Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1873, Page 8

WASHINGTON, Tlow Cabinet Ministers Manage to Rido in Thoir Chaiscs. A Subject for Investigation by the Senate Retrenchment Committee. Proposed Cutting Down of Esti- 4 mates by the War Departmont, ThefPresident Will NotjWithdraw Will- iams’ Nomination. Epeclat Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, XOW CADINET-MINISTERS DIDE IN THEI CARBIAGES, ‘Wasnmyaro¥, D, O,, Dec. 23,—When DPresident Gront, n his ‘last moseago to Congross, oxpreasod o hopo that tho soveral Btatos of tho Unlon would pro~ ‘vido homes ot Washington for their Sonators, it was nob kuown that tho Governmont was runninga huge Uvory-stable for the benofit of tho Cobinct-Ministors vud thelr fomilles; but it ds & fact, and tho proofs aro belng produced, Tho Sonato Judiciary Committe, which is investigating the caso of Prosident Grant's nomince for Ohief Justice, Dap been put in posseasion of tho fact that the family of Attornoy-General Willlams are indulging in tho use of a fing landanlet purchased with money sppropriated from tho contingont fund of tho Department of Jus~ Hos, Ithns nlso Joaked out that this elogant equipage 48 manned by o driver ond o footman in livery, who figure on tho pay-roli of tho same Department us mossongers, It 18 also & fact, as your «ispatelies hiovo shown that soveral othior’Cabimet offiy cers, their chlef nssistants and favorito clorks, aro pro- wvided for in a liko manner, Thofamily of Postmaster~ Goneral Creswell aro accused of driving behind a £1,700 span of horsca rocently purchiaged with monoy taken from tho contingent fund of the Poat-Offico Do- partment, ond, nuot bolug o selish man, Mr. Croswoll js orodited with providing teans and carriages for flve of his chief oesistants, Elx carriages, with Liorses fo match, aro cradited to the Treasury Dopartment, Soorctary Delano gots along with only tbree. I is sald tho War Department bas tho samo number, but, as the head of the latter bureau has recently married sgain, It 18 expectod & ‘bandsome span of Kontucky thoroughbreds will bhave to bo pald for out of the contingent fund, Not only are our DIMinisters and thelr fomilfes thus handsomely provided for in the way of horses, and vehicles, and drivers, and footmen, Dut the Govornment §a called upon to furnish feed and shelter for thio animals, and for theso convenfonco of tlioso wha uso tho mmo stables havo been loascd, ono ‘veing located on D streot, near Fourteonth, and tho otlior on_Tennsylvanta_avenuo, at the foot of Cupitol T, Of courso tho Governmient would not bo 8o mean as to coneo its beneflclal work at this point Toreea cannot livo without oats and liny, snd Cabinet ofticors and thelr families re not the Kind of people who rido n_untidy vohiclea ; thoreforo fodder nud groomn for the animals, and_stablomnen to look after tho vohicles avo carrled on tho Govornment pay-rolls, aud paul for out o tho contingont Tund. Tuiw abuse wn to the cnormous oxtent hintod at above, 18 said 0 Lavo bad 318 uriginwithin two years, aud to' be an invoation of thio Lost-Oftice Dopartmont, About two yeais ago, Foetmaster-General Creawell allowod tho purehase, ‘out of tho contingout fund, of a horso and wagon to convey tho mails of Congréssmen botwoen the Capltol and tho_ Post-Office, Vory soon it was found uecessary to' buy o Loreo and buggy for tbe man who dvlivers notices of the "none of postage, This was followed -gmymout y othor purcnses of horsea and_carriages, aid Sunlly stablo was leused for the sholter of this ‘peoperty, and o man Lirod to take caro of it, This man convinced tbo Postmnater that it would_groatly facile sl the busluoss of thostabloif ho wera allowed tho usoof o trotter ondn light rond wagon, s wish wos gralifled. Deivg o for-sighted man, bo suggesied fto his superior that tho intérests of tho Depariment demanded other purchases of Borsaa and buggicr, until Aually tho_Postmastor-Goo- oral found Lymsclf riding to his Department every ‘morniug in o Governmeut vobiclo behind Government Borscs, - Someliow tho other buroaus discovored tho trick, and fho result is the ostablishmont of au oxton- sivo llverg-stablo run by tho Govornment out'of the contingent fund of tho Depariments, It i6 aleo stated that soveral of thio Judgea of the Supremo Court havo 28 body._servunts persous drawlug puy {rom the Gor- evmnent aud carried on the rolls 8 messengors, % JOLIDAY FESTIVITIER. The lite financial panic seems to have had but liitle feicepiiblo affect upon tho residents or citizens of ‘Waslington, Ong an tha middle classes will . ez bo fower soclal festivitics, such as small. porties, whereus from prosont indications ss many partics, recoptious, und dinnors will oo glvon {his winter by bigh oflicials ond other peoplo In oller pecunfary cirewnstanes 08 wero given Jast scason, and thesy romise to Lo no less extravagant or olegant in all helr details than thoso of boltor days, CIVIL FERVICE COMMISSION. A meeting of the Civil Sorvice Commission 1s fo bo e Lze on the Gtk of nextmonth for tho purposo of making more adequate arraugements for {tie oxaming- tlon of appifcants of distuut points for promotlon in, ana admisslon to, {he Clvil Service. Tho Commission will, probably, lfo enter into o eomowhot general re- vision of tho Civil Bervice rules, S FORFIGN 3ATLE, As predicted Ly your correspondent a fow daya ago, the Postmestor-Geveral has ‘made arrangemonts for o fourth regular mall from Now York to Europe cach weel, tho neor ot additional mall-day being Tuceday. 3lr. Croswell Jus_dotermined not to make now con- tracts, ofter tho expiration, on tho Slat int., of thoss now existenco, but he will give tho otcan molls to vessols = which make tho quickert trips ncross the Allantie, the spoed of steamcrs to s sscertaihed from their logs cach month, Malls will bo given to steamers of (ko pow American lino from Fhiladolphia a8 often s ves- elc on that line can kail, Tho polioy of the Post- 0Offleo Dopartmont s objected to by somno persons, who alloge that its adoption “will bo un inducement or in- ceniive for racing, | which may reault dn boiler explosious, or other accidents, which might otberwito’ Lo svoided, The fact 1, Dowever, that tho elated purposo of oL wr':ient will havo but ittle, if any, effcet upon thovo:. men- tioned, for tho reaton, ns Is woll knows, ocean racing ot upeeding of veascls 18 now, aud hus Been for years, com:mon practlce, 5 MATRIMONIAL, Raluoy, ono of Iha colored members of Congress from Sowtl Cardliug, distingulshed himsoll lo- vy giving ‘away o _colored fomalo h omo of the Washingien pub- schools fo o prominont colored foflow— “dtizen, na the local papers putit. The churcl was well Alied with colored faehionaiile soclety, Among 1hiose present wero the Lons, Jumos Y, Rapler and A. G, Rausier. Tho Lanpy couple left on thio noon train fer on extonded bridal tour through the North, Williamm Oswald Clariton, of the British Legation, will bo married to iss Campbell, of this l]hh'fi:t, on the morniug of ihe S1st inst, ADMITTED 0 THE DaT. Tho Ion, J. D, Caton, of Ottuwa, and the Hon, Thotnas M, Show, of Lacon, Ill, wera'to-day ndmitted 10 practice beforo the United Slites Supreme Court, [T the Associated Iress,] TOLIDAY WELIK, = WASIINGYON, Doc, 25,—All the Dopartments will bo closed at noon during tho boliday week, METNENGIMENTS, Gen, Belknap, Secyetary of War, is disposed to cut ihe esffmates of the Wor Depariment down to the low- sst poestble limil, Those for tho military service ropor lave reccived bis pereonal attention, and wora falculnted as closely us possible, but hio Propoges Lo ree tdjust and reduco them as for 0 tho actual require- mants of the Sorvico will permit, Tho catimntcs of tho spproprialious for fortientions, armament, of forly, and for tivors und larbors, smouting in th 3ggregate to nbout §20,000,000, can ‘be very materially reduced, Congress can decide as to the location whoro apuropriotions ivo necded, Tt upheara that almost a1l 0 Dopartments ero burdenod with additions! cleri- cal work by the opcration of tho act requiring sopi~ rato accounts {o boe rendercd under each hoad of tho sppropriation, niid for exch flacal year, us woll a3 by Bumerous culls from: Congress for reports, THE WILLIAMB KOMINATION, The President stuted emphaticaly to-day that the pomination of Alturnoy-General Willining for Chief Justlcs would not Lo withdrawn, and that hobad never Gontemplated such n thing, ALEXANDER STEUIIENS AND THE 0OLORED MEN, A'colored delegation, composed of Gcorge ¥, Down- 1ing, Frederick Douglns, and oflers, had an interview to-day by appointwent 'with Represcntative A, IL, Ste- beus, of Georjgio, Stophens frecly admittod that Fao cotored mich, ua citlzen, woro entited fo full protoction In_thelr clvil Hights without._any invidions distinction, but said (hat jt wus tho duty of the re- spcetivo States, aud not that of the Federal Govern= ment, togel i ordor 1o socuro them, - JYDAE DURELL'S INQUIKITORH, Representatlves Wiison und_Eldridgo, of {he Hoitro Judichury Committee, will leavo here Saturday for Now Orleans, Itis {hefr intention, while avolding Blato politics il complications, to investigato all the sclg of the Federal Court which it s chiarged taint Judgo Duroll’s ofictal conduct, e e A WATCH FACTORY FOR ROCKFORD. Syeelal Diepateh to The Chicago Tribune, TaoKFonD, 11k, Deo, G—A large Tceting was held s oveaug 1o delde'h Fegurd o tocetablishment of 5 watels faclory ot {his place, A, I, Enoch wan cleote W Chujraan, und tho Iluu, O, W, Blaladell, Bocretary, Prompt and defiaito nction was fuken fn tho matier and $50,000 bas_ already beon subscribed; §100000 is tho required cupital, Two prominent walcl- makers, Oinric and Wheelor, aro to -havo contral of tho tuterprise, thoy contributing plans oud modes for tho muking, boih of umchinery smd_watches, 1 il tako cighitven montha to mako maclinery roquisite for turuing out twenty watchos per ay, kit i THE WEATHER. WasuaTon,: Dec, %1, —RODABILIFIES—For New Tnglond aud fho Middio Atlantio” Hlates, cloudy seeather with valu or ungw, and fresh to brisk northor- 3o/t westerly winda wilf prevail, with slight isa of tome recaturedfallowed by cleariuyt steatir i tho Soutliorn partlon of the laat named district, during Wednesdsy itornoon or eveniog, For the Southern States, east of tho Missiasippd River, norihierly winds with cloudy sweatbior und. poswibly light rain will prevail, For tho Lako region,” Ught oud varisble wiuds, with slight o THE CHICAGO DAILY, TRIBUNE: .WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1873, cbanges in pressute and temporature, and generall foir Dwoathor, it Sith aroan- of Mgkt anov: For the Northwest, the baromoter will fall tomporarlly, with 'light fresh o mouthor) wiuds, and ¢loudy woather, and_now in the river val- less. 'Thotomporaturo in thuls region and Uppor Lako Teglon will probably fall duriny Wodnoaday, For tho Canal reglotn, fncluding Now York and Pennaylyann, freozing_ weafhor will rcontinue during the eomiiig ll‘l‘::?"[‘") ;K(&l‘l;mh‘\n!llrl.n (!lg"l‘i:)nrr signnls continuo at ay, New Yor) jow LI Lon- don, and Wood's 1lole. HER AT Howaee: GENERAL OBSLRVATIONS, 1110400, Doo, 24—1 8. m, Stution, ’ Bar,|Thr| Wind, — |Zain| Weather, e | Dreck'rldgo 0,30 20'8, W,, fresh..] 0/Cloudy, Calro ..., [30.04| BO|S, Wi, lght..] O|Fsir. Obicago....|30,80] 4|8, W, gontle,) OfCioar. Cheyenno. ,|30.17! 10|N, W, fresir.| 0|Clear, Cinctnnatt, 30,3 I . Cear, Qlovelaud,. [30,25 oat, Davenport , 40,30} 0 Cloudy, Dotrolt ... |30,20) lear, : olclowdy, \Cloudy, 0;Clondy, ololondy. a1 W, gentlo, o|Gloudy. azlz. ontlo, | OiGlear. 91|N. W,, gentlo] 0IClear, Speetal Dispateh (o The Chicaan Tribune, Davexront, Ia,, Dec, 23,—Tho river hore hins risen novoral foot within' tho past_fow days, but ia now fall- ing sgoin, Yestordsy tho river was 7 feot 2 fnches above low-wator~mark, o rise of 14 inohcs fn twenty- four hours, Hinco theu §t bna fallon noarly 3 foot, Tho river is open hero, and {ho forry s ruuning, sometling unknown beforo for ten Fears. PR i U = THE VILLE DU HAVRE. Tho Offlcer in Chargo of tho Steamer Rosponsible for the Collision-=Cow= ardly Doscrtion of the assengors by the Surviving Oificers nnd the Crow=-How Twonty Frenchmon Loft Women nand Children to Drown, New Yonk, Dec, 23,—Tho Tribuns, {o-morrow, will ‘Dublish a second letier from Rudolph A, Witthaus, Jr., who was & passongor on tho lllfaled Villo du Havre, to Iifs fatlier in this clty. o writes s follows ¢ In my lnst I gavo yon n skotch of my oxperdonce in cenneciion witli tha sinking of the Ville du Havre, I will now givo you may opinlons_concerning tho eatisa of tho accidont, ot From ull that I can gatlier from tho officcrs sud menm, 1 concludo that tho blome rests ontirely ' with tho ofiicor on wafcl on tho steamor, whoss duty it wasto got out of tis Lock Earw's wuy ¢ aud 1t appearn it L~ atead of doing tlfs, bo did the vory opposita, sltering tho courso of thg stoamer 50 us to ruu right ncrous tho bows'of tho Loch Earn,—at least 50 suya tho of- ficer who was on_waich ou the lstter bont at the time of thocollislon, In any caso, it is an acknowledged rulo of tho aca hat o _steamer ‘ia bound 1o get oiit of 1ho way of safling craft, and, s the night waa mog- nificcatly cloar aud calm, o nccldent cuonly. Lave occurred througl somo '{nexcusablo biunder of thosy in chargo of (ko steamer, Aftor the accldont, if 1£ can bo eo called, hiad occur- red, and whilo tho ship was sinking, the' oflicors and crow bebiaved In tho most cowardly msnner,—(ho lut- for T know, and tho former I belleve, looking out for thomsclvos, ond leaviug the women and clfldren tu Took out for themaclves, the only excoption I saw belug Dr, M, Audfunt, whom T saw {hreo or four minutes befora tio i weut down golug below. T told bim ho would nothiave timo to get up sgaiu, to which ho auswored that ho must look after thoso who wero ceualiod in dllr slate-roomie, Jlo never came up oguin, A siguificant fact, ond_ono'neoding no comment, fe, that ot » einglo passenger was taken from the sink- ing ship by tho boats, all being pleked up on the water, whilo ot lenst. twonty'of tho ofliceru and crow reached tho Loch Earn withont wetting as much s tho soles of thelr shoes, Of Capt, Surmont's conduct I know noth- ing, Thoso who saw him spcak well of him, and I do not think that ho js dirackly to blamo for tho collision, uithongl Lo i to biamo for ot bhaving his erew under Defter disclplinc, and for not having his boats in cone dition to bo promptly lowered, Tn groat controst with tho domoralized condition of tlio erow was tlio calmness of pussongers,—oven the women and children, ‘Thero ‘wis no acrcaming or running about without au object, Tho women wero in Iuots, praying_quictly, ‘whilo the men wero looking ‘aroun for Hife-buoys or ploces of wood, or wero mak- ing offorts to got ono of tho Loats, which fho crow had abandoned, closr of the ship, so that'ft might float when the vessol sankt, Language faila mo in_expressing my admiration of, and gratitudo to, tho gallantry snd_generosity of_{ho ofllcors and crew of tho Loch Earn and of ‘the Tri~ mountain, Tho former saved tho greator part of us fram (ho water, and both gave us clothing, ond did all in thelr_power to mako s ns comfortabio a8 posaiblo under tho circumatauces. «The Erench crew, on tho conirary, weros mob of bruics and cowards, By Mail, STORY OF THE LOCH FALN'S OREW—THEIR CHARGES AGAINAT THE OFFIOERS AXD CBEW OF TUE VILLE LU HAVRE, From the Neto York World, Dec. 31, * The following is tho statement procurad at Plymouth from members of tho crew of tho Loch Earn, Tho }ith of i story was teloqraplied from Eugluud when ihe Locls Earn arrived at Plymouth, but tho represent- utious of cowardico, #0 fur ik thoy applicd to the Cap- tain ond otlicers of {ho Ville du Havre,wero afterwurds, by cable, 08 explicitly deufed, Soveral obvious mis- statoments occur in Ihis account given by thio Loch Eariy's crow, among tho gravest of_which is tho assertion thnta Dot confuining tho Captain of the Villo du Havro camo alongsido tho Lock Earn immo- diately after the collision, and- that the Captain ro- 1nnined thero * dofng nothiing,” snd ““lookiug uncon- cerned,” Tho fact 1s, of course, proved beyond uuy question that Capt, Sirmont stayed on board of and *went down with his vesscl, as also did Lts First Obicor. It appears plainiy enough fron tho extract. from tho London Daily News nppended to thix sccount thnt the Captain of the Loch Earn 8 no party to tho talo told y his men, On tho contrary, o fa repre- ecnted o8 contradicting tholr aspersions, ‘and as inti- mating thot his own crew, who joined in_tbis indict- mont of tho crow of tho' unfortunade steamer, wero timid enough fo sbaudon the Loch Earn sgainst bis expresscd wish, London Standard, Dec. 8. Xato on Saturday night {u6 Isidoro, pilot eutter, ‘ronglt into Plymouth tho officars and. crow of: the Logh Earn, After standing Dy thetr ship for elx duya they wore compelled at length to abandon ler in “a sinking condition 1,300 miles from land, and have been brought to tho Chounel by the British Queen, whenco thoy were transferrcd to the pilot-boat, Tl Captain and somo of tho officers nnd men romained ot TPlymouth pending tho declsion of a court of inquiry, Thio wholoof the crow bave mude etatements a5 to the circumstances of tho collision, These differ in n very rematkablo degree from that made on tho part of th Villo du Hoavre, The ltter vesscl appears to have Leen- tho aole causo of tho collision, but tho oflicers ond men, almost without excojition, ure charged with having looked ufter themclves an loft tho passongers to porikh, Thoy wero spoken of in torms of tho utimost coutempt,” Tho following narra~ tivo ruay bo taken as the coilective Btatomont of the ofticers and men of tho Loch Earn, whoso conduct ap- pears to_hove been the very reverso of that displuyed on tho other akde, 1t f only fuir to stato that they 1might not have heen #o outspoken hud it not been for thoindignation which they felt at reading ome of tlic stutemenits which Liuvo already uppearcd s When tho collislon occurred Mir. Bokichild, the scc- ond ofiicer of tho Loch Earn, was i charge, and a scoman named Hillier on the ldokout, 1fo was on the port tack, Theship was closo houled, going about ton kmots; the weathier fino and wlear, When tho Tights of tho Ville dn_Havro were reported the Loch Earn hield on her conrsp fn_nccorduuce witl the ue- cepted rulo of thosca, No notice appeared to bo taken of the Loch Earn on bourd tho stcanicr, and her bolis hod Deen gofng five minutes bofore' tho steamer's horn was sounded. A8 tho Villo du llavre did nolbing to avert tho collision but put on full sieam to cross tho Loch Esrm's bows, tho helm of tao latter at tho last moment wan put hard up, “Llioro ws not then tne, iowover, for Lier to pay off, and wilh & {remendous skock tho two yeasols came into contact, Ho terriblo was the concussion that it was ot first thouglt tho Loch Earn was sluklug. Orders wery given to clear nway the boats, sud tho ilfe-oat wna dot in tho davits ready for lowering, Wilh tho collision slie camo right sback, and_was brought on tho sfur~ board tack, Ceasing'to make headway, it was soon after naceriuinod that whatever other inJuries the Lach Earn might huve sustained sho wag ot in ooy fmmo- diato daugor, for ou the pumps bolug sounded no waler was found, Tumediately o boat mannod by four men with an officer camo of from tho stgamer. Tihe firat {dea~on Doard tho Loch Earn was' {hat sie Lad buen sent to render help, but this was a complete mistake, Tho oflleer Ju chiargoof the ship asked If thero woro any ‘pasecngers on board (hio steamor, and undoistood tho Toply to bo that thoro wero nof, [Wo say tunder- stoad,” although our Informant bad no donbt ou the subject,] 1t Is quito cortain thot, aithough it wan stated tiit the afeamer wns injured, ot tho_ slightest intimation of tho extcnt of the injury was givon, and tho Captafn ud erow of tho Loch larn were léft to fud out for thomaclves by soeliy tho sleanier siukiug eforo thielr eycn, - Almost_immedistoly after the nrrival of the first boat, the Caplain of tho Villo du Ifuvre cumo alongeido in p bimilar boat, ol monued by four mon, and with elther another officer or o female, for on {his point tlcroappears (o bo some differciice of opinion, ITo camo on board tho Lach Earn, and thcre,while (1o crew of that versol woro doing all thoy could to savo the dleowniay multitudo whote shicks now A tho airy Do fe%aid to have remained doing uothing, und, o6 one of tha erow of the Loch Earn indignantly sald, **1goked unconcerned,” Capt, Roliertson appesled to Him to toll iy men who remiined in the boat o put of to (ho Teseuio, but nothing was done, Capt, Robertson then aiked o saloon passenger who bad_just been hrought on board, aud who knew bothiFrench and English well, to speals to the Captain, 'This was doge, and (ko Infter thon went to tho yail and called ovef-to s men, "Their unly roply wan 10 go bwo or threo boats' longth aud thers Tomain, could not got nto hor, Tn polnt of fact, the wholo of thoorow of {hn Loch Earn, from tho Captain down= groo n oxpreaing thol dotesiaion of {ho cowarlly condpict of tho men of the Villo du Iayro, and In_atating that but for tho offorts mado by tho Tooh'zam tardiy s soni, ozeopt thoto wito eavod thomaolves and left the Liolploss to perisl, could have boen resoned, A flat denial {a given to the statemont {lint any oMicors of tho Villodu Iinvre swam o tho Toch Earn, 1f any aiil so thoy managed to keep thelr clotin dry. v Only onoman’ was picked up alongaido {ho Iatter vetnal's but oo woman, In thosirongth of hior muntor- nal love, ewam thithor 'with her child in hor arme, Bhio claaped orio of tho roros {hat Mad been thrown over tho sfdo in aafoty, but whilst Lolng haulod in was compalled ta let the clilld go, and it wng swopt awny aud drowned whilst sho was saved, When tha Villo «u Havre sunk alin within 150 yards of tho Loch Earn, but tho boals lad only tlmo to mako ‘ono micceanful trip cach, When they had brought back oll they could find among tho wrock tlioy put off ndiin, Lut by this {lme fhe eblp ond tho wroek bad drifted somo Hitladistanco apatt, and there was gomo difiicully in the datk in Wflrhflg to wind- ward and finding tho wrockago, when it was found nll who i elung o, aud lid not peoviously: been ees- cicd, had sank, The oats romniucd out, Lowever, ol the morning fn the hopo of pleking uy BOINO stragglors, snd oo wen o far on ity erraiid of mercy a8 40 losa lght of the ship altogotlier, Most of tho passengorn woro fn o thoroughly dostitnio and heiploen condition, oud many in their nighi-droencs, Bo far as they could, the ofiicers and crow of th Loch Ho oxusporaled woro fhio English by ths juaction that My, Danks, the chicf oficer of tho Lock Earn, threat Cned o sligot them 3f thoy did nok try to save kuta of o drownlug peopla who wore atcugliug tho viated within i conply. of hundred yords, ANl was of no avoil. Thoy remained den{ wlike to appeal or threat, T thfs conduct they are said fo bava Leen finitated by nearly oil thele fellows, though ono Fronehs boul did ek ip two or thrco Dersons 5 and it §s even linted Tiut Tseengors who cluuped Lo sides of ons of the Doals $o_thelr despalr Uad their grasp loosoncd fh torriblo fashion, Whiat #4 cetain s, that before this timo e whols of 1o Lock Farn’s boats Isd boen away, and that Fome Jindt roturned ond started on thoir second rly, Hud tho tivo Doats of the Ville dit Hovro mado tho elightest attompt ut rescuing the drowning many moro would Hiato Yeen anvod, “Tlezo wns a boat belonging fo (ia French) yeunel nutorn of tho Loch Earn, unging o, and Capt, Robingon found he cf ld do nothing with the Capatu's buat, ho ordoréd somo of Lis own wmon_{o junp nto ber and jako her off lo tho wrock in splto of hor ocoupanta, Thls wan ot once frustrated by those on board the Losk pushing off {o such a distanca that tho Enulishman Farn supplied them with apparel for tho time, and a litilo later in tho day thoy woro trausferred to the Trimoun- ain, f Nothing but grent plnck anid o dogged determination’ to atick by thelr sllp to tho Iast_could hovo fed thio of- ficera and mion of tho Loch Earn to remnin in her, Suo wan only nved from mcoting tho fate of tho Vilia du Tiavro by & bulkbead about 25 feot aft from tho atomn, Whillat tho forco of tho colllsion wan_such thiat it cub 1bo steamer down, the bowsprit of the Loch Earn was kiocked | rlghts - outof he “kool ond the wholo DoW wes finttoned {n completely, sunttered right down to tho keol But for tho bulkhead aho must bave mink ot onco, snd iu all Liuman probability not a soul of elther vessel would livo bech ssved fo tol tho taly o8 they werr ditant 1,000 milen from tho nearest fand, Tho frat thin dono was to speuro tho forgranst and forotopmast, nnfi ho next was tho. Dflll!(l’llc?lfln of afalsg bow of apars crossed, backed up by nll tho epare safls, Thih wan dono to lesscn tho pressuire on the bulkliend, which was at tho samo (mo strengthened with shiores, Tho ahip ws then not making much waor, On the 24th a galo nprung up, and, in spito of all that could bo done, tho bulkliead was shaken and further shoripg was mado needful. All this tine tho veniiel waa under lower topsalls, tho afnsail and mizzen belng aback, | Tho abject was to keep lier baw woll to tho wives, 5o thatas little injury shonld bo dono to the bulkhead os posaible. Consequently tho 4l lay contiguiously In tno trough of il sca. On the 26th the wind came on strong from the weatward, and’ tho continual stralnivg cansed tho bullhend to open and start, Ou tho 28th thero was suotlier heavy gnle, and the veesal lay in o traugh of tho ea rolling foarfully. At 2 n, im, o froalt Ieak was reported, and tho water wos found to ho com- ing in on eacl side of tho bulkbead with wuch force. Thiero wero othor leaka clsewhere., At 6 o'clock tho ship British Quoen, Capt, Maraters, from Philadolphin to Antwerp, with' petrleum, hovo in sight. Signol was'ninde, and tho life-boat, with tho oficer, feht fo ask her to atand by, which she did, Dy this time tho bulkhcad was ' complotely started from {ho frams on both sido, and in mpito of all {lat could bo dono at ' tho pumpa the water i1 tho woll lnd inerensed from alx inclie at 0 o'clock to three fect six fuches. Moreover, aa thoship —tho batlagt haviug beon shifted aft—was four fect b tho stern, the greatest quantity was aft. Tho wind, Iikowlao, vas iting awfully. T slip'a ‘tustzumentd and })npnl‘s. und auch articles of clothing an could be readlly savéd wero taken on board the Dritish Queen, and {0 Loch Earn wan loft to hor fate. Sho ud not been ablo to wall n mil since the collislon, but had delflod ato, But for tho timely sppeatarico of tho British Queen it would in all fikelihood bave goua hard wifh tho Gaptain and bis gallaut, crow, for Loata conld hardly hovo lived in mid-Atlantie 1n such a galo as then raged, RAILROAD NEWS, First Train Over the Throngh«Linc Botween Chicago nnd New Orleans, Speelal Dispateh (3 The Chicago Tribune. OAmno, Iil, Dec. 93, —The steamer Honry 8. 3rComb, built to transfer tralns from the tormint of the Ilinofs Contral and tho Misslsslppi Central Rail- roads, in making the connocting through-line from Chicago to New Orleans, mado her firat trip thix after— n0on to the Kentucky shore, where sho will receive (ha car of tho Superintendent, through from Now Orleans, containing quito o company of gontlomen from the South. A number of tho Iiinols Central oficiala nnd cltizons of Cairo went over on board, At tho hour of writing sbo hafl not returped. Wo understand that every one Is wall satisfled with her bebavior, [To the Asinclated Pres.] Ca1mo, 101,, Do, 23.—Tho first passonger tradn from Now Orleans over tho Dississippt Central Raflroad ar- rived her this cvening, and was transferred to tho Iiinolssido. - Tegular passongor traius Wil K ero- after. Succosafyl Competition of the Grand “Wrunk Rallrond for Through Ereight from tho West to Europ Snectal Disnatek lo The Chicaga Tribune, BosTox, Mass,, Deo, 23.—The rish of froight for Livorpool over tiio Grand Trunk Raflroad s enormons. Sisty cars passed Danvillo Junction on Thurs. Quy with forelgn frolelt, Thosmount of frelghit on tho Grand Trunk Railrond for English steamors in 50 largo that nearly all sporo eidings aro mors or less oceupled by cars loaded with Liverpool frelght, At Tortiand theroaro now at loast 600 Topded cars, * Tho frelglit Is imninly from tho Weat, and “covsists of pork, cliccae, and breadstufs, Exira oteamers will bo run from this port to Liverpool to accommodate this tush of frelght, Subscriptions in_ Aid of the Grand Island & St. Josoph Rallroad. Special Dispatch ta The Chicago Trilune, Oaraua, Neb,, Dee, 23,—The books of the Grand Island & B, Joroph Dailroad Company woro opened nt drand Tulaud, Neb., to-day, Teu per cont of the stock was taken and tho cash paid in within thirty minutes, . An Absurd Canard Exploded. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuie, ‘BosToN, Dee, 2, —~The dispateh “published in the Chicago Tinies, u fow days since, describing a move- niont for u great railzond botween Boston and Chicago is a ridiculous vanard, The Boston gentlemen men- tioned as connecte@ with it, and an being present, ‘ere not there, and know nothing of it. The Fort Smith (Arik.,) Railrond Litie gation. LirTes Rook, Ark,, Dec. 24,—0n tho application of tho State Treasurer, the Chancellor of Pulaski County to-iIny placed the Fort Smith Rafirond iu the Lands of a Regelvor, Col, . B, Beaumoni—peuding tho_contest for tho possession of fhie rond botween tlie Boards of Diroctors elected o fow days ugo, POLITICAL. Wisconsin State Appointments. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Trilamne, MADIAON, Wis., Dac, 23,.—Moat of tho tato ofcers sud other leadiug men of tha new party bad a consul- tatfon liere last night, in regurd to appointments, for which there has heen mucl preasure, and most of them wero agrecd on, though tho Governor's direct appolntments, 1t 18 anid, aro not scttled, Tho names of Jolin 8, Dean, Ansietant-Sccretary of Stato; J. B Pradt, Assistant State Superintendent, and of ono clerk 'in tho Becretary'a ofiice, threa in the School Land office, and two in the Treasurer’s office are men-~ tioned ns likely tostay, A, W, Potler, of tho Green Gonnty Jtenulilican, it {s roportad is to'bo. Chief Clerlc of tlio” Bchool Land offico; A. B. Alden, of Tortage, Tumuranco Clork; and Cadwailador, of (b Milwaukicd Nece, Printing Clerk, Tho Californin Senatorship. B Tusgeisco, Dec, H—Judgo Nager,of thie city, auti-railrout candidnte for the United States Benatd for the short term, was electod to-day at Hacramento oa tho gocond baltof, Anti-Monopolist Nomination in fown. ‘Fonrt Manisos, Ia., Deo, 93,—~Tho Auti-Monopolist Convention at Frankiln to-day, rosulted in tho nomi- nation of Conrad Schywer, tho present incumbont, who 18 o prominent Granger, to 81l tho place 1h tho_Legis- laturo caused by the death of the Hou, E. A, Layton RIME. A “Gift Bnterprise? Man Robbed, Special Dlepatch to The Chicago Trituné, 031AuA, Neb,, Doc, 20,—A " 8t. Laufs man ‘who hoa beeu rusiiug's gift oiterpriso in thia clty for o fow days was to-night robbed of o valise contalning $300, {136 proceeds of his bueinese. — ' Tragic Denth of Four Men nt Lin- coin, N. M. SAN Tnaxomco, Dec, ,—Advlces from Tuckon, Anizous, stute that o terriblo tragedy occurred Dev, 10 at Lincaln, Now Moxico, by which David Warner, B, Terrold, J, L, Glynn, ond Juun Martin wero Lilled, Blartin ot o Coustable, and, witl u poseo, tried to ar- 1et tho olhiers, Warer Lilled Dim, The Shoriil's party killed Warnor, ond tho othor two named wero alko found dead niddled with bullets, Murder Near Bloasnntviilo, Mo. &1, Louts, Mo, Dec, Zh—A colored man numed Allen Low, who lived ut_Pleasantville, Ao, was inur- derrdJulurdu). ubout five aniles from that town, and robbed of $30. g REINTERMENT OF UNION SOLDIERS. §7, Touts, Mo, Deo, 3,—Tho Vodlus of eoventy- olght Federdl uoiiliers, who wero Lillod at Contralit, Mo.pduring tho War,' by Dill Audcreon's_guerrilius, weta peinovad to to Intoruatlonal Gemelory ut JafTr- non City yesterday, Maj, Iron, of tho United HBlutes Quarterniaster's Dopartiicnt being fu chargo, A amrwiens Deng heh 5 ry A RECONDITE' HOAX, Lrrrey Roox, Ark, Deo, 23.—The roport published in tho Memphis pupers Mondoy that Charles Glno. chifen, of 1l city, bud boen kuocked in the head nud killed by his btendor, Josph Murre, Is u houx. “Thero fu not. the slightest Toundutién for tho states wont, COMPROMISING REVENUE SUITS. New Youx, Deo, 23—Woodralf & Morrison, of Bouth Brovklyn, wlioko hooks wero soized somo {lmo g0 on s churye that they ind defrauded tho Governs ament, havo ollored 10 way §35,000 aud peualtles, FOREIGN. Reported Death orRoc!;orort, the Com- munist, at Now €aledonia, vThe Empéror William of Germany Seriously IIL FRANCE. Pants, Dog, 23,~Tho rumor is current that Marahal Dazaine s fled tho country. It 1a also roported tnt Tochefort has died at Now Caledonia. TONDOK, Deo, 2i.—Tho Datly News reports that the hostilo fono of tho recont pastorals fasucd by the French Blshops has caused {ho Gorman Govornment to renow ita complaints to Franco, Pante, Dec, 20.—~Chovalior Nigra, Itallan Ministor, bsd an interviow with Tresidont Maodation ta-day, and proposed the resumption of cordial Folatfons bo- tweon Franco and Italy, - ‘Thoro Ia strong opposition to the proposed grant of monos to the ox-Empress Eugenlo, s P16, Doc, 23.—Tho roport of Bazaina's fMlght 1s un- founded. 1t fa now atated that_tho ex-Marshal 18 to leavo arin to-night for Boiuto Marguerite, his placo of fwprisoument, # GERMANY. Lowpox, Des, 24.—A special from Derlin to tho Times gy ihot, in consequance of tho alarming Tumors fu regard to tho hoalth of Imperor Williajm, au anxlous crowd filled the square opposite tho Royal DTalnce lnat night, ‘Tho peoplo wero ossured from tho baleony that the Emporor was comparativoly well, al- u:’ough conflued to his room, but thoy refused to dis- porso, . Tha Standard reports that rumorn wero porsisteutly circulated yeatorday of tho Emporor's death, —They nre undoubtedly false, but it fa cerlomn that Ilis Mpj- coty is very ill, R e GREAT BRITAIN, = Tonno, Doo, 23,—There I no fruth 1h the roport that the British war-ships in the Wes} Indfes had beon ordored o tho Ouban water, ! e o ITALY. Tosrr, Dec, 23.—Tho Popo will deliver another allo- cution §n conslatory on tho 20th, ——— 2 SPAIN, Y MApni, Do, 23.—Gens, Morlonez and Loma havo re-cntored tho Provinco of Biscay with 15,000 mon, ¥ OBITUARY. L Asnac Scarritt, Alton, 111 Spectal Dispaich to The Chicaga Tribune, Atoy, 1ll,, Dec, 20.—Mr, Issac Scarritt, President of the First Nationsi Bank, of this city, dicd st bis rosidonco this morning of congestion of tho brain. M, Scarritt was one of our most esteemod citizons, and has Lield many public trusts, aud at the time of his death was Prosidentof the Board of the Ineano Asylum at Jncksonvillo, on of tho Trustocs of Diaokbuirn Uni. voraity, at. Cariluvllle, sud Sccretars of tho Jond of Education of this clty. s death will bo deoply felt by thio whole community, both rich and poor, Charles F. Simmons, San Francisco. AN Fraxcisco, Deb, 92,—Oharles F. Simmons, the well-known telograplior of New York, und_for man yours connected with ho Sre-nlarm telegraph of this city, died last night of hoart-discaso, . Mrs, Aloxandor Agassiz. Bostoy, Dee, 23,~The wifo of Alexander Agasalz, son of tho lato Professor, dicd last night of pneumonia, xau;lm-xmxm:e.l by fatigue in attending upon Ler fathers n-law, E FIRES, At Dubuques Special Dispateh to The Chicago. Tribune, DunuaDE, Tn, Bee, M.cA firo on First. sircet this evoulng doatroyed n frame buflding vsod & o carriages trimning room, Loss, $900 ; inured. At Windsor Locks, Conn, Hauryoup, Conn., Dec, 20,—Tho Inigo manilla paper mill of C. A, Dexter & Bous, at Windeor Locks, was burned last night, leofnflmr with tho machine-rhiop, o Tow o ab $850; tho.fasuranco aé 50, In St. Louis. 81, Loute, Doc. 23,—Tho Collfer White Lead & Oft Gompauy’s Works, corner of Clarl aventio and Tenth strect, caught front holf-past 7 to-night, and all the anufacturing part of tho oxtensive building was de- stroyed, Loss on maclinery, about $60,000: stock, $10,000 biflding, $10,00; nsured for $160,000, bul o nanics of the oflices catl not Lo oblalued to-ulght, k: At Clinton, Mo. Doe, 23— fire at Clinton, Mo, Inst are, Sr, Louls, night, consumed half of tho western site of tho Thio loss is about §50,000, CASUALTIES. Bitten by o MadaDoz. Special Dispatch to The Chicano Tonp pu Lag, Wis,, Dec, 23.~Thcro m cfloment n Horfcon over thio_diacovery that the rabid dog by which Van Brunt's sacehorso Ripon Doy was bitten, also loft hfs polson in tha ficels of Specer Da~ vis, Van Drunt's partner, Davis hoad tried fo get tho dn;{ to perform some tricks, but ho refuced, ond was whipped. Jt was during the whipping that'Davis wan bitten, AS tho bito killed tho Lores, thers is Lttls ground for hopo that Davis will cscape, " Three Persons Killed by Escaping Gas. CixcmnaTy, O., Deo. 2—Yesterdoy evening, Ld- ward Schwarzyoegel, his child and wife, all Prussisns, and recently from 'Ballhnore, Md,, were found i their roomat & hotel, nt the coriier of Pearl aud Central_avenuo, tho two former dead, and the Intter dylig, from Inlialing tho gas, which they had nglect- cd to'turn off beforo relirfug. Scalded to Denth. Soecial Disnutch to The Chicago Tribune. SrnmoriELy, 11, Dec young mon named Tobert Harris, whilo engnged in stirring the feed in ouo of the bolling vata st tho owlott Distillery, in this city, this morning, unmsed and fell into the vat, head fordmost, aud aa sealded 10 destl, 1t was & Boreiblo slght, FINANCIAL. Revival of Manufacturing Interests in New Engiand. Special Dispateh to The Chieunn Tribune, BosToN, Dec. 2).—Al around tbers nresounds of sction in the fuctories, Lawrenco aud Iull River aro rejoicing fu full time again, ‘Iho agentsof thosuveral print cloths wilis in Fafl River, now running on short time, hove decidod fo sturt their mills on full time ono weck from Dee, 20. ~ Lawrcuco L suffered only n & small degreo from the busincsa depression of tho countsy, and the mills_ there, with the exception only of 1ho Washington, nre all as full und busy o8 at any period. Three of tho8prague mills at Nn(lufi. R. I, hiave Deen started up on full time, "Plio Columbian Manufactory Company, of Greenvitlo, N, I, aud tholr wmills ut Now Ipswick, sro on full time aud wages, p Outstanding Legnl-Tendors. Wasminaton, D, C,, Dec. 23.—Outstanding logal- tendery, $370,234,9 Outstanding LonneCortifientes, New Yonr, Doc, 33, —Outstanding loan-certificates, $3,305,000 3 decreaso sinco yesterday, $70,000, it Aol b WASHINGTON COUNTY (IA.) ANNUAL STA- TISTICS. Spscial Plapaich #ha Chicago Tribune, . DavexvonT, In., Doc, 33,—During tho year ending Dac, 20, 1873, 4,000 car_loads of varjous commioditics wero shipped from Washington County, this State, Tho slpinenls from tho town of Waslifugton, sumo county, wero 698 cara livo stock, 670 cars grain, and 542 carh morchandise. Tho amount of merehniidiso revelved nggregated 600 car-losds, Tlio valuo of stack und_produco shipped from that county reached + NEBRASKA ITEMS. Seclal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, Osrau, Nob,, Deo, 3h,—Ton eatu of coflce for Bt Loufe, uid tch cord of Larley for Chicago pussed {hrough thin city to-day from Sau Feaneisco, “Ihe Nebrankn Stato Teachiera® Tustitutu §u u sesslon this weuk ut Tecumeeh, A largo dolegation Is prescut, 'A disputch from Evaneton, Wyomfuig, stato that the miifts of tho Wyoming Ooa! Gomjpany i that piaco aro on fire, and have been burning for {hreo doys, . RAID ON OMAHA GAMBLERS. Snectal Dispateh to The Chiciio Tribune. Ostania, Neb.y Dec, 2,—Tho polleoof ' this clty mado another rafd of tho gambling des this ufternaon, or- eting nhont {hiety profemional guublers, wio vero Heuvily tined nnd liborated, The uutoritics ure ov- doutly dotermined to mnko & war of exterminution npon this clase of culprits, SUICIDE, Ootosmus, O, Deo, 2—Willlsm Ellis, nged 70 yours, who has lived Liero for sovoral yoars, working os A wood-sawyor, committod sulcidy last night, undur, on ol wareliouso, by cutting his throat with a penknife, 1o i supposcd to hiavo friouds fu Now Jersoy, paatE i e Ao ARTESIAN WELL IN OMAHA, Special Disyateh to The hicago Tylbune, Obarin Nob., Doo, —The City ‘oo to-ulght votof T’ shulc im nricston woll, nbd 40 revelve bits from contractors up to Jan, 5, ‘Uhu bid should specify Hho nmonnt charied for cach 600 feet, and whollier for lio plungo or diamond drill, Rsinkdusetlie LIVE-STOCK MARKETS, , Mo, Do 40— Oarrsz—Tecelph W, [k, , oo, 4 ATTLE—Recelpts, u;v;‘mfi " ast gnated, Tradela yory dul, Balcs of chiofco were mado at $10,00@10,25 ; extrs, $9.00@0.00 ; st quality, 46,00@8.00 § second do, 10.00@7.601 hicd do, 25.00@.3 BHEED AND hum—meolw-, 2,344 ; supply light at Inat weok's pricon, Bnles, nhioop. n 'Iota, $2,50@4.00 cuch : 0atrs, $40GT.00 s spring Ismbe, 6380 por 1, INAAS OITY, MO, Spectal Dipateh lo The Chieain Tribune, TANAAS OITY, MO,, Dor, 33, —OATTLE—Market weak, with fow offcred, nnd #nles of rough nalivo steers ab 2,003 winlorod' Toxan cowsat $187%; good native stoors al $4,35, Hoas—Noceipts, 3,430, nny;m aro actlve in tho market, Lut disposcd to hold off, Bellers are firm in thelr viows, demanding $4.90, which was finally con- ceded, with all good logs at that fgure; fighter woighta at §4,85, S s o DUBUQUE. pof st Tho Small-Pox--A Bridgo Over tho Minsissippd. Speetal Dispatch o The Chicago Tribune, ‘Dunugque, In,, Dec,, 23.~Thodroaded discase, small Pox, hina brokon out in the lown of Cassade, near thin city, It waa brought thore by & Gorman man, Ho communiented it to tho family with which ho wes stopping. It is now eproading rapldly, A largo number of cltizons mot at the Court-ouse tomight for tho purpeso of_dinounsing tho projset of Lullding n wagon bridgo over tho Misaissippl River ; nleo manufactorien, _&pcochies wero mado by Mayor Peasleo, the Hou, D. N, Cooly, Judge Bart, And other nmeu(m cltlzons; alto by 'Mr, Clark, of Phitadel- phia, ; BOSTON. B The Elcotion of Womcen to the School Committce Said to No Unconstitu= tionul, . BosTON, Maes,, Deo, 23,—The .Hohool Com- mitteo at It mecting folulght recelved o communication from tho, City Bolicitor doclar- ing tho cloction women to he School commitiep to bo unconatitutional, 'Thia communica~ tion did bt trouble the Doard much, Thoy earo littlo for tho Olty Bolicitor, and without muoh talk roferred tho question to the Board. It was alao voted {oabole {sh corporal punishment in the High Bchools, BRIGHAM'S WIVES. Who Was Eis First and XEow Many Aro Thoro J==An Intcrosting Inquiry Dy an English Plumber and Glnziers To the Editor of the New York Herald ¢ 2 If my conjecturos nro right, and you are suc~ cossful in bringing to light tho proofs of this I am about to write, it will astonish the publie loro and in America, and, at the ssme time, do a prent donl to expose one of the greatest roligious impektures that ever disgraced lumanity, and that iw Mormonism. Joo Bmith, its founder, was nbad man and a great impostor, and he camo to an untimely oud ; but it {s his succossor, Brigham Youug that 1 wish to writh about. o begin, then, I will ask the question, Who is Brigham Young? Whore did ho come What ago is he ? and can you procuro his presont likeness ond a likences of him taken years ago? 'The farthor back the better, for I shall go bnok forty yonrs, Ishould like to have, if possible, somo of his photographs, taken at intorvals during tho last forty yenrs. Now, I will proceed to give my ronsons. ¢ . A fow daya ago [ wan visiting an old friend in the Aimehouse nt Stockton-ou-Tees, County of Durham, and I cannot do better than to tell you o little of her history, This friond, a Mrs. Brigham by name, has boen intimato with our family since she was a_littlo girl. ‘This makes mo take au interest in ler welfaro. Bhe wns bred and born in & villago called Norton, mear Stocltton-on-Teos, and later on a man married ber in the namo of Willlam Drifihnm. o cooper and lath-sphitter, who had sorved his time to tho samo trade with asgan of tho name nf Goorge Allon, by trado o apopor and Iath-splitter, in Paradise row, Hiockton-on-Tees, in the County of Durham, The sald George Allon lind brought the aaid 3Mre, Brigham's husband, William Tirigham, up as a child, and taught him his trade ; but tho said Willism Brighsm was an illegitimate childpnnd, whona boy, up to tho time of his marriago, was known by tho name of Allen; but, on his marrying, his guardian, Goorge Allen, told him he was to murry in hig mothor's name, viz: Drigham; bhis father's name was.Young. Iwill now pass ewiftly on. Aftor & fow years, the eaid William Brlfhnm, known formeriy by tho name of Allen, leaves his wife—viz: tho prosent Mrs. —Drigham, now living at Stocton-on-Tcos—loaves her eod her childron, and they becomo charge- able to the parish,' After a timo my own father, Thomas Kirtloy, bred and born at Nor- ton, near Htockton, was living iu-London, and searched sud found out tho said Willinm brlfi‘ ham.’ My fatner, who was a tatlor, yvas work- ing in London, snd, finding out Brigham, I be- liove, working st the docks s s cooper, mado Lim write homo tohis wife and family., IHe did o, snd the parish sont his wifo and children up to London, and, I beliovoe, thoy lived togethor again for about throo years. They thou came back to Btockton-on-feos, nud then the snid W. DBrighom again leaves his wife and four children, his_wife being on- ceinto with tho fifth, ' dirs, Brigham, after hard fighting and severe struggles, is utill liviog wit her chitdren, grandchildren, and great-grand- children, But what of Brigham? 1t i8 just upon forty years ago siuce he loft his family tho Inst timo, and they could nbdver make out what bocame of him until a fow wocks ago. Bra. Brigham eame to the conclusion in ler own mind that Brigbam Young was her busband, and this is hor reason for thinking 50 : Ono night short timo ago one of lor granddaughters’ hus- bands was in a public house, and in the com- pany thore was a strangor, aud the converss- tion h:\psened w0 turn upon the Latter-Day Suints and Brigham Young, ‘Tho stranger said ho knew him Very woll, he worked. with Lim in Lon- don as a cooper: bofore ho wont to America and became the leador of tho Mormons. This con- worention, through the young man Liearing it ac~ cidontally, Lo told to_his wife and then to Mrs. Brighum, who, lmowing hor husvand had worked in Loudon as a cooper, came to the conclusion that’Brigham Young is her husband that left hor forty yoars ago, I asked hor if she thought she could romembor anyihilg about him ; if sh would recognize him by anything. Imight just say hore that sho is now in perfoot good health and still an active woman. Hor own nge is 81 yours, and Brigham was fiva years younger. Sho says he will' bo 76 next Valentine's Day, tho 14th of February, 1874. 1o was a man strongly built, bind & weakners in tho sight of one of his'eyos, a mark or mole bohind his shoulder, and on one of his fingors lie hud a mork of a cut Lo got whon a boy. Whon s boy, while standing besido a table “where his master, G. Allen, waa prepuring the food for 'his birds,—nsmely, cutting up a_ hard-boiled egg,—younyg Brighom snatehed ot 8 picce, and the knife caught his fngor-ond aud cut it decp, and his niil grow in an ontward ditection, { just say I can gather more information respoct- ing bim, but it wos o hasly visit L paid Mrs, ,Brigham, Ibad gono to sco my own mother, who lives st Stockton, who also kuow W. Brig- bam. My father is dead ;780 is'G. Allon. Ithiuk I have now told flgu sufliciont to satisfy yon that wWo are right in thinking that Brigham Young hrs o wife living ia thie' country. 1f #o, where will the soventoentl wife be in her divorce caso? Perhops sho could tell us of his marks and fig- ure, In faot, where aro all his wives when the first appemts? Perbaps tboy sl can,give s little information. If ho is the right wman ho mignt do sometbing for his fust wifo and chil- dron, they having tho first claim on him. But if he wora lierq Lho authoritics would sod conld unish him for bigamy and neglect of wife sud family, If it is tho man in question ho is hardly worth powder aud shot; but, for the sako of truth aud justico, and the oxposure of villainy, it is worth finding out, Also, I Lave it from good authority, a first-clags Luglish workman, that Brighem Youug was an Inglish Mormon, waking it appoar moro likely to bo tho samo man, I should like to know if you could send his likonoss and nufl further particulars rospect- idg somo of theso things I have writton about you possibly might cstablish, Our supposition is Liero that ha has changed his namo from W, Drigham to Brigham Young, his_mothor’s and fathor'inamo. Mry. Brigham, I beliove, lins o blabk likeuoss of Lis,'ono of thoold style, just showing tho outlines, I mean to get it copied, if I ocan, the next time I go tor Btookton, 1t might be of some sorvice, 1f you can do any- thing iu finding ous that our uuu[:lcionn are right in reforonco to'Brighnm Young 1t will bo o great satisfaction to us hore, and, perlaps, some good witl result in my writing this, I would like to Inow the ngo of Brigham Young, that ho pro- fessos to be, and his birthdoy. Bomo one in Utah wilt toll us, I should think, somothing which might bo of use, I shall be happy to give ouy information that lies in my power, Ire- main yours, respeotfully, J. K. WEATQAT, GUIKLRO, Yorkshire, England, a — e Max N the Pulpit. L A'rom the ork Evewing Post, * ‘Thero is a now exoitement in Iingtish church cireles—nu oxcitoment which threatens to swell to o tempost. Dean Stanloy, who has always been too liboral-mindod a mun to suit mout of his mintsterinl brothren, han awakoned thoir iro by fuviting a layman to ocoupy the pulpit of \\'eul.mlnulor-Ab\m{ ! And tholayman in ques- tion i none gthor thau tho cclobrated scieutist, Max Mullor, a man who, it not suspected of horotical notions, has cortainly nover bean loakted npon ag s burning and a shining light in tho ghurch, "Tho subjeot of Max Muller's leoturo, howover, might serve as an oxeuss for this innovation, snd tho fact that Lo iy an Oxford professor, which is the noxt thing to boing o dulyordained oler; man, might have glven o quael sanotity jio liis aharnotor. Anyway, ho was invited to_praach in Westminsler Abboy, Donn Btanloy and others of the alunfy nttonditiz in tholr acadomical robos, Tho c},m r uang, * From Groonland's Ioy Moun- taing,” and Prof. Muller then, from tho lectorn, dolivered suaddress on the subjoct of * Foroign Mliusions,” Ho divided all roliglons Into two clarses,—tho misslonary npd the non-mission- ary, the throo former boing the Buddhist, the Mohammedan, snd the Gfixrletlnll. Botwoon thoso tho battlo of truth would ultimately bo fought, and the victory would be ou the nl({u of Ol_l::'l:itinllll.v.]d b 'horo could bo nothing in this addreas to oxelto tho. iro ot mom\?um of tho Churoh of Lngland; but the fact that n layman could prench from n pulpit has stunved them, ~*Tho first offcct of this audacious stroko," cdnurlull{ romnarks a prominont T.on- don paper, ‘i to lako awny one's broath, It is only whon wo recover oalmness and appronch the subject without porturbation that wo por- cotve what, can bo enid on tho Dean's behalf.” Of oourse, no oxplauation, however ingenious, ecan do away with the fact that Prof. Mullor 18 not a clorgyman, and, therofors, an intertopor,"” In thoso times, when the etiquotto of churoh mattors sgoms to oceupy so much public atton- tion, and londs even to"the formation of now sects, tho liberal action of Dean Btanloy will probably oxcite far more commont than “tho welghtior mattors of tho law." ——— HORSE-CAR GALLANTRY. TWhat o Womands Rights Woman Snys About Ite AMiss F. Stuart Phelps in the Independent, I havo bind oceasion to travorsa the City of Boston in tho stroot-cors at lonst stwlco—moro ofton twico that—aovory da{ this wintor. I caunot suppose that I hova been peculiarly un- fortunato in the selection of my roads or my hours ; rather tho contrary, indecd, hnving beon od by circumstances to ugo one of tho * best™ lines in tho town, and to find mysolf in the com- })my of the **bost” class of ifa patrony, Aud do doposo and sny, ot tho'conclusion of n wintor's pationt 1mprovement of my op- portunitics, and carcful investigation of thoso phases of tho subject opon to study in such conditions, that of thot instinotive consid- eration of the woaknoss or wearlnoss of women, lof that quick and delicato desire to promote their comfort, of that gentlo courtosy which de- lights to rellove thom of inconvenionco in an ogreoablo and unobtrusive way, which we have been born and bred to believe is as inhoront in tho large and noble-souled nature of men, and a8 clinging dosperatoly to its birthright antil our Imliuqnl or othor indopendenco of it aball force he grioyed thiug, liko o wounded dovo, to perish in tho dosort of tho great masculine hoart, 'K havo soen ouly onough to romind ono that such & thing has heen, aud Impress one (in one's poetical mooda) with the and grandour of a dy- m{; d{nn:t , or tho pathos of & falling rosoe. aflirm that, if women had already acquired tholr polltical righta; if they had thoreby made intolligont and offectivo uso of thoir numerical superioritg in political contosts; if thoy had driven men from active trade; if they hnd mo- nopolizod tho pulpit; if they queened it in lit- oraturo; if thoy had rivaled and dofeatad thos other sox in scionce, art, industry; if husbands had long sinco sowed on their own buttons, sud fathors, 08 o rulo, hed tondod sick childron, and brothors, for the most part, made the prosorves -and wont to sowing-circles, and bloomers wero tho mode, and Congresswwomen in the majority, nud the rum-shops closed; snd if, in short, il tho woes which are prophesiod as to follow upon tho woman's ora wero already become familiar facts, tho troatmont of women by men in public places could acarcely differ from that which they receivo to-day. & That one mxx havo individually littlo to com- plain of in such & matter, only atirs one’agoul to Troor (becauso moro candid) expression., I am 80 fortunato as seldom:to bo obliged to stand in a public conveyauce. Gonorally, I recoive tho offer of o goat from a woman. Ae a rule, I do not accept oue from a man, I do not suggest (be it always understood) that any woman has tho ghost of a rightto complain that a mon does not sacrifico his convenience to Ler becsuso o i3 & man and bocause she is o woman, Sho has no such right. Ho is un- dor no such obligation. What I ‘“riso to oxplain” js eimply that hie donial that he is undor such obligations is no longer a misty throat, but i becoming s fixed fact, and this befors women have acquired that position upon the yiolding of which ke has mado the codo of hii dovotion to their woman- hood contingent. Ho -canunot wait till he may bully us at tho ballot-box. He will inaugurato the new system of suppression while we are still out shopping for Berlin woolsand baby edgings, Ho will don tho order of the now knighthood whilo as yot wo are taxed to support his colleges and compelled to * potition ” from him a8 a praviloge, rather than tovote away from him as a rifih:, tho ropeal of such laws of his making as that rocent enactment known as the shame of St. Louis. Tllustrative of somo of these thoughts, my note- book offers the following comments on the win- ter's travel : £ Protty, hoalthy school-girly, well rufiled snd humped, porfectly able to stand and perfootly ex{:ecthlg & seat, recoivo it. hovo thought that, after sll, thoro may bo 8 subtle relic of masculine tendorness for genuina need in this selection, when one pauses to con- sider tho amount ofy weight carricd by theeo sufforing croaturos in their pauniers, chignons, ond kilt-plaiting. I throw this out as a well- intentioned attmpt to bo as candid a8 the cir- cumstauces require. ‘Washwomon with bundlea atand, Old women, eo frequently as to lond ono to say, at a venture, gonerally, are gedted by the courtosy of thoir OWn 89X, \ A young mothor, who always gocs down-town with threo children and & bag, usually obtains a seat, and usunlly by tho prompt pushing and E\nttiu of anolbor mother, who esples hor a alf o dozen oar-longths aliond, A woman with a very little baby in her arms is never allowed to stand by cither sex. _An old and feoble gentloman is more likely to yiold his right to a soat than & young and ener- getio ono. Littlo Irish boys will not allow & little lady to stand ; but do not offer the courtesy to hor ex~ prossed gratitude, slipplug outside “shyly in the dignity and delicacy of unthanked scrvico, doformed dwarf, whom 1 wotot on *‘our road,” is fond of assisting oripples up tho steps, and apt to bo upon the platform if the car is ull. ‘The regulation numbor of passengoers upon a sido hniugbnjna, ten goutlomen will crowd ong Indy (sho boing'among the earlier arrivals, and thore Loing no more agreoablo seab for ber olso- whero) till, for very degoncy’s ealo, she is driven to stand and lenve the fleld to them. ‘Tho passongers boing divided on tho truo Bos- ton priuciplo of separato education of tho sexes, nine men will sit and expectorate upon tho dress of nino women (for tho uge of the straw ns & spittoon amounts to' that) the whole way into town ; and neither tho arm of the law nor the soul of the nnr}:ornuun will grant the cloan- monthed sido of tho car rpdross, I intond no fiaomy pun, gentlemen. Ihave had too many ossca poiled. “T wonder what yon would think," said a young Indy to nie, tho- other day, *“of what I 800 ovory day of my life. My sister and I go into town ov thoe business traiw, (They aro school-teachers,) Whero we get npon it thero isno platform.” We take ‘Iho long stop* from the ground to tho car. Lvery morning the gon- tlomen of Gingor II{l stand in file avd puph their way bofore us, When the Jast man is upon the car aud seated, we can get on; noby before.” *Why don’t you take your turn with tho rest ? You are not ko physically woak as to bo driven to submit to suzh’trontinont.” . I wouldn’t touch such men. I wouldn't push my way through such & crowd. I'd rather wait 011l T onn get on without brushing so much 88 my dross-liom againgt thom, Yhis happeus evory moruing nt a &tation not many minutes oub from Boston, on the Provi- dence Rond. I refrain from giving the real watohod its movoments and oporations. As the sun ¢amo-out for n bright, bricf spaco, it flute tored joyounly about tho window, and imparted to tho sick-room onalr of cheorfuluoss and hope. Toward ovening, however, the tiny creaturo drooped its winga; the lndy thon placed it in a gloss tumblor on tho mantole* ploca. During tho night, bard fiest cams on, and tho room was in conmluunco vory cold. Iu the morning the butterfly lay* in tho bottom of tho tumbler, opparontly doad, The invallg, grioved that hor goutlo cqmpnnion of tho provie oua day ahould 8o soon porisl, mnde somo affort to restoro ils fragilo oxlstouco, Bho put it on hor warm bLand, snd, breathing upon it, por- celved it givo aigns of returning animation; she hon onco moro placed it in ils glass houso on tho rug bofore tho fira, Boon tho olegant litile insoct sproad out its many-colored wings and flew to the_window, whero the sun was abining brightly. By and by tho sun rotired; aud, the window-panes gotting cold, tho oreaturo sank down on the carpot agnin, apparotly lifolens. Cho samo monns wore used fo restore animntion, and with tho samo sucocss, 'This altornation of lifo and doath went on for many days, thl at Inat tho gratoful little thing Locsme quite tame, and sgemed t0 bo ao- quainted with its bonefactress. Whon sho wont to tho window and held out hor finger, it would, of its own accord, hop upou it ; somotimos if, would sottlo for an_ hour atatime upon her linnd or nock, whon she was reading or writing. 1Ita food conwiated of honey ; & drop of which tlo lady would put upon her hiand,when the buttorfly woitld uncurl its suckor, and graduallysip it n{‘ 3 thon it usually sippod‘up n drop of water in tho eamo way, The feeding took place onlyonca in threo or four duys. In this monnor ils oxiste 0nco was qrolongud through the wintor and part of the following nprlng]. As it approached the ond of its carcor its wings beeamo quito transe paront, and 1tg spirits np?amully dofuuwd. It would rost quiotly in its % orystal paince,” even whon tlie sun wae wooing it to comoe out ; and at lnst, ono morning in A) dony! g pril, it was found quite PN N ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Speclal Diapateh to The Chicaao Tridune. NMaxisteg, Mich., Doc. 22,—Villiam J. MoDon- ald, bookkeapor of Mossrs, Tyson, Swoot & Co., attompted suicide, yestordny,®whilo Lis famil worao at church, by shqoting himself in tho hoa: with & small rvalvar, Ha ig atill living, e was undoubtedly insane at the time, as his ac- counts wore all correct. Dernorr, Doo, 22.—A Mamisteo specinl enys Mr, J, McDonald yosterday sttomptod suicido shooting himself With a rovolver just below the rightear, The bLullet did not penetrate tha brain, sud ho still survives, Causo, domestio difficulty. Ifo_was head-bookkeper for Dyson, Bwoot & Co. His accounts are all right.” His recovory is very doubtful. o has a wife and two children. —_—— Mark Twain and the Ladics, Mark Twaln, at & public dinner in London, recontly, responded to tho tonst ** Tho Ladies," and inthe course of his romarks said; * Ah, Fou romgmber, you remember well, what a throh of pain, what & ‘great tidal wave of grief, swept ayor us all wheruJoan of Arc foll at Watorloo. [Laughter,) 'Who does not sorrow for tho loss of 8appho, tho awoot singer of Isracl? [Laughe tor.] Who among us does not miss the gontlo ministrations, the softening influonces, tha humblo pioty, of Lucrozis Borgia ? [Laughter.] Who con join in the heartloss Jibol that woman I8 extravagant in dress whon wo_can look back and call to mind our simple snd lowly Mothor Evye arrayed in her modification of the Highland coatume? " —A corpespondent of tho London Lancel, the most impJrtant medical journal published in Englsnd, relates the folluwh:F curious faot: A man in his neighborhood had three daughters. Wishing for o son, he mado a solomn vow that, if his noxt child should bo a girl, ho would never speak to her. The noxt child proved to boa son, a8 ho wiskod, but curiously enough, he nover Would speak to his father, althongh ha lived thirty-five yonrs with him. Ho always talked frooly wito his mothor und sistors, but with no one elso until after tho death of hig father, whon ho talked readily with every ano. Mo was called * Dumb EIi," . MARRIAGES. EATTRRSON-ATRW ARG tha Beeond i an Oburch, Chioago, on Monday, Dece &, A R Pattorson, Do b M, Jobia cE' Pittareon and Joanto, daughter of Gon. H. .. Btowart DEATHS. “DELANEY—Doo. 23, Fonton J. Delancy, aged 83yoars and 9 months, Funoral to-day, from his lats reste donco, 88 l-‘ollur-nii PlcfiLLIPS—Dn wesday, 23d }nl at 108 North More an-st., Edward B. Phillips, infant son of J. R, and W, . Phiilips, Ae4d months ahd 33 de Funoral at 185 Nort ' .1 ot 1ol ., o Fonorat (80 ol Morgan-st., at1o'clock p. m. by AUCTION SALES., By ELISON, POMEROY & GO. Diamonds, Watches, AND FINE JEWELRY, AT ATUCTION. WEDNESDAY MORNING, * Doc, 3, at 10 o'olock, afternoon at S 'clook; and oventug at 73 o'cluck, at out 8iand 85 Randolph.st, Mlagnificont Diamonds iy Yadios* Brooohos, Lar-Rings, Solitalre aa Glustor Rings, Diamond Studs, ' and Gonts' Tina Gold Watchos, Amorican and Swiss manulacturo. Ela- gaut Jowelry in al tho Iatost and most fanhionablo sylos. A s colloctlon of Landon, Parly and Viongs, Fancy Goods, sultablo for the Holdays. Solid Silver and Silvor. Plated Waro, Clocks, Brnzce, Oruamonts, oto., ote. All the moat clegant gopds, und tholatost atylos and quals B ot o Vot o, b Toktlvo tostrue ono af tho Iargost Now York housos, with positlyo lastruce ionn tosoi = NELINON; BOMERGY & CO- 1 and 8 Randolpti-at. Our Regular Fridays Rale. Friday Morning, Dec. 26, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Wa will offor the nsun {mmenso a Becond-hnnd FUILNTTUILE, which he saocessful, Rioh Parlor and Clinniver Tabies, Walnut Kstonsion Tablos, Loungos, Chrodis, Crockar. Hodding, Maaliote] StShus, oic. an & 1afio fot of Flatsdwnra ad Genorat Morhanidiso. ¥ ELISON, POMEROY & CO. 1 and 6 Handolp By BRUSH, SON & CO. Continued Salo of Mr. D. Gale’s Su. perb Collection of . 0IL PAINTINGS At 108 East Madison-st., This Wednesday, at 10, 2 and 7 o'clock THE 8STANDARD COLLBOTION. BRUSH, SON & CO., Auctioncers. We shell sell, THIS MORNING, ot 10 o'clk, £ a full line of First-Class Furniture. NOW I8 THE TIME T0 BUY CJIEAP. BRUSH, BON & €O., Auotionors, 41 South Canal.at. By WiL A. BULTERS & CO,, AUCTIONEERS, (BESTABLISIED 1856.) ' Nos. 15 and 17 Randolph-st., Snlos rendercd and paid 4 duve uftor sule Uoinlnindnta soiiciied. tment of Now ana s mado our salos sa ats, Darblo.ton Huroau: 'DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, &o., WEDNESDAY, Doo. 2, at 100'elk, 15,4 17 Handolobat, BOOTE, SHOES, BUFFALO OVERS, RUB. BERS, GLOVE GAUNTLETS, &o,, WEDNESDAY, Doo. 34, at 10o'olk,at 16 & 17 Randalph-at, unme of the place only out of considoration for the ladies, who object, Thoso are not “Woman's Rights Women,” it will be undor- stood. ‘They do not go inlo town to attond sniitago_conventions, Thoy have no doslre for tho lallot. They left no mnegloctod homes behind them. Thoy pursuo thoir profeesions as quiotly, ns modestly (and at such & disadvan- tago) as a womnn may. Thoy bave pever poti- tioned in the greon-room on ‘a henring for tho considoration of the fuct that one-sighth of the toachers of Mnssachusetts, belng mon, average half as much again in_salary as seven-olghths, being woinen. They do not ask for tho nomina- tionof femule school committees, to avenge them in thoir wrongs, "U'hoy do not strive nor ory, neither is their volco heard in the streets. Tuoy do not infringo upon those conditions on which tho gallantry of men is supposod to rost. A 'Tunmo Buttorfly. From Our Dumb Animals, Ona cold, bleak November morniug, when tho gky, tho air, and all nature woro that sullen and dosponding look so peeuliar to our climate st th season, a lady, w!m for tho fivst time had risen from o bed of sitknoes, wout iuto nn ad- joining apartinent, whero she porcoived a gay und beautiful butterfly in the wiudow. Aston- ivhed at finding this croaturc of flowors and sunshine {n g0 uncongonial & situation, slo CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &o, ON WEDNRESDAY, Deo. 84, at 10 o'clock, BOOKS! BOOKS! FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AT ATCTION, T FTERNOON (Weduonday), b TR ALT Toand it lunu?l::gi;ll\.n’? a2 o'clock, at om HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GENERAL MERCIIANDISE, BY GEO. P, GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabash-av, NEW YEAR’S 18 near at hand, and with it tho Tide will tura, and up go tha peicosngaid. W EDNESDAY, DUO: $h i 108, who we sliail allur, 14 oloso, 600 CASES WELL ASSORTED Boots and Shoes. aro. P, GORE & CO., = aud 70 Wabash-av,, Auct'ms.