Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1874, Page 5

e - e | —— G | i | \ L of equity. A court of chancery cannot, on a bill | from the State Grange. 'Greit faith seems’ to of discovery, compel a party to produce evidence which would subject him to forfeiture. Only one jadiclal decision sustains the logality of such goiznres, and this is groundsd on the mistaken idca that the seizuro of. goods is & paraliel ease. It i therefore inferred thatseizing under search- warrants is unconstitutional. ~ Mr. Eaton closes bis pamphlet with o reviow of the history of &uch scizures in England and America, and aclear statement of the evils resulting from the pres- ent law in thus conntry. e commend to Con- gress his final sentences: : The truth is, commerce 18 3 larger fact than reve: nue, nd a sense of froodom {s essentiz] to tho largest prosperity. When businoss is ehut fn and overiid with apprebeneion, and honest merchants are lisbla'to e thrust, on technical grounds, into the class of thoso who would bo excluded from their company by the 1aw of honor, the large possibilities of exchange are defeated, snd the first step is taken n the backward merch of trade, Under such laws, our. sharo of tho traic of thoworld will be lessencd until §t conists only of whet we consume, and our ports will shrivel into ins'gnificance corpared with the grout marts where commerco is unfettered. St THE BZ0EMAKERS’ BIRIKE, - The Enights of St. Crispin are still holding ont againist their omployers, but with little pros- poct of succees, The employers” say that they have been pushed to the wall and can yield no ‘more. In proof of their position, they give some weighty facts and figures. Chicago boot and shoe jobbers ought to bo out of all dauger from Fastern competition. Their market is large, snd set easily resched ; their reputationis high; this city is the great centro of the trado in hides, snd our tanneries not only sapply the home de~ mend but send their wares to the East. Despite these advantazes, our boot and shoo jobbers are exposed to a keen rivalry, which grows sharper svery year, and forces: them to sell at littlo more than cost,’ in order fo keep their customers. A case of .baots that gold Iast year for €48 brings but 845 now. The dif- ferenco comes wholly out of the pocketa of the dealers. The Eastern jobbers can competa with aurs, because, and only because, they get labor st much.lower rates. At Worcestor, Mass., whero tho same grades of “‘stoga” boots are made, the workmen got $3.50 per case and fur- nish their own shop-room, ails, pegs, etc., 80 that they clear not more than 23 a case.” Here they are offered $4.50, besides room, nails, etc., xnd they demand $5,—the wages they received when the same grade of goods sold for from $8 to €10 per caso more than thoy do mow. The employers eay thst it is simply im- possiblo for them to pry €2 per case more than the Eastern-manufacturers do and then undereell the Iatter. The cost of living is not much greater in Chicago than it is in Worces- ter. If the wages paid to Woroester Crisping are fair, those demanded by Chicago Crispins are ex- tortionate. If the istter pereist in their strike, the shops must bo closed. A year ago, when the men struck, the employers said: *If we are forced to grant your demand, we shall have to cut down production one-half ; take your choico between fall production at the old rates and half | production aé the new.” The men chose the lat- ter. As s posult, our large housos deal mach more in Eastern goods than in those of their | hig] own make, Their salesmon are ordered toal- ways disposa of the first, when posible, in prof- erence to the socond. A further sdvance now in oost of labor woald make thé production nil. The feature of the contest between masters #nd men which has done most to excite popular sympathy for the latter is the demand by the former that the men shotld not use their wages to support their ‘[fcllows on strike. ~Ti” is elaimed, bowever, that this apparent attempt to dictate to the men what they should do with their own money is just, for, a8 we have hither- 1o explained, s strike sgainat one ‘employer is really astriko agninst all, and the men employed by one manufscturer have no morerightto aid their fellows nominally sgainst another, but really against himself, than a clerk wouldhave s right to willfally fnjuro'the roputation of the firm that hired him. The srgument is anin- genions one, and gives philosophers a curious question in ethics to discuss.- The employers can at any rate claim, without chanco of contra- diction, that they have been forced to thisact by the fnstinct of sclf-preservation, and thatit is, at the worst, only & strike on their part in reply to a sirike on the other. : ) —e POOR SOUTH CAROLINA. Threo yenrs igo, in May, 1871, tho tax-payers of South Carolina met in convention, protested against the corraption of their ralers, secured the rejoction of $6,000,000 of fraudulent bonds, Teceived promises of fature reform, &nd sd< journed. The couniry knows how those prom- ises have buon kept. The tax-payers, driven by despair, have again met. They held sessions during four days of Inst week. With some fool- ish talk, they eaid and did many wise thinga. The President, the Hon. W.D. Porter, 8aid, in his opening speech, that the voters of South Carolins were divided into two classes,—the tax- Payers end the non-tax-payers,—and that the latter class Had supreme power, and levied taxee on the former with nafural reckless- ness. Persons who wish to resist illegal texes in tho comrts are forbidden by statute to do so until after the taxes have been paid. Gen. Porter suggested that the Con- vontion shounld take messures to encourage white immigration, should orgsnize tax-payers’ tlubs throughout the Btate, and should present memorials to Congress and tothe people. Other speskers dwelt on the importance of providing for popular education and of introducing mi- ‘nority reprosentation. At present, out of & voting Population of 140,000, 80,000 can neither read 2or write. The many speeches, ll of which are teported in fall in tho Charleston News and Courier, bristle with details of shameful corrup- tion. Tho memorial fo Congress contains this schedule of State expanses : be put in his abilities. - He is expocted to st once bring in enough immigrants to overcome the negro majority of 18,000 votes. It will probably prove unnecessary, however, to got 4 majority of whites in order o secure an honest Goverriment.” There were a fow colored delogates in-the Convention, and’ Elliott—the most promincht colored nan in the Stats, and perbaps in the' country—riished down from Washington to- Columbia: while the tax-psyers wore in seséion, and . haringued the Legialaturs on the nocescity “of reforni;” He told tho ne- groes that lack of economy wonid'do what Do- |- ‘moeracy couldn’t do,—it would. kil the Ropubli- can party; and thnt Grant, Butlér, and all the leading frionds -of civil rights hod told’ bim pointedly ilist it “ time t6 unload,” thst the par- ty could not -earry - Bouth Carolina’s corruption much longor. " Anather prominent colored man, Maj. M. R: Dolany, has " published sn appealto tho Legislature to-at-onco introduce minority representation, 6o that | the. tax-payers msy be representod now and this niejroes horeatter, when th tide of whito immigration has swamped their present power. It is.ovident that the colored men are not all corrupt. * They .necd good lead- ers. In their finding euch - leaders lies the best hope of the Palmotto Stat O NEW RAILROAD-CAR STOVE. Successfal Trinl . Yesterday at the Northwestern Machine-Shops, There are no inventors who deserya the good- will and gratitude of mankind more than thoss | who devise some_contrivance ‘whareby travaling is made rafer and more comfortable, and human life preserved from danger. =% Of late yenrs_traveling by rail has boen ren- dored far Jess “lisblo to socidents by the inven~ tion and adoption by the railroad companies of the Westinghouee air-brake, the 'Miller buffer and coupler, aud many. other devices, and has been made almost enjoyable by the introduction of palaco, elooping, and. dining-cars,. smoke- consumers, and dust-proventers,—the latter two of which very few roads have yet adopied. In- deed, gas has been introduced ‘into cars and found to work well: In one direction, how~ ever, the same enterprise has not been_shown ; that is, in hoating cars by a simple and not ex- pensive method, yet obtaining, at the same time, a0 apparsta’ that would insure the car from ecatching fire in’ case it: ehounld’ bo over- turned - by some accident. This is very often the canse of the terriblolosa of life in railroad disasters. If a caris thrown down an embank- ment, the stove becomes upset, and very often sets the car on fire, and many of the occupants asre fatally - burat be- fore they can be rescued. In _ this ago of ralroad dissters, tio of the most chock- ing and terrible, in the loss of Life involved and the awful sufferings of the victims, that have oo~ curred ‘wero thoso st Angols, on the Lake Shore & Michigan ‘Sonthern Railway, aud at Poughkeepsie, on the Hudson 'River Rosd. In the first case the cars tumbled down the bank, and in the Iatter they went through a bridge.. Had not the csrs taken firs, in neither case .v:cnld the loss of life have been a quarter what it was. B < L Beveral invéntions have been offered to- fill thus great want, but none 25 yet have stood the tostwhen tried. . - " il Yesterday several wall-inown railrosd gentle- men, including ropresentatives from the Bock Island, the Northwestern, and the Burlington & Quincy Roads, met at the shops of ths Northe westorn Road on Chicago avenue, to examins the practical workings of & stove invented by John Oliphant, Eeq. In a very clear manner Mr. Olf&hmi explained the principal’ characteristics of the stove and what was imed for it. It i inder in form, about 4 feet The bottom of itis forteited to the Stato for non-payment of taxes. The courts afford littlo security to persons Wronged by the Governmont, not only because 20 guit can be bronght to tost the legality of & tex &Il after the tax is paid, bus because the Judgea aro elocted by the Legislsture for very short terms, £nd are so kept in complete Eabjection. Gne of -them, Judge Carpenter, came very near being indicted recently because behad rejacted twelve colored jurors, nona of ®hom could read or write, on the ground of in- Sompetency. The Conveation organized s tax- Peyers’ socioty, with afflisted clubs in every dis- triet, elected » Commiscioner of Immigration, Msj. Franz Melchers, of Charleston, appointed Taions iavestigating committoes, and sdopt- 0 sddresses to the ~pecpls of South Curolinaang to Congress. The Commissioner # Inmigration hes received a subsidy of $1,000 | » tank holding abont four gallons of water. --In this tank is s valve which keeps shut while the stove keeps its perpendicular, t when it loses that, the yalve opens and the water pours out 1mto the Etavel' completely putting out the fire. About 8 foot mbove the-tank. is the grate, and above it the fire as in. an ordi~ nary stove. Unlike most stoves, the stmos~ phers in the car. is not ' overneated, air being introduced from the outeide in a pipe, ‘which is regulated by two dampers, admitting as ‘much a8 is requered. - The stove is encased with~ in n eheet-iron jacket, 28 it is called, leaving sbout six inches between the stove and it. ‘Here the frash air comes in -and is heated,’and then ‘passes into pipes that ran down the sided of the car, with » register under each seat.. Tho.warm air thus introduced .into_the car is purc znd comes in near the floor, keeping the feet warm and ‘not’ heating the nir in the upper part.of the car, sa common stoves do. . In summer, by placing -a large cake of ice in the stove and turning on the current of air,. the most Enltry day can be rendered delightfully cool, 8o far as the car is concerned. -Many.of the minor’ ad- _vantages of tuia stove that were fully explained by Mr. Oliphant cannotbe detailed hers, but it is sufficient to say that oll the gentlemen werq impressed very favorably with the stove, and Baid if it put ont the fire as Mr. Oliphant claimed -it would, thon it wonld be all that could bo do- sired in the formof & stove for railway pure oscs. A SO B To test {his question, they went ‘out into the yard, whero one of the stoves had been placed for the cxperiment. - It was filled with_bitumin ous coal and coke, forming a very Lot fire. ‘When the gentlomen were convinced that it wad bot enough to burn a car up, Mr. Olipbant turned it over, and the fire was ontirely out w in balf a minute. .The experiment.fally vin cated sl th inventor olaimed for it. Afterwarda-a- car belonging to the North- western Company, that was furnishing with the Oliphant heater, or stove, was exsmined, and all tho pointa raised by the tators -kindly an- swered by Mr. Oliphant. ; That gontleman stated to the reporter of Tuz Trinunk that the Pitts- burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Road adopted the stove ome two months since, and are perfeotly satisfled with it. s OBITUARY. . Capt. John S, McCune, 8r. Lous, Feb. 26.—~Capt. Jobn B, “McCine, a member of the firm of Gaty, McCune & Co., founder of the Keokuk Packet Company, and for over forty ytars closely identified with the river commorco and many of the most prominent national enterprises of this city and State, died to-day after & brief illness, % Ex-Chief-Justico Perley, of Hompshire. .. : * Coxconp, N, H., Feb, 26.—Ira Perley, ex-Chief- Justice of New Hampshire, died to-dsy, agod 76 years. ~ Thomas .A. Springor, San Francisco, 8v Fnaxcsco, Feb, 26.—Thomss A. Springer, State Printer of - Californis, died in’ this city last pight. i e g THE WEATHER. Wisuvaror, Feb. 26.—For the Northwest, rising barometer, lower temperaturs, northwest- erly winds, partly clondy and clear weather. The Mississippi Hiver, between Cairo and New Orleaas, will rise slowlY. il GENERAY, OBSERVATIONE. CH104G0, Feb. 26—1 3. m. New Station, |Bar.|Thr] _ Wind. |Rain) Weather. Breckridgs [30.08| 1 |cteaz, Cafro......[30.27| 43 Chicago....[30.14| 508 Cin 50.19] 89 2995| 21 00| 20l8; 025 23/W., ~is0.06| 29]W., 29.03| 13'8., ool 19, 30,02 g 50251 wic 5034 10 50.30( 80N, Marquette.[29.96| 2V, Milwaukee. [30.17| 20 Feokuk....[30.25| 27 50.27) 19 30.07) 30 50.11( 3 50.22] 20] RAILROAD DETENTION. Neb., Feb. 26.—A dispatch received | m?: gi’n‘c'yenne’this afterncon states that pea- pengers from Denver report the Kanasa Pacific ilway blockaded by snow, thore ‘having been Do train into Denver ginoe last Monday. E‘n}nu on the Union Pacific are on time. "Ko snow. ——————— THE ICE-VOYAGERS ALL SAFE. 1 Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuna, Drrg‘;‘f .\li?g., Fob. 26.—The fishermen adrift an the ice in Baginsw Bay all came safaly ashore on ';jneeduy nights ! = . il OCEAR STEAMSHIP NEWS. Feb. 26,—Steamship Australia, from MovILLE, Now York, amived- FOREIGN. More * Favorable Report from fhe’ English.. Expedition -in i ; Ashantee, . Serious Marine Disasters Reporied on ' U7 the’ Britsh Coast. . .. A¥RICA. Loxpox, Feb. 26.—The following dispatch was received to-day st the War Office, and was pub- lishiod by the nowspapers; in extras, at noou : Ooosusiz, Fob, 26.—Wo rsached here yesterday, after five days’ hard fightlig. Tho troops behiaved ad-, mirsbly, Our casuaities aro under 300. The Eing is- in the neighborhood of tho town. He promises o vieit me to-dsy and sign s troaty of posce, We hopato on our return tothe cost to-morrow, . The woundad arc recovering, and tho hicalth of tue remain- dor of the army is good. WorszLEY. - OUBA.- 5 Havaxy, - Feb, - 25.—An"‘Aid-de-Camp to the Captatn-Goneral diod to=day of the yomito. everal huudred Chincse have arrived at Ha- ‘vana from tha Torchs.. ... . SR Banta Anna has sailed for Mexico. All the Bpanish - war-vessels, excepting the ?.rupilu and the ¥ernando el Catolica, have left for & craige. " . Gen, Araos, the ‘commanding General of the" Vielta Absjo. . Department,. has arrivod at Ha- ‘yaua, to consnlt Capt.-Gen. Jovellar. " HAvan, -Feb, 26.—Tho Gaceta publishes an order requiring hiouse-owners and heads of fami- lies’to giveto “the’ suthoritics the names of sall poreons, white or black, residing on their prem- ises” who are liable to military duty. Failuro to report...the names within & specificd time is_punishable -by fine, and_parties making inaceursate reports will be tried by court-martial. ‘This order has been issued because' all other attompts to procure accurate lists for conscrip- tion have . 2 " “" GREAT BRITAIN. *' The westher is very tempestuous in Grost Britain and- on the coast. Much damage has Dbeen done to shipping. ; . Lopon, Feb, 27—8 a. m.—Several disasters ion ses’and land are roported caused by the gale 1uahxdl£‘,nwhl=h ‘was especially violent at Liver- ol, Edinburgh, and Ghislds. The schooner 'mma Maria went aahore on the Scottish coast, mear. Arbroath. -All on board lost. a + A furions thunder-storm . passed over Dublin 1ast night, causmg much damage. . .COLORADO POLITICS. ‘The McCook Appointment Still a Mat- ter for Gossip nnd Xntriguc--Fcrrito= rial Officiale on their Way to Washe= ington Snowed fn. Speeial Drpateh to The Chicago Tyibune. . DExves, Col., Feb.” 26.—The party, composed ‘of Gov. Elbert and other prominent officials and citizens, which started from this city early yesterday morning on the Kansas Pacific Rail- way for Washington, in response to a summons drom the Benatorial Committee on Territories, 1o testify to the- alleged peculations of ex-Gov.. McCook while he was Chiof Magistrate of Col-- orado, have had the misfortuno to be snowed in mear Fort Wallace, about 200 miles east of this: city. - Under -tha most _ favorable _cironm- stances, it is thonght they will be hardly -able to reach the XMissouri River by Satur~ day - mormpg. As the confirmation or rejection of MoCook hingesto a great extent upon the testimony of the party, the delay caused by the driftcd enow upon the railwa occasions much snxiety here among the trienzl and opposers of that gentloman, and the more. espectally as several executive sessions of the Senate have recently been ‘held. The Buperin- tendent of tho road sent down a supply-train this morning, well 1aden with provisions for the soveral trains that are snowed in, and also a Jarge foroe of laborers, snow-plows, and other appliances to open the road. No trains from the Esst arrived here on the Kansas Pacific Rail- way sines Mondsy evening until10 o'clock to- nighit. - All tho passengers have boen well cared tnrbé. the Company, sad no suffering haa oc- ourr FIRES. At South Bend, Ind.==Part of the Sin= ger Sewing-llachine : Works De= . stroyed. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ** Bourn Bexp, Ind., Feb. 26.—At & few minutes -befare 2 o'alock this morning, s firs broke out in the firiishing and packing building of the Singer Bewing-Machine Works, completely destroying it and allits. contents, creating a .total loss of 43,000, of which nearly 820,000 is on the build- -ing. The portion of :the works. destroyed is 40 by 800 feet, and three stories high. " It was built of brick, and'in it were 18,000 sewing machine cases, completed, or nearly 8o _Of them, 5,000 ‘were put in yesterday for immediate shipment to Glasgow, Beotland. ‘The light of the fire wasseen at t, fiftoen miles from hers, snd made | Bouth Bend light 28 at mid-day. The origin ‘of the fire is unknown, but all the indications seam to point to incendiariam. - - - w2 U other of their large buildings was consider- ably damsged and some common lamber. burned. “They had no insurance. The Michigan Central depot, sitnated across the -street, was badly scorched, 53 was o passengor-coach standing nesr. .. But for the’ water-works, recontly con- structed, tho loss would undoubtedty bave been ‘much greater, as several million feat of valuable ‘walnut lumber and the other buildings of .the Company werein great danger. = At Bay City, Mich. Special Dispatch to The Chicage Tridune, Dernorr, Mich, Fob. 26, At Day City, -this evening, the mill of Pitt & Cranage, of tLif eity, ma dsitzoyed 1y i The ‘was old, and originally eost 850,000. Tt was to'mllydestroyed. TLoss, about $40,000; insurance, £16,000. At Avon, N. Y. BocuesTxg, Fob. 26.—At 1 o'clock this morn- ing the United Btates Hotel at A-ron, Livingston | County, was burned, together with the Post Of- fico and nearly all msiness ‘portion of that village. The losses aro ; Simmcms Bros., on bo- tel and_furniture, 818,000, insv.red, $10,000 ; E. H. Davis, Postmaster, 0o inswance; H. Fams- ‘worth, brick store, £3,600, insw rancs ' unknown ; * Bmith Bros., dry- $7,000, insarance, $8,000; B. Dunkin, Joas on_thwee frame build- b;booo ingurance, 82,800. Occupants' Clark, - clothing, ~ 81,500, imflu-\aclE X : Noyer, "boots andl’ ghoes, 1088 nof known ;"A. Dinkin, grocories, no insurance. Theeo lossés, with fmaller rxmounts not man- tioned, foot up to 40,000, wi th abont $20,000 fu- surance. - The origin of the ‘fire is 0WD. At Belofe. ie oY) Special Dispatch o The Chleago Tribune, 3 Brrorr, Wis., Feb. 26.—"/he large frame resi~ ganca of 5. W. Wilcox, in this city, took fire rom a stove-pipo passiag through the floor, | sbout half-past 7 o dock, s evhaing, barming to’ the ‘ground. Most f the contents wers re- moved.- -Insurance, $71,000 on building. Loss nearly donble that amount. Irrsnrance on farni- turo £1,000.° Loss small. . Be,th policies in the American, of Chicago. P At Gnlvesto n, Ind. "~ special Dispaieh to Td ¢ Chicago Tribuns. dmmrnw,m!nd.,trf?.b fls.—o-uThe dxy-l:po«lh and grocary store of & Gonwell was eniire consumed by fire this morning. - The loss 1yn £10,000. The fire ia 74upposed to bo the work of an incendiary. T AZ Evemston, W. T Oxams, Fiob., Fe'n. 26.—A destructive firo is reported st Evanslon, W. T., to-dsy. The best past of 4,0 town is-gone. i At East) Saginaw, Mich. Tyotroit, Mich., Feb. 26.—At East Sagioaw, 10 5t night, the residence of G. N. Perry was do- tstroyed by firs, and'Miss Mary Dimpkins, a young 1ady of 17, penished'in the flames. Balsto, N. Je i Nzw Yorg, ‘Feb. 26.—A firo in the Village of Balsto, Burlington County, N. J., Inst Monday, destroyad eighten dwelling-houses. Loes eceti- 3 mated at $80,000). PAINfi NGS FOR BOSTON. A Part of the Duc de Nonipensier's Gallery Seunt to the Muscnm of Fine Arts—A Nable Courtcsys © .- Special Diivatch to The Chicago Tribuns, - Bostoy, Feb.. 25.—The Trustees of e Mu- ‘sotin of Fine Arte met o Tharsday moinig {0~ lister to a0 offer made by the Duc de Mowitpen- sier, %o lend 55 (pictures, valued at £500,0300, to the musenm 3¢ Boston for ome X W5 'telling anecdotes wunfit for either.the from the 1at of May, 1674 to the 1st of May,. 1875,—provided the trastees wounld consent to pay the insurance and freight expensea.. These pictures had heen selocted from his gallery at B:x'éflfi’ boxed, and sent to Gibraltar be forw: to England for exhibition at the Baval Acsdemy; but, ow- ing to the Landseer Exhibition,” afterwards de-, termined on, Sir Francis Grout found himself obliged to give up_the project which he.had- roposed to the Duke. ter the. pictures g..d been for & short time at Gibmaltar, a Boston gentleman, 3 ! heard of them, and ‘commanicated with gentle- men in this city, who wrote at once to AL A te Langel; of Parls, Socretary to the Duc d'Au- mala, as’ best qualified to. conduct the negotiations, and who, 88 the husband of 3 Boston indy, would be sure to take a livoly interest in the matter, . Langel lost no time in seeing the Duo do Montpensier, and,c having ‘satisfied bim as to the high standfig o the Trustees of the Mupeum, obtained his con- gent to tha losn, snd at ooce anpounced :it. ‘With his letter he sent & s LIST OF THE PICTUDES, ' £ among which are s Murillo, valued at $100,000, which has never been out of Sevillo ~excepting for eight yesrs, dunng which it was .in tho Spanish gallory of. King Lonis Philippo st the Louvro; a * Holy Family,” by Scbas- tian Del Plembo; two pictures by Vulnsgnez, and othor superb paintinge l}{ such great Span- ish artiats as Juan Valdes Ribalts and Morales. The Daily Advertiser says that a committes conaisting of six of their number, was appoint: to obtain guarantors, aud bofore the meeting: closad eeveral gentlemen had subscribed their . names. # -McCARTHY’S'TRDUBLES. = The Charges to Be Presented to i the Council To-Day. The Line of Defense Which Will :Be Adopted. 3 At Jast the charges which the Descons of the Union Park Daptist Chuzch have had sa long in proparation against the Rov. Florence MoCarthy have been given to that gentleman preparatory to the presentation of the same to the counil of Baptist clergymon snd Isy delegates which meots this aftoruoon. C 5 2 The Council will be composed of three dele- gates from each Baptist church in this city and some in the Fox River Association. 'At lesst eighteen churches have been asked to partici- pate, each sending & minister.and two lay mem- bers to the Council. Itis not likely, however, that mora than one-half this number will be represented. The vote in the Council'will be by individual voice, not by churches, and it requires only ' majority vote to depose from ths minis- try. The eharges wers presented to Mr. McCarthy sbout 1 o'clock yesterday afterncon, by Descon Merritl, who informed him at the same time that the Councit would meet at 2 o'clock this after- noon, at the charch. Acting under the advice of his lawyor, Mr. McCarthy at first declined to fornish & copy of the charges to the preeas, though he himselt thought it wonid be better that they should be published. They are not addressed to Mr. McCarthy, “but o the Council, and are divided into ton different heads, which purport to b specifications of .one genoral chargo: * Unchmistian conduct, degrad- ing to the ministry.”. In amount, they. cover thres or four pages -of lefig cap, nnd, Mr. McCarthy stafes, are loosely drawn, indofinite, and vituperative. They make stataments which sre intended to cover charges of adultery and fornication, though these words are not nsed anywhere in the document. The only specific charge is that of preaching two im- proper snd scondalous sermons, namely, thoss of the 1st and 8th of February, In none of the others sre times, places, peraons, words, or acts specified, nor are the names of any Witnesses given atall. There is nothing to give the slight~ 8t clue to tho line of proof intended to be adopt~ od, nor whet is intended to bo ‘proven. They are signed by the Becrotary of the Board of Deacons, 22 According to the statemant of Ar. McCarthy, the charges are in subatanco as follows: Firat, thero isacharge of habitual, intentional, and slanderons falschood. The next three are near- 1y exactly similar, being, in sffect, that he is ob- ‘scene in his conversation, using lsnguage ‘:nd ar- zoom or the brothel; that ho is & sport and & loafer. The next is a charge that he has threatened the lifo of the mombers who have Wied 10 6Xpoee. hus-pinful conduct. Next thas he has threatened to yuin -the Union Park . Baptist Ohurch, remaining there and preaching mntil it was torn to pleces. Then there is & charge thab ho . hes heon guilty of ‘horrible blasphemy in calling down and threat- ening blindness; and gickness to his cnemies. Then there is a charge that ho isimmoral, in that he suffers himself to be led away by the Jowest passions. Finally comes the charga of preaching improper and scandalous sermons oo the 1st and 8th of February. . BIr. McCarthy was in & very perturbed stats, notwithstanding a certain air of bravado with which he endesvored £o laugh off the charges. He was ovidently desirous of throwing & sop to Mr. Wilkie, in the hope of being lot off easy in the and, " therefore, gave & copy of the chaiges’ in extento C4p the | fo. porter of that paper in the e Ppresen of. tha reporters for both the other morning papers, He reluctantly gave the foregoing summary of the charges fothe latter, but to what oxtent . they are exact representations of the actual charged cannot be stated, as only closs uestioning olicited some of the most important acts, and in o casedid he give any of the #pecifications unleas particularly questioned. . | Tn relation to his form of defense, that he ghould hold that tho Council was not le- gally callad, ce, could not act upon tha es. ploreover, he wanted more time to 3 several montha wonld not be too much. 6 Deacons had endeavored to call a Counoil | about.two months gince, but the ministers,when assembled, refused to consider the charges. “He thought the same woald ba done in this case.. ' Desacon F. J. Beed was also visited during the afterncon. In reiation to the call, he said that the Deacons wanlgfimmnl: to the Council the charges, and the call for the -Council, signed by over seventy-five church members above the age of 18 years. He said farther that, when AMr. Mc- Caxthy made it requisite to attend four church Beryices in every month for three months before voting st business meeting, ho was building & gallows to hang himsalf, since none of his sup- porters had atiended services for three Sundays, m&wmmqgflnfly, would not be allowed to vote at the next business meeting, Indeed, Mr; Mo- Carthy admitted a8 much. ety The Council which was called last January never convened, and conseqaently did mot, 85’ stated by Mr. McCarthy, refuse to act upon ths case. On assembling’ previous to the time for- ‘which they had beon called, the Deacons thought- best not to make any breach just thon, and the Council did not meet. - To-day the Conncil mesta at 2 o'clock, and it is not likely that any charges will be withdrawn, or the pastor allowed to escape trial. t pemsiitat s i M DESERTED, The Central Btation was .musical last night with the warblings of an_infant, who, with its ‘mother, like Japhet, was in scarch of his father. The woman, named AMary Perry, arrived in the city yestordsy morning, penniless, sud applied to the detoctives to assist her in discovering . the ‘| whereabouta of her husband. He deserted -his wife nearly two years ago in Buffalo, and cameo to Chicago. Forthe first year he contribnted meagerly to her support, but since_that dste, baa failed to advise bher of his whereabouts. The last heard of him, he was & planist in one of the numerous concert-saloons that flourish on the West Bide. She is without means, subsisi~ ing entirely upon the charity of stran; ‘The detectives will rensw their efforts ay, and hope to gratify the r woman b senting Nk it falthioan e i P % OHIO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. . CrxarxsaTi, 0., Feb., 26.—In the Constitu- tional Convention, the Committee on Accounts and expenees reported that the cost per capits of stetionary since the Convention first met has ‘een about £10; total cost, £4,000, The Com- mittes al80 gave an itemized comparisan of the cost 88 ed by the Secretary of Btate with what it would bave been had the propomtion of the stationerin this - city boen accepted. The momm that £1,630 would bave been saved. Certified copiea were ‘ardered to bs gent to. ‘both Houses of 'tii General Assembly. The re- port caused mych excitement., ., X The Convention thia afternoon ] final reading tho srticle an, county and ?e;ne&g organization in nearly the form reported by Committads Mr. Asthur Codman, while thare, |- _ WASHINGTON. (Contizmed from the First Pae.) Monday next. The answer and sccompanying Papers will : comprise” encugh matter to mske several ‘large volumes. The original contracts sad vouchers will slso bo sent tothe Committes, ‘making somo 15,000 more pages of manugoript. S ————— RIVERS AND HXARBORS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, AFPIOPRIATIONS FOR LAKK HARIORS. ‘Wasmvorox, D. O., Fob. 26.—In tho House Commerce Committee to-dsy, Mr. Conger. of *Michigan, made a strong argument in favor of an inerease " of appropriations over the revised estimates of the Department for harbors of xefuge on tho great Lakes. Before the revision 'Was ordered, the amonnts recommended were a8 follows ; Chicago, 8150,000 ; Port Buron, £200,~ 000; ‘Buffalo, ' $600,000 ; ‘and ‘Oswego, ©300,- 000. " As’ rovi the ' estimstos stand. Chicago, £90,000; Port Huron, €74000; Os- weogo and Bnffalo, .each $100,000. It is barely possible that the appropriation may' exceed these ‘figures, but it will take work to bring themup, - . v e " THE TOW-EOAT MONOPOLY. The Committee will hesr to-morrow arguments in favor of action restricting the tow-boat monopoly a the mouth of the Missiasippt. = —_— 5 NOTES AND NEWS. ‘Bpectal Dispateh to tne Chicago Tribune, CHIGAGO MEN AT THE CAPITAL. "WisEIMGTOX, Feb. 26.—Postmaster MeArthar, of Chicago, arrived hers to-day. He says he comes to settle up his accounts witH the Dopart- ment. He donies that there is any effort making to secure his removal. Charley Walsh and SBam Falker are also in town, making settlements of their affairs. 3 THE TAX ON STILL-WINES. ‘Tho Ways and Means Committeo to-day agreed £0 report a bill to the House_fixing s uniform rate of taxon imported still-wines at 50 cents “per gallon in casks, and §2 per case in bottles. BELIEY OB THOMAS. They also agroed unanimously to report bill Enuflng relief to Mr. Thomas, late Collector of uatoms st Philadelphia. It sooms that, during the war, Thomas'. cashier embezzled somo £62,000 of the money, which Thomas made good. The recent panio having_sarionaly affected his Anancial condition, be fecls justified in asking 10 have the amount refunded him, 20d the Com- mittes certified to the equity of his dlaim. - - GIVIL-SERVICE REFORM. £ The House Civil-Service Beform Committet ‘aro still engaged in conaideration of Dawes' bill regulating the salaries of ceriain depart- ‘ment officials. They will roporta bill provid- ing for a substantial incrense at an early day. CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Senator Windom's Cheap-Transportation Com- mittee announce that they will make a report some time next month. They havo agreed that Congress has suthority o exercisa control over ‘commerca by railroads botween States, but they stats they will recommend sgainst the exercise of that power just at present, deeming it inex- pedient. Itis also stated that the Senate Com- mittee on Railrosds and Canals have decided umm & s ’inaxped.iant, in tho prosent fin:;ci&x condition of the Treasury, grant any =i internal improvements. DEDUCTION OF TIE ARMY. The House Military Committes cxpect to bs able to report their bill for the reduction of the army early noxt month. " (To the Associated Press.] 5 NOMINATIONS CONPIRMED. 5 ‘Wasmxarox, D. C., Feb. 26.—The Benate can~ frmed James O. Braden, to be_Register of the Land-Office at Li(flzfleld‘ Minn. William N. Greenleaf, Boceiver of Publio Moneys in Min- nesots. Postmasters—J. L. Crane, g‘mgfleld, 1L ; 8. C. Munhall, Watzeks, 11L.; J. 'T. Taylor, LaGygne, Kan. _POSTAL TELEGRAPH Tne Senate Committee on Poat-Offices "and Post-Roads to-dsy made further progress with the Postal Telegraph bill, aad agreed to amend itin various minor culars suggested by the- ents of Mesars. Orton’ and Hub- bard, Committee voted to report adversely ordersd fo's | on Senator Hitcheock's bill, proposing to vest in the Postmaster-General the power of eatablish- Post-Roads. The Commi tha this power cannot constitutionally be dele- gated by Congrees to any other power. LEGAL-TENDERS. Outstanding legal-tenders, $31,330,327. . A REMOVAL. Col. Robert Harlan (colored), Special Agent of the Post-Office Department, with headyzar- ters at Cincinnati, has been remoyed, the order. to take effect on the 1st of March. Georgs B. “Johneon has been appointed in his placa. The | : i!:‘“’ is $1,600 = year, :mdA $3adsy for travel- ing expenses, ' s » CONGRESSIONATL. o BENATE. T . TAX UN TEA. ‘Wasurxarox, D. C., Feb. 26.—2lr. CAMERON prescntod a pefition of citizens of Pennsylvanis “against the restoration of the tax on tea and coffee.” Refarred. . = s N ' TOSTAL DILL. AMr. MERRIMAN, from the Commities on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported: favorably on & bill'amandatory of the 15th section of tha act to rovise, consolidate, sud amend the statutes “of the Post-Office Dopartment, Passed. f “ Tha bill B{s_scribes the form of oath to be taken by Posi-Office officials before entering npon the discharge of their dutios. - . X - DUTY ON LICOEICE. Mr. SCHURZ presented a petition of tobacco raanufacturers in his State asking for tho aboli- tion of duty on stick licorice. Referred. - : THE CENTENNIAL. * After s debate of an hour, by a votoof 28to 23, zg‘-usemu refused to take up the Centen- nial bil E Tho.vote was aa follows : A ' Feato Poas cor i Fenton, - o, Bayard, “ Frelinghoysen, Rameby, Boreman, Hamlls, om; Buckinghiam, - Hitchooek, bertion, Carpenter, - Logsn, erman, Qameron, : Merrimon, L, € . Mitchell, ‘Weat—23, Ferry (Mick), ~ Marrill, (V) e, , Galdthwaits, Oglesby, Anthon ‘Hamiton, (Ad) Prat Bou! Hamilten, (Tex.) Bsuldbury, Bogy, Hager, Bargent, Chandler, : Howe, Bto Cooper, Zoglls, . Sumoer, o - McCreery, urman, ‘Davis,” - © ** Morrill, (ifs) ~ Windom, Feiry (Conn.), orwood “ Wright, Flanagan—28. TEE NAYAT APPROPRIATION STLIx was then taken up, andthe amendments of tho Committes were concurred 'in,” and thoe bill passed. s g The bill as it psssed the. Banate roduces the sppropriation for drawing and engrossing charta from 840,000 to £30,000; .provides for three As- ‘aistant Observors at. the : Naval Observatory in- -stead of two, and appropristes 15,000 for pre- ‘pariog and publishing the Nautical in Btead of $10,000, ,Increases the appropria- tion for equipment af ‘vessels from . 1,100,000 to €1,250,000. That for provisions for office seamen, and marines is increzsed from £1,110,0 o sffés, . That for repairs and preservation of boilers’ and machinary is incressed from £1,500,000 to_$1,865,000. ~ The contingent ex- 8 of the Naval Acadomy are fixed at 46,600 instead of $30,000. Ths bill also pro- " vides that the office of Commandant of the rine Corps, hlnnfi the rank of Brigadier-General of the Army, continuejuntil a vacancy shall oceur in the ssmo, &nd no longer; snd when such vacancy occur in said office, imme- distely therenpon all Iaws and parta of laws cro- ating said office ahall bocome inoperative and be repealed. It provides further that hereafter the commandant of that corps shall have the rank and psy_of Colonel, and be appointed by selec- tion made by the President from the officers of #aid corps, _ Twenty thousand dollars are appro- priated for the contingent expenses of the Ma- rine Corps instead of $15,000. The bill now goes back to the House, for that body to concur in tho Benate's amendments. Mr. BCOTT moved that the Benato proceed to the conzideration of the Centennial bill. -Mr. SUMNER sala several Senators intorested in tbat bill had Joft the chamber, suppoeing the Naval bill would occupy slt d?.' He snggosted that if it be teken up, it be laid aside until after the marning hour to-morxow. . "The suggestion was acceptod, and the bill was taken up and Iaid over until that time. THE WRISKY TRATFIO. The bill to provide for tha appointment of.a commisaion in regard to alccholio liguor traffic was taken up, the question being on the amend- ment of Mr. Morrill (Me.) l‘gpmwinting $10,000 to defray the expenses of the Commisaion. - Mr. FLANAGAN favored the bill. He belisved the use of alcobolic liquors was the cause of the 1ate split between the North and Sonth. E Pending discussion, .Mr. THURMAN moved that the Benate procesd to the consideration of executiva B . Mr. WEST, from the Committes on Appropri- THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL, 2 vihich waa ordered to lie oo the tableznd bo grintod. The bull a8 reported from the Senato ittee, makog & reduction of 350,000 in the k| ttee sre of opinion | a iation for regular supplies sud incidental D eoges of (ke Quartarmsstars Dopactment, and of - 218,000 in sundry other items. The claase Timiting the allowance for traveling ex- penses to 10 cents per milo is stricken out. ADIO URNMENT. : Mr. Thurman's motion to proceed to the con- sideration of executive business was then adopt- ed, and the Senate went into executive session, and soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. BAN FRANCISCO MINT. The bill allowing the use of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for tho Consiruc- tion of a branch Mint at San Fraucisco passed. THE FRANKING BILL. buil'ba ?qm :é:on resumed w?}idmmsn of lt.he roviving tha franking priviloge. Speechcs in ita favor woro mads by Sssare DAN- FORD, HEREFORD, DUNNELL, CONGER, BURC , O'BRIEN, RANUALL, and RRY. 5 Mr. E. H. ROBERTS moved tolay the bill on tho table. Negatived,—yeas, 118 ; navs, 140. Mr. POLAND moved to reconsider the vote of geabed{day by which the main question was or- lere Mr. RANDALL moved to lay that motion on the table. Agreed to,—126 to 51. Tho vote was then taken on the amendment reported by the Committee anthorizing the Post- master-General to delsy the transmission of documents whenever the welfare of the service &hall 60 requiro, snd it waa rojected by an over- whelming majority. ; : ‘The vota was then taken on the substitute of- fered by Mr. Halo to ropesl the law which abol- ished the franking prml%o. Amendment re- Jected,—yeas, 50 ; nays, Those voting in the affirmative wero : Adsms, Harris(Ga), Rapler, Albert, Hayes, Rice, ur, Herndon, Tobbins, . Averill, "y Sener, Barker, - Toughion, Shan] Howe, Sheata, Butler (Maza), © Hubbel, ' .. Bheldén, Butler (Tenn,), Hymes, - . Cratcheld, elly, fmith (Ls.), Edridge, Rendull, Btowell, Farwall, ar, Birawbridge, Field, Lofland, Synher, Freeman, Maynard, Vance, Hogn, McLean, Wallace, (N.¥), Hoore, “Walls, Hencock, Neglos, Wildfire—50, Harmer, Platt (Pa.), The vote was then taken on tho passage of the bill, and it was rejected,—yeas, 19; yeas, 131 At the clore of the roll-call, " the Yoto being very close, there was & good deal of excitement among the members, thoso who wero in favor of thebill going sround_discussing the question aud cagvassing for changes. Tho frat chango was by Mr. Todd, from no toayo. It was fol- lowed by a similar change on the part of Mr. Clark (Mo.), wiile Messra. - Hab- bell and Burleigh t‘S:nnged from aye to no. But- ler (Masa.) and Cessnn, DLaving voted with the rovailing side, moved to reconsider the vote ro- fmmg tha bifl, and nfterwards withdrew the motion. It can be made, howeyer, to-morrow. The following is tho vote in datail : TS, Adams, Farmer, Perry, Arthur, Farris (Ga), Philiips, Albert, bt Piatt (Va), - Asbe, " Hatcher, Platt (N, Y. a avens, Raine, Avenfi? Hayes, Rang Barber, Hazlefon (Wis.), Ransier, Bogols, Hereford, Rapler, Bell, Herndon, Rawls, gf’m, gmugim Ray, wen, oug Bright Howe, Rice, ‘Backner, Hauntcr, Richmond, Burchard, ‘Huntoz, Bobbins, Bufler (Ténn,), Hurlbut, Bubinson (0., Caldwell, Asnes, Ruek, Cannon, Eenc Bawyer, Clark (Mo, Killinger, Sener, ex, Enapp, beats, Cobb (Han), Lawar, Sheldon, oburn, Lamyort, Sloss, Comingod, Lofiand, Bmall, Conger, Lowe, Smith Corwin, zges, Bouthard, Crnichfield, . Mershall, Bpear, ard, Aartin, Siowell, Davty (W-¥ay, Mebi (s, oz, avis (W. Va), il (V¥is, 'alor, Dewit, ¥cucki, Thomss onnaz, cLoan, ornburgh, oll, ills, Todd, Moore, Townzend, Durham, Myers, Vance, ‘Eldridgs, Neal, Wallace, Feld, Negley, White, Freeman, Nesmith, Whitehead, Giddings, Nitlack, Thisclay, Glover, Nunn, Willisms' (Wia.), Gunekel, O'Brien, Williams (Masi.), Hagans, Orr, Wilshire, Ho(.m), backer, ‘Wilson (1), lton, Parker (Mo), Woodworth, Hzncock, TPethaus ‘Young (Ga.j—129. Rosr, Sayler (Ind.), Raylor (0.), Schiumacker(N.¥.) field, Scndder (N. ), _Becudder (N, J.), Sesslons, ! sonsuous folds with hideous perfection, and that the andience followed the sotion of ‘ZEL piecs aa he wound eoil atter coil around his victim £ ona would seo a boa-constriotor croshits y. There isuo doubt that 'the author modeled Pesoara upon this animal. Every line in the dialogna points to this conclusion, and the idea has bocn put into action with vivid fidelity. Miss Pate~ man played Florinda, and discloged a passion for tragedy which hes hitherto not been diu- E:-’i:‘:‘ byh:’tr- in H’fi vh)!iqnal is somawhat . be €47y ol aithough her voics -is_ full m;y uxpr:.’;siva. 'knrft by artistio dressing and gracful action, she overcame ber natural diesdvantsges in & grest measuro, and occasionally rose to a dignity and fervor which deserve high praise. Mr. O'Neil wza worthy of the pattof Hemeva, and wos refreshingly froe from the faulis wa have almost wearied of pointing out to him. His reading was excallent. Tho faults of elocu- tion which betray themsolves are dueto & toa evident straining after emphasis. His pausex aro too long, and his efforta to accumalatq strength are_harassing to the auditor. Apart from this, bowever, thero was litile to find fanlt with, and much to commend. That hewas nog great in the second sct, when alec mads an offart to stab him, was pot his fault, but that of, Mr, Dock, who is utterly icadequate to tho part. It a grand character, that of the brave old Moor, and as utterly ont of- Mr. Bock's line a8 can well be imsagined, ‘The dignity, the lofty devotion to his race and creed which the patridrch displays, found no ex~ pressior’in Mr. 's acting, and the symmeiry of the pioce was destroyed by this hiatus. The other characters amount fo nothing. *Ths Apostata” will be played on Saturday night, and wa venture to predict 8 much larger Louse than that of lagt evening. To-night Mr. Payno’s tragedy, “ Bratus,” will be plsyed with tha fol- lowing cest : Edwin Boota s Pateman Gollatinus, urley ‘Horatiu " E. Piorcs Lucrotius. 2UHOM, Brown Centurian Georgo Hrlland Second Boman, Yourg La » Marbla o TIE PLODIGAL 80 - The owler of the painting of tha Prodigal Hon " announces that tho exhibition has pusi- tively reachied its last weels. and that his dopar- ture cannot bo deferred. Thero ara still msuy in this city who have hoped to visit tho picturo, bt it will be woll not to wait- till tho last day, when the crowd will be great. s TIE BEETHOVEN SOCIETY RECEPTION.- The Besthoven Socioty gave its second Toosp- -tion last evening to its mssociate members, at Standard Hall, the andionze being & very lsrge one. The programme of the cvening was an ambitious one for a young socioty, but the yocsl seloctions ehowed good taste upon the part of the conductor, Mr. Wolfsohn, and represonted s class of music which was well adapted for mixed voices. Thoy were Gade's ‘* Bpring Message,” an admirable chorus of a very bright and choerfal charactor, a8 aro nearly all of this Boandingvian composers voea! writiogs; Schit- mann's “* Gypsy Life,” which ia growiLg to bo somewha familiar to the public, three socioties now baving had a ehyat it; the_ * Spinnin Chorus,” from Wagner's “Flying Dutchman, for femalo voices; the stirring *‘ Damascus” chorus of Costs’s, and & chorus from ** Thamos,” by Mozart. The latter is entirely new horo, zud When th socioty gots balancod 1t Ought to be- come s stock pieca with them. The chorus is oneof throa written by Mozart in 1780 to Yon Goblor's heroio drama of * Thamos, Konig in ZEgypten,” which was first given in_Vienns in 1746. As the pieco itself wes o failure, it was shelved, and of course with it the music, much to Mozart's regret, which he expressed in s latter to hie father. The chorus, howover, is in Mozart’s best vein, and does mnot luse sosthing taken from it sotting. o socloty 18 not yot sufficiently balsnced to do complets Jjustico to choral music. Tho sopranoa and altos £re eoxcellent, both in precision of eitack and 1n quality of tane, the voices being mostly young, fresh, and rafnod, but they overwholm the tenors and buasos by sheer weight of numbers, being ovor two to onc. The material, howover, in. the Socicty ia good, and, when the male parta are sufficiently Tein- forced, we msy look for some excelicnt work {rom them. The “Spinning Chorus” of Waguer, for the femala voices only, was the most suc- cessful vocal feataro, and the Beethcven Socicty msy claim as ane of their first lanrals that they have sccured for the *musio of tha future” tho fizat encoro it has ovor bad in Chicago, and the encoro .was_tichly deserved. The * Gypsy Life"” wag well given, the quick and ner- vous tempo being specially well kept throughout. The shading, however, espa- cially in_ the pisnissimo _passages, was not as effective a8 it might have been, considering that the Socioty did not have to copa with s heavy sccompsuiment. In tho mattcr of accompanimonts, tho Socioty is fortunata in poa- sossing a 1ady of 8o much ekill and musicaf in- tolligence and feeling as Mies Ingersoll. Tha instrumental numbers were tho brilliant Bargicl rio for piago (Mr. Wolfsobu), violin (3lr. Lowis), and 'collo_(AIr, Diem). Rasf'y # Begognuug,” 3 quaint and somewhat eccentiic moreean for the iano (Mr.Wolfeohn) and 'collo (Mr. Diem): and oschelos’ familiar - Homnage s Hendol” for four hands (Mies Eleanor Oliver and Mr. #ols- Prat! b Toverts, 2.1, Wood, ‘Hatborze, Roberts, W. K, Young (Ky)—131 Hawley (T s , . Tobloson (LiL), G F. IIOAB asked leave to offer a resoln- tion directing the Commiitee on District of Coluinhis to report forthwith s bill to compel the ptyment of school-teachers of the District. A (X. Y.) objected, unless tho reso- ldfjon wag simply referred to the Committeo. (HOAB remarked that his object was to remoye the scandal of having school-teachers of the capital unpaid, as they had been for nesrly $wolve montbs, &nd he gave notice that he would move to suspend the rules noxt Mondsy for that purpose. % n’fgu House then toox a recees, tho eveniog seesion to be for the consideration of the bill to rovige the statutes. AMUSEMENTS, M'VICKER'S THRATRE. The nightly change of bill which has been of- fered to the patrons of McVicker’s Theatre has been mado by Mr. Booth in order to give the Chicago publio the variety which the reputation of the cityasscentre of eulture demanded. There is a popular feeling that changa is desira- ble, and Mr. Booth prepared to gratify the popu- Iar taste, But he might, with far more profit to himsolt andto the public, have continued to play in those piecas only with which his namo is identified, * Hamlet,” Richelien,” * Othello,” and “The Merchant of Venice.” As soon a3 he dared & novelty,the audience fell off in numbers. ‘When the novelty was etill more emphatic, the house fell correspondingly. Thus, when “The Apostato” was played last evening, only 5 good :howse grested it, not the overflowing one which applanded Ofhéllo and Shylock. ‘The Apostate” was writtan and played many years sgo, Mr. Bhiel was the author, the elder Booth the artist who made it famous. It is written i heroic verso, is strong even to_ranknees, thrilling to tho verge of im- probability. But it is a piece of lofty spirit, and $h its long-dravm agony holds the interest of an sudience with magio power. - It is written in something of the spirit of the Elizabethao age, in which its dateis fized, and partakes of the chivalry which tworks fiction of that day breatho abrosd. It does not hold the stage now, becsuse ths dramatic companies of to-dsy cannot furnish the four leading characters uoder the star gystem. It containa thres Strong male parts, ey squally strong femals part, and this is a tax upon the resonrcesof a modern thesire which is not oftan to be eatisfactorily met. Even at McVicker's it waa wanting m on8 ppart, and, thongh the remainder were furnished Dith praisewortby ability, the abseace of the sohn). Of alr, Wolfsoln’s effective and ariistia school of playing we have wntton mauy times, and hardly need do mors than credit him_ with a repetiticn of euccess,, ITo wWaa admirably eustained by Mr. Diem, whose plariog in the adagio and andanto of ‘the Rargiol, trio was one of the moat legitimato and’ enjoyabla features of the wholo “ovoring’s entertaicment. For ono necessarily ont of practice, Mr. Lowis plays with admirable epirit and precicion. Hig P hustaa and intelligonse mako amends for the occasional absence of that perfect quality o3 tone which can onty be kept by constant prace tico. Tho Iadies and gentlemen of the society have Teason to congratulate themselves upon the success of their Toception, aud upcn the rr:dzmu they are making under Mr. Wolfsoha's eaders| A CARD. Honigomery Queen—To the Pl CARD EXPLANATORY. Haring read several contradictory reports of my loss Ly firo om tho Palr Grounds st Morrls, on the morning of tho 2(th fast., Ideam It proper to scqualat tha publis with the facts, which aro sa follows: Forty of my bess Borses wero burnod and fous missing. Thoy conslsted of entroo horses, chariot toam, and cago stock. Thero was also burned one bagsage-wsson, four ssta of hames, sixty tons of hay, and about 3w bustols of corm. It iz balicvod to be the work of an incecdiary far the purpos of thaft. Ths loss is abont 815,000; 5o Lnsurance. Whi the loss [x & pecuniary ons to me, it will be no Jetti to theshow-golag publie, 82 moro horsos, wagons, tad Barness will be purchasod aad ballt at once, and t5 aliow will insagurate tko season of 1874 in Chicago, abont (be middio of Aprll, with as ins an oatit &3 evar spread caa- via wost.of Now York, and as complete inall its datatls a3 if the firo had not cecured. Tho public's cbedlent sarvant, MONTGOMERY QUEKN. COPARTNERSHIP. deraigned havo this day formed a naTrEcg‘nhiy nnfir the Arm pame o! PARKTR & HINELZ, f continuing, at the-old For the purpose of cont No. 166 South Clark-st,, . Stationery and Blank Bo Tt s of e xm‘mnmgr’ oF Eindio & Jen: Xkins. . PARKER CHAS. L, HINDY.F, Chicago, F'ek, DISSOLUTI()}_\;LNOTICE. DISSOLUTION. NOTIOE—This 1 to cortify that the Srm of Sctukraft Bros. is this day dissolved, by Frederick Bchukeaft with- drawing from the firzs. The buataess will heacalorth Le carried o by William Schukraft from thix day. B FREDERICK SCHUKRAFT, WILLIAM BCHUKEAFT. Chieago, Feb. 38, 1874 . TR FOR RENT. nt Stores, just complatad, Kos. 61and and & st.. near Stats, Gas being 170, tbs oth In size. ¥ine location for Jourth was keenly felt. The sceno is laid in G and the subject is am it is pisyod by the star. wag rendered mfzkéwinnoopclz:y Ttis the characterof a man of ipfinite malice, reared in the.craft of the In-. Quisition, keen, Intellectusl, and m&:‘ag&, O Serpent, amoug. .buman beings. . In .it§ Fubtlety and bate it is the counterpart of Zago, sad the astist who can play the one can lay the other also. It is noedlces, then, to aa- guce the reader that Mr, Booth preseated its = 1 by 130 D Sats or AliHiinary trads.. Tt HENRY E. MARELE, Rocm 9, 116 LaSall=-at. SOCIETY MEETINGS. R Masonic. : A moeting nf the membors of the ° TLLINOLS. mnxs'nm'zvunr,’wr_sncrj’ P 8 6 elcol a > 1 bo held oo Sunday, March 1, 1374, . s bl of Gormants Lodgo No. 125, &. 7' ana A. M. No. 82acd ¢4 North Clark-st, for the pa of electing %or far the Chicago members, and for the trazusc. » ton of other lance. athy