Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1873, Page 4

ourt, whero no Judgo wes 4 EXIT TWEED. The Champion Robber Meets His Deserts at the Hands of Justice, Twelve Years on Blackwell's Island and a Fine of $12,760. The Once Triumphant Bully Broaks Down from Despair, And Cowers and Whines Like a Whipped Schoolboy. A Civil Suit Likely to Be Instituted by the City. Tweed’s Connsel in a Fair Way to Keep Company with their Client. They Are Cited to Answer a Charge of Contempt of Court. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, New Yorg, Nov, 22.—Tweed was the weakost erim- .inal who evor stood at the Bar, and Davis the most in- #xorablo Judge who ovor eaton the Bench, Asthe tattor delivered his long address, which would have boen only a stump speech had 1t not had a ating in it in the shape of u sontence, and tho final sentence was Xoreshadowed in various forms. TWEKD DENT 118 HEAD, overwhelmed with mortification, and in tho deepest d of what waa to_follow, Ho was friends who appeared really humiliate wf weaknoss. o by his has 5 most violent und his ocutbursts rage 1o tho whes - ho was powerfil would awe tia most intimato confidants, To-day those whom bo Bas throatened would hiuve laughed ot his weakneus if they biad not felt that hir convietion and ecatence let down fload-gates, and that they might bo tho noxt fo ‘e overwhelied and condemucd, Trweod was_sur- rounded by Liw friends, among whom wero two ladizs whom I did not kuow, and whom I had not tho beart tosakatter, Butthe story flled the court that they mwere §: plny tomper, of imo 118 DAvGHTERS, the only women of all he bas enricliod—for Treed was & generous thicf, and shared with the natural coneorta of thieves th profits of the wholasalo plokpocket—to uttend him in his hour of supromest peril, Bohind promineut by his peculisr appearanco as by hia polifical standing, was Thomas Ladwits, who, two years 2go, ran aguinst Judge Davis for the seat st prosent vccupied by the latter, and who, §f Tweed's designs lind wucceoded, might bave beon trying aud sentenc- o Lim, taslcad of oncouraging and sympatbizing ™ Tz JURT BOX snd behind it, snd on tho eoats reserved for spectatora ware about axl equsl number of prominent reformers and of friends of Tweod, who wero disposed o bo yutet, No demonstration In his tavor was made at any e, Wit atter the conclusion of thoprogscution slight applduse, interruptod by tho Judge, ws hoard onco, DURING TUE JUDGR'S OHALOE, thicn tho Times was mentioned, o rufiinn mear mo Riseed audibly, but a very old and docrepid man in the gallery took Lim by the srm and put hin out, and tho Tl inetantly subsided. Whon Judgo Davia directe 3d tho Clork, Sparks, tocall tho prisoner to stand up, THE WHOLE AUDIENCE INVOLUNTATILY MORE sxcept those in the immediato Vicinity to Tweed, Tis portly form thus stood ont the prominant cenire of o wholo smphitheatra of forms, eager fo hear what :ho Sudgment of tho law wus to bo, Tho voloe of tho Clerk waa cloar and loud a3 ho aaked why the sentonce of tho law should not be pronounced. Woaker by con- trat, wanker by norvousnoss, but wosker sill by tho avwful foar which had settlcd down on him us upon ev- wry crlminals, in the fucoof & dreadful conviction, Twoed anawerod in the low, piping volco of & wosk woman, % Nothing.” His tones naturally are stentori- un, His anawer was in those tremulous tonos wrhifoh only natural defocts o unnatural fesra'indlict, Ho stood firm cnough, though, bofore, Even during tho Judge's opecoh Lio had bowod his head in pam oF deapalr several times, but, finally, when the scors or a0ms of sentances hudl boén proncunced, condemning TWELVE YEARS' INPRISONMERT 1n theQonnty Jail and to pay & fine of $13,750, he slunk away in chargo of Doputy-Sherlff Judson Jarvis, and domght tho suctecy of 8 privato Toom of the Supreme sitting, ON T8 KEMOVAL ¥ROM TIIE COURT Twood was taken totho Supreme Court Chamber snd Iator to Bherif Brennan's privato room to swait the making out of his commitment popers, which, in viow of the number of sentences, wore very yolumin- gus and tho Olork wos sagsgod Yory nessly il mid- night making thom out, Vrennan himaelt bad gone home, A porsonal friend of Tweed in formor years, gsleft to a dopnty, who {a the sonlii-law of Breunnn, lu charge of the priconer and the dispeneation of tho aivilitica of tho oifice, Mesntime Tweod's counsol ran awsay to Brooklyn, and sought Judgo Pratt, who s the only sloy mow, oxcept Ingrahnm, Aliose time expircs In s month or two, but ho refused to graut a stsy of proceedings, and tho coun ¥ol camo Lyck much ' disgusted, They oxploinad to “Fweed the fallure of the mecaure, whoreat thers was ouch cursing on ovorybody’s park ssve Twesd's, who DROKE DOWH AGATN, =0d fiapeed Into s palnful stato of doproalon. He is <ompletaly demoralized. The Iast view of him laft the impression of a manibroken, not with remorss, but espair, - At midnight ho wilf bo LODUED IN LUDLOY STOEET JAIL. Tho Jall §a full to-night of reportors and friends yalting for his coming, and eogor to offer him an ova~ tlon. The law requiros that he ahall be committed be- Zore midnight, and Lo will bo sont on the firet commite ment if the othors nre not ready, RX WILL NOT HAVE ANY HARD LADOR TO FERFORAM, It 15 the County Jail for confinemont anly, not pun- ushment at hard labor, and he can buy all the com. foris, He 1a n brokon man to-day, Eis conddence .bas cost him $250,000, b THE orvIL AUTT ™ & forogone conclusion, now that all the evidenco sguinst him has beun let in the criminal suit, and the furmer will be proscouted vigorously now., Ho was worth very little till the steal of 1570 was consum- @ated, and s gave him only $1,000,000, which he bad todivide liberally with others, . N0 NEW TRIAL. There 18 not the slightost chance of s new trial, “though grest efforts will be made to seoure s stay from Iograbam. Dut the General Term, which T to ba appealed to, 18 compoied of two good men, and Ingrabam will bo off the Bench before alie moxi torm, 80 tlat tho chances are hopolsas, It will be many years beforo Tweed {a hoard of agaln, except as - prlnm and criminal, THE CONTEMPT QasE, . After Tweod had retired, Judgo Davis callod his sev- ‘end lamyers to the bur and guva them notios o sppoas -on Monday next and juslify their contempt of Court in submitting a pyotest impugning the motives of the Judge preaiding, “This was submitted early in tie trial, and_slleged that Daviu was prejudiced against ‘Tweed, This they must justify on Monday or go for ihirty days to the aame Jull with Twoed. Unquestion- £l Shey ciunot usifs, snd undoubtedly tiey will go AN OLD GHUDOE. Beveral years ago, on the MscFarland trixl, John Gra- Bam, connsal for Twead, and nt that timo sor MacFar~ land, {nsulted Davis, cotinsel for the prossoution, in & very groas manner, and Davis s aman who Dover furgets or forgivea, No xorz. To-night, at 10 o'clock, Fullerton and Graham lft Twoed to go to Ingrabam's housato sk hum for a stay, on grounds which, they asy, are sufficient ; but o' may set t down in, black aad white aud in the rgest head-lines that Tweod bogius hin tweive yeurs to-night. 1t & & 1fo sentence for lim., '8 PLLION, Binoe my last dispatch I learn that the Gounty Jall, 4n judiela parlance, means the Penitentiary, This {8 a prison on Blackwell's Island, is & prison fur punishe- mont other than coufincmeut, Here Tweed must Tabor at suy task to which ho 15 piit, and it Is a prison 0 which the Jowest anu meanost criminals are sont, THE COMMITMENTS Troro Snally embodisd in oz lang commitmant, and on this 'Tweed now bald at the Bherifi’s ofice, whure be rill remaln until word has beon hesrd from Ingrabatn, The prosocution asked for sontence on Afty-ous . oounta, but the Judge disagresd with thom, sud de- cided that four counta mado a cane; s0 he dlvided the Aifty-oue counts by four, and sentonced him the full penalty—~twalve years and $12,750, 10 tha desaciated Fress,] v, 42—The Gourt of Oyerand Ter- ked this morning, owing to the e Twoud cane, Counsel for (his prove- eutiou and defenss wers all present, Twaed eulored the room, followed by two_noputy-Sheritfs, who have Been Lls oustodian stuce his conviction, VAIN APPEAL, John Graham began the argument on a motion in wrrrast of judgment, holding that the act of the Logis- Isture taking tho power of audit from the Board of Buparvikory, and croating the Board of Audit, of which Tweed was 4 member, was unconatitutional, and bence his cllent was not' liable for scts commmitted under an unconstitutional act, This and all other s raissd by AF, Gruli overruled by the urt, When ho coucluded his address, which was after ri Mr, Tremain moved that the prisoner-hs sontenced on each eparste count in the {ndictment, subject only to such modificationa as the Judge, lu hix Zamency, might make, Mr, Gralam struggled to svert the penslty asked for, and ik ols emotions, _Tweed hismuslt N JUDQR DAVIY' REMAES Oonusel having concludad thuix srguments, Judge Davia sald it would bo unmanly in him to seck t0 avado su apparent contlict between the viows expreased on the frst trial the prisoner and those now onterfaluod by the Court, Hs suid Lio eatered upon the prezent trial olding the views & ndgment, ho {8 mistakon, for T would gladl Dl b tanco of * this poaition nlon upon other shoulders. I shall mot from say foeling of its hicabness or soverlt yent the performance of my almplo duby, eas 1 hav tho powor, and, T T ahall ondeavor Lo o3 alirluk 10 pro. Wy, Nevortie- ronouncing judgment, (orciab 3t 0 45 to fampor Juciios In nome degroo with mercy, 1t In dooply {0 bo regrotted that tho Leglalature huw ot provided s long montenco mnd punishiment to_churactorlzo offonaes of this kind in ditforent forms, and fix peualties for cach offenn whiero committed In ifferout. forius from hoda which mny bo imposed by our stautes, Publio offcers who rob the pooplo by nppropriatiig publle monogs, allow others to 4o 70 Lhirough thoir inntrumentality or connivanco, ars, unfortunntly, in tho stata of our Inw, not to ho nd- Judgoul felons, or puninbied by imprisoument {n the Btato Prison, but escapo under formn of indictment for miademdsnor, subjoct for each to pcy a penalty of $260, or a singlo year i o Ponitonliary, 3¢ thin wan a genoral verdiet, thia would bo all that tho Court could impose, Notwithstanding that ho took for his own usa moro than $1,000,0001n tho manner desoribed IF thiora waa n general'vordiot rondored the Court coutd ouly pass ticongl the farcionl porformancoof ronlerln » Judgment of §250 ino und ono year's imprisonmen| far tlio audnclous robbory of tho city and county of more than $1,000,000. Under the verdict, tho Court hiow largor powors, sehich it will oxorclao, sud, I hope, with prudonce nuil duc regard o the infercats of the public and examplo to bo made.” 5 THR RENTENCR, Tyeod was then ordorod to stand up, which hodld slowrly, and ou being anled if kio had ayihing to e why-ntence aliould not o, pronoutced, raplfed, ‘most {naudibly, ¢ Nothing,” uis counsal adding, ' Ife has spoken through counscl.” Judgo Davia then ro- mumed: Williom M. Twcod, sou_stand convicted By & verdict of o jury of twolv lionest men of & largo numbor of crimea chatged squinat you united in ono indlotmont, and that fn- dictment, i1 the opinion of tho Court, could not have beeu ofliorwisa withiout & violation of tho ontlia the Jury had takon, or uttor disregard of the obligations tertained st tho first tris), that tho prisonier could be seusiencad, If found gullty, o one yoét's Lniprisonment and pay® fine of §450, but lind clianged th aftes ccnrulting il séseastbl st y the ve were 1) under which they rostod to speak tho truth and tho wholo truth, With all tha opportunity you had—had 7ou faltufully performed your duties 0 tho public— 0 win tho honor and respoct of tho wliols community, you saw fit to pervort the opportunity it possessed and tho powers with which you wore clothod in mannor more wicked, moro {ifsmous, aud niors outrageous than any instanco of liko characler which tho whiolo bistors of tho civilizod world contains, ‘In- stead of protecting tho publle, you plundered it} in- atoad of atanding guard whion' the Inw placed you ovor tho Treasury of your county, you throw {hat Trossury open, not ‘mercly to your own rapacity, but also’ to tho ovacleo of © your asmocintes under clrcumstancos which makes it tronsparcnt thnt you wero sugaged s concerted conspiracy {o plundor tho Triasuey of this county, In which yoiu and your sssociates in crlma wero prinipally to bene- it. “Tho evideuco on this subject can loave mo mane ner of doubt in tho minds of any, Tho commenco- sment of it all was tho entering by yoti on thoee dutics 8 President of tho Board of Audit on tho 6t of - May, Tho vory ozt day aftor that your carver of pluder bo- gon, and from that day forward, consccutively 4’ the wholo 100 nccounts baforo that Boar Bad boon ouditled ond cortifiod, and the warrants fastod and monoy pald, tho ovidenco fa conclusive that tho wholo procoding ws Instituted to earry ont a coucerted plan to enrich Youraclf ani thono associated wilh you, If thore was no other teatimony, that in my fudgment would bo conclusively catablishe By tho fact that on each of thess overal claims, 5 they oro passod on and ultimataly pai your sharo of tlo plunder was cloarly fixed nnd préscribed at 34 per cont, whilo tho susro of your nesoclatos has been fized by somowhst mimilr standard of plundor, It Ia imporsiblo to boliovo that the distribution of 190 casos, in which the moneys were roceived on theao warrants, that just 4 por cent of cach sum should always bo otlotied to you, without an understanding in advance, by a concorted srmangement that this oxact sum_should be your fired ‘fmmnltm monoys, of which the county should be i8 in" vain to suggest that your trial and con- victon bias been tio rosult of ony partisan feeling; that this was, after sll as one of the Jurora summoned on the nol oxprossad if, o strugglo betwoon tho “us and o outs,” No? tho wholo strugglohus been a struggle between honesty and fraud, between virtuo and crinio, Tho Judgo hore, n vindiéation of tho zon-pastisart naturo of tho prosccution, alluded to tho Tines in first @iving thio iguros tho light, and to the great asulatnncs Toudored by Charles O'Conor and Samucl J. Tilden in the prepatation of logn! procecdings,snd continued: “1¢ would b wrong ond unjust {o ‘entortain for a moment tho ides that your conviction has beon tho result of perseution at ho bunds of any porson or party, 1t hns boon {lio resulty o denco Bo clear and plain that I nevor have nced 8 caso whera ovidenco wae o utlerly_ovorwhehning, and ‘whera it wn 60 fmporsiblo for a Jury to fall to como to a just and conclusivo vordict, Through tho wholo of his trlal you rematned, upto tho vory moment of your conviction, ns colm nd serena ns. though you rolied upon your Innocence, when it was ovorwholmingly up- porent to all that your ucronity was ‘only that audacity, thet confidanco n the omnipotenco of corruption ratlier than rollanco upon your innoconce, {The Judgo emphasizod this sontoncs by bringing hta clenchod linnd down upon his desk.] The duty of the Court now ls to pronounce upon you tho sen- totico—a sontonco that may bo ndoquate o your crinic, The soveral connts on which Twoed was found gullty wore grouped and fifty-ono distinct sentences $mposed making his terin twlve years' imprizonment in the county jall, and impoaing a fino of §13,760, 111 OF EXORPTIONS, Connsol then gava notice they would move for bill of ‘oxceptions, ond Judge Davis sMd the sesalon of the court would bo prolonged to give counael timo for due propsration, The Judge then ordered such countal for dofensd 08 subneribod lo the paper pro- aented o Lim ot the opening of {he trial, fo be in court on Monday morning noxt, for the purposs of inquiring into thetr uction. PXIT TWEED, Twoed, who recelvod his sontence calmly, was then romoved by Sheriff Brennkn, attended by strong force of Doputy Bucrils, TWEERD'S “smiNaLe," Twoed {8 now 66 yesrs of ago. Ouriously enough, the namo of Williara M. Tweed i already Inscribed ona marble elah In tho main gatewsy of the juil, whare it was placed veurs ago when the Board of Su- porviars, of which ke was thon & member, erected the butlding, LACK TO THE TOMDS, When Tweod reschod tho Bheriil'a’ offico hé looked torribly crestfallon, and sank down in a_chair, E\'cr{ effort was made lhrnl:shouk the evening and untll midnight by bis counsal to obtain a stay of procoed- ings, but without avail. The Shoriff thon made ar- rangements to reliove himuolf of the responsibility for tha ynfe custody of his prisoner, aud at 10 minutes past 1 Bundny morning Tweed wan faken to the ‘Tomba, and the gates were closed behind him, LEGAL INTELLIGENGE. Verdlct for the Illinois Central Rall= roadin a Case Growing out of a Corn Contract During the Rebolliom. Special Dispotch lo ke Chicago Tritune, BLOOMINGTON, IIL, Nov, 22.~Tlo case of Gobb, Christy & Co, va. The Illinols CentralfRallrosd, which for tha past two weeka has ocoupled tho time of the Circuit Court, came to s termination lsst nightin a verdiet for the Ilinois Central Raflrosa Com- pany, This s omo of o serios of casea growing out of Government contracts for corn during the war, This case was commonced in tlia Circuit Court of thia county eix years ogo, Tha firut trinl {n this Gourt resulted in a vordict of $60,000 for plaiutiffs, An appeal wes takon to the Supreme Court, whers the esto sas revorsad snd remanded, ‘This is the first vordict in any of theee casos for do- fendauts, They huve been litigated in Ohio, Yows, and this ftale, and in every Instance resulted in a ver- dict for plantiffs, The cass will be taken to the Su- ‘prama Court, > NAVIGATION. The Igo-Blockado In the Erie Oanal Partially Gives Way and tho Onnale L3oats Move On-Close of.Navigntion at the North, Burraro, N, Y., Nov, 32.~Thsre are no indications of navigation baing resumed n the intarlar of the Btata, BUrraso, N. Y., Nov, 22,—Cansl prospects are bettar this morning. HORENTOTADY, N, ¥., Nov, 20.—~The fce-broaker has arrived, and boata aro moving through two locks weat of hors, ‘Thore {e a proapect that the bosts on this aoction will got tirough, Arnany, N, 22.—Dispalches from different pointa on the canal state that the boats arc all on the move. Went of Bchiencetad; lldfiolu callod for, and the prasonce of thoso interested in boats aad proparty is desired, With halp all boats caat of Utica can be got to tidewater, MONTERAL, Cam., Nov. 32.—Several Desuharnais Canol propuliora und a_largo Dutnber of barges will winter in the Lachine Canal, and their cargoes will be s0ut 10 the oty by slaighs, CorL¥awoo, Can,, Nov, 32.—~The steamer Cume berland, tho Iast this season, arrived from Lake Bupe- rior, nid the Oty of Loudos, from Chloago, is axpootad hourly on her last trip, CASUALTIES. Fatal Railroad Collision, Omonnny, 0., Nov, 2—Last night, on the Ken~ fncky Central’ Raflrond, an_extrs frelght train, from Lexington, ren into the rear of the regulsr freight tTaln, demolishing the cabooss, killing tha brakeman, lliidm Cook, and alightly injuring saveral passent gora, Fatal Tug Exploston. Minwauss, Nov, 22.—This forennon ut & quarter 109, the bofler of the tug ¥, L, Anthony o!'r‘lll;:!lgxlk ‘The tug was juet sbout !uwlnr the schoonor W up stream, when the bofler fllow up into the alr, tear- iug away th 6 upper, works, and fatally xcalding the en- gineer, I, Bnyder, Tho boller was Loapected two waeka 4o, and was pronounced K. The Csplain Juriped averboard snd escaped uiinjured, g THE KANSAS SENATORSHIP. Suectal Digpateh to_The Chicugn Tribune, LravENWonTD, Kan., Nov, 23—~Gov, Osborn to- night sunounced the appointment of Rolert Crozlex Benator, fo #ill the Caldwell vatancy, der of tlie Tirat Nations! Hank of this city, and waa Caldwell's sitornoy before the Senate Invoatigating Committeo, i GRS OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Lowpox, Nav, 18.—Stesmships Tnwsla from New York, anit Atiss from Bouton, hnve srrived ont, New Youx, Nov, 23,—Arzlved,—City of Limerick, upon Unfou printers for ihulr composition looked fz0m Liverpoal, autch Uke s of the burnt distriots of Noaton und | TR e Ohlcago, i tholr varisty of t) pes,transfarred from ons PACKING IN GlNgHI"‘M‘:L uvmsfi saotler. T setion of the aywn-flxmul CLE oD, 0., Nev, I v n looksd ngon o8} arl FINANCE AND BUSINESS. First Official Bank. Report in New York Since Sept. 20, Comparative Condition of the Banks Then and Now. Deorease of $30,000,000 in Deposits, $30,000,000 in Loans, and $3,400,000 in Legal Tenders. The Toxas Construction Company--A Basis of Settlement Pro- posed. Rallroads == Manufactures Trades, The NEW YORK, DANR ATATRMENT, NEw Yong, Nov, 22.—Tho Clearing-Houss to-day, for tho Airst timo sinca Bept. 20, lssnod an official bank statoment, with the difforences from {he condition of tho banks last weak, aa follows Nov, 15, Nov, 29, Lonng, 067,400 17,508,700 97,290,600 167,067,200 30,899,800 According to the bovo figures the banke are dof- clont in tholr resorvo $348,250, and i $20,000,000 loan cortificates aro counted in tho labilitics the banks would bo doGilent $5,000,000 more. According to the wookly statement {ho banke liold $30,000,000 legal-ten-, dors, and according to tho daily statement $3,000,000, COMPARATIVE BTATEMENT, Thio following tablo showa tho condition of the banks 1his wook compared with the week ending Sept, 20 Sept. 20, Nov. 92 Decrease, $278,421,700 $248,007,300 30,364,400 844,000 17,608,100 1,275,900 27,414,200 5 27,2905 ¥ . 108,040,400 167,967,200 30,072,000 weer 34,307,900 10,899,800 3,406,100 Moy, waa sotivo and desror during the afternoon, with ban- sidorable business at 1-32@31-10, At the closs loans wera mads at 6@0, TonEIGN ¥x0 hoavy ond lower, closiug at 1083 60 day sterling, and 108 for sight. aoLp i ranged ot 1003 @110%¢, and closod at the latter 1; Tiatce pald fof carryfag 92, 1,10, 5-04, 7, and 1 pe¢ cont gold, Cloaratices, §09,683,000, The' Sub-Tresau- Tor disbursed to-day $550,000, ' Quatoma recaipts for S ox for prime bankers' tho wook, £1,700,000. Totalimports samo time, 6,220, 000, of whickh £5,000,000 woro goneral merchandiso, snd the remaindor dry goods, Bpocte shipments for the ‘weck, $300,000, principally ailver bars, Produos ex. porta wore over $7,500,000, L dovENNAZNTS clossd quiot and firm, STATE BONDS quict at nomtnal pric MROFLLANEOTS, Raflay and miscollaucous spaculntion oponed firm, ‘but roon” weakened, and prices declined A@1¢ per cent, At tho firat call thero was an fmproved fooling, ond a partial recovery onsued, but later the morket waa lower and irregular, Aftor1l, thers wass general advance in pricce, ranging from 3¢ to 3y oent from tho lowest point, dealings &lfo incressing, At tho final cloa, there was o slight roaction, but the morket closed steady in tone, The leading foaturca woro Westarn Union, Now York Contral, Lako Skore, and Wabasli, The salcs were 30,000 Westorn Union, 2,500 Union Pacific, 4,000 Wabash, 6,000 Pacifio Mail, 500 Panarma, 4,600 Ohfo, 11,000 Central, 4,000 8. Paul, 13,000 Lako Bhoro, 1,000 6t. Josoph, 3,600 Northwestarn, 1,000 Ttock Tsland, . PRAUDULENT BTOOK TRANSACTIONS, E. I, Dolderman & Co, have inatituted legal pro- nucd!nfilmm\n Daniol Drew, Lugcus N, Robineon, and 8, IL, Alden, charging them with fraud and mis- roproacutation in regard to large transactions in Oan- fon stocks, Itis alloged that Robinson was usod by Drow to kaddle the atock on Beiderman & Co,, afl Drow had positively agroed not to sell any of Lis atook, but would buy more, The differance in disputs amonnta to $1,000,000, BPEOIE nreMENTS, Tho steamshipa sailing to-day take out$269,000 in siiver bars, 31 cooxe a co, Nz Yons, Nov, 22.—Willism Torrabo, of Philadel- phia, has fllod an involuntary petition in bankruptcy in this district sgainst Jay Cooke & Co,, basing his pe- titlon on the non-paymant by tho Cotapuny of a cer- tificato of dopasit. GOVERNMENT DONDS, Coupons, *BL... 1145, Quickallyer... Adnms Expross, Wells Fargo. Yerre iaute. Amcrican 13xpross.... 67%|Terre Huute . United Blates Ex...., 87%Chicago & Alion ..... 91 Pocifio Mail, ., Ohieago & Alton pfd,. 93 New York Central, 5| Oblo & Missieaippd.., 26X Erlo,es.un cieeeacires 43 |0, Cu & O, .6 6 10, B, Lak ocks,, 1% Union Pacifio bonda. . 713 Contral Pacifio bonds, 91} 86" [Dol,, Lack, & West ¢BLH & THE RAILROADS, PIILADKLPHIA & EAIZ, Special Dispateh ¢ The Chicago Tribune, Purtapzrruu, Ie., Nov, 22.—To-day ot noon an cdjourned mosting of tho dissatisfiod stockholdbra of the Philadolphis & Erfe Rallroad was hold in the Aere chants’ Exchango, William M. Flack & ctod a8 Chair- msnprotem, The roport of tho Gommiltse o whom ‘was roferrod the subjoat of tho alloged grievances by the Ponnsylvants Railroad Company stated that, in an intervisw with a sub-ommittes, Alr, Thompsan, President of the Company, statod that the Ponnsyl- vania Company will be willing to givo up the lsase of tho Fhiladelphis & Erlo Raflroad for sn oquivalent, A resolution was adopted ocontinulng the Committes with power to act sad _to make such propositions to the Pannsylvania Railroad Company as will best serve tho atockholdera of the Philadalphis & Evie Road, and to have full suthority to act in the matter, attor which the meeting adjourned, THE TEXAS CONSTAUOTION COMFANY, CoL. Thomns Scott, ons of ths largest indorsers of the Texas & California Raliroad Conatruction Com- n?, propoaca sottling with holders I payments ex- Tonding from atx o twenty-foux monts. ' Ho sperka for himsel?, Malthew Daird, and John Aodsnue, his co-tndormers. The Publfo Ledger of to-dsy Liau mia- leading asticle in whioh Mr, Thomson aud Mr, Hous~ ton are mentioned us co-indorscrs wnd probable Iosora with Tom Beolt. Mayor Bond, of the Coustruc~ ton Company, distinctly states those gentlemen are not connected n any way with this Company, Col, Beott says, if his areditors extend to him thé credit he asks, all will got their money, If they decline, and pross for immediate payment, they must ba satisfied writh what they can ‘get, He ballsves that Congress will extend aid to his anterprise, not by indorsiog tha Company's bonds, but by lending to the Company Government honds under auch guarsntess of payment by the Gomprny 14 s can show s sudiclent, * il IOWA, | TI® LUMBXBIXG DUSTNESS, DAvENFOBT, Is,, Nov, 22.—Tho lumboring season in this city has closcd, the last mill cessing operatiou to-day, The emount of lumber sawed reaches 80,000, 000 feot, Prices for lumber aro much highar this yesy than lest, and wanufacturers will carry over s heavy amount this winter, PAILURE, 00 M, True, & mércliant & Columbus Junation, has’ failed, Liabilitiss, $10,000, Davanport rmy wre largoly interestod, ——— DRY GOODS. New Yo, Nov. 2%—Jobbing dlstribution cone tinues farly satiafactory, but business f quiot with comuwlsston housen, Thomarkat far colton goods has Deon unsettlod by the roduction of Lonsdals bleached shirting to 190 ; Hopa, 10)0; Blackstone AA, n?(c. anit Audroscaggih I, 1y, Oilior prica reduotions anticipated, Priuts in stoady request for mtandard makes and Job lota, Blaukots more ackive and frmar, e MEMPHIS, s, Tenn, Nov, 22.-~The Defioto Bank an. nouscon that 1t will resuine busiuea fu full on Moo+ dsy, It is thought that the First National will do the samo, e PITTSBURGH. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicauo Tridune, TUE PRINTRNS' STHIEE, Prrtenveau, Pa, Nov, 18,~The printers' sirike continues, sud the moruing sud evening editlons of ' THE CHICAGO DAILY /TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, -1873. . noon st 4 o'clock, conelnded to chango ihelr mion, whon, without »'momont's warning, evory mem- ber of tha Union threw down his stick and loft the ofMoo ho waa working iu. ‘Tho morning papers wers Ioft in n dllomma, but thoeditors, dovils, and roportors managod to got ot tho papsrs,—not Yory nowey, but atlll they anawarod, The informntion made’againet soventy-fivs mom- bors of the Unlon last. night, it ia sald, will bo proso— onited, na in this Stato the Inw in regard lo connpiracy in very oxpliclt, Tha Jockoil-ott men look rather blu, s {uthis iriko publio opinton in decided ngainat thom, aud {heir ncl!nn of Thuraday, Printers aroar- riving on ovory iratn, aud i¢.4 mont probablo that on Alonday all the ofilcoa will have tholr full quota, COAL-MINERS T *| bave accopted the reduction of 10 per cont graciously, BURPENDKD WORK, Dokewell, Poara & Co.s glaes houss closod fhin moruing for Inck of ordors, Tho prospect for the glaan trado §s not very oncouraging. TIIE INON AND STEEL INTRREST hore [« not gufforing proatly at prosont, Western col- Toctions aro coming in very freoly, Orders, though not o largo aa uaunl, ara coming in, snd keoplng noar- 1y all the mills bisy, without accumulating any oxtra stock, THE TANKS, A numbar of tho banke ata_again dia customers, and nltogellier, from a gonersl stan the prospaot for the futurd 1ooks moro chicering, ey PHILADELPHIA, Specinl Dispateh to The Chicago Tritune, PmTtADRLYULA, DA, Nov. 22~The monoy market to-day was groatly unssttlod, owing (0 th prospaots of & war with Spain, Ourroncy wao plentiful, and notes for loans rulod at yestorday's quotations, WASHINGTON. Candidates for Minor Officos in the House == Const Survey == Damngoes Awnrded Agninst tho Pennsylvanin Contral Roade--Picking of Govern= ment Locls. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, WisnmnvatoN, D, O, Nov, 22.—A mow candl- dato for Sorgesnt-at-Arms of the Honso turned up to-doy fn tho poraon of R, A. Groen, M, D, of Dowlog Greon, Ky. The Doctor ta & colorod brathor, and was s delogato from Eontucky to tho Phfladelphia Convention, Ho hnn Issuod a most formidablo circnlar, sotting forth his candidacy, and dwelling with extremo vigor upon tho undosirablo qualitics of the other eandidatos for tha place, Thero aro savonteon gontlomen who aro willing tosorvo thoir country as Yostmnator of the House, Ex-Gov. Sam Bond, and_ox-Cangroseman Plorco, of Minsissipp}, aro probably tho most. active of tho mém- ‘bors, with the chances in favor of Private Dalzell, GOVERNMENT EXIEDITION, Tho United Statos steaw tug Fortuno, which in now fitting out at the navy yard herc, will be ready for servico by the 1st prox, and will sail on or about the 16th of noxt month to correot tho latitude and longle tudo of porta on tho South Coast of Cuba, In nn action for damages by n citizen of (his District agalust tho Ballimore & Potomao bronch of the TPeunsylvania Contral Rallroad, tho Clrcnit Court has awarded $12,000 to the plaintif for damngos to hin property by changiug tho grado in tho strest in the the northosstern portion of the city, LOCK-TIGKING INVESTIGATION, ‘The Governmont {8 making an invostigation into the racent alleod picking of ita Jockn on an United Btates bonded car bound from New York for St, Louls, in ‘which case it {a saseriod that the goods wore sbatrasted from the car by removing the patont seallock withont broaking the seal, e — ROCK ISLAND. The Oity Short of Water. Special Dispalch to The Chicogo Tribune, Roox 1r.oxD, Nov, 22.~No little comment was ox— clted in tho city this morning by tho discovery that tho water supply had coased, owing to the negligence -Workn, who bad allowed umulato over tho principal A false alarm of waa raiiod m. Tho fro-pressura was imme- distely “put " on, ozhausting tho wator In the reaervolr in a fow minutes, and’ pumping up 8 quan- ity of sand from tho flforehed. Tho firc-cagino w {mmediately placod at work pumping water into the | Dollers fa the engine-room, and a forco of mon eme ployed o clear the feed-pipe. During tho presont low stago of water in the river s pormauent supply can ouly bo depended on by laying s foed-pipe further ont into the atzeam, and connaoting it with the pumps inatoad of the fitar-beds, giving the people unfitersd wator, COMMISSIONER - SMITH. Hlis Conduct While ke Was Agent for the Chippewas to be Investigatods Special Dispateh to The Chivage Tribuse. 87, PAur, Nov, 22.—The editor of the Dispatch was notified this aftarnoon thst Bocrotary Dalano has ap- pointod Nelson J, Turner, of Ohlo, W, B, Jeanings, of Penneylvanis, and Jewmes Bmith, Jr., of 8t Poul, to lnfi%fllfl(n Commissioner Smith's contract with oz, snd Smith's conduct generally whilo Agent ' for tho Ohippowas of Minneaota, 'They moet hore on Friday next. Tho notioo io short, but those who have. ex- poaed Bmith are Liopofnl that tho mansgement fn full and fair investigation ia not expected from lano's sommission, . CRIME. Myszerions Denth. Spacial Dirpalch to The Chicago Tyibune, MaGnroon, Ta. Nov. 52 iThe bady of B ti, Eas af the rm of Eatgood & Co., of Lansing, wis foun in a thickot near lflnl‘?, 1s., on Fridsy, the hoad and nock badly mangled. Ho was_highly cateemed by all, No inquedt hield, No arreats have a3 yet beon made, Arrost of Prize-Fighters. 81, Louis, Nov. 2,—Tom Allen, Arthur Chombors, and Tom Koliy, who wers arrestod last night on a Tequisiion x0in Gov. Boveridge, of Tinols, for pur- ticipating in the prizo-fight botwoen Allen ' aud Ale- Coole, on Tlinols soll, Inst Soptomber, wero_taken to Edwardsvillo, Msdison County, IiL., to-duy, by Sherifr Qooper, whers it 15 probable thoy will be bailed.' An effort was mado here to prootiro thelr fo- loaso from arreat by babens corpus, but, while thelr attorney was preparing the writ, Shariff Goopor quiet- Iy put them iaa carriags and fook them sccoss the river, New York Criminal Xtemun. New Yons, Nov. 2.—Frank L. Taintor, the al- legod dofaultibg Oashier of the defunct Atlanito Bank, baa beon romanded for santence. Tho motion for & now trial was donfod. Andrew L. Roborts aud Robert Gleason, the alleged bond forgers, have had fiftecn additional Indictmenta for forgary found sgainst them, 0 Boyce, aged 13, had been arrosted o 8 charge af fatally. shoofing bis uncle, John Hution, Tho boy entared his unclos stors, and nmarking, spparontly Jeat, © Now, 111 iz you,* drew o revolvar and fred, Smuggling Caso. PonTLAND, Me,, Nov. 22.—Prosecutions have beon commenced 'in tho United Statcs District Court sgalnst Oharles A, Boardman, of Galals, ou u chiargo of having smuggled a large quantity 'of Capo wool into "Calas,” The wool, It alloged, was orlginally importad into Boaton, whore 1t was® withe drawn from warehonse for sxporiation to New Bruns- wick, and thenos umuggled into Calais, The amount susd'for fs aaid to be $16,000, Womnn Shot by & Wood-Sawyer. Wasuixazox, Nov. Z.—A Mr. Moriarty and a wood-sawyer (colored) quarrelsd sbout the payment for sawingsoms wood, when the sawyer ahot her dead, T murdezer secaped. o FIRES. At Peshtizo, Wie, Prauz1ao, Wis., Nov, 22,—Tha Peshtigo Company" muchine-shiop wai Lu) this morning at G o'clock, The losa {s from $13,000 to $16,000, with 1o iusurauce. Prairie Fire in Xansas, 87, Louis, Nov, 22,—A prairie fire in Kansss, Isst Tuesday, in'aduition to destroyiug much farm prop- erty in tho nelgliborhood of Ossge Clty, burned ths town of Olivet, with the oxception af two or threo house o, No lives axo reported loat, * MARINE DISASTERS. Loss of n Telegruph StonmorsTwo Boats Misuing, New Yonx, Nov. 22.—A tolegram from Bt, Jolms, N.T.,soyg: #Tho telegraph cablo steamor, Robert Lowd, wad lost near &t, Blatts, 8t, Mary's Tay, on Wedneadsy morning, Tho chlef oficer ‘and tw of tho stesmer's boata’ orews were wavod, ThelCaptain's and two ather bows sre misuing, The tug-steanier Gabot has bean dlspatelied toaxalat the mizsing boates PUGILISTIC. Hogan to Flght Somebody. bl Omama, Neb,, Nov, 22.—1t 18 stated that Bon Hogen has agrecd to fight 4ome ene unknown kk Bloux Gity for 43,700, THE WHIPPING-POST. Nuw Oastry, Del,, Nov, 20.—Thres white men and threo ncgroes wers whippod huro lo-dl{. Tho former recelved twenly lashes each, and the Iatter ten each, A aeventh tuon ~ got one hour in the u}‘I.le'y and forty lashes, Blood was drawn from two of the white ten, ON HIS TRAVELS, ctal Dispated'to YAs Chicago Tribuwe, Bz, TUbL, BLibl N0V, S Nmn Oepiiia, Tome eroy, who tigured at Bouth Bend, hus -g here uuder the umos of Hughies andl Ives, but was ont short In his fmposture Ly & mgllpu exposure, He 18 now in & vountry villago of Dakots Gounty, lackure ing and curiug codntry wumieri, tho diforuut Journals of “this city that wor dopendent 1 ' A VALUABLE WAIL-BAG, DasMomngs, Is,, Nov, 22.—On ‘Thursdny morniog, ou tho prairlo fu Adudr Guliity, wae foutid 3 malionasl probabiy laft by the tranerobbers, It contatned 8 bill of exclange, No, 6,177, drawn by Loass & Walkor, Bxa mnmu% d.:.L. in fovbr of B I, Tohoster, N, Y.q FOREIGN. . Withdraw Their Resig- nations, Plot to Surrender Cartagena to the National Forces, FRANCE, Pants, Nov, 23—Tlia Cabinist will probably b ro- organized to-day. 1t ia underatood st the Buko do Broglie, thio Miniator of Forolgn Aflaira; Blerse Magno, tho Ministor of Financo; and Dosslligay, the Miniater of PublioWork, will romain, 2 Pants, Nov, 22—Evonlng.—Tho membarsof the Cabe inot inve wilbdrawn {not, Lawe wilbdoawn thole foiguationstendered an N Maoarm, Nov, 21—Thn o} DRID, Nov, 22,—Tha plot to surrend 10 tho national forcos wan discovored i tha Sfi',?‘:."r“‘?.‘, daya ngo, aud all tho mllitary leaders excopt Gonteny ¥ero arrostod. - Contras and Galvez ara’ mow t- sols rulors, - A terriblo cannonade and fusinda wer Jast night, and It wan bollsvod that tho oy o mnda affotts to liberato thelr commsuders, and wors ahellod by tho forts which aro now manned by cone victe, Tho nattonal forcos besleging Oartigens rematn Dassive dtiing (9e et w8 Cactin i ek Y . ITALY, Roure, Nov, 22.—Count Cortl, Ialian Minister at Wasiingion, bt 7ow ioro, and nmple In tas Aot can and Britlsh Jolut Olaims Commission, bas read & congratulatory lottor from the Lritish Government, MORTUARY. Funernl of tho Lute John P, ¥ale. Doven, N. I, Nov. 22,—Tho funoral of John T, Tilo took placo i>-day,” Tho sorea woro cloted aud bolla tollod botwoon 4 and & o'clock, At half-past1 shiort prayors wora hold &t tho lato residence of do- coasod and 1ho Tomaing woro thien takon £0 tho Unita rian Qhurch, Thoro wero twelve pall-bearers, includ- ing Gov, traw, ex-Gov. Harriman, and Judgo Chiano, wiih Afr, Halo for yoars in tho Unitod Stnien Benntor Tho services in the church included an nddroas, aftor which the romains woro taken to Pilo Hill Cemetery, RAILROAD NEWS. Union Pacific Railrond Businoss. Oatan, Nov, 22.—Poasouger carnings of the Unfon Pacllo tho past wook, $90,000, Iifty cara of tea and allk went East last night, —_— DECLINES A BANQUE Spectal Dispateh ta The Chicago ne, Tuonuonw, Ind,, Nov. 22.—Willium Daxter, of this city, author of tho Indiana Temporance bill, protests agafust banquot tendored in honor of him,at Lycoum Hall on tha eveniug of Dec, 3, owing to tho stringency of tho ume:’ and eays the wants of the poor demand Bt. Paul, {n selling tho Loech Lake pines, | moro judiclous expenditurcs. The Committes of Arrangemonts conceive that protest is moro conslatont with Lis philanthrophy than with thelr prog mo, have docided to omit the $300 suppar. Nevartheless it ‘will provida a grand Tomperancas oration, SUICIDE. 8. Lo, Nov. 22.—Msj. John O, Foll, an old citizon of BY, Louls, nnd o Union oflicor during the war, diod last night from an _overdosa of morphine aduiinistored by himsolf. Misfortune ia naid o be the causo of tha act. Ho has a brother in Philadelphis, MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Foroign flnrkots. LrvenpooL, Nov, 23—11 . m—Vlour, 28@29s, ‘Wheat—\Wintar, 115 10d@134 spring, 115 8d@12a 5 whilc, 13 d@13 3; Club, 135 3@13 6d. Corn, 343 8d. York, 718, Lard, 208 0d. LivezPoox, Nov, 23—3:30 p. m—Unchanged. Loxpoy, Nov, 22— p, m,—Rata of discount in open markot for threo months bille, @ per cent, or 3 par cont below bank rate, The smount of bullion gone into the Dank ot England on balanco to-day in £35,- 600, Consols for money, 93%¢ ; on sccount, 93, United Htatea securitice: 5-208 of %65, 03; do of %7, 90)¢; 10-40, 91)¢ ; mow be, 013¢. Erle, 5. $9,000 bultion shipped from Liverpool to New York to-day, Panis, Nov. 21 licntes, S8¢ G0c, L, Nov, 22—] ~Cotton & shade firmer ; midling upland, 8%@8}d; 8; 12,000 bales; American, 17,6003 2,000 ; Lreadstuffu unchabger New York Produce Market. New Yonx, Nov, 23.—Corzos—In moderate ro queat ; middling upland, 1650 3 {utures closed quiet; Breansruryg—Flour openod frm and closed duil’ receipts, 11,000 brls ; wuperfino Western and Stato’ ,606.00 ;' common 'to good extra, $6,95@0.05 3 good [ X .10 3 )y X 3 'y aud firm. Corn meal firm ; Western, $3.45@5,75. \Wheat, lsms active and lowor; No, § spring, 980 ; No. 2 Ohicago spring, $143@L 44K ; do Milwaukee, $1.46)$@1,40 ; No, do, $1.51@1.54 ; "cholca whito Michigsn, $LE0; winter rod Weatorn, $1.65; No, 2 Northwostern, $1.45; No. 2 Iowa, $143G@1.44 Rye quist, Barloy aud melt firm, Corn less ctive and scarcely 80 firm ; recaipts, 11,000 bu; prime mixed Weatorn, in atore, 630 ; do’afioat, C8@700; yeb- low Western, 71@73¢, Ontahoavy and & shade easier ; um § mixed Westarn, afloat, 80a; white, oK Firm, HaY—Ip falr demand, Hors—~Quict, Lreatiei—Inmoderste request st 214 @30c ; Ori- moco, 25@47)gc. Woor—Bteady ; extraand XX Ohio, 49@5l0; me- dium unwashod, 3350 ; extrs and superfna phlled, 30@30c 3 tub waabod, &8¢, GrooEntes—Coffeo quist, Bugar qulst, but firm. Rice unchunged. PyrROLRUM—Crude, 470 ; reflued, 19c, TuneenTiNE—Quict et 03@4lc, TProvisions—Pork quiet and weak ; new mess, $14,60, spot. Boof uteady and unchiuged.” Outmosts quis sales of shouldors nt 51(c for December and _January ; middla firm ; eales of long cloar, to arrive, Tio § long and sbort cloar for Decomber and_January, 7i0; do for February, 73ic. Lard atrady ; Weatern steaix, 1750, canh ; Blye for January ; B 5-16@83{o for February, BurTan—In falr domand and steady ; Weatarn fao- @ @13x0, , 233262, O iaasiediood o prims Westarn factory, 13 Wiiaxy—Lower t 03 @040, —_—— VESSELS PASSED DETROIT. Drrnor, ich, Nov. 23,—PAsEp DowN—Props Canisteo, '8heldou, Desn Richmond, Jareek and barge ; schr Notts Weavor, -Prop Fountain Olty. PAssep Up~—] Dixpors, Mich,, Nov. 12, Evoning—Pasrxn Dows z7R05s, Mich,, Nov, 22.—Eysning—PAssxn —Propa Duslingten, Durios, Leand Charisa Crawford, E. O, Roberts, Passeo Ur—None, ‘Wnip—8outhwes! me————— MISOELLANEOUS. The Paris Fire Department is managed by a New Yorker., —In December, Brooklyn will have a remark- able wod Threo brothera will lead to the altar thraa elsters, ¥ ~Wade, the murdoror, who was hung in Penn- wylvania the other day, left $21,000 seoreted ‘whera no ono can find it, —Tho Principal of the boya' high school at Ban Franclsco has beon on trial thres months for yielding '*too much to his nstural love for tho tochnical, tho abatruse, and the accurate,” &nd the end ia not yet. ~A lifo-insurance man in Bt. Louls is in the Liabit of gotting hirmgelf on to juries in doubttul cases, whon business in bis line is dull, Thon he “Lnngl" tho jury until overy man of the eleven is insured in his company, —Tho orignal Cardiff Glant, which wea onge valuod as high as $40,000, was sold at suotion in New Orleans the other day for $81 —A Pounsylvania papor Las atarted a story which bids faif to do good sorvice s & quotable paragraph. As it rung, o Iady softoned the shell of an egp in vinegar, inserted the egg ins five gallon goml]ohn, Placed it in_n_hsicking ovon, snd lo! she possesues now a Lielf grown chioken in this curious coop, Tho destiustion of the present wonder i3 tho zoologlca! garden of Phil- adolphis, but she promiacs to raiso an_American englo in a similar manner for the Contennial Exposition, o submit, however, that a domi- Jobin is not s fit home for such a bixd, ~—The whole number of Modocs reut o the island In South Platte River, near Fort,MoPher- son, Nabraaks, is 157, the most noticoable of whom is Miss Mary Jack, who {s18 and hand- some, and has long, wavy bair, and a flnlr of bluck'oyea that snap awfully when anything is sald_about Lior late father, —~It ta held by the editor of Applelons’ Jour- nal {hat, afterall, Mrs, Grundy 2erves a good urposs, The annexed extraot glyeu hiu line of hought: ‘' Howover extonsive and deplorable may e the evils of uoclety now, it iu ceriain they would greatly inoreaao if all restraints were re- wmoved ; for, with many poople, right doing is a rosult of moral cooroon ratbor thau of principlo; aud honco, with this large cluss—if all of ua, in- dead, aro 10t more or Jess kopt in the néraight path by outsido preasuro—a fear of publio opln- lon 11 & wholozonto disciplive.” —A Presbytorian miniator has heen rejeoted by the parish of Garilach, Scotland, as they find he is ‘'not well calonlated to aronse attention," “unedifying,” “uniunstructivo,” and **uniutelli- iblo," s 5 —The commereo of the Unitod Btates withy Kipain s vory small. Tu tho fseal soue 1473, o bought morchaudisa worth 4,426,430 from her, and sold her somo valued st ©9,445,706. With Cuba aud Porto Rico our trade is, however, very great, In 1873 our lmporta from these lslan | €oounted 1o tonnd mombare to $67.000.000 Mombers of the French Cabinet —Ilore's n little bit of monopoly for tho Grangors to think ovor: J, H, Glenn, of Colusa County, California, owns 45,000 noros of land, mout of whioh ho oultivatos. On thn farm ho hins 200 milen of foncing, and lnab yonr ho om- ployed, in tha plowing ronson, 600 mules. Hin ranch fronts on tho Sacramonto River for 80 miles. —Tho Corinth (Mies.) Veion rolaton that, " Tho daughter of tho Rov. Mr. Richardson, living & fow milen from this place, baving some misun- derstanding, prnvlnualy, with o gontloman, wont to his homo, found him at work, spoke and sliook hands with him, and then drew from uador hor shawl n pistol, placed it to bis bronat, and firod, Tho man, at Inst nccounts, was living, but in a hopelesa condition,” —~Among Lho cages roported from tho docket of tho Borks County (Pa.) Court of Quartor Sos- slons, wes o vory peenllar one, A Gorman Mothodist proncher at IMleotwood wae indicted for nseault and battory on o fellow human, Tho rogocutor testifiod that tho preachor was shak- ing hands with a number of pooplo, and offerad Lis hand to him, ‘In roturn tho prosecutor offer- ed singlo fingor, Flaming wp ot this alight, tho minister forgot his vocation and landed hin' fist in tho prosccutor's faco, A verdict of gullty was roturned u]gnlnut tho clerical gentloman, —A 8t, Louis paper says of the lato James Lnucns, o wonlthy ronl-catato owner of that city, that ho was ot somo poriods whet iu called *land- poor.” About tiwenty years ago, whilo attonding 8 mooting at the Plantors', Lo told a woll-known citizon thint hio was worth $3,000,000 in roul os- tato, but that ho froquently had not money unol}{zh to do his marketing. —Robert Toomba is_ngain roaring in Goorgis. .A. roport of one of Lis recent spoochos says: He thanked God for tho mark of Hia retribu- tve justico in ln'lnglnf first to tho altar of snc- rifico and loss many of the financial magoates of V‘.hn 1and who sowed tho wind for tho purpose of .oor;;:l;ug the {;:lturcall “tt olllmrs, but were now imp: upon the point of ruin st of u;;.’: Whirlwind, by sl pltilong ~—Somo figuros are given by the Boston He oxposing tho * firat nfl'on!u"’lnrco in tho ]fi‘r‘l’llg: procedures In that city, Taking tho caso of ono #ollor who was up forn “first offongo,” {t shows, oud rofora tho incrodulous to the court records for verification, that this ssmo man has beon proseouted, in o samo court, 21 times for ' firat offenses” sinco January, 1870, kicsides boing rop- rosontod 9 times by bis next friond, his barkoop- er. It must bo romombered that * tirat offenss aro lightly punished. B —Toa thoso who belleve in the argument of de- | sign in creation, the mosquito hos long proved an obstacle, Tho mystery is now solvod. Pro- fessor Mayor, at the Iato sossion of the National Academy of Scionco at the Stovens Institute, do- livored o locturo upon * The Anslysia of Com- posite SBound,” in which o' stated that ho had made use of the antennm of tho mosquito in pur- suing his investigations. _ Vive In Scioncol ponking of eaints, Boechor said in & recont sermon : ““ My ideal of & saint is s brown woman, ‘with red arms, who gots up ently in the morning and goes to work for others—who stands the brut of houschiold work, and who boars with childron that sho did not bear. That is my saint, Rathor o bnnly bustling saint, but sho is a saint. Tooplo say of her, *What o homoly, good cron- turoshe ia’ To my mind that is more compli- m;lmuéry than to have the Pope put her in the calondar.” = THE CASTLE-BUILDERS OF PADUA. Giulio and Ippolito were sons of a farmer lyv- ing ncer Padua. The old man wes of o quict and placablo tempor, rarely sufforing any mis- ohznca to ruffle bim, but, in the firm and placid hopo of the future, tranquilizing himself under the ovil of the present. If a blight-came upon his corn ono yenr, he would ssy 'tworo s rare thing to have blightain two successive seasons ; and g0 ho would hope that tho next harvest, in ita abundanco, might moro than componsate for tho acarcity of the last. Thus he lived from boy- hood to sgo, and rotained 1n tho features of tho old men » somsthing of the lightness and vivaci- ty of youth. Hiu gons, however, bor no rosem- blanco to thoir father, Instoad of Inboring on the farm, thoy wostod thoir time in idly wishing that fortune had made thom, in lien of Lealthy, Lonast Sons of o farmer, the children of some rich magnifloo, that so thoy might havo passod thoir o3 in all tho sporta of thotimes, in joust- ing, hunting, snd in studying tho fashions of -brave apparel. Thoy woro of o humor at onco impetuous and sulky, and woald either idly mope about the farm, or violontly abuse and illtrent whomsoover accidont might throw in thoir way. ‘Thoold man was inly grieved at the willfnl- ness and disobodience of his sons, bat, with his usual dinfiositinu, hognd that timo might temedy tho evil; and 8o, but rarely reproving thatm, thoy were left sole masters ot their hours and actions. Ono night, attor supper, the brothers walked into the garden to give loouo their idlo fancies, always yonming nftor mattors vigionary and im! probablo, It wes a glorious night; tho moon was at tho full, and myrinds of atars glowed in the doop bluo firmanent. Tho air stirred smong tho trees and flowors, wafting abroad thoir sweot- noss; the dew glitterod on the loaves, and deap-voiced nightingale, perched in & citron tras, poured forth & torront of song upon the gir, It wus an Lour for gaod thoughts and holy sspira~ tions. Giulio throw himsolf upon a bank, and, -mwr Eaz(ng with intentnces at tho sky, ex- claimed,— “*Would that I had fields ample as the heavon abovo ual” “I would,” rejoined Ippolito, *I lind a8 many sheop as thero aro otars.” !‘And what,” askod Giulio, with a sarcastio smilo, “ would your wisdom do with thom ?" “ Marry,” roplied Ippolito, I would pasture thom in your sageship’s fiolds.” *What 1" oxcloimed Giulio, suddenly raising hirsolf upon Lis olbow, and looking with an eye ulsgfu upon hia brother, * whethor I would or not 2" “Truly, ay," said Ippolito, with a stubborn llqnlficancn of msnner, * Havo s care,” cried Giulio, * have acare, Ip-, outlz':; ?fi,o nob thwart me. Am I not your older rothor 2 “You; and marry, what of that? Though you oamo first into tho world, 1 trow you loft some mavhood for hir who followed after.” ‘You do not mean to ingist that, despite my will, despita the dotermination of your elder brothier, you will pasture your sheep in my grounds 7" “In tenth, but I do." And that,"” rejolned Ginllo, hia cheok flush- ing, and hia lips tremulous, * and thut without fee or rocompense 7" “ Aggurodly.” ‘ Giulio leapod to his feot, and, and dashing bin clinchod hand againet;a treo, witha face full of nasion, and in & voice mudo terrible by rage, o ncroamod rathior than gaid, ' By the blessod YVirgin, but you do not I" **And by St. Ursula aud hor eleven thousand virging, Iprotest I will." This was uttered by Tppolito in o tons of banter and bravado_ thut for a moment mado the exaited framo ot Giullo quiver from beed to foot, He gezed at the fea- turas of Ippolito, all drawn into & snoor, and for awoment gnashed hia testh. Ile wes hastily approaching the scoffer, when, by an apparoutly strong effort, ho urrested himsolf, wnd, turning on bia heol, atruok baatily down snother path, whera he might b socn paolng with short, quick stops, while Ippolito, Jooning against @ troo, oralonaly sang & fow Lines of a serenats, Thua indifferonce waa too much for Giulio ; he stopped short, turned, aud then rapidly camo up to Ip- polito, and, with & manner of attempted tran- quility, said, * Ippolito, I do no$ wish to quarrol zfllh you; I'am your slder brotuer ; then giveup 6 point,” b’l‘ R;:ul.“ aried Ippolito, with tho same immoy- able amile, *What, then, you are determined that your sheep shall, in very deupito of me, pasture in ny il “ Villeinl" raved Glutio, and ore the word was well uttored ho had dasliod bis olinched Land 1 bis brother's face, {‘ppallm sprang liks a wild beast st Ginlio, and for some momonts they atood with a baud ®t each othor's tlhroat, and their'syes, in tho words of tho pualmist, wero ‘“whetted " on one another. ‘Chey etood but to ain breath, thon grappled closor, Ippolito fixmw his brother to tho carth, huddling his knees upon Lim ; furious blows woro exchavged, but searco & sound was uttorad, aave at intervalg & blasphemouy oath or & half-strangicd groan. Qiulio was complotely overpowere hglln B orior otrougth and cooler touiper of his brother; Ent lying prostrate and cumiunmd. his bunds pinfuned to his broast, sud_Ippolito glaring at le with maliclous triamph, hooursod and spat ot him, Ippolito romoved his hand from brothor's throat, and, erc his pulse could beat, Giulio'a poniard was In his brother's heart, e govo & loud shiriek, and fell a streamivg corpue upon his murdoerer, ‘Lhe father, aroused by the sound, camo huriylng to the gardon; Gulio, lenping from undor the doad body, rualicd by the old man, who was atl too speedily bonding over Lis dead child, From that hour Lope and tran- uility forsook tho fathor hs _bocame & brain- sick, querulous oreaturs, and iu s fow months dlod altnost an idiot, Glulio jolned & party of robbors, aud, after » brief but dark career of crue, wae shot by tho sbirri. Yo who would bulld casties in the sir—who wonld -I%yu\gx hours with foollsh and unprofit- able lon, ndar on $he vislonsry Selds, the s&la Illllgp m and Xnnnmo.—flaohn ers 11,000,000 ronpoctivaly, whilo our exports wore, {8 Cilbn, 810,000,000, and %o Borto Tico! PROBABLE MURDER. A North Side Comstablo Stabhed Seven Times by an Unknown Man, v . The Wounds Supposed to Bo Fatal —_— 2 Last night shother mystorious tragady—s probablo murdor—was added ‘to tho many that slaln tho criminal * records of Ohleago. Thia time tho oxtremo southern limit of tho North Bide was tho scono of the affray, The knifs wan tho weapon used, aud the participants two mon whom {t waa supposed wore frionds whon thoy commonced to imbibe tho liquor that brought on THE DEADLY CONTEST. Tho tragedy is mado mystorious by the fact that the viclim is tho only actor known, hia as- aallant having escapod in the dorknoss that sur- rounded the two mon whon tho deadly aflray wea in progross, Tho detnils are nocesearily mongre, bocanso of tho fact that thoro wore no witnossen to thom, and tho viclim, Coostable Thomas MoMahon, wastoo wealk 4 FROM THE WOUND ho bad recoived to rolate thom. It nppears, howaver, that about 10 o'clock MoMahon and o man whoso namo is Aupposed to bo Lunt onter- ad the saloon of Tom MeGowan, located on Clark troet, botwoon thovinduet and tho bridgo, and, aflor drinking sovoral glassos of whisky, ent down to a tablo and engaged in o gamo of oords, Thoy colled for mora liguoy, and tho gamo went onsmaothly until tho liquor ba- E!:: n:o manifost iteolt in both men by making VOLY AND CONTRARY. Finally a vory an| dispute arose, which wag - carried on ‘so loudly ‘and domonstrativoly that tho propristor of the snloon ordered thom to go outside, Refusing to comply with tho command, the saloon-keopor forcibly ejected Luat. Modlabon followod tho lattor out, aud MoGowan closed tho door upon them. What passod botweon tho disputants aftor thoy were ui!out«d from tho saloon is not known, oxcops that thoy engagod in . A DEADLY OONFLICT, rpl!nlt(nx;' in MoMahon's boing stabbod soven times. Thore were no witnceses to the affrag. Lunt quickly disappoared in tho darknogs, Me. Mahon re-éntered tho saloon, his faco anhy pelo, and remarking that ho waa not hurt, stag- gorod againat tho bar, Tho saloon propristor obsorving blood trickiing from hin nook, 1od him tonul‘x’:::, and oponing his vest, saw that his BATURATED WITH BLOOD, Wator was_frecly applied to tho wounds, but it being avidont that McMalon waa eeriousl, wounded, ho way romoved to his home, No, 1 Sedgwick straot, by William Googins, Vhon ho arrived thoro ho had almost fainted away, An oxaminalion rovealod the alarming fact that MoMahon had = rocolved four doep cuta in the right sido, omo on tho right side of the mock, a vory sorious ons in the abdomen, and one in the right wrist. He re« marlked to a friend that ho d.lfi not think he WOULD LIVE LONG, Whon our roporter loft the honso the physie oian had not arrived, but MoMahon was IR'AHI! rapidly, and ther whs no pronpect that he wouly xecovor, Tho would-bo murderer had not been arrestod at a late hour this morming. —_— Selzure of Convents in Italy. Tho Roman Committos uprointed to carry out tho liquidation of tho ecolosinatical property took posscusion on Oct. 23 of six convents, At the Gonvent of the Roman College, the Rector read to tho dologates of the Committeo r., protost drawn up by tho Socioty of Jesus, declaringthat tho collago. was & Papal inatitution, possossing an intornational character, Tho Rectors of the foroign collogos progontod a collactive protest. Tho delegates recoivod theso protosts, and sub- soquontly handed to each of tho Josuifs a cortif- icato for tho incomo to bo paid them. At the hoad convent of the Gesu,the Rector also tendor- od & formal protest, asscrting tho rights of the Bocloty ovor tho proporty, At tho hoad house of the F'ranciscan Fathors, the delogates wero yory oourteously recoived. Tho Goneral of tho Fran- ciscans simply protosted in brief torms, accord. ing to the ecclosinatical laws., Tho American and Portugese Consnls prosented to tho del- ogates a protest againet the seizure of certain portions of this convent, which belong to their respoctive nations, Tho dologates received the protest and delivered the cortificates, In ths other three convents, protosts were tendersd by tho Rectors, and certificates of income were givon by the dologates, The proceedings were earried out with scrupulous regularity. Novel Suit for Breach of Promiscs A suit for breach of promise of marrisge, which was docided in Montroal last weok, had soveral novel fontures, It was brought by ayouth of 68 years ageinst a young lady of 47 (the ugo was admitted by her), and the amount of dame agoen askod for tho Jaceration of his fealings was §400. Tho plaintiff altoged that ho had, after bocoming ongaged to tho_defondant, purchased 8 proporty in Varonnos, with a view of makiny it their homo, and that now ho had no noed of it ; also that he:bad furnishod various sums of money to tho dofendant; that he had bought clothing for hor, and that he purchasodn suit of clothes for himsolf to be worn at their wadding, tho dofondsnt having come to Montreal an Lought the cloth for it, aud, finally, that be had progonted hor with a gold ring in token of their ongagoment. Altogethor, plaintiff's claims amountod to over $760. T'he promise of mar- ringo was not proved; and as to the money de- positod with her, and the clothing snd the gold ring, tho defondant plosded that she was ready to roturn thom when callod cn to do so, but that she had nevor boon aeked for them by the plain- tiff, The action was divmissed with costs. e e e A Man Horribly Mutilated by logee Quiney, I, (Nov. 10), Dispatch to ths St Louts Yestorday, Willlam Dalbon, s butcher, of Rockport, Bike County, Ill., 'whilo returning home from this city, discovored the remains of & man lying by s log near whoro tnore had beers s pmall fire. “The man was decontly Clnlxflsd.i but hogs had oaton avny bis oyes and fac3, an had oaton o holo into his side and disembuweled him. Hig bair hod fallen from his hesd., livery- thing indicated that he had boor: dead some days, No clue has boon obtained thus far as to his name, or how ho came to his death, Tho only thing found on tho body bosides his cloth~ ing was & paper with the initiala J. E. on it, but thoso may bo the initials of the manafecturer. The spot whero he was found is at the head of » orooked elongh, and is just such a place as would be seleoted by a villain to commit murder, Marrying Extraordinarys From the Oswego Palladium, Abont the year 1827, Hally Lemonier married Ezra Miles, of Clay. After the wadding Milos enlisted in the ariy, and waa absont aixteen yoars, In the interval, she married Mr. Knights end left for Iilinois. During the Oalifornia old fever, Knights loft Mrs, X. and wont to that re- glon, and did not appoar again till Inat Monday. Provious to Knight's wedding, Mr. Johnson took this lady to be hia wife, but desorted hor. Tho Inat man to marry the woman was Curtis Munger, who had a claim on hor devotion and servicea of six years' standing, But laat Mondsy, at Plhanalx, Oswogo County, Knighta put in an appearance nud accldentally vamo woross his wifs, Enights know hor, and “she racognired him sfter & oire~ ful examination. tle putin hia claim for Nra, Miles, or Atrs, Johnson, or Mra, Munger, or Mrs, “Knights, and the prospost at the 1(:“' acconuts hiu favor. woa that the women wonld decid A fich Convict. Fyom the Denter (Col.yi Triduna, Richard Mackey, who had just been went ta the Ponitentiary fora torm of oighteeu months for manslaughitor, ownd some of the bost mining oluims about Novnd:‘ in Gilpin County, and iy reported to ba worth from $76,000 Lo $100,000.! 1lia caso was carried through all the ootrt, laating noarly threo years, and condnoted by the best counsel in tho Territory. He has spent $40,000 in tho offort to get olour, Muckay gaine ad tho high opluion of olivers aud all with whom hohad to do, und during his confinement in' il here was allowed rogularly to go alono to hin maals at Ohrplot's aud clsowhere, and the night beforo he wauy taken to Canon Oity, nnscaoin~ gnnhld. wont over and had au hour's chat with udge Bromwoll, Ho was dmem prompt to hia word, and {t is belicved by oftlcors here that he could Linve boen trusted to go alone to the Pen« itentiary and deliver himaslf up, —Thero nover was a more acoommodating olergyman thau one In Evansville, Ind, Lately, aslio waa Inying tho cornor-stono of & new chureh, he renurked : ** If boys and girls do their spark= lug at chureh, X say Amoen to it. lhavem dnughtor whom I cherish au the apple of my eye. When she fu of suitabloage, I Lnd rather she would ba couriod in the houso of God than inthe theatrs," We wouldn't for & moment inainuste S:‘: this BL‘ Val‘euflnt {zl a umxbh: tho Iu‘l: an oye to the marriago fess, bu! oonf ) . ol i dentially prodict, that there will be & sml taking { for batter or for worss ™ in his scageen sllon—Qicoinnali Bnguirew