Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1875, Page 2

2 —_—— e Alowed to come Lo n vote, awlng to the endangle- tents which it might precipitate, ; Candidates for the aubordinaie offices incraano oD the arrival of avery traln, The Illinois Dosocratic Congressmen liell ‘eancus opon the Speakorrhip ana Honsa ofiicers st the Metrapolitan Hotel thia avening. Tuey are generally for Korr. William Il Morrison is ono of Kerr's most efliclent champions. Btevon- som, of the Dloomington District, who wan oloct- ed in & Repubitcsn dibtriot as ha Indopondent, does Bot {nlond to particloats In the Democratic cancus, He is for Kerr, however, and will vote for him {f necoasary, but proponea o appear to be Indapendent 80 fat a8 the esucus uf either Rmy in conedrned. Yitllani Andereon, of tho Nindteenth Distiiot (8am Marshall's old district), who was victor in (he triangular fight that district, also refunes to enter tho Demo- eratlo eaucos, aithongh his Democratic bistlicen have been trying to whip him in, Tho Liberals aod Indeprndonts, indeed, meem to Lo rreatly in doubt what course to pursue. (tan, Banks, 1t ia sald, will be present at tho Republican cancus, Mont of the Liberals, howaver, mll go with tho Democrats, while the Wostors Indepondents ssem {o havo enticoly loat thoir bearings. ATRAWA. < Lamar, of Misalssippi, will bo Chairman of the Democratio cancun. f Tne rumor woa current in the hatel Jobki ihin evening thab Korr had pronused tom=~ - Fernaudo Wood Chalrmau of tho \Waja Moans in tho event of bis election to the Bro. ership. Randall's friends mads great eapital this. Kerr and Wood hikys both denounced the roport as an unquabiied faleshiood. (To the Anociated Prees.) TIME OF NOLDING THE CAUCUS Wastixorox, Doc. 2,—Moesrs. Herr, Nandall, and Cox, candidates for the Hpeakorship, met this atwenooh, aed sarocd thas ibe Demccratic caucus be held at 3 o’clock Saturdwy afvernoon. —— AN OLD LAND-CLAIM. TRE M'CONNELL HEIES CONTENDING FOR A BLICE OF OUICAGO PROPEDTY. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Ehtéaan Tribune, ‘Wasninarox, D. 0., Dec. 3.—The argument in tha noted Murry McCooneil case, from Chicago, waa heara by Bécrelary Chandler to-day. The MoConnell beirs had a curfous array of counsel, contisting of ex-Senator Pomeroy, of Kaosss, ex-Atty.-Gon. Willlams, E. 0. Ingmsoll, ex- Congrossman from Illinole, and Wilson, formerly of tbo Land-Offico. Theso gentlemen are vury enthasisstic in benalf of (he forlorn heirs of Mtery MeConnoll, whosd clalm bas born sleop- ing in thb Interior Departmént sinco the decision of Jake Thompson, Hecretary of the Interior, in 1853, and whioh Das now been ro- wived by speculstora. Burton C. Cook, Solicitor of the Chicago & Northwastern Road, represent- od the present occupants of tho land. Kocretary Chandlet gave su intimatlon a8 to the time when he will ronder his decision, 1t is tho firat im- poriaoh tase be has had brought before him. It involves the utle to property valued st $3,000,000. Beoator Gaylord, the Lasid-Advisor of Seoratary Chandler, was presont at tho loar- jug. ‘This caso has A YERY PECULIAR IIISTORY. Past Bocrataries of tho Interior have already thine $imaa dacided the cago on appoal adveracly to the MdCounell hoirs, Tho last decision was by Jako ‘Thompsunm, in 1859, Tho case finds ite presont atanding in the Interior Departmont thraugh tho porsoral influeace of old Suosidy Torisroy. 'L'ha Ixttor some tima since had a rauord Of the oase mado up and proscnted it to the President. Tlist record, as provented, shows that thero bave besn Bomo wrregularitios in past ‘procoedings, and eeems to make out a prima facie cae for & ronowsd hesring, 'The Presi- dont, wpon this nEnneumlwn, referred tho wécard pro forma to the Becretary of tha Iutarior for a hoaring, a8 ia custowmary in exceptional cases ‘whera such groat interesta mio involved, and where it is claimed that injustico has been dous, 'The preaent ocenpant and oppononts of tho Me- Connsil heits olaim thay the Pomoroy record s groasly incorrest, aud that tho Dresidoat was deceived. However that may be, tho heariny nnshoen bad. One hour was given Lo eac sile. E. O, Ingoréoll snd ox-Alty. Uen. Wiil- isms spoke for the McConnoll heirs. B, C. Cook mude the argnment for the deleuse, TOA MAIN POINT moughi to he made for (he McConmell Leirs 18 that the origioal Kinzie entry did not cover this traot; that tho ebtty was imedo =at the wmx: Latd Offce, at Danvillo fustesd of Palstine, und that beforo “‘tbe sot of 1830 was pasmed, which coverod the onginal Kiosle title, McConuell had entercd tho 1and; that connsquently !horrosout ccoupauls, all of whom azs &ranteén of Rinzio, havo o walld title, Amoug other facts ponght to bo véd to maintain this position fa thie: That i ¥3« that land was offered for salo by the Gov- ernmaent, and was witbdrawn bocause it would pot bring $1k.25 per avrs. The chto Linges upon the quention whothor, io poiut of fact, AcCon- pell "did_make s legal ontiyfn 1840, befaro the sat of Congr of 1818, which ecured tho defect of the origmnal Kinzie litle, was passod. A% the moat, tho MoConnell heirs ciatin that thers waa hint & fow days' differerico between tho day whan thiey allage tbat McCounell made his liwlul entry and the day when tho Dresident eigned this Iaw. The slleged cniry was mado by BloCounell in the period that intervenod botweon -the pussage of the Kinzle bill in the Lower “iouse and the date of tha sigoature by tho Presldans, THI FEOULIAR CIROUMBTANCE fwas commenied ‘Mpon by the defenso as ono of remariable piguificahce. The dofonse oclaims that MoConnéll could not have made $ho ontry abihat time, for the remson that the land was ot subjéot ta éntry, It had besn pre-omnted by Jinxle » yoar befors, whojaeld it an & mo-emp! 'or and by tighs of onltivatlon ; besides it is nb- urd o clajm that ha land In the tnen beatt of She ity waa withdrawn in 1836 for wanbof a m dez a4 91,28 per aore, when langd lo the immo- Miate vicinity ocould at that timo readily .command §1,000 per acre, For tho rest il waa argued tnat the lAim wea stalo and pro- ntious, and would wever have heen roumed rom its twenty years' aleep but for the efforts iof speculatora, (T trach in question in sitnated on the North Branch of the Chicago River, neatly Dlilponlu tho 11haofs Central Ballrodd proporty, The tract is Socated in Towh 87 north, Ranga’ 14, east of tho ‘$hird ptinoipal moridian,] —_—— NOTES AND NEWS, OUSTOM-HOULR ATRIES. Bpacial Divateh (o The Chieugo Triduna, Wasamorox, D, 0. Dec. L—fomo ofii- elals {n the Custom-Ifonss aé Mobilo tele- grapbed the Becretary of the Treasury to-day that ihe employes declined to socopt a reduction of salaries, aud $hat nons could be found to take their places at the reduced rate, The Bocretary woplied that all who chosa could go, aud that, if none csn bo found about Mobile to take the placos, ho will sond thom opough from here wia will ba giad to aceopt smployment. BAD ¥OR TOM. Tom Beott's men xay that the decislon of tho Bupreme Court in the Union Pacifle case is bad {or u:fll schiome, a8 it attention to the indiog force of the aubsidy-leglalation. A MODEST SOUTHRON, ‘The uitimatum of & leading Bouthern poli- Heian now bers {1 Firsy, tho asaumption of Ahe war debt of tne Btates which sccedud ; wec- ond, payment for the smaucipaied slaves; third, pensiona for the widows aud orphans of Con- lTeder: soldiers, and for thoso who wero woanded: and, fourth, the amangement of tho ntars on the American tlsg in a Boutborn oross on the Oonfederats tlag. Ho thiuka that ess concesalops by Cungresa would bring about &n ers of good fecling throughout the Bouth, [T the dsboctated Press. THE IDIAN COMMIBSIONLASHIP, Wasgixoron, 1. Deo, 2.—Tho President E‘“"’" tenderod sh olntaient of the Cow- imslonersbip of Indi tra to ex-Uov, Ward, of Néw Jersey, and nawer {8 axpooted to- morrow, Gov, Ward hero yeaterday, and lofs for bomo to sea whother Le could mirauge bis peivato buainess so shat bo gould teel frue to socopt thie position, He as & mewmbor of the laat Cougreas. g ORNTERNIAL ‘The Centeonisl Cummitwe on the Openivg Ceremouies bave nelocted Williaw M, Kvarts for e orstor, Henry V. Longtollow for tha sod & grandson of Rithard I, Loe, of Virginis, dor the reader of the Declaration of Indupend- *noe, el BETRAUE ATPOLCTHENTS. i ] lowing orekespérs wore i W‘:lnmd for the First Dul:lnul of w:-n;z-i.np; flam Fowls, Aokerly Townsend, Thomay rbes, Charles I, Warner, Joha Forves, Heiry & Barly, Dunoan MoDooald, FitzHenry Mo- are. PERAONAL, Ex-Commissioner Douglaes, Cob. I, P, Tucksy, privete s orelaty to tha Premdent, and- other geailemen who nave busu fn 81, Louls the past woek as wilnesses in the whisky fraud cases, re- Suroed Lisze to-day, —— OBITUARY. / Auaaxy, N, Y., Deo, 1—Tbe Hop, frs Hanis, feemarly United Biates Benator, died st 11 S bo-dar. PILFERING PENSICN A Gignntle Nest of Praud Digs covered in "hiladels phia, Becret Service Delectives Pounco Upon -ths Thievish OClaim % Agonts, = O How tho Government las Been Strindled Ont of MGillms of Doliars. Aad the List of Imaginary Invalids Swelled 1o Thousands, Byeciar Divateh to The Ghiczr> Teibune, Prruavenritia, Pa., Dee, §.~Tho Wanbinaton e~ =agpondent of the Lailadelphin Prese lule A to that pnper to-night that the Cow- aer of Pensions to-day surpendesd from g bofare hia afiics tho Ihil ageney firms of DoWitt & Co., 5 ucig, Temster, andt Malthaws, Doulvon & Ce, for allaged euc-eseiul sttempts to obuafn paymont of moner on frauduleut documentary ovidonce. Ahis we. tion of tho Commission.r, the irauds not Leing confined to Philadelphia alono, will involva Lha susponsion of neariy 20,043 eages, and tho po:si- ble payment of 2.000,c00 ranaally, tnecialngonts of the Burean who havo speot tanty months fn wifting the 1natter report that tbo flrine whose names ara montionsd, hayo boon in the habtt of bLaving the Deputy County Olerk atliz the real of the Coure on vouziiars withous sso. ing thu porsons certiied a8 having baon wworn, ‘Chis failuro to misko wath was for the purposo of avoiding prosecution for perjury, Reporisof elmilar practlees may bo lookeid for from oiher sectiona of iho conwtry abt on carly day. Ioquiry st tho Pension-Ofico in thin eits to- night by the correspondent of Tur ‘Tninose oonfirmed tho truth of the nbove, Fordays it bas beem whisperod fu cettain circlos that wholesala fruud has been sgatemutically procticed upon the oficoa at Washington by peoplo rovideut hers; that the crooked buniness was not of recont origin, but dstod back to within o faw yoazs afier the closo of the war, and that, when the rovelations vero made phblic, thoy woukl cteato as much of a scusa- tion a3 lus Dristow's ouslaughy on the whisky thleves of the West. 8o tho precs was in 8 maouer propared for eomotbing on o Inrge acnle. The nstounding statomouts heree with given wero, however, unexpected. THE sTONY a8 told ta your represontative runs fthus: Homo weeks since a detcctivo came on frum Washington to investistato tho workines of tho offica here. No diepatclies aunoun:lug thut tho lightuing would striko tlis city on that day or to bo preparod for visitors ny was tho caze at 8t Louis preceded iy, Iie wasted no tuue in bo- gluning bis tearch, and in & very fow days ho wad able to infurm Ageut D. L. Nevin of & largo number of unfilled bianks with the Court soal attaclied, linving beon irregalariy delivarsd to soveral olain-agenty, and thal tho National ‘Treasury bad boen defrauded of moneys tunmnz awny up into tho thousands of dollars, ITe did not etop here, but at the roquest of Agont Novin,jieaolved that he would tush things untilhe had leb dayiight into the whulo buwie ness, tho Ageut offering tho haaity co-operation of his offico and forea. With two acting woero ilhero had been only ono befora, it was not loag untl the disclosurea beoama so alanmug that the Becret Sorvico tan deemed it advisable to hurry back to the Copital and report the resuft of his movements, THE NEXT H7EC s tho sonding of another spocial agent to tho city—this tims onn armed with oifleial anthomy 10 take decisivo action, o prompily tnformad the Clalm Agency of tho discovorios, aad whnt they nught ezpect. ACTION OF TUE WASINGTON ATTHORITIES, Speeial Dispateh to Lin a0 Pitinz, Wasirarox, D, C., Dee, 2—~Tho Commis elouer of Pensions to-(lay cummotcod o war | upon lawyera who Liave beon endeavotivg to ob- taiu ponsions upun fraudulont evidence, The following Plulaaclpuia firms were kusponded from practica before tho Pension-Ofiicu: Mo Dovitt & Co. ; Schilver I'rancis, lloglster; Mat- thewn, Poulson & Co. 'The auspeussion of thase firma {nvolves Lhe muspension o 20,000 ozare, and the ho-sible payment of $2,000,000 ananully, The special agency forco of who Pensio Burean bes boen for mouthn in accumuinting ovidenco of theeo franfu, il agonta report that theao firng were in the habit of having 8 Deputy County Olerk alix thn rcal of comt to Juraca in alt aflinvita withoud wee- ing tho persons who arn ‘il 10 ns hnsing boen sworn, ‘Lhis practien, it 1s thought, may enablo some of those wha hiavo mada tho siate- meuty Lo escapo prosecution for perjury, Ju iy said simitar frands have Leen practicad in other cibies. cugg: — - 10wWA, An Australinn Imumigrant-Jodicial Asprirants=Tho licw Capitol—iWeds ding of .a Centonarinu—~"2he IKuasson LibeleSult-fscape of i Noted urgs lar=Charlio fRuss. Srpectal Correspandenca of Tha Chicano Tribune, Des Morves, la., Nos. B.—~Wedneaday last, Janes Ruthorford, of Bathurst, Woat Bouth Wales, Australis, purchased o section of Iand In Clorokeo County, for which ho paid £4,002, It Is understood his intentlon 14 to raise sheop, for wool aud for butchors, as ho camo from o sec- tion where slisop-ralsing is tho principal buale tosa, JUDICISL ABPIUANTS. The friends of Judge Miller, of the Supromo Bouch, whoso term oxpires Jau. 1, are pushing bia claims for the succossorabip to Judgo Cole, As bo is » fellow-tovusman of Gov. Kirkwood, lio han ao advautage. Judges Rothirook, Cliass, Teod, Booverx, aud tho Hoh. J, N, logers, aro slro promineutly montioned. Mr, Rogers has oue of the beat logal mikds in the Slate, NBW GAFSTOL OF 10WA, Btone-laylng has eoseed on the new Capltol. At tho dato of Nov. 18 thera had been mppropri- ated for thiu buildiog £730,000.09, and pxpondod £732,860.03,—leaviug au unoxpended balauce ot £17,133.9 0Of tho mmount cxpende. 200 was for tha retten foundation, which Jocted and romoved. AN AMOROUB CENTENAUIAX, At MMoulton, Appanovss Count, lives & man oamed Bliigly, 101 years old, Lon!thiy and skroug, walking esily 3 t0 8 wiluant ® nisotoh. Last weck o murried Widow Molauyhiiu, 80 yoans of age, and tho twain are renowtoy thoir youth, rine, A Jightod match, dropped in tha barn-yard of Wilhiam C. Heas, Wanufngton ‘Lownshlp, Wod- nedday, ronulted i tha lons of 160 hushels of flaxsced, 800 Lushels of ozts, 100 tons of hay, & Iargo qrantliy of corn aua whieat, tho atablod, and grauarien, TITE XANKON LIBEI-HDIL. < In the Kaseon libel-suit, the Court held, cons trary to the estublinhed ri thas the burden of proof wae upon tho pluintitl to establinn mnlieo in tho publicatlon ot tho alloged fibolsy that the defendants bad the ripls ta ublsh thew if thoy beliuved them to bu rvuo, and it was done without malicu. .t is the opiuiuu of wany good Iawyors that this was gu atruncous ruling tuab the defoudsuis should nave proved tho hbn‘ trae. EACAPE OF A NOTED DCHALAU, T'wy yoars Ago, Croff Walker, a noted burglar, weas convioted of burglarly i Keokuk County, and weutonced to the penitentiary. Au apuesl wanwade to $he Bunrems Court, Meanwhilo he was contincd fu fail at Suscatine. Last week Labeas-corpus procosdings were dommeacsd (p obtam bis releaso, sud Ly aas takeu to Fairdeld, whory be escaped jail, takiug threo otuer prise ouerd with lum, NOYVEL LAwSUIY A. . Griswold, of Brewer County, was defeat- #d 1u 8 civil suit, Execahon waa lsstud to satins Ty the iuduumu‘. Meannhuie, tinevold con- veried all bis propert, o wondy, sud pat thy vuey i bin pockict. The Judge crasred hin o p 4m& Judgruciz, Hesefurcd, aud vas wvnt 1o jail. I3 now Lrings suit spsiued the Judye for 10,00 fur falso tuprlsonuieas, 3 BUICILAL LOVHE, Qeoige Dudisy, o Tawa-tuunty painter, want- od Mixs Hattie Buushard for o ullo, Bko was TITE CITICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, but hee matter way davidedle not, wenl to & temporanca-meeling, whers ho 10 Wk an tne T falow, whereusun ho k rasalver and whanged away At his vinl Farts it o hurey, inseed bis nim and fail- ed to kill himaelf, NAILILOAD TXTENAION, Tt in confidently amested on goall anthority thaf tha Chicago, Ruel: Trland & I je Ttoad © 11 he ovtonded from Oaialooss to Catllsto next #21:00, via lel'a, CHARLIZ G043 FOUND AGATN. Alout four weeka mnce, a famuly arrived horo, couet i 1 of & man sud woman, and a little boy, reutel a house, Che weasl caviosity, of Atesn amanje their noigbbora ns ta who e, and whero they camo from, They 1 oxtremely soticunt na to their affaire, and pupeared pe v watohiul of tho bov, who was pat primittad 1o go anvwhers 3 and b waa noticed that tho man and worman- never loft the hoasy together. Their peeuline movomenta aectined tlio ruspivion of tho poiice, and, Iroin wilin, Tho phis i thair peesoseion, they belloved tho Loy 28 tho leet Coarlie Woss, 1o §s aband [ or 8 Yeara oL, has ifxht, carly bair, and darice biown'eves, whioh agroo with ‘the descriptions iven. But ono thing i3 wanting.~a dimola on 0 faco Iie 1 wncommouls iutelliont, snd evaieatly s out of bisjlace, 1fo anywera quos- toue in a rether vague maunor, showing that o is contralled by fear, Aha polws io- teiropated tho” man s wuman ns to their past revoid, and they ro- fuzed {3 give satiy ory auswers. They eaid their namn was Clark, and thoy came hera Teom Oueida County, Now York, An tuformas jon was silad zainat them voaterday, aud they wai0 placad under arrces, and_the boy remoseil from them and placod I good hauda for rafe- Leeping untid farther dovolopatonts shall bo wade. Vewierday sfteruoon tho boy was tasen to the telegraph oftice, d cummiunication at once oponod with Tosn wt® Ibltadolphia, wad considorabls ¢ rrespeudoneo exchauniod, Mr. Roes askeld aaveral questione of the by, to whish ho mada singulur avkworn, in & maoner whica evidenced hie was conteallud by foar, \when askoed it tho nran aad wa:aan woro his parents, bo made no roplv. Iha phutagraph will Lo taken tr-day aud forwardad o Piuladelphis. Moanwhiio .ho will ioi:ty and tha an and woman giardod nnot csespo. Thiz s tha fiess cmld Sharley logy who haw dark-brown esyy, and liglé, eutly haiz. Tho othors binve had blue eyos. liawinre, re Craenao Tridune, -An old swindling ¥ xr searen of times, intomg plaved ngain this fall among farm-ts, 'T'wo eemins asualiy travel {u vompsny., Thoy £.0 to tho Connty Anditor’s ofieo and ot tao de- gevirtion of ostrara, Ono then guen to the farmoer who has thy ostray and claims tho animal, deserbing 1t sccurataly, Noon mfwr tho pal comes wp, and idontifles it s his noighbor's, As they aro somo dintanca from home, aud tis cost of keening tho eatrav in pansthivg, they offor the anlmal for unlo to tho furmer at n gacd bargain. whichtis aceeptod. thov pocket the movoy and go tor ths next estrav, The la» requires all ownesship to ortravs to be proven before n dnstice of the Peacs. No farmer i3 obligod to doliver an esiray unicas this i dobo, 1t fn surpriaing what anpmount of awindling is dono by this gaa in this State, TITE SUPPOSED CHAGLIP ROW:, Thero i# littlo quostion that the bhov captured Leto s tho wmiselng Charlio Rost i ot the right boy. Ho nuswers the desciiption better than an¥ bog yeb discoverel, but he resembl~ hin wother {00 mneh to mistaks the maternitr without ignoring paipnbls evidenco. Tho mothr s, a: tlret relicont, noy comprehiends tho situatic n, and, finding the matter & serions one,—that prr- t1os arn alter tho Lov in earnest,—is giving aid to cstabtish his ilontity, and freely mecond . g tho cflorts of the eilicers. A pholageart of tho boy was sent to Mr. Ross yosterdar, the mother come with the boy to hava ik taken, The requel will probably prose ncase of mis- taicen idoutity, A KAYET, LAW-HOIT, Marshall Couaty 15 defendant {n an nction brouwht 1 tho namo of Hamusl Strickler, 1 yesr old, by his next friend, for dsmaiges snstained 1n rentre M mere (beforo hirth), by his mothicr fall- ing throngh a broken bridee, the result of which was rerotal horpia n the cbill,—a permnnent dieavility, TAL KASTON LIMEL-STIT, ‘Tho libel-suit of Naeson againat the Register and 8. C, Navery wan called vesterday for ro- trial. Contrary to gouaral oxpectution, both partios responded that they woro ready, but sip- vosed thas, as the caso hail Loen ouca tiied sud & ditagroemont of jury had, 1t woukd golo the feot of tho dackot. " The Court decidod it 2bill held ite plazs s third ou tho civil dooket, Atwill therefora Lo roachad A% soon as the crrm- inul dock closod, whizh will be next weslk, ;x(;lm cdmu will continue to vo tried unlil a verdict had, #TNATODTAL CONTEST, ‘The big dnfiicaot thisBtats are heini provolied into line ou the Honatoris! questton. Tho Lawk- eye dectaren fur limlan 3 the Daveuvort (Fazetie vaye Lrice § the Rookuk (ate City bosts Bla- Crary ; tho Dubuqua Times is quosi Hmlon ; W] tho State Roqidter remnins in tho quota- tlou-busitiose, knooks Harlan’s hond down when it vomeu tu wikbt, aud snys nothing f«r anybody, Lut dan’s Balknap, Hawkeys. g e ) GLAND HMAVEN, A Larce Cavgo—Receipts nud Ships monty — Navigution— iupe — Abduce tion. Svieetal Ditnateh to The Clacado Tribune, Gravp favey, Mich,, Dee, 2.—~'Tho Iargest eago of tho sensou from Milwaukes—361 tona— arrived yeaterday by the Amazon, It conalsted of 7,62 barcols of four, 409 enckn of bran, 400 racks of oileako, 105 barrols of pas, and sun- drios. Tha total fralghta during the wook (flve londe) have been 5,380 tons, inchiding 27,600 barrala of flour. Tho Minneapolis bronght ovor 17,000 Lushels of grain Bunday, and Anothor load is expooted to-day, Duning the wook ending Dec. 1, thero Lins Leen shipped fram thin port 2,135,600 tuet of lunsber and 3,500,000 shtagler. ‘Ihere {8 1o ico in tho rivar or hathor 48 yol, and navigation will brobably Le unubatructed for soveral weelks, T'he Milwaukae boots will probe ably run all winter, Willinm Cournyer, churzod with raniog arals Anu Elkigton, ot Forrysharg, has been' adthit. ted to bail in the sint of =500, A Auhiow Palan, chargod with abductiog his 8- year-old daughter from his divorced wifo, at Truitport, hay given £1,000 Lail, sud will appoar for trial Jan. 10, et Al FINANCIAL, HEW YORK. New Yo, Dee, 2.—1be failure of B. & P, Lawrence, stationors, Maidon Late, 18 likoly to bo a heavy ouo, though much of the indobted- nosd 14 to forelgn bounen, ‘[0 habiltlds of Abralinm Hogardus, pliotog- rapher, whode failura is annouuced, are outi- matod at 515,000, e olairu that i his croditors allow time ho will puy in fuil, MEW ORLEANS, Krw Dnreany, Doc. 2.—Tho offolal séatemant of tho Bark of Americn, which susponded yes- terduy, ehows ngeots of 2619,510.50% labllitics, §838,760.92, 'Lho liabilitios include 189,185.20 dun doponllore, aud €80,080 due importers and the ‘Praders’ Natious! Bank of New York. Tho nescts are decidodly wosk. It ia eabimated that shoy will yiold frous 1040 93 cents ox the dollar. e S RELIGIOUS. MCODY AND SANKEY, Speslal Durateh te Tio Chicugo Jyibune, TunapeLrnis, Doe, 2.—The change of tluwo in the Moody aud Haukey tmoruing meeting from 4 o'oluck antil neon kad tho offect of drawing & largoly-incrensod audience, and this programmo will bo continuiud until the labors of the ravival- 188 fo this clty aro ended. Abous 8,000 people wuore presont ab the openiug, sud the stage way full of invited guests, A marked featuce of the meeting was Lo roading of requosta for praystu, of whioh there wers saveial hundred haunded 1a. ‘Thiey includud requests from infldels, drunk- blinit woién, And arde, no less than fifsy Moody’s sermon waa ou the aubjectof ** his text beiug takon frow tho eighth chapter of Romaony, twenty-stith verse, ‘Ibe wost Ime ! preasive psis of LLo sorviced was ffteen minutes of ellont proyer, {n which tho whols Loude Julned. Mr. Bavkoy rang w0 new lzmnl, Wwhich ereated n wmarked “imoression. At the sfternoon servico fally 10,000 porsons wers presont, whiio tho same number attended in che eveulug. lu tho afterucan Mr. Moody's sgbject a8 * Grags,” and at night, ** Boek the Lord." armouious relations bavo hoen rewbored all round, aud the rovival is now going forward suc- cedalully, 8TILL LIVES. New Yok, Dee. 2,—At a Isto hour to-night Clisrles O'Conor was wtlll alive, but by condition waa stated to be very by, or," | "CRIMINAL NEWS. Confesston of a Wife VWho tired a Man to Kill Her Hus- band, Sha Btands by and Directs tlte Assas- sin==-His Story of ths Bloody Deod. Tad New York Supreme Comet Deeldes that Ellly, Thompson, Weston, and Polan it Tang, A TALE OF HORROR. Ouachla (L) Tetegruvh, On Taerdny, aecempantad by Judps Caldwoll, Blierlt Iamlel, ono of hia deputies, Robert Lewin, and tho Jaller, we vialted tho candemund to receivo their flnal confeasions. They wers ¢onfined k1 nopnrato roums up-etaire, but at our ronuest wero bronzhi togothor in tko womnn's room, whero wo foua Aloes Harris witting up In bod in one corner of the room. Tho floor wan clean swept, and tho very fow arlicles of furniture fu tho room wero woll arranged. Toney Nellum foltorwod with us [ psrent composuro and took & proffered et Theto wns an air of solemnity at once, wuchi a8 the prorenco of death uaturally brgets, Alcea Harria was firat nddressed, and inforinod of tho purpoto of our milssion, of tho falluro to Aceuro hiet pardon, and of ths obliga- tions atio awed ta heiself and to her God in tell- ing tho truth, Her manner wan at flist a little agitated, and her voloo tiembied, hut she pro- coeded readily In the narration of her guilt, a nareation warked by very littlo contrition, but at timos by sndden exhibitions of temper. ‘Lhore was searcely -:mef tibls enotion of #eriow whon we tagod about hern and Heore's child, an mfant not yot 20 wmonthe old. Wo give ber onn sintomont m noarly her own words: Haturday night there wass party on Mee, Richard. non's place; ma aud Heney wot futom disputs, and Henry enid'be wa golug to kill mo: thers wana erawd of people geing along theroad : | took np tie baby and run, aud cailed o' them Lo kecp Hoary from ABiug mo; te bo passed (Lo crowd ue fold Torey Nllum (hat he wax gofog_to Kl wme: Teaey said # No, Ienry, don't kith her ; befere 1% Kifl har ' quib her.” 1 went on where wo cromaed tho bayot, whore Tlenty and Unrlo Tosiey wern sitting on alog. 1left t icrii on thtu side, aud croseed on {he raft with Ocorgn Noteon, Henry croasod over homo; 1 was sitting on tho stepn, 11w satd, © Alcee, & am_goln 1o kil you,” Ho bad 4 big kuife with whith o naid o wan going o cut iy thront, Ho lajd the koifo down, and T sipjed 12 ot aud threw It fn sorue Urtah, This wan Suuiday strnitg Just beforn day, 1 got up that romning and got breal About o hour by eun Dint evenivg 1 wen t cercas tha Im?nu to McEnery's; when I ¢nme Lavk I went to Wilfam Brown's (o yet somo medichnes 40 wna dark; Heury snd Unele Touoy wareat our lotee, “Toney eald 1o mey “ 1f it bad nol been for me, Heury would bavo killed you net night.” * Yea," I rald, [ know big would have killed me ;T have been afrsid of bim,” ‘Taney oald to me, * i'm the onltost cne ean Bavo your live, and I wilda it 3 you will murry ree,” Attli's pomt Toury diseonlad by 3 yigorous shaks of Is hiad end repsaled grunts,] I kaid, 41 dow't cre whst you do with i, £0 you get him ont of my way and kep lim from Killing me." When T comn back from Drown's house. Tonoy wau silting bs tho duor with tho ux by him, ‘Tuls way alous 9 ook, I eallod Henry, anid sald get up snd Jatli off your o'othes, and b3 got up end pulled them off, and Juld sight down sga'u in_tha asmo plara, but Lty back to tho duor. noy hays, * L ro- ing to kitl Lm now,” T aaid, *No, Unelo Toney, wait 'Y oz ontt 1 went off ond went most up to Brown's houss again #nid sat on a Jog, About the fime Igob there I hasrd Buclo Toucy hit Henry with theax, The Laby wea ol tha timo fu fhe bul wifl Teury, "1 heard Toney Lit J-nry onalick, and thon I hoard fenry cronning, 1 ot senrerdand felt sorey, but T knaw Hency wonld iwvo killed me. Trocenliy T beard Ifenry fall out tho bed on the fleor, Then I heard Uncle Toney bit lim w0 tnore lickn. I then had left the leg, and was about tiventy-five uops frows the door of our cabin, Uncle Toney came onit hbad aax, 1 Aigee, como end bolp fae carry hin o, T eaid, # No, Totey, don't esrry bim anywlers; Iwill tell Willsny Lrown ko In dead, and Jer Willl-ti Tirown report iU Unclo Toney suid, ** No, I'm going to carry hininff; you ought not havogot ma to kil Lim, and you uot help carry him _oif.” Tnero was o light in thie house, and L could soo Uacie Touey when bie drageol Houry out of the door, U o ‘Toney il pulled off hir ruift and yanis, and thon took Henry oo hin sboulder and carrled ilenry to some Jogy in the bayou and throw bim fn_the bayon, ‘Taney tald me this, T wouldn't go tntn tho Louss un- 111 unele Tonoy had cleaned up tho Winne, Tuo cllld was in tho Led all the timo sslcen. Uncls Tonoy got tiro bir-lrels of waleraud warhied up tho blood, and tuen ofter & whils t in the houre and Toney miade s 1ight, and wo szt up neasy sl tho balance of tho night, After Alcao Iarris had conchuded her atata- ment and iv was read to her wivh hor approval of its correciness, wo tminod 10 old ‘Touey Neltum, who Lad, during Alcoo's statoment, oc- enpied ' ntool nesr us and listencd thronehout to the woman's story of blood. ‘Tho old mau was iudustriously ehewing lus tobaceo, but showed o doop interoat in what was passing. Tlo wag waiuod of tha hopaloasness of o pardon, and wged to toll thotruth, A fow inquirles con- corpiug his hustory wore addresued to Lim, which bie answered very readily, aud whoa rominding lim sgain of nin near approch to death and tho soleminty of the moment, we roquested bim to tell ua what bo kuew of the muzdor o Houry Iinrria, He gava tho story in nearly the follow- ing words 1 Baturday night, at Men, Richardsen's, whicte 1 wont 10 play tho fddle, Aloes wan on tho floor danoing, and & youllg mau camo up snd put bikaris around ber, ‘Then Heury camn from suother Luure, and syw It amid orverad Alcee to como unt, A3 fho camaout ho etruck Lier with a stick on the sidoof the head, The parly brobis righi up, sud tite youing ineu ran on and left ma behind, gotag on howne; It was & mighty wer, rainy Buturdny uight. When I got duwn by tha big oak treo, clove fo McEnery's, —nesr (ha cburch, Heniey Hatrls overtook e, 1ils wife wun belind at Mrs.” Tchurdsou's, 1N ¥l o mo, U 'I‘rmt(. ' Iulnfl‘ kill ‘Aleee.” 1mald, #No; he. fory do ihat 1 wonld quit ber.,” e wonten 10 tho Lugets, atid st down on & Jog i1l tn cotjre- gntion culie wp, 1ierry fold Aleoo tu go on home, Bunizy evening, sfter dmner, Alees came over fo whero I was liviug, Honry there eloo, Ilents eabl ho wantcd mo o &o over and cut some wood, 1 decliced goiug, not feeling well. Alcos also wanted me 1o go, Finally, I comeanted o go, but afd I didn't caro about jt. Alceo bad been Mier e for (wo weeks lo Wil loury for er. 1 fotd her T dld nol want to do it, hecanso I'had & family in Alabams, and (€ 1 lived I'wanted to o see (hein mext fall, One day Atcoe sutd to wal conld get a gun aud kil Heury, Y said, ** No, I bad no powder or gast, aud could get no gun exrept Dick \Walker's, sud { didu't wauk to do that” Al 6y said, X can gol you some gowder.” Itold Ler stories adout the gan for two woeks, to keep ont of dolug wustiing, Al b3 mid fome one asy, * If you'll kili ileniy fur mo, I'll get s Ileauno and “marry you This was a wek beforo Henry was Hlicd,” Taafd to bes that I didu't want to do it ; that I Lad rathier go to Alabawna to my family, Buuday night ebo went to Willlam Drown's house, Ble saki( to mo, * Unclo Tonoy, are you golug to kil ienry for mo {o-nig 704t A Cee nsid T, T bato lo do ihnt uiigty bad” Hhe wsidy -} You have got to du 1t3 1€ you dod't, Henry will kil me I sald it was fomething I nover did do, butif 1 have ft tado Tl do ity aud elio (hen sald, Walt 11l I got cub of tho haves, Moory wan Iyjug on tho bed alive. Alceo pnlled off Der clothes, weat to bud, st thew got up again, The ax win oulsido Ly iho door. Alcce handed mo the ax in the houss, and sls womt around behind - the Lonse. [Hero 'Tuuey was interrupted by Aleos, who dented shie hod gone to bed, or (hat bhe banded him the ax, ‘Loney rapiled fo her thiet bo was goiug to tellali the truth, and con- tinved.] licnry Haveis was unloep, with tle cLild ca the Led asloep Cebiud bim, Iwwnt to {ho bed, and iny conseience checked mey Irat the ax down, and stood and looked uwlile, ‘Alcoo, from the outsl then anked me, * Aro yoit going to kill him 7" I eald but I hiate ixhty tad todu 1LST wan sitting dowa, ot up and atruck Lenry ou'the head wilh T atruck bim two more 3 E ax.itenry foli out uf (ha bed, Bck on The lead sa' ko fuy ou tha foor, Al thea pald 30— d—n sou, you will never kil me,” Aftor that 1 uald * Alode, Yoit gotmo to ki alut you going to Lsip ma it him dn the bayouz” ' he said, “Nb, I'm & young thing, and 1'm scared nearly to.douth,” "1 than” took Munry up and carvied him mynell 10 tho bayou, and Liew him under the logs, X izew the ax fu L buyou, After I cawo back from |hr‘:.ynulwunflulho ouse, and took & bucket of water and wasbed up (ho blood the Lost Ieonld, Alcos burned tho pillow and bolater with some bosrde from tho hen-lioucs. I have no nioro o say, § beliove, Tiis ia tho truth, ull the way through, Tonoy then_recited disconnected portions of the hymn, **Wheu I can read,” etc., aud smid ite wauted that sung when ho waa on the gal- lows. They wera both asked if there had ever boon any lllicit interconrse betwean them, ond both replied 1n & decided negativo. Alceo Harria in 1ather a good-lookisz younyg colored wuman, above the moditim hoight, of tather biack complexion, regolse uoure {oatiires, eyea tarpe and full, lips thick, and no 1iacisl ‘mdications of depravity excopd in an oxp.esslon of sullouncss kioah with har raco, od which was shown sovarai tuncs during our visit, esjcoinliv when she apoke of hor mur- dered husband, whose death sho sid she was glad of, becsuse he had l{nud her eruolly and hresteaed to kill hor. Hhe 1 about 41 years of ago, and was boru ju Warrdu County, Missia- aippl. Blio was s Limes sinploved as & cook 1y Mobiroe, but & the time of tbs murder waa at wurk ou s farm on Yayou Desiard, Bhe haa s olild about 20 wmouths old, which for & whilo w’- ept ulfil: horiu Jall, but {v uow witl tho Iatber's mother. About the child's f3tg Alces manifested iittle or no conoerh, Touey Nelluwn v a full-blooded negro, low, but Lioavy buill, with satber an houest looking coun- teusucy, aud was solf-posse:sod throughout big confessiou. He gave bLis 026 al 64 0. 63 yeais; said ho way born iu ‘l'enasyscs, und came to Loulsans four years sgo from Alsbama, whers e loft m wits ahd w0 children | lvivg. The old maa selited his ocafes- DECIMBER 1 gy 157, cion wiilk calmness and ovident recrat for the truen, st limoa nhotting eonsbdaralia mrital agitation, vet jnrizting wo_ahoudd toayn nobing on’ of ‘Lid wartation. His cobferaion wan rand to I, to whiah ho msdonted an 6or. tect, froqiently intecruptiug the rh,\ilnf; with neeaelone of Approbation. Wn perted with ohey amd Alern as with tha doad, Wo ahonk their hands, both as cold s ica, and left lihfl Jndl &ith ench emotions as only two koors! infer. i6v ith twa peoplo condeinnad to bo hanged or & tetribla erimo cou'd pasaibly arouso. KU-KLUX 1§ GRUNDY COUNTY, Soeind Btsateh to ite Dhitato TYidune, Monnss, B, Dec. 2.—~Edward Wiley, of this ¢ounty, was, yostorday mormng, sootonead to a two-yeara' torm in the Pomtentinry, for thein- noecnt atusament of gunning for hegroos, It apposis from tho ovideace fn tho cano that, atn 1ato hout ono night last Jure, he committed an seeault ubon a colored fawily by tho nameof Plair, resuding vear the City of Mortle, and, fail- tug 1o lua eatls to fnduco apy of tha family to coms to tho deor, firod four j fotol-sliata at'the houso, one of wlich passed through o win- dow, and wilbin a fow inches of the head of ome of tho family,—~Iortunatoly, howevar, with no seripus 1esuits, Tae biair fanly have the reputation of beiug hovest, in- ditrltious, law-abiding citizous, gmity of no crime other thao that of bring black. Tha prisonor is n wan 26 yeors of age, of bad repulation genorally, Tho procoss of 1ennatrics tion upon which Liw™ 18 just entering, it fa hoped, will cotract bis tdeas of civil liboerty, and teach liim a propec reeand for tho righta of his fellnw- citizens. 'The case for the peoplo was prosscuted by Stato's-Attoruoy Jordan, of Morrie, ns- sistod by Capt. C. A Hil, of Joliet; and very ably defonded by Maj. 8, W. Munu, of Joliat, ~Verily, this latitude is uot favorabie for Ku-Klux operations, It is understood that the prisoner was ongaged to bo marriod to a voung lady of this county, of Enud nmllg; and that slto naptials were to huvo cent colobrated at an early day. 'Tho loave- talung Look placo at the jeii this morning, nod was quite affecting, 'The young Iadr hns the sympathy of tho public gooerally, but must, un- der the circumstancos, puntpous tho matriage- ceremony for at loast two years. OWMAHA ITEMS, Ouama, Neby, Dec. -Berry, Dutoh B, Durns, and tlarry Clayton, gawmblors and fast men, aficr tho counoluston of sho trial to-day for robbing Anme Wilson, & prostl:ute, of 81,500 in currency and waluabloe Jewelry, weore hiold on Lail for the noxt term of tho Diatrict Court in 2,000 each, DBoing unablo to furntsh it, thoy wers commiited to jnil. Jd. Ebhact, 8 gamblar, was committed to jail le%&l(;:tnult of §500 ball for robbing J. Ewera of Claronos Atwoll, whn dccamped a fore days #luco with soveral Lundred doliats belouging to tha conl firm of L. I* Eiliott & Co., recvived whilo in their employ, was acreated ot Logan, Ia., this morning, ON HIS TRAOK. Srecal Dispatch ta The Chtcazn Trivuns. DrooxiNarox, IiL, Dee. 2.~-For somo time the polioo have hud an eys on 8 party here under tho nssumed mamo of E.T. Bemis, who, it in suspeetod, hae been shovitg tho queer. A uumber of his circulars offaring counterfoit money havo reachod diforont patts of tho Weat, Inchiding Indianapalis, whore yesterday ono was réceived by a nawspaper mep, who pabilshed tho facta. Thin gave Bemus warnmg, and o has disapponrod leaving o drawer In tho Post-OMco full of lotters, ‘Tho police bavo a clue to bis whereabouts, and will caoture bim, A DESPERATE OUTLAW. Lovtavniue, Ky., Doe. 3.—Tho Lobanea (Kv.) correspoadant of tio Courter-Journal telographa that thoe Cinstable of Casey County camo to that placo to-day to got tho garrison of Tuited btates troops to arrest Dul Wilson, the notorious outlaw, who, he said, had boon wounded by comrades, Tho troops deglined to assit, and, the Coustabla boiug afeald £3 tackle Wilsou's strenghold, ho s atill at liberty. X4 will be 1emembered that Wilson, aftor hig conviction of mardor and sontence to penal rervitudo for life, escaped from custody soveral months ago, NEW YORK MURD:R CASES, New Yonk, Dec. 2.—-Tho goueral term af tho Bupremo Court bins rendered the following de- cisions : Tho svplication for a roversal of Judr- mont and a now trial in the caes of William El- Iis, William Thompaon, aod Charles Weston, tho nogro taurdora ofgths Jow peddler, Weiskerg, to bo hisnged Deo. 17, is donted, The spplication for astay of orecution of Johih Dolan, to be hanged Deo, 10, for tho murdor of the brust manufsciuor, dr. Noo, of Grosnwich uirect, g dented, An appoal for a atay in ail tho cases, it 18 ulndomood. will be mado o tho Court of Ap- pealy, MURDERERS RESPITED. Nrw Onreaxs, Doc, .—Gov. Kollogg bhas respited Bul Wilkams sod Senderson, nentenced to bo hanged tcemorrow, to Dee. 81, when thoy will bo otecuted unless the Buproma Court grants them o vew teinl, for which they bave ada application, upen the ground that the jury whioh wdicted them was not a logal Jury, it hav. Ing been drawn by Judge Braughm shite ho wae scting by tio appolntment of Judge Atocha, and tefore Bravghm bad been commissioned by tho Governor, AtLsnTa, G, Dec. %.—Brioklev, tho wife- ?E\;Edumr, was reopited to-day tHl March 81, STOLE_AWAY. Spéctal Dinpalch to The Chicugo Tridune, Bioux Cixv, In., Dee, 2.—Laat night, while tho poopla in tho houso were asieap, s young man nomed Frank Howo, in the employ of a fariaer pamed Hollénbock, ot Woodbhry, this county, stols 875 In mionoy, iwo watchos, and o:her atticles from the houso, and lett. Bhornift McDonald startod early thus taorning otter him, and succoeded in eflocting Howo's arrest = Onaxa, whilo tho young tan was waiting tho arrival'of & trath. "Howe will be brought hero to-night and Jocked up. A COLORED BORQIA. FBreciay o atch ta The Chicaao Tefbuns, . Nasuvitre, Tenh., Dos. 2.—A fow wdoks ngo tiyo negrossos ab Gallatln quarrelod, A fight with bowie-knives or pistols waa suggested, bat they shrank from its contowplatiou, Last night they met to mwear eternal friendship. Tho hostess, linndlug a glaes of wino to hor guost with & etuile, proposod o drink to seal the rocon- clifation, ‘,l‘hot'x tossed off tho bumper, TFive minutds latot the guest grow eldk and bonumtad, lost conadlousuesn, and inuk in death, Bhe had been poisqued, NOTORIOUS BURGLAR GAUGHT, Bunuixaroy, Ia, Deo, %—Frapk Btow, alias Jim Wood, a noted burglar who is fn urgent de- mand in sevoral Jowa clties, and who has ovaded all sitompts at capturs for nearly s year, mas yosterday taken at fairflold by Bhorl® Beck, of Jofferson County, autl brought to his dity laat night by Chief of Police Johnson, ‘F'ius i tho man whomn Marshat Cox of thus city has beon shadowiug for soaiu Lime, tLe chaso having bosn :k! ;ub‘]:cl of much commont i this patt of 8 Biate. MURDER TRIAL AT ANGOLA, IND, Special Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tridune, ANaova, Iud.. Dea. 2.—In tho Plorcs wutder trinl the avidenca conclnded to-day, sud Rrgu. ments of counsel are now in progress. Delond- aut’a atlorneys sttempted to pruve that the hom- iclde was committed in molf-defouse. The casp wiil probably be given to the 1ury on Baturday, bub it i9 expucted that thoy will ol ba sble to sgree, DEAD BODY FOUND. Syeeial Disvawh to ke Chicaso Tribune, MiLwaukee, Doo, 8,—The body of an une koown man sbout U5 years of sge was found this sfternoon just outsido of the city Jine in tho Town of Wauwatoss. A wound oo tbe top of the hoad indioated foul play, '[ls body was brought to ths city for inquent, BRUTAL WORK. Nw Yon, Dac, 3.—Patrick Tonoy last night anturated the clothing of bis wife with kerosens oil, aud et it on e, Ths soreams of the wawan brought the otuer jnmates of tho housa to ber roscua, and tho famea wors extiuguished, but .I'lh: waa ternbly burued, and is not exposted W0 Vo, THROWN FROM THE TRAOK. Bay Fnancisco, Cal,, Deo, 2.—The up traln from tbis Palisade last uighs was ditohed. Bpikes were drawg, it In osed, by parties seeking 1o rob yhe express. No ous Lurt, RELIGIOUS FAMILY QUARREL. Lovisvuax, By., Dec, 2.—Some waeks sgo a Qificully at Corrydos, Iud., cccurred batwesn 8 msn and hie wife, named A exander, over the busial of a culld, Bheis & Catbolio aud be fe.a siriet Protentnnt, and upon tho death of the @hiid lio bind ft butiod 1 a Proieatant gtaveracd, whigh caused tronble, and she had it taken np anl burled ju & Cathollo burying-gibuad. Tho chill war subsoquemly taken up and burled n third timo fn tho Protost~ ant ccmotary, linco that time tha res meiningg clubd has been n bonewot contentlon, the mother iomuting on railstng it a Catholio, and ho declarmz that it should not Le, Tho troubio culminated in tho saizarn of the ehild by the mather Inat weelt, and on Baturdar sho onmo to this cily. Tho fathor of tho olild wnd a fricnd (‘.nmahrlnd made sonreh fok tho littls girlin Lonwville, tnding her Tnanday ovening. Yostordav marning the overjoyed fathior startod for Corrsdon with hin little oua, a girl 8 yaars ot :fio‘ tho wife having Lousn laft bobind ia the ¥ CABUALTINS. AN ERROR ATONED FOR WITH A LIFE. Chelnnatl Enquirer, Dee, 1, Yentorday morning abont 9 o'clock while Train No. 6—the moruing axptess, tvhich loaves Cin- cinnati at TiJ0—waa passing Boore's Hill Stas tton, on tho Obio & Misslasippi Railroad, snd liad just rounded A curo, the engintor tiacov. erod that bis right of way had beon satlelpated, and that tho track only a few yards fn advance was ocenpled by o einglo locomotive, elowly wenglng westward, No. 5 wau fivo minutes bo- hind time, ond was making up. Her impotus was, therefore, too preat to ba ovor- como with biakies rnd a rovereion in o short dis- tanco, Hor velocity and tho foterloping looo. motive's elowners did tho husiness, K!VNI.\ " tremendous erash abe drovo into tho tender of the slowig-advaneing englno, deninlishing her ovn pilot and head-light, aud meking a com- ypleto wrecit of tho tondor, Tho shock brought the trais to s staud-atill, avd the parsongors werauot long in vomiting thomealvos forch, whoit o survey of tho results of the recidcut was taken, whou the enginder of tho lone lacomotiva was found jamnad in balweon the demalishod tendor sad” bin edgine, horribly maugled and anite dend. His feet wore hoth cmasiad, nhdomen fearfuily wounded, ia loft arm brolien, ond lus right arm literally ground off cloroun to tho shouldor. Tao appearanco bis mangled remainy prescoted wan sickening, ITo had no soourr been dragged from tho wreek than hig fireman, and & young mao ftom Mulan who bad heen riding on tho lacomative, cams rtabiug up and offeved their sxplnugtion of the oause of tho aocdent. ‘The engiucer, whose nama was John Maol, who lived i this cliy, And who until ro- contly had been ompioyed ns mn enpi- ucer on tho Indianapolis, Cincianati & Louisvilio Raiiroad, Dbed left hLis treln, wlich was o froight, of the side- track mt Mouora’s Hill, cod had boen up to Iilan for water, [fo wny backing dotrn to the sido-track to got ont of tho way of Na. 6, on whoso timo ho imew he was runn ng, o fire- man waa tret to discover the oncoming expreod, aud signalod his dincovory to tho auglnaer, but Loo Iate. e and the Milan Loy jum, od; but tho enginesr, no doubt seslng that ha hnd mado o fatal mistake, was determined to stay 1t ont., ‘Tho last ecen of him alivo, nnd that immediately betora tha crash, and just a3 ho had succeeded in wiopping biv locomotive and 1 gotting 1t to woso away from Lho npproacking danger, voa with hin tooth firmly eos, with one band clanoli- ing tho throttla-valve sud tho othier tho revorso lever, Io bad faally blundored, but, ay Jus post, ho Lad avertod what might hay bornblo catastrophe, and had f1 a measure ro- decmod bimacif, Hin body was bronght to Cin- cmoail for butfal, The passengers noro only momontally stunned, sod George D, Lewis, a pontal olerkt, with e Inft arm broieod, was tho only ono ou tho express injured, heen o DDILER EXPLAZOL. CLETELAND, O, Doo. 4.—A builer {n the wood- block sawing-worka of McMahon & Steolo, pavo- tnont contractars, rituatod o tho flata near tho Atlautio & Great Weatern Dopot, oxplodad this nftormoon witl torriblo forca. Iifceon or twene ty men wore’ av work atout tho buildiog, tWo of whom—Weury Ilage'ry snd Ter- rovco Doyle—wore 'm0 toveroly ‘injurcd thnt they will dio, Eigbt othors wero mory or legs injured, noue, it s thought, seriounly, Thae bullzllnf,z was torn to pluces, and frazmants of the borler wero throwu n geont distance. ‘The ©oauge of the oxplosion (s unknown, WENT DOWN WITH ALL ON BOARD, Oswrao, N. Y., Dee. 2.~Fha achooner J. G. Jonlugs foundered {u tha gale of Tuesday, abovo Oswego, aud all on boatd wero Luat, 03 follows: Captain, Jonn Brown, of Oawoza; flrst mate, John Bmith ; recond mato, Sam MeDonald; mon- men, Hugh Doran, Joan Btnwart, Jamos Will- inms, BMichasl Brapty, Wiliam Bouner, all of Oswrgo, and a woman, the cook, from DBalfnlo, Tbe vomsel wan msured for &8,000, and ths cargo for 26,000, LOST ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 8Ay Tnancisco, Deo. 2.—A dispatch from Bcattlato the Merchants’ Bxchongs says the bark Atlanta was loat on Destrnction Island neer whoro the Pacifio foundered, The araw wore savod oxcopt éwo. Sho was owned by Pope & Talbot, of this city, and built at Nowhuryyort in 1851, Sbo hodrun on the coast twolve years, and was valued at $16,000, Uninsured, She lett heto for Port Gamble in ballast, Nov. 20, FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Cixcrnatt, Dec. 2.—0n Tuesdsy ovening the boller of & portable ouglne belongitg to Wiiam Noleon, Now Harmony, Ind., explodad, inatantty Killng Phomas Nolson, eneinger, Solomos Tin- low, a vawyer, and badly eoalding ssvetal othor workmon. FATALLY BURNED, speetal thspat:h to The Chicaan Tridune, LaBate, Dec. 2.—A daugbter of Josoph Nouah, aged about 10 years, was fatally btiroed at Lostant last evoning, her clotiiug having ¢auglt fire from a stove. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Specral Dianated to Lin Chicaas Tribtne, Brmxarienp, Mass, Doo. 2.—A paor follow nomod Donahiue, omployed on tho Hoosas Tuo- uol Rnilway, was crunbed to death this aftornoon under five tona of rock from a blaat, MINE AGGIDENT, 84N Fnaxotsoo, Dec, 2,—A dispaich from Eg- roka, Kavada, 4y an extenslvo oave ocourrod in the Richmond cousclidated mivo this morn- fng. Two uuners, James Martin and B, Trolyar, wera kiljod. i, THE WEATHER, Wasuminotoxy D. 0., Deo, 3—1 o, m.—For F'ri day for tho Gulf Btates, Tennesseo, Obio Valley, snd Lako Region, atationars or falling barome- tora, warmer partly gloudy weather, and norti- enrt tosuuthea ¢ winde, followed by a ncrihor in Westorn Foxns, LOUAL ODSERYATION. Unioaeo, Deo, 8, Wind. rl‘:im| Wiker, L.y freair,. E,) fresh. Curzaqo, Dee, 4—10:18 p. m, Wind, [Ramr Wealher, Staton. Bur | Thr| Daveuporl 140110 Daluth , .. '38,45) Deaver., 130,44} '8, 10 ) Teenh 4 8., light mahi 3 Fort Qarry, 90,141 Ft. Gibson, .u.ml ia's Posi[30. 18] ——— MUSKEGON'S LUMBZR.TALLY. Spacial Lievaleh 6 The Chicaao Tribuns, East BAciNAw, Miolh., Doo, 3,—~The Saginaw Courler will pubilsh to-motrow the amount of lumber manufactured by the wmills at Muskegon doring the soason of 1875, ‘Thore are (weuty- threo mills, and the product for the messon was 848,082,000 focs of lumber, giviog employment to 1.183men, There 1s on hand 15,000,000 feet of lumber and w.ooo,mo feet of logs in tha booms for noxt acason’s out. Fho out of lumber thisssauon was 41,000,000 feet in 0xcess of tne cubd of 1874, ¢ —_— SUMPIUARY. Speclatl Davateh (0 The Choago Tribune, Axx Arnom, Mich., Dec, 2—The Woman's Btate Temyeranoe Unlou coutinued its scssion to-day sud disoussed our present tax law on slootis, It was maintalned sbat shev should be supported 8l somotblng bolter couid bo se- eurad. Tobanzo wan classed with sbnalants. The idea wan sustsined that shouid ba nlaced on temparanco plodges, wd ey pecially for tho young. An adioes was dgi. orail this atternoon by Dr, A. Il Palmar, of 4y, Uulvorsily, on tho offects of aloohol upon (08 neatem fo health and dissaso. Lo counldarag ldor dangarons, a4 it oontained alcaliol wiy eemented, as much a8 wine. Alcoliol {s injyrj. ous £ lonlthy pernon, and uot necasagry in disoasn, oxcopt raroly. Yo Assooimtinn adopieg n reaniution whish pingdd 1t squarely upon thy Iatform of prohibition, It ndjournad Lo-uight ill May next, o e = “ETIERIC FORCES An EImportnut Discoverya=Ponaibilyy o1 Sondin: Jeasnzey Over Wires o Cablos Not Innulated. Now York (rivuns, T. A, Tidlaon, of Nesurl:, N. J., an 0'0kzlofyg and fnventur, hay Jast ando a diszovary, Mhich, it ta oxpoctad, will throw no light upin th ny. tuto of eloatricity, and posaibly maaifess b sz. istenco of a hitherto unknowa nataral forso, 0a tho night of Nov, 23, while Mv, Eliso) anl hiy asistant, Charlng Batehalor, wors axparimonting In their laboratary, thoy made a duservary whigy In recorsded s follows fu thair jouenal : In oxpr rimenting wlth a vibeitory magna, conslsy 1N of a biur uf Btubby' siel fietere at an end sl made 1o vibrats by 1aowns of & magmat, we n: ' BEatk comiug from the cara of tho magnet, This mw Liave often nolleed booro (ie relaya; i atock peintey witen there wes iron fillany buin''sn ty urmilyey and cote, and oiten In ths new oluetria e, Alwen sappored §t was Indactlva clectriclly, bt bajpeny tn notico 1k whea IE bemncd 40 ALEOD hat we o pected 18 might bo somotbine ot than fad tifoy Acting on the mpporition, wo found that by tua iy any porilon of tho Viverar 07 tiaguot with # ploss motal we got the k. o theii conuected 8 wiea the cad of the viboatiug fod aud gob & kpark by foury ing v psote of lron to 1t 'Tho exparimantars wars lottatry tha eftey ot different matu's in drawinz oft lb’:: 8) nr'«.’!m; aoon fonud that éadmineg was the most atfee.urg for their posa, A Dbar of shis metal wig placod acrous tho elostric coil vf tho kg inzt:mont, and a long nirs nttactiod to it Tig electric civenit was thua drained of 1ta eurron winch passed through the oadimium aid thd sube #oquent wlro iuioa gas-uipe, and £o iuta thy earty, Nowaithstanding Wis intorruption of (hy voutinuily of tha cirenit, it wna fouar thab when ny medallio wubstanco was brouzht in cantacs with Lho g2s-pi oo oF Wika the 1utrrening wirs srhito spmi ke was avolvad with unusnal Brillianey, Than f acodrrad o Mt Fudléon "Uns pywivly Uns spark might be tho munifestatton of somy unknown forcs nctlng simaltanconsly with eles. trioity. Accordivuly b ampl ed o it tho teals by whioh the presonce of electricity 1n dotdctad, and wa narpritied to tind (b ho Ladting Institmanty guvo ho indication of tho electiic presenco, A dotlento gold-loat alestroscapo wat undis. turbed by the now manife:tation, cétclnsively proving elthior that electeity tnay mauitest 1. solf in outercly new phanoa, or thit undst cer. tain condition3 tc gives birth {0 4 new and dis. tinct force. Mr. FEdisos bah named the ney principlo ** otherio fore: Thin discovery wag put totest by various oxpoerintonts, and the - fol Jostne rosaltd obtalued : 'Uont the now fores iy non-polar, rediatiog in stiaight lines lika heat) thatitis capabla of Laneminsion to ludefinite distancea thirough an univsulaed wireq that i i8 nat alfoasod by tho ordiuary nou-conduciors of el:cticiy, as'ilus, ote, and that it is 10troscte 1vo, tle apark g obtalnabro whon he wira is turned Lack 20 83 to to.1cb fa0lf. Mr. Tduwon i§ of the nEhnnn that it can Lo male to manifest ituolf osherwiso thao by thia spark, dnd tlist it mynythu dorived from beat Indocendently of eleo tricity. In order to put it to a soveratest ha connacted 8 wira from his Izboratory with the oidivary tolegraph wire, aud of pormisgion of tho tefo, graph comnany was onabled to make o ciroull ostending from Now York to New Brunumwiok N. J., both cnds Lerminating in bia laboratary, After pacming throush (hia great oxtent of vire tho eclectic carrent was divided, tho caldmiug wiro abtachod, nnd a series of sparks evolved aa reedilv na though the aremt bad only haon yord long. Tha practical value of thia discovary cansists 12 1ts manitostation of the poasinibity of Sonding moseazos over cables o vii oo nos lnsus Iated, Instend of employing "nolas and pliss insulators, it écoms to bo necdssary dly t> make an atiachmant ta tha railrosd teacke or to a wire lud in the cartl, and tho mosrdzo aan boas rewlily tranamictod 88 by the prossnt progess, ‘The oxponsiva itsuluted ‘cables nmow used sor ocean tologtaphy osn be rivalod by cabdled of wrch cheapor conétuction. and i othier ways the prosent cambrous appsratus uecoesary fot alilize n3 olectticity may bo avorded, ' TELEQRAPHIC BREVITIER,. @ Theodora Lliton had a orawded houso 4% Cioe ciunati last ik, . Moyor Johnston, of Cluciuncti, 18 eeriously considering the proprioty of tuperseding th present Chiof of Police Snclbajor, on account of u’m Qazelte's vharges of his compliolty with gaae blors, At nmonting of the Travolors' Club of New York yostorday, the ensiro tndobtedness of i Ciub, amounting to moto than £20,000, m;? oas celed, and an additional £5,000 placed fo th cradit of the ‘Lrozstree to facilitaio tts futur manugemont, 3 ‘Tho Ban Juan Bilver Mining Company yos! dap cleatad the following oMotry us Mot dl('v" Providont, J. L. Follett; Vice-1'rosidont, J. W, Stowart; Trowwor, B, B, HBoaldng; §iperine tondeut, 7. Y, Young, Bloux City; C. T Heath, Beerotary, Covington, Neb.' The wetoral torm of she Buprome afilun o New York Lins deokded tliat fitéy lots of the Fe ma'd Academy of the Hacrod ‘Heark, pait for bLutldingy, part for gardens and exerotse gronndd fur 650 ininatos, bo eXampt from taxation, as be tog used solely for educational purpozes. 'I'wo gay snd fashionablo partios aitracted the attoudance of wmoclety pooplo of Blaomlnd}‘m lat evening, one at tha rosidenco of Gad. Gade oy, the millfonniro baukor of SfuLead Couy, tho othor gathoring of phyaicians of Blome inglon and vioiulty und iuvitéd guodts at fhe home of Dr. Willism Hill, . . Tha following Commit!an has been appolated torepresont the Now York Chamber of Gonk morce nt the ruoual Convontion of tho Amer: can Loard of ‘Lransportation and Commorce 14 Lo beld b Ohicago oo the 15th fust. : John F Houry, F. 8. Thurber, E, R. Durkes, Charlss Watrous, and James 8, Bavron. — e ALL ABOUT A NAVY-YARD. Prutaozeri, Ps, Doo. 2.—Tha navy-yard in this city was to-day mold for 81,000,000, Tur prirchiaser wan J, Lowber Wolsh, who bought for Joun . Balliis, tha attorney for' pariis whoge named he refussd to divnlxe. Thin afternoon Jobn P, Green, ons af Predl dent Heott's sematants, stated positively thst n‘zf Ponnsylvanla Naroad Company wag the e purchasor of tho uuv«{nrd, but doalared tha thoy had uot maturod thoir plans for the fufure in rolstion to the property, ‘The Evening Telegragh #ays the uavy-fird was bought for Droxel & the well-knowd & large ehippivg baukace, aod B: & W. Welsh, {rmn of this cily, WILL KOT AGCEPT. dvecial Dupateh to The Chtsaso Tribuds Font Wayxg, Dec. 2.—Iudianapolia spaclala k& Cbicago papors having mentioned the Hoo. J. Iv Barninghausen, Btate Sonator from this connty, 84 amoog the ocsudidstes bofars. tho cuming Domocratia Blate Conyention for the uopinstlos for tho Lioutonant-Goverdorship, thab gentle man publishios a catd to td-day's papers, statinj thatho docs nob seek the position, snd woul not acoopt ko nemination under any olrosms wizncon, 2 L — THE SAULT STE, MARIE CANAL, 8iver Bre. Mamiz, Dee, 2.—Tue piopelle Framont, after working sl day Lroaking thiough 7 inchiea of 10e, sucssedad in getting through the canal this evening. Bho oxpeots ta leave for Deirolt io the morning. Thd guard gates aft olosed, and the work of rapairiug thp oausl will b’n ngmmoncud Imwediatoly, - Wenther mild and oloudy, OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Anwaue, Deo, 9. —Atrivad—Stoawer lata ) Novada; from Philade!pnls. . New Yons, Deo. 2.—Arrived—Stesmsbips City of Mofmnl, from Livarpool ; Idaho, from Tav er| xDoW, Dec. 2.—Bleamer France, from Nov York for this porb haa sreived off Deal. ———————— SEIZURE OF FISH IN CANADA, Owax Souun, Osa., Des, 2.—~Ols flousssd barrels of whitefiah and salmon trouy have beed weized hiore by the Goverament authoritios fof bavuug been ¢aught duriog the ol 864800 ks rihalers; SUICIDE, Bostow, Dea, 3.—Rabeyt W, Dreasen, » well- kuowa morchant of Feankilu wtrost, this cith sLiot himself yesterday as his oountry rosidoscs; #) Newton, Upper Falls, dylug lusiantly,