Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 29, 1873, Page 2

/ THE CIHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1873. A NEW YORIK ROMANCE. Tho Hardin-Walker Casc---A Capi- faifst Who Led a Doublo Life ionaire Bachelor Down Town: An Obscure Benedict Up Town. Was He Really Married f-=-A Xillion Pollars Depending Upon A Judi- clal Angwor to his Ques- AN tion, Special Correspondence of The Chicapo Tribune. New Yon, Nov, 25, 1873, Tho utter obscurity in which an individual may Jive in a vast city ko Now York iy 1omnrkably illustrated by the lifo of a man uamed Goorgo Hardin, who died Maich G, 1872 aud whoso ocstate s now tho subject of litigation In the Burrogase's Court in this city, His coroor shows how & mau can liv In o groat city for twouty- five yenrs, under two difforent names, without arousing the shindow of suspcion in the minds of any of his most intimato frionds—paxt of whowm knew him by one name aud part by an- ather—of tho double charucior bio was playlug. s QEONGE HARDIN s born, in tho early part of the present ceu- tury, noar Bolrast, in the uorth of Ireland. .Ilis paronts wero llers of tho oil, and, among their simple, unpretontiona neighbors, had tho reputa- tion of beivg opulent, aud wero looked up to as superior to tlio common berd by whom they were sutrounded, At least, iv ia certain that thoy wore in onsy circumstancos. As a boy, Hurdin was prococious, and, when very young, exhibited markod peculiarities, proforring sodentary amuso- monts to the rude, nolsy games in which his boistorousschoolfellows delighted. Ho received puch an oducation as was afforded by the common patish-schools of his time, and was roared in the toucts of the Protestant religion, i father and mother beiug dovout profussors of that faith, Whon in his 21st year, youug Hardin OAME TO THE UNITED STATES. Soon after ho established himeelf iu thia city, with money which came to him through his paronts, as an importer of Irish linens, and sub- soquontly became the Amorican agont of a noted Dolfust firm which deals v this clnes of goods. Iiis place of business was nltornately in Willinm, Piue, Brond, aud Liberty streots. Ho was ox- tremoly reticont, retirlng, and frugal, snd, in his businoss-transactions, exbivited o love of gamn that bordercd on misorliness, In his financial operations ho was invarinbly successful, and rapidly grow rich. Aftor tho lapso of a fow years he rotired from the import- ing Dbusivess, but contivued to add to his already vast property by huyluiz com- ‘mercial papor and making investments In safo, dividoud-paying sccurities, Liko all men who conduct s largo importing business in the Metropolls, hio hal a very -extensivo circlo of business-acquainciuces, and was also on torms of intimagy with tho leading Irish residents hore, all of whom velioved hita to be A BIOI OLD BACUELOR, living —— well, nobody kuew, aud few took the troublo to inqu.re, where, The mauy who had Dusinesa-dealiniga’ with Lim _knew nothing of his prvao lifo; the few who weio his cuosen compsuions in mocial lifo hind 1o knowlodgo of bis businoss-relations, the former clxsx nover for & moment suspected thut lie was not what ho prelended to them to be—a bachelor, Yot, during tho whole of the last tweuty-five years of lus lite, he lived as A MARRIED MAN, under an assumed nemo, in an obsoure street in thia city, Ealy in the year 1848, o gontleman apparont- 1y B0 yoars of age, and a lady about twouty yours his junior, leased the houso No. 22 Cornelin Btrect. It was a plain, unpreteunding, two-story- and-nttic dwolling, such as wero bLuilt at that timo by woll-to-do mecaanics and tradesmon. o their landlord and n few neighbors thoy announced themeolves us Mr, and uirs, Walker, Soou after taking the house, Walker sub-let the second floor to n youug man named Bearler, whose family consistod of o wife and two young childron, At the espuation of o yoar, Baving prospored in the world, Alx. Searler took moro Commodious apartmonts ; but the warm friond- ghip which kiad grown up botwoen his family aud Mr. and Mrs, Walker was novor allowed to cool. "Fho Walkers exchanged social courtosics with a limited nuwber of thoir noighbors,—among thom with one Mrs, Dunn, who lived opposite them. The number of thoso who were rogular callors at their housa wnx cxtrnmala small, and thoy thom- solvos mado fow calls, Whenever, in conversa- tion, apy reforonco was made to their pust bhis- tory, thoy quickly clianged the subject, and, if any attempt was made to pursue it, thoy at once exhibited signs of GREAT DISPLEASURE, and positively declined to say anything about {heir formor nistory. To all of this circle of frieuds they wore known by the namo of Walker, and in the City Dircctory he name of tho occu- paut of the houso Nu, 22 Cornolia stroet was rog- intered * Goorge Walker.” Subscquently ho urchased this house, and thera he continued to Vo, with his compauiou, until bis doath. Ol the morning of March 7, 1873, some of the neighbots of Georgo Walker, read in the uows- papers, to thoir gront astonishwent, an au- nouucemont of the DEATIL OF GEORGE HATDIN, at his residenco, No, 24 Conelis strect. Boon aftor the fumeral, tho woman who Dad lived with Walker—or rather Hardin— all theso yeoars, ns bis wife, applied, ns Mvs. Hardin, togother with » man named ‘Crowbridgo, tor o lotter of administration on the eataie of Goorge Hardin, which, papers 1o the Surrogate's “oflice showad, Consisted almost wholly of por- sonsl soouritics, amounting noarly to $2,000,- 200, Inopplying for lotiors of administiation, it iy nucuuumg tunt the administrators saall give bonds in double tho amouut of the personal og= tato, Thiu was found to bo_impracticablo, and Surrogate Hutchings directed thatthomoneysba placed in the caro’ of thoe United Btates 'Wruut Company, sud thon granted the leiters of ad- minstration, At this juncture, H1X NEPUEWS OF MR, NATDIN, rosiding {n Beltast, Lreland, appewiod upon tho seono, sud claimed that, wiile Mr, Huidin was not Mr. Walker, tho womau culling horsolf Mrs. Hawdin unquostionably was Mrs, Walker ; that tho relations butweon tha two were sumply thosa of man and mistross, The case was further complieated by tuo fact that Mr. Hardiu bad loft no wili§ for, dying intestate, oue-half & man’s cututo w by law acoorded to his widow, if such thore bo, Theso nephiows contest the ostate, tak- ing the ground that no logul marringe ever ox- isted botweon Hardin and tue woman heretofore kuown as Mrs, Walker, T'nore linve boon sovoral pittings of the Burrogate’s Court in this case, and, until last Saturday, noarly all the testimony taken was in support of the existenco of A LEOL MARRIAQE. The prineipal wituess was Dr. Moses D, Van Pelt, who for twenty-fouryears was My, Hardiu's phiyeiciun, In 1819 Tardiu hod roquested lum to call at his houso iu Corneliu street aud prescribo for Lis wife, He weat, and was there imiroduced tn a lndy as Mrs, Hardiu, of whow Hurdin iuva- nably spoko of as hig wifo, showiug the warmout attaohmont for ber, The lady, n bor turn, scomed dovotod to Mr, ardin, - Iu 1853, when an & profossionns visit to Ler, ho found Mrs, Hardin [n o state of groat nervous oxcitewont, Ho at once concluded that sowe secrot was proylng upon hor mind; that hor all- ment was mental, and not physical. He told her that, such being tho case, Lo remedios that could be prescribod could help her, and that thoro was no ohaneo of her recovery unless sho became more quiet, and suggested, us tho meuns which woyld be must likely to promote that eud, that sbe uuburdou her mind to sowme friond of the seoret which pm{ud upon it, Bhe acknowl- edged tho truth of his conjoolures, aud recount- od to hum the following BTONY OF UER LIFE, and the trouble which agitated Lor: My muiden namo wus Elizabotls Bteel, aua I wsa born {1 Glusgow, Beatlaud, I ran sway from Lome when quite youuy; coucealed myseif n thy sbip of Which “my ° broibier Aloxsuder was Hupor- cargo, sud camo fo thls country, = Hubso- ueutly: I married a man nsmed Robert Walker, Vo livad fogetlior hupplly u fow yeats, but tinaily my husbaud begsy drinking to excess, and soon_ bocame & Babitta drunkard, sud trosted mo badly, Bucauso of this, wo sepurated, sud to the Lest of iy kuowledge and'belfet, ho died fn 1840 or 1847, A fow yeuraago I formed tho ucquaintanco of Ar, Tardin § wo becane dutiuiate, sud ono oveuing he pro- posed tlint we be married, 1 cousented, und wo ot ouce proceedud to the liouso of & Justice, by whom we Were legally murried. We continued to Tiva at our ro. uve ludgings for u slort tme; but soon M'r‘ by whom we wers marriod dled recently, and that we 30 not kuow 1 namo of tho wittiesa to tho_ceremony, Tom the wifu of s mun who s living under an nssumed Tiamo, and, in caso of his denth, I shall ind myncht afloat upoit the world, peuniless, aud with my chir- acter oj.oi to grave suspielon, Dr, Vau Tolt had afterwards boen told sub- stantinlly tho sume story by Mr. Hardin himsolf. Hubsoquently, Mr. Iwidin had ropeated to tho ‘Doctor, in tho presouce of his wilo, that they WENE LEGALLY MARBIED by n Justice, aud, to reliove Mrs. ardiu'a un- casinoss, took o ring, and, placing it on her fingor, snid: "I put thw rlni upon. this womm.'s fingor, and daclaro hier to bo my wedded wife, Do you declare mo to be vour wodded Tusoand 7 Mrs, Hurdiv snid eho did so doclare fim, Mr, Tordin thon said : * Wo ave mat and wifo in the sighv of God nnd mon.” Iio had hoard My, 1atdin say that hig wifo should have onc-lalf of Lis property. A Mr, Henvy, who had known Hardin more thaa thicty years, and othor witucases, anid that 1lardin—or Walker, ny o was known to them— niwaya 10cognizod [he lady with whom he hvod AB 11 WIFE, Onc of Mr, Boarles' vons, who is a clork in tho Farmors' Loan & ‘Frust Uumgnllv, affirmad that ho was much astonished ono duy whon the mun whom Lo lad known since "his earliost childhood ny_Georgo Walker drow fiom thewr firm dividends an slock wiich ho hold in the name of Ucorge Hurdin; and aftorwsrds ho tonrned that Walior was with him an sssumod name, Au nequnintanco of Ilardin's awore that it bo- canme known to & hmited numbor of his buiness- acquitutancos that be was marriod; but it was still genotally bolieved tant ho was A CONFIRMED CELIDATE, living nobody knew whete, A Nr. Ballagh, who kuow Robort Walker, the lato busbund of the Indy claimiug to Lo Hardiu's wito, was callod to provo that no ]u]inl mar- ringo existed, Io testified that Lo last saw Walker twonty-five or thirty years ngo. He was thon lying on nn earthon boneh in fiont of n building which stood in the renr of what is pow French's Ilotel, in an uncon- scioun utato, whicl was-obviously caused by ox- cossive libatione, Passing tho spot hulf-an-hour afterwards, ho was informed that Walker bnd beon carricd off for dend in the poor-house hoarse. e witness was uunblo to state tha precise timo when this occurred, It Is a matter of groat importance in deciding the case; for, a8 tlioy wore iov divoreed from cach otnor, if Wal- Ier' was still nlive whon the nllogod marringe of ns to George Hardn took placo, it was clently AN ILLEGAL CEREMONY, Two or threo witnessos wero called to prove that, at the timo of 1lardin's deatn, Lis wife's conduch wns unseomly, auy unbolitting an affec- tionnte wile, DBut little creait is placed on this evidenco. A nophow of Mr, Hardin, o Mr. Gray, sworo thut, duriog ls visits to this country i 1808 and 1865, he froquently eaw Mr, Ilardin and Mrs, Waller, ‘Lo Iatter onco said to him that sho was tho daughter of n Scotch Prosbyterian clorgvman ; thiat sho Tan away from homo whon vory young, aud subsequently married n man vamed Walkor, with whom she came to the United States, Walker soon left Lor, and, it wap supposed, wont to California, and sho had not Lieard anything from him sinco dr. Hardin, she told bim, bad by * his blarnoy™ overcome Lier seruples, which scounted for the mauner in which thiey wore living together, THE DEAU ALIVE. But the caso took its most oxtraordinary turn on Baturday last, whoen it was nfnh\ up for henr- ing, On thatday tho counsol for tho lrish nephows who are contosting Mrs, Hardin's (s wo shall call hor) right to a widow’s half of the estato, produced in court & wrecicof o man whom they found in tbo Alms-Houso on Blackwell's Inlind, and whom, thoy clnimed, is Robort Walkor, the first husband of Mrs, Hardin, e seemed to bo betwoen 60 nnd 70 yenrs old, is feeble, and told bis story iucoher LIE. Unlosy b ovidenco is impenclied, tho Irish nophows }:ill \\:i‘xlx tho vase, Bub uo faith is put in what o said. 13 BTORY. Ho was born, ho eaid, iu Ircland, in 1809, and his father, o Syperitendontof Polico, died when he wos very young., Ia was bound out to n' shoemakor, worhod at bia trado, and lived with his mother until 1882, when he came to America. From tlhe moment wheu hig brother met him off the Battery, ho hns labored industriously in this city, Prookiyn. Now Jnrau{; and Philadelphia. In 1836 ho married Elizabeth Btoolo, alins Lliza-~ veth Scott, oifht months after making ber ac- uaiotance. ‘Tho coromony was performed in tho houso of Andrew O'Brien, in James strect, where sho wag boarding, and was wituessed by Thomas 1L Mitohell, who Lad o summer-rosi- dence at Astorin, and subseauently diod in Ar- konsns, ag tho witness hnad boen” told, After marriogo thoy lived in' various. parts of the city, and ho found cmplq{- mont onsily; but in 1841 or 1842, whilo ho was working for Richard Durke, he abaudoned her hocause she was dishouest, in- tomperate, and unchiaste, Ifo bad met Georgo Hardin beforo this; Thomas Crowe, Mr. Hac- din's partner, hnd introduced thom, and » year, aftor that event, hig wife had gono with Lim to Mr. Hardiu's ofilco, and bad o diafs cashed that was drawn to their order. After his wife had Jolt bis roof, he saw her ono day walking arm-iu- arm with Mr, Hardin in the stroct; Lo gave chinso, hin rival ran, and his wifo cried out, # Don't strike him,” " Boforo this, sho lhad ns- sured Lim that sho could get money out of Mr. Hardia, and attorward ho heard indircotly that sho was living with Mr, Hardin, Bhe was sent to Sing Sy %’or stealing & watch worth 60 from William A, Borton. He saw Lor at tho Tombs, and_ngain, in 1848 or 1849, at tho trinl of hor brother, William Stecle. A picturo of Mrs, Har- din was shown him, nnd ho said it strongly ro- sembled the woman who bad been his wifo. Tuchard Burke, o former emplover of Walker, swore that ho way prosont when Walker ranaftor Mr. Hardin in the street, and had beard of the imprisonment of his wifa for BTEALING A WATGH. A certified tranecript of the record of convie- tion, on July 12, 1813, was offered in ovidenco, but was abjocted to bytho counsel for Mrs. Iar- din, on the ground that she had not boon identi- fied as the convict. A Postponement. NEw Yong, Noy. 28.~The Hardio-Walker will caso was to have been before the Surrogate again to-day, but owing to tho sickucss of ong of the counsel retained in the caso it was adjourned until Dec, &, —_—— JOAQUIN MILLER AND THE SUN. To the Editer of The Chicago Tribune : Bin: In your issue of Friday I find tho follow- ing, na part of o criticism on tho latest work of Joaquin Miller : On page 08 hio eaya 3 The great sun dled,” instead of fket, % went down,” or auy ofher words thot would bg truo to nature, Aftor having gained so much information from the nstronomical articles of Tie TRIBUNE for soveral years past, thot I bave long regarded your papoer as on authority of the first ordor in physical sclenco, I am surprised, to ea; the lonst, at finding the above extiact whese have found so much philosophy. As I understand it, the sun dics 1n tho ovenin, just as trnly as he sote; tho phenomenon-wo oall “yotting " ‘being duo to tho rotution of the onrth on her axis. “Tho great sun died” Is really classic, and more poetical than the substi- tute suggested by your ctitic, who must have forgotten himself when Lo essayed to improve Joaquin Miller into & Waltor Soott, MILLERITE. PR === An 01d Woman Kills a Boy. Jackson Court-llouse, 0. (Nov, 24), Correspondence of the Cinctnnate Enquirer, Mra, Anna Tilton—who had a notico fn_ono of our county papers, some yoara ago, warnlng all not to molest her, as sho always wont armed— shot aud killed a little boy, son of Androw John- son, onyostorday, for trespassiug on her lands whilo on his way homo from schiool in company of another boy. Tho boys hod takon o newr cut by a path londlug ncross ber lauds, Mrs, Tilton is about €6 years of ago. 8he owns on olghty-aoro lob within one-half milo of tho corporation line, whoro she hved. Bhe was quito an intelligent woman, bub always had npnfludlcn againss peoplo trospassing ou her lands, Mor land, belng a good blackberry pateh, crown over with briors, huuters of gamo and lnckberrivs froquently trospassed, and she on several occagians shot™ at children, women, aud meon, until sho finally broughe this boy Lo the cround, and fired two moro shots at the other hoy, with a_wnusket of 1813, The Lall or slug penotrated the slull nf(ivo\mg Johnson a little in front of his loft ear, and came out on the oppo- sito side, Last night sho was arrcated and brought before Mayor J. W. Laird, who committed her to Jail to awalt the Coroncr's inquost. culxabsicr il o —The observauco of Sunday in Beotland lonves nothing to be desired, but there seems room for some shight fmprovomont in the obuorvauce of Baturday night, fo 4\|dge by the accouut given in tho Glasgow Afail of the condition of nifairs in that olty on & lato Haturday evening, botweon which timo and Bunday morniug upward of two hundrod porsons wero taken to the Contral OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, The Forty-"l‘hlrd Congroess, Whoso First Scssion Monduy, Commeneces Dee, 1. List of Mcmbers of tho Scmato and Houss of Rnpreanntntlvo;. From the Cincinnati Commerelal, Tho Forty-third Uongress assembles for it first scsslon on Monduy, Deo, 1, Tha violssi- tudes of politics hava or once bLrought about Icus chango in the comploxion of tho House of Roprexontatives than of tho Sonato, Whilo the Ropublicans have agaln seoured miore than two- thirds of tho Lower Ilouse, thoy have all but lost in tho Henato that overpoworiug majority repro- sonted by a two-thirds voto, whieh thoy linve controlled in unorokea succossion far tun yoars ast. y-four mombors ; snd vacant in (hat body "I'ho Sonnte consiste, whoh full, of sovou- thoro- is but ono seat itis n seat belonging to Louislann, contested by P, B. 8. Pinchback, who holds the certifieato of tho Kellogg Government, againat nreprceentative of the Democratic paity. Whon this sent 18 fllled, 8 _two-thirds majority would roquira fifty votos. Tho Ropublicans, as will bo wcon by the following liat,:have forty- nine Sonatots, the Domo: crats nincteon, and tho Libornl I!n|m[>licmm five, or an aggrogato of sovonty-throo, The Ropnblicans will want Pinchbnek, to make up their two-thirds voto. 'ho following i tho roll of Sonators :* ALADANA, Georga E, Bponcer, weorpe Goldthate, “ANKANBAS, Powell Olayton, 8. W, Dorsoy, CALIFORNTA, Fugens Casserly, AL A, Burgent, CONNECTIOUT, M1880UNL, Qant Bonunz, ¥, 1L, Hitcheoek, NEVADA, W, M, Btewart, 3.1, Jones, NEW HAMPENINE, 0, 8, Ferry, AL, Grogin, W. A, Buckingham, DELAWARE, 7. F, Bayard, El Saulbury, FLOMIDA, 8, B, Cotover, A, Gilbert, GroRara. 1, Wadloigh, NEW JERSEY, o, P, Stockton, ¥, T, Frelinghuysen, NEW YORK, R, B, Fenton, R, Conkliug. NONTI! CAROLINA, T, 2, Norwood, M, W, Ransom, @, &, Gordon, A, S, Merriman, ILLINOIS, oo, 1! 0. I, Mo D. D. Pratt, I0WA, W. B, Alitson, G, G. Wright, KANAAS, J. 3. Tugalls, Robert Crozier, KENTUOKY, Jo W, Stevenaon, I, B, McCreery, LOUISIANA, J, R, West, Jobn Blierman, A, G, Thurman, OREAON. James K, Kelly, J. B, Mitcholl, PENNSYLVANIA, Simon Cameron, Joau Scott, Tu0DE ISLAND, 1L B, Authiony. WILLIAM BPRAGUE, BOUTII CAROLINA, T\ obertaon, J.J, Patterson, NESSEE, T W. G. Brownluw, Vaseancy. Henry Cooper, BAINE, TEXAS, L, M, Morrill, M, . Damilton, I, Lamlin, 3.'W, Flanogan, MANTLAND, VERMONT, W, T Hamilton, George T, Edmunds, Gy It. Dennis, 3, 8. Morrill, MASSACHUSETTS, VINGINIA. OnaAntes Susen, J. T, Johnaton, George 8. Boutwell, . F. Lowis, BIONIGAN, Z, Ohandler, WEST VIROINIA, A. I, Boremat, T, W, Ferry, M. G, Datis, MINNESOTA, WISCONSLY, Willlam Windom, T, O, Howe. Alozunder Rumeey, MISBISSLITL. 3., Alcorn, A, Amcs, *Republicans in Roman, ‘M, H, Carponter, Democrats in flalics, Tib- oral Kepublicans or Iudopendonta In 6MALL CATS, Tn the Inst Senato, tho Democrats hind but fif- teen membors; now they have ninetoen, and tho prospect of enlarging tlie opposition majority in the noxt Bomato, to roplace mombora whoso torma oxpire March 8, 1875, 18 28 follows: Virginia having gono largely Domocratlc, will replace Senator Lewis by an opposition Senator, Tho sama may be said of Texas, and probably of West Virginia and Tennossee. Wisconsin has not gone Democratic, but Scnator Carpenter's dofent for ro-cloction {8 universally couceded, whilo an indopendent Republican or anti-ring man will doubtless roplace him in tho Senate. In the othor Northern Slates, tho prosent -Sen- ators will ecither be ro-elacted or roplaced by members of the same political faith, with the exception of Now Jeflo)"l where tho Republicans will gain a Sonator; an ator Fenton, who cans lnst year, will bo blue * Republican. New York, wheto Sou-~ oined the Liberal Nopubli- succoeded by a *truo ‘Wo como now to the roll of -the present Honso of Ropresontatives, which Lias been wncroased by tho Apportionmout act, under tho census of 1870, {rom 248 mombers to 22 members, as.fol- lows: RECPRESENTATIVES OF THE FORTY-THIRD CON- OGLESS AS FAR A8 OFFICIALLY ABCERTAINED. ALABAMA, G, BuoNnEna, 3 . Rupier, 3. Chorlas Pellom, 4. *Churles Ifuys, 6. John 11, Caidwell, 0. *Jonenls I, Sloss, AL Large, Alex, While, Gbiristopher C, Sheats, ALKANSAS, 1. Contested, 3. “Qiiver P\ Snyder. 3, Comtented, A€ Large, Wat, 3, HaTnes, CALIFONNIA. 1. Qbarles Clayton, 2, Monry T, Page. 8, John K, Luttrell, 4; *Shor, 0, Loughion, CONNEQTIOUT, 1, “Joseph R, Huwloy, 3. *Stophen i, Kellogg, 3, *IL, 11, Blorkweather, 4. W 2, Darnum, DELAWARE, 1. James R, Lotland, 1, 2, W J. Punnan, GEORGIA. 1, Morqan Jiuws, » 8, Philip Cook. 4, Henry R, Harris, bt 6, James O, Freema: 6. Jumen I, tilount. 3 *Jaeree M, 4, Young, 8, Alex, H, Stephens, 9, Hiram I, Bell. ILLINOIS, 1, John B, Rice, 2, Jusper D, Ward, . *Charlos I, Farwell, 4, Stophon A, larlbut, e 0. *John B, Lawiey, 7. Fraukiln Corwln, 8. GreonburyL, Fort, 9, Granville Barrere, 10, Willlmn 11, Ruy, 11, Jtobert M, Knapp 12, *James C, Robinson, 13, John MoNulta, 14, Joseph G. Csuuon, 16, Jolas R, Eden, 16, Jawea 8, urtin, 17, W 2, Morrison. 18, Isuae Clomcus, 10, *Samuet S, dlarehall, ISDIANA, 1. *IFm, B, Niblack, stmeon K, Wolfes Wi, &, Holmin, 4, *Seromioh 11, 6. *Johu Coburn, 0, Morton O, Hunter, 7. Thomun J, Cuson, 8, *James N, Tynor, 0, Conteated, 10, Henry B, Baylor, 11, *Jusyer Puckurd, AtLarge, Godlovo B, Orth, “willlam Wililame, Towa. 1, *Georgo W, McCrary, *Aylett It, Cotton, 3, *Win, G, Dounan, 6. W, Loughtldge, 7. Jol A, Kasson, 8, James W, McDIl, 9, *Juckson Orr, 1ANEAS, 1, *David P, Lowe, 3. Btephen A, Cobb, 8, W, A, Piiliips, HENTUOKY, , *Edward Crosaland, Joln Young Jirown, jarles ¥, dlilitken, iddfum it Read, (aha D, Standeford, i, K, drthur, T, “James 1. lieck, 8, Milton J. Durhim, 9, *Georgs i, Adamia, 10, John b, Young, LOUIBLANA, 1, Contested, 4, Contested, 0, *Choster B, Darrall, 4, Goutosted, 5. *Frank Moroy, AtLarge—Qoniosted, BMAINE, 1, John 11, Burlelgh, 2, *Willium P, Fiye, 4, *Jumes G, Bl 4, Bumuel I\, Her, 8, *Eugono Hls, MANYLAND, Tolice OMco *undor tho Influence of drink.” Bp din cugaged the houwsa No, 22 ¢ }}'::ucnl -t‘ruix, which we took pote soawion of aw Mr, and Mps, Georgo Walker, 0y nezvousness arlscs from tho fuct that tho Justico ';mee men died from alcohollsm, pure and sunple, and four persons had limbu broken whilo autoxicatod. phratin K, Wilson, &, Willinm J, Albert, . *Horatio C, Burchard, 31, Lymun X, Bass, 82, *Walter L, Sessfons, 12, 1, ee 18, Bobieski lloxu{’ NKVADA, 1. *Charles I. Kendall, NEW HAMPRILINE, L Williom B, Suall, 2. Austin F, Pike, 3, *Hosea W. Parier, NEW JEREPY, 1, *Johu WV, Hazolton, 2. Samue} A, Dobbins, 3, Amos Cintk, Jr. 4] Robert Hamilton, W, Walter Phelp 6. Marcus L, Ward, 7. Tuusc VY. Scudder, NEW YOK, 1, Mewry W, Scudder, 2. John G. Schumaker, 8. Stowart L. Woodford, 4. Philip 8. Crooko. 5, *Welitam I, Naberta, 5. 'S, S, C 7. 1 om 13, Jouy O, WHITEZOUSE, 14, David M. Deibtt, 15, “EI{ Perryt, Jumes 8, Smart, 1 . *Riclard 11, Whiteloy. I Robert 8, Halo, *William A, Whealer, THonry I, Hathorne, avid Wilber, Clinton L. Merriam, 1is H, Rtoberts, AWilliom E, Lausing, X, Holland Duell, ). D, McDougall, Witjium 11, Latport, ‘nomas O, Platt, i1, Bowrdman Smith, Frcoman Clarke, Goorgo I, Hoskins, At Lurgo—Lymau Fro- 2, *Charles ‘Fliomas, 8, *aAlred M, Wadded, 4. liam A, Smith, b. *Jawmes M, Leuch, thoman S, Adhe, lifam 3, Robvine, , fiobert B3, Vance. oH10, 1, Milton Sayler. 2. Henny B, BANNIXO, 8, Joh Q, Bwidih, 4, Lowlu 13, Gunckel, G, harles N, Lamison, G, Tsuac R, Blierwood, . Lawrence 4, Seal. 8, Willm Tawrenco, 9. Jamos W, Robiuson, 10, *Cuurles Foster, 11, Hezckiah §, Bundy, Itugh J, Jewetl, 13, Milton, 1, Southurd, 14, John Lerry, 16, *William P, Sprague, 10, Torenzo Danforth, Laurin D, Woodworth, 18, *Jamos Mouroo, 10, *Jumes A, Gurfleld, 20, Richard O, Puraons, olKaON, 1, LW, Neawith, PENNSYLVANIA, 1, *Samucl ., Nundatl, 2, Ghariey O'Nolll, 4 *Loouard Myers, 4, *Win, D, Kellos. 5. *Alred O, Harmer, G, Juwes 8, Biory, . ¥\Wath, Townsend, 8, Herster Clymer, U, A, ez finith, 10, *John W, Killinger, juhn 1, Storm, *Luz, D, Bhocmaker, 14, J, D, Brrawbiidge, 14, *Johu B, Packer, 15, John A. Magee, 1d, John Ccunna, 17, *4t, Milton & 10, Oarlton B, Cust! 2t, Hirum L, Richmond, 2L, Atex, W, Taylor, unica 8, Nogley, bunozer M Junkin, 24, Whillam 8, Mooro, At Liigo, Lemuel Todd, Gharles Albright, *aleunt W, Bcofleld, MIODE ISLAND, 1, *Benjuin T, Eames, 4, *Junies M, Pondiolon, BOUTIS OALOLINA, 1, *Josspls 1L, ulney, 4. Alouzo J. Runsler, 8, *Rtobest B, Elliot, l 4, *Alox, 8, Wallaco. At Large—Rich, 11, Galn, TRNNESSER, 1. *Rogerlek R, Dutter, 4. Jucod M, Thornburg, i, Wi, Orifebfiold, n M, Bright, & Tioraco 11, Iarrizon, ‘anh, Cs (Flitthorne, 6, Lloyd Lowndos, Jr, MARSAQHUAEITA, 1, *Iamea Butlinton, 4, Benjamin W, Horrls, 4, 1L, L, Plorer, 4, *Eamnol Iooper, G, Dandel W, Guoch, 0, “Benfamin T, Batiler, £, Rockwood Hoar, 8, J. AL, 8, Willlume, 7, Jahn D, €, Atkine, 0, *Georgo ¥, Hour, 8, Duvid A, Nunn, 10, *Alvaki Qrorl 9, Barbour Lowin, 11, *Houry L, Dawes, At Lurge, MIOHIO, *Horaco Daynurd, 1. Mores W, Tlold TEXAB, *{Fill{am N, Herndon, i1 Bleean. ettt C. Grd g, “John Hancuok, Foger. QA" Roger Q. Mfils, Aas UL, IFillde, Honry Waldron, 1 3. George Willard, a 4. Julius ¢, Durraws, o 6. Wildum B, Willlums, 4. 0. Joatuli W, Tagole, L *Omar D, Conger, 8. Nathunloi B, Beadloy, 0. Jay A, Hubbeil, MINNEAOTA, 1, *Mark I, Dunnell, 4, Horneo I, Stralt, *Joli I, Avorill, MIASIASIOTL, 1, Lueiua Q. C. Lamar, 2, Albort It, itowe, 3. *Houry W, Burry, 4, Jnson Nilen, 5. *Qeorgo 0, NeReo, 6. Jobn It, Lynch, M1SSOURE, 1. Edwin 0, Stannard, *Erastus Wells. 8. Wiliam H Stone. 4. Robert A, Hatelier, 8. Tuchard P, Biand, 0. *Hnrrinon E, Havens, . Lhomas 1, Crittenden, VERMONT, 1, *Charles W, Willard, 2, *Luke P. Poland, 8, Georgo W, Hendeo, VINGINIA, 1, Jnmea B, Sener, 4, *Jumes I, Diatt, Jr, 7, Amblor Suiftls, . *Wm, 1L 1L, Btowoll, 8, Alex, M, Ducls, 6. Thomaa Whitehead, 1. *John I, Harris, 8. Eppa Hunton, 9, Rcess 1. Bowen, WEST VIRGINLA, 1. Ountested, 2, Conteated, 3, Conteated, WIBCONAIN, 1, Charles G. Willlama, 1 W, Hzloton, 3, *J, Alien Burber, 4 *Alex, Mitchell, 5, *Charles A, Eliredge, » 11, John I, Clark, Jr. 12, John A, Glover, 13, Aylett H, luckner, G, 'Philetus Bawyer, NEDRARKA, 7, *Joremish AL, Rusk, 1. Lorenzo Crounss, 8, Alox. 8, McDIll, TERRITONIAL DELEGATES, ATIZONA, SONTANA, *Richard C, McCormick, Martin Maginntas, coLoRARO, NEW MEXICO, Jeromo B, Chafteo, _ B, B, Eikins, DAKOTA, UTAIL. *Mones K. Armatrong, George Q. Cannon, DISTRIOT OF COLUMDIA, WASHIN *Norton P, Chipman, Obadial 13, MeVadden. 1DALO, WYOMING, Jahn Hailey, * William It Steele, Republicans, in Roman..... 01 Democrals, In Ttalica,...o10veress Liberal Republicans or Tudopendents, in 8MALL cArs 4 ® Members of tho lust Congress, It will bo acon that of the whole number of Roprescntativea-clect (the Temitorinl Dolegates baving no votes) 120 woro mombors of the last Houso, while no loss than 172 arc now mombors, Of the lattor number, however. twenty hnve been members of formor Congrosses, ‘Tho roll foots up as follows ;: Republicans Democrats.. . Liberal Ropubilcaus or Independents. ... Contested eeats, aTON. 101 Totnlousisssanssssssnonnssanransarsinen As two-thirds of 292 is 195 membors, this gives the Ropublican party an assured two-thirds ma- jority for susponsion of the rules, &ec., in caso Tour out of tho ton contested seats are awarded :o l?upubuum claimanta, as they aro protty suro 0 bo, SRR ——— THE CASE OF THE VIRGINiUS, Letter from Willinm Lloyd Garrison. T the Editora of, the Boston Jovrnal: Lvery -intelligent, roflocting, upright citizen has canso to hang his head for shame, in view of the frantic excitémont which, for tho pnat fort- night, bas followed the news of tho capture of the Virginius, and the summary oxecution of thirty-soven of hor filibustering crew of 163 mon, Bodlam itsclf has beon distaticed, especially in the city of Now York,—thnt focal pofut of what- over is Iawlcss, brutal, and dusporato in spirlt and purpose, a8 opportunity mny scem to offer. Tho ' rospousibility for this doficious outbreuk 1csts heavily upon the leading journals of that city, with scarcely an excoption wa well a8 olsewhore), they having ono their worst to deccivo tho ignorant, mislead tho credulous, oxaspeiate the vilo—to sot the whole country * on fire of hell,” and, crying “lavoc,” to ‘‘lot elip tho dogs of war," uxult.lnF in tho prospoctive seizuro of Cuba, aud » bloody rotalistion for the Santingo m\fiud_v. ‘I'hey have given, circulation to the wildest rumors, tho bagest fabrications, the moat malignant falschoods, cither knowing or baving good reason to believe them to bo such, They navo tried to burry President Grant to take such n belligerent attitudo aa could find no justifica- tion in the court of reanson or of international . Jav, reckloss of consoquoncos ; and in Lbis city hnvo at least partially succecded,—as witness tho extraordinary sctivity at tho navy-yords, tho requisition upon the -iron-clad and othor naval ships to botn roadiness for their departure to Cubn, tho omploymont of thourands of workmen, the rapld onlistmont of enilors, and tuo almost inaisdiblo demand for in- stant ¢ rodress,” or * atonement,” or ‘‘ent- isfaction ™ for the * insult” dono to our natlonal *honor.! Aund nll thig in bot Dlood and hot haste, without waiting to procure the real facts in the caso—Dbofore the Bpanish Govornment at Madrid could possibly havo 1cceived any oflicial mtelligence of the procecdings—and with o full lma\\‘ledgu on the part of these incordinty pa- pers, and of the Presidont and his Cabiuet, that no actual or intontional fusult had beon done to the American flag, no purposed outrage intlicted upon bona-fide American citizeus, elther by the Lome Government of Spain, or the militaty au- thoritics of Cubal First, 28 Lo tho disposition toward us of tho now Spanish Republic, Struggling as it is for existenco againat threo formidnble factions on its ‘own soil, tho instinet of scif-preservation alono must uu‘.urnllz make it shrink from incurring foreign hostility by a wanton disregard of unzion- al righits in any quartor, parlioularly ns it rolates to this country. To us it L aright to look for eympathy and words of cheer, liberal inter- pretation and genetous treaiment in this most trying bour, seeing ihat it is oudenvoring, as far a8 practicable, to_imitato our ropublican oxam- plo by liberating Bpain_from tho dynastic thral- dom of ages, aud establishing freo institutions on popuilar basls, Wo should exorcise the ut- most forboarance, even if wo bad s posilive grievanco to urge agoinst it ; but as we have Hono in tho present case—nay, a8 tho blamo for all that has grown out of tho captura of the Vir- giniua rosts mainly upon us, though connivanco 2t her lnwloss entorprise by interostad partios on tho one, hand, and tho noglect of gaverumentnl vigilanco on tho othor—toassumoa bullying aiti tudo is a8 ridioutous as it is dishonorable. Henor Castelar, the Sponish Yresident, is our friend and admiror; the incarnation of a sublime geniue, tho soul of lionor, tho consummato flower of pa- triotismy incupablo of perfidy, inspiied by the highest Meals of liborty and justice; a sur of tho fist magnitude in tho European firmament. Desliug with such a mon and lis associales it becowos us to bebave with oqual dignity, oqual fairness, equal approciation of tho right, oyual abliorronce of the wrong. They do not neod any array of our military or vaval power to induce them to make ample redross for any outrago douo to us under the Spanish flag, or through colonial barbarity, whenever we can prove that such outrage has been perpotiated, Neoxt, ns to tho Cuven authoritics and tho loyal inhabitants of that island, it must be con- fossod that thoy have strong ronsons to be deeply angered towards thls country ; for bad it not been for the frequent ald rendered to the in- surgent cause in mon, money, and arms, by our complicity,—Inwlossly givon, ‘e,la truo, but none tho less ooctivo,—umquostionably tho ingur- rection would long sinco have boou quelled. In- deed, ic is quito as much Amorican as Cuban in its inception and piosecution; for the dismemberment and sunoxetion of Cuba wore pet objects of our Southern slave oligar- ohy long boforo they themselves rose in robell- jou, and they sct on foot varous invading ex- poditions. I om not treating Liero this toriibly forocious strugglo upon its merits, for theso are not pertineut to this discussion ; but tho wnutor under consideration coucorns our rolations with Spain oxclusivoly. Theso we have allowed to bo shamofully violated again and again, and it will roquire no little * gligel " on the part of our Govornment to call "l""“ to acoount for any- thing peitaining to the Cuban imorogtio, * gn acting_agalusb tho Spaniards,” eayn the Now York Nation, * wo owo it to oursulvos and to intornational usago to_endeavor to put our- solvas, to & reasonsblo dogreo, in their place, We ought Dot to, forgot, in mensuring thoir guilt (¢), that the mon whom they have Imnasacrad [executed] are tho chiofs and pronio- Yors of au insurrcotion which hag now lasted for pevoral yoms; and which, however noblo or justi- fiablo we may thinik it, they look on s an attempt to dismembor snd humiliate their country ; sud whion—and this 16 the most important point of all—has, during that wholo pev od, had i1 boso and headquartars in this city.” And by way of conflmm‘}nu it ndds, * More Cuban encrals, and Colouols, and Commissaries could, we von- turo to sny, foralong while past, have been scen 1 Broadway, on fiuc days, than in the Telaud of Oubn ; -m{ tho great bullk of the supplies of arms and munitions which the insurgonts havo recolved liave come from this country, owing to the connivanco or nogligenco of United Btutes oficors at various ports,” Clearly, wo ara to bo pummonod to judgment rather than Bpain or Cuba, 1t is out bull thut has gored tho Bpanish ox, ‘I'iatmay *alter tha cuse,” in our {mlmlnl opinlan, but not iu the opinion of tho clvilizad world, Among tho dovices resorled to by the Ouban adventurers aud their sympathlzors among us i to represont tho strugglo in tho intorest of no- gro emnucipntion ns well as of Ouban Independ- encoj apd, thorofore, Homo paine hnve boon taken to roouro the fioofl will and nctive co-opor- ation of our coloted oitizons aud thoir triod ad- vocates. In somo Instances tho balt has boon awnllowed ; and, on the viclous principle that tho end sauotlficd tho monus, thore is some dis- position to connlve at illlelt and criminal math- ods, Tt I8 not unilkely that thero may ho o fow oscaped or cnrlurud alaves in the ranks of the insmgents, libotntod s o matier of policy or necesuity ; and, i I could boliovo that fmmedi- ato and unconditional omancipation is honestly souglit by tho lattor, m( sympnthies would cor- tuluty flow In that divoction, But, seciny that Now York has boeu the chiosen rendeavoun of tholr loaders, what thess havo provod themeelvon to bo, what Inwless monsures they liave iuvariably atiempted, what elemonts: of violoneo and cupldity thoy hvao gathored around them, what machinations thoy have artfully con- trived to precipitato us into an uajustifinbie war. with Bpaln, I placo no rolinnca upon thelr prom- Inen, and regaid thom as uttorly untrustworthy, as pottaluing to tho liboration of tha Cubny boudmen, On the other hand, if the prosent Tiopuolioc of 8pain ean Lo maintainad (aud we cou do much as s nntion to strongthen it by our nymrnmy and mornt attostation), 1 Lave groat contidonco that n_docroo of omancination will speodily bo issued by Cnatolar aud his Cabinet, who lack nothing but tho ability to enforco suclt ® docroo without an hour's defay., Under thosa olrenmsatances, our guilt will bo transcondaut if wo forco a contlict of arms betweon the two countries. The care of the Virginius, then, is con- clsely this: Bbe was not an Amer- ican” vomsel, duly rogisterod, ownod, and equipped, but & notorious filibuster, be- tonglng to unknown and irresponsiblo partics, peiiousty nain tho ‘Amoriont fing o sonoon] or roal character; crowdead with Cuban {usur- gent loadors and reckless ndventurors, and ecar- rying & large supply of arme nud smmunition, on bier way to luvigorate tho insurgant cavso, i tingrunt violation of out troaty rolations with Spain ; and, after a hot chuse on nearing the islnnd of Cubn, having failed to exccuts hor pur- Kcan through tho vigilanco of the Tornado, was uly captured and banded ovor to tho Cuban au- thoritics, That this was her tiue designation and oliject not ono of tho loud-voiced brawlers for ** radress or war” Lna the audacity. to aony, For if sho was engaged in a logitimate com- moreo, why, liko a dotectod culprit, did she tako 1o an ignominious fiight the moment she was ursued, throw overboard her munitions of war, incronse hor ateam power to the utmost tensivn by making fusl of Ler liberal supply of bacon, aud seex nfoly in a British port? Is not such conduct n confossion of guill; *opon sad palpablo a8 & mountain 2" Heneo, thero is no justifiention for the excitement that exists, nono for any ecomvlnint or remon- stranco on our part, boyond tho summary execu~ tion of 8o many of the captives; nona for the warlike proparations now going on in our navy- yards, at & needless cxponso of millions of dollars ; noue for demanding cedress on the plea of insulted ** Lonor.” Yot there Lns boou an in- compnrably fiercer outery respecting the capturo of the Virginius and tho shooting of thirty-scyon filibuators, who choaa to run their own risk, than there was in view of the horrible massacro at Tort Pillow, and tho moroiless starving to death ugl lth:munnds of Northern woldiors at Anderson- ville To moet this ontery, ot all tho truly just, patrlotic, aud honorable in the land demand that tho peaco of tho country shall not bo snorificed to tlie Moloch of war. Insuch an exigency, the roscrved moral and raliglous sontiment of ' the nation to tho front! Letl domagogues aud fre- cators tako & back seat! RespectIully yours, War, Lroyp GAnRISON. Bostox, Nov, 25, 1873, —— Big Dogs on the Auction 13lock. Frou, the New York sun, Nov. 24, An unusunl attraction was olered on Satur- day nt Baiker & Chase's auction mart, four mag- nificent mastiff dogs being up for salo. Thay aro doacendants of Lord {’angmvu'fl colobratod mastiff, Turk, of which there ara but two other importations'in America, one of which is awnad l.vyer. Dolafield Swmith, tho Coiporation Coun- sol, ‘The dogs wore, probably, with tho exception of tho two already montioned, thoe finest speci- mons of tho mastiff breod that hava ever baon brought to this couutry, They are a fomale, 41¢ years old, the mother of the othor thres, one ol which is 8 dog of immenso size, about sixtcon ‘months old, and the othor two, which aro but littlo smalicr, aro o male and fomale of eight monthe, The old dog was importod from Eu- gland somo time ago, and tho other threo wero Dorn 1 this country, Thoy all bolongad to Mr. J. Howard McHonry, of Sudbury, Maryland, Thoy o very much ullso, with dark facos, and bair rather longor and lighter thoo is usnally seon cn dogd of this kind. LThey wore a little Inzy and climbod 1ather heavaly ‘ovor tho lower boards of the stalls whon the keopers removed tho upper planis aud loosened thoir. chaine. Once outside, howover, thoy wore active anough, and the men who hield theirchains wilh the - tention of leading them to the auctioncer’s stand wero compotled to Aubmit to bowg led thomeelves. "Luo first two exposed for salo were the sixtoon- mouthy' old dog wnd the so-calied pup of oight months. Tho jateer littlo croutura was restive, and with the probable viow of finding hin mother lie drsw his keoper swiftly around the ring at tho end ofhis chain. Lho oldor dog quictly trotted up {o the nuctioneer's stand, nud soating Limsclt on his nbaunches looked with a soverely ro- proachfal aw at tho man who was about to dis- pogo of him. Capt. Barker explainod that the chawms didnotgo with the dogs,and told prospect- ive purchasors that they would have to provide themselves with stout ropes. ITho two dogs wore put up separatoly, the purchasor baving the option by choosiug cither, Mr. Chase ox- plaived that the animals wero woll worth S350 cach, and Capt. Borker eaid that ho knew noth- ing of dogs, but Lie thought if thoy wero worth suything thoy wero worth that, and, so cucour~ aged, » bystandor offored 810 for cholce, but quickly withdrow his bid ou hearing that his' purchase would cat him out of Liouse And homg n & month, Another bid of £10 was made, and it quickly ren up to 230, thought thera could not be many dog-fauciers prexent, and Mr. Chase said thore must bea good many judging from the number of spec- tutors, When §45 way reached, the auctionecr snid a woll-drossed gentloman hiad boan thoro in the moruing, and authorized him to bid as bigh a8 &30, but as ho Lad refused to loave a deposit ho would pay no attentlon tohim. Fitty dollars was bid, and tho auctioneor snid the spectators couldn't want dogs vory Ladly to offer so small su anount for suimals’ about which Le had re- coived botween 18,000 and 20,000 lottors a day from difforent paits of the country. Lhe bidding at length closed at 60, aud tho pur- obaser choso the oldor dog—the largest of the four, ‘ What name?” “inquired the suc- tioucor, and the spoctators crowded around to hear tho nuswor, **Mr. Van Winklo," said a largo, plainly, drossed man, adding in s loud whingor * Defafleld 8mith, you kuow." Ho paid his deposit, and the Corporation Counsel is the posxcsor of two mastifts, The mnlo pup sold to s Mr. East for $80, which alr, Chuso said, might bo vonsidored n largo price but it was uob u quarter Lis valua, ‘I'he choica betweon tho mothor aud tho fomalo per was thon put up, and starting at $10 was nocked down to Mr, East for 60, The pur- chaser choso tho mothor, Tho female pupstart- ing at §16 was purchased by Mr. Hustings tor & Singunlar Kestoration of a Patient in the South Boeston Idiotic Institution ~ Mwenty=Ninc Stones Extracted from n Boy’s Xlend. From the Doston Times, Nov, 23, A most remarkablo occurrence hns just sar- rised the medical officora of tho Bouih Boston diotio Institution, About two yoars mice a boy nzmod Johu Smith, sged sixteon yoars, thon liv- ing with bis paronts at Canton, Mass,, becamo tho victim of fast failing Lealth, rauuufng from no apparent or discoverablo cause, o had at fivst lost Lis sonse of boaring, then his specch grow falut and inarticulato, mnd finally was almoet wholly lost. Iig parents wora wolghed down ith grief as ono aftor wnothor their unfortunoto son bocamo fArat doof, thon dumb, DBut novw, theso senses gone, rosson itsolt appoared mltorfug to its fall, and idiooy, with its vacant staro and hollow luugh, was wril in tha poor lad's ullored foatures, Buoh was the epoctacle which the poor boy then preseted, and his paronts now re- sorted to_tho South Doston Idiotic Inati~ tution, Mo was placod thero nfter s consnltation with the Buperintendent, Dr. Howe, who took bhim under his own chargo, - But ho grow worso, and yot worse, snd tho light of 1casun flickored on’ faintly for a sliort epace, and then wont out, and lett tho boy appurently & hopoless montal wreck, A fow wooks sinco, the mothor, in one of her poriodic visits to seo hor unfortunato son, mentloned to the matron, Mrs. MoDonald, that he had, whon about 7 yeats of age, put some pobble stones in Lin oara whilo at pluy, and that thoso hnd never beon withdrswn, ‘Mis. Baralj Brown, a lady doctor, residing on Shawmut aveuuo, who (8 llmquml‘ visitor at the Institution, havisg obtained this clew to tho cnuso of the boy'ssad condition, commenced cur- ing oxperiments. A svringo was st tist applied, and then o piobe, At last the proboe produced a rating souud and furthor offorts rovealad, as fiml been nntitipated, & number of smnll pob- blos Jyiug deop in the car, bonoath the akin, At Capt. Barker* Ingt ono of them, abott the sizo of a pin'a hand, was got out, then another, and unothor, until by anccessivo ropotitions of tho oxperimont no loss {Lnn twenly-nino small pebhles wers removed from tha sufforer's head. All this was done without stm ting » drop of hlood or causing any dintroes to tho yatlent. Tho youth is now regaining his lost sonace to {ho inoxpreseiblo jov of his parants, and {ho no Tosu antonintiment “of nll to whom the oclroums utanaes of his long afiliclion wore known. —_—— PRAIRIE-FIRES. Thelr Ravagen in Kaneon. From the Atchison (Kun.) Champon, Nov, 35. Daily wo nro in recoipt of the siekening details of tho ravages of the unmoreiful praltig-fires that have crept liko demcns over our fair young State, leking up wath its tonguo of flame; in alnost an fustant, tho lobored tolls ot years, Hundreds bave lost thewr all, and thousauds hnve, in an hour, lost their whole year's work, What will bo done during tho wintor to feed tho stock and support the fumilics of theso sottlors, ia n solemn question thnt is ataring our pooplo in tho face, ** Destructive prairio-fires” in tho ominous reading that meots tho eyo in all our oxchanges. £ Tho Independsnca Tribune notes destructive rairie-fires.on Monday aud Lucsday, Of tho attor it saya s “ Tucadny is n day that will long Lp remom- bered by many of our poople on accouut of tho dostruciion of a vast amount of acoumulntions of tho past summer, aud a fearful loss of prop- orty," K’ correspondent of the Lawronce Tribune from Andorson County says : A destructive prairio- flie pwept In from Coffey County upon the north- west corner of Anderson on Thursday, the 21st inst., doing much dsmage. Tho long-continued dry weather onabled it to move over ground whera o1dinnrily thero would have been nothing to feed it. 1t burned for Owen Grant a stable, hnruess, plows, large pen of corn, crib of oals, four largo hny-ricks, and moat of the fancos on Lis plnce, Mr, F, M\Irt‘hy, J. Beard, and others are heavy losers, Neither hedge-rows, back-fir~ ing, nor plowed ficlds were s prolcction, It burned through the Rov. A. X. Jotmson's door- yard, coneumiing his wood-pile, heated the wonther-boatding on his bhousie until tho resin oxuded, and, paesing into the lay about his stables and granary, burned to within threo foot of tho stubley befors it conld bo stopped.” The Junction City . Uatien says: * Tho firo broke out at or near the head of Black Ilollow, on McDovell's Creelk, botweon 9 and 10 o'clock Inst Sunday morning, when, as our roadors will romembor, & tremendous gale waa provailing, I'he fire ran acioss tho divide toward Humboldt Craok, passing within half a milo of Mr. Eldndgo Harris' placo, and_striking the valley of lho creok ab James L. Wingficld's. Ina very sbort lime Mr. Wingflold's fences, fortv tous of Hungarian, bis wheat, in_fact evorytbing of a combustible nature that ho owned, except his louse and atables, which wore saved with difli- oulty, Lind disappented in smoke, At this point tho ‘firo spread from Humboldt Creck to Me- Dowell's, and followed the courso of thoso strenms, sweoplng oveorylhing before it. Aftor passing’ Wingfiold's passing up llumboldt Ctock, {ho five mode o clcan swoep to tho farm of Mre. Hand, & widow Indy. Mra. . lost overything oxcopt hor houss, 1, N. Church was more forlunato, susinining little damage oxcopt in lunclufi. Josso Clinso 1ost thirty tons of hay aud cousidorablo feucing, and twenty tons of hay bolonging to Azom & Julian woro also Costroyed. I J. Chaso lost 450 Dbushels_ of corn, forty tons of Hungarian aud millet, fivo tous of prairio, aud alllua feod of every ‘description, His whent, fortunately, had been threehed aud put near tho ercek, aud wag wnved. Jogoph Cummings suffored to the extont of twenty-five tons of hay, aud his nelghbor, Mr. Doviunoy, lout twenty-six tons of bay and about 700 rails. Mr. Weston was suddenly deprived of 8u0 rnils. Ine Johnson brothers all suffored mare or less, Joseph Johnson lost eixty tous of | bay : [lonry Johnson lost twenty-five tons of Dy, considernblo foncing, oll his corn, and part of a threshivg-mnchine. B. V. Johnson lcst & wagon and leu or twelvo tons of hay. Andrew Johnson logt twenty tons of hay, William Puhignlm lost 800 Dbushols of " corn, and about Lhirty-fivo tons of bay and five hundrod posts aud rails, At this point tho five appronched tho placa of Mr. Glisner, who, with his wifo and sight childron, lived in’ o dug-out on the divido. Mr, Glisner lad tho wall of o stono Liouse partially completo, aud had colloct- ed some lumber for thoe building, Mr. Henry Jolngon, by running his horse, l:o[)t alead of the fite and warned tho family of their danger gxr. Glisnor being absent from tho houso), 15, Glisner attompted to gobto a pioca of broken ground, but was headed off the flre, and toolk refugo with hor children within the walls of tho untinished houso wo havo mentioned, and 5o escaped. Evorything tho family possoessod, oxcept (ho clothes on their bacls, was destroy- od._Of the other parties living ou the easi sido of Humboldt, we learned the namoes of Jere- miah Malcoln, who lost thicty tons of hay with his fences; Phillip Ifouts, who lost twenty tone of lay nnd twenty tons of fodder, nud & Inrgo amount of foncing. Joln Houts lost Lieay- ily in fencing, aud saved but ouc stack of Lay. 'I'bo fire croesed ITumboldt at I3 N. Cliureh's, and did some damage to Ioury Cou- nor aud Willinm Androws, aud_thon tho sea of flames rolled over into Morris County, The firo followed McDowoll's Creek, bub was not so de- structivo in its offects as on IHumboldt, My, Monfort lost some 2,000 rails. Mr. Ilenry Carl- ton lost eight hogs, and in fact evorstling ox- cept hit house, Alr. Whitehurst lost foncing, as did Mr. Hess. Mr. Martinson's stable was burned, with bornoss, ote. The scone is do- gseribed by those who witnesaed it as porfactly awful, 'I'ho wind Llow a porfect hurricane, and tho air scemed filled with fire 800 feot from tha ground, and the flames ran before tho wind like u raco-borse, Guards which had been burued around furms proved porfectly usoless, tho flames flowing complotely over them, - ‘I'hocattlo on tho prairios, warned by instinct, toolk refugo in the creoks, and wo have heard of no losses of stock, Sunday afternoon tho five hnd reaclhied Crooked Creels, in Morris County, and was dofng immense damage, Iow far beyond thnt point i sproad we have no monns of ascertaining, The amount of damage done caunot be ostimated by the valuo of tho property actuaily burued. The farmerw burned cut are loft without anything to feed thoir stock, and will be forecd to scllata i;mnt sacrifice, Allen, Nomaha, Marshall, Brown, Riloy, Pottawotamie, Dickinson, Davis, Wabaun~ aco, and Mlorria Counties, and cloar dotyn Lo tho State ling, have beon devastated, and thocharred track of tho fiond hos laft desolution and suiler~ ing indescribablo.” Iiom the Council Grove Democral we learn that tho loks in that county alone will oxceod $60,000, Tho Democrat narrates the following: *Mr. Lindsay, bosides losing everythiug hio pos- sossed, way nhearly burned to death, In Lis endcavors to quench the flames that wore ouvoloping his grannries, stables, aud otlier outbuildings, Lis well of water becamo ex- bausted. Lo took hia team, repaired to tho creck and filled s barrels with water, and started to return, only to find that ho was cut off from his home Ly tho encirclivg fire, Ho lashed his horses into & run, boping to got through, but the animals, ou comiug in_contract with the flumes, whecled short nbout, throwing him from the wagon and prostrating him on tho ground, Upon recovering his feot ho was enveloped In the hoat and smuke and fire all around bim. 1o managod to struggle through the flames, but his clothing was on ure and ho was badly burned. 1o attempted to tear off his burning garments, Lut owing to lio hands belug burned raw ho was unablo to do so. o took out his knife and cut from Lis body every vestigo of clothing except Lis boots ‘which” ho wore until thoy bo- an to char upon his feet, His crios rought assistanco, whon ho was found in an exhausted condition, one boot nearly cut off from Lis foot, with his knifo_clenched in his fleshloss and bleeding hand, o was takon to hig home and Dr. Beach, of this city, summoned to his rallof, Ho {s dangorously Lurhiod, though the Doctor thinks ho will, with roper care, survive, In the meantime, Mr. Lindsey's Lorsos ran back to the creok and' fastencd the wagon between two troos, Whon found tho wagou was on flre, the body burned in two, the running- fear ia o blazo, tho traco-chains too hot to handle, and tho horsos could not sxtricato thomeelves, nor could thoy bo rolioved by thoso {sruuont until they were whipped into bfeaking ‘{;g“ Qv::lxé‘;'flfi 'burnth single and double-trecu. od from the wagon the hor VoI badly scorched, and they mngy yet dio, sk i —_—— Ourlositics of Advortising. A Londou coal morchaut has mado an addition to the curiosities of ndvortising which {a cor- tainly remarkabla for unprineiplod ingonuity, Ilo doreribed his merchandise in {ho now apers o8 *Alr, Bidnoy Iorbort's bost coals, 15." o sold an uninfismmabla artiolo, come posed largely of slate, and when an iato customer sutimoned him bofore n Polico Magis- trato, Mr. Horbert simply statod that the conls ho sold for 81, wero the inut Lo hind, and that a4 thoro wau no_decaption in a striol! Teading of Lis advortisemont, his oustomors hand no right ta gamnud rodross, ‘The Magistiato acoopted this efouse aud ullowod the conl dealer to dopart without avon consuring lam—an fllustration of tho fact that law is not always Justice, For this merchant way ‘[‘flnlnly a swindlor, Ho protonded to soll conls whon lio really soid slate, and fus offenso was just s patout as that of the winge :‘a‘lll?i,y ‘n‘“l?o:]:;l Il-:ng;&hl‘z‘\:‘n, \t\;lm contracted to al i ho bo sixpeuco n bottle ;" o s ine ous naturo of his gooda wns discoverad, un;,u,fu‘ Jy pascrting Uit o did ..a“.‘.’éfi;‘é’ 52 oupply tho beat port. wine, hu *tly wiio at sixponco o bottlo,"' 0 boak por| e BURNIAO OF A¥ BAST ISDIVIAY. Excitoment in Kingston ITarbor. Ringston (Nov, 10) Dienateh to the London Stan; . 'Whe vessel burnod In Kivgston Imrhurdfi:fi morning wne_tho Naugpore, of 1,521 tons, the property of Masars, MeKennun, of Livorpool, aud bound for that port from Calouttn. Hor cargo—ol _colton, Jute, saltpatro, and twanillg— T ald Lo havo boon woith £10,000. After ontor- ingg the piers sha lob go two anchors, but thoy parted, and sho drified wildly —aboub the harbor, colliding with a schooner from Wicklow, and two trawlers, all of which woro groatly damaged, ‘Lho schoouer, indeed, i nimost o wreck, and lor mastor was Lhrown ovorboard and drownod, Lo vessol continued burning and drifting throughout the night. "he Lord Mayor of Dublin was down at the scane of tho dibastor at an early liour this mo:ning, nlso Capt. Ingeam, with two onginos and a large dos tnchiment of "the fire-brigado. Tho flamos oh bonrd increasing, two six-poundors from the rovenno-cruiser L‘nlmy were brought to boar upon hor for the purposs of siuking her befora tho fire should rench tho ealtpetre, ‘Ihis oxno- dient succoeded, nud sho now les submorged in 28 foot of water, ‘Lo firnntusb cxoitoment provalled in Kings. town nll doy, whilo cfforts were boiug wndo to kaep tho flames from !{mwdlng from tho Naug- poro to tho othor shipping in the harbor, Largo crowds went from Dublin to witness the sight. Ib was late in tho day whon tho shots from tho eruiser snuk her, which was only dono aftor many ineffectual plans hod beon adopled to seuttlo tho vessol. * Tho scono of hor entranco iuto the harbor during tho night is describod as having boon terribly exciting, as all hor canvas wus * deawing " aud tho wind nearly aftor her, o the surprise of tho lookers-on, thore appenred to bo no offort made to shorten suil ns sho nearol the hatbor, going shirough_tho sea like a witch with hor los gun- walo undor wator. It was not kuown by tnose on shore how terrible was the raco which was being run for life, or how groat was the poril which overy moment brought nearer. ot~ withstanding the heavy gale and the wide sproad of cauvas on her spars nouo of them gave way, though thoy whipped like flshing-rods undor tho heavy and surging prossure to whick thoy wore subjeeted. ‘Lo mnoon, which had not long risen, cloarly revenlod the ship in all hor wolr grandeur ny'sho rushed through the Lomvy sea 1 volumos of emoke and spray rushiug over her, On_opening the bharbor” sho rounded up pgrandly as tho emoke drifted to leoward, On she ocame, and still no effort appeared to be making to tako in tho canvas, Now a now torror —prosentod itsclf, As tho Lurning ship was rushing into the midst of tha crowds of weathor-bouud vosseld in tho linrbor it was ovident that collision aud fira wore imminont, Whon about Laif & cablo's longth inside the onst plor the burning ship lob go her two nuchors, and, a8 she rnpidlf' wore to tho strain, hior cauvas was taken abnck nad she hegau to draw her auchors, sud drfc to the southwestward. Nothing could exceod the con- stornation among thoe wind-bound vessels, as do- struction scomed to be inevitablo to any cratt coming in the way of tho driftiug slip. The craw wote 80 exhaustod from being at tho pumps night and day, and trying to keep tho fire under, that they ~wers unable to take In can- vas when Elo approsched tho barbor. She firat fouled & fno schooor, doeply 1aden, and afcor & fearful crnsh tho ill-fated vos- sol guve fow henvy huchies and sank, tho crew excaping by jumping into tho bowsprit rigging of tho Naugpore, which etill continuod hor storn course Llill slie camo into oollivion with tho schooner Pilot. In a fow moments this also was reducod to o mastless wreelk. pora striking tho Iilot, Captain Thomas Ellis, who was in his berth, rau on deck, snd was LLOWN OVERDOARD and drownod before assistauce could reach him, I'be auchors of the ship still dr. , and ns sho rose and foll in the seawny sh od away the moorings of the trawler Echo. ‘Lhis littlo veesel, when cast looso, went rapidly toleeward, andin & fow momonis was broken iuto atoms by the pow- erful soas, breaking on tho burriors benenth tho Coast-guurd station to tho westward of the hor- bor—a place where many a sad disaster to lifo and shipping has ore now occurrad. ‘Pho throo col- lisions which the Nangpore experienced Lad tho offect of checking her wild course, and for- tuoately sho camo up to her anchora a little to of the Roysl Irish Yacht club-house. Whon it was known that sho hnd ealtpotro on bonrd, and that an explosion wusdroadad, the alar becamo very great, At au oarly hour mossengera wore sont for tho fire brigado, and to roquest the presenco of the Lord Mayor. Within o half lour after tho alarn bad been givenat tho brigndo _stauon, Capt. Ingram, with two ongines and o largo dotachmont of Lis moli, was on tho jotty. llo Dnd no moaus of shipning tho engines so as to bring wator to bear on the bilrning cargo, and provont tho flames renching Lho jite and salt- potre, Ile alsofound thatno time was to bo ust, and, Laving gono,on bonrd ‘tho Nangpore, Lo at once camo Lo the conelusion that thera wag nothing to prevent a further and grenter disastor but to **scutzlo " the ship at onco by any wmeans that could be prooured, Tho only menns within ronch were the two pix-pounders” of the cruisor Queen Victoria, which ho rccommended to bo oiotted and flied at tho Nangporo so ns to hib hor ** botweon wind and wates His suggestion was acted ou with tho rosult us slraady stuted. —— MISCELLANEOUS. Tudiana boys blow up trees with powdor to shako down the nuty, —A Goorgis man ndvortises that ho will be hung iu suy man's place Tor 315,000, —>Sherburue, Vt., has ueither a doctor, o law- yer, nor a drinking saloon. 8o thoy havo to gob it ut tho npothecary’s. —An Anti-Kuife Asssociation has beon formed in Italy tor the purpose of discouraging poople from carrying coneenlod weapons about them. —A bear caught in o trap at Edoa, Vt., ono day last weok, chowed off kit imprisonod log aud walked away on the other three. I'ho cultivation of almonds Las boon begun in California undor favoruble suspices. —A Nevada Posimaster has written to Wash- ington to lnow if ho can rent part of the oflico for & faro bauk, —1Iu the difticultios with Coren, China has do- cided to tako part with Jupun, even to tho ox- tremity of war, —1'lie expenso of running railroads in Italy is onormous. Every ton of coul is bought in En- glaud, costing 310 (old) por ton, and transport~ €d at an onormous cost to Italy. —A photographer’s advortisomont urges por- fAous about to travel by rail to como and sit_for their portraits, which may bo luzhly valued by their families **in a corisin event which ahali bo namoloss,” i T'ho Vionna Exlubition was closed without any coromony, but in tho prosouce of 100,00 peoplo, who' camo to have a last look, o fog-horn sounded ; tho military band playad the Austtian Hymn; the erowd cheered—and'all was over, —An nction was brought in the court at Koene, N. 11, the othor duy, agninst a dontist for pull= ing tho wrong tooth, and resulted in a vordict of §40, which was considerable of & shrinksgo from the §5,000 sucd for. —When a Missouri Coroner wants s lttlo roady money, all Lo has to do is to drive his jury out to tho nearest grove of stout-limbed trocs, and cut down ono of the suspected lorse- thiaves, —Boston laat year paid £4,000 for soup for tho poor, and §41,000 for rofreshmenta for the City Govorument, At loast this is what Mrs, Livers moro says, aud sho wishes pooplo not to forgeb —A cousrln of ingonious boys st St. Olond, Minn,, latel y amusod themsolyes by filling a sohiool-mate’s mouth with snow, snd ‘tying a bandkerchiof rouud Lifs Jaw to keop thoni shu, and the Coronor's i‘ury could scarcely agroo whether to call it ohoking or drowning. —Bao caroful how you excite tho wrath of 12 year-old boys in thesa belligorout timos, They Ccarry pistols, and are not to bo trifled with, At Johustown, 1’A., latoly, ono of thoso dangerous fellows shot a sorvant girl for acousing him of “ymouching o pio.” —A story comes from India equaling in horror tho most fearful fablo of Grocian mythology, A woman at Ghazepoor, baving cut her jufant stop~ son iu piocos, roasted tho romaius, and servod thom for lior husband's suppor, to discovored a finger {u tho dish, and dolivored Lis wifo to tho oustady of tho poifco, —A momber of tho Bamourai (Japan) aristod raoy hias published s mouifout, iu which ho #nys that overy man ought to oarn his living sud yub by anmelflh:g tor tho supporc of- his family, and suggosts a sohemo for abolishing the provailing custom of treating tho disinherited aristocracy 08 ponsfoners, o give thom omploymoat the writor proposos tho oatablishmont of & grand printing compaty, “ —Troasury ofiicials find fault with the ertistio appoarancoe of (ho now trada dollar, Tho femalo flguro upion it may bo typo of tho women of tho poriod a6 to physical proportions, bus is uck noted for a symmatrioal dovolopmont, Tho shoul- dors aro a8 narrow ua thoso of a child, and tho flsuro, weated upon o bule of cotton, s very muoch hflc o roil, Tho First Comptrollor, who 8 & &nd who, whon tho poisons | uaughty man, says ¢ 'ho bulo of cotton i in tho wroug Dlace,".—Cincinnali Qommercial, On tho Nang-* fl