Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1873, Page 5

e r———————————— e — VWASHINGTON. The Nomination of Willinms as Chief-Justice to Be Withdrawn, Caleb Cushing Named as the President’s Second , Choice. Fovihor Developments Concorning tho Perquisites of Wash- fngton OMcials. A Yooceniug of Party Tles on alt F Sides. Sp2efal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE OIIEF-JUSTIOESIIP, ‘Wasmnaros, Dac. 25.—~It is safo to say that, npon the reassembliug of tho Senato, the nomi-~ ination of Williams ns Chiof-Justice wiil be with- drawn, Ib s nscertained that if o vote wero talken on his confirmation in a full Benate, thero would bo a mojority of eight against him on the Republican side, without countiug tho Opposi- tion. It is confidently prodicted that Calob Cushing's name will bo sent in next, CURIOUS *‘ PERQUISITES," Tho roveolations that Lmve boen mado in the last month with rogard to the shame- ful mounor in which private luxuries have been provided for Govornment officera at public oxpenso have oxcited great sur- priso und indiguation nmong all classcs, Mom- bers of Congress who have heratofore been most loyal to tho Adminiatrstion, and sll the parts thoreof, oxpress themsalves with groat vehe- menco on this poiut, and doclare their purpose to havo the whole matter thoroughly sifted. Bo- hind tho facts which have beon elicited with rogard to the unlawful use made of public funds, in supplylng carriages, horses, and servants for oftigials all grades—from Cabinet Ministors down to choap and arrogant clerks—aro othor facts which it is proposed at an early day to bring to light, whicli will show that these are not tho only lux- uries paid for by tho public for private beneflt, If surfaco indications are to bo rolied on, it can be proven that, by tho receipt of unlawful por- quinites, officors’ salaries havo boon fnirly doubled, in s great many casos. Customs which hayo tho warrant of yoars to sustain them, but which have in all theso yoara grown and incronsed, now amount to a most seandalous abuse, With public officials in Wash- ington the rules of fair dealing which are ac- knowledged in private lifo do not secom to obtain, + and, whon public propertycan be appropriated to private uso withiout incarring the danger of pros- ccution for & criminal offenss, it las been and is wo appropriated, nithough thoro can be no sort of excuse for tho TILFERING, save that the tempting opportunity presented itself, ‘Fhis appears to bo the case with all ofti- cors of tho Govornment, and tho firat-olass clerle in the Departmont, or the committeo- clerk in the Iouse or Senate, onjoys those per- quisites in that proportion to which his renk and pay entitle him, under a loose codo, that teaches that cribbing from the Tressury is not ouly permissiblo, but advissble. Staunch supportors of tho Administration who have hitherto boon nwaro of these things, without, perhaps, fully appreciating them, are now awnkened to ‘a realization of tho conaition which it must reach if the ovil is mnot checked soon ; and the threatened invostigations iuto these petty pilferinga will certainly be as thorough nnd scathing o ever wus made into doubtful transactions where Congressmen havo been implieated. The dovelopments of such an investigation will go far to show Low the detorioration in morals is accomplished through pelty pecalations under color of law, but really and indefonsibly dishonest in epirit. Thore 18 no doubt but that the ovil complained of has greatly increased under the Administra- tion of UGen. Grant, for that Administration has ‘been, more than anything oleo, like the managin of an army in the fleld, where tho fancy and wishes of the General commanding and his staf oflicors i lnw ; but thoso poculations did not be- gin, all of thom, with tho present Administra- tion, Thoy will doubtless bo sahown to go baock & great many yoars, TAITY TIES LOOSENED, Tho remark has grown common o’ sate in ‘Washington that party lines nover were, wppar- ently, 80 wonk as thoy are at present in Con- gress, The overwholming Republican mujority w Congross finds weakness in its strength, Tho Preeident ovidently mndo a mistake whon he salcalatod that this majority would guaranteo to him an unquegtioning ‘compliance with all the demands Lis faucy might dictato. The party is 1o strong that it fecls strong enough to refuso that compliance in all cases; so strong that it does nmot beliovo that Gen. Grant in an cssentinl pacrt of its strongth, and it threstens ‘to conduct itsclt without shat deforential respect which it formerly paid the man whose military prostige was worth hun- dreds of thousands of votes, %u the last throo years thoro has beon no such independence dis- played in public ‘and private 28 now, and the cirenumstauce that Grant bas served two torms, whereby the pcoE!a haye becomo well enough sequainted with him o judge bim_ protty aceu- ragely, is the chief obetacle to the third term, which indgrsemont would be gratofully ro- ceived. Party Jeaders in the Honso find it much more difficult todirect the votoas thoy choose thun aver before, and, unless thepresent outcropping insubordination 18 speedily ‘squelchad by somo unforasoon power, tho disorganization of tho Re- publican party will be so great before the wintor is overns to groatly impnir its oliclency for, futuro triumphs, The party leaders and non- olective office-holdors, In viow of this state of oifairs, have grown quite apprehensive, and aro dolug & vast amount of Jog-rolling to counteract tho insidious offocts of tho polson that bas got iuto the syatom of the party, TIE DEMOCRACY IN CONGRESY appear to bo complately demoralized. Thoy are 00 longer o unit, and 1t would bo dificult, if not impossible, to point out any man who could bo f)mpmly called aleador, Clymer, of Peunsylvania, B tho lender of & small party of what might bo termod Modern Democrats, Judge I'hurman rallies thogo of the Middlo Ages; whilo by tar the glrongest Purty. coming down from the Dark Ages, is marshaled by such men as Stophens aud Fernando Wood. “The party is scarcely over anitod, oven in opposition to tha Republican party, when the question is a political one. a0y, BIEPHLRD returned from Now York, whore he had been for the purposo of raising tho monoy to pn‘fll tho Jenuary interest on the District indobtedness, festerdny, ST. LOUIS. Establishment of a Soup.¥ouse—~Tho Deserving Poor to be Givon One Meal a Day—Nowspnper Euterprise, Br. Lourg, Doc, 26.~Muyor Brown insugurated & soup-houso to-day. A part of u tobacco ware- house, eltuated on city property adjoining the City-all,corner of Twelfth and Choatunt streots, has beou fitted up for thut purpose. About 20U men aud women out of employment were served with nu\ls. bread, and meat lo-du{. Ona meal per day will be supplicd to all desorving poor during tho remainder of tho winter, Bunks have also been titted up intho lmilding sufiiciont to accom- tmodate 400 porsons with lodgings. ¥ The Thmes of this city appeared in an ou- hr§ad form, and with n’'now drcus this morning, #od wad 18sued from the new, commodious, an finely-appoluted oftico iu tha handsomo building o‘ux Lbe uortheast corner of Fufth and Onesnut etroots, THE WEATHER, PHOBAVILITIES, ‘WasmoroNn, D, €, Dee. 26—For tho Now England Statos, and thenco westward oyor tho northern portion of the Midulo Htates, the lake rogion, aud the Northwest geuorally, eloudy woathor with avens of snow will proevail, with but slight chianges of tempovaturo, tha winda in tho lake region iucromsing in force, and bo. coming fresh to brisk.gg¥or tho sauthern por- tion of tho Middlo Bintes lass prossure, and raly, with winde shitting to northe cnsterly and morthwestly during Friday, For tho Bunth Atlantlo Btates, continued stormay wenther durlug the night, with freah to of' brisk northorly and westorly winds, The tom- porature will rise nllghl? inthis roglon during Pridny, with contiunod oloudy wonthor, For tho Enstorn Gulf Btntes, and thonce northward ovor 'lonnessoo, northorly to westorly winds, with partly elnudy wonther and continued low temporature, Light ralu may provail In tho onatorn portion of thoso districts, For the Ohio Valloy, and thoneo wostward to Missouri, light, vnrlnhln ‘winds and gonorally fair woatlior, GENERAL ONSERVATIONA, Qiitoaao, Dec, 26—1 1, m, Statton. | Bar,) Thy, Wind, ltm'nl Weather. Dreck'rldga 20,08 25 N, W,, froah.| 0,Cloudy, Cinleago. ... [29068 348, W, trash 0|Cloitdy. Gheyoun \81) & N, fresls,. 0| Fight snow, Clnclunat a8/, gontlo, 0{Clondy, Oleveland, (20, B2(8, K, fros 0| Falr, Davenport 12060 HlS. W, fres! 0[Qleating, Donver,...120,%0] 33 8, frealt.....( 0/Clondy, 8., fresh,. olcloudy, AW, froshi....| 0[Gloudy, BN, W, from.| ofLight mmow, 34(3,W.)'treshy 0| Glearing, a0f8, W1\ frosh.] ofCloud, Marquatto a2f8. 1, ‘gentlo,| *01!Clond Milwaukeo,[20,01| 31{8; W,, gentlo)] " 0|Light snow, Omahin,. 4818, W, fresli,, 0|Clou Tomblna, . 120,60 10IN, W, frosh) O|Light snow, Toledo,...0(20,73] 858, Wiy froah,| ofFair, THE CUBAN AFFAIR. Rumor 'That Some New Complication flns Arisen — IRcport of Minister Sicklew’, Reenll, New Youg, Doo, 25,—Tho Herald's Koy Wost special says tho Unitod Statos stonmer Pintn was suddonly ordored to son last night, under sealed ordors, Hor destination is known to be ono of tho Cuban ports, It is rumored that somo now complication las arison. A RUNOR IN WASHINGTON, Special Dispateh to The Chieago T'ribune, WasuiNaTox, D. C., Dee. 25.—A rumor gainod cironlation liere to-day to tho offcot that tho Spanish Qovernment bnd tondored Miulstor Bickles his possports, but it was not geuerally credited, TOE AURVIVORS IN NEW YORK, New Yorg, Dee. 25,—The Cubans hora are making proparations to provido for the wants of the survivors of the Virginiua after thoy have lauded in this city. SPAIN. ‘The Sicge of Cartugenne=A Irench Mado in One of the Strongest Dee fonses of the City. Loxnox, Deo. 26,—Spovial dispatches from Oar- togoun announce that Fort San Julian, one of tho strongest dofonses of the city, has been ‘breached, An accidontal oxplosion in & battery yes- torday fiilled twenty ofiicers and mon of tho be- sloging forco, A SOUTH BEND. Now Water-Works 'TestedeasA Bot Do= cided=ePresentation to Mr, Colfax, Speciul Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bouru Bexp, Dec. 25.—Lees than six montha ogo, aftor a sovoro personal contest that well- nigh sovered life-long friendsbips botwoen the advoceates of the two systems of wator-worlis— the stand-pipe and Holly—the former was adoptod and contracts lat,” Though the maing avo not all laid, yot sufliclont are laid to protcot the manufactories and business portion of the city. To-day the test hns beon had, fally do- monstrating thoir capacity for contending with auy fire that may ocour. ‘The city had not hose and pipos sufliciont to toko the wator as fast as ono of thrae pumps waa ablo to supply it at easy working. i Tho l'lrinclpnl interost in tha trial contored in the decision of s bet Letwaon J, M, Studebaker, of the wagon works, and L. Pino, mauager of the Biuger factory, for a cow. Stislebaker was to tako Lis position in the lofty bolfry of the wagon-works and oat a lunch while six ‘strosms woro thrown at him from given points. If he was drivon away then ho delivered the cow, and if not then Pino was to do likewiso. Stude- baker did not tako much {imo aftor the throwing commenced to got out of the way to save drouch- ing, aud ho gracefully viclded the cow without ‘waiting for the decision of a committes appoint- od to make a decision, Congratulatory spoeches were made by Mayor Miller, the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Mr, Studeba- kor, and Engincer Birkinbin, Tho latter snid theso wator-works woro built in less time than any others on record. Mauy straugers from points whore worksaro_contemplated wora here 10 witness the trisls, and pronounced the results satisfactory, In tho afternoon the Btudebakers presented Mr. Colfnx witls tho Colfax_buggy exhibited ut the Ohicago Exposition, snd which cost $600 to menufacture, Iu raply to the presentation, Mr. Colfax spoke of the Siudcbakers’ progress from & start With 808 capital, JOLIET. Affiduvie of Dr. Mason Regarding the Recent Death of & Convict=-Coxo= ner’s Inquest to Bo Relde Special Disputeh to The Chicago Fribune. Jorter, Ill, Dec. 25.—Maj. Wham, Warden of tho Penitontisry, hos in his poscssion tho nfiidavit of Dr. Mason to the offect that ho ihltmun) ardared the recent bathing of Williama, The aflidavit scts forth that Wiilinina was order- ed to bo bathed becauso he * feigned sickness.” Then the bathing was administered ar o ** pun- isbmont,” and was, as has been etated in my dis- patches, o vialation of au explicit order of the Qommissionors, This entirely uxculrntes Depu- ty Warden Hall from all responsibility in the wmnttor, a8 well as his assistaut, Sleepor, for in ndmimwtering the bath they wero only oboying tho orders of o superior officor The County Coroner, Dr. Richurds, in conver- ention with your corrospopdent yestorday, stated that Le bad failed to hold an inquest over the bady of Williame through advice of an at- torney, and after consultation with Judge Mc- Roberts, Ho exprossed lis intention, nowover, to hold an inquest to-morrow. SPRINGFIELD. Gov, Boveridge Can Show a Clear Stecord as Itegards Eaffertys=The Unoemployed, Apecial Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, SeurvarreLy, Ill., Dee. 26.—Gov. Beveridge hes thus fur declined to intorfers with tho sen- tence of Rafforty. To-night there is no reasort to believe that bo will chengo lus purpose to allow the law to take its courso. Therois no appearanco of an uprising among THE UNEMPLOYED in our midst, and It is thought thero are veryfow of this class, as all our manufactories are rauning at noarly full time, and with a full quots of operatives, Tho churches for two weeks past have been appropriating their Sunday evening collections specially to the relief of the poor. T'hese }u‘eunuuun&, togother with tho establish- ment of a soup-house nud the aotive cunyassing of tho city to sook out and rolioye the neady hy Pmmlnnut citizons, will probably carry us throug he winter without much complaiut, BOSTON. The Women and the School Coms mittees Speclat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. BosroN, Doo, 26.—All the morning papors mako light of tho City Solicitor’s decision that womon cannot 8it in the School Committeo, ‘Thioy quoto tho Constitution_ngainst him, and allagree in adviging the new Board to disrogard it, ey way, further, thut tho women could ask for no botter woapon than o judicial con- firmation of this opinion. As fir ns can Lo loarned, the four women clected will all prosont thomselves for qualitieation, - SUICIDE, Mirwavxer, Wis, Doo, 25.—Threo suicides lioat the Morguo to-night, One isa woman,namod Lucas, from tho Sixth Ward, Oune, & well-droxs- ed mau, threw himsolf under an .eugino on the St. Paul rond, Nomo unknown, Auother une known mau drownod himself at the footof Clinton stroet. Speeial Diapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Eraw, Ill, Dee. 25,—A good-looking young man osne fo the Waverly Houdo Weoduesday night, and registered as A, L, Luwronce, Ma- rongo, Thuraday, at 2 p, m., Lo was found doad in bod, At s side was tumbler containing o few drops, supposed to Lo poison. A love-lat- ter, o lock of hair, and a picture of a young girl were found in his pocket, ‘Tho envolop contain- fug the lock ~was = serawled all over, apparently in his losb momonts, with the endearing words, *Darling, denr, dear, good, girl,” “ Oon novor he worthy of you,” ¢ 1 fear k can nevor stoy prefor death to soparation,” ete, * Dear, good I.vi{;rl darllug, farewell,” 'The young mau lives in efvidaro and I8 o good guit- arist, 1lo spont his lust evening playing ina burber ulmr. The young gltl is wmost rospeota- bly connected in Marongo, and 8 very !ounn in- doed, Tho affair ls a palpt=* . vning to tho ro- mantio youth of tho luuu, i THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 96, 1873 CRIME. ' Holiday Rejoicing Causes the Usual Numbor of Murders, Fratricide and Lynching of the Mur« derer Near Dodson, 0. Violent Deaths Reported from Boston, St. Louls, and Elsewhere. Fratricide Near Dodson, O=a'Tho Mure deror Exocutod on the 3pote=A Christe mas Revel. Speciat Dlspatch to The Chieago T'ridune. Dopsoy, 0., Dec. 25.~At n sbooting matol to- day at Rign, n village near horo, two brothers named John aud Honry Stono, quarreled about loading the ritle used. John called Honry o liar, whon Henry drow a revolver and shotJohn, killing him justantly. Tho spectators boing much exclted, caught and hung Henry to tho limb ot 8 Lico,-and whon taken down, lifo was oxtinot. Too much whisky causod it all. A Gang ot Burglars in Boston Arrested weeA New=Englund s Xondy Audy? and 0in Exploits. . Snectal Disputeh to The Chicaao Tribune, YBostoN, Dec. 25—The last burglary-epi- demie broke out in TFebruary last, and resulted in the arrest, a month Iater, of tho Bhaver and Goodo gang of four of tho most expert thioves in tho eountry. De Luce, known as Shaver Goodo, tho leader, was sontencod to fiftoon months in the Stato Prison ; avd the threo othors will have o socond trial this montl, thej ury having disugreed on the firat, Awmong those known to be in complicily with thom, though not o participant at tho time, was one Jnmes Neolson, a man 28 vears old, who has alrondy served tiwo torms in Messachueouts and ono in Pounsylvania. Attention has been culled to him by tho slarming numbor of burglaries . recently “porpetrated ut tho South End—an avorage of three houses o night having been Tobbed ; and the ofiicers made up thoir minds to take him ot sight, and trust to subsoquent developments for eovidonce, Last nightat b o'clock thoy saw him for the firet time for thrco months, ran sfter him and canght him. He seomed o anxious about Lis pockets that tho ofticors invontigated, and worg rojoiced by find- ing an clogant jimmy, pairof nippers, six skoloton Loys, & rovolver, aud n watch, Neelson is the lnat of the gong, Mow Genet’s Escape wny Effcctedas An Attuchment Upon Iis Property Xssued, NEw Yonk, Doc. 25.—The Times males the following statement in regard to the escape of Gonet : ‘“After escaping from Deputy-Sherifl Bhields, Genet, in accordanco with a "precon- certed plun, hestoned to & closo carriago in walt- ing naar by, and was driven to tho houso of o friend in tho lower part of the city, whero he ro- mained concealed wntil Tuerday - afternoou, Thon, skillfully disguised, Lo waa faken in an- other close carringo to the foot of Canal strect, and hurried on board the steawship Ontario, bound to St, Thomas, Acapulcoand Aspinwall, A passuge lind been proviously ongaged for him under an assumed name, and he Was roceived by the officors withont qix“eslmm Tho Ontario sailod at a lato hour on needay, aud remained in the lower bay until yestorday morning, when she proceoded on her wnz." In tho Common Yleas Ohamber yesterday, on nttachmont way issued ngainst tho property of Houry W. Gonet. 'The ordor was issued at tho matance of Willlam Caswell, who held a small clnim ayaingt the cscaped criminal, the grounds })uing that Geuot was also an absconding cred- tor, Large Eobbory in New Yorks=Arrest of Suspected Personss New Yorg, Dec. 25.—The Times enys that Juduon Jarvls, Order-of-Arrest Cleric ut the Bherift's oftico, and two Doputy Sheriffs, have beon held for trial in tho cage of tho slleged robbory of B. 8, Croft, s wealthy Virginian, of 285,000 in gold certiflentos, which he claims were tnken from blim while drinking wine with the above-named officors. One of tho missing certificates was slopped ot tho . Bub-Trowury yosterdsy with® tho forged indorsewent of Croft, and las been tracod to one ‘Thomas E, Swmith, s eatoou-keoper, who gave siich an unsalisfactory sccount of Low it came into his handa that he was arrested and beld to bail in $6,000. Smith is understood to have mado o clean breast of the affair, and in- tereating developments are expectod. Supposed Case of Murdor in St. Louis. Br, Louis, Mo,, Dae, 25.—The dead body of Mrs, Seanlan, wife of Michanl Seanlan, a diiver of the St. Louis Uransfer Cowpany, was found in tenoment-house No. 1415 North Sixth street this morning, ‘Tho alfmir is involved in mystery, but the supposition is that Scanlan, whilo chns- tiving his wifo for getting drunk, struck her on tho buck of the neck ]j\mh at_tho bago of the brain, with & fouce-paling, and killod hér, Scan- lan has been in the employ of the Transfor Come puny sixtean jeare, and has nlyays beon rogarded o4 o quiet, robor, induutrious man, Ile was ar- rested, lrs, Beuuluu losves six children. The Missing New York Merchontes Why Xie Fled. New York, Dec. 25.—I¢ hns boen nscertained that Edson’ Bradloy, the missing Broadwiy morchant, hasflod to Canade with $70,000 gold to cseape being prosscuted by hiy croditors on a charge of fraudulont bankruptey. Ihs son, Maj, Bradley, was Inat night committed to Lud- low Stroat Juil on n chargo of cancoling prop- orty from his creditors, Tho complaint s made by his brother-in-lnw, M. Hoffman. All tno arties were mombors'of the firm of Tdson cadley & Co., whoso failuré was recently an- nouneod. Murdoer in ¥oston, BostoN, Dov. 26.—A shocking murdor was committed at No, 9 Providenco stroet, thiy morning. Joseph B, Hognor and Antorno G. Hueltel, both young Gormans, curried on the trode of locksmithing, aud slept togethor in their shop, whero Hueltel was found sbot and torribly mutilated with o hatehet. Hoguor confessed the committal of tho murder, A IBloody Fracas at Groveton, No Xl Laxcesten, N. H., Dec. 26.—A bloody fracas took place at Groveton lnst evening, growing outof nn attompt by Michel O'Léury and Frenchiman numed Blockwell, both iutoxicated, to ontor n liouso of questionuble repute, owned by Frenchman named CGouye, The resuls of tiio fight was tho death of Gouye and his son, o young wman, who was killed by O'Leary with & club ; the mortal wounding of Blockwell with on axe by old Gouye, aud a_bad wound on O'Loary's head from n club used by o fomalo in- mate of tho house, Terrible Shooting Affray in Mexieo. From the Denver Nows, Deo, 3, A terriblo shaoting uifair took place in Lincoln County, Now Mexico, o fow days ago. Jack Gylum, u former Sheriff of the county, nnd u Mr. Harold, of tho fumily of whom soveral wore killed by Indinns in the San AFuufllm Dags soma {ouru g0, woro drinking frecly, and went inlo ho placila. A Moxicnn Coustablo dommnied thoir pistols, which were given up, but Gyhun nfterwards got unother, when the Constable and & pogso wont und domanded it. Somo words woro passed, resulting in the shooting, The Constable was Lilled, Qylum was wounded, and Harold, a8 was aléo wuother man, Aftor tho firlng bocame goneral, Gylum and Harold at- temptod Lo cross tho stream, but were shot in doing 8o, Bume ten or twelve shots wore fired into Gylum and Harold after they had surrou- dered,” Both were killed. PGS S 'Fhie Emperor Napoleon and Mexico. Tho Gegentoart, n Borlin paper, rocoutly pub- lished the report addressed to Napoleon III. Ly Qon, Casteluan, while on » mission in Mexico, in 1800, 'Tho followlby is a translation of the Em- poror's roply “ Parack or Qospriane, Doc, 2, 1800, “My Dean GeNenan: 1 lovo Just received your Inioronting fopore of thie 28tk of Qetobar. thank you for the datails which you give me, and I think you huve judged things nghtly, Bu 1 will not troat with Juaroz at auy price, for an; undorstanding with him would look too much liko » dofont. I care nothing If at & future day tha force of ovents would reatore Lim to powor; bt just now wo cannot tront_ with h The coutko to bo followed may, I think, bo thus summed upt Firgl—Assoclate yourself, ns E;m say, with Marshal Bazaino aud D, Dano, In order foobe New .Government ; troat with him; domand desirne tain a8 quickly as possible the abdication of tho Emporor Maximilian, “ Second—1'ix thio cholee of the Marshal and M. Dauno upon M, Lerdo do ‘Pejndo, or snybody oleo to be placed at the hoad of tha Provisionnl blo guorantces, . 4 hird—Moke all necessary arrangemonts to embark tho troops at tho end of February or tho commencomont of March, *'I'ho Foroign Logion rhould bo embarked ; all Fonchmen who would like to follow, and oven the Aluulrlmm and- Bolgians who do not wish to romain, o United Bintes Govornmont has sont Uen, Bhormun to Moxico. Yon will bo able to come to on understouding with him by making lim understaud thnt your dignity provents you now from troaling with Juaroz, 2 T have said (No. B) that it will bo noceseary to be contented with & Provisionsl Govornment, beeauso I beiiovo that you will not have time to cstablish a rogular Governmont, for this lattor combination wonld cerlainly bo imuur. provided Juarez werg oxcluded, “If the Emperor Maximilian banded over his powers to Junroz, that dulm‘uuau should not bo recognizod, and gtill appeal to the will of the Moxican poople, logally consulted. “To sum up, I sco by your lotter that you bavo quite understood what wero my iutoutions, which are o leavo Moxico as soon ss possible, while protecting our dignity and French intor- o8ty rd mueh as possiblo. “I am, dear Gonernl, &o,, CASUALTIES. Engineer of n Blast Farnaco Killed. Spectal Hapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Drrrame, O., Doe. 26—Joln Runyan, en- qhmur in tho blast furnace of the Bollairo Nail Worke, got caught in the engine this morming at 4 o'clock, aud wen jnetantly killed. Tt i8 not Inowy how tho sccident bapponed, as ho was alone at tho timo, Narorzon,” Drowning of n Youth at Saugatucic, Miche Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune, SAuaATOOK, Mich,, Dee, 23, 1873, A sad cago of drowning occurred in this noigh- borhood vcutnrdn{. Alfred, tho oldest son (ag: 14) of T, B, Wailin, an old settler horo and pa nor in the firm of 0. 0. Wallin & Bons, of Chi- cugo, was skating on o littlo lake about n mile north of this place, in company with Will Dunn, & comrado of ubout the same age. They ha just wstarfod, and gob but s few rods from tho sliore when Alfred broke through tho lce. The water was very doep; but, beiug a good swim- mor, ho rose quekly to tho surfaco and gained tho ice, but was unable to raise himsolf upon it. ‘Wil hastoned to got some poles with which to nsaist Lim, but could fiud only short pleces, which ho shoved out to him ; but they wore too smgll to aid him. Finding theso offorts woro ugeless, Will proposed to crawl out to him and fin’u his hand; but Alfred, with calm, unselfish oroism, forbade him, saying, ‘“No, \\xllly, don't try it, Ilave got todrown, and, if you como out Liere, you will drown too,” and then began o prayer to God, Willy ngain, with frantic baste, sought for sometling with which to reaoh and help him, and, sgain’ approsching him with_the bost thivg hio conld find, eaw bim looke his hold and sivk.,” Tho alarm beiug givon, mon were quickly upon Lbe spot, boats and grapples ob- tnined, and the body eoon recovored. It was apparant that no human power could have szved lim with tho means at hand. He had oblained his mother's permission to go, and was always o good, obedient boy, promiuent m Sunday-school, and popular with ail. Iho wholo commuuity are stirred to n deop sympathy with his mourning parents and friouds, OBITUARY. Death of a Famous Sister of Charlty in Dubuque, Iowit. Spectal Dispatch to the Chicdgo Tridune, Dunvque, In., Dec, 26,—Bister Mary Margaret, Mothor Buperior of the branch of the Sisters of the DB, V. M. hnving charge of Bt. Jasoph's Academy in this city, died at 1 o'clock tiW morning. Sistor Mary Margarot was one of tho founders of tho community of which sho wos n member. She camo to Towa in 1848 with four companions, Sisters, and lian rosided in this State most of tho time—in this county, at the mother-house, or in this city. sho was for some time Mother-Superior of tho housa of her community ntDavenport. Her funaral will take place Saturday. Although sho lived to the allotted ago of mankind, sho is much Inmented by hor community, and by those who bad lier acquaintanco, —_— LEGAL. Veordict Agninst tho Illinois Central Ruilroad Compuny. Spectat Dispatch to Thc Chicago Tribune. Dunuque, In,, Dec. 25,—In the caso of Haines v, The Illinois Contral Railrond Company, tried bofore Judgo Bogg nt Independence ye!mrdng', the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for 811,000, i DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLARS. A few minutes beforo 1 o’clock this morning Ofticors Laughlin, Murphy, and Costollo, while standing b Ltho corner of Lako and Unfonatrosts, Lieard the report of & revolver. They ran about twenty yards osst on Lake street, wuen they ermo upou thros men, Ono of thom had a re- volver in Lis haud, and was threatoning to shout the others. The oflicers bad on citizeus' clothes, and, therefore, the men were not disturbed by their presenco, Tho oflicers recognized in them threo well-known burglars, named Tom White, James Wilson and Tlonry Johnson, alias Manefiold, Whenthey nt- tempted to arrest thom thoy rosisted. Whito got Costollo down and was getting the botter of him, when Laughlin camo to his help and leid White out on the sidewalk in a Lelpless con- dition, Costello then went aftor Wilson, who turned aud ran, andas he turned fired o shot at him, which the oflicer roturnod. Noitber of them took offect. Tho oflicor pur- sued bim a long distanco betoro ho caught bim. Meanwhile Murphy lLad quite n tussle with Jolnson, tod only got the better of him by using his club frecly. Tho mon wero all talen to tho Union Strect Statiou, Durglars’' tools wero found upon White and Johnson, and all throe Ind revolvers and knives. White was very drunk, snd although badly used up, said that ho deserved ovorything ho got for gotting intoxicat- ed, They will be examined before Justice Scully this morning, HIGHWAY ROBBERY. About 12 o'clock lagt night a man named Joln Edwards was garroted by threo men at the cor- ner of Lalko and Halsted streots, sud robbed of £76. Officor Biglor camo upon thow, and uftor o long chase succeedod in arrosting one of thom, who gave his namo as Thonias Moore, Edwards bad beon with them during tho even- iug nud was somewhat intoxicated. s i s g OCEAN STEANSIIIP NEWS. New Yoni, Dec. 26.—Arrivad—Stoamor Italy, from Glasgow, Laverroor, Deo, 25,—The steamship Sidonin, from New York, and Caspiau, from Baltbuore buve arrived out, it S The Emancipation Prociamation. To the Editor of the New York Times : In your ixsuo of tho 81s¢ inst, you quote from My, Maunsoll I3 Fiold's new bool, ‘* Momorics of Mauy Mon," among other paussages, ouo whiclh i caleulated to give an orroncous impression concerniug tho proparation aud publication of Prosidont Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Tutho first place, the proclumstiongwss no #udden sud unexpectod birth, and was no sur- prigo to anybody iu or out of the Cabinet, hny- ing beon formally promised to the country in dofanlt of cessution of hostilities, &o., by the Btates and parls of Btates in rebellion, threo months bofore, In the sccond placo, the paper, a8 finally pub- fished, was wot in any wonse tho ‘‘amonded rosult™ of tho joiut wisitom of the Cubinet ot tho mooting during which it was road to tnem, Mr. Nicoluy brought it to me, to mako copies of it, immediately on tho adjourumont of the meoting, and the only mterlineation of ohungo that T can now rocall was the one In Mr, How- ard’s hond, made, as I then understood, when Mr, Lincoln road it to him in privatoe, prior to tho meoting. 1n this respoct, nlso, My, Fiold's recolleetion of his conversution with Mr, Soward mut Lo erroncous, The pn&mr remained in my cuutm!z untll it wont to Chicago, whore the groat flra burnod it up. It wos in Mr, Lincolu's own heud through- out, with tho singlo oxception referved to, and thore nover was i man nore averso than to anything like mtah-worlxl or loss llkely to “*ao- cept without discussion” the orude ‘and hasty #uggeations of others, If my momory shonld bo_at fault at all, Mr, Nicolay, Mr. lay, or Mr, Frank B. Curpenter, enn easily correct meo, 'The latter, especially, hus hoard tho minutest partioulars roluting to tho prociamation from My, Lincoln's own liys | ayain and again, whilo he was proparing the mindles for hiy gr«?t‘pununs of that memoratlo Cabinet meotivg. & Wiszaux O, Szoopann, | CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIGNS. The Doy Generally Observed Throughout the Country. A Quict and Happy Time for Lit~ tle and Big Pcople. fMow tho Day Wae Oolehrated by the Locul Politicians, Chrlsémas was colobrated by the politiclans by sorvices hold in tho Rocordor's offlco, beginuing at11n, m, Nr. Jamos Stownrt had issuod invi- tationy ton festive jumboreo, tho provocntion boing o house-warming of his now quarters,— ront paid by tho county, 0,000 por sunum. At thatb hour, or thoreabouts, the boys bogan to ag- somble and wish the jolly Recorder & moerry Christmas, *The samo to you; won't you tako somothing?® responded Mr. Stowart, snd thercupon the visitor walked up to tho tablo and ato delicacles, such ss turkey, mince-pio and celery, washod down by excollont punch brewaed 1n the establishmont of M'r. Thos, Poloy, Aldermon from tho T'irst. It was a notable gathering, n collection of young politicians, nmong whom tho oflicon of the futurs have al- roady beon distributed by themuelves, Thore was tho "Recorder, the future Lioutonnnt-Govorn- or of Illinols ; Johnny 1lcaly, tho coming Aldor~ man from tho Sixiconth; Postmastor Me- Artbur, the Congmmnnu from the Wost Sido; Ld Cullerton, Chairman of the Committoo on Gas in the Council ; Tom Btout, tho noxt Sonator from tho North Side, and now in training as Aldorman ; Col. Olnr{. Bouth Sido Colloctor, who hopes to got 811,600 for his yoar's work; Col, Eastman 1ull of Europonn travel and ad- vonture, not to mention opinions on 8pain, Yrance, and other Old World nationsj Phil Hoyne, who had a bogus cigar-ceao with ~which Tio foofod overybody, and who wad on guard for tho Ropublican party to keap the boys straight ; Al Lo Brun ; Mr. Squires, the actual Postinaster ©of tho city; Dave Alston ; Mr, Gillespio, tho now City Sonler; Capts. McGrath (two of them) from tha Post-Oflico; Juck Stophons, who swants to be Sheriif, aud Ed Longloy, who Lay o eimilar hanioring ; Commissionera iTarris and Jolingon, of the County Doard ; Mr. Hub- bard, the Lumbmd of the Poat-Oflico, whoso fino bass vaico, if ho bandlos it woll, will mako him the next Coronerof Cook County ; Supt. Rehm and dr, ]ilnklm( of the Police; Tom Brennsn, rop- resenting tho 'Lronsuror’s Offico; John Rountroe, sopresanting o Legislatura and tho County-At: toruoyship; George Von Hollen, late of the Post- oMico, now City Collector ; Egbort Jamieson, tha bandsoma City-Attornoy; Poto Malr, with the weight of the Sixteenth Ward on bis shoulders; Brock MeVickar, “poot” of the day ; Mr. Rankin, the Govornment Architect ; Franc Wilkio, and other politicians of mmor consequenco, Amonyg those nbeent wore Prosident Grant, 8am Ashton, Mayor Colvin, Charles B, Farwell, Frauk Wenvor, Jobn B. Rico, Dan O'iHara, Arthur Dixon, Mark Sheridan, Jasper Ward, A, O. Hesing, Julius Rlod- bertus, 1L B, Millor, **Jim” McGrath, Susan B. Authony, sud 850,000 others, rather too numerous to mention. The proceedings opened, as has boen intimated, by an exchangoe of greotings, and then thore was conversation on tho weather, tho Communists, Jimmy Stowart, the Post-Otlice, the Grand Army of the Ropublic, and the People’s purty. Tho conversation was chaste, Drilliant, witty, every- thing that conversation should bo mmong the vising rulers of this city and county, 'T'ho co- pionus punch-bowlbeing emptied, was veplenished, and then there wore songs, led by Mr. Hubbard or by Mr. Stephens, Mr. Stowart” making an ad- mirable chorus, Tho virtues ofthe ** Little Brown Jug” wore told in song, and the Coroner sang * Cruiskoon Luwn" with enought pathos to put life into an Irish corpso, and Anve the cost of on inquest, Thon fhero wus another ditty, nll\ldhx; to the ladies. 'Thou cigars were passed arouud, Then the “‘Brown Jug” was trotted out onco miore, and thon' Mr. Brock MoVickar delivered Limsell of & rambling rhyme unworthy of tho “poot,” and out of taste oit account of its bittor partisanchip. In it the Recorder’s ofiico wns doltvered over to tha Ieople's purty, and then there were more sougs and moro cigais, and everybody was happy, und that was sbout oll. he Recordor’s entertninment was & suc- cess in e¥ory way. Mr. Healy, Chiof Clork, was presented, tho evening provious, withi n gold watch by his’ om- ployes,” It was quito a complimont, considaring the tightness of tho money market aud the uni- vorsnl clamor about hard times. It was duly in- erilied, and will bo a nico thing for Mr, Healy to pass down to postority. The Day Elscwheres NEW ENALAND, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BostoN, Doe, 26.—The day has beon o closo holiday, and tho Episcopal, Roman-Catholie, aud three of2 the Uniturian churches havo held spocial gorvices, Tho morning papers havo ro- considered, aud takon the back track. Thoy will not issuo to-morrow. NEW YORI. NEzw Youk, Dec. 25.—Churistmas was obsorved hero in & quiet meuner. The usual services wero hold in the churches, and the customary series of Christmas diuners wero given to poor children of tho city, Tho dinner givon to some 800 neweboys by Willinm F. Tlicss was ono of the featurcs of the day. A number of promi- nent fiontlomqu woro_prosent, who made briof remurks, which the boys npplauded in their usual henrty style. Advices from the principal points East and South state that the day hag been generally obsorved. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, Spectal Dispadeh to Ihe Chicago 4'ribune, Wasmxaron, D, C., Dee. 26.—Christmes was colobrated to-dny with several fostivels and relig- ious sorvices, Whe ehurches were full of wor- shipers, and the streots were crowded with druulien men. Soveral fights occurred, and drew throngs of critical and appreciative spoctators, * ILLINOIS, Special Dispateli to e Chacago Tribune, Jover, Iil, Dec. 24,—Tho inmates of the Penitentinry wero to-dny ih'un an oyoester din- nor by tho countractors. liach coutractor con- tributed at tho rate of 20 conis for each convict in hig cmploy. Tho dinnor cost over &300, Iach convict 'had nutow of oyaters, crackers, white bread, buttor, and coffco with milk and sugar, TFor dossort, each man hed soven good apples. This muy not scem to tho world ny much of & lreat, Lut whon the alovo bill of fare is compnrnd with the usual bill,—a picce of Lread and ment, with- out butter, and colleo without eithor milk or sugar,—it speake legions, Thoe doy lns been properly abuorved tiougliout ko city, Ut tho Penitentinry dinnor was, perhaps, the most no- ticoable foaturo of the day. Sweciat tanateh to 'hic Chicago Tribune, SerinavieLp, I1l., Dee. 25.—~Christmas passed oft Liore very quietly, with s goueral susponsion of all kindd of business. Fublic aund private oftices aro closed,—in shorl, tho day wore the aspect of & quict Sundny. Religious sorvices wore heldat the Church of tho Immuculato Concoption (Cathoic), aud at 8t. Paul's (Spia- copal) Speefal Disvatch to The Chicao Tribune, Aunona, Iil., Dec, 25,—Christmas lins passed vory quiotly hero, notwithslanding punio times. BT, LOUIS. Br. Lours, Mo., Dec. 25,—~To-day has boon universally observed o4 n holiday, DBusinoss lins beou entlroly waspendod, and_ pooplo ‘of "all classes and oceupntions guve themsolvos up to the enjoyment of the usual festivities of the oceasion, MILWAUREE, Amwwauxee, Deo, 25.—Notwithstanding the stringency of the times, thoro hau veldom Leen u Clristmay so generally obsorved in tho way of prosents and morry-makings, All the fancy- stores roport laygor sales then evor boforo, —_—— Some Very Plzin Talk from a Londing Republican Journale From the Boston Advertiser, . The pooplu 1rked for o vindication of the Lon- orablo name of tho Americun Congress, It ju uot sutisfuctory to bo told thoy have ** compro- mised” the mutter by determining to reduce the smount #o dishonorably obtuined, It in as if Spain ind proposed as w compromise that wo should sy uo moro nbout the propricty of the capture of tho Virginiug, while she surrendered whatever old junk might Lo found in the ship’s bllgo, \What the nation regards, and will henco- forth regard more seriously thun ever before, is not tha Joss of foiw hundred thoukand dollars moro or losg, but (he loss of diguity; not the extravacance, but tho debnsentont ~of publio morals, No tax could be so oppressive or dis- conraging uy thoso repanted ovidences of domor- alizution in high plucos, They poivon the foun- talng of virtus _all over the Jand, And lu this direotion Gon, Butlor, twice repudiated by Mas- sachusetts, is o 0t leador, Qontlomen Reprosontativos, Nopublicous or Domuoerats, who follow such lumiug. you may well beliove the people are not bliud, "Tho Ropre- soutative who one day urges new taxos or a now dobt before aa attempt {4 made to reduco ox. onner, tho next day prosonts and advoontes o bill prepared by the counsel of a bankrupt liouse to oyerturn tho National Dankrupt law, and tho noxt day risos to show Itoprosontativos liow they may compromise with dutyat s handsome profit, {8 ‘not the lender tho coming ora domands. Do what yon may, the principles Involved in thia #alary businoss will bo among tho 1spucs on which the country will pass judgment. Yourat- Lornszln to whiatlo thom down tho wind will not avall, That part of the Republican party which aeniats or countonances such attompta will Lo defented. Nolther Presidonts nor Cn&nolw, nor prostigo nor patronage, nor tho caut of doma- go&nau, can save it lio moment it I8 cloar that corrupt and cor- rupting iufluences bave procured control of the Republican party and canuot bo shaken off, there will bo & now birth in politics, ‘Tho forwardness of proparation among tho peoplo for such o con- tingoncy is much greater thau is commonly sup- posed, ‘Tho events in Washingion since Cangross asgomblod have not tended to qulot approkion- nions that tho noi:ublluan organization {8 drift- ing to the bad, No department of tho_ publie gorvico is in n satisfactory condition, and, worst of all, thoro sooma to ho an indisposition to worlt a reformation. Thore is overywhero indif- foranca to the suggestions of wisdom and com- mou sonso. Whon an adminisiration conscs to trust tho mon whom the peoplo trust, rosorving ita honorable rewnrds for subsorvient incapaci~ ty, tho country will prepare for a change, and thero is no help for it. A VERY FISHY FISH-STORY. Extraordinary Capture by Nowfounds innd Eishermen. St, Johns, N, I, (Dec. 10), Correspondence of the New York World, X am now the happy possossor of s comploto specimen of tha dovil flsh, of which no other is to bo found in any musoum in Buropo or Amer- fer. 'T'ho circumstances undor which it was cop- tured wero very remarkable. A few days ngo four fishermen of *Login Bay, which is o fow milos from St. Johns, were overhnuling thoir borring nots, when they found en- tangled in* thoir meshes ~somo huga creature which made desperato efforts to escapo, Ita struggles wero so violent that their boat was noarly capsized, and they wero about toabandon their net and endenvor to escaps, when ono ol the mon, moro couragoous than the othors, siozod a omall tomahawlc and struck it soveral blows about the hend, which put an end to ita axistoiico, and noarly sevored the lead from thoe body, On hauling in their net and landiug their lsh, they wero netounded to flud that it wus & creaturo such as thoy had novor hofore captured, of oxtrnordinary formation, and considerable dimonsions. At firet they wero inclined to throw it bnek into tho son, or convert it into manure, but baing told by some ono that I wos iutorested in thieso sea monstors they brought it tome, and I vory gladly gave them o sum of money for it which surprised and plonsed thom s0 much that thoy declared thay would soon brm‘; mo another. Bub eaid one, *It’s the dovil's flsh sure enough, for it noarly kilt us ontirely.” I Liavo had this fish photogm(‘wlnd and care- fully examined and measured, 76 Leloups ovis dently to the same gigantic D&l}l}lfiofl of cuttles as the ono eon in Concoption Bay, and which I formerty described ; hut it is a young one, prob- ably nok more than two or three years old, and Il it been spared it would, no doubt, grown to be forty or fifty feot in longth, It is, however, & very promising imp indoed. Its body i eight foot iu longth and fve in circumforonce, It bag ton arms rodiating from tho head. Of theso two are twenty-four fect in length, only two inclion and a half in circumferences, aud armed at their breadened extremities with rows of boautiful and poworful suckmg disks, about eighty on each arm, They ara very toagh aud strong, The remeining cight arms aro enoh six feat in longth and at the junction with thoe head are nine inches in circumferonce, tapering to a flue point, The under surface of each is covored with rows of large snclora— about 100 on_ench, ‘Tho beak, strong and vory abarp, the shape of a parrot’s, is in the middle "of tho contral mass from which tho arms raditte, and is about the size of o man's fist. ‘Chooyos are on oach side of this central puclens, and are each four inches in dinmeter, vory dark and beautiful, and sur- rounded L)‘ o whito ring, Attached tothe body, which is but a hugo stomach, are two funnols, or tubes, one for ejecting tho inky fluid which it manufactures iu unlimitod quantities, and the othor for drnwing in and ojocting water. The water is ndmitied by valves, and, tho oxygen being extracted from it, is expolled by this tubo, ‘When forcibly ejected, tho reaction of the sur- rounding eloment onables the creature to shoot bacleward with great rapidity, The tail is the forward moving aner. T'ho divcovery hero of these gigantic cuttles excitos great Intorest in tho acientific world, T'he necount which np&oaw:.l in tho World bug been reprinted overywhers, The Natural His- tory Bociety of Montreal havo had a discussion on tho subjoct, and very greut iutercst was oxin'esscfl. ‘The nccount of these gigantic cuttles lLave bitherto been vory vague sud uurolinble, aud nover before wis one of thom captured. Prof. Bteenstrup, Dr. Morch, and Prof. Allman Lave reported the appenrance of similar cuttles on the coants of Donmark and Scotland. Stecn- strup haw described two species under the names of Archi Towthis Monarchus and A. Dux, and it is not impossible that my specimen may belong to ono of these, In the February number of tho American Naturalist Dr. Packard de- seribed s specimon of ono of them taken by a Gloucester flshorman on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, but it was an insiguificant imp compared with mine, The Kraken of Seaundi- navian mythology is an exaggerated representa- tion of those colossul cuttlos, Old Pontoppidan gravely sllegos the oxistouco of thoso cuttles as the caueo of the occasionsl dispppearance of small Islends, which will lardly be credited in these skoptical times, In the aquaria of Hoamburg and Brighton there are two living #pecimens of the daevil-fiel, but they are only two or three feet from tip to fip of the ox- tended arms. If tho two longest arms of my H{zechuuu wero extended they would be forty-~ cight foot botween the oxtremities, and two of tha shorter arms would bo upward of thirteon foot from tip to tip. Tho embraca of those monstrous arms, covered with nearly n thousand suckere, great ond small, oach siuking into the fleah of tho vietim and !ccmh)‘; to drink tho blood, would be something terriblo boyond the powers of imngination, Add to this the gleam of those staring eyes, 4 inches indiumotor, flush- ing with rage, tho parrot-like powerful beak, and tho clammy, glutinous body aud death-like touch of the slimy tontacles, aud we have s pic- ture such as the wildest romancer hau nover yot conjured up. ¢ Truth is stranger than flction,” Vietor Lingo was ridiculed for the monster he ereated; bioro i oue more monstrouy by far. T Lavo carefully cross-examined tho flshermen who saw the gigantic cuttlo in Concoption Buy, They declare that their punt, which was cloze {o it, aud Is twouly foot in length, wes not moro than one-third the length of the fish. A poreon with whom Iam sequuinted here, and whose verncity I could not doubt, assures me that two years ugo e measured tho body of ncuttlo which had beon east ashoro in one of our uorthorn bays, and found it eighty feot in longth, Bovora! others give similar testimony. Thero can, therefore, no longer be any doubt about the existeuce of theso coloseal cuttlo-flah iu the wa- tors uround Nowfoundland, Tull-grown speci- mens seom to vary from G0 to 80 feot, “T'he photograplis oxecuted by Monsra, McKen- noy & Paysons, of this place, are oxcellont. ‘Lhio houd, which iu sovored from the body, is taken soparatoly, supported on n stand, with the arms Lunging &o\vn, and showing the benutiful rows of suckory, liko u splondid picco of nmbx'oidn:{. ‘The body is taken sepurately ; and tho curiously formod tail appears cloarly defined. HanvyEy. An Indignant Paront—ilr. Bliss? De- fenss for Whipping Iy Drughters WASHINGTON, Dec, 10, To the Eiftor of the Republican: 1t haw not been my hubic to pay auy uttention to slandorous articles publishou by’ tho preas, ospecinlly those to which tho wiitors dare not put their pignatures, but I will depary from my ueual practice and say & fow words in reply to tho articls in your pspor of Monday, It could not havo emanated from o fathor; it might buve lioen writton by a libertine, who would bo glad to o all rostraint luluuvml that would in any way intorfere with his practices, As a futher I cluim thoe right to control m family (o suit myself, and tho * Dlessed discl- pline™ hns always proved a good one und g har- monious ene until moddlng neighbory took my family mottors into tholr own lunds, For Lwo yoars wo hiavo suffered sovoroly by this Interfer- onco, and vyory offort Lns beon made to muko troublo in my mmllfi. ‘Thore Is no samily fu the land whoso privato lifo i such as will bear the publle gaze, and Inmn sure there hay been no moro digeord in mine than exists in many othere. I am a father of the ola * Puritan stoele,” {hank God. And with o striot idea of tho duty of childron to parouts, I demand nnd will hinve obedienco to my commands, 1 um nat \\'lllllqi my childron should go out ovenhug after ovening to danelng-sehools or othor donbt- ful places withont my knu\vlmlfiu or consont, and with no escort bug u girl like themselves. doughtors, My wishon and enrnest entrentios wara disragatded, Evaory facllity wea provided for company nt homo or proper cecort out. No mattor what a censorious public may say, or what meddlesome nelghbors advigo, I will nevor conrent to lot my childaen conduct them- Aolves ns loosely n8 eomo do, aud accept alton- tions from any men who js socially below them. I do nat ecele to Justify an nct to which I nm acoountable tono ous, Tho garbled and lying account of tho affair would be greatly excused it tha public know my side of the story; and it in no t?unb in tho preis to so widely clrculnte ono #lde, and one only, of any affule, Lot thoso avhose long-prying interest Tn my family metters learn to mind their own business, and Ican anawaor for it thoro will ho no moro trouble; but a8 long o8 baleful influcnces aro constantly brougit to hour upon us, ingenious efforts ninde to forret ont our privato matters and lnflu~ encoe my daughters’ minds against peroutal con- trol, thoro can bo no peaco. Ioeauso ono per- #on allows & child to come nnd go at all hours of day and night, eud with all clnsses of cnmrnu— donm, I do not think it my duty to oxtend the same priviloges to my daughtors, and X will never do it, no matter what the world may thiuk or ua{. Iam their natural protector, and claim the right to govern my children nccording to my own conscicucs and tha lnws of God and man, and neither ask nor desire tha advice of thoso incapablo of giviug it. C. 1L DBrisa, —_— e CHRISTMAS PARDONS. Liboration of the Carlisler, From the St Louis Revudlicun, Dee, 23, S ‘Thoro is an old man of near threescore and ton nnd his son in tho Indiana Stato Prison, U'hoso two wero sentencod to imprisonment for life, and bavo already boon in prison eight yosts, Why aro thoy thero ? In tho wintor of 1865 Liout, ITnmpton oxercised 8 sort of special commaud in that part of Ken- tucky where the father andson lived tho quiet lifo of farmors, respectod by nll their nelghbors, There is evidonce on fllo amoug the court 1ec~ ords that & number of persons in Xontueky and Illinols wero seized and put to death b{ Hamp- ton's order, Among those shot in Kontucky wero Elijah and Honry Browning, brothors, tho oldest 1ot 20 and tho youuger ouly 15, This was nesr Vandorburg, Webstor Gounty, and shortly afterwards Hampton and his uen wont over into 1llinois, and in the vicnity of Elm Grove solzed aud shot two Lrothers, James and Josoph Quinn, ‘Tho nest day Hampton shat Ihomas Carlisle, whilo at work near Scottsville. I'homas Curlislo wos tho son of JoLn 3. Carlislo and brother of Cyrus Carlisle, of Wobstor County, Koutucky. 'Chero waa uo reason for tho killing of the Brownings, Quinns, aud Carlislo, “oxcopling their supposed sympathy with tho South. Liout. Hampton and four of his mon wore subsoquont- ly indicted in the Webator County Civeuit Court for the murder of the Brownings, and a warrant was issued for their nrrost. John M. and Cyrus Catligle, father and son, armed with this war- rant, ns they assert, erosned the Ohio Rtiver and seized Liout. ITampton in tho Btato of Indiana, T'hey startod with their prisoner for the county- geat of Waobster County, and, aftor landiug on the Kentucky shore, tho Carlisles left Humpton in ohargo of Davidson and MeDaniols, two negistauts, aud staxted to tako the skifl to its ownor, a fow hundred yords up tho river, On their way thoy heard o pistol fired and re- turned at onco, Licut, Iumpton was misslng, The nssistants abovo named told them thut Hampton bad attempted to ecseape by ummmmfi neros tho river. Thoyshot at him, and calle to him to come back and {hey would not injuro him. Ho turned to come bacls, but sank and was scon no more, Thoro was a myatory about Hamnpton's soizuro and death,—lig arrost by tho Carlisles, who mourned s son and brothor slaughtered by him ; a boat-ride across the Ohio by night ; his nuumr’llug to swim thoe river; the plstol shot in the wbsouce of the Carlislos, and tho disappearanco of the agsistants, Davidson nnd McDanjold, Gov. Morlon called tho sttontion of the Indinna Legislature to tho cnse, and e cured o special appropriation from that Lody to conduct the prosecution. The Carlisles woro arrested in Keutuciy, takon to Indinna for trial, aud sentenced to lml\risonmont for life, John AL and Cyrus Curlislo are the fathor and son wearing out their doys jn tho Indiann Stato Prison. Light years have dragged them- uolves away, and Cyrus Cnrlislo bhas juet come out of tho Ponitentinry hos- pital,—where Lo lay some time f[rom & vocket-knifo stab given lum by a ‘*‘trusty,” Buck MeKinney. Bucl had boeu inn dozen yoars, and expeoted to be pardoned thie Christ- mag, His affuir with Oyras Corlisle Lins put him in disgrace, and ho Is nomoro o ‘“trusty.” It will take years to wipe out the stain. No pardon for Lim this Clristmos. But the Carlisles havenot been forgotten. The Governor of Kentucky, ninety membors of the Kentucky Legislature, all of the Carlisles’ old fricnds and neighbors, prominant men of both olitical partics in Kontucky snd Indiang, the topreventatives in Coungress from the district where the Carlisles resided, and many others of influcuco and power, reconunond to Gov. Hondricks, of Indiaus, clemoncy aud pardon for the Carlisles, with tho sentimont that their of~ fouge was 1athor “ a vico of tho times thou tio men,” And this is Gov. Hondricks' veply : “Goneral ammesty and forgiveuess of offenses growing ‘out of the war han become the policy of tho country, supported the eentimont of the people, Ix- orienco Lo demoustrated the wise om of the policy and wo all foel its humanity. Its tondency bas been to coment and strongthen tho union of the people in all sectious, aud ta promote their happiness, In hermony with thin olicy, it would appear proper now to pardon gahu Al Cailigle and Cyrus Curlisle, Others who committod like offenses during that period havo either been pardoned or not punished ot all.” And John M. and Cyrus_Carlisle, fathor nud son, will go forth from the Indiana State Prison and crosg tho Oblio River for their old Kentucky home this Christmus-day, s Matching Widows and Widowers, A fow days since we mado nole of amatri- monial venturs by chauce, rdopted in Wisconsin, near Green Bay, for the purposo of disposiog of a dozon widows, and o corresponding number of widowers. Tor somo roaton the nerghbors wore bound to mateh theso widowsand widovera —at lonst to mato thom, whother they matched ornot. Why this determinution 18 not recorded. Porhapa in tho absenco of nmusements this was doemed o good way to enlivon the winter. Any way, ab & moating of citizons it was rosolved as 8 atler of *‘economy to have thom murried, ond not knowing how to pair lhem, o commitico was seleeted to hold counsel ns to tho best moda ofcoapling.” 'Thacommittos—so says tho Green Bay JAdvocale—decided to disposo of tho lob of " widows and widowers by lot. ‘Thero wore cloven widows und twelvo -widowers and the drawlng took placo at early candlo Kighting on the th, whon it was decided thut Mr. It Meu- ton whall mazry Mrs. DeBruin: Ar. 2, Monton shall marry Mia, Vink ; Mlr. Bodo eball marry Mra, Vandenberg ; Mr, Furstouberg shall marry Mrs. Keraten ; Mr. J. W, Wussenborg shall mar- ry Mra, Wilde; Mr, M. Verkuilen sball morry Mue, Perronboom ; My, Woyonborg shall marry Nrs, Heesakkor ; Mr. John Kobusgen shall niar- Ars, Tillman ; Mr. L, Ponrusen shall marry Mrs. Van Doron ; Mr. IR, Horromans shall mar- ry Mrs, Rolf ; Mr. Boore shall marry Mra. Vau Bloomar, o surplus widowor, Mr. Ponter- mann, wus jubilaot ovor hin escape from so meny widows, but the Committee enlurged ita Yoo and livo advortised 10 Bou-vosidout widow, MEETINGS. NOTTECE:. Tho annual ineoting of tho Stacklioldors of tho Chjcago Oity Rtallway Gompnty, for tho ofuction of & Board of Lie zeotors, wilf bo lioht atthe office of thy company, northe ‘wost cornor Stuto und T'wonticth-sta., on Tuesday uus arg 6, 1674, betiroou tho hours of 2 and 3 n'clack p. hloago, Dov, 2, 1673, W, N, KVANS, Boutotars, Muasonie. Tho annual commuuicition of Dearborn Todge No, 310 A, T &AL M., will by hold in tho Maranie Totnplo, cor e gt Hahdoliivand Halalod-ats., Fellay arouiug e, 51679, wt half-past 7 ivclack, for tho oloctlan. and Inetals intlow of oflicers for the ousuihy your, . Ny ordor uf thu Wa AL A, T, LANGE, Sod'y . Masonte, Annual commnnication of lome Lodgn No, 008, A, F.and A, M., this (FRIDAY) Livoning, at 7 w'olcok., at Huma ILM.‘“ "QT "lllI E(’fl'é':omy.aaunml u:wtr. fi ) ln%x"fllli;fl“;‘ ocjon ‘o o oo thio We ALs s and P, Oy oty oo FINANOCIAL, Allen, Stephens & Co., DOMESTIC BANKERS, o5 PINE-ST., INBEW YORK. Organtzod for the busiucss of out-of-tovn Danks and Dankors ozolusivoly, to whoso busluess a thorough and Huch practices wore unkuowu to thom until the last two years, aud [ had positively and repoat~ edly forbiddou euch things, T'he closs of gous tlemon whose noquaintauce they mede at such places wero not such as I wish to see with my unususl attontion will be givan, Do %0 stosk business aud do XOT aooeptapaoulative acoounta. Four per aant Latersss on deposits,