Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1875, Page 7

PERPETUALLY DEPOSITED. One-Third the Asects of the Commereial Toan Company Are in That Condition. Asid There Is also Much Value- less Paper on lland. Mootings of Doepositors to Considor the Stato of thoe Uase, Vice-Prestdent Buchanan Explains Mattors as Ho Understands Them. STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS. TUE WORTHLESS PAVES FOUND. Tho failura of tho Commorcial Loan and Bavings Bavk falls very heavily on tho class of yorsons who aro loast ablo to bear the losa of their monoy. Many of the savinga depositors of the banic are poor, hard-working mon, whoso Littlo ol was deposited Is tho collapaed concern, iu anticipation of that **1niny day"” which has suddonly nnd sadly coms to rotue of thewm, A number ot the depositors aro mon out of work at prosent, nnd who are thrown upon their own resourcos for tho winter. All yesterday, from mornlug tiil ovoning, the hank was bo- giogod by those anxious sons of toil, From all that can bo learued it sooma aa if the bank was run by Vice-President Buclinuan al- moat wholly iu the Interest of tho Illinoia River Itaprovewent Company snd tho Construction Company with which ho wnseonuected. flowas algo interente] in thoeCliftou Mouse. It was rumored in banlkng circles over elx months sgo that tho bank was wook, and that it capital stock of £100,000 was exhausted. At that timo—or ahout that time—Dr. Tolmuu Whooler tondared his RESIONATION AS PRESIDENT, whiok was nut oeeapted, though he was in ill- health, About a year ago o loan saa asked for by tho Commerelal Loaa and Baviugs Bank of ono of tho bost-known and strongest flnnocial institu- tions, the Commercial offering as eocurity capi- tal stock sbares of the bank at 60 centa ou the doliar, bat this wis refused. 1¢ hias been wtated that the cauao of the fail- pre, or closing-up, wag that there had beena disagreemont among tho Board of ‘Trustees. 1t {s said that thera i8 uo truth whatever in thia, Tho raason is moro lkely to have been that Mr. Meyor, the Cashier, decidedly objected to tho mods of inanciering carriod on by Mr. i and it is probably moro throu; othor soarca that the nuk wae ¢ MR, UAKVEY, THE A9SI0) was busily engaged vosterday in_straightening uf) the Looks, and Lo, with Mr. Moyer, 1t loft alono by tho depositors, witl wanago to got muf- ficent cash by Fiiday to pay n 90 per sent divi- dend. Mr. finrvey viatod that, so far, ho had fount mothing really crooked, exoopt the fact that Mr. Huchanan had taken as gecurity, for mouey losned from the bank, notes that ure not worth L cent ou tho dollar, Among this paje of It, X, Winpple, =20 Watker, £80,060 of the pupe £5,000 of Georgo K, Clurss’s oz, "F'ho total anount of bills receivablo is about £222,000. OFf thys, €134,000 18 oxjected to bo good, a8 it 1o gceured mostly by real estate, chinuge, cash, and bouds nmount to about §125,000, The Archer avenun renl estato iy walued at about 25,000, Of tho arrels, sbout 97{‘1,%0 aro cxpocied to Lo imanedistely avally ablo. B3 TIE DEBIT BIDE. Agalpet this hopeful prospect stands the fol- lowlug wdchrednces : Dus eharcholdors, 2100, 000 ; depositors, €42.000. Of thin amouny £300,000 are savinga dr.posits, and ahont &#100,- 000 commercial. Hosides tuo assets rocorded above, the bauk holds $14,000 of the bonds of the Clifton House, of whici §150,000 were 18- sued, and which wili pay sbout 23 cents on tho dollar. Mr, Ioyer thibks tbat 85 cents will bo ultimately paid dopositoid. Jut this can Liardly bo expocted. One hundred and twenty-ono thonsand dollars of the papor ut leakt 13 Worthe less, and other portiony, teckoned a4 pood as- ok, will Lo found to hoyve shrunk cvusiderably Invalue. 1f the Institution 18 FOLCED INTO BANKRUTTCY, which 8 not itnprobable, the creditots will prob- ably not renlizo over 25 or D0 per cent, butf tho asmcta are loft in tho hands of AMosrrs. Horvey and Meyer probably uut less than G5 per ceut will bo roalized, : Thera s ono thing in connection with the clos- Ing of tho bauk which looks wuspicious, Ar, Edward 8. Droyer was nlioved to deposit £800 less than o balf an bour luluro the bauk closed, sud Ewmil % Thomas wora sllowed to wilkdraw ~ £06,000, all thiey bad on daposit, as the bank closed jtadoors, and Mr, Conrad Girlun and scveral others also drow out their deposits at that tiwo, Mr, Droyer feels protty rote In cunsequenco, and thinks that an oxplanatlon about this matter would bo tn order, — CREDITORS' MEETINGS. A¥TLRNOON. A meoting of the creditors of the Commercial Loan Compauy st Sbharpshootess’ 1lall yostor- day afternoon to tako into considoration what action would bo beat for them to take in a body. Abvant 160 wero present, roprosentiug credits to the amount of saveral bundrod thonsand dollara, Albert Baeso was called to tho Clalr, aud L. B, Droyer was appointod Beerotary. Tho firat businoss was the jutroduction of » reeolution providing for the appolntment of a committoo of thres T0 ACT WITIL THE ASSIONEE {n settling tho accounts of the bank. I'ho resolation was objected to as not faasible, sad was luid ovor. A rerolution was then offercd that the Chair appotut & committee with nuthorty to employ sn cxpert accountant, who, togethor, should examine the books and assots of tho bauk, with the permission of tho Assiguee., The rosolution provailed, and Monars Jake ltehm, Ald, Jonas, snd Charles Donnoby were appointed as said Commitieo. On_motion & committes was appointed to - vile Frederick Moyer, tho late Usshicr of the bank, to make a etatoment to tho wmootlng. AU, MEYER ; snbsequently appeared, and statod, in effect, that tho availablo assets of 1ho bank, consmstivg of canh on baud, drafts on other banks, and bouds, smounted to sbout 135,000, aud that that smount would bo as onco distributed, and de- positors might expoct to realize about 20 Bouts un tho dollur therefrom, aud that tho nd- seta, ag compared with the liabalities, would in sl probsbility realize to the creditors B5 conty on the dollar, He esprossod Lis regret at tho misfortuno, and said that Mr. Buchanasn, the Vice-Uresidont of the Institution, was TUB IMMEDIATL CAUSY of the collapse, . Mr. Moyor was snhaequontly quoatianed by Sumerous partics aud gavo auswers as best ho sould, and thoy wers in most cascs eatisfactory, A committes of ela was theu sppolnted to meet In the evoning a sitnilsr committeéo of con- lerenco from anothier portion of tha creditors, who are understood to be iu favor of iumediate bankruptoy, with s view to harmonizo and take uch ytops as would bo to the bess intercst of all partiea concerued. Tha eense of the meoling was to ratifly tho Appoiotment of Joel B. Harvey s Asriguoo, wmais his ofliclal statement, and, iu case the Matement proved unnuul-clory, 1o contest tho e, and socuro tho ngpolmmaut of an As- 08d to be named by the creditors, and, as a laot zesurt, to throw the coucern into bauk- pr{; Blesars. llervey, Anthouy & (alt will Probably be emploved as counsal in behalf of & waority of the creditors, EVENING NEETING, An immense crowd of creditors of the Com- meroigl 1,0an Company and Savingm Bank, which tuspended day before yesterday, mssembled laut '.‘“’“"‘Ii at Max Rower's saloon, No., 45 North lark etroor, in accordance with a call issued by *. Huxman o yesterday's Germau papors, 08 of those prescut were poor worklugwen, tervparved with & fow working-women, on whom tho failuro of tho bauk at this time falls Yory heasily. Though tho doposits of thess poor Eenplo are ok av large s Lhuso of wome of the elter clnusel North Biders, still the lova af- fects thom mucls morv, it Loiug the savings from thieir scant wagoa fuz yoars. wLay gave vent to their fealiugy” lust evening in exprossions more foroible than elogant, sud wmsay duclszed their toation Lo 2 INFLICT DODILY PUNIMHMLNT :“Wn the waoagers of the bank if, on examina~ on, It was found that the failure was caused by oz nild spooulations. A% 8 o'alock, Mr, N. riotko mounted a tallo Aua etated thad Le was ono of a commlittes of 'm wluch Lad beeu appointed by a mocting he!d A othier advanco of o slmilar charactor. At Behuotzen 1all in the afternonn to confer with this musting. At tho meoting in tho after- noon, which had been atlended by about 130 croditors, n commitieo of theeo, cunmsting of Messrs, Itahm, Jonar, and Donnoly thive sy good men as could Lo found on the North Side— had been appointed to invostigato the hooks of tho Company, in conjunction with Mr, Joel 1, Harvoy, tha Assignoo appoinied by the stociholders. Mr. IHenry Uioone- taum bad also offeted to furnish the Committon with his best bookkecper to aid them i their labors. Tho Cominittea would ho rendy to mako o report nesl Fridav afternoon, and Leforo that thno nothing coutd be donn, Mr. Manson very excitadly inslnuated that tho mea apnomted by the meeting at the Shuetzen I1all did vot ropresent tho penplo. 1o wauted s wan on tho Committos who wonlil 100K OUT FOR THE POOR CREDITORS, trnml ot for tho stockholders, [Cheurs and con- xion. Mr. Al. Tooae, who prosided at tho afternoon meeting, inounted tho tabloandstated that thoir monting had boce entirely fn the interest of the dapositors. It was no use to go abead too fant. Nothing_could be done umtil the books of tho Lank biad been examined, Tho crowd, however, was.iof matisfied with the cxplanation and clamored for u commitieo from thoir midat. Mr. Iiruno Knauer, {n ordee to bring harmony out of chaow, moved that o committeo of tureo Do appointed Lo act in conjuuction with tho committas of threo appointed in the afternoon. ‘Fhe motion was carried, and tho foilowing Rentlomon wero electod by the meeting 10 act oy such committeo : Mr. Young, Aunton Friedrich, and Edward A, Lina, ‘o meating tbon ndjourned. Among thoso who sufTer most_soverely by the anepension of tho bank are Mr. M. Cawoy, n salvon-kesper, who had in the bank 4.610—,a1l tho monoy he had fu the world,—~and Juatico H, A. Kaufmsun, who not only loses ail the monoy Lo had eaved, but also a large amount of judg- monts doposited iu tho bauk, which Lo will kave to make good. —— MR. BUCHANAN'S EXPLANATION- WY THE BANK WAY CLOSED, Mr. M. D. Buchanan, Vice-Prosident of tho defunct Commercial Loan and Trust Company, wa vieited by n ThinuNe roporter last ovenlog, at bis residenco, No. 102 Ashland avenue. Thero was an nrgent desiro on tha part of the reporter to obtain from Mr. Buchanan a statoment ot hin transnctivns and thoso of the Lank during bis connection with that inatitution. Alr. Buchanan was found at home, sulfering from a slight ill- neas, but expreesed himsolf aa willing to gratify tho pardonablo curiosity of his unexpected vis- itor. 'Ibe following conversation took place : Reporter—Will you pleasa explain tho connee- tion of the Chiengo Iailway Congtruction Com- pany ;mu tho Commercial Loan and Trust Com- pan; ¢ M{‘. B.~—It can bo briefly stated, In May last, a loan of 10,000 was mndo by tho bank to the Construction Company. The only other ADVANCE MADE TO TUE COMIANT was §1,449, which was pooled in by the creditors of thie Company fu order to savo ity nsyots. 'Lho bank wout In for the purposo of sceuring tho $10,000 proviously toaned. Tho 810,000 wan sr- curad in the frut ivstance by £20,000 iu bunds of the Iilinois River Retlway Company. It.—Waa tho origiusl loau considered good whou mado ? Mr. B.—Certainly, The loan was liko auy On the very day wheu it was_made, the Construotion Company borrowed ,000 from ditYeront bunks in tho city. ‘I'bo Compnny cnjoyod oxcellent credit, 1.—Tlore wero other indirect loans recurod by the Company’s stock, weio thero ot ? Mr, B.—"Lhe bani Joanod 12,000 to Mr. T, M. Whipple, secured by #12,000 of Chicago liallway Construction_atock, A Joan was also made to Mr. John H. Rico_of #5,000, which was secured by 10,080 of tho Construction Company’s stock. ‘I'heso parties were all councctod with the Com- pany, and the above eums, amounling to ouly 27,000 in all, represent THE ENTIRE TRANHACTIONS of tho bank with tho Cowpany, airectly or in- direcily. Thoy wore bona flde in every sonso. They may hiavo besn unfortunate, bnt they wero not distionestq It Las boeu the habitof tho bank siuco 1ty organization to buy paper on tho stroet, and in doing so it bas naturally aceumu- Iated moro or loss paper Luat is slow, t.—T'o what immediato cause do you attributs the tailuro? Mr, B.—To a differonce DLotweon tho stock- holders aud Teustoes, I was ouo of tho Frusteos who did not beliove there was any neod of closs ing the bank, There wera othors, however, who thought differoutly, and who, whon thoe courso of tho bank wns decided, went to work aud in- augweted o runon tho bank by inducing their friends to withdraw tholr deposita. R.—What wus the reaeon for tho bank mot going into voluntary bankrupicy 7 Mr. B.—I was opposed to tha action, becanso 1 thought that tho INTERESTS OF TIE DEPORITONA wonld bo better sorved by dishibuting the monoy at anco. Ia this opinton Gen, Bmith, tho aftornoy of the bank, comeided, 'The statement that I have borrowed money of the bank for porsonal uso is falgo, 1 havo mover owed bul 2,500 to the bank, aud my whols action in re- gard to the Construction Company was ouly to eavo tho bank from loss. 1 am tho groatest sufforer by tho falure, as L Lave £56,000 of bank stock, With tuts explanation tho interview olosed, PLUTE PICTURES, Tho Patient Squaw and fer Children -~The Warrior Who Wauted to Share the Contributions, ‘Tuo Virginla City (Nov.) Chronicle doscribes this plewsra : ** A Plute squay is & study of pa- tianco oud cheerfuluess under ndversa circums stances, '['ho bappicst faco in town this morn- ing way probably that of an old leather-colored fomalo sitting on o pilo of stift mortar before building golug up in the burned district. Tho lower ond of tho board upon which her youngost was atrapped was stuck 1nto the _mortar, so that slio was rcleasad of that care, Iior noxt, a red- faced shaver of 8 years, warm and dirty, in & cont of squirrol skins, knawed tho uudocayed #ule of an applo, aud tho old lady herself snt with her lap full of garbage, picking out sud onjoying tho tid-bits, whilo the family cur re- nowed work st her fost on the wall-polished Looes thrown to it." The Enterprise of tho same city supplios the following ; “Iho Liutes Luve for a cousiderablo time been hianginy about the store of the Roliof Committeo, I:uuusgl wistiul eyes upon thio piles ot clothing, the heaps of blankets, and the *laghins" of grub, They have longed to par- ticipato in the business of cal hlfi oft all thesa things, ‘Tho bucks bave dally tlattenod thair nones against tho window panes, and tho squaws. have posped in at the open doors. ‘Thoy saw white tnou and white womon, Chinamen and ne- groes—al! kinds aud all colors of people but the poor rod mou—gettivg flour, blaukels, voats, shirts, and all kiods of things, eud \vhy thoy wero wade to take a back seat was more than thoy could understand. Viute Jiw bas beou an setivo peoper and o diligent flattener of his nose; ho has, indocd, so covoted the thwgs that ho has seon that ho was almost roady to buist with euvy of every vue that was given 8o much as o pint of flour or a calico slurt. Ilo chased tho Rov. Father Monogus sround town for about a woslk, then hunted Bishop Whitaker as much longor, bound to get something on the Iay of religian, all attemnpts on other tacks haviog failed. le ‘was resdy to booither a Catholte or a Protestaus, provided ho could come 1u for his share of the rationa, Much vexod at his rebuifs in all quar- ters, ho one day w#sid to us, **Ilow this; all whito man it plenty blanket, plonty grub: Injun no git outtin #** ** Well,” said we, +*white wau houge all burn down,” “AIl Chinamau git blaoket, gitahirt, git grub; Injun nogit nutlul” * Well, all Chinamnn house burs down,” said we, 'All uigger, all Bpanish _man Wit grub, git hai, @it blanket; Injuu wo git nuio!” pursuod Jim, scowling snd Litterly muttering. ** Don't you see, Jim, all the housos of the oolored people aud of the Bpanish poople wore burned down, and sll that was fu them was lost. The Piutes their Louscs wers nos barnod, so they caun't aul snytbiug. The blankets, sud grub, aud clothos wero ouly sent to people whose burned! Don't_you sso?" * Yean," said Jun, mo heap suo. Mo 5o uow right away burn oyery Yaute Louse, cowo to-morrow giv o plenty grub, plenty blankst. Darn houso, wo wavk uw grub—waut um blanket, Ale wil houscs burn um. Me wad.” Proper explanations doubtless revenled the wholo heavous horeabout being glited up that night by the tlames of the acores of Piuto shantics scattered smoog the surrouud- fng bilts. g P T Tho Awmericann Bourbon, AMr, O. Perkius, the husband of tho Princeas I ile of Bourbun, condemucd a year ago by the Freuch courts to & yoar's imprison. ment and o two years' ** holding of the Lody,” for dobts whicl o courts decided were cona tracted under falvo pretouses, bay just finished hin year st Bt. Pulsgle and been trausferred to the Canclergerie, thors to submit to his two yeats' iwprisosment for the dobt, if tho ereditor, who ' o pay Lie board, dues ot soouer ro- TITURSDAY. WIBER e 2: 1875. WHISKY. Mr. G. G. Russsoll Asserts that Ho Hns Not * Given Away™ tho Chicago Ring. An Assessment of $125,000 TLevied Against San Francisco Dise tillers. RUSSELL. 11T DENIER THAT UE A4 “'SQUEALED." A Turnuse reporter last night repaired to the reaidenco of Ar. Gholsen G. Russcll, on Wabash avenue, near Thirticth streat, to ascertain if that gontleman had returned from Washington, and ta propound to bim a faw quesilons, in the hope of obtaining full and eatiefactory roplics. It will bo geon that tho respunses to the reporter’s interrogations were waoting in buth of thexo patticulurs, A ring ot tho door-bell bronght to tho door a rathor tall, middlo-aged gentlomay, with hmr slightly tinged with gray, and a faco tlat botok- cned tho foatures of & business-ma “Tho geutleman said “(iood ovenin Tho reparter returned tho entutation, sud lo- quired it tho person ho was addressing was Mr. Lursell, Tho gentleman faid, Yex, I'm Mr. Russell,” tap.—Well, Mr, Ruesell, Tug TuinuNe— Mr. Ri—Seut you bere, did it? Welil, I'vo soen the papers, sud I kuow what you'ro afior. Rep,—Just so. Bir, R—Exsctfy, and I simply rofuse to say anything ou the subject. Nop.—Well, Mr. Ilussel!, thore Lave been Lwo rumors extant regarding the object of your visit to Waebiogton, You pay you kuow what they aro. Tho firet, then, is tho siatoment that you wont to Washington to endeavor, if possidle, to socuro s reductlon in tho amount of your as- nossinont. The secoud is, iu substauce, that you went Lo Waslungion to nirango for furuishing the Governmeut with Iuformation rogarding certain parties connecied with tho whisky tigubles. Ar, jt—Yes; I know that's what the papers aay. As 1 suid bofure, huaever, I'vo nothinge to day to-night., dluybe U'll wake a statomeut at another tiwe. Rep.—You don't wikh to say, then, whict of theso rumors, of whether eithor of them, jos- segsey ony truth ? Alr, =1 don't want to make any statonent et all, Rep.—Trankly, now, Mr, Russell, did you ar- rapge for giving aformation to the Govuru- ment ? Mr. I.—No, sir, No arrangements wero made for furuiehivyg any lufurmation o the Goverue Did ¥ ttempt to securs & roduction of your ns- seRsment ¥ Mr. ] Tteg R, far., 'T'ho reporter exprossed his worrow at not belog vermitted to take Mr. Russell's full statemout verbatim, as ho sssured the geutlewun he would do If ho so dusirod, At tho same timu ho was awaro that bo had fouud out what ko really wout after—that Mr. DRugeell bad gone to Washing- tou, that ho had not srrapged to furuish in- formation to the Goverumont officers, aud that Lia asortions in behall of a reduction i his as- sessmout wero unsuccoesful, This little duot had bocu carried on ‘while atanding at tho frout door, fn tho tather clilly cvening air, and, at this point, navisy detained tho distiller for soma time, aud bavinz cowe to o dead standetill, ivasmucl as Mr. Russoll re- fused to mnke any further statoment, tho re- porter withdrew aud tho quist lttie deor-step party Lroke up. —— MR. SCHMIDT'S VINDICATION. WHAT HI§ MEAL BUSINLeS 18, Teatorday morning Mr, Jacob Bohmidt, living on Dremer strect, in the Iifteenth Ward, ocon- cerning whoso probablo running o distillery cer- taln statemonts woro mado in Tup TruUNE of ‘T'uoedsy, made his appearance in fhe oftice in u etato of great {ndigoation, for the purposo of denying tho allegations. Not contont with a moro douisl, bo Insisted that a reporter sbould at onos accompavy him {o his house for the pur- poso of examining tho barn and its conteuts. This was of courso done, andthe two wont di- rectly to Mr, Bchmidt's premises, aud weat futo tho barn to which roferonco was mads, which, although contnining o numbver of bot:les, boil- crs, o emall furnace, ete., had no trace of a still or of any tubs, or mill for grinding corn, After tho reporter hiad shus satiafied hinsolf that thero was nothlog wrong about the premises, Mr. Sehmidt went on to state that he was, what ho liad told tho neighbors, ENTERIMBSTING IN DYES, and that ho belloved that ho was on the track of sowno discoyerios in tho shapo of new dyes, out of whict be would bo enabled to make consider- ablo monoy. For tho purposs of kecping mny ona from Btealing away lus secrot, he lina been in tho habit of suttiog himself up in tho barn, mora especially sinca thero was no room in tho houso whore his rather dirty oxperiments could bu conveulently carrted on, That Mr. Schmidt had boen dolug sumething in tho dyeing way 18 unquestionablo,—that appeared from the ma- terials seattered around, nnd from the remnants of c)::lm on which oxporimental dyes had been tested. o far as tho story of tho boy ls concerned, Afr, Schimidt deufos it entirely. 1o says that ho nover owployed sny porson to do auy worlk in tho barn, except tho mombers of bis own fam- ily, and that only occasionally when thero was aome heavy lifting or something of that sort to bo dond, 1o is uueblo to underetand why sny porson ehoutd buve fabricated such & yarn con- corning bin, and 18 of tho boliel that it was purely a picco of malicious miechief on the part of tho young man. In view of all these ciroums stances, Bir. Schimidt must certamly be aaquit- ted of baving defrauded tho Government, and tho dnoghzeuuu of tho Ilevenuo ofticery lu vindi- cated, —~Tn tho point again, Mr. Russell : — MISCELLANEOUS, WPAINGYIELD, LLI, &vecial Duapatch to Lha Chicago Tribune, Bemxapixrp, Ik, Deo. 22.—All atterpta on tho part of the defonse to induce tho (overu- mont to conaent to a compromise having failed, tho Harpet-Smith cascs, civil avd criminal, will como up for a Loarlug at the approaching torm of tho Foderal Court. Ilevclations aro oxpected fmplleating othors, but the District-At- tornoy hus adopted thoe Prosidont's motto, +¢ Lot uo guitty man escaps, nomatter who ho is." Gov, alwor has boou carncstly solicitod by the Govornmout to aesist in the prosccution of Government cases at the approaching term, but » preasura of private businoss compbols him to decline, and it Is thought that Judge Kdwards or tho Hon, Jobn T, Bluart will be asked to sorve in Lis place. [To the Associated Presa.) NEW YORK, New Youx, Deo, 43.—William A. DBonuy, Beo- retary of the Now York Roctifying Compauy, No. 11 Codar wiroot, was this aftorncon held by the Uunited States Cominisionor to await the action of the Grand Jury for having failed to wmake proper eotrics of the msuufacture of distilled Bpirie, . PITTSHURG. Prrrapona, Dec. 22,—John L. Moffman, Con- rad Hoffman, and Wililam Ilowers, wmfixhln. tho tirm of offman & Co., distitiers, at Butler, Butler County, Ya., wero &rrested aund brought 0 thia city to-day, chargod with illicit distiliing. Aloxander Harvey and Uavid King sre also undor arrout, tho former charged with fraud iu connec- tlon with thedislllery, and the latter for fraudu- lently isauing warebouye bonds, BAN FUANCINCO. Bax Fraxersco, Doc. 23, —Fhe Hecretary of the Troasury has wmado an asscssmont of H145,000 againgt Churles Jost, (irovo Adams, Jerows . Fargo, and Charles Werner, for uupaid duties on wpirits made in 1563 and 1869, -— The Paraguayan \War with l¥ruzll. Kuenoa Ayres Correapondence Cincinnati Enquirers 1o traveling lu strauge lands you hesr many Intoresting storics, but ons bas made such an finpression on me that [ cannos furbear giving voii & fow items from it. It is about tho last Puragusyan wer, It is said that such fightlog nover was known. 1t began about & queation of boundarics with Drazil, ez, the President, asked for leave to go through the Argentine He- pubtfe, It was, of course, refuscd, He then divided his army of 76,000 meu into threo parts, seat ono to Brazil, ono nto the Argeutine He- public, and kopt ovo at home, Meotiug with re- werdod, Lie collected all togothor at homs, and raised au army of 150,000 mew, and they fougbt lko ‘Frojans, or rathur like madmen. ‘The war lssted fivo or X years, and out of a population of 1,600,000 there are only 120,000 loft, all told, men, ‘Woulon, THE CHICAGO (RIBUNE: and ehildran, ouly 40440 of thero | nud rasre than hnlf of them ary wi crippiod. Kueh fighting wad nevor Loo nocs struggied against u Bozira 1o muceecded in boaeding it aud hold hours, Lighty thowatd women wers tuarched from the fionbiers jn sich foreed wacches thad many of them foll dead from exhaustion, Unta General hetd out for & length of a0 on a point of land with Brazilian trou-clads on throo sides of him aud & swamp bayond, in which was the Arcontine aroy. Amnunition and provisions were rhort. Ttepceledly called on to sutrender, they refused, bt floally the Argentinea prevail ed “on them to do ro. Straups to sav, all tho fighting was done for tsratw, for the Logiozes, fathor aud rov, wero both tyranta of tho fliat water, In this ko-called Republio 1t waa the fanhion for the dying father to Laqueath tho tesidency to the son ; and Lopoz IL, who was thn causo of the war, puui<bod his unsuc- ceusful agonts. Tho Gouoral who surrendered when bolding out was an impossilility, and the #ingls rurvivor of the canoe trageds, nofercd from his band, together with thoir familice, He ven gaid t0 have macrificed bis brothora aud sistern to his political smbition. Often lus arinics wero forced to live on Litter oranges. Tueir sufferings wore fearful. Fiually the Ly~ ront'a day eame, and ho foll fighting in su en- gagemont in March, 1870, and Lis grave was dug on the epot whera ho foll, by a wowman whuse nistory was liukad to his, and who, weonle Ray, led i on it many of s tyrannical actions, She buried bim and "her ron sido by side. Iler couragn, bier suffering, and_her airuggles drew pity from tha Lrazilians. Oue ia rounnded of past agen, Spartans and Irojans aro called to mind, ~ Paraguny is ab prescut dosd to all intents aud purpoacs, A CE) Tough Customers of Ancient Days. Cincinnati Gazette, Givivg ol duo weight to whisky frauds, war- faro on tho public schools, the panic of 1873, and jts exiating consequences, excess of paper money, and every evil that slarms the thought- ful, tho averago Americans of 1475 bave de- cidedly tho advantago of any previous gonera- tion of their countrymen. If we fouk to tho Old World in those so-called quict times before tha ¥rench Levolution and Napoleonic smbition created a panic everywhere, wao ahall bave still moro resson for thinking that woither hero nor in Europo aro things changivg for tho worat. There are painful social aud jo- fitical upheavala {t s true, but they are only procersacs by which the remalas of former cor- ruption are belog deetroyed. Angthing s bet- ter ]tlnm tho fearful staguation which once ex- istod. Franco under Tonis XV, in generally citod as tho most sriking examplo of tho comminglod aplondor, wickedneas, and miserr of the old regime, but tho pcity courta of Germany whick imitated Fronch luxury, but only succeedod u copying the grosser forms of its profligacy, scom to us the woist ombadiments of Koventoenth and oighitoauth century tyranny, ‘Tho Thirty Years' War, ending in 1648, robbed (lermany of one- lolf—eomo gay two-thirds—of its inbabitauts, and tho motal havoo was atill worse. "T'ho war of tho Bpanish Buccossion, 1700-13, in which DBaveria took the side of ¥Frauce, sud sulfored foarfuily from tho ravagos of the hnperial and English armies, added to tho work of doworali- zation. Almost al] the Princelings, Catholic and Prot- estant, about theso times were trying to ape the splondors ot the Courts of Vienna aud Veoi- saitles. Franee, however, boro off the valm of iutluonce, Mauy s principality waa noarly beg- gored that its Grand Duko or Elector might revel in luxary, Maximilian Emauuel of Bava- ria wag surrounded by s small army of mis- tresues, [lo spent so'much for paintings and other objacts of rt that taxes woro trobled in Bavaris, yot be was too refined 1o liva thore. 1o mada Brussols bis principal Jieadquarters, and_restricted his convoreation to French, re- gurding bis pative German a4 Loo coarse aud Vulgar n tongus, ‘Fhis scoundrol, who nearly drove anoble wife to despair by Lis profligacy und exposed his inuocent subjocis ta all the Lior- rors of war by his needless partisanahip in the Spanish quarrol, affected to be a hero. portruit ia to be seon intheold palaceat sunicly, banging veor by a tasteless cabivet lined with mitrors and stored with bric-a-brac, Lo wearna loug wig, which doos not couces! tha sstyr-liko hidoousness of his conntenancegand, clotked in armor and graspiog s baton {n Tus hand, affects to be watching with awful wmajosty thu progress of = battle. Charles Louis, Margravo of Baden, founded & splendid palaco near the sito of tho predent City of Carlsruhe, stociiug its park with over 150 mistresse, whom he termed wood oymphs, “Tho scandal was too groat oven for those daye, and Charles took a stop toward virtuo by lesuens in’i thie number of nymphs oue-lalf. [bo greatest scoundrol of them all was the ginut Augustus, Llector of anuur. better known oy King Augustos IL of Poland. He abandoned tho Protestaut faith to se:ure the DPalish sovereiguty, fntroduced s conscription among his Baxon subjects, rendered tho Constt- tution of the Llactorato s nullity, aund, after twenty-nino years of dulay, mocked the people by & new Constitution, tha altoration of which bio reserved to himself. Ho spent six mllions of thalers for s singlo fete, and many milllons more it sencoless mythological dramas. No homo was nafo from his profligato invasion, and heis knowo to have beon the father of aver $5¢ childron, 1lis robes at the coronation ot War- saw cost over o million thalers, and what was apent for the aplondid tries in the Grovn Vault at Dresden no ono knows. 3 1le was as cruol as Lio waa vicious. 'The Prot- estants of 'Thorn, in his Kivgdom of Prussis, haviog complained of certuin fitlnvnncea. bo punishod thom by & massacre, and gavo tho Lu- thoran Chiurch to the Jesuits, and the poopla whoso lives wore spared to the tender mercies of the samo fathiers, Ooo of bis followers accu- mulated 16,000,000 thalers of pubillc monoy, but his widow was compelied to disgorge half. 1is oo and successor, Augustua L., though less profligate, suffered his Minister, Count Bruebl, to rob the people with impunity, Thid oounsellor hadall bis pastry brought from ans to Dresdoen, and had so largo s wardrapo tuat Lo always kept on hand 100 pairs of shoos, In 1783 tho Duko of Baxe-Uotha instituted the practice of solling Lia people as mercouury troops to foreigu powor¥. How Iesgo Cassal sud other littio Btates copied his example ia fimwn toall tho readors of our Hevolutionary story. The Emporor Charlea VI, who died fo 1740, had a court of 40,000 persons, all aupporied st the publio expense, olve quarts of yiug wes the amount daily sot spart for tho Ewmproas’ *‘uight cap.,’ Thin ia a sufliclent illustration of the Imperial sconomy. We might add matorially to the facts wo bavo citod from writers llke Menzol and Vebse, but wo have said enough to show thst while thelr masters were reveling in excesses too outra- geous to describe in detail, theindustrions massos must have sulfered most fearfully. We leave ong of question horrillo persecutlona for rolig- 1otts diwwent, such ss thoss inflicted by the Arche bishop of Balzburg on his Protestant subjects. Calling to mind the faols that manufacturos wereunknown, or in their infanoy ; that thoro were uo good means for intercommunication and the exchavge of cammodities, wo tiud tho Ger- mans of & ceutury ago submliting patiently to burdens sgalnst which tho most docilo Keople would now rise In insurrection, The inlictiou of such wroogs as we have mentloued would rouse tho sywpathy, if not the nterferonco, of othior natious for the onpresded. [hero is no possibility of the repetition in the ninoteeuth contury on any I whiat was the cormon practico of rulers in tha eightoontl. Iu the lapee of 100 years potentates have loarned that their mbeocu havo righta, Thoy may cudeavor Lo curtail these, but thoy oaugot eutirely withhold thew, Even In Ruess tho 1mitation of Augustuas of Baxony would eu- danger the anthority of the Ozar. Buch being the chaugo in the actualitios, as well sa in the satbilities of thmga, wo may safely conclude bat thie world {4 mot going backward, There aro provoking countor-movemonts and deplor- able resctiooy, but, a4 & whole, civilization ia marching on, T CRY OF PROGRESS, SUNLIGHT. To the Rditor of The Chicaao Tribune » Cuicaao, Dee. 21.—~The effeots of smolight are observed in tho animal even moro markedly than in the vegotable creation. It has been demon- stratod by experiment that animals whoso .nat- ural color i white will present an entirely difforent buo snd sppearance if reared in darkness. That the development of tad- poles can be rotarded by continlug them in dark vossels has boom suficlently demonstrated by the oxperiments of Ldwards and Hammoud. The fish found {n tho Mam- motk Cave Lavo no sight, becsuse tha develop- ment of the eyca in arrasted by the abesuce of light, Bir Humphrey Davy, lu bis **Salmonl, or Conuolations of Travel,” describes the Pro- teus Anguinus, found ju tbe grotto of Madaleuc, in Illyris, waveral hundred foet below tha sur- face, 1Mo represents them as pale, slendar oroa~ {ures, almost traneparent in thelr ustoral condi- tion, but gradually becowiug uf a darker color shien they aro hroughit to tha light. 0 #calo of Thoy nuoyes, but in their piase two small dots. Snnlight alan peneteaton tho ron to the distanco of reveral hundred feet, and tho fish sre sus- ceptibln to ita iufluenze, aa arn the animaly that muve on the carth, or the birda that fly in the air, Al the varloties of fish hiva uear the sur- faco of the ocean: unly tho lover orders are found below 100 fathoma. On man thoe in. fluanca of sunlight i as direct aud positive. and far mora perceptible, thau on the lower forms of exiatonen, although ho ta by nature endowed with greator power of reetsting external in- thunnce; “Tho mereat tyros fn hygiena know that chil- dean brought up 1 dark cellars, or in anv of the dinmnal corners of our great cities, Jook paler and fecbler than the offspring of the #ame claen oft parentage io tho country, who, though equally poor and just aa meagrely fed and eclothed, are yet allowsd (le froe range of tho flolds and meadows. Even the childteu of the Leatter cinasex in our large villages, who have abundanco of nutrition and all the comforts and Juzurles of civilized lifa, aro not unfrequently kept palo and thin by forced contiuoment. until msaturer years and emancipstion from wchuoi- dusciphine ailos thom opportauity to enjoy tho alr and sunlight. Most of the savage and wandering tribes male their Lomo i tbe suolight. and need no inntzuctor 3 but the child of civilization, who lives Leueath the ehelter of thick walls, In rootus agreeably warmed, and lighted by the skillral supliances of urt, thould tako th open kky a wtudy and a duty. In theso latier days we have made much sstonislung advances in tho method of produe- inge artifieial - warmth and light, that Wa forget tho groat nataral eourco of theao comforts, anid ignoro tho fact that the sunlight pomscrses Taany subtle chomical virtues that are essential to tho animal or vegetable lifo, and which exercine 8 mighty atxd perpetual intluence on the health, the hfc, the beauty, and tho character of humanity, wtich thus far has not been clearry understood by the geninw of Beiepce, mor o any way supplied by the rosources of modern Art ‘Wo nct. indeed, 88 if wo were afraid of tuo puu- light. Wo not ouly fy fram ita pressuco nuder cover of high, dark walla, Lo: we close our doors, and darken the windows with gloomy bhinds and thick shiades, as if it ware our onoemy, and wora perpotually besioging our houses 1o ur- der to forco au_ eutranco, snd destroy us by somo terrible plague. No walled town ~surrounded by armed foom was ever eq vigilantly and persovoringly defonded a4 onr modern housos are against the invarion of eunlight. Even our rural cottages are often oncompavacd by thick ranks of shrubbery and high trees, armed with long branches to protect tho family mansion from oneof the best friends God ever eent to his muTering creatures, Wheun the fair gex venture forth from their pooriy ventilated and suuv-exeluded dweliings, how cautiously nnd jealously thoy shield themeelves auainst the sun's rays, by the beavy shiawl, the thick veil tlie parasol, aud the tight- ly-ficting glove ; aud that, too, on the mildest and loveliest days of tho yoar,—as far ad possi- ble making themsolyes proof sgsinst thowe gontal inlaencen to which they are wdebted, not ovly for hesith and life, bLut nlsu for tho delicate lutos of beauty which they pnze eo highuy, They ride out to take the air 1o covered vebiclos, from which the sunligixt is exciuded almoest a8 effect- unlly as from ther garkoned chambers at home. ‘They draw thelr infants (o little carrisges: but how careful they ure to protect or whieid thetn from tho rays of the sun, which they nover seo at bome, aud which in almost as earoutinl to their perfect health as pure airitself. And, worso than nll, when this unnatusal depriva- tion of tho ntluonce of tho great siourco of healtly, and life, and beautv, has iu- duced dineaso tivat renders it impossible to go out baneath tho opou sky, one of the vory first #teps taken 18 to mako tho dork chambar of tho suvalid still darker by tighteniug the biiuda and loweriug the shades, o4 if it wero desired o test to the utmont tho recuperativa forces of Naturo agaiost tho appliauces of Art. The beneticent iuflnence of sunlight should Lo most studiously counsidered in our treatment of tho eick, especiolly those afilicted with no-called norvous disorders. Dys- peptics, rhoumatics, paralytics, and sufforers from neuralgia sud other wvorvous disenses, would do well to take frequent sud protracted sunlight-baths. - The rooma of tho invalid should bo flooded with suulicht, and tue entire suriace of tho bods shculd bo systomatically aud thor- oughly oxposed to it. If theso principles wera understood and ncted uponby the provession and the laity, the ratio of nervous symptoins would largoly decrease, and Natura would oxperionce far less difficulty in curing her afilictod children. . ———— Kentucky Girls Hunting IRabbits, Mt Starttng (Kn.) Sentinel, On Tuursday Jast Mirses Ida IHamilton, Mary Howard, aod " Aunnie loward, accompanied by Mesra, J. H, Bummers, C. T, Speucer, Jobn W. Gatowood, sud H. C. Lindsey, went rabbit hunting. They had twenty-five fox hoands, aad went about 10 miles from the city, and liad ;inod luck fu starting several rabbits, which tho dogs succeeded in capturing. We learn that tho ladios enfoyed the sport, and kopt up with tho dogs in tho chasp, and nover complained of boing tired at night when they returned, while some of the pontlomen, we aro sorry to learn, were complotely worn ont. — Lntest from the Exites of the Ring. N York Sun, Der. 18, Thomaa C, Ficlds is at presont residing at No. 67 Victorin street, Montreal. 1Mr, Fields iy in the tobacco busineas with a Mr. McMullon, late of Brooklyn. MchInllen was connected with the old Whisky Ring. They do a good businoss, and Fleldu is living in his former Inxurious style, Aarry Genet hisa gono to Torouto, o ialead- ing o eporting kind of life, Ho won $800 from Walter Bhandley, o well-known Now Yorkor, at the Ottawa races. 8. MILLINERY! AT OUR USUAL (13 1 ? Popular Prices.’ Now is tho timo to soloot some- thing for tho Holidays. We invite attention to our largo and elegant stock of TRIMMED and UNTRIM- MED GOODS. WEBSTER’S, E.?j@ STATE-ST. REMOVED FROM THE WEST SIDE, " _From 241 West Madlson-st, MILLINERY! Rioh Novelties for oliday Trade in Evenin, Flowors, Velvn’flnu, &o. = READY-MADE SUITS Fing assortmont always on hand. Dreas nud Cloak-making to order. Bpocial atten- tion to Velvet Cloaks. Miss M. HARRINGTON, 221 West Madison-st, MUSICAL. T T HE HERSHEY Schiool of Musieal Art, AT 43 ROUTHL ANNST.,y QPENS JAN. 8, 1876. Offers superior advantoges for tha study of Music, Eloculion, aud langusgos. ‘Tultion, $15°t0 §1) por el et RSy, Wo s B AT e s, Directors, Bend for creulsr, ! . AMUSEMENTS. ADELPHI THEATRE, TII (THURSDAY) EVESING, DEC, 20, L ADIES NWIGELT The moat Ecllliant Pagrant on any Amerfean Stagr, resplendent with giittering srenes and costu; ribily caparisoned Living Csmels and Fisphants, EIGHTY DAYB OUTDONE. The Oriental Spectacular Drams, 40 THIEVES! THIEVES 40! The Great Star Olio in the Divertissement. A whole herd of Camela and the Ferforming Ele phiant 8iafo, ia the Fersian Carwan, Do nat fall to ¥on the Hhipe of thn Desert, Tha battalion of Ama- zonin. The (iorgeous Costnrans and Liegant Scenery, Two (irand Hihday Lerforniances Chiristine Dav. P Sunday Dvening, Doc, 2, Extra Iiahday Vere formance and Special Ladios Altiys the cheapest place THE COLISEUM, CONTINUED SUCCESS OF HARRY MACARTHY The Greateat Living Character Delinnator, Fnttustastic ltecention of Menrs, Howard and Bay- mond, DICK SANDS, the Ohsmplun Clog, Lyery Eveung, Aleo, the Fairy Queen, BABY BINDLETY. Taet wiek of the favorite Songstrest, Miss DORA ESFORD), jamion, 15 centr, NEW CHICAGO THEATRE, KELLY & LEON'S MINSTRELS, Every evening, Wednredsy and Christmaa Matinoe, THE QUEEN "OF THLMIN, THE NOSE OF ST, . YIOUR, THE LUTTLE COSTUGMER, Friday eventug, Dec, 3, Beu RANCIY . UtTenbinchs Comto Opers, Ti DLC Rencrved Beatc, 50 cents and 75 cured, & Adwisalon to Matine ACADEMY OF MUSIC, UNIRECEDENTED 8UCCESS OF TItE FRANK E. AIKEN COMPANY IN T TWO ORPITANS! Lvery Evening and Christmas Matinen, Reeerved seats at Academy Box Office and Tivolf Osrden Cimar Stand, Turkish Easy Chaire, $l, Ad- 60, 23¢. ~ Miatinee, 60 and ic, THE TOLEDO, Grand Teopening on Thrday, Dec. 23, 1835, in itx Spacious sud Magnifirent ifalk, 115, 157, 19, agd 141 East Mndixon-at,” @ratd Selr et Tustruidentad Concerta given by the wotld-renowne BUROPEAN LADIES' ORCIIESTRA COMBINATION. Thia Faimous Trotpe have achivsed thy greatest sud ccen in all the principal citten of Earope, 1ngland, and America. The preea and jeople huye Gwarded {hem ihe Ligheat p nd unanimously declared them unequaled by any smilar combinatisn fo the warld, 1t s their it appearauce before th Chicagn public, ‘The Concerts commence Every Evenlug at § o'clock, and Buudsy Aftcrnoon et d p. m. Al op Exhibition the Tolilo Urgan, the Largest Musical Construction in the World, - Admisston 15 ris. It EALTENBACH & BRO,, Proprietors. amnicment, I MAGUTRE & HAVERLY sssaseases LESSELS GRAND HOLIDAY WEEK., IMONDAY, Dec, 20, SECOND WELE of the Groat Irish Cowidy Artists, RICREY & BARNETY. In two entirely new aketches, The Famous CALIFORNIA MINSTRELS In a Grand Gals Ill, every evening and Wednesday and CUIISTSIAS MATINCE. . STANDARD HALL, CRAND HALL, 1. 0. 0. F. Chicago Dattalion First Anoual Patriarchal and Citizens' Dreas Ball at BTANDARD HALL, Christinas Lve, Dec, 24, 1815, Tho Chalrmen of Committees are as follows : Floor Manager, the lon. John (i, Regers; Reception, the Hion, E.'B. Sherman ; Invitation, Gen, J, C, Smitk, Tickets, $1. Canbohad of members uf the Bate tallon, MoVIOKER'S THEATEE, CTIRISTMAS WEEK. The mirth-Inspiring artlsts, BAKER and FARRON, Eveyr Evening and Christmas Matiuce fu their L ing, Amusing, Musiaal Frotean Drama, HEINRICH and HETTIE, Repleto with a uniquo List of Origiual Souge, Dancen, and Kkotehes, Next week Mrs, Oatcs’ Comic Opera. SUNDAY LEOTURE SOCIETY, ROBERT COLIYIITL Will dullver his New Lecture vn AT At McCormick Tall, Sunduy, - upen at 2; close at 3. Adu, COL, WOOD'S MUSEUM. A MERRY OHRISTMAS BILL! JACK HARKA- WAY'S Advantures §n tho Army Among the Brigands und LITTLE RED RIDING HOUD, Matinec avery n a2 p, m, CONCERT. FATHER KI)DALL'S OLD FOLKS give a Cuncert, dressed in Olden Costurae, at atay, uinil, 14 conte ' m, Doors win United Presbyterian Chtel, cormor Muurce snd lau- evi Iina-als, ittan; The Registered Construction Bonds o the Clicago Ona Liglt and Coke Coupany, standing on the Looka of sad Company, in the following names, to-wit: . K Atyater, W. 3L Authony, Alex. Brown, J, Ao Brow, Jr., X, Bowen, Geo, Brown, Sarali A, Lrown, Juhn N, Brown, J, Beocher, D. ', Bacon, Jas, K, Bars tis, 0. Hronson, C. 0. Browater, W, Lrown, M. O, lsrher, laabull Brows, U. 8 Hrown ‘td ot £ Blacknian, E. Hringhurst, Jade 8, Brown, C. E. Bill, Jr,, ¥, Brouson, 8, I, Cohb, T, P, Cods, Mary O, Chise, Ben. 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Youu, s eury L, Yotng, and bearing the following namber Wi 307, 1,308, 1,318, G40, 1,201, 44 E A 487, 469,41 677, 1,55, 1,09, 1,260,'1,339, LAY, 484, 63, 276, 414, &0, 9 B, G4, 20, 1,083, 1,366, 497, 19y, 5, ‘290, 01, Tou 93, 18, 293,207, 706, 904, 1,101, 1.d.d, L 1,373, 87, 700, 1,204, 1,441, fidl, 161, T8, v 5 92, 827, T2, 18, 629, T2, 101, g, 531, 111, 114, 39, 88, 1,967, 741, 1,471, 1,17 134, 123, 127, 543, 850, 1,252, AS1, O 14/, 1, 4, 1,53, 170, 971, 7 206, 047, 117, 10, 414, 3 191,169, 1, i i 0 ol b, . 200, 207, 209, 210, €01, 311, 403, 113, 4us, o, by Tesolution of the Hoard of Dirsctorn of salil’ Company, ordered tobo called 1n and yaid; and the wame will Lo re- deciniad at tho offce of the Company on and afler the Lt day of January, A, D, 187, Tho holders of maid bondu are eroby Lotied thereof, sud 1t on and after s aald 131 day of Jauuary, A, D, 176, the said bons will euse to beseinterrat, rder of the Hoard of Directors. 4 ¥, T, WATKINS, Preaident, JAMES K BUNTIS, Kocretary, £y Public Notice In hereby given that on Monday, the 10th day of Jan. uary, 1876, at tho boue of 11 o'clock 8, m,, thers will be & Custotn-House sale of bonded and unclaimed woods pubbio vendue, ‘I'he sale will take place st Wadsworth' unded Warchouse, coruer Market and Jackrou-s! sud the goods will bo sold in accora. suce with Articles 760 and 701 Custows Hogulauous, 1674 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS. 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