Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1875, Page 6

———eee—— e ——— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1875.---TWELVE PAGES, VIAGES OF SIN. The Scriptural Penalty Paid Yesterday at St. Louls, The Wife-Murderer, 0'Shea, Makes a Rambling Defense on i Gallows, His Young Son Walks Sixteen Miles to Witness the Exzeoution, Hanging of Michael Sullivan at New Brunswick, N. J. Mystorlous Murder Near Green- ville, Il The Daily Record of Crime. A ST. LOUIS HANGING. O'MILEA, THE WIFE-MURDERER, Spectat Dhapatch to The Chieago Tribune, 81. Louts, April 9.—Poor I'at 0'S8hen explated his horrible crime of wife-mider on the gal- lows hiora to-day. A largo audionce was presont, Although tho law of Missouri will not allow of but fifteen invitations outside of thoso ronuired to conduct the oxecu- tion, thore woro ot least SU0 apectators within tus walls of the fail. Tho offenso for which 0'Shea nuffered tho oxtreme penalty of tho law wan wife-murder, commiticd bofora his own ron, on the 18th of March, 1874, with o butclier-knife. TIE OBINE, Tha following oxtract from the Judge's son- tence mildly descrlbes the horribloe transaction : On tha day of the commixaion of your crime, it appearn that your wife had, an usual, "beea laboring away from home, loaving you lo pasa your time in drunkennocss and nlwfl; tuat, returniug from her \ork, she prepsred tho evenlng meal, purchased, doublicas, with monoy earncd by hib aweat of her hrow, and woke yoit to partake of it 3 that you refused 1o comr, and she, fatigued with labor, lay down to roat 3 that you, rouring hiee 1ip, cieaed andabuaed Tior, cauglt lier by the neck atd choked ber down, and, drawing your Luifo, sworo you would kiil her s that your Jitilo eon, tow by your sct orplanad ond dépeuds outon the charity of the world fur support aud edu- callon, eatching a poker, rushied to bLis ‘mother's res- co and struck you ; that, turuing from tho wife, yoi fought the son, and, knlfe in hund, chased him a snuare from the hoties ; $hat, falling fo catvh him, you returned to your hiouse, cleard the door, canght’ the wifo whom you bad awurta before God's altar 1o love, cherlal, and protect, end, tipping open ber bLelly til her Lowe's were dropplig to tho tloor, left her vleed- ing and dylng, It was tho old story of drunkenness and & braw), which grew out of the wife's attempt to corroct the orring Lusband's habits, togethor with suapiclons on O'Shea’s part of infidolity to his marriage-bed, Conviction followed, thoe boy, nind of 14 years, being tho principal wite noes in tho tiial. The boy has won the appro- Lation of the community by hin porsistent efforts in Lringing tho culprit to juetico, and to-dny walked 16 niles from his home 1n tho country to WITNEFS THE CXECUTION of his unoatural parent, At fiftoen minutes past 1 o'cloek this afternoon O'Shea wau taken from his cell, and tho littlo procossion formed for tho gallows, Mother Basil and Sister L. Cyprin, of £ia Siaters of Blerey, followed to the door of tho imirmary oud otopped, offeriug up prayers for tho nufortunate man, The procession moved alowly out through the jail into tho yard to the ravement, and thénco to the gailows. O'Shen's arms werp pinioned, but Lo walked along easily, and mountod tho steps without sid. 1lo took hiy seas in o corner of tho seaffold, snd eugagzed in epiritnal oxercisos with the priosts on eithor sldo of him. SPEECIH ON THE GALLOWS. Col, Watson road the doath-warrant, “ Vgtrick 0'8hos,” snid Col. Watuon, turning 1o the privoner na he finivhed the reading of the warrant, ‘*have you muything to say why tho sentenco of the Court should not bo “executed 7 11 you have, ay it, and msy God havo mercy on your soul.” * llcertativg o momont, Le said : GentLieN: Alu't It a glorfous sight (o see o poor man under gomlemnation from the word go? I don't deservo thld punishment, Perjury, lics, and prejudico «n both sides Lavo got nio In this iz, 1 dou't doscren st 1f there 18 auy man in this crowd, from Col, Normilo to Jucdge Jones, who can say that 1 am wuiity, lob him aep forward and speals, and oxplain to tho piibilic who wude all thess charges, which they have followed up and executed, One persun I ses 'in the crowd who asked this question at the inqlieat, Vorcater, T nea ou there, You askod ot the intuest who would pre. fer this charge, I want to knowif aoybody didit? I want 1o cxplain to you, hefore God andt tnan, 1 say it beforo you all, Jobn iller, formerly of the police forve, but I believe be is uot there now—nhe §s a liar: bo i o lur from top to bottom, u mwore juy life away, Dut I am williug lo sulfer and die. lenry Xorris, be 18 8 perjurer, Hkewlse, Let Ll stand up thore and te)l ft, I waut Llm to stand ipthero mud tell 1t, I want ovorsbody toknow il. Hoisa perjurer, Iom dylug forn crime which no ono bor of womiu knows suything about, My family acirs 1o ono kuows anything about, and no man hut miyaclt §s concerned, Tlernisno uns 10 make muck llstory ovor the watter, God husu't descried me, I n stand the noose, o gich mon T wouldu't mtamd : Lo like all tho reat running around 5t, Louwm, lut now I kave fo explate on the gallowa a crimo I didn't cominlt, or of which I s ina mnner fnuocent, Ba 4t sald thut I dled liko a man, and died for the wake of Him who died for me, God helpme, Col, Normilo aud Judgo Jonoa would not zive moa fufr trial, They would uet give nio justice becanso I did not buve money, They have killed me, T bavo lived in 8t Loulw for ilio lust cightcen ycars, I forgiveevery ono who hus ever dous - any wroug $o me, XNo polico officer can say he ever arrested mo for drunk- ennees or for anything on the streots, 1 sto men hirre now who have kuown ma soventecn years, I canplck aut wen now who buva Lkuown we tivelve, Afteen, and sixteen yoars, You can sce that I dlo like a tnan, and 1can stand lero and swear on a stack of Bililes a3 Ligh as tho Court-llouss that they would uot glvo mo a falr trial; wmo Justice frum the word £0, aud they Luow it, I.mm poor jn pocket, Uut decent fu _ principle, I am_ poor and Mond have to suffor, D'l auffer, thank God, iiko aman, The thing bappened, but nobody knows how 1t Lappesed, Hho was (o causo of the cuiting, I never ent her through fll-will, malice, or splte, She got cut through kier own fauit; thorefors I s not to Ulamo, 1 forgive all, and hupe shcy will furglve e, Muy God have tnorcy o me, ON TUE DROP. After {bo concludiug of this incolieront specch, O'Shoa was taken iu churge by tho ollicers, who tied hidg hands belund him, and after tha placitig of tho black cap the nooso was thiown over the doomod mau's hvad aud tho kuot ad- justed. At fitteen wninutes to 2 o'clock U'Shen stoppod upon tho fatal trap us coolly as if it wero & ball-roow fluor, and tho subsequent pro- ceedings interestod him no moro, With tho epringiug of the trap thero way a quick jerk at the rape, and the body HUNG DANOLING IN TUE AIR, Tho fall broko the nook und killed the victim in- atautly, to sll intents, but §i was eowme sixtern mivutes before ho was pronounced demd. At tho eud of that time he was ent down by the Doputy Aarshal and pleced fu arudo coftin, which was transferred thonce to n wagon awaltlug ou the outsido of tho juil-yard, No tricnds camo ta claim tho body, and it was immcdiately carted away to the County Farm's Totter's Field, . NOT A TEAR. Your correspondont stood near the son of tha sxecuted may, and watched bim closoly while tho roparstions ‘for the exccution were waking, horo was not a tear ja Lis cye, and to mo 1t seemed that he evon glasted over tLo hidoous sceue of witnessing Lis fathor launclisd futo etorolty, . Althoigh it is bolieved here that O, waaz of souud inind at the time of the murder, yot & numbar of physicians who visited the doowed man an hus coll “this moruiug doolared shat ko was ilen insane, ;- ——— EXECUTION IN JERSEY CITY, MICUAEL HULLIVAN.. Wew Drunswiok, N. Ju, April U.—Micknel 8nl fivan was banged this morning for the murder v Daniol Talmage, a¢ Mptuchon, . AL 10:50 Bnllivan loft hiy coll, accompaned by §wo clergymen, the Shorlff, Jailer, and ths ex- woutioner. Two minutes afterward, at the scul- Nold, thesa all “hade Sulllvan farewoll, and oue \mintte later the drop fell. After Langing uutil 7:wnounw! dead Ly the physiciany, tho body way “ut down and banded over tothe underteker, 'who placed it in » hearso and drove to Rnhwyv‘ followed tbrough tho streets of New Bruuuwick “Jry & crowd of men, womeo, aod children, 'flo satber, mouthox, sod sister of Bullivan called at e j-ll this 1aopaing 10 ses bim, bub they wero ooy not permitted to do so, by ndvice of the olergy- | of here, last night, and dragged to the stable man. Onlya fow persons wera admitiea to the Prison to witnese lis oxecution, —— THE DAILY RECORD, MURDER AND SUICIDE, Fhiladelppta Trnes, April 8, Another of thoso terriblo crimes cansed by tho infirmity of woman and the desperation of man, which have, unhappily, too ofton horrified thia community, was committed last night in the Twenty-sixth Ward. In ono of those humble, but cosy aud pleasant, housos with which the working-clasics of our city aro mnde happy, at No, 1637 Afton sircot,—a clean little strost, lined with comforlabla two-story houses, running westward from Hixteenth strect, Ahove Federal—havo lived for about amonth pant Lewis 1. Loye,n man about 15 years of ago. omployed at the llaldwin Locomative Works, Ius wifo Teak, ond her son (by & former hue- band) Willle, a boy of 14 years, Tho family were not known In fhe nefhborhiood. niaking no acquaintances but keoplng to themsclves, Abont 10 o'clock laat night a poilerman at Sixtesntly and Washington nvenue waa nstonished by a Doy half-dressed and out of breath, wholiformed | him in a spasm of terror that hia fathor bhad jurt killod his mothor wt their home in Alton slreot, L'roccoding immediately thero with the boy, the policeman found tho howss drenched with biood, and in the buck sccond-story room o woman dend, and beside ber & manapparently in hiis lant agonv., Word was sent fo tho Firet Dis- trict Station-1Touso nt once, aud to the Central Slution {wo houra nftor, and after 12 o'clock a .sovared, and, bolug unablo to mpeak, Timea ropottor visited the sconn of tho tragedy. The hauso, of four rooms, was neatly aud eani- fortably farnished, The littlo parlor was deco- inted with cheap but pretty prints. In the kitchon wan a table giving ovidenco of = recoutly consumed menl, & sowing-wn- clune, eoma unlinkshed garmonts, and in tha middlo & pool of blood upon the car- pet. The atalrway leading holween the patlor and kitehen to the second floor wag wet with Dblood on every atop, and on the riglt aldo of the wall wero tho repeated stalnn of a bloody hand. ‘Fho turnituro In the front room wae disorderad, oa if o sirugelo had bappened, but waa inuocout of blood. 'Fho back room, howovor, was horri- Ble with goro and frightful with the p.rosenco of murder, In one coruor of tha room lay tho corpse of a pretty-faced and beaulifily-formed woman, in~ hier chemise and half-nakod, with her throat cat clear to tha apiual column: a wonnd upon her left Drenst, Y‘unmrnung to tho heart; a tor- riblo slash on her nght arm, from the shoulder to tho clbow, and oue of tha fingers of her right baud slmoss eovered, Deside her was u man, prono upon tho tloor and weltoriug in blood, with n terriblo gash across his throat, aud appa- reutly in the throes of denth. Ilis mmlplpul‘[vnn nothing could bo learned from lim of the terriblo cr(mk that had Lapponied. Tho boy, howaver, n bright littlo follow, gavo an ascouut of the trazedy as follown: Shortly after 6 o'clock s piopfather roturned home, and, finding his wifo abeont, asked whers sho was, Tho boy told him that sho waa ot her brother's, Henry Ilurvey, No. 1501 Ponnaylvania avenne, and, leaving tho housa in a bad hamor, T.oyo roturned in about an bour with her. Thoy then quarreled continually untilabout n quarter of 10 oclock, when thoy rettred to bed iu tho frout room, tho boy {;omg to bis bed fu the back room. ‘I'bo quarrel continuad, and in a short time Mra. Loyo loft hor husbaad and camo to bed with her son, afid whilo still bandying words with bec ltsbaud in the front room the Loy fell nsleep. Ilo was wakeued up by Loye striking tho woman, and saw her spring out of bod, and thon ber ssaatlant cut twico at hua throat, T'Lo lad thou eoizing his pants and coat ran down staira crylng murder, and, pureued by Loye, ran terror-stricken into tho stroet, and did not atop until met by the po- licoman, A butcher-kuifo, sbout eight inches long, remarkably narronsbinded and shurp, found in tha room whea Licut. Given, of tho Furst Dis- trict, arrived there, was tho weapon with which the murder waa committod. It was ovident that Toye firsb cut his wife's throst =and then Lis own, after n strugglo in which her arm and hand woro so fearfully cut, and that after pursning the boy lio wont into the Kitehon, then asconded tho stairs, aud, plungiug tlie knife isito big wifo's hoart, laid dowa to die, After 13 o'clock, Loyo was taken ta’the Almy- hiouse in tho smbulanco of the institution, the phyaicians provouncing his wanods dangerous, but not necezsarily fatut. Tho bonuso remains in tho charge of tho poltco, and tho poor boy was taken care of by a kind-hoartod noigbbor. Sufilciont was lonruod last night to eatablish the fact of tho murder and attompted sutcide having been caused by joalousy, YOUNG GIRL OUTRAGED BY A NEGRO. Specral Diavateh to The Chicaao T'ribune, Paxtox, IiL, April 9.—About two weoka sirre » colored barber named Joseph Carler, livin gin QGibeon City, in tius county, wns committed to Jall on tho charge of commitiing rano on a whita girl numed Eva Johnson, oged 14 years. An [n- dictmout was found by tho Giand Jury at tho presont term of the Circuit Court, nnd the caso was called for trial to-day, Messra. Kintioat and Swan waroe appointed by tha Court to defend tho prisonor. Cartor is & medium- slzod mau, apparently about 23 years old and ia not at all brutal in appearance, but is a keon-locking fellow, Tho viclim la large for herago ; 13 of Swedish parentage, and is modestin appearanco, County-Attornoy Samplo conducted tho prosecutiou, A jury was sccurcd after calling fifty-ono persons, Tho following 13 tho ovidouco {n Lriof : Eva Johnson aworn : » I resido in Gibson City. My mother takes in washing, Iassisthor. Wo lave washod for Cartor sinco February Inst. MMy brochier ususally carried the washing to Cartar’s shop. I carried it twice only. I was at tho shop one othor timo, nomely, ooo tho 18th of darch, Carter ecalled me in ag £ was passing, I took = sent nt ‘' tho stovo. Cartor maid if 1 did oot submit to him he world kill mo with a rozor. o cloxed the door and blinds. Ile throw mo on the floor, and said it I mado any noise he woull kill me, I cried snd trmod to get up, lio would mnot lot mo. Il accomplislied hiy pnrpose, 1lo put mo out ©f the back door. I went to my father's stave- hop. Ilo was not thore, I then started for home, mot my fathor, and told him what had happoned. I did not sereamn, bocause I hsd heard of colored men killing people before, and was afraid, Cross-Examined—I lived two years in Lexing- ton, McLean County, befora coming to Gibson, We live in a two-story houso. A colored family lived up-gtafrs, Cartor visited them every Bun- day. Inever talked with him when he came there, I wentto Corter's shop onco in Febe ruary, with tho olothes; staid only loug onough to leave tho bundle, X went agaln two wooks after to got tho cluthes, The tima Oarter called mo into tho shop the lagt lime I waa thoro, I wat down by the stuve to wann my feot. Carter locked tho door and closod tho curtains. Thero was no porson in tho shop but Carcor, 1lo said e had clothes for mo. 1o Lind tho razor in his hand whon ho tastoned the door, I started for the door, whon he threw me on the Hoor. I saw tho razor in his loft baad. I nover kud mado a pres- ont to Carter in my life, Cartor lot mo out the Lack door, I mot my father on my way home, We wont homo, I told my father aud mother about thin, Court adjourned, THE JURY DISAGREE, Kpectal Liwpatch to T'he Chicugo Tridune, 87, I'AuL, Minu,, April 9,.—The jury in the caso of Mrs, Haap, ono of tho throe charged with the murder of Mrs, Lick, failing to sgreo, wero dis- charged to-duy, aftor being out forty hours. It is undorstood that thore wero cight for convie~ Mo to four for acquittal, Out of over 200 called fur the trial of ber husbaud, on tho samo indictment, oloven 1|umm hiave been obtained in two days, The twolrih will probably be obtainod to-night, aud tho trisl commouce to-morrow, NEMESIS, Spectal Diapateh ta T'he Chicago Tridune, Brooxixarox, 1ll,, April 9,—J, N, Geddes, who has beon teachiug this winter in this county, was arrosted by Bheriff Goodheart for shooting s man In Jasper County, 1a., last fall, from which shooling the man bas since recovered. Geddos does not deny the shooting, Lut claiing It was in solf-dofense. Gaodheart 18 awalting the arrval of Bhenft Zollinger, of Nowton. POLYGANMY. Spscial Dispatch to I'he Chicado Tribune, Bavt Laxe, Utah, April &.—In the polygamy cabe now on trial at Beaver, Utal, Judge Bores muan chargos that polygamy committed prioe to 1802 Is punisablo vow ; that bigawy la & contin- uous critne, and that the statute of lmitations does not apply. This Is directly oppoeite to the charge of Judge Emerson, of this district, MURDER HEAR GREENVILLE, ILL. Svecwal Dupateh to 7'hs Chicago Tridune, Greesvirax, I, April 0.—A furor named McKenzio was murdored in bis bed, w o and thrown nnder tho foot of & paic of mules, An inqnast has beon bold, and tha wilfe and son airested. TWEED'S ESTATE ATTACHED. Nrww Yonk, April 9.—Notice of smation h Deen given in tha new £6,000,000 mut ngalnat William M, Twoeed. The list of property at- tachod ombraces aversthing known to e iu pas. sossion of Tweed at the timo of his exposurs, and which ho passed intq the lands of ather partios. THE GIBSON COUNTY, TENN,, KU-KLUX CASES, Meyrns, Tonn, April 9.—Five of the lleged Qibeon County Ku-Klux have boen dircharged, tho witnesses falling to Identify them. The caso of tho others will be given to tho jury in tho morning, the arguments of counsol baving been concludad. INFANTICIDE. LooAxsront, Ind,, April 0.—A woman by the namo of Carrio Rusnoil was arrested to-day on s clargo of Infan Tho child was found in the rivor laat Wednceday. FIRES. B 1IN CHICAGO, A slight fire oceurred at Phillips’ abair factory, No. 234, North Geeen stract, yosterday mornlng at 0 o'clock, eaused by sparie from {ho chimnoy falling on the roof. AT GIRARD, ILL, Sperfal Dispatels to The Chicazo Tribune. CanuasviLee, [, April 9,.—A firo to-day at Girard deatroyed tho buildings of ‘the coal-min. ing company at that placo, aud for a timo it wan thaught that the lives of seven miners would ho Tost, but, with thao aid of rapes, the minora wore gnved, ‘lio lova nmounts to abone §3,000. NEAR FONT WAYNE. Srecial Disvateh to The Chivagn Tribune, Font WavNE, Ind,, April 9.—Last night o bam belonging to Darnoy Holkon, in lilan Township, was _totally consumod DLy tira, togother with o large amount of har, oats, whea!, etc. Losa apout £500. No lusuranca, AT GREENVILLE, MISS, Vicranuno, April 9.—The steamer Dells Yazoo reports a firo ab Greeuvillo, Mins.,, Wodnesday night, dextroying Jobrson's saw and planing mills, Kotchman's bank, and many other buals nosy and dwelling housey, Supposed incendi- ary. AT FREEPORT, ILL. Special Dinpateh 12 The Chictgo Tridine, Treceonr, Ik, April 9-—0'Belon's flour and foed stora on lower BStephonson strect, was barnt out this morning. Loss on stock and building, $709 or §300. Fully covered by mnate- anca, The fira waa the work of an jncondlary, AT CAMPBELLFORD ONT, OaxenELLFORD, Ont., April 9.—Campboliford Totel and o block of stores on Dridge stroest wero destroyod by fire this morning. Loss, $25,000 ; iusurod for £10,000. A BEAR-GARDEN. The gravity and dignity of debate ars wonder- fully well presorved in the Iilinois ITouso of Rop- resontatives, as witnoss the followmg ¢ Mr, Dunne, of Teoria, an Independent, kept calling Br. JToplins, of Cook, to order, nnd Dadgaring him with questloue, until tho Intter could bear i¢ no longer, and rotorted: I don't wont any such yoan a4 you advising or interrupt- fng me.” You elaim to bo a farmor, and to ropro- seut thelr intoroats in advocating. this Stock- Yards bill ; but tho ooly farming_you ever dono was ta plaut a lot of barrels filled with whisky in a coal-lioto, in order to avoid tho psyment of the revonuo tax uponit. The CGovernment dotcet- ivos found you out, and, in order (o avold a cone viction for tbo crime, your attorney, Ilob Ingor- o), ndvised you to go te Iroland for your health, and you went. You aro a nica man to be taliing abotit reform.” Tho ropurter romarks that— “hiis rally brought down the houss, and with 1t Mr. Dunne, of Peoria, who could not dony the coal-hola and tho whisky. Mr, Rankin, Hendorson, another ona favoring tho bill, also esanved an interruption, but Mr, Uopkins silenced Lim by the romark: **You youzerday voted againat tho bill for thie suppart of the foeble-mnindod; you wouldn't vote s dol- lar for the support of ‘poor idlots; but to-day, when you think you see n chanco to make a littlo profit, you favor sn unconatitutional bill. dou't lglnk much of you followa who will break your oaths as membors in ordor to gava s cent ortwoona dead hog And Mr. Rankin sat down, . Mr. Plater, not pmfitm?l by tho fate of the othors, also interrupted the speaker, whou Mr, Hopkius metted Lim and convulsod the llouso by saying: *Mr. Speaker, I wish you would mako that miserablo creature sit down; he will spill out all his braiva at onco,” Upon reasrkombling, 3r, Merritt offerod a reso- tution, and deairod that it bo read for inforwa. tion, Tho friends of tho Stock-Yards ULl instantly enmmenced howling thelr objections, when Mor- ritt yelled; “If voit dou's pass this rosolution, thou you ela'n't do any moro businesa. You Indepondonts have boen preventing busivoss all this seesion, Tio poople oughs o know your truo charactors, You ara a lot of Toxns steors," Mr. Honkins resumed, whon Mr, lator arosa to n question, and Mr. Morritt shouted tobin: | it down, and don't stand thero liko a Btough- ton-bottlo ; you nta au idiot,” Anothier correspondsnt tolographa as fallows ; Mr. Mooney, ta discussing the appeal, con- sured the Spenker for his ruling, aud satd that Ius evident intention was to kill the bill, ‘Tho Bpeaker poromptorily ordorod bim to sit down, and ho obeyed, In the mudst of the oxciteraent following, Tarker, of Iroquols, fint tho floor, aud in a fire~ oating spocch ho eald that tho Btock-Yarda bill wan tho epecial order, and charged the Bpeakor with having repostedly rofusod to rocoguize anybody but those ~ who wero the oppo- pents of that bill, 1n order to koop e back from consideration, Ho bolleyed that soma other man could be put In the Chair if Haines did not do his duty, and for one he would move to such an end. Thiy was mot with groans, hizses, yellw, catcalls, and othor ploasing domonstrations of plonsure and displassure, £o confoundedly intormingled that thera was noth. ing but o jargon of voices and a coufusion of touguos, 'I'ho Spoaker uaid tio would entortain & motlon to adjourn. Old Doo Rogers, of Bloom- ngton, got up on hia oar, waltzod dowu the sisle on the Democratio eide, and, with hands uplifted, jawn oxtanded, and hia white hair shak- tng, yolicd that he would stand by the Hposker or dia, Ilo floally wound up by vonuni( tho rago that was bubblug up in_Lim upou a little page, and sauntorod ovor Lo tha left, where ho bocama quioted down, "I'hio Hpoaker rulad that, whors membors falled to answer, their mames could not sgaln be called, ‘I'here were many in this condition, snd objootion waa mada to thie docision, The Olale porsisted, when st loast halt the members a1ose and commonced crowding toward tho Hpeakor and Clerk’in s threatening mannor, as though at Iast Justico wae to claim lior ownand the Spenker bo ejocted from tho Chsir, Fista wera clinahed and brandished, and the Bposker flunkod and orderod tho calling of absontees. A third correapondont thus rofors to the mia- conduct of Halucs, tho Speakor: I'he absolute demoralization of the Iouso, now that the Appropriation billa ara out of tho way, bias boen brought about in groat moasure by tho absoluto demoralization of Iaines, And laines’ doworalization in great meaasure {s dua to Lifs clironie dread of logue's Baok Examiua- tion bill beiug called up, 1o sludiously nvolds soelug Bogue at any time, 1o studiously avolds goeiug any other momber of whow it may bo ex- nocted thiat lio demiggns to call up tant Lill, winch, Xl passed, might explode somo bankrupt maviugs bank, and furnish such information concerning such iustitutions au would enablo depositors to discovor their actual condision. in season, per- kiapa, to savo their deposits, That is all the bill might do. And tho way in which Halnes rescrts to ¢l sorta of trickery to prevent ita belng taken up excites the attontion of every one ine terested in any messure ponding bofore the House, Wheu there js no other modo of filling In gaps in the proceedings, so that Boguo way not fiud opportunity to call up that bill, nines excrts s oxtraordinary talont for raiwiug the d—), and forshwith the d—1 i ralsod, for Haiues novor fails in an undartaking of thut sort, Daily, Togue keops his seat, a3 though usiled to it, [t} opportunity presouts for bis claimlug the floor, when up be jumps, ouly to be out off Ly the Bpeaker with **'I'he goutleman from ardin,"— or *Tho gentleinan trons ——," who ia & modest man snd seldow clatme tho floor,—* has the floor.” Aud day sfter duy Hoguo watchow aud waits for opportyuity to fotch up that bill, and daoy afeor day Ifalues dinplays i ekill fu dodg- in Bogus sud Bogue's bill, sud whut the upsnos 6 milcs cast | of it may be RO mAQ oan tell. feront hiborally to sustaln this atiikio, ana to encourago tho men in it HAonry Davis, of the Miuoral l[mm Northumberland County, that 6,000 mon {u tho Blnmokin roglon liave struck to-day, Thus i can be aoon disaffaction I8 croopiny the entire dorinion of the suthracite ring, About thirty collissios are situated fa this district, most of them belonging to ths Reading Coal and Tron Cowpany. ‘The National Unlon {s flourish- ing strongly, and the mcn are woll prapared to have a strugglo with the opcrators, ter Eagle, J, of THE MINERS' WAR. Dattle Betweon the Militin and the Strikors, nonr Hazloton, No Report, Iowever, of o Dilu- vinn Flow of Gore. An Appalling Fire Threatons to Dostroy Sovon Hines, Tho Strlke Assuming Sccondary Impor~ {auce by Comparison, PENNSYLVANIA, LATEST FROM THE FRONT, Speesal Dispatch to The Chtcacn Tridune, BuNnuny, Pa., April 9,—A startling rumor & oirculatiug to-night sthat themen of Lackawanna, at a vote cast to-day at Hyde Park, upon & prop- osition to striko, had rojocted the enme and will contiutio to worl, Thia is tho most important svont that has occurred for a number of days in this minera’ war, nod it will put s now and dif- ferant phaso upon the entire question. Il the men of tho northern fields refuus to go into this movouont, then thoro i3 muok vrobability that the hopes of the eanso in thin woction of the reglon will recoive A daapener. The rumor has nob yot beon communicated to tha minors In this vicinity, but, when they do loarn of it, it must cortalply discourage them. The operators hore arohighly olatod at the intclligence, slace the minera in that section have been so emplatic in thoir dotermination to join the army of mal. contents. Tho irst blood ln tho war hios been shed, - At anoatly bour this morning o band of roughs mado s attack upon Compansil, of tho #irat Regiment, at Joddo, an outpost about 4 miles trom Hazleton. ‘U'he roughs first ficed a fow shots npon the soldicra, aud tho militia returned the fire. A momber of the company received & slight wound. Whon daylight camo & numbor of blood-marks woro discovered upon the ground, and it s supposed that somo of tho band wero wounded, About nooun, Licut,- Col. Olark, in command of the outpost, mado requirition upon Gon. Osborne for more troops, nod this afternoon the Telford Zouaves, of Bus- quobanna Dopot, wore dispatehed to that ata- tlon, Lost night a gang of outlaws marched into Mount Plensant, s small miving soltlemont north of Hazloton, and mado a violent demon- atration. Thoy catored louses and compelled tho people - to oxtinguish their lights and kuocked o fow mon down. Othar outrages are reported, but the stories lack coufirmation. At Woodside, leat night, tho extoumive mule- stablen at that poiut woro fired by Incondiaries, and tho structures woro complotoly destroyod, Tho snimals wers gotten out with great difi- cutty, Thrertoning uotices have Leen posted up around the town, warning all ongincers to keop away from tho pumps uuder penalty of death. Notices nlao of this kind have been sonk to “blackleg " or non-union mivers, Doforo this striko is torminated, it will not bo a strange sight to witnces miners warring upon each otlior, There havo beon no deeds of violence ropoitid to-day, but tho fecling against the militis con- tinues oxceedingly bittor. Doforo the bayouots are takon homa tho miucrs may take it juto their hoadls to give the troops a brush, Saturday night tn the coal region la alirays an oxtromely wild one, and, fired with liquor, tho strikers msy bo {nflamed to mako somo outbroaks. Tho excitement In Ilazleton still runs high, and many of tho citizons aro denouncing tho importation of troops as on outraze. ing News is still violent in ita atlacks npon Gon, Osborne and the militia, sud its propriotor koen- 1y fools tho rebuke given him b!yl Gov. Hartranfi {lor bils protoat againat having t oro, Tho Even~ o militia brought . A groat deal of drunkenness is seon npon tho stroots, aud tho saloons ara dolng an immense Dbuainens. To-day han boen chifly, nnd _some rain lias fallon, which has had the effcet of keepiog peopls from (he country at home. Agroat firo in tho “Stociton mine is raging turiously, and tho flames are steadily creeping into the minen that counect with it, men who aro fighting the flames are dragged out Lvery hour insensible, overcomo with noxlous gases, ‘Liis firo {s alarming the operators, aud thoy say It in 1more aoriony than tha strilto. 1t fs underatood that tho labor nnlona in dif- parts of the country aro coutributing Your correspondent was informed to-night that ho did not Loliove that the miuera would mn'o any demonstratton upon the troops, but, when they wero withdrawn, than tho re would begin, This viow of tho quontion istaken by many othor porsons connected with the conl troublo trade. The moa do not zeem to bo woakoning any, but, on the contrary, oro more fullv dotor- mimed drivea thom 10 fight tho battle out until atarvation %o tha mines, In all tho towus in Luzerno County the mer-t chants aro giviug winers crodit, uud they aro afraid to refuse thom trust. Advices havo boen roceivad hore to-night trom Compnay of vlowly ovor A PEACE PROPOSITION. Hannrsounos, P’a, Apal 9,—Tho Governor, after an intorviow with tho Commltteo from lazleton, sont the following telogram ¢ . Witham P, Kérkendale, Sherif of Luzerna Countu, Wilkcabarre, Pa, ¢ A Counnittes, componed of Richurd Willums, of Audeureid; Jouica Drymou, Hylved- Fincher, aud Charles 'Schuiter, lngh' BloGurvey, of Ueavor Tlazieton § John _ Brady, ' of Marloy: Meadows mud Yoprescnilng cllizenn snd _minere, Have to-day visiicd me and ropresentod that the reports about the slleged disturbences in the vicinity of liazleton aro oxaggur- l&lefl;nld wnany of them faleo, sud huve declarmi that 1l troops wors withdrawn they and othor Citlzens' and Alinors® resent will obliy ations whom they rope thomaelves fo keop the pesce ; that if ucccenary they will pledga themselvos 1o aupyly 300 clisans ta ald’in malntalning order {f disturbancea socur, aud they for he Citizens’, Mi- uers', Beavvolant, and other Asnociutions, will entor futo » solumu sgreamont that wlhial {4 kuown aa “dead-work” i tho mines will not be ine tarferod will, ond partlea willlng to do such worl at 83id mines will not be provented from so do- log, I thersfore sak Alat, in tho intereet of law and order, you will at ouce procoud to Ilazleton, snd make a thoroughi fnveatigution of the alleged disturbances and the disposition of the miners to TO+ sorye order; and, you sro satisfied that nuch & disposition exists; ‘that the goutlewon wha {o-tay mady the roprescutation to me aro ubla to keap with the miners the plcdfu that they maks for them, nud that the cikizens will afd you i€ (here 2 any furs ther turbulent demonatration, then, fter tha guar- uuteed sro svlemniy mads in writing, you will ploass #u fnforim me, that the & ruay be wittidrawn, Jous F, HARTRAXFT, Governor, Shetlfr Kirkondale at once repliad that he would procoed to Hazleton to-morrow in compllance with tue Governor’s request, It 1s hoped that a conforence may lead to the molution of the trouble iu tho Luzarue region. The Governor to-night dirocted the Adjutant- General to proceod to Hazloton aud be present at the conference, VOTE AGAINST A STRIKE, SomawToN, Pa., Aptil 0.—Vote by bollot was taken to-day in the several mines of the Delaware, Laockawaona & Westorn Railroad Company, of this city, to decide the quostion of a striko, sud resultod 1,612 for and n‘}u sgainst work, s —_— OTHER LABOR DIFFICULTIES, MILL OPERATIVES' STRIKE, Favrt Rivey, Mans,, April 9,—Tho weavera of the Mechanics’ Mill, taking offcnas at tho dlu- chargo of their oversoors, struck this morniug. ‘Iho cardera at tho Moerchanta' Mill are aleo out. THE ENGLISH MINING TROUBLES, ToxpoN, April 9.—The coal-mastors of South Wales biave agreed to stop the lock-out fors week, and to throw open tbe pita to the miuers, with & reduction of 10 por cent on tho terms of laborg shen, 2 work Is not resumed, & further reduction will be ’ .thom ? demanded, The North Wales maaters also fn- nist on tho 10 per eont reduction, They give their mon A woek to conaider tha quoation. It tho mllmu rro rojocted, 15,000 mon will ba out on a sirike. I3 A 'LONGSHOREMEN'S ®TRIKE. New Yonk, April 9,—Tho striko of 'lougshore men bacame gonoral to-day, Stevodoros say that not ona of tho strikora will be re-employed. ket St oy LETTERS FROM TAE PEOPLE. BOANDINAYVIA. Ta the Editor of The Chioaqo Tribune: Curcaao, April 9.—In an articto headad **Nor- way's Poot,” insorted in your Bunday editlon of the 4th of Apiil, thers are somo incorroct atate- ments, wheraby 18 thrown & kind of insignifi- cancy on that part which the Beandinavians have played in the polilical and {ntolicetunl his- tory of Europe, For the purpose of removing this unjustitiablo shadow on tho work of tho Beandiunviau uations for tha progross of thoe hu- manity, I bog pormisalon to use your columna for the following remarkus ‘Tho articlo roferred to anys {hiat “itisonly in our own days tho Boandivavian nalions have bogun to play a fieat-class part ju tho political history of Luropu;” that ** thoy havo had scien- tisty liko Lluvnus and artists like Thor- waldson, but thelr vames aro not in any way connccted with proat rovolutlons in" politics or in thought,” and finatly, that ** they dlatinguish thomtclves by a sfownors in tho muental oporations of the inhabitauls, characteniatic of all Germanis natlous,—but of tho Seandinavians more thau any othor,” The writor of tho abovo acticlo ia evidently not couverasnt with tho goueral history of Luropo, for, it o, ho would linvo known that thore is ecnrcoly one aof tho Earopean nations which las exerted, direot or fndireet, a groater iufluenco on tho politieal and intelloctunl hirtory of Eiropo than the Scandmavian, I will show ¢ by relat- ing o fow facty, Tho fnyutar situation of the Beandluavian countries waking thom fit for seamauship, the appetite of fi)ln soou carried thelr shipy to tho coasts of Lugland, [rance, Mollnmd, Ifaly, Greceo, Jtussin, not to mention the Orient. With theso countrics thoy formeil commorcial con- ncctions, which i3 positively shown b{ archioos logienl rosearchos. Bays the ronownod Adam of Hromon about tho condition of Bweden during tho tenth century, *‘Iho wholo country way filled with foreign "moerchandise, the Swedés aro not doprived of any kiud of wealth.” And, 1uas- much s trade_botween vatlons ia consdored as alaver of civilizntion, and thus is ouo of Lo fn- tolluctual oxpedionts for ths progross of tho humanity, the Scandlnavians begun, not in our own days, but vory carly, to piay & couspicuous patt fu the intollectual history of Etiropo. The so-called ** Nordmanuntagzon " oxploits of Scaudiuavian ** 8oa-Kings," from tho and of tho oighth to about tho muddlo of the touth contury, are kuown, iu ihe his- tory of alniost any ccuntry in Furope. The Northmaon, headed by King Roger, founded a poworful Kingdom in Sicily; the Northman Rolf took possossion of that part of I'ranso afterwarda calicd Normandy, aud Willlam of Normandy, the Conquoror, conquored Lngland ond gave it ono of ita Uyunstics, The Danish King Xnut also ruled” in Logland, Evglish ond Fronch authiora acknowlodge thomsolves that tho chivalry of thosa countries descend from tho Bcandinavian loaders of the Northmen, 1t is also well kuown that most of tho princoly houses in Burope originate from the samo mource. ‘I'io Swodea hava civilized and Christlanized Finland aud all tho othor Russian Ualtlo provinces ; n Scandinavian, Rurik, is end to Linvo ostablishied tho Russian Empire; it was by tho powerful nwsistanco of the Swedos that the Elector of Biandonburg succeedod in giving tho start to tho lflu};dom of Pruesin; nlso on tho palitical situation of l'oland tho Sweodes oxorted tho utmost influcnce during many yoars, do- throning or croating ity Kings. In fact, until tho death of Chastles XIL it was o firgt-clasa power, mixed up i all tho great political ovents of Europo, . As regarda the intolloctnal bistory of Kurope, Lwill remind you that it was tho Swodes with their Kiug, Gustavua Adoiphus, aud tho great statos wan, Axel Oxenaticrna, who saved tho religious freedom of thought in Qormany. This boruio deod may well be ranked among the groatest ine tolloctusl rovolutions, Linumus’ ingenious sex- ual systom of tho flowers, Zachartas Jausen's invention of the tolescopo, Scheek's necular din- covory of tho oxygomum, Dorzellus' alectro- chomical theory, Orstod's discovery ovn the olectro-magnotical torritory, thu literary works of a Iuucberg, Togner, Liduner, Btngnotius, Hansteen, Woryeland, Munel, Ifolboig, the sculptural and arohitectural cioationa of Thor- waldson, Bergol, Tessin, and Palhom, and a mul- titiede of productiona of art aud tiction bear wit- ness to tho Inslnuation about the slowness in the montal operatious of tho Beandiavian natious- aud their insiguifloance prior to our daya in tho genoral work for tho progress of bumanity Loing wholly upgrounded and uncalled for. enyran Roos, Edltor of Svensia Amerikanaren, THE NATIONAL AND EQUITABLE INBUBANCE COM- TANIES OF CIlICAGO. To the Fditor of A'he Chicaao T'riotn Ouroaao, April T.—Tue TuuNe of Aprilt 2, published undor the head of the Courts dofunct fnsuranco compauios, the Equitablo Insurancoe Company, showing In its monthly ropost a bal- anco of $24,053.750n hand. A poor creditor wonld like his sharc of that. Can any ona give any good reason why this amount of monoy in tho hauda of the Assignee of tho Equitablo In- suranco Compauy shenld be retained from month tomonth? Itshowa » fino statement, and un- der the banner of the Equitable Insurance Com- pouy it wan launched out as ono of the proininont insuranco companios of the city whore it could receive prominma and st wuo policies. And whon It becomes noces- uary for an unfortunate individual suf- foring fivo yoars' probation, is it right that wuch gentlemen o8 origloated tho liguitablo Innurance Compauy, whoso nnmes are kuown as commercial wmen of high standing, should allosy auch o matter aa this to remain in stntn quo? Query: Whon may tha poor wnfortunatos ox- peat thoir divislon of tho amiount jat prosent in the Liauds of tho Aesignee? Itis to bs hoped that it will not ba n verylong time before this mat ter inadjustod. What tho writer wanty iy equity, ‘Fne Natfonal Insuranco Company of Chicago anot defunct, but in lquidation, Judgment hag beon rendered ju the Buperior Conrt, the said Iuyuranco Company having morged into other insuranco companies, Tha writer would like to know if they aro solvent, and if tho original atockholders of that concers mro not linblo for the judgmonts that havo been rondorod agalnat 1f vo, whoro wou!d ba the proper place for & party to go and find, with a Shorif’s docu- mont In his possoeslon, proporty belouging to the original atotkholdora of tho National Insur- ance Company of Chicago? Hore, —_— An 0ld Causo Celobres ' Tho Paris correspondsut of the London Daily Teleyraph writesy **Au old causo celebre nns croppod up agein. Somo of your remders mny romomber tho quarrel that aroso botween tho Princoss do ls Maskowa and hor_daugtter, LTno Intter wus murriod to tho Duko de L'orsigny, On bhis deatl: & dispute arose sbout Lis succession, which was further complicatod by the marringe of the widow of tbo Duko to & M, Lomoyne, agaivst which the Frincess, hor mothior, protost- ed. Hlo considerod it a mesalliance, and hor daughter had to go tolaw to uom!iml hor mother to giva Lior consont to hor socond nuptials, Fo- day the Princons dola Moskowa and Lor daughter, Mo, Lomoyno, aro again Lofore the eourt. This tlmo tho sult arivos ous of tho right to a sum of 80,000 franca, 'Lhis must uppoar to moat poisons a vory small affair for auch very blg per- sonagoes—it would cortamly, have shocked thio dignity of Napoleon III, tho I'rinco do In Moskowa, aad tho Duke do Peisigny, had thoy boen alive, ‘Tho facts of tho wholo caso may bo summed up fu & fow linea. Tuo Prince do Ia Moskowa died in 1857, loaving abont 40,000 france in monoy aud about 1,000,000 francs of debf ‘Thoe monoy went to pay Lis funoral oxpouso: the debts were composod of 00,000 francs ha owed to various creditors, and 400,000 francs to tho Priocoss de la AMoskowa, whoso warriago dowry he had dealt with in a most uucere- monions way, ‘Tho Emperor, desiring to do sowothing for his old sorvant, camoe down with 400,000 francs, which sorved Lo pay off thie debts of tho decensod 8o well thut there were 80,000 fusucs to epars, ‘Thia surplus sum was dopuu]ml with the notary of tho family. Bivoo tben, now oightean yoars ayo, it 1 ined thore forgotten, uutil onetlne moruing the Vriocess da la Mowkow, thougl it might be as wellin horhauds as iu tho: of the notas Blie thorefora laid clann to it, the ground if auybody had w righttoit, it was cortuinly she, whosadowry had Loon parily dis- sipatod by the Prince. But the aged Princess fore xot all about Mue. Lemoyne, the ci-devant the Duchesre da Porsigny, whoobjected tolier mothe o'y claim. Bhe hold that the 400,000 francs glven by the Emparor wero intended for the suicossaion of the Frince de Ia Moskuws,aud that, aa #ho was the only Lielr of the Priuce, sho aloue was ontitlod to tho remaininy 30,000 fruncs, 'The cuso camo beforo tha Civit Iribunal of tho Beina Lgncnhy. but, sfter bearing tho celobrated nitre Lachaud, couseel foridino, Lemoyne, and Malitre Betbronner, counsel for the Princess, Judgment waa postponod for s weok.® . RAILROAD NEWS. Object of Passing tho “Scalpers’ Bill---Ity X’rovisions, The Columbus, Chicage & Indiane Can- tral, THE "SCALPING " BILL, THE OLIECT OF ITH PARSAGL, Tho tast two daye tho scalpors have beon in acstacios of jov uver tho roported defeal of tho bill outitled “*An act to prevont frauds upon travelors and owier or ownors of any raflroad, stoamboat, or otlior convoyauce for the transpor- tation of passengers,” Dut, unfortunately, thoy counted their chickena bLoforo they woro hatched, and, conscquently, thelr gratification waa of but short duration, Yesterday afternoon & dispatch was received lhoro by Mr. X\ H. Winston, the father of tho bill, in- torming lilm that tho monsare Lad passod both Hounes and was now awniting the siguaturs of tho Governor. Tho now bill ia to atop tho sale of railrond or steambont tickots in this State by any but duly-nppoiuted ageuts of tho various raflrondeompantcs. It liss boon nassod through tho influence of tuo i'onuaylvania ILiaitrond Company, which had a similar law passed by the Indiaun and Ponunsylvanin Lepislatires, A of- fort was also mada to eaery this moasure through tho Ohio Legislature, but failed, This illis not aa much directed againgt tho scalpors as it is againnt tho Baltimore & Obio Railrond, Sinco tlio war between the Baltimoro & Ohto and the Pennsylvama Railrond has commoncod, aud rates wero raduced to all poluts Lost and West, the foriner Compnany has been selling un- lituite:d tiokets, while the lattor Company has limited ita tickots to threo days, This action on tho patt of the Baltimore & ,Ohio Railrond has worked very disastrously ngainast the Ponnsylva- nia and othor Eastern littos, and was badly injur~ fug thoir business to local ponts, A largo nuim- ber of the reduced ftickets of the Bultimore & Ohio Ratiroad wero bought by scalpers and othora on speculation, but, ns tho othor roads Lavo sinca reduced thoir rates lower thau thous provivusly established by Lhe Bailunote & Ollo, theso spoculators wuro badly atack, By n provisiou fu ths bill Juut passed, railrond companies are compollod to redecin all tickels or portivns of tickots ot used by tho purobaseds, and henco the Baltimore & Oblo will bo com- pelled to redeom a largo nuwber of tho tickots proviously eold, which will prove a groat loss, uniees tho dilliculties botwoon tho lines sbionld at once bo soitled, nud the rates rostored agaln, Itis belioved by tho managers of tho Pennssl~ vania Itailroad Conpany that this LIl will com- pel the Baltimore & Olilo to listen to terms of peace or reduce its rates still tarthor. Tho now bill s aa followa: BECTION 1. Me it enacted, de., That it shall bo tho duty of thio awner or owuers of uny ralirad or stean- boat for the trausportation of passengens to provide oach agent who misy Lo muthorized to sell tivkets or other cerlificates entithug the holders to travel npon nuy rallroad or stcambant, with o cecllfieato scltiug forth tho anthority of such sgent to mato such salcs, which certificato ehall bo duly attested by the corpurate woal of the owner of such raflroud or steanboat, 8g0, 2. That #t ehall not Lo lawful for Lay person not posscsscd 0f such sulhorily, so evidenced, {0 acll, Darter, or transfer for any conafderation whatcver tuo whole' o any part of suy ticket or tickets, puosos, or otlier evidonces of tho boldor's titie o travel. on au; rallroad or ‘steamboat, whethor tho samo bo eliualed, g»lve‘mu\l, or owaed wilhin or witbout the lmlis of this ate, v 8E0, 3, That any poreon or peraons violating the piovisious of tho secoud section of fhisact sball bo doemod gulllg of mirdemeanor, aud shall be labie Lo Lo punisued by o ine not cxceediug $30), and by Im. prisonment not oxceedivg on yeat, ur eltier, or botli, 1 the discrotion of the Court in witich auch persou or persons alall ba convieted, Sgo, 4, That it sliall Lo tho duty of cvery agent who shiall Lo suthottzed to sell Uokuts, or parts of tlkets, orotlier evidences of tho Lolder’a titlo to trave, to ox- Liblt to any peraon desiring to purchiase a ticket, or to any olilcer of {hio law who 1nay request Liin, the certifle cato of Lisnuthority thus to sell, and Lo keep satd cor- tificate posted in o consplcuous place dn his ofilco for thio juformation of travelers, Bro, 5, That it shall be tho duty of the owner or owners of rallroad or stesmboat, by their agonts or managers, to provide for redemption of tho whols, or suy partu or coupons of any ticket or tickets, which thoy may have sold, aa tho purchaser, for any reason, hua no0b usod, and does ot desire to e, ot 8 rato which #biall bo equal to the diferenza Lebwoen tho price pald for the wholo ticket and tho cost of a tickst bolween tho points for which the proportion of sald ticket was actually used ; and tho sals by any person of thy un- used portion of any ticket, otherwise than by (ho resoutation of the same for redemptlon, a provided or i this seotiou, sbull bo deowned to bo a violatlon of tho provisions of this act, and shall be punishod os lorelnbofors provided, JFrovided that this act ghall not proliibit any person who has purchiased o tickoe: froni any ngent suthorlzod by this act, with the bona fide Intention of travellng upon the sime, from molle ingany part of the samo to any other porspu, Hrc, 0, Any rafirond-or sicambost company that shall, by auy of {t3 ticket ogents in this Hiats, refusa 10 redecm nny of ita ticketa or parta of - tickets us pro- scribed In Buz, 6 of thia act, sball pay a flue of 3300 for each offense, 1o the people of tho Btata of Ilinel: aud 1t wholl o unlswiul for sid Compsny, nubseqien| to such refuaal, to soll any tieket or tickets 1n Lhls Sialo uutil such fine la paid, e MISCELLANEOQUS. TIE COLUMNLS, CHICAGO & INDIANA CENTRAL. A mcoting of the bondholders of tho Colum- bus, Cuieago & Indiann Ceptral Railroad was hold Tuursday at Now York, tho ohisf purpose of tho meoting being the heating of o lggal opin- fon and setatomont in rogard to the preseng value of tholr bonds, and whother the Poonayl- vanis Railroad Compauy conld bo cumpelied to make good its nlleged guarauteo, ‘I'ho counsol of tho Londholdors, Mr, Charles T, Bouthmayd, made a atatomort as to what was boat to do undor the existivg circumstancen to protoct tholr intorests. 1lo statod that in 1870 tho Joaso which thie Ponnsylvauia Iiailroad Come pany then held was amended, the Penneylvanin Railrond Company agrobing to pay 80 per cont of the gross earnings of the road, but if tho 80 per cent foll short of 7 por cont interent, the rosd waa to pay the intotees ou §15,821,000, that be. ing the waximuw of tho awmonut in which the bondholdors were intoroatod. Apzil 1 the Yenn- sylvauia Railrond refused to pay tho required 1ontai for this month, and o eating of the bondliolders Liad in consoquence been called to onact some mensures for thoir proteciion. -Mr. SBouthmayd dolivered an olaborate opinion o8 (o tho relatious of tho_Columbus, Chicaco & Indisun Centrat to the Pan llaudle and Poun- sylvania Ilailroads, and statod that tho latter Company had not directly gnaranteed tha pay. ment of "tho intereat of the Columbus, Ohleago & Indinna Central flist-mortgage bonds, 1fe indicated tho weveral mensures open to bouds holdors to ouforce their rights, and rccommond- ed n union of intorests in order to malko an equitablo and judiclous settloment with the Tonnsylvania Company. MOKE TRAINS WANTED, 'The pacsongers living on the line of the Mil- waukee Division of tho Chlcngo & Nortliwestorn Bailrond have requested the Compauy to 1un ad- ditioual trai from Barrivgton to this city. Tho Company has tha matter under consideration aud will probably comply with thelr requost, A NEW NARNOW-0AUGE ROAD, Dixox, 1il, Apiil 9.—A moetiug of tho prindi- pol busincss inen of our city was hold last night, which fully mdorsed the proposed natrow-gsnge rallway from Chtcago to tho Mississipp] Hiver, connceting with the ono now coustructing in Iows, ‘Thoorganization at onco of a company to conatruot enid road was strongly rocommend- #d, ‘Tlie prospoots for aid boro sod along tho ‘whoto line are most encouraging, X THE UTAU NORIMERN. 8art Lake Crry, Utah, April 9.—Tho Utah Northorn Hxilroad Company has dotormined to oxtend their road immedintely 40 miles, atopting tho routa via Sodn Springs, Utah, Jdustices? Justico in England. Pall Malt Gazette, With coslant theirpresout price poor people who live nonr o forest are exposed to & great tempta. tion, 'L p{ must, however, loop thelr hands from * picking and stoaling,” or rather from sticking and stoaling, for fustico iu this country is administorod very indiffarently, and ita mill- whoals occaslonstly * grind excesdingly amail.” A cano hoard n fow days ago at the Bt, Alartin's, 8 ‘L?lkd' l’u&ty Hemsjona oughe to bo s warniog ckora, Four women wete summoned for sticking in Cliffo Forest on the 10th of February and dofug dumsge to the underwood to tho ox= tent of alzpence. It appears that the forost ia tho property of Lord Lzxetor, and a heavy penaity woa pressed for, a8 conwjderable damage, It was ‘stated, bad boon dowo to the underwood by stickers, ‘The Magisteates thercupon fined ali the dofondants £1 Vs 0d, ine cluding damsges and ooats, or o mgoth's hard labor, ‘I'bis judgment, socording to the repork in the Stamford AMercury, sppearad to stugger the poor women, who pleaded pitoously for a mluguon of the sontence, deolaring {lat they bad been compolled to go out sticking to get firlng. s they were unablo to buy coal at 1a U4 » hundredwolght. After s whila tho Magiatrates reloutod 0 far aw to sllowa furtuight for peymens. This act of morey did not, hows over, eatiafy the offunders, who ~urged that they should naver bo able 1o pay the wum demanded, and would have to go to prison, aud iwe of the dofendanls, an old womau and a gir [ — youug girl, nctually surrandered themset ountady on this absurd yplea, Anmlx:l nl‘nl woman, who aald alio had only 10a in the wmhl‘ that her huabaod was §il i Led, and hed hog, 80 for throo monthn, and that she only wont g: rnt 8 few nticks Lo maka & fira to warm him, got [ur penalty at last roduced 10 .£1, Lt et pase was oxlinnisted. - o avouly aro WL koalos of j Lica balancad in this couniry, that sn old Woman who picks up a stick, and a rufllan who knyek, an ol woman down wih & bludgeon ocs mulecod fu about tho samo ponalty, 9 SUBURBAN NEWS, NYDE: PARK, Tha political market may bo quoted as’'muey Iivelier since tho town elections of Tuenday, Tig comnton inquiry in the villago Is, » Wol, what do you think of the clection 2" and tho common reply to that oxnsporating one, * I told you gg 1n with an omnions shako of tho hend, Tie Walte-Creighion followers ara natutally Jubilay, and an confidont of earrylng tho village ulcfllo; as thoy aro sure that thoy bave already carriey that of tho town, Itisn noteworthy fact, lioy, avor, that the voto tn the villago’ waa extrome), light, falling slort by somo 800 balloly o the numbor polied when the citlzeny all como out. It is reasonablo Lo atppoza thay thoss who remained at homo wero nob suppog. era of tha winulng tickat, and tha nex) sl tho really important one, wilt depend lars ¥ og #etting a full vote, ‘ho Funuml viow now takey Ir, that the majorltion will bo xmnll In any easy of course cach party oxpeets tu have that sm,) majovity in its favor, Thio Hegular parly, ns the ons opponed to iy’ Peopic’s-Creighton faction muv ko cnlled, )y roused from ita npathy, and realizal the neces. sity of doing roma cavient work if it would wip, ‘o riceting at tho Shorman 11ovka las beey notteed In Tun Tninoxe. Ivrovealed thg fae that tho campalgn oxizonclos wero appreclated, Tho crucus of this party witl bo beld, Trabably, the Ingt of this weok, 4 T'he predictions hithorto mnde ug to tho tickey to bo nut iu tho ficld soow to hold good, though thero are rmors that Mr, Morzan will rety from candidnoy, and Mr. Bticknoy reccive gy regular nowinntion for Clorl. Tho Waite-Croighton rnrlv will moot to-mor, row as tho Ilydoe Park lotel to make nominy. tions, Trom this time on till tho 20th, politrey will bo tho topic of futorest, if nob of couzers, WAURLGAN. Wanlkegan prescnts o gloomy appearance, af. ter the departuro of o largo numbor of oy men, who attended tho malos Wueslay g Wodnesday, 'Tho ovent bas boen o fluaucy auccesy, and Mewsrs. Parks and Dodgo oxpres themsulves an greatly pleasud with the resl, ‘The eatimated racoipty from tue disposal of bty horaen, caltlo, and sheop, {s ln tho viciity of 110,000, = Work on the Artesian woll Is tsmporarily suspondod 8o far s drilling is concaned, (lio workmen uow being employed in oxtrieatin; tho drill, which got wodged tn tho rock at3 dopth of about $00 foot, aud which they cxzent to racover in about ono or two woeks, It in said that n majoriby of tho voters of Lake Couuty nro opposed to tho romoval of tig county-seat, and that tho leading businesme of the city und suburban towns will * fuu" against ik, An ovtertainment, consisting of (ableany, statuary, ete., will bo given Tuesdav eveuiug, at Phomx Hall, undor tho auspices of Mra, Bawyer. Iversbody who can should attend thig oxcellont entertainmont. Tickoety will Lo only23 cenia. 5 Judgo T, D, Murphy was in tho city Wodnes oy, - ‘L'wo wagona pasaod through the ciy yaster. day contaiuing o family of Moxfeana, just trom Knnsas. Tho excursioniats left soon ulter for Keonouha, ‘They aro iu search of a placo ta lo catn for farming, Mr, Pulip Brand, who has contemplated the orcetion of n now buildiog, will not proscats tho entorpries for tho prosent, having invosted Lis surplus eapital in anothor direction, ———mme SENATOR CAMERON, To the Edftor of The Cicano Tribune: LA Crosse, Wis,, April 2.—Thora s a great deal of nownpapor-gossip with teforonco to the now Honator from \Vteconsin, the lon. Angus Came eron. Aud, loasmuch a8 his ctootion was se ourod by a combination of Iiopublican bolter with the Domoeracy, 1t is not strangs or unor- poctod that onriosity should be arousod s to by futurs political action. Perhaps a fow words from o neighbor and long-time political aeod ato would bo of iuterost to your roaders, Tha writor of this lottor has beon acquaintod andas goclated with hlm: for many yoars, aud eposka from the record whon hoe szya that Angua Caze aron i o Ropublican of the stralghtoest and etrict ost sort. IIo has no sympathy with or affectioa for tho Democratic party, 1Io hing alwaya bees, and is to-day, su ardont supportor of Prosideat CGrant and his Administration. ITo s nom, 83 ho always hae boom, o Ropublican, sod an activa wotking man in tho panr Tho mon who suppoited hiim, belioving that be could bo uised o4 a tool £2 carry ont any achemes having for their ond aught that wonld snrve to dlsrnpt or wenkun tho party in this Btote, ® find themselves grossly decoivail, 1t hias beon urizod that tho romaval of Julza Dutton, o etaunch Ropablioan, and a competouly falthful officer, from tho oflicoof Nuoaiver of the Lnud Oitico, and tie appointment of Joiw Ul rich to succeed him, was dono at tho sugzestion of Henator Camoron, bocauna 1t scemed to bs & fitting soquol to tho story of Cameron's eloction. "Whis 18 o mistako, an dacs groat injustics to e new Sonator, Mr. Camoron i o mnn of much character, and s too old n politician, & intarfero with the patronago of Gen, Rusi's dis- trict, Itis well kuown that ho has persistontly rotised to do go; and [ beliovo that Oen. Ruk will in tho fature, as he ling in tho past, cod- tinuo to oxercieo tho usual rights aud privilege concedod o his ofice, ‘Thia sppointment of An Ulrich to an important politlesl ofilco i, it iatrue, mubject to critielsn, The appolntmont of 82 aotive, Influential opponent uf Gan. Grant a0d his Adminlstration,—who bas, during the past fivo years, used both pon and volco to the ke mont of Lia concoded abilisy to injure and defest $ho Ropubliean party,—oceupying, as ha doet, 1 osltion a8 oditor of one of tho most induentls! erman nowspapory in the Northiwoat, the orasd of tho German Democraoy in the westurn pait o the Siate, causcd considerable commout and Hr contont among loadinglmembora of the Ropublic- an party In (his portion of tho State, ani word enpecially 8o after Mr. Ulricl’s statomen, pub lishod immediately subsoquont to bis appoiok mont, that it was gouerally undorstood by‘dl", procuring Lis appointment that no aacrifice of principle or change of paolicy of the Nord-Sters was demanded or oxpeotet. That the lpp_fl‘fl‘; mont of such s mau wos o mistake, [Lave nd doubt, That it will fallto sccomplish the G‘flr ovidoutly sought, X bolievo cortain. Dut Sead g" Coamoron I ot responsible, and no lnl’mfl;fl sliould be drawn from thin unwise appolutinetl ‘o8 Indienting any desire on hLis part to pay ol i Demooracy for their -nplmrl. Iact ninter, S " down an & fixed fact that Bonator Cn:narmllil:u Republican, and will *“with the ]lopuls‘f‘ stand," > PRI e ‘Thoe Panama Isthmus Imnnl—l’r::; ress of the Amerjcan sSurvey Unde! Cupte Lull, o Punama Star, March 15, s The canal sarvoyingy party, inder Capt. J;‘;P; continuoa to progceutw tholr work with 'cuuj X and onorgy. They huve alroady reached J witln 15 milos of Aspluwall, ou thelr way Whm Al:‘lmhflc. t,mdml .“"lu{x I‘a l,}l':m;n‘::,p :"r;:o e alroady stated, is finlshod. B ) €l baosn ccm}»lolud by hllr. 7.1, Vhsillp, tne draughitt man of tho expedition, Capt, Ll 'Icuompnnlud by 3r. “\lem:sci and Dr, Mausfield, oxpects to leavs “mf)“em day for the Chopo, to ascend that river an i ovar the old Ban Tilos route tothe Atlantle, MJ fresh obscrvations of the line, it 14 €xP o ;).u; aml{'o wolrkuar t}iinnfivny will be comp oforo tha mlddle of April, i ‘Tho following important information h’; :’:“l furnished ua In reforence to tho rivor Ut o7 surveys now being mada on the Mlnnlln‘:o Ship- the Isthmus, ju viow of the location of ¢l caual routes It has been fonnd that |h‘°1 o by tho entratice of tho Chiagros Tver sid do e the English surveyors in 1840 1s not "Whml 0 Jound. There is, howeyor, a dsugerous & rieat] thia mouth of tho river on which the "%M(m hnvili. Near tlio eutranco to tho it sod off shore on both sides shoals bave e an which tho dopth is 2 or 8 fest. On 'I'h ) ing up tho Clacros fiivar itselt, & dopid Sy feat was carclod tno leugih of Y miles At Sy for 14 miles nbovo that, Tho river um;.m Azd -m:lnll: 106 fnne,ldnnpunmg agaiy ® chianuel narrowed, Aspluwall is considared by tho -unol;fll;'z% wo ata told, as bojug Without doubt ‘I?oull T torminus for the canal, aud that it woul o oo quire o breakwatar lu tho form of 8 QUL {0 alford complete shelter from the uorthors. e - At thie Commencomont of the New York Treé Medlea) Colteg for Womea Thanwday toso 3¢ uine graduatey, -