Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1874, Page 4

L ———————rTTrTTITOMUU—OATOT IRIDUNIT TURESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1874. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TERMS OF SUDBCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCE): - Rt o 84g) 338 Partaot asen at the samo tato, 'fo prosant dolay and miatakes, ba sure and give Post ¥ conddrensin full, includisy Stato and Connty. Romittances may bo mada olther by draft, expross, Post ¥fico ordor, or in registered Jottors, at ourrisk. TEIMS TO CITY BUDSCRINENS, Dafly, doliverod, Bunday excopton, 25 conte ner wooks Dally, dalivored, Bunday includod, 30 conts por waek. Addros T TRIBUNK COMPANY, Cortior Madison and Dosrbo Uhloago, TIL TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. MOCORMICK MALL—North Rhnios P hbonors Fhcias Orenostra: 'k stroot, sornor AUADEMY OF MUSIO—IInlstod stract, hotwoon Mad. {son and Monroo, Kngagement of Oliver Doud Dyron. ** Aoross tho Continont LEY'S THEATRLE—Randolph _stroot, hatwoon wfi?-filyfl;huu. A aghzomens. 61 Lbaito Wostorms nno.' e M'VIOKKR'S THEATRE-Madlson streot, hotwoon ostborn and Btate, Epgagomont of tho Btoddart Qumbination Company. ~**'ho Secrot Alarrisga™ snd ** Amarioans In Pacis." MYERS' OPERA.HOU! Doarboru and Btate, Arlington, Cottg Binatrots, Burlosque of ** Mazoppa,™ oomfoalities, ADRLPHI THEATRE—Cornor of Wabash aveuus and Congeesa streat. Varoty ontortaloment. BE-Monroe stroef, botwaon and’ Kemblo! ‘Minstrolsy an R THEATRE-Dosplainesstroet, botwoon Mad- Lo W esblagon Tngagtment of Hldwell & HoDone ough's Troupe, '' Tho Black Crook. RXPOBITION RBUILDING-Lake Shoro, foot of A O s Paating. ot the oottt Bo."™ Aftornoon and ovening. MEMORIAL OHAPRL.-Cornor, Miokigan svanuo and Tyonty-third stroof, Lecturo by Mrs, Adams, Bubjoott **The Nenalsanco,™ DR, KANN'S ANATOMIOAL MUSEUM-No, 18 Bouth Olark streot. Hclonce and Att. BUSINESS NOTICES. A Y. — BROWN'S DRON- A o, Cord, nd oo Afec: or and coutidon The Chivags Tiibune, . Tuosday Morning, February 17, 1874. Gov. Bovoridgo has signod the bill giving up the dend bodios of unclnimod paupors and erimi- oals in Obloago for dissection, Renator Hipple-Mitcholl is tho subject of & momorial presented to the Senato yeaterday, in which cortain citizens of Oregon pray that ho maybo invostigatod. The memorial wagreforred to the Commtteo on Elections and Priviloges. Presidont Grant bas appointed the Court of [nquiry to try Gon. Howard. Gon. Shorman is at its head, and assoclated with him sro Gons, MoDowoll, Popo, Moigs, and Holt. Msj. A.B. Gardner is Advocate-General, Tho Court-Mar- tinl will bogin March 3. It is statod that the Popo is about to create sight new Cardinals at the Consistory which is 10 bo held in June, England is to have a suc- teasor to Cardioal Wiseman in tho person of Archbishop Manning; but Americs, as usual, is to be fgnored in tho diatribution of rod hats and stackings, An industrinl census of the city will be found in another column ropublished from a valuable compilation by the Relief and Aid Bocioty. It gives a complote roviow of the market for labor from the employers' standpoint. A large re- duction in the employment of labor has rosulted from tho panic, but by next May it is belleved tho manufactures of the city will be again in £ull operation. Fifty-ono Homo-Bulors are among the Irish Members of Patlisment chosen in the lato clec- tiona. If thosoof {hem who come from the North of Ircland are like their predecessors, Disraeli will find them the backbone of his party, for they are such good Conservatives that they *‘never waver, always answer the whip, andtako all fences but one,"—that of compromise with tho Catholics, According to the Telegraph,—which ia not the oracle, by tho way, to consult for Gonservative secrets,—the Marquis of Salisbury will be Secre- tary of Btate for Indis, under Disraell, The Marquis s fitted for such a post by tho strait- oess of his Conservative views, and his former administration of the same oftice under the Gov- ornment of Lord Derby,—the Tory Lord Derby, Ex-Treasurer Gage's case was bofore the Criminal Court yestorday. His counsel pleaded not guilty to the indictment for fsiling to turn ovor tho city's moncy at tho expiration of Lis term, and moved to quash the sccond indictment for parjury, found to cover the defeets in the first iudictment. They statod that ten days would be roquired fortho trial, and Judge Rogers fixed March 5 as the day for its commencement, — ‘The question of the powerof the Common Council to fix the prico of gas was beforo that body againlast evening. A communicationfrom the Corporation Counsel to one of the membere w8 road, In which theopinion waa given that, un- der prescnt circumatances, the power must be granted by the State Logislature. The Corpora- tion Counacl was thercupon dirsoted to preparoe such g bill as would give the Council the power to rogulato tho price of gas furnished to the city snd tho eltizons, —— Majority snd munority raports on the aala of the Lake-Front property wero received by the Council last ovening from the Committee ou Wharves ond Public Grounds. Tho ma- jority bolieve that the proporty is worth $1,000,000, or more, if properly eold, snd refuso to rocommend its sale to the railronds for $800,000. The minority recite favorably tho terms offered by the railroads, and recommend tho enlo in view of the financial condition of tho city, and the nood of.tho poor for work, The Chicago produce markots were modorately nctive yoatorday, with small chenges in pricos, Moss pork was in fair demand and a shado firm- er, closing at $14.26@14.90 cash, sud §14.634@ @14.55 sellor April. Lard was moro active, and 734c per 100 1ba higher, closing at $9.00 cash, and £9.20@9.26 sellor April, Mosts wore quiot ond a ghade firmer, at 5o for shouldors, 750 for short ribs, 78{c for short cloar, and D@11 for swoet-piokled hams, Dressed hogs woro activo sud @ shade flrmer, at 806.25 per 100 the for light and £0.80@0.86 for heavy. Highwinos wero dull and eaulor, olosing at 98}$@900 por gallon, Tlour was dull and wosk, Whoat wau moro active and oasier, closing weak at $1.168¢ cash and 91,183 soller April, Corn was more uetive and easlor, closlng at 5530 cash and F634o eollor April, Oats were quiet and oasler, closing at 490 cash and 480 sollor April. Rye was more notive and 3¢@lo highor, at 820 for regular, Barloy was wmore aotlve aud stoady, at §1.85@ hoga wore notive and firmer, good to chofoe com- manding o slight advanco, Cattlo end sheop woro in good demand and woro firm, Buffocation Ly coal-gas 18 mow believed to hiavo boon tho causo of the Thompson tragedy at Loko. Dr. HouroMn Lins made a post-morlem oxnmination of tho children and finde no symp- toms of polsoning. An oxamination of the room whero tho sad affair ocourrod loads to tho bolief that it was duo to tho cscape of gos from tho stovo, the damper of which was shut and the top loft open, 'Tho threo little viotims, of whose dcath the physiciane have not yet dared to toll thoir mothor, wore buriod yestordey. Tho nurso will probably rocovor, — Somo wisosore in the Ohio Logislaturs, fired with » laudnblo zoal, has prepared a bill to put an end to tho omotional-insanity dedge. It providos that, when iusanity is plonded ag & do- foneo to a criminal charge, tho accused sball bo oxamined by » spocisl jury. If found to be sono, tho plon fails, sud the trial procosds. If really inesno, ho is to bo sent to a lunatic asylum, and kopt thore until perma- nontly oured, whereupon the trial Is to bo ro- sumed. On what principlos of law or equity any ona ia to be tried for anything done during insanity, the bill doos not soy. It might bo atyled & bill to mako insanity a crime. Without moaniug to, Capt.-Gon. Jovellar has made himself, instoad of the Cubang, the victim of his savage proclamation. His assignment of the Volunteors to duty in the flold causoed groat oxcitoment in that body, whoso favorito military air ought to bo * Home, Sweot Home,” as they aro-tho most faithfal of Homo-Guards. Thore woro roports laat wook of sorious disaffection and disordor among thom. According to the Intost nows, thoy have drivon Jovellar out of Havaun to take rotugoe ou the Arapiles, and are now mas- tora of tho town. This lacks conflrmation, but, even if falso, only prosagos the troublos that aro cortnin to thicken around the hoada of the Span- ish in Cubn, Bupervising Architeot Mullott, who has had 1.90 for No. 3, and $1,.60@1.67 for No, & Live, good opportunity of obsorving tho workiug of the Eight-Hour law in the conatruction of pub- lio buildings, has long ago made known his be- liof that it ia on:injury both to the Govornmont and labor. Somo Baltimore manufacturcra have recontly addvessed o lotter to the Secrotary of the Treasury, in which the same views are given. Thoy have found that a man not only caunot do ne much work in eight hours as in ton, but that under tho formor Bystom he does less work per hour. Workingmen, morsover, omployed by tho Government under this system, bocome unflt for ordinary dsy's work. Thoy suggest that the best thing the Governmont can do s to lot the labor-quostion settlo itself, ‘Warchousomen are human in Milwaukeo a8 in Chicago, and oqually uuwilling to have thoir charges rovisod or regulated by tho Biato, na is proposed by a bill now boforo the Wisconsin Logislature. Resolutions have been pro- pared by tho Directors of the Milwaunkeo Chambar of Commerce to the coffect that tho contomplated reduction by law of warchouso charges one-bolf will repel capital from tho orection of warehousos, and theraby doprive the city of the additional facilities it 8o much peeds o move and handle 1ts grain. The opponents of the proposed legielation say that it would provent the oreotlon of warchouses slready con- tomplated, with o capacity of The President sent into the Senate yesterdoy for confirmation as Colleclor of Customs of the port of Boston tho namoof William A. Sim- mons, at presont Suporvisor of Intornal Rovo- nue for New England, Mr. Simmons 18 smd to be tho most efficient and lesst scrupulons of Gon. Butler's political managers, Espocial referonce was had to lm in the resolution adopted by the recent Repub- lican Convention in Massachusetts doprecsting the intorferenco of Fedoral officers in State offairs; and it is doubtful if a porson moro ob- noxious to tho respectable faction of the Repub- lican party in Massachusotts could have been choson by tho Preeident, BMr. Russoll, the present Colloctor of the Port,is to bo shipped oft to Venozuela with the title of Minister Plooipo- tontinry. Ho s held the ofiico for eight years. Benator Cameron's plan for the resumption of specio payments i8 to jucroaso the circulation of the National Banks, Hias substituto for Shor- man's Kedistribution bill, now before tho Bonato, proposes gimply to ropeal all acta of Congress restricting tho amount of notes for circulation, and ostablishes freo banking., The National Bank notes, Bonator Camoron thiuke, would take the place of greonbacks, He know no business man, he eaid, who thought the country had enough currency. The result of the introduction of this messure was s virtual aban- donment by Senator Shorman of his bill, anda move to recommit it to the Finance Committee, in order that a bill to cover tho wholo financial question might bo submitted o humor theBenate, which moemed dotormined that the debate should have that range. No vote was reached on tho motion to rocommit. The Ozar o Russis is like Reverdy Johnson and other ordinary mortals in a proneness to rmake extravagant apcoches after a good dinnor. At the banquet on Sunday, whoen he entortained the Prince of Wales and the Emperor of Aus- trla, Aloxsnder, who must hiave boen drinking deeply of Russiau toa, made o speech promising that ho, Francls Josepl, Victoris, and William would presorve the peaco of the world. TFrancis Joseph ssid ditto, svd the Princo of ‘Wales, too much affectod for speoch, bowed a silont nssont. The scene was ono of solemn joy, and sooms to have been undisturbed oithor by momorles of Bobastopol, or 8adows, or Bedan, or by any thought of Russlan and British rivalries in tho Enst, or tho fast-growiug feoling in Gormany that France must bo whippod again, or any such trifles which will have quite ns much to do with the future poace of the world aa the royal good humor that follows a roval good din- ner, The Pokin (IlL) Times has a long articlo an the trials that bave recoutly taken placo at Springtield against cortain Pokin distillers, in which John T, Harper, the defaulting Qollector, was tho prosecuting witnoss, Inallthese prose- cutions tho defendants weve ecquitted. Binco Docomber, 1871, the Pokin distillors have paid ovor £9,000,000 of internal-rovonue tax. Mr, Harper wag Colleotor, sud proved to bo a de- faulter ; ho flod to Canadw, and cumo back under s pafe conduct and protection " against prose- outlon, By law Le was roquired to psy over all moneys colleoted by him to the noarest Govern- ment depoaltory, and was probibited using any part of such monoy for his own purposes, Tho Deliin papor states that an examination of the books of the Firat Notlonal Bank of that oity will show that ou Juue 3, 1479, the Doputy Collactor, Smith, purchased a draft on New York for 87,0003 indorsed it to John T, Hnrpor, who indoraod it to tho Ridgely National Lank of Bpringfleld. On Jan, 7, 1878, another draft for 85,000 ; on the 16th of April n draft for $4,100; May 8, o draft for §5,000; and July 8, & draft for §2,600, woro purchasod by 8mith and indoredd to Hnrpor. On tho 10th of August, an- other draft for §6,000 waa purchased by Smith, indorsed to John T, Harpor, and byhim indorsed to W. H, Harpor, Grain Inspeotor of Chicago, and was nsod by tho latter in paylng part of » dobt of 816,000 duo to tho Unlon National Bank of Chiengo. This sum, W. H. Harper states, waa obtained for and transforred to bis brother, John T, Harpor. Thoro sovoral sums, amounting t0$28,7400f Governmont monoy, tho Pelin papor ohargos, is thus dirootly traced to Jobn T. Harpor, and it tronts na faleo and malicioun the chiargo that his dofaleation waa duo to tho Pokin distillors, MR, ADAMS AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDI- DATE, The Bpringfiold Republican suggests tho name of Cunrles Francis Adams ag a oanaidate for tho Prosidency in 1876, and the Bt. Louls Globe rainos tho objoction that Mr. Adams elandored Abraham Lincoln in hie momorlal addross on Mr. Boward, and honoo will have vory small fol- lowing in tho West. It ocours to us that it is rathor early in tho day to bring out candidatos for tho Prosidenoy ; but as peoplo will talk, and 88 half-a-dozon other caundidates have boon trottod out, including Gen. Ulyssos B. Grant, no valid objection oan be ralaéd to the prosonta- tion of the namo of Adams, for baiter or for worso. Mr. Adams' nome was prominently be- foro the Cinclunati Convontion, though by no agoncy of his own, but ho and his mons finolly voted for Grant, with the ox- coption of Mr. J. Q.. Adoms, who, with charnotoriatioc pervorsity, supported Charles Q'Conor, 'fhero sro many porsons, ourselves smong the mnumboer, who believe that Mr, Adams would havo boon olocted it ho had been nominated ot Cincinnatl, but Mr. Adams himgolf hag boon heara to express the contrary opinion. The objection raised by the Bt, Louls Globe lo Mr, Adams moy posscsa some intorestinalitorary and historical point of view. As Tuz Citoaco Trinuse wes tho first public journal to take oxcoptions to that part of Mr, Adams’ memorial address which rolates to Mr. Lincoln, we foel qualified to say that it1sof about as much im- portanco in dotormining whethor Mr. Adams would bo a suitablo candidate for tho Prosidency, or would mako a good President, as tho love- lottors of his grandfathor, Mr. Adams ex- pressed Lhe opinion in the memorial sddress that Mr, Boward was tho real director and gov- orniug spirit of Mr. Lincoln’s Administration. This was o mistako. Mr, Adams was not in the country during Mr, Lincoln's term of offico. Knowing Mr. Soward ‘intimately and Mr. Lin- coln not at all, ho might ensily have fallen into this orror, That it was on orror haa boen sbundantly proven in the Book of Clironicles ot Gidoon Wolles in tho Galazy mugazine. But what of it? It was meroly.s mistaken opinion; sud, however much the public may love to dwell on the rominiscences of negro suffrsge and Bouthern reconstruction, it i not at all likely that they will spond much time, {n 1876, in dis- oussing whether Mr. Scward was in favor of surrendering Fort Bumter, or whethor he be- liaved badly in tho Peterboff cago; and if so, whother Mr, Adams was bound to know it. The advantages which Mr. Adams would pos- 8084 ag o candidate for tho Prosidency aro two- fold. Hoe is & atatosman and & gentloman. We call theso charnctoristics adyautages, notwith- standing the obvious diecount st which thoy have long been rated in our public councils. Prosident Grant is neither s statesman nor a gontleman. His most enthusinstic sdmirors nevor spesk of him as though thoy supposed he had any claime to either designation, Andy Johnson was ueither a statosman nor a gontle- man, It appears to us that the Exccutive Man= gion has been so long devoid of theso adorn- monts and conveniences that o candidate who is unmistakobly vegsed in tho scicnco of govern- ment, who has had laygo and varied experlenco, nnd whose breeding and sense of honor aro open to mno question, would really atart well in tho race, by whomsoaver nominated. Atall ovents, it would bo & pleasure for many people to vote for such a candidate once bofore bidding adieu to this world. Those who are making up thelr jowels for 1876, howover, cannot safoly leave out of their reckoning the name of Gov. Booth, of California. Thia is o large country, and Gov. Booth may not bo well enough known as yot to warrant any purty in risking tho chances upon him, but the prostige he has acquired in hie notable and suc- “cesaful fight against a tyrannical and hithorto in- vineible monopoly is a not unimportant consid- eration at this juncture, THE INDIAN QUESTION, The Jetter which Mr. Welch recently wroto to tho Presidont undoubtodly strikes at the root of the evils which have caused the prosent uprising of tho Indinns. Mr. Wolch called tho attention of tho President and the country to tho wrong- ful acts, the thotts, corruptions, and frauds of Indion Agents, and that tho Indiana have been urged on to war by theso or Lindred ressons i8 shown by tho fuct that thoy have taken the war-path at a most unusual timo, and at Bosson whon thore Is no grass for the subsistonco of their ponles. Tho spring is tho time whon In- disus ususlly make their outbreaks, mot tho wintor; and that thoy should chooso such & timo arguoa somo sudden and powerful incentive, and vory likely just such an incentivo s Mr. Woloh Las desoribod in his lotter, There was evory indication that this lettor might have been productive of some good had it not boen followed almost immediately by tho report of tho Indinn Posco Commissioners to the Prosidont. This roport pancgyrized the Presidont most profuscly, and covored */tho policy " with & liberal coat of whitowash. It do- fonded the Indian managemont, defonded tho Indian Agents, disclaimod uny responeibuity for tho Modoo troubles, proolaimed an ora of peaco smong allthe tribos, and loft the country to infer that tho Indians woro making rapid pro- yress ju edacation, roliglon, and clvilization gen- erally ; in fact, thatthere was suoh an earnost poliotude for * echools and tho othor applian- ces of clvillzation,” that they were impationt to obtain them, could not understand why they woro delayod, snd wero growing very unhappy over thoir gloomy prospects. ‘Tho prosent sttitudo of tho Indians afirms the truth of Mr, Woelch's letter, and most emphat- ically condomns the nousente of the Peace Com- missloners' rosy report. Tho solution of the dificwlty is now in tho hands of tho army, and thoro s no doubt tho army will satinfactorily solvo 16, althoughi {6 will have to bo dong st the comb é¢ muck 1ta snd as grost aoiinidsy expense, —— s 84 1n thoenso of tho Modoo war. But whatls tho necounity of this constant roferonce of tho Indian question from tho Peaco Commisalonors to tho army? If the army is compotent to sottlo one quostion, lot it soltlo all of thom. Thorois no doubt that for thoso frontior outragos thora 1s blamo on both sidos ; that thero aro savages asmong tho ‘whito men ns woll 08 smong iho Indinns, and that tho vast proponderanco of dishonesty and fraud is on tho side of the whitos, ‘Tho army ia capable of taking caro of oach, and of proventing tholr mutusl outrages. It wo must have Indisn Agonts, military disoi- plino will keop thom within tho bounds of salu- tnry rostraint, Thoarmy officers are, na o rulo, moro honost than elvilinua in offico, Gon. Har- noy tostiflos that tho army is moro kindly dis- posod towards the Indians than tho citizens, aud tho Indians cortanly have a wholesomo rospoct for tho army, Tho Indisny, if thoy must 1o regarded-as wards of tho natlon, and must bo supportod in 1dloness instond of Lelug com- polled to work ltke whito mon, would receive tholr botinties rogularly, thore would bo loss awindling and stoaling, and tho oxpenso of tho stmy ndminiatration would be iriliug se com- parod with tho oxponso of theso nunual out- bronks undor tho administration of tho Peace Commiasionera, Tho latter bavo Lad » long and fair tnal, sud it {s quite apparaut that thoy can noithor prevent whites from depredating ou Indions nor Indlang on whites, AROTHER, $363,000 BFONGED 0UT. The Buprome Court of Illinols, in the caso of Campboll vs, Tho Paris & Decatur Railroad Com- pony, has just roudored s declsion. The coms plaivant asked for an injunction to prohibit tho Buporvisor of o town in Douglas Couuty from issuing certain bonds in payment of tho capital atook of the Pans & Decatur Rallrond Company, claimed to have boon voled by tho poople, A domurror to th bill waa filed, and the demtirrer was sustained. The Suprome Coust, in roview- ing tho cago, find In tho chartor of tho Uompany nothing relating to the subject except the fol- lowlng provision : 1t shall bo lawful for all parsons of lawful age, or for tho ngent of any corporato Lody, to subseribe any amount to the capital stock of satd Company, This, the Suprome Court hold, confers no power on municipal corporations to subseriba for such stock, It doos not refor to countics, towns, or townships, and cannot bo held to om- braco them, No power wag conforrod to call tho election for tho town officers to mako tho sub- seription ortoissnothese or anyothorbonds. Tho docision of the Court was unanimous. As this docision covers the legality of all tho municipal bonds actunlly issued to thia road, it becomes of congoquonce to know how many of these *‘so- ouritles " are on tho morket, In tho lstof reg- isterod bonds we find tho following a8 issued to tho Paris & Decatur Company: Coles County— Town of East OsKIANA.ctsesrersesssasssnseid 1500 Douglas County— Town of Arcoln, 100,000 “Town of Boudro, . . s0600 Town of Lourbon, . 35,000 Edgar County— ‘Town of Embarraa Town of Paria.. Moultrio Counly— ‘Town of Dort Town of Low Total, 4+ $363,000 Horvo 18 a total of 303,000 of bonds issued, as the Bupreme Court saye, without tho slightest warrant of law, and thereforo absolutely vold from tho beginning., Tho towns that havo is- sued these bonds, or any citizen of thoso towns, can now apply to tho Circuit Court for an order prohibiting the collection of sny tax, or the poy- mont of any monay, cither for intorest or princi- pal, on account of these bonds. Tho bonds wore fraudulentls obtained by tho Railtoad Company, and, nover fding boen legal, nota cent ehodld bo paid on thom. RORTHERN PACIFIC, Mr. Elizur Wright, one of the long list of un- fortunate Northern Pacific hondholders, has ad- drossed & communication to tho Boston Adver~ tiser with regard to the presont pecuniary condi- tion of the road, based upon tho recent report of the Ruilrond Commigsioner of Minnesots, which brings the figures down to o much more recent dato than the report of the Congressional Com- mittee, ‘Tho condition of the stook 1s thus given in the roport: ommon. X -Noue, 18,290,300 Par value of shares, .. $100 Nutaber of stockboldora e pid Commenting apon the 818,289,300 issued as full-pald stock to Yicso 254 persons, who soem to have paid juse § .. ..., or, inother words, nothing for it, Mr, Wright very naturally wants to know, before thinys go any furthor, who thoso 254 persons aro that have the power to ‘soll 81,700,700 moro of full-paid stock for noth- -ing, and thinks that * if noody knows who they aro, or what they are about, oxcopt thomsolves, then there isstarted & river of corruption whoso wators will soon be dirtier aud more irresistiblo than those of the Big Muddy." Mr, Wright- further suggests scme vory un- plessant facts concorning the puilding of the road, Allowing the debts duo the Compauy to bo good and tho outside property purchasod by the Company to bo worth what it olnims, the road and equipment have cost it 68,710 per milo, and the road-bed itgelt ©583,772 per mile, which, according to the Min- nesota Commissionor, i just twico the price tho part of it in that State ought to Lave cost. Mr. Wright might aluo have added to bis indictment the recont domonstration by Maj.-Gon. Hazom, that tho Northern *tropical belt" which se- ouros the bouds isn't worth a penny an acre, Ar. Wright concludes his lottor by sounding an alarm to tho bondholdera, sdvising thom not to waive their rights undor the mortgsge, os thoy aro invited to do, and thus bo forced to soll thow bonds for a trifle, but to *“unite in asking Con- grets to annul the obartor of the Norihorn Pa- cific Rmulroad, sud tako from tho slockholdors a franchive to which they have no houest titlo, The laud-grant and tho road, 80 far s built, will thon revert to the General Government, subjoct “to the llon of the bondholders, ‘The lattor will have to walt for their interest till the roads, olther ruu or loasod by Cougress, can pay it, or take out tho valuo of their bonds in jand.” e — The Hartford Courant, tho lending Republican paper in Connectiout, bowails tho condition of the country under an Administration that bas 4 no polloy * with regard to the all-important quostion of finances. It nske how long would sn Englie Minfetry stond without any palioy in regard to financo, to the curronoy, or the national debt, sud *how long would the moat vital intorout of the nation bo loft in the hauds of & Minlater without a practical plau, aud even incompotent to form a theory In rogard toit?" Aftor doseribing the condition of the conntry, the Courant uays that, ‘‘in tho midst of all this, tho Administrution, judgod by its Beorotary of tho Treswury, baan't any sort of polloy, or -any adoqusta conception of tho oasg. Jiust ad tho moment when it should have sometling to propogo, somo comprohonaive sohemo, it Das nothing, It apponrs to hinveno concoption of the rolation of parts to the wholo.” Thiy, it will be romombored, is tho oxprossion of opinion by tho leading papor of the parly in tho Btato, aud whoso editor is o moember of Congross and an offiolal distributorof patronnge. Tteannot,howovor,ignoro tho confumon whichpre- vaila in all business clroles nnd tho injury which the country sustainy, It winds up its complaint by saylng : “ If ovor o country wanted & compo- tont Miulstor of Finance, we do now if over wo neodod aman of bralus at tho hond of tho Lroas- ury, wonecd ono now. Tha situntion Is bocoming alavming. To eny nothing of an accomplishod Miulster of Financo, wo wantsa man who will not malto Sauborn contracts, farming out tho Irauds on $horovonuo Lo contractors | Whatare our Collectors and rovenuo oftlcors for if not to honestly collocs tho revonuo and prevent frauda ? A rovonuo system that ins to Lo supplomontod by s sort of Duteh Qap spy systom for tho bon oflt of deteotive spevulatora needs overhauling.” ————— ‘The attompts recontly made in the large oltios of tho Unitod Btates to suppross the infamous trafo in Italian children, known Lero as the “ padrono "syatom, havo atlust boou soconded by tho Italiau Governmont. A bill has for somo time boon boforo tho Italian Parlisment looking to the supprossion of tha involuntary omigration of tha children, who find their way all over the world, and oxeite compasgion whorovoer thoy are soon, Invostigation has shown that, whilo o numbor of the childron are kiduspped by profos- siotnl agents, many of them are sold by thoir prrentsundoer the doluslvotitlo of * approutices.” I'ho torms of tho indonturo give tho agontas full control over tlio porson of the poor littlo “ approntico " ns any Wost Iudinu slaveloldor oxerclyos ovor that of his nogro chattel. Tho bill strikas nt tho root of tho ovil, by meking it o misdomosnor puoiskable by fine or imprison- ment to omploy minors under 18 years of age in wandoring tades or occupations, under which hend aro included mountobanks, jugglers, noro- bats, rope-doncors, musiciaus, mendicauts, and the like. In ordor to discourngo the * apprens ticashipa " tho bill provides for tho punishment of paronte or guardians who ' shall doliver up to uative Itallans or alions minors of loss than 18 years of age, ovon if thoy bo thoir own obildron, or wurds undor thotr gusr- dianship,” aud declares tho rights of guardiau- ship or parental suthority forfoited by such por- gong. Tho effect of this bill will Le so far salu- tary that it will reduce the numbor of elaves by cutting off tho annual supply. Bat the emonvi- pation of tha paor childron now in boudago must bo left to tho authoritics of other lands. Moan- while, anothor plan for tio amelloration of the condition of the poasantry takes the formof & bill for the compulsory education of children bo- twoen tho sges of 6 snd 16 yoars, which will shortly be passed, withous doubt. et Tho German Governmout hag fallon victim to ono of tho most romarkablo frauds of tho pros- ont contury, whioh English archwologists, with a wisdom borw of bittor exparionco, avolded caro- fully. "Uhe forgary consistod of a collection of pottery. vasos, brokon and entiro, figuros of ani- mals, aud statucttos of mon snd womon, which wero clnimod to bo rolics of Moabitish art, Tho spechmens woro marked with figures of & myth- ology loug sinco passed away, snd cortain in- seriptions in Phamuician charactors. 'Tho forg- ory might not have boen dotected but for those vory inecriptions, for tho spooi- mons Lad all tho appoarsnco of ex- tromo antiquity. But Euglish archmologlets could not read the Moabitish charactors, and claimed that they must of nocessity be spurious, innsmuch a8 all otber Phoonician choractors had invariably yielded to Investigation. ‘Tho savants of Berlin, however, had no such acruplos, and tho German Govornmont purchased the entiro collection for £1,000, ‘Tho fraud was discovered by o Frenchman named Ganneau, wbo recog- nized in tho inscriptions the **handwriting™ of a very clover desigoer, Selim El Gari, of Jorusn- lem. His soarch into tho mystories of the un- dertaking wns rownrded by a full confossion from Sclim sund his confedorato, a potter, who sdmit thot thoy dippod tho venerablo gods of Moab in saltpotro to givo thom & vener- able sppoarsuce. The original owner of tho crockory way & Hobrew Protestant, Bbapird by name, Whothor ho was tho dupo or confedorato of Solim is interesting only to the purchasers of ‘his wares. T W SR More dotailed accounts of tho Protestant ‘masa-meoting at Bt. James® Hall, Loundon, show that, whilo as anillustration of Britis autipathy to Cathiolictem, tho moetiug was tolerably suc- cossful, as an intelligont discussion of tho situn~ tion it wos o most melancholy failure. Tho ad- dresges of tho sponkors, lay and clorical, were pointless, except e thoy wero facotious at tho oxponsio of Catholic institutions, and appoaled to tho projndico, not the intelligence, of the sudienco, Tho London Times ridicules tho windinesy of the spoeches, sud warns tho public that tho meoting must not bo regarded as an ad- oquate oxprossion of British fecling on the great question it professed to discuss, and con- gratulates Lord Ruesell that 8o venorablo a statesman ogcaped tho disorodit of prosiding at an ordinary * No Popery" demonstration, No greator injury could bo done, it says, to the causo upheld by Princo Bismarek than by idonti- fying it with such o spirit 88 tho meoting oxhib- ited. Tho only spesker who appeared to have gragped the situation waa the Rev, J, P. Thomp- 4on, of New York, who, at tho expiration of threo hours consumed by previous spoakers in volioment donunciations of tho Bearlot Woman, gave tho mootiug & littlo roal infor- mation. While the meeting hos no earthly significance from a political point of viow, it is intoresting ne indlcative of the deathloss hogs- tility of Englishmen to tho creod which three centurios ago was tho ostablishod religion of the Kingdom, —— . Xt it is truo that » hoarty mosl can be obtdined for two conts, n8 & Boston papor remarks can bo doue, tho sufforing of thousands in New York and othor citios eanbo mitigated st comparative- 1y little cost. It is claimed thot threo conts’ worth of ont-meal, milk costing the snme sum, snd sugar enough to sweoton it, will give o hearty moal to eix persons for twolve conts, Properly propared oat-meal pos- vessos more bono and muscle - making materinl thun any other food that can be pur- chased for tho samo monoy, and, though but lit- tlo approciated in this country, forms tho staple food of & brawny raco, romarkable for thoir-de~ votion to athlotic amusoments,—the Scotoh. The fact that oat-mosl posgcssos & lurge amount of nutriment has loug boen proclaimoed by sol- outifio men, and, in view of the destitution ex- isting among tho uvemployed, it might be sub- atituted for more oxpensive and for less nutri- tions: food with oxcollent offact, Tho Danvillo (1) Commerciallins an article upon the Railroad-Ald Swindto, which s com- mendable. It says: Wo sro sorry that the Tllinols Houso of Ropresenta- tvea in itn uawisdom Lus rofused to reposl the luw Luown as the Ratiroad-Ald law of 1809, And wo reqrot to seo thst the farmers of omo parts of tho Btato, fran whota weexpected bettor things, funamuch s thoy Liave assutaed totako tholead in oppoaition to monopo- Hes, corruption, nnd steals of all worts, Liavo, by reso- 1utions of thele Granges, Clubs, nod Boords of Supor- visors, utrengthioned membord of the Legislature in thiolr dotormination agaiust tho repesl, Aftor pointing out the infamy of tho law, tho Commercial adds ; Qur objuction o this law s, that it s unjust in priveiplo and still worso in praotico, To plosd fhat our city aud township aro bonetitod by this law, ninkey b not ono whit bottor, Let us advocato tho right, becauso it fa right, aud do the right as woll as profous at, Loncaty fu tho bost polley, This {8 particularly commendable, bocause tho paper n publiebed in a ocounty which owes $004,000 of villrond-aid dobt, —_——— A writer in the Industrial Age soya that since 1805 the amount of our national currency hus boen reduced| ** 200 por cont,” aud now there {a only 700,000,000 loth. What muathave been the suount oxlzln'w.fl THE CARNIVAL. Last Night's Revelry at Turner Hall, The Whims and Humors of a Mas- querade, Distinguished Visitors at the Ball. The Solemn Merriment of tho Pro- cessions Fine Dancing, a Good Audience, and a « Happy Evening. Thoe genius of the Fronch snd Gorman nations for grotosquery I8 pomothing almost incompra- honeible to the staid Englishman, the ncttvo Amorican, and tho mercurinl inhabitant of ** The tom of the Soa." In no particular i this pns- sionof tho Touton and tho Gaul o fully ox- omplified as in the mulsitude of masked balls wherewith thoy lolp to swvell tho total of public epjoyment, As tho Germaus araa vory large oloment in tho community, their habits aud customs como moro particnlarly undor tho notico of our poople. Thoy liave thoir halles,” tholr fonts,” thoir games, and thelr masquorades; thelr lager and thoir szusnge, tholr music and their guttorals—all distinguishing thom not wlono from the native Aniorican population, bub also from almosd ovory foroign untionulity roprosonted in onr midat, Thouo oustoms, or inutitutions, ss_Amoricans would call them, aro yvery palatable to tho Goerman raco, but 1t can hardly bo soid that very many converts to thejr peculior exorcigos havo been mado outsido of thumsolves, ‘The consumption of Inger boor I8 alout tho only Toutonic feat that tho Americaus, Irish, or Engllsh can Liopo to succossfully imitate. The Yaukoo—if he drluks at all—prefors his ** cocktal),” tho Brit- isher his ** "nlt-and-'nlf,” aud tho Hibernian the juico of tho barloy which hae been christened by tho namo of bis nationality. Thoro {8, however, one otber German custom which recoives, in this ci%y, o rather cosmopoli- tan patronsgo,—partly bedauso of the peeuliar privilegos which it conveys to those who love the semblanco of romantic mystery, and partly becnuso of its novelty to thoss who aro not pro- ductions of tho lond of Bigmurck, It is tho oustom known a8 the **Grossor Masken-Ball," ulluded to at tho outsot of this skotch. Thore havo been #0 mauy of Lhoso entertainmonts givon In Chicago wlrendy, that it ix hardly necessary to dwell on "tho partifular_ono which wae held at tho North Side Turn Hallo last night with any degrae of prolixity. Thoy all present tho samo charactoristics—motloy cos- tumes, oxtravagant pantomime, puzzling” simi~ larltios, und unmitigated confusion, All are at- tonded’ with noisy music, occontrio dauolug, mool-battles, and goneral jollification. Tho masks have always o charm for thoso who love tho mystetious. The interested obperver, a8 he observes tho long array of wmssquernders flle post in tho promonade, wonders what kind of s countonanco o hidden bohind tho repulsive ear- icaturathiat clouds the human face divine. Whon that mnek is romoved, shall thio faco presont, liko that of *‘the veiloa Prophot,” presont an sspect of hideousuess, or will it beam upon the. bo- Toldor with tho transfigured glory of an almost sngelio lovoliness? ‘That form, arruyed in gypsy gatb, ia tall and gracoful; the limbu are dalicataly rounded,—how much of these cherms aro duo to o perfect auatomy, how much to bran and aawdust ? + There glides & lady glittering with the falso jowols of stage majesty. Is sho a queon of fashion or simply a grisotto out for & walk? Hardly & queen of foshion, indeod, for ~with all respect for oar Toeutonic {riends it cannot be donied that, excopt at the Turn Gomeindo balls, women of more than doubtful roputation often assumo the mask and, too often, form a vory large propor- tion of thoso who *‘chaso the glowing hours with flying foot.” It is o marked featuro of ‘most masked balls that the loadera of the demi ‘monde, 80 to speak, muster in ver{ strong forco and moke respectable fomales feol decidedly shy of figuring on the same floor with unconverted Mogdelons, This disagreenblo circumstanco doos not Liave a vory good effect on the meru “make-up” of "~ & ‘“maskon-hall,”” for women of good fame hate even remoto contact with vico and, cousoyuently, the rank aud filo of tho sssomblagos referrod to aro not, s arule, 1nodols of innocenco sud respoctability, By contragt, tho pains takon by tho manngors last niglt, 18 all tho moro gratifying. Tho men who attend theso carnivals go thero, if they are Gormans, becauso it is tho fashion of their peoplo, Those who_ ara not Germany go becauso they expect & good donl of fun, and are ot lberty to ul&: from oyery flowor they see upon tho floor, in the way of flirtation, at their own eweot will. An un- wary gentlomun may got his fancy caught by some snuminglg fair nymph upon the floor ; he moy dance with ber in the mad whirl of tho waltz; sho may havo * the pootry of motion in porfootion, and tho silver tongue of su onclsutress to boot. Ho foels his Leart—oll that romains of that organ which, with most 'mon, is plowed-ground after SU—going ut a rato that would cause grave alorm to his mother, his slater, or, porhaps, his eweothenrt, Ho might vow that this sorceress was somothing liko the * star-oyed Egyptisn " that wooed gullang but voluptuous Autony from glory and ompire ot Actium, but when the midnight bell sounded and tho mask was romovod, judge of his chagrin and disgust whon he found that ho had all along been the dupe of a good but plain Gorman girl who bad in other days dono tho family cooking, That man will forever more bo & disciplo of Thomas—he will not be- liove in that which ho has uot truly seen, No, howeyer productive of joility and harm- loss mirth these masquerados may be, they aro not ealeulated to presorve intact tho distinotions betwoen tho diiferent clussos of socioty, In thom peors and poseants,—the Baron.von Glahn representing the peorage,—caopitalists and workingmon, proletariat and bourgooisie, boor- browor and beor-drinker, dressmakor and dress- .woaror are entangled in Iuextricablo confusion, 1t is tho renllzution of Liborty, Equality, aud Frotornity, all to bo scoured, not by blood or blade, but for tbo paltry sum of §2. That sum admits one to the only Phalanstery, the sola Communo, whoro all may wear what they please, rogurdlons of fashion; any what thoy pleasc, with- out uoed of introduction; drink what they ploasq, #o they poy for it ;and dance s they pleaso, pmvidus thoy do_not menaco the chandeliers with *llying foet.” = 1t is o 'worldly ropresontation of the millenni- um, The Heriptures figuro it as the lion lying down with the littlo lawb, The Musquerado rep- resouts it by Luther and Loo drmking Rthino wine in common, or by s Puritanical Yankeo doucing Saffectionately with & patriotic Gorman girl, ond doiug away with the improsaion that the lato eloction loft any hard foolings bohind, But millouniums are transitory, When tha lion gots hungry he ouls up tho littlo lamb, and when tho masquo closes tho Yankco aud tho Gorman girl censo nponking to ono anothdr, 4 Any citizon rosident inthe neighborhiood of the North Side I'urner Hall might huve boou at- tracted thora lost evoning by the phosphores- oont glare of a cnlclum light, the ovolutions of whicll soomed to proclaum that something un- ususl was progrossing lu the [uterier of tha odiflee, Hait wes, Although & masked ball in not s matter of rave_vcourrence oh the sido of the city nearost the Polur star, Urus Major, et al,, tho affair of last ovoning was churnciorfzed by an uir of refinoment and rgspoctability seldom " wit~ nessed at au ontortainmont of tho kind, ‘Tho gallerios appropriated to ng?unlaloru were thronged to thoir utmost capneity at 8 o'clock, and the. floor on which tho maskers dis- played their incongruities was senreoly losaso. The main floor is swrounded by what may be tormod a dross-cirdle, from which the olite of the andieuce gazed upon tho spcotnole, o hall was profusely decorated with fanciful iiguron represonting ull kiuds of Teutonio ecoon- tricium. Tho maskers commonced mustoring in thelr full strongth ot tho ususl hour, aud, although their numbera wore inunouse, there was very 1ittle that was striking in the varioty or richnosy of thoir costumes, Conupioucus nmong tho rovelers was o gontlo- man, well-limbod and gracoful, drossed 1n the oharacter of lago, or somo other Italian gontle- man of doubtfy I)hilnulhro py. The *mako-up " was admirable initself, but the waxed moustaolio, warlike-cut hair, and nixmlng blnok oyoy rovoalod the proscuce of tho handsomo Oity Soaler, Mr, Obsrles Glllosple, The goutloman aocquitted himeelt with orodlt in the Lt'lddy revolry of tho danoo, and was tha obsorved of all obsorvers, Ko far as the ladlas wore concorned, A atoud, squave figure, ayraycd in the garb of | = s Capuohin or womo othor kind of monk, was rathor consplenous upon tho floor, and soemed to have n muitiplicity of acquantancos, Tho sncordotal maunur in whish Lo used his hands, and tho gonoral ploty of his benring, went to roolalm ~ tho fuct “that this roverond man ind graduatod in A Iloman Oathollo achool, avd wns, in ovory way, fitted to proside ovor tho destinion of Cnlholio Assoeiation of Ohioago.. 1¢ Mue momeret mnn roferrod to koops on improving, ho will soon Do 11t to pronounco bonediction with tho dignity of & Binhop. s Ionor, Mayor Oolvin, oscupiod a promi- mont_soat in the dress cirole, and wan sur~ rounded by somo mombors of his family, among them his amiable wifo and i chorming dnughtor, Mrs. Gillesplo, Tho lond of the City Governmont looked uito patriarchal, and sccmod to onjoy the “goings on"™ with that exuboraucoe which characterizos him ns a public and a pri- vate charnoter. On tho loft of the Mayor eat Jncob Rehm, Cliof of Police, and some lady frionds, who wors dromsed in the height of faghion. Mr, James Walsh, of the Baltimoro & Olio Ruilrond, and othor distinguishiod gentlo- men, algo oceuplod soats in the cirole. ‘Tho_doorkoopora oxercisod groat vigilance in tho soleotion of porsons admitted to the floor, sl boing compolled to remove their masks, #0 as to atlow_tho sorutiny of their foatures by Dotec~ tivos Els, Dixon, and Burns. In thls manner tho afTair was mado solect, and fow, if any, im- propor charncters wera admitted, but many of thom woro turned nvmiy. Dancing commoncad at half past 9 o'clock and Insted for somo 20 minutes, Thon thoro ap- Pemxd upon the sceno o crowd of mon_drossed n bluo, with long falso nosos, red na a lobsler's claw, On inquiry it wns ascortained that thoso constituted tho Smolling Qommitteo of the Bonrd of Hon!th—their luxurious proboscical ac commodations having beou furnished by Dr. Ben O. Miller, who prosides over the emnitary arrangomonts of the elty, Their servicos wero not, howovor, called into requisition leat even ing, gvhiln the torpeichorean arrangomonts wero at thoir height, o batch of Aldermen arrived from tho carly-ndjourncd Common Council. Among tho synod were noticed Aldormon Puto Malir, Thomas Btout, Jullus Jonas, Thomas Cannon, Thomas Lynels, John Corcoran, and othor well-known natlves of Gormany. At half-past 10 o'clock, the drop-curiain waa uprolled at a given signal, and and & calcium light, operating from tho gaflery, threw ita brill- iancy upon tho stage. Immediatoly thoro appeared a group of Capuchins, who boro p!ncnrl.{s with tho names of “Tur ‘Pnipune, Times, and othor city papors thorcon inscribed in thoir right liands and atsves in their loft digits, These mon appoared to be in tho act of practicing tho rolo of gravodiggers, whon thoy wore siot upon by o band of mock-Tndinns, with plontiful foathora aud no stint of tomahavks, who made short work of them and their scalps. This gory business comploted, tho wild warriors excouted » war-danco around tho bodies of their vietims, and indulged in a sorics of yolls that would havo beeun thrillingly torrible Liad thoy not beon eminontly ridiculous. Final- 1y, by the morciful interposition \of Providence, somothing like an earthquake tumbled down a couple of troes or mchlcus, and disposed of tho Modocs in double-quick timo. This catastrophe had, however, & horrifying offcck on tho alain monks, for, liko Lazarus, of o0ld, they nroso from tho dead and—what Linzarus is not recorded to have done—jumped around {n tho raiment of hiarlequins, This being an exclting affair, producod terrific applauso. 8o much oxhaustive employment naturally brought an intorval of pence, aud tho maskors indulged in anothor whirl on’ tho floor. This ended, the curtain sgain uprose, and the grand processlon was displayod upon tho platform, and, by the customary slides, ronched tho floor, aud commerced the nccustomed circult. First came a party of mon in & garb half Tye rolean, who appeared to act as tirailleurs,Zscate toring the crowd from tho ‘)nth of tho pageant. Then eame tho Princoss Carnival, 8 very prel.li young lady, borno on & kind of ‘throne, whic was carried by half-a-dozen stalwart Turnars. ‘Lwo beautiful childron sat on cithor side of this landsomo virgin, snd appesred to sot high stora by their exalted position in tho world, Tollowing came three othor intorosting fo- males, ropresenting Spring, with her frosh foli~ age aud tondor buds ; Summer, With hor more luxuriant wealth of vegetation and tho firat fruits of tho yoar ; and Autumn, mature in her charns, & blooming matron, a faco whero Beauty’s moonlight shone, to show Ilor morning sun was there, Honry Winter,—a man, of course, for who could be #o ungallant 88 to moko a woman froozo boforo she wns 80,—glittering in tho dinmonds of tho Yolo, formed tho rear-guard of ** TLio Songons,” Summor was particularly blessod on tho occa~ sion, for not slone was sho handsome horsolf, but her triumphal car was surroundod by bosus teous lndjos, whoso fiashing orbs and luxuriand linir proclaimed them to Lo of the magnificont raco of women who “wopt by tho wutors of DBabylon when thoy remembored Zion.” But the oyos ghowad no tears lagt night, In fact, thay were rofroshing to look upon, and suggested any amount of Lyronie poetry, for inetance : Tuoy roda (not walked) iu beauty, lito the night Of cloudlesa climes and starry skles, And ull that's best of dark and Lright Mat in thelr aspocts and their eyea, Roarmost of all camo & band of mummers, who scted all manuor of *tomfoolery,” as i their wont. Some bore mottoes rolativo to tho Spanish Ropublic, and others supported logonds laudatory of lager-beor. A very aged porsonago, costumed es tho Pope, aided by half--dozen fomnalos modeled aftor *‘tho scraggy witchoes' in “ Macbotly,” had o shot at revivalism by hand- ing about among the crowd tracts, some of which bors this notorious blasphomy: *The Times iu tho ouly religious organ in Chicago.” When the procession had performed all that was oxpected, tho entiro body roformed upon tho platform, received a parting dose of calciut and rivging cheer, Subsequently the terpsichorcan efforts wora renewod and kopt up until tho masks wore ro- moved, when overybody oxclaimed at every- bodvy else and said—if' “they spoko Euf‘llsh—- 'Why, who could think it was you!” they did not speak tho languago roforred to, thoy trunslated tho above pliraso into German or Irisl, Tho wholo thhuil\nm well done, the arrango- monts woro oxcellent, the sudience fino, the musqueradors respoctablo, the procession ad. mirable, and tho dnucinF nuycrh. And 80 0 the ¢ Grossen Maskon Ball "—Vals! —_——— CASUALTIES. Tho Erowery Accident in Philndels phin, Special Dispateh to The Chicago \ribune, PHILADELPUIA, Feb, 16.—Two mworo bodios lave been dug out of tho ruine of Mullor’s brewery at Brewerstown, and it is supposed thod thero ure no moro missing. On Saturay axd yostordsy collections’ wero taken up amoag the crowd who witnessod tho ruins for tho bonofit of the families of thoe killed and injured men. Drowned. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bertame, O., Feb, 16.—Tho body of an Qld man was found yestordsy at tho. conl-worka, frozon in o cake of 1co. It was supposed to be ono of two that were run ovor in the ekiff a fow wooks 8go at Doggs Island by a tow-boat. Three Chiildron Burncd to Death, Lincony, Neb,, Feb, 16.—A torrible occur- ronco took place soven miles from this oity on Saturday siternoon last, Mr, James Grey and family family ocoupy a houso on the farm of J. H, McMurly, on Middle Creok, sevon miles went of this city, On tho day moutioned, Mrs, Groy loft homo to do au crrand at s welghbor's, sonia third of a mile distant, leaving her throo chil~ dron at home. The oldost of them was but G yoars of ‘age. Bho was only absont somo throo-quarters of an hour, but on her roturn sho discoverod from = distauco tho raof of tho hauso on fire, She mado all tho hnsto possiblo to rench home, but botoro sho arrived the roof Lad fallon in, Blo, howaver, braved tho fire, and tried to rescuo tho Hetlo ones, Ouly ono of them was found, the oldest, Who was Iu the bed covered up with tho bod-clothos, dead, his limbs being burned off. Yostorday sho found among tho debrls the bones of tho other two. Tho mattor was roported in the churches hLera yestorduy, and quite a largo amount of movey was glvon snd subseribed foy tho rellef of tho family, This is the socond hnug{n 3, MoMuarty bas lost by fire within two woeks, e A'frain Thrown from the Track by o Lan 1ide==Four Porsons Killod, Avvrextowy, Pa,, Fob, 16.—A froight-train on the Lehigh & Susquohanna Railroad, botween 1 and 2 o'clock this morniug, ran into a land-slide, noar State Dam Btation, Tho engina Jumpod tho track, and ulthnu cars wore pilod upon oach othor, smasking froight of 'all doscriptions, which was strown along tho road and hurled into the river. Not ono of tho train-hands, as far ns conld be ascortained, escapod injury, ‘Tho body of tho ouginoor, Daniel SLaunon, was found une dor tho englue, conslderably burnod, Otio Shau- non, tho firemun, and Frank Ryan, a brakemann, wore hud!{ sonldod and burned, Threo others. are roporfed klilled, Tho stove in the cabaoss #ob fize to tho froight, nd ning oars were burnud