Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 187 — e —e e Eu,mw. CLINTON & SPRINGRIELD. Judgo Treat Recalls and Dissolvos Hig Injunction, Judgo Tipton’s Receivers in Posses~ sion of the Roads The Company’s Officials Ordered to Obey Receiver Hinckley. Special Dispateh to Ths Chieago Tribuns, BruNorisLy, 1., Doc, S,—Judgo Treat mada the following order fn the Gilman, Oliuton & Spriugfleld Raflrond cago this morning: ** Iy~ ing homrd {bo argumonts of tho coun- sol of tho rogpoctive parties on the question of thoe jurlsdiction of this Court ovor tho subjoct mattor of this suit, nud bolng sufloiontly ndvised fu tho premises, it {s ordored and decrocd that for want of sueir Jurladiotion the injunction herotoforo issuotl in this causo bo rocalled and disgolved. [Signod] 8. N. I'nean” R, RINCKLEY PLACED IN POBSESSION. Sonoon ay tho decision of Judge Treat twas declared, the opposition to the full possession of thoroud by Mr, Inmokloy was withdrawn ; urd ho has beou vigorously to work tosday tak~ ing an nvantory of tho papers and proporty of all'kinds which are to coma into his porsession, 1t is eald that lio intonds to nake u number of imarovomonts in the menngomont of the rond, ons of which will be to run a sleeping-car be- n this oity and Chicago, and returning from Chicago'to this city. A CAID FROM MR. MELVIN. 1, Melviv, tha Prosident of tho read, {sauod wewrd this uftornoon aunouncig to tho agonts nn:l_emuloyos of the yond that Mr, Hinckloy, tha Recoiver appointed under the orders of tho McLenn County Cirenit Conrt, liad free and tull possession ; aud that thoy should taie notico of Lha tact, aud govern thomsolves accordingly. THE GRANGERS. Rcport Mnde to the Missourl State Agricultural Soclety — Advice to EFarmerse r Svecial Disvateh to The Chieaao Tribune, 81, Louis, Mo., Dae. 3.—The State Agrioul- tural Bociety of Misgouri bas boon in sossion to- day. Tho President of the Association, Col. Coloman, of tho Rural World, made an ox- tonded roport, which involved many faats of - torest. Mo stalos that thoro nro now over 1,160 Qranges in the Btato, with a mom- bersblp of 70,000,—no othor State bLaving dono noarly yo much in tho same time. Tho goed doue by tho organization, ho argues, is groat. Labor in Missourl las uot boen sufi- ciently diversificd. In somo respects thero is au over-producclon, in others a lack, Tho dairy faterost, ho complaing, i8 noglocted to such an excent that dealers in cheeso aud bukter in 8t Louis pay to other States over $100,000 woekly, T'ha ercotion of choeso factories is advised. . Tho great number of dogs in the State renders wool-growiug unprofitable. A changa iv the law regulating this matier is recommendod. ‘o enfivation of cotton in the southorn countios of s in suggostod. Tho culiure of tobaceo 1t bo vory profitably oxtendad, aud it fs sug- fil‘mmu to farmors thut they will do well to make Misrouri equal to other Stales #o far ns-rolates to the raiiug of fine stock. The trausportation queation i8 argued at %, and rollof 16 thoughit o bo it & sLip-canal 0 mouth of tho Mississippi River. Eajid Growth of the Earmers? Move- went—Patrons of Husbandry nnd ‘Bhelr Numbors. Wusiington (Nov, 21) Dispateh fo the St, Lous Globe, Wo wockly ciroular issuod horo from the offico of tho National Grange gives o stotemont of tho mnumber of sub- ordinalo and State Granges, which illustrates in a striking manner tho rapid growth of the organ- izativn. ~ On Baturday, tho dato of latest dis- puich, the ioial uumbor of Grangas was .5T4; the memborship bolug 048,125, From tho 1st to the 22d inst. the ormber of Granges organizod was 780, During the present year, so far, the number of now Granges orgavized is 6,357, dis- {nbuted as follows: January, 158 ; Fobruery, 847 ; March, 666 ; April, 571 ;" 3ay, 698; Juno, 025; July, 619 ; August, 829 Bopfember, 019} Ootobor, 1,050 November (22d), 789. The bighest number organized during any month of 1872, was 120 ; tho lowast, G4, “fho following Statos Leve us yot no Stnte Granges : Alabama, 200 subordinato Granges ; Delawaro, nono; Florida, 18 ; Keutucky, 08 Louisinna, 88; Maryland, 14; Maiue, 1; Maassa chusctts, 14 ; Now Jorsoy, 21 ; Now Hampsbire, 9; Virginia, 9, Of Terriorics, there are Colo~ rado, 23 and Washinglon 5, whilo Cannda has 8 Grunges, Btalo Granges are organizod in tho following Staten and ‘Corritorios, while tho number of pubordinnto Grangod namod arainetuled in ench Juriediction: Arkansus, 93; Californiu, 117 Goorqns, 305; Illinois, 748 ; Indiana, 633; Towd, 1,8337 Kausas, 679 Michigan, 190 Minnesots, 970, Mlssiswippi, 4805 Missouri, 1,007 ; Nebrag~ kn, 85053 Now York, 24; North Caroliva, 120; Olio, 218; Oregon, 45; Pounsylvanin, 48; South Carcling, 190 ; Cennessce, 229; Texas, 97; Veor- mont, 81, West Virginia, 22; Wiscousiu, 251, and in Dakota, 30, ‘L'ho total number of Grau- f:; 191: “um Boutb, or ratber former slave States, In Now En;{lund thera are but forty-four Granges organized, and none are found in Con- neetlent or Rhodo 1sland, Delsware is the only other State without o Grange up todate. The Order has grown with groat rapidity in the for- mer alavo States, especially thoso in the further Bouth, Bingularly enough, the Ordor has its lurgest oxistence in Bouth Carolina, ns far ny hie Bouth 1e concorned, No questior: of color ‘hag yot arison, and it is belioved that that mat- tor is onily controlled, ‘The largost number of organized Granges are found in Xansas, accord- ing to population, whilo Towa aud_Missouri give tho lagest porcentage of membership. So farjthe Bouthorn adhesious are from tho fmnll planta- !m;l-hnldorn, and appear to be a desirable acqui- ntion, Oomposition of tho Boston Grange=« Lettor From Geucral Deputy J. C. .Abbott. To the Editor of the New York Tridune: * Bin: I have rend with much intorest the sey- erai lotters of your correspondentin relation to the Grauge or the Farmerd' Movoment in the ‘Waost. In his lotter of recont date, I observe a roference to the Boston Grange, and my name {a usod in conneation with it, ~ ftis to oxplain briefly what your correspondent says hodoes not kuow, viz. : "tho rensons whick accuzted mo in ovganizing that Grapge, that I writo, Probably no Grange ever yot organ- ized has recoive n titho of tho gratuitous advertising which that one has. And this would be no causo of complaiut had it beon done truthfully, But this was not tho case, It was callod in niearly all the papors “a Grain Bpeculators’ Grange,” *‘a Commercial Grango,"” or something to the samo effect, Tho facts are {hat the Grange was formed with ninoteon mom- bera, five only belng ongagod in commission business, fourteon of them buing ua logitimate tosmbers, or porsons whoso occupations did not lurléjnct thom to objections as members of the Ordor, Thoquallfioations for memborship ns laid down {n our Constitution reads thus: “Any person interested In agricultural pur- suits," of cerlain age, and cnmglylng with the rulos, &o., may become a membor. It will bo observed that_this is a vory broud qualification, snd it may well be neked, as it often s, Who has not an interest in ag) iouftwro? And those mon bolug anxious to meke their influence folt upon the trangportation question, now & leading quon- tlon with our Order, thuuq‘ht thoy could bo use- fal in agslsting us upon that quostion, and this was & leading motivo with them in bcoomlnfi fuemberd ; and tho aid which I though, ond sti think, thoy might rendor to our causo I thia di- reotion wa ouo of tho rensona whick influcnced me in recolving them, Ang furthor, well knowing ns I did tlat the Order in Towa was cmployiug preoisoly that class of mon to handle thair gosds Jn- Obicago and New York, and bolioving that tho Order must lmplo{ them in oitios upon tho sonboard, or olso satablish tho same class of houses there, it has always ocourrod to me that to have agouts there nho were mombers of the Order would bo far bettor thau to employ thosa who aro not mem- bers, and who have nio interest in the Patrons ;1 usbandry, oxcept to flooco them ay far ms h 6y can. ‘;Dlll' correapondont states that the Order have suok agents 1 Now York and Chicago. I nak, How can thoy iujuro us by belng members move than if they are pot? And if tho ruloia that aone but actusl farmers aro to bo tolerated as nembers, not a fow of the membors of tho Na. gonal Grango must bo o.xfimllod, as well as ibousands of membera in all parts of the coune try. 8t Louls has & Grango not one whit bot- tor thon tho Boston Grange. But it has not boon as {ndustrlously ndvortised as that in Boston, aud, thorofore, nothing is lmown of it nbrond, In organiziug tho oston Grango, I do not think Ihava violatod tho Comstitution, and am ot atono fo this opinion, for X consulted prominont mon of tho Order bu{u:nhmm, and havo in my Fuunuuslou eovoral lottors recelyod ainco, sustainlug and congratulating mae in thal work in tho strongest torms, I imako this state- mont to let the public know my rensons, aud bo- causo 80 much hiny boon Aald aud writton aboue the Doaton Granga. @, Annorr, SraNarienp, Mans,, Nov, 21, THE SAGINAW RIVER. A Strenm 'That Won’t Be Navigntedes Organization of the Snrinnw River Tmiprovemoent Associntton--Congross %0 e Askcod for nn Approprintion. il Special Laspateh to The Chicago Tribune. East Saat¥aw, Mich., Doc. 3.—Efforts havo ‘beon made for some timo to securo tho improve- mont of tho upper portion of tho Saginaw River, orgomuch of itas is located within Saginaw County, and & large nmount of money has hoon appropriated by thie citien and towns at various times, but no permancnt channol has boon o~ cured. Bara form Immediatoly after thospring froshots, and tho gioatest part of the songon of navigstion in passod beforo the obstructions are removed, Last aummer tho War Dopartmont was importunod for bolp, and & survey was made last fall under tha pupetintondonce "of tho Departmont, QGen. ‘Weltzcol also uave the matter somo attention, and, 1t is bolleved, will rocoaimend to Congross to make an approprintion for tho purposo of se- curing » pormanent channel, In futhorsaeo of thiy pupose, o publio most- ing of citizens was hold this aftornoon, which was woll attendod by imanufacturersaud business men, Resolutions woro adopted reeitivg the im- portance of tho improvement of tho Saginaw iver ; that the navigation of tho riveris of baciounl importance, and justly ontitled to & national approprintion ; and recommending the formation of au association to be known sy the Bagloaw River Improvement Company. 'The orgunization is a voluntary ono, cach por- suu‘foiuhxg to&ny a membership of &5, to be used for Incidental oxpenses, and expendod undar the direction of tho officers, who will also receive and disburso such othor nssossments 08 aro imposed. A committco of soven wau ap- pointed for tho purpose of corrasponding with other cities, Boards of 'I'rade, &e. fand to invite thoir co-operation, Tho officers to bo clestod will consist of o Presidont, Secrotary, and Exccu- tive Committeo. A meoting {n to bo called within a faw days for the purpose of comploting the organizativn. ST. LOuIS. ‘The Pork«Packing Business-=Com- parutive Statistics. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, 8r. Lous, Dec. 8.—All the monoy needed to carry on the pork businoss is obtainablo, mostly on thirty and ninety days' paper, but in samo cages the timo allowoed is four mounthe. Thero aro nbout twonty packing-housos in oporation in 8t, Lonis, and these have a duily capneity of 20,000 hogs, The recoipts for the woelk ending this morning at 11 o'clock woro 90,953 hogs, against 07,576 for tho provious woek, and agr1uEt 56,995 for tho same time last yoar. Sincothe 18t of Jauuary, 1873, the recoipta havo boon 748,299 hogs. - Tho woather Las baon bad for handling for o day or two, but is changing to- night. 8t. Louis operators shows disposition to call in all the hogs possiblo, and are willing to pay full rates, ‘I'o packing business is nobt minnged in 8t. Louis a3 in other cities, as nenr- 1y everything s dono with a view to accomno- dating the Southorn trade, which continues throughout tho year, Ilonce n ullgm variativn iu prices and rules of tho trade, 'The presont stiffnesn in ratos is supposod to bo caused by the oxortions of Chicago pirchasors in parts of the country naturally tributury to St. Louis. RELIGIOUS. Cumniins nnd ‘tho Episcopnl Churcl From the New York Times, Dec, 2, TTho Right Rov, B. B. Smith, D. D., hua lasued tho following papor. Tho authortics of tho Church assort that this action of tho Church has no roforenco to Dr. Cumming' act of mixed com- munion, but refors solely to his abandonmont of the communion of tho Episcopal Church, and his publicly-avowed purpose to organize a schism in the samo; Notico han been recelyed from the Socrelary of the Btanding Comuiittee of the Dioceso of Kentucly thata resentment for trial of George David Cummius, D. 08 Ve preparcd for offousoa Numbors 3 und 5, ec, 1, Canon 9, Titls, namely: First, For vioin- tiou of the constltution and canons of {he Genoral Conventlon; socond, for a breach of his cousocration Dr. Yow, B it known, therefore, that any Eplacopal act of Iifs pending thess procesiiings will bo null and vold ; und itfs hoped that respect for law and order on tho part of all iombors of this Ohuroh will restrain thom from piviug auy countenance whatever to the move- ment i which Dr. Cummina s engaged. G 1, B, Sartrr, Bisbop of Kentucky, and Presiding Bishop, HonokeN, Dec, 1, 16 —_— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasmnaton, D. G, Doc, 8.-=For the mnorth- wost and southward over the Missouri, clondy and oolder woathor, with suow, will provail dur- ing tho night, tho pressuro 'incressing in this dustrict with fresh and brigk — porth- woatorly to southwostarly winds aud g‘nrtly clondy weathor on Thursday. ‘or the Upper Lako region, thence soutbward to ‘l'ennesseco, olondy and stormy weathor, with fresh and Lriuk variable winda_during tho night, the temporaturo falling dec:dedly from Kentueky northward by Thursday ovening. For tho Lower Laoko rogion, New Englaud, and tho northern ortion of the Middlo States, incrous- ng ecastarly to southerly winds, with threatoning ~weather and areas of raiu. For the southern portion of tho Middle States and South Atlnutic Statos, diminishiug prossure, southoastorly to southwestorly winds, nad partly cloudy weatlier. _For tho Guif Btatos, southerly winds, with cloudy and threatening woather on the coast, the temporaturo falling in the Lower Miseiesippi Valley and wostward. GENERAL ODSERVATIONS, On10A00, Deo, 4—1a, m, Station._| Bar,[Thr|— Wind. _(Rain| Feather, Brack'in'ge [20.06] —4'N,, risk, L04lLight snow, Oinclonatl,,39.64| 69[8."E., Lriss | iHeavy rain, Choyenna. 1l8) W, gontle,| .. [Clear, Cleveland, | 56[3, W, fresh.,) .5i|Light rain, o 20\, brisk “01|Light snow. 318, 1, gen +s[Fair, 17|Clearing up 4\ Ivy anow, .|Fair, Marquoito . 33|\, gentio, | Jififeavy ran., Milwaukea., 43,8. W, brisk,| .0t/Cloudy, Om: BN.W., Lriski,.| .03{0loudy, —0IN.W, fre .. |Gloudy. BINW. brdek.t| 08I Light snow, 87,8, brisk, 1,25/ Threaten'g, i 5 10IN2W., frosi |Light snow, MIBCELLANYOUS LEFORTS, Special Disvateh tn Phe Chicago Tridune, Or1AWA, 11L, Doo, 8,~—A heavy rain prevailed here sil last night and s gresdor part of to-day, ‘The ronds are nimost impnesable, and business is at & atand-still. Special Dispateh to The Cheaan Tribune, Osnxkorm, Wis., Doe, 8.—A heavy raln is falling to-day, and the snow {s uearly all gons, Special Disvateh to The Chioaan Tridune, Oarno, 11l Deo, 3,—~The weather haa boon warm and stormy all day Meyrnw, Tenn., Deo, 8.—The weathor ia sal- try, and a honvy rain and thundor storm provalls this evoning, THE ERIE CANAL. Burravro, Deo, 3.—It has beon raining all night ond stiliraing, It is thewing, * Urioa, N, Y., Deoo, 8,—The weathor is warm. }Q :mu boen ralning all night, and is thawing ast, Lirrie Fares, N, Y., Deo, 8,—It i thawing fast heroabouts aud East, THE STORM, Evassniure, Ind, Deo, 8,—Lhe storm In this violnity is not_known to have douo apy damage except that to Patrick Burko, river editor of the Cowrier, who bad hig log broken by a sign blow- iug dowu, SCHOONER SUNK, Oaweao, N. Y., Deo, 8.—Soliooner J, E. Hall, with whoa! from Youngstown, sunk yesterday oft Putueyville. A e QCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yonk, Doo, 8.—Arsived—Steamship Frauklin, from Btotii i DAVENPORT’S BUSINESS. Soectut Disateh to Phe Chicagy Tribune, Davexronrt, Ia, Doo, 8,—A recent commercial cousun of the citlos of Davenport, Dubuque, and Burlington showa that Davenport has 784 b houses | Dubuque, 0664 j and Burling. ton, 662, Davenport stands far shead of any other oity in Towa. ; INDIANAPOLIS. 'Irinl of n Conncilman on a Charge of Corruption. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Inpranarons, Ind., Deo, 3.—Tho trinl of Ed- ward Tengur, Councilman of the Fifih Ward, chargod with ofiicial corruption, took place this afternoon before the Counell, resulting in n vor- dict of acqnittal, Thovoto stood 14 for gullty, ond D for not guilty. A two-third vote iu nee- essary to conviet. The ovidence shiowad corrup tion dlently onough in saying to tho Lafayolte Toilrond offloial, ** If you put somothing into an onvolopo, and sond it fo my houso, 1t will bo all right,” but the requisite number failed to dis- com 1t, as indicated by thelr voto. ———— MORRIS. City Voto in Favor of Securing tho Location of a Manufacturing Coms pony. Epecial Diepateh to The Chieago Tribune. Monnis, Doc, 8.—Yosterdsy an informal eloo- tion was Lind to docido whothor the city should {gpuo bonds to tho smount of $19,000 to induce tho Bherwood Mauufacturing Company to re- movoe hors, Tho voto stood 980 in' favor to 62 agaiust, 1 e CASUALTIES. Seriously Injurcd By HBoing Onught in Machinery, CLEvELAND, O., Doc, 8,.—James Moors, an old and rospoated citizon of Sandurky County, 0., and for many years identifled with tho flouring intorests of {his soction, while working in Lis mill, near Fremont, O., to-day, was caught by the mach inery and geriously injured. Ono log was smashed nlinost to o jolly, one arm broken, and ho was injured internaily. His recovery is considorad doubtful. Two Mon Iilled By the Bursting of a Boiler. ; BT, Lous, Dec. 8.—By the collapse of a flue in tho bollor of tho Auchor Mills, at tho cornor of Tonty-third streot and Franklin avenuo, bo- tweon 11 sand 13 o'clock lnst night, Hebry Boppersauce and & man named Johngon wore ldls:d. No othor damago was dono. Accldentally Shote CinomsnaTi, 0., Doc. 3.—At Dayton this morn- ing Joln Burket, aged 17, was accidentelly killed by s toy pistol in tho hauds of a youngor brother, —_— BEES. Oonvention of tho American Does Xicepers? Soclety in Louisvilles LouisviLLg, Ky, Doc. 8,—Tho Notth Ameri- can DBee-Keepers' Bocioty mot in tho Publie Library Hall this morning, pursuant to the ad- journing resolution last year at Indianapolis With thirty members present. In tho sbsonco of tho Preaident, Dr, Hamlin, Vico-President, from Tenness eo, presided, Gon, Adair, of Kontuoky, boing thoB ecrotary protem, The session during tho day was taken up in a genoral conforence. An organization will bo Furloctcd Thureday, whon the regular ufficers will be prerout. Among prominent boo-keopors prosent aro Henry Dack- erton, of 1llinois ; Carolino Rogers, of Indiana ; M. Toines, of Tadisna; Asron Denedict, of Ohio; J, W. Winder, of Obio ; and_Mrs., Tup- por, of the Bee Journal, DosMoines, Iowa, THE DOCTORS. The Military Tract Medical Socicty at Galesburi. i Gatespune, I, Deo. 8.—~The Military Tract Homeopathic Medical Bociety was in session on Tousday and Wednosday, with larger atto ndance, and many valuable papers were read by delegates from the 8t. Louis sud Chicago medical societion. The ofticors for the ensuing year are : President, Dr. A, H. Dotter, Maquon ; Booretary, Dr.J. Harts Millor, Abingdon ; Trons- wror, J. B. .Viyon, Galesburg ; urmupnndi{l)lg Becretary, Dr. Parrons, Kowanes; Vico-Prosi- dont, E. K, Westfall, Bushnell, ADAMS COUNTY, ILL, Xts Agricultural Productions for 1873, The following extracts are taken from Dr, Farmor's raport to tho State Farmors' Assoola- tion for the yoar 1878, Adams Qounty bna twonty-one organized townships, Each township {s subdivided into gchiool and rond districts, ranging from ton to fifteen in each, governod according to number of goholara and highways, The Ordor of the Patrons of Husbandry, and Agricultural and Mochanical Associations, are yot in their in- cipioncy, and acourato statiatical information rolativo to the markotable productions and gradual incronso of wealth in mny county is vory diffoult to arrivo at, but ero lohg theso organizations of industry and mutual Dbopnefit will be in o condition to give tho most reliable information on all the toplcs within thelr sphere of action. ‘There should be a Qlub or Grange in cvory town- ship, to the Secretary of whioh priuted blanks can bo sent, tobo handed ovor to each school- tonclior in his town, one of these sont to esch farmer in that school-district to be filled up, and, when thoso are all returned to the Beore- tary, ho can forward his statoment to tho Secro- tary of the County Association, who, in turn, cnn compile and transmit it to the Becrotary of tho Stato organization ; and, in ordor that no collision may ocour a8 botween the Granges and Clubs, their Beorotarios should act in unison. Under our presont arrsugemont, I have found .it very dilloull to get ovon o basig of sction, and many depariments which shbould ba ombraced iz o report of this character I have boon compelled to omit entirely, Mho meohanical dopartment of Quinoy, Camp Poiut, and other towns will afford the subjoot of another report. WHEAT. Tho total number of acros in wheat is 63,254, from which we have a yield of U54,755 bushelxs,— & fraction oyer 1634 bushels to the sore. Eling- ton Township gives tho largest averaga por acro, Keono tho emallest, We may safely estimate that at lenst 601,067 bushols arc ralsed aund of- fered for mnrkei, the vosidue for Liomo nocossi- tios, At tho opuning of the market whoat com- manded, at the various purchasing points, $1.80 to 1.40, Tho suddon collapss in flnancial oir- olos roducod it to 81,—~thus mating o difference againat our farmers of $241,873.46, = CORN. At thia time (Oct, 2) corn has not hoen gath- orad. 1t is gerorally conceded that the aversgo will be about 80 bushels to ths ncro, though tho figures of estimates from tho bost-informed plnas it somowhat highor. Wo generally got os- timatee from the most intclligent portion, who aro in the main the most systematioand product- ivo olass. Taking this as s basis for tho 103,602 aoros in corn, the entite ?lnld of the county will bo 8,108,060 hushels, OFf this, nearly two-thirds will e consumed on the farms or transferrod to mont, loaving for markeiablo purposcs about 1,120,050 bushels ; estimated value, $600,000. HAY, Tuore aro 80,419 acres oxclusively used for the production of bay; estimated vield, 76,042 tons, Of this, ouly about one- fourth is sold, and this almost exclusively to Quinoy and interior towns. Baling and ehip- plnf umount to comparatively nothing, A gon- oral negloot of this brunch of husbandry charac- torizos our county ; but tho gradual wasto of our lands from ovor-oultivation now domands & ultnm‘ngukm fuvor of huy, pasturago, and raising of stook, 0ATS, ‘Twonty-nino thousaud elght hundred and throo uoros of oatw ylaldad 1,095,533 bushels. OF this, at lonut throo-fourths b nold to Quinoy oustgmn- ors and shippore. Avoiage price 23 ‘conts por !.;‘imfim' yiolding u revonue smounting to Sl’rr OTHER FIELD PRODUOTS, Not Inoludod in the above ontimate, tho coun- ty hias 9,841 pores in other Held produots, inolud- ing the most profitable, such ay gardening, vine- yards, berries, fruits, potatoes, &o. CATTLE, ‘The farmers have on hand, for eale or plip- ment, 11,644 hiead ; avorago price §40 per head, or o total of g4t0,080, HOOR. ‘Tho total number of hogs over 6 months old 18 67,204, Of this, it i enthnatod that about 40,000 will ba offarad fq Avorago or wnrket, weight 280 not, Cost to farmer per pound, un- der tho most fuvorablo olrcumstancos, 4 couts, “Potal, 8450,000, BUEEP. The county boasts of only 14,831 head of wheep, whioh'in_‘Texas would be & xmall smount for ous mau and thres dugs, From thess i§ is ostimated that wo soll about 6,000 aununlly, at an averago of 84 por houd, or.n total of 18,000, HONSES AND MULEN, TLargo numbers of thoso aro raiged, sold, and shippod to Euaternand Southern markots, No corroot number or profit ean at prosent bo are rived at, A TEUAPITULATION OF BALES OF PARMERS' PRO- DUOTE f 2601,007,00 170,012.50 449,020,00 4 283,160,00 15.1 080,00 001,007 b whest at $1 776,875 It vats at 220, 1,600,000 bu corn at 4vo,, 10,010 tons biny ot $46,.0e . 11,642 neat cattlont £40.. 40,000 Liogs, l“ ") 000 rlooy .00 Gther field-productn, ~ Viuoyards, potataes, &o. 492,050,00 Tolaleeesrsere versrensbaneesas$3,026,870,60 Buch 18 tho statlatioal condition of the caunty for the curront year, ovidontly falling far short of tho ordinary dovelopment, as wo had nnprace- dentodly cold woathor during tho past wintor, a Iato spring, and an unususlly dry summor. It will, howevar, oll things conaldered, compato fu- vorably with adjoining counties, Rospoctfully yours, &o, W, H, Fanyen, Loraino, Adams Gounty, Til. 8. I}I‘ ‘Snurn, Boorotary ftate Farmors' Asgo- ciation, POMOLOGY. Third Annual Mcoting of the Michi= gan State Pomolorical Soclety. Spectal Correspondence of The Chicano Tribusie. Barrie Onusk, Mich,, Dac, 3, 1673, Tho first seasion of the third annusl meoting of the Michigan State Pomologicnl Bocioty took place at Poninsular Iall to-day. Tho meoting whs enlled to order by Presideut Dyckman, Secrotary Thompson prococded to read the following lsttor from Patrick Barry, of Rockna- ter, N. Y., widely known for the last quarter of a contury ag ono of tho firat horticulturists of his Stato: % Rocnestxn, N, Y., Nov, 27, 1873, J. P, Thompson, Esq,, Grawd ltapids, Mich, Dean B1n s Your fuvor of ths 10th juat, camo early st haud, A Nutional Contennial Hortlcultural Socloty ‘was vrganizod in Philadelphia in Soptember, for the purpose of aidiug the Horticultural Commission, by tnking churge of the orticnltural and Pomological Departmonts of the groat Exposition, Committces are now engaged $u propiriug plana for bufidings, such &g plont-liguses, connervatorios, otc, ; alao, for tho ground appropriated to this purposc, ‘I intentlon §g to buvo a orticultural and pomo~ Togienl cxhifbition nuch as han never before been: ¥oon, —all States participating, Wo want, in overy Stutc, ou oficlont committes, who will awakon an inierest on tho subject, oud tuke auch steps s will securo on Tionorabio reprosentation of thelr Btato, in fta gardon aud orchard products, on this occaslon, Thv bout horticuitural establishments in Europo will b repre- vented, Wo shall ook for a graud display from your favorito Stute, und for such porsons sa will organize 1le State Committec, Ipholl toke pleasuro in keeping you sdvised of progross, Youra truly, PATINOK DBARKT, The Prosident appointed a committeo of threo to consider Mr. Borry's lettor, The Beorotary presented to the Bocioty an ap- ple from A. C. Gliddon, of Paw Paw, who wished its status dotermined. It had goue by tho name of the Western Baldwin, but wss afterwards called tho Rubicon. Tho queation of the status of the spple waa referrod ton committes of 0, The Secrotary read an account of the action proviously takon by tho Legislature for making an appropriation for tho Btate Pomological Boclety, The bill for tho appropriation had passed both Iouses, but was aftorwards lnidon tho tablo. ‘The namos of membets of the Logislature who voted for and agaiuet the bill were rand, ‘Clie bill was lost by the docigion of the Speaker, who doclared that tlio appropriation was for private purnosgs. Tho Socrotary deniod that it was for & private_ pur- posoe, ‘Tho Pomological Boolety intorested all, and, thereforo, was not of a private character. Mr. 1% 'l Lyen, of Plymouth, Wasyne County, siatod that tho bill was unfortunately lost by be- ivg introduced at the close of tho "Logislative uossion, The Becrotary gave a verbal roY‘m-t to the Prasidont from o band of hunters with whom he Lad hod an interview, They wished it stated thiat this would bo an opon winter; the signs of the musk-rat and benr indicate such, Othor fl igua wero atated in proof of tho huntors’ nsser- ona. Mr, Goorge Parmeleo, from Old Mission,— tho largest fruit-grower in the Btate,—made some remarks coucerning the dostructive cold of last wintor, Thethermometer in his soction hnd not fallen below 13, and no where in that vicinity bolow 18, He gave somo intoresting descrip- tious of how fruit trees were protected from ice and snow in his section. Mr, Btoolo, of Northport, made some remarks concorning peach-troos, tWhon spring oponod he commenced Emnlng his trees, not boing ablo to discern that his troes had been killed, 80 por- footly had the live state of the branches beon preservod. My, W. H, Adame, of Benzie, had ongaged in fruit-oulture in the Grand ''raverso rogion, more us an exporiment to see whether fruit codld bo own tliore. In Jate yoars frult-growing lad | ecomo an important oceupation thero, and had proved o guccess, The snow in his rogion is doeper than ou the Penlusula, nerally £ foet doop,—but continually melts during the wintor, tho ground freczing but little. Prof. Cook, of Ingham Couunty, stated that tho {ruit that hod most beou killed was _the Swoet Bough apple. Orchards that Lad boen culti- vated for crops Lind fared tho worat. C. N. Merriman, of Grand Rapids, and James @G. Husted, of Dowell, made some remarks upou the effect of tho pnst winter. Mr. Husted did not deem that o mild wiutor would be an advan- tage, though the muskrat and bear signs may rovo true, Tho injury to fruit had been dircct- v from cold woather, sud not from snow or ice, A stoady cold wiutor wouwld be best. Mr. Husted moutioned in dotail the kinds of applo that stood tho tost last winter. Nr. J. M. Stearus, of Xalamazoo, thought that, if the winter was fovorable, » good crop of fruit from Knlamazoo could be oxpected next year. The drought tlis summer did as much damago to the fruit as the wintor., Tho last winter is going to thin out somo of our best varioties; of lenst, if such easons continue, many favorite varieties will disappear, Adjournod until evening, C.M, L. —— DEATH IN THE CUP. Hlorrible Case of Polsoning in Mon. treal-«Seven Peorsons Dead and Threo More Fatally sici. KFrom the Montreal Gazette, Nov. 28, On Wednesday night o man namoed Flaherty brought to bis dwelling iu ‘'abb’s Yard, Hermino stroet, o lnrgo vessol conlsining about a hslf a gallon of liquid, 1o was attracted by its odor and taste, sud, bent upon a carouss, invitod a number of his frionds aud neighbora to drink with him. The inyitation was gladly accopted, and somo ten porsons wero msoon ongaged swallowing glass aftor glaes of tho deadly liquor in full confidenco of ils genuine- ness. Ono of tho party was a boy 10 yeara of age, nomed Thayer, who was supplisd veith & tumblor full. From all socounts a drank- ou night wos spent bfi the morry associates, and they soparated to their various abodes, The firat to becomo ill was tho boy Thayer, Early yesterday morning ho was attacked with vomit- ing and burnivg paiva, Those who had asaisted him to hiy doow agsembled round him. Unsus- picious of their impending fate, thoy did what Lhn{ could torolieve his frightful agony. But while s0 enfingcd tho banerul polunn began its torrible worlt in thelr midst. Thoy experionced tho same symptoms 88 the lad Dbefore them. Thelr fears for him woro soon couverted into alaym for themselves, and those who had gathored to allay his writhing pains wore shortly in tho throos of donth, Attracted by thoir orios the noighbors entered {he Louso, and there witness- ed a seono nover to bo forgotten. In aroom of outrageonsly small"proportions the man Flahor- ty, tho unwitting author of the tragedy, lay with Lis wifo, both ut tho SWF of doath, Another room of equally small dimensions contained n man named Harkey and his wife, apparently dy- ing, wlilo in yot snother box—wa cannot cull them rooms—was & tuoly-built young man, William Drounau, writhing in foarfal agony, In another house {u the yard Are, Duun, & momber of tho previous ovouthg's party, was aleo groau- ing In_paln. Medical auristance was soon pro- cured, Dugdule, Laroeque, and Major arriv- ing nhort!y after the horrible dixcovery, Al that professional ukill could suggest and willlng Lhands could oxacuto was dona to avert tho fato of tho dylug oucs, Antidotes were administered toall, but unfortunately without effect. L'lio boy Thayor died shortly ‘sftorwards, Harkey's wifo was naxt to sucowmb, Thore sho lny in n misorable bunk, her husband lusoneible to hor Yale owing to his own suttaiinge, ~ Tlahorty dld not burvive lonf; aftor lis wifo, who died in tho aftornoon, Tius four of the sufforars died within & vm?' fow houre, The other lingered on in frightful agony, sud at 9 o'clock Just night Alrs, Duun was & cospse, Ona of those who composed the party of tho previons ovoning was so Infatuated with tho liquor that ho filled a bottle with it and took it to his _rosidonco in Bydenham streot, Quoboo su- burbs, Upon hearing of thia strentous efforts woro mado (o provent its consumption. How far theso uiforts woro succogsful it was difticult to anoortain last night, Al gorts of conioting ru- mors were olroulating, A largo number a0 usid 10 have imbibed the polion 1n 52z beizkbow hood, and at 11 o'clock Inat night wo wero in- formed that flvo had diod, 'Thin roport, how- over, conld nat bo subatantinted o inquiry. T'ho only relinblo death wo vonld learn of in tho Quobeo suburbn was (hat of the man abova re- forred to, named Atking, The death of u brothor of tho mnu Ilarkey was nlso annonnced, hut it is possiblo that ko was confounded with Atklus, ‘Tha otlior sufforors wora fn o vory precarious condition at our Intest visit, Harkoy was vory ill, and tho young man Drennan waa sald to bo dylng, Mri. Dronnan, his mothor, who nlso portaok of tho poinon, la the ouly ono likely to racovor, Quito n small istory attachos to tho polson itwolf, On tho 24th fuat., n bottlo contnining about hnlf a gallon of vinum colchicl was sout by oxpross wagon from Mossrs, Lvans, Mercor & Co, to Monurs, Bourquo & Co., drupgists, 1't, Antoine streot, Tho lator rofusod to uccupl it on the ground thut tho ordor was nn oror. It was rotursed to _tho _eartor, whe In duo courso roportod to Mossts. Livong, Morcor & Co. 'I'hus far the mattor is perfootly Plain, But how it enme into tho pos- weaslon of Flahorly is a slight mystery. ‘Tho Iatter himsolf atatod that ho found the bottle in Alexandor streot, but this {aan improbable atory. 1t I ourcontly bolloved that it waa stolen from the wagon by Tlaherty, sud the man's antece- donts aro such ns to sitongthon the suspicion, ‘Tho dentbs aro as follows: Donjnmin Y'hayer, William I\‘lll.mr!,;I and wifo, Mrs, Iavioy, Mrs, Duun, Atking, Iarkey, brother of the “one in Hormino atreot (doubtful). Tho others yot Il aro Mra, Drennan, William Dreunan (roported at 12 dying), and Harkey. A DRUMMER-BOY'S LUCK. cl Bryan’s Romaricable Prom iy Nrinis on the Rond-=Rench. ing Japun with o Silver Quarter, &to Leaves ns DI Imporinl Majesty’s Speeint Commissioner. Washington (Nov, 25) L‘wbrtapundanu af the New York Sitit, There aro many of your readers who are igno- rant of tho fuct that the Japnneso Govornminut lins catablishod o postal servico, and that it has ontorad into a rogular postal treaty with the Unitod Btates. A still Inrgor number do not yot know what hos given the anclent Ewmpire such a lorious start in tho raco of progress. The wtory iy a8 plonsaut s it is mstructive, and horo iu: With ono of the Ohio regimeuts that paesed through Washington at tho begiuning of the war camo A diummor boy, Samuel M, Bryan, about 20 yoars old. Ilo onlisted nt Cadiz, Lho hiome of Joln A, lllufihmn, but after av expo- rienco of & fow months he scoured o dischnige, obtained omployment in one of the departments, and by porseveranco and patieuco soon worke himself iuto o clerkelip in tho Sixth Audilor's oftico at n salary of 1,600 & year, and was placed iu chargo of what is jnown'as the British Mail desk. In this position he becamo thoroughly acquaintod with our foreign mail syatem, and ob- tained also an excollent goneral knowledge of pontal business in all ity various departmonta, Ono day, alter reading an acoount of the Jap- suose Limbassy's roception at Ban Franeisco, the thought arogo in hLis mind that while Jnpan had attempted to introduco our Intorusl Rove- nuo aud Agriculturnl Burean systems, she Lnd a8 yot made no offort to establish & Postal Do- partmont. He argued that the Govorunmont which could so clearly ree the advantagon of #yatem in the workings of the agricultural and rovonuo dopurtmeuts could not ho blind to the importanco of a plan by which tho general intel- ligenco could bo most. mpidlr and most cheaply ftributed among its poople, Filled willt the thought that he might be the monus of con- ferring o lasting benofit upon Japan, while he Liimself might occupy a promincit position in tho line of promotion to immortality, he lost no timo in survoying tho fleld aud preparing for action. His first atop was to introduce himsalf to the Hon. Jacob A, Ambler, Member of Congress from the SBovonteenth Ohio Distriot, + ] should buve gona to Mr. Bingham," said e to the Congressman; * but he is 8o lazy that ‘Iknaw Lo would do nothivg but muke prom- ses.’ Trom Mr. Ambler young Bryan learncd that the Japaneso Government had no postal eer- vice, but that, according to Minister Moui, at- tampts woro being mude to ostablish one. He next called upon Alr, Mori, but recefved no en- couragemont, ‘Whon Mimster Do Long nrrived with the Jnpanese Embossy, Bryan obtsined an iotro- duction to him from his good [riend Mr, Ambler, From ITavre ho goes to Paris, and atter nogo- tinting n tranty with Franco ho vislts Jorlin and Tondon. 110 expeots to accomplish his mission and raturn to tho Unitod States by noxt July. When ho comau bacl ke will hava ‘tho dies for tho Jopnuneso nanEn ongraved, and purchase n Inrgu quantity of bags and bagging, aud other matorinl noodod in tho mail wervico. 1o hins an nualutant ot #6,000 n year, and two clorks at £2,600 ench to travel with him. While Anyshimi Hisaki I8 nominnlly Postmastor-Gonornl of Ja- pon, Bryau fn thoroal hoad of the dopartruent, It was nt Bryan's suggestion that Bayehimi I1i- enkl was rafsed from an inferior clerkship in the Tinanco Departient to tho position ko now oce cuples, and the gratoful chiof fa the young Anierlean’s most dovoted friond. Japan has nover had what conld bacealled & pontal sorvico, There was a sort of postal ex- Fruxs through differont parts of the island, but t did not meot the requiroments of the people. ‘Phie Govornment s now for tho first timo hav- ing survoys mado, with the view of oatablishing post-roade, and the work, Mr. Bryau thinks, will bo finished Loforo his return. S i ot THE ASHANTEE WAR. The First Battlc--Capturc of Essocos MowsThreo Towns DostroyedwskEout of the SavagesseIiumorod intontton of the Ashontoes to Altuck Cuape QConst Castles > i "The following news has beon recolved in Lon- on ¢ Care Coast OasTLE, Oct, 27.—I'ive villagon, barboring Ashantees, liavo boon destroyed, Our loss s tvo killed aud Lwenty-four wounded. An attack on tho onomy's comp s in progress to- day, Tuo Ashantco retreat Is cut off. Our forcos, aftor thirteon days' succoasful buah- fighting, havo destroyed four villages. Tho opoerations were ~conducted with se- creoy, and s comploto_surprisc wns of- fected, Col. Maonoil and Privates Walsh aud Broderick aro sovorely wounded. Capts. Froo- mantle and Forbes, and & seaman, Howard, with twonty nogroos, wero ullghtlfi wounded, and two nogroes wero killed, Tho Ashantaes are attompt- Ing to withdraw, cnrrylnf,' prigonors and plunder neross tho Prah. At midnight on tho 19th 103 marinos from the Simoom, sixty-fiva Weat Indian ]\rl\'ntm’ from the shoro, Gen. Bir Garnet Wolze- oy and staff embarked on bosrd Her Mn’iesty'a shipa Barracouta and Decoi, and preceeded “to ZElmine undor cover of night. ‘'his body of men, reinforced by forty-six_ofticors aud mon of tho Barracouta, landed at Elmings, whoro they wero foined by « parly of 126 Houssus. Tho Ashan- teos of tho towns of Amponso, Akimfoo Amqua- no (on tho const), and Ashuman Asssmou (in- laud), hoving ~ feoquontly larbored and suppliod tho Ashantees with nrms, oetc., woro (ho ones proceeded agalnst,—a largo body of Ashanteos botug roported to be in the vicinity of theso towns, A parly of mon from tho Bar- racoutn garrisoned Forts William aud 8t. Jagoat Lhming, tho Simoom's men and batteries of tho Naval Brignde garrisoning Capo Coast Castle and itu forts. The Argus and Docoy moved up tho const end auchorod off tho Cossol Roofs, the sienm Inunch of the Barracouta aud the paddie- box boats of the Argus going inalde of tho roefs, from whonce thoir guns were flred with great cflect, On tho throo first-named towns ot 8 n, m, on ths 1dth, tho Argus oponed fiie b 2,000 yards raugo. immedintoly on landing the oxpe- dition on shoro marched oft about four milos and a half in o northeast dircction, oxchanging firo with the enemy as thoy went. The field-guns Laving buen got into position under a smart fire, most of the casualtiea happened hore. Tho town of Essccomew, Issumbuno on the now nmap (more vropnrly Eueumong, waa taken and destroyed. ‘I'he onemy wera in largo wumnbers m tho bushes, Their loss must Lavo boen con- siderablo, but the busl wasso thick that littla could bo seen of them. That town having boen doutroyed, the expedition struck off ot right nugles forthe westward, for tho const at Am« pouce and Akimfoo, and, taking the eoowy thero m the roar, drove thom towards thesoa. The Avgus and ' Decoy Iandod their crows, sholtered under tho reofs (and undor cover of Lhoir ship's fire), thus forming a second naval brignde, The whole forca closing in, the enemy was ronted with geeat loss, but the numbers of their killed are not known, The pinces being destroyed, the Qoueral, Cnpt, Freemantle, and staff em- Dbarked on board the Decoy and proceeded to Crpo Coast Castle, the naval brignde and army marching_back to Elmina, Tho naval brigsdo sud marines being all (oxcnxt wounded) em- barked bofore midnight, the Argus returned to Eimiun, the Borracouta to Cape Const Castlo. Tho naval Lrigade is ready to land at the first and, atter fally cxpluining bis plans, received | Bignal. Lhe stenmer Warreo has arrived and from Mr. De Long assurauces of his oarnest co- operation. The chiof mon of the Embassy wore delighted with the explauations of the outhusiast, and wero easily won to promiso their aid n tho prosccution of his entorprise. Thoy had no authority to enter into any arrangoment with him, but urawd him to go at once to Japan and emmt directly with the Imperial Govern- ment. **This was flattering,” said Bryan to mo the other day—for you must know he was some time in Wash odvice ? ithout money, without moneyed friends to asuist mo, what could I do? Mr. Do Long came_to my aid with a_happy suggestion. 1t was simply to put myself in communication with the Pacific Mail Stenmship Company, lny my plans before thom, sccure an appointment as agent Sor tho line, and while in Japan press my sohome upon the Governmont,” Backed up by Minister De Long, who, on his departure for Iuropo, loft him o Jotter of intro- duction and recommendstionto be Lnuded to the Dresidont of tho Pacific Mail Stet\muhi[lx)cum- pany, Bryan was appointed Purser in the branch lina plying in the Lastern waters, aud received o freo tickot from San Fraucisco to Yokohama, Loaving §300 with hiu wifo ho started for New York with $75 in his pocket, Yrom O, P, Hunt- ington, Vico-Presidont of the Contral Pacific, to whom ho bore lotters from the Postinstor-Gon- exnl, ho recoived a pass oyer the road from Og- den to Ban Franciuco. At Council Blufls o pur- chased an army ofticer's ticket ovor the Union Paciflc, for which Lo paid €38.50, and had just $2.50 in curroncy left. On the train he met the mail clork, who en- geged him as his aesistant, ‘This made it un- necoegary to use his ticket, and whon ho renched Ogdou he sold it for £41,60. In San Frauncisco Lo obtained from n friond o latter of introduc- tion to H, M. Miller, the chicf officor of customs in Japan, aud on reaching Yokohams aftor s ploasunt prgsnge,, his cash capital amounted to 25 couta n silver, At Yokohama he met with Mr. Do Long, who advised him to go at oncs to Yeddo. ** I was ngain in pecuniary troublo," continned Mr. Bryan. ‘*A third-cless ticket to Yeddo, cightoon miles away, was only 8734 ronts, but that was just 193¢ cots moro than ‘L had in tho world. was not discouraged. I cullod upon Nr, Millor, presontod my lettor, and asked tho loan of &5, which was given with cheerful alac- rity. At Yeddo I met Mr, De Long's iuterproter, by whom I ws introduced to tho luterpretor of tio Court, who arranged o mesting botween my« solf and the Ministor of Foreign Affairs. But little was done at thia interview, Two wooks alipped nway, nod my purse wes again cuapty. I went back to Yokolnma, saw Capt. Lauo, agont of tho Paciflc Mail Company, told Lim what had brought me to Japan, entarged upon the beneflts that must acerue to the Company in tho oventof my succoss, and borrowed of Lim 250 Mexican dollars. At the end of two monthas Oapt. Lano advancod me $250 more, and this sum carried me through.” “Then you met with extraordinary success,” eaid I * Well, yos; but I had to overcome many dif- fleultios, s8 you shall loarn. Aided Ly Mr. De Long, I was soon anabled to lay my plaus Lofore the Ministers, I found thom vory intolligent, quick to pereoive, willmg to listen aud lonn, and prompt to act. But now came my tiials, You know overy Government Lhat is In commor- cial Intereourso with Japan Lus its own mail gorvice, Our Consuls aot a4 Postinsters, and so do the French, Dritish, and Gorman Consuls, ‘The Britieh Consuls, who had nvflgthlng thoir own way in Japan until the arrival of AMr, De Long, were violently opposod to me and my plaus. 8o wore our own Consuls, Whataver thoy could do to ombarrnes mo and prevent ao- tion by the Government they lost o time i do- fug, Dut for this fufluonce T should have ac- cumfyllsuud my ubjoct i two or threo months at furthest, But 1succeoded at last, aund to my rmm. oy an imporial odict was issued entablish- ng o Post-Oflico Dopartment, with Mayshiml 1junki us Postinnator-Gonoral. T was appiumted Lis Imperial Majesty's Special Commissioner to nogotiato n pustul trenty with the United States, Groat Britain, Franco, ‘and Gormany, and my ealary fixed at 6,000 Mexicon dolluts Por unnum, with an allowanaa of $800 & mouth for traveling oxpon jes, sullrond faro aud like oxponsos belug extra, His Majouty ullowod me §600 to come pontiaco me for the delay to which I bhad beon subjeoled, and £500 more for pasago wmonoy by steamor to tho United States." *¢Ilow have you succeeded with the authorl- tlen at Washington? " I asked, “Yory woll, mdoed,” was tho roply. “T liave negotiated o ‘mnt.y with thin Goyornmont which I vory favorablo,” T'lia rates of postuge uro to bo 15 conts per ounce for the fuut yoar, and 12 contd thoroaftor, ‘Tho raten will nol bo ruiwed even should the subsidy paid to tho Pacifio Mail Company bo withdrawn, anch Goy- ciumunt agrecing to pay its duo proportion of the earrying exponses, Tho treaty Las juut baen wuflrmn“ll:( o Tmperisl Govorumeant."” Ay, Bryan alled for Havie on Hatusdsy, young ton—** but how could I follow their gone on to tho Volts, where Capt. Glover's.ox- pedition i8 gotling into splondid conditiou. Tho report that the Ashanteos had broken up their camp at Mempon ard commencod to rotront hing caused considerable excitement Lere. On the momiufi of the 26tk Sir Garnet Wolseloy marched out with the marines and o naval brignde, with tho intention of ouiting off tho retrout of tho Ashantoes. His destination was understood to Lo Dunquab, According, however, to another report, the Ashautees havo advanced, and are within a fow miles of thio town, whilo Sir Gar- net Wolaoloy has roached Accroful. All the troops from Elmina and Cape Const are in tho bush, and severs fighting is hourly expeeted. Intelligenco hnd reached Accra ant the bo- inning of October that tho King of Ashantoo fiud asgombled all bis flghuu%-mnn, and_was marching with an army etiaight on Cope Const Castlo. Auolher army was advancing through the Akim country on the Cheble. A third army follows that of the King 88 o resorve. 1f thiy information is correct, all tho nrzan;;emoutu for Capt. Glover's advanco from the Yoltw will bo upsot. Cape Const Caatlo itsolf Is almost un- protected, most of the West Indian troops boing absent o dotachment at the various forts on tho conat, while, ns to the TFantcos, thoy are almost uxoless a8 nuxiliaries, having been thoroughly cowed by & succession of defouts, LAND-LOOKING. A Business Peculiar to the Pincricy=- Notes of Elow Kt is Donc-«Ecst for the Woods this Wintors Trom the Tlay City (3Mich,) Chronicle, The land-lookor is & man who is found only in the great lumber districts, 1o bus o business unlike any with whick tho public is familiar, aid not unfrequently ho is as peculiur as his calling, His dosignution itsolf 18 s misnowmor, for he looks not 5o much for or at_the land as for tho pine which may bo on it, Huntivg up pino tracta iu his business, eaud, a8 may bo imagined, it takos hun constautly boyond the bounds of civiltzu- viow, Ilis onthit is sumple, but his knowledgo of tho woods is profound, and not soou to be soquired. In the cmaploy of somo capitalist ha sturts off into tho wildornoss, and though, he way wander for days through trackless soli- tudes, he alwuys knowa the very section of land Lo js upon. Ly long exporiencs, ha can teli, walking aoross & section Irom side to side, or from cornor to corner, as muy bo nccessary from the lay of tho land to detormine the point be iy after, ubout how much piue it will cut, and tho par cont of upper quutilies of lumber to be counted on fvom ita product, ‘Tho various con- ditions of lumboring on s given seotion, noar- ness to rafting strosms, ote., and mauy other points, entor futo Lis observations, Irom his roports the ocapitalist buys tho lund with as much cobtidence in its value for lumbering as he would have in the worth of a horse whoso paces he could try before investing in him. The land-looker’s totos are thus trequently ox- ceodlingly valunble, worth thonsands of dollarg to tho miu who bas tho moans to take advantage of the information thoy contain, Tho laud-lookor i taking s rest this wintor, and giving the woods a rest. The uumber of capitalists who aro anxiouw: to buy eveu tho choicest ** forties™ is oxcoedingly small just now, Monoy is to scarce aud the future too un- certain, whilo the nocessitios of tho presout aro oo prosaing to allow much atioution to opera- tions in pine Jand, Anything loss than a gold nino which would yield dvuble ocugles, roudy colned and with no attouding oxponse of mining, would fall to attract just now, The lucky oncs who Lold valuablo pino tracts know thoy bave u #alo thing sud a geod one, uud aro contont not to tompt fortuno furthor by extonding opora- tions {n theso uncortain times, ‘' land-lookor 16 therofore spunding bis time in tho ocities and towns hersabouts, and a8 & fauarul thing Le cou- trives to get it off his hnunds with tolorable succoss in the way of enjoying it. CE il MISCELLANEQOUS. A Dlondo woman s considered & fright in Ruesia, . ~A hiaryland man wouldn't stop smokivg for tho sako of marryiug o gitl worth 860,000, —Tho Bhioshoneo oath {13 **'The sun soos mo the caith hoors me; I will not lie,” —An Iows widow wouldn't sell 2,300 pounds of ool during the war as sho wanted $2 per pound, snd #ho bas 1t in the barn yet, —Au Indisua Judgo has dooided that a woman bas & right to cuft ber hived;girl for loaving an ontalde door opon, ~—A ply swallowed a year ago by & young lady in Frauklin, Kan,, latoly came out through hor loft avo, outively dostraying tho sight, ~1'he 400 giris av Vasear Collogo are obliged to vivo we b o'¢lock {n tho worning, and ave uot nallowed to heve beaux except in tho proseice of threoold lnches, ~The **deportment " Professor of a Conneot- lout femalo seminary jusists that the publio shall not bo atlowad to intrudo while the youug Iadios indulge in thoir haymlosa gume of 1:3)—1.03. ~1lie people of Ouwaha are variously sad ploneantly alluded to by outsidern as ' Omahogs,” “Omahoeses,” and ** Omahorribles." —A member of tho it Paul City Council, bellaving that.townn ehonld dispenso with such Inxurios a8 parka thewo hard times, moved, the other day, that the city sell out a €100.000 plot recontly purchaged for a park, and tho matter 14 xww’})em ing. ~Tho pmfillnn of medical ndvieor to the tribo of Lulnre Indiany in Californin is vacant. ‘Iho Into fneumbeut had intrusted to his cnre n numbor of sick Indinns, all of whom, unfor- tunately, diod, upon which o grand council was held, and the medicing-mun was condomned to death and promptly exceuted. ~—'I'ho Rov, Colin Burleigh says of tha provail lns{ stylo of fominine attiro: *Wombn wad originnlly oreated n biped, and tho Croator doubtless intondod her to remnin o biped ; but rt Ercnnnt, thouks to her swinging, trailing, cum- rous dreas, womnn [u forced to mako use of her Liands in locomoting through any narrow pne= sage-way, up or downestairs, and so virtually reduced to a quadrupad,” —In somo fields noar Doncnster, Eng., tha following wurning is posted : * Remombor the Sabbath to keep it holy, Boware, my friende, vour names aro known; if you trespaus on those Tolds, or toueh my rabblie_ you will be prosaouts ed nceording to law." Hora followa the name of hctlnrgymnn——unc of the richest in tho dis~ rict, —An acadomy to extond higher oducation to fomales was openod in Elsinfers on the 224 of Soptomber. _Alrendy nincty-throa ladic have ontered the institution. 'Lho” brauches thoro to bn taught aro tho foflowing: Universal history, history of Finland, Finnish language, Swodisl giemmar, history of litoraturo, religion and church history, psychology, physics, popular Physiology, bygtene, and mathomatics, ~—An English railway compavy dorives hand- somo incomo from the foigatfulness of its pac- songers. Abnrecont salo of unclaimod property which had accumulated during the prat year thers wero sold 11,0856 wmbrollan, 1,166 sun- shades, and 812 \u}kmg-»llcku, not o mention various articles of clofhing, ~—Lobsters ara naw cultivated in a salt water pond on the Now Ingland cosst. ‘Ihe pond covars thirty acros, and is so arranged that tho wator 18 partly cheugod at oach tido, Tho food supply connists of refuso from the Doston flsh markats, and duting tho first yoar15,000 markot- able lobsters wero sold, —A Moxican Congrossman i eaid to have dis- covered n now aud jugenious way for floating rallrond bond¢. 1o has introduced into tho Mexican Congress a law whiclh makes avery citizon betwaeh 18 and 45 liablo to military duty, and to bo drafted into tho army ; but among the clagsos oxcepted are_all persons_owning one or moro sbaren in n national railrond. ) —A couvention of tho advoeatos of an air-lino railroad routo from the citics of the Northwest, via Cnmborland Gap, Ashville, N. C., and Columbis, 8. C., to Cfiuflu»mn, isto bo hold in the last-named city on tho 11th {ust,, undor tho auspicos of its Chamber of Commerce. Tho ropresontativo railroad men of Souch Carolina will be present, and iuvitations have beou ox- tonded to loading railroad and business mon throughout the Weat. —A French medical writer lins oxamined 900 cases of suicido, and doduces thierotrom tho fol- lowing conelugions : Philcsopliical or promodis tated suicide is nccomplisbed usually during the night or a liftle before dnybreak’; nccidoutal suicide, on tho contrary, during tho day, becanse then the oxciting causo appears, Tho matnot also varies with the ago. In early youth it ia usually by hanging ; this, duving munlood, i abandonod for the uue of firearms ; and ns the bodily vigor declines in old age, tho method by Langing is again adopted, —A J'ounsylvania faraor is also an auctioncer. o ig Itkowiso & Profossor of music, sud rung four singing echools with_an sggrogata of 200 pupils. 1Io is also married, —A_ cork manufacturor was rocontly ‘sum- moned in London for the recovery of n dobt, when ho unid that all tho cork used in tho mo- tropolis came from that portion of 8pain which was hold at the prosent moment by the Carlists ; and gines tho war the cork manufacturern of the United K]IlF(lOm had been utterly rufnoed in theu business. ‘Thoro was no hope of a change until tho termination of tho war. Within tho pasl fow days the prico of cork bas advanced 10 pet cent., snd wau likely to increase rather than di- minish., e bimsolf had to digcharge all his Lands and tako to journey-work. —The Gns Conumnitteo of the Fort Waynt Common Council, who went to Cloveland te #0o how waphths answered the purpose of a streot {lluminator, were o well pleased thal they rosolved to introduce it into Fort Wuyng rather than pay the oxorbitant prico demanded by tho Gns Company for gas. ‘They contracted for a suficient numbor of Jamps to light the city, and » fow over, for §1,460, and they will bo put up within thirty deays. ‘The coutract with tho Gas Compauy has oxpirad, and the stroets will remain in darkness till the lamps are put up. Cloveland has lighted & numbor of back streots with napltha for some yoars, ata cont of 827 a lamp por year, They givo great satis- faction. : —Tho country is full, not only of patent-right peddlors, but tlioso who go around rrlfih!uuina farmors Into paying for using sates and Larrows} and now they ara in this 'émm threateniug ta prosecuto oll who aro using three-horse double- troos. Ono in Denton County is demanding 25 of each ran, and o corrospondent of tho Prairis Farmer saye huudreds bave paid this. It is enid tlero is an organization of thom, and thoy pro- poso to vislt every ucighborhood in the State. Thoy say it t & paying business, as they find many greon onos.—Burlinglon (1a.), Hawk Eye. —_— NEW ORLEANS MARKE®. Nzw Onrraxs, Dsc, i—BreapstorFg—Flour in good local demnnd; XX, $6.00; XXX, $0.60@7.50 § g_;mu;,ss‘ns. Corn quiet 8t 750, Oats eusy at 55@ . Lnax—Stoady at £1.00, lav—Duil ; prim 00+ chofce, $27.00, Tiiovestons—Pork quiet nt§14,625, Dry-valt abiouls ders qulot at 6igo 3 cloar sldes, Ti/c. Bacon in battor domand and ‘firmor at 03(@6%@T@8EA% B8N c, Choice hams searco; old, 10@ Lard, cholco Tes finod scarco and Arm ; tiereo, B30 ; keg, V4@10c. Guoornres—Sugar dull snd drooping; common, B3f ; good to fatr, T@T4c; prime to cholce, 8@8Yc, Molabson firm ; centrifugal, 903505 falr, 48@4003 prime to cholce, 55@30c, Wskr—Dull at 9¢@Jc for Cincinnatl, ot et dlig KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET. Snecial Disnateh to The Chicano Tribune. Kaxaas City, Mo, Dec, 3,~OATT! Receipts, 600 ; shipmeuts, 200, The market is Hf , and prices are nominally unchanged. Iioas—Recelpts, 3,800, Tho merket {s firm and active, The weather is cold and wintry, uud packing operations nre brisk, Sales, 3,000, mostly st $3.76, ‘The extrewe rango is §3,50@4.60, s R S N PITTSBURGH OIL MARKET, Prrrepunan, Dec, 3,~—Crude petroleum in good de mand at Th@8Ta 3 refined quiet at 1, SPECIAL NOTICES I{c]l;fi:()‘ld's Buchu Ts tho oply rollabla remcdy for dlasascs of the urinacy or. O mua. s o st bo" Lenpored wpon b3 e ara lud Yo lcera that ho abanco of tho colsbeatod Dr. Tehmbold liaw Bt proventud s sonttnued manotac. tura of tha Huabu, %0 woll known ‘s tho anly eiticioni romody fur disuxscs ‘of thy ya and uriunry organt. “There ars countoricliy of 0st oxcellent inedicine, Gionuing hes hropristor's piivala stwwp, JOUN T LINILY, Now York, Belu Agont. Schenck’s Mandrake Pills, Thaso pills ara eompnsnd uxolusively of vogotablo fn- grediunts, and althougil thoy onticely suporsods tha nsa ST moreury, do uot loavo uuy of s injurlousoffacts, Tnoy cedizootly upon the livar, and aro o valuablo Tamody (a ull casos of deraugoucnt_rosultiug from & disordur ata(oof that ogau, Liver Gomplaiut, Biitlona Disardors, Tudlcoution, Siok 1lusdaohy, Tpooflt Fevors, &a.. do., all sticou® to tha froa use Gt Scuonok's Maadraks' Pilla, For sala by ull druggists nud doalors, WANTED, PARTNER WANTED, Iiithor apcelal or sotive, with oapital or orodit of B50,000 20 §10,(0, 1u an old sinvlishied and londing busituse fiowso 01 th clty, whosy annual salos aggregnio Nall & Millton Dall n which thoro {4 un unusually largu & wido and onvisbla rapntation, au all Ally udanli, und § 8 businuen will b?nr 1o closrst Jlon, ‘Pho businons havimg fac outgrown tha Dresont capiial, & partaorvnip iy olerods Tuss *ap e portunity will rowatu opon ouly lor & fow Guys, ‘N‘HBI :)ll’ }ul'\ifl}} llni\.ll lurlmmr ,Illwrl!. llll l«llllkirl }!I*l\‘ll'{’uléfl Hleation. Ko Ahforuntinn aniise ‘or \ENRY e AERRIERS: Roous 9, Sow. Vit sud 1 Lakalonrs SCALES, FAIRBANKS BIANDARD SCALTHS OF ALL BIZES, FAIRDANKE, NOURSH &00 11 AND U3 LALE-ST. ENCYX. FRAOTIONAL OUR: $5 Pacpkages FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOI BALE AT TRIBUNE OFTICE.