Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1872, Page 1

VOLUME 26. CHICAGO, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1872. NUMBER 98. ‘INSURANCE. CARD. arth British and Mercantile INSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ©Office, 50 William-st., New York. This Company baving pasecd tbrough the Ghicago and Boston conilsgrations w1th heaty Iosses, wolen bate been plomnl.lg. ‘wilhout materially reduciog ‘the large Fire reservo of the Company, which i3 still over 52,500,000, feels called pon to take s firm stand for the ®alety'of the public and 1tself. ‘The recent disasters provo {he necessity of Largo Re- serves and immense Resources to meet, similar emeren. <ies: togocurs these, adequate rates of premium must be cbtained, and £rgo collectivo liabilities must be assumed. with great cac lon, Qur system o linbilities in all tho larsecities in tho Unl- 1ed States, which has proved so successful both in the ‘Chicago and Boston conflagrations, fs such that no one 2ho public of entira security. and nothiog shall causa s o derlate from it. Such a pledge makes the Policies of iy Company worin sy resbanabionaie, ° F “¢ 5 canno Jonger tamper with inadaqito rates of prem- fum , Which have broved tho AoMesotion. of se sy Firs Tostfance Compaaies and 0cc381008 Suoh AISAPHOBLACRE 2nd loss to the assured. Belicring that the At mass of insurers are fully persusded as to the wisdom «f our posi- ‘tion, we shayl be happy to transact business with them on the terms proposed, and we invito the activs cu-operation of 21 Faliabls companics. DIRECTORS. PR e Babaen 1 BAVID DOY: B Bisid bows & Go: EGISTO P. T i & Chauncey. £ B CHITTEND! B. Chittenden & Go. ¥ et Of Rooscvelt & Soa. CAPITAL, - - = -~ - . 810,000,000 FIRE RESERVE, Bogion diducted, - 9,500,000 LIFEASSETS, - - - - - 11000000 $93,500,000 WM, CONNOR, GHAS, E. WHITE, { Associste SAMCP. BLAG‘EEN.% Managers. S, M, MOORE & CO., Agents, 213 East Madison-st, Chicago, IIL _HOLIDAY GOODS. RECENT IMPORTATIONS Vienna & Paris Goods Now opening and for sale at BURLEY & TYRRELL, 214,276 & 278 Wahashay,- COR. VAN BURE: TOYS AND FANCY GOODS. Schweitzer & Beer, . IMPORTERS OF Toys and Famey Goods, Bohe- mian Glassware, China and Lava Goods, Baskets, Ac- cordions, &e., &c. 154 ST ATE-ST. Near Monroe. CLOAKS. CLOAK DEPARTHIENT Special Bargains, FIELD, LEITER & CO. Have just received and will offer at Retail, MOXNDAY, Nov, 25,100 IMPORTED. VELVEE CLOAKS, richly trimmed with fur and Passa- | menterie, at $15 to $60 and $75 each, These garments are all well made and in the LATEST STYLES, We consider them the best value we have ever offered in this department, and ladies in want of Velvet Cloaks should esamine at their earliest convenience, FIELD, LEITER & 00, State and Twentieth, and Madison and Market-sts. OIL PAINTINGS, CHROMOS, &e. NEW ART STORE. Marks & Parker, (Formerly A. J. Marks,) : Haveopened a Fine Art Store at 146 State=-st. ‘We havein stock Fine Oil Paint- ings, Chromos, Steel Engravings, Gold and Fancy Frames, Albums, Stereoscopic Views, and a fine line of Holiday Goods opening daaly. MARKS & PARKER, 146 STATE-ST. Visiting and Wedding Cards en- graved to order. REMOVAL. A A A A A~ A A AN ‘We have removed to the Whole- sale Department of our NEW STORE, entrance on Monroe-st., where we shall be pleased to se¢ both Wholesale and Retail cus- tomers. ‘We hope to open our full stock in the Retail Department during the weel. N, MATSON & 60, STATE AND HONROESTS REMOV.AL. FASHIONABLE FURNITURE! Y. W, STRONG FURNITURE C0, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. FURNITURE. RUDOLPE & THOMALEN 153 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. FINE AND MEDIUM FURNITURE. Small expenses, small profits, low prices. —— HOTELS. ANDERSON'S EUROPEAN HOTEL. 143 and 143 East Madison-st., g Between Clark and LaSalle-sts. This House is now in full ronning order. Accommoda. 2lons for 175 guests. First-class in all respects. Restaurant opes from 63, m. till 9 p. m. GENERAL NOTICES. BEWARE! Don’t fool away your money on the spuri- ous. The genuine HOW I FOUND DR. LIVINGSTONE, written by Stanley him- self, is published only by Scribner, Arm- strong & Co., N. Y., and Hadley Brothers & Kane, 136 State-st., Chicuzn.\ Agents wanted. ] STEAN HEATING, Bstimates furnished on spplication. Jobblug. HERON, SMITH & MOOERS, 76 West Washington-st. FINANCIAL. Ont our old, overdue claims,sbills, notes, accouats, ete., for colleotion by FRASIER'S MERCANTILE COLLEC- TION AGENCY. No charges nuless collections aro made. Send for circalar. TL.oans Negotiated Onrealestate, in the.eity or suburbs, at current rates. G. S. HUBBARD, Jr., 168 East Washington-st.. WANTED. WANTED T0 EXCHANGE. Good unimproved farming Jand i; for pian “u»mfi':“mum%;.{ga;};g‘:“’; b S Roaror 10 Inducari, Doliiat, ‘MISCELLANEOUS, FOR PHOTOGRAPHS Goto T. 8. JOHNSOX'S New Photo, hic St )y 7 Gotiazo Grovo-tras comes LRAT-Siguihmta, 1oL 760 General steam GUNS, PISTOLS, &c. E. E. EATONS, NEW LOCATION, 53 STATE-ST. SPECTACLES. A A A A A MONEY CANNOT BUY IT! For Sight is Priceless ! ! But fie Diamond Specfacles will Preserve It If you value your eyesight use these perfoct Mnsasa ground from minute crystal pebbles, melted together, anc Gerive their name, **Diamond,” on_account of their Herdncss and Brilllancy. _They eill last many. fesmoith: outchange, and are warranted superior to all othersin ESBENCER & CO., Optioians, Now York. N N 2 cians, k. . L CAUTION "Noie genuine tbless stamped with oir o zaar) : . 5 Forgale_b; b hout the Union. 3.8 M8y 8 SEB IR AETE A N dton: sk, 3od W, M. MAYO, corner Wabash-av. and Tywenty- s JORN g.hfiLEllAK’ No. 452 ‘;V'béi‘x"“" Jour- s, , From'wiiom they cun oaly bs cbitfaed Mo pedlors BUSINESS CARDS. GEORGE CAMMACK. ‘WAYLAND TRASK. CAMMACK & TRASK, Members of New ‘York Stock Exchange, 14 Wall-st., New York. gins at lowest rate of commis: TInterest allowed on deposite, PHIL. A. HOYNE, T.S. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS for every Stato and Territory, Notary Public, Commiasioner U §..Coart of Clzims, and U. 5. Passport Ageat. No. 3 Ropublic Lifo Buflding, 157 and 159 LaSalle.st. SCALES, FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL SIZES, §FATRBANKS, MORSE &CO 3 65 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. WASHINGTON. The Texas Border Commissioners’ Report to the President, Damages Inflicted by Mexi- can Raiders Estimated at $60,000,000. Estimates of Apprépriations for the Next Fiscal Year. New - Regulations Concerning ihe Civil Service. Woods, the Murderer, Respited, Special Deipatch to The Chivags Tribunz. o TEE CREDIT MOBILIER. . Wasmieroy, D. C., Nov. 2:.~Tho Sunday febuo 0f the Daily Chronicle, edited by Senator Harlan, editorially advises thoso members of Congress implicated in the Credit Mobilier J tors printed during thelate politiest canvis, i 1o involvo thie House in an exgsuditurs of time or oxpense by asking $or an investigation of that matter. Tho people, it says, pronounced 4udgment upon that slander before election. "the Chronicle also hopes that the Liberal Re- publicans will be let alone by tho Administration members during the coming ecssion of Congress, and adds, *Welook for abetter tetperin the pro- ceedings of Congress and gobd rubstantial work, thesLn‘l?cule playing the role of the independont prese. 'WHISKEY TRANSPORTATION BOXDS. T3 Cotnmis of Internal Revenug, in his_torthcoming report, will ommend such logislatiot by Congress 36 will roletso tho di tilleries’ transportation kond, for exported spir- its, when the export bond is sxecutcg, v PERSONAL. A. J. Drexeli and Geo. W. Childs aro at pres- gnt piests of the White House, at the special nvitation of the President. i PNEUMATIC: At its lnst sossion Congvess uppropriated S15,- 000 for the purpuss of leying a pucumatic tube between the Capitol andthe Government Print- ing Ofice. Work has now been commenced in this scheme, and it is claimed that if it prove a success for this distance, in tho iransmisuion of g_nckfiges, there will be no limit to its use for istances of any length. TOSTON PLECE . Four weeks ago the Unitarian Association of Boston voted €80,000 for the, erection of a.new church of this denomination in this city, Fear- ing that the late fire would intsrfere with the large appropriation; the local Secrotary hers wrote to Boston to ascertain if this ‘money would be forth¢oming in view of their great ca- lamity. An answer was inmediately received to the eflect that the fire would make io difference whatever with the intended donation. To the Associated Press. REPORT OF THE TEXAS BORDER COMMIESION, . Wasmixetoy, Nov. 24—The Commission to investigate the outrages on the Rio Grande bor- der have completed their report, which is vi long. They spent two hours with the President on the subject yesterday, when ho asked for many explanations, taking deep interest in it. Tho Cowmissioners confined their investigation to the distance of 500 miles, from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Rio Grande City, estimating that the Americans_included within the limit have by Mexican raids suffered to tho extent of £30,000,000, to suy nothiug of the murders com- mitted by Mexicans. They think that if they had continued their investigation as far as El Paso it would bave been dis- covered that the total losees, including those caused by Indien raids. would have in- creased the sum total to $100,000,000. They urge protection to the people on the border by en increase of cavalry, othorwiso & predatory war will result, The appropriation for the Com- miesion is cxhausted, but anew one will be made to continue the Commission in prosecution of further investigations. There is no doubt the President will urgo upon Congress prompt legis- lation in tho premises. AAILS DELAYED. A telegram was received by Acting Postmaster General Marshall, late last night, from Postmas- tor General Britain, stating that the stcamship City of Brooklyn, which left on tho 15th inst., with the American end New Zealand mails, put puck into Queenstown disabled, and that those mails would bo sent by the Cunard steam- ship to-day. ATPROPRIATIONS. Tho estimates of appropriations for the next fiscal year aro now completed. Thoso for the Navy Department are smaller than last year, as are algo thoso of the Indian Bureau, which are cut down a fowrth to a half millioh of dollars ; but there i8 a slight increase of moneyin tho Legislative, Judicial, and Esceutive Appropria~ tion bill, renderéd necessary by the increase in the number of members of the House of Repre- sentatives under the new Apportionment act, and the enlargement of the number of cadet ap- pointments in the military and naval academies. All things considered, the ag{regnfic of appro- riations will be the same as heretofore. The ‘ommittee on Appropriations aro disposed to eeep all of them “'Rhin the estimates. CIVIL SERVICE EULES. The new edition of the rules and regulations for the improvement of the Civil Service, for application in New York, have just been is- sued. Several members of Congress, and other politicians who are opposed to the civil service So].icy, have been referred o the Executive or- er issued last April, in which President Grant says: “ While 136 Tight of all porsons in official positions to take part in politicsis acknowledged, and the elective franchise is recognized as & high trust to be discharged by all entitled to its exerciee, whether in the employment of the Gov- crnment or in_privato life, honesty and -effici- ency, not political activity, will dotcrmine tenure of oftice.” COTTON CLATMS. The Court of Caims is now engaged on the remaining unadjudicated cotton claims filed with- in two years after the declaration of peace. Sinco the passage of the proviso referring to the Sec- retary of the Treasury all claims for cotton seized after that date, tho proceeds of the eale of which has been paid into the Treasury, 1,200 claims have been filed with the Secretary, -The Bumbor is 5o Jargo hat bo_caunot, possibly at- tend to them with the particularity they require, hence there is no doubt that Congress will either g!ovifle that thoy be remitted to_the Court of laims, or that they be examined and settled by a special committes. ¥ ¥ THE INTERIOR REPORT. .The feport of tho Secretary of the Interior will be = long document, dovoted almost cxclu- sively tosummarizing th year's worl: of thovari- ous branches of the ‘public service under his charge. The successful working of the present Indian policy will bo cet forth, and no.recom- mendation of a chenge will be made in regard to it. PARDONED. Président Grant yesterday directed the issue of a pardon to Reuben'J. ' Young, of Alsbama, convicted in Msy, 1872, of being implicated in the Ku-Klux conspiracy, and sentenced to be imprisoned for ton years and to pay o fino of $1,000. o RESPITED. Barney Woods, convicted of the murder of Mr. Cheeseman, hes been respited until Friday, Dec, —_—— Fires. -~ ‘Spectal Despatel to The Chicago Tribune, RicExoxp, Ind., Nov. 24.—About 2 o'clock this afternoon, & fire originated in the washe room of the Tremont House,and for atime near- 1y a quarter of & block was in imminent danger. Bat, with a favorable wind, the efficient firemen managed to contino tho devouring clement to o business house adjoining, occupied by Buckley, & Trieber as & tohgcca store, and Charles Lei\e'i as a saloon and restaurant, hich was only partially destroyed. The stock in both establishments were mostly saved, while the loes on buildings was more than covered b $2,500 jnsprance. A tin roof and ahigh wa were all that sayed a fine building on the north, occupied below by a wholesale and retail liquor Louse and l.gmcsry store, and & billiard-room on the second floor, while it took wnidring ef- forts to keop the flames from leaping through the windows of the Tremont Houss. Had they 1ot been conquered, the result would have been Iy !:u-fie conflagration and the possiblo destruction of all the store-rooms under the house on Main street, for the building is very old, and as com- bustible as a tinder-box. Across s kind of a court was & livery etkble, backed up agalnst a grocery, where Was stored alarge quantity of coal oil. Bub the wind guarded it against sny immediatd dengdr, AlLIG Kotsa balonging to ue Fire Dephriment. dro affected with the 6pi- Zootic, but thie steamers wore promptly manned u%d s00n on the ground, doing effective work. Sax Francisco, Nov. 24.—A fire this morninj destroyed John Farren's wagon factory nng Gallardo & s oil and junk store. Loss about $15,000. An old man pamed Joseph Clark perished in the flames, JACESONVILLE, Nov. 24&.—The repair shop and warehousa belonging to the Chicago & Alton railroad, was burned last night., Loss un: known, z 3 Urica, N Y., Nov. 94.=Last evening tho shos factory ’of Reynolds Bros., of this city, was seb on fira in the basement; and nearly all destrog- ed. The loss will probably be beween $140,000 and £150,000. Insurance about $123;000: POLITIGA INDIANA LEGISLATURE. Srecial Despatch to The Clicago Tribune. Ixp1axaroLts, Nov. 23, EENATE. A petition was presentod from the Society of Friends sgainst all laws Iooking to the licensing f iniemperance, and providing for the enact- ‘ment of laws prohibi the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinke. i A resolution was adopted thap the Committes coneider until the 29th of this month on the i)ropn'ety of abohshing tio ofice of State Printer, " E e emn . g A resolutlon was adopted. directing the Com- ihittee on Organization of Courts. to inquird into the expediency of abolishing the Common Pleas Courts, and adopting the Surrogate sya- e . . : »Elv\rclvs new bills were introduced, making eighty-onoinall. . . b LR ,, A large number df hills wore read by title; and referred Lo appropriate committees. L A proposition was offered to pay clergymen for opening prayer 35 per day, but tho resolu- tion, after debate, was withdrawn. - Two bills wero a:gxed t0 detine slander and [<} libel. @ Vs n Adjourned to Mo SHOUSE. Reports were madé from the Judiciary Com- mittce in reference to_the amendment of the Exemption laws of 1872, the majority Tecom- mending its indefinite postponement, and the ‘minority recommending its passage, but, 18 tho House was not full, tho matter was lnid over, Ton no bills were presented, making 114 in oy, ot 2 p. m. A memorial was presented from the Trustees of the Indiana Stafe :Normal Scbool; asking for pundry appropriztions amounting to 283,050, Ihe preent number of students is ninety-six, exclusive of those in the primary department, which is gelf-supporting. A bill was roported to grant the aid askefl, and to regulate the con- ferring of degrees. A resolution was ¢ffered stating that a large amount was due from the Terre Haute Railroad for educational purposes, and, if it should bere- covered, proposing that the amount ghall be distributed among the colleges and universities of the State. A large number of propositions were offered upon tue Temperance and Divorce laws. The Auditor of Btate was requested to fur- nish_advance sheets of the forthcoming report, 88 relates to the subject of Insurance. Adjourned to Monday, at 2 p. m, MICHIGAN RETURNS, Spectal Despateh to The Chicagd Tribune. Dernorr, Mich., Noy. 24.—Official rotnms from 2ll tho countiesin tho Stato, except thir- teen of the more. romote, show & majority of 24,438 against the Constitutional Amendment to allow municipalities to pay railroad aid bonds ; of 11,917 against ove limiting the number of ju cisl circuits to fifteen up to the yetr 1881, and of 4,179 against 6ne to increaso the Judges’ salaries £0 $2,500. The other: counties will very these figares bt slightly, © THE SEAT OF CONGRESSIONAL ELEGATE IN UTAH, Barr LAEE, Nov. 24.—George O. Cannon, Dele- gate elect, files his answer to General Maxwell, contestant for tho scat in the Forty-third Con~ gress. Cannon's reply is very lengthy. Ho do- nies all the material allegations of Maxwell; de- nies tnkinficat Nauvoo. in 1848, or at any other time or place, any path. or other obligation to obey Brigham Youtg or his successors in all things or in anything temporal or spiritnal ; do- nies that he ever took an oath of gialoyn.lty to the Government' of the United States; denics that he ever asscried that the revelation of po- Iygamy is paramount to all human laws, or that e would_obey it rather than the laws of any country; denics living in violation of the laws denies that Brighanr Young or any other person influenced the election in any manner, and as- serts that all voters oxercised thoir own judg- ment without fear or fayor. Msxwell now Degins taking testimony. Grest interest is felt in sl circles. Tho’general impression is that Maxwell's attempt to contest is very lame. CONTEST FOR ~ LOUISIANA POLITICS. “: NEw Yon, Nov. 24.—A special despatch to the New York Times says 2 NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23.—The only acting Re: turning Board, coneisting of Messrs. Lynch, Horron, Hawkins, and Longstreet, have, since their “appointmont, been examining the election returns from all the periskies in this State, and as the result find that W. P, Kellogg, for Governor, has a majority of 12,761, This also ' clects the whole Republican State ticket. The Republican Prosi- dentinl electorial majority is sbout the same 28 that of Kelloge. Thera is also a handsome working msjority of Republicnn Representa- tives elected to both Houses. - The case-of Kellogg versus Warmoth et al. will be up before the' United States Circuit Court Monday. THE VOTE IN- MISSOURL. 87. Los, Nov. 24.—The official vote for Gov- emor and State officers_in this Statois 88 f lows: For Govemor, Woodson, 156,714; He derson, 121,271+ Woodson's majority, ‘85,443, Lieutenant (overnor, Johngon, 157,040} Staner, 120,446; Jolnson’s majority, 96,50%. Secretary of State, Weigol, 158,142 ; Verdi, 118,614 ; Weig- el's majority, 89,528, Auditor, Clark, 156,276; 0O’Connor, 121,706; Clark's majority, 34,569 Treasurer, Salmon, 157,654; Draper, 120,402; Salmon's ‘majorit Exing, 151§152; “handler, 119,804; Ewing's ma~ jority, 87.368. " Register of innds‘ ‘Solomon, ;gsagés; Nitchy, 119,615; Solomon’s majority, The vote for President is not yet cofinted. S .. TheRorse Disease. i ¢ Special Despatcli to The Chicago Tridune. Duzruque, Nov. sway here. " No horses were permitted to leave any of the livery stables to-day, and this after- noon the t;t.gee't cars stopped running. Most of the companies’ horses are afflicted. 'Tlio, trans- fer men are already looking for oxen to do their - work. * The disease has 'also_broken out at Wa- terloo, though, as yet, in & mild form. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 24.—The cpizootic is now sbating. Tho Street Car Company put on. four carson the WestSidelineto-day. Omnibusésand backs ore running to all the trains. The horses in sl parts of ‘tho city aro recovering slowly. Very few deaths ars reported. ‘The reportsfrom the northernand western part of the State are that large numbers of deer are dying from sapparently the same disease. ‘|- Weather warmer, EvaNsvILE, Nov. 24.—The horse epidemic has become 80 gencral now that the. horses of | the Fire Depariment and street railway are more or loss affected. The street cars ran up.to the usual hour lust hight, but thoy ara not expected to run to-morrow. No deaths ar reported yet. Tepne hero in considerable forco. are eiguteen sick with it. Inone stablo there B Albany Cattle Market, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tritune. ArzasT, N. Y., Nov. 24 —DrEves—The market thi sweeks has éxhibifed a good deal of activity, and holders wero correspondingly firm in - their prices, - At the opening, country buyers wore so snxious o get cattls that they submiited to the dvance of 3 per Ib for choice lots, but Drices fellto last week's rates on 3 dogrees at , 87,152, ' Attorney Gonoral, . 24—The epizootic holds full Haurz, Nov. 24—The epizootic .is. Filday merning inferior to list est, {here was a general demaud for ) cattle, and the attendaiicd of Eastern, New York, ot local ‘buyers being large, tho bsst afedngs we ‘bought jmmediately on arryal, o smart competitiot éxlating in many cases. All except a few thiu co and light etcers found 3 ready market at last weel’s mates, but the remainder wery bard to get rid of. Tho demand wwas uniformly good, until the close on Saturdey, whea the mnrket drooped in consequence of the inferior quallly of tho openinge, To<day a few common ‘Dunclies were sold ut a reduction, bu nothing of mo- ment was dotie. Recrrers—The following aro the recelpis for the sweck: in car Joads, as taken from tho baoks of the Cen- tral Raflfcad ¢ Cattle, Sheep. Hoqs, Horses. 2 1 [ Jonda o [ e 5 FE R an 9 EI T a Tt . 93 ;@ bid 3 & & A . w0 B Tuling prices_tils weok : (1 SLISENET quality, 85, ferior; ' $2. 5- @8 @4 ‘ 5 A Mircr Oowi—Teceipts light; dematd good; prfess range from $45 to 310, s BUEER AND LaMDS—The suppls thia week is some- what smaller than lnst, and the demand wa3 light, ox- cepting jn tiio case of -good quality of sheep, which were ~ bought roadily, and = the demand excceded tho supply. X largo yroportion the offerings were commoli, and they wera rot wanted, *Prites were fluctuating at the ¢lo= Lo-day, and Fanged Tromi 7360 to Byo for lambs; 5ide to 7o for'coarse wool Eheep ané fox fine wool 3¢ to 6. . Hogs—Market dull and inactive, at from 3¢ {6 5xc for Western; and 4icto 43¢ for State, Tho oply worthy of mention Wero as followa : William Lester, 158 Oliio hogs, at 53c per 1b, nv 158 lba; 120 do at §5.20 per 100 Its, av I 37 Tlkinoia hoge, at bx¢c per 1, av 280 b5 87do at $3.20 per 100 lbs, av 525 118 ; 150 doat 51{c per b, av 200 Ibs'; 106 do ot 5 per Ib, 2v 230 Ibs; 235 do at Bc per Ib, av 325 s ; 54 do'at 3¢ per ib, &V 950163 92 doat5e per luy av 275 lbs; 108 Ohio hogs at 5c per b, av 200 ibs ; 70 Iinols 4t 5igc. per, i, v 200'12a3 51 do 8 §c per sb; av 205 bs § 63 do at 6250 pef Ib, dv 195 lis: : Honses—No busitesa dome dincd tlie. epizootic set in;. s THE WEATHER. i signal Service Office Weekly Sutiie mary—flc Daily Prognostications. ‘WaR DEpARTMENT, OFFiCE 0# 7up CmiEr B16NAL, OFFICER; DIVISION OF TELEGRLIXY AND REPoits Fon -THE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE, Waswizdron, .0: C., Nov. 22.—The past week has bLeen characterized by dgoidedly wintry weather over a large portion of the Country, Considérable snow Lias fallen from tho Missoiiri Valley eastiwird over the Lake region and Mid- dle States,-and clear, cool weather has predom- inated 1n the southern sections. Friday, 16.—Cold cloudy, and _ threatening weather, with brisk _easterly winds and snow, prevailed from Minnesota to Kentucky, and thence northesstward to Westera Now York and Canada; cleer, cool weather from Mairie sonth- westward over all the Atlentic and Gulf States. Continued brisk and high nDtherli winds and temperatures in the morning, at the freezing- point ur below, were reported from Texas and thence to Alnboma, N Saturday—Cold.weather, with prevailing wost- erly winds and rising baromicters, w2s oxperi- enced over the entiro country ini tho Misiseippi valloy and castward. Snow fell from Michigan to Kentucky, and thence eastward over. the Afid- dle States and Canada. Generally clear weather con!!'umed in the Southern States and the North- west. . Sunday—Cold, _partly cloudy weather pre- vailed from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlan-~ tic. Occasional light enow fell over the Lako region, with brisk and high westerly winds on Lakes Michigan and Erie, Light rain was re- rted from the western Gulf, with brisk and igh mortherly winds. onday—Cold weather, with general clondi- ness and westerly winds, provailed from Michi- an and Ohio eastward over the Middle and Cnstern States, with snow on tho Lower Lakes; cold, clondy wenther in the Southern States, with rain on the Westérn Gulf, followed by clearing and clear weather at night: Low tem- peiatures in the Northwest, the thermometer in the morning indicating 11 degrees.at Omaha, 10 degrees at gmwuvkee, 6 degrees at St. Paul, and a Crosse. Tuesday—From Virginia northeastward to Maine cool, partly cloudy weather continued. Generally clear, cool weather was reported from the South Atlanticand Gulf States; threatening weather, with cold westerly winds and_snow from the Northwest, and thence eastward over the Lake region and St. Lawrenco Valloy, and southward to issouri and Kentncky. Clearin, weathor, with falling temperaturos, extende eastward Yo Illinois and Wisconsin during the afternoon: and evening. . ‘Wedneadey—The woather continued clear and cool over the Southern States, snd partly clondy, but clearing ot night in the Atlantic States from Maryland to New England. Over the Lower Lake region cold, cloudy weather, with occasion~ al snow, sacceeded by clearing Wenther during the cvening. Very cold, clear weather was re- orted from the Northiwest in the morning, the emperature being zero at St. Paul and La- Crosso; during tiie day the barometor fell Tap- idly over this section, With brisk and high sonth- erly winds and incressing clondiness, .and snow during the evening in Minnesota. Thuredsy—Cloudy .and threafening weather prevailed . from Minnesots to Michigan, and thenco southward to Mississippi and Alabama, with light snow in Missouri and north of tho Obio River, and light rain to the sonthward. Cool, clear or partly clondy weather over the Lower Lake region and throughout the Atlantic Btates; southerly winds, with rising temperaturo and increasicg cloudiness on the Gulf Coast. Friday—In the morning. an ares of cloud, with occasional light rain, covered the country from the Upper Mississippi Valley eastward to New York and thence southward to the interior of the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessce. Partly cloudy weather prevailedin New England and on the South Atlantic const; clear and clearing sweather in the Lower Misgissippi Valley and the Gulf States. During thepast week the precipitation over the country generally has been light, and mostly in the form of snow. The following stations ex- hibit the largest total amounts of rain and melt- ed snow: . Kingston, Canada, 0.46 inch; Mon- treal, 0.60: Duluth, 1.44; and Buffalo, 2.09. Wamxaroy, D. C., Nov. 24.—The barometer will fall to-night from Lake Michigan to the lower lakes, and thence to the Ohio valley, with sontherly winds dnd_ clondy weather, followed by northwesterly winds, snow and rain to-mor- row, extending to the Alleghenies apd Tonnes- see in the evening. Inthe gulf and south At- lantic Btates diminishing pressuro, southerly winds, - cloudy weather and_light rains west of the lower Mississippi, extonding eas the Middle and Eestern States southerly winds, falling barometer, warmer and cloudy weather, with light snow or rain on Monday night. In the northwest cold clearing weather With north- westorly winds. e L Railroad News. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, - DuBuQUE, Iowa, Nov. 24.—Ground was broken on Saturday for the construction of the new Tllinois Central Railrond freight depot. The masons commence .work laying the: founda- tion to-morrow. The building is to be 204 feet long by 56 feet wide, and will cost $15,000. “Nearly 500 prominent citizens, including the Mayor and Common Council, of Dubuque, leave here to-morrow morning at 10 o'clockon a ecial train of -ten coaches on an excursion to Chicago over the Clxicn'f‘a, Clinton & - Dubuque, and Chicago-& Northwestorn Railroads, in honorof the opening of the new route’ via Clintow. " The party will reach Clinton Monday about noon, when, after spending a few houre, they will proceed on the wayto Chicago, arriving there on Tuesday morning, and returning the same.night. The citizens of Clinton have made preparations- to give the visitors & grand Tecoption, and & most enjoysblo time may bo enticipated. The distance to Chicego by this now routo is 196 miles,'and much shorter than by the old ronte viz Freeport, and is hailed with ‘much satisfaction with our citizens. —_— Religious. Special Despateh to The Chicago Trivune, Drrzorr, Nov. 24.—The annust goniversary exercises of the Sunday School Union and of the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church aro being held here at present, having com- | menced yosterday add continuing through until Tuesday. Thus far fhe exercises have consist-. ed ,of largely-attended public meotings, and Notwithstanding the quality is |~ among the distinguished speakers are: Dr. E. ol. ‘];snvgir:i; ‘Gan_enr:l C.'IB'H Fis‘é{; Dr. Newman, of Washington; Rev. J. H. - Vincent, 4 Hatfield. of Cincinnati k! i How Jay Gould Put Up the Price of Northwestern Common. The Ex-President of Erie Inveigles Daniel Drew Into His Parlor. Daniel Drew Sued by the Evie Reil- road to Recover $3,000,000. Enormous Losses by the Big Bears, Srecial Despatch to T Chicayo Trivwnes New Yorg, Nov. 2&—The Sun to-morrow rovievis the fight i Wall etréet over tho North- western as followes “A few outsidérs have made little fortnnes. Mr. Drew's Joss ia roughly estimated ot $2,000,+ 000, which is probably more than he made in bls Erie speculation wiik Bischoffscheim & Goldschmid? and others at that time. Mr. Smith's short intétcst in Northwestern is said to be greater than Mr. Dréft’s: The prevail- ‘ing impression that Sundaywould givotime for quiet_down, that would result in some kind of = settlement, was ot realized, though it would seem that ;Gould's party intend squeezing the Tig sborts to the. last dollat. N6 ohe seemed to think that Kényon, €ox & Co., or Boyd, Vin- & Co., which is one 0f the best known houses, would fail. In the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on Sats urday ovaning, many brokers congregated to discuss the situation; bt the excitement was perhaps not 8o grest .8s on Frle ds; svening. How ~things would open Monday wis fhe grest conjecturzl pomnt. One gentleman, Who Ja generally far-sightcd, aspressed the belief that 80 far 88 the Vander- bilt party was concerned, the movement had forits ultimato ebject the crushing of both Smith and Gould. According to his theory, AMesgre. Clark and Schell joined the corner with Gaould after the division between him and Alr. Smith; being ostensibly frieudly to him, tha ob- ject being to further widen the” breach between friends and kill them in detail. Under this ‘programme they will at the firet oppprtunity de- gort. hGouId after accomplishing the ruin of Smith. o Some excitement was crested by a. rumor’ that Gould was to be-rearrested. The story was told thét the Erie Company had dotermined to arrest Jim again, it he might bo held in greater bail than $1,000,000. Wo Jearn’ that tho report thzi Mr. W. B. Duncan hasbc3t in any way affected by the corner in Northwester i entirely erron- oua.” ‘Che triumph of the Jay Gould and Vandésbilh gty in cometing Daniel Dror, Henry N Smith, a1id othgr Wall strect Joaders in Northwestern cheres is neatly Cotnplete: The batile has gone sgainst the bears, and they fitiet fiow sctilo on the best terms they can extort from the Of the recent hear operation in North y Juy Gould says: “The bear party consistd of Drew, W. P. Duncsn, Henry Smith, W. B, Travers, and others: Thoy were lnrgely ‘short’ of stocks at the time of the Boston tire, and then, especting that it would turn out like Chicago, increased their ghorts at the low prices made on Monday morning. They then sppear to have been offended boczuso Mr. Schell, Mr. Horace F. Clark, and myself went in on tho op- position tack to provent s panic, £nd, as o der- ‘nier ressort, they gob up these logal proceedings, their programme being to get escessive bail, and haye mo arvested in the middle of the dey, when the larga operations of the street are always Distng tonriad et sud as T tvan ruthiss consdecad the Iéader of - the ‘bull * movement, they_ cal- culated such gction would creats & panic in stocks. y The public are disposed to accept Gould's version of his arrest gs true. The Vanderbils arty is severely criticised for shieldmg Jay %cufd ‘with bail if he has stolen ton millions from the Erie Treasury. The now menagers of Erie are also condemned for holding control nine months before discovering the abstraction of such an enormous sum. Daniel Drew claims that Gould deluded him into an attempt to corner Erie, during which rocess Gould suddenly and treacherously un- oaded his purchases of Erie. Abou! the same time Gould joined the Vanderbilt clique to cor- ner Northwestern, and advised Drew to go short in Northwestern in order to mask his plans in Erie. Drew was watching Erie compYacenfly ‘when_the first sudden rise 1n Northwestern ar- rested his attention as n very large dose of his own time-honored medicine. The small victims in Northwestern have been permitted to settle st from 125 to 145. It is said that W. B. Travers settled yesterday, losing $250,000. Charles Lamont has faced the music with a sim- ilar loss, both_ compromising at 150. Kenyon, Cox & Co. paid over o difference of £300,000. Drew's loss is_estimated at 32,000,000, and Smith’s over $3,000,000. It is reported that Smith will not pay, preferring to abandon his ‘brokers to their fate, or try to clap sn injunction on any further cornering sales in Northwestern. ‘His sirategy is desperate and will doubtloss fail. [0 the Associated Press.) New Yonx, Nov. 24.—The Zimes has the fol- lowing about the Northwestern corner: During the morning snd in the early part of the day, Wm. Travers covered his shorts, pay- ing, it 15 alleged, 250,000 difference. Charlay Lamont stood up to the rack also, and paid his differences, amounting to neazly the same sum. ‘These contracts were settled on the basis of 150." The higEeBt estimate of the amount of stock of which Daniel Drew is short, is 24,000 hares, and the lowest 19,000. Should he settle in full upon th closing price of Northwestern, he will lose nearly $2,500,000. Common rumor said that Henry N. Smith was short 40,000 shares, which will ilvolve him to & greater extent than Daniel Drew. The opinion Was freely expressed on the street that he would not sy his loeses in full, but let his brokers stand the brunt of the contracts. It was said that Drew was caught in the trap by a device of Gould’s which was ingenious in its way. - Gould went to Drew a few weeks ago and sug- gested the possibility of “ singeing” the strect in Erie, in which transaction the latter was to appenr ds s bull. Drew_joined in with the idea, and went to work secretly to buy up large stocks of Erie, locking them up in safes as fast us they were purchased. The stock in this market was soon gobbled up, and as & consequence the price of Erie began to ad- vance. Gouldalso bought Erie largely, atlow figures, on the street, but abstained from pur- chasing any when it began to advance. The stock rose to 564, and Gould unlonded his en- tire interest upon Drew, thereby netting a con- siderable profit. Drew, ignorant of the bad faith of hisally, and wondering at the large quanti- Zies of Erie stock, which continued to flow in as he kept on purchasing, went it alone, and was ‘making fair progress in “bulling” the market on his own account, when Gould turned a new card. In some way, he became acquainted with the fact that Horace F. Clark, Augustus Schell, and_ the Vanderbilt party enerally were endeavoring to obtain control of Hio Chicago & Northwestern stock, in order to get the road in their own hands, and supply the missing link in the great railroad chain to the West. He thereupon formed a coalition with the Northwestern clique, and going to Drew, who still supposed he washelping him to ¢ bull ™ Erie, suggested that as a blind to their real ope- rations, it would bes good plan to “go short” in Northwestern and thereby throw the strest off tho scent. Drew, relying upon the judgment of his quandam associate in Erie, scquiesced in this arrangement, merely saying that he *guess- «ed it was safe ts go short of Norhwest, and it might tickle the boys to speckilate in somethin® new.” His brokers executed his orders, and tho design_ was accomplished. The at- tention of Drew became absorbed in the suczess of the Erie bull movement, and while Lo was watching the rise of the stock he paid little attention to Northwestern. -Gould found that Drew wes trapped, and kaph occupying his_leisure momentd in en; the rise, ~ On Friday night, Drow, epel Times reporter, sad still entertaining some hopes of a decline in Northwestern, remarked jocnlarly, I hearn Norwests risin’.” Yestorday, at the close of the Exchange, when ¢ Norwest " reached 230, the remark was made toDrew, * Northwesternisrising.” * Rising?" re- eponded Drew. ‘ Rising ? Whyitsrise?” Dravw, xealizing the perfidy of Gould fully, sesterday sold’ont the Erio stock which he bought to skin tho street, and it is supposed will ueo the procceds to settlo up with the successfal patties. He also ualozded 2large amount of Wabash snd. varions other stocks. 1t is expected he will settlo on Mondsy. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel, last night, the e was coneiderablo excitement among the bank- ers, merchants, and brokers, caused by the vari- ous reports which were circulsted relative to tho secondarrest of Gould, and its connection with the Clicago & Northwestern corner. “Cho story, as it gained circulation, was that the Ene Compeny hud determined to arrest Gonld again, that he might be held in greater bail then '$1,000,000. This was contradicted in several quarters, but thero seemed tobo no adequate grounds either for its sssertion or de- nial. Watson, the President of Erie, stated that it was the intention to have the bail made larzo cnongh to in some way gnard against Gould’s running away. That was his only object, and totally disconnected with stock jobbing. Watson thought that ome million was sufficient bail for tho present, although he deprecated the custom of diminishing bail s the propoztions of 3 de- folcation increase, ‘Thers is much interest manifested concorning the events of to-morrow in Wall strect, and the anvicty in regard to the course of tho market is intense, The World says: “We are greatly mistaken in the character of Mr. Watson, if, having oncs grappled with this crying curse of our countzy, in the person of one of its most notorious repro- sentatives, he does not keep his_hold with bull- dogh:t,;nlcity until he has brought his quarry to earth.” Nzw Yorg, Nov. 2{.—W. R. Travers, in & card to tho Herald, denies having any interest in cny “‘put” or *pool” with Drow, Smith, and others, in Northwestorm. I New Yomg, Nov. 24.—A suit has been institu- ted, by the Erio Railway Company, azeinst Dan- iel Drow, to recover $5,000,000, lleged to Ia been embezzled by him while Treasurer of the Company in 1865, by tho sele of 50,060 shares watered stock. ANEMOMETRICAL. Hlow the Wind Currents were Aifected at the Boston Fire. WisaINGToS, Nov. 24.—The following official report of the signal service observer stationed uDEBoston, relative to anemometrical and other observations, taken by himself during the fire, Till bo fouad of great interest and highly in® structive. They ciearly show that the fre was attended with phenomena distinetly cyclonic. Bostox, Mass., Nov. 18, Tq},mé Chicf Stgnal Oficer of the Army, Washington, Geskaat: Inreplyto your telegraphic de- spatch reccived this morning, directing me to make a full report of the meteoric phenomena attending the recent great fire, X would respect- fally say thot the wind st this _station, Gurin the' progress of the fire, varied from no norihwest to north, with a velocity of from five to nine miles per hour, the weather being clear, cool and pleagant: On spproaching tho fire oot 1ho north or windward side as close as_the heat would ellow, the indrsught of air throngh the burning sirects essumed the _character of a Dbrisk wind, probably 16 or 13 foiles per hour, whilo the heat wss 80 intenso as 10 cauan the smoke, stermn, etc., to bo carried up in spirals to 8 great clevation, ~On the Sonth or Ieo sido, the iucnced currents of air were very strong, Probably SO or 35 miles per hour, carrying the firg bodily {0 the windward, This £4513 of aflairs appears to be tho reverss of the Chicgg fire, where the strengthof the wind +was sufficiont to overcome the induced currents. and tho fire burned to the leoward. It scems as if the high wind permitted the draught tc rise at = considersble angle efter reaching the fire, leaving o large space of highly rarified sir on its front, indacing stronger cuitents to flow in, which meeting tbe indraught gave o spiral or whirimind form to tho ascending current. During the iiro @ flock of ducks passed at a great height overhead, and the lizht reflected from thei- plumage made them appear ss fire balls pessing rapidly througlh the air. DMany who Baw them called them meteors, and likened them to balls of fire said to have been seen in the Northwest, during the great fires in that region. ' e A an example of tho grest heat diffused, T would stato that during the might I exposed a thermometer in tho observatory to the full glare of the fire, when it roze nearly five degrecs, al- though placed npwards of 2,000 feet from the ‘burning district and dead to the windward of it. No . other phenomena oceurred, the barometer rising slightly, and tho weather remaining mn- changed. I have the honor to bs, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) g H. E. Corx, Observer Signal Serice, U. 8. A NEW YORK. Krebs, the Forger—Naval Matters— Comptroller Connolly’s Wanderings in Europe—The Shipping Act. New_Yom, Nov. 24.—Erebs, the Germun forger, wss sent home in the steamer Maino, ye.- terday, under » mandate of extradition. Tt 18 reported the war steamers Albany and Guorriero are unfit_ for service, and are to be gold. The Ossipee lost 13) men from desertion on the voyage homo from tho Pacific. Ex-Compiroller Connolly is now known to have joined his family in Spain, but has speas most of the time since he left here in rambiss throngh Spain, Portugal, and Italy. On No- vember 1 he Ie * for the Holy Land, Egypt, India, Chins, and_Japan. It is siated 3 female confidential ‘agent of Connolly secured County Auditor Watson's book, that was _deposic ted in the eafo deposit vault in the Park Bank building, and in which the amouats and dates of the sums stolen and distributed between the members of the ring were entered indetail. The book was carried to Europe on the 19th of October. ’ The constitutionally of the United States Shipping act was argued bofore Judge Benedict, yesterday, in the case of two boarding house owners, rocently convicted of boarding a foreign vessel ' before she renched her _place of destination, without tho comsent of the master. Their counsel con- tonded that Congress has no jurisdiction to male police regulations for this port, and in this caso of n foreign vessel, there could be no jurisdiction before her arfival at the place of destination. . Decision reserved. The surviving veterans of the war of 1812 celobrate Evacuation Dy _to-morrow, by hoist- ing o flag at the Old Fort, Central Park. ~ e report that & Receiver is to b _appointed for the Niagars Insurance Company is untrue. During o_dranken affray at the comner of Palhem and Cherry streets, sbout 1 o'clock thia morning, between s gang of rowdies and thieves, Thomas Delaney atabbed Willism Leo in tha abdomen and Thomas Donovan in the left kid- noy. Both men aro fatally injured, and Coro- ner Keeran took thoir anfe mortem stetements. Telegraphic Brevitics. The building improvements in Dubugue Cil the past season aggregate over $1,000,000, which will compare fayorably with those mada i any place of its size in the country. 3Irs. Jas. A. Oates, the actress, was married to Tracy W. Titus, msazger of the Oates Troupe, last evening, ot tho Southern Hotel, St. Louis, and left the same evening for Memphis. Dennis Dow, aged 65, & farmer in_the town- ship of Dover, Cuyahoga County, * committed suicide yesterday morning. was suffering from aberration of the mind. Judge Miller, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, hus decided that s bankrupt cannot sell his homestead and claim his store as a residence by moving into it, and orders that the store and lot be delivered to the bankrupt’s creditors. The channel of the Mississippi River in front of Dubuque is clear of ice, and the ferryboat is still making regular trips to the Illinois shore, Above and below the city, the river is gorged. Even if there shonld be a thaw and break-up, it is doubtful if the Enckels would start out again, the risk being too hazardous, as a sudden chang in the weather would catch them in & worsa place than where they are now wintered. — e Relief for the Sutforers by the Boston Fire. BosTox, Nov.24—The contributions for thoe reliof of the suiferers by the fire received by the treasurer of the fund up to te-night amount to $140,000. Father Burke delivered a lecture at the Bog- ton Theatre this evening on the fature of the Irish race in Americs, for the benefit of the suf. fers by tho fire, before an overwhelming audi« ence.