Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1873, Page 4

, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. T EEI\I“I OF BUDECNIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCE). aily, b 812,001 & 2.5 Tri-Wooki SO0 Sy 210 Putta of o yoar at tho ramo rate, "o provont dalay and mistakos, bo suro and givo Post 1 co nddroc fu full, including Stato and Connty, Itemittancos may bo mada elthor by dratt, oxpross, Post Ouico vrdor, or In teglstorad lotters, at our rlvk. TERMH TO CITY SUNRCRINRNA, Tafly, deltverod, Sunday oxcoptod, S conts por wook. 2:aily, dollvored, Sunday Included, 50 conts por woulk, Addiges TUF TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corucr Madison wud Doarbosii-sts., Chicagy, Til GONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST' PAGE—Washington Nows: Oongrossional Pro- coodIngs—Mliscallannons Tologratnn, BECOND PAGE—-Mra, Tucker's Rollof: Furthor Par- ticulars of tho Hocloty's Rald on Ior Houso—Tbo Yarmors; Closing Procoedlogs of tho Gouvention at Bloomiugton—Lho Minnosatn Htornt, THIRD PAGE Snlary Quostion: Componsntion of Employoes of Cook County~Porsonal Ttems—Tho City tn Driof—Tho Destroyed Churoh—Tho Turuor 1all Concort—Adsertisomonts. FOURTIL PAGE—Edltorials: Specio Paymonts; Tho Ovor Testn of Groonbacks; Mr. Harlan's 10,0001 Dofuctive Flucs; Tho County Commbislonora—Nowa Tteme, FIFTIL PAGE--Tho Stato Capital: Yostorday's Procosd- tugs in tho TNinofn Goneral Assombly—Markeia by "T'elograph—Advortisomonts. SIXTI PAGE—Monoy and Oommorco—Rallroad Timo Tablo, SEVERTH PAGF—Tho Taw Uourts—Bunko Telum- phant—Tho Boatwick Olatm—Rallrond News—Swmall Adsortisoments: Real Fatato, For Sale, ToRent, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, Kto, TIGHTIH PAGE-Stato Leglslaturcs—The Postal Tolo- graph Behemo: Tottor from Hon, David A, Wells— Fleea—Miscellancous Tolegrams-- Auctlon Advor- tisoments, TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. MI'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madison streot, letwoon Btalo and Dearborn. Engagementof Dion Bouoleault and wife, ** Arrah-un-Pogue," Altornoon and ovening. ACADEMY OF MUS!O,- Halsted streot, south of Madieon. Fngngemont of J0Ifn Gollins, tho Irlsh Como. danxud Bailadist. ** Pant UL “His Lust Lege." Afternoon und oyontng. ATKEN'S THEATRE—Wabnsly avanuo, cormor of Con aross streat. lingngemontof Josaph’ Proator, **Nlok 0 tho Woods," Afierucon and ovoulag, HOOLEY'S OPERA 1HOUSK—Randolph streat, bo- tweon Clark and LaSallo, MYERS' OPERA 1OUSE—Monroo streat, batwoen Stato and Deatborn, Arliuglon, Cotton & Komhlo's Minstral and Burlesquo Troupe. kthloplan Comlcalitics. Aftornoon and evenlng, GLOBIE THEATRE-Dosplaines atraot, botwean Madte ponand Waehington, Dramatic and Moelcal Vatlotios. Aftornoon and ovoning, e NIXON'S AMPHI'TIIEATRE~Clinton, botwoon Wash jogton nud Randolph stroots. TURNER 11ALL—Dedleating Goneert. Afternoon and ovonlng, BUSINESS NOTICES. GILSKIN MADI: S)OOTII by USINO JURIPER '{’:{n‘-ot}x):a L inatured by Gaswell, Hazard, & U o MDINARY DITAW- J. B MARTINER & AL HAVANA LOTTRR iy 17 dayn, Tickets, I\IVWan»L. g O, Barkore, Now Comedy Company. TH ! CIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1873 which only $16,000,000 woro In Engllsh entor- prison. Jamon Brooks, D urant sald yestorday, way tho only Governniont Director of tho Union Pacific whom ko know to have been Interestod in the Crodit Mobiller. "Tho Post Ofilco Committeo hns suthorized its Chairman to draft & bill reducing letlor postago to Lwo conts, nud requiing propayment on all printed mattor, excopt on weekly nowspapors wituin tho county whoro they sro printed. At proaent, the Dopartmont loncs 1,300,000 o yenr by failure to collect postage on printed mattor, The Ifon, David A, Wollg, at tho roquost of tho Weatorn Union Tolograph Compauy, hes writton n lottor, which will bo found elsowhere, concorniug tho rolationa botwoon our Govern- mont and tho {olegraph companies, which is marked by overy charnctoristle quality of his groat nbility in handling such quentions. Tho Supremo Court of this State are not likely o got much nssistanco from tho present Liegis- Iature fu punishing newspapers for *construe- tivo contompt.” By tho decided voto of B0 to 47, the Houso of Representatives yesterday refused to Instruct tho Judiciary Committeo to roport whothor any ndditional legislation is necossary to onnblo Courts in thiu Stalo to pun- ish nowspapors for contempt i publishing arti- cles likely to hiuder tho adwinistration of Justico, S SN Whotlior or nob Amos ovor monnt to bribo Congrossmon, or thought thoy could bo cor- rupted, may bo judgoed from tho conversation Durant swears to having had wilh him. Ames at one time quostioned Durant about the #jtems" of the oxpenscs of the Credit Mobilior, stating that ho wanted to kuow whetlier any monsy bad beon paid to Congressmon, becauro, if thore had been, he wanled them to poy it Dback, 1t thoy did not go straighl.” ‘This ro- ‘mark, Durant thinke, was jocular.” P ) Durant’s teatimony roveals indetail thosourco of tho enormous dividends of tho Crodit Mo- Dilior. Thoy aroso out of such robbories as the contract moutioned by him, which awarded tho building of 238 miles of road to Onkes Ames at aprico two or threo millions moro ihan tho actunl cost. ‘Tho transaction nmounted to giv- ing that amount of tho furxls of the Union I'n- ciflo Rallvoad to the individusla called tho Crodit Mobilior, instend of using it to pny tho intorost on tho honest indebicduoes of tho railroad. e ey LDEST ¥ MEDTOINES. —BAN- igorator,—A _purely vegelsblo. cathartio ‘Syapepein, - conatipation, dobility. sick «, and all dorangomun(s of lvor, Aik your drugglat for It. Deward BEST ford's Liver Insi and_tonlo~tor Tibnineho, bifloua ati bannnaD, ‘and hawols of Imitations. FOR DYSEISTA, INDIOESTION, DRPRESAION of spicll and Gonoral” Boblity. th Thrro Phosplorated TG o Catleata vk Ontlisyn vk and Trga), B th ast Contor "Mado by Caswoll, Hazard & Uo , New York, nod sold by Druggista. FATCIEL TAIR DVE, THIS SPLENDID Dalrdso s tho boat fn the world, Tho only truu and per. ot dyo. Jannlnes, roliablo, and fnsiautancous; nodisay- pointiont; no ridicalous ints or unplonsant ador. Remo- Qlex tho )1 effocts of Lnd dyes nnd washos. Producos fm- pusdiatolya supurb bisck or uktural brawn, and lexvos tho air cloan, soft, and beautiful, ‘Tho gonulno, signed W, fiipter, gold by il Ydruz#m ‘OHfARLIS FROM A DISTIN. “THE FOLLOWING LETTER 18 ox, formorly of Philadel: jahiod surgoon, Oeorgo P, plsia, Wi tho war broko out, tho Dootor, thon a citizon of Jlinols, wont :o urioon ‘of tho Thirty-third Ilinols Regl- nout, und was Medical Director of tho Uni'od Statos ‘AP in Toxas, and, of canrso, is woll known. ho writor snmalg asscaiiin af, e Kelianak. whia know it Whion T Witlo fu Now York, 1 visitod tho rooms of Dr. J. 71, Schongk, No, 31 Bond-st., and wan much ploasod swith whnt | s diors, nnd) would sugeost, a3 con; sutnptlon is gonorally regardod ns incurablo Dy most of o “medioal’ profossion, that physicins would do ns {iavo dono, call on Dr. Schionck and seo for thomslves tho groat uificnufiu(hh o he 19“. and lfi\v lIEfllUl;tluldl "'Ilo nts out tho d art, losvever they i ler o o s “Bohnék, oy would bo froatcd as R man.” T sayw thero & young Iniy who was givon up (o e ek atto, Wwith consumption, but Who a now o e R § O Informod o that alio lind. had & 5, hackiyg cougly vafus’n tha baolsand oht, loss of e S totmo, Dotwols epubtiintod, ‘coplows aents, Sty reut dobilits and emaciarion, whioh finally Suliminated i copious and ropoatad hoviorrhiares from tho* Sttnatel M el Gondifiin sho was 4ivon WD a8 Inorablo - by her medical - atthnd- honeleesly SISIIENCIC was ‘Gallodl (o' seo. Har, O prosorihod s remodion. Tho MANDIARE, PILLS A hred tho stoniach and bowels, tho SEAWEED FONTE gueo fon, s voraclous "snfotlie, wilo “tho LOTAMOTE S¥ROP “reliovod for lupgs, and sho ity Jocovored. T ofamined this Tadyt and fovud 2hnt hor right lung was in a normal condition, but in tho loft tho rospiratory murumr was absont, and e At Gsory” ndietion that (ho mediomba lind ellninated the tuberculous matter, and a cleairix had lonal th atr-colly, and nfforded atriking ovidango ot St hanchtsho iad derived from thio Wss of De. SETESOR mitieinee, " concorsol whu'' yontl: St wha ovidently Iid had toburgles in - Lls un, Bt hoen st Dr. SCHINCI'S miodiolnus sov- £t "mionchsy’ 8 e vapldly recovoring il g o tatarhed ino that fe iud hnd & diotrtsing cousi. N eite, 1036 0f anutite, Iow spirits, sud was Fupid: § éiniine to tho gravo, but was enved by ihiotimoly e of R OIS Tomadion, T smw there nearly fiity na: Hieniacamminod by tho octor with lis soapirumotar, s e luvited nto s Trivato toom fo oxaniito t, e Bitor tho oxamination i statomont aa-to tha nateira SEair dtsnser thravih tho courtoey f Dr. SUMENOIC % ras pormitted to oxanino thom wpsolt, and wns ploased 2 find that in uvory lustanco the Doctor was corroot in Ta Alptiosls, and in o instanco did ho Il in pointing out _the truo nature of .tho dlsease. was Thvned” st o " franknoss Ty wunifestod to ‘his 4ol lungs aro Ladl, new, dn 1 'Board bim fay, ' Your Foioned: o't donbt my nbiliiy to cuxo you - you shoul wopnre for tho tinal clizbao.’, To amothor ‘Your right Taon i atbbasoi, bt I (i Toan cure you Toanother: ¥ 8ar dincnso 18 n the bronohla, complicated with billary Aerangemiont, and you can oneily bo cnred.' T'o an anx. yaus mothor, {sha lind brought ior daughtor, o palo, onin- Lfitad youne 1ady, ho av{d: ‘Cam happy to {nform you §lint thera {8 no Qizdnso of the lungas 1bis allin tho Atons £eb and livor, with which disordored condition tho lus Bavo symynthisod, and sour daughtor can bo cucods HUvor sunil I forzat tho gratoful took of that mathor us 1ho fenr conrscd down hor chicek, and sho oxclaimod: bloss you, Dactor.! . ‘o Doctar entorod Into o dotatlod statoment of the modits operandl of hismedicines, and oxplainod Low ho Srod consuniption, dyspopsin, and liver complaint, and Tiound s rinciples wero nelonl barad upon corent aodical scinneg, o nrinciplos, ' wa0, of Kood e g, " Tho MANDICAKE: PILLS aro comuiaod of a pocullar combination of tho sctivo principla of tho eyt 1+itatum, or Mandrako, with ‘othor yatunbla romedies, fO Ihnl,ll|n¥ acl upon tho disordors of tha liver with zs mueh gortainty ad calomel or hluo pill, without any of tholr injurfous or enorvating intlucnces, and aro avfaently tho hiost, and porhavs tho only substitata for tho Shordiriat proparations aver discosored. oy not only At upo tho secrotion oLtalivor, but, ‘also, from thoic aftarativo ~ propertics, thoy nct upon ‘mud restoro 235 heaithy conaition all tho socrotiona of tho stomach ‘nd bowols wiileh aro congornad in the yrocess of dijos: il T saw evidonces heforo mu whero these organs had ot ronovated, o it wore, by tho MANDRAKIK PILLS, P o Fesult’ waz A gaod digation, and, with projue «curo and faod, tho for ed aud tho untrimont iiorbed by the Jagtzals- gaod bluod was mady thoras from, i Hoatch wid aronsth and el worw siven Lo the patient, 11 tho Doctor's ostonded axperionca, lia found what all sucdical on knovw to bo true, that aftor (Lo soore. Tiono.aro rostarod to o healthy condition tho orgaus Bro ofton fooblo, and nood hulp to onablo thoin ta portor” theiefunctloas _ properly, e’ Bgawo Bonic 1a tho romedy for (s purnoso. “As Ita namo implies, it is u vogotabla tonic, and gives tono and gtrongtl to thoso organs, and hey o healthy digestion follows its use; whon I!mlmdy adminlaterad, the food i Megoived by the svorotlons of 1o stmach ; th dlgostion i complated whon honlthy bitu 3n scoratad. from tho liver, find Hha food Is prosontad to the lactoal vassols tliorougil “ilowolved, whioh s readily takan up by thom and passe faio ha Dloed-sessals, from whialy & hualthy, mutsitions $i100d fs madle, from which alotio health and atrangili Iy Harivod by the hmman fawily, T boliove tho Palmenary e 14 o st Ixpcotornnt oxtant, as ftoporatos in 156 thun munnor upon tho lungs, It doos not dry up the eceutions of. (hin - fwportant —organ liko Parogoric, Cmior, oF Morihino, but jiromofos. thoso sooratlons, ndl nabios, tho arian to throw off diseascd mattor in e fomn, of coplouy oxnoctoration, '1low ofton pa~ tients ask for somothing to curn thefr cough, without thinkinse aporrwliat " that cougl dependscthnt o lungs o imedod fh thiole powora of soorotlan—tliat thoy dunat Yad bptntos (0 Inck up (o rocrotions stlll maro, but by aving tho dixcieo maturod with th Pulmonic Syrun, W eoyfous sooration takos placo, thu coughh ocasos, m fifa unotion of tho organ 13 restored to itu naturuf con- tion. ++1 g ted tamnko thoso romarks, nut only in justica toso. morltorluio and descrvin o gontioman as D, Sceanck, it moro particulatly for tho bonotit of tha slek, wiio ar vkt roltof from dtwonso. T havo seon, oth in Now Sark and lionion, tho vust, awount of ‘goud olfaotod by v Ssehioneky remedies, Tknow thelr composition an \opon tho. huwon ssetom, and T bellove the ottor adaptad for - tho ‘disoases for which oy are used than any other known romodiod, 1"Pavs ‘known Dr. fohienck for moro than thirly yoars, und was o witnoss of tho od effuets of his medie cluos upon hilms and many othors in tho xmuudln‘u ountry uftor iy own rocosory., T havo, practisod iodi: Gitisu Upwrards of thiety yoars, but Dr. Schionck hay por- Sf<aion to show iy latter and glve my namo toany who Jnny desiea 18, Llinva mot soon Dr. Bchonok for yoars, Wnitil o fow days sinco, and 1 could not leavo tho clty sl out dotng what 1 cousidorud only an nut ot justioa to so aod aud bouovolonta man as Dr. Bolienck, at tho ssmo e hoplng [ ikist bomelt (ho alék by informing thom ot iint Taaw and ko of th oiloncy of oo wrost modis hiios. En +* GRORGE P, REX, M, D." modicin 10’ by sl drugatats The Chitage Tibune, . Bpturday Morning, Janusry 18, 1873. Donlings In American socurities in the Tondon stock market, Inat yoar, amounted to §110,000,- 000. Its totnl busivesy way $6C0,000,000, of In anothoer column aro given all the facts wo havo boon ablo to gather concorning tho new snlnries fixed by the Board of County Commis- sioners for the counly.oficials, tho salarios puid horotofore, the mnow positions cre- ated, and the rolation botween tho dutids to bo performed and tho compon- gation granted. It will be remombered that tho now Inyy, which now goes into opora- tion, abolishes tho system of forming out tho various departments of the.County Governmont, and provides for tha paymontof stated snlnries toall oficials dircelly from ibo County Trense, ury. Tl Davmara® Convantinn hou ndionrnnd sing die aftor o sossion marked by great unanimity, and boginning o movemont from which ought to como rosults of great valuo. BSpeochos woro mado yestordsy by Hon, W. C. Flagg, Mr. IL. C. Tawronco, Colonel J. H. Rowell, and others, and & numbor of resolutions were adopted, Theuo recommend that it bo mado n misdomeanor forany State or county ofiiclnl to aceopt a railrond pasa; thot our water communications, especially thoso of tho St. Lawrence aud the Illinois, bo ontarged ; that all railronds running in violation of tha law be condomned, and run by tho Stato § that nt least ono of thoe Railrond and Warchonse Commissioners should be & reprosontative of the farming class; that Ropresontatives Bholla- bargor and Hawloy bo thanked for their recont action; that somo bill should be immodiately passod by tho Logislaturo liko tho Vaughau bill of 1871, fixing freight rates; thattho tnxes on ivon, snlt, and lumbor should he ropenled,and call- ing upon farmers to organize clubs, grangos, and othor nsgociations. The Chicago producs markets woro genorally higher yestorday, and modorately active. Mess pork was quict and 100 highor, at 811.80@11.85 eash, and 912,80 ellor March, Tiard was notive and 10¢ por 1001bs highor, at $7.90@7.95 per100 1bs cash, and $7.60@7.65 soller March. Moata woro quiot and atronger, at 3J@4c for nhiouldors; 637 @B for short riba; 63¢o for short cloar, and 7340 por tb for 16 Ib greon hame, Droused hogs wero loss nctivo and & shadoonsior, at £4.60@1.60 por 100 Ihs, Ilighwinos wore dull and nominally unchangoed, nt 88@8834e per gallon. Flonr was in better domand and a shado firmer, Wheat was ac- tivo and 13¢@13¢e highor, closing ot $1.233¢ casly, and $1.24% seller Febrnary, Corn was moro ac- tive, and declined Yo, closing at 301{c cash, and 80%o sollor Febrnary. Oals were rather moro etive and }e higher, closing at 255¢c cash, and 25540 sollor Fobruary. Iye was lens netive and unchanged, at 67%4@03c. Barloy was lons ac- tive, but 3@Gc higler, closing at 5o for No, 2, and 62c for No. 8. Live boga wero again active, and prices woro firm at the closing prices of yes- terday, or at &0,65@3.95 for poor to cholco. Ont- tlo woro in light demand. Sheep woro firm. A novel tolograph schemo bas just been paesed upon by boll Houaen of Congress, and awaits the signaluro of the President to bocono alaw. Tho plan of tho inventor ia to ercct n mast upon tho highost pesk of tho Rocky Mountains, and anothor upon tho highost peak of tho Alps, upon tho top of ench of which is to ho placod an apparatus for tho collection of oloctricity. ITe clainia that thoso masts will rosch o stratum of tho atmos- horo which {u highly chinrged with olectricity, and that the slightost pulsntion at one towor will immodiately produce s similar pulsation at tho othor, the completo circuit being mado by tho olectrified stratum and tho ground connoctions, 28 in ordinary telographing, Whother tho in- ventor’s thoory fs sound, wo loave for tho sa- vants to decide, In theso latter days it in npt safo for any one to prodict that a thing enunot Lo dono, however improbable it may neem, A fow yonrs ago, ordinary lolograph com- munication seemed Just as impossible o8 Dr. Toomis' aorinl proposition, Should his thoory prove prastical, it must reduce tho cout of tolegraphy vory mutorially, s it does awny with the use of wires and poles, and col- loota eleotricity gratultously from o locality whero no royalty will aver bo likely to ho asked. In connaotion with the procoodings and roeo- lutions of tho Farmers’ Convention at Bloom- ington, it may not bo ont of place to eall ntton- tlon to the fact of the limited capacity of tho rallronda in tho way of moving tho products of tho ferm. 'Tho eapncity of the four trunk lines Jeading from Chiengo to the East s not equal to tho transportation of but a small proportion of tho surplus crops. At thig vory timo theso rands combinod have 1ot cara onough to movo tho cattlo, hogs, and shoop that havo accumu- lated fn this city, Whon thoro aro four bushols of graln offering totho ono theso railroads can movo, and four hogs and catlla fo tho ono that tho rallroads can find oars for, {ho ratos of transportation must bo preceo- Iy fust what tho transportation will bring, It frolghts woro down lo one-third the prosont ratos, that would not move an additionnl bushel to markot, and tho graln, not earried off, would romaln to rot, or bo usod for fuel, aa at present. What wo want I8 adoquato means of transporta- tion. Bo long as ouo propollor cen take moro grain than can bo pub on 200 railrond cavs, and tho numboer of propollers oan be increased in- dofinitoly, it must bo evident that, until railroads sro increasod ton-fold thelr prosont number, thero can bo no sufliolont moans of Lansportn- tion, oxcopt by o through water routd—an ox- tension of tho lake navigation to an ooean pork. prompted to make her confossion bocauso of o cortaln ““opprossion” which gho has felt for {ho last fow weoks; and aleo that sho fools con~ widerably casior in mind minco sho bas rovonled tho story of hor life. Tho “opprossion” yhich sho folt for & fow waeks, aud tho suddenncsa and complotenoss of the mental rolief which her confession has Dbrought hor, may bo rondily understood from tho confession itself, Bho was & poor woman, aubject to many discourngomenta in lifo. When a husband (sho Lind peveral of thom) got sick, sho would elways got discouraged, and doso him with arsonio e a mure moans of ready roliof. As soon ns sho beeamo & widow, sho felt that sho could not support her children, and then eho would got discouraged again. Douea of arsonic wonld follow rapidly, s tho natural accompani~ ments of her doprossod montal condition, and sho alweys found & cortain satisfnc- tion in feoling that tho childron woro DLottor off after thoy had partaken thereof. Tho Linbit of giving arsenic grow upon Mrs, Sherman as ber disconrngomonts increaned, but it 18 only sinco sho has hoon sontoriced to tho Penitentiary for lifo that sho has oxporiencod that *‘oppros- sion" of mind which lod her to adopt confossion a8 o roliof, If slio had boen in a condition to ad- ministor polson to somobodysho would probably havo ndhered to this practico, as it always ncted an au antidoto to hor dojection on former occa- gions. Having confossed, however, she {8 now reconeilad to mankind, at peace with the world, gonorally good-natured and comfortable. SPECI{E PAYMENYS, Sonator Shorman las roported from tho Sonato Comumittco on Iinanca a bill providing for tho oventnal resumption of specic payments. Tho bill fixes tho 1st day of January, 1874, when th Socretary of tha Treasnry shall pay on do- anud, to tho holder of United States Trossury notes, when presented in sums of $1,000 or multiplos thoreof, an oqual amount of gold coin ; orhemay st hig option issuo in exchango for Tuch notes & bond in such form a8 he may think Whew e LM poeviles that) afion Tuly noxt, tho limit upon the -nggrogato circula- tion of tho National Banks shall cease, and all banks shall doposit National bonds for tho so- curity of their circulaling notes. In re- porting this bill, Mr. Shorman’ stated no more than tho truth whon ho declared that tho resumption of specio payments was domanded by publie faith, public policy, and tha spirit of our laws. Whilo ineisting that individual hardship was not a sufiiciont renson for the violation of publio faith, he took occasion to show the fallacy of the suppored injury to the * dobtor class.” All mon in business aro nocesearily both dobtors ond croditors, and tho profit and loss of an ad- vance to specio values would bo shared by thom equally. Tts effect would be to deatroy fictitions values, and placo income and expendituro upon nreal value. Thore can be no greater ovil in- flicted upon busincss (than the use of o deprecinted currency. Tho ouly ovil con- soquenco of o resumption of spocio payments would bo that rosulting from a contraction of tho curroney ; but even thig 1must come at gomo time, and con bo mot now as woll ag at any timo, But even this auticipated ovil is groatly oxaggerated. A contrnction of the currency would of itself restoro specio pay- ments; it is the dircct means to nccomplish that end. In 1866, tho Government reduced tho curroncy in cireulation by funding ovor thrao hundred miltions of compound-intercst and other noten, The rapid payment of tho debt has advanced the valuo of both notes and bonds, and it is much casior now to bring tho valuo of the notes up topar ingold thau it was oven fivo years ago. Thero is o groat mistake in {he widespread notion that & return to o specio standard nocos- earily involves a reduction of paper curroncy. If the smount of currency be not in oxcesn of the wants of the conutry, and there bo no difii- culty as to the rodemption of that curroncy, tho roturn to specio paymonts will not reduce (ho amount of the papor in circulation. In 1863, whon apecie payments woro suspended, tho coin aud enrroncy in circulution was oquel to 2.71 por cent of Lhe national wealth, while in 1870, though greatly inercased, it was ouly 2.02 per cont of tho national wealth, At this time the total amount of United Stales notes in cir- culation is £356,000,000, of which o large pmount is held, under tho law, by the banks ns nro- sorvo, and a largo gold rosorve is held by tho Trensury. - It ig not, theroforo, probablo that thoro in any such oxcoss of currency ss will In- duco any sorious prosentation of greonbacks for redemption, If prosonted, thoy can bo paid out again in public dibursomonts, and in thin way thero cen bo no sorious contraction of the currency in cireulation. The oua thing necdod for tho succonsful and easy restunption of specio paymenta is confldonca fu the ability of the Gov- ornmont to maintain it, and thins confldonco, Mr. Bhorman thinks, can ho socured oither by, 1, tho maintonanee in tho Tronsury of a large roserve of colnj 3, an authorily with tho Secrotary to #oll bonds for coin ; and, 8, authority for an ulti- muto rodomption in bonda or coln, The fivst ls abjectionnblo, beanueo it koops thut sum of monoy idlo; and tho recond beeanso, a8 tho powor would only be oxercised fn times of stringonsy, tho honds might bo acrificed, Lho third mode re- quires no rosorve, and pluces tho note ou o par with tho National bonds, Will: specle rosumpe- tion, tho National Bauking eystom will hocomo froe, and tho bank curroncy Wil oxpand or contrack aw publio necossition will roquiro, As sueh banks may rodoom in cow or notes, thay can suatain no sorlous lons on thoir socuritios, pevpse becanso it cannot exeead an oxchango of thoir hanida far (hoir notey at par, Tho resumntion of specio paymonta will again britg gold aud wllver colus into gonoral wso, and tho amount of thoso now loarded 18 not porhaps loss than two hundred millions, aud will probably be taken and hold by the banks as a resorvo. The measuro proposod by the Senate Financo Committeo will commond fteelf to tha judgment of tho country, Itisii full ecord with sound principles of political cconomy snd of commar- clal morality. It in caleulated, moro than all other moasuros, to clevate tho financlsl credit of tho Govornmont,—on offect that will ox- tond to tho liko bonofit of municipal and commorelal credlt in all parts of tho Union. Bpoclo paymonts woro susponded oloven yonrs ngo, in January, 1862, The war was closod nenrly olght yoars ngo, and durivg that timo tho business and crodit of the country lisve beon cursed with an frrodeomablo and depreclated currency, which has groatly nggravatod tho taxa- tion of the poople, Itin timetodo something towards a roturn to sound curroncy snd roal val- ves. It {a Limo to clouo tho gold-room and turn out tho army of gamblers. It fa timo for tho Qovornmont to offer totake up and sottlo its outstanding and over-due papor. It in timo to roturn once more to & cutroncy in which n dollar will bo & dollar in fact a8 well ay in namo. THE 'OVER-ISSUE OF GREENBACKS. A Now Yorl despatch statos that it is undor- stood thero that the President will voto any act whioh Gongress may pass prohibiting the Socro- tary of tho Troasury roissuing sny part of the 844,000,000 of ndditional groenbacka which were retired somo yonrs ago. Wo do not undoratand by what authority this statomont of tho Prosi- dontinl purposo is made. Tho Prosident can herdly have authorized any person to decleve in advance thathe would velo anact which Con- gross hind ot yot possod. Tho Assistant Socra- tary of tho Tronsury, some months ngo, took the rosponuibility of issuing somo of this money, which hns sinco boen withdrawn. His con- duct in this matter has boon pronouncod illogal by & Committoe of the Bonate, aud is undor invéstigation in tho Houso, It may bo that tho friends of tho Assistant Beeretary in- tond to fight his battlo, and aro counting upon tho support of tho Prealdont. Thero can bo no question that Congress ought to pais such o prohibitory law, and there can bo no question that, if tho law bo votood, it ought to bo passod ovor tho veto, Every con- sidoration of public policy, and of o rosponsible administration of the Troasury, demand that the powors of the Socrotary of the Tronaury,' in tho mattor of incronsing tho publip dobt and mon- ipulating public socuritios, ahould bo sfrictly do- fined by law. Tho Assistant Secrotary, during tho. tomporary absonca of DMMr. Doutwoll, claimed the right to construe tho law for himself, and to exocute it; and it is tho duty of Congross to place that question hoyond all controversy hereafter. Itis o dangorous and unprecedonted powor to bo placed in the hiauds of any single oflicor to add at liis discrotion $40,000,000 to tho public dabt; it is still moro dangorous to permit such an ofticor, without responsibility, to inflate or do- press the market; to oporate, through his favor~ itos in tho publio funds ; to raise or doprees so- curitles, or to tamper in sny wey with the pub-~ lio crodit or tho businesn of the country. Con- gvoos should anrbainly pnen snch o bill, and should not adjourn without making it the law, voto or no veto. MR. HARLAN'S $10,000, Daring tho testimony of Mr. Durant, boforo tho Credit Mobilier Investigating Committeo, the information wag obtainod that this gontlo- man contributed tho sum of $10,000 to asaist in securing tho oloction of the Rov. Mr. Harlan to tho United Statos Sounte. This was after Mr. Harlan had beon Beerotary of tho Interior. Mr. Durant was good cnough to nssign a8 o motive for Lis gonerous contribution that overy man “ought to dosomething for his country.” Tho inforonco was highly; complimontary to A, Harlan, Mr. Durant said as plainly as e could, without oifending Mr. Harlan's modesty, thut it was for the country's good that AMr, Iarlan was roturned to the Senato. Mr, Harlan, how- ovor, failed to tako the complimont in tho same genorous spirit with which it was given, though it does not appeay that ho doclined the uso of the 810,000 which had beon donated with even greater magnanimity. Being now Sonator, and tho editor of o Washington newspaper, Mr, Har- lon bas takon sdvantage of his facilitiss for rushing into print to oxprese tho opinion that Bir. Dorant'’s contribution in this instanco was ontiraly foroign to the subject under inveafiga- tion, and that nothing should have Leon said sbout it. The Committoo ovidontly doos not ngreo with Dir. Harlau, for it has called upon 1Ir. Durant evory day subsequently to give coma mora definite statoment concorning the 10,000 donation, The statements heve not ngroed from day to day as thoroughly ag might have beon de- gired, Mr. Durant ssid on Wednenday that ho had given two checks of £5,000 each to aasist at Mr. Harlan's olection. On Thursday ho snid {hat ho had givon these two checks to BIr, Har- 1an himself, payable to tho Iattor's order, ¢ sup- postug Herlan know Low o appropriato it;" but ho addod that ho did not know whother Harlan was at that time Socretary of tho Interior orunot, and did not know whothor ho was at that time & candidate for tho United Statos Benato or not. The rocollections of Crudit Mobilier witnossos goom to bo singularly conflicting on ditferont days. Mr. Harlan'a claim, that the Durant contribu- tlon of $10,000,—which was givon certainly for wso in Towa, and about the timo of Mr. Harlau's candidaturo for a roturn to the United Biates Benato,—shonld not have boen bronght out be- foro the Committee, 14 not o good ane. It would not bo difiicult to traco o connection betweon the subjoct undor investigation and the posi- tion of Mr, ITarlan at that time, Bven if Mr. Iarlan's nssortion, that thoro was nomore Pacifie Railrond logislation aftor he returned to the Bonnto, be corrcet, it still yomnine that Mr, Har- Jan wag Secrotary of thoe Intorior,~s Dopart- ment which, from the very Leglnning, bad inti- muto and Imporiant relations with tho Facifio Railvonds, DBut, ovon eotting this asido, it is a mattor of o much publio intorest to lnow that ono individual, yoprosenting & powerful corporation like the Unfou Pacifio Raflroad, sliould hye givon $10,- 000 to nesist in olecting ono Benator, that it should bo brought before the public at any time and under any civenmstancos. It is woll known that elections genorally requiro monoy for what may bo callod legitimato oxponsos, in ordor to dintinguish thom from corruption funds, Thore aro tho expensos of public wpenkors, tho dlstri- bution of public doowmonts, tho printing of tickoty, ote, which partles have sssumod in their own interests, It Is equally truo, however, that Bonatoriul oloctions diffor from all othors in thiy rospoct : Unitod Btatos Bonators are olooted by Leglelnturos, aflor tho logitimato oxponsos of tho popular olections are over, Tho way in which money ia gonerally used in Sonntorial olcotlonn is that brought forth in tho caro of Mr. Celdwell, of Kangas, and chargod {n tho cane of Dattorson. ‘Wo only know 8o much of this mattor s Mr, Durant hao stated in Lis tostimony, and this i not nltogether clenr, As tho mnttor stands now, tho two checks for £5,000 ench aro loft in Mr, Harlan's hands, Wo should think that it would Yo n wiser conrao for Mr. Hatlan to explain what was done with the 810,000, rather then to nysumo ho air of Injured dignity, and assort tho olaim that tho matter is not befora the proper Com- mitteo, No mattor whoro It is, tho publicid just now intorested in ascortaining whoro, whon, and how monoy has beon used in’ Honatorinl elec- tlona; and this public Intorest ouglhit to bo sat~ isfled in tho cago of Mr. Harlan as well as in that of Caldwell or Pattoraon. : THE COUNTY CIMMISSIONERS. Tho peoplo of this couuty will hear with ro- grot of tho resignation of Mr. Binger, of tho Board of County Commissioners. Binco tho or- ganizatlon of that Board, in Docomber, 1871, ns many a8 ton mombors hiavo resigned or rofused & ro-oloction. As n rule, tho gontlemen wlho have withdrawn havo boon of that class whoso sor- vices are of the mout importance to the public. Ono resson givon by M. Siugor Is, that ho can- not nttond to his own business and aleo to that of tho county; but Mr. Singor should remembor that whilo ho is attending to the business of tho county he is also guarding snd protocting his own intoroats, as well as that of tho whole com- munity. So far, the Board of County Commis- sionorn has bean n vast improvement over tho old Bodvd of Buporvisors,—the improvoment be- ing that tho Commissioners have boen mainly thoso who aro businoss men, whilo the Bu- porvisors wero as gonorally men whoso oxclustve busincos was to bo Bupor- visors, The rosignation and rotiromont of such mon as M, Hitchcoek, Mr. Stenrns, Mr, Wall, Mr. Tolcott, and otliors, s boon o mis- fortune to the public. Every Commlissioner who reliroson the ground that ho has private busi- noss which ho cannot noglect, makes way for a succossor who wants no businoss but that of lovying taxes on thopublic sud oxponding the monoy lavishly and frcoly. Thoro are other gontlomon in the Board who are sorving at groat inconvonienco to themsolves and ataloss to their privato business, but wo hops thoy will remain. They aro tho only protection this county has from an exponditure and n waste that would ox- cood tho disgracotul action of tho old Suporvis- ors. Wo trust that Mr. Singer, ns an act of duty to tho public, will withdraw his rosignation. Tho publio {ntorcata at stake aro too great to permit any porgon to weaken the numboer of re- sponsible membera in tho Board of County Commissioners. DEFE E8, Tho burning of tho First Congrogationa) Church, on Thureday ovening, conveys auother solemn warving to ull parlies engaged in the construction of buildings which are to bo used for large public nssemblages, 'L'he well-nigh Providential circumstances attonding thia firo do not lessen tho importanco of the warning. Thanks to the efticioncy of tho firemen, thé nélid charactor of tho church wells, and the suow which covered tho adjacent of the surrounding buildings wero de- stroyed. Thouks to tho fact that the firo broko out at 7 o'clocl, instoad of un hour Iator, no lives wore lost. Evorything con- nectod with the fire was fortunato,—well-nigh miraculously fortunato,—and thoro is dangor, thorefore, thet the warning may bo forgotton or entirely unheeded, Much as wo may admiro tho strong, substantinl mauner in which this church was Dbuilt, its clegant proportions, its ‘messive walls, which so successfully resisted the action of tho leat, and much as wo moy ndmire tho undsunted spirit of tho Trusteos and congrogation in resolving, ovon whilo thoir eburch wag gtill burning, to robuild immediatoly, admiration and sympathy ghould give placo to duly, Whatover of boauty and elegance and symmetry this cburch pos- seseed, was more than offsot by an act of culpa- roofy, nono blo negligence, whoro tho moat conscientious and caveful precautions should have beon ob- gorved. Horowaa o church built so massively that it ought to have endured for conturios, Its slated roof and heavy rock-faced walls gave ovory indication of porfect security. Its in- terior arrangements wore mnot only the finest in tho city, but perfectly adapted to all tho uses of a congregation of worshippors, as well ss for tho various social fostivals of the church, Having finished the church at o cost of over #140,000, and mado it one of the hand- somost odiflcos west of Now Youlk, the ogrogious folly of boxing in tho furnace fines with wood is thon committed. It is onty a question of timo how #oon every such building will be burned. Littlo by little tho matorial aubjectod to tho hoat Is preparing to burst into flame, In this case the opportunity camo quickly. TFor the rogular Bunday sorvices the church can bo heatud gradually for a day or two, but this was o spocial ocension, A concert was to havo been hold thero. The church must be hontod quickly, On thodayof tho concort, the wonthor changed, and it grew vory cold. To thoroughly wurm so large s church, oven under ordinary ciroumstancos, vequiros a great smount of hent. In this instanco, it lndtobo done quickly, and tho result was that, as tho virtually woodon flucs beeame speedily overheated, thoy wore roon in flames, ond the five was in such o locality that it was instantly com- municated to various parts of the ohurch, and could not be oxtinguishod by tho temporavy ap- pliancos which woro at hand. Doforo tho en- ginos could axrive tho building was doomed. Bupposo that this fire lind broken out an hour or two lator, at which time thore wonld have boen a largo sudionco in attondunce upon the contert. Tho flames fivat appenvod by tho front doors of tho church, and exit in thet divection would have boon cut off. Thoro Wwag one othor door In tho east wing of the church, communieating with tho auditorium, two bagoment doors, and porsibly deors in tho roar of tho bngoment, T'ho oxit of the audionco must have beou practieally conflued to tho east door, ‘ho bosamont of tha chuweh was devoted 1o a varioty of purposes, and its large aron was out up into pastor's rooms, libravics, leoturo- room, Sunday schiool-room, parlors, dining-room, and Xitohon, conngcting with eaoh othor bya complicatod notworlk of passagos and corrldors, If the smoko ond host Lad sllowed any ono . to oseapo by the bnsemont, thero would probably have beon no one in tho nudionco sufilelently acquainted with tho basoment exits to hnve found his way out In time, for tho flames spread with fearful rapidity, tho whole Interior belug a soothing waes of ire In & yory fow minutes. An inoyits ablo panic muat have boon crented, and in that panic no ono can tell how many lives might havo boon loat. Tho difforeuco of an hour's time may have provented a torribla lous of life, aud Inayitable agony in hundrods of homos. Such & possibllity ‘ns this, so avorted, should tench the tho church, in mnking their arcange- ments for robuilding, a snlutary and vory important losson. They cannot ho too dili- gent and careful in providing that tho now church sball not bo exposed tousngor from nde- fectivo flue—tho eauso of tho majority of tho destructivo fires in this country. Leaving out tho expoaure of human 1lifo and tho dangers to surronnding proporty, it is a wrotched cconomy which sncrifices snfoty to ornamont. DBattor havo loss beauty and more socurity. Tho samo losson applies with oqual forco to all large buildings which nro liablo to expuse buman lifo and proporty. It is wolknigh inoxplicabloe why mon will dovots thousands of dollars to tho orection of n building, and thon doliberately placo n fire-trap in it, which sooner or later must load to its destruc~ tion. During tho prosent winter, disastors by firo have boon more than ordinarily frequont, The groat Boston fire, the Contro atrcet, Fifth Avenuo Hotel and Thoatre, Barnum's Musoum, Talmago's Tabornncle, and numerous other con- flagrations have originnted from tho same cause which has destroyed the Congrogational Church, happlly ‘Trustees of | Spragite, '69; 11, OLD YALE. Annual Dinner of the Chileago Yaole Assoclation, A Large Mumber of Emiuent Gentlemon In: Altendance---An Enjoynhle Ocenslon, "The an nual dinner of tho Chieago Yalo Angoclt ation'occarred Inot ovening nt the Gardner House, and was attended by s vory Iargo number of the slumni oy that honored institution of lenrning. Thoroe waro prosent the following numed gontle< mon, whoso year is glvon with name: Rov. Fa Pmlcnm, 28; O. B. llosmer, '33; H. 8, Noyos, '85; 8. M. Booth, "41; Rov. G. 8. F. Bavago, 44; Rov. ¥, W, Tisk, '40; Prof, James IHydo, *47; Carbier 1. Harrison, '45; A. A. Spraguo, '59; B, . Magon, '60; J. 8. Norton, '65; A. T, Inech, '63; L. T. Ohamberlain, '63; ‘Washington Heaing, '70; B. F. Wilson, '68; H. 8. Brown, '01; E. C. Portor, '63; L. L. Abbott, 60; H. W. Jones, *65; I, T. Dubols, 725 L. L. Boomor, '72; J. 11, Anderson, '69; J. W, Russell, *60; D. B. Lyman, '64; J. IL Bissoll, '66; 8. H, Whooler, '08; Goorgo Mannssoo, '08; H. C. | Barnard, '69; 7. O. Pattorson, '66; A. Barton, [ '69; L. L. Palmer, '67; Z. 8. Matin, '69; J. W. . Hartshorn, '67; Jomos Jay, '69; J. T. Mathows, [748; O. D. Helmor, '62; W. Washington, "64; i ‘Waltor Hull, '0; I, F. Porry, '10; Georgo W. ‘Young, '60; Franklin McVoigh, '62; A. A. Stroot, '69; IL V. Frooman, What bullding fs to bum noxt? Iow much { gg; A, B, Brown, '67; 3. W. Hydo, '61; 8. Ap- proporty must be destroyod and how many livea- must bo lost beforo people will exorciso ordinary caution in building. In Now York, tho cam- stantly-rocurring fires have lod to a thorough oxamiuation of tho publio buildings with trofor- onco to this question of flwew. Is it pat timo that & similar oxamination were mado in Chi- eago, and that proporty-ownors were compelled to protect thotr buildinga ? ebituary. ; THE REV. JOSHUA LEAVITY, D, D. Dr. Lonvitt, who dicd in his 78th yoar, on’ Thuredsy ovening, in Brooklgn, N. Y., was one of tho ablost a8 woll as one of tho most useful mon of his gonoration, In his earfier yoars ho~ had an important part in publia affairs, and was o woll-known and ablo ndvacato of many ree forms which havosinco beon carriod out. Hos was ono of the fivst to tnke up tho anti-slavery: enuso ; ho was & loader in the tomyporance move- mont o quarter of o contury ago-; he was ono of tho ablost writors on the question. of freo trado, end in his old ago, but o fow years.ago, an ossay of his on thia subjoct receivod the prizo of the Cobden Club, of England, He wrote often, and woll, too, on municipal reform and many othor questionn, Thivty or thirty-five yoars ago, Dr. Leavitt was the honorod and valuod aseociate of Clado, Wado, and all tho then rising .enti-slavery lead- ora; and took a livly- though not conspicuous interost in polities, His ndvico, always sound and cloar as wollras bold and® fearloss, was highly valued by these mon; and, had he hind political ambition, ke had all the qualitios of sound judgmont, fearlesa courago, and prac- ticnl senso, which would havo given him a high place among the famous men of ‘the nation. Dr, Loavitt was aman of vory simplo tastos and labits; ke had no more showy qualities; and was too much enamored of vidoas to caro for his own advancamont. o brought up, in -a quiet homo and’' with mod- ornte menns, o large family of chil- dron; snd was content and happy to seo the reforms for which he labored in hit¢ onrlier days succeod, without desiring fame or advancomont for himself. Ho was on Abolition ist, but faith- fulto the Union; n promiunent tor morance man, but no prohibitionist; a lover of I'iberty all his days, but o hater of liconso; and 1he possossed, in o singulur degree, to tho lnst of an honorallo old ago, enthusinsm for the right, nunited with tho clearest practical common scuneo. ‘Hia long lifo waa dovotoed to the (orvice of his tollow-mon mora complotely, porha ps, than that of any wan with whom he was ansociated ; ho noither gained mnor sought nny of tho customery rewards of such a lifo; but he bhad the rospect aud Iovo of alarge oircle of frionds who Lnow-eud appre- ciated his worth, and he lived to the. end of his long and usoful life with judgmont; Tnimpaired Dby any of tho vices or follies of ©ld ago, with gound health, and with the rovererce of all who know him, and eepecinlly of tho younger men, who had lenrued tho principles of government from him, and to whom ho was always ono of the most gonial as woll as one of tho wisest and Lindest of corapanions. ———e NOTES AND OPINION. Tho Goorgie. Legiclature, on tho 11thy, clected Stato ofiicora ns follows: Becrdtary of Stato, N. C. Barnott; Troasurer, John Joneas; Comp- troller Goncral, William L. Goldsmith, Moaers. Barnott and Jones are former incumbonts. —Tho United Statos Sonato will soon bo called to decide on the “status of’” government in Louisinun by the eppesrance of two porsons clniming Kellogg's soat for tho unoxpired por- tion of tho tho torm onding March 8, viz.: Gon- nl William L. Meblillan, elected by the MoEnery Tegislnturo, and John Rey, clected by the Kel- logg Logislaturo. Genoral MeMillau is an In- diann soldicr, who, siuce tho war, hes resided in Louisinna, was olocted to the State Senate in 1870, and iwone of the sovon * hold-ovor” Re- publican Senators who Inst woek went from the Tollogg to tho McEnory Logislature, Mr, Ray i, wo balieve, an old romdont, aud was s claim- aut to o soat in Congross undor tho recon- structod Stato Governtaont of 1865, For the full torm, begluning Mnrele4, tho Kollogg Legislaturo han dlectod Pinchbaak; the Molinery Loginla- turo g still balloting for a choico. o McEnory Logislaturo containe nonrly ull thoso who 8re roturnad olected by both Doards, und ten of tho fiftcon Sonators of 1870 holding over; and all thoso aro the quormizs of a full Logislaturo. Tho Kellogg affalr would be without u quorum, even of tho list declared by Judgo Durell, had not the managors subsequantly invented Sonators aud Ropresontatives, without tho shadow of a pro- teneco of authority. —Ex-Governor Baker, of Indiaua, is marked for n sont in the Unitod Statos Souate when Dratt's torm shall oxpire, in 1875, It was for that an infamous leginlative apportionment was mado in a spacial sossion nt tho heol of Dakor's torm. —Bowen end Dorsoy, tho révala for tho Arkan- s Benatorship, are of tho seme ngo, borm In 1840, Bowon in Tows, and Dorsoy in Vermont. Bowen gorved in tho Kansas Volunteors, and, aftor tho war, sottled in Van Buron, Ark, Ho Ling boen Chiof Justico of the Arkaneas Bupromeo Court, Governor of Tdaho, eto., and hag amassed proat wenlth in railroad grants. Dorsey gradu- ated at Oborlin, was Captain of Ohio artillory in Virginis, thon beeame su iron-monger at San- dusly, Ohio, and {s now sottled at Holens, Avk,, ay Prosident of tho Arkansas Contral Railroad. —'T'he Washington Chronicle (Senator arlan) profosacs to bolisva thut State Troasuror Rankin, of Towa, could not intentionalky have used funds that did not boloug to him, and that, by an error of judgmont, or by an idon that thore was nothing eriminal in it, ho muy huve boen lod to wuse the funds, Raukin himeo'd says, in a com- munication to the Iown Logislnture, that ho bad mado business engegoments upon an oasy monoy markot— Dt within tho last elx montha Umes clanged, ‘Businoss bocano dull and monoy scarco, Thoso to whom I was fntebted needed their money and reiuired yaymant, and, rolyiug i puet o promises mady o g of mouoy to borrow, aud in purt upoi the batief that I could obtaln mmwyb"lhum\h or mortguge of my proporty befor it sould by uoedod by the Collego, wiod of thieao funds, This was my error, T nike o attompt to ofthor fustify or paliats it, I shonld have allowed mysclf to bave been driven into bunkruptey athor thall to bayo used the Uollewe funds, Pleton, '63; and H. 1. Rogers, '06, 3 The hospitablo prrloys of tho Gardnor ITouse woro wall filled at 8 o'clock, when tho gontlemen. wore usherod into tho Indies' ordinnry, whoro arrangements lind been mado for the dinner on. n scalo of unusual liberality, Tho chorming room in which tho dinnor was #orvod I intonde od for such gathorings as that of lnnt ovening, and {bat thoro shall o plenty of room, and lesa of formulity, or for somo othor_good oud just purpono, ihe tablos avo arranged at comfortablo torvaly, Thoro were eight tablefnls, if ouo. may uso tho phraso, and & _corps of wailors to- poy duo attontion to the gathering. e Rov. C. D. Helmor, or, 08 Jio profers to bo called, Pastor Helmor, presided at the dinner,, in virtus of hi olection to that honor at n pro-- liminaty meeting. Tho gontlomon sontod, Dr. Bascom, of tho Class of 123, said grnco, snd the coromony of eating commencod. And horo n fow romarks as to how it was done may not be dcemod out of placo, In tho first placa, the waitors had beou carofully drillod in their ro- spootivo dutios ; and wero as_caroful, atlentivo, and full of tact ns could bo desired. Thoy wora undor the immodiate oyo of no less n persowx than Mr. Frod. Gould himaelf, and overy toucts of tho boll got thom noiseleesly about their du- tios, They flled in and out of tho roonr with truo and noisoless stops, did the. bidding of those upon whom thoy waitod with. intolligenco aud promptness, and bohaved doco~ rously. As to the dinner, it'was in every way: fitting to tho occasion, Tho ouising of tho Gard- nor House, already celobrated for itu rosources, was not found wanting last ovenibg, and a rich. and dolicato xopnst was Inid boforo tho ntumni. Ench course came in its turn; thoro was no bill: of faro, but tho diunor was in every reapect. Ivm'th of the houso. It consisted of tlie follow-: ng 2 fugtio uoup and Quohoo snlmon, with spitorno; ronst fillot of beef, larded, with mushrooms; asporagus and Fronch potatoos; romst quail stuffed with groon poas ; lobster and chicken salnds and choose; puddings—English plun- pudding ; icg-croam'in various moulds; grapos, Srangos, applos; coffeo, nnd cigara, Mhio sau- torne and the Champagno that followed it woro: oxcollont, and left nothing to bo desired. i Tollowlug tho dinuer esma_tho addrosses and toasts. The Chairman thon briofly nddrossed. the_association. When Lo closed,” Dr. J, N. Hydo delivered an original poem nprrupmtn to ihe ocension, which was recoived with applaugo. Tho first toast, *‘To our Alma Mator,” was re-- sponded to by Profcssor Fenk, of tho clags of '§9. Tho song * Alma DNgtor" was then wung with proper onthusinem; the toast, “ Chi- eago Yalo Association,” was lappily responded. to by the Ttey. L.'F, Chamborlning ¢ Yalo “and tho Dnion,” by Corter M. Harrisons *Puro. Domocracy ot Yale," by.tho Rov, E. C. Porter; “husiness and Culture,” by H. G «Tho Co-cducation of tho Soxos at Yale,” by 7.8, Norton; followed by r poom by r. Noyos. Tho last wus cspecielly applauded. Tho spoeches woro all pointed and tolling, and lost nothing by the occasion of their delivm'%'. Tho diuner was o hoarty and enjoyuble affair, the rounion none the leasso. It was a timo for good fellowship, nud overybody appesred o to rogard it. : FLOODS. Figh Water in Pennsylvania, Dolas ware, and New Jorseys NEw Yomg, Jan. 17.—A dospatch from Read- tug, Pa., snys that tho Schuylkill Rivor is slowly rising, A emall bridgo was carriod nway, but tho grontest danger isnow over. At Tronton, N. J., tho track of tho Ponnaylyanin Rond Is overfiowed, and traiun aro dotained. Tho Dola- waro hus_fallon. Tho Susquohanua is still ico- bound, though tho water Is rising. At Maguo- Hn, in Maryland, tho Gunpo River is unusunlly DLigh. Water 6 2oportod high at Busl, ou tho Guupowdor and Blnck Riv -ry, Margland, but tho Dridgos on tho track of tho Baltimoro Railrond aro in no danger. Tho flood at Wilmington, Del., provents the Delawnro Road trains from: comiing, and much danger is approbended. steet il sy Tusurance, Special attention Iy dirested to tho annual statoment” of tho tun Insurance Compauy of Hartford, appear-- ing in anothier colunn, Thia Company, after having paid during the half-century of lts existenco over: $35,000,000 (thirty-five million dollars) in lorecs, ine- cluding nearly 24,000,000 (four milifon dollars) by ous: memorable fire of Oct, B and 9,1871, and providing for all liabilitics by tho Boston firo, is atill posscssed of over $4,000,000 {four million dollars) net nseais, mado WD, a8 overy business mnn can sep, of st reliablo securitios thnt on fndividu r COTpOra= tion can hold, The record of this truly jreat institu- {ion {8 unparalleled In tho Mistory of *fire iusurance, and shows what lnl(‘[(l'"f' of purpore, fidelity in the dischargo of all obiigalions, and o vileo and i’ manngoment will accomplish {n tho fuco of evon disastors. Unquestionably dnea this Compnny, in Fiew of ita past record and present fiuancial cundition, guarantee an unfuiliog woll of indemnity to ite patrons, —_— Californin Sunday Train. Tho through Fucific express trafn for Council Bluflh, Omatin, Aan Franctaco, aud all_utiier Xar Wesl points, will leavo tho Wells streot depot of {he Chicago & Northiwestorn Raflway at 10:30 v, i, Bundnay, J, 10, 1873, Through tickats via Chieond, Buvithgton 3 Quiney, and Ghleaga, Rock Inlaud & Pusito Rallways, will bd goud on this iraiu. g Opening To-Day. McGuire Bros, & Ca, will open thelr now wholosals: and retailliquor-store, Nos, 141 und 123 Mouroe, nesr Olark streot, to-doy, Thoy invito thelr friends aud cuatomers 0 fuspoct their pow establishinent, e bl et The Wharton Polsoning Trinl Bavcions, Jou, 17.—In tho trisl of Mrs:. Wharton, yosterday, Mra. Ohilds tostified to p chasing tarlar-omotic by tho vequest of Ay Wharton, Dr, Willinms tostifled to tho sicknosa of Van Noss, which rescmbled that nvlsing fram o tho taking of strychinine, his partial recovery, aud thon & rolapso, tho waid volapeo showing sy mptoms of being cauged by tartar-ometic. i R e Arrest of Mutinosry, PtAvERPHIA, Jan, 17.—Willinm Thomas, Willinm Caltavan, and John Rodin, wero takon from tho stemwalip Tagus, from Livorpool, up- on {ts arrival yestorday, and locked up onsa chargo of mutiny. Whilo at sea they usunnlled the Captain and other oflicors and beat them violently. e The fMorse Disensce CHEYENNT, Jan. 17.—Tho horno diseaso has ronched here, but in o mild form, Many of the cavalry horaoy nt Fort Dayy Ruusell, arve afiected.. No casen aro roported at Fort Laramio or ab the Indian Agoncy. ¥ AL, Now York Consttutional Convention. Avnnany, N, Y., Jan, 17.—In tho Conutitutional Convoution to-day My, Opdyke oftered an amend- ment to the Constitution providiug for compul- sory education, D — Fatul Boiler Bxplosion, -s TALrANAssE, Jan. 17.—A boilor oxplosion on Wodnosday, on_the Chattaloocho River, killed two porsons uud wounded sovornl, s Dr, Ashwin, of Tudinnap hos boon again arrosted on an indictmout by the Grand Jury for cowplicity in tho Spicor-Wilbur abortion ¢ase, yators on the half-aholl, followed by greon. cliofeest and_ 7 . Bernard; ~—