Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1874, Page 7

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1874 GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL, The Responsibilities Inoums bent ‘Upon Entertain- z a King. The Blair-Wheolor Wedding—Why * Jim- mio” Blair Bears Such o Maseulino Kamo, Tho Tea-Party at tho Rotunda~-- Who Were There, and What Tley Wore. Some Political Gossip from Henry Watterson. A Caso of “Pistols and Cofice for Two.” . SOCIAL GOSSIP, Bvecial Corresponacnce of L'lie.Clacago Tribune, YIVE LE nor | YasnivoroN, D, 0., Dee. 19.—Socloty hns baon in o whirt of palpitating oxcitemont this weok over tho many ovents of intorost crowded into theso fow briof days, First and foromost, tho pregence of a Royal visitor—notwithstanding ko waves his scoptro ovor a raco of baby-oaters, and his comploxion resemblos that of our Fifteonth-Amondmont brothron—bas clated ns into an indescribablo slato of sclf-consclousness pnd gratulation over tho fact that a King—a bona-fide Bovercign—Is honoring us with & visit, and that wo shall thus bo enabled to touch the hem of Kingly garments. It has beon domone stratod, howovor, past tho shadow of o doubt, that Majosty is subject to tho ills which ordinary flesh is hoir to, also ; for King David (not the Psulmist) was confined to lis rooms with a 8overa cold for soveral days, but was finally permitied by his pbysicians to pay bis rospocts to the President. 1lis Excel- loncy has been a victim to the samo opidemic, and vory naturally n bond of sympathy was im- modiatoly eatablished botweon tho two rulers. As & follow-feeling makes us wondrous kind, oftentimos, thero is every reason to suppogo tho Reciprocity Trenty—tho ostonsiblo object of Ialakana's visit—will bo amicably and eatisfac- torily arrunged, ‘The President intends giving tho King n state-dinnor and o eard-recoption be~ foro the tormination of his visit. ¢ IR PERGONEL, ‘His Majesty is not a handsome man, nor is his boaring such as to proveke any ospecial nquiry or ramark, is complexion is norbupa threo ro- moves {rom Aftican, His features nre quile ordinary ; his hiale blaclk, fino, and straight, and not very thick ; his mustacho long and datk; the oxpression of his fuco honest and manly; und lis height in tho vietnity of 6 foet, A LAIUD OF THE CYPRESS AND OLIVE. Tlo reigna over 50,000 subjects and 5,000 or 6,000 forcignets, undor the titla of *XKing of Tawait," Iiis dominions consist of iwelve smull islands (of voleanic origin), in ihe Pacific Qcean, nbout 2,000 miles southsrest of San Fran- cisco, 'I'ho climats is nob purely tropical, al- though the produclions nro cssentially so. ‘Lhe Capital City, Honoluly, is beautitully situsted on tho sea-const, amidst all tho Iuxuriont sur- roundings of tropical trecs aud fruits, The har- bor is & very fitie one, aud ships floating llags trom every sad country ave continuously ab znehor in it wacers, Tho naval socloty s con- wequently quite largo and very gay at Honoluln. ‘oo King has o Cabinet.—Ministers of Fi- aanco, Avornoy-Gonerals, ow.,—like any great and well-organized nation; und euch of tha Hoy- eralislands {8 under tho immedato jurisdiction of a Goveraor. There {8 also a Iarliament, di~ wided into Houeo of Commons and a llouks of Nobles. Tho ineipnin of royally, mnsicad of tho custowmry crown, i8 B cloak of rare nud ontly yollow foathors, When tho lato King Tuoalilo died, ha rppointed nosuc- censor, leaving the yellow cloal’ to adorn such parson as mught bo cliosen by tho balloting of tho people. Tho contest wus botween Queon Emma, who formorly visited us, and Kalnkaua. Tho latter, after & severo contest, carried the day, and was declarod liu.f:. roceiving all but six votes of the Natjonal Legislaturo, 1lis brother, Willinm Yitt Leleiohokee, has been appointed Regent during the King's abaenco, znd successor In ovont of lus death, ASD o3t! THE UBMIDE WAS FAIR TO SEE. Tho next affar of moment on onr sovial tapis ig tho mawnnge of Mis. Jimmis Blaar to Capt. Georgo Wheelor, United States Engiucer Corpu, particularly well known to scientiuts thronghout the country as the leader of tho celebrated Wheoler Exptoring Expedition across tho plnius, Bliss Blair belongs to tho bListoric old family of Blairs, who have for go many years figured cou- spicuously in Democratic politics of tho past, aud who aro resdy and willing to keop their vames in the toroground of any futuro con- tingouoy of like kind. Cho brides’ father wusg Commodore Jumes Blair, U. 8. N. A daughter, appearing o fow weeks after tho father's suddou dentt, was christoned Juwmes. 1% sounded very peculialy to hiear tho Rector's sol- emn words: **Wilt thou, Goorgo, Lavo this James for thy wedded wile ™ ‘The. guests wero very curions to know whother the Rector would insist upon tho christencd name Jumoy, or per- mit tho pot and moro familinr ono of Jiumio to bo uged in tho coremony. AND TIHEY TWAIN SHALL DE AS ONE FLESI, Bt. Johu's Church, whers tho mairinge was polemnizod, i ono of tho oldast edificos in tho city, Itisbuiltin the form of u cross, the ma- torial used in its construction being of o Nght- drub, rough stucco, providoutiaily covored, in part, by lusurinnt wyflrhmu bay crops up to the very _oaved. | ia_ swall and” ille arranged” for suy grand puplial eere- mony, os thero is no middlo nisle, {ho 'two sido nisles belug 80 very narrow ag bardly to pormit tho passage of two sbroast, aud tho piaco in front of thoaltar vory circumscribod, Novortholoss, more porsons distinguished for ‘position, xuu!(, lenrning, family, aud statosman- ship, havo gathored benoath the proieciing roof of this unprotontions church, than i any other eacrad odifice in tho eutiro country. Sinco the doys of Gonernl and Lindy Washington, the bost, 1d tha brighteat, and ravest’ have answored tho SUINMONB to prayer rung out hf 1ts imporative littlo old-fashioned boll,” By balf-post 8 o'elock tho church nnd gallerios nvero well fllled with peraons distluguistiod in sociat and political life 3 and, n fo mmntes lator, tho organ throbhed out thie turilling music of Mondulssohn's ** Wed- ding Merch,” and the bridal party entared, WHAT WAS WORN. Tho brido's dress waa a soft, velvety white gros-grain gilk, trimmed vory arilstically with white satin, Fhie basque wau the plain cuirusy shopo, with ¥V neek, i train was very long, the shirt fiting smoothly over front and bips, and tho {nilnexs srranged, secording to tholatost etyle, in o wide quadruple Watteau plait in tho back., Orange-blonsoms sud iihos.of-tho- valloy strove for sumemncy in garlending tho {mmg bride'a costume, and over all was thrown he mtsty, filmy veil, which suggests—oven in . looking ot tho plainest bride—Vuuns rising from the foamy waters, or Undino lsuuluF a8 wprito of the fountain, Mies Binirig not at all protiy,— but she is vory vivacious and quick-witted, sud Capt. Wheeler s seid to bo vory deoply in Jova with hor,—tho rogular cld-fashlonod kind of lovo, too. Tho groom in from tho old Day State; bas @ long brouzo beard, brown eyes, homely, honest faco, and good staturo, 3 THE ATTENDANTS, The brideemalds Wore dressed, somo in white sitk, othors in tarlotan or French mushn,—thoir trimmings boing blue or pink, 88 best euitad the blonde or bruhio complexions of tho wearers, Tho protticst were: Aliss Radford, tall, and swest-faced, aud {air; Miss Richardeon, plunp, etite, and blug-oyed ; aud Mis Lowry, slonder Pn figuro, with groat, luminous, soft brown oyes, ‘Tho reception at 4 o'clock was at tho bride's lionss on Pennsylvania avenua, near Bovontcenth etreot, ond only tho most infimato friendy wera prasiout. 'Lhe gifts wore many and costly, Tho wodding-trip will only bo to the **Hotel Windsor,” Now York, and then the young couple will return here for the Christmas Lolidags, in which old Montgomery, fast nearing tho cen- tury-line, and Gen, Frauk I, sud (ho Innumer- ablo mombors of thoe Blair family, will talo ve- tivo purt, Jlooms huve buen fitted up for the ridal pair at the family mausion, A LIGHT THAT KLVEIL WAB ON SEA O LAND, On 'Tuceday ovoning, the grand * Gontennial Tou Party " occupied the Rotunda of tho Uupi- tol for tho firt ovening, ond I fonr my pon will yil-suflico to give you any adequate iden of tho posutiful scoua ihoroin preseuted, - The dome waa lighted from tholus to base, as It has boen luminnted but trleo biforo, aud thon tocolobrato the victorion achieved ovor our Insurgont broth- ors. Uho frescoing b tho top of thodome looked g0 soft and far away that any ona imaginative onouygh conhl nanllr havo deomod the figuras to Do tho glorifled spirits of onr brave and incom- parable ancestors, gazing down with approving gniles at tho apirlt of patriotiim still sprivging oternal in thoe breasts of tho sons and daughtors of tho Ropublie, Gas-jots, roltoned by globos ot ground glass, circled round and round, lthe o gerpout winding its luminous way to tho very tap of tha domv, Danuers, and dovicos, and ov- ergroons, aud_flovorw, dockod the walls above tho grotd old paintings; zad thirteon tables, roprasonting tho thirtoon original Statos, woro litorally suredunded by all the youlh, boauty, wit, and fashion of tho’ ¢ity, who worn connte- naneed In their commondulilo offorts l)i' ho Lo- nign faces of tho men who find graspod onr lib- ur«:leu from tyrant hands, “he powdered buir, an » COSTUMES WORN A CENTUNY A0, are eapecinlly becoming to peroons with darl oyos; aud somo of the lovolioat faces I havo ovor soen beamed out from bonoath the frills of caps yollow with tho marks of yenrs which havo pageod ovor thom. . Tho daughicr of Maj, Cash, of the Marines,—dius Edith,—woro o whito sate in dress bolonging to hor great-gront-grands mother, and n satin turban to matel, which ¢n- tively concealed hor Lnir, bat showed to rematk- ablo’advantage the deop dark oyos and clenr olive gkin of tho wearor, Mra, Henry D, Gools, Jr.—whoso raro, sweet faco hnunts ono with its pure beanty—woro a drces of dark bluo (wo would eall it “navy-blus™ now ; onr nncestors named it *pot-bluo ™), hand-embroidered in most exquigito bright bouquets,—tho droes bonsting 290 years, Over tho waist was a white I{oniton Inco borthn, 100 yeara of age; and from hor protty thront was muepended a hugo portralt, painted on ivory, of somo anceator awny back in the seventeonth century, Another young lady, from Virginin, woro o white atin with eprays of seariot honoysucklo haud-ombroidored oll over it, whick graced tho fivai recoption given by . LADY WASIINGTON at Mount Vernon. At tho Massnchusotts tnblo, in o framo, was tho old commission jssucd to 8. II. Ward ns Justico of tho Peace by Georgo 111, Mius DMeigs, daughtor of tho Quartermaster- Genoral, woro au_apron made from o pieco of one of Martha Washington's drossos. At tho Maryland table, wax candles burned In solid silvor candelabras that have boon tn the Stewnrt family for over 150 yoars, Miss Kittlo Cooko, duughter of tho ex-Governor, earriod a fan onco borno in the handa of the Marquisn do Lnfayette. Ttofroshimonts, Jiquid and - substautinl, ~wero sorved nt the varlous tables, intersperued with articlos of landiwork, flowors, and cups_with Georgo Washington's nutograph, for §1 or $1.50, aceording to quality of chinn, . Quoorgia was ropresonted by an oxquisto tom- plo, supportod by six columus ornamonted witl cotton 1 bloom, xjeco straw, green sugur-cane, fornsand flowors, aud tho roof one bower of ferns, "Tho dressing-room assigned the ladies was tho ono usually occuplod by Speaker Bloine, who has boon n most enthusiastio helper in tuis pa- tifotle matter, Becrotary Robeson mado a miost charming address in tho old Hall of Roprosenia~ tives, whore, during tho oarly povtion of the nvanln{lg, tho Marine Band wag stationod. ‘Tho {Tawaifan King and suito wore oxpected to ho preeent, aud tho crowd, which steadily iu- ereased and romainad, instead of coming aud going from timo to tine, renchod crushing pro- yortiona L o'clock. it wus o good-nnturcd, Iluughing crowd, lowavery and only some of the young ladies unfortupnte cnough to bo ntationed outsido their tables saffercd any great inconvenienco. They, liko so many fomisive Casibisncas, re- rolvedd ta stand by thoir posts until logaljy ro- Ieased from duty, and 8o tho wavcs of pasing humanity gurged by, and bore portions of nprong and seraps of ribbons na traphies of tho contest. Bebind the Counecticut tablo was *Irumbull's picture vepresentivg tho Signers of the Declara- tion of Independence, This tablo was presided over by Mrs, Gen. Paul, a handsome, bigh-bred- luoking womau, aud Miss Sedgwlely, dnughtor of Gon. Sedgwick, a tall, slendor woman, with a small, classieal hend, darle skin, onriched with brilliant color, dark eyes, and brilliant convaersa- tional powers, 'There were calios ornamentod with nutimegs on the tablo, aud ouo young Indy woro & ncckiaco and bracelots of tho samo aro- matic nut. 188 KELLOGG, the primn-donna, a native of the Nutmog Stato, stood bolote tha tablo for nearly tiwo hours, und rold bouquets to tho enger crowd, who, failing tosco the King, whoso rickuess prevented his appearance, bowed totho ehrine of tho Queon of Song. Misy Kellogg looked an prottily oy ehio did soveral years ago, in lher hatdsome Dbiacl dress and eloovoloss volvot jacket, embroidorad most exquisitely with bouquets of roses and buda, and elogant diamond jowelry. _Tho Yost- muster Genoral's doughter, Mies Jewcll, was nl4o at thiu tablo,—n bright, pleasant, potito girl, tair and fragilo-looking, but unfortunately not inbieriting the Leauty vouchsafed her distin- guished papn, After tho crowd had somewhat abated, the Marine Band stationed itsolf in the Totunda, and fow couples, afllicted with dunce- mauin, tovk a fow stops of the delicious Loston, just to eay they bad danced iu tho Rotuuds of tho Capitol, T'he Senato Chamber was open to promenaders, or those desiring & **rpoouing corner” removed from the noige and turmoil of the Rotuunda; #nd halle and corridors above and below wero ono blaze of brilliaucy, bringing out tho colors inthe tessellated pavements into hitherto un- Lnown brilliancy of color, and wakiug tho fros- coes into exquisite life. There wora certainly 8,000 human beings present during the evoving, aud considurable money was takou in s somo of tho tables. It was such a success that another night is deemad necessary to give sllan oppor- tunity of seewg for thomselvos of what thoy liave lieerd portrayed in such glowiug :(e)rm»s. UISTL. g et POLITICAL GOSSIP. WHAT UENRY WATTERNON BAYS. Correspondence of the Louisvilte Conrfer-Journal, Wasuisatox, D, €, Dec. 17.—You Lave been told that the coming togethor of Congress, aftor tho oxtraordivary political rovolution which closod the antumn campsign with an old- tashioned Demoeratio * ground-gwoll,” has re- voeled o most complucent dikposition among the combatants on ecithur side of tho recout liue of battlo. In this you lave not béon misndvisod, Tho victora earry thomselves as tho Lord would bave tlie Christinn who has struck oil; tho van- quishad, instead of waatiug their tima with loud Inmenting, look about wistfully though furtively for tho metuphorical soft placo reforsed toin Timothy, *full of balt aud wild honoy ond con- golation for tho erring sonl,” Even tho corpses, of which thore are enough to organizo a small amatour church-yard, aro not £o oifensive as they might be, % THE RUPUDLICANS, Butlor, to begin with, takes his defent In a grim, hoalf-silent woy,—said to- bo his most dungerous mood,—obdorving, with an ironical effort at eang froid, that at lenst two beinga wero mnda bappy thoreby, his wifo and Thompson's wife. Nogley is dutb. - Dawes is too busy haudling his Benatorisl cavvess to be much moved by olhor couviderations, Gnarfleld is yet unrecovered from tho shock and surpriso of a norrow cecape, and therofors is not very aotivo, #o that Lbus far bo remains ono of tho gontlemen who dovoled his whole time to the good work of Dlessing God that ho was not s other men. Huwloy's turn Is yot to come round with the coming of thospring.” tis cheering Lo note that the dofont of Pholps, of Now Jersey, by ouly four votea crentos alnost as muoh regrot smong the Democrats asapong the lepublicans. Ono of tho youngest membery of tho tiouso, ha has_displayed in n singlo session not moroly Lrillinnt talonts and eulturo which have brought him to o first place in the front ranly, but an inde- endont chutacter and ivtolligenco almost one fiuown to the partisun politics of Amorica. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDI tho proapect is not much llvalior. Fornando Waod In engineering his way townrds the Speal- orship with tho coof skill of n voteran, DBeek Iy iu tho ring, like o gront prize-fightor as o Is, but, over-zoalous for the purty of which ho iy tho recognizod leader in the Lower Rouno, dis- osed to be wary and to go slow, Sam Cox is as irrepressiblo as over, +* Pub me down' for five minutes,” bo writos totho Speaker, who Is ar- ranging tho day's list of those who ore to have tho ttoor 3 ** put mo down for fivo minutes,” aud Bisino wickedly replics, ** I yish 1 could put you down for two minules and & hnlf," Clarkson Dottor is proparing & constitutionul amendment which w'\l{lmflm its mark, and Lamur is goiug to toli tho story of Missizsippl whou tho Vicksburg fuvoutigators mnko thelr yoport, Dut, w4 for o iusue, oF tho ravivalof old iskuos, or tho introduction of anythiug mischievous snd pic- biresquo, tha firet wook of tho sossion gives out o Bigh, FQUALLY AFIAID. 'I'ho Pacltic Mail subnhl{, if itreachon anything Mko fune dinclosure, will cut bhothi- ways, comi= promising Democrats as well a8 Ropubheans,—a logaey of tha ors of Christlan statosmauship, only that and nothing more, Tho flnances ure at i dead-lock, Tiven tho little broezo atirred up by Pig-lron Kelluy will blow over harmleesly, TFinch party scoms to bo protty ovenly divided and both ars ‘oqually afrald, Out of this condition of things wo shall probably got the beat policy for tho prosent that wo can havo, and that Ia tho lot-nlono polivy. . , . BEOIETARY BISTOW T obylonoly n gront chanco to distinguish him- galf. 1lo haa boon plnced nt the head of tho most lmportaut dopartinont of tho Govornmont at a criticut moment. 'I'ho dopartmont Iina leng Lnown little olso thun minmanngemont and cor= ruption. A vicious nystom hins glx;a\vn up withiu{t, Trom one ond of it to thaothor thore aro resdsand briers, and pite and dend-falle, proparad for tho oxprosg purposo of intimidating reform or en- snnring the reformer, who catnot bo frightencd orduped, Dristow, who is roally & bravo mau aud at Lonest man, hns gono to work with a di- roctuoss, and yot with o diecrotion, from whicl rosnlts may bo fairly oxpoctod. Nnuunlly. ho Las nlroady oncountored tho difMeultics which nseailod and ovoreno his prodocossors. Wo olinll noo what will como of it, I ho lkoops right on, turning noithor to tho right nor the loft from tho straight Jine of hin duty, ho will quit tho Iraasury with a roputation socond to that of no man in his party. It is by no mosns sure that succon in tho grant work of cloaniug ont & vys- tem o rankly ovorgrown may not give him (ho Topubliean nomination in 78, Dacked by such n,sitcoons lio would cortainly maka n slrong nom- inge, and, coupled with & insu like Pholps or awloy, might restora his party the confidence and respeet loat it by its Chyistinu statosmon, g WLAINE, To ho sure, spoculations of this #ortaro pro- matwre; tho actual coming man, tho roat leador of tho Ropublicans, in tho preaent Bpaskor of tho House. 1 can goo that ho s propating him- solf, bardoning and radicaliziug himsolf for tho work. 1lo will stop down inlo the ball, over which ho has proeidod so ong, tho rondiest Par- linmontarian, not excluding Bauka, alivo, Ho hinm o etylo at onco _andacions_and ponotrating. 1lis knowledgo of tho arts of Congressional war- nra is almost oqunled by the infinito variety of his political Information, Iliu vitality is ampz- lag, Ever sinco I kuow bim Blaine Lins rominded mo in soma sort of thoe dfiflcri‘:liou loft of Field- ing by Thackorny, minus the vicos, of which this rougli-aud-timblo Yankoo Titan {a froo, *Ho has an admirable, natural love .of truth,” soys tho grost entirist of tho groat humorist, *the koenost instinctivo nm\lm\hy to hypoorisy, tho lhupplest mativical giit of aughing it to scorn. Iliy wit is wonderfully wiso and doleetive § it flashes upon a roguo and lightons up & rnscal liko & policoman’s lantern, 1ie is ono of the mnnliest aud kivdliest of human boings.” Bo much may bo snid of Blaino § and, with thess gifts nnd virtues, Lio is about to bo- como by forco of circumstances tho loader, and of neceesity the dofendor, of that erby which— moto than any which has preceded it—neceds to have its errora forgotten. Ikis wit will flash to conconl, notlo expose, and his vast museular power—to say notbing of iy intollectual equip~ ment—bo thiown noroos the pathway of investi- gatiovs designod to purify the public servico. It W Dis destiny, I suppose, although on bhis point it may no. bo improper to -~ ob- seryo thal * ho seem, ahogother loss nervous sbonr tho suceeszion than ho did a year or two ago, whon ibe only fault hnt conld be fonud with his pluy was that it wag too sllliful to win, e really acoms indifferent, and probably has it in bis mind that, not belng himaei composed of sncrifleinl stull, it may bo just na woll to drivo bis friend Ehbu to the sluughtor, TRE SPEAKERRUIP, As to the orgnaization of the Iouso, over which ho is not to presido, tha provailing opin- 1on iy in favor of Mr, Korr. No man in Congrosy s more personnl frionds than Fernando Weod. Ho s & taithul and ofticiont partisan, 'Whe i1l things which aro enfd of him by his enomios find no ccho among those who know him, But the boliof ig growing that Mr. Korr combines mors of tha elemonts of union than Mr, Wood; that hin_olection will ho itsolf o reform mbvomont, aud that tho committeos will besafe hlhi; hunds, g PISTOLS AND COFFEE FOR TWO. A COLLECTOD OF REVENUE AFTER A BLWSPAPER BIAN. From the Washington Star, Dec, 10, Col, L. D. Ingersoll, of Chicago, rocently made o visit to Richmond. 1lo astended tho Cheap Transportation Convention, reporting its pro- oeedings for our contemporary, Tae Cioico Tuwuse, o also wrato somo lotters of s gen- eral naturo about Richmond, tho Stato of Vir- ginis, ote,, which wora gopied in tho Richmond papors. Whilo trenting of politics of the State, lie made this remarlk : “If Mr. Smith, the pros- out Nepublican Ropresentative in Congresa from Richmond, hed been renominated, he would bave boen elected. A man whom in Chicago you would ¢all a ¢ bummeor* was nominated, snd was vory praperly beaton.” "Tola b Wl 1 golbig to bring the pistols and cofee for two. Tho beaton eandidate is Mr, R. Burgess, Colleotor of Novenue, trom whom the {;’aloucl receved thio following lotter this morn- ng RIGHMOND, Va,, Dee. 17, 1874, formed that you aro {) of n Richmond, Va,, * Letter, dafed Dec, 11, au published ju It Uiitoado TRIBUNE of {be 14th fnst, Will yort pleass to inforneme §f yott_aro tho authior of tho same? 1€ 80, whon and wherd can T ees vout Very reapectfully, (Signed) R, Busarss, And to this Jugersoll sout tho following hos- pitablo replys suthor Wasnisaron, D, O, Dec, 19, 1374 Sm: Alotlor of tho 19tk dust,, and writien by your cierl and sigucd by youreelf, asking whetlier I ani the suthor of u certun letlor from Jtichmona, Va,, aud publishod §n T Oi13eaao TRIDUSE, and, i€ Ko, Whelt snd whoro you can 8eo e, i recelved, Infeply T Bave to etafe that T am tho “nuthor " of tho letter To- ferred to, and thot my Tooms uro numbered 248 aud 250, National Hotel, Washinzton, D. O., wicre you can 1ind mo awalte betweon the Botra of 6 3, m., o miid- wight, snd after midnight asleep, Yours {raly, iody L. D, InaeikoLL, "o Mr. R, Burgees, 5 Of courso Burgens will como to Washington on tho firat train, sud wo shall havo to record all tho thrilling incidents of a fight or a foot-race. +| Wa advise Mr. Burgoss, howaver, to stay at home aud attend to bis ollicial dutics, instead of spend- ing his time 1 looking up newepapor men who liave exprowsed opiniong, correct or incorrect, upon political subjacts. st T3 TR PLAINS, Indinns on the War Patk—Unsuccesss tul Chase After Itnck K28 Sliners. Speaat Dispatch to Ihe Chietao Tribune, Broux Ciry, In., Doe, 21,—A telogram from Tort Bully this evening eays tho Uncpapas In- dians at Blandiug Rock Agency aro lonving there and have sworn vongeance agaiust tho soldiers for avresting ono of their number for murder. An Indian runner had juse arrived af Fort Suliy with dispatches from Capt. Tolmau, o suys his command followed tho Binclk Hills party until they reachied the hills, They noarly over- took the party of miuors, bub their horses gave out and the soldiors were obliged to turn bick. Hooxpocts (o reach tho fort tognorow. Ile Bays tho party ho was aftor consisted of twenty~ six mon and slx wagous, THE HENNEPIN CA reciat Dispateh to The Chicaan Iribune, Davenronr, In., Dee, 2L.—Prouidont Renwick, ot thio last meoting of the Bonrd of Trado, was roquested to writo to tho Presidout of the Board of rade of Chicago to ask thelr co-operation and assfstanco in tho matter of tho llouucpin Canal, 1lo recoived the following reply, which indicated Lho henrty co-apofation of Chicago: Cuiroauo, Do, 10, 1874, T Illam Remwlck, Ea., Deetiond of the Jourd’ s Tt DTt Dsiit s i Toply to yonea of te 1ath dnst, T bes leave to asura yoit of OuFhearty co-operntion i tho oifurta belug suda to_scouro tho ald of Gongress in tho construction of the Hennvpin Canal, Our Secro- tary, Mr, ltandolpli, I8 now In Washinglon, and, bo. fni ‘much interoatod i ihis projeot, wilk bo nble on v et to adviaw oa fo (o peogroni elng taady ut thls thina und yhut efforts will bo hecossary to fusuro (Lo enrly paseago of tho bill, Yours, rewpectfully, Grondr M. Hovw, Tresident Board of Trado. LAKE MARINE NEWS. Special Dispateh te The Chicago Tribune, Granp 1lave, Mich, Dec, 2L.—A cautlonary storm-sigual was dfsplayed hore at 1 o'elock Sunday morning, but it was not verified. ha Milwaukeo stenmers Minuveapolis and Tortsehy roport tho most wovore storm on tho lake Sun- duy night ovor bofore exporioaced. The Minne apolly, heavily Iadon, stynck on entoring tho hinrbor this morning, owing to tho heavy sen, and eprung & lenk, which will nceossitate hor gomg into dry dock on hor roturs to Milwauleo, No other damago lis ‘roported from the storm, Tho Bertseny waw compelled to remnin in port all day, on aceount of tho storm. e e i e An HIixcetlont Feat of Armny A ganeral order inued by the Epyptiau Maniy- try of Waur stafon thut Liout.-Col, Charlen Unrey Long, su Amorican, while recontly onan * expe- ditlon to Lake Alhert, wau attacked by 400 arnod mon, enomics of tho Khodive,” and that *with only two soldiors ho rosistad the aiteck of tho entire troop, and inflicted on it a loss of 82 mon, For thiy oxcellont fout of arms,” Lieut.Col, Long has buon olevatod to the full rank of Cols onel o tho Gonoral Btafl, GOTHAM. The Earthquake-Shock as It Appear- ¢d to a Veteran in Such Matterss The Rumored Escaps of *‘ Boss** Tweed, and the Fright It Caused. Proparations for Christmns---The NMis- sion Bohool of St. Barnabas, Spectal Corresprondence of The Chicago Tribune, Nrw Youx, Doc, 16, 1874, ‘fho wanlng yoar has given us Gothamltes a gonuino new aensation, and as natonishing a8 unboard of, boing nothing-loas thau tho violout BHOOK OF AN EARTHQUAKE, To tuo rosidontsin the far up-town roglons Iying on and noar to tho Inrlom Rivor, and in all adjacent towns,'lying along tho Iudson Iliver, ny well, tho shock waa folt vory percopti- bly, and, in nesrly evory {natancs, jarred doors and windows, rattled down picturos and ornne ments from the walls and mantols, and sont the {rightonod iumatos flying.ont of doors, often on deuhabille, asking each othor, in {orror-strickon tones, “What can bo tho matlor?” Ilaving lived for somo yonrs in Bouth Amorioa, I was en- tivoly aconstomed to tho peculiar phonomenon, aud, oy I was sponding the night away np town, in Harlem, I kuow at onco what tho heavy rumbling, $he suddon hoavy jar, tho wailing wind, and tho oscillrtory motion, indioatod. And, oxplaining to my frightoucd frionds that it waa a bona-fido carthquale-shioak, I proparad to rush outon to tho streot, na on similar occasions T baye dono in South Amorics, to escapo from tho falliog buildings. But, in this instance, the shook, though very decided, was of short dure~ tion; aud, though 1t groally torrifiod Now York- ors, not eeed to its poculiar, uncertain horrora, yot I, na an old votoran in suck affairs, troated it with indiftorencoe, as only an attompt at o scaro. To seo, a8 Ihave dono, the grotnd open snd shut, throwing up stonos sud dirt at oach up- hoavalj to bo obliged to run for very life to tho noarast hill-side, winle the ground rolls and falls in long, billowy undulations ; to hear tho hisa of tho tumultuous, bolling sca, and the frightouod wail of every aniumal, and of all animato nature; to sce tho bones of tho dead coming from Lheir ghastly sopulehro, smid tha torriblo throos of an carthquako ; whilo toitoring walls and falling timbera kill those fleaing to tho mountaivs, al- miost at your sido,—theso aro somo of the sc- compauimonts of o voritablo_earthqusko, that wero not found in our Now York disturbance tho othor night, And yob sll tho neigbbors about us sromed equally as alarmed oy the less stojcal South-American residents. Of a truth, nn eurthquake-ehock, be it of a shorter orlouger durntion, is something one con naver bocome en- tirely nconstomod to, TILE RUMORED ESOALE OF TWEED. Wo have Liad another genulne fright, from a tolegram went to tho goneral oflico of the polico from Blackwoll's Istand, that ‘A company of ymlncn wora noedod at once ut tho Ponitontiary.” Tho mnin wiros of the telograph boing cut, no further particulare could Lo gathered, A full squadron of polico embarking in boats, cach man armod with & revolver, and grim resolution stamped upon bis faco, immadiatoly guvo con- firwation to tho rumer that ** Boss ™ Tiweed had cscuped, and that the conviols were in open ro- bellion, Cominissioner Laimbeor has been in pangs of terror lost the leniency ehown to tho fallon Tammany leader should rosult in his ceoapo, aud, fwithout actally coming to blows ou tho subject with the other Commiasion= o1s, ho 1ins becomo so morbidly sensitive on the chances of T'weed's escape that ho Ly resigned. When this sevond rumor eamo eheking over tho Wiros uto the gonornl vifico, Mr. Lasmbeer folt a8 if tho ovaent o ind long apprehended hiad at luat como to pasa. Iustily biring & small boat, and o couple of strong men to row, ho pulled swiftly away from tie oot of Ninety-rccond stroot, and, deapite tho dnrkness, arrived atl tho “Jaiond” nhmont ns soon as the detachment of polico, Aud this 18 what they found: No dis- turbance; no attomptod cucapo: and **Doss " ‘Frood, tho * whits elaphant” of tho city, catmly taking bis ton and toust in tho parlor of the Prison-Warden, I'oor “DBoss”! ‘shorn of hin big diemond nud his former greatness all at onco, he atill gives occasion for troublo and tromor to tho lhursssod Commisgiouors of the “ Ixland," Wo Lnve but a fow days overa wook to CHUISTIAS and atill the grass and um-ubbv.-ry aro greon, the air sunny aud pleasant, and ‘no signs of n wintor's snow and sleet, Smull ehildren begin to count the days bofora tho Cliristmas stocking is hung up, and jvnoeebtly recito over tho nu- morous articles givon thom last year, with # pgeneral hint of what they would liko thia year if Santa Claus should leavo tho matter in thenr bands, Flnming posters, and bright, hugo-lottored advertisements, moat your eyes overywhere, telling of the wonderful panto- mumes and thoatrical performances to bogin noxt wook ; and tho strocts aod shops aro fall of. linppy, laughing children, and o maes of older humanity,—some in ¢ilks, and many in rags and wretchudness, Already tho markots are a sight to see, with turkoysand chickens a8 a spooialty ; and tho confoctionery nnd pastry shops hold ont alluring promisos of ¢andies and plum-cakos. All Jiuds of deceitful apponrances are brought to bear to beguile tno Jittla childron ; and com- fitg nnd bon-bona axe found necreted 'in tho in- gide of n fins shad, or stored away under tho extorior of a loin of pork, or hidden fn tho bowols of a plaintive-looking kitton, or the ,hol- low eidos of n mellon or a pear. Evena large grocu cucumnber, acid-looking though it appear, 18 found fillod with candiey, and thus delights tho little oo by its chango from sour to sweel. Nevor were tho doll family more numerous and -more beautiful, more Frenchy nud moroencbant- ing, with their wondorful stecl-bluo oyes, roal oriinpy bair and long oyelaghes, Every vatioty of toy, and indeed the vory world in miniaturo, is roproduced for the pleasure of children, Wo are always sorry for the littlo ones when tho delusions snd illusiona of Santa Claus ace finall found out, uud thoy come dewn to tho actual, cold realitics of lifo, Tho Christmoy eervices in : THE CHUICHES promiso to bo sometbhing unusually fine, both in wermons and iu tho stireig Christias anthowms, Curint wns born" will bo the .theme, elabor- ated with every varioty of solo, trio, and solemn orgun, And the beautiful expensiva Gothig churelica will bo filled with congregationa of wenlthy, finely-dressed, satisfied, and refined peaple, But, among all Now York's churches, 1t is dinticult to find ono whore God is worshiped by eincore, unobtrusive, povr people. Religion grows every vonr less o need for tho poor; {hoy aro erowded out of churchos, or will go, to show wore uumistakably thoir poverty. A visit to tho 4 I5A10N-£CHOOL, OF BT, BARNADAS, ycmordu_v. was at oucon pleastre aud o pain, Thig plain littlo wiksiou-school, situnted in tho very worst haunts of dopravad humanity, on Mulborry stroof, near Wooster and Iouston and and kindred stroots, wag illed with n hundred or moro of little girls,—literally tho waifs of tha Btreots,—boing taught to road and eow, to knit aud mond, and to como cleanly clad, and with tidy hinir, and washed facen and hauds, To manyof these liitlo girls, the oxperiment of washing and cloaulinoss is 8 comploto novelly; and yot, with faminino tacs, tho fuco and hands shorio with Aoap and aorubbing, and the sorabby linir W tightly braldod, according t0 tho pro- vailing fashion, in ny many littlo tnils as had tho aweot little “Konwigs" immortalized by Dickons, In cloan cnlico dresses and aprons, nnd strong uhoes snd stockinga, thosa formar ** vagrant beg- gar beats " eat aud ohatted, sowod and sung, many of them can lnd employment. in shopa at- tor being well fustructed horo, the lifo that siretches out boforo them will take thom from tho horrors of low dauce-houses and similar places to the honorablo positions of clorks and seamstrosses, and o stuta of rospeolabla women- hood, 'Po such noblo, unobtrusivo charities us thoso, thero ean be only praises nccordjurl. BHuAS N P . = Rlowing Hepoys from a Cannon’s Moutire Yrof. Healyo, in u reoent laoturo, givea a dif- forent cxplauntion of this fwnous inodo of punishmont from that which isoften ontortained, Ifu enyss 1t i woll for us Lo understand, wheu wo seo thoe papors, ns thoy occasionslly do, tak- ingg up tho subject of Binglish barbarity, whatis tho moaniug of this ‘barbarity’ I have found Bursuun who sapposed tha punishment of firllyg opoys from o canuiou's mouth mennt that Hopoys wore actually put inside the eanuon and fired ont, Iu reality thaviclin way put aboat six foot in frout of tho ocsunon, whioh wus loavily loaded with powderalona; nud I way told that uo porson uufamitine with ardillory would havo any idos of the minutoness of the fragmonta into whioh tho body was seatlorod, Thin was a groat punishment, not on acconnt ot tho doath, or o” the manner of donth, but bocauso tho bad* wag gcattored andideniod tho ritos of burial. That in & torriblo thiug for a Iindoo, and tho English roport and beliovo that arobollion was stopped thero just by tho sturdy statoment of an English otlicor who satd that it thero waro any signs of mutiny ho would subjoct all mutincord to this punishmont, and it canniot bo dottbted that this punishmont was the most aalutary one, 80,far a8 affectod the succoss of England," A PAINFUL: STORY. The Hanging of an Innocont Man by . Liyncheras Leavenworth, Ran, (Dec, 15), C\)rru[mndtnm of the Cincinnati Commercial, A most painfully intoresting story eamo into my possosslon rocontly, which I sond to you with somo hositatlon, for fear frionda may nob dosiro tho mattor mado publio, As moro or lens ruhllclty Lag boen given it {n somo quarters, 1lowovor, and 84 thero {8 no dikgraco attaching to iho victim of the murder, I givo it an I loarned 1t in my peregrinations through tho West. Many of tho oldest oitlzous of Tilivois will re- mombor Lhomas Yord, onoe of tho old lawyers of that Btato, who was olocted Govoruor somo timo back in tha ©* fortios.” Gov. Ford wns reckonod ono of tho ** big *. mon of tho Stuto, albait he waa poescssed of an uverwucl)lnf: modesty that rotarded huis advancomont and ept Lim poor. When Lo died ho laft & numbor of *children und 10 property, oxeopting o history of Illiuoik, ln manuseript. This, Gen, James Shiolds, now rosidont of Missouri, had published, and the pro- ceods woro dividad among tho ochildren, Yho ehildren wera adaptad by differont citizans,—tha youngost, Thomas, with whom wo bava todo in this sicotelt, boing ndoptod by tho lats Ion, 'I'homas L. Mooro, of Pgoria, Il and assumoed {lint goutloman's noto, T'om sorved In tho One ITundrod and Thirty- niuth Ilinols lutantry, and thero wade mauy Irionds, and wes accounted o good soldior. Upon his return ho entered tho artlilory service, and did good duty thora for a yoar. T'hon he re- turnod to Poorin, and for o uhort time was on- ngatl in writing squiba for tha Transeripl, the eading papor iu Peoria, = In tho ful! of 1871, young Ford or Mooro (he always.wrote his name ‘Thomas ford Muore) bio- cumo diseatisfiod with Peorin, and determined to go to tho Iar Wout to seok lus fortuuo, iy older brother wan somewliara fn the viciuity of Wachita, Kou., and thither Tom shaped his course, anu arrived in duo t mo. Tor a numbbr of months l'om nud {ug brother wandored up nnd down tho Plains of IKsusss, now joining n Lunting party for tho Wost, now holping to bring huge droves of Toxus eattlo from the South. Bomotimos be was iu company with his brothor, at other Limes ko wont aluno, “ At thio timo excitomont was runusing unusn- nllf' Ligh in regard ta horse-stenling. t wus near tho closo of o boautitul doy in July thut youug Ford for the firat time ap- prouchiod State Crocle Ranche, situated in Sunt- nor County, nenar the town of Caldwell, Ho had walked all day, coming from the southonst, and looked forward with foytul aulicipations to tho rest and food ho should obtain at the ranche, rovious to pushing on to Caldwoll, 6 miles fur- rlmr, whithor he war bound, Just before reach- ing the 1ancho ke bacama cognizaut of the Iuck that two men wors following bim, but ho had a rovolver, and, supposing if tho mou iutarfered with him it would bo for thoe purposo of rob- bory, ho Lad o fears of thom. 1lio soon arnved at tho raucho, whero he re- fresbed himself with meat oud driuk, for hall an hour, and thon started for Caldwell, 1l jour- ney Iny through n woods of ecattored treos and ahundant brush. o had gono ncnrculxw; o milo whon three men suddonty sprang upon him from 0 hnzo copso, S0 sudden was tho attack that he Lad no tima to deaw a wespon, no tiwo to make any defonse. ‘'ho throg mon wero quickly jolned by threo others, and tho lender informed thelr captive that ha wags exceadingly huppy to have succeeded iv eapturing hin so easily. *‘For," said he, “ wo have beou watching you for sovoral hours post.’ Pom fnquired for hat they hiad urrosted bim. At first Lio could got no Eatisfuction, but at longth e was informed that ho was arrested for Lorse-stanling, "Iha horror of his situation then foreed itsolt upon the young man, lie realized that ho was fu the hands of o mob who kuew no law but fhat of Judgo Lynch, in whoso court they wero jurors, Judge, witnessos, attorneys, and exccu- tioners. 'rfiongh u thousand' timos iunoceut, he knew bio woutd die if ho could not fully couvince theso mon of bis innoceuce. Ila know that some of tho londest and most activo of theso vigil- antes wero Lho ronl Lorco-thioves, who would ot hesitato to hang an 1mnocont man to divort eus- plcion from thewr guilty selvos, snd ho know if tho proeent party were of that numbor be would cerlainly porish. "Phoy asled him his name, and he told them Thomas Moare, and thon informed them that ho was the gon of Thomas Ford, former Goyornor of Illinofs, *Iow oun your name be Moore, then,” gaid the leader, **if you aro tho son of & Governor nnmed Jord 2" The young man, amid the shout of derision_that followed, attemptod to cxplain. He was dragged slong. **Shut up your eackle,” says one burly ruitian, steiling him iu tho face with his tist. A rope was horo brought in view. “Take I to yondor troo,” said tho leador. g *+ My Gad, goutlawen,” protested tho unfortu- nate youth, **are you going to Lang me npon Dare huspicion? Deforo God I am invocont of crimo, and if you will give wo tiwo and opportu-~ nity, I can proyait.” “Wo bavo all tho proof wo want,” eaid the leador. **[f you've got uny prayers ta gay, makae thown short, for we have so nany of you follows to attond to that wo huven'tmuch time to give cach of you,"” * In God’s nnmwo, men, is there no chanco for lite? Must I die liko a dog for nothing ? Giva e some chance for my lifo, and, 1f you Will take it, dPu‘t wurder mo in such a coiverdly mun- nor." ‘Vain wero the words of tho fiaor boy. They attemptod to bind him, but with all tho young sirength of & woll-built frawme, intonviticd pod nugmented by desporation, he throw them off. Aguin oud again_ thoy throw themselves upon Lim, but in his despair ho hurled them from lim. Bub what must be the rosult of this? What could bo tho ouly result? Thoy wero six toone. Lo wae exhausted, overpowored, thrown down and his hends and, foot securaly bound. Then s rope being passed over tho fork of o troo, and tho otlier end placed about his neck, Lo was asked if ho had any confossion to mnko. “No," eaid hio, ‘“iny chivf consolation in thia moment of ny death ia that I om _iunocont, I nover stolo a hosso, You doubt mi stovles, [ hovo lotters in my pocket to provoe that T am who Leay I am. Tor God's salte, look nt thom,” +We'll hang you first and lovk at your lottors afterwards,” shouted one of the ruffiuns. * Pult away; boys, nnd lot ug got away with this busi- nes, *Oh, givo him o minuta to pray,” snid the leader. * Elere, young man, you may hayo two minutes to pray iy, but mako ‘em short.” "Tho ropo wah sluclied up, and tho doomed boy folf upon his kueos and engaged i silent prayer. Tho twe minutes ovar, tha crucl hauds at'the otlier and of tho rope pullod it teut, snd with anothor jerk the poor innocent youth waa dang- ling botween hieaven aud onrth,” A few moients and the dark trausnction was dono, Aftar ho was dond the men exnminod the pock- ots, 2nd found loitors and pupers proving ns ntity, and aléo rro\'lna his_innoconce. Tho vilinina had litorally bung thelr man firet and heard his dofenso afterward, One of them ox- Eruuod the fear that thoy had beon engsged ina ad job, The faots of tho murder camo out nearly or quita as above dotailed, aud ocengjonod no fittio fooling in tho vicinity. It was months bofore evou a rumor of tho sad fato of the youug wan reached lua frionds in Peotin and’ oleewhere. ‘They know him to be out upon the bordors of civilization, and did not cxpoct frequent lotters fram him, The news way first brought buok by a rough character who hoard it in Kansns, but whoso word wns not be- lievad, It was not until Intoly that the matter was put finally to rest, and the dreaaful truth forced itsell upon the minds of his friends, VitteaCntltntra in €uliforase. Home of tho Californinns who havo ombarked fn thevine enlture bhave bovoms discournged, and uro rooting up their vines because the ex- truordinary crop of the prosaut yest s ghuttod tho market, ‘I'his poomm to Lo foobish, nu tho geapo product of tho tato will yearly bocomo uoro valuablo ns improvomonts iu the procows of wine muking are introduced, and as tho {neilition for the economical manufacture of wino aro ox- tonded. This year tho crop of frn]xua Was Ho much largor than was uxruclcd, hat the winn- makers could not wark it off, aud the conwe- (nonco was that mony grapo-growors could thnd 1o purchasers for tholr product. peliaiiel oo N IAntant ‘Korrible. Antorydntold of o youihful daughterof n rominent porsun now 1 tho locturo teld, which s peoullarly interesting, nnd sugyestive of un- conaclous Wisdom, A gentloman was inviled to tho lecturor’s housoe to ten. Immodiately on Dbolug seatod nt tha tablo tho little witl aston- ishod the family circle and tho guests by the abrapt quostion’s W Whero In yonr wite?" Now, tho gontloman havlnfi ‘been recently wop- arated from tho pariuer of his lito, was taken vo complotely by surpriso thet he stammored forth tho truth: . 1 don't Imow." ) “ Don't know,” replied tho infant torribla: # why don't you know #" Finding thnt tho elild persistod in hor intor~ rogatorics dospite tho mild reproof of hor parents, lio canclided to mako o cloan bronst of tho matter, and bavo It over at once, Boho nid, with n ealmnows which was _the resull of Inward oxplotives: * Woll, wo don't Jive to- L!mth,l'xr; wo think, o wo ean't agreo, we'd better not, **Can't ngreal Thon why don't you fight it out a8 pa and ma do?" - “Vengeanca is mine,” Inughiugly retortod tha vinitor, uftor ps aud mn oxchangod looks of holy Lorror, followed by the luovitablo roar, Ao . AMUSEMENTS, HALSTED-ST, OPERA HOUSE, Uoenor of 1 nd 1arrisoi-sts. SENSATION! NOVELTIE3! TALENT! +or a briof scaaun, comutoucing Thureday, Voo MAD, RENTZ'S FEMALE MINSTRELS! And MILLIR DE LA COUR'S PARISIAN CAN-CAN TROUPK! Tho twn Oreat Baneatl r th ¥ b TR R e Al TS VIIY KV RNING DURING TG WENK, i 1Al Matinoy bvory Taestay ad Vel Aftor. a nnnx: at o v.'{m!l. Tirat Motlnou—OlIRISTMAS AFTRRNOON, OCEAN NAVIGATION. AMERTCAN LINE, HEDUCED RATES LIV]:;.RPOE)‘;:.?;;X'.I‘EENSTOWN s Andall pofnis fn Groat Britaly aul tho Contlnent. 11, MILNY, Wostorn Agent, 143 LaSuilu-sl., cornor Madiso CUNARD WAIL LINE, Salling Threa Times & Week to and from3 BRITISE PORTS. LOWEST RATES. AIVJII( at Company's ONice, northwest cornor Olark and Tandolph-: Ohi 2 NI, Gonoral Wostorn Agont Tiational Tiuo of Stoxmships. WOTICH. Tommost southorly route lina slwaya boon ado e Ire. ot ey, moptad by Sating Trom Now. York fur L1y BRPOUL and QUENS- 8 YOAVN overy BATUIDAY. Bafiing frotn N. Yark for Londou (diroet) ovory fartnight. Uabin posgage, $60, £30, ourronoy: steorago, st grestly rorbenil Fatas. . Jtotir tickots at lowcat ralo. Drcit or £1 an, syt K .. LA RSON, Wastern Awont, Nuethenst aorner Olti and Taudolph.ats. (apposits now o o). Quigaso. FARWELL HALL, GAIILLA URSO COMPANT. GRAND CONCERT To-Night! Tosorvorl Heats at Janwen, MoClurz & Un.'s, HiStataat, " HOOLEY'S THEATRE, DAY Dgo. 2, 1673, ovary ovoning and We iy Haduke, viih ((;mmiln l«,:n":"f‘x .\}fgfi‘%:dflv'- AN or (o Tioildayn oo WA s ‘Gitniin FElcTAuUE R DA~ VAL T WIETIERIR.ADY Or, PRANCE AND ALOERIA, Oast to fho entiro strongths of tho Star Snck Company, Now cnstumpe, NoW FCOnOES, How MukIcy nad now fiechnn: fenl offocte, introduolng tho Hall of & Nhonsaad 'Lig aad tho” Dupariura of Frenll rour Acface. nxt wook, aftor alaborato Dropary Artloy Camp- bells araatl niltary draunay ON THI WHINK, 0 (BIOAGO MUSEU, . 3. WATIIS. . ! Managor. JOUN DILIION, 5. W NTATSDELL, MARY MYIRS, MRS, CLAUDE HAMILTON, fior first ?)I\e!\l’&vm‘ n sovon yeais,nid (ho oatlo conspusy n Grand Hollday Por- iancos. ‘Homday nnd Tucaday avoning and Tuexday Mattneo, and Thursda atine o 'S N a4 tho TWO PUDDIFOOTS. e erfhrancos Olrixting Dag, 11 'elock a o~ TIE DRUNKARD, 2:30 o'civek p. . DAY, ek e D T~ ey AN ASHIIUS LASS, Baturddy Matinoo, at ‘o'cinck, VIGTIMG, Soum apon rota § &, i, 1 3 WoVIOKER'S THEATRE, Last woek but ono of tha Eminant Actor, EDYVIN BOOTEL Who_sill appear on Mondsy, Tuesdny, and Wodnos NTlits Dty 1n bls arent claractorof HAMLIT. Thursday, Fritoy, snd Satarday Nights—RICHELIEU, Cliristinag Matinoo sud Baturdey Matinas OO u two chiaraotera—T111s STRANGLIL and PETRUCHIO, MoVIOKUR as The Gravodigger, Foter, and - GRAND OPERA-HOUSE, I3 FRED AN Manager. MONDAY, Dac, frst uction of L tranointion 6 Hoevos Gomic Uneearr °F O & LE PETIT FAUST! MARGUERITE. <o THIE ONLY LEON, KELLY & LEON'S FAMOUS MINSTRELS IN AN ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME, Ryery Ttventog and Wednosday sad Satusiny Matlnoos, T o Urand Porformnuoes Ohristinis Day. oo ACADEMY OF MUSIO, Crowiod housos and imonso succens of T - £ Ei5 BEE 8 Axp THR FRENCH OPERA BOUFFE COMPANY, AN To-night, LA GIIAND DUGCHIIC: Wedneslay, 1, ZONDE, rsday, I L] 2 M AN Christmaa 1. ELLE HELBNE: nikht (hon: i LA PERICHILE. Satiday, ight. Inst abpoatanco ol Aliaso. OHRISTMAS PRESENTS 5 I'ATE. OILTHE rand Tarviroll Malin CHILDRAN'S OHILDREN'S BOXES BOXES orF 1 or CONJURING zz * coNsuniNG SRICKS. TRICKS, iy, Bola Agents for tho ADTOMATON ROPEWALKER, Kreniug parties attended with Magleal Entortainmonts. 165 WABASH-AV.- ESBELA ST A, The great Californla Landscapa, by ., A SLKINS on e Ad un 10, 1, ta . snd 70 0:30 P . Adinka~ slon, 35 conts,”_Twolvo tickots, 82 " WEST SIDE SKATING RINK, Cor. Wost Randofpl and Adn-zta. Open PRay andNight. Beautiful Yeo Admirsion, T, Seoson Tickots~Ladias, &% Gonts, 445 Ty amd Gont, g5e SR Y DI, (ireat Wostern Steamship Line, From Now York to Bristol (Englsnid) direct, Cornwall, Capt, Stampor, Tuosday, 1loe, 21, Gread ‘\Voamm ‘Capl, Windham, Wednusday, Jan. N, i Cabln Pass: 3 ntorme:liato, Bi3; Stasrage, B3, Fxoweston tioks e e B Bt Laks Blor & G120, MCDONALD, Asaut. RAILROCAD TIME TABLE. JRRIVAL £ND DEPARTORE OF TRAINS. EXPLANATION DP REFERENCE Mankn, —+ Satueday px- conted. " * Sundas axcopted. $Monday ezoopted, | Ase rivg Bunday st 8:00 8. . § Daily. CIIICAGD & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. Ticket Clices, 63 Clarkest, (Sherman Houss), and 75 Canat- Sty enraier Sadioun-ity, ane ut the depots, Leuts, J10:15 8, ! aPaclfiaFast Line., @ UL ot coror of Cubal and Kinris MTIIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERY RAILROAY, root @ IAI‘.‘&“"'., und rool qf' Treentyssccond-st, rey 7 Clurkeif,, snutheant Y e e e e el B (xla nain and alr Jino), CHICAGO & ALYOR RAILROAD, Cdeage, Kantar City and Deacer Short Line, el Louivi- ‘ann, 3a, amt Chiengo, Springfeld, dlton and St, Louls Fhriigh Line. “Unfon Depot, West Ride, near Madlsonst. bridje, Zickat Ofices: Af Deépot, and 138 Jeandulph Teaves Kapeas Clty and Donver Fast Ex, Iawus Gity Eapross, Jouss and Sprinig Heold . Jauis und Springliold Jx .11 Kx. via Jackyourilia Division,...| Jofierson Glev KCxprasa.. Peorix and Konkuk Kxpisess, Chieago & Paducah Rallrosd iz Sroatar, Lacon, Washington Jix, 113 Joliet & Divlghi Acovinmodation, CHIICAGD, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RAILROAD. Union Derol, orner Nadison and Cunal-sts 63 South Clark-it., upposite Sherman Iio Mitmakos, Medison, Monros &) Prairiy s Chlen, Local..... Milwaukes, La Grusyo, VWinuoa, ?t; Patl uflflfllu"“;n”lnflllh -. o0 vis Mtfwankeo, T Horting - Crblah Bonarhi & Graon Mlimaukee, Madison, Ofon Brnkl *0:30 8. m. {* 4:00p, m. * 5:00 po ™. *11:008. TS t 945 p.m. |t 7:16 8, me NTRAL RAILROAD. oot of Teenty.secondt, feket wdolph-at,, mear Clark, Bt. Loufs Itx B Lonin ant. Line. i Now Urloans inbagug & Fo.Dod Gilman Passongor. CHIICAGD, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD, Depota, foot of Lake-st,, Indianasar, and Six amil (inal and Stzleenth-ste, ~ Ticket Ofices, 69 Cla and af drpols. Mall and mapeees, Otiava sud Streator T Duliis & sioaz Uty fiab, Pacilic £ast Lino, for Oinal Kaungas City, Losvoaworth, “ciiison & Si. Joso Toxus Expres,. Ausora Pansons Blondotz Ultaira Aurors Bassonges ‘Atrara Passengor (Suniiny) Dubriaue & Sinuz0ity lxn. Pacillo Nlght Exp, for Om: Tanwn Ol 0b Exp. ol Leavenwarth, At cubon & Sf. Josoph fizp. Daseurr's Gruvo Accommod! Dawnor's(irova Accommaation|* Downor'stirova Accumniodatiun) OPERA TIBRETTOS, 20 conts. Ouly correct and comploto adition. 1y 15 conte, Prico, only 15 conta, ¥ur sale by ARl Too Kast Madlamat: Bavo Prico, JUBN AL IRSTRUCTION. SOHOOL OF VOCAL ART. A Schonl far tho education of Teachors and Artiata wil openon tho 1sol dnpuary, 193, Priveinal, MRS. L. § T, authorof ** Voled tuSinglng, " and’ ** Voico ln Bposkin Circulars wiving full information at muslo, storos, it by matl upon appiieation 1o Actunry, 3 Cliato oinliin I£EDiCAL GARDS. . RO CURET ™ Ty TP mmtn RO Dr. Kean, 800 SOUTH CLARNK.ST,, CAOTCAGO, May bo comulted, personally or by mall, fros_ ol chi ou all chrunfc or Borvous discates, DI\ J, KEAN 18 tud anly phygicix Jn the ity Wlio WAFTants dures or no pay, £l m, ndays from 9 w 12, “ Oliice s, 93, 1, 108 3 I, gor. uklin, 1 MEDIOALL IN X nur Washisigton and ¥ 5 ehartorod by tho Stata of T & hats for tho oapees purposs of piriue 1o iloat pireibly rontiont in alf cases of prie 273 vatidisonsos, "It fa woll knawa r, Jamos has siond at ths hoad of tho profosslon for Uker 2) yoars=nma and oxporls cnco all fuportant, A Lowk (ar thia millon, frea, or 10 cants to piny postage, on Marringn, Lovk Edvry,'Lovo, oiz, - Ladivs requiriug tho most dolfento attontion, call of writo,_Hirlally contidgntial,_Olfico, sntit 7 p. i, MANIIOOD 1t 3 A viottm of youthful Imrudenco, eausiuy promatuce docay, norvous dobiiity, olo,, having tried invain vory known remody, has foand a 'simple solf-ouro, which ha will nand Sreeto ollow-sullorors Addross J. 11, RIEVES, 74 Nasnat. aw Y LEGAL. i the Court of Conmon Plens for (he City and County of Philadelphia, In tho matter ot tho nssigued ostato of the Entorrizo Inrurance Company, “Tus Auditor aposintad by tho Goust to audit, sattle, and adjust the s accountal the Philadeluhia Trost, Satu Doporti, A Inaneancy Unmpany, Assiies for Lha bonofituf. uroditura of tio Enterniis lusuranoo Come any, and to roport distribution of tho bajanca {n tho autlvof tho acsountaut, will untoron the disenargo of hisdutios o eiday, gh ifreouths oy of ciamuary, Tsis, w'elogk P, D, b BIS othea, N altind-tt,, aald gt el RIL A 4 FRACTIONAL CURRENCY 15 KXUHANUE FOR Bills of Natioual Crerency, ar TRIBUNE OFITICE. Ex. Suada;s. 1Fx. Batwrday, KANKAREE LINE. Central t Loake=tt,, amd depol Fron i} ety T ires 131 Handolph-styy a CArrice, * 9:05a, m.|* 8:55p, m. 725 p. m. 7158, m, CINGINNATI AIR LIFE AND KOKOMO LINE, Fram Pittslwerst, ineinna , Lauir Raileay depat, cars 17 Ciluton ol Corroitcstes fe e, b o aeasy e Hides] Sietet eee, T Teave, | Arrive, * 8:008. m.(* 8:40 p, m. 7:30p. m, 7408, m. PIITSBURG, CINCINNATI & ST, LOUIS RAILROAD. T flinton and Gorvollateey West Sides 2} and af Leave, * 8:00 . m.[* 8:40 . 7:30 p. 1. PITISBURE, FT. WAYNE & CHICAGO RAI Trav T:408.m, Dy Ty Paditio . fast Line. (i 4 455, . atih DALTIMORE & OHio RALROAD Mail, Sundays E: [ Lxpruss, Datly.., 0 CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Depot, earner of Van luren und Shermansita, Ticket aftce, Grand Pacife ilol 5 5, ¢ * 6200 1, 1100 1. ju. Omahs, Tearour'th Atehiror T'orn Ac datt Night I} W fiow o Escape 1o Winer o 118te) and beautital ueation, G0 70 JAMAICA, with 1ts Blte Mountains, afl ST R TR IOk ronnong, - 4eTdIeE aver Vehiozaota, with dry ollmita and equabls temporalare, | Tho Atlna Hteanehln Company's fargo fi Htaamers, overy o Faehact ciinea GO T GARACAN, the benutilul and intoronting capit ar " paoiatly fistocd Tur GneabnzaT, loves Niw 54 lor (hiu uliuve 1onawAell Latth eaur o I, FonwooD & al A 1 Now York, (G oo Rl WINTER RESORT. 2 (ROVAL, VICTOUIA HoTHL, Yaeinw, N, Py Mabamar, T BORTER, Prapristor For tul tuturmhtion, addrons § S LIVGL Y ok onirng, e ¥, “Bidstiens u{fi.fii}‘fl’.‘l’:&‘.’“‘