Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 187a. i not unlikely tuat Mr, Jowell folt tholr influ- enco. 3 If theso charges aro truo which Mr. Jowoell makes against meo, will he explain how it waa that ho was such a violent advoeato of my nomivation for Governor by tho Liberal Convon- tion in 18727 Was ho one'of thoso ** unserupu- lous enongh to do Afs bidding 2" Wna Lo ono of tho mon of whon ho eays * ho (J.? way enabled 1o domoralize and corrupt” by the monoy and putronago I controlled ? Lot mo romind Mr, Jewoll {hat tho political meusures of which ho complning wo wuceh, nud for which I do not decline the responsl- Lility which rlghtly belongs to me, wore drawn up, spproved, and lobbled through tho Tegisintnro by his frionds, Packard, Lowell, and Ty, with whom he neted fn 1871, and in whoso cmivo, ustrido liiy * white horse,” hio charged the Stato troops with bis army and flad beforo tho hst fire, It In said that ** A good _lar ought to bave n good memory.” Bo ought n man who gots himsell up na a public ecold nud fault-tnder romember his own black spots boforp ho points to thoso he imagines ho soes in othor people, Even if I had aspired to soclal distiuction, as you auy, such aspirations have never turnod in tho diraction of tha mauager of tho Now Orleana Budletin or Mr. B. L. Jowell. Your obediont servant, 11, 0. Wanasonut, TIE COMING PRIMA DONNA. Misy Abbott, of Chicugo, Studying in Pariy for the Lyrie Stage~The Fu= tnre *¢ Glory of America.?? Currespomlence of the Sprinafield Republfean, Pams, November, 1874.—T promiged you somoe epecinl account of the congonial Americans who chaneo to bo our companions iu this pleasant Trench home. I use tho word lLiomo advisedly, and ag o testimony agninet writora who have tried to mako mo think, among othors, thatthore i no such word in the French language, bocauso thero is no suchiden among the French people— Lut moroof this anothor time, W hinve, then, firstly, threo ladies who would bo noticeablo in uny family, not only for their musical ability, but for personal worth and peculisr mental chargeteristics. Wo bayo Miss Abbott from Chi- engo, one of tho mast uniquoe little bodies I ever maot, the protego of tho Baronoss Satomon do Rothechild, purse-wise, and of Patti among artists, and the pet pupil of Warlel, who is vory proud of hier, nud prophesies great things of her future, 1 chanved to go with ber to hoar “ Mignon ® for tho firat timo tho other night, and Gallnmnrio, who i said to have created tho character of Mignon, was in her glory. I was carnied away with bor artistio naturilness, I thiuk I never saw eyes aud silont attitudes spealc to such effect before, and, sceing Misa Abbott taking notes vigorously, I suid, ** You are not Mignon * for ouo of your operas, aro Ol yes," sho repliod, * I hnve sludicd it already ¢ thnt is the reazon I Was #0 anxious to gco Gnilamario and got idens.,” ** Oh dear,” Tesid, * you havon't bluck eyos and hair, and I don't £eo how. Mignon conld go on with- ont them.” Dut later_ (fcr this was whon I first catwo here), whon I saw her stand up sinply itz our liddlo saton hero and sing without accom- paniment, ** Guido nie, oh thou great Jehovah,” to Lhat sweet air in ** Marthn,” I mado up my mind that, saytng nothing of wigs and paint, it is of littlo consequonce nbout the porsonuel, pro- vul:d the hears and voico ara strong nnd true to negin with, and both are under the highent cul~ inre. And this is just tho case hore, for as to voico Misg Abbott 38 putting horsolf through sneh {ruining 28 I liad 110 concontion was nocss- sy Lo fie ano for tho stago and which, if it does not kill tier, will make her tho rival of any soprano you may happen to think of—Jonny Lind, T ray, becauso sho is the greatost singer T Bave heard who had o deep, serions nature, abd was o true woman long beforo she was an artstie smger, nud preeisely this is tiue ol tls letle woman, who, in epite of her small staure aud her pliin face, impresses yon a8 one of the women who 2o thorsushly in earnest to mako Jife a uceess iu tho bighest souso of tho word, and Luow that cousceration to a sacred purpose may as truly bo found among artists on the slage ns among ministers in tho pulpit, or mothera in tho home. And hero comos in my old notion that responsibility bogebs strongtli. ies Abbott began to siug in public with hor father—a man of gouius, but rather visivnary, aud baving no power to make monoy ov {o keop it very Jong .when made—when sho’ was only 9 years old—nnd with tho onergy of a Yankeo boy soon found that sho coukd leava him to his iuventions and do her own business. So she took her gutar and bogan hor tour quite nlone, when only 13, advertising herself as ho wont nlong, and countuz; bor little gains oach night, before poing to bed, in order to decido how much to rond home to-her mother, aud how much would carry her to the next place and poy hor bills there.. Afiar a whilo she joined n tronpo, which, besides kinging overy vight in tho weels, sang fu #omo churches—on Sunday ovenings free, for tho udvernsoment, and tho littlo gypsy mast have been quite nutar, T think, snd hulped mghtiiy to druw, especially on the Sundays, for ehe wus such a good littlo Christing thore cuu bg no manner of duubt but the hymuns took on a now favor coming from her childish lips. At last, Misy Kellogg cama to Toledo, whero she then waw, aud 800 longed with an inoxpressible. loug- ing o henr Lier 1 opera and to asl advico cotie cerning hersell and her voice, but a8 rhe had no m nuy o spare ko sunmoned courage to call upon the great eingor and tell Lor little story, und sho, with her kind Lenrt, gavo hor o tiekot Tor the evening, aud, when the porformanco was over, scattered the performors into the nudito- rium, and, sotting tho little woman on tho stage alome, mado her sing to them as sho had beon neeustomud to do. Cois trinl decided her fato, There wero admiriug.comments ou hor wonder- Lul voico from all wides, and Strakosch joined with Miss Kellogg in wrging her to go to New York for instruction, whore they would be re- wpongible for il neeessory bills, Sho gladly wunl, Legan lessous with Ernani, oon got pay- ing cmployment i churel choirs, aud joined Viymonth “Church, and atout the same time nde § permancut ougugement Lo ving i Dr, Cliapin's Chure] Tiom'thero sho was sent to Buropo by kind fricuds, having Hist beon sblo to pay all debts inel d by ber first distinguished putrons, und onco liero 1n this musical city, she fortunntely uitracted the uttention of tho aroness Rothy- child, who xent for her, and, soeing and hearing for hiersell what thero way in hor, begged hor to ariw upon her for. o quarterly allowauco sufll- cicnt to cover all neceesnry oxpenses, DPutti al- vo, meeting hor here in Lnris, promfsed to be- come Lior patroness in. making oarly and favor- able engugemonts, aud olready she has offers from Jer Majesty's Opera, Loudon, while tho murical director of tho Grand Opera at St. '~ tereburg, hearing her sing notlong ago at Putti'g bouse hwie, olfered her an ebgagemeut 3, kpot, and wished o tuke. hor two - weeks' notico to Ruesin, Lut sho will not lompt failura by huresing over a ringle exorcine, or listening to tho voice of purtial frivnds, o the time of hor debut is not yot. unnounged, though wa havo promisod her quite o respectuble howdo from this vicinity, and such cordinl applanso ns shall drown the Listetul professional elaguoms of {hose French theatres, 1ler voice hus tho rrlnci])ul charactor- istica of a contralto and a high soprano, and is to wy certamn knowledgo strang, clear, and syin- pathietic, hut it i8 not, or rather wasnot, flexible n fact, L suspeet it formerly was as ns unbend- ine us her will, und could burdly submit Lo the teainmng of_su’ oporatic sluger. - lusioa gyme- nasties, 28 I eull them, aro foreign to her simple, truthful, encrgotic nature, but as thoyhave thoir logitinuto plnco in_certain_stylos of music thoy muet bo pricticed unto porfection, clso they ura Dettsr omittod altogothor, Lut hor daily work would surprise you, I am sme, for, Lesides lessons in Fronch aud 1tuling, tue hag, 1 lessous on the operas with Mr, dumes, Mr, Wartel's ussistant, who accompunios all ns pupls with tho piano; then vucal exer- ciuen with Wartel, which aro fmplo solfoguion to form tho voice, but wilh no bosuty i thom ; then voentises, which are like operas as to mol~ ouy, but no words ; then o losson in tho noble art of drunmming (and it i an are, 1ecan assuro you) for tho *Diughter of the Rogimont ;" then declanution at the Opera Comnque, uuder No- than, whore to bure walls,eon an ompty stago, uio shaies hands with imogloary chavacters, vikes un invisiblo kuapsaok, and whore old than suys, “I shall be mothor now,' and sou_muat throw yourself into my orms,” Qyu. ivy If nll tho mistrosses of song do always put thomsolyes throngh such labarions trawing for our doloctation, wo ought to bo moro grateful than wo are, and less critical {mnhnpn‘ A word woro sbout Wartal, whio 1 o cliaraoter also, and of whoso methods and_ history I will write you, somo day, when I havo become botter acquninted with him, Il had an encouraging Hitlo talk Intely with Miss Abbott in the prosenco of o friend, and this was the substance of it, ns near- 1y s I enn guthor: & You will do mo tho grentost nonor, Miss Abbott, for youmake o religion of sour art, und wmong all my pupils ue one has tudied with the caro aud consclonsnens that you bave done, not oven Nilsson ; in a few months there will not bo a singor who ean appronch you in briflisney and beuuty of mechaunism:” then, wurning to the friend, *It is the finlsh, tho log;ato, you kinow, that mnkes the perfoct artlat, aaif sy bas thut as no ono elso." And agoiu te Miay Abbott, * My child, sleep fn poace ; you +ill be tha glosy of Amorica—for God Lius willod 1t your” WASHINGTON. Jewéll Means to lave Reform, and Will Not Be Refuseds Hig Oiroular to Postmasters in Cities of the First Class, The Exnenses Must Be Reduced to the Lowest Limits, The Efficiency of the Scrvice Must Be Greatly Increased, THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, OINOULAR FROM THE POSTMASTER-OENERAL. ‘Wasuixazox, D. 0., Doc. 28.—1'lio Postmastor- Qenoral will soon rond to all Postmnslers of leading citles o cireular, of which tho following is nn oxtract: “Who incroasing doficiency in the Post-Oflico Dopartment i sssuming such proportions ns to domand a strict and rigid offort to reduco expenses, with a viow to ourlafl this gront deficioncy. Ono of tho largest ilems in the sunual exponditnres of this Dopartment is tho expenses of Post-Ofcos, ‘This,sunon oxaminntion, is found to differ very materinlly in officos of tho samo clags, which aro miflnenced by tho smo conditions of servico. The appropri- ations for theso oxpenditures for the flscal year is 0,250,000, Tho exponditures nt the presout mato will *bo £3,810,000, leaving o defleit of 00,000, T have dotermined upon an investign- tion of all tho oftices, to bo made byagentd of the Post-Ofico Dopartmont who aro, TIONOUGHLY VENSED in_all the dotnils of ost-Oftico work nnd ro- quirement, witha view of discovering thoamouus necessury to bo appropriated for th noxt oumu- ing yonr. In conncetion with this, I deetn it ad- viun{;ln to reorganizo the clerical forco of all tho oflicos of the highor grades, systematizing the Iabor, and basing tho componsation of the clerks upon tho quality and smount of the sorvico porformed, and introducing » svstom of ap- pomtmonts and promotions that will enablo you to reduco the forco and BXYnllnnu to tho lowost limit, and incrensiug the elliciouoy of the sorvico to tho groateat oxtont ; whita at the samo time £ho pay to individual clorks may bo fucreased, if increnso ia domanded. This organization iy ab- solutoly necessary to onrry out the objoot pro- posed, and will roveivo tho attention of the agont dotailed for tho examination of the oflices,” Tho Tostmnstor (oneral suggosts to Postmastors that thoy forthwith submit ndraft of such o sehemo of oreauization of their respective ofilcos ng thoy may think nocossary. d ——— NOTES AND NEWS, THE ROTHSCIILD BYNDICATE, Special Dispateh to T'he Clicaao Tribune, Wasitivaroy, D, O., Dec. 28.—Ex-Senator Cattoll, who was not appointed agent of tho Syndicato, gives out that thero is no probability that tho Rothechild Syndicate will take their op- tion for the romninder of the now Gper cont loan, which oxpires Jan, 80 noxt. But it doea not appear that Cattell's statomonts aro tho rosulbof personal information from tho Byndie oate. BILLS APPROVED, The President has just signod the nct provid- ing for tho authontication of tho Rovised Stat~ utes of the United States, and for proserving the originale of the laws in tho Dopartinent of State § the act for tho reliof of cottain publio lards, which mako it lawful for homestesd nnd pre- emption seltlors whoso crops wero destroyed or serioualy injured be' grasshoppers, to be absent from eald lands until July, 1876, should another destruction of crops ovenr befors that perlad, without ndverse right attaching to sild land dur- ing their absouce, the act to enable tho Buvromo Court of tho Distriot of Cotumbia to procesi with its jury buginess, AT CHICAGO, ° Tho alarm from Box 461 at 12:20 o'clask this morning was occaslonod by tho burning of au old unoccupied frame building on the ccruer of Ashlaud avenuo and Sixteonth streou. The damngo amounted to 8500, Tho namo of tho awner could not o ascertalned, Tho fre was ths work of su incendiary, BURNED AT BRA, Loxpoy, Dec. 29—5a, m.—A telegram roceived by tho vensel's owners confirms tho reported burning of tho omigrants ship. Cospstrick. The Superintondont of the Brazilian tole- graph cablo at Madolra also telographs that only throo porsons aro at present known to survive, numely : n Socond mnto and uwo seamen, Theso wero picked up by the Britioh ship Sceptre, after havimg boon ten days iu an open boat, subsisting patt of tho timo up- on flesh and blood of others who had died whilst in tho boat, AT BATESVILLE, IND, CisorNNaTy, Dee. 23.—A fire at Bates- villo, Ind, yestordny dostroyed the furniture factory of IL Schrader& Co. Tho loss is ostimatod at over $100,000. Saveral adjacent dwellings wero destroyed also, at o loss of §25,000. ‘Chere was no insurance on tho factory, and mfli’ about £5,000 fnsnranco on tho dwellings. Noarly all the pooplo of the town depended on the factory for a living, and its do- structlon will causo groat suffering. IN NEW YORK. New Yong, ,Dee. 23.—~Tho damags by the largo fivo } youterday at Crosby and Spring streots, iu tho furnituro manufactory of War- von, Ward & Co., s to-dny cstimated by Mr. Ward at about 2160,000, of which £25,000 is loss on.tho building. Tho “insurance amounts to 28LUOD npon. the stock and §50,000 upun the building, : AT BURLINGTON, Ta, Sveaal Dispateh to The Chicano Tridune, Boninarox, Ia,, Doc, 28,—At 4 a, m, an in- cendiary fire was discoverod in the ITawkoye tin shop, Joffereon stroet, which speedily burned to tho ground, as did also Fischer's feod store. T.ouy, 82,0005 fusured in the ITavtford, Only by strenuous efforts did the firemen succotd in ar- rosting tho progrosd of tho flamos, AT FORT SCOTT, KAN, Fonr Bcorr, Kan,, Dec, 23,—A fire on Bunday evening totully destroyed Drake's block, corner of Wall aud Maino strects, Tho anfferors are O, R. Drako, C. W. Goodlauder, Lright Brow., Rtodeckor Bros,, and J, M. Strodock. 'I'ho lous will reach §25,000, Abont one-half covered by iugursnco. IN NEW YORK. NrzwYonr, Dee, 28,—Tho damage by the large firo yostorday, at Crosby nnd Bpiug streots, in tho furnituro manufactory of Warren, Ward & Co,, in to-dny estimated by Mr. Ward at about $160,000, of which about S25.000 is loss on the buildmg. ‘he . insurance amounts to 284,000 upon the stock, and 50,000 upon the building, AT ALBION, MIGH, Special Dispateh to The Ohteugo Tribune, Derroir, Mich,, Doo, 28.—David Willinmson's houso at Albion was burued this afternoon, and his dunghtor, 6 years old, perishod in the flames, AT WORU! 1, MASS, ‘WoncesTe, Mass,, Doo, 28,—T1wo brick blooks and s small wooden hullding on Main streat, in Bouthbridge were burned on Bunday. Tho loss 1 45,000 ; mostly insured, AT WORUKSTER, MASS, Wonoesren, Mass,, Dov, 28.~1'wo briok blocks and a small woodon building on Main strest, in Bouthbridgo, were burned on Suuday, The loss I 346,000, mostly insured, — Guribaldi und Gons Bourbutdirs Army. ‘Tho roport by the Committes of Inquiry on Garibaldi's expedition in the East of Franco, durlng tho Iato war, lig, as alroady triofly men- tionod by telegranh, boen Mistributed to the Deputios of tha Assembly. The conclusions of the document uro as follows : * (ton, Garibaldi did not evon attempt to defend ngalnst the Prusefans, for a duy or oven an hour, the pus- wngo of tlie mountaius to the nortl of Hijon, the guard of which had beon confided to him.” Proofs aro furnishod, wotwithstanding the allogations of hin stafl, that ho was inforined minutely of ull tho movoments of the enewy, so that it Lo did not light, lu spito of his promisos, ho ubstained With n doliborate intontion, Ricclottl, eharged 10 watoh {ho enomy, hantened to rotirn to Difon whon ho learnod for certain that Gion. Do Mon- touffol was nbout to ndvance, and avorded; with groat doxterity, remniniug {u tho dofllen which ho was to dofend, In thesnoxt place, Gon. Gnrl- baldt kept the Govornmant {u the moat comptota iznoranco_of tho ovonts rnlny on around Dyjon, It s proved that ho lhad at his disposal euiliciont moans to impode tho mureh of tho evomy, or oven stny it, but he did nnthlnfi; and tho fact must bo noted that n fow days' delny in the advance of Uon, Do Mantoufiel would have suflcad for the Treuch nrmy to nave beon placed out of dangar, A French offleor who had neted Ui would cor~ tainly have boen brought to trial, If Garibaldi Iind been n Fronch UGoneral wo should have nvked yout to sond the roport and tho documonts accompanying it to tho Minlstor of War for con- slderation’as to whother Grrtbaldi shionld not ba brought hefore n court-martinl for lmvlm" inten- ttonally and without fighting abandoned to the enemy positions which lio bnd recolved tho mig. sion to defend, GREAT SINNERS. Whose Misfortuno 1t Is to Fall in the Hands of the Law. A Startling Ocourrence in St. Louis-- A Georgia Vendotta, A STARTLING OCOURRUNOK! From the St, Louis Republican, Lec, T, Tho dwollors in tho neighborhood of tho cor- nét of Sixth strost and Christy avenuo hd o sonsntion of & borrible naturo at len minutes o- fora 0 o'clock last night, On the northwost cornor of tho stroots montioned is n threo and o balt story bulldlng, the first floor of which s occuprod by a cigar-storo, and the uppor floors by lodgers—mon and women, Tho wajority of the lodgors are tolored women, ‘Tho attio or garret room which overlooks Chris. ty nvouue, and which commands n view of,tho third floor of tho Liudell Hotel, is occupicd by ono Jeuny 8ly, o colored woman. Among hor froquent visitors 15 & colorod mon named Jim Willinma, whouo ocenpation is of a variod nature, and who {8 addicted to hard drinking. Willinme, it mny bo_said, claimy tho woman as bis wifo. Tho friendship of tho two bLns not thrived of Into, and on occasionaof his rocont visits high words Liavo boon heard to pass botweon thom, Yestorday ovoulng ho called, aud the quarrel seomed, from tho souuds which othor - lodgers iu tho building honrd, to wax warmor than usual, At ten minutea beforo 9 o'clock thero was n cesantion of tho war of words, » orash and jinglo of glase, o blazo which tlirow a bright light upion tho ywalls of tho Lindoll across tho streot, aud n 8eries of tho most {rantio fomalo shrioks. Thon those who were down on tho stroct, and whoso attoution had boen nttracted to tho lo- cality, saw by tho bright Mght within tho room Jim “Willinms rush to the window, kick out the snsh, lov himusolf down from the window- 8ill until his arms wore strotchod ta their full longth, and thore hang, four atorics from the sidowalk, with nothing to brenk his fnevitablo full, Tho lovkers-on hold their breath whilo ha liung thero with his faco to the wall, and tho wiinuto during which bis fiugors rotained sulli- cient strength to sustain his' wolght scomed w half hour, ‘Thera was ouly ono way for this #eene to tarmiuate 5 and suddenly Witlinmg' fin- gery lost their hold upon the sill, and b came down to the sidowalk like a bullet, scraping tho walls all along in his doscont. Ho was intoxi- ceated, and to thiscondition 18 attributable tho wonderful fact that ho did not sustaln tho frac. turo of a bone, 1lo struck upon his foot, and collapsed into » heap, much bruised, eut, and Jnrzod, and partially s+auned. i lu tho moautime Junule Sly ind rushod out into tho hatl, envoloped in flames, tho samo be. mg fed by Lor clothing, which was saturated with coal ‘oil. Soveral persons immedintoly rushod o hor rescue, nud, aftor one or twa inef- fectunl attompts, tho flames wero oxtinguisliod, T'ho clothing was nontly all burned from Rhef, and tho lowor part of her body bad suffered terribly, A polico officar, sceing tho fiaro of light, and honring tho ecrenms of fire, turued on an alarm aud brought out tho fire dupartmont. ‘I'he lat- ter retired in good ordor on fiuding that thore wad nothing forittn do. Tho imwmonss crowd which had cullectod, bowever, rofused to retiro until tho two injurad poraons wore started in an awbulancs to the dlssmnun.ry, whence thoy wera sent to the City Hospital, A positive explanation of this whole oceur- rotico s not yui buen arrived at, but a very. plausibloono is contained 1 theinjured woman'y statoment. Sho aays that after thoy had quar- reled for somo titne, Williame becawa very much angered, aud suddenly picking up tho lamp, Lo throw it at hor. It siruck her aud broke, tho oil spreading oll ovor her, and catehing fire, Drabe ably started and confused by what ho bad done, Williams ran to ihe window to escape, and it wae not until ho had lot himgolf partially down that ho realizod his dangorous position. 'Tho fragments of tha broken Inmp were scattered about the room, and tho burning ofl had made some havos with tho furnituro. ~Withams, shortly sfter fulling, stated that his wife (Jeunie ily) and he wero talking, wheu she acoidentally kndcked the luwp olf tha table, with the result given. Buortly aftorwards Willinms seemed to bo un- able to Aponts, and_ tuffring greatly, but it was thought that ha counterfoited much of this, Jtis o question whotlior tho woman will sur- vive hor injuries or not. A SOUTHERN VENDETTA., The Harringtous aud the Bowens are neigh. bork, bub not friends. They livo near tho waj- side station of nddock, on tho Mucon & Au- pusta Rallway, in Georgin, Tho batred which oxists hetwoen the families eriginated in somo tritling quarrel yoars ago. There's blood in the pathway botween them now, aud the way for reconciliation is not open any moro. Tho lust act in tho warfaro of tho clans took place a fow dnys ago, A number of porsous had gathored at tho lauon, and old man Thomus Buwen and bis two sous, James and Blount, of (Lo clan, whera there ; also Duvid and Willinm ilorrington, Old wan Thomus Bowaen, for sumo eauso, felt impolle ed to enll Dvid Horrington a condomnod cow- ard, Of courso, this insinuation was a casus belli, and, Horrington proposod to fight it ont then aud there. 'Fho battle oponed, ~ Old man Bowen drpw a pistol and shot Dayid orring. ton; in another instant ono of the young Jtuivens tlred alwo, empiying the contonts of & doublo-barrelod shot-gun in the alrendy wound- ud wan, and strock Lin s he fell with tho guu ho had just dischargod. The battlo then raged promiscuously, twenty or thirty shots woro fived, Buvid Horriugton was killed outright, Witliani Horrjugton, his brothor wnh wouuded, but es- eaped by flight. Old mon Mowen was shot in tho shoulder, and his sou Jaines received a shog i tho abdomen. ‘Tho BLowens vowod ven- Kenuco on tho lerrington olan, and the tragedy ereated no littlo oxcitomont at Hnddock station, Davia Rorrington was rogarded ns a despornte chinractor, having ouly a short time ago taken tho lifa of young Hurdemav, n friond of the Bowons, Ho at lnst miet o tragic eud st tho hands of thoso upon whom he hud warted for sovera yours. Othor lives musc bo surrendovod in this terriblo vendetta., THR RINDSKOPF CONSPIRAOY OABE, Speciat Dispatehs to T'he Chicano Tribunc. Mamson, Wik, Deo. 28,—Judge ITopkins, of tho Uuited Btatos Districs Court, has boon on- gaged all auy in honring the argument for a now trial jn the cnse of Rindskopt? and othors, con vioted of conspiraoy to defraud the United Statos revenuo, Col, Goodwin, of Milwaukeo, Judge Ortpu, Judgo Spooner, and Qen. Ceorge 1, Buith appeared for the defonso. Tho principal argumonis woro by Judge Spooner and Gen. Swith, Bxeeption ‘was taken to pomo of tho Judgo's rulimgs, and ospoeially to the rofusal of somg instructions esked by counsel, ‘I'ne grent point, ns n tho triul, was that tho evidonco wu insufliciont . to show quunpiraby, s charged, and, oven if it showed that somo iad conspired with othors, unless it appeared that all couspired together with Iogers, thoy could not bo lugslly convicted, Gen. Hmith claimail thoy Ttindskopf had o perfoct right to buy illieit highwines, knowing them to bo such, Asslstant Distriot-Attorney Melfoury forcibly ~ roplied, cluiming that tho whole quostion had beeu ful« Iy argued. iCouspiruoy, a8 dofined by Inw, was olonrly shown, Tho Judgo rouerved iy de- cluton till lo-morvow, It fu not aniicipatod that tho motion will bo granted, A TENNESSEE PLANTER MURDERED, Mearrns, Pouni, Dec, 28, —Yeostordny Jack W, Buith, a plantor, bolng noar White llaven, 10 milos south of this oity, und hin brother, while returning homo, discovorod two negroes hunting Inhis fleld, Wolling his brother to rido on to tho houso and he would tell the nogrocs to stop bunting, his brothor prococeded to the house, Bhortly sfter rosching it bo honrd tvo shots, Aftor walting for an hour, and Lis brother mot having arelved, nt the fnstanco of his wifo, hio went to look for him, Amd found him lying dond in a flold, with o portion of his hoad shot oft and s larro holo in lug bronkt, showing that tho gun hind heen discharged cloko to him. A day that lio iad soon with tho negroos wan with tho body, but they had fled. It s belioved tloy cau bo Lraced by tho dog. ABORTIONIST GONVIOTED, Special Disputeh to Phe Chicano Trtbune, 87, Pavr, Mion,, Dea. 23.—Jny Owons, an om- ploye at dopartinent hoadquartors in this clty, Wwho wan -for tho wecond thno, luat weok, con- victod of procurhue un ‘nhortion, was’ sontenced Lo-dny to tho'Stnte’s Priso ut hard labor for aix- toon months, His counuol took appenl to the Supremo Cotirt, ponding which Owenn s rolonsed on $2,000 buil, 1 Dr. Roy, nrrostad Int yeok for tho samo cmu?. Ia werionwly ill, and eannob ‘nppear in court, CONVIOTRD-MURDER TRIAT. Special Dispateh to The Chicuao I'ribune, Boutt Benp, Tnd,, Dov, 28.—Coorge Coquil- Inrd was to-dny convicted of nraon, and sen- tenced to the Tonitentiiry for two yoars, for the hurnln;int hotuo In.May Inst, Goquillard loft immedintoly, and n fow woeks ago, boing unublo to obiaii work suflciont for his support, robirned and gave himsoll up Lo tho Shorifr, A Jury was imponoled this nftornoon to t: Jounthau Ilickman, ono of tho parties ehargo with tho murdor of the Polahdors, Oifinuski and wifo, who lived on Torro Coupoo pralrio, MURDIRS IS ILLEGITIMATE OIILD, New Yonx, Dec. 28.—T'so- fomnles, whoso namos and addresses tho polico nuthoritics do- cline to disclose, mado aMdavit to-dny implicat- ing a prominent,phyuician of this city in tho murder of hin fllogitimato ohild. Tho Doclor 1y now conflued at tho polico hendquartors, but the dotectives declinio, na thoy say, undor 'fnstruc- tions, to give Nis unme. Ona ‘of tho womon i uln:z;hmuml to bo tho mothor of tho murdorad child, - INOBND ARISM KBAR ITIIACA N. Y, Imica, N, Yo, Dee. 28.—T'he barns of II. A. Ensign, mitk-dealor, 1 milo south of this praco, wero 8ot on firo at su early this morning, and do- gtroyod. Twonty cows wero burned. About four weeks ngo anothor denler lost fiftoen cows iu the samo mauner, _ Yesterdny morning an un- occupiod hougo on Whent strect was flred, and Inst night four sttempts wero made to burn the round-houss of the Gonova, Iihaca & Athons Railrond. % TIEAVY STORE ROBBERY. Bostox, Mass,, Dec, 23.—Somo timo betweon Saturday night and this morning the jowelry store of Qeorga W, Dearing & Co., at No. 165 Warhington strect, was robbed of gold watches, dinmonds, atid other articles to the value of up- wards of 812,000. Two safes wero brokon open, and all the more valuablo contents carefully pe- lectod, and the romaindor of the slock strown aboug tho place. THR TWEED OASE, New Yonk, Dec, 28,—The return to William M. ‘Twoed's cortlorarl, consisting of the rocord of tho bill of exceptions aud all tlio procoedings on the habeas corpus, was soltled to-dny by Judgo Darrett in the Oyor and Terminer Court. It now ouly remnius to ba siguotd by the Clerk in order to bo Lo inid bofora tho Supromo Court, goneral term, ou tho 81st inat, : . ADMITTRD O BAIL, Special Dispateh to The Clicaso Tribune, MILWAUKEE, Doc. 28.—Horman Kindling, the Austrian, held bere for embozzling diamonds aud othor jewelry in Austria, was to-day admit- ted to bail in $1,000, A considerable portion of the property has beon recoverod. A FATAL FIGRT. Snectal Dispateh to T'he Chicagro Tribune, Coruxnta Orry, Ind,, Dee, 23.—JInmes Caroy hit Willium Wenver on tho hoad with o stouo during o fight at_Cresso Saturlay. night, and Weaver diod Sunday afternoon from his injuries, ~Carey is undor arrest. Both parties wore intoxicatod. . CUBA. Ilavann Comments on President Grunt’s Keference to the Ouban In= surrections Lurrespondence of the New York Trioune, ITavany, Dec. 18,—1ho most engrossing topic of itorest in all political curclos for tha lust weelk Lias beon the Prestdent's messnge, ‘'ho Diario de la Maring, which s the oflicial organ in Hay- s, commouts on it in a long articlo. It aeys: 4'To most alarming roportd have baen in cir- culntion the Inst fow days rogarding tho Prosi- dout’s moseago, nud theso rumors mnda pold riso 8 por cent in a fow Lours, The New York papers buve given us the substauco of tho messngo, aud, ulthough wo aro not thoroughly plensod with somo parls of it, wo do not find o singlo son® noe to inspire us with serious foars, Gaen, Grant, who Hees things at a distauce of a great many lengues, can express bus opiuion fu terma more or luss ambiguous ; but ho has said nothing ealeulated to disturb thoso mon who Lave alroady given countloss proofs of severity and decision in days gono by, for instance, in the Virginius question, At that timo thero was rea~ don for serious mirgiviugs oven to the most dar- ing ; but to-day there does uat exist tha sliglt- cst causo for fear. , . It is truo that tho strugglo still cotinues in Spnin ; but wo object to_tho sentonce that no change hes occurred, Wo object also. to tho statemeont that Spun has not obtained a enpeti- ority in the strugglo, Six months after tho ris- ing in Yara, Bpaiu biud obtained n groat sdvautaga ovor tho Cubavs in the Iastern Department, in tho Villag, ond in Camaguey, st tuat timo (1569) tho unclous of the robellion. Months passod on, and Svain was still abhead in thestrug- glo, and biad redicod tho rebol bands to 5,000 or 6,000 mon, mortly Chinese and nogroes, Almost ail of the chiefs ut tho autbreak of tho rebellion hayo porished ; many aro in foreign lands, nnd only nbout a dozen nro now in the Cubau ranls, All tuis cloarly kLows thnt Spain is tho - suporior ond ig fur ghond of Cuba. In saying that six years' strife give the insurrcction a significanco Which cannot ba dovied, Gen. Grant mskes a groat mistako, TIn tho firac part of February, 1869, bio could have thought that the 1doa of sop- aration bud sirong root in the minds of the Cu- ban people, aud was then vory popular; but the past six yoars have proved tho fallaoyof thisides, audic only oxists now in tho minds of o fow poople, many not eveu nntives of Cuhn‘, but adventururs and foroignors, T'he strugglo hag lasted so long on accouns of ronching the euemy, who hiden in the fantucsses of tho mountains and in the woods, and who has overy advantage of climo and terri- tory in Lis favor. Wo havaalready snid that the robollion at tho present timo has only n dozon chiofs in its ranks, Amoug thom ni0 tho so- called Marques Do Bants Lucia, Viceuto Gurein, and Sangulli. Fivoor six thouswnd men com- priso the Cuban army, and thoy aro mostly no- groos and Chinoso, Tho nogrocs uro afraid {o present thomaulves to tho Spanish suthiorities, ns they aro nfruid of returning into slayory, aud the Chineso uro well ploased to fight in‘the Cuban rauks, o8 thoy ororcise asort of authority thore untknown to ‘them boforo. ‘Ihisin tho true ex- planation; but the jusurrection hins not a truo sentiment for abaso, not even one clevated ‘nspl- ration, only an ignoble end in view. Gen, Grant says that Bpain iy in tho midstol luternal troubles, and that, a8 thero exists no manifest power iu Cuba, other nations mny possibly #dopt encrgotic measures for solf-defenso, Pres- idont Grant will allow us to beliove that no Torcign untion will daro to interfero in tho nifairs of o porfectly indopondont natiou. Gon. Grait uhuu‘d 100k at Liome, ‘Llio war of extormination agniost the Indisns has ulrendy lasted many years in tho United statos, but the United States tlo not feel dishenrtenod on that account, Bhould the war fu Cuba continuo for eight conturios, as loug ns tho wur with tho Noors in Spaiu, no forolgn power would be justifiod in mlarrnrmr;. under tho protense of self-dofonse, aud Spain would havo a right to thrust acido ull foroign in- tervention. lfiugl\nlillt,‘ the Prosident’s allusion to tho sottlomont of tho important question of claima ponding botween tho Govermmont and Bpain, wo lnve to bo grateful to the Pros- fdent for tho mild towo In which ho ox- presses humself, and which is perfootly ropor in troating with a frioudly nation like Bpn n, that has always shown marlked deferonco to tho United Statos, If tho United Htates at- tond striotly to the justico of its cluims, Spain will sntinfy thom; for, thourh shois o haughty nation, quick to rowent slights, sho I8 always generous whon sho 18 addressed in o bocowing tone. . . . Wosuppose Gew, Grant docy nal o furthor back than tho end of November, 1373, und wo scknowledge thore has beon no change ins the Contial Departmont ; but thero lns teen in the Kastorn Dopurtinout a arked improvo- mont, "Tho prineipal reason why thore has doen nochango fu tho affairs of the Contra) Deprt- mont is tho continued and henvy raluy, that Jave paralyzod the movements of the troops for vany months, and, in consaquence, havo seut t tho hospitals thousands of siok soldlors, withou! the onemy experioucing any hoavy losses, 5 ALBIY ORDEN. i TiavANA, Doo. 28.—Capt.-ticu, Ooncha hal {a- suod orders to tho officers commanding the Hpanish tioops Lo act leniontly towird captired or surrendered insurgents, but to oxccuto al ju- coudiaries aud flibusters who muy b takon, FORTUNE'S FLOOD. Lively Times in the San Francisco Bining-Stock Market, The Enormous Advances of “Consoli. dated Virginia” and ¢ Cali« fornia.” Exit Aladdin and Monte Christo---Enter Sharon and Jim Flood, Lrom the San Franciseo Chrontele, Dee, 20. ““Tho Comstocl’s tho place, aftor all, my boya!" romatked a vetoran engo-brush operator yestorday morning, ns, with spectacles on noso anda molancholy smile, ho notad * Consolldated Virgiuia, §300,” on one of the butlatin-boards. The history of this operator i tha history of a great many operators on tho atrect, who lavo for sixty days past boon thinking, with tho benrs, *tho markot is too high, must break #oon,” And yot Lo market was nover stronger thanyostorday, If operators wore orazy thirty dayn sinco, thoy abould now bo ‘put in straight- jackets and packed off to Dedlam. If Cahifor- nin and Congolidnted Virginia wero in the clouds thirly dayn since, now they must boe roaching into the sovonth heavons, Day aftor day the advices from ; THE DG TONANZA sliow increased values by more oxtensive devel- opments, proving richos boforo which tho tronsures of Aladdin 8 palaconnd Monto Chitisto’s fabulous island pale. Tho operators who all along bave had faith in tho dovelopments of the Comatoclt aro 1n a position to-day to reap rich rewards, whilo thoso who placed faith in tho Call's uttorancos and sold thelr stock securities ourso not loud but vory doep. Tho discovery of this immengo body of oro lina already Bpread far, and wide, and befors many days roll around thero will bo representatives of tho wholo world's wonlth knucmnr at tho door of Consolldated Virginin oxporting* the bonanza for the beneflt of geionce. T'he excitemont on Californin,_streot inereascs day by day, and tho brokers, despito thoir nrduous 1abors, ara_all woll gatistled with tho eituation, _And wall thoy may be, when tho enles in their Bonrd aggrogate, on an averago, £10,000,000 PER WEEK, The bears have very quiotly takon a back soat. In tho expressive and ourt Jangungo of Jack Mc- Konty, “‘Phoy can't stan' th' prossure, yvou know.” Tho pressuro on tho Loars has boon vory strong—the bulls sweoping’ ovorything bo- foro thom, A raid on n few weak brothron hna been mado hero and thore, but tho entiro Com- stock front [rrououta a strong {front. Quite a numbor of folinos naturally gathor bohmd the impregnable ramparts of tho leading stocks and muuage to keop warm. One day tho current swoeps downward lowards tho Gold Iill end, only to sweop Dok tho noxt with rodoublod forco toward the Virginias, LES HOMMES QUI RIT, Among tho men who laugh in consequenco of their ** oxcellent judgmont,” in buying Consoli- dated Virgiuin and California, tho following miny be mentioned: . N, Graves has his 8,000 sharcs of Consolidated luid sway, and a elico of Califor- nin of unknown dimensions—the profits on both of which would to-day net him over £3,000,000. Gen, Tom Witliama, of Novada—Sharon’s Demo- cratic oppencnt for tho Bonnto—hns mado over 2,000,000, 50 that when the next politieal fight comes off tho Goneral willbe about as well ** quali- Hied ™ for tho Bonato 08 anybody. The amount ot monoy made by the great firm of Flood & O'Lrien duting the last six months must bo un- parallelod. It iw understood that thera aro four partners in tho firm—J. C. Tlood aud W. 8. O'rien, in thia elty, and Joln Muckay and James G. Fair, of Virgluin City. Thoy.own acoutrolling interest in cach of the mines mentioned,—sny 60,000 sharos of cach. Consoldated Virginin sold yosterdny ufter the Bourd at §400 per sbare, and ' Californin at £360, It the numnber of shures -orodited to tho fivm in correct, theyare worth, in these two mines alono, 45,600,000, or a triflo ovor ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ATIECE, In tho midut of their vast *“flood " of woalth theso gentlomen Lbave not been unmindful of their poor friends, and thora aro scores of men, sud Women, too, in Ban Francisco, who have been suddenly lifted out c{&mvnrty'a iron grip by a tiely hint from Ilood & O'Drion, Con- tiuing our list of men who laugh, we find tha following gontlemen credited with' tho winnings 8ot opnosite their respectivo names: T. B, Sliannos Lew P, Bago. . 00, J. P, Jonea., 1,000,000 Kollogg & Wiimer- i 760,060) 750,0001L, L, Dyer, 500,100 D, Stillman 50,000 Ediward Cab: 500,000 Lois Colicn.. el E02,000,, McGovern, 0,004 J, G, Morrison, ¢ 600,000 Mr, Ashiworthi... 55,000 Louln Sloss, . BLO0CUIE, P, Buckloy,.. 30,000 P, J. Hickey.. 00,0, T, Grover ... 0,000 Mra, Stont. 40,000 3. N, Rillip, ..., hngo, Cushing & derba! Col. W, 3, Harrold, . .vv. M‘-\fi L. McDon- 100,000 20,000| 1 Finnegen. Mooy poople have made money who are not known ou the Bourso, They bolong to that class who * nover touch ‘stocks, sirl” who send in thelr orders in a roundabout _way, protty much 08 tho Iate eccentrio W. . Bourn used” to do, ‘* to cover up his tracks,” and who quiotly bank their profits, button up their coats, and turn up their noses whon thoy pass Californin etreot. Many of the fair sox bove profited by tho oxcito- mout. Thera aro STOCK ORACLES AMONG TIE LADIES a8 among tho gentlomen, Thoy got ** doad points " from thoir goutlomen friondy, and com- muuicato with oach other by mysterious signals, A fow days sinco a lady nanied Mrs, A callod up- on bor frtend Mrs. B * Stock came up for dis- cussion, Mrs, B said sho nover doalt in atocks, It woa n daugorous business and domoral- izing. Presently in eamo o mossonger. 1o said ¢ “Mrs. B, I am sout by Mrs. O with this ochuntillon of black silt. Mrs, O says it is choap nt any prico, and you had bettor ot lhlrt{ or fortv yards for n full suit, This gm\vn silk mny bo good, but sho doesn't know yot_ whother it will wash woll.” Mre, A didn's understand the mossouger. Mru, B instantly nroso sud snid: **Ixouso me, ma chore, & mos~ #ngo_from my drossmnaker; I must go down to the White-Houso and attond to it ot onco, ns n surprise for hubby ; ho loves black eill,”” Mrs, A rotired, and 8 fow nomouts thoronfter Mrs, B might havo beon seen entering tho oflico of B O & Co,, brokors, whero an order was loft for Torty shures of Consolidatod Virginia nnd twonty sharea of California oy o flyor. As this oceurred weolk since, Mrs, B can renlize quito a lot of pin-monoy, oven after dividing with Mrs, C. Thero is honor among tho femalo operntors. Whoever gots the poiut first and commnunicaten it is outitled to ovo-halt the profits, And, asn genoral rule, the poluty aro roliable. “Llow tho women get tho points I8 a question open for dls- cussion, Duf they do. XYVEIY MINE IIAR ITS DAY, The old snying, ** Evory dogilmu hisday,” finds nunierous illustrations in stocks aud etoclk opora- tions. Byron's iden that ‘“timo sots all thiugs ovou " is also fllustrated. It would soom as if overy stook hag its turn once in o while, Ono day Qphir is dopressed, and the balance of tho fino iv In domand, ‘Tho noxt sees Ophir tho favorito. And, as the wheel turns round, the stock that wan on the hottomy burns up on top, Jines that look an 1f it was monoy jost to prore- cuto tho wurk any further suddenly open np into splendid bodies of ore, and the patient holdera rojofca correspondingly, A in tho guine of po- ker, the unluckicst player somotimes goty an u- vineiblo and sweops “the board, Yu the stack- murket Gould & Cutry {8 tho latost illustration oftherulo. Aftor huving lnin dormaut for nnthe it hos suddonly become o hot favorite, shooting up into tho fitlos without much protiminary no< tico, Bost & lluluhur s hind it turn, and thoso wha know say ity turn will soon como agnin, Suvaga hiasn's Hed o turn for a long thme, aud oyonts potut thut way, Chollar has boous o vory pationt Htook, “Ilolders aro patient. They know thero will bo u deal ** ono of thowo days,” and bido their time, Justico bad its turn lnst weali; Silver Hill should follow next, Unjon Connoliduted’s mamfest destiny -is still to nd- vanco—say tho koowslls, 'Phe stock will be watered, and up willgo U, O, So with Moxican; o tuwrn the other day 3 now o rcut,N(mndlu;: which Moxlean will roouporata for doul No, 2, Moxican jsina good muco. botween Ophic and Uunlon, and must continuoe a favorito, Ho with tho cu- tiro line—thoro aro wps and downs, but onch gomea to tho surfaco onco in o while, and tho listory of stocks repents Htaolf, FORTY-TUREE MILLION DOLTARS was tho prico paid yestorday for the Cousolidated Virginia inino! This prico i8 oqual to what the ontlro Comstook was gelling for® eix montha since; and Yot 8400 por uharo I8 now mora rendily paid for Consolidated Virginin thau 80 eixty days sinco, And Californin yestordny gold for 433,000,000, making 476,000,000 for twominen on the Come utock thut & year ago wora but ono, And Ophir and Mexiean yoatorday sold at abont 816,000,000, making o totalof 891,000,000 for throo Comstocl minos,~oqunl to what all the mines in the Stock Bonrd woro selling ot thirly days sincol The opinton of Sharon that tho Big Donanza way worth £300,000,000 fs belug gradunlly aeconded Dby tho .atock mnrkel. A'man who' sixty days #ineo haa enld " Coneolldated Virginia will go to $400 nnd Calfornia té 360, hnve * been, pronotmcod a fool, And yot youtordny Lhoso flgures wero renched, with crlos of *Marol" 4 Mora!" As throo weekastuco “*thoy said* Consolidated would go to 2400, now “thoy eay " it Is i;uu-l for 8600, nud porhaps 8600,” with tho highost estimatont €760, In times liko theso thoro {8 no tolling _what mny happen—particularly when au oro body Incréascs day by day. : QOULD & CURRY yeatordny sold as high ns £52 Per sharo—quito n tlse within the weel, ** What's upnow in Gould Curry 2 asiied tho quid nunes. Tho answer onmo—firat, it was tho election, But it wos quickly arguod that tha clection was too noar ot hand, and, besldes, thora was no_contost. A lending oporator nuuwerod fn this Wise: * Tho wntter i that oxperts who havo examined tho mino sey that Gould & Curry is sure to get tho Congolidnted Virginia body of oro on the 1,800+ fool level. Gould & Curry hns beon hammored down to pot Dest & Bolechor in. Now, QGould & Curry i8 golug on its own more its. Thoy bad ore thoto in the winze o year ngo, and thon ‘thoy lot it fill up; now tho wator's out.” The moro developments aro mado in tho Congolidatod \'lrFlnln body of ore, the more Lthe oxporta aro onabled to judgo of its extont north and gouthy and how it will run, If tho body 1uug gouth Into Gould & Curry, the lattor will 1ival its palmicst days, Dosidos theso logiti~ mate ¢ausos for a deal, there aro othors, Gould & Curry 18 oxcendingly well held. Tlood & Co, havo a big fingor iu the pie. 'Thoy aro good managors, It 1s proposed to wator Gould & Curry, and with the watering will como o socoud Coungolidated Virginin deal. Altogother, the atreot is oxcited on Gould & Curry, with all the aggravatod symploms of o big donl. Aftor tho Board veaterdny tho stroct was * wild," and noar- ly all scomod afllicted with tho malady. WATERING, It is romored that Union Consolidated will soon undergo the watering process. ‘Ihora ara only 20,000 sharcs in the mine, and thoy ought to ba weroased * for uniformity's sake" to 100,- 000 Gould & Curry, having only 48,000, will ba inoroascd to about 96,000. * Consolidated Virginia in attaining such hugo figuresthat it may be nee- ossary to cuttho stock up agaln to let impe. cunious outsidors in. When Dbig operators hold tholr stocle for 8700 per sharo, it is about timo for small bolders to follow suit, YESTERDAY'S MARRXT, 88 hns alrondy been foreshadowed, wns highly oxcitod, Lverything hod an upward tendency, 21‘1“1 tho outside crowd on tho sidewalk was largor a0 ovor. THE COAL RINERS. Prospects of a Sirike in the Lehigh and Sechuylkiil Regions. Spectal Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, PrnicapeLrns, Pn., Dec, 28.—Just now thera aro rumors rifo concerning tho oxpected troublea in the Lehigh and Schaylkill conl replons, and tho meeling of tho oporators on Wodnosdsy in looked forward to with moro than ordinary intor est. On their action depends tho annual query, Will therobo s strlko? Tho miners bave al- roady aunounced their dotormination to oppose oy reduction of the basis of wages below what thev received during 1874, Tho operators say tho limited demand for coal will necessitate a ro~ duction of the prices 50 conta por ton balow what thoy are now recoiving, and the proposed lower~ ing will of courso causo a cutting down. of* tho wages of tho miners, Your correspondent called to-day at the offico of tho Soerotary of tho Reading Iron and Coal Qompauy, who arc tho largest operatora in tho country, and from Mr, Fostor leatned that tho corporation which he ropresonts has under ita control forty minos and an intorest in forty moro, They employ in these abaut 1,600 moro, who would striko instantly if thero is any reduc~ tion of their wages. Your correspondout asked Mr, Foster if he thought tho fowering of the prico of canl would stimulate tha iron industry, Mr, Foster—That {8 & quostion that caunot bo dotormined. We cannot look abosd and toll what the domand will bo. Correspondont—In caso of a strike, in thero conl euongh at the wharves and places of utorago to meet the demand ? Mr, Foster—Wo can go through n throe- monthe' striko, Tho miners have done their usual amount of work the past scason, but the mild weathor we havo had o far has causcd a Ialling off in tho demand, Correspondont—VWill thers bo & rigo in tho prico of coul in the ovont of a strikoe ? Br, Foater—Wo do not apprehiend any, Ido not think thore will b, It {s not improbablo that wo are on tho eve of a groat conflict between labor and capital in tho coal-producing rogions, The stock of coal on Liand i vory large, and the time for fixing the anoual rate on bnsis of wagos is at hand, The Philadelpbis & Reading Coal and Iron Company, which I8 by far the largest mino of conl in tho Behuylkill” rogion, is disposed to roduco the workingmen's wagos, and at & rocent meoting of tho oporators of tha Lehigh it was declared that the basls of 1874 must bo reduced. It tho oporators and come panies azo rosoluto in thoir purpose and the men rosist, ad'thoy are suro to do, a etrilko is inovit ble, and a strike at this timo in this groat in- dustry will bo a very gorious mattor, The basis, bo it undoratood, 14 o rato of woges proportion= ato to the prico of coal at Port Carbon, the groat shipping dopot of Schuylkill County.' A mini- mum prico of conl ia fixed (3260 has boon the price for tho last fow yoars), upon which the minors roceive 8o much por Wwook. For every incronso over this miniwmun tho men recoive o proportionata ghare. Undor tho basis of the Inst threo years, which it ia now proposod to ro- duce, tho miners got 14 o woek, tho laborors 210 and 311. DBut a8 the selling prico of coal has nveraged higher than the munimum fixed, their wagos havo beon slightly highor ; but af on an avorago, and from one cause or another, not of their volition (thoy work but ocight or ten months & yonr), the annual total of thpir wages s “but elightly in oxcoes, if any, of that paid common and loss hazardous labor in the cities, Tho nverage profit to tho mine ovorator on a ton of conl do- livered at I'ort Carbon is cutimntod at 85 cents, $2.40 boing tho cost of thocoal at tho poink whore it 18 sold, or delivered to tho railrond company for shipment to tide-water, The prico at Lort Carbon for tho pnst month averaged about £2.75. Tho reader can comparo the prico thera with that In large citios. T'ho heaviost itom in tho cost of conl is trausportation, Port Carbon fs 9 miles from Philadoiphia, and tho chinrge of the railroad company for trangport- Ing ton is 1'64-100 conts por milo, Tho quos- tion of & strike in tho onthracito rogion lins soy cral important aspocts far consuruers. Tho suse poension of the collorios will throw betseen 80,- 000 and 40,000 mou out of work, who buy largely fu this market, thus m!dln;r to tho' provailing businoss dopression ; and it will very probably incronge tho cost of coal, tomporarily, ‘and thaf, too, ot s time whon it ean be loast afforded. A moro important quostion is, whether & reduction in tho wagoes of the miners witl effect in the end a permanont roduction in the cost of fuc!, #'his is & phase of the caso which concerns tho iron-mas- tors and manufacturers of the Stato ns woll as the Touseholdors, The Workingman, —tho organ of the .minors, claims ° that' lnbor is~ only ono-fourth of tho cost of min- ing couls, and tho proposed roduction of wagen wonld, only effect n saving of 141§ conts por ton, The question is whethor this would go into tho pockets of tho paoplo or into those of the wmining and trausportatlon comnanies, I hayo stated tho caso plaluly, and oxposed it o avory sldo. B e New Eire=Alarm for Thentres. The Paris correspondent of the Londoun Zimes says: *“A drombtio author who doos not wish to bo nanied hus invonted a very simplo apparatus whicli-in cnso of firo shows in what pact of tho building the flre lins begun, With this appar- ntus, instead of soarching for an hour and a hnlf'to find tho seat of iho firo, as was tho casa the lagt time tho Fronch Opera-Ilouso wus burnt down, an clectrio bell will immedintoly apprise the administration thut fira has brokon out, and & boaxd will show an what part of the houso, Tlis inveution hus beon adupted throughout DBol- gium, whero 1t has boen enforcod ou all the thoatres by tho Governwmont,” THE PACIFIC HOTEL. Moeting of the Boarders Yes« terday Evening. Resolabions of Sympathy for the Propric-. tors—Romarks by MF, Drake, Mr. D, A, Gagoe Promiscs a Stato- ment, Very littlo can bo added to what hsn nlready been montioned in Tie TRIUNE rogarding tho chnngo in tho management of tho Grand Paeltio Hotel,” Alarge number of prominent citizons called on Mr. George W. Gnge yosterday, and oxprossed sympathy for him aud Mr. Rice; but, a8 far a8 known, np offers of poouniary asulat- auco wore made. N DAVID A, GAGR wag at tho hotel In tho morning, and from his convoreation with soveral frionda it would ap- poar that ho doos not considor Limsolf roe sponsiblo for tuo failuro of Gago & Rice, Ifo claims to hold gomo £70,000 of the firm's pnper, and nesorted that ho losned thom 85,600 last Octover to help thom over s “tenng." Ho was especlally provokod at the fne -formaion furnished o 'ningwE reportor by IL M. Smith, tho Secrotary of tho 1Totel Company, who throw the wholo blmme for the disstar upon him, and told Mr. Smith that ho intended mak- ing s statomont. A roporter offerad him tho ap< portunity, but his reply was : “ Wait until the others havo mado thoir statoments ; thon T will male mine.” Contrary to the gencral anticipa~ tions, not omo creditor presentod his account yestorday for gottlomont, nnd no informatiqn of any suit camo to tho knowledge of Mesura, Unge & Rice, 1t seoms now that MM, JONN B, DRARE waa the purchaser of the furniture, and that the salo was mado to him by Gage & Diod, the in- Junction restraining Mr, Withron, the Prosident of to Hotel Company, from solling undor the foreclosure, being nvoided in this way, Mr. Ale lon, at whoso instigation tho writ was issued, Lins not yot mado up his mind as to tho course ho ouchred, pinco tho snlo was mado in Lhat way by tho advico of lnwyors, A MEETING OF THE DOARDENS was hold in the parlors in tho ovening to expross sympathy by rosolutton for Messrs Gago & Rico, and to welcomo Joln B. Drake, the new proe prictor, Among those presont woro Dr. J, II, MeVickor and wife, J., Irving I'earco nnd family, W. il Chhp‘)poll and family, Goorge C. Clarke and family, J. 3L Durand and family, tho ion, N. B. Judd and family, Frank Yarmeleo and wife, G, B, Blair, 8, M. Nickorson and wife, C. ‘L' Bowen, J. O, Rutter and wife, E. 'I'. Watking and wife, Obedish Jackson and_wifo, Judge Dickey and wife, 0. Billings and _wifo, the 1Ton, B. G, Catlficld und wife, 15, 8. Btickney and wife, 8. P. MeIntyroand wife, W. 1I. 8haw and family, A, M. Smith and wife, On motion, Dr. J. tf. McVicker was called to tho chair, and L. L. Coburn olected Bocrotary, DR, LSIORER snid thoy had mot together to oxpress their fecl- ings rogarding tho sad disappointment thoy had oxperiencod on account of the peouniary mis- fortuno and suspension-of the propriotors of tho from tho bottom of their hearts. ‘ho calamity was enusod by cironmstances over which Messrd. Gago & Rico had no control, nnd which thoy could not have provented. They had exor- cised the wiscst care and- caution, and put forth thoir best offoris to ustain tho hotol, and build up & reputation for it second to noue in the world, and thoee who bad enjoyed tho lux. urios of tho splondidly appoiuted home could not but rogret that the sdministration which bad 80 contributod to thelr comfort and convenionco had becomo a thing of the past. Knowing what thoy did, howover, a well-groundod hopo was ontertained that tho now rolation would prova equally agreeable. fApplauso. On motion of Capt. Georgo M. Gray, the Chay apnointed the following a Committes on’Rosolu= tions: J. M. Durand, E. 8. Sticknoy, Obadial Jackson, Georgo M. Gray, and 1. L. Browster. During tho absenca of {ho Committeo, Henry AL, Bmith made a faw romarks, saying that tho Pacific otel *still lived,"—that it was fled with guosts, and the guests wore full of satisface tion. 5 Ho was followed by Mr. Angel, anold travolor, who charactorized tho manngement of the hntel by Messrs. Gago & Rico a8 admirablo,—as oqual to that of any hotel in tha world, since aven bo, 4 troublesome, fastidious man,” had no com- plaints to malo. TIE RESOLUTIONS, Tho Committes on Rtesolutions thon prosented tho following roport, which was unanimdusly adoplod Resolved, That we, the permnnent guests of tho Grand Paclfio otel, fel that tho prestnt oceaslon calls for en oxpreesion of our heartfolt sympathy for tho lato proprictors, and an acknowledgment of the skill, ouerosity, and courtesy withs which thoy have cone ucted thls truly grand hotel, Resolved, That we fully appreciato tho great difficul= tos with which Meears, Georo W. Gago and John A, Rico hiave bind to contend, ardiing cntiroly from outeide circumstancos over which thoy had no control, and of this house. Resolved, That, under thelr managoment, tho most sanguiue lopes ahd sutleations ot our cfffzens us to tlio auceess of tho enterpriso hiave been fully roalizod, aud it s demonstratod that Chicago can support the Deat hiotela in {hie world, and has at lier command men capable and willing to undorlako thelr control; snd now, while we doplora tho loss of our former hosts, wa welcoma the presonco of Mr, John I, Drake, who stops to the front to carry forward without shock or interruption tho Important relation to Grand Pacifo Tiotol pustains to the public, 1. DRARE was noxt called for, and rosponded s follows : LaDIRs 4XD OSNTLEMEN: T heartily indorse tho ro. solutions just read ; and, in_taking' charge of the Grand Pacific, T cannot promise fo do sny Letter than bus been” done by my prodecessors, Tho hotel Las been most edmirably kupt—as well, i truth, s any in the country; and if I canonly do as well, I ehall’ ba doing what, porhaps, somo may think Iam unablo to perform. 1 can only say that 1 shiall endeavor to wmeet the approbiation of the gucsts of thohouso; and if T can do unytling at any thne to contributeto your com« fort, notify me, aud I'will do everything in my powor to make you happy and contented. [Applause.] Bir, Campboll offered a resolution 0Xpressin, tho hopo that tho prosont omployos bo rotained, " Mr. Drake stated that bo contemplatod no change ot_presont, if lo could ayold it. Applauge.] ; 'J.‘llm rusulugon was withdrawn, and the meet~ ing adjourned. t iu not definitoly Lknown when Mr. Druke will assumo abyoltite control of the botol; per- liaps not for o woek, as tho formal tranafor of tho furnituro has nof yot takon placo. Tho at- tornaya for tho logsees and for Mr: Tracy are now at worlk on the papers, aud it may take two or throo days or longer beforo tha affaira of Messrs, Gago & Rice aro satisfactorily adjusted, and Mr, Drako can tako eharge unbampored by creditors, —_————— © THE WEATHER. Wasmvarton, D. 0., Dee. 28.—For the Lake toglon, docidedly colder and partly cloudy wonther, southwest or northwest winds, rising baromoetor, and light snow for Lakes Erio, Hu- rop, and Ontario. For tho Northwost, very cold snd gonorally cloar Weathor, with north or wost \\-ind‘:. radunlly shifting to southerly, aud con= tinued fiigh barometor. e L0CAL ODBERVATIONS, Ci10Aao, Dec, 28, Time. !Hur.)Thr'"u.l Wind, ’l g8 20.84) 35 | 80 N, W,, gontlo, 118 0, 10,/20,80 98 | 71 W, freal %00 D, 1, (29,89 33 | 71 I 3:53 p. m,20.90) 49 | 6 1\ 0:00 . 1, (30,051 34 | 66 Wi, fresh 10 ! 53 l ‘W, fr 0:53 3. T QENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Qintaago, Doc, V1018 p.m, | Ty Weather, Iar.,| Thr| Light rain, Cafro,.... Clne o0 Cheyauno, 20,91 Glear, Ohicaga, .. 30,04 Cloudy, Olevolund il Olaudy; Davonport, air, Donver ... ., feoalt '\ 40, 21(—23{ N, W, i 0,41}—1018, W., fresh, | [30:01| 96| W,y LFesls oo Toledoy e, will pursuo; but he bas undoubtedly been' hotel. All tho boarders sympathizod with them - which wore wholly disconnectod from the managemen