Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1872, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872. -_— - FOREIGN. A Ministerial Crisis Imminent in Spain. Immediate Abolition of Sla- very Demanded by the Spanish Repub- licans. Interesiing Revelations Concerning the Franco-Prussian War. France Promised the Aid of Austria in the Event of Hastilities. Tnundetions in France. SPAIN. MaprD, Dec. 18.—In the Lower Cortes, yes- terday, President Zorilla declared it to be the purpese of the Government to introduce a law for the abolition of slavery in Porto Rico. He 2lso announced the suppression of the Carlist insurrection, and tho prevalence of order in the couniry. The House, by a vote of 183 to 6, ap- proved these declarations. The Imperial esys a ministerial crisis is near athand. It is impossible to delay a recon- eituction of the Cabinet. There is reason to believe that Ministers Gasset, Reiz, Gomez, and Cordova will retire. Echegaray will be_trans- ferred to the Ministry of Finance, and Senor Lizno Perse will bo sppointed Minister of Pub- lic Works, Scnor Romero Gironm, linister of the Colonies, and Lieutenant General Pleitain or Senor Gaminde, Minister of War. TLe Republicans in the Cortes have resolved to support a vote of confidence only on condi- tion thai the Government declare unequivo- cally in favor of the immediate abolition of elavery in the Spa: ih dominions. The lower house of the Cortes has approved the appointment of a Commission to examine into the demand of Morocco for a restoration of the towns of Penon a2nd Gomera. Morocco 15 agreed to postpone action until the Com- misgion make theit réport.. s © FRANGE. . Paris, Dec. 18,—The River Seine continues to fise, sad inmany places it bas overflowed its anks. Tho Assembly, to-dey, resolved to adjourn on Monday next until Jan. 6. 7 B_I;lBull:nuelcdt m“gved that the duties on raw ma- arials should only appear 28 a memorandum in the budget of IB'TYS. Boe M. de Remusat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, opposed such a reversal of the former vote of the Chamber. The subject was dismissed until the close of the sitting, and the debate will be coatinued to-morrow. The Committee of Thirty are debating the gu@snon whether it i8 expedient to confine their eliberations to proposals for Ministerial ro- sponsibility and & eccond Chamber, or to go over tho whole field of Constitutional reorganiza- tion. XNo result has yet been reached. The Duke dé GrammontLas written a letter uf_utmg the testimony given Dy DPresident Thiers before the Committes to inquire into the causes of the late war. M. De Grammont, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of the war, states positively that the Emperor had the promise of amssistance from Austriain =22se of hostilities with Prusaia. Pams, Dec, 18.—Geperal Chanzys corps is bnm%mplflly incressed to 100,000, while Gen- aral Ducrot, & doubtful Republican, has only £3.000 men {inder his command., President Thiers to-day said thst he intended to keep the Monarchists in awe. e GERMANY. Beprry, Dec. 18.—The Provincial Corre- spondenz ' confirms the report of Prince Bis- marcl’s resignation of the Premiership. and his retention of the War Office in the Prussian Cabinet. The River Pregel and the bay adjoining Konigs- berg are frozen over. ———— GREAT_BRITAIN. Loxpoy, Dec. 18.—The ship American Union, which went ashore near New Haven, England, while on her voyage from New York to London, has broken up. Loxnox, Dec. 18.—The call'for an Interne- tional Convention, to secure uniformity of coin- ing, has been signed by the Governments of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. BOWLES BROTHERS. 4rrest of Charles Bowles, of the Sus- pended Banking Firme--Elis States ment of the Failure. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 18.—Charles 8. P. Bowles, of the Paris banking house of Bowles Prothers, was arrested st Inglesides, eix miles fram this city, last evening, at the enit of John H. Huber, of this city, for $6,9%5, funds deposit- od with the firm. Nathan Applezon, of Boston, it & special partner of Gordon, Bowles Proa. Beamans, of New York, is their counsel. Two clerks of the firm were there. in consultation with Charles S. P. Bowles, The case will be beard before a Master in Chancery this after- ogon. Larer—Charles 8. P. Bowles was arraigned this afternoon, and gave temporary bail to ap- pezr within thirty daya, 2Mr. Bowles makes the following statement : On the 11th of October last, he left London for the United States, and, on his arrival in New York, completed arrangements for the perma- rent relief of their business, the strain upon which was perticularly great at that sesson from the large needs of Americans returning home. He then sailed for San Francisco. After his de- perture, tho arrungements made did nob furnish relief in _time, and the house of Bowles Bros. failed. He did not hear of the failure until he reached Acapuico, ana learned of ihe arrest of his brother Robert on his arrival at San Diego. He continued his journey to San Francisco, and, after two days' rest in the latter Flace, started by rail for Springfield. Mass., whera he arrived on Thureday last. That night the two brothers went to Ingleside, a hotel at Holyoke, and a telegram was eent making sn sppointment there for Monday with counsel from both New York and Boston. i interview was continued until it was interrupted on Tuesdsyafternoon by the arrest of Mr. Bowles. During these duya, there were present Charles Bowles, his brother Gordon Bowles, his half- brother, W. F. Stetson, JIr. Appleton, special partner, Mr. Drever, an officer of the Joint Na- tional Agency, ofticially sent from London sinco the failure to represent in the United States its interests, Mr. Thomas E. Calvert, late Secretary to Bowles, and Mesers. Derby, of Boston, and Beaman, = of New York, 8s conneel. This consultation was held to ascertain ns clearly as posgible the condition of affairs, and to determine what should be done to make all the assets in the most equitablo manner availa- blg for the benefit of all the creditors, and whether_it was for the interest of all that Cherles Bowles should return at once to Lon- Jon. Interrupted by arrest,Yand necessitoted, therefore, to rem: in Massachusetts, Mr. Bowles will -not mow go to London. Ho bas had no opportunity, ss yet, to pro- tect himself ngainst the charges which have been made upon Lim, and,standing as the hoad of the house, ho desircs particulurly that tho gubhc will suspend judgment upon those who ave been assailed with him, and will only finally condemn him or them'when they have heard the other side. Ho does not seek to deny the grave faults of his too extended manage- ment, but_maintains his innocence of all crime end his ability to prove it. Loxpox, Dec. 18.—In default of bail, Robert ‘Bowles has been sent to Newgate prison to await his trial. — FIRES. Destruction of Property Yesterday. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Drmjeue, Ia., Dec. 18—The hounse and furni- ture of Charles Meyer, corner of Eogle Point and Cgoler svenue, and occupied as & resi- dence by his family, who, at the timo were sleoping on_the mpper floor and berely escaped with_ their lives, burned this morning. TLoss. $2,300 ; insurance, $800 in the Brewers’ of Mil- weukee. e Railroad Newe. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dustque, lowa, Dec. 18.—The Winona Division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad completed the river railroad system from Clin- ton to St. Panl by the laying of the last rail at La Crescent, yesterdav. thereby forming & | cation on the immigration of his count junction with the Chicago, Dubuque & Minne- 8ots Railroad. Through ‘trains ox, tiia Tonte will commence regular trips next week. 8arr LAEE Crry, Dec. 18.—There is grest en- thusinsm at Corinne at the prospect of & branch of the Utah Northern Railroad from that point through the northern settlements of the Terri- tory to Montana, Special Despalch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Only twenty miles of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, claimed to be tho shortest route, by eighty miles, bobvesn the Atlantic const and the Mississippi Valley, now remain’ to be completed. The termini of the road are Hampton Roads, Va., and Huntington, on the Obio River. NEW YORK. The Greeley Statues-Father Burkess No Erie Dividende—-Relensed from Jail~- The Italian Immigrants - Railway Robberies==City Deposits-= Coroner’s Inquest on the Fifth Aves nue Hotel Fires-The Stokes Trinles The Defence of Simmons, the Mur= derer=-Jay Gould’s Proposal to the Erie Railway=--A Big Salc of Ocean= €Cable Stock. Spectal Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yorx, Dec. 18.—Cyrus W. Field, to-day, completed arrangements for the purchase of about $8,000,000 in the stock of the New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company, 80 that he will hold a handsome ma- jority of the whole capital. He buys out the entire interest of Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts, Peter Cooper, Wilson J. Hunt, and & considerable number of smaller holders. The monoey will be paid to-morrow. The price is 90 cents on the par value of the stock. The three millions costing two millions seven hundred thousand. The stock of most of the gentlemen who have sold stands them in at about 50 cents on the dollar, 8o they make a handsome profit. 3ir. Field is understood to have bought for a London B%ndic&te, with a view of consolidation ith the English company owning tho cable be- tween Ireland and Newfoundland. {To_the Associatcd Presa.) New Yok, Dec. 18.—Mr. England, of the New York Sun, has abandoned his purpose of raising funds for the Greeloy statne, and offers s return of the money to the subscribers. Father Burke, last night, delivered a lecture in reply to the last words of Alr. Froude, bsfore an immensely-crowded audience in the Brooklyn Academy of Ausic. Numerous cable inquiries were received hers yesterday from London concerning & report that the Erie Company is about to declare a dividend upon its preferred stock. It is given ont, how- ever, that the meeting of the Directors of Erie here yesterdny decided not to declare & dividend. The charaoter and respectability of the com- mittee of gentlemen from the geveral Btates who have in charge the proposal to erect a statue to Mr. Greeley is regarded by the press here as 8 anty of the succees of the work. ertrand and Cook, the lawyers who were recently arrested at Hoboken on the charge of fraudulent resl estate transactions, have been released upon consent of the party who origin- ally made the charge against ther. ‘The Italian Consul here publishes a communi- en to America, in which le says that he considers the temporary expense of supporting the Italians here as o good investment, as the average capi- tal of each immi, t more than counterbal ences it. The Consel suggests thatif this country does not want the immigrants here, it had better give notice in Italy of the hardsbips incident to coming_ hero. Thia adyice, he says, swould be respected; whereas, coming from the Italian Government, it would bo suspected. The President of the Commigsioners of igration said, at o meeting yesterdsy, that the immigrants were honest people, and not brigands. A syatematic geries of thefts from the Penn- sylvania Reilroad at Jersey City has been broken up by the arrest of the pilferers. Trom an interview with the City Chamberlain, published to-day, it appears that not a dollar of interest has been paid upon moneys and deposits in various banks to the credit of the city since December last. Four per cent on these deposits would have realized £220,000. An inquest was commenced to-dsy, by the Coroner,_ over the bodies of the women suffo- cated and burned by the fire in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on the night of the Sth inst. Fire Marshal MeSpedontestified that the employesof the hotel must have been endeavoring to extinguish the fiames fifteen minutes before a public alarm was given, and James M. AMcGregor, Superintendent of Butldings,said that, in his opinion, sutfocation was the cansa of the death of the girls, and that if they had time to reach the window_they could have escaped by the door. Captain Burden, Commandant of the Police Precinct, said he went to the hotel immediately on the alarm of fire being sounded, yet he did not learn of the deaths of the girls tntil 2 or half-past 2 o'clock. Mary Grove said she saw the flames entering her Toom (505), and the fire did not originate in that room, a8 hies been frequently stated. The funeral of John F. Kensett took place, to- duy, from the First Presbyterian Church, and was numerously attended by hia friends and ns- sociate artists, The second trial of Edward S. Stokes for the murder of Fisk began this morning, Judge Boardmsn, of Ithaca, being the B&)remding Judge. Three jurors were obtained to-day. Stokes told a reporter yesterday that in the new trial he will prove that Fisk was armed on tho day of his murder, and also satiefactorily prove what was done with his pistol subsequens to the shooting. Judge Ingrabam, to-day, denied a stay of pro- coedings in the case of King, ihe murderer of O'Nefll ‘but granted a commiseion to procure testimony in Brgland. King's trial follows that of Stokes. The defence of Simmons for tho murder of Duryea will be that he was in a paroxysm of in- Banity when he committed the act, having been excited_to frenzy by Duryes’s taunts and the Imowledge of his straitened money condition. The Consul of Denmark in thia city acknow- ledges the receipt of £8,541 for the relief of the sufferers by the Tecent inundation in Denmark. Six thousand rix-dollars have thus far beenre- mitted. Mail reports indicato the suffering to ba greater than hasbeen stated, and further con- tributions are solicited. v i The proposition to settle the claimsof the Erie Railway ngainst Jay Gould by his paying $9,- 000,000 to the Company, will be discussed at special meeting of the Board of Directora to- morrow morning. Sl The property of §. N. Pike, in_Cincinnati, is valued on the Auditor's books for taxation ab £796,000. It is probably worth $1,225,000 at rivate sale. The greater portion of it is in the Blrrott Hotge and Opora House, The remainder consists of eight or ten dwelling houses. FATAL EXPLOSION. Three Persons Hilled Near MOrrows town, Ohio. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. Mosgowrows, O., Dec. 18.—On Monday evening the entire neighborhood was stertled by s shock which was ascertained to be the explo- sion of & portable saw-mill boiler five miles north of thisplaco, owned by Jos. Clutter. It is supposed there wes litile water in the boiler, and the in- troduction of cold water resulted in sudden ex- plosion, cutting off the shoulders, left arm, and smashing the head of Joseph Clutter, and throw- ing a men named Carrier several yards, killing him instantly. Several others wero badly in- jured, one of whom will die. We sre unable to get the names, Nothing was left of the build- ing but a few standing posts. The shock was feli for ten miles around. —_—————— The Engine and Machine Manufac= turers. C1scrNsATr, Ohio, Dec. 18.—The National Con- vention of Engine and Machine Manufacturers adjourned this evening to meet in Philadelphis the third Wsd.nead;g in April. At the request of Louis Seasongood, United States Commis- sioner to the Vienna Exposition, the Convention appointed Hon. M. O. Legatt and Messrs. Dyer, of Hemilton, O., and M. Zoe, of Richmon Ind., » Committes to solicit Congress to make a sufficient appropiiation to encourage exhibitors to go from the Pitod Statos. ‘The suggestion of the Committes on Credits in favor of cash terms and rigid collections, was adopted. A Bureau of Statistics was appointed. The report on Freights, with & resolution ex- pressing the sense of the Convention in favor of Stats or National legislation to establish an equal classification of freights, were adopted. A Female M. D, ProviDENCE, R. I, Dec, 18.—The Rhode Taland Medical Society, to-day, admitted Miss Anita E. Tyng to membership. Miss Tyng is the first fomale member. Ocean Steamship News. Loxpoy, Dec. 18.—The steamships City of ‘Washington and Donau have arried out. New Yong, Dec. 18—Arrived—The City of Paris, from Liv erpool. SPRINGFIELD. Report of the State Prison Commissioners. Appropriations Asked for by the State Board of Charities. €oal Mine Inspection: Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. BrRINGFIELD, 1L, Dec. 18.—The report of the Inspector of Coal Mines for St. Clair County says that, in consequence of the refusal of tho County Court to fix the compensation -for in- specting mines, he is unablo' to send a perfect report. There are seventy-five mines in 8. Clair County, employing 2,500 men and boys. The coal is moved mostly by shafts, A few mineB are accessible by drifts and slopes. Thero is but one vein of coal averaging six feet, and it is sbout 100 feet below the surface. No estimate of the capital is fornished, owing to the limited time given tho Inspector in which to re&)rt. He reports no system of ventilation, although many of the mines have noxious gages in them,? which ren- der them unsafe to work, some of them having what is known as the “black damp.” In a few years, unless some system is devised for ventila- tion, they cannot be worked at all. About twenty mines were inepected, s majority of which have no escapement shafts, and fears aro entertained that a terrible disaster will occur unless these necessary precautions are observed. There haye been four fatal accidents, two of hich could have beenavoidedif the Company had complicd with the law. The first, John Rock, +was caused by the fnilure of the Company to fix gates at the top of the shaft, This occurred at the O'Fallon mines. The other, at the Hog- gard & Wilson mines, was caused by a deficioncy in the machinery, nnd the carelessness of tho cngineer. The others were accidents. He recommends, as amendmentstothe law, ashorter limit in which to fix escapement shafts. The time now allowed is one year for each 100 feet, or fraction thereof, from July last; second, to have two outlets to the mines, without reference to tho men employed; third, section 6 to be amended, 80 a8 not to allow any person under 12 years old to be employed in the mines. The Board of Public Charities adjourned, to- day, after making a classification of sppropri tions, The firat clags embraces the Eppropri tion for current expenses and ordinary repairs thought necossary by the Board, v ospital for the Insane, Jacksonvills, $120,000 per au- num ; Institution for Deaf Mutes, Jacksonville, £72,500 : Institution for the Blind, Jackson- ville, $17,500 ; Institution for Idiots, Jackson- villo, £24,000'; Soldiers’ Orphans' Home, Nor- mal, £52,600 ; Normal University, $26,795 ; Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, §10,000 ; Northern Tnsane Hospital, Blgin, §45,000 ; Stafo Reform Schaol, Pontise, $25,000; Industrial University, Champaign, TIl., $4,500 ; Southern Normal, Car- bondsle, - $15,000; Southern Insano Hospital, Anna, $50,000. Total, §464,205. p Tho second class embraces the appropriations for completing buildings in course of erection, expenses of immediate and pressing necossity : Northern Insane Hospital, 3131,425 ; Southern Insane Hospital, $99,000; Sounthern Normal University, $80,000; Industrial University, 259,050 ; Normal University, £6,000; Eyo and Ede Infirmary, ©10,000; School for Idiots, 510,000 ; Institution for Desf Mutes, $8,967; Reform School, $45,000. Total, S149,412. The third claes embraces sppropriations for erecting new buildings, and other extraordinary expenses of less immediate necessity: Northern Tosano Hospital, S186,525; Industrial Univer- sity, $50,000 ; Eyo and Esr Infirmary, 316,000 ; School for Idiots, $190,000 ; Institution for Deaf Mutes, $119,500; Inatitation for the Blind, 8125000; Reform Sechool, $25000. Total, $714,025. Tho fourth class contains the appopriations which the Board of Charities regard as inex- edient or of doubtful proproty st present: gouthem Insane Hospit: $161,000 ; Deaf Mutes, 1,200, Boldiers’ Orphians’ Home, 81,0005 Industrial Univorsity, $10,000. Total, §175,200. The Penitentiary Commissioners submitted their personal report to-day, together with the Warden's, Chaplain’s, and Phytician's reports. A most gratifsing exhibit is mado in & succinct and clear statement of the affairs of the institu- tion. They say that in submitting the report they congratulate the Governor and_the people of the State on the improved condition of the Penitentiary. 1Itis no longer & burden to tho tax-poyers.” It is self-sustaining. There is & aux-p'iua of earnings over expenditurcs, and, unless the present system should change, if must continue to be self-sustaining. They claim no credit for the resul, except that, by due diligence, spplication, and a sense of the trust reposed in them, they hope to have discharged their duty to the people and tho State. The doubts of some of the best prison authorities on the prospects of leasing convict Isbor seem tobe removed by the result in one prison, and the objection that it has the effect of doptecisting tho wages of lsboring men they are loth to believe to be true, as it i8 hardly to be supposed_that 1,000 men shutup within tho walls of & prison can bave any perceptible effect on the great labor market outside. i The present contractors are s superior class of men; pay promptly, make no complaints, and evince & lively interest in_the roformation of the convicts, subscribing liberally to every way to roach the result. They are not permit- tefluby the suthorities to interfers with the dis- cipline. ey refer to the Warden's report to show that for the first year under the new system, and while it was being tried, the excess of ex- enditures over earnings was _ 21,058 In tho present yesr, snd when system came into completo effect, the excess of earnings over expenditures was £3,629.71. Doducting the permanent im- provements of the prison leaves a balance of £25,254.56 to the credit of the prison. Theso improvements wero rendored necessary and im- perstive to accommodate the contractors, and to etter the sanitary condition_of the prison. A fire brigado wns also formed and equipped, in case of fire. The groundsin front of the prison, whjcla_hnd been very much neglected, were re- paire The administration of the prison 18 conducted on the congregational system, and not on the golitary plan, being the more humane one. Tho ‘books of the prizon show a constant decrease in punishments, and at the same time, the disci- pline is all that can be desired. The solitary Cells have been abolished, save one to meet ex- treme cases., The second corridor, for refractory convicts, has dwindled down from 100 to 60 cells. To keep up discipline & resort to punish- ment must he and in this prison, the largest in the United States, it is a matter of congratulation that the discipline is steadily im- proving, and the resort to punishment is becom- ing less and loss, While the State should main-~ tain the discipline necessary, it was & query what means conld bo employed to lesd the con- victs up to a bettor humanity, and at the same time not relax the discipline. One of the means was to give them access to the library, whichhas Dbeen founded and is now augmented by the vestry fund, which is_ found to be ample to keep it supplied with yolumes of his- torical, biographical, and other books, and they aro eagerly Tead boyond expectation. ' Believing that an education greatly deters a resort to crime, n_night school has been incorporated, from which good results are hoped. In roferring to the Chaplain's report, the Commissioners say that the spiritual wants of convicts are zealously attended to, and in no wise could it be am-{masefl; also, that & suggestion of the chaplain, that an agency under the supervision of the State, for procuring sgituations for discharged convicts, is commend- able. Inthis way they could be prevented from returning to old companions and hounts. The Commissioners commended the *‘good time” law, and say its results are most beneficial. The report of the prison physician shows tho sanitary condition of the prisonto be most satis- factory. Thers has boen o contagious disessoin the prison for the last two years. The Commil sioners refer to the change of Wardens and ex- hibit the correspendence, which took place at the_ time, and which was published, to show their reason for the action, and finally they say : Ve ask for no appropriation from the General Assembly, and do nob think any additional legis- 1ation is necessary. But any additional legisla- tion which may be had for the reformation of the prisoners would be well, if in harmony with those of the Board of Commissioners.” ‘As describing the management, the Warden's Teport is succinct, clear, and Comprehensive, and begin# by the statément that thd insti- tation, on the1st day of December, 1870, was in debf $382,832.18. ~Of this sum 175,000 were paid by appropriation by the Legislature, and the balance by sales of surplus property, un- necessary under the present system. ' From December, 1870, to Sept. 1, 1871, the time at which the ~ Isbor was leased, the institution lost from 83,000 to $4,000 per month. From the day of the inauguration of the now system, the institation bogan to Te- cover from the meshes of debt. On the 15th of 7. the June, 1873, when the firsent Warden took con- trol, thero were 1,821 convicts, 15 of whom weze females. ~ He immedistely took Btops to dispose of all property un- necessary for the management of the prison, which has been sscortained by a Com- mitteo of the Legislature, which consisted of wagans, parts of wagons, sgricultural imple- ments, tools, and machinery. If was deemed beat, upon consultation with the Master Machin- ist and the Board of Commissioners, to gell the property in its then condition, rather than g0 to lurge and costly ontlsy. It was so sold in accordance with law. The old engine and boilers, which furnished the motive power for tho institution, becoming,_useleas, has been re- }flmd by larger and better machinery. £ required & large amount of fuel a = day to run the old machinery. The present machinery is run without cost by the shavings and chips from the shops. Perma- xnent improvements have been made ot & cost of $10,964.15. The new State House work being of 'most importance, steps wero .taken to procuro stone, -and cutting was commenced, gnd no lack of stone has been re- gurfied since he took chlxga. In the month of uly the Library was founded, aud now containg 8,159 volumes, ~ Eloeven hundred persons regu- larly draw books from it. The libm? may be regarded as a success bot 28 & literary institution, and an auxiliary to good discipline, Unemployed men are kept at work on the grounds, and the unfinished end wall in front of the west wing has been com- pleted, and the sanitary condition thereby improved. The State House work, s0 far as defails have been decided npon, has been completed. A formal settlement was hoped for this report, but & lack of transporta- tion left on onr hands a considerable quantity of cut stone not yet delivered to the State House Board, Approximately, the amount "due to the Prison when the stone cat i delivered, ~will be sbomt $85,000. A largor part of this will be required to pay the stone contractor, who haa been doing the work for the prison since August last. The Legislative Investigating Committes closed the accounts of the prison as good, doubtful, and worthless. Doubtful, $40,533.43; worthless, $36,905.22. Of the doubtfnl, $8,- 960.86 have alreedy been collected, which is 22 er cent of the whole. The Committee be- ievo 30 per cent conld be collected. It is thought :‘hat 88 much more can becollected as hagalready een. 5 Behevin% that men must be fed well to work well, and £o remoye complaints that at one time were made, a better class of food is mow® used, which has been demonstrated to cost less than an _inferior article inthe end. The men pay $5.25 per barrel for flour, where but $4.25 was formerly paid, and five barrels goes further now than eight barrals used to. Bupplies not contracted for have been purchased in the open market, and for cash which has proven & vast saving. There is on hand a year's supply of theso, a large lot of dig- charge clothing, new blankets and fiznnel, prison tripo and bed ticking, and & largo supply of provisions bought and paid for. On the farm are 13 milk cows, 200 stock hogs, 90 head of fat cattle, 40 tons of hay, and 250 cords of wood. The convicts are working under contracts as follows : Shoo department, 3. Geiz & Co., 825 men at 65 cents por day ; harness shop, Short & Brayton, forty men at 75 cents; cooper . 8hop, . H. Winterbottom & Co., 165 men at 70 cents ; one-third the sione shop, W. D. Richardson, 225 men at 8L cents; one-third the butter factory, Gorn, 85 men st 65 conts; box factory, Fuller Cigar Company, 20 men st 75 conts; cigar factory, Fuller Cigar Company, 150 men at 55 cents. A Sontract for 150 men not closed at 675 cents. The females are employed in making clothing, &s. Doubling the propriety of spreading thd names of persons and their description throngh the State, he omits the list from his report. Ho alludes at length to what is known s the “Aurora case,” whera an attempt was made by the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Aurora - to take from tho custody of tho Warden one Matthews, on a writ of habeas corpus. Tho Warden declined to honor the writ, however, and no_decision has yet been resched. He bears testimony to tho ficiency of Doputy Warden Magliow. The statistical tables aro interesting, and show that the cash received at the prison for tho two fiscal vears ending Nov. 30, 1872, are $1,000,080.60; cash expended for the samo time, $995,625.45 1 cash on hand, §4,414.49. For tho same {ime thore wero received in tho prison 1,036 males, and 9 females; escaped, 3 males ; discharged on expiration of sentence, 983 males and 8 fomalen; pardoned, 58 males and 2 females ; convicts on Band now, 1,239 males end 16 femalos; average for 1871, 1,337%; for 1972, 1,23 1-7. Cash valuo of new subsistence for convicts, 1871, $63,832.50; cost foreach man, 1314 ; for 1872, $52,415.99; for each msn, 11 1-5; subsistence for Warden's ‘house, for office, em- ployes, &c., 1871, §13,028.40; for each person, 96 3-11; for = 1872, '910,763.17; for each person 21 9-10; for 187, amount poid_employes, $90,843.78; 1872, smount paid, $67,996.70; gad billafor 1871, $4,49; for 1672, $ Cook County has 842 convicts, being 27 per cent of the whole. There are thirty nine life- time men,—two for manslaughter and thirty- seven for murder. _— INDIANA. Yesterday’s Proccedings in the State Legislature. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. IspraxAroLs, Ind., Deo. 18.—The House bill to prohibit hunting and shooting on inclosed grounds without the consent of the owner, oc- cupied the entire morning session. At the ofternoon session tho following busi- ness transpired : The following appointments of Commission- ers of the House of Refuge by the Governor were confirmed: Jno. W. Rey, to serve until March 1, 1875, and Amoa S. Evans, to serve nn-~ til March 1, 1877. ‘The following bills were passed: To provide for the incorporation of union stock yards, grain elovators, etc., and to legalize taxes herstofore levied for tuition by BSchool Trustees of any town or city, and to suthorize cities and towns to make and adopt & survey thereof. A joint resolution was adopted, directing the Attorney General tc take all necessary steps to sacure the removal of the Calumet 5 A concarrent resolution offering $1,000 for the plan of a new State Houso was adopted. A joint House resolution in relation_ to an ap- propriation by Congress to complete the harbor 2t Michigan City was adopted. HOUSE. ‘The first question considered was the disposi- tion of the Legislative Apportionment bills, the pending motion being to refer them to the Committee on Elections. A call of the Houee was offered, and ninety- ono members responded. hg;hs motion to refer the bill was laid on the o. Mr. Kimball submitted sundry amendments to the bill. . The previous question was ordered, and the smendments agreed to. A motion was adopted that the bill be printed and laid on the desks of the members, and made the special order for 10 o'clock to-morrow morn- in%. essrs. Kimball and Woolen were appointed s Committee to supervisa the printing. The bill to divide the State into thirteen Con- essional Districts took the same course.ns the egislative apportionment . 5 A resolution was adopted condemnming the course of Charles Sumner in relation to the erasing of names from battle flags, and approv- ing the action of Congress in relation thereto. e bill authorizing_the incorporation of banke of deposit and discount was taken ng, emended, Iaid on the table, and ordered printed. The Senate bill {o amend the Common School law, raising the levy from 18 to 20 conts, was ! s okthu gpecial order for to-morrow at 10 o'clock. ST. LOUIS. Xmportant Railrond Suits—The Fire Department. 8r. Louts, Dec. 18.—In the Circuit Court, yos- terday, George Aking, conductor, Wm. O'Brien, engineer, and J. W. iasfinga, firéman, of & con- struction train, entered suit against the St. Lounis, Kansas City & Northern Railroad for damages amounting” to 50,000, for injuries re- ceived in consequence of a collision of their train with 2 passenger train, resulting from al- leged negligence on the part of the Company in not showing signal lights and flags at the sta- tion where the accident occurred, to notify them of the approaching train. e The Missouri Pacific Company recently brought suit against one of its conductors for the wenton destruction of railiosd property by s collision caused by disobediencs of orders. Thi suit can bo sustained under the law of this State, provided the facts as stated are proved. The extra firemen employed to haul the en- es to fires during the sickness of the horses 1ave been discharged, the horses having suffi- ciently recovered -to do_duty sgein. Over six thousand dollars were paid for their services. WOLVES ON THE WAR-PATH. A Splendid Chance for Our Chi- cago Marksmen. Elk Grove, Cook County, Infested by Wolves---Détails of a ‘¢ Grand Hunt.” A correspondeat of Tre TRISTNE roslJing at Elk Grove, in this county, writes as follows £0n- cerning a grand wolf-hunt that came off thexd: last Saturdsy. Inasmuch s none of the geme the party went after was bagged, thoro is & fino chance open for our Chicsgo marksmen to dis- tinguish themselves. Whera are the Milligans, Heath, Thomas, etc.? Leb them go to the rescne of their conntry consins, and show that all their practice on the pigeons at Dexter Park was not in vain. The letter is aa follows ¢ To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : e ianabltanin living a tho vicinity of Tlk Gove, and especially thoge locatod on the west .. thereof, have been apnoyed for séveral weeks past by a pack of wolves, which have become so audacious 25 to mako their appearance In brosd daylight, and attsck ducks, geeso, sheep, or any littlo grunters that happened to bo frolicking a few rods awoy from old mother sow. About ten days ago, us Mr, J, Thielke was doing his chores, he heard a great commotion of quaciing snd . flapping among his ducks, which were making Deac- way towards the stabla door. On looking round the corner, within two rods of him hesaw five wolyes in full chase of his ducks. Like a true defender of his domestics, pitchfork in hand, he * went for' * them, ‘but it took him some time ere he could drive them into the canc-brake, Which has been their hiding for months past. Small parties of hunters who ‘have startod out in pursuit have always seen wolves, have had several shots with guns and revolvers, but never & wolf was killed. Finally messengers wera sent round to give notice of a general turn out, and last Saturdsy ‘morning waa fixed upon for the geheral movement. A few of the Elkk Grove rangers wero the first to take the field of action, scouring the south end of the Grove, and passing along westerly until they struck the big cane-brake, thence to the north end, where they espled the right wing of the Dunton’ Brigade ‘coming within ~a ‘hundred rods of the end of the cane-brake. They bad been placed in fight= ing order by o veteran soldier who ad learned his tactica from General McClellan, but unfor- tunately he had not taught the men how to shoot, for in & few minutes a wolf rushed out of the cane-brake and made o bee line down the fence, straight towards the extreme right wing of the Dunton German Brigade, with o det ation to go Tight through them, bul ‘when within about a rod the Cz{fhln gave orders to and a few shotscaused Mr, Wolf to jump the fence to the west side, where be was surrounded by & host of armed men who banged away st him until every gun was discharged. But this did not stop him, for he started towards Plum Grove; g about & mile west, he started south across the road, and bearing east, made tracks to his old snd favorite resort, where he had such fun with the ducks. The ‘rigade followed his tracks until ho came to bis hiding- place, where they met with o fow of the EIk Grove Rangers, and it was & that their buntsman, W. Bohnell, should ride into the brake and drive him out. 1In less than five minutes he started him, and gave the halloo, He first made to the east side, where a fow craak shooters were ready to receive him, but he did not trust himsel? near them; o turn, he passed. north up the brake, snd came out st the {u%fi Tight in the face of the five men Who tracked him. Agaln they banged away at him, until every gun-barrel was emptied, but ‘he would not stop, for your correspondent kmoweth by ocular demonstration that he went into the grova like lightning., Beveral more wolves were seen, and the escitement run so high that the brigade became scat- tered all over the grovein small squads, and it was not Tt thelr bugleman had blown his mellow horn, both Toud and strong, that the brigads could be called to- gether From what bas been seen not Tess than ten wolves are in the ne:ghwrhuod. Earlyin the dsy, J. H, Curtis wounded a big one in the grove, and tracked him by the marks of bicod on the snow for a long time, Finally he ceased bleeding, aund ‘coming near the cane-brake where thers were 50 many ‘more tracks, he could follow him no longer; but after- ards small party of the Bangers came up with doge, which drove him out of tho brake, and, being able to make but little effort to escape, he was shot, being the unlx one known to be killed os yet, It is being arranged for smother regular turnout, when mruch fun is anticipated ; but parties not kno the duy when this will take place, can have s good hunt any time, especially such as have hounds, and by call- 2 on J. H. Curtis, or W. Schnell, the huntsman, they Tt bo ready to show thein where to break cover. QUINCY. The Scarcity of Water—Precautions Against Fire. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Qurycy, I, Dec. 18.—Owing to the water famine and general alarm in anticipation of fire, the City Council, to-night, ordered temporary pipes Iaid from the river to the top of the hill, from which the public and private cia- terns will be filled through the hosa of the fire engines, forcing water from the river. The rceent scarcity has thoroughly aronsed the pub- ic, and the much-talked of system of water- works will probably be commenced early next scason. ‘The trial of James T. Wasson for an attempt to kill Chief of Police McGraw, concluded this evening, and was given to the jury, Who are still out. The affair has created some excitement here, and the result is eagerly awaited. OTTAWA. Musical Convention—Agricalturals Special Despatch to The Chicago Tridune, OrTaWA, 1L, Dec, 18.—The LaSalle County Musical Absociation is in seasion here, to remain antil Friday evening of this week. About 200 members and leading rural musicians are in at~ tendance from this and adjoining counties. Professor_Emerson, of Boston, is conductor. The LaSalle County Agricultural Society, to- a3, o thoir aunual meeting, took steps looking towards securing the State Fair at Ottawa for tho next twoyears. The new officers of tho County Society ste W. J. Neeley, President; J. . McKinloy, Troasurer, and Chas. H. Hook, Secretary. MICHIGAN. Recommended to o Yudgeship—Iliness of the Hon. W. A. Eoward—Ac= quitteds Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, Dereorr, Dec, 18.—The Bar of Branch County have recommended N. P. Loveridge, of Cold- water, for the Circnit Judgeship, left vacant by Judgo l{snon’a Tosignation. . Hon. W. A. Howard, of this State, is quite ill at tho East, with lung disease. Fendwick, who shot a soldier for trying to break into his house, at Springwells, was, to-doy, ac~ quitted. SAN FRANCISCO. Unusually Cold Weather---The Modoc Trouble: Earthquake at Visalia. Sax Fraxcisco. Dec. 18.—For _ten days, un- nsually cold weather has prevailed, with hard frosts. To-day there is promise of rain. Farmers are anxious abont crops in the south- ern part of the State. No further forward movement has boen made against tho Modoo Indians, The Indians are intreached in Ben, Wright's Cave, near Tule ler% The hostile camps are twenty miles apart. ¥0n the evening of Dec, 17 & sharp shock of carthquake was felt at Visalis, but no damage was done. 2 8ax Fnaxcisco, Dec. 18.—Efforts have been ‘made for the past few days to create the impres- sion that certain bankers and speculators were working to create a corner in tho money market of this city. At the present timo the schemers have not succeeded in causing any panic, There is no remarkable stringency in the money mar- keot, and the conapirators will doultless be foiled. UTAH. Prayers vs, Small-Pox—Lady Preachs= er—Shall there be an Extra Session of the Legislature ? Sart Laxe, Utah, Dec. 18.—In St. John's Val- ley, Toodle County, to-morrow has been ap- pointed = day of fasting and prayer that the Almighty bo merciful to prevent the spread of the small-pox. Alady is preparing to occupy the pulpit in one of the orthodox churches of this city. There is a division of opinion among the Gen- tiles as to the wisdom of calling an extra session of the Territorial Legislature to reviee the lawa, The ative urge that the Mormons should have a chance to correct their own errors; while thenegative maintain that only compulsion will cause an abandonment of poiygamy, and the oxtrs session will avail nothing but rofer the remedy to Congress. Telegraphic Brevities, Messrs, Blinn & Anson, of Cairo, who claim to have had $20,000 stolen from them a week ago, and who were arrested on Tuesday by the United States Marshal on the charge of an at- tempt to defraud their creditors, have been re- quired to give bail in the sum of £10,000. They have not succeeded yet in giving the security. Their effects are in the hands of the Marshal. terday morning, on the steamer Quickstep, for Metropolis, T0 where they were, jast night, to institute a new commandery. A laborer nsmed McClellan, was instantly Lilled at Lansing, Mich., yesterday morning, by the caying in oniim of arailrosd embankment on which he was a} work. Jesse Turner; Receiver of Public Lands at Grand Taland, Nebrasks, accidentally shot and killed himself, yesterday, while cleaning a gun. _George G- Mullalley, Post Office Clerk, in Cin- cinnati, charged with sbstracting money from lottérs sent to the Agent of il Louisyills Public Library concert, has been held in £3,500 by the United States’ Commissioner to appear before the Grand Jury. Adam Lanthier, a"prominent German citizen, of Nashville, who was run over by & fim—eng‘ine which he was pulling 28 volunteer fireman, died yesterdsy. POLITICAL. SUMNER CENSURED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. Bostoy, Dec. 18.—The resolutions condomna~ tory of the courss of Senator Sumner in intro- ducing s bill into the United Btates Benate to remove all inscriptions relating to the rebellion from the army register and National regimental flags, came up in the House of Representatives this afternoon, and, after » short debate, the question was taken on the motion to indefinitely postpone the resolntion by yesaand nays, but this was lost by a vote of 92 to 93, and the reso- tions were passed, by 104 yeas to 76 nays. They were taken up in the Senate this after- noom and a werm debate took place, in which most of the Senatora took part, when the mo- tion to indefinitely postpone was lost by & vote of 14 to 19,and then the resolutions were passed —yeas, 20; nays, 9. TEMPERARICE NOMINATIONS IN NEW HAMP- SHIRE. Conconp, N. H., Dec. 18.—The New Hzmp- shire State Temperance Convention, held here to-day, nominated the Rey. John Blackman for Governor, and Asa 8. Eendall for Railroad Com- missioner. Prohibitory resolutions were adopted, i " The Convention subsequently resolved itself into & District Convention, and nominated candi- dates for Congress, 83 follows : First District, the Rev. A. G. Corning ; Becond District, J. M. Flefcher ; Third District, A- C. Hardy. NEW YORK TAMMANY. % New Yorx, Dec. 18.—The Tammany Society, 1ast evening, installed a number of new mem- bers. New Bachems wers installed in place of Charles O'Conor and Oswald Ottendorfer, these gentlemen mnot having presented themselves since their election. LOUISIANA POLITICS. New OnrLraNs, Dec. 18.—In the Kellogg Leg- is!.m:; the bill punishing bribery in office 268 : The Court of Impeachment has adjourned till the 23d inst. ‘' HANDY ANDY."” Allovement on Footto Secure the Pardon of this Accomplished Young Villain. An effort is being made in this city by s Dr. ‘Weeks, to procure the pardon of one of the most sccomplished and desperate of young burglars that ever travelled in company with the Sheriff from Chicago to Joliet, who rejoiced in the son- briquet of “ Handy Andy.” After a long careor of crime, in which he exhibited promise of being the most unscrupulons rogue of his gen- eration, he was finally captured on the charge of burglary. There were threoindictments against him. On ons charge he plead guiliy, and the Btate’s Attorney suggested that he would quash the remflninfntwn if Judge Mc- Allister would give Handy Andy & long term in the Penitentiary, The Judge sentenced him three years ago next January, to a ten years’ term of imprisonment. Yesterdsy Dr. Weeks (if that is his name) handed to Mr, Reed a strong Totter from Judge McAllister, requesting the Governor to pardon this depraved character. Mr. Roed viewed the docnment with amazement, and declined to stultify himself by putting his signature toit. Handy Andy's record is still fresh in the minds of his extra-penitential friends abont town, as well asof the police, and at the present sesson when crimeis 80 prevalent, it would be dangerousto letloose upon the commaunity such a character as this hardened young ruffian. — e e o MISCELLANEOUS CITY ITEMS. The alarm from Box_181, sbout 6 o'clock yes- terday evening, was false. An aged Polish woman, named Ross Adol, was run over by a train of cars at the corner of Car- enter and George streets, yesterday, and had er right leg cut off. Her recovery i8 consid- a:adtdonhmfl. She resides at No. 60 George street. William Tunnioliffe owed $5 fo the firm of Goodrich & Kirby, at the corner of Greene and Madison streets. 'He called there yeaterday af- ternoon, and presented a check for $80 in pay- ment. The bookkeeper gave him back $75, and, aftar he t the store, sent s messenger fo the bank with the check. Meanwhile Tunnicliffe refurned with an- other check for 845, which he wanted the firm to cash. This proceeding was consid- ered so msgicinu 2 the store doors were locked, and icliffe was detained until the messenger returned with tidings of the first check. The latter was reported to be a forgery, and it was accordingly presumed that ihe 945 check was another document of the same sort. A policeman was called, and Tunnicliffe was taken into cnxtodg. Ho 18 5 brother of a former Xkeaper of the Bridewall. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, Hnlgolge,flzsggn is abont It‘o be ‘1 eity. —Aaf the ing in Pennsylvania, & Miss Cady asked. parmi;ussx:;gm adjust the fatal noose. —Mra. A. Whipple, of Portland, Columbia County, Wis., died suddenly from the effects of paring a corn too clogely. —A small family at Petersburg, Va., have em- ployed eighty-five different colored cooks during the g;at year. —1W. Smith has presented the Firat Congrega- tional Church, Rockford, with & new bell weigh- ing 3,500 pounds, and worth $2,000. unters and Indisns are making havoe among the deer at Sturgeon and above. Oue Bty killed 114, and snother 49, within six Wwoeks. —At Lexington, IlL., last Friday morning, tho residence of gendxaw Flesher wnsybnmed; e, $5,000. On Saturday night the residence of Nelson Franklin, near Loxington, was burned; loss, 34,000, Both fires incendiary. —Horsace Blakesles, who placed tlhe obstruc- tions upon the railroad track at Thompsonville, Ct., was fonnd guilty at Hartford, Saturday, an sentenced to ton years’ imprisonment, the fullest penalty of the law.. The fact of intoxicstion waa pleaded a8 ground for mercy, but was very properly disregarded. —The Michigan Central Railroad Company has contracted with Colonel Fisk, of the North- ern Central Michigan Railroad, for 50,000 cords of wood, to be delivered over the latter road, at Albion. ~_This virtually takes the Central out of the wood market for the present in the towns along that line, and ought to have some effect inreducing ihe present high prices of that article. —The Owensboro (Ky.) Shield tells this: «A few days since Jo Jones and Elisha Ford were ount coon hunting on_the farm of Esquire Tom Monarch. They treed & coon up a very large tree, and A}rocaeded'to cut it down. Just as the, had felled it Esquire M. came upon themn-ng ordered them to get a cross-cut saw and saw tho treo into cnta suitablo for shingles, By daylight they had the tree sawed into nineteen cuts, and the next dayhe made them rive the cuts into shingles, under penalty of trespass. The parties have not been coon hunting since.” —The Sheriff of Saratoga County, N. Y., sold that portion Jf the Grand Central Hotel at Sara- toga belonging to Mr. Charles R. Brown, last Saturdsy, for the sum of $3,000, over and "above all claims _outstanding against ssme, on or before July 10. Brown states that these back claims amount to $222,000, making it tothe purchaser $225,000. 1t ia stated by those who have investigated tho matter that the claims stopped by the above mentioned sale amounts to nearly $100,000. —Samuel Chapman, who married an ostimable lady in Columbus, Ohio, one year since, under the name of Carpenter, was brought to Colum- bus on the 16th, from Chicago, charged bigamy, having another wife in’ Lngland. fum Pato, of Cloveland, visiting Lngland, dis- covered Chapman’s wife, who gave him her mar- ringe certificate and the names of persons in America who knew- of her marriage. Pate and Fxsha whose dzughter Chapman married, pro- cured bis arrest. By the second wife Chapman has a child 6 months old, The mother is neatly distracted. —A Rangoon paper states that his Mn{euty, the King of Siam, who signs_himself, in a lettor to Her Majesty, as Her Msjesty'’s affectionato friend snd brother, sent to England soma ‘Tmonths ago, six boxes of presents for tho sc- 2 A nnmber of Knights Templar left Cairo yes- ceptance of the Queen. o Dresents are as i follows: Box No. 1, a water-goblet msde of pure gold ; 2, water-stand made of pure gold; 8, aboxmade of pure gold, supposed to be the usual betel box; 4, a sglfloon madeof pure old. Box No. 2—Two gold «dresses and a gown. Tomma b park of o Kb boay-£uatd, whes orne by s part of the King's body- when they Tollow him. Box No. 5— large and royal umbrella, white in coior. Box No. royal palankeen. . —The smfll—&nx is gettingy an_unpleasany strong footho! down Easi Portsmouth, Nashus, ‘and other towns in somtheastern New Hampshiro report cases, while in Portland and Bangor the matter is assuming & serious aspect, The schools in the latter city have been closed & week earlier than usual on this account, and there have been sovetal deaths at Portland, tha Iast being that of the Rev. N. W. T. Root, rector ot St. Paul's Church, who died on Saturdsy af the aty hospital, whither he had becn taken soon after a sociable at his residence, s fow days 8go, during which he complained of feeling nns well. There is nothing new sbout the diseasa at Boston, except that the newspapers proposs o adopt tho silly policy of pubiisbing Botht about it ° —— War Department Weather Progncse tications. Wir DepPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEZP SroxAx OrFices, DivisroN or TELEGRAMS AXD Rrrorts FOR THE BENERFIT oF CoxwemcE, Wasamvaroy, D. C.. Dec. 18.—Probabilities— In the Northwest and over the upper lakes, high pressures, low _temperatures, northerly and Westerly winds, and generally clear weather will b Eevnil and ext:nd to Arkansas and Tennessea, the Gulf and South Atlantic States, nort'\irng and northwestsrly winds, colder, cloudy, clearing weather, With oceasion al continued Igh{ ain. , threate 'or tholower lakes and Canads, ening weather, northeasterly to northwasterly ‘winds, hfint #n0w, and increasing pressures. In the Middle and Eastern States, low baromster, Tising to-night, northwesterly winds, clondy weather, snow, and rain, clearing away to-mor= row with low temperatures and increased press sures. e T B ‘The Horse Disease. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 18.—Tha epizootla Erenils here to & great extent. In eighteen ivery siables gome G500 animals are siok, and over half tho private horses of the city me affected. The strest cars ars withdrawn from Fort Leavenworth road, and oxen haul thecars on the Fifth aveaus line. Mules working 700 feet under ground are alsg affected. The dizerse also prevails to a greak extent among the Government horses and mules at Fort Leavenworth. Qurscy, 1L, Dec. 18.—The horse disease Is under fall hesdway, and few animals are on tha street, No deaths yet reported. Obituary. JACESONVILLE, TIL, Dec. 18.—The Bev. Williaxy C. Stribling, for sixty years s minister of ths Methodist Episcopal Church, and sn old and wealthy citizen of Jacksonville, died 1ast night ;f; his home in this city, at the advenced age of years. . OrTawa, IL, Dec. 13.—8eward Thorson, whe for muzyrfiam was a dggonda merchant o this city, died at Ottawa, ., & few days ninca. peietiaakatsfsZ e bt The NewYXork TYribune. New Yorg, Dec. 18.—Vice President Oolfax h:la accepted the editorship of ths Tribune. Hig sgalutato; ‘may be looked for in a few dsys. Itix .Srbon has offered thmsxfionot said that’ t he wilt managing editor to Hazzard, and ‘probably accept. gl Judicial Appointment. PoRTLAND, Me., Dec. 18.—Hon. William Wirt" Virgin, of Portland, has been nominated by the Governor to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Cowtoftaine, MARRIED. R e i 3 v. S e hiot, M. Yavoms Biats, of Si- el Miatey aad Miss Carrle L. Hutohings, of Chlcago. pOSRILLEE G e 8, B ugpe onw: L o0 Rev. Murdy, D.D., oaly, of Ml Eatoaiins e DIED. A A A A A A A JONES—In this city, Dec. 17, 1872, Fanny Sutton, bas loved wifs of W. 4 R years. T o No- 19 ot Bearsty to-day, 88102 o'clock a. m. DOYLE-In Dee. 17, at 145 Eo . A., the Muvflflfg’.hhn Dflfl:. asis Many Haneral Fri 20th inst., by carsto Calvary. AUCTION SALES. By ELISON & FOSTER. GREAT SALI Holiday Gifts! BY AUCTION, CONSISTING OF ELEGANT WARBLE STATUARY, Bronzes and Clocks, Will_take place on THURSDAY AFTERNOON AX EVENING, Dec. 1. at 3 and 73§ 'lock, t, Stors um‘;? Soioeh ia eveniny at T3 o'ctbeks Bn a a soldy e L 3 DS T is Snont collsotion e navs pot pered: - ELISON & FOSTER, Auctloncers. antil offe By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO. 5520 57 Soath Canal-st. 15 Pianofortes (0 FRIDAY, Dec. 20, at 10 oclock A. M At 55 and 57 South Canal-st. Ws shall sell, withont roserve, fortes, all by the hest makars (4 the comntey. Pu“ Bl 1 Very Fine Parlor Organ. WM. A. BUTTERS & CO.. Anctionsers, By ELISON & FOSTER. No, 183 South Morgan-st,, Genteel Furniture AT AUCTION, On Thursday Horning, Dec. 19, at 10 otlock, Genststing of Parlor, Glamber, Dintngroom, end Kiteh ON & FOSTER, Auctiomeers, —% By HARRISON & CO. SPECIAL SALE OF ' # CHRISTMAS GOODS, Friday Morning, Dec. 20, at 10 O’Clock,’ Large Assortment of Elegant FRENCH BOXES jusy imported, togetbor with a | 8 Hofidaze.” ast ohanco bators Chrisiass, 010 fort50 HARRISON & CO., Auctionee 63 South Canasl-st. : 1000 Canary Bir, Imported from the Harts Mountains, and all Guaranteed Singers. Thess birds have bsen {m; by the well knosm. of Chas. Reiche & Bro., of Ne R Dlcds over. broseht iy ibiscomme. deld wholoale s Alsoal Jot . 2 By JAMES GEARY & CO. EXTENSIVE AUCTION SATE. Pawbroker's Unredecmed Piedzes, ‘Weo will offer the Entire Stock of the Orlginal Andrews Loan Office, No. 461 State-st., AT PUBLIC AUCTIOR, THURSDAY, {3t toneat b orctor y, ey mencing THURSDAT: & i 5 ‘he stock is & very e, and conslsta of fine Gol Watoues, GO Ghmtan Dismand s s Blos. Boacs lots, Netkiscos,”Caios, Solid Gold Hlags ot with Py 500 solid Silver W f the best Americ En aad. Swmflmuau:'n’fi’,i""-x';c, Rovol ers, Gans, mfityg et o Sasical” Tos af Pawhbrok Andrews, ¢ fiy strament "an trophies shich ave foad, u;Zs:m By the o R & (0. Anctiancersy Balo without reserve. o