Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1873, Page 8

FOREIGN. Resignation of the Britich Ministry Yosterday. Gladstono Urged to Remain on a Vote ef Confidences Ministerlal Crisis tm=ainent in the Spanish Republic. L Reported ¥ iotories of tho Cavlists Over the Government Troops ¢ GREAT BRITAIN, LoNpod, March 12—3 p. m.—Mr. Qlixdstone ‘waitod on tho Quoon at noon to tendor his rosig- natlon, It fs probablo thet Dinracli will be summoned to form a now Mindatry. The scono fu tho Ionse of Cowmons lnst night when tho dofent of tho Hlinlstry on the Xrigh Univorsity Lill was mnnouuced, wag in- dosoribablo, 'I'ho oxcitement was Intenso, while tho opponents of tho monsuro indulged in tus multuons choors, Among thoso in the stangors’ gallory, whloh was crowded duiidg tho dobato, woro tho Princo of Wales, Princess Lonise, and Priuco Cbristian, The Hootoh aud Wolsh mem- bora eupported tho bill. Tho Cathollos woro anpimous in tholr opposition, _ “Ator the amnouncomont of tho resnlt, Gind- stono arogo nud said: “'Tha vote just glvon is cortainly of a grave charactor, As the Iouse nover wishon to continuo its deliberntions when thooxistonce of tho Government isin donbt, moya hn adjournment until Thursday” The on was carried, . Inconsoquonco 0f tholnto hour at which the reuult was 1eachad, the oditorinl comments. in this morning’s journuls aro moagre and fo- strained, The Adveriiser and Standardavo jubi- Innt ovor tho rojection of tho Lill. Tho Adver- Yiser aya it oannot imagino that even Gladstono “will stoop to ondoavor to remain in oftico.” The Tealegraph considers tho reaignation of the Min- istry “ oxesedingly probablo.” Tho Témes doubts whothor the Cabinat will take such s courae, . "The bill did not receivo tho voto of & singlo ‘Qénservative mombor. Forty-gevon Liborly, uf ‘whom 88 were Irishmen, voted ayainst it. I'if- toon_Irish mombors voted forlt. Soventcen wmembors, including Issac Butt, member for Limoriok, were absont Forty mombore partic- dpated in tho dobato. John Biight, Tacob ght, his _brothor, and the Marquis of Lorno nug‘gortud tho Governmonts 0 (lobe this afternoon wsays that Glad- stono's audience with the Quecn, ot Buckingham Palnce, lasted hulf nubour. The result {a not yet known in London. Information obtained to as Iato an hour as 10 o'clock tg-night, from mombors of the Govern- ment, shows that no definito course has yof beon docided upon. . +. Tt is reported that Disracli end Gathioine 1nr- dy, utrnn[i}y objoct to take office nt thb prosont. junoture, bitt the rank nnd filo of tho Conserva~ ive party aro smbitious of power, aud the lead- ors will J}rohnb] yield to their decroe, and on taking oflice will dissolve Parliament quickiy, and fo to tho country with tho expootstion of winning thirly soats, - and of_ keeping in offica thyough the dissonaions of the Libbrla. ero was o grost’ finthoring at the Reform Club to-night, at whioh tho Liberals, who voted againat tho Governmont on the Irish University bill, declared that they would auplmrt tho voto of confidonco if Gladatone in willing to nceopt it. Bat.it is known that tho lattor iy anxious for a rolense from ofllco. Tast night's * whip” was tho neverest over known in the Houso of Commons. One Jon- sorvstive member wns brought {rom Paris by apocial ptenmor oud sailrond train, aud the Lib- eral “ whip” isreported to huve bessoched Sir Robort Pesl almost npon his knees to go to the House, but Eruitlossly, # Loxpox, Mareh 18, 2. 2, m.—Up {0 1 o'clock this morning nothing was Imowa in the highost uarters as to the rosult of tho deliberations of the Ministry. Gladstonn is to oo the Quoen again at Buckingham Palaco to-morrow, The studénts.of Trinity College, Dublin, haye burnod Gladstans in eftigy, World Special, Loxpow, March 12,—Ihe Cahinot sat threa hours to-dey without arriving nt n doclsion. Gladstono ia anxious to rosign, nud retirs wholly . [m_m litics. ITis. colloaguos aro endpsvoring 10 induce him tq remain upon the condition of vecolving & voto of confidenco, If Lo insists on retiring, Lord Granville will endoavor to form n sorat Oabinet, nxuludln§ Tortoescuo, Harting- ton, and Monsell, and canduct the Government thmx;sh the prosont sesssion, L s Gladstono saw the Queen to-day, who ia favor- able io Diaracli. -8he encourages Gladstons to rotiro. Disracli is roady to accopt oftico, but a ortion of his collonguos objoot. Caving is at ioe, and Satisburg st Rome, Their absence in- croages the ombarassmont, It is cortain Gladstone will roltre, but it Is un- cortain whothor o dissolution of Darliament, a “goratch " Liboral Cabinet, or & Tory adminia- tration will:follow. -If the Jast, Disraoli will try to pass Fawcott's University bill, and thon dis- ;ol_vo, hoping to return largo Conservative ma-~ ority. Loxpoy, * March 12.—1he prospictus of a company, which has .organized lay a cable from Plymouth, England, to Rys Beach, N. H., is published. All tho monoy riacessary for car- g ous tho projoct has boen seonred, and. the contraots for the construction of the cablo have been concluded. The company is forbidden by dta articles of - mgrepmont from smalgamating with any like entorprise. —_— 5 .. SPAIN < Aapiip, March 12.~The Assembly yosterday definitely sanctioned the bill introduced by the Govornmont, suspending tho sittings and con- voking tho Conatituont Cortes on the 15th of s; 3 - Wictos; “Prosident of tho Assombly, and Lo- pez, tho Socrotary, havo rosigned. Tho formor resigns from ill-lionlth. ; Tho dobate on the Porto Rico Abolilion bill waa resumed. ' It is rumored In Lhis city that tho Army of tho North, under command of Gon. Nouvillas, has suffered o chiocl: from tho Carlists, and has re- trentod to Pampoluna_to reorgauize. - (Goueral Nouvillag' losses aro soid to havae been cousid- ufil;lm nor. FIFuuma hng " arrivod at Barcelona. D“Efi;‘{"“’" rom that city report that trauquility piavaila, -, The Governmont hsa roceived intelligence of the dofeat of & Carlist force, numbering 2,000 oen, undor command of Dorrogaray. Many of tho inanrrectioniats woro killod. Pants, Morch 12.—Lotiors from tho frontior ¥o tho partioulany of au ongayement on iho | th inat., in tho north of Bpain, botwaon o band of Carlists under Saroveta aud a forco of e Bpanish Government troops. The insurgents, who were eutrenched on_ tho _heights of -Orjarsun, wero _attacked by tho National troops. A long aud obstinate 1ght taok place, reulting in tho dofoat of tho Govornmont forco, which was compolled to re- treat, with tho'loas of 100 mon. Bsrovota wna mortally wounded. Tho Spanieh commander, in his oicial roport of the angagomont, olaims that the Oarlists were dofeated, : Loxpox, Maroh 12.—MInlngs to-dny proclalmed » Fadoral Ropublic, In tho Epnnlnh Asrombly, ta-dn{, tho Govern- ment offofed to postpona the election for ono moath, If the proposition i rejected tho Cabi- ne; will rosign, the Republican members rolire, and armed conllicts will commence, e GERMANY, Benry, March 13.~The Gorman Parlismont sonvened ta-day. ‘Tlie Bmporor opened the sos- glon in porson, In his spocch from the turone, the Emperor said ho bolioved thut tho negotia- tona now in I»rop;l‘nnu would resull in tho ontire svacuation of Franca by tha Gorman troops at an carlior day than likd been horotoforo ox- pooteds m—— CUBA, FTAvANA, March 10,—Rumors sre current of ths eprly dopa of Gen, Uoballos, and that witi bo succoeded by a Goneral who will not Ii opinions correaponding with those on- tortainod by the preeent Govermment in Bpain, but will uot I concers with the Government. ‘o lending sluveholders hiave rocently boon in senston almost nightly, coneidering the sltuation, E Jave not yet boon abla to dutermine upon 1y plau of acfion, or to_arrive at any solution i therslavary quostlon, Whenaever the abolition deereu’becomes known, the position sssumed or setion, taken by the Couservative pro-lavory teadows will, howaver, bo ontirely immaterial, as the negrood are well Informed on avol}'lhln(ign» ing o7, aod will certaiuly rofuse to wark as glavos, It is rumored that the abolition of slave- vy has heon .already docreed. The middle and poorer classos dopracate’ the carelessness of alavo-ownors in meking no_provision for tho ab- olition” of slayory, and the bellet iw gainjug gronnd that, in the ovant of abolition bolng do- creod, the wonlthy elnve-ownora will become i { mical to tho prospority of the ialands STATE LEGISLATURES, — WISCONSIN, Specld Dinpatels to The Chicago Tvibw Maoion, Moxah 12.—Tn o Bonnte Joink xewiiution waa oifored for o inal ndjourninent ©n Match 20, 'he Sousle rofused 0 pags tho Dbill inoronsing tho railroad tax Lo B por vont of tbo grosh onrnings, by a vatt of 114018, It lu dcfinholy‘;lmnl.pnmm Qio bill to catablisly b Board of Rnilcond Oommissionors by b vote of 21 to 0, and tabled tho bill ropehling the Giralinm Tom= }xcm;\m Inw, and- ‘eodifying and athending ‘Lhe ixcino Jaw by n voio of 91 to 11 Tho Cominit- teo on State Aftairs rnx{:)rmd & DiTCback, in the place of tho ono votoed by tie Qovernor, to pro- Vifle for tho colloction of * certain statistios, with n viow of riove fully equnlizing the Btato taxos, whith wha passed, Tn 'the Assombly, n resolution to hald two daily nosnions wog mla[‘uud. 'Ihe Bennto Dill for tho ndmixnfon to tho bar of gindunton of Lho law do- purtment of tha Wisconain Unlversily wos con- eurred in, A%sombly bills possod to provide for nnexieg and oxcluding torritory to and from citden, towns, aud villnges, and to unita them s to amond Chaptor 119, of 1878, relaling 1o the organization of railivayay to amend Chapter 56, twa of 1870, x‘ulnflnf; fo the Incorporation af firo and nland navigation idawianco com- ponies; tho momorisl # Congross for tho rovigion. of the lawa regulating.ihe commorco of the Western Inkes. ‘Uho Dbill to provide for tho depositipg'ol the Stato funds in Mnke, which wha lndofinitely post puned, was raconaidéred and mado tho ‘spocial order for Iriday. The Sonato bill for the collecs tion of stnlietits concorning the value of propr erty dxe¥ipted from taxation was tabled, witer ‘conniderablo discussion. 'ha bilt anthorizing tho Milwaulkoo & t. Panl Rajlroad Compapy to conatruct o bridge norgss the Mississippi m\'e?nh LnCroseo was ovrdered to tho third rehding by n voto of 621098, "This afternoom, after @ préteacted discussion, the Amcembly, by nvobs of 49 to 44, ordored to & third yoading the b1}l ropealing tho' lnw axempt- ng tho Wedt Wisconsin Railroad lands from {axation. Uil 1664, aud fidotinitaly postyonsd feloaling the Inw exompting tho lana i 1874 The bill to mako last wintor tl\amlmmnco law apply to oltion and incorpomted villigos, hot- withutanding tho provisione of their chartor, was ordored o o third roading,—52 to 43, Tho Bill to audit the verdict for the old printing claim of Calkius & Proudiit Wwas prssod—b3 to 83, Mo Milwaukeo & St. Panl Land-Grant bill passod—70 to 28, The Sonate, last night, took up its North Wig- consin Lind-truut bill by a voto of 16 to 14, in ‘Committoo of tho Whole, and reportad it back with tho Afr-Lino amendmont. o-day, it poat= p_(;x:edl{nrumr action till to-morrow by a vote of o L, A rosolution was adopted bythe Assembly giv- ing tho neo of tho Chanmlror for o socinl party to- morrow night, when Bach’s Milwaukee Band i to furnish the music at the oxpensio of the Mil- waukee & St Paul Company, s roporled. —ee ) MITHIGAN, Sneiel Disvatch lo The Chicano Tribune, ANSiNg, March 13.—Sonntor King, of Jack- #0n,. made an elsborate spedch, dofending his {olnc resolution previding for' cadifying tha s, or s'nmp\'g»ying the procedure of Mh}glgun. He causad tho Secrolary to read thelogal process under vomnon law, and similar onea under tha cods, and insistod that Michigan was far bohind tho other States in this matter, 'Tho Benato concluded a Jong debato, which bogan yostordny, providing for Commisalonors of Rgilronds, with he utmost plenarg powers, to iuquire into. tho condition of tho railronds of the BState in m'nr‘l respect, and to requiro them to mako tho nccossary ropsirs, and Lo rogulate “their conneétion withi othor ronds in eauo of dig- {:ntn, and prosetute them if necossary. Tho ill, weit possed tho Bonnto, grants 84,000 salary to tho Commissionors, Dills wero passod ‘providing for the appraval of the ofiicial bonds of county ofticorn by County Buporvisors; also, authorizlng the erection of tolograph lines over public lands, and under the wators of the Btate; alsio, authorizing tho commoncomont of chancary suits in bohalf of the Btato in tho Ingham Cir- ‘cuit Court, boing in the county where tho capital in located. i it ... OHIO, CovLunaue, O., Mareh 12.—In tho Bonato this aftornoon, tho’ Bonate bill requirin County Commissioners to furnish Sheriffs with all the necessery blankbooks, blanks, and stationery, was passed. Inthe ITouse, tho Benato bill fo provide for the taxation of railroad bonds and ‘stocks, nocordiug to tholr real value lnmono{ a8 Indofinitely postponed. Young's Senate bill to amand the Boosil Itailrond Vill, aftor a longthy discusaion, was pnssod.—59 yoas ; 36 nays. bl b . NEW JERSEY. Tnesrox, N. J., March 12.—The Judiciary Committec has reported thoe *‘Local Option ll{ill, with an amondment striking out malt liquora, 3 "o Assombly hns paased a bill incorporating the Hudson &guln\vnxa Railrond, to run from Trenton to Bergen Point. - el e L PR MASSACHUSETTS. Bogray, March 12.—~In tho House of Represon- tativos; this afternoon, a resolution to provide for an amendment o tho constitution that women may have the right to vote and hold offico, tho samo ns men, was refusod a third rending by a vote of 83 to 142, —_— ARKANSAS, Yarrie Roog, March 12,—A bill was passed, to-dny, by both 'Houses, to_oxtond tho time of paying taxes for ono month. A bill passed tho {ouso giving the Governor power to call out the milltia to enfordo tho lnw. Sk o NEW YORK, . Nzw Yonk, March 12.—U'ho State Sonnte passod the Lill giving the Court power to decide tho qualification of jurors. iy Honrrest of n Countorfolter, Prrrsounon, Po., March 12.—John Oglo, tho convicted countorfoitor, who cscapod from the Unitod Statos oficor at tho Scoloy Housw, on the Baltimore & Ohio Reilroad, on the Gth, while en roufe from._Cairo, I1l., to Baltimoro, . was ro- eaptured in thils éity this morning; by Lonorgan Chiof of tho United Blatos Becrot Bervice af Ohieago. W PrurApeLeuts, March 12.—Willinm' O, Oglo, the notorlous countarfoiter, was arrated, thiy ovoning, nat No. 2114 North Boveuth stroet. A largo quantity of dics and matorials for manu- Tactnring cowitorfelt logal-tendor notes wero found on tho promisos and captured. Tho placo s enpposed_ to lave been in oporation a long timo. It suppliod all the Wostorn States with_counterfoit money. Ogle was at tho hond of tho Qosporato and prominont ono gang, which wes Lroko up in tho Woul somo -years ago, sovoral of i ynohed, Bevoral yeara man ln (ho streots of 8t. ing eiscapo from oustod bt e ST Doy Spring Freshotys Speciul Dispateh to T'he Chicugo Tridune, Cepan Rarins, Towa, March 12,—Three moro iles wara hrokon on the bridge ovor the Iows River by the ice at Columbus Junction, Iowa, to-doy. ‘It i expected that the bridge may break down any momont, especially if any more ico comes down, Thero {s none running at prosent. ‘f'he dangerous condition of tho bridgo interferes with rallroad travol. Bamninog, P'a., March 13,—The Busquehanna is rising here at the rato of one ineh in ton min- utes. 1t is now 164 foot above low wator marlk, and within 14 lncho of the tracks of the Poun- wylvanis Railrond: The ice i gorged two miles east, of this point. lo_ganyg bein S0 e illod & poliors Fouin, whilo attompt- . Buffalo Live-stock Murkets Burrano, Murch 12.—Carrnc—To-day 2,000 tolal for the woek, 4,624, Alurkot moro lively, About 1,160 wera (isponcd of, Bales s 403 Tlliuoin aieorn, 1,103 to 1,651, at $5,008,00 ; 52 Indianna steors, 1,210, at & 4 120 Obiu wteors, 1,060 to 1,209, st $5.15G6,80 ; Michigan steors, 1,030 {0 1,20, al §.00 ; 10 Mickigun ct:&n gul lielforw, U5Y, ot $4.80; 15 "Toxas sicers, 1,94, af 145, Bitenr AND Launs—To-day, 800 ; totul for the woek, 13,00," Aurkot opuned 3¢ 37 Jucliiio from last woek' ralen, Western shoep, $A.76@0,76, 2,000 Michigan shoop, 80 to 104, at 50060154 Houu~To-day, 1,000 ; total for the week, 0,800, Mar- Bules: Kot oponed notive at 6@100 per cwi advance ou yostor- dags prioos, Neacly all o offerligs were dispoucdof, A large portton of tho arrlvals wore through conslgu- mouts, Salo 175 to 35, ot 1,600 I1linols, Indians, aud othor Logs, @540, — .t -Attempted Bank Robborys - F'aLu Riven, Maes,, March 12,—An unsuccess- ful attompt was mado to rob the Motocomot Bank early this morning, Theburglara hind suo- coaded in blowing open tho innerand outor doors to tho enfe whon parties approaching frightened them away, e A Noble Oharity. BALTIMORE, ., March 12.—T. 8, Hopkins has given $3,000,000 for the naintenanco of an hoapltal for the alok and indigont orphans, to which purpose he some time ago deeded thirteen acres of land in thls city, The bullldings will bo built next year. RAILROAD CHARGES.. lconflnuutlon of the Hearing Bofore the Legislative Committees. Dresident Nowell and Superintendent Harrls feply to Further Questions, Speetal Nlapateh to The Chicago Tribune, @ BrmSuyinip, March 12,—Tho Houso Railroad ommittoo ot thia aftornoon, By invitatlon of somo of tho Committoo, Prostdent Nowell And Mr. Tilton, of tha Illinols Contral; Mr. ¥ekeriy, of tho Ohieago, Burlington & Quinayy H..P. Bur- ton attdrioy of the Olié & Mieslssippl; Johi . Bowmai, of the Bt Touls, Vandalin & Terra Hants, and ofhior railroad offiolals attended, to ‘niWor such Intorrogationia ‘sd e mombors do- ‘siro to propound. My, Mildrup prosided. M, HWorringtdn moved that the billsbotorethe ‘Committoo bo submitted to tho eriticlam of tho taflronad gentlemon, Mr. Armsirong, of Grundy, did that thoy should talke Pars ik tho | of_bills ns mombota bf the ‘Cammitfeo. Mr. Herdigton romaried that thoy wanted \ight Wpon those billa. ‘Thoy wanted tho views of tho gentlomen 1t was docided that the gon- 4lomen conld oxprosa their views upon the rail- or]-&\ l\muul(lmb cmsm\lyi i r, Nowoll, belug examined by the Commitia, sald ho desirod to sa; uomnbhl({s Bboit EAn 9; of allogod oxtortions and dietiiflinationd. ;Jilln l‘n\vmnf éB’ll“b ‘i‘(’\t W, offoct ., tl ot BY - wdwmpbting polots, homd ot bo Lo Ut it dbor poins. K. o Jonn dle- tance, Many onst to west ronde‘oressed the Ill- nots Contesl, ‘and bponod Sompotition. Tho gonoral result showed Lhat tho oxpenso of ‘tha rend wao 67 por cont of tho gross rocoipts, and tho actunl not rocolpts of tha rond ou stocks and bohds was s littlo ovor 7 por cont. To rotain trado st compating points they had to keepdgiin thoir rates, That was probably ol injust dla= crimiuntion agaliat polnts atolther pide of junc- tions, tho difforonce bolng botwesn 80 and 40 poy cent, If the logislation against dlaérimlmtfdxb wes earriod oug, thoy would probably have to ralso the price b compoting points aud nét lower it at non-compoting points, Thore was 30 under-billing on his llne, whie¥d grain was olivered at olovator, A 4t Calro and Chicago. About threo-quariofs of the grain shipped on tho road went to elovator. It would bo oxcoed- ingly difilenlt to calculnto tho cost of runnin; train per milo. The rosds running éast chargod about ono _cent per ton per milo last summer, snd it was falr to pro- sumo thet they mado a profit. ‘The tonnage ovor his line increased _last yoar, tho rato of freight was reduced, and the roceipts wore also reduced. Passongor rites had beoen roduced in 1871 ten per cént; or from flve couts to four and a<alf toitts a milo., If thoy did not carry froiglit from ¢ompoting nolnts at roduced ratos they would lose the trado: Bometimes it may have hnn:onud that froight has been carried at & loss, Thoy had & connoo- tion Bast with tho Blio Line. i}uoh company in tho arganlzation put in its own cars, aud they own all undor a genoral manager. Tha oxponsos were _ divided . every month in proportion to tho ocarpiugs of “each line. Thore might bo agonts on big lino who dealt in grain. Thoro woro about eighteen competing poluts on the Oontral. Last year thero was leas troight from tho cnmruung pointa, Iako rates boing very high, and the froight wont west on the compoting lines. Bince, and including 1864, his rond had had an annual dividend of 10 por cent. Thoy oxpended 600,000 for }mrmuum improvomonta ou tho road ja 1872. It cost but {ittlo moro to run a passenger train fall than s train ompty. Tho reduotion of passengerrates to threo cents s milo might incroaso the number of ypossongers, but it would bo doubtful if it would Increase it sufliciently to paythe same proit na now. Mr, Harris bolnfimutous-onmlnud said the undor-billing was firat agitated at Doston, bo- causo in tho country towns in Massachusctts thore wns_no means of weighing, and overload- ing was dono to.tho disadvantago of Boston. This attracted tho sttontion of wostorn railrond ‘mon, audon hisroad they wolghed grainatthoelo- vators, tho cost being 84 & car, borno by tho roads. Thoy hiad nol more than five claims in a year for componsation on their ling for grain not dolivored, 'Tho railroads, to protoct thomselves, Tiad to sao that tho quantity of grain said to bo put in cars wae notually thoro, or ihe shipper could claim that ho put it thero, and the rond- would have no evidenco to disprove the asmor- tion. Thero was roally but little under-billing. ‘Thoy hed confidence in the shippers on thal lino, and the uhinorA had confldence in thom. Tho oxpense of constructing traclk-scsles at ench station, and of moving ocars on it, would hiavo to como out of the owner of the grain, forced into au _expoerlmont that fatled in its oxpected results, would the Stato ‘or peo- lo who had oxperionced the advantago of tha ‘experiment mako up the doficit? Thoy had ro- Qucod thoir ratos, withont logislation, from 4. conts to 8¢ conts & milo, but there was no approcinblo differonco in the smount of travel. 11;"““ was an arrangement botwaeen his road and the Rock Islend and the Northwestern as to through froight and passongor rates to Jounoil Bluffa, Thore was compotition, and Council propodd tmouskion Bluffs got her businoss dono for less than _ fair prices; but wh{ should Coun~ cil Bluffs got an advanta B?o over other towns? They poolod thoir recelpts on the basis that they Wouid chargo only fair rates, to which nobody conld justly objoct. This arrsugement enablod them £0 savo to thomsolves, aud conso- quently to tho travoling Imhllc, the_oxponso of rupning unuocesusry trains acrosa Illinois and Jows on Sunday, oach road alternating, and taking onoh othors' tickets, and dviding the recuipts. Relative to tho Lills bofore the Committos, ho, agrood with Mr. Adamy, of Masssohuaotts, fhat it was impossible to fix an inflexiblo tariff for railronds without crippling thoir usefulnoss to:the public. With reference to the abolition of ‘tho 26,000 limitation for persons killad, ho bolioved that railrond companles avoided jury trials as much as poseible, and awarded comoti- sation without going into court. Railroads woro Dold for dmmuge to omployos whoro no other orsons woro. - If 'n railrond is putting up & {:uilding and an'omployo is killod, tho railrond is rosponsiblo, when. o contractor would not be. Railronds wera now genorally forced to nottlo, and could do 8o withiu 5,000, but if thoy could nsl $20,000 or 50,000 liwy would Do’ forced into the courts In apite of ihemsclvos. Tho mooting ndjonmod. ho Honato Committeointerviowed tho raflroad men In the oveuing on tho subjects reportod above, 3 i PR L Shooting Affriy in n Court=-IRoom, TouwvitLe, Ky,, March 12.—In New Albany, Ind., to-dny, Liou James, cuglneor on the Louis- Sills, Now Albany & Ohicago Railroad, whilo his brother .was under arrest in n magia- iratc's ofice, for shooting st _Lon, started out, telling _ Mnt to tollow him. The City Marehal, John Southorland, lald his liand on Matt's arm, and told him not to go as ho wae undor arrost, whon Lon struak Southorland in tho faco, and followed up tho blow withitou or fifteen othors, Southerland ward- ing off as bost he could, and telling™Jomes to stop or ho would shoot, Bouthorland nt Jongth drow & rovolver ‘and shot Jamos in the loft broast, but tho wounded mau continued to sirika Lim, knocking him Into a large wood-box 1 tho corner. Houtherland then laced tho revolver to James' hoad, and warned Jlith to quit, but tho warning was unheeded, and Hflulho;\nua fired, killing him instantly, South- erlund thon gave himsolf up, but no one would make an umfinvlt, againet Lim, and Lo was re- leasod, nollrond News. Bosron, March 12.—Ar‘(umnnts wore goms mencad to-day in tho Unitod Htatos Clrcuit Court, in behalf of the Erle Railway Company, for an injuuction to provent the foraolosure ci tho Bor- do }l mortgago on tho Doston, Hartford & Erio Company. New Yonx, March 12,—At tho annual moating of tho stockholdors of the Northern Pacifio inilroad, to-day, tho following Dircctors wore olected: W, G Fargo, George W. Oass, R.D. TRico, Charlos B, Wright, W. D. %fden, Frod- evlal Billingy, J. - Simith, W._ G, Moorlioad, A. 11, Darnoy, Willism Windoin, James Stuson, B, P, Choney, Albart A, Catlin, Spechul Inspateh to 'The Chicago Tribune, New Yonk, March 13.—Thoro was to-dsy a Hvoly bit of gossip in Wall stroet, over tho re- cont’ annual olootion of the New Orlonns, Mobilo & Toxau Raflroad Company, ' 'Tho ol Divectors, composod of auch men ss J, IT, Bank- er, 1. D._Morgan, John Btewart, Wm. Hpnyiue, Josoph Bellgman, Wm. B, Bchmidt, G, G. Ha- von, and othors, having beon dropped from the Uat, and an outirely new hoard wxi’ylx tho oxoop- tlon of Oakes Amos, electod. This corporation counoots Chattanooga, Mobiie, New Orleans, and the Tosay Iuterior, A larue amount of money . Falla City Bank wan Ipvestod. b somo, ok tho prinoipal aupitdl: | Tath \f T Rortt todthding "t gontomon namo abovo, but, 4ot rogarding the { stook as of hny ;’!,‘.rfiimlnr Ynluo, their invostmont. wat ohfofly 1 tho bonds at anominaliprico. "ha fl:ntn ?’ L“h:l‘m:l. wag lt:rlnclnd to ':(I‘ rol:‘a \13‘1” eon‘-l struotion, pn ip_ontorpriso, d wel S 57 chont bon0tets Tt Blatos whih bava retnlted fn n defanlt in tho futorost on tho Btato bonds. 4 default In the intoroat of tho Compn- ny'a bonds, nlno, followed on tho 1nt of January. Mo stockhioldors dooldod to haroafter manago tho road themeclves, and, coneaqubntly, effootod au ontira chango in fhat dirootion. ) i ——— FIRES. Sorioun Dostruction of l‘ro;\'m—ui Twao Factorios Borned in Bixon; ki ~=Thirtdon sundiéa PEIHI Lue of Eoployents. ~s s Duxor, 1, Miroh 12.7This moruing ot 8 'cldek M flta broke ont in-Mosars, Chartors & Dodge's knitting | factory, whioh woeg, totally dostroyod, tngnfi.nr with Dement & Joromo's Mnx and baggiog factory, sdjolning. At ‘ono_‘tjmo Wi tho bilidings . on tho yale Powor weore iu imminent dangor, mt woro saved Dby tho gront exers tiona of our Fire Dopartmont. Tho Amboy Fico Dapartment ehrtored o (3014 ths e a apocial train and made laco, 12 milen, An 10 Inin; 10005 hany” 8,005, 5 o, Bn ,000, iys blow 1s b sorions ‘ona £ our olty, ,thm\rlug ,800 hdndd out of dinployment. Great pralso s o 6 tho Amboy Firo Departmont for ro- wpdilaing to our eall for ald, Speofat -Dispatch to TAe Chicago Tribune, Dunuque, lowa, March 12.—Thia morning af Lslo Mimy, o Milwaukeo & 8t Paul froight cof was burned, !oiumurw%t‘halxhn 38 Rud, A Jot of mated at W goods, N, Jenking tnd B Gprdn Trom Madj- sui(\f Wis, y*mm"m - {1, the canat tf'xau timo, ind wor6 ok, rolorsod £l 36 aoriously burnod na 6 Yonder rocovory oubtful, Loss on tho | horaes, 81,2003 on the goods, sbout 8600, Tha Jiro, in Aunposod to lisve caught from a spark from tho locomutlye, InpraNArors, Ind, March 12.—About 11 o'clook last night & fite ‘was dlecovored in tho Weodburn-Barver Whoel Compay's buildinga on Bouth Iilinols utreot. Tho whole yent part u& tho bullding was.saon er\\_',elupm in i{:mua" du continuod burnlig flerdoly, unkil About 1 o'elok his oraiiiff, Whod it wia. %o undér control, 'hi® o#s Is ostimated at 3100,000, fully covered y insilrinds int tho follgwing companios: Hart- atd, 86,000 ; Amazow, 95,000 ; Citizons’, of Vir- giola, 81,750 ; Etns, of Virginin, 81,7605 Gor- man, of Virgluls, 81,760 ; Amnzon, of Ci oiouati, 81,0007 Irsnklin, of ' Indian- dpolin,' 61,000 ; Amorioan _ Central, 2,00 Tranldin, Philadelphis, ©3,000; Oriont, 82,000 ; Union, of_Maine, §2,600; Alomannia, 83,600 ; Phoonfx, 26,0003 Queen, #5,000; Westchoster, ©2,600; Tiromon's Fund, #2,600; Livarpool, London, and Globo, 2,600 ; Gorman American, 2,600; ' Dangor, §1,000; Dennsylvanis, 1,000 Btar, 82,000, Rayal, .86,000 ; Northwostorn' Na- tional, $2,600: Biate, of Missouri, 83,000 ; Brow- ore, 2,600; St. Paul, 82,600 Hlvdrnia, of Now York, 1,500; Hoffman, $2,000; Amons, £8,000; Tairfleld’ County, -#2,500; Buffalo Gorman, $1,000; German, of Eric, 81,600; Homo, of Co- limbus, $2,500; Comus, §%,000; Commorcial Union, ' 82,000; Undorvwriters'’, $2,600; Black TRiver, $1,600; Peoplo's, of Now Jersay, 63,600, At 'half-past 12 o'clock Chiof-Firo-Engineor Dinlol Glazier ontored nwwindov in tha socond atory, and while in tho act of giving ordors to his mon ' brick wall foll, burying him bonenth tha dobris. Ho was extricated ns apocdily a8 possi- ble, but only livod s fow minutes. 81, Lows, March 12.—The flouring mill of Bornard Smucker & Co., on Eighth stroot, was .burned at 2 o'clock ibis morning, Loss from 15,000 to 820,000 ; inauranco not ascortainod. New Yons, March 12.—A. firo this ovoning, at 88 Broadway, - rasulted in the following losios : ‘A, Rogonthal, mantilla and ladies' suits manu- faoturor, 810,000 ; Lilontbal & Stein, travoling bag manufacturers, £5,000; 8. Bonodicks, ata- tionor, 810,000 ; Steinor, Kahn & Co,, importora of fancy goods, 815,000 ; Hondrickson & Taylor, importors of yarns, burlaps, otc., 88,600, ‘Cho bullding was ownod by - tho Lorillard Estato; anmaged, £6,000. THE WEATHER. War Departmont FPrognostications=s Roports from Various Foints. (Cmoado, Maroh 12—Tho Blfnnl Rervico ro- orta this morning indicato ‘coldor woathor in Ti6 Northwost § 'f bolow zero. at. Brookinridgo ; 8 abovo st Duluth, 10 above at 8t. Paul, 19 above at Marquotta, 23 abova at Eecanaba, 24 abovo at Alpona, 91 abovo at Milwaukeo, 25 abovo st Ohiongo, 37_abave ut Bt, Louis, 40 abovo at Momphis, 65 abovo at Now Orleans, Tha tom- oraturo throughout the Middle, Esstern, and Eon'.h Atlantio Btatos I8 from modorate to mild. Snowing in the Lakes Huron aud Ontario re- ione. % . : Kqux DEPARTMENT, . OrF1cE oF THE Omimr BroNAL SERviCE, DivistoN oF TELEGRAME AND Rrronta FOR_THE BENEFIT oF CoMMENOE, WasmnatoN. D, O.; March 12.—Probabilities— Tor the Middlo and Eaatorn Statos on Thursday, rising baromoter, weatorly winds, and genorally cloar weather. for the Gulf States, northerly winds and somowhat lower tomperature. Yor tho Bouth Atlaatic States, northerly winds and olear wonther. For tho Lako Region, southeast winds and rising tomperature, l];nn:m].m an aron of low barometer in the Northwest, Irom Tows to the Upper Lakas, brisk_southerly winds, oloudy and Ditontoning wonther—~tho . storme contrs to pass from Central Dakota into Wie- conain. « 8 S Mailrond Accidents. Bosto, March 12.—0n tho Vermont Central Tinilrond ualerdn{, near Dassot, Vt, tho breaking of the fournal of tho locomotive throw oleven froight cars off tho track undor & covorod bridge, demolishing tho structuro and smashing tho cars, ultogother causing a loss of £26,000. Derrorr, Mich., March 12,.—At 4 o'clock this morning s Puliman sloeping-car, full of passen- gors, was destroyod by firo twant{fiulua north of olland, on the Chicago & Lake Miohigan Rail- road ‘The pansengors barely escaped before tho car wes burned to fim trucks, losing their bag- ago and somo clotbing, The origin of the firo s unknown, The loss is probably £80,000. MiwAUKEE, March 12.—A atranger, who had not boon employed over an hour, was killed in tho yard of the Milwaukeo & 8t, Paul Railroad, on the South BSide, at half-past 6 this morning,” while® engaged in coupling cara, From papera found _on his orson ho is supposed to bo Michaol A. obin, or Azarah AL Dobin. Among tho papers woro threo notes and & morigagoy dato Tort Wayno, givon by Jamea MaBrido, Ho was abot:t 24 yonrs of ago. . ¢ L Conflict of Judicial Authority. CryonwaTy, March 12.—In the Pyobate Court, In this city, to-day, in tho caso of the prisoner arrostod in Glendale, on o chistge of petty larcc- Dy, and triod Dy the Moyor of Glendsle, and, afior plonding ot guilly, convictod and sen” tonced, snd nfterward ~ brought bofore tho Probate Court, on s wrt of haboss corpus, Judgo Tllden, of that Court decided tho action of the Mayor of Glendale null and void, and that tho laws of Ohio gave him final juris- letion in such csaos only whon dofondant plead- od guilty ; atherwlso, ho could only hand do- forsiant t tho Grand Jury. Four Persons Drownocds Donuque, March 12,—At Charlotto, Jowa, the drlvor of a toam undertook to cross an old ford in the Mlnnlal:lppl, one sido of & now bridge not yot comploted, when tho team was n\v?t ot into deop water and undor the ice, which Lad formed & gorgo just below. Ot 'five persons in tho wagon, but one, a woman, was #aved, aho having boen caught botweon two caken of doo, her hoad thereby boing hold sbovo tho. wator. ' Becoming insensible, Khio made no offorta to oxtricate Lioraelf, and was thus saved from tho fato which met hor companions. Bub ono of the bodios Lias boen recoverad, The Falls City Bank IRobberys suie, March 12.—Tha robbery af tho e ows in magnitude nll{. 1t 18 now beliowad that the smount of bonds taken i8 hotweon two and threo hundred thousand dollars, montly rallroad, canal, and Governmont ds. Tho following bonds aro among the ‘r;:ll:nlngz L. 0. & L. Rallroad, first monguge, Hon, 160 to 109, inclusive ; J., M. & I. Rallroad socond mortgage, 1,976 t0 1,078, ‘Inclusive, an 1,020 to 1,023, Inclusive 3 Loulsvillo & Portland Caan), 788 to'741, nolusive, all for 81,000 each. "Pho rowards offored o far resch 87,000, Potroloum in Xown. i Moixes, Iows, March 13.—In alnking & sl tar ook ‘ioven smilos from tho oity, to-dsy, potroleum mads its prosonce known by a lou noise and a rush of gas and groenish-coloied ofly water {nto tho shaft, This was set on flro, and the fire was atterwarda extingulshed by flling up thoshaft. Stops will be taken st once to macor fain i€ the oil ia thore in paylng quantitize. . e e Califoraln ll.n:;hnl.‘ il o i N Fnanoisco, March 13,—The trial o. e ous Ohaties Mortimer, for the murdr of Mary 8. Gibson, commenoed 8t Baoramento to- day.1 Tho . vrigonert was undemonatrative, but 1ooked vory palo and woak, owlng to his close confluomont nnd rapented offorts’ to commit ani- cido. 1ia counsol movod for » continunnce, on the qmum\ of tho abseuca of materlal witnoases for the dofenna. A xoport clrenlatod liko wildfira this nftornoon that Yourn D, Tair shob and instently hilud Jacob Bhow, o photographer, The rinior proved groundlons. CINCINNATI ‘Eho Banicrtipicy ok Johii O1 Freniont ; umé m}\ w mnrtoml - Owxonyriarhy, 0., Moroh, 13T b8 -Yilic] 165 Ut Lo, v i GF G §r Horiog \ Co, qompioried of @, W. DMopton and John O, %x’omnne. Wire. doclared hankeitpt - as o firm, hls firm: had contrnoted in 1870 to oxcayato rallrond " {unnel undor the Walnub ila, G, W. Morton resldod hora m‘d Trnnfi:nd tho_businoss, Gan Fronlont Fomalidd in Now Yor&(‘ Hiata:, Wagons, boraen, and,tools for tho Woik woro purchasod, and dohts wera contracted to tho amount of $10,000 or $12,000, Aftor & tmo tho wagous, homes, add &\"}’fiah& Ci) sold by Noridn, and , Pal th,emxm\; : oroditor . of 3 fleni, . wna pal £0,600, Funat Octobor, Coly Tolin % Williamaos, o um‘fl‘m died £620 Tér Mmbor, filed poti- fin 14 the United Blates Court to hinve the firm fldolateld banksupt. Tho ground of the petition ‘waa that tho flrm suspended paymont fourtoon days, nnd that Morton, tho “manager, had absonted himself from tho city to Avoid lnlgn\l process. Qon, Ward, tho reprosontative of Gon. Fromont, domurred to tha pbtition; raising the q;lonuon of the llnbfll@{"ol ate part: nor for the acts ot moth\s; in hi8, Bbsence. ~Tho niembars of the firm wero Court hold bt haiid by a noto given by the business managor of tho firm, and that, as brokers aud traders, tho uon-paymont for fourtcon days was on sol of bankruptoy and 8o overruled the domurror, ‘Tho council for tho firm, and onch of the partnors, flled an answer, denyhg all the allagations of tho potition a4 aots of bank- ruptoy. Tho trial oame up on tho 10th inst, ‘Tho caso waa argued two days, and to-night went to the .. A vordict lias boon re- turned for John % Willianigoryy 0. po- Ilt[onlv:,g croditor, During tho trisl, John U: Fromont offorod to pay tho olalm of tho pa- llt(onlnfij creditor and ‘compromiso tho oase. ©ol, Willlamson rofused this offer unless Gen, Yromont would pay all tho othoer croditorsaffoct- od by the transactfon in the question. The com- xr_omlun was not mado, ho other claimanta gainstiliofirm had combined with Villiamason to ny the oxpenses of tho trinl. Tho counscl for on, Fromont rofuscd to compromiso becauso thoy donied the justico of tho othor olaims. Gon. Ward, for tho dofondants, movod for o now trial, this oveniug. It is stated by counsol that it this motion is overruled, tho case will be taken up on orror, THE MISSOURI PRISON. ¥orrible Barbarity ¥ractised on the Inmatcs—¢ Man’y Inhumdnity to Man,? 81, Lous, Maroh 12.—A Logislative commit- too] that haa boon (uvestlgntin? theaffairs of the'Btato Penitontiary for some timo past, mado an olsborato roport to the Houso fo-day. Tho Committeo finds that punishmonts have beon froquent _and unusual ; and on somo occaslons for inndequato roasoms, men have beon flogged unmorcitully ~with leather straps tho back, until tho flesh was raw. Thoy wors also confined in blind cells without light or von- tilation, and somotimes a6 many conviots wero crowdod into theso cella as can staud in them, and allowed to romain for days on brond an water diot. Tho Committeo montion another pun- ishment, called the ** bovellvg," which™ consists In goating tho conviat on tho floor, and strapping his logs in Buch & way as to_compel him to i with his logs flat on tho floor, ond thon his hands aro tled together and drawn toward his foot, tho offoot belng a {romondous strain on the ‘mudcles of the logs aud back, The Committeo rocommond tho abolishment of these modoa of gt\lnlebmunt and then ontor into an account of tho financial management of the prison, and find' that during the last fifteon montbs it has cost tho Biate ovor 805,000 above the receipts, aud rocommend that the convict labor ba Iet to individuals, as in some other Btates, Thoy alzo find that many irregularitios have beon committed by tho ofli- cern of tho Eflsun, and roflock protty soverely on Gov. Gratz Brown for his connoction with tho uso of convict labor in the building of some houses in Joorson City in which he was person- ally {ntorosted. g SR AP Desporndo Ieenpturods Speciat Duspateh to Tha Chivago Tridune, Rookrorv, 11l., March 12,—A man, who gives his namo o8 Roborts, wes arrostod aftor much rosistance at the Browater House, Frooport, to- day, Ho woro staol aaw in Lis boot, and con- fossod that ho was the ono that broke jail hore 1nat Sundsy night, Sheriff Hoab haa gono for him. P Murderex Arresteds Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Cxprn Barier Sinteh 1 Dior, the: forry- man at Columbns Junction, waa arrosted on the charge of murder, to-day, 'Tho stomach of the boy, Milhorn, who died from tho effects of drink- ing alcohio] purchage 1 by Diller, willbo taken to Burlington for nnalysis, To Bo Iangeds Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Gavuespuno, U, March 13.—The Bupreme Court rofused, on Fostordsy, o grant & now trial to Ogborn, the Yafes Qity murderer. Ho will thoreforo bo hung on Friday, tho 14th, botwoen the hours of 13 m. and 2 p. m. Now York Constitutionnl Commission. Arpaxy, N. Y., March 13.—Tho Copstitutional Commission. to-day adopted an smendment to tho Constitution, providing that in all citios with 800,000 inhobitants, or upwards, the Judicisl otlisors_of courts, not of rocord, shall bo ap- pointed by the Governor and Benate. —————————— Sabbath Schools. SprmarieLy, 11k, March 12.—At & meoting of the Executive Committen, 1t was decided to hold. the noxt annusl convention of tho Illinois State Sabbath Bchool Assogiation in this city, on the last Tuosday of Moy next, to continue three days, —_——— Aljoged Defnulters i Bttt neiNNATI, March 12.—A, J. Reynolds, She: ofcfk.munu County, Ohio, i roported a defaulter in tho sum of $5,000 or £7,000. Tho muno{ is supposed to have boon usod in paying bis cleo- tion oxpenses. ——— A Lenp for Doathe . SHonAxToN, Ta., March 12.—August Mayford, & miner at the Central shaft, yostorday committed suleido by presipitating birasolt down a shaft, o distance of 400 foot. 1Iowas crushed into & shapeloss mass. > e The Tslesof-Shonls Tragedy. Pontsxouri, N. H., Morch 12.—~Wagner, the Tsle-of-Shoals murderer, was brought from Baco to South Borwiole to-day, and indicted, and hold for trial at Alfred in Ma % The Socinl Evil. 81, Louts, Maroh 13.—A potition signed by 7,000 women of 8t. Louls, was presonted to tho *Logislaturo asking for the ropeal of the ecclal ovil Iaws of this eity, —— ©Ocean Steamship News. New Yonk, March 12.—Arrived, the United Btl:‘tou atoam {frigato Cotorado, from the Enst Indiea. QueENsTOWN, March 12,—Tho stosmship At- Inntic, from New York, arrived. o B o B ‘Wool Snlc. Prapezema, March 12,—Two hundred and ton thousand poiinds of wool noils and yarn sold at nuotion at 12}§@03 cents por pound for the wool, and 33@490 conts for the yarn, HBold nob:crr. e Mestenis, March 12.—The office of heri! Gillon Waltors, Corinth, Mies., was robbed of $7,000 Lnst night by burglars, who blow open the safe. No oluo to tho perpotrators. —_—————— Obitunry. v Meareug, Tenn,, March 12,—Gen. J. W. B, Brown, ous of the foundors of the ‘Cincinnatt ‘Commercial, dlod here, this morning, of pnou- monia, —————— ‘e Rlelp.”? The followlng bons fido advertigment ap- peated latoly 1 & l’hllmloll)h!n papor: “ Cook wanted—A woman i respoctablo clreumstancos, lving in the ‘West Lnd, and who oan givo tho bost 0f roforencos a8 to oharactor, wishes to engago a Iady to do washing and ironing forhor- golf, hiusband, and six childron, It the famil i found to be too numerous somo of tho ohil- dren will ba sont out to bosrd, In: order Lo mako the dutios of the situation as oasy as possible, a Iady of inferlor quality will befengaged to do the heavy part of tho washing, and a colorod gentlo- mnx‘:y will boin ntundungo' to do any work that may bo considored unbecoming in & lady—stuch ‘a8 blncking boots, washing door-ntops, norub- blog door-atops, oloaning knivos and dishes, mal xlnE firos, onrrylmf water, rinning orranda, and othar dutios of a 10 kind 90 iuorattn () montion, 8.yl linyo t13 Thiltady nights to _)_\e‘n'a!fl\ Wth hill porminsion to use what butter, milk, flour, and ogga sho may require to rreparo cakes aud othor dni‘nllun for tho usual Thursday ovenlog jubiloos. Blio mny nlso, without asking "vrmlf iofr, mupply hor rolatives and frionds from (l,tl {amily gupbosrd, A presont will ho Iiade liar ab Clivlpbmias of d sillt dress and n oo ?t j%w_ulr;[ u;n,«l ]n ho, “;u:l‘ have 1 mrty‘ gt all 0 110 quit t0 hills, partios, and coiyersazionog S HNE Tt Hovir GaosJutd er ol Mldiow locka Li6r preasos; or- exbreigo- nay: Imporununé interforonco in hor familyaffairs, ~Address Wost End, ofo.” GROWTI OF ANIMALS, Becond Keciuro of Prof. Fucsdny Evenluge=Coral ==Tho WormesGral % A Praly Matue, of Bowdoin Colloge; dolivered mz Bodond loctiire; list dvorilng; at: tho Union Pax] Oéigidgatidtial Clmrch, on tho *Growth of Animala.” Tho subject was loss comprohonsivo than tho ono troated tho provious ovening, and theroforo bottor adapted to bo the themoof an hour's discoursos Tho motbod of handling waa the sante, Tho ledtuter epoke It a fréa-andsdasy atyley tvith a chalk-crayon in his right hond, andd background of blackhohrd hehiud him ont which he dfow the liluatintions ossbullél lo & portect olucidation of bia romntks. His profaco was ox- tromoly brief, Ho snid that by knowing how an animal grow, its place in tho scale of suimated lifa could bo determined, Tho rolative agoof o rock can be determinod by studying its growth, ‘modes of doposition or formation, or the fossils in it, no mattor at what distance it may bo above the ordinary lovel of the oarth ot below it. Bo Morse on In goology, wo can tell from cortain fixod principles, ' dn _ fnimal's . plade .ih bt turo: As wo go down _in: the £ealo, wo obseryo & groat many mothods of pro- iokton and growthe: T modo of Toproduction by ovation, gommation, fisalon, &o,, Wore briofly alludod to. - Thoso mothods ato common among coral-producors nnd tho animals bolow thom. ‘Thoso littlo animals build up the immense roofs of tho tr:lvlcu, in which aro found imbodded sholls turtlos, and other calcarcous products of thoso latitudes, Tho oggs of tho coral buildors can only bo productive in the purest son-water, When tho corals roach tho sirface of tho ses thoy die; thoy nevor pasa above tho sonlovol, In old books tho corals aro ropresontod as treos with birds' nosts in the branghes., Thoso vast reofs in due time form slands or ‘‘keys,” which in duo_ timo arc united to tho 'continonts, I wo oan afford to wait n fow million yeara wo shall havo tho fsland of Oubs sunoxed to ug without war, .or even fllslomaoy. The *“coral rings," so-called, are the edges of old islands or continonts, once submorged in the ses. Much i taught b{ studying tho corals rightly, A frosh- ‘wator pol {s which has the power of flssion to an extraordinary do oo, was dofioribed at somo longth. Noxt, tho Drotessor spoke of tho jolly: flsh, tho atar-fish, and shell Ssh, Tho postl is not proporly called a diseaso of tho oyster. It is produced b{ the efforts of tho oyster to lesson or dostroy tho irritation of some. foroign mato- rial introduced within its sholl. The poarls of tho common oyster are not lustrous because tho lning of tho sholl is not lustrous. Chinose, taking advantage of tho poculiar se- orotivo power of oystors, have thoir littlo “Joguos," or idols, incrustated with poarl by loaving thom within'tho sholl, Bpiral sliolls ar all built by inoremont, on thoe principlo of tho oone. Asconding tho scalo, we find tho noxt points of intorest in tho worm. The rings of tho lowoat species are miroducod, rlniby Ting, bohind the eyos, and oach division has the power of living in detached atato, and roproducing its kind, 'Tho parasito worms, although so disgust-* ing, have their points of intorost. The hair Tho worm does * mot come from tho hair of s horso, as found on _tho shore of lakes and rivers, hundrods of miles from whoro horses havo ever been. This simploe animal lnys seven or eight million oygs. We aronot overwhelmed with hair worms, becauso the obatacles in the way of maturing them aro tromendous, and but vory fow oan ovorcom them. The Iobstor grows by shedding bis shell froquently, and retiring to private life until his house has grown again, Tho soft-sholl crab is only & hard-aholl crab_caught In his do- fonseless condition, The barnaclo received n tributo of praiso from tho wonderful in- slinct by which it porceives, we not how, tho approsoh ' of dsngor. is thought that tho whalo is wampd of tho approach of an enemy by » poculiar barna- clo, which {8 to it in tho rélation of a parasito, fho transition to insects wos ensy. aud na- tural, This branch of this subject was most fruitful and Sllg oativo, bub it recoived all tho aitention possible 1 the timo. Tho curicus foatures of flies aud spiders wore spacified. Tho temnlo spider is the only house-builder, and roal-ostate ownor. The “wife-spldor oats tho busband, i he doos not kecp his distance, and throjye his romaing out into tho back-yard without the least compunction, The Professor hod himself counted no loss than eleven hus- bands in a singlo nest, —Vortebrates woro troated in thoir order, but, the lour boing late whon this dopartment of tho genoral eubjaok was reachod, tho successivo topics were mon- tioned with tho groatost brovity. It can safoly bo said that tho socond locture of Prof. Morso was superior to the first, not only ‘bocause tho subject was loss appalling for its grentnoss, but bocauso of its moro Anished and satisfactory handling. FRED. DOUGLASS’ ESCAPE. The Story Told for the First Time. . PHIDADELPHLA, Pa,, March 10, 1873, Tho Academy of Musio was duqnuly orowdoed this ovening, to hear Mr, Frederick Douglass’ rehonrsal of his * Reminisconces of Slavory and Anfi-flhve7." IIr. Douglass gave the following Yehearsal of-his own escape : ‘*While slavery existod, I had good reasons for not telling the atory of my eacapa from bondage, and now that the grent trialia over, Ldo not know any good reason why I should not tell it. Pooplo genoral- 1y imagined that it wos a marvelous rocital, but li is ono of. the most simplo and commonplaco atories that could bo given. I wasownod inThl- ‘bot Uounty, on the eastorn shoro of Maryland, in 1885, and & fow yeara aftor that timo mado my ascape. Ihad boon sont up to Baltimora by ‘my master to & brother of his for safok kooping, but it was a' strango move- ‘mant to send mo sixty miles noarer my liborty. When I detormined on escsping, I looked about for a proper means to accomplish my pur- pose. At that time great vigilance was exer- olsed by tho sauthoritics, = Evorybody was atriotly watchod, and if a slavo wore found out- gido the limits of his master’s plantation, he would bo lisblo to show by what rlibf ho was out of sluco. I was put’ to work in n ship-yard, and commencod to loarn the business of ah{p—cnmnntmng and caulking, ~ Here I had froquont intorcowrse with sailors, and in them T thought I discovered o fooling of sympathy and kindnoss. Although tho diftloulties and ob- staclos ayainet cacapo wero np{)amnfly insur- mountable, I conceived an Idea that I could es- Suro my reloaso by drossing in sailor' clothin and making a surreptitious retreat, But Il no papers by yhich 1 could pass from place to jace, Foriubately, I mot with a man named gtanloy who lived in Baltimore, and who wap fro0, Ho resemblod mo in stature, and from him I obtained a auit of sailor’s clothes, and his protection papers, ,and in this apparel, provided with the nocossary articles, I, in Boptombor, 1838, sooured my liborty. I got Tsaso Rhodos to take my bundle, and, train sfarted ho throw , aud Iran after and umped on the car. If compellad to buy a tiokat, t would have boon necossary to undergo tho most rigid exsmination, sud all descrip- tion n tho papers musb corro- spond exsctly with the marks on porson. ~ Accordingly, the _ scheme waa carriod out, and I soon arrived at Wilming- ton. Hora I mot Froderick Bkoin, for whom I had workad, but X was so perfectly disguised that ho did not know mo. Ina fow momonts the train from Philadelphls, bound south, ar- rived, and on thig was Capt. MoGowan, of tho Revonue Outtor, of Baltimoro, whom I bad Jnown Intimately, and who aléo had boon ac- Qualuted with me, but liv, too, faited torocognize me. When the conduotor camo through tho train 1o rudely callod on nll tho passengors for tiokets, but whon he came to me, iustoad of spesking in an srrogant manuer, told mo kindly that ho supposed Llad my freo papord. I responded SoPlle nogative, but his surprise was groat aud his findlgnstlau not appuaront, when told him that my only pass Was an American Enagle, Lookiu \xgnn it, ho stated that I was all right, and wfih his nesurancelcama through to Philadelphia, and Eroaoudud to Now _York. got thero at 2 wv'clock, and utrayed about and slopt in tho stroots until morning. I did not know tuat T had a friond there, but on the noxt morning I met Isaao Dixon, ab whose houso I hind lived in Baltimoro, and bo soforred me to David nugFlnu, n philanthropist and gonerous- mindod oitizen, Whilo in the city, wbere I re- mained several dnim, 1 visited thio Tombs, and thero 1 saw Inano Io‘»“m, who, for the great of~ fouso of assluting *Tom." & woll-known cher- xoof * h{m‘nngemunt, atter tho | B it i, poter, fn making ki caospo, wie, undorgolng rlal g8 A gt A M Douglsa sitd 10 hiad ftépt thils atoty aes orot untll fhiu timo, hocanso tho oonductor ‘who allowod him to pash from Baltimoro to Philadol- phia would Linvo boon responsiblo to hia mastor for the pecuniary oxtont of loss sustalned, and hocauss lio did ot want _to oxposo his friond Btanloy, aud becauso ho did not want slnvehold- ors to ktiow that slaves had any mothods of o8- capo, Min frosdom, ha said, wns honorably purehianod Iy Teltfs . gold; ‘?7“" hiving bob; lm(d-lpr Mith b n frlond of his 1y Hrlyglnng,‘ #n o nepntidtions having heen cdndiicted by thia Lon, . deradith; of this oityy:who innt prees ant the }u-nnldhlg ofllcor of the Convention fdt tho Itovision of tho Btato Constitution, which i poy In sospion, CMAYNARD I, ursilay, Mareh 0, by tho Rav. F, A, Morris, at Contenary Uhu: on Bt, Louis, o Nogisrd,of hisuge, mud Hagais V. Fioldof the ovmaet DEATHS! JONES—At Lincoln, Noh & Ellza- ot WTTa ot e v tas e Fasterat Linestoand sie- tor of Josph W, Drigge, of this oity, day, Marel 13, at the rosldance, 191 il ot S TR, 0 ‘reallanc Felday, 3 sogleoch, by ATH AR (o Oatrary Comotory. JERTS—On March 12, El Rietined lluhu{!l’.‘ M ettt lnlored wile'et Tuneral will loavo tho roaidonco, cornar of Torty. fourth.at, and StownsL.-ave, Thureday, 1l fnst,, at 1 p. ) Gracoland Goriolory. AN fifonds aro Tavited 1o ond, P T T “ MoVEAGHL:08 Tuosday o¥enic, 1ith Inst.; Batrict ‘MaVengh, ngod Z1yoars, > : s Funaerl team No, 238 Dashiol:at., at 10:20 a, m. to-day, to thio Ohurch of tho Holy Augols, {heuco by cars to Cal- vary Comotory, ANDRUS—In this aity, Maroh 11, of consumption, W. B, Andrus, aged 62 yoars, Cunoeat fpan Teinity Ohurch, Tndisna-sv, and Twanty. fourtli-at., [inivaday, Maroh 13, at 9 p. m. Frionds of tho fam(1y nra Jrvitod to attond, . Grmant papors plosso copy. RIGHATLIS-~ Willo Bupfr,only shild s, of Rav. and Mra, ¥, Riohiard, agod 3 yours, Incking vo dase, Tunoral s n';“ugmffl:g. ‘e 3t B crelnk condusted by tho R W, A, Papnrant, of Pittaburgli, P et o9 Norits Eranklinat, Frionds. (i« v ; ATNSTRONG ~Tbofunoral of Mea, J. M, Armstrong il {ake pisoa &t B De e TAbtoad of 4 s oa THarsdors as prosloualy anuounce ) : BUSINESS OHANCES, TiiA STORE, WELLSTOCKED 1 oporatinn, for salo, Has becn "rofawold by fosson"of tho pro- tho omne, 15 FAbAs & &6, tato-ats. 1088 aouthwost sorgor BM; mnl:lmufl‘f tho housa & Toao: fixt: for o} & ‘cornor| 0 hiousa 4 yoars' loanoy fixtures d all oomptota_will b FADMES 1. AT i e o o i "SAMES i e e R i nplon o, I3 - lgation: LEVIWING & 00w 18 Dascbormeate - o TARE GHANOE. OESS BURE TO ANY, A ag oronnttls buathose: Boed atore and storahouse; buttor-house and hlfiu. Volll mn&fr Roil: Addrons A B, PLATT, Bisttvilio, Kondall Go.,dll: A {i08 PRINTING AND TIGOK-BINDING ESTAL: Hishmont, for salo, or will soll an Interost n tho ssmo 3 raro obanco for investmont, Callon B at Room 4, Mot Topolitan Block, coraor of Ntandoipls and Lasallo-s FINBT.OLASS SALOON FOIL BALE; CENTRA A e Bt Bida, ol & ,{m business {atinfaotary roasons forsaling. 'Apply 4t 113 Wost sla on-it., 3 . FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL REOURE A Dait intorost inn aying businesa that csn ba Faptdly incroasod. 116 Washingtou-st., toom 83, FIRST-OLARS BOARDING HOUSE, WELLLO. cated, and always fuil with boardors, forsnlo cheap. Tloason for solling Is fo rotire from busincss, TFor partio. Harrison, for ula foguire ab No. 115 Tourthav., Hoar ono wook. N s sk OF oz antater NOOKIN & FISCIIER, 16 Sauth Dosplaiuss-st, "A_NAES;PABE'ESHED FURNITURE DUSINESS TOR by i i stekst s gyt 5, X nneot o T ?mfl iline. "Apply to 1L 5. OARTER & CO., 14 and 4G Lako-, REI H FOR ity oxs o ellont alag, vory froo from Timo} Gity water: sard: and Fachiner ot It samimor; evorsthin fn woad orde. Fox fottior information, addresa owner boforo March 18. 55, Tribuno ofioo, W5, Tdbuneofoo, _______—_— OR BALE-ON BOUTIH SIDE_ONF-THIND OR ono-Balf tarcst in & glaning mill and furnitaro man- o B b pront of Sl o compls ruaning o it LE"’ Tokts, 3. ¥ NIGHOLS £00., % South Balos F-RXTRAORDINARY OHANGE FORt A Tt A Jmkdli In, clty, M. A. LAU- RENOE 400, 18 East Madison-ate __________ TIROORRY AND SMALL STOUK TOR BALE IN A B D Fqaira at & Bouth Dosplatacyat. ST PATENT.IORT IN THE ok Tand; hiava boon o %fiu{fin 2 o De soon at. Mo, B Wost Aadisonats J G e T T¥ 1N THE TOWN OF T UMBER YARD, ton B on the lllinole Contral Rall 2 lroad; one of tho boal ts on tho road; & g RS e Te o e R GUSON, 465 Oatharino-st. Mzn MANKET AND GROOERY, WITH FIX. ‘Turgs, for salo; dotng a good paylng business, &1 Weat Lakoust. WetLakowt. e NE ALCOHOL 8TILL FOR BALE, WITH GIN. Hioad, worms, coppoc-ooolcr, compidto: aimest now, Gampotty cfatil, 600 gallons, For particuldrs addros I 26, Tribuno office. T §_BUSINRSS OHANOE—IN ORDER THAT I R S o e 1o b king. 1ol tadulo o ot Yoy stocaraom, 20x6d, two atorias highs dwolliug ad. ling : splondid cellar undar the wholo, with good v Foom, baru, and othor outbulldings convenlant: have Dt up, withia. tha Jast fiftoon yoars & good oah and st i e o, i oS O hocnin Rid o3 roasomnblo torma. S D. ALVRED, ., Cambridgo, Tl g FOR A MAN WITH & ARE BURINESS gfl{muomfimw. R o, ota. S S5, el stock of orockery, gl gatablishod I3joare, Apply st 83 Milwaukeo-av., . P EST NT AND OANDY STORE FOR BALE, R Aotuiro at 97 Btatoust. P o QTEAM FLOURING-MILL, IN A TOWN OF STARbnnia o sl chgar and o Gy torm nss Long loast it amiplo, powers Spoper-shoD i et s, el ot Siop'ie or Riicoads. e I N UERIWOOD, busoatino, Towa. QTE FACTOIY FOR SALE ON LIBERAL A B one 7 o Tetbuna ofco, ¢ () WILL PURCHABE A HALY INTEREST - factt by SL000 Texioliaiehiss merheiree Tiows, Axtiolo stapls, and Hngs Batfatnolary rom vou }3minnx;'.“"1\".‘)\‘}.; PANFoRRER NG, 1 Houth oo d BUILDING MATERIAL., e N o A e e s “RAGINE AND MILWAUKEE O A O on brick at No. 16 Nortt LaBaifacate " O: Ax SMITH & CO. T ALY LION_OHEAP BRIOK, A ataro, 400,000 £ common lumbor. Addross P 56, Tribuno oflicol = TATANTED—A SUFPICIENT RUMBER OF BRI o Tots W this Wil alro o AR A AR TD . T Doncbnen ot HOUSEHOLD GOODS. ALLERDS OF FURNITURE, DRY GOODS, JEW- ., 8010, -amim} or at auction, by Frh VNS 0% 6 Houth O —FURNITURE COMPLETE, SUITABLE {grs.A lll;fiflx;oltn o; will soll ata bargain. Apply to 1 EARTPEGR, 1 asstlo ITURE, WANTED FOR Promntatieation to lotiors, or calis, 1 Jy I Bocondiat. EN & INSTRUGTION. SR L oo Ll S by LR PR Sr e TORT-HAND WRITERS ARE NOW EARNING Uars A class il form at 314 Park- §.fi'§'§l§x‘fd‘f}gflfl§fi 7 Al tateroatod shauid. attend. No chargo for first night. AUCTION SALES. By G. P. GORE & CO., 93, 24, and 26 East Randolph-st. AT ATCTION, y, **8oll our stook of flae furniture at Tho Contlgnosh S2¥at wa manulaotured for yout ‘privata salearoom." Household Goods of Every Description, . - Ofico-Dosks, Bhow-Cases, Fronch and German Plate 1 B! , We bes, Sowing-Alachine Elozand iaitol Miseors, Wapdrobon, Hoxpe: ety jsh Bowls and K 100 cases of Sun.Burner o " Bkt 2ot of Wore Gapat, 1o sloso. DP“ ll}llml and Exproes Wagons at 10 o'clook, Piano Fortos, daloon thoosfloors, e v o CH o M, ON BATUIDAY MAROTaOn s 0 ‘Ausiloneers. By EDWIN A. RICE & CO. Gond furnituro at peirate rosidonos, 781 Wost Madison, sty Tridsy, Maroh 14, at 10 o'clock &, n, comslating of $iok Walhut Msrufture, Bodstoads, Biroaus, Wash- tands, Tablos, Ohairs, {ockors, Uooking and Hesting Onrpots, Moding, Orokosy, Glassiar, Xo., ko Salo porltirs SNAT RIGH % G0, Auotionsers, g Y .y Auctio Oltices, 147 West Handolpli-at. By T, E, STACY. SEHERIFEF'S SALRIL On THURSDAY, March 13, 1878, At Barlington Warehouse, corner of State and Bixteenth-sts,, at 10 o'clock a, m, A large lot of LIQUORS, annnl,'lln . of Whisky, Gla, gfl‘_fl;‘f?’i"‘%d&"‘ Tous lln;:.r:la\‘{ flnfinll;:?almn Otica ialo 1t 'Wr !‘;I"II Porlte. TR R ACY, Doputy Sheril. _ HAVENS & CO Will soll at 63 Bouths Caualest., Saturday, March 15, at 10 HOUSEROLD EFFECES. OF TWO FAMILIES DEHCLINING HDUBEHEPING. Also, & lotof NRW. FURTlgTUu“. DESKS, BAFE, HARNESS, mu:ggggw HUN & €0, Auctionoect — 15 OARPETS, 20., bt, 10 Ay smounts ontiro hausohold stacks hotght, o any x