Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1872, Page 2

2 B ‘e " THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDA Y, NOOVEMBER 18, 1872. FOREIGN. ' DISASTROUS STORMS. TioxDDY, Nov: 16.—The Norwegian ship Sesos- ris was wrecked in’ the North Sea during the terrible gale on Wednesdny last, and fourteen of her crew perished. Copexmaces, Nov. 16.—The storm which raged in the North of Europe on ‘Wednesday and Thursdsy waavery disastrous throughout Den- mark and on the coast. The wind blew a hurri cane, and rain and snow fell incessantly. Streams overflowed their banks and inun- dated the country for miles. Great damagewas done to seaport towns, and numerous marine disasters occurred. Reports of the loss of twenty-four ships bave been slready received. Half of the town of Praestoe, in the Tsland of Beeland, on the Baltic, 'was laid waste by the force of the wind. Loxpox, Nov. 16.—A despatch from Stralsund, of to-day's date, reports eighty vessels totally wrecked in the late gale. The town was congid- ersbiy damaged by inundation. The fishermen on the islands of Griefewald, Zuder, and Hiddenso lost all their fishing smacks and apparatus. Their houses and contents were greatly damaged by bigh water. Nearly all the cattle on the islands are drowned. ton & Quincy Railroad Company have just finished tearing up the temporary track which was-laid -from- their ‘depot to the State Fair Grounds, snd it is eaid they bring our city in debt 865, according to & contract madewith them to pay sll expenses. Every one aup}maed they were making ‘“a good thing out of it, 88 they ccin_ld not begin o carry all the .passengers ap- Plying. WALL STREET. Revicw of the Money, Bond, Stock, Gold, and Pro’nce Markets, and Business Generi.iys New Yor, Nov. 16.—The general markets to- day closed quiet, and somewhat depressed. The Boston fire proves less destructive than at first reported. One of the first results of the Boston ‘disaster will be the immigration of mechanica trom New York to rebuild the burnt district. Orders for new iron fronts have already been received here from Boston. The estimates of wool destroyed still range all the way from five million to eighteen million pounds. Speculators here have bought up about two million pounds this week, but the manufac- turers have been inactive. Fleeces have ad- vanced 10@12 per cent nominally, but fabrics arenp only from 3@8. Prints have not been affected. Chemicals show & tendency to lower rates, thongh dye stuffs are very firm. British goods are generally a trifle firmer. ~Carpets are dull, the season being over. The boot Wells were fiooded from the ges, and the in- hebitants are suffering for want of fresh water, food, and shelter. The Government has die- patched steamers laden with supplies to their re- lief. The island of Rungen also felt the disaster hesvily. Many of its fishing boats bave been destroyed, and fields near the cosst line were flooded. The loss of life, both on the islands and main land, is very great. g CHINA AND JAPAN. 8Ax Fraxcisco, Nov. 15.—Dates from Hong Eong, per Japan, are to Ock. 12. . The Grand Duke Alexis held a levee at Hong 5&:{; Bept. 16, and started for Canton on the A serions mutiny took place Sept. 25, on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Golconda, noar Singapore, caused by jealousy between the Malay and Chinese members of the crew. None were killed. The well-kmown silk_man, Teng-Yu, is dead. His'rélatives claim indirect damsges from for- aifighpbysidm for his death. o fugbost Pathfinder exploded, and one fireman was killed. : On Sept. 21 there was a severe shock of earth- quake st Shanghai. The plains nesr Tien-Tsin were again flooded. The fl:‘vntem were reported, on Sept. 10, as rising capidly. A cinrch was bnilt at Tueng-Chow for the Eev. T. P, Crawford, of the Bouthern Baptist Church. % The Viceroy of Nankin has determined to pun- ish all parties engaged in kidnapping slaves on board Peruyian vessels. _Locusts bave destroyed the crop in the Phil- lipines. . Yokohamsa dates are to Oct. 23. The completion of the first railroed in the country, from Yedoto Yokohams, was celebrated, the Emperor participeting, in grand style on the 14th of October. e Emperor passed over the road. The Department of Religion at Yedo has is- «ued s document looking towards the toleration of all creeds. A dreadfnl famine is reported among the peo- ple of Corea. Great e%mmtifie! of copper have been sent from Yedo to Cores,in the nature of a peace offering. The suthorities have stopped issuing passes to mxeijfinem to go beyond the limits fixed by treaty, the pfivg:ga having been abused by car- rying on illicit 3 Mr. Lowder, formerly British Consul at Yoko- hams, has been appointed Superintendent of Japanese Customs. e rinderpest is making terrible havoc among catttle in the rural districts. The new- telograph line will be opened in state by the Emperor a8 soon a8 completed. The exioxia from Japan to the United States during the lsst thres months amounted to £2,534,000. Three hundred thousand dollars in iressure fromthe steamer America has been recovered. Beventy-seven thousand dollars remain. Four native priests bave left Yedo for Europe to study the various religions of that country. The wreck of the steamer Oneida was sold to the Japanese for £1,500. Mogistrates bave been appointed for all the Fohoa Qistricts of Yodo, with jurisdiction simi- ar to that of our own. A serious rising’is reported in the Province of Mato. The police from Yedo will quell it, if ‘possible, withouk troops. The American Legation is in & well-furnished temple within the boundaries of Sheba. plkons < iy . .- SPAIN. MApRm, Nov. 16.~The Lower House of the Cortes has peased the first clause of the Mort- gaEB&nk bill, by & vots of 126 against 58. ere is trouble at Vittoris, the naictll of the Province of Alava, between the Government authorities and the artillery froops stationed there, cansed by the opposition of the latter to the sppointment of General Kidnlfo a8 Captain General of the Province. The latest reports from the town state that the troops maintained their defiant attitude, and more serious trouble is feared. In consequenceof the recent demonstration of roving Carlist bands in the Northern Provin- ees, the ison at Santander has been incrsas- ed, and a force of carbineers has been concen- trated at Logrono. Maoem, Nov. 16.—The bulletin iszued this afternoon announces that the health of King Amsdeus is improving. A despatch from Vittoria to-night reports that Captain Genera! Hidalgo has resigned, and the conflict between the Spaniards and artillery troops has ended. * The American man-of-war Plymouth has left’ Barcelone, gt _ . GREAT BRITAIN. LoxDo, Nov. 16,—The ex-Empress Euganie held a fele st Chiselhurst yesterdsy. Many visi- tors were present from Paris, and & number of regiments stationed in Versaillessentbouquets. ‘banquet in celebration of the opening of the Australian Telegraph line was given at the Can- non Btreet Hotel Jastnight. Three hundied per- sons were present, and Earl Kimberly presided, SN ITALY. Roxr, Nov. 16.—Signor Fella, Minister of Finance, having addressed an official communi- cation to the Pope guaranteeing the puyment to His Holiness of the annuity voted t2 him by the Jtalian Parliament, Cardinal Antonelli hss sent 2 reply to the Minister informing him that the Pope declines to receive the annuity. —_—— FRANCE. Pazuis, Nov. 16.—Twenty-tlree cases of Mar- seilles rifles, which were to bhave been sent to the Carlists now in the Spanish Province of Gerons, have been seized at Perpiquan by the suthorities of that town. The United States war steamer *Shenandoah” b8 arrived at Maraeilles, She will shortly sail for Tunis. ' = e CANADA. “PETERSBORO, Ont., Noy. 16.—A horrible mur- der hss been committed in the township of Dum- mer; near the head of StonyLske. OneBonton, a laborer employed by s farmer nsmed Payme, ‘murdered thewife and child of the Iatter. The woman’s besd ws8 terribly crueshed, and the child was found with its throat cat from ear to ear.. The murderer was arrested and narrowly escaped lynching. 1o, ) Quzeec, Nov. 16.—The brig Triton, which went ashore below this place, Las been got off and fowed up to be surveyed. = A telegram from Gaspe states that Captain Vivian, of the barkentine Jobn and Henry, be- fore reported lost at Cape Cove, was reecued. and shoe trade has not been materially affected by the Boston fire, and, as yet, there has been no general marking up of prices. The business during the week with distant sections has been chiefly on orders. The city tradehave puachased moderately. Inthe suc- tion rooms buyets have shown = little more dis- position to purchase, nnder & growing impres- sion that prices will advance. The metal and hardware trade hse been generally quiet. The erockery trade had a quiet week. Tho grocery trade was also quiet. “This interest did not suffer in Boston, tnd the firs hed no effect on groceries in this citz. Among the tes deal- ers, the failure of Mess:s. Hill & Co. has 2dded to the insecure feeling inrices, a8 theyare cur- rently reported to be holéers to the amonnt of 0 Ibs. The marked decline of 10c per pound on black tes Suce the 15th of Qctober seems to be lilely to be fur- ther increased by the asigneo’s sale of Hill & Co.’s hoardings. Bostonjs heavily load- ed with black teas of all kinds, aad the market there is flat. " During the past week the money market at London has become firmer, and theweek closes with 7 per cent as the rate in open muket there, asaginst 8 per cent last Saturday. The for- eign exchanges have been fim for shut sights during the week, which resuled in the outflow of ~ 2,600,000 .good coin, but at the close the, market was lower, both for long sterling and sight bills. Gold has fluctuated freely during the week be- tween 1141¢ and 1133, Cash' gold was dewer toward the close. On the Stock Exchange speculation opened a decline of 1 to 9%305: cent on the Boston fire, but soon after rallied from 1 to 83 per cent, an Inter again reacted from to 4 per cent, finally closing with firmer feeling and ‘an upwerd ten- dency. The bank statement was not 8o bad as gener- ally expected, although made on declining aver- ages, snd this had the effect to strengthen the market at the close. Business on the Stock Ex- change was active only early in the week, the closing days being noted chiefly for dullness. The bank statement presents an estraordinary feature in the gold item. The legal tenders are down $1,529,400, and the average i8 a falling one, so that the banks bold less than they appesr to. The specie, not- withstanding the “shipment of over £2,500,000 g:am coin during the week, is apparently $166,000 igher than last week, and this apparent gain cannotbe accounted for, even admitting that the saverage is a falling one, which is the fact. The foreign commerce of the port for the weok waa as follows: General merchandise, imports, including old; ©5,717,907; produce, Exports, 5,365,829, and specie exports, 2,975,419, MONEY was less active to-day. In the morning call loans ranged from 7 per cant to 1-32, but in the afternoon declined to 3@# per cent at the close. Discounts are close, and 12 per cent is the mini~ ‘mum rate for mercantile paper. GoLD wes quiet and firm, Foreign exchange beavy. STOCES. The stock market was dull to-dsy, but ad- vanced 14 to 23( per cent. ‘GOVERNMENT BONDS closed firm at the highest prices of the wesk. The new issue of six millions of 7pcr cent bonds by the Lake Shore Railroad are ‘to be debentures, and will be redecmed st the rate of $600,000 & year until retired. The Company issued and sold s eimilar bond in 1869, to meke good a deficit in the Treasury occa~ sioned by the bankruptcy of the company's bankers, the price obtained being 85. The pro- ceeds of the present issne will be devoted to en- larging the rosd equipment, hastening the Iaying of the double track of steel rails, and pro- caring_sdditional resl estate at Buffalo, Cleve- lsnd , Toledo and Chicago for elevators and depot room. PRODUCE. Flour opezed firm. but quiet, owing to large arrivals. Good shipping is in fair demand; other grades dull ; medium extras quite plenty; No. 2 plenty and heavy. At the close the mar- ket ‘was_irregular; good shipping brands fim and fawly active; low and me- dium spring and winter whest extras ensier. Holders of wheat at the opening were firmer but buyers held off, as freight-room is scarce. ‘The market closes quiet but firmer, the demand being chiefly for spring. Winter in moderate request and firm. Choice white winter is held with much confidence. Pork was quiet in a wholesale way, and only & moderate jobbing mri\uxry. Cut meats generally dull on the spot. Sales of about 1,000 smoked hams at 144c @15c. Bacon was in moderate demand, and Iong clear quoted at 83¢c for November. ‘Sales 500 boxes ehort clear for January, ab_73(c; 50 bores short rib on spot, st 8¢, Lard very quiet. ST. PAUL. The Storm =at Duluth--Railroads Blocked With Snow=-River Naviga= tione=Fire. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. S7. Pauvr, Nov. 15.—The severe weather for the peat few days still continies, bot the wind hss somewhat subsided. Duluth is about the worat sufferer, for, although the actual damage msay be confined to theloss of the schooners Francis Palmerand Sweetheart, and the washing away of the breakwater, it demonstrates that only the most immenee expenditure can make & safe hsrbor there, This is more serious then the immediete loss. The Winons & St. Peter and the Bt.Paul & Sioux City Railronds sre both blockaded with snow for about 150 miles. The St. Paul & Pa- cific main line to Breckenridge is also troubled with enow. The engino and baggage-car of the Breckenridge line, which left here this moraing, ors throws rom the track at Minnespolia, and Charles Yeager, engineer, and James Curran, fireman, wore sanou:)y injured. Coal-doslers have advanced the price of an- thracite to 816, owing to the wrecks at Duluth. Tt this weather continues, river-nsvigation will close in a few days. BSuch s storm 80 early in the season i8 very unusual. -A shanty fire, with the wind blowing s gsle, alarmed our citizens & good deal this afterncon ; but, fortunately, it was confined to the shanty it originated in. INSURANCE. | Meeting of the New York Underwriters ‘Yesterday--What They Think of Lit= igation in Times of Great Fires. New Yorg, Nov, 16.—The Fire Underwriters to-day adoptéd resolutions expressing their con- victions that the Jaws of this State, requirin; The crew were lost. —_— GERMANY, . thnu.\', Nov. 16.—Prince Bismarck is recover- g —_— Railroad Xtems. DusuQuE, Towa, Nov. 16.—A barge of iron for the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Road will arrive to-day by steamer from New Orleans, direct from England, in bond. The earnings of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad for the third weeck i October last, were 328,980 ; same week last year, #15,908, an increase of £18,282, or 82X per cent. Tho Davenport & St. Paul Railroad Company have a track uefi laid to Greeley, and it will be finished to Yankee Settlement to-day. From there the track-laying wili be continued, and will not stop for winter_until Strawberry Point and TFayette are reached. : , 7TAWA, I1L, Nov. 16.—The Chicsgo, Burling- an official eiamination by the Buperintend- ent of the Insurance Department, into the actusl condition of the companies, afford aimple protection to the’ rights of policy-holders. ‘The resolations also declare that when a company becomes embarrassed in consequence of extensive conflagrations, as at Chicago and Boston, judicial interferance on thée complaint of & climant for loss, or of individual stockholders, enjoining an insurance company from continuing business, and sppointing & re- ceiver, becomes an &act of injustice, and jg inimical to the best interests of the claimants and stockholders; and, finally, that judicial action upon an ex parie sistement, When s company, while honorably pursning it business, either becomes, or is sup- posed to be, embarrassed by the occurrence of exceptionablylarge fires, would inflict a wrong upon honest claimants and the stockholders, and would be lisble to involve substantial com- anies in serious loss, and eyen tend to produce ankruptcy unrecessarily. WASHINGTON. Special Despatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, PENSION REPORT. ‘WasmrvaToy; Nov. 16.—The annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions, for the present year, will be unusually interesting, on account of the thorough manner in which the statistics of our pension system will be presented. The main portions of the report have been finished, and the whole will be embraced in‘the re- port of the Becretary of the Interior to Congress. During {he fiscal year ended June 30, the increase of the pension rolls has been greater than for . amy year ginca that ending ‘June ‘80, 1867. "By the allowance of mew claims there have been added to the rolls, 6,817 army invalid pensioners ; 7,120 army widows and dependent relative pensioners, 151 ‘navy invalid pensioners, 124 navy widows and dependent relative pensioners, 17,021 sur- vivors of the war of 1812, and 8,105 widows of soldiers of that war, making a groes addition to the rolls of 33,838 new pensioners in the last figcal year.” The losses to the rolls by death, re- enlistment, recovery from disability of invalid pensioners, of failure to claim payment of pen- sion for three years, are 2,281; by death or marriage of widows and dependent rela- tives, expiration of minors' pensions or milure to clsim psyment of pension for three years, 6,097 ; by death of the survivors of the war of 1612, 604; by death of the widows of soldiers of gaid war, 122; & total loss of 9,104, The gross additions to the rolls 33,838, less the total loss 9,104, gives &_net gain of 26784 pen- sioners for'the year, which, added to the rolls of 1871, make the total number of pensioners of 2ll classes, June 80, 1872, 232,229. In addition, there have boen increased the s:nmana of E,llé army invalids, 68 navy invalids, 230 army wid- ows and minors, and 6 navy widows, a total of 5480, involving & total increase to annual amount of the pension roll of $211,587.85 per aunum. This incresses the total annual amount,of pensions in the sum of $2,675,583.71, making tho total amount of all pensions upon the rolls Junc 30, 1872, $25,480,- §78. The amounts appropriated for the pay- ‘ment of pensions during the last fiscal year were for army penions, $28,550,000; for survivors of ihe war of 1812, $4,500,000; for navy pensions, 500,000, The Anexpended balances in the hands of ponsion agents were: Army. $984,582.36; navy, 835,669.57, which amounts have been re- covered into the Treasury. The appropriations Tor the prosent fiscal year are: ', 830,000, 000; navy, 2480,000, under the actsof June 17 d 30, 1870. At the close of the lsst fiscal year there had been issued 7,770 commutation orders in lien of artificial limbs furnished in kind. There were issued also 450 commutation orders, smounting to 27,150, and 326 bills bave been approved for limba furnished in_kind, amounting to $28,025. The total number of claims allowed thus far is 9,802. The last remsining four of the widows of revolutionary soldlers sre slowly, ‘but surely, decreasing. The number of widows of the war of 1812 op June 80, 1868, waa 883; June 30, 1869, 887 ; June 0, 1870, 727: June 80, 1871, 634; June 80, 1872, 578. > 7 Eforts have been made to cotleot information relative to the supposed survivors, that a regis- ter of their names, residences, condition, ages, 8ad dates of death might be prepared, and con- titned until the last shall have passed away. Cirulars have been sent to the Post- magters at their places of residence, aod to other arties from whom infornation could be obtained. Of theee circu- lars, 554 have been returned, 28 without satisfac- tory reports, and 531 with the full information sought. Of these, 381 were reported as living and 150 at having died since Jaa. 1, 1870. CRIMINAL STATISTICS. Attorney General Williams is sending circulars to the Governors of States, requesting them to furnish, or_cause to be furnished, to that De- partment, the statistics of crime, under the laws of their Btates, for ~ the present year, for his forthcoming _report to Congress. He also dresses the TUnited States District Attooneys with s like purpose, of requesting them to furnish reports of the business in the several Courts in the United States, setting forth the condition of all cases embraced undor the heads' of customa, internal revenue, Post Office, quo warranlo, and ‘miscollaneous, the namber of auch disposed of, and how disposed of. INTEBNAL REVENUE MATTERS. Supervisor Datcher is in the city, on business connected with the reductionof the collection districta in New York. The Commissioner of Tnternal Revenus, however, states that nothing in that direction will be done until after the resssembling of Congress. The exist- ing Iaw; requires the redtction _of the number of Intornal Revenue Col- lectors and Assessgos to 160, on or before the 18t of January next. But prominent revenue officials are of the opinion that Congress may, at its approaching session, see fit to abolish the offics of Assessor, and all interna] taxes, except those on pirits, fobacco, and malt liquora. PERSONAL. I Senator Cameron and Congressman O'Neil, it seems, did not return to Philadelphia with the delegation of thirtgwho came here to fix up the Philadelphia Post Office, and that, not satisfied with their rebuff by the President, yesterday, they made another sttempt to dissuade him from following his Civil Service ideas by eppointing & subordinate of the ofice in- stead of one of the *Cameron ring." It ap- peara they did not succeed any better to-day, for they found the President in 8till worse humor thap he was yesterdsy. It is thonght that the office will be filled at once. Postmaster General Creswell hss returned rom his home in Maryland, where, for the past woek or 8o, he has been emgeg in preparin his annual report. Bome ttional statisi information will bo added, and the roport will be resdy for tho printer. It will contein more tables of figures, and show more labor in il pre- paration than any previous report. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. THE NEW YORE PRESS ON THE PHILADELPHIA 4 ‘POST OFFICE. New Yoz, Nov. 16.—The journsls of all par- ties here heartily approve the President’s action regarding the Philadelphis Postmastership. It is 8sid that when the office of Surveyor of the Port, about to be vacated by Mr. Cornell, is filled by & new appointment, the President will be guided by the Service regulstions. The dismay of managing politicians in New York over this unexpected blow from the White House is widespresd and Indiorous. Tom Mur- phy's friends claim, however, that he will not make Cameron’s mistake of attempting to carry his points by storm, and thet his personal rela~ tions with the President are assured. o the Associated Prese. WHITE HOUSE VISITORS. ‘WasmiNGTON, Nov. 16.—Senators Cameron, Osborne, sad -Bpencer, and ex-Senator Wade, were among the callers on the President to-day. Many others aleo called to pay their respects. The ante-chamber of the executive oftics pre- sented this morning a scene of snimation that has not characterized it for many months, . Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvanis, is still in Washington, He was st the Nnvg Depart- ment this morning, in conference with Becretary Robeson. i ANXNUAL REPORT. Becond Comptroller Broadhead has completed his official report. It is merely & detail of office work, and coutains no recommendations. + DB. HOUARD, the American who was recently imprisoned in Cubs, hag addressed s letter to the President} thanking him for his interference i his behal and securing his freedom. ' DELAYED MAILS. The New Orleans mail of Bunday, due on Wednesday mornin, just received. Some newspaper packzges have been damsged by fire. HOW THE MISSOURI WAB BUBRNED. The investigation as to the cause of the burn- ing of the steamship Missouri was continued to- day. From the evidence produced, it is clear that the origin of the fire was due to the spilling of agusdiente on the deck of the vessel, the 88id deck being st the time sobadly construated, or rather had not been caulked recontly, that the aguediente ran through the crevices on tos hot boiler beneath, igniting in an instant the whole of the vessel where any, of this inflammable arti- cle had touched. : DISGUSTED POLITIOIANE. " New Yong,Nov. 16.—A Washingtonspecialesys the city is filling up with politicians, who com- ‘ment severely upon the conxsé of ihe President in relation to the Civil Service rules, 83 manifested in his remarks to the Pennsylvania delsgition, _sbout the fipointmunc of the Postmaster for Philadelphia. ey allege that a strict enforcement of the ruls will exclude many men from holding: ofiice who have just claims upon the Republicans, and who can creditably- fill the offices for which they apply, but nevertheless caunot pass the Civil Bervice examination. - CABINET CHANGES. > 8r. Louts, Nov. 16.—The Democrat this morn- ::&!tltfis, editorially and Ldvi!efilg, that there ill be but two changes in President Grant's Cabinet after the 4th of March next. These will be the rotirement of Booretaries Fish and Toutwell. The former, it is exvected, will be offered the Miesion to England, and thel sitersa sest in the United States Senate. 2 Y BATLANCES. <. The following the close of business to-day.: Currency,3 8,521,- 196 ; coin, $72,997,548; (including in the y coin certificates of 321,553,000 ' legal tenders for redemption of certificates of de- posits, $35,730,000. TED. APPOIN: 7 ? Robert H. Eelly has been appointed Pe n(n}l:‘ln Agent at . Lonisville, Ky., vice William E. lagher, suspended. CONGRATULATORY. The Young Men's Republicen _Club of W fash. congratulated him upon his re-election. — The President, in his reply to the.informal add ress,, © vote he received Wasmore gre iify- said: ¢ ing to him than the posseseion of the offi e il self, a8 it served to aguv( that the American peo~ ple did not believe the cempaign slanders o nhis character.” BOSTON. The Press Opposed to Recelving any Relicf from Outside—The Fire'to Be Investigated — The Chief Enisineer Severely Commented On—Xnsuirances and Salvage. Bostox, Nov. 16.~Public sentiment in Boston is_averse to accepting offers o\° money from other cities at this time. ~The GAobe, yesterday mumi.n§ exprossed fteelf a8 oppoied 1o tho ac- tion of the Kelief Committee in votang to_accept 8id. The Adverfiser is mildly opposed toihe Tegolution of acceptance, snd the Zranscript publishes its non-concurrence. This morning the Globe, in an elaborate lead- er, comes out flat-footed upon the men who, it says, would make Boston & beggar from the whole Union, and publishes several letters from citizens in support of its comments. The Globe says that the Committee, in assuming to speak for the citizens of Boston, have published to the world their resolve that offers of pecuniary 8id from all parts of the Union will be: gratefully nccaglted, Which is nothing mwre than s direct sdvertisoment that the great, proud and wealthy capital of New England is in poverty snd distress, and a subject of _general charity. Boston, st this day, snd notw.ithstand- ing the fire, is_ receiving anincome of over 2700,000,000, and to eay that. & commuutity thus circumstanced cannot succor its own poor and need(, without receiving charity from abroad, is sbsolutely absurd. ¢ Where is the hone -filgr{de, the fair fame, the integrity of our good «71d city, when ghe is made to stand like a beggm ', With guckuts filled with money and securities, C'8p in and, and soliciting charity fromany passeer. -by 2" It mn : Mayor Gaston has proved himsel' un- e to the situstion, and these eelf-constituted. solicitors for charity for Boston have grosely misrepresented tiié sentiment of thie city. There is a general fecling that Chief Damrell, || of the Fire Department, permitted the fire to. spread throngh carelessness, and an official in-- vestigation of the rise and spread of the confla-- fnm'on 18 to be institnted, and the prospects are. hat the excitement about the fire only be-+ gua. The Relief Committee is to be called upon to- | rescind ite action publicly. Harvard Cousgs extent of $562,00, land, and it oost 8500, ward this it has $100,000 good insurance, ont of * 216,000, for which it was insured. The perma- nent loss is thus reduced to” 8200,000. * This,” says President Eliot, ¢ we must beg.” o fire was rather severe on the publichers, but the Transcript, the American Home Maga- zing, the Warerly, and sll the week- lies and monthlies have secured new quarters, and, though temporarily incommoded, new type and new presses and hard work will enable them to soon run smoothly. Considersble salvages of wool and leather are being discovered among the ruins, the value amounting to several thousand dollars. New York, Nov. 16.—The lstest and lowest es- timate of insurance losses by the Boston fire givea the total amount as $48,572,300, distrib- ated as follows: Masasachuseits companies, £29,710,000; Connectiont, ,800; New York, $6,850,000; Maine, 400,000 Rhode Isl- and,’ $990,000; 'California, $15,000; Iilinois, 30,000; Missonri, £25,000; Minnesots,, $10,- 0005 New Jersey, 817,500; Ohbio, 205,000 Penneylvania, $2,776,500; Wisconsin, §50,000;- Toreigh companies, 84,510,000, The wool dealers, it is said, are fully crovered by insurance. A large numbar of bales ar.> bzinfi rocovered from the ruins, their outsides burne Dlack, but the insides are good. 1t inbelieved that the directand indirect losses will not exceed $40,000,000 afiter the infmransze liguidated. A Bostox, Nov. 16.—A perpetusl injunction hes ‘boen iseued against the National Fire Insurance Company of this ci{qy, and 8. F. Humphrey’, Hiram Kuggles, and N. H. Dillingham have bead appointed receivers. 2 ORTLAND, Me., Nov. 16,—At a meeting -af citizens, to-day, resolutions of nyl:&nthy wen3 adopted snd a committee appointed to obtairy contributions for the sufferers by the fire i Boston. BosToN, Nov. 16.—The remains of two bodies taken from the ruins of the fire on Wednes~ day are in charge of an undertaker, and there is noway of identifying them uxceptfiy patches of clothing. The remains of the mother of Miss Mariha Hutchinson has been found among the ruins of Mesars. Sb:avehcmmp & Howe's store. inclndlng the valus of the Miss Hutchinson saved herself by jumping from I‘:hoaia window. The search continues for other 8. A contribation of $500 was_received to-day from the Chicago police for the Boston police. RELIGIOUS. Sunday School. Convention — Young Men’s Christian Association—Meth= edist Appropriation. Dusoquz, Towa, Nov. 16.—The session of the Sunday School Convention, atthe First Pres- byterisn Church, on Friday, wasof an interest- ing character. 'In the ‘forencon reports were resd from various Bunday Schools ia the county, showing & very favorable condition and progress of the work, The afternoon was devoted to a discuasion of the bést modes of conducting Sun- day Schools, participatedin by different members of the Convention. In the evening Mr. K. A, Burnell, of Ilinois, and Dr. Marshall discussed the subject of qualifications for teachers and Superintendents of Sunday Schools in',an earn- est and thorough manner. . To-day the Convention will probably sinish its business. Torgpo, 0., Nov. 16.—The Sixth .Annual State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Associstions, assembled in this city l:mrda 5 H. P. Lloyd, of Cincinnati, presides, In the e sence of President H. Thane Miller, and nearly all parts of the State are well roprosénted. The welcoming meeting was held last evening at the First Congregational Chure ‘with addresses by Mayor Jones, ex-Governor Lee, and others. New Yorx, Nov, 16.—The General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Chrirch, to-day, appropriated 8180,000 for domestic mis- sions the ensuing year, among them, the follow- ing: Oregon, $6,000; Pittsburgh, 82,500; Bocky Mountain, $20,000; St. Loais, S7,000; Bouthesstern Indiana, $10,000; Somthern Illi- nois, 81,400 ; Tenneases, $11,000; Upper Iowa, $2,500; 'West Virginia, $5,500; West Wisconsin, 84,000 Wieconsin, $3,500; Wyoming, 98003 Arizons, $6,000; and New $7,D%D. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. Eleven Men Precipitated from a Scafs fold—Two Killed. Derrorr, Nov. 16.—While ‘the roof was being raised on the mew passenger depot at Jackeon, this afternoon, the_scaffolding gave ‘way, precipitating the men and timber on to the oists belo'!. Eleven men were seriously hurs, p to 6 o'clock, two have died, the foreman, Davis, and a Mr. Williams, hfaxico, Obituary. Orrawa, Iil, Nov. 16.—One of our promi- nentcitizens, and an old resident, James Graham, Esq,, died 2t 10 o'clock this morning. _He was highly estesmed by the community as being an ‘honorable, upright man in his dealings, and had been elected to the offic of Justice of the Peace for many terms and held several other offices of tcr):::;c 9 Ho was a member of the Catholic —_— ‘Without Xudge, Jury, or Clergy. LoutsviLLe, Nov. 16.—On Sundsy night, s mob of seventy-five mon forced the jail at Beardsyille, Ballard Connty, took out & negro named Ross Brandon, charged with rape on a respectable young lady, and hung him to a tree in the out- skirts of the town. - The men reported them- selves 38 from Illinois. e Ocean Marine News. QuEENsTOWS, Nov. 16.—The steamship Italy, from New York, has arrived. A New Yomk, Nov. 16.—Arrived, stesmships Abyssinia and Adristic. from Liverpool, -and . Hamihonis from Bremen. e The Centennial Board of Finance for Kentucky metin Louisville op Friday night, and appointed ents to receive subscriptions of stock. The offlcers of the recent exposition were re-elected. TREASUR! are the Treasury balan ces ab ) ‘special depos its of ington cslled, upon the: Prosident to-day, .and miffered by the fira to the | 00 to rebuild. To-: POLITICAL. - “THE NEW YORK CITY AND STATE POLITIGS. ‘Special Despateh to The Chicao Zribunp. - is not believed to have strength in any quarter. Thurlow Weed and Dix are supposed to lead one Republican wing, ‘while Conkling" and the Cus- tom House command the other. The question of supremacy beiween these followings must be settled before-the general line of operations can be determined. . X The.Democrats fecl rather mournfnl over the heavy spoils captured by the Republicans in this State. Governor Dix will appoint & new Adju- tant Genara} and-fourteen officers on his mili- :;l]'y szafl.d ‘He will also select & Loan Commis- ‘8loner and 110taries for each county, and fll va- «cancies in the charitable inafilu:ims, also Su- genutfmder #8 of Insurance and Banking, Canal praisors, snd Boards of Equalization, also Jflugaxg:r Masiters, Port Wardens, and one Supreme Sweepin g changes for political 0808 in the ‘Governmemt of the this city ueg‘;;e:ctad.m![‘h: Custom Hiause forces are arming to obtain full -control in, all municipal departments. It is re- gorted, Eoworor, that both Governor Dix snd Mayor Tiavemeyer will not be ruled by the Cus- ‘tom Houso Ring. The latter wera so badly gna::izodn \;y‘thda I.xberfi éhn they made good nom- nd now i i i i their successful candi- THE SENATORIAL QUESTION AT SPRINGF . Special Despatch ta The Chicago Mfi. e Beer¥GFIELD, I1L. Nov. 16.—There is no longer any doubt felt by politicians hers" of all parties ‘that B. B. Washburne is a candidate for the United States Senatorship. His return to this -country just at this time, together with the re- “turn of J. Russell Jones, and his visit to Dixon :and other places in the northern part of the :Btate, have : very significant bearing. His imovements have exciter i in" *the minds of O;las%l;p"hell;leéou h‘x”: +friends, and considerable cauct ihag Been going on bere Iagt' "fiéfi 1nd to-day between them, Oglesby having bsen summoned here for conference. It is certain ithat Oglesby doubts the sincerity of the Admin- tistrationists, and is, therefore, prepared to be- |Lieve, that if Washburne is a candidate, he has become 8o with & perfect nnderatanding that in :the contest he is to have the influence of the ‘President and his followers. Ome of Wash- bume’s oldest friends assured your_correspon- dent to-day that Washburne wonld make the fight, and, unless Oglesby managed his fight bebier than two years ago, he would have the satinfaction of serving outhis time 28 Governor. THE MEW ORLEANS IMBROGLIO, New Omreaxs, Nov. 16.—William Pitt Kel- logg to-dsy made application to the United Staites Circuit Court for_an injunction restrain- :ing the Btate Election Returning Board, com- o3ed of Governor Warmouth, Jack ‘aarton, Frank H. Hatch, and ® Durant Dsiponte, from in any manner perform- ing the duties of Returning Officers of Elec- tions of the State of ~Louisiana; also t] iat John McEnerney be enjoined, restrained, & od inhibited from, in any manner, acting, of g etending to act, a8 Governor of the State of uouisians, and from meking any claim to the «ffice of Governor of said State, etc. Also, that the New Orleans Republican, the official journal of the Btate of Louisiana, be enjoined and re- streined from, in any manner, publishing any of- fcial notice, document orstatement, xafm‘ng to any canvass or statement of notes made or in any manper emanating from said pretended Board of Returning Officers of Election. _Judge Durrell ordered that the defendants be cited to show cauge on the 19th why the in- Jjuctions, pendente lite, should not issue as prayed for, and in the meantime, and until further or- ders, this Conrt let the restraining orders prayed for issue againts the defendants in form and’ to the effect prayed for. THE NEW YORK “ TRIBUNE” ON THE PRESIDEN- TIAL RESULT. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yorg, Nov. 16,—The Tribune judges by the official returns at hand, that Grant has re- ceived fewor votes than in 1868, inclusive of the negro vote nat polled that year. In Illinois he has fewer votes than in 1868; in New Hampshire he had 88,191 votes in 1858 ; in 1872, 37,236 in Vermont, 44,167 in 1868; in 1872, 41,475; in Connecticut, 50,936 in 1868; in 1872, 50,699. Pennsylvania geave in October 331,416 for the Republican ticket, and & month later 342,280, for Grant. The vote of Hartranf rose in 1872 t0 903,387, while the vote for Grant fell off in November to 849,589, or barely 7,000 more than in 1868. The vote for Grant in North Carolina is smaller than the vote for Caldwell. ALABAMA POLITICS. Nasaviure, Noy. 16.—Mr, Tyler, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Ala- bams, telegraphs to Athens to George 8. Hous- ton, that the Democrats will have four or Ave mnjoritéin joint ballot in the Legislature. Mr. Houston and Judge B. W. Walker, of Hantaville, are prominent Democratic aspirants to the United States Benate. DELAWARE RETURNS. ‘WiLamxeToN, Del., Nov. 16.—Fhe official vote of the State gives Grant 908 majority, and Hof- land, Republican, for Congress, 352 majority. TENNESSEE RETURNS. Nasmvrire, Nov. 16.—Greeley's majority in Tennessee i 8,213, with ten counties to ieu from oficially. ARIZONA. e Bax Faraxcisco,. Nov. 16.—McCormick has ‘been re-elected to Congress from Arizona. THE DELAHAY INVESTIGATION. LreavexworrH, Ks., Nov. 16.—Judge Bingham, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committes, arrived here to-day. The Delahsy investigation is progressing. _Mr. Glick and nthers, of Atchi- gon, were examined to-day witk, reference to the Osborn-Ingalls draft transaction. VIRGINIA RETURNS, RicexMoxD, Nov, 16.—Official returns from all the counties but one give Grant 1,975 mhjority. The county to be hesrd from, it is reported, has given Greeley 100 majority. N The Horse Diseases « ToLEpo, 0., Nov. 16.—The horse malady is spreading rapidly. The lesding livery estab- | lishr1ents of the city are closed, and several of'| the _‘ire Department horses are sick. New Yomk, Nov. 16.—The dropsy malad, among horses continnes, and is of & V¢ fat type. The stablemen, however, think that the worst has passed in this city and neighborhood. Commodore Vanderhilt's famous racer, Mountain Boy, died yesterday. NEw Yorg, Nov. 16.—The dropy that has affected the horse, almost immediately upon the disappearance of the epidemic recently here, is believed to be guaing away. The disease is 2s- Buming s milder type, and there are now few fatal cases. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New YoRrg, Nov. 16.—The horse dropsy now prevailing causes a mortality of 20 per cent '_ NewYozg, Nov. 16.—The news from Albany indicates that Roscog Conkling will be re-elected to the United States Senate without serious op- position. As far as - canvassed, nearly sll the Republican members are for him, while Morgan evening that every horse in the Fire Department had the epizootic. - | ~NasuviLig, Tens., Nov, 16.—The horse dis- ease i8 prevailing here to 8 small extent, con- fined to the stables of the Adams Express Com- { .. None of the cases-are very serious. - All he horses in the city are receiving more [than usual attention. Lafarre, I, Nov. The ‘horse disease continues to spread in this city, rendering it difficult to procure the services of teams for any purpose whatever, and has also made its sppear- ance in sundry of the townships of this county, greatly hmdering{flm work of com hmzstin‘f. ‘WasmINGToYN, Nov. 16.—The horses generally seem to be improving. About two-thirds of the usual number of street-cars were on the geveral lines to-day. 2 THE FAR WEST. Unsuccessful Attempt at Saicidess Indians Going to Their Happy Munting Grounds---The Steamer Arizona Twelve Days Overdue-s The Colorade Diamond Fields«=Coal Mines on Fire. 8ax Fraxcisco, Nov. 16.—The notorious crimi- nal, Mortimer, mado three desperate attempts to commit suicide in the Sacramento Jail, and was unsuccessful. He is accused of murder and robbery. The people of Arizona protest ageinst chang- ing the Territory to the Department of New Mexico, and against the assignment of General Howard or any one else to command in place of General Crook. The Apaches living in the S8an Pedro and Arizi- poe bottoms are dying of consumption and scrofuwa. A shooting affray took place in this city Iast nigh?.. ZLouis Ferrar shot Jacob Btoke, inflicting a flesh wound. Ferrar was arrested. The steamer Arizona has not been heard from, and in San Diego there are fears for the safety of the vessel. 'She is bwelve days over due. The steamer Costa Rica sailed for Panams, at noon to-day. Baxr Laxe Crry, Nov. 16.—There was quite an excitement to-day upon the report of the New York Iapidaries, now here, that among the sam- les of precious stones brought to this city by J. . Berry, are twenty-six genuine diamonds, one of which weighs three carats. Berry declares his readiness to pilot a partyto the locality of discovery at once, and e everything. They can find diamonds, he says, where Janin of San Francisco went, and the report he mada is true. It is not in New Mexico or Arizona, butin West- ern Colorado. A number of leading cepitalists ae putting up money for an orgenized expedi- on. Over two hundred transfers were made to-day of mining property, mostly by poor miners, to obtain the neceasaries of 1fe. ers from dif- ferent districts are flocking to the city. £ Cameron, keeper of an iutelligence office, was to-day committedto jail in defsult of $3,000 bail, for drugging and outraging s girl 14 years of age. There is mnch indignation felt by the. community. : e coal mines are on fire at Evanston, ne: the head of Echo Canon, en Bax Fraxcisco, Nov. 16.—A meeting of the the press, and friends of the late Colonel Albert 8. Evans, agent of the Associated Press, wap held Mi’i:m the purpose of expressing their regret at loes, and sympathy for his family, and extending them such 2id a8 may be found necessary. . -The examination of Lee, Stone, Fern, and the woman Pleasant, for concealing the forgers, is nostu] ctandudsd, Great interest is felt in the result. Sailed, German bark Englebert, British bark Vale, of Doon, for Cork. Gicherh The funeral of the Hon. Edward Tompkins, of Oskland, took place to-day. The city was draped in mourning. It has been ascertained that at least thirty- four Apeches were engaged in the Loring mas-" sacre. Thirteen of them are known to be In- dians in camp at Date Creek Reservation. There are thirty vessels in_port fo load with wheat. The inward bound fleet, due before April 1, numbers 180 vessels. e sailing of the China steamer has beer postponed. Arrived, the over-due steamer Arizone. NEW YORK. Steamship Accidente==City Eeliefm= Emigration te Liberie-=Alleged Em= bezzlement-w-Fatal Accident in 2 Collegew=-Personal. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yorg, Nov. 16.—Ex-Congressman Will- iam A. Robinson will deliver a course of lec~ tures in reply to Fronde, at the Academy of Music, beginning Dec. 6. Father Burke's series, in opposition to Fronde, now in progress, are making more of an im- pression than was anticipated. The belief is quite general that the English historianis get- ting the worst of it. Edwin Forrest has concluded that he is too infirm to act this season, and will begin Shake- earian readings at Steinway Hall next week. e will read one complete yla;’anch night. [ To the Al ted Press.] [: #social 2 New Yomk, Nov. 16.—The Cunard steamer Malta, from Boston for Liverpool, broke her shatt on Wedneaday, off Halifax, N. 8., and was towed to that port. "The Chamber of Commerce Reliof Committeo will issue an address to the citizens of New York, on Monday, asking for contributions. ‘Na:l;illvl 200 freedmen, including several fami- Jies, sail from this port for Liberia on ‘Wednesday next. The emigrants are mostly from Florida, South Carolina, and Georgis, and go out under the auspices of the American Col- onization Society. Charles King has been arrested in. this city, charged with embezzling $60,000 while manager of the firm of Corcoran & Co. at Rio. A In & rush between two classes, this afternoon, on the third floor of Columbia College, & student named White, fell over the banisters to the ground floor, and was fatally injured. The Fac- uléy of the College and the suthorities are mak- inginvestigations, with a view to the punishment of the loaders of the rush. A motion was made in the Court of General Bessions, to-day, and not disposedjof, to_quash the indictment found against Hugh Smith, for alleged conspiracy to defraud the City Govern- ment. Telegraphic Brevities. HenryElliot, a Scotchman, employed on agravel train on the Chicago Fri Norfl_z{vsatem ‘Rail- road, was found dead in his shiinty, on Fridsy evening, near the Madison, Wis., Depot. The Coronor's inqueat revealed "the fact that he had died from beart disease. The dead body of an unknown man, with the hesd_ferribly crushed with stones and a deep. stab in the neck, was found, on Ssturday mor- ing, near the intersection of Groyer's road and the' River Des Peres, some six miles below St. Touis. Two men were arrested on suspicion, but sofar the affsir is shronded in mystery. The Tows Board of Capitol Commissioners ad- ourned yesterday until Jan. 9, without letting e stons contracts. The Board will advertise for more bids, to be opened at the next meeting: Work on the new Capitol has been closed for the ‘winter. The new coal-shaft penetrating the bluff be- tween LaSalle and Peru, the sinking of which which was commenced last July, has reached the Becond stratum of coal, five feet in thickness, at sdepth of 245 feet. The coal is remarkably free from sulphur pyrites, The proprietors in among animals attacked by it. The cause is be- lieved tobe impoverished blood and great de- bility resulting from the epizootic. The anxiety, among owners of horses is scarcely, less than when the plague waa ab.its height. All the street car lines are working a reduced force, and some hitherto ranning all night are quitting 11p.m. Thereis some dropsy in the Fire De- partment etables, but it exists chiefly in the car and livery stables. No case’of dropsy has ocowrred smong the horses that were Xested during their gickness and convalescence, but it hes been found that one dsy’s working of ‘an animal not perfectly recovered will often cause = fatal nwelfin of the whole body in & single night. The ‘Hinitary Committe publish their opinion that horses convalescing from this epi-~ demic should have a highly nutricious and oasil digested diet. To countersct the tendemcy to Beurvy, iron compounds: are. ueeful, and such foods shonld be especially gelected 8a are rich in normal ealine congtituents of blood. Such are the yarious bn.ltbgsl: nfis, vlggé;atntx:x "g carrots, rutabags, potatoes, %, i mndily’muticagwfl!;hnn)iflbe boiled, and mixed i mash. ‘"fi'éé’;?fi"xff%‘_f Nov. 16.—The epizooticis atill provalent. Gx and donkey teams ae being sub- Btituted. Some light wagons are hauled by men. Coal has sdvanced to $7 per load, 82 being charged for delivery. Therailroads are refusing to receive freight-for- delivery here. - Great in- convenience i8 resulting from the disease. The citizens pulled the engines toaOre last niyht and to-day. The plan worked well. Extingrush- ers are being nsed freely. CrvarxNATL Nov. 16.—The Chief Engirer of #he Fire Devartment gave notice at 4 0" glock thia tend to push the work of opening entries, and & safety shaft and the erection of all pee superstructures are expected to be ready foruse next May. i On Friday, in Shepherdsville, Ky., 18 miles from Louiaqille, De. B. L. Crist threstoned John H. West, & druggist, and drew a pistol on him. Inthe resulting scuffle, Wert took Crist's istol. away, and, drawing his own, ehot the octoy in tho abdomen snd back, infleting mor- tal wounds. . i The residence of Methew Linden, at Elrod’s Btation, near Pittsburg, was deamfimd by fire on Friday morning. - Tho wife of Mr. Linden, bein, sick at the time, and unable to escape, periahes in the flames. ‘The residence of John Watson, one mile from Titusville, Pa., was entered on Friday evening, immediately after dark, by five masked men,who, after bmd.u:§ each member of the family, com- polled Mir. Watson to open bis safe, trom which 2,000 were taken, after which he was_likewise bound, and the robbers made gaod. their escape. The unfortunate ones were not liberated until midnight. *No clue to flxeege etrators. on Thursday last, destroying proj amount of 3100000, The Uitad Ntates Cours Tooms, Marshal’s office, Post Office, snd thirteen business houses, besides private dwellings, were congumed. The wind was blowing 5 perfact gele st the time, and all efforts to 8top the fiery flames were anavailing_for four hours. Vorled on ¥eliay gt o0 late i atop the train, and he "’d&é, fireman jumped tm!r‘x: the i it struck the gap snd were caught un- 335'&1‘;2}3&. ‘Putnatu. the engineer, was in- stantly killed, and the colored fireman had le Ygo“}::l and was oth‘;rwisu injur% Conducto: lee was on .the engine at the time, stuck to 1, 0d waa aninjared. il | _ Carter’s blanket mills, in Winchenden, Mass., were bumed on Fridsy night. Loss, $35, partly insured. g 2 0) e A POLITICIAN'S BABY. A Venerable Gentleman and Rir Friend--Both Married on Tuesday=c A Remackable Statement which Needed Explanation. Corning, N. ¥. (Yo, 4) ,kCgflupondm of the Neu un. or) - Y arrived here recently and took up my quart- ers at_tho Dickinson House. Anex? I yhgd Téc moved the marks of travel I went down stairg and strolled about the hotel with my cigar. Soox I observed a tall, venerable gentleman, csrefally dressed, walking up and doyn, smoking & cigar, and swinging & gold-headed cane. Leanin; against the clerk’s counter was a tall, thin, sale 1ow-faced man, with blonde hair and moustache, und also smoking & cigar. This gentleman already been pointed out {0 me as Mr. Cole, a heading politician of the county. By uni by I observed the old gentleman pausa and look at Mr. Cole very closely. 3r.” Col¢ raised his mild blue eye, and. dreamily af | the old gentleman. ently the Isiter stepped toward E{r Cole andsaid in a very courteouns ‘manner, *Excuse me, sir, but I think I've seex, ou before.” i “Yary liely " Mz, Colo ropli, “F'vo boon ere frequently.” Ha o Bal” lsughed the old_gentleman, “That's very good. But really I think T've me{ 3 [ you somewhere or other before to-night.” “1t is mob improbable,” waa Mr. Cole's reply, « At a}l events,” he continned, with a twinkle ix his blue eyes, **There's no reason why we shouldn't know each other now.” “That's so,” said the old gentlemsn, ‘““and here’s my hand.” ‘. Mr. Cole took the hand very earefully into his, worked it up and down once or twics, and then restored it to the gentleman. This seemed t¢ introduce them, flwf got to talking. As had nothing else_to do, I smoked my cigar watched them. Presently, after walking up and down the passage, they came and stood 80 neaZ to where 1 was that I could not but overhear all that passed. 2 ““Now, look st me, eir” exid the old gentlo. man, straightening himself up and putting hig bt e e e Mr. Cole looked at him &s desired. “ How old do you take tome be, sir?” the vg;smbla man asked, with his hesd on one side, “ Over twonty-five,” Mr. Cole answered, after haying appearently considered him attentively foi & few moments. “ Over sixty, sir,” the old gentleman said, cat- ting it up into syllables, and placing his right forefinger somewhere on Mr. Cole's waiste coat. - ** And what do you think 2”. he added. Mr. Cole threw himself into & thoughtful attic tude, but said n tt“xux;.zi 4 {What do you think; sir ?" the venerabls man went on ; * I was married last Tuesday ! “ Bo was I!” exciaimed Mr. Cole, enthusiasti cally. The venerable gentleman seized Mr. Cole't ,hand, and shook it like & small eaxz;x&unkc. ‘ How remarksble !” he went on; o kept on squeezing Mr. Cole’s hand and shakin it with the energy of an early friend. Then the; went np to the barand the old gentleman stood champagne. The old gentleman invited me as & stranger to join them, and after some hesitation T did 0, especially 83 the old gentlemar said, eyeing me intently, “Why, I've met you in Phil« adelphia 2t the Continental.” He brought ouf of his inside pocket the portrait of his wife and showed it to us, We gaid it was lovely. He !tnu’g more champagne. We talked variously. The ol §€rntlemm explained to me the bond that united 3ir. Cole to himself. “How singular,” he said 1 both married last Tuesday !” 3 He stood champagne for the third time. Hi wanted Mr. Cole to stay all night and tslk on ‘matrimony and such like. Mr. Cole tried to ex- cuse himself, but the old gentleman called for ‘more champagne, eayirg: “By Jove, it wasn{ every day you met with such & remarkable coine cidence.” " Mlr, Cole held up his glass of cham. pagne, and, looking at it with approbation, said 1 *No, it was not.” After a while Mr. Cole said he must go, as hir gi{)e bad beenup all the lsst might with th( sby— ““The baby!"” exclaimed the venerable gen. itleman, replacing the half raised glass of cham« agne on the connter with such forca 28 te reak the stem, and almost choking with sure prise ;. the baby! ‘married last Tuesday!” . *¢ S0 I'was,” said Mr. Cole, for the last ffteen years.’, Tke old gentleman v n up hauled out his purse, and paid the bill. en he went “and have been locomotive. e Serious Oddities. The danger of extempore prayer is, thatitmay degenerate into the ludicrous. Take, for ex- ample, the case of the elder who was invited t4 pray on the day after & battle, and who 8aid 1 * O Lord, I never see each a day as it was yes terdsy, and I don'c believe you ever did!* Or take the case of the minister gmng g‘nis( at harvest time. ‘““We thank thee, 0! for thy great bounty,” eaid he; “we & thee for the fine westher; we thank tLea for the_bountifal harvest, and that thow hast enabled us to gather in the wheat through« out all this; district—with the excejtion of Farmer Mills' little three-cornered paizh down in the hollow, not worth manfiunme%g" Deax, Ramsey—if I remember rightly—tels s yel ‘better story of the same kind.~ A Highand min- ister, having been requested by his flock ta pray for better weather, and leing =2t the same time warned to be cafious im presenting _his ~ petition, because the I time he had prayed for better weatler, it come worse, thus expressed himelf: “An' 00, Lord, I hoe & petition to presnt, but matin bo unco wary of the wordin'o't. Ye ken Lord, the kittle state the cm‘gs are ir. Jusi gend Ts a soughin’, southern, dresin’ breeze ag "Il save the strae, 'and winna hermthe heed; fof if ye send & tearin’, reevin’, thundsrin’ storm, ag ye did the last time Iprayed for gudeweather, Jell play the very mischief wi' the iits, m{ fairly spoil .7 A singolar exanple o the ~effect of devotional habits over fi ignorant mind was recorded in the nevspapes some years ago. _A.domestic servant at Canter« bury was charged with stealing five pomnds frong her master’s t1ll. This sum was missec immedic ately after she had made off from_ her maater’ house; and when teken into custody & piece o :Eer was found in her possession, on vhich sha fo recently written a prayer euited tc her cire cumstances. Here is a copy of the straiga docu« ment: “OLord, I&:ny thee look doun o1 ms, o o i now bowed domn with grief; in gity, Lord send me all things that I may require Heal, I pray you, the broken-hearted womar. Thinga that T raquire: 1 sack of flonr, 1 scoriof salf pork, 3¢ ditto salt beef, 6 pounds sugar,1 ditto tes, 1 ditto butter, 6 ditto cheese, 4 ditto andels, 14 ditto coffee, 2 8acks of patatas, 1 ton:oles, 1 hundred of wood, and 2 sovereigns to py Mra. Vinall for her kindness.” Mrs. Vinall ras the woman to whose house she had gone whn run« ningaway from her situation. I may hadhat this pious young person, who spparently made gure of a fovorable answer io herpetition by helping herself to the means of %n'chasm what s’ize needed, escaped scot free, beanse if could not be shown that the money the wax known to have expended on herself, “ater rune ning away, -Was actually the same mney bex master hadlost. In nothing, perhsp, i8 the ‘homorous side of the religious feeling ixhibited more strongly than in the cathe nd other religious structures of -past ages, ‘hat the builders of these were influenced bys great deel of edrnost sincerity, admits of lit< tlo question. ° Yot what qusint detaile their works present, what comicalitios a stone, what absolute obscenities even in canectiom with all that is sacred! What promped these eccentricities? Not irreligion, certaily; prob~ ably mere grossness, or the absence of that cul« ture which in these (sys draws 3 hardand faok line between the fanciful and licenious, bes tween the legitimately artistic and hs offene sively suggeutive. at, in iruth, we arq little able to realize the Middle-Ap religs jous life. It was aamethings quite distinct from anything of which We have eperienco. It is hard even to understand the spiri’animats ing men of later daya; of Wilde, thepoet, lnz example, vicar'of Aylmo, and one of L6 ejecte ministers of 1662, who is remembered for doing = good thing in an incredibly bad mamer. “He lofy six Bibles to one of the churches o his na« tive town, Bt. Ives; for which twelve persons, - sixmale and six female, were to throv dice in church on Whit-Tuesday, while the ninisters knelt and prayed to God to “direct he lots ta his glory " 'I.’En: is surely one of thr most re« markable prayers on record.—Belgrava. e e —Citizens of Philadalphis propose fo ercct & monumeut to the memory of Genaal Meade, and the Fairmount Park Art Assodation hag offered to take charge of the project, has ‘headed the subscription with £5,000. At a meeting, on Tuesday, s_subscription was opened br a teati- monial to be given to Mrs. General Neade, tha deceasod having left no property. Tlirty thots sand dollars Was and it is proposed o ir= crease that amount to §100.000. think both married lsst- Tueadsy I” And ke ‘Why you told me you were . . throngh the door like a- telegraph post playing