Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1872, Page 8

% THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, is7%: FOREIGN. The Situation in France---Gam- betia Favors Thiers’ Cone servatisme German Re-Occupation the Restoration of Napo-~ leon, Explosion of Gas Works at Newport, England--=Several Lives Lost. Further Inundations in Italy. o FRANCE, New Yozx, Dec. 5.—A Paris letter, containing an interview with Gambetta, just before the rov opening and gitting of the National Assembly, raportglnmu ‘being a supporter of the con- wervatism of President Thiers. Under the pres- ent condition of things, it seems that both the de{cals and Thiers prefer peace to any mon- erchical experiment,or to the anarchy threatening any attempted change. Gembetts and his fol- lowers are confident that s new eloction will give them absolute control of the destinies of the nation, but meanwhile, as Thiers is gotting the credit of paying the German Fodemnity and fostering the National Tesources, they cortend that this should continue. They Tecognizo the sbility of the Rxecutive, ind aro “illing to give France tho benefit, though they do not assent £o all his views, Versarirrs, Deoc. 6.—Tho Assembly this afternoon elected the members of th¢ Com- mittee of Thirte proposed by Minister Dufaure. The Committee as formed by the Assembly con- &ists of nineteen Deputies from the Right, rep- resenting 561 votes, and eleven Deputies from tho Left, representing 338 votes. What course the Government will take under the circumstan- <es is at this time unknown. . Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yomk, Dec. 5.—In_conversalion with an erican correspondont in Paris, ex-Dictator Gambetts, expreseed very fally his political doce trines. He said he is not opposed to Thiers speaking in the Assembly. Tho Assembly itself is not popular in France. Ithas no right to frame a Constitution, and if it should make ona the next Assembly would abrogate it. Gambetta favors secular education where broad morality, but not, religion, should be taught. Ho thinks Bismarck chosen his time for his onslanght on Jesuits with wonder- fully " gkilful _siafesmanship, for Italy snd Austria are with him, while France is help- less. Gambetta is for free trade, and considers Thiers’ recent protective enactments a blunder that must soon be corrected. His opinion is that no monarch can rule France hereafter, and that it is best now to administer the Republic without 2 constitution, and without a Chamber of Peers, or second chsmber of any sort. The Republicans of France are confldent of victory whenever an appeal is made to the polls. Suf- frago is sure to remain universal. Special Despatch to the New York World. Loxpox, Dec. 5.—The vote in the Versailles Assembly to-day on the formation of Dufaure’s Committes excited the liveliest apprehension in Paris, where fighting is expected. Great excite- ment prevails at Chiselhurst. Marshal Mac- Mshon controls the army, but will sct only in obedience to the Assembly, and not to President Thiers. German reoccupetion is certainif fight- ing occurs. Correspondence hasrecently passed ‘between Bismarck and Napoleon. German re- occupation will resultin the re-establishment of the Empire. —_— CREAT BRITAIN, . Loxvox, Dec. 5.—The gasworks at Ne in Monmonthshire, exploded last night, g and wounding several persons. Loxpox, Dec. 5.—The strike of the stokers of the gas companies continues, but the worst is over. The bitants have supplied themselves with oil lamps and_candles, and are now able to meet the inconvenience caused by the limited supply of gas. Several theatres were lighted with oil last night and the performances con- ducted as usual. The Strand last night was lighted with burning lime. LoxpoX, Dec. 5.—The announcement of the errival of the Mediterranean steamer Dalmatian at Liverpool, yesterday, unfortunately proves untrue. Nothing has been heard of the steamer since the original report of her loss. —_——— ITALY. 'ToRr, Dec. 5.—The waters of_the .River Po bave again overflowed the embankments and inundated the adjacent country. At last ad- ices the flood was spreading. Roxe, Dec. 5.—Sir Batte Frere arrived here on his way to Aden to_join the British expedi- tion for the suppression of the elave trade on the African coast. He was received to-day by the King, who gave him a gold medal bearing the Royal effigy, and asked him to present it 1o Livingstone a8 a pledge of his esteem. In the Chamber of Deputies, to-day, the Gov- ernment was asked {0 explain why four schools for English and American children, in Rome, have been recently closed by the authorities. Senor Lanza replied that the schools were opened withont suthorization. The municipal- ity and sanitary regulations had not been com- plied with in them. A violent storm swept over Naples, last night, g much damage to the shipping in the doin, arbor. e GERMANY, Brerry, Dec. 5.—Nearly all of the newly-elect- ed peers took their seats in the Upper House of the Diet to-day. CINCINNATIL. Trade and Commerce of the City. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. CrxerssaTy, 0., Dec. 5.—The report of Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, Superintendent of the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati, to-day issued, in its various tabulated statements of the commerce of Cincinnati, leaves entirely out of account all goods and merchandise passing through the city without stopping, whether by river or rail. His figures show only the bona fide business actually transacted in the cify, o far as such business can be shown by figures to be reliable for_ compari- son with similar reports of other cities, This circumstance must be constantly kept in mind. Great care and labor have been used to make the statistics accurate. In some branches they indicate a decline, in others a stationary state, in others still & decided and rapid pro- gress. The report is limited to the commercial state of the city, and does not exhibit the condi- tion of manufactures, except as to the extent of imports_of materials for their use, and export of articles manufaoctured. The product of the manufacturing industry for the yeer 1871, however, is stated at $186,000,000. Under the Congressional act of July, 1870, the invoice valug of direct foreign importations haye been $1,600,000, which is an increase of $300,000 over last year. The capital in banks has not been increased. Five National Banks have - 54,000,000 3 twal:nuafivate banks have $2,250,000, making a total bank capital represented in the Clearing House Association, $6,250,000 in round numbers. The tonnage of steamboais landing at the wharfs exhibit a stationary state of that trade, while the tonnage of boats built in the city during the year is rather below the average for the last twenty-five vears. The shipments of beer has been 130,000 barrels, which is doublethe amount of the year 1869, and sixfold that of ten €ars 2g0. - yThe zgepoxt of the export trade in candles elow its average dur- shows & material decline b ing the past ten years, while the exports of soap is 152,00!(’7 boxes, or double that of ten years ago. The receipts of cattle have been 170,000 head. The receipis of sheep, 190,000 heed, mearly & seven-fold increase in both in ten years, and double the average of this business in the last decade. = The cotton trade showaad’w,oop btalsa rer:_extvet} and nearly as many shipped, against a receipt of 530,000 biles Inst sear. Cofton shipped through Cincinnati, and na:‘:::nnntad x: tlcl'.\rese reports, has much larger ever before. be’;ge fiour!{n;zis is sbout b per cent below the average of the last decade, both in receipts and Ehipments. Nearly 600,000 barrels were import- ed, and 410,000 were exported. The trade in furniture, exclusively exports, was 69,000 packsges and 24,000 dozen chairs, which 15 barely up to the average of the last six yfi exhibit of erain statistics shows that Cin- cinnati is chiefly & consumer and not s plass of exchange, Thereceigts of barley w2¥a 1,200,000 bushels; of corn, 1,800,000 hfis{le!s have been imported, about, the ' avarige for the last Afteen years, while ths Gxports were 60 per cent below the average of the last ten years. _Groceries show a heavy decline, as compared with the previous year, as to the recelpts nnd shipments in the articles of coffes, Molasses, su- gar, and rice, yet the report apeeks of tho gro- cory business as satisfactory and encouraging. A great incroase in the trade in imports and exports of hidss is exhibited. he hope and boast of the city is tho great &nd rapid progress in the iron businoss, not only in raw material, but in reduvcing ores, and con- suming bar and shoet iron and steel for manu- facturing purpores. S The lead business has incressed to the largest eyer transacted in one year in this article in the city, with o single exception. The report throughout, it ewing the station- ary condition of seversl arficles of commerco, accounts for the circumstance by the loss of Sonthern trade during the wr, and the inability to reclaim it since for lack of Sonthern railrosd communication, Associated Press report will give iron trade moro fully. [To The Associated Press.] Owewary, 0., Dec. 5.—The report of the trade and commerce of Cincinnati for the past commercial year, by Sidney D: Maxwell, Super- intendent of the Merchants’ Exchange, was placed in the hands of tho newspapoers this even- ing, Thé report shows the aggregate value of impoifs for the year at $317,000,000, an increase over the preceding yesr of $£84,000,000, and the total value of exports, $200,000,000, an incremso of £21,000,000. The ‘greatest increase has been iron. The in- crease in imports of pig iron over the preceding year being 98 percent in tons. The incroase in exports 85 per cent in tons; inciesse in im- ports of pigiron the last decade 875 per cent ; inesports the same period, 794 per cent. In- crease the last decade in imports of avr- chants' iron end_ steel, 1,083 per cent. Increase in exports, 542 pér cent. Seles for the year here of pigiron made else- where, 180,000 tons, worth £6,500,000. The report claims that Cincinnati, from the nature of her position, 18 now enabled to pre- sent the largest assortment of hot and cold bl and car wheel iron of any city in the country. The value of the shipments of hog product, not including live hogs, $16,750,000% whiskey, $19,750,000; tobacco, §11,350,000 cotton, $19,- 833,000 general merchandise, §72,000,000; far= niture, £6,250,000. Total production of distilled spirits, 6,335,000 gallons; of rectified spirits, 300,- 000 barrels. Wholesale liquor eales, $16,500,000. Amount of Government tax paid on the whol }iquor business, $4,200,000. Total receipts of tobacco at warehouses, 24,000 hogshends, 4,500 boxes. Total production of starch, 8,000,000 pounds, Bales of lenther for the year, $5,500,000, Cincincinnati menufacturers producing of this amount, $2,500,000. With the exception of two years during the war, the receipts of general merchandise have been the largest in the hiatory of ths oity. Velue of receipte of cattle for the year £9,333,000; increase $1,500,000;, shipments of gozp, 150,000 boxes; the largest in the history of the trade here. The jobbers and manufacturers’ eale of boots and shoes foots up 38,338,000, Total production of beer, 261,000 barrels for consumption hore, azd 174,000 Barrels for ship- ment. Total value of beer produced in Cincin- nati, Covington, and Newport for the year, £4,750,000. The report states that the trade of the city has been more satisfactory in all its depart- ments than at any previous time since_the war. all directions there have been evidences of hopefulness. . INDIANAPOLIS. The Rorth American Bee.Heepers’ Cenvention—Second Day’s Proceed= ings. Special Despalch to The Chicago Tribune. IxpraNarosts, Ind., Dec. 5.—The North Amer- ican Bee-Keepers met to-dey, and resolved that the transsctions shall be published in the sev- eral bee journals and agricultural papers. It was suggested that to wait for a pamphlet copy was . & little slow in this age of the daily press. The subject of keeping bees on every farm and suburban home came up in its order. Dr. Bahrer would take the position that bees should be kept on every farm, and, to some ex- tent, in suburban homes. Bee pasturage must be provided when nature does not supply it in abundance. Buckwheatand white and Alsikiclover ere the most™ desirable for this purpose. The Algiki clover is only valuable onwetlands in this part of the country. Mr. Pope, of Indians, was eatisfied that bee culture was not profitable in all parts of the country. Mr. J. V. Bmith, of Ohio, was an advocate of the Alsiki clover. He made several cuttings during the season, and each time the cloyer pro- duced a new crop of flowers, He thus kept his bees constantly at work. > Mr. Dunlap would advocate the keeping of beos on_every farm, and st _every suburban home, That, tomake it possible in sl places, there must be provided honey-bearing plants. He would sayto the commercial bee keepers, that they must expect a loss in price as sugars and syraps become cheaper. Ars. Tupper gave s large number of instances of successful bee-keeping by women, and would urgeit asan important industry by the wives and daughters of the rural population. Several others took the same ground, and the society voted that the question had been ably argued in the affirmative. “What Caused the Loss of Bees Last Winter 2" was next taken in hand. The Society was op- posed to accept the conclusion of the President that they died ““by the visitation of God.” Mr. Zimmermsn hed s theory that the long winter, which kept them in-doors, wasthe cause. Mr, Hosgland, of Pennsylvanis, had his bees apart in the callar, and pert on their summer stands, and part in s repository, and all alike suffered. e loss was $1,100 worth of bees. He ventilated above, and very little below. Mr. Moore fed & part of his swarms on sugar, and these lived, while the others, not so fed, died. If bees had Anfi;nrtflnfiy to fly out once a month there Wi be no loss. It is evident there must have been some poisonous property in the honey. The_question was lett in an unsatisfactory state. In feeding bees, he puts syTup of sugar in bottles, with & muslin cloth over the mouth of the bottle. The bottle is reversed, when the bees will use it for both food and comb. The ln.rfie papalon stocks suf- fered more than the small ones, simply from the fact that they accumulste more moisture. Several parties stated thet bees gathered honey from cortain plants and passed by others ; that 1s, & swarm may gather from white clover, while another Gid so from buckwheat. The ventilation of bees was warmly discussed, and rosulted in showing s great variety of experi- ments, with contradictory resuits, and nothing new was developed. ¢ Mr. D. L. Adair read sn essay on *“The Tlti- mate Capacity of the Bes.” The present hive contains aboat 2,000 cubic inches, and the num- ber of bees is about 20,000. Bees live, on an av- erage, 52 days. The queens lay a great number of eggs daily, in some instances, on average of 3,000 eggs during ten daya. ~Mr. Adair hed counted 78,000 bee larvie at one time, in one Tive, and, as the bees batch in twenty days, this would be at more than 8,500 eggs daily during that time. With the use of the honey extraction we mey treble the quantity of honey over the ordinary yield. In some instances bees build s foot of comb per day, even in the com- mon hive, and st this rate they would construct enough comb in ninety daysfor 900 pounds. He took the ground that our hives are too small, as they have not room in the brood chamber to give full employment to the queens. The Treasurer reported 78 cents of funds on houd, which i3 a better showing than the majority of similar organizations are able to present. ¢Is the Italinn Superior to the Common Black Bee ?” Dr. Loens was most decidedly in favor of the Italian. Dr. Bohrer hed Italian and black bees, and while the Italians gave s large quartity of s\iu-phu honey, the black colonies gave no sur- plus. MMrs. Tupper stated that her Italisn Colonies had been free from the bee moth for the past threo years, and she hed no robbers, but whether this is an innate virtue or not, she would not say. She gave a poor character to the native black bes, and it is Eruba'bln that they are yield- thhe ‘ground to the Italian. . Bolrer had found some_trouble with the sutumn svarming of the Italian. In order to revent this, ho took the old queen from the ive. The effect of the Italian queen om col- onies of black bees, by giving them_a change of Dblood or new sirain, was freely admitted, and that it is gluite necessary to change our bees, let it be by o1 %exchmging colonies with those at & distance. There was a decided difference of -opinion a8 regards the docility and domestic virtues of the Italians, which are more irasci- ble during swarming, and more disposed to rob than the black bees. Mr. King, of Kentucky, had taken 286 pounds of comb honey from & cofuny of black bees, and that exclusive of the weight of frames or boxes. The Italian bee and its crosses were generally conceded to be the better of the two races of bees, and a vote to that effect was passed with- out & dmnencing{vnice. 2 “The ;Best Method of Inétdasing. Stocks.” Mr. Hosmer said. thet Ho wintered his bees in o collar, and_on taking them out in the spring, ho gave thém riuslin sacks filled with. honey, leced inside of the hive: This is lone after & part of e frames have been taken out. The remaining frames, with the bees, are placed on one side, and these feeding sacks are placed on the opposite side of the hive. He puts up small stacks of only s gnu.rt or a pint, and as a quart of bees number ive thousand, the hive is, not so very small or 20 much less than usual. He has no ventilation for his bees summer or winter, closing only to admit the bees to pass in or out. He puts old newspapers over the hives, and aims to keep his bees warm in the hive. He has eighteen frames, and they each contain a foot of comb. Heincreased five swarms from one by dividing them, and, by repeating the process, he makes nineteen new hives from one swarm. He had never produced a thousand pounds from a single hive in one sesson, though he had proposed to doso. He feeds his bees during the season when they can gather no honey, and this without regard to the amount of honey in the hive. This is done for the purpose of keep- ing the bees at work, and for this purpose he tekes away all surplus honey, even 1f he must return it to them for the purpose of storing. Twenty-four swarms had given hi 2,000 pounds ; he had sold some fifty swarms, and now has one hundred snd ten swarms. the sutumn he divides his bees, making fen awarms from one. To do this queens are bred and held in reservo for that purpose. Three hundred and fifty-four pounds is the largest yield that he had had from one swarm during the sea~ son. He has the best_location . for honey, per- haps, in the world. He sowed eight acres of black mustard. The Alsiki clover does well in his locality, giving flowers nearly all the season. Mrs. Tupper winters her bees the incellar, and places them on their summer stands about the 1st of March. Tho middle of Mey she bogins to divide for new colonies, making only one new colony from each old. 'She provides pueens or g:aun cells in advance for each new swarm, is manner the colonies are all strong and in working order. She took issue with Mr, Hos- mer in relation to new swarms. BMr. Moore made 88 many a8 two New SWArmS from one old oua in favorable seasons, and when new swarms are desirable, but this is at the ox- Dense of honoy. If l.\cneg is the object, this excessive swarming must be dispensed with. POLITICAL. LOUISIANA STATE ELECTION. NeW OnLeaxs, Dec. 5.—The following procla- mation was promulgated this morning: STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, NEW OBLEANS, Dec. 4, 1872, W, P. L. Wiltz, Gabrici Defériet, Thomas Isabel, J, A Taylor, cnd J, E. Austrisn, returning officers appointed by the Goverror to ll vacancies oxe istilg, in accordanco with the Constitution and laws of the Stato of Louisians, have made declaration of tho result of an election held Nov. 4, 1872, sud have de- clred cortaln persons elected to tho Senate and Houso of Representatlves of tho State of Loulsiana, as will ap- pear from the returns herewith ttached and modo s art of this proclamation; and, WrERRAS, Such roturns aro compiled from tho offi- el roturne'of Commissioners of Eloction and Super- visors of Registration, on file in this ofice, aro in fact and form accurate and correct, sod made in accord- ance with law : Now, thercfore, I, Henry Clay War- moth, Governor of the State of Louisiana, do issuo this, Tny proclamation, making known tho result of &aid election aforesaid, and command all officers and persons within the Stato of Louisiana o take notlce and respect tho same, (Signod) H. C. Wanxorm, The extra session of the Legislature will meet on Tuesday. NeEw Osreaxs. Dec. 5.—To the Governor's proclamation, this morning, is appended full re- turns showing the vote for each_Ropresentative and Senator in every parish in the Stato, certi- fied by the “ Returning Board ” and Searetary of State. It having been neserted that 16,000 to 80,000 votars were denied zogistration, the fol- lowing is the vote of 1870 : Republican, 65,682 ; Democzatic, 41,010. Total, 106,542. Voto this yeor; Ropublican, 60,23 ¢ ‘Democratic, 68,169 ‘otal, 120,402. Increaee since 1870, 21,860. Tt is nasorted in Kellogg's bill that 1,000 voters were refused registration and tho right to vote in Repids Parigh, and 500 in Caddo. ql'haae ar- ishes show an increase since 1870: Caddo, &1; Rapids, 56. 3 ARKANSAS ELECTORS. Lrrrre Rock, Dec. 5.—The Groeley Electors of this State sssembled last night, and, claiming to De elected, cast thovoto of tho Statd for B. Gratz Brown for President, and General N. P. Banks of Massachusetts, for Vice President. They did thia after being officially informed by the Govern- or that, ona canvassof the yotes, the Grant Electors were elected. They charge the latter Tesult was reached through fraud. ~They psssed appropriate resolutions on the death of Mr. Grecley. Both sides in this Stato claim the election of their ticket, and will endeavor to in- stale themselves in office. MISSOUR! ELECTORS. 8r. Lows, Dec. 5.—A despatcl from Jefferson City Iast night, stating that the Presidontial Flectors had adjourned without, voting, was s mistake, A ballot was taken st a late hour, with the following result: For President—B. Gratz Brown, 8; Thomas A. Hendricks, 6; David Davis, 1. 'Tor Vice President—B, Gratz Brown, 6; George W. Julian, 5; John M. Palmer, 83 Wim. 8. Groesbeck, 1. E. A. Lewis was elected messenger to carry the vote to Washington. PENNSYLVANIA TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. PrrrspURGH, Dec. 5.—A call hasbeen issued for & State Temperance Convention, to meet in this city, on the 19th inst., to consider the subject of total abetinence, and memorialize the State Con- stitutional Convention on the subject of prohibi- tion. The expectation is for & large and Import- ant meeting. KANSAS ELECTORS. ToPErs, Ks., Dec. 5.—The Kansas Presidential Electors mot here yesterday, and_cast their otes for Grant and Wilson. John Guthrie, of Topeks, was chosen Messenger to Washington. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS. Coxcorp, N. H., Dec. 5.—The Republican State Committee have fixed tho time for holding the State Convention Jan. 14, 1873, FIRES. Destruction of Property Yesterday. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, BpRINGFIELD, O., Dec. 5.—This evening, about 5 o’clock, & fire broke out just at the rear of the Congrogitionsl Church, destroging, wo Iarge stables belonging to George W. Steele and Dr. Longstreet. Loss sbout 81,000; partially in- sured. The church was on fire, but was soon oxtinguished. The fire waa the work of an in- cendiary. ‘Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, DusuQus, Iowa., Dec. 5.—The house and sa- Joon of Jes. Hill, at Independence, Iows, Wwas burned to-night. Total loss probably 82,000 or 000. CEpaR Rarmy, Tows, Dec. 5.—The flour snd grist mill owned by Howe & Slye caught fire near the roof, early this morning, and burned to the gronnd. Loss abont $12,000, upon which there was no insurance excepting $2,000 in favor of = mortgage. ‘Bosrox, Dec. 5.—Garvin & Howe's team sta- ble, Albany street, was burned this morning. Ei'gfiteun horses perished in the flames. 6 remnants of two more human bodies have been found in the ruins of Walker's camiage factory, which was_burned in_the grest fire. This makes six bodies recovered from the same place, and the laborers are digging for more. Derrorr, Dec. 5.—Early this evening one of tho shopa of the Pullman Car Menufucturing Company in this city was injured to the exten of from 315,000 to $25,000 by fire. Loss chiefly covered by insurance. Sr. Lous, Mo., Dec. 5.—Theloss b{tha burn- ing of the drug house of Allison & Schultz, last night, proves to have been much heavier than ot first reported. It amounts to £30,000; insur- ance, SEZ,ODD, mainly in the Commercisl, of Lon- don, and Ztna, of Hartford. Also considerable loss by water on leaf tobacco in the factory of smxef& Benson, 121 Pine street, but the amouné isnot ascertained. Al . Iurder. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, MarioN, Ind., Dec. 5—This city is excited over & tragedy which ook place on a farm some seven miles west of here. At an early hour this morning, Elijsh Creveston, the owner of the farm, went into his barn to feed his horses, and was asssulted aman named Perry Mey- ers, who had secreted himself there for the pur- pose of robbery. During the scuffle, Meyers stabbed Creviston, inflicting wounds _which K{:verl fatal this evening. Meyers meade good escape. Cr¥oINNATE, Dec. 6.—A. report came to Coving-~ ton to-night, and is beheved there, that, on Tuesdsy night, at Williamstown, in Grant Conn- b, Kontucky, General Leslio CGoombs was shot through the heart and killed by & desperado named George Merrell, bt not before he gota pistol-ball in” his own 'thigh. The report ssys that Merroll fired upon one Alexander Miller, at Willismstown, the night provious. The jury in the case of the inanest an the body of Florence Ritter, who died last Thursday night, brought in a verdict that she came to her death in consequerice of reckless snd careless operations parformed by her attending physician, John W, Ring. - Sho wae 15, yours 01d, oad wad the womb. under King’s treatment for disease of 8arr. Laxe, Dec. 6—A terrible tragedy was enacted here to-day. A man named Griffiths, a ‘Welchman, an old resident of the Territory, went to the dwelling of his wife, who had sepa- ratod from fim becauso of Lis bratal treatment, and commenced assaultin, her. A negro mear by interfere when Griffith drew a revolver, and missing the negro at the first fire, pursued his wife to the street and shot her twice, inflicting mortal wounds. He then shot himself through the head, and died in a few minutos. The ceuse so far as known was jealousy. STATE LEGISLATURES. INDIANA. InpIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5.— SENATE— Petitions ‘were presented praying for the repeal or modi- fication of the law suthorizing townships and counties to extend aid to railroads. ‘The bill to protect the Wabash & Erie Canal, its tfolls, and revenues, was read a second time and mede the special order for to-morrow. The minority of the Committee were permitted to make & report at the same time. A large number of bills were reported back from committees and referred. "The Special Committee on that portion of the Governor's message relating to the dam over the Calumet River at Blue Island, reported a resolu- tion providing for the appointment of a Com- missioner to procoed to Chicago and endeavor to procure the removal of the injunction prohibit- m?nfim removyal of the dam. “Adopted.’ A 'welve now bills were offered, malking 129 in The Honse bill providing that the unfinished business of one session may becomploted at the noxt was unanimonsly passed. The House bill making specific appropriations for the State Normal School, State Prison, South, and the House of Refuge was passed. The bill to provide for an_ increase of the Governor’s salary was discussed at length, and finally an amendment to strike_out $7,000 and insert $8,000 was adopted, and the bill thus amended passed—yens, 34 ; nays, 9. A bill was offered amending the Railrond Aid law, 80 a8 to provide that scrip aid may be ex- tended upon avote of two-thirds of the property- holders to an amount not to exceed 1 per cent per annum. A resolution of inquiry into the cause of the failure to distribute to the School Fund the sum of $56,000, and when the interest had been peid, and to whom, was adopted. A resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of s committee of five to inquire what legislation is necessury to protect the citi- f_ens of cities and towns from oppressive taxa- ion. HOUSE. A bill to provide for a uniform assessment of property and the return and collection of taxes thereon, was read twice and referred back to the Committee of Ways and Means. The bill to designate a cepositor for the safe~ keeping of public funds was laid upon the table and ordered printed. A number of bills were reported back from committeos. The House joint resolution instructing Con- grossmen to urge upon Congress an appropria- tion f;r the improvement of the Ohio River, passe The bill fixing the time of holding courts in the Twelfth Judicial District, passed. A communication was received from the At- torney General oxpressing the opinion that the Btate was linble for the unswrendered internal improvement bonds; that the payment of the Garrett judgment will not incresse the State lisbility for other unsurrendered bonds, and that the State will become liable for the canal certificates if she permits the Wabash & Erie Canal to be sold under the Garrett judgement. A bill was reported from the Judiciary Com- mittee gmviding for compensation to the Gover- nor at the rato of 5,000 from January, 1873, in lieu of house rent. A bill was introduced to fix the salary of the Governor at 88,000 per year begining with the term of the Governor elogt. g A bill to cede to the United States jurisdiction on land not exceeding one acre in the city of In- dianapolia for the ~erection of Government ‘buildings was passed. The bill to engble border counties to extend 8id to railroads in other States passed. The bill to make a defendant a competent wit- ness in his own behalf when he chooses to testi- 1y, but his refusal to do so shall not be regarded as o circumstance afimnat him, passed. The bill to give the prosecution the closing of the caee passed. The House concurred in the Senate joint reso- lution relating to the Calumet dam. Seventoen more billa were presented, making 183 in all. ALABAMA. ‘MoxTaoMERY, Ala., Dec. 5.—The Capitol body ‘balloted for a Senator without result, and ad- journed until to-morrow, owing to the death of & momber elect who had not taken his seat with that body, but with the Court House body. The Court House body did nothing. One of its members, Bennett, died during the night. This is the second death since the meeting of the Legislature. Senator Spencer left this morn- ing for Washington. DETROIT. Marine Disasters—County Insurance Companies—Rcsignation of Judges. DETBoIT, Mich., Dec. 5.—A Marquette special reports the total loss, on Lake Superior, with all on board, of the barges Jupiter and Saturn, owned by Captain E. B. Ward of this city; the loss of the echooner Middlesex ‘whose crew escaped, and the probable loss, with their crews, of the schooners W. O. Brown and C. G. Griswold. Among the men known_to be lost on the two barges are Captain Peter Brown, of this city, Harvey Swisher, of Defiance, an William LandedoriT and wife, of Toledo, The County Mutus] Fire Insurance Com- anies of this State will ask the passage of a fa.w next year which shall secure for them uni- form charters, and at a Convention of their offi- cers, which was held to-day at Lansing, took the necessary steps therefore. As the result of the recent action of the peo- ple of this State in voting down an increass of Judicisl ealarics, Judge Upson, of the Branch Circnit, has resigned, and it is rumored that Judges Hx;fiby, of Jackaon, and Mitchell, of Port. Huron, will do likewiso. Railrond News. Dusuque, Tows, Deo. 5,—It is announced that the Milwankee & 5t. Paul Road will be finishod 10 intersect with the Chicago, Dubuque & Min- nesota Road by the 15th instant, antubfiahigfi: thorough railway communication between Chi- cago and 8t. Paul, over the Northwestern Road {o Clinton, thence over the Chicogo, Clinton & Dubugue, the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesots, and the Milwaukee and 8t. Paul Roadsalong the western shore of the Mississippi. The river road is doing a heavy ma':gm business, receiving, on an average, fifty loaded cars per day from the Bouthern Minnesota Road alone. Grading and bridiing on the Tows Pacific Roed is completed a distance of 135 miles, to Belmont, Wright County. A few weeks' work in the spring will render this road ready for the iroz;a.tbefnying of which will be speedily prose- cut PrrapereEma, Dec. 5.—The_stockholders of the Texas & California Railroad held a mesl:i‘lg to-day. A letter was read from General G. W. Dodge, Chief Engineer, showing rapid progress in the work of g the to completion. Philsdelphiahs interested in the gmposad new railroad in Mexico have subscribed large sums of money, some 6 high as 850,000. The road, it is said, will rnn from the City of Mexico to the Rio Grande, & distance of 8,600 miles, and will connect with & road from the Rio Grande to Denver, which is 800 miles more. Itis to be & three feet gauge. SR T P . War Department Weather Prognosti= cations. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CRHIEF Sra¥AL OFFICEE, DIvisioN OF TELEGRAMS AND REPORTS_ FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE, Wasmvaroy, D. C., Dec. 5.—Probabilities— In the Northwest, and thence over the upper 1akes and southward to Arkansas and Tennesses, rising barometers, southwesterly to northwest- erly winds, generally clear weather and lower temperatures. Iu the lower lake rogion, south- wasterly winds, increasing prosgures, and colder, partly clondy weather. In the Middle and East" B Lot along the line of Canadian_ sta~ tions, sonthwesterly to northwesterly winds, clearing and colder westher, with higher ‘barometers to-morrow. Inthe Gulf and South Atlantic States, cloaring weather and occasional Tight rain, with northerly winds, and lower tom- peratures to-morrow. e AP Personals ProvipexcE, R. I., Dec. 5.—Rev. Carlion A. Staples, late of Chicago, was inatalled as pastor of th night, o Pirst Unitarian Ohnrch, of this city, to- THE ARCTIC REGIONS, Lecture by Dr. Isaac Hayes, in the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, Last Evening. An Interesting Account of His Ex. perience While Hunting for the North Pole. A Winter's Adventure atthe North Pole” was the title of the lecture delivered by Dr. Isanc I. Hayes, in the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, Iast evening, under the auspices of the Star Lecture Course. There wasa full house. A map some twenty feet square, on which the Polar country was delineated, hung in front of the audience, and was used to illustrate the dis- course. After a multiplicity of sweet sounds on the organ produced by the dexterous minipula- tion of Falk, the hardy explorer appeared. He looked as if he had seen forty summers and an Aretio winter thrown in, is a brunette,of medinm height, of vigorous and hardy frame, speaks well, and delivers an entertaining and instruc- tive lecture. Ho remarked that there was a mistake in the title of his lecture, ashe was not at the North Pols, and if he had been and spent a six months’ night there, he wonld have ¢ made a night of it” indeed. [Laughter.] He had réacheéd within 420 miles of the Pole, however,—nearer than any other human being, unless Captain Hall, who was now hemmed in the ice, spending hia second ‘winter there, had already waved the Stars and Stripes rtight over the Pole., He hoped Hall bhad eucceeded, and would return next year to tell them all “about it. The various efforts to find a northwestern pussage were explained. McClintock was_the first to go through, having entered by Behring's Straits and came out hiwfiy of Beffin's Bay, but without his ship, which had to be sbandoned. This was in 1858, when he recovered some relics of 8ir John Franklin. The expectation of find- ing a commercial passage was abandoned after ranklin. Kane was gent out to seek Franklin, but did not find him. The lecturer was with Kane. He went again in 1860, in & sehooner of 150 tons. They sailed directlyfor the Greenland Coast. The first sight of Greenland was chilly. The mountains were covered with snow, but be- neath the cliffs were patches of verdure which gave the name to the country, and were wel~ come to the traveller’s eye. The inhabitants of Groenland sailed to the American coast and pro- ceeded as far south as Boston, between 1001 and. 1009. Greenland was a vast reservoir of ice. The interior of the country was a field of ice 1,200 miles long and 700 wide. From this field eat rivers flowed, There were frent glaciers. hunks of ice slid off and started on southern voyages to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Theso wero icebergs. Ho aw one three miles } in circnmference and 315 feet above water, and, a3 ice was seven times as deep below as above the surface, its total height was 2,520 feet. It weighed 21,000,000,000 of tous, enongh to sup- ply the cooling 'ingredient of sherry col blers for the entire United States for a century, and if it conld be sold in New York it would more than psy the national debt. [Ap- glmme. Tn spite of the ice Greenland was in- abit There were colonies, and Christian churches, and in many cases the Greenland Christians performed their duties well. His ex- pedition pushed up Bafiin’s Bay, and got along ery nicely until they met the ica flowing south- ward from the pole. Btill they worked north- ward_until a fierce gale drove them back, and crowded them against the tand. They lay under the lee of & 200 foot iceberg oumt of the way of the storm. The wind changed and the pool of water in which they floated was encroached upon by the ice, and the vessel was lifted with the power of 10,000 jackscrews high and dry on the fop of an icaberg. At that time the brave sailors were ‘betting with each other a8 to whether the vessel would go up hifillmr or go down entirely. [Laughter;] Finaily the ico gave way, and they wera%n.unched once more in their natural ele- ment. Two days after thoy got to land and the vesgel was put into winter quarters. The shades of night were falling fast. They builta house over the vessel, and with two stoves went to work to keep themselves warm for the win- ter. In thia happy citi they had a morning sun every twenty-four hours, though some of them might not know it. Inthe Arctic Circle there was only one sunrige in the year. but it was a long sunrise. In the samo wWsy the approach of darkness took three weoks to come or, and for three months after they saw no sunlight at all. ‘The moon circled around them for half the month never setting, They also had the stars and the surora borealis. The latter was an un- explained phenomens. He thought it was causod by elactriclilt‘zy‘.a Anyway, it was_of great ‘magnificence. At might was desolate. They were 1,01 miles away from the nearest outpost of civilization. They had to live in their own lit- tle world, but fifteen men did not make much of a world. The niihfi affected their complexion, and when day liil t came back they looked like spermaceti candles. [Applsuse.] They spent e winter reading books, teaching, school and gri.nting the Weekly News, and lecturing; they d a Sddler, but the fiddler fiddled out all his tunes, and they had to_ threaten to break his fiddle over over his head if he did not stop fid- dling. [Laungter.] They hed & famous snorer on board. is snore sounded weird in the silence and loneliness of the Arctic regioms. The fiddler played the snore on his fiddls, and the snore was chronicled in the paper. ~The snorer got mad, and the Weekly News growing personal, had to be suppressed—the firet assault on the liberty of the Press within the Arctic Circle. [Laughter.] He often took rambles over the ice by himself. It was very lonesome, There was no sound, except the rise and fall of the ice a8 it moved up and down lazily with the current. The beating of his heart broke the stillness of the Arctic night, The stillness was fearful and oppressivo. The sun was welcomed back afier 135 daye’ sbeence. They gave him three times thrée cheers and then cheered him all day. The firat dsy was ten minutes long. The days grow by degrees, and when the summer came the sun shone all the time. They set out_in April witha bost to go north over the ice in search of an outlet for the vessel. After thirty days, during which they made but sixty miles, they gave it up and sterted out with two sledges drawn by dogs. They had bought the dogs from a native found upon an island. He was an odd specimen of the human race. His upper garments were fashioned out of fox skins, and his pantaloons out of bear skins, like- 'wise his boots. His skin was covered with forty ears’ socumulation of grease and dirt. is face was as round and flab a8 tho bottom of & tub. It was a decidedly Chinese cast of countenance, with very littls nose. This fellow had three wives, seven children, and twenty doge. Tho children were Lively and gay, the girls had dolls, and the boys sleds, and were cutting up shines like children the world over. They lived ina hut, how ho could imagine. He tried to wean thal man away from having g0 many wives, but he could not soe it. He wanted another, and so did his wives, so_that they would not have so much to do. His notion of Heaven was an island with green grass, eternal sunshine, and ots in which wore boiling walrus, seals, Tein- gam', and other Esquimsux dainties. Each man got & pot. to himself, and had something whole- some to eat forever and ever. When the mis- sionaries first went to Greenland, they drew vivid pictures of hell, but, it being warm, the ?nfivaa rather liked it than otherwise. [Laugh- er. They experienced some quite cold weather— 69 deg. below zero—on their journey north in the slods. They reached the open seat at lati- tude 83 degress. Ho gavo the name of Cape Union to the most northerly point of Grinnel Land. The Polar SBes was open, and he be- lieved there were constant currents flowin, throngh it. The water around the Pole woul not freeze, as the wind constantly kept the waves in motion. Could they have transported their boats to the icy banks of that open ses, they would have been able to navigateit. But they had to retreat to the vessel after a aled ride of 1,300 miles, the longest on record, he believed. 2 The vessel was ten months locked up in the ice, and so badly shattered that they had to re- turn, and glad enough were they to feel again the influence of the sun and warm weather. They intended to_return the next yeer and ex- plore the Polar basin, but the war prevented. Captain Hall was now there, and they should all wish hir succoss. Grinnell Land was part of the TUnited States, and the North Polo should be un- dor the Stars and Stripes, t00. [Applause.] ———————— Telegraphic Brevities, : The Philadelphia police, on Wedneaday night, reided the gngblinp establishments on !usngh street, and captured thirteen men and their gambling paraphernalia. from the Pennsylvania Western Penitentiary on Mondey morning are still at large. The dry-goods store at Hudson, Mich., owned by Ehrlich, of Norwalk, O., and conducted by ats Brothers, agents, was entered by burglams on Wednesday night, and goods to thé amount of $3,000 were abstracted. Areward of $500is offered for the arrest of the burglars. Hans Christian Andersen, the poet, is serions- | lyill An engine and baggage car of s passenger ; train going west on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, was thrown from the track st Grand Mound, fows, yesterday morning, by » misplaced switch. No one injured. _Edward Mills, of Pikevills, Ohio, afier eating his dinner, on Wednesday, took his gun_ down, and was blowing in it to 8es if it was loaded, having his foot on the lock of the gun. His foot slipped and_the gun went off, shooting him through the head. He died shortly after. A ju:(v was obtained yesterday in the case of General J. W. B: Brown, of Memphis, for killing C?tmp Theodore Adsms, last spring, for the seduction of his danghter. The case will proba- bly occupy the remainder of the wesk: . The Commission to amend the State Constitn- tion of New York, yesterday adopted resolutions of regret at the great pubtic loss caused by the death of Mr, Greeley, and of sympathy with the bereaved family. The Commission adjourned to January 8. On Thursday evening, 2s atrainon the Cin- cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway was near- ing Glendale, Thomas Moran, abrakeman, fell from the platform of a car, while running at full speed, and sustained injurieswhich, it is feared, will prove fatal. He was picked up in an_insensible condition and moved ‘o his home g;t]i)a.yznn, where he now lies in & critical con- on. A COMMERCIAL DISASTER, The Failure of Méssrs. Bowles Broth« ers & Co.=-Actioni of the Creditors of the Firme-Effect of the Failure om Americans Abroad. ZLondon (Nov. 18) Correspondence of the New ¥ork Trib. u e, The proceedings at the meeting on Baturday of the creditors of Bowles Brothers & Co. are not well calculated to relieve the apprehensions of those who have feared the failure will ontabad ome. Mr. Eéith, the manager of the TLondon house (formerly, I béliets, & partner in the Boston firm of Butler, Keith & Hill), s Mz, Robert Bowles, scem to have lmown little of the actual condition of the house, &s & wholg, and still less of that part of the business which RMr. Charles Bowles took into his own hands. Mr, Keith's managership, indeed, appears_to have boen only a sort of head clerkship, for Mr. Robert Bowles states that Mr. les Bowles had exclusively mansged sll the banking part of the London business, The suspénsion was oc- casioned by the refusal of the Union Bank, with which Bowles Brothérs kept an account, to {ny ‘more drafts or make any more advances. \Whe) . Robert Bowles went to ask why, he +waa told that it was not in consequence of the doficiency (about $3,800) in their cash sccount, but because of the deprecmtion of the securities held by the bank. & ,, We have no_ securities here!” exclaimed Mr. Robert Bowles, whereupon he was ehown the book in which ‘the securities deposited by his firm bad been made. It mighthave been supposed that Bowles Brothers’ own books, which Mr. Robert Bowles and Mr. Keith must have hed access, would have contained corresponding entries, but it does not appear whether that is the case. Questions were put on behalf of Mr. Neale, one of the creditors, by whom bonds to the smount of nearly $20,000 had been deposited with Bowles Brothers for safe keeping, and which, it is said, had been hypothecated to the TUnion Bank, without Mr, Neale’s knowledge or congent. 1t was stated by the same cred- itor that the firm, besides converting these bonds, had neglected to take up $5,000 of Nashvillo ehares, which they had dertaken to do. On these matters no informa-~ tion could be elicited from Mr. Robert Bowles, who eaid that he had no wish to conceal any- thing, but he had nothing to tell, because he had the mansgement only of the reading-room and similar matters at the baok. Mr. Keith, however, appears to have been better informed of what went on, and there can beno complaint that his answers in respect to another case were not explicit enough. This was the case of Mrs. Maria Gates, in whose be- helf an inquiry was put as to what had become of 85,000 of United Btates bonds, intrusted to the care of Mesars. Bowles Brothers, whose re- ceipts she held. Mr. Keith said—I quote the words of the report before me—‘‘he presumed they were in the Union Banl; they were taken there withont Mrs. Gates’ permission.” No money had been advanced to Mrs. Getes upon them, and the bank had o clsim on her ; they were left with Messrs. Bowles ai.ufiy to be taken care of; but, by Mr. Bowles' direction, overything wes placed in the Union Bank, and, from time to time, 18 money was required, loans were obtained upon the securities thus de- osited. D Transactions to a considerable amount had taken placo between Bowles Brothers and T. 8. Morgan & Co., sll of which appear to be sub- sequent to the 3d of October last ; at any rate, 1Ir. Robert_Bowles states that ib was not till that day that anything was due to Messrs. Morgan, yet, since then abont $250,000 had been paid them throngh the New York house. The smount thus paid he described as having been realized from moneys received by Mesars. Bowles in New York and Boston on letters of credit, but not in any way out of the funds of the depositors present at the meeting. It is not stated how Mr. Bowles knew none of them were present at the meeting. I am in- clined to think one of them was. An American gentleman who arrived in London last week nid into Messrs. Bowles’ New York house, just oro eailing, the sum of 31,500 in gold, taking a letter on the European honses of the same firm for t amount. He reached London only to learn that his letter was—for the moment, at any rate—worthless. The case seems & pretty strong one. The gentleman was, I believe, present st the mecting on Saturday, and will ve the satisfaction of proving his clim at the proper time. The decision reached by the meet~ ing was to appoint & committes to investigate the affairs of the firm, and to take such action 88 they shall deem fit. There can be no doubt that the failure of the Mesars. Bowles has occasioned & great deal of inconvenience and even distress to American travellers in Europe. Business men had loug Lnown that the house was attempting too much, and that the expenses of its various branches were out of proportion to its capital and the amounts of its regular transactions. One such man, who had & considerable sum with the firm, drew it out two years sgo, simply becauss he foresaw the crash that must follow the srstem pursued. ~ 2 Bat the general public knew nothing of all this. They knew simply that Bowles Brothers and the Joint National Agency (which vas the game firm under another name) saved them a grent deal of trouble; that they were zot only ankers, but expressmen and postmasters and commission agents, and that, in & yord, you could get anything you wanteddon by that house. Their offices elways contained a_directory of all the American_travellers in Europe. ~Other bankers offered similar facilities, but the differ- ence between this and other houges was that in them banking wes the main thing and other services were done incidentally, while with Bowles Brothers the banking was less prominent than the expross bysiness. Their houses ab London, Paris,and Geneva were certainly most convenient rendezvous for Americans, It may, porhaps, be mid that they supplied a want, Americap travellers in Europe being grogarious, and theirhappiness bsmf[luge- 1y dependent onmeetingother Americans. Messrs. Bowles understood this ratmer more fully than other bankers, or perhaps they Jound it better worth their while to supply large feading~ rooms, well stocked with . American and European newspapers, and_to make people feel that they were welcome, and feel sure they could find out what they wanted to kmow, and be ad~ vised what shops to visit, what route to take,and 80 on. 1 A1l the lotter-of-credit bankera do this, but not on such & scale as Bowles Brothers didit; and here, I think, is the secret of the popularity of their house, for popular it uundoubtedly was. People found that they paid very large prices for Bervices of this kind, but, large as they were, the actual amount in each case was not very great, though the sggmg;tz ‘must have made 3 very pretty sum for the . Then when Mr. Appleton, of Boston, was in- duced to become 3 apecial partner, the credit of the firm was much improvec Ar. A};filutrm, it is said, put in $100,000, which he can well enough afford to lose, no doubt. ButT hear a report that an attemdt will be made to hold him as a general partner, which might prove a serious matter if successful. It can hardly be supposed that Mr. Appleton hasleft the door open for such a mistake as that. The immediate inconvenience to iravellers to ‘which I referred to above has been in great part relieved by the action of other bankers. _Tray- ellers who were provided with credits on Bowles Brothers, and who suddenly heard last weak in some remote quarter of Europe that their drafis were worthless, were not in an en- visble position. They might be able to check The two convicts Who effected their escape | I don't think the men with balances of for half amillion in New York or Boston (though at Bize ot their banks were_generally customers of the Messrs, Bowles), and not be abls at the momend to fiuy their hotel bills. - 3 many such cases, I am told, the other American " houses have frealy advanced what was necessary to bring travelers onco more with- in_reach of their own resonrces. There must still remain & great many who have been unable to find elp as this. .The_ bankers who have taken this risk deserve, and will cer- tainly receive, the heart: of Ameri- cans in general, for they have saved us what might have been almost a national scandal. - As it is, the failure” brings some reproach on the American name in Eurcpe. I hsve no wish to 8ay a word more than I am bound *to sy, nor togobeyond the bare xarration of facts, but theo can be no question that Messrs. Bowles had succeeded in making themselves known 0s & purely American house, and their failure aleo will be properly looked wpon as purely American. AN ALLEGED FORGER ARRESTED. R. B. Murrdy, & dentist of Heverstrans, N. ¥y was brought to this city yesterday morning by Detective McCansland, and lodged in the County Jail, His offense is believed tobe a heavy forgery, but the fall particulars of the case have not beer made public. The detective is working in the interest of some bank in this vicinity. Suicides Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Davroy, O., Dec. 5.—This evening at_halt- past 6 o'clock the guests of the Phillips House were startled by the report of a pistol. On in- vestigation, it was found that General O. C. Maxwell had shot himself in the kead with & re- ‘volver, while his family were at sgfi:ar, he hav- ing told his wife to go, #nd he would follow her in & few minutes. General Maxwell was a highly respected citizen, was_a General in the Army of the Cumberland, and was also Internal Tevenue Collector of the Third District of Ohio. He leaves & wife and two children to mourn his untimely fate, Financial embarresament is said to be the cause. —_— The Centennial Commission. Prmuapzresma, Dec. 5.—At o meeting of the Centennizl Commission to-day, Commissioner Gabright, of the District of Columbia, intro- duced 3 resolution having in view a suggestion to fue proper authority, that on or before the 4th ot July, 1876, the coin of the United States bear such device and inscription 58 will recog- nize the great event then to be comine.momzeg. The Fropou_ifiun was unanimously approved. A long dircussion took place in relation to the plans for the Centennial buildings, but it is 1mprobable that they will be ready to present to Congress befors the termination of the present session, Ocean Steamship News. Loxpoy, Dec. 5.—The steamship Maine spoke the City of Bristol, from New Yok, on the 30th. The Bristol at that time wes lying withonb steam, but said she required no assistance. The steamship Maine, for Germany, has ar- rived out. _ Steamship Great Western, for Bristol, with wheel broken, bulwarks stove, and other dam- age by a gale, arrived to-dsy. "Haireax, N. 8., Dec. 5.—Jhe stesmar North America, overdue from Liverpool, put to Sis- ney short of coal. S el PR The Horse Disease, Cepar Rapos, Dec. 5.—There are abont 303 ‘horses here sick with tba epizootic. Lrrrre Rocx, Ark., Tee. 5—The epizootic is worse to-dsy. A numlber of new cases appeared. All stables are closed. - Cloudy and rainy. Br. Lous, Dec. 5.~The horse distenper con- tinues to spread, and there are now but few stables in the city which have not more or less cases. The several street railroad campanies have rednced the number of their cars slightly, snd two or three brewers znd coal dealers have substitnted oxen for horses, but general business is not yet interrupted- The Modoc War, Sax Frascisco, Dec. 5.—Eleven men ars killed bythe Modoc Indians thus far, Their nemes_sre Wm. Brotherton, N. K. Brctherton, Rufus Brotherton, Wm. Boddy, Wm. Boddy, Jr., Richard Boddy, 0. Erasmus, Robt, Alexander, Jobn Sofer, Collins, Heory Miller. The liat does not_include those kilied in tho battle. Mirs. Brotherton and son defended the housa Sor three honrs, when the Indians flad. Shsand her son were rescued the next dsy bythe soldiers. Al the families notat the fortscan protect themselves, as troops'are on the way to exterminate the savages. e Ohio Horticultural Society. Parsesvize, 0., Dec. 5.—The second dsys procesdings of the Stste Horticultural Society were very intercsting and well attended. D:. arder, the Preaidont of tho Socioly, diplazed 121 varieties of apples. The disviay of fruits has never been led in the State. A Committee was appointed to prepare a me- morial to Congress, asking the postal law to be amended to permit packages of four ds or less at the rate of two cents for four ounces. Flection of officers asd sdjournment to-mor- 0. e W et Steamer Sunk. CrvoNNATI, 0., Dec. 5—The steamer Grey Engle, which was sunk st James' Landing last night, had a barge in tow, and struck s stum; one hundred yards from the Indiana shore, an sunk in twenty minutes. She was valued ab 3151;1,000 and insured for 340,000, mostly in Lonis— o ofiices. CrsorxNatt, Dec. 5.—The steamer Grey Eagle, which sank near Evansville this morning, ie partly insured in Cincinnati offices. Reduction in the Price of Iron. Prrrssusc, Dec. 5.—Ab s meeting of the Western Iron Association, held in this city yesterdsy afternoon, the price of ironWas re- duced 812 per ton, and the price of nsils, which. of Iate has been advancing in the market, was reduced half s dollar per keg. The recent de~ cline in the price of pig metal accounts for the reduction. Lake Navigation. Derrorr, Mich., Dec. 5.—The Sault River is closed. hfnny propellers and veesels are frozen in. The weather here to-dsy is very mild. A nom- ‘ber of steamers which left for Buffalo are re- Eorted making good progress through the ice in ake Erie. Two steamers left for Alpena last night. —_——— Suspended from the Church. CrvorynaTI, Dec. 5.—The Reformed Church, National Synod, to-day suspended from the Min~ istry and from the Church, the Rev. Henry Enépper, of 11linois, on the ground that he mar— Tied_after obtaining a divorce, which, thongh legal, was not procured on Scriptural grounds. e MARRIED.. AYER FLJUX Atthe residenics of thobrile's mother, Mr. M. T, And Mizs Marie Louise e er Rliabets, 8. I e & ik DIER. P RAYMOND_—On.Thursds » Dec. 5, Jalia May, daughe terofitadrar & .fim‘?‘r-fim oad, sged § sears, & :flnfin&tmflé.%fi toat. apagrclock Crom harest, arents,” No. mat. ‘Rolatives and enas are fovitod without farthor motice, - AUCTION SALES. By GEO. P. GORE & CO. 23, 24, and 2 East Randolpl-st. AT AUTUCTION. Parlor and Chamber Sets, 7 Bedsteads, Bureaus, Wfl.rdrobasi Sofas, Lounges, Mattresses, Tables, Chairs, Rockers, Mirrors, Pianos, 10 crates W. G. Crockery, 50 Show Cases, 300 Round-end Bedsteads, 75 Extension Tables, 50 rolls Wool Carpet, 40 rolls Floor Oil Cloth,= ON SATURDAY, DEC. 7, AT % 0'CLOCE. GEO. P. GORE & C0., Auctioncers. By HARRISON & CO. AT AUCTION, THIS MORNING AT 10 0°CLOCK, TEN C [‘TrEERsS, double :luaipsingle, . open and top, %‘\:v(fm‘BHrgGsms gL\RNXSS‘. single, TEN SETS HARNESS, dowdlé, And a lot of Robes and Lap Biailkets. RARRISON & 0O i - - PAWNBROKER'S SALE O Dnreceemed Pledges. Will be sold AT ATUCTION, ‘Watches of overy descril tml';::h:glihhfl‘ ;u-n:. ‘0% Prat fered in Chicago. Jowel SGslcal Instruments, snd of ‘Sday, and Satarday, Dog. 5, 6amd e ST, Pasvabroker, o9 Hast Sadisonss: Cradis on Iacza Bills,