Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1873, Page 4

- e (S YL ‘g iU TUALLY LIUDUINGT CIXURSDA Y] JAN FU TR N 1T TERMS OF THE TRiBUNE. TXNMB OF SUNECHITTION (FAYADLE IN ADVANOR), Dl by mal, 12,001 Bl 22 41 Wod 00| Wiy tiho eamo rate, “Fu provent dolay and mistakos, bo auro and givo Post Ofico addross in full, ncluding Stato and County, Tiemittanees may bo mndo elthor by draft, cxpross, Post Otfico ardor, or in reglstorod lottars, at oue rlak, i TENMO TO CITY AUNSCHINENS, " e Ay, ol red, orceptod, 25 cont: wook, Balls: Golvered, Suiey Sncenied: 3 conts por veoks Addraay THE TRIDUNI COMPANY, ‘Curnor Madleon and Dearkiornests,, Chlcago, 11l ‘rRINUNE Branch OMco, No. 460 Wabnsleav., In tho tcokstoro of Moswrs, Cobb, Androws & Co., whoro adscrtisoments and subseriptions wwill bo recelvod, and %Il Liave tho samo attontion as if loft st tho Main Oflico, CONTENTS OF TO.DAY'S TRIBUNE, FIRST PAGE—Mooting of tho Tilinols Gonoral Assom- hly—2leasngo of Gosornor Palmor. BLCOND PAGE—Now York Lettor—Tho Iitinols Fruft Fiolds—Tho Fiold and Stablo—Tho Houso o Corrao- tion—1ilinols Industrial Universits—Doforrod Talo- grams—Cora Ponrl : An Lngllsh Girl's Oareor in tho Fronch Capital, THIRD PAGE—TheShotwell Robbory~Personal—Ksang. ton Mattors=County Affalrs~Tho City In Biio(— Rallroad Tlmo Tablo~Tribune Prospoctus—Adror- * Alsomonts, FOURTH PAGE—Edltorinls—Currcut Nowa Itoran, TIFTIL PAGE-Anuual Report of the Raflroad and Warobonso Qomimlssionors, BIXTH PAGE~Monoy and Commorco—Tidmund Abont on Protectlon—Marriod Aftor Sixty Yoars of Coust~ Ing. BRVENTII PACE~Tho Law Courts—Markota by Tolo- graph—8mall Advertisoments: Tonl stato, For Galo, ToXtont, Wantod, Boarding, Lodgiug, Jito. LIGHTH PAGE—Washington Nows—Bllscollancous Tel- cgrams, P —— TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. AOADEMY OF MUSIO— Halsted streot, sonth of Madtson. ‘Tho Beguin.lorseo English Opora Troupo, ** Trovatoro." ¥ AIKEN'S TIEATRE—Wabash avenno, corner of Con fross street, Tingagoment of Josoph Prootor. **Tho Tted Pockot-Book," v AU'VICKER'S THEATRE-Madiron streot, betwoen State and Dowborn. Kngagomont of Miss Ohatlotta Cuylman, ** Macboth," HOOLLY'S OPERA HOUSE—Rondolpls straot, bo- twoon Glark and LaSallo, Now Comody Compavy. **Babos n tho Woods." MYERS' OPERA HOUSE-Monroo streot, botweon tido and Doarborn, Arlington, Cotton & Kewblo's Minstroland Burlosquo Troupo, **Tho Hlack Pockot- Book.™ ‘‘Wautad: A Nurso.' Poter Plpor." GLOBE TIEATRE—Desplaines stroat, botwoon Madl- sonand Wasliington. Dramatlo and Musical Variotlos, NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE-Clintonstrot, betweon Waahlogton and Randolph. Engagomout of Mr. BATCIUL TR DYE, 79018 SPLFND] Bulfdyo In tho bost by tho warkl, Thio oaly (ris At pore fuctdye, Haruiloes, 1ellable, and instantancous; nodisap- pointiment; o mlous tinta or unploasant odor. Henioe aies tho 111 oifo f Lad dyes and washics, Produces im- Lodintuly h GUpoEh LINGK oF Mty DIoWS, And 10300 the Exit clcan, soft, and henatitl: o Komiino, sipmad W2 - Bateliotor,” Sold by mli _druggists. - OHATLLS i, Propriotor, N. ¥, ING 13 FROM A PROMINENT OF NEW YORK CITY, and le3 been «ono of tho most wonderful curss on rocord @ GURIE OF A JHGULY-R CINIZEN OF NI YOUK. Whig, (140 MEROANTILY COMAU- 3 w Yok, DR, J. 1L SCHENGIC: Dpau S1it: Tor ovot fifteen T invo boen trounled witlh A sovero cough, and . wwo ot throo timcsn your, with moro or loss hemor. , whioh, togator, or tho last fow yonrs, hava kept ma thin in tlish ahd td wenk to do’ busincas of aay kind ot o g, 1o August last Ihnd a vory severg and, acconting to the judgmont of a ool hysiclun, I was olasead as loyond tho reach and was advised to bo yropsrod, ss far as < mcernod, tolenso this world at s phvelctan (and my frionds) sald_**that tha first so- a cold T'ioolk st irove fatal." Cerly 1o Januory, T i i, onl, docimuately, I was sospiig at Na. i3 Toud:st,, diroctly ‘over sour oftica. whout tho 15 of s0ur Pulinonls S¥rup, nn fanusry 1 prosursda bottls of ommenced taking it froely, Ai ey limbs wero much swollen, ind all the of spocdy deatlt acemiod to accompany my cold. my mmwr‘,mrflnhn. and stated to hin thut T s waking: Sour medicines, and after sbowing thom to nnd Haviig tastod of thom, ete., ho ropliod akq o i you Ik thoe Wik 8 yon o barin. "ife 1Y ou kno:e it I tald you Inst samnior, and T aay =amo mow; If you havo any husiness to closo up, do pot pot it ofi," tlo ‘mald to m otior fil s tlat ho conld sco_ 1m0 hopo for mo, an my frionds and relations _concluded oy tmo’ lind comio, At this time, I was taking freely of yourmed- feinn, but had not scon you. ‘The dootor called a fow tir.ee, and fmmflmuémuuh to his surprie, ho gaid) fm- rratiiis, and bo could not, understand. whiy, My’ faith Az incronsing in your medicines, and 1 had ' wish to 'ou examing ‘my caso and soo what you _had to eay, i 7ou trat caing tomy room and maia tho. ozamine. u gave 1nobut 1ittlo oncourngoment, bat, on tho ars, expreasod donbts o 1y pvor belng. hotped out thén scoming diltioultion. ~ Tho sccond timo that allod, finding me stil galning, you gave mo encour- mont, saylog **my symptuma woro Improving; tho sonle Syrup, Beawoed Tonic, and Mandrake' Pills fion’ clium.t My clroulation: -y -sougl appotits, a1l began to hnprove, ond L could walk shout my room a little, You visited mo mearly overy “Lucadns, and found o fmproving, and told o not £ o outof my room unlil tho first day of May, I took 210 cold whilo undur Sour trostmont 3 my anpotito bos <nmo tirst-rate, nud” yon told mo to eat overything I wishod of & nutritivus naturo, and to oxcrciso about tha Foun as tueh 53 possiblo. 1 followed Sour. advico, atidy 10 tho surprise of iy old Dlle;éichns and frionds, sunch botter than [ havo been for sevoral years, and Lreath bottor than I evor oxpeotad o person could with ono lung, tho left hetng complotoly detod up. 1 fool vory eatefuffo yon, wnd cousidor Sour mudicites and. ey uval e trolss ELDON, SOITEN PULMONIO SEAW T MANDRAKI PILLS, “Prepated by J, H. SCIU & SON, worthosst cornor SIXTH and ARCH-: TAULADULPHIA, nod for ealo by il druggiis and calors. [To bo continuad.1 Uhe Chivagyo Tribune, ‘Thursdey Morning, January 9, 1873. Touis Napoleon is much worso. rre———— Seven jurora wore empanelled yosterdey for the trial of Tweed. sy Tho cannls of New York Btato last year cost £814,573 moro than thoy camed. Dennsylvania reduced hor dobt, last year, about t3vo and a half millions. It now amounts, 1us3 easols, to $16,521,000, According to Mr. Amos’ Intest rocollection, Sroficld, of Pennsylvania, mover rocoived any Credit Mobilior stozlr. Ilo gavo Amos $1,000 to buy somowith, Lt aftorwards withdrew it. Reprosentative Sargent made a detormined of- fortin tho Honge, yostorday, when tho Appro- on Lill was nndor discuseion, to .nmend it Ly increasing {ho Prosident's salary to £50,000, anmot by parlismontary objections which provenled tho matter from coming before the Honge for debate. e — Sir Chalos Dilko spoke at Dorby, Tueaday ovening, on tho land quostion, In accordanco willt the English method of oxposing tho woake nees of minority logie, n mob atlacked tho uadienco, and a fight followed which Insted for an hour. Many persons were badly burt, and an armed escort was necessary to bring Sir Charles Dilke and hin wifo Lo their hotol in snfoty, Duties in Washington will prevent the Com- mitteo eutrnsted with tho inquiry into the Touisinnn and Arkansas troubles from going in peraon to tho neone of the disputes, It was theroforo proposodin the Benato, yesterdsy, that tlio Committeo bo given authority to dopute a Commigsion to procecd thither, clothed with their power, and make tho inveatigation in their stond, A lotter from our New Yorl correspondent confirms the report that the Erio Railway Com- pany have commonced a suit against Commodoro Vanderbilt for £3,600,000,~that boing {lo rmount socured by him in his sottlement with Drovw, Eldridgo, Gould, and Fisk, aftor tho great Erio “ corpor " of 1867, Thofunds employed in this getiloment woro taken from the Erio Treas- gry by Drow. Propidont Watson intonds to fol- low the proporty, and leavo tho Distriot Attor~ noy to doal with the thioves. It appoara by an announcemont in our advor- tsing columna that a lswinit involving the uso of tho ITyatt patont for sldownlk lights in this city and State has beon, or is soon to ho, com- menced by Mr. Thaddoun Ifyatt, the patontes, against Mr. Edwin Leo Brown. Mr, Hynth claims that Mr. Brown, by prosocuting Messra. Crawford, Chamberleln & Co., tho Now Yorl licensoes, lins forfoitod his own liconso, Thin patont 8 ono of the most valunble Jir the coun- try, and tho rosult of tho suit will bo looked for with conaiderablo interost by Chiengo builders, to whom the lights are a necessity. Ono of tho evil rosults of Secrotary Doutwoll's Byndieato oporations, it way statod by Enstorn bankors to tho Committoo of Ways and Means, yeoterday, was, that it drow bonds ont of the hands of small investors into thoso of spocula- tors In great monoy contrcs, This lessonod tho popularity of tho Dbonds, and do- ranged the coredit of tho Unitod Btatos 80 far ng it subjocted its bonds to mpecu- Iation and the dnily fluctuations of tho%arkats, Thoso bankers advise that no attompt to refund tho dobt bo made until thoro {a an casior monoy markot, and that then middlemon bo dispensed with, and tho bonds mado uniform as to futeroat and duration, A now chartor has beon drafted by the Repub- liean Commitice for the governmont of Now York City. It abolishes all feed officials, and glves tho proparation of tho tax-lovy to the City Government fustond of to thatof tho Btate, Tho Mayor ia to nominate Aldermen. Tho Aldermen soleot tho heads of dopartments, who aro_con- firmed by tho Mayor, and mey bo removed by him, with tho consentof tho Aldermon. Tho Governor may romove the Mayor, as he moy tho Bheriffs, Beldrics of Aldormon and heads of do- partmonts aro cut down moro than half, and nono of tho ofiicials now in position " aro to re- main- oftor the 16th prox., excopt Comptrollor Green and throo others. Nothing is snid of minority ropresentation, which was ouo of tho marked foaturos of the Committeo of Bovonty's chartor. Alloy, with whom M'Comb says ho hemd Brooks negotiating for the contral of tho Domo- eratic side of the House, on consideration of ro- coiving Crodit Mobilior stock, was cross-asamine od yestorday. Ho did not know anything about who was the original ownor of the shares held by DBrooks' son-in-law, mor who paid for them, mnor Lad ho evor conversed with Brooks on tho subjoct. Whon asked whether $100,000 bad not beon put in Lis hands to influonco Congress to aunul Scerotary Boatwell's ruliug concerning the interest on Pacifio Railway bonds, Lo assertod that ho lad novor hind & dollar for such use, direct or indi~ roct, He believed that Ames hind no intention Gf corrupting Congross by his distribution of stock, and thought that if thero had been tho fullost invostigation from tho first much public misapprehonsion would have heon avoided, S ——— Mr. John A. Coleman, of Providenco, recantly dolivored o lecturs bofors the ‘Technolugical Instifuto of Boston, and held that our means for oxtinguishing firos arq radically dofeotivo, and must bo 80 long as wo rely upon nid boing brought from o distanco. Tho contingency is always prosont ihat tho sssistanco may como too lnte to provent o spread of tho disaster, the extent of which will depond upon tho greater or less number of hindrances that aro interposed at tho time. Mr. Coloman's iden is, that tho only suro precaution is to bo found in inerossing tho facilitios for flooding ovory part of a building promptly. Buch a plan has boen succesefully adopted in somo of tho largo mills in Now England. The ssmo machine- 1y which supplica tho stoam and hoating power is made avnilablo for deluging ihe building with ‘stenm or water in caso of a fire. T'his could bo adaptod to o block of buildings in such s way that ono sot of machinery would serve for tho whole. Artesian wolls have beon sunlt in sov- oral inetances in Chicago to serve a similar pur- pose. r——— Itis fortunato that tho Congrertional Appro- pristion bill for Logislativo, Exocutivo, and Judicial oxpenses, by an amendment of Mr, Mc- Crary's, which bLns alroady beon adopted, will feil to provide for the paymout of tho contest- ants for disputod sents in Congress. Mr. Mc- Crary, in offoring tho smoudimont, mado tho statemont that $105,601 had been oxponded dur- ing tho last Congress for tho bonofit of nusuc- cosaful contestants elone. Tho practico has beon 80 liboral thiat it hos nctually paid bottor to gon- test & Cougressional soatand bo dofented than to bo awarded tho placo, Tho Congressman would receivo £5,000 a year, and be compellod to spend it all to maintain himeolf in Washington. Tho dofeated candidate would gonerally roceivo an equal amount of monoy for a mouth's work, 80 that his profits woro vory much In excass of his succossful xival's. Tho practico hasamountcd to, tho offor of a reward for contosting Con- gressionnl electionn, ‘Thera will bo fower such cases hencoforth, Ttis reported from Washinglon thut {ho Ad- visory Civil Borvico Board will soon reassemblo thero for furthor conference. Tho opinion 18 oxprosscd that tho application of tho rules for tho past six monthy has proved thom to bo woll adapted to tho desired roform, and it is said that thero will be an offort to cxtend them to tho bigher offices, It is alto announced that tho Board will disoues tho logislation that will ho noeded to enforco the rules, It strikos us that this will bo the most intoresting and most im- porlant fonture of their doliberations, It doos not soem to be of much consoquenco that thero should Do Civil Bervico rules, or that they ehould Lo practicablo * and ado- quate if they may bo arbitrmily ig- nored at the hohost of any Sonator who may ¢laim the traditional right of dictating tho appointments jn his own Stalo. On the other hand, as the absoluto enforcoment of Civil Bervico yules in apito of unwilling Executives includes constitutional amendment, the Board will probably find the coneideration of this phaso of tho prollem thoe most serlous aud embarrass- 1ng of tholr dutics, The Chleago produco markets wern rather quiot yoaterday, with fow material changos in pricos. Dloss pork was vory quict and o shado enelor, at §11,00@11.05 cash, and §11,90@11.95 gollor Maveh, Lard wasactivo and 2)4@5¢ per 100 1bs lowor, closing st $7.05@7.073¢ cash, and $7.374@7.40 reller March, Meata woro quiot auid fivm at 80 for shoulders; G3{@53{o for sliort Tibs ; 6J{@0o for short clear, aud 73@ 3o por th.for 16 to 16 Ib groen hams, Dreasod bogs were in demand, and 5o por 100 by highor, closing at €4.06@4.40, Iighwines woro In faiy domand and 3o bigher, closlug at 88)fe por - Colfax mado a speech at Bouth Bend, in which gallon. Tlour was quiot and firm. Wheat waa modoratoly active at tho iusido quo- tationa of Tucaday, oclosing ab @141 cash, and €1.23%¢ mollor Fobruary. Corn wag dull and o shado onsler, closing nt 80%a cnsh, and 81370 nellor Fobrunry, Oalswora very qulot and stondyab 211¢@243o cnsh, and 26@ 26} {o mollor Febrnary, Iyo was quict, aud ad- vanced 10, to 670, Darley waa netivo and weal, declining e, nud closing at 660 for cnsh No. 9, and 53 for No. 8. Live hogs woro agafn in Inrgo supply, but, under n hrisk domand, sollora woro onabled to avert o furthor matorinl de- clino, enlos making at €3.06@8.90 for coramon to cholco. Tho eattlo markot was firmor. Thero wag o good loenl and outside demand at £2.00@ 0.25 for poor to choico, Bhoop sold ab about formor ratos, Covernor Talmor sont Liy lnst annunl mes- sago Lo tho Logislaturo of this Btato yestordny. Ifo gives o full statomont of the condition and noedy of our public fuatitutions,—the Poniton~ tary, Roform Belool, Incbrinte Hospital, and tho Btate charillos,—and mekes wuggostions concormmng the rovigion of tho Inws, tho nmond- mont of tho criminal codo, tho Jjury system, and tho. pardoning powor, Pub- lic nttontion will bo arrested by his vory olaborate argument on tho ques- tion of how far iho State mnay control tho railways. Theso corporations, ho says, obeorva no limils in tho burden they imposo upon tho people. Thoro o & wido-sproad misconcoption n8 to their truo relations with tho publie. Thoy | claim not only tho ownership of the railways, which are undoubtedly thoirs, but also tho ox- clusivo right to tho bueiness of carrying froight over thom, o right which canuot bo supported by any just view of tho law. Tho romedy for fho ombarrassmouts of tho com- munity is to throw aoll tho rallronds of tho Stato open to compotition bolween the carriors who aro now in control of them and any others who choose to entor tho Dusinces. This would bronk up the monopely which owners and maungors of raflronds now have, and would malio the linos froo o commerco, Raflroad cor- porations linvo Inalionablo rights in their prop- erty, and theso would b proserved by allowing thom to continuo their ownership, tholr carrying irade, and to demend componsation for tho use of their linos from tho compoting earriers. The rogulntions for this multitndinous trafic may bo onnilyarranged, hosays, by the Gonoral Assembly. Tn the Intlor part of Oclobor, Vico Prosidont ho castigated with much soverity the editors of threo nowapapera, to-wit ¢ thoso of Tue CiioAco Tapose, The Now York Zribune, sud tho Bpringfleld Republican. The offence of theso nowspapers was, that they had\published the colobrated list of Congressmen mentioned by Oultos Ames to Ionry 8. M'Comb a3 lholdors of Credit Mobilier slock, and had froquontly and pointedly called upon thom to ssy somothing about it. Mr. Colfax had not boen sclocted for prticulor admonition by any of these nowspa- pera. In fact, ho had receivedrathor less atten- tion than tho rost; but his name appearing in the list, it was imposaiblo for sny nowspapor to strike it out or wholly ignoreit. The sub- atanco of the South Dend epecch was, that tho wholo thing was & lio from boginning to ond. This was the impression made upon thoe publi, and probably the impression intended to bo,cons veyed. Wo gelcet tho following paragraph from thia epecch rs ombracing 21l that is matorial to the purpoge : Do T need to add that nellier Oales Ames nor nny oflior porson over gave, or ofiered to give, mo oug share, or twenty sharos, or two thousand shares in tho Credlb Mebiier, or any other xailroad stock, and {hat, unfor- tunalely, T have never received the valuo of a fartbing out of thio 270 per cent dividends, nor tho 809 per cent Qividendn in cash, stock, and bonds, you havo read nbout overy day for fhe pest month, nor-100 per couf, mor 1 per cent, mor {ho teuth of 1 por cont, T havo said that f twonty shares of §t could bo purchaced at par, without buying into n proepectivo lawsuit, it would be a good invest~ ment, If it was 08 valuable s atock as ropresonted, and T liavo said that Twould liko to buy twenty shares ot par, {f attainable, in tho Studcbakor Wagon Company, or the Birduell Clover Beparator Company horo, T clinllengo oither one of tho two lst companies to givo mo such an opporlunity now or horeaftor; but nover Liaving been plajutlff nor defondant in a court of jus- tice, I want no slock of any kind, at sy price, with a Luwauit on top of it, not even with tho prospoctivo divi- dends of $22,000, which, I am freo to maintatn, nefther theso good eyes of mino nor this packotbaok Lave over Bcen tho first dollar of, although it is 80 positively ns- sorted that 1 have been eutitled to this handsomo amount ever sinco four years ago, Now wo hava no dosiro to ragnify this Crodit Mobilior business, or Mr, Colfex's. connoction with it, which wo admit was very slight. But wo caunot forboar to notice an omission in the South Bend speech which has boen supplied by his tostimony bofore tho Investigating Commit- teo. If Mr. Colfax had thon osid, as ho says | now, that he hnd uomo negotiations with Ames for tho purchaso of Credit Mobilier stock and prid him £600 on nccount, but aftorwarda Dacked out of the trado, the sovero castigation which he administered to tho threo newspapors would have lost somo of its point, Whother tho Iawsuit, which Mr. Colfax spenks of as having dotorred him from comploting the trado, was the AI'Comls suit, or somo othor, does not yot ap- poar, THE NEXT INVESTIGATION. Tho documents and afidavits in the suit of Thomas O. Durant ngainst the Union Pacifio Tailrond Company, In Soptember, 1867, have Junt beon mado publio by tho New York-Ierald. "They givo a complete ineide view of tho modus operandi of tho Crodit Mobilior, showing how it maneged to gob control of tho entir working machinery of the Union Pacifio, and to absorb the profits aceruing from it. ‘Thoir publication 1u opportuno, na it furnishes somo excellont materiel, not only for the Congrossional Com- mitteo now in sosalon, but also for tho forth- coming Committeos who will investigato tho affairg of the Union and Contral Paciflc, and ng- cortain whether any mémbora of Congross are or have boon Lolding bonds of the Pacifle Road. "Tho ntory of tho orgauization of tho Credit Mobilior and the manner in whick it conductod oporations {s ot 1 long ono, but it is very sig- nificant. Whilo the Union Paciflc Road was un-~ der construction, and aftor ono section had boon finlshod and accopted, & Ring was formoed iuside tho Company, whoso object 1t was to take tho building of tho road out of tho hands of tho Company which ad thus far prosecuted it suc- cosalully and aconomically, as railroad building goes, and onrich thomsolvos at tho cost of the CGovernmont, and tho stockholders of the Unlon Pacific who wero not slackholders in the Crodit Mobilior, by moans of construction contraots. At tho timo of the organization of tho Crodit Mobilier, thero wne an oxlsting coniract betweon tho Union Pacifio Compauy and one Hoxie, which covered n distance of 100 milas next west of Omahs, and in Octaber, 1804, Lid beon extended #os to includo the wholo line from Omabia to tho one-hundzedth morldian, malfng jn oll 247 mlles, This work had boon awnrded nt a cost of 50,000 por mile, which was about doublo tho ronl cost with u fair profit added, and included in tho contract was ono seo- tlon nlroady finished and nccepted, and materials delivered for noarly ono hundred and fifty miles of tharoad, for which the stockholdors of tho Union Pacific and tho Government were now to vay n#ocond timo, 'Tho comploted saction om- Lraced 69 mnilos, which waanwarded with th rest ot 860,000 por milo, thus involving n loss to the stockholdors, necording to Mr. Durant's state- meut, of at lenst §600,000, which, of courao, was #o muoch cloar profit to tho Orodit Mobilier, without any consldoration, ITow much was lost by ite atockholders on tho gross cost prico by tho Hoxlo contract Is shown by & comparison with tho portion of the road built by tho Com- peny. M, Duvant states in his afiidavit that 160 milos of tho railroad and telograph noxt weat of the hundrodih meridion wore constructed atn cost not exceeding £25,000 per milo, and that ho was roady to construct tho residue to the Inae of tho Rocky Mountalus, oquipmonts included, af tho samo prico, llaving fixed upon an nmount which was doublo tho logltimato cost, so that nll the partios Interestod could have o hand- somo margin of profits, thon tho Orodit Mo- Dbilior mado arrangoments with the contractor to mako over the coniract to the Ring Direo- tors, In purguance of this artangoment, Hoxio nssigned his contrack with {lo .Company to John Duff, Trusteo, by whom tho same was ronsuigned to tho Crodit Mobilior, The Credit Mobilier thon notified the Company that it had takon tho agonoy of tho contract, and the Com= pany recognized tho sgouoy, and tho Oredit Mobilier thon commenced to make iis fortuno. ‘What could bo moro ndvantageous? Ioro was tho romsindor of tho road, including many miles which bad already boon comploted and mostly paid for by the Union Pacifio, awarded to the Ring conspirators at the rato of $60,000 por mile, which was doublo tho logitimato coat! A moro gigantio stoal was novor planned. Of course, with such dividends looming up in tho future, tho stock went tp to ton timon its par valuo. But having effected tho atoal, {ho.mannor In which it was accomplished must b covered up. Thero was imminont dan- ger of .discovary, for tho Pacific Road was o ward of the Goneral Govornmont, and, in n cor- tain senso, was the proporty of tho whole poo- plo, and ot any moment-tho Govornmont might dotormine to investigato and goo Low its money had beon spont, and what consideration it had received, or Union Paciflc stockboldors might do- siro to know of Low much thoylhad been dofraud- ed. This would necessarily bring on an exposo, and go tho Ring procoeded to covor up its tracks, using tho Congrosamen who were in it for that purposo. With tho modus operandi of theso Congrossmen, notsbly of Oakes Amos, tho public is femiliar, The dovelopmonts in the now ponding Credit Mobillor invos- tigation hinvo shown the charactor of tho *bust- uess transnctions” and Mr. Oskes Ames' nu- ‘merous Trustecships in o vory strong light ; and have proved very conclusively that they wora in- tendod to head off iuvostigation, and so influ- anco logislation as not to inquire too nicoly into Union Pacille management. Stock which is worth ton times its faco is not usually Lnwkod about at par, with & convenient Trustea to carry it for' purchasors and mail them the dividonds, unless thoro is aomo sinister object in viow. But this s not all. Tho public is reading only the firat chaptor of tho story. Tho charactors aroallintroducod, and the plot has progrossed just far enough to awalken o very decided interost to Inow hovw tho talo is coming out. Mr. Durant's contribution adds now zost o it, and will awaken in tho public mind o desiro to know the donoue- “ment, aud find out whother, ng in the story- books, virtucis to bo rewarded and vico pun- ished, or whother vice is to bo triumphant and virtuo to go to the wall. 'Tho materials arasl at hand now for a thorough invostigation, and for the information of. Congross wo may stato what | the poople want to know. The concluding chap- tors should be substantially na follows ; 1., What Congressmen are or have been hold- ing Union Pacifio stock snd bonds, for con- eiderations similar to thoso sought to bo ac- complished with Crodit Mobilior stack ? 2. What is tho real charactor and the condi- tion of tho management of tho Union Pecific Toad nnd the Central Pacific also ? 3. Has tho original agreomont botwoen tho Government and tho Union Paciflo been kopt by tho latter, and hns tho lattor, through its ngont, the Credit Mobilier, delivered fo tho Govorn- ment o first-claes road, both in construction and oquipment, os it bound ituol? to do? 4. How much has the Government been plun- dored in this oporation? in other words, How much have the poople logt? Thoso chaptera aro necessary to comploto tho story. Thoro never will be & botter time to ond it than now, while all tho material is at hand, ‘Fho bListory of the Union Paciflois gotting out of rumors into facts, and tha facts aro onsily procurablo. Thero is no legislation now ko 'im- portant that it caunot wait for tho thorough in- vestigation, not ouly of Credit Mobilior, but of Union Paclfic also. Only let us have no moro sceracy. Tho story should bo road in opon court, | whera all may hoar, Thore is a discussion Iu Now Yorkas to whoth- er stoam can sot firo to o building. Tho present Firo Marshol holds that it cau, whilo a formor Morehal maintaing that it cannot. Tho theory of *suporhoated stepm” in brought forward in proof of tho affirniative of the proposition, and thoro 16 to bo o regular sclontifio discussion of tho wholo subject, A note on the subject, giving £ho rosults of oxporimonts by n Chicago arohi- teot, wilt bo found in auothor column, Railread Accldonts, Loumsvitie, Ky, Jan. 8.—Throe passenger cars of train No, 4, from’ Nachville, xau off the {razk nt Dolmont Station Inst night at 9:45, and 15 or 16 passongora woro ellghtly bruised., ' Ono woman had hor oyoknockedout, No sorious dam- ago was dono to {ho trafn. Exira cars wero sont outto bring in tho passongors. All tralns aro on timo this moruing. LousviLLe, dan, 8.~The accident last night at Belmont Btation, on the Nasbville Rtnilroad, was caused by o broken rail, Throo cars woro thrown off tho truck, and ran somo distanco on tho tiea, Ono turned over, nnd one caught fira, but tho flames woro spoodily extiuguished. Thoro woro about sixty passongers on tho train, and about tienty woro - jurad, most of thom slightly, Only fiva or eix wero much hurt, viz.: Miss Mar Crawloy, {righiul gash ovor tho loft oyo, i grobebly Joso {ho oy, tho Ifon. Henry D. Sto Tomry, M. O., Hartford, Ky., en route for Wash- ingtou, shouillor dislocated "and bruised sbout tho hody ; Mra, louston, Tusounbia, Ala., collar bono brokon, and sovore intornal injurlos; R, J, Dauiol, Loulsvillo, cut on tho loft urm, sovor- Ing an rtory; Thomas Btophons, Boaver Dam, Ly Tighi band budiy out, and whouldors muclh brulaad; 11, B, and Miss Taylor, Ohiongo, sov- oral bruigos, Othors rocofvod' brulscs” and seratehos, bub nono of & kovoro naturo, S A Steamor Sunic, CiNorsnaTy, O,y Jan, 8,~The steamer Juni- ata, bound up-rivor, was_ sunk at Aurors, Ind,, lnst night, Blio was londed with 100 tons of hay, and bound for Btoubeunville, A, 1L West, of Dotrolt, Michigan, hns been :f~alcutnd Dresldont of- tho Btato Poultry Aszo- -aiatipn. . | Israclites of this city, among_whom aro to bo THE MILITARY BALL, Commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans, Reception Given by General Sher- fdan and Stafh’ The Most Brilliant Social Oc- casion of the Season, The Youth, Beanty, Culturo, and Woalth of tho City Gathered at Stands ard Iall, 4 An Unlimited Indulgence in the Mazy Evolutions of the Dance. The Supper---The Decorations---Magnifl- cent Toilots of the Ladics, Tho grand military bail ot Standard Hall last ovening, given by Lioutonant Gonoral Shoridan and bis staff, marked a now ora in tho social lifo of Chicago, and was ono of the evidences, if any indeod wero neodod, of tho prospority of tho clty, snd an oxhibition of the beauty, good tasto, wealth, and rofinement that may bo found oven innclty whoso Dirth can bo remombecred by thousands among us. It was & gracoful compli- mont paid by the gentlemon who gave tho ball to tho citizons among whom they have mado thelr iomo, for nothing that good taste could suggoest, or‘monoy procure, was wanting to make tho occaslon tho most biilliant of its kind that thia city has ovor witnessed. That it wos o Buccoss in the most minute dotail was owing to the gonorosity aud intelligonco of tho gentlomon who thus oxpressed thoir approciation of their recoption in Chieago, and to tho invited guests who spared nothing to appear at tholr bost. It was tho firat ball givon by the military, and, if it is to bo ropoated, it will always bo the sociul ovent of tho season. . BTANDARD WAZT ig & familiar namo to thousands of familics, It is & wouyenir to thom of tho greatest catastropho- that evor foll upon a community, and ono of tho moniorablo monuments of the charity of o world thnb wopt with ua in the days of our tribulation, and strotched forth o helping hand to overyman, womau, sud child, tricken by tho great calamity of littlo mero than & year ago. It was buils oo is gonorally known for n olub-houso Ly tho found somo of tho wealthiest, o8 wall as most respectod and intluontinl, of our citizens, Do~ signad for tho purposo of social recrention, it was built to accommodato gatherings similar to that of lnst evoning ; and, though porbaps o tri- flo amall for such an ovent as the ball of which wo write, is ono of tho best arranged buildings for the purpoeo in the country. No more cone veniont place could bo chosen. Tho recoption- rooms, dressing-rooms, card-rooms, Bupper- rooms, sud dancing-hall aro arranged with consummato akill, and lenvo nothing to bo dosired. This circumatanco perhaps added much to tho eclat nttonding tho ball. Nothiug, or noxt to nothing, wag noedod but the ornament= ing aud- decorating tho Luilding in & mammor consistent with tho occasion, sund to this work tho ofiicors applied themsolves with such assidu- ity, good tasto, nnd-ganorovity that the decora- tions alono wero worth & day’s jouruoy to look b, . TOE DECORATIONS. Tho main entranco, side ontrance, and hall wero all festoonod with tho National flag, looped gracofully over the doorway, whilo the wulls wore covered with bunting. Tho doorway of overy room was aléo hosted i tho enmo graceful and artistic fashion, Tho dancing-ball was o triumph of skill. Tho main doorway was looped nnd festoonod as bofore do- seribod. Over ovory window was hung n fing, gracofully looped. Tho coiling wag complotoly concoaled with an arrangoment of bunting so artisticallwplaced and contracted ns to evoko by its richnogs tho unqualified admiration of overy ono presont. An idoa of the costliness of this decoration may bo gained from tho fact that in docorating tho coiling alono thoro wero thirty gorrison flags, cach 86 foot squaro, while, draped over the building woro 86 storm flags, 20 foot square, 40stnudards, 86 cavalry guidons, and 86 cavalry stoudards, Botiwoon tho side lights wero alternate stara, of rifles and cavalry sabres, the nuclous being of evergroona. Ab one ond of tho hall was o group of bunting and sillc flags, prominont among which wes the battle-fing of Qoneral Bhoridan, carried at the battlo of Cedar Creek. Tho front of tho stago was onveloped in bunting, snd railed in with & lie of thirty glouming rifles with bayonets, formimg o brilliant contrast with tho groon carpoting of tho stago. At tho back was n piece of scouery roprosonting growth of limbor, ngainst which was o Provost Marshal's tent, arranged as nat- ural ns lifo, with the letters U. B. upon It; From tho body of the kall tho illusion was com- plote. Hore enthroned, sat Vaas' Light Guard Band, who did their share in & mannor most ac- coptablo. Buch s dioplay of bunting and silk, without staln or spot, has nover boforo beon soou in this city, and we vory muoh doubt if it ever boon surpassed in any othor. A liandsomo chandolior hung i tho contro of the kall, and o langing basket of raro eud fragrant Lot-louso flowors pondant from the coiling diffused nn agrecablo porfume through the room, i TIE LADIES' DRESEING-IOOM was also decorated in & tasteful munner cor- rosponding with tho ornamentntion of tho dauc- ing hall. Evory facility had boen provided for the guosts to disrobo in comfort and without crowding, At the head of tho stairs wis & emaller chamber also ornamented and sot apart for the convonience of such Indios a8 bowailed o torn slirt or any other accldont to tholr attire, Boveral seamstresses wora in attondanco roady to repair any damage thet might.ensue from a earclosa stop or an un- fortunato jostle. Buch a provision indicated o thoughtful suggestion from ono of tho fairor gox. Tho gontleman'a dressing-raom was elso carofully attended to, and not a singlo detail omitted in tho proparations for tho convenionco of tho loxds of oreation, GUESTH PROM ATROAD, Tho sizo of tho hsll nocessarily limited the numbor of invitations to about 400, all of which number was present, Among those who wero invitod from other citios and wore prosent last ovoning were tho following: Calonel Plouzo, Goneral Pottor, Colonal Hawkins, from Detrolt; QGonoral 8. Bturgis and daughtor, Louiavill Gonorel Lodlia and lady, New Yorlk; Genoral Kantz and lady, Oovington, Ky.; Captain Ouyler and lady, Milwnukee, AMONG TIOSE PRESENT woro the following ladies and geutlomen : 0. D, Shorman nnd lady, Mr. and My, Stevenson, Mr, and Mra, Nixon, Mr. and Mrs, Boment, Judge and Mrs, Troo, M. and Mrs. James Melkay, D. A, and Mrs, Gago, Colonel aud Mra, Houston, Genoral Lawronce and lady, F. L. and Mys, Take, Mr. and Mun, Graliam, Pottor Palmer and Indy, Mr, and Mrs, Dobbins, J, M, aud Mre, Adams, Mr. and Mrs, Goorga L, Shorman, E. A, and Mre. Otis, Mr. and Mra, lough, Fitzhugh and Mya,Whitehouso, My, aad Mys, Backwith, Mr, and Mry, Korfoot, Mr. nnd Mra. Ices, My, and Mra, Bturk, Mr, and Mrs, Charnley, Mr. and Mre, MoDonald, My, and Mro, Muzsh, Mr, and Mro, Dryson, Mr. and Mis Armold, M, and Mrs. Dr. Duck, Mr. and Mry, Samuel Turnor, Mr, and, Mrs, Buck, Goorgo L. and Mrw, Otia, Gonoral, nnd Mrs. Bodonbough, Mayor and Mo, Modill, Mr, and Alrs, Enmon, Mr. and Mre, 7, A, Smith, . A and M., Ruttor, 5, Y, and My, Sonmmon. Wirt and Mra. Doxtor, W. F. ard Mes. Cool Lnugh, Jamos Odell and Iady, 3. . and M, Dlokford, Mr.and Mrs, 1,0, Stono, William Micklings aud lady, erry X, wnd Mra, Smith, Genoral’ Giictln” and_Indy, Mr. and Mra, Toroman, Mr. and Mre. Kimball, Rol:oc Clarlt and lady, Marshioll Wield nud Indy, Wik- iam Binith il Indy, Gonoral Loomin and Indy, Feank M. Bmith snd ludey, N, K. Trirbank miy lady, Mr. and Mrs, Balowmb, A, O. Ladyor and Indy, Mr. ond Mis. Grannis, CGenoral Brakine and Indy, Genoral Alloock nud Indy, Dr. and Arh. Campboll, G, J. Bornca and_ludy, Goorgo i, Rumsoy nnd Indy, Goneral Mardfy nud. uly; Nathau Roovo and fady, Major Dallard and Indy, Gonoral Strong and Iady, Mr. and Mra, B, 1T, Camphell, Moblon D, Opden aud ludy, tr. tnd 2rs. Thufko, Mr. and Mra. 7. N. Whoaler, T, K. Winstor and Indy, It. A. Goodoll and lndy, Mr. Buttorficld and lady, My, and vs, Portor, Mr, and Mra, Haines, TOUNG LADIES, > Miss Fannte Rumeoy, Miss Lizzio Koon, tho Misges Medill, Miss Bollo Portor, Mins Cloode win, tho Misson Clatko, the Minen Willinme, Mins McCormick, tho Misses Iamilton, Mius Beammon, Miss' fill, tho Missos Btowart, Miss — Graham, ~ Migs Blownrt, . the Miusos Btagor, Miss = Walker, Mins 'Dallard, tho Miusos Itummoy, Miss Luddington, the Missces Campboll, Miss Tenacs, Miss Jolinson, Mias Fannio Heott, Miss Otiu, Misn Morton, the Mienog High, Miss Chapi, Miss Keop, Mios Ar- nold, Mioe Pourco, Miss Fowler, Mims Willinnis, Mies Huntinglon, Diss Tucker, tho Miess Jonlins, Miss Dobbin, Miss Honoro, Misa Liall, Miiss Dunlovy. Nathion_Corith, Ae. Xont 3iob ! nthan Corwi r. Kont, Robert Lincoln, oraco While, E. . Wymsn, Honry D. Lioyd, Mark D, Bhoy, Dr. Jonos, Mr, L‘hnglnkMA.Kucp; Mr. McCarn, Georgo Watorman, . Tisk R. I, MoCormick, Howard Friostiy, Bransy Colt, “Colonol Nelion Turnor, Ti. B, Zeiams, Bryan Lathrop, Norman Willink, Geor Toury Tiold, Goorgo Walkor, Ed. Nowte.: Joick Norton, IL. W, Juckeon, 0. W. Augoll’ 3. O Rutter, onry Da Wolf, Mesora, Carapibil, Mae Jor Martin Hoom, Georgo Lunt, “x, L. 'Otis, Archio Filor, obi‘.lnnu o, (lm,ymm‘ TFackson, r. McLoury, D. P. Ballard g D Friink Honora, Moosrn, Monage, UCCfE° Eekex, TUE ARRIVAL OF TIE INVY' TED QUEBTS i was a long, Pmmm«a ailairy No ono arrived nutil somo 4imo afler 9 olelog’s, and thon thoy gradunlly dropped in untll 10 o'clock, when thoy | arrived thick and fast. I+, wag o disagrooably night o bo out, Bnow \a?, ‘falling honvily, and overy snow finke would “Taave n mark upon tho dolicate silken fabrio. ¥kl thoy nrrived in o stoady - strowm. from. 10 olock unti] half-paot 11, Ly which tima all wero in, Romo ides of tho arrivals moy be gathered from tho fact thal st 10 o'clock: only forty carriages had arrlved, and by 11:30 thoro woro nonrly 150, I'ho parlor dowa stairs, upon which oponod tuo Iadics’ dressing-room, wma orowdod to yta utmost limit with mests of both soxes, As they loft for tho ball-room, thoir Placos woro takon by tho lator arrivaly, whio kept it ocoupied for: two hours and o half. ho ; hall outside wos fillod with yentlomen,} detnined by the intricate roparations fof the fair dames upon whom - thoy * waited. ‘Lho bendsome uniforms of tho officers of various rauk lont a richness to tha sceno which wos in- doseribable. DANCING COMMENOED b n fow minutes utter 10 o'clock, o faghionably Iato hour, whon twenty or thirty couplos woro upon tho floon, The numbers swellod rapidiy, 80 that hefora ‘cho first gnlop was over the num- bor had been nearly quadrapled. ‘The progr-ammoes wore propared in & chnsto and approprinto stylo, the lettoring being i bluo, and the Yorder o slmgln rod live, On tley firs DPagowas, “January 8, 1873," and on tho last o Plain‘itag, The arfangement theroupon, ou the 8eco'nd pago, was as follows: %, Overtu . Light Cavalry—Suppo ¥ Pho Trec: ul Tk lemiy—6th Woingarten 1icre und There—Faust TPrairio Queen—Vaas .Artist’s Life—Straues 9, Quudrili 10. Lanclera, 11, Watz—1—3, 12 Qalop—1—4 13, Quudrillo. Now Viennn—Stranes mmer Fidel—Budick +Louisen—Straugs trimunod with fringe, Thin deous had n sash_of bluo walered ribhon knottad fn tho back trim= mings of wallron rosos, A pinlk gros-grain sill had n vory long traire caught np’ en pouffo, with whilo witered ansh “Tho tablior was teimmed with - flounca of Bay- wdoro sirippad grannding. o Jorophing cor- sngo wan of will, with (nllo Lrimmings ; gold or- . naments with, pendants to tho necklaco ; hair posdered and’ drossod with roses nud whito Tonthora, A eenrlot and whito Clmbory gauzo wa trimnod with dingonal raflies. Tho overukivk was nlio rufiled and trimmed with tulle, canght up with bown of seurlot gathn ribhon, Thin dross was mado Vith o aaguo; bair powderad ; the- ornamonts were lmnrlu. A drosn of whita tarltan trimmod with trafle #ng vinon of bluo flowora: mah of pale bluo ; ciorengo cut high with low lning, A dresn of pnlost desert saud faillo was mado. 1ribh on overdrosi of Chantilly Inco, and bortho. <f tho same, tho'lady wonring gold oruamonts, A dross of vory hoavy biue faflls had tho tablior 2ufllod ; tho train wag enught up en pouge ; trim- 1 nings of Chnatilly laco, with pohib laco collar ivv;:r vory palo pink tio, pinl fonilors in Lho wir. An nshos of roson drass of moire antlque had a. senrlot sash, knottod at tho sido ; searlot trim- 1 aings undor point Inco nt the noclk; foathora of { Lio samo color in the hair., A blue-and-white striped ganzo had alternato. flowors of tullo and sill; the ornaments wero duo flowors, A vory clogant black velvet dross wns trimmed writh round point; the ornamonts woro bluo fowers and dinmonds. A Blondin faillo had s blnck Chantilly over- dross, crught up with trafiing vines of “senrlot fBowora, 'Tho ornaments wore coral with hoavy g old brrcelots. A black gros grain had an_ologant point lnce- ovordroas, a Roman sash knotted low at tho sido ; oorungo bouquels of pink Lyscintlios, with Ppinle forithors in tho Lair. Ablack silk dress was mado with pale blus trimmixigs, olaborata bortho of Alencon Inco, hondsomely ornamented with blue flowers ; orname nte, onrrings and nocklneo of gold, A blu.o il dres, withsido flutings of organdy and ruchings of ,silk; tho organdy overdress. was sirailarly trimmed, being cut with apron front, wnd sinsh'ends knotled fu tho Lack; cor-: sago uizgh, fastenod bolind; ornamants of pink und senrlot flowors, g dress of whito asrophano was cnught ip- with pink bows, tho lady woaring pinl convol- vuli in her hair, whilo Ler ornaments wero of* gold with cameo pondants. A drees of black Lyons volvot was elabotatoly- trimmod with Chuntilly Ingo, and jot passomez~- torio, rolioved with searlot bown; tho ornaments wore dinmonds. An arsenio greon tarlotan waa rufiled to tho waisb with emall box-plated rufilcs; coreage trimmod witl pomt applique, the garuiture of sllvorgilt leaves. 1 A lnvendor vilkk bnd a gauzs train_ ovordress, Toopod high on the eido with {rimmings of tes. Toron; tha sleaves woro of puffed tulle, oaught: with sille strapn; nn_ Elizabothan taff of fai.ln finishing it at the neel. g A dresn of raflled whilo tarlaten had a Llack: sillc ovor-dress, cub in points, witl: {rimmings of point appliquo Taca. A whito Organdy dross hod n eash of pale. Dlue, with ovor-dress caught will ten roon; hair drassed @ la_chinois, orunmonted with blng - flowers, and powdored. “Thia Jady wore a bou- toniere of natural flowera. An_clogant drons of roso do nai6 faille had! firond bauds nud bown on the tallior; tho traln waa turnod back en reveir, the corcaso Loing ont . Pompadour; tho overdress waa of point Ince, . and the garnituic of black volvet flowers; hairr powdoro, und pearl ornamentu, A whita tarlotan pollicont was trimmod with: Dox-plated flouncas and ruchings ; the ovordross wag o pole greon gros grain with pinked: flodnces of silk nud rached iounces of gruzo, Auclabotato vash and rufiien of gruza compluted: it ; hiv powdorcd aud ornuztented with fiowera: and ro3ss. A whito gauzo dress nd o {allior of dinal putfs, tho over-d: trimmed with two_ rechings; haiv Lavged and. owdered, dregsiod with Jo!' ormgments; neek-r laco of blnck velvet with gold A clarming drees was o pulied med with trufling sprays of ivy lo of diagonn! puils was ornamested wil and variogated leaves, Kuots of yoint lace, bouquota of flavors caught tho train, Tt wea. finished with a doublo box plaited flownce. Un. usually handsome hair fell balow the waint, eud., was ornamonted with feathors, Anothor, that reminded ovo of (ko Franch. Caurt, wad . Ju geauine Pompadour combiufuas tion, being of pals pink feifle, with trimmings. 14, Waltz. . Guards—Qodfrey 1 2, il N e of bluo tatfota and sashes of tho blue ¢k, & Quop Brani o ous® | A drens of gronat inillo lizd floancos of purest: 1001 Niits—Birausa | Chnutilly pasiing nvound (bo Gen, willo (ho 18, Gnlop—1— ly Brotwers—Budick 20, Waliz—]— «v DMabel—Qodfrey Toro was 1o necd to state that thio elifo of tho olty evero_there. Tho 'graceful figures of tho ladics na ‘they glided through the mazy ovolu- tions of the danco, tha easo with which they car- riod thomsolvos, ' thoir porfoct self-command, showed plninly thnt the best nd fairost of Chic engo's duughtors lind boon invited by tho gontlo- mon of ts avord, Tho daneing oy zoally n most dnzzling sight. Fashion Las declared that a gontloman’ who goes to a_ball must don & cevtaiy unitorm,—in gonoral, biacl: ogu, binck back and sidos, mid o white vest. Ho must, in ofhor words, nitay Limsolf in n low-cub vest, and swallow-tail cont, to bo . IN FULL DRESS. When ho dances with a_sploudidly attired and graceful bollo, he is at o divadvantege. A man nover lools #o choaply 18 ho does who dancing, and it is owing to this fearrul uniformity of costume, His faco miy bo modo of - sories of curves,’ a succession of anglos, or o conglomoration of both lost in hair, but 'his individunlity is gone‘in his dress cont. Whatover of diversity, ploasing contrast, picturesquoness, and gaioty must bo contributed y tho ladicn. But, b military ball, when Lalf the gontlomen aro’in_ full uniform, prosto, o chango is at onco obsorvable. Tho splondid toilotsof tho ladicamnke tho sconcbrilliant; their gorggous attiro showy iu strong_contrast witl tho black, unmeaning dress ouit of tho civilian, but harmonizes perfectly with the rieh and gone tlomanly uniform of thio Unitod Statos oflicor, The danco lust ovoning was doubly besubiful, and doubtless owed somotling for onco to the gontlomen's toilotton ns woll na to tho suporb costumos of somo of tho Indios. It was kalorido- scopic,—over changing. Horo & combination of dazzling colors melted gradually into another arrangement, to give placo in fow momonts to o third, and 5o on until wo sbrolutaly grow weary of tho constant change, It was n sOFt of Lumin dissolving viow, And to this add good music by a full orchiestra, tho best in this purt of tho country, and ono fully renlizes tho sonsuous Gnjoymont of the dance. UENERAL BHERIDAN stood ot tho door of tho ball-room, and, s each gucst antored, cordially recoiva tiem afl with o riondly shako of tho hand, and n hopo that the gvoniug would bo ono_of tqualled onjoymont. 1t romiuded ono nob a littlo_of Macboth's ban- quet, in which ho bids “ good. digostion wait on appotito;” but thore was nio Binquo's ghost, suve tho waning hours of tho niglt, to lorrify tho happy guoste. HUPPER WAS SERVED shout midnight, and as tho proparations for this wero mado on’a_somewhat oxtonsivo sealo, o passing montion might Lo mado of the supper- oom. - On the contro tablo, upon which waro spread tho vianda to rofresl: thio wonry, was an obiclisl, nbout six faot high, mado of fugar. It was supported by four sugat cannon at onoh cor- Ligh eorzngo was trivamed with the seme hand- somo laco, A whito ganzo dross had sovorsl sido plaitod flounces, which wero half covered Ly others: embroidored in blue in & girland of vino leaves. . Bluo ribbon noeds und bands looped it. Corenge: cut o la Josophine. Tho hair dreesed with pufts, pendant curls, and ornamented witlt blues Hlowers, Pearl enc-rings, oporn chuoin apd pendant, and bracelots, A drose of pink gauze was cut with domi- train, which wes rufiled to tho waist, cach of theso Leing finished with o white ruchiug. Tho tellier wns of longitudinal puffs ~ and ruchings, whilo . {ho slooves that cume to the elbow wero alse an cluborato combingtion of pufts end ruches. ‘Tho Dnir was drossed high, with carved Spanish colfi'l: of tortoise sholl. Ornaments of Blruscan gold. . A churming drees of Drovence Roso gros. @ Itnlio had n eash of strired grenadino wound around tho skizt and knotlcd i n largo bow at thowide. It simplicity vas cuo perfection of good tasto, A Pomprdomr dress of caffzano and palo bluc: wwas decornted vith ultcrnato sealloped flannel: Tho traiu had st a Houuce of cafirano, su mounted by a wido plaiting of blue. Above this. was first o scalloped flotuco of saffrano, and then a succession of blua ilounces cub in deop scallops. 'Tho overdress of bluowas trimmed to correspond, A very olnborate tollotto that appeared to boar tho impress of French fngorr, was made of pulest muuvo faitlo, gauzo and sutin—one of {hoso iudercribablo dresses which Worth and - Puigat sond aver to astonish us, . A dresp of pala opal was trimmed most uniquo- ly on the train with bands and faco plaitings 80 rranged o to show the lining of roso frnjs faille. The corvnge was cut o ln Pompadour, and a shawl of point laco was_ gracofully drapod from the shoulders, A dress of - cherry- nud roso do chine gros. @'Tinlic bad altornate flounces on the train., Tho- overdress was of Valonciennes jace, and {her Josophino corenge was n_cqubnation’ of puffs. and tho keme Inco, T'ho hall was powdered, and ornamented with roses, whilo tralling vinos. decked tho sldirt, Dress of blandin faillgand bluo had n tabliers of longitndinat puls m U altoruato colors. Tho train wos of blua faille out v, brond pointe: and edged with the contrasting blondin color. Tho corsago was tvimmed with point-applique,, whilo pearls pearls harmonizod with tho delicateé: hues of tho dress, . A dross of white gauze was beautifully: trimmed with gmlands of lotus blossoms andi bonds of black velvet. It was simplo, but vory effcotivo, . A drosn of roso frais faille had the train fin.. ishad with a brond sealloped flonnce, headed by 8 pouffo_ which wns caught down with bows.. Tho overdresy was of white silk fgured Hornani: nor, {aporing graduntly to n point, upon whoso guutéo, olyod with fiingo of oriuipod tapo, and. apok was o figure ropresenting tho Goddess of Liborty, ono not unknown In this country, At oncly corhor woro four other ugar cannon, onel supporting » hugo ball, bearing the follow- ing iusoriptions: *Janunty 8, 1815, “1915. 1879, Now Orleans,”. #1818 U. 8. 1878, and “ January 8, 1670, A slip of sugar contnined an ansortmont of bonbons and pwestmouts. At ono ond of tho tablo was o miniaturoropresontation of Gonoral Sheridan's hislovienl horea ** Wine clientor,” douy o wugar, wilh o disnantlod sugar fleld-pioco lying’ boside him, Tho tablo was strowed with hostof good things Tion fringo’ was amon scorated with naffrana roscs, A bluo and whito striped eilk was comploted: Dy & dross of bluo Acrophane which was_knotted: with ribbons and roaes, whilo the hofr drossed a In Jowophino was aleo comploted with palo blios fonthery, Ablack ganzo dress trimmod with gold bul-- tho very striking cose- tumos, a1d would linve bean mord 8o but for the uniforu of thg ofticors, which wora & contrast to tho nsunl plain black suits of the ball-costume. for gantleaon, Adrosi of ponrl-colored_faille had-a_courte too nuniorous for individusl montion. Upon n sldo table smiled rows upon rowa of bottlos, telling of ocoans of chnnpagno und other fuyors ito brands of wine. 1fore the guost and their martinl hosts, fatigued with &hmuiufi, rofreshiod thomsolves and proparod nmew to do honor to the oceasion "Ly keoping it up until tho “woo mmin' -hourn” = wenb by sud their puccosnors row exceodingly lurgo. Day doca not break at this season of 4 cur until vory luto, ITnd it appentod os carly as i Wil two montlis ience, 5t onid. have fouu train trimmed with Point I’Aloucon, while the: same fairy-like web covered tallior nod orna- mented teh coraago. . A dross of embroiderod Froneh muslin ovor o rogo-colored faille way oxquisito, as woll as elab- oxate. ‘A dress of polar sky gros graln wes trimmed with flonnces on the truin, whilo sashes of sillkc wero edged with Valonclonnos Inco, An upron o | of Valancionnes complotod the skirt, while tho. high corsago was also noarly covered wilh the samo luco, many of tho guests in their drosslng-rooms, only” just preparing to leave tho scone of so much enjoyinent, THE TOLITEL S, Among eonie of tho more noticeablo toilots were tho following : A dreus of rose frais, tho fablier in doublo pulls and points, longitudinally placed ; train compouod of plaln pulls, vory long, and canglit up & pongly e pawdored, aud bandod with blnelk velved, Dreas of whito tarlotan, gradunted box-plnited flouncos; Romnn seart, knottod low on tho drogs, which was olaboratoly trimmed with crimson fioweru; crimson flowors In tho hair; corsago, houTmt of samo, A Blua s whito embroldered veist, which wero cut fi“"’ flounced vointa’ and A whit- faillo, which, scemingly, éonld only have been mudo by Worlh, was' pactieularly. noticenblo. A Dlack volvot dress, trimmed with Valon- ciomo, hind n tablicr of whito fuille, Ornn. monts of dinmonds and poarls mupplomontod it, ]wh'iln bluo fenthor nud flowers wore worn iu the: wir, A bluo #llle was claboratoly trimmed with tulle ond hind_tho eutivo tablior gnrlanded with eilvor lonven, Tho train way canghe with tullo gonefs,. whilo o coriazo had flowing antiquo sloeves.. ‘This lady woro ornamonts of rose cornl, "Uheso nro but # fow among tho many, all of whioh wero oupcainlly clogunt. and doscoitig of farther notico, Muny of these woro undoubtely importod, and all Woro marvels «J the mantva~ waker's vkill,