Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1872, Page 2

YK CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU SATURDAY; NO THE STATE CAPITAL Preparations for the Reception of the Newly-Elected Legislators. The Hotels and Boarding-Houses, and What It Costs fo Live in Them. Condition of the New State House azd the Lincoln Monument, Improvement and Prcgress of Springfield. g From Qur Gwn Correspondent., SERINGFIELD, 1L, Nov. 21, 1672, Springfield will soon be a busy scene of activ- ity. Bigne of the approaching session of the Legielature can bo seen everywhore, The note of proparation has been sounded, and hotel and Dosrding-house keepers are rendy to sing end dsnce for joy. It has been *“a long time be- tween érinks,"—a tedious and dull interval from the end of the last session to the beginning of the nest; and they Lad to console them. selves, during the summer, with the reflection that winter—glorious winter—was coming, with new members and three or four months of busi- ness. This leads me to say s few words about HOTELS AND BOARDING-EOUSES, £or the benefit of newly-fledged legislators, who are beginning to think where they will live, how they will live, and how much it will cost. They «caxn pay their money znd teke their choice, under 2be Constitution. It depends upon themselves whers they will take wup their abode, snd how long they will stay. The £oriffs very according to circumstances. At the beginving of & eession there is usuzlly a bull wwovement in the market,—a corner on hash; but things find their level after the initial ex- <itertent has subsided. There is slways ample seccommodation. Members csn “hang out” at s hotal or a boarding house, or can take rooms in oze place and board in enother, or can sleep cut <00;8,—a Toomy and well-ventilated apartment, —=zzdchop wood for their board. The hotels 2re free, frank, and not very expensive; the boarding houses, quict, subdued, retired, cheap, and occasionally pious. Board does mot cost more here than elsewhere; why sheald it ? Retired members delight to tell long stories of fabulous expenses at the cspital to scare their saceessors. There is no necessity for alarm. Thirty-five dollars a week is the pay of a mem- ber. He can live upon that, unless he has the luxury of 2 wife, the joyful mother of smaller luxuries,—and insists upon having them around him, to relicve the tedinm of legislative monotony. For himself, he can get along. He canreside 2t & hotel at from £2 to $4aday, or at a boarding-house at from $8 a week upwards, according to location, accommodation, and the conecience of the landlady,—the latter being, in most cases, an unknown quantity. He can squander $100 or $1,000 a day if he wants to,— wly not >—the only difficulty in the way being lack of the necessary funds. In ehort, ho can epend much or liitle, as he pleases; dispense a fortune, or diepense with one. Hotels and boarding-houses are being turned upside dovn and inside ont, to clean and reno- vate them. Carpets are nntiergaing their yearly chaking; miles of sheeting are being mado, to envelop the statesmanlike forms; walls are be- ing painted and pepered by the acre; the culi- nsry,utensils and the cooks are being overhauled, —50 3hat everything mey be ready for the recep- tion and comfort of the distinguished visitors. TEE LELAND 28 been newly painted, Everybody has heard of the Leland. 1t is at Springfield what Willard's isat Washington,—the political centre. It is associsted, in the minds of ex-members, with the le; tion of the past. In its corridors, the Third House holds its sesions, and the lobby hes full sway. Its rooms have histories. Could the walls speak, whet tales they could unfold? The Lake Front job was put through in that “room to the right'; over in the corner parlor on the second floor was Logan's headquarters dur- ing his Benatorial race, and thence issued “music, moody_ food, for thosewho trade in love” and politics; in the room below occarred the famous Quincy drunk, when wine flowed like weter from & hydrant; in the sontheast corner, free Peoria whiskey and cigars stood dail, and nightly for six weeks, during the State-House fight of last session; in that upper chamber many a hundred wes lost and won at poker ; and, all over the house, the genial Powell, the * en man " of the Twenty-Beventh General. Assem- bly, informed couvivial audiences thint— : A jay bird eat on o hickory limb, Jangamalangoho. . Every room has its traditions. Thers will be more historymade this winter, of course. Quart- ers have already been engaged by several mem- bers, and a Iarge number of permanent boarders are expected in the house. THE OTHER CARAVANSERAIS— ¢he Chenery, the Bevere, the ft. Nicholas, and the Central—are puiting on the finishing touches. They are not quite as_elegant as the Lelend, but are comfortable and inexpensive. There are numerous boarding-houses to select from, and, like all cities, the boarding-houses of Springfield are good, indifferent, and bad. . A MEMBER'S EQUIPMENT. Ta 2ddition to the bills with which every new member will feel it his bounden duty to fill his satchel, he shonld bo eqbuipped with & varied as- eortment of neckties becoming to his com- plexion, several white vests, and a swallow-tailed coat. These are necessary to make him shine at balls, receptions, parties, and in the House when he is on his legs, and the * observed of 21l observera” in the gallery, where ladies most do congregate, bloss their souls! “Hon.” bachelors particularly should heed this sngges- tion. A sound censtitution, a clear conscience, an nmbre and a pair of heavy boots, are also good things to bring along, 2 THE SESATE AND HOUSE will meet in the old apartments. They are not 23 convenient as they might be. The ancient State House was built for another Illinois_than that of to-dsy. There will be ample room in the Senate, but the ventilation hes always been de- feotive, and the air vitiated and unwholesome. An attempt was made last winter {o cure the evi), but it was not entirely successful. Inthe matter of heat and ventilation, the House will }Jet ‘more {grtu].\:nm, a3 it wes furnished o6t year with the most improved apparatus, but 1{ will be mora cmmpndp for apngg. One hundred snd seventy-seven men were packed Iast year into & room never intended for more then a hundred, and could hardly breathe. They penerally weat out doors to draw a goad, long resth. ~'This time there will be 153 membars,— 24less ; an improvement certainly, thongh still toomany, There may be wisdom in a multitude, but in this instance there is likewise discomfort, znd ‘“The more the merrier” is not true. The furniture will be forbished up, and some of it, worn out by long and faithful public service, will be enperannuated, and new articles supplied. The gallery will be made comfortable for the 1adies, whowill be the ornamental and picturesque portion of the scenery. = ¥ THE NEW SENATE includes several former members. Reynolds, of Cook, served in the Houso some years ago. ‘Waite was in the last House, at the head of the Municipal Commitiee, Williamson was there, too. Brooks, of Will, was in the House, a strong, silent’ member; Strong, of Livingston, ditto. Whiting, of Burean, succoeds himself, Sanford represented Knox in the House; Cum- mings, Fulton; and Lee was promoted by the Peoria District. Nicholson, of Logan, and Don- ghue, of DeWitt, return to their seats in the Senate; and 50 do Voris, of Shelby, and Starne, of Sangamon. Sheldon, of Champaign; Short, of Vermilion, Chairman of the Revenue Com- mittce; big Tom. Casey, of Jefferson; Hinch- cliffo, of St. Clair; snd Hundley, of Christian, ccme up from the House. Thero is & strong in- fusion of treined material, and an appalling amount of speaking “latent.” Shortand Donahue a-e mentioned for the_ Presidoncy of the Senate iz the event of Beveridge becoming Governor. Griggs, of Roclford, and Enickerbocker, of Au- rora, are possible candidates for the Secratery- ~hip. THE XEW HOUSE. An cxamination of the list shows that bub fen i the old members will return to the House. Tucse are Senne, from Cook County, who won Lis spurs as Suporvisor in the old deys; Hildrup, of Boone, Chairman of the Railroad Committee; Efner, of Whiteside; Bhaw, of Carroll, s young men of fine promise, who made 2 strong record ; rpenter, of Kane, the Father Mathew of Illi- 0is; Armstrong, of LaSalle, who has been off and on in every Legislature sinéo '42; Hawes, of Logan, a atirdy old farmef, who uttered his belief that * Laws ara lfke sassiges, the less you know about how thity'ro mode, the better you'll liko 'em ;" Mefit, of Macon; Easley, of Cass; £nd Lemma, from the Cairo conntry, Shelby . Cullom wes in the House in 57 and '58, and *61 and 62, and in Congress throe times since; and Milton Hay, his colleagne from Springfield, served with distinction in the Copstitutional Convention. There may be two or three others who were in previous Assemblies, but they eroun-~ known tofame. The majority of the House is made up of raw material. Cullom is n ¢andidnta for Speaker, and Shaw and_Hildrup are said to be aspirents. Bradwell, 0f Cook, is in some men’s mouths, Cook being always supposed to have a candidate. Dan. Shepard is a candidate for Clerk, ind expects to be his own Buccessot. If the Civil Service theory is corried out, he is the man; and, besides, he wirked night and ifi’ for theparty, He his an opponent in Mr. en, the sopraiio, or something equally Izborious, in & Gles Club, which enabled him to warble bitigelf into notoriety around hero. An mefbutic Assemblywill elect Allen. He will be Yandy. Whendebate grows dulland monotonous, the rules can be suspended, and the Clerk can ging a hymn, or & jollysir from Offenbach. There are a score of other aspirants. Mr. Williom A. Moore, of Eano, Door-keeper of the Isst House, will try again. Fe kept the doors with ability. ; Each member will ¢éoms here accompanied by g}t candidates for every office in the gift of the onse. Thod emoluments do not amount to muck in any case, but a vast number of patriots tre outof work since the close of the campaign. Members of Glee Clubs, whose mercenary lay brings nowno return, andleadersof Tanner squads, whose occupations are gone, offer them- selves as sacrifices to their country, and are pre- pared to accept anything and everything, froman office to = cigar. In Springfield zlone, thors is & host of candidates,—the provalent ides in this town being that Senators and Representatives dre elected for the especial benefit of its popula- tion. Hundreds must be disa) oinbag. The bofs want to be pages! Poor cl en! Hoaven help their innocence should they succeed! TIME OF MEETING. The General Assembly, in obedience to the Constitution, will meet onthe “ Wednesday next after the first Monday in January,” which will be the 8th of that month. The new officers will be inaugurated on the Monday _follow- ing,—the KEouse and Senate having, in the meantime, canvassed tho eleotion re- turns, and declared the mnew officers duly elected. Governor Palmor will communicate bis parting message; and Governor Oglesby, after his installment, will gend in his inaugural. Tho amount of work to be dene by the Assembly will ;éx;:bnbly occupy between three and four months. LEGISLATIVE BUBINESS. 'There are rumors of stacks of new bills on all possible and impossible subjects. There will be & large amount of repairing attempted. Tem- perance will probably come 1p in Some shape ; the rovision of the statutes will be continued; and an attempt will be made to abolish the Rail- road and Warehouse Commission. Messrs. Koerner and Hemmond will resign_their places in January, 50 as to givethe new Administration & chance to appoint their successors. THE NEW STATE-EOUSE has made excellent progress since work was re- sumed last spring. The north and west wings bave been raised two stories, and are nearly ready for the roof ; while the south wing has rigen anotber story. Tho building is_360 feet long and 240 wide. The wings spread out on each side of the main building. The Hall of Representatives will be on the second floor of the north wing, and the Senate-Chamber will be in the corresponding part of the south wing. The former will measure 86 by 80 feet, the latter 82 by 60.—the height of the ceilings being 30 feet. The Supreme Court will be located on this floor. The State offices, libraries, historical, geological, and other departments, will be on the main floor. The stairways will be of granite. The great ‘hall will be lined with marble, so that legislators can temporarily dwell in marble halls. The walls are of immenso thickness and strength. r. Picquenard, the architect; stated that, if it Sas not destroyed by the hand of man, the build- ing would be new twelve hundred voars from now. Where—oh! whore—ill we all be then? The dome will be quite a cariosity in architec- ture. Springing from the centre of the building, snd resting on = bese 90 feet in diameter, it wfi! soar skyward to s height of 320 feet. Eight im- mense piers of colored Missonri marble will stand inside, and a corkacrew stairs will wind its crooked way to tho lantern at the apex. The space between the piers will be bridged by handsome arches; and on brackets near the top.of the piers will stand statues of Justice, Pcace, Science, Mechanics, Agriculture, Com- merce, Lav, and Liberty. The figres are now being’ fashioned by Julius Nicolai, & Frengh sculptor of some fame in the East. ' He.is now buildi:g Justico, and will havo it5 companion finished by the time they are.needed. He has aleo desig;ed bas—relkg‘skgteheg, giving an alle- gorical history of the Btate, on & series of panels to be inserfed above the cornico of the rotunda, - 50 feet from the base. The figures will be life-size. The savage state will l{s»%vpifl.ed by an early trader swapping beadn and whiskey with an Indian for fars; the .introduction of Treligion is shown by & mis- sionary blessing a child held in the arms of his ‘mother, ontside a stockade ; u:eh&nstoral period ig indicated by & woman and child standing at the door of a log hut, while the husband and father drives a’plow hauled by a pair of oxen, which would have brought a_good price in Chi- cago during the epizoozy. Then comes the sur- render of the British outpost at Peoria to the Americans, in 1778. The Brit- ish are laying down their muskets, and the victorious Americans riding into the Euat on good-looking nags. The mission sent y Governor Ninisn Edwards, in 1811, to make peaco with the Indians, are pioneer-looking gen- tlemen, facing a squad of red men, The mission was nnsnccessful, war broke out in 1812, as may be remembered by the oldest inhabitant, and the episode is depicted in clay,—the Indians firing their arrows, and the militia’ blazing awsy with muskets. How it turned out is well known, The next panel will represent the Territorial Convention held at Kaskaskia, Dec. 81, 1818,— an old gontleman sitting in & chair, surrounded by the polititians of that generation. Thisis to call to the mind of the fature Illinoisian the day when his grand State was evolved out of the vastness of the Western wilds. Next is an old missionary,—intended to be Peter Cart- wright—preaching to a crowd of devout wor- shipers seated on rude benches. The Black Hawk war, and the swrrender of Blackhawlk, and Mrs. Blackhawk, and Master Blackhawk, and Miss Blackhawk, and all the urinebagos, is shown to the life. And then comes the de- bates between Lincoln and Douglas; and last, but not least by a long shot, the Chicago fire. Thus concludes a strange, eventful history, written in ineffaceable stone. east or main entrance will be surmount- ed by & pediment 90 fest long, and 12 fest high in the middle. It will contain an allegorical representation of the progress of Civilization in the Siate, from the savage condition to the present day of science, art, cultivation, and pro- gress. There is nothing else very new abont the building that has not been written of before. The Commissioners ssy that, if they get a mill- lion dollars next year, it will be resdyfor tho Logialature of 1875, but not entirely finished. Three n&;prolprhfinns have been made so far : $450,000 1n 1867, $650.000 in 1869, and £600,000 in 1871,—making a total of $1,700,000. There has bean oxpended to date $1,577,872.90,—leav- ing on hand & balance of £122,127.10. Both architects and Commissioners expect to finish the structure within the constitntional limit of £8,500,000. They probably think they would get nomare, whether finighed or not. LINCOLN'S HOME AND TOMB. __The State House will be an object of attraction in the future, but Spn‘n%field is already historic. Lincoln made it so. The plain and primitive dwelling, whence he went forth to greatness, still stands, and is visited by tourists. They also stsnd uncovered beside his tomb in the beantiful Cemetery of Oak Ridge, the most pleasant place in or near the city. ~The granite shatt which marks his resting-place._towers 100 feet high, overtopping the surrounding foliage. The tom! xs’ lhhe tl;ihm.a( of thousands to his memory, and, when the statuaryis in its place, will be worth a pilgrimage to see, for its architectural beauty, as well as for the associa- tions that cluster aronnd it. Were the ehaft raised 20 or 30 foet, the proportions would be better and more in harmony with the broad base upon which it rests. Othervwise, it ispleasing to the eye. The statne of Lincoln, of colossal size, to gtand in front of the shaft, is in Chicopes, Maes,, waiting to be sent for. * Meade w28 the sculptor. Lincoln stands hold- Ing the Emancipation _ Proclamation. The Temainin, statuery—four groups, repregenting the different arms_ of the United States service—are mot completed. They cost, 13,700 each,—the same 2s the statue. New York has paid for one; Chicago has engaged to supply another, having paid one- third of the money; and Boston an E’hiludel— phia have g}ven 8 promise to contribute the other two. Boston and Philadelphis will please take notice, as the groups are indispensable to thecompletion of the monument. The dedica- tion will take place some time. Governor Oglesby visited Secretary Seward last spring, and invited him to deliver the oration. Hs con. gonted. but hisfriends interfered, and wonld not allow him to undertake the journey on account of his debilitated condition, Who the orator will be, and when the dedication will take place, are now undstermined. 7 INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. -Bpringfield is glowly, but perce%fihly improv- ing, Having secured the State Capitol beyond the probability, if not the possibility, of remov- al, the attention of her citizens has been turned o moro proftablo pureuits, A Tolling-mill os- tablished last yeur has been 80 successful as to induce capitalists to start another; aud & watch- factory gives employment to many hands. Oéher industrial enterprises are under consider- ation. A now logal shinglo hangs o the outi new legel shinglé hangs on the outer wall of 8 bitilding on Sixth street: besaring the inscrip- tion, “John M. & John Mayo Palmer, Attorneys- at-Law.” That means Governor Palmer and gm son. Cincinnatns returns to the plow. Even ‘his political ogg;nsnts will give a meed of praise to John M. Palmer as an honest, able, and faith- fol public servant, sans peur et sans reproche. A WORE OF FICTION. Mrs. Springer, wife of the Hon. Wm. L. Springer, amused herself, while abroad, g o work of fiction, now. in the hands of Lippin- cott & Oo., the i’hflafl\:}fihfiu publishers. 1t is spoken of highly, and appear at the be; ning of the new year. w. BOSTON RELIEF. Report of the Committee Which Visited the Burnt City. How They Were Received and What Transpired While There. The following report was presented to the Board of Directors of the Relief and Aid Society at their meoting on Thursday evening, and the Committes, not deeming 1t necessary to call & public meeting, beg to present this to the citizens of Chicago as to the report of the Committes appointed by the citizens to repre- sent them at Boston ¢ fléhc:dBwrd of Directors of the Chicago Relief and Aid y GENTLEMEN : The Committee sppointed to proceed to Boston to convey to the citizens of that city your sincere sympathy, and the proffer of material assist- nnce for the relief of suffercrs by the fire of the 9th and 10th inst., beg leave to present the following brief report: On Monday following the action of your Bosrd, our citizens, st » mass meeting held in the Hall of the Chamber of Commerce, unsnimously indorsed your prompt determination 'to place at the dispoeal of tho Citizens’ Committes of Boston & sum not exceeding $100,000. _As, in somo scuse, this would only be giving ‘back to Boston & small part of the munificent amonnt 80 freely given to us in the dsy of our great meed, the citizens took steps for raising, by subscription, such sum o8 tho necessities of Boston and our sbility might warrant, and §50,000 was pledged at this mecting to this end, and your Committee was appointed to represcnt the feelings and action of our citizens at Boston. We, the undersigned, in the furtherance of these objects, has- tened to Doston, and had the honor to_conyey o tho proper Committees of that city, and through them to tho citizens atlarge, tho sentiments of sympathy and tho proffers of nid slike of your Board and tha people of Chicago, Wo only perform s sacred 28 well as pleasant dufy to assuro you of the grateful apprecia- tion which was on all hands manifested, and_the cor~ dinl reception of your Committee, o had the oppor- tunity of being presentat a mass meeting of citizens at Tremont Templeon the 13th inst,, and of listening totho enthualastic words and responees of warm ap- ‘preciation of your action deemed 6o instant, so gener- ous, and, in view of our condition, probably so unex- pected. On the morning of the 16th inst., the Citizen’s Com- mittee, of which Hon, William Gray'is Chairman, mnan- imously voted to accept all proffers of material aid, and your committee thon stated as the sum they werd authorized to tender, $100,000, and felt it was just to all concerned to explain the condition and work of this Society, and to assura the peoplo of Boston that we wera sincere and hearty in our contributions of aid, at tho same timo leaving them to determine the meas- ure of theirneed; and, if it should appoar there was 10 just demand for our contribution, it could be 5o re- ported to this Society and our citizens, and the funds returned to the subscribers and donors. Wo took pains to explain the working methods of our Society, and to leavo with the Boston Committeo our reports and forms, We were assured that the immediato personal distress Dy reason of the fire wis Dot great, ond not beyond the sufficient and prompt —resources~ st the disposal of the ~Commit~gi that, nevertheless, in view of the lurge nRTiber of persons thrownont of employment during the winter months —not less, probiubly, than 25850 mostly clerks, com- ‘mercinlagents, and travellnfs and sewing women,~who would require assistapcg, the action of the Committes was deemed expedient sud wise. What the final de- termination of {9 Committeeand citizens will be, anly time and byl necasaities of the case con develop. ‘The &~imates of the most careful and judicious per- 8007 Ssith whom wo had _opportunity of conversing, the pumber of families purned out not more thon 300 to 400, snd tha total loss of property at & money value of sbout' £80,000,000. In conclusion, your Committee beg to assuro you that they are not indifferent to the honor of ‘eing sour representatives und of the City of Chicago on a mission #o fall of {onder memorius and belpful mercy, and aro 8o croditable to the instant impulic, prompt action, and _grateful generosity of our com- munity. Respectfolly submitted, Lamp CorrrEn, H. A, JomNsox, N. E. Famsaxyx, Commitice, DON'T MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF." To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: The famous and eccentric Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, had s cousin (Jim Marshall), who was a noted plzgfliat in his day. Tom ‘was very proud of his usin's prowess, and thought that Jim could whip eny living man. On one occasion, Jim got into » Aight ‘with a party that hesoon diecovered was * too much for him,” stouter, more active, and, a8 a consequence, would certainly “thrash” him. Soon after the fight commencad, several persons rushed in, crying, *‘Part them! Part them!” which was precisely what Jim ‘wished them to do; but Tom interposed, with his long arms spread out, and his clarion voice mzflng'hi h above the rest, “Fair fight!” “Don’t part ’em !’ “Don’t part ’em!” Jim eecing that Tom's efforts would deter the others, and being very hard pressed, cried out to him with great earnestncss, * Tom, don't make a fool of yourself.” ‘When our cifizens heard of the great fir in Boston, grateful for what Boston hed done for them in a like calamity, they met together and subscribed liberally snd nobly for the reiief of the sufferers in that city, giving what they could ill afford to spare, in view of their straightened circumstances, the tight money ‘market, the long winter just ahead of them, and the thousaids of suffering poor in their midst ;' yet they gave freely and with gratefol hearts. It turns out that the suffering occasioned by the fire at Boston is Dot near 80 great sa was at first supposed, and her citi- Zens, with commendable public_spirit, say that they can take care of themselves, and decline taking money, -cratic candidate for st lesst from impoverished Chicago; but the Rev. Robert Laird Collier insiats that they “must take it;” that * they shall take jt.” Would it not be well for scme friend of his to telegraph him, * Collier, don't make a fool of yourself,” X, CHI104G0, Nov. 18, 1872, phidoiiae P e ATLANTA, ILL., ITEMS. ATrANTA, TIL, Nov. 22, 16872, Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tribune: S1r: We are having very cold weather for this section. Much of the corn crop remains unhusked; help is very acarce, and farmers are blue when dealers here only talk of the pitiful sum of 15 cents per bushel. As many here take & little of the ardent, they dislike very much fo giveup a bushel of corn fora * Tom-and-Jerry;” conse- quently, the drinking business is dropping off in pmfioxdon to the decline in the price of corn. T} ere are a fow farmers in this township who lots of cattlo, One firm, ampbell, aro feeding 600 head affords. They sold 10 are feeding hos Messrs. Yazell & of the best the coun ‘head to Mr. Joseph Bell, & dey or two since, av- eraging the enormous weight of 2,473 bs. They wuf‘ leave here for your market on Tueeday, Dec. 8, and will be at the Union Btock Yards on the 4th, when all lovers of fine Durham stock should not fail to put in an appearance, as such a sight is not often seen in any portion of our country. 2 o ‘We have so farescaped the epizootic and small- pox, but_hear of horses dying in_ surrounding towns, The small-pox is plentiful in Lincoln, 10 miles from here, and there are five cases in one family in Broadwell. ATLANTA, skl R ROCKFORD, ILL., ITEMS. Rooxrorp, TIL, Nov. 21, 1872, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: Our town has been unusually quiet for the past week or two, caused by the prevalence of the * epizootic.” Scarcely a horse is seen in the streets, except a few teams from the coun- try. Osxen are used for heavy drafts, as ex- pressage, wholesale goods, ete.; While smaller sreight is delivered in hand-carts, whealbarrows, -etc. . It is generally believed that the * epizoot ™ z 4 has had its “run” here in town, 2nd is much worse in the surrounding country. Ihave hoard of no deaths from this disease. Rock River is frozen over solid here, and numbers are enjoying themselves on skates. It has been a great many years since the river has frozen over 8o early. The weather has consid- erably moderated in the last twenty-four hours, and appearances indicate s snow-storm. Our Free Library, thoagh a new institution, is being well patronized, bgth by readers and by donations of books, Tag TRIBUNE is found on file there, and is eagerly resd by many who fre- quent (he place. % il C.J. ~“WASHINGTON. Reminiscences of the Campaign. Some Friends of Lewis Cass-<Cleve~ land and Detroit Cities The Iron Screw--H. B. Paine on Chase. From Our Own Correspondent. WASHINGTO, Nov. 19, 1872, During the past year, I have travelled many thousand miles,—one trip to Cuba, one to the Pacific Coast, one to Salt Lake, oneto Arkansas, two to Canads, and, for the rest, rambling over all the Eastern portions of the country ; 2nd, asT sit down to overlook the memoranda of these excursions, I see meny kindly names which de- serve commerndation for some knowledge gra- ciously tendered, but which were crowded out of the week’s record by less agreeablo and more imperative topics. THE REMATNS OF LEWIS CASS. Amongst the very communicative gentlemen I must remember John Hermon, of Detroit. He had been the editor of Cass’ old home organ for very many years, end had held the positions of Mayor and Collector of the Port. He gave very sincere and hearty support to Greeley and the Liberal movement, but I was chiefly interested in hearing him talk about Cass. A great deal of Cass’ property around Detroit has been sold oft to supply the desires of some of the children who have married and resitle abrosd. Cass’ residence at the Court of France inoculated his family with foreign preferences, and most of them remain permanently out of the country., His enormous property in the region of Detroit has been & good deal depleted by sales. Harmon told me of & scene at the Baltimore Convention, where Pierce wos nominated, which deserves to boput down. After balloting for some time, witi Cass shead, but never up to the two-thirds vote required, the State of Virginia swung off from Mr. Cass, and cast her vote for Daniel 8. Dickingon. Harmon went up to Dick- inson, and told him that JMr. Cass’friends ex- pected that he would retire—for that ballot at least—in Case’ favor. Mr. Dickingon said he would oblige Mr. Cass to that extent, and he did declino, but with bad grace; whereupon Virginia cast atl her ballots for Franklin Pierce, of New Hampehire ; and Pierce, at tho next bal- lot, was nominated. Harmon says that he was at Barnum’s Hotel; and that, after tho nomina- tion was made, hewas passingan open door there, and heard the voice of Dickinson, very Joud and indignant; and, without thinking, Harmon walked into the room. #}r, Harmon,” said Dickinson, “you have put me in the gusmon to-day of losing the Pres- idency of the United States. Old General Cass, standing out against hope, has crowded better men than himself to the wall; and, but for his request that I ehould get out of the way to-day, Franklin Pierce would not now be the nominee of u’zf"t"’ and I could have been chosen and elected.” Harmon seys it was all true, and, as soon ag ho could find it convenient, he retreated, and Joft the irate stateaman to beinoan his ovil for- une. Harmon eays that Cass was onoe of the most sensitive men he ever know about a naw!%bn}mr- attack, and would turn pale before it. his day, he a8 a man of some uterlingl character ; and it is & little gueer now to read dian Superintendent, he explored Michigav-Zln- ron, and the Northern - Lakes, only w-meo’s life- time ago. It weavsryplain to be scen, how- ever, that £33 Detroit people rotained little com- Parativo admiration for the latter portion of Casg' life, when he got to bo garrulous, and full of that sort of reminiscence which delights the teller more than the hearer. It was Martin Van Buren who cooked the goose of Mr. Coss at the time he was squarcly nominated by the party: and the resources, versstility, audecity, and lustre of Van Buren drove the great Colossus of Michigan to the wall. After his defeat by Van Buren, Caes hung along as & sort of standing candidato, and the will and fervor of his younger life d.iusgpeuc 80 that his friends generally pulled snd haulet him according to their wish, and finally got him out of Buchanan's_Cabinet in_time to save his roputation for loyalty. The old man was always thrifty, and even penurions, and probably publio life was no game to him after he became omi- nent, and he dropped into_a fine study of him- self and events, in which he was as timorous as any man becomes who gets the Presidoncy on the brain. THE MEMS ABOUT DETROIT. Detroit, a8 a city, has very much improved in tho Iast five years ; and I think that the scenery on the Detroit River is superior to that of any stream in the West. The collection of buildings in the'heart of tho city, of which the Opera-~ House is one and the Cify Hall another, is im- posing, and even grandiose. The City Hall is Baid to have cost £600,000, and is_one of the most comfortable specimens of civie offices in this country. As s city, Detroit never seemed to me to have thet strong, clear public spirit which e find in Cleveland, Chicego, znd other younger towns. A portion of this is due to the Wi type of public biogtaphy in that State. ere Zach. Chandler can be a great man, it will bo impossible for the finest type of averago character to prevail. TALK IN CLEVELAND. Cleveland is one of the most perfect of all the Western cities. It possesses provincialisms which are in themselves points of character; but over the whole city & gentle and cordial spirit prevails, and some of the pleasantest company in Amorics is to be found on that ‘Western Reserve. Amonget the gentlemen with whom I had conversation in Cleveland was H. B. Paine. This gentlemen was the Demo- overnor of Ohio against Salmon P. Chase, when the latter was re-elected, and he ran Chase so clogely that it took many days to know exactly how the State had gone. Mr. Paine is one of the wealthiest persons in the State of Ohio, and he may be said to possess almost an entire farm in - the very heart of the city, on that _moble Euclid avenue, which challenges sny in the world for the comfort of its residences and the splendor of ite herbage and lawns. 1r. Paine refused to be & candidate for Congross at the 1ast election, though all the botter interesis of the city solicited him. I was interested in henr- ing him recall his contest with Chase, and the mgnnnimlty with which he remembered his old opgonant. ¢ Ohase,” said Mr. Paine, as nearly 88 I can remember his remarks, ‘ has salways shown the full extent of his capacity in every public position which he has filled. As Gov- ernor of Ohio, he seemed to put his whole mind and heart in the work, and all parties are obliged to ramember him to this dsy as one of the best magistrates, if not the best, we ever had. When he went to tho top of the Treasury, some of us distrusted whether that field was not new and trying to his more scholarly abilities. For one, I wag ed and pleased to see how well he a0 uitted himself.” As to his alleged aspirations for the Presi- dency,” seid Mr. Peine, “Iam opposed to Jus- 3“5 gt the Eupaeine Oonrctnaeking umtch Execu- ive honor, andI was not in s ethy with cither M. Chago or Jadgo Davis 1n their politi: cal ambition. But, as life grows rounder and faller, I take some satisfaction to myself in hay- ing been an opponent of Mr. Chase, andin remembering that our rivalry was not embittered by attacks upon each other.” BICH OUYAHOGAXS, I agked Mr. Edward.Cowles, when in the Forest City, about the wealth of some of the most interesting men. If my memoranda donot deceive me, he put down Mr. Leonard Case as the wealthiest Clevelander, and estimated his wealth at from 7,000,000 to $10,000,000. Mr. Cose is a modest, unassuming gentleman, whose charities are q‘met' but it is the belief of Oleveland people that he distributes sbout $100,000 in benefits per annum. The splendid Library-hall which = he has built for Oleveland is ofiteeif a civic monument. Amasa Btone, of Cleveland, is said to possess 5,000,000 worth of Broporty; J. F. Wado, abont ,000,000; and H. B. Paine, about $83,000,000. George Worthington’s estate at Cleveland is thought to be worth about £2,500,000, and Still- man Witt is thought to possess between $2,000,000 and 83,000,000, e largest income of Cleveland is supposed to be that of & sewing machine proprietor by the name of Wilson, Who is said to sell 800 machines & weok, which cost slbs _iapflece,e Slbeu ‘:1 Iv;vholeanle fm;“h 985, and at rotail for ; and his income is be £300,600 per annum. e CLEVELAND CLIMBING PITTSBURGH. _ The apprzised value of the City of Cleveland is about $80,000,000, but its real value is proba~ bly nearer £200,000,000. Its banking capitel is about $83,500,000; and, as a manufacturing centre, it seems destined to become the most ow, 23 In- | and to pass Pittsburgh in» very fow years, in almost overy branch of manufacturing develop- ‘| ment. Its manufacturers havea nicer intelli- gence than those of Pittsburgh; and the near- ness of the spot: to mines of coal snd to ores of iron and copper, as woll sg to the oil-fields, romise Cleveland more rapid dsvelopment than its heavy 2nd grimy neighbor at the fopt of the Monongshels.” Somo individuals of Glavélend and Pitteburgh were guilty of an attempt, $ome time ngo, to make & universal oil-cornor. By such devices, Commerce eats its head off. In 1832 Cleveland City had but 1,800 poople, but in 1840 this number had jumped up to 6,000, In 1850 the population was 18,000, and in 1860 it was the fifth city on the Lakes, with 43,000. In 1870 it yaa the g{md_ Lake city, with 93000, and at present it contains 125,000 people. Cleveland folks believe that in 1880° it will be the second city on the Lakes, and in 1890 tho first city! The mental energies of* Cleveland are not equel to those of Chicago. The average Chica, i gort of enormouns human mosquito, w Clevelander hes a gentle, household disposition, and goes along to fortune with a quiet and steady pull ; but the resources of Cleveland grow almost to its very gates. It standsin a delicious climate, full of frmit; and it pos- gegses one of the worst ports on the Western Lokes.. They are now building & water-tunnel liko that of Chicago, ont into Lake Erie, an it may be, for augfic I knovw, already opened., OUT ON LAKE ERIE. Amongst the pleasant enjoyments of the town, o sail on the Lake, upon the yacht, is not the least interesting; and I went_out twice with 8 young banker by the name of Weeks, who told me that the City of Toronto hadmore fine yachts that all the American cities togetner on the Lakes. He said that the inclinations of Chicago ran into base ball, with a slight tendency towards _horse-racing. Yachting on the Western Lakes is no great fun; for the squalls rise up without warning, and the ports are of such character that they can seldom be made during & hard blow. A Western port looks to Eastern oyes like a trough out of & horse-pond. Some of the Cleveland folks entertain the notion that their great harbor in_the future will be Rocky River, about seven miles from the city ; and there the imaginative propose to dig out great docks, and Iot the lake pass through solid stone avenues to the said docks, and to put the manufactories around this new port, and relieve Cleveland trom the burden of coal and com- merce. & THE HOLY PIG. One of the most enormous corporations begot- ten in Cleveland is the Cleveland Rolling Alill Company, of which A. B. Stoneis President. ‘This concern co; 08 the ChicagoBridge Com- pany ; rolling in Chicago and Decatur, I, leveland and Newburg, O.; Bessemer steel- works at Newburg ; enormous furnaces ; 80,000 acres of coal-land in Tllinois ; and a large wire- mill near Cleveland, which constructs for Phila- delphia wire-springs to replace rubber in freight- cars, A gentleman interested in Cloveland iron told me tiac it cost but_£23 & ton to make pig-iron, end the price of itunder the tariff was $5%; while nails worth $60 a ton a_year ago are now worth from 290 to 895. Theseprices may have D} changed somo little since the summer. Some few figures will convey to you sn ides of tho rising busincss of the Forest City : Three hundred cars are said to run daily between Cleveland and the Mahoning coal and iron refion, laden with fuel and ore. The Standard Oil Company, in Clovelund, réfines 7,000 barrels per diom, which, at 9308 barrel, makes $210,000 & day of mineral value; and, according to some accounts, there are eight trains of crude oil coming into Cloveland a day. E TIE OLD OHIO ABOLITIONISTS. Cleveland iz ono of tho banner cities of the Republican party; but, during the past elec- tion, everybody was perfucflfi good-humored, and a Greeley man was as well entertained as if he carried abull-pup under his arm. Tho Btate gave its most trerendous Republican ma- {an'by “during the war, when Jobn Brough beab yallandigham by about 100,060. Ohio posgesses some noble names in the his- tory cf tho country. Perhaps no man of his class had moro stature, and i8 8o nearly for- gotten, a8 Joshuz Giddings. Many people who ars now living on the Republican party were Qislikers of Giddings while he lived, and fow «eans ore sung in the man's praise. His aughter married the Hon. George W Ju- lisn, who was a Greeley champion in Indiana. His sons resido in Jefferson, Ashtabuls County, and ere lawyers of the usual clsss. The Repub- lican movement in the State of Ohio took dimensions and orgenization soon aftor the {:M 1640. Solmon P. Chase was in that year a law- yer of Cincinnati, 2nd he was an Anti-Slavery an b8 early 23 1842, In that year Dr. Gamaliel Bailey and Mesars Lewis & Chase were leaders of tho Liberty pacty. Lewis died nearly twenty sears ago, after running for Governor in the Year 1876, In tho years 1941, 1842, and 1848, the preatest anti-negro mobs broko out in this State. Giddings romained a Whig until 1848, and voted in that year for Henry Clay. He mede tremendous fights in the Ashtabula District, and carried it by from 2,000 to 4,000 votes. Gid~ dings, Ben. Wzade, and Rufus P. Ranney were all Elw-pumem in the Town of Jefferson ; and it is doubtfal whether any legal firm in.the country ever contained threemen of such singu- lar end unequal force and vigor. Ranney has been considered for many years to be the leading lawyer in Northern Ohio, and one of the best [: ond most patriotic Democrats in the country. He is now in ill-health, but preserves his tre- mendous force, and, 88 =n pleader, is withont s rivel in strong, searching statement, invective, and dissection. Dr. Bailey, who published the grest organ against Slavery, first at_Cincinnati, and after- wards at Wi i:lon City, whoso press was thrown into the Ohio River, and whoze office was mobbed and his life threatoned in Washington, ‘as left an interesting family, of which the ladies are now in Europe, and the oldest son is & suc- cessful practitioner of petent-law in Wash- ington. CEEVELAKD NEWSPAPER EMIGRES. Amongst the good-humored men whom Imef at Cloveland was F. W. Greene, publisher of tho Plaindealer. He_related with s good deal of ‘huomor how he, end Chauncey Olds, and D. G. Desney, voted, in 1654, for the repeal of the Afis- souri Compromise. The value of the newspaper property in Cleve- - Jand has enormously appreciated, In 1865 I was offered either a third or a half—TI think one-half —of the Cloveland Plaindealer for $2,500. That aper cannot how be gnxchued or$50,000. The ader 1a stocked, T believe, at §150,000, and its proprietors also publish an evening paper, with &nother nomo, deriving news botn from the Awerican and the Western Associated Press. Out of this city proceeded, in large part, Tme Crmicago TRIBUNE. Joseph Medifl published the' Forest Cily in this city as early 0811852, He had ‘been preceded in the publishing interest by the Clnve&ud Gazelte, which was issued as early as -1818. The present Cleveland Herald was pub- Demo- lished in 1819. The Forest City ond True crat were united in 1853, and the entire estab- lishment in 1854 became the Cleveland Leader. In 1855, acting in f“‘ upon the suggestion of Horace Greeley, Joseph Medill left Cleveland Tor the rising City of Chicago, and he, and John T. Vaughn, and Alfred Cowles engugad in the enterprise which has pnssed throngh so many memorable years of Chicago's affiuence. Vaughn had been formerly publisher of the Free Ameri- can, at Lexington, Ky., which paper moved to Cincinnati afterward. He is the father of a well-known litorary lady by the:name of Virginia Vaughn. SHERMANS AND BROWNS. e The Sherman family is greatly occupied in holding offices in the State of Ohio. Charles T. Sherman is United States Circuit Judge in Cleve- Jand; his son is Asgistant District Attorney, and his brother-in-law, Afr. Moulton, has some other office. One of the interesting living men of the Btate of Olio ig John Brown, Jr., Who resides on an island in Put-in-Bay, and raises gfipes. _During the last campaign, he publighed a card in favor of Grant; and, by the way, Sam. Cox, who nsed to perambulate Ohio maiing speeches on the enormities of the Abolitionists, with one of John Bmwn‘x{fpikes as an illustration, is finally 1aid on the shelf in tho State of New York. There are some kinda of things which the politicians can- not fight, and ono of them is a braye revolution, such as Brown's, which, though not to be de- fended in the light of society, 18 still defensible in the great court of human nature,and illus- trious by its most famous success. 2 1 was conversing, & few days ago, with a gen- tleman who had visited John Brown, Jr., at his little home, and he said that the man revered the memory of his father, and was simple, in- quisitive, and sturdy, and sometimes acted as if he had alittle latent insanity, as, for instance, ‘when ons night he took up & stone and'said : 4 Did you ever feel an enormous incentive to destroy somothing ?* The man made haste to get hold of the stone and throw it over a fence, because Brown's ac- tion was sltogether tco_animated not fo excite some apprehensions. The Ohio poople do not ‘believe that the Browns held Fred. Douglass in the first consideration ; for he, when asked to join the inyasion, is said to hove slipped out with more dexterity than graco. However, is not to be wondered at, for I believe that an- other great character hastenedinto s reformatory and submitted to ghower-baths at the time Cap- tain Brown made his memoratle invasion. The old Abolitionist, taken together, were like men of all human parties,—good, bad, snd indiffer- ent ; some of them were simple and great; and many of them, when buse, as & humanizing el- pawertul city of the midland Western <codbry, | ement, cessed to be ¢f effeot; found all! their’ " howlin, talent gone. " ., . TANGSTON AND FRED. o Fred Dougless nud- Langston sre set down'in the papers 1s nob Ioving each other overmuch, This Langston is an voroliable, nearly-white fellow, with considerable ability at phrase-mek- ing, and not much sense. He it sverlastingly in Bearch of office, and Dougless, who, is &. well- ordered man, with a round head, is re- ported to bave gone to President Grant and enubbed Langzton's aspirations. Langston's notion, wes that the - colored race should -have some Cabinet position, becauss it had voted for | Grant, and hé had constructed himeslf into the representativo of tHe colored race as sforesaid. . Douglass had serise enotigh to know that color is & pretty mean qualification, except for matri: mony, and that Langston would make a donkey of himself in whatever position he conld get. Fred. Douglas comes from the Eastorn Shore of Maryland, and has & good, oystery nature about him. He opens up well. GATIL THE SNOW-BLOCKADE. Frouble on Minnesota Baiiroads—Ad= ventures of Pussengers and Offi clalse From the Winena (Minn.) Republioan, Nov. 20, The snow-blockede at the western énd of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad coatinues to excite much interest in this city and elsewhere. A Republican reporter called at the office of the train despatcher of the Winons & St. Peter Rail- road this mornini (Wednesdsy) to learn the latest news from Buperintondent Stewsrt, and affairs, genorally, at the western end. There is no telegraph beyond New Ulm, and all commu- nication from beyond that point has o come in the slow and old-fashioned way of teams. The *very latest” was brought into New Ulm, this morning, by s teamster. Who reports be saw AMr. Stewart with hia snow-plow and shovel brigade at the Bi% Cottonwood, forty miies west 0f Now Ulm. It was nob exactly & Balaklava, but, snow to the right of him, snow to the left of him, snow front and back of him, gathored and drifted. Ho was literaliy packed 1n with drifts at the front and rear of the train, unsble to go either way, with the snow driliing g0 furiously, on Tuesday, that it was impossible for the shovellers to make any headwsy against the blinding storm. The track and cuts filled up faster than the snow could be shoveled ont. To-day, the weather was calm at New Ulm, with o prospect of the wind going down enough to give the snow-plow a fair chance. News was also brought that one of the con- struction-engines had started from the extremoe western end of the track to come east in charge of John Mosher, the well-known_veteran engi- neer of the road. He got to Marshall all right, ‘but there the locomotive was ditched, as if the snow-drifts were not enough to try the patience of the railroaders. This is all that conld bs learned to-day. It is evident that many of our fellow-citizens are having a rare and nnenviable experience among the drifts. . E 0 St. Paul Press has been furnished with some very interesting incidents of the storm and adventures of passengers on the Winona & St. Peter Railroad, aun'ngnmt week. A party of ex- Ccursionists, among whom was Major J. H. Don- sldson, of St. Pai iorted for a trip to Lake Kampeska, and gob caught in the very midst of the terrible storm. They left St. Panl on Tues- day, and that eveni g it began to enow and blow. The report continnes : “New Ulm wts passe: arrived ot Big Cottonwood, forty miles west of New Ulm, the air wes so flled with the flakes Which fell and were_whirled gcross the big, almost treeless prairie, that it conld go o furfher. Our trains resched the eame epob in the same ' condition, and before lon: threo weatward an two eastw: bound trains wero snowed in. It was midnight on tho prairie. These were 2ll con- struction trains, but on them were 125 passen- ers. Colonel DeGraff had joined Major onalson at New Ulm, on his way to the end of the rosd, where 1,000 men were wirking for him. The night and the next day were spent in the cars, and then provisions were out and some- thing must be done. Tho passengers already repented that they ‘had takenat this season of the year H. G.’s advice o ‘go West. They wanted to go home, but couldn’t, and so Major D. aud & few others started out to reconnoitre. Four houses were found—section hounses—abont 16x2:i— and these were _stormed, the whole crowd being dividled up among them. Upwards of biuty in each honso—dependent for an unknown period on the provieions on band for food. The case looked eomewhat serious and the ration question loomed up portentously Defore the company. Bsskets and valises had been emptied; Dr. F.’s cordial, Msjor D.’s eoothing syrup, Colonel DeG.’s cough mixture, pmpare% especially for tho “horse-disesse,” all, sll'was gone ; but tho hoepitality of the citizens wag larger than their accommodations, and. the hungry crowd was mode wolcome. ~Hon. Mr. TLangley and his wife and Major O. T. Hays rep- Tesented Haatings in the company. AS soon as all were packed well away, delegates from esch house began to make desperate sallies: ‘out to see what had become of others. Major ~ Donaldson hunted up Mr. and Mrs. Langley, about a half mile away, and found the honorable gentleman seated | in & corner peeling_potatoes, while his wife was assisting at washing dishes. An inquiry for : Major iys was snswered by the intelligence ‘that ‘the little fellow was lying around up ‘stairs.’ Hunting him up, the 6 200 Ibs. was found playing checkers, with men impro- vised for the occagion with & jack-knife. “Major D., Colonel DaGreif, and about twen- ty-five othors, were quartered with Mr. Edward Bennett, and the Major, who arrived in St. Paul Jest evening, expressed himself as under the eatest obligations to this gentleman and his ospitable wife. s ¥ “But the storm continued, and the provisions could not Iast always. There were no shovels, s0 the men could not dig themselves out, and it was twenty-six miles to the nearest station. Two braye men, however, were on hand to make this erilous joarney in the blinding, pitiless storm. nductors Brown and Goodman, determined to get help, started ont, seying as they left, *Do ‘the best you can for yourselves, and.we will not come back till we bring you help.” They went, 2nd, as was afterward found, succeeded in mak- ing the journey, and in telegraphing the sitna- tion to Winona. This was dons on Thuradsy. +T¢ wonld make an interesting story to relste tho particulars and serio-comic incidents of these four days; to tell how those who visited the cara held on to each other's cost tails to keey from getting separated and lost in the blinding, orm; how they had to climbup im- menss ts and_elide down them to the cars; Thow, at night, roll would be called and each per- son assigned to his ‘couch,’ 62,.on the floor or table, a8 the case might, be;. how all slept calmfy, except one man of falth, who, in hi¢ troubled dreams, often muttered : * I don’t care a continental—Colonel De Graff says he's going toflfn here another week, and if he don’t gel help tg ™ end when the train cn, he's got an engine of his own!” “ Friday cnm:: and, in reply to_the anxious uiry, ‘Is the wind going down?' came Can- fleld’a Tesponse— Yes, down the prairie like—!' “But spice forbids these details. Colome] DeGraff was anxious about his men. They had received 100 sacks of flour and eight hoad of cattle, just before the storm, but thia could not lsst them long. BSoa party was organized, of which he and Major D. were members, to driva forty miles to New Ulm, to seek assistance. They started on Saturdsy morning, but, before reaching their destination, met Superintendent Stewart with his business car and a working force, coming after them. Mr. Stewart de- Berves great oredit for his promptmess and zeal in_this work. Heh t;m! in " the front with his force of eig] men, encourag- ing and working with them. He had with him three engines, but no snow plow, and when he sent for one it was_started out-and wrecked by collision With a freight train. Thetrain return- ed to New Ulm at night, and Colonel DeGrafl loaded np & supply frain andsiarted out thenext day behind the working force, determined o spare neither pains nor expense, and willing to undergo any hip to get to his men at the western end. 5 \When Major D. left, Superintendent Stewart hoped to Teach Cottonywood by Sunday Lizht, fire up the five engines thers_and push on, with the expectation that Colonel DeGraff’s men with their two engines would iry to come and meet them, in which case he expected to open com- munication with them by to-night (Tuesdsy).” From the St. Paul (Minn.) Press, Nov. 20. Last night, about 5:40, a very much. disgusted porty of railfosd officials disembarked from & palace car at the Sioux City Depot, and silently stole” homeward with'wearied bodies and sleep- laden eyes. Said party were the officers and directors of the St. Snnl and Sionx city Railroad Company, who, on Tuesday, the 12th, leit this city, per special train, for the western terminus of tho rond. This, party was® composed of Messrs. E. F. Drake, President; ~Colonel John §. Merism, Vico President; Hor- ace Thompson, . Treasurer; Aessrs. J. .0 Burbaok, Captain Russoll Blakely and General 3, H. Sibley, Directors; George A. Hamilton, Secrotary; John F. Lincoln, Superintendent Colonel Princs, A. H. Wilder, of this city, an F. W. Princa snd the Harrison Bros., of Min- nenpolia. It was the mtention of the party to make a thorough and. gearching:-examination into the condition of the road, and-note whor, in their opinions, it would b 1nost profitablo to erect. the new portablesnow fences just provic by the Company. They now consider thomselves | o of direful 85 erpinently qualified to make practical sugges— tions upon this important matter. 4 time, Tha party arrived in Sioux City in goo 'tuli: - and proceeded to the enjoymentof the hospi ‘ ties of tho good folk of the city, when they &'d'” startled from their morry-making by tho sudder, appearanco of an ominons SnOW storm. Snow storms didn’t much affect the people of Smn_xt City,- but-20_our experi azcarsioneers it import, and they concluded thaf tho sooner they commenced to investigate tho condition of the back track, the sooner they would got back to_the bosom of “their fami; lics. Ho the larder wes hastily rephmflgi and the iron horse fed, ond at 1:20 Wednesdzy afternoon they started in the blinding storm for home. They got @8 far as LaMars, where they essayed to telegraph throngh, but the lightning wouldn't work. The storm incressed 1o fury, 2nd it wes soon found impracticable for them to go farther, and they possessed themsylves in atience until Fridey morning, when Sayerio- endent Lincoln sent four men over the Jine with 8 _team to East Orange, where pluay Generzl Bishop was engaged with his coo= struction train, with instructions to him to coma on to La Mars withhis train and men. This the General did, brinsing with him fifty mén. His. engino was turped, and, on Saturday morning,. the party left Lo Mors, the construction tram. going shead and breaking the way. No very’ great difficaliy was experienced, and that night. they reached Sheldon, fifty-eight miles. Sunday - morning they left Sheldon and p‘“&s:d further into the smow ocenn. By working the men in: two watches, six hours esch, they managed:to: plow through to Bigelow by'S o'clock Saturday * aiternoon. _ Here they remained over night, snd enjoyed the hospitalities of two young: Boston bachelors, Frothingham and Morse, who @id ell in their power to make the party com- forteble, and to whom_the visitors feel greatly obliged. Monday morning, at 7 o'clack, the in- trepid party again dashed into the misty curtain of flying enow, and after a repetition of the revions dsy’s lsbors, reached Worthington st :30 in the afternoon, Hero they found them- selves dienppointed, for the entiro line from that point to St. James was a mass of guow banks and ice formations. They- concluded that it would be better to turn back and try and reach home by way of soms of the eastern _connections, and” Tueadsy morning they started beck to_Le Mars, leaving Superintendent Lincoln at Worthingion, that indomitable officer declaring that bhe was going to clear that railroed out or he would lobby & bill throngh the Legislature Erohibitmg amow- stormsin the winter. On the way back the gentlemen of the party *spelled” the laberezs through one snow-bank, and evinced an aston- ishing dexterity at the shovels. From Le Mars the party came home by way: of ‘g’ntarlou and Lyle, reaching this city last. night. Superintendent Lincoln is still fizhting snow-- ‘benks between Worthington £nd St. James. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Cincinnati papers are now discusaing: Horse ; and Hi Imgortanca to Bociety” N —The St. Louis Giobe is accused of berrowing: an editorial from the Nebraska City Chronicle. —The old Masonic Temple in New Haven, Ct., was sold atanction Saturday morning to H. P. Frost for $23,000. .—The building satistics of New Haven, Ct., for th year, aggTegate 51,500,000 —Samuel Reed and Levi B, Tuttle have been declared ‘* not guilty” of causing the fire’ which. destroyed the village of Ayer, Mass. At Amberst College, hereafter, the deport- ment of students will not be reckoned in matirg up tho rank, but they will be judged according to their scholarship alone. —The Boston Belief Committee give it as their opinion that $1,000,000 will be needed to carry those dependent upon them throngh this emergency. —A narrow-gauge railwsy, to open up the north and northeast, is the latest enterprise. which is attracting the attention of Montrealars. —A Boston correspondent of the Hartford Courant notices the numerous statues f.herafind says that every Bostonian who dies with a high. forehead immediately has a statue erected to —Honston has been defested for State Capital ¢ Thes of Texas., The vote stands,so far asheard from, for Austin, 32,576; Houston. 19,735;, Waco, 6,034 —E. 1.. Keeler, Iate Postmaster and Treasurer: 2t Wilton, Conn.. has absconded with $10,000 be- langing to his creditora and the town, having be- come involvuda by reason of stock specelations, with tho town's mosey. . ’ —Three weeks ago, George N. Peay, of Louis- ville, Ey., loft for New York to settle 10 _estate, and & draft was sent him for 84,700 to make the necessary payments. The draft wes paid, and Mr. Peay is missing. —Five years ago the person of the Mikado of Japan was held 80 sacred that it was a crime unishable with death for any one to mske a aving, puinting, o likeness of biz. Now he has had hi photograph taken, and copiesare sold at Yeddo for 50 cents each. —Jesse Funk, stabbed to death by his mis— tress, at Circleville, Ohio, on Monday; was Ton; 2 gambler in Columbus. ile there he seduce Alice Moore, and took her to Circleville. Badly treating her, she returned, snd Funk followea, got possesaion, and took hog Back. Gamblers who Ymew the parties will tdlie' the-part of the woman. —A speech ¢n the oceasion of the hunnhingg the Prussian iron-clad Hansa : ““By order of Hi Majesty the Emperor, -this-corvette iz to be called the Hansa. She is the first iron-clad ever built in & German dock-yard, and her launch is & memorial event in the history of the German Navy. Her name is also asignificant one ; it re- minds us of a time when German fleets entirely commanded the North Sea and the Baltic. May this name be of good augury, and may it be granted to the Hansa to witnees such s sight once more.” —Thers is trouble in Ruatan, the island of tranqulil delights. A number of men, who de~ serve no better name than guerillag,left Truxillo, Spanish-Honduras, and invaded- Rustan; carry= ing fire ard sword. The Governor was deposed. by them and he fled acrosa the water. Another Governor was immediately installed, but he was not a fighting man, therefore was compelled io- seels a place where the wild woodbines twine. Tifty of the peaceful inhabitants were compelled. to flee hastily. Houses were burned and planta~ tions pillaged, but we did not learn that sny human blood was shed.—New Orleans Republi~ can. PERSONATL. —Gov. Hoffman is going to Emrope im January for a couple of years, —Thiers is getting to be as bad ss Colfax. He has “retired” five times. —The Rev. C. R. Fisher, of Hariford, Ct., had at last accounts done 1,302 marriages. —N. C. A. Rayhonser, of the Lafayette Courier, -is & candidate for State Librarian of Indiana. —Col. Robert M. Kelley, editor of the Louis- ‘ville Commercial, has been appointed by Pro- dent Grant Pension Agent. . = —Mrs. Mary Kemble Sumner, widow of the late Gen. William H. Sumner, died at herhome, near Boston, last Saturday. —Edwerd Tompkins, of the California Senate, and Regent of the University, in which he had ‘endowed s Professorship, died last week. . —The New York BSenate is in session to make 2 final disposition of the cases of Judges Prindle, of Chenango, and Curtis, of New York. —G.T. Buchanan, Chief Engineerat the Na- tional Military Asylum near Augusta, M., whiie working -among 8ome gasoline ngs‘natuz, was ‘burned, last Monday, so that he di . —Father Hyacinthe wholly disregards the vio- lent attacks that have been made upon him einca ‘his marriegs, and announces that he shell go on celebrating mass ag usual. ~The Rev. Gilbert H. Robertson denies that o intends to appeal to s higher court, but s3y8 o will remaits in Louisville, and, in a new line of duty, live down the late unpleasantness. H. Scranton has resigned as Superintend- ent of the Connecticnt Shore Line Railroad, Yaving scoepted the position of General Mznager snd Superintendent of the New Orleans, Mooils & Texas Roilroed. . ZThe Private Secretary of Gov. Petham; of Maine, has received from Sir Charles Biddolph a reply to a note ukini for Queen Victoria’s auto- groph, saging that Ber Msjesty regretted sba could no? gratify him, having made it & rule never to sign her name for fun. —The New York Conrt ‘of Appeals has pro= nounced: its decision affirming-the validity of the appointment of Enock L. Fancher a3 ‘Judge of the Bupreme - Court ingls.ce'ol'.)'ud @ Bare nard. The guestion was whether. the Senste, having as a Court of Impeachment created the vacancy, retained 8o much of its Senatorial pre- rogative ay to require its consent to the new ap- pointnent. The Ale and Beer Clause of theliassay chusetts Liquor Law. From the Springfleld Union, Nov, 15, Judge Lord, probably the ablest Judgenow upon the.8aperior Court bench in-this State, has ruled in a liquor case at Lowell, that the clanse of the Liquor law anthorizing cities and towns £0 approve the sale of ale and_beer in their lim= its is anconstitutional and void, and that such & vote would be no defence for s liquor-geller ar- rested for vuch agale. District Attorney Ste: of this city, as well 43 gome of the other bes: lawyars:of .the State, has always held & similar opinion, and the decision of the Supreme Court, to which the quéstion now goes on the raling of Judge Lord, will ba awaited with much’ interest