Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1873, Page 5

'"HE: CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1873. AT LAST. (Continued from the First Page.) thla canfosslon, I bellovo T am forgiven by tho Lord Jeaus Gurdst, by tho Lord God, who delights In morcy. T dio with ninlico fn my heatt 'toward nouo, and coni= iond iy worst etiorues {0 tho marey of dod, Igo willingly to my fate, satiafiod that T am forgiven all 0y slus (hrouga ths blood of thie Loed Jesus Ghrlst, (8igued ANDNRW J, PERTEET, In tho presenco of John A, Bualo, Lorenzo Tilob #0n, Doputy Klerill, BTILL ANOTHER, A gocond confosslon fs this Wiy Coyrr dhag, Jourer,) Abdves 3 1-‘(rmny Dmi. 13, 151;1-,10 u'"dm' Tthe 3, Andrew J, Per(.ct,” by the graco of Gud nud xdifinown of 1ita Esrolleney Gots Doyaridgo, am this ‘evening stlll alive, for which I thank God nnd Iis Ex- coliency, I linye alrcady mado n statemont, which I Tiavo afrocled to bo publiahiod, and, {n addition, feel it 0 bo my duty tosay to (lo_public, whoso lnwa T have violatod, aud in_justico to my own consclonice, which accusea' o of withliakding my gkt so long, tat 1 confess Loforo God_that 1 am gullly of tho great orimo for which I havo boun convcted, and I lereby rotract any nnd overy slatoment which haw beon _construod to micam that am innocent, My nfidavit of Iumoconco was false, Inm not fnnocont, I om gulity, Dutldo sy, boforo God and ss ono stsnding ont e Velk of the v, that T did not promeditato to commit tho_eruol e T id not borrow the razor for that_purpose or wilh any such futent, na God {8 my judgo, I swaa ntly enraged, nnd God knows I bad good Tenson to B angey, Whut T aid wos dona in a il of fronzy, and 8 £o ki razor, T now tay, 88 T hnva gaid, that 1 bave 20 knowledgo of what boeamo of it. Godt kiiowa aud I Jnow flint ny poor wife desorved 5o such troatmoit ot amy hands, BHo was falthful and {rne tome, and wo lived i bppy an moul fnilies lu ous sitnailon, W bad Gaarrels it thmes, hit thoy Wero Koon over, and wo Jived unppily togtothor for twenty yeats, It was awful. Jy cruel (o traat bor 50, but- Oud Xugws 1 dld not mean it, Tum o great sinnier, nnd 1 mako thene confosslona and statements knowlug woll tnt I must snwwer for them beforo the bar of w Just God, I crave s mores and forgivoncas, Although the chiof of sinicrs, T as £rom (1o publio which T Lavo no eruelty wrangod th whilo §t mitst over look upon mo 88 guilty, it wil also romombor that T ave muffered o living dosth, and Willi & penltont licart throw mysclf upon its meroy, This confession T make, being In o eound mind, in tho presence of tho Tov. James McLood, tho Rov. J AL Caldywell, aud 3tias 8, A, Arnold, ANDREW J, PENTART, THE TIIRD, And atill another reads: Ty the Public: 1, Androw J. Portcet, standing fn tho near_presenco of an awful God, and on tio vergs of eing murdered by the laws of man, hiavo & last word for thio world, 1 huvo 10 words to Aeal to amuso my exocutioncra be- ncath tho acaffold, and pen this simply to dofond my-= #olf. 1 am guilty'of (lio murdor of my Wifo, which ‘was nccomplishiod by cutting lier throat with & rzor. ‘Tho murder was dullborats, 1 liad medilated o dood + committiug tho crimo I was entirely solf-posscsned, sud my purpose was to wipe out myxclf aud daughter, 1 intonded the killing of my dunghter and then myeelf, but, when tho heart-bl f my poor wifo was upon my bnuds, my courage gave way,and I was incompetont to comtnlt the entire crime, 1'shiall thonk God fu 10y dying moments that my ‘erimo wna not in- oreased, God kiows iy futentious, and in his in- acrutable wisdom orrestca my lellish deaigny, Iraiee to God that I lacked conrago {0 complalo 1y purposc] Though God 1s moseifu, how could ho absolve puch a #in? " When the hiood from my wife's neck spuried on thie floor, I would linve given tho world to Leal the wound, ' But it was too iate] I then stasted for es- capo, In gotting down stairs T hurt mysolf sovoroly,. X 10w focl the wound, and shall carry it twith mo to the grave, I havo mudo many statementa to reportors and the minisiry in reforence to my erime, but never have I toid the truth, for tho resson thut iny perscoutions have led me to Judgo tho world my enemies, T plall Ao, howover, with o conscloueness of my sing for- given, and at peaco with the world, This i tho only confession I huve or fntend to authorize, snd it s mado a8 a dying man’s dacluration to n einful world ! T aak nolling of bumanity, for bumanity hus nothing to give. I restmy futurowith my Godl While I liave cxpected mercy, my copeota Linvo not been neroiful, Judgment awsits them as well aa myaolf, and if in tho world fo come T umt not awong the bleased, it fa ter- riblo to contomplata tho number of tho lost ] God bo merelful to erring man is my last and most solomn prayer, I sioll dio wilbout fear, to bo terrible, I bolievo I shall meet my wifo in glory, ond fhat wo mhall walk the streets of tho New Jorusalem with tho sawe love, intensified, that wo huve walked tho streoly of Olie 2ago, Muy Heavew's Llessiugs bo showered upon my daughter, Oh, that she moy reform, aud that virtuc's path muy be iers, 1 forgivo hier for hor sins, s God Dbog forgiven mo. To the ministry I feol grateful, If thoy had worked s earucstly for nty soul as they havo fora confession, I should now b fu cternity, I Lave arranged thit Wila shnll bo publiviod after iy dostl, und Teign tho cutiro articlo undera consciousncss that death awaits main tho nest fivhours, To the ‘world a flual adieu, aud may God hielp humilty, AXDREW J, PERTRET, TRE FOURTH, The fourth, and last, confession is, as snid woforo, in tho bands of Miss Arnold. 'The lady will not give it up, She intends, in conjuuction with her brother, to publish a pamphlet, and re- 1ies npon this lnst confossion to give an iutercat to tho document, Sho coolly requested the ro- porter to publish tho fact, to aid in advertising at. From which it mnay bo inferred that the Indy's kindness to the prisoner was blonded with o spirit of morcantilo cuterprise. - This is the confession about which Perteot ‘was 80 especially careful, His last words to Mr. Caldwell contnined an allusion to it, and for this zoason the roportor ayked tho priviloga of copy- ing it. Miss Arnold, howover, declined, Ilr. Perteot, sko said, did not wish it oponed until to-morrow. N Tho reporter asked the ]mvilugu of looking at the outwido, but even this way refused him, ‘Three visita, however, sufiiced to encourage hor to show the pnckage, which is addressed to her, Upon one corner nre tho words, * Lot ‘Mr. Colw see this lott,” sud in anothor, “This is not to be opeued untll afler I am buried,” As Perteot was buricd at 5 o'clock to-day, zlnm correspondent thought Tie TunoNe enti- led to & perueal, 'Lho reluctance tolot it be read may in purt account for Vertont's desire to recover any confossions in tho hands of the ministers. Death has censod TRE REY, 3R, SNALE, The_conduct of the Rov, Mr, John A. Smale towards Perteet is deservivg of all credit, On tho day aftor Pertect was put in jail, Mr. Smalo held roligious sarvice for tho prisoners, and Per- teet sought his scquaintance, I'or more than two years tho confldence botween them was maintained. Portect, ovonin that onrly duy, ftgted the whole truth to the zenlous young clorgyman, in whom ho placod aven greuter con- fidouco thunin his counsel, Whathe stated to 2r. Smale was locked in the bresstof the Iatter, sud bas nover been divulged. When Portoot was to be hangad o yoar ago, bo sont for Mr. Smalo, who devoted himself faithfully for tho spiritunl welfure of thodoomed man. Alter tho sontonce was made by the Suprome Court a fow months ago, ho again sont for Mr, Smalo, Togolher thoy undotstoud eachothier. In tho pros. ence of others, ho denied his guilt, and so long aa there was any hope of commutation of son- tonco, Mr. Bmafo had to be a pained but silent listover 1o the deninls, Fridny, the 12th, s fow hours before the time fixed for tho oxecution, whon alono with Mr. Smale, ke dictated a coufos- gion to bo publistied in Unk TRINUNE after bis death, and whick is tho firat of tho orics of con- fousions given ubove, At tho same timo Lo dic- tated tho following suggestions : Alr, Swale, ot my requeat : Honiu time whien you are able, T wiah you would pub- tish a treatfus upon the crime of enlurglug upon and eoloring the stutements of porwous lucarcersted for crime, - Of bearing falso witness aguinat porsons who Are ouly lightly kuown totho pubiio. Interviewlng for tho purposs of speculstion cannot ba too highly zmou:l‘??uud, and should be roprehended by all in su- otity. 1 winy times was driven to fool that I must get out of aight of all humanity, Tho only times that thoughta of suicide came tomo were whon hounded to death by the fulse slatements of the Clicago Times aud Journial, But for tho mulivo shown by the Obica« 80 Times, 1 should bo euly in prison for life, After the reapito was recolved from the Gov- eruor this confeskion was for the time a\ugwnaa- ed, and Perieet, to all others boside Mr, Bmalo, donled his guilt or cquivocaied, lr, Bmalo, cons scientiously belioviug that the man ought to ro- pont and publicly acknowledgo his crimo, and that o die with » lio on his lips while' pri- vately professing ropenlance and sorrow would 'bo an oxbibition of hypocrisy, was unwilling to share in it, Ho thore- foro absentod limeelf from Porieot until sich time as tho latter would feel propared to throw aside all protonsos, nud o8 fraukly state fu publio what lio freoly stalod in private, An hour hofore the Lime of exocution, he scnt for Mr, Smalo; thoy [issd fogother, and thon Por- teot,for the first timo fu their intercourse, prayed himself, {ervnull? aud heartily, acknowledging all, and'placing Lin rolianco on'God, After thin, feoling proatly velieved, Lo wont to tho gallows '“m"l}\ ‘y undismayed, Those who have wit- nogsed Mr, Bmalo's dovotion to tho unfortuuato culpiit, his self-aacrifico, his unflagging zeal, and the poralutonco with wiuah hio adliored to thio ob- stinuto and at times ropulsive prisouer, all bear untlmnl:{ to the purity aud dlguity of his con- duct, and the caruestness and fidelity with whioh he porformed his pastoral duly, witliout .fee and without any roward save that of cousclousnoss of duty done. R THE AMHERST ALUMNI, The slxth annual reunion of the Western Am. terst Alumni Assoclation was held at the Grand Paclflo otel yesterday evening. The following wembers of the Assoclation wero prosont: Qeorge Iowland, Chicsgo; Luclan Furnham, Newark, Iil, ; Willard 3errlll, Miiwaukoe ; D, E. Bamuard, Washingion Helghts; Joun H. Thowp. #on, Ohiongo M, L, Willlson, Galosbusg ; Wil - lam E, IInmmond, Iowa City; N. A, Prontis Aurors ; Iiland Wheoler, Chicngo; W. C. Ball, Torro Hauto ; Edwin F. Bayloy, Chicago; J. 0. Dock, Chicago; G. M. Gago, Chicago; Will- inm 1. Mooro, Ohicago; W. Z. Btowart, Logansport; Jonn Winn, Dunlap, IlL; Goorgo O, Olarko, _ Obongo; W, 11 Harn, Clileago: D, B. Covert, Chicago; T. O, Winn, Ubicago; Luclen G, Y Shicago 3 N. D, Graves, Kowaueo, Ill. ; J Obi- oamo; Goorge Herbort, Chieago; J. Bdwin 8poar, Clucinati; J, W. Marsh; John T, Bovor- anco, Howard; . Nolson, Ohicago; Cr A. Bonke, Chicago s I, W, Packard, Chicago; L. N. Willlnins, Chicago ; Goorgo 8, Knapp, Cliiengo; A. Jackeon Ilivachol, Davenport, In.; W. 8, Stovons, Ohlcng : D, 11, Haskell, ydo Pack; 11. 8, Stovens, Obleago; W. k. Bond, Ohjongo Jolin Woodrldgo, Clieago Yhomas Bond, Chi- o Ed, P. Goodwin, Obicago; 0. O. Gaytos, Cliieago 3 L. M. P'aine, Chicago. Theso names represont tho clasamen of the years from 1827 to 1873, nud membors of all tho profesaions and difforent branohes of busiuess, Boforo tho alumnl bogan partaking of thoir annual dinner, tho olection of ofticors tavk place, rosulting as followa: Prosidont, N, A. Prontisa ; Vico-Prasident, Henry M, Swmith; Secrotary- Treasurer, Lucien G, Yoo; Exccntive Commit- too, with 'tho ofticors abovo, Drs. 'l D. Nelson and 1. E. Boad. ‘The dinnor was a vory plossant affair, bolnfi onlivoned with clover specchos calling up ol collogo reminiscencos, and tho rondiug of lottors of n{mlngy for absence from alumni, which were not less intoresting than the spocohes. Among tho lattor, was one from Drof. Tylor, Profossor of Greok in the Collogo, which waa lislencd to with intenso gusto by the alumni, The promi- nont speakers wore tho Rov, E. I', Goodyin, D. D., of the Tirat Congrogational Church, of Chi- eago; the Rev. Mr. Dudloy, of Milwaukeo ; tho Tion. W. C. Hommond, of Jown City, Chancelior of tho Stato Univarsity ; Judgo Stuart, of Lo- ansport, Ind.; Prof. Josoph Hayon, D, D., of hicago; Dr. J. O, Peck, of tho Contonary Mothodist Chureh, Chicago, and Willard Merrill, of Milwaukeo. The reunion was a very pleasani affair throughout, P PROF, SWING. Lecture on Phijoseply in the First Mcthodist Church, Prof, Bwing delivored Lis lecturo on * Phi- losophy" yosterday evoning in the First Aotho- dist Church, which was fitled with & vory largo audienco, cmbrncing most of tho rogular at- tondants at MoVickor's on Sunday. Tho spenker was froquently applauded in o mannor which showed Low his listenors apprecinted somo of tho tolling points of the lecture. The following 1a n synopsis ¢ ‘Whou the child or tbe Indian witnosses araiu- storm, or a ainbow, tho mind is ongrossed by tho spoctaclo alouo, But whoa a porson in full mental ‘fm\mr looks towsrd the slormy or decorated cloud, thoughts aride rogardiug the forces bnck of thio hail, sud rain, and gorgeous color, ‘Lo ocenn and the sun’s heat uro scon back of the storm, and a refleation aud dissolv- ing of light back of the rainbow. Ihis going back of surface phenomens and socking the cauecs of facts, is the menisl ac- tion cailed by tho populur sumo of philosophy. It one goes back of montal nction to flud causes and orders of sequonce, Lo isa montal philosopher ; ifg ho attempts to find tho cpuses of povorty and woalth, success or fallure, In no~ tional lifo, hio 4 a political philosopher. No fact of mind, or mouay, or uature,or religion,orsocisty i8 golf-contaimed or spontaneous, but it has rel- atives back of it. Topsy of tho Novel, declared ¢ho had_no_paronts, that sho *growad ” spon- tancounsly, but aside from Topsy there aro no swoll-authonticated instancos of such something from nothing. 'Clio mistlotoe, attached to tho bough of onk or elm, s confossed to have somo ancostral seod back of_its yellow Lwig and ever- greon loaf, Philosophy i tho pursuit of thoss cuuses that lio baolk of the mistlatae bough, Tho philosophic princple in tho mind i3 s roality, just lilio the faculty that porceives color or sound, aud nenco the inability of philosophy to find & resting placa doos not arguo o faculty out of exiutenoe, or off its throuo, but ouly roves that it i a child of possiblo misfortunc. 'ho satromomer, aftor ho has reached tho ex- trome of liis estimatos, and has concluded that thero nro 56,000,000 sung, and that from tho 1nost romote of thoso tho light traveis to us in 5,000,000 yenrs, cannot pauso upon that coniine any more than he can pause within anarrow-shot from the oarth, but is, by all within and without, compolled to ‘eay there are 56,000,000 moro of suns whoso light would comein 5,080,000 moro of [Si= onrs, This wonderful activity of our contury slong tho path of inquiry, ia suid to como from the Novum Organum of Bacon, Ha is the cause of ull this material progress which so marks our age, As the Gulf Stroam is lho creator of Ire- lund, corrying the warm nir of the Tropics up northward, and pouring it all around the Isle, making it ocmorald in sumumer and winter, 8o Lord Bacon's brain was 8 sunbgo strenm of thought, which, flowing from Limsolt outward, has covered the civilized world with & rich harvest of lowers and fruita. Lot mo illustrate tho threo groat philosophies of Aristotle, P'ato, and Bacon by uupposing theso three pioncers of reason o have mot upon & common highway, ton miles from London, where a cart-load of vogetablos was being dragged glowly up a 1Lill, on its slow way to the groat Londoun mar- ket. Thore pause for o moment, the vart and the philosophors, Aristotle gives the whole affair no thought whatover, becauso his philosophy has too lofty au aim; it deals‘not in_ carts nor cabbagor, but in sciencoes of miud and soul. Tlato conaescouds to gazo st tho bumble specta- cle, but it is to compare the horse with the per~ fect, idenl horgo, and to compnre tho mayiot- man with the ideal croature 2s hinted atin an Apolio or a Jupiter in art, 1t i8 time now for acon to look at the phonomenon, nud, porcoiyv- ing tht the horse drags tho load wich dificulty up hill, and recalling the fact thul nll horscs luve dragged oll Joads with difliculty up bill, le thus secures & major promise in logle, and draws thie conclusion that, i tho Lill wore cut down, nnd the rond made lovol, tho lorse would advance with more ensio, or could doublo tho load. Hero Bacon part- ed with the Groek philosophers, Thoy vanished in tho sir, and, resoekiug thoir tombs in Greo:e, loft Lord Dncon in the road with a ahiovol, leveling that lull; and tho wholo nino- teouth contury hiny rallied to the holp of tho in- ductive philosopher, and from lovel road the inductive logic advanced to turnpike, from turu- piko to tramway, from Lramway to irou bar, from horse-poswer fo stoumn. And all this has come to pass, not by invouting a new logie, but hf’ turning induction nwn{ from nuy oue path to all paths,—away from the puisuit of Plato's idoal horso to the jmploments aud comforts of common lifo, “Tho old roaming Gormans in the days of Tasi- tus pitohed their tents in somo valloy by a stroum, and thore planted o fow things nd reared their flocky and_children with tondor earo; but mesuwhile hod sont out brave, wiso men to Bcok o new river-bank for their next home. They built no solid houses of rock, but ouly temporary dwellings of branches of treos; being, ad Tacitus says, always nbout to go away —picture true aud beautifuf of socioty! "In or- dor to ive_ and_ bo happy, and tendorly ronr its childron, it selocts o spot in tho iutotlectual world, and calls it monarchy, or demooracy, or Presbytorinnism, or Methodism, or Orthoiloxy, and girds itself for daily work, us thongh atl lifa were to be apent there ; but no sooner do thoy all get to work than in Lho silont night the leade ing men dopart from the camp und begin to seak & valo or tuble-land where this beloved colony can jonrney to when the soil Is worn out, and the prass consumed, sud tho game gove from tho hills, The pursuit of truth will not sustain life ; honee, while tho search is {)ra;’rc!ulug. man i compelted to atiach himeoll to the bost som- blanco of truth, and then do 5 good day’s work undor that tomiporary flag. Monarcny, Slavery, Ttomnniem, Protestantisn aro only poiuts fu time at which socioty Lnited, to wiu from actual work a living which pursuit can nover givo, We all, clorgymon, lawyers, dootors, machan- {es, and men and women of overy iudusiry, are in our respoctive pursuits, lko ihe quict home or ox tied to a stake, und pormitted to eat tho good grass as far as hiis rope will renoh, Tound wo go, and at laat, whon wo have onten tho herb- a0 off to the vory roots, and aro geiting poor and hungry, slong comel philosophy and either romoves Uk to o new spot, or else quictly longth- ens our cord go that wa can fouch the groon grans again, I'hiere aro persons who will not boliovo in this gimile, but who will contond that what rope thoy Lavo is final and porpetusl. ‘LThero ia no ono who would daro lengthen it or vexst the central stake, They dony that thio grass ovor gots short ; declure thut the pasturnge is slways yich, abun- dant, and etorual, and thiat they aro never hun- ry aud shall nover grow poor. But this iy for Ellu woat part & mental lalluoluation, for wo have all woon thioko pursons winding their - cord around tho central post, until at last, with foot and nock entangled, tho poor dumb things could find only one mouthful within their reach, and that, porhape, somo poor theological weed, with- out any albumen for the body or phosphorus for tho brain. Thus often the Calvinut goes around atake inward until Lo oan uibblo at nothing but Election; the Lpiscopalian 1 winds up untll he can roach only the gion itaclt; and thus, ofton, the Baptiss winda up his rulm untll his cirolo ia roducod to tha slzo of a baptlsmal baain undor his puiplt, In which sina may bo washed out. We aro not where our fathors and mothera ataad, for tho Church that was moroso and nar- row, aund which looked upon God only with _trombling, and which thought oll wonld bo lost cxcopt ono sect ; which thought an organ made tho music too choerful, nnd that o stovo inado tho meeting-lionsa too comfortnblo, #nd henco Lo bo no mortification of siu and tho flesh, haa boon led away from thts distross by tho philosophera; and, all branches meotiug in ona brothorhood ealled an Allianco, which goes from henrt to hieart, 1t worships ita Savior and God by muslo, and thanksgiving, and joy, aud pictures ita Deity na a loving God whose gar- monts are light, and mercy, aud blessednass, The only cloud that can come would scom that of bad morals, Could thero only bo opencd somowhora a fountain of virtuo, of which all would drink and bocomo honorablo, thera is no imagination of poot or painter that could ox- prosa to us the heauty, and wisdom, and charity, and powor of thiy pun&)lc‘ and tho Ingenuity nnd oxtont of its ncts and invontions when philoso- 'phy ahall have lod ¢ forward for o Lialf contury 0 come. i ANOTHER DEFALCATION, An Employe of the Michignn Southern RBorrows $70,000--The Compnny Ex« pectn to Iecover Ite Dofaleations, like all other misfortuncs, do not seom to como singly, s rule which is borno out in tho prosont {usiauco by tho discovery of tho ovil-dojugs of a railrond official in this city, which, although of littlo cousequenco as com- pated with tbe Gago disaster, would, if discov~ orod & month ago, havo creatod no littlo excite- meut, A fow doya ago the Auditor of tho Michigan Bouthern Railrond made & visit to this cily for tho purposo of molk- ing tho usual inspecction of tho Compnuy's business horo. As u rule, railrond Auditors como and go unheralded and unnoticod, but the visit of the .{umlcmnn in question, Mr, O, P. Lolaud, wrs followod by quite & startling denouemont which has for (ho past fow days croated no littlo stir among those railroad ofiicials who happened to hoar of i, Tho porson whom tho searching oyo of tho Auditor showed to bo & dofaultor is Mr. J, J. O. Gillespio, Oashier of the Froight Dopartmont of the Michigen Southorn Railway in this city, and the amount which the Company is short by his nppropriations is about $60,000 or 870,000, It seoms that, somo montls ago, Mr. QGillespio became iutorasted in o patout attrition tlour mill on Olark strcet, south of Van Buron. Ho ralsed tho buildiug snd placed in it the nocossary machinery, and for tho past fow montbs has boon doing quite o good business. The probabih'y is, according to the opinion of o prominant officlal of the Michigan Southern Tailway, that tho monoy eppropristed all went juto this undertaling, as tho defaultor statos that ho began tho mill undor the promiso of a 860,000 loun which the panic provented him from obtaining. This ofiicial does not thiuk the Company will luaomonui;bythn defalcation, s the mill proporty is sad to bo worth $120,000. There 18 no inteution to arrest the mun, ns ho has shown no wish (o retive suddenly from thio ro- sponsibility of hiu acts, and, sy tho ofliclal put it, no evidonces of a criminnl intont have boon discovered. In all probability, the man will be allowed to run his mill and pry up Lis debt to tho Company from tho sccruing profits of his ‘bueinoss. Mr. Gillespio is & man of sbout 42 years of ago, hos n wifs aud family, is o member of Di. Thomms’ Michigan Aveuuo Daptist Ohurch, and hes been govoral yoars in tho position ho Intoly occupicd. Thera is hardly nui,; doubt that the defalcation would ever buve been discovered but for the panic which has proved, to defaulters cspocially, a crucl disarranger of their privato busivoss ai ontorprisos, It is stated that Mr. Gillespio was In tho Shorman Houso whon ho first learned of the presonce of tho Auditor in this city, and (ho intelligonce so overcamo him that lio fainted away. Tho first shock over, he repaired to his oflico, acknowledged Lis orime, and did every- thiug in his power to explsin mattors to tilo Auditor, It ia possivle that this is the last that will be hoard of the businesa. —_— LOCAL ITEMS, The ides of ralsing a popular loan is still in the mind of the Mayor, aud probably it will assuma some doflnite shape in & fow days. He thinks tho people will rospoud lberally, it called upon. Tho salo of seats for Mr, Bothern's first week st the Acadomy of Musio hag alroady begun, and tho demand s somothing uuprecedented in the history of that theatre, ~* Dundrenty " will bo the oposing picce, and will bo coutinued through tho wook. In viow of tho groas rush, soats should bo sccured at onco. The coal-offico of Miner T. Ames & Co., 8t tho cornor of Madison aud LaSulle ntreots, was en- tered by thioves last evening., about 7 o'elock, An entrance was gained through a back window, oy broke open the dosk and stole 8146, Tho alarm of firo from Box 267, at 8 o'clock yosterday aftornoon, was caused by the discov- ory of flames in n two-story framo building, Nos. 84 and 86 Milwaukee avenue, ownod by Mrs. McGinnis, ‘The fire started up-stairain o room ocoupied by a Alra, Billings, whose loss was §20 Nothing out of the ordinary routine occurred In the Oity Treasurer’s oftico yosierday. Some monoy was taken in snd somo paid out, a8 usual, Mr. Bronnan expocts to opon & now set of booke Monday, nnd start afresh, beginning with tho actual amount of monoy paid over to Mr. O'Hurs. At a rogular communication of Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 611, A. F. and A. M., hold last oven- ing, tho following oflicers wero_elected nad in- stalled for the eusuing yoar: L. A, Becbs, W. M.; M. D, Cloveland, 8. W ; J. O. Balisbury, J.W.; 3. 8. Cram, Treasurer; and C. 8. G. Fuller, Secrotary. . #3Tho Deputy~Coroner hield an_inquest yester- doy on the body of John D. Nason, wiio was found dead in Lis bod, in a house on tho corner of Halsted and Suydor stroots, Thursday night. The jury brought in & vordict of death from apopioxy. The decoasod was 57 yoars old, aud unmarried, Capt. 0. O. Laraway, of tho schooner Cale- donig, had baon in Chicago Lhree wooks, and loft for homo Dec, 6, oud biag not beon beard from sinco, Ho was about 6 feet 8, brown hair and oyes, slightly bald, had no thumb on hiy right hund, snd tho lettors O, O, L. in Indian 1k on bis arm, Any information will be gratefull; recoived by his sick wife, at South Haveu, Mi gon. Thursdey » man namod August Roso, whils working in the basoment of Sotmidt & (ilade's Dbrowery, on Grant place, waa caught batweon two largo beer-tauks, and 80 seriously erushiod *that he died at an ently hour yestordsy morning, at Lis home, No. 450 Belden stroot. The Coroner hold an inquest yostordsy afternoon. The jury brought in a vordiot of death by an accident,” Ho leaves a wife, Tho wages of the polico and firomen for tho month of Kovember, awounting to $73,000, aud tho wages of tho tenchors for thie same wonth, amounting to 843,000, hnve not beon paid yet, though the time at which the paymont shoul havo beou made has passoed. It is vot likely tho money will bo ready bofore Now Yoar's, fu the monntino thors will be cousidorable inconven- ionca aud some suffering in couseqUOL0e Of tho delay. Sorgt. Moore, commanding officer st the Union Park Police Station, was boforo the Board of Polico yesterday to answor to o chargo pra- forred by Bweenio Bros, Thoy allege that ho did not watch thair pro{mrly on_cortain ocea- sions, Tho cago wae continucd, Officer Willlam A. Varkor was arraigned on a charge of mal- trestmout. The chargo was not sustained, and the Board adjourned. The Committen on Fire aud Water mot yoster- day aftornoon. Mr. Burgoss, of the ilrm of Atkiug & Buryess, formorly Mastor Mechanlo of the Nortlwestern car-shops, tostitied to tho ability of Mr. Hamilton, the nominee for Boilor Inspactor, and gavo hig opinion that he was in overy rospeot quulifled to dischargo tho dutios of tha oftico. ‘L'he Committos then adjourned until Monday. Col. P. M. Olary, Bouth Town Collector, has ontored upon the dutios of his oftice, and can be found with his clorks every day In tho City Col- lector's deparymont, 1Te s given bonds for ,000,000, and tho following aro his bondsmen : Chinrloy B, Farwoll, Abuor Taylor, Patrick O'Neill, Jumnes Bteel, William J, Onshan, nud Patriok I Driscoll, Mr. Tnomas Judge beou appointed chiof clork, Thursday evoning, about half-past 7 _o'clock, while Mr, Goorge W. Frougl, of No, 31 Park ny- onno, was drivitig onst on Wilsou straot, liotwoon Jofforson and Canal, ho was nssaulted by four mon, who tried to tako n valuably trunk” from the buggy, Mr, Yrench rosisted thom, when thoy pullod him out of tho vehiole, and one made an attompt to stub Litm, which would linve hoon successful if (ho Jmfo biad not boon stopped by # lurge bill-boott, 'I'ho men soomed to kuow Ar, Fronch and called him by name, o tinslly os- onped from thom by unplylng the whip to his orse, Ho reported Lho outiage st the Unlon I symbals ef azeligion,sud no longer the sells | Stroat Slation yealarday. .. -entortain tho sontimonts which GAGE'S PROPERTY. Messrs. Hayes, Colvin, and Norton Discuys His Offer to Turn it Over, They Will Accept on One Condition. But That the Bondsmen May Not Agroe To. Comptroller Hayes, heing unwoll, did not ap- poar at his oflles yostordsy. In tho eftornoon Mnyor Colvin aud Corporation Counssl Norton took & carriage and drovo to his rosidenco, whera thoy hold a consultation about the city finances. A RETICENT OFFICIAL. Whan they roturned to the City Hall Mayor Colvin waa interviowod a8 to what had taken place, The intorview was aa follows : Reporter—Mr, Colvin, ¥ underatand you have boen to sco Mr, Hayos ? ‘Che Mayor—Yes, sir, I hnve, Reportor—Anything done ? Tho Mayor—No, sir. Ttoportor—Did you come to any declsion as to the Gpgo mattor ? Tha Mayor—No, sir. TRoportor—How is Mr, Hayes ? Tho Mayor—Ho wasn't very well to-day. Roportor—Thon you did not tranesot buainess with him ? Tho Mayor-—No, sir. annormr—'l‘han there ia no nows on that sub- ect The Mayor—No, sir. ]toporler—AnyLfilug intereating on other sub- ecly ¢ Thao Mayor—No, sir ; not that I think of now. Judgo Norton, when interviewed, was even moro unsntisfactory, from a newspapor point of viow, than Mr. Colvin. Ho knaw nothing, mndo aromark or two on the stato of tho weathor, 8aid the city wanted to got its money; that was tho firat and Inst object thoy had in view. GAGE'S PROTOBITION OONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED. Tt is undoratood, notwithstanding tho cautious roticonco of the Mayor and tho Corporation Coun= sel, that the authoritics have decided to accept Mr. Gaga’s proposition, provided the bondsmen agreo that tho surrondor of his proporty shall not operate to rolense thom from their liability. ho city anthoritios aro satisflod that the ac- ceptanco of the proposition will not relenso tho Vondsmon, but it is likely a stipulntion will bo exacted from thom "to the offect that they will not atiompt 'in sny way to toko advantago of it. ‘Tho city will make no contract that will relonse tho vondsmen, and it is oqually cortain thoy will onter into 10 now agreoment that will bind thom any more than thoy aro bound now, Thus tho mattor stands at prosent. Mr. Qago, though still suffering scutoly, was roported fo'ba somothing better yestordsy, MR, HESING AND 3R, QAGE. o the Editor af The Chicagn Tribune: Bir : I oxamined ‘Lz Trisune this morning with somo intorest, to seo your commionts on the vonomons screod of iho Slaals-Zeitung which, not content with Euh\i!hlng in the col- umus of that paper, they had strickon off ss a hand-bill in English and ecattored around the streots of the city, aud I was gratifiod to sca you every manly and ouorous naturo must feel towards that papor. 'ho article published by the Staals-Zeilung \was intondod ns s picce of strong writing, but in- stond of that it only showad tlie maligaity of ita suthor. That Mr. Gago nover intanded or ex- pectod to dofrand tho city of ono dollar, 18 admitted by nll. His own pecuniary responelbility, togother with that of his surotios, precindo tho possibility of snytbing moro than tomporary inconvenionco to the city, arising from dolay. No ono Las to mourn the loss of funds or {ncreased taxation on scecount of Mr. Gage's defalcation, as in the case of Twoed, of Now York, and, smoug all fair- minded men, sorrow that Alr, Gugo could have permitted Limsclf to violato the law and thus diggracoe himeslf is the domiunnt fecliug. But not o with the editor of the Staats-Zei- tung,—to bim it ia only n subject of burning oy, that ho can toar and rave over s fallen muu, and over thoto who, in ignorance of his officis migconduct, supported huim, Ho novor felt "Tia & cruelly tolosd falling man, ‘but with his iron Licel would trample and crush evon tho little that romaing of ono whoso name for yenrs hos been synonymous for clarity, in- togrity, and public spirit. “Tho fall of Ar, Gage is Baddoning, but that there could boe one found in this city who could ilnnb ovor 1t, is sickening. It rovonls a dopth of liatred and cruelty whicl must be sean to be balioved. Aud not contont with vituporating Ar, Gngo ho seoks to throw obloquy upon Christiauily au its professors, fHere his ravings aro of little momeont. ~ Neithor he nor such as his woigh a feathor in the formation of an eulightened public opinion, If he will lay that article aside, and road it ono yeer from now, aud does not wish from tho bottomof his heart that it had noverscen the light, cortainly no atronger illustration_of tho doctrine of total dopravity need be looked for, Lizo1s. 19 MR, OAGE A DISHONEST MAN? To_the Editor of The Chifcayo Tribune : Sz : It moy bomanly to striko & man when down, but Tean't sea it. I nover glory in tho downfall of aunothor of when fate is agaiust Dim, and I pity tho man who would, or could, for ho must bavo a dopraved heart. # Thoro are always two sidea to a quostion,” said tho Hon. Joun M. Whson to nie, many yosra 2go, when I liad souglt his counsel and advice. “'You have mado o romarkably good plon for yourself, young man,” smid His Honor ; ** but I notico that the other parey is not present. I ohargo you nothing, but my advico is, go homo and do what i3 right yourself, and sottle this matter up botween you, without iroublo or cost," 1 did, and I have not forgotten thet advica yet. Whnt 8 noble rebukel—what n lesson forn young mau just entering tho business walks of life, Now, Iwish it distinctly undorstood that I am no particular friend of Ar. Gage, and 1 never Voted for him, and, furthorniors, that I bavo not oven spolen with Lim for the past five years ; butlam s man, and s tax-payer of Clicago; aud somehoyw it always has Dbeen my nature to take the part of tho one that everybody olso was trying to ruin; and, in o doing, I may bo right, and ¥ may bo wrong; but, as Old Uickory onco enid, **Ishall taho the rosponsibility,” aud lob othors sy what thoy plouse; for you kinow, Mr, Editor, aud [ kiow, aud woall kiow, what was oxpeotod of Mr. Gage, Ho was to use or loan out our elty monoy, sud pay us for such use tho fum of, say, $130,000; for how could any sane or business mpn imagine ho could do this unless Lo did_uso or loon [t out?=Comof:that is tho point, and we kbiould have 113 quibbfing nbout tho muttor whatovor, Dacs auy mau undortuko to tell mo, who knows Mr, Gage, that ho would not, if fate hiad not beon agaiut bim, boon pro- Bnmd to pay over every dollar of that money to is successor, and if ho had douo so_ho_would have been applauded to the skics, Now I know a largo number of baukons who Lield tho peoplo’s ‘mongy nlko, and they huvo not mado ns 0od o show of it as ho has, duving the present panic, aud they have not beon called thievee or rascals otthar. And then, sgaiu, the clty uever eutrust- ed br, Gago with their monoy personally, but thoy mado Lim givo security for it. And, inase muoh a8 mon dow’t usually sign thoso kind of bonds for nothing, aud us I have not yeb hoard from Mr, Qago, thoreforo, I do not actually know who lins ‘sald monoy. Lut bondsmon or no bondsmen, thore is one thing I do kuow, and that is, Mr. Gago lessaid: * Gentlomen, fute i sgoinst mo. There s my princely fortunae, “Pako, sacriticd it, poy this domand; aud I, with my family, will walld out singlo-handed and try tho world over ngmn” Y Gago a dishonest mnn? His farm alono, at Tiverside, in any do- cont timo, would sell for cuougli to pay off avary dollar s domand, Is Gage o dishonost man? “Fatols oguinet me, gentlomon, Lom I your power, liore {y my' princoly foriuna, “Tako &ll, and let mo go freo,” And why this sacrifico? Wonra tho people, Would it givo us plonsuro, uuder the circumataucos, Lo rain this man und thon *hoot” hin dowafall? Would it bo manly? Now Iam n strictly disin- torouted puity, excopt Lo may hold o portion of my tox-tuonay, and theroforo I should have u Tight to oxpross an opiuion at Toast, and that iy thiut tho wionoy in porfoctly gafe, and that we will i time ;iol overy cont of it, and that we sliould do it in such'n manuer ud not to ruln 3r, Gego, Lwill still zo furiher nod stato that it Mr, Gage draw up & suflicient number of 8100 notes, without seourlty or intorost, payablo in throo years from dato, to cover the demind, and to give him tima ta dlposo of Lis praperty, that T will onsh ouo of thom, and if I gnow tho truo hoarts of our Ohleuyo business mon, I am cone fidont that thoy would bo all taken up within » month's timo. " Respoottully, 5 E, 1I, Qtenuxas, —_— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasmixatoy, Dec, 10,—For the New England end Middlo AtlantioBtates, fresh to brlsk vuriable winds, with stormy westhar on the eaat, followed byincrensing prossuro and olearingcold weathor by Baturday night. For the Loko rogiou in- creaslng pressuro, with low femperatuva, and acens af raln and anow, followed by elonring wonthor, and frosh to buiuk northorly snd wostoers ly_winds. For the Northwost, cold north- otly to wostorly windn and_oloar or cloating woathior. Yor tho Southern Stales, incronsing prossure, with lowor tenperature and partly cloudy woathor; tho provalling winds in tho lnst-namod _districts continuing from north and wost, For tho canal rogions of Now Yorl, Yonneylyanin, Virginia, and Ohlo decidedly lower tomporature durlng Snturday, ‘The rivers in Westorn Pennsylvanin will probably riso slightly during to-morrow, and the fall of the Ohio Hver below Cinciouatt will be moro gradunl, GESRBAL ORSERVATIONS, Oupsuo, D3e, 0—1a, m, Wind, (Hain] ii-callier, 0,Clear, Q'Clear, 0[Clenr, 0/Gloudy, olCloudy, 0fClear, Clear. 0|Linht anow. oloiear, ojClondy, 0{Clear, 0]Clear, 0:Claar, ofcienr, 0jClondy, olCioar, 0|Clenr, nluuht snow, N, W, frosh. VY., fresb, 8| a4 a 30 +140,27] LaCrosso .. [10.20] Marquetto, [10.07] Milwakeo’ (30,10 Ominhn. ... [30.50| Pombin Toledo . 25|8, 16 N, freah ... 19 N.'W,, freah. 21N W, frosh, 10'N; W2, fresi, THE VILLE DU HAVRE. Onpt. Surmout’s Account of tho Disnse ter-=1Vho Was to ffla:me for the Oole Ision«=Bravery oi the fPassengors, BURMONT'S STATEMENT, New York, Dec. 19,—Capt. Surmont, of tho Viilo du Havre, bas made a statomont concern- ing tho dizaster fo iho vessel and those on bosrd, but ndds little to vhat was proviously known of tho tragical occurrenco, Ho says: “I ot up from tho sofa at 2 and loft my cabin. At this moment the ship was under full sail, aud ghowed horsolf all at onco in our path, and [ had hrdly timo to jump on the bridgo wheu the Villo du Havro wis alrendy STRUCK DIGIT IN THE 8IDT, oppoeita the mainmast, ‘The damage was enor- ‘motw, boing a holo of at Tonst sixteon fock long, rendoring it cortain tha ship vould romnin o very littlo whilo atlont. Tho cogino was stopped at once nnd tho valves wero oponed, Tho water rushed in 80 quickly thero waa not timo to closo tho door of tho bulkhoad which sopnrated the engine from tho boilora, Besidos, the bulkhoad of tho coal-bunker baying Leon forced into the engino, tho water pourod in that way into the E‘m or-room. I estimato thero were mot more hnn TWELVE MINUTES BETWTEN THE COLLISION AND BINKING of tho ship. Capt. Robertsom, of the Loch Earn, who says ho saw me, suys ton minutos, others eny fiftcon, but there are ouly two or threo minutes in quostion, I must say that in that short intorval the pagsongors woro oxamples of cooluess, calmueus, and rosignation ; and at tho dreadful time of this lameutable ocenrrence, when 955 persons wero juatly atarmod at the thought of “cortain death ut any momont, and their only hopo of safoty was disappenring, THE WOMEN wore the firat to give tho examplo.” Capt. Surmont’s storyof tho fallure to get boats nlloat does not differ from that told by tolograph, ‘Lha rapid filling of the vessol and falling of tho masts woro the causos, He also By : “I have tho stisfaction, nince tho wreck, of loarning by quostioniug tho wurvivors of the erow that evory ono wus at bis post, that esoh aid his daty and that ALL WENT DOWN WITH THE VESSLL, and wore picked up from the sos. The Ioss of tho unhappy oflicor who commandod Lhio watch at the moment of tho collivion rendors me un- ablo to give an exact account ot the ocenrrence, bofore taking command myself: Lut I can do- claro that tho Loch Xarn, to which I showed my ship's sido, aud which consequontly had nothing to foar from mo, struck dirctly ngainst my ves- 8el, at tho 1ink of smashing herself as woll,whon by o slight stroke of the telm “I»vnm\——(nr it yas mokt 8o already—this terrible collision might havo boen avertod. A TASSENGEN'S TESTIMONT, New Yonx, Dec. 19.—''io Tibune publishos & lottor dated Paris, Gth, from Rudolph A.Witthaus, Jr., passenger on the Villo du lavre, who says whou he reachod the dock, aftar being awukened by the crash, he toolk in tho situationat & glanco, and says ¢ “I then mado wp my mind for the worat, and wont aft to sce what chauce thero was for me in the boats, for two or three wera alrondy in tho water. As Icamo aft, Isnw them put off tothe ship which ind run us down, sud which, fortu- nately, had kept atloat and was hovo to about hulf & milo under our atern, #The two Loats wero FILLED ENTIRELY WITH FRENOI sailors and firomen, Home forty men were making frantic and uspless offorts to got ab- othor boat ovor the side, and balf of these cowardly rascals wero olfeady in the boat. Beoing that the crow was entirely demoralized, I gave up oll hopes of boing saved from the Btomer by n bost, and looked nround me for some means of keoping ailoat whon she should 0 down. Thon Ienw aman neor me hammer- ng ab tho taffrail with a capstan-bar, TRYING TO GET A LIFE-FPRESLUVER LOOSE. Wilthaus procurad a snilor's knifo, ent loose & numbor of lifo-presorvers, ono of which lie socured to himself, and jumped ovar tho stori. Ho camo {o the surfaca in time to sia tho steamer disappoar, got hold of o picco of tho wreck in compauy_ with two Froncl nailor, and was finally roseuad, half naked and nearly frozen, by an Lnglish boat. His subsequont nl;}:’,vdi.s substantially tho same as ulrcady pub- g LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Decisionn of the Kowa Supreme Court Concerning the Logality of Ruilrond Raxes. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Daveyront, lu,, Doo. 19.—The Suprame Court of lowa Linve rovorsed the judgment of Judge Rothrock in the case of Sinnott ot al, vs. Molis, which {nfl rment dissolved the injunction agaiust tho collection of tho b per cont rilroad tex in Bloomington Townsbip, Musontine County, I'his throws the caso into tho courts to bo triod on ite merits. A nearly all thia tax lwa boen collected, it makes an intoresting muddlo, Tho Supromo Court Las also passcd on the injunction coso in regard to the same tax in Pile Township, samo connty, aflitming tho judg- mout of tho lower court, with modilications, “I'his decision is_in the intorest of tho Musca~ tine Weetorn Rtailroad, Theso casos have beon a wourco of great trouble and litigution, and are not settlod yot. Case Sottled by Avbiiration in Michi. | sweetal Disvateh to 2he Chicano T'ribune, Granp Rapios, Mich,, Deo, 19,~Fhe physi- claus nrmed in v provions (linrnwh a8 arbitrafors in tho caso of Mrs, Mary Earlo nininat the De- troif & Milwankeo Railroad Compuny, which way withdrawn from Court, visited that lady at Low- oll and examined tho injurics eho retelved ot tho disastor of Sopt. 16, ~Thoy then roturnod to this city, hourd the law on the subject from the attornoys of both parties, nud rwarded Dlre, Earlo §1,800. Bho clalmed $20,000, NEBRASKA. Doring gfor Conl und Water in Omaha wEho Public Sehools. Speciut Dispatch to The Cliicuuo I'ribune, Otaua, Nob., Deo, 19,—At 1 meating of prop- orty-holdors lawt night, to consider the quostion of boring for conl, it was resolved that tho city should be cullod upon to make an appropriution for thut purpose. It was uldo resolved that tho City Couneil bo roquostod to contraet with some competent and tesponsiblo porsons Lo bora an atesinn well within the oity limits, and the maot- ill'.’ favored the issne of bhonds for that purpose, 'I'he annual report of the Htate Supoerlntondaent of Tublio Instrustion siows that the Lotal num- bor of scholars in tho Biute Iy 63,108, DIAKIONDS RESTORED, New Yonw, Dov, 10,.~3nrshsl Flsk waa or- dored yosterduy to restore to Nimwod Lancastor, tho gold wd diwmond winer of Chieago, 280 uve cut dinmonds takon from the atter by tho Cuse tom-1louso onicers on tho charge of attemptod smugghng, RS — STEALING DIZPATCE Br. Loms, Dee. 19,—Tho Demoorat to-dey makos a longthy e: Emsn of u dirvovery made yes- torday that 1lonry B, Losoy, sn employo ot the Wostorn Unfon ‘Lélegraph Company, sl ulso o oiphor translstor of the Wostorn Assoclnloed Prosy, has been suvraptitiounly Nwiaishing the Glole mowspapor of this city L com+ morclal roports bolonging (o iha Associntail Prows, 'The (lobe 14 mnabt s momber of the _Ausocloted’ Drems, and it has for » long 4 een suspocted of obialulug more or | 38 of that Aznociation’s nows in an illegitimate way, buw it {v the fivet timoe dotection has Leon mado. ‘The Locnl Bonrd of tho Associated Prees will hold & meeting to-morrow to consider what sctlon hall bo Laken in tho mattor, Loeoy was ’unmpl]y diemiescd from tho kervice of both tho Totegraph Tompnny and Arsociated Pross, RAILROAD NEWS. Tranasfer of ¥eallronds in Towan. Special Dispateh to 2he Chieago Tribune, Dunuque, Is., Dec, 10.—Tho rumors of a chango of hands in the managemont of tho Chi- eago, Clinton & Dubuquo and the Chicago, Du- buque & Minnesotn Railrouds are woll founded. A prominent citizon recoived to-dny o loiter from X Chicago railrond officlul that conflrms tho ropott. Eaiirond Troubles. Special Dispated to The Chicaao T'ribune, IspraNavorts, Ind, Dee. 10.—A pramonger over the Imllnnn}mlm, Burlington & Westarn Tintlroad, nrriving hero to-day, says tho tracky of thint road aro being patrolod by armod guards o dintanco of 16 milos cast of Farmor City, Ili, The nocossity for such precaution ig not sinted. — e NAVAL, Bosrox, Maas,, Dec. 10.—0rders wera recolved from Washington to-day to conso all extra work st Charlostown Navy Pard, ond to rosumo tho usnal working hours, I'ho work of fitting ont the Brooklyn will procoad, but, as the emorgency {s over, & bumbor of omployos diave beon dis- eharged, ‘Tho Iranklin is oxpected to snil on Monday, = e, NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. New Yonk, Dec. 19.~The Colton Exchange will adjourn from the 2ith to tho 29th, — e THE LIVE-STOCK MARKETS. ALUANT. Atmaxy, N, ¥, Dee, 19, ~HREvra—The market opena unusually ‘dull, whd, uithougl holders aro avking lnst woek' prico, hales show u alight raduction In prices moro particularly on common stock, There is n good offerling of clioico tocl: thus fer, but nono_superlar to lost week, Tloro has thus far been Yory itle domand for tho wsusl Chlstnyus cattle, nnd 1t may bo_ donbted whether tlicy will ind o favorublo market here, At tendanco madorate, and composcd majuly of o few Tiriglton dealers and large mumbor of country bity- ors end butchers : also, & fair roprosontation front aweachuselts, Rodo Taland, nuid Conncctiont, The Dulks of tho Inquiry thus far has boen for light and niedium wolght stock, Reccirts this woel—Iooves, 4,623 ¢ shieop, 17,800 ; Lok, 20,400 ; horees, 339, SitrEe A¥D LAMs§—Tho demand linw aliown eon- sidorablo improvement over last wock, Tlio fnquiry Ia ‘mafnly from o Kt tho Wanta of theNow York and focal imnrkola Laying bicen modorato; pricea e et 1b fowr than Inst week, which lins eatisod pnrtiea from iho ast to purchaso lbsrally, Avorage quality of sock folr FANAAG CITY. Specinl Dispateh to The Chicagn Tritune, TaxaR Giz¥, Mow Dec, 10, CATHLETiocoiota llght, snd 1mostly ordiusry gendes; dngiiry goud for uative nitchere’and fuediig steots. Tozan atock sicors f0ld at $1.85, Ttoan—Teceipts, 4, tor cinaoth hogs, during tho duy at & Tngo from BT, demand wurgent from packers encd firm, with slcs t0 4,57, closing SPECIAL NOTICES. Burnett’s IKalliston, Asa Wash Tor the Complozlon, has nooqual, This dls. tiugnishad for ks cooling and soothing pruportlcs, and i3 adinlrably adsptod to olf upuatiral canditions of tho skl oving tay, sunbura, frocklo:, rednos of tho alila, &c., ourug chapped hands, and allayin irritation énussll by th bites of musauitees and vikier xn- Boplug lnsaot.' e lenliston s bighly roqumontiad 4o sy asb for tho Hond, oouling, "cleuming, wud rs: rexhing. Atte For Bl i laving, softentng tio hoved and skin, o Mowiling, complncls neutraliziog tho Afier Son-Bathiuy, rolloving the aotion of tha water and au For Chapped Hands, an ffeative applicatlon, Wl tho Kursors, peouliarly adapiod to tho bathlag of nfants, Buld by Drugglsts sverywhero, No Other Medicine - ever attainod such an nnprocedented saly as 1TELMTOLD'S Buonu. Its nume and famo aro known overywnero; and ftdoservos its great roputatlon, far it hisn undoubted morit, 1 Is warrantod 10 cure all discascn of (o kignoys nud the urinary orguna, Hewaro ot gountorfeits, Goui- iue lian frivats propriotars stemp of i, T, Holinbald on each bottle, Schencelk’s Mandralce Pills. ‘Those nllls aro composod oxclusivoly ot vcsou\hln in- grodicuts, aud althuugh they entirely muporseda- thig uso 5 lr{. do not Joave nny of {ts Injurious ol Tney aof dicectiy npon tholivar, Aud oo valuabl roedy fn all casos of dorangoinont rosulting from a disurderod atate of that organ, Liver le\plnhu, Hillions Disortlo Tudigostion, Biel Toatavho, ‘yuholly Fosors &o., & all xiicouin to tho (o0 use of Scnonck’s Mandraks Ll Tor talo by all drugglsts and dunlors. NEW PUBLICATIONS. A NEW FRENCH GRAMMAR. JUST PUBLISHED. A Practical Course WITH THE FRENCHLANGUAGE Ualform with, and on tho samo plan as, **Woogbury's complaro Coursa with tho Gorman,” By Profs. Louts A. Languellior, LL. D., and IL M. Monsanto, M. A, Cloth, b pages, Price, $2.00. By mall, for examins~ with a viow to intraduction, on receipt of $1,%5. RECENTLY ISSUED. A\ COPLETE, COURSE WITH THE GERHLAY, Consisting of a *Practical Courso” in wrltiog tho Gorman Laoguago, follawod by s of Gortnan Urammar.” 1y W. IL Wondbury, A, M. 1 vol, clot. bilpagos. Prico, $2.00, By mall, for cxamis natlon, on rocelpt of $1.%5. 0, dosorintiso of the il wirool aul Colloge Taxt~ okce, and T dusativaal Roportar for Soplomber, & handsouo publioation full of usuiut uforination, waliod froo to any adudrovs. IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & (0, Or EDWARD COOX, 183 anad 136 State-st., Chicago. THE NEW MAGAZINE, FIRSYT NUMBER NOW EEADY. TEL 3 INTRRNATIONAL REVIEW.) SUSTAINED BY THE ABLIZET WIRITERS IN BOTII HEMISPIERES, FOR JANUARY, 1874%. CONTENTS: T, Our Tinte Pank F o, By Prol, A P. Univorsity, . My Drof. Dy RS, By RAY PALNER, D.D, Chn: Law, Baron Fnanz Resonts, Shunei, Wl Atbjtraflon. Ly Turo, D, L Al Bt S YR ol VI Ingprnnti WOOLAY oy VIL Book Netfcose T'sa ** Tutornational " will ba Issued six times n yon Subserlption pric, $5.00, Bpuoluun oopy by mall, §1.00. Cunvasuors wanted, A, 8, BARNES & CO., Publishers, 113 & 1156 Btato-st., Chicago. TUST PUBLISEHBED. THE AT{BERICAN SCHOCK HUSI0 REATER Book I. For Primary Schooly, Prico, 36 cta,, or 93,80 per Dozen, The firat of an axaellent Surios of GRADED BOIOOL MUSLO HODKS, by Ly O, Timeruon and W, B, Tildon; EIZREON'S STHGING SCROOL. Olarke's Dollnr Instruotor, for Roed Orgona, Olarke's Dollar Insiructor, for Pinno, Uiarke's Dollnr Instructor, for Violin, For beginnors aud amatenrs, Full of ussful, nsteuse thvw, and s tho sauid Lty brilliant wosie, ATHER ZEMP'S 0ID FOLES COWCERT TUNES, Price, 40 etny or $3.00 vor Dozen Booke, Sung ovdrywhoro with groat upplause trois old aud youug, ol uvarywhore, Hunt postiaiid for setatl prico, Olivor Dituon & Co., Boaton, Obhuy, H, Ditson & Oo., 711 Brozdwuy, Now Yorks LYON & HUALY, CLLICAGO, LADIES’ GOODS. [T PAYS T0 TRADE OW THE WEST SIDE. CARSOT, PIRIE & CO." RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Madison & Peoria-sts., 0Oypen To-Morrow, Seturday, some of the Most Extraordinary . BARGAINS Evor offored, and spocially edapted for CERISTMAS GIITS, as follows : EMBROIDERED LINEN SETS, 600 Linon Embrotderod Sots, each Sot {na boz, 8 conts oncl, worll 35 to 8 cta, 1,000 Linon Riobly Embrolderod Sots, each Sot in & box, 0 cts. onch, worth B4 to 81,35, As tho abovo Uoods closo tho ontlra fmportation of a Targn foralza manufacturlug houso, tho oo cranot bo duplicated; and ns, without doubt, se auall selt ull in & vory faw days, thoso wha whslt to avall themsclyes of thin bargaio shuuld do su at onca aud bofurs tho bost styles aro cullod out. Alro, 400 Black Laco Volls at 25 cts. ; a groat bargala. 4,260 Whito Laco Tidlos, 10 ots,, worth from 50 to 76 ctes Lot Laca Collars, 10ats, ench, Lot Taco Handkerchiofs at 33 cla, vory ahoap, Lot Limorlck Laco Hdkfs., $1, worlt 52,50, All-Linzn Mom Btltoh [ldkfs,, 126 ots. aacl, 100 Harn Stitch and Einbroidorod Ildkfs,, 30 ots. sachs 300 Embroldorod Hkfs., 10 cts, each, Gront Bargains in Real ‘Throad, Point Applique, and Point Gauzo Cullars, Speatal Bargatns In Black Gulpuro and Throad Lacos. Bargnlus In Hosiory s horotofora ndvort s, Bargatns in Gloves as horotofore advortieed, Barpains in a8 borotoforo advertisod, Othor Bargains s horotofora advartised. By tho rensoval of sovoral Departimonts of Henvy Goods t0 tha basemont during tho Hulidxy ‘Trado, wo hopo ta #avo Ladlos tho crowdiug, annogance, and dolay pravious- 1y oxporioncad; and by tho cxtraordinacy valuos wa now offar, prova to all that ITDES PAY T0 TRADE (B THE WEST S0 SHAWLS, SILIS, & GIRISTHAS & NEW YEARS PRESEITTS. KGR LD, LEITER & (0, STATE & WASHINGTON-STS, OFFER THEIR ENTIRE STOUK OF Tor tho noxt Aftoon drya, at o discount of 36 per oeut from regular prices, Real Point Shawls, TLaces, mbroiderics, Laco and Embroid« erod gnd Initial Iandkorchiofs, ol at ro~ duced prices. FANCY COLORED ARD BLACK b STILIES. The Dargost and Beat Stock of “FURS” in the city at lowast prices. IRISH AND FRENCH POPLINS AND DRISS 300DS. tI'I'..II‘\Z"J.‘S, KID AND CASTOR GLOVES, ., &e. ELEGANT STOCK CF RUGS, From $8.00 to $565.00. GANTLEMEN'S UNDERWEAR, TIHS, BCARFS, BILK and CASHMERE MUF- FLERS, &6., &o. S RWARNEY'S BUCHD. EEARNEY'S EXTRACT BUCHU, Tho only known romedy for Bright's Disease, And & Positlvo Romody tor GOUT, GRAVEL, STRICTURES, DIABETES, DYSPUPSIA, NERVOUS DEBILITY, DROPSY, Non-Rotontion or Tnontinwnnnf Urlno, Trritation, In Namuatlow or Uloniation of the BLADDER AND KIDNEYS, Spermatorrha, Longenrchres or Whitas, Disoases of the Prostato Gland, STONE IN THE ELADDER, Caloulus Graval or Brickdust Danostt, sud Muous, or Milky Discharges, REARNEY'S EXTRACT BUCEHTUT Poaltivoly and porimanantly encos all Disosses or Affeor tions of the BLADDER, KIDNEYS, and DROPSICAL SWELLINGS, Exlstiug Iu Mon, Womon, and Children, NO MATTER WIIAT THE AGE Prico, $1 por Bottlo, or Bix Bottles for $5, Depet, Ho. 104 Duane-st, Hew Vaork, Sold by Druggists Evorywhero, AACK, STD AR ) R tockholders’ M Ceann, D nal meating of t stockhalars ol + T Rttt o Ui o T o i el bl onas i ¢ ottt of 3 and # aly otwasm The, G b DS, Un {ceof the Oustd Fesre Telegrah Car Dreks Company of Chicago, 10, Koom 10, 150 Dearborn-st,, 5 ey CHICRD, e Do U 162, sy v At & g i sbaS st L’-x‘!,rfuw, i o ol o the Guy of Jaiary, U ot e s Jan, 1§, ary. DISSOLUTION oy givon (hat tlio conartnorship botwee: e o e L 1 lor b e, nams o Taton'w i olvod by mutusL vonusaA B H T AN il 1960 suoiabur, 1016, B, W, PHILLIPG RS