Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1874, THE 1CE-VOYAGERS. Two Hundred or More of the Saginaw Fishertien Gain tho Shore. Seventy-Five or One Hundred Impris- oned on the Floe at Last Accounts. Incidents of n Perilous Journoy Over Broken Ice. Desoription of the Fishermen's Village. speeial Dispateh (o The Chicano Tribune, Tast Saorxaw, Mich, TFeb, 23, —Information from tho fco-raft, with ita cargo of 200 or moro fishormen, is stlll meagre, though, from all in- formation roceived up to the lalest hour, no lives bave yob beon lot. During tho wintor & largo number of fishermen, forming # community of 400 or 500 sbontics, congrogate on the ico, forming villago oxtending from the 1aouth of the Saginaw River to,n point twenty miles out. The shantics aro generally on ran- nors, and aro moved about the ssmo ag sloighs, drawn by hiorsios to ouit the convonlencoe of tho ocoupants, Thoy are ueually eight foot square, and seattored hithier and thithor about tho bay, r.nd with tho smolte eurling up from the stove- *pipo chimuoys, present o oheorful appesrance. “@hore aro the USUAL QUOTA OF BALOONS incident to modorn vitlages, nud m faot the ather appurtonances, oxcopt the Common Coun- ¢il and Aldermen, theso boing considerad by the fishermav as ornaments that can very easily bo dispensed with. On Sunday night tho ice commencad broaking up, and, on Monday morsing, under a sm:mg golo from tho southwest, tho largo flold of ico, vevoral miles in oxtent, COMMENCED MOVING OUT intd'tho bay, drifting straight toward the Ohar- ity Islonds, Tho first nuthonlic account of “tho breaking-up of tho les by o o1 - oyo-witnoss, was furnished Dy Willism tiharp, who eucaped from the ice Monday morn- ing, and ronched Bay City Monduy night. Sharp 208 somo miles down tho cast shoro of the bay in tho morning, with his hotse and eleigh, buy- ing fsb. Ilo hoard some Frouchmen monr by halloing, and, looling up, discovored that tho lo 14D BEPARATED NETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE 810AE. 1Ie drove rapidly to tho castward in tho hopes of Tinding n place whero tho ieo hnd nob yet sopar- wtod, —After going throo miles in 1bis way be camo to iy own shaoly, whero he put some of his mout valuable goods into his sloizh, and zgoin started enstward, Noar Fish Point, Bharp taw o pluce whore - TIHE I0E-FLOE MAD CLOSED INTO THE BHOME, oxcopt that thore was n npnca of some rods whoro tho ico bad crumbled and lay in smallor cakes, Thoroe woro fonrtecn men nenr this spot, v1l anxfous to go ashora but nfraid to venturo. "oy got upaa Bharp's sloigh, and ho started foward thio shore, GOING FROM CAKE TO OAKE, t tho immincnt huzard cach momont of fall- « through into tho water. 'Tho mon romaincd on the slalgh until they were noar tho shore, ~vzhen they loft 1 and scampored off without an «offer to nasint Bhurp in gotting his horso over.— tho worst part of tho (ip. Ha succeodsd, Thowoever,, in gotling off safely, snd thon drovo on to Bav City, wiich he rouched about 7 o'elock st night, haviug driven about 10 miles aftor gotting off tho ico, Rep:orts coucorning tho number on the ice are ~very contradictory,.the number boiug originally, a8 near a8 cau ba nscortained from couflicting | 3eports, about 200, of which but very fow aro Jnown by namo, Theyave mostly Frouch and L:alf-broeds. A LAROE NUMBER EGCAPED =0 tho main land, but there are still on the raft TLotween 75 and 100 porsons, men and womon, “Lhoy are temporarily well provided for, and 1a0ro i3 no danger as long a8 the ico doés nob Lreak up. The ico Inst evening wus about 8 or 10 miles out, nud the shanties could Vo plainly seen with o plass, . Thore T.ad beon bitt littlo sea gnring the day, and (he ico appenred to be moving slowly toward the edote. The probabilities aro that tho ico will drift in this ovening, and but litile upprohension ius felt for tho sufoty of the men. 'The wan Sharp brought off fourtesn men with Lim, and thought that u largo nuwber of olhers escapod at the samo timo, Arthur Stovenson arrived this evening from tho ice. He, with o party of seven others, wore «n what msy be ‘termed tho middle feld- of feo, which drifted north- cast to the main 1ce aud stopped. “I'hese mon Joft tho ico thns morning, jumping from one cake to another, reaching land safely Ly a civcuitous route about 10 a, m., baving trav- tled five or six milos, Loports from. the wost £horonre that the mon can Lo soon on theice, \-glich is badly brokon botwoen thom and the ehoro. ANOTIER DISPATCI. Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Deriotr, ‘Mich,, Feb, 24—A" dispatch from Thay City to-day numouncing the probablo safely «f 100 afloat on the ice inSaginasw was prematura. Jiato in_tho ufternoon a man from the bay ranched Bay City, and stated that tho ico way 0t driven baclk, but nbout ten miles out from 1hoe shore, and the nien wore kaon ruunning about. “'ho ice Was badly broken, and the mou in no lous poril than bofore, The ouly liopo for thom i for tho lco to drive against tho shore to-night, which, it is thought, it will do. STILL ANOTIER, Bav Crry, Mich, Tob. 24, —rho ieco which drifted away yostorday forenoon keparated into saveral sectlons aud “drifted in ditterent diree- tions. That which bore the greater number wvung to the enst shors, and ull on is, estimated ot 200, escnpod. About b this . m., Arlher Stovenson ncrived from tho scene, and gavo the particulats of Lis adventure, Ho a3 ou what may bo termed the middle fleld, Vhich drifted northenst untit it struck the 1ain feo gomo distance from tho east ehore, . 'Whis morning Stovenson and a party of seven : STANTED FOIL TERRA FIRMA, fhey unhitched their bhorse and compolled ,him’to jump from one cake to ano.her, the men drawing tho sloigh after thom. By traveling fivo or siix milos, thoir lazardous journoy was completed by renching the shore at 10 &, m. !On " shore " it wns supposed this party ‘had porished. As ar ag _ Stovenson lnow, all the men on the ice woro off safely, but *1 report from the west shore of the bay lnta this ovoning snys u fow men and bats can bo seon on tho fce, which is DADLY NROKEN TP ‘between them and tho shoro, It i usoloss to attempt their rescue, ‘The two men, Bmith and Pourrey, reported drowned yosterday, ara snfe. It was atono time t\q)gnscdtlmt thoy aud many others wero drown- od, but, as far as known, with the oxception olr tlhuan on the west shoro, have escaped safoly, THE PEKIN DISTILLERS, Judgment Obtained Against Them in ihe United States Courtat Sprangfiold ==A Clean Swecp for the Governe ment, Special Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Bravarisep, T, Teb, 24,—At lost the end of tho Pokiu distillors’ caso hus boon reached, ‘The distillors for the lnst few dnys hnve beon «onscious that rotribution had overtaken them, Tho temporary bulgo which thoy obtained in | ona or two of tho cascs hod failed, and judg- , ments woro boing taken as fast as the onses ! woro tried, Harper's ovidenco was o straight- forward and convincing that the jurles could not fall to see that ho was tolling tho whole trath, nud wos not escn) infi the consequence, Taking this view, tho distillers gave up all at- tompts to fight tho casos further, and so stated ' in opou court this morning, < TUE JUDGMENTH ORTAINED xopresent the amount of tux pennltios and inter- cut, Thoy aro from the five suits ngalnat O, J. D. Ruliort nnd suroties, $02,411.16; two suits agaivat Charlos W, Morris sud surctios, $5, 40478 ; oue sult against William 13ddls nud sure- ties, $3,200,78 ; threo suits against Bdward Lills and suretics, §8,781.21 ; ono Buit againkt Joshun W, Chain and suretlos, $5,112.80; -two units ng-lnal Hormna Kookler and surotios, £28,920,~ £0; ono muit nin.lunt Daniel 8, Resinger nud :nrntlllon. 51'1‘)0& hl‘;’;‘l"t‘l‘l‘:f’z zgalmu }‘X_‘.‘l'. \V‘nnb; orman and suretlos, /048,203 one sult agains ohn L, Bualfh oud’ wusatios, g4l 000,36 5 one suit against David ‘I's Thompeon, £41,170 4 one oult ngninst Honry 11 Wostormay, §604,293.30, TILE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE JUDUMENT 18 $316,039,10. Two omsos are yot Lo bo tried against David T, Thompuon and #ocuritlos for &64,000. A rottlo- mont of theso will bo ronchod to-marrow. Bovan of tho oneas, {n the ordor first flvun, wore inuti- tuted at the Inst Juno term; tho athers at thia torm, It is understood Lhat the diutillers claim an abatoment of the penalties amounting to nbout 80,000, Tho District Attornoy, Maj, Wilson, who lins onrnod groat credit, for his man- agemont of thoso sults, will intorpoyo no objec- tion to tho abatomont botng nllowed. FOREIGN. Capture of Portugalete by the Spanish National Toxces. Terrible Massacre of Womsn and Chitdren in Mexico. Ex-President Thiers Again Expresses His Faith in the Republic. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb, 24,—CGon, Sickles took his lopve of President Sorrano yesterdny. L'Epoca nowspaper has beon finod, Mabn, Feb. 24.—The report of tho capturo of Pontugaleto by Lhe National forces is con- firme d. * Morlonoz, with 22,000 mon, now confronts tha maiu body of the Carlists, aud news of o general ongagement is hourly expeotod. i MEXICO. Crry oF MEstco, Feb. 16.—A terriblo affalr is reported to hinve occurred in tho Stato of Vorn Cruz. A quairol botween the fownamon of Quimixtlan and ITuascalocs rosulted in o fight 1m which soventeon porsous wero killed. It in reported that tho infuriated Hunscalecans aftor- wards went to Quimixtlan and began an indis- criminato massacro, killing childron and outting off tho broasts of womien. Tho neighboring town of Chalehicomula sent n dotachment of militin to the scouo to put u stop to tho atroe- ities. et d TRANCE, Pang, Fob, 24, —Ex-Presidont Thiors, in o lot- tor to tho Republican candiduto for tho Assem- bly in tho Dopurtinent of Viouno, declares thot oxporionco lns rondered his conviction in- viugible that a Republio is the ouly possilie UQoverument for France, sl A — GREAT EBRITAIN. Loxpoy, Feb. 24.—The Globe this afternoon says Ltho nnnouncement that Sir Charlos Adderly is to becomo Prosident of the Board of Trada is premature. Sir John Burgess Korslake has beon appointed Attornoy-Gonoral, aud Bir Richard Loggally Solicitor-Genoral. 3 Dinrncli to-day submitted s list of the minor uppoiutments to the Queen. “Monry HMoward, Ageut for Great Dritain in the American and Britisn Joiat Claims Qommie- sion, hns beon made Compnuion of the Order of tho Bath, Robert Bowke, brother of the late Tarl of Mayo, bas boen appointed Under-Secrotnry for tho Foreigu Dopartmont, s INDIA, Loxpox, Fob. 24.—A correspondent in British Indin, wiiting of the famino thoro, says: Tho rearcity upreads over a wido tract along tho fost of th Hivulayns bounding Nopaul, and strotoli- iug from the Oude.to near tho Darfoling dis- tricts, with large popr.ations, and _fur romoved from railronds oud other menne of communica~ tion, and diftieult of -\];pmnuh. The coolies and Inborors foel the pinch tho most, owing to the total suspension of work in the rico-fioits, Tho Governmont was ougagad, prior to tio outtbreak of this distross, in L canals, the Northern Bongal Railroad, and tho cmbunkmont of tho Gunduck River, In tho firat-uamed, 32,000 laborors were employed. Their wages were unid, and tho mouoy ex- changed for food at the Government store. Bir Georgo Campboll says that ho dovs not Lkuow if therg will bo any fumine ut all, and Loxd North- brook says that tho Governmont has arranged for suflicient food till May, with large raserves to meat contingoncioz, A British Lnin correspondent, howevor, writos that from what he himuelf hus seen, neither the Government hor tho people can tolf the prosont }wt\m coudition, mor what it may be in the uture. 0 —e—y RUSSIA. Sr. Perensnoraw, Fob, 24.—United States Minitter Jowoll gave' & grand teto nt the Loyn- :‘lon lnst night, in honor of Washingion's birth- oy, THE FARMERS, Adjournment of the Missouri State, Grange—Action of That Body on the Implement Quostion — Independont Politicul Movement. 8t, Louts, Fob. 24.—Tho State Grango to-day adopted o resolution iustructing their various agents to, buy mo machinery or agricultural implemonts” oxcopt from man- ufacturers, sud pledging themselves to sustain wuch action of agents by purchasing such articlos only from thom or from homo ‘manufacturers, - ‘The Grange ndjourned sino dio at 8 p. m. Tho imes corrcspondont, writing about the Bossion ' of tho Grange, soys: ‘YAs a Grango; it hes douo uothing of o politic charncter; but & numbor of its mombers lavo held two informal meet- ings, avtho lnst of which s committoe of ono Trom ench Congrossional District of tho Stato was appointad to attend to political mattors dur- ing the interim of the sessions of the Stuto Grango. A mojority of this body Las power to eall tho Committes together atauy timo to oxamino tho merits of candidates for po- Litical oftico, and witl adviso the sub-committoos of County Councils, who will givo information to Grangors rogarding such candidates, ‘V'his is 4ot & Grango movement, but there is evidontly n determiuntion on tha part of a nouaidm‘nalu number of Grangers (o make their influence folt inthe noxt election, There is, in fact, an un organized party m this State Grange who lholiove in spoaking out snd toli- ing whnt {8 wanted iu tho way of roprosontativa mon, 'l‘hoédcnlm to sny to the would that the objoot of the Grango s not only to Lonoflt its mombers inside, but the ontira country, if possible, through tho influence ox- orted by this organization of farmors ; and then ask tho co-oporation of other laboriug clasucs, in order that o comploto revulsion of sontiment in rogard to tho conduct of publio affairs may bo eftocted.” Colorndo Grange. Srecial Dispateh to The Chicugo Tribune, Deyven, Col., Fob, 24,—An adjourned moet- ing of tho Tarritorinl Grango of Colorado, which was formed in this city about s month ago, wos .convened ot Bouldor to-day, Ity Lime wns de- voted principally to the considoration of cortain amendments proposed to tho Constitution of the Nutionul Grango, —_———— FINANOIAL Now Banking Associalion at Danville, il Special Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribuns, DanviLLe, Iil., Fob, 24,—The lixchange Baunlk ot J, U, Bliort & Co., at this placo, whith way compelied to malo an assignmont |us_t Boptem- ber, wns to-day merged iuto the Davvillo, Bunk- ing und Trust Company, with o reported paid-in cupital of 900,000, “Thoso who wera dopositors in the dofunct Lauk buve taken (ho smount of thelr deposit in stock fu tho concorn, and lave olooted fitteen Direotors, with J. O. Bhiort as Prosident, Somo Térre Iiaute People Want More Currencys Tenug HAutTe, Ind,, Fob, 34.—At an immonsko mooting hold this ovening rosolutions wors unani- mously passed, askiy, Eougrnuu for an incronso of tho ourrouu{. Afi clngses af oitizous were Ernnnnt, particular]; q}‘mniuanl bugincss maon, peschos_woro made by Col, I, W, ‘Thompson aud the Hon, D, W. Voorheos. MILWAUKEE. Gouging Deor«Kogs~The Row in tho Episcopal Chiurch—Why the Nusfios b Studonts Left College—Thoy Foured Lxpuluion, speaial Lispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Mizwaukee, Fob, 24—This aflorncon tho Board of Councilors unanimously adopted o resolution direoting tho Healor of Woights and 0 coustruction of irrigating. ; Monsuros to gaugo the I(ePu and barrole of our browors nnd abligo thom to conforin to tha Clov- ornmont standard of mensure, Tho Cliy Abtor- noy and Ohief. of ollco woro dirocted to nid the oflcor iu earrying ont his work. ‘I'he four auudonts of - Nashotali who made thomeolves obnoxious to Dr. Lngar during the Inte Episcopal Council by writing lettors roluting tho uuunvncu of ccuvorsntions that had pnssod botwaon thom and (s Doctor on the subject of tho olectioneoring dodges tho Anti-De Kovan party woro allegad to havo omployed to provont the “clection of Dr, Da Koven, haya lett tho college. 'Phoy passed through this city » day or fwo ngo, nud tho faet hos ouly just leakod out. Thoy salid they were treated in Huch n manner that thoy folt it bost to leave be~ foro komething veewrrad that might load to tholr expuluion, and that thoy wero porsacuted by Engnr and his wife, who declared they would not sitat tho sama tablo with thom. 'Thoy wero ivon lobtors by prominont churchmon Lo thoir ishops, explaining the peenliar ciroumatances undor which thoy Lind lufi.collogo, Thin threai- ous to produco & groater rupturo i the Churoh thnn tho late Council. 'I'ho snnunl meating of tho Milwaukea Doard of Loke Underwritars was held yesterdav, 'The Tollowing gontlotnen woro eloolod oftteers of the DBoard for tho ensulng yoar: Yrosidont, 14 D. 1lolton;_Vico Trosidaut, J. B. Morrill; Secro- tary and T'veamuror, 1’ 0. Pnyne; Esecntivo Commlttee—J, A, Holfonstoln, E, O, Hibbard, J. L, Mathio i 3 « FIRES. At OShIKosh, Wik} LosS, $38,000 spectai I Chtcaan Tribune, Osyxosit, Wia., Fob, 24,—About 8 o'cloclt this morning & firo broke ouc in Wagner's Opora- Ilouse, and in a short timo the ontire bloclk, including three stores benoath, waa totally de- stroyed. Sam Sharpley’s minatrel tronpe played fn tho hall Inst night, and tho fire is supporad to have originated from o cigar-stump, which lny smoldoriug ou the stage until iate in the night. The total loss will be about §50,000. Thore was fnsurance on the bullding to tho amount of $17,00% Tho building was of brick. It was built in 1871, on tho eito of Wagnor's Hall, burnod In that yoar. It was tho only lntge Lall in the clty, nud ona of tho lstgost in tho State. 'Tlio loss is soverely folt by ol our citizons, The loss ig as follows : Willinm Wagner, opora- house aud fixtures, $35,000 ; Wagnor & Suns, groceory, £8,000; Kionost & Thronfols, dry goods storo, 93,0003 Edwin Oliftord, thoatrical proper- ty and econery, $3,000; C. McCabo, adjoining Duilding, domnged, ©300; Willism Wagnor, household furnituro aud olothing, §1,000. 'Tho insurance 18 nd follows: Oun tho Opera-llonsc— Goruanls, $2,000; Lrowrs, of Milwaukos, $3,000; Globa of Olueago, $2,000; Milwnukee Mechaules', £8,000; Northwestorn National, 23,000, Wagner's grocory was insuted for §1,000 in Cinctnuati—tho furniturs for $300 {n tho Zltna, of Harlford; Kienost & Threnfels, for §3,000' in tho Allemania, of Clovoland; C. AeCado for 400 in tho 1lome of Now York. At Aurora, Tl S ‘fal Disnatel to The Chicaao Tribune, Auno | IH, Feb. 24,—Tho residonco of J. Austin of Plano, was totally destroyed by fire Inst'ovening, It was insured for 2,000." The Mr. Austin, w fuinituro was all saved. 18 0 was soriously Il at the timo, was earried from tho burnmg building in an unconscious state to n neighboring house, At Lexington, 0. ; Loss $11,000. Speeral Digpateh to The Chicago L'ribune, LexisaroN, 0., Fob, 24.—Tho most destruc- tive fito thas has"svor visited Now Loxington DLroko out last night in the drug-storo of Dr. A, White, and spread until ton cquares of tho busi- noss portion of tho town were entiroly con- sumed. Tho loss is catimated at 941,000, with an insuranco of only $4.000 in the Allenisnnia nod Franklin, of Wheeling. The ongin of tho firo {s unknown, Floral IEall and 'Thirty-six Circus Alorses BBurncd ot Morris, t. Monns, Ill., Feb, 24,—This moraing thirty- wix of Mnn&gomcry Queou's best clrcus Lorses were burned up, together with his cauvas-wagon and much other matorial belonging to his circus. Queon had ronted tho fair-grounds of Grundg { County for the wintor, and lng ocouplo thy same, with the buildiugs, for his wngoad-, and horses, Thirty-six of his Dbost horsed,_.vere Jopt in Florsl Ifnll, T his morning, st 2 o'elock, tho niglt watchmuu leit the hall a~d went to the north side of the grounds, whore ather horses wero kept, and, on Yobnrming, noticed that Floral Hall was on fire, Tho bmfi\mg birned so rapidly that only ten liorsos could bo romoved, aud thirty-six wors consumod, threo >f whiol aro anid to bayo boon valuabla riog horgs., The origin of the firo was unknown, as no fir? i8 used or allowed upon the grounds. Floral- Hell wasa substantial building, built in 1866, and cesting sbout §2,000. There was no insurnnco on'the building. . At mriwtol, ind. Correspondence of 1l Chiciuo Trilune, Bmistor, Ind., Feb. 23.—The flouring-mill (five storics high, with fivo sun of stono) of che Bristol Milling and Maadfacturing Company was burned on Sunday mordivg. The five way'_dis- coversd at 2a,m. Cnueo not known, Xosa $27,000; fnsured for 23,600, as follows : Firo Associntion of Philadelphia, 2,500 ; German- Amoncan, $2,500; Wostrhoster, 81{»09,: Alle- manin, $2,500: Millvillo Mutual Marino and Firo, ©1,000 ; Nautional, of Philadclphia, £1,600 5 Atlantic_and Pacifle, of Chicngo, 1,500 ; ‘Ama- g‘;"n'n"n! Oincinnati, $2,600 ; Royal, of Laverpool, 600, —_— OBITUARY. The Rev. Thomas finney. Loxpoy, Fob, 25—6:20 a, m.—The Rev. Thomas Binnoy, tho theological writer, died inst night, aged 75 yonrs. S g by A BURGLAR CAUGHT. At 11 o'clock lost night, Ofcot Astor, of 0'Cullaghan’s forca, saw o young map standivg in tho alloy noar No. 191 LaSallo gfroot. On being asked what his Lusiness was, the young follow took to Liu hecls, Tinding the vear door of the building mientioned apon tho officer ontored, and fourd a byrglar at- tompting to hido boliind tho bar. i thict had n lot of silver spoons oud tho contents Of the till-deawer in his pockots, Ho was taken {0 tho Harrigon Streot Siation, ¥ p gadove 15 S THE WEATHER. ! WasmiNaToN, D, 0., Fab, 24.—For' tho North- weat and Upper Luko Region falling bnromole‘"l higher temperature, soutbwest aud uorthens winds, followed by cloudy wonther, , C R Stution. Dreck’rldge 3 Cais 50 SUICIDE, Svecfal Dispatel to I'ne Chifcago Tribune, \ OnesriaNg, O., Fob, 24—The Rev, John | Youner, pastor of the Winebronarinn Church, or Churchiof God, of this placo, cut his throat from our to car nud otherwise mutilated Limsalf, \ noar his residenco, on tho outaitivis of the town, i nbout 7 o'clock this evening. Ile had beon st touding a protracted mooting, snd bad just ro, turned homo in s deranged stato of wmind, re-. sulting from roligious excitemont, ITo sawed: soma wood, and then west to an adjolning’ orchinrd, and with s pockot-kuifo out his throat, | sovermg tho windpipo, then out downward to tho tho broast bone, aud also_cut through tha sbdomen into the bowels, o is boyond all hnfiu of recovery, . Avrnony, Feb, 81,—George Lynch, aged 26, {aam, who wua to bo murzied to-night, commit- od suicide this morning., ‘THE MACOUPIN COUNTY CONTEMPT CASE, . Svectal Dyputeh to The Cuicano Y'ripune, N Ganrinvinie, I, Fob, 24,—1Tho Bomd of Bu- porvisors at thiolr’ meotinyg here to-day nppro-. printed tho sum of 18,000 for tho purposo of Eu.vlnu tho fing latoly imposod by ‘the United' tutos Distriot Court “for contompt of court, i This ection moota with the approval of the peo- ! ple of this county, THE ANTI-RUM CRUSADE. (Contlnned from tho First Pago.) toxloallug drinks can and will ba.removod from tho Blate and natlon, Second, That, i the proscoution of Lhin work, wo roly upou Diving ashlatanice, nooure (rough forvont, joi- ot d fimportinalo prssers”to Mty Gud, ofcred in falth i the 1ame of tho Lord Jesin Olrint, and with heurta lled with lovo for souls, Third—~That faithfal and porsistent, prayor mnst, as an_fuovilablo roault, Lo wecompented by efioient, personal, and organizod work, Fourtli—That, in nddition to contelbutions in monoy und frooly givan, {t 18 rocommended to the tho women'a olfct to gapprows intompor- nco i o communitios, and o tho wonien Who ara 10 the work, to avold alt ‘onvy, lutred, mallee, nud al unchuritabloncas, nil bitterneas f upasch, nod’ et cintfon of the mon onggaged 1n fho liguor trafiio 3 to enltivats (et uequatutance nud Liudly feollug, i by nll hoyorablo aud practicablo noma Lo nasiat. (o fit cliigiig From o st cloun t auglaty to somo other romuncrativo to (honiseivea wud bevollelal to tho communlty, * On motion, it was rosolved to eall thia tho ‘Woman's ‘Temparnnce Arsociation of Ohio, Mrn. Stowart then spoke, when tho mooting edjournod ¢ili this evening nt 8 o’clock. LVENING BESSION, A _LARGE GATHERING, Cotvnnug, 0., Fob. 24,~Tho meoting thia ovoning at Clty Il was fmamonse in polnt of tho numbera in “ationdanco, and groat onthust- oun was wanilestod. Dio Lowia organized the meoling by ealling somater Goodhuo to tho ohuir, ~ Prayar wad olforad by the Tov. Dr, Cavpoutor, nud afler singing, Van Doit wpoko 'no original pioco, - glving his hintory, and he advoeated tho movoment of the women, aud ns one that will repult in fminense good 80 tho country, Sonator Guodtiue made 'n tolling addross, Miss Moore, of Morrow, nlso brislly spoko most teolingly, Mre, Thompron, of Iflllsboro, daughter of tio lato Gov. Allen Trinblo was noxt, and also mado o fooling and cloguont addresa, atu lady s the first woman who publicly prayed and inaugurated this movemont. Mother Stowart wns next called upon, and apoke humorously, roolh:gily, and ologuently. Misn Btong, of” Marlottn, also roferred o the worls, exhorting tho ladies everywhero to ad- vauco tho work. 'L'ho REY. M. HANNA, of Bpringfleld,” was tho noxt orator, and ho ably discussed tho ‘situntion. o sald thut in Lhis city $100,000 had baon “contributed to the causo thero, and $500,000 swas promised, if it wns necossary, to earry on the work, -1t would raivo Christian onthusiasm if thore wore a fow mar- tyns in tho work that would encourago tumpor- ance men and womon iu the great couge. Addresses by tho Rov. Lhomag Grimes, of Cadiz, nud othors woro mudo, the meoflug brcul:lug up at o lato hour. Thora will bo A MEUTING TO-MORROW MORNING and in the aftornaon, and o lecturs by Dr, Rus- sell, of Detroit, ut tho City-Hall in tho oveuing. DIO LEWIS MAKLS A BTATLMENT, Dio Lowis to-night mado a statomant saying that for two weoks' work, mnotesn lectures, ho had received but §815, and that after deducting s oxpenaes had leas Joft than he would got for oue lycoum lecture of an how's duration. AN OPINION OF PROMIDITORY LEGISLATION. In auswer {o what he thought of & prohibifory 1aw, Lowis said ho was eatisfied that it was o just Inw, but, if asked whothor Le was In fuvor of such n taw, ho would say no, not by any means, and simply bocausa it has nover been, and nover could be, enforced. When a law was once Imssnd, tho poopla stopped their war on the iquor traftic, aud maid, “Lot lher work” ~But sho didn’t work, and the peoplo inquired why dou't they prosecuto Iiquor-denlors under this law, but tho troublo is thoy maaut no purticular persons, aud 80 it was 1o ono's business. Ho was satisfled ‘the prohi- bition law had been & curse iv Massachusotts, ond if roponled at lonst ovo~third of tho rum- holes {u Boston woul close. DR, JOUN RUSSELL, . of Michigan, took iksuo with Lowis on this point, Ho was satisfled that & prohibition law could and would bo enforced, and should be passed. TIANKE, A resolution was ndopted thanking Dio Lewis for tho part he has talken iu this movement, — OHIO TOWNS. Cpecial Dispateh to The Chicugn Tribune. AT. VERNON, Mz, Venyo, O., Fob. 24.—Our City Council Inst night pagsed, on a vote of 9 to1, au ordi- nauco prohibiting tho malo of intoxieating liquors, Tiftoon lawyers havo signed s paper uot to proscoute persons enguged in this crusade. AT DAYTON. Daxron, 0., Feb, 24.—~Tho woman crusade is nffecting all classos, Largo and oxciting meot- ings, chiotly of wowen, aru hold daily and niglt- ly. .The doy moctings arc devoted to prayers and proparation, tho nights to prayer and songs. ‘The immonsity of the diflleully of nttacking 500 liquor-saloons is appalliug, Lut the women are preparmg resolutely to do it. Thoy will not muve until ordered b{n the Executive Committeo, of someo twenty of. the. most discreet women in city, Thoir plan, not yet roported, is to organ- ize for permanont oEumliDu until liquor solling is extingnisbed. They will not begin out of doors until sure of victory. ‘Tho saloou-keepors are waiting curiously but resignedly for tho im- vonding hurricano, But fow will bo rude, though somo will invoke tha police to clear the Hi(,i]n\vlrlukn of crowds. The druggists will fall nt o flash, AT RIPLEY, Rieexy, 0., Feb, 24,—Tho crusedors aro just beginning _to warm up to their work in the suburba.~ Yestorday thoy marched out with ona day's rations, nud,” being rofusod admission b one ealoon, built s firo and camped out in front of it, Thoy were divided iuto two roliofs, mili- tary stylo, and by turns moved on tho works ‘of tho emomy by tha power of prayor. ~The sicge lasted ' ulout four howrs, whon tho onemy capitulated, and is to-nigght, for tho firat time, prominontly seon in a tomporanco masg-meoting. At another placo tho siogo was mnot so long, and the proprictor guave them his liquor to pour out, and lot thom toar hia siggn down, Othor places stll hold out. At ono placo, to-day, tho propriotor and his wifo Dastily “closod tho houss oa thoir appronol, oud tlod through the .buck door. A camp-firo wus built, and scouts soon discovorod tho man in & uoighboring blacksmith-shop. According to him, no ouo but his wifo was to blamo, but, rogardiess of this, the ueige was bogun. £ largo and improssive mass-mooting was lield to- night, nddrossod by Mrs, Moody and ofher ladies. Judga Ashburn fined a Batavia dealor 1,200, AT DELAWARE, Special Dispateh to T'he Chicago T'ribune, Derawang, 0., Feb. 24.—~T'ho temperance cru- sade wau slacted Lero this afteruoon. Two hundred women wera out. . AT UBLLEFONTAISE, Sxectal Mapateh to the Clicuo Tribune, BerieroNTAINg, O,, Fob. 21.—The tomporauce war has commenced to move hord. AT LOUDON. Snectal Dispatels to Phe Chlcayo Pribune, TLoupox, O, Fob, 2h—Everything is quiot Loro this ovoning. Quito au oxcitement was ralied tujs morning hK J. Besloter putting one of tho tabornaelos, which woy nepr lus_ sutoon, off the pavemout. It way, howover, placed in the rond in frant of bis place, Later in the duy ha throw u bucket of beor on theladios who wors in tho tabernucle, Ho was arrested. AT 2I'CONNELLSVILLE. ZaxraviLLe, 0,, Fob, 84.—Great excitomorit is reporied at McConnellsville to-dsy, Johu Mor- quat, tho oldest saloou-koopor, eniptied his stock of liquoza into tho ntroet, 3 AT BPIINGPIELD, ’ CrxoryNaTr, O, Fob, 21.~1T'ho Gazetle (Spring- flold, 0,) speciol wayw tho City Coneil to- night at that place passed o rosolution dircoting the sidewallts to Lo kopt clear, which will inter fura with tho womon's tomperance movement, —_—— ILLINOIS. AT 100K ISLAND, Snectal Dlsvateh to The Chueiro Tribune, Rock 18uAND, IL, Fob. 24,—1Tho women's war on whisky sosmy on the point of brouking et w this city. Tost ovening blessts. Coo & Btrong, provriotors of tho Merchants' Luuch, the must fushionablo placo in town, recolved the tollowing noto through tho Post-Ottico, Lt was writton on protly-tinted note-pupor, and ina nico, nent, niid womanly hand, ms fullows : Bunkau op Texeknaser; Lovar No, 18, Roos Israny, Yeu, £, 161 Megans, Cox & Briona : Wo dijiove und sntvont 01t to bataiu trom tho furthior sals and sy of any ntoxieatiug liquors, Wo uro pledged uud bound to- gothier by u solewn vow Lo clogo every saloow i Roel Telaud, und liope to luve your ca-opcration, [f grees ablo {u yon, wo will fuaugurate the movamont i ttuck Tulana fu your wuloon, wi:d will visit you i u body, hicaded Ly the Hen, Air, Norrly, on Viduosday oveils dugg ut 8 o'clock, to hOLL piiyor-mipoting, (Hlgued) Ly Onvew ov 2ie PubLio AT LARGE, A1 BIERLING. . syeetal Dienaweh to T'h Brugrixe, 11, Fob, 44.-~Tho anti-rum feoling in very utrong horo, Lieoting huvebeon hold to disouys tho question of nn attack upon the sus loons, It was deoided to hold & uulon moeting every mornlug by woek, and pray over the mnttor, doing finglly what duty soomed to ro- quira, DRUNKENNESH—IIOW WE LOOR AT IT, Tamuuaa, U, Feb, 17, 1874, o the Edvor of The Chicago tnbune: Bin: Permit mo to olfor u few thoughts on tho abovo subjoct, A fow wonths ago the anlnlu; was oapturod and a fow Amorienn citizons slaughtored; nlso, a fow non were vruelly siain by & Modoo band § nnd the nation woa aroused, ronly to go to war. - Had it beon by liquor-sellors' riots it familiarity would liave caused no oxcitomont, 'owlay wo linvo an enomy among us that in destroylug his thousands nnnunlly, ‘and makiug moi of all flmdnu in soototy t0 slaggor Loforo it, from Prosi- lonts, Conproastnon, Cubinot oflicors, down to tha lowost Indian or nogro; and the Government onty shows that it might huve authority to do- stroy it, and prohibit {tsmanufacture, by plaolng an unjust, disoriminatingitax upon it as compared with any othor proporty, What are Nutional or Slate Log(nlnturas for if thoy uro not to provide for the bost Intoreut of tho conntry? Why do thoy puss bows to puufuly connterfeitors, thtevos, and scoundrela? Why do thoy pas Iaws to pun- Il mon forinsulting womon, wl\noumy tolerate, and evon liconso, men to soll ram to thoir Lus- bands, until one would think their ombraco wnd rosenca would be worso than death? Why is t that the good, industrious people of the coun- try are tnxed, oven if tholr mn‘pnrly hay to bo sold tapay it? Why is it that thoy rob the peo- plo of “thoir money to wchaol nil children oifko? Why ia" it that cltizons aro compolled to Borva ng jurors and witnessos in- aur courts, -liko 80 mninny impriconed slnves, away from their homes nud Lusiness, whilo nt- tornoys sre sllowed, by techaical, quibbling foolary, to consumo thoix thno und the peoplo’s mougy, und ineult and abuse them, until ono would think Amerienu citizens had no rights or foolings to Lo rospacted# Cho answor ts, Tho pubtic good requires it, and atl good cithions uro oxpected to sustnin tha Govormment, und the goneral goud of the massos, If uuch is the case, ia f¢ possiblo that whisky; tha sum of all villainies,. must bo tolerated ns u Nutional fnslitution? Ty it possible {hut tho National oud Btato Governments will liesitnlo uny longor to pasy n law prolibitiog tho making of “whiuky, nud the retafling of death to all that is 5und on oarth, and punish such menufacturory androtailoratho same as counterfuitors of Nation- al currency avo punishod ? I would jolu in a Na- tionnl Probibition party, and aik_wid _bog Con- greso to pass such o law. Aud I wouid ask the women of America to meot on the slops of our Nationnl Capitol, and pray, and seed up n lamontation, tho like of which has nover beexu honrd pinco ftachol wept for her childron, Lot shom seud up o Isnontation for thelr sistors in the wrotchedness an all grades uf socioty, and m shanties and hovels of dmnkards. I would nsk thom to sing solemi, sorrowing songs of woo, uotll, It Congress' did ot loar thom, othor lands would lond o lstonlng car snd ro-ocho tho nd wailng, uutil’ God himself should henr thelr wal, I would ask them to nssemblo at the door of overy Logisla- tura in tho lnnd, and pray for protoction from the rumesollers. I would sk Cougress (at whoto door this ovil lies), in bohalf of tho hun- dreds of thousands of the sorrowiug, suffering friends of 60,600, human beings murdered by men liconsed by the Governmont to soll rum, and paying part of the prico of bloud into ity tronsurios, to look to their rosponsibility, I would ask Congross and all the Legiuiaturos in tho Iaud to soo the destruction that is going on. I would ask thom, in tho name of s Christinn civilization, to stop it. I would ask thom in bo- Lalf of families whose fathers and sons aro bringing sorrow, poverty, and destitution upon thom, I would Congroos in boball of tho millions of women who should bo guarantesd against tho dangor of getting drunken hushands, I would ask overy lover of Lis country, in bobnlf of tho huudreds of thousands ‘of unborn childron, to forover stop this destroyor of our poople. 1t is onough to causo_ovory thinking, ruflacting mind to rofuso to roplenisli the earth, while men aro licenued to_dastroy their darlings on tha vory threshold of life. I would nsl its destruction in tho name of tho tons of thousands of frionds of tho thousunds of mon now in our ptisons. Thon, after having destroyed tho Tactories of doath und crime, T would_proclaim o Jublleo, aud let thoe prisoncrs go froo onco moro, to load sober, usotul lives. It would not ho nocossary to nsk tho Govern- ment to atop this destroyer, bud not the people become #o subdued aud conquered by mon who forco villages, and towns, and cities to grant them liconso, by telling thom thoy will soll any- way, and thoy may o8 woll grant liconeo, and divide the profits, and keop & strong polico-forca aronud thom, #o a8 to koep up the outside forms of rou[:eulnblo Christionity, whilo thoy faston upon the yoyng tho burning, éraving appolita in a respectablo manner, and ruin tho old. Choro .| ara now avout 5,000,000 of tho inhabitants of the United Btates who are oither ongagod and sup- portad o vendors, or wasting their earniuge in this worso than useless businoss, instead of dolog somothiug to Ll support o conatry. Paupors and erininals would becomo suddenly gearco wore it not for thus stimulator of crimo, destitution, immorality, and wrotchoduess in the lund, May wo not Liope that tho timo Las como when peoplo will look and soo whore their taxes go, aud try to destroy this dosd-bend rond to ruin. Respectfully, BENIAMIN WALTON. oL W IOWA. . AT DAVENLORT. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Davesronr, In,, Fob, 24.—There Liave been all kinds of mmors in the stroets to-duy to tho of- feot that the ladics’ tomporance crueado would open in this city, but as yet no pubtic demon- strution has boon made. This morniug ton postal cards passed through tho mails direeted to prominont snloon-keepers.of ibo.city. Dr. Burtis, propriotor of tho botel horo, received ono telling um that ho must closo his bar, Other liquor-sollors also ' reccived motitication that proyes-meotings would bo hold in thoir respoctive placos of businoss. It is staled thal o, . socret — organization of . ladios . is now baing porfeotod in this city, and. that it js their dosiga to start out in praying-banda noxt weok. Toasmuch as tooro are over 200 snloons in Day- enport, 1t {8 thought that, oven if tho ladies do inaugurate a crusede, but littlo can bo_done to- warde closing them. Whether the Indios really will make any such move here or uot is very uncortain. AT 10WA OITY. Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, Towa Crry, In., Fab, 24,—Cansiderable com- ‘motion was occasioned hero this morug by tho roceint through the Post-Ofico, by u number of wnloon-keopors, of. n motico, sighed .* Many.La- dies,” to this effcct: *Wo will call at your pluco of busincss this nfternoon, to pray ond exhort with you and your friends, ote.” "The aftornaon came and woro away, and & largo num- bor of porsons, anxious to ke tho irst brenking out of tho woman's war Lioro, pationtly watchod tho saloons, but no women came. = Bithor thoir zonl got cooled off upon waking this morning to find fhio moroury 16 dogreas bolow zero, or glio tho notices were spurtous. Geuuino notices of this kind, followed by tho women, aro anxiously looked for and expecled ‘every hour. Iiisro- ported that the first stops in this direction were takou Ly the Good Templars at their mootiug lont night, AT FORT MADISON, TA., Tonr Mapiroy, In., Fob. 24.—Tho Ladies! Cluistian Temperanco Assoclution of this city dropped in tho Pout-Ofica this foronoon u postal- eard for eack sploon-kcopor in this city, nsling then to closo their places of businoss, and it thoy did not comply by Thursdsy uoxt_ thoy would visit thom personeily aud pray aud en- troat thom to, — INDIANA. AT Q0B Special Disvatel to The t'hicaao Tribune, Gosuen, Ind., Fcb, 2L.—The temperance eru- sado will bo inaugurated in thia{ oity on Mondny next, Groat cxcitemont provails there over.the wmovement. Postal-cards containing tha follow- ing warning wero sent to sovoral liquor-dealers in this ity to-day : o warned by ono who loves Eol!. The holy erusade aguinst tho unbioly trafiio in whicl you are’ cnguged ‘will begin noxt Monday morning preelsely ut 10w, m. By order of the Ladies Conumiite AT VALPARAL sveefal Dwspatels to i'he Cistedun Tribune, VaLraraiso, Ind,, Teb. 24~'Fho cxcitoment caured by tho women's war on liquor incroases, and to-dity tho streota have boon alive with sony _aud proyor. A saloon-keopor got drank nnd nbusdvo, nud was locked up, His wilo throw wator on the womon below, whiuh had the offect of muiug {hem eing londer and pray longor. ‘I'ho Alayor's ordor to restiain thom, iksucd yes. torday, was unbecded, ‘Che womon rollove dach other'in squuds, _ Anothor snloon-keoper has just beou nrrestod, numed Tom Waid, . Thero ara sovoral Indiotmonts againsé hin, claiming in all about §10,000 dumages, for seliing to minos, AT WINOIESTER, Snecial Dispateh to The Clicitqo Tribune, Wiseneszy, tud, Ifob, 24,—Last night com- menced in earncut the temporaueo oxeitomont which has heen brawing for sovoral duyn, A ro- formed inobrinto, namod Bonson, leoturod lant nlght, and Wil to-nigh, lm[.lorlm,' tho women to bogin tho goud worlk, ‘A pledge of support wua ciroulated to-dny, aud sigmed’ by loading mon ; and the erusnda Wil koon be in oporagion, AT JEEPEREONVILLL, syectal Thepateh to Tie Clacaao Tribune, . LoumyitLe, Ky, 1cb, 24,~Vhe womoen cons tinued thelr movoment aguinst tho snvons b Jeflorsouville to-day, but fulled to accomplish anything, They vigited nino or ton salouns in tho morning, geining admittance u only puo or two Instauces, and the doors of somo of tho aloons they hiad proviously visited Lelng closod ngainst thein, Ouo of the waloon-koopars in- formed the ladies that ho could pray for himsolt'; anorhor, that the churchea wero the proper place to me' Ono man was willing to l}ll" tho business providiug tho ladles would .Klva Lim suliclont money to open A 00« of DI e e — 5 storo, but no omo conld ho found to slgn tho pledge. Undauntod by their failuros, tho lndles wtarted ont again in”"tho nftornoon, calling at somoe of tho saloons tloy lind vislted in tho morning, whoro admittanco ‘was refured, Tho lndios knooled in tho straot in front of tha snloon, and prayed aud sung, though the wouth- or wnt' vory cold and tho' wind blowing, At night s largo tomporance monting was Liold at Magort Hall, at which tho nrpinnlznunn of the Tnmlmmucu Unlon wag offectold by tho olection rectors and officors, Hpecohen weore mado ndvaeating the movemont of the womon, and £4,000 ndditional stock subscribed, malking in all 14,000, This fund is for tho purpose of pro- vonting the saloon-keepers from violating tho Liquorlaw. T'he Iaw roquires that the potition for hicenso ahall bo signed by & majority of the logal votors In the precinot Whera tho saloon in oponed. 1t {s assorlod that not ovor threo suloons in Jofforsonvillo have o logal liconso, nnd the Indies will mnke thivgs warm for tho snloon-keepors whon they bogin their, prosocu- tion. " g AT THE EAST. I PRONINTONY LAW 1N MASSAGIUSETTA. Secful Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BosToN, Maks., I'ob, 24.—Tho last hoariug be- fore tho Legislotive Commiites on tho Hinto Tolico wans given this forenoon, when ex-Polico Commis:ioner Griliin roltorated carroborative ovidonco in proot of corruption in tho force. 1o pouitively know of a membor of the foroe, reslding not many miles from Loston, who had soizod liquor and actunlly rosold it to {ho denlor, o conld pointout that oflicor, and conld point out tho donler, in the present gathering, who purchased tho liguor of that officer, He know -another liquor-dealer who hnd DRIDED AN OVFIOER, Dbut did not dnre complatu, lest - ho should bo logally proscouted, Gon, Batos, Chairmau of tho prosont Commission, on bolug asked whoth- er tho praying womon would not help tlolr business, snid _lio could uot_toll, but suggontod that tho crusadors opon thelr oimpaign ut the Conrt-Ilouso it thoy would aid tho Tomporanco ‘canso. "L'he grontost rouulblo PFEBHULO WaS LOW holugs * brought by the liquor-denlors to ovor- throw thio proliibitory law, and he belioved that, ‘if the preseut Legiulature shonld adjourn with- out changing um’i:\w, hundreds of vonders WOULD THROW -UP TIE BLOKQE, and Bay it wos no uso, He noxt deecanted upon tho virtues of tho prosent force, which he bo» lioved was composed of o8 honost mon ns conld bo foand, 1Io would favor tho choico of n per- manout Commisgion, who would dovoto their on- Liro time to tho dutics of their ofiice. As tho Commission now stood everything was working Deuntitully, bus, if thoro were to’ bo o salariod .Commiszion, he would have his uame omiited from the list, ‘In caso a liconse law wa3 onnoted, Lo belioved thora WOULD L USE FOR A STATE TOLICE, nnd-ho boiioved n Slato forco was much superior toa loeal foreo in onforcing s liquor lnw, be- couso thoy aro lees mbject to local influenco. ‘Tho prosent State forco was not largo onough, and should bo incrensed by ut loast: logmbn. Ho did not buliovo any law or ANY 11ODY COULD PREVENT TILE USE OF LIQUOR, buc ho did bLoliove that Messrs, Youvg aud Paker could bo provented from keoping open burs to tempt young men who came into tho city, and it should bo done. -**We will it," ho seid in closing, NEW YORK CITY. New Yonx, Fob. 24,—1t appears that tho lead- ors of the tomporanco movement will disconrago praying and singimg in front of liquor saloons, which they fear would lead to riotousdomonstra- tions, but instend to quictly clrculato & plodge against tho uso, salo, or manufacturc of any in~ toxicating dvinks, takivg this ospocially to snloon-koopers and men who lonso their build- ingn for tho #alo of liquor. No visits will be mado to fashionnble club-houses, but the officers will bo mot olsewhore and urged to banish liquor from thoir ostablishments, WASIINGTON, D. 0. WasitinaToy, D. J., Feb. 24.—As proliminary to the temperance crusado, promised on Satur- day noxt, notices similar to tho following Lave ‘beon served on the sevoral restaurant-keopers : Wo carnestly entroat you for the mako’ of your own spirituat welfire, aud for the prescrvation from ruin of one bt sbands sud sons, (in you nbandon tho fm- morul and wicked busincss of solling iutoxicating Jiquors, - Wo will bo_a your place of uusiness to pru with you uext Baturdny. Coino with us, and we will do you goadl, and muy God Lave mercy on your soul, By order of Comnnittee, s EENTUCKY. AT LOUISVILLE, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Louis\vitLs, Ky., Fob, 24.—Tho roport that the Jadics of this city were preparing to commonce an active crusndo against the saloon-loepers was promature. One or two tomperance maetings ave baon held, but no atops looking toward an aglivo movemont against tho saloon have boeu tukon. Huch a move iu poseible, but not proba- ble, in this vity. TENNESSEE. AT MEMPDIIH. Mespmus, Teun,, 21,—A number of snlovn-leeplers have roceived postal-cards signod by n comnmittee, asking them to quit solling the denth-denling Boverage. In tho ovont of their rofusul, they will be visited and prayed for., DICKENS. ¢ Bdwin Drood »? == Tho Novelists Sepuration from Ris Wikee-Ilis Iden of Abstomious Diet. * EDWIN DROOD." From the Third Volume of Forater's Life of Dickena, Tho Jast book undoertaken by Dickens was t Do published in illustrated monthly numbers of the old form, but to close with the twelith. It closed uotinished with tho sixth number, which wes itselt under-written Ly two pages. Ihs fist fancy for tho talo was oxpressod in a lottor in tho middlo of July. **What should I think of tho idea " of a story beginuing in thus way? U'wo people, boy and’ girl, or very young, going apart from oo another, pledged to bo married altor many yours —at tho end of the book, The iutorcst to ‘ariee out of tho tracing of thoir separato ways, and tho {mpossibility of tnllhl& ‘what will be dono with that imponding fato, This was lnid gede, bubit lefv n marked trace on the story as sftor- ward desigued, in tho position of Edwin Drood and his botvothied. Ifirst heard of the later do- sign iun lotter dnfod Triduy, tho Gth doy of August, 1809, iu which, after sponking, with the usual unstiited praike Lo bostowed always oun what moved him in othors, of & littlo talo ho bad reccived for his journal, ha spoko of tho chungo that hnd oceurred to him tor ko now tale by himsolf : ¢ I lnid aside the faney I told you of, and havo s very eurious and now idon for my now story—not a commaunicable idea (ar tho intoroat of tho bool would be gone), but a very stroug oune, though difiienlt to worl." "'ho story, I lonrnied immediately ftorwurd, was to bo that of 11 urder of n mophew by his uucle ; tho ori ty of which was to consist in the reviow ol the murdoeror's careor of him- golf at tho close, when its tomptations were to Do dwalt upon as if not ho, the culprit, but some other man, wore the tomprotl, The last chaptors wore to- bo wrilton In the condemned coll, Lo which his wickeduoss, all dlaboratoly etfoited from hitn ne if told of auoth- or, hud broughe him. Discovery by the murdorer of tho utter nocdlessnces of tho murder for its oliject was Lo follow liurd upon the commission ol'tho deed ; but all discovery of the murderor was to be bafled till towards {hoe close, when, by monus of & gold ring which had resisted the corrosivo offects of tho limo into which he had {hrown tho body, not only the porson murdored was to be identifled, but {ho locality of tho crime ond tho man who committed it. 8o much was told to me before nny of the book was written; and it will be recollected tout tho ring, taken by Drood Lo bo givon by liis botrathied only It thoir engagemout weunt on, wus Lrought away with thom from their Inst intorviow. TRoss way to murry Partar, and Crisparklo tho eistor of Lundless, who was him- w6lf, I think, to Love porishod in nesisting Tur- tar flnally to umunbk and seizo the murderer, Nothing hud beon written, however, of tho main ports ot tho design, oxcepting what is found in tho published numbors ; thero was no Lint of proparation for tho soguel in any notes of ohiaractors in advauca; nnd thora remained not even whnt ho bad himeelf so sadly written of the book Ly L'hackaray also interrupted by death. ha ovidenco of ~maturod desigus nover to bo accomplished, intontions planned naver to Lo oxecuted, roads of thought marked out mnover to bej travorsed, goals shinlug in tho distance navar to be rouch= od, was wanting hcro. . IEuough lud boen com- ploted, novortholess, to give promiso of w much crontor book -thon its immediato predecessor. *I hopo his book-is fluished,"” wroto Longfol- low whon tho nows of luy doath was flashed fo Amefiea, “1t is cortainly ono of his most beauti- ful works, it ot tho most boautitul of all, It wouldt be toosad to thiuk tho poniwad fallon from hls lnnd, and loft- it incomplute, Bome of {ts obaracters wero touchod with subtloty, nud in ita deseriptions his unaginative power was ab its best,, Not o line was wauting toits roulity, in tho maost minute loeal dotatl, of Ylmpon widsly con- trautod; and we saw with equal vividnoss the old oathodral-town und tho lurid oplum-oator's don, Somothing like tho old hightnos and buoyunoy of nnlnmlnp[h:ngnvnmm“ froshuoss to the liuntor; tho seenas of tho child-heruine and her luckless betrothod Lind bath novelty sud nicoty of churacter in thow ; and Mr, Growgious in chinmbars with Lis cloxk and tho two walters, the coacolted Hap- | son, and tho blustoring philanthroplst Iloney- thunder, wero first-rato comady, Miss Twinklo- ton was of tho family of Miss La Creovy ; and tho loduing-houso keepor, Miss Billicken, though ehe gavo Miss Twinkloton but a sorry nccount of hor blood, had that of Mra, Todgera in her voius : ‘*T was put in life to n vory gontool boarding~ school, tho mistress boing 1o less a lndy Lhan yourself, of about your own ngoe, or it may ba Aomo yoars youngor, and a poarnesa of blond flowad from tlio table which hns run throngh my 1ife." Was ovor anything bottor snid of a school faro of alarved gontilily? The last pnlw of “Iidwin Droad” wae writton in the chalet in the aftornoon of his lnst day of conaclousness; and I havo thought thore might Lo toma fnterest in n fao simllo of tho greator purt of this final pm_‘u of manusoript that over eamo from his hand, at which o hnd worked unusunlly Jate in ordor to fluish thoe chapter, It hins vory much the- charactor, in its oxcossive caro of correction and interlineatlon, -of ol lis Jater munusoripts; and in - order thet comparieon may be mado with hisg earlior and -casior mothod,” I placo be- sido it o portion of & pagoe of tho original Oliver Twist, Nis groator pains and claboration of writing it mny bo mentioned, bocame first very obvious i the nttor parts of Marlin Chuzalewit's but not tho least romarkablo fenturo in ol his manuseripts s the acourncy with which the poriions of enach, ropresenting tho #overal numbors, aro oxactly ndjusted to tho space tho priuter had to Il Whathor without ernsure or #o intorlined as to bo illogiblo, notlung {s wanting, and thoro is noth- ing in oxcoss, Bo nesurred wos tho habit thab 10 hog Limsolf romatked upon an_instanco tho othor way, i ** Our Mutual Friond,” os not hav- i happonod to Lim for thirly yeors, But * 1d« win Drood,” mora staitling, showad him how un= settled tho habit ho most prized lad becomo, fn tho olashing of old and mow E\rfillll‘lls. :B‘l‘}’l}’)fin“l ({Im\ I\\'{,lllmu,‘:" 2[2!.\ o’ll ocombor, , “and ns I thoug] [poso of tho firak two ntunbors of my scory, Blowss the formed mo to my horror that thoy wore togothor twelve printed pages oo short 111 Consequontly 1 hnd to trausposs a chuptor from numbor two to numbor ono, and remodel number two alto~ gether| 'This was the moro unlucky that it cama nponmo al tho time when I was obliged to Ienve the bool in order to got up the readings (tho additionel twelve for which Sir Thomay Wate son's congont had beeif obtained), * quite gona out of my mind sinco I left them off. "Howevor, I turnod to it and got it dono, and bath*numbors aro now in typo. Oharles Collins hns dosigned on excellent cover,” It was his_wish that his son-in-law should havo illustrated the story, but this not being practicablo, upon an opinion oxe pressed by Mr. Millais, which the result thor- ilnfilfihly juatified, choico wag mado of Mr. B.L. ildos, i DICRENS' SEPARATION FROM IS WIFE. Jvawn the Cincinnat! Commcreial, Circumstancos that tho biographer'of Dickens could not shapo to suit him provented tha full rolation of the facts of tho soparation of Dici- ous and his wife. Tho oldest son of Dickens, who hns lived with his mother sinco tho divi- nlon of the houechold, would not permit the re. lation of his fathor's version of tho separation— lio would uot allow that n.word should go into the bLook that rotlocted upon his mothor, Ho wag 80 woll informod In rospoct to othor mat- tors that no ono desired to touch, that ho was ablo to have bis way in this, Tho stm:{ of the separation, as told in liternry circles in London soou nftor tho death of Dick- cns, ought to bo rolated in this conncction, It 18 not the whole truth, but that it is the truth ag far as it goes, we reason to bollove. The Zuuugor sister of Mra. Dickens—Niss Hogarth, who was with Dickens when he died ~—was & momber of his houschold from tho timo of his murriage. She was a lady of grontor enorgy of character than lor sistor, Mrs, Dick~ eny, and had tho faculty of kaooping the hiousa in ordor, and of doing wonders in the education of thechildron. Bl way bousekeoper and gov- ornoss in ono. Mra, Dickens, after many yoars, Dbocame acquaintod with tho fact thas she Waa of inforior consoquence in hor husbsnd's bouso, and was in decp distrogs becauso the children loved their aunt battor than their mother. So tho jonlousy of tho lady was sroused, not on ace count of her lnsband’s affactions ,{?mg aatray, ‘but beeauso hor sister hnd won the hearts of ior children. As this ocourred aftor many years of acquics. conca in lior inferiority a8 to usofuluess, tho domoustratioss of Mry. Dickens were regarded by her husband a8 oxcessively absurd, Mrs, D. could not bosr to occopt the situution. aud ot lnst mado the issuc that if ber sistor did not leave the house, sho would loave it. Dick- ons said that ho thought tho prosence of the sis- tor-in-low waus more important to the children, whom she had eaved for frow their infancy, than that of ilio wife, who bad beon of no servico to thom after thoy wore born aud suckled. ‘hove- fore, his wife might go; and did go, taking hor eldost eon, Dickens, Jr., with hor, Atter tho soparation, the estranzement grow moro serious, aud the torms in which Dickons mentions his wifo in his will are cold aud almost_disrespoct~ ful, o bobaved with strango iudiscrotion in publishing lotters on the subject of his sopara- tion from his wifo—aud Lis son has donoe woll to suppress auy tondonoy of hix biograplier to cole- brata tho suscaptibilifies of the great novelist as the oxponse of the living. DICKENS' IDEA OF AN AIRTEMIOUS DIET. Dickeas, when in Amorica, in ouo of hisletters to his friend Forstor, gave an account of L systom of diobing himsolf that is worthy of ro- production. Ho wroto—ovidontly uuder the impression that Lo was praising himeolf 08 ono capablo of 3 most abstomions style—that ho lind established a systom of dieting na follows : “At7in the morning, in bed, o tumblor of now cream aud {wo tablespoonsful of runt, At 12, a sherry cobbler and a biscuit. ‘At 8 (dinnor timo), a pint of champagne. At flve minutes _to 8, an oge boaten upin a glass of sherry. DBee twoon the parts the strongost boef ten that can bo mado, drunk ot Af n quarter past 10, soup aud any litlle thing to drink that & can fanoy.” S bl s e OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. MovitLe, Yob, 24.—Steamship - Polynesian, {from Portlund, Ins arrived, New Yonx, Feb, 24.—Arrivod—Steamship Oity of Brussels, from Liverpool. —_— “ILLINOIS RIVER NAVIGATION. LaSarLE, Iil, Fob, 24,—The stoamor Flem- ming left Poru this morning with a tow of Huse, Loowmis & Co's barges of ico for St. Louis. 'J.‘lhia is tho first departure of the season by the river, KEARWEY'S BUCHT. 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