Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1875, Page 5

TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: | ——— e Tu SDAY, " JULY 13, 1875, CRIMINAL NEWS, Coroner's Ingnest in the Simpson Case of Suppored Polsou- ing at Jollets Adjournmont of tho Jury Pending 2 Gastrio Analysis, A Handenffed Prisoner Jumps from o Rapldly-Moying Train in Minnesoln. Tho 8o-COalled ' Murder " Story at Memphia Asgumes Its Troo Oharacter, A Mountnin-Mendow Massacre Case to Be Tried in Utah on the 16th Inst, THE WILL COUNTY MYSTERY. Bvecral Dispateh to Tha Chwaan Irioune. Jonter, Ill, July 13.—Tho Coroner of Wil County held sn inqueat upon the body of Robert Bimpeon, st Providence Cometery, 6 milea south- cast of Joliet, yesterdny afternoon as 6 o'clock. e summonod bia jury upon the spot. Dr. Romaino J, Curtise, of Jollet, made the post-mortom examination, Threo sons of tho deceased,—DButlor, Major, and Duke Bimpson,— Doctora Raguor and Curtiss, aod B. O. Darain, the tensnt, wero eworn in, Dukoand DButlor Bimpaon teatified positively that the woman, Mary Simpson, wou o sister of tnelrs, and daughtor of the decessed, Lobort Bimpson. Butler tostified that Alary impron had told lum that Gerga Bimpson, 13 years old, was a son of ler tather. and that she was his mother. They both testitied that Mary bad been considered aud muanm by all out them to bo the wifo of their ather, Dr, Curtiss, who made the post-mortem, toeti- flod that Lo found the braiu and lunga in a healthy condition, Tho hesrt was diseased on the left side, but from testimony of Ravnor, the attending physician to the deconsed, he would not cnnull!:!l' that thoy indicated death from Tieart diseaso, although hiu heart,was wuificiently dinoared to cause doath at any timo. The stom- ach bo found perforsted, which might have becn cansed by post-wortom digostion, e would not awonr a3 to what ha thought asusod tho dosth of Robort Bimpson. Duko Sinl:mon on of tho docepsed, toat(- flod that hiy fath pt his lifo sway; that is, ho slapt nlmost constantly for tweive houra pro- vioua to his death, waking up about oue haif an Lour before ho died, aud saked that mora light be let in. Darwim, tho tenant, tostified that he did not know whother Mary wan the wife of Hobert or not ; that bto had some spats and quarrels with tluo decensed, but not within the !ast tio yonrs, Ho rofused to stato what caused tho quarrols. Yo testified that, emnce the death of Iobert Simpson, he had taken s loaso upon the farm of thio docoasod for ton years; that sald loaso was exccuted by Mary Bimpson, Had no lesse from tho deceseod. Tho stomach of t1e deconsed waa delivered to the Coroner to be analyzed, Batler Bimpaon, the oldent son, who cansed the inquest, eaya_that ho is eatisfied thoro was no foul play in the matter. The Coroner adjourned the session of tha jury to mect at his ofilico, in tho Opora-Houae Build- ing, on Haturdsy ovening noxt. Tho woman, Mary Simpaon, could not bo found by the Carouer yesterday. B8be has Leou in the city to-day, and exccuted and filed for record a bill of sale of sll the personsl property, ioclud- {og the furniture {n the house now occupiod by ber, to tho tonaut Darwin, ‘The affair, taken as a wholo, hascansed s groat commotion in the county. Tho sentinent of & Iargo numberof peoplo is that the stomach onght to bo thoroughiy aoalyzed, aud the matter fully and complotely sottlod beyond disputa whether there was foul play in the death of lubert Bimp- a0 or not. A TRAQIC FIZZLE. Special Diavateh to Tha Chicago Tridune, Foxp oy Lac, Wia,, July 12.—The litila Village of Minnesota Junctios, 30 miles south of hers, was the sceno of an exciting tragedy aboutd o'clock Bunday afternoon. A man, who bas a wife and fivo childron noar Watertowa,” named Johngon, hias been working on & farm noar Min- neaots Junction. Not far from the Juuction re- sides 8 mau named Jamoa Wood, who is at work neor Janosville. The Wooda wore respoctablo people, and stood well in the commuutty. John- 80n gat into tho habit of vieiting Woods, and kopt up Lia visita aftar the head of the family wont to Janosville, mnd, finally foll deoply in love with Mrs, Wood, and proposed to Lier that thoy should elope.” Tno woman, like & true wifo and mother, repolled the insult and ordered him away, sud he went. The noxt time be met bor he madoe the same wicked proposal. Buo na omphatically ssid ne. On Saturday he went to Beaver Dam, 7 milos distant, puroLased & rovolver and & doso of poison. Whilo on the way back to tl:e Junction ho remarked to au so. uaintance that ho proposed to do sometbing that would mako people talkk about bim, De- twoon S and 4 o'clock 1u the aftoruoon, after Lio hud drnuk nnul{ ho weuded his way to Mis, Wood's homo. Whou thoro ho made s third rmpn»mun to clope. Ble indiguaotly refusod ho proposition, No sooner DImd she given tho answer than ho whipped out bus revolver, and waying, Then we will both die, irad two gnots at the Lorrified womau. Ouo tuok effect in lier chosk, and the othor in her shoulder, makmg painful but not fatal wounds, The maddoued man tho took (ho posou from L pocket, ewallowed it, and laid down to die, Lut it didu't bave tho dosired effact, and itls supposed he will_recover. Mre. Wood has the respoct and confidence of the neighbors, aud, as thoy flocked to hor home after the teagedy and saw the poor woman coverod with blood, Lioard Lior groave, and saw tho three frigltencd chil- drén usuging to Ler clothing, 1t was with diii- culty thut the poople woro kept from Iynching tho brute who biad cageod tho sickoulug acone. Xo stauds & goud chianco to be lynched yot. A GANG OF BURGLARS, Bpeciat Dipateh lo The Chicaaw Tridune, sTexgy, L, July 12.—The residonces of J, A. Worren, N, W. Orr, W. A, Hanns, and 2.°D. ‘Woodward wero ontored lasinight by threo men, and, thongh the bouses were pretty well gone over, their booty was limitad. At Mr. Warren's they sccured abont §3 In mouoy. At N. W. Orr's they made off with his pants aud vest, Wwhich they left In & neigliboring yard. ALJ. D, Woodwaid's thoy seoured 86 from his wallot, and & watch. This afterncon threo persons, * Biving thelr names ms James Dalton Clacios Wells, aud Jobn' Vabel, wero srroited and wearchod, but, nothiug Lemg found on thern, they were disousryed. § Aftorwards oue of tuem roturned Mr. Wood- % owad's teh by loaviug it on tho fonco st bis 3 Boure, sud,” balog woon by ‘Sire. Wor - two of i wero resrrestod to await tl L ; % ththird, 1tis oxpected he will bemf::fid‘,":;n; i all will be examined to-morraw, Th fellows on Baturday night enteredt! realdoncen i‘d :X:xrl‘;‘l Foubaniur.'(l' C. \fi.nfi&,’iflg"g"? Jr., &t Bparlaud, at the Istter pi calog do.ml.“;fiuyfl 40 wot through Ol t. They ara undoubtedl andl it t{m thing can {a fastoned a‘;‘:nye‘r:“t?:} nwglcm:'molr dosertyat tho hauds of our city CRIME AT THE SOUTH, Mexrms, July 12,—Quinlan, who shot Mo- Quinn yestorday evenlug for br aking futo hia Louse'in pursult of his own wife, who had fled his trostment, was acquitied to-dsy on the ground ot juatification, A turbulent negro named Durnsido was shot and killed yesterdsy on Raudolph road, 5 miles from thia city, by Willlam 31 whore lifa Burneido had lhrnn‘::!o‘in u:(mi'."f:dgi ll‘g}l‘. Mitebell came (o the city and gave him- L up. P, Mry, 3organ, who saveroly cat thy Damed Johmllmy. v fow :u- °.?::§!'"3§'.'1 Huru Lake, Miss., 84 reported at the timo, was arrcutod Fridey snd examined befors Eu- quiso Turuer. Dilismy wald wha had twice tried to poison llm, and aftorwards Attvmptod to cut ber throat, This was deufed by Mre, Margan, who etated that Dellamy bad oums o hor bed aud attempted to outiage her fqmn. and sha bad seized » razor lving ou the ablo, and defended herself, and in 8o doing bad inthisted wounds, ana (hen fled from e house, Bho wax discharged by thie Magistrate. WN“ Ouvraxs, Joly 13.—Attorney-General Flold to-day tilod sy information in’ the First wistriot Coust sgainat Georgo C. DBeouaw, for :hmning 835,000 trom the é‘mu on fraudulest 03abers, The traosaction oa which the chiarg are based was doveloped durine Jtha racent fn- vestigation sgalnst Auditor Clinton. DBenlam s atill at large. DEADLY ASSAULT UPON A WOMAN, Bpecuts Divateh to I'h Chwato I'ribune, Juxeau, Dodgs Co., Wis, July 12.—Yoslerday (Bunday) sfternoon, Johu Worden, & farmer ilring nesr Minnesota Junctio, in this county, committed an sssault upon s marrind woman, Mra. Fog, living in the village, by shooting hor twice, It is utated that the msn, who is himsell married and han a large family, had attempted to pravatl upon Mra. Fox, whoss husband lives at Fox Lake, in tbls county, to run away with Lim, and bad_goue to her houss at about 10 o'clock in the mornivg and romained untill o'clock, when the woman fimally attempted to leavo the houss. Exasperated st his fatluro, tho man drow s pistol and fired st her twice,—oto Lall taking effect in thio ahowider-juint, theothor entering the Liead just behind or uuder tho ear. Tho wounds are dangorous, bit not necesssrily fatal. After commutting the dood the mau went tobis home and swallowed & dose of poisci, whictt, however, owing Lo ita haviug_leon kept for » long time, produced uo sifect. Tho erim- 1nal wan afterwards arrested aod lodgod in tho County Jail at this village, whore he now lics avaiting an oxamuation, It 1 gaid that tha woman was within two or thros montus of ber coufinoment, RIOT AT CLARKSVILLE, TENN. LouvmviiLy, Ky. July 13.—Tho Courier- Journal's Clarkasiile, Tann., special saye tro Irinbmen, nameil Connora snd Jeffout, attacked » colored boy with & knifo on Baturday. The next morning & body of about twonty uegroes sttacked tho two Irshmen and ran them into & grocory, whenco they wero aftormard taken by tho police to tha station-louso for safety, Tha samo night tho negroos assaulled the grocery with pistols, stoneg, and axcs, and almos de- mohshed tho bullding, BSeveral dlsreputablo Liousea were also mobbad, and tho alsrm beil wastung. While tho polica wara iuvestigating tho alarm, tho frionds of tho two Irikhmon broke down the door of tho calaboose nud sot them freo. A goneral riot was foared at one time, but ovarsthiug I3 quist t0-night. Ouo porson was serlously Luart, THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE. Beaven, Utah, July 12,—Tho trial of Joha D, Los for connection with tho Mountain Meadow massacro of 1857, in Southern Utah, at which time 140 emigrauts, men, women sand children, from Arkaveas and Missouri, were murderod, will probably come np on tho 16th inst. ‘thero aro & grent many witnesacs in town, twenty of whom have addressed & communication to Mar- shal Maxwoll asking meana of subsisteuce, and an examination in Chambors, that they might re- turn home to attend to their crops. Gen. Max- well anawered that mileago nnd fees was all ho could pay, nnd the Distnci-Attoruoy would tako his own courae n_taking the testimony. It lu bolieved and hoped that thia terrible ctime, which has beou charged to the Mormon peopla for the puut elghteon years, will bo disproven. or that tho guilty partios will ba brought to justice. A BOLD ROBBERY. New Yonw, July 12,—At noon to-day two well- dressed men obtained admission to the house of Mathiaa M. Dancor, No. 50 West Eleventh street, by representing thomselves to be Croton Water Tax Collectors. Thoy had no sooner enterod when they eeizod Mis. Dancer, who wans alone, bound, {;lggud, and handeuffed nor, then admitted tive othor confedersaten, when sll proceedod to ransack the honee from top to bottom. They obtaied 240,000 of Vir- rinis_State boods, but overlooked £10.000 in New York Contral securitics. After tho depart- uro of tho robbers, Mra. Dancer succeeded in sttractiug the attontion of & passer-Ly, and she was rescued from Ler painful position, No clew to the thieves. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. Special Disvateh to The Chicaon I'ribtune, Dixox, 1., July 12.—A desporato attempt was ‘made on Baturday last to outrage tho person of Miss Mary Norton, by Henry Backus, at Grand Detour, G miles east of this city. The circum- stancos wero 23 followa: 3Miss Norton residos at Polo, but is living in Grand Detour, and is a school-teacher. Bho was passing from the school-honso to hor hoarding-honse, when Backus camo out from belind a tres, caught ber by the_throat, and_ throw ber oo the kronnd. Miss Norton's crios for holp were responded to b{ parties near, and the villalo waa urrested and placed in fuil at Oregon, tho county-secat, to await the sitting of tho Grand Jury. A DARING LEAP FOR LIBERTY. Special Dispateh to The Cnicuao Tribune, Sr. Paul, Minn., July 12.—Dan Sullivan, ar- rested laat winter for the murder of a Swede, near Grantsburg, Durnett Couoty, Win, who oscapod from jall at Pine City, 3linn,, and sinco concoaled nimself by living with Tudisns, was sgain arrested near Duluth last weok, aud was being taken to Stillwater by Baturday's train, heavily handeuffed, when ho managed to get on the piatformm and throw bhimself off, turning over soven timew down an ewbaakment. The train, goivg at 25 miles su bour, was atopped aud bucked to tha place whero Sullivan bsd ilnmpml, but he had escaped to the woods, and 22 not sluco boen found, FATAL SHOOTING, Mearpms, Tenn,, July 12.—Yostorday tho wife of Goorge McGuinn, & cooper omployod at the elovator, sought protection at the house of a nolghbor named Morris Quinlan, residing in Fort Pickoring, her hasbaod Leing druok and having beaton or, McGuinn followed bor to Quinlan's and attompted to brosk tho door down, Quinlan ordersd McGuiun sway, and, horefusingto lonvo, and continuiug his assault on tho door, Quinlan fired three sbots at him, ono_takiug effoct i s right luug and anottier breaking his arm. The former wound will doubtless prove tal Quin- lon surrendered himsolf to the authoritics, Ac- Gumn bore tho reputation of an intemperate msu, SAILOR STABBED. Bpeetal Drspateh (o The Chicavo Tridbune. EasT Baow¥aw, Mich,, July 12.—~About noon to-day James Wnght, » sailor employed on the schiooner Franols Palms, lylog at McLean's mill, was stabbed fu the loIt side, near the regiou of the hoart, by & sbipmate named Mathew Keliy, Kellyis from Chicago. The men bad boen quar- rellog sl the forenoon, and had como to blows sovera! times. Kelly claime ho did the stabbing in_solf-dofonse, Wright having threatencd to Lill bim, and baving dono hus best to doit. Wright will die, - THE LICK MURDERERS, Bpecial Diapateh to Ths Chicaao I'ridune, 8r. Pavr, Mion., July 12.—Tha bill of oxcep- tlone baving been granted in tho casoof Frauk Rapp, seotenced to life mprisonment for the murder of Ulriea Lick, audnowin prison at Btill water, tho case goos boforo the Hupreme Court, which may ordor a new trial, For the second tiisl of Mrs, Rapp, for tho same murder, a change of venuo will he auked to-morrow, with the purnoss on the partof the defeuse to Liave it tried {n Mounipon County. A SAFE BURGLARY, * Special Dispatch to I'he Chicugo Tribune, CGuanp Rariws, Mich., July 13,—Burglars at- tompted to rille the County Tressurer's safe oar- Iy Bunday morning. They aucceeded iu opeuing the outer door sud In getting about $5, but were frightened sway whon at work atthe burglar- proof {uner wafe, which Lnd alout 50 fu it. 2{,"3{2’.“’ to loave their tovls. No clew to the BTABBED HIS BON, 8pectal Dicateh to The Chicavo Tribuna, Avrous, UL, July 13.~Henry Miller, 31 years of age, while attempting to rescue his motber, who was belug brulally beaten by hi fatber, ‘\m:lmhlmhullllm yeuterday moruing, was stabbed u the right leg, uud twice in the laft ', and Lid w Iadio broken over bis head by the tetce Ths t:n&u tll;au ufldl;o' Nl‘ml:lv'gl-. where ho was arrosied. e s Leld for tri I{ Court in 81,000 bail, PN Slreay A SERVANT-GIRL'S WEAL' Special Dispatch &0 Tha Chusago Toaeen Atzinsox, Wis,, July 13.—A servant-girl was Tobbed of $400 in notes and money, last Friday, by snother gitl, named Augusta Haman, work- ing with her in this place. ‘The officars found ber at Farmiuglon, Bat 3 hor trislin th‘ uonn!ylj:a‘l:h’ ERatnow andiis THE WEBTERVILLE, 0., WHIBKY WAR. Coroxnnus, O, July 12.—Laass night the now notoriotis Corbin saloou, a¢ Weutorvile, was u:nd to be :;1 flr‘o‘. but before it was fairly uoder wsy the flames wi inguisl 15l aald some uskown pioiies *ounaislied. bullding, and, plsciog «ome rubbish in an foner roum, pued sl the bottles o Lquor oa the plle, and then sot {t oo fire, Between tho explosion snd flre the building 1w worth very little, Corbin t present ili with fover, but de- clares vhon ke recovera ho will tty auctlior ealocn. The peaplo of Wenterville ara grentiy elated over tha closing, and dociara that 1o saloon suall live in thair town, A report [n cnrrent hara that particn loft 1y Corbin to watci the salcon pot drunk and upset s Jamp, which cauged the tire, DURGLARS IN BLOOMINGTON. Sneeral Dipateh to The Chicitae Trisune, Broowtyatox, I, July 12.—DBurglats are making it lively in Bloomington, and Liavo protty mnch their own way, 88 thero ara but seven policemen on_duty at night. Last night the rosidenco of Willisn I3, Frobaco way entera ), but nothing dsturbed ; alao the residsuco of Cal. Jolin iteed, where the burglacs set iire to tho clothes in o clonet, destroying costly wille dreascs and other goods. BILL KING. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Mixnzarorts, Julvy 12.—In the Court of Com- mon Fleas to-day, tho argument wan submitted for the removal of the attschment for £115.000 of the Pacitic Mail Company Against the praperty of Willism 8, King. No decision yot. M'ILRATH. avectal Dupaleh to The Chieano Tribune, Br. PAur, Julv 12.—Indictments against ex- Biate Auditor Mcllrath, for ombezzlemont, huve, Dy congent of both sidew, been wut over to the September term of tho Cutninon I'ieas Court, 5 IN RUSSIA. Primitive Dealings of the Subjects of tho Cznr. It ia time to thiow & last glance upon those middle ages and aucient {natitutions, the fairs, for thoy hiave alrendy disappeared in Western Europo, and they wil eventually dimap- pear, even In Dusseis, before the loco- motive, which is pushing its wav from Moscow and Ht. Petersburg to the Ural Mountains and Biverian steppes. Commercial aod morcantile fairs were a neceseity for the times whon commuuications remmained very difiicult and rara between customera and pro- ducers, Iiut what ia tho neceswity now for plouding along slowly st & horse pace to reach a markec, wliero eales and purchases ara to bo gouno through, when the iron horse can ®o rapudly convey people and goods o tho great marts of the world? Tho coleorated Leipeig fair, for bookns and printing matter, has pnatly dinappeared in Germany: tho great Besn- calro fair, southwatd of Lyons in France, where Chlucse, Japanese, and all corta of merchants from cast nud west congregated, is hardly a souvenir, 'The renowned fair of Nijni- Novgorod, in Russia, only remains, aud this one also will soon be a thing of tho past. Somo of tho otbor 6,600 smallor fairs which are yet held at Irbit, Clisrcow, and other Ruesian towns and villages, will continuo for soma yeara Lo bo kept up, for, despita tho energy of Winans and other American engineers, it will take a long tims be- fore the tmimenso_ torritory of Ruasia will be adequately covorod by s uotwork of railroada, Morchandiso to the valua of 300,000,000 in still warehoused for theso fnira. Thao Nijul-Novgotod fair is the Jargest and most iraportant fair in the world, due mainly to the circumatances of s favorable situation ata point where the Oka flows into tho Volga, thus connecting the industrial proviuces of Central Russia with the Baltic, Westorn Europe, and Ceutral Asia, Tho first fair was held at Nijni in 181C. Cotton fobrica aro the goods most Jargely dealt in, sod constituto a linl ith Cen- tm?Aula, which sclla its raw cottona aud dyes principally far calicoea and money, Bales ara much affectod by tho prospects of the com- ing harvost, which are supnosed to bo known by the timo tho fair is held—namaly, from the 2ith of July totho 25th of August. The Amcrican civil war damnged tho cottou market preatly, causing s considerablo rise in prices, but v 1664 thore waa & sudden fall, fuflicting enormoua lonses on holders of the commodity. Sinco tuat timn Asiatic cotton hos boen more largely im- ported. Tho woolen trado, which is manly con- tered in the Ukraino fairs, is altogether subordi- uate at Nijoi. The trade in furs is intimatelv connocted with that of the lrbit Fair, whore skins aro mostly wold undressed, instend of prapared for kg, ng ia gonerally tho caso &t Nqum. Moscaw and §i berian merchants bring sables from tho Yaknts| torritory, aud equirrel-fur from the shores of Obl, Yenisei, and Lens, and tho nporthwest European Russin; Polish Jows comiug to Nijni to exchange beaver, river-otter, and muekrat slina for aquirrel-skine, Ilaro, cat, fox, marten, squirrel, and lamb skiue aro bought up at Nijni by speculators, who have them dressed, aud Lring them to market tho following year. Dyed cat-pkine aro scnt in ln(‘u quantitics to China, Gont-skius come to Nijni from tho Americany, and undrossed leather principaliy from Samara, Biberia, Perm, and Kasan, "T'oa, whicl used to be the mosl important ar- ticlo of all, meets with a large salo at tho fair, Tho chests on their srrival lreJ:ilml up on tho banks of tho Biborian dock, and covered with Dast matting. Tho Russian tea trade ik extremo- ly complteated, sud the commodity passcs t{lmugh many befora it reaches tho con- anmer, It is brought in the first instanco to Kinchta by Chineso merchsnts, who cxchange it tor Rusman goods. ‘Fio buyers sell it to wor- chants in Moscow, Iroit, and Nijnl, and “thens again disposo of It to tiadera who vimt Nijui, puicbaging hundreds of chesta at 8 timo, “Aa overy oue engaged 1n the trado loviea bia per- centago, the tes I8 very dear by tho timeit roachos tho consumer, Dealings oro based ex- clusively on the involces, which give a0 corroct an account of tho weight, class, aud quality, that tho purchaser never (Lioks of having & chest 0 transactions in commoditios of atl doscriptions at the Nijni fair ordiuarily amonunt to about 125,000,000 of roubles, equal to 890,000, —_— CORN-BREAD, SOUTH AND NORTH. To the Eititor of The Chicago Tribune : Cuicaao, July 10.—I have eecn several ailu- sions like the following : It i3 woll known that nobody makes mors delicious ,coru-bruad thag the negro women down Sonth, Ohe of them told an inyuirng youug lady how she does i1, aud, for the bouetit of our Lousekesviuy readers, wo give the recolpt, Baye Diuahi : * Why, darlin', some- tines gen'ally 1 takes & litle meal, aud sometimes gen'~ ally T takea » littls flou’, an' I kine o mifzes ‘em up wilh some hot water, and I puts iu eggs euud and & littlo salt, an‘then T bakes It jlst ‘bout enuff. Aud you'll mike it ua good aa 1 do,"" you do 50, jesas 8o, This ono i very prottily expressed, but noarly allof them heretofore were in no wiso come plimentary to our Northern cooks. Thore are saveral very lmportaut roasons which do not be- long to cookery, why our corn-bread cavnot bo the eame as in tho Bouth. Iu the first place, corn raised under a tropical aun la much sweeter than ours. It is alaoverytonder, 1ts sweetucss aud tenderness obviato tho necessity of fat or buttor for shortoning, and any forin of grease would deprive the corn of ite pure taste. No awaat corn ik raisad (u the Bouth ; comman corn is uweet enough to do awav with that necossity, The coru-moeal which Dinsh uses is, consoquent- 1y, sweetor_ aud tonderor than any which comos 10 tho hands of our fair-haired Nortliorn cooks, Thou, as to sods, sour milk, and shortoning, each ono is eoough of itself to dostroy thn pure tasto of coro-mesl, Dus our moal s prepared in such = manuer 88 to make all these necevuary f wa would have palatable food. It fa hero gronnd In larga quantities, and packed away befoie it is suficiently dry. It then sours or becomey bitter from long setanding. I voutura to usy that two- thirde of the meal we havo for city use is shight- Iy sour, if not bitter, We cau cure its sournecss, and some of tho bittern: by sods aud sugar ; but we cannot get the pu; ste, even of North- ern coin-meal, by auy mauner of meaus, whon it ie wo badly provared. Corn-cake iu tho country (s supsrior to any in tho city, The reason Iy, that the farmer solects hia Lest corn; takes a small grist to & mill which doos job- work, and gets it bome frosh and se sweet as anycorn in tbe North can be, Dinal's corn- bread iu the North would be no better than ours, nor balf so good. I have eaten corn-braad enough in the Bouth to know that, with the jogredionty hero, Northern cookery would make It utill better, ‘There are other articles of diet In the Bouth which deserve the samo celebrity as ite corn= bread,—pork, eygs, and chickens. Eggs and cluckend are more dolicions because l:u]s‘y k. are fed differently, and so of 0 Hogs run wild and feod on nutd, They are killed while young, asud before they become so grosaly fat as ours. lesides, tto fat which is formed by the meat of delicious uuts must ‘be much more palatablo than ourw. Mncon aud greous is a tewpting dish in the Bouth ; it isnot 80 hers, If we hsd tropical materials for cookery, wa should alvo bava trop- ioal cooking. Mzs, Hanaixt 8. Bsooxs. —_— e CENTENNIAL WORKERS. Lirree Rock, Ark., July 12.—Mre, Judge H. Caldwell, Chairmsu of tho Ladies' Centeunial Committes for Arkansas, has succesded in or- ganizing s Ladiea’ Btate Ceutenuisl Committes 0 co-operats with the Blats Board, In ordor thab Arkaffsss msy be properly repressnted at noxs yoar's Contennlsl. The Hiato Board is now en- #eged 1o calleoting speclmens for the exbibition. THE FRENCH FLOODS. Further Particulars of the Devasta- tion at Toulouse and Elsewlhere. Great Loss of Life and Immense De- struction of Property. Governmental and Individual Move- menis for Relief of the Bufferers, The Causes of the Jnundation..-Physical Geography of the Iteglon, Corresotvience Lunidon Times, Bororavx, June 27.—1 arrived at Dordeanx Iast night, and found that tho railway between Bordeaux and Toulonws was cat in over & dozen piaces by the inundation. At Cerons, 30 kile- metres from Lordenux, the country is ONE VART LAKE, and the waters are up to tho firet-flaor windows of the houxe4, Everything is carried away by fho forco of the current, and dead animale, carts, futviture, snd truuks of tiees ara whirled throngh the willage. At Baraae, further down thio line, averything I8 under water. 'I'be floodn aro Apreading in this district, and the villages of Arbanats and Besutiran, with the country tonnd, are graduslly being snbmerged. 1 amcompelied to make s long circuit round by Pengucux in order toreach Toulouse, Pamis, June 27.—Accounts received from Toulouse, though at present imperiect, show that the calamity is far moro terriblo than was at flest supposed, and it 14 now believed that some hundredn af persons have perished, TWEXTY THOUFAND IEINONS ARE DETITUTE, whilo the destruction of property is immense. Up to Weduenday nobody bad any idea that. owing tothe heavy rains of the provious week, the Garonuo wonld overtlaw its banka with such rapidity. On Tuesday the river {ndeed wan un- ususally bigh, and some elight damago was expct- ed, suchas ususily bappeua in winter when the snow melts, but had anybody Ruggested precans tious against dissster they would have been doemed quito ouuccessary. On Wednerday, how- aver, the prospect clianged ; the river bec torrent, aud by 10 8. m. it reached the level of the flood of 1855, It cootinued to rire, and measures wero taken with despersts ardor to bom in tho wators, Lut the uttempt was too late. Thoy invaded all the low-lying quarters of the town, and at 2 . w. two of the archios of oncof the bridges and twonty houres woro awept away, snd tho swimming-batba and lavatories moored to the banks were hurried down the wtroam, dashing sgoinst the houses alongside in their course. At5 p. m. the water roso over tho parapets protecting tho populous quarter of 5t. Cyprion, It an bLour later 1t wau 10 feet decp. Hoats were hastily got out to rescue tho inmates of the fulliug houses, but woveral of them wero carmied away by the cur- rent and dasbed to picces or swamped. T'wo bLoats, manned by eight soldiers, were dasnod againet each other, and sank in s pool formed by the gardens of the Civ- il Howpital. Out of thirty persons on board only ona woman wa eaved. Several persons who tried to excapo from the guartor on tho left bank on horseback were carrisd away by tho flood and perisbied. o the ovenind the wlols quatter of St. Cyprion wan cut off from the rest of tho town, the three bridges being carried away, All Wodoesday night was to bo Leard sho orash of loukes and THE CRIEY OF THE VICTIMS, On Thuraday morning the whole population was in the utreots, all classos vying with one snather in their efforts to rescuo thio victime, The town presonted n heart-rouding wpectacle; 5,000 to 6,000 poor cieatutes, lalf-uaked, brujxed, and benumbed, were conducted on foot or carried in vehicles or on Mltters o tho mulitary lLoe- pital; many of thom wera womon leading thoir childron by tho hand. By the aftcr- noon the waters had fallen 6 foet in St. Cyprien, but both atove and below ‘Fonlouse thoy extonded like an immenye lake dotted with tho bodies of humun bemgs and snimais, and with articles of furniture, wlila roofs of houses and trocs here and there appeared abovo tho flood. At 4 p. m. tho clergy of Bt Nicholas wont in I:rnccun(uu to the Church de §a Davrndo to supplieats the Virgin for mercy, and services were gomng on all day in all e churches, About 100 corpecs ~were discoverod on Thureday and Friday, and were Luried, after being ohotopraphied by their friends. Ono of tho victime was M. Wohlfart, a retired Major, who bad entercd & house to eave two children, when the walla fell in and buried bim, Dodies were discovered in many instances in alleva and gardens. Fivo victims, compowmug one {amily, were fotud in a firet-floor room locked in an aponizing emiraco. Thoso who bad ecacaped wera to be seen stntioned ot the entranco of thelr ruined tonemonts and giving ivformation as to thoir fellow-ocous piers. In the belfry of t. Nicholas Church sixty persons took refuze. Tho tlood renched the altar-table, and not far off a clerical atndent waa searching a1l day among the ruine of a large house for his parents and siater, listening in- teutly for any eound of lifo. All the granaries ob tho banks of the river are destroyed, aud tha entira quarter may be said to HAVE DISAPFEARED, for all the bouses utill standing are dsmaged or tottering, The now Curmelite Church was flood- ¢d, a lady who was confessing being drowned, whilo the confessor effacted his cscape. The girls at a convent-echool were rescuod on Thurs- day. Thoy hiad passed a dreadful night going up from atory to story aa the tlnod roso, and pass- ing the tima in prayer, expectiug ev- ery momout to be their last, Tho bodies of four wouien wero found, each with au infant in her arms, Another woman was found by her dog. Tuone room tou vietims wore found, two of whom wore aull breathing, and received the lagt sacraments befors expliing., Tho older houses, on account of tho greator solidity of their walls, offerod the greatest resistance to tho flood, snd thowo supported by the old fortifications ~wers ot earried away. Large numbers of persons bhave applicd at tho Matrie for fuod and “#helier, The troops reuderod preat service, dispiaying tho grestest courage and daring, and thoy have boou warmly thanked by the wuuicipshity, Thu villages round ‘Toulouso have considerably sufiered, aud seve eral pordons perislied. It is sunounced this evening that at Toulouse alone $00 PENSONS HAVE PRRISHED, and that the outbreak of an epidowic is fearod, The loss of tifo will nover be precitely kvown, for the Garoone hus carried sway manv bodies, and somo have Loeu recovared lu the costumo of districts 20 leaguos distavt from Tonlouse, It 18 balioved that 600 houses bava boon ewopt away v the town and 2,000 in the euvions; 1,200 soldiers are still engaged iu clearing away the rume, and ovly s fifth of the ne undated bulldlogs will bo saved. Water for drinking was distributed yesterdsy in the town, which had had nono since Weduesday. ‘I'he Do- rartmonts sdjoluing tho Haute-Garonne Lave suffered considerably. At Verduo, in the Ariogo, a8 already mentioned, fifty houses Lave becn dostroyed and eighty lives lost, besidoa 600 head of cattle. The villages of la Bus- tide aud Leaples bave Leen awept away, Al Muzoros twelve lbuses have disapneared. In Tarn-ot-Garonne and the Upper and Lower Pyr- enoed much property has been destrogod, At Bordesux the river has not overtlowed, but it Liss brought down troes, hay, svimals, and several dead bodies, Au infant lo 8 cradle, supposed to Iave tloated some distauce down tho river, has beon saved. Tho Valloy of the Gers s inuuda~ ted, the waters reaching a boight unparalleled since 1825, Madamo MacBinhon, falthful to her role of protectress of works of cbarity, has opeued o subscription aud Las contributed 5,000 france for the rellef of the aistress, which oxceods all description. Not only is thero a material luss of £12,000,000 to £15,000,000, but thero is the ruin of thous: of families suddenly do- rived of their livolihood, and de- arrod from s Lundred resources which tho widest chmiity cannot replace, ‘The Huuth of France, which wau spared the speciacle of tle war with ita horrors, now undergaes in its turn & publio calanmity, "~ Every privato latter which sriives horo desoribos a new epivode. A single view cantot take inso many borrors at once, and worki-wide charity will have ample scope in 1elieving vo many misfortunes, TuR CITY OF TOULODSX. Toutouse, Juns 35.—Nothivg can presont s @roator contrast than Lo north aud south sides of tho nver st Toulousi—the one with its usual aupect undisturbed, and ity inbabitauts pussuing thuir ordiuary avocations ; the otber, llie s place which bas been bombarded, The Fauboms Bt. Cypsien s, in fact, & town of itself, su is to the upper part of Toulouse what the Bwmey sids of the Thamss s to the Mildlesox mhores. Thn quarter tn densaly peovled, or ratlicr hind 2,00 jubabitants, raost of thew of the workine ciasren. thomph Suts ilo the town ally are villan aud cottages brlangng to wealthior jeople. ‘Through tha quarter ran avenues of troed, nnd Rronod it st fis it of carn_and mazket gardenns in Mhort, under gre dinsry circammances, it miust bo s ploasant - enough place to tive i, ‘Todercribe whist Bt. Cypricn is now is almost impos-ible. It 18 A TOWN OF RTINS, ‘Tbo Garonne is now running in it natural bea, . but all over the jnundated quarter mio pouls of water and rank river mnd ; trres aro uprooted, ganlotn ate mere swampy, and streets half-liind water-courves, with hore and there great cracha and vawning gips, In pome places the houkes sto hexps of rubbish, in others thn walls ato left mtandingz, with pictutes or ar- ticien of attite hanyging on them. In onowstreet thirangs which I passed unly throe lionses were standing, anl thiw in rrotably the case in & dozen other tharvugafares, LEverywhers ganys of woldiers wero ab wark demolisbing walis, cobncting furiture, and taakiog the reals parsable, while tho ownera of tha rujoa were, b0 heliing with s wort of rewolnte fury, others rittiug on leds or maltresecs ¥R7INE vaguely &t the robbish which 4 eprerented thelr Lumes. Somo of thie mota energetic familivs wero picmiciing and cooking their mid-day neais in the desolate gardens, tho women bright, if not cherrful, the chiidren vlaying sbout asif nothing had bap- pened, Tho dusbandent wers just the contrary, the women gitting with their faces buried in their hands, and tho Logs sud giris lyin hmddled togetber atong the broken Leamn an besps of jlaster, The roadeides were lined with all kinds of articler, from four-post Ledsteads down to blankets and bounets, and i sovoral places the emall sioykeopers w.ro drving, or Blteinpting to drs. tinie etoek in tiado in the sou, Outside 1ho barriers the sceno is tho eatne, with the additiun of large swamype, which wero onco vinevarda and corntields, aud of Little piles of galy ted hoatdn, once furming pre tona of wummnei-houscs. ‘Tho town-wali ithe:f, a solid line of corcrete, has in_ono place been throwo down quite tat, and a iitide fusther un two great beatus, st lea t 20 feet lung, have come pictely barred ouo of tho gateways. Nutiing, however, Bbows tho farcs of the tlood vo much ae the rains of tho wuspenion bridge, Nearly Lisif the bridge steelf Las Leen fiumiy uud pecurc- 1y laid by the water on the bank, wiere, indeed, I at first mistook 1t for & landing-staze. Ouly uue brides is wpow standiug—namely, the old ytone ono of St Prerre. Mud 1t been carried away, the losses on the St, Ceprien wide would bave been oven more terribla thau they wero, AALSHAL M'MAMON, Gen, de Cixeey, and M. Lullet, with their soites, spent all Baturday afternoun m vistiag tne quartors of 8t. Crpricn and St. Michel, where tuey talked freely with tho rufferers, Ilear the Marshal said that it wonld be Letter, counider- iug thio hot weatlier, to burn a!l the raius of St, Crprien, for tho odor from the refuse, snd alvo from the mauy undidcovered dead bodien, is oven now scarcely tolersble. Tie Marehal said, moreover, that be Led nu idea of the aestrics tion, and would do everything in lus power to alleviate the distrets. At half-past 4 yenterday afternoon the Marquis d'liautpoul, who lost his hfe in tizing to kave others, wae buried. The funersl proce-siou was followed Ly thourandas of peaple, for the do- ccased was, independently of lus noble death, wuch respested an Toulunso. tlo usmber of denthe is a8 yer uukoown, but bodies are found &t ovory motnent. ITEXR OF DESTROCTION, Nionr,—At duret, in the Haute surjicogion bridge ha- been destioyed, ued many bouscs wrecked., Roques and Pinsaguel, two villagres nesr, are wmasses of ruins, In tie Aricge, at or, tiree parts of the town bave been tlooded. At Mouhw, iu tho ‘I'arn aud Ga~ roune, the chuich bns fallen, At Galfecti only four houses aud tho church are standing, At Lamagistere many Louses Lave failen, and tho bridgo Lias been carricd avay, In the Huutus Dyrenees, at Tatbes nud other places on the Adour, huuses have fullen avd all the crops sro destroyed. At Sarginnet all tho houses were i undatéd, geveral elds, aud the bridgo demuolith- ud, At Pau, secording to the lutest nteigenco, tho railway communicution 1 ciut off. Toulouse is full of people auxivus tolearu tho fata of their relatives nnd property. ‘I'ho railway ser- vico to Petigneux 19 wholly insuflicient, and the company, aithongl this is the only line open, Fun o oxtra traind, The ouly inuntation come purable to tho present wag ou'tho 1th of Sep- tumber, 1727, A RELILF MOVEMENT. Panty, June 235.—In the Asscmbly to-dav the Premdent invited the Deputies to suvszribe to the Inundation Relief Fuud, and Lo added that Maga_would be celebrated for tho vietimy in the Palaco chapel on Wednesdav. 3. Corbon proposed that the Chamber should vote o soc- ond graut of 100,0001,. wiile AL, do 8t. Plerre praposed tuat tho 23f. a day allowed to cach Dovuty suonld be dovoted for tifteen davs to the sufferery. Tno Asscmbly, lowever, unanimously decided in favor of M, Dopeyru's propusition for o grant of 2,000,000f., M. Lufautestating that, peuding the return of M. Lufet, who would fubwit & plan for mitigating tha disaster, tho Uovernment concurrea in that grant. 'Fhin following newspapers publish lists of gub- gcriptions to-dsy on behalf of tho victims of the tloods: Temps, 11800 france; Iepublique Frane caise, 2,050 fra Rapnl, 1,960 Trancs ;. Moni- feur, 1,160 traucs. ‘The Fraucais roceives con- tributions, but does uot publish a list, The Univers does not publish o List, bubs proposes to give tho sufferers all the monoy pnk& the State as subventious to the opers and certain Paris theatres. Tho Journai Qfiicil gives & soce ond list smounting to 101,000r., in whick Roflis- child Brothers figuro fur 8,000f. and Madsme Hene for 25,000f. The other fifteon or twenty daily papers donot publish Jista, Tho Jepublique Francaise having puid that u subseniption by the Bonapartists might bave Leen considorud a cotn- mencewment of restitution, the Bouapartist Puys retorta that the 1,000f, coutributed y the Republique Francatse is an juenfiicient restitition, as that paper was founded by money stolen (rom soldiers perirbing of bunger’; it descnbes its editors us Laudity, and ways tho Bouaparists give alme quielly like peoplo accaw- tomed to doing good, whilo 1tw contempurary i uged to havivg people murdered, burnt, and pil- luged. It coutreats the genorosity of the Ew- peror with tho 100,000 franes voted by an Assem- Lly which restorod 5O,U00,000 francs to the Or- leaua Privces, and paid M. Thiers thrice the value of bis houso destroyed by the Commune. LIAMLITS TO DELIGE. Lorietun Taes (edituria.y, The geogravhical position ot France, althongh in tnaey reepects bighly favored, fs such s to entail upon laigo districts of the countiy s lisbility 1o be suudenly deluged by tho overilow of dooded rivers, At Toulouse mich inundations havo oceurred overy twouty years, or, at leust, in 1815, 1835, and 1850, althouglh nover befaroe to tho saine extent as at prosent, or with the cae lamitous cousequences fo hfe mud property which we are nuw called upon to rocord, In 1856 the wholo valley of the Rhone was visited in & similar mannor; the alyeets of lyous were tor many days travarsed Ly boatw, aud not only trees aud catule, but bridges, churchon, Louses, uven wholo villages, woro swept awny, and great uumbers of people wera eithor drownod or buried awid fallen ruins, HDut when compured with the inundation which bhas uow, wo hope, submided, all others sink fnto comparative fusiuiticanco. Iu order 10 form an tdea of tho CAUSZ OF TUE INUNDATION, it in only neccedary to glanco at the physicsl geoprapliy of the Dopartmouts in whicli it has oceurred.” They lio on tho northeru slopes of tho Pyrcoees, and are intorsected by numers ous and rapid nvers, of which at least four onne, the unite to form the Garonue before it reachea Toulouse. There has boen heavy and ' continuous Taiu over tho whole of the mouutsin range, and a fall of snow at Luz, whero it would dircctly swell tho bead- watersof the Garonpo. It is said thatat least n coutributory cause js furmshed by the preat de- siruction of timbur iu the dwstrict during the last contury. 'Lrees not ouly absorb water largely from tho eoll, but they also prevont the surfaco from Loing bLaked and hardened by tho eun, and thoy check the rapide ity and sbruptnees " with which rain would otherwiee roach the gronud. When it falls unimpeded upou dry and barron hilleides, it will run from them aimost sa freely ns from the sloping 100+ of houses, and a fow houra will carrythe water of the mountain storm to swell tha volumo of Lho noarest iiver. It i eaby to be wise aftorthoevont; butin adistrictso siutated there is grest room for weasurea ot pree veution, sud the iipanan authortics, whoover they way be, should be intrusted with powers commensurate to the magnitudo of the recur- riug evily which, by wise precautions, thoy,mghi donuch to mitigate or avert. Even fhe tiny floods which sometines vcenr in this country aro often groatly sgeravsted by local neyptect, by vome silting u[» of the chanuvol of a stroam, or by somo ul-placed bridge which forme a0 obutacle to the passago of an un- usual ‘dy of water. lu rivers which aro hable to bo swollen by mountain torrents tbe chanuels should be made the ubjecty of uncoay- 1o solicitude, sud the spau and " coustrucilon of bridges ehould bo determined by otner then vurely local cansiderations, Even sfier sll is dope, tho irroaiutible force of water way prove too wnuch for human forethought; but when tha losses which have befallen the of the (aronve are beiug scyaired, some u; lessons may be lessut fioar wuch bitter ex- Perience, | DRUMMOND'S CLAIM. [listory of dlné' Valentine Scrip upon Which It Is Based. Its Many Advantages Which Other Issues Do Not Possess, The Ex.Commissioner’s Actlon fn the Tremises Severely Criticlsed, _— What Is Expoctod to Be Gained by a Contest at Law, “Yeetal Dirpateh to The Chicazo Tribune, Wasnixaroy, In €, July 12,—The General Taw Ofiics han been privately advisud of tho Trpoee of Willia Drummond, ex-Cominien.oser of the Land Ofice, to obtain posse-ginn of the land upon which the Illinois Contral Dopot and freight-Loasns at Chicago are built. If any en- tries nye been made Ly Drummond, the record will not reach Washington until early in Au- guRt, wbon the regular monthly reporta will bo reccived. The Vaioutine scrip, by which Drum- mond has commerced proceedioga lo obtain title to this vaiuabletract, nas a pecutiar history. Valentino owned a valusslo ranchio in Calie fornia. Through some mistaks of the Cieneral Land Offico, tho suryor of this rancha sold, and Valontive illegually divesied of his titlo. He came to Congress, but was not succossful till 1472, when Congress passed a general law which provided for the authority under which the Valentine scrip was. fusued. This law presented meacs by which Valentine might obtaiu redrers, through the Californis Court, and nlso gave m an option to locate this serip upon any un- ocenpied,and unappropristed publicl and of the United States, whother theso lauds wera sur- veyed or unrurvesod, Valontino took advantace ol thuis, oitio. Tho clauso of the law uuder which ho taade iy election fe this: And in tion thereaf, the climant, o his legal repre— seatatives, may melect, ad shall b sllowed patenta for a0 equal quantity of ihe unoc-upied nnd upappropel- atud public landu of thy 4 , 1ok mineral, aud L tractu ot fess than tuus provided for I tue Uuited Biates Land ia THE VALUE OF THIS ¥CRIT TU LAND-RITARRS, Thin spectal clatho gives o this senp s very extraurdinnry advantago oser all other Acrin, ox it permits tne bolder of the kerip to locate tracts of unwuiveyed fand. 'Tho rerip thus becomen s lotter-of-marque, and affords sliarks ox- at vantagos for oppres-ion, It hay d for an ex-Commismoner of the Land v 1owmaiue Oftico first to take advantage of this semp on no extensivo acale. It Las been sguinst the policy of the General Land Ofiics to liavo wich legiviation passed. Simitar legialation was attempted last winter, but defoatod throngh the intlusnco of tho prexent Commissinners. Tne Valeutine ecrip, Lowever, was fmsued to the amount of 15,000 acres, and is now for sale by Valentine, He ban sold somo of it at £12.50 peracre. It is pomoe of this Berip which ex- Commissiouer Drummond must have obtained, and it 15 needlens bo sy that Drummond hiax po- euliar wwformation, as the xupposed defects of the title to tbe Ilhnols Censral jroperty could ouly Lave beon OLTAINED BY VIRTOE OF HIS OFFICE a8 Commussioner of tha Lund Onice, tiray and Dritton ate Drummond's lav partoers, Con- grese, by epocial lsw, has forbidden common clerks to mako use of sny knoswledzo which they may huve derived in tho Departneuts for their own benefit within a period of two years aftor thoy have left tho service, but there is uo law which wil jrevent Willis Drummond, ex-Cotn- nuiesionur, trum engaging in operatioad of thia sort. ‘Lue present Cumwmissioner of the General Land Oftice hius for some time been advised that eflorts were bemy: wade 0 oust tho present oceupants of the Hiinoi Central land, and of 010 ur two lurgo tracta iu that fwmediate loealiy. OTHER CLOUDED PROTERTY. Especislly 14 this truo weéto the Deaubien ciamanty, aud a8 to the claimauts Lo the Mutray McConuell tract on the North Brauch of the Chicago River, wearly opposite tho Illinow Contrul trupnuv. Recent wvestipation at the General Laud Otfico iudicates that the presump- tions of the claimant to the 63 acres In tho Murray McCounsl) tract are much better founded than Liss been upposed, and that & coutest may give the present owueis considersble troubie, Tnis truct is locuted in Town 87 north, Range 14 cast of the thud principal mendian, Tho Lieaubien claimauts hava filed notices with tho Departinent thas they intend soon to ronew their cfforts to securo the tesue of the patonta to thomsolved. DBUMMOND'S CHANCE 000D TO GET AWAY WITH TUL SWAG S0 far as preront infor on goes bere, Willis Drummond hias not eutered upon this pehemo to obtain posscsrion of the [lineis Ceutral lands without_Laving & strone techuieal caso in Lius fuvor. Tt weemns thutino lands, althouzh onco entered, woro withdrawn from tho market, and that the peculiar provisions of the law by which the Vulcutine scnip was autboriced sro sitch as will permit the location of this ecr.p upou Janda which have been withdrawn, TUE GOVENNNENT AFRAID OF TIE SCRIP. This Valentine scrip 18 uf £0 unusual o charac- ter, aud_has boen thought likely to givo tho Goueral Land Oftico 8o much trouble, that spe- cial_instructions havo recontly beeu insued 1o ali Reg.sters aud Recoivers for theirjgumdance in its locaton. 'Tho following is an abstract of thoso iustructions, i1n accordsucs with which Drummond will bo required to prucesd 1 recov- ering : In applications to e or locate scrip fasued by thin oflice o Thomue B, Valeutine, under the sctof April 5, 1872, you will Le governed by tho following instruc> tions? Furel, you will oLsarve tha Ly the terumn of the 8all a.1, nd by tuo faco of thy scrip iiself, tiat the acrip in Apyiicatlo 19 auy unoccupled wud ubappropriaied public fuuds of the United Htutes not minerd, Socoud, the serip muy be located by ths watd Thome ax B Valontiue, or Lis legal sasigun, Third, the scrip & In d0-ncre picces, mud fn requind to o located fn the kame mwanner s aio inilitary bounty-land warrauts, viz., each piece must appiy 1o u separato 4U-acre suldivieion, be accompanied by & say= srate application, aud Feceive a roparsto Heylster and Heceiver's nuniber, Fourth, whew su fumaterial ox- cews of area occurs on the sutdivisfon sought to be lovated, tha opplicant will be required to pay for such txcuay in cash at the Governiuseut price per acre, Fifth, when spplication is insde to fla the sahd scrip upon uswurveyed laund, motes and bounds, togefher with » map or dlagran of the tract applied for, nust b Blod with the application. 1n wuch cases \ho wcrlp, witl the acconijuuying vapers, su afore sad, wiil ho Fetained n the careful cuatody’ of the Tt cetvers until sucha t'mo sa the township embraciug tho tract apydied for vuall be survesed, After a plecu of the sald scriy rliall have been fied upon an unsur- voyed tract you will fu uo event sllow the party to auiend tho description or disgram, or to reclsim the serip, without uxpress fustructions from this office, Bixth, the record of your proceodiogs iu locating the scrp, aud your oilicial returne uf 1o same, st to be kept entirely separate und distinet froum otlisr sales, entrics, aud locutions of publie lands, el ik, I ACTION OF ERIE STOCKHOLDERS IN ENGLAND, New York, Joly 13.~In pursuancoe of a call circulated Ly tho Erle Protection Cuimmities of Londop, » meoting of tho atockholders of the Erio Railrosd was Licld to-day, st which there was & large attoudance. 3r. John Livingetun, who reprosonted a large numbor of foreign stock- holders, oceupied tho chair, and dolivercd a lengtby addrees. in which ba utated that com- plsnt bad beon wade there was » gioat deal of voung at olections by proxiea, Hareviowed thie transaction of March 4, 1872, at great longth, saying the road was cap- tured from Jay Gould at tho timo by Bischoff- sheim aud Uoldsmidt, and that $750.000 were paid an Lribes to woveral of Gould’s Direcrors, 1t wan tinally agreed that challengers should bo appuinted at the alection to-moriow to sue that no votiug lv done by proxy, sud that thoe election i carriod out faicly in every respect, e el Sod o i ANOTHER COAL SIRIKE. Porrsvirie, Vs., July 12.—8ince the resump- tlon took place, thore bave boen siguw of dis- content anong the winers in tho employ of indi- viduul coal operators sgaiust tho 1U per coatiu- duction. The won avor that a comrromise would be more just to all pariies coucoried, ‘Though dissatisfaction amuy the nen has extute ed n vazious parts of the region for sowe time, thore waw o strike iusugurated until to-day, whon the nunors turned out at Kt. Clalr to & wmnn. At Wadesville )l outaide laborere struck, 1t was hoped thero would b & comprowlse at 8t, Clalr, but diupatchios frow there to-night repart (hat the weu witl no go to work. Tha collieries st both plaoow are owned aud operated by judle vidusl entorprise, autl give employment to & large » description Ly oumber of wow sod Loys. -~ UCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Loxpow, July 12.-~The steamship Boythia, whioh lost one biada of her propeller, aud bad spother crushed by cootact with s whele off Roche's Poiont, will returu to Liverpool. Part of her psasengers wili go forward to-morsow by the Clins, And the remainder hy the Rusals, an Saturday. Her cargo will be slupped by tho l),ulhmn on tho 21th inst, Loxhoy, Jaly 12,—Steamahips Brittannis, State of Nevadn, and City of Drusscly, fron New York, hava arrived out. New Yonk, Julv 12.—Arrivod, steamer Cit; Montraa, from Liverpool, " e Fantuen Poin, July 1. —8t ¥ from Liverpool, has .);nml. amisiipTarayiagy THE DUBUQUE EXPOSITION. Special Dimateh to The Chicamn Tribtng, Duntque, Ia., July 12.—Tho Diroctors nf ths Northiwestern Exposition Bocloty n this i complsted nreangemonts to-day for the extersicn of the street railway track to the falr-grounds 1 mile in lengtls, The total cost is $4,000, £1,000 of which is donated by the Directors of tho gronnds, while the balance is subscribed by our leading citizens. The iron was orderod to-day, In addition to this o new floral hatl will bo eroct- ed, and provision made for saveral Chlcago manufacturers who havo aignified their inton- tion of hoing prosont at tho groat Expomsitior which meets 10 Soptember next. —_— BOGUS BOJKS. Specinl Dianateh to The Chrcazo Tyfdune, Muavavkze, July 12.—In the Gerlach ose, when the defendant, 8 grain-bag marchant, ro- f:8ed to oboy the subpens of Intarnal Rosenuo Suvarvisor 1edrick, defondant was brought Lo fore Judie Dyor, and orderad to appoar baforo the Buy erviasr, which ho did to-dav. and after n n keen igal fight bis axamination swas continued till to morrow at Oshkosh. The (overnment claims that all the Looks recently produced by dirtillers and rectitiers are hogue, and evidently made up eapexalls to dosoive. A grand rumpus i8 expected at Uslikonh, MADZ A NAVAL CADET. Sreeial Diwpiteh to The Chizrqo Tribune, Mixnsravoris, July 12.—Albort Schirum, aged 16, au inmato of tho Soldiers' Orphians’ ITomo at Normal, was to-dav appointed by I'residont Grant £n ba & cadot at the Naval Academs at Annapolis. Ho s fronr Lafallo Couuty, aud is worthy to ze- Geive thio bownor. v (2 = Al FR ANK SHAFZR, OF OVID. Speetal I h ta The Chisnmo Tribune, Dernorr, Mici., July 12.—Frauk ‘Shafer, of Ovid, bieving b, i charged by Heury Ruber- man, of Owarsao, \"th improper intimacy with Mre. Ruberman, c.'t his own throst Ssturday night, and denicd the cliarge. The wounds are supposed to be fatal, ps 5 — ATTEMPTE.Y SUICIDE. An unsaccossful attom) 't 8t suicide was mada by Jolin Felbert, of No. 128" Weutworth avanue, inut ovening at 6:30 o'clock, He is eaid to bave become jealons bocanso hiu v "ife attended a pic- ni¢ yorterdav against his wish €%, aud «bot him. nolf'in the left breast with a pia,'vl. Tho wour® is uot daugerous. e 3 Nuttees i Anotler caso of sutteo, says the 7 imesof Ins dia, haw veenrrod in a small viliage u var L now. ‘Lhe following aro tho desmls of tho ca: Having buthed sud drossod, tho sutte © went to tho burniug-place, sccompanied by hor relatives aud a numbor of low-cadto Hindoos, w Lo wera iu chiargo of the dead body, Wouod being searce, the fuueral pile was in part constructed o. { other fuel, which was Lieaped round tho woman 84 she #at with tho head of hor decosaed husba 9d iz her lap. Tho plo was theu covered with st ¥a%; bLer nophow banded tho sutteo & lighted to teh, and in » moment the wholo mass was on L 'F0. Tle Chowkeydar and tha policeman, shon th 0¥ arrived, fouud only a heap of ashes. Abou's thurty persony, including tho villago headmar? and the worusu's relatives. have been committed to tho Bessions on the charge of having boon directly or indirectly guilty of murdor. = . 2 Never allow elther diarrhas, dyscntery, or any bowel allection to Liave Iis vwi way, Or Berioue conxes quences tuay result; with Dr, Jayne's Carminativg Valsam ot beud, thesa atlectionn niay be promptly, wsafely, and ellicaciounly trested, SUITS, &o. Chas. Gossage g Co. Hnuaraflfllggv Redctions Suits,Cloaks, &, In order to quickly close out our large stock of Summer Gar- ments, we have marked the re- mainder at such greatly reduced prices that customers wishing ‘‘a bargain” in first-class goods should make immediate selec< tion. Note these Prices. Linen Suits with Hamburgh Embroidery, Reduced from $28 to $17. Reduced from $26 to $16. Reduced from $14 to $10. Reduced from $10 to $7.6¢ Basques and Overdresses Reduced from $7 to $5. Reduced from $14 to $10. Batiste do. from $15 to $10. Cambric Suits, good styles, fast colors, reduced to $4. Elegant Silk Pattern Suits and Imported Cashmere Sacques, Mantles, and Sleeve- less Jackets, at very much less than actual cost of importation, (flms. Gessage & Co. " LAKE NAVIGATION, "FOR BUFFALO. THE WESTERN TRANSPORTATION O AND ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS Wil leava for above aad fntermediata purts as followe: FOUNTALN OITY, Oapt, Gibeon......Vuseday, July 13. JAPAN, Capt. McDougal. . Wodu-aday, July U, uredaz, July 15, bt Fitagorald. aiday, July 16 JIORAWK, Capt, Dissott.. +Saturday, Juty B, For Tlokets aad Burths apply at 119 South Clarkest. A. A. BAMPLE, Passvuger Agoat. — OIL TANKS. AN S s WILSON & EVENDEN'S 7 olL TANKS, MEASURING PUMD,. N\ A7 & 49 Weut Lade B4 CEIC.ACHC 7 8424 far Ostalogus