Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1873, Page 2

[ &) THE CHNICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1873 NEW MEXICO. Asgembling of the Territorial Legislature, Laws Made and Business Trarsacted In the Spanish Language. Recommendations of {lie Governorsss Character of {ho Conntry and Its People. Spectal Correspondence af Tha Chicago Tribune, BANTA ¥, Deo, 19, 1873, With the excoptfon of our nelghbor, Arizons, less {p known of Now Maxico by tho world at lnrgo than any otherTorritory of tha American Unlon, Btrango ae it may seom, yst it is nevor- thelese truo thut tho Torritorial Legialnturo, which convened within the past fow days, has nesombled in tho Capitol whoso foundatlon was Inid nearly a contury before tho Pilgrim Fathors landed on Plymouth Rool. Btill moro attange Iy it that this butlding, the * Old Palnco,” which is used conjowtly by the Excoutive, Loglslative, and Judlcial binnchies of the Governmont, was commenced a9 far back as 1640, and still romnins incomplate, nover haviug boon flalshed, It fs ono of tho many wondora of this remote inland country, and it is a somowhat unsightlystructuro, dospito fts name. It fs constracted of adobo, but still is & vory substantial buildiug., Itis proposed that, during the coming yoar, it shall bo remodoled and ropnired. T'his will cost sev- eral {(housaud dollars,—an amount which is trifling in tho oyes of an onterprising Awmerican, but which appesrs to ba vory largo to many of tho *¢ Grenser ' or half-broed Moxican popula - tion, whoso {dons of liberality In bohalf of pub- ‘o improvemenls aro oxiremely contracted, SOMETHING ADOUT TUE NATIVES, a A native of Now Moxico i8 n wonder in him- 1elf, especinlly to thoso who havo not investi- gated lils peculiar modo of lfe. Most of these pooplo are of & pastoral turn of mind, ana their mothod of farmiug is s original as it s ancient {u its cbarncter. A log perforated nt one end, with a pointed stick driven through the holo, and allowed to project about 10 or 12 inches, or o crooked, shaggy, and forked limb, serves thom for o plow aud harrow to upturn the soil. Hav- Ing thus broken tho ground, the planting of eced and tho barvesting of tho crops ore cqually na crude; but, in tho pros- ent state of tho market, which is and las Deon dulleversineo thoolose of tho lato Rovelllon, awing to o lack of transporting facilitics, their micthod serves thom as well a8, or perkaps bet- tor tuau, ono more modern. These peoplo know littlo or nothing of lubor-eaving machinory, and aro 80 wedded to old customs that but fow wounld use the Improved imploments were they actually given thom free of cost, While tho crops are waturing without any further attoution than is bestowed by Nature, the carcless Greaner lonves Lis furm to run itsolf. During tlus period ho frequently turos Lis attention to bullwhacking, and, with o long string of oxon, he will freight » load of lumber to some town in Southern Colo- rado, and {hen retwn to New Moxieo, either empty, or with a load of grocerics or other mis- colizncous nrticles, for which he makes a charge of 3 to15 couts per pound for freightage. Ilin trip custe him but littlo, as Lis oxen are mndo to pubeiss sololy upon the native grasses of tho slains ; while he himself pinclices an oxtromo Irugality. TOE LEGISLATURE, Not to digresa 1urthur upon the cuaractor and habits of the psopls who compuse, in tho main, she population of tho 'Lerntory, it may be well to inko n glimpso at the Legislawure, 'Lho present vody assumbled about a weex ngo, and is com- pored principally of the botter clues of citlzous 3f Mexican extraction, 1n this councction may e stated tho fact that the languagoe used in tho law-making brauch, as also 1u the courts and tho other dopnrinents of the CGovernment, is ex- slusively Spamsh. English is entirely iguored, wd all the records are engrossed in Spaulali, THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAOE, Tho Hon. larsh Chddings, the Governor, sub- mitted his message on Tuesdny, The document is quite terso aud practical m its beasings, The genoral prosperity of the Temritory, =nd wihat may be regmded a8 adverse _ eir- cumstances, 18 fully reviewed; and it is strongly recommended thiat the members loy asido all their clannishuess, und adopt = broad and comprohonsive spivit af liborality, so thut all the great 1esources of the ‘Lerritory may be wado available to the outslde world through tho new rates of transportation which aie rapidly being opoued up aud approaching the inlerior of Now Mexico, In this connection, refureuco is mode to the Kausas, Topeka & Banta Ko, the LDeonver & Rio Graude, and the Toxas LVacifle Railways, Relorence is also made to tho new echool bystom adopted by the provious Logisla- ture, aud thoe good effects of mnking the scuvols ires to ull. Some very intercsting statistics are given to show that the system hus proved u suc~ ceug from tho start, and even beyoud the expec- tations of thoso who labored slrenously for its establighment. A Commission is 1ccommended to prepare o pamphlot regardiug the resources acd advantages of New Moxico for those who ecele now homesin the Far Wost, Bhould this work be pm}mfly douo, it is thought that much capi- tol will ba'atiracted to tho Weritory, In this counoction, it may be eafely said that no other State or Territory in the Union contains so large an pmount or 8o proat a diversity of minerals aa this. ‘L'ho copacities for a varied and successful ugriculture aro lso yery great. Wilhin & yoar ar Lwo, thore will Lo smple means of transporta- tion to sond the several products East. I¥QUINIES REGARDING WX COUNTRY. Not only from the States, but from nearly all the Europenn conntries, have coms recontly many lotters of inquiry regarding the country,— its climute, soil, productions, ete. 'Lo all thieso questions tho answor hus been substautinlly this: “ New Mexico is rick in iron, copper, gold, ailver, lead, zine, mereury, gypsum, and cosl, both bituminous and anthraciia, t ulso pro- duces all the corcals,—oorn, wheat, and onts growing in profusion ; whfio, a8 to truits, tho feveral varictios of figs, grapes, oranges, lemons, pears, plumy, and penches may he ruise to great advantnze, Wimo and brandy-making muay Lo noticed as Lvo Lwportaut Industrics.” LCUIITORIAL FINANCES, Sineo the muating of tue provious Logislaturo, two yeurs apo, 8 great fraprovement ju the finune ces of the Yerritory ir noticenblo, The bonds and warrants of the Torrtory, which wera bawked about tho streets of the sovoral citios aud towus at fromm 20 10 b0 couts on the dallar, sre now bringing from 95 to par. Tho Torritory is now nearly free from indebtadness, and the littlo ubat shie owea can cortuinly bo puld off during the incoming soar ; and, when tho noxt Legislutnro meety, in 1575, Ler Lalenco-sheot will unques- tionably show a vory nico surpluy In tho Treasury. DIMGHATION AXD POIULATION, Immigration into our’ midst has boen slow, Ahis is by roason of owr isvlation, coupled with the iack of etfort on our part to make our many advanlngos known. Our populstion in 1560, - cluding whnt is now In Arizons, aud whint Ioulso o portion of Cotorado, was 93,610 1 1870, as ap- peared by the census-roport of tho United States, 1t was ouly 91,817, Lo the latter flgures must bn added ihe numbers sob off to Avizona, 0,081, and Colorado, 18,618, Ihesu figures, placod to- gother, would give Now doxico u total of about 195,000 poople,” Aslde from what lias beon tukion from ey, with hew unturel increaso, she has to- day pojmlation far in oxcens of 100,000, In addition to theeo, thore are roveral thousaud civilized and mduatrious Indinns within her borders. Lhe Governor, while referriug to the Stale (question, 18 rather non-committnl, leaviuyg the wholo matter to bo detormined by tho Logls- Iiture, Ilo, however, ehows that, if” the peoplo of Now Moxica desire sdmission a4 n State, thore {+, with the civilized Indinns, far moro in nume bers thun the liniv established by Congross. PUDLIC ARCUIVES, Throughout the Robollion, thoe archives, which bud _acenmulatod durlng three conturies, suf- tered groatly ot tho hauds of tho Van- dats. 'Plie ‘Verritory was groatly agitated durlng tho War, und 1t wos thou that muny valuable Looks and dooumonts woro inken fiom thelr re- poxitory, and subsequently meny wero sold for wusts paper. Somo of tho stolen property hay Leon recoverod ; but, to this duy, the Lorritory of New Mexlco has not_a comploto sot of hor law-roportd, A Tublis Librailan has recontly boon sppolntad, and stronuans eflorts aro boiny mada {0 enstuilish o Hbrary that will bo o erediv to the Tonitory, T INDIANA, Tor many years, New Moxico wan the rich har- vest-flold Tir Indinn doprodalions, Of late, howover, the red-siing huve annoyed us bub little. 'f’mu, momutinion they make a rald upon cattlo-hetds g but, saldo from this, thoy harm us vory little, Tho atorles of Lorrible brutaitios by tho Indians to the whiton are genorally cou- coctlona, The truth fg, that unprineiplod whito mon fraquontly got the Indians to do thair thiov- lmi: and, an o mattor of course, (ho red-sking got tho blamo, whils the white' ruscats oacapo with tho stolon stock, undor tho plon thut they purchnsed it from tho Indians, who really “got but n nominal price for their plundor. The wild tribos of Now Moxieo, sonttored ns thoy aro, numbor in the nggrogate— that in, hmlmlm; young nud old, male nnd fomnlo —14,8493 aud of thesv, tho warrlors, or thoso enpnblo of flghting, nrobut 4,178, By thin ohov- ing, It will bo soon that the fighting "oloment of Iudinus in this Torritory {1 quite wosk, TINE PUDLIO LANDS, Inquirles avo constantly bolng mado rolative to the publio lands in New Mexico. Ilogarding these, which nro somowhnt uxtousive, It uinst bo sald that scttlors and purobasors ave frequontly doterred from tnvosting fu our midst by reason of the fuct that hers are uumerons Logus olalina sot up Ly tnany wiio assert that thoy Lold vast areas nnder ]mnlnh gronts which dato many yoors buck, This haa horotoforo unact- tlod denlings in lnd, but it in hintod that the courts will soon meet the dificulty by s new and oquitable method,—tha wdoption of the Ameriean doctrine of limitatiove,— and thus soctirely epon the lands to all bona-fide sottlors, This will nuquestionably aid groatly in the doyelopnient of the Lerritory, by giving ua n good and energetie class of paoplo trom tho Btatea cost of the Missourd, ns alsv from Burope. TAXATION. The gubjeet of (nxation Is one fraught with much intoregt. Dartios from abrond who have lml:fht largely of ronl osinte have frequently paid but a small amount of the purchoso-monoy, allowing the major portion to remain on mort- gu(i'n at o nominal yato of interest. The result of this method of trnnsnuuug busincss has boon, that the grauteo has refused, and likewiso tho grantor, to pay tha tax ; and, steange as it may soem, tho Torritory hos baon tholoscr. To rom- ady thig ovil, which there bing been no law for- merly to moot, tho Governor racommonds Lot tho land bo mado lablo for tho taxes, As regards tho taxing of personal proporty, tho Exceutivo recommends;that stioep, which aro vory numorous, bo taxed from 80 to 60 conts por head, Mauy shoop-ranchemon own from 60,000 to 100,~ 000 head, If tho tax on this elnss of personalty bo closely collected, quite n handsome rovenno from it alono would nceruo to tho 'Lotritorial ‘I'roasury, In overy dopartmont of tho Govern- mont thero are indieations that tho solfish aud sloopy dpnlloy of the past is about to bo abandon- ed, and one of nnn}?y and liborality adopted, so that tho futuro of Now Moxico may bo ono of groat prospority, a. AGASSIZ' LAST WORK. I0is Article in the Junuary Atlnntic on Darwinism. Prof. Agnesiz hos long boen known ngan uube- Hover in Darwinlsm, sud the uncompromising enuncintion of his viows which appears in tho January Atlantic, although it dofines his posi- tion mora clonrly, will surprise no student of iy works. In this essny, Agassiz gave o synopsis of his reason for not holding tho Darwinian doe- trines, proparatory to a moro detailed statement which ho intended to make in future numbers of the magazine, This sketeh tho great noturallst will never complete, and to its sciontiflo value i added the molancholy interest of being the Inet finikhed work from ‘tho haud to which tha stu- donty and lovers of natural selenco owe so much, It bogins by saying that % Tho Inw of ovolu- tion, 80 far a8 its” working is undorstood, jan Tny controlling dovolopmont and_keaping lypes within appointed oycles of growth, which™ re- volve forever nlmn (hemsolves, returning at ap- pointed intervals to the samo ulm‘lhlg point, und repontiug through o succossion of phnsok tho samo courso. Theso eycles hiave nover been Lnown to oecillate or to pass into oach other; indeed, the_only siructural differouces known Dbetwoon individuals of the same stock are mon- strositics, or peculinriticn pertaining to sox, and the Iattor aro as abiding and permauent s types itselt,” Hisnoxt assertion is that vo primary division of tho animat kingdom will stand which will not bear tho test applied by Cuvier. to his four great groups,—iadiates, iollusks, nrticu- lates, nnd vortebrates ; thut is to g, the tost of n distinct plan of structure for onch.| Tho article thei briefly roviews tho differont books published by Darwin, and says that * Pane onesis, " in whicli the whola theory is summar- zed, * does but prove moze conclusively, what was alrendy known, nomely, that all domesticat- od auimals and cultivated plants ara traceablo to distinet epecies, snd that the domesticated plgeons which furnish g0 large a portion of the tllustration are, notwithatandiog their great di- vorsity under special treatment, no excaption to this rule.” This roview closes with the ssser- tion that the greater part of the argument, both with Darwin aod his followers, is purely ive, and rests partly upon the sssumption , ‘*in tho Auccession of ages, just those tranyition types Luve dropped out from the geo- logicoy record which would bave proved the Darwinlen conclusions, lad theee types been preservel, pud that, in the living animal, tho process of transition {8 too subtle for dotection, thus throwing off the wnpunsihlh:.‘y of proof with respect to embryonic growth and geological succession,” Concerning the fuous * discovery” mado by Kowaloysky, of tho presenco in the Ascldianu of a string of cells corresponding to tho dorsal cord in vortebrates, the article suys that tho ox- istenco of this string of cells wns proviously known to naturaliats, and that he himsolf had intended to eny somothing of their naturo and osition, had ho not beon anticipated by Von aer, who has recently published a pamphlet upon the development of the Ascidinne as com- pared with tho vercobrates, in which pumphlet hio shows that tho string of colls run along the ventral sido of the bady of the Ascidinug, aud that their devolopmont lLns no true homology with that of the vertebrates. * To sny that tho first- vertobrates or their progonitors cprried their backbones In this manuer,” said Prof. Agaseiz, iy sbout as rensonablo 0 to sny that they wallked on tholr heads,” Tho doctrine of Hivckel, that starfishes aro compound animals, made up, =3 it were, of worm-like boings united lilke rays in one organ- {sm, n doctrine which, if true, would establish n transition from radiates to nrticulates, is pro- nounced to bo au agsuraption without founda- tion in the structure of tho starfish. Tho arms of those animals being made up of the samo parts a8 the vertical zones of all radiates, and urranged around o vertienl azis, cunnot be com- ?nred to thoso of any articalate, in which clans o parts aro prranged nlong a longitudinal axis, The (orlcu of motamorphosis, hereditary and atural succossion, aro vory Lrlefly considored, and tho article closes with » consideration of tho fetloqicnl wido of tho question, in which gronnd s taken ogninst the theory of transmutation, ginco tho whote history of geological succession shows Lbal lowest in structure is by no monns enrliost in time, and since, thorefore, it may bo enid that a groat diversity of types has existed from the beginning. In tho closing puragraph, Prof. Agassiz map- ped ont tho courso which he intended to pursuo in future articles, saying: “X lope to khow, first, that, however broken the geologienl recor muy be, thore is & comylete sequonce in many parts of 1f, from which tho character of tho suc- corsion may be nscertalued ; secondly, that, sinca tho inost oxquieltvaly graiied struchire, s woll s ambryonic phuess of growth of the most por- ishable nature, have boen [lwrenencd from yery early deposits, wo have no right to infor the dis- Appearance of typey because their absence dis- provey somo favorite theory; and, instly, that thore i 1o ovideuce of n direct desconi of lnter from envller species in the goological succession of auimuls." —_— Donth of a Centenarian, From the S, Joseph (Je.) Guzette, On Insl Suturday moruing, Dec, 13, 1878, at 0 o'clock, at Agoncy, in this county, dopartaed thin lifo, Mr, Joln Copeland, at the woudorful age of 105 yeara, John Copeland was born in the Stata of Narth Carolina in 1763, fIo romalued at his place of birth till 1829, whbn, at tho pge of 60 years, ho removod to the State of 'leuncssce, whore ho made hils homa till 1840, In 1840, ho removed to Mlsgouri, and sottled in Duchanan County, near 01d Sporta, thea tho county seut, For the last thirty yoms ho has mndo his home in this county, My. Copoland, a8 would be inferred, had a ro- wmarkable constitution, Ior three-quartors of o coutury he was o man of splondid physioal pow- ars 3 and, indeod, romained in oxcellont health, in possossion of all his facultics, mental and physical, oxcopt only his oyo-mght, tll the day of his death, ITo complained of no pain, aud foll from tho effcot of o discaso, 1is wus hit- terally a donth from old ago. 1n 1868, In the 100th your of his ago, Mr. Cope- Inud rru(uucd roliglon und unlted with the Diap- tist chureh at H}mrln, and wus baptized by Elder J. W, Waller, of Agoency, siuco which time heo has boon a dovated Christian. 3 Mr, Copolandhadfen children, and bis descond- ants aro very numerous, Ill4 sons huve boon among tho bekt known of the citizons of the Northwost for & quartor of & centur, —Dinners aro agaly belng eupplled, in Ton- don, to poor childvon, at 3 o~ ™ por hiead, Last winter, the number of dinuers Gtven out on this plan was 104,486, THE LIZZIE MOORE ROBBERY, - Trinl of Geary and Duncan for Stenling IHer Jowelry. Tho Jury Acquits Both, After a DBrief Deliberntlon, Tho notorlous casa of Nick Goary and Josoph Dunean, chargod with robblug Lizzle Mooro of somo jewolry, was callod yostordny morning nbout 11 o’olock. NMr. T'rudo, counsol for Geary, asked for o woparalo trinl, but, It boing stated that the samo queation had alraly baon pnssed upon ot o provious torm of court, Judge I'roo doclined to grant tho request, and the defenso oxcepted, Aftor a call of about thirty jurors had Deen mado, of whom six wara challenged by tho prosocition and twolve by tho dofouse, n jury waa obiniued. L127I0 HOORE, The firat witnoss callod by tho proseoution way Migs Lizzlo Mooro, who fostifled that sho lived at No, 18 Bouth Olinton streot, and that on tho morning of the 2lat of March sho wn awnkenad nt about 4 o'olock by threo mon at her bodsido, ‘Choy wore slouch hats and hnd hand- Xorchlofs ovor their facos, Thoy took hdr watehos and tho rings from her fingors, and made her givoup tho koys to hor buronn, 8ho tried to givo an alarm, and one of thom put & pillow ovor lier faco, 'Tlioy could not untook the buronu, and made hor get up and do it, Thoy obtained two watchies, worth 8225 ; throo vhains, worth £960; bracolols, $100; » diamond cross, €1,000; and two dismond frings, $1,000, 8ho hnd recovored sll oxcopt ono rimg,—tho watchos and diamonds in Aprll, nnd the ro- ‘maindor from four to six wooks aftor tho first lot. Caph Iickey sont word that ho had them, and she want next day and got them. Sho know Dunean vory woll. Ono of the mon was the aamo 81ze and sppearauco a8 tho defendant Dun- can, (Dofondnnt's sttorney objectod to this question, mud took an oxception,) Il did not speak, but lold BMr. Cunuingham, who was sleoping with her. The men woro not in tho houso over ton minutos. * The small man put tho slolon proporty into Lis pocket, On crosa- oxamination by the defonso, it wne ondenvored to show that tho man who was supposed to ropro- sont Duncan was really n man named Duulap, who hiad boon indfeted by the Grand Jury, Lha witness testified that sho was not acquainted with Dunlap, and that bo bad nover visited hov house, except one aftorncon after the robbery. 8he had not made tiirdats to send Duncnu to tio Penitentinry, Llmor Washburn was never st hior house. 1Te had nathing whatovor to do with the cauo, 8o far a8 sho kuew. OAL'T. MICKEY. Ex-Cnpt. Hickoy was catlod, and tostified that hio lind known Geary twelve or fourtoon your Ho learaod of tho robbery the samo morning thut it was committed. 1o delivorod gomo of the stolen proporty to Lizzio Moors, but Lad pledged his word mnot to reveal [rom whom he got it, and could not Lhave gotten tho. property if Lo lad mot pledged his wora, “Tho question as to who gnvo hiwm tho property was thou waived by the Stato's Attorney, Ilo nover had any tulk” with Goary about it, and ¢id not roc hLim, do anything with the property. He did not rocelya any roward for returning; it, and did not sco any reward, Ho saw u packagp snid to contain §430, which was to bo loft for the porson who roturned the jew- oles, 1lo did_not have any convorsation with Gonty about Lhis reward, 1o had seon tho por- son who timed over the property only once be- fore that time, aud did not know whelbor this peraon had aany acquaintance wich Geary or not, Miss Moord cumo to gob the proporty the day aftor ho (1lickoy) recoived it Dunean imd uo houd {n turning over the property, On crose-oxminiuation by tho dofense, Capt. Hickoy stated tiav the porson who £a70_up tho prufien)‘ wis npt Geary'; that Genry's1eputation for honesty, so 1nr us lie know it, was good ; and that hie bad never hoard Goary chargcf with rob- bory before, 'Tho quen.ons whethier it was not o practice in padice circles througlout tha coun- try, to recoive swlon property from third parties, to bo turned ovar to tho owners for s reward, au whetlier ho had heard anything conueoting Dun- can with this criune, were objected to, and (ho objection sustained. CAPT. BUCKLEY. Capt. William Luckley tostiled that Geary came to him in the police-station the day that Nowlan, Danlap, acd Williums woro arrestod, and told him wheve to find Nowlan and Williams, and they were arrested ou lus information in Dloom's™ saluon, on Irauklin sticot, In tho oveuing, Geary told whero Dunlap was, aud the latter was arrested. Thoso men were aivested because Goary sudd that thoy were the men who committed tho aobbory, Tho defeuse asked whotbor Geary minted that Lo know anything abous the robbory, which wns answered uega- tivoly, nnd tho rewaining questious wore object= od to aud objectious sustained. OFFICER BYRNE, Ofiicor Byruo teotiliod Lhat Lo saw Dunlap and Nowlan drive up W Pollaci’s snloon, on Third wvenue and Voli sivoet, (Lo moruing of the rob- Dory; thut thoy inquired whoro Geary roomed, aud thon went 10 his room and cawmo back to the snloon with Geary ; that he eaw Geary with Duulap tho day that the lattor was arresced. 1o arrosted Dunlap, Nowlan, and Willinms, 1. Ta CUNNINGIAXM, B, B, Canningheun was uext called, ITa tes- tified thut ho was 8 mopey-loaner and stock- dealer; that ho had known Duncan threo yours 3 that ko was sleoping: with Lizzio Mooroe the nlghl of tho robbory ; that Dunean was one of tha robbors ; that Lo was threatoned by Duncan and choked by him flaeo times; ‘that the latler withed to know whero Lis money was, aud tried to muke him give it-up, o _had $1,140 tlere that uight. ITo livoid with Lizzle Mooro. Ho went to Duncan's room next morning to _sea 1f tho latéer would show any sigus of guilt, He Lind told Maggie Mowre, and porhaps sovors) oth- ors, that he did not fuow any one eugaged in tho robbory, but had doxe this because ho did not wish lus name to be kuown in connection with tho affair. Ho had only come lecaueo ho had been subpenacd, and Lad alrendy kopt ou, of the way at the previous torm, My,” Washburn lad uothing to do with his appearance, JAMEN NOWLAN, James Nowlan was tho uoxt witnoes, and tes- tifiedsubstantinlly wy follows: Hle camo hore lied Junuary; had made Geary's acqurintunco in New Yoris, und mislo Duncan’s nfter arriving bere. Patrick Conners, Juo Duncan, and bime felf committed tho robbery. e did mnob have any couversalion with Goary abou! this particalur robbory, buk Gearyenid that if Nowlan conld atoal diamonds ana other jewelry, Lis, Geary, could turn theaninto mouey in bwo hours ; that it Nowlan intouded going to Lizzie Moore's, lie would stay up all wight at No, 118 West Madi- son Blroot to recelvo tho **swag." Iledid utay up all night two duys provivus co the robbery, but they could nob ugrea to gothal night. Two nights Jator, Nowlan, Duucan, ead Coaners met undor the Nriggs Ilonso about 4 o'clock in the mm'nlniz. umli )y provious errangemont, & man numed Kolly Jot thom into tha house. Iia uce count of_the robbery agreed with that of Lizzio Moore. Ilo nnd the othiers went to No, 118 West Madison streot, nud then separated, Ie had beenat a ball on Kinzie streot the night provious to tho robbery, and went back thers, having boou away about forty minutes. About 6 o'clooik, ho and Dunlap, the mon who was afterward ar- roated, wont to Pollogk’s enloon iu a hack, and then wont to Geary's room, waked him, nnd took him back to the saloon, where Lo gavo Uonry all tho “swag™ of nuy valuo, IIo met Gonry again fu tho wftornoon of tho same duy, but 82“ no moucy, Ilo was to lave £1°700 or §2,000. o mot him Dby appointmont the noxe night, but was put off a%nlu, and finally mot bim on” tho [followiny Mouday ot TDloom's saloon, where the arrest, was mada. Mo never lied gone by the namo of James Clark, and nover lad taken part 3n any robbory in Now- bury, N. Y.; bud beon o thiel In thibcily and New York, stealing for o living, Objections to the questions whether ¥ had aver beon o con- viot “or had over been tirrented under the name of Jamon Clorle wore sustained, und an excop- tion talkon ow tho dirst riling. Tha defonsesub- Jected this witnoss Lo w very long and thorough cross-oxamination as to his whoro- abouts for . gbout a weok provious to und after tho robbery, ‘*ho jowelry turnod ovor by him ufter tho baich -turued over by Hicke wau the lenst voluable popt, and he had lefe it with reapoctable poople wiio did not kuow what 1t Vi, Db who gvo 16 iy on waoawag from him, 3 TUE DEIENSE, Tho dofonso theu called Miss Alagglo Mooro to prove au alibi in the, easo of Duncan, Tho important rxu't of Ler tostiimony was (liat Dun- cnu had slept with hor wyory night for a loy timo, and had not loft the Toom thut night, an could nob havo lefl it wishout Lor kuowledgo, They dld not got up until :iter 7 o'clock tho noxé morhing, v JOUN GEIWARL. Johu Qebliart, & bolf-brother of Maggle Moore, slewt iu o xoom opeuing vut of hors, with the door opon for ventilation, and sald that Duncan had nobt gono _out that night.s nor ocould lie hinva done so without hin knowlodgs, 88 ho waa slck and wido awako n groat portion of tho nfgt. 1lo bad boon obligod to ot up to go out, and on his roturn wau let in by Magglo Mooro, 1Io thon faked Duncan, who wan in Yied, wiint Limo it was, and wad told 4:30 o’clock, Duncan looking at hls wateh undor his plllow, JONN PAIER. Johin Patkor waly tho brrkooper nt Pollaok's anloon tha morning of tha robbory, and saw Dnulnp, Nowlan, and Geary como n, and thoto was no pagkago passcd to Genry ; il any Lind boen filvuu to him, Parkor thought lio must havo scon Q00D OHARAOTER, : The defonso Lhon called Qol. W. B, Snowhool, John C. l'nr:rlrlfia‘ Hobon Slayton, Samuol A, Lllis, Johin V. Payno, Bam Hkiuner, Judgo Wal- INCo, Chartos Walsh, and Alderman Corcoran to toutlty Lo the good chareter of Geary, a8 rogardod Snn honesly. Thoso who wore acquainted with® him gavo him a good charnctor, so for s tholr knowledgo wont, — ‘Che attornoys for. tho dofense had a list of witnosses Lo good chnracter that sounded like the roll-eall of tho Common Council, but most of the Atdermen dodged, and the foregving wero thio ouly churactor-witnorsos oxumined, REDUTTAL, In rebutial, tho'Blate’s Attorney recnllod Miss Lizzio Moore, who toutitlcd that .\lni(‘glu Mooro cnmo to hor houso to condolo with her the morning aftor tho robbory, and stated that sho had felt norvons and uncomfortablo all night beenuso Joo (meanng Duncan) had been out all the night boforo. Miss Bolle Domicl, Mins Lottio Stanloy, mud Miss Lone DoForont, all honrdors at Mies Moore's, corroboreted this tostimony, ‘Lhe dofonse then ealled Miss Dollo Ttoborls, who tostlled thnt Miss Lizzio Moore Il wtatod in hor honrlng that Miss Magyio Mooro had vislied Misy Lizzlo's houso the day aftor thy rohhory. Tho testimony all boing In, the Btate's At- torney waivad the oponing, and Mossrs. Richard- aon and Y'ends dolivered thelr argnmonts for Dunoan and Cenry respectivoly. Iho Biato's Attornoy mndo n brief roply. TIE VERDICT, Tho iury wero givon their instructions by Judgo Lrow, rotiting about half-past 6 o’clools, Buortly aftor 8 o'clock, having agreed upon o vondiot, thoy roturnod to tho court-room land announced tholr fluding, *“not gality” in oach caso. I waa underatood that tho delay was due 1o Duncan’s easn, noversl witnosses having posi- tivoly idontiflod him s onoe of tho robbers, g, A RAILROAD-BRIDGE. Moy or finy Not the Detroit Rivor Bo Aridgea rum the betrot Free Press, Tho wibjout of tho vomstruction of railwny- bridges ucroms wavigublo atronms hus boen dia- cussod in suoh a varioly of ways for the last fow yonra that tha goneral |1r£|miéllu of such projects sooms to have boon almost lost sight of In the focal intevests that inovitably at- ]ltwhl themsolves to onch individuat work of thia k. ‘'ho moritn of the Dotrolt Lrldge, as in most | otiiors, Ahonld rost upon tho broad _ground of public necedsity, snd must bo decidod 13 o gou- orul proposition, to-wit: Mry or may not tho Dotrolt Rivor be bridgod by railway companios to enable them to conneet visjointed Itnos ? Tho vutnral luws of teansporiution sro found, 24 the hand of naturs formed them, to be inuds quate to supply the wants of trnds and com- morco, Artiileiul additions have tonded largel: to onable thom to nceomplish tho work, but still this roliof did not meot the wants and domands of inc¢reased productions, the rosult ‘of which wns that exposiments, at ivst crude, but rapidly doveloping, have preduced (Lo present ratlwny sytonn of tho country betbween which aud tho ofd water-lines an cudless war of competition s waged. I'his compotition, tho people’s safeguard, in that it provonts oxtortion froin cither party, is alwnys hiealthy and inures to the benefit of tho proditeers of the country. “I'hin lends to the following conclusions : 1. That tho water-lines cuunot satity the de- mands of {lo trado and cowmerce of the whole cauntry, 2, 'int railways are nocessary, and enu do work iu divect competition with water-Hues, aud causo developmont of country that suid liues never could reachs, Llicrefora, thoy should haye oqual rights of way, uudor reasonuble 1estric- tions, of course. ‘I'nat tho water-lines aro of great importance thuro is no disputo; yol tho tinia hay coine when it may be declared chat railways shinll have equal vights of passage with them, where lines of trans- portation are necded (and from recent exporience 1t i¥ quito certain thut no ronds will bo built or conncctions made in the immedinto futuro that ure nol necessary). 1t would be looked upon as ridiculous that o competing line of ruilwuy should not be allowed to lay its track and run it8 trains ncross tho line of its compotitor, simply because that compot- itor was theve tirnt, And yot this is exactly the proposition entortained by the opponents of rivor hfil(lgcu und the supporters of wouopolics genor- ally. So much for tha pubject in general. The Llichigan Contral Railway, forming tho main wostorn link in ouo of tho greatest onet and wost liucs of transportution, strikes the De- troit River at the City of Detrolt, whilo it has a running connection with a Canadian roud, yet evorything must mako » dend etop at {his river and be forriod ovor ut an oxponso of tme _and money to an alnost incrediblo amonnt, and tho worac fenturo of it is that the part of the year when tho water-lines are not used at nll is the very timo wheu tho latest loss and delay occur. Tho water-lines from Chlcago and Datroit havo cost privato individunls vothing, all artill- ciul improvements baving been made by tho Government until they reach IBuffalo, while tho Michigan Contral and Graat Wostern Railwaya, built by privato capital, have cost $100,000,000, and now they beg tho puiviloge of crossing their water-lines on equal ferms. And furthor, tuoy are placing more and moro millions each year in tho tmprovoment of their ronds to enable thom to do tho people's work at loss cost, aud not only increase their own earnmys, but also to suye tho producor the reduction in I'roight. Ihere 1 much trlk about thio increased danger to uavigation from railroad-bridges ; but in o instance hus thero Leon au fucroased rate of freight on this account, ‘I'hin Jends s to two other propositions: Pirst, that the construction of raflway-bridges actons water-lines does not iucrease tho cost of transportation on snid linos to an appraciable. dogreo; voither will it, under tho present rap- id rate of incrense in the productions of tho country, causo 8 decreaso in Lthe amount of their freights. 3 ‘Thereforo, the bridgoe being erccted ontiroly at the oxponse of the railwsy companies, shows that it is necessary to conduct tho constantly in- coronsing businous of the country; snd the rates of water-lines not being increased by thelr con- struction; proves that they are only au incon- venieaco to eaid lines, bub. not sulilciontly ox- pensivo or dangorous to affect thy cost of tranus- portation over them. In Buropo thoy ara far in advanco of us with strdctures of this chaructor, Tale, for exaw. ple, ono of the greateat commercinl wator- coursos in Ewrope, the River Rhino, running its wholo longth through a rich and populous ngri- cultural ond manufacturing countiy, and form- ing tho boundary-linp botwoen two ‘Statos uot ovor-friondly. Yol it i crossod by three railway- bridgos, lurgoly subsidizod, if not entirely built, by tho Govornments, aud tho oue at Straksburg gunrdod by military fortificatious at each ond. Not only in this case, but in all othor States of Turope, the principlo has become so well os-~ tublished that wator-linos canuot do tho busi- noss that concossions nre granted without any hesitation to ull reputablo through lines of rail- way to oross over water-lines with equal righis of way, Iven in Holland this is tho caso, where the interlor water-linet are tho best and most important of nuy country in the world, Yot with all theso inconvenicnoos aud the ac- tive compotition of ruilvonds, from tho inereascd produotions of the country, the devalopment uf which is duo very largoly to the construotion of raitways, tho business of wator transportation inereases overy yeur, On tho Rbine, notwith- standing the compotition of n rall on ench sido of the river uud the Liidges noross it, the number of vessals passing up and down is con- stantly inorensing, It is claimed, thorofore, ihat not ouly the Michigan Coutrel Ralliosd, but any ofher through llne of transportation, shult have the right to bridga Lthe Dowroit or auy.other stream thint crosson thelr liue, under suol rextriction ny may reasonnably be imposad by the Goverumont Lngincera, ‘Lhiis is done on the ground {hat (ho prosent sud prospeciive dovelopment of thoe conntry do- mands it a8 8 necessary and ])uut monsuro of pro- tootion to tho rights of all the producers ot tho West aund the munufacturcys of the Lnst, in focilituting the truumportation and interchango of their vommodities, aud also to add to that groat desire of rallway passongors—ceonomy, #peod, ond safely, D, 1 Tioaran, Drrroxr, Doe, 19, 3 — The Onxne of Judge ITustoeed, Washington (Dec, 10) Inenatoh to the New York T'ribuna, Mombors of tho Alubnma dolegation regavd the retnoval of Judye Dustoed, by impeaclment, as cortuln, Incose ho sofuses torosign, The offonso oharge against him ls an almost total nogloct of lis judicial dubfes. Itis said that lio hag not hold court for pourly two years, and that ho sponds his time {n Now Yok, and ays no attention to tho npronls mado 0" him to roturn to Ius distrlet and administer _juntico, Brstood nover mnde an accoptablo Judge, ITo was sont b Alabamn from Now Yorle by President Lincoln, during tho War, and thore has always boon o goud doal of complaint of the mannor in whioh ho has cone duoted himdolf upon tho Heuch. Without any vory thorough knowledgo of law, or nptitude for oxorelsing Judielnl funotions, he has heon oxcoed- ingly arbitrary, it i #aid, and has appoared to tniio. dolight” in making bis Court obnoxious to Inwyors and clionts who woro obliged to ocome boforo it. As long a8 ho kopt on fro0d torms with Banator Bpeneor ha ro- mnined undisturbed, but as soon as a falling ont ocourred botweon the two, not long since, tho Houator bogen to look up avidouce upon which tho Judgo conld bo impeached, Tt is roported that Mr. 8poncor has auccoedod in gotting Rome- thing moro agalnst him thau pronf of his flag- rant nogloot of duty, nud timt the Presidont sy beon apprised of the faots and has intimated to Busteed thnt ba bad bettor rosign, Tour yonrs ngo, tho [Touso Judislary Commit- teo undertook” to investigate Judpo Dustecd, nnd o Sub-Committce went to Mobile undor tho management of John A, Bingham, but made no roport, the mombors proferring to spond thelr time it amusiny; thamsolvon, it I mid, to taking tostimony, Judgo Dusteod's successor has al- rondy boon solected by Sonator Sponcer, If roport is correct, Lowis O, Parsons, who was _Provislonal = Govornor under Prost- dont Johuson, is to have the place. Mr. Por- sonss has of Inte boen nu active Administration politician, and of course a strong supporter of Mr. Spencor. Ouo of the Alabama members, inoliog o tio contingeney that Judgo Bustood cannot be impanclied, has introduced n bill limit- ing his jurisdiction to the county on the border of Florida, whero thera ia no imaginable busi- nens for his Court, and grovldiug for anothior Judgo for the rost of tho State, JOSEPH ARCH AT HOME. What ile Snys About Canada and the > Statess The Birmingham (Eu{:.) Post hns an account of Josaph Aroh's arrival at homo nfter hie visit to this country, which will sorve the double pur- poso of throwing o utrong light on tho dvift of the agrioultural laborers’ movement, and of showing us what this now losder of Enzlish workingmen ttlaks about the United States, Tl writer says : Lnto on Wednosday night Mr. Josoph Arch arrived at his cotiago home nt Bar- ford. On Thursday we had the pleasurs of an hour's conversation with Mr, Arch upon the sub- fr.-ct of his tour I Cannds, and his schiemes for bmpmving tho condition of the agricultural la~ orer, After having exchanged a hearty greoting, wo oxpliined to Mr, Awch that wo desived the plonsitre of hLis company for & short time. 0," aaid hie, good-humoredly, *“ I was intor~ viowed by scorea of Yankees in Oavnda” Wo remarhed that the American reporters woro great nb that kind of work, “Indeed thoy avo,” was the reply, “and at other kiuds, too, Ihad not sct sail from En- gland threo dnys beforo somo of the American papors hnd long reports of o speech dolivercd by o at the Cooper Institute, New York, A gentleman [ mot when T arrived In Cannda said how pleaged he was with the speech, and was quito surprised when [ told him I was on tho sen ot tho timo It was said to have been doliverod,” In the courso of further couversation, In which wo obsorved that ke had contructod & slight Yaakeo accont, AMr, Avch said : ** Lhad a grund roception all t! mufih Couada, I wag well re- coived throughout the longth and breadth of the country, I was also well received in tho Btates, Nobody conld have baen miore respectfully outor~ tained than I was in Boston, Among tho per- sons I had long intorviews with in Canada wero Lord Dufforin, Sir Joln Aacdonald, Mr. Lowo (Lie"s what we should call Scerotary of Stato for the {Tome Dopartment), Mr, Popo, Minister of Agriculturo ;- and I had two interviews, . ab Quabee, with Mr, Lo Sago, Ministor of Public Works.' They ali apnoarod to appreciate what I was tre'luu to do, and gavo mo overy encour- agomont. What ia my maturo opinion 88 to tho prospects of emigrants to Canadn? I can highly recommend it. In my tour I have mob with men who went to school with me, They went ont there yons 2go ; thoy hnd to pay their own passagro, and wheu they got there they had only just onough monoy Lo koop thom ™ from starving. Now thoy ura” well off ; thoy've got plenty of monay, and plenty of evurytlnng. uo wan has got a family of nine children ; he has got ton acres of land, three fiue cows, a fraitful orchard, and he's in business as a shoomaker, 1Tis place I8 at Falkiand, aud le hes as much businoss as he and his grown-up son can do. Iic's got & borse and & four-wheel buggy, in whiel be carries the mails. That's a samplo of a great nnmber. A sobor, steady, industrions man in Canadne is bound to succeod. As ro- gards tho laborers, tliore's always plonty of work,” ‘Wa bero called Mr. Arch's alfention to state- ments which bad beon mado in somo news) pors, to the effect that laborors who iu Warwick- shure wero (iscontented with the Liours of labor would not like Canada, whevo thoy had to wotl bard much Jovger bours, Arcl's roply to this was: “I found, in conversation with many farmors, that sucll it not tho case, Tuko tho in- stance of & man who is eugaged to milk. In the eastern provinces of Cannda he gots up and goos to wourk about 6 in the mormng,” He milks tho cows, gots his brealfnst, does & bit of jobbing round the hiouso, and thon goes iuto the fleld, I'ne loug tours aro only whea tho men have to geo to the horses and cows in very busy timos, Ordivarily men gencrally work from about 7 a'clack in the wmoruing £ifl 0 in the evouing. Then, it it’s o busy time, and the furmer has to got Lls sowing dorio, or tlio binrvent m, ho wants bis mon to work a fow hours exira.” * Supposiug,” wo asked, * the laborora in En- gland were well paid, would vou still recommend thein (0 go to Cunadn ?" ¢ You, I would,” said Arch; “and Il tell you why, SBupposing I was (;umnf; 803, or £2 a weok bioro as a farm laborer, there I8 no chianco of my getting myself or my boys on to tho land, on thelr own aceount, a tenant. farmers, L[ I could runt ten acres of land Icould just manago them woll. I'vo saved n fow pounds, and I should like to take u placo for my boy. Well, where con I do 1t? Nowlere, unless [ am prepared to pay £6 or £8 an noro, viharo the furmers oy only £2. A mon closo lieve rents less than flve nores, and ho has got to pay .£22 ® year for it, while he ought fo have it for'£10, ‘Che price Is kopt up on purpose. Arch wont on to suy that in Canuds ngricul turo was boblor in ‘tho west than in tho enst, “Bome of tho Provinvial Governments’ did not seem nnxious to make any bettor arrangements for the comlfort nud prosperity of the sottlory, ‘I'hoy said that tho prosont iuhabitants went there, many of thom, uni- yours ngo, and bad to make theif own way. T ‘o that I suid wo lind made a gront ndvanee in clvilization during tho last fifty yeavs ; and if anything conld bo done to Improve the ciroumstances of trosh sottlers, it was the duty of tho CGovernmen: to do it. The Domin- ion Council met and discussod tho plan I sub- mitted, and 1 have s lotter from tho Minister of Agriculture, but I must reserve 1t until after the Union Committeo meets, I beliovo tho Gov- cromont will do overything that los in their power,"” Bolng nsked by the reporter what he proposed to do noxt, ho replied as follows: *'Lhas will linve to bo digcussed by our Committeo, Por- haps about May wo shall take over the first lot of omigrauts. Thoro aro thousauds of epplica- tions at (ko ofiico from peoplo wauting to go. A great many are froin Oxfordshire. Bome day I uhall go to the “*/I'arco Tysous,” and no doubt 1 phall tuko awny ull tho best mon there, I in- tend to go on uutil I have drained the country.” “Well, L supposo, Mr. Arch, you will be goiug with your family a8 soon as you_havo sct tho movoment well going2” *No; Iwill notloave tho oid -conntry whilo thore is & link of a sluve on the worling mon. When T huve pot overy man iy freedom, perhaps before I dio, 1 um{ take my wifo and family ncross tho wator. Boing questioned as Lo his hn\)reanluns of the United Sintos, ho answorsd; *I saw vory lit- tlo of the Unilod States._ Whon I go with onr fivst band of emigranis I shull probably make o survoy of thom. After thut 1 should like to soo what chances thore aro for omigrams In Now Zealnud, As rognrds tho bost distriots of Cnnadu to emizrate to, I whould not like to #penk vory outoplstically of ono part of the Do- minon to the disadvantngo of another, but if T wore choosing o place for myself I should profer 1he country uround London. Al things, in tho matlor of wagos, ote., being tho samo, 1 should #till prefor Amorica to England,” Mr, Arch_rolatod to Lis intorviewer many of his personul experiencos whilst on this conti- neut, and tho following seoms worth roproduc- ing: At Muskoks bo mot with some Yankues oquarlng piue troos for oxportation, © You're un Eoglishian " it was asked. * Yos, I am.” ho repliod, ** Waal, I nover knew one of your pnop!ln who conld squaro timbor woll enough for un. ¥ You never did " said Arch ; lend us your oax.”" Without any ado, Aroh toolc up the ax und squared tho timbor to tho tull sallsfaction of t{mbm'm:n. 1o was offored $45 & month to out timber, Euntomological RRomodios, It Is Inthnated by o wrltor In one of the medi- onl journnis that, not improbably, the inscct remodios whish bore so important’a part in the matorla medicn ot former (imos may agaiu bo resorted to—such aro tho ohangos and mula- tions which characterizo medical praotico. It is well known that, in bygono dnys, they wero nd- ministered with ag muoh. confidenco In thoir eflicacy a3 I8 now given Lo the mediclnal plantsof tho gardon or tha tinotures of the apotheenry, ‘Phoy tero gonarally glvon in the forin of pilly, Tive guats woro oqunl to thrao graing of calo- mol ; a lady-bug wns n sovorol ign romody for collo and plusguc; ants wora cousidored to ba in- yaluablo agninst menalas, and n coclchafor for hydrophobla and for tha loprosy; and othor buga worc used, with similar assuranco, for va- rlona disordors, —_—— WASHINGTON GRAVE-ROBBERS. Capturo of Professtonnl NResurrccs tionista-eA Startling Expositro, T'roms the Washington Chrontole, Dec, 14, On Yriday night last tho polico ofcoru of the fourth procinct, noticing a buggy standing near tho Clrele, inquited of the vccupant (a whito wotnan) wha lior businosn was, and ko ropliod that eho was wailing for her husband, who way engaged fn businoss noar by, . This was hccopted 28 o sntlsfactory explanation, Lut wutoh was Itopt on the Lorso and bupgy; and Intor in the night & man was aAcol o approach the team, holding in his hand n shovel, which ho placad ™ in the vehiclo, Hoon sftorwarda another man camo from tho entno dircetion s tho firat, also with a shovel, and whon tho men wero seated in tho buggy thoy all drove oft in tho diroction of Now Hamp- shire avonuo, which thoroughfars thoy followed out towards hum)dury stroot, ‘Tho offfcors, sus- pecting they wero conveying stolon goods, or ou- gaged in some way with thloves, arrested thom while crossing 'I'vonticth strect, and drove tho buggy with all it contained to the station-house on K sireet, and conductod tho two mou (oue wlito and oua colored) and the woman (wlito) into a privato room, whon thoy were questionod, Lut roturned ovasivo answera, In tho buggy were two shovols which had the npreunnce of having baon recoutly used, about half n dozon large strong bags, a bottle of liquid, o syringo, o bail’ of slrong twino, aud n ecrow- driver, It oceurred to the officora that from tho kit found theso persons might bo engaged in grave-robbing, snd Borgeant Kneasn, with Ofi« cors MeGluo and Iawking started to visit tho grave-yards, On taking & oiroult of Holmead's burying- ground (hoy discovorod on the Ninoteonth streot sido, by the fonco, o large bag, and on closor_inspestion found tbat it contuined tho dond -body of Thomas TFleicher, colored, who was burled on Iriday from bis late rousi- deuce on L, street. up ioorder to got it into tho “mnck, with tho Load aud hends ot tho mouth of the samo, and ongach ond of tho bag woro fixed*strong hinud- holds, for the purpose of carrying it with moro énso, Leaving ono of tho officera in charge, the Bergennt stationed the other officer ab o dis- tance, to seo I any party or parties should Lako the body away, whils Lig Teturned to the Station- lonso and telegraphed to Liontenant Noonsy, of the Bocond I'recinct, to gond Lis mou to take elinrgo of tho body, it Doing in his procinct, o whito man gave Lisnome as Dr, George O, Archer. 1o was soarched, and & six-bar- relled revolvor, loaded, found in his pockot. together with papers ond o netnoran- dum-book, from which it appoars that Lis right nome is Goorgo A. Christinn, & clerk in the Surgeon~Goneral's office, muid[ng at 303 Lot Capitol streot, antd thal ho has been carrylng on an oxtensivo business as body- snatcher for some time, the dates showing his transnctions with sovoral modical iustititiony in Clovoland, Ohio, Virginin, nud the Distriot, Tho book shows that ho hina takon bodios: from tho i:nwus in nearly overy cemotory fu tho District— Tolmead's, Mount Zion, Yotter's Fleld, and the Young Men's Christion Association burial- grounds being frequontly noted. and that tho Virginia Univorsity and the medieal depart- mouts of othor colloges have beon customors ut his, It conlaine nates for ovory day in tha yenr, from January Lo Dec. 8, from which it appears that ho has been attonding medical lectures, but 1o reforenco is made to tho subjoct until August Inst, and then thoro is o referouce to the body of Iieau Hickman, - Under the dato of Monday; Dee. 1, it ia stated: *Vimtod DPotter's Field; uhl}»pud two subjeats In whisky-barrols to Virginia."” " Dec, 4: “Vinited ' Flolmead's and Young Men's grounds and failed,” Doec. 6: ** Visited Ebonozer, Kato and I, aud gotn subject.” Doc.7: *Waont to Mt. Zion and got a subject.” Deo, b: “ Visitod Holmead's and Youny Mou's groundsand failed.” Under tho date of Tuosday, Dec. 0, is writton : **Doctor aud 1 went out thiy evening, and snuc- ceeded in gattiug (Hle |bln? of Boau (illogible). It wasa lovnl]y moounlight uight, aud everythiug went off Jovely,” Under tho date of Sept. 10 the excitoment onused by the discovory of Bonu's body heving been tampered with is reforred to, and he statos: T Liear no ono who suspicions who did it." In somo of tho entrios it is mentioned, “I paid * ¥ §3 ps his sharo;” aud in one or two, “Went to * * nud roturncd the koys,” . A correspondonco shows that the price ‘de- thanded by him (340 por corpse) was considorad too much by some of his customers, who thought €30 ought to bo enoush o satisfy him. 1n his pocket was also fonnd n card of membership In tho Young DMon's Cluistinn Association. Tho womau who wag with bim s young and keen- loalu'np and glves her namo as Murgarot Iarri- son. ‘lho oolored man, who is doubtless hired by Christian, is young, slonder-built, and it is snid Ling o wife and children living in this city, 1lo gives his namo as Charles Green. "Thoy woro takien to polico hondquortors, and thero kop until last night, whon they wera released on $1,000 bail each for further appearuuce, —— s ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS, Gates Strawn 18 making o collection of the Lirds of Morgan Conuty, killod by himsolf, Al- rendy be bas “taken between 100 and 200 speci- mens, which embrace about thirty-five species, When killed ho sends thom to 'St. Louis, and hng them presorved by a skillful taxidermist,.— Jacksonville Journal. —A lndy in Sulllvan was_recently granted n divorco from ber hnsband, with forly acros of lund os alimony, ‘The same nfternoon her former husband applied for & marviago liconso, and in tho eveniug was marricd in the streot, on horzcback, to the Jady of his second choice, —Tho Ilhnols Conferonco comprises nboub ono-fourth of tho Btate, and is dividad into olovon Prosiding Llders' distriots, and 192 pas- toral charges, With n total mombership of about 87,000, ‘tho amount to Lo raised by this Con- feronco during the yenr for the varions benovo- lent objects is about 240,000, —Robert Gates, of the Town of Koudall, Ken- dall County, IlL., 8ol out cutlings of cottonwood m tho spring of 1814, In the wintor of 1873-'73, Lo cut soveral of the treos and drew to mill for lumber, We give the mensuroment of three loga ag takon by 8. G. Minklor, Esq., and reported to the Prairie Farmer. Ouolog, at the butt, mons- ured 2 fook in dinmoter. Lho threo logs, 16 feet inlenguls, oncl: cut, respectively, 820, 190, and 180 fect of boards, Auother treo cut at York- ville, sawed at Mr. Goddard’s mill, and-nbout 40 yenrs old, gavo 430 feob from eight foot of tho butt cut.—Prairie Farmer. ~—Our enterprising citizons aro bound to settlo tho quostion boyond all doubt as to whetler wo have con! beneath us that fs accessible, The Qonunitteo, nothing dnunted by tho failure of tho nttempt mado last spring, have closed u con- trnet with another Pnrty to’ continuo the work of prospecting. My R, IL, Barnum, from Ohlo, an oxporionced mian io the business, agroes to go down 200 foet for 2 o foot, bul is to rcoolyo 110 }my until Lo ins bored that dopth; aftor whiel, 1o will continue the sinklug of the holo as the Comtmiltep decides, 1leis to commoico imno- dinto opeations.—Champiign Union. —In the fall of 1867, & warchouso bolonging to Robort Pindar, in Falrbury, 111, was destroy- ed by firo iguited by sparks trom & locomotive ontho'l', P, & W. Rnilway, tho track of which road Iny by tho warolouse, The sction for dumages was oommenced i Livingstone County, and by n chango of venuo transferred to McLoun County, wharo the caso was tried and a vordict rendered in favor of tho plaintilt for some $14,000, 'The Rnilway Gmn{muy apponled tho case to tho Su- premo Court, where judgment was revorsed. “Lho socond trinl was had in this couuty, and oo« cupiod tho attontion of court for & wook, ‘I'hia slso resultod in n vordict for Mr. Yiudar for §10,000, Tho cuso will ngaiu go tothe Bupreme Court,—Qlinfon Public. —The_proceodings to restore the burnt reoe- ords ot Cuok County havo just boen commenced undor the nct of 1871, ‘and sevorul months will bo consumed In the nocossary legal slops beforoe nuy rooords will bo restorod, Tt s a singular Inct, and ono well worthy of tho consideinlion of tho (loneral Assombly, (hat tho people of tho most wealthy county intho Btate whoro transe fery of real estate nro mads most (roquently, havo got along vory woll without a alngle lino o rocord ovidenco as'to Lhio Litlo of lots aud lunds, Proporty has beon bought and sold, mortgagoes liave boen made and cstates divided, but back of Oct, 8, 1871, the rocords ara_nshos, 'his iudly; pnmbiu faot goos far to show that our whold systom of rosording lnud titles is cuuzl{ und tronblosomoe, s it 18 eutirely usoless,—Ilinois Stato Reglster, ‘I'ho Illinois Qlass Worls, of this city, shapped 600 hoxes of glasswaro to Now Orlouns youier dny by rivor. 'This {8 an encouraging iudicas tion of tho way in which our Alton factories aro sprending out—Allon Telegraph, ~1'wo olorgymen of Dokulb County who have been kecplug” accurate account of Lho oxpenscs of thoir tables, with & viow to ascertaln i{he Tho body was doublod, oxact amount rnrlulrod Lo oupply an ordinary eater with good, plain food, find that they diffor 10 conus por wedk in the amonut. Ono puls it at 00 conts pdd tho othor ab €1 & wuek,—Syca- more Republican, The Chnmpnign peoploarodiscussing throngh thoir newspapers tho pmprlulfi of rending the Biblo In tho publio schools, The Urbana fepub- lican holds that the echaols should he non- sectarian, and that the rending of the Dible in them f8 an infringemant upon tho porannal rights of the taxpayers who do not want thelr childven lustructed” in o roliglon contrary lo their own. —Tho congrogation attending the Chrlstian church {n Browu Pownship, in” the norihwent art of the couuty, woro startlod by an event nst Bunday, ns lamontublo as it was unexpeotod and torrible, 'he pastor, theRov, Adan Devore, at tho conclusion of his sormon, whils giving out n hymn, suddonly throw up bis arms and foll prostrato in the prlpit. Bovoral of thowo presont hurrled to tho side of tho stricken clorgyman, but beforo medical nsslstnnco conld lau u;;tninml Lo breathod hic lagt.— Champaign azlte, . SPANISH SPORTS. Tight Betwoen n Bull and a Tiger, Havana (Deo, 11)) C%"al;&ndmu of the New York ra eralds Thero could bnrdly have boon a more suitable time soleotad for tho peculiar porformance far- niehed 1s fnat Bunday ab the Plaze do Toros, whore tho bull-fights” commanly take place, In this fustanco It was n fight botwoon n bull and a tigor, tho lattor *froshh from tho wilds of Contral Amcricn," In the aroused condition of the Bpauleh mind ot the momout there was o cortnin piquant approprintoucss in pro- viding thia sort of entottainment, and tho bugo conconrse that attonded justifiod the shrewd coleulalions of tne showman. was glad to oo thero wero but fow Indlos thoro, and the gathoring af men wns tho largest I ovor suw nndor ono roof, The atnphi- (hentra Is vast, sud I shonld thiuk the soating capncity Is at lonst 10,000, On this occusion overy fuch of spaco, from the floor o the roof, was oceupicd, 10t by the common poople, who aro slow topay from #3 to 8U—tho price of ad- migsfon—but by o respoctable-looking crowd, largoly permonted by the Voluutcor elemont, whoso ditferout bright uniforms, intermpacing nt short jutorvals the vast circles of seats, gave to . tho sumtmor-drossed assombloge o most picturesquo mppenrance, - In thoe cenw tro of the arenn, where tho bully and matadors usually contond, o great wooden octagon-shaped cngo, mome 40 foot wido and bigh, was placed, ad inside of tl‘llu roposed tha untumenble tiger. Boon after 4 o'clock, when tho fight was aunounced to coms off, a young bull wan trottad out into tho spaco surrounding tho big cage, and for thres or four nunutes eevoral matndors and wmall boys, with red and yellow cloaks and handkerchicfs, goadod bhitn around the arcus until he howled, grow son- fused, and showed an ovidont dosire to plunge his horns into somebudy or eomething, fn this pleasant framo of mind the door was oponod and ho bounded vigorously in- sido. ~ Tho door, of courge, was in- stantly olosad, though thoro was no occasion for the frantic hurry shown in porforming the act, a tho tiggor nover stirred, but luy mnucilug in the dust jike o sucaking coward, as o proved Limself to bo. 'The bLull wheeled about and turncd about {n the middle of the cage, and seemed to Lo uttorly ignorant of the prosence of tho beust, His attention was altogothor con- corned in tho waving oloaks outside, aud in tho tremondous yoll, lika tho snvage roar of storma dcven breakers on a leo const, that burst from tho crowd, znd was kept up for minutes to- gother. 1t was thia tornfio baman yoll that ape palled and tamed to cowardico nu({nbjucl fear the wrotched tiger, Soon a wido waving streamor of rod cloth was dropped over the prostrate animal, and thon l‘lu brutal fun began. Tho bull pent his horus low, stirtod up tho dust with his foro-feot, and, making tho cloth his target, rushed with rago and awkward might upon tho low-lying tiger, Who cloth was instantly withdrawn as tho bull eame forward,for this was his first scquaint auco with his antagonist. Every oyo was rivet- ed on thetigor at the momont. Would ho fight ? was tho quostion, The amotional Spanish mind immediatoly framed an fllustration to snit two of o highor ordor of combutants that might havo beon, The tigor failed to reapond to the assault of tho bull, 1fe slipped quickly off his lorns and snonked awoy and crotiched down in another cormer more abjectly than over, *Piger 1s a Yankeo,” enid a Bpauiard in my uoighborhood, = “'Phat's tho way tht Yunkee fights," obsorved aunothor lator inthe eveuing, whe it had been doxsonstratod boyond doubt that the boast was eithora specimen tamed to worthlessnoss for fighting, or else & cowardly imposture, In vain the bull, through the de- lusive medium of the bright cloaks shaken in the bars of the cage, was brouglit ropeatedly on the prodtrato tigor; the lattor persisted in evading o strugglo to the end, Onco did tho attendants of tho ring bring hot iron bars to gond tho animal to fury aud provoke him to attack the bull, but, thoy mado him howl with auguish, thoy failed to arouso anythivg like an ngpressive spirit in his goutle nature. Tlio fight was thus a failuro, much to the ‘disappoiutment of tho greut as- semblage which flowed out_iuto the streots in & navor-ouding stronm, and soon filled all tho casinos in tho neighborlicod and fur away, THE SIEGE OF CARTAGENA. IMow They K¥Fight Each Other in Spain, Cartagena (Nov, 19) Cflr esnondence of the London Limes, To-doy ordora had been given for a sortic. Wo call them sortios, partly bucause it sounds well, and partly, perhaps, for want of any othoer word, But they roully havo littlo or nothing in common but the namo with what is erdinarily fmplied by a sortio from o besioged town. A picket ine fuixerly forco of regulars, voluntoers, and convlets goes o ehort distauce outside tho walls, taking two or threo small fiold-pleces. Tho cavally goes on mmusse, comprising sixtoon lanices, two trumpets, o Colonel, u Captain, and o Qornot. They five the fleld-piocos iu tho direc- tion of the onemy until he vespouds, thouglh this ho doos not alwaya condescond to do, and shortly after this thoy may Lo scon coming back in capital spirits, all the botter for tho frosh sir. o uso tho favorite Parislan phmn, “Its se weplient en lon ordre Tho pguns of the foils and ramparts blazoe away, of course, vory vigorously, but abouy this part of the programnie thero is no novelty, The Canlon Murciano kills a certain number of tho ouemy,—usually among tho Gonorals etall, -—tho uumber dopouding upon tho editor's mood, whilo, to malke things fair all round, Mr, Toutor's agont commits at least equel lLavoo amony the Oartagonions, I should be very mueh obliged, by the way, if you wonld al- low mo to ask tho latter gentloman, whoever he may be (I lmve no other means of com- municating with him), not to mako our voluu- teors and rogulurs have any more streot fights— at least, not in tho columns of tho ZTimes, My oxenso—I trust o sufticient, one—for such a re- quest is that I have a vory uh-nu;ij personal ine terest in thomatier. Iam given by the peoplo liera credit for ovm}ylhing abiont Cartagena tint appoars inthe I7imes, and adoyor two asyo tio Junts wero good enough to wend mo an ironically politc mossage, thanhing mo for one of theso stroot-lghting telo- grams, I don't think they object to the tolo- grawms killing thoir men in sorties, On the con- trary, they aro porhaps {lattered by ofng cred- ited with o “ butchor's bill," Dut thoydoobjezl —uand, it soems to o, have a right to object—lo fratricide in their own strects, Howovor, even tho Cailon Murciano won't bo ublo to kill anybody in the sortic of to-day, =8 it mover camo off, Controrss, indood, and Oalvoz got ontside the walls, and thoro for somo timo awaited in vain the rogu- lars who were to jolu them. DLt nat a men came, 'I'he trumpots woro blown, aud blown agaln, but in vain, At last camo a mossuge that tho vegulars positively rofused to stir unlexs thoy recolvod their pay. ORlcors aud men were, for onao, axreod., '.l'{nin sort of “strike" for wages will, I tear, shook military men in goneral, Lut they mny thiuk it noc altogother without oxeuse whon they hear that though thin is boyond the 120th day of tho siego, tho fighting men nave re. celved in all only 10 days’ pav. What tho *‘think- ing mon” Liave paid themselvos is not known, but unlees mef aro eiuolly libslod they guard againot their sulary belng o arreara by the simplo oxpedient of drawlng it in advaoeo, ‘Thora Lins not yot boon tinfe enough to sco to what consequences this milltary **strike" may lend, but, In tho presons stuto of 1li-foeling Lo- twoon the “regulmis™ and tho voluntosrs or civillaug, 1t might cusily nssume o very eetious forwm, ——— The Prairic-Chicken Trades Lrom the Siows City (k) Journai, Last wintor tho aggregate unmber of clifelions shippod frowm Sioux City to tho Eastorn markot was about 45,000, Thus fav tho prescnt soagon thore bave baen over 95,000 purchased by our doslors, Goowey & Co, wnd Millott & Co. uro tho prineipal dealors, and thoy have cach Pumhnsud 16,000 to duto. Smaller bavors have iandled nb least 5,000, malung o grand totul of 85,000, Tho weuson for trappitg ends shortly after tha holidays, aud in tho monntimo thora will, without a quostion, by enough wmoro pure chased to swoll the nunibe~ to 50,000, 'the Tul- ing priod s from $8.90 to $4 por dozon. rafrie-