Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1875, Page 6

™o WASHINGTON. The Democratic Element the House Truthfully Annly.zed. in An Incongrnouns Mixtare of the Good and Bad, the Latter Pre- dominatings Power of Moral Force Over Politieal Depravity Aptly Illustrated, Wood and Randall and Their Followers Temporarily Kept in Check, A Disastrous Collapse Predicted When the Ultras Take the Bit. Tho Last Spanish Noto Dismissed in Yesterday's Cabinet Mesting. A SUPPRESSED VOLCANO. THAT INCONUIUOUS JODY XCLEPT THE DEMOC- RACY. Special Digpateh to ¥ he Chicago Tribune, Wasuixuzox, . €., Dee. 10,—Tho Democratic party Lave organized tho Houso of Roprosenta- tivos, aud, a8 [ar as appears upon the surface, with unanimity, 7To the external world alt Iy peace and harmony, but on tho gloved hand which congratulates thore are the brass knuckies walting an opportunity for uso. The election of Korr was accomptished by bruto force. Livery element of recklessnoss, oxtravagauce, moral weakness, end uitraism, Talied to tho support of Raudall. Ho had the unlimited backiog of tbe Bhort-Iinirs, AN tho bungry waiting for tho distribution of national eupplies ; all {ho men wanting subaidien, large aud smallj all the men who want a Governmeut paternal in its expenditures; all the men who think the Democracy ought to bhave tho privi- Jogo of handling as much money as tho Ropublie- ans; all those were fur Raudall. Al tho green- back-men, the men who want cheap money, swithout limit, and the men who think it s tho Uovernment-stamp, and not tho gold, that gives valuo to coin, were fur Randall. Theso men wero largely in the majerity, snd yot they wero beaten. John Morrissey, representing tho Sliort-Hair fratornity, eaid Randall must be tho #poaker, and propused to knock the Liead off tho man wuo said otherwiee, ‘Lhomajority demavd- ed Randall, and demanded it a4 the Lully de- mands precedence on tho sidewalk. Ilut tho bully is always a coward, and in this instauce thoro was no exception to the rulo, ‘Lho Kerr mon TOOK MIGI MORAL GROUND. Tho Ropublicans had full possossion of all branches of tho Governmeut, oxcopt this onoe ilouse of Cougresa. o get coutrol of the Gov- erument tho Uemocracy must deceive tho people. It nwas no lime for ciperimonts. Fernau- do Wood wae, in publio estimatation, taint- od, and mnst therefore bo suppressed. Sam Lisndall bad & following which, i tho cstima- tion of the country, was but an orgamization of profossioual trumps, The country was in no temyper to Bubmit 10 tho oxactious of trampa, Thoy demanded, thorefors, that tho Jame, and tho hals, the"unctean and shio odorous, should bu yut out of sight, nud that the Democratic party rhould play the role of respectability and hon- enty, at loust uutil alter tho election of 197G, ‘I'ioy told the mov $bat it muse withdraw, sod baldly, bravely ineisted thst Korr should bo the Democratic Spoaker, or the party was no mote, 'I'hs Domocrats of tndiana were opposed to Ierr. He was not tho kind of man thoy wanted. He hiad electod himusolf to Congress againet tho aot- ive opgosition of all the Domociatic loaders in tho Buate, excopt MeDouald, 1o was & wau of character aud a statesman, In this emergency, tho Iilinots delogation offered ity services to chnmpion tho Iudiana candidate. Unsnimously and polidly it stovd by Kerr, and, despito the op- position of tho Indisua motnbers, PUSHED JMIM TO THE FRONT, On the day of the caucus, tho Iudiana men, freling that Kerr would bo nominated without their votes, agreed to voto for bim by ballof, but at tho samo timo ;decidod that butore olecting a Bpoaker tho caucus should adopt thioe resolus tons 2 1. That thero ehall be no subsidics., ‘That tho Resumption act shall bo repealed, That tho National Bank currency stiall bo abelished, aud an additional issud of greenbacks sunll be substituted. "This the [ndiana delogation proposed 2s an ultimatum for their support of herr. Upon tins being subwitted to the Ilivois mombers, they rujected it, boldly declazing that if tlse resolu- tions wore offerad tney woild defost them, and elect Korr also, Foaring this donble dofeat, the Indiaua mou withdraw theic resolutious, snd Korr was olacted, But now cowes the rub. The Housa is largely eomposed of new members, The msjority of those who voted foy Kerr are opposed to him, ‘The lndians resolotions aro to be proposed the firat day on which regolutious are in order, and tho House will bo brought to a direct volo on thems Once offared in the louso, thore is no escape from a vote, The msjority, however harmouious everything seems &t present, sre pauting to declare that, whilo they votod for Korr under moral duress, thoy BEPUDIATE KENS'S ¥RINCIFLES AND FOLICY, and are in fact the rag-tag aud bob-tail party of trampa that selected Saw Raudall for their lond- er. The resolution agaiust subsidies is a mere bitnd, It docides uol‘hng it loaving auy men frea to vote_on any specific propoeiion as be thinks fit. Tho war, bowever, 18 to break forth on the iirst rosolution-day, aud tue now secm- {ugly united Democracy 810 to bo-—to use tho ex- pressive phraso of a mombor—++all torn up.” ‘Tho greenback Democracy cannot be suppresa- :;l.‘ Already the Democratio leadors are giioving al THEIR MAIORITY 18 TOO LARGE, Fernando Wood's resolution to reopen the Louiniana caso and let the banditti looss sgsin, waa only defested by skilltul mauagemont. Bime ilar occurrences are likoly to Luppoun at suy time, ‘T'he hostllity to Kerr is slightiy subduad st pres- ont becsusa the Committaes ate to bs appolated. ‘When Cox {s_snn 84 Chairman of the Comumittoe on Wayns and Moans, thou Fernando will declare open war, When the Cowmittecs wra mado to represent low tarifl, hurd money, and 70 more greenuincks, then tlere will be & ganeral whoop and yell, and the Lomooratio Huaso of Representativen will bocome & bedlam, in which the Democratic Speakor will have ta largely do. pend for protection upon thae Hepublican minora iy, — OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN. CUBHING'S KEGOTIATIONS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, WasuxatoN, D, 0., Dec. 10.—It cannot be afficially stated, but it seoma prabable, that the nogotiations of Caleb Cushing Lsve not been e succesuful as had been sxpocted. Tho Premdent in bis mossago said thatthe CGoveroment of - Bpain bhad enbmilted $0 Mr. Oushing certain pro- posals which it is hoped may be found to Do the basis, if not actual aubmission, of terms to neet the requirement of tho particular griefs of which this Government Las felt itsolf ou- titled to complain. It is mazifest, fzom the eonsideration of the Npanish wpote, tuat the proposals submitied do mot 8o nearly furnish this bssls a8 had beon hoped. 1t re- malus, of coursé, to be secn whether tho DPresident 1 his wpecial nesasge with ro-empbasize, these words: **Should the canylict ot s00n be brought (o an, end by the act of the parties themaelves, other nations will be * compelled lo asgume the responsibility which do- rolves upon them, and (o serivusty conslder the only remaining weasures pospble—mediation and intercention.” ON THI¥ VERY POINT that the Spanish pote Is unsatisfactory, It is cvsuive as jo the pacification of Cuba. 14 1s understood that ag the Cabinel meeting to-dsy the last Efiwuh note was discussed us wome Jongth. Although this note Is couciliatory cuough in tooe, aud L8 in » certalu ssvss Eative factory, you b leaves matters lu such & sbape that ¢ s not fmprobable that tbe Premdept will be unable, in the specisl meeydge which he will whoruly send in, to annoance to Coogress s detormiue- uon of any of the Impostaut quealious which have heen tha subject of correspondence bie- twoon the two (lovernmants, Tho Uresident will, therefaro, temit the diaporition of the matter tn Coupross, and from expressions of rembors it may be expected that thers will ha nroma exception inken (e the poliey of the Adminiatiatiin, A wistwemiehed member of tho Houso who hus served with distinetion on tha Foroigh Affaus Committoe, and who wiil. without doubt, bo azain piacod on it, stated to- night his positive dissatisfaction with the inter- vontion idea enunciated in the nnnual weesapo. 1le eald intacsention could mean nothing vut war, and thore wonld bo no excusa for that. Bolligorent recogmtion, hoe ciaimed, waa the only proper couren. SO S THE RECORD. NOUAE OF REPREAVNTATIVES, Wasmyaros, Dec. 10,—After tha reading of the journal, the oath was administored to tho Chaplain, snd to Mr. Egbert, who was absent on Mondny, CONMITTEES, On motion of Mr. Gibson. arenolntion waa adopted, adding to tho committeos of tho Ilours s committeo of eleven, to bo knowa as the Com. mittoo on Miscissippi Lovoes. Mr. Hopkins offored & renolntion that so much of the mersage of the Preradent aa relates to tho Centenninl bo referred to a select commitice of thivtacn, A point of order having heen mado thnt tho mossago had already been reforred to tha Com- mitteo of the Whole, aud not in posscssion of tho Houro, the resolution, by nnanimous cou- sont, was finally received and adopted. POSTAL BILL. Mr. Holman moved an adjournment, but violdod to Mr.McPongall, who svked teavo to in- troduce and put upon passage o bill repesting o mueh of the nct of the 3d of Marels, 1875, 88 hina been construed to cover the postago on printed mattor. Mr, Steekwenther snid he had a bill propared by tho Post-Offics Dopartment, which ho desired to offer ae & enbstitute, which provides that from tho 1st of January, 1876, postago shall bo charged on pamphlets, transient powspapers, periodicals, magazines, handbiils, posters, un- sealed! clrculars, prospectuscs, proof-sheots, nnd corrected proof-shoets, at tho rate of 1 cent for overy 2 ounces, or fraction thereof, and that the postago on all othor mailable matter of tho third-class shall rewnin as now provided by law, Mr, Holisn seid that he bad no doubt the moasure wos exactly correct. but it was a very mportant measuts, and should receive duo coti- eidorstion, o wonid not, thorofore, withdraw Lia motion to adjourn, Mr. McDougall said ho swonld aceont Mr. Starkweathor's bill as a subatituto for hin own, Mr, Holman thought thas tho bill was perhaps a littlo too brosd in 1ts provisious, and that the proper timo should be tsken for ity due consid- oration, Mr, Starkweather said his bill had beon pre- pared ab tho Poat Oftico Deparument, and it ought to be considered immediately, Mr, Cox—You commitied a binuder Inst sea- sion about this matter. Do not harry us uow, Mr. Starkwoather—I did not blundas, Mr, Cox—Your slde of the House did, and wo will carrect your blunder if you will give us me, Mir. Holman—The bill will bs printed i to- morrow's Record, Ro that membors can read and be prepared to act upon it at the next mecting. Mr. Btarkweathior--Do I understand tho gen- tloman from ludisun to ebject to tha reduction on postage 7 Mr, Molman—I do not, Tdomnot. Thaveeald frequently that I thought tho measnro right. You passed tho Lill last scauion, and I am unx- ious to havo it corrected. Mr. Btarkwoather—You voted for it yourself, and mado a mistake, Wo want that mistalio corrected, Mr. Raodall—A great number of mistakey wero mado in that bill 1ast year, nnd it seomnn to mo thoy ehould bo corracted, aftor thoir proper considoration. Mr. Burchard askod tho Speaker whother Mr. McDougall's proposition wae pending. Tho Spoaker replied that neithor proposition was pending. Thoy bad only been read to the House for information. APSOUDRNMEST, A motion to adjourn was then put and carzled, sod the Mouso adjourned till Tueaday next. It was announced that o Demdratic caucns would be hold in the hall of {ue House on Aouday. e NOTES AND NEWS. TUE CHICAGO POSTMANTER, Swecial Duputh to The Chicuan 'ribuna, WasuinatoN, D. C., Dec. 10.—Postmnster- Gonersl Jowoll has heard nuthing of tho rumored removal of Postmaster MeArthur, of Chicago, nor docs Lo know that any chorges havo been made against him or forwarded hero. Jawell satd to-night, **I nover heard a word said againat John MoArthur. Ho I8 a good ofticer ko far as I kuow, Inever heard a breath againut Lim, Ithink tho roport must bo idle strool- rumor. At all evonts, 1 lsve vevor heard a hint that anything was wrong thero.” CUANDLER'S CONFIRMATION, It lneaid that only three Democrats votod for the confirmation of Claudler. Bix or eight voted sgainst him, and others did not voto st all. THE HOUAE XLECTIONA COMMITTEY. Harris, of Yirgiia, thoro ia ronson to believe, will bo made Chairman of the Committes on Elections. 1o is s very pronounced Kotrbon, a sbrict party man, and f4 not likely to bo very genoraus towards Republican contestanta. Iar- ris wanted tho Chatrmavship of the Judiciary, but i was rofused him. THY INTER-OCEANIQ CANAL COMMISHION. The President will send in nest wock a special meesage, warmly judorsing the report of the Inter-Uceanic Canal Comuwisslon in favor of the Nicaragua route. THE CLUMSY MAJOMITY. The Domocratic leadors are considerably dis- turbed at their inability to control the Ifouse. 1¢ was their purpose to-dsy not to yield the floor to Ropublicans, but they falled in this. A cau- cus has boen called for Mondsy aftornoon, One of the purposes of this coucus, s Democratle member says, isto ecoif thoy cannot putb the brakeu on. THE TOSTAL DALL. Tho bill sent to (b Housp by the Post-Ottice Dopartment for the repeal of the law of last winter incressing tho posiage on transiout news. papers aud otber third-class mattor omlla bookn from the proposed reduction. The postal suthor- {itios oppose restonng bookd ta the old ‘rate, bocause they claim that publishe ers overload tho maila with books for long distances, but nend all books by exprass for aliort distances. Tho consequounco fs that the Giovornmont loses monoy on what aro called tha long Lauls, and baa o opportunity to make a profit on the short hauls, 1lolman eatimates that thoro can Lo an anuunl saving of &4,:50, 01 without crippliog the Governmont. 1o ha .woado this oalcalation after exmminiug the books of estitnates, WILL CORRECT TIE MATTES. The Presidont's attoutiou was diructed to the mistake in hia message, In regard to be Court of Claims, and he said ho would wond a com- muuication to Congrexs re‘c:.lfvlng tho blundor, seecia ess.] TUE HAUPEL'S FERUY CABE, Wasmixatox, D. C., Deo, 10,—Atty.-Gen, Plecropont has direoted that appeal bo taken lm:_nt 6 decroo of Judge Jackson on the far- per's Ferry caze, which waa recenily decided Sgainat the Governmont and in favor of tho lal- timore & Ohio Railroad, TOUSE RESIOVALS. C. W. Cliabee, of Michigan, one of tha reading clorks in the llouse of Neprosontative, was re- moved to-day by the Olerk of the Ilouse, and Nlulcl'u. Brown, of Tennessos, appointed in his place. J. W. Barclay, who was clork at the Speaker's tabie, was slwo removed, and J. Beuador, Indians, sppownted to the vacsncy. Other ro~ movals Are exje. to follow to-morrow, GOVERNMENT AID YO POOR WHITE PEOPLE, 1 the Bditor of Tha Chuugo Tridune ; Winoxa, Minn,, Doc. 8. ~Nuving read an articlo in your paper hesded ** Tenemuut-Houses, I wauld like to ask & question: Could not our Govorpment 30 a mout buwane act, by takivg those poor susplus Jaboriog poopla, and gending them West; colonlzing them oo Qoveroment and radroad lauds, staking out » 20, or 40, ar 80 acre lot for each Lead of a family ; furnish them tools, sceds, ox-teams, and othier nocossaries, 3nd providing them toachers and priests ; and thus raise them up out of their present degraded couditions sud locatious, aud maxe thew useful aad n.U; i sud, fu 8 suors tiwe, a resaurce to the Uni- tod Btatew, of more value thau the first cost of the whole procedure 7 "The plan would by pimi. lar to the civilizinig and Christiunizing of the rad wan; and I think those poor whites au worthy of {iod's blewsivgs ne sre the savege Indiang, Vory roupocttully youss, « Langay Kexuar. "FOREIGN. The XNorthern Powers Agrco upon Certain Reforms for the Turkish Provinces. Perfect Equality Between Christinng and Turks Will Bo Insistod Upau. Rnssia Not Anxious for a Conference on the Suez Canal Question, Additional Life-Senntors Eleoted by the Frenoh Assembly, A Parisian Municipal Donatiun lo the Cenlen nial Statue of Liverly. TURKEY, LEFOKMA CoxsrasTizorLr, Dec. 10.—The execation of tho Irperial decreo roforming and roorgavizing the tribunals has beon ofticially anncunced. LURIIA AND OENMNANY. Beruy, Dec, 10.—It is stated that tho recent conferencn between P'rinco Bismarek and Princo Gortachakoft resultod in an agresmont for tho peaccful solution of tho Turkish difficalty. ’l‘hM‘ »ill oot ralso tho Enstern (\flt‘ulon. nor sro thoy {n favor of an international oonferenco on the Buex Canal question, Yiessy, Dee. 10,—The proposals of tho thres nortborn powers in_ regard to tho roforms in Turkey wore dofinitely ngroed to to-dny, after au smendmont in accordance with the viow of tho l'orte. Loxpuy, Dee, 11.—A Berlin dispatch to the Times says the Austrian-Baeslan ncgotiations rogarding Turkey cootemplato tho ostablish- mont of perfoct equality between Christians and Turks, ‘She ambassadors of tho powers aro to be grantod information in vogard to auy ieasures projectod by the Porte, so 88 to be ablo to ad- via6 and influence ite decisions, Russia will no longer object to the plan of reform, if tha Yorte cousonts to it. PROPOSED REFORMS, BEenvLiy, Nov, 22.—While the Powers are nol yot agroed a3 to tho sunrantees to be exacted from Lurkey, the Ottoman Government is pro- paring a nots upon tho aubject of tho contem- plated reforms, 'Lha tithes aco to bo replaced by a monoy-tax, the ground-rent {8 to be equitably rogulatod, and the arbitrary power of the Tark- ish Iandlords over tho Chritian possants is ta be reatricted, Austris thinking this jnsufliclont, her inapired writers constantly revert totlo wdes of armed intervention. NUSSIAN SUMPATIY. Br. Perensnunu, Nov, 22.—'The Emperor of Tiussia bas givon pormiesion to Prines Aloxan lne Wassiltschikoff to go to Montencgro as dolegato of the Genova Cross Sociely to offer assistance to all necersmtous wounded Herzogovinians, Yirxyy, Nor, 20.—Tho Laibach police authori- tien have confiscated n quantity of arma sud ame munition which were 1n the possesuion of Mna- rian agents. and belteved to be mtendod for tha Tosurgents in lorzegovins, —e FRANCE. THE BENATORIAL ELECTIONS. Loxvoy, Doc. 10.—A Paris dispatch savs in oonsoquenco of the failuro of the baltoting for Honators in tho Assombly yostorday, Duo o' Audiffret!Pasquier ia nogotiating with tholealorn ol tho parliamentary group with a viaw to drawe ing up a compromise list of candidstes. %‘,uufl. Dre. 10.—In tho Assembly to-day bal- loting for lifo Scuators wns resumed, Tho fol- lowing_Honators were elocted. By the Right, Gonw, D'Anrello, Do Paladines, and J, Changar- nier, By tho Loft, Gons, Troybault aud Cheozy, Admiraly Pothuan _and trichon, and MAL Krantz, Duclare, Do Lastoyric, Corne, Laboulave, Roger, Foubert, Wolowsaki, 8t. Hilaro, Casimer, Perier, Gordier, Pecard, auvd Moleville, 'The suceoxn of tho Left s attributed to the support glven it by tho Lepitimiets aud Bonaparilats, THE, ATATCE OF LIDERTY. Thoe imupicipality of Paris has voted anb- ecription of &2,000to the fuod for tho Conten- nia) Statuo of Liberty in Now York Harbor. CREAT BRITAIN, PARLIAMENT WILL MEET FED. B, Loxnex, Daa. 10.—Tho Offictal Gawrile pub- lishen a proclamation summoning Partiament to meot on the Rih of Fobruary, 1876, for tha dis- patclt of divers urgent nud important affaira, -~ SPAIN. Maparn, Doc. 10.—Fifteon hundrod soldiors leave Cadiz on the 15th inst, for Cuba, L e KHOKAND. UUSSIAN LEINPORCEMENTS. LowpoN, Dec. 10.—A dispatch fromn Vienna saya ndvices have been recoived from Kbokand that Gen, Kaulfmen is recciving reinforcements, whioh will continuoe to bo sont hiro untll he han an offectiva forco of €0,000 men. “ha insur~ gonts still pumber 25,000 men. At i CERMANY. DBenrix, Nov., 18.—Negotiations bave been en- tored into botweon tho Prussian and Austrian Goverumonts for tho division of tho Dreslau Archdioceso into a Prusaian snd Aostrian balf, An tho prasont ocenpant of tho Dreslau Seo has been doposed in Prussis, whilo he is sti!l recog- nized In Austria, whithor ho has rotreatod, tho Vienna Government, wikhing to keep aloot from the Prussian ecclesiastical troubles, admit the advantago of tho proposed chango. Whether it will evoutually obtila the sanction of the Popo i suotbar question. Iiut, as Tloman Catholio DBishops will soon_have consed to exiat in this couptry, unless thn{ will allow candidates for Holy Ordera to receiva the orainary literary edu- cation of tno land, the consent of tho Vatican to theso arrangemeonts becomea s matter of coms parativo lndifforence. Sl e INNESOTA INEBRIATE ASYLUM, Suectal Diapateh to Tha Chicaao Triduns. Br. Pave, Minn,, Deo. 10.--Gov. Davis to-day appointed & Board of Diroctura of the Btate Iuebriste Asylam, noder tho law of 1874, which hed been fn abeyanco until the Supreme Oourd docialon of yeatorday. Tho Ioard conslets ot J. A. Leouard, Rochoster; W. L. Wilson, Bt, Paul; C. D, Crandsll, Owatonna s O. A, Whea~ ton, Northiiefd ; snd J. Q. A, Farmer, Hpring Yalley. ‘I'io Boand is authorized to commence bullding at Rochester, baving 10,000 avallable in the Histo ‘[reasnry, and probsbly §30,000 more will bo collectod from liquor-xollers befora July next, It is presuined that the Board mil adopt plana tbis winter, and bogin batlding early next spring. —— SUICIDE, Spectal Dispatch i Tha Chlcaam Tridune, Orrawa, lI, Deo. 10,—This marning at 2 o'clock » passenger on the eastern-bound traln on the Chicago, Rock Islsnd & Pacitic Lailrosd, named W. A. Stoddard, attempted to commit sulcido as tho train waa enterivg tho city. Ila used s razor and severed his windpipe withqut custing the juguiss veln, o was on his way 1rom San Francisco to Derby, Coon., where his mother and a little son reside. As appeard from a letter to them {u bis pocket he had been gam- bling on the way and lost some of his money. Hs biad sleo bean drivking heavily, His wound was dressad, be Lias been removed to the Couaty Poor-tions P N OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. 8ax Faanciego, Cal.. Dec. 10.—The steamer Lor Augolos, which it was fesred was lost, ar- rived st Victoris yesterday, in tow of the Dritish gunboat ltocket. Hor engine broke down 93 miile uth of tbe Coluwbia River, Bhe was nLghl ?nyu undor sall, aud 108t vuo soawAn in e gsle, quawmnr. Dee. 10.—Aimived, steamship Moutsua, from Now York. New Youx, Dov. 10.—Arrlved, steamor Oder, from Bremen, Loxpox, Dec. 10.—Steamshipa Caledonia and Corawall, from Now York, havs srrived out. i — Sy Bloody Maitio at Kooliztawn, Mo. lurics County (Ho.) Courker, The moat desperate and bloody hand-to-hand fight of whicn we have heard v a great while occurred st Koeltztows, in the southwestern past of Ouage County, ou Sunday eveuiug last, Un Bundsy last, David Cox aud Joly Heory Cox, Charles Cox, sud & boy aboui 13 yearu of 3ge, whose name we did nob learn, all sous of David Cox, went to Koeltztown, Late in the evenivg tha Cos party, as well s thy CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DRCEMBER 11, 1875, —TWELVE PAGES. (etmans, wero romowhat drinking, snd all folt livoly when tho eport of slap- ping off each olher'n hata was eon- gaged . John IMenry Cox, appasontly anming L knook ot the hat of & youuy Uerman named flonvy Teckman, miased the hat, sud slapned Beckman on the face, Backman beeamo enraged and attackod Cox, whon n gennral fight eusued botweon tho Cox party and tho (lormans, Xnives, clubm, aud etones woro frecly nsed with ollect, 08 follows: David Cox had ono srm and s vhoulder iokon, is boad badiy brateod and #kull sapposcd o Vo tractiired ; John Henry Gox han wxall fractured, several ribs broken, and in othopwire badly britsed and mangled; Chatlos Cox has an arm brokon, and Is otherwieo rorious- 1y ourt. Ou the other sile, Irederick Mosky sas cit with a knifo on the back, the wound Eo(ng sbout mix inchies i longih, and his noso wassplit open. Ol man Waiberg was novoroly butt, hav- ing several ribs broken, aud beijug eoriously bruised about tho head. Tho tight commonced lato in the evaniug, and Iatted nnul dark, Charles Cox and tho nmall boy got away, Davld Cox mansged to reach tho liouss of Caspar Ostoal, about & milo and a Lalt from tho scano of battlo, but was rofused admit- tanco, notwitbatanding e Losrible condition, and procaoded on as bost ho conld to the reel- tenco of Mr. John 8. Jills, whore Lo was {skon inand ewcryl.hmqfimnumk doua to alleviate his condition. “Jehn Honry Cox crawled off into tho wouds, about 300 yards from town, where ho lay from Sunday ovening till Tuesday ovening, un- ablo to stand or wailk. Monday ovaning hisaries for water and help were heard'at the town, and Lo meu ntartod to b, but thoy roturnod be- fore teaching him, and slatod that tho woods wero full of men and advieod $ho citizens to pro- pore for an attack at any momout, 1is crion wero still hoard diting Tueaday, and wlien the mail-carrier arrived it was agroed that they would secertain who 1t waa that was sond. ing up thoso cries for water 80 continnally. And B0 A party of citizons, arming thomsolves with il tho guns and piniola obtainablo, and monding tho mail-carrier in sdvance, ventured out. The mail-carrier srent akead and fouud Cox almost in a dving condition, and roported back to the party, wl.on all camo up, Cox waa then taken to town, tothe Louss of Anton Fork, thogman who is rupposed to have dono most of tho oxeoution in the fight. Fork and otheras did eversthing onaibla to alloviate the sufforing of Cox, "acnd- fl,a off for a ductor, sitting ur with him at night, otc, Ho was romoved from Koeltztown on \'5011- needay, and it 18 thought that bha will die. David Cox was removed from Mr. Mills' to tho 1enidence of Dr. Barnott, whoro every atteution possinip {a being given him. Hois'n a eritioal coudition, and it i1 not probablo that lio will ro- cover, i reports Lo correct. e e THE TAMMANY RING. thrcnbmits of Somo of Its Fragments, The Sweeneys, Connolly, Harry Genet, and Tom Fields, Al in Europe, Correstomdence Cinesnnat{ Gazette. Panrs, Nov. 2\.—Somo months ago a roport came from New York that arrangemonts wore in nogotiation that would result in the roturn to Manhatton Taland of tho ex-ring magnste, Peter 1. Bwacney, Biumultaneously with the elrcula- tlon of thoroport. tho arrival of ex-Sonstor Brad- loy, brothor-in-Iaw of Swaenoy, was announced, and hig pamo was recorded among tho patrons of tho Ifotel Bplendide, It wan given out that he hiad come over to removo to New York the bodyof Jamos Al Biwcensy, who dieda few woeks before, but thoro wore several American lolterera about Paris who climod to know that it was tho living and not tbe dead Sweenoy with whom Bradloy was empowerod to deal. DBradley was {ntorviewed and quostioned ropoatedly, but nothing of importanco was olicited beyound a fow hints that showed him to boe favorablo to Swee- ney's roturn provided a reasonable bail conld ba | obtained. I understand that ho wae empowerod to promiso that the bail should not exceed $1£0,000, but wbether this is true or otherwise I am unablo to asy. . TETER B, BWEEXET IN PARIS, Poter B. makes Varia his wiater resldence, and lives very comfortablyon his easily and questionably-acquired fortune. In surmieer bo goos to a watering-place, or to 8witzerland, and Lia does not ga to the same place for two seasons in puccesslon, Last scason ho waa at Trouville, tho favorito os-side rosort of tho Parisiang, and about four hours’ rids from tho city. This yosr ho went to Bwitzerland, and he had been gono gomo two or throo wocks whon Mr. Bradloy ar- rived. Bradley remsincd fero a fow days, had theu went to Nouchatel, Bwitzoriand, whoro Sweeney had ostablished himself for tho hot season. It 18 of conrao impossible to eay swhat cocarrad botween the two men, but iv ia known that Dradley did not talk in the mamo way after bhis vigit to Neuchatol that Mo did befors éomg there, I am that ho found Bweonoy lesa inclined to go to New York and stand his trial than had been Emv{mm!y roparted, and poswbly He may avo discovered that the case did not look very favorablo for an acquittal. Bwooney iA not su idiot, and mill not bo likely to risk himsolf ju Now York 1f there s any chance of & conviction. Ons of hin friends remarked at the time of nn\llu{‘n vislt that Peter B, wonld be s fool to go back without kuowing what Chiarles O'Conor and tho rost of the lawyers had found against hint. *¢llocovered his tracks pretty woll,” sajd the spesker, **but you can ncver toll it tho cavering didn’t blow off from some of them.' Another friend also elatmad to ba confidont thit nothing could ba praved againet Sweeney; pald ho way sure Pater would go back, sod that Le would bave Jota of friends to moot him when ho landed, *Yos," said another New Yorker, *sthere’ll b sevoral to mest him, and Judson Jarvie will bo there with an order of srrest apd & pair of haudenffs.” Tho remsrk was not relished by thy proceding orator, and tho conver- satiou chauged, LIS MANNER OF LIFE. Bwoenoy's life Loro bas boen of Lhe quist aort, When in Vsrls Lo sponds most of iy timo st hame, sud rarely,—almout nover,—visits thst part of tho city froquented by Americans, the region around tho Grand llotel, Vory faw per- sons call ugun bim, snd bis acqusintsuces sre in very small numbor, a8 hu soeks 1o now ones, and the old are limited to tho stray New Yorkers who kuow hiw in hls days of power snd are wil- ling to kuow him now, Tt is said that a certaln litorary sud muaical character, not un- known to New York, Ban Fraucisco, Loudon, and othor cities all over the globo, lived for somo wreoks with aud upon Bwoanoy, uatil the Inttar weariod with his guest, as othora have done bofore. No doubt Bwocney is willing to enters tain anybody who will enduro bis soclety and psas over tho scandal stlached to his name, Evie dently, bis doos not wish to absent himaelf slto~ Rothier from tho world, if onstay judge by s visit- ing-card that was clsible quits_rocently in tho window of an ongraver ia the Palais Royal. 1t boro tho name—Fiter B, Swoeney—in neatly- engravod lotlers. Whether the plan of spellin; the first syliable with sn **1"" way the dosign o the u-nufmu or tho blunder of the eograver, T am unabla 0 eay. 1 can hardly thiok it was =i oograver's blunder, a8 1 saw the canl dis- played there among vdm specimens of work for wore thaa a month, It is not more than a wook or tox daya sinco it disappeared from the sLow-caso., JAMKS M, AND THE '*AMERICAN BAR." James M. Breeney, the bLrotuer of Poter B., died trowm over-drinking, e had pothing to do, and his sssociates were not of the highost tyfm of maodern gnmlamsu, #0 that bs touk nsturally to too much braudy snd water, s favorite resort wes the so-cslled American Har, on the Ruo 8eribo, and the habitues of tbo eatsblivhmont wero his friends. Among them was an English Lord,—not tho bost apeci- ueu of the Uritish Peosage,—and wever, wew, and *loose fish " gouerally, Latterly, tuns Las been dealing vnkiudly with the Am cau Bar, Thodeath of Bweenay seduced ita rev- enuos, a1 lio used to speud his monoy liberally for Lo entertainmont of the on-huu&-u of tho place. 'I'wo or thres wegks ago the French polive Jad s heavy hand on the Eoglish patbiug-meu who make Farls their baso of aparatioud, Bawne tuirty of the felqwd wore ac- rosted, and half a dozen betting-offices wers closod, All tho arrestod wou wure fiued, sud wazuad not to renew thelr buviuess, and a fow of thgm were seut to prisou for & brisf poriod. Agwung theso victims of Freuch [aw were soye ersl patroos of the American llar, aud the places that kuew thom once 4o oot kuow them as much a4 thoy did. ANOTHKS ONE OF THK ROULELY, Connolly, the pusociste of Twecd aud Bmeoney imtleir yreat robbury, does uot come to Patie at all in thuse later tites, sud ovidantly wishies to avoid o .l)}u‘ wiore 50 many Americans coie xx:fiun. o and his son sre constantly tce ether, When the formae iotimates thatthey ave beon discovored, and they wust move ou, tho Iatter proceads to pay the Lolel-biis sud rder & &lflg\ ot Mg for dbhe pariy~~ With 0 oourior, maid, and chililron. tho family incides meven or oight poreons. Thoy 1tvo aud travol **in xtvle,” and consequently are mota Yikely 10 bo noticed than if they were more quist in thoir movamants. Thoy flucluste Le- tweon Italy and Hwitzerland, and nover stay long in ono place. As suon an ** Klippory Dick " aucortaing that his identily is disaoverald hoa or- dern a move, and thora ia s apocdy departure. o aling rociaty an much as posmble, snd fur tho sske of disguiso has grown n full beard, Those who kuow him i New York will romem- bar thiat ha waa alivays cloan nbaven, Bome montba ago an old scquaintance of Counolly's happoned to moot him on the var- auda of a hotel whoro the Connolly party was ataging. For convenjonce wo wihil ‘eall tho ac- uaintance Hmith, which Is not by any msana s namo. Bnuth saw Conunolly sittivg on the vorands and watctied bim for sume minutes before making sure of his man, ho was mo much disguised by tho lately grown board, Connolly moved tnosslly in Lin chair and evi- dently wished to avoid notico. 'Thor Bmith was certain, and walking straight up ho said: ** Why, Connolly ; bow &ra you ¢* * Jlow are you ?" replied Connally, the blood mounting to hin face. ** Glad to ses you" (ox- :lundlns Lus hand), **but don't tell anybody I'm ero." ** Cortainly not,” mid fmith; ¢ don't be atraid ; I won't mentlon it sod won't admit that I know you, Lot's go aud tako a drink and have alittiochat.” Thoy went to a nolghbaring cafe, and sat down to brandy aud seitzor and s talk about old times, Smith fonnd Slippery Dick s wreck of former days. 1o was greatly shrunken in flesh, bis faco had s haggard appoarance, and his haods tremblod as nbaufih Lo wero auffering from palsy, When bo raised his glass it shook so that some of the liquid spilled upon tho table, Counolly Lastily brushod it awny with his uloove, and evi- dently wished to concost thoe ocenrrance. ‘ tiow did you find mo out?" was hia first que\l‘lvlgn. ;a Boon l\m t%my woro noated, - ¥y, I recognizod you as you sat there on the varanda,” ropliod Bmith : *“but it took mo Bovoral minutos to make sure it was you.”" Connolly was evidontly pleased at the THE FARM AND GARDEN, Window-Plants, nnd How to Grow Them Suceesstally. Hollow Walls nnd the Building of Farm-Houses, Keeplng Turnips and (nhbage-=-Winter- Ing Becs-vsThoe Catawba Grapess« Frolt-Growlug in Texas, Moro Ahout Oonorote-Walls—Five Diffor- ent Mothods of Making Thom, WINDOW-PLANTS, Beveral correspondonts nak fueationa relatiog to different foatares in the care and culiivation of window-placts. One lady aflirma that succoss with house-plants mooma Jargoly s matier of luck, as sho is ag consclantious as lhier naighbor In tho caro of plants, and yet her plauts aro aickly, and sho can make no hesaway against spiders, mealy-bugs, and otber Insects, whils atl the timo lLer peighbor Las baskots aud pots of luxuriant plants. It may ho esid that onthusi- aam and adaptability to the business las mueh to do with anccoss In thia dopartinent. Dirco- tions covering overy possible dififculty kavo been givon repestodly, but {u fow cases are they un- dordtood or followed {n tho right mpirit. Unim- vortant diroctions aro followed closely, while important conditions aro mnogleoted entiroly. The soll in tho pots must not be dry a8 dust ono day and soaked with wator tho noxt; but must be kopt at a proper dogreo of molsture, 1fred slowners ~ of his friond's secognition, | apiders aro found, sponge tho under wido of the and then aeked Bmith it was lkoty thad ofuor porsons familisr with | 08708 With cold moap-auds. 1t mealy-bugs ap- pear, destroy by touching with aleohol, or brush thom off with & soft, dry brush, Tho moist at- monphere, indispensablo to the healthy growth of plaats, {8 not so dificult to eecuro asis often imagined. Koop a veasel on the stove full of water, and the object js attained. Prof. Mayuard, in tho Scientitio Farmer, calls sttention to tho fact that plants grow much bet- tor whoto the tomperaturs runa lower ¢ bight thian during the day, tho range of differonce covering about ten dogrees. He would placas paper scroon botween tho plants aud tho window ovory night. < Mr. T R, Eiliott, of Cleveland, O., sn oxcol- lent autharlty on tlhe subjoct, saya tho best sys- tem ta keop planta in pats in the common room of tho houss is to place the pot holding the plant inside of anothor pot 2 inchies more in dismetor. Mako all tight at tho bottom ; then put 2inches of fino charcoal st bottom ; set In the pot with flower ; thon add flue charconl to il all the surrounding space. Water mainly into tho charcoal, ouly occssionally into the msin pot. g Tho above covers in a genoral way all tho points presonted by correspondonts except tho quontions ns to dovicos, clc., which must Lo passed for tho prosent. i HOLLOW WALLS, A rogular aubsoribor, Claronce, 3lo., writes: him (Connolly) wera in town. 8mith thoughe not, and thon they talked on varions toples for an hour or moro.” Aa they oamo out of tno cafa and returned to the hotel, Dick stopped sud- denly, sud pointed to a man wbo was just onter- Ing the door. *Thoro'a o of Wall strcot. I used to know lilm wall, Wonder if he Lias seen me? Don't tell him I'm hore. Ho's down on me now, and I oan't atay if ho finds mo out.” Himith trlod to quiot his old friend, and par- tially succooded. Iut in the course of the sftor- uoon —, of Wall-stroot, recognized the ex- Controller, and sproad tho news aronnd, Noxt morning tho Connolly family departod, It po happeuoed that tho Wall strest man went to the Asmo piaca aud hotel, and thon the Connollys “movod on” again. Iow they muat enjoy lifo. OTHER TAMMANY H{EROKS, It ia rumored that Harry Qonot Is somowhere on this sido of tho Atlantic, and s man who kaow him iu Now York aays he is sure that he gaw the beroaf the Harlem Court-Houss swindlo not long ago in & back streot of Autwerp, Tom Fiolds I8 in Deigium ; he does not stay long in any ouo place, and I8 quite equal to Coanolly in bis averaion to recoguition, and thres or four months ago one of his old -c.}uunuuoc- hap- ponod to bo walking on ono of tho streots of Oatond, and aw Fioldn and a cormpanion emorgo from a cafo and walk on just ahead of him. With that refinement poculiar to the gontloman of the Twood and Big Bix schaol, he moved qumlfl aloog bobind tho pair, sud suddenly qul!::fi) i:“ nln::':rl ;‘;mp;l:;lmmlm l“wlll n:k ; fow ial 3 per was {n Fatin D e e unou Bields® shoulder, | o Gardea), aliout » year sgo, a plat o bultd & Likk houne with hiollow wails, hut T eonuot now fud the paper, Iwant tobLullda farm-liouss on 80 acres, not orer two slotlas Ligh, and want u eciler; would liko it of brick, and not { cost aver $1,000 or $1,200 3 (brick will cost'hiere $0 per M), Now, will you 'or somo of yous readers give mo s plant Alio toll e liaw to uild & bollow wall, snd it o brick foundation will do (stone is vory scarce hera), Thavo had no experience in bullding, and would Lke s convenfent and ploasant Liouse, but faucy abl. liow would an iron or tin roof do? ‘Wa quota from ‘' Farm and Gardon ™ of n year ago the paragraph in regard to hollow walls ro- forrod tas ‘' A brick wall 12 inches (hick, 4 of which ia s hollow space, and banded overy third briok, s almost as stroug as a 8olid 12-inch wall, espacially if tho bottomn courses ara laid solid for a foot, and at the floors solld for three or four courses, This so bands the wall that it has all tho advantoge of a solid wall, aud yet has the rdvantage of nu air space. At the points of the band brick, no mortar is used, as that might convey the tnolsturo from tho outsido through the wall. This allowa of a contintious alr-apaca thronghout: while at the other corner it is built up solid. Tha plaster may bo put on such & wall without Iathing.” The estimatos or allowance of ths correspond- ont for & brick house is low, and, in tho absence of any propared plana by which ws can make moasuromenta and figures satisfactorily intolli- giblo, we submit the question to roaders who have recontly budlt housos and whoso experienco will ba of practical value to the gentlowan who asks tho quostion. On the gonoral plaus for faim-houscs we shall nave something to say hereaftor. 5 KCEFING TURNIFS AND CABNIAGH, The majority of prlnn citles, and » largo oumber of people in the country, Lavo s koro priovance in shriveled turnips and wilted cab- age. Raroly & either vegetsble asorved at tho table in winter in a manner to invoke any enthusiasm on the part of thoss who Liave a special fondnoss for cither. And the fault i4 not with tho cook, but with the parties who handle the vogotables, In tho country thore is uo ex- cuse for wiltod cabbage,bacauso the old-fashioned burylog in tho ground, heads down and roots ex- od, keeps it aiways frosh, tha repoated raezings Laving no bad effeata Ao joug as it iy ;‘m l? t;n ground. But in tho city bow shsll wo oep is The guestion of keoping turnips is not eo oasily disposod of, eyen lu tho vonntry. U put jun collar with potatoes, apples, etd., the tom- {wnlum {4 too warmj if buried in large Loaps, hey soon become spongy. ‘Tho simplest coutss open ia to bury in small heaps or keop in s roo cellar that can be k\:gt 0001, ovou o freezing. A correspondant of the Rural New-Yorker oxs furimumud in thiv way: Ho pus 50 bushols of urnips in an unused joo-house, lefs tho doora open until the turnips, on top wero frazen solid, thon covered with s light coat of straw natll sprivg, whon thoy were taken out fn good condition, not a_wited, wspongy, or rotten turnip in tho lot, s, in short, kept Lis turnipa frozon during thoe winter, or #o near. it that no change In their condition was possiblo. e drawa the inforonco that ouce freezing doea not injure turnips or chango thoir flavor (a MIODE Iclnt) af they azo thawed out alowly ana 1 the dark, with you, sir]" T%elds crouchod nlmost to the earth, and then looked around with an oxpros. sion that would huve douno honor to'a ¢rim- innlon bis way to tho gallowe. 1l companion did not wait to oo the result, but ran, rapidly ran, somo 40 or 30 sards. ‘Thou o slowad down ton walk, and then looked around, stopped sud roturnod. When it was found that tho goustarnation had beon csuned bya friend, thoro wasy rofoloing, and tho trio returned to tho cafo, Tho dolicato manuer in which tho friond mede bis prossuca kuown was considerod a good joke, and was honored with a laugh, but I wiil wager that Flelds folt far from laughing whon that hand foll on bis anoulder, ond the words I have givon wero shouted in his ear. AROUND THE LAKES, Only three tuge romain lu cotmnu and thoso will lay up fn & few daya. tugawont {nlo winter quartorn yenterday: Crawford, Protection, Van fichaick, and Mosher.,..There {s no doBnito {oformntion as regards tho schrs Biasel and Dalley, It is, howerer, the genc=s! bollef that they have gone into winter quarters at somo other porta. ... “Tho City of Fromont left Sault Ste. Mario on tha bib, with saws and_meu, to make another triul te gol through Mud Lako....Tho bsrge Teader {a 1o ho oune vertod iotaa_passénger propellor, Cabina will bo added, and all othor applisnces nesessary {0 make her a Uret-class boat for the route she will go _on mext seasun,...Tho achr Muron, ownod st Port Cole borno, 354 about which _sowms anxioly hias bean fult, arrived st ort Btanley Thursday atternoon all right, +scA Jotter from Vort Lurwoll anuounces the Anding, near that place, of two bodfce with nolking on them, which conid not be tdentified, They ae supposed 1o s thio bodles of tlio crow of tha tost scow Sutler Girl, as tho body of Ospt. Doyla was found a few days be- forein the mxmo Yicinity....Tho nchrs Nasaan, Fue Iaski, and Biazing Slar have gonu into winter quarters at Port Dalhousio....Bays tha Oswego Times: “A promigefit lumbar Airm here by received orders from Quebeo to Incresso their cut of logs this season by 50,000, uwing to tho improvement in the Quuboo mar- kat, ‘The Norwegian Government baving' Issued or. ders to curtall supplies in that country for the prosent ‘sasaon, it 18 quite probabls that lumbermen on the Ol {aws who get any encouragoment from the_banks will greatly lucroaso tho cut in anticipation of bigh prices Liext wummor.P, ... lab papor lres tho ollow- ing description » pow life-ssving np. perstus. lsunched on the Thames lash inontlis ¥ 1t 1a clrenlst in form, and capable of car- rytug ixty passengers below deck, all of wboin can bo aafely hotisod Lefora tho veasal iakon the water, It is ftted with maats, sails, and ruddor, » stem, or pro- Jecting cutwater, and a ahifting kdel $o drop down at pleasuze, with lockers for yrovisiona and water-tight comparimenty to hold fresh water, In (he oentro s an sperture fitted with network made of hemp, com- bined with Indis rubber, allowing freo play for the waves, wharoby, It 14 boltaved, wil e fusiired & com= {nr-l\vo Jmmunity from capsiziug. 1t 18 suggestod by ho tuvontor that {n largo passenger abipa one of tiess yeasols might bo built as one of the ordinary deck- houses, fittod for use either an Csplain's cabln, chart- house, of store-rooms, and bullt on & radisted’ girder Just high cnough above the deck o foria o fair curve far the outer launchways, and the berthing on elther sidda balng mado movabir, the whola dock-hauso, capa- Lle, say, of carrying (00 souls, could be lauuched coms plote tafo tha water,” A QUERY. Ta the Editor of TAe Chisago I'ribunas Duxcerry, I, Dec. 7.—Can you inform me if thore was a General in the Amoricsn army namod Grant? and, if so, is tho Prenidont of the Unitod Btatea the same person? I buy the Cbleago Zimes occasionally,—God forgive mel— and T find no mentlon there of any such Qeoeraly It spoake of (Gon. Bherman, and Bherldan, and Terry, and Hood, and Johnstou, snd Beauregard, and Bmith, and Hrown, and Jones, an Robluson, but nover of Uou. Grant, The Prosi- dont iu always *Mr,"; from which T have fo- forred that thoro novor was any Genoral by that me, or, {f thera was. that” be died shortly ter tho War, uut a few daysago tha Times apoke of the Prosiden wifo ss Alrs. Gen, Gran| -!ntlnfiv‘thn the floral cross shalmd . WINTERING DEES. The sditor and corrospoudsuta of the keepers’ Magazine have {n recent numbors gons over the much-traveled ground of dizcussion, Wintering Loss. o the Decomber numbur of tho AMagazine Mr. T. B, Miner, author of the ‘*Amorican Les-Keopers' Manual,” takes the position that In twonty-five years uo new. prine ¢ciple sa to wintering hees har boen discoverod thia¢ promises much benoefit, After experimont- fug for a quarter of a contury lie arrives at tho quite a3 asfoly a8 suywhere eleo, Ho was tho Arst to try tho experimont of pacl ing hey or straw sround the hives, and fol- Jowed the plan with euccess fur twency ('Il'l. tore from oorrespondants in No- rasks, Minnesots, asud othor tates roe port suocesslul wintering on summer stands, upon Hen: lnon's cofin was mot hor own | #9d & Wisconsin correspondent roports uat hie p?gpcn; iThis dosignation of the Drosidenv | Garriod Lis boos through It - wistor's pxtrera wife porplexos mo agaju. low ia it? Yours | 60ld by packing the hives in his boo-Louse in raspeotfully, 0 FoRyIoNES. hay a'foot deep on top and on three sides. Let 0 reports from the colder Iatituden aa to tho exponments this winter, THE OATAWEA GHAPR. The frienda of the Catawha graps wiil be glad 10 Jeaxn that favorable reports coms from Alis- souri, and that the hortigultural editor of Col- n':an',: Rufizl E"p"l’n humun‘;w‘eu {;u t}l\h. aud that b will ngain plaus the Catawba. I ueemu that, whilo most varioties in Missou, S poar approach to faiinre the lest soasou, the Cas OHIO RWVER IMPROVEMENTS. Prrranuio, Pa., Deo. 10,—A meeting of the Pittshurg Coal Fxchange was hald to-day to dis- ouss the proposal of the Government to alacke water the Ohlo River, A resolution was adopted appoioting w sommitteo of maven o confer with tho Govprawent cuginosrs, and, st » subsequent meoting, submit & full exbibit of the improye- | tawba in many regions had a baiter b mnta o} the Ohto Hivor aa proposed by the GOY- | the Conoerd. whyls the SAILOr sasors rotiod as ernment and their probablo inffuense upon navi- | pag ay the d‘;"b. ovor did, gation, espocially in regard to the trausportation of coal. THE PITYSBURG PUDDLERS. Prrrepuna, Pa., Dsc. 11~1 a, m.—Tho confer- ences Lgld this evening by tho puddlers snd fron-manufscturers remained iv session putil halt so hour after midoight. Their mosting way secref, sll ontaiders and press representa~ tives boing excluded. 'The twu commiltces wilt moat agaib to-morrow, and another oouference will be hald to-morrow night 3% whioh it is copfi- dently helieved the oxisiing dificultion witl be sdjusted, ¥ JOBTIOULTURE IN TEXAS, cultural and Pomological Associstion of Texas, held recently st Houaton, brought out a fine dis- play of Toxss fruits, many colored men standing jrominent amoog the exbibitors, Among fue fil‘lpql ou exbibitlon was the Toxanna, n new ybrid produged by fertllizing the ustive Mns. tang with pollen of the Whiwe Hungarian, fruit having much he appearance of the Malaxa 1 color, ‘I'be character of the exhibition and tho interest manifosted put Toxsa oa the reoord 1o anew indgatry, CONCKKTE WALLS—HQW TO MAKY TUEM, Mr. Ell Woodeu, of Moutgomery, Mich,, writes in auswer to our call for information ay to concrete walls, Lis articlo seoims to coyor nearly overy potnt pressnted by inquirars, snd, 84 bio apeaks Lrom experience, wegive the article in full. Our own astimate of conarets walls hay aiready bosn given, Atr, Wooden writes 4 The Farmand Garden " of Nov, 10 wiahss inferts- tion from sowe ona of its readsrs wha his sxpariquce HEART-DISEASE. Apeciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Brooaixazoy, IlL., Dec, 10.—William Dyey, wealthy farwer of Minier, dropped dead yesies- Gwy morpjug, of hoart-diseass. MORTUARY. Iy m‘:mun&m&l‘w‘ m-‘m;.mx hsva ...‘.,.{.}. wapl such walls for as v Spectal Disvateh o TAs Chicage Tribune, {be nsretionta-t e KF“BI—L““. g 81y Francisco, Doo, 30,—Tasn Browe Lurisd to-dsy L59m hia renldonca pb Oakiand, WAS | captiguous ta ssch pibac, Buch walls are A swosesd in. eonolusion that bosa can bo wiujered on sum- The Arat auuual exbibition of the Texas Horti- | 1hLa ppcHOR Of 8 SQUAITE. THCH A5 2 gpeat Bupabey | of #uch buildings, hoth 1 this Biate and (he lmpw, dista ndjoining Rtates of Tndians and !)hl-"hu [ atonrl fifteen o Leenty years, oth dwellizgs and mee cantiln dweliingn sre very permanant, and glva parfee satiefaction, Yot T do Rot approlend that any ang overy bdy can construct one an it cught t0 be withoe wotie previous experienee, any mora dben brick slone, Thay womnitines fuil thtaugh delcleut con atriction, | elinll throw nnide all theorisy, and on atato what 1 have demonstrated b el nists atod by setiial sapy 'rlxlm lmmmnn‘m. Merenit wags of comatructin o walls. The rat sud miont mportant thing (o Tnoked aftor ia the foundatipus, Any bullder kuowy hia 10" bo Allimportant fn (1o’ conalrnction. ot o bullding wiiera permanenco s dosirsd, Xor a oor), crato wall, the foundations mnust ba of T of hard-biirned brick, sunk below the fronk st relecy a1,0%a tha stow line, ' The concreld tmust not be sy motced tntil the foundations are Iar onough abore thy sifface of e enrth, (hat it will Dot abmort: w.0ittury therefrom by capdlisry sltraction. If it abtatos mopgs ure from the earth below, the frork will thrasw the o grodlenta apart, aud it will oromibla (0o & Juurs saod it Hie THE CONCRE1E, shalt e tho term mortar, instead of cone: 1t In moro famtllar, and the infsturo does ,;n‘rlfl:;'fl!l:' feum tho compon Hme saurtar waad 15 1o cunatryeioy of stone bulldings. The lime, satul, snd g b5 mitod fogether jusk as mortar is Loy “hlonewall it What it rh qard work in ona caes | wil “in tho othir: Four buslicla of gravel, one Lushiel of fing sand, 1] ono bushol of lime, are’ very good proportions. 1t fs very essential thal tho rand aud urur:f:llmulnl i fr.n from clay or any othor earih. 1 have uned Bio san nlone, and do not mee but that 1t does as well an ety mized with grayel, 1 havo made good walls with tyn Tusbiel cf Himo to fen of kand, Ilava aome (hat hyye st the westh-r without any cuver for fiften yes, Liat oue hualel o lime to five ur 6ix of Fand ang Hravel 18 safest, o Bt D‘J\:VT.': Dml!l. o jome prf-r 0 1ootd 1t ludo what {n calied brick, aud dey It 1 fore Taying ap, - Holno fres fv molus wndc for wue parpote. But it dovs not add ta o lardness any. They aro smohd 6 by R inches rowsra and 4 finches thiek /1t néed not bo imited 'fo auy Aize. I havo mohjed 1 A UTicl & 10r 84UATO by 14 fuelics in Inngty largo bnn man cwlifl The procers Is very sinyie, “iake an fnch bosrid 1 foot in widtl, of any levurh; Jay fton the ground_proviously levoled fur the pur. poss, Drive down ataken alung ench adgo of It, tg whole Ieugth, 4 fect apart, Takn 1w moro bosrds st aamo_Tengthl aud 1 foot wido, 1ail n slat acroas thera 1 fnch square and 18 dndlics fram each othior, tho whojs longth, Tlaco thews two Foards on ths instde of tye stakes, Now ako pleoes of hoards, cat 1 foot square, and place . them Upright sgainst’ the eleaty, suf wo Bave & moll. 4l esth apartmont’ wih mortar, After atanding . half-lay fhe boarls ot tho mides may bo removed o aud . G brick loft to dry on tho bottom Loard, Ifave as many of such molds sr auits couvenicuce, When dry, ly the brick u_mortar made, of limo and fing ssud, 1y any other brick, When pn-{mrtnu the ‘mortar 1 mareh o prairis hay, chopped 8 few inches in leogiy, and mix {& with the Torfar, and it gives tho concreta grewt tauagity, fhis fs nothlug Bow o sny one wia Toadls tho Bihile, which etabs funt tho Klug cf eya inflicted evero task on the children of Isracl, by com- pellig them to gather stubllo o i wun iy, ‘Chus, wo sco that wo bavesn fllustrious exawpls in thiis maties. LA At ‘ANO‘H"‘.X‘. WAY. nother way s to piace the marliy o the whore it 15 dmigned to romhin, whilo In & solt siate. This msy ' ba done without faliure 1€ the firocess Is wall underatood by the operator, A Taold i4 formed, an wido 03 (he wall 1n designed ta bo in thicknesn, by placing Two hoards in an npright pos sitlon, one vn each sido the wall, horlzontally, vith slats nailed acrosn thie upper elges suflvient to Lald tuem firm, The lower cidwes ary accured Ly Lraces o each side, The mold i now filled with mortar loft to stand until 18 obtuinw Armies« to huld Lis owi welght ; ft 49 moved slony and the pro-ces repested, “The wall musk not be carricd up auy faster than it ob- fatzln fiemnens Lo hold im awn soliht, . THE BETTER WAY. But the better way i3, when it {a des'rabls fo form the wall fn & soft #late, to take commun kcantilny, or any other sticks of tiuer thut have one strsight edge, aud placo thont fu two Hiw, one each xide iLe wall, 34 far apard aa (bo wall 't designed o bo ia thickness, Fasten thom Semly st the top aid bottom, They may bo 4 or b feet apart on the rama side, Which will bo ncar enoniths toguthier fo support the boards ot ylank, which ave placed o the Insldu of each row of Pota, thus formng & mold for tho wall. Tue mortar inay bo pliced fn tho Lottom, and adiitional oards added 08 tho vacuuw fs flled, 1t muy be carried np nuy nwnber of feet In this way, Itsbould standin heab aapparts & week, if §t fs drylug weather, thu ‘rommence b the top to remavo o boueds, and If 1le wall has ‘acquired suficlent firmness to suslain jta own weight, remove the whole. If not, let it stand until It Las. Thcro is no troublo about tho wall standing sftee §t i thoroughly dry; and proviled slways it must be constructed carly enough in ths seanon, that it has time to dry beforo freezing wealher, It takea severnl weeks for a ‘wall of $his kind, of » font of 20 inches in thickness, to dry through. And If not thoroughly dry beforo ‘evere frcezing weatlior, thg frost intervetica, the wator hold betwecn the aand aud gravel fa cougealed Into foe, and thus it fs crumbled by eah particla haviag » pastition of fve Letweea om, BRICK AND CONCRETZ, To thoas wha disiriat the ahuily of conorets walls to nuntaln’ thelr own wedght, 1 givo o 1dan ibat will place the mialter beyond doubt.” “fake bard brick, thoroughs Iy burned in a kil, 80 that thoro is no mistalia_alou thelr befng bard brick, and bo sure the foundations are bullt pa they ought fo be, Lay up tho coruers with brick a8 bigh as it s dJesiguod for the plates torest upon, Lay thom wideat at tho base (tha corncre), and Iet thiem tiao in shapo of » pyramid, = Also build sbute ments round each door apd window, Thnbers mayle placed on these aputmeonts, inside the wall, on which moy rest tho'cross-toama and folats, Now Oll {he in. tarvals between the corners and abutments with con- crete, or clay for thab watter, Concreto may be ren- dered mporvious to water by adding oue-fourth of calcined plaster o the other Ingredirnts. < FINISHING THE OUINIDE. Wo como now to the procesa of fnishing {he out- aldo, This lllr\‘ bo done Ao an 10 give It tho appear~ auca of mazble, by what {a tormed atucco, 1t shonld Lp Dlaatared over with a coat of cominon lime marlar, td mako the surfaco aven, After which add a cost of siucoo, composed of oqual parts of ssnd, lime, wd calelnod plaster. If a mmoll portion of lampblick by ndded 1t will glve Lhs appoarauca of marblo, If a fow onuces of Ted léad, appearauce of a plna color, | Thava construcied & very ¢henp snd mubatantil build of concrets walls, by erccting asubstantial frame of t-inch silla aud postr, ~Put an the cornlie ad roof, Lath and plaster tho waldo tho sawmo as it 1t was laie boarded, “Now taka an inch board, nadl it firmly toiks ions muil atudding dowa paxt to the silf, Fill (he lols low spaco between {50 Logrd anil tath with nioriar, snd whon fillad t0 th gpper edgo of the board add anotlier sbove it, Tho wall may bs carriod up 3.0r 3 fct at & timo In {hta why, 1f carrisd dny fuster tharo s dauger of pressing off the ath by the walgat, It tho mortar in carefully, . After thowall becomws fiem cnutigh to aupport {tasif remove tho arda, ‘Then plant:r over thy outetds with linio mortar, ‘Tekie what muasons call a ‘float and flost §b down ‘whon partially dr Then take o comimon whitewash brusb, aud & lime propared as §t {s done for whitawszhin, and’ glve {4 & thick’ caat of whituwsalb, Go owr it two or three times. ‘Thon take o maron's trowel and smooth 1t down. ¥inish it nice and simooth, " 1t whl hive a beautiful appesrance, 1iko the insido wall of & parlor fulshedvwith what ¢4 called a “ putiy-coat” The whols expense of such a wall fu_abuut what It would cost 10 palnt clapbosrds, and it will last much longer, I have & houso bullt in this manner {hat has stood for ten yoars, aud will last for ai indefinite period looger, Buch & buildiug may baseton blocks oF poats u 16 abscuce of materals for foundativus. BEMS-CONCEETH WALLA, ‘Thera {s anathor kind of wall, which we will fern sami (ar half) concyela, Any oue can bulld it that cad lay up & cord of stovo-wood. Take wood sawel atout 13 ‘to 18 iuchus long, wilit it from 1 o 3 inches i diamgter; sy ft'4n liow wortac 4 slone. Let {ha waortar press out on eaoh il fn, liylug, so e to form fasteniog fo plastar 10, fnside and out, Tho corera shiould bo Iald up Ly 1be aticks crussipg sach othier, at each layor, Also, (heza should Lo aticks, occatlonslly, extondliik theonght the wholo Lugts of tlis wall to bind 1t ogelbier, Finl ish 14 o as any othior cuucrels w: bis maked & very clieap, warm, subatantial, and besutiful bulldiug. Thyre aro s piunber of such in thix ection of counirse It should be placed on atopu foundstions, Thiaarticle dark wave: 1t will b lias extended to such Jeugth, X cannot go luto every ‘particular, leaving sometilug to tha Inguaily of those Who conlgmiplate Lullding. = Where Diera ia picoly of e a Uwusd $imber, poor a wit fil‘rtlnu of m«hficnl ingenuity may hava a palsce [53 owy labozy . . : %8k SEND-CONORKTE WALL TIAT WILL READSY TOR- NADORS, i X come now to s wall of wy own lnvention it le chieap, slmple, possessea Lntognse sirenth, al i capabe of resisting the moat furious toruadors. mors welglt, placed on 1 the strouger |t s, Avyone €an conatrucs it, and can be made & nico 48 8 DAL Place. T have construcied & l{voflmonmu 10 foek igh; and, what fs ot remarkable, thero has nel been » disseoting voico, Al ‘Tuo foundation {s proparsd a4 forany ouurv’ Now, tako asplings of youus brees, of any dssctiphot, Whild ouk s prefarabls, tha roughor the bark the bow fur, but in places 88 loug & the wall 1s doslgned lote (hickuess, Lay them across the foundatios, i FIEIS on & layor of mortar evonly spread, Now, ““ BBt b o' ways, of the wall, and st rig 3 the top of tho previous courso, thio unde of each coune c oach other at right sugles ;'l\‘r'.. us nunfnng tn!m the cormer ttwn&: tho wholo length of ths wal), ltb‘blm!l 3 whola to r_so thst thoru can nor «lvEmFfll caoh crevica with 8 layed o;f mortsr, and zepeating each course of Guber s0d B0 tar il b roachon s dosirable belght, If 1t be wishel 10 make it 8o firt thiat uothing cap posaibly wrench iy tako an fron plate and put undor vach corner, Tl through this plate an fron rod 3 ncbus 30 Alblll It it extend upward sud wrough the plts o8 e Lop of thip wall, with # screw aud nut 0b Lie S0 Afler the platon axs o, of whics the roof ol bt it down. Place ss mauy through diffarent portots & Ahe wall a8 1a Susired, Maks the wells aa thick, 10 520 curs any smount uf heft and strougtl, &8 1AY 59 Uy sired ; {usre will Lo no giying out W ibis, ¥io o o outaide and ip with stucco, as proviously dewctivg Auy bulldiug for sheltenng stock sy Lo coalrusicd Very cheaply in tils mauner, sud will give 8 f55E 0 neat appesrance Lo oatbuildings, much wore 10 HAY weather-beaten clapboards, But the gruat vwmnw in viow iu guking Thoea ctpalineata was 0 dlemmou sirate wist Lo paor susn, wiin a il BgeDRIty Sy ubtain & neat aud cumfortable bulldug b bor, ———— Drawing Cuty for 8 l‘::?-. Bridyeport (Conn.) Standar Mayor Baroum sad( wita foli lopesoms 1 {leir largo houwe for the wintor, Mr, Uecrgd ol Wells and wife, liviog aloue in their iarge _'N‘ bosutiful maueion, bad the vawo fucling. L. proposed that the other should closa bis lwfl-?— aod the four reeids fhis siuger under ona ltl;.: To decide the matlor $hey drw outs, asd mm 20lt iy Mr. sad Ari, Barnupt are livi K;flhui‘ aud Jirp, Wolls on Clinton ayegue bl &