Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1873, Page 1

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BOOK-BINDERS' TOOLS, AND §TOCK OF ALL KINDS, COLVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CD, 118 & 120 Monroe-st: 2,300 GASES AND CASES Oross & Blaokwell’'s Ohow-Ohow and othor Piokles and Sauces, just arrived. For salo by 8. P, SLADDEN & CO., 39 Bouth Wator-st., FRENCES. 5160 fogk chloo doi of Ucn'w'mltln;nllun Fongos focs ghbap. Bamj % soor oo 1S Ham fngion-at." P 62 "‘A'fl.' A DOOLITILIL, ont Unlon_ifoucy do, LUMBER. HENRY N. HOLDEN, ‘Wholeaalo and Kotafl Doalor In all kinds of HARDWO0OD LUNBER, Also, Mahogany, Rosowood, Florida Codar, e isSattontion, paid to Alling bills £ 'or N any kind of Hardwood o ¥anoy Lusoser " OFFICE AND YARD—No. 211 South Marketst, GENERAL NOTICES. Needles. THE ONLY KXCLUSIVE NEEDLE HOUSE IN AMERIOA, Dor tio incat goods, ths largest atock, and lig greatust assnrtment of Maohize and Hand Neodlos, At tuo lowost prices, coll on or addross 0. M. LININGTON, 177 Kant. Madlsonst., Ohioago. REMOVALS. A st L. WUNDERLE, Morchant Tailor, Tag Removed to 126 ifth-av., socond floor. e e e BUSINESS CARDS, Jd. KR, PREMIUM BOOT AND BJIOR MAKLI, 94 Dearboru-st. onIoAgo, ™ West Rendblphat, OPERA GLASSES, Opera Glasses AT COST PRIOKS, AT If, POLACHEK'S, Optician, ¥0 DIADISON-8Tw NEXT TO McVICKERS, POLAR VOYAGES. Capt. I. L. Hn&és Gl‘}es His ;4 Views of the Last , L Failure. P . He Bolioves that Capt, ilall Was Mur- dered by Mutinous Men, A Point Reachod Within 480 Miles of the North Pole. éulferings of a Boal's Crew I;eit» on One of the South Shetland Islands. * New Yonr, May 11—Dr. I. I. Hayos, tho Arotio oxplorer, inan intorview ralative o tho falluro of tha Hall Expedition, expressed ibo opluion that the “ Polaris ™ was unfit for tho sorvico, ond that infury to ‘tho vossel was enused by de- focts In hor build. ; * Oapt, Hall,” 8atd tho Dod- tor, *“was 464 milos from tho North Polo, Mo (Tall) has proven' what I havo prodicted long ngo, that Smith's Bound was navigablo, and woe tho truo passago Into tho opon polar sea, whtch ho soems to hnvo roachod. Why ko was driven back I cannot toll, probably by drifting ico flolda or galos of wind; but I have sio doubt that he had reachod tho polar son. Thero {a ana ro- markablo fact about his oxplorations: ' Ho had constant aunshine all the timo, and tho survivors who wero drifting down south with tho ‘waters woro all the timo without o ray of .sunshins, I can't undoratand why a ship, whon it was so near Northumberland Island, would draw up bex foro fco nnd dlsohinrgo its cargo on it I think there was dissonsion on bontd, and it looks to mo s though this party.had boon dotormined to loave ihoship, 'There s & mys: tery about this part of the roport that Icannot fathom, I thivk Capt. Hall has done n glori- ous thing, 1o has gone furthor north with his" ship thon any human boing, avor did boforo him, although othors have gono as far in sledges; Onpt. Mnll scomu to have broken through tho icoborgs of Emith’s Sound which baffled hoth provions expoditions, and sucaceded in reaching the point whore both Kane and I claim- - od to bavo seon tha opon polar sos, in latitude 83 dogroes 16 minutos, the most northerly lati tudo overrenchiod by any ship. Hig ship was 219 miles furthor north than Kans'a ghi ip. I can't understand whflr thio survivors wero loft to tho morcies of the floe, unloss thero was diffi- oulty on bosrd tho ship. At tho ontsot, 8t Drigco, thora wns momo gjflicully” bo: fwoon Hl ‘and. Budington, iy b0 sottlod by the Oapiain of the Congross. Thero was comothing very mystorious in Capt. Hall's donth. I wouldn’t liko to say that ho waa killed by ono of his men in » mutiny, but it would almost look so. I have nover known of anyone dying in that rcfilan of apoplexy, and Capt, Hall certainly did not look like an apoploptic man. think thoro s strong robabllity that tho people on board the olaris are safe, and that tho vossel will bo back hore by Boptomber. The mon who dosortad tho ship, probably did #o becauso of Hall's death, Ho wna a brave and resoluto man, and stout with detérmination to reach tho Norths Polo if it would talio him ivo yoars to do 1t. 1o waa ono of tho pluckicst men I ever BAW, and would havo ataid two yoars more to accom: plish his purposo if doathh hnd spared bim— oath or mirder, I don't know which.” Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Instituto, thinks Hall's cxpodition far from failuro, and has no doubt realized many of the objeots in ‘view in sonding it out. - Tho Jerald publishes n atatomont of James A. King, the only known survivor of. s bont's croty mombors © of ‘the Govornor's Counoll, of which Amés was n mombor during Gova, Androw's and Olaflin's_ndminiatrations, Cougressmon Goooh- and _Butlor, ex-Congrons imon Aloxandor II, Rico, Ginery, Twitchell, and L. IL Rollins, ond ex-Gov. Gardrior, of Mansa- chusotts, .Tho body wns taken to tho Easton Ccmolerf, followod by n_long cortogo, the work- mon in the omploy of Oliver Amos & Sons, 400 An numbor, marcling in procession, Eight om- - ployes wora solected as pril-bosrors, At n mooting of thio Hardwaro Trado and Man- ufacturors, yoaterday, rosolutions of regrot at +tho donth of ‘Onkos Amos, and sympathy with tho family, wora ndoptod. "NEW YORK. The Return of the Fugitive Conklin Explainod=~Othor Prominont Parties Implicated == Pgraon Bollows Fxe .plainue=Falsc Report of the Death of Gov, Dix~Twocd’s OakcanAccidont to Another Stoaulor of tho White Star . Lino, % | Speelal Didpateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonr, Moy 11.—~Franols Wi Worth, Rto- colver of tho Morket Bavinga Bank, glves this oxplanation of the roturn of Honry R. Conllin, tho fugitive cashlor: ¢ Wo had boon worlting at the books, and had gono oy far ns posalblo with= out anslatance. There was wo much dootoring up of tho accounts; nud so many false and cons {ukiod entring that wo wero_ corpletely at n lors how- to. procoed, and it had- bocomo abaolutely nocossary that somo ono conversant with,the maunor in which tho booka hiad boon kept sliould bo callod in, In {hoso olrcumntances, I procured @ writ of immunity for him, and went to Canada to bring him on, With hls ald woLopo to {1x tho blamo on soveral partios who have hero- toforo stoad ?\dlu l.l(%v . By his tontimony wo hopo to convict Van Namo, now tracked up, and got sulliclont facts to warrant tho arrost of othor porsons whom at presont it would bo unwiso to namo lest it should put thom on their guard. 8hould tho wholo mnB.or ovor como beforo the publio, vory intoresting rovolations would bo fando’; Bub T axpoot thots aro sovral who would draw their ohocks quickly for the amount of thoir poculntions 08 scom ns wa show them wo linve facts in our possossion to convict them. Conklin ig now working r[uh)tliy on tho booka of tho bank in a Flncn whoro ho is froo from distirbanco, and will bo able to give us somothing definite during tho coming weck, Rov, Dr. Lollows, ono of the most conservative of Unitarian clorgyinon, says of tho prospects of that Churchi: ' Vo are a Church withont any dofinito oreed. Wo sgree only on ono. pofut—n denial of .tho dogma of Llio Trinity. Boyond that wo . have no promeditafod uni- formity of bolief. Wo aro a3 indopendont in our indivilual s in onr combined capacitios. Wo Liave no synods or Ecclosiastical Councils, Thora Is what is tormed the General A,suemblf' mnctlx‘xfi onco oyear. Its functions are uraz consultative, and in the Conatitution of that body it is doolared to bo open to Unitarinn and otbor. Churchies. On that othor churchos will lio all tho trouble. Wo can shut no one ont, and of courso wo caunot agreo to sottlo down onany particutar defined lino of Dbolief, Our wholo arrangemont is ono rathor of a mutual understanding than of o fixed purpose. If wo wora cut up into forty duferont bits, and each fragmont Sot afloat on its own individual shinglo, I think wo should gradually work our way logothor into pretty much whiat Wwo aro now, ‘Thero aro some fow who bave aither loft us or stand roady o rotm to Christianity, biit thoy would Tl‘qbubly fo into something ke Becchior's freo roligion, ° Thoy are consorvative, ond aro afrald of such Joose fish 0 Frothlugham, coming duto tho quict pool and ruising & gonoral dis- turbanco. Mo may do #o at any time, Wo. cannot prevent; bub doubt vory much whotfior wa hayo any jug cango of approhension. Wo havo ° all shades of opinjon with rogard to the divinity of Jeaus Christ roprosontod in our congrogations, Our greak chatactoristic, 1f wehave ono prodom. inant ono, {a charity in’ matters of belicf, Lot us think a8 wo will, buk not quarrol nor dispute, Tho Rov. Octavius D, Frothingham, most radical of his creed, negorts- bhe radicals aro no longor Unitarians,” Wo have. no crood. (”Vn pride oursolves on having nomo. If I woro to atlompt to give o roligious titlo to our beliof, 8o far 08 it oxists, I should call it Thelsm, not Christinn, but scientifio Thaism, Wo diseard the Biblo, Christ, and ail tho old forms of bLelief, and sball Soltow onr g¢ fvo of tho sonl-fshing achoaper raniiin, of Now London, Iandod {n 1571 on_Window Islatd, ono of tho Routh Shotlands, situatod nouth of Capo Horn, In Intitudo 64, The men killod 4,000 senls thoro; and woat to St. Georgo's Taland, lonving tho rocord of thoir whoraabouta bobind. Tho veusol subsoquantly returned from suother of tho group, landod a boat, discoyored tho record, and proseodad to S, Goorge's, whoro, gotting no rasponso to gune, Tockots, and othor signals, and bolng unablo to send a boat ashiore on account of breskers and ice, was compolled to abandon tho men and prooeed home, whoro thoir loss - had long since boon roported. Tho schooner Nilo, ono of whoso .mon i now in Now Yorl, discovered King Info Ingt yoar in 8 smatl woodon hut on B¢, Goorge's Teland. One of his companions had died sovoral month bo- foro, while othors, inoluding thothird mato, loft, £wo ook boforo' King was found, with a boat, for Window Island, ngainat his romonstrance, Ho holped thom lnunch tho boat, but don't know what bocamo of thom. It is cortain, how- over, thata portion of tho bont and a sailors coat wore found on tho bench near Capo Shoriff, thirty miles from the hub whore thomon paesod tho weary yoar. Thatthoy wero drowned in the breskers and nover roachodl Win- dow Ialand is probable. 1t is rufimrtud {hat the seals are now almost en- tiroly killed off the South Shotland Islands, King told this man that ho aud his comrades managod to live on policane’ flesh and some bis= cuita loft behind by s boat's crew, sud made clothos out of aoal skin, Tholr hut was built of boards lett there by anothor vessol, Fire was Lept with sonl blubbera, The survivor Lad boen without fire soveral days when found, MORTUARY. The Remains of the Lnts Chiof«Jus< tic Chase Lying in State in Washe ington, Wismnarox, May 11.—Tho remaing of the lato Chiof-Justice Chage arrived horo oarly this morning, accompaniod by relatives and’ pail- Loarors, and woro conveyed to the Supromo Court-roomw, whera thoy weie placed on a cata~ falquo, the mamne on which thngndy of Lincoln roposed in stato in the rotunda of tho Capitol in April, 1865, Floral' docorations Lulu;‘ully nmmgmf in tho form of crosscs, wreaths, ane chors, oto,, wora placod on the coflin and the catafalque, most of them boing from the Goy- ornmont consorvatory. Immediately in front of tho draped toat formorly ocoupied by the Into Chiof Justico was a largo floral cross, while ludide iho bar wore boxos of tho ohoicont blooming flowers, A rd of policomen and gorvants of the court wero iu attendance, Sovoral thousand persona visiled tho Bu- remo Court-room in the course of ho day, but were d!snp‘rolutud in not sesing tho the face of tho doceasod., Tho caslcot was oponad by & physician for private inagmion but was again soon closed, for roson it is snid, that the fonturos Liad nndorgons & marked ctiange, thore- foro 1t was thought propor not to exposo them. The funeral sorvicos will at noon to-morrow be conducted by the Rov. Dr. Tiflln{, in the Beuato Chambor, All of tho furnlturo, including tho ENDY,“"' wag gomo timo ago removed, but tho chairs will be tomporarily re- stored, and tho Vice-Prosidont’s seat, Boorotary's doak, and othor parts of tho chamber ba drapod $n mourning, The rouewlnf gontlemon have beon appointed all-boarers : Admiral Goldsborough, d’en. Mo- owell, Honator Camoron, Vounsylvanis ; Bonator Oragin, New Iampshiro; Son- ator Norwaod, Guorgin; Montgomory Blalr, Maryland; W. “W. - Corcoran, © Washington, Qov. Honry D, Cook, Washington ; A, I\ Porry, Ohlo; Hiram Barney, Now York; Whitolaw Tteld, Now York ; Dr. Potor Parkor, Washlng- ton ; Josoph Casoy and Mr, chn{; of Mary- land. 'l‘helmw!nrmnr)y occuplod Dy tho late Chief Juatioo in the "Motropolitan Mothodist Ediscopal Church was to-day heavil draped with black, and the front of the pulpit covored with black eloth, Funeral of Oakes Amcs, Bosron, May 11.—Over 4,000 aagrlu attonded the funoral of Oakes Amnos at North Esaton to- faith, no matter where it may lead us; wo do not care, of conrso. The main body of tho Church folda the monay, but, 0 conaorvatism alwoys does, wo possoss tho koal, tho brains, and the dotormination to follow our own courso. No occlosiastical fellowship oxists betweon the two branchea. Wodo not exchango in our pul- pits, aud jn all respocts wo aro cntlm;f diatlnt,” Wo osn and 'do admit all monuer of mon into our Bociety—Spir- itualists, Catholics, Athelsts, Infidols—all aro oqually woloome, if thioy do not attempt to meas- aro others h{nthoh‘ standard orthodox. Unita risnism I think will become ovangelical. Our futuro deponds only on the limitations of the human powers aud scienco, Wo hold the religion of tho future, if such a thing oxists,” Thero waa much oxeitemont horo fhls ovening shout tlp Fifth Avenue Iotol over a roport that Gov. Dix had fallon doad in Albany in a fit of apoploxy, whilo roturning from clirch. The® story was bolioyoed for somo timo, and not wholly disoraditod until somo friends "tolographod to Albany, and learnod that be was alive and woll, LatER.~—Ho0 wide-sproad was the bolief in Gov. Dix's doath that it was announced this evening from sovoral pulpits, A number of porsons would not bellove the contradiction until thoy had called on the Rov. Morgan Dix, and wera asaurad that the roport was & canard, Thoro roally sooms somo prospost mow that Tweed will havo an_ impartial trinl, though it in generally bolioyod thot his Tammany adherents will probably find moans to defeat the cnds of Justico, (To the Associated Press,) NEw Yonk, May 11.—The accidont to the steamship Oceanic llgpoxm! tohava occurred two miles outside of Bandy Hook, and was a crack in the faco of ono of her four’ oylinders, through which & small quantity of stonm at flvst escapod, The dumnf;u appoaring alight, it was detormined to procoud, but in fiftoon minutes the crack had 80 oxtended that the steam was osoaping vory rapidly. It was thon docidod to rotur, and Lho veasol roachod tho dock at 7 p. m. Tho fage of tho cylindor 18 of cast iron, about six inch- o thick, and hold togothor by n wrought iron rim, Tho bronk was o sixtoonth of &u inch {n widih, and oxtondod entiroly noross tha faco of the o{lindnr. which was a now one put ou at the lnst stoppage st Liverpool. Tho chango of tho course of the ship causod much oxcliemont nmong tho passengers, which wa ple Inyod, Thoy all wont ashoro luut bight, and the stenmer will probably not continue her voyage until o now casting is made,—porhaps two or throe days, LOUISIANA, Kollogg’s Gunbont ut Brashears-Ouse tom=ilouse Clerks Krosned Into the SBervice. DBrnasnean Crry, May 11,—Kollogg's gunboat Ozark arrivod this morning, It is dilapidatod concorn, ‘ho steamor harla I8 expectod to ro- turn from 8t, Martinavillo this ovoning with the Motrapolitans, the United Btatos troops having arrived there, 2 It 1s rumorod bero that Metropolitan cavalry, composed of United Statos Oustom-Houso clerlu, who had to volunteor or acoopt a discharge undor the customary summor m}os of reducing ex- ponsos, have ‘stated that thoy rocoive pay os Gl\‘xu]tom-Hounn clerks, and aleo aa Doputy flnu- shals, 87, Louis, May 11.—A special from New Or- leans, datod Baturday, anys thros battorles will bo in camp to-morrow at” Annuncintion Hquaro, and four {ufantry companion in othor pattn of the city, l)nln;[ reluforcomonts to the Fodoral o troopa orderod to tho Rod Niver oountry to ar- rost the Oolfax riotors, JLoformation {s rocolvod corroborating the news of the preparations for an orgamzod rosistance to tho service of wsits, 'Where {8 groat excitemont in that reglon, The Nthanlfll’i!oK\lhI’l will be ntationod throughout the Binte in dissffooted parishos. 'Tho reports of the cholora thors ara untrue, Tho Fusionist Slato Convontion of the peoplo lnlpro!nutl aiuat Kellogg, to bo held at New Orloaus in June, will adjourn to rosssomble when Jongross meols, A ‘call extensively oir oulated fou tho opponents of Kellogg to meot day. The ssrvices were in tho form prosoribed, iu the Unitarian Church. Among Lhoso presont wero Vico-Prosidont Wilson, Honator Boutwall, the Lleutanant-Governor of Massaohunotts, Preuldont of the Benato, Speaker of the Houss of Roprosentativos, and several past and Ppresont to-night, armed, ot Lafayotte Bquare, croatod exoltomont, but evoked 1o rosponso, o * Bumuel Smith, of Rockport, O., agoed about 80, suloidad in Olovoland on Friday by sligoling, Cause wxknown, CHICAGO, MONDAY, MAY 1%, 1873. . DIXON. - = . The First Sabbath after the ' Oalamity: Yesterday in the Striéksn Town. Tho ' Church Observances=--I'on« tures of 'the Day, Oporations at tho Fatal Span, ' Spectal Dispateh o The Chizago Trivune, Dxon, 111, Moy 11.—~This ovoning olosos s Sunday tho saddost known in Ui history of thin region, tho first Babbath following tha stfoko of tho gront calamity, succooding & waok of - mich griof and dnguishi in tha stricken hownes of this community as has rarely boon oxceoded in the onuals of human sorrow, A poouliar intoront biny attached Lo thie day, s tho first gecasion of publio concourse gmde from tho frequent funors ols ihat bhave fllod the tomn with symbols of manming. . Atan ondy hour in tho day, pooplé hogan to comoin from neighboring localitios, aud from tho liomes of tho town, untila largo concourse of spoctators hod rosumed tho oporation of watching the dismal procoodinga ab the soono of tho oasualty, ? ) Both shorea of tho rivor havo boon thronged watching tho work of oloauing away tho fatal 8pan, No additional bodies hava boen found though fivo moro aro known to bo missing, all of wliom whoro last soon on or noar the bridgo or in tho wator. : ) At thin hour about all tho debris of tho fatal span has bLoon drawn out of the wator and wrockors are dragging tho river nt thnt placo and down tho rivor for a 'distanco of throo miles. Throughout ¢his wholooxtent tho dreadful work is going on, It it is possible for human wkill aud Iabor to find theso bodics thoy will bo found. THE GirunonEs. At 11 o'clocl the sovon churchos of tho city woroe filled with woeping audioncos. 'The monrn- ors proper in tho Baptlst Church occupied tho front seats fllling s lorgoe part of the room. In tho Mothodist Church thoy wero scattored lhroufh the congrogation. In all, they wero consplcuous, and, togother with tho drapery of mourning which in oll the churches hung from altors, pulpits, coflin congrogationa of tho Dixon churchos to-day tha most solomn’ spectacle your roporter has ovor soon. A ‘Tho sorvico in tho Baptist Church opaned with the singing of tho hymn, ‘‘Lord, How Myatorioua aro Thy Wui'n,"b tho chngrogation, aftor which tho pastor, Rev, J. IT, Prntt, read tho 46th paslm and offored prayor. . REV. ML, PRATT'S PRAYER. b, God, o coing this moruing to sock thy blensing, st thou not fu thy Providenco ordered all {hings 7 1ins death como to auy without Thy knowledgo? Sumo of thoes with usin Thy sanctum laut Runday ato ot with us to-dsy, Wna mot thy Laml hero? If Thou art not in this wo should utterly despair to-day, Wo Yocogaize Thy band, - Wo would b siAl amd kow tha Thou art God, is tho Lord, Lot Him dowhat soemoth Him good, 0, Lord, lioal the wounds Thon st mude, and grant that wo yoay learn the lessonn of Thy providence, Afd us by Thy spirit. Iow can wo speak when Thotl art speaking 7° 0, grant that womay como ont of this night of surrow info the light of God's own countenance, .We ank {t in the mame of Christ, Amon, 2 THE REV. MR, PRATT'S BERMON. Text: “Bo atill and know that Tam God." Paalm 40, 10, Is thoro ons bero to-day who doubts tho oxistonce of God? If there bo such an ono, for Lim I have no mosesga; and, fudewd, to thoso who beliove in tho.God of the” Hible, T spoak with much trombling, Thoro are times and clroumatancos whon it soom wrong to bronk tho silonco of God, Buch is our condition fo- day, Like a thunderholt from tho cloar sky fell tho calnmily Iast Babbath. Intho midst of lifo wo aro-in death. God is speaking to us to-dny. Letus liston; bo still; i speaks in natura. His voice ia heard in the soft summor breozo orin the whirlwind and the tempost. “Tho hoavons declare His ilnr{)lnd tho flrmament slowoth His handiwork. ‘Day unto day utteroth :})nec]l and night untonight showeth knowlodge. od spealts £0 ue in His word. Ho tells us to live and Liow to die. Ho invites ua to examine for oursolves, and tolls ug all wo ought to know of Him, Mo speaks to us is Bpirit, and happy. aro they = who liston to His teachinge. Ifo spoaks tous by His Providonco, in this volco. He nddreesos us to-day. Bhall wo understand that God has dono this, and by it that He {s spoaking to tho living ? Ob! lot ushenr what God enys to us to-day, ‘Tho preachor horo showed how God was spoak- ing to tho fathor, tho mothar, sistor, brothor, tho Sunday-school goliolar, young man and wo- man, and then enid, I don't wish to sit in judg. mont on our loved'onos to-day ; if 1 did T sould speak with conftdonce. I onlyaddrosa the living, Tho death of our lost ones camo suddouly, No farowoll word of f!\rllng wad uttored. We should lenrn that our lives are in the hands of God. 1o hna get the time, With Him thore Iy no chango, Ho ordorg all things in His infinite wisdom. ‘Wo should learn tho graat uncortainty of human life, Noxt followed a briof skotch of ench membor lost connooted with Ar, Pratt's congrogation, aftor which the servica olosed with tho Binging of the hyma + 1 Oh Lord, how happy we aliould bo, If wa cast our care on Thee, Tho sermon was very plain and short, and do- livored with much emotion. Tho room was full, ond duriug the entiro sorvice it seomed that GYOryono was woeping. BT, JOUN'S EPISCOTAL CIUROIT. Tho Rov. H. H, Loring, of tho Dlocoso of Plits- burgh, officiated. The sorvicos woro especinily solemn, Penitontial Psalms woro used in the Paoltor, Thonkeglving for doliveranco from dangor waa ronderad, and Jroyérs wora offorod for poraons in aflliction, Tho “full Litany was snid, Including the moroe penitential portion, Tho subject of the sormon was **Sympafhy.” Thoe dutly " of Ohristion men and womon to ook out the afiicted and sorrowing, and make their burdens enslor to bo borne, waa dwolt upon. Tho spealor said it fsimpousiblo for any one, morally or roligiously, or a5 rogards bis tomporal noeds, to stand alons in the world—that Is to &ay, on tho social prin- ciplo rest both sooular and roligious life, 1n us there is an olemont of dependonce, and betweon ua thoro is o chord of sympathy. Wo support ench othor in » thousand ‘ways and by manifold action, quito unimportant, suporfloially coueidored. Wo influonce cach othor for good or for ovll, for galn or for loss, for Qod or for Battn, Our sympathics' aro oxpounded or’ contrncted, - incressed or dimin{shed, accordingly. The Church Wwis repre#onted as a family, Whioh aro brothren, As euch thoy are to sym- pathize ono with another. Thoso with whom wo sympathizo in thoir trials and sorrowe—aud who is thoro hore to-day that doos not know of anch ? ~will thus’ be comforted to bo in & mensure ro- lioved of their burdons, Thors was but one porson conncoted with this church lost. His namo was I obort Dyke. IN THE NET/ODIST OHURCK tle Rov. John Willinmson pronchied a meniorial sormon, taking for his texs, * Dlcused aro thoso uorvants whom tho Lord, whon Ho comoth, shall find watching.” Luke Xif; 87. This morning wa aro in tho shadow of & moral disastor. Wo are hera nolther to blamo nor to ropino, 'Teara aro our birthright, aud we would Lond our hoads to thoir hallowing minlutry. This Is not our first aad doy, Lro this our hoarts havo blod, lives hnvo Doon darkoned by disnster, and onr hearts have broken ~ with angulsh, Our worst misfortune has in this inntanco beon oxaggerated, and _our woust cou- coptions of foar havo beon realizod. Tho ox- Elmnnon is1 Wo are away from our Fathor's omo, This ia not our homo. Here wo have no continuing clty. Our human fortunoia all ad- Justed to a lifo of uncortaintios, Ours i a pil- grim's fato, T'ho domon of doath s ever-inuatiato, ore than 6,000 homes have formed this precious Luman tido into his horrid mavw, and yob, his groed ls uuappossed, Plaguoe and accldonl havo orowdod each othor, and continue with bloody” wreckn In oblation to spirlty in- forunl, and yob the orimson stream romainy unchevked, We ses jusoourity in ovory torros- trinl thnfi.} Wo cannot blame'our God: Death was not by him: ordalned, Jt s not a child of the mombors of 8, aud doors, mado the, is infinito gonius. Man made his groans, and decline, and’ donth, Wo mny read tho Divino will in Naturo, Nataral thingn aro God's plain and conelusivo voleo. Wao must study thom and oboy, Ignoranca and disobedionco aro tho im- placablo fooh of human kind. 'Theso God novor mado, Mo must pormit ‘thom to spare our cholcos . from eorvitndo. Thoy arc huinnfl choicon or ‘misfortunes, God grants us oloc- tiva volition, Iis dooreon nro not dotorminative, but nvnrruflu&.v Tho wrath of man is :mado to rrnlao Him. Wo eannot say that our Trnesdell bridgo was smitton by the Almighty, and foll nd n judgmont, . or to fench’a snlutary’ moral lerson. It foll becatso its mntorinl supports woro Insufllolont, and thoso were insuflciont ho- eaneo tho pooplo did not think or know. 'Fo no- ‘erso any opo of ‘orimo in the plan and construc- tion, of this unfortunnto bridge is to_declaro wbat no ono bolloves, Tho will' of God in all agod is. tlint ovorloaded structuros must givo way, Tho ability of nn{ “erF‘ 1o heara straw s a: slmplo queslion of mechauics, aud- whon .tho .Divino forewarning is mndo thita matLomatically prooiee, wo must hencoforth try to hoed without knowing it. Our doar peo- -y{}u crowdéd on an {mperfaot bridge, and swift digastor camo. Uod, howovbt; 1o tiwing Lhin dire calamity for ourgood and ITis own glory: Withitt o fow days wo lave scon much practical Chrin- tinnity illuatrated, and tho usunlly latent epirit of Ohristians has boon pininly discornod. "Limes llke thoso provoko maiy a man into practicnl profossions of religion, who, withont this exlgonoy,. wonld Mvp and dio mnknown and unapproviated by the Church. Our poople lwoard the Conpul uf #Do yo aluo ready” proachod with unusual power Inst Lord's day.. Thoy listoned to its monrnful yhythm, bur- donlng tho air in solomin dirgo, and {0 ity warn- ' ingt rofrain rlslngl from tho rivor's troubled flood. Tho tolling bellhath besten oternity's sublimo ntop; tho dlstan] hoarso portended tho coming peaco, and the waiting mournera gigh the - grief of living. ~Who, during tho past weok, Los failed to think of the ) Buweot fielda Loyond tho aivelling floofi, oaud of tho ‘land of cloudlons suushine, *whors iho wickod cemso from troubling and tho woary aro nt rost.” In all thoso things may bo Beon “the Divino ovorrulin, Iore fo the ministry of Trovidontial .profit, In these stimuln of Christian graccs Cod's harid moy bo scon—in tho very froshnose of this dis- astor, whilo omation’ {8 alirred to ita bottom and while tears aro ralning thoir uad flow, and stony hearts linvo lost thoir flint, God graut that many men may sock the Orucified. * During tho past droad wook, I Linyo boon eall- od to bury many dend, and, ng & Christian minis- tor, I hovo tried to pamo Josus Wm'!hllvy to sfrlokon hoarts nud dosolatod bomes. Tho worle loft unfinished thoro, it iz my mean- ing to somplolo this morning. I~ huvo many dolightful facts concorning cach of theso deconsed, and would like to recount them in memoriom and for our common good. God Lath Inid upon no man the duty of assign- ing suy soul to its immortal futuro,” This mnt- tor of etornal destiny rests wholly with the man lumself, Hoaven and hell are possibilitios of human choice, God will not exalt to ITenven, nor will ITo dogrado to holl; ‘but any man can do oithor for himself, 1ow mauy of our rocont dend choso heavon, I am wholly unprepared to assort, and porsonally I mm too ignorant of low (eavon ma bo chomon by others to oven imagine salvation is o choico liko food or alr, aud must be made by faith in Olrist; and yot thoro nro a8 many ways of choosing Christ a8 thoro nre individuals who ncod hin. ‘The fountain i8 ono and changless, but the pathe by which ita healing wators sta renched aro many, No matlor how the thirsting eoul may drink, so that it drinks, Our doar departed como uo more. Wo have softly handed them back ngdin to their purent clay, while wo linger bobind' for “tho doopuoss of our fast folling night. Our calamity toachos ua twochiof lossono: firat, * Bo yo afso ready.” “ No mourning can bo surd of ita ovoning twilight, and'choson safoty daily proves o baited snaro,” and, rocond, always build against twico tlo known domnnd included in overy contract, Bock suporfluous enfety, and nover court o chanco whoro human 1ifo {8 ondangeroed. THE REV. DR DATH, OF ELGIN prencliod in tho Univorsalist Ohurch. After alluding in & brief but tonching manner to tho sad ovontn which had been ‘filled eo many hoarts with deopest sorrow, and tho whole nation- with mourning, Mr. B, announced his toxt from John viv: 13: “T will not loavo you comfortiosn. I will como to you" o unid the it aid dosiga of - tinnity was to moot the conditions and supply thio ronl wants of allmen, by romoving ignoe rance and sin aud teaching tha way of holinoss, raconciliation to God, and perfoct obodience to his laws, Thore is o place snd a need for such o roligion’ as Jesus taught. Philosophors may doubt, historisns dony, and_rciontists reject but thero isa roalm nothing else can exploro an ‘What con their cold queries do for hearts brokon and breaking ms yours are to-day? Who can bear to look down into theso frosh aves and seo only darkness and ailonce thoro ? who can gaze intontly into tho solomn future, into oforuity, and soo no lipht, hear no volcos, fool no touch of palpitating love? Jesus was about to leaye lis disciples, and thoy wore sad. Ho oxplninod {o thom how needful it was Ho should go away, and thon assured them Ho would not loavo thom comfortless; Ilo' would como to_ them. Two things aro horo tought: Tiret) Clrigtionity loaves no owo comfortloss, 1t romoves' el » guilt, all derknoss, all sorrow aud gives fulluess of jo and lite for ovor more. Ho swallows up denth in victory; wipos away tears from all facos, and makes all things new, Socond, Jesus comes to tho stricken souls, to the wayward einuor, to tho departing spirit, to reatoro, to guide, to comfort, and to suve. Ho comen ot in tho grosser form of flosh nnd Dblood, as tho Church has taught, and waits to separate and coadomn, but in Lis spirit-power, to bo formed in ug, (he houro of ~glo to dwoll in us, ao He promised that Ho aud his Tathor would como to us and sup with us that wo should be one in Him as Ho wasono in the Fathor, Whilo in the world Ho boro witness to tho truth,but when Ho lofs it ITe sont tho spirit of truth upon thom that believe, By thut spirit He comos to all who truly bolieve to comfort aud bless thom. Al who love dwoll in Qod, and God in thom, for God is love. Horo is comfort, and horoe i8 hopo, and_Lero is Joy for tho doopost aiiotions, for tho Boverost trlala, A want s mot which tho world caunot supply. Tho profoundest knowledgo, tho highest honors, tho groatost wonlth are bubbles cnm])m'm‘l with tho richos of tho Gospol, in & town liko this ; but the sweob and baliowing spirit of trath, tho holy comforter, romoves nll doubt and fesr, and bronthes lifo aud fuy into tho saddost acones, by showing us the I'athor, Who doeth all things well, IN THE PREBDYTERIAN OLURCI, the nastor, Rov. E, Sickles, chose for his toxt Pealms lxil, 11: “God hath spoken onco. vico have T hoard that powor belongoth unto God." Within tho past month tho country aud world have boon startlod by those growt diststors —God spoaking onco on tho highwoy of tho #en,—tho logs of the Atlautio, on the highwny of the Isnd, o railway train rushing to dostruc- tion ot Meadow Brook, and the fal liupi of our bridge, Inst but not loast. In the flvst tho loss” "wns upeattored ovor two conti- nonts.. Whe wocond was one or lonst u commonirenlth, while in this of ora forty havo been taken from our littlo community, No won- dor ot tho inutonso intorest and sympatly throughout tho land. Amid this ‘widesprond griof our Chureh iy gront renson for thankfule noss—out of go large & congrogation and 50 many of thom living on the North Bido, and so many of them on thio bridgo at tho time, our loss but throo, snd thoso throo, esrnost dovoted Olris- tiane, Ihnve hadto bury none ina hopolosa grave, Tho power of God towsrd us ns & cougrogation, thorofora, lu that of dollverance, aud tho voico of God that of moroy. My subjoot s tho volco of God in this disastor, 1t ia God. Wo oali it an acci~ dont, but there aro no accidents in the govern- mont of God, Not a sparrow falln without God’s notico, much loss so many hearts full of love and affoction. g Tho sposker here dwelt on Lhé rolations of such calamilios to the Yravllleufinl governmont of Qod, showing by illuatintion aud seriptura His kingdom ruloth ‘ovorall. Wo learn from this oalamity how near God s, Wo forget this until Qod sposks. Iie put out 1lls mystorious baud, and drow away mauy of our numbors, CGod can ronch aftor us an; momont. Wo learn how noar o aro to God, We cannot soo God, but at avy momont wo may foll Into His hands. Death has a thousand mos- songers. Life hangs b{n throad, and that thread alono koops us from tho imniediato prosence of o juat and holy Qod, Propavation to meot Him fs tho primo valuo and usw of lifo, While God cgonku ouco in this poworful munner, Ho la all tho timo spoaking in a differont tono. Judg- mont s Mis. Biravgo kindoees, ‘o tonos of work—wordy _ of love, Ho proffers and uses, Como unto mo o1l yo that Inbor;" It any man thirst,” ote, **The n of Man caing not to destroy mon's fiven, but fo. eave thom, oto,, ote. ‘Thoso nro now tlis words of Jesus, Onao, twico, a thousand times God hiath epokon. "Pho oliurch was hoavily drapod i trovrning, oud . was crowdod: _REY. N, W. BELLY, of thé Lmtheran Ohnrch, proschod from tho toxt: #Itdsa beautlful thing to fall in tho hands of tho living God." Hob, x.¢ 81, The fact that Christ has made a dotaplolo atonoment for our pins, and offors wun n:dmiml{ ond wo aro urgod to nccopt it, makes ws doubly rg< sponsiblo " and Intonsifies our guilt It unsaved. Wo had no guilt but for the vlolation of God's Iaw; but now that salvationin offorad and wo aro urgod to necopt it, our rejocticn or rofusal Ioyn wi undor the additional guilt of desplsing Hiu graco and merey, and treatitig contompiuons+ 1y tho blood of Ili dear Bon ; ond if wo_sin wil- i;x(llly aftor that wo luve recolved tho knowlodgoe' of tho trath there romnins no moro sacrifies for sina &e, Iob, xxxl,: 80. It in o fenrful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 1. What it to fall into tho hands of tho living God? 2, Why in It so fonr- ful? Wo aro always in God's hands ss Illa oveatures, but this is not tho senso horo motit, Therd 14 & raferoncoe to the taking of vongoanco and recompousin? for somothing dono, It doos not rofor to_ cdlimities nor minfortunos in thia lifo. Wo beliove in gpocinl providences, but all caliumition svo not Gods dircct provldonces, whilo mdny sad and oufforibg enlamitios aro mercies and Llossings; No doubt tlds rocom- ponso refors to - tho finnl judgmont, whory mort £ Womistakably uo-tho hands of tho Heli God. It {n thero, aftor tho inveatigation of tho caso, that tho Judgo from Hin throne' will pro< nounco tho sontence,—to thoso who havo served God with accoplanco a sentenco of woluomo, and thono who linvo not, tho sontenco, * Dopart from me;" oto. Thin Iy to fall most omphatically into tho hands of Lo living God. Among tlioso who thus fall will bo many who now oxpeet bettor things in tho futuro, In that day tho quostion will not ho asked, Woro you bnptized—when, whoro, dr iow ; did you balong to tho Ohure, and to what ; did yout go to tho communion an baliove in tho ranpl’OMnEo or ool ; did you pos- sess o good moral character beford men? Nono of thoso, A very difforont dtandard in rufsod, n mceasuro to rench tho rocosses of tho hoart. Did {uu o tho will of Him who sent mo? DId you elioyo tho rocordof God roapocting Hiy Hon and did yon sorvo Him in singlonosa of hentt Tailing " to ghido thoso tosts, you must fall. “into tho hands of the living God. And why eo fonrful? Bocnusp Ha i 1o mighty and can nflict wlmlovmmunlnllmont o pleason. Who can stand hofbroe tho powor of Omiuipotenco? Al ean neither turn from the florconess of Iis wrath nor dictate the terms of roconcilistion. Man is powarleas when the thun- derbolts of henven aro lot loose, What irm can stay tho stroko of the Almighty? As woll inight tho suckiug chilld havo stayed tho fall of the iron bridgo » weok ngo. It is fearful, bocauso FOREIGN. | Afttempt to Assassinato meaen Emperor in St tevsburg, (= Progroes of tho Fronoh and Sponish @ Eleotions, sy RUSSIA, 4 ' [Herald Spectat.) PAmts, May 11.—Tho Lmporor William was firdd upon whilo reviewing tho troops at B t Poteraburg, ‘Tho shot pnasod through his hol- mot and vouoded an Adjutant, TLojiox, May 11.—A roport has hoon rocoived ‘horo that tho Emporor of Gormany was flrod upon by o priost whilo roviewiug the troops at 8t., Potoraburg. Tho ball prased through his holmot, rovoroly wonnding an Adjutaut, Tho ot hias ot yot beon publishiod, bub is con, elderad rollablé. Lownon, May 12.—Tha Tondon Telegraph to- doy containg a roport that an_ nttempt was 1aale 1o avnassinato tho Emporor Willjum of Gormauy, whild ho was holding o roview at Justerhorg, A !uhmt fired nt the Tmporor, and the ball paused h{m\ghb his liolmet and soveroly woundedan Ad- utant, A 15 tho Daily News, this attorpt was mado at Bt. Potersburg. Tioypox, May 12.—A speels] dispatch to the London T¥mes roports that s Runsiun picket party undor command of & Colonel, in tho advanco gunrd of Gon, Kauffman's column, woio surprisod by somo Bakharoso horaomon and all put to doath by fmpalement. Threo officars and o’ .fow mon ‘woro capimed Ly the Kirglioso betwoon Orsk and Xasatinak. ' e Mannm, May 11.—1T'ho prelimiuary olactions for ‘tho Conslitnont Cortes: bognn iit this city yostordsy. Tho numbor of votes caston tiio firat day wan 82,625, Tho voting contiunos to-dey. A lorgo_majority for tho Fodoral Nopublicans insssurod. 'The voto cant by other parlios {win- significaut, alihough thoro s much oxcltomont. Thso clection has no. far boon peacoful. o Tho ofliciul roturn of tho Ministor of Fininco shows that tho total dobtof Spain in Marcl, 1879, wns 7,830,000,000 porotay, nbout o third moro Elan in 1848, Mann, sy 11.—Tho Monarchisls havo ev- orywhore ‘abatained from voting in the cloctions for tho Constituont Cortos, MapniD, , May 11, —1ho Federalists hnve care riéd ovory elootlon district in tho city. It is ro- ported that the Magistrates have roceived orders to Liold Admiral opoto under nrrost, God is just, and will meto out tho just morits of ovory caso. Yob ono other thought. It is fonr- ful to fall, otc. Tho idea is that those who fall into His hauds aro thoso who will not como and trust thomeolves upon His word and promise. It Is not fearful to God, not fearful to approach Him, not foarful o throw yourself inlo Ilis hands ; but whon mon will not,come, will not trust Him, will not oboy Him, it will bo fearful to be hurlod into His K1':l‘mmm:¢3 and foll into His hands. Into the Divine proscnte we must come, but whon as criminala wo aro brought, with conviction in our honrts, how wo dread the Divino presonce. Buté such hns no doubt Dboen the cngo with some who went down with the bridge on Inat Babbath, Bomo who snt iu this houso aro gone foréver. They have met God in very deed. Itisourdulyto bo ready, that we may not fear, 1N BT. PATIIOR'S CHUROIL Rov. M. MoDormott ofticiated, Ho thanked God that so fow of his congrogation wero sont t¢ an untimely grave. Ho took his toxt from Lulko xii: 4: * Bo yo thercforo ready,” from which was pronched an ablo rermon, Iour porsons in this congrogation were lost and six wero in- Jjured, - 2 ITRAE, y Of thoso lost, onowas an Episcopallan, two Yautheran, threé Prosbytorians, fonr Catliolics, twelve Baplists; nud the remainder Mothodists aud Univorealiats, Tho infured at this writing are =1l doing well, and it ia thought will all recover. Nature Lus boon lavish in dispensing boautis fal viows of woodland and river aroun this for- ot city, Ono spot particulnrly noted for its commanding olovation and forost shades ia the comotory, the final rosting-placo of their lamont- oddend. Itis o picturosque location, and to- dsy many now-mado graves mark tho groat af- fliction siffored by this poople. The day wuhou{hm been ono of sunehine and: benuty, but within, to tho residonta of Dixon, ono of gadnoss and sorrow. THE DUELLO. * Two Young Virginians Secttle n Rivale ry in aLove Affair at the Plstol’s Mouth. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yonk, . May 11.—A Richmond epacial givon theso dotails of a desporato duol fought naar that eity: ¥ Tho traditional ton paces wera dnly measured, and tho principals placed in position, They bowed to each other with statoly graco. The weapons Laving beon oxamined and lorded were handed to the parties. One of tho soconds said, * Gen- tlomon, are you roady?" Tho briofost pauso, then * Ouno, two, throo,” woro slowly count- od. Just boforo tho - Iast word an almost simultancous report was heard. As the smoko olearad away both partica wore seon standing unhurt, oud immediatoly tho volco of McCarty was heard demanding & second fire. T'his domend precluded auy iutorferonce on tho part of tho friends, and proparations wero et onco mado for tho second fire, Whon the pistols oxploded this timo both parties woro soon to fall hoavily on tholr facos, 'They were seriously, aud 1t Is foarod fatally, woundod, A conical ball hiad ontercd MeCarty's - bip, and A round ball the abdominal covity of Mordocai. Whilo tho soconds and friends woro devising ways to con- voy the partios from tho flold, tho Ohiof of Polico, urging a fosming steed over foncos and dilchos camo up justas tho surgeons had placed their pationts in comfortablo positions. Ho ordered tho soconds to considor themclves undor arrost, and_ roport aud_givo bail for thoir appearanco boforo tho Polico Justico. This thoy flltR McCarly was convoyed to his mothor's houso, in this city, Mordoosl was takon to tho rosidenco of his cousin, Col, L. T.D, Myers, Whilo tho mon woro l5ing on thio ground Mordo- cai washourd touny : ““Ho onn have anolhior fire if o wantu," Mordocst1a arieing young attornoy nophow of Col, Jobn B. Young, & prominont Iawyor, and_personally very popular. McCarty is xiot 4o well knowa, but 18 much_osteomed by his noquaintanco, Ho is of good Virginin line- nge, and 8 nophow of the Virginia Congrossman MoCiarty, who somo tima In the your 1624 fought o duol at' Bladersburg with muskets at ono pace, with Joln Thompson Mason, hia brother-in-law. o United Siates Bonator from this Stato, which reuulted in tho immodinto donth of Mason, aud tho logs of ona of McCarty's arma. ‘Tho young Indy who wa# tho innocont cause of this lattor duolis in tho doopost distress, Sho ‘{8 6 boautiful blondo, and has boon for soveral onrs the lording bello ab the Whito Bulphur Bprings. - ‘War Dopartment Wonthor Prognostis cations, Wasmxaron, D, 0., My 11.—For tho North- wout and Up}mr Lolos, and thonce to tho Lower Missouri aud Ohio Valloys, falling _baromotor, southwestorly winds, warm and cloudy woathor, with occaglonnl lacal raln, TFor Tennessco, tho Gulf, and South Atlantic Btates, dlmlnla\lhlg proeauro, riaing tomporature, southwestorl: windy, cloaring and partly cloudy woathor, wit local roin on the Westoru'Gulf, “For tho Lowor Takes and Middlo Btates, nortliwostorly winds, backing gradually to southwosterly, slowly in- orensing temparature, and generally cloaring weathor. For Canada and New England, coolor, cloudy, and cloaring wosther, with Tain, norths oanterly winds, vooring to southwesterly, and higher prossuro to-morrow. e e Xatlrond an-.' s Br. Liouis, May 18.—A propoasition to transfor $200,000 stook lxyam tho lhrmibnl & Moborl, Iiallrond to tho Minsouri, Kanuas & Toxas Itos naking Hannibal tho torminus of the latter road g vol‘u{] en lul Monroo (my. Mo, yostordsy, and carriod by a largo majority. Mitawauses, Ma Bu.—}z in rumored that tho Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railway Company havo rojectad tho 8, Oraix hud-&rmt, but i laoks confirmation up to Sundsy night. St ITALY. RomE, May 11.—During tho sitting of the Chamber of Doputies, . yeslorday, a crowd nume Doring 200 persons marched to tle Quirinal, make ing riotous ‘domonstrations ou tho way, and shouting for tho complets abolition of rollgious corporations, Tho polico made o stand againut the mob, and prevented it from entering tho palace. . . et GREAT BRITAIN, Loxpox, May 11,—The Observer states that o gonoral olgetion for membors of Parliament will bo hold noxt_spring, Tho prosent Parliament will meet for the Inst time in Fu))runr{, for o short oeasion, whon, aftor voting tho ostimates, it will bo disgolved. = The now Partiamont will be convolked shortly aftor the Enator holidays. LoxpoN, May 11.—At a Ropublican Conven- tion hiold in Birmington to-day n lotter from John Bright was read discountonancing tho Ro- ublican ngitation, aud emphatically doclaring fim tho writor had no sympatby with thoso who souglt to uproot the British monarchy. Rl sl FRANCE, Pants, May 11.—Supplemontal elections woro Lold to-dny in four dopartments, Relurno so far recaivad indicato that in all ciuon oithar the Radical or Ropublicon candidates for tho Assem« bly have boen choson Loxpor, May 13,~Thoe French Governmont hos givon' ronowed assurances that it supporis the action takon bx England for the aupprossion of tho glavo trado on tho east const of Africa, and donioy that the Sultan of Zanzibar has boon authorized to rely on Fronch protection. —ga— P AUSTRIA, VIEXNA, May 11.—Tho Govornment Bmfinnn to ‘modify cortain provisions of the Dank act, With a view to relioving the stock market. WASHINGTON. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, . VIRGINIA POLITICS, Wasmxatow, D, 0., May 11.—Leading politi- oiava from Virginta stato that Honry A. Wiso is making an offort to got the Republican nomina- tion for Governor. Col, Hughes, who has hora- tofore been spolen of as the probablo candidata of the Republioans, cannot, it is said, command tho united support of tho party, being strongly opposed by Senator Lowls and his followors. Sinco the nominstion . of - .Hornco Greoloy by the Domocratio Convone tion at Dalimore, Honry A. Wiso, liko John 8, Mouby, hias beon yooking aflliation with tho Republican party of Virginia, and the proposition is to take him. “1{1 n8§ & compromise oandidato on tho ground that Le would draw af- tor him eomo Consorvativa votes, The straight- out Ropublicans of the Hughes' faction nro, of cauiao, against Wiso, and will do all they can to rovent his nomination, . Altogether, it is hard- ly probablo that Wiso can Lo nominated, but in viow of his antecodonts, tho iden of his sevking o ualmlnlflun from the Ropublicans is vathor novel. . SECNETARY RIONARDSON, Rumors_of tho probablo carly rotirement of Bocretary Richarduon have been again put in cle- culation; with porhapa less foundation theu pro- viously, whon Judge Rioliardson statod that {horo was no ngroomont or undorstunding that hoshould hold tho oflico of Becrotary of tho U'reasury tomporarily, nor in faot had anything boon #nid by tho Prosident which could pos- sibly bo construed to monu that Mr. Richard- son's torm was to Do limited. Tho latter would not Iinvo _accoptod tho position upon any auch undorstanding, ond he romarkod that ho was as likely to remain in his prosent position during the ontiro torm of 4 yoars as that Lo would oceupy it one duy. TILE 210DOCS, The War Departmont Officials aro not dispesod to place much roliance in the roport that tho Modoes have eniirely ubaundoned their stronghold in the Lava Bods, It iy feared " that should our troops act on this supposition and malo enothor advanco thoy might bo drawn into another ambuscada and moot with freal disastor. In view of past oxporience, Gon, Davis hos boon {nstrigted to net cautiously, and before any mnvmfiut in forco in made, eare will be takon to asoortuin the position of tho Indians. TILE NUSSIAN BISSION, g Ex-Gov. L. E. Peraons,® of Alabama, is the Intest addition to tho list of porsons trom whom it is expocted tho Prosident will molact a suo- cosror to the deconsed Ex-Gov, Orr, 4 Minlstor to Russin. PEREONAL, The family of ox-Sunator Frank Blair haa re- coived intelligonce to the offcct that tho Gons oral's Lealth hne groaily improved since his arrival at the water-cure at Clifton. TUE ONABE OBHEQUIES. Shonld the wonthor bo favorablo to-morrow, tho funoral of the Inta Oliof Justica will bo a large and finposing affair, The Prosident of tho Uniitod Biatos, tho membors of the Cabinot, and othor leading officers will attond. e Supposcd Sulcides Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WesT ALEXANDERVILLE, O., “f 11.—Yoster~ dny morning Lovi ', Fautz blow tho top of bis hoad off by pointing a rifle at his hoad and dis- charging it. Ho 1y thought to huvo boen insane, a4 ha {8 supposed to bo connaoted with a polsons ing caso which has wnot beon sottled yot. He loavey & wife aud two ohildron, ———————— Killea by Lightning. Special Diapnteh to The Chicago 1ribuns, QuugsvitLe, O., May 11—On May n} Mr, and Mrs, Bowman, living in_tho vicinity of Gettys burg, 0., woro siruck by lightning, instuutly killing Mrs, Bowman and sorfously injuring Mr, Bowman,but thore is sonio hove for his recoverys