Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1872, Page 2

WISCONSIN. ; Official Reports of State Fi- nances. A_ Year’s Receipts and Expendi- tures---Trust Funds and Lands. From Qur Ouwn Correspondent. Alabraox, Vile., Dec, 9, 16872, Tho cnnuzl reporis of the Wisconsin State officers are now peseing through the press of the Stete Printers, Gicssrs. Atwood & Culver; snd, from advauce sheets of iho reports of the Hon. LL Breese, Secrctery of State, and Major Henry Bactz, Stato Treasurer, are derived the following focts and figures in regard o the yearly receints and disbursements, and the finan- cial condiizon of the Biste. STATEMEST OF ALL FUNDS. The balanca in the State Treasery, belonging to tho several fands, 2t the closo of the fiseal year, | Sept. 30, 1571, was §320,845.82; Sevt. 80, 1872, it wos €235,100.11. Tho receipls and disburse- ments during the year were as follows : BECEIPTS. Geners] fun School fung Schoo! fnrd incom: Tniversity fund, ingent fund. 7 ool building fund. ... ing fand ners’ co) ormual Schy 1ls- Nornial Sekool buils To2d fand. Siperior Railrond tres- 2 ng Tand. | School buildieg fund. whool hu] ding fund. ¥ F $1,920,554.33 AT, FOND BECEIPTS. i z] Fund, the totel receipts were from the following sources: vad c Telegraph comyirics. Bonds receivable, . Tax o; mal GENERAL FUND DISDURS! urecments were $1,07 2. Legisluiive es, to Prison end charif [nterest on Sizie debt. 6. Aliecellaneous. eeenn 1. This includes £30,000 for Circuit Courts ; 13,155 for Supreme Court; £6,600 for Execu- tive office, the Governor's sslary being £5,000; £6,300 for State Historical Society; £5,650 for Btate Scheol Superintendent’s office. 2. Thisineludes $24,994,050 forsalary, miteage, and employes -(312,624) of Senste, numbering 83 $53,116.85 for ealaries, mileage, employes (14,360), and contesting seats of Assembly of 100; £10,255.50 for printing ; £6,433.6¢ for Leg- islative Manual ; £5,712.50 for Deli’s I Committee ; £4.127.45 for postege ; & newspapers's €2,477.90 for gas. 3. This is divideg as follows Btate Prison, Eospital for Nortkern Hospital for the Insane. Institute for the Blind........ Iustitute for the Deaf end Duml Iagdustrial School for Boys. Boldiers’ Orphans’ Home 4. Hero are included $47,904.64 for prining, wnder & contract with the lowest bidder; $35,- 93675 for clerk hire in the Secretary's, Treas- urer's, and Land offices ; £20,000 for stationery : 7, S to the Btate University; $12,155.10 hiny, anmally, laws in the news- ; £16,258.92 for janitors, messengers, en- “e, firemen, and lsborers; £9,661.53 for The park fenca; 38,000 for Milwaukee charitable insticusions ; $5,286.94 for gas ; £5,293 for pro- tecting Siato Jands ; §4,315.83 Tor State Immi- gratica Comumission ; §5,411 bounties for wild animels killed; S4.675 for echool-houses in Baret district; $4,000 for County Agriculiural Societica. A DEFICIENCY. The valuation of the property of the State by fhe nesesement for 1872 was £390,454,875; the tax levied which, to_be raised in January, 1373, was §765,291.55. The Legislature of 1872 ppropriated$238,840.43in excess of the revenues on in the General Fund, maling appropria- tions for ths payment of which no provision had been made in the tex levy of the previous year, from which the funds were to come. The bal- ance of £29,160.92 at the clogo of the fiscal year, Sept. 30 last, bas been entirely absorbed by the payment of salaries and other claims on tho State, leaving Do means to meet the legitimato demands egamst the State fot tho rezasinder of the current year, including the largo sum of £201,579.93 for the Stato penal and char- itable instiintions remaining undrawn (140,927 for the Northern Inssne Asylum ab Oshlosh, now building). The only way of maintaining the credit of the State in the meantime is by temporary transfers of other funds, for which there is really no euthority in law. Both the Becretary and Treasurer emphatically protest Zgainst such reckless sppropristions, regardless: of the estimates of & year on advance, on which the taxes for the year weze levied; and thio Treasurer makes the following pertinent sugges- tions : % First—All regular appropriations should be Lep! within the limits of the established estimates. - - ‘Second—In cass nforseen circumstances require s larger sppropriation to be made, the excess should bo made payable in the year following the next levy of Btate tax; or, Third—That o contingent fand be provided “for, sufficiently lage to meet all such additional expendi- tozes, Fourth—In the absence of any pravious estimates, #1i appropriations invaiving the expenditure of larze sams shouid be made payable after means have. boen - Tuisod for that purpose. {fh—Enough taxes ehould be levied to securo 3 fair balance in the General Fand atthe end of the yoar. : @ ESTIMATED REVENTES AND DXPENEES. For 1873, the Secretary estimated the revenues s S1,087.291, of which 9765201 is from tax, £325,000 from other sources ; and the expendi- tures £1,027,972.55, of which 247,900 ‘is for Btate cheriteble snd penal institutions, $182,032 for interest on the public dobt, and appropria- tions for the State University; 102400 for legielative _cxpenses,—which would lexvo s surplus of 59,919 if there was no. appropria- tions beyond 'thosa calculated on. One of £20,000, howcver, will Leve to be mado for rebailding' the Jsundry eond engine-house at the Insane Hospital here, destroyed by fire 2nd slready reconsiructed ; and the amount left will hardly more than sufiice to-meet other con- tingent liabilities. Hence, there will ba no funds available for the rext Legielature to ap-- propriate for erecting buildings or buying lan for Stato institutions, or other extrsordinary urpoges. - .- : _ b ]El:gr' 1874, the fands to be expended in which bave to ba provided for by this noxt Lezislaturc, tie Secretary estimates the expenditures as £332,092, including £238,900 for State Prison %tablo institations; and the resources 099, including_$250,000 from - railroad s, —leaving 3493,552 to bo taised by shich $172,032is now provided for by STATE DEBT. _ The borde=d and irreducible debt of the State i $9,255,000, of which $18,100i8 in the form of Tonds, there having been $50,100 funded in the Just yher, and §2,233,900 is in certificates of in- Cebtedness to tho scveral Trust Funds of the S ato, as follows: School, 81,259,700; Univer- sity, $111,000 ; - Agricultural ego, £50,600; Xormal School, $512,600. @ DELINQUENT CORPOBATIONS. The Treasurer makes cOm) t that the She- bovgan & Fond du Lao Railroxd Compeny hes failéd to repott, as required, the amount of its rosy carninga ' for tho yesr 1671, or topay & icense fee of 3 per cent thereon, ag rsquh‘edy by 1aw, according to which it is subject to forfeit- ure’of its charter; also, that the Northwestern Telegraph Company hes failed to pay the - tax due therefrom of §1 a mile annually for: the years 1870 and 1871 ; and more stringent legisla- tion for the collootion of taxes from corpora- tions is suggested. In this'connection, it is sug- gested that telegraph compenies should be re- quired to pay a specific tox on their gross earn- ings; also that express companies doing busi- nees 1n the State should be taxed on their gross earnings within its limits, STATE TRUST FUNDS, The Secretary mekes s _complete-statement of the condition of the different State Trust Funds, and _their income, the principal being as follows for the year ending Sept. 30, 1872, the productive aggregate of 2ll being £3,776,651. School Fund—(¥rom proceeds of lands granted by tho United States, moneys from forfoiture or escheat, and trespass penalties on school land, fines for breach of pensl laws, moneys for ex- emption from military duty, 5 per cent on eale of Government lands)—Xceeipts, $109,432, of which 35,14+ was duss on certificates, $3£230 sales | of bonds, £20,760 - b per _cent on sales of United States lands in Wieconsin for 1871. Of this, $100,000-was in- vested in Rilwpulieo water-bonds,.. §21,535 loaned “to nchool-districts for building. The i productive fund has increased smo,zsgdufing tho year, and is now 32,482,771 Thaincoma To- | coipts lnst year were $176,860, mainly from in- | terest; tho disbursements $174,276, mainly ap- poriiored to districts for children, Universily Fund (From gales of lanas grented by Congress)—Receipts $5,058, of which £3,014 was loaned. * The prodaction fund has decreased $155.50 in the year, and is now $206,983. The income of the year was $40,650, which was paid the University Treasurer. Agricultural Colleze Fund—(From sales of Iands granted by Congress)—Receipts, $11,990 ; disbureements, $19,729, including” from s bal- ance lsst year, of . which $17,000 was invested in State bonds. ‘The productive fund has increazed §23,263 in the yeer, and is now S20G,003. The fncomo receipts havo been $13,813, of which $183,148 was pnid the Trezsurer of tho Stato Uni- vergify, with which the Collego is incorporated. Normal Schocl Fund—(From the proceeds of tho sale of swamp lands sct apart therefor)— Receipts, 3187,233, of which $118,008 was from #xle of lands. Disbursements, including from balance on hend lastyear, §167,162, of which £100,000 was invested in Milwaukee water-bonds, £33,100 in State bomds, $20,000 in River Falls town bonds for building Normal School, 813,100 in other bonds. The productive fund hagin- creased £153,261 last year, and is now $830,872, ‘The income was £62,222, of which $15,795 went to Oshkosh‘ 218,572 to Whitewater, $12,116 to Platteville Normel School, £4,877 for insfitutes; and there is o balanco on hand, including Inst Fear's balanco, of 88,669. Dratnage Fund—(Proceeds of lands set apart for drainage, and ghmually apportiozed to the counties where they lie in proportion {o salesin each)—Receipts, §146,538, mainly from eales of lands; and smount distributed, including from balence last year, $173,314. STATE LANDS. The report of the Commissionors of State Tands show that 850,194.42 acres wore sold the last year, 23 follows Schoal Iands. ... 63,193.56 Tniverrity lands, 1,585.38 Normzl School Ia 116,270.77 Drainage lazds 149,402, Agzicuitaral Coilege Tands, 1360178 Nlitary road {znds . 120,00 Afaratlian County lands A 21,991.67 The amount still held is 2,089,725g5 acres, as {ollows : Sehool lends. . Noimal Sthocl lunds Drainage k2nds, ... Agricaitursl Coliege Tan T4,498.14 zrathon County Jands. . 21,991.67 2OSCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. Assepsmont roporta show a total valuation of properiy thia yeer of 337,997,854, of which §173,516,806 is farming lands; ©88,378,220 vil- lage and city lots ; 819,295,949 is merchants’ and menufacturcrs’ stook; $13,908,814 is 806,850 horsea ; £10,208,355 is $03,042 catile ; £1:890,045 i5 1,049,041 theep 4ad lambs 5 £1,513,411 13 613, ! 240 gwine ; 293,169 is 567 mules 2nd seses; £3.652,279 13 163,910 wagons and carriages. The latest vailrond reports incorporated in the Secretary's report ara thoso of 1871, At the end | of that vear, thero wero 1,485 miles of rail- road in the State which hed - cost £05,190,574. _Tho totsl earnings in Wi Consin were $7,623,004. The number of pas ers transported was 3,200,904 ; killed, 23 5 in- fared, 20 * The forty County Agricultural Societies, aided by the Stato with §100 each, received during the | year £43,765.74, of which $17,923 wes from ad- | migsion fees, 26,605 from memberships, and dis- bursed $41,853, 0f which $19,140 was for pre- i minms. % Bat your readers will weary of so many fig- ures, and I forbear. PLus. Righ e Sl PR S GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Omshs’s aszeszed valuation : 8,030,398, —The fand for the Robert E. Lee memorial is only £8,600, and lags. —The schooner J. Fisk, Jr., goes into winter querters at Cleveland. —The schooners Evaline, Hubbard, and Trow- hrid?e,' reported lost, are safo at this port. —Ttis proposed to create a mew county in Pennsylvania, out of parts of Montgomery, Chester, and Berks. . —The canvassers for the new city directory announce tha the total populstion of Minneap- olis is 24,296. 4 —Bishoj Whis{)le'a new and handsome resi- dence st Faribsult, Minn., had a nerrow escape from destruction by fire on Friday night last. —The Rochester (N. ¥.) Common Council has appointed a Committes of five to join tho citi- zens in a Committee of Fifteen to prepare a charter for the city securing desired reforms in ‘maunicipal government. —A fire destroyed the grist end fouring-mill ovned by Bowe & Wheeler, at Cedar Rapids, Towa, last Thursday morning. Loss between 26,000 and 10,000, with no insuranco, ~ The stesm barge Burlington, which sunk & few days since near Bar Point, was, on a second effort on the pert of the wreckers, got into De- troit Saturday, and taken into dry dock. —A pair of loot-herons made headquartors at Highland Lake, Eest Andover, N. H., for half a century; aud the other day o stranger hot one of ther, which so enraged the citizens of tho reighborhood tliat the max was in danger of be- ing Iynched. - ~_Shipments of coal from Honesdalo, Pa., during the scason, havo been 1,897,208 tons; 2nd from Mauch Chunk, 5,276,518 tons. The to- tal shipments over all routes from the coal re- gion, to Dec. 7, aggregate 17,874,793 tons, an in- cresse of 8,499,718; zud this increase would have been much heavier but for the horse dis- ease, which had pertly stopped boats for nearly three weeks. —A: Y. Butherland, of Ann -Arbor, iho roped the Rock Island capitalistinito the blozart Watch: Company swindle, hes been arrested at Pontiac, Tllinois, for obtaining money under falss preten- ces. * His ng:erations there consisted of “sclling mining stock to the amount of $20,000. —Tlorencs Rowe, 10 or 12 years of age, living in Chapin, Franklin County, Iows, saw & large engle attempting to carry off a goose from her father's barnyard, when ehe seized the engl)e by the wing and drogged fhat and its prey to the house.. The. goose-thicf meesured - geven feet zom tip to Lip. —The- Penama Star'and Herald -gives a-strik- ing illustration of tho vigor and rapidity of vege- tation in the tropics, by referring to tho buehes: and trees growing in the ruins of the burned As- pinwall Hotel at Panzma. It is searcely more than two_years ticce this conflagration took: place, and yet there tronow growing within the rolls trees ab least thirty feet in height, They ‘belong to what aro called trumpet trecs (genus Gecropia), =nd the- branches are eaid_to bo crowding ont of the highest doors and windows, g0 a8 to render it probable -that, in their farther growih, they will throw down the walls with which- they are interlaced. X —Tho total ranning expenses of the Boston Fire Department for _the financial year_ ending ‘April 80, 1868, wero $130,218.46. _Since then the city has annexed Roxbury and Dorchester, and for the financiel year ending last year the ex- penses, exclugiva of repeirs on_engino houses 2nd firo slerm system; were '$399,249.63. In 1868 the salaries paid amounted to $99,209.04 ; last year this item foots up £213,467.22. In the 13 past five years refreshments furnished the Com-, ‘mittee on the Fire Department have amounted t0 $10,459.47, while carriage hire, which in 1868 was $104.50, was last year $408.45. 5 —The French “National Asscmbly contains 2 Princes (Orleans), 7 Dukes, 80 Marquises, 52 Counte, 17 Viscounts, 18 Barons, and 97 other noblemen. Classed according o occupations, there are 168 landed proprietors, 155 barristers, 48 manufacturers, contractors, snd ironmasters, 45 officers of the army, 85 Judges or former Judges, 25 engineers, 23 medical men, 21 Pro- fessors, 19 notaries and ex-notaries, 16 wholosale " ‘warebousemen, 14 naval officers, 10 attorneys; 5 bankers, 3sliipowners, 2apothecaries, 1 Bishop, 1 parish priest, 1 Protestant clergyman, 1 silk- spinner, 1 chiseller, 1 former compositor, 1 silk- ‘weaver, 1 dealer in jewelry, 1 ex-tax-collector, and 1 dealer in soft goods. The rest ‘of the Deputies are-ssvants, journalists, authors, and ;x—ofiic‘lffl ]gf !otrm’er lglovamme'nts. 1. Pory- apy, the Deéputy for Martinique, is & negro.s- Pall iall Gazelle, - 3 e NEW YORK. The Great TriB\me--—Unprece- dented Homors to His- Memory. The Funeral of the-First of Amer= - Ican Citizens. ~ The Future of the Metropolitan Grgan of Reform. 3 New Yors, Dec. 5, 1872, Though Horace Greeloy has been dead nearly o weels, bis death, and the sad circumstances attending it, are still talked of in every circle of society. Usuelly, the decease of the most prominent citizen in this roaring centre of trade is forgotten with the day. Not so with Alr. Greeley, whose extraordinary hold upoun the affections of the people has been strikingly shown since. the first announcement of his alarming illness, . THE FIBST OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. Tt is entirely safe to say thatno American in privato lifo has ever received such mortuary ‘honors as Horace Greoley has. He was unques- tionably the best known man in the Republic. Allhis life has been passed in the work of Re- form, the cause of Progress, the servico of Humanity ;. and this fact is now universally recognized. In spite of many caprices and vageries, Mr. Greeley was one of the truest men to his convictions, and one of the honestest in every sense, that ever lived. Ho lad never made the least effort to gain money beyond his immediate needs; and yet nobody had a deeper horror of debt orobligation of every kind. The small independence he had acquired came to him, it would seem, rather in opposition to, then in consongnce with, his wishes. In his position, and with his opportunities, ho might, legitimately and honorably, have been worth ‘millions ; and yet he loft an estate which, when wholly settled, will not probably exceed, if it’ reech, $75,000. He had, I think, less money at the time of his death than he hed ten years be- fore ; the number of his shares in the Tribune, which had been ten from the date of its becom- ing o stock company, haviog been for some months pact only seven. For him gold had really no temptation. If ho had been offered any amount to depart in the least from what he conceived to be his line of duty, it would not have been the smallest enticement. Ho would have simply said: #“Ido not want it; I won't have it;” end there would have been au end. T:AE MOST TOUCHING DEMONSTRATION of fecling for Mr. Greeley was revesled in the innumerable throng which, from dawn on Tues-~ dsy until Inte at night, filed solemnly into the City Hall to view the remains lying in state in the Governor's Room. It is estimated that over 100,000 persons went, in sorrow and sympathy, to gaze thetday upon tho featuros of the distin- guished dead, Every cless, calling, and creed,— the millionaire and the mendicant, the savant and _the gervant, the , poet and the priest, the merchant and tho mechanic, the lady of Socioty snd tho poor sesmstress, the Catholic and the Protestant, the Jow and the Gentile—wero represented in that vast con- course. A large part'of tho gad procession was composed of _the poorer people of both sexes, ‘who mourned for the departed as fora gersonn friend. Idoubtif tho desthof any other man 1o the nation has caused euch a spontaneous and overwhelming tribute of Fegard snd affcc- tion. Composed, ns tho immense crowd was, of all kinds of pedple, the best order prevailéd, and every body seemed deoply affected by the melancholy occasion, and touched as by an in- dividual grief. THE FUNERAL yesterday was another unmistakable manifesta- tion of the affection and reverence chexished for Mr. Greeloy. Though the bauks, public offices, nd stores were not generally closed, businees was virtually suspended throughout the day. The streets in the vicinity of Samuel Sinclair's rivate residence, and the Rev. Dr. Chapin’s hurch, where the obsequics were held, wero densely crowded from an early hour of the morn- ing; and, long before'the romains of the Trid- wne chief were borne to the church, it was almost impossible to get through = the great moss of bumanity. The church will Dot hLold more than 1,600 pereons, and there must have been 50,000 anxious fo get in. The services were touching to such a dogres that there wero fow dry eyes in the con- grogation. Not only women, but strong men, bowed and wept; and every word of uttered trib- ute from Dr. Chapin and Henry Ward Beecher met the fullest response in that throng of sym- pathetio bearts. ¥ THE DUBIOUSNESS OF DEATH. The presence of some of the pall-bearers and mourners proved the dubiousness of death ay well as the rncertsinity of life. There was tho Yenerable Chief Justice Ohaso, Who, during the year, hadt been .reported sgain and 3gain on the very brink of the grave. There was Thurlow Woed, in his 76th ear, with his thin gray locks and his stooping ;orm, who was consigned to the tomb by his hysiciana'soon after the close of the Rebollion. g‘ha aged political Warwick, who had been for a long while the foe of the departed Reformor, came, with moistened eye snd quiveripg lip, to do honor to that enshrouded form. There was Manton Marble, still young, of whom obituaries Wero vritten last summer, and pigeon- holed for almost immediate use. And there in his coffin lay Horace Greeley, only a fow months since buoyant, yigorous, full of Bealth and hope, with a futute far more radisnb than tho past beckoning him on to new labors, new missions, and new_humanities. Aye, there Iay ho who, every ono believod, bad in Lim still fwenty years moreofexcellent work, of high pur- pose, of philentbropic deeds. Who could help, {hinlking that the grave, under such circumstan- ces,had refused the dying and claimed the living ? J THE SCENE in that quiet church was ono of the greatost moral beuty. The Heid of the Nation—tho recent, detormined and guccessfal opponent, of the gentle Philosopher fallon ere the strife had fairly ended—sorrowed sincerely, as did- the Vice-President élect, the members of the Cabi- net, the Governor of the State, distinguished soldiers, nuthors, statesmen, - echolars, nnd ertists, all drawn. togethor and subdved by s common grief. To dvoko such honor and rever- ence- from such Bources was_worth-dying for; and it was indescribably eweet to witness Low tho great and good man—all bitterness, bickering, jeal- ousy, and misunderstanding - possed—hnd, with the expiration of his busy and stoinless life, come to & genuine sppreciation, and found tho reward, coveted beyond all else, of undisguised approval in his fellow-men. . Trom the church down Fifth avenne, through Fourteenth street and Broadway to Hamilton Feriy,—a distance of five miles,—the streots were blocked -with people,—not gazing upon & pageant, not attractod by sounds of music and Tlowing banners, but looking upon s procession . of mourners for the beloved dead, and attracted by the potency and purity of a spotless namo. THORACE GREELEY wags more oman even than a journalist. He +was an embodied benefaction, a Censeless philan- thropy, a vast moral forco, & great public teaoh- er.. 'Ho had educated - tho generation to generous impulees, -to & stricter jus~ fice, to . a. higher humanity. Ho ‘had gone when his noble work was accomplished, and left a void that could not be supplied.. His name and fame. will -increaso ag time goes on, &nd he will be set in the nation's history by the gide of George Washington and Abraham Lin- coln. His immortality is secured. His deeds of unselfish excellence, his efforts for the race, his untiring Jabors in behalf of Progress. and “Re- form, will it him in the American .Wallhalls -as one of the grandest and truest heroes of his country and his age. S POLITICAL AMEITION. During the bitter campaign o recently closed, avast_deal bas been said by Mr. Greeley's ad- Yeranries of his politiczl ambition, of which, in the common sense, he - really bad nome. All he wished for, though too proud to ask.it, was something liko- recognition- for-a quarter of a contury of service to the land he so devotedly loved; something like recognition from tho perty bo hind created, and toiled for night and ay through twelve hard and trying -years : somathing like recognition from the hosts of men he had Efi,«d in power, and who owed everything to him. This may bo wenkness, but it is human; and if, at timos, he felt that he had been unjustly deals . with—even - shamefully neglected—by those he had lifted up the ladder, he felt as any ‘man of sense and sensibility would and should have felt under exzctly the same circumstances. Tt was not-office, nor honor, nor emolument ho wanted; but he longed to see at least a disposi- tion to apprecinte what he had done; he was anxious- to.- receive —credit for his .sacri- his struggle, his devotion. Having , he would have craved - nothin, else, and the rankling wound of continuous nng apparently studied neglact from those who had gathered leurels, standing on his ehoulders, g:]\i:i have boen healed forever as with sacred THE FUTURE OF THE TRIBUNE, Nov that Mr. Greeley is no more, those who cbused him most in life appenr strangely curious | Tespecting tho future of the Tyibune, In the absence of any such information as they de- mand, they invent all sorts of stories;- and-eiz- culatd all mouner of falsehoods. They have discovered that Theodore Tilton, enry Ward Beecher, Bchuyler Colfax, and many others are ~ ‘to ~ become the edi- tor-in-chief ; that the great jonrnal has been rnined ; and that the members of the Associa~ tion are veinly striving to sell their shares, worth a few months ago from $10,000 to $10,- 500, for less than half that sum. The truth is, the Tribune does not contem- plate any changes, of lenst for the present ; that 1o man will, or ever can, be toitin the futare what Horace Greeley has baen in the past ; that Dot a ghare of the stock has beendisposed of at a penny lower than the last highest quotation ; and that not one of all the stockholders has the shfhtas(: disposition to sell. have been so besieged lately with questions of what will become of the 7Tribune that I have fashioned the following strictly confidential reply: On the 1st prox., the establishment will be poermanently closed, and the stockholders, after gontemplating their completo financial rain, wi hang themselves from tha different windows of the office, ns u comforting spectacle to their chivalrous and magnanimons neighbor, the Times, which, while the Tribune continues to live, seems to bo haunted by a vision of certain dea.h COLSTOU. THE FRENCH CRISIS. Xts Heginning—The Demand of the President for a Vote of Confidence— Iile ¢¢ Hlas No Scnile Ambition.” In the French National Assembly, on the 18th of November, when the Right endeavored to pre- vail on M, Thiers to disavow the" sentiments of M Gambetta, the President, in the course of hia speech, said: - “I ¥mow how serious—how verg Berious— would be any separation of feeling between the Aszembly and the man whom it has honored by Imtrusting with its confidence for two years past. ‘Thus, I was porfectly dotermined to say noth- ing which might provoke a rupture of that union which I belicved, and still believe, to be necessary ; but when in such o state of affairs T am brought here and placed, as it were, at the bar, I will not assent toit. [Loud ap- plause from the Left.] The words which it is ‘ought to make me repoat, however much the may bs in accordance with my convictions, I mfi not ssy them. If you wieh it, T accept the judg- ment of the country. [“Ok!”] XIdo not re- fuseit. Idemand it. [Approval on the Left; mur- murs on the Right.] For my own part, I shall alwnys be ready to appear before tho country, botliin my capacily a3 Deputy and ss head of the Government, for the ghort time I have been. 60. I, therefore, have no fear of the judgment -of the couniry, meither do for yours. But ow me to make one observation, which you will appreciate. When you wish that s Government should be strong, and you do apparently degire it now, it must bo worthily trented, end it ought not to'be summoned here, as suspacted or guilty, to make o profession of faith. Wkatever may be the form, whether friendly or othorwise, by which I am brought to this tri- bune, I repeat again—no, I will not reply [move- ment] ; and I will not reply because my life, and the last two years especially, furnish an snswer to all those who judge justly, and who_do mot close thoir oyes against tho light. Now, Ibelieve forlot us speak fronkly and sincerely—the reul question hore is not what hufypnnafl 2t Gre- noble [applause from the Left, and cries of #Yes" from tho Riil:!il ; it is another cause. I believe that within a few_days we shell have o proper opportunity of discussing tho great question which disturbs g0 many minds, which it is easy to perceive, which I understand, and which I must say I should wish to be discussed in a calmer and more temperate tone than that ywhich has djstingnished the present sitting. I desire to reserve myself for that discussion. 1 had wished to diccuss the Bordeaux Pact. But I sm not to be allowed to defer it. It is not possible to deal with that great problem at the resent moment. But a question of confidence haz been raiged. Well, let us lose no time. [ OL!” from tho Right, 2nd applause from the Left.] Letus not agitate tho country nnneces- earily. All of ua hore know whatitis we de- sire, and what we think, TLet us be sincere. You canvote at onca. [Applause from the Left.] 1 have now borne for two years. Allow me to speak of myself for a moment; for I have a right to do s0; and the country would not under- stand, if, after what I have done, you would not allow me to spesk of myself for a mo- ment. I hove passed two years under this crushing weight. There are honorable entlemen who will understand and believe me. gxemin under -that burden solely from devo- tion. [Applause from tho Left, and slight mur- murs from the Big:t.] So much the worse for those who do not believe it. ] 1 have lived under this cmahinf respopsibility for two years, and I havo persuaded myself that T had no right, spart from an impradent sus- Ceptibility, to place the country in & more criti- cal position, but it appears that I am doubted, snd I have & ng}xt to call for 2 proof of confidence. _You have giv- en me the right. I demand if, [Appleuse from the Loft.] I demand it at once. [Renewed applanse.] When gnn call for a de- cided Goyernment you ehould be decided your- selves. Well, be 80 in respect to us, You com- lain of & Provisional Government ; form & efinitive Govornment. [Applause from the Left. 3 L If y]ou have a Definitive and not a Provisional Government, produce it. - If you know of more resoluto acts that conld have been done than we have done under existing circumstances—if you can tell ns what more you would have. done in respect tothe Grenoble banquet and all the events which-have ha{puned during the lasttwo years, pray tell us. I yield, willingly, bub with 2nxiety on behalf of my country. I would give place willingly to those who might be able to act more decidedly and adopt more efficient meas- ures than we have done for -the benefit of the country, and also to form a Government which might be properly called dofinitive, and_one which Ftance wonld accept. [Prolongedap-’ planse from tho Left.] ¢ A - In o 'subsequent speech on the same cecasion M. Thiers added: ) Allow me to tell you that your life has not been 6o long a8 mine. Youracts have boen very honorable, but they have not been more signifi- cant than-mine in the senseof public order ; ond if & similier summons was addressed to you, who havenotthe samereasons for being offende: at it _as I have, you swould bo grievously sffzont-- cd. Iamnot angry, butIam hurt, sud I have a right to feel so. After what I have done dur- ing tho last two years, dombt even is, I venture to Bay, an act of ingfatitude. Letme now refer to the Parlismentary question. - M. Gambetta is not thé real object of this in- | terpellation, which is aimed at us. [The Mar- &u;ade Vogue—* No; it only . desired cfi Lnow- hat he is not one of your friends.””] there Lias beon no mistrast— [“*No,” from the Right.] Well, if there be no distrust, the simplest course .will beto renew the cxpressionof your confi- donge in us, - 1d0 not solicit it, for I have Ho- scnile ambition, I did not .go to Bordesux to solicit power. * Let him who .can rise here and say that I sought for power. [Applause from the Left.] = Idid not solicit the burden which I ‘have borne, and which I was the less desirous to accept as there were lamentable - terms of peaco to bo signed. After the melancholy duty had been per- formed there was an insurrection—the most for- midsblo over known—to suppragd. No onewas ambitious then, andno one can say that 1solic- ited tho power which I had to -exercise. Shall Itell you what is un-Parlismentary ? It is to soek to retain ‘power sgainst the will of tho country. Do you lnow wha is Parlimentary Itis to-obtain continued proofs of the confl- dence of tho country, and we are justified in esking for them when we have to'contend yith adversaries whom I do not desire to describe— - men whoso affection I do mot_repudiate, al- thongh I have not had much evidence of it to- dsy in this tribune [langhter]—but I.bave a Tight to say that I should not be called upon to stand here in such a position. g A Veteran. " William Edwards, of Jay, having lived alone in the world for ninety-five years, has concluded to try mnmm]r;xay, and took to wife, the other dsy, & young lady of 70. Mr. Edwards has quite o romarkable history. Howas ono of Welling- ton’s soldiers, and was twice wounded at Water- 100, yet he is’ very hearty ‘and appsrently well. Wo regret for thesake of Brother Trask thaf a strict regard for truth compels us to stato -that Hr. Edwards has been an invoterate smoker for clmost oighty-two years. His ather was 104 years old when'he died, and his great grand- mother was 114, bub hé_regerds his father as having been caf off in his_youth, as he died when only 67 years old. Mr. Edwards intends to malo a trip to London, next summer, to claim o bounty due to Dritish'soldiers over G1' years old; which, with the accrued interest,will amount to nearly $5,000 now. - o LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA. Extraordinary Revelation of a Terrible Crime. The Cause of the Great Coal Ol Fire in Febru. ary, 1865---Seven Lives Lost and 120 Buildings Destroyed. Confession of One of the Incendiaries. Philadelphia (Dec. 5}: New York Correspondence of ths Vew Fork Sun. _The good city of Brotherly Love has for soma time paat been much excited by the statements of Hugh Mara, the would-be murderer of United States Revenue Detective Brooks, and Alderman William Mcfullen, of the Fourth Ward, a well- Inown political leader, and previous to the shooting & warm patron of Mara, and one of the alleged principal Backers of _that villain in the conspiracy to kill Brooks. In his confessions Mara not only tells how he, with Dongherty and McLaughlin, both now dead, laid the plot to murder Brooks, but also starttes the commu- ity by the divalging of the real factsand su- thors of the several mysterious crimes of the first magnitude, including_one murder commit- ted in Chestnut street. He omits, however, one dark and terrible deed in which he himself was the main actor, and of which, at the present time, but few i’lnh_de! hians have more than & suspicion, and that is the true origin of the great oil conflagration of 1865 at Ninth street and Washington avenue, by which seven persons met = terrible death in the flames. It is true that Meara charges upon the Fourth Ward gangand the Whiskey Ring gome myaterious connection with and responsibility for this fire, but he tells it so vaguely that but fow have believed it as more than a thirst for revenge seeking vent in_this manner. Unfortunately for humanity, Mara tells the truth, but not the whole truth, and we now propose 10 give a full and accurate history of that dark crime. THE TERRIBLE NIGHT IN FEBRUARY. The night of Feb. 8, 1865, wea s wild and fearful in ifs nature as is seldom witnessed in this climate. It had snowed and sloeted inces- santly all day, and at nightfall rain descended in torrents, while the temperature moderated to such an extent 28 to causo general thaw, This, ‘with the rain, converted the six inches of snow on the ground intoja seething and surging slush. Nearly every sewer inlet was choked, through the preceding neglect of the city authorities, and, In the lower sections of the city, tho streets were impassable, while, in many instences, the water ran into the cellars of the dwellings. Travel by foot or horse was almost impossible, and nearly every street railway cer e was obliged to cesse running. It was on such a night a8 this that four miscreants started for what they, it is possible, did not intend to be as great a cljunity as ensued. At the southwest corner of Ninth street and Washington ayenue was a lot of ground enclosed with a paling fence and partly covered by rows of wooden sheds. The law forbidding the efor- age of coal oil in quantities within the built-up portions of the city was not then in existence, and, indeed, was the regult of tho fire thzt fol. lowed. Over 560 barrels of coal oil were stored under the sheds, arranged_in tiers two deep. Shortly after midnight Hugh Mars, James Dnughertg, James McGurk, “and McMenamin Fleetwood approached this lot. OBJECT OF THE INCENDIARIES. The incendiaries had plotted to set fire to this conl oil. They knew it would create a great con- flagration. The oil was stored near dwellings inhabited by pereons in comforfable situations in lifo. They would be startled’ from eleep at midnight, and, terror-stricken by the fire, they wonld rush from their houses in affright, leav- ing their property at the mercy of theke thieves, who would enter their houses under pretence of being members of the Moyamersing Hose Com- pany, which is one of the most notorious organ- izations of the old Volunteer Firo Department. The desperadoes had well matured their plan, and had also another and favorito incentive— the hope of inciting & riot between their own and s rival fire company, with which a deadly warfare had existed for years,” The four scoun- drels had lounged around the vicinity of Eighth and Fitzwalter streets, the location of the Moy- amensing Hose Company, severzl hours that evening, occasionally leaving the hose house for neighboring bar-rooms, At midnight they start- ed on their errand. The coal-oil depot was thoroughly reconnoitered, and the vicinity for soveral squares inspected, but not a traveller was to be seen, and even the policemen were driven to shelter from the raging stnm,hf:eling guro that the roundsman would neglect his duty on such & night. They entered an alley leading to the depot, and, being provided with cotton, tow, pitch, oil, and other combustibles, with plenty of matches, Mara, the chief rufiisn, volunteered to start the flames. Dougherty stood at the end of the alley to give warning of the approach of anyone, while the other two, McGurk and Fleetwood, stationed themselyes respectively at Washington avenue and Ells- worth strect. ‘ THE MIDNIGET FLAME. It was the work of but a moment for Mara to climb the pickets and gain a concealed corner in one of the sheds. The barrels were greasy and leaky, and under one of the leakiest Mara started his bonfire. He saw that it was fully under way, With no prospect of extinguishment, the o1l catching, and then made & hasty retreat and joined his companions. They waited about ten minutes, " when a flicker of light was seen against the fronts of the houses opposite. They Ton to the spot a8 if greatly excited, and gave an slarm. Policeman Murray, who was & fow squares off, and several citizens who were returning home from the coterie carnival at the Academy of Music, also saw the flames at the same mo- ment, and joined the unsuspected incendiaries. By this time_the fire waa spreading rapidly, lick- ig;én\;‘p the oil_and gaining fresh vigor from the eaturated shedding and planking. To sound an alarm was the first action, and two or three po- licemen from surrounding beats, who had ar- rived on the ground, ran to an alarm-box at Tighth strect and Washington svenue. ‘This ‘box was out of order, and could not be worked. It was necessary to run a quarter of a mile to reach another box. Travelling was slow on that night, with the sidewalks and streets ankle deep inelush, Meantime the flames gained fearful headwey. A S A BIVER OF FIRE. The citizens and policemen who began to ar- yivo on the ground ssw at once that there wonld ‘e great danger to those living near the burning. oil, and offorts _were &t once made to awaken them. Either all slept with exiraordinary sound- ness, or attributed the noises to the storm, for it wes atask of great difficulty to arouse the eleepers. Doors wero hammored, stones and ieces of -ice thrown sagainst windows, and at fish all but two families were awakened. The Fire Department began to arrive, but found great tropble in procuring water, as the hydrants were g&rfly frozen. The fire had ewept through' the whole de&ob, and barrel after barrel of oil ‘burst, and tho accumulated oil finally ran out and flooded Ninth street. The street was filled with water, and the. oil floated on it and burned :at the same time.- Theslope of the street is to the south, and the blazing oil began to float that way, extending clear to the walls of the houses on both sides of the street. It was aroaring torrent of fire jetting to the tops of the houses, and travelling as fast as aman could walk. A steem engine was located at Ellsworth strest, and was with difficuity saved from destruction, the borees being scorched by the flames. In fen ‘minutes fifty houses were burning, and the oil swept two equares down Ninth:street as faras Tederal street, branching into Ellsworth and one or two smaller streats. y THE SCENE WAS TERBIDLE, In half an hour after Mars had fired the barrel 120 buildings, including two mills, were in finmes, Hundreds of houseless men, women, and childres, somie well, somo ill,” were wading Jmes deep in melted snow and ice in their night clothing, frantically . rushing for places of sfoty, many of ‘them - badly burned by the flam es. The . firemen were doing all in their power. Many citizens appeared, and houses near the Scene of disaster were readily ened to the distressed fugitives, The rush of the flames was appalling. A strong wind was blowing, and carried the fire far over the roofs of honses, which melted away as if made of Wax. 2Many.pereons. only escaped by leaping from rear windows to sheds. The intenso Eent_cmmbled the stones on the stréet, and warped thie railrosd t”‘i(k“ and lamp posts, fire plugs, and other iron work. LE. % FRIGHTFUL DEATHS. < Tyo doors from the fire, on the west side of Ninth street, lived a Mr. Ware and family, con- sisting of his wife, two sisters, and = cbild. All efforts to awalken these people were in vain, and 15 was thonght no ons was n their honse ; but & few minutes aftor the burning oil broke from the yard ing shrieks wero heard. The bystenders looked towerd the door, and thera eaw overal people: Tho outside of the houss was enveloped in flames, both front and rear, 2and it was ovident that the Wares must die, for their only escape was thxonflsh the burning oil. A man ed from the door, followed by o female ; but both fell at once and were scen 10 more;, Dozens ofspectators stood thero, wit- neszes “of the terrific ‘scens, bub powerless {0 aid. A faint cry was heard from the house gll was over. Meantime, at Ninth and Federal streets the burning oil ran into_a large sewer, Which fortunately was oper, and danger to & row of imzl buildings just. below Ninth street wes everte = A GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE, which called out thewhole department,had been sounded,.and the numberless firemen batiled for the safety of buildings in the rear of those burn-~ ing, and succeeded in _saving_over fifty in a damaged condition. _ By daybreak the fire was under ¢ositrol; but How different the scene from that s few hours previously. Then there stood rows of good, comfortable three-story brick buildings, many of them used on the first floor by their residents 28 stores; now all was deeo- lation. Tottering femnants of walls, emok- ing besms, and piles of bricks many feet high were fo be seen on all sides, The fire had swept from Washington street clear to Federal. Nine-tenths of the buildings were in ruins, an of those that remained there were but the walls. The firo had also destroyed & number of - builds ings on Ellsworth and Federal streets, and sev- eral small side ayenues. Y . Thus bed the fiendish deeds of tho incendia- ries destroyed in buildings, goods, household stufls, &c., property tothe value of Z THEEE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, eacrificed half a dozen lives, and rendered home- less 500 persons, many losing their all. The greatest excitemont prevailed throughout -the city the nest morning, when the news was spread. The sufferers had been accommodated in charitable institutions in the lower part of the city, and immense contributions of clothing and proyisions were made for them. Search was made as800n as possible for the bodies of tha victims, and they were found, with those of two Zf,h“e persons, who had resided in an adjoining use. Daring the fire the incendiaries had been busi- Ilgl»engngad in plundering, all taking their share. eetivood had obtained entranco tothe Waro dwelling with one of his colleagiies, who made his exit by the rear door ‘somenhat Bastily, leav- ing Fleetwood infpossession of abox of silver- ware, which he found on the lower floor, and which he intended to carry off aa plunder under the pretence of savingit. The one who eecaped, who is supposed to have been Dougherty, did not know that there were any personsin tho houte, and it is not likely that Fleetwood did, as they had broken into the dwelling from the rear. At this juncture the oil broke from the depot, and Fleetwood, in common with the Ware fanii- 1y, found his retreat cut off. While making ihe desperate effort to escape with Mra, Ware, they fell in the stream of burning oil almost in cach other's arms, and the bystanders at once concluded that Fleetwood bad met his death in & noble and self-sacrificing cffort to save the lives of othors. The remains of his body and that of Mrs. Ware were found in_the strcet, his corpse being only recognized by 3 partly meltod key that lay beside it. The sup- posed noble deed was re-echod from one end of the city to another. All classes were lost in ad-~ miration of the dead fireman. Poems wWero writ- ten on his death, and his funeral was attended by large bodies of citizens, the ceremonies being performed with great pomp and solemnity. An association was organized and adopted his name. His portrait, upon g large and splendid banner, was often carried in procession by the doya- mensing Hoee Compeny, and’ his memory eulo- gized in the most flattering manner by the presa generally. But how great was the terror of the THREE SURVIVING RASCALS, Morrow, McGurk, and Dougherty. There can ‘be no doubt that they mever an jdea that the fire would assume the character it did, or cause the destruction of human life, and their firat impulee was to bind themselves by solemn declaration to stand bg one another and keepthe fatal secret. But little suspicion of incendiar- ism, howeyer, prevailed, and it was only hinted at 88 possible. ~ The fire was generally attributed 1o spontaneous combustion, and the agitation culminated in & universal demand for a Jaw for- bidding the storage of coal oil within the city limits, which wes speedily passed. Time rolled on, and the coal oil fire passed from the Enbliq mind, or was_only mentioned as o deplorable visitation of Divine Providence. The consciences of the three incendiaries, how- ever, smote them often, although they indulged in new deeds of villany. A yeer or 80 went by end MeGurk conld not agree with Dougherty snd Mara in regard to all their villanous plans. Mara and Don, he{g, ‘being older ‘in crime, tried to drag McGurk still deeper by tho hold which they seemed to have on him, but to their gston- ishment he retaliated by suddenly threatenin, to divulge &1l he kmew of the origin of the coal- oil fire to the guthorities, telling them tkat be conld do eo with perfect ‘sefety ~himeelf, as be :onld be State’s evidence and receive & free par- on. A WEAK CONSPIRATOR IN DANGER. At first they were frightened, and atferapted to cajole him; but he was on his guard and re- peated his threats. At last the two determined that, as there wasno safety for them from & man of his disposition, the only resort left was to make away with him. Mara met him on the street, and told him that somehow or other the news had leaked ont that (McGurk) was the men who started the coal-oil’ fire, and .that a8 mno suspicion aitached fo them he had better leave the mx at once. As MeGurk had been with them so long and weas puch & good fellow they were determined ta. help him. Mara at last slarmed -McGurk, who S:omised to leave Philadelphin at once, until © "excitement, if any there was, bad blown ov- er. Mara then proposed that McGurk should meet him and Dougherty on the next night on s lot running from Fitzwator to Catharine and from Seventh to Eifihfiz-sh’eaiu, well known to Philadelphians 88 “ Bweeney's lot,” and scene of meverel murders and numerous bloody 2f- {rays, robberies, etc., in days gone by. It is now covered with buildings. At that time Mera promised that they would give McGurk a sum dne him from proceeds of certain thefts, and sl- 8o tell him how to'act after he had fled. McGurk promised tobe punctual in attend- ance, and Aara left himand went in_gearch of Dougherty, whom he ‘eoon found, and detailed to him the arrangements with McGurk. He then E]ropouefl that he would seize McGurk and stifle i cries while Dougherty stabbed him.- Dough- erty dissented most emghaticnfly from the lat- ter portion of the plan, but upon Mara's repre- senting the danger to both if McGurk was not killed, he consented. E 2 The appointed ni%:fl: was dark, there being no moon. At 11 o'clock Mera and Dougherty meb McGurk in the centre-of the lot, near the fences of a row of small buildings. rambling’ conversation ensued, but the wonld-be murder- ers found that their tesk wes not easy, for Me- Gurk was suspicious, and on his guard. Being. well built, ho was & match for either of his in- tended essailants, neither 6f whem Wwas & power- ful man. = THE DEATH STRUGGLE. - At Iast Mara became_tired of waiting, and, with & “ Now come on " to Dougherty, made & grasp for McGurl's throat. Dougherty’s heart ailed him, He did not aid his companion a8 g:mpfly aswas_intended, and, with o wall- irected blow, McGurk laid Mers ont on the. ground, and then struck for Dougherty. Mars uickly arose, and with. Don, . Whose. blood was now rushed- st McGuil The latter fought them well, and in-. flicted some severe punishment upon them ; bub Mara or Dougherty, which he did not_know, drew a knife, and cut_him badly several times. sbout the arms and body. The unequal contest could not Jast long withbut his .receiving. a sex-. ous wound, and atlast he got a fearful cut in the sbdoman, from which his entrails protraded. Even with this_terrible wound he still fought, Tntil >t Jast ho sanl insensible from loss of blood, but not before the assnilants had inflicted’ several other wounds. They then, thinking him dead, fled. Their secret was known to none but themselves, and they appeared ab their. ol haunts as usual. < McGurk, however, was not désd. Helay on the ground for somo time, and was at les t found, by some persons crossing the lot. They convey- ed himto the Pennsylvania Hospital at Eighth and Pine streets, four squares off, Whero a co of-experienced surgeons examined his wonnds,- Oha Found that aivhough very dangerous thoy Were not necessarily fatal. Later, howsver, fever setin, and there was bu little bope of his lifo. i~ Mcburk, when, younger, had been &n_opers- for in the ¢ity police telegraph offices, and there acquired an soquaintance with the late Dr. Back- ‘burn, for many years and _until the time of his recent desth, Fire Marshal of the city. McGurk Dr. Blackburn had always been 2 wild youth. Dr noticed ii.is, and attracted by certain fl?&fl qual- ities of the lad endeavored to reform . Me- Gurk would listen, but he was_spparently natur- slly inclined to evil habits, and continued to 2s- sociste with & gang of young scoundrels who wera the hangers-on of the Moyamensing Hose Company. ' 2/'GURR'S BEVENGE. = TFrom the intorest taken in him by Dr. Black- burn, McGurk had always entertained feelings of yespect for him. Whiloill he had been nur- sing his revenge ngmsnus late comrades, and believing he was zbout to die he gent for Dr. Blackburn, stating that he had an imporiant ‘oommunication to make to him. Now Dr. Black- ‘burn, from bia invastigation into the causes of the ’coxl-oil fire, had been strongly of the inion that its origin wes incendiary, bul ].mvi‘x’lpg ~vory little el ordence of the Tact, had pradently 8aid but little about it, znd then onl: to city officiels, He had hiseye on McGurl fora long time, and of course on Mara and Dougherty also. He had _suspected them of setting firo, to several buildings, and the recont "Brooke, and Prof. Brown, have recoived and | confession i W ‘xg.mn was correc : anort time befor .’r‘:ié oata term of t in NeW Jersey for some clua® to the fira ed at once to the hos to be very glad to se- plained his condition, . . ave of the Plot £0 bUTH tite wis wvr~er ~—avug ll the facts mainly 88 we have given thet. following it ) -with-the quarrel,-the enticing "\himmgt;t&g lot, and the subsequent stabbing. He gtated in: the most positive manner that Maruyed gpplied the match, described the comblasple nised, the watch kept, and how the £our a3 pntered ‘houses during the fire to steal, and Wt Zeet. 1wood met his death, not in the noble Mine,” sup- posed, but while phindering. Dr.. Blackbi, The greaily surpriced at the statement OnCeming Fleetwood, but bad -long eurmised the rest ¢ the story, and gave full credence toit. A dsy or g0 after this conference McGurk Rssed the crisis and rapidly recovered. AN ATTEMPT YO BRING THEM TO JDICE. Dr. Blackburn communicated his intlligence to one or two city bfficials, and consuled with them as to what ehould be done. They rent on the track of Mara and Deugherty, ancfonnd them totally unsuspicious. After a langdelib- eration it was thought thst the prope plan would be to arrest the two and indict tha ror murder, in causing_the death of theTarg family; but the objection then arosehag the anly evidence in possession of the Comn—. ~weelth would be that of McGurk. He woibg unsupported, and could bo_atiacked by tie- fence on the ground of being a cri; hig, an associateof those men in this and many sr- groat arimes, acting really from motives 6. Venge; and last, that the lawsof ihof, while admitting the testimony of A requires it to be strongly corroborsted. 3 corroborative testimony;was not at hand! .+ though Dr. Blackburn believed ho could, 2 15 procure it. g The contemplated errest was therefo.”Z Jog! oned. McGurk was now getting well, -and Dr_ lackbarn told him that he skould be Si-rested - ‘but as he sppeared repentant and would do the cnmmnm'tBn great service by testifying azainet. Mara and Dougherty, no_steps would béy%aken against him if ho wouvld promize to coliyg fore ward when wanted. M'GURE'S FLIGHT TO XEW FORK. McGurk was advised byDr. Dizckburn to leavo the city, os thers would be Do S:ifaty for him, because the gang to whichk Mura and Dougherty belonged would take the ealligst op- portunity to kill McGurk, to_eva s fiom, concluded to take French leave, 2nd 03¢ avening scaled the Spruce sireet wall of the Penrgylvanin Hospital, and, going_to his homo, Peked up what articles ho wanted and left forNesw York. Prior to his escape, however, and in 0L of hig” interviews with Dr. Blackburn, the latter took down his statement in writing, swore him as to its truth, and McGurk then Wigned it. : alcGurk did not remain in New York. wenbYfo the. country, remaining but a little time &t 1 \_oner place. ~_He wrote to Dr. Blackbumn uivesal times. The latter worked diligently to obtain tho covetad corroborated testimony, but it was. a difficult task. Many facts, however, were ob~ teined, but at this juncturo & summary stop was put to all proceedings by the death of McGurk, which, it is supposed, was cauged by dissipstion, aided by the wounds received on Sweeny's lot, It was shortly after the death of McGurk that THE B300KS SHOOTING : ocenrred, and the subsequent cspture, convic— tion, and imprisonment of Mara and Dougherty. Afterward the loag illness and denth of Dr. Blackburn himeelf almost effaced the McGurk statement from the memories of the half a score. of persons who lkmew ebout it. - The revivel o2 the notoriety of 3Mam by the shooting of Me— Mullin has producad vhispers of his connection ith the coal-oil fire, although with menyit is. but surmise. . ALl that we have ststed, however, is contained in sundry papers, olof which are yetin exist— ence, although jeabusly guardea by ihose who- liava them. ~Of thise who seb fire to the oil do- Dot there remainsto-day but one alive, Dongh- erty having been recently killed by & désperado, - probebly acting for some of ths gang involved in the Brooks affair. Mara is the only ome’ who survives, aad he hes just entered a jail to gerve & seven i«:m’ imprisonment, from Which, Dy reason of hs enfeebled health, cansed by a pulmenary complaint, o will in all probability Tnaver come out, >xcept a8 & corpse. ~ Ho is yek | but & yousng man ; but it i3 seldom in_the annalz of crime that we tead of one who, by his own confession, hos lived such a life &3 ho hes, and connected with 80 meny startling deeds that times shock and honify communities by their daring and utter defisaca of all lav. PERSONATL:. - James K. Magie, o! the Canton Register, isnot. & candidate for Secrctary of the Ilinois Senate. —Governor Baldwin, of Michigan, has ap- cinted J. D. Evans, 'of Tawas, Srimp Land ond Commissioner, vice Curtis, resigne: —John Boyd, of Tow, is a candidate'for Dooz- Leoper of the United Stites House of Represen— tatives. 9 —Colonel_ C. Y. Lowrie, of Monjans, Iowz, has resigned aa Register in Sankrapicy. —Al. Swalm did not get tae Pension Agency 2t DesMoines, after all, ex-Lieuntenant Governox Gue being the appointee. —He A. Newman, of Nebrska City, hes taken office at Omaha s Collector of Internal Revenue. —Bishop Merrill, of the Methodist Church, and family, have arrived in St. Paul to take up their permanent residence. —H J. Raymond died June 13,1869 ; Jsmes Gordon Bennett died June 1, 1873; Horsco Greeley died Nov. 29, 1872. —R. N. Cullom, of Washington, Tazewell County, father of the Hon, Shelby . Callom, of Springfeld, died st bis hame on Wednesdsy, sged 77 years. £ "—The wife of Colonel Thomas H. C. Kings- bury, of Franklin, Ct., died two or thres deys ago., - %It is s great comfort to know that Judge Ward Hunt cast his first vote’ for General Jack- son. —Lnucille Western is 11% and gives notice thak £he doctor enjoins her to desist, for a while, from, professional labor. —2fiss Olive Seward Risley, -the adopted dsughter and travelling companion of W. H. Seward, is expected to pass some time in Wash~ ington this winter. > Amos Myers, formerly & member of Con- es8_from Pennsylvania, hes lately been or— siined to'the Baptist ministry. —The widow of thelate Goneral George H. Thomes has gone, in company. with her sister, Aiss Kollogg, to Europe. She will winter in Florence. Ty —General W. 8, Hancock and family will leave St. Paul for New York about the 12th inst. He will be accompanied by Captains Wharton and Mitchell, and Lientenznt Ward, of his personat staff, 3 '—J. B. Crandall, s plonesr stage driver in Cal- ifornis, Who carried & whip_ ornamented with twenty.three gold rings, was lstely thrown from s o2n and Lilled, aeer Angelos, His eldest son is Cashier in the London and Sea Francisco Bank, San Francisco, whilo another is Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent in SBanta Clara. —President Lounsbery, Prof. Sheldon, Prof. notice that their sppointments 0 the chairs filled by ther in Griswold College, Tows, have been re- ~voked, totake effect aa_ {bo. 25th of Jenuacy, 1878—tho collegiate departmenthaving been sus- ended. . 5 P ion saye: “Wo have mo sympathy with {fatalism, and yet we are free to. say that Mr. Greeley's desfiny was on him, and he' could not escape it. There were inward causes that gnaw- ed their way outwerd to this effect. Ho had pre= ‘monitions of it not only a few weeks but many months sgo. - During some idie hours in” Brook= Iyn exrly in the campaign, he aid _to us with & Yoice of sudden snduess, snd a tone of unwoated pathos, ‘I have but ong greatambition, and that 15, not the Presidency, but dcath. Later in the stminer (or perhaps ealy in_the fall), when some friends were talking with him at a merry supper-tsble, when one of us gaily asked, ‘How. he enjoyed being praised Ly one political party, and damned by the other ?” he simply snswered. that ¢ Nothing would gratify 5im 80 much as fo receive from some celestial messenger an au- tharitative assurance that he must dic the next morning.’ About-the middls of October, ina Bunday evening conversation wity him, the sama premonitory meditations on’ 4c3th and immez- tality broke forth from his liyg, About thres weeks ago MIr. Greeley said fo 13 (caaping oo hend and holding it for the last !iml?, X[y dear fried, for thirty days snd. nigata 1 have not slept; I shall mover slesp sgain; I pray for death."” g Another Murder a2 Hanisiee. Manistee, Mich., is fast gaining & most unen- viable notoriety for murdera and murderous as- soults committed there. The last occurred on the night of the 4th. A man named J. H. Stso- ton is alleged to have killed a Mr. J. Collina. Stanton is & merchant in Manistee, Colling w;_ 2 hotel-kseper same twelve miles from the v Inge. Stanton bad 3 quazrel with Collins sbout crossing on tha ferry, and, in his anger, scized & icco of ecantling and struck Collins over th, Eaad, crushing the skull and producing " instantaneons death. _Stanton fled, snd had nod ‘been arrested on the 5th. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and & brother-in-lnw of Judge Ramadoil. 3 comvich, o