Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1873, Page 5

"THE FARM AND GARDEN. Xhe Farmors® Conventiones=A MNow Partye-=Using tho 0ld EFnorticse==A Combinntion of Farmerss=Tho Grad= ing of Corn In Chlcngo~=-~Whnt is Nos 1 Corn? What iy No. 2 Cormlses The Grading of Cheese, From Otr Agricultural Correapondent, Cuanratax, 11, Jan, 18, 1870, Tho Farmors' Convontlon hias como and gono,' but its influenes for good will no doubt bo folb for o long timo, if it doos not go down for do- cndos, It is cortninly one of tho mosnt impor- taut moves in tho dlrection of reform that has Dboen Inanguraied by our rural population. Whethor in point of numbers, of wealtl, of fn-" tolligence, and of entnost deliboration, which | charactorized the Conventlon, we must award it :n bigh position. JThese men ARE NOT TO DH E{ ASIDE, :for they mean business, and it is usoleas to at- itempt to bar thelr way. Thoy ask for simplo Juntico; that thoro shall bo no favoritism, and mo distinction of classes, Thoy ave not dis- osad to yield what they conslder and luow to- be thelr rights, It s probable that there have Leen maoy points overlaoked in this connoction, ‘but tho main points have beon vory plainly pre- sentod. i A NEW PARTY. Two propositions were presented for the pur- +poso of offecting tho Legislature in behaif of the roforms proposed by this Convention. Ono «f these is to form & now party on tho einglo jdon of railway roform. Howover desirablo this might bo, sl past history bns proved that such a party has but faint_ hopes of euccees, oapecial- 1y when sdfroundod by many othor collatoral issues. Tho other proposition is moro praclica- ble, and yot leads to noarly the snmo result, by Dringing to ita aid both of tho political parties of! the day. This plan propokes to educais tho pooplo to o just and truo apprecintion of thelr rights, and then organize them in such form as ~to enforco theso rights through tho Legislaturo :and tho Courts. None but peacenble and logal - monns aro proposed in ordor to attain tho do- + sived roform, ‘The organization is to consist of, - irnt, school-district aud township clubs, o county rorganization to contralizo thom, and the wholo aubject to tho State Farmers' Assoclation. This -will not encroach on thorightsand privileges of tho ssovoral political partics of tho day, outsido of this partieular fesuo. The only differenco is, 4 et tho nomineo of the particler party must bo 5o wnd in rpgard to theso questions of roform. It i « widont tbat such n systom cannot fail, at lenst i the rursl districts, for theso Tarmors' Olubs will havo tho votes to onforce this at the ballot-L ‘% The railway and othor intovests can oppose . %@~ formidable o]l)ponfumn under fl.;nso X, ng n8 tho farmers present an S s Tt Bl Bl O oy saos hao: £ull control of both tho Eogistaturo ewad tho Gonr, ™ of the Stato. o party in any county 0.~ district outsido of tho lirgo citas can ginrei Al il atan of things, for, if they should bo 99 P""’“’;‘ “““g 28 to attompt it, thoir candia. 0 oull o assuredly fail for the want of v "‘_"I" °"“_‘" reason, the candidatos of both pa ‘,fi DunkRe fally in nccord with thils movemont i1~ $10¥ Wou! succeed. This i the most formianblo COMBINATION OF FARMERS that Las ever been erysindlized into workiny, ‘fon:l‘ i and comentod togotlier by mutual interosts, A0 1liave no doubt that they will be able to onf. We2 all of their just claims. = Tho vory full rep, ™ "I‘I-IEVCHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 18 you got that cheene.” *Got It of Mr. B, No, South Wator' strost, Ohicago.” ¢ I thought ; but ain't % funhy? When Xsold that chooso to B it was Illinois Frotory, but now you soll 08 New York Factory, 1 know it wne good.. but, somokow I could not mako that stupld B think so, CGuosa Lo found it out after Iloft, -Woll, Mr, Grocor, ho con- tinues, * you noodinot go to Chiengo for n‘lmusu. and you may continuo to sell New York Fnotory a8 long ns you plons s, You will 8ave ono froight and oo profit to tho dealor,.and I.will save ono Irolght and a visitito the elty, snd horeatter I will endonvor to look_up - the- retail denlor and soll to him dircet, and lot thess wholoanlo men tako eato of thomaelves and do their own grad- ing.” E‘hn Board of Trade would do well to look af- tor theso mattora, nud not mako themaolves the Iaughing-stook of aensible peuplo, some of whom may posaibly think thoy havo motives for this erratic mode of.marking. Runarn: THE! APIARY. Studies for Meesiecpors During the Winter—Connection of Entomology and Hotany with BeosCulture. From Our Own Correspondent, Rumawn oM, 11, Jau, 18, 1873, DRE-REEVERS AY STUDENTE, The student who-is bent upon being n survey- or, n mochauio, or tlinks of following vno of the professiono, directs his nttention to tho stu- dien tuat will enlighten bum. in rogard to his chosen puranit, whaftevor that may bo, = Others, with no epecial aim ia view, sook a. goneral odu- eation by pursuing & courao of the common, sci- ontitle, 2nd cluseical studica, Thore ero’ very many of both these elnsscs who have boon unable to finloh the courso that thoy lnd marked, and which is perhaps not so unfortunata after nil, as many of them have succoeded in thoir businoss 1ifo botter than tho graduaten, who oxpondod their best cnergies insidp tho colloge-walls, 'That it iv not inmpousible for men to becomo uc- cessful tillers of the soll without & pre- vioug attondasco at an Agricultural College, i3 =» fact catablished by the many good, yob solf-taught, farmors throughout our Prairio Biato. Agri- culturo has boen'introdimod as & branch of study iuto soveral Colloges of meighiboring Btates, yot ono may bocome firat-cloes apiarian without taking a course undor a-moro book-professor, Not that I would deprecaté’ tlils advantege of book-learning, but viould .show that it mey bo gained by the intdiligent’ without instructors, and at their own firosides. Now, you may think that this studying without s teacher is-soma- thing to xoad sbous, but it is what tho self- mado men of ourt times did when they were boys, and continueil to do throngh middlo-life, aund it is not so dlifileult as you msy suppose, *fhe prico of knowlodge is ationtion, and, whon ono hos o deop intorest in any subject, he s suro to accomplish something in this way. In opeaking of wisdom, Sclomon pronounced her waya to be all pleasemtness and poace. havo often hourd the following incentive iven in the school<toom: thai, tho moro our utellccts were oulbivated hore, the moro able wo will bo to apprecieito tho Iloavonly hesutics and pursuits,—for suraly wo will have omBlny- ment thero; but tivk may bo rathor s doubtful theory. Yot thoro can accrue no harm from the Yrupnr dovelopment of our minds, especially if t tends to lncroaso our uscfuluess hero. Cor- {inly the work of o boc-koopor, it woll done, leads to results of no littlo value to tho public. ‘Among tho beg-keeping fraternity, thoro aro somo not able to porform much physical labor, by roaton of their youthfulucss or ill-henlth, a1d of this class there aro thoso who havo tsken up $hiia light omployment with a willing heart of the doings of the Convention, as publishad . '2 Tus TamuNz, must impross theso facts on tho and e Inquiring mind, yot with littlo knowledgo u s ical menip- minda of nil reflceting porsons. With such vast | 0f s “practical o thooroticn pow"nr nvtur tbtoh L:gls'lSfivu nndl’f’l‘“fl‘:uw DI?. “{::t‘&‘:,m’ nnflsucll:’ecn x:: 1:11:371‘:\ i ‘\:’llelh, rfl:%‘x By partments as the farmers may wield may be | ¢ Wi, i D Pootod thut a grontor or loge numbor of wild | and . panelilela bearing directly ~—upon schiemos may be_ attempted in thoic name for gursann} aggrandizemont and speculation; but very much doubt if any of theso will meet with success, 'Ihe men who composed this Conven- tion wero not clodhoppers, or o mere mob of uneducated farmers, but men of intelligence, of enlture, and of largar business oxporioncd; in short, n Convention of solid men, wot to calmly consider the business botore thom, Thoy pro- pose no war on any othor legitemate intorest, ot firmly demand that cach shall respect tho Tights of the other. *Livo and lot live” ap- poars to bo their motto. THE GRADING OF CORY, Cuicago, Jau, 13, 1873, We know that you, possibly mora than any othor men in tho Btate, have takeh an active intereat in ‘whatever concorna the interest of tho farmers of Jlil nofs, We wish to call your attontion to tho clsaifica- tion or grading of corn iu Obicago. You rro no doubt aware that thegreat bulk of corn siipped bero” hua ‘Yeon graded No. 2, Now, we would suggeat that it ‘ould bo much bottor to linvo the grades of No. 1 and o, 9 chnnged to High Mized and Low Mized. In that case, Instead of having corn inspected Ko, 2, the bulk of it will go iTigh Mized, and scll for at lénst 3 conts per bushel moro than it docs a8 now inspeeted. Will you pleaso give this matter a littlo attentlon, and, it Fou think favorable, givo your viewsto somo of tho ‘Bumorous farmors’ neclings belug held: through the State, B0 wo may bo able to get the Legislature tomake tho roquired chango fu the luw of inspection. Youra 9, BaooN & Co. The Board of Trade, a8 o genoral rulo,is & sensible_body of mon ; yet thoy somotimes do unwise things, and one of thoss is in tho grading of grain. We often wonder and langh at the motivesof the ancionts, 08 handed down to us in tho records of tho past or by tradition. I hovo no_doubt that, in tho lntor days, when our present English shall have becomo n dead lan- guage, a8 tho Latin {s to-day, aud when, to all tho now nations, it shall have becomo the uni- vorsal languago of seionce, thoy will be aston- Jdshed ot our civilization and attainments in tho arts and sciences. They willno doubt ponder over tlio market re})m‘(u as presented in tho commercial pepers handed down from thie an- ciont City of Chicago, whoso sito, ke that of Homer's Troy, shell "bo buried nmon'a' tho ngos, but whoso record sball have gone down fora light and benefit to all coming timo, The stu- dent of omo of the Agricultural Collogon of thoso comirg days, in looking over 8 column of market roports in 'ng Trivuxz, will find corn No. 0 looks at bis English dictionury, and finds: Qorn, o coreal; Xo. 2, » numeoral indicating socond rato. Now, that would not nceord witly factn, snd it is crucl to thus hand down such an_ orror for some thou- sands of ycars. 2 Lot us fake o businogs-like view of this, and usn euclh torms as poople who grow corn, as well 8 thore who danl in it, can alilic comprohend, to say nothing in regard to tho student who burn £ho niduight ofl in the cowing time. . WHAT 18 No. 1 connl 0.1 corn iy simply [;m'n white, or pure yol- sound, well-conditionod corh,—this and twothing moro. Then why not ey 8o without turthor ado. And thin londs to the query, WIAT 18 Ko, 2 CORN ? It is not tho uecond quality of corn, as manvy supposc, bub simply theso two variotios of corn wived, and known a3 Migh Mixed. Low Mixed isthe two varictios mixed with red, bluo, or other pd¢"tionel variotlea; and yot, all sound, Woll-conditioned corn. No. 3, is simply corn out +of condition, of less valuo than thogo namod, from somo dofect of growthor condition s whilo . Rojocted is too inferlor to bo sold ns morchanta~ ibla, or, rathior, unfit for food, and must go to -the distillor. All of thisis plain to tho farmoer, aud onght to Le to the dealer and the consumer, 1 do not seo why tho Legislatura shouldbe rsked to compol thowo goutlomen to do s mensiblo thing in changing tho terma of greding from sn unintelligibio to ono elmpls and eesily un- derstood. Whilo on this aubject, T will tako the liborty to mention THE QRADING OF CREEJE, ~vhiol is n conatant slandor on tho dairios of Tili- uois and the wholo West, In tho Ohicago market, wo find, flrat, New York Factories; gocond, Western Reseryo ; and, third, Ilinols. All woll and proper if thers was not a most in- famous lo at tho bottom of it. Tho facts are theeas Mr. A, an Illinols dniryman, préduces & firut-class_chiecso, Ife law beon reading tho roports, nnd finds the market prico for Now York to bo i4 cents, that of Westorn Resorvo 123¢ wents, sud Illinols 12!¢ conts, 1fis cheoso is \eiglied, and ho is paid for Iilinols ohoogo, 1244 rgants per pound, for that is the markot prica for _fllmoin cheoso, and ho knows that his chooso is aimply Illinols cheose 3 though ho knows that it i s’ good & quality of cheoss as housed to make in Onolda County, N. Y., and which ho &t 14 conts, or 13 conts above hie, simply, as ho thinks, for the vonson that it was mado in Now York Sfato, Of lato theso names lieve been slightly modificd. Olio Factory s written for Western Roserve, and Westorn for Tilinols. We now coma book to Mr. A'd cheoso, and find one of tho clerks busy witha atoncil and Lrusk putting on boxes of this Lllinoia dairy tho Tettors, “ New York Factory.” A fow daya lator, ho stops into o grocery nt his own suipping dopot, und oberves a choos in tho srfo, noarly half sold, marked *Now York Faoctory." Ie fookeat [t agaln, and & grim amile comos ovor finds uuuhui; y 3 1d beyond that the sub,ect} }ug‘lthem ia o flol to gxplore, Boc-culturodoes they would do o, (€ BRI, uaacoiatod with not stund alone, buy '3 i othor branches of stua, ™2, k“"“’,r‘gg %:; hich would \venefit tho boe-Keo, %, oveningy' 8lill remaining 1na, b? uw?}{ ?{’,}‘,’g;’.{:fi in learniLtg tho principles of the’ WERY Tug study of DOTANT, P Thia stucly has alvays bad poculiar oty Té:"{,"“‘ for young ladies, and, in conneclion with™ M} culture, thoy will find it doubly Lumrcxtlug. ) Tnow of ouo young_ lndy whoso delicato hoslu. obliged herto withdraw from school boforo the completion of Lior oducation, and pho hns sinco folt 80 much the nocd of botanical lmowledge that she has studied botany at home, and found it of advantage to hier a8 & bea-keopor, for sho has solo_chargo of ler fathor's swarms. The bees gather houoy from flowers, and, whers wan Lina to golect aud. furnleh thls pasturago: for his swarme, ho will do it with (loss troublo it he first loarn the * hebits of plants, and is_soguainted with those' best - adapted to his soil and climato. But bow few bec-kecpera can namo tho differont parts of o flower, or can distinguish betweon the corolla nnd tlio calyx, tho stamens and tho pistils, And yot therois o connection between- tho analyzing of o flower and the culture of beos not tobe overlooked, for its advantages nro numerous. Then lot tho young lady loy naido her patchwork quilt and olbor fancy work, and dovoto her leisure mo- monts to this dolightful study, and, when tho spring-time awakens tho sleeping flowors, sho +will oxporienco an appraciation of thoir bosutica ontiroly now to her, as the young astronomer finds in tho stars aftor loarning tho laws that govern them. An intorest in one auch study " that wagon-mn. may lead tho young porson to othors of equal i valuo, a8, for {nstance, Hugh Millor's works on. Gao]ogi‘yA Time spent in~ such company will novor Lo countod as loat. ENTOMOLOUY, OT: TILE, ATUDY OF INSEOTE. Tho works on Natural Hiatory sra full of in- struction and interest to the admirer of Natuxe's productions, Harris' book on *' Inscets Injurionn to Vogota~ tion,” and other works on ontomology, should ocenpy & placo in tho beo-keoper's librury. Tho. farmor-boy will find this study slmont indispen- sable to him in his future life, whon he haa tho manuging of & farm, for In 1o othor pursult is it of moro practical benofit. 1t troats of all en~ omios of farm stock and vogotation ; of the sub- tio moth-millor, which Inrks in the vicinity of nvnr{‘nplnry ; and we may aleo becomo acquaint- ad, througlh 'this study, with all the insocts so troublesomo to the housowifo. TFor thin lash ronson the youn(i-lnd boe-keoper would do well to inform Liorself in thus_branch, for, whethor sho wed » farmer, & merchant, or 8 _profossional mnn, thero will be tho houso and houschold to conduct,—for it 18 hoped that this will o tho happy fato of our beo-keopings girls. v flvst intorest in this study of inscots was awakoned by Dr. Walsh, tho lenrnod Entomolo- ist of Dlinois, who mot with such o sad death, f)uxing tho weck ho spont ot **Rural Home,” his onthusiasm proved contagious, and many woro tho casos of insccts started among tho younfiur portion of tlio community, And the odd, but gonial, old gentleman, who kindly an- swerod all tho curious -and'simplo questions . xlxlbnul: the “bugs,”" wil long be romemberod oro, < ‘The namos and torms in. antomology will bo: found more_dfiicult of pronunciation and re- membranco than those-of botany, yot cithor may Lo mastered without a two or thiroe yonrs' course Latin, Erva. —_——————— MR. COLFAX'S EXPLANATION, T'o the Editor of The Chicago T'ribune; Bm: Thet tho Credit Mobilier hides a gigantio fraud, and that mon claiming to be siatosmen have been enrichod theroby, are facts too plain for argument, too clear for illustration; yot tho Committoo in charge appoar, at the bogin- ning of the investigation, to have studlously avoided questions portinent to the issne, and the witncsaos confined thomsolves chiofly to what they * did not kmow.” Of hionost effort to ascortain the truth, and tho whalo truth, woseo littlo evidence ; and it is becoming moro and moro apparont every day that wo shell bo indebted to nccidont, and .tho Jonlousios of political rivals, for what informn- tlon is ever voucheafod to us on this subjoct, A statoment of facts in _one lino has boen followod by & pago of oxplaustions and the oxplanations in turn haye furnishod - us most of the facts rolovant to tho question. Tho cago thus far may be said to be proved by indircotion; tho facts como to us in tho form of denisla, Of all donialn, of all possible explanations, we concelve that of the Vico Prosident to bo the most unfortunafe. Il commences by assurlng ug that tho statemont ia one Lo deuired to submit at the beginning of tho investigation, and It boars uumistakablo ovi- denco of having basn earofully consldered, And what doos this manifosto prova? d' Lo ejuculates *By thundorl” H‘i‘n‘fl‘,’é‘&“:fi;\‘h‘ to me 3" lur&ulrm‘l tho matter-ot- facb grocor, ¥ Yes, sir: P'd1lko to Loow whoro Firat—That the Vice Proaident, while Bponkor of tho Houso, some flve yeary ago (i 1808), during tho lolidsy-recess, had.s convorsation with Mr. Onkes Amosa in rogord to purchnsing stook in the Orodit Mobillor; ¢ that, up to this timo, ho knew nothing of tho' specinl alm, capli- ta), or profits of this organization;” and no por- son connected with it ever asked him * to voto for or ngainst auy monsitro nmwunq tho intorest of this organization, or to use any individual or officlal influonco in ltu favor,” Second—DBecoming satisflod, from this convor- oation with Mr. Amoe, that it *was a good nand snle dnyvestmont for ona of limited moans,” ho ngrood to purchnso twonty Bhnros of stock nf DAY, 1o bo pald for na seon s fio Lind tho motiey, with intorest from tho timo of purchase, Somo wooks or mouths aftorwards, ho.paid Mr. Auios nbout 2600 in cash on this contraot, that boing all tho monoy he iad. . Third—That o fow months aftor this (time of peymont), on loarning the organization was ikely 16 'becomo fnvoivad In Ntigstion, lio in- formod Mr, Ames that ‘‘No profits, prosent or rospeotive, could induco him (me) to buy into o awsuit, and that ho (1) had never been, during nll hiz (my) life, & plaiutift ordofendant inn court: of justica; and thiat he (I) must theroforo rocodo ontirely from the transiction.” And that all this took place during tho soaslon of Congross {hnt terminnted in the summor of 1808, Tourth—That. n yonr o two afterwards, Mr. Ames susponded payment fn consoquence of bis connection: with "tho Pacifia Railroad, snd his craditors gavo him an oxtonsion on hfs linbili- tlon ; ihat, rogretting tho failure and its cause, ho told Mv, Ames “I'n diemiss from his mind tho small amount of money between them ;" and that this €609 has never beon repaid to Mr. Qol- fox. Finally—Mr. Colfax Informa ua that lha had beon for years in favor of building tho Paclfie Railrond § that hohad mado hundrods of public addresaos aind written in favor of it, and sup- ogad ho lind tho same right to purchaso this be Hnd to buy stock in n National Bank or manufac- tory. Theso facts nro submitted to ua by tho Vico Prosident by way of oxplauation. We aro informed by Mr. Alley, one of the Dircctors of this Company, that this stoclk, in Janusry, 1808, whou tho Vico President was ne- goliating for {bat par, was selling in tho market 86200, and, Inter, nf 2253 and_ wo kuow, nsn matter of rocord, that tho Pacifio Railrond wan chartered while Mr. Oolfax was & momber of the Ifouro of Ropreentatives; and that tho amend- ments granting all it vast subsidios were pagsed while i wus Spenker of that body. Wae do not, at this Limo, proposo to consider fho question o voracity raised botweon Ar., Colfax and Mr, Aucs, proforring to roviow tho easo as submittod by tho Viea Presidont, ‘When we roflect that this Pacifle Railroad wee chartoreql by, and roccived subsidios, oqual in valuo to thrico ita cont of construction, from, a ‘bodyof which Mr, Colfax was ono of tho most prominent membera; that tho most fmpoxtant mmondimont to that charter was presed after n govero struggle, ‘'and caused such confusion that 1t weag impoasiblo to socuro o call of tho yoas aud nays, whilo ho was Spealkcr of that body ond oc- cupiod tho chalr; that, in consoquonco of thosa yery ncts of Congross, the stock in the Credit Mobillor for which ho \as nogotinting with Mr. Ames af par was then selling at 200 in the mur- Jrot,—~requires groat crodulity to boliova that, up to this thno, he, Bpenker Colfsx, * know noth- ing of tho pacial aims, capltal, of profita” of tio Credit Mobilior, ‘Tho siatemont is ngainat all probabilities, and must rest entiroly on the charactor of tho witness. Tho statement Lhat no person connectod with the Credit Mobilier ever nsked Mr, Colfax “ to vote for or against any morsure_sffecting tho organization, or to uso his individual or official influenco in its favor,” conson to bnve any signl- fieance whon wo conslaor that tho Railroad Com- mittecs appointed by Mr, Colfex ns Bpoaker wore always undoer tho control of tho Credit Mobilior, It only proves that this organization was nblo to socurs from tho Bpeaker all it re- quired, unasked, aud, ho would havo us believo, unrowarded, That wo may form a correct judg- ment as to the transactions botwoen Messrs, Colfax and Ames, lot us ask oursclves the fol- Jowing quostiona: Why should Mr. Ames, tha Managing Director of an organization control- ling millions of capital, sell atock privately at par which would briugf 200 in opon market ? \Why concludo & negotiation for the sale of atock ot par on an indeflnito credit, when it would bring twice the money in cash nn{ hour, in the strect? Why should Mr. Colfax hesitato to buy stock at par on tvhich he could doublo his money the very doy of purchase? Why so ostonte- tiously parado hi finaucial necossities when any Doggar in Washington could havo raised monoy to buy stock at par in the Credit Mobilior? Would tho amiling statesman havo us beliove Lo is without eithor character or frionds ? Tho rensons sssigued by the Vice President for rocoding from tho contract with Mr, Ames oro singular, not to say woak and childish. Ho asgures us tlat, during nll his lifo, having nover boen & party to a lawsuit, ho conld not consont g e stock intan organization that might Pac, M8 involved "in litigation, Less than a vonr . 49 when oxplaining this wmntter, ho Jon s wd himeolf au dositons of purchnsing stock in | @¥HHin menufacturing compauics at Bouth Bond, +¢¥Ange it never ocowrred to him nu&cl‘m-irlll% and nluv!?r-sopn‘mtfir 3 i Vo (g tho very contingencies ho etroye the yory zeasoll o NE»EIJH; tod puggests an inquiry that will ariad in tlio minds of “every oraon who ronda hin statement, and that'is, whothor it is lil‘l’m\fiuu or juvestigation Lo s so anxious to avoid. Tho most remarkabls part pf this statemont: romains to bo congiderad, and that is in rogard to tho $500 it took so long to acoumuisto. It must bo borno in mind that Mr, Colfax rocoded from this transaction in the summer of 1608, loaving tho money in tho bands of Alr. Amas and that it was not until ¢ tho noxi Sonr or your thorosftor” whon Mr. Amen suspended” poyment, that ho told Mr, Amos “¢4o dismisg from his mind tho small amount of money between thom.” \\'h}' should Mr, Colfex, —aman of *limited means,"—having terminat- {15 contraot bymutual consent, leayotlio monoy of which he was in such pressing need uncallyl for.until requirad by tho domands of eharity ? And what was that charity? It was woll known that €hio suspension of Nr. Ames was not on ac- count.of indolvoney, but was caused by tho ac- tipn of the Treasury Dopartment; that ho was computod worth miflions at the time of suapon. sion ; and.that the profits of tho Crodit Mobilier 1ind addod lergoly to his ostate. What olaims, thon, had ho, & millionairo, upon_tho ©limited montis” of M. Coifax? 'This oxplanntion of the Vico Prosidont in regerd to ‘‘tho mnall amouynt of money otwoou them” has ovidontly ‘woundoed tho prido of e, Ames, who sooms quiis unwilling to be thought o subjoct of eherily. When askod by tho Committos if tho statoment of Bpeakor Blaine was (correct, ho mado Lho suggastivo re- ply, #X mn willing {o so undostand it but ‘whon askiofl tho same queation in regard fo Me. Colfax, he vontured an oxplanation quite differ- ent from tho oue wo have had undor considora- tion. In this short statoment of Mr. Colfax, wo dis- covor tho marked clarnctoristics “of the man. Ho still fancios hiwsclf au nctor before tha American public, =nd, a3 n witness, s unnatural. On ~ontoring tho stend, ke slrikes @ religious attitude, o is hettor than other mon, 1le is such a lover of peaco, o can beve no controversy with Lis fellows. o had rathor he dospoiled of his rightful estuto than dofond himsolf in a conrt of justice. His hoart sympathizes with every “sorrow, fs keenly touched at tho laast miafortuno, Iis charity is unbounded, IIe lavishes his limitod moany upon rinces, We lavo no disposition_to pursue [‘hln gubjoct furthor, We bonr’ no ill-will towards tho distinguiehed gentloman . whose conduct wo have been roviewing, snd deeply rogrot ho has voluntarily assumod a position is frionds cannot dofend, —_— A Curlons Stone Found in Californins Krom the Virginia City (Nevada) Enlerprise. A. M, Btewart, onoe of tho locators of umsgmuz ravel dopositson tho summitof tho Biorra g{evudn Allt’mutnlun, Californin, hina shown us a stono that is difforent from anything we have ovor yot soon, Tho stone appoars to bo o ruby, and {8 doubtloss of groat valuo, Mr. Btowar has sovoral times boon offered from 850 to 600 for his “find,"” but has lh'l!{‘n rofused to soll. The stone is surrounded by aring of whito atono of peculiar formation. The gem, or con- tral stono, ia about the slzo of a ton-cent plece ; whilo the wholo spocimon is about tho sizo of a half-dollar. This stone, boing viewed through o owerful glass, shows tlio most wondorful rays of ight—rays more than rivaliug the Aurora Bo- ronlis, with spooks of silver and gold, DMr. Btowart ploked up tho stona from tho surfaco ravel in_n ravine upon his olaim, Ha sent t to San Franolsco to a lapidary, asking that 1t bo cut on one sido, Thoe lapidary trled to out it, but mado a poor job of it. ~ ITo gat off somo of tho rough outsido shioll, but was unable to mako muuch impression upon tho stouo iteelf, We raw tho Liardest of files triod upon it,.and they did not ovon mako n tcratoh, Tho owner of the stono informs ua that throo other stonos of the_samo lind are in the possossion of tho Indians of that region, who ‘hold thom In gront respoct as ialiunians, and rofusoto part with thom at any prico. DBy showing one of thego stonos, an Indian, for instanco, niey pasy througli all tho northern tribes of Tudlan. The stono s cortainly n groat ourloaity, and wo bo- Yiovo this is tho only ane ever soon in the hands of n white man, It fs in the shapo of a magui- fylng-glacs, ! thiol in the middle, F& i vrobebly & Gual| £ an luchithick in the centre. i(fl‘ 0 thouglt but about holf an inch in dlsmotor, "Be- ing out on ono side only, and Eoofly out at that, it is hard to judge of the full beauty or valua o the stono, “Tho owner dooa not callit o ruby, but thinks it is o now cnd rare.stono, unkuown to tho Iapldarios. It is cortoinly o most unique and boautiful gom. - ————— GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, Naw Orlennn owes £21,000,000. —Bix mombors of ono family at Mascontah, IIL, havo diod of amall-pox, —Tha Bt. Louly Dentvorat lamonts beenuso of tho provalenco of tho iden that it {s moro gontoel }n u;lzl elioes for 810 a weok than to mako thom or 826, —Parkersburg, Va, ~bas atarted anothor Enper, and namod it tho Orthopolltan, It will 00 dovoted to broaking down the Chiongo Infer- cean, —W. A, MoNoefY, of MoNeff & Bro., of Brooklyn, Morgan County, Ind., disappoared Jan. 1, four doys after his marriage, with 2000 in his pos- sossion, No othor oauso can boe given. —Willlm Wobb, at Bt. Austell, England, latoly driod twelve dynamito cartridges in hig stovo, Iis ‘'wifo, two children, and his father wore with him when ho began; but thoy all goparated immodintoly aftor. —A jowelry manufacturing firm in Newarlk, N. J., rocontly put down noyw flooring in thelr worksholhs, and tho gold thoy obtained in burning the old flooring not only paid for the now ono, but for putting two coats of paint on tho outivo factory. —On tho firat day of tho yoar thoro were ifty- ono distillorlos in oporation in tho Btato of Kon- tucky, witha capacity for the daily consump- tion of 6,806 bushela of grain, and tho daily ‘production of 25,984 gallons of spmts. —A Methodist minister at Lyota, Minn., is orodited by n local paper with having been made o vietim of tho Now York mwindlers, who offers to woll connterfoit monoy. Ha paid $200, and recefved the usual packngo of sawdust. —Tho imports of wool at Boston, Inst yenr, woro 48,470,418 pounde, ngainat au,bos,uz the yoar boforo, and 14,303,413 in 1805 ‘o ime ports_into New York in 1872 woro 48,838,608 Ynunda, aud into Philadelphia 947,360 pounds, t will bo_scon from these figuros that New Yol loada Boston in the foreign wool trade in 1872 by only 413,265 pounds. —The miners in tho Bchuylkill rogion aro snid to foel tho pinohing band of want, and yet thero is littlo prowpect of n resumption of op- orations. Tho murderous *Mollio Magulres” havo commoncad their dopredations, and s son- son of bloodshed and incondiarism {8 expoctod. —Tho agprogate wholenalo trado of the city of Leayonworth for 1872, necording to tho Loave worth Times, i ostimntod at ©18,848,000, an i oronso of B178,000 ovor that of 1871, Tho egato jobbing Lrade of Kansas City is eatimi- cd at 917,007,176, o littlo over £8,000,000 moro thon thiat of tho clty of Lonvonwartl. —A fat woman, Lalling from Indiaus, attompt- od to descond the steivg of ono of the Dotroit hotols, but missed her footing and rolled to the landing, mukln&; o din which startled ovory ona in tho offico. * Gracious alive! but I hopo you aronot much hurt!” exclaimed the torriflod clark, “Ihurt!” sho replied, smiling blandly, Wik bit of it, but you had better go up and tako cavo of that pair'of stoiral” —According to a report just submitted to the Benato, tho valuation of the real catate owncd by the United Biatos in tho Distriot, tho publia buildings, and also tho gronnds which bavo boon dedicated to the {mbllo uso asparks and squaros, is statod nt 219,180,834.99. ho valuo of the publio buildings is siated at noarly or quite §00,000,000, With the grounds excluded from tho ‘firs} valuation, tho nation owna in real prop- erty not lews than 100,000,000, —A young man who heavd Knte Btauton loc- turo on the ‘‘Loves of GrontMen™ tho other night, found a half-pint of peanuts which ho do- signod presonting to tho cholco of his hoert, to Vo 80 mattor-of-fact, 8o gross and sordid, in fact, that ho took them back and had his monoy re- funded, Thus do wo sco that thorais n chord in ovory breast suscoptiblo of tho finest sentiment when touched by o mastor hand. —It is o significant fact that ninoty-nino out of every one hundred mechanics .in” tho largo citios of the United Btates aro foreignors, whose earnings eyorage from €4 to 25 por day, whilo sny quantity of ** gontlemanly " young American mon, the product of * businoss” cofloges and high echools, can bo got to keop books or do any kind oll':gflnlanl " writing " for from &6 to 10 por woek, —According to tho Miner's Journal tho Phila~ dolphin & Reading Conl and Irou Company own 95,600 ncres of conl. laud. in tho counties of Bcluylkill, ~Columbis, and Nortliumborland. Ot this land thera are in Behuylkill County 72,058 eeres; in Schuylkill and Columbin 1853 in’ Northumberlend 23,816 acros. These lands omibraco, in Schuylkill 'Counnty, sixty-five open colliorics, threo in Columbia, and f-\Vflllfi{-BOan in Northumberland ; in all niucty-fivo collieries. —Tho old geal of the Commouwealth of Vir- §inh' adopted in 1779, waa lost or mislaid at tho imo of tho eapture of Richmond iu 1865, ond & new one wag adoptod, similar in all respocts to the old, oxcopt ihat tho words “ Liberty and Union" wore substituted for tho historic motto, 4 8lo Somper Tyrannis,” But tho old soal las sinco baon rostored to the Secretary of the Com- monwonlth, and the queation as to which was logal was submittod to the Leglulature, which haos decided in favor of tho old seal. But, as it is much dofaced and worn, & now scal, similar in sl rospocts to thoold ono, Lns boon ordorod, ond, until it is finishod, tho seal adopted in 1865 will bo used tomporarily, —— Ex-Sonator Doolittle, Tho Hon. I. R. Doolittle, in n published card, notices tho following statement : Tn the fall of 1866, ho [Mr. Doolittle] wont ‘boforo the Domocratic Convention for that dis- trict [Firat District] as & candidato for Congross, but was dofeated. A fow days lator ho wroto a lotter doclaring his purpose, ‘a8 a Domocrat,’ to support Fromont,” ote., otc. 1 voply o this, Mr, Dooltttlo writes : 3 “Whoover may have written this, I know not. 1t is o ropotition of & falsohood many times ex- ploded. Ididnot go before n Domocretic Con- v;:nlumoz 88 & cendidato for Congroas, in the fall of 1850, “T novar oxpressed & wish for such a nomina- . # Qg tha othor hand, I expressly rofused un- der oy circumatauces to bocome such a cendi- date, These fncts have beon publisbed agnin end again in VWisconsin, Among othors, the on, 1onry D, Barron, tho newly-olectod Sponk- or of the Asseinbly ; the Hon, Wm. Pitt Lyon, Judgo of the Bupromo Court tho Hon, Wi, Pitt Tynde, of Milwaukeo; the Hon, Jobn W, Cary, nowW of Milwaukoo, thon my law-partuer and in- timate friend at Rucino, know the falsehood of this chargo, and sovoral of them lavo publiely stated it upon thojrown porsonal knowledge, to ropol the base imputation upon me. ¥or politi- cal criticism I caro nothing; my opluions ma; bo rightor wrong; if true, o1lticlam will not af- fect thom 3 it ervoncons, all tho world eaunot mako them truo, But tho charge that Iwas e candidate for ofiice at the Lundd of one parly, and that, becauso of dofant, I‘#fliuu(l tho other, is abaolutely fulso, * * * Il DOOLITTLE. e e S A Fiurderer’s Confessione CrrveLaNy, Jan, 18.—Albert W. Chamborlain, n young man uunder arrest, charged with tho murder of an old man pemed ourge McCon- nnughoy, at Solon, Olio, yestorday confossod having committed the murdor, —_———— To be Eanged, Prrrenunam, Jan, 18,—Ambross B, Lynoh, conyicted of murdor in tho first degreo for kill- ing Wm. Iudfield on the 12th of Jast Juue, was sontoncod in tho Crimingl Court, this morning, to bo exccutod ab such timo as the Governor may appoint. “ Mexican War Vetoruns. Trrrsnunon, Jan, 18.—A meeting of the sur- viving soldiers aud sailors of tho Moxican War will bo hsld this oveniug, for the purpose of muvhx? on Congrosa to have their claims recog- nized for pousions, oto, It is understood that n similar movement will soon follow in & number of other clties throughout tho country. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Foroign NMarkotus Livenroat, Jan, 18—113, m.—Tlour, 295 4d, Wheat— winter, 12 2d@12% 827 spriug, 114 00@12s 4d 3 white, 12¢ 54§12 005 Club, 123 104@108 2d, orn, 283, Pork, 2104, Larq, 986, Loxpox, Ji. 16.—-Comcls—monioy, 021 ¢ account, 03L(@92;¢ ; 8-20a of "0, 93X} 6-205 Of 107, V2§ 10-40s, 007 new 85, 8037 7 Erle, 49, 'sute, Jan. 18,~~Rentos, G4 franca 50 contimes, Livenroor, Jan, 18,~Uotton leavy; middiing up- 243 Ocluauia, TONGI0N; gales, OO, aless ,000 balcs ; apeculatioh und’ export, 1,000 Dreadetuffs—Red winter whoat, 12 21@128 84, Flour, 20s 61@408, Corn, 283, Qlicone—6ti, Oumberlaud middles, 34s; short ribe, 353 04, Pittsburgh 0I1 Marlket, Prrrsponalt, Jan, 18,—Orude petroloum quict and tondiug u{lwnd £3.00, Refined quiet, Phitadolphia dolivery, 2130; Now Yark do, 220; on cars Lora for Western trado, 103/@17c, Thoe Produce Marlkets. NEW YORK, . New Yonx, Jan, 18,—Oorrox—Very dull; middling uplaud, 2050, "BReapstUI Fe—Flonr very firm ; recelpts, 11,000 brls oupor Wuatern and ftate, ‘d’.“@fl.fl' common to goo 8@7.63; Rood to cholce, $1,76@633 1 White whoat extrs, $8,85@10.00; extra Ohlo, §7,25@10.00 3 BL. Touls, $8.09@13,00, Ryo flour steady ot $4.75@0.40, Corn moal quiot; yellow Western, 83.40@93,60, Wheat bighor reccipts 6000 bu; No. 2 Northwestern afloat, £10603 primo No. 2/ Milwatlkeo, $1,00 3 inferor to falf No, 3 apring, $1,48@1,63; roll Weslern, $1.90. Hye, batloy, and nnlt unchanged, Corn stendy; recoipts, 13,000 bu; old Western mixed, 600 do in store, Ggc: e, 63)@00e. Onta quictand ateady : roccipts, 11,000 bui new mixed Weatern, {0@62s; Ohlo, dBe; Western, B2@58¢. Eaar—Unchanged. :g“_tawll‘:n cl“s';ss £ ora—Quict st 43@35¢ for crap of ' Jaaziien—Qulotand firm nt 2@ s Orinoco, 27@ fcor—In fat domaud and firm fleacs, 60c; pultod, Hupar steady § 0@0dc, Guocemies~Cafles flem ; Rlo, 173a1n)ce ufot 1 fulr £ gond reflulng, 939%, “Molusk; ow Orleans, 68@710, Rico flrm at BEHY( PrrrotuM~Urude, 9c; rofined, 21}@22e. TunrENTINE—Firm at 01@04c, Proviatos—Fork quist ; mess, $1,03@18.753 prime mean, $14,00G14,50, Deet' dull: mosn, $0.00@11.75 5 oxtrs, $13,00915,605 home, $30,00@32,08, Ticrco quist and tinchangod, Cut moats quiol; shoulders, 8ic. Middlcs atoady ; long oloar, i ; slioulders, T @T74c 1ng olear for March, 7 1100} short rib, e, Lard weaker; Westorn stonm, 83;c ; kaetlo, 8:4@8!c. Di m; Wenlern, 11@16c, . OnmEsg—Flrm; 1 Witiekez—Stondy s D3, % MILWAUREE, MILWAUREE, Jan, 18,—Bneansturea—Flonr qulst and nnel:anged, When atoady; No. 1, 81,303 No. 2 $1,35. Ontastendy 3 No, 2, 27c. ' Corn i good domand at full priccs ; No, 2, 350, Ityo fiem ; No, 1,000, Bar Toy firm 3 No. 2, 85, ¥ ! Reoesrra~—Flour, 1,000 brla; wheat, 14,000 bu, BiliemenTA—Flour, 1,000 bris, DETROIT, Dernorr, Jnu, 18 —GnATN~—Wheat stoady 3 extra $2,00@2.085 No, 1, $1.00; amber, $1,70, Corn quict and nnchanged, O. Jde, Dnessen Hoos—4. ND. OLEvRLAND, Jan, 18,—DUEADSTUFFS—Flour frm and wnchnnged, Whoat dull bt firm ; No, 1 beld at $174; No, 3, $1,60. Corn dull, but fitm, b 43@46e. Onta quict an steady ; No, 18late, 37c. ReviNgn PrrnoLeuM—in fulr domand; stsndsrd white, 2062030, PHILADELPHIA. PINLADELPHIA, Jnn. 18. — DREADSTUFFE — Flour fitm § superfine, $4.60G36.60 ; oxtrs, $8.95@9.25, Whoat alovly; §1.95@2.00 for red; $2,03 for amber, Tye 03@950, Corn dull; yellow, 60@010; cholco white, e, Oats dull; whilo, 50@650 ; mized, 41, PrrnoLrus—Crude, 144@10%0; refined, 21}¢@27c. Witsxey—Quict af 056, BALTIMORE, Barivons, Jan, 18.~DBrespsTures — Flour in good demond nt unchnngod prices, Wheat frm and unchanged. Corn quict snd firm ; mixed Western, 620, Oata quiet and firm ; mixed, 45@47c; white, 48@r00, Ryo quict st 95e@ 81,00, THovinINA—Firm ; nothing offering ; pricos nomi ‘Dally unchangod, Witssnex—Duil and weak at 01c, SV 0Osw2ao, Jan, 18,—Whcat quict and irm, Corn dull atG0ige, Barley unchanged, ST, LOUIS, Br. Louts, Jun, 16,—DREADSTUFFE—Flour in_good demand nt full pricos, somo fales highor, Wheat atrong, but buyers gonorally Lolding of ; small aales ; No. 4 tod fall, 81,05 ; No, 3 red, $1.95 in st Elevator $2.00 scller Fobruary, Corn firmis No. 9, 3e in Easl Tlovator, ond 890 i warchouso, Oais n good demand at fall prices, somo sales higher, No, 3, 320 i East Elo- vator, 283300 én Bt, Louls Elevator, 31833 in waro- house.. Barloy higher ; No. 2, 76c.’ Ryono sales, WitiskEy—Steady, at 00c, ProyistoNs—Pork firm at $12.00 for last yoat's stand- ard § 12,50 for this year's, Bulk meats sciivo strong; looso shoulders at Quilncy, dc, buyer Janusty s shor Tibs, Gc, spot: cloar, 030; hams, 7o sollor March, Pacon, clear rib, packed, cloar;, 73, gonerslly held 1o highor. Lard ‘casior’j chofco atoam, Ti(c} kega, 8Y(@8)g0, Hoan—¥irm ot $3.4083.85 5 most sales, $.50@8.76, Recelpts, W05, Paoiria-Number of hog slaughtered to date, 404,085, OarriE—Unchanged, LOUISVILLE, Toviavitty, Jan, 18, — FLoun — Firm and un- chonged, Puoviions—Active and strong, Mess pork higher, $13,00 for round lots, Dulk meata highor; shoulders, 43/@1434c; cloarrib, 6(@0)c; clear, 85@%7c for round’ lots looso; 340 moro packad, * Bacon—Shioul- ders, 6¢¢ ; cloar 1b, 7303 clear, T3{c for round lota packed. 'Lard—Titrco, 8Xc; kegs, 8%X@INc for chates feaf, Winsney—Firm at 80@%00, Tloas—Firm at $4.16@4.25 ; receipts, 600, Packnta—Total numbor of hogs packad to date esti- mated at 908,000 sgainat 309,000 last Acason, BUFFALO. Burriro, Jan, 18 salea: gar lots of N aa luricet gencrally strong, Whoat . 3 Milwaukeo Club at $1.65, Corn + 2 cars ot 520 on track, OINGINNATI, OrNorNNAT, Jan. 18.—BREADsTOPF3—Flour firm, and unchangod, Othor gralus stoady, snd unme changed. Provisons—Activo, and gonorally higher, Pork Lard " opsned atrong, nominally at $12.76@13.00, closed lea activa ; steam, 7340 3 kettlo jobbing sales n 8c. Bulk moata strong s ‘shouldors, 4c s cloar rib, 05@Go; dloar, 04@fio oflriigs ght, Bacon stondy ; shouldors wantcd &t Gicj clear Tib, 7%0 clear, 73/c, Greocn menta wtrong, ond Lighor} shouiders, 33e, frecly offercd : hold 6t 4o} cloar rib, g0 holdl 8t6%;@00; hams, B}@VN(o for medium 6 1 Toas—Firm, ot $4,15@4.90; mostlyat $4.95G4.90. Recolpta, 6,000, Winissy—TIn good domand, ot full prices at 89c. MEMPIHIS, Mestritts, Jan, 18.—CoTToN—Quict and unchanged. DneapsTUri—Flous and geaiu snd feed markols are, Piiovistons—Bulk shoulders, Be; widos, T@Tie. Lard, 8Y@9%e. s OLEDO, Torrpo, 0, Jan. 18,—Breapsrursa—Flour steady. Whont pteady? extra whito Michigan, $100; No. 1 do, $1.74@1.76; mnber Michigan, $1.731, cash, Corn steady ; high mixed, soller Inst 11 days of January, 813¢0’s Tow mixed, scllor Moy, 43c. Outs quict; No.2, 51@a13¢0; Michigan, 820, OLovEn Brro—g5.0. Dnesakp Hoas—Firm at $4.80. TizozieTs—Flour, 800 brls; wheat, 17,000 buj corn, 8,000 bu; oats, 1,000 bu, Sroressnza—Flon, 600 bria; wheat, 8,000 bu; corn, 10,000 bu; onts, 6,000. bu,. SPECIAL NOTICES. Counsel for Ailing, Nothing ls cheapor to thoso who glva it then good adsloo; nothing 13 moro valuablo to thoso who recolve 1t fn tho right spirit and promptly act upon 1t Woll, than, wo ad- visa tha focblo, tho afling, the dospondont, to hacomo strong and hourty and ohoerful. **Ah!Y roply all theso uafortunatos in & broath, **ftnocds no wisacra to toach us that suol a cliengo f dostrablo; but how fsit to bo of- footod? Your paticnco, sick aud sorrowfal frionds, and ‘wo will luform you. Learn thon that thero Is sach sanl. tary valuo In tho famons vogotablo rostorative known as Hostottor's Stomach Bittors, that no phaso of muscular or norvous dobllity, no epoclas of bilious disordor, 1o va- rioty of that tormont called dspopsis, no caso of chills and fover, no form of hypochsndels, that may not be curod by the porsavozing use of this harmioss but {rrcalat- iblo invigorant, altoratlve, and correetivo, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, jusers aro oautionod to avoid the numerous Counter- folta and jmitations offarod for sale. JONN DUNCAN’S BONS, New Acanta for Hin Ut Aimmiran NGNS, ) e SORIBNER'S FOR FEBRUARY. Aunother fresh, erivp, spnrkling number, with ay unusunl variety bn its contents. Tho ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES toll us of n splondid projoct to REACH TUIE PACIFIC WITIH OUR COMMEROE, BY WAY OF THE GULY, and give us a ploturo of LITE AT THE COURT 0O1F THEKING OF SIAM~aad toll us thoatory IHHOW MEN LEARNED TO ANALYZE TIHE SUN, Thero {3 also an Tlustrated Poemy and ono of MISS HALLOOK'S Graooful Pletures, with Dr, HOL- LAND'S Splendid Sorlal, which grows in Intercst,and 1 thio groat Amorican novel of to-dny. Thoro aro Cholco Pacms by GEORGE MAODONALD and othors, A good story, “LYITLE MISS FRERE,” by MISS TRAFTON, a story by MIBS PHELPS, “SINCE I DIED,? somowhat akin to Gutos Ajur, in its spiclt; —and & striking account of #TIE SAN RAFAEL PHALANSTERY,” tn Californls, by NOAW BROOKS, TFor kotohes and Esasys wo havo * A COURT BALY AT THE HAGUE,”? by ALBERT RHODES, “ONE PHASE OF THE MARRI- AGY QUESTION,? by PIILIP GILBERT HAMER- TON, “BORROWING A8 A SOUIAL BCI- ENCEy? “AN ARUH/EOLOGICAY, BREAK~ FAST,” and a brilflant oritiquoon *SART AT THE NATIONAT: CAPITOT.*? Tho Editorlal Dopastruunts aro fullor and abler than usual. Etchings contains a protty poem, * WIIAT HAPPENED TO NELLY,” and tha plotorial story of “TIE BOY WIHO WANTED T0 BE A CLOWN.”? An English author weltos to the publishors: ** Sonts. NER'S MONTILY {# Incomparably better than uny muyazine I havecome across.” Our subsoribors say **that euch num- ber {u belter than the lust," Tho Publishors' Dopartmont has lottera frain tho Foopla about THE GREAT SOUTIN,Y a splondid sorles of Hllustrated sxtioles on tho Bontlern Btatos of Amerlca now i proparation, November sud Nocouber pymbers FREE, to all subscribors for 1673, FPrice 84.00 o yenr. ¥or snlo by all Denlers at Publivhers? rates. SORIBNER & 00, New York i, TRIRBANKR' STANDARD SCALTEHS OF ALL BIZES, FATRBANKS, MORBH & CO €5 WEST WASHINGTON.6T\ DRY @GOODS. U i T GREAT SALE or THR fitire Retall Stock CARSON, PIRIE & CO. 329 WES'E MADIE‘\ON-ST. Unreserved Sacrifice OT" FIRST-CLASS Qolored Dross 8ilks, 25 per cont below cost. $2.00, Dok Fanoy Silks for 60 ots, per yard, Gn'w:{ géripe Spring Bilks for 80 ots, worth Bl AILSilk Gros Grains for $1.00 per yard, Handeome Lyons BI'k Gros Grains for £1.60 per yard, $4,00 quality Lyous Gros Grain for $3.00, §6,60 quality Lyons Gros Grain for §6,00, 776 cent Japanoce Sills for 40 ots, Bl% Alpaoas from 26 ots.upward, all reducad, Satteons, Onshmeres, Merinos, and Empress Oloths at grent reductions, filk and Wool Fabrios at a snorifice, The osntre tables will contain assorted lots of Dross Goods at 18 34 and 26 conte; half price, White Ootton and Wool Domett Flannels, 17 cents, Heavy White Shoker Flannels, 25 and 36 cents, Bargaing in Waterproof Oloths, Cassimeros, for men's and hoys' wear, 85, 76, and 1,00, BARGAINS IN LINEN GOODS, Henvy Blonohed Linon Damasks, 60 ots. up, Unbleachod Table Linens, from 26 ots, up, Fino Damask Tablo Linens reduoed one-third, Speoial bargains in Linen Towels at 121-2, 16 and 20 ots. Good Orashes, 7 1-2 to 10 ots, 13-4 Hoavy White Quilts at $1.00, Marseilles Quilts at $1,00, Ladies' Patont Merino Hose, 15 ote, the grontest bargain evor oftered. Ladies" Merino Veats, 60 cents eaoh, Gents' Hosiory and Underwear, vory cheap. Ladies' Ribbed Merino Hose, 10 ots, All Cottons and Sheetings below wholesals ooty Paisley Shawls at half prico, Oloak Velvets at reduotions of $6.00 and #7.00 per yord, Glovos, Ribbons, Ties, and Laces grently i e e e reduced, POPULAR SCIENCE NONTHLY CORDUCTED 1Y BH. L. ¥OUMANS. NO. 10... PRICE, FIFIY CENTS. Oontents of No, 10, for February: 1. Tho Law of Sitorms Dovoloped. By Prot, Thomp~ #on B, Maury, of tho Sigual Office, Washington, (Ilustratod). 11, Heatand Lifo. By Fernaud Papillon, L, Norvous Hoalth and Moral Health, 1V, Brain-Work and the Emotions, V. ‘The Ramanco of Medicino: By Froderick Arnold, VI The Expreselon of tho Emottons, (llustrated.) VIL The Btudy of Boelology—Bubjective Dificultios— Tmotfonal. 1y Herbort Spencor, VIIL Tho Waniniug of Houscs, By Johu P. Soddon, Esq. IX. Is Elootrlclty Lito? By Huncy Lano, 0 Blrds Tinprovo {u Nost-Bullding? XI. Tho Autipados aud Perieel. By Hezokiah Buttor- worth, Esq. XIL Usoful Thiugs, Hy Edmond About, XIIL Mr. Chatlos Robert Darwln, (Portrait,) X1V. Eprron's TABLE: Tyndall's Locturos fu Now York ~NMrs, Bomrritio, Larenany Nottorg: Teansactlons of tho Wisoon- #iu Acadowy of Selonces, Arts, nnd Lottors— Bagehot'a Plisles anc Politlos—Silliman's Do, duatiso and Inductive Tralnjog—Npenoer's Ro- cont Discusslons. MIGCELLANY: Volcanio Enorgy~Tho Vibrations Produced by Varluus Explostons—Economy of Fuol—Ammonia fn Snow-wator—Oultivation by Stonm~Ozono by o Now Procoss—Tho Buglish Sparsovi—Tho Usos af Asbostos—Dritish Sclon- tifie Espodition—Tho Vonotous Snakes of In- din—-A Now Tiro Iiscapa—Necosslty of Caroful- neas In OId Ago, Norea. 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With Lippincott's ‘Magatino, £5.76. Liborat . n, PEOTMIN NUMBIER mattod to auy address, postay prupaid, ou reoelpt of 2 vouts, J. B, LIPPINCOTY & CO,, Publishers, 716 and 717 Murket-st., Philudolphla, ‘Wide Uolored @ros Grains, §3,60 quality for #2.26 quality Guinot's Bl'k Gros Grain for $3.0(') q.u.nlity Lyons Bl'k Gros Grain for Irish and Lyons Poplins, Pongoes, and other POSTAYT, PEREIPTOL CLOSING-OUT SALE oxr Jomn YV Farwell&Go.s Monroe, Frauklin and Markets. ENTIRE RETAIL STOUK of about ONW MILLION DOL- LARS werth of DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS, UPHOLSTERY GO0DS ‘Will continuce until ali ave sold. SPECIAL BARGAINS ‘Will be offered this week in FUR SEALSACQUES & TUR GOOD3 of all kinds, VEELVET CLOAKS, CLOTII CLOAIS, SUITES, and SHAWLS, whicl now marked at prices to close them out in the shortest pessible time, WENTLOLT REGARD TO CO5T OR VALUE, EXTRAORDINARY RARGMNS In ID Bc;mg{ ment. WINIER GOCDS. Winter Goods. FIELD, LEITER & CO. State and Twentieth-gts, Madison and Market-sts,, In ordor to make room for their large Spring Importations, will offer, COMMENCING MONDAY, JAN. 20, thoir entire stock of Winter GOODSat prices that WILL SPEEDA ILY CLOSE THEM OUT. Their stock of Dress Goods is well asgorted, with all the new shades, and will be sold et DECIDED BAR- GAINS, Silks in all tho new shedos for Houso, Party, and Carriage wear, including 1,000 PIECES of FANCY STRIPED SILKS at much less than cost. Suits, Shawls, Cloaking Velvets, and Velveteens, also at still groater reductions. ‘Wo call attention to tho prices of our Hosiory. Underwear, and HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, espe- cinlly to FIVE HUNDRED DOZEN DAMASK TOWELS, below tho cost of importation. Actual bargains will be found in gg%y departmont for the next thirty Thorough examination solicited Lofore purchasing, Through Bills of Lading from Europe ATUSTIN BALDWIN & CO0.’S American-Furopean Express FAST FREIGHET LINE. 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