Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAG) DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21, 1874, . " THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. A Petition for a Peremptory Man- damus (o Make It Sell s Remaining Lands. President Newoll Says the Company Will " Argue the Matter in the Courts. s The Point Involved Is What o « Public Snlo” Menns. Tho not to {ncorporato tho Iilinola COontral Rallroad, tho provisions of which wore acceptod by the Board of Diroctors of the railrond, con- talned a provision that all thoso lands embraced in ite land-grant not disposed of within <ten yonrs aftor the complotion of the road, should 1o sold nt * publio sale,” tho procoeds toba used to pay tho bonds of tho road. Tho lne was comploted in 1856, but tho Company till rotalns a largo amount of land, chilofly . south of Con- tralin, nearly all north of that point haviug boon disposed of, Tho romainder are opon to pur- chiagors at a fixod price, aud snles 810 conatantly making. Since thozo Iands nro not subject to taxation, while owned by the road, tho counties in whicl thoy lio woro naturally desirous to Lavo thom gold, in order that the amount of tasablo proporty within thelr limits might be jucressod, In 1870, Tom Cnaoy, & momber of tho Houso of Represcntatives from Jefforson, a county deoply Interoated in this mattor, intro- duced & bill directing the Trustees to procoed to gell at *public gale” all tholands undisposed of, It was votoed by tho Governor, and did not pass, In 1878, howover, o similar bill did paes, and becamo a Inw in July. The Contral did not auction off its lands as was intonded by tho act, snd, consoquently, Monday tho Attornoy-Gen- eral filed with the Suprome Court, now sitting at Springtield, the following T lin“fllo“ M Kotehnm, in the cnso of The Peoplo v. Messra. ] A Bamuel D. Lockwood, and Johu M. Palmer, Trustoos of the lands of the Iltinols Contral Rail- road Company : STATE OF ILLINOIA, CENTRAT GRAND DIVIALON, BupnEye COUNT OF ILLINOI, Or Tats JANAY TEnM, A, D, 174, To tho Tonorablo tho Chiof-Jusiice and Assoctate Juatices of the Supreme Court of Tilinola : Tl Peoplo of tho Stato of Iiinols, by Jsmes K, ‘Edsall, tho Attorney-Geueral of safd State, respectfully Topresent to Your Honou that lerstoforo, o wit : on tho 10tk day of Mareh, A, D, 1831, tho Tilluols Contral Ralirosd Uompany wad organizéd os a corporation undorn cortaln uct of iho Goneral Assembly of tho Stnto of Tilinols, entitled * Aunct to incorporate the Tiiinots Central Rafirond Gompany,” appraved Feb, 10, 28515 nsmore fully appears from tho said act, pub lighed In the Iaws of 1851, at pago o1, and in' Purple's Siatutes of Tilinols, pgo 133, referenco thiereto bad for r cortainty. e et A4 In pursnanco of {ho Bitoenth scction of ald net, the Governor of tho Stato of Tllinou, to- wit: on {ho 24t day of Marel, 1851, in his ofiictal capactty, oud in belolf of tho'State of Hiiuofs, and tnder e great penl thoreof, oxecuted and delivered to fuo maid Iilinls Central Raflroad Company o deed couveying to snid Gompany fu fea simplo, for tho p of securing tho construction of said rond snd Branclics, all aud_singular, tho right of way, and all tho lands which might bo feleoted, along tho’ lues of #ald rond nud branches, within tho State, under tho geant mado by tho Government of tho Unitod States %o tho Btato of Tiliuols, by viritio of & certain act of Congress of tho United Blates, enlitled, *An act ranting tho right of way, oud’ making n grant of finda to tho. Btates of Tilhois, Misslsasppl, and Als- Dbong, fn ad_of tho construction of o railrosd from Gliesgo o Mobile.” npproved Sept, 20 1860; snd also tho right of way which the Btato of Tlilnols liad there- tofors _obtairiod slong ond on {he lna of eald mailroad snd dls " branches os "thoretofore located and surveyed for the uso of tho samo, us well 88 tho los of ground obtained by the State within tho Oiiyof Cairo for o dopot, aid all the grading, embanknicnts, excavations, sur- veys, work, materials, persous! properly, profies, plats, and papers, coustructed, procured, and done, Dyor on behalf of (Lo Stato of Ilinols for or on ncs count of esid road and bronches ; also tho right of way over and through landa owned By the State, Fhat, simultaneously with thoexeontion of tie sald deed LY tho Governor of tho Stato of Tllinala aforo- £ald, tho eald Tilinois Contral Rallroad Company, un- der lta corporata_senl, andin_duo form of InW exo- cuted and delivored to Morria Ketchum, John Moore, snd Snmuel D. Lockwood, the sald Truatoes named in snid * Act o Iucorporate the Iliinols Contral Rallroad Compony,” a docd of trust, wheroby the sald Hinols Central Rajlroad, Company,' {n_due form of law, con~ voged to sald Triatecs aud " tholr succossors In oflico, i and slugulsr, tho fands, and oversthing in: cluded in and conveyed in' fo-simple, so culed by tho Governor of (ho Stato of Tiinols t0 sala Company a8 aforosald, and, {n addition thoroto, tho rullroad or rajlronds which miiht bo built upon of along satd track or tracls, Nno or lineh. and materlals for the comstruction thereof, with alty and singular tue bufldings, slops, engino-houncs, Nirn-outs, sta- tions, and real eatnta of overy naturo and description, belonging to or in anywiso appertaining to said roa sud branchos, in trust for tho usos, trusts, and pur- -poses_particalarly oxpressed {n tle sadd act to fncar- poratoald rallroad company, and In conformity with tlo provisiond of sald nct fu that bohalf, And tho peoplo of {he State of Iliinola, by their At- torney-General aforesald, further repregent and show to Your Honors (hat tho'said raflroad, in sxid act do- scribed and mentioned, and the safd branches theroof, were by the sald Illinols Central Rallrond Company bullt and comploted under aud in_pursuance of thio provislons of fald ct, on or befora tho 27th of Sep- cmber, 1850; thut s to sny, that thesaid main-trunk or central line of euid road to Tun from the Clty of Cairato tho southern terminua of the Tilinois & Michigan Ca- unj, nnd extonding through the Countics of Aloxndor; Talaekd, Dnlow, Jnckson, Porry, Washington, Marlon, Fayetto, Sbelby, Macon, DeWitt, McLean, Woodford, Dlurshafl, and 1ito the County of’ LaSulle, in tho State of Illinols, and a cortam branch thoreaf extending from said nortlicrn torminus on tho Illinols & Michis gan Canal to tho Oity of Dunlefth, a polnt on the Miu- slsnippi River opposito (ho Cify of Dubuque, and through the Countiea of LaSalle, Leo, Oglo, Stophen- son, and Jo Daviess in sald state; and slso tho cortain branch thercof oxtendiug from 'Branch Junction, in tho County of Murion, to the City of Chleago, and iirougl tto Cottnties of Mfarion, Lighum, Cumber- Inup, Coles, Douglas, Champaiga, Ford, Traquold, Kuukakee, Will, and_Cook, in sald State, ‘Were come Ploted on orbefore tho 271 day of Beplomber, A, D. 1856, Aud that more than ten years havo clapasd siuco tho éald road and its branches iero ko comploted. Tho entd pooplo of tho State of Iilinols further rep- Tosent {hut undor and by viriuo of the provisious of £ald act of Congrend, making such grant of lands to tho Binie of Tiiinois, for the purpose aforesaid, every. nlternate soction of land in even numbers, eix sdctious in width, on each eide of swd rond and branches theroof, excopt such soctions 08 hud provionsly been 80ld by the Unitod States, or s to which pro-cmption rights had attsched, by virtuo of the promiscs became vested {n the suld Truistees and their successors in * oftice, in trust, for tho uscs and purposce aforcsntd ; and that in Jfel of such alternate mcctions as hind beort 80ld by tho United States, or a8 to which pro-emption, rights hed attached, oflier lands wero fn pursusnce of. tho suid act of Congress solccted, nnd thereby the title to sucls ofher lands was alko vosted in suid Trustees,, in trust, for tho same uses and purposos, i ‘That tho twouty-second section of the said act to fn-' corporate the saidl Illinofs Central Railroad Cowmpany contained the following provision, fo-wi | # Tho aws gclocted undor said ict of Congress, and hereby authorized to bo convoyed, shall ‘bo oxompt; Irom all taxation under tho Juws of this Stuto until, B0l snd conveyed by sald corporation, Aud tho soventeonth soction of eald act olao con- 4ains o provision in (hoss words, to-wit: ¢ All lande: remaining unsold at the expirat {hc completton of suid Toud and. bruuchos st bo offered ut public salo annually, until tho whole is dis~ poucd of, and tho avafls applied to tho paymient of tho wutstandiug bouds of tho Company s aforesald ; or, 3f 110 suck bonda be outstanding, availa to bo paid to #utd Compeny,” 3 Aud tho Pople of tla Stato of Ilfuols, by tho Al- toruey-General, further vepresent and how (o the Court that, although moro than ten years have wlupsod, 88 aforesuid, sinco tho complotion of said road and branchea thoroof, and each portion of suld lauds still remaining unaold by tho said Trustoes and thelr suceesrors, ar still leld. by the safil “'rustecs aubjeot to tha ecs, truste, snd_purposes for which tho itle theroto w80 vested n sald Trustecs, And that sald Trustecs hereinnfter 4a ulhce, Liave witldn thelr posousion, aud dnder thls control, full and accurato descriptious of euid unsold Jnnde, S0 W Lt wotild lead 1o grout prolizty aud bo muter of greut difionity to givo full and acourate descrlptions of sucls unsold lunde {n this petition s that such unsold lands aro situnted fu various countied iu thia Stato, ncluding the Counties of Aloxander, Pu- Insk), Murlon, Union, Perry, Washington, Fayotte, Scl- Ly, Macou, DoWitt, and other countics, aud ihat thoro 36 of wuch Mugold lndy 300,000 acros oF upwards, but that the proclse quantity is best known to eald Trus- tees, ond tho petittoner {a wnable to tate the same with greater accuranoy, t —, A, D, 1806, Tuat on or about the —— day o #afd Johin Mooro, ono of the muld: Trusteos, dled, und ou the 1611 dn{ of October, 1800, John M, Palnor was duly appointed by the Governds as mich Trustes i the’pioco of, snd n8 wuccowor to, ald John Mooro, 80 duceused, and whos oflice ns such Tensioa had bocome vacaut, ond that tho said Morris Ketehum, Stmuct D, Lockwood, aud John M, Paluier aro now,uhd for more thinn five years Jast pust Liuvo hoon, tho scting Truatees, duly appoluted and qualifed as uliel Trustoss, "Lhat {t {8 and bua bieon the dnty of thesaid Morris Ketchum, Sauvel D, Lockwood, and John M, Pulinor, as such Trustecs, (o 0xoouto the trust und porfari the dutics fmposed upon them by virtuo of tho premiscy, sud aunually sjuco the axslrnflnn of ton yesra sfter tlio completfon of said road und_branches, “to offer t ublio sale all smd lands so unsold, uutl) tho whols i Slaposed of ; tuat under and by ViFto af the act of th General - Asscinbly of the Biate of Liiuols, entitleq A act'to compel thio Trustees of the lauds' granted to the Illinols Central Railroad Company to exocute thetr truet,” approved March 28, 1673, to adver. tisa for -male, und offer at public sale, all tlue lauds by the sald act of Qongress grunted as H lon of fon yeurs after, med, and now | atoreasld, and by the Btate] of Illinols conveyed, or | intonded'to Lo conyoyed, to- tho sald Illinvls Oentral allroml Qompany, and by sald Gompany convoyed to B Truatona And THole ativcoors, and. which Temain unnold; upon somo day -during_ tho- months of Oc- tober ad Novembor [ tio yoar 1873, and during tho ‘montya of April and May it 6ach yonr thoreaftar, nntil ol gl Innida nro disporcd of, ot tho Gonrt-Houkes In ench county, in aceordanco with tho provisions of tho Btato in sich ¢ano mado and provided. “Thnt tho nnid Trustcss bavo hithiorlo wholly dlsro- rdod tho provistons of tho statuta aforeantd, and thy «nties of their trust 1 that Lehalf, and have neglocted and rofused to oxcoitto atich trat, and antually offor euch unsold lands at publio salo 3 sud negloctod and rofuscd to advortiso sud offer such Inuds or any_of thom nt publio sala It tho months of October and_ No« vombar, A, D, 1873, of b any othor time in said. yoar a8 required by thoatatuto aforesnid § aud theduticsnnd . obligations 8o impored upon kald Trustees by vietuo of tho promiscs, and. atfll nogleat and rofusoso fo do, con- trary o tha form of tho statuto in suck caso nindo aud rovided, PIRNA thit, by reasort of much fallura of sald Teuateon 10 80 oxoaute thelr trust, said lands so* remaining un- 80ld ato withhold from faxation under tho laws uf tho Blata of Tilinols, and tho people of aaid State ara do- prived of tho bonofts of stich publiasalo of 042 lands, 10 thatr great detriment infury. And tho said peoplo of the State of Hilinols, by tholr Attornoy-Genoral aforosaid, pray that tho sald Morrla Kotolum, Samucl D, Lockwood, and Jolin M, Paimior, the Trusteos of said lsnds of lfl{d 1ilinois Gentral Rall- road Company, may bo summoned to answor this potition in pursnnnco of tho atatuto in aiich caso mado and provided, and in_aocordance with the usago and Fachico of dlits Courtin such cascs, aud that 4pou 110 formal hoarjug of the causa a yoromplory writ of mondamus may bo awardod by thia Courl syainat sald Morrla m\chu’m famuel D, “WWI; and John M. Palmer, and {holr successora as_stic Trintose commanding thom and tholr succeasors toadvertise an o for at pubiio anto and noll to tho highoet bidder (who hioll bid thorofor not_ leas thsn $2_per &cra) sll tho landa romaining unsold which wero granted to tho Btato of Tilinols by virtuo of tho act of the Ovugress of fhio United Btatos entltlod ** An act granting right of way and makiug & grant_of lauds to the Btates of Iili- nofl ‘Missfasippl, and Alabams, in aid of tho coustruio. Hon’ of o road: from Ohicago'to Mobile,” approved Bopt, 20, 1860, and which Janda woro granted pud con~ voyed by tho Stato of Xilinois to tho Iilinols Ceutral Raflroad, in tho manner aforexald, under and by vir- to of the act ontitiod * Anact lo fucorporate tho Tlituoia Ceutral Raflrond Company,” approved ¥eb, 10, 1851 ; and by said Company in purstiance of said act, convéyed totua Trustees thercin. named, and tholr succesgors in such trust 3 aud durlog the months of April ond Moy of tho yoar A, D, 1874, aud in tho ssmo ‘months of each year theroafter, offer at publlo vendue, at the Court-Houso in each county iuthis Btate lu which any of sold unsold lands shall bo situated, all auch Innds in auch county thon romaining uusold, d furthor commanding sald Truatees and thelr suce cessora fu such. trust that, befors maklng auy sich public sale in any county, thoy givo public notice thoreof by advortlsement in some uewspaper publinlicd {n tho cotinty whera tho land fo Lo sold is situnted, ‘which sdvertisemont shall contain a desoription of the Tand, dnd notico of fho timo, torms, and place of ale, sud ' sball bo publishod for at least four successive Wogky prior 10 1o st dny of thiounlo, And furthor commanding said Truatees and thelr succoasora n such trust to offor at overy auch sale, in any county, all tho lands lying in such county, in siich quantitiea as will bo uioat ndvantageous in promoting a foir solo thereof, and not oxcesding 40 aores in one tract, and #oll to the highost and bost bidder or biddera therefor, and that no such lands shall bo withdrawn frow ealo o long a4 any one will bid therefor any sum not lesa than $2 per acro, and that sald land be offered for saloin the ordor advertised,and when any tract fa put up for salo tho auctioneer or 'person eelling skall cry tho same for at lesat fivo minutes ; and that upon the making of any such ealo the sstd’ Trustors mako and eliver to tho purchasor or purchnaors A deod of con- Yeyance, vesting (o title to tho laude sold n such pur- chasor or purchaacrs, 50 thnt sald lands shail thores or become immodiately taxablo, in puratiauce of the, statute in such case made nnd provided, ; And that such other and further procecdings mny had, and orders made heroin, s slnll Lo contorm- ablo toaw, and ns the circumstauces of the case may hereafter roquiro, . MR, NEWELL'S VIEWS, > A reportor ealled on Mr. Nowell, Prosident of the Xllinois Contral, for the purpose of loarning what ho had to sny about the wattor, but he do- clined to bo interviewed, snying that the publio could not poseibly have any interost in the pri- vato affairs of the Company. It hind not boon notified of tho filing of tho potition for the writ, but its pide of the case would be presented to the court by compotent attorneys. Thero remain unsold botween 200,000 snd 800,000 acres of the grant, and the Company claimed that it had compfind with the roquirements of tho lnw. Othors contdudu‘lglml it hind not, and tho matter would be deoided by the courts, THE CONTROVERSY Y sooms to hiave arisen on the coustruction of the words *“ publio sale,” The Company assert that, fixing o prico upon tho lands and allowing any ono to have them who will talce them for the sum namod, is a complianco with the provision with tho provisions of the act of incorporation. The other side, however, olaim that a **public sala” is an suction—that tho lands must be put up aftor proper sunouncement and aold to tho high- est bidder. Until the Suprome Court passes upon tho quostion, tho Company will probably continno selling tho laud pa it has dono up to the proseut time, THE DRED SCOTT DECISION. Caleb Cushing and Judge aneye= ERectification o Misstatementy. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune :~ Bm: Itsocoms thot errors which are gancti- fled by timo are the most difienlt to eradicate. 1t would scom that, after the passion of party- strifo hiad beon allayed, intolligont and account- able moral beings would take no pleusuro in por- potuating a lio which was coined for the purposa of © firing tho public hoart," In order to make o polnt against Calob Cuah~ ing aftor his nomination for Ohief-Justico, the Ohicago Evening Journal statod, or intonded to croate tho impression, that Mr. Cushing, as At- torney-General of tho United States, was coun- gol In the Dred Beott case; and that he fally ad- vocated aud embraced the doctrine of Chief- Justice Taney. And thon the Journal quoted what politicians in former timos put into the mouth of Judge Taney as oxpressivo of his senti~ ments, viz. : Negroes, whother slave or froe, are beings of an in~ forlor ordér, nud altogethior unilt 1o assoclato with o ‘White race, oither In socll or political relutiou §0 far inferior hat thoy haveno rights which mon i bound to Tespect., Tho only poiuts made by the Journal wero both .false: Cushing was not couvsel in the caso, and Chief-Justico Taucy novoer indorsed any such sentiment, and did not pretend to sny that he held any such views., Tanoy was a man of tho very highest character. As a Judgo, America never produced a greater, In point of ability, he was the equal of Marshall; in point of loarning, his _superior. Itis a duty now that qvery luwyor owos, to rescue his character from tho silly attacks of the ignarant nud Jesuitical, It canuot bo expected tuab the Journal could dorstand or appreciate a grout Judgo or lnw- “«,:Jr‘ On nccmm?lx:l’ tho‘nlt-r%puntm! ng, 1 desire lat Tre TrinuNe should repest again what Chief-Justica Tancy did say in that colobnitod opinion (Bes 18- Howard, 407) : ’ Tt 15 diMeult at this doy to Tealizo the stato of public opinion in rolation to that unfortunato race, wiich pre- .vailed In tho civilized and_eulightened porticns of the srorld at tho timo of the Decluration of Iudependonca, und yhon tho_Coustitullon of thy Unitei Slates was framed and adoptod, But tho public histors of every Furopean natlon displays it i a manner too platn to be mistaken, . Tuey hiad *for mora than b contury beforo been ro- gurded aa belnga of an inferior order, sud ultogether linflt to nesoclate with the White yuce, eithier it social or political relations ; und 80 fur Inferior thal thoy ud o rights which the whilo mun wap bound to Tespoct; and that the nogro might Justly aud lawfidly bo reduced to slavery for his benoft. Ho was bought and sold, sud freated as un ordinury articlo of merchundisa and trafllo, whenover & profit could bo mado by it. This opinion o at thnt timo Dxed and universal in tho civilized portion of tho whiteaco, 1t was rogarded us un axiom in moral u woll o In politics, which no oup thouglt of disputiny, or aupposed to be’open to displo s and mon in avery grado und position in socicty dally und babitually actod upon 1t in_thelr private pursults, as woll ua matters of publis concors, without doubting for u 1omont tho correctness of {lis oplalon, And i1 no notion was this opinton mors firmly fixed ormore uniformlyacted upon thau by the Snglish Goy- orument uud Tl beople, Thoy uct ouly velzed o on the const of Africa, and solu them, or held thow in slyvery for thelr own .use, but thoy took thiem, us ordinary srticles of morchandiso, to every aountry whero thioy coulid makos profit on {em, and were far moro oxtensively ougaged n this com= aworeo than any other tution fy the world, Thie opinion thus entertaled aud ucted ipon fn Eng- Tond was naturally Impressed upon the Colonien {iey founded on thia #ldo of the Atlntio. Aud, nccording= 1y, b uegro of tho African race wos regarded by them a6 an articlo of proporty, and lold, and bought, und wold na snich, n ovory one of the Thirtcen Colonica which undtol i the Puclatation of Tudopunduice, aftorwardy formed tho Constitution of tho United Htotes, Tho sluves Were more of lesa niumerous in tha differont Colonjes us slsve-labor was fouud mors or 1oss profitable, But no une seems o have doubted tho correotuesi of tho prevailing opinion of the e, T'ho Chilsf-Tustice was glving tho history of African slavery, and the sentimonts of the Euro- penn yaces upen the quostion; and he simply said that, & hundred years prior to the adoption of the Coustitution of tho United Btaies, the negro way considared as having no rights which tho white man was bound to respect. Oan any oue doubt that such woa tho sontiment in that far-off timo? To deny it i simply to write one- wolf an ignoramus, There are butb fow left who indorso any sucl sontimont; and, indued, there are fow who do not rejoice at the defont of Oaleb Cushing on aacount of hig past politicl soutimonts, But no man with & spark of honesty in bls composition will at this day allege that Judgo Tanoy oxpross= ed sny such harbarous sentiments as Ll own, ‘T'o da 8o simply shows the gross iguorauce of the person assgrting tho sanios P, YESTERDAY'S F{RES, Destruction of the Centrél Union Depot, Several Valuable Cars and Much Boggage Burned, Heavy Conflagration on Siate Street The Total Nosses Amount to $200,000. THE UNION DEPOT. T'wo of tho moat digaatraua fires which have oceurred iu Ohicago sinco the great conflagra- tion broke out yestordsy morning, snd, bofore thoy could bo got undor, cansod tho destruction of several hinndrod thousand dollars’ worth of proporty. The fire firat broko out atthe Central ‘Unlou Depot. THE FIRAT INTRIATION given that somothing unusunl was golng on was tho alarm of firo which rang, out at & fow minutes past 8 from Box &, situatod st tho corner of Lake streot and Michigan avonue, Tho sounder of tho alarm waa Frauk Luiks, tho watchman of the Union Dopot. His first glimpeo of tho fire was got- at tho nows-atand, through the roof of which ho found velumes of smoko Issuing. Belforo ho had timo to sound the alarm the flames lind mado their way to tho raof, and gaiued n stronghold in the very centro of the frame structuro oroctod on tho ruing of tho dopot after tho great firo, Through this it sproad with such FEARPUL RAPIDITY. that, when the ongiuos arrived, it was apparont thnt only part, i any, of tho depot could bo aaved. Tho flremon fonght tho flames enorgot- ically, but tho struggle was an unequal one, and the interior of the dopot was cloaned out by the firo, With a swilch engino somo = employos of the Company bugied themseclves succesafully for some time in tho work of drawing the passonger cars which wera in tho station to a placo of safoty, but wera finally obliged to desiat while sovoral yot ro- majued in tho butlding, which had become one vast fire, upon which tho oxortlons of the firo- men wero completoly unavailing. TIE LOSSES of tha threo railrond companios which ocenpied the station—tho Michigan Contral, the Illinols Coutral, and tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy —org n8 follows: Michigan Contral, two cars budly burned, $7,000; half interest inthe dopot, 87,000 ; baggngo, $8,000, Who building was un- iugured, but on tho othor burned property this railroad hind an insursuce in Eastern compauics a.rnoununf; to about two-thirds of its value, Tho Illinois Coutral tusses wore us follows: Half intorest in tho dopot, $7,000 ; one passon- gor-ear complately dos(mg‘nd, 35.])00; one pag- sengor car bndlg burned, £2,000 ; ono car blis~ torod, 8200; baggage, &5,000, This raflroad had no fusurancoe on any of its proporty de- atroved, Tho losses of tho Obicago, Burlington & Quincy Reilroad wors s follows : One prgsenger car complotoly destroyed, $5,000; ono passonger car Fnrunll,v burned, 32,0005 two cars scorchod, 2600 ; beggage, £2,600, " Tho wholo of this prop- orty way insured in Bastorn cowpupics, Tho only loss sustained by tho Pullman Palace Car Compnny was occasioned by tho scorching of the roar ond of one of their cars, the ** Ruby,” which will entuil & loss of only $600. Tho total number of picces of baggago which were in the station at the timo of the fire wag 276, of whiol only 16 wore gaved. THIE NEWS STAND, Mr. C. W. Lyon, thio proprictor of the news and frait stand in which the firo originated, eati- mates his loess at botwoon 83,000 and $4,000, Tho doestruction of the part of tho building which could burn was most complate, the offortd of tho firemen Leing solely directed to hindering tha spronding of the flamos to other buildings. During yestorday the diferent railroad compa- nles interostod cogitated upon what should bo dono in the way of FUTURL STATION ACCOMMODATION for their passougers, but nothing definito waa decided upon. = Tho Michigan Central and IMinois Central will continue to leave tho Central Depot as ususl, but for a few days will dischargo passongers and \m:ivinge at Twonty- second strect. Pnssengers and baggago coming to tawn by tho Chlcago, Builington & Quinoy Ttond will'have to got off at tho dopot corner of Sixtoonth street sud Indinua avonuo. Tho through trains will continue to siartefrom tho olil plice, Aa n tamporary rosort tho baro walls, which have tiwico fell the fury of n midoight firo and re-echoed tho shouts of excited firemon, will be filled with frame structures, whick will liave to do until tho city sell tho Railrond Com- panies & suitable lot on which to orocl *tho finesb depot in tho country.”” For waiting-rooms aud ticket-ofiieos” in tho present emergoncy, the large double stora in the Armour Dbuilding, on tie corner of Randolph streot nnd Michigan avenue has beoa routad, aud the carpentors are alroady at work fitring it up for the purpose, ONLY TWO CASUALTIES oceurred during tho firo, Ona was the laming of tho anklo of Georgo Lmdlow, propristor of tho dopot restaurant, who lad Lo jump out of & window to oscape the flames, which pregsed close upon hia bock. The othor was tho severe burning of the facos of two firomen I.mloui:lng‘to No. 7 ongine, James Hennoy nnd Patrick IT. Me- Cnbo, 'f'hey woro™ busily ongaged romoving bnggago from tho = burning building, when n nnmber of eartridges explode burning them, and cousing them ot ouco to run forsafoty, McCabe wns more sevorely fu- jurod than Ioanoy, and had to Do taken to his homon a cab. THE BAFES of tho varlons companies wero opened during the afternoon, aud contents found to bs unin- ured, the fire, though furious whilo it lasted, aving been of too short duration to haye much effect upon thom, S THE STATE STREET FIRE. Abont twenty minutes aftor the bronking out of tho railvond depot fire, the alarm sounded frain Box 25, and those of tha city fire enginos, which were not already engaged, ropaired in 1ty direction, As n precautionary mensuro against a possiblae third firebronking out somowhers olso, Muarshal Bonnor sont four eugines back to their quarters, With tho romninder of the now- comors ho tackled tho socond flve, which was dig- covered to bo in the stone-front building Nos. 296 and 208 Stato stroet, occupiod by Armstrong & Co,, s an ofl and paint store. As is nsual in fires fed by such inflammable material, the tlames, spoodily spreading, obtained in & short timo comploto possession of the building. THE NEAT OF THE FINE was go intenso that tha 8t. James Llotel opposite smioked from roof {o basement, and u stream of wator had to be divorted from Lhe main fire to hinder its snshen and woodworle from bursting into flamo. In o short timoe the fire spread to Dorwin Church’s ' ITonsckeopers’ Rusort,” next door south, and Colby & Wirts' furniture atore, next door north, The inflnmmnble naturo of tho matorial in this luttor slore gave tho fire a frosh impotus, and incronsed the chances of ono inthe hotol over tho way., Boforo it was gob under wuy the lire attacked Johu A,'Reiss’ cigar #tore, No. 298; W. . Bticknoy's undorwonr store, sud the Woven Wirs Mattross Company’s store, in No. g8, IF PALIING WALL. Whilo tho fire was al its heighl the front wall of Ammhon{,’ & Cus store came orushing to the gronnd, having givan just enough warning of ity intention to do o toallow the escapo of & half-a-dozen flremen, who wore standing im- medintely bonenth it. TIIE WIND FELT, at this moment, and the fivenian madn & Insting impregsion on “tho flames in the_top umrfi of Uolby & Wirts’ furniture store, Fighting baok tho flames on the south, in the nantlfiug shell of what was oncae Ohurch's * Housokeopors' Ro- sort,” tho fivemen confinod thewm to that locull- ty, and in o brief holf-lour it was apparont that the firo was conquered. During tho rost of tha night and day ongines played upon tho rnius of the completely-destroyed stores of Colby & Wirts and Merwin Church, During the fire thore was CONMIDERABLE EXOITEMENT In tho vielnity of tho burnlng buildings, more cupoolally in {ho 8. Tamos Hotol, lnsediatoly opposite, ‘Ulio guosts of that hotel who wero ocenpying frout rooms woro early mude aware of tho dungeroun proximity of the enomy, and ‘wisely got up from their ‘beds, and propared for suddon dopartura whonover it might bo deemed { nocossnry, ‘There was no paulo, however, tho only occupanta of tho hotel who lost their heada ‘[ on €ho oceanlon baing some of tlio fomalo ner- vanty, who had boon burnod out: in hotel firos proyioualy, and who) made up their bnndles and Tusliod from tho I.mhdlngLLo plnco of enfoty as nfl)’ifl] In the viclnity of Liucoln I'ark a8 pos- siblo. L.088 AND YREUTANCE. Tho loss on tho vhlllmlnv'hy tho pm‘quntom, and on stocks by tho storekoopers, as woll as tho amount ot their insurancos, wore compiled by Mr. Blonn, a8 follows 3 ‘I'ho atoro Nos. 200 and 208 Siate stroot was ownod by Mr, 13, G, Mason, and was Insured as followsy _Commoraial Union, $7,600; Noyal, £6,000, Tt was oconpiod by Armstrong & Oo., denlors In painta dnd oils; total loss about 00, insured ns followa: Atlantio and $2,000¢ Lycoming, €3,600; Poun, $2,6003 -Fairfiold Compnny, $3,000; Ameriean (., $2,600; Gorman, Erlo, 8800; Humboldt, N. J., $2,600; Ponusylyania, $2,600. Tho thir floor was occuipied by Yeoman & Co., manufao- turors of spring bedd,—total loss abont $4,0007 inaured {n Atlautic and Paciflo for $1,260 ; Allo- manin, 0., $1,360, ; ‘No. 800 and 302 Stato atroot, fonr-story stono, were surllnlly dostroyed. Loss ou building, about 26,000, Insured in Commercisl Unlon, $7,600; Royal, 85,000, Ocenpled by M. Ghurch's THonsekoopora’ Tosort, Loss, about 820,000 to 825000, Insured in Homo (0.), &1,000; Zitnn, €6,000; Girard, $2,000; Gorman Amorit can, $3,000; Hutunl (Now Orloans), #3,000; Na- n;mnl of Hartford, 81,000; Atlas (Now Orlenus), No, 304, stone front, owned by 8am Bogardus, wag dmnzll;;nd to tho oxtont of $2,000, Insuros in the Undorwriters’ for ©5,000;- Imgurm,' §2,000; Homo, §3,000; Howard, $3,000, It wes usad by M. W, & E. F. Lostor, doslors in atovos, Loss on atock botwoon $6,000 and $10,000. In- suranco: Adrintio, 82,000; Millvillo, 81,000; Al- lomnnin, X‘n.‘ $2,000; Citizons', N. J,, £8,000; TFiromon's Hund, $8,000: Allomanin, Ohio, 83,000 ; Globo, $9,000 ; Gorman, Erio, $2,000, Nos, 202 and 204, stone front, four-story, owned Dy Oruon Smith, 'waa damagod to the amount of $4,000, Ineurance :*Commotcinl Union, 856,000 ; Efnn, 85,0005 London, Liverpool & Globo, 86,000 ; " Troders’, $3,000. by Cofby & Wirts, 'turnitura dentors. Loss, about $10,000.to 815,000 on stool, Insurance : Homs, Ollo, 4,000’ Paoplas’, of Trauton, . ., &3,600; Noptunc, 92,600 ;' National, Phila~ delphia, ©1,000; Arfmonia, $0,000; Firo Asso- clation, $5,000 ; 'American, Philadelphia, £3,000; Pouusylvania, $600, snd 5,000 on ronts. ‘No. 200 algo damaged ; was owned by Aloxan- dor; Loss, 300, Insurance: Home, Howard, This _was occup{oti and Mauhattan, 95,000 oncli, - Occupiod by J. N. .| Roiss ag cigar atore. Loss, $100. Insured in £henlx, of Brooklyn, - for 21,000, * Millor Broth- ;:m. who ocoupled third floor, sustained a small [ArN OTHER 1035, 88 v o -The dsmnge to the Bt. Jamos Hotel did not: amount to niore than $300, which amount will cover the harm done to the rear of Now. 41 and 43 "Third avonue. e THE OAUSES. 'Tho causo 0f noither firo had boen discovered feulurdny and though susploions of incondiar- sm worg by no mosns uncommon during yestor~ dny, #till tho dostruction in both casos ‘was so complete that all ovidences of an incendiary act muat have beou destroyed, if thoy ever existed. EVAPORATION OF LIQUOR. # Onoof the losers by the firc was a whisky firm, whoso barrols of gonerous fiuids, in-tho ex- citoment of tho momont, wore trundled into tho stroot without the. roseucrs fully having duo re- spect to whether their bungholos were proporly secured or not. _Hore wng & goldon opportunity for the omploymient of a surreptitiously ineerted straw, The liquor-doaler doos not know whother such iustruments wore or woro not brought into 'm:f' but ho does know that such of ‘tho kegs and barrole a8 wero not socurcly bunged the night before were minus a numbor of gallons yestorday morning, Take the two firos togothar, they gnve tho firemen, who worked splondidly, 28 hard o night'a work ns they have nd since the 8th of Octobwer, 1871, ‘MRS. WILLIAMS. What o Lady-Correspondent Says of'| Xler, Washington Letter to the Cincinnati Gazette, « Nrs. Williams las, after all, beon the hoad and front of the offonding. Into her early bistory has been insorted tho phalanges aforo- gaid, and her slortcomiugs have been inspeoted by tho light of soclal magnifying glasses, cous- ng the verdict to go forth to the world, ** Meno, Mono ' Tekel, Upharsin 1" And, nceording to & fiat on her lator life, *Mrs, Williame' carriage bos stopped bor husband’s way to the Chief- Justicosbip."” > Hhe is a woman above the medinm hoight, with a small, wol-shaped hoad, crowned with wavy, black bair, & slraight, rather thin noee, larye, molting, dark 65es, srohed over with'delicate eyobrowvs, rather tdo much. color for tho proverbial spiriluelle of American wom- on, a long, whito, full throat ; and neclk, bust, and arms bordoring on the suporb, with & alight touch of Oleopatra voluptuousness. She carrios herselt casily, gracefully, proudly, Thus sbo appoarsat tho age trembling somowbere botween tfi‘u late thirties or early forties. -Her mannera are unoxceptionably cordial, and hor drossing rich. Bho must have boen very striking asa girl, of the prouonce typo, with starthng bold- ness of boauty given by tho contrast betwoon Dlack hair and daxk fringed oyes, with clear, fair akin and boightened color. But age and assoecla- tion have toned the contrasts down to mellower tints, and hor wonderfully quick intnitions have adapted hor to the varions conspioions positions which sho has onsily and naturally mln(}. g Hor oarly history is as full of romance as oo of Dumas’ novels, and I dare Rhods Broughton to produce a story to eclipseit. At 16 she mar- ried ageinst hoer parents’ wishes a man whoso subsequent trestment of hor vindicated the family's disapproval nud ber application. for o divorce, Thoso woro tho duys whon her lioad- strong, impotuous nature was strong withiu her, aud hor own will hor only law. -Following its dictates, she drifted westward, perchanco for! advonture, peradventure mn hopes of a fortune.. Thoro, girl-oman a8 eho was, with tho wavos of solf atill surging unsubduod, after teachin, musio for awhilo, sbe consonted o bow hor neck a socond time to an unhusppy matrimonial yoke.' Heor socond husbond, Mr. Goorge, was & driver on _ono of tho lines of stages crossing tho plaius, and proved to bo o good-for-nothing fol- 10w, who fraquoutly abused hier, and had nothing $o recommend him but & sort of devil-may-caro, bandsome fuco. A protty picture his wito ofton, afforded the tourist as, standing before their Iofi- cabin, sho stood with Lor whito arms, bright faco, and simple dress, banging -out the family: linon, Hor husband’s trentment becamo nt last 80 unendurabl that frionds procured for hor tho, services of Judgo Williams, thon & quiet Wostern lawyer, who loosed Ler from her uuhappy. thral-: dom_through tho medium of o divorca. Mrs, George still wostwsrd pusbod her- - woy to Cahfornia, and taught school ~in' San_ Fraucisco, where many yenrs afted- ward Judgo Willinms meb and married the womnau the momory of whoso poculinr beauty hud never loft him. Whon she hoard her hus- band, Mr. Georgo, was sick, she traveled miles to watch ovor him in his last hours, aud was with him when ho died. The woman has marvelouy adaptability, and spirit, sud nerve, and ambition ouough for Agrippina hersell, and, withal, the tact and exocutlye ubility to' rajso Herself alop with the advauciug fortuncs of her husvand, I may bo that her ambition has o'erreached itgell and that it would have been better for hor bnad she restod coutent with berhusband as Attornoy- General, for 1n that position ihe cobru Suclety inflated not fts venomous head, aud such whis- perd ns lind beon floating about wore nllowed to vaaisl in thin ailr. Now slio lies strandod on the sonds of her own high-ronchings, stung to denth by the asp of social tongues. I for one am sorry that from o brave s spirit the goblet of luscious renlization has boen so rudely suatched, e A A Conve il ‘Tragedy. The London Eclio remarks: “Bustor lot thy gorrows ceaso; sinful brother, part In peace,” aro grisly words, apt to haunt thio pillow of ovory youthful reador of Bir Walter Boott's masterpiece, I'ho awful drams, of whick thoy form the climax, hias too often had its countorpart of reality.:Tho tracos of o conventual tragedy bave just Doen discovered, say the Neue Frele Presse, In tho court-yard'of & convent adjoining tho Chureh of 8t, TBuphomia, at Vorous, Some children play-~ Iug In this yard amuecd themselves by throwing stones at the wall, a small portion of which gavo way, and foll inward, In tho cavity thua detcet- ed was found & large, roughly-hown waoden_chest, containiug tho bodies” of n may and woman, Both had heon docapitatod, aud their heads Iay nt thoir feat, 'I'heso corpses were reducod almost to Lho condition of skele- tons, That of the man appearod to belong to one in the full vigor of early manhood, that of the woman botokoned extreme youth aud por- foction of form, the hands aud foot belng sur- pris[ng‘lfl smolland well-shapod. Whatromainod of hor drons showed that sho was olther & nun or in some way connactod with tho religlous estab- lishimont wWhioh has lofe this momento of its oxistence. The man appears to Liave worn an embroldored shirt, which loads to tho Inference that he, like Marmion, had sought his Con- stauce on forbidden grouud, and pald tho pen- slty of his tomerity with Lis lifo, Tho cloister of Bt. Euphemia belonged to the Augustinians, and Wwaa abolished in 1806, * ELEVATED RAILWAY. A Novel Device by n Chicago Inventor. Description of the Proposed Road, Cars, Methed of Run- : ning, Lte. It Will Boe Practically This Summer. Tested The aim of inventors socms to bo chiofly di- rocted toward tho discovory of netw monns of ap- plication of tho old forcos in common uso, and raroly toward tho utillzation of the forcen of Noture, which aro always in operation, and which cost nothing oxcopt tho machinery to ap- ply thom. Tho sun’s heat, the prossure of the atmosphero, and the attraction of gravita- tion bavo boon almost wholly ignored ns usefal ngouts, and oven clectrlelty is npplied to a vory limited numboer of uses, and, whon employed at all, is firat croatod by chomical combinations in- stoad of being collosted from tho groat reservoir, nut wiroot, whoro she boro an tnoxcoptionabl: gnml namo, Lnat Auguat shio went to live witl oNtit an his witd, although slio waa not mar- tlod Lo him untll Novombor, whon Juslico Ran- non tlod the matrimonial to, It now Lranaplros Lhat this marrlago was mado uu]ul‘y Lo sovor up Lhls [»rnmuflunlml murder, and obtafn tho #6,000 from the insurance company in whioh MoNutt hnd fusurod his life, 16 wan nob untl wovornl monthy_ aftor tho policy had hoon Unlean o in favor of Mra, McNutt that Mise Bry- and wnn duly marrlod to hor husband, Wisner nnd MoNutd olowod up thelr shop in this oity soon altsrwardi nnd wont Lo Wichitn, and o fow daya bofore Ghristinns one of thom came to Kanena Olty and Indnceod poor Hoivers, n harmloss and woll-known young man of McGao's Additlon, to g0 bock with him to Wichitn, to bo murderod s ronnted, /o that his body shonld porsonnta that of MoNutt, upon whoso Ufo tho $6,000 #hould ho obtainod, “The tragady was played to tho bittor ond, Mra, MoNutt, in s fit orvnng\jllnb snd romorso, wroto to hor husband aftor tho in- nooent vietim had bean taken down, to reline uish his horriblo Intention. Sho_was too Into § tho hollish deed biad boon dono. Winnor is un< dor arrent, Mra. MoNult wna takon from this city Inst night, and will probably save her lifo by becoming & witness for the Btate. MoNutt hns boon traced to hin_ hiding-placo, and it I8 likely s beon captured bofore thin. THE LIVE-STOCK MARKETS, CHICAGD, . ! TuiADAY EVENING, Jan, 20, 'Thio recelpts of live stuck dusiug the week v beon as follows : Mothor Barth, In fuct, it scoms aa |l 00 Yloas, | Shecp: it tho forcos which- omo would think | Tuosdey, o0 100 most available aro thoso loast kuown Fressi I8 <t and emploged. Tt hna boon loft to o Obicago | samesiossiont esiirs:: i inventor to make onoe of the first, and, npparent- Bhipmenta wera a8 follow: 3 1y, most successful, attompts to utilize tho at- Hogn. Sheen, traotion of gravitatlon as 6 monns of rapid Joco- | Mondsy... LLO6T 4707 600 motion, Mr. E. G. DBlathewick, 'a commission morchant doing business at No, 53 Wost Lalko stroot, Lios rocontly patonted a devico fora streot railway, dopondont upon gravity for the motive owor, - After four yoars of trfal ana study in 15 loisuro momonts, io has obtamed & result which promises to bo completoly succesaful, ‘Tho railway {tsolf consists of o sorios of in- olived tracks, clovated upon o frome- work of hoavy pillars and trestles, upon whioh the wheels * which carry tho car trayol. The - ceniral posts aro - heavy timbors, twelve inches square, into which are sot tha cross joiats which support thie double tracks on each sido, The innor track 1a set ono foot from the post, and the outer is eightoon inches from tho innor. Tho tracks aro sot on beds, two by fourteon inches, nud aro braced to the. trostie-work and to eachi othor. Tho cars do not rua o the tracke, but o seb of four wheols with grooved ml.ius travel on tho half-round ralls, oand the car is suspouded from tho axles of theso whoela by wiro ropo. On starting at tho highaat oint of “tho firet scction of track, tho car is Jang about ono foot oloar ot tho gronnd, and, a8 the Bections aro one mile long or mora, and tho grade is about twenty-five foot to tho mile, it is ovident " that tho car would strike tho ground within n ve: short distance. To obyiate this, a large wheoel, 5 fook in diamotor, is placod at the front ond of tho car, on tho uido. This whool is turned by sfiolmn, likke o ship’s whoel, and tho bold pilot of tho car oceupies little platform whero ho can keop a lookout for passengers and work the ma- olue, As the wheols descend the inclive, the oporator winds up the car a distance correspound- ing to tho vortical full, by means of his large whool, and o sorios of pinfon-wheels which turn tho shaft to which tho supporting rope is nt~ tached. 'The caris thus keptconstantly at tho ssmo distance from the ground at which it startod, and the exertion necessnry is uob grent, owing to the lightness of the car and the leyeraga ob- tained by tho gearing, The tracks are arraugod with opposite’ Inclination on opposite ides of tho posts, 8o thnt tho cars travel in opposite di- rectious on ench side. As abovo atated, the averago length of the in- clined sections is ono mile, but the road can be extonded iudeflnitoly by &’ simple contrivance. On reaching the lowest poin, the wheels run upon & piece of track which slidos vertically in grooveways to tho hoight of the original utarting-point. "The trestle-work here is azain bigh up, tho whoels start on their descont onco more, and tho journoy continues.’ The car ft- solf is noithor raised nor lowered, but the wheol is simply thrown out of gesr, aud the rope un- winds from the cylinder to be rewound ns tho whools agnin descond. The sets of wheols weigh loss than 100 pounds oach, and aro raisod by tho doscent of a couuter-weight at oach sta- tion, where n station-keopor is placed to attend tothio chauging of wheols from tho lower Lo the . uppor track. Euch car carries ton persons, for oach of whom & seat is provided with a sliding door for each seat, nnd, whon thoy are filled, no moro passengors can bo carried. The cars woigh about 6500 pounds ench, and cost from 75 to 100, 1t Is thoupht that the road will not cost ovor £2,000 por mile whero tho incling I8 not over twenty feot to the mile. The rato of speed, of course, depends upon the amount of tho Incline, and the weight of the cur and pas- sengora. Tho full cars vhould bave & spood of fliteen milos per hour, with au inclination of twonty-five fect to the mile. They may bave morg, but the conductor has a brake upon the wheels, and anothor check in tho shape of cwo obliquely indlined iron rods which will dvag along the ground to prevent latoral motion of the car. Thoy can bo pressed into the gronnd by & treadle, snd tho forward motion thua hocked nlso. . Mr. Blathorwicl’s idea ia tothave his railway first put on trial along the lake front, from Rau-~ dolph stroet to Park Row. 1t will not bo fn tho way there, and its merits can bo mlli' tested. The lino could then be _oxtended to Kenwood, . Hydo Park, and South Park, if thought dosira” “blo. It is lso undor advisciaont o uso it on tho right of way obisined for a narrow-gauge railway to Evanston, It is claimed for it thativ can bo usod for botl long and short distauces, Some cara will be *¢ through cars,” making no CATTLE=In ‘comparison with yesterday there was a noticeablo falling off in the demand for the different grades of cattle, and prices woro oaslor all around. Although from {tio openng thoro waa a Inck of aninis- tion in trads, prices woro tolerably woll sustainied an~ il sfternoon, Wwhen thoy settied down 10@16o per 100 Ibs, 'The dirhinisbod nctivity and tho dopreciation i values werocaused by the too liboral recoipts and the less fuyorablo tono n{lll\"cfl! from the East, the slight advanco establlalted yestordoy in New York not having been sustained, whilo telegrams from othor points also indicated osn favorablo stato of trade, Tho fact that the offorings were not 8o desirablo also oporated ngainst tho pelling Interest, and, all things consldored, it was a ratlior unsatisfactory market-day. Very fow first-clans_atoors were to bo aoon, and, with perhapa & holf-dozen exceptions, there wore no transfors at o bigor figure than.$5,50. Thoro was & goodly num- ber of socoud and third clnss cattle, for which thers -wore buyers nt $5,40@5.60 for tho former, .nud at $4,00@5.%5 for thoTatter. Tho offorings of atock ateora werp somowhnt moro numoraus than on yesterday, atid holdora Woro obligad {0 concedo s Littls in order to effect pales, Tho deciine in this class of atock, Liowover, was not considarablo, saloa making ot $3.00G 4,00 for Joor to primo lots, The reduction in butcliers® Bin{T was & strong 16c, and as much of that gart ro- mained unsold ot tho ‘eloso tho probabilltics aro in favor of alill lower prices to-marrow, Wo uoto sulo ot $2.30@2,78 for scallawags ; at $3.00@4.00 for butch- ora’ cattlo and stockes at $4.60@5,23 for common to good sbipping grades ind at $5,40@8.95 for cholce to oxtra do, The market closed quiot and cesy : QUOTATIONS, [Extra Beoves—Graded steers, 0 1,330 Ih Choled Lewvi o, o to & year old stecrs, aversging 1,300 to 1,450 18,000, ateerd, ayeraging 1,200 to 1,350 1bs, Medium Gradea—=8toers in fajr flosh, ay aging 1,130 to 1,00 1bs...... Dutchers' Btock—Common to fair steers, aud good to oxtra cows, for cily sluughter, I overaging 850 10 1,100 ... vies « 3,26@4.25 Stock Cattle—~Comimon eattle, fu decent flosh, averaging 700 to 1,030 1s. ... 9,0084,00 Iuferior—Light and thin cows, heifors, stags, bulls, and ecalawag steer Cattle—Texas, cholco corn-fed. Cattlo—Texns, summored Nor Cattle—Texus, through droves, o 5408050 490520 4.50@4.75 OATTLE SALLS, No. 18 atack cattle, 64 ‘Toxas steers, 17 medium ateer 19 stock stoers. 14 stock steers, 19 comwuon secrs. . 82 chiotcesteers. 20 seallawags. 65 falr atecrs, 2 fair ptocrs, 17 good stecrs. 14 cholcosteors. . 34 Toxas stears. 23 stock stoers. . R Y HOGE—'hero & lively compotition Dbotween packers snd shippers, which” sont up prices a atrong 10@15¢ per 109 Ibs on all descriptions_grading abova “common.” The pupply on sl was lizht, amounting to only about 12,000, and by tho middle of the afler~ noon only & few seattering lots remuined unsold, Tho prices pald ranged oll ths way from $L76@4.90 for poor and_common mixed, coatse, and uneven_droves, fo $5.60@5.00 for extra ; but moat of -tho duy’s busi~ nesy was transacted ot $5,15@6.40 for medium to good qualitics, Somo lalf-dozenof our eity psckors wers oporating, aud they succeodsd n_ soenriug tha larger portiou of the animals, notwithstanding tho_sctive Dreseuce of buyors from all the principal Gastern mar- ketw, Tho quality was bettor bt on suy day of Inst week, {liero Ueiny a vory percopliblo fulling off in tho supply of inferlor and common grades, _All old, aud tho narket elosed firm at $4.00@5.00. Following uxo stop except at cnch milo station, Othe | OBe? 100 saLES, .era will “bo used for tramsiout brovol ( No. Av. Price|No. Av. PricelNo, Whon o cor going in ono dircotion | U3 8L $5.20 | 64 192 §5,60 | 44 ly omptiod, at the noxt station It will o shifted | 79 8L 525 | 31 across 0 tho rolurn track and kont to tha termi- | 43 s 2 nus. In this way, peoplo J:Blug whort distancos:| 40 in st will tako the way cars, and will bo ablo to goton | 5 - u or off where thoy plouso, Pooplein & hurty to | 1 b H go long distances will not be_detained by stop- | au 303 ™ pages to take on and Iot off the way pnesen-| 35 274 0 gers. ] = 319 5 A stock company is now in process of forma-| 10 o 49 tion, and it is probablo thal a lino, in somo dirco- | 43 o ™ tion, will bo in oporation by tho middlo of sum- | 3 6 a mer, - It is claimod that a car, in passing along, [ 200 204 will take up no'niore” room than two persous | 63 391 e} .01 walking abronst, and that at all other times the | .68 s 163 .60 posta alona will bo in the way. Tha trostlo-work | 109 a0 o7 .16 cwn_ be ornamentod, aud ncad not bo moro uu- | 3% e s ol sightly than n row of iclopraph polos. Thoad- | 53 b % 00 vantages gaiued will ho quick rides at chonp | g3 00 108 40 fares, and, the cost of building being so little, | &1 404 LS A0 the , roads can be run to every loeality uuudlnfi kil as 46 W45 them, Persous to whom horae-car and ¢ bug oL 209 43 .40 travol Ia slow and disngreonble, and also quite ‘5; é% 85 40 oxponsive, will hail with pleasure any invoution | 132 30 5 4 which will guarantee comfort, spced,-and n re- | gy 300 I 60 duotion of ratos, It dr. Blafherwick has pro- | "7 wi & ] duced such & machiue, ho will undoubtedly reap | 25 263 B, 5 95 an enduring harvest of gratitude and emall:| 105 300 530 41 90 chngo, 02 21 625 |81 20 W18 530 , SHEEP—This market was again characlerized by TIE WICHITA TRAGEDY. o0l dogees of ity i pYSRUnar 3 it 50e i ply—were firmer and highor, the sdvauco reaching Arresat of the Wife of Onc of the Mur=- derorg==I1ow Shoe lfecame an Accome plice in the Orime, Fron the lansua City Times, Justico is slow at times, but ever sure. From the ashes of tho fonrful holocaust at Wichitu tho spirit of tho mupdored Solvors, alins Texuy, hay come u ory for justico, which promiios to be sat~ jefled go far ns lios In the powoer of man to grunt it, The woman who was Dby hor own written confession, mada in au intorcepted lettor to her husband, MoNutt, au accomplice to .thia mout hoartless aud borrid enmo, was arrested last uight in this olty by Mushal Pago, nnd” fuwrnod ovor to Bheriff Smith, of Sedgwick County, Kan., ou & requisition iysucd by Gov. Osborn, Mrs. MeNutt bore hor arrest with groat ecalm- ness, It was tho calmucss of despuir, Bhe, of tho threo murdorors, s the leant guilty, and should bo regarded more with pity thuu blamo. Bho was tho wifo of a man to whom she had given hor honor months before ho ginvu her hiy liamo, and then when tho time artived for tho porpotration of the horriblo crime, sho wrote a iteous appeal to MoNutt to refiain from staine ug his hunds in the lifo-blood of an innocont ‘man, Tus appes! foll into tho hauds of the authoritios at Wichita, and is one of the strong- o8t proofs of Winnor's and MeNutt's guilt, "tho story of Brs, MoNuit's lito 18 briof but rathor intoresting, and as this caso ls likely to oxoito goneral publio interess, it will not bo at this timoe out of JI]“L‘G to lay it beforo our rend- ora. Blio Is tho daughter of n poor but respect- ablo family lg tho name of Bryant, residing near Liborty, in Olay County, Al the ago of 18 tho loft homo and went to Leavenworth, Kansas, whore sho went to work In a hotol. It was here sho met with tho anthor of hior pronont trouble, Mr, MeNutt, and sho conceived a passion for him which nothing bns as yot oradicated, When MoNutt came to Kaneas Qity aud wont into busi- ness, ornnlng B ‘n(ntor‘o shop on Missourl ave- nue, Miss Bryaut also camo to this ity and wont to work in a rospootablo boarding-houve on Wals 103160 per 100 1bs, We now quote good to chuice at $4,76@0,35, aud poor l(sou mg_:llum at $3,60@4.40.. Y Boreavo, dan, 2, reported atlvals, 1614 kot was low, own OATTLE—Recelpta, ineluding otal for (b week, 4,281, Tho axking A(@3{e advauce from % closing prices ; buyers holding off for lower ralos. "Pherp wos o Jargo attondunco of Eastern and country byers,. . . Hiuee AR Lidsna—-Rocolpts, 6,0005 totsl for wok, 17,000 Tho market was slow and strong at o de” clfuo from last weeks closhug prices, A largo inmbor of aheop wera forced on tha market by last week's ad- vauco fu priccs, T yards avo crowded, Tods~—Recalpté, 1,700 fotal for tho wegk, 13,300 Lead, ngainat nig lx‘fnd foe | 5(%‘5-% timo lust woek, orkers, §5, 6,603 lieavy, $5.1 400, s U000 e St H—Arrivals, 6,700 ; morket 10 sules of Ilve wolght bo- foro "Clumgo, Dreswod dull and lower, closlug at 6@ 4o for vlty; GHGT2o for Weatern, Easit LIDERTY, BA, Easy,_Linenry, Pa,, Jun, 20,~0A3rre=—Arrivals, 07 corw, Meilinm, S@6H0: common, 4¥G4Ku 4 bulls, $2.70@! Fons—Arrivals, 44 core, Duat Philadelplils, $5.608 5.90; Yorkors, .00, Siprr—Arcivals, 43 ‘cars, Bost, 25.00@5.95 ; medium, $L00@H,75; comwmon, $3,0061,60, . - MARKLITS BY TIEEGRAPH. Forelun Marketu, Ltvervoor, Jun. 20—11 a, m,—Flour, 28s@20a 6d, Wheat—WVintor, 198 $0@129 83 spring, 124 4dG10a 4 “white, 134 Gd@148 7 club, Ta@lda 0. Corn, 41s 90, York, 07a 0d, Lard, 424 da, Liveuroot, Jau, $0—-3 p, m—~Wheat quiot; spriag 126 805 white, 138 7d@138 10d; olub, 14s@1ds 2d, Cor, firwor of 424 0d, LivEtoos, Jan, 20—5 p. m.—Cotton easlors up- 203 Orlsana, 85d, Balos, 10,000 baluag Aimoers apeculation and oxport, 2,000, Salea of uplady, Lotbiug below good ordluney shiptied Decome ber,'8d ; shipped February and Maroli, 8 1-10d ; nothiv, below low middiings, deliverablo in Fobruary au March, 84, Bales of Grleans, nothing bolosw good ordis uary shipped Jonuary and Fobruary, Swd, - Dreadstulfa quiot and atoady, excopt for’ corn, which s drmorat 424 0d, Wheat, 19¢ 7A@l 20d for ayer — ] ago Cullfornia whito; 14a@14s 24 for club do; @128 10d for et Wu'lgrn ?snng. i 3308 'rovislons—Dacon, 30s 04 f “’;l“" {0{ .h;m c]:len{'mradfiu." long clear middles § ocolpts of whieat for flio paat thy auariorh, ncluding 82,000 Amosarn o 4878 41,000 Yarna 'and_fobrics ot Manchosicr dull, with & downward tendonoy, LoNDOK, Jatl, 205 P, M.~Tho zate of dincount in open markot for thros montha' billsta 3 por cent which §s % per cent below Uhe bank rate, Tho apount of hnllion withdrawn from tho ank on belanco todsy 18 £123,000, Cougols for monoy, 02/{@02% ; on acconnt, 034 @ - Uittea Binten Bocurittor—Dondn of 13, 103) ; do of 07, 108 10-408, 105i(; now 5, I Naw' York Cantral, 943, Brlo, 4nj(; preferted, 10} -~ Tallow, 402@403 31, “Bugar, on apot, 28a 20@208 § afloat, 208, Lingced ofl, 2043204 0, FndNkront, Jun, 20~ Botidn of '03, 98)¢. LAnts, Juv. 20,—Rentes, G8C 250, ANTWERY, Jou, 20,~Patroleum, 91% francs, Tho Woal Trado. Pniuapgrenia, Jan,. 20,—Wool in good demand, firmor, and scarcs. Ohwp, Penveylvanin, and. West Virginia doublo oxia and bove, Si@5fa ; extra, 5@ 8707 modium, E5@B760 ; coar 80@520 ; Now York, Hichigs ana, and Weatorn fine, 60@630 ; modiurmy 83@8ta ; coara, 50 ombing, washed, 625 @050 % combing, nuwarhod, 40@131¢0 ; Canada combing, 63@ 050 ; Nno unwashed, 30@37)¢o¢ cosrso and modium washiod, 80@380 ; ub-waahod, 63@aGe, - LV e o d Now York Dry«Goods Market, 3 Nrw Yonx, Jan. 20,—Manufacturors' agents tepos more activity in tho’ distribution of staplo_cotton an: wdolon fabeles, Tho markat for colton goods fa steady, with_an advancing tonderioy on blenchd shirtinge Dapor-camirice ete, Medium and whita grouud fatcy Lrinta aro morb activo in_ st hands. “Worsiad droda A h good ttomand; worsted coat| 44 enesimores selling freely, wiatlngs e an The Produce Marlots, w Yomw, Jan. 20, 5 ; oo Yons, Jan jorroN—Quiet; middling nEADATUFFA—Flour hesvy and lowor's receipts, suporfing Weatorn aud State, £5.80@0,40 5 common to good extra, $8,0080.90 ; good to choi 0 (53 sv{glw Wheat exirs, s1.'§"u@am-, axica Lauls, $0.80@11.00, . Ry flour firm ; Western, $4.25@ b . bu: No. $1:568@1.00 1 LG, $1.54@101 5 Wostorar, 81713, quict: Wostern andl Stalo, $1.05@1.10, . Barloy scarces Weatorn, $1,00, Malt quiet, Corn in fair demmnd and bighor ; res colpts, 74,000 bu ; new mized Wostern afloat, 86@H0c 3 old do In wtoro, 04300 : afloat, Dir, Oats henvy and lowor ; recelpts, 94,000 bu ; mied and white Westor, bicago, ;. Town 1fax—Unchianged, - lors—Klrn § go5d to choles, 30@Hte: low to tatr, anocenms—Coffee firm and_buoyant ; Rio, 2@ 280 ¢ stock on band, 16000 bags, iges dul md H v {0 gool rof ) T34 N NI}IW Orlenns, U'llgflxc. 5 ,._@7}‘0 nhfl."."--| 'ROVISIONS—Pork firm; now moss 0,25 ; prime, $1400; Drimo. mebs. $16 0GBA0 Biet sy cut menta unchanged. Middlos leld ighor ; longand ot oleat g5fo; ahort cloar, Fobruncy, ‘S, Tira 3 primo_ateam, 03c, i 191 Tobruseys Do ‘Mareh s it Appil. A 9 1108 BuTTER—] Wostern, 95@aso, TunvexTINg—Hirmor at 48GA0c, Wit r—A shado firmor at 09/ 200, SLWAUIER o MLwATKER, Jon, 20.~DBaeAvsTopes—Flot and unchanged, Wheat stendy ; No. 1, !l.fl!{“g :.!;f $1.224¢ coliy $1.227¢ February ; $1,25% Marehi, 0!\.& Bend No, 1, 4040, Corn firm ;. No. 2, 68%0c, Rye | Haayt No.1,700. Darloy sem;'No, 2 4105 g s—Pork, ). _Bweel-pickled hams, 9@ 10¢, Lard firm; kottlo, i ! e o, D3(@03{¢ ; steam, Oc, irensed, 030, bt 8,000 briu; whoat, 6,400 bu ; hogs, " Suivsexte—~Tlour, 3,000 brls; whest, 9,000 buj hogs, uone, - 81, Lo st B‘l;’. LOU1S, 'Y 018, Jan, 20,—DBREADSTU) k. unciistigod,’ Whteat Gul A iaves For lffi'fin“," et $1.25% Did for. sampla late; No,8 red full $1.43. Qorn dull and droopiug ; No, 2 58:@50c, east elevator 6332 March, Oatsdulland nnsettied s lowor to. sell at }hn %&"fl%figg{gb’ ‘fi’i‘?“ ¢e. Barley grm ; Towa spring $12631,30; cholco Minnosotu, $1.05. Toverand Irrogulns of B0 @ETOL o S Winsgy—Low at 97c, ReorteTs—Flour, Trovigtons—Lork stoody ; hard slde, $16.00, Bulkc moats oteady ; small lots of fully cursd slioulders at Gc; clear rib, T3¢ ; clear, 75gc. Dacon firm 3 shoul- ders, Tigc; #1d0s, §1{@Tc, Lard firm at 8171 Toos—Lower; extromo range, $1.70@ ‘most. wnles, $1.9085.00, ) OstTir=Qulet ; throogh Toxons, 1@ ; corme fed, 33;@dX e ; fair to chuice natives, 837@63{c. T oepTaTtogs, B.00; et dio. <O LOUISVILLE. LoutsviLLy, Jan, 20,~BREADTOFFs—Flour steady, and wichanged, * - ProvistoNs—Quiet ; mess pork, $16.25@16.60, Bulk ahouldors, Y@} olear rib, 72e; clear, BY@ 8\fc, lobso, Ducon—Shoulders, Tic; clear rib, 8X03 clear, O¢. firm'; ateam, 00, Witmity—Easler at 04!¢@950, ‘TOLEDO, TOLEDO, Jan, 2),—BRCApsTUFFs—Flour dull and unclimged,” Wheat dull and lower ; amber Michiga; 40X, cah or Janwiry; $147 Februsty: $i. farch 3 ‘cashi ; $1.80 noller hfarch § £1,623¢ April, “Corn firm; highi mixed, 6lc, B3¢0 Fabruary ; 7050 April ; 7140 May; now, 6dos low mized, 64140 ; tiew, Gc, * Oaia dull and nominals Touu—Dresiod quict at £6.50. Iteoxiera—Flour, 1,000 brils; wheat, 5,000 bu; corn, 54,000 bu 3 onts. 4,000 bu, BuyesxNte—Flour, none; wheat, 5,00 bu; corn, 12,000 bu; oats, 700 bu. MEMPHIS, MeMriis, Jan. 20,—BREADSTUFFS—Flour quict and unchauged. Gorn-ineal hlghier at 3,40, Corn nearco anQ firm at 750 asked, Oals Scarce apd Orm ; none In firat Lands, Hay—Quiet st $16.00@22,00, Buax—Dull at $18.00@18.1 Provisions—Bulkueats f sides, 8@9%c. iixel cash 3 + shoulders, XG040 ; CLEVELAND. OLEVELAND, Jnn,20,—BREADSTUFFS—Graln qulct, steady, and uholinvged. PrrhioLrun—Bload ‘mors active, DLTROIT, Dernorr, Jan, 20,—~BREADsTurFE—Flour quict and unchonged. Wheat dull anda_shade lower: extra, $1,62) ; No. 1, $L60%@16%, Corn dullaud lower af G4)c. Outs, 400, ; BUFFALO, * BurraLo, Jan, 20.—BReavaturrs—Noting dolng thila morulig; pricos nominally uuchauged, 3 BALTIMOLE, Barrivong, Jan. 20.—BREADSTUFFA~FIOUr una, chianged, quict aud stoady, Wheat quiet: Olio andv Indiaus, $1.05@1.75, Corn—Mized Weslotn firmor ok’ B3@8he, Osls—Weskorn, B8@30¢. Ry fria ot §1.00 RN - Provisrons—@Good jobbing demand ; nothing doing i round lots, i and unchanged, ByrrEn—~Firm and in good demsnd; Wostern roll, 0@ 33 30@35c. Corrir—Unchang el Wussiy—~Quict andatosdy ab $1.01@1.02, 08\WEGO, Oswrao, Jan. 20,~BREADATUFFS~Wheat quiof while State, $1,81, Corn dull at 80c, Oata quiol tate, 630, Barley higher ¢ v.]:'n-ll)m Caunda, $1.78, OLNCINNATI, OrNCISNATT, Jon, 20,—BREADSTOFFS—Flour flrm., Wheat dull aud unchsuged, Corn dull and drooping at 81@03c. Oats, Tye, nnd borley quiot nnd unchanged. TrovisioNs—fork’ firm at $16,60815.70 § & 15,75 sellr March, Lard stoady 1:@0)c, Bulk mosts firm ; shouldors, SX@0X cléur rib, T @73¢o 1 clear, T7¢@8c. Dacon firum ; stock: Lght: .. shoulders, Tic; cleur rib, 8%@8%c; clear, .8%4@00. Groen meats nowfunlly unchanged, Hoau—Pirm; slipplug grades, $5.0568.i0; pack~ tog, £0.50@0,003 receipts, 2,800; Ahipments, 695, Witteix—Activo at a decline of ggc. - NEW ORLEANS., . New Onzeans; Jan, 20,—Hax—In gdod supplys. prime, 23c; choice, 4o, > MorAusrs—Dull; {nforior, 35@4dc; common, (0@ 6o} falr, 63G600; primo, Glog strictly primo, 01, a3, § Wirtsky—Supply light, but prices low: Louls $1,00; o Cinc R and il ofhogs unnumg‘:&'."x CotroN—Derund nctive; sales, 11,700 balos ; prices. ‘| steady deslrablo kinda u fraction higher, Godd ordi~; nary 10 utrictly good ordinary, 1SK@1430; low mid- Alig to strict low middling, 15%@15)c ; middling to strict addling 16%o; good middling, 1750, Tcceipta, 833, Lxports—T'o Great Dritafn, 5,760 ¢ to the Gons tinent, 10,203, Stock, 70,203 5 unsold, 165,000, . MoNETany—Qold, 1115, Blght drufts, X dlaconnt, Btorliug, GI@O4. —_— Frauds and Defalentions in the Freod= mens Snvings Banik, . From the Boston Qlute, A lotter na boon raceived by a prominonk Boutheru member of Congress from an officor 0f a branch of the I'roedmen’s Bank In a Southorn city, which says : “*Abgenco of intormediate and trol has led, in sevoral instances at loaut, to grosg spoculation nud fraud. The discovery of suvh Jraud, however, has never been made public to de- potitara, but ks een Jushed up and compromized y agonts sont from Wasbington ; while, in not ono single instanco, to my kuowledge, has any attompt beou made to proceed orimis uully against a dofaulting Cashler. Thu branch in (his city has sufered from such dofaleation, Yot 1o entry of tho samo appears on tho records, No roport of it has boon oflicially mado to_ita Advis! n[{ Board, and uo ntagfl have been taken to publish the dofaulter. Congress chartered the institution, and it is Indmfindunb of Btata control, But the numerous defalcations hushed up, its absonce of roports a8 to vostmonts, ity immodiato stopplng of paymonts on the brenk~ ing out of tho late panic, and tho absence of all + rosponsibllity of tha Directors, oxcopt to Conn gress, mako a thorough Invostigation by Con~ gross into the baulk’s condition most desirable, and tho repeal of its chartor au act of justice to. tho Southorn Btatea." E:mmml can~ —————— . Lord 7 Masseys The degradatiou of tho * leoture fleld” may- bo mensured by the fact that an adventurer wlng passied himsolf off ag “Lord” Massey at Capa. lny last summor, sotually fluds committees who ougaga bim to doscribo his carcer. At Wilmington, Dol,, Lo did not arrive at the ap~ Eulutad timo, and the andience disporsed, but, 0 aftorwards arriving, they wore oulfld togethoer again by a bell, Then ho wauted §20 before ha - wonld * lecturo," and finally, no Arrsugement Laving beon arrived at, tho assembly waa dias ‘misged, with entrance money refundod—an uns dosarved pleco of good fortuue,