Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1872, Page 1

VOLUME 26. CHICAGO, MONDAY, JEWELRY, &c. . AY9 & C0, JEWELLERS, Orrposite Post Office, WILL SELL, AN COSEY, FOR THIRTY DAYS. SEE FOLLOWING PRICES: American Gold nnd Sil ¥ 5 elfi-nfs\r:lm;(.l Swiss Watches, 30 to 45 per cent Solid 14-Carat Gold Chains, $1.25 to 81.50 Rovyal Opern Chnins, 823 to 860 ench. Elcgant Gold Neck!: ] s ol Neclduces and Crosscs ot near. Beautiful Stene Cameo, Coral, and oSSt BE neurly all price: U perquolie a Finish and Chased Scts at haif price. New Desiama in Bands acd Chain Bracelets, Sterlin, per d Do. do. In cases, for presents, 5 ent discount 1 DT o€, at 23 10 45 per Rogers’ Pinted Ware, 25 to 40 per ct. discount. Ice Pitchers, Tea Sets, Castors, ctc., do. do. B:llxllrl[xgul Bronzes aud Clocks at neariy kalf Yoyage Clacks nnd Raussia Leather, Gi Qur entire stox prices. J.B.MATYO & 0., 360 Wabashi-av,, opp. Post Ofice., HOLIDAY GOODS, Vienna, Paris, and Bohemian LIDAY GU0D AT COST for balance of the scason. BURLEY & TYRRELL, 274, 276 & 278 WABASH-AV,, Corner VanBuren-st. FINANGIAL. Wb employ the best facilities known for the collection of claims in all parts of tho country, with as complete sad extonsive eystem a3 most cases will demand. Busi- 085 men ave jumited to (nvestigate, Call r acnd for . unlar, FRASIER'S Mercanule Collection Agoncy, 146 t Madison st T INSURANCE CLATMS. MERRCEANTS’, GERMANIA, GREAT WESTERN, EQUITABLE, And other insurance claims, bozht at_the vers highest ash price. H. 5. D; CH, Room 8, 77 Weat Madison-st., up stairs. “Toans Negotiated #nrealestate, in tho clty or suburbs, at current rates. G. §. HUBBARD, Jr., 163 East Washington. ‘BEPUBLIO INSURANCE CERTIFICATES X will sell 4,000 and buy at market price. R. D. STILES, 130 South Cla; Room 5. e, ver Forks and Spoons only §1.75 lectric Bells do. do. » and Ivory Fans do. do. in facty far below market & TO RENT. OFFICES IN THE - 1ime Blding Are nearly finished. Several are yet wuntaken. Fire-proof, with wvaults. English tile floorsthrough- out. No oflfices in the city equal these in every first-class respect. Plans ol the Tribune Building can ‘be seen at the office of W. C. DOW, Room No. 1, Nevada Block. REMOVALS. REMOVAL FASHIONABLE FURNITURE! V. V. STRONG FURNTIURE (0, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. REMOV.ATL. CGCERSTEONEBERG, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Has Remeved to 199 East Kinzie-st. . STATIONERY. The largest assortment of Fine Stationery in Chicago, at ¥Whole- sale and Retail, at CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO'S, 1i8 & 120 Monroe-st. J. L. W. JONES, STATIONER, PRINTER & BLANK BOOE MANUFACTURER. 88 South Canul-st., and 107 South Clurkest., Methadixe Chiurch Block. DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. Tho copertnership heretoforo oxisting botween the mn- fl.!nlim':g under (h?v tirm namo of Wright & lincbe, is this d'd aissolved by mutual consent. N T. WRIGILT, 'HICAGO, Dec. 16, 18:2. Giz0! T. BEEBE. COPARTNERSEIP. Tho undorsigned hasing purchascd tho_intereat of N. 4. Wright, in (he late nrin of Wright & Beobe, have en- tored iato a copartacrship for tho tho purpoto of continu- 15g the goneral graia and produca commission busincss at 151 South Waterat., bLerctoloro bceupied by Wright ecbe, under the fitm uame and sislo of G. T. Becbo & Co. Woare proparec, nit only to supply thic wants of all old customers, but 1o fnake ltboral cash advances on con- Bigaments fro - nce of favors is solicit- fenun wur aequalnt .heos, aod 1 trial from all. of inquiry Wil Fecelvs proip a <, Lotters MISCELLANEOUS NEW YEARY CALLING CARDS, At RUSSELL’S, 148 Btate-st. THE SHERMAN HOUSE SALOON ‘Will open Tuesday, us s call. Best of Wines & o o B Glvom S g RS GO WASHINGTOR. What Action Will Congress Take on the Mormon Problem? Considerable Talk Over Our Relations with the Sand- wich Islands. Probable Invitation to Kanaka Annex- ation. The Mexican Frontier Commission. THE MOEMON PRODLEM. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuisatoy, Dec. 29.—The proposd resigna- tion of Judgo Stricklund, of the United States | Court of Utah, will leave the Court there, ns far a8 known, entirely in the hands of those who are in favor of tho Administration policy of severo dealing with the Mormons. Tho fecling of the new District Attorney, appointed since the meeting of Congress, is not fully known, but, from scmo espressions dropped Quring hislate visit to Washington, itis believed that he will go as far as the law will allow in car- rying on tho Administration crusade against Mormonism. The majority of the present Con- gress scems disposed to let the Mormons slone, and to allow the more moderate of them an opportunity of urging their policy of a gradual abandounent of polyg- amy. What the temper of the next Congress will be no one can tell, though some of the leaders of the Houso who havo been re-clected aze in favor of no stringent legislation. They say that the history o Mormonism illustrates the truth of the old adage, that “the blood of the martyrs is_tae seed of the church.” When Mormoniem has been lot alons, they say, it has grown very slowly, if at all, but persccations, whether in OLio, Ilindls, or Utah, have invariably given it new life. Judge Btrickland is not understood to contémplata resignation because of any difference with the Administration, though he favored the view takon of the notable case of last year, by Dis- trict Attorney Bates, and sustained by the Supreme Cout. Ho says that, whilo Congress refuses or neglects to appropriate funds for the propor maintenance of the Court, it is unable to administer justice or enforce its decrees, and is, thercfore, s dead lotter, which he cannot en- dure, and furthermoro, that ho cannot afford to be a Judge for $3,000 & year, when ho can mako twice a8 much money by practicing at the bar. MRS, GAINES' LEGAL FEE SUIT. The caso of Dodridge vs. Mrs. dlyra Clark ince, which was tried hero Inst wedk in the Circuit Court for the third time, torminated yes- terday by a verdict for the_defondant. The ac- tion was for & fee of £50,000, to bo pnid in the event of DMrs. Gaines' puccess in her suite, and tho Chief Justice instructed tho jury that if tho contract was one which was not complied with until after the expifation of o year from tho time at which it was made, it came witlin the provisions of tho statute of frauds, and was vaid unless evidonced by a memorandut in writing\ end left i for the jury to say whether the evidehco showed, or did Dot show, an execution of the centract within a yesr. In tho first ofjthese suits & verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for £1,500, and in the second for $50,000 under a ruling of Mr. Justice MacArthur, that the whole amount claimed must be awarded, and a verdict given for tho plaintiff. This last verdict, however, will, it is under- stood, sottle tho matter. Yesterdsy the counsel for tho pluinti? filed s motion for a new trial on the ground that the Court erred in in- structing the jury on the subject of the statate of frauds; aleo, on the subject of the statute of limitations; that the verdict was contrary to the 1aw as given by the Court, and was contrary to the evidence. OUR TTONOLULU RELATIONS. Tho death of the King of the Sandwich Islands, and the future of that kingdom in view of the fact that he loft no heir to the throne, is the subject of considersblo comment and specula- tion hero, in_official and diplomatio circles. Governor McCook, of Colorado_Territory, who was _ Minister Hesident nt Honolulu' prior to Gemeral Grant's Administration, is of tho opinion that if our Government wants to annex tho islands it can be done now without much diffculty. If our prosent Minister there shows any sort of man- agement he can have control of metters. The English snd French Ministers are sbsent on leave, and there aro no foreign vessols of war in the Hawaiin waters except American, and in all departments of tho Government of the king- dom the Americans have tho ascondsncy. The principal _opponent to _tho annexation of the lslnnds to tbe United States was the dead King Kamchamehs. In his youth he had visited this country, and, unfortunately, the treatmont received was not of & character to prepossess him in our favor. Being & colored man, and travelling incognito, he was in many instances subjectod to indignities which ho never forgot. In a conversation with General McCook whilo ho twas Minister Resident, on the subjeck of _snmoxation, Kemehamehs' statod that a3 Kiug he reccived o salary much larger then that of the President of the United Statos, some §40,000 per annum, not to speak of the privil- eges of his position aa sovoreign. With annoxa- tion, he #aid, as an accomplishied fact, ho would bocome & very ordinary citizen of the United States. Ho preferred, of course, to remain King. = This was his position, Tho scntimonts of his subjects, or at least the most influential portion of them, wero most favorable to the United States and to an- pexation, but wkile Kamehameha lived the uestion was not sgitated. Shortly before his Zeulh, the King expressed a desiro to visit the United States, for what purpose is not known, but the fact whs communicated to Mr. Pearce, our Minister Resident at Honoluly, who in- formed tho Government. The result was that the United States sicamer California was ordercd_to procced to the Sandwich Islands for the purposo of briniing the King bere. That vessel is now on her way thero under the original order, and not ashas beon stated, to protect the intcrests of American cif zons. ' It is not known what course the Admin- istration will pursue, but it is not improbable that, in view of the importance of the islauds to the United States, ifa favorablc opportunity offors, annexation will be at_loast invited. [To the Associated Press.] GOVERNMENT GOLD SALFS. Wasmrxatos, Dee. 29,—The Secrotary of the 28 suthorized the Assistant Treasurer at New York to buy one million bonds and sell one million in coin ench weok during tho month of January. THE MESICAN FRONTIER, The Commission to inquire into the depreds- tions of the Mexicans on tho Texas frontier ox- poct to leave Washington on the 7th of January to resumo their labors. Alr. Meade, ono of the Commissioners, has resigned. TIE CASE OF EENATOR CALDWELL. The Senate Committee on Priviloges and Elec- tions will, on the 10tk of January, resume their investigation of the charge against Senator Caldwell that he was elected by the bribery of cortain members of the Kansas Legislaturo. The testimony taken by the Committee of the Legislature is already before them. They will, at the time abovo siated, begin the examination of the witnesses, tho Scrgennt-at-Arms having summoned shout twenty persons for that pur- | pose. i TO RESIGN. % Associate Judge Strickland, of the United States Court of Utal, will soonresign. Sloa gt Lo obituary. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dernorr, Dec. 20.—Yesterday evening two business men of Detroit died, Francis ECM, tobacconist, aged 50, and Charles Merrill, aged 81. i Mr. Merrill was attacked with paralysis \;bfle roturning from funeral services at Elmwood, on 'l‘ncs:lzy,gab tho residence of Thomas Palmer on | Jefferson avenue, whero he had_stopped for a i fow moments’ rest. He had been for many ears a resident of Dotroit, and was promineut- fyidanfi.fied With the Jumber intercsts, having boen one of the most extensive manufa:turers in the State. He was the proprietor of the er- rill Block on Jefferson svenuo, and owned & Inrge estato in this city, besides thousands of 2eres of pine lands in tho northern part of {his ate. Havaxa, Gubs, Dec. 20.—Senor Pusnto, Presi- dent of the Spanish Bank, is dead. NEW YORK. Scarching for the Victims of the Cene tre Street Fire—The Fire Marshals Rcport on the Recent Conflagrations ,—Great Criminal Carclessness—Une ‘safe Condition of the Jersey City School Houses—Arrival of Ku-Klux Prisoners Destined for Albany—De= clines a Bishopric—Forty-five Fires Last Weel. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yorg, Doc. 20.—While several members of tho Fire Departmont were walking over tho ruins of the Centro stroot fire, this morning, they camo across the charred remains of one of the victims. The police authorities were in- formed, but as they had no mouey to hire labor- ers, Justice Dowling provided them with $300 from his own pocket. A gang of laborers was immediately organized, and the Hon. Morgan Jones, hearing of Dowling's humane act, con- tributed £250, with authority .to call for more, if nceded, Shortly after noon ninety laborers, with picks, shovels, and orow- bars, roported to the Polico Captains, and marched to thesepulchre of seven human beings Toasted to death last Tuesday, end pormitted to lie there for a weel, Police lines were formed to keop off idlo spectators, and tho one mis- shapen mass of human remains first discovered was removed to_tho police station. The Cor- oner was notified. After viewing the remains, ho announced officially that he was satisfie he could now assume tho payment of tho ex- pensos of tho search. About the same time, a committee of Interna- tionals visited tho police station for the purpose of asking Superintendent Kelso to allow them to Tomove the debris ot once by their own labor. They alloged they had been requested to tako this” step by relatives of tho victims, buried underneath'the ruins. They proposed to tako off their coats and work Wilg a will, but the police authoritios informed them that the labor would be_done by the city officials. The Iater- natioual Leaguer, TheoJoro Banke, fiercely said his society intended to go to work on tho ruins, olice or 1o police, but refrained from actust Fastititios. Kt the'ruins two linea of polics were strotched across Centre street, and, ot 2 p. m., two hundred laborers were at work under the command of sergeants of the police. About fifty firemen chopped through the ice, and woro as- sisted in raising heavy articles from tho ruins by & work horse, volunteered by an humbla laborer. At least fivo thonsand spectators were kept at a distance by tho cordon of police. Thoe relatives of the victims were present tearfully awaiting the result, Work was continued until dark, and s large pile of rubbish rapidly grew in thostreet, No more remains were found, how- ever, and the search will be resumed to-morrow. The' ono body recovered prosenis a horrible _ sight, rescmbiing ~ & lump of charcoal. It was frozen in & solid mass. One charred arm rested overthe eyes, and on the Dones of & finger vero twogold rings by which the body was identified as that of Jano Stewart, s 'young woman living on Charlton strect who was soon to have been!married. It is certain that if the municipal authorities had not begun the exhumation to-day, tho work would lave been performed by the citizens ot large, acting under loaders of their own selec- tion, and dofying “ red tapo” to interfera with their sct of common humanity and decency. [Zo the Associated Press.) New Yonx, Dec. 20.—Fire Marshal McSpedan says in_rogsrd to the burning of Bar- num's Musoum snd Menngerio, that the fire originated under tho floor immediately over the boiler, and from the superheated steam, which, in its effects, is o5 destructive as burning gas or flamo, and when it is_allowed to gain strength is sure to bo productive of most torriblo results. Ho adds that the attention of the managers of tho Circus was twice called to its condition, but no attention was paid to the warning, and hence the fire. In relation to tho Contre street fire, the Mar- shal says the firo originated in the printing office of Dus, Batlow & Co., probably froa careless- ness. 1 found that bofore the people employed npon the premises could get from the press-room, ia which the fire originated, all egress from the buildings was shut of. The oxterior means of escapo wero most mesgre, and tho unfortuntae loss of lifo that has occwrred was unques- tionably due to the negligence snd intor- gsiod parsimony of the propor suthoritios. Tho_utter neglect and want of proper consid- eration for public foeling manifested by tho roprietor of the building, during the timo that Fae elapscd sinco the fits oceurred, will fully illustrato to tho publio at largo the difficulties 1 havo to contond with, 85 catorer for the safoty of tho community. I discovered that immedi- ately adjoining the only staircase of the building was 8 largo elovator, that servad, during the fire, 8 2 fluo to carry the flames above. If this trap had been constracted for tho purpose, and fitted at the foundation with an enormous bellows, it could not have more effectuslly performed its_torribio work of dostruction. In this building thero was but one staireaso, and I have no_othier torm to use for it but the ‘in- fornal machine’ Tho elevator was placed close to it, 80 that whon tho flames caught ono, the other was _nttacked, and, almost a8 quick as lightning, oll chanco of cscape was cut off from tho pooplo abovo. Tho fire-cscapes, or the complicated machinery meant to bo eacapes, fitton on tho outsido of tho buildiug, werosimply ‘man-traps, entirely inadequate for their intend- ed purposs, and in & most wrotched condition.” o burning of Public School No. 5, in Jersey City, is ascribed to the fact that the pipo or tun- nel, which served the doublo purpose of heating and ventilating, was mado of wood. It seems that as far back as August, only two school Dbuildings in Jersey City were pronounced eafo, and tho heating apparatus of tbo school just burned was especially condemnod. The steamer James Adger arrived on Ssturday with ton mon for tho Albauy Ponetentiary con- victed of Ku-Klux ontrages. Among the pris- oners is the Rev. John Ezell, a Baptist clergy- man of South Carolina. Throo otiiers confess to haviog been concerned in fourteen assassina- tions. Froderick_Campbell, who r room, on Friday, dying from s pistol shot wound accidentally réceived, was a son of Jacob Campbell, President of the Pacific Bank, and held responsible position in tho banking House of Vermilyo & Co. o Tho Rev. Dr. Haight has written a letter de- clining; tho position to which ho has beon elected us Bishop of tho Episcopal Dioceso of Masea~ chusetts. “ Red tapo " still keeps tho bodios of the uu- fortunato victims of tho Centre strect fire buried bencath the ruins. Fire Marshal McSpedon reports 45 fires for tho week ending Dec. 23, noon ; estimated loss, $1,157,600; insurance, 81,780,200 Eightcon of tho fires wero caused by carolessnesa. THE WEATHER. War Department Prognostications— Rcports from Various Points. Wan DEpAnTIENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SraxAL OFFICER, DIvisioN oF TELEGRAMS AND REPORTS Fom THE DENEFIT OF COMMERCE, Visnrxorox, D. C., Dec. 20.—Probabilitios— For Now England, northwesterly to southwest- orly winds, and partly cloudy westher. For the Middlo States, winds backing to southwestorly, and cloudy weather, with light snow over the northern portion, probably turning into rain on Monday. - For the South Atlantic States, easterly and southerly winds and iccreasing cloudiness, From Kentucky to the Gulf, southeasterly and sontherly winds, clondy weather and probably rain. From the Ohio Valley to the Upper Lakes, southerly to easterly winds, cloudy weather sn diminishing prossure. From Missouri and Kan- ens to Minnesota and Dakota, diminishing pres- sure andincreasing easterly and sountherly winds, and clondiness, with probablo rain from Iowa southward, but snow henco northward. 8t. Louis, Dec. 20.—The weather was milder to-dsy, snd much of the snow has _diangpenred by thawing. The river is still rising, but the ive-gorgo 18 still strong. . /! TS trertrz, Dec. 29.—No change in the river. Tho weather is moderating. Mercury, 18 to 87 above. > i Crxerxsatr, Deo, 29.—The weather is growing warm, and tho snow is softening. was found in his Albany Live Stock Market. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Armane, N Y., Dec, 20.—BEEVES—It was not until Saturday noon that the Brighton and Eastern dealers mado ther appoarancy ol the markot, a8 OWing o the DECEMBER 30, 1872. iy Dailp Tibane, NUMBER 133. snow storm they were unable to arrive sooner,and s0me of the largeat New York buyers telegraphed their fricnds hera to buy for them the requisits number of cattle to meet their wants, This led to the inference that gome of tho largest buyers were snow-bound, and would mot attend the market this week, and conse- quently 1> gnimation was apparent in'the market, On Thursday and Fridsy comparatively no business was done, s holders asked an advance from X to 3(c per pound, snd buyers although in want of eattle would not pay more than 1ast week's rate, The Brighton and Esstern dealers bought largely on Saturday afternoon, paying from X 3ic per pound advance over last week's rates, snd some lots were bought on epeculation. The uncertain- ty of transportation made buyers careful, and very few were bought on telegraphic orders for the same reason, The average quality of the offeringa was fair, only sbout twenty car loads of Texans being included in the receipts, At tho same time no really premium stock lias been received. ‘To-day scarcely anything was done, and holders for the most part decided to send their cattle forward, as o light demand is_snticipated next week, The' re- ceipts this weck were 174 car-loads of cattle; 18 of sheep, and 301 of hogs, which is the erazllest weekly Tecelpt known here in ten years, The smail business done has mado the market very irregular, o that it is difiicalt to give » quotation of the ruling prices, but after careful observations, we give the fallowing quo- tations: Premium, this week, $3.25@S.75 ; extra, $7.50 @8.00; first qualify, §6.25@7.25¢ second quality, $5.25 ®6.00 third quality, £4.00@5.00; inferior, $3.0084.00 Mriom Cows—Recoipta very limited, snd the offer- ings were all taken by tho local deslers at from $45.00 40 $65.00 per head. No fancy stock was in market, SaErp Axp Lasns—Sheop are scarce, with a good demand. *‘The receipts this week wers about 1,400 head less than last, and some of those received were sent to Providence, aud others East, The market is atrong, with an advance of o per pound on last ‘weels's Tates, and thero are orders in the market which aro unfilled, buyers being unable to obtain what they desire, Tho pricea for fine wool sheeprango from 53¢ 10 Tido Jer I, and for course wools rom 6¢ to T3¢0 PHoGs—The market is dull, with o salea reported. The demand is confined exclieively to dressed, whick are in good supply and at low figurcs. The receipts this week of Live hogs Bavo beea 30,100, sguinst 35,500 st week, ‘Honsrs—Market inactive; no sales to report, MEMPHIS. The River Still Rising—Rocovery ot Cotton from One of the Wrecked Steamboats—Shore Xce Floating Off— Railrond Communications—The Coal Supply. Mexams, Dec. 23—Midnight.—Tho river is still rising steadily, but thero is mo material change in nffairs st tho lovee. All the cottonon the Belle Pike except abont 150 bales hes been saved. This is stored in thodeck room, and will probably be lest, as shois gradually sinking, Meywms, Tenn., Dec. 29.—Rain hus been talling sinco 8 o'clock, and now at 8p.m. is raining hard, A considerable portion of the shore ice below Jefferson street floated off, and the floating ice does not fill more than half of the channel, but & heavy fiold is lying betweon thomouth of Wolf Riverand Jofforson,not moved. This has been regarded as tho chiof ‘instrumont of destruction to steamers, should it all break Ioose from shore, but as tho channel is rapidly closing, the danger is lessoned. The James Howard loft for Cairo at 4 o'clock, bolieving that the floating ico bad pretty well run out. With the assistance of the A. J. White, the City of Augusts was locaened from tho dibris of wrecks and ice, nnd_dropped down' to the place. vacated by the Kow- ard. The little steamers Helen Brooks and Summer Coon have sunk. Tho Walt has been wrecked, excopt her boilers. AlL tho freight on tho Belle Pike has been suved, except about 100 bales of cotton. She is grad- ually sottling, snd will prove o total loss, cxcept tho cabin furniturc. The condition of tho Cleburne, Excelsior, Nollic Thomas, and Dry Docks, s unchanged, and is now rogarddd as less critical The shoro ico along whers the wrocks of tho Wost Vind, Andy Baum, Arlington, Glasgow, and St. Francis aro moored, hes sloughed cff, leaving {hern almost freo, although in a ~osition to bo crushed should the field of ice be hurled against them in o body. The iron tug Nat. Jonos, with coal flat, car- ried oyer the troops for Little Bock, who have been dotained here by the ice. Tho trains on the Little Rock Failroad will commonce running sgain_to-mciv-w.. The Momphis & Charleston Railroad Company have comploted arrangoments by which, towards the close of the week, thby can deliver ten car londs of coal daily from tie Tennessce mines. It is now bolieved that tho gas com- panies will have little or no trouble in supplying the demand. CALIFORNIA. . Serious Mining Troubles—Two Miners Shot—A Riot Feared. Sax Fraxcisco, Cal., Doc. 29.—Last Fridsy the Gioche Pheenix Mining Company, of Nevada, took possession of ono_hundred feet of ground reconily worked by Ruymond, Ely Co., claimed by both Companics. The Phanix men erocted & barricade on tho ground, snd mado othor proparations to hold_ it sgainst_ Raymond & Co. Last night whilo ' Thomas Ryan, a Phenix workman, was overlooking tho barricado, one of tho Ray~ mond & Ely men shot him through tho hesd, killing him instantly. About forty shots wero thereupon exchanged by tho parties without serious rosults. 'The Phenix men held the ground. It is foared there will bo more blood- shed. This morning, & miner named Jacob Bwestzer, whilo going to work, was shot and dangerously woundod by gome unknown porsor. FIRES. Destruction of Property at Various Places Yesterday. §1. Louts, Dec, 29.—Daniols & McCuw's sales stables, corner of Fifth and Carr strets, was burned sbout 2 o'clock this morning. Loss about 312,000 ; partly insured. Avausta, Mo, Dec. 20.—The Skowhegan Ho- tol, ot Skowhogan, Maine, was burned tuis even- ing. Loss, $60,000 ; insurance, $30,000. Cause, a dofective chimney, Prrrsnuson, Doc. 29,—A Commercial spocial from Portsmouth statcs that the largo stoam tannery of Brick, Fender & Co. was~ outirely dostroged by firo yesterday. Loss, $30,000 ; in- surance, $19,000, CuanLESTON, 8, C., Dec. 29.—Tho British bark J. B. Duffo, st this port for Bremen, with 3,244 bles of upland cotton on board, fook fir on Saturdsy night in tLocotton forward. _She filled with water and sunk at tho wharf. Damago to the cargo by salt wator large. i e N Bar-Room Shooting Affray, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Daytox, O., Dec. 29.—Last night, two roughs, named Ed. Spang and John Cathirt, were shot by a sporting man named Rice Foster, in the Phillips Houso bar-room. Spang snd Cathirt made threats of killing Foster, and, upon mooting last night, he ehot Bpang twice, onco through tho throat, severing tha tcngue, and onco in tho hip, and Catlirt in ko ede. ' Both men aro in & critical condition, but bave uo sympathy from the public. Foster is in jail, and will probably be bailed to-morrow. Railrond Acciderts New Yong, Dec. 20.—The Erie express train which left tho Long Dock at half-past 7 on Saturday evening, came in_ collision, at 8 p. m., with & coal train from Wechawken, sbout a mil west from the Bergen Tunnel. The coal train at the time was endeavoring to switch off the track to allow tho oxpress train to pass. Fivo cars of the freight train were slmost en- tirely domolished, and the first of the two_ loco- motives drawing the express train_was thrown on its sido into s deep cutting, badly damaged. The express train was delayed two hours. No- body hurt. e L Commerce of St. Louis. Sr. Lous, Dec. 20.—The amount of freight received at this port by steamers and barges this year is 836,910 tons ; amount shipped from here by river, 505,232 tons. Twenty thousand tons legs were _regeived, and 90,000 tons more woro shipped in 1871. ‘Moro bargos were em- ployed, but fewer steamors, than in 1871. ol ik i Steamboat Sunik. Evaxsviiz, Ind., Doc. 29.—Leclaire No.3, Evanavillo, Henderson & Nashville Railroad transfor packet, was_struck by a cake of ico to- night and sank in five feot of water. Her hull is about on a level with and full of wator. There are prospects of a general breakup to-night. Ocean Stezmship News. XEw York, Dec. 29.—Arrived, steamship City of New York, from Liverpuol, FOREIGN. No More Hessian Convicts to Re Exporied to the United © States, A Bombshell in European Poli- tics---Did Austria Promise Aid to France ? Another Revolution Expected in Mexico. The Insurrection, Again Active in Cuba, MEXICO.i Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, WaswNotoy, Dec. 29.—Information of a di- ‘plomatic character, just received here from Mex- ico, is construed by mombers of the Diplomatic Corps to be indicative of a general revolution in that Republic, and the impression is that by or befors Feb, 1 a revolution against tho mew Government of President Lerdo De Tejada will occur. The previous_reports given in this cor- respondence of uprisings in _tho States of Coabuils snd Chibuahua were decidedly antici- patory of the above. The fact that the people of Mexico are {0 a great degree turbulent is not disguised or donie - CUBA. Havava, Dec, 28.—The insurgents attacked Mayari on the night of the 12th inst. The town wadin a defenceless condition. The regulars and volunteers being absent, the man-of-war Hulva landed hor mariners aud sailors, who drove out the insurfiems, not, however, befors tho latter had sacked several houses. In the at- tack twenty Spaniards wero killed.- The insur- gonts pucceeded in carrying off their dead and wounded. On the night of the 19th, during the sbsence of tho troops on an expedition, the insurgents, under command of Vicente Garcis, entered the town of Holquin and -sptured Fort Perriquera. The Holquin volunteers hed beon previously or- dered to march into the fort to replace the troops withdrawn, and, ns they spprosched, not awsre that it had fallen 1into the hands of tke enemy, thoy rcceived s heavy firo from tho insurgents. Tho volunteers and a fow regulars ~subsequently attacked the insurgents, and meseengers wero despatched to recall the troops. Operations were suspend- ed till daylight of the 20th, when the insurgents withdrow, after sacking six establishments, and a number of privato houses. A Spanieh Lieu- tenant Colonel and a Major, and several other officors, wore killed. The roports as to the total Toss of the Spanish are conflicting, some placing the figure as high a8 sixty. The Spanish account_ acknowledges twenty killed. Troops arc marching rapidly in pursuit of Garcia, nnxious to avenge tho doath of thoir comrades, Full particulars of the affair are wanting, Seventeen insurgents surrendered at Trinidad, on Friday. It is roported that General Ceballos will return to Spain upon the arrivalof General Cordosa. s The Intendente has made public a number of fraudulent entrios in tho Custom House ; also, tho namesof the ofiicials_implicated in the frauds. Theso exposurcs have caused much excitement among officcholdors and merchants. It is reported that the Intendente will return to Spain shortly. His efforts to sbolish tho Tev- enue frauds have been partially successful. The epizootic bas brolen out among tho oxen in the jurisdictions of Cardemas and Cien- fuegos. It is of a malignant type, and in many cases death follows almost immediately upon the animal being attacked. The family of Secretary Delano arrived hero yesterday from New Oxlonns. FRANCE. Panis, Dec. 20.—. Bourgoing, French Minis- ter to the Papal Court, resignod becauss somo French naval officors in Rome, at the beginning of the holidays, called on the King and Pope on tho same day and tenderod the compliments of tho season. The Monarckists seok to make po- litical capital out of tho affair. g The Union publishes an_ address praising tho Minister's nct, 8s a striking disavowal of tho policy which would abandon the Holy Father to spoliation and insult, Panis, Deo. 29.—President Thiers visited the English Embagsy esterday, On leaving tho building, he fell and suffered s slight contusion of the hip and elbow, but was able to be prosent. at the receptign this evening. . Bourgoin has left Rome. el AUSTRIA. Loxpoy, Doe. 20.—Tho Austrisn, French, and Prussian newspapors are_engaged in a_lively controversy over the disclosures made by the Duke de Gra:amont in regard to tho origin of the late war. The Duke brings documentary evidence to enpport the truth of his sssertion, that Austria piomised to assist France in case of a war with Prussia. ublishes an Aus- trian dospatch to the Fren Government, in which tho pledge is given in the following words: “ Your cause 18 ours. We will con- tribute to the spccess of the French arms.” It is reported that the Austrian Government has determined to dispense altogether with the services of Count Von Beust. s lasica iy GERMANY Wasnrsatoy, Dec. 20.—An alleged case of pardon by the Grand Duke of Hesso, on condi-~ tion that the criminal should emigrate to America, having been brought to the attention of the Hessian authorities by our Diplomatio Reprosentative at Borlin, assurances_ have been given him that pardon accompanied by a condition of that character will inno case be granted by the Grand Duke. S =y RUSSIA, Sr. PerERspunc, Dec. 29.—The physician’s Dulletin thix morning states that the Czarovitch passed a quiet night, and the patient’s condition is satisfactors. Railroad News. Torexa, Ks., Dec. 20.—Tho Atchison, Topeks & Banta Fo Railroad was completed to the west ling of Kansas yosterday. Company has built 962 miles of road since March last. In August 50 milos of track wore laid, the largest month's work ever done on any railroad in this country. The entiro longth of the road, in- cluding branchos, is 470 miles, all graded, iron- ed, and equipped sinco 1569. Stesems, Dec, 29.—Captain W. J. Ross has been appointed Genoral Superintondent of the Memphis & Charloston Railroad, and C. S. Will- iams, Aseistant Superintendent. : KLouisiana FPolitics. New Onveaxs, Dec, 29.—Tho Committeo have printed their address to_the poople of the United States, rolative to the Louisiana troubles, accompanied with an appendix, quoting the laws in sapport of thoir position. Their memorial will bo presented to Congress, and an appeal made for the sppointment of a Gommitice to_proceed to Now Orleans and ascertain all the facts in the case. = e Steamers Frozen In. CrxonvaTI, Dec. 29.—Thirty stosmboats are 1sid up in the frozon river, exclusive of fe and harbor towboats, of which thero ara ten. . Té i thought that they are mo protected oa _to bo secure from harm when the river breaks up. Tco has beon cut out between the Suspension Bridgo and the Nowport Bridgo. e i o Fell Six Hundred Feet. SporTsvILLE, Pa., Dec. 29.—Henry Willisms, employed at tho Thompson colliery, while cut- ting ice, elipped and fell six_hundred feet down the slope, and was instantly killed. His body was terribly mangled. ————— official Brutality. Philadelphia is very naturally oxorcised over a recent case of brutality on the part of her public officiale. so shockinz and unprovoked that its nerpetrators are not likely to go unpuniched. in old man, respectable and indnstrions when ‘sober, was locked up in a beastly state of intox- ication. Ho was in sound health, and bore no marks of bruiscs, The noxt morning he was talen from the cell to the hospital with a black oy0, lacerated face, crushed shoulder, and both arms fractured, and died eoon after. During the tho interval between his incarceration and ro- moval no ome had orcould have had access to him but_the officials of the prison. Moreover, during tho night, prisoncrs in other cells heard cries proceeding from that in which the old man was, and voice eaying, ** Strike him again, and he will go to rest.” Evidently the request was heeded, and he was put ¢ Tectually torest. And the Sorgeant, who is eupposed to be responsible for the deed, went back to the oftico, jingling Lis koys, with the quict remack that Lo thought he had quicted things.” At the Coroner’s inquest th.se facts were developed, sud the Sergeant and turnloy have been lockc. up for further oxaminatiou, s L == A RIOTOUS NEIGHEJDRHOOD. How South Side Roughs Amusz Themselves on Sunday—snvage Assaults on Policemen. The South Division in the neighborhood of Fourteenth aud Clark streets has becomo noted recently for the lawlessnces that has become provalent there. It will be remembered that Sergeant Buckley was sseaulted not far from this spot several months sgo, and other decds of rufianism and violence had caused the suthorities to regard the neighi.vhood 08 one of the worst in the city. To bring sbout a better, condition of affairs by placing the locality in the immediato shedow of disciplined auihority, that portion of the South Side was included in the Armory or First Precinct. The effect has been good for somo time, but the spirit of outlawry manifested itsolf yesterdsy in o caso of riot, in which sov- eral officers wero badly beatenm aud bitten. The weather yeeterday rendered sleighriding an enjoyable amusement, and alarge number of persons took advantage of the improved temper- ature to indulge in this delightful pastime, During the afternoon s parcel of roughs of all ages, from quite young boya to grown men, dulged themsclveés in o pastime more to their depraved tastes, but_scarcoly as_innocent in its nature as alcxfhridiug, Their amusement consisted in suddenly rushing out of ambush, scizing tho reins, and upsotting the sleighs, to the immineat .peril of tho ocoupnnts and the boundless merrimont of their companions, who in tumn wayluid other unfortunate porsons, until tho aifair became more than s nuisance, Officer Cobb, on learning the circumstances, went to tho spot and endeavored to arrcat two mon whom he caught in the act. Their ** pals,” ready to rolin- quish the sport for a more exciting, and to them agroeable, amusement, turned upon the oficer, beat with clubs and wounded him badly. The ofticer fired severnl shots into the crawd, but, unfortunately, failed eitber to wing or cill his assailants, barely escaping with his lifo. On his reporting at the Armory, Sorgeant Lull despatched Officer Flannery snd others to the sceno. The former succeeded in securing two of the rioters, one a man about 30 Teurs of age, whilo another ofiicer captured two ads. Whilo conveying Lis prisoners to the Station, Flonnery was set upon by one of the ruflians, who made a bite at the ofticer’s ear, catching it in his teeth, and clinging to i like & bull-dog. Flannery, by a judicious” appli cation of his_ “billy,” made tho rough quit his hold. The asssult was renowed o fow minntes Jater, but the prisoners were safely taken to the station and locked up. They will have o hearing beforo the Justice to-day. iiictii s RTINS DIED IN HIS CELL, A Drunken Prisoner Expires at the Madison Stireet Police Station. A case is awaiting investigation by the Cor- oner, at tho Madison Street Police Precinct Sta- tion, which is somewhat unusual in its details. On Saturdny evening, sbont half-past 5 o'clock, Officer Korr, of tho Madison stroot force. found s man lying on tho sidewalk on the corner of West Lakeand Canel strects. Ho was, to all appearauce, thoroughly intosicated, but the night being mild, was not_seriously sffected by the cold. The ofticer took tho poor man to the Station, and on examination found his_name to be Willism Ames, aged 50 years. Ho was sober enough to givo tho additional information that Lie was an American by birtl, a carpentor by trado, and unmarried. He was' locked up in 2 coll, and theroupon oxprossed his_satisfaction at finding so comfortable n shelter from the falling snow. Thero were locked e vith “him throo other mon charg- ed with like misdemcanor, John Ryan, James Woleott, and William Somors, Nothing unusual attracted the officer's attontion beforo consigning Ames to bis cell, either in_his ‘manner or appearance. On being searched, ho [ found to possoss nothing woro than Imife. At 11 o'clock yesterdsy morning, Vesey was called to by the men in tho same cell with Ames, and was told that Le wes dying. Vesey went to tho coll and carried the poor man into the corridor, but found that his assistance, even | had it beon valuable, was too late to relieve the unfotunato cresture, as he was dead. Tho fellows who passed the coll had noticed nothing unusual except that Amos had refused Lis breakfast, but, regarding this es & patural consequence of night's debanch, paid Do serious nttention to the clrcumstance. ' 'The caso will be investigated this morning. Means whilo the body of the unfortunate manis at the statiow a0 CORREGTION. The namo of the man who died from exposure, whose body was found on the comer of Egan and Ashland avenues, wae John Tjompson, in- stoad of John Jameson, as privted in Sunday morning’s Tipuse. Deceased was & native of Ircland, and has & brother sud sister living in Davanport, Iows. Y IIISCELLANEOUS. An actrees in England lately recovered s ver- dict against o railroad company for $3,000 dam- ages for = scar on her face, received in. & collis- ion. —Destructive fires aro reported 'in various parts of Louvisians, and most of them have sus- piclons sppearuaces of incondiariom. —The heavicst brain_on record was recently found in tho skull of » London bricklayer, who oould neither read nor writo. Its weight was sixty-seven ounces. —The Boston Traveller charges chat the men who said the city would be disgraced by the ac- ceptance of aid for its poor from other cities have not et contributed the sum required to provent such disgrace. —Tho Madison (Wis.) Democrat says that the rule to banish liguor from all ofticial and private receptions during the holidays and throughont tho seseon, Vill doubtlces bo obsorved in that city. man of Motile, has been convicted of burglary, and sentenced to tho State Prison. Ie is now being tried oz the additional charge of arson. omo of the Cincinnsti ladies ought to adopt; tho plan of the owners of newly-painted_houses’ and write tho word “ paint” over their lips. A Louisville youth, after » fefe-a-lefe_with one in tho flirtation-room, & ehort time since, roturned to the parlor with his black moustache madoe al- ‘most crimson. —Tho splendid water-power just above West Lobanon and White River Jurction will soon pass into the hands of & wealthy company, who will improve it. 1f g0, the largest town on the Connecticut, north of Springtield, Masa., will ‘probably be located there. —Montgomery County, Ill., having adopted townslip organization, James M. Berry, H. H. Hood, and John F. McDavid have been appoint- ed Commissioners to divide the county into towns, preparatory to putting township organ- 1zation into operation, —There is a well-known wager that a_man should stand on London Bridge for an hour, holding n tray with sovereigns upon it, and offer them for sale at a ehilling o piece, and that 10 ono of the passers-by would purchase. He fulfilled the conditions of the bet, and won his money. - fellow has been blowing out the gas again at Auburn, N. Y. His room was broken into in timo o save his life. Inthe morning he came down and remarked: “That gas must have leaked considerably last night.” Upon being assured that it had, he .innocently inquired : “Did it run overand spoil thecarpet any- where 2 X —. ginspecting a farmor's last instalment of pork at the Detroit market, recently, picked 8. H. Puiro, Iate City Attorney and Council- | up a ten-pound stone and deposited itin one of the porkers, and then loudly berced the farmer for trying to chest in weight. The farmer looked at tho stone, at the crowd, felt the thrust, snd growled, to himsals . Fang me, but L thought I put it in the small hog 1 A forgetful young woman out West, tho other night,faroused the inmates of a hotel to whickx her bridal irip hadled, on_account of findinga hor room. The_ trifling circumstance of 5 that morning ad quite escaped her memo-y, tadit was not until summary justice was abont to bo visited on the offender, that she happened to recollect it. —Tho New York Home Journal, in & notice of 8 recent wedding, describes the groom 28 un- questionably s fashionable gentleman.” and thereafter, for the informstion of & hungering world, details the characteristics that entitle him t0 that honor, os follows: * He has for years been conspicuous in New Yotk society, i teported very wealthy, bas s villa at Newport, & town residence in_Washington square, & box at the opers, stable of thoroughbreds, a yacht,. and an influential member of the Union and - New York yacht clubs.” —A Wegauwegs (Wis.) correspondent gives a doleful picturo of affaira there. The weather has been 8o cold that wells, cellare, and cisterns froze solid, thousands of bushels of potatoes and other vegetables heve been_destroyed, and othor ecrious damsges done. Tho drouth has been g0 severe that ail but two of three wolls in tho village have givon out. What the people gill do for water has now become a serious ques- on, . The organ case destroyed in the burning of Graco Church, in Now York, Monday, was tho oldest in the city, having originally been bronght from Holland long bofora_organ cases or even organs were manuisctured in the United States 1t had served for many voars in the Old Country, when it was brought to this city and placed in the old Dutch Church, which used to stand o1 tho sito of tho Post Ofice. It was carefully preserved, on_account of its ago, as a relic, snd was removed to Grace Chapel when the building was first built. B —About tho worst cage on record of “ jump- ing out of the frying-pan into the fro” is thut of the supposed © Pierre Bester,” whose extra- dition was sought by the French Government on the ground that he had murdered a boy and at- tempted Lo murder and ravish a young woman. near Rouen, France, When the 8hip in w ho took pastage arrived at New Yorl, oflicers went aboard to arrest Boster, in accordznce with instructions by cable, and, becoming suspicious of this fellow by tho confusion ho betraye arrested him ; on being questioned he admitte: that his naine wos Bester, but noxt day, finding that ho had got into s serious scrapo, ho confees- od that ho was Edouard Dutal, Fretch defaalt- or. Inquirics by cablo having proved the truth of this statoment, ho has boen discharged. Bester is supposed to bo still in Franco. —The amount of the national debts, not cluding tho debt of Great Britain, of twenty= soven Governmonts, as compiled from _oficial sources, is 816,799,000,000, showing an incroaso of indebtodness, in ten yoars, of $9,413,500,000. Tho vast but undevelopéd Empire of Brazil i3 mortgaged to the smount of £275,000,000 a8 tho prico of the conquest of Paraguay; and the petty Government of Egypt has signalized its cmancipation from Turkish thrall by piling up a debt of $205,000,000 in ten years. Tho incresse of Russia's indebtednoss in tho last ten years amounts to $700,000,(00. This monoy has becn chiefly expended in builling railroads and ia extonding Russian * civilization " in the East. Japan signalizes hor claims to modern progress by modest debt of 35,000,000 At Circlevillo, OLio, tho other dsy, & child Sor4years old Was Drutally murdored by its father, who struck il in tha head with a hatchet while it was sitting ob tho diuncr tablo. Tho oxcuse given for tho brutal doed was that_tho child * aat too d—d much grub,” The man—Fow- ler—was, about soven or eight years ago, on- tenced to five years in the Peniténtiary for poi- soning stock. —Mules at work in the coal shaftof the Leavenworth mine, seven hundred feot under ground, aud nover Seeing tho light of day, have Tallen victims to tho opizootic. —A. Horr Smith, Congressman-elect for the Lancaster (Pa.) District, adopted bis last namo to pleaso n relative, who gave him some money withit. His original name was A. Horr. Ho long since had an_eye on Congress, and came within one vote of the nomination after Thad. Stovens’ death. Cold Comfort. Fron the New York Times. Tho csuse of woman's rights has met with & blow in England. A judicial decision has been rondered which attacks not merely the claim of tho wife to bo_independent of and_euperior to her husband, bus evan her right to share oqually in one of the “nost indispensable priviloges of any houschold. It is not hor right to tho meta- phorical sud eymbolio trowsors which s denied, ut her rensonablo and proper claim to s sharo in the marital blanket. 1t hns hitherto been snpposed. thet the wifo had a property in the undivided half of tho marital bedstead, mattress, and other acces- gories, which could only be destroyed by her own misconduct. The law has supported this view by specifically granting to the widow tho sols ownership of her bedstead and bedding ; whilo the practice, peculiar to slighted husbauds, of advertising their runaway wives 88 Laving re- signed all rights in respect to bedroom furniture, strongly supports the suwe thoory. Dut now we are told by an English Judge that this viow is & wholly mistakon one, and that tlio wife who sttempta to enforce it is guilty of & misde- meanor. . Tho case which called out this decision origin- atod in the vigorous conduct of a wife who re- turnod to her home lste in the evening, and found her husband monopolizing the entire sup- ply of shoets and blankets, wholly regardless of her feolings or tho stato-of tho weather. Indignant at bis sclfishness, she pro- ccoded to establish her rights with the fire-shovel, and to_convinco him with tha oker, of the gross injustico of his conduct. Rhe ihgenuity Sith whith ho bad encased hime s0lf in n maze of blanket, proved fatal to the intogrity of his caticlo, for he was funable ta extricate himself before his wife had proceeded 50 far in her argument a8 to decorate him with a variety of neat pattarns in black and bluo. The following day ho preferred against her s charge of assault and battery, of which she was found guilty, and sentenced to fine and imprisonment. The possession of a right implies the farthor right to enforce it. If thus injured woman could not enforco her claim to half the marital blanket, it follows that her_claim was not a legal ono. The effect of this decision is, therefore, to np- prise the wives of England that they aro depend- ent for blankets wholly upor tho generosity of their respective husbands, Heroafter, the selfish husband mey condemn his wife ta shiver through the night nnprotected, except by the casual mat or the accidental hearth-rug, and no woman of foresight and cantion will consent to enter the married &tate unless a proper pro- vislon of blankets be expresaly guaranteed in tho marrisge settlement. ~Thus, while Mra. Jex- Blake and her friends are fighting for the un- substantial shadow of hospital privileges, thoy are losing the indispensable ~substancos of sheet and blanket. Though they gain the sweet privilezo of curving the corpso of the paupor, + their triumph is embittered by the thought that the law has established & male monopoly of blankets, and that the monster, man, {8 hence- forth permitted to revel in unlimited bed-clothes, while tho wife s forced to sue_humbly with the fire-shovel for a corner of counterpane, and ta foign boundless gratitude for the boon of & ner- roW strip of sheet. A Big Thing on Xcc. From the Omaha Bee, Dec. 24. Billy Kelly, a compositor, who recontly left Omabia for Sioux City, roturned yestarday, in company with John Henry, another compositor, the two boys having akatad mnst of the distance from Sioux City down the Missouri River. They loft that plice Bunday moining at half-past € o'clock, and gkated all day, laying up over night at a section house of the Bioux City & Pacific Railroad. Next morning they resumed_thoir trip at day light, arriving st Missonri Valloy Junction about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, a distance, by the river, of about 200 miles from the tarting point. During their travels Kelly froze both ears, his cheek,—of which he hay plenty,—and one heel; while Honry escapel with two frozen ears. This is probably ono of the most remarkable and perilous ekating feats ever undertaken in this country. . The boys aro to-day sticking type in the Bea office, and it will probably be some time before they undertake another similar spin on the ice, A Cincinnati despatch of the 29th Inst. says: John Krieger, s laborer at Evans' rolling-mill, was killed on éaemm evening by the fall of the roof of & shed, attached to the mill. A roae away mule team lknocked downa timber sup porting the roof.