Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1872, Page 2

— John B: Alley was also examined. It is said THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1872 WASHINGTCN. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. THE CREDIT MOBILIER. ‘WasmrsaToN, Dec. 14.—The Credit Mobilier Tommittes was again in operation to-dny, and, I the langusge of s member of Congress, is striking “pay dirt” Most of the day was pent in tho examination of Oakes Ames, but that Ames"will not zttempt to shield anybody, and that he will make it rather dizagreeable for ‘gome of those members who denied ever having ovned any Union Pacific stock. His efforis are -directed toward clearing his name of the charge of stealing any of the money, tha” was placed in his hands for the purpose of bribing members of Congress. It was shown yosterday, beyond a doubt, that one member of” Coagress was implicated. Tho same result attended to- | day's investigation. The ono discovered to-day | 18 not of less standing than the one discovered | sesterday. He is from New England, and is re- | garded as one of the wealthiest and most re- epectable of the members of the House. Tho | secrets of the Committee-room are very closely | ded, but there is no question of tho | correctness of this etalement. It has | clso been ascertained that the Commiiteo is elready in possession of testimony ehowing that Speaker Blane was approachied, and the | offer directly made to him of thares in the Cred- | it Mobilier stocls, but that they wero indigoantly | rejecte& and the person offering thom de- ! nounce i SUPREME COURT MNARSHAL. The Supreme Court to-day elected John G. Nicolay, of Illinois, the Private Secretary of President Lincoln, AMarshal of that Court, | in place of Colouel Parsons, Congressman-elect | from the Cleveland, Ohio District, resigned. | There were several ballots taken, and the result is not_what was_gencrally expected. Thero | bhad "been @ lheated " contest for the pce, and much feding i e enid, | of the Associated Press ofiice, was Nicolay's al competitor, he receiving four votes. jentenart Governor Kirk, of Obio, re- | ceived one. There meny other candidates, who | received no votes. Tho fact thetfive of the present Judges on the Supreme Bench received Lheir appoictmenis from Mr., Lincoln, bad some- thing 10 do with the selection, for they wero very kindly snd_considerably treated by A, Nicoley in the White Houso, sud they had fonned a bigh estimete of Lis integrity and ability. Mr. Snapp sgain distingnished himself on the floor of the House to-day. Thers wera ;o previons quesiions, no interruptions, no bills introduced, no scramble for the ioor, and Snapp was in his ‘element. To-day had been set apart for the delivery of written Speeches, which 1o~ body wantsto liear. The session wes not long,and the speeches wero few. Snapo chose the sub- | Ject of Civil Service for his Blfort. There was s temporary presiding ofictrin tho chair, & few Peel the gall ey s score or two of mem- ers onthe foc. writing letters, and tho full ore of th, Tighe reporters. Spapp was s Civil Servico. It was o delusion and s0ar", “He could not, with high obligations to 80" 1, favor such s humbug. 1t is_unworthy ot our institutions, our glorious history, our traditions, and our preeent greatness zmong the mations of the earth. Snapp’s speech was emi- aently loyal. He reminded the House thab it admitted those lately in rebellion, and wholly Jgnored the colored race, therefors he opposed ivil Servico, and should continne to oppose it. 'VICE PRESIDENT COLFAX. Nothing is vet known smong Mr. Colfax’s friends as to the progrees being made in tho ey of reconciling the dificulties regarding the editorship of the Tribune. Nobody pretends, here, to know anything more sbout the matter | ihan'is known in New York, but there is a gen- al belief current here, among the closest of Afr. Colfax’s friends, that he will enter upon his new duties with the new year, or perhaps before. Itis said the small stockholders object to the jmmense salary of $20,000 that has been taled sbout. The Vice President will return to-mor- ow or the day following. CIVIL SERVICE. ‘The Congressionel Civil Service Committes Bre firepaflng a bill, which will be reported to +the Houase beforo the bolidays, znd which con- templates o general re-orgenization of the Federal Departments here. The basis of the- Bill rests on competitive examination with o tenure of offics, which shall not be affected by party politics. It proposes, smong other things, fo increase the salaries of Subordinate clerks, a8 | well as heads of Depertments. It is anticipated ‘hat this bill, which is simply giving legal effect > the rules of the Civil Servics Commission, ready in force, will develop to its fullest tent the anti-reform feeling in Congress. ST. CROIX LAND GRANT. e ! ‘eptor Carpenter hes introduced s bill into Senate, and which was referred to the Com- ee on Public Lands, which propozes to re- the Bayfield & St. Croix land grant for six ,to the advantage of s railroad company tier to be designated. The innocent and ming title of the bill is, #An ack to ro- sertain land grant.” B THE REVENUE BILL. “ommissioner of Internal Revenue pleads \difference to the point in the new bill bolition of Assessors, on which the two uave appointed s Conference Commit- t, incrensing the number of Epecial in tmentz-five io fifty. The Commit- donbtedly report adversely to the in- the House conferees appear to be ous on this point. [To the Associated Press.) THE RETIRING TOATD. », D. C., Dec, 14.—By direction of t, the Board to ratire disabled zed in_Philadelphis, May 25, is © Board to retiro disabled officers 'mvene in New York on the 20th aving is the detail for the Board : ck, Rufus In Assistant Géneral; Golonel George W. | ttillery ; Surgeons, John M. il ad even reached the Court Room. Mr. McKes, | | | or Houe. i of such a nature. COLOKED CADET. 2n extract from the order of e Navy,in relation to the ; ‘ored cadet at Annapolis : ‘ion of the new beneficial | inctions of race have been o ditizens, . Worthy valike are entitled to its “end for the favor of the ercise of his undoubted | nber of our Na- of African_descent, _2ademy o cadet of his * his right, the Naval 20mination at once, - made known to all sition or indignity .=« - iscewould boper- = ow LR \DBLE. 4 uisiana appeared : S .iams, yesterday, 2 : ' faction, and in & @t the Government = Louisiana until the circum- : ~arteonsly “nrther : “eat Pablic burdens aro | cursion train from _Vincennes, with Genoral Burnside, the President of the company, end other officers, 28 well os invited guests from all points on_tho road, will arriva in this city on ondey evening mext, and will be tendered a- srand banquet, by the m anthorities, at.the St. harles Hotel. Thiswill be a notsblo occasion. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. DuetQuE, Dec. 14.—The winter bridge of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, over the Missis- sippi at LaCrosse, was finished to-day, connect~ ing that road with the Chicago, Dubuque & Min- nesots Railroad, whose track they will use to the_junction of the Minnesota Southern Reil- road, thereby enabling them to at oncs’ com- ‘mence receiving and delivering freight and pas- sengers to that road. MR. GREELEY'S WILL. Tho Deceased Left Five Testaments. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune., New Yoms, Dec. 14—I5 i8 now known that Mr. Greeley left no less than five willa. : Besides the will drawvn by Wm. E. Robin- gon in 1859, and the two wills mow in dispute before the Westchester Surrogate, there were wills drawn in 1861 and 1863, In the will of 1861 Mr. Greeley bequeted fo his wife his interest in their city home at 85 East Nine- teenth sizect, and also in the Chappaqua farm; also four shares of Tribune stock ; to his daugh- ters three ehares each of Tribune stock. %a also left bequests to bis brothers and sisters and their children, and to several cducutional and charitable institntions. This will is reported to have been imperfectly drawn, The will of 1863 was similar to that of 1861, modified to some 6xtent by transfers of prop- erty. The Chappaqua estate had becn deeded to Mrs. Greoloy, and Ee simply quit-claimed avy interest in it. He constifuted George Rip- ley his sole literary exccutor. Tho executors to this will were RHichard H. Manning. of this city; Marcus Spring, of Perth Amboy; and Summcl Sinclsir, of New York, Tho expectation now is thet the pending law- suit will be compromised by Ids Greeley's deed- ing alf tho cstate to her minor sister, 3fr. Sin- clair’s stforney baving indicated that this would be eatisfactory. This arrangement will not dis- turb Mr. Sinclair's control of tho Tridune. SPRINGFIELD. Judictal Appointment—The Railrond Commissioners—Committed for For= pery—The Coal Miners, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, BreINGrIELD, IlL, Dec. 14.—The Hon. Robert | A. King has been appointed County Judge of i Jersey County, vice J.M.Hurd, resigned on account of removal from the State. The Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners resume their session, in this city, next Tuesday, and in & few days thereafter their report will ba placed in the hands of the Governor. A ensation was created in tho city to-day by 2 man who gave his name as Charles Hirach, and +who says he lives in Elgin, I Ho called upon a clothing merchant and purchesed a suit of clothes, informing the merchant that he had no money, but in place of which he would gut up a8 collateral a note for £50, on one Jacob Foster, well known in the city. The merchant took the note and soon after he began : pect something wes wrong, snd call- od wupon _Mr. _Foster, showed him the note, and learned that it was = forgery. An officer was put upon the track of the forger, who was soon found, dressed out in his new auij:flnehad & preliminary trial, and was lodged There is to be a mesting of the proprietors of the mines azound this city, to consider the pro- position made by the miners to advance a cent a cent o bushel on the rate of mining. Itis be- lieved the demand will bo resisted. The Sterling Durial Case Company, capital £50.000, received permission from the Secrotary of State, to-day, to open books for subscription to their capital stock. NEW YORK. Father Burke vs. Froude—The Mutaal Life Insurance Company—The ftal= ijan Immigrants—Arrest of a Bond Forger—Post Office Thieves in Cus« tody. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yong, Dec. 14— Last Words with Mr. Froude,” is the title of a lecture Father Burke is announced to deliver in Brooklyn next week. The Trustees and Directors of the Mutual Life Insurance Company held s secret meeting, this aftefnoon, on matters connected with the differences in rates of life insurance. The offi- cers of the Company declined to say anything sbont the subject of conference until some definite determination had been arrived at. One rumor was that the managers of _the Company hsd determined to issue policies at the old rates. _A second rumor said that some of the Directors were about toresign. The meeting adjonrned at 8:45 p. m. 1t is reported that the Company will not return to the old rates ; also, that the Company passed » resolution suspending the reduction of rates until the further action of the Board. i8 is & substantial abandonment of the reduction. The action was based upon tho representation and re%nesc of over twenty-five insurance companies, and of numerons policy-holders. The war against the reduction of 20 per centhos been growing decidedly too_threatening for the man- agers t0 persist in their proposed heavy cutting o rates. [To the Associated Prese.} New_Yorx, Dec. 14.—Somo of tho lately ar- rived Italisn immigrants appeared on Broadwsy to-day, and presented a most miserable_specta- cle. ‘They are almost destitute of clothing, and look starved. The city authorities are some- what alarmed st the arrival of 8o manyof them, and it is hoped that tho oficials at Washington will take steps to prevent further immigration ‘The Italian Consul in this city states that all of them have passports from their Government, and that there areno brigands : among them. New Yorx, Dec. 14.—John Miller was killed and Michsel Garskie fatally injured in_Jersey City to-day by the careless backing of & train while they were at work repairing a car. Airton Auer was, to-day, arrested for attempt- ing to forgo checks on the Soventh Fard Nation- 21 Bank in the name of John Harper, Jr. A special agent of the Postal Department ar- rested five men named Ejliott, Somor, Klopskey, Coden, and Cohen, on the charge of having stole, since October, sbout o thousand mail begs from the Post Ofice in this city. Twoothers | are also to be arrested. Thomas Dunham was arrested, to-day, for at- tempting to negotistea bond of the State of i Miesissippi, which had been raised from £6 to $500. “Duherm had on Lis person bonds ropre- | Benting 40,000, all of which Lo adinitted voro ered. It is understood the Stokes triel will come off on Wednesday next. . About one hundred more Italians arrived i day from the same section as thai from which | the others have come. s il e SIS Northern Wisconsin Insane Asylum. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, OsEEosE, Wis., Dec. 14 —The Board of Trus- “f the Northern Hospital for the Insane *~d Dr. W. Kempster, of the New York Tnspital at Utica, to be Superin- ‘an of the new Insane Hospi- ~9.000. Dr. Eempster at- “>ard here in_Novem- ~ept. The main - weeks, and _‘ients as “~ the to alow life, which was repulsive to her, .and had abused her in a most heartless manner ever since he married her. The verdict was justifi- able homicide, and Mrs. Swith was' accordingly discharged from orrest. Smith was an Irish- man, and was a sailor on tho Western lakes be- fore he settled in Chicago. POLITICAL. New OnrEAxs, Dec. 14.—General W. H. Smith, United States Army, and Lieutenants Hays and King, of General Emory’s staff of infantry, this ‘orning went to the Stato Arsenal held by War- moth's Btate Militis, stating that they had in- structions from Washington to.take charge. The militia 2t once surrendered the property- and vacated the premises. The officers rotained their side-arms, which were personal property. ‘WasmvoroN, Dec. 14.—Despatchos were re- coived at tho War Depurtment, to-dsy, from General Emory, commanging the United States forces at Now Orloans, saying that, npon tho de- mand being made for the surrender of the arse- nal and dispersion of the armed forces, the arsenal was promptly turned over tothe Btate suthorities. - Eve g now quiet. . New ORLEANS, . 14.—The Mechanics’ In- stitute Tegislative Board of Managers, to-day, submitted articles of impeachmont against Gov- ernor Warmoth. Tho following is a synopeis : Tirst—Tho _unconetitutional and unlawful ojectment of E. Bovie from-the cffico of Secre- tary of State. PR CE Becond—Appointing in April, 1870, for Tax Collector of the Parish of Tangipalion, John Evans, who had been rojected for the same office by the Senate. Third—Commissionin; gfiden es_ Attorney General, Harper as Bherit!, and Elmore as Jmfie of the Eighth Districk Conrt, whon no logal returns had been made by the legal return- ing offlcers, and conspiring with them to forci- bly and illegally put oat of office Dibblo, Judge of the Eighth District Court ; also, commission- ing other Judges and oflicers when no legal re- turns had been ‘made by legally returning offi- cera. Tourth—Offering a bribe of $50,000 and the dispeneation of patronage to Lieufenant Gov- ernor Pinchback if he would organize the Senate to suit the purposes of the sccused. Fifth—Procuring fraudulent registration at the last election in different parts of the State. Bixth—Offering to R. A. Catlin, State Super- visor of Elections, in the Parish of St. Charles, abribe in the form of an appointmontas a State Tax Collector if he would make a fraudu- lent return of the election in said parish. Beventh—Exorcising the functions of Gover- nor after ho was notified that he was im- eached, in derogation of the respect due to the eneral Assembly, and putting the peace of tho State in jeopardy. - The Board reserve their right to reply to the Governor's answer, and offer testimony and in- troduce other articles. A bill was ynsned suthorizing warrants for €95,000 to defray tho expenses of the General Assembly. These warrants are made receivable for taxos, etc. Senator Eellogg's friends eoniradict the re- port !elsfi:;phed encoby special correspondents that his life has been threatened, and that he does not go upon the streets unatfended. Lrrris Rook, Ark, Dec. 14.—The United Btates troops stationed at the arsenal in this city, two companies, have been ordered to Now Orleans. It is understood that the ¥ourth Regiment of Infantry takes their place. MICHIGAN ELECTION RETURNS, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, DergorT, Mich., Dec. 14.—The official canvass of the vote for Governor, State officers, snd Congressmen, is now completed. For Gov- omor—Bagley, Republican, hes 137,602 ; Blair, Liberal, 80,958 ; Ferry, Democrat, 2,720 ; ¥ish, Temperance, 1,231 For Lientenant Governor—Holt, Republican, 137,249 ; Blanchard, Liberal, 78,178. For Secretary of State—Striker, Republicsn, 187,425 ; Housé, Liberal, 81,813. For Treasurer—Collier, Republican, 137,048 ; Hollon, Liberal; 75,357, g For Auditor—General Humphrey, Republican, 187,371 ; O’Hearn, Liberal, 81,862, Attorney General—Ball,” Ropublican, 136,607 ; Hughes, Liberal, 81,462. For Commissioner of the Land Offce—Clapp, Republican, 137,168 ; Murdock, Liberal, 79,220. uperintendent of Public Instruction—Briggs, Bepublican, 132,046 ; Stearns, Liboral, 77,393. Momber 'of the State Board of Education— Dorsct, Republican, 17,28 ; Xeodner, Liboral, For Congrese—First District—Field, Ropubli- can, 11,703; Bogg, Liboral, 9,843; Brown, Dem- ocrat, §,189'; Fleld's mojority, 1,654. Second District—Waldron, Republican,17,427 ; Mahon, Liberal, 10,622 ; rcattoring, 2; Wal- dron’s majority, 6,903. Third Distriot—Willard, Republican, 17,822 Parkhuret, Liberal, 10,275; Ellis, Tempor- ance, 836; scattering, 55; Willard's majority, 7,156, " Fourth District—Burrows, Republican, 16,717 ; Potter, Liboral, 11,451; scattering, 13; Bur- rows’ majority, 5,252. Fifth District—Foster, Republican, 17,853; McReynolds, Democrat, 8,744; scattering, 8; Foster's majority, 8,606, Sixth Districi—Begolo, Republican, 19,436 ; Baldwin, Liberal, 13,9%4; - Stout, Temperance, 181 ; Begole's majority, 5,359, Seventh District—Conger, Republican, 12,087; Richardson, Liberal, 2,790;8 cattering, 62; Con- ger's majority, 4,183, Fighth District—Dradley, Ropublican, 11,883 Wisner, Liberal, 7,095 ; scettering, 221; Brad- ls§a majority, 3,117, a inth District—Hubbell, Republican, 11,951 ; Ely, Democrat, 5,546; scattering, 14; Hubbell's majority, 6,391 THE ALABAMA SETTLEMENT. MoxTeoxEss, Ala., Dec. 14.—Tho Legislstures, Oapitol and Court House, have agrced to the cowpromise of Attorney General Willinms. Tloy will meet to-dsy. NEW YORK CITY POLITICS. New Yorg, Dec. 14.—A new organization called the Tammany Central Association hss just started, having among its members John Kelly, Abreham B. Lewrence and other notable citizens. EDWIN FORREST'S WILL. A DMagnificent Charity. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yok, Dec. 14.—It is announced thatin Tus will, Edwin Forrest leaves his entire prop- erty, even his wardrobe and valuable -library, to ‘beusged for the foundation of a Home for Dis- abled Dramstic Artists. Sixty acres of. ground, within the limits of Philadelphia, -have boen ‘made over to the corporation of that city for the urpose set, forth, and in after years those mem- Bora of the dramatio profession whose lives have not been crowned with successful. gaine may en- joy the comforts of abeantiful home, surrotnded by reminders of their art, Mr, Forrest srid to » friend less than a month 250, that this project had been the main object of his life for thirty- five years, and that he had made smple provis- jon for carrying it out. It was his desire that the ondowment should be so legally perfect that thero could bo no question before the Courts about the title. Further, he eaid he wished his bequest to be o clearly understood that no one would doubt his motive. S e e Becer Ahead. Nasaviuee, Dec. 14.—Tho Tennesseo code pro-- hibits sales of spirituous liguors on_Sunday. Under this law many Nashville beer-sellers wero indicted by the Criminal Court: of this county. Atest case of Weitmuller vs. the State, wasargued on appeal in the Supreme Court, several days ago, by Jobn Rham and John Latwrence, of the Nashville Bar, for plsiatiffs, and Attorney Gon- "1 Heiskel for the State. ‘The Cout, Judge Taon, rendered a decision to-dsy, statin “is & difference betwean spiritioud an ~nors, and declaring that the State e sale of wine and _beer, they “-mors. The decision gives r German citizens. i ridge Burned. —The bridge_across tho srenads, Miss., built jointly 2 Tennessee and Mississippi , burned this afternoon by sgine. It will require several 41t ————— 4 “To Be Hanged. . Dec. 14.—The judgment in the case _fney, for the murder of Patrick Fay, .en_sffirmed, Gaftney was to-day re- +to be hanged Feb. 2 next. Expiation- & 7 Yorx, Dec. 14.—At Lexington, N. 0., .rday, Thomas Johnson, & negro, was hang- .or the perpetration of a horrible outrage on aged lady. . Marine Disaster. - Portsyours, N. H.,. Dec. 13.—The British brig L. J. Westay reports the capsize of an un- .| known schooner twenty-five miles off Cape Ann. v | Four men are beljeved to bave been lost. FOREIGN, FRANCE, Panis, Dec. 14.—In the Assembly, to-day, M. Duval ssgerted that the petitions which, were being brought forward for the dissolution of the Assembly were irregularly signed, and were evidently the work of agitators. M. Gambetts donied this assertion, and seid | the country had given menifestations of its dissent from the policy of tho Assembly by ro- turning the Republican candidates of the recent elections. The crisis just passed renderod the people’s desiro for dissolation of the Assembly universal and invinciblo. Ho would refute these calumnies upon hisparty. He defied the Mon- archists to cstablish 3 monarchy, declaring that neither would s King accept mor ‘the people ratify. Here M. Gambetta was passionately in- terrupted from fhe Right. M. d'Audiffiret Pasquior followed with a speech violently attacking tie Radicals. He de- red that the horrors of the rule of the Commune in Paris were fhe fruits of the ap- plicution of their principlos of government. The debate was adjourned, to be resumed at 9 o'clock this morning. Pamis, Dec. 14.—A despatch from Nantes ro- ports that he River Loire hes overflowed and the ndjacent country is flooded. The quays in the lower quarters of Nantes aro entirely under wntarhpresenting & foarful spectacle. “The Cas- tom_ House and all the business houses in the flooded section are closed. GrTuat destruction of 0 property is apprehionded. covered with wator, and travol PaR1s, Dec. 14.—Heavy rains in the Northeast- ern Dopartment have swollon the sireams to an unusual height, Several of themhavo overflowed, inundating the country. Part of the oity of Lille is flooded and has been abandoned. Many of the factories aro clozed. Seversl bridges uro entiraly submerged, and in tho adjacent country the crops are destroyed. ol deia: TP CANADA, Toroxro, Dee. 11.—Tho Mail (Government organ) snnounces the completion of arrange- ments for tho organization of _company to ild the Canada Pacific Railroad, authorized ‘under the act of the last session of Parlinment. Negotiations have resulted in an agreement to raise the necessary capital among the people of anada, and to submit to such restrictions cs will prevont the Qanger apprehended—that the control of the road and lands would fall into the hands of foreigners interosted in a rival project. A Board of gllmctars, consisting of five from Quebec, five from Outario, and one specially so- lected to represent the interests of tho other rovinces of the Dominion, will be elected. tock will be distributed in the same proportion, it being part of the echeme to open the books and offer to tho goneral public in tho rich provin= ces theentire amount. No Director will beallotted more than £100,000 worth of stock. The amount allottéd to Ontario will be rather over $3,800,- 000; to Quebec over £3,000,000 and to each of the other provinces apout $770,000. Care also will bo taken {hat no successful attempt shall be made to monopolizo stock in_the hands of the Directors. It has been decided that no member of cither House of Parliament will be placed on tho Board, and that men of known wealth or cat railway expericuce shall be intrusted with Fo ‘management of the undertoking. MoxTREAL, Dec. 14.—Seuvello had boen rear- rested here and bailed. He will be examined on Monday. HALIF. ix, N. §., Dec. 14.—A snow storm, yos- terday, the first of this winter, almost totally stopped travel. All Erains aro deleyed. S Sy GREAT BRITAIN. Loxpoy, Dac. 14.—Tho report which was cur- rent of the intended railrozd sirikes on the 21 of January is unfounded. Tlarine disssters, attended with Iosscs of life, cansed by the late galos, continuo to bereported. The stesmer Charento, of the regular line be- tween Hull and Dunkirk, was lost while en roule to the latter port, and fourteen persons were drovned. The ship Radnagore, from Quebea for High Dridge, became unmansgeable, and was abandoned. ~Beven persons wera washed overboard, and perished. - — SPAIN. Mapnr, Dee. 14.—Prosident Zorilla yesterday announced, in the Cortes, that subscriptions to the new loan of 250,000,000 peeas, opened on tho 12ih instant, wero three times greater than the sum required. A bill was introducod in the Cortes, yestorday, providing universal compulsory military sor- ices. Mabnp, Doc. 14.—Tho Gacca (offeisl) to- dsy publishes s royal decreo establishing a nmniclga.l organization for the colony of Porto Rico. of this Crown. —e GERMANY. 4 Beaury, Dec. 14.—The rumors of Bismarck's resignation of the Presidency of the Prussisn Council, excites much newspaper comment, the tenor of opirion being that the leadership of Prussia in the aifaira of the Germsn Confedera- tlon is essential to tho leadership of Germany in the affairs of Europe, and that Bismarck's re- tirement is likely to create an important crisis. Simige : _ AUSTRIA. Viexsa, Dec. 14.—Herr Depretis, Minister of Finenco, submitted to the Reicharath the budget for 1873. The Minister stated that it is esti- mated that tho receipts wonld exceed tho ex- penditures by 1,500,000 florins, mainly in conse- quence of increasad revenue taxea. ey AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE, Dec. 14.—A- mecting wes held hero Tnat nigli, to protest sgainst the coolia traffe. < WALL STREET. Review of thc Money, Gold, Bond, Stock, and Provision Markets for the Week Ending Becs 14. Special Despatch to Lhe Chicago Tribune, New Yonr, Dec. 1i.—During tho past week tho money merket has been mainly stringent, and the bulk of the borrowing on call has been at 7 gold to 1-82. Tho Treasury sals of ono ‘million gold, and its failare to buy bonds,worked against borrowers, In the stock market, the ownership of speculative securities has beon largely- concentrated of lato in the weaker class of operators, snd there has been more competition ° for -money on call. Tho heavy decline in some sccuritics during the week' caused more or 1éss shifting of loans, &nd induced greater security info the standing of borrowers. Somae stocks which fluctuate wildly on the Stock Exchange are nov, to a considerable extent, excluded from collaterals; and this tends 1o aggravate the financial situation. _In addition to this; money always works close Lere at this time of tho year. G The_discount ‘market has been close and un- settled. For:‘:fn exchangoes have improved, and bank- ers gradnally advanced thie rates for sterling, in consequenco of the growing scarcity of commer- ills. During the weel the gold speculation has boen wealk, and the price declined from 113} to 11234, on_the reduction of tho Eank of England rate and the improved condition of affairs at London. The stock market has been irregular and yery eccentric, with somo wide and violent flnctua~ tions in & few shares. Tho features of the week has been’ Pacific Mail, which rapidly deolined from 803 to 707, a fall of 93¢ per cent, due to tho continued losa of its steamers. Panama shares Liave moved directly in sympathy with Pacific Mail, declining from’ 135 to 124, a fall of 11 points, with fitful rallies in lato dealings, The Haunibal & St. Joseph shares, after a long | period of dulness, havo suddenly loomoed u ‘prominently, common rising from 3134 to 493§ an ‘preferred from 55 to 71. is agvance of 15 to 16 points has attracted much attention, and grently increased the dealings. Thoextreme ad- vance was not fully sustained at the close, and the excitement eubsided. Rock Island fluctuated widely, advancing fo 114 early in the woek, and declining to 109}7. The final depreesion in this stock was based on tho rumors of o new _issue, and, also, of Some trouble about tho_land grant of the old Mississippi & Miseouri Company, swallowed up by Rock Ieland some years since. Western TUnion _ Tele- gug:h was strong ab ono time, and advenced %080, but subscquently became weak, snd de- clined to 7834. ‘The dulness in Wabash at one time gave way to increased activity, and an ad- vance from 69 to 7234, bitt later the stock rescted t0 703, and the activity subsided. Early in the woek, Northwestern shares advanced to 88 for common and 922{ for preferred, on the declara- tion of 81¢ per cent dividend on boti classes. Dut Iater, the advance was partially lost, and the stocks wero quict. Bostou, Hartford & Erie was aroused from its lethargy, and raa up from 81¢ to 93¢, but, in the late dealings, the advance was almost entirely Jost. St. Paul common.ad- " vanced from 58 to 353, and afterwards declined to 5114, Delaware, Lackawanna & Westorn declined from 9434 to 91 on the passage of the dividend. Canton declined from 105 t0101; At~ lantic Mail from 143 to 123¢; Quicksilver, com- mon, from 4837 to 13, and preferred from 53 03276 Tho fluctuations in the balance of th0 omo journals protest against this action | list were only J¢to 1 per cent, alternately up and down, and devoid of particular significance, The decline in the general market late in ihe weol wes partly in sympathy with Pacific Mail, but largely dus to the fach that the great mass of operators were on the ‘long” eide, waiting for some upward wave io sweegnatocks off their hands at higher prices. At the final close, the business on the Stock Exchange was on a very modarate scale in con-. trast with _the excitement and setivity of the previous day. . FOREIGN COMMERCE. The foreign commerce of the port for the week was as follows : General merchandise im- ports, including dey goods, 87,011,828; produco exports, 54,686,084, and specie exporte, $815,328. Total merchandise imports since Jau, 1, 8363, 833,006, ngainst $357,583,537- last year. - Total exports of produce, $225,590,047, against £227,- 866,591 last year. 'Total oxports'of specie, 665, 031,713, against $65,502,518 last year. MONEY. The bank statement is again unfavorablo, bt not notably so. Tho monoy markot, to-day,open- ed activeat 7 to 1-820, but closed ot 6@7. Dis- counts aro unchanged at 10@12. GOLD AXD EXCHANGE. Foreign Exchange closed dull. Gold declined from 113} to 112)§in the morning, but od- vanced i tho afternoon. 5 TONDS. o Government Bonds closed quict and un- changed, but firm. A s TRODUCE. Flour closed dull and lowor for all gradss un- der $8.25. Wheat was hold flrmly. Spnel]:lg strong, and holders indifferont abont - sell~ ing. WVinter bettor, and offered less freely. Tho estimate of the- ‘deficit in Eungland is one hundred million bushels of wheat. Pork dulland unsettled ; $18.25 bid, 2nd $18.50 asked, for Decomber ; o the spot quoted at $183. A little oxtra prime sold at 311.75, and new clear at 817.00. Cut meata in good domand for fresh hams, and sales includa 2,000, 15 ihe faverage, at 8}fc. Dacom, demand for faturo active. Liong and short clear for Jan- uary hold at 7}¢c, and 7Tebid. Long clear on tho gpot 674c. Lard dull and rether unsettled. THE FARM AND GARDEN. The Timber-Lands of Indiana, and Their Beiation to Agriculture and Other Xadustriecs of the Prairie Country—To What Extent Farmcrs M=ay Combine in Order to Protect Their Own Inierests—The Rights of Monopolists. From Our Agricultural Correspondent, CInasraGy, IIL, Dec. 14, 1872, The relation that mutually exists between the farmers of Hlinois and Indisns has not been fully spprociated. The latter State sapplies hard-wood timber for implements, wagons, and staves, and popler and black-walnut lumber for furniture. Tho direct lines of railroad from theso great forests are enabling manufacturers to locato in all of our prairie towns. Two years g0, whon the Indianapolls, Bloomington & Western Railway was completed, the routo through Indiana was among the forest-farms, small clearinga with log-houses, with the excep- tion of Covington and Crawfordsville. The clearings had been mado by cutting down and ‘burning the timber, thus adding a large expense to tho cost of tho land before crops could bo made. When the road came, the farm that had the least cleared land was found to be tho most veluablo on account of tho enhanced value of the timber. Last woek I pessed over thisroute, and from the Wabash to Indianapo- lis, found the country alive with industry, cut- ting and preparing thistimber formarket. Large quantities of staves, heading, wagon-stuff, plow-beams, and other material were being loaded for market, while vast amounts, covering acres of land, were piled up for seasoning. The stoves for tight work are firat eplit, and then ! run through & machine to shage them rcady for the cooper; and & part have the edges prepared ready for setting up into casks. This osk fim- ber is superior for cooperage on account of the absence of worm-holes, which aro a drawbackon most of the Michigan and Northern Indiang timber. The common barrel of 32 gallons is nearly out of date, ns the Michigon and Ohio cider-barrels hold_only 27 gallons, and the whiskey—or el- cohol—caxk of 42 to 45 gallons is the one in com- ‘mon nse, and is of the size of the lard-tierce. The staves for this sized cask ato worth, dressed, or what is _called butted staves, 325 per m., to { which is added $3 for dressing the cdges and ! shaping thom for the cask. Eightoonstavesand four pieces of heading are the namber used for a cask., Eight m. cre a car-load of these dressed staves. Theso staves now go to Pokin, Peoris, Lacon, and other points in our State, by tho hundreéd thousand,—ono_firm_taking 200 m., or 25 car-loads, tbis fall, The Illinois groves far- nish an abundancs of hickory-poles; but the use of hoop-iron is becoming 8o populsr that, excopt Tor lard and pork-barrels, iron hoops will be ex- clusively used. Thus are the %’cat ‘gmn ies supplied with the ‘material that makes them more valuable and at- tractive year after vear. The grest forests of _Indisns supply the materiel for packages for tho shipment of the products of these rich trecless plains, that man found ready for the plow. But this is mot ell, for this samo timberis giving employment to thousands of workmen in our villages; and these, in tarn, purchase of our farmers the products of field, orchard, and gar- deu—thus making o homo-demand for many pro- ducts at o largely-enhsnced value. i It is o well-settled principle of political econ- omy that no community ean grow rich thet sells its Taw products to distaunt customers; and this las Dbeen pretty fally verified.by the Illi- nois farmer, who has depended on & foreign demand for his crops. This cheap timber now enables the manufactarer to ship flour in barrels, his pork in tiercos, and to compute with Michigan in apples, cider, and cider-vinegar ; and thus gives an enhanced value to the product in & manufactured condition. It does more than this, for it males a home-demand for thé needs of hundreds of thousands, who aro directly in- terested in giving to these products their mew value. - . Nearly all tho grain from Oentral Tllinois goes directly East by rail, and the returning cars may in part be filled with the products of the Hoosier forests.” The whole Rocky Mountain region is destituto of hard wood, end this roed snd others will find a largo profit {n th transportation of thia timber. ~ The rich farming lands of Illinois, and her vast beds of coel, invito not only the husbandman, but the mechanic, to show her abundance. This vast piece of woodland that comes up tothe Wabash, which was only & gloomy forest to us twenty. years ago, hus DOV & new value to tho prairie country, for it is the founda- tion for supplying the matérial for vast manu- facturing énterprises. . Horcafter, instead of peying_tribute to other States for these things, we ehall send out to the world millions of dollars in value of manufactured goods annually. ‘Foresta of hard wood disappoar mors slowly than tli0sa of ping, and sre less lisble to damage from foreat-fires. ' Tho larga troes are cut away, and give room to the second_growth, which will havesn increased value. We may, therefore, look forward to long years of mutual interest hetween the farmers and manufacturers of these two great States. THE PRICE OF FARM CROPI. | Wazrrres, Lake Co., Til, Dec. 2, 1872 Twear—Sir: Inoticed in Tz THIBUNE of Nov. 27, nd read with pleasure, your o on the prica of farm products, otc. In this corner of the State, the peoplo ore generaliy small farmers, who generally buy and sall for cash,—credit at thie etores being the ex- ception, Taey prodace a varicty, and have msually something to mell at all seasons, Beef, pork, wool, mutton, utter, checse, poultry, fruit, &c., are tho products of tie greater part of the fams, 'Stll, tho expenses of living and hired help keep the balance but small, if indecd 3t is found on the credit sido st all; and, While onr towns aud cities thrive and are splen- didly bailt up, tire country shows no advance worth epeaking of. ' Indeed, the -farmar, 100, generally lives podr aad dresees poor.” Necessaries, not luzuries, ero his aim. The burlesque idea which proposes’ the szopping of trade, &c., s, of course, not practicable; Dut is {here not & practicable way of farmers combin- ing? While the ratlroad, wurehouseman, cnd mer- chant grows rich out of the farmers’ producs, the farm= er grows poor. The question is, Can o share of theso products be retained by the producer? - - While all trades. and .guilds combine for mutual protection, and even carry out uulawful.and unjust rules, '~ the great ' farming class have the opposite quality, and repel cach other, Our agricnltural falrs are merely astrife tosee Whioh shall produce the biggest pumpkin or turnip, and not tv8e0 what can bé done for geaeral and mutual adyan- tage. Now, what_prevents. s combination of clicese- producers controlling their own product and sales. A cheese-warehouse at Chicago, having ssmples of all the dairies of tire Northrwest, world be the depot that bus- ers would visit ; there would be one profit saved to the farmer ; and with this might be connected & wholeale departnient to supply tho farmer with sugar, coffee, tez, sait, etc., by tho quantity,—saving another proi. 00 corn, pork, etc. I this proved o success, rail- 1038 wouid give ug all {ho Lenefizs of which largs dealera zvail themselves. Bat tho principal advantuge, in my estimation, would be in desiroyiug the repulisg system, and causlng o feoling of mutual interest and w tendency to combination. e nu;;;u su insuraneo company in {his county. AL ter paying out to Potsdam,- elc., large £uze, somo Cahny Btots™ and ohers combined (6. mutually in- sure each other’s property. This was merely ’pon homor. but honoi did it, =nd paid the small Iosses. -press, hit upon somo- gene As an instance of combination for mutual benefit, I = The thing took, snd from one or twd towns it extinds over the county, and our insurance (farm properts) is aimost nominal in cost, Insuranceagents love tsas as the “ Devil does holy waters lmt & charter mow protects us, and the Courts susfain us, and Chicago ar O leet i mitig o 753 15 to sk your opial object in writing to you 1s to aa) optnion of the practeability 6 eombination. In some_ shapo among farmers, e seem to bo scattered like shcop without a shepherd, and & prey for every wolf or fox that takesa fanos to our mautton. I know that the farming interest of the Northwest is s big thicg, and that the farmers are a great body to crganize soas to act together; but it seems to me thata Congress of our wisest Heads might, after a free discuasion by tha ral plan that might be the starting point for somothing good and useful. And I further believe that suitable mea for Directors and othor officers conld bo found, who would honestly and capably perform the duties devolved mpon them. Inhope that you will give your views on this matter, | through TeE CHICAGO TRIBURE, o otherwise. The late Mir. Greeley ever cvinced a disposition to help the lboring classes, and, though much ridiculs was thrown upon his book upon farming, still his ad- vice was generally judicions, Yours traly, N. Vosz. This lotter contains so many valnable sugges- tions that it is given_entire. "The facts stated, asregards the relative prosperity of town and country, are too true to risk adenial; but no long time has passed since it was the reverse, when the country led the town, and it is prob-, ablo that each in its turn will yet havo its day, oad it is hoped that each will take better care to sccure the results in their favor as occasion may arise. The farmers have been overtrading,— have used up the proceeds of the high prices that came to thom during the War snd affer its close. The immense crops of the past two years have thrown surplus on the market, and this ouly follows the law of trede. A large amount of capital now invested in rural pursuits will be turned into other channels, and new industrics will spring up among ms, and the farmer will again bo on the road of prosperity. ‘Can farmers combino £o forco Tp pricea? is a question presented on every hand. It is to be hoped that they oaunot, for it is not desirable that such o state of things should exist. As the writer says, it is » big thing to_organizo i sugh o conditon of things. * In fack, T think it is impossible. _The po) :iythat has formed eo meny rings snd organized so many strikes is but short-lived, and will soon turnto _torment those who have catered to this result. Thecom- : mercial world must, to s great extent, be ruled by the laws of supply and demand. ' The im- | mense earnings of the railroads cannot always | be pooled for vast raids on the industry and commerce of the people, for the simple reason that the Courts and tho people are havin moro cloar perception of the rights and muses of theso corporations that have brought in their g0 much of activity, so much of good and of evil If wo are but pationt and prudent, this great power will be brought into’ subjection for the good of sll parties. The new conditions thet steam and iron rails have made will need some new laws to make the new ordor of things work withount friction ;-and it is just here whercthe farmers should combine, in order fo select men for Inw-makers who comprehend the situation. We must send men of executlvo_ability, instosd of political ehystors, to the Legislature. o warehouse abuse has given way, and wo mey look forward to the correctiou of many other sbuses. Railroad froights ore slowly mending, snd must in timo come under somo general system or laws that will hold them in check or from assuming the form of amonopoly. the State can regulste the charges for hacks, drays, and expressmen in the cities, of landlords’ charges and feesof Courts in the country, it most assuredly can regulate that for passage and freights on tho railroads. There should be & law to prevent monopoly, but not to check enterprige. And, when the farmer claims the right to comblog in order to forcaup tho prices of his crops, it at once concedes the right of all other rings and combinations, which would produce a condition of things that might lesd to o state of anarchy. These unholy allisnces can- not long stand the pressure of knowledge, sod will waste away, for they have within themselvea tho elements that in timo will .destroy them. ; Tnstead of combining for the same base end, the farmer should make war on all of theso combina- tions. Neighborhoods-may co-operate in the sale of their crops, and in the purchasa of their sap- ‘plies, when their object i to eave :the expense of middle-men, to obtain lower rates on account of large lots at more convenient timo, or, in any manner, the lessening of expense. S In the case of dairies, there is & saving of Ia~ bor, and the production of a superior article; but this cheess must go on the market at the proper time; it cannot be held, for the roason that it is perishable commodify, The products of the farm must be sold in their prbper time, for the seasons bring new occasion, and the old crops must be ont of the way. 1t ig only necessary fo educsto fhe peogle by the aid of the press, and they, in torn, will eda- cato tho Courts. Itis too latein the dey to claim loyal prerogatives, and to enforce vested rights, that are opposed fo-the progress of the sge, No Legislature has the right to yield the control of the public good to any corporation ; | and it is not in accordance . with"the genius of our lawa that one man should have the right to do & thing that another msy not do. While all should be aliko protected in their persons and property, no one should have & special privilege without an adequate reason ; and thess special privileges must always be subject to the inter- ests of the whole people. We have passed be- yond the fendal sge into one of equal rights, nd all rings and combinations that come in_ the way must be crushed out. RURBAL. FIRES. Destruction of Property, Yesterdays Special Despatch to The Clicago Tribune, Dusuqus, Tows, Deo. 14.—At Fort Dodge, Tows, this atterncon, a fire, originating in the sleeping-car “ City of Cairo,” belonging to the Iowa Division of the Ilinois Cen! Railrond, destroyed the car. engine-house, and two cars. Two- engines in the house at the fime were rescued without sustaining ‘any damage. Logs estimated at $8,000 to $10,000; no insurance. ———— GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The logging business in the Minnespolis dis- trict aggregates 179,723,250 feet, this year. H —Work on the Green Bay & Lalo Pepin Rail- way proceeds without any interruption by the gi)ld ‘weather, and is rapidly drawing towards a 0ze. ‘—Racently 7,000 kangaroo hides wers brought to San Franciaco, and a delicate, goft lesther was manafactured, which is said to havo been less | brittle and less permeable to water than calf- skin, - —The Yala School of Journalism, it seems, | still flourishes ; and go it will continue to do so | Iong as tho fool-killer preserves his presont mas- terly inactivity.—Louisville Courier-Journal. —TImmigration is still pushing Westward. Tho Counties of Ford and Pawnee, in Kansas, have just been organized, having s population of from 300 to 500 each. —Abednego Robinson, of Stratham, N. H., was attacked by a'bull and trampled under the animal's hoofs on Friday.- His recovery is doubtful. His three: sons killod the ball with powder, lead; axes, and slodge-bammers, —A lady correspondent wants the atreet rail- way companies to provide:longer straps in the cars, 50 thot, when ladies havo to stand, they may have something' to hold by. The presont straps are too short for ladies to reach without great inconvenience, - —The Suprome Court of Massachuseits ‘has just appointed three Commissioners to locato, superintend, and adjndicate in the ofatter of building a union depot_in Fitchburg. Thoy are _Georgo M. Brooks, of Concord ; Abram Tirth, of ‘Boston ; and Leonard Huntress, of Tewksbury. An important meeting was_ beld st Nortl- ampton, Mass,, Monday evening, to consider fhe raising of fandafor the new Smith College. A lotter was read from Prof. Park, of Andover, 15 which he said that little aid could ba expected from Boston at present, and urged the Connecti- cut Valley to take the matter in its-own hands. Prof, Tyler, of Amherst, gaid that Northampton should erect the first building, to be used fora Toll, chapel, and recitation rooms. A resolve was finally carried that it was the sense of the ‘meeting t{m Northampton should raise 75,000 to erect tho firat building, sud & Committce was appointed to confer with. tha Trustees ag to the best method of raising tho money. Captain Enos Parsons and George W. Hubbard pledged 1,000 each. § "Chief Maloy, of Albany, N. Y., received enother despatch from J, M. Graves, Sheriff of Washington County, Ind., ssking for full par- ticulars by mail of the Waterford bank robbery, and, :mnimg there migbt.be something in it, the Chief communicated with the officials of the Waterford Bank. In answer to the communica- tion, the Directors stated that they had received several such despaiches, and had paid no atten- Hion to them. Chief Maloy thinks it strange that tho authorities should puy no attention to a tele- gram from o Sheriff, but very quietly remarked that if the bank officials conld stand it he could, and, therefore, he should ot take any further trouble in the makter. —Lansing B. Mizner, of Eenicis, Cal., is en- deavoring to secure s patent to a atrip of land somo ‘thirty oz forty feet wide and five miles long, on the south side of the Carquines Straite. comprising about two hiindred acres. This is in defiance of & law excluding such lands from ssle within two miles of any town or village. This is evidently a speculative scheme to enable Lar- sing to squeeze somebody. The land is nzeless for any practical purpose; but, should it be re- quired for aferry, or mlrond, or landing, or should it become necessary at some futurs tima to widen the Straits to incrcase their capacity for discharging the interior wators at flocd time, ihis enterprising citizen of Benicta would have those business cnterprises at a dissdvantage. If he gots this patent without a lawsnit, somebody besides Mizner will be to bls ne.—San Francisco Chronicls. M There is solendid sleighing in New Hampshire. T. L. Williams, a member of the last Legise tnro of Mlinneeots, Iost his life by o fire whicl destroyed his honse, near Austin, last weck. At Ridgefield, DL, o week g0, & froight train was wrecked ; and, on Friday, in removing the debrisof s lumber-car, the bodies of twe man were found. They aré supposed to have been stealing a ride. - —-A New Bedford (3fass.) liquor-desler refuses to pay for §2,000 worth of liquors purchzsed on crodit, and has brought suits to_recover 310,008 paid for lignors, on_tho ground that tho salag were in violation of law. —Tt is s remarkable circumstance that every cent of aid Vassar College has over received hag ‘been from men. The only gift over received {rom a woman was a contribution of & hundred or o0 volumes to the library. ¥ —Justice in_Eansas is more certain aud more sevore than in Now York. The penalty there for . nearly killing ong’s vifo and quito killing one’s servant isa dnoof 85; und this penaly was: sternly enforced by & Kansaa Court last weels. —The St. Louis cage of Magnire ts. Mary L. Tyler el al has been in Coust, in various forms, for & period of twenty-five years. The property involved ig located just above the Old Mounld, 8t. Louis, and is valued at half amiltion of dollars. The Journal de Paris gives the following figures for the French army duzing the :amn;i voar: Total effective forco, 454170 mea, ‘hom 212,044 are infantry, ¢0,04 cavalry, 51,103 actillery, ‘8,000 *equipages militaires,"” 2917 genadermes, sad 14.60£ miscellaneous. — Willy' Clark,” the lxd who confessed io placing an obstruction on the track of the Bise 084 cavalry, | ton & Albany Railrosd, near Caester, Mws., some days 80, with & view to throwing a . tain from the track, has been on trial before t2o Criminal C.urt at Springfield, and way on Luess day found guilty by the jury, after forty miautes’ deliberation. The plea offered in his defeace 8 | imbecility. —There is 2 report of a terrible crime baving been committed in the town of Dorcheser, M. H. Itis stated that a man named Follansdy gave his little boy, sfied 14 years, an allotted tass ot labor which tha child fsilad fo perform, that he was notseen salive sfterwaid by 2y one outside of the family. The circumstaices of the lad’s death are such that there i3 siong reason for believing that ho wes whipped t0 death by his inhuman father. —All the lands and franchises recently belong« ing to the Gila Railrond Company, a¢ San Diegg | wore tronsferred on the 4th inst. to the Texes & Pacific Road, the latter Company obtzining &2 undisputed title, clezr of ull claim3 from the a0 Giln or the Memphis & El Paso organizetion to an immensely valuablo property, at a cost totho 7 citizona of San Diego not excesding §$76300. 3 Tha property consiais of 9,000 acres of land, in= cluding over 800 acres of water-frontage,the right of way to the Colorado River, snd the'; bridge privilege, all valued at mot less tha $3,000,000. The poople of that .city are, of courag, highly elated over the result of the n¥ gotiations. —DMIr, Winsor, Saperintendent of the Dosid Public Library, makes his_report for the moxiy of November, from which it appears that tbT® wera taken, in that time, for homs use, 37555 volumes, and for hall use, 3,180 volumes, Ling a daily sverage of 1,633 volumes. The vhola number of volumos taken since May 1 is 24,0 an increase of 51,179 over the same period Bs¥, year. The number .of notices to delincleBb Toaders sent during the month was 2,705 Lhe number of persons nsing the reading ro/ms dur- ing the month was 20,637, daily aver:3e Of 623, The accession of volumes daring the monh has been 953. The wholo number of volames nowi in the library is 200,030, and _pampileis, 100,721, The registration has been, for ths month, %335 daily average, 39 PERSONAL. % Tssac H. Bromley is at work on the New Yor¥ . —Dr. and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe hevi not gone South, notwithstanding thoe ncwspape reports to this effect. Tho doctor is convales cent in Boston. —Governor Noyes. of Ohio, has sppointd Robert C. Fulton, of Usbana, Common Plesf Judget vice Ichabod Corwin, deceased. ] The Rev. John Miley, D, D., formerly paste, of the Methodist Episcopel “Church in Brider ,fi:t, Ct., has been elected Professor of Saced ‘Theology in the Drew Theological Seminary i®, Jen;{;a E —Mre. Sickles, the wifo of our Minister Madrid, has presented her husband with « 8 o has been christened Edwin Stantep. <ftenthd late Secretary Stanton. —3frs. Maria Jourdan Westmoreland, of Al lants, has gone to New York to superintend t¢ blication of her second movel, ‘* CLifforc p,” & Goorgis story, in_which the Hon A. H. Stephens sppears as the Hon. Reubey —Tnis parsgraph is still going the rounds among thul;e newspapers with which the paste 51 mightier than the pen: _ Mre. A. AL Griswol wife of the Cincinnati ‘Fat Contributor, hai started for Europe to be present at the debut o; her sisier, Miss Denson, on_tho lyric stage swhich event will take place shortly =t Milan? A5 Mrs, Griswold's stait was made some eight ¥ ten months ago, it is about time the fierco caredj of this paragraph was curbed. Tt was talegraphed in the Associated Prer despathes, the other day, that Gonersl Les) Combs, of Hentucky, had shob s deaperad pamed Merrill. The Lexington Observer den® it thus: 1, Hokflledso_muny Tndians when & boy, that ‘never has wanted to kill anybocy since. . Ho nover has carried, and never expects {0 GarTyy,, anyone with. pl;.mlnl:‘:?.ogto‘ n”’sfil\hm!hwn, and never heard ¢ tho man George Merrill before. Of course this will rémind the classical reade: of tho fellow’s defence who was sucd for break | ing a holo in his neighbor's kettle: First,henover | borrowed the kettlo; second, there was a holi, in it when ho got it; and, third, it was wiole whon he roturned it.” General Combs is unani: monsly acquitted. p | : | e | \ Testimony Xn Re Creiit IZobilier, Extract from a pricate letter to the Springjicld Rec! publican. > # I am glad yoz do not let that Oredit Mobiliat affair drop, s if it had been a cempaign slander. Thero is meat in that cocosnt. Thers is ono oint you do not scem to mako on Ozkes Ames.. s Totters, which aro not disputed nor question-: od, prove one or {uwo things, cither tha Ls br meimbers of Congross, or thot he robbed his 28~ Bociates under that protensc. The fact is Le did both. Abont 20 per cent of the morey went ta 2, —, and othor Repablicans and vari- ous Democrats. The test of it was gobbled by thio great American Shovel himeolf.” The pro- fencs was ot to sccure legislation, o much a5 © prevent investigation. f of the money, and he noeded it to ms! was stolen from him by Mapefield and Sam. Grif- fen, in their joint spoculation supplying the Rebel army of the Red River with arme, amma- nition, otc. in exchenge for cotton,—schemes, carried out under paper from General Banks, in command of _the Gulf Depariment. The facts ATnes stole three-fourths | ko up What | i canall be discovered from tho Mansfigld pro- dings in bankruptcy before the Commissioner f:eliaw Orleans. cin say of the Credit Mo- bilier what ZEneas said of tho siege of Troy: 14 AN of which I saw, and part of which I wes.” End of a Libel Sui!auh o i vassvILLE, Ind., Dec. 14.—The libel suit of r:f H. A, Harvey against the publiehers of the Deocraé (Gormen) and the Courier, of tuit City, after three . days of trial, resulted in 2 verv dict for the defondsuts. The jury remained oul nniil 2 ’clock this morning. X Boston Items. Bostox, Dec. 14.—There wore fity-one desths from small-pox during the week. 5 Villiam B, Wadleigt, for robbing Merchaats’ National Bank, of Boston, while its discount clerk, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Obituarys New YozE, Dec. 14.—Jobn B. ident of the Artiste' Fund Society, and mem of the National Acsdemy, s distinguished lsnds scape painter, died suddenly at his studio in this city, this afternoon. Ocean Steamship News. . New Yorg, Dec. 14.—Arrived, the Californis, from Glasgow. .ngsm‘"" Dec. 14.—Tho Algens has ar- rived. A Movrrry, Dec. 14.—The steamship Earops he arrived. Plakesleo, who recently attempted & wreck the New York and Boston express fam, nesr ‘Windsor Locks, Conn., wa3 senteuce: yesterdsy to_imprisonment for ten 7ears, Joseph Camp, & young nan about 30 years of ago, reeiding near &mtomflm Coshocton County, Ohio, was- accidentally siot yesterday afternoon, with a rifle, n the kands of David Fry, the ball entoring be bact, and passing through the livar. Ho did about thres hours after tho accident. ho bribed|: Kensett, Prase