular condition of our wool market we have remarked mpon quite recently, The price here was so much be- Tow that for which it could be replaced by pur- chases in England, that we have been exporiing to Europe. It follows, of course, that the new stock will cost more, not only becauso of the Digher price abroad, but by reason of the dimin- uation of the supply in the markets of the world. Still we do not _learn that any of the wool houses are despondent. On the contrary, they are energetically preparing to go forwait ngein; to resumo os soon as possible, and totide over tho temporary inconveniences of the eitua-~ tion with a cheerful epirit. The loes in the dry goods trade has been fear- ful. There was but onp purely jobbing house in the city untouched. Nearly ail- the wholesale houses, and the houses closely connected with them in the wholesnle clothing business, with- out any excoption, haye been swept away. The werchouses, too, were rather fuller thun usual af this time of theyear. Thore was an immense amount of insurance on the property destroyed, but of course only a fraction of it will be paid over. The merchanis in the drygoods trade beve not yot completed their arrangements, not even ascortained how they aro likoly to stand. They are compelled to wait for each other, to look over their books to learn what per centage of their insurance policies will be paid, and test the temper of the market. But even while they are uncertain what will be their futuro, they are one and all plucky and deter- mined. Very many of them will certainly stand the stock without wayering; many more will come out of tho difficulty eafely but seriously crippled. Somo, perhaps, will ‘not be able To withstand tho ghock. But the strongcan and undoubtedly will exert themsalves to protect the weak. It is their interest to do so, and fellow- ship in misfortuné appeats o them fo afford sl the assistance in their power. On the whole, while we cannot think the situation of the Eou(ls trade so hopeful as that of the others ‘we ave connidered, we are pleased and encour- aged by the pluck and energy displayed by the losing firms, and we gladly believe that' thoy, vho know g0 much better than any one clse how the trade stands, are justificdin taking tho hopeful view they do of the present state of affairs. ‘There is ono consideration that equally applies to these and to all the other interests that have suffered. While & great many insurance compa~ nies must fail, 5 vast sum of money is certainly to be paid out’ in Boston in tho settloment of policies. For a time the Boston money market will profit at tho expense of the other money centres of the country. The abundance of the circulating medium will undoubtedly be of ma- terial assistanco in mecuring accommodation from the creditors of tho losing houses, 8o far a8 thoge creditors resido inBoston. Suppose, for ingtance, that the clothing manufacturors are in dobt to the dry goods houses. The latter will themselven be feceiving more money in insurance than they can use in their actual {maineas, and thoy need not, therefore, press their debtors in tho clothing trade, who can use their funds to re-establich themselves. The ultimate creditors of the long list of mutually indebted merchants will see their own interest in suifering nccounta to stand rather than in pressing for payment, which would inevitably be, in such a cage, only partial pagment. Thus, by & natural course of events, if all men reason out the consequences of their acts, there will be & stay-law by mutual consent, not' depending on legislation, avd the most terriblo consequences that might otherwise be apprebended from the firo of aturday and Sunday will be happily averted. PR S Horace Greeley. New York (Xov.6) Corrcsponcence of the Cincinnati Commereial, Horace Grecley and Miss Ida, his eldest daughter, came into the city this morning from Chappaqua. 1r. Greeley repaired to the house of his friend Johnson, where he has sojourned 50 much for years, and Miss Ida came down into Broadway to do some shopping. Dleeting heron a street corner waiting to enter a car, the follow- ing colloquy occurred : ** Biss Greeley, I am glad to meet you, and to offer you many condolences.” She replied, with o smile, “If you knew how bappy father and I aro that it s over with now, you would not; think it necessary to condole,” Do you eay your father has "enough philoso- phy to cheer 'his heert under these circum- stanco?” I inquired. ““Well, he was prepared for zny result; at least I know he is glad the campaign is over and done with.” And as these words were uttered a car came dashing along. She disappeared as the vehiclo rolled onward up Breadway. —_———— A Cool-Eleaded Young Woman’s Nar row Escape from Death, A short distance this side of Union, on the Union & Titusville Railrozd, thero is o very long and very high trestle, and one upon which no- Dbody ventures who is at all inclied to be light- headed. Immediately this side of tho trestle thero is 2 sharp carve in thetoad, sothat aporson walking on it cannot bo een by'tho enginecr of an approaching train util it is nearly upon him, On Friday lost, as Williem Toles, engineer of Mr. Holm's train, came around the curve, at & onnd rate of speed, hio Was horrifed to discover “instant, and taking the chances allin;-she alady about the middie of the trestle, and hard- 1y a train’s len him. ™ Quick as thought;— “ Billy whistled *“down brakes,” and threw back the reversing lever, while at the samo. time he Imey that it-was--ah -utter impossibility £o check the heavy train before the yichm woald" be overtaken and crushed to denth, and with fixed eyes he awaited the catastrophe. The Iady heard tho warning whistl, and birning her head, aw the iron monrter ¥almost upon her, Escape seemed imposeible, to remain was cer tain death, to jump to tho ground beneath, & distanco of 30 to 40 feet, equally certain death, end to attempt to run sheed and escape was oul of the question, Unlike ten thousand youn Indis—and she fa eaid to heve been young and fair—out of ten thousand 2nd one, ghe did Dot scream, or faint, or. indnl&e in any Donsense of any kind; but, realizing the situation in an TO- ceeded to an action which eaved her life. About. thirty inches below the ends of tho ties, end_immediately under the siringer which_supports them, there is a joist 5 inches wide, running from one su‘iporb of the trestle to another, and to this the cleared-headed gitl resorted for safety. Stugpmg to the end of the ties she swung herself down to this nar- row thread with the apparent ease of & gyn nost, and, with her arms clesped around it, stretched herself at full length along it as the ‘train thundered by almost over her. As soon as tho engineer saw her action he threw off his brakes, and, putting on steem, hurried past s €oon a8 possible, when she nimbly sprang to the track again and pursued her journey os though nothing had happened.— Titusville (Pa.) Herald. — e T 3 A SAD STORY. A ¥lenrtless Rascal Elopes with Two Women—First with the YWife of & Clergyman, Whom e Deserts, and Then with &.Young Girle Grakameville, N. Y. (Nov. 9), Correspondencs of the New York Times. No inhebitant of this plece who lived here ten years ago will ever forget the intense excite- ment that prevailed here then over the elope- ment of the wife of the Rev. Mr. Ketchum, the heloved pastor ef the Methodist Episcopal Church here, with a tailor named Bugsbee ; but there would be no interest in the recital of the incidents of that affair now, but for the fact that the same man, under n different name, has just beguiled from her home in Monticello, twenty miles from here, o besutiful an nccumglishedyo\mg lady. ¥hile living in the place Bugsbeo was considered 2 model man; was 2 member of Dr, Ketchum's church, and a great worker therein. Mrs. Ketchum was 2 youn £nd attractive woman, and no one ever suspecte anything wrong with either of them, until they disappeared one day during her husband’s ab- gence. The twa were never heard of until two years afterward, when thoy wero discovered in the village of Ellenville. Mr. Ketchum, in tho meantime, had been divorced. Bugsbee and Mrs. Ketchum wero not married until some - time subsequent. They started a tailor shop in that village, and were apparently getting rich, Srhon, & fow woeks ago, . Bugabce disappeared) and his wheresbouts failed to be ascertained. Toward the latter part of September last & man registering his name as J. H. Buckley ap- peared at the Mansion House, Monticcllo, and it Boon transpired that he was the agent of the Davis Sewing Machine Con.x&my. He made a good impression. by his stylish clothes, pleasing address, and manners, and found s ready sale for his machines. His morals were perfect, hence lie found no difficulty in getting & passport into tho best society, especially that of ladics. When he came to Monticello there was living there with ber parents, highly respectable but not wealthy ‘people, & young lady named Flora Allen. She was benutiful in face aud form, and it wasnot long before Buckloy made her acquaintance, and created in her mind & strong interest for him. He rgerusented to her parents that he was of a-wealthy family in Florida, but that he had run awasy from homo be- cause he dieliked the profession his father Lad chosen for him—that of the ministry. The Allons apparently believed his story, but object ed to their deughter receiving his attentions ‘beceuse she was then prepering for her marriasge with apother. ' A'day or two since Buckley diz- posed of.all his effects, converting them into cash. Thursday ha hired & horse and wagon ab a livery stable in Montcello, Enfin€ that he was going o * take his girl riding to Wartsboro to an oyster supper.” Ho and Miss Allen departed .together, and have not been eeen - gince; The next nig{:t after they went away, one of Miss Allen’s sistors received a letter from her dated ut Jersey City, in which she stated that sho and Buckloy were married, and that it wounld be of no use for eny of them to write to her, or féllow, as before a letter could reach them they would be miles eway. A brother of Miss Allen’s 2nd the livery-stable keeper of whom Buckley had ired tho horee, started ot onco in pursuit, the one to find, if posaible, his aister, declaring ven- geance on her geducer, the other torecover his roperty. 5 T) &ttg}uckley and Bugsbee are one and the sarmme person i8 settled beyond o doubt, and the greatest sympathy is felt for the young lady who has been-80 basely betrayed, and her sor- rowing parents. 8he will, no doubt, be de- gerted in turn by the base villain, and left to return dishonored to her home. The Davis Sowing-Machine Company, it is ssid, lose heav- ily by Bugsbeo, he huying sold many machines eronnd Moriticello, taking cash when he could get ity and negotlblo potes when he could not, 0 notes have 21l been turned into cash, and all made to the Company.- It i8 to bo hoped that the scoundrel may be overhauled and brought to justice. $40,000. Eow a Denver IBanker Suddenly Left Town Wiih That Szm. Dener, Col. 7 Demacrat. _Great commotion and_excitement were occa~ eioned in this city, end also in the mining town of Black Hawk, yesterdsy aftornaon, by the an- nouncement thaf Benjamin Erlangef, & Russian Jew, and gropnntm' of the Denyer Sovings In- stitution, had ebsconded with about $40,000 of his depositors’ cash. The announcement, fixongh roceived by the patrons of the institntion with surprise, and bya very fow with incredulity, was not 6o much of & thunderbolt, afterall, upon the community at large, and I havo yot to hear of a gingle one, not directly interested, either es o personel fricnd or a_depositor, or both, who was dambfounded by the disclosure. That old Erlanger wos a rascal was pretty generally sus- pected. There seems to have been, however, cat of our 12,000 people, some 500 or 600 Wwho had confidence in the old fellow, and committed their spare earnings to his capricious will Erlanger, who is of rotund figure and rather good-looking, settled in Denver about a year and g half ago. He is prn)mhlg 50 Jours of age, but, notwitstanding, he seemed to have as keen a zest as over for the pleasures of life, for some of ita follies, and, a3 the sequl hes shown, for its vices too. Soon after his arrival here, ho opened o loan end pawn ofiice in Blake street. 0 profits of the business were very considers- ble. His plan was, a5 with most brokers of that ill, to loan monmey on diamonds, watches, end jewelry generally, and .other articles of less value, charging st the rate of 3, and even 5 Ber cent per month, or whatever he could get. Sixty daya was the time generally epecified for the redemp- tion of the goods. OFf course scores of articles wera forfeited. I don't think Erlanger took par- ticular pains to find where the articles came {rom. Probably not one piece out of a dozen was ever redecmed. . Erlanger next established himself in & sav- ings bank in Lerimer. Larimer is one of onr principal thoroughfares, and the sevings institu- tion was_eligibiy situated, beingin the road of most pedestrians, For him matters went on very slowly. People didn't appear to go much on him. openly declared their belief that he wag a calcu- lnting villain who eacrificed everything to_self- interest. He boasted much of the $35,000 he had himself invested in the savings business. But nobody believed him. Erlanger soon be- came known, ot least among business men, a8 & snaky character and a forked-tongued slanderer, in fact, o second Melton Moss, such as you've noted in the Ticket-of-Leaye Man,” and our promiuent citizens despised him, 0_money Dot coming in rapidly enough to’ suit_him, Ef- langer erected & branch savings institution at Black Hawk, & mining town of 1,000 or 1,500 cople in~ the mountains, west of here. y that dodge he ~ managed to save some of the odd ducats of *“ye” honest miners, He used to make occasional trips to the mines, and would return loaded down with bullion, which he sent forth to the Eastern world, the standard of value, the emblem of parity, a blessing and a carse to everybody; & thing that men shali slaye and women sin for. And Erlanger did this. In addition to owning two_savings banks, & elippery reputation, etc., Benjumin Erlanger possessed n daughter, & girl who was just eliding out of her teons. Miss Erlanger is 2u athractive blonde, of medinm Bix and graceful, ith &zeac_hy _ cheeks, an languishing _cyes, end inclined - to be arch, coquettish, romping, and winsome. This is 3 naughty. naughiy town for scandal, this very beautiful town of Denver, and the peopla here used to say thet Miss Ida was not the daughter of Erlanger, but I Coa'% koow sbout t in his pocket, no returns being that. The matter was keenly relished by the -ecandal-mongers..._The_girl, whether his daughter or not, surpassed most young Iadies o3 ‘well'in accomplishments and culture as in na- | tive gifts and in-born atiractions. The old ‘banker, However, was-not-always- kind. to.her, and geemed too jealous of her friendships, being unvwilling to trust her to the temptations of this marvelous and wicked city, ‘and especielly the legions of young bloods to whose Wiles she a8 mercilessly exposed. So last June he bund- led-her up and shipped her off to the City of the Golden Gute, where, he reported, she was to be mét by her affianced, & Berlin -banker of great talent and pilos and piles of ducats. Benjamin Erlanger is a true cosmopolite. He has, to all appearances, seen much of the globs, end mingled with almost all nationalities. - The hinaman, in.his own Celestial Kingdom, the tropical South Ses Islander, the fur-wrepped Alsgkian, the fierce Fijian, and the wild Hindoo, haveall, af one time or another, been his compan- ions and his bunk-mates, Hedelights to tell his eXperiences in Australia, where he labored as miner, teamster, and merchant, and finally Tested as millionaire. Then he will explain to you how he lost his wealth in some other coun- ry under the sun. Benjamin Erlanger, accord- Lrtlg rt:s zns o s‘:nt_i‘menb, v!:high sets all dou‘a:fi 08 placidly smoked his cigar wit] the Sultan, stood in the impaxm"’przsenco of the Mikado, and eracked jokes with the Pope at Rome. He hes, moreover, jostled tho de- scendants of Thor, and -kneeled besido the’ worshipper of Buddhs. Heis a very travelled man. But Benjamin Erlanger hesgone to pastures greater than any at the foot of the Rocky Moun- tains. He kicked the alkali dust of Denverfrom his leathery solo on Sunday last, and, withsome- thing near $40,000, the combined deposits in 4wo savings banlks, 'in. his pocket, departed in the direction of Cheyenne, ostensibly to meet his daughter. Bince which time, it is needless to say, he has mot been heard from, to the infinite disgust of five hundred poor depositors, one hundred of them American, Irish, German and Scottish servant girls, with fifteen Chinamen to boot. One man, William Maxey by name, is out of pocket 35,000, Among the losers, and consequently the mourners, are & number of our dapper young men yith bright cravats and nicely fitting coats, and all the glit- ter of scarf pins, studs and sleeve-buttons, but the very poor, who work very hard and live very sparingly, shoulder the bulk of the defalcation. A MAD GIRL. Xler Infatuation-for an ©id Married IXan-@lis Wife’s Sudden Deatli—a Remarkable Trial i ZLondon Correspondence of the New York World. In the pleasant County of Essex, near the vil- lage of Manningiree, lived a farmer namcd Wenden, who not only farmed = Iarge estate of which he was the tenant, but owned in his own right a large quantity of lend in the same neigh- borhood, and was reported to be worth some- thinglike £50,000. He had & daughter nemed Ellen, who was & young Iady of fair education and of no little personal beauty. Among the lsborers_employed by her father was & man named Kittel. He wes 50 years old, married, end the fother of three children, and in mo way sbove the ordinary peasant of the country. But Miss Wenden fwho waa only 20 yeara old) discovered in this ignorant and in love with him. On everz possible accasion sho songht his Society, snd not unfrequently was'seen in the act of lavishing' endearments upon him, which he received -stolidly. On the 5tk of Ocfober of last year the wife of this labor- er, with her children, \as exi{,:ged in gathering aloes in & field belonging to Mr. Wenden's farm. Miss Wenden, accompanied by her three sisters, ere long joined them and brought with her a bottle of beer. Taking from this bottle a drink for herself, and then handing it to her sisters, she gave the remainder to Mrs. Kittel and the children. They drank it, and goon efter the woman ' and her children were tfaken il with vomiting and other symptoms of poisoning. The- children eoon recovered, but the mother remained go ill that she was con- fined to her bed. Aliss Wenden visited her on tho following morning, bringing with her a basin containg some broth, which she administerad to the sick woman. Upon her return from this errand of mercy, an &cquaintance accosted her, and asking her how Mrs. Kittel was, she replicd, “ She is very ill, and I believe she will die.” To another person 80on afteriard she made s strong censorious remarks respecting Mrs. tel, and added thot she ¢ could throw her into. the fire for two pins.” On the night of the 9ih of October, Mrs. Kittel expired, being found by her children in thé morning lying upon the floor dead, with her head upon tho™ side of the bed. The cottage in which this family. resided was in an extremely uncleanly and _disorderly con- dition, snd upon Miss' Wenden viiting tlo .place ' after the ‘desth of the woman, Ehe diracted that the bed upon which .ehe had elept | ehould be burned, nd the bedstead chopped io pieces and consigred to the flames. In conver- sation about the death of the woman, Miss Wen= den expreseed her satisfaction in not too choice language et the occurrence, end reiterated ‘the same remarks which she had made many weeks before in regard to her- effection for the hue- band of-the deceased, stating. that she was “in love with the old man, sand would be merried to bim before long.” Iu'point of fact, this pre- diction was specd.\lg renlized, 08 within two months- after the death of . Kittel, this young lady,apparently with the consent of her family, was married to_ the widower. These v. 8), Correspondence of the Missourd. facts excited some_suspicions, which were in- creased upon its being ascertained that during the spring of that year Miss Wenden h brought from the residenceof her uncle, to whom she had been puy-im,vb 2 visit, & quantity of arsenic, which eha had been in'the habit of using for the destraction of rats. The village gossip increased 80 rapidly that the authorities felt compelled fo tzkesome action in the matter. The body of the dead women was exhumed and submitted Lo an examinstion, which resulted in the discovery of something like five grains of ersenic in the stomach. The newly married Iirs. Kittal was then arrested, togather with her husbend. Evidence was heard before the bench of magistrates, and the woman was committed for trial upon & charge of willful muvder. The man, howorer, was discharged, there not being sufficient evidence to hol . As the hus- band and wife were proceeding to this hearing the former said to the laiter: *You know where I am, and I know where you are ; you do not know what Tdo, and I don’t know -what youdo.” In July tho cese was brought to and the evidencs ebove summarized was produced, but at the moment when the Judge was shout to sum up the evidence, Mrs, Kittel was teken ill; the trial wes sus- E‘ind&d} and thet night she gave birth to a child. e prisoner was retained in joil until the 24th irst., when her trial was commenced de novo at the Chelmsford Assizes. No witnesses vhatever were produced for the defence, and the ceso against the priconer seemed to be one of. ex- tremely stiong circumstantial evidence, but r. Bergeant Parry, who had been retained for tbo defence, succeeded in skilfully attenuating the evidence for the prosecution, and the Judge, in summing up, pointed out to tho jury that, while it was no doubt certain that the woman had died from poison, in order to be satisfied that the prisoner was the poisoner, they must be con- vinced, beyond doubt, that no other person could have been guilty. One strong point in the defence was that the poison found in the body was of an entirely different character from that obtained by Miss Wenden from her uncle. The circumstances, said the Judge, of the pris- oner allowing the husband of the deceased wom- an to take liberties with her, her marrying him with such indecent heste within two months after her death, naturally excited suspicion ; but ho warned tho jury not to leb these thinga weigh in their judgment, but to confine their ot~ tontion solely fo what had been proved against the prisoner. The jury, without leaving their box, and sfter & consultation of only o few min- utes, returned s verdich of not gmilty. The young woman, who bad maintained remarkable omposure during hor trial, as she heard the words which restored her to liberty, burst into a flood of happy tears, and, turning to the jury, said, * I thank you all, gentlemen.” She smile: joyfully as she was leaving the Court. Many a person hea been executed upon far less conclu- Eive testimony than that upon which this youag Iady of erratic tastes has been acguitted. The Swedenborg Clab., - New York Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial, A new clubis being here, under the title of the “Swedenborg Club.” It has already fonnd quarters in Madison avenue. It will form an intellectual centre for those who are interested in the ideas of the Bwedish philosopher. Quite & number of well-known men are slready among its members. It is surprising to find how many pecploof the literary and ditorial professions ave been attracted by the theology of tho ““new Jerusalem.” I ezn in & moment name such men as Parke Godvin, the brilliant editor of the Evening Posl, and author of the “History of France,” formerly editor of Putnam’s Monh- Iy ; John Bigelow, once editor of the 7imss, the author of several works, and formerly Minister to France; Charles A. Dans, and Mr. Hitchcock, editors of tho Sun ; John Swinton, ex-editor of the Times; Major Bundy, editor of tho Etening Mail; Mr. cym:;’h, editor of the aalnzfll;amnc: Robert Corter, éditor of Appllons, Journaly 2nd M. Oliver Dyer, suthor of the iWickedest Ian in New Yorh,” In Beston b elderly laborer such charms that she foll madiy- Mr. Dunbar, editor of the Daily Advertiser, Mr. Hovells, editor of the Aflantic Monthly, and otliers. In Chicago; I might name Mr. Scammon, of the Infer-Ocean ; and I could mention othera of whom I happen to know in other parts of the -country. The new club will fry to bring such men together. Many of thess, who are believers in the revelations of Swedenborg,—including Henry James, tho most eminent man amon, them in America,—refuse to take any part wii tho so-called Swedenborgian Church, holding that Swedenborg himself wos opposed to the cstablishment of a sect, and _desired to have hia celestial doctrine accepted by men withont re~ gard to their religions creeds. class who will be represented iného club, though there are also members of_th®3Siredenborgian Church \‘.nkmg part in it. _ Its spint will be that of advanced Swedenborgianism, or philosophis cal Swedenborgianiem. -Thereis & Bwedanbor- gian Church here, and & leading member of it, Who i8 2150 one of the -originators of the new club, desired tohave it converted intos clube house, ‘after taking out_its pews and dismissing its minister. But this ides did not take. SUFFERING AFRICA. Iow Human Flesh is Stolen aund Placed in Slavery. General Kirkham, the English director of the army of the King of Abyssinia, has supplied to the London Daily Telegraph _some valusble ine formation respecting the trafic in slaves still carried on between the interior of Africa the Tarkish Empire. He says: The Abyssinian Envoy estimates the number of slaves annually carried off from Africa to the Arab and Turkish markets at 80,000 to 90,000. These unhappy beings are teken away st sges ranging from 7 or 8 £0 16 years, older men and women being found more troublesome than valuable to tho dealer. They ara brought down from the centre of the continent and the r_egwn» of the Whitd Nile to Kassala, andare hurried on to the sleve market at Metemmeh, to _be resold for shipment to Jedds. Foreign Consuls at Kherioum check, so far 83 they_possibly can, the passage of elaves down the Nile, while Sir Samuel Baker's expedition has_done much also to increase the difliculties which beset the tran- sit of slaves across that route. The Shankelto couniry and that of Woolah Gallas are favorite grounds for the nefarious and infamous - tico of the trafficers in luman beings, these Provinces being close 10 Bogos, throngh: since the annexation by the Khedive, be safely passed to shipped for the Arcbian coast. Shankeltois a district bordering on Abyssinia proper, and is in- hebited by & wandering tribe resembling G; laves cen sinia. Shankelto, according to General Kirk-. hem, belongs of right to Abgssinia, and 2bout cighteon months ago Prince Kassai had oceasion to tend down thither one of his Generels with & larga force, completely to devestate the country for the murders thet were frequently dona thers on his merchants end priests—there being churches there for the baptism of the people. The following is the fashion in which the slave-dealers capture their victims: They go into a village, take with them silks, or beads, or bits of tin, and ornemenis. They exchanga these things for. slaves, or whatever they cin get. The merchauts. send the slaves quietly away without much trouble, and eventually they are trained as Mussulmans. They ‘are taken through Bogos to Massowah, and- they are sent thence to Jedda, whence they are sent to Turkey byland. Asfor price,if a femele bo of copper color and good féatures, she will bring as much 23 140, or about £28—that is, at the market in Aot emmath, which is & wholeznle market. The retail price is according to the state of the mar- leb to which they are tiret taken. When sold in the second market they vary in price. If 2 man took & fancy to afemeale glaye, ha would per- bons give $100 more than enother msn, . _ ter for their beauty, and for their superiority to the other tribes. A strong boy will sell for 3% to $100, The girls fotch moro, because - erewented for the harem. Traders will {glo eway girls ‘when.they can got them. Whe¥ a chief makes war on znother, he makes it an ob= jeetto carry off a5 many gitls as he can. Ee ‘plunders tha villages and carries off the younger natives and sells them, retaining the oldor ones to worl as his slaves. These people are subject to tho Abyssinian King, when' ke finds it nsces- sary to chestise them for misdeecs; but, cf course, when his troops leave they tre their own mesters szein. These things oceur in & pact of Abyssinia which the King clims, but Dot among his Christian subjects. Vhen osked if he belisved thalall the 80,000 0r 90,000 ennual ceptives wore in the war and sold by the Chiefs who captured them to the treders, General Kirkham, in subsiznce, ap- swered: ‘You must understand that after Afr. 'Stunla;' returned, from the discovery of Living- &tone f:6 brought much to_light_concerning the slavo trade of Enst Africa, Dr. Livingsione Lzd also informed the Foreign Office 2s to the esty’s gunboata kept 50 close a watch that it was _impossible to get -slaves down to the coast die Tect; 50 they took them through to’ Bogos. At tho interyiew betweon . the - Sultan and Ismail understanding was, I believe, come to respects ing the glave trade. The Mussulmaas of Ture key and Egypt must heve & supply of slaves io do their wgg;i—for tho real Turks will not do ony menisl service. - 90,000 slaves are . imported and brought up to the Mohsmmedan faith, and eme ployed in doing the dirty work. . The slaves thet ave not teken in war are bartered for with peas. ants, who will steal and sell them. Suppose you are = sleve merchent, andI know where thera are three or four good-looking girls—I steal them and sell them o you. One man, who may haye children of his own, will goand stecl the children of snother person, as many as he mey get. The trader has attendants with him, and mules and camels, and he knows how o get glaves and carry them off. The lawis eo strict thot any man, whether a Christien or Mobanie meden, fonnd in Abyasinie selling a slave is banged on tle first trée, without judge or j“’fs Vhoever caicies him hangs him tp, end there no1a0re ebontit; and there he sidys until ha fells avay, plece by piece. So long &3 Bogos was in the power of ths King of Abyssinia they conld not go tlagway. If they were stopped thera they would have to take another and & dangerous road across the wilderness. They ere checked, on the ono hand, by the British gunhoats off %:mzibfl:, and would be checked, on the other, in Sonn 5 If a slave-driver takes slaves from ome vile lzge and carries them through another, the ine babilants of the second village have generally zo cheweo to rescue them, becanse thelaadera attendants are numerous and well-armed. A single leader wiil buy, according to his mesns, from fifty to sixty slaves, and bring _chem through the country in that way. They do nob Dring down many at once for fear s white man shonld see them end give information Sgainst them, and then they would*be stopped—becausa Tomail Pasha has ordared ostensibly that the elavo trede shall be vut down. . Genera! Kirk- kam is unreservediy of -tho opinion_thet tha Ehedivo sccretly favors the slave trade, Whila outwardly disavowing it. The slaves are brought down to the coast from _the VWoolh Galles country and the Whita Nilo—sbout forty-eight or Afty deys’ joare rey from the coast. The better portion aro treated very well on the way the “slaves dealers, becanse thidy will fetch a better price. If the slavais of the Nubian race, he has fo 40 2l tho dirty work for the others ; he i3 _consd- ered of an inferior clasg, and does not fetck 80 much ns the copper-colored. The NubiarS &ra o that-nosed, thick-lipped, end curly-haired peo= ple. Btrong Nubien girls, for servants.bring more than the boys. The Gallas are of & red- dialy, copper color, some of them reparksble for beauty of form ; and they fetch a very 2igh prico when teken to Turkey, for the harem. Yheso girls are taken so young that they hardly Enow their original coungry, snd adops the 3Mussclman faith. As to language, 5873 General Kirkham, the treder sizsnks 8 of gibberish _which the poople undestand. “#Of course, he knows the coun Wi No trader from Epgland gl g0 through there. There are, I lipposs 800Ut tenlinzusge inthese countries, all m=ed UP together. ‘The King of Abyssinia spcn}d fve. Girls and boys, when they are taken »¥2Y, da not offer to make any resistance; they 0 ROk Lnow auf;‘uhi.ug about it. There arp 10 tradi= ‘tions in their villages as to childron bsing taken off by slave-dealers, or o8 to the jpdrcements held out to them that they will be tpzen to & fine country where they can live ab ggse. Suppose I am one of their own conntrymen; probsbly I Lieve 2 enemy who has two or thres children, Igo quietlyand take these childrenand sell them to the slave-dealer, ang he rends them eway; the children are lost, and there is 20 more sbout it. There is great joalousy and suspicion betweon honsehold “oad “household; and it is thus that these feuds and thefts axise.” Genes rel Kirkham expresses a hope thas the publica~ tion of these facts, confirming those made by Livingstone, Baker, and Stanley, meyI0re ure gently then evor direct public ‘attestion to tha iniquitous Nile slave trado. Blown Ashore. Baxcor, Me., Nov. 13.—A seére galo coms merced blowing hers last eyaldg, and raged throughout the night with grent fury. q £choonar Seraph was blown 8%:0re, and it is rox {;o‘;ted that two or three ot}r3 are ashore bey 3 sowah, thence to be_ Tt is chiefly this - which, * iee, who ore regarded 43, the Bedotins of Abye- "['ho Sheakeltos end Gallasare mach soaght af-. they . slave trade going on in the interior. Hor Maje . Pasha, when the latter was made Khedive; a3 . Thiso - 60,000 - ox -