Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1872, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY 'I'RIBUNE: MONDAY, DE _— . ‘BISASTERS. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. S£w Yonx, Dee, 25.—London files givo de- tails of the great storm that swept over the Brit~ ish Islands Dec. S. In London on the night named trees were uprooted in (ho parks, con- fervatories and glass roofs were smashed in, and rhimney etaoks came to the ground by the dozen. Several houses wero unroofed, sido walls were driven in. A large faciory was levelled with the ground, and forty storm petients wero received uring tho night at various hospitals. At Liverpool the Grest Britain dragged her anchors in the Mereey, pitched against the pier- head, and stove in Lerstern o that the sea made a clesn sweep into her eabin. The Mclpomene went ashore. A tug ran under the bows of the Great Western to haul her to 8 placa of safety, 2nd was never seen 2gain, having been literally swallowed up by tho sca. ‘At Clifton, near Bristol, the pinnacle of Christ Church fell and went right through the roof. Precieely tho same thing happenod to churches Bt Yeori, at Creukerne, and at Tsunton. Heavy picces of architecturs, such a8 walls and fowers that had stood the stosrms of centuries, were de- molished. In Bavernsko forest, Marlborough, ninoty magnisicent forest trees, all close together, wera blown down. Buildngs wore unroofed in many towns, vessels were dashed by thoe ecors against the const, A etono wall at Richmond, 100 feet long £nd 9 feet high, was prostrated. = Carriages in some places were blown catirely over. Several accidents happencd to gasometers, leaving whole districts in utter darkness. At Stoke-on- Tront an explosion occwred Ly which eeveral persons lost their lives. ) The highest wind pressuro ever previously known in England was reSreacnw-l by twelye.” A force of cleven is recorded on thia™ occasion a2 Plymouth, Scilly, snd Portshead. Special Despateh to Tho Chicaygo Trivune, Sew Yonk, Dec. 28.—Tho Evening Express has 5 staristical article ghowing that 1872 hes Leen pie-eminently a year of disasters. It says: ver before, we think, heve so many steam- s been burned, wrecked, or sunk, es during s year. According to our memoranda, tie mber of casualties in November was 221, 15 of aich occurred on the Canadian 2nd Awmerican s, 29 on the Baltic, 52 on the west coast of + Dritein, 72 on the east cosstof Great Britain, 15 in_the English Chanrel, 11 in the h Sea, and the balance in the Pacific, Aus- lian, and other waters, Tesulting in & total 1oss of 33 vessels. The number of vessels Jost or dissbled during the present month will exceed that of November. The disasters this week alone foot up 114 killed ht, and 80 seriously injured. Yong, Dec. the bursting of a boiler rango caused & wht fire, killed a Iady, and wounded & boy. New Yong, Dec. 28.—The volcano of Santans, in the northern part of San Salvador, is ernpt- ing, and it is feared that many valuable coffes plantations will be destroyed. Eogota hos been serionsly inundated. Miny people_wero drowned cud much property do- stroyed. Niw Yomw, Dee. 23. —In Harlem, this mom- Doston epecial saya that the number of lives lost by the sini- ing of the elip Peruvian is twenty-five. Tho ship had a cargo valued st nearly 21,000, 000, consisting of costly producis from the Eadt Indies, and insured for $£00,000. Loxpoy, Dec. 23.—A despaich from Hong Xong. says that the ship Benares, Captain Au- derson, which left that port Sept.12 for Sun rancisco, went ashore on one of the Loo Choo Islands and became & wreck. All her crew were drowned except five. The English gunboat Cur- lew weat to tlic epot to aid her. Loxpoy, Dee. 2. he _Amyntas was lost while on ber voyago from Holvhead to Work- ington, and every person on board perished. A ecvero gale provaiied in tho Lnglish Chan- nel yesterday, and several warine Gisnsters aro Teported. Br, Locrs, Dee. ~—The Democrat will to- morrow publieh a list of disasters and losses on the Western rivers during tie present year. The losees amount to £ 200, of which the Mis- sissippi gives §1175,850; tho Ohio, $1,052,700; the Arkaneas, $163,000; the Red, £104,000. The Tives lost Ly explosion number 53, and 365 aro gzfinaazed to have been lost by falling over- ard. ViALL STREET. Revicew of the Monetary and Cominers cial Situation During the Past Week —Business Yesterdaye Spesial Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yorg, Dec. 28.—During the past week, the stringency in money has increased, and the pressure has boen greater than during any pre- vious week this season. There have beon iso- lated cases of money-lending at the legal rate of interest on call, but the great majority of bor-~ rowers bave been forced to psy from 1-32 to 3¢ per cent per diem, or from about 12 to 13.2%4 por cent per sonum. Theso remarkable rates havo attracted but little sitention comparatively, and the brokers have paid them with apparent unconcern. There is an increasing pressure of public opin ion calling for tho ropeal of the usury laws. The outflow of currency to pork-packers, and the various derangements caused by the snow blockade, have increased the stringency. The Treasury opera- tions, as usual, since clection, have been adverse to monetary ¢aso, Tho gold operations of the “I'rcasury havo been moro extensive than usual. During the week £3,678,000 havo been paid out on account of interest, £31,100 for bonds re- deemed, and £1,000,000 sold on Fridey. This makes the total disbursement of $4,709,100 gold while about 1,100,000 have Leen taken in for customs. At the close of the week many indiviauals and corporations were gathering their resources provious to makin annual settlements, and paying interest an dividends. It is estimated that over £75,000,000 will be disburscd at this point in January, end the neceseary preparations for even onu-a;x:rtnr of this sum gro sufficient to temporarily disturb the money marlet. Importznt events in this country within about fifteen months hnvo exorcised a detrimental ef- fect upon tho financial situation at this point. Tho Chicago firo transferred to the West & large smount of capital from the Last, which was always regarded as fixed or permsnent in this city. The Boston five repeated this operation on & smaller scalo, The creation of now railroad scearities bas been going on steadily during the present year, and within six months tho volumo of railréad bonda and stocks has been Iargely increased, Some iuportant aud extensive linea of railroad in the Northwest and Southwest have been pushed to completion or partiel complotion, and these per- maneat improvemonts have absorbed for the time being a lnrs,'e amcunt of money, much of which has been drawn from this point. Gold epeculation was heavy ently in the weck, when the prico declined to 11184, but later a firmer fecling prevailed, and there was an ad- ~vance to 11234 on upecio shipments and full bid- ding rates 04 Government gold. Foreign exchanges have been strong, with a fuither pdvauce in rates. The weck has been marked by s good dvmand for Government bouds and other first-class investment securi- tics, but the offerings hevo been light. THo railway and miscellancons specnlation started off buoyantly, and prices advauced up to Tuesday afternoon, since which timo the market has been irregular, with frequent intervals of weskness and lower prices, ~Business on the Stock Exchange has been emaller than usual, while the fluctuations have been conflned within narrower limite, with the exception of & vory few shares. There hias been an entire absence in extremely “ fashionablo” securities of any of those violent movements so prominent for months ast. The smaller ciass of professional specu- lators and outsiders have continved to buy during the weck for the *January rise,” and ero now thoroughly “ fortified ” for this expect- ed event, At the close, despite the continued stringency in money, tliore was a buying move- ment on the part of small operators which stif- foned tho market, and carried tho general list up from the lowest prices previously made. The forcign commerce of the port for the sreek was as follows : Genersl merchandiso im- ports, including dry goods, &4,575,759 ; produce exports, €4,734,8%; © specio exports, $1,950,824; 'tofal ' merclandise im- ports _ eince Jan, 1, _ $375321704, ugainst §368,650.164 1ast year. Total esports of produce, §236,027,474, against §237,354,041 last vear. Total exports of specie, $10,530,333, ngainst $66,532,03Y last year. The banic siatement, while showing a large s in legal tender notes, is favorable as far as the bank reserves aro concerned, they having i.een strengthened by 4,463,700 gold, while the i in legal ~ tenders is _ $3,507,100. Lo toial lisbilities of the = bauks the averages of the past & dsys _are $843,900 less fhan lwt week. Tho losus have beon docreased £€1,239,000- Tho banks now hold in what they reckon as lawfal money §1,835,750 above tho 25 $663,175. Of courso {he rpecie shipped Dby to- day's steamers does not fully show in this week's statement, which is mado up_ to the close of business last night. Soit is fair {oinfer the banks have less specic than_appekrs by this etatement. Tho largo loss of legal teuders is explained by the elipments of crwrency to the South and Wost, and by the Tre: policy. It is possible that money has been locked up, but there are no indications of i NONEY was very siringent again to-day. Call loans ad- vanced to 5-16 2cr diem. Mozt of the business during tho day was at 3-16, and closing lonus at 1-16. GOLD AND EXCHANGE. Toreign cxchaugo beavy and lower. ranged from 11134 to 1123, and was dall. STOCK The stock market to-dsy was generally firmor &nd higher. Goll TONDS. Goverament bonds were firm at the bast prices of the week. TRODTCE. Flour closes stronger, with littlo_offering; family grades firmly hold, but quiet; No. 2 and supers in moro active demand and better. Southern tlour firm, but very quiot. Tho mar- ket for wheat closes lbetter, with & good inquiry for spring for _ex- port. Winter is waoted for milling at higher prices. Some demand for spring for the South. Of our preseut stock some 530,000 ‘busnels aro sold chiefly for Europe. York isin fair demand with sales of 475 brlsat $13.50@ 18.75 for new mess, cash. Cut meats are in mcderate demand, with sales of 50 tierces piclkled Dellies at 73¢¢; 1000 heavy freshrough sides at Ge; 590 fresh bellies at 7@7)4c aud 500 do_Lams at8ljc. Bacon is firmon the spot at T@8c for “short clear and Te for long clear. ~Lard roles quict at 73{@7 13-1G for new Western for D sember; 200 tierces to arrivo sold at 785c; 50D tierces for March sold at 8'{c: TiZe bid’ for January and no sellers. SPRINGFIELD. Report of the Secretnry of State—New Incerporations — A et i rizLo, L, Siate Les lait bis Lieuuial report Lefore the Governor. 1t contains o pretty thorough state- ment of a Deopsrtment that hersioforo Lus been little knowr nd less uaderstood by the people. It begius the siatement that the law requiring State, was appr Tp to that date, the records wera so kept as to make it almost impo.sihle to collect the information ro- quired by Tho of print- ing snd and journals of the Trwenty-seventh General Assembly has been 3, a volume of oight hundred psges, wns buted soon after the adjonmment of the Legislature. Two volumes of reports, of cight hundred pages, have been distributed. Two maro, meerly complete, will scon be distributed. Oxo volumo of {he jour- nalshos been seat out. Tho remaining two will soonbe. A tatleis submitted showinga com- parative statement of the cost of printing from 1859-60 to 1871-2, snd tho amounts paid in thet time. In 1963-6 the amount paid was €36,660.13; for 18712, although a greatly lirger emount was ordered printed, iLe prico paid wes $41300. The stetement ehowing the cost of printing exhibits the fact that the price per 1,000 ems" for the laut Legis- Ieturo vas less than paid for twenty years by nesrly one-balf. ~ With roferencn o tho Fecons contract tho Secretery says: * The law being mendstory in its teime, aod the Commissions, Auditor, tary of State, and Treasurer, hav- ing no discretion’in the matter, they were com. pelled under its provisions to award the contract for allthe classeson the ovly bid received, which was mede by W. H. Bailhache, and E. L. Merrill. _Tho price to b psid is the smount al- lowed by law. ~ Tho contract for binding i less by more thau one-balf than it las Leen for twelvo years. The cost of binding for the Twenfy-ceventh Goneral Assembly in Iess by neacly six thousand dollars than was the tho Twenty-sixth, and nearly two thousand less than the ‘'wenfy-filth General Assembly. The contract for furnishing printing paper is tho most favorablo to tho State ever known. The price now said is siz dollars and forty- cight cents. A lurgely increased amount of printing paper has been ueed in consequence of overy bill preeented bLeing ordored printed in Iarge quantities, whother itis passed or mot. Thore has never been sny system followed in filing engroesed laws, 83 per consoquence they are dificult to find. It is suggestod that tho Secrotery of Statebe authorized to have these bills arranged g0 as to make reference to them easy. Duplicato copies of tho census of 1870 are received and properly disposed of. He recom- mends a Burea of Statistics to he amanged ¥ep- arate from the library. The large increnss in defraying the cost of printing papor, fumituro, slationors, books avd lanks for the General Asscmbly, exhausted tho appropriaticn for theso purposes, and a loan of ten thousahd dollars was effected, ca g on the Departmont. The loan was received on the oint note of the State officers, and falls due arch 1st 1873, Tho appropriations for tho im- mense work to be done in the office, have been found to be altogether inadequate. Tho Libra- ry is well nxmnged and contsins many valuablo );;gksg, stendard works, 2,550 volumes, and in all 750 In conclusion, in retiring from the office, I do- sire, in this public manner, to express my obli- gatious to those who have co-opersted with me, und shall always revert with pleasure to these years of service to the peoplo of the Stato. Tho Western Screw Manufacturing Company of America, capital, §100,000; tho Western Stearm Bell Company, of Quincy, capital, $100,000, the gnrpe!u being {0 manufacture and sell steam ell ringers, &c.; and the Benevolent Society of Chicago to aid Yronch spenking emigrants, filed articles of nssociation with the Secretary of State to-dny. The latter company is to be Sus- tained by an annual subscription of three dol- lars from its mombers. Justice Campbell, of this city, to-day decided that one Rico, who bot £50 each on the result of the election in the States of Ohio, Peunsylvania, ond Indians beiog a Liberal triumph, and who refused to givo up the stukes because his oppo- nent would not sgreo that ho had won on Indi- ana, and who brought suit to recover the wholo amount from the stakoholder, was entitled to so recover, and a judgment of 150 eud costs was entered up against tho stakcholder. Tho suib will be appealed to a higher Court, THE WEATHER. Reports from Various roints, Carro, IIL, Dee. 28.—Light snow fell this morning. The weather is cloudy and cold, Prrrsounaif, Pa., Dec. “3.—The weather is clear, with the mercury at 20 degrees above zero. Dunrque, Dec. 28.—The weather has mod- erated considerably, aud is now quito pleasant. Nw Yomi, Dec. 28.—The various stroet car lines gre gradually beginniug to resume run- ning, but with double teams. Tho railroad traing aro still moze or lessdelayed. Tho mails, with few exceptions, Lave arrived throngh, much overdue. Two norih mails on the Lrio aud some extremo Western mails are still to be heard from. PILADELYEIA, Dec. o cars resumod running to-day arriving but with littlo deter BostoN, Dec. ous parts of Now England ranges itom 5 to 12 degrees below zero, WasuiNgToy, Dec. 23.—Tho New York mails wore four hours lato {his morning. The first mail from Richoiond for the past two daye, ar- rived this morniug. St. Louts, Dec. 28.—The weather has been much milder to-day, with a slight th The river has risen about one feot, and the ice-gorge opposite tho city bas cracked some, but tratiic across it contindes unimpaired, and i3 iimense. Should the weather continue mild fora few days, and especially should rain fall, thero will be a speedy break-up, aad aresumption of navigation, Cryersxas, 0., Dec. 25.—Weatler cold and [ost of the street nd trains are now iQn. cl asuvriie, Tean., Dec. 28.—The weather is milder and cloudy. Ciuscado, Dec. 25.—The Signal Service gives the following thermometer roportsat 6:53 o'clock this morning : San Tarneisco, Memphis. New Orleans. Detrot. ... 2 ab|Tacksonville, Fis. 129 ab|Key West 9abj —_—— To Be Manged. Ixpiavarors, Dec. 28.—Governor Baker stated, to-day, that in no caso will ho int to prevent the execution of Cluck, tha w jor cont requirement, Last woek they so held —The_thermomater in yari- | FOREIGN. FRANCE. Pams, Dec. 28.—France will pay Germany £200,000,000 francs of her war indemnity on the 15th of Jauuary, and will continue to pay the samo amount every month until May next. Tho Mayors of soveral Communes of France refused to placard the specch of Dafaure, Min- ister of Justice, delivered inthe National Ae- sombly, duriag tho _debato two weeks ago, on the petitions for a dissolution of that body. Du- faure, in his remarks, spoke ironically of Gam- botta, whose speeches he said, wera the cause of needless agitations throughout the country, and the Assembly, by resolution, directed tho placarding of tho speech. It is probable the action of the Mayors will lcad to an interpella- tion of the Government upon the meeting of the Assembly after the holidayz. The second sub-Committee of the Committeo of Thirty of the National Aesembly, yesterday, considered the proposition of M. Bartho, Ropul Tican Deputy, for the formation, from {ho pres- ent Assembly, of o soparate legialative body, to be called the ‘Rection of Control,” and also other modes for forming en apper chamber. After a resultless discaseion of threo hours' du- ration, the Committee adjourned until Friday next. Ro>re, Dec. 28.—Bourgoyne, tho French Am- bassador at the Papal Court, has resigned. A Paris tradesman has been sent to prigon for two years for displaying in his shop placards containing remarks insuliing to the National As- sembly. One of tho sub-Committees of the Committee of Thirty of the Assembly called upon Thicrs, to-day, and a courteous and coneiliatory conver- sation ensued on the various proposals for Con- stitutional reformm. _Thore were no concessions on either gide. The President urged the creation of a sccond Legislstivo Chamber but made no distinct proosal. —_—— GERMANY. Brawry, Dee. 25.—The North Germau Gazetle denics tho statement that Germany has con- sented to co-operate with Austria and Russiz in the effort to effcct a settlement of the Caurium silver mines dispute. The Gazctle also stigmatizes tho sllocution of the Pope, deliverced nt tho Consistory held in Rome on the 234 inst., 28 an unpardonable in- sult to tho Emperor of Germany. The colossal impudenco of the Popo, eays tho Gazelle, proves tho incvitable nocessity for tho immediato pass- ago of & law deaning the boundaries botween the State and the Roman Catholic Church. After the lst of January, poreons entering Germany from France will Tot be required to provice themselves with passports. Tho Spenersche Zeilung strongly opposcs the deereo of the Drunswick Council of Ministers, issued on the Gth of December, providing that upon the demisc of the present sovereign, who is upmarried, Duke William I., the ex-King of Hanover, or his son, shall succeed to the throne. Panis, Dec. 25.—T'he Paris Gazelle says Prus- sia is treating with Portugal for the scssion to the former power of Delagoa Bay on an island of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of southeast- ern Africa. —_— SNTRAL AMERICA. New Yorx, Dee. 23.—Panama papens of the 17th state that thersisarevolution in the Cauca, New Granada, hicaded by the Bishop of Pasto, azaiust Preeident Mozquern, growing out of tho latter designating General Santa Coloma as his (Mos- quera’s) successor. Santa Colome is in com- mand of the Government troops, and it is re- ported that an engagement has already occarred. e o RUSSIA, Sr. PETERSEURG, Dec. 28.—The Czarovitch is now out of danger. Laten—~The feverishiness of the Czarovitch is somewhat increased to-day. During the night, e perspired and had four and a half hours’ un- interrupted sleep. He is stronger to-day than yesterday. —_— GREAT BRITAIN, Toxvox. Dec. 23,—It is expected that 70,000 Pritish coal miuers will etrike work on the 1st of Jenuary., George King, who confeseed thet he murdered one Pook, at Greenwich, has been discharged frqua custody, having been found insane. : S BELGIUM. Brussers, Dec. 23.—There is s pleuro-pnou- monis epidemic in the villages of Prussia axd Belgium, near tho lino scparating those two countries, S NOVA SCOTIA, FIAvIras, Dec. 23.—The rmall-pox, imported from Boston, is sproading in the country towns. In Yarmoutli all tho churches, schools and other Places of pullic resort are clo: s SPAIN. Maprip, Dec. 23.—The Imperial savs that General Picitain will probably be appointed Cap- tain General of tho Island of Cuba. gl MEXICO. _Marasonas, Dec. 23.—The election for muni- cipal offices at Tampico i3 reported vory disor- derly. During the counting of the votes a dis- turbance arose. Eightwere killed and woanded. Great excitement provailed. Both parties, called Tampicienos and Tametipecos, claim to bave won the election NEW YORK. Departure of the Eiator Scandal Froudcs== b Clearing Iasoni insafe Theas 3 Trial---Suicides patch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yorg, Dee. 28.—the historian, Froude sailed for homo to-day on account, it is stated in the Times, of pressing domestic engagements. It is understcod, however, that his American critics havo thrown bim on the defensive, both a3 a lecturer and historiau. The Zimes antici- pates gome good from his visit, rinco his lec- tures on Ircland have been reproduced in England, and may lead to a modification of the land-lord system. Hobolken is excited over a case of alleged bi; amy in prominent society. Mrs. Willisin 8, Coughlin has brought suit for the offence named against James Coughlin, a well-known city con- tractor. She statos that ou tho 25th of January, 1870, she was marriedto the accused in New Yorlk, by Rov. John E. Cocpman, pastor of tha Bed- ford Street Method: scxfipiecn‘)fl Churel, and in confirmation of this the marriaga certificate was produced in Court, Tho psir lived thereafter 28 man_and wife, elfhough Coughlin resided nomipally in oboken, while Mrs. Conghlin kept houso in New York. Nobt loug ago his eye fell on a Miss llortenso Griser, n young lady of 17, who has not been long out of gchool. tho up- #liot of which was ihat on last Tuesday the pair wero united in matrimony by Rov. Dr. Cauyin, pastor of the Catholie Church in Hoboken. After a very bricf honeymoon Coughlin fled to parts unknown, abandoning both wives. o the A ssocinted Press.] Xew Yong, Dec. 28.—RBroadway to-day is filled with carts and laborers, removing the banke of enow. Tho priucipal railroad lines are rapidly clearing their tracks, and it is oxpected that this afternoon {ho regular traiswill be running again, Tho Masenic Lodge of Sorrow, in respect to the memory of brother AMasons who have died during _the past year, was held lnst evening ut TIrving Hall with great solemnity. A lute inspection of tho theatres of the city by tho Fire MarsLal, shows that but a fow of them were in anything liko su unsafe condition, and in tho eases of those few orders were given and carrizd out for the requisite fire precautions. Stokes, to-day, was cross-cxamined ab great length. In the former trial he was not cross- oxamined at all. The prisoner's statements contained nothing espocially new. On two or threo occasions, counsel on either side indulged in sharp passages. Stokes again denied that he ever made any threats to shoot Fisk. Jos. H. Ramsey, of Albany, President of the Susquohan- na Railroad, testitied concerning Fisk’s charac- ter. John L. Doty, Geo. 1L Cole, Rufus T. Andrews, Dayid Smith, Dariel P. Ingrabam, Jr., and Henry Deborlay were also oxamined. Tho various partics intercsted in the owner- ship of tho property in Centro street still refuse to take steps for tho exhumstion of the bodies of the burned girls from tha debris. The Boards of Health and Police say they have no legal au- thority to remove the debris. A young man, named Campbell, was found dead in his room, in Fifth avenus, from a pistol shot, this morniug. The case is supposed to bo oue of suicido. in e e e Cold-Blooded Murder. LovisviLLE, Dec. 25.—Levy King was arrested to-day, charged with the mmurder of Richard Baker on Thureday. The two lived in the vil- lage of Arnoldtown, at tho lower end of the county, about thirteen miles from the city. On Thursday Baker and King went to a store inthat vicinity, wherc Baker showed a $10 ull, aud bought' & dress and trinkets for his daughter. The men left the store together. Baker failing to come home, search was institut- murderer, noxt Friday, ed. and yesterday. lus body was fouud in a ditch about a mile from tho store. The body was cov- pred with rails, znd tho snow of tho night previ- ous had nlmost entirely hidden it from view. Examination revealed the fact that murder had been committed. The stabs ponetrating his heart was ovidently the cause of his death. Tie head and face were boaten and bruised entirely past recognition. Tho brother of the dead man, Lm\'b\‘ar. idontified the bLody by tho cloth- The dress purchased by Baker was in King's houso .after tho laiter's arrest; also, ono or two of the trinkets, The knife fonnd on King'a person has one blade which corresponds with the wound in Baker's breast. King denies all knowledge of the murder, and says that Baker got drunk and he left him aslecp under & hayatack. King is beld for further examination. MADISON. Excrcises in the State Superintende ents’ and Teachers’ Convention- Railroad Notice. Sgecial Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. AMap1soy, Wis., Dec. 28.—The Convention of Bchool Teachers snd Superintendents, which has been the largest and most profitzble winter educational State meeting over hold here, ad- journed to-day. In ~ddition to the discussions reported yesterday, others of much interest took place last evening and this morning, which may be thus summed up : « A resolution was offered, discussed, and finally referred to & Committes for future re- port, in favor of treating diplomas from Normal Schools of other States the samo as diplomns from our own Normal School, upon the approval and signature of the State Superintendent. Mr. Salisbury, from a Committes, reported against the legal compulsion of attendance of teachers at County Institutes, and offored the following, which, after protracted discussion, “waslost, and the matter loft without action: Resolved, That teachers who wiifully or through neglect absent themeelves from Teachers’ Institutes held in their county, therby refusing to nccept the sdvantages offered fhem by the State and county, should meet with the universal censure of all trud teachere, and, 25 fust as practicable, should be elimi- nated from the teaching force, ‘There was quite & sharp discussion on the re- lations of the State University to graded schools, in which the old jealousy of common school teachers of higher institutions of learning cropped out. Objections were made to the pres- cnt Jaw admitting graduates of graded schools on certain conditions to free tuition. It was claimed that the students of the University come from the raral schoole, and not from the graded schools, the effect of which is, that the common schools are diverting their attention from their proper work to fit students for tho University, 2nd the time tat should be given to the little onmes was devoted to preparing studonts for tho Univorsity and teaching Latin end Greek. The work of the University, and the progress it had made, was well set forth by Preeident Twombly, Superintendent Fellows, and Professor Carpenter, who urged that the whole echool system of ‘the State should be so arranged and graduated as to culminate in tho University, giving free tuition as far as possible, In regard to teaching natural scionces, tho following was adopted : Resolved, That this Convention fully believes in tha importance of a knowledge of tho elements of natural sciences, to entitlo a candidate to receive a_certificat of any grade, and urge that tho ‘measuro be enacted into 3 law as s00n as practicable, 3Mr. Wright presented a. peper npon the ques- tion : Shall the State of Wisconsin adopt a uni- formity of text books? The paper proposed - that the State shounld adopt & eeries of books for a long term of years ; that the books shonld be selected by & competent commission ; that ar- rangements should be made to procurethebooks at tho lowest wholesale rates. Referred to a committee to report at another meeting. A resolution was adopted proposing that first grade certificates run three years, the second grade two years, and the third grade one year. A reporf was adopted in favor of electing County Superintendents in the spring. The State Su)sexintondent was requested to tako uteps toward representing the cducational interests of Wisconsinat the Vienna Exposition. Reports were presented from tho State Normal School, showing the following facts: At Oshkosh last year the total registration was 158; average membership 82 ; avorage attendance 78 ; number in attendance during tho whole year 17 ; over six and less than ten months 52 ; over three and less than six raonths 60 ; less than threo monthg 29. This teym there were enrolled and present 150, besides in proparatory classes 358. " 'Fhere wero 112 pplicants and 83 admitted. ‘Tventy-eight counties are represented in the school. Theyo are 70 ont teaching and 69 of these are iztthe mixed echools ; one in graded. The Platteville School has graduated four classos. In 1859, 8; in 1870, 15; 1n 1861, 12; in 1872, 8; total, 43. Of these, three-fourths aro teaching in thie Stata. The present_senior class numbers 27. The whole number sdmitted into tho normaldepartment nince its establishment in 1866 is 431, Y'resent number in the various de- partments: Xormal, 135 ; academic, 110; model, 50. Total, 295, B Superintendent Benrdslee, of this Dirision, announces that regular trains will commence rmnning over the Chicago & Northwestern and Waeat Wisconsin Railroads, through this city, be- tween Chicago and §t. Paul, Jan. 5, to be equip- ped in the best possible manner. " FIRES. Destructive Conflagrations at Troy, N. Y., and Adrian, Mich. Loss $175,000 —Three Hundred Men Thrown out of Employment—inor Fires. New Yonr, Dec. 28.—Larne's sash factory, in Brooklyn, was burned last night, with two tene- ment houses. The loss is 310,000. There is considerable suffering among the occupants of tho tenements thus turned into the streets. A firs in Goldsmith's lager beer saloon, n First avenue, this morning, caused a damage of £23,000. Abrxcoox, Til, Dec. 25.—An incendiary fire hero lnst night destroyed one residence; one boot and shoe shop, the dry goods storo of B. Bradbury, the grocery and boot and shoe store of Marshall & Chipman, and the art gallery of William Johnston. Tho loss is estimated at {rom £15,000 to $20,000; partly insured. Trox, N. Y., Dec. 28.—Arnold &_Co.'s exten- sive paint works, at North Adams, were burned yesterday morning. Tho loss is $150,000; in- surance for £100,000. Two hundred hands are thrown out of cmployment. Dernorr, Mich.,, Dec. 23.—The Adrian car- shops, at Adrian, dich., with six ner- coaclies, wero burned last night. The loss is 75,000, Onc hundred and filty men are thrown out of employment. Tl firo caught in the paint shop, where a man was cleaning brushes with naphtha, Tho sbops will bo rebailt at once. Mexrims, Dee. 28.—A firo broke out in Clark's marblo building, corner of Main snd Madison streots, this afternoon sbout 4 o'clock, and, but for the prompt action of the firemen, s disns- trous conflagration would have ensued. The losses are: 1. H. Clark & Co., on the building, £3,000, fully covered by insurance in the Quoen's of Liverpool; Murray & Ridgely, merchant tailors, 4,000 in stock sud fistures, fully insured in’ local companies. Tho Western Union Telegraph office, next door, narrowly es- caped, the second floor being flooded with water. During the firc Henry Foutaino fell from tho top of o building threo stories bigh, Toceiving se- rious if not fatal injuries. POLITICAL. LCUISIANA FOLITICS. ~ew Yorr, Dec. 25.—The Sub-Committeo of Louisianians yesterday waited upon many prom- inent merchants with a view to enlisting their sympathies in matters in that State. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—Governor Warmoth's i}fivfltn secretary says that the statement pub- ished in Washington tothe elect that the Goy- ernor bad abandoned the coutest and advised the Legislature not to meeton the Gth of Jan- uary is untrue. CINCINNATI SPECIAL ELECTION. Cryerxxarr, Dec. 23.—At a special election to- day, Robert Buchanan, Independent, was elected by 900 majority, for Director of the City In- firmary over Barney Corbett, Domocrat, with 11,000 votes cast. "The vote to authorizo the city to issue a mil- lion and & querter bonds in aid of the Cincinnati & Chosapezko Railroad, was carried to-day by nearly 7,000 majority, being over 1,080 sbove the neccasary {wo-thirds voto under law. ing. found NEW YORK CITY POLITICS. Nevw Yonx, Dec, 23.—A new charter for tho city, prepared by the Republicsns, is ready for ‘Pprédentation to the Legistatura, (e P e e A obituary. - Loxpoy, Dec. 23.—Very Rev. Edward Banner- man Bamsey, Doan of St. Jobn's Cathedral, Ed- inburgh, is dead. y New Yon, Dec. 23.—D. O, 0. Townley, busi- ness manager of fho Grand Opers Houss, snd woll knowu: ss & jonrnaliat, died this morning. Prrrssorom, Dec. 23.—W. O. Robinson, & prominent mauufacturer of this city, member of the fim of Lobinson, Rea & Co., engine build- er and founders, died at the Monongshels ouse this wmorni = WASHINGTON. Special Deapatels to The Chicago Tribune. THE TWO PER CENT LAND SALE CLATMS. Wasnryeroy, D. C., Dec. 28.—Tho 2 per cent claims of Obio, Indiang, and Illinois, which passed tho Houso 8o ewimmingly the wock bo- fore the holiday adjournment, will mees with considerable opposition in the Scnate, mainly on account of tho present construction of the Benate Judiciary Committee. Edmunds, the present Chairman of tho Committee, is opposed to the claim, 28 is, also, another influential ‘member thereof, Roscoe Conkling. It i3 antici- pated that the claims have friends cuough, in spite of this adverso intluence, to secure success in tho Senato. DOGS NOT PROPERTY. Judge McArthur, of tho Suprems Coart of this District, to-day decided that dogs are not property, snd that at common law thoy are simply nuisances. FEMALE SUFFRAGE. g Tho rnnual Convention of the National ‘Woman’s Suflrage Association, of which SusanB. Anthony is President, will be held in this city on the 16th and 17th of next montb. Brs. Belva A. Lockwood, of this city, is the general agent for ‘Washington, and is looking after the details of the Couvention. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Anthony, Mrs. Matilda Joselyn Gage, JMrs, Merriwether, Medame Anneke, Isabella Baecher Hooker, Lucy B, Chandler, 38, B. A. Lockwood, Mcs. Sarah Spencer, Mrs. Myra Bradwell, editross of the Chicago Legal News, and other prominent woman-suffragists, the ex- clusives of Boston excepted, are expected to Lo resent and deliver addresses. It is probable hat Miss Anthony will receive quite an ovation on geconnt of her pending trial for voting at Rochester, N. Y., which is set down for the third ‘Tuegday in January. Mrs. Woodhull and Teuuie C. Clatlin have not been invited, and are not expected to be present on the occasion. PERPETUAL MOTION. The Commiesioner of Patents, General ML D. Leggett, is constantly in receipt of lettors from persons, who claim to haye discovered perpetual motion, and ssking for the supposed reward of $1,000,000 offered by the United States Government. _To-day, ho received & letter from Mack Milligan, who resides in Georgetown, Colorado Territory, stating thet he has discovered perpetual motion, and inquir- ing what was tho borus offered for the same by the Government. The writer by that Le has demonstrated to many the fact that his machine is the long looked for one, #nd that he will sat- isfy the mind of the Commissioner or any other ofticial whom the Government may designate for the purpose, that he has got thz machine, and is the discoverer of porpetusl motion. He dosires an answer as soon &s possible. The Commissioner has answered as ho usuaily does in such oases, by stzting that there has been no roward offered By the Government for tho inven- tion, nor is there likely to be. [70 the Asiociated Press.] COMMISSIONEDR WALKER'S RESIGNATION. WisnizaToy, Dec. 28.—Commissioner Wulker's resignation has been accepted, to take effect Feb: 1, not Jan. 1, the date for which it was tea- dered. THE YOTE OF TNNESOTA. E. Wilson, bearer of the Electorzl vote of Min- nesota, arrived here this morning. FINANCIAL. 5 The President this morning had a long confor- ence with Assistant Secretary Richardson. DIPLOMATIC CHANGE It is reported that Count Corti, the Italian Minister at Washington, has been recalled. If this is true there will bo a vacancy in the Brit- ish-American Claims Commiesion. SMALL-POS. Yesterday thero were twelve cases of small- pox end eight deaths. RUMORED CHANGE IS THE CABINET. Rumors concerning & chango in the Post- master Generalship incrense. Judge Settle, of North Carolina, and President of the Philadel- phia Convention, is prominently montioned as the possible sucdessor of Mr. Creswell. WIOMING. Numerous protests are arriving here from Wyoming Tertitory against the dismemborment of that Territory and its incorporation into Col- orado, The fricuds of femalo suffrago in Wyo- ming are particularly exercised. JUDOE DURELL. 1t is stated that Judge Durell, of New Orleans, had taken en oath to support the Southern Cont federacy bafore his appointment to the ofiice which he now holds. TUE SPEARERSII. Tho namo of William H. Wheeler, of New York, having been mentioned as likely fo be urged in opposicion to thatof Ar. Blaiu for tho Speakership of the next Congress, Mr. Wheeler glu.ges that hois not a candidate against dr. aine. OCEAN STORMS. Severe Hiurricane on the Atlantic Ocean—Many Vesscls Overdue, Special Despeteh to the Chicago Tribune. New Yorw, Dec. 23.—The fact that several ocean_steamers are overdue at this port has cansed €ome_uneasiness, and tho late terrible storm serves in a great mensure to increase the fenrs for their safety. The stenmer Thuringis, due hero on day lnst, orrived at 3 o'clock this morning, having experienced a terrible hur- ricone and high seas during almost their entiro passnge. Captain Meyer, who hus been cross- ing the Atlantic for twenty years, says he never beforo encountored such {oistcmns ‘weather as on the present voyage. The gteamer Oceanic, which left Liverpool Dec. 15, also arrived this morning, four days behind time. Steamer City of New Yorle left Liverpool in compony Wit tho Occsnic, but Las 2ot yo ar- rived. Steamer Adriatic sailed for Liverpool to-day, On her last passage from Queenstown to this port the vesscl lost two and one-third blades of her screw propelier ; but mado the voyage in tolerably good time, reaching Sandy Hook noarly two days ahead of thosteamer Canada, whichleft Liverpool on tho same day. An offort was mado to secure o large dry dock at the Erie Basin for ropairing the damage, but the dock had been previonsly engaged, and the Adriatic was sent on her prosent voyags with a disabled serew. The steamer Gs:e. v left Liverpool cn Dee. 11, but has not vet reached this poit. "The steamer Erin, which loft Hovre Dee. 10, has not vet arrived. A despatch from Helifax announces that the stoamers Cuba ond Siberia reached that port to-day, both short of coal. The Cuba left Liv- erpooi Dec. 14, and. was due horo on Thureday ast. New Yonr, Dec. 28.—Tho steamship Thuringis. gep:ma tremendous geas during the last ten ays. The agent of the White Star Line denies the statemeut that the Adriatic is unscaworthy. Bhe has two blades of her screw-propeller en- tirely wnimpaired, and one-haif tho third and one-third of the fourth blades remain. She is f_xpectcd to make tho voyage in nearly the usual imo. Tho steamship 8t. Lawrence delsyed sailing until to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, on ac- count of the weather. Two or three ocean steamors still over- due, owing, as is supposed, to the late storm. Havrrax, Dec. 28.—The steamers Siberia_and Cuba, from Liverpool, put in hero to-day. They experienced territic woather, —_— WWife Murder. Speeial Despateh fo The Chicago Tribune, CrawrorpsviLLE, Ind., Dec. 28.— Theodoro Brown, & farmer of Hendricks County Ji about thirty miles southeast of this city, ki his wife, the day before vesterday, by strikiog her on tho bead With a chai Brown has for come years been given to drink, and is #aid to be of & coarse, brutsl disposition when sober. The woman ho killed was his third wife. Re- port has it that he was oxceedingly cruel to both the others, and that he openly rojoiced when the second one died. The authorities, whom thus far he has cluded, ore in search of him. Thisis the third wife-murder in Central Indiana within 8 year past. p1aNAPOLIS, Ind., Dec., 23.—Theodore Jones, living about four miles from the city, last night ot mto an_altercation with his wifo and dealt Bor a blow with his fut, killing hor instantly. He was arrested this morning. —— Sale of the Pittsburgh ¢:Commercials?? Prrrsnonas, Dec. 23.—State Treasurer Macke; ‘boughta controlling interest in the Pittsburgh Commercial of E. D. Brigham, yesterday, pay- ing therefor $100,000. It is understood that the Hon. Russell Errett, of Philadelphis, will as- sumo the position of managing editor, Mr. Brig- ham gevering absolutely his connection with the aper. It is stated that Alr. Brigham severs gis connaction with the papcr on account of the condition of his wife's health, which is too pre-~ carious to boar the severity of the climate. . Brigham will leave soon’for Florida, where he Will join his family. — e —— Railroad Nevwws. ‘Dusrqus, Iows, Dec. 28.—Arrangements have been made by the Chicago, Dubuque & Min- nesota Railroad with the Milwaukee & St. Paul I set of arrant demagogues, who have been edu- running of trains into La Crosse over the latter Company’s track and the winter bridga. PamngoNs, Kan., Dec. 23.—Advices from Denni- tral Railroad hayo been adjusted, It appears thet the men had not been paid for saveral months, and insisted that no track slhould Le Inid until thay received their pay. Arrangements have now been made to paz them, and tho work of completing the liue will bo proxceuted with renewed vigor. The Contral wiIl he completed to Denwson, in a short time. The M., K. & L., having reached this point, will soon advance their Lines to Comargo and Galveston. Oudoniad-luiabel by THE FARM AND GARDEN. Activity In the Formation of Farmers’ Clubs—The Question in Regard to Railroad Freights, and the Muiual Xntercsis Between the Farmers and ‘Those Wsetul Corporations —Why ‘Chere Should Be No Antagonisim, and Hosv to Avoid Xt, From Our Agricultural Correspondent. . Cuaxratey, Il Dec, 23, 1872, Farmers’ Clubs are being organized with won- derful rapidity. The moving cause is the low price of farm-produce, and tho high prico of freights to the seaboard. Nor is this quite all, for a remote canso is the rings of trades, or business pursuits. Hero is 2 letter in point: Macox CouxTy, T, Dec, 20, 1872, S : There haa been conslderalle agitation in this neigiborhaod, of lute, respecting tho formation of eoni kind of & league far tho protection and_genoral of the farmer; and the question is, Which of 0 now existing in the State, in overy point of view, is prefersble,—the Patrons of Huxbandry, or the Farmers Olub, ' They both &im, T understand, at tho same resulte, Which of those 'two orders would you recommend farmers to adopt ? 1f you will answer these inquirics, you will confer quite'a favor. Respectfully yours, J.R. If tho objects of the Patrons of Husbandry and of the Farmers' Clubs are tbe same, why keep up the two organizations ? In the latter theroe are no salaried officers, and noinducements to turn it from its purpose, either in politics or business. The former Las too much of ma- cLinery, and taay bo lible, in the hands of designiog men, to be turned from its legitimate purposo. If I understand the menagement, the whole is controlled by u central power, snd is & simplé ring, similier to those that it denounces, or the rod of Moses that is to swallow up all the other rods. In saying this, I wish to bo under- stood as knowing ita workings only as presont- od to the world. Of its inmer teachings I claim no knowledge. There may bo sccrets of culturo and of management of cropa that are taught among them that may be of great value, Thero maybe many other things of value, social, political, ethical, and practical, for sught I know. But this wo do know, that, when firet sent out to the world, we bad no 20-cent corm, no war on the railroads, no contests with the manufacturers of implements; and we may rea- sonably conclude that its founders were less am- ‘bitious and more philanthropic than some of its followers to-day. I do mot propose to say aught to impugn the motives of these Patrone,—for, g0 far as I havo met them, they appear actuated Dy the best of motives, and it is only the systerm thet I object to. I bavo the seme objection to Farmers® Cluds, should thoy form o ring of connty and Stato associations. I do not propose that any organization shall dictate to me what particular low I may or may not mse. I am not to be n torun & tilt against any other intercst simply for the reason that thoir views may not accord with that of the Grand Moguls who gtand at the Uead of the orgamzation of which I may be s member. There is nothing new in the present condition of things, if wo consult the commercial history of the West for the past thirty years. Tradebas Lad its ups and downs ; manufacturers have strugsgled for existence ; and tho products of the farm have been depressed sud exalted. Prices havo been inflated beyond the legitimate de- mands of commerce, and been dopressed be- low tho point of production. The remedy for theso things is not in the formalion of leagues and rings, but in a moro genoral diffu- sion of kuowledge. and it is just here where the Tarmers’ Clubs will find their great value., They meot together and discuss tho whys and where-~ fores of thinga; they noto the chaugos that come in the progress of events, and thus pre- pare for the uear order of thinzs. In short, they bave po wer to male, beyond thoso jush rulas that givo to all an equal chance in the race. They want vo rule for tho railroads that does not equally apply to themselves. The common law that prevents extortion between man and man must be applied to corporations ; and tho docirine that corporations heve no souls to be saved, or otherwise, must bo tabooed—for all co: porations are but individuals in » plural capacity. If ihe Legislature may regulate the salaries of officers, and fino men for not serving when they object to the rato of compensation; if it can tell me how fast I may travel, and what order to observo on the highway,—it can fix a maximum of warehouse and railway charges, that must be aliko obeyed. TRADE ON A NATUBAL DASI3. Just now wa see one of the well-established laws of trade in full force; that is, the law of supply and demand. We ses an immense emount of freight offered to the railroad companies,— en amount beyond their capacity to cary. The result is, that shippers bid against each other for the favors of tho roads, and the consequence is high prices of freights. Just the reverse of this occurred at ile closer of tho war. short crop run up the prico of corn, and the roads bid against each other for tho carrying, and we had low freights. We did not complain then, although few roads paid dividends to their stockholders, All of this is strictly in accordance with the law of supply and demand,—a doctrino that has many .advocates. In case of short crops for two or ‘three years, which is bighly probable, wo may sco tho tables turned, sud tho railroads ab tha feot of the producers aking for freights. Tho lale-commerco of Chicago has verified this sys- tem of changes, and shown its vicious cffects, eud may point a moral to our lines of transpor- tation that ought to show thom the fallacy of the old rale. There is the samo necessity to make a maxi~ mum list of charges for froight and passazo ss thero is to regulate interest, tho fees and salaries of oflicors, tho pay for professional services, the rates for trensporting tho mails, of materials for the army, or of any sérvice performed outgido of a special contract.” Thero the law eteps in and 8ays wo cannot malke cortain epecial contracts, for tho renson that they are n t conducivo to the public good. Tho Legislature creates zn oftice, and provides a certain salary for a certain time, and this we might call o con} tho samo or a subxi this, and breaks this sort of contract. on the plea that, in 50 doing, the public good is sub- sorved. The fact is, that, in all things in which the pullic have an intefest, it has bLeen the policy to prevent extortion, ' while trade, 8s ro- garas spocinl contracts, has been lofc 23 fico as possible. DBut we have some now conditions to contond with, and wo must make a special provision in regard to them. It needs no argument to show that, when combinations aro possible, competi- tion is impossible. It is those combinations that aroe to be feared, nnd which must be regu~ lated by law. Tho Munn & Scott swindle has proved Liow dangerous are those businosa trans- ections when not subject to the public inspec- tion, They are, in fact, conspicuous azainst the public good and the public morals, and should bo punished as such. That was the treatmont moted out to tho poor tailors in Now York some years sinco, and should have been applied to every organized strike from that time to the present day. The time must come when all of thoso combinations will bo punished by the criminal law,—whotlier railroad corporations, controlling hundreds of millions of dollars, or the conl-stokers of & gas company. Weo have a cating thoso Trades-Unions up to_their present point of mischief, in order to foist themselves into political power. It is impossible for the | farmers to combine to force up the prico of agricaltural products, end all schemes to this end will =prove failures. Tho fact is, there is no need for any snch condition of things, for the law of supply and demand has a greater force than is generally conceded. The trouble lies in the_direction of combinations, and it ia these that they can most effectually meet,—not by an organization oflicered and moved by some central power, 18 is done by political parties, but in the casting of single votes to accomplish the end. Let tho farmers be taught the principles of free government, and they will Boon select tho proper men to carry out their idess. It is not necessary tosend a farmer to the Legislature in order to obtain their nghts, but & good business man, who com- preheads the situation, and has the independenca to Eokcct every interost alike. combinations among farmers is impossible, there is no need of regulating ths price of their products ; bat we should not object to the Leg- son, Texas, state that the difficulties that ex-. isted among tho graders along the Kansas Con- leagucs that are formed i other industries and son for fixing tl'e rates per mile for passage cr freight ; but there is a necessity for g:otecgting & part of tho people from extortion. _Tn short what we need is o law that Jones sball not pas any more for the samo scrvice thau Smith. 1t 8umith livos in New York, aud buys a tioket 1) Clinton at tho rate of 2 cents a mile Joues, why livea at Calumot, ol mot be chasyor » groate: ratoper mile on the rosd tlab cairies Swiith across Lho Suaio, e s‘.uu Lvis the special rates of which wecom: lain, and these are aiike injurious to the rosls iom. selves; and a law that would regulute thora by & uniform syatem would advance. their interest: Tt is the daty of Congress to pass such a law, it order to regulate cominerca betiwcen the sevara: States; and every Furmers' Club shonld ses thet their member of Congresa is daly advised of tlia act. Comners in grain_ate_becoming less possiby trom the fact tbat it 18 ditfoats 1o pool v e funds for tho time required to carry oat the pr: pose; and evca then the ring 1aust call in soma monopoly to _assist them, as was the caso Lua past seat in Chicnizo. Al this timo_there ia an over-y some of the leading stay,l i pork, and beet s aud t! tent, been lost sighit-of Would a lower Tote of b divideuds of our Western ronls? it in the least. If an Illirois road person acrozs tho Stare ou 1 cot cents a mi zen of the Statoat the x of the State siul rodaction cf i1 03 corn, oats, , £0 7 gréat ez einlrover:s. increzso tha o doubt of Ihe peopla competled to pay t. nearly ell runners out in crder Lo we might call an edva dealers, as they can replenich their stosk time to time, and thus be enabled b 4 on a emaller capital. Those runuers pay 3 certa a mile, or $30 for a ticket of 1,050 wmiles. Iz the merchants could go to the citv 2t o rea: blo rate, tho ruuner would Lo dispensed w: and the merchant would vizit the ci his purchaso in person. The dealer ‘wish to invest 20 gt a time in fares, aod not therefore take advantage of the reduct offered. We might gafaly ! fares per mils Lo <o the rato of fraizht and several roads, wich the r - striction that therc ehouldba ro min that all porsoas should bo_ charged aliko for el shonid take bis G w3, I Lol settled this last question ; and re not been generally enforced that, in the grain trade, preference : but, this preference i Bome instances, to be due td the o uE the roads, who are sapposed to be interested in io trade es silent partuers. We must learn to treat thesc corporations ag wewould an individual or & businers firm, anl they, in turn, must, in their doslings with i_e people, consider themselves as snak Denunciation is of no practical value in controversy, for it must come dow ness basis, that shall be fair and uniform in all its workings. . At this time, the absorbing idea is ti:e ing of netw lines of road, to the slmost todal clusion of maunfactures. Our interior towt are loading themselves down with these stocks, whon they should rather bave fostered manu~ factures. Every new road is to lessen froights, 80 Bay the operatives; but wo fail to see much of a reduction thus fuc. If this thi a few years, there will bo an_over-pro railways, that will have the samo result in freights’ as the present over-praduction of onr leading sgricultural staples has in depressiug the price. b Such rapid changes as have brought'us these new order of things must need careful ¢ eration in order to make them work wi friction. Let us have patience, and res if wo cannot harmonize these things,—for, while the railroads sre a mecessity to the people, people aro o mecessity to the rosds. 2 mutual interest, that n:ust be sot tablighed, if we would wish to ride lennium in palace cars, or the road wish to them with paseengers. Now that thing reaching e 8pecie basis is o good ti roads to ingratigete themscives with the patrons, by doing what must come in the cnd. MENPHIS. Tire River Still Rising—Nere Dange L] Threatened to thie Steamers at tie Landing—Clearing the Wreeks, CrveiNyTTe, Dec. 23.—The Chronicle’s Mem. phis deepatch, this morning, says that the river s rizen cighteen inches s.aco dark last night, and is now rising rapidly, but is lmest cholk-d with floating ice, which is Leavier then thas which passed yesterday, and kas cut its way to within o fow feet of the boats lying at the foot of Jefferson strect. Two barges of coal, ore owned by tho Gas Company, wera & wave from the gorge at Randolph Landing, thi: morning, Should the gorge above breais av &00n, &3 is now anticipated, the Veet Wi Belle of Pike, and the R.P. W: in 60 or 70 feet of water, and it blo to savo tha dry-docks, the ferry- sior, tho wharf-boat belonging to” Captein Pat- terson, and the steamer Helen Broolks. ‘The stesmer Celeste was sunk TIsland No. 26, with her cargo, and is a total loss. Her c: with their lives, and waik miles, arriving at Memphis last nig Meuems, Tean., De Tug tho levee is unchange.l. sinco last ports, excopt that tie L nearly to her boilor~dec: tho wrecking-boat Eckert, is suporintending tho emoval of cotton from her, which cousisted cf 756 bales, over onc-half of which haa been saved. Should the boa: Lold up during tho day the remainder will be saved. AU her cabin _furnitare end staleroom doors have been saved, Sho was valued at £30,000; insured in DPittsburgh for 5 000. The R. P. Walt was ins in Pittaburgh and Wheeliug o New Albany, #s reported last night. The worle of wrecking bor still progresses, Eversthimnz will bg saved oscept the hull. “Yaylor Wells, pilot of the Andy Danm, iujured yeuterday, is doing well. The ice is stiil ruunin, weather exd cloudy, ead in “The Legal Tender and Macy B ovd v+ laid upat Commerce, and the John B. Mawie at the mouth. of White Hiver. Meaeis, Tenn., Dec. 23.—T% Tising. 1y to the presont wril it has risen threo foet. Siuce 6 the rise has broken the heavy niass o the oddy from the mouih of Woll R Jefferson strect loose from s shore. Is now feared if the rise continues, that this im- mense field of ice with the dry docks, several £ number of down ageinst ith irresistible fore. to succeeded in gett crossed over to tho b. lingtou dropped into tira er dipariuce. Tho James of Augusia have worked i nearer shore. All tho boats that have F steimup. Thereis no ground f that there is pny gorge abovo as tel: tho Cineinnaii Times and from here. Great danger is ap;):c} 01 tho field ico referred to above. Theico is stiil~ running heeyy. The Gas Company has made arrangenients fivo cac-loads of coal daily, which, with th supply, will enablo them to supply the deman. The Jyricn of coal has advanced to §2 u s rel. “The supply is very light. Steps aro being taken {0 preveut sulTering zmong the poor. B g e The Dibler Wife-Marder Trial. Special Despateh ta The Ci TForr Warsg. Ind., Dec. 23.—The Criminal Court opened thismorning on the Hidler marier case, and the examination of wirnesses wes co: menced. The prosecution introdused Dr. Vire gil, whoss evidenco went to show that death of Mra. Hibler was caused by the shock oceasioned by the shooting at the b: of her husband. Dr. Virgil's evideuce cousumed ths timo of the Courtup till ndjournment. 3re, Sullivan, who was present at the shoot bo examined on Monday. The court-roo; cro7ded with interested spectators. Feeinad iyl iy steamers, berges. the bosta at the I Tl steamor A. J. ont this eves whon the Yagor fad / b ¥acaney Howa: & Killed by n Policemnan. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.—The Coronors jusy seturued & verdict, to-day, that John Tweedio died from violence received from Polico Ser- geant liodgers, whilo the former was & prisoner in & cell at the station house, on tha 11th of Do- cember. Tweedie was arrested on the cha wkenness, but it is belioved that Lic was suf~ fering from a fit. A, Equa! Rights. New Yorx, Dec, 23.—Ths Board of Edes at Paterson, N, J., have resolved that the ored children there should be allowed to aitend the vablic schools and have the samo privileges 83 waites. The Eorse Discnscs Br. Tours, Dec. 23.—A despstch Irom ron Gibson, Indlun Territory, says thut the epizootié Railroad. by which they to-night commence the islaturo fixing & maximum prica for all the pro- ducts of the farm, Nordo % 800 any zaodganfi has appeared there, and nearls cil the Governs ment animals have gob if: ¥ 1