Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1874, Page 2

THE CIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 147 THE MASTER SPIRIT. ItIs o Long Time Working Out of the Southorn People, All tho Experience of {ho War Has Not Taught Them Humility, A Serious Outbreak in New Orleans Looked For, Sheridan’s Presenco May Bo Very Opportunc, Atty.-Gen, Willlams Says the Re- turning Board Must Be Sustained, Emory’s Plea of Self-Justification-=-The Washington ¢ Banditti, Warmoth’s Affair with Jewclle-- 1t s Not Off, SHERIDAN’S MISSION, IS INSTRUCLIONS, Snectal Dispatch to 1'he Chicagy Tribune, ‘Wasnixartos, D, 0., Doe. 29.—~Thero is good reakon to believo that the confidential instrue- tiongeont to Gen, Sheridun direct him to procoed immedintoly to New Orleans and tully acquaing himself with the actual condition of affairs in Louisiang, without regard to the present commsnder of {ho Department of tho Galf, Gen, Emory. If during s stay in New Urleaus violeneo of any kind should bo resortod to against the Kellogg Government, ho is ordered to assumo the commund immedi- ntely, and corry out the instructions contiden- tinlly sent lum, whicli, it is understood, aro tho samo ns weot to Gen. Lmory during the disturbances of Soptember last, with tho dufference (hat imstead of tho military beitg used to disperso any armed asseim- blage, 1t will considor, such axsemiblio s dis- turbers of the peaco, and as encmics of the United Btates, Muving no claim to quarter. Sheyidan socwn to hinve beon eont upon the di- rection of the Presidout alone, nod not ns the yesutt of Cabinot netion, One member of the Cabusot yes.erduy ovening stated abwolutely that be did not knaw that Sheridan way goiug Soutl, {10 the Amociated Press,) GEN, ENORY IN THE DARK. . Dee. 29, —Touching the report- f Sheridnn to tho command of edan T « the Depurimout of tho Guif, Gen, Emory said to a Tones veporter : 1 have received no olliciat intelligonco conceruing the reports alluded to, nor of uny menasures tooking to my romoval, The bauditti in Washington, who are writing for iho - rowsp 18, are merely {rymg o create onmion iust mo, all other ellorts baving failed.” P OPINIONS AT WASHINGTON, [0 the gasociated Press.] ATTORS ENAL WILLIAMS' VIEWS, Wasnrscioy, D. C., Dee. 20.—Tho Cabinet aas in sessdon to-duy for nently sn hourand & balf. Secrotury Brislow was not presont, Tho condition of affuirs in Louisiana was the subject of attoution, [Attornoy-Goucral Willinms mado gome remarks upon the mnecessity, in his opinion, of the Government sustaining the Returning Bonrd in ils recont de- ciston, The views of tho Avtornoy Genoral wero fully set forth, and, although members of the Cubinet decline to give specific information re- garding the statomonts prosonted by Judge Willinms, the opmions cmphatically oxpressod by bim both in émhliu aud private during tho amination and since the report of tho Re- t3rning Loard,are known to have been roitorated by himin the Cabmet meoting to-day. Theso aro thut thersis n necessity for the Governmont's sustaining tho report of the Returning Board at all hazards, aud that its decision is xughit in law and in fuct. Theso weto nsserted ot somo length. Other than tho remarks of tho Aftoiney- Genernl, tiiere was no discusyion upon the sub- jeet und 1o decision renched. MILITARY FORCE AT NEW ONLEANH. It is srud in high oflicial circles hero that tho forces of tho War Departinent now 1 Loominna are suflicicut to preserve the public pracs and dignity, should their violation be threatened. s WARMOTH, JEWELL, BYERLY, WARMOTH CHANGED WITIL MULDER, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Iribuns, Nrw Onutaxs, Doo. 20,—Tho Coroner's in- grament by afforing to th whito peoplo o tun. over 1o {hem tho future conirol of thelr Btate., This ho matintled thn hio could do by using the uullinited and npatallcled power at Lis computid, His rewird was 10 bo social recognition, oblivion for tho past, i futuro zapocty with a enfl showing for political honora, But in this ho failed, 1o found our prople inexorablo, and, although n few wero hood- ‘winled by hin achemo nnd fell a prey to s acductive Jroponale, thogeent mans indiguantly rolcted ik aver. urcs. 1113 treachpry Now wan doteciod by thoss whom ho wonld betray, aud forthwith o whr was come monced ngafnat Wm which oventunted in lfs over- throw und destruction, 1lla conuottiug with, lis for- nier pofitieal onomica and (ha present. antagontam of tho Hopublican party, with a viow to sclling it out, sas dincovored, and ho win oxpellod from ita runka and do- prived of 'ta_leadership, Tuking tho State Goveri ment whoro Warinoth left it, Kellogg has rigidly care rled ont overy objectionable il oitrageons funtire given it by his predecessor, Tho presont usurpation, With all of fta fatiite, nll of its inlquitics, and ail of ita apnrexsions, derives itn oxislenco from tho ayatem of leyinlation origiated and careied out by H, J. War- moth, Hoistho sreh-instigator of every disbolical net thnt diegraces tho. statnte-book of {his Btate; nud o In tho Indiyidusl whom tho people should and do hokd responstble for ull tho woes from which our peo- Dle liave wo loug eutlere et ALABAMA, THR CONORFSSIONAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE = AT OPELIKA. MoNTaoNERY, Ala., Doc. 29,-+A speeinl to tho Advertiser snys the Congressional Committoa reachod Opotika on Mouday, aud hns boen i ses- sloo sinco then atthat placo. Tho fivst day's oxamination was outiraly of Iepublicans, as to nlleged . violntions of tho nforcomont ncl, Aniongst other things the Wacoockee Valloy af- futr, montioned iy the Inys lawloy lettor, was up. Thenegro whogo incendiary talk cnused disturbanco was bofore tho Cominiteo, To-dny soveral Demoerats wero oxanuned. The Com- miltee will not rench horo until Mondny next, FIRES, IN OHICAGO, ‘The alarm from Box 342 at 8:10 a. m, yester~ dny, was caused by fire brenking out on the first floor, wundor tho stairwsy of n two-story finme house, at No. 141 South Bangnmon streot! Tho dumnge was slight. The building Is owned by Mru. F. A, Qovo and oceupied by Moyoer Childs. The origin of the fire could not be discovered. A still alarm was given to Engine Company | No. 10 yeatorday morning, at 1:45 o'clock, eattsod by & quantity of kindling woad taking fire in the furnuce-room of the three-story brick building No, 148 Fourth avente, occupled by Carrie uoy«E No sotions damago resulted. AT OTTAWA, ILL.—LOSS, $100,000, Stectal Dispateh to I'he Clreago T ribune, OTTAwa, il Dec. 20.—At about § o'clock this morning o very disastrous firo ontne to onr olty. One hundred thousand dollars is the umount de- stroyed. Our Opera-ilouse, which slone cost $70,000, in in ruing ; & furniture storo that was worth $25,000 was burned {o the grouud, and noxt to that wes a very fino hudiare store. Fho wind blew o porfoct gate from the North- west, and for a time it soemed doubtful whether thoy could save, among other fine buildings, tho Ciifion llouse, but the wind veored around = littlo, and it wag with great exertion saved, 1t iy the mtontion of Colwell, Olark & Co. to ro- build again in o short timo. 'I'e lous is as fol- lows: Colwell, Clark & Co.'s loss on Masonio ull and Opera-Butlding, $55,000, with ouly $25,~ 000 insuranco, in the following compruies: American Firo Aesocintion, and Insurance Com- pauy of North America, both of Philadolphin : awd the Undoerwriters' of New York and Now Orleans, $5,000 eucli, ‘The Masonic fratornily loso rully 34,000, on which thero is but 1,200 iu- surance, in the Lhenix, ot Hartford, Coun, RAILROAD-BRIDGE ‘BURNED. Odrama, Neb,, lee, 20.—Tho train due hero from the wost to-morrow, loft Green Tiver six- teen houra Into. Thie dotention was_caused by tho burning of tho bridge over Black Forl, which was sired by & froight-eugino. POLITICAL. THE MINNESOTA SENATORSHIP, apecial Dispateh o T'he Chicago I'rivune, Br, PAur, Miun,, Dee. 29.—Senator Ramsoy ar- rived home this morning, The Legisiatura con- veues next Tuesdny. Itis cluimed that s num- ber of Republicans will refuso to join thoe caucus for nominativg a Senator, excopt the caucus is open to thoe public and the voto taken *viva vace.” Theso nro nnderstood tofavor Davis, but may chnango their minds if 1t should nppear that Duvis haa o majority. Ramsey's friends ecloim to Liave secured G4 vates, which wonl.l laave only 17 votes for Davis, 'his cluim includes Wash- burn's supporters,—15,~who will take tamsey s kecond choieo, Their claim is, of course, dis- # puted by Rumeey’s oppononts. TIIE INDIANA SENATORSHIP, Special Dispateh to The Chicano 2ribune, Ixpranarowts, Deo, 20,—It binving beeu atated thut cDonald would, if defonted in caucus, beo- como an indopovdont candidate for tho United Staton Benatorship, the Union of this evening authoritively announces that neither McDonald nor Vorhiees will bolt the Democrutio caucus, and under no circumptances will either of them ac- copb an clection' emaunting from wny othor sourco. % THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRACY, Vicrsnura, Miss,, Doc. 20.—The Domacratio Contral Conunittoo mot this ovoning and post- poned the Convention called to meet on tho 8t of Jauunry to April 7. quest held to-day resulted in a verdict declaring | that D, C. Byerly came to hisdeath from wounds recelvad ot tho hands of H. 0. Warmoth, To- mortow Coroner Deblanc will muko an afidavit before tho Becond Municipul Court, churging Gov. Wurmoth with mutder. The ovidonce at the inquest did not differ from the information airoady publighed, "TIE COMING DUEL. To-day Edwin L. Jewell, sditor of the Bulletin, was placod under $5,000 bonds to Leop thé pence, ho Leing charged by aflidavit with being about to fight u duol. 'Whis will not iutecrere |, with the duel being fought outside the State. It is stated fhat Gov. Warmotl's second, Col. Jack Wharton, 10~ dny waited on Mr, Jewell's representutive aud Informed him that us soon us his priveipal was at liberty hio would bo rondy to accord him tho sat- isfnetion ho desivad, upon the terms ulready agrecd upon, that is, dueling pistols ut ton paces, THE AITICLE OF WA Yesterday wo publishied Gov, Warmoth's card which led to tho futul encounter betwoon him wnud Mr. Byerly, of tho Now Orleaus JSulletin, Tho followlug Patagruphn frbm au articlo in tho RBulletin aro what caused the publication of that card : Tmmedialely upon tha eccupation of tho Lxecutivo Chaiz, ho {Warmoth) ciuniugly devised lows invest- g ufm Wil jowers grealor thaw those exerclsed vy any potentute of Europs, A Ilau\lm“( army of lunizities, now kiown ug the Metropolitan Toll d, with himsolf 08 Cotmmader-in. e In, his Guberuato: w0 force sich edicts os Ko tial capavity might pronoun Tiien, by nnother- aw, Le monopaifzed the u]\puhlllu yower, and held oftieer in the Stale vumlv et subjection by hircatoning bim with removal, Allof tho putronagy o the Stato Govornment wug Plicod ot bis disposal, and thraugh its nflucucs bo wan cuabled (o deniors 1z¢ aud corrupt, nnd at tho samo time attuch to him< self, men who wero unscrupulous enough to do his bidding, whutever §t might be, . . . Having thus secured hmself ju Liy olliclal p oy, his noxt n‘llll wan to |rovide hinwelf with tho siuows of war, teriug tho highost oflico 1n tho Statu a8 o baukruy Naving been previonsly supported by paltry cont tributfons trom the nor wegrack, Whom s lid deluded futo the belief thet ho wus thelr friend and vuvior, lio felt thu nocessity of providiug blselt with the roquisito means for sustdnivg thut dignity, ancy, and rtyle, which bis exalted position dee maiided, Hin fertifo brofi was thon st to work to ancoct incanures for Ailing bi povket I the sliorte “mepos.d le, Fiest, the monopoly of .the whols y ol priming wos rred upon the Repuoly “erest i whicl conveyed to bim in con- “ this luerativo vontract, Then eamo tho 1 nwinile, by which be mude s Land. @t peeullur, Then cimw thy nopoly, 11 6 large smount of wome interested, Then camo v Ruflroad fraud, stock fn ~ large amount, Afte “s ‘ot Tax-Goltee {Or Ky, peatlon by (e Wignations in Who, by this over uny of TII;TON--BEEUHER. ¥icecher’s Application for a Dill of Cartcalars Denicd. New Yonk, Doc. 20.—The goneral term of the City Court of Drooklyn, Judges Neilsou and Toyuolds on the Boneh, gave s decision thiy morning rovorsing the order of Judge McCuo which required Theodore Tilton to furnish the Tlov. Itenry Ward Beecher o bill of particulars in thosuit of the former ngainet the lutter. —_— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasmxatoy, D. C., Dec. 20.—tor tho Upper Lako rogion, tho Northwest, the Olio Valloy, and Tonnesseo, very cold and generally clear Wenthior, with north or west winds oast of the Minsinsippi River, and continued high baromoter, LOUAL OBSERVATIONS. CiticAgo, Dec. ind, l Rarn; Wother, 47 6. €1 N, W, i 0,63' 12 | 01 'W, Cl 0,61 15 | 67 N, dime, 0:03 a, 1, 111 051 16 | o7 | 0.62 16 | 57 8.\, fros 80651 15 | 6 |W,, frosl QLNERAL OBBERVAT Citicauo, D ind, Choyens Cluemmut Murquetic, Milwuukeo. Omalis Tembinu, Toledo, Yanktou, MISCELLANEOUS, Toxp pu Lac, Wi, Dec. 20,—This has boon tho coldest day oxporienced horo in two yenrs, 1t was 21 dog, bolow zoro at duylight. Bleighing i suporb, CDD-FELLOWS' JUBILEE, Svectal Dispaleh to T'he Clacasio T'ribune, TFarrronr, I, Deo, 20,—1hoe 0dd Follows of this scction of tho State Lold a sort of & jubiles in tho Opera-Mouse to-night in thiy clly, Delegations from Dixon, Mount Carroll, Rock- ford, aud othor points, weio in attendance, An ologquont nddrexs upon -tho prlgmi plod of Odd~ Fellowship was dolivered by B. I, 8lwmru_m, Grand Mastor of the Ordor in this Btato, Tho chinvition disponsed by the fratornity m thin city will fuot up fittlo less thun ' $10,000 Tor the pres~ ont your, Our Muyor, tho ion. Jucob Kolin, holds tho ofice of Graud High Vriest of the Crand Encampmont of llinois, Ilo was al80 ro- contly nyppointed oflicinl nstructor for the subor- dinnto encatupmonts of tha Btato, Lour bundred und fifty tons of muck iron was offornd at nnction in Pittuburg, Pu., yostorday, Lut was not sold, anly four iron mamilucturors bewg present, Tho highest prico bid way $28 per ton. OUR PARIAHS. They Come I'fominently Forward for Notico. Showiflg o Pathetic Engerness for Prison Fare. A Remarkable Fellow’s Loves and Their Consequences. The Search for Charley Ross---Its Extent and Cost, : Other Sinners. A VILLAGE SCANDAL. Bnectal Disvateh to The Chicauo Iribune, Avntoy, Erio Co,, I'n,, Dac. 20.—Tho quiot little Town of Edinboro, a foy miles from this place, is at prodont shaken with a huge seandal. On Ohrlstmas Day, Miss Alleaba Lilly, a young girl about 16 yoars of age, a ward of Oharles Burnhiam, oue of the prominont citizens of that town, appeared boforo John Proudfit, a Justico of the Paace, and testitied that somo time before her guardian, Burubam, had soducod hor, and that sho was enceinto by him. Burnhamisa mau of sbout 50 years of age, has beon a candi- dato for the Legislature, I8 a Justico of tho Taneo, and hna boon looked npon by the simple villagers of Ldinboro a8 n shining light, being an especial favorite with the fomnlo sex. ‘Fhis Inst scandal Lias rovived old onee, in which he hag PLAYED A FROMINENT AND DISREPUTABLE PART, It is nllegod that twonty years ago Burnham waa residing 1n New York Stato with o wife and rov- oral childron, aud while thoro beoame on very intimate terms with the handesomo and volup- tuous wife of a near noighbor, who reciprocated Ly becowiug very attontivo to Mre. Burnham. ‘The’oxact stato of affaira was known to all par- ties coucerned, who, whon Burnham proposed a “ awnp of wivos,"” consonted uunanimnusly, pro- vided thnt each wife ghould retain hor own chil- dron. ‘'ho uoel oxchangs having takon place, tho goswips soon bogan talking about_if, and tho _two atrangoly mixed families movod to Edmboro', where, thefr provious history being unkuown thoy soon, becamo favor- ites with tho slnple villagers, About a yenr ngo Burabum's wife, who ls by profession o millinor, and ke asmall shop in this placo, loft town for n visit tu some frionds and relatives out Wost, loaving in chinrgo of the stora her two younger wisters. 1t is alleged that during her nbsenco Burubam snd ono of his wilo's sous (not his own, but ouo hae took at tho time of the swap), a young man of nbout 20 years of ago, succocdord in seducing both girls. Intercourse was kopt up with them for,some timo, and both girls bo. cimno enceinte, An sbortion was procured upon opo of them, and the clild was secretly buried, tho girl living through the aperation. The other girl ulso sufTerod nn nbortion to Le procured, but for noma woeks after lay on the point of death, and it is supposed that her child was buried by the sido of that of her sister. It is enid that somo fricnds .of Mia. Burnham, having hioard of theso dolugs, wiote to ber aboub them; ot any rato, she camo suddenly homo, but not in time, as on the very day she arvived Burnham had GOSE OFF WITH HIS VICTIN, who had by this time fully recovered, to Erle, about 20 wmilos distant from' Ediuboro, whero thoy put up at tho Lauder House, a uotoriously ill-famed resort, 1lither thoy woro tracked by Mrs. Durnham, who eutered tho hotel and”domandsd of the night-clerk it Mr, Burnbam was_n guost of tho house, The clerk having replied in tho afirma- pive, and told Mrs, Burnham the number of the Toow, tho eneaped woman risbed uv the stairs and burst into tue room. A buttlo ensuod, in which MRS, DURKUAM CAME OIF VICTORIOUS, and, after having pummeled aud serntched her faithless busband and” sister {o her heart's cou- tont, she, truo to hor womaw’s naturo, lot her kindlior feclings got thabotter of her, nud nsked hor wistor's ~ forgivonoss. In tho mea fimo tho ~wholo hotel had becomo imbued with tho iden that the hutel was on fire, and crowded to the vicinity of the room wluch contaiued the terrible rackot, Mra, Burnbam, however, told them that vuloss thoy all went baolc'to bed #he would toar their oyes out, and so they all wont back to bed again, Tho upshot of tnis ucandnl was that Buruham and his wifo resumod conjugal relations, and the two girls wero kent out of town aud of the reach of Burnham aad thewr nephew. 'Ihis scandal had ‘havdly diod out when the good peopls of Ldiuburo 'WERE AGATN BIOGKED with the stery of Durnbam's lase vietim, littlo Alisnds_ Lilly, 'his ward, and, worse than all, & gl of woak intgllect— slmost wdiotic, in fact, About eix yeats ago Burnham was appointed guardinn of “the littio iz, but, instoad of treating bier ag his ward, he used ber shamefully, making hor perform . the duties of » common kitchen drudge. Somo timo ginco, the girl alloges, he succceded iu. ravishing bor, and inslstod frequently since ln contlnuing tho intorcowso. At last tho girl could no longer concenl the results, and, having informed hor soducer that sho was about to bo- coma n mother, he tried to get her to submit lo an abortion. Sha resinted, howover, saying that, as lio was the fathor of the child, be would huva tosupport it and Ler tov. At tho instigation of her friends, the unfortunate young gil MAD BURNIAM ARRESTED, who, waiving examination, was put under bonds of €800 to uppear at the noxt torm of tho court. Iu tho aftornoon alter tho arrest, Burpham sud ono Bitts bad o fight, in which the former got a [:uh' of black eyes and u sore head, anderotuliated y heving s victor arrested on o _cbinrgo of as- suult and battery. It s stated that uundor the pressuro of oxcitemont the girl has givon birth to hor child, and in 80 sick a8 not to bo expected tolive, In the woautimo, hor botrayer is roam- ing at Inrgo round the country. Publio fooling, Lowovor, i8 ot last aroused, nud it Iy the oz~ pressod wish of ovoery atizon that Burnham shall'this time recoive tho full pemalty of the law for this and s provious crimos, —_— THE' DAILY RECORD. BRUTAL AND PROBABLY FATAL ASSAULT. Sypecial Dispatch to J'he Clacagn Tribune, 8. Louts, Mo, Ueo. 20.—A brutal assault, “which will probably prove fatal, ocourred last night iu Bt. Claie Conuty, near the Bleven-Milo Stono, on the 8t, Clair Couuty turnpike. I'rom information roceived this wmorning it appears that o quarrel ocourred yostorduy at the houso of 8 Mr., Adwimson, at the abovo place, botwaen Mr, Adamson and his wifo, which enused the wife to leave the houso and repair to the houso of lor rolatives, Failing to roturn last vight the lusband wout to bed. About 9 p. m. six mon appenred nt his houso and demanded admission, and, on onlor- ing, commenced boating the manwith hlnduuu!m‘ Mr. Adumson got out of tho houso 1 bis might- slothes, but was_ followed into tho woods and totsibly beaton, 1io yecogntzed among his aye #ailansg Jumes Cook, Mansteld Cook, and Frank Coolr, brathors of his wife, On ealling for bolp, Mr, Wilion, who keups w grocory near that rino, came to his uxeistanco, and the man was taken into the houso nud Dr, Berryinsu sont for, who g8vo it as his opinlon that the injuriesd which Adameon roccived will prove fatai. A Juessongor was sout to Nolleville informing SheritI Wobor that a murdor had beon comi mitted, and at 2 o'clock this morning the Sherit ud one of his doputios arrived with n warrant for all six of the assallants, - and started for tho seono of action to arrost thom. Mhev Lad not buen found up to 12 o'clock 1, The njuries of the assuilod man are of such o serioin nutare that chera s but little hopes of his recovery, "ho assailed purly and most of tho askailants are conl-uinors, TINDRKOPE BRNTENORD, Speciul Dupateh to The Clacauo F'ribune, MavisoN, Witi, Deo, 29,—A (lual conclulon was ronchied in tho cake of Rindakop! nud oihers in the United Slates Distriot Court to-duy, un sentonca pronouncedf by Judge Lopking, 1o read an ablo opinion donyiug the wotion for o rolioaring, 110 suld ho was satisflod that ho cor- reotly instructod the Jury a4 to what constituted conspirncy, and that the Governmont attorney hiad & right to prosecuto for cousviraoy, "o doe talu things which woro thomaelvos un offense wag conspiracy, Ilo alko exprossod docidad S}"lmmll tlma]ll{ tho jury credited tho toutimony nchor and Rogury charg 3 mada out, nm!% uo‘."tllluuc"hv?nfi'tfic\:w\:u‘n:mfial? Ill‘l"Vl clulmod, ugainat tho ayidongo, Tho Judgs’ for- tiflod his docislon by vitution of numerons au- ;lllusll"ml.:;nv;]nu:}:wn?xil‘x“"'l "!]h} J4.0, umf;orz'. aml . M, ponlad for of the defoudatlty, Thq J udge "l‘fi{\‘x’xy plr‘ucu.:vl:l':fi to pass monlence. Inch waa fined €5,000, from which thoy can be rolieved, ufter ten dnys, on showing their innbility to pav. Col. Dull, the Unltad Htntos Htoroleopor at the Middlston distillery, wnu ron- toncod to six months’ imprisonment,” Hls erim- {unl negloct of ‘l“.l:f' an . Qovornment official for n briby from the distillor Rowers was animnd- verted on with noverity. Muoiler, tho hired diy- tillor, waa sontenced Lo ono day’s_fmprisommnent in tho Dane Connty Jail; and. Rindskopf, tho Milwaukoe rectiftor and purchasor of highwinos, to ono day’s imprisonment nnd conts of prosact- tion, Tho Judgo addressed each prisonor on punsing rentoncs, and in the case of Uindskopf, among othor things, smid ¢ Tho courso yuraned in’ your defonns was an n- mistakable acknowledgment of the truth of the testl mony -agalnst you, You offered 1o ovidonco o culpalary or explunitory, when, 37 jt lind beon untrye, you hind 1t in your tiower {o hinvo contradicted it in fia inost materinl parto, and to Lave most triumphantly overthrown tho cago o by the Government, Nob luving done 8o, or otiempted to do o, rfees o most couclusive proswmption of tho truth of the testimony muniust you; and how yoit_could bava anticipated s dilFeront ver: dict froni that which wns rendercd I cannot undara atand, Certafnly, no ather conkl rovannbly have beon oxpoctod upon tha testimony in the ease, and n differ- ent ono would have oxeited i well-grdunded_sunplclon of tho integrity or intelllgenco of tho jury, 1 fecl called upou to mako theso remarks o nccount of tha cxirnordinary satomonts and sasumptions of your counacl on adbmiftting sour enno for declsion, *Iiz- traordingry, T mean,in vlow of tho evidence i tho cosa, Lringo "Kam was affcotod o tonts by his hot tence, but hns sinco consolod himeelf with his frionds whilo in custody of tho Uunited Blales Marshal, constructively imprisoned, aull hus paid hys fine. +A FIGIT FOR A PROSTITUTE, Special Dupaten to The Chicago T'ribune. Peonis, 1N, Doo, 20.—Joo Muall, a Dutch comedian at o varietios thoatro in this city, got into a difticulty with one of tho bar-tendors in tho snmo theatre, named Androw Tozenmeyor, ot tho Contral Ilouso, yesterday ofternoon, aud from injurien thero recolved Fozonmoyer diod this noon, At the timo of the muss nothing was thought of tho mattor, as it was lookod on as an ordinary fight. Bub Fezeumoyor's wounds wera moro gorfona than was supposed, and the rosult 18 that ho in dend, and Jao Mall is looked upon ag his murdocor. Tho fight was over a woman named Guesie Robinson, who was the mistross of Mall. Mall camo back from re- hearsnl yeatordny, wont . fo his _room, aud found” Fezenmeyer with the girl. Ile or- dered him away, and the latter picked up o piros of wood from tho floor and started for Mall, Alull evaded him, and in the tusslo got posecs- wion of tho stick, with which hoe hammered Tozonmoyer till he fell to tho floor in n stupor, eovered with blood, Mall then surtendored im- velf to tho authorities. During tho night the wounded man grow worse, aud died_at noon to- day. Mullis a little fellow, while the deceased was n large, poworful man, employed nbout tho theatro principally for the purposo of putting out hard characters, and has the reputation of being a bully and & rough, Tho synipnathion of the community aro witn Mall, asit is thought that Fezonmoyer would havo Lillod Lim had’ho not defendod Lisolf, CONFESSION OF A NOTORIOUS FORGER. Special Dispateh to Phe Chicano Trivune, ‘New Yorg, Doc. 20.~1T'he Tribune to-morrow publishes the confession of Spenco Pottis, uow confined for forgery in tho Maysachusotts Stnto Prison, aud whose pardon 18 sought by tho Dis- trict-Attorney of this county,that ko may bo used n8 a witness to convict Roberts and Gleason, the forgers aud counterfeiters of railioad Londs, who about two yoars ago flooded Now Yorl with bogus sccuritios, and renlized fmmenss sums, In Lis confession, Pottls implicates Capt. Jamos Irving and Deteetive Philip Farloy, of tho Now York Detective Polico, as active confedorates of himself, Gleason, and Roberts. o mote- over tells that Glesson and Roborts wore gonfedorntes in this country of Bidwell and Macdonald, the famous Bank “of Englond tor- gors, convicted for lifo o yoar and n lalf ayo, 3acdorald was arrustod "hero by Irying, ond Tarler and Irving wore accused at tho time by tho Dank of England as nccessory to Mucdon- ald's forgetics. Tho correspondonco -botsweon tha dotcctivos and forgors wis traced, and final- Iy Mucdonald confessod, Farloy and Irving went through a sham trial by the Folico Board, but wero not romoved. Lho prosont Board will Probably put then on trial agaln. At vy rato, public confidoaco in tho wholo dotective forco is 80 littlg that tho P'olice Board to-day resolvod to sbolish the squad, aud reorgantze with new men, DETAILS OF A BRUTAL DOUBLI MURDER. Speczal Dignuteh to The Chicago Tribime, Boury BEND,dnd., Dee. 29,—Tho court-room has been densoly crowded all day to witness tho trinl of Jonnthan Mickman for murder, This afternoon Jamos Bennett, jointly indicted with hith, sont in a propoeition to turn Stato's ovi- douce, and about 4 o'cloclk Lo way placed upon tho stand. Ilo testifiod that ho and Ifickman had beard that the Pelandecr Cihnuski had in bis houso about 3600, and that for some time Hickman had worked npon him to asaist in tho murder, pod that while mider the influonce of liquor lio consented.’ Ifickman, with o club, murdored Cihauski in bed, Blrs. Cilnuski got outside of the houso, where he followed her, and lulled her. Mlickman then brought hor body back into tho house, und wont toa hay- stack and gob an armful of hay, took it into tho Louse, and sot it on fire, by which tho houso and bodies were burned. Bennett stayed ontside by tho haystack aud watehed, llickman claimed that ho got nono of tho monoy. ‘Tho glving of thas tostimony }vradncad mtenso oxcitomont in tita conrt, nnd the audianco wera uncontrollablo, rushing forward to the barof tho coutt nud stunding on tho top of thoscats. © WILL BE HANGED TO-DAY. Special Disputel to The Chicavn I'ribune. OrTAwa, O., Dac, 20.—April 8 last John Good- maz, of this county, murdered in cold blood an aged couple, John and Susan Haywnod, living on Sugar Croék, Union Townsbip, 1lo was con- victed of murder in the fivst dogreo at tho Sep- tombor Lorm of court, and sentoncod to bo lnng Dee. 80, Gov, Allen having refused to interfero, Goodman will suffor tho denth ponalty at ngon to-morrow, Tho gallows will bo that used in the exceution of Brantlinger, at Lima, in 1871, and_ Sheriff Bhorrard will bo a: sisted by ox-Bhariil Colduath, of Allen Cou: Ilundreds visited Goodman ta-day, but his wifo and cluldron havo uot scen him, "Tha town to- night is undor guard by n militin_company from Columbns Grove, Goodman ix 25, und has noth- ing ot tho look of.a hardened crimiual, e way born in Frauklin Cbunty, near Columbas, No sympathy 18 felt for him in tho community. A MYSTRRIOUB MURDER IN CINGINNATI. Cincixyart, 0., Deo. 20,—~Iu Gomble alloy, back of Centrul aveuno, in this city, about 10 o'clock last night, Mary Lee, a colored girl, 18 years old, was murdorod by some onewhio ju at prosent uukpawn to the authorities, Sho was working at the house of Mra, Grant, also s col- ored woman, and about twenly minutes previous to the discavery of the murder sho bad started out aloue, eaying that sho was going to adrug- slora snd would roturn in a fow minates, Sho had been gone sbout Lwenty minutos when Mya, Grant howd o frantlo knock on the door, and, upon opening it, Mary Leo was founud leaning agalust it, with hor taroat cut fiom our to onx, Hoiwreating footsteps wero heard by Mrs, Grant when sho opened tho door, but, it bomg n dark, rainy night, nothing could bo sean, It is thought that themotive of tho murder wod jealousy, OONVIOTION OF A MONSTER, Special Dispateh to The Chicugo T'ribune, Prrrssung, P, Dec, 20,—Jueob Flockezza was tried to-day in tho Orlminal Cowet for com- mitting a rapo on his deughter Touiss, fouud guilty, finod 81,000, and seutenced to fifteon y‘om-u' imprisonmont -in tho Westorn Peniten- tary, 4 lfihvam Carr was Tound gullty to-day of man- slaughter, 1lo lollod Phomas Dolan on the 10th of November last with u paving-stono. BOLY ROBBERY IN TOLEDO, Torkno; 0., Doe. 20,—A bold robbery wan committod sbout £ o'clock this aftornoon in au auction #tote, cornor of Sumwitt and Adaing stroots, Who proprlotor, Mr. A, Willinms, was slono in tho stote, when thros men eutered, Juacked him down, gagged and bound bim, took £40 from his pocket, nud dcnnmvp‘h A larnier coming in soon after found Willlnms and ve. leatied him, Tho thiovos huve nob yeb boou ap- probeuded, DESPERATE CHARACTERS BENTENOED. Tarris Rook, Ark,, Doo, 20.—The two .~ enptmed in Palaski County, a few wooks ngo, for rebbing & store and boat in Yolt Connty, il who shot aud wonnded tho Shoritt in his sitompt Lo copture thom jn {his county, wero tried in tho Oireuiv Court to-day, convieted, uud sontonced to. :,lu's 1'enlll.<lnunr_v for f[l\’lfl yonrsl; Thaoso two mmJ. olonged Lo n gnie of foiir who wora supposo to bo b Gad's Ililters. i ONJ: MORE CIIARLEY ROSS, MiwAukeg, Wia,, Doo, 20,—0n the 12th fnat, 8 olilld about 4 yoars old was loft.ata houss in Black Niver Fally, in this Stato, by n mystorions woman, who rofusod to raiso lor voil. It hng sinco baen obrorved that the ehild correrponds exnotly with the desoriptions and pletures of Charloy Ttoes. A photograph hus beon sont to Dhiladolphin for identification. TWO MURDERERS ASSASSINATED IN JAIL, Br. Lous, Mo, Doo. 20.—At Lawar, Uarton County, this Btate, night bofore last, an unkaown man rodo up to the County Jail, and, through ono of ita windows, shot and killad Ifvronimus, tha murderoer of Col, Morrls, and fatally wouud- od hle accomplico, Dixon, aud then oscapod, CITARGED WITIL KILLING 1118 WIFE, Special Dispateh to The Chicaao Trivune, Kaxsag Oiry, Mo, Deo, 20.—Dr, Charles IT, TFoster, n young man_clorking in n drug-storo Lioro under the name of Charles Fulton, was ar- rested to-dny on tho chargo of cansing tho desth of his wifo at Toms Itiver, Ocoan County, N. oy July 12, WIFE-MURDER NEAR NEW YORK. NEw Yonk, Doo. 80.—I'atrick Wallaco, o Tabor- or, rosiding at No. 70 North Fifth stroot, Will- iamsburg, murdered his wifo, Mnrfinmt. Tnnt ntrxullxt. by knocking bor braius out with u hickory atick. i CITY CRIMINAL ITEMS, William Lingorman, of No, 23 West Randolph street; J. J. Wade, No, 170 West Madison streot; and Dr. E. Ingolls, No, 3% Thropp streot, wero robbed of wolf 10bes yestorday, Joha Harmon, of No. 89 Nowberry avenuo, ro- portod at Madison Btreot Station yesterday that his ovorgoat was etolen from the now building at tho corner of Jackson and ialsted stroots. Pat O'Malley and Ed 0'Toolo were calobrating Christmas by overloadlng thomsolves with whisky in nsnloon nt tho corner of Jackson aud Olinton streots whon gomo ono or two other men proposod & fight between them, ‘Thoir Iush blood was ready for anything about that timo, but 0"L'colo was o refuetant belligerent, IIoweyor, at it they wont, and O'Malloy closod hostilities by biting olf O"Taole's lower lip, and g;m nfrcatud oun o warraut yestorduy Ly Ollcor uott. Yosterdny aftornoon, about 4 o'clack, while Mra. Fanuy M, Bundy was ridivg in a Cottago Grovo avonue ear, & giy young man named Oharles ltussell wus observed by saveral peeson- gors, when near 1larmon court, on Stato strect, to place his haud in her pooket and abstract $8, Tho money was pussed over to a pal, who went out of thocar in ono direction and Tussell in- anothor, Officor Gnrdinor's attention was calted to tho mon, aud n chngo eusucl, which resuited in Ruesell’s oapture and incarcerntion in tho Armory, A man named William Poters was arrested on the corner of Chlengo and Ashland uyenues, vesterday morning, about 2 o'clock, whilo driv- ng along in & wagon which contained n quan- tity of hame, bacon, and leaf lard, supposcd to Linve been stolen. The prisoner and the prop- erty are at West Chicngo Avonuo Station await- ing identtication, — GLEANINGS FROM THE MAILS. ANTI-NEGROISM AT UNIONTOWN, KY. From the Lvansville (Ind.) Journal, Dec, 98, Uniontown, Ky, isin the midst of much ox- citement, and crime scems holding high and outrageous carnival in the place. For several weeks, lawless acts of violenco have been com- mitted in rapid and sppalling succession, Com- meneing with the hanging of thrce negroes by o mob, the excitemont hos geadually worked to a high poiut, Tho uegroes from the country seemed to think that the colored men who wera thus summarily disposed of, as beihg suspected of incendiarism 1n the burning of Wright & Cart~ mell's distillery, woro huvg beonueo they wero nogroes, and they bocame much alarmed, and it was roported that they were arming thomsclves for protection, and some of the more lawloss mudo threats to burn the entire city Christmag weok. At lonst this was tho Yoport circulated, and upon this the whites mndoe preparations to resist, and tho town was gnarded day and night by patroimen. These woro to the number of twonty-fiye at night, QOur mformntion ik to the offect that a body of thiese watchwen gov disordorly from drinking ono nizht last weok, and in’that stato thoy wont to the housg of prominent colored man, and, Qinding bis wife at home, tried to wrest from hor & confesvion of tho plot on the part of tho ne- groos, She insisted that she knew nothing of tho plot, Lhis infuriated tho crowd, snd sho was #eizod by the mob, who procured a rope and ook her out of town and aunounced thelr inten- tion of hanging Lier if eho did not toll all, In vain the woman protosted that she knew noth- ing., Thomob was highly wrought, and tho rope was put about hor ueek nnd tho othor cod thrown over the limbof n treo, whon it was seized by n numbor of the crowd and the victim was jotked intq the air, Thoy relented, how- ovor, and let hor down, and again called upon bher for » coufession. Her roply was as at first, and thoe mob onco moro applied the torture, and onco moro lowerod the wvielim. On the third time, howgvor, thoy scomod to have determined upon Loy death, for she wins suspended uutil &ho wag purplo In tho faco and hor touguo pro- truded, whon, probably satisticd with thoir worl, slio was lst full hoavily, and tlfe mob dispersed. ‘I'io woman was uttorly insonsiblo; and rostorn- tives had to bo strongly apphed to bring back the sperk of life. Tho pcx;‘mtmmm of thia deed luyo ot boon approlouled: T'ho rape of alittle whito girl Inst Thursday by a negro hms not served to allay the excite- ment thut prevails, and thero is & possibility that wo may bo startled by still more shocking outragos, Wo uro nleo informod that the Mnyor of Mt. Vernon, Ind., sont information to Uniontown that the nogroes from tho Keutucky shore, op- porite Mt. Vernon, had purchased a large auprly of ammunition and srms in that place, and this addod to tho fears of the Uniontown poople. THE NUN'L FOR OIARLEY ROSS. . Froucthe New York Sun. Many interosting iucidouts connoeted with tho search for Chnrloy Ross have been ob- talned from tho detectives employed in tho caso by tho citizens of Philadolphia. ‘Cho dotee- tives began tho toarch in July, nud siuce then thoy have scoured the Unitod Btaton and Canada, and evon crossed the Atlantio in the hopo of findiug tho kidnapped boy, I'ho work bas cost aver $20,000. Oue of the largost jtems has beon tho exponso of olrculars, enrds, and pouters. . Bovon lundred thousand cireulurs Linvo been issucd contaiubig tho particulars of the abduetion, deseiptions of the boy and his Liduappors, and photographs of Charlay, Theso huve beon sent to ovory polico ofticer, Shorif, and Constable, and pasted in every railron statlon, police-oflico, and Lost-Oftico in tho country, ‘I'wo men weroe speciaily dotailod to gt- tond to thelr distribution m Canada. ‘Pho cir- culars woro ulso postad in the vessels in most of our sea-ports, ‘I'he pmmuq, mailiug, and the photographivg have cost 38,000, Several thou- saud letters apd telograms havo boon sunt to the dutectives In answor to the ciroulurs. Iivory cammunication linw baon apswered, and all wails fullowed, 'I'he correspondonco hLas boon Ho ex- tonsive us to require an oxtra corpu of clorks. Batwoen 500 and 600 childron have boen re- ported us Charloy Ross, Innumorous iustances, whero good elews wute thought to havo baen ob- tuined, officers havo boon sent on investigations to distant places, only to find that the cluldren had beon truined to answer the questions ine tended for tho {dentiflention of the missing Loy, and that thoir koopers had beeu moved to the decoption in the hope of having them ransomad, Twenty-fivo deteetives woro ongagod b ouo timo in mfllflllli a8 mauy investigutions. Tho gypsios led the dolectives on many long and fruitiess chasos, Ovor 200 bauds wore henrd {from au having ohildron that wore thought to bo Charloy Jlogs. Most of tho children that were - sought in the gypsy camps (urned ont to bo stolen, und - sovoral instances their purents ware teund, Ono littlo boy whom tho oflicers ewmo aoross in- the tonts of tho gypsies wus ro- stored to hiy father and mother fn Rockland County aftor two sapurations, They novor ox- poctad to seo him aguin, “Lho datectives heltove that direstly and indie rogtly half-u-million persons haye been engaged in tho Itoss hmnt. Thoy can only oxpluln tho Suilure to tind him on tho gronnd st ho iseither dead or that tho kiduappors loft him in s ob- Heire plueo with gomo reolugo who has nover Lourd anyhing of tho cuse, A MISSOURT KGRIMMAGL, From the St Joseph (Mo.)’ Gazette, Bomo two weoks aincen diieulty ocourred be- vweon Mr. J. I 8praté nud Vranklln Brown (n tenant of Bpratt’s), both vesidivg ub or noar Do Tulb, 14 milew vonth of thin city, u consoquence of Mr. Bpratts stodk trompassing upon. tho | grounds of Brown, A lawasunit was tho result, which eaused vory bittor feolings on thoe pmit of Spratt towards Brown. Tho, foilowing day Spratt, with his son abont 14 yoars old, both armod with shot-guna and rovolvors, procooded to tho hiouso af Brown with apparent intontions Lo creato n disturbance, but their purpose was not oxocuted on nccount of Lrown's absouco from howma. On Christmas morning n sult hetweon Mr., Wilhaw Watlingford and Bpratt, pending Loforo Esquco Crumpacker, won to bo tried ab 10 o'clock, ‘i court and witnesros wore prosent, anong whom was Brown, a witnosy for Wall ford, all awniting the arrival of Spratt. DBrown, approhonding dilliculty with Bpraw on this ve- casion, huddprnvlouullv to golug to tho comt- room provided himsolf with a revolver, and toole a atanding position in the room, fmmediately to tho right of the door, Drown evidontly was walching for Spratt, ns, immediately upon Spratl's ontering the door, without u word hoe ing siokon by uuybodj, Brown shot him, the Inll ontering his hond squaroly at tho loft lower extremity of the nose, bit,befors pussing entire~ Iy thirough tho head, divided, half golng through tho bram aud lodglugs just honoath” the skin at tho back of the nquls, “which was Aubsequently oxtracted. The othor half romamod m tho liead, Spratt immodiatoly fell, wheroupon dis won, uwbont 14 yoms of ago, .tho samo who necompanied lus Tallier two wooka ngo to atlack Brown, drew his revolver and shot Irown, tho ball penclrating tho musclos of the loft nrnt abavo tho clhaw, antering the left sido some two inchos below the nipplo, strikiug o riband glancs fug, Ifthe nrm bud been a little highor or lowor, tho shot would no doubt have proved fotal; 08 it is, tho wound is prmful and HOTIONS, but wa lunrn it is tho opimon of tho utionding physician that [t will not prove fatal, Last night Spratt wes still alive, but not ox- pecsed to live uniil morning. If he doos survivo tho injury, ho will in all probability never agaln sponk a word, ag tho ball, in ity passago tora and carried with it o largo portion of tho raot of the tongmo, Drown immedintely surrendered himsolf to the nuthorities, and was plncod undor bonds, Young Bpratt was nlso takon into custody. « Binco writing tho nbove wo learn from Dr, Donclan that there is a possible chance for the recovery of Spratt, unless that portion of the ball stul remaining inhis hond how lodged near ?rt llmn tothe braw, in which caso it may prova atul, AL « White SInvery Abolished. Correspondence of the New York World, Hoxa Koxg, Nov, 9.—Good nowa comes from tho last purt of tho world whenco It could be ax- pected. ** Slavery is abolished among tho white subjects of tha King of Siam,” Liko the Japan- cag, tho Biameso are, through thelr own and rnlor's aid, porsistontly trying to raieo thomualves to o higer standard of eivilization, and to stand bofora tho world na an example’ to tho othor Asiatic uations, Tho first example of this was when the youny King of Biam, aftor lis second caronation, put a peromptory stop to the custom- ary and anciont form of groveling before him by courtiers aud others. ilo gave ns Lis reason that ho waa nshamed to seo creatures of his own imago orawl boforo him, and only asked that tho sumo homnge bo paid Lim ns 18 peid to Westorn monarchs. ‘T'ho next stop was tho catablishment of a Logls- Intive Council to consider the affairs of the coun- try, oud of a Privy Council o ndvieo him iu his administration of lus Kingdow. Though an au~ tocrat still, whoso will has only fo bo exprossed to bacomo law, yot tho concesions mado by tho appointment to hig Council of mou of wisdom 1s ng with bonolit to Blam aud the Sinmeso, The time may come whon tho people will clact their own roprerantativas, for no ono ovon ox- pected tho changes now goiug ona decado of yenrs ago. But the Intest mattor 8¢ tho elavery quostion wag not casy of sottloment, yet aechemo has Dbeon coreeived and digested, and becomo a law, ‘Lbo King, while ronounaing pompand despotism to o cortain oxtont, lias looked to tho interests of Lis people in tho manumitting of the slaves, by declaring that the lnw‘jm\t pussed {8 not to apply to any children born of slave parents prior to she 12th of April, 1868, . With rogard to the new Jaw, it is provided that eny and all chlldron horn of slave parents subse- quent to tho date mentioned, shall becoma froo unmediately upon their attaiving the twenty- tirst yoor, But Loforn nrflviufi ab this age provision is mada that they may be bartored in at cortuin rates, which aro fixed from six to thirty tioal for malo, and from four to twouty-eight for femalo children. The tariff of Jmceu I8 #o wmrranged that the vniuo of bond-childron gradually in- croases nntil the maximum prico Js renched at oight vears, when tho ecale graduslly roduces until their majority i reachod. As a tical iy equal to 60 cents, the King bns doubtlces so arranged the tariff that those desirons of pur- clhasing their fraedom catnot be debarred by the cupldily or maliciouaness of their owners, and the prica L been made maximum at cight yents for tho slave-ownoers' protection, who would bo out of pocket for the wholo time proceding this age. Those who wore unfortunate enough to Layo beon born prior to_the 12th of Apil. 1868, hayo yot o hopo, as the King lins declared that ko will soon promuigate an edict for their relief, THE LAY-TARDY DUEL, ‘The Correspoudence etween the Pars TicH, Dispateh ta the Atianta Herald, Monite, Doc. 24.—Tho duel took place yester- day morning at 11:45 on tho Stato line, tho woap- ong used being duoling pistols, fiftcen pacos, ‘The toss for position was won by Capt. P, M. Murphy, for Col. Lay—tho word hf' L 7. M, Villinms, for Mr. Fardy. At tho firat fire Mr, Tardy fll, shot through tho right side, on a lino wich tho hourt, and dicd almost fustantly. Tho origin and dotails of this anhappy affair oxplain thomsolves sufliciently in tho lorlowlng: MopiLe, Ala, Deo, 21, 1874—Mn, B. D, Lavs Bm: Your attempt tosiriko tno Uils morning do- mands such an apology or other satiafaction as {8 usual amoug gentlomen, This will bo bunded to you by my {riend, Col. Juines M, Williarus, who will reecive uny commimieation, you muy desivoto mako, Your obi servant, A, I, Tanpy, Mopr, Ala,, Dee, 21, 1874.—Mn, A, II, Tinpr: Sm: Your uote of {hin date, at 3:36 p, ., by Col, J, M, Willlams, 15 Leforo mo. You 'stato therelis that “yoiir attempt to atrike mo {his morning demands an apology,” ete, 1 ean only sy, sir, my stiempt, a8 you ara pléared 10 torm t, wan niade upon what 1 con 10 bo n most oxeollont'rosson, uamely : 1 hud reason o bellove, aud [ do uow belfove, that yot wero tho au- (hor of fhe nuonymous communication published in tho Docombor unmber of tho Spectator, sud sigued +GuIf Oty which, ariclo, T waalro ou, alr, us cotised mo great grief aud chugrli ; and which'T be- lieve fully mertted the punishment inflicted wpon you, 1f this explanation should 1ot vrovo satisCactory to sou, thon I refer to my frlend Capt, P. ML Murphy- who will arrango with your fifend auy furiter prefhn fuarled whicly sou may desice, X aun, sty respocifully, your obedient servant, BEsy, D, Lav, Dellvered by Capt. Murphy to Col, Williums at 5:60 p. m, MoniLe, Dec. 22—9:15 a, m,—CAPTAIN : Mr. A, . Tardy haw' pluced n my hands a communleation fror Col, enj, D, Lay, datadl Dec, 31, 5 po m, and_ recelyed throngh you, I Obeervo with rogret thut Instead of Lendering tho teank wpology oxpsoiad, it Is dovaled to a Justlficution of tho nsexull which hus Lrought on th edrrespondence, Perult mo o call your wtte tion 1o tho fact thut u prsonal indignity cann ho justitied among gentlemon § tho uxcollont reason forglviug s blow would nocesmarily ba wn_oxcellout reason upon the part of tho gentioman sesaulted to re- celyo it without roxcutinent, So long, thercfore, ns thy uffront remnins wo cunnot enter npun n disoussion of tho matiors urged by Col, Lay in oxplanation of tho ne- sault, Respoctiully your obedient nt, Jaxes M, Winnavs, To Capt, P, 10, Murphy, ¥ erv; dMonitr, Doc, 21, 1874—Cor., J, M, Wiriass: But: Tiad terms’ of meoling are 2 follows ¢ Grand Bay Stutlon, to-morrow morning, Zhl Inet,, after the arrival of tho train at that point, ~Weaponn, duoling plutols, 'The hstunce to ho determined on’ or nftor oncorelval, Moat reupoottully, o1 W, Munmaix, T ugreo o thy above, Tases M, WiLLiAMs, ————— TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, Thoestimuted sbipmonts of bullion from Utal Tervitory the past year iw $7,000,000, The Lilling of the Costra family, and others, botwoon Liocho and Panumint, Utal, is roported- Talso, A r I'wo companies of infantry from Beavor, Utah, fix\vn ne uftor roported Indinn murdorers iu ovada, At Pantine, Mich,, yostorday, Georgo Woolsoy tool Purlg-greon, with tata! result, No eauso iy kuown for tho act ‘ ‘Wharton Bros, & Co., oxtensive fron manufac. turers of Dittebnrg, Pa,, filed o vnluumrly JI' tition in bankiuptoy yesterday aftornoon. Their liubities . aro nbout §260,000, and nesots F400,000, I'ho Milwaukes County Board of Bupervisory yesterday roduced tho hond of the County T'reasurer-elect to $500,000 in cousiderntion of n bunsitg depository hnvingsbeon desiguated for the eustody of the funds, Chailes Beard, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., took fivo graing of morphine {a (he room of hiy mistrens, Mattio Willis, Monday night, buta doctor was called in Linio to save his lite, ' Cause, Joulousy, Uonrd bs o man of & fuily. NEW YORK. Tho Boitom Falls Out of tho Great Jim Fisk Estates —— His Mistross and the Lawyors Get: the Lion's Rhare, Samuel J. Tilden Gives Comptrolles Green Leave {o Willdraw, The Littlo Emmn [Swindle---Bischof sheim’s Misfortunes, . FALSE RUMOR OF A DUSINESS FAILULE, Special Disputeh to T'he Qhicano Tyioune, New Yonk, Dee. 20.—Rumors have provailed from timo to timo during tho past montl that Lord & Laylor, Inrgo dry-goods merchants, wera insolvent, nnd It was stated that thoy bad bopu oripplod evor gluco thopanic of 1873, Ono of tho papers here this morning published tho ru- mor, but on investigation it Is found that the slatomont is unfoundod, and that the houso iy nob embarrassod. ‘Trado, of courso, fs dull, as with all othor housos, THE FISK ESTATE, An invontory just madeof tho Jim Fiek cs- tato, which at tho timo of Lis killlng was recke oued ot millions, shows that, with all claims pad and suils mottled, {1t s $178,500 wdrso than notbing, Tho inventory put 1t originally at $100,000. Halt a million has been patd aut in tho settlomentof claims, Tho worth- 1ssu stock found in his possousion aggrogatoa $100,000 ot par value, Iis widow's logal oxe ponses have boon enormoury aud oaly tha Ilaye yers in tho cago appoar to Luve got anything out of tho doad man's pocket. 1Mis jowslry woa valued ab £6,000. The logacios to lns father and mother, and tho Misses Morse, and to Mia. Ifookor, hie sistor, have been mid jo part, Only 8,000 wout in howsofiosts @& slngle ™ lorso, too, Bix hundred thousand dallars ave tod up in laweuits. 1is mig. tress, Josio Mansfleld, sucs for 265,000, and ling fnat recovored £35,000, and hopes she may Rob t, Albort Bpoyors, the broker whom Tisk, on Black Friday, left, as Tisle put it, “to carry out his corpse,” wues for £600,000, which ho bought In for ' Fisl's ncconnt, and wont crazy /bout it whon the margin was not forthcoming, 1n short, the groat estuts Lay * Glone whors tho woodbine twinoth,” COMPTROLLER ORREN will probably resign at thoe aud of tho year. Evory paper excopt tho Zimes is now apponed to liis rummum[; in ofico. The Worll came out strongly ngainat him to-any, and Ly Tosznation inenia to be proparod. Green hns never bLeen auything more than o sort of lead clurk for Samuel J, Tildon, Governor-clee, and hag uo end of personal enemies. Tildon’ finds that ho cauno longersuatain Greon i tho posilion, aud hius probably advised his resignation, NORTON'S RETURN, Ex-Sonator Michael Norton, ane of tho old * ring indicted a8 County Commissioner when the stoaling was going on, has returned horo, aud tho cago ngninet hum has, been abandoned ou cone dition thnt he tostities for tho county in tho great civil auit for soveral millions against tho Ting bank. IINE LITTLE EMNA BWINDLE, Souator Btowart, of Nevads, and Trenor W, Park, of this city, bave beon' sued, with other Dircctors of the famous Littlo Emma mine, for tho sum of £5,000,000. Tho plaintiifs aro tho English sharobolders, who are indignaut at what thoy considor tho swindle of tho Little Emma, and who vaiuly hopo to gob evon by going to law, Thoy sent agonts lero, who visited tho mino, learned all thoy could about Stowart and arl, and who outhorized 8. L. M. Barlow, of Erie fame, to bogin tho suit. D'ark hos gone to Son Francisco, aud Yrocoedlngs for the prosent are stopped, but will be pushod on his roturn, Park hos just beon elected President of tho Pa- cn:lell[nu, and secms to bo in a bad way gene oratly, DADLY DITTEN, Biachoffalicim, thro London banker, lately un- dortools to float 86,000,000 1n bonds of the Nosw York, DBoston ‘& Moutreal Railrond, by which namo s proposed consolidation waa to be callod when cortain connections wore bullt, Ho ad- vanced mouoy and held the bonds, resolved to force them to s J:remimn. o refusod to el at 102, and demanded 104, Moanwhilo tho consoli= dation schemo was embarrasged by Erie's troublos, and flually was abandoned, leaving Mr, Bischofr~ sheim with 0,000,000 in worthloss bonds in his stroug box, et S THE CINCINNATI CLERICAL SCANDAL. 7o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Cuicago, Deo, 28.~Under tho oditorinl caps tion, in your Sunday issue, of An Eccontrio Roce tor,” you animadvort upon the Rector of St Joln's, Cincinuath, Will you inform your road- era that, soveral woeks beforo Christmas, tha Rector of St. John's, Cincinnati, the Rev. Dr. Davidson, & godly and pious man, had departed thia lifo in tho feith and fear of tho Gospel, with no stain upon his clerical charucter? Avnrua, TUH BOANDAL CONCERNING THE BEY. D, EEL~ Laga, From the Covington Department of the Cincinnati Come _ - merctal, Dea, 38, Tho Oluciunati morning papers have, for tho past two mornings, contnined accounts of a scandal concorning tho Rev. Mr. Kollogg, of this'[alncu,_ and tho Prinoipal of a young ladies’ institute, in which tho reverend gontleman is ac- ocused of ofliciating, in Bt Joln's Church, Cin- clunati, on Christmas morning, whilo in a stata -of intoxication, Wa called upon Mr, Kollogg at his residonco Iast night, and found bim in_ bod, and in very gront pain both of body and mind. o states that for o long timo past he has suffered with nn affeotion of his Lidneys, On Wednosday lnst lie folt very unwell, and on Thursday suffered intovsely, ~ Huving made an cugagomout to ofliclats ‘at St. John's Church on Christ« mas-doy, ho lofs hin houso in company with “Ins wifo st 10 o'clock, but wns in anch puiu that - just before starting bo took a larga doso of laudanum and swaets Spirits of nitro. Afior » whilo ho folt somewhat roligved, and oxporienoed no i1l offocts from the modicine until ho commonced his sormon, during the do- livery of which ho wng ovorcomo with 8 feeling of drowsiuess and weariness that was impossiblo to shake off, Ilo rotirad to tho vostry-room, and was attendod by Dr, Comepys, who administered o drachm of solution of lyrate of chloral, after which ho roturned homo with his wifo in g car- ringe and retired to hia bed, in which he has been ovor sinco, and where ho is now, Mr, Kol- logg nvers mest positively that ho had not taken a singlo drop of spirituons liquor of any doscrip~ tion, and nuy statomant to tho contrary hmmuly and ontirely fulso. Wo aluo hina & convorantlon with Mr, Kollope’s family physicion, who informed us that whon seut for o found Mr, K, sutforing with futensa pain In the small of his beek aud the lowor por- tion of his abdemon, and that bis kiduoys and bladder wero evidently inflamed and in.a bad condition, 1l waw no ovidence whatover of avy symptoms of intoxieation, ‘Ilio Ttov. M, Kelloge is an Lpiscopal ministor of high stauding, with an extended reputation for hiy meutal powar and culturo, A8 an cdu- oator, of sownd sopso and practical oxperienee, ho has but fow, if any, sunerior in the West, and it willbo & cruel thing 1f his usofuiness ay n toncher and a ministor is to Lo wjured or ruined by & rlandor which, if his statoment bo tiuo, was u8 unneeosLary ne 14 was falso, - — MASGACHUSETTS SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, Spectal Dispateh to Phe Chicano T'rivune, Boxrox, Doe, 20.—1The Incroase of depoeits in our eavings lustitutions Nov. 1, 1874, us come pared with tha movious year, cevtatuly indieatey & condition of proepority nmong depositora which is gratifying, The roport this year gives tho following results Niber of depusitors, 02,000 Uuin Iy nunbier of de; 4 Ha “Potul doposits, $217,452, 100,04 Galn I dopo 1,0 34 Thin gain is §4,000,000 less than was obtnined in 1678 over the provious year, but whon tho dulls noes of the times i talien into consideration, the Indications aro favorable, The Saginaw (Mieh,) Courder says: © Yoator- duy o woman was obkeived Lringing a lund of wood mtothe olty—doing tho drivers work, and unloadiug tho sled, “We have lonrnod thut tho womau Lk o rick lusband and four young childron, ~ Bhonoo ouly delivets $l:0 wood, bul vhio ohops wnd suws ity too, and fs heodmos the support snd rolisneo of the whole fanuly," Iiddie Sprague, son of Tli Kj 10, Wi kil ot atlddlovilles Michey yeutord ¥ log LL}:{: rolio &® tua in the mill-yard,