Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1873, Page 2

2 Trr JULY 16, 187 THE CANADA CREDIT MOBILIER, xeifement ns erensing. rublic How the Investigntion Was Frustrated. 8cenes in the Committee-Room. 8ir Hugh Allan’s Letters to Smith and MoMullon, A Popular Uprising. From Our Own Coreespondent, OrrAw, Ont,, July 10, 1873, The past weok will alwaya hold a prominent position fn tho history of this Confederation, Thore has boon stirred up, and exposed to viow, THE PRETTIEST KETTLE OF FISIL which Las ovor boen oxhibited in all the Bil- lingagates of Connds, from Nowfoundlaud to Voncouvor's Island. Somo pooplo among the Government supportora hold that tho CGrits— which is the pot name for tho Opposition to Hor Majosty's Ministors in this country—have sur- pnesod all their provious offorts in the way of finding maros nosts; that the fonrful rosults of Brown's trospagsing upon Jonea' family vanit, so qnaiutly told in the *Socloly at Stanislaus,” wero not one whit more remarkable, or worthier to bo the subject for unqualified laughter, than theso Iattor attompts of the Honm. Goorge DBrown, of Toronto, to plungo into the bank-vaultsof Sir Hugh Allan, tho groat Montreal bankor, and the controlling spirit in the Caunadian Pacifio negotintions. Bome peoplo, holding opposite opinions,—and it must bo confossod thoy form no inconsiderable minor- ity,—aro insiatiug, and for the last threo or four doyshave boen iusisting, that the rocont dis- closures rospecting the negotiations carried on with rogard to the Pacifio Railroad charier, tho action of the Government in tho promises, and tho singular floundoriug of tho Parlinmentary Committeo appointed to look into the matter, stamp the wholo affair as being the foul” o8t Dlot on the feir escutchaon of Canada's bonor, and sn irroparable damage to the fair fame of tho young nationality of the Now Dominion, It {8 a trile thiug to sny, but it oxactly meets the cage, TYhero are two sides to every question, If it woro not 8o, overy Canadian, at this hour, would necd to bend his head in shame and humiliation, Theo lessons which the press of this conntry havo beon endeavoring to impress upon tho peoplo, of the truo causo of tho fulling off in the gonoral obsorvance of the “Glorlons Truth" by tho groat American pooplo,—roferonco being princi- pally had to the foarfully immoral and godless stato of politieal life,—receivo n singnlar com- ment in recont events, Tho fact which hasbeen reforred to on a suflciont number of occasions, ono would imagive, to havo been impressed upon the minds of all, that ** People living in glass-lhousos should not throw stones,” has alto- gothor beou forgotten. As a Canndian, I fear it I8 to bo enid that, in looking after tho faulte ‘of our neighbors, wo have but too successfully imitatod somo of their worst vices, and Liave altogether forgotten to note thoir virtues, Itisan old trick, ospecially of nstate of society in which it has boon too much the custom to look for patterns and which, although to-day clavated to the position of one of tho na- tions on earth, hau not yot ontirely forgotton the ancient ways of thought, or the rocont habits of dependence and servile imitation, There bas conte, in the due progress of the days, ANOTIER JUMPING-OFF PLACE in Canadian bistory,—another opportunity for the utterance of those moral and religious axioms of which gome of our peoplo possess so unbounded a stock, FHow it came about indeed is not altogether a mystory to tho readoers of Tne TrisuNe. *‘Canadensis” hLas, on moroe thau ono occasion, spoken of the trou- bles attonding the incoption and pnssage of the Canadian Pacifio INailrond charter, and of tho threatonod disclosures which were nipped in the bud by & prompt appliention of & rule of Parlinuentary debate, eallod by 8ir John A. Mac- donald, and put inco forco by ons of his most ecrvile toolo, tho prosent Speakor of the Houso of Commons of the New Dominjon. Thora scemod even, at that oarly stage, only too grent cause to fear that, thus early in its history, Cau- adn waa to 0o the spectaclo of the members of tier first Cabinet dishonorably bartoring nway tho rights of tho poople for lass than. thirty Eiccen of silvor. It locked as if the Credit Mo- ilior exposures, which had sent such a shock over tho wholo territory of the United States, ro {0 be followed by disclosures in connection with the lending dignitatics of this country which should out-Herod tho foeble offorts of Osakos Amen. IT I8 MATTER FOR DEEP TRIDULATION that these presages of ovil bavo only too well beon borne out by the facts already made public, There is this essential differonce to be noted botwoen the Union Pacific frauds in the States ond those which it is now foolish to -deny were made the vory groundwork upon which the pros- snt Canada Facific Ruilroad Company wasstarted into being : that, in the ono cuse at any rate, no one wag concorned oxcept members of the American nationality ; whoreas, the very pith and marrow of our own trouble is, that of itself & great erimo, its hoinous eharacter is rondered tho blackor by the fact that citizens of another country woro tho partics who wero to receive the lion’s " sharo of bouofit from tho utter prostitution of tho name and funds of Cannda to what las ero uow been regarded as the most hopeless of public works, in every respact oxcept as re- garded the probablo profits of contractors. The recurronce of Dominion Day on the 1nt of this month, just a fow days beforo the disclosurea wora mado to the world, bad a_langhnblo_effect, in that the eloquont froth of Dominion-Day or- atorn had searecly been blown away by the winds of ovory-day businesy Lofore, bearing down npon "fl“ whole budy politic, comes the exposure of o CANADA TACIFIC RAILROAD FRAUDS, It would be moro_carract Lo kay, porhaps, the partial exposure, hecause no ong supposes that moro than ono tithe of the things have beon told which at prescut lie hidden under a conven- ieut garb of silenco. At thoe lnst seusion of tho Dominion Parlia- mont, there was granted the Pucific Rnilrond charter, and furthormore, ou the motion of Mr. Houlingdon to uppoint a committoo to examine cortain alleged charges against the Qovorument, a division was had and the invosti- gation refused. But the victory thus nchieved By Sir John A, Macdonald was too doar to be bold 5 and, on tho following day, & motion way mado for the appointment of tlio Bamo Commit- teo, with sowma slight verbal alteratious, and, bo- ing supported by the Government, was agreod to. It was cousidored desirable that the Com- mittee should examino the witnosses brought before it on onth; aud, tocarry ont Lhs, a special act of Pavliament waa passod and tho instructions of the Houso to the Committes ro- modeled, so as to causo it {o appear that they wera reqnired to take ovidanca in this wny, No oue suspocted that under all this precaution thore was hiddon the NEATEST uuy vAwt:m:{.m q«lalnr,luz i ta st off overybady just at_the eriticnl moment. But ga it has f;mvcd. “HirJohn A, Macdonald, tho Promier, ecoms to huve beon goized with doubt_immediately aftor tho Onths bill was passed, and the Committoo cumbored with the requiremont to tnko the ovidenca of witnosscs on ontly, a4 Lo tho validing of (nonow law. And at onca ho rushed to the home-authoritios, scoking an oxpronsion of opinion from them on tho dis- puted question, Rumor is unkind enough to say that ho was well aware what that opinlon would ba bofora ho over introduced theact; but, be thint as it may, the Enghsh Governmont sont back Lhe act disallowed, and it became a nullity. Thero was a protty dilemma mnade at onco for the hunoiublo Comuitteo whon it met to talo evi- donce on Mr, Huntingdons chargos, —instruoted by the Ilouss tu take 'evidenco on oath, and the act by whick they were given tho power to do sq doclarod unconstitutional by tho Im- yperinl puthoritios ? What wan tohe done? Ignoro the whole Oaths act, and take evidence as it bas beon taken for centurios by Parlismontary Cowulittoes, “on tho word aud honor” of a witness, or adjourn the inquiry until somo othor monna could be dovined which should moot tha difficultion of the easo? Tho noquel will show that tho bottor courso was finally ndopted. The Conuntitee mot in TIHE COURT OF ALPEALS, at Montreal, on tho day following tlie colobra- tion of tho sixth annivorsary of confedoration, The shouts and braying of bands which had ushored out of oxistonco tho national holiday waro searcoly dind away, and tho bombattio worda of fnnumorablo orators woro yot floating throngh ondloss apnco,—the Baskntchowan Valley nnd tho Tertilo Dolt, to sny mothing of Hudson's Bay and tho Itocky Mountalns, are immonso torritorios, you know,—whon the firat dny of a now working year waa signalizod by tho mooting of this Holect Committee appointed “ to inquiro into the chargos made by Mr. Iuntiugdon ngainst tho Govornment with regard to tho granting of the Paciflo Inilrond chartor,” to uso tho ofticiat lungungo. Tho acono was an im= Eronnlvo ono. “Thoro are flve mombers of tho ommitteo, all ablo mon, and eelcoted from tho bost dobators and most clover lawyors haviug soats in tho Houso. The Chairman s the 10N, JOIN NILYARD OAMERON, Q. 0, M, D, otc., at ono time tho hoad of tho Orange Asgocintions of this his nativo Province, and tho loador of thio Bar. Ho is n man of gon- tlomnnly apponrance, rathor effected oratory, cleveor rathor than subntantinl ability, and as bo- comos ono holding his position, an ardent throw- er-up of the cap whon tho name of tho gront and good Quoon is montloned, and o dovout bator of all schomers and robols. He is & plons- ant spoakor, and hng no_corscioneo, I'ho Miu- {atry hos dono much for him, and ho ovidontly hias much confidenco iu tho bolief that, whatover God may bavo in storo, J. H.COamoron will always bo well ablo to take caro of J. H. Cam- oron. ‘Thoro aro, porbaps, only too many peo- rlu in this world whoso thoology resolvos Itselt nto tho samo atrain, Tho othor two mombors who mEroauut tho Govornment on the Qommit- too,—tho Ministry having & majority of one, of course, in kooping with all constitutional precedents,—aro Mr. James McDonald, an ablo gntlann, and a fair-to-middling Inwyer and Ir. Blanchot, o wily little Fronchiman, possoss- ing no menn chnracter as an apt tool to do any kind of mesn work with, Tho two romaining mombers of the Committae are selooted from tho Ofl'rpositlon, and aro tho two loaders—the Hon. Mr, Darion boing the chiof of the Rouges of Lowor Canada, whilo the Hon, Edward Blake is the head of tho Grit xun{nmy from Ontario, Both aro mon of great ability, both lawyers at the head of their respoctivo linos, both in’all pri~ vato mntters far boyond reproach, but both about oqually afflicted with TOE MONAL GANGRENE which i tho curso of tho politicians of this country. Whatever may ba said, there are no sintosmen to bo found in the Dominion, Part; reigns’ suprome; and it is an unuttorably sa fact that, howover much may be admitted in pri- vato, 1n all public uttorances thore is nn entiro feilure to give crodit to ono’s opponents of even common honesty. Mowsrs, = Darion and Blake posscss ‘minds cankored by many dofents, Thoy have for years boen the undor dog in tho fight, aud havé grown so accustomed to snarling that it has becomo second nature, ‘Thoy canuot 806 a particlo of justico or honosty in thoir oppouents, aud never fail to tell tho world so, elther. 'Both oxcoedingly talonted, thoy hinve been abloto ring a good many changos in tho form of their tirades, but it has always amounted to protty much tho same thing, *Lut us at the hoad of the Goverument, and then look for honeaty.” With & Committoo conatitutod of such oppos- ing olemonts, it oxcited no_wonder that o row should onsuo at thoir very first mooting. It did, and in a vory pretly way. Tho old-fashiona conrt-roou, in which of yore have been uttered so many elaborato decisions on the intrieato pointa of Fronch law, in which tho wise old gray-beards of Lower Cannda havo aettled the vexed ques- tions of Papal supremacy over tho Canadas, and wiped out_forover the Lopo that is said mtill to lingor in the minds of the French Roman-Catho- lic Hierachy of governing the Bonch as woll ag tho politicians, was crowded with a notable aa- sombly. Thero wore prosout no membors of the Government, for it might bave boon construad into a breech of etiquetto for them to have ap- pearod befors the preliminaries of their trial were agreed upon, and fow mon care to be prog. ent voluntarily when thoy know their characters aro to bo assailed, and thoy powerless to roply, But, in tho soats sot aside” for counsol, resorved forgilk and stuff gowns, away in tho dark ro- cosses whero tho populace wero allowed, but raroly cared to entor, in the opon space which divided Judicial divinity from besoeching lawyor- dom, were crowdad Bomo of tho MOBT NOTABLE MEN OF TIE DOMINION. At thoir back eat & lanonumbnr of the Fronch population, who, since thoy havo achioved tho dtoubtful victoryof dofeating their groat but now deconsed leador, Sir Georgo E. Cartior, in the late olection, have taken o more than over warm interest in political affaira, Sir A, T, Qalt, orat- while Finauco Minister, was thero, with all the shining radiance of his benovolont faco, frosh from tho sweot Iuxuries of his summor rotroat. The Hon. Louis Holton was there—tho tall, un- gniuly, but protoruaturally.slirowd laxyor, wio can seo furthor into a point of order at a critical moment than most men could if thoy had spent tho day with Mary's Constitutional Practice, aud whose solemuly-tittored words of warning hava driven moro members to the refreshmont-room in the basomont of the Parliament House than tho prayors of aull the Chaplaine in the nrm{. The Ilon. John Young, tho leader of the Indepondence movoment, Montreal's groat commercinl ropresontalive, waa thero, with a shrowd oyo watching tho gambols of tlta men who have been so industriously paviug the way for the accomplishmont of tho ono grand aim of his life, AENATOR D A MAOPHERRON, of Toronto, was thore, and, as the promoter of the opposition railrond, as one who liad been the Toost Bgm'f'mmflf, swindled of any, as ono who stood, in the light of the revelations now made Pnhlic as the laughing-stock of the continent, 10 looked with o bitter' oyo on tho nssomblago, o was appointed to his oftice by Sir Jobn A, Macdonald, and has always supported the wily represontativeof the ‘*doadborough ;" but, sinco tho day Lo was thrown over as_bait to a party of American eapitalists, Bonator David has felt very much like hur]ing o stono from his sling to kiil tho remorsoloss Goliath who has troated him go coolly. Up to date, he has rofrained; ho looks for Lis recomponse, doubtlos, horonftor. Then thoro was Geoffrion, tho ablost Fronch speakor in the Ilouse and & man of the most liberal viows,—a Rongoe of the Rouges. There, leaning ngainst that pillar on which have hung for & century the * Annonces de In Cour,” stands tho gront moving spirit of tho procoedings : the Hon. L. 8. Huntingdon, o man of fin physiquo and acholarly face, but appar- ontly norvous_and oxcited now that the hour haes arrived, My, Huntingdon lives at Slofford a manufacturing town of some importance, an was at.one time a prominent newspaper-man. To-day he contents himself with writing the aquibs in tho Shefford paper, which ho owns. Mr. Huntingdon hold his hands clasped over s prekago of mysterious-looking papors, ono of which, 08 s0on s the proceedings were opened, he handed to the Chairman. It 'wnas a list of the witnosses bo intonded to call in support of his motion. The tolegraph has already informed Turz Tnrsuneof the result of the Commitioo's labora ; bow it was found that the Imperial Govornment bad disnllowed tho Oaths bill; how that the Committeo immodiately becnme divided as to the proper course to be pursued; how the Govern- mont-mombors favored delay and a rigid ad- heronco to tho instructions of " the House, which it was hi};hly amusing to witness, romembering the provious history of tho mon ; how tho ropro- sontatives uf the Opposition struggled and fought, made countor-motions and lost them, aud flually, encouraged by the applauso of the agsombly, briod n tdt of " thoir atrongth with thoir opponeuts, and found that threo votes ara moro than two, and that nothing in tho shape of morey was to bo oxpectod from men whoso seats bad, porhaps, been securad by tho ald of gome of tho money which it was to prove had beon dishonestly paid that Mr. Iuntingdon has sought tho appointmont of the Committeo. 1t is not ‘nocossary to toll how, at the back, THE FRENOH NOUGES IISSED a8 the show crimo to an inglorious termination ; nor how, throughout the Dominion, the worst possiblo construction was put upon the acts of the Governmont membors. It ia not necessary to vefer to the fact that, in tho ante-room of tho Court, woro witting in ' painful silonco #ovors] mombers of thut Governmont, tho Lisses hurled at whoso hiends no partitions, nor even the heavy walls which wero built in the long ago by sturdy, steady-going old Fronehmen, wore ablo to hiie dor ronching thoir ears, The Inquiry was ad- Journed until tho 8th of Angust, and the rropo- #ition sot boforo tho world thatan Imperial Com- migsion should isaucto exnmnino into the charges, But 1t is looked at with ill-favor, inasmuch as it wonld liave to bo appointod by thie Government, on whoso acts it would hiave to roport, and could involvo tho acceptanco, on the part of its mom- bors, of & comtigsion from the hands of men whom not o few have atigmatizod as tho most dishonorablo of tho political loadors of Canada, —than which bad pre-eminence I caunot think it is possible to conceive a worse, . ‘I'ho scrcaming farco which was played in Moutroal hag been followed by A HUNPRISING DENOUEMENT In Toronto. 'The curtain had barcly doescendod at the one place when it roso at the other, 300 miles to the wost. 'Tho telographic wiro had but time to stato the fact of the abortivo offorts of tho Grit members of tho Committeo to get tho damnatory evidonco hoforo the public, than negotintions woro entorod upon, which rosulted in tho grontor part of the dooumontary proof be- ing given to tho world throngh tho columns of the Globe. 'Tho niroke was n bold ono, and has torribly shattored tho onomy, The nsos of londed mattor wero novor bottor™ illustrated, and tho avallabllity of the front pago nover moro thoroughly proved. Hendlinos thore woro in lonty, and yot, I think, far short of tho num- Enr, a8 thoy cortainly failod to posscss the uif- nificanco, that wal\ll{hnvn charaoterizod them it they had boon * gronnd out” in the oditorial lofts on tho other aldo of tholine, Dut the mat- tor was tolling onough. A synopsis Tnr Timn- ung hns nlrondy rocoivod, and no oxtracts aro naadlod to improws the full forco of tholr publie _eation upon my readars, TIK OIIEY INTEREST contorod around two facta: tho actual amount of monoy snpplied to some ono—of course tho Governmont—for uso in the olaction, and tho list of namos whoro Sir Hugh Allan_ thought stock could bo placed to the best advantago, Theo flast npgunrs to linve roached the handsomo figuro of 868,600, gold, which would scem a pretty good figure to oxpond out of hand for the prospoct, firet, of a Miniatry scouring o majority at tho oloctions; and, socond of the Par~ linmont then doing oxncfly what that Ministry |- tlm\l{;hb nocessary, But 8ir Hugh is not & man to throw away such a chauco to doublo his al« rondy immonse fortune, nor did he, Ho staked tho monoy, and won. - Whothor his_prize is too Iarge an olophant for him to carry,will bo proven in tho noar future. 1t alroady looks as it such was the case, The bonus of $30,000,000 and of 60,000,000 acres of land, togother with tho $2,- 500,000 gunranteod by Tnigland, ought, howover, to bo ablo to flontthe Company. It probably willin timo; and_ then Sir Hugl will doubtless mcuh"‘e a thousaud-fold for his moneyalready in- vestod, The other, and, if possible, MORE INTERESTING FACT, brought to light in tho cormu&)undnnno, was tho publfeation of tho following list of gontlomen to whom, in tho words of Mr, Allan, *stock will havo to be distributed”: D. L. Macphorson, tho Prosidont of tho up‘pm!hlml road, $100,000 3 A. B. Fostor, anothor of thom, 8100,000; Donald ‘A. Bmith, tho Hudson Bay Ohiof, $100,000; C.J. DBrydgos, the Grand Trunk Manoging Di- rector, $100,000; I. 8. 0. Abbott, tho Oanads Contral = Prosident, and ° membor of the Ifouso, and man of influonce gone- rolly, 850,000 ; D, McInnes, & Hamilton mer- chant, tho Stowart of Canads, 255,000; John Shoddon, of the 'Toronto, Groy & Braca Rond, & QGoverpment hack, with $1,500,000 of money in bauk, but ‘since killed on’ his own rond, nnd thereforo never lilely to receive tho amount put opposita his name, 850,000, and A, Allan, for platonio friendsbip's _snko, 50,0005 O, 8. Gzowski, Government Engineor, Canal Commis- aionor, oxcollont lobbyiat, #60,000; Gaorgo Brown, propriator of tho Globe, and bittorest throwor of papor-pellets in tho world, s tor- rible donouncer of all iniquitles of any other than o Brown color, £50,000; A. 8. Hincks, bo- causo it would hardly ho prover to givo i t6 Sir TFraucls, 850,000 ; II. Nathan and 1. McGroory, for favors reccived, $25,000 each. Tho total reachod $560,000,—a princoly sum, 8 it not? When ono_compatgs it with the palfry amounts with which Ames “was able to hook "the most pious and exemplary members of tho lato Con- Frusu, who shall uay that in the New Dominion, 8 not to be found A BORE GLONIOUS ELDORADO of wealth than even in far-famod Californin. It i right to kny hero, howevor, that Mr, Brown has, ovor his own signnture, said that Hugh Allan nover had the slightest authority to use his namo, and adds: *“I have never in _my lifo had the slightest intorest, dlrcalli; or indirectly, in any contract or work of+ any kind depondont on tho publio aid; and the Pacific Railway con-~ tract was cortainly the last ontorprise I could, under sny circumstances, have been induced to touch.” Curtninl{. sir, and overybody will be- liove you, too, Thoro hins always boon a rugged honesty about Mr. Brown that ha secured the conviction of the Canadian people that in all his doings hio had been actuated by the best and urest of motives, and not tho loss so, thut ho ns occasiounlly grioviously orred, and dono to othors far greafer injustice than he has himsolt boon made the sulforor from. 4 With tho publication of this correspondence public oxcitoment has become immense; and ovon the Government lLas o far ad- mitted its forco as to induco Sir Hugh Allan to subscribe to a four-column sworn statement, sotting forth his connection with the whole matter, and oxplaining, as far as is possi- DLle, the damaging admissions contnived in his lettors with C. M. Smith and G, W. McMullen, of your city, and the * great unknown " of New York. 8ir Hugh had o tough task beforo him, ‘but cama up smiling, and Em in bis work in the ‘most offectual way. Ie admits 118 FONDNESS FOR ANERICANS,— it fa provorbial almost in this country,—nnd con- fesnon that lio would have liked to have seon them allowed to toko part in the Company, but inpists that, when the viows of the Government wero doclurod, b at onco dropped the subjoct. Ho pays that ho mnover paid a cent to tho Government, but, what is protty much tho somo thing, ackuowledgos that ho spent & good denl of money in socuring the election of Government candidates. But there is this comment to be made upon tho aflidavit of Sir Tugh: that tho speeches and lotters of other pooplo—notably of Sir Francis Hincks, the late Linistor of Finance,—prove that tho former actually received from the Government a list of Americens with whom to negotiato, and that ho was, #0 tospenk, put on terms of communication with them by the Government itself. With this fact boforo the Fflbllo, and niot denied, it is very thin to talk of closing iutercourse with the Amer- ican gontlomon ns Boon ag the Government do- sired, But I havo eaid onough bont this subjoct, Tt has stirrod the entiro Canadion people” to the depth, and has cavsed the sovonth year of Con- fedoration to open clouded with ‘an ominoua darknass, which has made iteelf folt in evory sec- tion, 'The fair fame of onr public men stands to-dny, no mattor what explanations may Lo made, tarnished_ beyond redemp- tion. But thero s a Nemosis for wrong-doing. Tt won't como in the shape of aunexation, for the people now are further away from that sottlemont of our troublos than over: it will not be found in indopendence, for tho Mother Country ling Just nssumod 22,500,000 of dobt on our account, and will hold us good for tho interest, but it will bo found in A RIOHTEOUS UPRIBING of the peoplo, which, prompted by the samo noble purposc a8 that which of late has Loon scon among tho bottorclass of your own citizons, shull, in thoir auger, swoop out of sight tho po- litical trickstors and schemors who havo bartored nway tho rights of the people for the sake of re- taining thoir clutch wpon tho tonts of the Goy- ernment-cow. Mosuwhile, Sir Hugh Allan and his confodoratos may consolo themselves in tho possossion of the Csnadian Pacific Railrond clarter, and the fact thattho grant of #80,000,000 and 60,000,000 acren of land in thoirs| THE UOMAN-CATIOLIO HIERARCITY, In my last lotter, I rofarred to an oxtraordin- ary lottor, dluplnyiug the most unbounded char- ity, writton by tho Catholic Archbishop of ronto ; in striking cantrast is the wor that is being waged in Lower Conads, botween tho Jesuits and tho legitimato Churel. Tho papers havo taken up tho fight, pamphlots have been issued, and _threats of oxcommunication have been handed nbout. The Archbishop of Quobee has beon accused of receiving Batanic inapirn- tion ; and, in turn, the Bishop of Montroal hns beon held to be & Jittle lower than the lowest ox- Angols, Again, n fight has beon wagod over tho dond body of & Trade-Unionist, tho Tight of Lurial in consceratod ground being refused by tho ecclesinstical authoritics, Altogether, tho afTairs of the Catholio Church in Quabos Provines aro in n sadly mixed way, They offer the most marked contrast to the order and good spirit which pervade tho branch of the Chnreh located in Ontariv. But then Fronch Catholics nro tho most obstinnto, as thoyaro the most opinionated, people on carth, TITE CANADIAN DERBY. I have secn a tologram sent fo the Amerlean ress, stating that at tho Canadian Dorby, ran at arry rocently, & horso made a mile in 0, This boing 285¢ Boconds faster than tho hitherto unapproached timo of Alarm, it no doubt cansed some oxcitement, and lotlors have beon recolved here asking for information, I may say that the raco was A dash of 134 wiles; and that Mr, Richard's chestnut colt, War Cry, mado thoe dis- tunce in 2:47}¢, passing tho milo-post in 1:683¢. OANADENSIS, e g o, Nookbinding nv a Fine Arl, Buukhindlufg appoars to ba an art still enlti- vated soriously by some of ita adopts, to judge from o suit that has just been brought Loforo the ‘ribunal of Comulorco of the Boine, M, Combollo Dury suod the Count da Mountbrison for o sum of 2,400 franes for Linding a coFy of tho Guvres de Bernard de Paligsy, in o singlo volume, aud for 1,400 franca for Les Faiences do Jenri I1,, olge in ono volume, The customor thought the sums oxcessive, and disputed the olainy, and the Judge appointed M. Trantz Bau- zonnais, bookbinder, to examinoe the work and ive Ll opinion : the oxport prosouted his report fu these terms: “I think the chargo for this la- bor, both manual and intelloctual, very moder- ato, aud I would not myself undortake to do it for tho prico.” Tho Tribunal in consequenco gave s vordiot for the full amount of 3,800 franca with costs, THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. The Livingston County Plat- form. ’ Letters from Various Farmers’ Organizntions Rotifying the Same. Dwionr, i, July 14, 1873, To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune : 8in : I inclogo you for publication nfow of tho letters I havo roceived during the paat weok In acknowlodgmont of the rocolpt of tho Livingston County Platform. The lottors speak for them- solves. Woaro following up tho Platform by circulating in our own county 2,000 coples of 8. M, Bmith's thoroughgoing, sensible, and well-con- coived spooaly, doliverod bofors tho farmors of our county, at Pontiac, July 4, 1873, His ‘spoech fully sustalus our position * in declnring ourselvos abselutely froo and Independent of all peat political councctions,” Truly yours, ; 8. T. K, Prixe, anrellr{ Farmers’ and People's Auti-Monogoly Party of Liviogatou Gounty, Til. FROM D, W. DAME, CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE COD- MITTEE PATRONS OF LMURDANDIY OF THE BTATE OF ILLINOI, LaANARK, 1L, July 8, 1673, I have to acknowledge the rmipt of your pos-~ tal cord with Livingston County's Declaration sud Platform, It issound! It has the ring of puro motal, and will stand the test of the peo- lo's firo, Lead on! Carroll County sonds own tho 1l of the army hor frooting, aud in- vitos Livingston County to the front! The world movos, Yours truly, D. W. Daxz, FHOM J. M. DUSH, VIOE-PRESIDENT FOR PIRE COUNTY OF THE ILLINOIH STATE FARMERS' AS- BOCIATION, Prrrsesio, T, July 4, 1870, Your Platform recolved. @ All right. Go ahioac J. M. Bus, FROM WILLARD ¥. DLIES, VIOE-FRESIDENT FOR MONTGUMERY COUNTY OF THE ILLINOIS STATE FABMERS' ASS0CIATION, Your Livingston County Platform was ro- coived with & groat doal of plesauro, and is Leart- ily indorsed ‘by overy man to whom I hnvo shown it, without excaption, It is admirablo in substance, and admirably put. Plense sond me 100 copios for distribution. Very truly yours, WrLLanp I, Briss, FROM JOUN W, HUNTER, VICE-PRESIDENT OMRIg- TIAN COUNTY AGNICULTURAL ASSOOIATION, Owaxzco, T, July 8, 1870, I heartily indorse tho rosolutions sdopted by your Farmorg' Association, and I mtend to pre- #ont thom bofore our County Association for their adoption, Iwish to cironlate your Plat- form in ovory county mn tho Twolfth Diatrict, Send mo fifty oopios of your Piatform, Joun W. HunteR, FROM LEONARD F. ROSS, AVON AGRIOULTURAL HO- CIETY. Avow, Tll,, July 7, 1873, Platform roceived. Have rend it with caro, and iudorso it ontire, fully, freely, and without vouorvation. It is my ticket, Lzoxarp T. Ross, FROM H. W. NIXON, MASTER MENDOTA GRANGE. MENDOTA, 1L, July 6, 1873, As we wish to harmonizo all our Anti-Monop- oly movements, you will plonse send me 25 copies of your Livingéton County Platform, for the bonoill of our Grange at this place. 'Yours in the contost for right. H. W. Nixox. FNOM J. R, LYFORD, ODIN, ILL. Send mo a fow copios of your Livingston County Farmors' Club Platform, printed on the now-form glue postal card. I am informed that it smacks of tho corrcet political economy, and favors frosdom of trade, and opposes combina- tions of government with prond-Huraua, logal monopolios, to the upholding of tho few at tho expouso of the niasyes, to their great nipruusluu. Yours respectfully, J. R, Lyrorp. FROM JAMES D, SPENCER, BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Your Platform strikos from the shoulder, and gives what I consider knock-down blows. It is the clearest, most concige, of any I have yot seen, The Doclaration especially is a gom, " If you have nny to spare, I would like to send some to my frionds in Misgouri and Kontucky., Yours truly, Jangs D. BPENCER. FROM FRANKLIN C. JOHNBON, NATIONAL AGRICUL- TURAL CONGRESH, NEW ALDAXY, Ind,, July 3, 1873, The Platform received. I lnsten to thank you forit. Ilikeit, both the Declaration and the Platform. 'I'hoy nra rightoous and just, aud 1 would rejoice to see the principles triumphant. Yours, &e., F. Q. Jouxsox. FIOM URTAT OLEMENTS, LOOGOOTEE, IND, T noo by tho Cincinnati Commercial that your Asyociation has adopted a Farmors' Platform. We feol that it is high timo that somo of the snme sort of m;?' nizatious were organized in our part of tho Stato. Wo farmors foel that it wna high timo that somothing wns dono for our reliof. Wo aroin full sympathy with fiour movement, n8 we are _swallowed y office-grabbers and monoyed lords, Wo aro nearly squeozed to death by opprossive rings. We Bavo thom in our own county. Wo want your party started iu our own county, for it will s{\rch liko wild-fire, and can be folt at the noxt election, and show the monopolies that tho People is Law. We want to corrospond with you, and want you to holp us. Most obediont, Uniau CLEMENTS, FROM THE CLAY COUNTY (KAN.) CO-OPEBATIVE AB- . HOCIATION, REPUBLICAN Crry, Kan,, July 5, 1873, Your favor, containing Platform of the Farm- ora’ and Pooplo's Anti-Monopoly Party of Liv- ingston County, Tll,, is this day rocoived. At n meoting of thio Clny County Co-oporative Agso- cintion, a resolution was unanimously pasaod in- dorsing the samo. Bhall bo very glad to recoive anything from your Eoclutiz that will benefit or encourago us, as we are still young in the cause, Yory rnspccfll\lllg, OitAnLES Desumow, Correnponding Keerotary Clay County Co-oper- ative Association. —_— CROPS. Braox Hawx Co,, Tows, July 12, 1873, To the Editor of W'he Chicago Tribune: Smn: Oata and wheat promised woll in tho earlier part of tho senson, and tho expectations will probably bo fulfilled, although, on nccount of wet wenther ontlior and cool weathor now, tho straw has bocome largo and soft, and, in cngoof a heavy rain and wind, would bo incapa- ble of wuataining its weight. Tho late disastrous atorm did not touch horo; but, on tho 8th, a savere rain-atorm beat down some of the wheat and oats, and slightly dsmagod corn, To o casual obsorver, corn secems to promifio an abundant crop ; it looks well and thrifty : but, on investigation, many bLills show but ono or to stalks ; others falled altogother. Froquent flolds aro scan where tho corn is only 6 or 8 inches high, nud an early frost would find it far from maturity, Grasa is in plondid conditlon, and_in groat abundanco. T'ho yiold of fruit {s Lardly worth montioning, asit ‘is vory limited. Pasturage haos beon 80 unusually good that stock is_in a flonrishing condition. hoop aro fow. and tho wool-markot is # place of uncertnin location, ——— Ilinols tustitution for the Education of FeoblesMindod Children. Thia institution, which was inaugurated in 1805 an an oxperimental echool for the education of faoblo-mindod children, lins boon so succoss- ful in training this unfortunato class that, at the lnst sossion of tho General Assombly, it was or- ganizod upon an indopendont basis, nnd was in- corporated as ouo of tho pormanent charitabla lustilutions of tho Btato, thua complating tho noble circlo of publio charities of the Common- wealth of 1llinojs, . The design and object of the Inatitution is to faraish the means of education to childron and youth of foeble minds, who are deprived of edu- cational privilogos claowhore, and who are of & Prupnr school-attonding age. It s designod for hoso ko defleiout in “intelligence as to bo in- capablo of being educated at corrmon schaols, who are not opifoptio, insano, or deformod. Tho oducation furhishod by the Institntion will includo uot only the simplor olemonts of instruction usually taught in common achools, whero that is practicable, but will embraco & courde of training in the more practical mattors of overy-day life; tho cultivation of habits of docenoy, Prnprlnty’ self-reliauce : and tho de- velggmont aud enlargement of a capacity for uselul ocoupation, The combiuation which this Institution pro- sonts, of practionl medical caro and propor phy- slcal and montal Lraining with oMciont educa- tional rosourcos, will aupply, it is hoped, s want which hag IonF boon folt and imporatively do- monded by this unfortunnto olasa of childron and youth of tho Btato. Tlie improvement and progross of the pupils havo boon vory oncournging, nnd parents and frionda in almost overy insanco hinve oxprossed entiafaction with what has boon accomplished in tho short timo sinco tho aohiaol was organizad. Tho institution is open to the inapoction of tho public at a1l rensonable hours; and all are not only cordially invited, but aro oarnestly re- queated to visit the school. It 1a n Biato inatitution, and board nnd tultion aro froo during tho school-yoar of ton months. It {s tho dosiro of tho Trustoes to ascortnin acourately tho numbor of this unfortunato class of porsons in the State, and porsons knowing tho rosidence of any in Illinofa will confer a {favor by ropomng thie amo to the undersigned, 08 It In dosirablo that rellablo statistics may be gnthored in order that proper logislation may bo mado In thelr hohnlf. Tho noxt school-yoar will bogin about the 1at of Boptembor, and thoso dosigning to apply for tho admission of puplls should do #o at once, a8 thio accommodations are Jimited. Applications for admission, Information, ote., sliould bodirected to Dn, 0, T. Winun, Jackeonville, Ill, THE GRAND RAPIDS FIRE. ©Onc Mundred Buildings Dostroyed, From the Grand Raptds (Mich.) Eaple, July, 14, Yostorday aftornoon, Bunday, the 13th, at a quarter past 4 o'clock, the tapping of the fira bell on the Kont streot enginc-house startled all onrs. A thick black smoko rollingup from the Bridgo Btroot House, visiblo from noarly evory part of tho city, gavo assurance that fire was doing its boat with some bighly inflammable subatanco, The origin of the firo may as woll bo alluded to hero a8 anywhoro, for probably nothing will ever o known about it more than at present, Tho hostler of the stable of tho Bridgo Stroet House reports that he saw two mon, whom ho did not know, pnssing out at a roar door of the stablo, ono of whom had a cigar in his mouth. Vors soon after a pilo of straw and manure, thrown out from and lying par- tially 'ngainst the mouthwest corner of tho stablo, was soon to Dbe afire. It was very dry, as was tho atablo nnd all its contents, of courgo, and in an inermllm¥ short time the wholo structure was wrapped in solid fire and smoke, which a heavy and wavoring wind from tho southwost was “hurlivg ou both sides and drlying forward. The stable had not got fully to burning boforo a Bwodish boarding-house “and saloon on tho wost of tho ntablo was also blazing, In this houso thers wora xlum-mred 8 dozon or more Swades and Norwogians, whoso effects wore all wiped out clean and suddonly with tho house, Bimultaneously with the movement on tho wost sido of tho atablo, tho flames loapod across to tho cast eide of Xont streot, whero were the Sandusky House, kop‘. ;? . M. Wagnor, the blacksmith shop of innoy & Mitoholl, Cummings' livery-stablo, and dwellings to the north of theso, on the same sido, to Hastings streot. Directl: {n the courne of the wind, next north of thostablo, Isy a houso owned by Frauk Boxhoimor, and occupiod by Charles Herbetrit, and five other dwellings, v.hoaotbulng on the west sido of Kont to Iastings stroet. Tho buildings above describod wore all (excopt orhinps tho Iaut one on tho block on each sido) Enmlng moro or loss bofore a stroam of wator could bo got, although the engines were station- od and bad their stonm up in o astonishingly short timo, tho firomen “at once reslizing tho fearful prospoct beforo them, snd working with terrific energy during the wholo tims of the con- fiagration, aud till long aftor its limits hnd beon renched, The brick block_of storos, shops, and teno- ments, owned by Fobig and Rathmaun, was heat- od through, and smoked at timew, but by great oxortions it was kept from catching. Tho Swod- ish boarding houso foll to ashes beneath its cast wall, without burning it ; but the Grand Rapids City Mills (flouring mills) wero now eblazo all through tho two uppor stories, bringing tho firo to face Canal streot, with a hoat 8o unsupport- ablo that ouly by turning the nozzles upon them- Bolves, nud by occasionally loaping into the canal, could tho firemen thero stationed ondure it. But all through the rest of that block, north to Hastings streot, and through the block cor- nering northeast upon tho one in which the fira startod, bounded by Kont, Ottowns, Hastings, and Trowbridgo strects, and through tha north Lilf of the block south of that, it was one roar- ing son and tompest of flame, rosistless, terrible, doflant, and overwholming. The wind scemed to steadily strongthen by the ruin it fod upon, and by this timo had shifted from n littlo Bouth of west to about due eouth- wost, and had incressed toan absolute gale. g descriptions of the Chicago and the Peshtic Ro fires were horo strikingly brought to mind, Mnasos of blaze wore continuglly hurled throngh tho air horizontally above the houscs without any apparent substanco ccompanying them., Bheots of blazo seomed to sottte down from tho firmamont and begin dovouring the roofs of houses half & block to loeward of the nearest one burning in the principal mues, lenving soveral not yot_ ignited botwaou, but for a shorb timo only. Massive tree tops suddonly dricd to o crigp, singed, then blazed up with ono flash, and nothing but ‘s smoking trunk and limbs were loft. Btroams of blnze ran swiftly along the plank side-walks, dovouring them suddonly. Out-houses, fences, and shrubbery moelted away at o touch of tho flery breath. The timo of groatost alarm, when the confla- gration rode on the high tide of irinmphbant powor, and it looked as it it would lovel ovory~ thing as far as to Coldbrook, bogan three-quar- tors of an hour nfter the fire broke out, lasting {from 6 o'clock to half-past—ono hmi, droadful Lalf-hour, During this time more thau a hun- drod families, mostly poor people, and priucipal- ly Gormnus aud Hollanders, were distractodly linuling thoir housohold effects out of doors aud pitehing them out of windows, with tho usual proportion of ruinous oxciteniont, often work- 1ng, by breakage or otherwine, the demolition of tho proporty they strovo tosavo. It was a hnrd sight to look at poor men and womon red iu faco, rocking with ewoat, oxerting themsclves to desporation, ovorlondinj thomselves, and rush- ing frantically with thoir furnituro, bedding, trunks, babos, and cradles, to places of apparont safoty, and, on returning with another load, find- ing ¢l ui; must carry them still furthor awuy, The household ‘goods of at loast one hun- dred families wero so romoved, some of thom once, some twico, and eome actually threo or four times, till drivon at last to tho foot of the steep part of the bluff bofors thom 84 & barrior to all furthor offorts they fled for their own lives in agony, leaving overything thoy had to destruction. TPorbiaps one-third as many moro familios managed to save wome of thoir things. Fow, if any, saved any cousidorablo portion, From half-past 6 to G o'clook tho wind veored moro to the wost, or nearly as it was at the start of tho firo, This deadened the headway of the fire to tho northward, and sent it more ngninat the bluff, and gave tho Champion Extinguisher opportunity to work sloug the wnorth side of rowbridge stroet, on houses where sparks flashed up. Tho south side of the street is tho northern limit of the fire. ‘ By » quarter-past 6 o’clocl, or, to speak with moro cortaiuty, by half-past 6, the final limits of tho conflagration becamo yln!uly marked ont, and a sense of blessed relief came over the en- tire community, . Tha ongines remained at work, playing on the most throatoning ruin still biszing, and guard- ing woal points, till some time after the heavy rein bogan falling, which was about half-past 10 o'clock, [A list of tho principal losses and insurances was given in our ismo of yeutorday.—Ep, TunuNE.} —_—— Lynching in Louisville, From the New Albany, Ltdqflr July 12, ‘We lonrn that a case of lynching occurred near the Louisville Rolling Mill, on Brook street, be- tweon Main and tho rivor, Loulavillo, this morn- ing about 3 o'clock. Wa undorstand tho faots to ho as follows: A man ununllf' called Handsomo Brady and anothor named Hicks, boilers in tho rolliug mill, became involved in & personsl altor- cation over somo mattera conuocted with their labor, which finally lend to an_asssult of one of the parties upon the other. Hicke being armed with a rovolver shot Brady, from tho eftects of which lie dlod almoat immudintnlg. Hicks then attemptod to mako Lis escapo, bul was arrested by a policeman, The employes of tha mill im- modiately assomblod and mado a_demand npon the policoman for tho surrender of Hickw, The policomnn boing thus overpowered by tho men, gave np hia prisoner, whon the mob socured o vopo, taok Hick to the noavest Inmp poat, and hung him up, Boforo assistawve conld bo sum- woned life was oxtinct, ——— Drowning of ‘Two Persons. Wataon, 8fo, (July ) Corveavandence of the Rockporl, 0,) Express, About 8 p.m. yostorday, N.Y, Woolsoy and Mra, Alva Brainard woro drowned in tho Nishe neboths River, five milon north of Watson. Drn, Woolssy boing slok, her husband crossed the river in a ekiff for the purpose of bringing back Mre, Brainard, They started on tho re- turn, Mre, B, taking hor youngest child, 13 months old. The skiff was half-full of wator, and Mr, W. noglected to balo it out, Whon about midway Lhio siroam the hoat wont down. Mrd, B. roso threo timen, always managing to hold hor ohild above the wators. Boforo o fvont down, with hor child floated somo diatanco rlnng or noar tha east bank, By somo moans hat sooms miraculous tho child waa caught b the overhanging roots of a tron and was roaduo and ia atill allvo, - Itw mothor, who had dlaplayed 80 much Eflnrun horolsm, wont on down and finally sank., Hor body waa recovored & shiort timo “aftor. Bho loaves a husband and four ohildron, Mr, Woolsoy's body waa found ‘the noxt morning, nonr by where ho went down, 1lin faco was considerably dinfigurad, supposed toLave bosn done by tho skiff whon o came up. He loavos o wife and sevoral ohildron. Iis wifo_gavo birth to n ohild Iast night, Blio was standing {n tho door, which loaked out upon the river, and saw him' start for home and {hnn 8o down within the soung of Lior own volce, R el STARTLING MURDER IN JERSEY CITY, A Dcputy Unlted States Marshal Stabbed to Death by o Ru sortor=Attempted Suicide snasin, From the New York Tribune, July13. At 8:30 p. m, yesterdny, John Btephonson was stnbbed ond almost instantly killed by John Dritt, a Russian eailor, at Grand and Hudson stroots, Jorsey City. Jolm Stephionson was & Doputy United 8tatos Marshal, and had & war- rant isaued by Unitod Btates Commissionor Still- woll, of Now York. Ho followod John Pritt, who {8 & desorter from tho Russian bark Wille iame, now lying in the hnrbor, to Jorsey City, and knowing that it would bo nocossary to obln{n additional authority bofors making tho arroat, ho went to United Biates Commisaloner Muir- bield, an IMudson and Montgomory stroots, whoro ho mado himsolf known and cxhibited his cro- dontials, o then asked for & wilt giving him F{n\vnr to make tho arreat in the jurisdiotion of ow Jersoy. ~Commissioner Muirhold issuod a writ, and gent the officor to the City Hotol at Grand and Hudson atroots, two_blocks distant, to fiut the signaturo of Doputy Marshal John O, Bailoy, who keops tho hotol and haa his office in the building. ~After socuring tho signaturo, Btoplionson once moro atarted in soarch of hin man, and caught sight of him on the other side ot tho streot. Hurryiug scross tho stroot, ho 80izod tho man, at the samo time showing his authority, the {nk boing searcoly dry on tho war- rant, Pritt walked about twenty foet with tho offleor, suddouly wheolod sround, and, withont warning, plungod a knifo into his hosrt, The officor. . ataggored, and and beforo he foll was struck four times Ly Pritt, who, when ho saw that his vietim wna dying, mado sovoral frantic attempts to commit suicide, stabbing bimaolf in tho stomach aud trying to cut bis throat. ONlcor Boyle, who was on duty at tho Cunnrd wharf, ran to the scano of tho murder, which was near tho Custom-Houso warohouso of tho Cunard dook, and 25 faot from tho corner of Grand streot, on the cast side of Hudson streot. Horo the officer found Stephen- #on lying across somo lumbor, bleeding froely from his wounds, and_brenthing his iast, Ho immodiately collarod Pritt, who throw away the fatal knifo ‘and ondeavored to oscapo, but was takon at onco to the atation-houso of tho Firat Precinct, whoro his wounds wore drossed by a Rgllce surgoon. Ho gave his namo rs Jacob atalan, ’ Tho dond man_was corried to Rowland'a Morguo at tho Rinlkat Montgomory and Van Vorst stroots, where s post mortem examination was made by Dr. Buck, tho County Physician; at 7:30 p. m, Tt was found that thore was a singlo wound in the right sid, the knife iaving passed botweon tho ribs and ontorod the heart. Tho knifo with which the murder was committed was securod by Oflicor Boyle and marked for ideuti- fieation. Tiis a clasp knife, with a bono Landle and German silvor plato and tips. It bas three bindes, and the largest one with which the mur- dor was committod, is 2}¢ Inches in lougth, balf an inch in width at the hilt, and sharpenod from tho middle on both sides to tho point. The prisonor was locked up in a coll at the First Pro- cinet Polico Station, and will be oxamined before Polico Justico Soymour this morning, Jolin_Btophengon, the murdered man, was 35 yoars of nge, resided in Eloventh streot, New (ork, was marriod, and leaves & wifo with six children. His brother, who keops s galoon in Bpring streot, noar Hudson, New York, learncd of tho murdor ot 10 o'clock last night, and hastonod over to Jorsey City to seo tho body. IIo was very much nffected, and said that * Jobnny " wantod bim togo over to Jorsoy with him, last Sunday, to make tho arrcst. The family of tho unfortunato man did not know until after midnight that the husband and father would noverroturn, Tho prisoner was romoved to tho Hudson County Jail lata last ovoning. From the New York Times, July 13, It now turns out that tho story told by Mat- land, who killed Daputy Marshal John Storbnn- son, in Jorsey City, on TFriday aftornoon, 18 not truo. Motland stated to the officors that he was o enilor ona Ruesian vossol that hnd re- contly arrived from Callao, Bouth America, It hos boen necortninod that he was & runner for n saflor bonrding-house in New York, and that sovoral eailors who had desorted wore lodging at tho rlncn, aud Btophonson went there to arrest DPrilt, Ho was resisted by Metland and the propriotor and tho two wero arrested. Tho keopor of the place was put under $2,500, and procecdings against Motland waro susponded on condition that ho ahould assist 8tophouson in finding Prilt. This he agreed to do, and they wont-to Tarrytown, whoro, it was said, Prilt had tnken rofuge, On arriving there thoy wors in- formed that (ho_fugitive bad gouo to Jorsoy City, Thither thoy followed him, and there the tragedy occurred in the mannor stated, without tho parties scelng Prilt, From these oircum- stances it is now believed that the killing of Ste- phenson wasadeliborato murder to got the officer out of the way. B A== LIFE IN PARIS. Supposed Murder and Suicide--End of a Life of Pleasurc. Paris (June 27) Correspondence of the New York World, A drama still rovealed only in part bas just oc- curred. It is probable we shall never know more of it, for the chicf, if not the only actors, lie in thoir graves, This is all I havo boou able to gathor: A, M. Touchals was well kuown smong acortnin class of pleasuro-seokers; ho iad monoy and an iron constitution, which & life of debauch- ory had been unablo to corrodo. His liberality to tho sox was so notorioug that ho was obliged, whon ho camo up to town on businesa (he lived in{the provinco), to agssumo a fulso namo to protoct his hotel from invasion., His favorite was o widow of excollont family, who was still young, and who, if not beautifaf (Fronch womon raroly are), bad well-mado body, developoed by oxercige, " Riding was hor favorito ploasure’; gho spent hours daily in a riding achool. Bho could not receive bim at home, for she lived with hor family, Ho had rented lodgings 15 Rue do la Grange Dotellere, whore thay mot. A dny or two mince her brothor-in-law (who lived with her) received M. Touchais’ visit, Ho knew tho latter and was familiar with the intimacy existiog with his sister-in- law, for the largo smount of monoy which sho lfimut oxcooded lLior incomo, M, Touchais said: * Your sistor-in-law committod suloide, yestorday at 15 Ruo de In Grange Botel- foro. Como for hior corgse; it is in & trunk whioh I baye placed in these lodgings,” The brother-in-law thought M. Touchais delirious ; atill, as there might by truth in his declarajjons (vicious Ena(plo raroly dio in thoir beds) ko went with him, hnd svre enough, thore in a port- mantenu, lay the corpuo of tha unbappy woman, Upon inquiry, AL, Touchais confossed that the provious evening they had dined togother. Two ompty bottlos of clarot aud & bottlo of cham- pagne, all three empty, and broken victunls on plates and dishes = confirmod this assor- tlon, Aftor dinnor he had informed hor that tholr intimncy must coane, She, nolonger young, dopondent upon M. Touchais for tho means of nm{lng her oxponsivo tastes, Was over- whufi\ufl )y this intolligence, erlmps, too, hor hoart was ongaged (Lablt binds stronger than passion), Bho upbraided him with all lior voho- mouce, and so fatigued, eo irritated him with her teara and hor ropronclies, lio roge, wont out, and loft hor, 1t was 4 a, m., when he returnod, Al- though hae liad a koy, ho was unablo to opon tha Coor—tho lateh bolind it had fastened it. Ho kiekod open the doar, and, In_tho oy light of that early hour, he found herbody daugling life- less to a rope. He cut it down, released her neck from the fatal noose, and triod to rocall the vital spark. It bad tled boyond recall, Grazod by all thepo incidonts, ho went to Passy, rontod & lodgings thore—Rue Pergoloss, bought a portmantonu (8o large the corpse wag placed unmutilated in {t), summoned tho janitorand s porter to help him bring the portmantoau_down stairg and placo it on a cab, drove it to Passy, placod the portmanteau in tho nowly-leaso ]aflgings and loft it there, intonding novor to ro- turn, But hishands were full of goro, and gore attractod thom with all its weird xunfillnuum. ho wandored in the Boie do Boulogne, he wandered in Noullly, he wandorod in Paris, his fevorod brain fnsensible of time or distance—otf every- thing excopt the seorat which was neorchinf it— g0 he wuo goaded back to Passy. ‘There Lotook the portmantosu again and brought it back to 1% Ruo do la Grango Dotoliero e placed it in his lodgings, and then went to her brother-in-law. Tho confession endod, the i Inttor wont to the nearost Commissloner of Pos lico and ropeated tho confossion, The Commis< sloner at onco proceoded to M. Touchais’ arrent, Aftaor an oxamination which Iastod two Liours, ho was locked upin a cell in the prison at the Court-Houso. Whon tha turnkoy went to carry lim broskfast the following mornin, , M. Toti« chala in turn was hanging by the nacl , il cras vat furniehing the ropo, dead—a mulcido, Tho polico are inolined to ncnoHt his vorslon of big mintross’ dontl. ¥or family boliove ho kilod lior in a fit of passion. > ——— A BELGIAN TRAGEDY. Assasinntion of a XYoung Girl by ijes Parcntss=Miracuious Escapo of the Intended Vietim, % On tho night of the 18th of June thero tooly l:l"m noar Urussels, tho capital of Bolgian, s ragody, tho shocking particulars of which scony to -have originated in the fortile brain of n Trouoh romauciat, rather thau _to hiave ocourred in reality, On the procoding day Christine Du- quosnoy, a young girl of 23, who, for sovarsl y““h hiad boon ‘s gorvant at the houso of n woalthy widow lady in Brussols, was informod that_hor ngod motlior, who lives at the villape of Quatro-Bras, , in consequonce of an accidont, lost hor 'eyeslght. Tho dutitad daughtor rosolvad at onco to loave her situa~ tion, and to return to her native village in order to take oars of her poor blind mothor. While E:hwlng gflmly over tho miafortune which had fallon tho lafter, Ohristino congratulated hore 8elf upon hnving aave from her ‘wagon the hande some sum of 1,800 francs, which shio had depose ited with a notary publio, and which sho thonght would ounble Ler to prescrve hersolf and mothor from want. Noxt momning she roceived tho monoy from tho notary, and took the train for bome. Upon reaching tho Iast atation, she for Quatro-Bras, whioh was about five miles tant. 8ho resolved to {Armund thoro on foot ; but, attor walking about throo milos, sho he tatod. A fooling of terror soizod her. Sho had fopass through a forast, and thero boing & house bolonging to acquaintances of hers in the noighborhood, she rosolved to pass tho night thore. Bho romchod it in o fow minutes, and found tho propriotor, an elder- ly farmor named Aubusso, and Lis wifo Elize, 1.4 lomo. Upon inquiring whero thore only dnughter, Francoiso, was, Christine was told that sho had gono to Quatre-Bras, and would nct return befora momning. Christino theon told them that she was "afrald to procoed with the monoy sho had in hor poket to her mativo vile Iago, nnd Aubugge and his wife cordially Invited har to sloep under thoir roof. Assho was vory tired they told Lior to rotire fmmodiately, nud Elizo conducted her to hor daughtor Francolsc's bed in tho small back-room. Cbristine Duques« noy went to bod without dolay, but as is often tho enso with persons who nre vory tired, sho did not sleop vory soundly. é{m had not clorod hor oyes very long when sho was awakenod by voicos in the adjoining room. It was Aubusso and his wits, Al though they were conversing in an undore tone, Qhristine could understsnd every word they utterod, To hor horror sho discoverod thut the” two lind resolved to murdor hor for tla monay which sio had in her posseasion. “Troncoiso,” sald Aubussc's wicked wifa, “will not come home to-night. so nobody will know that Cliristine was in our house. We will bury her corpse in the garden, aud who will over fiud hor gravo thora 7" Tho wretchos thon stopped into tha fronbt room, Christine Duquosuoy, o proy to inde- gcribablo torror, sprang at ‘once from hor bod, aud, although sho was but scantily drossod; climbod out”of the open rear window, sud . aped across the largs garden into the open fleld. ghu ran for fiftcon minutes ns fast as hLor feet would carry her, without daring to look back.” Thon sho stood atlll, and, afice rosting for a fow minutes, she atarted snow. In her terror ghe did not cara in what direotion sho was going. At last, aftor sho had been runniug for upward of ona hour, 8ho roached the Brussols highway, and was soon afterward oapiod by two gondarmes, Thoy haile ed hor, and orderod her to stop ; but she spod on, and finally sank down in utter exhaustion Dohind a shrub by tho way-side. When tho gen~ darmos ovortook her ono of them throw his cloak to hor and then sho told thom all ahout the fiendish plot of Aubuess and his wife. They asked hor to accompany thom to the house of tho Aubussos, which thoy reachod at an ade vanced bour of the night. All was dark and silent in the house, but, on going around to tho renr of tho building, they discoverad & light in a distant part of the garden. They wont cautiously toward ir, and, on coming close- up to it, eaw Aubusie and his wifo engaged in throwing earth upon & human Lody ying on its face in a hole that had boen dug 'in “the ground, BSuddenly the two gondarmes rushed toward them. hen Aubusgo- and his wife caught sight of the young girl they utterod plercing crios of torror. ‘“Sho is alive!" yolled Aubusso; whose faca had turned livid. Tho next moment one of the gondarmos had collared him and his wifo, while tho other drew the coap!o from the lole in the ground. When ho held tho lantorn, which stood by the side of the hiole, up to the face of the victim, Aubusea and his wifo utterod still more heartronding criga, ‘It ia Francoiso!" shricked Aubuase's wife. Aubusse looked o moment at the corpse. Then he suddenly broke loose from tho grasp of the gondarmo, and, before the latter was ablo to 8oize him, stabbed himself with desperate ener gY. while his wifo foll into & déop swoon. Tha finmdy couplo had murderod their own daughter, nstond of their intended victim, While they wore pmy)nrlng tho grave in the garden for Christine Duquesnoy, their danghtor, Francoiso, hind returned from Quatre-Bras, and, being very tired, had at onco gone to bed. When all wag rondy for tho recoption of the carpso, Aubusss and his wifo, Elize, had stealthily ra-entered tho house, and_then, uttorly unaware of the changa which' had meanwhilo taken IYll(:ll in the )y found that she waa unablo to obtaina clnls];a Be occupants of Francoise's bed, they had rushod into tho small back room, and smotherod the porson in it to death by covering hor face tightly with a hoavy pillow. Thoy porpotrated thia dood in the dark, and, when the vietim had ceased to breath, Aubugse lifted hex from tho bed and carried her into the gardon, Dis wifo preceding him with a dimly-burning lantern, to the hole in which Christine Duques- noy was to .have been buried. Ambusse thiew the corpse into the hole, and he snd his wifa . had thrown a few shovelfuls of earth upon it when they woro surprised by the gondarmes. Whon Elize Aubusse roawoke it waa found that the torriblo shock had deprived her of hor reagon. It wes horriblo to hear that crazy Taughtor with which she lookod upon the corpna of hor &'oung dnughter and dying husband, wha expired soon afterwardy, —_— A Wedding After Forty Years® Scparas tioi. From the Ripley (Ohio) Bee. Our town is all agog this morninfi ovor tha rodding that is to ba colebrated in a day or two botwoen Aunt Vina Johngon, an old colored Iady of our place, and o former husband from whom sho bas seen soparated for forty years. Torty-thro years ago Auat Vi was tho sluve of a Mr. Johuson, in Floming County, Ky., and was the wife of a Goo. Perry, also aalave, whoso master lived in Mason County. Boran off and went to Canada, but returned and got his wifo end child, and succeeded in reaching Chillicothe with thom, where they woro overtaken by John- son and the wifo and ‘child takon back, Bho ro- mained a slave until 1804, Not hearing_ from lior husband, and supposing him doad, sho murried o wan by the namo of Jerry Johnson some four or five years after being taken back but sho was left & widow in a fow years. Sho moved to Riploy soon after being set freo. Porry, ‘who'has beon living fn Canada, until aftor tho war, and sinco that timo boon engaged in teach- ing sehool in Louisiaus, wroto a lettor to the son of Auut Viua's master, in Kontucky, last March, inquiring whother sho was alivo or doad. John- son wroto to Harry Armstrong of our place, Aunt Vina's son-in-law, and ho anawored tha 8ho was liviug here, Porry was at onco advised, and he commencod a correspondenco. Every- thing was satisfactory, and he wroto that he would be bere on Monday night laat. That Aunt Vina was all anxioty and In s fever of excitoe ment, no ono neod bo told. True tu his promiro, Peorry arrived on Monday evening, and the moot- ing was » joyous one. Thoy have detormined to bae re-marriod, ana are making overy proparation for that event. ——— e A Double-Barreled Shot-Gun. From the New Orleans Times' Reportof a Serenade, Mr. Bloom, aot boing eudowed with more than ordinary patienco and an avorage sot of norvas, evontually appearad ou his gallory and dolivera a apooch, in which allusion was mado to o cer- talu old and roliablo shot-gun. On this the ¥uuuomnn way_ heartily choored and soveral imes shot ot, and had to take rofuge within doora. Mr, Bloom ehortly responded to this by four shots from his doublo-barreled gun, chargod with buokshot, and directod Into tho crowd wounding Petor Maguire, Charles Wiloy, au Poter Brooks, Tho lagt namod got more than Lis sharo, probably recelving eight of the buok« shot in his back.” It was intimated that Mr, Bloom was to bavo been vieliod agaln last night, but their oxpericnce of the night before puta dampor_on theso fostlvo boys and it did noy Qomo off,