Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1873, Page 2

[ WASHINGTON. Speetal Daapateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIOE. ‘Wasnmaron, D. 0., Fob. 8.~Tho report of tho Attornoy General of tho oporations of tho Dopartmont of Justico for tho last flscal yoar hins hoon gont to Congrews, In rogard to the paymont of Marshals and the oxpenses ‘of the Unitod Btates Courts, it Is somowhat intoresting. Tho oxponees of tho Courts during tho Inat yonr tworo #3,070,092, Tho figures for tho Btato of Arkangns show that tho roporta of extravaganco in the use of Government monoy by Logan 1T, Toot, tho ox-Dfarshal, a&n other offi- cors, . wore mot exsggoratod. Moro fonds by mony thoneands woro used 10 Arkansas than In any Btato In the Union. For Marshals alono more than $276,000 waa ox- ponded, whilo the exponses of clorks and attor- neys bring tho smount to $307,724, or noarly $18,000 more than tho threo districts in Now York coat, and $180,000 more than was expond- sd in Pnnns{lvuulm whoro the businosa of tho Uourta ia at loast doublo whit it is in Arkansas, Tho United Btates Oourta in Ohlo cost loss than €100,000 ;" thoso in Illnols loss than 842,000, end in Missourl a little moro than 872,000, Tho ong District in South Carclina drow 8187~ 820, and tha same In North Cnrolina, $184,308. [t sliould bo borno in mind thnt theso oxtrava- unt figures relato to tho yenr ending Jupo 80, 572, It will bo interesting to noto tho differ- suco botwoen tho past and prosent fiscal yoar, whon {he oxponnes for Marshals in South Caro- lina, Arkansas, aud other Southorn Biatos woro immense on account of the campaigns. r: .. OREDIT MODILIER, Onken Amos, inraply to the lnat telogram sont him Ly the -Poland Committeo, ho not having deig=ed to auawor. tho previous onow, says Lo will Lo Tiore on Tuesdey morning, The Committoe waro in soorat acraion oves. two Lours to-day, In consullation ns to their suthority to punish tha mombers implicated {n tho Oredit - Mobilier geandal, 'Cliroe mombers of the Committeo said to-dny tho nowspapera have been unjust to tho Comumitteo in fornl.all(ulg that tho roport wounld bo o whitewashing, Thoy say the mambors will not shrink from tholr duty, aud the report will not bo consurod by the fair-mindod publio. Nothing more will bo dono oxcopt to rg-oxnming ‘Aracs, unless his testimony shonld be such that othor witnossos would bo necossary, Mr. Colfax will bo givou anothor hearing i o dosires it. 1t is oxpooted that tho report will go in about tho middle of the approaching weels. LOUIBVILLE CANAL. The Committcs on Commerco this morning agreed to silow Mr, Holman to propso an amond- mont to tho River and Harbor Appropriation bill, proyiding for reducing tolls on the Louis- ville and Porfiund Canal, nsguming tho bonded debt of the Company. Tho amondment will bo offerad by Alr, Holman, whon the bill comes np. ‘This {8 not a8 much ea tho frionds of tho cunal would have dosired, but it is considerod as fn- vorable to tho passage of the smeRdmout, Mr. Dodds and Mr. Btovonson aro_busily engaged in polling tho members of tho House on the inons- ure: R LOUISIANS. Benator Morton's Committes will report on Monday in councction with the Louisiaua inves~ tigation against counting tho Fleotoral or Proni- dential votos of that Btate, and eetion will bo at once domnnded in ordor that some courso may lie decided on beforo Wednesday, the day for count- Ing tho Electoral votea of tho sevoral Btatos. Tho other branches of the Louisiane. inquiry aro uot so pressing, and can wait, Tho Committeo is Iimnlf divided in regard to tho State eloction, Thoy have heen in froquent consultation, and thoro seoms to b little doubt that Carpentor favora o now election, and that forton approves of tho de faclo Government. DID THEY PAY INCOME TAX ? Inquiry is bojuz made a8 to whother Wilnon, or_Broults, or Boyor, or Hooper, or any other holders of the Cradit Mobilier stock and ‘im‘lln\- pants in the enormoud dividends, paid the in- LOT8 Lia of & nar cont on such dividend, accord- ing to the law existing at that time, BALARIES. * -. _ ‘Tho bill of tho Houso Judicinry Committeo. for the increnso of snlarics of the Prosidont, Cabinot ofticera, Supremo Oourt Judgoes, nud membera of Uongress will b rather AN EXPENBIVE TUXURY, 80 far as tho latter officers aro concerned. Tho bill provides that ench Sonntor, Mamber, and Dulogate_shall 1acolvo pay for fhis entira Con- groes, which will requiro & beck payment of £0,000 apicce, 'Thoroare 74 Sanntors and 233 Membora and Dolegates, nd tho amount ro- qnired to pay them will bd 81,962,000, THE ANNUAL ROW betwoen the House Appropriation Committeo and the Commerce Cominittoo, a5 to which shall bave chargoof the Hiver aud Harbor bill, oc- ewrred to-day, and tho dobate botween Shella- barger and Garfleld was very spirited. The ‘Houeo took a strong intorost In tho matter, and there waa & good denl of confusion. The ques- tion, howevor, was not decided, but it ia proba- ble the Appropriation Committee will give in, as usual, [ 7o the Assootated Press,) THE SHIPPING AOT. ‘Wasmratox, D, 0., Fob, 8.—Tho Shipping nct 403 amended 8o as not to nppzl{ to the cago of vessela bound to the British North Amorican Posaessions, the West India Islands, and Moxico. DILLS BIGNED. The President signod the acts making appro- pristions for tho expenses of tho investigations ‘with regard to the cloctions in Kansay, Louisiana, end qumnnns, and to remove the disabilitica of William A. Graham, of North Carolina, und A. B. Hardeastle, of Mississippi. TIVE-TWENTS REDEMPTION, It is reported thiat Assistant Scerotary Rich- ardeon says the fndications are that an addi- tional call for ono hundred millions will bo made Immediately after tho ono to bo made on the 1ot of March, making two hundred millions in all, THE LA OROBSE DRIDOL, Tho Senate Committeo on Post OfMces wero ocoupled goveral hours to-day hearing srgu- ments in regoard to tho location of the proposed bridge of tho Milwauleo & St. Paul Railroad Company goross tho Mississippi. Congross, last onr, authorized this Company to coustruct & ridge at or near LaCrosso, Wis., !mwi%g its rnc%eo location to bo determined by tho Bacre- ary of War, who, on rocommondation of the Board of Army Engincers, fixed its location at tho town of LaCrosso. ‘o Railrond Company oo dissatisflod with its location for the vauson thut it obliges thom to mnke something of n detour, and now meok logislation cuthorizing tho bridge to bo located nt a point sbout s milo and o lalt sbove the maiu portion of tho town, Alexander Mitcholl, Prosident, n.l Cottrell, Attorney of the Milsraukeo & Kt. Paul Railroad Company, rapresonted its interests ut tho Committos meot- Ing to-day. ‘Tho opposing interosts weroe repre- sented by J. W. Losey, Attorney of tho Southern Slinnesole Ttnilway Company, aud Cpngrosanion Rugk and Dunnell, of Wisconsin and Minnesotn, respectiuvly, Oeneral Weilzel, of tho Engineer Corps, was'nlso presont to answor quostious and defeud the action of the Army Locating Board, of which be was a membor, ~ The Committes roolt tho queetion under consideration, LOUISIANA. . The Hfonate Committco on Eloctions have r:anlelcd their report on 8o much eyidenco as relaton to tho proceedings in connaction with the wlectoral voto of Louisians, 'Thereport is brief, ercly stating the facta of the caso without ro- commondation to tho Senate. It will be Fm- eented on Monday. 1t i concurred in by all, LEAGUR ISLAXD. Secvetary Robeson waa befors the Houeo Com= mittes on Appropriations to-day, with Represon= tative Loonard Myers, and anked an approprig- tion of half & million for Lesgue Inland. RIVER IITNOVEMENTH, The Hougo Commitiee on Commerce to-dsy coucluded the River und Iarbor bill. Among otber things thoy ngreed to rocommend &n ap- propriation of $226:000 for the improvement of tne East River, including Holl Gate, Now Yark ; 550,000 for Portland Harbor, and §76,000 for Buffalo Harbor, > TIE MINT DILL, Both Houses having ugreed to the report of tho Conference Committos on_disngresing votes upon {ho Mint Coinnge bill. It in practically a law, and will go into effect the 1at of April noxt. CLATMA ALLOWED. Among tho bills reported from tho Committeo ou Claimy, and passed by the ouso to-day, waa a bill appropriating various amounta awarded by the Southorn Claims Commissioners Inat year, in paymont for Snartnrmufltnr and Commissary atores furnishod by loyalists in tho Houth duc~ {ug tho war, BIONE CARINET MAKING, Br, Tous, b, 8,—A Washington speoial to the Evening Jispalch of thia city, saya it Is gon- erally undorstood that Charlos W, Ford, present Tutornal ltovenue Collector of this Dlntrruz, and en old dp»runnnl friond of General Grant, will succood Dofano ns Heoretary of the Interior, — CREDIT MOBILIER, THE BENATE COMMITTER, WasuiNaToX, Feb, 8.—The Holeot Committee of the Bonato considored the Crodlt Mobilicr matter, ‘Pho members held & preliminary meot- ing this morning, to diacuss, informally, what js tho exact scope of the duty with which thoy are charged, and adjourned toincot n;i:nln noxt Mon- day, It wae not docided to-day, but it s vone sldorad quito - dortain thak th pommu?on will be public, THE POLAND COMMITTEE, . WasmNaToN, Fob, B.—Tudgo Poland's Com- mittoo, this morning, hol? - .ocrot sosslon for two Lionrs, snd discussed 1+ ~vidence propara- tory to n final ropoct, tobo - vithin & wook or ten days. They only awalt 1. “rnof Amos to closo tho oxamination, It was u. 1tosond the Sorgennt-at-Arme_for him i .. s not henrd from to-day, Tiwo tolegrams” sent to lim aro unanawered, Aftor tho oxamination of Amos, Nr, Colfax will bo allowed to offor tosti mony to show whoro the $1,200 depositod in the First National Bauk camo fromj but ‘ha Com- mittoo oxpoct to hear all this ovidenco in ono doy and thon clnso, At tho raquant of Jndgo 1alo, counsel .or Mr. Colfax, tho.Committos ' directed that Amer bo notified to bring his mom- orandum book, reforrod to in his testimony, on hisretuen, THE WILSON GOMMITTEB, WasmNaToN, Feb, 8,—The Wilson Committes examined no ‘wituessos to-dny. > . . — - LOUISIANA, WasnmyaroN, Fob: 8.—Tho Loulsinna Sonato- rinl bl:v;utlgnt‘llngXCommlltno.“uz{a mm;}‘;:fi-’ n{‘- ter a brief proliminnry consuliation, a o until Monda; momhg. ‘This indicates that tho Committed lins not arrived at any ngresment ng to tho Electoral voto. o Je CONGRESSIONAL. BENATE, * ‘WasmiNaToN, Feb, 8,—Tho Sonato was not in snaslon to-day, baving adjournod over iill Mou- ny. HOUSE, ~ PUDLIO BUILDINGS. 2 Op motion of Mr. ARTHUR, tho Senato bill sppropriating $180,000 for tho Gosorumont t ., woy pacsod. "iTho blL o rentrango HoTudtolnl Diktrlots fa isslppl passod. 2 ,M;ABI: DRQVEE mado an appeal to tako up end ugs & now- : K TORTOX NELIEF DILT. The bill alrendy Jmssurl, romitting the dutics on goods doatroyed, is virtually dond. It could | not pese tho Honate, and its frionds gavo it up, Ho, now naked to roport anothor bill from tho. Qommittes on Waya and Moana. Y Mr. KERR (Indlana) objocted. THE HUBDELL OLADI. Tha Houne thon took up tho Lill reported by tho Committeo on Naval Affairs, for tho pay- mont to Wm. Wheolor Ilubbell, or his Leirs, or logal roproncntatives, of 9188,339, in full satisfac- tion of tho balanco of his actual losa and dom: ago nscortnined by tho Court of Olaima, for tho uso by the United Btates Government of soveral millions of his patont fuses for navy sholls, for riflo cannon, and expldsive shells dur- ing the war, and for tho trausfer of his patonta to the United States, - After discussion, Mr. KERR moved to lay tho Dill on tha tablo, which was nogatived—yeas, 69; naye, 105, R‘ler. ARCHER moved to strike $100,000 out of tho Appropriation bill. As thus amendod, ap- propristing §39,388, it passod. s 0 House then procecded, under spocial or- der, to tha consideration of tho business ro- ported by the Committes ou Claims, PRIVATE BILLS, a large number of private bills; alf-pnat 4, Attor passing tho House, nt I Adjourncd. WALL STREET. Weelkly Rovicw of Busiucss on the Stock, Gold,: und- Produce © Hxe changen«Finance cud Commerco Yesterduys . i Specinl Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yong, Fob. 8,—During tho papk woek monoy has been higler, ranging from 7 to 1-32, Primo discounts have bosn duli at 8 tn-10, Foroign oxehanges wore dull and wealk. Gold has fluctuated considerably, ranging bo- twoen 113}4@114}(, closing at the higliost flg- ures. “The oporations of tho Treasury during the week included tho salo of £1,600,000 gold; tho disbursomont of 81,528.000, iutorest, and- §25,700 gold in redemption of ‘bonds; the roceipt of 82,800,000 gold for cus- toms, and purchase of $518,250 bonds. @>vornmant bonda Linvo boen loss g 4tive than laut wools, with o lower.range of va'mes. Tho sticeess of tho Syndicato has beon mueh loss de- cided than was oxpeetod. s, “ho stook mnrket has beon getive, With cou- siderablo animation and oxcitement af Intorvals, ‘| uso of the hall to the Hon.Joseph M STATE, LEGISLATURES. ILLINOIS, ¢ Special Deapateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE RNOT UNTIED, Benrvovteey, Til., Tob, B.—Tho rosignation of | Btillwoll oloars the way out of tho railroad diffi- culty, ns MoCron and Robingon will undoubtad- 1y fa" 2w sult. Noither of thom will atand in tho Wi and noxt wook tho Senato will havo an op~ .portunity to pass. upon throo new namos, Vory. likly tho Bonators will bo glad- enough to de- sondfrom their high horse, nnd the farmera be Holdod to,donth by tho nomination of & genuino husbandman, taken dircot from tho corp-crib., Everyono hopos the result will bo eatisfactory to ovorybody. It {a underatood that the Governor will not touch ' tho disappointdd candidatos, whoso bebavior julkicling up the musa desorves punishment. Morgan will hardly snocced. Tho reasons for not roappointing him areasstrongas oyorintho Governor's mind. Thefarmors saomto domand him and somebody elss. The Farmore ,Club should moot :and eloot two men, and com= mand the Govornor to appoint them. It would nooossitate tho abdieation by the Goyernor of his prorogative, but what of that? Ho has had such a rough experienco during tho past wook. that most anything would bo a rolief, and the approach of Bundnkmnut be Laited b{ hiim with unusual forvor. Ho will havo another ‘Biogo after the Babbath, anothor hordo of office-gook- osn, porhaps anothor fight with the Benato. Howevor thio disputo terminates, it casts a cloud ovor tho Admin{stration at tho outast, and {t sthrts on ita four yoars' trip with anything but« Dright forebodings, Who the new mon will bo is & nmattor of conjocture, It ia nott impozsible that McOroa will be rotained, and, \vlfi) two othora acooptablo to the farmers, ho! could bo :‘.onflmerr Ex-Speakor Smith, = farmok indesd, and 18 spokon of, but ho will not accopt. OIICAGO TAX-DILL. The Municlpal Committes roportod to thoe Houso tho bill proposod .by the Chicago City suthorition for tho colloction of taxes for tho ‘'yoar 1872 and prior yoars, with amendmonts, and rocommonded that' it pass. The principal amendmont provides that when appoals aro takon to the Bupreme Qourt, the amount of the tax appoalod shall bo doposft Olork until the appoal is decided, Tho bill was ordored to o seoond roading. THE SUN00L-DOOK QUESTION. { -The Committes on Education roported againat) adopling a sot of books for use in all scaools,, and tho Houso agreed with tho Committoe. THE OANAL AND RIVER IMPROVEMENT JOLS. .Tho Fedoral Rolations Committeo roforwd 1t would bo o Puud thing to fmprove tho 1linols,; Ohio, Mississippl, and Gront Wabash_Rivors, and éougmnnmnn should bo instructed to aid: the scheme, Johnson, of Rock Island, dosired to ndd TNock River, which he culoglaod, saslg that £100,000 would mako it navigable, and. en- able Rock Island and Davenport to got “choap conl from tho Dbanks in Honry, Whiteside, end othor countics. NMr, Bradwoll. desired to add Ohicago Rivor. Mr. Wood, tho Littlo abash, Mr, nfiamc the Sangamon. Mr. Dolan stood by tho Littlo Wabash. BIr. Inscore was opposed to the wholo systom of internal Im)imvnmnnt. Some onoe bogan to suggest tho Kankalee, ond tho tit(vx CAMO NOAT buluf iucluded, Tho Ohio and Micsiesippi and the Illinois woro adopted, aud tho Great Wabash, Rock River, aud tho othior stroamlots wore la{d on tho tablo. i _GEOLOGICAL. 3 A bill was introduced by tho Geological Com- ‘mitteo, providing for tho publication of the slxth volumo of tho Stato Geologist's report, TERSONAL. - Mr. Hay introduced a resolution tendering the Tedill on Wednepday ovoning next, to delivor an addross on minority represontation. It was adopted. FEMALE SUFFRAGE. ,Tho petition of tho American Woman SBuffrage Association for tho ballot for the sex was more rospectfully treated than by the Renate, and waa roforred - to . s Bpacial Committeo of Five. Ar, Dolan moved, and Mr. Bradwell seconded, that the Committee bo composed of two women and three mon, which was lost, It was suggest- od that the motion would put tho mover and soconder on the Committee. TAILROADS. Mr. Menn introduced a bill permitting raile roads to change their tormini, - Br, Hildrup, of the Bailrord Committee in- troduced tho following bill, *which was read a firat timo under & suspension of tho rules, Angct tosrevent extortion by ratirond corporations, anid peraons watng and querating ratiroads, Thoro has becu a marked advance in prjcos, at= tondod with frequent reactions. The chief ac- tivity was in Westorn Unlion, which rauged be- tweon 8735 and 9415, with nvory large busic noss, Trio was wnoxt in_interest —tho two oxtromos of tho week being 05%¢ and 69%¢. Pacific Mail doclined to 7137, but Ister advanced fo 763, with Incronsed activity. C., O, & I. 0. has boen activo at 401 to 43%." Han- nibal & Bt, Joseph sharea advanced from 47¢ to 525¢ for common, and from 693¢ to 71 for pro- forred, with moro movement {n the common stook. New York Central advancod from 10434 to 106}¢, and rencted somowhat. Like Skoro rogo * from 043¢ to 96}4. Northwestorn was more ective, Herlem declinod from 12034 to 11834, Atlantic & Pacifio preforrod rangod bobwoon 8614 and | 88, and Missouri Pacific botweon 573¢ and G934. Union Pacifio fluctuates betweon 867¢ and 85, and Boston,: Hartford & Trio botwoon : 10k and 85, Atlantio Mail daclined from 71 to G. Tho bituminous conl stocks advanced D% por cont In_‘‘consolidation,” and declined’2 per cent in Contral. Adams Expross doclined from D9i¢ Lo 98, but the fluctuations in (ho other express stocks are not important. A number of sharas, such ns Rook Tslaud, Wabasli, St. Paul, and Olio & Miunias!gpl liavo fluctuated ¥ to 137 por_cont, alternately up and down, ou very moderate deslings. MONEY, Monoy wae active to-dnyat 7 géld io 1-32,, closing al tho latter figure. GoLD was strong and higher in the morning, when snlos wers mado at 114, the highest point of tho {)rcuoufi upward movoment, but thore was a ranction to 118% followed by a vally to 114 at the close, The shipments for the weck include 21,003,000 American gold, 8350,000 of which wont aut by the Adriatio to-dny, notwithstand- Ing the low rato of sight exchange, TONDS, Government bonds were dull but firmor. The Byndicate claim that over ~ono-third of the now lomn hos hbeen taken, and the roport was _ circulated this aflor- noon that two-thirds have boon subsoribod for. The cable, reported bonds higher in Lon- don, and thero woro othor indications that opera- tions of the Syndicato were likely to be suceoss- tul in tho end, 'I'he Qoerman bankers, who did ail in their power in forcign markots to throw obatacles in way of nubam}:llons, It is thonght hiavo croatod a lnrgo short intorest in_tha mar- ket, particularly that for new fives, Tho Syndi- cate, undor Lho terms of tha contract, have until Dec. 1 to disposo of whatover balance romsins unsold. RTOCKS. Tho stock marliot wan strongor but not netive. ‘oatern Union foll off o fraction. 'Whe Exocu-~ tivo Committee, with but one dissenting voto, %}1 roved DPresidont Orton’s purchase of tho ) TRODUCE, . a coblo. Flonr was lower and irrogular for most rades. The offorings wore lurger of family, Yo, 2, and suporfine, Wheat was tame, though holders woro firm, Winter ruled vory iinn and Bcarco. Pork was moderatoly active and firm ; 250 brls now mosa sold st 814,50, Cut maats met with a moderate business, Salos of 100 boxes dry salted shouldors nt Go; 200 hoxes nt 61-1603° slso, galos of 100U clty " plaklod shiouldar ab 88Zc; 600 do at 6340 ; and 16 boxes pickled bol- leaat8c. Bacon was steady and in good de- mand, with ealos of G00 boxes long and short cloar for March, at 7){o; 800 boxes do for April at 7io, Lurd wasin moderate de- mand and etoady, with sales of 1,270 tes at 82¢o for primo Weotorn for Fobruary; 8jgo for March, and 8 9160 for April, 1Y the Assoctated Dress, New Yong, Fob. 8,—The Syndicate Bankers have mado a report, in which they state thoy are not st liberty to give tho nmo\mto!uuhuurlp{lnnu to the uow & por cont loan of the United States. okt el Favmors in Councils Spectal Despateh to T'he Chicago Tridune, O17AWA, 1ll., Fob. 8,—Tho farmors of LaBalle Oounty had a largo and enthusiastio Convontion at tho Court House hero to-day. About 500 of tho moat prominent farmors of the county were in attendanco. A resolution was unaulmously adopted urging tho Bonate not to confirm Gay- ernor Boveridge's appointmont of Warchouse Qommissionors. R e S S = Fatal Bollor Explosion, JaongoNvILLE, Feb, 8.—A bollor of Yates & Co.'a_ngricultural implomont manufactory, at Topokn, Mason Caunty, 111, oxploded e{natardly at 11 o'elock, toarlug away ona end of {he facto- 1y bullding, and fatally injuring Samuel Yates one of tho propriotora of tha establishment, an sovorely injuring the other member of the firm, Bamuol Yates died of his iujurloa this worning, S0, 1, Itany dircotor, superintendont, tcket sgent, o othior oflicer, oF any o¥nor, OF any person operating or owning any Failroad within thia® State, shall direct or sutlorlza tho collection or recelving of ny greator Toto or amount of fare-or frelght, for the transporla- tion of any passcnger of property, than is allowed by law, every siol porton anall bo_ guilly of a misdomo- nor,, and to bo Sed not less than $109, nar moro thun 2,000 for cach offence, to borecovored beforos Justice of tho Peace in the county whoro the offenco is commit- ted, and shall be committed to the couuty jail until {lio'Judgment and costs aro paid, : Bzo, 4. Itany conductor, station agont, tickot sgent, oflicer, servant, or employe of any corporation, pethon, company, or nssociation of persons owning or oporats ing sny railroad within this State, or anvcar used or running upon any such railroad, shall ask, domand, or Tecelve from any person or corporation, any ter rato or amount of fare or frejght, for tho transporta- tion of any passenger or pm‘rurty than {8 nlloglnd by law, overy such porson shall be gullty of a Misde- meanor, and shall for each offenco bo fined mot less than Afty dollars, nor more than one Lundred dollars, to bo rocovered before 3 Justice of the Peace of the county in which the offonce in committed, and tho of- fondor shall bo committed to the County Jail until the fine and costs aropaid. BE0, 8, Evory conductor, or other servant, or em- ploye of suy corporation, pordon, company, OF associa- tion of persons, owning or operafing any railroad With= in thin Stato, of any car usod OF running upon such relircad, who shall asssult, beat or attompt to cject from, of put out of, uny raiirosd car, uaod or running uponauy such rall;oad, on ccount ‘of tho failure, or refusal of any such porson to psy any groater rato or amount of faro than 18 allowed by law, or whon any such porson shull tendor for bis fard tho rate or smount allowod by Iaw, shall bo guilty of & misdemeanor, and ahall bo fined hot Ioss than one hundrod dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, to ba recovered beforo o Justico of the Peaco of {ho county in which tho offenco {s committed ; and the offendcr shall bo come« mitted to tho County Jail until the flues and costs ao aid, P80, 4, All finca collected undor tho provistons of this act shall be pald to tho Superintendent of Public Bchoola of tho county in which they ara collected, and by him diatributed to tho eoversl townships, in the #amo manner a4 tho Genoral Bchool Fund, BEo, 5, Nothing herein contained alll be construed toropeal any oot I ragard. fo. rallroads nOw In farety but the remedios horein provided for shall bo consider- ed as in addition to thoss alreudy provided by law, or exleting in favor of the party aggrioved, PULLMAN OAR TAXATION. > The spocial Committco of tho Sonato on the Taxation of tho Pullman Palace Car Company's stock, will roport on Monday, that the Company statos it bas 77 cars valuod at 4,000 onoh, mal- ing 300,000, which "waa pescesed at _ono'third, or 8102,060.66. o this should bo nddod €57, 888.70 worth of personal proporty in Coolt Coun- cgbtho entire amount being equalized at $168,- 650, Tho Company got out an_ injunction on the ground that the cars should bo nssossed ag rolling stock, when they should pay in Chicago but & pro rala of 916,411.80, and " that the Cux!is payable by the ronds on which and in the goun- tics through which the cars run.' The injunc- tion was sustained by tho Buprome Court, ~ The amount ¢axod ia on on assossmont of §10,411,80 in Coolc County, leaving $291,680 untaxed. ‘Tho avorage valuo of tho cara i 320,000 0ach, making §1,540,000, which if assessed at tho sama rate as farmors aro, would amount to $808,000. The Company now pays o taxon land of oue-fifteonth of the aotnal value, The Committeo recom- mends logislation compelling this and all ex- prass and telograph companics to list their pro- porty in the countioa_through iwhich tho lines extond, and that tho Railroad Commission have controf of tho matter, : THE LATEST POASE OF THE WANEMOUSE QUES- TION. r. Stilwell's rosignation 18 In tho possession of tho Governor, and will bo aceepted. MeOrea and Robinson hevo mno home, but thoir roaig- nations nro in the hands of friends, who will resent them at the proper timo, 'lliey have oon inducod to withdraw by gontlemon who do- slrod harmony between the Exeoutive aud tho Topublican Benators. Tho Governor did not ask for tho_resignations, but will have to racolve thom, Ho guuat ask tho Sonate pormiesion to withdraw his nominations, which will be humil- Iating, It would bo much moro dig- nitle for Lim to compol tho Benato to ack, and If it rejocts bear the reapanulbl{lty. In that casa ho could nominate now men. “Rotracing his atops at this juncture will bo construod into cuwa«fico, and many gontlomon think he shonld maintain the dignity of his position, and hisright to nominate whom he ploased. Ho may stoop to the blast, which conld not injuro him it ho stood oroot. Thoro is no 500(1 ronson why a fraction of the Benate should turn him from his purposo, The pmu;{en is that ho will condescend to withdraw his- nominces bofore actiou ia takon, and now namos 816 being considored. Morgan will not ba kept unless the Exeontive mind changos. o I8 horo, awaiting ovonts, and an attompt will bo mada to compel fim Caovernor tosond fn his nnmo. ‘That would be ooncsdiy, overy(h(mx. The prosauro I8 strong. Frosl men should be choson, mon who have not sought tho place, ‘sid do not expact it. ‘I'ic names of ex-Heuntor Adams, Judge Undorwood, and ex- Bpeaker Bmith are montionod. Hmith Is sald to AILY , TRIBUNE thoroughly honost man, | tad with tha County' ' MONDAY, FEBRUARY .10, 1873 wood will alao, havo - déaltnod alrendy, -and it 1a fosted Undor- y PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL, Brninarirrn, Fob., 8.—Tho Henato_ was nob In sossicn, having adjourned until Waodnesday. ' . rousm. - " THE CODE. Tho considorntion of tho minorily yeport on the Codo “wos madé tho special ordor for tho 18th inat. ¥ s, Touso bill 84, in Togard: to tho eloction and Oiling l}:‘ vlncxmclon,l' \vnz rupnbv:?d with & substi- tuto, which was ordered ; mtod, ango bill 43, eatabllshing Distriot County Courty, was ordered printed. ' The substitute for ougo bill " 19, relativo to the colloction of municipal taxos, wns orderod \to a second xeading, .. s FEMALE BUFYRAGE, The momorial of tho Amoricari Woman's Buf- frago Asgociation was roforrad to & Bpeoial Com- mitteo of fivo. L A sosclution atructing our Oon rogolution instructing our vote to improve tho Misaigsippl, Ohio, and T~ nols Rivers was adopted. Hotlons to nclude tho Groat.and Littlo Wabash, Rook, aud Sanga- mon Rivors wero loat. (GEOLOGIOAL. Tho Committes on Goolngioal Survoy roportod & bill providing for publishing the uanal report of the Btato Geologiat, ' INVEGTIOATION. Tho Bonate 10!\1& resolution for & Committeo to inveatigato tho clmr?nn agalnst tho ox-Becre- tary of Btate was ndopled. REW DILLS. Bliln wors introduced us follows : Mr. HAWES~—~To amond tho School law. .Mr, GOLDEN—To amond tho Corporation act; to amond tho Revenue law, Mr. HAY—To amond tho Bpringfleld charter. My, HILDRUP—To prevent extertion on rail- oad A first timo and ordered printed. ’ Mr. LEMMA~For an approprintion for tho Bouthorn Normal University, My, MANN—Enobling railroads to chango tholr termind, Mr, SHAW—To amond the Limitation: law, rogulating tho rate of interest on judgments and deoroes, % Mr, S8MITH, providing for & pormanont ro- survey of landa. 5 Br, ANTIIONY, authorizing citics to construot and maintain wator-works. & Nr. I'RUITT, in relation to the eloction' of Juatices of tha Paace, and for the presorvation of game and fish. - Adjourned. oasmon to s 3 IOWA, Sfidfll Du{‘ntcll to, Tha Chicago Tribune, Dgs MoiNes, Fob, 8.—In the Honate to-day, & memorinl and joint rosolution asking Oongress to poss o law granting ono hundred aud sixty acres of land to aoldiers and -snilors in tho Iato war, was osdopted, . Sonator Shane submittod & roport from tho Rankin Investigation -Committoe, which wae placed on filo. _"Moro potitions wero rfrcsonm&l aaking for tho fegulntion of railroad tarifiy, Cliup- tor 9 of tho Systom of Common , Behiools. boing takon_up, © long dlscuseion was had over o motion ubolishing the . offica, of County Buperintondont, which was lost, and the salary of tho Buporintendent was fixed at 0 in countios not excoeding 4,000 inhabitants, and 960 for ench sdditlonnl thousand; i no caso tho salary to oxcoed £12,000. The maximum smount to bo loviod for achool purposes was fixed at 3 milla; that the tax lovied in any dis- trict for gchsol houses shall not oxceod 20 mills on tho dollar of the {axable property in the district; and that for contingont fund not to oxeood 820 for each pupil, Pending tho consideration of thio bill, the Benato adjourned. In tho Houso to-day, n joint resclution, asl- 1ng Congross to givo the goldiors and sailors of tho late war 160 acres of lnnd, was adopted. Dl O'Donnoll presentod o report of the Committee appointed to investigate tho dofalcation of ‘rensurer Rankin, which was placed on filo. Consideration of Chapter 5 of Railivays and thoir Orgonizations was resumed. BMr, Olark offored an aomondment. providing _ that railway companies - shall - mot - chorgo moro for the transportation of freight for aloss distanco than they chargo for & granter, nor dis- criminate botwoon individuals or localitios by oharging more to one than to nnother for like gorvicas. Adoptad. ‘[ operating auy raitroat u tu Mr. Irish moved & reconsidoration of the voto, and, after a longthy discussion, the motion pro- vailed—yons, 40 ; nays, 85, Mr. Kageon thon offered o subatituto for the samo, as follows : “l{nnllrflndcornoflunnl or company, or porsona n; o Stato snalls horentior ain- criminate inany manner for or against ouy person, corporation, or company shippiug or offering for transportation over such road any frolght, but tho eamo rates shall be offerod and recelved from all ahip~ pora from the samo point for tho samo class snd quan- tity of frolght, and if ahy porson, company, or corporation ehafl bo required to pay any larger” au tuan has been recolved byauch ratlroad company or ita agonts, whellior by special rates, rebate, or otherwieo, from any other Ferson, corporation or company for tho samo clasa or quallty of freight offored at tha samo point, the corporation ‘or company so recolviug tno samo'shall bo liabla to the parly paying tho groster rate for doublo the wholo ho hins’ pald in oxcoss of (ho Totes taken from any other shipper, under tho condl- tiona aforeseid, to bo recovered in an ordinary action therefor at law, 3 . Ponding discassion on tho subatitute tho Houso adjourned. ¢ et WISCONSIN. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, Mapisox, Wis., Feb. 8.—Boil: Housos hod sca siony this 'morning, but to vory littlo purpose, and tho attondruce, espocially in tho Assembly, was vory small, Both Houses had the usual rn(mons on both sides of tho property oxomp- ion and land grant questions. & In tho Senate, o communication was roceived from'tho Govornor submitting & roport of his action on the scttlement of the Duluth dyke, which troublo wag reforred to tho Committeo on Btate Affairs, Sovoral Assembly resolutions wera Inid over, nnd ons naking ald of tho Gonoral Govornment for the improvemont of Monomoneo and Oconto harbors, adopted. In tho Assombly, & resolution for final ndjourn- mont on tho 27th was postponed till 'Tucsday. A rosolution, ombracing tho crosm of the Logis- Intive Manual, ordering 1,600 copios of tho statistacal list, was roconsidored, nnd conslder- able debato took placo on State printing, show- ing a good deal of varianco on'tho subjoct, Finally, the motion to indefinitely postpone was lost by & lnrgo mujority, only 55 membora bein raunéxb, end the auhiocb wag postponed til 'ueaday, The r%naon aseigned yostorday for the scasion to-day was that the Cominittoos might work and report bills to the house, but tha coutinnod rail- road disoussion, Yoatnu]ny, prevented that, and thero woro no bills_otod on to-day, nor fa thoro anything on the Sponker's tablo for the noxt soasion, No bills passed oither Honso, and Loth ad- Journod till Moudny evoning, il o MICHIGAN, Sp'c{fllfl#n]&lalch to The Chicago Tribune, LxsiNg, Mich,, Fob, 8,—Though busy all day, littlo wag accomplighed by tho Logislature, 'Cho Housa bill, by Blackmau, of Vau Buren, axtend- ing tho dolnition of porional ostato, ao'as to fn- orensy taxation, was tabled in tho Houso, The Joint rosolution ponsloning all surviviug soldiors of 1812, and tho widows of such as are decensed, passed the Houso, A bill was introducod in tho Bouate - eatablish- ing two hommopathio profossorships in the University, 'The Bonato bill raislug jurors’ feos in Justices' Qourts passed tho Sonate, Tho House also passed, in Committca of the Wholo, tho Bonate bill npproprlntlng $38,000 for doficioncios at the University, aud for Anishing the now hall. ———— ¢ KANSAS, Torera, Feb, 8,—Tho Pomoroy” Inventigation Committeo have boon ongaged for tho past two daysin talking tho testimony of Senator Yorl, o roitoratas his atatoment that Pomoroy pald Lim 87,000, in_considoration_of & promiso to voto for him for Sonator, Ho also Enys onl himsolt, B. T, Bimpson Colonel, Johnson, J. O, Hoaton, Ueo. I, Peck, and Geo, O. Croather wore acquainted with tho plan for exposing Pomeroy, sud that Henator-ulect Ingalls know nothing of it until it was dovelopod {n jolnt con- vention, He deolined to mako un{’dimut chargoa of bribery against membors of tho Loglelature, but made n statomant to the Committeo in secvel seaaion, in which it {s undoratood ho gave tho names of mombors whom Pomeroy sald he had ought, 3 Tho Committee adjourned to4 o'clock Mon- ny. ——— MISSOURI. 87, Louis, TFeb. 8.—Tho Benatorfal Bribory Qommnittea at Jofforson City mado n roport Lo tho House, to-day, In which thoy cxonerato Son- ator Bogy of any attompt at Lribory in the Sona- torlal election. ~Thoy flud, howaver, that Qoner- al Dorris did try to Lribe two members, but it Liad 1o borring on tho cage. All the membars of tho Committeo aignod the roport oxcept Hend- leo, Ropublican mombor, who will submlé s mi- nority roport on Wednesday next, g ARKANSAS. partee Roor, Fob, 8.—The Republican -of this morniug said thero wora certafu mombors of tho Logiulaturo, who wors waiting tobo * | Touaa to-day, hnn];ht xu voto for_corlain| monsurcs, iand It. conld nmo thom, ~Tho axticle wau'rond In. tho and n Commitigo of throo was ap- pointad to invostigato tho matter. < Tho rocusant witngns, Fostor, was brought bofora tho ITouse to-dny, "Tho questions asked him by the Committon which ho rofused to an- swor woro docided to bo portineut by tho Houso, and the witness was romanded t0 tho chiargo of tho Sorgonnt-nt-Avma, NEW . YORK. . ! Cubnn Roceptions=Accidental Shoote inge=Fomnle Snifragos=Tho Stolcos Cnse == Fire Yorks Exploslon == A Forger. Wonted == Another IRorrid MurderasA Father IXits ¥lis Son. Spectal Despateh to The Chiedgo Tribunc. NEw Yong, Fob. 8,—The roport that Judge Boardman hos donted & new trinl to Btokes ia untrue, but it is belioved such will bo tho re~ sult whon the decision is announcod next weok. In that ovent Stokes’ counsol will apply in sue~ cossion to thirty-ono other Judgos,- in tho lope that onmo ‘of thom . will glvo tho condemned *man anothor chanco for lite, Btokes' manner, it is eaid, hag rocontly becomo abstraoted, and a faflura of montal aotivity is hinted at, lis halrle rapldly turn- {ng white.- In Lis dross Lo ia still- oxtromoly noat. Ho conversed with n reportor at somo longth to-day, railing at * That absurd verdict.” Ho showed the following letter which ho haw rocoivad, ho alloges, from Fisk's private Becro- tary, Tom Comor : . Ep.; Forgleo mo. T dono bt my duty, Romembor mo 16 the Golonol whon you aco him, Toll him Mrs, Fisk s well 5. and give” blin full particulatn of Jay Gould’s affalr, .1 havono doubt ko will forgiva you for agsasainating him, Yours, . Coxri, Btokes (as tho roporter handed back the. urlginnl)an’nw what do_you think of that? Tio's the man who bosted tho® golting up of this perjured evidoneo ngainst mo ;.and ho writes mo o lotter as that on the very day I am son- touced. 7 Reporter—ITavo yousooen your wifo at all sinco thia g happoned ? Btokes—No. 8he's in Europo. Roportor—How much timo is thore for logal proceedings ? Btokes—This {8 Fobruary, ian'tit? Reportor—Yes, Etnke!—l boliove the day i somatimo the last port of this month, isn't it? I can't remombor oxnotly. Ithmk it's tho last .of this month somotimo, ButTliope for aatay. 1 think no Judge would refuso mo a chanco like that, At this point Btokes ln\lghnd queerly, and seom disinclined to converse furthor. - It i8 bolioved horo that somo Bohomizn han manufactured Evans' allegod confossion about murdering tho Joyce clildren and sovoral other littlo girls in Now England. ‘Tho confession, ns it appoared 1 print, is vory flimss, and_has tho earmarks of a canard writted by a bunglor, ‘Lo the throo casos of criminal shooting hero yeatorday, two of which were falal, must bo nddod au atrocions deedin Brooldyn, A German named Petor Fox, was arreatod to-day for beat- ing to death hia son Jobn: Fox, aged 13, on Tuosday night. Tho boy refuzed to go for boor, and ask for crodit, wheraupon his father pound- o him unmorcifully with o thick stick, crusing donth last night. Whon discovered by tho polico to-day, in a ball bedroom, tho body was covored with bruises. Tho back snd shoulders wore one livid mnss of flosh, from which tho , skin, had- peeled off, The parents wero arrosted and queationoed separately. Tox snid his son was killed by falling out of tho win- dovw, and his wife stated that he was fatally in. Jurod by falling out of o sleigh. Tho leading papers aro beginniug to print doublo-loaded editorials l’l‘gnrdlng tho frightful provalonce of murder in New York, [7% the Associated Preas.) New Yonx, Fob. 8.—Colonel Molchor Agurar in to bo given & grand’ recaption by tho Cuban residents horo, ou snndnr, in honor of his ger- vicos in connection with tho rocent Edgar Stuart oxpedition, Itia expeetod that money will be subscribed at the meeting toward a new Cuban oxpedition, Wm. Barltor, 16 yoars old, yestord ay ovening shot John Bebneffer, aged 10" years, killing him iustantly, Barker wes teasing somo boys, who wera presont, and pointed tho pistol towanmi Behaeflor, saying : © Look out, I'll shoot you." Barkor enys tho shaoting was ncoidontal, 23 he aid not think tho pistol was loaded, At n meoting of tho Woman's Suffrage Asso- cintion, yoatordny, a reeolution and protest woro adoptel ‘ontroating the Houro of Roprosentativos to dofoat tho bill offered by Mr, Merritt, of Utah, to disfranchiso women in that 'l‘m'fl!ox?. An oxplosion al tho OtuWuihn manutactory or Bparlw, in Doy etroet, this morning, soriously injurad Spars himeelf and s fomalo omployo, works, Wi, Ellig alias Loven Whito, charged with obtaining 81,300 ou forged bonds at tho bauk of J. V, Painter, at Oloveland, O,, was, this moru-~ Ing, on & requisition from thie Govornor of Ohio, sont back to that Stato. % Prof, Tyndall, Cyrus W. Field, and Ministor Orr sniled to-day. 3 Tl‘;u Tifth Avenue Journal, e. socloty papor, Is oad, ; Tolegraphic Erevitics. ‘Tho National Bank of Atchison, Kansas, with a capital of $100,000, was yestordey suthorized to commenco business. Tom Naglo, who was shot in Memphis on Fri~ day, lies in a critical condition, Tobin {8 com- mitled to await tho rosult. 0. . Banks has beon avreatod at Board Court House, Va., for robbing the mail, Tho cage will como up at Lynchburg on Monday. Tha_stage lino from Kelton, Utah, to Boiso City, Idaho, is running rogularly, and has not boon interrupted by the apizootlo, as raported, At Brighton, Mass., on Friday evening, Homer Lane, in the wroatling match for tho chsmpion- Bhip, bont Lang Dolan in tho contost for 1,000 asido. Joln Drey, supposed. from papera found on his person, to have belonged in Buffslo, wag found dend in tho rond bLotweon Osborn and Btowartville, Mo., on the 4th ingt. Charles H. Babcock waa arrostod on Friday, at Libesty Hili, Gonn,, by diroction of tho Special Agont of tha Post Office Dopartmont, for pub lishing and distributing through the mails ob sceno matter, About gix thousand dollaras collocted from the Genoral Government,_about ane year ago, boin tho balance duo Nebraska on necount of lans salen, appears’ never to have reaghed tho Nebraaka Stato Tronsury. v ‘The.Sash, Lock, and Weather Bh‘i? of Uhieago, m:{»xm 00,000, and tho ** Nescio," . Bocioty formed in Ohicago for rational culturo of soclnl lifo, filed nrtioles of association yester- day with tho Bocretary of Stato ot Springflold. Tho Exocutive Committoo of the Momphis Carnival Fentlval havo sont Prosident Grant o speclal invitation to attond, and have secured o giite of vooms nt tho Peabody Hotol ocou- pied by the Grand Duke Alexia for tho Prosident and his Cabluet. T 11, Poater, grain morchant of Tolono, Il had his aafo robbod on Friday night of 92,000, Tho party or partios blow the safe opon, and by means of slodge-linmmers succoodod in opening tho monoy drawor. Detoctives have boon sont for and nre now worklng up tho caso. Two boya namod Mat Potorson_and Lyman Harrls, in.a small scow catehing driftwood op- posito tho lowor portion of Now Albauy, yeator- 5, wero turnod over in tho wator. o boys wont unde tho flat boat, On risiug from Lelow It, Petorson was reacuod by a epcctator, bub Harris sk and was drownod. The roesolutions adopted by the Board of Di- rootors of tha Morchauts’ Exchange, of Bt. Louis; o fow days ago, doclaring againat tho construotion of any brhfign bolow the mouth of tho Missonri Rivor with spans loss thau 500 teat wido or lower thau 500 foot above high wn- ter mavk, have been ratifiod in open sossion on 'Chango, by a largo mejority. Company el b L Shipwreck and Loss of Lifo, New Youk, Fob, 8,—A Nawport, T, L, spocial aays that the Itslian bark Emila Castola Marie, with Merchandige_for Now York, sprung a loal and sunk, on Wednesday night, nonr that placo, tho Captain and four men balng asloop in the cabln ot the time she went down. One of her crow bing arrived at Nowport, and two othors aro roported enved, PitLADELYIIA, Fob, 8,—A lotter rocolyed horo dvos tho particulars of tho ainling of tho ship fi'nncnwrn on the Oth of sanuary. During tho night, tho mate and six mon_jumpod overboard aud reachiod ono of tho bouts, which contained four of the orew who wero keoping it cloar of tho -hlfi. ‘The Captainrofused to follow thom, and with fonrtoen of the vrcw remained fn the miz- zon rlgging and sank with the vessel at 11 p.m. Tho next morning, the survivors wero rlulml up by tho Dritioh stoamer Emorald and landod at ibraltar. R ey Two Iundred uforniod Sinners, Bpecial Despiateh to The Chicago Tribune, DunuQue, Feb, 8.~The union revival meot- ings, whioh havo bean conducted horo during tho past fivo wooke, the most of tho time undor the ‘suporvision of the Rov, E. P.llammond, have closed, ‘The result of the work has boon tho acquisition of oyer 200 new membors to tho various evangolical churchos of tho vlty, There wero forty-five women employed In tho-| FOREIGN. s FRANCE, s DPans, Fob, B.—Tho Governmont, without atating- wheroforo, “lins -ordored the olosing of thio medical school nt Montipolier. Tho northorn portion of Franco has just beon visitod by a heavy snow-storm, and rallway travol in blockaded, The English maila aro Lo daya ovordue, » T 5 Tho Court nt Lizoaux has sontonced nino por- sons to pay flues and suffer imprisonmont for aMliatitg with the Intornationaliste. ) Tho Committeo of Thirty of tho National As- sombly to-dny adoptod, after consideration, the umondmont proposied by Haussonvillo, providing that .tho..Council. of - Ministera shall dooido whothor tho prosonca of Thiora 8 roguirod in tho Asgombly. during discussions on interpolas tlona. : Tho propounl of Dutuare’ for spocdy,log- islation on tho subjests of tho oleotion for snd composaition of the next Imnumh’iy. : The compo- sitlon snd powora of tho- Socond Chambor and tho organization of the Exocutive during tho intoryal botwoon tho- dissolution of the prasent ;m{ t:‘w moctiug of the noxt Assembly was re- ankd AT R S, Tho Committoo then udzfl)md thoe romsining articlo and elocted, Duke' Broglio its roporter. Tt ia bolloved that tho action of tho Committes will lond to rupturo botweon Thiera sud the Age sombly. S i SPAIN, Mapnip, Fob. 8.—Tho Cortes yestorday al- most unanimously Snused o vote of confldonco in the Ministry, =Only two Deputies voted in tho nogative. . Panis, Fob. 8.—Intelligonca from the north of Bpuin saya that tho Carlist forco, which was do- fonted by the: Bpanisli troops, aro’sgain -ready to tako the field. The commandor of tho royal troops nt Alsaqua is approhonsive of an attack and domands reinforcomonts, Ollo, with 2,000 Carlists, has defostod the Govornment troops nunlrlllinvn. Guipuzcos, and now threatons Gon- oral 8., ) Maprin, Feb, 8.—Fivo hundrod Oarliats undor Lakalle .mado on ntteck yesterday on tho Vila- drato, but wero ropulsed by tho garrison, which uumbored only 100 mon. The suthoritics an- noungo that -tho insurroction in Baragosss' is comrlolely supprosasd. i, . King Amadous signed the deoroo for the or- gonizetion of the artillery rorvico. Soveral ofll- cors, who oppose any chonge, rosignod. g : GREAT. BRITAIN. . New Yonrg, Fob. 8,—Europoan mail intelli- gonco says that in the great conl strile in Walos a good deal of temper is shown on each side, es- pecially on that sido of the mon, but tho chances aro nll againattho lntter, Many of tho strikers aro without resgurces. 3 Loxpox, Fob. 8.—Tha Amorican Olub at Liv- arpool entortained Hon. Luciug TFairchild, the to break up & K‘znmbl(ng eatablishment, although Informed of ifs existoncs, and thatlhe atone timo nccopted 300 na compromise money from tho fathor of & boy who had atolen n watch, and whom Bull waa sent to arroat, At tho Coitnail maeting, last night, it was decided to give him ono wook to anuwor the allegationn. . "MINNESOTA. A Defonco of Nes Olimntcs - . Krom the K. Paul Pioneer, Jan, 80, - Homo of the nccounta of tho groat January atorm iin tho Wost, aa wo find thom in Easlorn oxalianges, aro ns stupondous offorts of imaginn- ‘tlon a8 gavo birth to a Gulliver or a Muncha: gon. In tho absonco of othor svidonce,wo should ' prosumo tho writora expocied it to bo ‘belioved' hat our population hiad at loast heon decimated, and what remnined woro all moro or losn frozet. : Indoced, it is nssumed that zero is abont tho sum- mor rango of tomperature in this latitudo, aud tho only soll we have for eultivation is loft baro by melting and recoding glaziors, whoso prosonco ia & normal winter condition. I'or some reason, 'too, Minnosota is credited with bosring the brunt of tho ‘wholo phenomona, whilo every otheraaction escapod. To quict tho nlgrms of somo of theso romnancers, porhaps & fow faots, | may proporly bo givon to tho public. ‘Tho wintor hero thus for Las heen oxcoptlon- ally Bovero, moro #o than st any poriod during & docado, ancd yat it has beon na more Ao than in ‘oyery other Northern Stato.. Tho total snow . thus far doos not excoed sbont twoniy inches, ' which has falien gradually, and from time to time, and duriu(é 110 long and continued storm. The maximum of cold ns yot recorded, and that :but orico, wns 88 degroos below gero. 'The baromoetrio waves have boon nearly uniform, and tho thormomoter. Las runl{ marked bolow zero for many continuous days togothor. Our wost . ond north winds have ‘beon dry and cold, our ' gouth, warm, and as e’ot wo hiavo lind nono from +tho east and northonst of moro than a fow hours' ; ‘duration. Wo havae lind no moro or groater cold thon Northern Tows, Wisconsin, or Dakota, and _ much Jegs snow than oither Now York, Mlchigun. or Now Epgland. Thoso aro facts admitting of 10 quostion. - % And now s to tho winter cyclono. The 6th and 7th doys of {he prosent month woro romack- | ably fino—following & cold anap. ‘Tho sy was culiarly oloar, the air warm and almost spring- , ifto, and"tho esvos dripped with melting tmow. © It woa just such weathor s lures population, ina cold country, out of doors. Lvery sloigh and vohicle wan in active use. Tho jingling of'y ‘'bells and laughter of gay partics was hoa » all our streats, which, fillod with toams from tho country, never woro .6 more animated appear ance, and. the samo was equally trie of overy +yillago and hamlet in tho Stato,” A-porson wha Iiad predicted o tompest on cithor of those daya wauld have been conoidered a8 insaue, and even * #01d Probabilitics ™ failed of due warning, - Suddonly, abont 4 p. m. on I'neaday, & hurri- oane’enormous foreo, huinfi crossod Dakotu.' and Northern Nebrasks, entered Minnesota, and, now United States Conaul to that: city, at & ban- | moving at tho rate of eixty milos oun hour, quot Inst ovening. E - °| spocdily covered nenrly its cntire aren, It A colllsion, attended with o ead. lons of lifa, |ronchod 8t Poul nbout G o'clock, and raged witl ocourrod enrly this morning on tho North Brit- |'frightfal fury sbout fifty kours, and nboat sixty ish Railway, noor Dunbar, nbout twonty-live | further westward, It was preceded hy no warn- , milos from’ Edinburgh Oity, botwecn o train from that city for- Borwick upon Tweed and tho Edinburgh and London exprass. Niue peracus woro instantly killed,” and noveral wero soverely injured, somo of whom ma% dio. % At the mecting of tho Woat Country Highe. landers, st Glasgow, last nl%dht, Marquis Lornej dolivered an' addross. -Speal of Scotehmon who left their country during tha past yoar, ho said ‘ho Idoked . upon tho emigra- tion ‘movement wilh rogrot, especinlly when dirccted toward tho United Statos. Bcofland was ablo to support an immense population. Laborors aro scarco. If the peoplo will emigrate, ho hoped they will go to ono of tho Dritioh colonios. 8 PR ITALY. RowE, Feb. 8.—~Do Courcalies, tho new Franch Ambassador to the Vatioan, presentod his-ore-" dontiala to the Pops to-dny. The United States stoamship Shenaudosh ar- rived ab Spozzia, yestorday. Rear Admiral James Alden and savoral of his ofiicers are in Naples, and will be received to-morrow by the King, ittty HUNGARY. Pears, Fob, 8.—A rosolution hag been intros duced in tho Chomber of Doputies urgoutly d manding the oxpulsion of tho Jesuits from Hun- gary. e SWITZERLAND. Bzenye, Fob, 8.—Tho Bwiss Council of State bnvo ntgnnml tho enlarics for threa munths of all priests who rend rrom their pulpits the unau- thorizod Papal briof establishing' a separate Bishoprio for Geneva, ‘The Conference at Basle has detorminod to creato a grand Swiss Bishoprio of dissidonts from Rome. —_———— TURKEY. CoNSTANTINOPLE, Fob, 8.—The Turkish Gov- ornmont has sont assistance to tho sufferers Ly tho earthquake st Samos, in Groeco. e e UTAH. Public Feoling in the Territory on the Administration Policy Toward the Molygnmists. 5 e ks BAur LAge, Fob, 8.—The_sall-absorbing topie ing of the number" to-day is tho roport of the . President’s so-called aggrossivo policy toward Utah in the transfer.of troops to this “vicinity, Tho News (Mormon organ) i8 evidontly much alarmed, and eays if tha despatch is truo, thoso who are faint-hearted | would do woll to embraco tho presont opportu- nity to got out of tho way, but Q{I,OBB dotormined by tho fhelp of God té6 ondure to tho end will ~welcomo this occasion to %;)vu faithful;: though- -even .unto death. 0 Evening Journal (Goutilo) says thero is torror in the camp by this indieation of the stern dotermination of tlic Pregident to onforco the laws in Utsh, TLoyal pooplo wers mover moro encouragod and hopeful than now, It is fully oxpoatod that Congroas will apply tho necoseary logislation this sesaion. i —_— End of o Railrond Suit. Dunuqug, Iows, Feb, 8.—Tho somewhat fa- mous suit that hog been long ponding in the Couxts batweon tho lgrenem management of tho Ohicago, Olinton & Tina, Donnis A, Mahony, ¢f al., who sot up a clnim to the control of tho road and o tract of 43,000 acroa of the Company's laud, terminated Enslurdny ot Audrew, in Jackson County, Judgo Ellin, of the Cireuit Court, ordered and adjudged thot J. B, Graves, J. T, Joy, J. If. Walker, J. V. Rhomberg, Nathaniel Thayor, H. H., Hunne- woll, J,'W. Brooks, Bydnoy Bartlott, and J. A. Burnham be, and thay are Horeby, recognizod and confirmod as tho prosont legal Diractors of the Chicago, Olinton ' & Dubuque Railway Company, and that said J. K, Graves is tho Prenidont, and Josoph A, Rhomberg the Vico Prosident, and Potor Kiene, Jr.. the Secrotary, En(l logal ofticers of eaid Board of Diractors, g S e I The han Cable Parchnase, Nrew Yong, Feb, B.—At & full moeting of the Esccutive Committeo of tho Wostorn Union Tullgrnph Company, held to-day, tho action of s BabiConnaittos, conslsting of tho Frasdent and the Hon. Horace F. Olark, In purchasing tho control of the Cuba Cablo Company, and of tho salo of 15,000 sharon of Wostern Union stook to rrovido tho funds thorefor, as directed by Prea- dont Orton from Chicago last wook, was ap- proved and ratified. Tho ‘voto approviug tho purohisge of the Ciiba Company was unanimons, and that on tho ealo of Western Union stoclt had but ono mnogative, The molion of Mr, Orton, whioch was, thus ofticially confinned, was taken by him ontiroly upon his own responaibility. Tho purchaso of tho Cuba Company had boen dosired for over a year; -and if the opportunity of consummating tho arrunge- mont had not beon availed of thus promptly, tho wholo mnegotintion would have - fullon through, g e Milwankeo and the Northwestern Ruilway. 9 MiLwAuges, Wis., Fob, 8.—Tho Commltteo of tho Chamber of Commerco and Morchanta' As- sociation nlgpmntnd to considor tho letter of James I, Howoe, Goneral Managor of tho Chi- eago & Northwestorn Rallrpad, relativo to the Bt. Oroix land grant, roported in favor of a noutral poliey. Angus Smith moved tho wholo matter bo lald over till Wednesday, and bo mado tho epooial order, which was carried. ———— . The Exetor Bank IRobberles, Exeren, N. H., Fob. 8.—Examinations by the Douk Oommissions show that tho loss of tho Granito National Bank by tho defaleation of Shuto will amount to from $90,000 to $100,000, and that its assots aro moro than sufliclent to pay all its Mabilities. The stackholdors will taloe megaures to continuo tho bank, Bhuto nlso em- bezzled from tho Lxotor Snvin‘j:n Bank, Tho total amount atolen is from $210,000 to 220,000, Thera i1 no cluo a8 to the whoroabouta of the defaultor. e A Oity officinl in 'Tronble, Droomnaron, Iil, Fab, 8,—RBorfous chargoes have besu proforred before the City Councll of Bloomington, against Georgo Bull, City Marshal of thiy city. It ia allogod ubuque Railrord and - Tom ing, and droppod from tho sky like nn avalanche. . .Tho thoymometer, which at the commencomont sunk to 4 dogrees’ bolow zoro, remained about * umflonnrg until towards tho close, when ft° renched 22 dogrees, and then roso rapidly. No | iono foared any danger from the cold, but” whrn hour_after hour passed . amidst tho roar aud 'shrick of tho hurricane, which hurled tho snow about'in blinding maeses, and precluded ventur- ing outside, there was natural alarm and anxisty . for those known to e oxposed to the full. forco * of the wind without_protection ér .guido, upou . ‘tho open prairios. ¥ad it commenced slosly, - iand with ordinary warning, or continued but u ‘#éw hours, thore would have been noithor accis donts nor enaualties to rocord, The whole dan ger camo of its long-continued violenco. ) It _is upon this oxcoptional and Litherto nus known cyclone, that the whole basis of fabrica- - jon ns to the extromen of Minnesota elimato have been reared. The first reports of death by freezing woro, of courso, frightfully exaggorat~ ed. Hundreds Lave besu reduced {o scores, and thoy, slmost osclusively, upon_the neked Plnins, in, solnted places, almoat dostitute of : audmarks, The driving snow wholly cut oif the viglon, and mauy perished nlimost on tho threshs olds of dwollings which they could not make out. Bixty hours of gachastorm proved foc much, tag, for exposed horsea aud cattle, necen- nflrflr loft withiont wator or food, and tho samiv rosult is ns likely to happen, and more oftcn does, on tho plning of Texus (han in Minnosota. Indeed, somo thirty yoars ago, Iilinols was vis- Ated b; ona of theso winter storms, thet intlicted ‘070 1088 b froue mova peoplo, in proportiou to tho population, than this ono, And yet no ;mu cluims that State n .dangerous ore to sottle n. Tho facts sbout our cold season generally, 13, thetit avorngos much milder than New Eng- . 1and, - Btorma of any kind are rare, Snows nre ‘much losg in %mmmy. T'ho North Pacific Road was only blocknded four daye Ly this tempest, . while tho Union Pacific Insf winter was olosed for months togethor, Ifad not moro suow fallen, & weok would haye opened all our lines, and nearly all wore running two days after tho tompest, If any believe theso avonts are nor- mal conditions in our weathor, or that any such torrible goverity as the nowspapers intlict o 18, actually oxist, we rofor thom to the rocords ‘of-tho Smithsonlon Instituto end of military atations, long kopt with tho utmost caro. Every Stato i lablo to.cxiremes of tho kind—this no more than others. Asa whole, thero is not # more relinblo -or-ploasantor climate, ora-boticr soil anywhoro on the globe. ] FIRES, Destruction of Property at Varfous f Pluces, 8. Louis, Mo., Fcb. 8.—Tho brewery of Hor~ mon’ Roef, of: Hipton, Mo,, was burnod yestor- day, 'The loss ig $17,000 ; insurod for 24,000 iu the Imperial, of London; £5,000in tho Netional, of Haunibal, Tho Sibotha ITotel, ot Bibetha, XKan,, was burned on Thureday night., The hotel wasu total loss, but the amnount is not. stated. ; Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribine, XReoxor, Fob. 8.—Tho Donyor Houso ot this K]nco wag partinlly destroyod by fire st an carly our this morning. - The five aviginated. from & defoctive flno {n the Litchen. “Tho flames spread © apidly to all parts of tho house, creating much consternation among the gues.s, many of wlhom * flod to the streot in_theit night-clothos, Tno lose on furniture and bedding is 1,000 ; ingured for §1,000 in Missonrl companics, Tho beds was damaged to the amount of £8,000 ; no in- . suranee. ' Lonpow, Fob, 8.—A colton mill near Oldbam was badly dameged by firo to-day. Ono hundred persons are thrown out of employment, ¥ BURIED ALIVE. Land=Slide in o Cellar wo DNlen IKilled==0One Scveroiy Injured. LouiviLLE, Feb, 8.~This morning the aidea | of an oxcavation for ax icc-house, et the corner of Third and Breckonridgo streots, caved in ou otn Cussidy, Niko Buach, wnd THlez Overdosr, at work on tho foundations of the walls. Au- slslanco was promply on the spot, and tho neu ° were extricatad in a short time, but Cassidy aud *, Busch were takon out dead. Overdear is badly hurt, but will recover, Tho men Lnd been waorned of dangor au hour Leforo the nccident, THE WEATHER. Cricaao, I'eh, 8,—Tho troports from thy - Northwest this morning indicate coldet weather —3 above zeroat St. Panl and Marquejte, 16 * aboyo at Milwaukes, 19 at Chicago, and more moderato. oastward te Lhie sencoust; San Fran- alaco, 50; Qhoyonno, 15; Omatia, 21; Bk Louls, 81; Now O:loans, §0; Jacksonvillo, Fla., 60%. Washington, 89; Now York, 85; Boston, §7; q.uelxuu, 14, Gonorally cloudy weather oast of tho Missiosippi River, north and south., WareEnviLLg, Me., Fob. 8.~Ton ‘inchos of anow foll during lust night. ——— Senator Whson’s Reslgnations Bosrox, Fob, 8.—Bonator Wilson is hero, Ie , has wiltten his letter of raaignation, to tako of~ foct March 8, Itwill be submitted totho Legis- | lature noxt Monday, The olaction of his suc- cosaor takes placo on tho 18lh. e L suicides Pasmie 1Ty, 1L, Fob. 8.—E. G, Drush, & ronpectablo farmor, was found, yosterdny, hang- ing to & tron, four miley southedst of this placa, liaving evidontly committod sulcide, No causo ia knowu for the raak nct. A Dozon Prisonors Loose, LEBANON, Pa,, Fob, 8.~1wolve prisonors broko jall here last night, and cacapad ovor the- * wall by making a rope out of their bedslo.kos. —_—— Pork Packing in Cincinnatts OtxomraT, Fob, 8.—Thoro hus buon alaughts . ored hero since Nov. 1 Jast, 693,811 hoga, ~ ot S e oy Qcoun Steamuklp News. New Yonk, Fob, 8,~Arrived, Victorla from, Glnugow, PorrraNp, Fob. 8,.—Tho steamship iberniar at ha hea naglooted | arrivad from Liverwook