Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 8, 1874, Page 13

THE CHI CAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874~ " PAGES. BROKEN VOWS. e of Miss Ross and Hr. g Loves Fancher. P Previous Experiences with Suitors. ger 1o T Left California for the Bv 0 P, - g Suddenly changes His Mind, and gives No Reason Therefor. e . rdingly Sues Him for $20,000. i —— Attempts 2t Compromise. s " of philosophers in days gone ‘”{“;fi:‘:l mvhen:t was the sest of b, belerel ) braiv. A fow stick to this thought B T tho _cirilized world, but oyt 4 thoir belief a3 Lo becomo noao e 8 AT demounce tho world for ite ".‘g;’f’ “The many dissertations upon the aelel L. wud the ability with ghich their fanctions have been die- in teese modern times, have the ides thas the brain is the seat of f:mm, snd the heart of the affections. The fl'g'@flimkd lover, at least, has no doubt o the D s or ber aching bosom tell the whole B todsalscs the entire problem. Tho fo- " gnd excited braip, it i8 troe, acts in sym- Ty, i fa the hesrtaches to an intensity hat ' sgonizing, but this is all! Tho brain, acr selecting 80 object worthy of affection, lust object over to the heart's e Tos eyes aro but tho windows to febin, aod 26 the brain looks out snd ro- esinesits impressions, BO the world looks in. Bt the heart, the vers centre of life, is locked intts brest, sod the guardsthrown around it ‘brastare teach the privacy of its office and the gty of it character. . . These introductory lines bring to mina at st she Acco! Tnavalling TXO OF NATURE'S CHILDREN Jio bave censed, from many sad experiences, to Zoabs thay thobeart is the seat of the affections. These children are sged respectively 83 and Gyars. One of them is quietly sojourn- ingona ranche in the wilds of Californis, and ¢ otber s fair maiden of graco and culture, ¢kes out sn existence in sn aversgo Chicago Lparding-house located on Michigan avenue. Tho foomer, in his modo of life, msny will say, hus Eicied the leact of the two evils. Bethia as Emay, it can certanly bave little effect upon THE BREACH-OF-PROMISE CASE | between the partiee—Miss Chatlotte Eliza Ross, of Chicazo, and George Henry Faocher, of Stock- ton, Cal.—which been slumbering in Judge Booth's coort for 8 Fear past, ‘but which mises tocome to trisl at sueary day. It ¥ill not, st least, induce the Court to give £50,000 to Miss Ross when she only claims her liesrtaches to bave dsmsged her to the extent of £20,000! The 'history of the two, pow that they and their sfictions ure introduced for the first time to the wosld, may not be uvinteresting; on the contrary, 1t will furnish a chapter in 'ROMANCE FEOX REAL LIFE, 10d the network for a thrillng tale of Jove un- reqited, to boread by lovesick awains for cen- faries to cme. This pair first me¢ in Stockton, Cal., in Janu- 47,1373, Miss Ross bad gone thither from the Gurden City, leaving bebind her s large circle of {rends, anl 8t least one who had learned to iove ber,—Dr. Jerome Farette Weeks, who now dis- vlavs his shivgle on Clark street, Prior to this aother to whom she was plichted had been slain npon the battle-field. She now mourns the lier's death, snd pays the following tributo to the former: * Capt. Stevens wag shot and Dr. Wesks ought to have been.” She broke off her esggement with the ‘+Doctor.” she says, ense “he wae given to Brigham Young procli =" With Iscerated beart, and over-suscepti- eol impressions, SHE ABRIVED AT STOCKTOS, 10, being w.thont any considersble wealth, com- menced teaching the mauufactureof wax flow- e Fancher fell in love at sight, snd the fact that be was wor:h sbont 300,000 did not prevent ber reciprocating in the kindliest way. The eoartship was & brilliaot one. _Each saw perfeo- tinin the other, for what Fancher lacked m efoationand personal besuty was more than etoned for by his wealth in lands. Moonlight, and music, and kisses, and wine, followed in regular order,and the two hearts learned soom to beat as one. Fancher was com- Pantively unexpenenced in the ways of court- In earlier years, however, ho had an at- ek of love while living in New York. He bad osed and won 2 danghter of Senator Conkling, ut the marTiage was interrupted because he would not comply with the conditions—thit 301X TEE WETHODIST CHUECE. Tather than be a Methodist and the sop-in-law Of a Senator, he took Greeley’s advice “to go West, young man,” whers he counld pury his sor- rows, With this elight experience, and the ups tod domus of s coutship 'with 1iss . Does lasting ~several montbs, he found mmm f sbout the Ist of June, 1873, completely h;k: a!c?:; oén:ovn‘x; ;ei&e, and that he was s e pledged to marry. It was l,lcl- Roes, howover, whom he was engaged to, butsheis the same isdy who eues him for a cliach of promise,” and who is krown in mmu Eliza " Rogs, and who i8 now shut L+ f::; ::;lq hivh the Vepetian hlinds of a Roders bo mng_hgmr'm transformed into a bad b AFTER THE ENGAGEMEXT ol een perfected, the pair grew io intimacy e hguanfidenu. Fancher traveled a great deal ol health, and was accompanied most of the &oe by bis afianced. Pet pames muitiplied 8y d ono became a part of tho otber. Each by od upon us entirely devoted to thoother, tha g sewing societies of Stockton appointed iy avd hoar when their marriage should b place time and again, while the dress- hnn‘x!:'d williners, tailors, and parsons almost the twain to distraction in their “‘";k“‘“‘“mlfl figure in the approaching o coming bride, to maintsin Mmm alud Loadmake the nocessary dis- Bt 30 timo paased on, found it mecessary o ETRATEGETICAL MEASURES. Wil sho had property in Chicags, &b conld upon it. She borrowed of her in- feneey dry sums of money, and deposited 3 M“'m"' much of her valaablo jew- ¥ this period, if there was suy withéraw- S, om the golemn contract, it was Iost antic- [y "!‘; toe part of the weaker sex. Whilo she Img lhmr-her to distraction, just as she had * the renowned Dr. Weeks, and others, ex- taught her that there was many a mm BETREEN THY, CUP AND THE LIP. fhe ¢gooTu0g and pledging continned on after digrnSement, a3 s matter of course, and m:;mdmka in loving sod obeying. The g however, to the lady was the chief k- She had been wooed and won, but never 164, and had & curiosity to know just what fi'? ¥ag, having been on tho eve of it be- M'hffl: urging tho fulfillment of the con- %&qud minutely as to Mr. Fanche b whflt the responses were never defini % o ety " Pioally, however, the i the affair received information that m;!:(fl)"l‘-n WAS PINING IN NEW YORH, i @ wisked to see her prior to her b would have to report in haste. This [ lh‘:lm_ll Dromises & new interost, espe- ke gq35: 20 Meiden who was blushungly wisbing Uy dling. Bhe was summoned to meot bim %‘m“nufl;l‘ Stockton, and she obeved the ey d8the should. Then the illness of his u,‘%mpflnbea with tears in his eyes, and by gy 128 that mariage was first fixed. Char- ot 0 80company George upon his mission e vas te bear all expenses, and the mar- B, come off erc their return to the Pa- Hone, St & point on the Journey was Stockton, : lifllm they went “to Sacramento. 3y or two in Secramento, which was mgm could be spared, considering loy Were on, they embarked for the h“‘"'hmg Balt Lake, it became noces- Ly FEE E}z = -’m"mm causo = unexplained, to woyer might. The Towmcend | Solecied, and Mr. Fancher G, E. Fancher and wife.” This Vg rishing 'to the expectant bride, bu Al an hour's explanation, she wnn'entc;', —— and ghe reposed. a8 s rospite from her fatigue, upon a lounge, while Fancher slopt on tie Fea: The next morning they sped on their way, reach- ed_szmg}ox, and took rooms at the West-Side Briggs. He, in a few hours, , PROCEEDED TO NEW YORK, while she, following, proceededto the abode of a {riead to pass.away the precious moments to elapse before his roturn. It was s former ser- vant-gir] of hers with whom sha choss to abido, willing to endure all manner of inconveniences to help along the hour when she should reach the aim of hor life. A fow weeks only elspsed ‘before her adored was knockiog at her door. The knock was familiar, and the “come in™ was breatned from the same heart that dictated the kiss with which they greeted each other. Fan- cher was registered at the South Side Briggs, and theu and_tnere the arrangement was mado that the pair should meet there the next day for a sur- vey of the great city. To them— All ssemed but made for love—love : e i b e sl 1t is nature’s self—it is everywhere—it ia here ! The meeting occurred the next day promptly. P . THE ¥IBST QUESTION rained by Miss Roes waa **When shall we te married ?." This was * pretty much of an inter- rogatory " to Fancher. He evaded the question, however, for awhilo. but sgam 1t came with crushing weight. *To be, or not to bs,” waa the question with bher, whose sffections had before becen unworthily — bestow- ed, and whose life would seem » blight lest she were united to this Iast and best beloved. Quito an animsated discussion en- sucd. First her lips began to pout aé in school duys, and bis followed the example. Finally, he imparted the deadeniog information that ho was A *NOT YET BEADY TO MAREY." This was the signal for the separation, which proved finnl, and the foreruamer of the blight Which bss settlod upon the life of both. The lsdy, not to bs trifled with, at once commenced suit for *‘breach of promise,” and ewmploged Milton J. Poters as her attorney. The necessary papers were served uvon Mr. Fancher before he could steal away. Ho was shocked! With his wealth in dollars he also bad a wealth in pepury. To lum $20,000 was a big thing. He would not pay it, nuither would ha marry the poor, but lovely, msnufac- turer of wax-flowers! His visic to thedeath- bed of his sister had wrought a change in him. 1In the depth of his meditations be employed Messra, Magee, Oleson & Adkinson to defend his cause, agroeing, in theliberalityof hisnature, to give them & pittance for their servicos. He returned to his California ranche st once, leav- ing his case with his lawyers, sud his lady-love upon the tender mercies of the world. 1118 FIRST BUSINESS upon arriving at Stockton was to indite- an anouymous letter to Miss Ross, threateuing hor if sho prosscuted him. In reply be received a scorching epistle. charging him with having com- mitted & Peniteutiary offense. His next move was 10 offer to surrender the jewelry in his pus- session if a compromise of the case could there- vy be effected. The reply was sent back, 810,000 in cash is the ouly condition of sur- render!" NEGOTIATIONS HERE CEASED. since which time the whole aifsir has been in the hands of the lawyers, who, it appears, are determined to keep the case alive 8s long a8 there is any money init. Last cveninga Trmm- UNE reporter calied upon Misa Ross, on Michi- an avenue, to gather any otier information in er possession. An interview was had finally. The = ledy 18 more extensive in history than person. She wearn her 83 summers and her numerous love reverses with . be- coming meekness, and sltogether is quite preposscesiog. She is boyoud the sversge in height snd also in general intelligence. She talks with a great deal of easo, uses choice lan- guage, and her geueral deportment is that of a Isdy. While she talked with s great deal of esse, she exercised an amount of care in conver- sation, sutficient to perplex the roporter and rob his mission of reenlts, In conversation, how- ever shs verified the statement above, and gave THE NATURE OF HER EYIDENCE in the suit, whicn she is confident of winning. She isin possession of letters from Mr. Faacher, which sbe proposes to keep, to show that the engzgement relation existed between them, but nothing to show that any day had been fixed for the marrisge. She will rely largely upon testimony showing his general conduct toward ber. On the other band, Fancher has letters from her which she confesses were written in Jovesick ” moments. She does not think that he will dare to introduce them, for they woold damage his csuse. 1n muswer to s question in refercuco to Mr. Fancher's counsel, aud the ro- port which bas guined circulation Lhat & member of the firm bad ao affection of the heart towards her, she made no snswer, It is understood, however, that such a state of affairs exists, and the report is strengthened by the fact that Fancher was, through_bis brother, & 7o days ago, seeking new counsel. If the re- port proves true, this will be 8 new snd impor- tant feature in the whole case, and will udd o new chiapter to the conquestsof woman's beauty, and also to the history of the Chicago Bar. THE WEATHER. Wasmorox, D. C., Nov. 7.—For the Upper Lakes and the Northwest, partly clonds weather and rain, with southwest winds, followed by Tower temperaturo and rising barometer. Cautionary siznals continuo at Chicago, Mil- waukee, Grand Haven, Escanabas, Marquette, and Duluth. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Cricago, Nov. T, 1874 Wind. lmun. Wither. 6:53 . m.(30.09] 58 | Bl 18, {reah. Fair, 11:18 &. m.{30.00' €7 | 64 |S,, bri [Fair., 2 62 Fur, Fair, Fair. ‘minimum, 56. GENERAL OBSEUVATIONS. CaicaGo, Nov. 8—1a m. Station. | Dar. Thr| Wend. | lain| Weather. Cairo ......|30.03| 6%:S.. frea ... . Cincinnati.[30.08| 61[S. L., fresh Clieyenno.. (29.76] 35 W., b Chicago. ... Cleveland {30 MISCELLANEOUS. SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich., Nov. 7.—The weather is £8 warm as June; thermometer at 75 degrees. Wild geese avo fiying north in large flocks.” The oldest prophets prodict an extremely mila win- ter, all signs indicating it. L S| A QUEER EXPLANATION. Prmaprrrmia, Nov. 7.—Thursday, the day after Father Gerderman's disappearance, Bishop Waod received a letter from him stating that ho had Jeft tho Catholic Church because he could not beiieve in the mfallibility of - the Pope, and saying: * By the tho timo you read this you will know all about me, and thersfore I have no peed to make an explanation.” He also said that his dobts had overwhetmod him. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yonk, Nov. 7.—Arrived, steamship Hol- 12nd, from London. i LrvereooL, Nev. 6.—The steemship Cubs, from New York, has arrived out. Degrndation of a Chineso Prince. According to_tho Chinese papers, sn Imperial edict decress the degradation of the Prince of Kung, by deprivation of his Imperial Princedom With hereditary succession, to the second rauk of * Eunwang.” In the present juncture of Chinese politics. the announcement will bo re- ceived with no slight surprise ; and whether it Tins or bas not any significance in comoection with tho negotiations between Tsuog-li Yameon, of which Prince Rung is Chief, and tho Japanese Minister and Envoy Extraordinary. the timo chosen by the Emporor to proclaim that ho has fallen out with his chief counsellor and nearest Tolative, would appear to bo particularly inoppor- tune. ‘We are toldthat tho matter is the subject of & great desl of comment amoug the Chinese at the Capital, aud tho incident is one whizb cannot fail to produce somo sonsation in the Provinces. A Terrible Operations Prom the Lezinaton (Mo.) Caueasian. Yesterday, M. B. Haskeli, who lives in Rav County, opposite Wellington, was the subject of one of the most terrible operations of modern surgery. His only alternative was death from o malignant tumor at the head of the thigh, or amputation at the hip joint. Drs. T. B. Smith and P. H, Chambers, of tbis city, wero tho offi- cistiog sargoons. Tho Rev. james A. Quarles read & few sppropriate paesages of Senipture and prayed with the poor fellow, before ho sub- mitted to what proves fatal in at lenst thres ont of fiva cases. %r. Chambers sdministered the chloroform, and Dr. Smith inserted the knife in the groin. 'The flesh wes cut away in o trice, the sharp saw g:ated through tho boue, and the dis- eared leg dropped off. The arterics wore g ed- ily bound up, the horrible wound dresso and the patient was loft i & condition that pramises recovepe STUCK. The Sorrows of the Fullerton Ave- nue Sewer-Contractors. Difficulties Met with in Carrying Out the Work. They Want to Be Paid a Third More, Or They Say They Will Be Bank- rupted. Since the main river and the South Branch have been, happily for tho health of the city, greatly purified by the operation of the ‘deep cut,” which allows the waters of the lake to low gonthward toward the Illinoia River, the people who live convenient to what is known as ths North Branch of our anything but classic stream lLiave been cager to receive rolof for their olefao- tories by some powerful engincering experimont. Consequently the work known as _the Tullerton avenne conduit was projected and undertaken— awork of great importance, requiring 8 very large outlayand excellent skill The sewer, which has an inside dismetor of 12 and outside diamoter of 15 feet, being perfectly circular, is desigued to run esst and west, following the Lino of Fullerton avenoe, running under that ihor- oughfare from river to lake, being a distance of about 11,000 foet. THE FIRST ESTIMATES made of this work by City-Evgineer Chesbrough smouuted 1o nesrly $500,000, and the Board of Public Works, soon afterward, advertised for bids, which, to the nambar of about twenty, were sentin. The winners of the contract were tha firms of George F. Norris & Co., Who bid $845,- 000, about 214,000 Iess than tho sum named in any othor proposition sent to the Bosrd. They were sccordiugly awarded the work, and com- menced operations in the beginning of last July. The partners of the firm are Mesars. Norris sud Cameron, who are both very well known citi- zens. They divided the work into two sections, the westward one of which comprises about 6,000 feet, snd the eastward 5,000. Operations were began on the westward section, commencing about the muddle, and digging both ways. At the present writing abont 8,200 feel are com- pleted, thoronghly bricked and cemented. The brick is laid in four rings, wlich makes a very strong arch, and the * bore " is capable of carry- ing off an immense volume of water. ¥n the western division of the first section,— sbout 1,500 fect,—the soil 18light clav, easily dug out, and firm 28 to the sices of tho embank- ment. It is necessary to sink only 19 feet from the strface to the boitom segment of the tunnel circle, 80 that the digging is comparatively ensy, aud the work can be rapidly pushed. But, as the working parties tond toward tae lake, THE SOILDEEPENS; there is & great depression, Toquiring S5 feet of excavation. io most places, before the brick can be lma. Tbis, however, i8 not tho chiet dilli- cultv. The quality of the goil, a3 the men dig dseper, alters from thick, tough clay to A BLACK BAND, which is thoroughly imprezuated with water, rendering it & matter of Almost utcer imponsi- Dility to keop tho stecp baoks from caving in upon the exposed workmen. So grest is the danger that the carpenters have been compelled %0 dam the entire extent of the second part of the first section with oak plankiog, four inches thick, before & foot of excavation can be mads. Nor is this enoagh. They are compolled to brace the sides by laying from tbree to eight tiers of solid osk beams 12 inches square at intervals of eight feot, braced sgainst the planking by jack- scrows, which, in turn, are backed by cast-ron plates, from 134 to 2 nches in thickness. With all these precautions, as the work ad- vances, it 18 fouud ALMOST IMPOSSIELE TO PROP UP THE BANES, and, within the last six weeks, thera bave been po less than three tremendous lsnd-slides, breakng the jack-screws, and driving the rggl beams several fect into the opposite embifl ment. Sometimoa these slides occur without a moment's warniug, and thus the work.aen have had several very narrow escapes. The contract- ors assert that these shdes are adead loss to them. Thoy retard the work, discourago the ganes, aud breed general demoralization. p 'to tho present time, all the brosks _that bave occu: bave been repaircd, but obstacies secm to multiply, and every step made toward tie Inke terminug adds to the danger and didicalty of the enter- rise. They are compelled to dig short sections 216 feot at & time—because tho banks caunot be relied upon, and to risk the lives of the work- ing parties would be inhumsn. Also the water keeps perpetuslly weliing up in the deep goil, so that several pumps have to be employed all the time. THE EARTH IS REMOVED by means of large wooden towers, provided with messive movablo cables, which work on putleys, and are cadable of supportiag four ' times the weight _ generally Dleced upon _them. The cables aro run by steam, and a tremendous amouut of clay can be removed in very short spaco. Wherever tho towers stand, it is found necessary to double- beem the embankments, 40 a8 to support tho ad- ditional strain. Most of the lumber, the con- tractors claim, is lost to them, as thor find 1t im- possible to remove it with any safery, the clay having to be carefully piled in the conduit arch, 0 a8 to make tho pressuro equal from all sides. Men-holes, built of brick and cement, are con- tracted at intervals for the purpose of removing debris, and of clearing out the tunnel, shoald it become foul atter long use. Theso are ali st the expense of the contract- ors, and, they clim,’ aid in cutting down any profic they might hope to make. Trainways ara constructed along the bsnks of the dork, along which the dirt-caris are drawn by horses, tlio carth boing dumped in the noighboring felds, 2s, fortunately, that region is not deusely popu- lated. Bamns bave also been constructed, in which a vast amount of material and machinery has been stored, while a large dock in the North Branch is covered with lumber, Two steam- worked pile-drivers aro salmost copstantly at work, the men working from 7 in the morniog until 6 at night. The dig- gors and trimmers generally work during duylight, but the bricklayers continue their vart of tho business day, pight, and oven middays, if tho occasion roquires it. THE *“TRDMMERS,"— men who prepare the treacherons bottom for tho brick—ace paid extrs, in consideration of the great dauger to which they are exposed. So far,ouly one man has beon killoa at the works, and that, it was claimed, through his own heed- Jessness. He was struck, while standing on a beam as he was leaving work, by a dirt-cart, which was being run along the cables. Since the accident much grealer caution has been- exhibitod smong the working parties, whose total strength is about 800 men. The look-out men on tho banks are compelled to have their eyes wide open sll tho time, a3 no Alploe ava- lanche can equal in fatsl rapidity s Fullerton avenue land-slide. T'he dificulties met with a8 the work proceeds appear to have ‘DISCOURAGED THE CONTRACTORS. They claim that they aro losing money everv day, and that, anless the Common Council con- gent to grant them an additional subsidy of 8165,000, the work rwst be abandoned by them. They sgreed, in the ‘irst place, to copstract the conduit, lav the street and sidowalks, and build fences destroyed by tho workers for the sum of $23,14 per lineal foot, on the westward section—6,000 feet—and for £35.17 per linesd foot on the second sec- tion, which was not then supposed to be go | difficult in point of soil. This would, the contractors claim, niterly beggar them, and the additional claim they make would 2dd 215 per lieal footto the entire job, tho grand total coet of which would be swelled to §510,000, They have already sent their peti- tion for increase to the Common Council, and say that they would be glad to bave that entire body—or a 6pecial committee therefrom—go out aud inspect the condumit and the ground, as they stand. Assistant City-Engineer Williams has special supervision of the entor- prise, and Mr. Cheabrongh visits tho place about every day of tho week. A TRIBUNE reporter was dotailed yesterday to examine ioto the business, and the sbove was THE GENERAL RESULT of his exploratious. He encountered Mr. Cam- eron. one of the contracting firm, firat, and had & conversation with that gentloman on the sub- Ject. R.—Mr. Camoron,why did your firm undertake the contract at 80 low a figure? Mr. Cameron—Well, we made our estimates jndgins that the weatorn section would be rather dry and light soil all through, but now we have come upon black sand and water, and cannot car- v through the contract on the present sabeidy. We will be safe epough if wedon't enconnter & quicksand before we reach the lake, and, in that Gase, nothing can sava us but to regularly coffer- dam the whols embankment. R.—Was it you or Mr. Norria that made the contracts? Mr. Cameron—Ar. Norris did most of the fig- uring. He was only $14,00 less than the next Jowest biader. Alost of the bids sent in would have been insufficient, as well as ours; 1 hate to “squeal,” but there is no alternative for us ex- cept a mew subsidy to tho smount of 815 per linoal foot increase, or bankruptcy. No other firm can do the business any cheaper. R.—What does the City Engineer say abontit? Mr. Camerou—His original estimate of the cost was abont 500,000, He says that he dis- Jikes the precodent of granting an additional subsidy. That, I beliove, is hus principal ob- jection, 7 Ré— oes he think your work is ar Mr. Cameron—I have not heard him make any complaint on tbat scoro. As far as Mr. Norris 2nd T aro concerned, we should heartily desire that all the taxpayera of Chicago wonld visit the work and ses for themselves the great difficul- tiey we have to encounter. I admit that we were BATHER JIASTY in making so ruinous a bid. Our only hope is that tho people will believe that we were honest in our endesvors to do the work well, and in our representations a8 to the nnfortunate position in which we find ourselves placed. "The reporter next met ME. GEORGE F. NORRIS, who showed him the modus operandi of the work. [His remarks were nearly the same as those or Ar. Cameron. He smd, in sddition, *We have shown the public that we are capable, anyhow. We have 1aid 3,00 feet of this diflicult work, and we can carry it through if the people will irecogaize our just claime. I soe how diflicult it ia to make the public see the neceasity for fresh expense, but it will bo utterly impossible for us to proceed in this ruinous way. g bave a dock down there covered with ~lumber. We hava splendid machinery and good workmen; but, what with 1and-slides, sand, and water, we are so retarded that 345,000 would not bogin to pay us. The sdditional demand we make is pot, I think, nn- reasonable, if the public will only take the trou- ble of examining the question.” The reporter then endeavored to find Mr. Chesbrough, but did not succeed. And thus stands the question of the Fullerton avenue couduit. well done, 80 FIRES. The Peoria Disaster. Special Dpatch to The Chicago Tribune. Prozu, IlL., Nov. 7.—The fire of last night was without excoption the most disastrous one that bas visited tlua city since the famous distillery fire of several years ago. Haud it not been for the wator-works, and the terribly determined fight of the entire Fire Dapartmont, thers is no doubt that half the city would to-day have been in ashes. The wind fortuuately blew away from the business portion of the city, thus eaving us what might have been s far more serious fire, The Pooris Houso escaped by a scratch, the fiames reaching its very windows, yet failing to ignite the hotel. Tne loss on all the buildings burned will not be less than $100,000, of which Mr. Parmely stands £60,000, without a cent of insurance. He would not psy hugh rates, and, as s consequence, 18 a ruined man, bo baving all be was worth in tho stable. About 80 head of horsoa, 100 tone of hay, scores of elegant car- risges, and thousands of doilars’ worth of har- neas and equipments, woro dostroyed. Adjoin- ing the stable on the north ware two fine baild- ings, oue owned by Adam Eisonbauser, and_one by Joseph Bolto. ~These wers both burned to the ground. The loss on these will be sbout $20,000. The last building burned was the ' dwelling-house on the cormer of Fayette aud Adams strects. The 1088 here was about $2,000. The followinz com- panies will sufler the total loss: Germau-Anter- fcan, £12,000; Pheenix, New York. $1,250 ; Hart- ford, $1,300; Home, New York. %00 ; Lycoming, £1,000; Firo Association, $3450. A large oumber of leading companied bave gohcies ‘on the Peoria houses, but the damage ere will be only light, ot over $2,000- At Batesville, Ind, Crvcrwsaty, O., Nov. 7.—A passenger over the Indianopolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad roports the burning at Batesville, Ind., 60 miles vorthwest_ of bere, of the Union Fur- pitare Factory at 6 oclock this evening. Loss on bailding. $10,000; on stock and machiuery £50,000 to $60,000. Five adjacent framo dwellings were also burned, the loss on whicn was $4.000. Only $3,000 insur- ance on the furnitare of the factory. It was owned and operated on the co-operative blan by about forty workmen, and employed fifty to sixty hands. 1n New York City. New York, Nov. 7.—Thurber's veneering fac- tory, in Centre street, burned this morning. Tho loss is §25,000. At Cincinnati. Crvcrsyari, Nov. 7.—A relay of fire-engines worked at the fire at L. Work & Co.’s soap and candlo works till 2 this afternoon, when the fire was put out, a period of eighteen hours. A com- plote list shows an msurance of $74,500. The proprietors put thoir loss at from 150,000 to £200,000. R Death of Col. Thaddeus Stevens. Col. Thaddeus Steveny, nephew of ** the great Commoner,” died at Lancaster, Ps. Sunday morning. in the 39th year of his age. The Lan- caster Ecpress says: ¢ The decoased was & man of superior natural ability, and_thoroughly read in the law. On the breaking out of the war ho was one of tho very first to respond to the call for fighting wmen, and enlisted 35 privato under Capt. Emlen_Frankho, in the First Regimeat Pennsylvania Volunteers. Ho served the threo months’ term, after which he became Msjor of tno One Hundred and Twenty-sccond Regiment, and during the latter part of the war he served 28 Licutenant-Colonel of the Two Hundred and Second Regiment. He was also Provost-darshal of this (Ninth) Congressional district, snd dis- charged his duties in a satisfactory maDDer. His entiro mulitary carcer is & good ono. During the greater part of the time since the denth of his distinguished uncle, tho deceased wos employed about the Caledonis (Ste- vens’) lron Works, in Fraoklin County. s was also, up to the timo of his death, 2 member of the Shifler Fire Compauy, and ono time Vice-President. His final resting-place will bo near the tomb of his uncle, in Shreiner's Cemetery. In this connectionit becomes & mat- ter of interest to recall the fact that tho old Commoner gave to tho deceased (by his Inst will snd testament) an sunwicy of S300, and, if cer- tain conditions which be imposed upon deceased Lad been complied with, the whole estate would have reverted to him; otherwise tho estato was to go to the fonnding of wn orphan asylum for the use of childrer: of all donominations, races, and colors. Inasmoch as Col. Stevens 3id not comply with the conditions of the will, tho en- tiro estate (barring a fow auaall bequests) will Ea to the founding of s great orphan asylum in ancaster. Tho estate is varionsly estunated to be worth from $100,000 to 3150,000. The will dosigonted tho sonthern section of Lancaster— south of Eset or West King street—as tho loca- tion for the asylum; and we understand that cartain parties in that section are now ready to givo tho lund just so soor: sy the executors—the Hon. 0. J. Dickey, the Hon. Edward dcPherson, and the Hon. A, E. Roberts—are ready to pro- coed with tho building.” —— ——— An Amertcan in Irouble. A communication from Smyms of Sept. 24 gives the subjoined intellizence : “ On Wednes- day, tire Sth inst., [ N. Trianta hyili, son of the’ Greek Consul, was shot at by Mr. Edgar George, an American geutleman, who lately took up his regidence in this town. 1 Trisntaphylli was riding home at about 5:30 in the evening when he met Mr. George. The latter wasin company with & merchant of this place and his daughter. It scems that 3L Triantapbylli ac- costed the walking trio in. nighly insulting terms, and, a8 he had behaved in the ssme man— ner on previous occasions, Mr. Georgo drew a revolver, which he discharged, not at AL Trian- taphylli, but in tho air. Ou the following moru- ing Mr. George was arrested on the charge of baving sitempted to assessinate AL Tran- taphylli, but subsequently was released on giv- mg bail for $1,000." The hearing of his case is fixed for Mondsy.” g NP — The sggregate capital of manufacturers of pianos and organs represented in New York City 14 estimated at abont $20,000,000. Of the men emplosed in these two branches of industry throughout the conntry,—about 24,000,—1t is es- timated that ebont 3,400 or 4,000 are employed in the factores in and around New York Thoe ianog anpuslly built in the United States num- er about 30,000, and tho organs made probubly excecd that number. The total exports from this country of munical instruments for the year ending Juve 80, 1874, are said to have amoanted in valao to $530,827, of which $338,176 were pianos, and §292,251 wers Organs. FOREIGN. The Pope Again Attacked by Sudden Ilness. The Formosan Difficulty Still Unsettled. African Chiefs Discuss the Situation in Council, ITALY. TLLNESS OF THE POFE. Loxpox, Nov. 7.—A dispstch from Rome says: “The Pope intended to receive s deputation yesterdsy morning, but failed on entering the ball. Phyaicians o that his indisposition 18 slight.” e CHINA AND JAPAN. THE PORTNIGHILY BUDGET OF NEWS. Bas Fraxcisco, Nov. 7.—The China brings Yokohama dstes to Oct. 14. The murderer of Mr. Haber, tho North German Consul, was be- beaded on the 26th of September. Takaki snd Tomita, Consuls to San Francisco, srrived on the steamer to-day. Corea promises to soud to Japan the heads of sll those who insulted the Goveroment. The Formosan difficulty had not been settled. snd war between Chins and Japan still seemed imminent. The Ram Btonewall, reported ashore in the Typhoan, has been found to be all right. Japan has purchased more transport ships to be used in case of war with China. They have purchased the French steamer Charles Albert. S e S AFRICA. COUNCIL OF CHIEFS. Lovpox, Nov., 7.—Advices from the Gold Const state that a great gatbering of pative chiefs was held at Cape Coasc Castle on tho 28th of October, to clearly express their views on slavery and other questions. King Koffeo, of Ashantee, unable to recover his ascendency over the neighboring tribos, has settlod down quietly, and wishes trade relations resumed. The Houssas stationed on the River Prahare ara pillaging the traders. — — FRANCE. RELATIONS WITH GPAIN. Loxvoy, Nov.7.—The Tines' correspoodent 2t Paris telegraphs that there is good reason to believe that the Duke de Cazes' answer to Spain's last note will not be presonted on AMou- day next. A very exhaustive reply is preparing, calculated to put an end to the discussion by its g)mplstoueu, and give proof of the good will of ‘rance. S e ATUSTRIA. THE VONX ABNTM CASE. Vrexxa, Nov. 7.—Lecher, chief editor of the Prease, has been examined about the publication in that paper of the von Arnim dispatches. He refused to state from whom the dispatched were obtained. —_—— SPAIN. THE BIEGE OF IRUN. Maprrp, Nov. 7.—The force engaged in the siege of Irun numbers 1.500. Their fire is irreg- ulsr and ineffectual. The steady advance of the Ropublican army from Vittorio is announced. The great painting of St. Anthoay, by Murillo, has been stolen from the Cathedral in Seville. Bavoxye. Nov. T.—Gen. Loma, with eight Dattalions of Republican troops to reinforce the garrison of Irun, resched that town yesterday, There havo been many incendiary fires in Iran gince the bombardment began. e DENMARE. THE ECHLESWIG QUESTION. CorpexmaceN, Nov. 7.—The Danish Ministry has requested tho Rigsdsg not to interpellate the Government respecting the expulsion of Danish subjects from Schleswig whilo the mat- tor is under discussion with Germany. e — ROUMANIA. HER OBLIGATIONS TO THE PORTE. Beawry, Nov. T.—It 1 stated that the Northern Povwers will not support Turkey in hir proposal that Roumanis must obtain the sanction of the Porte before concluding the commercial treaties. = SOUTH AMERICA. STORM AT MONTEVIDEO. New Yorg, Nov. 7.—A dispatch from Monte- video, dated Nov. 5, says: - ** A terrific atorm is raging here. Several vessols in the harbor have geen driven ashore, and much damage has been one. +The Government has ordered that sll vessels in the ports of Urugnsy, baving on board arms and ptovisions for tho rebels in the Argentine Republic, shall be detainod.” - Dutch Beauties. A writer in the Jewish Messenger, speskiog of Leeuwarden, & town in Holland, says: *The women of Deeuwarden deserve a paragraph to themselves. ~ There ialf‘rimitl\'a air about them which is refroshing _ after the gtarch-up and mado-up-to-order besutics that are elsowhera visible, They haye s_sturdy, grand look. Thoy sre generally tall, with high Sorehend, squilive nose, lips closely set, and well doveloped chin. The skin is ‘white, the chocks delicatoly tinted (with colors from na- ture's atelier). the eycs are large and piercing. The young girls have loat much of the Frisian boaring, for their heads sro crazed, doubtless, by the farbelows and fixiogs of the foreign dressmakor and miliner. As among tho Quakers, thie younger generation are losiug their rev- erence for the distiactive dress which shonld be overy fair Frisiau’s pride 10 wear. The matrons, howaver, adhero to the fashions of their ances- tors, They hove slmost & mascaline face, Tt the storness is relieved by the beauty of the eyos and the fair ekin. In South- e Holland a distinctive costume is wora by but it is not o qusint as in Horthern mauy, Holland, in which Friesland is situsted. Takea Woman's head-dress, for instsuce. A brosd band of gold, of horsoshoo shape, spana the forehosd, aiding to koep the hair bach. The sides of the band are adorned with large oval gold rosettes. Above the band is reared o lace &ap, or veil, often of tho best laco, with edges or completa wingu drooping to the neck. The ears glitter with rings of gold and gems. These or- Saments, which are either of gold o silvor even among the pooror classes, are regarded with great reverence, aud, treasured as sacred heir- Tooms, pass from mother to daughtor for mauy generations. The bands givo a soldierly aspect §5 the womon, who are genorally full-faced, not sunken-cheeked, apd walk with a firm tread. Their stout, large shoes are in pleasin; contrast %o the baby shoes which aro considered the style among our belles of the lsnguid and languishing type." Japanese Waxworks. From the Cleceland Herald, A description of Asakuss would be incomplate without allusion to tho waxworks. Thoy are the work of an srtist who was deeply impressed with the attributes of the gentlo goddess of Mercy, and who sought to thus perpetusts tbe memory of some romarkable incidents in her carcer. - The groups are thirty-two in number, and each one i8 o complete story in itself. The work of the artist has beon wrought with won- derful fidelity to nature. There is none of that stiff, staring impassivity about his work that gen- erally marks the best efforts of the kind. Some of tho figurcs, a8 they appear in the dim light, are so wonderfully lifelike that one is balf in- clined to believe the Bpectaclo a bit of mas- querading, and 1n ali of them the end of art is attained, for art is altogether hidden from viow. T espociatly recall the figure of & woman ‘who i8 ropresented 88 worshiping the image of Kuanon, OId and bowed with pain, she 18 hop- ping through the strect when the car of a goddess appears. o aged woman drops her ratch and raises her palsied hands toward the glorions image of mercy with » look of piteous Hleading upon her shrauken face, and Ler lips feemingly halt moving in sgonizing eotreaty. Fach group has its moral, impressing the be- holder with the besuty and sure reward of kind- ness sud aympathy, even toward the lowest Pnimal. In all, Kuanon plsys s prominent part. Here a kind-bearted womsan, having urchased 3 turtle from one who is about to slay it and bav- ing set it free, is rewarded, 8s “the grateful animal bears her drowning child to.her arms. In contrast with this is the ‘punishment of & men who has cruelly and uomeces sarily killed a crzb. EKuauou appears to pim, and at her command his limba aro trans- formed into s reptile's ¢ while, 8s he stands transfixed with horror, & ‘thonsand crabs sally forth, and, erawling over his helpless body, wound him to desth. The look of agony upon the man's face as he raises his arms in fatile en- deavers to drive off the slimy. slow-moving crea~ tores is literally horrible. Another group com- bines tho grotesque with the ludicrous in an amusing degreo. A laborer has been digging upon forbiaden ground, when suddenly & wood demon sppears, and with distended jaws and Eenmg teath * goes for” Ruaticusin a way the tter evidently despises. Ths look of con- sternation upon the poor fellow’s face at the ap- pearance of this very unexpoected and somewhat unwelcome surprisa party is lsughable indeed. ‘The demon himself {8 a Eerfoct prototype of the ¢ Gentleman in Black as the old books pic- tared him,—with horns, tail, and hoofs galore. PERU. A Second Unsucecssful Abtempt to dssas- sinate President Pardo, The Road from Lima to Callao In- fested with Bandits Spring=Time in October. Special Correspondence of The Chieago Tribune. Lrxa, Peru, October, 1874, Ihave alresdy given you the particulars of the attempted assassination of President Pardo, and of his narrow escapo. Since that ovent, it seerns a8 1f the mutinous; murderons element in the breasta of the conspirators bad been aroused to more deadly batred ; for, chagrined st the first failare and the imprisonment of the ringleader, the same party of ‘malcontents have made A SECOND ATTEMPT upon the life of the courageous President. as he was passing throngh the public Plaza, on his way from the Senate-Chamber; and still a sec- ond time the bullet intended for his breast swerved aside, and the President escaped as if by » miracle. The wonld-be-murderer was quickly overpowered, snd he now occu- pies a coll in ‘Cess Matre beside the man who missed his aim at the previous at- tempt. EKnowing Peruvian womer — old, wrinkled dam®s, renowned for their fortune- telling propensities—shake their wise heads, and say that the Presdent bears a charmed lifo, and was born under a fourtunate star, snd is mever to koow danger in the shape of shot or sword-thrust; and, as the people are all superstitious, 1 doubt whether any more attempta will ever be Tmade, eapecially since the oracle has prociaimed that the Premdent is invalnerable to all bullets. Since the socond failure, & great resction in public sentiment is apparent among the lower classes. The very Cholo element that would have mardered him in cold blood, now are fiercely indignant towards his asssssina, and, with all the impetuosity of their race, could they get at tho poor wretches immured in their ‘strong cells 1o the “ Casa Matze,” they would . MAKE BHORT WORK OF THEXM. Indeed, 8o sudden a revalsion of feeling has sprung up that.there may yet be & clamorous mob at the prison-doors, eager to taste blood, and never satisfied until the conspirators have heer giveninto their hands. Then, when the poor victims bave been burned, drawn, snd quar- tered, and even their very blood drank,—as in the case of the Gutierrez brothers,—will the bloodthirsty passions of these Deo- ple be apreased, and their vindictive 8pirit— born of the old Ines-Indian and Spanish blood— bo eatisied. The mob that to-day are clamorous for the bodies of the conspirators, to burn, cat, stab, and torture them, are the very same mob that, a8 conspirators, in secret places, and maddened by flery native liquar, plotted tho preliminaries of the attempted murder of their President; snd, failing twice in their designs, they turn against their own band of mutineers, and clamor ana cry for justice to be wreaked up- on those who failed. Thers have been plenty of Judases in history, ancient and modern; but there are many in Pern to carry ont all the attri- butes of their brothersof old. THE ROAD FEOM LINA TO CALLAO, 7 miles in one long, straight line, has only with- in the past year been graded, paved, and im- proved. It has always been rocky, dusty, and Tneven,—full of buge bouldsrs, that one never conld imagine ought to be there by aoy {freak of Nature or of art, since the surrourding lands were withont stone or_pebble: and of deep pit- falls, coustantly growing deoper from the huge, wide-wheeled carts that were the only convey- ances cver seen upon ibe road. Constantly thronged with heavily-laden donkeys, carrying all kinds of produce, the dust was intolerable, and new roads, around deep ditches and holes, were constantly made through the fields that bordered the road, to aveid the dust and the numerous pitfalls. It \was never traversed by any fleet steed or family carriage, snd was at once s public disgrace and a danger to all who ventured to travel across its dusty, rocky, winding, narrow way. At last a company of 'American and English_capitalists Yook 1t in hand, graded, leveled. and paved it, filled up its dangerous holes, repaired ith deeply- cut cart-ruts, sud made it a very besutiful and well-improved drivewsy; aod, 23 such, it becams & grest resort for il the Callas and Lima residents. Phaetons, coupes, snd open barouches, wero imported from tho United States: families of wealthy foreigners, and Peruvians as well, who bad never ridden in any carriage, Owing to the fearful state of all the roads, now made this their driving park, and daily drove up and down the boulevard in fine equipages, or rodo on boantifur Clili horses, to exhibit their really neat skill 1n_riding, as well 25 their fine borses. But now the drive so en- joyod and so enjoysble has become 3 FERFECT BOULCE OF TEREOR. Banditi hase mado frequent raids upom ploasurc-parties. Highswaymen bavo boldly stopped carriages, and taken the diamonds from the fingers ‘#nd cars of the fair occupants, and then as boldly galloped up to the next approach- ing carrisge, to treat tho owners in tho samo way. So_far, the robbers hava been suc- vessful in broand daylight; =and the old stories of famous brigands in our {fairy- ‘books come back to us as wo sea similar exploits actnally performed by bands of robbers, who act in unison, and succeed in stealing & great deal. The lovely drive from Lima to” Callao seems doomed to become again_either deserted, or up to cart-whools of immense weight and and to diminutivo donkess, laden and _ belabored given size, with grass and _firewood. by shonting, druoken Cholo drivers. ~ & police-forcs, stationed within a few paces of each other, all the 7 miles, will be the ouly reme- dy- but the police are very cowardly aud utterly inefficient in danger. Indeed, the Catlzo police- man would be one of the very first to run from the spot if & mounted highwayman, holding 3 revolver, rode up and stopped & carriago ; and ould b utterly useless and heipless, unlass backed by s force of armed meo. And #o tho delighttal afternoon drive, or gallop, DIDS FAIE TO BE ABANDONED, and the tall banana-trees and fragrant orange- boughs that pod from the hich adobe walls, and the silver thread of the River Rimac. that skirts the odge of tho road, snd tho parroguets that swing and chatter in the troes, and the shiny black eves that peep from the buge old Moorish gateways on either side,—leading into jmmense plantations,—ond that belong to sleek little, ehubby Cholo children, whose onts work the plantations,—theso il again be the only witnasses of tho old Lima road, leading from the Pacific coast far into the ancient “ City of the Kings;” and tho plessant, city-like bonls- vard must bo left to ita primitive decay and Srcariness,—all because of a band of brigand Peruviens, mounted on flect horees, and filled Jith & reckless bravado, who frighton belpleas women and children, terrify solitary pedes- irians. and rob wholo carrisge-loads of ha?py people, sending them bome shorn of jewelry and wrappings ; and who do this Sork almost daily. One plan proposed is .to have somo of the foreign element organized in- to a mounted police; sud tbere are plenty of Gormen, Scotch, English, snd American_youn men, in Lima and Callao, of sufficient nerve an conrage, to frighten out the drunken Cholo ban- ditti, not only zrom the Lima road, but from the ontakirts, whera tbey hover, and brood, like de- mons of evil, as they really aro. IT 1S SPRING WITH TS, snd the Chinese laborers are putting in the new crop, and the sea rollsin mensured cadence {o the shore, and the airis fall of the +galt sea smell,” and the hotals and bath-houses at the + Point” are peinting upand getting ready for the pummer-visitora. the year draws to- ter, with you at home, here ths sky is clearer, rad the ocean more blue, and tha spring-flowers are all out, and the summer that i8 coming sends her warm breath over the blue waves, and herelds her approach in the songs of conntless birds. And, when you & eating your Thanksgiving - dinder, we will promenading with dark-eyed senoritas, draped with lare mantles, and the Instre of ‘Whoso eyes will be reflected in millions of stars, which shine intensely in this tropical sky. Then sea and sky, distant mountain-pesk and fragrant orange-treo, will revel in_summer warmth, and we will think of sou all the more on account of the contrast with your ice and E00¥: WaLDA. A Modecl for Clerks of Courts. . From the New York Sun. Commissioner Matscll aimivistering an oath to a witness, is thus described by an irreverent re%?)ner: ¢ o mmissioner (mournfally)—You do solem swear before Almighty Godr that the evidc:}:‘; you are about to give before the Bozrd of Police tonching—stop & bit. Did youever take an oath belore ? Witness—Yes, sir. * Commissioner—\Well, then, you ought to know better thun to bold the book like that. Always raise the Bible from the table, holding it in your left hand, patting your thamb nnder it, and the fingers on the top. That's it. So. Now—Yoam do solemnly swear before— Witness lowers his haod a little, Commissioner—Keep tho book off the table. i{:c your thumb on the Bible. That's it, Now, Mr. Matsell then administers the oath very slowly and impressively. The witness, s Littlo ‘prematuraly, raises tho book to kiss it. Commissioner—Stop, stop, 8top! Now, stop, Itollyou! I baven'tgot through yer. There's plenty of time. Now let's atart again, and listen sttentively to what I say. Yon do solemnly awear, ctc., ote. Now kisathe book. Witness kisses it andibly. Commissioner. (excitedly)—No, no! _Don’t Jiss it like that. What do yon mesn, sir? Do you know that it is a very polemn_thing to take a0 oath? Kiss the book reverently. ‘That's it Now, put it down reverently. Don't slam it That'sit. Now, sir, zo ahead and tell us wha$ you know about this case. —_———— “ Jhary.”? _From the Doston Advertiser. Wilkins Micawber Joues is of a statistical tarn of mind. It occurred to Jones the other day that Mary 18 & very common name, and, af~ ter carefal study, he hit uron sn origioal plan for ascertaining the proportionate number of women bearing it. This plan was to station him- gelf at an advantageous position on one of our thoroughfares, address by that name avery wom- an who passed in an hour, and then compare the nomber who snswered to the pame with the whole number passing. Nothing could be Jsim- fer, thought Wilking, and sccordingly he began 5 oxporiment_the other evening just s tho thestre-goiog tide was flowing atong tho street. First came two demure-looking damsals, ** timid and amzping fast.” Jones lot them get by and then called out suddenly, ** Mary!” but the young women only hurried a fittle faster, and tho injo- pions Wilking pat down two marks o the right side of his tally-paper. Just as he lifted his eyes he saw a lady with an escort just in front of him, and blurted oat “Good evening, Mary!™® Greatly to Jones' sstonishment tho gentle: and not the lady, rospdndad; aud these are what Jones saw: * Ho conclnded to give up the experiment becsuse thers wera too many risks abous it,—especially aste-risks. MARINE. Vessels Pauyed Port Huron. Ponr Hurox, May 7.—Dows—Props Ocean, Weno- na, City of New York, Annis Youug ; schrs Levi Rame- S0, Edward Blake. Up—Props Winsiow, Nashus; schrs H, A Eent, Monticello, Selkirk, Helvetia, E. B. Blake, Thomas Gawn., Wi¥p—Southwest, brisk, Weather fine. Porr Huzow, Mich, day T—Evening—DowN— Prope Jarvis, Lord ; sclirs Granttiorn, Auna Maria, Taura Belle, Dashing Wave, Harvest Home, Bussia. Up—Props Comet, James Fisk, Phil Sheridan, Chiauncey Hurlbut 28d consort ; schr Camden. The schr Hattie Waarton, sshore on_ North Point, Thunder Bsy, got off last night without assistanca, Nore Disnsters. The thick and foggv weather still continaes, and re— ports of additioual disssters are becoming unpleasant= 1y frequent. No such weather has been sxperienced ‘Within the memory of the oldest lako Captains. The Marine Insurance Compenies have been very heavy Josera during the Last two wesks, and they are anxious- 1y looking forward to the close of navigation to relieve them from their responsibllities. Since yesterday the following additional disssters Bave been reported P'_rn: schr Wild Bover is reported ashors on Loog oint The scow Rongh and Ready is ashore and sunk oo Point Mewaugh. The Csnudiau schr Charm, of Napanee, with & cargo of grain, was ashore near Amberst Island Tuesday. The bark Sardinis, upward bound, with a cargo of #alt, 49 ashore on Cathead Point,and requires the servi~ ccs Of & tog and_stcam pump. No arrangements will bomads to send assistance until the owners of vu(i;fl inDA‘BcLflllfl mn‘);e heard ir:‘m. . pt. Dickson, of the prop Arabis, reporta s three- masted vessel, with lead-colored tops!des, stranded in the straits or this @uds of the Graham Shoals. A tug was working 2t her. 1t ia feared that the schr John Wesley i stranded on the south shore, but the exact location is not known. A telegrum from Buffalo sonounces that ths schr Wild Rover is ashore on Long Point, Lako Edle, The Harriet Ross went ashore night before last near Port Huron, and is 3 total loss, She was built in 1797, ‘ras purchased by the United States Government for the War of 1812, and was in Perry's ie squad~ ron. She was lately engaged In the coal From the Wrecks. From the vessels already reported ashore or wrecksd the following additional Lias been learned : The prop Dean Richmond is off the rocks at Middle Ground, Point su Pelee, and resched Detroit yester- Qay. No damage to vessel or cargo. The last 2ccounts from the Champlon, which was sont to the relief i the Francis Palms, show that she was not leaking, and will probably be gotten off in day or two. The tug Lyon, which went to the relief of the Mismi, fouad ber at Light House Point, tall of water. . The Richard Winslow and Queen City, racently aground near Beach Island, arrived in Buifalo yester— day. - ‘The Harriet Ross, the Uncle Tom, the John Weber, the Detroit, and the McGilvray, that went ashore near Long Point, nave been abandoned. Tho schr Ferret and scow Earight, which recently went on the piers at Black River, have been gotten. afloat, and are in that harbor. The Ferret is compar- vely uninjured, but the Enright will require quite sum to put her in condition again. B The prop New York is in a precarious condition, and 15 Likely to prove a total loas.” She lies in 5 feet of ‘water, and s fall herself. Hor barges are also badly situsted. The tugs have returned. As wards its desth, and decay in’leaf, and shrub, and flower, heralda the spproach of wio- “A recent visitor at tao scene of the wreck of the stinr Brooklyn, that exploded in the Detroit Biver on thio #2d of last month, pronounces it one of the worst blow-upa he has ever seen, and, in shart, ha is of opin~ jon its equ:d was never befors known. Tho bed tim- ‘bers on which the engine rested have dissppeared catirely, and nothing of her machinery has Vot been discoverel ~Bar from, which Mr. Quinn, the submarie diver has juit discoverod, was found doubled up completely. Heavy timbers were splintered, and from amidships to the after part of the boat everything Was in like condi- tion. A quantity of marble, moro or less broken, was recovered Thuraday, Miscellnncous. : cmcaco. ‘There are indications of another storm. again with 4 thick fog sl —The lake wus covered day vesterday. w;'l‘ha schr J, M, Forrest has gona into winter quar- —The United States stmr Andy Johnson will be Iatd p bere during the winter. —Tho stmr Pe clearsd yesterday with s cargo ot 60,000 bu corn.. ZThe tugs William L. Ewing and Willle Brown barst their flues in tho river yesterday. —Tho Captain of the barge Jesse Linn, who arrived nere seaterday, reports the steam bargo Annle Laurio under anchor off Plum Island with the schr Malvins under her charge, ELSEWHERF. Tho schr Bertie Calkins libeled by Mesars, Wolf & Davidson, has been bonded. —The barge H, Brown will have to receive anmea- tire new keel. She also has a bolo 1o her bottom. 1t {s estimated that the aggregato valus of vessels with cargoes at prescat ashore is $:00,000. —Tho barge Eclipso, ashoro o Avon Point, Lake Erfe, lias been sbandoned. She wilt be stripped of all valoible outt that can be saved. Tho Eclipse was formerly a propeller. Tho Deteoit tngs Nisgars and Valean, snd the ‘Baffalo tugs Gardaer and Jones returned from Long Point, Weanesday night, mot being sbleto doany work at wrecking owing to the thick weather and heavy ses on. S Phe Engelman stmr Sfessengor was caught by \Wednesday night’s gale, between Grand Haven and Milwaukeo, She was wa obliged to run into Sheboy- gan for snelter, und did not arrive in Milwaukes River until Friday event 2 The meaus Snally used for the rescus of the barge 31, B, Warner from Lake Huron hore were of grestor ‘maguitude for the recovery of #0 large a vossel than any ever before introduced. Holes were cut in her gidea well down towards the water-line, throngh which large timbers were inserfed, and, with the aid of the ponderous pontoons, she was lifted bodily from her fosting-place, and carzied tato waier suficient to Soat or.. - —Capt. Charles Hearns, who was formerly the owner of the schr J, W, Sargent, which was carried of the ice during the winter of 1873, whils anchiore among the ialands at the head of Lake Erie, diacovered the locality of the lost craft while on & recent 70ysge upon Lake Erie,and had s view of her sufficlent to distinctly resd her name oo her quarter-boards. Bbe lies about 5 miles below Long Foint, out in about 16 foot of water, Sho rests with ber stern off the Lot tom, and_with some of her outfit dangling Zrom ths wresk. e stood about with his voasel, and sgain dis- Covered suficient evidence ss tosatixfy him {t was Bone other than the Sargent. it is not jmpossibls thab ‘pousession of he an effort will be mada to galn. loage lost craft—Debroit Tribuna,