Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1875, Page 5

e e @it objacta 1o this, and, as that paper may be roniderad near relation of the dacessod, the |adien abeuld trood ita sdvice. «Yentorday aftornoon,” says & Tonnesean ps- per, “tho hendsoms Miea Janunio Taylor was borna to thoe comotery beforo a largo cuncourse of grioving mon, womet), sud vebiclea An Oregon_man pamod his glrl Baby atior Queen Victors, and wroto tho Queon 1 that ef- foct, Bho didn’t soem to care s cent, and he elisnged the child's pame to “Hal," and went ont. snd pounded tho firat Evglhshman he met.—De- roit Free I'reas, A Nahant belle who waighed 195 ponndn {n her promenado aress tuined tha seale at 105 poanda 1n & Lathing dress. A spiteful rival says that witbont that sho woichu & trifle ovor K0 but fiow shio 18 golige to prove at to tho lugieal mid of tho utornor uox, pray ? Slelnbornor apuatontly has & biard It to dosl with the Bamoans, ‘Tho missiouarion have abol- ishiod their fnnocont amusoments, lika dancing, rusning, wrentling, and athlatio gamoy, and they aro nowt tho miost arrant thiaves, hypacrites, aud Brooklyuitax on thy face of tho easth. 8o maye an English yachtaman, § Georga Caroy, aged 86, whom the Now Orloans Picayuna flippantly calls o * young colotod Methusclah,” hasnarrowly escaped conviction for bigamy. In 1867, baviog nurvived no ono knows waw many wives, le married s young colored girl. A fow months ago ho took a second living ailo, aged nearlr €0, nnd was arrestad, Lo ouly ascaped conviction bacause the prosocution failed to produce n mar:iage-liconsn, Anothor good man has pagsod to his reward. Joth M. Satterly died at Aurors, 1il,, fsst Thurs- \Iay ovoning, agod 67 years. Born of vne of tho oldost and most 1cspected familea in Oraugo Jouuty, N. Y., hio lived on his paternal acrea in tho buautiful town of Chester till 1833, when, accompanied by o largs emigration of his fijonda nnd noighbors, Lio scttled noar Ausable Grove ln Hendall Connty, In thin State. Tor manv yoars n Eldor in the DLreabyterian Church, ho illus- srated in his charsoter and In all his lifo tho sonuine trata of o true Chulstian gontleman. Iror roady to do hin wholo duty ; alwaya kind wnd conrteots to all by whom he waa surround- ol afond father, & fast friend, Aud o wiso rounselor, bis memory it long bo cherisbad by 1» wide circlo of lis mcquainutance as ano of the trueat aud bost of mou. 1ie rests in pesce, for his work was done and well douo, and his mom- 1y 18 bloased, —— CURRENT OPINION, 1In one reapect, 1870 i 1467 over again. Now, 18 than, thero 18 one man, and only oue, i tho sountry who i8 scen to bo s possiblo and winaing andidato for cithor party, Il pame in ‘7 za Grout : Wi nawo i '76 i8 Adame,—Spring- eid Republican. Qlittering generaliticn lu favor of Tteform and Lonoet men for ofico dou't signify snything \iith tha pople if they seo tho party thrusting forrard men whom thev know don't have and yon't deservo publio contoenco, Ol course wo 170 0L B0 Unjust 8% to protond that Jawes Ilar- in 8 the only man wWhom the people of Iowa ilatrust, or who deservos it; batit is tine tnst ihera {8 nono whom thoy moro distrust.—Jieokuk Uule Outy. The political caovass fn Maine is hocoming #iagracorully personsl, Tho latoet offouss Law | J0u committad by Mr. E. ), Pallsbury, former- lr» Democratic candidate for Goveruor, Mr. Jillsbury addrosscs *‘an open letter” to Mr. 1'laino, charging Lim with complicity in the ('redit Mobilier affair. He tells 3ir. Blaine that bis namo *'bLay boou, I8 now, aud ever will be, itontified with that irauanction,” aud he addw, “-If it t8 wronply thero 1t s your misforzano.” 1.£d thue {s the sort of trash that passca for po- | tieal argument with Maiue Dernoaiats !—Zoston wudvertiser. Tho members of the Coonocticut Legialature tave recoived s rshuke from au nuoxpected eurco. On tho first doy of tho wosslon tho Fartford Jost published on its own hook, and as 4 bit of nowspaper auterpriag, ekotchea of the Sato Benators and Ilepreacntatives, snd tho o hor doy tho lsttor voted the Post $200 as cymponsation. ‘'Tho Post says, '*No, I thank you,” and refuscs to accupt the money on the vary good ground that the Logisiature L8 no moral ¢z legal right to uso the fundu of tho H:ato for auy sucn purpose.— Washinglon Star, Thoro ero cortain departments of trade in vhioh Great Britain ia losing hor aupremacy, and there are cortain requirowmonts aifacting tho t-alntonanes of her position {o Europe which L.9r pubte mon shrink from discussing. Tho Eu- § sk peoplo Liava dono with one sat of political ) toblama whosa agitation bogan some fifty yoars 10, Thoy aro dufting into suotbior eyclo of t ioir history, in whieh pociul quostions will take yrecodouce of stmctly political ooes, and in vhich the position of the wation in the genoral } uropeaa Btato systom is likely to ba_subjected ) somo vory rude tostd.—New York T'hmes. This conscience business at Washlugton ia all ary well as u phaso of tho romtantio element in t10 American character, but it doesn’t pan out t1it oughit to; thereis vory littlo money in it 1% is uuncconntable that thoao lightning abofts of conscienco which atrike so many smali offond- eri—twonty-fivo and forty dollar chaps—nover Lriog down tho big scoundrols. We have nover Lonrd of anybody i the Credit Mobllicr, or tho Indian Burcan, or the Whisky tng, being cou- 1clence-airicken to tho degrou of conveying baok 1o tho Treasnry the thourand or million dollara ho has robboed the Govorumont of.—8t Louis Republican, Proaldent Giant dosorves much credit, all elt~ tumatances eubsiderod, for ihe gonorons mans vier in which ho suncunced tho death of ex- Yrosidont Johuson, sy well as for tho Louors which ho dlrocted to be paid to his momory. ‘Pheso two high public characters becatmo bittor ousmics townrda tho cluse of Mr. Johnson's ad- mitistration, snd thelr catraugemont contlnuod w the last, A mallymant and meau-aplrited na- {ure would bave beon Incspubio of rising to the belght of tho occasion, ond would, either by #0LI8 OXPTOs8IOn UF BOWIO Owinsion, Liave vuroly manifostod 1teolf. Prosideut Grants uunounece- meut of thao doath of his persunal enemy in blurred neitbor Ly such au exprassion uor such an omlssion, Belug official, 1t Is of cowso Tormal; sud, comlug from a man of as fow vords and of s uudemonstrativo a charaoter oy Pieaident Graut, it is reully waimer thun waa to bave beon expooted. Ueu. Graut bias oxhibitod mmmmuhon Beveral memorable uccasious.— Richmond Whig, V/HISKY SEIZURE AT PEORIA, Spectul Dhanateh to T'he Chicago Tridune, Pronu, IIL, Aug, 7.—Those Ingenious lndi- viduale, United Btates Agenta Ganett aud Nance, are still maklog troublo for tho whisky men here. It was genorally suppioded that they biad left town after tho rald of yosterday, but to- day they sirddonly omergad fiom their temporary esclusion, and swooped down on the wholesalo liquor establishment of J. H. Whito & Oo.,whom thoy caught pisadeing th N oy A RSN mlm‘:rm D:;wm selzed ab the bLouso of sevorsl unstamped barrols of aud & Dumbar of emptl:auneu on which the mps bod not beon removed, Daputy- Collector Banderson was with tuess sgonts aur- Ing the entire day, and ssomoed as cage: ) rto ture crovked whisky and the dunlnml‘lhornlffi: theso reprevontativos of Pratt & Matthaws were, The Ageuts, when returning to their hoiel this eveuing, looked dusly aud wesry, though their faoen soemed to giesm with matwfaction, sod ::;;;“ 5! rowark, »Bul 'u aro not — THE NEW YORK POLICE BOARD, Kxw Yonx, Ang. 8.—Ata stormy session aof the Pohice Bosrd yesterdsy, Gen. Bmith do- clarsd the demoralizstion of tha forco steadily increasing, snd no effort made to stop the tend- enoy, A boud of union, he said, seemed to exist batwoen member of the Hoard for ths purpose of defoating sny measures caleulsted to improve the morality and officienoy of Iha Depariient, Halth alluded to Commissioner Matssll persone Ally, a2 sditor of the Police Gazelle, which was organized as & school for thieves, aud the baet leat-book for young villalns he ever saw. LABOR RESUMED. Grur Pauws, N, B, Aug, 8,.~The Cacheco ihie, &t Buat Boohostor, which bave besn idle K:: the Pl‘l: month, will resume oparations to- .un&:;.“x&lwlnmu Ahs same place VASHINGTON, Young Mr. Potter Still Tearing Away at the Chicago Custom-House, Mr. Cristow Will Employ Oufside Tatent fo Reply to tho Troublesome Report, Approhension of the Clerk Who Stole the §47,000 Package. Two Accomplices of the Thief Also Disoovered and Arrested. Drummond’s Scheme to Capture Chicapo Property Likely tv Bo a Fizzle, “THE CHICAGO CUSTOM-HOUSE. WOAT it BUIKTOW 1(A4 DECIDED. AND WUAT MI, YUITER CONTINUES TO BAT. Spectas Inspateh to The Chicago Irikune, Wasutxatoy, D. C., Aug. B.—Secretary Brintow haa docided that some ono of tho Government Commissionorst shall b requostod to raswer the report of the Chicago Commi-slonorn, and that tha Treasury Departe ment ahisll vot undortaks to do so. Gen. Witllam Sooy Bumith will probably proparo the answor. Tbo nrchitects hare hava discovered tunt thors are movoral musprints 1w the nawapaper copies of the roport. Architoct Potter says that tho Chicago architects soom to bavo mado 1ocommendntiony in their roport which thoy would not spprove iu thair erivato practico. Howsays that Bogingtun aud Van Dudol acknowlodged to lum tiat tho mazimum weight they would be witling to placo on the sotl in Chicago in thoir privato practico is from 3,640 to 8,60 pounds por squuare fout, but, in this report, tley stated thattho Custom-1louso soil cau support £,5%. Thero s no building in Chicago, Pottor undortekes to eay, sna will stako hin roputation upou it, which sustuins such a wtight. 'The weighit which the Chicago Comimnia- #ion estimates at 1,500 Patler puts at 6,000 pounds, Pottor ba roceived a letter frum Chicago which says that ono of the meabern of the Jocal Com- mission admiited that ho would sign in tho ro- port much that ho would not put his nams to uh v private architoct, Totler says that tho Chi- cago Commismoners havo failod to cousider very wany contivgencies which may aneo. Theefloct of makiug tho changes supzgested uuder the stanlior picces would uo to greatly incieaso tho weight on other portious of the concroio, ho chango would lucroase tho boaring weight very much and woud not affect ita puc- puke. lotter complainy that Muelior, in his pronunclamento, bas confounded L methotic nolions as to the abavlute besuty of the Buous Vista stone with Lid view as 0 its uses us & praatieal building-stons, Tho only mowonr of the Jovetnment Connmasion with whom Potter hod an intimate noquminianco was Noreross. Becratary Lristaw hay postpoued reading the full toxt of the Chicago report unlil tho ofiicial copy comos, os the printod copies here are mmid to contamn erroir, Briutow now 18 fiym in the opinion that the urder of suspension canuck bo moditied. —— THAT $47,000 PACKAGE. THE PILFEUED DISCOVERKD. Srecial Dapatel to Lhe Chiciao Trtbune. Wasuixatox, D, C., Aug. 7.—Llmer Wash- bur, Chiof of the Bocrot Service, has boon fol- lowiug for two months tho clow which soems to have led to the discovery of the person who on June 2, in broad daylight, so mystariously rob- bod tho Troasutor of €47,600. The story in briof iu thiss Bevjumin B. Halleck, a clerk in the cagh-room, haa from the outsot beon sus- pocted. e was one of tho porsous through whose hands the packsgo must have pagsed bo- foro being placed upon the olovator to be carried to tho oxpress-room. 1t was bis duty to aflix tho seal to tho onvelope, mud it was easy for him to havo known tho naturo of tho pack- age, and to Luve understood that it coulained ouly Natioval Duok notes, of whose number there wau no rocord in tho Dopartmont, From (Liat day hiu overy moveinont Lus oeen shadowod iy the Necrot Sorvico forca, A daily report was made of hia lifo, showing overy placo bs visitod, every driuk ho took, every duilar bo expuouded. 1t was soow obscrvod thist ho benu to_ froquent wore than usual the saloon of ous Willlam M, Otwan, on Pouneylvenia nvenue, uoar 'Tselftiy strect. Thore Lo frequontly bocuma intoxicatod, and lost considvrabie muney at small cards, ‘The susploons of the ofiicers wero further aronecd frowm tho fact that Utman was in somo way counocted with tho Jackson dofateation in the Trensury some years ago. \Waubburn fin- aedintoly adoptad the thoory that Mallock Lhad atulon the mouoy, aud had made Ounnn a con- foderato to asdist i disposing of the largo billy, It is rumored that Otwun bas st difforont timoa shown several bills of a large dunomination, aud bus sald that Lo intouded to sell lifs naloon horo and buy one in Brooks lyn for €15,000, Thin ‘theory adopted, buth these paitics wore shadowed, as wus subno- quently an old gamblor with a wooden log called “*Pog-log Biown." Tho latter socoms to havo como ioto tuo partuorsbip very early, but at- tractod lovs attontion on accouns” of having lufu the city almost immediatoly aftor tho robbury. It was through Brown, howover, that tho arresis ‘wero procipitated, as will bo sosn. Drowu wau here when tho robbery wes conumnittod, and fm- mediatoly left for Daltimore, Whilo thiero ha chauged somo €500 bills, ILls fuot wasim- modiately made known to tho ofticors hero by tho Baltimoro deteauivo. Brown then weut to Canads, whero Lo disposed of $3,000 in Q600 bilis, He subscquently went to Haratoga. More thie cupidity of !umngnmhlin‘l.: asgooiate whom he seem, to have wade lis contidant brought tho do- tectiven upou him, ‘LLo Wushington City dotect- ives and tho Bocret Borvica uflicers Lind beon followiny the sama track, Tou days ago Detcot- 1ve Milter, of the city forcs, recvived a tologram from Sarafogs informing Lim that Lrawn was thiero, sud Lid o gooddoal of monoy. Mitler ln- wodiatoly went thero, Tho proposition wau tbien mude Lo bim to “ ubake." thieveu' slang for dividing the money aud lolting the maun go. Millor was tuo honost s mab to vield to such towptation, sud rotused the offer, but Ly come rusa deluded Biown iuto coming to Washiugton, Millor has no suilionity to arrest Broan i Now York, a8 ho was only » Washington loca! ofticor, and not u Seerot Bervice dutoctive. Brown cawe, and it [ suid did not ovon kuow that dillor wun a dotoctive, but thought bim » pat ot his trionds, Lhoy arrived horo togother on Monday, Binco thon lirown bas boeu under forcod arrest, To- «lay bis attornoys endoavorodto securo hiarolsase on & liabens corpus, but he was remuuded by the Court, which thought in auch a casos man could be beld on 50 strong suspicious, Moun- whilo Hatleck, the Urensury clerk, lefs for New York on Monday to taio "his uuvual month's loave, Onoof the Becrob-Barvics sheduws fol- lowed him, 1o wos tracked to Timuny's, to <ostly Jowolry and saddlory eatablislwonts, but waa not dotected In pusnivg avy 500 Lills. Fo made ugroemonts to pucunso, Ilo was Joined 1o New York oy an unknowas porsan, whoso de- scription was jmmediatoly tolegraphed to Washiugton, ‘Thls duucri&liou Was _o1acte v that of Otman, 0 saloon-keepor, Detective McDeovitt haa y _this e got on the wrau of Halleck in Neow York, McDevitt to-day arrentod both {lalleck aud OL- uan in New York, aod Lliore with them to-night at 7 o'alock, evitt was informod of the New York uddress of Hallock throughi tho lreunay Department, Tho trail which bouk the Hecrot-Bervico foros and iho local detoutives have baau followsug for two wmouths sesms to liave boen the right one, but the srreuts were procipitated, aud premsturely made awing lo the fi:\:;h::‘ ‘nhl:l “.xmbllxm! xrle:d- Bt Bucatoga. m to Lave undou the guilt of th;hpL::uu arrested, VAl gratevoe g 13 Associaled Preen) Wasnnozox, . C., Auj Liac) N nry clerk asrestod (o—'dny? lrl:cox:‘,f"y!:.nltz;l‘:d to Asmstant Hipoiog “Leller In the oa Lo ® untive of Now York, and hes besr o the Dopurtmont about elght years. u discbarged from the Quaitaymea; oflico abuut & yexr 8go o account of teniimony ou tbe trinl of Bietter for tha murder ot H dorogatory to his character, Otman I8 proprisior 0f & restaurant op P 6] suusylvania uue, where Brown had 3 that other are u:t‘l‘lbln::gr:hnfll“.“x‘““d ol to-lgit, Un e pead to ‘TH this city ha attompted to throw amny & memoranlntm beok, but the offices weutol it and, upon examinyion, it was fonud to contain tha ficires $47,007.65—1hn axact amourt of monav contaiued in the stolen package. Thewn fignten had beow orared with_ a foad-poneil though tney had been divided by twn, and tho quotient, #23,54%,8214, remained untouched. Another entry on Lha samo paio T 0,870, avod to sliow W. II 1875, 1ialleck gave nevoral conflicting ot monta in rogard to thewo entries, bib Ilnnu{’ - mitted that fie attempted to throw the ook away, as the fignres in it wonld securo his enn- viction, ‘The figures aboys montlonod lond the officorn to the hollef tuat he dividod tho mouey aqunlly with anotlier parson. 1t is pard to-night that onoof the mplul ar- rented bLaw mado s fu)l confexnion. While thorities do mot dony thia, they ~decting w0 admit the fact, though thoy way hewo bos Loen eomo talk, and tho public may rest nesured tho right men Lave Loan mocured. Noue of tho money haw yet been recavered, but thoy have strong hopo of getting & guod portlon of it soon, _ All the arrosted par- tion aro lucked up, nono of them Laving buen able to furnish the bril, 100,600, YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPYPENTA. Srectal Dispateh to The Chica:o Tribuns, Wasnivotoy, D, C, Aug. 8.—Tho dotectives hiave beeo occupiod to-day in following the chure to the Treasury robbery. ‘They have nou been entirely succersful, but tho indications to-night 210 that they will be within a week. Washburt's mon oxpoct to hava #15,000 in two daga. 'The eapturo wan Atteuded by many sensational and romoutic detaits. Tho thiel and bis accomplices appear to liave boon vory thoneltless and ruck- losn, Halleck, tho Tieasury Clork, this ovening minda a partinl confosaloy, but hn has thus far dechned to nermit ity reduction tu writi Heo han told geveral contradictory satories, but acknowledzoa that ho bimkolf tock thn money from the cash-room and gave It to the salogn-keerer Ottman. Haltock claima to have bimsolf recewvod but 620 of the monoy, It {4 ascertamecd that Ottumn bhad “made arranpemonts to transfer tho #aloon hore to llalleck for £9.000, and has already purchased a saloon in Brooklye for €1 000, Altman bas alao purchused somno exponnive hioreen. 1le donies auy counectien with tho nf- fair, but two notes wara mtercepton thin after- noon by the detectives, which ho ondeavorod to amugple ont, from nhich tho apeedy rocovery of & considerablo portion of the manoy fs confidontly expeeted, All the cir- astancod point strongly to Otunan as the ro- cuvor of the grester poriton of the money, Ho bas bigh fataliy connections in Now York. Tho local deloctives, it is cortain, obtainod thiw clue from tho gamblors. * Vog-leg Iirown," mho was ongased 1o disposs of tho laigo bilia, changed two $300-lnils st a faro- bunk in Haltumora. The dealer of that bank, Frauk Dardou, waa o brother of Doany Lardon, who was tiied for murdor horo four yeara o Ou that trial, * Peg-f.cg " Brown was tha pritnce pal witnoks agatust Danny Dardon. Tho latter thon awore vengeanso against Drown. Frauk Dardon unmedatoly informed bis frieud {o a dis- tant city that Brown bod thene large amounts of monoy, Frank Dardon immediately set upon Brown's tiack, Stimulntod by revenge, he tragkod him from one race-cotrse to auother, and discovered that Brown was betting $560 bilte countantly in tho pools. Dar.lon thon tel- egraphied to Dutortive Millor, who thus leained Lfim &n fmportant capiuro conild bo made. Mil- lor met Brown and Dardon at Sarateps. Tne subvequent proccedimga wore as already do- tailed, Ottman, to pmnt the detectives off tho econt rome timo Rince, purchased two $500 billa at fliges’ Bank with emaller notes, and in- mediatoly took them to the Treamnry cash-room to bo chiangad, Whilo thero he czllid attention to the fact that they woro §500 Lills. — NOTES AND NEWS, DRUMMOND AND THE DEPOT LAND, Special Dispateh to The Chieuas Lribunes ‘Wasuworoy, D. O, Ang. 8.—Thae attompt of Drummond, ex-Commissionor of tho Laund.Of- flce, to obtaln a titlo to the lliinols Contral depat grounds in Chicazo by moans of the latters-of- marquo alled tho Valontiwe serlp, is likely to bo unsuceesalul. It will bo noceesary, under the law aud the sulings, for the present Cora- misylonor to asknowledzo the outry ma regular whon it comos up from tho Bpriogticld Land- Ofico, but tho entry will encounter perious diffi- oulty when it comos to tho olicers who have cliatgo of Luo From HUTVOYH, e ox- sminatious_that havo alroady boon msde, theso oficora aro of - tho cpinion that the tract in question can bo deecribed aa within the old milltary portion, If"this should be the fact, Drnmmond’s entry would bo worth- loss, a8 the Valentine ecrip is aot locatable upon resorvation land. TILE OAMBLERS, Bomo of the gamblers hero protest abont be- ing closed Ly tho police authorities. They say tiroy havo vaid for tho privilegs, and proposo to fullow thoir businoss, Forney's Chronicie says: * Whon District Attornoy Welies tukoa bhis oftico, Hept. 1, an invostigation will be mado wides will satisfactorily show that §100 per montb has boen colloctod from gambling-houses in this city by two men who claimed to reprenont thio Dintrict Attorney and Chief of Palice. Thoro is no doubt about this whatever, but we do uot tbink thero hus boen aAny auscrmnont rocoived by the polico sinca the HuiTington safe-buryiary of- 1fair, although it moy lave been eollected, Lo- coto, a8 muny kaov, that moukl:ous counpiraoy broko up tho connections Letween polico hoad- quarters aud the_ Diatrict Attorney's ofico. ofo divided the detective corps, three mumbers of which rofuaed to do any work for the District Iung.” WALKER AXD COWAN, Samuel Walt:or, who made the firet. roport up- on the slleged frsuds at tho Jed Cloud Agency, replion to tho atlacis that have been made upon bitn in tho Zuter-Ocean. 1lo says, in aubstance ; “The correspondence appoars to Livs been prepared by Osnaa, Ansistant-Secretary of tho Interior, aa at Isast two copies bave beeu fnaued from the Interior Dopartmont, Like ol tha recent msnifestoam on Indixn affaira from_ the same source, it ls uuirne. Prof. Marsh nover rond auy report before lio wroto his state- ineuts therefors ho'could not bave Lasod Liu stale- ments on stything sad by me. Morsovor, he Wroto of what heaald one yexr aficr the dato of my report. The reason 1 was sent fo Snvestigate - tho Med Cloud and Whetatono Agencica without the knowledgo of Bocretury Delana_ was becatse of a con- yiction tiat such knowledge on his part would tand to frustrato the objecta of my misslon, Tho statowmeuts uffecting my personal chisragier ars falve, The wano pmpor from which the quotationn azo made ln 1ho cor- respondence also coutalued my acquittal of the chargos, Theso acquitlals wors omitted from ths atatoment, X hold honorable dlicharges for two lorms in the army, ‘Walker praposes to tell more about tho Indian Ring. TENSION STATIRTICS, Wasmixaton, D. 0., Aug. 8.—Tho Ponsion Offica vtaten tde numbver of ponsioners on tho “rolls Juno 8 224,024, o docreass of 4,871 for the year, The money pad is §1,250,000 loss the Daet yoar than the previous yosr, ——— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasnixarox, Aug 0—1 a, m,—For tho Uppor Lakos, Uppor Misulssippl, aud Lower Miwsourt Valloys, the Ohio Valley, aud Tonnesseo, warin- er and clear or fair weathior during the day, with southoast to sonthwest winda and statlonary or slowly-falliug baromoter, probably followed by Tain in the Upper Missisaippi Valloy aod Alinuo- HOUA, 2 LOOAL OBHERVATION. ca00, Aug. 8. i Wither, + minlnum” thermomo- OENENAL ONSEBYATIONS, Citi3A00, Aug, 8—-Midelght, Station, “dar Tar i Weather, Choyenue..|0.07| 748, I Rrtroeen o B A TV, gontl el iy Falr, [Clear, Tacaun Keakuk. LaCrowss Tasvenw e —— DEVOURED BY BEARS. Ot7AWA, Can., Aug. B.—A report from Ripon ‘Townabip, Upper Gatineau, stal that thres children, sons of ttler thore, were killed and )y while in the woods near the BQuse & few days ago. I e Chicago's oncety. ~ow York Hepald, Chiaago has winoly docided to psy such of her creditors as failod to collect the iuterous due un their bunds from tbe Louse of Duncan, Bnerinsu +% Oo, 'This sot of honeaty will recommand Cule oago to parsous sesking inveatmeut for their wuney, aud will profit tue CGardeu Oity a bun- tiztes wlal would Lave besu gaiued b; taklog sdvputage of rgal a l CIIICAGO TRIDBUNE: MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1875. FOREICN. Ono Hundred Thousand Dollars of Specio Recovered from the Schiller. Neows of 'Terrible Cholera XRavages in Syrin, in Asia. Tho Oft-Scourged City of Damascus Losing 4,000 Inbabitants Daily, The Threatening Waters Assnaging Io the French River Rhone. The Campnign in Cuba-—-A Dis- heartoned General. A Ralreshingly Coal Leiler by Don Carlos lo King Allonso. CREAT BRITAIN. MOLE TREASURE TRHOVE, Loyuoy, Aug, 8.—An sdditional 2100,000 of Ancdie has bosn recovored from tho wrook of the Scbilter, BOGARDUS. {Heratd Catie] Lonpox, Aug. 7.—Cupt. Bogardus, the Amer- lean pigeon-shooter, has defeatod Rimell easlly, DEATH OF A DRAMATINT, LoxpoN, Aug, 9.—Tho death 1a announced of Wiiliam Havlo Bernard, the dramaust, who was boru in 1808 1n Boston, ass. — SYRIA, TR CHOLEUA BOTRAP. T.oxpox, Aug. T.—According to accounta from Damascus to the 23d of July, cholera was raging there. Four bundred casos wero reporied daily, but tho real sumber was concealed. Tho Chrise Han quarters are desorted. Budden deaths oc- cur 1 tho streets. Thoro are no phyeicisn medicines, o nupplies, ‘Yo dinosso 18 alko Li at Antioch, Hamuh, and Haljah, and swong the Druses tho minsion kchools aro closed sud the childreu bave dispersed. e CENTRAL ASIA. A NEW IEVOLUTION. Loxpox, Aug. 8.—Dispatchos from Contral Awis teport o revolution broken ont in Cokhiauo. Thn Khinn has flod and his forces have joinod the insurgouts. — FRANCE. TITR AMERICAN TIFLEMEN YISTT YICTOR TGO, Pans, Auz. 7.—Victor Hugo welcomed tho American Hiflo Toum to his resideace last svan- ing. Panis, Aug, 8,~Tho Amorican markamon and frionda loft Paria to-night for Loudon. FLGOD THLRATEXED. Continnouas rains recontly in dilforent parts of TFrance, espocinily 1 the basin of the Rhone, threaten a tlood at Lyous. FALLING OF THE WATKRA. Pants, Aug. 8.—The wators of tha Rhine are faliing, aud the dauger of inundation is averted. priaik o GERMANY. UL INTERNATIONAL BHOUTING TOURNAMENT, Brurroant, Aug. T.—r. Behoez, of Vicks~ burg, won the sliver cup in the ritlo ahooting loro to-cuy. PROPOSED ACQUIRITION OF FORMORA, Parig, July 23.—It bas boen ruwored hors to-duy, in clrcles which aro ususlly woll - formed, thot the Gormaa (lovernment has wmado ovortures to China for the cession of tho istand of Formoss. Tne roception of the proposal by China fs, it i smid, of a nature to tendor the arrangement very pos- sible, It must be remomborea, howover, that orovious roports of the attomptad acqusition of foreign stations by Gormany bave iuvariably proved nofounded, AUNMISSION OF CATHOLICS TO TIE NEW CHURCI LAW. Benury, July 22,—~The doclaration of the Priuce-Avchbishop of Lroslau that hie will eo- oporato 1n carrying out tho new Church Propor- ty Admiulatzat.on law s tho first concession mado by the Catbolio cluugr fn the Y‘endmg ccclemantical foud. When thia law, whick trana- fors tho administration of tho Catholic Church ,nnyony from tho Dishop to the Veutry meot- ngs, was passiug throuxk the Hlouso, the Bish. ops couched a solemn protest sgainust A siatute which, they said, deprived the Chureh of bLer in. alionable righits, aud amounted to a confiscation of her entiro property. In theso clrcumstances, the prosent declaration of tho Princa-Archbish- :a‘p o‘l Dreslou is rogarded aa an important proce- ont. Benurw, July 23.—Tno Vicar-Goneral, Imitat- ing tho example of the Yrince-Bishop of Breulau, bas eent a declaration to the Governor of Bilesis exprossing bis roadiness to oboy the law on the administaation of Church propurty. TurLpa, July 21.—1t i8 rumorod that the Catho- dral Chaptor of this town bas informed tho Goy- ernment of its snbmission to tho Iaw 1elative to the administration of tue property of Homan Catholic purishes. —_— CUBA. A DISHZARTENED GENERAL AT NAVANA=—NEWS OF THE CAUPAIUN. New York Tames, TAvANA, July 81.—Gon. Valmnseda has re- turued from bia laat decisive campaign disheart- oned at tho difticulties with wbict he bas Lad to contond, namely, the dash avd sadacity of the patriots, who advance aud retroat at will burn- iog and otherwiso dostroying what thoy cane not carry away, keeping up the offoneive and thus bumilisting the Count. From Sagus snd Colon Couuntios, whore tho patriols have regularly eatablishod themsolves, Lo found it im- possible to dislodgoe them. 7Two milllons wore wauted o conciliato tho disaffected troops, the wajoritv of whem can Landiy be relied upon for offective movements from various ciusos, 50me. being sick, suwo mutinons, aud thercture the Count caimo back, virtually sbandomog all at- tempta {0 roclaim any of the invaded counties till ‘more favorable weatber. Mosawbile the :m}my havo siown more and more davh aud sc- 1vity, T'hio Becretary of the Tressury for tho Colonios, Qutierrez do lu Ve chargad with Laving been 1n eollusion with goid specalatord 1u o gambling sehemo, 4 aaiod to vempn, snd will lesve for Bpain in a fortnight, The other minor agitators bave been summarily dealt with by Cout Val- masods, who bas santoncad them to porform twilitary auty [n the most periious post. Dub old remaius fluctuatiog from 124@10 per ceut, #ud the profectad loan af §2.00),U00 from the Uanco Enpanol cannot be effectod, its coffors be- :1"" deploted from the provailiug want of confl- euce. sancti Bpiritn, the beat fortified town of the Ciuco Vilias, has beon attackod wnd outered by tho rebels under Roloft, who dessroyed several wtores, carried off an immonse booty, aud lutlot- od & losa of 300 killed and wounded, The remunuts of the column which started oa- corting & large convoy to (ualinsro have re- turned to Puerto Principo 810 siiong, ‘Lo con- voy wad composod 6f soventy-four wagous and 101t mules, Joaded with provisions, smoisition. and 810,000 1 gold to pay the troops, The fugitivos, after the firet battlo, fu which thoy tho tran, were fu_full retroat bofore tho forcos under Vigont Garvia and Ileoved, tho American, when suddenly they fell iuto s am- bush of GO eavalry at Guleco Monutaing, Ene deavoriug to makon atand to repol the attack, by fonnd themeslves Hauked by infantry aud cavalry, suffering an impetuous charge. The Lattle lasted balr'an hour, und resulted in a losa tq the Spaniands of G killed snd 200 wounded, sud their camplote route, The two force taken by the ylh’lul n Guaotan- amo woro betrayed into the Uubane' hands, with three pioces of artillery and s e sapply of slores, tho furce of ffty-iwo men deserting to 1ho eu troyod by therebels rrillo and Wilsoe, st Keiedoly, the Spaulsh for 460 strung, were completely rout- od io & hand-to-hand struggle. It leaks out thnt the aryy from Colou under Valniasoda lias refraiued from advauctog into the Cinco Villas for foar of being out off from commuuication with Havaus by Mazimo Gowsz, who, with & heavy force, catimated at froin four to tive tLousand meu, hovery in the frout. Tho coutiugeut of Bpaniwh forces in (ke fleld aver tho islaud is largely down with malarial and yollow fover, dvaentery, oo, Tu tho oft-repsatod and urgent calls for belp from Valmasads, the Homo Goverament replies only with a pisio to- hmlhluoumg that itw resourcos sre wanted, and that nol & man or s dollar can be spared. ncon;‘lldo‘:btll.l‘:;m : ua-alm bx:llm- erto pac of Pusrto itico, It Bralied Abous (st Gsa. Luparoa s el formidabla expeditinnary force at I{avti for the purnoss of invading that istand, and furninhing & nucleus to tho discontented native ro;vuhh«m, whick vastly ontoumbera the Bpaniah slomont. and are chiafing under thn yoke, Precautions of an extraordinary chaiactet are bewny taken to pravent it it posnibis, —— SPAIN, DON CARLOR' LETTER T0 KING ALFON10, Rrzanquanrers, Toross, July 21, 1875.—~My Dear Courin Alfonso: I do not hositata to ad- dress thoe thns, Lecauss {n opposing thes on the fleld of battla I am fulfilling a duiy of con- acience, and bacause, like myself, thou art Bour- ton, Hence I have decided to writn to thee. 1 cannot without pain seo theo do what neither tho Duke of Aosta nor the Ropublic did; or, to rpenk mora correctly, to soo thoso who lcet thy poor and loving mother mako thee, a Spanish and Christian I'rince, do. Thoes who lova thoo sincerely mhrink with horror at the abusa of thy namo in transforming it into the fiag of devastation. Ard thou thyeelf, when thon art slona with thy conacience, must bo frightaned at the idea that, Lewng of tho raco of Louis XVI., thau couldet have willingly evoked by thy decronn the remombranca of his excerable axectition. As King and chief of our family in Bpain, I am bound to warn then, that in acting thus, thy npamo is sinitied, and Bpain dishouored. Those who counsal thas to commit auch crimes, in the vain hope of tri- umph, decaive theo most shamofully. Itis not thus that we rhall be put an end to, for Carhiats will arino In all parts aa Christians arise from the blood of martyre. ‘Thy unfortunate advisers Kknow Spain very imperfectly; whenoser did the Byanish allaw themselses to Lo dominated by terror? The fareign Piinco who arcupied tho tkrone Lefore thee, tha thions that God'nas dea- tined for me, was wiser 3 ha did not ignorn the naional character to much an extsot. No, fn all our civil aud foraign wars, such su examplo of crualty 18 not to be found, Thou thyself canst not contemplats without Lorror the thourands of fainilies brutally driven from their homes— mothera with blood-stained feet foliowing their sons over the mountaive, and old men, childre: and invalida coming bil to meek an asvlam, and aeking for tha bread which thy conntrymen Liave deprived thom of, If wucn terriblo eacr.ficen aro domanded of o party King, I sincorely com- minerato with thee. 1 ko have como hither to bo Kiug of all Bpaniards allow tuy partisans to liye in peaca on mv domairs under the protection of common law. Remember, at leaet, that thon art Spanish. Think that 1o thy nama theft, fire, aud piiloza base been mado legal, Alfunso, in tho midet of the swmoke of Lattie free peopls, fizhting with me for the glory 8paio,for ber libertion, her religion, and my ri 1 have sbscluts conlidenca io iy trinmph, & will net sink undoer the goverument of adven- {uters, nnd the herowm of so many Spaniards who fight for ma makes mo aure of victors. In any caso I abail always bave the sati-faction of baving done my duty. Alsa! what will hapren to thes if, aftor die warning, thou doat not open thine eyes to the light of truth and listen to the voice of conecience and patriotiatn! Think of God, who will judzo us all; think of thy name, which histore will enregister: think of tho cona- try which is our commou country. Thy cousin that loves theo. Canros. O B. GRATZ BROWN. A ThreesColumn Shinplaster Plea in the St. Louis GlobreDomocrat—Sis plo Extrucis from the Document, Which Is Published ‘To-Duy, szeaat Duavateh to Tha Clicars Trioune, 8r, Louss, Mo, Aug. 8.—A letber from ox- Gorv. B, Grotz Brown on the natioval financos will be pubhished iu the Globe-Democrat to-mor- row morning. It is very lengthy, and tho sub- Ject in thoruughly roviewod. 'Fho fo lowing is i moet important extract from his three-col- uumn communication: ‘A Udid question of serfons fmport, and one which ruus throuith the wholo discussicn of vir dronces, &s that relstiug tos poasibie resumption of secl pay- monta, based opon the old mothnds of rejuiriug » cuin n Teserv. o bauks, Our espeniencen of that system were mot B0 vury fattr- g o the past s o e the outicipation _ons of unmized " delinht, evon if {t wers shown o be perfectly teasiblo, More- over, tho condition of this country in fta rolatian to forclign nations ia fairly changed from whiat it wau CASUALTIES. Account of the Explosion at the Ar. sonal Near Philadelphia, One Boy Killed and Eighteen Boys Wounded. Great Excitement at Bridesburg, the Scene of tha Tragedy, Excuse Made that the Boys Had Reen Warned Not to Deslroy Themselves. Record of Minor Accidents, THE EXPLOTION, Spreial Drapatzh to The Clacan Tribume, PmitavELruia, Aug. 8.—Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday mornlug the remdonts of Erldesburg and [ts immodiato viciuity wero startled by hear- ing s loud rumbling noise not unlikea clap of thunder emanating from tho dircction of tho Goverument Arsousl, which is situatod noar the Delsware River, sbove the swoamboat landing. Upon inquiry it was speedily loarned that an ex- plosion of condsmned shiella bad tazen place in the sminunitiou-room, where there wers a laigo numbor of bore at work. Tho building contained upwaids of thirty boys, who were tnchargo of Superintondent Colo. Tho structura was used to ompty condemnod munket cartridges of their powder previous to melting the lead and copper. Tho bullot {8 drawn from the carttidge and the Loy then Introduces & wire and serapes the posder into & bucket of water. Tho wiro baa & wooden handio which undoubtedly caused tho explosion, as ouo of tho boys must havo ox- pluded & cartridgo by hitting it sharply on tho top with tho wood. The boys hisvo bean ropeat- edly watned not to d» tuis, In convorsation with cno of thosttaches of tho arsenal your cor- respondant learnod thatthero were in all nineteon persuns injuted by tho explosion, Of theso ono Ina, pamed Jotn McLaughhn, was killed. Young MeLaugalin was kitled just outeide of tho buill- ing, from which bo bod run when tho explosivn cecurred. The causo of his death was tho penctratiog of a piece of wood about tho #ize of a rulo juss below tho neck, strikiug a large vem sud csusing boworrbage, Tho unfortuonte lad wao 16 yoars of sge. Tolegrams were immodiately sent to the University aud the lvmeopathic Hos- pitaln asking for medical ald to bodispatched 1o tho eceuo cf the catasiroj L, In reply, o dis pateh was received from the Univerrity Hoepds 1al, sking if tho physiciaus’ services would + bo paid for, To thia queslion no reply was mde. Capt. Fhipps, who is etationed st tho arssual, recuived 8 dispateh from tho Homeopathic Hos- pital which d that they would reoder overs ausstance. For this purposo s tug-boat was kept waiting at Walnut stroet wharf, winle an efiort was Leing msde to receivo medical assiet- anco to bo couveyed to tho sceno of tho explo- wion. At the expiration of au honr throo plysi- cinus prosonted themwclves and wero steamed up the river. On their wmival st the arsenal tho worat cases wero tonder- 1y wraprod in cotton, and every attention wae paid to tho snffercrs, After tho confuvion had somonbat aubsided, & large gong of men wero put to work gathering tho shattered timbers and roctorivg the building to its ongioal conditico. The siructure was what is called a latoratory, and built in sectione, belng an iron frame with wood- on sides that will blow out and leave tho iron in- tact. Thoidea of thin building wna conceived during the war, but it has boen used for s like purpose cver since. Tho iron framo of the buidivg stood uninjured, but the lirgo sud formerly the crestion of our dmmense bonded Coneidering _that a0 large part of tust debt s abroad, llm'liulklltfuflt jayment of atout 1,000,000 in coln ; Ahat local indottodnes shmilarly held'and otlier outgoings Wil swell tuls amount to fally $130,60,0007 {hat tbo ounusl product of our Imiued Is scarcoly $60,600,0.0 in gold, sud that the Valanoa of trado is Lirgoly ageint tho United State, it Zocomes evident that, even wero w0 to-dar uainit cola excluxively ss_a modium of exchange, it would bo spaodlly withirawn from us, snd iuvolve 3 fonera] bankruptcy, Nor doos there ecem to bo any Rasquate provision in the Naticnal Lank schemo that ooald prevert such s catastropbo. Lequiring them fo ficid ‘s colu-reserve will by ploving them ox- uetly in the powition 1o Do "broken at will Yy "any forelgn nation which, in order to sustain & vast armament, should visb to withdraw Yot f10m this couutry, 16 was sucki s domand by the flsuk of Pogland fora comparatively small aniount Which closs? the doors of the Obfo Life and Trum, aud preduced tho discaters “of 197, An efort o cibarraes our naiiou by s mhollar Withdrawst {n_ 161 would Luve had eveis still more rusteatiug uficences, bub for tho adoption of ihe rqui-toder citrreucy, whih avorted ruln and carzicd U vauely througl (Lie War ended, ~Porlodic moucy nica aro, sud must be, the rule with every such flical outablistunent neitber liczo or abroad. ~ England, all its bosated colu-wealih, has Lesti no exreps \ni ils sensitiveness to any witidrawing of coin, 38 siready cited, proves the fusectrity of ibe bavs, oven o ita own ostimution, Vhilat facta wom 10 be admitted, the builionlsts Justify {he system and damaud a’ return to it on the sols roma that we will be {a still grenter dangor of disas- {rous tuctuations by reason of fuitation unloss specis paymenta arousedan w prodeatial contract, Apart from tue consideration that specio Bover has Teasixed the husinsss of any commurcis! peoyle sinca Ventce firat eatallushed & Lauk, we itat Lear {u miod thiat {nfia tiow reposes mope on erodita Lhan upon any fized stawdard of value Iu the lirgest centres of loast wmoney is usel 1o effoct ex- is dllodrated by tho amount Of cuockr passed fn tho Jendou clearing-huuse during tho year wiiel waa §0,00:,u,,00, o Dearly §1U,00,000 & day, and enuslly Ly ko operations o Now Yurk arliiz-llouse ~ wilch, poriod, Wai $3,00,000,K0 * or alont $106,00,000 sinily, and accomnplished without the titorrention’of coln, Intruth as has aen well rawmazkod by Mr, Datrd, in unc of hts aile criticlams upon tho cunduct’ of ouf Treuury Doparty wont, it i tus bank-cheok whica 18 tho great wonetary fostrument of eivilization, 1o funlr st this fnstrumcnt § fa Which 1s ths powerful lovor that moves {ho busine. of the world, aud the volute of which creatodd fu auy forty-sight iours of Lusines sctivity, n olmoet every ng ponun or county, {8 ey lu’lllwlgl sud lpnd{ Indzcnlzuun l‘n such cumamunity or couaty, —_—— The Soven Yenrs' itch in Ohlo, 1S6S. 1873, New Yori World, We bave no wish to vall even the soft-monoy men of Obio hard namons. Our dosire 18 rather, by Liard facts, to recall them to the Dowocratio {aith and practice of bard mouny. But if ptoria- 8is sepfenniz bo s hard namo that is no fault of ours, snd o oly it i uno fault of oum that tho itch of rag-moucy, commuulcated by atrango Radical bod-follows to certatn indis- croet aud vagrant Domoorats in 108, turna out 10 bo & truo psoridiis seplennis (which I8 doo- tors' Latin for seven years' iteh), and keeps tho sufferora by it scralching sway just a vavagely 10 1475, All that we Liave to do 1u the dischario of our duty as sanitary inepectors of the politic is to so that people beratofore healiby and bappy are not iguorautly doiuded iuto tak- log it. fihmo Smith, it will be romembered, once con- founded with bis hnrd uswe ddio folly of a haly a4 iguorently bumptions xs 8ome of thete Ohio politiciany who uro now ruuniug wbout with thelr **iteling palms to shake hunds and distribute disoase among ths Dowmovcr: of that great Stato. This lady took tho wies amd witty Cunou through bor hot-housea and gardens with su im- wenuo parade af boisnical nswes, io tho mavuer of & horticultural Mre. Maluprop, ** Dear Mr Bumith," she would oxolalm, ** pray smell of thid sweot **lobelia asdafwt % Doar M. Suth, did you ever s0s & tluer Lolladoana latifuudia 2 ‘The Canun bore it as long as Lumun pature oould, aud thon, finding an oppcrtuuity whio lita bostess wau taking bionth: * Your tlowers ro truly wonderful wod charming, ho wsld, but 1 don't ses that you have the pworiasly eptanuls (sevon. " ltch), madame.' **No. 0, not now," replied 1 a doprecating tone § 1 had It, 1nat yesr, but I gave it to the Bwhop of London.' This was all vary woll in tho way of a joke, But wheu it comes to Mr. Poudleton's really ba ing the rag-mouey peonasis suplonnis b 1885, aud reslly giving it to Gov. Allen in 1875, tho thing grows serious. And aince Gov. Allen, that bas got his peoriauis soptsouis, supp it tobe a pleasure aud goas about trying to i all manuer of stmple-minded Loiieas peopls toke (8, too, It ataikes us that the time Lias come to mako & frea use of sulpbur acd of commen weusa. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The seoond_snuual reunion of the soldlers and saitors of LaSalla Connty, 1il, is to be Leld at Ladialle on the Ylst of Avgust. fre-alarm Lol tem bas boem com. gb‘hdw-.n; ey’ sacspied by tia Gury oF fork Waraa, Ind. hoavy wooden panels wore asstterad sround in alf directiuns, Some wero blown ouly a fow fect, Ono, fu the corner whore the osplosion took place, was burlod across a small crack some 60 fect distaot, 1t was roported that & ennall boy ment was continued for fonurteen yosrs, the busband making an annual visit and passing his vacation with his wifa at lier home In Lynn. The character of the man was rospectablo, and no one ovor suspectod that he Lad unlawful marital relatione. On the occasion of his laat visit to hin home he waa takon violently afek, and aftor a ahiort illoens he died. A day or tvo before hin death a lettor was_received from Washington directed to him, and as lie was nn- conncions his wifo openell it. It fnformed hor that tho man who Iny dying hafore Ler had an- other wifein Washington, who was the mothor of two childron. It was tho tirst intimation alio ever recoivod of the fact (which ste lonned up- on furthor inquiry) that ho had beon living for sovoral yoars it A vory quiet manner with a lady §n Washinzton, who Sras, moscover, rospectable, and attetly uoaasre that slio wan the wifa of & bigaioist. UICIDE. Melancholy kind of n Well.Inown Resident of St. PPaul. Charles Sclieffor, ex-Stalo Treasurer of Minnesota, Takes His Owa Life. Menfal Derangement, Resulting from Physical Injuries, the Cause, His Death tho Occasion of Wide-Spread Begret, Bceetal Divpateh to The Chisagn Tridune. BT. Pati. Minti, Aug. B.—Cliarlon Reheffer, of . thie wholesale drs goods firm of Anerback, Finch & Sehieffer, of this city, and Pressdent of tha Natlonal Bank of Stillwaler for mauy years, prominent in both tho businesn and politics of thiiw city and State, committed snicide yestérday by schooting Limeelf o tho German Luthoran Cemoterv sbout 11 in the forenoon, e took te Kennedy's shop a Sharp's pistol out of ropair te bo put in order. At 12 precisely ho called for bis pintol; and, that not being ready, purchased s Colt's revolyer, At ten minutcs past 13 bo was seen on Iobart street near Tenth, gotng out, This waa tho last scen of him alive After » kcarch ocenpying the whole niglt, ns well a8 the morning, in waich hundrods of anxi. ous friends wero enzagad, his dead body waa found at balf-past 10 this moruing under a treo, by s opathwsy, in 8 sccladed grove in the German Lutheran Cemetory. it s beliaved Lo passed through Oakland Cemotory, xtopping at the prave of hu firat wife and caild:en, and tucre, elmbing g fuuce, eonght the hidden spot in which hin tody was found. fn Decomber last, sir. Scheffer, beiug oo a weddiog-toar with Liy second wifo, was greatly injured about hiw head in an necident oceurring oa the Virgima Midland Railroad. Frow thus ba hwl not eatirely recove ered whon he retirnued to tuis enty, A fow moutls ago, nud resumed purt of hiw furmor Lusiness carce. Judecd, obwoluto recovery was not promised by any of several cminent physle ciane, whn etudied his caso sud know of the probable taint of iusanity, Ifis im- mediate friends and rolatives feared for him, but hardly imaginod the rewalt of thio mental do- rangentent which was devalsped by his mjatios in tho railros? accident, Lately lio has appear- ed not oalv woro methodical, bat mere cheerful than herotolora. Yester- dsy morning Lo attended earofully to his business but took tims to write a lotter to Lis wife which bas not been medo public, which was writton su the Cowm)ans's oifico and inter- rapted frequantly, but as a connected, perfectly- written document, lletweon 11 and 13 bLe visited bis fum's lawyer, and wont over intricite mattera with ‘rendy understanding. To the lawyer, fanulisr with lum, ho oppearcy unneually clear-hoatod aa woll as cheorfnl. Whon found it was dis- cverod that he bad ahot Limael twice, first in bad been blown joto the creok, but this atory lacke foundation, Buspended from tho iron raftars of the shattered building was a pair of bluo pantaloons that had been torn from one of thoboya. A treo noar by waa riduled with cart- ridges. A Lox of theso cartridxes was found in o fleld soveral s juares distant, showing tho force of tho explovion. Immediately aftor the ex- ploslon dispatchies wero sent to every quarter of thecity ashing for wedical aid. The doctors of Frankford sud Dildesturg, numbering nestly adozon, responded promptly o the call, and woro unremitting in their efforta to rollave tho suforers, and in this work they wero nobly aid- od by thio wives and daughicrs of tho post, who did sil in their poaor to allovisto tho pains of the wounded, Capt. Heinm, with & posse of oficers, arrived on the sceno soon after the explotion, amd took charge of tho premises. The officers wero etationed in skirmish-lne distanco, sud ouly by using forco wore thoy able to keop back tho excited crowd, Tlo-dsy tho eufforers wers doing as well as could b sxpected. and hopes aro ontertained that thoy will all recover. DROWNED. Special Dispateh to {'he Chicaad Tribuns. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 8.—A largo party of Meo- nonstes arrived In the cily yesterday eu route to Topeks. Tuoy woto dolaved by the damaged condition of tho Western roads, and 1aid over biore during tho day. While some of the childron wore playing about tue river a boy named Frank Johuson, while attempting to se- curo Lis brothor's cap, which biad fallou into the wator, lost lus balance, fell iuto the river, and wag drawnod. Speciat Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, Larours, Tud., Aug. 8.—A young man 17 years old, named Panl Torgor, was drowned in_Htoue Take thin afternoon, while i bathing, 1le was only in 1 fees of water whou drowued, Cauno, 111, Aug. B.—1he budy of & colored woman waa found in tha river hore to-day. 1t nhad ovidoutly been in tho water ouly a short timo, 1. wax ot idontided. SMALL EARTHQUAKE, 8ax Franciaco, Aupg. 8.—A heavy shock of sartiquako was felt at Hallister thls moruing. No damage reported. ————— Startling Depreciution su Values L Jru, Gt very intolligent old dardv was met by su Ln‘l‘a-bmllm trEeml 1o other dsy for the firat Lina sauce tho War, and the old man's dolight tn secing ono of Mawaw's ‘ticsler Irends in old times. wus unbounded. ~Atter & hoarty bsud- sunking and a protracted laugh peculiar to the Bouthern darky, the yentioman asked : “Weul, Uncla Jou, huw nre you getting along in the wond?” s §orter slow, Mario —, Been had rheums- tiz right swart lntely, and things ain’t gous "zactly rizhit uo Low," roplied tho darky, A grest many chuoges havo taion placo gluco 1 last ssw you, Uncle Joo. Death bas taken your old mastor away, tho fanily are eate tered abuut the four quarters of the globo, tho farw is divided up, aud straugers occupy tho old Louse. 1t makes ove fuel rignt sad, Uuole Jos, to think of the chauges that have beeu wrought by olé Fathor Timo," “ Yanw," repliod Uncle Jee, **You 'member when [ was & siave I worked hard at odd tiwes, and made mouey 'nuff to buy Myself. Ipad usss 31,000 for my fresdom.” '0u," waid Mr, —, **1 1o ber i8,” Wish I haa dat money now," nused the old darkiey. % +WeoN, yes," rapliod Mr, —; *ib would quite s fottune for yoa." »Lots o' fortung, sar,” mfirulully: *aud nvnq;‘lm er rus the baryain, - Nisxer e, but mow be ain't wuif & ouss claoges iu dis world, masss.” e e A Rewarkable Case of Bigamy, Saw York Hrenins el ocsae 1o tue O ¥ a?nxvd‘::lnl:l ::T I’he uowspapors, but is one of o0 mout remarksolo on record. Tha husband of Wwo wives jv 1lus caso wadaresdent of Lyno, Whoac e cutbieak of the Wur olislued a clorksbip in 1ho Treasury Department at Wash- mg‘laau. {e continued to u’i“ this poalltlan uu- i . whict ocourral uot very long ago, tilLis deatts t 10 Wasbiugtee Lo left & nifo behiud Lim, sb0 laving the oecy of & relative with whow slie lived, And uoy wishing 1o take [ ku renidsnoo 84 thie Canltal. Tls aizenge- old man “I“mmk about it I wae wad $1,000 Miguty tha left rido of tho obdowen sad noxt throuph the chest, protably touching Ins heart both times, haviug 1emoved Lis vost and placed tho mwtal mext to hiw beart. Hig death caneed great excitoment hero, a8 well aa gencral regret, hio being wilzly known and_uni- versally ericomed. Thero wero no financisl cin barrassments to impel him to ruicido. 118 mene tal derangzomant immediatoly resulied from fne Jurica {u the railroad accidout ubove weutionsd. FINANCIAL. FORG & 0D, New Yorm, Aug. 8,—A committee of the creditors of J, B. Ford & Co., 1ccununend tho ncceptance of 35 cents un tho dollar fu twelve montbly ivstallmeuts, cemumenciug Doc. 15, mith wterodt, DUNCAN, SHENMAM & CO, New Yonx, Aug. 8.—it is stated that the Amcricon Jockey Club deposi.ed 320,030 with Dunecan, Bhorman & Co. tho Saturdsy before ths failuro. FIRES, AT 10WA HILL, 1 8ax Franctaco, Aug, 8.—A firo at Tows Till yesterday destroved the Parior House.the Moth- odist Churel, and too dwolliogs. Loes, #30,000. A STEAMER SURNED. Waterrows, N. Y., Aug. 8.--The stesmer York burnod to tho waser's edgo at Massona this motning, - s Rty THE TEXAS CATTLE TRADE. Omana, Nob., Aug. 7.—Tt is estimatod that the pumber of Texas cattla driven into this State thus yoar will amount to over 160.000, Thoy ate mostly beld by enttle-raisers along the iuo of tho Unlon Pacifle Railroad from Kearney Jutic tion to Sidvey. Forty thoussud of the number drivenin this vear bava been sold. Large nunm. bum:fll be alipped Eaat this year trough this pol i BENIES THE ALLEGATION. Owama, Nob., Aug. T.—Jaseph Medill, Etitor Tyibune : ‘Thore is not oup word of truth 10 your Washington dispatch of Aug. G relating ta land-tranactions of tho Unlon Pacito Railruad with the Intesior Dapartment or with mvself, O, F. Davis, Land Agent U P B, By Death by Starvation. A Mre. Maltby died & patuful death in Wal- lingtory, Cona., last week. Lluvon yoars aga she kocidon:ally swatiowed 8 solution of potash. which caused orusion aud milemusdon of tha muophagus, euding In persneut construction and leseening of 1ts eslivre at a pot about two Juches above the superior and of the etomacl. Ou account of this stristure shie was, compelled to exersiso great cauiion lu eating, s but & suall mouthful of focd well chowed would pass it. Bhe cisimed to Lavo awallowed a oberry- stone avout two weeks bofore hior death, which whie boliovea lodued in tlo nairowest portiou of the weophagus. From that tima uutil her death 1o food coaid enter hor stomacl, scd xho died of starvatiou. 'Tho oxsmtuation after doath whowed shat she wau right i Ler conjecture, for thio chorry-stoue was found closely dikiug up the b LARKE NAVIGATION, U WESTERN, TORNSPORMATON COS AND ANCHR LI STEAMERS, Wil leava for above aud fnturmedlate ports, as (ollaws 1 FOUNTAIN CITY, Capt, Gileon, Tueadsy, Aug, 100 Wedusaday, Aug. L. rh, Thursday, Aug, 12, Frivoy, dug. 13 pt. Destctl, Haturdsy, Aug, 1. wud stal-roows x| gt phiy A A BAMI'LE, Pasecoger Ageaty ity 3 iaps 3. Earsiun woat v B Plaveun Muskrguiy sepiod, at, it e “ oiingten, sio