Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1874, Page 2

(21 ~ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, —Stnto whethier or not Mr, Caulfleld sfatad to y prior to the oxecution of analgument and the doed of trust, that {f you wonkl execiite them thoro would o no criminal_proceedings whnfover agalnet you i consequeirco of any deliit of city funds ? Objected 10: obfection suntalived § oxcoption taken, Q.—ftato whethier or ot yon 'wera fudiiced by that promire o maka the nesiznment s tho deod ? Uh,rmlrd o3 abjection suxtained § exception tuken, Q.—~State whother, ofter that promlso had been 'made, in the amo ll‘)lm"v?m\v, you did oxcouto tho aselgnment and the deed I)I%Jm:tml to; objection austalned ; oxceplion tnken, State whether or not they ‘wero dellvered to Juliga Norton, thi Corporatlon Couusel of tho Clty of Chlvano . Obietad to 4 obection sustainnd ¢ axcoptton taken, Ar, Campheli—in thint connection, wo wonld say to Your Houor that we propose to show that that was' tho fact, Tho © Mr, S urt—That they wero delivered fo Norton ? o proposo to show that tho instrumont aldy hinloll—Wo aro not Msousslum that questlon, Wo donot want to stop for that purpose, I bavo & right to Atato Wit we proposs to shiow, Thio Court—You hiave a right, cortainly, to offer il T do not think it 18 competeut, thougl, ir, Doxter—Wiille wo v s righ {0 offer that, s thix gentieman (Swith) o right to keep up o constant, steady fire of DINTY PERSONAL ASPTNSIONS of our ollent, whilg tho examination i golngon? Afr, $mith—Dou't break out now. 3. Dexter—I submit to the Court, while wo it hero couducling the exnmitation tu n decont way, whother that §a a proper thing to do? 1 do not caro {0 get upon my feet, nnd turn around, even, and stamp it as ide- sctvoss but T ehiall have t6 do 1t 1t the Court don't pro- tect us, Mr. §miti—T romarked that thero was a Ympm\"lon Yo show thal thero nstraments wero wholly vold, bes =aure they wore glven a8 comnpounding n mluuf'. 1 vt fy dlrty blackguardism, I dow't know what fy ecent lnguage. e Boatart o not refer to {hat entlrely, It was undersiood very well that theko objections iind been Zetermined, and wo anked permission to nxk‘thun ques- Lions, and it was granted by tho Court, Now, since I have been sittlug ficre, the counsel has Leen ‘making remarks about what bine been dono with the money, i bluridag ont ¢ Well, i€ yon hadu't the money, whal 11d you do with it, then 2" heard that, and eve ody alio heard it, und thatain't a fajr and decent way (o i Sonitu—1 dony 1t Mr, Smitb—=1 dony il. Jir, Dexter—Lot & man state it to tho Court and {urz it hie has gol o fact § wo want to proceed with this In fho orditury way ; wo do not want to bove these $hings eard belifnd our b vileh §s not evidenee in tho case, and I do not think we should bu compelled to pubmait to sty Alr, Smith—T understand perfectly WHAT THE GAME 18 hero, It fs nn_attempt to prefudics this cass by ‘hero pursonnl assanits apon me, but they will mot succeed in domy i, This charge which counrel makes upon me M whaol, imirue, 1 eauuot sy nuything moro than that, und witla (s remarks, Your Honor, I close the debute apon this interestiug subject, Mr. Doxter—When tho poriod comen in tha history s conuzry that S Snilth ban to {nvoke anvhody's of pratection agninl pocsonalittes, 3¢ Wil bo hurd work Jor thu reat -of s, A GENTLE RENU] “The Court—T {link the gentiemen who are conduct- {ng thils trind know how to practice law and Low to cone et o triad seithout all thig— 3Mr. Camphell : Qu—After tho assignment ond tho deed viro dulvered (o dr. Norton, did ho stato to you that that would be tho end of the wholo matter, Objested to; objection sustaiued ; excoption taken, fr. Gage, what wasthw day on which your oitico was twined over fo Mr, O'llnra? You bavo stated that you recefved a letter datod Dee, 20, day of Jouuar. Stato whether or ot nuy dumand g ovor madg on you prior to thut duy? A—1t was oat, Q.—What duy was the ofiico turncd over to M O'lfara? o 16th of December, Q.—Stato whether or not on that day thero wau nuy lury due fo_you from tho Uity of Chicayo as Cly Treasurer, sud, if 60, how much ¥ Ovbjected ol oirio-aviint s tho obfect of thnt 7 Mr. Camphell—WWe propose to eliow tht a balanca of salary was due bim at that time, Itis of the saie Daturo aw the vouchers, of courae, Objection sustained ; uxception taken, Q=M. Gage, did_you hear the tesflmony of Mr, Georgo Sherwood whon upon fle stand? A—I did 'Q.—Will you sfate ta tho jury whether you did pear bofors the Finauco Comniiltea and thie Cotaptrolls er of the City of Ubleago in the oflica of tho Doard of Tulllc Works na stated by 3r, Bherwood 2 31z, Reed—Ho rafd It Wag In tho Comptrollor's ofe £ fica, M, Smith—We do not object s 1t 18 the same fnter- viow whicl 3, Serwood #peaks of ; of course that is competent, M, Camptell ¢ Q,—Did you appear at any such in- terview? A.—I did not, Q.—~Nid you furnish ta Mr, Sherwood or to the Fi. nanco Conmmitteo any statement whetover at thetime? A.—7¥ wng nol there, I did not, rvliw with Mr, Sherwood ANG 10 K00 YOU i1 TOAONED # lotter of yoursclf, dated Dec. 192 *A—1 did nat, Q.~To you remember tho_Interview that followed tne letrer of Dee, 177 A.—Yes, TH INTEIVIIS WITIE M KIERWOOD. Q—Will you state to the jury ond the Conrt what occurred at that iuterviow between you aud Mr, Sher- wond ? A.—Ieentn letter to Mr, Sherwood {bat T svoutid liko ta seo him at (o Pacific Tote). Mo cate, aud 3 conversalion commenced sbout my se- ooupty with the city, L told him that 1 had heard that ‘be had Dbeen making sosorlyabont town o o deficlency. {n tho Troney, oud I wanted Lo explain 1o him how {he matter stood, 1 toldd bim that tho money of the eity und money that 1 bad mvested 1 expected” to realizo ou heforo T went ont of otlice ; thut iy reports fnjured my credit and injured my reputation, und that I boped that be would 81y o wore about it 1411 1 had an opportunity of Tais~ ig tho mouey Q.—Dit you stute o hiim what tho juvestiments were? did, 0.~ Wil tell the fury what vou told him on that snbveet, * A—I told hin that Thad investments in Louds, ity vonebers, and other sumall items, and I had son @ Inoney in snspended bunks, but I waa in hopes torealizo upon them nll before I went out of ollice, 2nd 1 had reagonabls expectations to da so, Q.—Dia you at that thne tell im thot yon hai ever made cr cattred to b mado any fules chtrivs ahat« cver on thy Treasurer's bovks? A,—Thero uover wus @iVl did yan {ell Lim that thero wan? AT told him tigre never wok s thero nover was o falio eu try onany Treasurer's books thera i my oflico, Q.~Whit las becowo of theso books? A They ard in {ho oilico of tho Treasurer or Comptoller oo, . . —Wero fhey ll turned over by you {0 your muc- cessor? A.~All § every book turned over, — Q.—Ifnve you Lecu i {ho ofiice since, and can You 1l this jury whether or not {he businees of {ho eilico 13 coutinued upon theea Looks, and with tho satno bal. nnces currled down from the Kuno balanees that ex- inted when ey wero turned over by you? A—They ue, Q.—Mr. Gage, wna yonr boni—etato whether or not sour oml s City Treasurer was fncreased fron 11,000,000 to £1,603,0002 4 Objicted to3 objeetion sustnined; exceptlon talen, Tirs Court—T do tiot thinlt that §s materiol at ull, alr. Compbell. Q.—-1f it was 80 jucreased, ststo what the reasous were for fuercasing it, Objected o} objuction sustuined 3 wxception taken, Crosexamination, Iy Mr, Smith's Q,—Mr, Cnge, T nuderstand you to say that in this interview whicl you bad with MF, Sherwood, when Lo cama 1o the batel jn nurkuznco of your note, that you told Lim what tho T were fnvested i, and, ainong other tlinge, you 4 Wi they were invedted fu Londa? AT did, —What did you tell Lim? A.—I told him iboy iuvestedd i Riverside bonds, u part of tho de- s —1hat ia whnt you told bim? 3 Q.—S0 his etutoinent that you did not tell what they wero fuvested i when e pressed you o it Iy fucors rect, 1A 112 A.~He must bo inistaken, '—You did not requcst bim not to press you on that snbjecty ~On whut subject? « ~Yen, alr, M. you Inow, that yon 10 10t o prees you? AT told Bim that T ish hia to keenreporting nround town— M, Sherwaod 1, thiat when hie asked you what you had dons ittty deficdeney 2 Aw—No #lr, it wos nol so, DI SOT BTATE ANY MUCH THING, —You did not stato any wueh talug? Aw=No, ir, Now, L understand you to huve stated that'this ce, H,m=duted Chicago, Do, 20,—1875, o rocelved it o the 0 of Jantisy folidwing ¥ —Sen, e Qu—Y0, U0, ANBWEF MY question. e, 1’ of December nnd January’ Whtrs Wore SOU T A,—L Waa Ju suy room sics, elr. Q.—And people wera_ exeluded frons soclng you, v oty AL did ot seo hardly any one, Q.= Well, thiat is the fact, lait? A,—Yos, o noted, fuck, rir, Q.~Welt, you veere kecluded there fu your room ? AL was {1y eoont sick, sir, Que—Well, you huye wiated you wero ef woild not illow comuunicationa? &,—Uh, peopla ~amo {n and aut, but L did not read any uowspapers and did not care Lbuut scelny any lottera, Q.—Well, 18 that tho resson why this was not handed toyou? A—Thera was not unything banied 1o me, Qu—Exactly s thut da tho sinte of thiugn 3 nothing ¥ cemnunie 10 You of 0 bunitiess churucter 7 Meil, Thud cardy came np there, Q—Well, wior that tho vewson why this wa not handed to you? You were thero witihe thiie, were yo # Sk in bed § part of tie tub 1 was up i runin, ho bnded 1t 10 50u? AT gob it du {h Q.Who hended it 40 you? Ak thivk T w 1 hog it por Hayeat T Avb fbuk I yeut to , but you wtwee theao dates, tho 20th of Du- of Junuury, yoi wero cuntuutly 1 was fu 1t room, und fu snuther 1uom? A, raom udjointng, whers wo made that' trust doed s § Al pot go duwn sturs until — £ weut down o fho oveniing of he ity and 1 did not go into wy oflico, [ cume Liek, and dul’ ot go down ngaln until the’ 24 day of Jutitin Q= Rexit caiination, Ly Mre Siett: Qage, our qiestion; Soin'kay you fornl this letter here Iad boxs what do yon mena by u box? Aty tho tel vy & " letter-hux uavked “ 0, 4, G and Ve 4, 1, the itlals of the trin, Q.~Yui bl tho Loy of thl Lox? A,—No, sirj it 1 un open box 1iko o lotter racks, i Qu—Thut by'the plica whore tho A—~Letlery, pupers, sod everye Tetters wera Lept} Wing el Liy Sir, Swett : Q). w, wis thiero iy ditloulty n g0 betpou gewing ltese b curda wink o yon e Wer w26t ol ceeimber and the AT Lot ik tiaro wa, wirs > S0 OF dsnvary 7 I Court adjourued wutil 81, ta, —— AFTERNOON SESSION, Veen reaviewlling, tho attendance was tho ab 8 alon during the Wila), 1t how: vadecksood thist U the testhmony fur tae de- ! fenso waa In, mado, . Mr, Doxtor naid thoy had two or throe other witnesses na to ctiaructor, but as thoy wora not presont ho would not delay mattors by walting for thom, "Tho case of tho ofonso waa thersupon elowed, OPENING FOR TIE PROBEQUTION, Mr, Reed opened for tho_proseention, Ho was do- Iighted that th caso wae neariy closed, and had no dtonbta tho Jury were too, Tho trinl hnd lgon o tedlous, weariug, snd_woary {rlal, Aftor apologlzing for Mr. Suifth's * flers femper,” hio pald_hio was hiouest, and lio could leavo the cno f hin hauds, Ho (Smith], by tho arrangoment _hetween {Leu, win to moko tho closing arguiient, Tho quenina for thoin to dockle was very ainiple, and “thoy must Do gulded by 1o otbior rlo i making up their verdict than tho law and _evidence,— unt by sympathy, not by mereitul consjdoration, not by charlty, 1o then reforred to TIIE QUERTION OF CHARACTEN, raying that fifteon or twenty gontiomen lind - teatified 10'the defendnant's good roputition, 1o bad no donbt it was triio un to the time of tho defalcation 3 and It muat hnvo boon good, or o nover would have been clected to tho oftico of Oity Treastirer, —Tlio teatimon; an tocharacter should ba coneidered and welghed, Ilo cared not how mpotlesn his reputation wan; if the Jaw and tho evldence suld ho was a crimiual, s good chnracter coulil ot and il mot shioid him, ‘Ihey bad notleed in tho progress of tho trlal that the Court mald it was necossary for {ho mnke out ita cana to provo two thinga : First, tuat tho defentint hnd cortati moneys ; and, wecond, that ho fofled to puy them over upwn’ demand, Tho defenss Jind nttenipted Dy overy witnoss o introduce a liuo of defene ;s Tt the Court had excluded {t becauso it was nob a TuwCul defenve, leaviug tho simplo question, Had {ho provecution provod its sido of thocave 7 He next roferreil to 1 THELAW UNDER WHICH GAGE WAS INDIOTED, contending thut It was Just as much o law now os it wa in 1835 wheu it was enacted, inviug been ro-onact- ed noveral thnes einco, Tho Jury'wero to docidu : Tirat, was Gage Cily Treasurer? Hucond, did he ruccive moneys belongiug to tho Oity of Chleago? Thied, did ha fail to pay thum over when domaid was mado 7 ‘Chin was ull that wan beforo them from which to de~ termino tho question of tho defendant’s guilt or funo- cence, Tho prosecution Lnd proved that Gago was City Trenmurer up to the 16th of Dacember, 18753 lat ho recelved aumiu of mouty as Olly Troasuror, und that d that the argumonts woro to bo rosecition to o murrendered Wis oflea fo his whoccssor, and did nol my over $SU7JULAS, Tho mat: ter of domunil way | yeferced to ot sonte longth, anl Mr, O'llars's testimony wae disoneacd, tho State'a Attorney claltmiug thut tlio domand of tho 20t of December wus o Jawful one, andlat ¢ did not make auy differcuco, nnder tho luw, whether it wae proved ihat he was n defaniter to tho’ oxuctgimonnt ; but, if o wasa dufaulier to any oxtont, hosliould 'bo convieted, The ovldouca as {0 Lis being n defaulter was conaidered to bo amplo and conclusive. Mr, Burley bad festified that Gago told nifm ho was obout $230,000 mhort; Mr, Boud, that Guge Fald Lo was $125,000 behind—that be bad nh imt that, If tuls wero truo, tho panio could not have hurt lini, Bubsoquently, ko told Mr. Bond he wia 300,000 Lehind, and Mr. Sherwond that bo bad tho motiey in tho banks, giving SO INTIMATICN THAT HL WAS NHORT. Mr, Gage bud dended that, and it was for the jury to #uy whicl of (ho twomnen Dud told lho truth, Hud 3, Blerwood any oblect In commiltlug perjury 7 1t \vus uurcasonable, in view of Lis kind fevlirgs for tho defendant, to supposs be would lle about tlio matfer, 1 Mr, Gago hnd tho money in tho banke at that time, what Lecamoof #t? Tho fact was, ho did not hiave it there, Why did ho not fell where the money was, if by Bod Ioaned 167 - Thiat vwas tho ouly courao for un Loncst ‘man o purauo, Tho subfect of DALANCES IN TII: SUKPENDED JANKS s also ndvosted (o, and tho swenduout fo tho city cliarter authorlzivg tho dcalgnation of bauks by the Commou Council wias quoted. Iho law authorlzed the putting of the motiey i bankis only which weronamed by tho Gounel, ko resron why Gao had not fold nbout tho whereabouts of tho fnuda was beeatisw lio Had fuvested it in Riversido bonds and_private speci- Iatlons, If tho evidence befora thoGrand Jury—tlio foreman of which was ouo of the gentleman who testis fied to Gage's good eharacter—lnd been that tho money was {n bawks, aud that they bad all closed up, he uever would have been Indlete AN oWECTIO Mr. Dexlor objected to guch statcments Tho Court remarked thut connsol u onutrido the record. DMr, Recd wout ofs to eny {hiat e Jury wera (o con- sider whothier men intrusted with publ(o fuods wigt sauander thom fistead of turning them over to tholr successors, and, in conchislon, though not desirous of saylng anything tpon tho quetion, Teminded the jury that, If ther verdict was *iilty," thoy wera to fix tuo tern of fmprisonment, which was to bo not Ioxs thon ono_year, nor moro than ten years, in the Peniten- tiary, 116 could not anticipate what'the defouso would £0y'in view of tho decislous of the courls s but there Liad nover een o caso yot, whers & wealthy man was brought fufo n court ‘of ' justice, but quibbles, and wehieuies, and techulcalities were Tesorted to {0 £hield it from tho consequeuces of i a ALGUMLNT QF 3ti, 5\ . Me, Swolt next addressed. tho jury on behulf of tho defenise, o said ko dld not proposo to discuss ot any conalderable exteut the facts, but to finjsh soino puints which he had referred to fn bis opeufuy. Tho caco way ouo of grest gravity, und deserved to Lo consldered carefully and thougbtfully by the jury, o qusilon of tha condiie of oilcees Lnving control of public funds wns ane which should b fuvestigated ; but at tho simo timo it was also tine that no tiuh whio bad sustained a rood and respeefablo_character i tho connnunity ought to be #ent to the Peniteubiary un- less ho hud heen gnilly of somethiug wortby of punc fehment, A largo yortion of the facts In the caso liad not been presonted, Ferhups ft was lawtal, i u good citizen hnd falled to do on set of which when all tho clreninstunces wero knawn 1o would e acquitted, Lut which, when a moiety or a teuth part was kuiow, ho would bo convieted; but o nsisted [+ thero was Hothing heforo tho Jury which would not justify them in tho application of the Inw and the facts In not rendering n verdict of **not guilty ™ that uothivg was beforo them fo make the, wd honest ‘men, understand that i would b A LtOUIIBLE OUTIAGY to send the defendant. to tlio Ponitentiary, 1t had been ‘proved tut prior to 1809 tha City Treashry of Clicago contained 1nany millions of dollars whick had beet loaned aut ot interest, nono of which, however, weut futo the cofters of the corporation, Would it be nnfd that public funds ought to bo kept sacred? That waus trues ut, if the elty deliberatoly omburked fnto fhio plin of Toauning jts fiids for interest, it was n little bard, after they got the intereat, to seud tho Treasurer to tho Tenitentiury for loaiing the money, Tt mlght be o vod thing for the eity, Lut it was pretty rough on not travel uge, 110 clalnedthat the defense, under the efrcumn- stances,—tho people of l.‘mcng.n baving elected Guge on account of his pledye that ho would pay tho futer- et Into the Treasury,~had tho right to ehiow all abont tho loaning of tho money,~all tho circumatances at= tending it, tho Council Luving antborized Lim to do it, designatinig 1o banks or places whero it should bo i veatd, butoaviug it utirely to Lin discretion. Ls Bwett) had nothing to eny about the rul'ngs of the Conrt excluding the testimony, Lut thought it camo with bad gracoontho part of the prosecution to usls that & man bo eent to the' Peuflentiury, though the Tl $130,000 of the interest 5 and to ub{enl 1o allowing it to bo shown what lad been dono with tho priucipal. Mo characterizod tho modo of conducting tho provecution a8 barbaraus, saylng that the lugging in of the old act of 1833, which, according to his ylow, did not cover tho tondition of things, when therd was o Iaw wiich dld cover tho facie, upou which o find an indictment, was o wriggling oporae tion, proventing the wholo truth from coming, The Qity'of Chieago provided no placo (o keep its ooy ; it “wus In cvidence that thero was no depose iory 1 which tho Treasurer could keep tho funds, Ho had to do something with it It had been eald by tho State's Altoruey that if be had *put it in‘hanks » he would not huve been indicted, puttiug it i bauks? L1 1AW FOINTH which o hetfeved upyilcablo to the case wero then dls- cusied, the Jury belug told by Mr, Swett thut o did not. urge aty wiid usa of tho power glveu them they wero thio Judges between Gago snd God, 1o nekt ade yerted to o question of deunaud and rcural, argaing to show that if morohad been demanded thas wus duo (whieh ho clafmed bad Leen estabilshd), the demand was unlawful, 1118 point was thut, Wherever u Tight depended on & demand or refusal, 'tho demand must bo for exactly the sum in Qspute; if it wos for 1 cent guors or 1 cout less, 't was mot s demund, Tho demaud mnde of Gogo was far moro thow #(ho fauds oslabiished by law,” aud therefore was void, In on olsborate Eryiunaty e 1843 was ro- two subsequent eections of the Clty Charter, that Mr, Gago was tiot respousible unti] r tho oxpiration of tho ten daya ofter domaud en hiin by the law fn which to turn over ; tho do- muand vos mado on tho 51l of Junuary, and' ke was indicted on the 8l 1fe ulio contended thot {ha prosecution had uo légitimato Fight fo draw on - argu- ent from what dr, Uago suld sbout whera tho funda werw, when they refused 1w allow him to tell where they were, 1t was very lned to Lo muzzled o ou not to got iu all the facts, If tho jurymon Lnd any” sensa_of justice, suy love for their fumilics and thcir ehildren, they would not o fod biindly inte seuding man of {ho highest futegrity to the Tentien- tlury because the prosecution suid, * Uwill not Jet you prove your vase becauee there is no luw for it The Forusal ta Tet the truth 1, and the asking of tio jury to break down u nan when {6 way concenled, It fawmons, Tl pronceution, i excludiug tho fils u to the agrotment with M, Gugo us 10 tho loauug of the woney, lid ucted witls ULUODTHIRNTINERE AND ATROUITY . Unavoldublo lo wan u oo exeuss i iny for unt puyling ovee; but the gendemen—lovers of Justice, G representing the duas people,sud ono at n kalu ry~—s0 el o day—would not penioit the defenss to Why hed he been mdicted for witls the view of showing that tho act ol peuled b show thut the loss was® uwsvolduble, o The dufendunt was entltled fo fho henefit of ull doubts, A propositfon which he wos williug to livo mid die Ly was that, whenever o man win rosceuted und the prosecutor bud it fu hin power to prodiica the whols teath, bty by 6 rulo of law, sup- Dremsed one-half of the tenth, the Jury wou Juntilicd fu saylng, 41wl uot uel on anle-bull of the trutin” In concluslon, M, Sweit inado an enrnest nppeal for Ly client, whoso nifstortune wus sttrbutablo o the panle, auking the jury to aduinlster the law ws tley hoped 1t would bo adifulsler ARUUSEN ity r, Dester followed, sasiugg urge thul the dofeusn wonld resort to techuiealitien to rave Mr. Gugo win aowwered by the teeord, o prodeods tou Dwving objected to oversthing muteriat to show fho irwe facts .of ‘tho cuso ilo then prococded to arigua thu legul points, the irt heing that tho Clty Treusurer. was not caveriad by the G of 1333, T waw wilnsitted thug hu was not named, and hat tin fundy hio hiad ehargo of Wore Hot speci- fieally onumarated » bt botl wero brought in by cous struction, Antborfties wers quoted, sl substaitinlly the zumo ground which was wouw'over in the argue monty I tho motlon 1o guash tho ludictiuent wah cove ered, o, wocond yolut wa that tlio luw of 1551 worlied u total ubsaluto repeul of the law of 1831 if (ho Ciry Treasurer was Included withiu it 1€ (Laid not, ft wub o bn coustrued purl winteriu, sud Lis clivnt wan onlitied o the ‘benetit of its provislons, 1tis (hird point wae o relation to the purticular chars oF tha tund, Ls clalining that the law described & citar feod wbleh {0 proscribed whonli bo pafd 4 dad bday taede and thab It du | g:m\dmmnul made for tunt fund tloro was no la- Tho Court adjourncd until 9 o'clock to-morrorw moruing, bofors tho argument wis concluded, —_— IMPORTANT RUMORS, ALLEGED ATTCMUT TO DRIDE THE JURT. Sneoial Disnateh tr The Chicano T'ribunc, ‘Waukeaax, Ik, Dec, 2.~Theto ate severnl rumots alloat to-night implicating a8 yot au un- known poraon who is said to bo cndeavoring to bribe tho jury in the Cagocaso, Tho twelve man, good and true, are quactered ab the Wau. kegan Houso in ohargo of a Doputy Sleriff, who roverally oxerclses n surveillance over them. Ilo, howavor, pormits them to go into tho yerd aud bo absont for a minute or two, or longor if necessary. It 18 sald that the unknown indl- vidual {3 in tho habit of waiting for them ot tho out-house, his object boing, it possiblo, to = influonce ~ thom in favor of Mr. (lage. Any such proceeding is, of course, lndignantly dented by his attoruoys, and thioro may be no trath mtho roports, The fact of the mystorions movements of tho mau has beeu montionod to Btate's Attorney Reed, and, Lnving given instractions to have the follow watcled, ho oxpects to roceive mora dafinito information in the morning, It is chinrgod now that ru cudonvor was made to KET UP A JURY. ‘Throo persons are on tho panel who are suspoctod of baing wrejudicadiu favor of tho dsfondant. The lknowledgo wascommunicatod to 3r. Reed,and the three, whoso names wore known, wore promptly chultenged ']mmmptnrllv, One of thom, who aworo hio had no opinion on tho ecase.! that Lo know nothing about it, was obsorved talking rivately to Mr. Gago_coming up from Ohleago londuy morning. — 'Thoe convereation may have bina no roforenca to tha trinl, but tho circum. stance, owiny to the man being a juror, was re- gorded a8 susplcious, and Ilnq\mutmnnh'y Justi-, {led counsol in dismissing him, ‘Thieso roports are mentioned bocanso thoy are provalent, aud apparovtly obtain credonce. It is impossiblo to verity thom, and thoy may bo un- teue. Whothor they nro or ot will probably bo lonrned to-morrow, for if any aubterfuges aro beiug rosorted to io order to m{ul'c Mr. Qngo, and {he Stato's Attarnoy has euflicient grounds for doing so, be will unidoudtedly call tho atten- tion of tho Court to tho mntter and have it in- vestigated. STATE e, LEGISLATURES. VIRGINIA, OV, REMPEW'S ANNUAL MUSSAQE~—STATE FINANCES “—THE POLITICAT: ASPECT. Rrouwxoxp, Va., Doc, 2.-~Tho General Assem- bly met to-day, Gov. Komper submitted bis snnual message. e favors recapltalization of tho State debt in uniform obligations, payablo 1u thirty yoars, bearing an annual intoreat of 4 por per cent, sterling. A plan for providing a State enrrency ia oroposod, which tho Governor bo- lieves would reliove ono of tho most griovous wants of the people. o ronews the recom- meondations of his firsb mossago on immigra- tion, uud eays tho Stato should bo its own agoncy in tho matter, thereby fieely giving to nctual aud prospective immigrants informa- tion in an authenticated form, iusurivg them agaivst all impositions, otc, 1fo recomtwmends strivgent and effectun! legislation to provont gross incqualities in chacgos on somo of tho ralronds, especivlly at point where compatition doos pot insure proper charges. IHo favors the complotion of tizs central water lino by the com- mon Uovornment, and urges the withholding of uo possible nid or encoutagement which might cuntribute to iho cousummation of that grent worls, The Governor makes numerous other recom- mendations looking to cconomy and jmprove- ‘meut in the State Government. Tho following extracts give an idea of the f}evomor‘u viows in regard to tho political situn- ion: ** Racent ovonta croato the hopo that the Goy- ernmont of tho Union isto be brought baok to thae Constitution, 1ts ancicut lnndmarks and tra~ ditions recavered aud respected, and fraternal relatlons revived throughout the whole coun- try, They cheor the oppressod and despond- eut Bouthern puople " with tho promise that the burdens which have so long borue them down ara to bo lifted off. Tho miost suspicions day for the houor and well-boing of tho wholo country will bo that on which the Jgrent oxport- producing States aro rostored to peaco and pr¢ ductive encrgy by bong restored to their consti- tutionnl nghts” and” rolations. Wo may rest assured of success 8 soon a8 tho repeal or judieiml amondment of all the enforcomeut laws shall peacefully re- lieve us from tho harassment aud approhension of milary und other conrcion from without, and fram the intormeddling of mere political ad- vontureis within, Heucoforth let it bo under- staod of all that tho political equality of the racoes i gottlod, and tlat tho social oquality of the 1acen iy o settled impossibility,” gt QOHI0, YESTERDAY'S PROCELDINGS, Coruxpyy, 0., Dec. 2.—In the Secnata thin morning bills wero introduced to ropeai Sec. 7 of tho Adnir Liguorlaw, and to require ono notice tobo given to liquor-scllors, owners, or lessces of proporty before suits for damages can bo commenced ; to anthorizo Judges to direct jurios to bLring in apecial verdicts, showing the facts in o caso; toauthorize tho appointmont of & State 1lealth Inspector, at a ealary of £1,900. A reso- lution to adjourn from next Friday to Jan. b was roferred to tho Finonco Commitige, A resolu- tion proposiug to subimit an amondmont to tho Constitution as to tha question of laying snecinl tax on dogs wae laid on thotable, In tEu Houso biila wero introduced to ruthorize County Com- missioners, on petition, Lo clean out_crooks or water-courses; to ropeal tho Adair Liquor law and mako it ab offeuse punishable Dy fine or -imprisonment to sell liquor to habitnal drankards or minors, and also to punish persons for be- coming intoxicated; to make it the duty of Assesgors to make note of growing crops” and stock-feediug for martet this year, In tho Ilouse, this aftornoon, bills wers intro- duced making the teazing down of signs subject to prosecution; to provide for tho tnxation of church property; toamend tho Burglary act eo a8 to include granaries, poultry-houses, or any building where property is stored; to allow townships to draw on 'Lownship Trusteos withe out having thewr ordors countersigned by the President of tho Board of Education, In the Seoato the 1louse bill was paesed to 8o amonil tho cods ns to provido that, on the ro- tmnof & venuo fucing, 1f it shall appoar that avy fmrnuu nvamed thorein i diagualified, then ou olias facins may open to supply the placo ; to take from Counly Commissioners snd Town Trustces tho power to issuo permity to allow stock to run ot largo, and to provide that stock takou up shall Lo restored to the owners on payment of reasonubls compensation for keep- iug. CAPITAL AND LABOR. THE EASTERYN DUOCKMEN'S STRIKE, Kew Yonx, Dec. 2.—Noarly all tho ship-ownors who have been waiting for = eottloment of tho "longahoremon'’s difiioulties buve begun ihd wotl of londing aud unlonding in Brooklyn, Iloboken, aud Jeraoy Oity, a8 well as in Now York, employiug nou-socioty men in every iu- stance, Bome of tho heaviest flrmy aunounco their intention of never ogain employing nmon men, All spenk woll of tha class of lnbor offering. Sailted ’longshoromen ars beityr attracted from nabroad, and larze numbors of mon from the coal-minng ree gions are alio nnpl’ylng for work, which i readily furniehed them, Ocensional siight skirmishes acenr betyw tho striliois and the new luborers, but thore have beon no sorions distnrbances, Iho stoamelip and eatling-versel owners are confidont that thelr troubles uro ove Tho convontion of 'longshoremon lost night formally resciuded the order for & goneral strike, aud nnton 1uen woro uuthorlzed to work for uny body who will puy thowm tho old rato, uxcept tho atevedara firm " of Walsh Bros,, with whoi tho difileulty louding to the striko origiuated, Tho striko of ths longshoromen has termi- unted in Jersey Cn{‘ ‘Lho strikers buve ac- copted tho offer of the Cunard Liue to puy &8 Lmr day, and 45 ceuts per hour for overwork, ut tho mon must onroll thomselves us non- wocloby mon, Neaviy ull the strikors from this dock liuve aecopted the offer. Tha "longshorenion of Hoboken persist iu their strike, They hang sround the steamor docks, eund huve assauliod and heston sovernl new msn working thore, Orders hayo been issnod to tho polico to keep the straotw clear, bub the wteikers paid no attontion to thom, so at 50 to~ night tho polica Torco wont to the docks of the Humburg aml Bremen steamers and urrested fi‘r:gnn atrikerg, who were locked wp for the night, BIRIKE ENDED, Special Disnuteli {0 Fha Chicugo Tribune, TusriNaros, Wo Vo, Dov. 2 —Lrums and worl was remumed on the Chornponks & Oluo Tailrosd to-day, tho strikors baog pald the amounts due thom, and they will seck “employ- meut clsewhere, The scrip-car mivod this evenmg. To-morrow tho paymaster will dls. tribute thirly, sixty, and nmety-duy sorip among thoru who vewnli wita the Company, SEEKING OFFICE, Senator Tlowe Wants One for Scnator Carpenters A TLetter TFavoring the Re. election of Carpenter. The Salary-Grab, Poland Gag Law, and Long Branch Episotles. The Prohibition Party in New Hamp-- shire---Nominetions and Platform, THE WISCONSIN SENATORSHIP, Special Dispatch to The Chicage “I'ribune, Mitwavkeg, Dee. 2,—~Tne TRimuNe corres spondent has boon permitted toZeoe and copy & letter from Benator Howe, reviowing the clalme of Sonator Carpentor nud ox-Gov. Washburn for ro-election to tho United States Souate, and giving his views as to the roland gag-law " and tho * Salary-Grab law,” The lotter is to bo pub- lished in tho Milwaukee Senfinel to-morrow, nnd i ng follows ¢ WasHRGTON, D, ,, Nov, 23, I8 By Dian Bmm: Tought perliaps 0 have aeknowl- edged your kind favor of the 27th ult, beforo this time, Liut at that dato and up to clection I was busy with my preparations for thls place, whera I arrived o Wednes. duy evenlng last, Jiet md th ik You now foryour offer o gorve nio {n referenco o tho Sonutorial question now pending in Wiscouetn, Tiut at tho ssme {imo T must nesuro you there fs Tnit ono way fu which you can serve me i that matter, The only interest 1" huve o tho mattor fs to have him clected “who will do most to maintain Republican supremacy In tho State. Do you know who that man 17 My own Judgment In not ko clenr'as I wish Lt way, Tint sitico you profess somo coufldence it my * fudge inent upon polltival matters,” and the olcction I over, T will tell you candidly what T think of tho problem, 1 sseune, from oll T Loar, that tho choice of the Legialature will fall on Mr. Garpenter or Ar, Washe burn, Both are descrvodly distinguishod 3 the latter for thio wolldity of 18 counscla thu former for the brilliancy of Llsadvocacy. 17 ot were grivate eitia zens, offering for the Scnate, now, for the firat tiwe, the chioleo of the party would probably bo determines by its judgmont as to whether it neeiled most help to framo & now pollcy or help to dofend o policy nircady agroxd upon, Lut much is not tho status of the candidates, On tho contrary, Mr, Carpenter fa 0w Senator, Mo is Just endiug hie st term, 3tis friends claim that rlccm‘dlni(u posdtical usage o secoud term {s dup hilm, unless bo has Sorfeited it by miscon- duct durlug his firat term. And fu L4 caso tho que tion 19, s bo forfolted the placo? Bt Gen, Wael Burn, Gitipugi now » prlvate: cltizen, hus bt of in thé publle service, Threo times befars the War hio was sent to Congress, He was o Major-Geueval durlng tho War, Twico ho was sant o Cangress elnco tho War, ‘Threo years ago ho was mudu_Governor 3 and one yenr ago hie wos renomunated without o shaw of opposition. There §s no pretenso that hio hos forfeited anytbiug, Nooue denies ko would make un eminent Seiintor, In fact, ono ecems fo Lo on tris, white ‘tho other’ {5 mot. To clect Wasb: burn fa to say Carpenter ‘is guilly, To elect Curpenter docs not say that Washburn Is guilty, but only that Caxpeuter fs nat_muilty, But i3 Carpenter ity ? Guilty of what? Nut of that vague, ncbu- ous, trgld fog of roproach tnder which 80iiio opjosi- tlon'newspapers Lavo tried to bury him for o fow years post, Ho f« nlready acquitted of that, Heisacquitted oftiat by tho Betiutg, which mada him it promaing ofticar. 'flo {s acquitted of that by tha crowils of our fellow-citizens who bavo gathered Lo Liear him spenk in the namo of Kepublicanism during (o past nutuinn, Ho s scquitted of that by overy decebt man or woman ywho adimits bim to thelr parlor, or who hows to bim ou the streot, He must be ncquitted of that by every man who is 1ot willing o exposs bis own character {0 tho remorselees corrosion of that subllo but spumy glander aguinst Which tho 1aost oxaliwd elissacter Iy clploss. But mora epecifio chiarges hiavo been urged agatnst Mr, Carpentor,—charges whicl: affect, ot his per- sonal, but his representutive, character, Ounly two, I thsink, havo really prejudiced bim in publio estimation, Ono 8 that hat ho supported tho # Polsud Gag low " thio othier, that ho supported tho “ Salsry-Grab law, ‘Tlio firdt charge rests upon an utter misconception of thelaw, It has no moro relation to the [recdom of tho oress than hias any o:her chapter in the criminal code. Whoover will read tho act will sce that, And X ventura to predict that noman who s o candidato for the Senato noxt wiuter will agreoto voto for {ho repeal of that act. Ono who should do so would voto to ro- beal the penaliies againat counterfeiting to get votes, ‘Tho other chargo is more serious and better sustain- ed, Honatur Carpenter did vote for an increaso of ealsrics, ond tho Jaw was mado retronctive, I think ha made a grave mistake, 1ut 1 thmk it was ontyn mistake, aud not a crime, I do not believs he fnténd~ edn wrony, 110 acted opealy, in tho presencoof & peopla who could punish, us ho'well knew, if theg did not_ approve lis act, 1 don't buliove ke meant to defy them, hiocause when ho fonnd the people did not ap- prove Lis action ho roversed it What was tho ik tako of theact of 18737 Either that it was retro= active, or that it fized the salary tuo high, or both, For myself, T am woll perauadud 1o such 1w should e rotrosctive, Dut tlio fact remains that every such law had bean rotrozetive, and, so far as I kanw, no previons Iaw had been objected o upon that ground, It will bardly do to oxecuto a man for an set which Bas tho suthority of numerans precedents, and hing beon sanctioned by geuoral consent. Yerlaps also tho ealary was 100 high, That 18 o ques- tion upon ench ido of which mnch buh beeu and mucl moro pny besald. 1 ucvor want tv discuss such o question, I venture to observe it was not so much tao bigh {hat voting for It aifords conclusive evidenico of moral oblis ““F‘ ‘Tho law hbow long sccorded to Judges sod Cablnet oficors higher salarics, and uot ‘e of them worka 5o nany holir in n year a8 a loading ‘momber of Congress, T hinlk thio Jaw was n mistake, but o mistake 710t specially disastrous i its conse- quences, It took 2,000,600 ont of the Treasus Ty, i had takon 'that sum out of tho pockots of ono man ora few men, it would have boen liard. Dut n contribution of 6 cents cach by tio Anwrican people will more than veplenishi the Treas- Ury, In fuct, no bumon Leing lias felt o foss, whils soio very uesdy snd lard-working public scrvants liave been muda moro comfortable by it, It {a very well for the peoplo to correct siich mistikes, s they bavo corrected this, Dt I hurdly think it Lcomes & great poople to bo very vitdiative upon euch mistakes. If the people nover wero to forgive a mistake iu a pub- lic survaut, then they cannot cousont to Mr, Carpen- tor's ro-eloction. Nor can they cousent to the election of Gov, Waslibirn, Ilo mado the samo wlstake, as 13 well known, in 1856, Tullic justice bos somotimes been subocted to the ro- proach of imposing penultios for au aifonso committed Ly ono and excusiug tho samo olfenso committed by anctler, But publlo justice wus novor so bllud a3, haviug two men at its harat the same timo and equally deilnquent, to crucify the ono and crown the other, But whild tds voto 18 rememberod. sgajust Mr, Gar- penter, somuelbing sould be romembered o bis praise, Whon fio was elected to the Senate, 8lx years ago, muny tliought the party nsswined 8 gravo risk, on the scoro of lis fidelity, Dut for aix years ho has Leen falthful, even whon othora more trusted hava beon faithless. IIo has kept alltho instructions the party hns given him, When bie Lian errod, o bus erred for want of insiruce tion, Moreover, ditriug nia first term, ho hus achiuved the first honor of tho Honate, aud has dono as much to dlstiuguish Wiscousin eud to distinguish thie We: avany ono whown the West over aent to Washington, And, whilo T donot mean to dlsyarage tho offoits of othiers, I think no one hins dous 5o much s bie fu the 1ata canvaea to rescuo the Iepublican party in Wiscon- win from tho defeut which surprised it ono yoar ogo, Wo oughit to bo Just, If W0 canuol ba genoruns, T know vory well If Gov. Washibura is not olected many excellont Ropublicans will feel that he fa denjed th Teward s carnest scrvices merit, That, I fear, will eripplo tho party some. On the contrary, it Jr, Carpenter I8 not. elccted, many Republicans, Just ws excollont, will foel lio hus beon visited with a cevsure from which hifs ominent scrvices shonld buve protected bim, that, T fuar, Wil cripplo the puiy more, OF 1o porila, 1 alwayw prefor to confrout tho Jeast, Very truly yours, “T1a1, 0, lowe, “Iig How, J, D, Markbam, Manitowoc, Wie, i il PROHIBITION. (ONH NY THE NEW MNAMPSIIRE TEMPEBANCE 3l Coxconp, N. IL, Dec. The Prohibition Stte Couveution niet to-day and nowinuted Nathaniel White, of Concord, for Goveruor; David 1leald, of Milford, for Iailroad Commis- slouor, sud the following for Congress: Iirst District, tho Rev. A, O. Hardy, of Portamouth; Secoud Distriet, 3, M, Flotcher, of Nasbuaj; Third Distriot, Edward II, Weaton, of Wiate- field, The resolutions that the traflle Iu intoxicating drinks s » wrong of such mugnitude ihat ity. suppression s iwperutively donunded by both national and Stato' legislation, enforeed by vigilant exooutives ; fuver & speedy roturn to speciv payment, and wmisted on Lonest und eco- numicnl nduminstration of the Governmeot, u Just und egual system of taxntion, wmost liberal educationnl system for tho musses, aud every possible encouragoment to labor ; urge upon the frouds of prohibitivn to avoid uilianco or vouls ition with eithor of the old politicul partios, and heartily honor the noble Christian women who v mindo n ernsade ngamet the torrble trude whiceh is carryjug constant griof und shame to their honseholds. MISCELLANEOUS, WiLL NOT € New Yomx, Deo, 2.~W. W. Phelps, de- feated by four votos by Augustus Ontler for Congress in tho Fifth Now Jorsoy District, bay written Outler n lottor congratulating him on bis eloction, DPhelps wilt not cuntent tao seat, BTATE NoM ndopted affir TILLERS? COMVENTION, Speeial Dispatch Lo The Chleago Tribune, #enmvarieen, I, Deo, 2.—A Convention of tho Ailiers’ of tho State was held hera to-dsy, DECEMBER 3. 1874, There woro but ten millors in attondanco, Tlu Tresidont, Mr. . O. Colo, bas doceased ainco tho laat meotlog, and Mr. MaCogue, of this city, Vico-Presidont, “presided, Itesolutions of re- speot £o tho Into Presidont wera aproad upon tho rocords. D). R, 8pnrks, of Otiawa, and II L. Iolllday, of Cniro, woro appointod dologatos to tho Natlonal Milers’ ~Association, — whiclh in yot to bho enlled. 'Tho busincas wan confined to tho discussion of the above nud tho Enlom aystom to which thoy wero sub- Jocted, and tho moans o avoldit. Also, upon the oxtortionnto rates for ineuranco charged upon mill proporty. 'Thoe lattor ovil it was pro- rouud to remedy by gottlug up n pinn of mutual nsurance within tho Association, Tho feasibil- ity of dolng thia I to Lo considercd and reported upon at tho noxt meoting, which is to bo held Juuo 2, 1875, In this city. FOREIGN. Denial of the Reported Disgon- sions in the French Cabinet, MacMahon’s Messago to Rocommond tho Rnising of {he Stalo of Siege. Small-Pox on & Passenger Steamer at London, Outrages Upon American Missionaries in Syria. FRANCE, AAC MAHON'S MESSAQE, Panrs, Dec. &.—Tho draft of the messoge to bo submitted to the Assombly by Presidont Mac- Mahon wag read {n the Council of Ministers yea- torday. A peragraph in rogard to raising the sinte of slego was enorgotically abjected to by n mujority of membors, who claimed that the maintennnco of tho stato of rlego was necessnry 1n consequence of the recent muccesges of the Radiculs 1o tho municipal elections at Paris and clsowhero In_tho country, Soveial of tho mem- bers of tho Cabinet alko objocted to the manner in which tho coustitutional’lawa wero montioned in tho message. The first Council to determino theso'quostions fs to Lo held to-dav. Pans, Dec. 2.—Tho reports of dissensionn among the Ministers aro contradicted. The Cabinet this morning seitled tho terms of tho President’s message. Bomi-ofticinl journals say tho messnzo {8 very onergetic and couservative m tone, aud is culéulated to reassuro tho coun- try ngainst partisan agitation. Tha Dulte D*Andiff.ct Penquier, of the Right, ‘wa to-day elected ouo of the Yive-Presidents of tho Aesonibly, TURKEY. OUTRAGE UPON AMERIUAN MISSIONARIES. Tosvos, Dee. 2.—Mail advices from Con- stantinople eny the authoritios stopped the tiausmission, on tho 20th of November, of tho following dwspatch: Already the existing dircontent of the diplomatic corpn at the nrbitrary ucts of tho Qovernment Kus been materfally sugmented by tho violation, by an_ srmed force, of & house ut Eechaber, near Latakia, belong~ iug to American miselonurics, A party of ' soidiecs ecaled tho wall surrounding the houso and carried off to prisou two converted nutives, who bad becomo Yrotestaut teachers, All the foreign representatives at Constantinople, except Elliott, tho Britlsh Ambasea~ dor, wished to conveno {lie meoting for thoe purposo of reminding tho Lorte of ths obligations of its treaties, Ellfott decliued to co-operate i the moyement for fear tho Ruselon Goverument would selzo ths opportunity 1o denounce the 'Creaty of Yaris, Daker, Unlteil Btates Minister, entered o strong and spirited’ protest againat the violation of tho missionary’s houee, and re- minded tho Porto that bis Government wus always uick and energetic in defending the rights of iis sub. jects, Tho Sultan promised thut full tedress sbould De given for the proceeding, GREAT BRITAIN, HIALL-FOX. Loxpoy, Dea. 2.—Cousiderable alarm exists hero in consequonce of the discovery of eight cauos of smell-pox on bouard the steamship Ab- bottsford, whichis at the docks underzoiug re- neirs of tho domage sustained by colliding with the steamship Indus, whilo on her passage from Atwerp for Nuw York, ‘[he cases wero removed to tho hospital and the Abbotsford is being dis- iufected, Tho remaindor of her passongors had lef: {he vessel and gone to Laverpool befaro it was known thet theroe was small-pox ou board, KENEALY DISDARRED, ‘Tho Bonchers of (ray's Inu to-day, after a shert deliberation, disbarred Dr, Xenealy, A dispateh to the Daily News, from Berlio, sy it {8 roported that Great Britain has formally nod finally rofused to take part in tho Iuterna. tional Law Conferonoo which Russia proposod to rovpon at St. Petorsburg, 3 P GERMANY. VON 100N ILL, Benriy, Dee. 2,—~Iold-Marshal von Roon, the Imperlat Mimater of War, is eeriously ill. GERMAN FUNDS IN LONDON. A rocent allusion in the Relehsteg by Herr Comperhausen, Ministor of I'inance, to the large sums of money to tbe credit of Germany in Loudon, capable of sudden witadrawal, has oc- casioned some uneasiness. With tho object of romoving this fecling, & semi-oficlal announce- mont is mado to-day that no such removal isnow contemplated. cuBa, TAID ON TIL GOLD-BROKERS. TIAVANA, Doe. 1.—Tho volico, nesisted by a forco of voluntoers, drove thoe gold-brokers off tho straets to-day. Odiclal intelligence from the Eastern Doparts meunt shows frequons potty conflicts, with tritling losses on both sides, Ou tha 20th ult., o Span~ ish forco encountered a bady of Insurgents nuch superior in nwnber. A stubborn fight ou- sued, in which the Spaniards foat forty-six kilied aud wounded, 'Cho Insurgont loss unknown, R AFRICA, QUEEN VICTORIA T TilE DUSKY CHIEFS, T.oxpoy, Dee. 2,—Advices from Cape Coast Custlo, to tho Tth of November, wers reccived to-day. Gov, Strahan hed delivered the Quoon's mcegage to the King and native Chicfe, saying that Bngland had saved them from ruin, end hencofurth slavery wrs abolished, —_—— ITALY. GARIBALDI'S PENSION. ToxME, Dec, 2.-~The Chamber of Deputies, by a nnanimous voto, has adopted a motion for the immedinto considorution of the subject of Gaxi- Luld’s pension. ———— A TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC. Spesial Dispatch to I'he C il Nasuviune, Teno,, Dee. tor waa received here to-duy from ox-Congrese- wan W. B, Btokes: Ar ALEXANDUIA, DERALD Co,,’ fixTy Micrs Basr o NASUVILLE, A terriblo epldemic, sometiing 1ke tux, §5 maling 81 havoo {n our nidat, Ol man Eller, Heliry Bele (eofored), Mrs, Teter . Davis, BMry, L 'fun uand Mre, Yayette Wood died last night, Bill Moneghan 18 dylt—dead. Dick Denby (colored) cane not hive {1l morulng. Four or fivo others on tho any, 1t i% worso thun the cholera, Witen and whero it \vfll wtop, tho Lord only knows, T wrlte this iu_baste, Notlilng but hurying golug on, Learn from 4 DoKalb Cuunty man that the prople ot that town, which Las Jopulation of 0, are terror-etricken and’ desceting it ‘Phey call the diseaso * bluck fiux,” sud (Link it con. taglous, Tt atfacks the vitalkut ouss and kills fu twelys. and_twenty-four hours, the victims suffering great syontes, Tne persons named as having dicd wors strong and heallby when attacked, but siuk rapldly inta thmlh an soon uk prostrated, Physicluns bore res furditasn billions dysentery of fatal typo, simil to u{. tullowing the cholera lant year, LIII not con= inglons, e — A TERRIBLE SACRIFICE. Tonoxro, Doo. 2—Iu the I'rovinciul Lunatio Asylum yostorday, & femalo patient named Mra, Nowoll, an English emigrant, afilicted with the notion thut her five children's souls coulit not ho suved wnless sho hersolt died somo terrible woath, sot fire to hor clothing, aud thon Iuelt in dovotion whilo enveloped w flamos, The fire wus uxtinguishoed, but the paticnt died this morniug, witer grons agony, L —_ e V20, OBITUARY. Bosrax, Doe, 2.—Col. Oburles N, Turnbull, a gradunto of Wost Point in 1854, and na important ofticer on Gen, Shorldan's stay during the War, died thie morniug, BIRDS OF PREY. Somo of Them Havo Been Caged, and Some Not, And Some Innocent Peoplo Are In- oluded in the Uatogory. Policemen Arrested for Mur- der in Wilkesbarre, Pa. A Kentucky Congressman Shoots a Competitor for Office. Minor Criminal Record. POLIOEMEN ARRESTED FOR MURDER, Brecial napateh to The Chicago Y'ribune. WiLkEspanne, Pa., Dee, 2,—~Tuo Coroner's in- vestigation of tho dosth of Michnel Kearney, who was found thrown over an ombsokment in Scranton somo throo weoks sgo, has assumod quito o startling phase In the arrest of Chief of Polico Farbor and two othor Scranton polico ofticers for compliclty in the murder. Ycste:- duy Dichnol MeGill, o rolatlve of the deceigol, appearod before Mayor Lofuts and made atida~ vit charging Chief Farbor sud twoe other oflcors with the murder, aud warrants woro nccordiugly issucd for thelr arreat, On boing braught boforo the Mayor tha prisoners waived o hearlg, aud, on being committod by the Mayor, wero romoved {u onstody to Wilkesbarre, I'his alternoon thoy wore brought bofore Judgo Dana ou a writ of .habens corpus, Oliet Faiber bound over i the sum of £5,000 to appenr at_tho next liurmflnf court, tho two other oflicers being ve- ensod. Another Scranton official is in trouble, n war- raut having been ivaned for tho arrcst of Mayor Lottus on & chargo of perjury. NEGRO LYNOHED IN ARKANSAS, My, Toun., Dee. 2,—Last Saturday night TIsunc Ntutlin (colored) mot Dlelissw Adamms (also colored) in tho woods near Marion, Ark,, nnd, atter outraging hor, nttemptod to kill her with o knifo, 1u tho scutila which ensued sho knocked tho knife out of his hund, and he was unable to find it in the durlc. After beating her uvtil ho thought that sho wos dead, ho wont to the houso of her fathor, near by, and told him that Me- hssa was waiting ot the gute for Maggie, hor young sistar, to help her carry her basket, 1Io then left, and Maggic, going to the gato, found Rutliu there, whon, selzing lior, Lo violated her porson aud flad. Mondav morning ho was atrested in Momphis, Tenn,, and agroed to go back to Marion without a requisition, and was taken back., After a prolimivary examina- tion hio was committed to jail to auswer. 'Lho proof agalnst him belug positive, on Mondsy night fity or sixty armod negroes went (o tho Jailor and forcod bim to bring out Ruilin. They then took the negro n short distance from tho town and sbot him to doatn, his body being lit- erully riddled with bullety DISNHONEST OFFIOIALS GIVEN WARNING. Nuw Onreays, Deo. 2,—The tax-payers of the cily aod eounty mot ot tho theatre hero to-day to tako action iu referonce to tlo robbories by county ofticors and tho destruction of the ofiicial books and records of the connty. The meoting adjourned trom tho theatro to the Court-House, whiere they ussombled en masso and demanded tho resignutions of tho dishioneat ofiicials, ‘I'ho Shoriff and a Magistrate offered their resigon- tions, but tho othora could not bo found. The immediate caueo of this move oo the part of tho tax-payors nrises from tho fact that tho Shoruf has given no boud, und they are unwilling to trust him with somo $200,000 duc now, without good and sulticiout sccurity, Somo of the other olticers are under indictmonts for fraudutont is- sucs of warrants embezzled, and it is charged that tho bonaless Bherlff packs juries in thew intorests, and tho Clerk ‘of tho Court permits the abstraction and destruction of pupers and records containing ovidence of tneir guilt. Col. John D, Baird took vharge of the Shorill’s oflice, nad guards wero placed aronud the Court- Ilouso to proyout depredations, THE QUINCY BANK ROBBERY, Speciw! Disputch to T'he Chicago T'ribune, Quixcy, 1il,, Dee, 2.—Not long sines the Wells- boro Bauk, of Wellsboro, Va., wns broken into by burglers and robbed of a large sum, Several arrests woro made diroctly aftor tho rob- bery, and tha prisonors aro now in jail at Welis- ‘boro, Among tho number is & robber who gives the namo of Itobert Cosgrove, but who has boen identitied as Iko Marsh, who aseisted in robbing tho Ocean Bauk scveral yoms ago. and who was concorned in tho Iioylston DBank robbery. Recently the ofticers of the Iirat No- tional Yaunk of this city woro informed that ono of tho prisoncrs at Wollsboro was belioved to bo ano of the parties who robbed the bunk 1 this city Inst January. To sottlo the matter, the bank oticers slarted two men to-day to Wells- boro to inspect tho prisonors, ‘Theso two men gaw the partics that were uugpond to bave been connected with the bank robbory, and are cer- tain that thoy can identify them at sight, ALTERED BONDS DISCOVERED. New Yonr, Des, 2,—Lhonltered United States registered bouds which woro recovered by the polive at 48 Now stroet, iu the office of the mythical firm ot ** J. & O, A, Bachelder & Co.,” havo beon identified ns part of the securitics stolen from the Glons Ialls (N. Y.) Nationnl Bank four years ego, The bouds were concoal- ed under tho carpet on tho tloor of tho Now street oflico. Thov ijocluded two £5,000 bonds and ono for §10,000, from which tho original numbore and names of thoir holders bad hoen erased with chemicals, and others inserted. Tho 1ecovared bonds are to bo introduced in evidenco to-day m tho cnso of Qoorgo B, Hilt, the Philu- delphin prisoncr, who, tho dotective says, is © Bachelder & Co.” A KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN KILLS MIS MAN. LouwsviLie, Dee, 2.—A specinl te the Courier Journal, fiom Mt. Sterling, Ky, suys it is re« ported thore that John D. White, Republican Congressman eleet [rom the Ninth Kentucky Distriot, shot and Lillod Harrison Cookoroll, his Democrutio competitor 1 the late clection in Lutill Uounty, yesterday. The canvuss between the two meu was very bitter aod personul, and u fow days sinco Cockerali published n card making very sevoro stiicturca on Whito. It is probablo that thus curd prooipitated the difficulsy. Estill County Is remota from the telegraph, and nmily are irrognlar, 1t is thorefore mmpossiblo to get Lurther particulars, STABBED IN A TIOUSE OF ILL-FAME, Snecial Dgnateh to The Claewas Trioune, Monmus, 1ll, Deo, 2,—Last night one btephen Cobbler went to n houso kuown, for its fowd- ness, 08 lort Gurbitt, 1lo was attacked by o negro named Jack Donaldson, who out bim most severely with o dirk-knifo, It is shought ho can- not recover. Oulcers Jolnson and Guerneoy were sont Lo arrest Donaldson, but Lo crossed tho river nud took refuge in tho house of an- other nugro, Witk two dirks avd o navy re- volvor lis kopt the ofilcers at bay, ull they got o ahot in his shoulder, wheu haiell. Tuoy then handeufled him and brought him to fail. LONG ISLAND MURDERS, New Yons, Dec, 8,~At Minols, L, L., to-day, the jury in thoe cazo of Lewis Javvis, mdictod for tho muraer of Sumuel J. Jones, at Oystor Bay, June 27, 1878, found the prisoucr guilty of mur- dor in the first dogree, Alvert Jucason, jointly indicted with Jarvis, was tben placed on trial. Vincouso Inomorato, indicted for the murder of Nucko Fredrica, ot Flushivg, in Auguss last, pleaded guilly of mauslaugater in tho socond dograo, aud was sentouced to four years' hard labor at Sing Sing. HORSE-TIHILVES ARRESTRD. Suecial Dispatal ta Lie Chizie Tribune, Gaany aveN, Mich, Dec. S—Sheritf Walt- man, of this county, arrested A wan named John O'Hara in Grand Rapide yesierdav for stealing threo horses from Thonine Higgins. » contractor on the now Michigan & Obio Radway Lioro, Tho horson have beun recovered, one biny- Ing been pawned in Bpring Luko, Chris Greon, who stole o horse and sold it in this county, hes beon arrestod and rerurned to Vun Bureu County, where ho fg awaiting trint, RELKARED ON BALL, WILKESBANLS 4, Chiet of Police of Berunton, Jaco J, I, Sebiager, hold for tho mwuvder of Aichuol Kesrnoy, ind s houring bofora Judge Dana to- dny. J. Forver sud Sehilagor were d:eohnrfiml. und the Chiuf ot Polico reieased ou §5,000 buil, BUNGLAR HELD TO DAIL, Speeial_Drapateh to The Cliscave Taibyine, Onanpsiey, 11, Dee. 3.~1The prolimiuury trial of Harry Hupd was continued uunl late lust oight, ‘This is tho famous burglar ayeeted by United Btates Marshal Rittonhouso Inat weol:, Ho_ was dofondod by Judgoe Ayers, of Urheua, and prosocnted by Siate's Attorney Thompson. dustlces Ten Braok and MeLain bound hiw over to the January torm of court. FATAL ALFRAY Sprelal Dinpateh ta The Chicago Tridune, MoxETA, O, Deo. 2,—An affray oceurred hera Inat ntyht whioh will reeult tatallly to ona of tho purtics, Lowla Casy nitackod o mon nemed Nel« son Olark with a Lnifo, cutting him_saveroly in tho faco and throat, Clark rotaliatod by striking Cass n blow with o club, mashing his sl and producing o fatal wound. Clark is fatally cut. THE WELLSBORO, PA., BANK RODBERY. ‘Wewtsuono, Pa., Doc. 2,.—Cosgrove, nlins Iko Mnrsh, alins Mednster, snd Brown Oook, wero arwigned yosterday for tho robbory of tho Wells- boro Banlk, Drown Cook plosdod guilty, and a jury in Cosgrove's case wero obtafned this moriing. Georgy Fralick, who is chargod with complielty in tho affalr, was rolcasod to-day. MURDKRED TOR HIS MONEY. New Yong, Doo, 2.—Joseph 'rnlmnd%:, [y L 30y farmor in Motuchin, near Now DBrunewick, waa murdered last niglc by rome known, Talmadge had 8500 in at tho tine, wwhiol found. 0rson yot un- i8 posrsession wag gouo whon tho body was o v DREAGH OI TRUST, ll\zw Yong, Doc. 2—United States Commis. sloner John \hitohoad, ot Nowark, was arrostod this aftoruoon cliarged by 3Lrs, Margaros Cone nelly, of Brooklyn, with embeezling #500 givon Liu n trust for hor two obildren. . m:’an}r,)'l-m TO ONE. pechl el Lo T'ho Chicago Triduns. TANsAS Crry, Slu‘, Doc, 2.1 116 ca30 of Del oterty, for lulliug’ Plulip Cachran Juno 27, to-duy tho jury stood eloven to one for ocquite tal. The dsfonss put i e ielsss but in o plea of insanity for » A JUDGE ARRESTED, New OnreAss, Deo «—Judge W, Pbillips, of Grant Parigh, wus arrestod hero to-day, charged with boluw ncoessory to the fuct of Nodham \\'uu}:'m. e aforo L o n}l’um!\;ln' ROBBLRY, 'ITUSVILLY, Pa., Dee, 2.—-Mr. Hyl of tho Union Pipe' Lino Cumpm.f"wi‘a“’aeé'é‘égé mlnl: KI“?S C_l‘t)y bs bwol:mén firing twoshots, and robbed of #550. One shot took offe y and the other passed through i:‘l: h‘:if I tiths Newy HLI:]“;DENN G ACQUITTED. Now Yonx, Dec. 2.—1Tho case of tho Rev, 8. Glendenning, before tho Jorae; City Pmls%‘;'? tory, coucluded to-day, rosulting in n verdict of sequittal ou oil the counts, “BOSS” TWEED, Intense Eixcitement in New Yorlk Over the Reported Escnpe of the 4 KZown M'Tho Writ of Slubens Oore DUs Divmissed, nnd the Grent Orite inal Retnrned to s Cells Special Dispateh to Tha Chicago Pribuna, Now Yonr, Dee, 2.~Infenso excitoment was caused throughout tho city to-dny by the romor that William 31 Tweed had escaped from cus- tody and embarked for Europe. It was said by some of tho evening newspnpers that Tweod made his eseapo from his custodians on his way from the court to hiig cell. It was assorted thet the Commissioners of Charitica and Correction bad acknowledged that ho hed oscsped. The supposition was that ho lad taken passage by tho steamehip Parthla or by the steamsbip City of Montreal. During tho court proceedings Willism M. Tweed and bis son remained in the privato office. A fow personsl frionds out of thre many callera wero received, but Tweed spent, the day quieily attending to such motters of business ns wero necessary. Ho was returned to the island at 8 p, m,, and WENT TO HI§ CELL, Tweed has strong hopes that he will soon ba libs eratod, and he {8 too sbrowd o man to imperil his chances by an offort to escape. Beeldes this, it is well known among bis fricnds that the ciw divant *Toes” has an aversion for acenn travel which notning con overcomo, At s time when such s plan bado fair to succeed, beloro ho wag in cuatody or whilo the fingers of tho law wera 18X, passago was 3 ENGAGED ¥OR 11X on board a ptenmor undor an assumed name by a woman whoto vame the writer knows. Hia triends mndodesrerato offorts toget him on board and awny, but wero unheeded.” While Tweed wa in those bappy moods that prosperity bringe, ho decided to tako s pleasant little summer tour m Burope, Ho took passago in o stenmer and started down tho Bay, but when Sandy ook ho« #an to got astern sod the long swells wora reached, THE * DO#S™ WAH OVERPOWERED with o gickucss so terriblo that be could not bo induced to continno on tho voyage, and 8o re- {uruod on the pitot-bout, IIo could not expect to malko successful escapo oxcept by see, and be is not likely to leave his warm and cowy, if not oxactly luxurious, quartors and frust himeelf to tho trenclicrous waves, The story wasimplicitly believed by many, aud tho cpinion was generally oxprosged, that Tweed's escape was only what neaple bad lons expected and been looking for. Inquiry clicited the positive Informntion that Tweed hiad not fled to Burope, bub was still upen Blackwell's Istand, 140 the Assocated Preas.) TIL HADEAS CORPUS OASE, New Yorx, Dec. 2.—Tho Tweed baboas corpus caye camo bofore Jndge Darrett to-day. The prisoner was not in court, beeauss of his illness, though it is stated that ho was brought ovor from tho Ponitentiary last night. After srgue meut the writ wos dismidsed, and tho prisoner \\-ins remanded and left to ing remedy on a writ oE orvor, TWEED ESOATES. Willinm . Tweed escaped from custody to day while 1eturning to Slackwell's Jeland, . UNTRUE, Larer.—Inquiries bave beon made in proper quarters, nnd 1t is nacertained thore is oo trutl in the tumor in iho cvoning papers thut Tweed had escapad, ——— RELIGIOUS, NEW UNITARIAN OHURCIL Special Digpatch ts T'he Chicugo Trivune, Xroxug, la, Deo, 2.—Tho Unitarians of this city have just completed a vory handsome new church cdifice, Tho building, which 18 in the Gothic stylo, is 75x51 feet in external dimensions Tho spire is 150 feet high, and two turrets, front- ing respectively ou Fourth and igh strects, aro each 60 feot in loight. Tho materiul of the structuro1s mottled presed-brick, with trimmings of brown magunesian limeatono. Tho outaide walls aro velloved by two pilastors, headed by appro- priato ornsinents, and tho entranco to tho build- ing conists of oight massive stono steps, Too audience-room, which is_70x39 feot, will accot- ncdate 850 persons, The sido walls have an clovaiion of 28 tect, and tho arch, whioh is ob- lated, 18 35 foct high, Oueach eide of the build- ing aro throo windows of cuameled glass, with stnined glass bordors and eycicts, At tho front and year are largo civoular win- aows of brillinutly-colorad glass ju the Byzan- tive stylo. Loneath these are nrchod windows, matching those at tho sides. - The roof 18 broken on either hiaud hi'u, small gbic, ornatmented by o benutita] trefoil. Tho celling is froscoed i punels of bwo shades of drab, sud the walls ava pluinly frescoed 1w o till lighter drab shade. The roof is supported by six whole oud twa hnlt frusses. Thesa trusses, with the pawe and other woodwork, huve the maplo and black walnut finish, The cost of the structuro bas been about £25,000, exclugiva of the organ, whieh fs o &3,600 instrumont, and one tho lurgest and fluest in tho Wost, The mew cduloo wae_ dodleated tlus ovening. The Rov, Dr, W. (. Eliot, of 8t. Louis, proschod tho dodicatory sevmon, Tho Tav. Osuur Clute, of Nowar, tho Tov. . V. Bisby, of Watertow L, [Tusmer, of Quiuay, 1L, wi n nnea and partieipated in tho gervices, Tho cero~ monies wera very impressive tivonghont, aud weze witnessed by a largo assomblago of peopla DIQOESH OF WHSTERN MICIIGAN, cit; Diapatch to the Chivaao T7ibune, GrASE 1Aribs, Mich., Deo, 2—The primary couvgntion te orgnnizo the now Diaceto in Wear- eri Michigan met in St. Mara's Chureh, 1 thin aity, to-day, and was residod over by the Rt Ttev, B. A. McCoskey, About twonty-five clorgy and lwy delegatee from twonty-oue purishes are in. attendance, 1 be Rov. J.W, Bancrott, of lIastings, \ae ehected permanont Bocratury, Tl now Dios cone e pumiod the Diocass of Westorn Michi. g, 1t waw put 1 cbarge of Liishop MoCoskty uutil a new Bishop Ie electod und cousebrated, rasolution f¢ pending to cloct a Bishop this ovon- e Bislop's salary, whou elested, jo fixod 3,000, SLECTED BISTIOP, Sveciai Dirvatci fe Uhe Chisago Tridune, Guaxp Ravrvg, Mich,, Deo, 2.=The Rav, QGoorga G, Gillospie, of Lnn arbor, was elosed Diskop of tho ney Diorcus tomyzhe