Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1872, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, OVEMBER 98, " 1873, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. 1 XRMB OF SURSCRIFTION (PATAVLE IX ADTANCE). ms o RiNed e S12:00 | Swndsy Parts of a soar at the samo rate, To prevent delay and mistakes, bo sure aud givo Post Office address in fall, including Stato and Counts. Remittances may bo made cither by draft, cxpress, Post Offics order, or in registered letters, at our risk. TERM TO T SUBSGRINEIS. L , 25 cont 7 Bl dcivered: Bunday sacrmica: 5 Senta Bor woik: Address THE, TRIBUNE COMPANY, * Gotoer Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, Jil. TarBUNE Branch Offico, No. 489 Wabash-av., {n the Bookstors of Messrs. Cobb, Andrems & Co., wWhero advertisoments and subscriptions will bo receivod, and will have the sumo attention a8 if left at the Main Office. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE~Washington, New York, and Miscellane- ous Telegraphic News. BECOND PAGE—Vienna Letter: The World's Fair of 1873—Philadelphia Assassins—Fire Relief—End of a TYorelgn Tragods—Tho London Fire—Steambost Dis- aster. ZHIRD PAGE—Suburban: Englewood and Evanston Ttems—Local Commaunications—The Law Courts— The Munn & Scott Caso—Advertiscments, FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Thanksgiving; The Rail- Mansard roofs, and the mass of framework which constitutes the interior of nearly every building that is erected. These matters are of the most vital importance, and should receive early attention. ——r—— A paragraph appeared in yesterday’s TRISUNE which was open to the construction that it had been decided by the Illinois Courts that a tender of No.1 com was sufficient {o satisfy a contract for No. 2 corn. That was. an assertion made in New York, by those who claim the right to fill contracts for common stock in Northwestern by the delivery of preferred stock. We understand that no such question has ever been determined by the Courts of this State. There is, however, arule of the Chicago Board of Trade which au-~ thorizes the satiefaction of contracts for one grade of grain by the delivery of a higher grade of the same grain. The news summary of TeE CEIcAGO WEEELY TrIsuxE, published yesterday, shows a record of road Law Affirmed; Street Numbers; Tho Dismond Swindle; Patents—Current News Items—Political, FIFTH [PAGE—Railroad Matters—City in Brief—Rail- road Time Table—Advertisemenls, SIXTH PAGE—Monstary and Commercial—Maring Tn* telligenoo, - - BEVENTH . PAGE—Thanksgiving: Church Services; Amusements—Tho Lost Lao Ls Belle—Small Ad- verticements: Real Estate, For Sals, To Rent, ‘Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, etc. EIGHTH PAGE-Yorelgn Nows—Cattle Breeders' Con- : vention at Indianapolis—Miscellansous Telegrams. TO-DAY’S AMUSEMENTS. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE-—Randolph street, be- tween Clark and LaSalle, The Allen-Mao Combina- tion, supported by Atken's Company. ‘‘Rip Van 'NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE--Clinton street, between ‘Washington and Randolph. Morlacchi Ballotand Dra- matic Combination. **French Spy." . M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madison steeet, between Btate and Dearborn. Miss Maggie Mitchell, supported by Mr. L. R. Showell. *‘Jane Eyre," *‘Little Bare- foot.™ ADELAIDE PHILLIPS TRGUPE-Evening Concert 2t Michigan Avenus Baptist Church. < ATKEN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenue, corner of Con- gress streot. G. L. Fox Pantomime Combination. “* Humpty Dampty.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Halsted street, south of Madison. Engagement of Miss Charlotte Thompson. **Ses of Ico.” MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe strect, betwacn State and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemblo's Mipstrel and Burlesque Troupe. GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaines strect, between Madi- sonand Washington. Miss Blanchoe Selwyn. *‘Dirorco ™ and “Jack the Giant Eillar.” BUSINESS NOTICES. THE SHERMAN HOUSE CERTIFIES TO THE SU- orionity and e oveaiay of Bimott's Superine Flavoring BERRE""Sld everywhero. 'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLENDID B &¥e. Barmless, rollable, and instantansous: no dissp- S snt - mo ridicalons tiats o unplessant gdor. Reme- B i vcts of bad dyes aud washes. Brodaces im- ittty a superd black or natalbrows, and lesves tho clean, soft, an eautifal. 10 genuine, signe . YA e Aaa by all _draggists. CHARLES EATCHELOR, P, be Qhisags G, the destruction by fire of more than $2,500,000 during the week ending Nov. 22. The general result is of more significance than the great fire of Boston, or the greater fire of Chicago, for it is an eviderce of the carelessness and neglect that prevail throughout the whole country in regard to precsutions against fire. When the Amgrican people shall begin to look more care- {fully to the preservation of their own property, and less to the indemnification of insurance com- panies, the list of fires and the extent of loss will simultaneounsly.decresse. The statistical information that has been col- Iated in regard to the railroads of Great Britain reveal many facts of interest, and are at least of important significance. They show that the average earnings of the railroads of 1852 wero 58 2d per mile, and those of 1871 were 58 83, or =an increase of only ome penny per mile. Momnwhile, the cost of building railronds in 187L. was £2,661 more per omile than in 1852, This comparison clearly shows that thereis a large amount of unproductive capitsl invested in the British railroads. The groster push that has been’ given to railroad enterprises in this country, the grester extent of territory, and more widely-dispersed population leave little doubt that there would be a proportionate in- crease in the unproductive capital thus investod amongus. Itis anitem of such immenso pro- portions that it must take a prominent place among the causes that are sought to account for what the people call * hard times.” The Chicago produce markets were generally dull yesterday, except provisions, and most of them were essier. Mess pork was weak at 25¢ decline, closing at $12.25@12.50 cash; $12.00 seller December, and $12.20 seller March. Lard was active, and steady at TXo cash ; 75¢c seller December, and 78{c eeller March. lMeats were steady at 4¢ for shoulders, 60 for short Tibs, and 63{@6}c for short clear, all part Thursday Morning, November 28, 1872. Twenty-eight persons are supposed to have fallen under the ruins of the Boston fire. Nine bodies have been recovered, andfive of them identafied. Mr. Greeley’s condition does not improve, and his friends now fear that he may not rally from the prostration cansed by his recent severe af- fliction and arduous lzbora. Notwithstandibg the extraordinary demands made npon the service, it seems that the Post Office Department last year had & revenne ex- ceeding by $300,000 the expenditures for the same term. The amounts paid to special agents seem to be extraordinarily large. The postages from newspapers and printed matter nearly reaches 1,000,000, The money-order business of the Post Office Department has rapidly grown to great magni- tude. During the year ending June 30, 1872, it exceeded £98,000,000. Of this vast sum, sent in small remittances, none exceeding 240, and the zverage not exceeding $20, little or nome was jost. It is possible that the science might be extepded, 5o 2s to enable persons to send $100, with great convenience and safety to the public. Forty or fifty of the homeless poor of Chicago apply every night at the Police Stations for shel- ter, and, for lack of room, are turned back into the cold streets. It has been decided by the Mayor and the Boerd of Police tc reopen, asa free lodging-houso, the 0ld Police Station on ‘Union street, which has been used, till Jately, by the Relief Society for that purpose, and to pro- vide similar quarters for theunfortunates on the Bouth Side. To-day Thiers will attend the meeting of the Assembly, which is to coneider the majority re- port of the Committee appointed to answer his message. This report, it will be remembered, was decidedly unfriendly to the President. In the report of the minority, it is recommended that a Committee of Thirty be chosen to draft ascheme of the constitutional reforms needed by France. The German Government seems to bave little hopes of & happy issue of the present Bismarck believes that France is on the verge of another revolution, and the troublous future hes led the Prussian Government to follow its interference with the liberal rates of German railroads to emigrants by an order from the ‘War Minister that all vessels sailing from Prussian ports at once increase their charges to emigrants leaving for any foreign country. TThis sction, the German Government explains arises from no other desire to check emigration to this country than that caused by the necessi- $y of keeping at hand, as much as may be, its arms-bearing population. The Fresident, according to all reports from ‘Washington, stands firm, and openly declares his purpose to enforce reform in the Civil Service by the promotion in every instance of a vacancy of the subordinate who isthe most competent ¢o £ll the daties. While he does not propose to open the doors of competition to the friends end opponents of the Administration alike, he proposes to insist that competency shall be the rule, even if it exclude Republican aspirsote, snd “that tho efficiency of the service ehall be pro- smoted by filling all vacancies from the ranks of gubordinates. A correspondent of Tae TrisUNE ask that we £hall continue to urge upon the Common Conn- cil our euggestion concerning the appointment of Building Inspectors, as the only means of en- forcing the fire-ordinance. Itis probable thaf the new Conncil will take k> matter into con~ sideration at the same time that it shell take np the necessity for amending the fire-ordinance, srith respect to the present construction of | salted. Bweet pickled hams, 8@llec. High- wines were more active, and closed steady at 883{@88}4c per gallon. Lske freights were in- active, the season of navigation being nearly over. Dressed hogs were quict at 45@43{c per lb. Flour Was more active, and firm. Wheat was dall, and e lower, but closed stronger at $1.09}¢ cash or seller Decomber, and $1.10% seller January. Comn wasdull and 3$@Xo lower, closing at 313¢c cash, and Si}{c seller Docember. Osts were more getive, and Xc higher, at 24c_seller the month, and 243{@24}0 seller Decomber. Rye was more active, and 3@1o higher, closing at 57c. Barley was dull and declined 1@2c, closing at 61c cash; 600 seller December, and 50c for No. 3. There was an active demand for live hogs at the decline noted yesterday, or at $£3.75@4.10 for poor to extra. The cattle and sheep markets were quiet and unchanged. . There is trouble among the railroad kings in New York City. The recent corner in North- ‘western has only served to increase the bitter- ness which prevails among the former confeder- ates. Smith had vowed thedestruction of Gould, declaring that he would reduco that personage to the condition of & grinder of a street-organ. He, in the meantime, gave information to the present President of the Erio Railway Company, upon which thelatter caused the arrest of Gould for having robbed the Erie Company of $9,000,000. This arrest was made in the midst of the corner on Northwest. Horace F. Clark, the son-in-law and practically the successor of Vanderbilt, became Gould’s bail. Daniel Drew, who had joined Smith to ruin Gould, and had joined Gould to make money, ¥as entrapped by the corner,ata cost of amillion and a balf of dollers. Smith ‘has had to pay nearly two millions to Gould. Vanderbilt, provoked by the success of Gould, has published 2 card denouncing him. Danisl Drew has also expressed a low opinion of Gould. Mr. Watson, of the Erie, has brought a second suit against Gould, upon which he’ will again be arrested, and he has intimated that Daniel Drew, Gould's old ssscciate. in Erie, will 8180 be arrested for his share in the dishonest transactions of Gould. How far the euits against Gould and Drew will, upon frial, sustain the charges of robbery or fraud, isto be detérmined hereafter. So long as Gould can find bail, he will probably fight the thing out to the end. But for the present, however, he is probably the successful operator in three or four millions of profit in thelate corner. Bo far, assuming Gould to be the villain he is represented, villainy has the ‘best of the fight. The vivid description that Senator Sumner has given of an incident of shipwreck encountered by the steamship Baltic, during itslatest voyage, is an eloquent tribute to the heroism which is yet to bo found among common, matter-of-fect men, and among no other cless to the same extent, perhaps, as among sailors. Here was a sceno of terror in mid-ocean, after & threo days’ gale, in which the fierce waves had battered the sides of the steamer, disabled some of the life- boats, overworked the men, terrified the passen- gers, and made even the officers solemn and apprehensive. The firsy sight of & signal of distress, however,was enough to suggest edepar- ture from the nsusl course and an effort to bring zelief, When the vesscl was neared, and it was discovered that its crew were clinging to the mas!s for life, a esil for volunteers fgtantly 8t a height ilst threatened the'lifo of every man who should verture upon any craft smaller than the grest steamer Baili? itseli, The first and second officers took command, and eeveral voyeges to the disabled vesscl, cach ono more dangerous than the proceding; brought all the crew eafely on board. But glorious heroism like this had to give way to the vigorous and uncompromising ides of justico that provails on ‘manned two bopts, though the ses was running i the high sea. The demoralization of some of the Tescuing men, after they had made two voyages in the life-boats, lod them to Tefuse to go again, and their places were taken by the stewards of the steamer. Though these sailors. had already done good work in the rescue, and though the service was voluntary, such is the rigor of ship- discipline that they were regarded as mutinous, and refused a sharo in the reward which was subsequently made up by the passengers. The connection of the two events would seem to in- dicate that the idea of the ancients, in making heroism and justice invarigbly go together, has Dot yet entirely disappeared. THANESGIVING. The Presidont of the United Stateshasre- quested the people of this country to observe this day as a general occasion for thanksgiving and praiso to Almighty God for the blessings which have crowned the year, and the Governor of Tlinois has indorsed this request by a sup- Plementary proclamation to the people of this State. Asa good and loyal citizen, it will be the duty of every man to obey these proclamations, and bestir himself to find out topics for thank- fulness and turkeys for dinner, The clergy to-dsy will undoubtedly find abundant causes for gratitude, agreeing, as they do, with Shak- speare, that there is a special providence in the fall of o sparrow. The laity, who cannot look as far into & millstone, will bo sorely puzzled to discover the remsons for thanks- giving, as they call to mind the conflagrations, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, murders, bank- ruptcies, eyclones, shipwrecks, epizootics, chol- eras, small-poxes, explosions, high taxes, as- ‘sessments, and railroad and steambost disasters which have occurred with cheerful regularity since last November. Notwithstanding the dis- mal catalogue of horrors, which has gone on in- creasing since we were last called upon to be thankfal, we incline to the opinion that every man can look these calamities squarely in the face, and still have the audacity to be extremely thankful. Our gratitude to-day, which we shall express by attendanoce upon church and gorman- dizing upon roast turkey, chicken pie, and the other culinary aids to praise, it seems to us will not be based so much wupon first-class blessings promptly Teceived a&s upon the fact that the calamities which have been showered down 8o liberally might have been agreat deal worse than they are. This optimistio view of Thanksgiving will afford a grim sort of dolight and consolation, and give & left-handed zest to the mince pie and walnuts. Upon this basis, therefore, we congratulate our readers upon the day we celebrate. Letusbe thankful, first of all, that we are living andare enjoying a fair degree of health. As Mr. Chadband observed, it is a great privilego to be & human child. Leaving out of consideration the evils and calamities which are current, thero ismuch in the world worth living for yet, chief among which is the fact that Rubinstein comes next week, that the Widow Clicquot and Dry Mon- opole still abound, that there is still ablazing fire on the hearth, a good book or two in the li- brary, plenty of warm-hearted and open-handed friends to help you enjoy all the good things of earth, and that Pallida Mors has not yet knocked at your doors, and beckoned you away to that quiet abode where no one is thankful but the worm. Let us be thankful that, whereas a year ago ‘we were groaning under a grievous visitation of fire, we are to-day again on our feet and able to walk without erntches; that our streets are once more foll of busy life; that unsightly heaps of ‘brick, and stone, and shattered walls have given place to elegant warehouses and palatial places of business; that the great currents of trade and commerce sre Once more running in their old channels ; and that every man to-day, who cannot afford a turkey, can at least express his thankfulness to the Divine Being over chicken pie. Things might have been a great deal worse. Letus be thankful that the Boston fire and the stringent money-market were deferred until we had got over the effects of our own confla~ gration, and that we were thus left free to get up on onr feet again, with no danger of & re- Iapse. Things might have been worse, TLet us be devoutly thankful that Brother Collier failed to convince the people of Bos- ton that they neoded relief, and that the funds we Fo bravely and enthusiastically tesolyed to give to the Hub, to re- place its lost spoke, can now be applied to the paymentof life insurance poli- cies, South Park assessmonts, notes coming due, mortgages and other blessings in disguise, which otherwise might have madeus & blessed army of paupers. Things might have boen worse. Let us be thankful that the epizootic has tomo and gons ; that the horses are upon the streets once more, gever and friskier than ever; that ouy prominent citizens are no longer obliged to draw freight through the streets, and that the fleet ox no longer imperils the lives of pedes- trians with his caracolings and prancings. Let ua be especially thankful in this connection that men and women have not been laid up with the Hipporhinorrhes, and that wo are still spared to welcome the cholera next epring. Things might havo been worse. Let us be thankful that the street-cars are agein running, and that those unfortunate beings who live in the rural districts south of Twenty- fifth stroet and west of Ashland avenu, ere no longer obliged to foot it home after dark, the sport of the gontlo west wind and the prey of the gonial garrotor. Things might have been worse. Let us be thankfnl that the clergy and Mr. Greapebaum have at Inst sncceeded in enforcing the Sundaylow, and that, next Sabbath, only 2,000 saloons will be open. It might have beon 8 great deal worse. And whilo we are thankful for these great blessings, which might have been calamitics, there are numerous minor blessings which are calculated to lead our thoughts into thankfal- ness. Let us bg thankful that Victoria Wood- bull is in jail; that the New York stock-brokers are sealping each other instead of the public; that the season of quail and venison has come ; that J. Y. Scammon, of Milwaukee, only got $40,000 worth of Mutual Security; that the streets are to be renumbered; that fannels have risen; thgp General Grant has been elacted, even if he wasn’t gur men; that beef- stezl and mutton “heven't had the epizootic; that our colored brethren have become feHow- bifizeqs; that lovely women isn't voting yet, ag o rule; thet TsE Temuse has gob out of the mire of Canal sireet; thet Fionan haddies snd Ysrmonth plogters will soon be here ; that the Emperor of China hes gob married to one wife and eighty- one concubines, ang that the Queen of Spain loves her husband ; that hens still lay eggs and cows give mwilk ; that we canallgo to meetine twice on Sundays; that taxes don’t come but once & year ; that tenderloins are plenty ; and in general for hoop-slkirts, patent carpet stretchers, pew rents, corsets, coffee pots, French rolls, switches, one-horse cars, quartette choirs, beer, germops, pretzels, amateur musicians, organ blowers, foreign missionaries, and woman the world over. Things might have been worse. Let every man who has got o wife be thank- ful; if he has got children, let him be more thankful. Letevery man who has got a home be thankful, and let him gather into that home to-day father, mother, children, sunts, uncles, and cousins, and let all be thankful things are no worse then they are. It is & day eacred to home and home influences, and there ig no bet~ ter way of expressing our thankfalness and en- joying our well-browned turkey than to seek out those homes which are turkeyless, and meake them thankfal also by sending them the bird ‘which is sacred to the day, and the *fixing” to go with it. Whereby we make a deposit in Heavon to offset our manifold sins, and find out by virtue of a good deed that the world is mot 80 bad after all as some would make it. Things might have been worso. THE BATLROAD LAW AFFIRMED. The case of the Railroad Commissioners of the Btate of Tllindis against the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company, just decided at Bloomington, is the first in the series which is to determine the constitutionality of the State Logislature. The suit wzs in the nature of a quo warranto, to forfeit the charter of the Com- pany for demanding other rates for freight than those prescribed by the act of the Legislature, and especially for discriminating ‘rates in the matter of local froights. The specific allogation waa that tho railroad collected $5.65 per thousand feet upon lumber from Chicago to Lexington, & distance of 110 miles, and only 95 per thousand from Chicago to Bloomington, & distance of 126 miles. The railroad edmitted the discrimina-~ tion, but claimed that it was for the purpose of competing with the Illinois Central Railroad in carrying between Bloomington and Chicago, & competition that does mot exist at Lexington, The Railroad Company also pleaded thé inviola- bility of its charter, and that the act of the Leg- islature attempting to regulate its charges for freight was unconstitutional. To this plea a demurrer was cntered, and the Court sustained the demurrer. Judge Tipton, of the Circuit Court, sustained the constitutionality of the law, holding that the people in creating corporations had not parted with tho sovereign right, inherent inall governments, to protect the people from all abuses, extortions, or unjust discriminations on the part of corporations of its own creation. The argument made on the part of the railroad is, that the charter granted by the State is a con- tract made between it and the Com- psny, and that, under that contract, the Compsny is authorized to 8x its own rates of freight and of pnssenger faro ; that the Btate cannot by subsequent legislation under- take to prescribo the rates to bo charged by the Company, the Federal Constitution prohibiting the States from passing any laws impairing the obligation of contracts. Upon this ground, tho violation of a provision of the National Consti- tution, the case will be carried ultimately to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it will b finaily determined. The issuepresented by this case is a direct one, Has the Legislature of theBtate the authority,withont any reservation inthe charter, to establish maximum rates to be charged by the railroads for thetransportation of {freight and passengers, and isarailroad company, once incorporated, for ever after indopendent of Legislative control ? THE DIAMOND SWINDLE. The great diamond swindle, which has just ‘been exposed in San Francisco, was one of the most colossal frauds that has ever becn attempt- ed in the United Btates. The warning which was given in the columns of Tre TRIBUNE, some months since, when it was first announced that large quantities of diamonds and other precious stones had been found in New Mexico, has been verified. A quietus has been given to the swindle, but not in time to save many persons from being heavily victimized. The speculation was worked up in the most ingenious manner, and was calenlated to deceive even very cautious people. The original parties to the swindle pur- chaged a large number of inferior and cheap gems in London and Paris, and mixed with them & few valuable stones. Thess they took to certain localities in New Moxico and Colorado, where the soil and crevices in the rocks were “galted” with them. This operation is by no means novel, There are parties in this Stato to-day who will remember to their sorrow simi- lar transactions in the Galena mines, in which nuggets of ore, advantageously duposited, were made the basis of a valuablo lead mine and stock certificates, which to-day aro interesting gouvenirs of their possessors’ susceptibilities. Having deposited their gems, the first step of the swindlers was to flood the press with rumors of remarkasble diamond discoveries in New Mexico, and thus stimulate public curiosity. The noxt move was the arrival of exploring parties in Ban Francieco, who brought with them large numbers of dismonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, a few of which wore exhibited in shop windows, and the re- mainder depesited in the Bank of California. A few of the most yalusble specimens were tested by jewellers and experts, who, of conrse, reported favombly upon them. Shortly after- wards, packsges of gems, purporting to come {rom New Moezico, were exhibited in the princi- pal cities of tie country, and somo of the public journals wers duped into giving glaring ac- counts of thenew dismond fields. The game ‘began to work, and, 88 soon as the public cu- riosity beceme excited, a stock com- pany was formed, and Genersl George B. MNcClellsn was induced to iake the Presidency of the Company, end the names of several respactable Eastern gentlemen, who would not knowingly heve lent their influence 1o a swindle, appeared s Directors, The Com- pany appointed a surveyor to explore the new diamond flelds, and he, misled by the “salting,” made a favorable report. The public began to bite atthe gilded hook, and shares commenced gelling lively. Immediately, similar reports of diamond discoveries came from Colorado. The wildest reports began to flood the newspapers, end the Aseociated Press lent its aid, with- out gsking ‘s question, fo mtill further excite the people. The Arabian Nights’ tales were putdone, Diamonds were - fonnd, quarts at & ‘time. Rabies wero shovelled up gnd forwarded to Ban Francisco, Eiteralds, sspphires, and to- Dazes became 8o common thet the miners left them ungathered, while the virgin gold Was strewn about so loosely and profusely in Lug- gets that it was of no more consequence than peb- besl. Allthe while thepublicexcitementincreas- ed. and ehares sold faster and faster. The share- holders turned up their noses at solitaires, and would listen to nothing less than s half a yec:k _of Kohinoors, while ordina- Ty miners and explorers dreamed of clusters of rubies set with diamonds, necklaces of emeralds, and ropes of pearls. Whenever the project began to lag, a convenient explorer came in with & diamond worth half & million, or aruby that summed up in its glittor one hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars. At last the bubble bursts, and the great San Francisco and New York Mining and Commer- cial Company collapses, leaving nothing behind but the worthless paper upon which the certifi- cates were written, while the originators of the swindle pockets the proceeds of the pale of shares, and one handred and fifty thousand dol- lars odditional, which they obteined for the right of discovery. 1. Clarence King, the emi-~ nent geologist, Mr. Colton, the State Surveyor, ‘and other experts in mining, have visited the alloged diamond fields and made their report, which farnishes conclusive evidence thatthe whole thing is o gigantic fraud. Mr. Kingstates that they have explored the vicinity of the fields, and found diamonds and other precious stones on the surface and in the crevices of the rocks, but, in every instance, there was evidence that the soil had been tampered with, and where there was no such evidence no gems were found. Some diamonds were found in holes ‘whero it wag clear that the holes were artificial. On the other hand, in the position where the inevitable laws of Naturo would have doposited them, there Were none to bo found. The other re- ports which have been made corroborate Afr, King's statoment, that the ficlds have boen ““galted.” . This will be the last that will be heard of tho diamond fields of New Mexico. It will be speedily consigned to the limbo where have gone before it the morus multicaulis, the South Sea Bubble, tho Dutch bulbs, and other kindred schemes of speculation, It should not be allow- ed, however, to drop thus suddenly from public notice. For & part of this imposition the Associated Press is to blame, in spreading broadeaste these ridiculous stories without a word of warning, after doubts had been expreseed of theirtruth by several respectablo newspapors. The general publicis ulm.ys, quick to swallow reports which have a golden tinge or & diamond setting, notwithstanding the warn- ings of experienco in the past. This gigantio fraud, furthermore, should not be allowed to fade out of memory until the originators of it are punished. The incorporators of the Com- pany, and other prominent gentlemen, who may have been innocently duped into the prosecu- tion of this ingenious swindle, owe it to their own good names and roputations to leave no stone unturned which shall help to bring the swindlers to justice. The public has little pro- tection if such knaves as theso are left at liberty to practice their ingenious frauds npon it with- ‘out punishment. PATENTS, That Was an ingenious inventor who applied, in 1870, for a patent on a combination of the hen-roost and the bee-hive, that would keep out the bee-moth without obstructing the cntrance and exit of the bees. Obgerving that the bee- moth travels only at night, after the hens go to ro08t, while the beca work only by day, aftor tho hens have left their roosts, he prioted his hen- roost over his bee-hive 80 that the her, when it went to roost, should shut the gates of thenive, and on leaving it at sunrise should reopen them. Most patents, however, involve no such pro- digious stride of inventive genius, but are the slightest variations possible from pre-existing inventions which have led to them. Atthe first boring for petroleum, twenty-five inventors of the same mode of raising the oil applied for patents on it at once. On the ontporeak of the velocipede, » fow years 2go, 432 applications were made for patents in four months, of which thirty-three were independent inventors of the same ides. In 1851, but 2,000 patents were granted in this country. In 1870, there were 18,321 in the United States, to only 103 in Prussia. Massachusetts has 10 - per cent of all American patents, Vermont only 1 per cent; the mantfacturing States exceeding tho agricultural in the number of their inventions. One thousand eight hun- dred patents have been issued for sewing ma- chines and their attachments. Inone year,120 patents were granted for cultivators, 210 for plows, 180 for churns, 175 for washing machines, 151 for sewing mpchines, 140 for stoves, and 140 far grates. The introduction of the sewing, washing, and churning machines have lightened so vastly the labor of women, that if wind power comld only be emplosed to drive them and to rock the baby, a farmer’s wife might soon have plenty of leisure on her hands. Aerial navigation, the manufacture of the diamond from carbon, end & ‘more economical use of the powar of lightning, wind, and tide, are smong the green fields and pastures new that still provoke the inventive genius of man. But the machine that would reap the largest fortune for the inventor would bo o machine for doing chores.” THE ROYAL CHINESE MARRTAGE. The cadle recently announced, with provoking ‘brevity, the marriage of the young Emperor of China, which event-took place on the 16th of Oc- tober, simply stating that there was a procession’ to bring the bride to the palace, and that the whole affair was very quiet. From outward ap- pearances it would seem that almost any one of our fashionable belles might outdo the Empress of Ohing in-wedding fuss and finery, but, aftor the wedding, eircumstances are essentially dif- ferent. Our fashionable lord and master has one woman to look after; the Chinese Empe- Tor, young s he is, has one hundred and twenty, which may account for the fact that he is not in- clined tomake sny great parade overhis wedding. The officers, appointed for the purpose, select ‘his wife for him, and the Chinese Rituals do the restof the work. His murriage, thereforo, is gtri¢tly mechanical, and not only mechanical, ‘but grometrical elso. He does not have to select lus wife, but, starting with three as tha ratio; he has to select three ladies of the first degree, nine of the second degree, twenty-seven of the third degree, and nine times nine coneu- ‘bines, and these compose the Imperial house- hold or herem. The Emperoris not allowed o seek tho society of the’ Empress, for 5 quiet chat alone with her, except ab each full moon'; but, while the moon is waxing and waning, he has full liberty to amyse himself in his harem. The Empress and her three friends of the first degree are kept busy -with & routine of rites and caorifices, The pine of the second degree have each nine of the concubines, whom they are obliged to instruct in female accomplish- ments, The twenty-seven of the third desree have tolodkafter the servant-girls of the palace, keep them in due subordination, and prevent them from discharging the Emperor and the Em- press, in which respéot the latter have the ad- vantage of the fashionable Occidental belle, not- withstanding her more gorgeous send-off on the wedding-dsy. Each one of the concubines is also expected to do a pgreat deal of fancy embroidery. When the Em- press dies, they are allowed to hold the wings which decorate the coffin, and, if any other prominent person attached to the Court should happen to die, they are allowed the ploasant privilege of washing the head of the late departed. The ladies of degree also have entrusted to them the duty of ,suppressing jeal- ousies among the eighty-one concubines, aswell a8 among their thirty-nine precious selves. The facts as stated above afford reason enough +why a royal wedding in China should ba con- ducted in an unostentatious manner. It ishigh- 1y probable that a Chicago bridegroom, if he had his wife picked out for him by some one elseand gent to him, and was not allowed to see her but once a month, and support 120 other women besides, would look upon it s a very serions matter, and wouldnot b disposed to make much of a splurge on his wedding-day. MMore especial~ 1y would he not be inclined to do so if he were obliged to live comparatively alone with them, and be at their mercy, strictly secluded’from the world. The young Chinese Emperor is said to be & very week young man, fond of childish amusements, lazy, and inefficient in political ad- ministration. The prospects for the young gen- tleman, therefore, shutup alone with his 120 lady friends, are not of the most encouraging de- seription. The Dissection of a Poet. ‘Whatever Mr. Joaquin Miller may be, he can boast of having hed an able woman for & wife. Thismay bea sort of morganatic accomplish- ment, but itis one which has helped a good many men on in the world. Clever wives have been known to make poets, and heroes, and statesmen of men who, without their help, might have remained in obscurity. The Poet of the Bierras may look to his divorced wife for a fame that ““Kit Carson’s Ride” will never give him. He is a selfish and ungratefal fellow, and may not appreciato what she is doing for him, but she does not hesitate. Whatever Joaquin may lack in thankfolness will be made ap by the public, who will accept Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Miller’s alliterative namo as that “of one of the sprightliest and spiciest little women of theday. Itisnot often that mankind has the pleasure of looking on while a poet is dissected by his wife, common ss domestic surgery is nowadsys. Minnie Myrtle has found an entirely new and uncultivated field, and she is improving it to the largest possible extent. Birs. Miller has delivered a second lecture in 8an Francisco. It presents a series of the most aggravating contrasts. In one sentence the ac- complished pioneer speaks 3f her former hus- band in langusge that any man might envy, and carefully lesds Joaquin and the aundience into a trap which she snaps down so suddenly and savagely that there is no escapa. Her scalpel is only & pen- kmife, but it is not the less incisive because it insinuates itself slowly and delicately. Itisde- lightful to bear her talking of the Poet of the Bierras " as ‘‘one greater than I, the latchet of ‘whose literary shoes I am not worthy to loosen.” Bhe says this from her intimate knowledge of him, and declares that, if anybody knows him any better, she will be glad to have that individ~ ual como forward, and they will mingle their tears together. She also feels confident that, if shohas been right in coming before the public to ewrn momey for her children, she will reccive Joaquin's. approval. In all her undertakings that threaten failure, he has hastened to condemn her with his usual earnest- mess ; but if she is likely to succeed, she feels that he will rush forth to encourage her—and to divide o profits. ’l‘bE§smyeching half 8o absorbing in all of Joaquin Millers descriptive verses as his wife's picture of that famons visit to Minnie's home; how she came out from the modest fisherman's cottage by the sea-side, looked mpon his heels, dignified by his ponderous apurs, as he dis- | ‘mounted, and worshipped him ; how they floated down the river in her canoe until the current threatoned to carry them "into the open ses, and then how he bellowed, Pull, Minnie, for God's sake, pull!” Minnie had thought that nothing would ‘have been grander than to go down to death locked in the arms of her own true love, bng subsequent experience hes tavnght her to be thankful that the turn of & Wave 8aved her life, She is convinced that Joaquin, Who threw off his coat, prepared to jump overboard, would have swam ashore without her. Mrs. Miller excuses her recent spouse for his desertion, because ho was too poetic for domestic uses. His very re-. ligion was poetry. Hedid not like his children, bothbecause they were strong and fat when they should have been psle and puny, snd be- cause they were legitimate, and consequently not poetical. His mind ran on the sub- ject of death. He was constantly making Dew wills, the only point in which there was no variation being in his legacy to her—their love-letters. He elways wanted to be burned after he died, and was disinterested enough to desire that she should become a part of the faneral pile. One thing is certain,—Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Ailler will need no fature Harriet Beecher Stowe to vindicate her memory. If there is anything which can reconcile Miller's verses to the public, or make his career interesting to anybody, it is to be found in his wife's lectures,—the very opposite of the Candle achool, and & new model in satirical literature. Miller made a mistake when he gave up that woman to listen to the lamonts of New York chambermaids. He will never find anather like her. —_— Street Numbers, The work of the Common Council in furnish~ ing some easy system of locating residences and business places in Chicago will be but half completed if they simply adopt the decimal sys- tem of numbering the buildings,—that is, com< mencing every block with an even hundred. This system, as suggested by Alderman Bond, and approved by the Council, is highly desirable, ‘but it does not overcome the still greater diffi~ culty of locating the streets. If o strangerin the city wishes to find Aberdeen street, or Wau- ‘bansia avenue, it becomes necessary for him o discover gome resident, not always easily found, who kmows where it is, then. secure & map of the city and s directory, write ont in~ structions in detail, and spend the best part of aday in verifying them. Itisno exaggeration to say that there are hundreds of streetsin this city, the very names of which are utterly un- Imown to the oldest inhabitants. Tn so rapidly~ growing & community, separated into three’ dis- tinct divisions, like three different towps, what isnow a complication will some dsy became an inextricable muddle. A system of strest nomen- clature can be made as simple and ready of reference as the system of numbering already adopted. It has been snggested to desig- nate the streets running north and south a8 avenue, and those ritnning east and west a8 streets, and jlumber them all consgoutively, be- ginning with the lake for the one and with the river, from both sides, for the other, uch an arrangement of siraots, In connection with the decimal system of pumbssing tho houses) ToTld render Chicago, with its rectangular sireets, the moat conyenient city i the country. Thoac commodation to strangers, and the maving of time to everybody, suggest an immediate change. Another reason why the chmg_e shonld i nd " is, that it will at once N ::va m:ge come eventusllv. 8od Duiting it into operation simultancously with the change in the numbering system, would save ex= pense by going over thewhole ground at ome time, and the confusion incident to it would only have to be endured once. The Common Coun- cil should give the subject its serious consider~ ation. . R T — POLITICAL. Covgress meets next Monday, when-Willis B. Machen will take his seat as Senator (for this winter only) vice Garret Davis, of Kentucky, de~ ceased; and the following new members in tha House: Connecticut—Joseph R. Hawl p V. Strong, Georgia—. 1. Bevk, Libe, ve o5 T B ZLouisiana—Aies, Bozrman, Lib., v. McCleary, Massachusetts—C, C. Esty, Rep., v Brooks, Ohio—0zro J, Dodds, Lib., v. Perry. —What could be more strange’ than that Pare son Brownlow should resigh his seat in the Senate to make room for Andy Johnson ; and { vet, talk runs that way in Tennessee. —The vote of Indiana: Liberal. i Oct., Hendricks. ... 189,404, mo“H:pubhmr: 183,276 Nov., Greeley...... 163,622, Grant. -.. 186,130 The Bourbon vote of Indians, which was 189 for Edgerton, in October, was 1,414 for 0'Conor, in November ; and Charles Francis Adams, a8 the candidate of the Anti-Secret ‘Society party, got 1 vote. . —The Louisiana Legislature, as counted in by Governor Warmoth and ordered to convene Dec. 9, is composed of 21 Liberals to 15 Republicana in the Senate, and 73 Liberals to 35 Republicang in the. House. Warmoth declares McEnery, Liberal, elected Governor by 7.%:3 majority- The Longstreet-Herron Board «. vassers, created by a State Judge who w.o served ag Chairman of the Republican Campaign Commit« tee, and who was himself a candidate for re. election, declares Kellogg-elected Governor by 12,761 majority, with a Republican Legislature. A muddle wasall the Republicans wanted, and they have got it. —The votes for Congress in the first seven dise tricts of Michigan are as follows : 7. Richardson. ’ [Eighth and Nin! —Grant’s majority, in Michigan, is 56,233, 80 far as heard from, and will run up to 59,000. —Time enough has nowelapsed for the proper cooking of the Arkansas returns, and they must be about done. The unofficial firat returns indi-" cated a majority of at least7,000 for Greeley, and nearly as much for the Libral State ticket ; ‘whereupon, 8ays & correspondent: - ‘The official returns,as they camein to mfim . State, were taken to the rooms of the Ropubiieam State' Central Committes and “doctored;” ang, tho ‘majorities failing to ¢ in many instances, 5 comimizs sion, consisting of Alex. McDonald, J, R. Montgomery (Attorney General), T. D. W, Yonloy (Chancellor), anq. W. W, Wilshire (ex-CLief Justice), left hero [Little Rock] in & body andpscaltered to ramote parts of tha Btate, under circumstancss so suspicions s to induca the belief that they went tajther to make N Hes fit, whether or no. S Ao —The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Ohio polled 528,000 votes, or nearly 100,000 m: Thinois, Yet, according £ fao censas, we. bave ot 100,000 more people than our Western neighbor, Tha Jotolmplies thst we havo nearly 500,000 mors infab tants, - The vote of Tllinois is 20,1001ess than in 1868; but does this imply that the mumber of inhabi. tants has decreased ? —There is a contested elecion of Sherift in St. Lonis. Con. Maguire 887 Taslor was not elected; and Taylor says Con.Maguire was not eligible to be elected. Thew is tobe anew count., —The votes for Representatites in Congregg, in Missouri, are given ss followa: 5 Reblican. tanard —The Liberal half of the Alabama Legisla. ture, in the State House, counted and declared the vote for Governor, as follows: David P. ZLewis, Republican, 89,878; Thomas H. Herndon, Liberal, 81,371; thus electing Lewis by 8,507 majority. The Republican half of the Legiela- ture is sitting in the United States Court Housa only to farnish & pretext on which the United Btates Senate may seat the man whom it shall elect. —~—The Bt. Lonis Republican says : There are 114 Tounties in Missouri; in the reccns election, 41 of them gavo majorities for Grant, the Jargest of these majorities boing that in Douglss, 7533 the remaining counties, 73 in number, gave majorities for Groeley, the lsrgest of these majoritics being that cast by St. Louis, 2,601, Tho 41 Republican counties paid, in 1871, a gross amount of State and county taxea ‘of $419,580; and the 73 Democratic and Liberal countiea ‘paid §3,558,60—more than Jive times a8 mtch, —3layor John G. Baxter, of Louisville, 2dmits 8 technical doubt concerning his elgibility to re~ election, ang retires from the canvass. The Republican frands in North Carolina may have proved fatal to Mermmus, far Governor, ‘but Nereus Mendenhall (Liberal) is the newly~ elocted Superintendent of Public Instruction, according to the official vote. ~—The declared vote of Minnesots, for Presis dent and mmembers of Congress, is increasing the Styreme Court by'the sdiition of two Justices, was ntified, 221,133 to 15,260, and Liberal Judges wereelected as follows: Liveral. hraim B. Ewing and Thomass A. Sherwood are the alditional new Judges, to draw for terms of eigtt and tep years. Henry M. Vories is elected to sorve six years, after which the term becomes ten years. Washington Adams is elected to fill out the term (two years)in which he is now eerving by appointment. One member of the old Court has yet four yearsto Berve. —Governor Boffman has called the Commise sioners on Constitutional Revision, in New York, to meot at Albany, Dec. 4. — ! STEAMBOAT INSPECTION. i i o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: S1m: Reading your article on steamboat inspco~ tion in to-dsy’s paper reminds me of a condition of things that existed not long since upon the ! Upper Mississippi, and msy yet, for soght X . kmow. i At the time referred to,—sbout four yeard 2go,—the Deputy and Acting Inspector of Boate on those waters was the shop /arerm!: ufethe rincipal Packet Company upon said waters Egg %ledtgotth po_aghd'-onpa apon e bofore | after that peri ‘How likely such a privato dependsnt would bt to’ diacharge the responsible and highly-im ortant duties of his public position with fear e85 indépendence, can be readily guessed by th mc;zaugerfirm.m instances of sbuse mf oW many s ins buse 1 elsewhere yex.isk in the . edministratic of sguch mervice, -c¢an - only’ -ba " 'sm miged ; bub- su s gross perversic of Iaw, when sefety to hluman life is 80. large involvad, ought.to elicit something more than Tassing remark upon those who are L€|:11tybc, and responsible for, the ontrage upon the publ e one who doubts the substantial trutht the foregoing statement can leamn tha facts inquiring at LaCrosse. Wis. . Omr0agd, Nov, 35, 1874, - Remarkable Case of Perjurys JANESVILLE, Wis., Nov. 27.—Asa Shooks, Wd was arrested near Monroe, Wis., last Satx 1or'the allsged murdor of AN FARUOW Nm dischatged from _custody_to-dny, the witni who made the afidavit against him lugu:i_;d- mitted that he swore to & falsehood, being hired to do 8o by a Norwogian who had some againsf Shooks, The witness is -under rest, and will be made to suffer for his per] 1v. Shogks is one of the oldest and moRy I&7 spected oitizens of Green County.