Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1873. JAPAN. Extraordinary Progress in the Empire During 1872. The Tenno Exhibits Himsell in Pablic, and Shakes Hands with the American Minister. Introduction of the Gregorian Calen- dar—Establishment of a Gen- eral Post-Office. ‘A Commission Sent to Study the Religions of Europe and America. Beforms in the Public-Prostitute Sys- tem---Appointment of a New Minister to Washington. Peshine Smith Claims to be “a Poor, Igno- rant, Heathen Japanese.” Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Toxzr (Yedo), Jan. 22, 1873, The year which has just closed has besn of EXTRAOEDINARY PROGRESS inJapan. Even thoee who have watched closely the course of crvilization in the Island Empire, and who understand the formidable qbstacles to be overcome, can scarcely form a clear idea of ‘the immense strides made in that modern cosmo- politan civilization which is stamping its char- acteron the entire world. The dsy will soon ‘have gone by when there will exist many differ- «ent and peculiar types of civilization, for un- Joubtedly the world—whst with stesm, the printing-press, intornational law, aud Christian- dty—will assume one great type of civilization, indo which all local and strictly nationel types shali have been fused. Jspan—firat among the Oriental Asistics to break the fotters of a petrified somi-civilization—seerns more than ever determined to set its ,back to the past snd its face to the fu- ture. After Japan, China and the other nations of Asia must follow, just as surely as fermenta~ tion follows contact of & ferment. What Euro- peans cannot do, the Asiatics will do themselves, Let me briefly map out Japan's progress dur- ing the year 1872 : The first day witnessed an event which, for Japan, was not remarkable, but astounding. The Emperor of Japan, called by all his people Ten-no (Son of Heaven), and hith- erto worshiped 28 & god ; never eating twice out of the same dish ; honored, when he chose to ride out in his closely-covered white-bullock cart, by the prostrations of his peoplein the dust, and by the closing of every window,—on the 1st of January, 1872, actually = RODE IN OPEN CARRIAGE AND STEAMER to the government arsenal and dock-yard at Yokosuks, 20 miles from Yokohams, and, before seores of foreign visitors and workmen, inspect- ed the machinery, dry-dock, ship-yards, etc., ete. Whilethe workmen wereshowing His Majesty -the process of casting, the molda being slightly «dsmp, the molten iron sputtered dangerously, 2nd for & moment it seemed as though Jepan wes to lose her Emperor. The Mikado, bow- ever, showed that, if he were Ten-no (Son of Heaven), the sonsof Hoaven have as much pluck as some earthly braves. Two of his- zourtiers ruched to screen their beloved sover- eign with their bodies, but the Emperor coolly entstill, and did not move. Fortunately, his dress only was slightly injured. Since then, the Emperor has in person publicly opened the rail- way, visited the hospitals, naval and scademic colloges, the flest, and many other institutions aud places of importancoe which are under the care of the Government in Yedo. Bemidles these public manifestations of himself in his owm capital, the Emperor has mado AX EXTENDED TOUR throughout the southern provinces ‘and treaty ports,—gaining, for the first time, vivid and ac-~ curate idens of his owndominions, and receiving everywhere the unbounded reverence &nd love of his subjects, and the highest honor and Tespect from foreigners. - Itisnot in accordance with our instincts as Americans to chronicls in detail the doings of any Emperor or King, simply because he is guch; but the doings of Japan's Emperor have an especial significance, becguso he is the potent leader of his people in the new path of modern civilization, and, as he does, 50 will Japan do. THE GREAT ADMIBATION entertained towards the Japaneeo' Emperor by foreigners in Japan results from the faot that he possesges in a great degree that manly inde- Pendence of character, and that determination of purpose, which prompt him to use his well- nigh-unlimiited suthority to induce now reforms, . 7ight over the heads or ander the noses of con- scrvative old fogies of the palace or in the de- artments. When the British Charge d'Affaires lemanded that the Mikado should stand whils he receivod the English representative, the Japanese Ministers obstinately - insisl ibat tEmr Emperor _never shonld thus equalize himself with foreign _envoys. Mikado, however, dowered above all things with independence and common sense, deter- mined to do as he pleased. Two_daya after.Mr. Watson, H. B. M. Charge, had been so badly enubbed, Admiral Jenkig, U. §. N., commanding in the seas of Jzpan and China, was admitted to exdisnce with the Mikado, WHO 8T00D during the entire interview, add has donp like- wise on all similar ocoasions subsequently. When Alexis visited Yedo, our independent Miksdo, spite of all the horrified old grand- Tatherly fogies of the palace, actually rode in the same carringe with the Duke, took dinner with the Muscovite officers on board the Svetlena, and, to crown all, or, rather, to knock down gfl tt;ditionfl at one blow, Alexis was introduced an CONVERSED WITH TIE EMPHESS and Madame Butzow, the first foreign lady ever 50 honored, enjoyed the pleasure of being pre- sented to His m&my. 4 & Btill again, on the 10th of January of this year, formal invitation, Mra. De Long, the wife of e United Btates Minister, and Madame Butzow, e Rusaian Minister’s wife, were invited to - PAY A CEREMONIAL VIEIT 40 the Empress. The reception was held in the lace, in the presence of a large number of ds of Honor. Twenty minutes were passed Jery pleasantly, though “ the agréeablo” had to one through interpreters, in three Iangnages. “The Em;gflms inquired Lindly after . De Long's children, and invited her to *call again” ‘and bring her daughter with her. The Emperor -and Empress, as usual, were dressed in robea of -beavy white and crimson silk. What may strike Jour readers as ‘‘un-American,” was the fact thet the American visitor wore s rich trailing _SM&. Hl:pportad by tmin-b:lnxfigl, v;'l:u v:e{: tm: eIy pretty and very graceful little daughters of -one of th? high croyurt officers. Just a8 the in- terview was chont to terminate, the Emperor mgflg his hand, inviting Mr. DeLong, with & ) ¢ BHAKE HANDS WITH HIM. This dono, probably for the first time, by the Emperor, he thanked Mr. De Long heartily for the cardial reception given to the Embassy while In the United States. . 220 of the most important changos mado g the year hns been the change from the ©ld Chiness, or lunar calendar, to OREGORIAN, EUROPEAN, OR SOLAR CALENDAB. This bold stroke was entirely tho workof the peror alone. The Chinese in Yokohama and & other ports, enraged beyond measure, posted ting' and inflammatory cards on_the -gov- tmment offices, to the hurt of nobody but them- felves. On New Year's day, tho Mikado pushed Iattern further, by commanding all officers in :lhu gervico. of the Government to wear foreij lothes; by receiving the congratulations of the doreign’ diplomatic corrs, in tbe morning, and the principal foreign gentlemen employed 1n the Educational, Naral, Military, and_Luulic Works artments, in the afternoon. The raceptions, 12 sual, were held in the palaco. Jepanese are not yat prepared ° TO ACKNOWLEDCE CHRIBTIANITY, l-uhungh Lhe Mikado, a few montha sgo, accept .| copy of his invaluablo . Japanes: od from Dr. Hopburn, through Mr. De Long, & : nglish dic- tionary,—tho work of eleven years' unremitting 1ebor,~and a copy. of the Holy Bible. This gift, which hud beeu refuzod eoveral times before, waa accopted with thanks, and an_autograph let- ter from the Mikado. Dr. ' Hepburn, of whom overy American is 50 proud, is now on' a trip to his native land, to tako a brief respite from his arduous labors. To smooth the way toward toler- stion, since the Japanese cannot celebrate Chrisimas, the Government has decrced :that Dec. 25 shall be_hereaf:er celebrated in honor of “the finit AMikado of Japan,—the Em- poror Zin-mu. The present year is tho 25331 " year of the cra of ~ Zin-mu, or of the Jnfimzsn Empire. From that point,— 660 years . C.,—Japanese aathentic history be- gins, since, at that time, all the islands now called Japan had submitted to Zin-mu, and now comprised in the Japanese Empire. 'To continue the record of progress: One of the most quist, but beneficial, advances during tho past year, hns been the ostablishment of A GENERAL POST-OFFICE. Herotofore, cach provincial and small local gov- emment employod & special messenger, who took letters to tho two capitals, Kiyo-to and Yedo, on the 15th and 25th day of each month. The more distant provinces wero sent to, and heard from, but once s month, and the smaller and poorer local suthorities sbnd a naked post- man st extremely irregular intervals. As for the farmers and humble folks geuorally, they had ‘almost no means of transmitting letters. Now, amail leaves Yedo overy third and eighth day,—* Sam-patcki,> and it is in Jap- anese,—while postmen from the provin- cos leavo -on thoeo days mlio. Although these letters are nearly all carried over moun- tain‘and plain by foot-ruuncrs, day and night, thoy reach their destination safely, and often at the rate of 60 miles per day, as I have found out by experience. This growing department is un- der the care of a Japanese who studied our own postal systom at Washington, and, on returning to his own country, informed after his appointment, that he was ‘A EIND OF A POSTMASTER," . He can now afford to throw off the first thras words of his sunouncement. Eventually, have no doubt, the Consular post-offices in the ports ill bo ‘abolizhed, and all the mail-business lone in Japan will be put into the hands of the Japanese. . n the days of 01d Japan, tho Board of Publio ‘Worship was superior in authority to the Su- premo Council. Two ysars ago it-was abol- ished, and A DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION, established, in which both Buddhism and Shin-to-ism—the two great religions of Japan—were represented; the votaries of Shinto, the state religion, being largely in the majority, After trying to manufacturo & new religion, and to propagate it by money and_influence, nothing bat failare, nog- lect, and derision was the result. After this very flat failure, the Ds&nflment of Religion was R imiorponled‘ with the Educational Depart- ment, This means that it ‘has dpclcelnlly ox- ired, and, since that advanced radical—the inister of Education—wants every cout he can get to carry out hismighty schemes of education, thero will be just enough mouey expended to bury it. Bince others had failed in manufactur- ing s religion, tho sensible Head of the Depart- teent has sent several priests abroad to STUDY THE BELIGIONS of Europe and America. Theonly fearnow is, that the Mikado will by ana by issue an edict **cs- tablishing” tho Christian religion, and declaring that if any man says tho Emperor of Japan is divine, ho i —— mistaken. TIE POBLIC-PROSTITUTE 6YSTEM of Japan bas always beeu_the suprema di of, and most profound and peculiar stigma on, the Japanese character. Amid -the squalid pov- erty of -Japanese city, one secs the gorgeous mansions of the women in scarlet, adorned within with gilded" and luxarious a¢compani- ments, rising_ bigh above the low-tiled rooss of the humble citizens’ dwellings. It may be safely. said that the most beautifnl and attractive places in Japan are the brothels, which are al- ways situated in_ono quarter of the city. The anamolous and bottomless iniquity connected with the places was the manner in which re- cruits were gathered and tho ranks of sin kept ropleta. Little girls, orphans, or -those whoso arents were poor, were sold to the brothel- ecpere, when from 4 to 12 years old, and were indentured to sorve their masters and actas prostitutes for a meries of years,—until wither- ed, ugly, or discased. Theso indentures were 'RECOGNIZED AS LEGAL CONTRACTS _ by Japanese law. For centuries this eyatem Las cursed Japan, but now—all honor to the Japan- ese Government—the law that doomed thou- sands of innocent children to a horrible slavery has been repealed, and henceforth Japan refuses tonndcknowledgo or allow any such contracts to bo made. ¢ TWO INCIDENTS that have occurred within the present month (January) will illustrate the past and_present feutures of thls subject : ‘I'he rogular Japanese New Ycar's day was not to have como until Jan. 27, 1878, The change in the calendar, however, made it fall, this year, nearly ono month earlier, The notice being very sudden, and the-people unpropared, irenz trouble, both pecuniary, and as relates to housekeeping, decoration, otc., was occasioned. It seems that the Japaness Govern- ment has been in the habit of loaning moner to certain merchents and mercantile comipanies, at & fair Tate -of interest, to encourage trade, stc. One of thess merchants, named YAMASHIRO, béing severely put out by the change of calen- da, aud bia ova dosp speculations, found him- self, at tho ond of the year, nearly $200,000 bohindhand. The Government, though generous {0 lend, is morciless to non-paying debfors, and Yamashiro knew Goaded fo desperafion, he resolved to commit_suicido_in the old Japanese manner, by hara-) Goirg into a room by himself, he took = dirk, and disemboweled him- gelf in the noble st¥lo, by plunging the keen steel in his left lower abdomen, and then draw- ing it_scross and \Ewud throogh Lis body. Now, his relation to the old prostitution law waa thia: The girls sold, as we have ralated, by their parents, must, by the terms of the con- Soaot. e odugatod Jn rending, poetry, writing, sowing, music, etc;, 80 that many of them aro really accomplished women, apd are sought for 28 wives, often marrying well. - If, as is usual in such cases, they have not completed their term of service, their would-be' husbands must pay their ransom, and no chargo attacher afterward to the woman. Tlus peculiar custom, thongh often the cause of hideous disease trans- mitted to offspring, enables & merchant to get sn unusually good and _well- edncated wife, Yamashiro begun lifo on $1,000. With £600 he bonght his wife, nnd with £400 he embarked in_business, becoming very prosper- ous; and, had longer timo beon . given him, ho would doubtless have been & yery wealthy man, if not a millionaire. - That my second illustration of tho subject in hand may be fully understood, let me premise by saying that Japan, scveral months zgo, accept- od the invitation of the Austrian Government to ‘e represented at THE FORTHCOMING VIENNA EXPOSITION. A Mixed Commiesion, composed of foreigners and Japanese, was appointed, and $200,000 was appropriated fo ita work. The Committes jm- oved their time and means, and all Japan and g’rczo wore ransscked to furnish & fitting collec- tion of native and manufactured prodacts. The articles were on exhibition in Yedo for a few weeks, and tho bronzes, timbers, leathers, cut crystals, paper, ..steel-work, minerals, ores, lacquer-work, tovs, .carved séo.ne, stuffed zoological and driod bofanical .spocimens, and ive animals, mado s collection at ohcs rich and unique. Tho grestest moritof the show was, that the Japanese had been prevailed upon to have their indigenous and national peculiarities well represented.._To crown sll, an enterprising German, Baron Stilfried, arranged to erect a Japancse house in the gronnds of the Exposi- tion, forithe sale of photographs, curicsities, ete. He madp bargains with THREE YOKONAMA BELLEN to accompany him to Yienna for one vear, to act as stall-keepers, at $10 pe ‘month, and with two carpenters to put up the house,” These nativo Iadies—who were by no means virgine—were to dispense Japenese tea and rice-beer, in their neat cogtume, and, of course, when they far- nved in Vienna, thoy wonld be ‘ Princesses” at and groat deference would be paid to their ‘“rank” The contracts with them were ail duly made-out at the Con- sulate, approved by the Japanese officers, pass- ports_obtained, etc. But suddenly the Chinese and Dutch *‘protectors” of the fair ones ob- fected to their brevet wives being thus torn from their bosoms. The Dutchman, who had Just given Lis pariner 810¢0 go on’s religions pilgrimage, was most Hollandishly mad, and Bwore & great deal in Duich. Applying to the Jepanese authorities, the Judge heard both sides of the case, and then dextrously arrived at thig shrewd decision: That, as the present law of Japan does nob maoy{:fiza prostitution-contracts, no complaints could be entertained on that score; if the complainant persisted in olaiming dsmages for loss of servics, the case must be brought beforo tho Consular Court, in which case the Japanese Governmont had nothing to do in the matter. The. Dutchman, not liking & public trial, with reports in the newspapers, gave v.um;u case a8 lost, and the three ‘‘ Pripcesses will donbtless win honor, gold, and glory in Vienna. RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPHS. The opening of the railway betwaen Yokobama ‘and Yedo—one of the events of the past year— is too well known to need commenting upoR. “violated, public urinals bave a friend of ours, | The finishing of the telegraph-lines from Naga- saki to Yedo, thus connect?n Japan's eapital | with Shanghiao, London, and San Francisco, and the complete success cnd excellent working of " their othor lines, are triumphs of the year now gone. Another important reform has been made IN HABITS OF DECENCY. The old custom of the promiscuous bathing of all ages and sexes in one Ezblic bath, has been raodified for the better. the streets,in which the first principles of decency were continually cn erccted. Tho sale of obscene pictures and symbols—long the ostentatious abominations of Japan—have been forbidden. 'The naked laborers gnra been com- pelled to cover their nakednees, and one does not see, 28 always before, the ubiquitous human caticle that disgusted civilized eyes. The removal of that monstrosity of ugliness, THE DRAGOY, from the coins of the country, on which the monster bnd ‘‘swinged the scaly horror of his folded tail,” and the substitution of a simple and beautiful device, deserve to be noted. AR. UYENO, who bas been appointed to succeed Mr. Mori at Washington, is expected to leave Japan in March. ~ BIr. Mori was honorably recalled some months ago, but one of “the causes of his suc- coesor's delay in starting for Washington has been the illness, terminating in deatl, of his fother. The laiter, whose gecemm was adver- tirod in tho Yokohsma papers, and to whoso funeral many foreignors woré Invited, was buried sccording to the simplo coromonies of Shintoism. Mr. Uyeno will ably and E{opuludy £ill Mr. Mori's place at Washington. Heis the Iatter's superior in age and official experience, and Speaks English very well, Laving studic abroad. The attention of the United States Consular Court was occupipd, Joa. 11, with @ cage that threatened to assdme A DISAGREEADLE IMPOBTANCE, to the many American citizens in-the Japanese Government servico. The United States Con- sul, C. O, Shephord, Esq., Lad, in sccordance with the Consular Court regulations of Con- gress, notified all unregistored citizens to register forthwith, or ray tho costs of notifica- tion and a fin of 810. Several delinquents paid tho fine, but Mr. E. Peshine Smith, who form- erly held a position in the State Department at Washington, and is now Chief Legal Couusclor to the fipmese Government, appeared in tho Court, and, in & long and rambling speech, full of posr joles and an apparently rich knowledga, of law, denied that ho was g citizen of the Uni- }adesm“’ asgerting that he was & Japancse sab- ect,— *‘ A POOR, IGNORANT, HEATHEN JAPANESE ;" and, further, that the particular section of the Congular Court regulations suthorizing tho United Btates Consul in_ Japan to require the registration of all Ameri- can citizens in that country, had boen disspproved by the United States State Depart~ ment at Washington. Further, Mr. Bmith sol- emnly doclared that any American citizen enter- ing_the service of tho Japanese Government could not claim protection from tho United States Government ! The Consul, taken aback at this information, eupposing it fo be oracular, sinco it camo from a man who had grown gray and bald in the legal service of bis country in the State Department, reserved decision, closed the Court, and rotired to read up his latw-books and inquire of the United States Minister. THE DECISION WAS FINALLY GIVEN Jan, 20. Mr. Do Long, in a long and able let- ter, covering all the points involved, declared Mr. Smith's statements unirue, for the following Teasons: . . First—That the act of Congress by authority of which the Consular Court regulations are promulgated, provides that they shall be oh]éga,- tory until annulled or modified by Congress (Sec. % Pago 73, vol, 12, United States Statutes-at- ATEe). 4 Second—That, as Japan has as yet no naturali- zation laws whatever, Mr. Smith cannot possibly bo a Japanese subject. Mr. De Long's letter cloges as follows: : In conclusion, I beg to siate that it 1a not trus that any circolar isstied by tho Department of Stato of tha United States, instructing United States officers to re- gard Americans in the employ of this Government s not being under American protection, but subject to the lawa and suthoritiea of this Empire, haa becn ro- ceived at this Legation ; nor do I presume any such ‘will bo forwrded here, before Japan, by the establishe ment of a judiciary governed by published statutes and rules of practice conformable to such as prevail in Weatern States, shiall have satisfied ‘our Government and other Western Powers that any necessity longer exists for theif insisting upon the doctrine of ex-terri- toriality, . Mr. Smith..was. fined 810 and costs, and ar~ dered to register-himzelf at once. News from one of the southern provinces ar- rived Jan. 15, that - - 7 A GREAT REBELLION had broken’ ouf, and that 40,000 people had joined the melce, in which several officials wero illed, their. houses leveled, and the Govern- ment offices sot on fire. The ignorant villagars and peasants, armed ony with spears made of bamboo, * after ‘killing and wounding abont a dozen officers, broke open the sake shops, whora the Japancsé drink, made of rice—as maddening a8 whisky in its effects—was sold, and hundreds bocame drunk. By Jan. 4,—six days after the insurrection . began,—tranquility had been re- stored, but the rioters had put in several de- mands. The whole cause of the trouble is ig- norauce aud superstition. One or two of their demands clearly reveal the animus of the affuir. Thie rioters demanded s : }iFirst—No cows ehall bo killed. (This is & Buperatitions, anti-beef idea.) Second—Trees belonging to the gods ehall not be cat down. Tllird—-ND_cb_l‘nfe shall be made in regard to the Shinto or. Baddhist religions. Fourth—The prices of all articles in the town shall be lowere ‘The other demands refer to local iriuflncea, and will easily bo_settled. Althongh 80 hrn%e, the Government will experience little difficulty in_suppressing the outbreak, and restoring order, after which a few schools and more edu- cation will prevent farther disorder. This event is, when understood, merely & local- hitch in the grandly-moving schéme of thecivilization of the ‘whole conutry. The report of the United States Consul st Yokohama, for the year 1872, shows an incresse in the value of o * s AMERICAN COMMERCE of over $200,000 as compared with_that of 1871. f American influence and trade in Japan, I shall write again. The re&c;n lately published in the New York t Herald, THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT had disl}ntched an cmbassy, in the 12-gun iron-clad Independencia, to Japan, to demand satisfaction of the Japanese Government for re- leasing the coolies of the Maria Luz, does not excite any great_apprehonsion in . the minds of the Japanece. - Japan has iron-clads also, and Tmen to fight in_them, too. She feels perfectly sure that shedida :if,vht thing, and 8o do the nations most powerful in the world. Whatever may come of "the affair” shall be faithfully re- corded for the benefit of your readers. AMUSEMENTS. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. et The *“ Fool's Revenge " is a hybrid production, founded partly on the libretto of the opera of “Rigoletto,” and partly on Victor Hugo's fine drama “Le Roi s’Amuse” It is Beither a translation of the one, nor an exact adaptation of the other, although it has many features of both. Mr. Taylor'’s presumed improvements on ‘his models are the introduction of much entirely new matter, a stronger delineation of the princi- pal characters, a careful elaboration of the machinery, and a working-up of the feeling and gituations into suitable climaxes at appropriate places, The piece shows 1 s marked manner many of the pecaliar -excellences of the suthor. What is technically a “light opers,” is developed into a heavy drams, with much good characterization, & commendable ingenuity of plot, and a forcible -and tragic denouement, The atmosphero and incidenta of the play are essentially Italian, and the story is strictly his- torical, 80 far s relates to the poisoning of @Qaleottio Manfredi by Francesca Bentivoglio in & fit of jeslonsy. The jester, his daughter, and the subsidiary personages are creatures of the imagination. ~ The action .Euuu st the petty Ttalian Court of Faenza in the fifteenth contury. Manfredi is only another Dors Giovanni, with an ©eye for every pretty woman in his Dukedom. His first passion is for Gineora AMalalesta, wife of * noblemen of his cour, who sus- pecting the _injury designed egainst his ppouse sends her to one of his caatles in the country, for the protection of their matual honor. Bertuccio, the jester, has a deadly spite against Malatesta, for abducting . his -own wife many years before, when hehimself boreanother name, and pursued a- more- legitimato calling than that with which he disguises his intentions of revenge. He, therefore, favors the JDule's paseion for the wife of hisold enemy, and en- deavors, by every means in his power, to assist him to poysess Ginetra.. He has a_young and besutifal dsughter, Fiordelisa, who Bas also at- tracted the attention of the Duke who resolves to abduct her, ‘Ginevra having been . removed fromdanger. Aquila, s young and handsome poet, lesrning the danger of Fiordelisa, removes her, unknown to her father, to the palace of Malatesta, Whencs she i violently taken by the Duke and Infs followers, Bertuccio sssisting, not aware of | her identity, Bhe reeists all his advances, how- ever, and is saved at Inst unbarmed. The es- cape is & narrow one, for the Duke dies from the effect of poison administered in wine by his Duchess, of which both he and his intended victim should have partaken. The ending differs from that of tho opers, in which Gilda (Fiorde- 1!’::?3 dies in tho arms of her father. The jestor is also elevated in the playabove a mere buifoon, a3 the libretto of the opera chooses to represent him. Ho is dignified not only by his parental Jove, but by the sacred memory of his injured wife, whom it is tho study of his life {0 revenge. Berring the dizlike that most persons facl to seeing an actor; great in tragedy, playing the fool, In the stage sense, it must be acknowledyjed that_his rendering of Berfuccio is one of Sir. Booth's greatest impersonations. His simula- tion of the fool is botter, if possiblo, than as Brutus, and his eerious acting is marked by the oxtremest tenderness of paternal love, and the ‘most extraordinary exergy in carrying out his designs. Revenge can hardly be called a noblo purpose, but Mr. Booth infuses a certain nobil- ity into t, by the grandeur of kis conceptions, and the consummate skill with which he elaborates his ideal, and works out the full ac- complishment of his object. * His finest passago was during thescene in which he implores ad- mission to the chamber, where he supposes his daughter to be dying of the subtle poison ad- ministered by Francesca. His entreaties to en- ter, his protestatiors that ho cared nothing for the injury inflicted on him, the expressiveness of his face and his gestures, were marvelously cor- rect, and wonderfully pathetic to those in his secret, among whom must, of conrse, be included the audience. The sympathy of the audience was most intense, and " was shown in frequent applanse, and two ¢alls boforo the cur- tain. Tho scenery was generally good, notably the garden sot in the firstact. The support was mauch the same as the company hus been render- ing during the present and the previous week. “ACADENY OF 1MUSIC. During the current week the Academy of Music has beon fairly filled, tho attraction boin; & new play written for Mr. Spencer Pritch: entitled ‘*Counterfeit.” purchased by him for Mr, Harry Amlar, an ‘‘Ethiopian star” of more orless magnitude. It is extremely scneational in character, and therefore eminently pleasing to the gentlemen in the higher portions of the auditorium. Unlike must pieces of this - order, it _possesses = certain elements of strength which indicate ability in the author, and render it far more enjoyablo to true lovers of the drama than the majority of the productions that abound in terriblo incidents and impossible situstions. It is not strikingly original, but is carefally worked up, and, thonzh written for the negro charscter, tho role of tho personage does not 80 completely monopolize the interest of the pieco, as 1is frequently the caze. There aro quite cnough of pistols o insure its &uccess, and not too much of the negro element to render it tedious to those who do not enjoy such characters outside of & legitimate minstrel performance. By thus avoiding a strong temp- tation, the author has succeeded in weaving out of asimple plot a play which is, on the whole, interesting and pleasant. Each act climaxes with a thrilling tablean® which appeals loudly to the elevated and less cultured portion of the house, who respond to the appeal with their ac- customed vigor. £ MYERS' OPERA HOUSE. The audience at this atiractive place of amuse- ment last ovening, though fair-sized, was not as large a one as the merits of the performance de- manded. The extremely disagreeable weather, from which every other theatre in the city suf- fered more or less, was undoubtedly the cause of it. Those who derive pleasure from the amusing entertainments of the minstrels shonld not neg- Toct visiting them this week, as the performance, excapt in one or two minor matters, is unusally BO« The vocal music is excellent in composi~ tion, and is carefully and acceptably sung, as a whole. 1MMr. Tyrrell would improve the effect of his singing by taking the highnotes in tho ballad, “ Kiss Me Good-Bye,” with loss hesitation. AMr, Kayne does not put life enough into that fine basso sgong, ‘‘Over the Rolling Sea” In tho second part, Messrs, Tyrrell, Surridge; Lang, _EKayme, snd Komble sing an oddly-arranged yet mnot un- leasing quintet, *‘ The Fox Jumped Over the arson’s Gate,” In a style that many professional ocalists of a higher grade, and with much more musical pretensions, cannot equal. They were londly applauded by the intelligent and dis- criminating portion of the audience, and in re- ply to an encore the first four gontlemen sang the beantiful quartet, “ The Knight's Farowell,” with egually good offect. Tho dancing and singing of Mackin and Wilson and young Barton contines to pleaso. ¢ The Abyssinian Dwarf, ‘Tommy,” i3 mado as deceptive and life-liko as it is possible for Cotton, Arlington, and Surridge to make him. The sketch, ‘ The Arriv- al of Dolivar,” is & genseless thing, and can_ be dispensed with without the slightost dznger of financial loss. The enter- tainment closes with tho laughable burlesque, “Robert Make-Airs,” which is put upon the stage in a really artistic manner. The scono is picturesquo and natural, and the dialogne amus- ing, without being coarze. Cotton and Kemble appoear to good advantago in tho skefch, and create a great deal of merriment. . HARBY.LINDEN. My, Harry Linden, a well known_end favorite comedian in this city, h2s concluded a two woeks' engagement whfhy at the 'Globe Theatre, com- mencing on Monday night. Itisslong time since the thestre-going. public. have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Linden, and he is sure of & warm welcome on his resurrection from the obscurity of private life.- 7 THE WAGNEE FEST SIGHT, This ovening, Thomas’ Orchostra Wil appear at the Union Park Congregational Church in a Jrogramme composed, with the exception of iss Mehlig's numbers, exclusively of Wagner's music. This fact marks a new and distinctive feature in our local musical record. It is but a fow yoars since that the Grover German Opora Troupe undertook to give ‘ Tannhauser,"in a matilated form, in this city. There .was, prob- ably, not & person in the sudience who did not yote it uninteliigible, and consign it to the lim- bo of the future. -- About that time tho same im- ression prevailed everywhere' concerning agner and his music. It was tho fashion everywhere fo abuse Wagner.. Tho critica hunted him eavagely. Wise men reviled him. Ho was driven out of London. Paris mobbed him. His musio was pronounced unintelligible and his theorivs and his pretensions wero scoffed at. In spito of all opposition, ho remained true to his mission. His genina, his ardor, and his indomitable porseverance has at Jast not ouly secured for him a. bearing, but havo enlisted some of the strongest names in music as advo- cates of his cause. - His very succees shqws that be was the -representative "of a great rinciple in art, It " " his . theories End not 'been correct, . he wonld have been utterly.abandoned long-ago. He 18 to-day the prafihot of true dramatic art—the conscientions follower in the footsteps of Boe- thoven, Mozert, and Weber, all of whom he has repeatedly set'up ad models. He has so com- bined music and emotion, so deftly interwoven the dramatic and lyric, that each takes its proper place. Most other composers have written their operas simply for the voice, with special refer- ence to certain aolos, duos, trios, etc., but Wag- ner -has written his music for the story which it _illustrates. Others, when he is gone, will work ont this theory, which underlies all roal ert, to more tangible results, but to him is due_the recognition of an ardent, conscientious, and indomitable advocate of truth, The best musicians of this country have ackmowledged him, and foremost among them stands Theodore Thomas, to whom the music- loving public are indebted for this favor. At the matinee, this afternoon, at the First Baptist Church, ho will repeat the proj o which be gave at his first corcert in this city, including the overture to ¢ Tannhauser,” the alle- gretto of Beethoven's Eighth Bym- Bhany, ‘Weber's # Invitation _ to _the mce"@erl.mz’ulmngmantforcmbustfl),tb- Traamerei, the overture to * William Tell,” the Btraues walz—*‘ Beantiful Blue Danube,” Titl's serenade for flute and horn, and Meyerbeer's Fackeltanz, No. 1,in B. In sddition to these numbers, he will aiso give Liszt's *‘ Preludes,” and Miss Mehlig will play Chopin's *Im- u- programme for rt's ‘“Soiree de Vienno.” Tne this evening will be as foilows : PABT 1. % 7 d romptn,” Schumann's Warum,” sad Toremiel va Toi =ial zu Lobe Eine Foust Oaresiges = - Miss Anna Mehlig. e {g', Do Boce,” My, Gec A Vorsplel und Schitasate, Frision FasT L, Overture, Tannhat Buler, W Eiona . er (b7 request) Der RItt der Walkus Mysterious Affair, CrscrssaTr, 0., Peb. 26.—8ix weeks ago, Con- rad Rechel, a'German tailor, of Cincinnati, went to Covington, Ky., to collect money, and has not been since seen or heard from. To-day, his wifs walked to the town of Riverside, southwest of the city, and by » pair of whiskers identified a body fonnd thero as that of her missing hus- band., The head was cut off, the face gshed, and the scalp raised, as if it fiad Leen 8 sabject for dissection, The verdict of the inquest has not yet been rendered. -1 rdered re-engross THE STATE CAPITAL. - Little Work Done in the Gen- eral Assembly Yes- terday. ? TheJudicial Apportionment as Agreed Upon by the Committees, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. BpriNorIELD, 1L, Feb. 26.—The following is the judicial spportionment agreed upon by the two committees, and which will be reported to- morrow 3 10. Hancock, Adims. Fulton, RcDonongh, Schyler, Bro 13 Eaaries oy ol o} . Mdansei?‘orr:? X N 15, Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Coles, Douglass, 16. Champaign, Piatt, Moultrle, Macon. 17, DeWitt, Logan, Menard, Mason. 16! Caes, Morgan, Scott, Green, Jersey, Calhoun. 19, Sangamon, Macoupln. 20, Cbristian, Montgomery, Fayette, Shelby. 21. Camberland, Etlinghais, Clsy, Jasper, Rl Lawrence, Crawford. 22. Bond, Madison, 8t Clair, 2. Mason, Clinton, Washingion, Randolph, Monroe, efferson, ayne, Edwards, Wabash, Wit Hamiiton, Gallstin, > 5 25, Rerry, Frauklin, Saline, Willmson, Jackson, Pike, chland, der, > This result was not reached without much labor and quarreling. The fight will probably bo renewed in the House and Senate. VACANT CIRCUIT JUDGSHIP, The death of Judge Richmond, of the Twenty- third Judicial -Circuit, comprising Woodford, Marshall, and Putnam Counties, makes it neces- sary for the Governor to appoint & man to fill the vacancy. There are three applicants,—the Hon. Joseph J. Castle, of Woodford, Judge of the Recorder’s C indorsed by the bar of that county, and part'of the bar of Marshall ; ex- Senator Bangs, and Mr. Perley, ex-member of the Constitntional Convention. They are highly recommended. CHICAGO ACADEMY OF BCIENCES. Senator Waite offered s petition on behalf of the Chicago Academy of Heiences, asking the gel.ulgu of & bill by which that institution should supplied with duplicate specimens of the Btate collection. It was referred to the Com- mittee on Geology and Science. THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE BOARD is begipning to attract notice again. The names sy be sent in this woek, but there is not & very foll SBenate, Itis not impossible that Mr. Mec- Crea will be again nominated. Mr. Cook, of Normal, is also talked of, and Seth F. Crews, of Wayne. These are simply guesses, as there is nothing known, and perhaps a new sot of guesses will be in order before the end of an hour, PERSONAL, The Hon. John N. Jewett was on the floor of the Senate to-day. Lieut.-Gov. E’u:ly ‘went home, on Baturday, sick, and has not been sble toreturn yet. The sick list is increasing with alarming rapidity. Goy. Beveridge returned from Evanston this 8- THE RUMMEL INVESTIGATING Comnmittee met and organized, with Mr. Savage 28 Chairman, and Mr. Peltzer Kecretary. ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING BILLS. Mr. Moore, 83 Chairman of the Committes on Enrolling and Engrossing Billa, made an expla- nation rey ing the errors found in House bill No.19. He claimed that the fault was not in the department, but was caused by the printer, and the rule being that the original bill went to the printer, and the engrossing was done from the printed copy, he therefore thought, in justice to the Clerk, this explanation should be published. HOUSE BILL Xo. 19, This emergency bill seems tobesa very un- fortunate one, for, when called up last weelk for 8 thurd reading, it was found to contain 8o many errors it was sent back to be re-engrossed. This morning, when again called up on spacial order, it was found that another misunderstanding has arisen. Mr, Bradwell desired that the bill be recommitted, in order that it might be amended in conformity to the spirit of the amendments made by the House yesterday in Bill No. 300, it being & measure of similar import. The motion. to recommit was put and lost. A motion to re- fer to the Committee on Revision was put and lost, and the bill was finally ordered to be en-~ grossed for a third reading. INBTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS. The resolutions introduced by Mesars. Wicker and Rountree, proposing to instruct Congress in'its daty rogarding the pational carrency, after a sharp debate, wes_indefinitely postponad, the sense of tho House being manifestly in favor of proceeding with the business more properly ‘within its own province. It is to be hoped that this decided action of the House will be accepted 25 a lesson to all aspiring candidates that they shold find somo other rena to display their aqflifiuliana for Congressional honors tgux the loor of this House. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Quinn’s bill to abolish capital puniehment camo up during the absenco of the Peoria orator, who is investigating 8t Joliet, and was indefi- nitely postponed. ———— LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. SprINarFIELD, Feb. 26.—The Senate was called to order by Senator Reynolds. Reading of the journal dispensed with. PETITIONS. By AMr. WAITE—Petition from J. Young Scammon, E. W. Blatchford, and E. B McCagg, asking that the State donate to the Academy of Science, of Chicago, its duplicate geological epecimens. £ By M. CASEY—Petition from the officers of Wabash County asking to ba attached to the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit., Referred. By same—Petition in regard to the School law. Referred. 5 ]‘3{ Mr, PATTERSON—One_against the re- peal or modification of the Liquorlaw. Alsg referred. BILLS OX SECOND READING, The reguiar order of business being the con- sideration of bills on & second reading, section by section, the following were read a second time and ordered engrossed for & third resding. Bonatebill 134, an act to amend the laws in yegard to Justices of the Peace, Police Magis- trates, and Constables, A number of amend- m:gta ‘were concurred in, and the above order made. By unanimous consent, 3r, BURNS called up for consideration Senate bill 117, an act to legal- ize the extension of taxes in certain cases. Vote on its passage—ayes, 35; noes, 2. % lzimte bill 181, an act to establish savinge- 8. Mr. OASEY moved the postponement of the special order in referonce to minority reprosenta- tion, sssigned for this morning, until next week Wedneaday at the same hour. Carried. ‘The consideration of bill 181 was resumed. A 6 number of amendments were offered, and but & limited number wera_adopted, not chang- ing the original bill matorially. The sayes and ‘noes wera called upon the disposition of the bill, and it was ordered en{;runud and toa third read- ing—ayes, 22; noes, 13. Benate adjourned. HOUSE. : QUINGY BILL. Mr. MOORE (Adams) askod that fhe Senate bill in relation to the appointment of Collectors in the City of Quincybe read a second time, The Dill was read gnd ordered to s third reading. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr, MOORE (Marshall) made a personal ex- planation in regard to errors-in the engrossed copy of Bill 19, stating that unjust and incor- Tect statementa have beon madein the papers concerning the errors discovered. SPECIAL ORDER. z Consideration of the resolutions of Mossra. ‘Wioker and Rountree, in relation to the national currency, were indefinitely postponed. NEW RULE. The Committee on Printing ru?qrtsd favorably an the proposed new rule in relation to the dis- tribution of bills. The resolution provides that & copy of each bill shall be placed in the poat- office box of members. Adopted. Jation: to_tho Jovy and. cal in relstion to the levy and collection 'of tsxeq in cities and villages for the year 1872, was bill 116, relating £ jari a ‘House bil , el g to juries, was read and ordered engrossed for & fuad reading. House bil ),.in relation to the adoption of minors, was read & second time, and ordered to athird reading. . Bill 166, authorizing fve-pixths of a jury to render a verdict, was read, and ordered tos third reading. Bill 320, in relation to decrees, same order. The bill to abolizh capital punishment was in- definitely postponed—yeas, 56 ; nave. 43. " spring, $1.50; cholco Northwestern 'do afloat, BL The House went into Committes of the Whole for the consideration of the bill to amend the Jury law, Mr. HART in the chair. After an hour spent in discussing the amend- ments the Committee rose and obtained leave to sit again. Tha Committes on State Institutions obtained leave to visit Jacksonville to-morrow. Adjourned. e e o The Latest Game. A nice,romantic story is told in Lastern papers sbont a well-dressed young man_ who appeared ata Vermont hotel rocently, and made himself very popular. He swelled around rather flashily for'a few days, when a pretty young lady, who seemed to bo alone in the world, made her ap- Ppearance at the same tavern, and set the hearts of all the impressible youngsters thereabout in afiutter. Her charms were canvassed very {u!.lly by & coterie of young men atthe mm table, among whom was the flashing indivi we have referred to, and he, especiaily, became very warm in her praise. _Finally he wound up a glowing eulogy with the mssertion that he ‘would marry her 1f ,she would have him, and offered to make & substantial wager that he pos- sessed the couraga to propose to her on the spot, and have the marrisge cersmony smmedistely porformed. The bet was accepted, 8s was also the proposal of marriage, which waa promptl; made by the young man. A parson was u?leg in, and the twain were made one in short order. A8 soon ss the happy bridegroom received from his friends the sum wagered, Lo departed with his blashing bride on the wedding tour, and now somo body is mean enough to circulate the in- sinuation that the young couple had already been man and wife £0r & year. Mysterious Disappearance. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Qurvoy, Ill., Feb. 26.—A man, named W. O. Rench, o stove-dealer at Muncie, Ind., arrived at Hull's Station, on the Quincy & St. Louis Rail- road, a fow days ago, and putup at the hotel. Ho disappesred nest moraing, leaving his bag age bel L d, and a letter stating he 1ntended to own himsel, since which no trace has been found of him. ' It has since been learnod that he Lad failed in business some. weeka ago, and ia supposed to have become deranged in conse- quence. He loft a family at Muncie. Raid on the Whisky-Venders. Special Dnspateh to The Chicago Tribune. CEDAR Rarips, Iows, Feb. 26.—There is great excifement in Columbus City, Iows, on_account of nearly all the saloon-kéepors of the place being arvestad on difarent charges, mostly for selling liquor. A man named Edwards bought liquor, went into a neighbor’s house, and drove the women out of the house in their night- clothes.- The women had Edwards arrested, and afterwards tho saloon-keeper who sold bim the liquor. To-dsy, more were _arrested. five in all, and each is sued for from §10,000 o $20,000. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. New York Financial News. New Yonx, Feb. 26,—Money was very sctive and stringent, loahing s high as X per day, or 91 per an~ num, cloding at X @Y. Sterling lower st 108X @108 Gold was strong, and advanced from 1145 to 115%, closingat 51:;;‘@1&5. Loans 8 per cent per_ annum to 16 per or carrying. ,000,000, Treastry disburacments, $541,000, b Governments dull and steady. The Assistant-Treas urer bought £1,000,000 at 113 5-100 to 113 83-100, Btate bonds very quiet. The atock market was active ull dsy, but speculation was generally confined to Erle, Pacific Mail, Laka Shore, Rock Island, New York Central, Western Gnlon, and Union Pacific, which, until about 2 o werd atrong and weak by turns, At that hour the market NS Tallng o 655, S Siner Ahrs mpempedbtzeeg 1o , and other thizing to s Srtent. Abont '3 dock e masiet grew panicky, and prices declined rapidly. Facitic Mall, ¥aich ross in the moraing Trorm Say 13 693, reacted to 65, Beavy sales to 53¢, but finally recovered t0 62. Fa ma fell during the day from 120 to95. -Western Union, ater rising early in te day from 90 to 90X, declin $088%, rallled at 893;, fell after 3 c'clock to 833, with free sales, but fnally ‘recovered to 87. Union Pacific, after rising from B4 10 35X, fell to 333. New York Central fell from 103% to 1004, but closed at 1013, Erie, after advancing to 653, fell to 633, closing &t 842, Lake Bhore declined from 94 to 80, closing at 915, while Ohios fell to 443. Rock Island fell to 1%, closing at 1123 ; Wabaah to 725 ; Northwestern 1080 ; Indiana Central'to 40; and Atlantic & Pacifio t028." The market closed with a better fealing, and firmer. Bterling, 108%, GOVERNIENT B¢ Cor Exproess.... 68| Terre Haute, 0 Unitad States Ex.....273}5 Chicago & Alton.....110 Pacific Mail.... 62" \Chicago & Alton pfd.112 New York Central....101%|0hfo & Missisaippl... 44 .. 64340, 0. & . 87 - 89 (Central Pacific bonds.104 ~1123|Del, Lack. & Wostern.102 ‘103 B. H. & Erdeveenree, 9 Bt, Paul,... - 54N Foreign Markots, LIvErpoOL, Feb, 26.—Flour, 20s. Whest—Wh 3 nter, whife, 112 9d@112 10} O ! 3 8@278 3d. Pork, 67 Lard, 37s 9d. =, S rk, 675 6d. LIvERPOOL, Feb, 26—1 p, m.—Market unchanged., LIvERPOOL, Feb, 26—5 p, m.—Market quiet and un- changed. Loxpo, Feb, 26.—Consuls, 995@02). 5-2030f 65, 9314 ; do of '67, 933 ; 10-40s, B0X. New bs, 903, Erie, 5 Amonnt of bulllon gons into the Baok of England on balance to-dsy, £100,000. i Tallow, 453 6d. Fraxxront, Feb, 26.—5-205 of %62, 95%. Pants, Feb. 26,—Rentes, 56f 35c. Liveneoor, Feb. 26,—Cotton dull; middling up- Iand, 9%d ; Oricsns, 104; aales, 10,000 bales ; Ameri- can, 6,000 ; speculstion and export, 1,000, Breadstufle quiot ; red winter wheat, 12 4d. Flour, ”s(fh Corn, ?u@gl- 3d. o ecoc, 715, Cumberlnd middles, 34s 64, Short Tib, 358 94, B aeelie Buffalo Live Stock Marlket. BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb, 26,—Cattle to-day, 5,162, Total for the week, 5,50, The run of stock this week is of excellent qualify, Owners hold firm, but it is thought they will nltimately yield to the pressure for lower prices, About 700 were ed of, Sales of 168 Tili- Dols steers, 1,218 t0 1,617 tbs, at $3.%0@7.00 ; 65 Ohio, 1,084 to 1,179, at $4.50@5.533 ; 241 Indians sieers, 1,050t0 1,298, ¢ $4.85@6.00 ; 67 Miasonr, 963 to 1,190, Bt 34.25@5.00, Serep aND Lasms—Recelpts, 5,200 ; for the week, 10,000, Market fiat at Xcdecling from last week's closing prices. Sales 118 choice Canads sheep, avere 5ging 203 Ibs, at £3.75 ; 70 Canaca eheep, 47135 1ba, at $7.50 ; 163 Olilo sheop, &7 94 Ibs, at $6.60; 421 Michigan eheep, av 04 ta 114 1bs, at $1.37%. ‘Hoas—Receints, 6,000; total for the week, 10,600, Market slow at 10@15c per cwt advance on yesterday’s prices. But few loads offering, mott of the Teceipts ng through consignments. ‘Sales of 60 Ohio and Indizna hogs, averaging 139 to 174 Ibe, st $5,15@5.40, New York Dry Goods Market. NEW YoRx, Feb, 20.—Business was better to-da; with both agénta and Jjobbers, Brown and bleached sheetinga and shirtings are active and strong. Utica $5-inch, White Rock, Nashus 36-inch, and Langdon Dleached Jere sdranced 3(o'by the sgents. Printa are quite sctive, Wabsah olid prints are re. duced to10¢, Tho Daily Bulletin sayn: * Forelgn goods are more sctive, Tho, auction-rooms wers Pittsburgh 0il Market, PrrTsBTROE, Feb. 28,—~Crude petroleum quist and weak at $2.15§2.17. Refined quiet B ks su1G quiet and weak; spot The Produce Markets. X Youx, Feb, 2. Corson—Dul rw Youx, Feb. ox—Dull; m land, 20,’::}.“' ddliag wp- BefzAbsTUrrs—Flour mote active: receipts, 6,000 trls; superfine Western and Btate, $5.00@6.15; com- mon to good extrs, $7.00@7.50; good to Cchalce, ‘n.sggafi 5:' wmuo ”wh?‘ flm, 10507 ex- ra Onio, $7.20@10.50; St. Louls, $7.50@12.7: flour qulet 3t _$5.90@6.20, T gosd da. yellow do, $3.35@ cat dull and heavy ; receipts, 22,000 bu ; Towa o:3 shring, SL.54G1 white Michigan in store, §1.95; No, $1.65@1.62, Rye dull at 90@dc. L. quiet,’ Corn dull and lower ; receipta, mized Western, 85@633c; nialca@smc; 644@e3xc. Oats dull and bu; new mixed Western, 50@5lc ; CroveaBezp—Dallat 8X@Yc; timothy negleciad. Ecas—Dall at 5 ged. Hops—Dall ; Esstarn snd Weatern, 402%3c. Learaze—Figm st 28@31c ; Orinoco, 7@28Xc. Waor~Dull. ' Buyers tusist on a decline, bt helde ers refuse to make concesslons, Domestic Teece, GG 8o mmaed, BGLe e B ‘Gnocenizs—Cofiee strong ; @20 c. Ba, nctives qoaning, S5 @oxe: " Mol Arer ; Now Orleans, T3@75¢. z PrIBOLITNM—Crude, 8%(c ; refined, 205, ToeexTive—Dull at 68X @67c. ProvisioNs—Pork firme reatern, 1. ke 1fi0at 55 ; prime amber W 2 371 iciey and mall S oroos et SLGIA. g, Best dnchaiges 1512 3, 6 mesd, 235, ed. B aiar: bams, N@HAS; -_panmn,'v:. M1adles steady ; Iomg clear, 70-16@750; Ahozt cleazy B, Tard tems - Western e, B4 08 b0 ,BUTTER oD CHxzsz—Unchatiged. e v, i Ch);l‘o: -g':‘aza'in rehi' m—m;s:wm-‘l’l ; othera plenty ; 255 @2.50; family, w.sn@m.asty c«vxrf:v firmer ; while, 650 Oats cazer at 50c. yellow, (T@€30 B s et i o e Y—DBatter 2 H choles, 327 ooampn= . " it ProvisioNs—Pork, $I475@15.00, Dry salt m S@TH@Txe. B T o T g, o @54 = -:@wc-fsmr?n‘l’ln e, e sgsxme: ?:‘;.‘ w;clomr-‘:—cu:«;mbyomé, 1%12@;91;%9, xm:fi% . b ; nol ting. \vamx’lmflum%m e LOUISVILLE, : LouisviLrr, Feb. 26.—FLouz—Qul stead; previous prices. ARS i Toracco—Active and firm at anchan; prices, i ket P ey ‘Burk meats firm; shoulders, §@5kc; clear rib, T@TXe g clesr, Ti(c; hams, 9%@10c—all 100sa, Bacon 8t md tnciiged " LardChalco s, 1 Ueronn, 5% e ‘WHISKY—Steady at 87@88e. chmmwed. Feb, 326.—Corrox—Dull &2 m‘1 s o 7 e s s ve 23 . Corn an ; Cats quiet at 40@50c. Mok Hax—Salea at $30.00, “BRAN—No! $23.00, . Botx Stess Fimy olders, xjo; sdes, NG TXe. Crrveram, nrADETUrRS— Flour d and unchanged. Wheat' fArmer; No. 1red 1 held 69@1. Nfl.ifi $1.¢ 05, Corn steady; m’;n‘l. 460; low mixed, 45c. Oats steady; No. 1, 4l EFINED LEUM—Weak ; H teat Ohlo, H@pges ks car loia, l6o; ETROIT. ) Drrrorr, Feb., 26.—1; -Flonr dull Tchanged. Wrests sieadss exima negloclod o, 1 87 ; amber, $LETG1. n steady at 42343, Oats, dull and lower at 3¢, yaLCetues e, 2 SIS WAUXEE, Feb. 20,—BREADSTUFTS—Fls £nd uachanged. | Whest steady 2 Nor 1 9y Mo gy .21, Oats dull and lower. Carn, prices asked. but no demand Yo% 3. Brad wer; Ko, 1, 66)c. steadys Nc ; Tnorrere—Fiotr, 11000 tris - wheat 2,000 b " Buresaers—Flour, 2,000 brls; wkeat, 300 bu. ST, LoUIS. . Br. Lovts, Féb, 26.—Baravsrurre—Flour dall snfl unehanasd. Wheat moreactite; No.d spring, $126 7 soft do, $1.33@L34; sample lots of No, 3 red winter, $1.90. Corn firm; Xo.3 mized, Slio on east track ko 15 laraior, " Biey Gall; N h g H vator, 3 N 1 Bye dull ; No. 3, 85c. i B TR “Wemxy—Lower at 835 @80c. P Provisioxs—Pork firm ; last year's standard, $13.78 seller April. Bulk meais strong; sales upe countey, for last Balf of March, 3t 4c, Sx@ExCE cash lofs, c higher. Bicon firm: shoulaocss o3 cleas e, 7o clear, B, Laed aomiaally un 5—Un $4.25@4.80, Rocel Masmber of hoge packed her to date, P NATI. CINCIYSATY, Feb. 26,— BReADSTUFFE—Flour dull # shade lower, at $7.70@S.00. Wheat steady at $1.1 1.71, Corn quiet at 39@40c. Rye quiet at S0@82c, quiet at 30@38c, Barley'quiet and Lrvexep OrL—93@dsc, Ecas—Easier ot 2he. 2 £ vistoNs—Pork firm at $13.50G13.75; generall$? held st $14.00. Lard—Steam n??flmfy.'-?vxcf ketlo seady at gc. Bulk mests frm; snoul Bt bc; clear c; clear, 7ic, Bacon stead: shonlders BiGsler Hearirib. Sic: cpee B s o Gl ppers, i butchers, @3.20; eceipts, 2,500, B8 s Wisxx—Stesdy st 87o. B Feb. By TDORE, Feb. 25.—BREADsTUrYS—Flour and unchanged. Wheat doll and unchanged. cq,"nm, dull ; mixed Western, 47@48c. Eye dull at 8039%0c. PROVISIONS—Meas pork firm at $15.25, Bulk meats’ firmer, with light offerings ; shouldars, 5X@5Xc; rily: n sides 7@7X0; clear rib, T@7Tic. Bacon scive aud © higher ; eh i7ib ‘aldes, Bio; clear by 8)c. Hama at 19@15c. 'Lard nominaf, 8 BurTER—Quiet and stesdy ; chols ‘Wisxx—Quiet ; 9ic, ey W 0swEao, Feb. 26,—Wheat quiet, Corn 4 Barley firmer, §1.13, « e TOLEDO. 3 ‘Torxno, Feb. 26.—Bixa; ichigan, $1.80; amber Michigan, $1.684@K 1675 No. 3763, 41,8834 £ No. o, TLo6.0 Gorn s siss. higher ; high mized, spot, 88X@39¢ sellsr A & Dusams Bovi-isanga o = Groves Soxp—ss.10; mammott, 6875, : XrpTs-—Flour, H 12,000 b oate, 3600 by oot 4000 b corn) 300 e oo o, none; wheat, 400 tm; 8 BUEF. BusraLo, Feb. 26, —Flour y. ; ktesdy. Wheat d luly 1 car No, 2 Chicago at $L.80 21 8 cars No, 3 Milwaukeo about. E i 3 gace No, 2 ¥lwai about 1,63, Corn dull ; xmall . PHILAD] I e ot lemand, but none - £ 3 g @137 Eyasialo ot S5c. Gorn dalls yaiiow. Sty s ‘O;tnin better demand; white, 49@51; miufl, “©o . LEw—Cruds, 143c ; refined, March, M ‘Wmsex—Dull at "s,c. e &® SPECIAL NOTICES. - - It I Had Enown I’ Last Year.—This was the langusge off & poor cripple, who, fourteen monthe ) #40. was smashod under cn fron beams; © fifih 2 o hnd boos allowed toraffur patn andf. - £73 .;,4 , Msumo s mass of deformity~but he ‘7’5 '€ had now reoavered the use of ous kned =2 ="~ by tho Centaur Liniment. We heax’: LeNTAYpTD such langusgs every day. Therelsng. pain this Lintmont will not assuage, no lamenees 1 willl > not alleviate, aud no swalling it will ot subdaa. . Children Cry for Pitcher’s Cas« : toris, Itrogulatés the stomach, cures wind colic, sadf : _causes natural alesp. It is & subatitute for u-wuu.__, g Schenock’s Pulmonic Candy Embraocss In a great degroe all the principles of Schenck tho palste eg * 1 Pulmonlc Syrup, and. whilo as plensant to the purest of confections, ita medicinal it offoctual 1o foctions, . Tt chids, rea or infapts, and can be given with impunity; while foz; Drofessional gentlemen, or those who suffer Toas ot volce, it 1a lndalhpemabfg. e 10 candles aro putup n 25 cent com for tho pokcet, and afs for saje by all drwk::"nl o doak ora. J. . SCHENCK & SON, N. E. coroor Sizth ind'Arch sts., Philadslphts. .; . FINANCIAL. LUNT, PRESTON ~ & KEAN, Bank of Discount & Deposit, Commorcial Banking in all Its branches transicted. taroat h:!::gll’?:;‘ MD'::“MM. boaring ixt mcxdul( Fitnih Lo o Codlie: ‘WEST SIDE, SOUTH BIDE, Gor. Helstzd & Randolph-sts. | 157 and 159 LaSallg-st, THE UNITED STATES - . HORTEAGE COMPANY LOANS In Gold or Currency, on Bond and Mortgaga of Improved Real Estate, without commisge sions, and on long time. ALFERED W. BANSOME, Becy, Booms 3 & 3, 8. W. cor. Madison & Btate-sta. SCALES. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL BIZES. 2 FATRBANKES, MORSE &CO 65 WEST WASHINGTON-ST- ————2 CHROMOS. 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