Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1874, Page 7

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1874, e e e —— MIKE McDONALD. Mis Trial for Assanlting Mr. James MeGarry. A Jury .Seoured and the Taking of Testimony Bogun, Mesors. McGarry and Beyden Exomined. They Rolate the Circumstanses of the Affray. Yonterdny witnessed ngain tho samo motley orowd in tho Criminal Court to llsten to tho trinl of MeDonald for aseault with Intont to kilt Me- CGarry. It was very ovident that Miko was the centro of attraction, Upon Dim all eyes woro angerly turned, If ho *wore Queon of England, or, better, I'opo of Romo," he could ecarcely hievo been lows tho observed of all obsorvers, von whon the court io dismissed, one-half tho andiouee will hung around the stalrs, hall, and ontrances, to eatelis glimpso of bim as ho puseey forth, wiile, as bio &its in conrd, lunumerablo In- dox fingers, in varfons etnges of cleanliness, dircet inquiriug oyes to hiy whoreabouts, All theso marks of distinction and futerest aro Torno by their object with charming simplicity and engaging nonchalance, | BELEOTING A TURY, The previous day's procesdings left four ju- rora still to be nolected, 1. 8, Bartlett, who had Yoen mroady nocoptod, submittod an aMidavit to tho Court scitiug lorih tho pickness of iy fami- Jy. Upon this gronnd lo was, by consent of both sidos, oxcused from further attoudanco, “Chis mnde flvo vacancios to ba flled, In accom- plishing this the sconcs and quostions of Tucs- duy woroe ropoated, and not until both eides had wexhausted thele right of poremptory chullenge and tho second poucel had boan all bt eliminat- cd, did the jucy becomo ey accomplivhed fact., Tho whols of the morning cossion was ocoupied by theso proceedings. LT TURY. Tho following nre tho jurors: M. ¥lnum, . Totorgon, Iredorick Dlauer, IFredorick Ieide, Smith McClevy, J.Dutlor, J. F. Farwell, . Swartohild, Honry Benter, Leon Frank, Bernard Dulle, and A, Pouley. A glancont theso namos will be sufilciont to show its provailing foroign nationality, and that tho rule of o Irish need apply ™" wus protty rigitly onforeod. On nusombling in tho afternoon, Judge Troo oxpreased a hiopo thnt Eio counsiel on_both wides would carry on tho trial with all poesible spoed. After somo littlo diflenity, it was decided to oxcludo all witnendes from thoe court-room duting tha progrees of tho tril until cach had testilied, ... M C. 8 UAMEEON OPENED ( on behilf of tho prosceation by saying that this way s indickmant for an assanlt with attompt to connuit murder. 1o himgell was not in uny senso aprivato counsol for McGarry, but was_hore to rosocute this cuso nt tho request of the Law eparfment, I wonld bo proved that the de- fondant, in Qectober Jokt, bud gono inlo the suloow of JMcGarry, walked up and down, used the foulest Innguugo toward the lattor, and ne- ruged Lim (MNeG I will Mva ta sco you (: tontiary, nnid I buye brought tho man to prove it,”” alluding to Nick CGeary, who had entered with tho prisoner, Tho = defondant further i *If you stir I will fix you,” draw- Ing o revolver. Ab ihis point Justico Loyden got up and sent for policemen, and ro- turning, fonnd McDonald still threatemng McGirt'y. Doyden then requested MeDousld not to kick up a disturbance (here, but WAS KNOGKED NIOWN, Meanwhilo otlfer purtics—Itouniree, Periolat, aud Johu Garick—rushed in on sceing thoe pis- tol, aud succeeded in taking it nway from the defendant, It would also bo showu that tlny pistol was a revolver loaded with eoppor-covered eartridges. Qarrick reached over, got hotd of the pistol, and the hammer camo down upon lijy thumb, The defengo would probably attompt to prove that tho pistol was not loaded, and thab MeDonnld bad no intention of killing MeGavry, Lut weut into tho saloon with tho puiposo of merely DEGRADING THE TROSECUTING WITNESS. But, as (bo_ovidenco_ would show, tho prisoner &t tho time ho euteved the saloon had tho inten- tion, tho disposition, to commit murder, avd would havedoneso 1f ho had not been prevented, T'he loarned countel thon mvyited the attontion of the jury to tha character of witnesscs for tho dofense, ‘I'hey wero mon who nover earued an Lioucst dollar, but lived by their wits. Slany of them had served perfods In thoe penitentiary, and few of theni had not been in tho prisonor’s dock, The conviction of this prisoner was usked for, boeuauso the law must bo vindicaled. Upen this wrial hinged tho trinmph or DOWNEALL OF TU5 1QUAGH BLENENT of tho city. The jury must fuithfully and feat- lesuly do their duty, and rememberthat the grav wucn Of the whole matter was tho intention of tho prisoncr in entering McOarry’s saloon, A. B, Trudo opencd for the dofunse and sub- otontially aid: McDouald and Metiarey had beeu fricnds for mauy years, uokl tho former bad opoued & rival snfoon. At nbout the tino this was done, the city nowspapers began pour- Ing ubnise_upon MeDonald, which tho defondant traced to MeGarry, 1t was the intention of Me- Donald to_reason with BMeGarry about the mattor, aud to beg bim to desist " from his at- tacky tbrough the papora for the saka of 3lcDouald's family._ Moanwhile the dofoudant tud meb with Mr, Lawrenco, whose house Lad been robbed. In tho coureo_of conversation Lasrenco, out of frieudship to McDonald, GAVE HIN A FISTOL lo defoud his liouse, it being thought it might he utacked, At tlus timo the defandant was uuder she influonce of liquor, und while in that state Yo dropped into MeQnrry's, having first boen at i'otey’s. Thero lie maw Nick Goary, who was a Irequentor at McGarry's, uud, pointiug to him mid, “I cau prove it by this man that you tavo _sald you will sond me Lo e Pomitentiary,” McGarry having his aund signiticantly down, tho delondant tupposed Lie biad o plstol, and drew his own, ox- Naiming ** I will shoos yon I" Ttoundtree grab- ied the plstol, but could not tellif it way loaded. Perlolat and othors jumpedin around McDonald, All theso tind had miora or fexs of M'GANLY'S WILISKY. Poriolat mauaged to et the pistol from McDon- uld, and LhenJohn (iarnty, eud Aually Nick Geary, wbatned it, ‘T'he lagt has been MeUarry's friend jor tweuty years, In all this struggle nobody sus hurt, tho only damago dono boiug to Justive Toyden's pauts, which wera torn. Many wit- neeses of eminedt respectability would prove that e pistol was not loaded, Iiiwould bo shown shat MeGarry, wos vover in o position to geo if tho pistol wore loaded or not. “‘This case, con- tinned Trudo, wos not & caso of the puoplo wainst Michuol MoDounld, but of Jumes Me- Garry ngainst Michnel MeDouuld, It hus alroady Jeen thrown ont by ono Grand Ju It ought sover to Lavo gono beyond tho juriddiction of a austico of the Leaco, na it wus only ong of dis- arderly conduot, puniahuhle by fine of not less han &3 or mioro than £100, If tho defendant and wished to ki) McGarry ho bud hnd otber and sottor opportunities, Trudo concluded bis rarangne by alluding to tho fact that o person Annding belitud annther could uat, 40 caves out m:. toll whother a cartridge pistol wus loaded or sob JANES M'GANRY 78 £ho firut witneus put wion tho stand, and, be- g exumined by 315 O'Briou, testiflod in_sub- atanco 08 followa: Mad kuown McDunald for many years, who he uuderstood was ju bueiness at The Btoro on Clarle steot, On tho 10k of Octobor lust, McDonald came into witnows' aloon about 8 o'clook in the evening, Tho wit- ness was sitting down talking to N, B, Toyden, Tho firat soon by witness of tho prisonor Lo caie sghs up to whero ho was sitting and sajd, +* — ~ = — —, you lnve stated you will nover dic il you lhave soen " mo in tho Ponftontiary." Tho witnoss denled thiy, to which tho dofendunt roplied by repouting nis foul language, and referring to Nivk CGenry s hig authoricy for (ho accusatlon, Lhe wltness suld: “ Did yon not say you would not believe aim on outh ?" and then furned to Nick an askod Lo if ho (witnows) had over ewid o, “teary wud not seen bufore MeDonald hod nsod iheso expressioud elght or nlne thnes, McDon- e L his cano fn Lin loft band. Witness wag itting on a barrel about 44 feot from the daor, deDonuld stoud over witnoss with I8 RIONT IAND ON 4018 2018, loyden way witung fecing wituess, and got up nd went to the door for u pollcetaun, Melonald ‘'ag stitl abusing witnoss when Hoyden cumo buck 32 asked NoDonald why ho wanted {0 ruluo o +w, pushiod the defondant baclk, and while do- g &0 MoDonuld drow bis revolver. Witness went to tho end of the bar, whon MoDonald cameo up anying, Y—— ~ — I have como to #hoat you.” " Rouniree got hold of the prisoter Dy the right arm and pulled it down. Witness was _about ¢ feot away from defondant, Somo gontlomon eaid, ** Medlarey, thoy have come boro to kill you—call for a policemnn,” bul nono wag found, Never lnd any othor difll- culty with NMeDonald. Iiad no dearly weapons in tho house, TAb this elngo tho exanining counuel, Mr. O'lirion, proseited a plstol to tho witiess, with the assuranco thot it wan londed, This created considerable oxcite- ment and nervousnoss, and was finally orderad 0 bo pubaway by tho Court.] Tha witners cone tinued: Could seo there wors red eartridios in thio rim that goes round (ho 1pmul. Did not go behind tho bar for a pistol. Never Lad ono thero, CIOYS-EXAMINATIOS Cross-cramined, By A, 8. Trwle: Novor owned a pistol, ‘Tracey mever gavo witness o vistol. Never hought ono. Ilad been In McDouald's placo, tut had not n pistol whon thers.” Novor wan on Twontieth strect, ‘I'ho witness liero dosciibed | tho poeition of tho bar, ote,, in hia snloon, Wan at the end of the bar, standing at the north end. MeDonald was about 4 foet from witnoss when standing there. MoDonald was In front of wit- nees when Rountreo pulled down his arm, Saw tho piatol, and could swonr ho saw the red caps of tha cartridges whero the cartridges go into thie eylindor. Conld not toll tho dlfferonco be- tween n cap pistol and cartidge-loading pistol, Coulil_non the pistol whon Routtreo pushed Lthe defendant’s arm down, Witnesd swore in the Tolwo Court that Aid not know whothor the pistel wan loaded or X, Tl IOYDES WAS EXASI by Mr. O'Drien and mubstoutinlly waid: Ilave heen acting n Justico for four years, and bavo boon wequuintod with James MeGarry for six youra, Was in his placo-of business on ihe aven- ing of tho 10th of Uslober lnst. Saw MeDonald there that ovoutng ; was thero when hie camo 1 sittinggon o barrol i the back part of Lho saloon, MecGarry and somo_oizht or ton olhers wero abont the place. MoGurry was mitting on n burrol noxt to tho railing of tho ofitee, with his hand wpon it, Defendant eamo in, followod by Nick Goary, 110 walliod right up to MeGarry aud commoneed au aitoreation with lam by saying, 1 hoar you will gco mo in tho lenitentiary, you e ———" and kopt that np. MoGar- ry asked liis uuthority. 1lo told him his au- thotity, MeGarey snid, “You wonid not he- liove that man,” MeGarry way etanding at tho ralling, McDouald had a switch in his loft liand,” Nick Geary stopped up sod contirmed {t. 'Inis Inngungo wus repeared o number of timos, MeGarey mndo &_movewent to stir, when MeDonatd suid, * If you stir, I will fix you, you —— — —"" AeDonuid was ubout 3 foet away from McGarry, ACUARRY WAS QUIET. Tho privoner called all theso names, and pented thein ovor wud ovor sgaln, and v very excited, Witnesn went Lo obtain tho polico, nud, on returnlig, found McDonald still threatehing; told him uot to kick np a row, to which he plied, I donot carc for you, you ~— e— ——, McGarry jumped up, At thnt instaut MeDonald drow Lis revolver and saidd ho would shoot Me- Carty. Nouutroa ecized MeDouald's baud by the wrist and ulrux]ulcu‘ and two other gentles mion jumped in. Jountroo was tho first to grab Dim. Perivint aud ¥ Gty wero i the fuse, Amiong them the revolver pointed upwards when o mun grabhed it Witness was kuocked down Dy Geary, and tho others wero on tha floor. Nick Gieary throw witucss off hin foot. Proseully witucss went fo tho door to prevent peoplo com- ingg in unless they had stars. Talics. coming in, witness told them Lo arrest MceDonald and k Geary. 'Tho last tho witness suw of the rovolver it was_pointing upwards in tho hauds of M- Donnld, Mchuui\‘r.\ Jept MeGarry on the barrel sbout two minutes. Thoro was no disturbance in tho suloon boforo MeDonald entered. Thero was o littld loud tulkivg snd excitamont. The aflafr huppoucd about clection timo, CROSE-ESANINATION, Cr cramined. By Trude: \Was ofton in Me- Garry's suloon nbont eclection thne. Iavo not been” oftonor thera during tho last six weoks than about onco overy ten days. During tho election time might have vislted twics a weok, Never swore that o thought (hat the pistol wuy poiuted ot bim, but that it was in his_direction, McDouuld did not draw tho pistol until Me- Qurry jumped up, and, ra o drow it, Rountraa knocked it up. Veriolat jumped in and they weut to tho floor after s strugglo, DId not seo any red eaps on tho pistol, McDonald did not strilo or attewmpt to Arike MaGurry. ‘Lhin closad tho ovidenco for the duy., By tho coneent of conmsel, tho Jury was permitted to digperso, aftor receiving tho usual caution, 'L'he Court thon ndjourned. RELIGIOUS, The Wisconsin Evangolical Alliance. Syeoial Dispateh to The Chizaco Tripune. Foxp pu LAc, Wis., Dee. 23.—T'ho Wisconsin Branch of the Lvaugelical Allisnes closed its firat sossion this evouing with o prayer aud cone ferenca meeting. Tho gatheting bins been larger and given better results than was origivally anticipated. Tho fact, however, that three of the very ablest divines in tho State—Drs, Dudloy and Teod, of Mil- wankeo, Confrogationalists, and Dr. W, . Case, of Fond du Lac, Methodist—would not sign Lho coustitution and doctrinal cascs he- enneo thoy contained sections expressing o belief in etarnal damnation and uttor doprayity causod much excitoment. Tho followiug oficers woro chosens President, Dr, A. T.. Chapin, of Boloit ; YVice-Presidonis, J. L. Chapin, dlevashu; B. Tingsbury, of Ttipon ; the Rav, A, B, Taylor, of Lond duw Laci Dr. J. H. Griflith, ot Tleaver Dam ; Corresponding Sterotary, i, . Tilton, of Appleton ; Treasurer, Prof, C. A, Hutcbis, of Fond du Lac, CAPITAL AND LABOR. Loborers Unabie to Get Thelr Wages. Specinl Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Unaxo ITavey, Mich,, Dee, 23,~Ag was report. od some tima since, nbout 100 of the mon em- ploged by tho contractors for the now Michigan & Ohio Railrosd had findslied their wotk on the contract for tho first 30 wiles, ‘Thoy thon pre- sonted thoir pay-orders, but nomonoy was forth- coming, The Company explained that tha fault lay witis the head contractor for the flrst 200 miled of tha road, who was expected evory day to pul in bis spponzanse, 16 e now throo woska, and ho b not yot appearad. Ordors can now Lo bought for 10 cents on tho doltar. - The hotel- Iiecpors und othors have at Just refusod to keep the men any longzer, All tho woen calling e mugso upon the Muyor, & special meoting of tho Comumon Council was held Mondny night and fhoy approprinted suiliciont to support the men theee daye, up to to-morraw, aud as White, tho cantractor, hns not yot appenrad, the queation arinos, **\What is to bo dono?” “Tho peuple will not permit of any further appropriation. THE BLACK HILLS. Another Expedition Sent in Parsalt of the Mincri Oxraa, Neb,, Nov. 23,—Uen. Oxd recelved the fallowing dwpateh fram Col, Bradloy yestordwy: * Au Indinn camo into Spotted 'Tail, on the 17th, aud roported that twelve days boforo ho wht n party of twonty-ono whito men with six tesms, on Lik Creol, at tho eastorn fool of tho Black Ttills. They eamo frow tho Missonri, and wore guing inta tho 1ills.” Tho following is his reply: *Bonda company of cuvalry from Camp Bheridatt or Iobiuson, 1y you think best, tooverhaul tho party I 0 Dlack Uills, aud to expal it from the India ritory under instructions of Sopt. 3 from head- quarters military division, Furnish the com- wand with & good supply of tout-stoves, and blankets for mon and boasls, The commaud will start whou tho weather will peswit.” . TERM OF COURT POSTPONED, Bart LAk, Ulah, Dee, 21,—A proclamation of Cov. Waods, dated Doo, 4, published to-doy, postpones tho holding of tho next term of the Court of tha Socond District, at Bowver, Utal, from the flrst Mondsy In February to the socond dlondny in July next, for the accommodation of citizons of that district. 'Thero aro now ponding in thub district one indictmont fur polygumy und nineteen for murder in connoction ‘with tho Mountain Meadow massucre in 1857, Two of tho partios indicted For murder—iohn D, Leo and (V. 1L, Damo—are now in conflnement, mantalizing, An incidont transpired nt o paper-will ok Ning- ara Lally, one dny lust weals, whicls, ko sy tho leust, way tantalizing, A lob of old rags, incld- ing somo raggod zarmonts, were l:ruuf.;ln. to bo cut into pmnll picces. “Aniong other things, an old coat wan thrown juto the tub, aud the cultur sot to woik Lhoroon, When the small piccos wora taken aut numerous scraps of greenbacks rattled to the floor from the dissocted garmont, Tha guves 5, ¥ 10, 20, » 50, 41610 " wera lainly viuiblo ‘on the soattoring teraps, Nono of Lha plecos wero mueh lurgor than the label on u 8000l of thrend, aad the mon, sy they gathored up the wnlalizing bits, onch ono blumed lim- el bitterly for not having ripped thoe coab up bofore putting it lnto tho cuttor, OUR PAUPERS. The Oounty Agent's Report for the Fisoal Yoar 1874, What He Has Dono for the Relief of o Poor, An Enormous Amount of Money Expend- ed in This Direction. At tho next regnlar meoting of the Ioard of County Commissioners tho County Agont, Juhn Diedon, who dispeusics nid ko the voedy in be« hulf of tho county, will prosent his roport for tho flseal yoar which ended on the 80th of No- vomber, 1874, Tho roport is rathor voluminous a8 a whole, aud in somo reupects is not as dif- fuso or explicit a8 may bo deslced, 'Tho item of salnries is put down at $14,600, but uo pay-roll s furnished. Thin is rather & largo sum for clorieat forco of ihat ofiico to absorb, IL is porhaps of moro importance to kuow whother or not there ara balf-n-dozen sinoccurista in Lhat oflico,~men who draw pay and do no work, or individuals who recolvo threo times as much remuaneration as their work entitles them to, or aa thoy could honeotly earn ot any othor oecu- pation ; {t is porhapa as dosirable to know that ag it is to know how many Mongolians recolved shoe-strings, or to know tho oxact color of that Irishiaan’s eyo which it took a jury de lunatico Inquirendo soveral dnys to declare was the optic of aman temporarily suffering from too much dovotion at tho sliine of Iacchus, Fivo pages of tho roport are given up to COMPLIMENTING THE COUNTE COMMISSIONERS, in overy possiblo way In which it is possiblo to turn a comptiment. Would net the tax-pavers ratbor buvo some intelligiblo data as to tho im- mongo_ 1toms of grocery oxpenses—39,000 for conl, 5,000 for bread, $10,000 for moat, and ko o, Tuabould bo gald that tho compliments nro not heaped on all at onco, but are scientifically seattered throughout the roporl, intersperse:) among the formidablo statistical tables, If Mr, Dioden had devoted his ontiro attention to the Lables and loft the flattery ns n fnishing-touch, ing howing under the hend of < ‘4 0ADSE OF DISTRESS " would_perhaps liave_ boon arranged in o way to o understood by ordinary mortals, Ilo states thnt thore were 14,861 applications for rolief, 9,864 of which recolved attoution. Now, in tho table roferred Lo tio gives 10,812 as tho number of fumilies to whom rolief wa3 given. Ir wo tako 9,864 ns tho number of families aided, wo havo, on tha nverago of 4 porsons to a family, neatly 40,000 pcople, or. noarly one-tonth of tho wholo population, in & elato of poveriy. I wo take 16,812 na the number, wo havo 67,218 porsons, or ono-soventh of the popnlation, Tepresontad ns prupoers—n. poor showing for tho cupital city of tho srent Northiwest, Mr. Dieden, WHICH NUMDER 18 CORNERT? Dosides youraolf, thora fs probubly no man, be Tio nevor uo clovor, aye, ovon a Philadolphi Jawyor, could tefl, from the surfeit of contradi tory figres with which your tabla abonuds Mr. Dieden's recommendntion 28 to providing A PLACE OF SHELTER for persous nllsged to be insane awaiting trial, deserves the fullest attontion of the Board of Commissionora, Iumanity calls for it, and an carly deotslon by the Commlesionors will deserve to bo recordod prominently rmong tho works of churity to tho credit of Cook County, Tho re- pott snys: ) Tho yoar fust closed has been tho oserest fn the an- nals of Covk County's public chatity listory. Wo must not forgot tlat the wonnds fullictud by the great conflagration of Oct, 9, 1871, liuve nob been oven Lo 1his datealiogetier hiealed up, “Cho nest was the horse- diseare, witleh deprived bundreds of the monus of earning a livelthoud, and {n closo snccession 1o (hut followyd tho _oxtraiily cold winter of 167, Tha win- ter hardly goue, and Lusiucsa but scantily commence, wun the next groat - plague, clorely ToHow y wiuter of 1874, The muny meotigs and epeeches made LY certadi parties causcd anollier addition fo fhe numerous calls for re- lef frau the County Agent's ofljcc. Although thess meetings wore Inteided do caneo peoplo to malo dee mauds at the Rellef and Al Sooiety, which institution, truw eiiough, waited on p great mony, but an equal lurgo numbur’ 7 not greater, wero yeferred to tho Qotinty Agenl oflico 8 counly cuses, und tho County Ageut’s otiice, of course, being the lukt 1es0urco, wis then obliged o fnvesfigate, aud then, according to circumatunces, elthev roject or approve’ wuch oid as was consiatent with thy Tules wid xeguistions of tho atlico, Owing to tho ahove facts many familles hava been alided for one month or two darlig the tirst quarter of thiin year who nover Lefore, and niay nok oyor agaln, call for_nuy public aslstance, Auother class which was cided nt thie County Agent's oflico during tli puule times wero aged aud {idigont widaws and wid- owere, suil such other pcrsons in foeble bealth and withutit_any home, stoping with friends who wero good enough to give ihem shoiter whilo they thoni- selvos provided foud from some sourco: atd, the Jef- ferson fnstitution not being. commodions elough 1o atford shelicr b atl applicants belonging to ths Jattor cutegary, sumetbing had o Lo dows for thewm ot the” Guunty Agents: ofiicc, mlso, in regaril to boots and uhoes, Our clty bns been overcrowded with straugrers who had conie Lote to work and ex- pected to receivo big wages, but, owing 10 tho punic, i not only uot got tho latder, but fu very jniny ne #lun ve unable to procira tho former ut ony price. When the littlo thiey hisd by them was expended, thero was no alternativ for them but tolook for aid tuthe public chnritablo fustitutions, or transportation back to thelr former Lones or friends, Tu miauy fn- staucs, ft bbgg cousidered tho moro ocouomieal for the county, tho niumbor of 1asses Wore WOre Bumer~ ous thau af ordinary tmes, DUKING THE SECOXD «quarter of the fis: © thio prospect was hetter, Dut then eana {ho diealtrous five of duly 14, 1874, Al thougl the majority of (he birnt-out_destiiuto “were able (0 manage their own affuics ngain sfter rocelving ouio or Lo moutls’ yations from thu institution, thero yeb rewain agreat unmbcr Lo Lo takey care of,— wwidows and old” decren!d persons,—who, but for the fire, would havo Ueew ablo to yrovido for thomsclven, Additionut nusistants, erpeeiully fuvestiyating sgenta, are found necessary, and if 1t ‘wera not for tho eare esercised by thess men In - their lnvestigations the awonut expended would havo been ouesthird lurger Tlere follow tables, which nre sammarizod : Till TOTAL NUMBER OF PAMILIER romaining on the books ultho closing of nc- county of the lout fil yonr, ending Jov. 30, 1878, wus 8,026, During the flrst quartor of the county's iseal yoar 7,130 families woro aido during the second wuarter, 4,183; during the third quartor, cuding Sept.', 1574, 2,301; and during the fonrth quartes, 8,198—which latter is also tho number ou the books at thu commence- mont of tho new fiseal year. During tha year the numbor of applications for relief was 14,401, Ot theso 4,997 wero rojectod as not boing needy ond for other cnuses, aod the number thon which actually rocolved mid during the yoar was 4,804 fannlios, Iu addition, 250 pairs of shoes woro jssued to persons from the Connty Honpltal, Poor-iote, and persons wha did_not sack otier ald. Num- Ler of familics which recelved nid for one mouth ouly, during tho ynarter ending ilarch, 1871, 2,230 ; during quarter exding Juue 1, 1874, 1,593 3 Qurlug quarter onding Sopt. 1, 1874, 466, Numbor of fumilies which 1eceived aid for twe monthy only, during qnarter ending Mareh 1, 1874, 1,110 3 dnving quarter ending Juno 1, 1874, 8003 duriug quartor ending Sopt. 1, 1874, 394, ‘TUE NATIONALITIE® to whom rolief was given uumerically, o8 ap- penrs by the returns on_tho st of Decumber, 1574, thio ond of tho flscal yaar :_Americau, 200 ; Amsterdam, 23 Dolging, 15; Dobewisn, 1493 Golored Amorican, 413 Cunudiau, 613 Libglinh, 833 French, 193 Gorman, 863 Ilolland, 303 Iriuh, 1,281} laliun, 10 ; Dolish, 83; Scaudina inn, 251 ; Seateh, 6 Spanish, 15 Bwisk, 40 3 Wold, 3. Uho total nwnber of passos issuod during tho your wau 751, ub an oxpuuse of $6,- 424,05, or an averago of §8.656 2.5 por pass, All doubtful Ycruflnu to whom pausod wero granted were put in charge of tha pulico oflicer aftachod to tho Conuty Agent's oftlee, who conducted thom to tho sovoral depots and snwy them loavoe the city. HOBPITAL, PEWMITS, The numbor of pormits o eutor the County Hosyital fssuod durisg tho your way 1,089, und 1,027 porsous wore sont to the County Farm ub Jolerson aw paupors, Five hundred and oight burial ordern wero tusued, and 821 fawilies ro- eoived medicn] trontmeny, at thoir liomes, T'wo lundred and thivty iusane coses wera reported ut tho County Agont’s oflico and wied at tho county oxpongd, QI this numbor 132 weroe found to bo insano ; 89 reported by the Couaty Physi- cign an not bolng proper o bo triod: 29 taken ailre of by frionds: b declared not hiwaus by tho vawdlet of & jury; 0 dlsmbued by Jurys 1 com- mitted suleldo; 4 found fosune but deelarad not vitpors 1 kot to Dridovoll; & atialling lrial ‘I'ha County Agout remarks in thly sonnestion that it would be A (REAT NELIEF, not only to tho Agenl's ollico but in gonoral, it #umo provintous were mado for the conlnewiont of porsouy nwatting tfal on tho sharge of insan- ity, Tho oflicors of tho CountyJuil anu tho polico refuse to recelve such perdons and take chargo of thel Juiming thut thoy lavo no right to keop any oua contlued until tho porson 1 deolared insano by tho Court. Insune unfor- tunatos who Luvo frieudd to tuke caro of them S until their trisl mood not be confined {n the Jail or In tho polico station, but somo provision oitght to bo mada for thoso who havo 1o homes, nor frionds, nior relativos. TIYI OFFICK: DISBUNSEMENTS have hean $151,9814,08, of which tha following is tha detatl:” Tor groceries, #20,115.17 ¢ ment, A20,930,70 ;. bonuw and hominy, &13,141.87 3 broad, 24,840,760 ; shoes, §11,887,87+ transporta- tlon, $0,424.03; wood, 80,351,535 coal, §39,028,20; burial ordors, $910.20 ; trussos and orutchos, 464,20 ; Jadgiogs for poor, &88.03: flanual, £7.00, Tho oflico oxponses amounted to 18, 110.67, to wit: Ofilco rent, §1,200; oflice nalatice, £14,277,62; books, slationory, printing, oto., £2,202.10 ¢ o enfo, 3003 oNleo lablos, Horcen, cld,, §100.05, 'Lobal oxpendiburo, $170, 161,66, ALABKA. Visit of an Icelandic Commission fo OQur New Territorys They Recommend Their Countrymen Wishing to Emigrate fo Scek Their Fortune There. Wasniyatoy, D. Deo. 20,~Tho Commils~ alonors who were deputed by the Icolandio sot- tlers in Wisconsin to visit Alasks aud report on its qualifications aa & home for such of thoir countrymen who may chooso to migrate thither, have comploted thoir oxamination of tho Torri- tory, and have sent n communication to tho Drosident of the United States, Thoy sre do- lighted with' Alaska In every rospoct, aud strong- 1y rocommend it ag tho land intonded by Lrovie doneo for tho Teolandprs who desire to leave {heir nativo land and goek for fortuno under the folds of tho American flag, They eny: NEw Your, Dec, 16,—After 8 voyago of twenty-four ays wo blietod, on Oct, 9, the Telaud of Kadiak, of wlitch the top of the mountuing were coyored sith fast year's suow, and appeared 1o us much 1iko Lho monn. taiis of Teofand, eanectally on the northern and cust- ¢rn coasts of celand, P'roceeding toward the main Iand, up Cuolc’s Inlet, 'we #aw yroat forests on tho wweate cn shore of Wio dulef, ~ On tho mountaing kiere, wo saw comparatively mucl ‘loss snow, sud thero is also vory littio lowlaud on thut tdo of thio inlet, Tucther wp, am approathing Fort Nicholar, wo kaw a thun looking country, coversd with forests on both sides of thy 1ne Ity it Wit juoro Towlund on the eastern tiun on tho western glde, Ouu day we woiit to. TUE FAKNO NIVER, which flowa south of Fort Nichotas, (o apot whero the river had last summor overtlywed ts bank, and thoro hud convequently been pools formed i tie low places, atid ifterwards 1be poois lind deied up, and heaps of dead mimon ly i tho ' dry bed, so that it wan half up to our knces wading throvgh almon, Winter Lite begina in tho middls of November and ends i iho wiitdlo of March, A Iukalatt who had Jived in Alaska somo twenty years fold wn that cablages, potacves, nud otber garden- vegotables wero tho ouly thiugs that had boon sown Dieras but he sakd that no ona had over tried to sow any(ling olee, e told ua that about 40 miles southy thero wns o eetlloment_called Noodshicl: (M), whers ryo wns ralsed, The fivst morniuy wo were on »horo tho thermomoter. stood, at haif-past 6 w'elock, 18 dogreen ubova zero, Fahreulielt, Wo first exploed’ in su eaferly direction. We ‘pawsed throngls roling and hilly country, covered with thiick forcats, Thosoil was ovorywhore moesy, with vory littlo grass, but mucls heathor and many bishes, "ha trozs arobigh, some 70 o HO feot, aml 3 feet in diawmeter, Thoy aro mostly aprice,’ Furthee trom bt consl wa found swamps, Wetink theso could bo coelly drafuod, audthey would"then nsoine good ua laude %8 far i we can Judge, tho quality of tho Jand scems st nearost {ho coint, aid ngain—iccording fo what wo cauld Joarn from others—un tho ather sido of_tho mursbies and nearest o the mountaius, whers the grass i 84l Lo grow from & to 6 fect bigh,’ O tho western nido of the inlot there is mucl: Ibxs Towland, and we ull 1iave guod reaoi (o bollevs tit the land i deler and Tetter on thut slde in mavy places ;- but, as thero was 10 on on board who kitow the lauding-places there, wo were not able to go over. Our general Inpreanion of Cools Tulet is ihat, ul- thougls we would earnostly recommond our coutfiry- moit 1o etthe there later, it will uob bo best adapled a colopizatiun direct from Icelund, bocause it would be more dlillenlz to Legin thers than ju Kadivk, Tho chief meaus of subelstence for tho scitlers would for tho tirst year ueccsuarlly Lo saluon, and, in order to muko tho most of ha satmou-iebing, 'tho settler should bo there n Ayril or May, und this would bo next to dmpossiblo if oud eumo direct from leclaud, For o second reason, sithongh there s no doubb that atockerulaing cans sticeood swell 113 1his poetion of Alanka ntter time, still the soil hero needs previons preparation fn onier to support largo Litris, As the swmimor fu that portion fs kaid (o e vory warm (112 degrees Fabreulelt buvo been resclied), andns tho rali 18 comparativoly wmct less shundant north of the sixticth paratlol, it can burdly be doubted that ugriculturo will bo profifablo here. 'ho winter b often very cold (the - {emperaturs falls sometimes L0 40 degrees below zero, Eabirenbedl), und the suow fulia 0 or7 seet deop in the low counley, and 12 or 1 feot deep on the mountajus, But shonld Ieckinders sottle at Kadink Islnd (for sxamplc), to begin with, we thiuk 3t not only Tikely, it quite cerlain, that an off- sli00t of o eolony waulld ind it advautageous to st~ to, trom there, at Cool'a Inlot, THE COUNTRY ABOUT COON'S INLET 13160 notao well known aud needs to e wrplored in ovder for 1ty to becoute aoguainted with ils natural v konrecs, ond this would ba denyus puow a8 Kads shall ho settled with clvilized peopte, We explored the peningnin which rana northeaat from Bt, Paul, mud alwo tho counlry north of iho peninsula, round Devil's Lay, whero wo tound tho round mostly covered with extelient und heavy tim- Ler, espectally apruce and pitg, sud wherevor thers W 11 oen space thero was i abindanco of griss, g aid o good quality, niul tho soll was rich. Hiers R aro_many laker aud streams, il full of saltioy and differeut laudy of trout, Next wu osamiued tho mountuins in the nolxbboriood of Ht. Paul, aud_ths country north of the nmouutulus, sboitt Chfilak sl the mountams aro mostly ko cach other, ‘Thers £ hardly any lowland, but the monnlalus ure covered with bireh-iroes and green grass to thea smamits, “Lucre ute notludsiilee, sud rock i rare. W ttaye eled o lowg Wiy it a woaterly direction on_the mou taiug, nd Jou Olafsion wont further nortlieat until ite catno to Aarmel Brv, Che most fuvitng cotmtry wwan tlere, utd exeellvnt pasturage, but the fureste frow hero ‘were yuialier (hau Siether’ outh.” Wa Visite THE ISLANUS ANGUND ST, PAUL, 4na found thens nearly all iubabitable, ‘Ehé timber o Woody Iafuud 15 biggsr Uaan any wo ive seen in Wi consit, Goats T ou ths fulnds without sy caro Dolugs takon of Giwm, Fho whites who huve cattle feed themn ju the winter, but the natives do ot teed tholr cattlo nt all, bekug too Inzy to eut by for tliet. Wo crossed over Chiniik ud hded on the northern slde ofCave Greville, whate Paul Blorusson went fun_weitwardly divection aiong the bay, but th (wo oflicrs Went ucross the penjusuls, sud afterward arouud it in an casterly divection. A largo und besuti- Dl gruss country was iere and som futeel, Jero wo found roue wiid ryo (elynus), Jaet of the 15 meridian Kadiak Tslwd is covered with forests, but thore fx L\:A\‘-llynur' farest weal of that Iine, Pastutaito I8 sail {o Lo excollent over tho faland aloiig tlio coust, bt tho upland i sud fo Lo wat iid unprosuctive, SUll there s 1o doubt of thero belug panturage for s loug way 1o from tho coast iu tho wany vislloys leading up from tho buye, THODUCT At Woody Taland {ho iee company ralsy oats, but {tioy e thein {n the mamo manuer us frequontly i3 seen In California—cutting of the tops ani fesding tbem to tliv cattlo lka biay, Not mucls cure s taken in bt il ey get anost ripe. - Yotators 1l, alitougls tho natives liuva not the allghtest, Ko of how thoy should by cultivated, whioh gous t whow oy would tiriv oxcellantly i€ proporly chr and tho various gar~ e vegotabi s lave g ke, And, to Judiga from tha woll wnd (ho elismata, thiere Is pritau faclo ho Teason why uverylliing that succueds i Scotluud should ot suceeed in Kadlak, Taturceland i1 vo excellont fn Kudiak, and lio buy Tiarveat bo abupdant, that oiir countrs meh woull hero, Justas m Lecland, hisko pncep-breeding, nud eattle~ Falsing (hele chiet meous of iivolibood, “The quality of ho gravy (4 &uek Ut the mitl, aud tha beot, aud mntton must bo cxeollont: and we alio had un oppor- tunity to tey theso at Kadfakr, Tn time the Ieclauders wouikd, In Alusks, briug (o tho Amerlean nuarket thoss u fu giet dbudinco i of good quallty, When wo compars whut wo buve found ont’ abont Alaeksa fu books, eapeclully in Lieat, Dall's book, with it we liuve otireives now scon_ond {iformed_ours sulven of, wo feel convineed that Dall's description of tha lad s corvect L ull camentlal matters, Tafuk Tnlutud fn_exoollently fitted tor wock-ratuing, th Naheries iro whundant all (he year round, ad therd Is plenty of thnber for ire-wood, for howse-building, aid for boat-bniiding, evorswhero eant of tho 35id wioridiun, and 1t is ouly o Jittle dlstancy (0 o Kenal pendusald, whors ber soflubly for, butlding lacga abigm growe, 'l lwland Ly, in nearly evory ruspect, wilvantages over Ieclaud, and {he chito cspochully i milder {n the winiter thmo, without belug warmer in l;\m)nm-r, aud sumiuer lu w groat deal Touger thua fu coluna, EMINRATION RECOMMENDYD, Wo thierefora do ot Lieadtate 10 roconeud those of yinen who ace muiudod 1o emigrato that they camo ilther IF they ean, md wo da thisaftor s minnto jontfons dellboration, 1u (o firm bellef thut or thelr advantago, B3 the laml secins in ceapeot well adapted to'thien, snd ausyrers com- our axpectatlons, Agviculture Is whally uniried herey 80 {hiat it {8 uot eutlicly cortatis how far thy vowntry 16 udapted there tas but s clrenmslanco hak for tho Tevkiuders, who ut "home nra nob seuitstonul, to ugrioultire, Gt tho sanse dmportimeo which it hus for peoploof wany othr tionn, Who will yet foe inuny yoara ud laud to (el Lante, n0t yut sotticd, fartlor ety We cuntiot, theralore, do ollicrwiso thn oxprous tho Hope that o Amerlean Government will do ull that Hes I ftu yower 40 sucourage (ho immgration of our counlrymen o Alaska, Sitice that land neom ta hove boon created Just for tha, i ko muner we think it miew of wite Tics aro to ‘best sdapted, or porhiupy the only ey uwdapter, 10 wettly and cuitivaio that country and to ulllizo the uulnral resources with whivk it is furnfshed, 1oth for tho rearon aboyo stated, and alsa for ather roons, fonnded nol meroly on_ yliywleal advintoges, Lut whiels wo aliall not dutuin Your Excelloncy ii syices ifyiug, woure convivead fimé Alwka wil wult” our conntFymen betier thiu any oitr L on vartl, Wo liave e Jionor to be Your Lizcellouey's oliedlent vervantn, Jo3 OLAVRSON, (Wlo 18 autliorlzod to subseritio the wamas of the abscut Comwlitevien), QrAv OLAFSSON, PAuL LIouSHd0R, ABOUT THE CABINET, An Explanation of the Late Dispatches. ’ The Rolations Between the President and Gen, Bristow, The Treasury and the Post-Office De- partment Under Their New Heads. Specind Corresyondence of the Cinclanali Gazetté, Wasinyatos, D, O., Dec. 19.—Tato dispatches aegerting that serious iroublo osisted botweon tho President and the Secretary of tho 'Irensury havo altracted tmuch attontion fn the country. Whatover tonds to throw lght upon the origin and signifleanco of theso siatoments muat poa- uous Intorest, Tho declarations made, and perulstontly ro- peated, bavo naineally sel many men of promi- nent position to inquiring about Cabinot mattors, and thus the prosont situntion of afairs bas como to bo prelty well understood. FIRST, AND MOST INPORTANT, tho Presidont bas not been moved by the sollci- tations made to intorfore swith Bocrotary Bristow in any degres, And, o far frow expresaing dis- satlsfaction with anything the Scorotary has done, with which certain prominent gentlemen inand out of the Cabinet havo boen displonsed, ho by fully indorsed nnd sustained Gon, Drls- tow. And horo'it is only just to the Iresidont {0 sny that, so far na londing Sonators and Iiop- resentatives Intercsted in tho honest and vigor- ouy administration of publio afaira which now charactorizos the Treasury and Post-Odles Do- partmonts can sscertain, ho has not failed, in a singlo Instanco. to approve the sieps taken by AEX, BRISTOW AND Mt JEWELL in tho direction of practical reform, With this statomont in regnrd to tho pogition of the Prosi- dont ng u slarting point, tho present sleuation can bo roadily sot forth, Gen, Bristow wag tho President’s own eolec. tlon, Tio was not chosen au tho result -of po- Iitical considerations, or through the solicltations of friends, Not for woveral days after tho positive nnnouncement thot Lhis nomination was docided upon did Gen. Bristow himselhavo any personal linowledge upon the subject, Thoe President nulmslmilm because be kuow him, aud had faith in him, No 0 sooner hud ko entared npon hin daties, than constornation fell upon all who had profite: direetly or mdireclly by the loosa manner in which the Treasury Department had boen man- aged, This was = numorous class, It ombraced mon of strength in intrigue, and men who ro- garded thonyrelves as securely intronebod within tho lines of their corraptions. Tor he time they wero powerless, oXeept in secrob offoits to rotain thoir aceompllcos in pusition. Dut, COMMINCING WITH XE. SAWYER, oue Dy onu their hopea wero dostroyod, The growing popularity of tho now Troasury mun- nzemont hns hithorto prevontod theso influences from making opey war, In proportion o the covstornation hote has beon tho rejoleing throughout the country, It Lius boen loug eince any Sccrotary of the Treasury lias deserved so well. ITiy chief iden in to o administor hin Dopurtment us to perform tho public business intrusted to it in tho most oxpeditious nnd honest munaer. No now Scere- tary ban gaiued position here mo rapidly, and nono hus morc quickly won popularity, 110 Lias not dobioved this by n gonoral granting of re- quests, but rather Ly meuoting overy caso square- ly and oponly upon its morits, sid deciding it }nmnn!.ly and without fear or favor, sccording to law first, and the publicintereats nest., 1¥ DOES NOT DEML 1N DIPLOMAGY. All who appronch can sceurs tho most diveet at- tention Lo their busnoss, and nong are left in doubt or turned swey with genoralities if thoir cnso is ono that justitios attention. Inn word, tho Troasury Dopartuent has becomo s place of busiuess ond square desling, where ail who have legitimate dealivgs stand on the _same Jovel, ko mori:nu!znlluu of the Depariment has been rapicd, and fustill fn progress. Lo lift it from Lho utter demoral tion which has ssttlod over it ut the cluse of My, Richardeon’s Loerm bing bacn no light task, Bat tho progress bas beon steady, and thoe results sitch ay to cango overy friend of honest and vig- orouy govermmont to- rejoice, - Gon, Bristow ta~ day is rogardod hero, by men of ail purtics, o ono of the streugest men in the Admiulstracion, or in the Iiepublican party. STANDING FURDMLY WITI TN, and in his own_Dopactmont, working after the sano methoda described as adoptod by Secretary Bristow, stands Gov, Jewoll, the now Postmastor Gaporal. 1lo, too, wi President Graut's pore sonal selaction. Doliticinns woro ut work in quito anothor direction, urging n man who was n politiciun, aud wrging him hecause he was this, and, in their viow, had ronderad good servico. But the President turned from tueso, after the rosiguation of Dir, Inle, aud chosa Mr, Jowell, 1lis couras hins boen like thnt of CGen, Dristo Frow thie tirst his idea way to placa the Dopart- meont on the Armest posaible businces basis, Mr, Creswoll beforo bim had been an ofticer of fu- duslry, energy, and honesty. Dut hie was also a politivian, ot the management of the Dopart- ment was baged moro upon the theory that it wae a political machine than Gov. Jowell is will- ing to admit. 1o in making every branch of the rervice o clogs study, with tho sole view of mak- ing it moro ofiiciont, NE 15 PRONPT AND DECIDED. There rro no concealments with him, aud publia men, with the exception of those whoso schomes arv not doeigned for the light, ave detighted with tho prompt msnner_in which their domands aro cither complied with or rejocted for cauee, I'horc was much of this wnder Mr. Creswell. Thera iy mieh more now. Gov, Jowell's lluru‘ larity is great nud doeserved, Geu, Grant has made 1o two appointments of lato years that have brought him, ar tho rmy heré, & hune dredth putt of the strongth that has bron ndded Dby tho setection of theso twe Cubinot Ministers. 1t is nltogother uatural, and quite onsy to un- derstand, thut the course of Geu, Bristow wud of Gov. Jowell s been ISTENKELY UNSATISFACTORY to all men of the Laser sort. 1ut in tho faco of the growing populurity of theso new men the times hiave beon most unpropitious for any open manifestations of thelr chagrin, Tor the first time thoy kuve ventured to show thoir hunds, in the manver dimly shadowed forth i tho dispatchens to which allusion has beon mndo. Aud at the very outset of thoir campaign thoy hnve sutfored dofout. In the tirst instan it was almod at Scorotary ristow, though Gov. Jowoll in also in their minds. oy stukod thoir Lopes for success upon thoir ability to_poison the mind of tho I'resident against his Beeretary, and croate such & fooling a4 would induco him to re 1 THESE 1) T biave ascerinined thut Gen. Dristow did not scok the place, that, in fact, ho did ot want i thut o prompt resignation would follow President could bo tnduced to futorfore in mat- tors of dotuil in hiy Du&ml‘tmcnt, whicl the Scerc- tary belioved ho bud decided aright, Tiut, bofors golng further, it may bo well tain~ Qlento the belicf wiiich many prominent gentlo- mon hore havo 88 to some of the principal por- sous engaged, more or lows diroctly, in this dis- gracefnl worl, And porhaps the situation can bs mindo to appear by a fow worde in regard o the Cabinot as o wh Trom tho first, . HEORLTARY Y Lian conlingd his uttoution entivoly to his own De- pertmont, exeopt when ho las acted uyuu es- fous of goneral policy as an advisor of the Uresi- dent. 1o lins had no political porsonul onds to serve, oud bay alwayn taken a i stend with those'm tho Cabinot who woro carnostly seoking to administer public affuiva with the hest inter- oug of honest government constautly in view, : GEN, DELENAT gives bis timo and his attontion most indue- trionsly to his oficial dutios ns Bucrotary of War, 1lo s prompt und decldod In nll bl dealings, and both earnest and enthusiastio in rogurd to all mattors that affoct bis Dopartmont, “As in the Pronsury and i the Post-Oflico, thoso having burness can obtaln prompt uttontion and plain angwors. ATTORNLY-GENEIAT, WILLIANS noithier dusiros, nor attompts Lo exurelso, supor- vision over uny othior Dopartmont beuidos hig o, DBut Beerotarles Dolano and NRobeson do not, by any means, rostrlot thotmunlvos withm tho limits which ather mombers of the Cabinet preseribe for themselves, 21 DELANG hng not heon satistied unlons, in addition to mau- aging tho lutevior ”"Il'“”““’“" he coull bo ufin“ml to sattlo many little mppolntments in both tho Interpal Royonuo servico and in tho Posi-Ofilco. Under formor Hscroturies ha hau bhud more succoss thun hus attendod his olforty of luto, "Theso resirictions, togethor with tho faot thut vver siuce 3. Delano sutorod the In- torior Dopariment ha hag oxpoctod to exchango it for the Troasury, bayo ranged bim with thoso who would bo glad If such difforenco hetwoon the Presidont and Gon. Brintow eould be stirrod up as wonld prompt tho latter to roaipu. In tho yamo mannor BECRETATY ROUESON is o nollticlan whose dosires nnturally prompt him to cultivalo his Btate by such means as the patrongge of othor Dopartments as well a8 hig own affords, 'Tha lale mattor called up by the dispntehos, regarding Mr. Cattoll, Is w cavo in puiut. & was materlal to Mr. Roboron's plane, olitieal and othorwise, that Mr. Cnitall shoutd again ba placad (n charge of negotiating ourloan abrond, Thern wora the vory bost reasons in the opinion of Becratary Itoheaon why Mr. Cat- tell should uot Lo appointed, aud thoso ronsons wero danbtless fully understood, it not appre- ciated, Ly Mr, Robeson, But tho troublo which soveral intorestod ertlun hoped_wonld be mado botwaen the Prosidont aod Mr. Dristow did not como, in spito of tho paiuy which wan taken to horald a serions ruptura. 1t witl bo remombered that tho authority of two Cabinot olicors was Persistontly givon na tho authority for tho story, Up to thin time, howovor, it is nol true, and tho chianceu aro that it will not bo at any future timo, OF THE COMMINATIONS, otlier than those hintod at, to Liolp in the con tomptible intriguey having in viow tho forned ro- tivemont of Cien, Bristow, it _in not the purposo now to mponk. Theso combinations, howaver, have numerous rnmlllnnuona, and gomo of them boliovo thomselves utrong. “The gonoral plan of procecding for all fu fitwt to ascortain what courso ten, Briatow lns docided npon in rognrd 1o rpecitio mattary, and then, through partics having accesy to tha President, to fuduce him, it ponsible, Lo suggost Komo oflior courso to_ i Heerotary, without giving him tho lonst indica. tion that the mutier Is already decided. Uho iden of nil this ia that by ropetition the DProwi- dont oan Lo brought- (o beliave that the Socen~ tary In alwayd unwilling to tuke his advico, and will end by bronking with hiim. Some account of thieso combinations may follow in o futur Iotter, . V.1, THOSE NEGRO SCIIO0L-CIILDREN. Letter from Mre Eiward 8 D2ussey, of EBrazit, fnd. o the Edilr of The Chicaso Tribune: Buaziy, Ind, Dec. 21,—To-dny your fgsuo of tho 18th inat. wos handed mo, in which I find an artlole hended * Indinna’s Shamo,” written by tho correspondent of the Gincinnati Gazelte, in which ho singles me out a8 tho prominent indi- vidual who porpetratod what o crlls an outrago, and, what adds (o tho blackuess of tho act, pre- tonds to baso bis information upon tho intelli- gonce recoived from a citizon of this city, The talo bo tolls sppoars vory plausiblo, and ho loads his rondors on stop by step until ho caps tho climax aud the childron are dismissed. Tho outrago roferrod to was tho dismiseal of twonty-five chlldren from the Publie School on account of thelr color. This is ko No. 1. e goes on Lo statoe that, in consequenco of the Iflux of colorod minors, who displaced the Irish and German mluets, tho vexed guestion came up regarding tho dismissal of the colored children, and consoquently the Trusices announced thoir intontlon of dismissing the descondunte of Ham from the school, and thatit created doep and in- touso fecling for o time. This, I might eny, in lio No. 2, bocauso tho colored miners did nob tarry in the city, but went directly Lo tho several mines, and conaequantly the numbor of colored childron was not incraased, ns howoutd intimate, in conaoquence of this infux. o further states ibat thero were botwoen twonty-tivo and thirly colored achiolara in atten- dacco. This is lie No. 3, ** Nosaoner," o says, ** was tho Buskirk do- cislon rondersd than tho question was sgaln raisod, Domocrats, Dbanlirupt miners, and moss-covored Republicans, joined in ono prolonged lowl fof the expulsion of tho_‘niggers;’ and the Trustoes—Dillon W. DBridges, 1. 5. llussey, and Wiliam Torbort— did_bot hesitato to comply.” TLie No. 4. 1fis informant ondeavors, with o littte dress- ing I'rom Lim, to represont n sceno st the dis- missnl of thoso children, csloulated to melt tho hoart of s stone, it it had ouno. “The botter class of citizenn, " Lio seys, * wera indignnnt, and will domand thoir restorstion; and, if deniod, wilt compel tho 'trustees to furnish o sepurato school.”” Now, hore tho correspondent drops tho others, and singles mo out as tho individual to pour out tho vials of W8 pont-up wrath upon, —forgotting that onc is not s wmajority of thres, and thab, had theso been a division of sensiment, it~ would bave yoqmired iwo: and, if nof, then all thrao woro aqually guiity. "Mhie quention appears to havo been' put by this corrospondent to his rellable eitizen, ** Hns ussoy shown any symptoms borelofore of being unfriondly to tho colored raco # " Ok, yos, on several occasions, Why, ho js 2 moss-covored Iopublican, who voted tho Whig ticket in 1854, Of courso lio conld have no afliuity for the no- B whom we desiro to sco raised in point of ntellect highor than a boast ; but lio had to do it to conciliate the miners and retain their voles, 40 a4 to continue the Ropublican party in powor in the couuty, as tho vote had boon very closo for ‘wevoral yoars; but, until this _fall, wo bavo " wanaged to kLeep ahead.” T'bis thing alons would stamp tho in- former 0s o liar of tho firal water. A consulta- tion of the statistics of the vote of Clay Couunty, for eizhteon yeurs back at lonst, shows that tho Ropublicans carriod thoe county but once in that tinto, and that timo was in the fall of 1872, Ilo usterta that Hussey is *a politicinn of tho dom- agoguo order;” aud that 'Ly yielding to tho chaims of the mob, who were both ignorant snd projudiced,” I oxpected to make canital for my- Holf, What do I waut with political capital? ‘T da not oxpect to run for Congrees, or auy other oflico, unless tho Gazetle's urticlo, nnd similar ones vonied by the pross gonerally, should bring me iuto stich notoriety that it would be neces- enry to do so to deflno my position through- out tho district. Thoso that know me ecan very rendily stamp tho asseriion ns n fnlsohood. "I am no domngoguo or ““moss-covered Ropublican.” I expross mysell freely on overy nub}ect, and 8eorn to nse docop- tion to carry my point’ or gain my onds, I bo- lieve now, und always huve, that honesty is the best policy, und that to ():m(lur to the ignorance or prejudices of & *‘mob"—as the correspondent soos fit to cnll our citizens—does not in tho ond win. Aud, s for muking tho lattor clusa of citizens my enemios by this ack, ho knows ho Yion when ho savs 80; for the very reason ihat Itussoy did not do it, and hiad no hand in it, aud did not know it was dono uniil jb wasac- complishod, And now ho brings in all threas of us again ag laving offered o grons ingnlt fo cvery lovor of natural Justico. ‘ois articlo s alroady too long, but I am gotting tired of “baving my name Lrought so prominently before the public, to tho morious injury of my roputation, and* thinle it timo to mako an cmphatio donial of tho charge. 1 am a Nopublican, and knvo been sinco tho party came iuto oxtstonco; have honestly Iaborad for tho purly in this county for yoars, and was appoiuted fait summer Chairman of the Contral Commitico; um not in any way opposod to the negro enjoying sl the rights and privi- logos given him by tholaws. Nottlior Alr, Dridgos nor mysoll in or was o mombor of thio Sehool Board ; and wo had o moro to do with dinming- g the childron than you had, There wers but thirtr-fivo, or twonty-live, dismissed, Thuro never bnvo boon ovor flye oolored children resi- donts of ourcily at oo timo, Mhere wore but four Alsminsed,and they wore dismissoed by M. Lorbext ; and they had only attonded school about four months, Bo you soe how grogsly the corvaspond- ont hns slandered mo and oudeavored to_injure mo in tho catimation of nll good mon. I have #ulg Mr. Torbart was hasty in his action, and, 1 holieve, shonld have delnyed tho muttor for n time, Iad 1 beon a Yrusteo, my voico would Jiave hoon ngalust 1t; for1 beliove, 1f wa expocl tho negro to bo nn intelligont, prosperous eitizen, Wo mnust gzivo him the opportunity, and that ean’ not be dono oxcopt by giving bim an edueation, * Aud whnt I and the peoplo of Brazil rogrot wost in, thut thoro aro not onvugh childron to justity the Lrusteo in omploying u soparato toacher, Yery rospoctfutly yours, Lnwarp 8, Mussey, JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. Causuin Brures, la, Dee. ‘Tho trial of Jacob Stono, for tha murdor of T, J. Clark, on Silver Orook, nenr this cily, on tho 14th of August last, was conoluded 1 tho Distrlet Conrt bora Lo-day, and rosulted in the acquittul of the accused on the gronud that the killing wes en- tivoly Justiflable. 4'ho caso was ono of the most unpartant ever tried in this county, and con- aumed fvo duys, during the whola Of whioh tho caurt-room way densoly crowdod, Whon tho !ury roturnad their verdict, whicli thoy did after en minutey' deliberation, the wildest demon. kirations of approval were Indulged in by all the the spectators presout. M S —— THE TILTON-BEECHER CASE. New Youg, Dae, 23,—In the ‘Lilton-Tocoher enso ta-tny Judgo McCuo, of the Brooklyn tity Coml, on motion of counsel for defendaut, granted an order on plalntiff to show esuso why the ovdor requiring & bill of particutines should not bo enfureed, wud Baturdny noxt wis ap- poluted for thoe argumont of couusel, st AMUSEMBNTS: o oo HALSTED-ST, OPERA HOURE, Qurnar of Jalated and Ilaccison-ats, SENSATION! NOVELTIES! 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