Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1872, Page 4

3 1 f— 'THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY , DECEMBER 13, 1872, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERNG OF EUDSCRIPTION g’AYAnL: IN ADVANCE). eil, by mal.....812.00 | Sund: 2 Reifeapett: 81500 ek 3 Parts of a sesr at the same rate, To provent delay and mistakes, bo suro and givo Post Ofco address in tull, including Stato and Counts. Remittances may be mado either by draft, cxpress, Post -Otico order, or in registered lotters, at our risk. oty detieg XS O CITT TBsCumras. aily, delivered, Su r week. i Geliverod gn:%?; Shchnded: 3 Sonta hor ek Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY. Oorucr Madison and Dearborn-sts., Cbicago, il * TRIDUNE Branch Office, No. 469 Wabash-ar., fn tho iBookstore of Messrs. Cobb, Andrews & Co., whero ‘advertisements and subscriptions will bo receired, and il heve tho samo attontion as if Jefe at tho Maia Cmee. e ———— ] CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Proceodings in Congross—Miscellanc- ous Washington Items. SECOND PAGE—London Letter: An Exciting Win- ter; The Gosernment in a Fix; Burning Questions— The Christlan Priesthood: Lecturs by Res. Dr. MeGlynp, of St. Stepkon's Church, New York—Tho Indisna Legislaturo: Porsonnel Thercof ~ Inter- ‘iow with Senator Schurz— Horaco Greelos’s Will— A Professor asa Murderer— General News Items. ~fHIRD PAGE—Stato Insuranco Compans: 3oro of the Ofiicers Haro tho Concern Pumped—Tho Lsw Courts—Contempt Literature and Ita Sources of Suppis—A Day's Robberies—Advertisements. FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: Tho Financlal Outlook; ‘How Rairoads 3as bo Built; Tho Fifth Aveouo Calamity; Tho Death of Edwin Forrest—Politieal Notes—Current News Items. FISTH PAGE-Protestant Orphan Asylum: Annusl Report—Gramblor & Co.: Lecturo by Rev. T. Do Wit Talmadgo—Markets by Telegraph—Advertise- ments SSTXTH PAGE—Monetary znd Commeselal—Marino In- telligenéo—Railroad Time Table. -GEVENTH PAGE—Bridgeport Redeemed—~Cits tn Brief —Tho Diamond Swindlo—The Munn & Scott Caso— Small Advertisemeats: Real Estate, For Sale, To Rent, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, Etc. AIGHTH PAGE-Foreign News—Political Items—The New York Fire—Miscellancons Telegrams—Auction Adrortisement TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ATEEN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenue, coraer of Con sgress strect. Engagement of Lawrence Barreit. “¢ Othelo.” APVICKER'S THEATRE—AMadison street, betwoen State and Dearborn. Engagerment of Miss Jane Coombs. “* London Assurance.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halsted street, south of Aladison. The Lydia Thompson Troupe. *‘ Blue Beard." HOOLEY'S OPFRA HOUSE—Randolph streot, bo- tween Clark and LaSalle. Now Comeds Company. ** Partners for Life.” Operatie Bagatelle. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE-~Monroo street, betwoen State cod Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemblo's dinstrel and Burlesquo Troupe. GLOBE THEATRE—Dasplaines strect, between Madi- son and Washiagton. Tho Lelia Ellis Bellad Opera Com- paos. . NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE-Clintonstrect, between “ashiogton and Randolph. Leo Hudson es *“ Mazeppa.” SCOTT SSDDONS READINGS—Union Park Congro- gational Caurch. BUSINESS NOTICES. FORDYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSIONof Spirits a4 Goneral Debilits. tho Ferro Phosphorated lixiz of Calisaya Bark (Galisasa Bark and Iron), is the est tonic. Mado by Caswoll, fuzard & Co , Now York, ‘a0d sold by Druggists. COD LIVER OIL, AND LIME_THAT PLEASANT £ eut in he care of all cansumptivo Symptomae, Wilbor's Gompound of Puro Cod Livet Ofl and Lime, 1 being universaily adopted fn medical practice. o] Sold by 1ho preprietor, A. B. &XLBOXL Chemist, 166 Court-st.» . Boston. A GLORIOUS RECORD.—I YEARS AGO A FEW modest lines in & New Yorlk journal invited pablio atton. %ion to a nuw vegetable restoratise, and solicited a trial of £ia merits as & remedy for indigestion, billiousness, fever azd apuc, debility, nerrous disordefs, rheumatisin, and all complaints requiring invigorating and regulating frostment. In this quict, unpretentions way, Plantation Bitters was introduced info tiio world. 1t was a succeas from (ho beginning. All that was claimed foritas s conic, corroetive, and aatidote to malarious fover, was found to Lo stricdy true. Within ovo years the an- vusl salea of this articlo zmounted to over ona million . A fow years more, and the demend had swelled £ five millions. - The annual consumption of the Irtters Basnow reschod tho almost incredible apgrofato of six Zatllions of bottles, and for every bottlo old & copy of Tliastrated Xedies] Annuzl, publithed by tho propric- torsata cost of S10.(0, s C. C. COLLINS, BOYS' CLOTHING, 184 AND 186 CLARK-ST. TheChitags Tiibune, Friday Morning, December 13, 1873, iven away. Al the passengers of tho Sacramento and ita .Areasure, amounting to £335,648, have been saved, and reached San Diego yesterday. The steamer itsclf lies on & reef about 200 miles south of San Diego, and will be s total loss, to- gether with the cargo. e Among the myrisd Tecommendations made to ‘the Pennsylvanin Constitutionsl Convention is the rqnestof the State Temperanco Conven- tion that it will freme o smendment to the Constitntion prohibiting the manufacture or gale in Penneylvanis of intoxicating drink. Spesker Blaine appeared befors the Credit Mobilior Investigation Committco yesterday, end explicitly denicd that ho bad in any way been bribed or approrched with & bribo to do or not to do ansthing concarning tho Union Pacific Railroad. The Philadelphia Press advocates the exten- sion of the Presidential terms to six years, with & restriction againet re-clection. It enys that this ust be dono sooner or later, and thut now is e time to do it, eince it interferes with mo- body's claims, and comes in collision with no- body’s ambition. General Dent says that the +4alk cbout a third term for Grant is *all bosh.” 1t [« several days since Judge Blodgett alluded to the dishonorable conduct of J. Y. Scammon in Lolding tho fundsof the Mutual Security Insur- ance Company, in opposttion to their expressed wishies, while maintaining lawsuits against them. o have notheard that Mr. Scammon hasdesisted {rom such dishonorable conduct. Tho Senate has passed tho bill for the reduc- tion of the officers and expenses of the Internal TRevenne Bureaw, ns reported by the Finance Committes. No action was taken on the Boston Relief bill, which was briefly debated. Senator Carpenter thot 3ht the bill unconstitutional, and Benator Morrill called it o humbug; Senator Logan thonght otherwise, and Senstor Sumnor »nid that, as for the precedent tho bill would establish, it conld be applicable only in & similar £s80, when it ought to be repeated. Twelve deaths so far is the loss of life by the Tifth Avenuo Hotel fire. Officials of the Tire Department say that their nid was not called in time, and that when the firemen arrived they were at first refused admittance, for fear of o penic among the guests. [Eye-witnesses believe that if the alarm had been promptly given every one of the poor girls rho were burned could have been saved. As it 585, the employes of the hotel are 8aid to hove given all their thoughts to rescuing tho beggage, 1aking no care of the lives that were perishing. President Grant and Attorney General Will- 1ams heye found a plan by which the Alabams troubles msy be settled. Those members of the two Legislatures whose ecais are not contested are to meet in tho Siate Cepitol, makoa tempor rary organization, and sppoizt two tellers, one from each party, who shall, ip the presenco -of the Legislature, canvags the returns from the istricts in dispate, and award sedts10'tho mem- bers lawfully clected. When a resl Logislature Das been got in this way, it shall proceed to per- manent organization. Acting Governor Pinchback has igsued a proc~ Jamation, stating, on tho authority of a tele- gram from tho Attorney Genoral of tho United States, that Presidont Grant formally and ofti~ cially recognizes him a8 the lawful Executivo, and tho Mechanics' Institute Assombly as tho Jawful Legislaturo, of the State. Ho calls upon all orderly citizens to give him and the Legisla~ ture their support, and warns the unlawful as- semblage in session ot the Court Houso to dis- perso. A warrant was issued, yesterday, by the Eighth District Court, for the arrestof Pinch~ back for contempt; but tho Governor, instead of allowing himself to bo teken, signed s bill passed by the Legislature abolishing the Court. The Congressional Globe prints o prayer by Chaplain Newman, in which occurs the following remarkable petition: “2May the blossing of tho Highest rest upon our Chiof Ruler, May wisdom divine, the gentlencss of Christ, firm- ness of puppose and impartiality characterize the Administration of the future as of (ke past, that he may enjoy the approval of mankind and the approbation of God.” Itis said by those who criticize Prof. Tyndall's proposition to test tho efficacy of prayer, that praying is good for the one who prays—which is undoubtedly true when one prays to God. DBut, when one prays to the Senate of the United States, the case may be different. General Dix gives a dinner in New York this avening in his capacity a8 President of tho In- dustrial Exhibition Company. This Association +was formed nearly two years ago, with tho ob- ject of erectinga Crystal Palaco to be used for the permanent exposition and sale of the indus- trisl productsof all nations. The entertsin- ‘ment this evening is intended to bring out the progress that hes already been made, ard to create o new interest in the enterprice. The Compapy is now negotiating for four blocks of 1and in the upper part of the City of New York, and there is some hope m that city that, with proper effort at this timo, the proposed celebration of the Cen- tennial Anniversary of the nation might be attracted there instead of going to Philadel- phis. However this may be, it is argued that a permanent Industrial Exhibition, with attractive surroundings, would be beneficial to tho inter- ests of manufacturers throughout the country, and possess decided local advantages for New York City. TUnited States coupon bonds have elways com- manded higher prices sbroad than registered bonds, a8 more easily transferable. The House, sesterday, in order to place the two classes of bonds on the same footing, and meko them equally negotisble, empowered Sccretary Bout- well to give coupon in exchange for registered bonds, when any owner of the latter, who must pay all espenses, desired the chango. The Bounty Land bill was passed in an omended form, which proscribes ~that, while application for’ .a homestesd may bo medo by the pefwon entitled there- to or by an agent, the patent shall be issued onlyin the name of the soldier, seaman, or wldow, or orphan children to whom the land shall go, and that any contract affecting tho ownership of theland made before the patent is actually delivered to such person shall be void. Tho House then passed the Pensions Appro- priacion bill, which covers §80,480,000. Pension- ers scem to be tenacious of life. Mr. Garfield stated that only 10 per cent of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers had died during the year. The Chicsgo produce markets were rather quiet yesterday, but aversged a shade higher. Mess pork was quiet and 5o higher, at $11.40@ 11.45 cash, and $11.87%@12.00 seller March. Lard was active and firm, at $7.10 per 100 1bs cash, and $7.50@7.55 seller March, Meats were quict and steady, at 8%e for part salted ehoul- ders, 6% for do shortribs, 6¢ for do short clear, and 7@714c for green hams, Highwines were quiet and I4c higher, at 89c per gallon. Drossed hogs were more active and firmer, at £4.30@4.973¢ per 100 s, Flour was moro active, and steady. Wheat was quiet and 34c higher, closing at §1.113¢ cash, and 112} scller January. Corn was dull and steady, closing b S1c cash, and S81Xe soller January. Osts wero quict and 3¢ higher, at 253¢c seller the month, and 25@ 253¢c seller Jenuary. Rye was moro active, and 1c higher, at 02@02}¢c. Barloy was moro ac- tive, and firm for No. 2, closing at Glc; No. 8 weak at 49@50c. Live hogs met with an active demand, and prices wero steady at $3.65@3.90 for inférior to choice. A few extra eold at $3. .00. Tho cattle tradewas again dull, with prices weak and irregular. Sheep wero sal- ‘ablo at about former rates. It must be regarded as unfortunate that s controversy has arisen over Mr. Greeley's will ; tho more £o a8 tho Misses Greeloy find them- sclves opposed by Mr. Samuel Sinclair, the pub- lisher of tho New York Tribune, who was named 88 one of tho executors of the first will, which is claimed to be .still valid. The second will, in which Mr. Greeley bequeaths all his property to Lis two daughtors, certainly bears no imprees “of n discased mind, and it is & well-known prin- ciplo of law that where doubts arise a8 to the construction of a will they should be decided in favor of those to whom the proporty would have gono if there had been no will. The last docu-~ ment i3 short and plain, snd was vwritten by Mr. Greeloy on tho 9th of November, and signed in one of his lucid poriods on the day beforo his death. It scems to bo perfectly natural that Mr. Greeley should have made & new will aftor his wife's death, and that, perhaps, finding his property less valu:blo than ho had formerly supposod, ho should have cut off tho charitable bequests which he had mado previously. The position which Mr. Gree- ley's daughters will occupy in socicty will prob- ably require all the means which Mr. Grecley has been ablo to leave them. He did charity enough in life. Secrotary Delano has expressed tho beliof that the Indians will settlo down to peacefnl agricul- tural pursuits on tho reservations a8 soon as the buffalo shell have been extermineted. Thero is reeson to hopo that Indian civilization will not be doferred to that time. The fact is, though public rumor goes to tho contrary, that the buf- falo ave increasing in numbors instead of dimin- ishing. The Indians yho have slready with- drewn to tho reseryations have giver up buffalo- hunting, and, whea their places have'been sup- plied at all, it bas been by white men, who do not kill cne buffalo where one Indian would kill ten, 'The practico of trapping, poisoning, snd shooting wolves, by the soldiers on the Plains, hns also incronsed, the wolf's bide being more valuablo than that of tho buf- falo. But the wolf is the chiof enemy of the | buffalo, by roason of its ravages among tho calves. Ho destroys ten buffalo where an In- dian would kill one. The result is that, so far from there being anything liko oxtormination of the buffalo, tho animals were never increasing in numbers so fast. Wehear of tho Kansas- Pacific trains frequently encountering largo herds, running through districts where horoto- fore they were seldom seen. It ia evident that Socretary Delano must find some other means for encouraging agriculturo among the Indian tribes than that which he supposes will be doveloped by the extermination of the buffalo. The Brooklyn Union (Henry C. Bowen, od- itor), speaking of tho probablo acceptance by Mr. Colfax of tho editorship of the New York Tribune, snys that it is a prodigions thing for a man to reeign the Vice Presidency of the United States to take & position as editor of a noewspaper, —that it proves that “newspapers, as the forming ele- ment of public opinion, are above Lords and Commons, Kings and Congresses,” and much other bombast to the same purpose. The fact that Mr. Colfaxhas less than ninety days to serve a8 Vice President diminighes somewhat the glory that newspaperdom acquires from the event. Inadditionto the sublime spectacle of & Vice President resigning ten woeks before his term expires, the Union tells us that ** we may expect to see the Tribune return to the advo- cacy of the grand principleswhich once ennobled it and its lato chief.” A catalogue of those grand principles which onco ennobled the New York Tribune and its late chief, and to which the Tribune is goon to roturn, should be furnished to Mr. Colfax for his guidance. If the Now York Tribune and itslate chief had sbandoned any principles relating to human lib- erty and equal rights, it is most likely that tho colored men of New York would have made some distant allusion to the fact in their recent meet- ing commemorative of Horace Greeley. Instead of that, they recalled the fact that Mr. Greeloy had beon the unswerving and untiring champion of those rights, and they might have added that, ss compared with his efforts and contributions to that cause, those of the Brook- 1yn Tnion were g0 fechle and unimportant that, if entirely wanting, they would never have ‘been missed. Itistoo late in the day for Mr. Colfax to contribute anything, as editor of the New York Tribune, to the success of thoso grand principles. Mr. Greeley hes left him nothing to Qo in thet line. The result of the vote in the Electoral Col- leges is now known. Tho Electors in the seven States that voted for Greeley and Brown at the polls acted without any unanimity, and many voted on their own hook. The vote for President in these seven States was thus divided : Greeley, 8; B. Gratz Brown, 24; T. A. Hen- dricks, 42; C. J. Jenkins, 2; David Davis, 1; blank, 8. For Vice President, the vote was divided: Brown, 55; N. P. Banks,7; G. W. Julian, 5; A. H. Colquit, 5; J.1M. Palmer, 8; T. E. Bramlette, 8; W. 8. Groesbeck, 1; W. B. Machen, 1. In Missouri, one Elector on the Greeley and Brown ticket refused to vote for Brown either for President or Vice President—a case without precedent in the historyof Presi- dential elections. The following is the vote in detail: FOR PRESIDENT, aonto umodgy .-e.ml awid g V_teour, eupar States, ) | “gyorpuary - vilef]sd THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. The clements of & financial crisis which threat- ened the country during the months of October, November, and December, have so far passed away that we may assume that the disaster has been avoided. Novertheless, we should remem- ber how close wo were to such a calamity. Weo should also remember that the same causes will st any timo produce the same results, The danger from which we have just escaped will have some compensation if it shall direct public attention to tho events which produced it, and serve 2s & warning to avoid falling into the same improvident enterprises again, What this threatencd disaster has taught us, if ‘wo are wiso enough to acceptits lessons, is, that wo must build no more railroads in the wilder- ness, under tho delusive idea of creating popu- Intion end production in advance of nat- ural lews; that we must engage in mo moro Iand speculations, buring monoy in uninhabited prairies that give no roturn; that wo must invest no more of that cir- culatiug capital which keeps the wheels of in- Qustry in motion in many of the hundred enter- prises so largely entered into of late, which do not yield an immediate roturn, at least sufficient topay the ordinary rato of interest. During the last five yenrs,money has been invested in the United States and Europe in not less than 25,000 miles of railways which do not earn more than tho operating oxpenses, and yield no in- torest on the capital invested. It will also prove o most profitable lesson if it shall teach statesmen and Government the financial congequences of war ; of the substitution of the unnatural agency of destruction for that of pro- duction. It will toach us all as individuals and communities to be less extravagantin our ex- penditures; to be more cconomical in our man- ner of living, and to avoid the policy of antici- pating the future by spending more than we earn. It will aleo, we trust, direct the attention of our Government to the bad policy of drawing away from the people any more of their sub- stanco than is needed for an economical ad- ministration of the Government. In 1870-'71, the Government took from the people over £120,000,000 in taxes in excess of whet was needed. In 187172 the Government again took in taxes nmearly $107,000,000 in excess of ita needed revenue. Initseconomio effects, _t}z}_n_wu eauivalont to s confisoation of that much of the 3 . products of the labor of the country. Of this large sum, not less than one-fitth was taken from the people of the Northwestern States, and more thon half from the farm lsbor of the country. Placing the sum taken from the West at only twenty millions of dollars a year, it is equal to one-half the entire hog crop. Under thoe sys- tem of olden timos, the farmer was taxed one- tenth of his products—one hogout of ten; but our Government has so improved in this, that, aftor taking all that is necessary to pay its legit- imate exponses, it takes every socond hog to make up & surplus revenue, to bo paid to bond- holders who don't want their money. This an- nual tax of one hundred millions of dollars in excess of what the Government needs, if left with the people, in the hands of the farm- ors, manufscturers, and other producers, to pay wages, increase improvements, cnlarge the surplus products, to be converted into accu- mulated cspital, to be sgain employed in the same way, could be turned over and over from hand to hand, and forever kept active and pro- ductive. But the confiscation of that sum isan unnecessary drain upon the active means of the people. The money they accumulate over their potual noeds is swept away from them, and they aro kopt forever at the pinching point. They can neither improve their farms, purchase stock enlarge their products ; Whatever they accumu- late for such purposes is gobble dup by Mr. Boutwell, to be used by him in paying & debt that is not due, in order to realize a visionary idea for the benefit of posterity. The cruelty of this policy, and its dissstrous effects, have been experienced during the rocent pinch; and financial wisdom, if not sctual jus- tice, demands that this excessive taxation shall boreduced. A reduction of the taxes om im- ports to one-half the existing rates would leave the country witha revenue equal o all its needs, and, withthe increase of business, prodaction, and population, wonld furnish a surplus annuale Iy fully equal to any useful reduction of the public debt. HOW BAILROADS MAY BE BUILT. A Washington correspondent of the Cincin- nati Commercial has been able to reveal some of the mysteries of the origin and progress of the celebrated Credit Mobilior with the aid of papers in & chancery suit, which was bronght in tho United States District Court for the First District of Wyoming. The story has an addi- tional interest at this time, as the Congressional investigation into the alleged brilery cases con- corning this notable corporation is just begin- ning. The suit was brought in 1870, by one James W. Davis, to recover maney claimed to be due bhim for work done on the Union Pacific Railroed, in which the defendants were Oliver Ames, John Duff, J. M. 8. Williams and Benjamin E. Bates, of Boston; Sydney Dillon, Cornelius S. Dushnell, and Thomas C. Durant, of New York, and Henry 8. M'Comb, of Delaware, all Di~ rectors of the Union Pacific Railroad. Inmaking out his case, Mr. Davis found it necessary to ex- pose what he called the *“‘cunningly conceived and unserupulously-executed devices” by which these Directors, Trustees, and agents appropri- ated the property of the Union Pacific Railroad to their own use. Tho process, as Davis de- seribes it, was in substance as follows: On the 15th dey of Ootober, 1867, about 450 miles of the road had been completed out of a total of 920 miles. At that date, Oliver Ames, the President of the Union Pacific, made a con- tract for the Company with his brother, Oakes Ames, by which the latter agreed to construct the whole lino of the rond, assuming such con- tracts as the Company had already made. Oakes Ames was to receive pay at rates varying from $50,000 to $95,000 per mile, as the work was ac- cspted by the United States ; or, in lien of moncy, first mortgage bonds of the rosd at 92 cents, Gov~ ernment bonds, and other securities. But, accord- ing to Mr. Davis, Oakes Ames, beforo he obtained this contract, had given a bond to Oliver Ames, Durant, M'Comb, and the others who have been named, by which he had bound himself to trans for his contract with the Union Pacific to these gontlomen in their individual capacity. The contract with Oakes Ames was, consequently, nothing more than & vehicle through which Oliver Ames, Durant, and the rest, as Directors, let the building of the road to themselves, and fixed their own prices. Mr. Davis further charged that this contract was dated back to April 16, so that theso gentlemen also enjoyed thelarge difference between the actual cost of somuch of the road as had been already con~ structed and the contract price which they hod fixed,—n difference which Davis says amounted to $400,000. For the purpose of further concealment and sdditional facil- ities, the bill charges that another contract was made which was called a ¢ Tripli- cate Agreement.” The parties to this contract were Oakes Ames, party of the first part; Oliver Ames, M'Comb, Durant, and the others parties of the second part, and *“The Credit Mobilier of Americs,” ‘s’ corporation ' organized under & charter from the State of Pennsylvanis, the party of ‘the third part. By this conttact, the partles of the second part assumed to advance thie money and do the work necessary to fulfil the contract which Oskes Ames had with the Union Pacific, and, after reimbursing them- gelves, to divide the residue among the stock- holders of the Credit Mobilier, upon certain conditions, Those conditions wers, that the stockholders in the Credit Mobilier should also bo stockholders in the Union Pacific, and should give the parties of the second part (Oliver Amos, M'Comb, Durant, and the others,) the power to vote on six-tenths of all the Union Pacific stock which they might have or receive as dividends in tho Credit AMobi~ lier. This arrangement placed the entire con-~ trol in the hands of fhe seven gentlemen who have beennamed. Mr. Davis then says that the railroad chargod against these gentlemen $20,000 5 mile a8 the actual cost of construe- tion, and paid them at tho rate of $50,000 por milo in Government and first mortgage bonds, A table of Credit Mobilier dividends shows that Mr. Durant made $1,060,865, Oliver Ames $877,- 500, Oakos Ames $366,562, and so on, the aggre- gate dividends amounting to 750 per cent. In roceipting for their dividends, the stock- holders in the Credit Mobilier expressly ngreed to hold Durant, Ames, and their associates free from all lisbility. personal or otherwise. There was also a stipa- Istion that tho stockholders, having received their dividends, would pay back, pro rafa, any sum that might be required to finish the road, and pay for the work. When this emergency arose, however, they refused to comply with the stipulation, and hence this suit brought by Mr. Davis, and similar suits brought by others sgainst the Credit Mobilier, to recover pay for work doneon the road. The Davis suit was compromised and withdrawn, The conclusion drawn. by Mr. Davis in his bill from those facts was. that tlia centlemen named procured the cover of a Ponnsylvania corpora- tion, under which, for themselves and their friends, they conducted the work of building the Union Pecific Railrond, and absorbed all the Railrond Company's assots, in iaking about twice the amount of the actual cost of the road. The bill further charged that these gentlemen had procured land-grant bonds from the Com- pany at 50 cents on tho dollar, and gold them subsoquently st par. It also propounded some very hard questions, one of which was as fol- lows : 14, Whether tho eaid Thomss O, Durant, then be- ing Vico President aud manager of said Railroad Com- pany, or holding somo other office of trust in or about the same, did not pay to twoof tho Commissioners of the United States, for the examination of said rallroad, Bomotime in tho Fear 1669, in a railroad car of said Company, and in_ presenco of one Fox Diefendorf, & certain sum of money, to-wit: $25,000 to each of them; or somo other, ind what other sum or sums; and were not ssid psyments mado in order to securoa favorable, or some report, to some oflcer of tho United States Government, or becauso sald Commissioners had made such report or reports in respect of the construce tion of said road? ‘This much is certain: The report was favor- able; the work wasaccepted; the stockholders of the Credit Mobilier received several million dollars in dividends; there were no investiga- tions nor hindrances, It is now for the Investi- gating Committes to determine whether any Congressmen contributed to the easy success of the scheme, ard whether they were paid for it. Meanwhile, the history of the Credit- Mobilier shows how railroads may be built with Govern- ‘ment funds. —_— [HE FIFTH AVENUE CALAMITY. The calamity at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in- volving a frightfal loss of life, sends its warning to & most important interest, of very wide appli- cation, but nowheromore timely thanin Chicago. In our new era of great hotels approaching com- pletion, it should bo heeded, and bringits results in incressed care in constructionto guard against the peril of fire. It hasbeen the bosst of the great hotels of tho metropolis,—filled at all times, from top to bottom, with guests,—that such was the incesssnt watchfulness st all points, © no fire, however dangerous its outbreak, could gain hendwsy. And it would secem eg if this should be so. At all events, it is singular that the excoption should bo the Fifth Avenue Hotel, which has so long stood in the front rank of American hotels, and the model even among the best foreign examples. Yet ufire gtarts in the basement, and eats its way unopposed to the very top of the building, and there overtakes its unsuspect- ing victims, the victims of humsn carelessness, which imperilled more lives than theirs. There is no reason, except niggardliness, why overy large hotel should not be watched thronghont all hours of the night, and in a manner which would enforce faithfulness in the night guard by methods long familiar in great manufacturing establishmonts. The tragedy 8t the Fifth Avenuo is = stain upon its management, for they, of all other hotel-keepers in the country, have been paid to include safoty among the features assured by their well-ap- pointed and prosperous house, which for four- teen years has been the Meces of first-class travel, tho envy of all landlords, and & mine of gold to its hosts. From this sed calamity, the warning should penotrate the entire hotal inter- est overywhere, that ceaseless vigilance is the price of safety, and that neglect is criminnl where such an appalling sequel may follow it. Bad a8 is this calamity, however, those most familiar with all the circumstances must find their horror mingled with gratitude that it was noworse. The Fifth Avenue structuro, com- menced in 1857 as & block of residences, was re- modelled at great expense into a hotel, which has stood in the front rank of popularity and success ever since. But its intricate flights of stairs, wooden elovator shafts, and nparrow areas Lave always held it in peril of destruction from tho intensely-heated laundry and drying dopartments benesth, while its dark and tortu- ous corridors have always brought unpleasant suggestions as to the possible event should the fire, thus invited, produce & panic among the inmates on the upper floors. Sad as is the fate of the poor housemaids burned, out of the reach of rescue, in their garret, thero is reason for thankfulness that tho holocaust did not in- clude, with the entiro destruction of the edifice, doath-roll among guests as well as servants, that would bavo sent grief and mourning throughout the country. The proprietors of the Tifth Avenue Hotel owe it to the public, since restitution is impos- sible, to make tho recurrence of such o calamity impossible. The elevators shonld be mado fire- proof shafts, stair-cases of incombustible material should run to tho topmost floor in tho building, and every modern safoguard should beset aboutthe extra-haz- ardous departments of tho hotel laundryand kitchen. When the Fifth Avenue aguin offers its accommodations to the travelling community, it should be safe as well as luxurious. And the new hotels of Chicago should' take the lesson to heart. Onoof our capitalists is carrying the question to the extreme of a perfectly fire-proof house. Let all tho others imitate him st least in all cssentinl points, or the listof hotel orrors will hayo fresh illustrations in our own city at no distant day. The Death of Edwin Forrests Tho telegraph brings tho intelligence of the dosth of Edwin Forrest, the Nestor of the Ameri- con dramatic stage, snd probably the best Xknown sctor in this country, which occurred in Philadelphia, yesterday forencon, at 11 o'clock. Ho has been upon tho stage fifty-throe years, and has played to two generations of theatre- goors in Shakspearcan parts;’and certain roman- | tic characters written for him with reference to his very marked physical abilities. It is within {ho probabilities to say that thero is not a man, woman, or child in the United States, accus- tomed . togoto the theatro, who has not scon Mr. Forrest in somo of his roles, a8 ho has played in all the large cities, and during the past ten years has mado frequent tours through tho principal small towns. His -death will, therefore, awaken very general interost to know the dotails of his life and professional career. Edwin Forrest was born in Philadelphia, March 9,1806. Ho was precocious in dramatio talont, and displayed s predilection for the stage at s very oarly ago. In his 12th year, ho appeared in fomalo parts 1 the Old South Stroet Theatre, in Philadelphis, but did not make & formal debut until Nov. 20, 1820, when he played “Young Norval,” in Home's tragedy of “Douglass,” at the Walnut Street Theatre, in the samo city. He then st out upon & protracted tour in the West- orn cities, during which he made considerable roputation a8 an actor. Upon his return to the sesboard, ho played soveral engagements in Albany and Philadelphia, and at lasst made his debut in New York City, in July, 1826, in tho part of ¢ Othello.” He created a favorable impression at once, and his engagement was an eminently guccessful one, For several yesrs after, he acted in the principal cities of the Uniop, his most prominent characters being * Othello,” ¢ Macbeth,” ¢ Hamlet,” “Richard I, “Lear,” “Bhylock,” and other Bhakspearean parts; “Richolien,” in Bulwer's plsy of the same neme ; ‘‘ Metamora,” written for him by Mr. John A. Stone; “Spartacus,” in “The Gladistor,” by Dr. Bird; *Brutus,” by John Howard Payne; and “Jack Cade,” by Judge Conrad, of Philadelphia. In 1834, he visited Eng- 1and, where ho played his leading partawith grost success, which wes in part due to the friendly courtesies of Macready, the emi- nent English tragedian, who, we believe, is still living. During his second visit to England ho married Miss Sinclair, daughter of the well-known singer of that name, and re- turned to the United States, with her, in 1838, In 1844, he went to England the third time, and remained there two years. During this visit, there was a rupture in the friendly relations of Forrest and Macready, which subsequently led to disastrous results. RMr. Macready made three visits to the United Btates,—the firat in 1826, the second in 18434, and the third in 1849. His presenco in New York during tho latter year ro. vived the old quarrel, and, during bis engage- ment at the Astor-Place Opera House, the ani- mogity between the two ran so high that the friends of Mr. Forrest also espoused the quar- rel. On the night of May 10, 1849, IIr. Mocready was attacked by a mob, from whom he nmarrowly escaped with his life. Tho riot became so alarming, and the efforts of the city authorities so unavailing to check it, that the military wero called out and fired upon the mob, killing twenty-two upon the spot, besides seriously wounding several others. If anything had been wanting heratofore to bring Mr. Forrest’s name prominently before the public, thst want was now supplied, and for & time he became the most noted character of the day, both in Americe and England, and was the recipient both of laudation and villification suffi- cient to suit the ambition of any one. Another event happened in the same year which brought his name afresh bofore the public, and with as much prominence as the Astor Place riot had cansed. He separated from his wife for alleged improprieties upon her part. Subsequent- ly she brought an action against him for divoree, alleging infidelity, and, in Jan- wuary, 1852, sho obtained a verdict in her favor, with an annual allowance of £8,000 as nlimony. Mr. Forrest tool an appeal from this decision, which was pending in the courts for sbout fif- teen years, and was finally decided against him. Tho result was, that he was compelled to pay the accrued alimony in & lump, with interest end costs, amounting to mearly £100,000, and 8,000 per year thereafter., Mr. Forrest derived gome consolation from the fact that he would make the. American peoplo pay it, and, although he bad quit the stage, relurned to it with this purpose in view, aad for many years succeeded in his purpose. These are the principal events in his life which bave a public interost. His first appearance in Chicago was made nearly twenty-five years sgo, at Rice's Theatrs, on Dearborn street, in the character of “Jack Cade.” During his engagement, he was hissed, where- upon he left Chicago in & towering rage, avow- ing his determination never to play here again. He kepthis vow for twenty years, and then, about five years ago, returned here, and played an engagement at Crosby’s Opers House, which was unsuccessful, both dramatically and financielly. Ho had grown old, gouty, and crippled, and he left Chicago the second time in even & more toworing rage than the first, and incensed at the unfavorable criticisms which the papers had bestowed mpon him. He would ¢live to eat the goose that ate the grass that grew upon the grave of the man that wrote that criticism,” woro his cheerful parting words to ono of the Chicago critics. Mr. Forrest, in his prime, was & man of hercu- lean moyld end magnificent carrisge. His symmetrical development of muscle, his broad chest, and cspocially his neck and the euperb poise of his head, - gave him the statuesqueness of an antique. The statue of the Gladiator was not & more per- fect embodiment of Spartacus than Mr. Forrest, with his magnificent and colossal physique. There has never been on the American stage such o powerfully, and at the same time sym- metrically, doveloped man. His presonce, in whatever role ho appesred, wss imposing and majestic. his physique. It was rich, deep, robust, and sonorous, and boro the same relations to the dramatic thet Carl Formes’ voico did to the Iyric stage whon the latter was in his prime. In ad- dition to these natural qualities, it possessed un- exampled power. In certain passages of “Meta~ mors,” for instance, he would commence like the low rumble of distant thunder, and, by the use of a superb crescendo, reach & vocal climax which was almost-appalling. In the stormy lines of ‘“Qthello’s” wrath, the power of his voice was almost car-splitting. At other times, he could reduce his voice to & whisper, Which was 8o clear and penetrating that every word was audi- ble even in the most remote portions of the theatre. In all parts which.required the exer- ciso of theso natural capacities, he excolled; and tho result was, that the charactors which were written for him, with special reference to these capacities, were lus best. He was almost purely an objective actor, and alwsys o greater favor- ite with the groundlings, and those who ad- mired furious displays of passion and robust exhibitions of power, than with the more intel- loctual henrers, who looked for artistic concep- tions of the'spirit of characters and refinement of expression. Ho was tho great exponent of the romantic schaol as opposed to the natural, and carried its theories to such an excess that he often becamo stilted and conventional. His whig~ por, his stage-walk, his attitudes, and especially his rant, became notorious, and they were copied far and wide by lessor actors. In this manner he became, to a certain dogree, the representa~ tive of a new school of pcting, whose influences, in some respects, have been very vicious, as might naturally be inferred. What in him was tolerable, when joined to his really great qualities, became in legser mon gimply ridiculons or painful. In characters of a subjective or ‘motaphysical closs, like Hamlet,” for instance, e wes lncking, although he always had the be- lief that he was the groatest ‘‘ Hamlet” on the stago, end defended his belief with unusuel courago and considerable ingenuity. His per~ gistence in remaining upon the stage after old ago and its infirmities had seized him, and the delusion which he cherished, during the lost ten years of his lifo, that he still retamed tho power to faccinate audiences, were painful to those who remembered him in his prime. During this time, thore were only ono or two characters, like ¢ Lear” and *Riche- lien,” in which Lo excelled, and this by virtue of his own ago and numerous infirmities. His death is not & loss to the boards, for he had out- lived his usefulness, and had long “ superfluous lagged upon the stego; " buthe will always bo remembered by those now living, and will take bis place in dramatic history 88 one of the most remarkable romautic actors America has ever produced. Hehas loft a large fortune, accumu- lated entiroly in the profession, consisting, in part, of one of tho most elegant residences in the United States, and one of the finest dra- ‘matic libraries in the world, especially in its col- lections of Shakspeareana. —_— s A Frenchmon, recently, who saw tho corpse of ayoung and beautful girl in the Paris Morgue, conceived a violent attachment forit. Asit was impossible that the late departed.could return his passion, and -as ho. deemed it the height of aobsurdity that . hes should be alivo whon euch o desutiful . creaturo was dend, ho went off and drowned himself, and soon had the satisfaction of lying on the slab next her, and of being & much worso looking ob- ject than she. The preposterous fool attained the object of his desire, and -gratified his posthumous vanity. Ordinary people, however, would profor the homelicst woman imaginablo, provided she wero alive, to the most beautifal of drowned Opholiss, especially, if to obtsin the latter, it were. necessary to drown themselves slso, Except for the cure of rheumatism and His voice was 1o less wonderful than | getting rid of tax-collectors, we fail to see any special advantage in the underground condition, e e o One Rev. W. H. Richards bas insugurated a movement in England to induce the schools for girls to attach a department for teaching econ- omical cookery and household management. The proposition is by no means new ; but, when advanced heretofore, it has been met With ob-| jections that were regarded as insuperable. The’ main opposition comes from the schools them- selves, where it is held that mental instruction would be largely retarded by the practical duties that progress in houschold matters would re- quire. Girls aro sont to school, they say, to learn geography, and history, and arithmetic, and 5o forth, and parents would not be satisfied if they should learn any less of theso thinga than they do now. They claim that the arts of cooking and cleaning would not enter into the demands of examination before the Board, and that the result would be & withdrawal of patron- age from the schools. Tho general cbnclusion seems to be that homo is tho proper place to quality for home duties. === = Thore is little doubt that the popular senti~ ment of Ttaly has beon turned against the pres, ent French Government by the order which M. Thiers issued some time since for the expulsion of Prince Napoleon and his wife, who is an Italien Princess. Tho Italian press-seems deter- mined not to forget it, and has utterly- re- fused to accept M. Thiers' repeated sssurances that he was not aware that the Princess Clo- thilde was in France at the time the expulsion of her husband wasordered. The sentimentof the people the more readily follows that of the press in this matter, because the people remember how long the French nation prevented them from meking Rome their capital, and because M. Thiers has shown much the same disposi- tion, thongh not possessing the power, to far- nish the Pope a sort of protectorate from France. In cutting off the native sympathy of Italy, France has alienated almost the last tie of warm international friendship. ——atigtan o Senator Schurz, in a lecture on the Franco- Prussian war, tells an amusing anecdote, show- ing how Prince Bismarck was converted from his old feudal ideas to the modern doctrine of free trade. Bismarck, in the earlier part of his official carger, was Prussian Ambassador at the Diet of German Sovereigns at Frankfort. The laws of Frankfort rccognized the exclusive privileges of the ancient guilds. Bismarck having occasion, ono day, to replace a broken picture set in the wall, he found himself obliged toemploy & joiner to make & mew frame,a glazier to put in & new glass, o mason to plaster up the hole in the wall, and a house-painter to paint it over,—the whole work being a simple job that ono man could have done easily. Mr. Schurz says that Bismarck was converted, and from that time on has been an advocato of free .trade. —_— POLITICAL. The terms of twenty-four United States Sena- tors expire on the'3d of March, 1873, and elecs tions have been made es follows : d Present incumbent. Suecessors elected. Francis IF. Sykes.” Aaron A, Sargent. Orris 8, Ferry. Cliver P, Morton. William B. Allison. Thoe. C. MeCreery. George R. Dennis. [Bainbridge Wadleigh. | {ugustus R, Merrimon John Sherman. Jobn H. Mitchell, John J. Patterson. rill, Justin 8. Morrill, 8 Pennsylvania. South Carolina. *Contested by Georgo C. Sponcer, Administrstion. Messrs. Howe, Conkling, Cameron, and Pomeroy, are sure of ro-election. Richerd J. Oglesby, in Tllinoir, and John P. Johes, in Ne~ vada, have tho promisc of electior; and the prospects favor Geueral John B. Gbrdon (Lib~ oral) in Georgia. / P Tt is whispored in Minnesota/hat Senator Ramsey is to have s Cabinet pgition (Post- master Genoral) after the 4th o March; and, tho Legislature having by that tfoe sdjourned, Governor Austin will resign, anj be appointed to the Sonate by Lieutenant Goprnor Yale. ~—Levwis V. Bogy, of St. i8, snnounceg himself, in & card, candidatefor the United - States Senate vice Dlair. Ho pealls his unsu cessful candidacy for Congress in 1852, agains Benton, and again, in 1862, apinst Frank Blair) in order, he says, *to sustaismy assertion, tha Ihave discharged all the dwes imposed on m by the party.” [ —The voto of Dakota Terzory, for Delegate, a8 officially canvassod, is: hrmstrang, 1,503 Moody, 1,241 ; Brookings, 9. The canvassers; rejected returns covering 5,19 votes, including] 3,009 votes of Buffalo Count in the northern| wilds, which would have [lected " Brookings. : The Liberal candidates for fuditor, Troasurer, Commissioner of Immigdion, and Superin- tendent of Public Instrdion were declared elected. —The Dakots Territorij Legislature met on the 24, and elected Alox.Hughes, of Union, President of the Council ; feorge I. Fostér, of Pombina, Secrotary; AlJ. Mills, of Clay, Spesker of the House ; C.} Mallahan, of Union, Chief Clerk. ~—The rival counts in Lilsiana are : Juge Durells, Warmoth's, g, I 0,203 128,402 128,082 Greeley’s: 7,936 . 14624 The Logislatures declajd elected i ~DyWarpth~ By Durell~ Sfl]lgtfi uélit. Sfllgé& Huu_rei k(2 8 32 an of the Philadelphia Citizons’ Reform Associdion, reports: | perpotrated at tho cto- omé tnvestigation, and the Committee havo underthen it. + At the very datset they discovered thealteratids in the returns whaeby, in's comparstively few prpincts, 8 chango of nore than 9,300 votes was mado ty clumsy crasures a1d al tarations of figures—tho vdy boldaess of tho.crime \munity felt by i per- n retained and n¢effort The frauds 80 nnblushing showing the sssuranco of | trators, Counsel have il bo spared fo bring to Jstico the men whi have audaciously prostituted the jallot-box by everygpecies of public fraud, but the Cohmittce regret thit they cannot, in the present condtion of our Graml Jury systom, look forward with nsurance to tho rcfilt. I¢ Iins become notorious that pulitical offenders ted not Lo afraid of justice, and fhe laws are parajzed by those to whose guatdionship the approachd to Gur Courts aro entruated. . If the precedent set by Judge , in New Orleans, be good law, why may/not the Philadelphia Committeo go at once tot! United States Court of Jndge Cadwalader ? — Thero is no larw in Alabama,” efs Judge Tiliott, ** o prevent doublo voting.” T Mobile, Jast weck, 16,000 votes werd counted] Popula- tion by latest coneus, 32.03% Tho jpulation and vote by wards is a8 follows : Pepulation. Fote fr Mayor. 3 hite, Colored. Liberal.Republican, {V i, B ChosL Tl T 1,241 2 350 603 ‘930 i t 6. 15¢ 1 it 2144 8 2,337 ‘934 13,99 513 9,348 «The colored troops fought noblf.” —The next Legislative Assemblyof Washing- ton Tartitory will havo s Democrat$ msjority of 17 on joint ballgi—ii ix the Houscjand 3 in the Council. Bri few similarly complekioned i will assemblo in the Usited States —The Republican pross of Mithigan i8 markably unnimous and emphatle in its doraement of Civil Service Refornj in its sppN: cation to the disposition of the jpublic ofticel The conviction of its necessity redeem OF; Civil Service from ruinous sbuseb is spreadix; and deepening everywhero, snd tho mere polit cions and their organs may as well begin to g ready for the inevitable.—Detroit Tribune, >