Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1875, Page 2

FIIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUERSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1875. miedistoly and get tho gooda now in hond out of tlie warehonnegr, “TIIE: SUNDRY CIFIL AERVICE NILL Tho Tlouse Committe on Appropriations to- day ‘comyleted the Sundry Civil Appropriations 1311, The princiial now items ara 1,060,000 for tho Goyernment’s share of expenaos of the Din- frict of Colnml #156,000 for the purchase of Pira. Tanwom'n portrait of Gen. ‘Thomas, and €:5.000 for (ha purchayo of Carpenter's painting of tho Sigming of the Emancipation Proclama- tion, THFE BTEAMPOAT DILL, an roportei Lack to the Senato to-day, is chang- od Iy tha Conunitteo on Commeres in the fol- Jowing partienints : 1t i8 amended so a8 to prokiint the carrying of explogivo and dangerons materinly on any and all passonger gtramers, except ferry-boats, whother or not fiiere aro other means of conveyanco ot tha sanio roite. Lifo-preservers must bo capable of Bustaining twenty-four ponnds exch instod of only eighteon pounds, A clauso is juseried requiring at least ono locked-up. sufcty-valve ou overy vessol. Tho rections of the bill re- qunng o bydrostatic test of boilors, and rexulating the manufacture, stamping, and inspectfon of hulla aod boiiors are all stricken wiit, 80 a8 to leave tho presont law in forco, Tho Copimitfea alko atriko ont the provisions rolating to tho licensing and employment of mates and osher subordinato ofiicors, the new ditoctionss as to . tho. mnavigation of \esols meeting or pasalng each othor tho incpection nod licousing of vessels and « fiability elauso” of tho IHouso bill, leaving tho present law unchangod on nll the subjects. The pilotage section is modified 8o am to pro- vido moicly that vesscla trading bo- {ween district and district, or cngaged in tha fisheries, shall not bs compoiled 10 receivo or pay pilota, The new definitions of “arious clasaes of versels sro also omitted. Poviso 18 addod that one-haif of all tho penaltics noy apecificalty othorwlro provided for shall be paitto tho rospective informeors, ATTOINTMENT. ThoPresident lias nominated George C. Ste- vous Lobe Collcctor of Gustoms for the district of Milwmkeo, Wis, [T rcelur reond af Congtessional proceedings will begound onihg nirth Page] - TH.EGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Uniled Ytates ship Portamotth arrived at Tonoluin Jan. 1, Tha CGermans ¢ Dloomington aro.about to builil & 240,000 bal. for the use of onie comsnot society, m which elail bo united all the lesser oues now in oxletenco. east 1,500 peoplogsgombled at tho Firat M. Cburch of emyillo, Pa., on Sunday afternoon, Lo witness or kg part in a religious | railrond meuting, which W conducted by rail- road men of difforent claséy from Oleveland, Tric, and othior piics, represutiug tho Young Men's Chiristian Assoclation. 1 much interost was mantfested by the railrond wop of that city that o largo room will be fitted upn the Atlantic & Great Western Iiatlrond shops gt gnes, in yhicl to conduct religioun exercises. At n meoting of tho Merchants' Exciango Club of Concil LiufTs, held last evening, ta subject uf a wagon-liridgo across the Miensuri Reer ywag wmly discussed, and s committeo, colgting ofJ, W. More, J, T, Btowart, B L, Bhugay 1y, F. Montgomery, dohn Dohany, W. T. William Groneweg, 8. Farnsworth, and R.j. ¢ was appointed to confer in tho matter wiy a siuilar Committoo from Omaba. ‘The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie Ratlroad Company aunoutico throught thoir Agont, Mr. 1. N. Mursh, of Joliet, that thioy will trausport conl for the poor of Jollot free of tlisrgo from any point on their Jine. Mr. J. A. lonry, a nealthy and onterprising citizen of Joliot, an- nounees to the Unlon Heliof Association thut Lo will donate to the poor tive ear-loads of coal at his mines, ou the lino of tho Chicago & Alton Ruilroad, and moro if necessary, if that ‘Company will bo as gonerous ag tho Ruck Island. The receipt of the Times honx at Calesburg causeld much excitoment and discusrion thero. TRiyUNE subseriburs denounced it as n Herald institution at ouce. ‘Tho arrival of Tie TrinoSe vesterduy was awaited with fovoriun anxiety, Lo rofined, oducated majority there donounce the great libeler without stint, There aro apoloiats for tho cruol, heartless frand, aud no himit to tho denuncintions of the inhuman out- age perpotrated on unkuspecting peoplo. Tho resull is a reaction in favor of Tur TrinoNe, & aper not foreed to resort to subterfuge for sen- sation. S —— ANTI-SECRET-SOCIETY WEN, Special Inapatch to The Chicaao Tribune. Massrierp, 0., Feb, 15.—SHevoral dologates havo arrived to take part in the Anti-Secret-Hn- ciety Convention callod to moot here on the 17th inst. by o largo numbor of persons of noto and Intluence throughout the country. Tho scesions may continuo eovoral days, and crusada innug- urated againgt socret wocioties. The Masoulc order have tenderod the managors tho uso of their lodge-room, but the ofor hes not yo been secoptod, —_———— THE TRIGGER. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, Lascory, Ill,, Feb, 15.—The sports of this and Mason County had a grand shooting-match hero revernl days Jast weok, al pigeons and snow- Virds, making vome very good recordd, hended by Capt. A. Il Bogerdus. Four of the bost pliots of this county go over to Mnson County nezt woek to shoot against four of the bost shots 2f that couuty, for $£100 a side, s OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Loxnox, Web., 15,—Tho steamship Leipzig, which wont aground yostorday off Start Poiut, has got off, aud will return to Southanipton, Tho dumuge sustained by the stenmer iy slight, 8he i3 expected to wail for altimore in a duy or two. QuEerNatowN, Feb. 15.—The steamsbip Sama- ria, from loston, had arrived, New Yong, Feb. 15.—Arnved, steamslip Adri- atic, from Liverpool. - ———— ST, PATRICK’S DAY, New Yonx, Ieb, 15.—The Itev, Fathor Byrno, tho President of the Rowman Catholic Total Ab- stinenco Union of Amorica, bus writton a lotior adyiging that the organization should net take part in the parndes on 5t Patrick's Day, partly ou the ground of exceseive expense, nnd partly for tha reason that parades detract from tho re- ligious nsgociutions of the da; - —— ‘T'ho Pope on (uinllibility, Recently, the l'o&m delivered au nddresy Lo the s Academy of Lfs Cathollo Roligton,” the test of which bus beeu republivhed by the Journal, of Tlorenco, In tho courso of it, the Iluly Iather miado tha following remurky en the question of Infailinlity: *-Awong the differect lsubjscls which you will have to treat thero is one wilich Ecoms 1o mo of special tmportunce, and that fs to bring tu notiung tho cfforts that are being made to falsify the dea of Pontifieal infallibillty. Of alt theso afforts thut which seems tho fnllest of malice cousizts in attributing to the infullibll- ity of tho Yopo whe rigot of deposing soverelzng und of abrolving subjeets from their allegiatco. Withiont doubt, this right has sometimes been exereised by the I'opos in their supreme strug- glen, but fu nover had anyillong in common with their lnfallibity, and its sourco was not fn iufalli- Dility, but In the poutifical authority, Morcover, thu wxercise of tho righitn tho axes of faith— when men secognized i tho Iope, what he really in, the supremae judge of Christendom, and ne- knowladjed the sdvautages of Lis tribunal for tho'#olution of great questions arising botween peaple any thowr suvereigns—tho excrcise of that neht aproad itself, sccouded as it ought to have ‘beon by public law and tho goneral agreetnont of the natioualities, to tho gravest in- terests of the Btatos and their cllefs. The coudifions of tho proseut day are greatly changed, ond only malice can coufound two things so difforout ; infullibility in rogurd to revealed prinelples, and the richt which the Popes exercised iy virtue of their au- thority when then the welfare of socioty demand- ed it. Qur cnomies know this as well a3 wo, and it in eany to seo why they call up this coufusiou of 1deus sud put forward hypothieses in whick no- Dody believes, 'They invont thera pretoxts in order to uftlict us und tu excite Priuces sgainst the Church. There uro some who wish { should expluiu and render still more clear the definition of tho Council, 1 will ot du i, It 1 clear enough in iwelf, and bas 1o voed of furthor ex- planutions or counnenturios,” et A Eaithiless luterpreters A troupo of Jujancse actors nud uctresses fu naw pertoruiing atone of the Pansian thoutres, Ukauuu, 6 young givi of 17, uue of the prucipal uctrosues, is vury pretty, and has already found muny udmirers BmMony the youns men of Paris, Duoy aro obliged, however, to avail themsclves of tho Bervicos of an interpreter in order to ex- Prews Lheir rega1d £ tho fair Japsuese, aud thuy ure sometunes degeived, the interproter trane. latngg thetr lettuis wo suit himself, A note sent by su ardent adunrer, tho otuer day, was rene dered thus by the faithless ivtorpreter: ** Yunng Btranger—I know not whether all thy country- women resemble thee, but I trust nwt, for sll who tell theo thou art ueautiful boldly utter falschoud, 'The uglicst Frencl woman is uch velier than saou art.” STATE AFFAIRS, A Somewhat Detailed’ History of - Mr. Speaker Huines' Ob- streperousness, Ko Session of the Illinols Scnate Yesterday —A Dull Day in the House, Other Legislatures. ILLINO HAINES, [OW [F ONSTRUCTS LEGISLATION. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaas Tribune, 8pmixariLp, 111, Feb. 16.—It fa bardly worth whilo at this juncture to specuiato as to the prospects of the passago of any important moas- ures this scssion. The first businees to be dis- osed of {s—Hlaines; and till he bo disposed of littlo, it anysthing, can bo done. The matter of 1Inines is that tio has no notion of doing any- thibg elso than keop up & muss. From what I uave socon of him I doubt whoth- or in his present position ho wonld Lo capablo of aupht clse—whother indeed ho can Lo other that & marplot. But in any ovent, his highost ambilion is to figuro as tho chiof porformer in a political oircus-shosw, Mo is possessed of extraordinary finesso and amazing strategic talout of tho sort that ju- voriably teips tho strategiat. With wondrous in- dusiry o tolls and plote, Jasing his far-roaching plans,—which extend from nothing to nothing, and can hiave no possible result pave to ronew tho tempest in tho tea-pot. ‘Tho Domocrats liave well-nigh exhausted thotnselves in attempt- ing to wsuppress Hainos. Tho Indepondents, ditte. Thoy thought they bad done so, whep, after all the sovero disciplino ad- ministered by them, be was brought to repress his extraordinary porsistent captioueness obout points of order of no point. The ses- sions of the carlior part of last weck gavo hope- ful promiso that Haiues at last was suppressed. But he is breaking out again with lua Committoe- of-the-Wholo project and his extraordinory per- formnnce in attempting to dictate the removal of committea clerks entisfactory to their com- tnittees, in order to make places fdr his corps of busted-up and frayed-out ink-slingors—tho sorrl- est lot ever heheld hanging on tho outer frings of journalism. ‘Ihe ptospects are that Lo will go on breaking out in fresh spota nntil the Mouse, thoroughly demoralized, virtunlly commita felo de se. Then oo would go biomoe in such high gleo as Hatnes himself, for in Lis estimation evidently, tho blgger the row, the bettor his prospeets of coming out ahoad in the noxt gubornalorisl canvass. Possibly, howover, tho hard-hosded Domocrats who have been driven to tho vergo of ondurance by Haines, may, at last, in eheer tceporation, clap an entingmshor of soms gort upn bim. When they do, speculations as to whit thie General Assombly wiil do may be Oneidered in order. WAINES' GREAT BPEECH INCUBATINQ. speech 18 ta bo the great effort of Haitw' lifo; for it is to be printed in the Chica- g0 Times, At lcast that ks what Iaines counts on. Vor that Lo champions the Iines' aceptlows amendment., For that ho seoks to druw inspiration from tho astonishing eailorialy of thot theat on its amendment, Ilo counts vu more—ob 1o oditorial indorsemont of the Tisnes, fot hoisan't tho slightest conception of what bnawful calamity to him, or to anybody olsa, must reeds bethe Times' indorsemont, And that’s all thore 8 ot the bottom of tho scophalous idiocy as hero manifest. Nobody ~knows exactly what the aceph- alous ~ amendirent moaus; nobodv in varticular Beems to caro to know. Buc liainos wants to got the Houso into Commiltoa of tho Wholo upon it, in order to gob off bis great spocch. ‘That's enough for the rauk and tile of thio Opposition, Haines 13 their Hpeskor, and, with that old {ustinct of foalty to o leador which bolonged to tho anciont Bemacracy, they propuse to stand by Hainos md‘fiivo him & chance to get off is speech, Thay will bad allies from smong tho flatulout statesimon who trowm the opening of the session have boon pining for opportunity to repent their musly Blump-spocches on States Rights and sicl, which havew't been sired for yeurs, But at Jast it is doubtful whellier the Houso will agree to go futo Committee of tha Wholo. ‘The bard-headed mowmbors, Domocratic snd Tudopondont, do not hewitato o pronounce the whols projoct d—d nonsense. Thoy aro begin: ning to want to get through with business and go home, and, togethor with tho Ilepublicans, aro opposed to the programmo for wind-work even in night sossion, as is proposed. Possibly, thereforo, Haives will not bo delivered of his firmt specelr, and tho Times' amendment may bo uft 10 fimbo,—to be takon up only in Committeo of the Whole, with no prospect of tho House going into Committes of the Whole. 1t uny occur to TuE TRIBUNE roaders who Lave the patictico to rond them much, if nny such thero bo, that this 1s mlmn‘ij. deal of fuss over Haines. Tho fact i3, that there en't very much of him, il told. Bub tho Las o wondrous fuvay tulent ; and so well devoloped s iz that ho bas succeeded In kooping up plcayune fusses about pieayuno matters here that have raged with all the fury of any tompeet iu a toa-pot till Lnlf the soesion ia gone; and, whon ouc attempts to de- gerlbo the sitnatlon, it fs impossiblo to do so without boginning and endivg with Haines, sinco all the Lattle Podlingtanian politics horo frothing sud splattering centres round him. Nobody iy #o tirod of bim as the corrospondents thomsolves, for this session Iy exclusively iaines' funoral. tho which it is thelr sad fato"to hayeto report. T'ho daily r»efllinu of us all Is to bu delivercd from writing Haines. TIE HAINES BUREAU OF CORRESPONDENCE. In conuu?uuncn of tho oxposure by Tue 'Unin- u~E and other Republican Jouruals of lus quar- tering his corps of correspondents upon the Honsa aa comunitteo clerks, Ilnlues Las been compollod to abaudon that project, so fur aj it was incomplete, Tho places” of nine clorks stricken oft the pay-rofl by bhim, after ho had himself cortifled the roll, fomalie placos for bis correspondents, will not bo filled, Aftor tho ox- puanrs he biad not tho audagity to fill tho vacan- cies with bis scribblers, and, lostead, will uow clalm tho crodit of the retrenchmont offocted by tha reduction of the number of clerks. ————— HOUSE, PUBLIO WRINTING, Special Dispateh ta T'he Chacaao Tridune, BrriNariELy, Fob, 15,.~The House mot this morning without a quorums snd improved the oc- casion by letting tho Clork finish up tho second roadinge of bills, That douo, a resolution was in- troduced calling for information as to tho ex- pouse of printing the olection registry-books, On motion to refor to the Committee on Priuting tho ayes and nocs wero demauded, aud it was dis- covered thut tho ITouso lacked ono of n quoruin, Lut onough mombors came in beforo the result was declared to give exactly & quoruw, and busi- nows was prococded with, PHOTEOTION AOAINST QUACKS, The Committee on Miscollaneous Bubjects re- ported back Rickert’s Lill to regulato tho prac- tice of modicine, Lhls is the bill which pro- hibits the practice of mediciue in thia Stato by any porson who shall not bave sttended at loant two courses of leotures at some medical college i tho United Btates or some foreign country; and, beforo it hall be lawful for uny person to practico as & doctor of modicine, ho shall flle with tho County Clerk a copy of his diploma, The Lill is prospective in its operation, and does not apply to doctors in practice at the timo of ita pausage. SIUTTING UF PUBLIC PABSANES, A bill was introduced providing that na City Cuuncil, whethior of a city incorporated under the geucial law or by Bpeciol sct, shall bave power to vacate a etroet or alley, or any part thersof, except by a yoto of threo-fourths of tho whole rumber of Aldermen; *‘ provided, that when a majority of the legal voters voling at the last corporation electiou’ shall petition such vacation, it may be done by a majority vote of thio Aldormon, and tho Board of Aldermen uny then dispose of tho street vacated, by sale or othorwise, lu mccordauce with the prayer of tue Datition. AGAINET *' CBEDIT-HODILIELS.” Juuwes, of Lake, introduced a il declaring sll Pruberly of corporations (except wunioipali- ties) 8 trust-fund ju tho hands of the Direciors, for the paywent of the corporatc debts, Lhe object i to prevent snles, loases, olo., of the corr.orale property by the Direciora to them- gelves, toiho prejudico of creditors, and for this pirpoga to tubject them to control by the courta aa Trustees, RESATORIAT, APPORTIONMENT. A resolution wan offercd and laid on the tablo, proponing an amotidment ta the Coustitution, 8o 1adintrioting the Niate as to maka thirty-thres, instend of (anat presont) fifty-one Senatorial dis- tricts. : RESOLDTION OF INQUIRY, A resolution was adopted Instructing the Com- mitteo on Priuting to inquire and report why tho sublication of the reports of tiie Btate chatitablo ]nnlimuonn bas boen delayed. This Is under~ good to be preparatory to vrolonged inventigas tions of eversthing under Lopublican manage- mont. THF OMIO 4 MICKIOAN OANAL. 1In reapouse ta & resolution of iuquiry, the Ca- 1Al Commisstonora transmitted a report showing that tho total amount paid ofticers and employea In« year was £19,052, being §12,240 less than 13 for the famo sorvics by the Trustees, Corn fransported during 1874, 5.603,608 bushirla : fum- ver, 52,000,000 feet : toll eolloctod, AL4L831, LINCOLN TATK, Sticknoy intraduced a bill te provide for the fssno of Linculn Park bonds, with interest pay- ablo somi-sunually, to take the placo of those alraady temied with {nterost pavablo annually, Tu support of tho bill, the difliculty of placing tha prasent bonds is urged. I'he Honata was not in session. — COMMONWEALTH MATTERS. REVIAION OF THE TAX LAWS IMPRONADLE, Special Dispateh to The Chicaqo Tribune, BrmxoFIELD, 1, Feb. 16.—Theto s & grrw- {ng feeling among members of the hopolessnoss in the presont disorganized condition of the 1ouao of attompting to pass tho proposed re- vision of the Goveral llovenue law. Further, it i folt that thero is not now timne loft in which to properly framo o important o moasure, the oute line of which {s not ss yot determined. Incon- sequienco, the project fot the apnointment of & Speainl Commission to thoroughly consider tho subject and roport to the next General Assembly » now Revenue bill, complote in all its dotalle, i canyassed favorably, and (It anything dofinite be dono with regard to the proposed rovision) will probably earry both Houscs. In support of this project it is nrgod that the firat question to be determined is whether tho proposed system of corporation and liconao taxes (and tho excmption of our real estate from lovy for Stato purposes) is constitutional, and it is claimed that until that Do clearly sottled no ac- tion shonld be taken with viow to the adoption of tho now evatem. and this is ona of tho ques- tions which il is tho design to refor to the Com- mission should it bo estabhuhed, THE STATU BRAVES. A bill for tho ouvroliment and organization of s Stato Guard, drawn by Gonqdml. of Cook, and James, ot Lako, will shortly be roportod by the Militia Committeo a8 o substitute for the bill sont hore by Col, Frank Shorman and others. It will provide for arming and uniforming the Stato Guard. As tho Stato has s considorabla lot of arms on hand, and is i recvipt of some $10,000 worth annunlly from {ho General Governmont, 1t iy claimea tho exnRudituro in that rogard will bo small, When called out, the privates aro to bo paid 21 per day, aud the oflcers will be left to tind thoir compenention i glory, TUE STATE FAUIL Nearly or quite all of tho members of the Stato Toard of Agrienlturs are hore to-night. To- Inorrow tho Doard will mect iu spocial wession to decido upon tho location for the Stato Fair for tho next two yoars—I1475-"70. Tlo contest soemy to bo betwoen this city and Jackaonviile, though other contestants may put in an apposrance to- morrow. This city will make a strong offart to seuro it, tha necessary fands having beon raised for thio purpose, and o word now aud then from members of tho loard te-night would scem to indieato that, all things being oqual, Springtiold will get 1t. ‘Lho mutter will doubtless be decided to-mortow, CONTES Snecaal Die ED-ELECTION CAS! 0 The Chieano 't Jouer, I, Tho Sonate mitteo on tha contested-clection caso of Sehiing and DMarshall for tho Senatorship of tho Fif- teenth District adjourned on Saturday snd re- tirued co Sprngtictd, The examiuation of _wit- nossos will bo cundueted by A, I Kuox, Esq., Fotary and Master in Chiancery. + Mr. Knox has examined but fow witnesses, It is found that o Iarge number—tho greater proportion, in fact— of the illogal votea an claumed were cast for tho contestant, Fred Behring. o SR OTHER LEGISLATURES, INDIANA. REGULAR PLOCLEDINGS. Speciat Dispateh to I'he Chicado Tribune, IspraxaroLw, Ind., Feb, 16,—Tho Senate in- dofinitoly postponed the Boardeloy bill to givo railroad omployers tho bouefit of the Indiaua Lxemption laws despito contrary lows ol other States. Much of tho timo of tho sesslon was passod on bills on & secoud reading. Bills passed tho 1louso oxempting real snd persounl property of joint-ntoclk sgricultural compnuies ; compolliug o voto of the peopls on any appropastion by Couuty Commisslonors over ono-quartor of 1 por cent; appropriating #22,108 to pay the dekt of tho Normal School ot Terra Haute, and reducing the prico of SBuprome Canrt roporta to 3, A resolution asking Congrose to equalizo sof- diers’ bountios passed unanimously. RAILROADS, A mooting of tho Railway Committocs of both °| Houses, in conjunction with the ropresoutatives of railway linos, Liold at llotel Bates to-night and thrown opon to mombors of the Legislaturo, was largely attonded. Only two or threo roads in the Btate wore not represontod. The questions discussed were the propeloty of regulating rates for froight and passengors, and for fencing roads, tho side of tho raiirondy being presonted at longth by Presidont Iugalls, of tho Cincinnati Ltoud, aided dupt, Woodward of tho St. Lonis, and Gon, George B, Wright, of tho Bloomington & Weatern, The abuses of shippors wers pre- sonted by Col, A, D, Btreight, n lprom‘nonl mor- chant of this city, and Col. Willam Foster, of Nowton Couuty, 'Ihe interview was protracted to & lato hour,” Tho subject of railroad reguln- tion wes madoe the special order for Wednesdsy in the 1louee. TUE MICHIGAN CITY PRISON. Mors complaints aro made aguinse the man- ngewent of the Northoin I'tison. It charged thiat undue punishments arc inflicted—men uear- 1y killed by ducking and catted almost to death. Tuegiolative fwquicy will probubly be ordored at oo, MINNESOTA, THE SENATUNIAL CONTEST. Epacfal Disputeh to The Chieano Tribuns, B7. Paur, Feb, 15,—Threo ballots wore taken for Bonator to<lay, lu which Lochron hud 63 votel ‘ole, 84 to 98 ; Washburn, 2910 82; and 14 to 21 votes were scattorod among oloven can- didates, tho highest being 8 for Gen. L. A. Hub- bard. Unless Washburn is withdrawn, the division of Repuoblicans between Cole and Washburn will wimply contivuo the Ram- woy-Davls split. 1lis supporters say ho will romain in the fleld, which dofeats the Democratic hupes of elocting Lochiren by tho aid of the Ilennenin County Represontatives and thelr influenco, Prominent Nopresantatives, reprasenting all factions, frecly ackuowledgo to- vight that thoro iw no present bops of thoir uuiting on auy one candidate. REGULAR NUBINESS, In the Senate, bills were iutroduced requiring railioad companies ta fence their roaus u Free- bory County; providing for a lien uvon crops a8 socurity for loans of seed § and appropriating 50,000 towards the cowpletionof the Ineane Asylum st 8t, Peter. u the Houso, tho bill reatoring the death-pen- alty was amondod, #o that the jury may predcribe imprisoument, Otherwise the ssutonce to death follows a verdict of guilty of reurder in tho tirst dogroo, ‘The present law allows the jury to pre- seriba death, othorwiso a wentence of imprison mant followe. Bi'la wero iutroduced limiting homestead ex- omption from seizaro for debt to the value of #3,000; decluring forfeituro by the Bi. I'sul & Pacifle Company of lauds, frauchises, etc., of the St. Vincent and Braiuord exteusion lines, the Htato to hald the same for the completion of the ruads by other companios. In tho Senate a momorial againat the oxtension of Wheeler & Wilsou patouts was passed, jaoe S KANBAS, ROUTING WORK. Spectal Diapateh to T'he Chicage Tribuns, Torexa, Kan., Feb., 15.—The Benaio spent some time to-dsy discussing the bill suthorizing County Commissiouers to provide uecossariod for destituie porsons by selling scrip, but came to uo conclusion in the mattor, A bill reduciug SBheriffa’ feos about 85 per cent was passed, Abllto establish salarfos of Slate efficers and mombera of the Loginlsture was disctiegel during mont of the afternoon in Commitleo of tho Whele, and will como up again to-morrow, "T'ho Houro poased tho bill to appropriate $05,- 000 to deatleute countiea. This in tho Sennto hill, and, as passed by that body, makes the appropria- tion n six vosrs' loan o the countien. The Tlouse amonded it by making it a direct loan, T'he fato of the amendment {n the Bonata is donbtful, with tho chances against its adoption. Tho Oovornor aubmitted to the Banate to-day a long communication from tho State Land- Agent concerning the sales of lands granted o tha State by the (ieneral Qovernmont for (nternal improvement purposes, Tho Agent atates that 110 ias reason to beliove that a considorable sum of monay 1a duo tho Btata from former fucum- :mndtu of s oflice on acoount of sales of theso ands. A caucus of Republican membera of the Legis- Inture has boen called, ostonsibly to cousldor the matter of general loginlation, but roally to docide npon & policy concorning invostigations of ex- Hiato oilicois. s WISCONSIN, A DULL DAY, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaoo Tribune, Mapisoy, Wis., Feb, 15.—Both Houses had & brief session to-night. In the Assembly, s communication was recely- ed from Judeo Small, asking fora bill of particu- Yara in thoe impoachiment cane brought by N. 8. Murphy, of the Sentinel ; also, & communteation from tho lattor gontloman asking that cunusel bio employed. Mr. Pinney objacted to such employment. Mr. Lees tmoved that a special committes bo ap- pointed to considor the communications, which waslearricd, and Monsrs, 1.eon, Comstock, Farus- worth, Pluney, and Korshaw were appointed such committco, ; "The Ausombly concurred in a momorial to Con- press for tha extonsion of timo for the construc- tion of the road from St. Croix to Bayfield. 1n tho Henate the nomination of Dr, 0. Wrlght nn Htato Geologist was eonfitmed by a vote of 23 tol, "A'bill paseed fo ancourago tho building of n nirrow-gaugo raltroad, and appropriating 80,000 for Lho ercction at the University of & now bulld- Ing Tor scientliic purposee, — MICHIGAN, NO DUBINESS TRANSACTED, Svecial Diwpateh to The Chicagy Tribune. TLAsmya, Mich, Feb, 15.—Tha Ifouse mot without & quoram prosent, and sdjourned till Tuesday morning at 10 o'clack, The Senato adjourned till the sama hour after tranaacting business of no particular conse- quonce. Senatot Grouscl introduced bills to amend the Tolico act of Detroit, and to amend Sec. 2 of tho nct concerning_tho stenographor of tho ltecord- et's Court in Detroit. It limits him to his salary exclusively. g — NEBRASKA. GUOD FUR PUONOGRAPRERA, ¥ Special Dispateh to The Clicaao Tribune. O>tams, Nob,, Feb, 16,—The Legislature of Nebraskn has passod a law suthorizing the ap- poiutmont of short-haud roportors iu District Cowits, py tobo £5 per cay aud 10 conts por folio for writing out tertimony. ey WEST VIRGINIA VOTE FOR UNITED STATES BESATOR, Huxrinaton, W, Va., Fob. 16.—~Tho joint bal- lot in tho Legielaturo for a United States Sena- tor to-day stood: Gen. Jackson, 26; Walker, 23; Prico, 17; tho balanco scatteriug. A MARDI-GRAS INCIDENT. Suinner Plays ¢ @iz Injun? and Loses KDin Sealps From the Loutsvalle Courfer-Jonrnal, Tle Mardl-gras procession on ‘Tuesdny was witnossod by largo erowds, and tha Judierousim- peruonations of charactor will live loug in the omories of tho mnsses, who Iaughed until thetr tidos ached, Among tho motloy boet who per- ambulated tho ntroets in tho procession was 8 long, cudaverons-looking fellow, represcnting Comanche Indian. Tlis faco was painted red, his suit was woll mado up. Upoa his ponderons fcot wora & pair of new moceasins, and hanging from the beaded girt that encircled his body wero half adozen “hoss pistols ™ andas many scalpa, Inaldo this beltstuol u eheeno-knife aud a seythe-biade, His loug black Lair was bauded with n brasy hoop, from which etuck about a dozen of turkoy and gooso feathers, and iu his right haud ho bold with an iron grasp a tomatiawk, red with soma victim’s blood. Any one who had read or heard or the famous Indian warrior, Bloody Noss, would havo snid he bLad arisen from tho dead and joined that pracession. Butit waa not the blood-thirsty rover of tho forcst, [t was Bkin- ner who porsonated him, and he did it to porfoc- tion, 1Ilis appenrance was a terror to women gnd childran, whils s war-whoop, and the ravolu- tlons of that bloody tomahawk wero certain deuth to “do_cuiled population,” Livervhody sow tho wild Indian, Lut nobody kuew it was Skinnor, While the procession moved through tho vari- ous streots, Skinuer would gob dry, and break ranks by dodging iuto bar-rooms and taking in lis usual doso of * firc-water.” Iy the timo Bkinnor lad * war-whooped” {on or fiftcon Llocky, snd hid about half a kog of **fira-wator about lus person, Lo wasin ** fine trim " to play Comanche, and began to think he was ** Bioody Noso * sure enoungh, for L tried to ** scalp™ no lesa than a dozen darkies that foll into his hands, Tho procession pugsod within a square or two of Skinuer's house. Skinner Las » wife, and shio 14 the mother of fiyo little malo and four femalo Bkinners. Bkiuner's wife doea her own worlk ; in fact, she's * hous " of Bkinnor's Louse, and, instead of Lior rushing oft with a string of littla Skinners aftor her to see tho procession, sho kept the little ones st _home, and stoyed in the kitchon nttending to cleaning tho pots, kottles, and pans aftor dinner. A new idon struck Skinner. e would go home and scaro Mrs, Bkinner sud all the little Skin- uers. Ile out loose from the procession, took snothor dogo of * firo-water,” and by the time ho reached lis front gato, hia was the most rockless. looking Comancho the world over bohold, Pics- Ing up now courago le rushed futo tho front room whers the little Bkiunora were “ playing clrens.”” His appearanco was sccompanied by wild yolls aud fancy danciog, while be mado that tomahawk fly around tho room over tho ehildren's hoads as if hio meant business, tholittle Bkiuners shouting, 1)1 Mr. Injin, dou't!" *mother!” *murder!” ‘fire!” and there wero such scroams ns would have made any *sure cnough” Indian ron, Blidaner was just in the middie of Lls fun, when the screams of the clnldren and the war- whoops of the Comanecho brought Mra, Bkinner to tho wcone, armed with an iron skillot, Bhe slipped up behind the ** playful Indian,” drow a boud on his noee, and londed that skillot with the forco of a slodge-hammer aud tho rapidity of lightuing against it. Tho hand lob go tho tomahawk, the feathora flew, the belt bursted, sud the scalps, pistols, wsud kuives fell to the floor, Thero was & ilesh-und-blood spot in the 1nlddle of L face whero that rose was s momont before the skillet mashed it. It now faoked ltke & bursted tomato sproad all over his fuce. Thero was & groan, & fall, » somersaultor two, and all was quiet. That Comanche had found tho “bappy Lualing grotuds.” Instedd of Mrw, Bkinner sending for the doc- tor and bathing bis face, sbe looked down into his mutilated faco, and, shakivg the sklllot over him with' Ler right hand, nlc!nfiuud: 1l war- whoop you. You thoughit you'd searosomebody, you derned old fool ; but T know'd You, Haon &K T seed your feet, aud smolt your broath.” P, B.—Skinuer hag an Indian masquorado suit for salo cheap. Ila wou't be able to bo out untll lie golu done breathing through his ears, The doctor Bays his nose tnay grow out sgam by the timo the noxt Mardi Oras takes place, Wo ad- vise Skinnor to got a braes noseand ** go Weat." — e n A 1Rorrible Affnir, #rom a Puris Letter, ' Ono of tho strangest and most horrible of sen- eatioual Inoidonis took Yllca tho other day st Putesux, A party of childron who were playiug in the environs discoverod floating in tho air and parily entangled amid the branches of a troe, & white parcel, upborne by means of some twouty or thirty little rod toy-balloons, which wero attached to it. Tho attoution of the police boing called to this sinqular object, it wes brought down sud the package opened, which proved to contaiu the corpse of & new-boru in- fant. Tuvestigations into the matter brought to light the following facts, Tho child was that of a poor toy-maker and his wife; just after tho continenseut of the latter the husband Liad died 1uddauly. sad all the housshold goods and chat- ely huad been seized for ront. Tue unbappy woman was driven mad h{‘tml accumulation of misfortunes; she killed hor infant, and then wont out aud throw herwolf ivto the river, leav- iug bokind her a written paper, in which sho de- clated her intontion of cumitting suicide, aud sald that sho * ludfn\tnn Ler baby all ready to go up toheaven.” saddor (alo wilh a strauger termination it would be hard to find. The toy- balloons evidently had formed part of the dead husband's stock in trade. FOREIGN, Tho Now King of Spain Recognized by Great Britain. Ninoty Persons Killed in a Chinese Prison Mutiny, MacMahon Unfortunate in Ifis Cabinet Sclections. GREAT BRITAIN, THE NEW BPANISH GOVERNMENT BECOANIZED, Losnoy, Feb, 15.—~In the Iouse of Commons to-day Bourke, Under Seeretary for the Foreign Department, in roply to the inquiry, stated that instructions would bo sont to-night to Layard, tho Dritlsh Minlster at Madrid, 40 rocognize Alphouso as King of Bpain, Lopes, acting by advica of Distacll, apalogized for and withdrow the offensiye expression Lie ind uoed in regard to tho Home-lulers. —— FRANCI THE PENDING CRISIN, Pants, Fob, 16.—No ono to whom Presidont MacMalioti has applisd to form a Cabinot is will- {ng to undertake the task until tho Constitu- tional lawa aro docided upon. THE WIMIFFEN LINEL CABE. Tamis, Feb, 16.—The libel ¢aso of Gen. Wimpffon, against M, Do Cassaguno, has re- sulted in & vordice for dofandant. — GREAT BRITAIN, DON'T BELIEVE IN MOUDY, Dunra¥, Feb., 16.—Archbishop Cullen, 1n a pastoral lettor, condemus the misslon of tho re- vival preachers, Moody and Sankey (of Chieago), who, ha says, promive eatvation by foolish sonsa- tionalism, witbout roquuring repoutance. i 5 ol CHINA, JAIL UEVOLT. Loxnoy, Fob. 15,—A telogram from Bingaporo roports tuat tho revolt of Chihose prironers in Jnil thero was not supprosod baforo sixty-soven porsons were killed and injured, includivg six- teen wardons. ———— GERMANY, HARL DLIND ASBAULTED. Lospoy, Feb, 15,—Karl Blind, the Liberal Gorman politiclan, has been seriously injurod by & German fanatie, who assaultod him, - —— ENGLISII IPOLITICS, * ‘The Liberal Marqain of Beighie At a_meeting of Liborals at Lowes, Sussorx, Jan. tho Marquis of Inrtington made n speeels, in tha course of which he ssid: ** o would dwell for o fow minutes on tho prescut and futuro position of the Liboral purty. 1Lhoy uud been rominded soveral times that evoning that thoy wore not at the height of their for- tuncs, Thoy had lost thelr loadar ; they wore in s minonty of the Ifouso of Commons; and, what was more than all, thero were a great many subjects, and somo of them most important, on which they wore not agreed amoug thiomsclvos. Undeor auch circumstaucea as these, somo would probably sas, * What wos theuscof the Liberals ? What wan tho meuning of the Iaboral party ? What wae tho mcaning of the attempt at rcorganization of that party? What was the meaning of the organization of Liboral ansoclations? Why were tlm{ trylng to get up unow Liberal club, and why flll up col- umon of the press as to who is to bo tho leader of tho Liberal party 2 Woll, ho thonght an an- wwor might be given to the question—that thero might be utill a Liboral party, aud still work for tho Linerl party to do. 1lo belloyed in the first placo, that it was desirablo if poesibla to keep tho Liberal party togethor, that it might discharge tho constilutionni dutles of Her )hicu opposition. Ifo had no particular fault to find with the present Governwmont, but hio did not beliovo that nny Governmont or any administration was 8o porfectly wise and good that it was not all tho bouter for having its ad- ministration watehed and its measures criticisod Dy o vigilaut opposition, Thoy had licard some- thing tbat night about tha forelgn policy of tho present Government, and surely at the present mowment tho state of Europo wns not such that the 1lousa of Commons could bo abso- tutoly fro from the duty of watching closoly tha foreign policy of the (loverument. Certainly tlio toreign polley or Lord Derby very much re- membled the foreign polioy of Kurl Granville, and on that aecount bo did not think that thoy wonld havo much tosay; but hohnd heard that tho foroign policy of the late Government was not * suficiontly spirited,”and somo of them thought thero would have been o change. Thoy thought, porhnps, thoy were golng to have o change whon ntthe Mansfon Houso Lhoy heard words from Mr, Disracli which looked vory much liko lec- turing Prince Bismarck, but thoy afterwards found that that was not fumugursting s ‘gpirited forelgn policy,’ for thoy wero assured that tho orator had heon misunder- stood, and_that ho waa mnot thinking ubout it at all. In fact 8o deep was Mr., Disraoli's respect for Prinen Dismarck that ho socm- ed Inclined to tnke lum ns his counsellor aud his guido in_foreign politica, Contrary to tho usual practico, at the Invitation of I'rinco Bismarck tho present Goverumeunt rocoguized the Government of Spain—certaiuly ot & wo- mont when the peoplo of Spain had not recog- nized it thomsclves, and wera even in arms n)i'nlnul. it ; thoy had organized it at the lnstanco of Princo Dismarck, And cortainly that recog- nition Lisa not donoe much, for, sliortly after, nn- othier Governmont was formod. Coming Lo the question of 1ho diSunion of the Libcral parly, ho said they must look tho r}um(nn fairly in tho face, 1o was willing to admit that they were not & nnited and well-drilled party in the sende in which n party manager or 8 party would hiko to poo them. Ilo admitted thot, being tho fricads of progroess, there were somo of them in favor of one roform aud somno in fuvor of anotl- er ; and somo in favor of ono rate of progress and others {u favor of s lower rato of rogreas; but it meemoed to bim that t would bo unreasonablo, especially in tho froe- dom of oppasition, that the friends of progrosa and reform shonld be debarred from advocating that from which scomed to thom bost. At a timo when they wore in opposition, thoy must wake corpromiscs, a8 compromises had been mado beforo; but nt tha saine time it would bo unreasonable it thoy did not allow any ecction of the party, or any iudividual of the party, to taks this opportuuity of bringlng befora lho country, and convince the country if he could, of the morits of that particular roform Ls advo- cated; and whether ho did it in the pross, or ju public mostiugs, or whother ho took action in Darllament, for his own part he would not ocomplaiu; but it ho might bs allowed to give ono word of advico and cautlon to the Liboral party, it was that they should bear in mind what ho belicyoa to boono of the groat principlos, if not the greateat principla of tho Liboral poliey, viz.t ‘that thoy should trust fully and entircly In the people, i tho hu{w and taust that truo principlos would ultimately pro- vail with tho people. [Loud cheors.) Lot the people Bovoru themselves, Lot them take what wmeans they could to pursuade and convinco tha peoplo; but at the eamo timo ho bolioved that it was botter that tho pooplo eliould bo governed ovon upon falss principles—which thoy did not admit—it lhez bore fu mind that Brluclpla, It they bore that fu mind thiey would have as much liberty in the party as auy ouo could deuire, and yob thoy wight not be altogether a disunlted lvlrlyA Liet liim tako the justance of My, Bright. lo did not sgrec with Mr, Bright's speech ; ho did not think thet By, Lright attached nearly eufliclent woight to the affoc. tlous” which the Church of TLogland hald upon the feslings of the people of this country, o did not thivk he sttached nearly sufliclont wolght to the good which that Church did, and he thonght that Mr, Bright attached too much weight to the fmperfections aud faulta that wero to be found in any auch huwan justitution, At tbhe same tiwe, ho know that Mr, Dright con- scientioualy sud firmly Leld those opinions which ha advocated, and that he would do all iu his power to gain the approval of thls country to tbe opivion which ho bold with re« rard to religlous catablishments. Dut did Mr. right ask hia friends to make divestablishmoat of tho Churel a toet question 2 Did ho ask tho Liverals to refuso their confidenco from ever; one who would not vota for disestablishmont Nothing of the kiud, Mr, Bright intended to spitate for disostablishment, ss he aud Mr. Cobden sgitated for the principlos of free trade, —namely, by pennldhl‘f people of the justico of thoss priueiples, Mr, Bright was nght thew ; it Lo was right now, he (Iord Hartlogton), for bis own Imt, belteved Mr, Brigut would succeod but if he wae wrong, &s he bolieved he was wrong uow, e believed be would not succeed, He did not think they had reached finality in reform ; but ib was clear to overy one that a4 this moment the people of this eouniry rty~Speeches by the wrtinaton and Johu wers “not proparcd for groat and axtensive organic changes. e believod that the time would comn when furthor chabges would have to be mado. It was botter they should be made by tho Tiberat party than by the Congorvativa party, [lo did not fmagine that Consorvatives themeselves woro of opinion that the Constitution of this country was improved or that faith in publio men strengthened when tiie Catholio Lmancipation bill was carrled by Pory statowmen, whon I'reo Lrade was carried by ‘a Protectionist statesman, or evon Iately, when # largo extontion of tho franchire was mada by the men who had just rosistad any ox- toumon at nll, Ha belleved that liberal reforms ought to bo made by Fiboral statesmon, and for that reason Lio implore:] members of thie Liberal party not to loso tholr confidence in Liberal principles, but to work, aud wait. if necennary, in order to reorganizo nnd reconstitute tho aroal T.dboral party to which thoy woro so much at- tached.” On the 25th of Janunry, Mr. Dright spoke hn- fore the Birmingham Liberal Association, o gove the causos of tho recont Liboral defeat, and then went on to deprecato the action of thoso wlio would. if necessary, divide conutitnon- cios unless what was called n working-clasa can- dldate could bo returned. If, bo sald, ** wo aro to have n Parlinment compoxod of clasecs, ono of workingmen representatives and oue not cf ropresentatives of tho workiugmen, it appenrs to me it would be one of the gicatest ealamities that could happen to our represontation.” If thoy could find a man—let bim bon firat-closy, wocond-class, or & third-clum passengor—uwith intelligouco, nnd hioncsty, and firmnoss, snd that kind of capncity which they could undor- stand for parliamentary daly, then Jay hold of bim ot once and muko him n mombor of Parliamont. But this now privciplo Lo belioved to be o principlocofitrary to all tho true interesty of the country, and Lo all the wise and best prin- ciplns of tho bent men in it. Mr. Bright referred to the work dono by Lord llussoll, Mr. Glad stonp, Mr. Joseph Ifume, 3Mr. Charlos Villiors, Mr. Cobden, Alr, Rieazdo, aud Mr, Milner Qib- aon, for tho honefit of tho workinz clansos, aud waid that ho himgolt gavo his humblo servicos in asristing these men, According to thin doctrite which 18 now preachied, although ho bad done somo work in his time, ho was not by any means to bo ealled & workingmnn, What they” wanted throughont the conntry among the Iiberal party was intelligent union smong all classes of tho poople. Dr. Dright, toward tho closo of Lis d- dreag, reforrod as follows to Lis speech of tho provions Monday : T camo horo'on Monday depressed and bur- dened. ‘Pho times are not excitinig, nor aro thoy favorable to cloar indieation totiia mind of n ppeaker what nre the topics ho nhonlil speak upon or exactly how thoy thould be treated, I wysolf waw roluctantly driven, sy tho meeting approachied, Lo n considoration of tho great ques- tion which I discussod at somo length on hion- day ovening. No owo will bolleve, 1 Lopo, thas 1 have been netuatod in that conrse by nny wish to disturb the unity of tho Liberal party, or that [ bavo wished to tum pablic indignation ngninst tho Lstablished Chureh. 1 spoke as I folt in my heart. I spoke with rogard of thousands of thono who nro domng relizious work within tho borders of tho Chureh of Bngland. 1 throw out what [ thought would o some seed to scatter over tho Innd, to give, as I said, my humble coutribution to the discussion of & great ques- tion, which cannot bo ovaded—a disenkgion which I am not the first to etiter upon ot o pro- mote, bt which theg aro most actively promot- g who have the graatest intercat fn lettlng it alone." gl THE FRENCH ARMY. fta Reorgonization. From the Londen Times, « @nllos quogue inbello floruisse andivimus I was tho ecoruful oxolamation of Burko whou the first defenta of 1792 rovealod the military wenk- uess of France, and Iaid baro the dofects of her ill-formed armien. Tho political saga did not livo ta see tho continontat the feot of Napoleon ; but boforoe bis death, in 1707, bo had behold tuo legions of -the Republic march in triumph over the Ithino and tho Adige, and beat buck tho caalition of Lurope. Though tho disasters of Frauce four yourd ago wore almost unparalleled intho sonals of war, wo nover belioved that thoy foroshadowed tho psrmanant and utter col- lapso of tho natiow ; aud we felt assurcd that the cnorgetic raco which bad overcomo Agincourt, 8t Quentin, DPavia, and tho ascendency of the Houso of Austria, aud tho Loague, and the Tronde, and 1793, would ultimatoly regaln its position, Btill the sudden- neas of the I'rench recovery lns surprised us like otbier observers 3 and we could hardly havo holieved that n State which had suffored tho aw- ful rovorses of Scdan and Metz, aud had beon torn asundor bil the strugelo of the Commune, conld, within the space of so fow years, hava largely renewed its militay strongth, and lave addressod itsolf to tho task of moking it re- sources of wnr goro vast and torriblo than thoy had Licen at any time in it history, Theso, how- ovor, are the astonihing facts ; aud not only is thio French army ot this moment a_vory Impos- ing force, but the cuanges which are Loing wrought in it_will, it comploted as they have been designed, malo it far moro numerous and Dbetter propared, moro ready for tho flold nnd moro ¢t to strike, than It wus in tho dni:u of Austerhitz ond Jena, That this will be the caso dirtinctly appears from tho intercst- ing publications before us—tranalations by thoso accomplished soldiers, Lieut.-Col. fome and Maj, C. B, Brackenbury, of tha projecta of army reform {n France, which tho National Assombly Las lately appraved, ou the recommendation of & connitteo composod of distinguishied French of- ficers, ‘Those papors aliow that I'ranco has re- solved, Yile Prussia ntter 1800-7, completsly to hor militsry_systom; and they dus transform clogo, even in minute detml, the strongth, tho charactor, and the organization of tha glgantis force which, 1 part modeled on the German pat- torn and in part on itw own, is dostined to risoon tho ruins of tho hosts that succumbed In 1870-1, Wo mny doubt whother thia_immensa reform is pousiblo in tho existing condition of Franco, or whother—not to speak of othor chances—the ar- dont and impatient Fronch tornperament willgivo it tine to ba fully developed ; but, if it bs offect- od, the result, wo repeat, will mako the mil- ilary power of, the nation most formidablo from every polnt of view. Nor is tho spirit which pervades those pages losa remarkablo than their evidont purposs. No trnces of hoast- fulness wiil be found in the discus-fons and re- ports of the Committee ; the doflciencics, iudead, of tho Franch soldior obtsin aven undue promi- nouco ; and n tone of calm salf-rolianco and firm rosolve to retriove misfortuno and mibdue dofeat broathos In every line of thess carnest rocords of searching Inquiry and stern detormination, In a word, I'rance ia horo #een in hor moxt serious mood ; and the openiug sentence of theso papers convoya their meaning trom first to last: “Qreat disasters carry with thom mmeh fo- struction, 1t is wise to understand thom ; [t in courageons to profit by them. i‘ar, then, from allowing itself to be cast down by its misfor- tupes, & nation which rufuses to fall siudies tho cousos of its defeat, and roforms overything that enfeoblos It, must finally raws itaclf even roater, after those trials which Trovidonce in- iota on nations %4 ou indlviduals, the bettar to point out thelr dutios and elovato to s highor placo thoso who can support trial.” Whatover tho ultimato hopen of thelr authors, these reporta caunuot bo fairly regarded a3 o menace to Germany at the predont timo: but,as may bo supposed, they have tho war of 1670 cou- tinually iu viow, and considor Germany as o pos- gibla 00, T'he causcaof tho raverses of Kriico {n that war are, of course, fullv and dlstinotly noted, for it was thoso teryible lessons that brought to light the vices of the old Franch mili- tary systom, and have bLeen tho motive of the intended changos, "I'ho future military power of Franco will thus, it tho programmae Lo carried ont, rost on a cou- tinuiug sories of yearly contingonts chosen on tho principle of & geueral obligation touorvo, and anoually expanding the strength of tho army, A permanont array of about 120,000 mou, composed of the staf, of ollicors, of a military police, and of_re-engaged proforsional soldiers, must bo added to these immonsa masses ; and when the systom shall hmvo reached completa- ness, by the incorporation of succeseive contur- gonta for the full period of twenty years—that 18, five, four, and five and six respectively, nc- cording ta the differont kiads of sorvice—it is calcutatod thiat the warlike rosources of France will considerably oxceed 2,000,000 mon, with- out reckoning the ‘‘dispensed with " classes, and thie auxiliury or foreign troops which bave always been found in the Fronch army, and Lave some- fimen sorved with the highest distinction, By these means the now French levies will forin ele- meuts of vast armics, represonting, ss now is the case in Germsny, an image of the nation jtsel( in arma, and tho living forces aud enorg; of the State. 'Tho princples, top, on whioh theae masses are to be recruited and collected by degrees, to be arrayed, ofiicered, ruled, and ad- miuistored, 878, with some vory plain de- tinctions, auslogous to those exlstiug in Lrussia, aud forcsbadow & similar military systom. - A Dog Stor; Paris Correapondtence New York Times, Hero is & true and ourious dog mtory: The othier eveniug = reporter for the Gaulois was go- ln% lome lite at uight 1o tho midat of most Lor- riblo weathier, whien he overtook s drunken wan trymg to cliwb tho Rue de ltome. Ho was fol- lowod by & mongrel cur, who kept at s heols snd seemed to stsgger like his master. ‘Yho druuken man stopped, aud the dt:fl begau tobite ob Lis loge. * Lot me aloue, will you?” cried the drunknrd, ** I'm going on aftor & rest;" byy tho dog continuod Lo tug ot his trousers, T reportor stopped to ace the owml of thix (-unm:e moona, *There, thero!" eried thn man g Tenath, * T'm going o, You'll toar tihe breocies off mo 1o stactod, and the dog_ trottoi ay hiy hocls, Aftor a fow yardsihe drunkard agaig atopped, aud the aama’ scono aceuried, tha (o, growling and sunpping until his mastor bogan (o go forwnrd, Tho reporter want a mila out of hiy way toseo this inm)ll;l:«nl dog tako his mater hoine, and saw him wag s tail with evident st lnlf;cflnn a8 {ho drunkard reelod over his threy). old. A STEAMER ON FIRE, @itnsirntion of the Vialuo of Discip. tine, Coulnessy and Courngd on Ioard Shipe Corvenponilence of the Londan Times, Danpavogs, Dee. 81, 1874.—Tho Rogal Aty Bteam_Packet Cnm‘lmny‘n stenmalup the Nije Capt. Boveis, left Southampton ou tho after. noon of tne 17th of Decombor, having on boar uthly-chht poasougers and a erow of 119 hands all told. Aftor oxlmrlenclug unusually fig weather for such a time of theyoar, tho Nil, on the ovening of tho 21d of Docember, way some 300 mlles to tha southwestward of th, Azores, in nbout Intilude 83 dog. north and longitude 30 dog. weat. BLo paen. od by tho islands om tho aftornoon of the 224, About 7:46 o'clock, whils g majority of tho passougera wero nt tea in {he snloon, the alarm was given that tha ship was on firo. It was found that the cargo stowed iy tho after hold immedintely sbaft tho engine ruom had beeome ignited, and that the fire had gpread aft somo diatance. 'This compartment of tite bold had been inspected shortly alterg o'clock by tho mats of tho huld, who' did not then porceivo anything amies, The firo wag probably caused by the spontancous combustion of aquantity of colton wasta which Dnd beeq stowed thera, All handa wero at ohes turned up, and, without tho least confusion or ponic, overy man took his post. During the firat fow dagy of thie voyage the crow hind boon weil exercise at firo-drill aud boat-drill by Capt. Revett, and this tralving now bore good fruit. Al {le puinps were at once ot going, and five hoses powied down o delugo of wator on the burning cargo, Thoro i probably uo emergoug which more sovorely tests tuo coirage an capacity of tho commander and tho discipling and pluck of thoe oficorn and crow than fireina elip nt sea with a large nfimber on board ard far from land, Capt. Revett and his officers met the Flrain on them well. 8o thorough wa the discipline and so quictly were the arrahge. nients carried ont that the fire bad been Lirylng and the pumps playing on it tor some time bes foro a largo section of tho pacsengers wers awara that anytling was wrong. For some time not the least impresdion was made on tho fire, although tho donkoy-cuglne, the ongine pump, ahd the fore-and-aft Downton Yum)\s played on it without ceasing, Donsa voluues of most mmom.un[; Amoke cone tinued Lo pour up, By 8:30 o'clock the fits had made such way $hot ordors wers given ta clear away tho boats and gob overything ready tor lowoting thiem. This work wau care rlod out by n gang of men under the third ofi cer, saainted by tbo seamen of the Bellorophon, A supply of water and provixions was placed-m oach bost, and n largo numbor of cork swim. ming-jackets distributed through thom. 'The firo still continuing to make way, the magazin way opetied and sl tho powder In it removed, wundar the puperintendenco of Commander Fans, and #out forward, whoto it way placed under the ehargo of Mr, ''nomas Reynolds, s bontswaln in {ho Rogal Navy who was oto of the poeseugers by the Nllo. As tho firo was now n dahgerou proximity to tho qum-mom, o gang of volunteers wag orgabized under the dircction of Capt.\Wells, and tho teu hogshenade of rum it contained wers hotstod on dock ready to be thrown overhoatd I was & foat of somo diffficulty as the majn Latehway not being freo, tho casls had to be passed up by the lower dock and thenee through tho saloon. ~ Tho fire still held its own, and af 9:40, although an enormous v‘llulntuy of water had been prnped into the hold, and the carpen. tor reportad 6 fect of water thero, s groat quane tity of tho most suffocating smoka continued to surge up, Grent suzioty was now felt aa to the veunlt, cupocinlly by thoso who know that stored immediately uext to the burning waste woroa largo number of casks of machiue oil, ands uantity of coal in tarred baga, 1f tho oil took re, tho bursting flames would at onco havedrives back thoso who wore bolow battling with the fire, Rtedonbled exortiona wero nmy made. Vol untoors for the pumps wers called for from among tho passengers to rolleve the crow, aud throo gaugs were orgauized who set to work with 2 will ut tho after Downton pump. Midshipmaa Lionel Wells, of tho Bellerophon, & naval oilicer, Who ha8 not_yot quite roachod tho ago of 1§ vears, constituted himaaif, with universal assent, tho dircctor of operations there. With o mizx- turs of good-humored badivagoe and enconrage- ment ho kopt his man to their work. Although but fow of tho amatsur pumpors working under Ius directious woro o fortuuato as to merit the approval of bLis ripe and critical judgment, thero woro shll fower of tham wlio eaw the voungster's coolness and conrage wha were not ympressed with tho thought that young Walls had in him the atuff of which good sailo; made. It is difficult to overpraise the coolucss, conrago, and fliacilflmo of tho officcrs and crew of tho Nile. From the beginmng of the firo Capt, Rovott and bhis chief officer, Mr., Hamabire, were working below fu the very thickest of the smoke, On tho orlop deck the atmcaphero way 80 deuse with #mole, sud so offensive thes it was haidly posmble to breatho there. Twico was Capt. Ilovott brought on deck almost une conacions. Ap soon as {resh nir and cold water had restored him, ho insisted on again descend- ing to tho post of danger. Lelow, Mr, Hamshire, Orr, tho mate of tho hiold, and Dybbel, an sbls soaman, with mrnn ticd around thom, cropt on all foura slong the top of the cargo, underucath tho orlop deck, to direot tha hoso woll on the noacof tho fire. Tiadthe oit burst into fsme {hoy wounld liave heon far boyoud .all human help, and they kuew welit'tho risk they ran. More tlian once wera Orr and Dsb bel hauled back by the ropes attachod to them, searcolyalive from thio quantity of smoko thoybsd swallowed, Throughout the whole of the trriug Lonrs of Lha fira tise complotest nrder provailed, and, wero 1t tho custom of the Royal Mall Com~ paey to have s fire ouco o wook on board of their vesgols, the officers and men coulil not have shown themselves more sy fait at thelr work, of more_cool and collected, Up to hulf-past 10 o'clock tho fire till beld its own. A thoship was gotting down very much by the storn, owing to the tons of water that had beon poured [nto her, orders wers glven to screw down all the cabin ports on the lower deck, At length, when 10 foot of wator were moasuved in the hold, the firo showed eigus of abating, At 11 o'clock tho fire was beaton, but not until tho water ma awnsh over the tutnel. Dy aquarter pastil o'clock all danger was over. , The quantity of ckrgo on board the Nile de- stroyed or rondercd ukoloss was yery large, & the Comproy's loss will be severo, 'The unss- jtnous opinton of tho naval men on board he Nilo 18 ihiat hior safoty was duo to her boing di- vided into so many water-tight cdmpartmouts, of which thoro are uo loss than soven in the sbif. Although any moro serous catastrophe than tbe destruction of o largo quantity of yuluable ca1g was syoided in the prosent instance, it niust bol bo forgotton that ovor 200 lives wore gravelf imporiled by the nogligent stowing of the hold. A Tiritish Citizen Clamoriug at (he Gutes of tho licosler 'Creuaury fOF 840,000, From (he Fdtanapolts Journal, Feb, 12 When the Legislatura passed the lawy at the Jast sosston to take np oud pay, priveipal sud torest, the unsurrendored {nternal provomont Dbouds, nnmbering in sll 100, we buliove, soBd little dificulty was exporienced in finding sll gh; Juoky holdors, The bonds were issuad (n 1 wi nud since that date mony of thom have pasé through many hande, and had ‘becomé lost to viow. Speculators obtmned possessiod of many of these bonds sud prosented thod for payment. A batch of twenty-iive \v?i‘ anparently tost, though, and all ottempta to dls them up from oblivion for a long time prov fruitlens, but one day it was rumored thal !h:‘l‘ wero held by an_English capltalist, A taloot American, porcelying a fat tlung at the alhfl_ end of tho trail, followed it up, snd wont to EX gland. e camo home ero long, however, “m & Ingubrious countonance and a mum muum.h. 1% was supposed that he had faled to mw‘:’u bondboldor, and for the time nothiug furl rl was doneto bunt the mythical fudvidust, lfln the circumstanco had Almost boen forgotten. Al Tina now travepired that the atory, as originthy roited, was true, and, ss w forcible I‘:‘ minder, & letter was received yeaterday b7 o Yon. B, O. Bhaw, Tiessuror of Stste, fi0 James G. King & Bons, of Now York, cunlulmfllz intoltigonre enoulated oraiso isLiair, 1tWsat ths offect that one of thetr Loudou (Ling.) 0'01’{“_ spondents (name not giveu) hoid twonty-dve o tornal fmpruvement bouds, of & denomint 5 of 81,000, issued by Indiana In 1830 “”d“u:n act of Congress, and had eutrusted tha‘cullcc.d_l of tho #amo to the iirm montioned. Tho h"nul Iotter was writtou mainly for information from wurfaco iudiestions thore ssems 10 1o eoarcely a gloam of doubt but that thoy &8 {1 idoutical bouds that buve for so long eluded o grasp ol fortuna-hunterw. ‘Lhe tots} lm)%“ ticadod to redeom them will bo about £140,080 thoy havs beon boaring 7 per cent lutervsh tho date of Lusue, 3 ] 3 8 b § [p— e 1]