Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1874, Page 8

CRIME. Mysterions Murder of a Woman and Child Near Davenport, History of the Treblo Murder at Tali- . fax, Mass, 4 Miscellaneous Criminal Ifcms. A Woman Drutaliy Murdered Neamr | Davenport, I i Spectal Disvatch to The Chrcagn Tribune. i Davesrort, In., Feb. 10.—In Shoridon Town- ’ 8bip, this county, » vory shockiug murder was committed Inst night, the victim toing Mis. Elizaboth Brownlie, wifo of Alexander If. Brownllo, n wenlthy farmer of (his county. ‘While nlono in the honse with hor four smell § childron, sho was shot by somo man outside tho window, who discharged both barrels of n shot- pan, ono chargo striking ler shoulder, and {;mnking hor arm and,shonlder, the othor charge ontering hor loft brenst, featfully mutila- ting her, and lulling ' bor almost instantly. It is bolloved that there woro two mon, ono of whom broko opon a window in snother roon, the ono who killed Mra, Browntio In tho moantno standing gunsd, The lady Loard the noige, made an slarm, and was thou shot dend. A littlo boy 4 yoars old, who was sitting_noar_his mother, ws also fatally shot, Mrs, Drownlio was a besutiful and worthy womnn, 32 yonrs of ago, and danghtor of tho Tfon. H. M. Thomns, Tho murdor crentcs great pxcitemont and sorrow. Lhore i8 no cluo to the porpetratord, Two Wenlthy Farmers and o Malden Lady Murdered ot kialitax, dass. alifaz, Mass, (Feb. 17). Di.?mtcn to the New York Herald This obscure village, in Plymouth Connty, has boon the scene of o tragedy which, for the num- bor of victims aud tho nvstery of tho ciroum- stauces, is unparalloled in tho lustory of crimes in this rogion. Yestorday morning, o eboo- maker by the naomo of Lull, having oceasion to vieit a noighbor for thoe pirpose of sharpening somo knives, stumbled upon tho body of o maiden lady named Mary Buckloy, lying on & crosspath, abont thirty rods from the farm- Thouso of Thomns and Bimeon Sturtovant, with whom =ho lived in tho capacity. of housckesper. Sho wos lying face downward, and the back of her head Qmuenml a sickening sight, boing orushed as if by tho heavy blows of eomo instru- mont _impellod by such powerful forco na to embed hor face aimost completely in the ground. Startied by the evidence of murdor so appall- ing, Lull hastened at onco to the farm-louse of Sturtevant to give: tho alarm, whon he was hor- viflod to find tho body of Thomas Sturtavant strotebed at full longth inthe porohof the dwell- ing, cold in the embraco of death, with a Jantorn by s sido, as if Lo bad been nesnssinated just a hio was on tho point of stepping into the yord. His faco was most bratsily mangled, pro- Bonting ndditional ovidenco itat tho assassin, ‘whoover hio may b, bad not uested content with tho taking of o single lifo. Ponotrating into tho dwelling, Lull crossed the kitchen and ontered an ndjoining bedroom, where on the bed hodiscovercd, stiff in death ilio remaing of Simeon Sturtovant, the walls nd coiling of thie apartment beiug spattered with 1ho blood of the murdarer's third victim. "Lull thien hasteued.to arouse the villagers, aud by ihom tho body of tho woman waa takon up and conveyed to tho kitchon, where it was laid side by sido with the body of Thomas Sturtovant, ‘which wag brntht in from tho porch. Tho triple murdor is supposed to have been com- miited on Bunday night, At 9 o’clock on that eyeniug all tho victims are known to lave been ‘allyo, a8 & neighbor parted with thom at about that hour, ‘The theory in the villago is that Thomas was trickon firet, as hio was proparing to tnke n fiual Jook at tha' grounds beforo rotiring to rest, and that the murdorer after assailing him then proceeded to dispatoh Simoon, Miss Buckloy 1lying from the houso in torror, only Lo be pu- sited, ovortaken, urd slain by tho nesassin. 1t is suppoged that the object of the crime was monay, 08 it was woll kinown in the village that the Sturtevants were in the habit of keeping o Targo #um in ‘the houso, and o ailigent senrch has failed to discovor the presence of any funds in tho dwelling, Trom tho circumstances, it is conjectured that tho murdorer was entirely suc- cessful in carrying ont hisplan., A cascof drawors where ono of the brothers ku}!h bis valunblos was thoroughly examined and stirred up by the mue- dorer, and it is probable that » cousiderablo sum of money way tnken, In Miss Buckloy's room it was found that her trunk had not been disturbed, and in. it wore found about $900 and n gold wateh, The wenpon with which all the murders wero committed was ovidently o birch sled stake, sbout four feet in lougth, s one was fonnd Dorribly blood-stained about six feet from the | #pot whero tho body of the woman wns dis- coverod, and tho indentations on tho wall and ceiling of the porch and bedroom load to the sysumption that thoy wero mnds as the mur- derer awung the club, At present, thore are no threads by which tho author of the crime can, without dificulty, bo revealed, Tno victimsof tho tragedy wero all oldorly por - sons, Miss Buokloy being about 70 years old, Wlulo the Sturtevant brotbers had nearly reach- cd 80, "Tho Inttor wore well-to-do, the wealthicst farmers in town, and gmong the most highly- respocted, They were rigidly economical, and hoarded all the monoy they obtained, never de- positing any in the savinga-banks, A gentloman who owns’land adjoining the estate of the Bturtavanis describes thom ag tall, stalwart men, Bimeon boing over six feet in stature, Heo is of apinton that they had in their possession a con- sidorable sum of money at tho time of tho mur- der, which fact, being known to the perpetrators of the crime, induced its commission. A coro- <or's investigation hins been commenced,but thus far nothing boyond the circumstanco of finding the bodies Lian beon daveloped. BosToN, Fob., 18.—William "E. Sturtevant has been arrosted for the murder, at Halifax, Mass., of his uncle and Miss Bucklay, and com- mitted to iail. His aver-cont, which he snid was loat, has beou found in the dwelling of the mur- dered family, Curious Casc o Alloged Theft in springticid, it Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Senixariery, 1L, Fob. 19, rother inter- esting cuso was_on trinl yosterday and this Toorning before Judge Seane, of this ecirewmt, Tho facts aro that, in 18Gi, Honry Daley, n citizon of Carlinville, lost his pocket-book con- tnining 910,000. A man by the namo of Goorge Myors, o citizen of Macoupin County, ehortly aflorward romoved from tho county to Missouri, Ho was poor when ho loft, but on arriving in Migsourt doveloped suddonly into a woll-to-do faymer, A ghort time sinco, Isano Myers, n son of Qcorge, stated that ho and his father wero in Carlinville on tho day tuat Daley lort his monoy, and that they fonnd it. The man rofusod to divido, a8 ho’ staled, snd for that vosson ha had concluded to “pench.” A ro- quisition was Em:luucd, and tho father aud son were brought buck ta Cavlinville, and in defeutt of 5,000 were committed. Che case came up bofore Judge Boane, on n writ of habeas corpus, and upon a full hearing of the casa the Judge decidod that tho ovidenco sgainst tho Enrlicn n'lau not gufloient, and theiefore discharged om. Elopeqd to Canada. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dernory, Mich., Fob, 10.—Soveral weeks ago, John Rellly, ot this eity, wont to worl in tho cmploy of Samuel Smith, of Eikhart, 1o be- camo intimato with Smith's wifs, and a weel ago thoy cloped and camo to Detroit, ‘They wont to ‘Windsor, where they woro disturbed yostor- ‘dny by the appenranco of Mr, Smit, The woman returned to this city with her husband, but Reilly rofused to como, and was to-day Drought before o Magistrate iu Windsor on tho chargo of bringing stolen goods into Cavada. If conviatad of -this clisrgo, he osn bo sent ta the Ponitentiary for fourteon years, Tho caso was continued R’ll to-morrow. Ymprivonment for Lif Special Dispatel o ‘Phe Chicago Tridune, Burraro, N, Y., Fob, 10.—Michuel AoKoun, the wile-murderer, was to-dsy sontenced to im- prisonment at Auburn for life, in thoe Suporior Court, e mado a short speech, fu which ho assorted his inncoenco, and said that tho story told by his littlo lfll‘l. upon which ho was con- victod, was a falschood put In her mouth by his _enomics. Lawless Minerds 8r, Lous, Mo, Fob, 10.—A party of coal- miuors, of Bt. Clalt County, Tik, Who aro on a £ = - s 3 ¥ i _— all n ono-armed pedc lor, tns beon fonnd of murdor in tho firat «logroo, aud sentenced hianged April 10 noxt. Arrest off Alleged Forgorss Nzw Yons, Fob, 18,—Stephen Itaymond, wha ia ohiargod with boing ouw of the ringlonders of tho band who oporatod f1a Wall strect and plso- whero last summor with forged securilies, has arrlved in this city from 1¥ngland, i chargo of a private doteetive, aud is now In tho Tombs, Tho guug passed over 8600,000 worth of: forged bonds on t?m Contral & Buffalo and Iio Rinlironds, and woro nbout to throw on tho market n vaut nmount of fraudulent bonds of tho Westorn Un- ion Telograph Compnny whon dotected, Dr. Alvah Blaisdell, who 18 notorious for hav- o his naine nspactated with the Cunninglnm- Burdell mnrder, and who served o uhort thino in tho Bing Blug Prison for running an illiolt whisky distillory, has also boou arrestod. It s alfeged that n largo number of the forged bounds wero propared in Ins house. toho Jowelry IRobbery at Ottumwn, Xa. Or71Unwa, Ina, Fob, 10,.—Last nlght tho cloth- ing stora of Joreph Gray, at this placo, was on- torod and Eobbed ot clorhing ond Jowalty to tho valuo of 2800, A vigorous mearch in hoing made, but 10 clue Lo the robbors haa yot boon obtulued, Murders §27 Now Moxico. 8r. Louts, Mo, Fom, 19.—A Sauta To, Now Mexico, lottor snys tho’ Inwlessucey in TLincoln Conuty roported n fow weoks since, continuos. Seven” murdors had beon committed thore in ton days provions to tho ¢late of lotter, The out- Inwa threaten to kill some of tho most prominont. men of the county, Many s"armors linve loft tho country, aud more aro propating to follow. Shooting Affray at A tlanta, Gn. AtnANTA, G,y Fob. 19.—In a difiloulty this at- ternoon, Jamos Chisholm shot and killed Penn Beddol. Both are gamblors, The Lowell Murder Trinle Lewisrox, Be,, Feb, 10.—The jury in tho Lowell murder trinl to-dny brougitt in & vardict of guilty of murdor in tho firat degreo. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Suits on tho Bomdis Issucd to tho Ote tawa, Oowego & Fox ftiver Valley Ruilrond=-~ho Legisiative flecords Consulted=="The Pekin Distillers, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Bpminarietp, Il, Fob, 19.~—Suits aro now ponding in tho United Btatea Court for the Northern Division of this State, upon $16,000 or 320,000 of the bonds issucd to thoe Ottaws, Oswego & Fox Rivor Valloy Railroad. Tho re- cent notion of the Supreme Court of this Btato with reforonco to these bonds, and the history of them, has beon often givon m Tue TmnoNe. Tho attomey for tho bondholders, Judge Eldridge, and Judgo Dickey for the defoudants, havo been engagoed hero to-dny taking evidenco with regard to the journals of tho two Houses for the session of 1857, This investigation dovelops the fact that tho bill autborizing the voting of aid to tho Otta~ wa, Oswego & I‘ox Rivor Valley Railrond reg- ularly passed tho Ilouso, was reportod to the Sonate, and by tho Senate roforred to the Com- mitteo on Raflronds. The Sonate journals do nat show that any further action was ovor taken by tho Senate on this bill. Ihe House jonrnals show o message from tho Benato announcing that they had concurred with tho Ilouso in thoe passago of tho bill. 'The bill is shown, signed by the Bpeaker of tho House and the President of tho Hounto, and approved and signed by tho Governor. Itis =lso shown that the original journats are fost, Whoro is nothivg on filo in the Becrotary of Stato’s offico oxcopt n writton copy of that which purports to ba of tho original Journals, and tho journals as thoy wore printed. -The case will be tried upon this ovidonce. The counsel for tho bondholdors balioves ho has o primn facio caso, when ho prosents the bonds and shows tho law undor which thoy - were is- sued, und ujon the faith of which thoy woro bought. Tho dofenso will then oxbibit the fatal defcet in the logwiativo journal, in that they do not show that the bill over passed tho Sonate on call of tho yoas and nays, Tho plrintiffs will thenshow Ehat tho criginal journals were lost. BUIT AGAINAT A PERIN DISTILLER, A suit againgt D. T, Thompson, ouo of the Tekin distillors, was tried to-day.' Tho damage was Inid ot §9,000. In this case tho District At- torney abaundoned tho iden of implending the suretics, and proforred to pet a judgment against tho prinoipal. The amount of tax was not donied, but the jury in the onse wns loft to decide upon tho penalties for non-paymont. A Decision After Fifteen Yenrs’ Litle . gation—8658,000 at Stnikc. Provivesce, R. I, Feb, 19,—In the United States Circnit Court to-day, in the case of Mrs, James va. Tho Atlantic Delnine Company, Judgo Qlifford sustzined the exceptions to oue or two ilems of tho Mastor's report, aud ordored ‘ juds- ment for the remainder, in effect afirming tho plaintiff’s claim for about $088,000, Tha case hns been in court just fifteon yenrs. The Pucblo (New NMexico) Indians Des clax Jitizens, Br. Lours, Fob. 19.—Tho Republican’s corre- Bpondc\lt at Banta Fo, N. AL, suys the Bupromo Court of that Corritory has decided that tho Pucblo Indians of Now Mexico aro citizons of the Unitod States, undor tho Treaty of Guada- loupe Hidalgo, witl powor to soll and dispose of their lands like other citizens, This decision will add about 4,000 voters to the population of the Torritory, and relieve tho Govornment of the neceasity and_expenso of supplying tho Pucblo Agonts and. distributivg farmiug -implemouts umong thom. The San Francisco Libel-Suit. SAN Fraxcsco, Feb, 19.—Tho libel case of the Chronicle editors ugninst tho printers of the Sun has heen finally dotormined, Sovon of the Int- tor bod to auswor. Michaol and Charles De- Young, of the Chronicle, wore also held for tho 1ibol of Napthaly, of the Sun. Gustavus DeYoung will bo examined Saturdsy for shooting at Napthaly with intont to murdor him, THE LABOR QUESTION. Cotton Operators on o Striice. Puruaperruiy, Feb. 19.—~Tho employos of the Kensington Cotton-Mills aroon s strike. Tho | ostablishments of Messra. Porter & Dickoy, James Loug & Bro., John Dallas & Bro., Joseph ‘Wolsh & Son, Thornton & Smith, Irwin & Stine son, and all other large mills are beiug closed, } At lonst 2,000 hands are out of employment by i the strike. Most of the employes in tho Ken- | sington Milly are women, aud it is #aid that aftor | concerted action had been docided upon thoy + marched from mill to mill, and induced others to ston work. The women allege that the aver- ago wages paid thom before the pauic was from 95 to €6 por weok for n puir of looms, and this was reducod 16 por cont. - ‘I'hoy now demand the ol prices, saying that thoy are unablo to live on tho wages received. Loy also allego that their employers sre vecoiving a8 ligh prices for their goods as thoy did beforo tho panic, and can afford to go bick to old rates, 'ho om- ployora say they will probably go back to tlo old vrices whon the nl)rlng trado hegine, A meoting of tho strikers will be held to-morrow moining. ‘Thore is no troublo hero in the shoo trada, Ballrond Strikes. New Yonr, Fob. 19.—Another strile ocourrod on the New Yorl Midiaud Itnilrond ta-dlay, owing to the failure of the hands to reslize on tho serip with which they wero paid o few weels ago. 'The mwitches aro spiled at Bummit, and 0o trains are allowed to run, 'The strike on the New Jorsoy Southern Rail- rond is at an oud, Cho business of the road I8 started, in accordanco with the bill of tho Now Jorsoy Logislatnre, wlucht provides for the ap- pointmont of a Rocaiver to run a road thet hns coaged running for ten days, and which gunran- toos that the employes shall recoive two months' back pay from tho firat carnings, —_— SUICIDE. Dernorr, Mich, Fob, 19,—At Port Huron, lnab night, ‘Thoodore, 10 Jours old, tho son of the late Bumon Potit, kissed ' good-by " to his broth- or's children, wont to his room, loy on his bed, placed the muzzle of & reyolver near his breaut, diseharged the ball into s heare, aud died in- stantly. Speetal Dispatels to The Chicago Tribune, Arrreron, Wia, Fob, 19.—1Terman Mioske, a Germnn phiysician of this place, committed sul- cide on Tucadny night by blowing his biains out. ‘'he weapon useu was ® largo lLovso-pistol, oud it is believed thut, in addition to tho usual charge, ho put 1 u quantity of wator, as tho uppor part of his skull' was blown comn= gtrilo, wont to the mino of Robort Lemon, near Froesburg, yestorday, drove off o party of nnEro miners whoin Lomon had omployed, aud robbed theirshianties of clothing, revolvery, wutohes, eto, A Murdoror to 3¢ nnngu:l; “ Arsany, W, Y, Veb, 10.—Lowenstoin, the Brooklyn basber itho shot and robbed boro Iast ! pletaly off, anud the bralu found lying on the flcor ‘almost wholo, 1Io lenves o wifo and two children in Germany, snd fuilure to induce them to como to this country 18 suoposed to havo Leon tho eauso of tho swicide, He wun standing hefore a picture of his family which hung in hix-ofiico whon he fired the fatal shot, 1o hud been doad noarly twenty-four hours wheu the shooling deed wos disooyerad, guluy i CCLORADO. The Denver Ring of Land- Grabbera. Tho Guhornatorial Chungo o. Result of tho Tas Animas Affair, Tho Grand Irrigation Schonm---Poverty in' the Terrilory, Koand-Grabbing-==The Lax Animns A« fuir and the Chango of Governor. Correspondence of The Chtcaqo Tribune. Denvem, Gol,, Fob, 11, 1874, * Colorado {8 a country roquiring irrigathon, and tho supply of water I #o limlted that not above 1,000,000 of noros ara capabla of bolng cultivat- od, Bottlements, consequently, have boen po slow that now, aftor fifteon years” accupancy, tho populnation docs not exceed 90,000. Donver is thio priucipnl town, and it has neatly s qumter of the population of the whole Torritoty. From tho carliost days, . A BET OF SIIARE SPEOULATONS Dad their headquarters in Denver, and they on- geged so extensively in solling undoveloped minos, ropreseuted to bo enormously rich, that” Tastorn poople, during n fow yoars, invested from 6,000,000 to $8,000,000, all of which may bo eald to Linvo boon lost. 'This furnished a good working capltal. The noxt and tho most favorito mpeculation has boen to get hold of choico picees of land, Tho procesa must Linye beon to hire mon to awear that they Iind mado improvomouts, and to prove up ; and, whon thoe patent was recelved, the title was transforred to the spoculator. Tho selection was almoat nlways 8o judicious that, in o short. time, tho land could bo sold at from $5 to $10 and evon $156 an ncro; and in this way huudreds of thonennda of ollara wero roalized. This wa o busiuess carried on by & great many mon cenlled rcs‘)uctulglu; and, a8 sottloments progress, the speonlntor is always found in the advance, with his evidenco of filing or of titlo, It is eafo to sny that thore is not n really choico pioce of land, easy to water and valuable for bay, be- tweon Donver and Julesburg,—bolng along the South Platte Valloy,—but what O MAN IN DENVER Tiag a olnim to it; and valuablo conl and timber Jands have boon seized in the same way, Of «courso, the dumnge done ta Colorado in the way of retarding immigration is immoneo, All this Lag beon in detail, and, though well Juoswn, no clamor was made, for nothing could ‘bo dono againet wonlthy and influential mon. But a land-grab was mado last fall on a largo scale by parties high in position, which Las called down tho veugenuco of tho Governmeunt. The par- ticular caso is this: Certain valuablo Innds lying ou the Arkanaas, npgnaito Tort Lyon, have long Tieen clnimed undor Spanish grants, bul recontly QGovernmeut came into possession, Thoreupon tlm[}uuplu of the county applied in good faith nt 4ho Laud-Offico in Pueblo to filo on thosame, ac- cording to lnw, Tho reply of tho ofticors wes, that tho papers wore not all ready, but, as soou a9 they should be, the applicants ftiould bo nozi- flod. Who moxt thing heard was, that a largo number of acres hed beon proved upon, the patonts issued, and the property traunsforred to D, 11, MOFFITT, ot the Tirst National Bank of Donver, and a Bnrhlnr of 'T. B. Chaflce, Delogato to Cougross, omplaint Loing mado to tho Land Departmont, a Special Agent was sont out, who reporcod to Commissionor Drummond that tho frauds. were of a mokt palpablo chiaracter. Meamwhile, the Lerritorial Legialature having met, Gov. Blbert nominated this Mofiite for Ter- ritorial Troasurer, and, eftor considerable heni- tation, Moflitt was confirmed. Upou this, Gen. QGrant supersedes Gov. Elbert, and sonds to the Sonnto the name. of E. M. MoCook, formerly Governor, to tako lis placo. Of course, tho Donver Ring disliko McCook, for lio noyer be- longed to them ; and thoy are making all sorts of charges, without the lenst proof, Loaving out tho Ring and all those who have ‘been engaged in tho land-grabbing, thero isa ¢« UNIVERSAL INDORSEMENT of tho nction of Gon, Graut, both in Denver and through tho whole Lorritory ; and there are but threo or four nowspapors, amang forty or fifty, which support Gov. Eibert. It 18 to bo hoped that Gen. Grans will bo deat to all tho appesls of the Ring, and give us Gov. McCook, who novor mixed in any of those grabs, or, nt least, #ome ouno olse, for we have suffered boyoud tolling. Vinpex. The Irrigat hemeo. Correspondence of The Chieago L'ribune, Jerrenson Couxry, Col, Feb, 9, 1874, The Presidont of tho United Statea seoms to have just awakened from a Rip Vaa Wiankle tleop in rogard to land-roform. The old alage, It is bettor Iate than never, is barely true in this instanco, ns our Nationel Goverument, during its contennial history, has recklessly pormitted speculators to secure the larger por- ticn of tho public domain ; and thus tho rights of the people’s inheritance, which should lave been kopt encred, and secured, by the very firat Congressional enactmont, forever from confla- cation, have beon ruthiessly graspod out of their npossession, BAILNOAD-MONOTPOLISTS AND LAND-8PECULATORS. Away out here in Colorado, the public-land hns horotoforo beon considerod nlmost worthless for purposes of agriculture, and looked upon nson part of the ** Great American Dosort.” Witlhout irrigation this iden was plausible; but, with s propor system of caunaly, ditches, flumes, and nqueducts, this samo desort can bo made to fruotify,—*¢ bud aud blossom as the rose.” The Innd-grabbors have been at work, since the orgnnization of the Territory, to filch from tho peoplo oven this arid ‘“‘American Desort.” And behold | now our Dalegato in Congress is pray- ing that body to prant an organized company, ostousibly for irrigating purposos, the monapoly of overy nlternate section of tho public domnin along tho contemplated imrigating canal,—tho railronds heving the othersections,—thus jointly socuring A COMPLETE MONOPOLY of the only portion of tho Torritory that can be brought under prosperous cultivation, Tho membors of this Associntion do not propose to ocenpy, improve, and ouliivate the land thom- solves. Oh, no! Thoy ave not *tillers of tho sotl, howara of wood, and drawors of wator” for themsolvos; but they oxpect to get a large bouns—from £6to £16 per acre—{rom actual sottlors on said lond ; and nlso from $1.50 to 33 Im\- iuch for water to irrigats every acro of such aud purchased of thom. ¢+ I am glad that Uresidont Grant has commene- od—in enrnest, 1 hope—the busincss of this long-noglected Innd-reform; and the Terri- tory of . Colorndo is whers this lrud-reform ought to commonco, LT'he lands ought to bo vaented, that notual settiors may move on and possess it ns the only logitimate and rightful occupants, May tho Presitont havo courage and principlo enough to fight tho greatest and wealthiost avistocracy siuco tho reign of thoe late Bluve olhgarchy. Yours iu behalf ot land-ro- form, J. I, ALDERMAN, Poverty in the ‘Territory, Correspondencs of The Chicagio U'ribune, PurnLo, Col,, Fob, 8, 1674, Colorndo is clamoring for admission into tho sistorhood of Btates. I quostion much if sho has the necossery population entiiling her to such « condition, aspecinlly whon we take into considoration the thousands who aro tied down hand aud foot by the prossure of hard times and overstocking, and would be only too glnd to leave "tho conntry. Homeloss, sholterless, and Lungry, thoy wandor over mountsin and valo, seoking omploymont,—tho vietims, in many in- stances, of a vapacious DAILWAY AND NEWSPAPER COMDINATION CLIQUE. In making this statement, I do not include tho wholo pross, but I do strike at tho so-called londing paper of this Territory, Tho largest and wost prominent advertieoment in the Denver News 18 ono extolling tho landa atong tho Koansny Pnoltie and Denver Pacific Rallways. I -know uothing of the landu along the Kanuas Dacifio, Lut some nlong thg Denvor Paciflo Iean youch for as bolng compuratively worthless at prosont for agricullural purposes, For fifty out of the hundred and odd miles of ‘the Denver Paclile Railrond, one can conceive nothing moro olieor- less and loas invitiug than tho land on both sldes, As for as tho oyo can seon iw s droary wasto,—stronintoss, I may sny; the abodo of must havo frprising powors for ouduring thirat. All, or noarly all, (ho Iand, sud that in norrow pmltln-dogwayums, nud” some antelape, which strips, along the stroams, s takon up; dnd, until romo oxtonsiva system of irrigation la ndopted, the groalor port{on of Colorado MUBT REMALN A DERERT to nll intonts and purposos, ns far a3 farming s concorned, Bomo Denverttos have hbeon incorporatad— mark you pinco tho President's Inst morenge— nn o sooloby for carrying out (?) an irtigating canal solhiemo which rivaln anything that nan has yot attompted fn this line, Thnt such a schoma in fonsible, I hollove; but lot us bo very wary as tohww wohelp it along by donating millions ot tho public Innds to n sat of mon whone object is private gain, and not the intorest of the tolling thousandu, "l'o-day this Torritory, for n range of 200 miles North and South, that T am porsounlly acquaint- ed with, is & OVEIRTOCKLD 1IN LATIORING POTULATION, It fs no uncommon thing to find two mon har- Dorod on » small farm in consideration of thoir Inbor, aud tho men only too glad to hawe wch & homo, *Tho cltion and’ towns are crowaled with men out of omploymont, 1low thoy live, the angels only know, “Many an unfortunate boing lins baen forcoed to the commitis! of theft, gond- «ed on by grim-visaged hunger. Anon. et CASUALTIES. / - Y 8ix Persons Killed by a Premature Explosion of Dualin. Yestorday's Reord of Minor Acci- dents. Explosion of Dunlin=.Six Men Killod. From the Houghton (I, S Mining Guzelte, Kxtra, On last Friday ovoning, about 7:30 olelock, o torribla accident ocourred at the Phonix Mino, in Koweenaw County, 2 mitos from Eagle River, tho ‘origin of .whioh will probably never bo Inown, Tour minors aud & subordinato under~ ground offlcor wora proparing, in an_apartment, of n building on the location’ occupiod by tha Mining Captain 88 his ofiico, n quantity of dualin, to uso that night infmaking a “saud-blast” in tho taine, Themon wera taking the dualin—100 pounds—from ita original packago, and transfer- ring it to a bag, whon tho oxplosion took place, Desides thio dualin, thore wero threo kogs of powder in tho room. ‘Threo of the mon were handling tho explosive, the fourth was holding & lighted candle, while the fifth man stood looking on, when tho oxplosion occutred. The house was shattored to atoms and the men litorally blown to piecss, Capt. John Hoatson, Under- ground Buperintondent of the mine, waain his office, an adjoining room, at the time, soated at his desk, and was struck by some of ' tho flivlng nco, missilos on the loft side of tho hond and rocelving such injuries that ho died ths—Sun- fifi{—d-mcmmg. Tho following 18 the list of tha od : Capt. John Hoatson, a bighly-rospocted citi- zon of {this district for' a numbor of years, age 46, notive of Scotlaud, lonves o wife and four children; Capt. Richard Johins, English, unmar- ried ; Frod Striker, German, wifo aod oight chil. dren; William Dunn, English, unmarried ; and two brothiors named Marle, ‘English, ono of whom leaves o wifo and four childron. Stemmor Sunk. Mrarenns, Fob, 19.—Tho tow-bont Mohawk, withi five barges from New Orleans for §t, Loum, struck o snng noar tho foot of Tsland 06, ut 30 this morning and within five minutes sunk so that only n portion of hor hurricano roof was leftL nbove water. No lvea lost, Tho boat will doubtless prove o loss, Tho bavges wero all saved, Tho alohawk was owned by tho Missis- sippi Valloy Trnnagortutian Compnny, Valued ot 230,000 Iusnred in Cincinnati sud Wheeling oflices for $20,000. Accidentaily | Poisoned. BostoN, Fob. 19.—~Jobn Magar attendod a ball at the Wifingd House, HIyde Parlk, Saturday last, and, wandering into one of tho private rooms, tools n dranght from n bottle which lio thoughl coutained Jiquor, but proved to bo poison. Ho dicd lnst night, Gas Explosion. Prrrsnunan, Feb. 19,.—An explosion oceurred this nfternooh m the Rotorrt Ilousa of the Consolidated Gas Company, on Twonty-cighth ntroot, thia city. Tho building took fire, but the 1lames wero {‘»ruvnntnd from_spreading bayond. tho Retort bulldings, Loss about 31,000, THE WEATHER. ‘WasnmxaTow, D, C., Fob. 19,—For tho Ohio ‘Valloy aud lake region, southwost to northwest winds, falling temperature, and oloudy, followed by clearing weather. Tor the extrome North- west, rising, followed by falling baromoter, higher temperature, northweat winds, and clear or partly clear wonther. GENENAL OUSERVATIONS. Go, Feb, 20—~1 a, m, Ztain| IWeather. Station, | Bar,)| Thr| Tieecleridgo [90.08|—10 Clear, Galro. veuss [0 498 L. Tuin, Cinctnaati, (20 81 [Eagr, .. BONLIG, A L, siow. 8. W, gentlol 8. ., £ 0.00 Eacanaba, ,[20.87 Marquette, 20,04 1 Milwaukee. (2. LaCrasso. ..[0.03] Leavenwiily 20,98 Tt, Gorry, [29.771— bS.'E,, Tt Gibso TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Adolph Fabricius, oditor of the Terre Hauto Banner, o German nowspapor, died yesterday, —Vietoria Woodhull aud Anua Dickinson spoke in Fond du Lac, Wis., Wednosdny night. —James Johnstone, o wholesnle merchant of Torre Haute, died of apoplexy vesterday. —Che Grand Jury at Davenport have roturn- od soventeen indictments against J. 8, Egglesht, tho bank forger, for forgory and defaiting. —Paul Vau Dorvoort, formerly of Iooming- ton, Ill,, has been appointed Chiaf Iend Clerk of the Hailway Mail-Sorvice, and goes at onco to Iondquarters at Omana, Neb, —A sehool of instructiou of the Masonio Or- der is now in session in Topoks, and members a6 present from all sections of Knnsus, The specinl object is the proparation of doputy lec- t}lron:] for” tho duties to which thoy will'bo as- signed, —T'he Wisconsin poultry exhibition at Milwau- keo will conclude to-day. The prizes wero awarded last night, 'haro was but a single en- try from outside tho Btato, nawmely, from Lart ford, Conn, Cho show has bgen n success, —Tho wifo of Fritz Schnelder, a farmer living noar Konlokee, went suddenly ineano on Sunday ovening last, smashing crockory, and assaulting lior infant and other childron in a terrible man= nor, Sho cseaped frof hor hushaud, and plunged into a creole mnear tho house, was roscued whilo sinking & third time, and now los in a critical condition, refusing food, and threatoning ail who npplronnh, A sigtor is an iunumlilo inmate of an asylum, [ —J. O, Wiltiams died in Rookford, IIl, at noon yostorday, of small-nox, This ia tho third death in the firet ofilicted fuwmily, No fronh cases have boon roported to tho city ofticers, and it i8 certain that tho disonso 1s contlned to & smull preeinct on the Woet Sido of the city. —A petition was signed yesterday by a number of business men nnd bankers in Rookford, IN,, onlling upon Congress to work for tho resump- tion of specio paymonts ns soon as possible. Among tho sigunturos woro thoso of the follow- ing bunkors: ‘Thomas D. Robortson, M. M. Btarr, I, P. Lave, G, Woodrufl, A, L. J,yman, D, H. Ferguson, W,'T, Wallis; and W. 'L\ Robert~ son, . e A POSTAL CURIOSITY. New Yonx, Feb. 10.—A valuable lottor which ‘was mailed from this city for Liverpool twonty- two_ycars ago, was reclaimed at tho Dead-Let- tor Dureau of the Post-Offico yosterday, ‘I'ho lotter was addressed ‘‘eovo of tho "United Btates Consul at Livorpool,” and is supposcd to havo been recontly discovored amoug tho old papors in the Consulato. Ralsise i PR R THE DICTATOR SAFE. Wasminaro, Fob, 19.—The Navy Defiartment Liag just recoived o dispatoh stafing (hat tho ix;)unuor Diotatorhas safely nrrived at Koy Wost, a. Kry West, Fla., Fob, 10—10 a, m.—'Tho monl- tor Dictator, for the safoty of which much fear waa entertained, is coming fntu tho harbor, 01110 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, CGiciynaty, 0., Fob, 19.~The Conatitutional Convention to-day, on_n third roading, by a vote of 47 to 41, gnvo the Governor thae veto™ power, subject Lo revorsal by & two-thirds voto of the lGaauml Assombly, ‘A motion to reconsldor was on 'WASHINGTON. (Continued from tho First Pngo.) York papern to show that in 1808 Mr. Morton way fn favor of specfo prymonts, - Mr, MORTON sn1d that in 1808 no_belloved specie pavinonts could bo rosimed, Tho times thon wera more nuspicious than nosw, Mr. BOGY nseortod that the Wost was suffor- ing tor want of monoy to enrry on ita industricr. 1o hoped tho amondmont of ‘the Sonator from Leunsylvanin wonld pass, “Tho question boing on Camoron’s amendment, 16 wos rojeotod—yens, 26; nnys, 82—ns follows 1 YEAS, Togy, Howe, Trath, Browulow, * Johuston, Rameoy, Gaeron, Topn, Toberieon, Qurponter, Mitehcll, Bpencer, Cinyton, Morlon, Tipton, Don RNorwood, Wea, i O T W urvoy, 'atierdon, t—1, Hitcheack, Deaso, | < Y Al Torry (Gunn), i s0n, ‘oTy (Guum), Morrill (Mo Authony, Treolhughuyson, M..mu(‘?u.,f' Toutywell, albert, ‘Bargent, Buckingliam, Goldiiwalle, Behiiez, Chandlur, Tinger, Heatt, Coukling, amiiton (M), Bhorman, Qotiover, Hamiin, Slowart, Cooper, Jones, Btockton, Oragln, Kolloy, Humner, Davis, MzCreeey, Wadlolghwaa, Fentdn, Mortimon, Messra, Aleorn, Gordon, Hamilton (Toxas), Stovenson, and Dorsoy, who would bave Yotod in the oflirmative, wore palred with Flauagan, Saulsbury, Ingalls, 8prague, and Edmuuds, who would buvo voted fn tho negativo. The question roourting on Mr. Morrimon's nmendment. instructing the Committes to ro- port a8 soon as practieable o bill providing for tho increnge of the National Bank circulation, so that the whola volumo ° thorcof shnll not exceod $400,000,000, Mr. GORDON submitted & substituto instructing the Comuitles to roport ns Boon a3 mractica- Dblo 2 bill for fro banking, and providing for the convortibility of Unfted HStates Tronsury notes into low-Intorest bonda or gold coin, at tho op- tion of the Govornmont, and the bonds convert- iblo into_Trensury notes at the option of the' Tiolder.s Rojectod—yons, 36 : uays, 80 YEAS, Togy, Donaie, Tattorson Drowalow, * Forry (Mich), Poase, Duckingham, Goldtiwalte, Tratt, Gamieron, Hurvey, Tamaey, Garponto, Titehcoek, Robinson, Qlayton, Jolnaton, Bpencer, Qonover, Logan, ’l‘rplon, Couper, Bltchen, Windoin—16, Davls, Norwood, Al altberty % porsin corn, jox orrill (VL. Authony, Hager,” B:rgant,(v h Boromat, Hunillon (4d.), Seott, Boutwell, Hamiin, Shiorman, Qlundlor, Towe, Helwurz, Coukiing, Tones, Btowart, Gragin, Kelloy, Hlockton, Fenton, McCreory, Bumner, Ferry (Conn), Merrimo Wadlesgh, Frelinghuyect, Morril (Mo, Wrlght o, Mr. COOPER moved to insort tho following 18 o subslituto for Mr. Merrimon's amondmont : ‘Chot the Committeo on Tinanco bo instructed to report a_bill providing for tho convortibility of United States Treasury notes into gold coin orbper cont bondsof the United Statos, and also for freo banking under the provisions of tho Natiounl Bank aot. “Adopted without a roli-call, Tha question then rocurring on the motfon of r. Buckingham to vecommit the bill with the rosolutions ahove provided. by Cooper's amond- mont, Bovoral Seuators inquired if tho substituto of Coopor had been ndopted. Tho OHAIR announced thatit had, no ons having called for tho yeas and nays. Mr. MIORTON domanded tho yeas and nays. Tho CHAIR (Cnrpenter) decided it was too Iato, tho voto having Leon announced. NMr, MERRIMON moved to reconsider tho yoto by which tho substitute of Mr. Coopor Lind Deon adopted, Mr, CONKLING soid if the Senators wanted o illustration of tho infirmity of this wholo pro- goeding, ho submitted that thoy had it now. This wholo thing lLad been going on without the apprapriate Committoo of tho Sonato nving piven to tho Senato suything which might bo termed a financial schomo. ~There lLad been sevotal billa from tho Finance Commlltee tonch- ing tho skirts of tho genoral question; butas the Benato had beon proceoding, it had been de- nying itself any schemo woll considercd by tho Committeo, Tho proposition of tho gentloman from Tenneesoo, just adopted, need no ox-Seere- tary of tho Treasury, no expert in finances, to oxplain it to the most ignorant mombor of the Bonate. It meant both oxpausion and coutrac- tion. The proposition Jooked upward and looked downward, What bad tho Senato been doing excopting spendivg timoe in making what o had Leard politiclans call a record, and ono whicl would hot b usoful horeaftor ?* All the Sonato bnd been doing was x]nnlinfi in_nebnlons genor- alitics. Ho thonght the bill wight bo allowed to go back to the Finauco Committeo without in- structions, and Iot that Commiltes worm ont and ropork homo plan which wauld command the approval of o majority of tho Scnate. He ap- ponled to fonntors to put an end to {he discussion by ~recommitting the bill with- out iustructions, Mo must say that bo felt ko would fall short of big duty it ho did not add hia voico against any new issue of irredecmable paper monoy. There wore many things] ho did mnot know, but ono thing ho did know, and that was, it would lannch this nation on o eea withont shoro, without hinrbor, to doclare in favor of aun incronso of paper money. Thnt proposition in- volved a falsoliood, a lic, and a lic in tho ond would upagt everything from an apple-cart to an Lwmpiro, It was falso that the stamp upon the papor transformed it o o doliar, e coindollur represonts tho cost of production, and papor mounoy * was merely symbolical of that dollar whon thore wns no ooln dollar bohind it. It was morely a mude promiso to pay, Ho would say nothing sbout tho Logal-Tendor act ; but he would sy, when no war engaged tho country, and no oveimastor- iug nesossities could bo pleaded, guilty and mad Indead, in his belief, would be that action by which the two Houses of Congress would un- { dorinko tosolve the financial problom of the doy by the unlimited issue of irredeemable é)rumlsm» topay. Ho agnin appoaled to tho onate o stop thin splitting of hairs, and let tho Committoo on Tinauco rosume posecssion of this quostion, and bring in_somo measure upon which the eominent gontlemon around biw, so long iu finance, shouldagree. Mr, OGLESBY said bo thought thoro was in the Senato to-dny a body in intelligence nud ox- perionce to compare with tho most favorable ora of the Amorican Ropublic, Ha had been bene- {itod by the discussion on this subject. o commended tho wisdom of the Ropublican Con- ress which pavo tho couutry the groon- acks and tho National Banlk system, and had no doubt cchood the feoling of the whole coun- try whon hio mado tho assertion that tho greon- bk currency was a noblo one, and sealed with the best blood of the nation. "1t would be re- deemed in gold, overy dollar of it, Air. MONBILL said it was ovident that tho de- Dbata could not bo closed to-duy. Ilo proposed ;hnt thoe gontleman give way to & motion to ad- ourn, Mr. OGLESBY snid he dld nob want tho Souate to adjourn inthe middle of his speech, 88 it would leave it with no moro_intelligenco than the resolution which ko hold in his hand— holding “E Coopor’s substitute, [Laughtor.] Re- suming, ho said ho thought that rosolution would become n very fmportant paper {n lustory of American finanefal literature, and he would take it with him to the [wn]:lu of his Stato, _Pending discussion on the motion to recog- sider the Honate adjournod. TOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE REPORTS. - Mr. BOOFIELD, from tho Naval Committeo, roportod n biil chahging the titlo of tho First Ase sistant Englnoor iu the Navy to Past Assistant Engincer, and providing that the courso of in- struction at the Naval Acsdomy for Cadot Engi- neors shall bo four years instend of two, thia latter provision to npplI to the class of Cadet Tugineers enteriug the Academy in 1874, and (o all subsoquent clasees. Aftor uxplnundou. tho Lill passod. Mr. BAWYER, from the Committeo on Com- moreo, roportod o bill oxtending to April 6 tha time for comploting the Greon Bay, Bturgoon Day, and Lako Micligan Ship-Canal.” Passod, Mr. BURCHARD (Ill.g. from the Commtteo of Ways and Moans, asked leave to report aud bavo put upon its pwuup}n a bill making somae toohinieal changos in the law govorning tlim ox- portation of spirits, , Mr. BULLER (Mass.) objected,, and tho bill was recommitted. AMr, WHITE, from the Judiciary Committeo, roported a bill to provido for thoe ofection of the two Roprosontntives-at-Large for Alabamn uns loss tho Loglslnture shall athorwise provide by law bofore the time fixed for tho eclection. 1o statod that the necessity for tho bill aross from the failuro of the Legislnturo to rodistrles the Binto, -one llouse being Domooratio and the othor Rn‘mbliunu. The ill*passed. Mr, CEBSNA, from tho same Committeo, ree orted a bl requiring tho United Biates Eluralmls and Ctorks of United Statos Courts, who liavo recolvod foos and omolumons in - ox~ cess of thoir logal compensution, to doposit the samo with tho I'ronsurer of the Unilod Btates, In caso of rofusal, euitsto bo brought and futuro onses to bo punished as misdomeanor. Bucelal agonts to bo appointeda to examine tho nocounts of these offleinls, who aro to ha paid out of the foos apd emolumonta recoverad, but thoir tolal componsation not to oxcved §05,000 1n any ono yoar, Attor disoussion tho bill was passed, OENEVA AWARD, Mr, BUTLER (Mas,) asked unanimous con- sout that the Judiclary Committeo should have loave to l'u)wrk, at any time, n bill forthe dis- tribution of tho Gonayn award, and tho Bonnlo nmendimonta to the Bankvuptey bill M. T ROBERTS objocted. i THE FRANKING DRI, Tho Tlorso then taok up the LIl for the dle- tribition of publio decumanta printed by nuthor- ity of Congress, scods furnlshed by tho Agrleul- tural Dopartmont, for tho froo oxchangs of ne\m)memru between publikhers, aud for the free transmisslon of weokly nowspapors withla tho county wharo \?ubllulml. Mr, ILARSON gavo notlco that he would offor & nubstituto for the bill providing Lhat all oxtrn numbors of documents pimted by order of Can- gress slall be sold and disposed of—the Agrle oultural roport, tho abridgomeut of tho Presi- dont’s measnge, and accompanyiug dooumonts— at 26 couts pot volume, and all other documonts at tho actunl cost, of tha paper, atitching, and binding, and that wookly papers slinll go froa in tho mails within tho comnty whero pablishod, but shall not bo do'ivared by Post-Oifice carriors udh!luuu postage shall have boon patd at the usual ritos, & Mr. MONROE gave notico of an amendmont to striko out of the bill all provisiour looking to the continuanco of tho system of dstributing public documents. Mr. SCOFIELD stated thallie' would voto ng}nhmz tho whole bill excopt tho third section, which provides lor tho froo transmisslon of wookly nowspapors within tho county where published, and “of nowspapor oxchanges. Thig ho would do in accordanco with the plodge which tho Ilnf:uhllonn party gave in conventlon in Philndelphia in 1873,” to nbolish the franking priviloge and keop it abolished, But if the bill woro to paea he would proposs an smendmont to striko out the words * without charge,” and to juscrb the worda ‘‘without propaymont of postago, but tho amount theraeof shall ho stamp- od on tho wrapper and paid by the person recoir ing tho samie. [r. KASSON proceeded to address tho House in support of the substitute of which ho had glven notico. Ho had beon told this morning by tho head of the continot offica in the Dost- Ollice Dopartment, that over that vast district west of the l\uaslasl;lml and north of Kentuoky and Teunceseo mail lottings wore 60 por cont, certninly 80 por cent, less than tho last lottings. Mr, BEOR ealled upon Mr. Kosson to esplain why the estimated detlcienoy for tho Post-Ofiico was largor this year than it wwas Inet yoar, Mr. KASSON-declined to_ontor into o disous- slou of tho finances, but Mr, CROSSLAND un- dertool to domonatrate that that doficloncy did not appenr in tho Postmaater-Gencral's osti- matos, but in tho estimates of the Secrotary of tho Trensury, who wanted a couplo of millions to subsidize stoamehips, Mr. CROSSLAND continued to talk loudly and posticulato violontly, manifesting very angry Toeling townrd Mr. ack, The SPEAKER meantime usod his hammor vigorously, so thatit was imposaible for Lhe ro- portors to get any idea of what Mr. Crossland ‘was talking about. . At lougth order waa restored, and Mr. RAS- BON procooded. Mo would show the Iouse what the voice of tho peoplo to the Forty-second Congress was, Iore ho had ]»lncnd upon hiy daslc four largo waste-baskets filled with memo- rinls for tho nbolition of tue franking privilege, wiule from all sides of the hall came interrup- tions oud questions bearing upon the point that theso petitions had been got up by tho Postmns- tor-Gonoral. In the midst of the noiko and con- fusion, the Speakor's gavel indicated the close of NMr. Kaeson's hour, and objectiona wore mado Lo an oxtonsion of his time, Ar. LYNER said that ho should support so much of tho bill a8 auchorized tho frao tranu- mivaion of woekly nowspapers within tho county of their publication, aud of exchanges Desweon nowspaper oftices ; but ho should -op- poso that portion of tho bill which provided for what wag equivaleut to tho freo diatribution of public documon| Ilo called tho aitention of tho Iouso to tho fact thas tho Postmustor-Gon- eral’s cstimatos for thonext flacal show a probablo doficit of 84,686,864, to which was to be ndded tho amount to bo paid for oflicinl stamps for tho Lxccativa Dopartment, mgking the real do- ficienoy $6,866,563, or over 1,600,000 mory than tho defleiency of Inst yenr. Ile Lolioved thab the noxt oflicial report of the Portmnster-Gen- ornl and all othier ofllcial roports would show liso doficiencios, and thereforo 1t was his opinion that abolition of the fraukiug privilege would not diminish tho Poat-Oflico oxpenses one dollar, Mr. TOWNSEND would extend the privilego proposed for wookly newspepers to thoso small daily cent-nowspapors that wero springing up, and that might bo called * poor men's nows- pepers.” ‘Po mako such papers pay the samo postage us tho gront dailics was unjust and ob- vious digcrimivation against the poor man and in favor of the rich, Ho thought that the last Congress had acted hastily and injudiciously in* ropenling tho frauking priviloge, in vbedionco to an artificial Flhlid sontiment. Mr. GARFIELD gpid tho: timo had not yob como whon Congress could sny that i: had fairly wried the effect of the abolition of the franking privilege, as it had only gono into effect on the 18t of July Jast. A grentor abuse than the frank itaelt was (hnt of the extraordinary amount of public printing, asido from the Congressional Globe, which “had_cost nbout 550,400 n year. o cost of printing wus$2,000,000a yoar, and hu belioved that that was an abuso which nothing but tha repcal of the franking privilego would stop. If this bill pnssed all that abuse would: borestored, Ho would voto, howover, for that part of tho bill allowing the free transmission of weekly newspapors in counties of their publien~ tion. NMr. BUTLER (Mass.) ssked Mr. Garflold whother all theso country wewspapors bad not aghed for the abolition of the franking privilego. My, GARFIELD eaid ko did not know. Mr. BUTLER—Well, Ido ; and I thoughtthoy would bo sick of it bafora tho year was out. [Lnughter.] h'{‘lu. PARKER (Mo.) spoke in support of tho ill. Ao uuomgt on tho part of Mossra. Niblack and Garflold to have somo limit fixed for debnta was defeated by objection on the part of Mr. Qobb, of Kansas. ‘Tho House, without taking action on tho sub- eot, took a recess, The evening sossion will 0 dovoted to the bill rovising the statutes. — A French Bedroom. Now go to the bedroom, and from the door absorb it with your eyes, for never have you #oen o pictuie moro complote. ‘The walls, tho hangings, aud tho seats, are all in pale-bluo satin (she is fair), odged eparingly witn_ velvet of the samo shade, and embroidered daiutily with moss-rose buds, swathod in still paler yei- low leaves, But this description, though exact, rives no idea of the offoct produced by that won- rovs tissue, of the incredible effoct of delicacy und thorough feminine elegance which 1t sheds around. Tho room is filled with vague, floating ts very dotail is combined to ald and the almost fairy aspect it presents, Tho bed is shronded in thickly-wadded satin eurtains, insido which bang others made of muslin 80 vaporously filmy that its folds soom almost mist, tho covorlet, which hides the laco-trimmod shoots and pillows, 18 in bluo satin, linod with culor down, and covered with the snme veil of floating white, hanging down in _deop_flounca ovar the woodwork of tho bed. The toilet-table i8 tho same—n nestling maze of transparency and Inge, with blue boneath, and knots sud streamers of mingled satin and volvet round, On the chimnoy-pieco stand & clock and candlo: sticks of Bovres chins, ‘Tho piano is in pale bois de rose (not rosewood, which iy o very dif- foront substance), wlnid with {)Intuu of panted Bovres to matoh, At night light comes from above, where hangs n lamp, of Sevros again, In our dey, with our active idens and actunl wants, auch rooms as these aro typieal ; thoy reprosont the lighest form of roalization of modern insto without jts faults, or ralhor withna littlo of thom as {s consistont with the expendituro of so much money and so much (hought. In those TAr0 vasos, vanity sooks for another satisfac. tion than that of glare, but vanity is at the bot- tom all tho samo ; tho only difforonos is that it is accompaniod by a true sonse of arti—French Home Laife. 1 —_— Spanish Love of Displny. Bugeno Pirton, s Fronchman, in & book on Bpain, eays the Bpantards “have no taste for what {ho English oall comfort, but they ara pas- slonatoly addiated to luxury of appfarel, of tho tollot, and of ustontatious display, ‘I'io object is differont, but tho pasaton {8 tho same., 'Tho Spaninrd who 18 without a shirt to his back will stolk about majestioally fu & clonk which costs couplo of hundred posos, Another, who cannot pay for his dinuer, will display on Iiis waisteont o magniflcout goldon ohalu, {‘hlu taste for tho tollot, for tho showy, for jewels, for gildlng, they push to the most extravagant extromo. T'he women aro foromost in this respoat, but the mon do not lag far behind ; they wear gold choing of an absurd thickness, carved, nud wrought, and ndorned with precious stouos and trinkats, until thoy binzo all over like & jowol- er's shop,” An oxamplo of the mannor in which this ten- donoy to displuy shows itself, is given with an in- oldant that oceurred to the mlu? whoso works il- lustrate tho volumo, He had orflered from a tailor in Malnga o palr of leathor broochos, such » nanaro worn by tho ponsants of that province. o tatlor dwolt in a kind of dnrll,r(’llm, and pontitorous closet; ho was clothed lika n boggar ; his thin, hatf-staryod childron had nothing bu ragson their bodlen 3 his wife, an lnvnllfi, Iny upon_n pallet. Thron days aftorward Into onx {riond's apnrtment entored a gontloman ologant~ Iy eurlod and clothed, wearlng a blnck greatcont, varnishod boots, and o felt hot a In mode. Our {riand with difiiculty rengnizod in this resplon~ dont lus tailor brivging homo tho pair of brocch~ o4 lio ind ordored. ~ oro was o taan who conld roarcely provide his children with bread, mntoly 1ng Lhrough tho town attired liko a grauduo,™ —_——— Denth of Dr. Schenclk, The Philadolphin Press, of Thursday last snys: **Dr, Josoph IT, Behenol, the well-known inventor of Mandrake Pills, Beaweed Tone, aud Pulmonfo 8irup, died at hia residonco, No, 1514 Greon stroot, 1 this cliy, yostorday morning, Ho hing beon suffering from ill-hoalth for ecvoral years pnab, and about n year ago an affoction of the oyea rosnltad in total blindness, Binco that timo his henlth hos beon rapldly - declining, so that hiy death was not nuoxnocted, ES o] MARRIAGES, HOYT—-MITCILELI--On Thursday, ¥ob. 10, 1874, by o ftow: De. 3, O. Hitrrougha, Mr. JAmes B, "tlogt sl Miss Mariatia Mitoholl, all of ‘Ohicago. DEAN-BCOTT-Vab, 18, nt tho rasidenca of J. Al H’. by o e e a5, ool ATe Waitor P ‘Dae 3 3 5 A Misn feiin T oth of Dbickgo. No oards. - Milwaukeo papors leaso enpy. DEATHS. - AUSTIN~1n (hls city, Tob, 18, Tva 0. Grounall, be- lovad wild of 15, A. Auitin, sged 21 venrs. Tiunoral fo-dgy (Grida), at | o'clook B m., from e, 431 Woat Van Bitieasste 4 83" Adama( N. Y.) papers ploaso copy. " NICHOLS—Feb, 18, 0, A, Mollen, only child of P; tlan My wnd Lord s, Mchols, aiod §yeara aud 11 monthsy Funaral Friday, at 10 o'clock, % Partland (Rto.) papors picaso epy. ALLISON—Feb. 19, of typhold pues ta, k L., sotiof' T I and Tiubico Ailfson, sed 15 sonrs a5l i, Funoral from thelr rostdonen, No, 568 West Monroe-st, this (IFrids) ab 900 pa . Krionda of tho familyars Lo vited to attend, £ ROBINSON—At his reafdonoo in Jefforson, Qook Courns ' ty, 1li., on Feb, 19, Robert Robinson, in the'63th year of his age. ‘iforat sorvtaos will tak plnos at tho Geprrogationad Ohuroh, I the. Villago of Joftarson, Bundny, Fob. 2, at 1 o'closk s, ., from whonco Lis romaing will bo cont Yored to tho Norwond Comotary. All frionis of tho famb Iy aco invited to attend, OLARK-=In thiv clty, on tho 18th {ust., Mary, wife of Lqmiol Qlark, agod 77 yenca, Funoral fram tho raldonco of hor. son-tdaw, W, T, rvv, No, 53 Weat, Monroa-at., on Sundey, 220 fnst., i To'slnck, Erionds of the family ‘ars invited {0 attond. £2-Doston panora plenso copy. KRNT—At Onk Park, Feb, 19, Mra, Eflzabath W, Kent, witoof Ii; A, K Yoot ¥ ne o, Satieday. THE NEW YORK SU. Tz == AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION OVER 120,008, Or Noarly Hqual to that of All the Other Morning Nowspapera Printed in tho Hnglish Lnnguage in This Oity. Bomoldea of the extent of this Immonse fsso may be fornievd from (1o fact that 16 I3 sutiiolont 0. placo’ two eoplos in onch dywalllng-houso in_thio City and Bounty of Now Vouk evary day, or, one copy In evory dwelling-houna in Now York, Iirooklyn, Willlamsbureh, and Jorsey City, writh soma thounaiids’ o spara, Althoagh TuE SOX 18 most widaly distributod In the clty and suburbs, it in 1o 1o lougoe n mera lacal jonenal, but 13 nowsold, subseribod for, and ciccniated ity and State of 'the Uuinn, a3 wollns inth Canada. * Tntho soar 1813 (36,023,884 thire oo trt X 0 usnd, elzhry-Tour cople ‘Ao an advortiathg med oy LG DAL SUS fa ospostal- 1y valunbln to all who want help or employmet ho hinve rooms o divnilinga fo lots fowas or JANd 10 sell: warca or morohandlso ta divpeso of, at rotail or by auction. shart.to buyersand sojloen alike, it porforims thosorvic of a vastand peactically illlmitablo Exchango, st tho vory minimum of cost. P In ADVERTISING RATES, A Five-Lino Advertiscment, Reaching 600,000 Reade ors) Costs Ouly Two Dollats, Ordinary Adyortissments, par Aato 1ino.... Jatmo lyrgur outs (agty neavarement) pot il Thusiness Noticos, beiuro nuureingesand doathis, i Notlees, Aftor martiagon amd donths, por i ialiormoner aniciel,"c.. ..o 0718 30 nage, pot Tio,., 1 “Adv.," st or 20 pago,por 1 3,80 THE WEEKLY SUN. Ciroulation Nearly 70,000, Extending Ovor Evers Btato and Porritory in tho Unfonand the Dominfon of Usnada, TR, WERRLY, S s now atondily frowing fn_cfeonlas Hon at @ TA%0 IBAL hids falr o PE IE s 100,00 boForo paeh summer, As n medium for rosching tho bu; nblio, -80.40 £ Teading Nottocs, wit TRoading Noticos, wit o log Hho ountey ovor, 1t liny o Aup3Elor, prioo and sresies ehye * To manu- slderad, smong A1 the sconlar wackly press, d fortil faoturcts an Goalors fn agricultnral” imniomoats, fzorz, and all wtaplo Artloloe, it 1\ eapecially vAGAGY rdinary Advortlements, per Hia o 0xtza chario fir outa Tustnose Rolicos, i aas, por)ino ndin Notices. St pago: hor ito New Yon, Hubuary, 194, . ‘AUCTION SALES. By GEC. P, GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabash-av, AT A TCTION, On SATURDAY, Feb, 21, at*9 12 ocluck, REGULAR SOUT! SIDE SATE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Whora dlo ou attond Auctlon on Saturdsy? At G. P, Garo & o, bucausa thoy linve a Inrga stook of Hohsor hold Gonds, Parlnr and Cliamhor Sots, 75 Wainut Bod- stoads, 100 {7alnut Buroaus and 3, 8, Buronuz, 63 Mar. blonnd Vand-Tap Centra Tablos, 100 Chalrs and. Jtock. ors, 16 Sowing Maghinev, 160 Mlrrors, Loungos, Warde Tolios, Sidohoaris, Mlatirassos, Parlar and OMico Desks, Stiow Gascy, Garriate, 10 Cratah ingllsh Grockory. a'cluck uggios, Unrriages, and Expruss Wag. ons; 6 Doublo apit Wi Hasaoda o o ___GE0. ] 5 ¢ 00., Aucttoneors. By Wi. A. BULTERS & CO., AUOTIONEBRS, NO. 108 MADISON-ST., (Beiween Doarborn and Clark.) REGULAR SALES: 20 Buggies, Phaetons, Harness, &, WEDNESDAY, at 10 o'clook, at 108 Madison-st. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &, THURSDAY, nt 10 o'clack, at 108 Ma it HOUSEHOLD FURNITUR AND GENERAL MERCIIANDISE, On BATURDAY, at 93§ o'cluck, at 108 Madison-st, TWO-STORY AND -BASEMENT @ FRAME'® DWELLING, Darn, end Lot, No. 101 Walnut-at,, MONDAY AFTERNOON, I'EB. 23, AT 3 0'CLK, ON THE PREMISES. WAL A, BUTTERS & CO. Auction By BLISON, POMEROY & CO, TFriday Morning, Feb. 20, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Furniture, Carpets, &o. d FURNI. Torms oasy. Tanrg ssoriment of New and Srcond.-) TUIE, Parlor s Chambor Sats: Wardrthon Mingen Rurcaus, Also, 5 rolls Wuol Carpot; 25 rolls_ rusiels COarpot; Orackery, Glassware, Piatediraro, and a Gone oral arsorimont of Morchandiso. ELISON, POMEROQY & CO., 81 & 86 Randolph-st. Bankrupt Sale At Auction, LARGE RETAIL STOCK Clotting, Frruishing Goods, Rats, and Caps, At Sitore, 133 Bluo Taland-av., on MONDAY, Fob, 23, at 100'clack, bolni the ontire stook of x duslor,’ All s2asan: abia Gouds, and witl bo sold In lots Al tho Stare Fixtures, Iron Safo Bold by aror’ of GEO, W. OANP signuo, ELISON, 0¥ & 0., Auct By N. . HARRISON. ON BATURDAY, FEB. 2, AT30'CLOCK, NEW AND -SECOND-HAND FURNITURE, Corvots, Oruckory, Gligpmnes, Dasks, Ohalrs, - sta. 20,000 POUNDS WHITE LEAD . 28 ud 0 pound pagkagon to tho (rado tnlots 1o wuit, A Fine Assortmont of Jewolry to tho trade. N. P. IIARRISON, Auotlonoor, 4 200 Rast Ma By OSGOOD & WILLIAMS, Auotion snd Comumission House, 63 South Oanal-st. This wook, Anation Salea Wodneaday, Frida, 8 urday of Kot aul sucond-hand LS, taohid iy Macs blo-top Ohambor Sots, Garpets, Gookink and Heating Htoves, Hudding, &v. Aluo, Gotleral Morchandisa, it or than salos dayeat private sala at low than vaiud, 1 mako our advances, 100 brls. of linloo Pioklon at ol alue, BWHITLARD WROB,, Auctionoors, WILLIS, LONG & GO, "Asiotionooty, 153 ad mz(?uudulp(flg. o Regular Auotlon Sales, WEDNESDAY AND BATURDAY. Speolal attonti Kt ol S ts e A 201