Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1874, Page 2

'HE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1874, CHEAP TALK. Richmond Convention Iy Yery Prodigal of Words, The It Is Doing More Harm than Good to Cheap Trans- portation, . ; Wholesale Approv:;l of the Win- dom Committee's Report. Tom Scott’s Southern Pacific Scheme Put Ont of Doors Opposed to All of Which, Is a Good Letter from Mr. Gooding. Commerial Necessity of Completing the Illinois River Im- provement, THE RICHMOND CONVENTION. THLE COMMITTEL ON REPORTS, Speetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Tuenxosy, Va., Nov. 3.—~Two notable results havo been nchioved by the T'ransportation Con~ veution to-day., The frst was the adoption of tho report of the Committeo on Reporte, of which ox-Seuntor I, M, I\ Hunter is Chuivman, which was formally received last night. It was adopted withont debate, inn thin Convention, and tho fact was not known generally for honvs, Men of tho Nortiwest were nota litlle Indig- naut ut this uncoromonious work. Mr, Dore, of Cbicago, mado n very vigorons snd eavnest protest ngainst this snap-judgmont kind of trentmont of great iskucs, and then the Virginian orntors ably dizcussed thie mntter all out.ot arder. Tho gist of the ro- port is that the magniticont conclusions of the Selact Honate Committeo on Inland lransportne tion are ull oxprossly adopted as oxpressing tho views of this Convontion, It is ndmitted that to earry out these viows will involve nn oxpondi- two of ol lenst $200,000,000, The avowed et~ 1nates for tho onlavgement of (he Jomes River & Kuoswbe Conal, aud ita extension {o the Obio, are $50,000,000. It was this which carried tho roport. through with o rush., RICHNOND HAH CAPTURED THI NTION. When the matter was sgain brought up, in the sido debate to which I hove referred, Gen, Im- oden, of this city, expreesly admitted, in roply to a categorical inquisition from Mr, Pottor, of Town, thut if ho was in Congress he would vote for 200,000,000 for the improvement recom- mended in the Windom report, and now wdorsed by this Couvention. 'This brought down tho house, crammed with Richmond men and women, Svon afterward Mr. Stovens, n wealfhy mor- chuut of thy cily, mndo overl more emphutic oxpressions of the samo churacter, vhich wero uprowriously clieered. < Mr. Doré and Mr, Potter had a strong backing iz the Convention, but ull wan swent nway by th flood of Sonthern enthusigsm, to the regret of the cool heads of tho Association, aud I may add the most sagacious [riends of cheap transporta- tion. They do not donbt the patriotic matives of the nen who have here succocded in (Lis mat- ter, but thoy bolioye tho indorsement of tho ox- travagant schomes of julernal improvement has TOSTIONED THASSVOITATION UEFORM, sud dono tho conse havm, g ‘Ihe socond result accomplished by tha Con- vention wns of a bettor nature. 1t was a tre- mendous defent of Tow Beott. Mr. Johnson, of North Curolins, yesterdny iutroduced a resoln- tion very strongly indorsing n GOVER: T SUBSIDY FOR THE SOUTUERN PACIFIC BAILHOAD. o advoented it as a natiounl ronte, with the usual gush, LE was roferved to the Uommitico on Tesotutions, a majority of whom recommond- #d jts adoption by tha Convention ; but Col. Jvidges, of Mlinoin, Cmirman of tho Commit- toe; Col. Little, of [owa; Mr, Pratt, of Olio, and oue or two or more, mado o mino.ity report againat it, ana it was finally dofented by » votoof wore than two to one. [, D. Ingersoll, of Illivofs, Degun tho onslaught by ssying: *r. Parton somewhero says thut if yoa avratch Now Yorlk, you will find & Communo; if_you rerateh this Yosolulien, von will find Tom Seott The speccr foliawing this brought on a fierco debate, by all odds the most carnest of the Couvention up to thal time. Tho minonty woro snstained by Potler, Dore, aud others, while Mr, Aikon, of South Carolinn, spoke strongly for tho resok tloa. The dobate was long, and decided by a votoe by dologations, the firstiof the kind yet had, 1uthe courre of the debute aud side- Conveution, Mr, Ingersoll made HONE IIOK DLVELOPMENTS touchivg the Credit Mobilier of the Southera ncific. 1o sad that Some years ngo & myn- dicate, or construction company, was formed, parties subscribing to tho stock i varions sums from &10,000 to 100,000, ‘Iheeo not in tho Directorship were required to pay up, and not a fow wero 1uined in paying up. ‘Tho Directors proposed to go through ot their notos, Fhis lit- to schems win blasted by the penic of 1878, aud Seolt went to protest. m Scott, Edgar Thom- sou, Ben Butlcr, and ather praminont politiciauy, wore charged by Ingemoll with being in this Southern Pacific Credit Mobilier, and Scott wout headlong out of the Convention, I bo- fiovo that Bcott's emissnries were there au mov- ors of tho rosolution. Had it heen adopted, it would havo heen 1)0\\’01’[!!11{ uged in heball of the oxisting schomio of Seolb for o big subsidy, Its defeat 16 a 1@ ular Dick Swivellor staggorer ab ihe Sonthern Yucille subsidy. Tho subject of ocenu transportation was np to- day for tho first time, but elicited no projougoed Adigcugsion. r. Doro introdicod & vory sensi- ble resolution in beliwlf of tho rositrrection of Americen ahipping, TIE EVENING BERYION uf the Conven:jon was enlivenad by a tine de- bate on Mr. Potter's resolution in behulf of the Hennepin Canal, Huauter, of Viiginia, ixale an argument on tho conutitutional question mvolved In tho schemo of intorual improvemont recom- mended by the Convéntion. Tle, in reality, smushiod shoss recommendutions which he lnd himsolf 1oporied, He expressly stutod that tho tonoral Giovernmont conld nof build a railroad from {?hicago to Now York:, for instunca. Inger- #oll, of rour Biate, replied, and when ho auked Iuntor whut was. the differonco in tho Constltwtlon between =& " lino of transportation thiough different States by rail and water, o conld not veply, Mr. Vore, of Ghiengo, followed by rending 8 paper comparing the differenco between tranaportation by water sud by raik, which was much Lho best csuny yob vontributed to the Convention, 1t hud muck” to du with making Chicago T T PLACE OF MELTING, - which way d with o vim, M. Utley, of Ihi- nols, Prealdont of tho Canel Board, wab spacial- 1y Invited to addvoss tho Convention, 1o #pake &t length ju advoeacy of the eoxtouslon of cur caual systom, und his reniarks were well ro- celved by the Convontion. lllinols. hus hos thus far taken w promineut purt 1u the Convention, snd to-dny and to-nighl the delogates of your State preatly added to then wisnding hero, Hud thoy boen toss modoest tho disantroun result of the mornlng wight havo been proventad, A, 1ill, of Now York, mude an oarnost appoa) in NEHALE OF RAILWAYA, and, in appreciation of the ovident feeling of tha Convention in the interest of rallvoads, Mr, Hill did_not think the canal would kill oft our 40,000 miles of rallvond during this contury, ex- pooially tn the winter time, Nailvoads como nost. {70 the Assaciated I'rears NAH. AND WATEIL PROJECTH, Ruwoxo, Vi, De =10 the Choap Trans- portution Convention to-duy a hill propured by en, DY Green, of Coeorgla, pravidiug for the {nauguration of ehiewo of Diternal Improve- ments 1o he anslained by w systom (f banking aunneeted therawith, was presunted and rofer- red, A, B. Lloyd, of Illinols, presentod his viewa as to the constriction of adoublo-tinek trunk mitway by the Government to saciire compoti- tiog 1 tho transportution of frofahts, Clau I'robel, of CGieoryis, prosonted s reroli. tiou lookings "to the sstablishment and muinto- nsuce of vommercial inturcowsd betweon the Btates of the Union, and to rovive the commorce of the nation, LIy GOMMITTEE ON REHOLUTIONH presontad thoir roport, based upon a resolution of Col. Johnson, of North Caroliva, -in which they declnro in favor of nsking (tovernmont aid in tho conntruction of the Bouthern I'uclite Rail- road and of tho gront water Huoy, auch i to convay tho right of the Glovornmont to control tho ratos of {ransportation aver such lines, with & pravigo that tho Uoyernment guarantees asked shall bo so guarded ns to protecs the Nations! Troasnry from lous, Four mombors of tho Counnitleo prosented protest ugaivst Lhe adoption of the report, and against asking (ovornmont nid in the con- struction of railroads, Uhe voport and protest brought promiuently before the Convention ono of tho mout fmportant questions connected with thoe uession of tho Assovintion, thnt of Govorn- ment subsidies to ratronds and other lines of transportation, Temding tho motion to subati- tuto tho minority roport for that of the major- ity, tho question of CGovernment anbsidies way discugsed st length, tho vote scomiug to bo largely in favar oF the motion, Col., Johuson, by pormivsion of tho Conven- tlon, withurow Tiis resolution, Mr. Polter, of Tows, offorod ns a substitute for Lho rosolution of the Conunitteo iu favor of four srons wator-routes, n proposition recommending ho jmmadiato constriction by Congrosy of the Rocl Tsland & onnopin Caunl. 'ha substitute wuy dsbatod the wholo aftorncon and at Lhe night sossion.> Tho opponents of tho substituto oxprossed thomeolves In favor of that canal, bub were opposed to mubstituting it~ for the four great routes recommonded by thio Senute Committeo, Advoeatos of tho sub~ atituto inefsted that Congrosa would not do avcrythiu{: wanted, and this was tho most prac- ticablo, Without n voto tho Convention ad- Journed ti}} tosmorrow, Chicago was uuanimously selected for the noxt annunl meating. 4 —_— ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL, LETTER FROX MR, WILLIAM G00DISU Logxvonr, 111, Nov, 2%, 1874, Ta the Editor of Tho Chicann Tribune ¢ Sm: I have waited pationtly to sco if othors would not make an offort to draw public atten- tlon ta the subject of CHEAP WATEN-COSMMUNICATION from Chicago to tide-water, Enst and Sounth, by tho way of the Lakes and of tho Misulesinpi, and give their viows n regard to the kiud or kinds of commuuication requived; olso, sug- gestions benring upon tho question of waya and ‘monns to accomplish the object, I have wished others to do this, who have the power to influ- ence public opinion; for I hava already said and written 80 much upon these questions, which T have deemed of vital interost Lo tho whole Northe west, that it will not ho strango if whatImay now aay shall bo totally disregarded, But I shall, nevortheless, risk being considered tiresomo, and again havo my sny, 1f you will givo me space. "T'ho Chicago papers all seom to sppreeiuto the importanco of securing cheap transportation lo tho murkets of the world, but Lave not hitherto Deen sutiteiontly explicit fu regard to the plan or plang to affect this object, and suceeess caunol bo oxpected until thoro sha)t bo n combineil effort, through u wide oxtont of country, in favor of wome particulnr polloy. 'Tho trouble now is, that the gimultaneous contrmetion of TOD NANY WOLKS is advocated,—many of them of donbtful ex~ pedieucy, It f8 very natural for permons to favor moet what they think wouli most bonefit their particular localities, and those who hnve taken no pains to investigate for themselves aro very Hkely to entertain vaguo and falso notions of the fengibility, cost, and valuo to the country at lurge, of the varlous fwprovemonts which have boon, from time to tinie, ey ted. Tt in «quite obvions that the cobl of cousi Lhove improvemontg—umounting, as would, to hundreds of mullions, and mauy of whictr would uever yield a revenuo suflicient to poy tho espenses of repaivg—wonld Lo entirely boyond the presout available rosources of tho country. Many of theso suggesied improve- ‘ments bave never baen surveyed and esttmatod by practical engineers with oven pretonded ae- curney, nuid thoir probablo cost is tho wildest guesswork, And who over know such guossey to bo less than the absolute cost ? They often quadrapla the supposed cost, whilst then wtility falls far short of public oxpectation. T some of tho projected lues of water-com- munieation, it is cxcoodingly doubtful whether an adequate supply of water conld be provided to wake thom poermauently ueeful, it other obsta- cles to their construction conld ba overconio ; and this is, of course, of the first importanco. N0 COMMENCENENT $10ULD BE SIADE until the minimuwm supply of water cun ho deter- mined 5 und this can only bo done satisfactorily in Aoasons of severo dronght, -'Thie mustako s vory likely to ho mado of underrating the supply necesgury, aud overrating that whicl can be oh- tained, or obtained at n rntionnl cost. Errors Tiavo 80 often heon committed in this regard by engineors of high reputation, that common pri- donco demands tho elosest seruting in futuro, 1t has zlready boen demonstrated that small and long canals, poorly constructed, aud with a lurge amonnt of lockago, espocinliy when tho supply of wator is somotimes sliors, eaunot sue- coxsfully compota with well-constructed and properly-conducted railronds conneeting the samo boittts. With the light hefore uy, wo may, liow- ever, Bay with contidence, tbat, whero short canuly, of arge eapacity, can ho mado o connoct o iargo extont of wutural navigation or thas ro- quiring comparativoly little improvement, their construstion would be wurranted, even at great cost. Amougat thosa of {his clags ere the Wel- land_and b Lavronco Caunls, tho St. Mary's, tho Lonisville & Yortiand, the Des Moines Rap- ids (in course of coustruction), and inst, bub not loast, tho Ilinois & Michigan Cuunl. ~ This is of greater lengeh and less capacity at prosont thao cither of the othors named; but I wish to call particular attention to tho importanco of diminisuing its longth by substi- tuting improved river navigation, and increasing its capacity s aud esneelally Lo “PHL COMMERCIAT) NEOEBHITY of comploting tho Illinois River improvemont balow LuSalle. at tho vory eurlicst day Fmt‘-tlum- ble, keeping in vleweconomy of construction, 1 mny Liave somothing to sy horoaftor t regard to varigus Internal improvemeuts to cheapon tranoporiation betwoen Uhicno and tida-waior Tusts but, for the presont, Twill ouly considor Luose upon which our Stato Legislature and onr delegation iu Congress will bo eulled upon to act, which are within the limits of tho Htato of 1li- noin. Qe fact—tho importance of which, I nm pats- fied, 1s not gonerally apureciatod—is, that Chien- o must, and will, havo access Lo tho Atlantic through the Gulf of 8t Lawrenco, and prob- ably iy anather chauol, for ships ‘of 1,000 or 1,200 tons burdoen, within o vory fow years, with- aut auy aspecial ¢forl on her purt: and afso for 1 cryuteamors, of £s grout or groator §innago, Lo £l it of Maxiva~but this will requira” por- wstont aud concoutrated offort, ''o aecomplish thesa objects, the charactor of the works re- qulred, (0 the wain, hos beon practically domos witated, and thoir cost may fioestl- ninted = with considerablo necurncy, o far us the onlargenont of il "Ilinoly & Michigan Camal, nnd the jmprovement of the 1llinois Niver, are concerned, no further Aurveys and esthunten are required wuntil iho work 1 to Lboplnced undor ¢outract, Formor ey timates have beou mado with cousidersble care, und WILT, NOT DITFER WIDELY from the ubsolnte cost of construction,—it no allowanes for stealings ho demunded. - L hindt written L tar, when [ took up ihis morging’s Tuinuse, aud roed e articlo “utidor tho bead of *Iilinols & Michigan Cana Lam vory glad Lo sos the suggeations mads, and they strilio mo most favorably, T winh, lowever, (o modify somo of the fucts stuted, and mako fur- thor sugpestionn, Tho t’fl"llulu atatos that, “Unfortunately, the plan of tho deon-onb and o wido oanal was #ban- doned,” ete. The dvop cut was sbandonod, but Lo 1idth of the canul was nol contsaetod from tho plan adopted when the canal was cominonced n 18 It In statod that, “In 1834, when this eanal wan dosigned, tho river was o full stream, navi- wabio at i tnon Tar whovo Lusallo,” Who cae uul way deslgned long bofora 187, for tho grant for tho vight of way, aud 80 feel on ench ride, war made by Congrass in 1622, At that timo, and until within o’ few years past, the Lllinas ivor wan much bottor Lian it s naw (whero nn- Improved), hub nceer wos unvigable, oxcept in high floods, abavo tho l'ni:ldu nt *Btarved Rock," ome f or ( miloy sbove Lutallo, The siver ean, AND RHOVLD, bo Improved to the hoad of Tinke Joliot, au ox- paukion of tho Niver Desploines, a shor dine tinte bolow the City of Joliot, This wonld shoiten tho canal progur to fess than 40 miles, fuetead of 45 milos na wtuted, Tho toandation of all the Tocky and duns aboyy LuSude (thevo would bo bub one loc tid datmn botween LaSallo and Ottawa ) wonld bo upun rack, and, of eourse, vory muck less expendivo thau those bolow Lutalle; ‘Lho wost of tho wa- torlals, also, requived in their conatruction, wotld bo muich elionpor, Iny tho jolnt fopor mado by Gen, 7, 11, Wilson and wyeel? 11 1867 (and pubtishod soon after in Pnx: - Tripuxg), wo ' recommendod tho enlarge- mont of tho eanual to 160 feot in widil, sud: & depth of wator for tho canul and ¥iver of 7 feot. Wo wero Instructed to makeo our survoys and e« timatos with roforence to a work or_improve- motil adequato to ** naval, mititary, and colmer- eial purposos ": and wa thought thon, aud [ think gtiil, that the capaoity [s nut too groat for sich purposes, and for_tho groat nutional throughfare botwoon the Lalkes and tho Gulf of Moxico, 'Thig would mnko nn improvement fully el}lml for navigation to the Minsinsippi Riv- er iinelf from St, Lould Lo ils mouth, and for whiiel national ald from Congvess would bo HMUOIE MORY NEADILY BXCURLD than for ano of fess canacity. As bargos towed by stcam-tugs would gen. crnlly bo used on tho caual, aud in the river elow, tho width snggestod in your arbiclo whicl I have fust read; of 120 to 140 feot, might bo deomed amplo for simply commorclal pur- pokos; but, after’ o full cunsideration of tho whole mattor, I think that il will gonoraily o udmitted that tho width of 160 fool in not too groat, Somo reasons are givon for {his [n tho reporkto which I hinve aliudeds but an tman- sworable argumont, o fur as the mterests of your city aro fuvolyed, is- tho necessity of mote amplo drainago with your incrensing sewerago, Tivon now, thoro s oftontimon a necessity fur n crenter difution of the flithy watota dischargod here ; for thoy sl to IToaven,” or nt lenst s higliand as Tar as_such vilo odors wore over known to oxtend, I hadno ides, until wo hud an olfitcloyy demonsteation of tho fact, what n flood of pute Inks water Chi¢ngo was capoble of thoroughly_ acenting. - Without an enlargemnsnt of the oann) boforo very long, the odors here wilt WIVAT, THOSE OF BRINGLEORT in its palmicst days. You have correctly givon the presont condition of the Illinols River iniprovement below LaSallo, ud I am glnd to Hoo that yon enil publio aticn- tion to tho importance of comploting this work in tho shortest time possiblo. = Mo, do this, tho threo remuining locks and dams bolow tho ono in progroes nt Copperns Creclk should bo com- menced, and tho work upon_thom prosecutod simultatieonsly, Our Stnte Legislnfure, at ita coming seuslon, should runke an appropriation for this purpoeo, and authoriza contracts tu bo mado uost spring for their construction, It in doubtfal whetlier any moasurs of equal import- auco Lo the wholo Htate will bo prescutod for tho action of that august body; nud, il tho neces- #ury amount cantiot be dorived from tho sources indieuted in your nrticte, n nlf-mill Stato tox for tho next thrao yoars would Lo moro thau snfll- viont to comploto the work: aund, until it be completed, the State cannot derive TUE FULL, ADVANTAUES of tho oxpendiLures alrcady mudo. Tho offect of tho tax would be {o diectly promote cheap transportation ;. and, whilut it would bo searcoly folt by those whom it would most bonefit, the tuxable provorty of tho State would bo largely incrensod. Iu (Lis coimection, lot mo say that, wlilst {ho linols Itiver improvement iy in chargo of tho prasont Chief Engincer, D, C. Jeune, tho people of tho State huve a guarautoe, m his s:rcnt oX- porienco, good judgment, zud stirict inlegrity, that ult tha funds apbroprinted for construction will Lo judiciously oxpouded; aud ko cau fust a3 wall take chargo ‘of tho construction of all the looks and daws from Copperas Creek down, us part, b “I'he wholo countrs Is now agitated on the ab- Jjuct of cheap transportation, and it would 'rcem to bo the time for practical actioir to socuro i if ovar, If the times svom bard, wnd w really ontoring upon an era of low pri which is not improbable,—there is the greator neceesity for so constructing RIS QUEAT NATIONAL TUOROUGHFALE, in which the whole Misgissipoi Valloy is dircetly intorestod, as to mako Lhe clieupost transporlu- tion pussibile. To eflcet thig, when tho imprave- ment shull bavo been completed i the moub per- feet mruner, no moro toils ehould ho churged than just sufilcient to defruy the expouscs of superintondeuco and ropuiva, If tho dolegations in Congress from tho States direclly ivterested in tho onlargement of {io Hlinois & Mlehigan Cuval, the improvement of tho Illinojs River, and the indispenseblo im= provement of tha Misslunippl River, cspociully at or nenr its mouth, with, perhaps, some other Western jmprovements, would combme their strongth, thoy could, doubtless, accomplish the object doisal. Y I find that I have nlroady writton n much long- er lettor than T intended when I commenced, and will stop, ! War. Gduprxa. "Lruly yours, e e e ALMOST SATISFIED, Report of tho Coy itice that Visited Cluengo to the National flonrd of Underwriterss Sveciul Duspateh to The Chicaas Tribune, Krw Youk, Dze. 8.—1he Spocial Commiltco of tho Nationl Ilonrd of Undorwriters, which vis- iled Chiengo, have mndo their report. L'ho docu- ment begins by acknowledging In warm torms tho courtesy and facilitien afforded them by tho Aayor, Board of Public Works, Board of Polico aud Itire Commissionors, and tho Citizous Asgocintion of the city, 'Llio carofnl ox- smination given by the Committes to iho fire-limits eud water-supply satisfies thom that much zttontion bne Losn given to th subject, buth by tho authorities and vitizens, The Board of Public Works hal shown commondablo zeal in carrsing ou to the full extout of their ability « complete systom of water-works, They de- seribe iuprovementa iu this direction, No sufti- cient protection existed, bhowover, sgalust hydvants freoziug during tho long wintermonel: Reforring totho I'ira Departmont, the Commit- teo agreos with Qen, Slaler in thinking tho soutliern - or business districh of the vity teribly oxposed, and heartily concur in his recommonda- tion for selorm. . 'Chey say nnather series of recommendatiouy will bo mado for tho wostern division of tho ity the present weok. 'Phe{ concludo that, if all theso suggcstions Lo cayried out, 1t Wil give ho Dopurtmont & ron- sonnblo chanco of protocting tho vity. 'Fho wany of proper equipment of the apparatug, and os- pecially of hoot-and-lndder trucks, improsred tho Comumitiee that vigited tho atations. ''ho F\un, want of fuuds, might be uccopted for tho ufluro tb put Gou, Bhaler's rocommendations in practico, but attontion to tue diccipline and morale of the folco can bo effcotod nb once. Thoy nwalt with niuch intorest notion in re- gard to theso suggestions, It wud o grent Wistako nob to koop dupliontes of the pusty of stewmnory, Thero should not bo loss thun forly steumors and eibicen trucke to fenablo the De- partment to cope efticiently with tiro in the busi- nees nnd wooden localitivs, With new wires lald, tho Committeo would not hesluato ta com- mend the sysiem of firo-tolograp Tho new Duilding Jawg hnve eansett » improve- n A hopoful i{n waw tho Increased uso of iron sluttors on buildings, In closing, thoy nd- vort to the very groat veul and intelligeuco shown by the Citizeus® Aesociation in ity work, o BOSTON, Opening of the Globo 'Thentres~Tickot Kpecnintors Como 1o Uref, Speaal Dispatel to The Chicana 1 vibune, TiostoN, Deo. Tho optning of tho Clobo ‘hontre this evewing wan hordly attonded with as completo succesy a8 wight havo hoon wished, owiug to miscalenlallons of the tioket-speonla- tors aud o foolish mmoy that had grined enryen- cy thnt tho theatro was not safe. Lho baleony wag supported by iron rods runulng from the in- nor ends of its ruttors to the walls of the build- ing, ench of strongth snflleont to uphold the whale buleany with avory sont oceupied. Nover- fheloay, it was possible to make {4 vibralo eusily by jumping on auy st of it whon the rost was vacant, Thinking she vibration wonld onuse #owe alnrm, the Niconse Commitieo ol the Al- dernen uu;{‘gununl tho insortion of supporting 10uth, to which Alr. Chenoy promiptly eonsentod. Tho {nsuranve vinks on the theatre ware, nfler some clinnges 1n tha boilor-room had boen minde, \nmnn,t_m 0y, tho Bonrd to fix the rate next weak, The speenlators eagerly offored on ihe sidewalk, boforo the curtnin roRo, rekorsad Kouts - in tho bleony and orehontrn eirela at half tho xegular prico. Tlio theatre even then Ind Alty to Hoventy-five vaceut soats,although the box-uf~ tleo was 1ot the torer theroby. Tho audience was good, but havdly of thut rapresentativo churacter whieh might have heon expuctod.y The hoatrs 1ooked very tino, indeed, ‘Cho urrangemonts for llgm)nF atd vontilation were porlet, und ifs scoustic propertion all that conld ho dosived. Yhe play, “M. Alpliouse," reprosonted by Mr. Dalys compuny, trom ' the Vifth Avenud Wheatro, of Now York, wau recolvod with u di- vided opinion, ety hewg uncortuin what Jude mont to pass npou i, Miss Davonport und Mr, Hardenbory wore roseived hlko old acquain- tancos, but'the hit of the ovening wns made by Metlo Bijou Horon. Ddlr, Chonsy mndu a gravoet) wpocols &6 tha oud of tho sevond aot, promulig hin bust ondeavors to maintul the reputullon which the Globe hud enrued aliondy, A boy 13 years old, bank, D, T, accldontully shot and fustantly killod himsolf while out huntivg on Woduceday, numod Hotolkiss, at Dur- BAD BLOOD. It Tolls in the Persons Men- tioned Below. ‘Driving Somo of Them to Murder and Ofhers to Steals Lynohing of Three Negroes by Masked Men in Kentuoky. Recent Murder of White Men m the Cherokoe Capital, Advices by Mail. THE DAILY CALENDAR OF CRIME. . MILWAUKER' DEFAULTING TREASURER, Suesial Dispatel to T'he Chicayn Tribune. Minwavkez, Dee, §.—Tdward Lhlers, County Tronsuror, hng not beon {o biw ofifeo for twa tays, and Inguiries ab hig homo and suloon ful to olicit his whercabouts. 1lis family havo nol- Hoon bim sinco last uight. Who lalest traco of bhim was found at & brewory on tho plank road, whicre ho drank Leor, ato broud and choose, tud chattod cheorfully. Somo eny ho Lng committed nuicide, owing to hls having hoon vory despond- ent Tor iho past fow dnys, nud others thak Lo hay gecured n good round sum and made off, i frionds ssy Lo may turn up ab .uny moment. Eho fact (hat Lo was cmbarrussed was known sontoday boforn the cloction, but Lo pepors sup- Erfluued it at the cntiealics of his friende, It us transpirad that tho sum of #3,600, taxes pald Ellors n October by Shorlff MeDonald, was only entored blthlmu on bis bookn last Mouday. The xeanon,—his _eleotion-oxpouses wore 80 houvy. 1o losh tho pritanrics and took a lending parh In gotting up tho sorohoad Indopendent ticket. Ho spent lieavily in healing difforonces and nwking up. o strong ticket, with himselt os Trenguror. At tho vatiflcatlon meotlug tho ticket was ratified oxeopt him and ons othor. 'his drove hint wild, and ho actunlly got up o third ticket b geent cort aud troublo tho noxt night. Il defeat was frightfal, Tho way he took his de- faak convivced ono of his surotlos that ho was In dilliculty, but it was ascertajued that ho owed tho county then only 7,000, and, hoing thought well nbio to pny that, hio was let alone, His slock 1 uow enid o bo worth Tar less than origluslly estimatad. v 3 ICENT MURDERS AT TANLEQUAN, T, T Vixtra, I, Ty, Dee. B.—Tuformation is received hevo thnt tho recent murder aritl tlok nt Tahlo- quah, tho Cupital of the Chetokies Nution, wiy wanton and eriel murder on the part of two mombors of tho monnted guard detuiled by Chiof Wi, Ross. Tt scoms thnt two of the guard got drunk and went down the street shoot- ing off pirtols arl declurlng that they wented to Iall a Downing man. ‘Lo tivat one canie to way a men working in o stable. Thoy killed him ond foinedd their comrades, and formed in line near thn Post-Oftice, ‘I'he Downing party formod far- ther down tho streel, “JMoro thaun 100 ghots wers Hred, and two of tho combatnanty were sevorely * wounded and seyeral slghtly, 'The muiderers were pro- tected in tho Post-Ottleo cu Sunday for severnl houts, aud no offorty were made o have them arrestod. They flnally escaped tho connlry. Tho whole riot grow out of -the intensa bitter foeling batweon the two prrties, known now as the Itoss und Downing partics. Tho_excitewent wag in- tenge, aud gorious dilfloulty is liakle to break out at 4oy timo, Maf. Togally was eulled on Lo in- vestigalo tho muittor. Ilis_rncomnendutions woro not approved by tho Chief, oud he loft 'ahilequuh much disappointed with things in the Indion Torritory. T MARSHALL (MICH.) SEDUUTION OASE, Soreral Disnatel to The Chicaan ‘Fribunc, BariLe Creer, Mich,, Doe. ih—1ha prosoous tion in tho Clark seduction caso closed tholr catio to-dny. Yesterday tho oxaminnation of tho girl, Alico Morry, was coninded, and her motaer, prandfather, aud o young man nomed Shepard testified to n promise of marriago by Clark, and nesertions by him of the accomplisbment of his design, A munber of lottors wero rond which Clnrk had writton to various parvtios, implying the sume. To-day tho — dofenso intro~ dueed evidence to show tha provious good character of Clurk, aud to prove o congpiracy to gob lhe girl married; failing iu that, to ostort monoy. Mya. Clarls, wotber of dofendant, testified that tho ostate left by hor hushaud amotnted to 3356,000. 'The statemout of Walter Clark, tho defond- ant, was mode to.day, Lestimony was iutro- duced to impench tho statement of tho gl in rogard to tho timo aud placo whoro the alleged rime was committed, No caso evor excited sich Intorest In thiv com- munity. Wralog to and From Marabell woro loaded with spoetators of the trial. COUNTERVEITERS ARNESTED-MURDERED, Spectal Inspateh to The Clhicagn “Iribune, Nasnvynaz, Penn., Do, 3.~R, B, Kelsoe, alina Robert Bamundy, end B. W, Morgan word _ar- reatod horo yestorday for passing countorfeits on tho 'fraders’ Nutional Bauk of Chicago, of which thoy had & groat quantity on their . per- wous. 'L'ey woro iudicted by the I'edersl Court to-0ay and jailed. A Bpeoinl to the Banner from MeMionville eays: ‘“This ovening's mnil from Altanont Lrings the aud intelligenco of the brutat murdor of northy citizen of the §wies colony in Grandy GCounty, Mr. Bowers, who was one of tho londing mon of the colony, Mo wagenllod outof hw houso and shot dead by eomo unknown partios lagb night Just bofore midnight. Capt, amp- ton and Mflem have baen prrested on suspclon, 1t was probably dono for tho suko of money, the deconged being a man of congiderablo monus." MPTED ABDUOTION. Kpeeitl Disgatel to Ihe Chicauo Tribune, Taxsas Urry, Mo, Dee. 3.—Laat night about midaight, 1n uttompt wan mado by un inknown mnn to abduet & G-year-old ehild of Sumuel Juyr- hor, & prominent citizen, living i the covtral patf of tho eity, from the bed while slooping with i purents, The mother of tho child was awak- oned by the ebild beig dsasn over hier by the robher, Bha seronwed and seized tho child, and with it was dragged to tho Noor and neross the room to nn open window, whon the burglar es. wapod, with & Khob sont after lim by Mr. Jarbor, who was arousod by tho senfllo of “hin wifo witl the abductor, in which n stovo was overturned and o mirror smashed, Chloroform had beon adwministered. The deed isthought to have beon attompted for ransom. A colored man is st pocted, LYNURING OF TousviLee, Ky, Dee. 8.—A special fo the Janrivr-Jowrnal stys that threo neiroos woro taken from jmi by a band of mnskod mon at Morgantield, Ky., 'Luesdny night, and hauged to frcos moar tho fown. Unlontown, in the uame county, wes visitod by a destiuotlve con- flagration some weeks wineo, and these thres negroes had beon arreated charged’ with stavting the conflagration. Afterwards thoy coufessed tha erlme, giving naan excute that the moptiotor of the distillory in which tuo fire stasted had turned the mothor of one of thene- qroes out of tho houso in which who was Iiv- sng. ‘Uhe Regulatory weve mouuted, ad were thonght to have como from Unlontown. ROBUER OVERILAULED, Special iapatel tr The Cldeattn T'vibune. Wekzox, 1L, Doo, §—~3. W. Jloward & C {hil piace, yostorday overhmtlod the vobler who Lrolio open'tho Post-Ofties hore, and rebled their stora lust Seturday night, 1o waa bound over to vourt, and in lodged in Jail 1 Dloomiugton. 'tho stolon clothing was found on hita. 11is nuwe iy Murabail. ihs father livos in Bloomington. Ifa in 17 yours old, hay boon in the Relorm Sehool, aud heon ouuny‘cd in_severul robberies, ouo of them reeontly at Faitbury., ANOTHER ULERGYMAN IN TROUBLE, PuuaviLii, P, Dee, 1.—The Itov. Thomas Goopor, pustor of tho Tres Congregutionnl Churet in Fraukfoed, to-day nuswared to ucn|pluu fumed by the Bhorift, and i3 now under botds in 6,000 {0 auswaer to o cliarge of folonioua avsault mnd battory upon Flora May Pators, ngod 18 yenrs, also of Frunkford, ~ Tha clurge wau mado by the fathor of thoe girl, 'Lho sultiso ctvil ona, damages boing fixed at 310,000, lom- Dhors of Coopor's chureh bulivve bl Junooont, ARBESTED FOR PRRJURY, Spretal Dispstel o Tln Chieunn Teibunie, WiLRESDARRE, Vi, Deo, i, — l'olice-Officor Tioug, of this vity, urmed with n wurrant fssucd by Ald, Pearsoi, axresed M, W, Loftus, Muyor of the City of Beranton, tu-day, on_a charge of orjuey, ‘Tho Mayor was rolemod on giving Enu in the Bum of 3600 for Lis appesrance ab court. DEATIL EROM A RISGULAR OAUBE, Tovausront, lud., Deo, 3,--Churlos Lutler, a Ind about 12 yonrs ol , et with & siugular and fate] nceidont at_Anokn Junction, thin commty, to-dny, “Whila plaviug bal) Lo stumbled and foll, one end of hia bat striking on the ground, o e with his full wolght upon tho but, sirildug Dim in the reglon of the heart. o wont into iheo houge Lo Iny dotyn on tho snfa, and his moth- or dircovered lifm deud about fiftcon winutos af- torwards, HE WELLSHORO, PA., DANK ROBBERY, WrLLgnono, Pa., Deo .8,—In tha trial of tho bauk-robbery emso here, Congrove, alins ko, Muarsh, wes found gulity to-day on the firal dn dictmont, wiich was for burglariously enloring tho houso of John L. Nobinon, Fresident of tho bunk. Sontouco postponed. CONFIDENCI FREIGUTBILL DODGE, Speciat Dispateh to The Chtengo F'ribune, Durnorr, Dec. J,—John Opeonlaudor, n Cors man, of Watoriown, Olinton County, was ro- lioved of 3105 by tho contidonce Treight-bill dadge, and Mr. 8lolz, of Dowitt, of £2J, by thio samo rascul, TO BE_IL. WATERTOWN, N. Y, 1. R Er e S iram mieh wit Do hauged horo Lo-morrow, all efforts to huvo the eantoneo commuted biaving fuiled, for the mur- dor of Charles Wonhum, noar U unry. tlingo, in Jnu- Ho ntill assorta Lig tnnocence. 2 A UOUREOTION. Louisvinn, Deo, 3i—A upeeial to the Courier- Journal vavs Iarrinon Coulkercil was not sliot by John D, White, as it roportad, but by Dr. Shule, whoea hrother Cockerell killod some years ago. "Lbo woaud s thought to bo mortal. GLEANINGS FROM THE MAILS, A MASHACUUSETTD BOANDAL, From the New York Bun, A lnw-gnib resombling thut of Mr. ilton acaiust Mr. Doechor hnn just closed iu Dittstiold, Masy. Dr. Loronzo Walte was the foromost homaopathie physiclan ‘in Botkubire County, and was socinlly and professionally woll vegardoed. Wonlih und reputation ho had seenmlatod in abundance. In 1867 ho medieally treated (Lo wifo of T R. Wilson, and sbocluims that, whilo 111 2 conglition so foeble ns tobe easily improssed, Tio replaced hor bushand in her fuvor. and silee- tion. During the mext fowr yeats Dr. Wiito callod often and regulmly upon s, Witson, ' Ono malndy was searcely ouved before, necord- ing to tho attentive practitioner, auother nt- tacked her. Tho lusband paid the bills rognlar~ ly. and, if his version of tho matter is truthlul, suspected nothing until the wifo confegsed’ to him that she gulltily loved her medioal advier. Mr. Wilson went to Dr. Waito in o fury, bub what happened in the intorviow s disputed. Wnite iy that Wilson demanded £2,000 us » salvo for his wounded honor. Wilson kays that Wailo voluntarily offered tho moncy. Thore is Jittlo doubt, howover, that more or less monoy clinnged bands upon somo basis of settlement, Dr. Waito elnims, iu spito of thiy, that lo iy in- uceant, explaining tbat the fear of u "damaged: roputation induced bim to buy ~silence. Yet silenco was not “strictly maintained, and Pitts~ tield was soon full of whisperings ugainst the popular phyeivian. At length tho social oxplo- tion eamein a suit for $20,000 drmagos, broughl by Mr. Wilkon for the atloged seduction of his wife. Dr. Waile wos o badly seared that bohid away for & fow dnys, but toolk conrago aftorward and began s bold defonse. 1o hiad many triends who firmly botiovo that blackumil was tho only erime jnvolved, and the seutiment of tho county wns abbut evonly divided, 3 ho trind, wiieh lasted o weolt, was o notable logal contest. Conpressman Dawes was tho counsel for tho plalntiff, and his Jodal politieal opponent, 3r, Marshall Wilcox, way engaged ou 1o other gidz, Mrs, Wilkonadhered to Lhe causo of hier busband, and Ler testimony was full aud elreumstantinl. 8ho oven prouuced almauncs, covering the yeara of elleged misconduct, fn which thae guilty deys wero markod. Hor story way adhered to in wpito of tantalizlug crosu-ox- amiuation, The detensomet it with tho countor chargo of blnckmail, Mr. Duwes mado no élo- quoat address to the jury for-tho prosecution, omphagizing Dr. Wawo's fright, vaciliation, and expeudititrs of mouney for uifsuca us proofu of guilt. Dr, Wilcox, for tho defonso, argued thnt theso things wero nntural enough in an junoceut man in dauger of undeserved 1utfamy, and thet tha success of blackmail did not nlweys dopend npon tha guilt of the victim. o also said that, it Witsou lind belleved his wifa guilty, ha wanld not hove condoned hor crime, mor have lett Waite wnshot. Judge Rockwell, in his vhargs, said that no controvorsy .of luw wau iuvolved. {t \:lna slmply & question as to who had told the tuth, 'he jury agroed upon & verdict of $10,000 for Mr. Wilron. ~ An effort willbe niade by the Doc- tor's counsel to gol & now trial granted on b ground of excostive domaged. [T thuo failsit will probably be carried to tho Bupreme Court on oxceptions, A FOREST TRAGEDY. Wansa, Win {Nov. 27), fnrh’nfimqlullcfl af the Oshkosh Tyien, - A short time #ince o Jund-hunter named Dufly niad u quareol with an Indiun_ucar Rico Lulko, but notling serious was thought of tho mattor, and all supposed ¢hat the pariics concernod Lind Lwd forgoton tho affair,” A short tiwo sinca bolls Duffy and tho Indian disuppoured; about ton duys wonb by, whon, tho frionds of Duify gotting sarmed, o party startod iuto tho woods to seurch, Ina short time somo of the party came across the badies of Duffy aud the Tndlsn, Tlo body of Dufty laid ucross thatof tho In- dian. Xrom the appenranco of the bodtoy, death hud claimed [ty v i On_ expmination it w had received n sovero blow from sonto blunt in- strumont in the breast, which lnd caused hiy denth. Dufty’s body showed throo wounds caused hT a Luife ; two of thom woro in his Drenst, whilo tho third was fn bis back., 1t s guppoted that the Indiun lind #lipped up to Datfty and stabbed bim u tho buck, whon Duffy turnad on lts gesailnut, and then recoived tho othor two wounds, whoroupon lio struck tho In- dian o blow tlmt kllod bit, bub tho reul particu- Inrs of the forert tragedy will never ho known, A TIGIT YOU LIFE WITH AX INFURTATED MADNMAX, Cheater, 10, (Dee, %) Divpateh to the St. Lowis Globe, "Ab Irviugton, Washington County, 1L, o snall town on tlio Llinois Ceutrnl Ruilroad, a tow days gineo ocettrred a Toghtful Lragod, 7 ‘The vonduotor of unoctnward-bound fraight train put off & man who appearcd to bo lnboriny undor tempotary insanity, with the request that ho bo closely looked nfter, us he was not ine coudition Lo tnke.care of hirsclf. I'ho mon was taken to the ruilrond station by A. L, Maruh aud O, Hohmun, butsometime shout ‘midnighs the luzatic mudo Lis osonpe, aud made a torzivla offort to broak into tho residunde of | Mrs, Barton. Aguin ho was takon ta tho station- houso by Mareli, Ttolunan, John M. Driver and J. L. Womak, who bolcod tho doors of “tho sta- tion-houso, romainiug on the inkide “with tho nadman, 'he madnan seemed not to be salis- fied with this kind of procegure, aud drow & ockot=lunifo and advanced toward Driver, suy- ingz I will kill you, or you must kill mo.” Driver attempled o pueify tho mudmuu, whan Lo struck nb Lim with the kuite, but Driver evaded tho blow. 'Tho mudmnn noxt turned to Marslt, who wan sittiug neur the door, snd stab- bed him in tho throat, the binde entoring to the ruzht of the windpipe bud prasing oug ou tho loit sido of the neok bohind Lhe jugular voin, Marsh sank to the Qoor, wayitg, **Boys, Lo Las kuled o TLeaving Marsl, with flond-like ferocity tho madmun gprang foward Womnek, who _dodged Ing fieut blow, and clinehoed the torridle flend ulosely around tho waist, bub be was u largo, powersul man, and mach more than & mateh for llin intendod viotim, und soon succeede:l in get- tiug Lis vight uem freo, and commenced to stab Womack in the beek und head, who cried to Driver to *kuock him down, lio is killing me." Drivor procured o crowbar, uud mado an ut- tempt to trika Lho madman, but ho, with won- darful presencs of ind, nuneged to keop Womecle betweon himsell and Drivor, Dpiver bl mndo for Womacek's nutigonist, but tho hlow intemled for the madmin foll with territlo forco on Wonieek'n right hand, vrighing it :mnylumlv rondering Womnek holpleny, who ot go his a versary, who thon sprawy ot Driver and wan ros eewved with o blow [rom tho crowbar neross the loft sicdo of his hond, whivh brougtht him souso- lons to tho floor. At this juncturo of afinlrs, Drivor and Roh- mun startod one for holp, leaving Marsh, Wom- nuk, and_the manine Iying upon the flooy, Bue seareoly had they Jofb whon the madman rocov- ered Ihnsolf, wnd, soving hiv luifo upon the lloor, ntarted for 1it, and Womaok, anticipating his intontions, secired an iron pokor and agnin commoneeit the combut for hife, Wommek this timo had cyual ehances, and fought with the Tuowledgo thab Ils lite wan wb slalio, Bix times tho demon advtncod towrids Womauk, und nix timey Jio_was_ hrought Lo the floor. Jelp soon enine, and Mo Insane wan mndo his eseapn, nnd the noxt morniug wan found vonr the Bupéisi Chwroly, whmant fozon to doatl, having stripped Diimself of nearly all hiw clothatygg, s wounds woro drosticd, #lter witich s warrand win lsened, awl the unfortinmte wrolel waa conumitted Lo jail, Yonug dlssh reovlyed oiery altention av {lie hunad of_his Frivodd, but divd “the neat day, Wedncsdny, Nov. 35, aod_at 5 o'elacke Thiradiy wortimg Lis murderor breathed s lust, Wonis ack’s Injurlaa wora not sorlous, and ho wiil acon tocover. EEp s b ey CASUALTLES. 2 TUN DOWN AT BEA. Bosroy, Deo. 3.—Fho stesmer Orlental, bound houco for Bavauual, Ga., hos roturned to this port for repatra, Sho ropotts that at 10 o'clock Tast night, whon hotweon Nmtsel and Capo Cod, sho camo in collision with the schooner Ulnra Qovo, of Calaly, Mo,, Capt. Gove, with n casgo of conl from Yobokon for Chiolan, 'Pho toamor strucl tho nchoonor just forward of the fote- rigging, branking off hor foromast and erushing 1 the sidos of tho vensel clear down to the waler's cdge, causing bor to It and sink in a fow minutes, All tho bauds, numbering soven, in- clurding tho Captain ninl his wilfe, woro rosoued, but nothing of consoquonce was #aved from the wieolk. Tho Osptain's wife escapodin hor nights clotlies, 'I'he stonmor knd hor bow-plates ptarted il lost hior jibboom, Hho will bo dotalued foty days for ropairs. = ' DIND OF HIS INJURIES. o Speetat Digputch 1o The Chitcuno Tribune, MinwAuker, Wis., Deo8.—\Wm, fonng, apris- oner at tho Houso of Correotion, diod this oven- ing from the offocts of au accidont i tho chsir factory. 1lo was employed nbout a ciranlar saw wheu & pleeo of wood (low up aad struck him in tho braast, rupturing a blood-vossel, 1loftman Ttled from Sheboyian, uid bad sorved ono yoor of n two-yaar term for horse-stealing. = FATAL BRIDGI; ACCIDENT, Sr. Lousy, Dee. S.—Four men,, repaivingn bridgo acrous Grand. Rivor, on tho St. Lonle, Kunsaa City & Northern Rallroud, weve knocked from the stricturolast Wodnesday by tho up- setting of a car, and Jorry Donovan, formorly Iiead bo3s of the Lunnol Commany, this cily, was fatally injured. John Finnlyan had o leg. broken und wos atherwise buet, aud Thomas Drighom and Thomas Greon woro vory badly bruised. BURNED TO DEATH IN A CALABOG speetd Disputeh to The Chucags Triousz, BrooMikaroy, I, Dee, $—Loet night tho ealabooes ut Lontine wos burued, uud with it two oung wien, brothery, nametd 1rank avd J.enuel Dowilng, who bad hoey nrvostos and fmprisonod tho night Lefora for dikorderly condnet. They wora vous of un ald aud regposced rosidont, Lur- rison Downing. F ACGIDENTALLY S8HOT HINSELE. Ixpiasavonis, Ind, Dec, 8,—Ttastua Fishar, a firoman, aceidentally shot himeclf through the thigh laet night whilo on the bunt for o burglur | who was attempting Lo steal Into bis house. INJURED BY A FALLING WALL. PrinApELeia, Po., Dee. §.—This afternoon, whilo workmen were omployed in demolishiug sn old storo nt the inlersection of Ninth aud Market strcets, on the sito of tho sow Pout- Ottive, n'wall foll and buriod four nion. All wora ;nlwu out alive, bub threo wero ecriously in- ot e s ‘_ THE STRIIK y AT nE EAST, | Nuw Yonx, Dec. d.—Onohundred women, eni- ployed in tho faclors of tho New Lrundwick (N« .) ubber Company, struek yesterdey cgainst a roduction of thelr wages, LChoy had beew ew- ployed in stamping rubber shoes Ly haud, but tho Company recontly introdueed machines for 1his work atid reduced tho xates on pieto-work, As the women could ouly carn two-thirds of thoir formor wages, thoy ntruek, Tho packing-hox m # of 1rooklyn are onn striko ugainst n voduction .of. thelr wagos, aud uow hands have Loen ewmplogod. . . 1t is reported that the weavers in Higging & Co.'s curpot-factory, ot Forby-third stiont” nid Lloventh avoune, hinvo struck, to the nuwber of 1,500, agamst o roduction of thelr. wigol. o Thotory Ja clusod, and hw_oporatives Lavo beou informod thut work will lio rosumed whei tho terms offored to tham are avcapted, - ‘I'no "longuhioremen of Iuboken - attemptod to offect & compromise with the Jreman, Hamburg, and Eaglo Steamship Companies, but (ho agents iuformed thom shut no Ualon mon horealter wottld be employed. "Iho Now Yorlt "longnhoronien hivo lind an un- dorstanding with Walsh Bros., tho loading stove- dores on the North Itiver, and a moditication in tho rates of compenention iy bren “agreed to. To is oxpected thob tho mon will go to work to- morrow, 5 e THE PROCTOR-MOULTOM LIBEL EUIT. . Special Disvateh o The Chicaao Tribune, Nuw Yorg, Doc. 8.—~The Prostor-MoultonTibel suit was up forn hoaring this moraing before Judge Woudruff, in tho United Htates Court’ in Drooklyn, It cnine bofore s United States Court, becaugo tho plalutiif is ulleged fo bo a clitizon of anothor State than tuis, Bloulton waa thoro with lis counsel, Judgo Mullor- ton, at ouo elbow, and his friend Lilton ut the other, i other couusel, Den Butlor was nob there, Miss Proctor was presont with her counsel, Judgo Yan Cott and Gen, Traoy. Doth wides are making frautie offorts; tho ono'to hiavo tho easo trid at onco aud tho othier to utave it off until after tho Beeobor trsts, for obvious rensons, 'Fhio defenuo insisted that tho Court had not fjurlediction in tho ense, heeauso nowliero in tho complning was it shown that the plaintifl' was a citizen of another State, Iolylng on this, they hid subpanaed no witnosses and mudo no proparations for lmmedinte trind, There iy [ Jouyg and tedions nrgu- went, over this point, Tho counsel Tor plaintiff thought aflirmation of residonce imn- plied also afirmation of cltizenship. o Conrt decrdod it hnd jurisdivtion, bub pormitted an ad= Jjournment to next Wudnesday, in view of the afiidavits submitted by tho defenso that it was impogublo to procoed. s S THE OHIO DENTIST Corvaovs, 0., Dec. 3.—Ab to-dny's session of tho Ohlo Dental Associution, the difteront forms of gotd used in filling teoth wore discussed st longth. Presidont H. A. . Smith, of Cincinnati deliverod his annual'address, taking 28 his toxt, “Tho Statns of Mechanienl Dontistry.” The address taok the ground that thoro should boa divlefon of tho surgical and oporative branches of tho busluess ; that it was both for tho bouofit of the public nud tho craft, and it was ouly n guestion of time wlon thix should como, and ho cluimod thut unlers this division fs mado den- tistry inust cenzo to bu recoguized a8 o wpecinl Braueh of wedleine, ) FUNICIPAL EXCURSION, Speciat Dispateh to Phe Chicago T'ribune, Ttcantosn, Ind., Do, 8,—The Common Coun- cil of Yort Wayno, accompanied by dolegates from tho city offlcinls, prominent citizeus, snd pross reprosoutatives, arrived biera over the Cin cluuatl, Richmond & Ft, Wayno Road at noon, They wera met st the dopot by n Commitios from onr Council snd escorted Lo tho Hunting- ton [ouse for dinuer, and in tho aftornoon in- spected tho Fire Departmunt, pork-packing estabe lishments, and munufactories. e i CANADIA ITEMS. MoNTarAl, Dde. 8,—~Tamos L, Modann has cntered twvo snits ageinst dolson’s Dank, eaclh 1o rocover $45,000 Gamogos for aleed illegal arrest und imprisonment in connaction with tho civil pd criminn] proceedings. Judgo Bosudry to-day delivored Judgniont Tin thio Chamly olection case, unseuting Jotoin for corsupt practices by agouts, b e i TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Indiana Buprome Court will reenmo its slttings Mondny, alter o vacution of somo ten days, All vessols now In the Welland Oanal will get throngh, the lato wavie wenther huving melted the ico. Joln Alnswortl, a brakoman on the Kunsns City & 8t, Jo Ruileod, foll from a train of care youtorday s bus body ws horribly maugled. Dolohrty, tried at Kunnas L'l!{ o, for tho murderlng of Thitlp Cooliran Just Juno, was ac- quiitod youorduy morniug in tho Criminal Court on le ground of insuuly. "Flo Jury was out el mght. ‘e United Htates Cirenit Couvt mot at 1n- Alanaypolis yosterday, Judge Drummond ot the Jonch, No:hln‘: was douo beyond eharging the }ll‘n‘lllll -lhu'y and ealling the dooket to set cages o trinl, Yho Obiengo & Northosstorn Niallvond will rmurnnn wnpidly from LFlint to the Yarnon Orosy. ng of tho Dotroit & Milwankeo Ialliond, whero & counortion will ba miado bl tio xight of way s adjustod to Lanslug, At n maoting of the Amorican Bocioty of C| Togineers in New York, over flity y\lauu ';‘é{\-l rupid frnsit and rapid n'umll'.-hund?mu wers presented, ombraclnyg surfaco, olevatod, and underground pluns, and coverivg & Jarge num- bor of routes, « "Who Grand Lodge of Viscousiu 0dd-Follaws mot in Milwankoee yestorday, and roceived tha report of tho Graid Reprekontatives, and ade '}‘I’:}‘I“?h}:.‘l ml‘xh; uluu}‘xlln reception in Insurance ch duf g 4 dnllu'hu‘ul o l_,‘v ool place lust niglht, and was a ‘Tho Bprineflell (Muks.) Republican sava Charles F(um\mfl s bugomu connectod with tho Now York Herald, H W aeisingtor nt:fl. and {s to becotno chiof of‘ PACIFIC MALL, 20 13 8 £ tvsoll Sugo Eetives trom tho Preste dency—Sumon Low Ofk Rer ored tho Vas Suectal Dispaleh to The Chicago Trivune. New Yous, Doc. ,—Tuenell Sago Lag rotired * hastily from tho Prosldency of tho Pacifle Mail Steamship Company. ‘Lo tho well informed this was o surprise. 1t has long boon apparent that interual dissensions woro impoiring thoCompany’s influcnco and eapncity. Foraiime thoro was opon dlgeord, but harmony was restored. Tho wounds woro opened by tho novw floating patuco, City of Poking. Lho oxeursious of tho vousel are fae mou in the Last for ologanco of tho accommo- dutions afforded. Prosident Grout was on ona of tho trips, and 8o wero many other publio oficory of Washington, Now York, and Dose !.ml. The cost of those irips was £30,000. Tho Lilly, " when submitied, onused much indignation, M. Bagoand tho other Dircotors voted against the payment, and Rufus Hotela alono it tho nfilvmative. Hatch angored at ting, and has_boen - hrowjug; Lroublo . over siuco. Obarles 3. Ogborn _nud’ Jamoes D. Bmith, of o Board of Diroctors,! - stook brokers aud represontmiven of Jay Coald, were chargod with wsing tholr position with tho Conipony Iu depressing the stock. I'inally tho Bourd adopted n resolution that it was the h;-ium:._ of improprioty for nny membor to * o short " of thostocl, snd pledging encl to Toform the:praotice, - Prosidons Bogo wgrood Loartily, Wednesdny, 0 wook nwo, ~Sago enid meme hers of tho Bonrd wero using their position to *benr” tho Company's stock 1 the market; thal thoy had given privatn informatton of tho Cowpnuy's affairs, which, hoing publishod, ruised n wind, and insivted on tho gjectment of 1he culpritk, Osboinl atid Simfth Woro tho men 1efarred Lo, , ’Jhur rataliated by eaying that the Pregiclent know there was o latge Hoaling debt, | it soncealad it fn ordor to wolt out tho stock ho betd, aud that after welling it ho was guilly of the very crima with which Tie lind rnluelfchusr'geé thom. An investigating vommitteo of ono wes appoiutad Liat Satirday, another macting hold, and mowbers oxnmued on their honor. Thore ‘| wna u stormy seenv. All devied goiug * biort.” Owborn being under bun, from Jav.Gould testifyinis t trungnctions, 0 shouted that it was false, I‘r. all onded ju Suge rosigning to-duy both the Proxidoncy nnd memborship in the Divection, on :c;z?:‘nt t:( :x prcnlu|0r hunmxomlv.h Jlnmes Lo, o ingut sleamship man of this city, D anL e i} this ¢ity, has beon road o lotbor ..the houosty of his he Lot Mnyor finvemovor Conwe dgemay the Martinlity $hown 'Chis Anciont Piiferes, . . New Yonk, Dee Tho following was tha Iast ofilcinl. communidation sent Ly -the lats Magor, und way diaftod by him on Saturday last, after huving signed, ne o part of his day's aue tlog, moré than 1,000 warnauts : Mavon's Oerace, Nov, 95, 1874, 70 haies fineen, Presklent o tha Omisetmiera iy’ Ghorte 1'nin inforied, from reliablo anthorlty, thnt Willinm M, Twweed, who T snppored wad employed in tho bous pllst u” iacewells Tdund n iveonnt of uis icallh, o Litandn Dhif somiloea woré siceded, has o room farnishod with oll fho convenloncd ind comborls of Tife; fhat ke 15 ullowed {0 wear g brdingry qress | tust be hus tha liverty of {ko Penitentfury roundu,often without the prexeuco of o leepes 18 pormidted to reclvo visltora ut pleasure, mnd ) #ho:t, whilo thla mulefuclor, o with lis coufeteraten Tag plundered the city of mwilluny, s thus shlelded frout 1ho chaitiremont ué tho law, hunireds of his follows prironers ure nndergoing sefitences for klealing prop~ erty of u driting value, aro subjected {o il the ro- stoninta of vrisen diselvline, ‘This dlstinetion bhebween wan who lu beconie rich by public plunder and n mnt who, pechupe to rulieve u préssiug physleel vant, Lag sppropriated to his own uso on inlonciderabla sn_ of mouty of properly of Hitle value, is dlsrzacerul to tio city, u crimbind violation of dnty by thaee wito liave geanted (he {udulgence, au utter totis i of (o law and {he delerminations of juries and courts, and eanuot fail {0 bring Insting disgraco on uil by whose ofticial intorposition " tho abiiso may Lo oor- rocted, T would thouk yow, thorefore, at your onrll et emvenlence to Toport 0'mo o facts ofthe case, Yours truly, 2 W, P, Haveuryen, Acting-Mryor Sammel B. IT, Vuuce, iu couges quonce of tho death of M. Huvemoyor, bas taks on the mattor in hand and addrossed a communi= cation simtler in churactor to che abovo to the Commlsgioner of Cluntics and Correctiona in regmd to tho caso of Tweed. Mr. Vance, however, adds: “‘You awe hereby al forded an_opporiunity of boing hourd as to tha matters whioh, in tny Judgmant, if teue, erocausa sufliciont_for your removal from oftice. What- aver vou have to suy os to tlus mattor, I will thauk yort to_communioato to me on or bofora Mondus, tho 7th inst,” : : Cowmnigafoner Laimbor, of the Departmont of Charitics and Corrections, sont, to-dey, o lotter ta Muyor Vauce, realgning bis offico a8 Commis. wioner. Iu tho lotter o quotes numerous iu- stuuces from tho minutos of tho oxocutive weot- ings of tho Board, showivg that bo had exoressed himself avorso to the Inxity of discipline - in the cusio of Tweed, and lind introducoed resolutiona to cause the prison rules to bo enforoad ‘upon him, FIRES. AT VERMILION, D, T, Special Disvatch o The Chtcago Tribune, Hioux City, Is,, Dec. 8.—Tho bhouso cccupled a8 » rosidenco by Chirles Batnes, snd bolonging to G. C, Maynard, at Vormliion, D. T., burned yostordoy evening. Darnes was in this cliy ot the time, and receivad n tologram that his housa wos burned, but theb the family were sefe and mont of the farnlturo removed; but ho says ho bud $800 in grooubneks in tho house, whioh hig wifo Luow nothing of, and it probably burned, The Joss on the house is about 1,000, No in- Ruranoo, the policy baving expired but a fow days ago, v AT.MEDINA, N. Y. MEepisa, N.Y., Dec, $.—1Tho Mothodist Ohurch was doutroyed, sud o number of tho adjoining buildings wore damagod, by firo lost nighc, Thg E??‘_)a 3?’0 rom 10,000 to ¥50,000; the wusurance, 528,000, AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Spmxarieey, I, Dee, 3i—A fiva oconrred this orning in Spoar’s, damay XnF tho building to tho extent of £16,000; purtly insured, A NEW “RACKET.” Yestorday morning botween 8 sud 4 o'olock & woll-to-do, respectublo lodgor.in a Europoan holol on Iufth aveuus, opposite thoe Biigge Houss, was ewakenod from & ' penceful slumbor by = loud knock at his door. e oroso hastily, abd, whilo rubblng hic oyus to seant two callors, inquired Lhe causo of thoir vielt, _Onobf the partiel suil excitodly aud quickly, -*Your friends, the Maloy brothers, ure in troublo; thoy Liave been arrested aund locked up in tho Avmory; fifty dollars will got thom out!" Pno lodger ran to his pantas loous, oaud, takivg his woll-filled pocket- hoult, took tho roquired amount from it, and lauded 1t ovor to tho strangers, who took espeeinl pains to stand in the Dballway, Tho {wo mon walked (uickly away, attor lalling the lodgor to pot tressed aud coms to the station a8 Boon sd Lo could. He did just as b wns told, and when on his way to tho Armory et & pollesman. ‘o slght of ‘the #eop " opotied his eyes, and stuprmg p to bim ho slupped his hand smartly ou his kuce, and auid, * By George, T beliove, 1'vo hoon swindlod!™ 1le ralatad tho visit of the two men to his teom {o thu antonished Kuight of tho Club, und way informed that thioro was no doubt but thut ho wua Lho viotim of & * now rackel,” 1lo nent to tho stntion and_compluned, but could give no doseription of tho fellaws, o incldentally ro- marked that ho would have glven the partica 2100 a8 quick as 860 (£ thoy hnd asked fov it —— OBITUARY. TUE REV, H 1, DAVIDSON, UINOINNATI, O1se1NsATy, O, Do, 8.—The Nov. 8, B, David- Hon, pustor of Ht. John's Bpiscopal Churob, in {his olty, died this miorning, bR —A Mr. Frank Potts, of Warwiok, Ohostor County, Pa., callod, ah ovening or two ago, npon a physlolan’ at or noar Lughtown, and eaid : v Dogtor, should any ono_call upon you_tlus ovoutg fo biavo hig arm dressed aud & ball ox- tractod from_it, you onn tuke it for grautod that 1 put that ball there. ‘Lhe_follow attompted to rob me on tho highway," Mr, Potis drovo off, and wad soascoly out ol sight boforo tho bighs wayman cama to got his arm dyassed, and, to tho surprise of the doolor; ho found bimivbo 8 nelghbor, B v g