Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1874, Page 4

THE CHIGAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1874 5o SPRINGFIELD. -Cook €ounty Members Thought to Be Opposed to the flayor’s Bille The Absolute Repeal of the Regis- try Law Recommended. 'Proposed Investigation of the Jackson- ville Deaf and Dumb In- stitute. Various Comments on the.Sen- ate’s Rejection of Prof. Turner. . MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION. SPECIAL ASSTSEMENTS, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. SpRIxGFIELD, TIL, Jan. 17.—The House Commiites . = Municipal Affairs Teported, with a recammenda~ don that it pass, the bill introduced by Halpin on Wednesdsy, amending certain sections In Axt. 9 of an " jet fo incorporata cities and villages, The object of _heemendments is to simplify the manner and lessen fbe cost of making special pésessments for widening and. opening strects and allese, and other city fm- provements. It is stated that the law of 1872 is ex- Eecdingly complicated and costly in its operation, the opening of one Strect in Ohicago having cost $5,000 £0 comply with one very unnecessary requirement of - that Iaw, which added 50 mach necdiesaly to the bur- dens of the taxpayers, The same Committeo reported favorably on the pas- sage of another bill to enable cities, by & . Voto of the Counefl, to avail themselves of particular provisions in the gentanl act of incorporation, without - adopting the whole of it. CITY FUNDS. AMcGrath's Senato bill for the transfer of moneys in City treasuries from one fund to another was read & - second time and referred. THE MJYOR'S BILL, MMr. Teo introduced s bill continuing the Masor's hill in forcs, it expiring by its own provisions in Maréh ext. The bill waa read o first timo under suspen- 2lom of the rules, and ordered to a third reading, —_— STATE INSTITUTIONS. TROPOSED INVESTIGATIONS, At ) last session $0,000 was sppropristed fo build , + Deaf and Dumb Institute at Jacksonville, snd it was supposed that the amount would mot and could not bo exceeded. But with supreme disdain for _ law, tho Trustees deliberately made s confract _for 4 building to cost $30,000, trusting to Iuck o get 2hio extrs £20,000 out of ‘tho Legislature at some time in the fature, This was not known to the Scoate yes- terdey when it coufirmed the same Boord of Trustees, , and it is rensonable to suppose it wes not known to tke .’ Governor when he nominated them. Mr, Thompson, member of the Committee, got wind of the transac- &ction, and s motion wes made to ' RECONEIDER THE VOTE by which tho Trustees wera condrmed. The motion provailed, when Thompeon moved the appointment of % Special ‘Committee of thres 0 investigate the entire toncern. The Committee was ordercd, and the devel- oprents may prove quite Tacy. Itisintimated that there is 'BOX POR INQUILT IN OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS, 1nd perhaps it would bo well to enlarge the scope of {he Bpecial Committee, The gentlemen whoso con- firmation was reconsidered are Robert Bowles, of Prorls, William P, Buzz, of Jacksonville, and J. A. Cheatriut, of Springficid. When_the revised bill réla- Live to thie State Boazd of Charities camo up on its Ihird reading in the House, Moore, of Marshall, hoped Iy would recommit the Lill 5o that that the Com- miftes should REDUCE TIE XUMDER OF COMMISSIONERS from fivo to three, provide for their election by the peogle, and do away with all the local Boards Shose’ dutles ehould bo performed by tho Stato Board. Mr, Armstrong, of LaSalle, believed thero should be salaries attachied to the Board to be elocted, And Alr, ann wes of the samo opinion, at lesat 59 S s thought after be had flnished his mystic oration. Jtr. Grey made a senaibla speech, sdvocating the aboli- Ho of the Boards, and placing them in charge of the Central Board, Mr. Sireotor wis delignted to think Chiat the eentiment of_the Homso was in favor of abol- {ahing the numerous Bosrds, wastefuland extravagant s thes vere, Mr. Scaulon believed the money would e eaved by allowing so much n_dsy for each inmate, +ad . Blarr announced himself in favor of electing fhose Commissioners who ehould maintain the Com- - Shissloners’ Department from which ail the institu- tions should draw supplies. The resolution and the ‘bill were referred to the Committec on Civil Service and Tietrenchment, and o resolution wes sdopted Toquest- ing tho Committee on State Institutions 1o turn over 10ne samo Commities tho revised bills lstiog fo Htate Instituth ¢ they might be amended in con~ ontaity with (o matructions ia {Le resolution,—(hat foreiiie ont the Boards, The members of the Stato Tiistitation Committee 1 DID NOT LIKE THIS AOTION, - aud, a5 & majority of them ropresent institutions and Faekds, would 1ike to huvo smothered the proposition 20 aboliah tho Iattcr. Thero is 8 growing sentiment in favor of abolishing the Boarde, and it is not likely the . institution members will bo sbls to eave them. ‘Spesker Cullom favors the sbolition movement. “Ia the afternoon Mr, Warren offered a resolution sustructing the Civil Servies Committes to inguire nto the MODE OF MAETNG CONTLACTS i the institutions, e TURNER’'S RETECTION. WEAT THE GOSZISOB BATS, SearxormEL, TiL, Jan. 17.—The Governor felt really bad about the rejection of Prof., Turner by the Senate 58 it was a reflection upon him, and bad an alienating fendency. Hosays if he had known the contents of : Turner’s incendiary essay he would not have nomi- mated him, I TIE SENATE, Senator Ferrell mmoved to reconsider the vote by . which Mr, Turner was rejected, but i will hlz@ly do him sny THE FAMERS ANGET. “The farmers are cxcecdingly wrath over the rejec- tion by the Senate of Prof. Turner for s speoch delis- ered before » farmers’ convention, They admit it was - Intemperate and indecent, hut donot admit that it was : puffcient ground for s voie of condemnation by the Eenate, which der os extending to them~ seives, snd to the Convention in which the¥ wero rep- ted. Having nothing {o do {his Saturdsy eveniog ot exiticize the events of the weck, they devoto th Hme to considering er's case, They sy | _bo is & good man, snd that his 6peech Zoms not sny worse than has - becn mads Py Anti-Monopolista all over the State, and that sa ho 1 $o be rejected for frea speech in a free country ft 8 sbout time the direction of sfiairs was taken out of the hands of the party who are supposed to - this Legislatare. e 277" ""'rmEx DO NOT EXCUSE GOY. BEVERIDGE for saying he would not Liave nominated Turner had *he read the otnoxious essay. They are down om fienstor Stocle for having driven ihem into scting taajost Turner, and aro: fluent in thelr re- - parks sbout = the change of tona of ihst geptlemen on the railroad question since his brother was appointed on the Board, It i broadly hinted that the appointment was made fo prevent the - abolition of the Board, which Steele could hava carried + $orongh tho Scaate, but_which he will i now, for to aboliah tho Board would be %o abolish his ‘rother. 3 ‘Turner ia ooked upon by the formers s a martyz to . heir cause, and Jiis boldness of languags is attribated o the mabit of his life, which wos slways to spesk radicaliy 85 ho did in early abolition times, EX-GOY, PALMER » $hinks his defeat was & mistake, 28 hods eminently fit for the place, snd that the lawyers in the Senate hould * have bronght about his defeat bocause hediffered from them i nnworthy of lawyers and Senators. "An effort will o made next woek to BN REOQNSIDED THE NOMINATION, “giNd probably a resolution will be introduced in the $Towse to print ssversl thousand extra coples of the : containing bis spesch a8 & rebuko thie Benate. Thot his epeech ¥7as forelgn to the re- portis y admitted, but ho is acquitted of any s ampnggflmflns lisinsertion. ool ot o * THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Special Dispatch to The Clacago Tribune. THE RRPUBLICANS ALAZMED. SPRINGFIELD, 1II,, Jan, 17.—The Republican leaders are dismayed by the aspoct of affairs, and are in fesr af the farmers, They are detormined to makes _ Awperatestruggle fo carry the State at the next eleo- tion, and, knowing thero is nothing {n the adminlstra- * tion of national affalrs which they cal u2o as battle- * cry, they are casting around to invent some mensure of mportance to the Stato which they can credit fo the party. What more natural than that they should * JURS THEIR ATTENTION TO THE RAILEOAD QUESTION * gnd take the wind ont of the aails of the farmers, by ‘pacsing scime bill fo meet the popular demand. At the - Hncus held Thursdsy night this subject was talked Sver &nd postponed. to await faller meeting, which il bo held early next weck, It will bo decided wheth- 21 the Bepublicans will make o party question of EXACTING THE SCHEDULES INTO LAW, and, if decided in the affrmative, it will be put hirough under the party lash. It will be curious-to obeerve whother tho farmers in the Homse and Genats will fall into line, or, followin ample of their brethren in Wisconsin and Iows, hoid themselves aloof from and act independently. Tho chances are that, if the iseue is made, the party i1l gobblo most of them, s there 2re not & few bogus TFefc mers and farmers in this General Assembly, ' —_— MISCELLANEOTUS. HOMPSTEAD EXZMFTION. Svectal Dirvatch to The Chicayo Tribune. E7mmrarsEp, Tl, Jan.17.—Scaster Henry proposes 3o bave s fidla~sy dur'ag the first part of next week - geer bis joint resution providing for sn amendment 4o the Constitution eXempting homestead and personal from tavation. fo the ext-ntof §1,000. He elaims that no argnment car’ be Lrorght aginst this _“gosition which czonot be unyd ageinst tho same exempted from attachments, which fs now operstive o creditors. The lutter exemption is a matier of equity, but this parti the same property which {8 exem!:tedm way may be seized and sold for the arbitrary lovy of a Government tax, GAMBLING. Senator Thompeon has a radical smendmunt to the rovision sct on gambling, providing that any two per= B sgmateaths olber, i sauany il vo no remedy each other, ual = ty, but thats creditor, heir, or deviseo o 1he Tomer ‘msy sue for the amount of property or money lost, 3Mr, Quinn iztroduced a bill provising that any city or town, whero any mob or_organization shall unlaw- fully destroy any property, sball bo liable for the property 5o destroyed. REVISED BILLS PASSED, The House pasred rovised bills in relation to canal companies ; in relation to tho commiiment and de- tention of lunatics; in relation to costs, and in relation to County Troasurer. THE MAYOR'S ACT, It is donbtful if Cook County Senators will warmly support the bill continuing the Mayor's act, introduced in the Senate by Mr. Lee, ' Mr, Kehoe is opposed to it, although he is a protege of AMayor Colvin and McGrath, Ibe ofher People’s man 13 alao belleved to bo sgummsé ASSESEMENTS, Mr, Hofles introduced o bill compolling sll persons ‘having moncy or bonds ‘belonging to otbiers in thelr poasession {0 swear as to the smount for purposes of ‘sssessment. THE BEGISTEY LAW. Mr, . Forrier, from the Election Commiltee, recom- mended tlie pesaage of » bill providing for an absoluto ‘repeal of the Registry law, NEW BILS, - A host of new bills were introduced in the House this afternoon, mone of vital importance. Mcmbers ‘Thave 80 much in the hsbit of introducing bills that they cannot resist the fascination. ATTENDANCE. ‘There were over 100 members it this after- noom, and the Senate had a quorum up to noon, when it sdjonrned till Mondsy. The Houseleld an after- ‘noon session and passed a few bills. ‘A NEW JUDY BILL. The Judiciary Committee introduced & new Jury ‘morning, and the House listened fo iis first . The bill possed lust session was incorrectly d and ncorrectly printed in the journals, and in the laws, N0 one copy agreeing with any other, B0 that it was a comedy of errors from g to end. The truth of it is that there has not been & legal jury gince that law went into effect, and Rafferty and other ‘murderers have better grounds for supersedeas than any yot discovered. buch was the opinion of the Judiciary Committee of the Honse when. it decided that the law was no Iaw, and wonld have to be ro-enacted, The new bill is & copy of the bill that should have been. passed. There was o protracted fight on it before and may b8 again,—snoter excuse 107 “prolonging the ses- oz, AT BILLS. The Revenue Commiltes reported favorably the ‘House bill Ie tho oollection of Siato and county taxes in Quincy, and a bill to extend tho collection of {azes this year fo May10. CHARITADLE BEQUESTS. The Baldwin bill relative to property bequeathed to the State in trust for charitablo institutions :came up on a third reading sod was passed by a unanimous vote, THE LAKE-FEONT. Thers hias been no bill introduced regarding the sale of the lake-front, nor is their likely to be, Cook County ‘members being of opinion that such legialation s un- Tecessary. FOREICN. RUSSIA. AREIVAL OF TEE DUKE OF EDINBUBGH AT 5T, PETERS~ . UG, - NEWw YoRs, Jan, 16.—From the forelgn files reccived to-day are cifpped the followiog : On Sundsy, the 4th inst,, tho Duke of Edinburgh arrived at 5i. Petersburg in good health and capital spirits, - About an hour previously the Imperial car~ Tiage and sledgos arrived at tho Tallway station to re- ceive bim, and presently the guard of honor, witha. Dand st its head, and the Bussian esgle displayed, was Boon_ afterwar dravn up on 4 plstform. af ds Grand’ Duke Alexis l);lpeamd, an saluting tho with a earty morning, sol- jors,” wes Teceived with a stentorian response, Next cama the Grand Duke Nicholss, who gavo and Teceived the same greeting ; and it now only remained. for the Emperor to arrive, which ho did a few minutes after, accompanied by a brilliant staf, among whom was the British Ambasgador. As 800n 23 the train had eutered the station, the Duke of £dinburgh jumped out and_sdvanced to the Emperor, who gave him o most affectionate welcome, 08 did’ also the Grand Dukes, the band mesnwhilo playing “God Save the Queen.” The chief thoroughfares were gaily decorated with fiags. When fhe Duks arrived ot the Winter Palnce, B was recelved by {ho Empress and Princess Marie, together with the Imperial Bousehold, et FRANOE. Pants, Jan, 17.—During the discussion in the As- sembly to-day of the bill providing for the appoint- ‘ment of Mayors by the Government, the Left proposed 30 amendment requiring that Mayors sball be chosen from the municipal Councils. Lost by fivevotes, The same amendment, afterwards offered by the Lefi-Cen- fre, was again rejected by o majority of 14, —_——— CUBA. ‘Havasa, Jan. 17.—The official roport of the engage- ment of the 6tk inst., ear Puerto Principe, stzte that 300 insurgenta made an attack on forty-seven Spanish soldiers who were out forsging, killing thirty-nine of them and wounding three. ‘Senor Quijno, lawyer, and Sencr Penstoer, planter, Dave been arrested on a charge of being Carlist agente. They will be tried by court-martial. b THE ASHANTEE WAR. New Yonx, Jan. 17.—Among the victims of fever or the simoon, bound for the Gold Coast,was Capt. Alfred Chiaterls aged 25, s snd helr of Tord Elcho, The St ralt Gazetts says: s death will swaken tho country to 8 senso of the serions naturs of the war into which it has been ellowed to drift. o are, in fact fighting with two enemics,—fever nd Ashantoes, —and the t is perhaps more formidable than the second.” CRIME. Feeling in Anderson, Ind., Regaraing the Stilwell Rurder. Special Dispatch Lo The Chicago Tribune. i IsxpraxaroLs, Ind,, Jan, 17,.—A g:ndex‘:‘:::l Just in’ . from Anderson says the fecling among the citizens over the Stilwell murder is intensc, Corwin's life is threatened by friends of the murdered man, Tho ox- citement ran g0 high yesterday that it was feared s dis- furbance would ocaur at the faneral to-day ; but there was none, Noane dare express opinfon, inless one friendly to Stilwell. The biterness against the mur- derer ia intense and openly expreased, and i may lead ero was an_immense alfendance 5t tho fomerel, BDU ' tho. doopest BOFrOW Was manifested. It is belicved that Corwin will be tried in 3fadison oF some one of tho surrounding countles, and escapon death punishment or life imprisonment. Current public sentiment ia decidedly with the dead man’s cause, Xndicted for Murder. : eclal Dispatch to The (hicago Tribune, P b Tits, Ja. 17— Tho Grand Jury closed its 1abors yesterday afternoon, bringing in fiftéen new in- dictments, among _which s one ageinst; Reuben Breed for killing & boy named McSweeney. This case excites & good share of public attention. o ARig Dinmond RRobbery in Cincinnati, . Opscrmouy, Jan, 17.—The most daring and succesa- ful ‘robbery of Duehme & Co,, jowelers, ocourred at hls“evening, by which the robber got sway with $7,000 worth of dismonds, being forty-eight - cluster 'dlamond ringsand two' trays. The young -man who it bought s ring of Duebine yesierdsy for$27. This ovening he returncd and asked to lo st the diamonds. Mr, Duehme placed two trays of cluster rings Lefore him. The young man talked like a msn of business, He took off the ring be bought yesterdsy and said 3r, Duehme had forgotten £o give him 8 box o keep itin, Alr. Duehme took the ring and turned to get » ‘box for 1t, leaving the two trays of diamonds on the counter. Bearing the door, which was only two fest awsy, alam, he turned o the counter and found the menand diamonds gone, o gave the alarm and | purswit . was mnde, but with no result except o from » boy, that the young man bed come out of tho store in s great hurry, ran down tho street, and turned west on Baker alley. As it was dark, noclne hus-been obtained to the man. A reward of 33,000 has been offered for bim 2nd the goods, He had been scen in several jewelrs . stores during the day, and s described as above the ‘medium helght, dark complexion, hair, aud eyes, light build, ‘manner, and pleasant address, He was not ted at any store Lie visited, The only train De_had to get nway on early was to Louiavills, and he iy be captured yet to-night in that city. . Xialian Child-Slavery. New Yo, Jan, 17,~The Consul General of Italy says the royal decree has been published forbidding the employment of Italian children in vagrant' occu- pation, and requiring holders of such children in this - Connty’y to report o tho Consular Agent thelr ovn nsmeas well 23 tho pames of thie chlizen, uad to re- turn fhe Istter to Ttaly at the holder’s expense beforo May 15. . Extrodition wlil e ought of those who dis~ obey the order. The aid of municipal suthorities here 18 sought to enforce the provisions of the law, Another Defalcation, Wi Pa., Jan. 17.—Viadimir Slabisk] confidentin! clerk of "Willism Dracken, sgent of the Hartford Lifo Insursnce Company, hus absconded, taking with him, a8 allcged, Bracken's moncy, and & aisad chock on e Wilkesbarre Deposl and Savizga Stolen Trenisury Warrants Recovered. New Yomx, Jan. 17.—Two men, Who guve their | namea as H. L. Mason and Edward Edwards, were ar- rested in this city to-dsy whilo attemptuig to sell Tressury, warralts to the mmount of $10,000, which _¥ire Toco; as part of the 191 warrants stoln from the Internal Bevenus Department at Wash- ington a few days ago. HOG-KILLING IN CINCINNATI ez, Jan. 11.—Tho number of hogs slaugh- Crx sla tered to date £5 541,761 ; same time lnst year, 627,91 PITTSBURGH OIL MARKET, Prrrepusom, Jsn. 17.—Orude petralewn quiet: quoted at $1.10, Refined quiet; quoted at 18Xc: Fe ruary, 18%c. . ——— THE CALIFORNIA WOOL CROP. Neb., Jan. 17.—Fiftcen hundred care, con- ,000,000 pounds of wool, passed throngh here ornda during 1673, — e from - WASHINGTON: - Testimonials in Favor of Judge Dillon for tho Chief Justiceship. Miscellaneous Items of News and Gossip. THE CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. JUDS GE, NOADLEY. Wisnroros, D. C., Jan. 17.—%10 name of Judge ‘TFoadloy, of Cincinnatl, has beon favorably mentioned today in discussion on the Chief-Justicoship. The Judge ia bero, baving_business before the Supreme Coust, is Righ qualitics which eminently it him for tho position aro not disputed. JUDGE DILLON. 8. Lours, Jan. 17.—Leading Republican lawyers of this city bavo assured President Grant that the ap- polntment of Judge Dillon as Chief-Juatice would bo entirely satisfactory fo the Bar of Missouri. Both Topublican and Democratio papers hero speak of him 25 eminently qualified for the position. Davseons, Ia, Jon. 17.—Much_cothuslaem {8 re- o ated here the nows from Washington t Judge ° Dillo: who resides here, is thought likely {o be sppointed Ohief-Justice. Th 5y ail the principal places in tho State 1a to the effect that the sunonncoment has created great interest among attorneys aud leading men, The press, “withont dis- tinction of party, ia g to Lis ability and fitness for tho position. Judgo Dilln 1s in tho prims of life, was clected Judge of his District four successivo terms, then ho Lecame Chief~ Justice of tho Suprcme Court of tho Btate, and was serving as such when nppointed United Statos Circuit Judge. His characteris spotless, Ho has made s na- Honal reputation both o8 a Judge snd » law-viter. ZLawyers who know him best, hiere and clsewhere, seem ‘Tost anxious to have his name considered by the Presl- dent. P NOTES AND NEWS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, THE DARIEN CANAL SONEME. ‘WasINGTON, D, C., Jan, 17.—There are indicstions that the Darien Ship Canal scheme will bo vigorously urged on the attention of Congress this scasion, Cali~ fornia is particularly intercsted and will tako the lead in the matter, The work, 15 estimated, will coat $3,000,- 000, which i8 & Tero bagatello to & great nation in flush times like these. ¥ PRESIDEST GRANT'S RESIDENCE. The Evening Star sunounces that President Grant hos purchased ground upon which to erect 8 por- manent residence in the vicinity of Scnator Btewnrta newhouse. The President has quite freely expressed his opinion in the last sear or two that Washington is tho only city in the United States worth living in, and has doubiless fully determined to live here afior his second term 15 oxpired, Ono of the numer~ ous rows of bulldings that have recently ‘been put up by Gen, Babcock, is reported to be owned by tha Preaident, and hie fias mado other investmenta in the District which promiso to bo very remuncrative, sufli- Ciently 80, at least, to ensble him to maintain th splendor of a acond-rate couzt. : DO TIATT A DLIMATIST. Don Platt 1s nanounced as having nearly comploted ‘moral drams for Clara Morrie, the emotional ac- tresa, THE LEGAL-TENDER BESERVE. The apnouncemeut is made that there are bub 17,000,000 of the legal-tender rescrve in the Treasury, Thls, the Secretary of the Treasary thinks, will last till mext Ay, if mo untowsrd accidents increase the outgo. g THE RAILROAD WAR. ¥ ‘The war between the Ballimore & Ohio and Pennsyl- vania Railroads is in in vim. The Baltimore & Oliio i5 no making &n elort o have the charter of the Baltimors & Potomac, Tom Scott’s road into thia city, repoaled by tho Maryland Legislature. The law- ‘Tmating body of Meryland will Bavo a fine chiance to ke money if thia fight is carried on as obstinately aa ia now promised. (7o the Associated Press.] THE AEXICAN WAR YETERANS. WasmnicTo, Jan, 17.—Tho Mexican vatersns this morning adopted a memorial to Congress zskmg for ‘pensions for thoso who were engsged in the Mexican Tar, or their widows and children, and after- Sard | visited the Exccutive Mabsion, ex-Gov. IHerbert, of mado o short address to the President, paying that tho meaabers of the Convention wefo glad {0 Tecognizo in him an old companion-in-arms n the gloriocus and victorious battles in Mexico, ‘The President bowed his thanks in reply, and there was generl handshaking and plessant conversation, Gen. Sherman and many Indiea were prosent. On tho return of iho veterans to thelr hall, thoy wers entertatned with tho story of tho vase that ‘tho platform, It was prescnted to Gen. Jackson ot tho Tlose of the War of 1812 by the ladics of South Caroli~ Da, and by him presented to tho Siate to be given to {he South Carolinian who shonld distioguish himselt inthonext war, it s now heldin trust for the laat survivor of the Palmeto Begiment in the Mexican war, ‘A resolution was ndopted asking Congress to remova aiesbilities of Mexican voterans who may have served in the Confederato army. ‘The Convention elected the following officers of the permenent Assoctation: President, Gen, George Cad- Tallsder; Vieo-President pnd Counsellér from_each Btatoand Territory ; five Socretarles and Troasurers, PLESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, The Senate Commilteo on Privilegea and Elsctions to-day held two honrs discussion on tho proposition to abolah the Electoral Coilege, and to choose the Presi- Qent by direct voto of the people.- ' IN THE HOUBE, The Houso met in Committeo of the Whole for gen- eral discusaion on_miscellaneous topics, Ar. Rusk in the chatr, Speeches were mado by Mr. Harrls, of Georgia, on_civil-rights; by Meests, Lolley, Town- send, snd Burchard on finance and currency. “Thlo House £djonrned at 4:15. LEGAL-TCNDELS, Outstanding legal-tenders, $382,675,715. THE NATIONAL DOARD OF TIADE. The Executivo Council of the National Board of Trade, who have just sdjourned their annoal session at Baltimore, aro here, and will appear beforo tho Finance Committeo of {he Senate and the Ways and Means and the Banking and Currency Committees of tho House, {o urgo cuiendments to the Bankruptcy and the Notional Hank lawa. The Council will argue 2gainst tho total repeal of {he Bankraptcy lsw, and in fovor of allowing it to stand with certaln amend- ‘Tments such as have been beretafore indicated in your dispatches. ¥ THE NATIONAL DANK TAW . fhey will recommend particulariy an smendment curtailing tho discretionary powors of the Comptroller of the Currency. In cases wero banks are delinguent, tho powers which the Comptroller enjoys in the matter of Imposing penaltics in such cases ate 50 extraordi- nary that they not only oper the doors to bring corrupt infittences to bear on officials, but also opernto as ba: ehips on the banks, The Council will also urge the ap- pointment of a Board of Commiselonera o consider and suggest measures for the benefit of commerce. FINANGIAL, Daes will not probably ecurc s majority of the Ways and Means Committce in favorof Lis bill to authorize a new loan of §20,000,000, POSTAL ITEM, Postal servic has been ordercd on tho Michigan, Midlsnd & Canada Bailroad from Bt. Clair to Riche mond, Mich,, to commence Feb. 2, T VIRGINIUS NAVAL COURT hes odjourned, and, judging from tho testimony elietod, the fndings ‘aro * Tho sinking of the Vir- ‘gintus ¥as unsvoidablo under the circamstances,” . - OMAHA. Government Grzin Contracts--Bonds Bought up. - Epecial Dispatch 1o The Chicago Tribune, Oama, Jan. 17.—Awards were made to-day at tho headqusrters of the Department of the Platte in this city on bids to furnish 1,000,000 bushels of oats and 2,000,000 bushels of corn, ¥iz.: Gan. J.- M. Thayer, 1,000,000 bushols oats ot G33¢ cents. The accepted bids for corn ranged from 68 to 723; cents, Furnished by four contractors. The Commissioners of this connty advertised for the smrrender of $20,0007 per cent and $15,000 10 per cent county bonds. Awards were mado to-day to_the Tnion Pacific Raflroad Company, $20,000 st 80 ; Cald- well, Hamilton & Co., §10,000 at 97 ; and the First ‘Natfonal Bank, $5,000 at 99. FIRES. In Fort Wayne, End. ; Loss. $6,500. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Trivune. Font WAINE, Ind,, Jan. 17,—A fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Hosafoot, on Water street, lust night, and thohouse was entirely consumed, together with all the furniture, The flames Rpread to the residence of A. J. Emerich adjoining, and before they could be subducd tho building was' seriously damaged. total loss is estimated at $5,500, Mr, Emerich’s loss on houso and furnituro is ‘$5,000, With insurance of £1,000 in tho Home, of New York. Tholoss on Hoss- fout’s house is supposed to be about £1,500, insured in the Home for $300, The fire is supposed to bo the work of an incendiary, o5 Mr. Hossfool's houso, where the fire originated, Bns been closed since New Year's, that gentleman being out of town. At Diamondale, Mich. Dernorr, Mich,, Jan, 17.—The rake factory of E, H. Hudson, af Diamondale, was burned last night, with a. sock of rukes roady for market, tools, etc, The 10ss is OBITUARY. Rev. Willinm Sparrow, D. Ds Avpxaxpnis, Va., Jan, 17,—The Rey. Willinm Bpar- row, D. D., Dean of tho Faculty of the Episcopal Sem- inary near this city for the past thirty-three years, Qied in the First National Bank here this morning, aged 73 years. Charles Astor Bristed. Alr, Charles Astor Bristed, beiter known to the pub- lic a3 * Carl Benson,” his literary sobriquet, died at Washington Jan. 14, aged 63 years, His writings wero mainly contributed to newspapers and magazines, though Lie publizhed several books, the most notablo being " Five Years incn English University,” Mr. Bristed was a grandson of John Jacob Astor. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. llm!l!b:flh. 17.~The Board of Trustees of the Vanderbilt University adjourned to-day, after a three dny's session, Bishops Paino snd McTyelre, presiding, >m,]loud ordained_ thres department :}:mnamnfnnxt.hx:\ury. The Rev. Dre, Summers, ts be opened villa,” and - Shipp, ‘of South thirea proféssars in the_ partment, and. three - professors in - the Litarary and Bclentific’ Department, viz,: L. 0. Gorland, of the Unlversity of Missisaippl ; J. O, Wills, Gentral College, Missonrl, and N. L. Lupton, University of Alsbams, Tne Board will meet sgsin at Noshville, in April, when_ other chaira will be filled and the organization completed. . S JAY COOEKE & CO. Mcport of the Ecgister in Bankruptcy to Be Made Monday--Trustee and Creditors’ Commiittee Chosen. . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. PrriADELPEN, Pa,, Jan. 17.—It Was expected that Register Mason would- this morning present his ro- part to Judge Cadwallader in the matter of Jay Cacke & Co., nd E. K. Prics, Esq., spd a lage mumber of those intercsted were in atfendsnce, Mr, Mason snid his report would mot be_ready for presen- Totton uatl Monday, | Mr. =Price sexed . the Court whether the Beglster waa of liberty to continue the voting of creditors, The Judgo eaid ho hed no Enowledgo of tho matter, the Register not having yct ‘made his report; and he could answor no_questions, iciall that Afr. Edwin M, MEETING OF .THE PHILOSOPHICAL . SOCIETY, KLecture by Prof. Snider. A meeting of the Chicago Philosophical Socie~ ty was held in the Methodist Church Block yes- tarday evening, and was well attended. The chair was taken by Gen. Btiles, Vice-President of the Association. A letter wes received from Dr. J. B. Jewett, of Evanston, thanking the Boclety for his elec- tion a8 an honorary member, and expressing his readiness to do anything in his power to con- tribute to the interest or to aid in fulfilling the mission and aims of. the Society, Another letter was received from Dr. Bland, explninin& his ressons for refusing to sign the lsltob:!k_to e Trustees of the MethodistjChurch Prof. Bnider, of 8t. Louis, delivered an inter- esting lecturo on “ The Thought of the Ameri- can Btate System,” upon whioh thers was no discussion, the lecturer = mof being & member of the Association. At conclusion of the lecture, Mr. Keith an- nounced that in a ‘short time a Philosophio levee would be held, at which music, tho drama, and elocution would be leading features. The action of the Trustees of the Mothodist Church Block towards the Association having been ‘broached, the Rev. Mr. Taylor moved the passage ofw the following resolation : s sERras, A cortaln correspondence has been car- ried on bstween the Executive Committee of the Philo- sophical Soclety of Chicago snd tho Trustees of the Clark Strest Methodist Epfscopal Church ; and WHEREAS, Sundry members of said Philosophical Soclety feel that the dignity of said Society has been fatally compromised ; therefore, - Resolved, That said Society repudiate the action of £ald Executive Committeo in this matter, and that said Bocdety demand of safd Executive Commltteo that they will in no future case of suchmagnitude take the re- eponsibiliey of acting for the Society without instruc- ion from the same, On motion, the resolutionjwas laid upon the table, of tho Association, Mr. Anderson, Becretary moved the following resolution : Resolved, That this Soclety hns the utmost confi- dence in the independence, integrity, and purity of purpose of the Exccutive ittee. On motion, this resolution was likewise laid upon the table. -After er discussion, in which it was decided that the Society should ob- tain rooms in which they conld discuss such sub- ject as .they choose in such mauner as they thought fit, the meeting adjourned. LOCAL ITEMS, A kerosene lamp, upsetting at No. 305 West Bixteenth street, owned and occupied by Joseph Mach, was the occasion of 2 small firo doing damage to the amount of about $35; fully in- sured. Abont 8 o'clock last _evening James Marshall fell from the sidewalk on Adams street near Fifth avenne and was injured quite severely in- ternally. He was taken to his home, 276 Chi- cago avenue, and & physician called. About 7 o'clock last evening, s man named Thomas Bhirlock wes run over by a froight train on the Chicago & Northwestorn ‘Railrosd at tho Wood street cmsinE, sod bad his left leg crushed. He was taken to Lis home, No. 645 Hubbard streat, sud died about 1 o'clock last night. Yesterday afternoon, between 8 and 4 o'clock, » horse ran away on Clark street, near Polk, an _ran over a boy named George Rico, soriously in- juring him_abomt the head. He was taken to Tesidence, 18834 Pacific avenue, and attended by his physician. The_ horse was stopped before committing farther damage. The Freja Scsudinsvian and Singing Bociety i"estsnhy evening serensded Madame Nilsson- ouzeaud at the Pacific Hotel. The Committee of Arrangementa consisted of Masara. Gustaf Nyquist, President of the Society; -Henry L. Hortz, Bectetary, and John Swenson, Musical Director. The members of the Bociety to the number of about twenty assembled st the T.aSalle strcet entrance about 10:30 o’clock, and ve 8 BSwedish selection, mostly for aritones and basses, eotitled * The Last Days of September,” which was followed by the besutiful song, * Farewell, Farowell, My Qwn True Love,” given with fine effect. They wero then invited to come up to the corridor on which Mime. Nilsson’s rooms were situated, where they gave an Alpine song, in which the tenor parts were taken admirably. After repesting one verse of the * Farewell,' Mme. Nilsson invited the members of the seronading party into ber Fl“]m' where refroshments were served. Mr. yquist gave a toast of welcome to the Scandinavisn -Queen of Song, aod tho Society responded by tho pecul- iar ¢ Hral Hral Hral” of the Ecandinavians, and drank thia tonst to the bottom. ~ After a fow words of reply from Mme. Nilsson, the Society took their departure. Daring the singing, the corndors were filled with ladies and gentlemen, attracted from - the Pacific Botel hop by the music of the BSociety, and the latter seemed rather -embarrassed by the number of their audience. The open air would have been prefor- able for such a serenade, though the musiswas very fine even in the confined corridor. STARVING INDIANS. Miexgavorts, Minn., Jan. 17.—A specisl fo tho Trtbune this evening, fFom Duluik, sya fhe Indiana at Vermillion Lake are dying of starvation. They Tave eaten two children and one man. 'The scarcity of ‘jgame and failure of the rice crop s the cause, Thoy Claim .that the Government failed to send tho ususl supplies of provisions, cighty coming {nto the settle- ment for relief, NEW CORPORATIONS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. SPRINGETELD, 1iL, Jan. 17.—The Secretary of State to-day issued o’ license to the Streator Gisss-Works Compansy ; capital, $50,000 ; and cortificates of organi- zation, wers issued o the Farmers’ Elevator and Con- struction Company af Iroquois Gounty; and the Inter- national Pipe Company, of Chicago ;. capital, $100,000, gk el okt i ot ) OCEAN .STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yonx, Jan. 17.—Arrived—Steamship Donan, from Dremes - “"Lowpox, Jan. 17.—The steamships Spain estern have arrived out. end Great A Kansas Shooting-Affair. Cana, Kan. (Jun, 5), Correspondence of the Indepen- dence Tribune, A shooting-affair took place this afternoon near Mr. Simpeon's, two miles north of 8t. Paul, in Howard County. A deadly feud has for some time existed between Mr. G. D. G who has kopt & harness shap in Cana, and resides on his farm three miles morth of town, snd Jim Munns, who had long becn sn intimate friend of Gartman’s. The friendship between the two waa broken about a year ago, by the latter Jis- covering too much of an intimacy between Munns' and his (Gartman's) wife, and Gartman swore vengeance when she ran off with Munns 1ast September. He even foliowed the guilty pair to Arkansas ; but, changing his mind, re- turned, and has been staying about Cana ever since.~ A couple of weeks ago Munos returned, leaving the woman at Fort Bmith, in order to give the wronged mau _satisfaction, but was careful not to meet Gartman until to-day, when ho, with Simpson's connivence, sent & gmall boy to Gartman with the information that he could be found at Simpson’s. Gurtman arm- ed himself, mounted & mule, and started to meet his doom. Dismounting when within s short distance of the honse, he was moving cautious; along, when Munns fired at him from An amby with bia rifle, wounding him badly and knocking him down. Rushing npon bis prostrate victim, the fiend tore his revolver from him and shot him four, times throngh the neck, ihigh; and legs, breaking both legs abova the knee. - Lieav- ing him for dead, Munns jumped upon his horse and “put” for the criminal's resort—the In- dian nation. _Gartman was carried into Simp- son’s bouse and Dr. Taylor enmmoned. =Af last wcopnuhha “fl‘}m still living, though nodt sble to survive long. Simpson was arrested, and partica started after the murderer. northeast THE FIRST SLAVE-SALE I CHICAGO. An Incident of Thirty-two Years Ago. Edwin Heathcock, Colored, Bought by WMahlon D. Ogden for Twenty-five Cents. Living only in the first part of the second de- cade since liberty has been proclaimed throngh- out the land, to all the inhabitants thereof, it can hardly be comprehended that a little more than thirty years ago a man was publicly sold in Chieago at auction,—his liberty put upto be disposed of logally to the highest bidder. It happened in this wiso: By the organic law of the Northwest Torritory, of which Illinois is & part, in the sc-called ordinance of 1787 it was decreed, “ That there shall be neithor slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said Terri- tory forever.” And the original Consti- tution of the BState very properly in- corporated this clauso, making it an esaential condition in the organic structure of the civil society of tho Btate; o chain with an unbroken link in the title of the natural right to liberty of every inhabitant of tho State. But, notwithstanding this, as outrageons as it may secm, the fathers of our State incorporated & slave code upon the statute law, in the *In- dentured Bervant™ system, and in regulations concerning alaves escapiug into thia jurisdiction from the original Blave States. Therefore by the Iaws enacted in spite of this safe-guard in the Constitution, and the greater power behind the Constitution (the ordinnnce), every negro or mulatto was . PRESUMED TO DE A SLAVE; and every such person was prohibited settlingin this State without filing a certificate of freedom and giving bonds and security that he should not become chargeable to the public for main- tenance as a'pauper. Thus, in fact, it became unlawful for a free megro to be freain this Btate. Now, it 80 happened, in the fall of 1842, that there was working for a man on & farm in Cool County & colored man of the name of Edwin Heathcock. The person Heathcock was com- manded by & white man nsmed Dodson to render some servico to him such as became a megro, or & person not free, and to whom ho owed no allegiance (for he was work- ing for another person), and for his refusal to serve two masters, peither of whom was his master, ho was kuocked down; ¥ as the Imocking down was not agreeable to Heathcock, a8 was proved by ample demonstra- ticns, end threats made by a friend to have the knocker-down arrested for breaking the peace, ths nssailent gov tho startof im and had ths negro arrcsted for being in this State unconstitationally frec. He was placed in tho Cock County Jail. The Justice committing him for this heinous offence, is not positively remembered, but it is believed to be one that in thoso days was known as-* Justice” but more generally called © 01d Kerchival.” THE COUNTY JAIL was then & very uncouth structure made of bown logs, either one story lugh, or two very low stories, standing on the northwast eorner of the Court-Houmse Square, cloge upon the side- walk where now is laid the mosaic Portlaod coment stono for our modern_ pathway. Tho Court-Houso_was a long, low, brick ediiice with a burlesque Grecian front, etanding close in tho corner of the samo delecta- which _was - then enclosed by a board fonce, and used ns an occasional cow pasture, until a short time after the Mechanice' Institute, operated by 8, D. Childe. Irs Miltimore, and tho two Isaacs (Speor apd Milliken), put up_ the famous marvelously-tallf literty ~polo in the cen- tro of the square, to look mpon which was supposed to make it certsin which way was north or south. Ou the west of LuSalle street, opposite the log jail, was a three-story brick, known as Chapman’s buil . The jnil was then and some years after regularly indicted by the Grand Jury 28 o Duisance. Into this nuis- ance with horee-thicves and the lic, was com- ‘mitted {his nolawfully free man, who was at the time a worthy and devoted member of the Meth- odist Church, there to remain to be ADVERTISED FOR SIX WEERS 28 a slave, and for his master to come forward, reclaim Lim, pay charges and take him away, otherwise, it Do master should appear, or if ho had_no master, he wes to be eold as a slave to the highest bidder by the year or from month to month, for tho chargss for being detained for not being o slave, as the law did requiro end epjoin. Tho juilor was the Jolly, cood-heartea Alr. Beark, who fed well and kept all his subjecta safe; and the Bheriff was SamuelJ. Lowe, an Eoglishman, and popular Democrat, a Wash- ingfonian, training under the banner of Judge Bmith, Justice Kerchival, and Drs. Egan aad Maxwell, and Dick Hamilton, and a8 brusquo as became an _energetic Sheriff. As the political ehip of this county was trimly sailing under the Democratic flag, Edwin Heathcock was legally advertised, and the notico properly kept in the Weekly Chicago Demacrat for six weeks.—where Long John Wentworth, having a proper appre- ciation of the joke, set tho advertiscment off with the custorary illustration of = negro run- ning bareheaded with a bundle on a stick over his shoulder. The day of sale was set for MONDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1842, at Chapman's Building, on the opposite side of the street from the jail,—and why ¢ Chapman’s rather than at the Court-House door on the other end of the block, will forever remain un- explained. The seclling of 8 Methodist brother, in_good and regular standing, 88 & piece of property, was not considered altogether proper by somo even who were not regarded as the contemptible Abolitionists, It was some time after this that they became D—d-Abolitionists. But the con- tomptible Abolitionists were hecamiaf numerous already in Obicago. It is not probablo that they would havo allowed so important an_event a8 a elave-salo in Chicago to go unnoticed. Con- sequently, late on Ssturdsy night Calvin Do Wolf, who was then o student of law with Grant Goodrich, came into my print- ing office, and the enle on Monday ‘became a topic of conversation. It was thought not best to lot the opportunity pasa withont giving dae notico to the citizens of Chicago, that thero might be suflicient members presont at the sala to fairly test the value of a man_on the auction block. The matter decided, De Wolf Teld an oil Iamp at the case, while, after I had placed the heading on_the stons, Iset np in dong;a-]:nglish, a hand-bill pearly in these words : blo_square, A MAN FOR saLE. On Mondny morning at 10 o'clock: Sheriff Lowe will sell at or near the Juil, to the highest bidder, Edwin Heathcock, now confined for being free, to pay tho legal experises Tor holding him on suspicion of peing aslave. The solid men of Chicago are requested to be pres- ent and witness the firat man sale in our county. This was locked up, put npon the press, and, while DeWolf stood behind aud played the part of roller-boy, I printed off fifty or more copies of the bill. We then, at 12 o'clock Saturday night, saltied up Clark street, along the line to be traversed by the church-goer on the morrow, posted these bill on the boards of the fence around the Public Square, up past the long, low Presbyterisn church on the right, the equally low Mcthodist on the loft (now whero the Methodist Block is), between Washington and Madigon streets, and on the board fences along sud bayoud the houses of B.. E. Hearock, Starr Foote, Tuthill King, P. F. W. Peck, Robert Freeman, Joseph Meckers, etc., on ‘both sides of Clark street, so that tho sober, if not tho solid, mon, find full notice of the sale on Mondsy morniog, s they went to and fro to their meetings—for the people in Chicago ab that time were famous church-goers. Through the Szbbath day these bills received some EVIDENCES OF SPITE AND CONTEMPT,— such as & holo thrust through their midst, ora tobacco quid eent to sprawl and spatter over their white faces. But they aid their work. And at the appointed hour a e crowd of the reputablo people of Chicago were present to witness Sheriff Lowe's slave sale. The Sheriff, after stating the obligations im- posed upon him by the statuto (the econd sec- tion of the act of Jun. 7, 1829, relating to free negroes, &c.), proceeded in the dischargo of his daty by offering Edward Heathcock for sale at ublic anction. egnn, the Sherif—*I am to hire out Edwin Heatheock to the higkest bidder for one month, How much is bid for Edwin Heathcock ?"” No bid. “How much, gentlemen, for Edwin Heath- cock?” - Btill no bid. “ How much ehall I have for Edwin Heath- cock for one month ? He is to be hired ont for one month ; how much is bid 2" ¢ How much 7" 5 And 80 for some time he solicited a bid. The gale was intexrupted by some one inguir- ing of tha Sheriff if. the parson'who became'the purchaser would pe held responsible for his re- tarn at the expiration of the month. " No other responsibility will be assumed than what is required by the statute.” * ** Nothing is bid. Is there no one who wil hire Edwin Heathcock 7 - “* Xf nothing is bid £ shall have to return him 40 the County Jail.” At this announcement the sternmess and cold- ness of the audience seemed to relax a littlo ; and, azter a few more invitations to improve the opportunity to make a specnlation, a voice was heard from one of the upper windows offering * : TWENY-FIVE ‘CENTS "~ for Edwin Heathcock for one month. *‘Twenty-five cents is bid—do I. hear any moro thin twenty-five cents 7—twenty-five cents, going. (entlemen, I shall hire him out for twenty-five cents, if no more is bid. Going—going—for - twenty-five conts —only twenty-fiva cents—going—going—going —gone, for twenty-five conts. ~Edwin Heath- cock is hired oui to Mahlon D. Ogden for twen- ty-five cents.” Mahlon D. Ogden (still wmith us; one of our most respected citizens, as then,) held up the shining silver qr between 'his thumb and finger ~ (those wero spacie-basis _days), sud tendered the sum to the Sheriff. *‘HNow,” said Mr. Ogden to . his new pur- chase, ‘ Edwin, you are my man. I have purchased you for 25 cents. ' Go where you like,” The announcement was responded to by cheers from the crowd in the street. Sheriff Lowe acted 88 if ho felt that ho had got happily through with a very unpleasant duly, and said that he wanted his fellow-citizens to un- derstand that he was but it A AdmvEdR SR AW, 0 and only doing what they commanded through the * law. The citlzens quietly . went their ways to their business and their homes, and s0 did Edwin Heathcock, the first man ever sold in Chicago, and nothing has been heard of him since. _Many persons have been sold in various wass in Chicago since that time for con- gidarations as various as the imagination could dovise, but none would be “:S:}.‘If to admit that they were purchased for 80 & price 88 25 cents. It was assumed that the law under which this mon was sold at public sale was enacted to pro- tect the State against an influx of vagabonds and paupers, a8 if no colored person was capa~ ble of supporting himself unless he had & mas- ter to support also. But colored people had been common in Chicago before . this time, and the Jaw requiring them to give bonds that they would never becomo poor, had remain- ed a_dend lotter. Dr. Dyer, who was always noted for *' searching out the cause of the poor,” made an examination of the records of the expense of the county on account of pau- pers, snd he found that aithough the public had paid largely for the support of the Irish and every class of foreign citizens, and natives not a few, no proof could be found that the County of Cook had as yet paid one cent for tho support of s colored person,—and, in fact, the first instance in which any expense had been made to the county on account of the negro be- ing in omr midst without a certificate of frecdom, and bonds to match, was the ex- pense of arresting, imprisoning, advertisiog, andselling Edwin Heathcock, for not havingcom- plied with the lsw—less the credit of 25 cents from Mahlon D. Ogden. Z. EASTMAN, The New Combustibl We stated, says Galignani's Messenger,a short timo azo, that & Bolgian peasant had made the extraordinary discovery that earth, coal, and sods mixed up together wonld burn ns well and better than any other combustible, and the fact has since been proved beyond a doubt. The way in which he found this out is cufious. He had been scraping the floor of his cellar witha ehovel, in order to bring all the bits of coal lying about in a heap, which, mixed as it was with earth and other impurities, he put into his stove. To his astonishment he found that this acci- dental compound burnt_better instead of worse than he expected, snd emitted much greater bent, Being an intelligent man, he attempted to discover the causo, and found that agreat deal of sods, probably tho remnant of the last wash, lay about on the floor of the cellar, and that some of it must have got into his he Ho then made & few experiments, and at len improved his compound sufliciently to render it practical. The publicity given in Belgium to this discovery caused trials’ to be mado every- where, and it has now been ascertained that three parts of earthand one of conl-dust, watered with a concentrated eolution of soda will burn well and emit grest heat. Many Parisian papers talked of it, but only ono, the Afoniteur, went so far as to make the exteriment at its printing office. A certain quantity of frisble and slightly sandy earth was mixed with the quantum of conl-dust prescribed; the two in nts wera well incorporated with each other, and then sheep-raising, and devoted 1l of last sq, the introdaction of vast b ivied B Orado, wisch e s bemonss Of shesp o { e q MISCELLANTOUS. R On the 20th inst. tho Legislat land will procesd to the o) R States Senator to smcceed tho_ Hon. waL el Hamilton, whose tefm will expire Marep 2% Tho indicztions are.that the Hon. William pros noy Whyto, tho prescat Goveruor, i elected. ~ Ho bas zlrendy oyl In'tho United States Senats, hamas LTi) pointed by Gov. Swann, in 19 et expired term of tho Hun. Re: 2 was o Minister to England. Al tho grandson of tho great Willim Fiotit) an —Althongh nothing bes been he Baager sinco her trace was lost if?\'e‘fym‘fi ber friends still hopo for favorabie” L0 Whilo in Rome, £omo years sinco. she wass Ty trated by a Roman fover, and for long o) lifo waa dispaired of. "Thia completioly ot tored her cunslitlnfigg, and natarally of » g g;i consciousness, came subject to periogy » despondency, hlich Lavo of Tate grocnoidof ber. During these periods she wos monr'd fear inganity, and imngino sha would bages a burden upon her friends. Thoy havo forens been of very short duration, oficatimes the e ing would_bo but momentary, and itis hoged that in this instance, if she still lives, a re to conscionsness will take placo. Meanwiiy Bothing s beiog 1t undopo 10 obsia afa: tion of " ber or Lier fate. The only ney fags o, veloped thus far is the statement of Mixs Ll Edgarton, who was a passenger o thy s i boat with Mrs. Badger. = Sho says that she s | versed mth that lady and is eatisfied that sy laaded ip Now York — Zonion Pos . T. Parris, Listorical pai - ato Queen Doragar,diod recsally s oy ml".‘..' ; the age of 83 years. Among his best-ingwn works is the celebrated picture of the coronatio; of Queen Victoria, which was_painted gnd. o graved for tho laco Sir Francis Moon, He iy repainted and otherwiso restored Sir Jameq Thornhill's paintings in the dom of St, Peut Catbedral. Ho acquired grost colabriy forhia panorams of London, which is 6aid t0 bo ong of the largest pictures ever painted on cag: and was oxhibitod for a long time at the Colog, soum, Rogont's Park. 1t Tas given plewsen ousands inLondon, and bas” beon parchaseq by showmen in New York. S —Mr. made into & paste with the solution above men- tioned. The fireplace of ono of the boilers had previonsly boen lighted with coal, and the fire was kept up with shovelsfull of the mixture. The latter, in a few seconds, was transformed into o brown, dry crust, which soon after became rod-iot, and 'then burhed brightly, but without being very rapidly consumed. e fact of the combustion is, therefore, well ascertained; but, bofore the system can be universally adopted, there aro some important pointa to be consid- ered, m:;: = t'lr‘ l‘;fllo!riflu pnwirl' of the mi.nu;e compare 0 of coal, ite price, an sbove all, s remedy Hor tho. froat. drawback attaching to it—its fouling the fire-grate consid- erably. ———— The Agriculture of the Future. From the New York Erening Poat. There is a curious and very radical article in the December number of Fraser's Magazine u) on farming. The writer's belief is that in the time to como & farm will be an immense food- factory carried on by acompany, The compa- nics will be joint stock concorns, issuing shares of from €50 to §250 each, and working from 8,000 to 10,000 acres. The buildings of the farm (such is the scheme) must be placed on the Iand, 8o that water y be conveyed over the surface by gravitation, Alachinery is, among other sorvices, to _ahear a sheep. A whole staff of butchers will bo em- ployed to kill and cut up bullocks and transmit the meat in pieces saitable for the London mar- ket straight to the salesman, without the intor- vention of o dealer. The salesman will be in the company’s employ, and will only sell their meat. The company will make an_effort to get more than one crop in a year. But the miost surprising of tho reeults which await the futura of farming will be_the ripening of crops by means of an electric curront passed through the plants, or by some other kind of artificial heat, One point of which the writer makes much is the impossibility of . profit in England from the cultivation of wheat. Wheat is almost the only agricultural product which has not risen since 1770. The onlysortof corn which i8 much dearer now than then is barley, the reason being that barley is used in distillation and brewing. In the last fifty years meat snd dairs-produce bave greatly risen in price. Yet wheat remains the sume, notwithstanding the rise in the price of Iabor jand .the increase in rents. No increase of demand has any important effect upon the price of ‘com. A rise in wheat will at once bring sny quantity of it to England. The importation of wheat by England in 1839 twas 5,000,000 quarters, or 40,000,000 bushels. In 1871 the importation was nearly 10,000,000 quarters. Yet the price of wheat in 1871 was Jower than in 1860, It is very plain, says the writer in Fraser, that wheat cultivation can no longer be profitable, and it would_be better to uso the land thus occupied to raise produce, which must be imported to England at a loss. One of the difficulties which the farmer must meet is to find some green produce which will take the plece of wheat in the rotation of crops. This obstacle the author of the article thinks a ‘very serious one. highest point Of and manure ms i S T, All for Love=Suicide of Senor Pedro C. Armijo, the Great Shcep-Raiser o1 New flexico. From the Kanacs City Times, Jan. 14, The readers of tho Times will perhaps recall to mind an interview published in these columns a fow weeks sgo with tho * mutton millionaire,” of Albuquerque, New Mexico. At that time this young gentleman bad just arrived at Knnsas City on way to Moxico, and was flushed with hope and prosperity, hopiag soon to claim as his own one of the fairost daughters of New Moxi- co, Miss Lena ——, daughter of the seniormem- bet of s large and influcntial whalcsale commer- cial house at Grenads, the present terminus of the Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad. But this handsome and enterprising young Mexican was doomed to a terriblo mental shock which in » moment of- impetuosity lost him his life. It appears that he had been paying his atten- tion to the sister of the lady to whom his part- ner, Mr. Baca, haarecently led to the altar. Bat from some reason & rupture of friendly relations Detween tho two ensuzd, and young Armijo, un- able to withstand the agony of disappomted Jove, which'to some high spirits is terrible tor- ture, decided to take own_life. He_ shot himself on Tnesday last and died on Thureday. He was the representative of one of the wealthiest_and most influential families in Now Mexico. Young and of medium stature, affable and plessing in_convarsstion, highly cultnred, baving graduated in the Bt. Louis University in 1866, where ha was a genezal favorite. He was about 25 or 26 years of. sge, very modest, not~ withstanding his immense pastoral wealth. He was very enthusiastio ,upon the question of strango and sudden death Oeage, Mitchelt County, Iows, on lmu]f Elbridge Drake, while ‘eating his dinner somg two weeks previous, felt s pricking in his throst. which troubled hita for foveral daya, Ho e} his nppetite, becamo sickly and looked pale, aad complained of pain in the stomach and feft sids, He continued to grow worao, the pain extending to his left arm and breast. About 12 o'clock ong night o pain, Jike g knifa shot through his and he died in a few minutes. Upon exsminsy tion, the cavity of the chest was found fillag with coagulated blood, and about two inchey from the heart the aorta (main artery) was tured about one line in extont. The causaop his desth w2a ovidently from some foreign gub. staco in the lung ; it must bave gone down the trashes instead of the esophagns. The doctor thiaks thel nothing bub a sliver of glass could have wrought euch destraction. —— e [ The Flight of Elbert:i. Woodward, The story of the flizht of Elbert A. Woodw: one of tho criminals connected with the New York “ring,” and the dotails of his wanderingy. to elude arrest, are published in tho Now Yoy apers. One sccount 8ays: “On hearing that @ was in danger of arrest he left Norwalk for Canada; stopped a month in Quebec, then went to Montreal; next turned up at Now Lir on the St. Lawrexce, then searetiy rotarmed ta Boston, where Le shipped for Havana a8 a sailar under the namo of Speacer, on tho brig Hous. ton. Ho next visited Vera Cruz, and crossed the isthmus for Saa Francisco. Thero he waa recognized, and a telegram was sent to New York. Wkile there ho saw Tweed, whose over- land journey was no_doubt planned with the view of inceting Woodward and discussing ‘ring’ offairs. Ho then wont to New Orleaus, Fernanding, and Baltimore, and finally lefs fa Europe. Ho made the tour of Great Britain, 1meeting Connolly in Dublin, He then went to an,_ucrmnnr, ‘Switzerland, and Spain, settling down'in Barcelona. While thero the agent of the New York suthorities had several interviows with him, snd terms wero prosented granting bim immaucity if he would turn State's evidence, There is overy rcason to bolieve the terma will bo ‘accepted.” He is £aid to be on his retwm to the United Statcs, and to be now within sa hour’s journey of Now York.” MARRIAGES. ‘WILLARD—-OABEREY—On Thursdsy 15 15Hi, 3106 rosidoncs of 1k beide's peseats ot 1 gvh‘nu: ldvenlne, h;];he'lbv.n‘i; .ml’hrlnly AMr, Arthur M, rd, forszerly of S , Alass.. hghier SUTT Cotaly, o " No et Bl L HIGGINS-CARTER-Jan. 14, 159, 5. Biggins cod Asre Carter. Cloveland ,and Brooklsn papora pleaseicopy. - CAWTHORNE—PRINCE—On tio I5th inst., st tia residence of the bride's parents, by the Rov. O. E. Fab ton, M. Wil Cawthoras and Mis 'anais I. Princs. DEATHS. HORNE—Jaa. 15, fn Calro, Robart Horae, sred yen Faneral services to tako place Sunday, Jan. 1 atiz oISIock: Teom Lo residoncs BF Bis DrotLorsa i, Jitm ‘Hickett, 419 Warroa av. T2St. Paul papers pleaso copy. & MOLATN_Fridsy, Jan. 18, 9% o'slock, at tha residens. 9% of his son, Robort AfcLatn. & ton-ar., dokz No , in the T7th soar of hii ago. Funeral Sundsy, Jan, 13, 12 o'clock. Friends of ths family aro rospectially fnvited. Lockport, N. Y., and Brooklyn, N. Y., papea DUBOIS -At La: wille, Til., J Adsims, danghtor of Jesse K. Dubdt, 5&%3““@&“" CODY—Jan, 17, Edward Walter Cody, at thy restdraca of his parents, Edward and Kate Cody, 63 East Palk-it. Fanoral Jaz. 18, st 11 o'clock, By carrisges to Csiva Cemetary. STOWELL-Tn Bristol, Vt., Dee. I, Isasc Stowe! Eq., fathier of tho Rov. Dr. Stowell of thincity, aged & Ho was & volanteer of the army of 1613, and & soldier of the Crous for over3) years. WHITTLESEYFi ning, Jan. 15, Charles . WAy Sre 8 peen,. Tt a5 A Funeral L1 9. ILa. m., at First Gon day, Washington4ts., et 5t B3 Lt o bmso o s s st T T lon: an. 1 tional Church, corner Ann and 17y cars to Rosehill. 82 Peoris papers pleaso copy. - SEA-—Mary Loulso, only danghter of Sidary W. sz Mary W. So3, agod s soars and | monthe Faneral from residence, 25 Vincennos-place, at 2p. o anday. t5"Fond da Lac, Miwsnkee, Baln, and Ripoz, Fisa ‘papers please copy! MISCELLANEQUS. ARKET TOR SALE, AT A SACRIFICE; ONE OF DMARTTRR: Siaats on Wot Madison-st. Address X6 Tribuns ofice. o RENT-TWO DESIRABLE AND WELLFUE- Diehed rooms, withont board, ina prirate {smily s fy a7 Wabssbar denoe, to reancasible parties only. App! BANKERUPT SALE. Bankrupt Stock BICKERTON | "~ & JEFFERY, No. 36 WASHINGTON-STy Opposits FIELD, LEITER & 00 i The said stock_consists in parsof |, the following: Ladies’ Suits, Ladies’ Polo: naises, Redingotes, Cloaks, Dol mans, Fur Sacques, and Muffs; Embroidered Camel’s { Polonaises, unmade; Blk £¢ pacas; Serges and Biarrits Cloth, by the yard; Housé ‘Wrappers; Cashmere Capes and Talmas, for Spring wear; fants’ Underclothing; full 1ine3 of Corsets; Children’s Piq% Cloaks and Dresses;: Iined ! Suits, Lawn Suits, Paris Mus* : lin Suits and Polonaises, Bi tons, Braids, Gimps, and Orns® = 1 ments. ? * This sale presents to the Tndies anfi-“fi'j" o opportunity to buy GREAT BARGAINE. . The above stock must bo sold u% cost [ vflgib{bme zgm mn:é‘i % oird - 0 undersigne ? s jec 8ppro; () e L Hoge