Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1875, Page 2

<] oommacrce on tnterGlata rallronda by Appropriats leg- felation, no that agricuitural, rommierylal, and niker fmiluatrial Intereats of the conntry may b protectad from estortion and discrimination, Objsction heing nade, the resolulion went oyer for ouo day. The nrevious question was not seconded. and tha rerolutiun wae roferred to the Commwitloo on Jtuads rod Canale. COTXAIN. y Mr. Oliver offered a refolution instrneting the Committee on Coinaga Lo inquire what procasd- inga sLould be taken on the pate of tha United Busten, with & viow to tho eatablishmens of n unitorm decimal of welghts, moarures, sud oofns through the civilized world, Reterred, MORE BIL Mr. Phillips introduced & till for Government bufldings at Leavonwort City, By Mr. Cannon—To enabio 1Ly peaple of Ttalr to form a Countitution and hate Governmont, rad to admit Utah {alo the Union as a fiato. By Mr, Steole (Wyoming)—For the olection of Governors and Tortitorial oflicers by the peopin, By Mr. Harris (Va.)—T0 sl the Washington, Cincinnati & 5t Lonis Ravrosd Comonny to congtruct & _narrow-guago rallroed from tides wator to St. Lon's and Gbicao. By Mr. Pame-—Rosolitions ealling for tho re- port of Lieut, Maynard and otber wformuation on 1o Alaska seal tisheries. Agreed to, e Mr, Sayler (U.)-~A memorial of the Couneal of Cineinuati fu setarenco to the L tonnial, THE WHISKY RING. 3ir. Randall oerad a reaclution directing the Becrotars 0f the Trensury,to transmnt copies of nll lotiere, tolegrama, orders, and iusirictions ralsting to the organization aud prosecution of tno present movomnent against tho Whisky Ring at Bt. Loum, Chicero, and Milwnukeo, Mr. Kasson onjocted to tho present copridera- tion of tho resalntion, and ssked that, coder tho ruin, it ho over for one dsy, 1o wished to seo tuat it was carafully worded, Mr. Raudall seked him whether he objacted to the resclution. Mr. Kesaon raplied that he made no objection to anything that was consistout with the suc- ccenful prosooution of ponding proceedings. 1dr. Randal said the object of tho resolution ‘was to have tho llousa fully informed of what was boing done ju tho “matter by the Govern- ment. Mr, Hoar Intimated that tha offecs of it would o to oxpoes to the Whisky King the parposs of the Governmont. Mr, Randall replied that tho resolution con- templatad no such purposa, The resolution then went over until to-mor- TOW. CHECK STAMPS. Mr. Randall prosonted a very numeroualy signed petition for the repeal of the chocks stamp tax, Tho Spoaker appointed as Regents of tha Bmitbsonisn Institute, Messtu. Clymer, il and NcCrary. The Senste bill extonding tho duration of tho Alabnma Commission was takou up and passed. Adjourned til to-morrow. ———— NOTES AND NEWS. QKITING POSTED, Boectal Disvateh Lo 7 Chioaon Tyibune, ‘Wasmsoroy, D, Q., Doo. 14.—CQue of tho argost bookaellers on Pennaylvania avenuo says that bo bad a greater call durlog the past weok from members of Congres for staudard works on financo aod the currency thao ever bofote. This 18 consldered » good sign. NOUSE COMMITTEES. The Democratio side to-day raceived intimm- tiona concoruiug tho Committes of Ways apd Mosns whioh led to the balief that Fornando Wood was to be ignorad in making it up. His frionds ars dieposod to make tronblo in case thia tarns out to be true. Tney declare thnt r, Wood owea it to himeolt to docline all commmit- teo-service it Lo ls thus overtovked, siuce long pervice in the Fouso and on tlis particular Committee entitles him to this posiuan. and that an assignment to any other nill Le & dogra- dation to which he ought not to submit, Tho beliof to-pight {s that Cox will bo Chaliman of thus Comumittoe. 110 the Asaociated Pres} INDIAR AFPAIRS, ‘Wasnnyeroy, N, O., Dec. 14.—Tho Hecrotary ot tho Interior now holds in trust for certmin Tudisus stocks avd bonas tho par value of which ia abont $5,000,000, He ssys it scoms to lim that tho United States Trosaurer should bo the cuacodisn of this property, and thersfore sends o Congresa 8 draft of & bill providiog for that purpose, Tho Becrstery of tho Interior to-daysent to tho Houae of Reprosentatives the draft of a till extending tho tonth section of the Indian Ap~ prouristion sct of 1870 to all Indian Agents, Sub~ Agonts, and Bpocial Agonts, B0 &« t0 T0qUITO BAL- $afactorv bonds of thiem, and the making of fatse oatries in thelr books & misdemosanor puaishablo by tino of €500 or $1,000, in the discretion of the Court, At prosens tho law appliea to only part of the Agonts. TUK OADINET SESSTON to-day was short, Boveral appointmenta were under, cunmderation, and sevasl of tho mem- bera decided, in company with tho Presidoas, to visit Philadelpiia on the 17¢h inst. ltls probas ble that the Becietary of the Novy, Postmaster- Gunoral, aud Attorpey-Genoral, will represont the Cabinos on she occasion, APPOINTMENT. Jobn W, Filler was appointed Gauger of the Fitth District of Bussonri, TOUSE OOMMITTEES, Itin paid to be the Intention of Spoaker Kerr to announce thoe Hiaoding Committees on Tues- day, the 21at fout., and that ou the succonding dey the wo Houses will {ake the usual holiday Koccss. = ——————— WASHINGTON CHAT. QETTING INT0 CONGUEASIONAL HARNEES—RE- CHUITS AND VETEBANS—EFICUAEAN AGLNOIE4— TUE KING OF THE LOUNY—TUR WLITE MOUBE— TUE CALINET HOUBKS—CONGLESSIONAL HOURE- UOLDE~=INIECUNIOUS EX-CONUNURANMEN—TUL TUEKS INVABLIONS—~CHARITABLE MATTERS, avecial Correvondence of The Cliteaco Tridune. Wamuxarox, D. 0., Dec, 11,—Cougroua gets futo Larnesa slowly, and it Ia evideat that nos mueh work will be accomplished bofora the holi- day reccus. llorses, which bave boen all summor ‘out st grass, aro evidently not happy when in the autumn the harness guco mora presscs on the old plices, whilo yonnger naga wice and plungo when thay first find that thoy cannot go shoad without pulling at their traces, Bo with the old atagers sud the aowly-eloctod M. O's. ; they sro restivo at firat and not disposed to work in tho Congressional hnrmess, but in a mouth or six wecks tuey will be plodding along like good followw, perfecting legislation, and naxions to flnish the work of the sassion. | The old members appesr unusually reluctant 1o go to work, aud they recall tho positiun of tho ** unfinisbed bosiness" of the laut Cougress withh diliculty. Thoy nro like a man who hss taken up tho second volumos of = novol, the first volumo of which had sunk iuto an {ndistine guishablo chaos ln his memory, and finds hime self compelled to rofastou tho old throads of association. It may be reslly doubtful {o them whother the relaxation of rocess was to them a blessivg or a curee, TUE NEW MRMIERY who csme hers from the flolds of thoir Jooal fume, crowned with tho Inursls of their local t11- umphs, hnve already bogto to discover thata man way b powerful 1n the Twentioth District of Florids (for axample), aud yot & mere cypler &t tho National Cspitsl. The suubbings which thesa legisdative neopliytes recelve, at the De- parimonts and at tho Capitol, makes tho first month of their exporlence hero s perlod of almoat vomised disappoivtment and misery. Their smbitious day-dreams of advising tho Ad- ministration and counselling Congress are dis- polled like infantite illusions, and {nstead of ob- tainiug officea for the politicsl rotajvers wlo bava followed them bLere, thoy hLave %0 losn them money to got back to their Liomes again, Barriors of red-tapa arrest their progrees in every direction, and thoy have about 4 much freodom of solion s & cat allows toa captive mouse, ‘Tho very fare at their hotsl or boarding-houss tables grows uupalsteable, and then it 18 that the adroit lobbyist, such as Sam Watd, or Gardner lubbarg, or Dr, Chaffee, be- gins to make Washington Life eudursblo by {nvi- tations t0 DELIGUTYUL DINNEUS. From the days when a Frouchunu uamed Retaut opensd & restauraut, when Washington was just plauted iu the wilderoess, there hLava always been places hero where gastronomy way culivatod as sa sovessory so leguwlauon, It is with dificulty that a leading Cungreseman can e persuaded 10 give ten uunutes of Lis valansle i werchaut, or distillor, or baoker, fora explavation ooncerning soms important under cousideration st the Cupitol. lius the e:mo Bolon wil pass hours at the dinner- table of a yestautant, nujvzlug the hoapitsh- ty of 8 ‘*Hai Kiog,” or the “Hing @’ tho Lobby,” or seme ather adsoit guidor THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE: of leginlation. ‘Thrrs aro alwaya two schoola of gantronomio art hera : ‘Tha naave, slmast alwars auder tha charas of aitizens of African descent, aod the foteign, Whieh it controllod by Koun of La Belle France or by Germans who have acioned s culinary edacation at Putie, OF this Inet clags, Netout, a8 [ havo beforo mentioned. way tho ploneer, aud simen we have Lad, in suc- cecston, Loabanger, Crutsbiett, and Welcher. MY MATESTY 843 WARD who #poaka of lumsslf ag ** King of the Tobhe" m o Jovisl widower (equally ta'snted wiii his pister, A \Ward Hone, of Dostons who has semn life ju cver ¥ yuarter of tho globs. o w & fivw beiovor fu Tallyianda matim.. that +* man Jives to ent, uot eata to live," aud [do nos Lolieve that he conld Lo perauaded out of his boliel that & woak and ill-ina‘ructed dizesting is the atire coucomitant of a weak and ill-conductod Dram, Selecting hin guests with groat eare, aud seat'ng them at tha tablo with Qieerntlon, ho searoun bie exquisite lails ot fao with rominiscances, riories, and bon motr, until overy omo fenls jovial and gomial. tha wlite win s which foilow thn ovsters and fish barisk mueptcion,—tho champagna fostors friendaliip,—aud by {ha timo tho chica Rur- Phudy i8 wepved all diferancen aro forgotten, It - Gucla sam,™ a8 ho is familinrly clied, * ¢ tainanch fare.—\Yostphalia bam, exln- ¥ 1t trufled canons, ortolans, canvas- s0d tho tberoatypo delicacies of tho duv? *.#0, tho Joo 1n aid ot which in kept conces’ad, but who that eats ane Am Ward's mnness will dzclinn 1o voto for Dl for which ho ba-paaka n farozabio con- slleration? Congressman wha would look with keorn At a cash affer of thousands of dallara fur thoir vutes will not hesitato 1o dine with Warl or son1a other lobbyvist, kuowing all the time that the acveptance of thao dirner {4 wimply s pleadge of & yota on some unknown questiw. It a daily st of tho Conciessionsl ditnuer-pnriiod could bo grven, it wonld espluin koma of tho subsequent votes, or temporary absouces frowm Gongressional soats whilo ‘the votlug iy going on. And the way to end tine indi- Teot bribory Wonld bo to bave a restauraotat the Capitol, wiere Cougressmon could pes somethuig better than adamantine corn-beof, soddon steaks ur chops, clammy potatoes and tantniess turnips. 'Lhe preson: restaurants .aro wiraiably kopt, bnt sourcss of great protit, and tbo conteats for them arc muro bitter than tne breunial struggle for the Hpeaker's chair, tho rival aspirants onlistiog all of their friends, in :'?n':xfi:nu and out of Cougress, to lobby in their ebalf, TIE WNITE NOUSE is the namo almost nuivoraily given to tho reai- dence of the Pronident, althongh it Is catled of- flclally ** Tho Exoccutive Mausion.” It is con- atructed, as ia the cential portion of the Capitol, of sandstono, quarried on an imland st the mouth of Acquia Croek., in Virginia, which disiatogrates on boing oxporod 1o the air, sud iy protected by oceasionul costagf white pamt. Gou, Bancocl baa Lad tho en¥ra charge of tho White House Aince the commencamont of the Grant Adminis- tration, aud e hae displayed grest (aste in tho axpauditure vf tho hiberal appropriations asnu- ally pisced at his disposal by Congress. The oanssrvatory has been especially improved, and wisitors walk from tho drawing-rooms 1nto a charming winter-garden, with o brave shoy of u7il!ua, camellias, begopias, roses, and tropieal plante. Mra. Grant will not ave her daughtor, Mra. 8artorin, withs her tbis winter, but Col, Fred Grant and wifo are domiciled at the White Houso. Tho Colonel is in tho banking businesn horo with a nephsw of Seustor Sherman, aod the firm Lias slroady seonrad quite nn oxtonsive businese, Mip. Fred Grant was at the wedding of one of the English Secietarion of ILegation, Mrs, Doveton Haggard, this morning, and look ed chiarmingly 1 & purple vetvet auit, with bon- net to maten, all tnmued with violet velvot. Gen. Michler, who preceded Gen, Babeock as Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, is sa1d to bayo beon mnmmoned here to resumo the dutios of the poslidon, which baa to be filled, in sccordauco w..h law, by an oflicer of ths Unit- od Staten Corps of Englnoos, The Goneral will bo warmly wetcomed hera. TIF. CABINET HOUAES. Becretary Fish gave notice last f2ll to bin land- lord, ex-Benator Morgaa, of New York, that ho dosired to vacate the honso which he has hos- pltably occuptod, and It was loased to Repre- sentative Liijah Ward, But Secretary Iish dee cided to remain horo, and AMr, Ward, on lentning this, courtaously gave up e loase, leaving tho Beeiuiary of Stste in ponscesion of nis Washing- ton lome. Nowhero in Washington doss one meot Buch plossant poople as ot Becrotsry Fisl's, which 18 tho headjuarteis, as 11 wero, of the foraign diplomets and their fam- ilios, besidos the many frionds of tho old Kulck- arbocker host aud hostess, Thoy often have their married daughtera—Ailrs. Sidney Webster and Mra. Ma). Benjamin—nithh them, and thoy Layo one uninarrioddaughter. At ths diplomat- 1e wadding aboyve roferred to, Mra. Fish woro a black itk walsing-dross trimmed with volvet, o volvet cloak trimmed with silk, and a light bou- net, whilo Miss Fish woro a pavy-biuo walking- suit, of silk and velvot. Becretary Bristow sy gone to housekacping on K stiget, between Thirloonth and Fourtesuth. Becretary Chavdler occupies bis osn liose ou 1 street, with his son-in-law, Repteseutalive Eugens Ilale, of Maino, and two bouscing Young grandsons, Secroiary flobessn's liouso. ou K street, {9 the favorie resort of jolly uid #ea-doga, and of the mica youug men of tho DAvy, Socrotary Lelknop's queonly mitols just now so dovotod to * thut blessed buby " of hers that sho in reldom scou 1o soclety. And A sigte ant Bovretary of Stato Uadnallader fins a fing bachelor establishmens oo Conboect cut avenns, over which bis unmarried sister prerides. These :“l:-mnensdien" aro all **at Lomo " on Wednes- sys. CONGRESSIONAL FOUSENOLDS, Proylous to the War thore woro soldom, it evar, twenty Congrossmen who kent louss hiere dunng tho sossion, aud not over forly, or al tho most 1ifty, brought their wives to the motropoe hy. Now there aro upwards of fifty Senators and Reprosantatives who Loep house, and twen- ty-vix Bonnturs sud soventy-ono Ropresontatives wro accompauied by thoir wives, Lven Elder Canuon, ot Utsh, who is roported as bnvinfi a houss full of wivos st Halt Lase Uy, bay biought @ wile bere, who cortainly appeara to ba » vory Iady-like, well-lnformed person, aithough Ann Eliza denies thay such aro to bo found in Daigham's jurisdictivn, Atlor tho Loliduya thore will bo at lenst 100 Cougresaman’s wives and daugliters hore, and 1t bus besn proposed that they organize » Female Congress. Lvery Btate would bo woll ropredont- ed, aad the grava questions of etiquotia which ariso biero gonld be discussed and decided. ‘Ihero wro seandals, also, winch neod iuventigotion, snd whbich play an tmporiant part in tho wnter's chronicles. It 18 not vory jong sgo since somo scandzlouw anooy- wous joiters wete troced directly 1o the wife of a Cabinot officer, tat o was forced to rouign bis portfolio, sithough this, tho resl caume of fis rotiwemont, wns kopt out of the nowspapers, [18 not to bo expected, however, thint thero ahould not be & doal of gusmip, iylng 10 and (0 like & sluttie, I the parlors of hotels aud at (he wornmg rocoptions, People will talk. aud en towuendy, witt & knowtug shirug of the slioulders, will ofien be the jouadatjon for a starbling rumor, EX-CONGREBSUKN, Oue of the movt welatoboty sights liors is tho phalunx of ox-mombors of Congress, who not ouly mmagino theumolvos, hke Muack l‘-‘muv, viotmy Lo udvotie clccumataices,” but labor under the delusion that tho political party witls which they kavo aotod owes thum & place, Thoss who weore Repub.icaus whou i Congroes, Waut 20w L0 be wppointad to forsigu tnismous, Cousulstes, Indian Agoncivs, or llevenua Buper- vikorkhivs, while those who ware Dumucrats olsmor for positions in tho Houss mmy of vubor- divates, Faling 10 recesve thove covetod situs- tious, thoy wiil (all baok iuto the ranis of tho lobuviug ex-mewbary. Huaring adoussion to the slour ot the Houso, they will unblushingly use, oc rather abusy, thewr intimscy with " their forimer colleagues, and asitempt t0 irade upen thelr yotes i tho most shamo- less msuuor, ‘It was ouce proposed thut the United Hiatos Govirnmsus shouid establish sud hLerally sudow an seyiin for those impe- ounious ox-Csugresswon ou the slopes of Moupt Jihaa, whero thoy might flad @ bowe, toud, aud clotning, uuder puoaicy of nuprisoumont at bard 1abor sbould they uver aiterward orvak bouuds sod retwin to Waskiugton, Howe uf thavo days, 1 may bave womaiking to say i detsit atout these lobby-leecbes, aud tho sobewes for de- pleting the Areasuiy which they Luve been tho euginvors of. TiE VRESS 1NVADiON, Nover bofore bss tusre teen such an invasion biero of ** roproasitatives of the press,” of high sud low dogroe, but very generally of the Demo- erelio porsumsion, Tha local editor uf sha Tezas Ularion of Freedons, the cumereial reporier of the dlabanua Sentinel of Slate Kiyhis, the musical catic of the sowh Carolna Whils Maw's Chame pon. and the Look-reviewor of ths Teancased Lrumpet of Liberty, with sonio 10W-keoto obbory. biave cowe here ko obtain situstions under the Clork of thoe House. Faling iu thi, tuey wisl Lo ausiutant doorkespors, meassngers, Lath-room siteudants, foldors of ducumeuts,—auything, liut meanwhile thoy desire frout souts w (i eporterd’ Galiory, au soundance of s.utivuery, publio documents, uud iuvitatious to the difer- eut social enterisiswcntd, ‘Tho Jogituuaie rep. readulstives of the Demociaiio pross sepaid theeo rectuile vae wuch as Falotall dia his re- cruits, apd wouts agidoutly like Lo swe svery oue o thew appointed Cousl atJericho. ‘the literary lady-biras ace also fluttering ahout the rerorters’ gaileiien, with their large note-books. eulline wwoes litrte bita of news, amil describing men, wongen, and elothing an uly women can dewceiba them, Taev have their Liken surd dintikes, —chnrming eren uee- thev o —nnd Woo Wwiio any ona whao erosses thofr pats FOICUARIIY'N BARE, Tha nuvelty of tho eenson, smong tho welinmes for raising monoy, is an_eutertrinmont for the bovo.it of the orzan faud of il Lpuisn: Caarch, enllod ¢ The Carnival of tho Ponsania.’ Frotty girlw, in tho moper costamen, ®ill attend Roman. dapanese, Swise, French, and Gormau tabloa, while at an Ameri an tablo Miss Marcan will roprusent Mra, Waenington ; Miss Gouvel nour, Mra, Mouras s Misy I:lliot, Mra. Mad Misy Kiibonrn, the Star-Spavkled lisnuer ; Hnead, red ta: o ; tho Miuses Koy, the Arniy and Navy ; and Mo, Fortis, sided by Mra. Bonator Bhorman and a bosy uf young gitla, w.1l serve np Yankeo oditles and boverages in 8 Now En- glamd kitehen. It s to ba hoved that tho “yearantn " wiil ba paid for thelr troubls, Anotbior parsy of money-ralsers aro rohoarsing vlave, which aty ta ba presentod at tioy, Shepe herd'n #; acions house, and tiroughout the sea- won thern will be weekly ealls upon tho pmrsos of rentlemen in soclaty, for Roma falr, bAZaar, car- nival, theatricals, or other rbow, PROFESSIONAL AMUBENENT® The amatenrs do not monopolize the anplanan or tho roceipts, Yon Bulow had & good honse, and aftor the performance he attonded a amall gathering at tho Swodish legatton, shen Madamo Lindencrouo (nnti! recently Mrs, Moulton) sang for himy, and then ho playe.l on the plano for ber. Mr. McCullough was honorod by a dsnciug res ception br the Bealn, in (Lo old” Deeatur Man- sion; and Col. John T, Raymond Hsllers, who is now playing nt the Natiouoal, onjoys something more substantial than tarmps ot tho house of Don Liatt, whore hio 1 0 guest. RAcoNTkum. RAILROADS, THE POOLED LINFS, The managers af the paoled lines leading to tho East held a mocting at tha oflico of tho Ditis- bnrg & Fort Wayno Ratroad yesterday after- noon. Thero wars presont Messts. J, F. Joy, Prosidont Michigan Central Raliroad; John Nowell, Genoral Manager Michigan Sonthern Raitroad ; and 1. N, MeCallough, Goneral Man- agery0f tio Pitleburg & Fort Wayna Ruilroad. Besidos thesn thore were also prosout soveral of to Qoueral Suporintondents and General Froight Agenta of tho ahove lines. Mr. W. C. Quiney, Gonoral Manager of tho Baltimore & Ohto Rail- road, also calied in during tho afternoon. The mooting waa strictly private, and it wan almost impossiblo to ascortain what was dono, It Lo over loaked out thas no netion wan taken yestor- day in regard to tho contomplated advauce of freight-rates to 6 cents per bundred on grala snd fourth class, and @1 on flour per bar- rel, It being deemed movo advirahle to wait xnd soo whas action the millers of the Nartii- weat and the Amotican Board of Travsportation and Commerco would take. It is a'snuader- ptood tunt arrangomonts we:o mads by which the Baltimore & Ohio is to enter the pool with its Chicago branch. This hiowever, is of little impo tauco, as the Baltimore & Olio has acted ali slong with b pool in allmntters rolating to freight rates. Two of the pool mnuagers aro known to ho strougly io favor of making another sdvance, and they will tndonbtedly auceood un~ less tho prossare which is being broushit to bear upon thom from sll sidey changes tholr doter- mination, If tho increcse 1a made, the rallronds will tind that thov Lave acted unwisely, and in« jured themsclves far mtoro thna tho shippers. Bhivpera azo dotormined to resist any fartner advauce, and, ratlor than eubmit to 1t, il conso thoir shipmeots during the winter, (e rasle rouds can far bettor aiford to ran large traing aund ful} cars at rearonavle rates than yun small traing aud empty cara at bigh iatos. COUNTERFEIT TICKETS, Tho Qoneral Ticket Agout of the Chicago, Burlingtou & Quinov Railroad declared yestor- day that thoro wore in circulation & number of counterfeit tickats. Theso tiokets appenar to bo irsued by tho Boaton & Atbany Railroad, rndaro apparent!y from B8pringfield, Mass., to Doanver and rotora. It is nol kuown how mauy of them ara in sxistonco, or how many have besn used. The bogus tickets in the possoasion ot Mr, Pow- ell ara merolv the conpons used over Lis hune, They a0 earily detacted, tho namo of the Gon- oral Ticket Agent, Mr. J. M. Guiggs, being in typo instend of writing. As orders havo hoon given tn all conductors to look out for thows counterfeits, peepls muat be coreful and ape that the pamo on tho ticket they buy is written and oot prin‘ed, Aa ton? aa such bogus tickats are in ciroulation it will bo woll for travelora Lo buy their ticketa only at ths rogular vlilces. ITEMS, Thoofficers of tho Chicago & Alton and Pittue burg & Fort Wayne Railroads stato that thus far thoy have taken uo aciion aboutthe eroction of adepot on Canol and Madisou stroaets, sud it iy hardly probabls that they will begia to build in the epring. Mr. J. C. Meullin, the Genoral Manager of tho Chicago & Alton Rallroad, says that hie hiad beon enthusisstic about the erection of that dopot for the last lifteen years, and ho 1a afinid chat he will have to keop up bis euthu. sissm for sOme time yer. Mr. J, C. Ulark, the Qeneral Manager of tho linoia Contral, stated vesterdsy tbat bis road had no objection if anybody wautad to go to the expenaa and boild & pler east of their track and routh of Randoiph siroet. Ho could not for the bfeof him men how any ons conld get to it, all tha space being ocoupied by their tracks. [la bellaved that sho sction of the Council Monday night was ror buncombe and effoct, The Dakota Southera Nailroad haa carried ‘moro grai during the mouth of Novembor than in any previous month since the complation of theroad. Thero wero shippod castwaid over the o 541 car-loads of grain. BLOOMINGTON RUSINESS MEN, Spectat Dupateh to The Clwcanp Torfune, Broosunatoy, 1N, Dec. 14,~Tha Merchants' and Mavufacturors’ Association, which Lias, for some time, boon cousidering tho fraight qued- tion, to-night decided to withdraw all thair pat- ronsge from Lhe Indianspolis, Bloomlogton & WWestern aud give it to somo other line, Thoir reason fs that they cousidor the rates gven by thid line unjust to tho city, and that the Judiau- apolis Line i4 the shortesy Last aud, therefuro, husthe right to namo rates, which i hay uat dono, maintaining flgures which are disastrons to the intercats of this clty, "Wnnt line will re~ ooive tho patronage, remuius to basecn, LOGANSPONT, CRAWFORDSVILLE & SOUTH-: ‘NESTERN, Ixpravarovts, Dec. 14.—In the matter of the application of Charlos W. Hasalor, ot New Yorlk, and other iirst morigago bondbolders of the Lo- Runsport, Crawtordsville & Bouthwestoin Rall- ‘way, Judge Drummond of the United Htates Dis. trigs Court to-day referred the case to a Master in Cuancery ta taku further evidence for preson~ tation 1o tlie Court, OHIO & MISSISSIPRI, SroiNariety, Dec. 14.—The Novembor esrn- inge of tho Bpringiteld Division of the Ollo & Missisuippl Kailzoad agrregate §91,919, B, F. ALLEN, Sceetal Dispateh to The Chicage Tridun, Dxa Morxes, Dee. 1.—~B, ¥, Allon, the former Mouoy-Kiug of Iows, baviog been dis- charged from bankruptey by order of Court, big croditors will desre Lo know wit be Lna saved out the wreck of hin fortuus. Undor the atat- utes, he ia entltlod to bis homeatead. It witbin the rocordod plas of a cley, it 18 contined to balf au acre ; if withont the plat, It may be 40 acros or a aupposlutioss farm, Teriace Mill, the homestead of Mr. Allon, lies outwido the origi- ual reoarcted pias of thu city, though It ia withun the present oity-limits. It cousluts of about 140 acros. Tho rosidenco cost sbout 180,000, and tho surraundings probably as much mose § 80 that his homestead s nwplo with which to bogin the foundailon of auolber fortune, Tho Ascigueo of his eatate 1o baokrupicy says it hos uot beon detorminad what the estate 1 worth, or evon whore 1t all {8, "Thus no possible indica- tiou can be had s to Low it will pan out, Creditors may bo assured that Mr, Shermsn wiil wake moro money 0at of it than any other man in Jowa could, as ho s more familar with Mr, Alieu's sffaiwre (bsn apy man sscopt Mr, Allen. MOODY’S PHILADELPHIA MEETINGS, Pustaverenns, Pa, Doc. 14.—The Depot Church was sgsin crowded to-night, and wany distivguisbed divinos ocoupled weats upon tha patform. lLarge delegations from Trenton, N. J., nnd Wostchestor, Ps., were prescat. ‘* Heaven ™ waa the subjoct of Moods's dis- cowiso, and Bankey saug with graat improssive- uoes the hymy commouclur; ““1 will wivg you s song of the beauiitul laud.” The number that stood o to be prayed for was 1auch leas than usual at tho night mootinge NEW YORK. The Art of Painting Black Eyes ==-Eugilism and Matri- mony, Tilden's Attempts to Reconcile Morris- sey and Kel'y---Tronor W, Park end the New York ** Tribune." Amerlean Arms for Forelgn Potwergess Wall-$treet Raid on Railrond. Stockse--Ruined hy a Drother. Sunday Papers, 01 and Now—Jay Gould— Sherlff Oonuer and " Boss"” Tweed ~That Qollega of Muslo, Srpectal Corvesnondence o The Chicago Tribine, New Yonu, Dec. 10.~01 sl tho odd occupas tions ol thin Metropolia, probably the oddest is thit of & genius who mdvertines to * patnt black oyes and bruised noses so aa to defy detoction.” 1 His pluco 18 on Centro straet, and his slgn-tonrd iu read daily by thousands whs nido up and down in the Fourth avenuo cars, but many of whom dutbtless regnid it as & jole. 1ut it s the most s:rious thing fmaginablo, aud tho party 18 ocene slonally overiua with wotk, ‘Ihia looal] hewever, ik on (he cidgo of the elums of New York, and his custormers ars among the plug-uglies and lower clagsos, wha got into n row and como ont with a blackonad eyo. Thoso who aro politicisne (88 most of them are) wiah to bo presontablo the noxt day ; so off they zo to this paintor-chap, who, with tho skl of au artist, proceods to paint over with flesh- colors the darkened huow, Thia intoresting busis need is not contined to ano locality nor to oud fn- dividual. A wetl-kuown portrait-painter, whoao studio 18 not far from the National Acsdemy bullding, bas, contrary to his own wisbos, fonnd Liwself occuniedquite oxtonsivoly, tho past year, in covering up with tlesh-colored paint tho Linck and blue spots on tho human face divive. He reconlly informed mo that tho firat cane ho had camo from a volunteer offor oo his part to paint over s brulsod place upon the eye of a friend, Ho succoodod 8o well that koon after anolhor cass offorod; and still Iater it Lecameo nmsed around amony; actresses snd actors that he was an adont in covoring blotchen, Now, strangans it may seem, thero arc thousands in this city who think it a very emart tric’t to follow in tho wako of tho thoatri- cal profession,—to jmitato or apo actors nnl nctrosses,—na wit 1eas tho efforts of lowdiug modistes Lo Us known aa the protozes of popular fachionnble thoatres. Tho business grow, untit my srtint friond assured mo that bardiy a duy parsos that bo (s not called upon . Lo oxorviss by skill in this veculiar lino. PUGILIN AND MATEINONY, Ono day, quito early in tho morning, his door- bell rang, and the servant sunounced a voilod lady. Sho was usherod inio tha stulio, revealed borself as o prominont actress, aud her syo was o frightful easo of Llack and bluo. My friend nover iuquired any particulars; but the women bogan to talk about it Loreolf, und sny that, the night beoforo, sho Lad been most shamofully wdused by s poréon for whom she had great ro- spect, and now sho was nanxious to hide tho mark of tho tray, as sho had to appoar nt ro- hearsa! bofore 11 o'clovk. Tho task was speedi- Iy sccomplished, and thy woman [3ft '~ studio delighted with the artist's suc. Lo~ furo sho lhad boen gono B8 L..-hour auotlier vigitor came,~this timo a man, Mo was rocoguized by the artist, aud began to toll a tale of his woes in an enconnter, the night bsfore, with an infuriated, jealous womas. Thers way such a cotveidence in tho patticalars rolawed by tho two visitors that the artist casually asked if the neanilant was & cortain actross. The man roplied it way, but wondernd how tho inquirer know bor nsmo. Nothing more way eaid oo the subject, but, tn lesd,than & wook, the artlab saw both partlon roll np Fifth avenuoiu a carriage togethor, aud, in & loss than a month, they wece matcied. JOUN KELLY, MORRISSEY, AND TILDRN. The club-lalntuea ars iollluz & good story ahout an aifort made bv Gov. Tildon, or io his iusorest, immediatoly after the sleotiv, to bring about_n reconciliation betwesn John Keily and John Morrissoy, It seome that, 1n tho cxcite- ment ot tho Anson Ifouso an election-night, when some especially fuvorable returny were road off, Morrissvy #ald, in s jokiug way, *Tolo- ranh Kelly to call Logothor Ins Committea on f)uclpliua.' QOno ardont fricud prosont took the mattor sorfousiy, aud actuully proceeded to send & talegram to Kelly to that effect, nnd sigued jt “Mocrissoy.” This dispaten ancerod the Wamwany Chlef woyond Lelet, Ho vowed vengeauos and oxterminatlon as to Morrisgoy ; aud it is related that thig Jdinpateh {4 the muncipal hlodrancs to reconcilintion. ‘Lilden is anxious to barmoolze all tho conflicting Democratio elements ; and oue uf his wost active fiionds hau been running Lack and forth botween Kelly and Morrissoy, to bring about peace, for goveral weeks. Olfors havo been modo to Bouator Jobin to reinstate bim in ‘Tamwany ; but ho rejectud suy offors of cumpromise. He uayg, * Lot {hom reinstato me first, and I will tell you what I'll do afterward.” Tolly uow mwoars Lis™ will rosigu if Moirisney is reinstated, ava wo tho mattor siands, Morrieney hnuba Ilnrgn following, but hardly auy party at acl. HOMETHING ABOUT TUENOR W, PANK, Libol-suits are fiamng quito fashionable in this section, 8y well as 1a the West, T. W, Park hus commenced s sult against tho Now York Tribune for libel, In connection with tho Einma Mine affair in Logland. Usually the prejadice of the public wonld bo agninst Park in a matter of this kind ; but, strangely enougl, now it is against the Tridune, 'I'ie aniinua of tha attack on £'ark 18 fouod i the devotion of tue Triduns to Jay Gould sod Park's connection with tho P'anama Railroad Company, A war has boen go- iniz on for some moutbs botween the Pacitle Mail Stoamabip Compsny, controlled by Guuld, and the Panama Cumpany, coutroliod by Park, This has moro or loss affectod Lhe swock-quoin- tions of Pacifle Mail, and, to deprees Pavama equully, the Tribune 8 golug for DPark retty lively, It hoppens that Park s wot a maun who 4 held in gen- oral pablic res,oct; but he s, for all that, & wily aud by uo means insignificant antagonlat,” Heis 8 Vermonter by irch, but wigrated to California about the yesr 1854, and WhA¥ & pattuor in the thon celol law-firm of Halleek, Peachy, Billiugs & Pa Thoy built the famous Atoutgomery Dlook, in 8su Frau- cleco, and enjoved an imnense ipcome, Tho firm dissolved, aud all its members booame rich, HaMeck, you kuow, was the (eneral of the Army, prior to Grant. Billings returned to Ver- mout, worth 2,000,000, I'ark essaved politics, but was uvpopular wilh Lo party to which he lolonged, and did not suoceed in getting to Congiona, as boe honed. He is reported to be worth 4,000,000 or 1,000,000, In appearance Lo {a & small, comfint. saudy-whiskersd man, very nervous, quiok as flni and always ou the slort for au advantage over au uppouent. AMENICAN ALMH ON FOREIGN OSDXRY, T'robably nobody was so delighted with the noaw'of the purchase by Eugiand of ths Kho- dive's e i tho Bucx Causl, as tbe head of the great Remivglon Arme Compauy, ju this city, Tho Company Las been, for iwo ycms paat, filling ao order for arms and smmunition for tue Eryptian Governmont, and, ss a result, tiuds ftscif Liwypt's croditor for an mmense aum. of money. The Cumpauy is very: weatthy, aud can wait for jte mouey a5 loog as msy bo noces- #ary ; bus Orieatal crodit ia 10t just uow above par, aud the Remington Compavy 18 anxlous to vealize on ita Lills, “Already s purtis] psyment baw beeu mads on suuuannlg of tho 8uez- Canal salo, The llemwgton Compssy s now filing ordess for saversl foreign bations, sud has Iately sdopled the precsution of yojuirlng security on _all ordem it recelyed. A Providence (M, I.) concern has slsu & Iarge order from fbe Ottowsn Uovern. went for arme, and thero ig now 1o thataty s Iarge warchouse tilled with srina belongiog to the Bultan, and partly paid for. The ‘Puruhh Minisfer 1 Wasnlogton receutly ordered th property lnsured agsiust fire; but, ss soon 1hio balsuce dus on the conteact is paid, the arme wilt be abipped to Constantiuople. Nestly all the American manufuacturers of tlre-sims have agonis abroad constausly, weeking ordeis fiom foreign Powers; sud = persistent offort wes mads by sll of them (o seoure large oontracts from Austuiaj bub thuy were Dok sucoessfal. 3 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER | ovlers Com Abioad, and, 1o, Thran corearns aro mostly kant in operatinn on Juding by the price of [ thotr st iy, WL b+ WALL-STRUET ANTICS, Tha recent raul on Nothwestern stock un- d ulita Iy pad its menption in the brain of somo “eho.t " aperaler who wanted to bioar ™ tha Alaci. ‘These faida aes eottpis to bo too numer- oA to come within the bounda of decener, The Lamo ia to destray tho oredit of i road so an to preventit from oarrsmi ita floating tn fubtad. ness, and then *wroek " the road. This fn oxe actly what ins been tried 1n Wabneh and i, and Inttorly iu the Missonr Paclilo Road ronnivg west fiom Bt. Louia. 1 the last case, shan tho #tock was firat raidod upan, it was aelling for 31, and wag rn down dev by day until it touched Hueh extiaordinacy liea woro nfartad that tho oficers of he road troated thom with silent centompt, and thie very mlence way charged as proof of their truth, aud, betota the dowisvard ourrent conld be atemmest, the banis relusad the paper of the Company, itx loana on call had to ba ) aid, and (hs Company went to protent. 1t 4s now in tha hands of & Recerver, Allthis, teo, in tho teeth of the fact that tho road itser{ gained every week on lnst yenr's oarnlugs, andghover \Ias in A 1noro pros- berous candition, “What waa done with the Airsouri Paciflo may Lo tried with tho North- western ; pnt it in met 50 conragevusly by tao oflicials of the Compauy, both hiero sad i Chi- cngo, that tho attempt miny fail. Wall-street uveculation has clhianged very much in a fow ye 1t e beon prluly said that once thero wera o hundied customers to every brokor, but now thers are a buodred brokers {0 overy us- tomer. ‘Tho Stock Ixchange hss nothing to do with values, Ite deatiogs msy as woll bo in paving-blocks 88 in railroad.shares so far ns concorn viluos, It ls apecuiation puro aud simple, aud it is a wonder that more roads do uot follow thn oxample of tho Philadelphin & Tteading, and, by refuring to pubmit to thesr die- tation, withdraw their ehares eutirely [rom tho stocli-broher's claw, HOW A MILLIONAIRE'S BOX TECAME PENSILESS, Rhartly aiter the War, thiers came from she Houth, to resido in this city, an olderly gontle- man, »bo had managed, by dint of glont shrewl. nees and forésight, to secutnulato considerabla roperty. About four yoars ago be died. luaviug his wealth, to tho amoant of #1,000,000, to lus tour children, Oue of thom was & wild, hatum. searam yonth, znd another just the roverse,—a steady, “sedsto man, who narcded an ex- collent wife, and went into the banking busiiess in company with lus fathor in-law, Thewr oflico was tbo rosort of maoy wealthy Soutbions, aud thele oredit was considerod first-clase, Two years ago the harum-searum son married And went abroad, All by 1emaiuing wonlth wau left fn his motuer's bands for inveat ment 3 but, twelve months sinco, the Lanking bro her was compelled to write to hin rolative nbroad Lhat bo bad failed, and lost nat omy all his_own, but aleo Lis hiother's pairimony ag well. 1t turned out, on (he return of tho losor, however, that, though his brotbor individusily had failod, tho firm of which Le was a mem- ber had not failed, TMF 18 a do- uial of guy finnerespousibility in the altaly, but tho ser 18 despersto, apd han* throatened pullicity and oaposure if the money is ot rofunded, 1hae enso s now in the hauds of Inwvers, aod, if it i not spendily settlod aud limshed up, there will bo samo intor- eatiug rovulations, A formor Chicago partr 1a myolved in tho traneactions which, it ia said, led to the fossos in queation, BUNDAY PAPELS, OLD AND N The Sunduy Sun i18's success, and Jixewise the Sunday Teiegram. 'Tho Sunday $ribune wil p.ohably buc’ed o8 wo'l as tho othors. aud then all tho moraing papera will be daslies indaoed. a4 Bomo of tho weoklies nre tesakfies Indood | Thin Bunday-oduiot business of the datljes must - evitably kitl off in o the old style of Bunday vogus ten which aud AL, pnuers’ o Bgo, of Courier, and twonty years tho Mercury, Dispalch, tho Sundoy Times (starte ed by M., Noal) ain the romusuts. Thosa {eumnl wil to il nuy particalar tiold o Journslism, unlesa we excopt the Mercury, which, a8 a sousation paper, ontdovs even tho Chicage Times, 1t thoro is auytbing too srnsa. tiounl, ton broad, or too improbable, to find a vlace in the Mereury, it bas uover boon knowu here, Tho Jhspaice iy a Repnblican papor,— tho ouly ono of tho Bunday isaues,—aud ity owner bias been & Congressmun, Al of them Lave made money for thotr propriotors, aud, if thoy do nw.t lingor too long In ielr cutorprises, trsing to sinvo off dosth, they may retiro on comtorteble fortunes. '*A PUT-UP JOD." A Lito Insurence Company wag badly squeezed by an agent 1n collusion wita & lucal reporter, last week., 'Ine agent had a rnuay sout le by an army officer for canvellation ; 'but the come pany, vinuiing to keop the riek, declined to can- cel.” Tho ngent, having o pocuniary iutercst in the mattor, lot 1t rest & Iew wooka, when be pro- curod, tluough the roporter, tho insertivu of a paragraph among the mivor tolegrams of n morning popor, to the effect that the iosured officer bad toen drowned crossiug a atream in Dukots Torritors, T'ho bait took. In the morn- ing n olerk from the Life Company came around to tho sgent’s office, aud. a-ked it be eull had thie polioy for surreuder. e ropliod he had ; wherenvon nogotintions wera opened for its surronder on torms aboat 100 per cent bavond the first praposal, ‘Che monoy was paid; Lut probably to thia day ths Lifo Company does not know it 'was *a put-up joh.” OLGANIC, A Commiites from s Canadizn church came to this caty on Buturday last Lo nvastigato tho prics and quality of church-organs, Thvy wore takei inchiarke Ly & weil-known mueical man, aud hourd tho leading organs In our clity chure’ios ; and, us they bad previoualy visited Ioston, they promisod to decide the award for building an organ ou Tuesday., ‘I'he frionds of various buildors plied tham with thoir arguments, and ull wero contidont of an award in thoir favor, On Tucsdny the Committoo secelved & telogran from the Reotor, * Cowng homo st once, The Church hns deolded it will Lo botter policy to have the argan built in Cavada,” JAY GOULD, ‘Thero 13 a good deol ot talk, &b the nlubs aud elrowhoro, about the coursn pursued by Jay Gould fn pleadimg. the Gambling act in dofonsn of u lawsuit againgl bim for sowe Lilack-11iday transactton, Vfith avybady elue 1t would be moral suiclde, but Gould “sce able to defy Wall etreot aud overyvody elva. It is romarked ad sluguiar that, notwithstanding the cnormous woalth he is repatsd to consrol, tho house ho Lveninon Fufta avenue whould stand inluw wife's namo, BRERIFP CONNER AND ** R0sS" TWEED, Bhoritf Conuer's j opition in the I'weed-sscapo casa is not to bo envied, Mo has mado ® fat thing ont’ of publio officer, ana s supposed to be worth auvwhoie from $200,000 to 240,000, Iils liability for any ‘Iudrmn: obe tnined sgalost Twoed will rulu him (\nunchlly, aud must immousely quicken bis eforts to ro. oapturo "Twead, 1t wad gonorally oxpected that Conner would bs romoved by tha Governor for allowing Tweod to escapo ; buc it fs uuderstood that Contier's bondsmon have pledged them- selven to the (luvernor t0 exhsuwt evory posdl ble clew iv finding tho whereabouts of Twoed ; declaring that, if bo [a removad from office, Con- ner will ue hampored iu hia oiforta to recapture the escaped Bosa, The 1eporters and correspondents wbo bhave tried to croate the improsslon that they * know sl sbout it,” and that ‘fweed s whll in tho vcity hiding on Fifth avenue, have sbown very little usgsaity in not atibziug therr knowledge ®0 ad to 1ake 10 the $10,000 re- ward offered for T'woed's recapture. Bayond Twoed and one or two of his accomplices, it is ot doubted thal bis bidlug-place is sbuolutely unkoown to suybody fn this city. THAT COLLEUR O¥ NUBIO, ‘'lio retired millioualro, Mr, Hamuel Wood, who in reported to have promised a million ar ko to & College of Musio in Central Park, has oot yos carriod out hia alloged promive ; and, io fact, it is not* doubted thet too much publicity has al- yoady been given to the schewma far the old gentloman's liking, o livas on Thircy-seventh streat, and soldow leaves his house, 1t is stated by his busincss-agenta that Lie is averse to oston. tation, snd le very much anuoyed by tha atonies ciroulated regarding Lis woalth and iutended do- nations. Alihough childless, be has numerous bews; and the probabilily is that, when ha dios, thero will bo an severlasting legal squabble over his monoy, sud the Collsge won's get a cent after all, A FEMALE JOKER. For practieal fokea, commoud mo fo thst Btaten-fsland gitl who camo to the city on ‘Thanksgivivg=day, and caused & telegram to be sout to bier pareuts tust sha was doad, Her fathier, who ie sn Episcopalian clergyman, was conduoting service when the news reached him, sud pearly fainted away, causiog much alarm among the church-attoudauts, Afier a fow hours’ of mourulng In the howa of this girl, her friends returnod to the Island with ioformation that was Dot doad at all, aud had eent the tolegram hersell The worst pars of this etory is, thab 1820 yoars old | BUBGLARY-INSURANCE. Now we have a Natioual Burglary Insurauce O psny 1n_operation o i urannplu sxninst losres fiom burglare. Wouder 12 they omploy export glars na special sgonts tu soo thob bouses urglar-proof] Auyhow, they ouxht 10 mako arrangements with burglara to let alone tbis insuied bouss, In 1ba vania Bay the old vol- unteor firemon used Lo make particular eorts to £sv0 ioaured bouses from tira i Lopes of reward trom Jusurance Cowpacies. DEavry. "FOREIGN. Conflicting Stntement Concerning the Mosol Disaster. Verdiet of the Coroner's Jury in the Doutschland Catastrovhe. Austria Deslres Turkey to Suspend Hoge tilitles In she Insurgent Districts, Schemes for the Improvemont of the Porls of Calals, Rauon, and Dunkirk. THE MOSFL GISASTER. HKILLED AND [XJURLD. Xew Yonk, Dac, 14,—Oeclrict & Co,, agenta of tho North GGerman Liloyds. recoived a cablo telo- gram this morning giving the namen of the pas- sengors of «ho steamehip Mosel who were kilted and injurod by thejdruamite explnsion nt Bremer- haven on Baturday, ay follows: Bocond cabin—Killed, Iterman Cramer, Alfrod Granichstadter ; shehtly wounded, Berslin Lolir; miesing (perhinps left), Goarpa Metzer. Etcerage—Iiilled, Itoinrioch Kouts, Otte Run- icko s wounded, Einsune Kruger and ebild, Jtus doiph Vitte, Hermsaon, llur{p. Catl Moeel, Ea- ward Jlooker, Adaltert Sink, Joseph Dansor, Wilhelm Schmidt ; nusning, C. Lano, J. (himm, Jona, hh Weisnor, Johsin Roth, Froderiok Bue mann, 1o Hallor will aail from Bremon to-day. DBazyex, Dev. I4.-~lhe Iveser Zeitung this mornibg agserts that tho paspeuger Lhoman han confessed lna intontion of dosttoying the steam- bty tor the sake of an insuranco which ue hold, and implicated otliors n the plot, 'I'ho report requires confrmation, which cannot bo obtainod bofore tlio end of tha judicial iuvestigation now golag on. ‘Ihe mao Thomes, who is supposed to havo ironed the case of dynamite which exploded at DBremethavoo, §s an American, Ho Law beon ro- #ilng for some mouthy ot Strahlen, Ssxouy. Dugspes, Dec, 14,—The polico made a dom- fcitiary vimt to tho abodo of ‘Thomay, in Strab- len, but failed to discover anytbiog throwing lighe npon tho terriblo erime ju which the man g:s tmplicated. His wifo bas gono (o Bromor- aven, —— GREAT BRITAIN, TIE DEOTHECHLAND DISASTER, Loxpox, Dec. 14.—The sdjosrned inquest at Ilarwich on tho bod.os from ths wreok of tho Dentschland was bronght to a closo to-day. Capt. Drickonstoin ropeated tho ovidence ho frave bofore, that ho was 35 milea out of bis coursa when tho stesmer struck, Witnosses woto called to prose that tho tug Liveipool did all that wne rossiblo to save Jife. ‘Lhe jury, after dobberating thros haurs, ronderod 8 veordict that the victims eawe to their doath by exposurs or drowning; that tho primary cause of the wreek was that (ho Ca:tain, in coneequence of the tate of the weathor, lost Lis reckouing. but no enmina) act {s attnbated totum, The juryndd : **1t is to bo regretted that the Dontschland had not the best known appliances for sacertalning tho distaveo raversed, that her bost-lowering spraratus was uot of the best, and that an ex- pericuced pilot wes not 1o ewarize.” Thov con- ciudo by decluring that great crcdit is duo to the Captafno aud crew of the tug Livorpaol. et iiia o TURKEY. TR TROYOBED REFORNS, ConsTaxTINOPLE, Dec, 14.—Tho Austrian Am- bossador neked the Grand Vizier on Saturdsy to suspoud bostilitics and opon negotiationa in tho iusurgent dintriot. Some of tho Miniaters aro urging the Sultan to rojoct the programms of reforns smanating from the Northern Powers, aod, in justification of stich rejection, to rofur thom to the plsu of ro- farm which tho Porte itaolf intonds to promul- g8to to-morrow. TUDRISH DEPEATS. Opeans, Nov, 28,—The vaunled victories of the Turks at “Casblideta, near tho Boeninu fron~ tier, nnder Alchemeod Al Pagha, their best Gon- eral, snd botweeu Piva and Moravitza, under Cnofxet Pashn, were ponitive dofeats, Tero I8 groat demorahzation among the Turk- 1sh troops, who throw away thoir arme and am- munition in fight, TLE MONTENEQGRING, Viexnva, Nov. 28.—1hereport of Chotlket Banhn that the bulicof the bauds oppored to him 1o the inst oporations conaisted of Biontonegrine, and the nows of the muwaion of Cristica to” Montones RO, r6 proaucing a resction at Constantinoplo which it will tako all the influence of the Powers aud of the Grand Vizler o check. Denrry, Nov.23,—1he stralued relations which have aupervouod betwcen Austrin and Mon- fenogro sinco tho practical kuspensiun of tho nogotiations betwosn Austria and Ruxsin Lave led to an oager oxehango of opiuious betwoen Aontenegro aud Ruasia. Bupa-1'eatit, Nov. 20.—On the ropresentation of the powers about the Jarge bodios of Monte- negeing who Liad taion part in the last engage ment in Herzegovins, the Princo of Montenemo bLina declared thay this was douo without his cone woot aud knowledge, DBerriy, Nov, 30.—Eight (honsand 3lonteno- griog, undor Petor Vukotlo, with eightoen guna, srostationed near (rahova, to take part in the expoctod battle, ‘I'he Austrisn troopa in Dalmatia aro being roinforced. TURKISI FORT DLOWN-UP, Deewry, Nov, 28.—Ljubibratios has blown-up tho Taruish fort commanding tha important pavs of Presjok, in the Zubsi district. CAN'T HEND REINFOUCEMNENTS, Tavsa, Nov. 28.—Reouf t'ashs is at Gatzko with tweuty-five battalions of troops, s cour- lor from Constantinople i statod to have boon captured by the Inaurgents, and o ths leitors ound upon him tho Turkish Quvernment, it {4 sald, deolarcs (t Imposaible to send nim freah reinforcemente, aud requosts hiwm to give battle to tho iusurgents. SERYVIA AND AUATRIA. Bravay, Nov, 0.—~Tho eatrangement between Austris and Montanegro extends to the rolations botween Austria sud Sarvia. Immediately after the practical suspension of the negotiations be twean Tlussia and Austris and the revival of tha anclent intlmaoy botween Montenegro sud Bervia, tue Belgrade Government declined to accord Ausiris the ‘Ireaty of Cowmmerce promised Iast sntumn. Thus Anatris, who wisbod to beuofie the Christian mubjooss of the Portw, finds her political and commerolal 1ne terestn not aside by two semi-indenondent Buatos, whioh profer the continued ruls of the Turk and the chronic rabellion with which 1t is attended to :\ae sanistanoe of tha only civilized Btate uear om. —— MEX!CO. q ELEUTION RIOT, Qavveston, Tox., Deo, 14.—Advices from Matamoran state that during tle wunicipal elec- tion there on Basurday, fighting cocurred, and Morgan acd Puentez, candidates for Mayor, wero wounded, and thico me d one boy were killed. or Fueotez, Cortioa’s csndidate for Msyor, was elocted. Tlhe oily 1a now quiot, ———— FRANCE. TN SENATOBIAL ELECTIONS, Paum, Dec. 14.—1n the Assembly to-day M. Pourcand, Deputy for Glronde snd memter of the Left, was the onlv person elested Benstor, Al llblsl ntht;rflt:andlun 9 falled to obtan the equisito majority. . ‘?c is bsheved,\hn s~veral Legitimivte and Bonapartists abtaiued from voting to-dsv, foar- fug thie sucosss of the extremo Ropublicany, A COMPLIMENT. ‘The Prench Goographtoal Hooloty has elecied Gen. Audiew A, Humplreys, Chicf of the Carpy of Eogieers of the Uaited Bistes Army, a correspondiog momber, IMYHOVEMENT OF TUE PORTS O OALAIS, DUNe WIRK, AND HOUEN, Duspatekss to London {1oie, Panris, Nov. 27.—1 wmentioned oo Wedvesday that schiewos for tue imgmvment of the poria of Calais, Dunkirk, and Houen had been sub- mitted to the Assembly by the Minister of Publlo Works. At Calals” 2,600,000¢, ia to bo expsuded on & dock, 4,600,000f. on & new floating basin, and 7,200,000f. on an outasr port, this cutlay com rising the substitdtion for the Dresens rsiiway atatioos of & single atation for the towns of Calas and Bt. Piorre-lus-Calats, as slso & maratiue station on the siteof the Courgeln Creok. Conmdering the mze of tho voesscls which msy onter the new basiu, ln sddition to other 1mprovements, intor- mediste gales aro o bo coustructed for the entsauce of the swall ships, sud the basiu is to be wideusd 80 aa Lo effect s haulage foot-Lridga across the entrauco of the dook, ~Ths total ex- pense will be 15,000,00uf,, which will be ad- vauced to the Btata at 4 per cent by the Chamber of Commerce, and ropaid Ly weimlmeuts o ¢welva yearw. The Cusmber in tia turm will borrow the mouney, aud will cover the differ. eucs batween tho {ntorest it receives aud tbat which it pays by 8 duty of 46 centimes per o oo weroksnt voscels ontering -tha poct and 10 centimen on passengor ships, Pliot bo const likhing boats, and vesscla bhetonging i tho Stato, witl bo exempt from this chargy, Tho inanflciency of {lin presont bawin, 85 mofrea long by 75 wide, hLan long hoon tely, An soon s tho Daltio ja frea from o4 8 larga number of vowsols arrive, and It Alied [n & fow dave, whilo the provailing westerly winde often oblige abhips to stop in the ro.y wmlmf A favoraole moment to entor, ahd, (ny bamn bemg (oo small to admic all, dome hava ty 1emain in the outer port. The consequent dg. Iey in uoloading cargors COUBUS anrioyy Incouvenieuco and exponso. Tho g, forts made olsewhers to divert shippiuz from tho Fronch Northorn ports recd 1t urgent to make srch improvemonts af £a eny, Dble them Lo witlietand foreign competition. Ay Dunkirk the workn commenced 10 1802 &8 to by complote! and extendod 1 B,5600,000 frines is g Lo Iaid out ob tha weat berin, 3.700,000 frapcy on deepaning the chaunol, 1,200,000 fiauca oy the anpronches of the weab baein siulce agy widening of the cbannol, 750.000 franex gy finirhing the fortifications, 2,000,000 francs on y sluica communication betweon the o ter port ang the bagin, and 800,0.10f. on eubeldisry works making a total of 13,600,000f, Tho ?umcu-n..; will raise thia sum in ordor ta lend (& ta the Htato, tocouping itsell by & duty of 39 centimen per ton on versels eubsriog tha port iy liea of the oxisting 12 ceutimes portun. At Roney tle qnay sccommodation. which haslong beoujp. adequato, into bo conaiderably en'aryed, ut 4 coet of 4,000.000f, a quarter of which wilf by contributed by the Cbamber of Commatce, whils the remainder wilt be borrowed by it ang adyaoced to the Biato on similar terma to thoss at Oalals and Davkirk. At the tims the pressnt quaya werg constructed, Rouen was fre. quented ouly by vossels drawmm not morg than 834 inetres wator, whereas ®incs thy embankment of the Sema and ‘the canarquany doepeping of tho chianwel, khics drawing mors than & motres have Loon aole to reach It. e GERMANY, THE PENAL CODE AMEXDMENTS. Drmers, Dec. M.—Ta tho Rolchateg toduy, ho clansen of tho Penal Oodo smendment bill, diroctod againat offenses similar' to Yon Astiw's, passod its second heailug. - FIRES, IN CHICAGO The alarm from Dox 517 at 3:15 o'clock yes! day aftornoon was eaunad by the vurning ous ¢f n chimuey at No. 17 North Carponter strest. N damago. At 8 o'clock yosterday morning's étill alum woa given to Chemical Englue No. L - Causs, the dincovery of fire in Chrlstoshor Blumphyy one-story frame bullding 44 Weat Madisou etrest, An avorheated siove was .the. broubls. N damago. The nlarra from Box 319 at 8:55 o'clack vester. dsy moruing was caused by firo in tho one-ttery framo bulding, 22 Buuth Usion street. Owusr, Gilvert Horton. Occupant, Mary Palmor. Loy on builfing, £50; on furniture, nochivg. Cause, dufoctive fluo. AT BALINA, MO, . Svectal Dispatel to The Chicigo Tribuns, Kanaas Crry, Mo., Deo, 14.—A destractin conflagration broko out jo & lvory-stable fo fhe contro of tuo Town al Balins, ou the line of the Ksosss Pacific Railway, abont 10 o'¢lock Inst wlght, and before [t coald bo pot uud e control & Iurzo portion of the busitoss portion of the city was destroyol. Twonty-five bordea ware burned to deatliin tho stablos, and the four lurgost storea in tho town woro rlso destroyed, Lors, $25,000. AT YANKTON, D, T, Kpectal Lupateh to The Clicuon {ribune, Brovx Cr7y, Ia., Dec. 14.—A fire at Yankton lost night destroyed Albee's lumpsreysed ssd Georgs B. Bunker'a dwatting. Tutal Joss sboat 812000, Iisurance on lumbor, 82,600. Probs bly the wwork of an incandiary. . i AT BRIDGEPONT, CONN, Domoxront, Conn., Dac. 14.—/Fhe cabineh sliops of 1o Whooler & Witson Bawing-Aachins Compauy, were dertroyod by flrs ta-night. The Fire Dapartiment wero noll‘l{ powericss on ac. count of av nsuficient supply of wator, Loa, $5600,000; insurauoce, 300,000, g AT FREEDOM, PA Prrranusc, Da, D, 14,—Lask oight s dre ooourrod st Proedom, Boaver County, Ia, which destroyed Afucllor’s grist mill, Biddle & \Vlfiunnu ‘s dry-gooda atore, and the residencs of D. E, Lowiy, The losa 1% nbout £12,000; 1. euraoce, 71,600 on the residooce, sud 2,500 on the store. AT AVON. M. Y, Rocuesrer, N. Y., Dea. 1i.—~The Patlet House, with adjoining outbuildings, at Aven, N. Y., were burned last nighit, The loas s 840, 000, END OF A GAS MONOPOLY. 87, Louss, Bo., Deo. 14.—The City of S Louis has had for the past‘fivo yearsa sait pend- Ing In the Cirouit Court fuvolving its nght t purchiaze tho works of the Bt, Louis Gaa Light Company under a coutract entaed into by hs clty and Gas Compeny in 1810. Petitions, an- swors, and damurrars have boen filed zad e1- baustiva arguments on both sides heard, and to- day Judge Cotacbalk gave s very lsngthy opin- ioo oo m'domurrer by defendanis, in which the ground 18 takoo shat the cootrace of 1836, under which the city was to have tho right to purcliaso the gas-works io 1865 snd every fva veard thereafter, was voted, and that the gas company is estopped fiom_ douying fte validiy; that tho city baving, in 1869, resolved to pur chago the gas-works, and having givon the Gas Cumvuany the required notice, therebv hecama eutitlod to tho pamo, and loqsu-ud the vested right theroin, udl that ™ by snalh’ reso- lution the charter of the Gas Compary expired; that the Laclede Gas Company sad 0 exclnsiye right to fgroish gas in any parb of the city, and eoald not Iawfully purchase the works, pipes, oto,, of the Bt. Louis (as Compacy in the northern part of the oltv, as said Compsny could not sell tho ssme, as the oity had acguired tho vemted right in tbe sawsj thst the oity bad, in 1870, and bas pow, the right to enforca the aaie and transtor of the 8t. Lows Gaw Compaoy, and thaé {o tbis suit the olaima and equities_of the Lnalede Company. can bs adjusisd, Both the domurrors of the St, Louis Gas Company and Laciede Gas Compsny aro therefora overruled, Bhould tli become & fual decizion In the cass, the profits of ths Compsoy pince 1870, computed to be seversl millious of dolisrs, will revert to the gas consumers of 1be olty. . COMMERCE. e P THE PEORIA CHAMBER OF Dronia, 1il., Dee. 14,—Tho prassnt indications are that the oeremonisa upou the openivg of our new Board of Trade 'hall, wbleh occurs to-morzow, will bo & perfect succoss. Visiting delogations from. New York, Phils- delphia. Qinclunatl, Toledo, Detrolt, Chicago, 8. Lonfsand other polute,bave siroedy arpived, and s larga buwber more wre sxpectsd by the morniog trana. The Cloclonatl dam;nan. thirty ebrong, came in at_ i1 o'cl to~ uighb vie the Tl Jo, Peoris . & War BAW ailway, oy wers met b Gridley by a delsgation of Peoriaus snd asc to tha clty, The vew building Is onv of the finest in the Weut, sud tbe Inaugaralion cors: monios promisa to be worthy of she bysidiog. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Japaness ntesm corvetia Teubuks Ean trainug sbip for naval osdets, arrivod at San Praociaco yestordsy {rom Bipgawa, Tho olicers and o) 0w aro Japaness, exoept tires Eoglish 1o struccors of the cadeta. 3 Anovel way of paylog bets bas bean davel oped fn Loul:vllla -Y:u the receus alty olectios. of wagers by tho terma of (Lo bes lfii compeiled to waik soveral miles along the yu:nj tooroughfsrea playing haud-organs, sluging, D callectivg money, wiuch ig beaued pyar to the orphani, ¢ AN UNSUCCESBFUL VEMTURE. LovisviLus, Deo, 14.~A Leniuglon, Ky, :‘f day, a youug man purporting $0 bs a son of the tHon, M, i, Coffer, Judge of the Kentuoky Court of Appesls, endosvared to commit, swcide by taking Isudapum. The sttempt wes UNSUOCOM: ful, sod tho prospect of his ulticate recovery i considered very good. . il OCEAN BTEAMSHIP NEWS. Qv::nngn. p.::.&'-‘ih stpamabip Bpsin Niw.ll'on:.‘ o0, 1L—ARived, fhe steamer Eungl 1) Li L 'ifn:fldo'mfi'm;mna oteamship Herdet, from New York, has arvived. [ S vening, wheu & resdens of Booch 2“. - i 5, his B-year-old son siid o8t W OR 8U) Rround snd whishervi s FALBAF, Yo may ate my aled" * Why, ary sop, what do you want L0 Ms sayn you are b7+ rlu mo yous sled for 231 vant 0 og to be good," repkisd the boy, <o all L oans b0 holp you."