Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 4

“q # 1E CHICAGO- DAILY TRIBUNE . TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TENMA OF RUDECRIPTION (PAYAULT IN ADVANCE). PaeatinlzzzS GO0 el #3:00 Parta ol a sear ab tho samo rate, o prosent dolay and neistakes, bo suro and give Post Of coaddress in full, tnelnding Stato and County. Hemlttancos may bo mado elther bydralt, oxpross, Post Ofico ordor, or tn rogisterod loitors, at our risk. TENMA TO OITT BUNSCHIBENA, Dafly, dolivered, Bundny oxcopted, 2 conte por weok. Daily, colivered, Sunday included, #0 couls por widk. Address TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Gorner Madison and Denrbornests., Uhloago, Il TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. AOADEMY OF MUSIC-II: tson nnd Monrog, Ly **Qur Aoriosu Cousin,™ ol stroot, bowoon Mad- ont_of 1. A, Sollorn, raoon and ovohing, -Randolph _stront, hotweon LEY'S TIRA A Tkt ‘Genura Groms," Aflormoon Olark nud Lasatlo. * and ovoumg. MVICKER'S TIHREATRE—Madison atreot, hotween Dearborn_und . unagement of Lotta, Afior- noon, '* Pawl, the Dot and *iNan, ho Good-fors Notiing." Livoning, **1ho Littlo Dotostivo." v GLONE THEATRE-Desplaincs stract, hotwaon Mad. tson and Washinrton, “Tingagemont. of Bhreh, Wamboldy yud Backus® Sna Kanclswo Miustrals, Afloracon aa »roning. MYERS' OPRRA-HOUSE Manroo strcot, hotween Denrborn and Sinte, Avlington, Uottan, and Kemblo's Minstrols. ** Simplo Simon." Minstrolsy sud comlcali~ dos. Aftornoon and creu STE KT OPHRA-TIOUSE=Corner Hal A o trocte . Macirops o Fow Hibormie zon.""Attormoon and ovouing, OF ANATOMY~Olark onroo, DR, KANN'S MUS stront,Ustmoon Madivin an M M BUSINESS NOTICES. WHEN WE BAY, THAT MRS, WINSLOW'S oothing ssrup acts like a charm, wo ‘do but reiterato Urn Inugnagoof overy porson wid ovor uaod it fr ‘tholr children, The Chitage Tribune, Saturday Morning, Decomber 27, 1873. It is announced that tho now computation of foroign coins will practically raiso dutics from 14 of 1to 4 por cent. The Ifon, Samuel, Shellabarger, of Obio, is named os the probablo successor of Geu. Sicklos ns Minister to Madrid, 1Io was formerly Mintstor to Portugal. 5 Tho Iatost charge is that thero is a ring in the Civil-Sorvice Comnussion, which has for its ob- jact tho oxcluding of all clevks appoiuted bofore the adoption of the now rules who cannot pass oxamination. Thoro has beon a decision in the disputed Osngo lands in favor of tho sottlors. Judgo Goddin, of tho Seventh Judicial Diatrict of Kan- sas, holds that tho railroads have mo grant thore. Tho cago will, of course, be carried to the Suprema Court. Judgmont has boen entered against tho bonds- men of Genet, Norton, and- tho other members of the Tweed Rivg who Lave made their eacapo. The bondemen thought they woro released aftor an appearance for trlal hnd boon entered, but it has been decided otherwiso. Mr. Roed, the State's-Attornoy, has announced hia intention of presenting tho case of David A. Gage to the Grand Jury, and, to this end, re- guested Mr. O'Hara to make @ formal demand npon Mr. Gago to pay over tho doflait in tho City Trensury. Thedemand was made yestorday, The grounds on which the Naflerty supersedens was granted aro still uuexplained. Judygo Scott, n an intorview with Toe TrinuNe roporter at Bloomington yestorday, declined to stato them, The writ will bo argued, however, at Springfield, st tho Joouary term, instoad of taking its regu- lar placo in tho September term at Ottawa. Tho accounts of the I'reasuror of Leavenworth County, Keu., aro in confusion, and a commit~ tee who bave examined thom roport that that officer is “short " £69,000. Tho Committeo re- quested of the Tronsurer an explanation of tho disagrecabloe facts, and he replied that ho **was unnble to say whero tho mouey was ; that ho had none on doposit savo what the Committee had found ; snd that ho could not romomber having Joaned any considerable amount of it.” He has been requested to resign. ey —— Dr. De Klerck, now in Washington, who bas boen on o tour of this country in the intercats of Dutch capitalists who have inveated their money in American railway seenrities, las suggested to tho President tho formation of Mixed Cominis- sion, cousisting partly of Amoricans and partly of Europeans, to keep the world posted on tho value of railroad and other stocks. It is said that President Graut listened with favor to this proposition, aud took occasion to express his opposition to the building of railroads in tho tuture by sid or subsidy. Thero are now two vacancios in tho Board of Rogonta of the Bmithsonian Instituto, occa- sioned by the resignntion of President Woolsey wd tho death of Prof. Agassiz. Tho former Fill probably be filled by tho eloction of Prof. Dana, of Yale, and it is suggested tlint Prosident Eliot, of Iarvard, shall bo chogen for the othor. It i claimod, in opposition to this programme, ihat tho Wost ought to bo ropresopted in tha Board, and Dr. Audrows, of Chicago, and Prof, Leequeroux, of Qhio, are montioned as compo- tent men for the place. There is a roport from Washington that Judgo Duroll, of Louislana, offerod to rosign if Lo sonld got & foreign mission, and to take bis shances of confirmation iu the Somato. The most lmprobable featuro of this atory is the re- ported refnual to nceopt hin terma. Foroign missions keem to havo taken a now valuo in the 3yo of the Administration, if they are to Lo no longer used a8 o mosne for disposing of ser- vicenble politicians whose zenl has o'erloaped their judgment. Judge Busteed, it is roported, mill follow the oxamplo of Sherman aud Delabny, nd rosign unconditionally. The Now York * Unomployed™ appolnted a Committ o of Safoty at thoir mass meoting, and this Gomnittee yosterduy made o demand upon tho City Government for work and pay, Thoy wlso demanded that all contracts be abrogatoed, wnd that the city let the public works dircctly to iho applicants,—n dircction which the movemont u this city seoms to bo taking. Tho Now York Comumittoo attribute the presont troubles to a # gpoculation in tho ciroulating medium," for which thoy olaim that tho workingmen are in no wiko responsible. Thoy also declare an inton- tion of co-operating with tho Grangers i the Wost, ‘The Chicago praduce markets wero less aotive yeatorday and geuerally easier, oxcept on hogs and liog product, Mosy pork was quict and 150 por brl kigher, cloging st $18.75@18.85 cush, and $14.40@14.48 sollor Fobruary, Lard was quiot nud 166 por 100 1bs higher, closing at §8,1214@8.16 cash, and $8,60@3.06 soller Tob- ruary. Meats wora quiet and firm st 6){@634o for shoulders, 6}¢@7o for short 1lbs, Ti{(@T550 for shioxt cloar, all baxed, and ab 8}4@V4o for sweot pickled hama, Highwines wero dull and 1o lowor, ab §40 per gallon, Droused hogs woro in good demnand and n ahndo firmor at §6.00 por 100 Ibsw Flour was dull nnd stendy, nt €6.50@ 6,75 for good npring extras, Whont was modor- ntely activo, and J{@3¢o lower, closing at §1.141¢ eash, and $1.14}¢ sellor January, Corn was dull ond wonk, at 340 declino, closing at Gio cnsh, and G450 sellor Pobruary, . Oats wore dull and Y @Yge lower, closing ot 880 cash, and 89c seller Fobruary. Ryo was quiot and unclianged, at 77@78e, Barloy was quiot and ateady, at $1.38@1.80 for No. 2, and $1.08 for good No. 3 Livo hogs wero quiot. at §4.60@6.15. Caitla woro firm and highor, Sheep wero unchanged, It 18 now stated that Attornoy-Gonotal Wil ltama’ purchase of a 1,600 carringo out of tho coutingent fund of tho Dapartment of Justico is but an imitation of an examplo sot him by Morsrs, Lvarts and Ioar in formor years. Wo do mot bollove that this will Lold as a precedent nt law, notwithetanding it is the hond of the Law Departmont that cites it, But, now that tho oxposure Dbag,beon fairly entored upon, wo hLope that it will be traced back to the beginning, The ox- hibit of progress will bo an interesting ono, and ought to intenpify tho domand for tho imme- diate abrogation of all such customa, A sliort time ngo many of the railrodds, in- cll\ding 4hoso of tho Ponnsylvania Company, ordered a reduction of 10 per cont in tho pay of their employes. Mr. McCullough, the Gonoral- Maungor of the Ponnsylvania Roads, wasnotified Dby tho ongineers that they would nob work at tho reduced rato after Jan. 1. This detormina- tion hins been antivipated. It is announced this moming that the engincors of goveral of tho railronds that mado the reductlon quit work yooterday at noon. Tho railroads operated by tho Ponnsylvania Company nro the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago, the Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati & St. Louis, Iitesburgh, Cloveland & ‘Wheeling, and tho Erio & Pittsburgh, All tho engineors on these roads have struck, ITow much dolay or inconvenionco tho strike will oc- casion cannot yot bo dotormined. The ou- gincors of the Illinois Central and tho North- western Roads bave also refused to worl, and tho regular traing on theso roads did not leave Chicago last night. Tho Burlington & Quincy baving rescinded their action, their traine are running as usual. ‘Thore are reports of Boveral attempted intimidatlous on tho part of tho strike ing englncors, and itls snid thnt there was an effort to throw o train off tho track noar Cin- cinnati. Wo print some extracts from the schedulo of assots flled yestorday by Jay Cooke & Co,, in tho bankrupley proceedings eogainst thom, which will bo found interesting. Tho list of debtors is notuble, ombracing, as it docs, Prosident Grant, tho Dont family, Sccretary Roboson, Gov. Shephord, of tho District of Colum- bia, and various other porsons in high ofticiul stations, The National Life In- surance Company and its soveral officors hold o leading placo among tho dobtors; aud tho schedule reveals the fact that tho oxponscs of this Company's orgavization, which was chartored by Congress, were $100,000. Ex-Gov. Cooke, of Washington, owes the frm wenrly $600,000, which docs not appear to bo sccured. Tho Northern Pacific Ruilrosd Company is o debtor to tho mmount of 806,478,305, for which tho only seeurity is a cortain amouut of Oregon Stemm Navigation Company's Londs aud Northern Pacific bonds, The valuo of the latter can bo partially estimatod by tho fact that the Oompany sunounces its inability to pay the interest due, and makes a proposition to fund oll lho intorost up to Jau, 1, 1875, into mow bouds. Northern Pacific bouds, in an indofinite sum, ave likowise mentioned as’collnterals for other debts, Therois also an indebtedness of noarly $2,000,000 of tho Lake Superior & Missls- ¢ippi Railvond for arrenrnges of interest. lo 1Nt of the Jay Cooke nsscts may dofy comparison. LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. Tho meeting at the rooms of the Relief and Aid Society lust ovening, betweon the Dircetors of that Socioly und the ropresontatives of tho City Qovernment and o Committeo of tho un- employed workingmon, passed off quito har- moniously, The proceedings ovened with a spucchs from My, I' A. Hoffmon, Jr., in which that gentleman urged that tho funds of the Bocloty, smounting to soma five or six huudred thousand dollurs, or = portion thereof, bo turned oyer to the City Governmeut to bo ox- pended in public improvements, in ordor to fur- nish employmont to workingmen who did not want to subsist on charity. Mr. Dexter roplied {hat the Bociety Lad no right to ube the funds in the manuer proposed,—that the disbursoments of tho Socioty for tho rolief of tho destitulo, slck, agod, und infirm ulready reached £1,200 por day, slthough wo had us yobt had no cold weathor,—that' theso: disbursoments wonld very likely roach 2,600 per duy beforo spring,—that to turn over tho money to the City Governmout to bo invested in public buildings or othierimprovements would not ouly be unlawfal, but would expose the really dostitute people in tho city to tho greatest distross, Ald, Schaffuer followed with some remnrks explanatory of {he resolution of tho Common Council, in pursuance of which tho present mooting was held, Mr. Trusdell, tho Superintendenc of the Socicty, explained their mode of-oporations, showing that all desorying cagos wero prompily attended to. A, Rosouthal showed that if one-halt of thoe funds of tho Bocloty ere turned over to the City Governmont and pald out equitably to the uucwmployed workingmon, it would give thom only $15 apicco—or abont one weolk's wages to eich man, After somo desul- tory convorsation, Mr. Doxtor said ho undor- stood that Alr. Hoffman had oxpressod & doubt whethor the Socioty really tiad tho mouoy which thoir books showed thoy ought to have, 1le de- sired to have that goutleman como to the oflice during business hours aud couut the mouoy, Evary facility would bo given him to do so, Ald, MoGrath said that it tho Bocloty roally hud the monns and facilitios for rolioving all casos of actual doatitution, it was s very fortunato cir- cumstance, and hio didu't seo that suything more could bo asked. Soveral Aldermon coveurred fn this viow, Tho meoting thon adjourned. Dy way of reluforcing tho romarks of Ald. MecGrath, which wore cliaracterized by nnoxe pected good senss, wo will add Lhat the collec- tions of the Relicf sud Ald Soclely bhave never oxcooded the sum of §14,000 in wny ono yoar oxcopt tho year of the groat fire, when tho wholo world camo to our sssletauco, Bupe poo we hind only €44,000 now spplieable to the roliaf of tho destituto, with dishursomonts at tho rato of §1,200 por day, and no’ cold weathor yot. What prospaot wauld thero bo of carrying tho unemployed worklugmon and thoir families through thie winler on any kind of fare ? Thoy sny—or, rathor, Mr. Hoffman says for thom— thiat thoy would bo degraded by accopting chinr- ity. Tlowso? Whosomonoyiwit? The Bocioty doos not own it. If it bolongs to uyhody in this wide world it becongs to tho destilute; and ng destitution fn neithor erimo nor a disgraco, no destituto porson {s degraded by necoptivg it. But for this rofief fund, and for tho prudent nintagement which lias surrounded it, the ery of ‘“broad or blood" might bo raised in our ntroots bl wititor, and mjght still bo, if tho Sogiety woro wenk enough to pour it all out in the form of two weoks' wages on tho Iloffman plan, and leave tho dostituto to shift for thom- #olves thoreaftor, —— THE RAFFERTY CASE. Ta the Editor af I'he Chicago Tribune : Bm: Tt is fucnmbont upon the Supremo Court, and cachi of ita Justices in vacation, in tho dinchargo of wworn duty, to allow writa of error in capital cases, whero thie Court, or tlie Justico appliad to, shall bo of oplrtion that reasonablo causo for its nllowanco oxists, and reasonablo cavse slways doca oxist when the Court or Justice, upon fnspecting the record, finds manifest and muterdal error appurent theroo, It {8 not noces- sty that tho Court or Justico shall arriveata final conclualon, in offect predetermining the ultimato dis~ position of tho coso, It i3 cnough that tho record bringa the mind to tho opinton, and thus makes maxl- fent Uit materlal error us intervened, Buch Lol the duty Imposed by Iaw, it Is fmpos- sible for the Court, or eltlicr of ilo Justices, to avold Its dischiarge without abrogating judiei! functions, and demonsteating uller uuituoss for Judiclal posi- thon, Inan articlo fn your paper of this morning, yon cluractorize the recout lsauauco of a writ of error in tho case of Rofforty us o * Judicial oniragos” that is t0 say, you thus stigmatize an uct in whicls threo Jus tees of our Suprome Court conourred, and whicl 1t was {ho duty of exeh ono of thedo Judges, under his ofliciul oath, to perform, 1low can tho hopo Lo indulgod of escapa from the ovils apprebiendad from tho provalonce of Communialic theorles If uowspapors of respoctability aid in bring- Ing tho Judiclary into conterpt, aud udvocato tho de- tormiuation of eximinal cases upou tho basls of an ns- sumed public opinlon, ruther than upon and u the mode provided for by tho law of the lnd? MrviLe W, Funtss, Catcaau, Dec, 20, 1873, ANSWER, Wo donot eall in quostion the honor or tho consciontionsnous of cithor of the Justices of the Supremo Court who granted the supersedeas in. RafTerty’s case. That they did their duty ns thoy understood it, we bavo no doubt ; and, ini styling tho suporsedeas as an outrage, we did our duty ag wo undorstand it This man Raflerty was tried and couvicted of murdor. Thoro was not, and has nover been, any contlicting ovidonce so far as tho facts of tho homicido are concerned. After hie was sentonced, & Judgo of the SBuprdine Court grouted a supersedoas, ond the whole Court granted bim o now triasl. o wos again tried, convictoed, and sentonced; and again the supersedoas was iuvoked, and agnin he was granted o now trial. Tho last time, tho Judge who delivered tho opinion, iu declaring that cor- tain ovidenco excluded ot the second trinl should havo been admitted, mado en elaborato argumont 18 to the logal effect of admitting this testimony., Ho regarded tho testimony thus excluded aa chianging tho wholo character of tho case, and ag placing the murderer in the light of n cham- pion of the sacred rights and liberties of tho pooplo. Instead of beingcu outlaw, ho was a freeman vindicaling in his own person tho in- alionablo rights of 40,000,000 of Lis countrymon. The Court thus doflucd ihe relalion of the prisoner (in cago tho oxcluded ovidooco had boen admitted) to the man he killled : “Tho record contains evidenco tending to show that {ho homiclde was comumilted by tho prisonor in roslst- ing tho deceased, who was a policeman of tho City of Chieago, whilst engaged, in_conncetion with another Volfceman, whom Lio was aiding, fn the act of com- mitting on illegal and wholly unjustifiable nvasion of plaintift s Huerty, by attompting {o seizo his person aud take him off to prison, without any suthority in law soto do, e cnso was ngain tried, ond, thongh tho counsol of the prisoner supplemented his own ability by the eloguenco and authority of the Supremo Court, tho .accused was for the third time convicted, and was aguin sontenced to Lo banged. Tho ovidenco upon which the Supremo Court seemed to place 8o much confidence was given to tho jury, but it did not change the as- pect of tho cuso in tho least,—for tho reason, probably, that the murdored man was not tho one making the arrest. Now comes tho third superacdeas, and, as it is issued seomingly as o mattor of vight, it looks n it tho trinl of this’ mau was to be taken from the Circuit Court and usurpod by the Suprome Court. In gl the points of * error” upon which thoso writs of suporsedess have been issued, thero was nothing ever suggeated indicating that substantial justico had not been douo, Inu tho secoud inetance, the rejoction of tho ovidence of tho illogality of the warrant hold by tho othor ofiicer for tho arrest of Ralferty was con- sidered by the Court o8 bhaving & di- rect bearing on the meriis of the hom- icido; but that ovidenco was not excluded at the late trial, and tho prisouer had the full bonofit of it, and, noverthelous, was convicted. In every other instanco tho orrors were techui- cal and specigl, involving matiers of practice and pleading., Wo bLnve as Lligh an ap- precintion of tho BSupreme Court as Mr. Tuller - has, We would do nothing to impair the confidence of the public in the integrity of tho Court. But thero is no Court in the land whoso judgmenta arc nob open to eriti- ciem. That this man Rafferty committed & foul and unprovoked murder, haa never boon quen- tioned, If tho State’s-Atlorney would stipulate that o sontence other thandeath shioutd bo given him, we hevo no doubt thy champion of porsonal liberty would Instantly pload guilty, Tho public havo a right to say somothing about tho practico of granting o supersedeas upon & xocord which does not show that any substautlal injustico Lias been dona to the mau convicted ; and, whon this conyiction has been .repeated threo times, and each timo the excculion of tho law s arrested by & suporsedens upon some techpical po':ut indepondent of tho facts, tho Court must oxpect to ave the action criticised, ' If tho Bupremo Court dovoten its encrgica to the mint, aniso, and ouniin, to Lho neglect of t}m weightior mate " tors of tha law, thew it is poseiblo that the peo- plo, {n tho exoreigo of theirundonbted priviloge, witl, in duo time, find Judges who can take & bronder view of thoir duty, without arcrificing "ooloty to Communists ou tho ouo hand, or mure dorors on the other, [ e ——— The Comminsioner of Btatietica + . o Btato of Ponusylvania has just finished his report upon tho wealth and annuul productions of that State, and, as it {8 tho first oficlul compilation of (he valuo of tho vosources of Pennsylvania which hus boen mado in complote form, it possesscs unusual intereat, T'ho noluul valuation of .the resl and powsonal proporty of tho Btato is $9,475,891,851, Tho bauking capital is §493,- 260,001 § rallcoad aud capal companics, §300,~ “Prosident, woven members of the Cabluet, two 013,784 ; fusurance, oil, gns, water, and oxpress compnnlies, and wholesnlo and rotajl morehanls, $126,000,000 ; farm implemonts, mochinory, grounds, and live stock, £522,079,340 ; manufac- Jares of all kinds, $0907,060,621; conl and oil products, §129.710,865; tho products of iron manufactures for 1873, ostlmated, $177,000,000 ; stobl and copper, §40,000,000, ' Tho total valun- tion iu sot down nb §6,475,014,d61. Theno fignren show Ponncylvania to ko tho socapd Biato in point of wealth in the Union, “Whilo the valua- tion of its farm products Is fagbelow omo of tho Western Slates, tho valuation of ity farms is Inrgar, aud the immonse valuation of its manu- factures given it n"prupnndcrmmu in tho aggre- gate which cannot bo overcome, oxcept by Now York, which, by the cousus returns of 1870, ox- ceeds Ponnsylvania in manufactured products ovor $80,000,000, THE SALARY-GRAB LAW. Oho Houso of Congross has, nfter & month's acssion, succaedod in prssing & bill to raduco the .| valaries of mombora of tho prasont Congroms from 7,600 to $G,000 ench, Thin fu all that Congress proposes Lo do concorning tho salary- grab law of March 8. Tho Incronso of tho salarios of the prosont Congross was bul n small itom in tho nbominations of that law. The in- crenso was mado rotroactivo, #0 as Lo include all tho mombors of the last Congross, and waamado applicablo to the salaries of (he Presidont and varlous othor'officern, What tho now Houso bill doos and doos nob do, is thus stated by the Now Yorlt Sun: I, It rafces thio pay to §6,000 from $5,000, ns it atood beforo {hie 4th of Mareh lual, A II, Iidoes not restore tho back-pay received by members of tho precont Congross Wwhio woro alao mem- bors of tho last Congress, 11, 1t doos not restors th §5,635 which'each mem- Ver of the presont Gongress, with o fow lonorablo ex~- ceptions, rocoived from tho 4 of March list until December, hefore the Houss was organized, and by whieh tho Treasury was deplotod of ubout §2,058,750 for thal ono item of extortion, 1V. Itdocs not ropéal tho increased phy of the aut Socraturics of State, two Asslytant Secrctarie the Treasury, ono Assistant Secrotary of the Iulerlor, four Assialants to tho Pustinnster-General, Bupurvisi Architect to tho T'ressury, Examiner of Olaims, Solic tor of the Treasury, Commissioner of Agricullu Commissioner of Cusloms, fiva Auditora of ho Treis- ey, ono Auditor of tho Post-Ofiice Dopartment, Com missioner of the Land-Office, Commisioner of Pen- tlons, Superiutendent of Money-Ordor System, Super- intondent of Forelgn IMatls, two Chlels of Diplomatic Bureau; two Clilefs of Cousular Bureau, two Chicfa of Indexos and Archives, Socrotars of tho Senater Clerk of tho Ilouso of Repreaentatives, Chlef Clerk of tho 2fouse of Ropresoutatives, Journzl Clerk of thio Iouse of Reproseutatives, Daorkecper of tho Houso of Itopreacntutives, Assistant Doorkocper of tha Houso of Reprezontatives, Chilef Englueer of tho House of Reproacutatives, twenty-ono clorks of the onso of Tepresentatives, Postmaster of tho Senate, Aselstant TPostmaster of tho Senate, two carriers of tho Sewate, Superintendent of document-room of the Bonate, Firat Aselstant of document-room of the Sen- ate, Second Assistaut of document-room of tho Senate. ‘The increaso in tho salary of tho Prosidout is rogarded by Congross as so sacred that nobody i willing oven to givo him tuo opportunity of signing or vetoing o bill for its repoal. If Le should sign such o bill, of course he would not draw tho increased pay, If ho should veto it, thon the responsibility of the grab would bo on Lim and not on Congresa. Whey aro so para- Iyzed with fear lost thoir Postmasters bo re- moved, that they dare not do anything, Was thore ever a moro pitiablo spactacle ! CHRISTMAS CRIIES, Tho sad list of crimos which woro printed in Tue TRIBUNE of yesterday morning shows that Christmas was not altogetbor morry, sud that .tho secred assaciations which clustor nhout tho duy wero powerlers to provut fatal mauifesta- tions of Luman paesion and wickednoss, At Ttiga, 0., two brothors quarreled over tho silly question which should load a riflo,” aud, during tho dispute, ono of thew shot the other. The oxcited spectators aggravated tho crimo by banging the murderer to o troo until ho was dead, In St. Louis, n drunken driver, the fathor of six children, killod his wifo by striling hor on tho' Lead with o fonce-pling. in Bos- ton, ono young CGorman killed another,—his friond snd room-mute,—shooting., hLim at firat, snd, tho Dullet wnot nccomplish- ing the dondly work, hacking him to picces with s latchot. In Groveton, N. 1L, whilo two mén were atlempting to outer a disroputable houso kept by a Frouchman, tho latter sud his son and ono of tho intruders wero kilied, tho other intrudor being badly wounded. In Lincoln County, Noew Mexico, ono of thoso wanguinery alfrays charvnoteristic of the border occurred, in which threo men wero kLilled and threo or four ofhers were sevoroly wounded. In oach of these instancos, whisky was tho cauto of the fatul troubles. In addition tothose crimes, o gang of burglara was arrested in Bos- {on, tho Sherifl’s clerk and two Dopuly-Shorifls in New York wero arrested for the robbory of a woalthy Virginian, o Now York merchant lod the city to avoid being prosceuted upon the charge of fraudulent baukruptey, threo unfortunato peoplo committed suicido in BMilwaukeo, and o vory foolish young mian, smitton with love, took poison ot Elgin, loaving bebind hun e love-lottor, o lock of hair, & picture of his inamorata, mnd somo maudlin soribblings, Tho ead catogory showa that tho gratifying announcoment of the angols on the first Christmas morning” of ponce on ourth and good will to mau Is a long way off from fulfillment, and that many Christmases have yet to elupso boforo tho world-old struggle botwoen good and evil will como to an end. A FRAGMENT OF HISTORY, Louis Napoleon bas beou frequently sccused of the sacrifice of tho Emperor Maximillan in Mox- ico, Thounfortunato Empress Carlottalas, inher Telpless madness, appoaled to the sympathy of the world. Bhe, it will bo ramombered, left Mox- ico for Franco, and in person appesled to Lonis Nepoloon not toabandon hor busband., Bho reminded him of tbo solemn promises under which Maximilian alono had cousonted to go to Moxi- co, and warned the French Emperor of tho dis- honor of abandoning his victim, In ber mad- nosy sho yot mourns & husband Lilled by Louis Napoleon, gnd the rocent publiestion of Napo- leon's lottor to Gon, Castoluau, bis confidential agent in Moxico, tends to confirm tho widow's nccusntion, Muximilisn way induced to go to Moxico to establish an Empire of tho Latin raco, baving tuo plighted honor of Frauce thathp shonld have oll tho troops and support ho needod until such thuo as tho now dynasty wau securcly outablishod, Tho Moxicen busl- ness, howover, was not succossful. French anng onabled Maximilion to assums the rogal - otalo and play tho part of an Emporor, Rut ho nover bad any subjoota, The Moxican troops under his command wera mor- connrlos, ready to botray him at any moment, TLouis Napoleon sent himn thero, and then, tiring of his schemo, secrotly resolved to betray him, Gen, Cnstelnav, in 1860, roported thoe actual condition of thingu to Napoleon, and {u the ro- ply of tho French Emporor aro sketchod various modes of oxtricating France from thoe sorry job, and this withiout the least rogard for Maximilian, URDAY, D 1, iCE BER 1873. Tho agent was Instructed first «to obtain au quickly ns ppaniblo tho abdication of Maximil- inn; ho was theu o offer to mnko M. Lordo do Tejndo (the presont Prenident of Mexico), or anybody oldo, Provisional Lrogident, and thon Ienve tho conntry, Tl letter was written In Docember, 1866, and the ngont was ordored o got tho Fronch troops ont of Moxico in February or Mnreh. Heo was not to treat with Juaroz, and if Mazimilian should undertako to tront with Junrez tho procceding was not to bo recognized by tho Fronol, ' Tho.rosult. of all this was that Maximitian did not abdieato, tho schome to eract o Provisionnl Uovornmont failed, tho Tronoh troops left Moxico i Fobruary, 1807, and Maximilian was loft with a fow Delglan and Austrion followers to contond with tho united forcea of Moxico. 1o waun bravoand gallant noldior, and after a manly resigtanes was enp- tured by the Moxicans, Mny 16, and waa shot o month later, Tho procecdings from flat to last evincod blank hanrtlossness on tho part of Louls Napoleon, Mo gratify his own smbition ho ne- duced this Austrinn Princo, and thon, ap his lottor to Cnstolnan shows, finding it necessary to nbandon the Moxican conquout, tho porsonal nafely or houor of Maximilinn wore treated as mutters of no consoquonce. The olection of four ladics in Boston as mem- Dera of the School Bonrd Lias raisod n very de- cidod broozo, ns might bave boen axpected. Tho intellectunl sristocracy of that city, which mani- fenty itsolf at tho (Lrilling mootiugs of tho Radi- cal Club, ot Fratornily lecturos, whers all sorts of harmless lioresies nro set afloat with impu- nity, in tho multitudinoun cirenlating libraries, at the Institutes of Teclnology and Natural His- tory, whero tho embryo of tho world is kopt in bottlod spliits, does mot rolish this sudden nnd'pnuxmcl.cd invagion of bowrgooiserio and liboral presumption which threatons to batter down its doors and dograde its anciont and honorablo exclusivonoss, Accordingly, ‘head- od by tho' City Bolicitor, who dociden tl_file women caunot sit in tho School Committes, they aro up In armg o repel tho ruthlesy in- vadors. Woman occupics a very peculiar posi- tion in Boston. o lung a8 she is & more spoke to rovolvo around tho Hub sho is tolorated, but sho must ot assuma to bo the axle, or aspiro to bo tho driver of the wogon. Sho may organize ton-parties, mannge bazaars, wear spectacles and cerulean hose, carry books under hor arm, at- tend lecturos, writo didactio Lomillos, and listen at the matinees of the Radical Club to Col. Hig- ginson aud John Woiss Jaunching their latest harmless herosy, or Ralph Waldo Emorson pro- poundiug o metapbysical riddle. Even Julin Ward Howe, who certainly ought to know, have ing boon o matron of many yeurs’ experience, says that no woman can bo brilliant after mar- ringo. Sho may bo a8 learned as Erasmus but slie must bo pagsive. Sho may know ihe mys- ieries of countorpoints, collular tissuos, and tho cosmieal theories, but sho must bo roticent, and have no small awbitions to uso them as stepping- stones to mount futo places of power. s Tu this instanco, howover, the elected fomalo mombors of Lhe School Board aro not going to #ivo up thoir ofiicos without a straggle. In tho fiest place, they have the sympathy of the School Comumittee itself, which is not disposed to nc-'l cept the decision of the ungallant City Solicitor, having on soveral previous oceasions received or rojectod his decisions, ns they happened to coin- cido or not coincido with tho viows of tho mem- bers, In tho sccond placo, the onilre press of the eity lins chivalrousty espoused the cnause of the four Indics, aud shown not only that the City Solicitor is destituto of knightly courtesy, but that the Constitution itself is against him. Lastly, thero is ono very cogent reason why thoy should have the offices, and that is becauso thoy aro fitted to fill them. Threoof themdonot como under Mre. Howe's dogmatic pronuncia- mento, and the fourth has proved her adapta~ tion to the post eho s to occupy. Miss Abbioc W. May kas beon for many years idontified with the public eharities of Bos- {on, and has soms very progressive ideas upon the subject of cducation. Notwithetanding Ieino’s satirical fling ot ideas, thoy aro {ho most valuable things ono can have in Boston, and, as tho wholo school-system of that city is run upen ideas, Miss May should have a chance to venti- Iato what sho has bad to suppress so long. The socond tady, Miss Lucia M. Peabody, has had fourteon yorrs' oxperionco fs o teacher, and Luows the Boston school-system from Alpha to Omegn, bosides many othor things concerning edueation which tho masculine members don't ‘kndow. The third lady, Mies Lucrotia Orockor, daughtor of Menry Crocker, President of the Union Insuranco Company, was for many years ono of the Tacultyin Antioch Collego, Obio, o post which sho filled with eminont suc- coss. ‘Tho fourth, Mrs, Anu Adeline Badgor, al- though sho comes wndor Mra. JHowe's rulo, graduated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and man- ages ono of tho Infgest juvenilo echools in Bog- ton with romfrkablo succoss. Wo Lave not the slightest doubt that theso four ladies ure better qualified to superintond tho caulio of oducation In Boston than any of tho gentlemen who will bo their associntes. Undaunted by tho official declaration of tho City Solicitor, they intend to present thomselves for qualifieation at the proper time. If they avo not atlgwed to qualify, we have no doubt they will raiso tho standard of revolt, rofuse to pay taxes, go down Boston Hatbor aud throw ‘ton overboard, and declara their indepondenco of man hereaftor, If the women of Boston do onco got an opportunily to sot their idoas golng, it will bo an uncomfortablo place for anything of tho masculino gondor. ‘I'h oir only eafoty is in submission, DOWN SOUTH, Tho lax payors at* the North Lavo their griov- sncos, and enduca the ofton oppressive oxactions wads by tho lucal Goverument, but they have no iden of tho chinracter of tho extortions levied upon tho peoplo in somo of tho Southorn States. In Louisians, any man who for any cause is delinqueat In paying any tox becomos & *civil outlaw,” aud s subjected to direful ponaltios. A citizen of Vermilion Purish writes that ho rocontly discovered that his namo was on a do- linquent tax-list, and, upon investigation, found that o special tax wan lovied in 1873 of which he hiad never heard, Tho amount due from him was 38 conls, and, to got a rocoipt thorefor and eseapo civil outlawry, he had to pay tho follow- Ing bills Auditor feo, Collector’s feo Ttecorder's fo Priuter's fee, Pouulty 35 pof ceht. Total,, 8343 ‘Paxey are lovied In Louislana for tho Lonofit of tho ofticelioldors, who divided this bill, glv- fug tho Btate 88 cents and rotalning £8.10 for thowmsolvos, Gov, Kellogg writes to the Proal- dent that never was tho people 0 prompt In paylug taxos as thoy have boon alnce the pone alty of . delinquency was superndded, nsin tho cage montioned. Hottor pay tho tax, no matlor liow urjuat, than submlt to the penalty of 2,000 por cont, e TrSouth Caroling, metters arostill worse, Tho man who onco rofused to lenve the State be- cnuso Iio bolioved thore was anothor yent's stonl- ing loft can now take his departure, nssured that- tlio Inat cont Is gono, Last yenr's Stato tax was $2,810,290, but more than n million dollnrs of it wan uncollocted, owing to tho Inability of the peoplo to pay it. To romedy thls, the Stato, Linn takon tho rathor oxtraordinary courso, of In- crenging this yoar's tax to ono million moroe than that of last yonr. Last year, there woro 208,623 ncros of Iand forfoited to tho Btato bocause of the inability of thoowners to pay thotax ; anincreasod lovy this year will only increase tho amount of forfeited lands, It will not tako many years to odgo all the land in the hands of the State. The Btato dobt hns roached such proportions that theroe Is no longer any offort to pay intorest on it 'Tho Legislature and.tho sentiment of the wholo colored population is in favor of repudiat- Ing thoe most of it, or, na thoy call it, sealing the fourteon millions down to four millions of doL. lara, ¥ 'The vine-dressors of France are happy ovor the discovory of o bug ealled tho *f nenrus,” in ‘Missouri and othor parts of the United States, which bns an intouse and unsatiable relish for the “phylloxors vastatrix,"—n parasite whick has long proyod upon tho vines, and defled scionce, sonp-suds, strychnine, and all other do- vices for ita oxtormination. Tho Frouich indus- trial burealis havo thoreforo commonced fmport- ing it, building housos for it, and caring for it by overy means in thelr power. The im- portanco of thos “ncarus” moy bo in- forred from the {fact that at present there ave undor cultivation for vintage pur- posos 87,000,000 acres, and that these yield an averago of 1,100,000,000 gallons annunlly. Four- fifths of this amount aro consumed in France, whilo the othor fifth, which is oxportod, yields o revenuo of £60,000,000. The Fronch are to bo congratulated on their discovery of the acarns, and the Westorn farmers will undoubtedly bo dolighted to get rid of him, but at the samo timo an alarming thought suggests itsclf. Tho acarns is the natural enomy of the phylloxers vastatrix; but suppose upon arriving in Franco tho acarun should discover that thore is some long-named and forocious Gallic bug which has an antipathy to Lim also, what thon? Of what use would {ho Acarian polico be ? [ vThs agricultural cditor of tho St. Paul Press advocates the establishmont of a school of for- cstry ot tho expouso .of the National Govern- ment, for the purpose of proserving existing forests and planting now ones, Of tho necessi- ty for forcsis thero is no doubt, but as to this mannor of securing thom, thero are grave obsta- clesin tho way. 'In the first place, tho public progs is tho best school of forestry, and can do more for the intelligent farmor than o ecore of Govornmont nchools, In the second placo, & national school of forostry would soon becomo g0 involved in red-tape as to be utterly useless. Tho drair upon the National Trensury is quite suficient without opening o new lonk for tho bonofit of a White Willow or "Oangn Orango Riog, Those farmers who want to know how to start forests upon tho prairie, can discovor tho modus operandi in tho public pross at very small oxponso. A curious caso was recently docided in Ln- gland by tho Queen's Bonch, showing that tho purchase of certnin kinds of votes in that couutry is legal. The plaintift in the case, who was o Govornor of tho Orphaus’ Working-School, lent the dsfendant twonty-cight votes for u particular oloction, with tho understanding that thoy should boreturned Dbefore the noxt clecttod. Tno deferidant failing to fulfill:the condition, the plaintiff purchased a like numbor of votes for 7 guineas, and then institutod procoedings to recover tho amount from the defendant. Inu the deeision, the Justico romarked that, although ko disapproved of this traflic in votes, thore was no logal principlo to justify him in deciding that a subgcribor to o charity might not givé'his votes a8 ho ploased, nnsworing ouly to his own con- seionco and reputation for the mannor in which 1o oxercised his own powoer. Thero is o bill ponding in Congress to creato & now judicial district in this State, composed of the northwestern counties. Tho good pooplo of Tockford and Frooport lLave petitioned that, whon the Court is established, tho scsaions shall bo at ono or other of thoso cities, Tho Rock- ford Register states that tho only objoction that cou bo urged ngainst Rockford is that there is no Court-Ifouse thore in which tho_Court could hold its sossions. Whoreupon tho Register la- ments a8 follows : O, for ono hour of united public entbusiasm! Ono Liour of that clear-sightedneas which does not blink at immediate outlay in tho viow of futuro roward, which coutomplates a Lorizon mot limited by the mista of temporary stagnatiou! Onehour of universal public fnspirntion of tnat fAnanclal wisdom which many of our publio men already know 8o well, aud then might we ook for the cstablishment hers of. public institus tions which now sottlo down in less favored localities, The Cairo papers aro disoussing the econpmy of consolidating Aloxander and Pulaski Counties. The Gazetlo states that, under tho limitation of taxation upon tho assessed valuo of tho proporty in tho two connties, suflicient rovenuo canuot b rhiged to pay the absolutoly nocossary oxponsos. ‘Tho tax limit is 75 couts por $100 of assossed voluation, If the counties were united, with ouly one sct of officers, the saving would be such that & tax of 70 cents on the $100 would be more thun sufiiclent. The Gazefte thinke tho bankruptoy of countfes would bo avoided by dls- ponsing with all tho official machinery of one county. 2 PERSONAL, L TOTEL ALRIVALS, Palmer House—Dr, J, J, Iayes, Now York; M. D. Chamberlin, Freeport; D. B. Tracy, Do- troit; N. Flagg, Quiney, Ill,; 1, 8. Chamberlin, Chattanooga ; J. Y. Brown and family, Marsball- town, I, . . . . Sherman flouse—John Hunter and family, New York; J. . Cnsnelbor- ry, Philadelphin; 11, W, Remington und family, Remirgton, Wis, ; Poter McArthur, ‘Toron- LT @Grand Pacific—F, O, Davenport, Boston; Wm, I, Sugu;‘. DBaltimore ; E. L, Mor- Titt, Springfleld; B, 8, Cutniugham and M. L, Bylies, Jr,, Cincinnati; Itobort I Tinker and wifo, Rockford. . . . . Briggs House—J, B. ‘Todd, Louisvill g — e CHAMPAIGN COUNTY'S UNIVERSITY BONDS. Spectal Dispateh to The Chteaqo Lribune, SrarNerieL, 11, Deo, 20.—I was assurod this morning by o promineut cltizen of Champnign Conuty that the Board of Hupervigors of that vounty biad doterminod to roscind their former notion, not to pay the juterost on the bonds of tha connty fssned in aid of the Industrial Uni- versity, and Lo procced at ouce to provide for tho puyment of the juterest, ——— ~ - MORTUARY. Bavrivong, Ma, Dee. 20.—All the business houses in tho principal part of tho cltyareoclosod in vespoot to the momory of Johns Mopkina, whoso funeral takes place to-day, A RAILROAD STRIKE. Refusal of Locomotive 'Engineers « to Work for Reduced Wages, The Roads Controlled by tha Pennsylvania Company Especially Suffer, No Night Traing from Ohicago on the Pittsburgh & Fort ‘Wayne Road, The Illinois Contral, Great Eastern and Northwestern Roads . Also Suspend Tem- porarity, Violence Offered by the Strik. ers to Would-be Substitutes, Trains Thrown from the Track at Cin- cinnati and Elsewhere, IN CHICAGO. Tho railronds in this city, shortly aftortha pauic, curtailed their oxponses by roducing the hours of Iabor in their machine shops from one to two hours o dey, cutting down the wages of thoir ralariod omployea from 8 to 15 per cont, and discharging all their construction forco, on the plen that the panic had damaged jrailrond bueiness to such'cn oxtent that it was impossi~ blo for thom to got along without making these roductions. Bince thet timo railroad busiucss Lias become much bettor again, the froight buste ness of tho mouth compnring favorably with that of tho same month last year, and tho pas. fenger traflic aiso boing very good. Still tho railroads decided to reduco hourt of labor at their worshops and the pay of theiz employes still turthor, and in this general raduce tion they includod the conductors and enginoers, who receive alrendy very moagro wages for thelr responsible and dangeroun situations. Tho one " gincors, particularly, Ruuifoated groat dissatis. faction about tho netion of the ronds, and do. cided, if the reduction was enforced, to strike by the 18t of January. About two woeks ago, tlo Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railrond, te avold o strike oun their lino, raised tho pay of thoir engineers again to the samo amouut as it wag befora tho roduction was made. Thig seema to linve hastened the determination of the engineors o tho other roads to strike, and yos torday afternoon thoy ceased to work on the Illinois Central, Northwestorn; Great Instern, and Pittsburgh & Fort Wayno Railroads. Na tramns arrivod ou any of thesa roads last even. ing, nor_wero thero any departurcs. Whothet tho engincors on the Michigan Central, dlicks igan Southern, Milwaukeo & St, Paul, nod the Chicago, Rock Islaud & P'acific Railroads intend to follow suit has not yet bzon learned, but whethor thoy will or not, it may be safely predicted that tho striko will not last many days, and that tlio raijronds will come to terms I'ho ongineors’ pay Lifs been Lofore tho reduo Lion was made from $75 to $100 & month. ELSEWIIERE, PITTSBURGH. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Prrrenonan, Dee. 20.—Cousiderablo excitu: mont aud- inconvenienca woro croatod by the suddon strike of tho omployes of tho railroada under the mauagoment of tho Ponusylvania Comnpany, including tho Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cloveland & Wheoling, Erio & Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayna & Chieago railways, Tho ouginbers of thesa ronds gave Mr. McCallough, the Superintondent, notico yosterday that thoy would striko rather than go to work at tho 10 por cent roduction after Jan. 1. This waa oll the intimation he got of the strike, and to- dayatnoon all tho employes loft thoir trains without a moment's notice. Tho traius all left on tho various ronds on time, but to-night the Pan-[andlo traing from the West remmin ina beautiful tate of statu quo, nono arriin, it is bardly thought that any will depart. Freigl trains hnve not run on theso roads to-day, aud aro not likely to, unless .o compromise 18 offoct~ ed. The companies above named aro doing thoit best to accommodate tho public, and Lope te soon put things to rights, (Lo the Associated Press.l Prrrepunoi, Pa., Dec, 26.—A great atrike took place to-duy winong the locomotive angincsrs of ths Pan-Handle, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chica- <0, Lirio & Pittsburg, and Cleveland & Pittsburg hnilmn\lu, operated by tha Pounsylvania Coms puny. ‘Che caune of the strike was a reduction of 10 por ceut in wages, from Dee, 1L ‘Ili's reduction includes the salaries of all ofticials, clerks, conductors, enginoors, and othor om- ployos. ‘I'ie engineors coucluded to demand a restoration of former prices, and, if not grauted, doclare a general strike. ~ Tho oflicors of the Company #re making ovory exortion to supply tho places of tha mon, 'rains are expectod to depart as usual to-night, g ——— CINCINNATI, Cryorsyaty, O., Dec, 26.—A striko of engi. noers and firomen on the Pau Handlo Road com- menced horo at noon ta-day. Tho strike It against the reduction of 10 per cent in wages of these omployes from the lst of December, and tho agents of tho Company say provious notico of it was given, Binco-woon, two passonger traing and all the froight trains on the Pan Handle wera UNABLE TO LEAVE THE CITY. Tho report is that all branches of the Pan. Hendle and Pennsylvanis Contial are affected simultaneously by this strike. teports concorns ing it conflict in Fespect to the time snd nature of the strike, Ono story ia that the strikers woro to leavo the triins WHEREVER 'THEY MIGUT BE at 12 o'clock to-day, and it i eaid thid was done un the down-train at Xenia, nnd that the cons ductor and brakemon took the locomotive and brought the train to the city. ANOTHER STORY is, that all tho etrikors on the trains befors 13 o'cloclk, noon, should take them to their deatina- tion beforo loaving them. The Pan Haundle OFFIOERS ARE DOING ALL TIFEY OAN tokeop treius moving. Tho railrosd shops in tho eastern part of thocity have stopped to allow the mechauics to take the placos of the strikivg euglucers, TRAINS DELAYED, Out of soven passengoer traing to leave the city this aftornoop, four wont, and three had to remain hore. Nothing Bettor is anticipated for to-morrow up to miduight. No frolght traing Lave loft sinco noou, ‘The officers horo had NO INTELLIGENCE OF TIE 8TRIKE till noon, ghe hour appointed for it to begin, Thoy heard tho vague rumor of a contomplated strile whith camo lnst night, but gavo uo indiea- tion as to the time when it would bogin. It was not oredited. Dispatches to tho Gazelle, trom Richmond, Ind,, and various other poiuts, ro= port the striko a8 simujtancous on all - branchos of the Pan-Handlo tond. ATTEMPTED DUSTRUCTION OF A TRAIN. Buperiutendont Lllison, who went out on the :45 'an-1Tandlo tram Enst, roports an attempt fo throw it off tho track at Pendleton, which i@ iu tho eastorn part of tho city, about throo miles from tho dopot. Ilo says tho obstruction wad mado by whuding something around a rail in two places, closo togothor, At the firat obutruction, tho locomotive jumped the track, and, striking tho secoud obstruction, took the track agaiu, au ruu on without fnJury, The precise charaoter of the obstruction has not boon ascortained. e CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, 0., Deo, 26.—Tho locomotive =+ gineors on the Oloveland & Pittsburgh Railroad struck to-duy at noon, Pagssonger trame were somewhat delsyed, but ware all run hrongh.