Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY 'I'RIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 18%3. NEW YORK. Prevalonce of Drunkeniless on New Year’s Day. Faifure and Tyndall’s Succoss, Froude's Erie and Northwestern. From Our Own Correspondent. New Yok, Jen, 4, 1870, Tho sun onmo out bright andcloar in themorn- ing, and remained so throughout NEW YEAR'S DAY, And, but for tho hugo banks of snow in all our stroets, that rondored iravol somewhat un- -plensant and disngroenble, no Now-Yorkor conld havo desired & more porfect 1st of Junuary. Business was ontirely susponded in all parts of the city, and our wholo populstion appesred to bo given up to what s donominated “gocial enjoyment.” Dverybody kopt open houso and received calls, and, in spite of tho * preachments of {ho pulpit and the press for tho provious fow days, I presuimo moro agg-nogg, apple-toddy, Tom-and-Torry, and similar *rofreshments™ woro consumed, and moro peoplo got royally drunk, in an_York, on tho 18t day of Jauuary, 1873, than onany ono day in the provions yoear. At all hours, from 10 o'clock in the morning, I met mon and boys, in evory stago of drunkennoss, engaged in malking calls; and, lato into tho nigh, Thonrd tho boia- terous yolls nud bncchanatisn songs of tho callors 08 they reoled homs to Lheir beds, or staggored from ono haunt of inlquity to auothor, with tho dotormination of winding up the doy in a propor mauner, and thon * making a night of it." 'Thore is somothing ploasant and social in tho old Knickerbocker eustom of calling on, and receiving the ealls of, ono'a frionds and ac- quaintances on {ho commoncement of o new year ; but when, ns is the cage in this city, tho * custon is productive of only drunkennces and bestinlily, thera ia cortainly nothing plonsant, soclal, or commendablo in it, Tho legs it is ob~ served tho botter. FROUDE 5 s gono home, Hesailed for Europo to-day. And his lccluro-tour in this country has not added to his roputation, As n leclurer, ho dido't drarw. s aubject wes ouo in which Amcricans have no special intorest. His lec- tures degonerated into a pitiful plea in belalf of English misrule in Iroland, and Lis andlenccs Dbeeame woary and disgusted, aud grow slimmor and slimmer nighll{. Fathor Burke and Colo- nel Melino attecked him flun.'nl{‘, and proved boyond contradiction that ko, in his “ilistory of Lugland,” as woll’ a8 in Ycotures, suppressed aud porvortod facts, and invonted and collectod fictions, whick he palmed upon an unsuspecting public as History, Ho tried to treat their aseertions with silent con- tempt, or with sneering -pooli-pooks; but tho avorago roader or listoncr s n¥t to soon discern whicli party Ling tho ntrongor side of an argu- snent, ~ And, although our busy, bustling peoplo don't cave patticularly about tho Irish contro- versy, thoy took interest enough in the fuatide_to” ooma to tho conclusion that J. A, Froudo is nn unveliable Listorian, and tonsiderablo of o litorary fraud. s History will ot find as ready sale heroafter us it hay found herotofore, and will bo road and referred to much less frequently since its author visited America. PROFEASOR TYNDALL, on tho othor hend, is growing moro and moro popular daily, Lioctures on sciontific sub- jests avo not supposed to bo generally inter- erting to a popular audience, But Lo bas com- letoly refuted that Lolief. There has not for a ong ~timo been eo povular a lecturer in Now York. Although four, out of the nix‘, nights of "his courso on “Tight. ! wero stormy, or iutongoly cold e al- ways bnd a crowded bouso ; and there 18 littlo doubt that, if tho hall of {bo Cooper Instituto liad been larger, it vsould have been filled. Tho Professor thoroughly understauds his subject, und has tho happy faculty, that so fow possesses, of impnriing information to an sudience in a pleasing and_attractivo menner, Tho Tribuno seportod hin lectures in full, with illustrations, eud lins since published them all in ono shect, which is having n vory large salo. Tho Professor is also dolivering tho samo course 1 Brooklyn. He Las cortainly done a zreat deal to popularize scienco, and the sale of his very valuable books cannot fail to bo largely fncrensed. Binco Jay Gould's restoration of tho stolen roperty to, the Eric Railwey Company thore fms been & gront denl of LOOSE TALE, £nd the greator partof it vory foolish, about tho Erio Dircetory allowing him to ¥nrclmau enough of Erio stock to cover all his lossos, owing to 1he rise in prices coneequent upon his settiement. T'o bo sure, the absurdity of the wholo thing bo- comes apparent to avery one who rofleats s mo- ment upon what number of glhares it would re- quire, at an advauco of £8 a share, to amount to £0,000,000, But, ndmitting that Gould had real- ized that fabulous amount” from his speculation In Erio stock, what undor the sun lad the Erie Directory to do in the matter? Could they pro- vent the owners of thestock from selling, or Gould from buying? They have no control over the stoclt, 1t is for sale. and Tom, Dick, and Hury can go iuto the markot, if thoy have tho monay, cod can find sotlors, and buy as_much stock ag they can conveniontly carry, ond no mau or seb of men have tho right to prohibit or forbid them. 1f Jay Gould had money, and choso to invest it in Erio stock, it waa his own_ sffair, and nobody cluo's, DBut (o fools ure not all dend yot by s Ioug sight, and, whilo thoy are permitted to in- fest the carth, and wield tonguo and pen, wo will invo to_submit to tho intliction of their ‘Labbling and reribbling, TIE CLICAGO & NOKTHWESTERN RAILROAD is no doubt to have n futuro. But what that futuro is 10 bo, is one of tho things that “no follow can find out.” Sinco tho famous ** corner in Northwestorn” common, brokers have beon shy of tho stock, and outsidors havo lot it . nu,erely aslons. Wall street says that tho Vanderbilt interest io auxious to obtain control of tho ruad, and Lisvo unbroken cominunication from New York to Stn Francwsco, and that Jay Gould is hand-in-glovo with Clarko, Schell & Co,, for tho consimmation of the project, In spite of tho old Commodore's unbandsome lottoy in rogard to Gould’s phiz. “The report may or may not bo fruo. Dut, a8 the Commodore is rotfcont on tho subject, an Clarke knows how to keop n secrot, a8 Schell declines to shell out any information in rogard to tho mattor, and as Gould don't intorview worlh o ccnt,’ wo will havo to wait pationtly and soo what we shall seo, At prosout tho old Comuodors aud his son-in-law Horace aro connidombly oxorcisod about that littlo suit, in which the Erio Compnny dosires the Commodore to rofund ©3,600,000 that ko wobt from tho Trensury of tho Cowpany in about a8 ‘*irrogu- lar" a nisuner a8 Gould got what bo refunded. ‘I'he suit will bo prossed vigorously, and, if the Cominodoro saves his plunder, it will bo through giskhllimule kuowlodge of ‘“thie ways that aro ark.” 3 —_—— FIRE FROM STEAM-PIPES. o 1] + Editor of The Chicago Tribune: S Thero hias hoen cousiderablo said in re- Iation to the various ways in which buildings may lake firo, Somo havo sald that wood could bo ignited by stoam-pipes ; others hnve assertod that it could not. Itis high time that tho best method of heatiug should bo understood by tho public. In those timos of devastation by firo, it would be woll for builders, ownors, aud insur- anco companios to look well to this matter of lLienting our buildings, Binco tho Doaton fire, I havo beon making oxporlments on superheated stonm, to ascortaln whether wood could ba]?- uited by it or not, and I find that it ja imgamb o to ignifo tho_dryost kind of wood. Tho wood a8 made as dry as it could bo by fire, and then placed in contact with the stoam-pipe filled with dry stoam (Luso the word dry here, which fu quora proper), hoated to tho highest guuilblo temporature, for the spaco of forty-sight hours, and could not be ignited ; thereforo I can scc no vau[niblu way of igniting wood with steam, dry or noiut, But to sesort that a building can't take firo from pipos_ filled with dry steam, is & wrong as- sortion, l'or, by another experiment, I found that thero waa & collection of ‘a dowuy dust on the upper sido of the pipes, that will ignito from pipos filled with dry steam. I proourod somo_of this, rnd applied it to the Y] e, aud found that, in tho spuco of ten hours, it bocame iguited ; and thorois no doubt but what Bar~ num's Musoum caught five from tho Igniting of thiy downy wubsiauco on tho pipos, ustosd of tho Igniting of the wood. It In ronsonshle to bollove that somo of tho buildings in Chicago which have beon consumod from timo to tima havo boon ignited in this way. To provent any danger of flio from ateam pipos whoro thoy lio borizontally botwoon floors, or concealed in othor partaof o building, I would suggest to cover them on tho top side with tiw. This would provent tho aceumulation of this com- buntiblo substance on the pipos, nud bo & good protection against five In this direction, ‘Ihero havo hoon many new theurtes advanced on this mubject, but thea ara practical exporis monts, Thorefore I give it to the public. Yours, 0. 11. Pracey, Architoot. Cu1cAao, Jan, 7, 1873, . ILLINOIS FRUIT-FIELDS. Successiul Frult=Growoers == ¢ Penre mont Y-=Profits on Strawbhorricuss XZow First-Class Fruit Puys. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, = Conpky, 111, Jan, 6, 1873, A fow of tho succossful fruit-growers of thia soolion are from Northern Illinola and Wiscon~ sin. Bome aro from the East, More than one Chicago man ia hero, All aro doing well, eithor in tho prosent or prospectively. Bovou yenrs ago, Mesms. Platte, Fullor, and Earlo, of Chicago, purchagod 80 ncvos of lnud on tho holghts now callod ¢ Pearmont,” and put out nomo 18,000 pear treos. Tho varletica so- loctod woro tho Bartlott, Duchiosso, Burra Dil, Buire d' Anjou, snd tho like choico kinds, About half woro standards and Lalf dwarfs ; tho former have como into boaring, From this pear orchard thore wero shippod this yoar, moutly from ton ncros, about 5,000 boxes, Chicagg did not have the priviloge of onjoying all of thislug- clous fruit, ns fully one-half was shipped to Now Orloans, whore prices proved more remu- norative. Qroater results are oxpectod anothor soason from tho far Southorn market. Mr. Parker Enrle, tho rosidont managor of tho *Pearmont " farm, hasalso a small, but very .desirable, fruit farm, one milo east of tho depot, from which he ships s choico vaioty of products cach yorr, - Tho orchard at * Poarmont "—ilistanco somo threo milos wost from tho station—is being still further enlarged from yoar to yoar by tho sotting out of additional acros with young troos of tho vory bost_variotios; so thaf, with the valuablo “exporience of theso many yoars in practical work, and with the nddi- tional facllitios for succossful work in tho fu- turo, this favorite * Mount"” will not only be- como still more renowned as a locality for the suro prodnction of tho most popular and best in enr-culture, but will prove s mine of wealth to ts worthy owners, who bave waited long for ro- turns on thoir heavy investménts of monoy, toil snd patienco, But timo will soon prove' thal thorough culture and persistent effort will pay. As to tho profits of oarly strawborrios, one iu- stanco will suflice: Mr, Ezra Miller, within two milen of tho sta- tion norilieast, formorly of Erio County, N. Y., ehipped to Chicago 8) crates of strawborrics. Thoy netled him nearly 15 conts per quart; in tho aggregato, $300. His yield was at the rate of 8,000 quarts por mere. This gontleman bo- lioves in thorough culturs of oul{ 50 much ground as can bo sitended to' by himeelf por- Bonally, in ronowiug bis stravhorry-beds bien- nially, pruning closely, and manuring highly. o lina a farm of 20 acres. Mr. Poter Haglor; three miles anst of tho . do- pot, Lias thirty acres, chiefly devoted to poachos, of which 2,600 treea aro in bearing. These treos aro but four years old, and last yoar ho sbippod 8,000 boxes, prices ranging from 50 to b5 cents per box. Ho has 1,000 trees of Troth'a TEarly,—a very valuable pesoh when it reaches a ‘marlat like Chicago, where good fruit is appre- cintod. Mr, I, has also threo noren of siraw- berrios, and shipped, lagt yoar, 130 cratos, nvor- aging liim £3.60 por crato of twanty-four quarts. 6 has usually from ono to four acres of tomatoos, last year sonding to maket 700 boxes, pricos ranging from 81 to 91,50 por box. Mr, 1L has occupie his farm but four yosra; of conrso tho next four will be atill moro satisfaclory in_rosults. Adjoining the farm of Mr. Hagler is the famous one of AMr. Dan Kimmel, con- sisting of 200_ncros, 40 of which are in whoat. On this farm My, Kimmol raised tho whoat which took tho promium st tho World's Fair in London in_1857. Tho sama wheat lLad proviously re- coived the first premium at the Union County Fhair, the Illinois State Fair, and ho Mississippi Valloy Fair, at St. Louis, in 1856, Mr. Kimmel hiss not o much faith in peaches for profit nuin apple, but is to put out in tha !prhx§ 500 peach treos, of ITall's Liarly, Troth's, Suock's, Old Mixon, and Hoatl's Cling, Alr. I, shipped tho laut year 500 barrels of apples, cloar- ing about §250, "Hia favorito varietics aro Larly Harvest, Rod Astrachan, Buckingham, Swoob Russet, Bollflower, and Winesap. His npple or- chard congists of about 1,000 treos, Ho sottled npon this farm 19 yoars ago, whon it was covored with heavy timboer; has clezred it himsolf; and now, from his fino residenco, ho caunot only overlook the country for miles around; but can enjoy the distant viaw of Missouri to tho west of tuo Missisaippi, and Koutucky beyond {he Obio Tiver, southeastorly,—a diatance of a ‘score of miles, more or loss, John Clay, formorly from Richland County. ‘Wisconsin, is another prosperous fruit-growor, Ho removed hero 11 yoard since, and las im- rovod o farm of 35 acres. Ho has acres in apples, 8 in peaches, 4 in poars, 4 in strawberrios, 4 to & in_tomatoes, and 4 in aweot potatoes, Last yoar he shipped nearly 2,000 boxos of tomatoos, receiving for tho firat ah(pmants £3 por box ! ~Xlis average pro- duct por scre is about 400 boxes. His sweot potataes yield, in good scesons, about 200 bush- ols por acre. In Decombor Jast Lio sont to mar- 11:“ 4‘5 Dbarrols, which brought £6 and $5.50 per arrol. Mr. Olayreckons strawberriosas his most profit- able crop. Ono year, from less thau an acre, Lo roalized over 8600, and from thrao ncres, $1,9501 Loat year ho marketod 800 boxes of Bartlatt cora. 5 One important item in tho statement of Mr, Clay should be noted by all fruit-culturists. He Buys:, My instructions tomy agonts in Chi- cago aro, never to put in markot for me a pack- 8go of my fruit which I caunot warrant in good condition ; for I hold m&llo\f purnonnllz TeRpOnKi- Dlo to cvery purchazor that every packago snall bo what it purports to bo,—in good marketablo condition ; hut, as yot, I have nover been called upon to refund the monoy on a singlo packuge.” It all our loading fruit-growera would adopt the }leicy of Mr. Clay, overy producer of “A No.1" fruit would muke monoy, for such would always rocoive romunerating Erl::ua, how- ovor the market might be glutte kinds, Good fruit, put up and markotod by reliabie parties, will bo moro and moro profitabla aa such 18 botter appreciatod by the Loiter class of customers, At prosont, thoro aro fow, vory few, who make monoy in raising: peachos and tho cmaller fruits ; but an improvoment in qual- ity, and in putting into market in_good shape, and all ““apon honor,” will mako rich the honost, woll-skilled producer of our choicost fruits, Lot fruit-growors, North ag woll as South, make & noto of this, and b wise. L. —_—— SLEIGHRIDES FOR SCHOOL-CHILDREN. To the Editor of The Chicago T'ribune ; Bmn: 'I'bat the boys and girls in our publio schools dosorve & sleighride, fow will have tho bardhoartodness to deny. . But how to giva them onoon s grand &calo, nud foot the bill, wonld puzzlo the hoad of the shirowdest and mont be- novolent financior. What man or set of men could afford, or would voluntarily assume, such an indobteduoss? Hence I concluda that, if tho scholars want a sloighrido thin wintor, it must be at their own expouso, fortitied by thoir !urenln‘ pursos. Horo my suggestion comos in: hat tho livery-stable mien, backed up by the perents, can make our streots morry on Satur- day afternoons with tho shouts and laughtor of boys and girla gliding over tho enow. Lot them fitup long sloighs, capablo of holding 40 or &0 children, and fix the fare at & or 10 cents an an hour, and tho thing is done. Alonoy will flow into tho pockets of the managers of such an entorpriso, aud joy into tho homes of tho chil- dren, Cmiciao, Jan, 7, 1873, ———— Farmers’ Cqnvention, Spscial Correspondence of The' Chicago Tribune, Dwiour, Livingston Co,, 11l,, Jan, 4, 1873, Tho farmers of Duwight, Goodfarm, Round Gravo, Nevads, Broughton, Union, and Highland hold & moating to-day in tho Town House at Dwlight, for the purposo of choosing dolegatos to tha Convontion to bo hold at Poutizo, Jan, 6, 1873, which is called to consldor tho prosout ox- tortionato and unlewful froight discriminations, and other questions affecting tho Intorests of tho agricultural community. Tho meoting was very largely attended, and was markod by a spirit of harmony sod & dotor- mination to carry the war iuto Africn, ‘The following porsons wore chosen ag delo- atos to the Convention at Toutiso: W, 8, filmmn, Bamiiol T, K, Prime, W. F'louncker, Tho 'Comuiltes o osolutlons reorted tho y_common |. following, which woro ordored to bo printed in the Dwight Star, Pontino Sentinel, and I'ng Ont« 0ACO TRIDUNE niss, The Conntitution of 1870, by the exprers pravirfons thareol, mado 1t {ho duty of tho Leglsinture of e Blate to Hx n waximum rao for frolght and pancongers unon tho railtonds of (his Stato ; thoreforo Resolved, Thnt the netfon afready taken by (ho Leg= tataturo of to Stuto of Tilinois mectn with thoappro- bt of {1 meeting; and that o drinand of one Topreaentntives that fhiey pasa sich other and addis tonal logislatlon na may 1o nesowknry to o full realis zation of tho intention of tho framerd of tho Countitu- tion of 1870 {1 this particular, Jtesulred, 'Tunt Wo_ horehy Medgo oraclves, regards Jeau of former party projudices, to volo for no‘man for ofiico who s opporod to usan {his quostion, aud to support and suntan thono who nro in our favor and opposed to rafirond monopolics, Resolved, Thnd wo heartily approvo of (ho conrso of our Benator-clect, 7, G, Strong, on this question, Itesolved, Tat wo cxpress our appreciation of tho anergy nndt fldolity of our former citfzen, It P, More gan, dr,, §1 1o diachargo of Lia oflicial duffos g Raile Fond and Warchiouso Commissloner; and, confidlg in his Inflexiblo integrity, wo hopo ho will b relaluod as Conumfasloner, Toprnt Troxrsow, Chalrmsn, BAMUEL T, K, Prisiz, Beorolarp, ———— THE FIELD AND STABLE. Norvonsness==Ilow to Stop n Runawny Jlorse. From Our Oten Correspondent, MANUATTAN, Knn,, Jan, 5, 1873, NENVOUSNESS. M7, PLEARANT, Caso Co,, Neb, Do, 27, 1873, VETTRINATIAN—SIn; T wrotu to yoit lust epring, do- serlling o Inmecicea §n ono of my’ horaes, which you prononmend rlugbone, By following your directione I ave onirely eurod my horse, 1 now como to you again, with, T fear, o moro difiionlt case. T havo o horso, 7 ydars ol very higllived, whieli bna somo- thing stmifar to tho fhunips, - You say (humps seldom canthius lones tlian fousieon dayn ; you alko aay ro-- oalod altnc orse will up and get him o n nevor gots very bad: acldom gets so it con Lo soen 3 can bo felt by placing hand on left flank, o will thuimp if I get on Lin and run him 50 yards, 1le seeran Lo stand work a5 well o8 cuy of my horsea, I havo owned hini about four montha ; worked hitm on n threshing machino; han not heon sick sinco I owned bim, If you cau givo mo nuy remedy throngh Tite ‘WeerLy Tirouxe it will bo thaukfully recelvad, A. 1L Constax, Answer fo A, I, Colman: Your horse, very likely, 10 not'disensed nt all, but s naturally of such a nervous and oxcitablo tomporament that tho least causo or provocation is able to produce a forcible benting or thumping of tho. heart. Such a causo may conoist in & great many thinga ; for instance, a3 you mention, in a littlo (unnec- casnary) oxcitoment, or in (rather suddenly) run- ning tho horso 50 yarde; furthor, in giving the same a lash with tho whip, or in frightoning Lim gonorally, ote. Such an extromely norvous or excitable tem- poramont in metl with quito often, not only in Lioreos, but also in other domestic nuimals, cs- pecially in aome blooded horses and ponios, aud atill oftener in cortain broods of doga. Tho only remody—that iy, as fer g anything in nuch a case can be considored a remedy—con- sisty in a kind and gentlo tvealmont, and in on- deavoring to gain the anim:l's confidonce; for such an animal will bo less excitable, and not so’ caully frightend, whon always trosfed with kindness, and in such o way ag to become cou- vinced that no harm is intended, « T myself have n pony which in of such & nerv~ ona disposition that even a sudden approaclh of a strangor, or uny other cxcitement,—a harsh word, for instanco,—is sufiiciont to make his heart beat, somotimes g0 forcibly thal the beat- ing can bo heard at a distanco of several yards. Onco I fired a plstol ata rat, when standing in the stable near tho pony, and tho lattor, not- withstanding that e does not-mind tho report of n gun, whon under the saddlo, boceme 5o muelt oxclted as Lo tramble, and this benting or thumping of his hear!, which could be heard quite & distance, becamo as foreiblo, as to shako his wholo body. A littlo patting and a few kind words, of courso, quisted his cxcitoment in n few minntes, Tho beating or thumpiug of the heart of your Lorso uundoubtedly is of a nimilar nnture, is cauged by o yery nervons, timid, and frotful dis- position, and is‘ontircly differont from what peo- plo are used to eall *Lhumpy.” 10W TO BIOP A RUNAWAY IORSE, Ono of ny neighbors hai the pleasure of pos- sessing e rogular runaway horee, which inddiges aboutonconweekinalittlosmash-upof wagonand hinrness, otc. ‘Iho othiordayhieaskedme whattodo with tho animal, I advised him to take a strong aud firm string, sovoral yards long, and ahout one-fifth of an'inch in dinmeter, to fusten to one ond of tho samo &u_iron ring, and then to pass thestring, in form of o running nooso, aroind the horke's neck, so that the ring might hang down s littlo jn frout of tho snimal's windpipo 3 further to put tho running eud, togothor with linos, through {ho ring oa top of tho harnoss, aud to fasten it to tho dashbonrd, or to koap it in his hand, fo 8 to bo abla to pull on it a8 soon as tho horgo might nttempt to run. 1le says hia horso has grown tired of smashing buggies sinco lio uses that string. VETERINARIAN, —_— STERLING, ILL, wocem {o bo o raro oceurronce, My a8 ofton a8 I hitch him litle oxcited, o thuny Speetal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, BICRLING, 1iL,, Jan, 0, 1473, Bince the cold weathor Las begun, this placs, to bo even wilh her sistor citics, bas had the firo excitomont, and consoquent loss theroby. Beely's bakory was burned, and also the build- ing in which tho Express Company bad its ofice, —entailing o loss of nemly $8,000, outeido ‘of any Insuranco on tho property. The city has, in fact, no ndequate means of protecting itself from fires. To bo suro, the river is handy, but we have nothing to got the water from it, and, therofore, it might as well be & thousand miles away. Lgst Thuraday ovening, o freight train going TEast met with a broken rail just east of town, and uifiht cars werd piled up in the river, For~ tunatel {, 10 one was injured, as theso cars went out of the middle of tho train, and broke the coupling befora the cabooss-car renched tha jumping-off place. The embankmont is noarly 20 foot high at this placo, and the, track making o ourvo, it scoms rathor Providential that no moro damnge was dono. Mr. H. Farwoll—fathor of J. V. and 0. B, Far- well, of your ci:!-—-diml at his home, in this place, last Baturday, from the effcots of o fall rocoived fomo Lwo woela ngo. It appears that Mr. Farwell f“ up aftor retiring, to look after tho fires, and, by somo mishap, fell down stairs, Tho bot s taken to Chicago for burial. hing, but it does mot en- grest deal. It is harvest time for the ice-dcealers, and thoy aro socuring supply of oxcellont ico. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The Board of Bridowoll Commissioners hold a quarterly meeting ab the ITouso of Correction yosterday afternoon. Nothing of importanco wan dono by the Bonrd, the souslon being devot- odalmost entiraly to giving instructiona to Mr. Telton, the Buporintendont, rogarding the mate- rials for his annual report. ke oxpenditures for tho your wero carefully oxumined, and fm- provements which aro considerod necessary talked about. Tho labor contracts for tho pash oar havo nearly expired, but it was not thought Vst to rolot thom until Mavel " Thore are-nt prosont Gl prisoucrs in tho institution, of wliom 60 were sent from the Criminal Col The numbor on the 18t of January of last yea: was 236, The foundations of tho addition to thp building, 100x50 feot, are nearly ready for tho brick, oy would hava boen compléted some timo aga Liad not tho cold weather stopped tho work. An soon a8 [mnnib!n, the orection of tho superstrncture will bo commenced. Buperin- toudent F'elton's report, whioh will bo ready for the printer In a day or fwo, is very intoresting, covering tho entiva tranuactions of tho institu- tion for tho pust yoar, detailing tho worle per- formed, glvlufi an acoount of the improvements mado, 'and of ovorything connacted with tho prison. —_—— FIRES AND SMALL-POX. T tho Editor of The Chicago T'ribune Bin: Will somo modical man explain whother groat fires huve angthing to do with the ucoptlon and spread of small-pox, Tho genoral improssion is, tuat firo I8 a purifying agont, which burns up tho mizema and othor impuri- tien of the atmonphero; 8o small-pox is kaid to cleanso the system by driving humors to thesur faco, If fire purifics the air, and pure alrena- Dbles tho lungs to throw the discaso to the sur- faco, what connoction can there ho botwoon fire aud small-pox? Nolo how umall-pox provailed aftor tho Chicago firo, aud again afier the Boston fire, Should 1t bo said that this disoase pro- vails whoro fires have not occurrod, is it o sufti- ciont auswor that it may have buon cartjod there from the lurgo contros of contaglon? Letsome ono fawmiliur with the great firos of the world in- form the publie whothar flros deatroy, or whethor thoy moroly scatlor, tho soods of discaso, Qitioago, Jan. 0, 1813, Queny, ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. Enrmers? Institutens, The Tifth Annupl Sories of Agrivultural Talks and Discussions, hold undor tho auspices of tho Illinots Industrial University, will bo hield dur- Ing Jauunry and February of 1873, at tho follow- ing thnon anid placos : At Poorin, Peorln County, commencing Mon-~ day nvomn;flllnn. 20, aud continning, with threo sasslons d 9'a, m,, 3 p.m., and 7 p. m, ntil Thursdey, Jam, 23y - 0o p. 1), At Jaclaonvll llo, Morgnn County, eummunnlnfl Tuoaday_evening, Jan. 21, aud continuing untl Triday, Jan, 24; At Pana, Christian Connty, commeneing Mon- day ovonfng, Jan, 27, snd continulug uatil Thursday, Jan., 30 ;. At Greonvillo, Bond County, commomxlnfi Tucsdny_ovening, Jan. 28, and continuing unt Fridny, Jan, 81 ; At Knnkakeo, Kankakeo County, commnnclngi Mondn{ evening, Fob, 8, aud continuing uutil Thuraday, Fob. 0; 3 At _Gilman, Ironlu County, commnnclnfi Tuendsy ovening, Feb. 4, sud continuing until T'riday, Fob. 7; At Bolvidere, Boone County, commonclnr Bonday ovoning, Fob, 10, and continuing until Thursday, Feb, 18, These Farmers' Institutos have o two-fold purpose : Ono fs to bring bofore our farmers, and tho citizons of tho State gonerally, now facts aud now {licories affecting the practice, the sacial condition, and the cconomy of rural life. Anothor object I8 to learn the viows of practical mon, and compare thelr observation and expori- onco. Wo dosire to bring tho man of sclenco and thio practical man togethor, that thoy may loarn of oach other, and that general intelligenco upon agricultural mattors may be advanced. Tho Bonrd of Trusteos of the Industrial Uni- voraity provides tho epoalkers, who opon tho dis- cuusion upon the various topics with o .short ad- dros. Thao citizens, at tho difforent localitios named, furnish halls properly warmed and lighted, and tho courses aro froe toall interested to attond. The livo farmora of tho Statoare earnestly invited to attend, and to participate in the discussions. Every locality pamod shonld bogin early and do the work to” seccure n good atfondanco of such men. This is ossontial to succoss, Among the spoakers slready engaged, and the ‘topics proposed to'bo discuesed, are the follow- g . ’rofossor J. B. Turner, of Jackeonville, will Jecturo upon *Tho Consorvation of Animal }-‘ur‘cn in Agflculmm,_" and perlinps upon other opica s . r. J. M. Grogory, Regont of tho Univorslty will givo 2n addross upon ** Tho Farmors and (ho Middlemen,” and upon ‘ The Scopo of Dowmestic Beience,” nnd, when decired, upon_*Tho Now Lducatfon in fho Common Béhools ;" poisi e b‘lng!ntou, Obsorvor of tho Bigual Sor- ¥ica, United States Army, s oxpected to givo un address, at ono or mora points, oxplsnalory of the advantages to the farnter of the metoorologi- cal observations made by that Burcau ; Dr,\WWm. LeBaron, Staie Entomologiat, willlec- ture upon Entomology ; Dr, L, 8. Hull, at oo or more places of those named, upon Hor- ticultural topics ; 2 Thomas J. Burill, Professor of Horticultura, will open diseusaions upon ‘“The Troatment of Soils,” and * Tho Propngation of Plauty;" Judge A, M. Brown, of the Baard of Trustces, vill givo an addresa ‘upon ‘* Orchard Manago® mont ;" Don Carlos Taft, Profeseor of Goology and Zoology, will lectura npon “The Origin and Na- turo of Hoils aud Cosls " _ J. . Beott, of tho Board of Trustees, will speak upon “ Feeding Stock ;" Jonoph I, Carey, Professor of Anclent ITis- tory, Languages, and Arts, will givo an addveas upon * Plows and Plowing ;” . 17, Johneon, llinois Correapondent of. tho Country Cenlleman, will lecture upon * Some- thing More than Corn and Something Detter than Onls s " W. C. I'lagg, Correepending Secrotary of the Board of Trustees, will give addrosses upon ' Agriculture of Illinois in the Ccusus of 1870," upon ** ow to Make an Orchard,” and upon *Rings, or the Combinations Againat tho Turmer; " H. K, Vickroy, Orchardist and Gardoner, will talk upon % Timber-Growing, and. How to Maka o Nuvsery ;” 5 E. L. Lewronce, Mead Farmer, will speak up- on * Rearing and Feeding Cattle.” J. M, Greaony, Rogent. W. C. Fragg, Cor. Sec'y. —_— CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALKS, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sir: For want of o more satisfactory explan- ation of tho doplorable condition of our side- ‘walks,—covored with bummocks of snow and iee,—I am. forced to declaro that thoro scoms to be o collusion between tho Stroot Commisaionor and the omnibus and car companics, by which the Commissioner is bound to lenvo the side- walks in such n state that peoplo will be com- pelled (when they ean) to ride instend of walk, I donot know positively that such a collusion oxiats, but the looks of tho strects, and side- walks especislly, point strongly in that direction. Some porsons delight in walking, o block at a time, for instance ; but thoy dare not attempt it now, excopt at risk of lifo and limb, to sy no!liing of an interminabloe Inwsuit with the City Fathers, PEDESTRIAN, Citicaco, Jan, 7, 1873, E —_— Tho Augustan Age of Furder, From the New York Herald. Not o hundred years ago, thero was founded “ The Hell-Firo Glub," having for its object tha promotion of vice, To Eugland bolongs the lory of its birth, as to England belonga the ator glory of originating a sosiety for tho mup- prossion of virtuo, Club and socloly havo secrotly disnppoared from the mother country to becomo more firmly established in New Youk, whero an electivo Judiciary and ignorant, un- principled jurics lend themselves to the noble task of making republican institutions a syno- nym for overythiug that is vilo. Wo mako this statemont doliboratoly, with the intention of proving it by the loglo 6¢ events, taking for our premires tho murders of the last treo years, a int of which will bo found in another column, Forty murdera in 1870; sixtcon Iriali, ion Gor- mans, ton Americans, threo English, and one Norwogian. Forty-five murders in 1871 ; twenty- threo Irish, nine ~Amoricans, four Englieh, four Gormuns, ono Italiau, and one Bywise, Filty-six murdors {n 1872; twenty Irish, ninotoen Amori- cans, eight Germans, threo English, two Bvades, ono ftalion, and ono French. Five moro mur- dors in 1871 than in 1870; eleven more murders In 1871 than fn 1870—an incroase of sixtoen in two yoars! If crimo progrovsin this frightful ratio, who, within many months, will desorve to escapo hanging ? Is it not about time for thoso still alive, who niether aspiro to murdor nor be given in murdor, {0 inquire whether golf-proscr- vation, which is aupposed to De the fivst law of nature, does not exact that more horoio treat- mont sbould ba administorad to artiats.in human butchory than now soems fashiou- able? Ia it enough to mildly rail ngainab fotsl deprayityin roading dotails of {hio vory Iatest homiclde with one eys whils tho other gazes complacently upon a cup of the vory best coffee? When life hos grown to be such a ghautly joke that peoplo wako up in tho morning and congratulato thomselves upon not having had thelr (hroats cut from ear 1o ear by frieuds, Losom or othoryiso, I8 thore not some- thing rotten in the body politic? Does it not bolioove us to eeriously ask why this murdorous org{ has beon ko long tolorated, and what means sliall bo employed to bring it to an end? Wonld it not Le woll for thoso very estimable gentlo- ‘man, known a8 tho Committco of Soventy, to who wo anxiously look for all good_things, to seb their ponderous intellect to work out our salvation, erotho child of tho period becomes ro domoralizod ax to ery for blood as it now crios for soothing syrup?” If the carnago do not soon cense, **Givo us this day our daily murder® will be the ;lupulnr form of prayor; and that such s stato of things should transpire under the relgn of tho *“Sovonty " ought toconvinco conflding citizons of tho necousity of doubting evon tho divino right of (his immaculate council, Words mean but little aftor blows, atabling, and shool- ing bao sot I, sud porliugs it would bo woll. to tonr o leaf out of Unlifornin's history, imitating In the elyilized East the vigilanco committes of tho barberio West, 'When friouds of a man mur- dered In the most nhuokln:;ly and brutal manner pitso littlo faith In tho uitimato triumph of jus- Ico ait to lay o plot for the forciblo romoval aud s lynchlnf;' of his murderer, {sit unwiso to suggost that what “mu%!m " dare do to rovengoe & dead comrado respeotablo citizens ought to do to resciio law from tho Lavples mow proyiug upon it at the expousa of our good namo and ouy depleted pockots # Readord of the Ierald, ponder ovor tho bloody catalogue, and know that Y:“ will bs yoursolves to blamo if it bo sopoated tho year 1874, / it in liopad, will o ablo to talk, . DEFERRED TELEGRAMS. Logislnttves MiIcH1n. Spectal Deanatch to Th Chicagn Tribuns, LANREEG, Micll, dan, T.—Liontonunt Gov Hol® wunoneod tho following Seunto Cotamit- toen thus motning s Appropridtions “and Finance—Wessan, Deland, g Gt and Publle Accounta—Beslile, Tinds, Nos- mith, Stato Afuire=ickley, Dulternold, Fparka, Judfelary—Emeraon, McGowan, Biwer, Feleral Relutiona—fitchell, Ely, Molton, yPiducationand Publis” dctounla~Cronby, inds, oiton, . - Danlia and Tneorporationa—TKing, Wilbur, Deattto, Mdlftary Affairi—Lly, Teattlo, King. Publfo Lands—Oray, Tsbmn, Aickley. Raflroads—Wheeler, King, Gray. Ttcuds and Lriges—Goodoll, Mitcholl, Hinds, + Connties and Townshipa—Sutton, Curry, Irelzman, Cities and Villages—Wilbur, Qliiidn, Iniam, Ayricultural and. Mechanicat Inlerests—Butterfiold, Protzman, Dowoy. Saline Intereat’ 17, Deland, Wieolor, Lunber Interests—\eila, Mollon, Ourry, Fishing Inferesta—Milior, Glubb, Mitcuioll, Canals, River and Harbor Inprovements—Anderson, TInliam, Wieelor, 3linés, Mineral and Minfng Interests—Tsham, Nes- mith, Sloddord, flllc;‘talum and lienefit. Societies—Sumnor, Childs, parks, Tmmigration—Sparks, Gray, Sumner, k Inattrance—Deland, Crosby, Sloddurd, Printing—CufT, Dowey, Ererson. Ktate's Prison—heGowun, Groaby, Ely, Regurin School—Dowoy, Stoddard, Hetito, Ingns Asylum—Nowmith, Sutton, Dutterfield, e aiid Dumb_and Uit Auylun~—Ourey, Spaks, olln, Agricultural College—Pontzman, Micklos, Sumuer. Unicersity and Normal School—THelinrdaon, Wesaon, Geologteal SurceyMillcll Tichardson, Mallon, State Capitol and Publfe Buitdinys—Ricbardson, An- deraou, Wells, Stats Libre —Wilbur, Emornon, Anderson. Ezploring—Goodell, Wilbur, Sutfon, Conatitutional Amendmerits—~Brower, Whoelor, 3lc- owen, Rulea and Jotnt Rules—Deland, Brewer, Goodoll, Ingrogsment and Enrollment of Billa—Clubb, Goodall, Oroaby. Suppliea and Miscellancotis Senats Expenscs—3linds, Atlckloy, Wesson, ! FLORIDA. TALLAWASSEE, Jan. 7.—Covernor Ilart and Lioutonnnt Govornor Htearns wero inagurated to-day nt 12 o'clock. Toth branchos of the Legislaturo met in the Houso, Mr, A, B. Conovor,state I'reasurer, was clected 8poaker by the Domocratic voto and tho nid of tho Republicans, Tarranagsie, Fla, Jan. 7.—The Governor's seloction of Btato officors bag given groat dis- satisfaction to tho Republican mombers of tho Loglalature. At tho caucus, Isat night, the! detormined to nomivate J. 1. Walliz (colored, for tho Unitod States Senate. TENNESSEE. NasavirLe, Jan. 7.—The Sanato to-day elected A.T. Lacey, of Shelby, Independont, Sponkor, and {hon ndjourned, NETADA, Vinainia, Jan, 7.—1'ho Nevads Logislaturo mot at Carson yestorday, organizod, and imme- diately adjournod, deferring the Senntorial olec- tion until tho 2lgt. Thore was no caucusing by cither party. Politicals NEW YORK STATE CONWTITOTIONAL COMGIITTEE. New Yong, Jan. 7.—The Committs to pre- percan nmoudmount to the Stale Constitution wmeots to-morrow st Albany. Among the im- portant subjecta which will' engross its atten- tion will bs one providing that all the members olaated to eithor Houso of the Legiulature shall bo roquirad Lo pasa any bill, instend of o bare majority of & majority, na it now the law. Tho successiul working of " this provision in Illinois, whors it has been onncted, has led promineut goutlemen of the Commission to solicit the views of the ITon, Joseph ledill, Mayor of Chi- cazo, who was nlu:\dh\§ member of the Conati- tutional Convention of Ilinoiy, which adepted it in that Siato, on the sibject, abd o lengtliy lot- ter from Mr. Medill appears hero, which attracts considerubla ttention in coanoction therewith. NEW YOIK OITY POLITICS, Nrw Yonw, Jan. 7.—The Tammany Socloty, last ‘ovening, installed Abraham R. Lawrenco and John Dunbam, Hachoms, in the place of Chazles O'Conor aud Oawald Ottonderfer, who daclined tho positions. Forelgn, GREAT BRIT. Loxpoy, Jan, 7.—The condition of Nrpoloon this muminf is favorable. His paiua last night woro diminiehed, and ho roston quietly. His caso is no longer regardod as critical. BPAIN. Panis, Jan, 7.—The Carlista hago torn up the raila ou the roads botwoen Mirande aud Bilboa, and botwoen Alasnn and Pampelona, They also £0t fire to a railway station with potroloum, com- pletoly deatroying it, and mado Frisonera of the railway officials. The employes of thie North of Bpain Railway struck work, and the trains bavo temporarily ceased running: in consaquence. FRANCE, Tarts, Jan, 7.—Boveral porsons belonging to iho International Society have been arvestod m Paris_and tho Provincos. Tho polico found Outil“i bombs in possossion of some of the partion. Panrs, Jan. 7.—In tho Assembly to-day, Bf. Bolcastol gave mnotico that he should movo an intorpollation with regard to (ho resiguation of Count Do Bourgoing, Fronch Ambassador to the Holy Sco. No dayfor dehato on tho question was np;mil\lsd, becaueo of thoillness of the Min- ister of Foroign Affairy. T'ho Assombly Lins authorized the prosecution of a Doputy for acting ns second in & duel, It i oxpected that tho rocent cducational cir- cular of tho Minister of Public Insiruction wilt give riso to irritating discussions in tho As- sombly, Thiors and o Sub-Comimittee of the Committeo of Thirty havo agreed as Lo the occasions when tho Presidont may porsonslly addrooa tho As- sembly. Rallrond News. Haururoy, Ont., Jan, 6.—Fhe Great Westorn Railway Company, owing to the immonso in- croase of business,’ purposo building » double track from Gloncoo to Windsor, o distance of 80 milos, to_connect with the Loop Line at the formor place, thoraby making it complote in it- solf, without llnvlng to interfera with the traflio on the main line. 'T'he entimated cost of con- struction is set down at 1,250,000, It will, in all probability, bo built_next'snmmer, The lino from Gloncoo to Wolland will not bo opoued until the end of ,this month, as it iy inteuded to ba run in connection with the Welland Rnilway to Thorold, upon which a third rail {8 now being laid so &3 to mske it of tho same gaugo as the Great Woatorn, The bridge over the Welland Cunal and its feeder have becn complated. Tho continnation of the Loop Ling from Welland to Fort Erig is to bo complated enrly next summer. The International Bridgo over tho Ningara Itivor, at the lattor place, will bo finished for the passage of trzins somo timo in tho begiuning of August. Lhe Eugincer's report soys that the drainage tunnel under the Detroit River is progressing in a satisfactory manner, and it s expectod that it will bo suc- cessfully carriod through in a very short time, which will warrant the Tunnel Company in com- moncing the main tunncl at an early duto. Ilta complotion is boing looked. forward to’ Ly tho managing stafl of the Great Wostern Railway with no small degroe of satisfaction, as a grent many of tho dalayu which Liavo takon place dur- ing tho lato soyero woathor wera occasionod to o groat extont by the present mode of crosaing tha river, b ‘L1rusviLLe, Pa., Jan, 7.—7. D. Darton, Gon- oral Buperintendent, and T\, Ti, Hodgeskitt, Gon- oral Maunger of the Atlantio & Grent Wostern Railroad, arrived to-day to nogotiato for the pur- chago of the Penngylvanis Patroloum Itailroad by tho former Company. It is underatood this ovoning that tho purchase has boon consume mated, and that the road is to bo pushed toa rapid “completion, HAvana, Ill, Jan, 7.—The Indianapolis, Bloomingfon & Westorn Tiailroad Company had complated its diroct Wostern lino to thig city, nnd the flrst through train camo over from Ur- Laua to-day. Tho ovent oxcitod & good' donl of interaat, and tho citizons oxpross great eatisface tion on account of the facilities which this new lino offors. ‘Tho Company expects to make the diroct line connect with the Northorn Missourl & Midland Pacifio at Xeokuk, and also with the Haunibel & St. Joe for Kauuns, Special Despatch to The Chicage Tribune, Pronia, Ill,, Jau. 7.—A sorious accident hap- oned on tho west end of the Tolado, Peorin & cVur!n\v Railroad thin mornfug. When hetweon Canton and Smithfiold, n train was thrown from tho «track, and tho o¥pross mossengor, namod Ivans, living at Canton, was L.dly, and pousibly falully, injurod. Bomo others wero hutt. Michigan Judlcinrys Special_Despateh to Ihe Chicuqo Tridttne, T.ANs1NG, T ~(overnor Bagloy nypnlmad to-duy two nit Judgos, Aloxandor 1. Crane, of Dextor, In the Founrth Civenit, vice Highy, re- #lznod, und Richmoud W, Molendy, of Cout inTln, llu the Filtconth Civeuit, vice Upson, ro- nigued, !.;lud ro Orano ia 63 yenrs old; has lived in the Stato forty-five yenra; practiced lnw thirty-iivo yonr; hut beon four times Prorecuting Attor- noy in Washitewnw County; served in the war ay Captain in the Fourth Ddichigan Voluntcer In- fantry, Ju!zu Aleloudy Js about 87 years old; was ad- mitted to tho bar six years ago; was Captain in tho Twonty-ninth Indiana Yolunteers, His ap- polutment was rocommondad by tho bost lnw- yern of Branch and Bt. Joreph Countios, ‘The Cirerlt Judgo mooting, his afternoon, was held In'the mehls: Hondo, and attoudod hy Aaven dudizon, Tirner, Beown, Gidlngs, Moors, Crano, Dowey, and tiveon, Ofhern avo oxpeoted to-night, 'Turner, of Oworno, provided, Lrown, of Kalumazon, nelod as Beevefary, ‘They have ioon connidorfng 1ho rules of praviice, nud prosod rosolutlons remquesting the Buprema Court to roquiro attornoys for both parties to mnke n statoment of {110 facts thoy intend Lo prove bo- fora boginning any trial, “'Tho Convontlon will bo {u sosslon to-morrow. - Sulcido. Bpectal Despatels to Tha Chicago Tribune, ‘WasitinaTox, Jan, 7.—Judge Charles G. Lano, ono of the wonlthiost and most respoctod citi- zong of Iagoratown, Md., committed suicido n fow days since, because of trouble growing out of n broach of promiso case. Ho had just bopn married, whon a womnn from Olifo, whoso namo In not givon, brought & euit against him for breach of prorsise. Thin suit gavo Judge Lano great sunoyanco, and welghed heavily upon Nfs mind. Doforo tho caso camo to trial it was compromisad, tho defendant agrooing Lo pavtho plaintlf o largo sum of money, some #3,000, It in undorstood that the fiunl uogotiations wora concluded & few days sinco, and tho monoy paid. Judge Lano was.nbout (1] {anru of ngo. o wns prosiding Judgo of {iio Orphani Court for Wauhfugtos County for two or_threo torms, and at tho timo of his doath was Prosident of the First National Baok of Hagerstown, ho having boen s Director in tho bank ovor since ita organszation, and ono of tho largost stockholdors, Newspaporinl. 8r, Louis, Jan. T.—Colonol Wm, BI. Gros- vonor rotired from tho editorship of tho Evoning Despatch of thia city to-day, D, Tobert Dar clay, tho principal proprictor of the paper, ns- sumod tho chief editorinl control. 0 aluo snnounces that Wm, W. Smith, who las boon connected with the St. Louis pross in various cnyncltlafl for many yoars, will bo nssociatod with bim in tho aditorlal managomont, Firess Special Despateh to The Chicano Tribune, Drrrorr, Mich., Jan, 7,—Nows has roachod hero of the destruction of tho Fawn River Mill near Bturgls, with 8,000 bushols of grain. Total losg, £17,000; no insurance, LEnaNoy, Pa., Jan. 6.—The ' Lobeaon Manu- facturing domlmuy'u works wero set on fire this morning. Loss, $75.000 ; insured. Alnbamn Finances. ‘WasnixaToy, Jan, 7.—Tho inierest dno from tho Htato of Alabama on Ler bondad dobt, both furog;n and homo, was paid in full, yostorday, in London and Now York. Obituarys Special Despateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, Drrrotr, Jan. 7.—John M, Fox died ot Lowoll on Sunday., Hocamo from the State of Now Youl to Arand Rapids in 1837, ongnged in trado, end held sovoral local oftices, Accldentally EKilleds Lepixoy, 0., Jan, 7.—3r, James Pulicn, yeo- tordny, whilo sitting iw W. I Fioror's drug storo, Was ehot and inatantly killed by n boy, named Moonoy, 12 years of ago. The Finful was suppoeed to bo empty, and tho youth pointed ihie woapon, and usked: “ Givo mo loave ¢ and Pulla replied, ‘‘Yos.,” Tho boy snapped the rifitol, which oxploded. ‘Tho ball cntored Pul~ en's forohead Letween tho oyes, Ho fell from tha chair to tho floor, and_died almost instantly, Tho decensed was # well-known citizen of thia placo, and leaves o wifo and sovoral children, CORA PEARL. An English Girl’s Carcer inthoe French Capital—Eho Enfatuation of Young Monsleur Duvel—Ilis Atiempt at Stie cide, and its Keouit Paris (Dec, 20.) Corrcspondence of New York Times, In the Ruo Chaillot, near tho Avenuo Joro- ghine, only o fow doors Loyond the United tates Embassy, is o small Dotel, with gilded Fntes and general air of luxwry, which is woll inown to thio rporting world. _1Afost young mon who hava visited Paris during tho past few yoars, are perfectly familinr with tho_locality, at lenst by roputation, aud very fow Lave gono nway without s2eing the ownor of this establishment, citlier at homo, in tho Bois do Boulogno, or nf ong of the publie bells, For a number of yeurs this hotel bas been inhebited by ono of iho celobrities of the demi-monde, whoso {fair heir, forcign mccont, goneral exiravagance, and vavied rolations, hve furnished mucly gos: 8ip and many & scaudal to tho chroniclors of 8o- cioty ond its secrots, Tha turnouts of this lndy wora tho onvy of even tho rich, znd her toilots wore copied by thoso who would nover daro Kmnouuca ber name. Mlle. Cora Pearl—to giva or namo at onco—was at ono time the Phryne of the Franch capital, An En;{,liuh girl, nomed Emma Oruch, who had not beon particularly successful in her own country, sho came to Yaris to make her fortuno, having youth, o fair amount of beauty, and a very small amount of morality. It was vory soon evidont that Milo. Cora, ns she called hersolf hero, was bound +to mal hor way, She floated into notico with the mania for blondes and golden hair, and very soon caught the secrob of auccess. Showaw that hor firat atep was to make o noige in tho world, in some way or other, and that, in order to ovor- como the carlior difticultios of Lier position, sho Tind to-make what tho Parisians call n {apage. Making a rather bold uso of the numo of an Tnglish Lord, cho soon aitracted tho notico of tho rising French noblosso, and in short tino formod a little court of Marquises and Dulkes. But Cora knew that theso man woro not genoral- 1y to bio dopended on, nnd that for comforiablo picking there was nothing likea young bourgeois gosling, with a largo fortino, who apcd tho man- ners of tho noblesse, and was proud of follow- ing in their traln, Threo or four woro despoiled with case, ouo oftor nnother, each being shown the door when tho last shilling waa oxponded. Some of theso young moen went to got them- selves killod in Algorie, somo to bury their shamo in tho country, and ouly one or two had the strength to boginanew, and to laugh with the world at the latost favorito, making buts at the clubs ns to the length of time it would tako to reach thoe door. Thore ia no telling tho exnct- Ly tho number of fortuncs Cora hoipod to diesi- pate in o fow years' time, but it wcs vory well nown that Ler victims weore many. Yot as fast 28 ono was turned out nb the sorvant's doar with- out a son, another rich fool acomed to bo over ready to take his placo. At longth, howovor, eho scemed to bo reach- ing tho deoline of her carver, and took it into lier head to try tho theatre. She appeared in o fancy sceno where sho played tho rolo of Cu- pidon, in an opors bouffo, 'Iho reception sho Teceived was not encouraging, for, after a fow more or less utérmfi attempts to make her por- sonality felt upon the stago, she was invited to go bacl to private lifo. This shodid all tho more willingly, sinco her stege exporience had brought her & now viotim, in 3, Alexandre Du- val, tho son of tho.famous butcher who estab- lished tha famous eating houeos which bear his namo. The fathor died, loaving his family over oight millons, the groater poriien-of it gainE to Lis son. Ono-half of it was enid to havo Lo disipatod beforo the period of which I speak, and é:urn Penr] has just finished with tho rost, It is uscloss to sponk of {he many seandals created by this precious pair, For a timo thoy lod the fautost of fust livos, and Cora’s horsos oud car- riagos—maintained b‘v.‘ lhim—wore tho flnost in in the Bois. When tho Imporial stud was sold tho finost pair of Lorsoa was purchased Ly Duval for Corn Poay], and her banquots were of o charactor to recall tho legends of declining Itomo, Bub throe or four millions could not last long, and some four weoks ago Duval found the Dottem of his credit and Lis purse. An attempi to buy two hundred thonsand francs’ worth of dimmonds uuorlr failod, and nono of the monoy- lendors would liston to persunsion, sinco the family bad procured an juterdiction eome timo boforo, 1u this stato of atfairs Cors was gnod enouglh to allow him fifteon days' graco, aud as the nioney was not then forthicoming, xhe turned lor. nunu{lon to anotlior fortune, xud showed 3L. Duval to the door. Owing to his intenso passion, which made hiny blind to all reason, orniore correclly spoakiug, owing to his intondo vanity and amowr propre, young Duyal coukl not bear this weparation, 11a was 25 years of ngo, ho Lad run through & largo fortune, he had heen tho victim of drolesse, he would bo lnughed at by all the world, and hence resalvod npon suicide, 1Ta could not'bing him- sell to take hiu place in lino in order lo watch with other viotimu for tho catastropho which must soon overtuko his succossor, Ho wroto to Cora for a lust interviow, but this was refused; and then hio took his rovolvor to Lior houso and foreed his way Ly thoservants, After o brief quarrel she wenl into anothor rocom whore ler hair-dresser was waiting, and in a momont heard tho roport of u pistol. 3L Duval had shot him- solf in tho Aido, through tho lower Jart of tho lunggs, and was supposod to ho mortally wonnded, Cora 'was nob greatly touched by “this proof of aftection, and would linve greatly pro- forvod n bracalet, or oven o carpot to raplase tho rich Llue one rulned Ly a atain of lood, Bho ordorod hiim earried to a chambor, and help wan sont for. Whon Mme, Daval was summoned to tho Liodsldo of hor non, she said: * Doctor, do you glvo me your woud of houor that my son eannot Jive {hrough the nifiht?" I'ho Docetor could not sy that, *‘Then,” pald Mimo. Duva), “Trefuco to go." In thin’ prond resolu'ion I most Tenrtily coneut, und he resnlt proved it ibwar o plece of windom, Yoalorday thin une natural zon was ewrried tohls homo, nnd his first words on seaing his mothor woro, “Noy; give mo the money I asked for—I owo it to Cora.” Lho Lall has not yot Leoir oxtracted, but thero aro hopos of recovory, Meantimo an order of ox- ru ision has beon fesued agajunt Cora DPonrl—ns f slio were not ono of a thousand coguines who follow tho ramo bualnoss— snd sho has to leavo Franco at onco. The groatest wonder in oll this is thab 80- many fools cun ho found to feed tho oxtravaganco of this adventurecss, whon her charaater is porfectly known and has beon advortisod for years; sccondly, I wondor that M, Thiers did not ordar n Council of Eldors, a8 in the cado of Phryno, to oxumine into the i!:_::]r:n‘wl;leh ::r In:;udcnd hlu; youug mon of g 0 Lo forget their dutics, thoir fa; bionor, and thiir God. ; i Hiole —_— An Interview With Mile. Penrl, Correapondence of the ondan Daily Telograph, As Lho narratives givon by tho Lronch Jour- nals of the nitempted suitide of M. Alexandro Duval aro derived from the statements of the attondants who woro present in Cora Pearl's houso, aud from what the Commissionor of Po- lico hng scon fit to mako known, tho atory, as told by Cora Poarl hersolf, eannot fuil 1o bo in- toresting, Aftor passing through tho lofty door- way of hor houso, in tho Ruo Chnillot, tho vis- itor finda on tho right a glass door leading to the vestibule, which is tastofully decorated with mir- rors and Oriontal plants.” .At tho bottom of o princely flight of stairs on tho loft thero is the lodge, which communicates with the intorior by menns of au olectric boll and a spenking-tube. On nscending, tho steps aro found to be Juxuri- ously earpoled, and one passes trophics, ar- mory, skins of 'wild beasts, and groups of Atat- unry, which are rofloctod bi ‘mirrors, and pro- duco o splondid offect. The second landing, whoro the drniving-room In reached, is slaborato- 1y and (aetofully titted with gigautic shoots of plate-glass, framed in flowing curtains, Tho dyawiig-room, which falong and lofty, ia fur- nishod with sofa chairs of pinkieh gray, and hag an ebony tablo fnlaid with ivory aud motlior-of- pearl. On n raisod Japaneso {ea-chest thero is o small Lust of the Princo Imperini. Works of art and fowern aro ucattored sbout In happy profusion. Tho firet words of Cora Dearl to hor vinitor wero, ¢* Oh, I am to glad Lo aco an Ling- lishman ; tho Fronch papors want to meko mo outsuch an infumous character.” Ilerc Corn fell into an avm-chair, and bust into tesrs. Sho ‘woro o whito droas trimined with whito laco, pud binving Fink ribbous; and adark groen wniloy- kot set off to ndvanfage hor bushy head of pala fiuldeu binir, which was parted on one side and eld bacic from tho forchoead by a small tortoise- shell coLub. Whon sho recovered umliciuml?' ‘0 speak, lior hands dropped down by hor sido. /o cifocts of tho lato shocking occurrence could bo goen in tho jaded, haggard, wild nppenranco of Lier fenlures und colorlons checks. ~1lor sunken oycu glared sullonly na sho snid ¢ They tallc of souding me aut of tho conutry; bub what hau lappened to me which would not bappen to euy otiier woman under similar eircumuatancis ? 8nnoso you said you wanted o live with mo, end I declined your offor, ehould I bo -to blama it you_ ohot yoursclf? ' It i not {ruo that I wauted to got rid of il Duval because Lo had 10 mony loft. I Linvo monoy ouotgh for Lim, f ho bas not cnough for mo; end if I had thought for a moment that ho seriounly intended. to shoot limself I would havo kept him horo much lungor, 'Lho truth is that, during tho ten months IT'have Lnowu him, Lo has constantly implored nte to marry him. Now, as muriago i not the thing for mo, kiill loss for him, I havo atways refused him; and, na my rofuenls ouly mado kim more obetinalo, 1 resolved Lo cut mat- ters chort by telling Lim that, ulthough wo ehould romain good fricnds, all muet bo vt ol Letweon us, s would not belioyo o, and raid thiat if T1aft him ho would kill Limscl, making uso of such passionate exprossions a3 men cima ploy on {hoie ceca Alterward ho forced his way two or {hreo times i use, but ho alvays found me firmer—} it you lika. Wisen ho came for tho lack timoe, on Wednesdny evening, thero was no hovriblo rceno, as wag falsely Btated by tlio Figaro. Ho simply eaid: “Then is averylhing &b nu end Lelween us? Dy you vofuso to sco mo egain?” I roplic ** You, averything is ab an end between us.” o then wallied out of Lhis room into my bedroom, and about o minute afterward my maid fouud Lim lying on the floor. Blood was flowing trom his gido, and we thought Lo Lind stabbed hita- self, 03 nobody hiad heard any roport. ‘Lo to), howover, was found undor him; * Wia véry fivat thing I did nfter sceing tho doctory was to send for fis mother, who at first rcfuced to come, Ibwasnot till I sont ton meseagos and o priost to her that sho coneonted to coing_into my house, whoneo her son neithor would nor could Lo romovod. Befors coming to me he 1iad written roveral lottors,—ono being nddrested to the Commissioner of Iolice,—in which he stated that, nftor mature retlection, he had ro- solved upon shooling himsolf. If he did soin my louso, it was becauso, in caso ho should not Lill himnelf *‘cloan,”—this was Cora’s own oxpression,—ho would not bo lett to die liko a dog in his mother's house. “The truth of the matter is,” sho continuad, *tho poor boy wanted to end his lifo_ ns much because ho had no home, as bocauso I re- fugod to become his wife. When hig father died, Lis mothor soon afterward mairiod ono of her formes busband's employes, M. Daurinaul, who then had nothing but Lis salavy of 4,000 francs. Tho stopfather could not boar tho sight of poor Duval, and hig mother loft him at Inst without oy allowancoe, and so forcod him to get into debt. Now thioy want to make out that I hava ruinod him, and Lopo to_make me rosponeibla for the lifo of tho son and tho loss of the propor- ty they have mismanaged. It is nob truo that Duval gavo mo this house or the houso in the country. "Ilhey were given to mo five yosrs ago by Prince Napoleon. Lt was not tho monoy thut Lie spent with me that brought him into_difiicul- tios; it was thet which he had spent before I Luow him, In fact, Lo mever sllowed mo to kuow Low much he bad to spend.” Cora con- cluded by stating that the indiznaut stories pub- livhed in the Fronch papors will be donicd by Duaval 50 soon as hie recovors, and that she in- tends to leave Pavis for somo poriod. s g The Connecti s Borgin? Confessess Mg, Lydia Shormen, of Dorby, Coun,, who was convieted of poisoning hor Iusband, Hora- tio F. Shorman, Ingt April, sud haw sinco been lying in tho Now Havon joil, awaiting Lor son- tenco—whioh will o pronounced by tho Supe- rior Court next wook, and will be_imprisoninant for lifo—has mado o full confossion of Ler crimos, which will bo published immediately after hor sontonce, About n woek ago she told the jailer, Blr. Wobster, that sho would like to ke a confossion to lum, aud since that timo from day to day has dona so, wuntil it i8 now comploted, 'Tho histgry is said to bo ono of the most startling_and “thrilling tnlos of crimo over writton, Hor confession, it is understood, foen boyondl acknowlodging tho _ poisoning of Mr, Shorman, and_cxtonds far back in ber history ; tho detrils of hor deeds, hor rossons, and the numbor of her victime, are told with porfect franknoss. Aftor Mrs. Bherman had nnde the confession, sho romarked thata Lurden of yontu—one which bad woighod upan hior days, andwhich sleop could not easo—hl hoon taken from her mind, and that uhe was now o happier woman than siie bad over been, In Lior sloap tho torments of remorse had harrawed her in a manner that gho could nover doseribo, —For nevornl days slio has Loen visitod by several per- nons for the purposa of giving roligious ndvico and congolation, and sho wpent Thursdny aftor- noon in conversation with threo porsons upon roligious subjocts. Sho says that sho is por- foctly willing to receive hier sentence, and die in tho privon, but hopes that even thero she can find means of doinyg sowe good. —_— Eumbering Matters on the Chippowa, Wik A review of the lumbor trade and menufac- tures of tho Chippowa Valloy, for the yoar 1873, appenrs in tho Ean Claivo Free Press, from which we extract as follows: ‘Wotal amount of lumbor manufactured, 255,801,850 foot, Tho amount of logs estimatod back ou the streams iy 20,000,000 on tho Monominaeo; 30‘000,(]00 on the Chinpewa, and 20,000,000 on tho Jiuu Claire, 1t will'bo observed that.over 230,000,040 hiave boon manufuctured this year, and ib in quito unlikoly that loss amount will supply tho mills for the car to come, Allowing tho 70,000,000 buck for loakago, thero must bo put in nearly 500,000,000 of logw, this winler, for tho mills alone. Bosidos, it isandd (hnt tho Beof Blough demand is 100, 000,000, making about, in round numbors, 100,- 000,000 faot of logs needed to fill the whole do- mand, It sooms quite doubtiul about the supply Loing oqual to this smount, ‘The horso discavs Laving ontored tho piuorion, it has thus far grontly retarded tho progress of work, aud it must be an unusual season it they eatchup from tho dolaya gecavionod by thiy intluonza, B S —A landlady who rojoleed fo find she conld ront hor upper rooms to n couplo withont chils dron, writes to loarn how long it requires for a mldrflmugnd won 10 becomo an accomplivhed clog-daucor,