Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1875, Page 6

. M, translatod into Fronch. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNI: MONDAY. D SCEMBER 27, 1875, su in bio houso for savoral years. Bhe was known to bave n violent aatipathy to the phyai- cisn, yot in her will all Lor property saa Lo- quoathed to hli, whilo tbo relatives for whom #ho had shawa great alfoction worocut off with emall allowances, Dancroft thivka that thourh the Franch ine ‘vonted the word ennus, of =il nationa they know tho feant of {t. Wlich romiads us that a certain bistoryof the United Ktates Lhas uover hoon Aloxaudro Dumse hos writton twonty plays, and yat ho haa not lad moro than thrue suo- coanes. BUIl hus popularity laimmonne. All tho naagpapers of Paris praiso him, nud the peoplo nover condemu him publiely. Carpeaus, tho French sculptor recontly de- ceased, was foud of disreputablo nociety, The Pavis correspondant of tho Boaton Pos! thinks | bo becsmo much wore respoctable by dyiog than | Lo coald hopo to bo by hving, Tise Now York Sur, with somo malovolence, asrerts that Mr. Beochor wne not prosent at tho Now England dinnor bocsuso he liad boon prie | vately nformed that io would not be welvome. The story is not woll supported. The New York Nation is uow a warm advocats of a Contonnial appropriation. If it wore a sceular nowspopor, inatoad of boing a religtous organ, tho cluldren of Beiial would say that somebody biad **suoa™ the editar, Gou. Georgo B, McClellan, who i3 now llving In Tialtimore, will probably bo appointed to & pos sition in tho sorvico of the Baltimore & Ohio Ralroad Company, with tho titlo of Goneral Buperintondent or General Maunngor. At last tho Euglish Govornment has dotor- minod to conmder the removal of Temple Dar. Lord H. Lennox has undertaken to” give the project his attention, and also to cousidor tho widening of Flect stroot est and wost of the gate. Tho trials whict havo takon placo at Oxford, for tho solection of tho Univeisity crdiv next year, aro sold to bo not 80 good by sovoral do- precs as thoso of st year. This will bo nce ¢cptable nows to tho Amerlean crows which aro o compate 'in tho {uteroational racos at Phila- Zelphia, The fatlure of J. & T, Pearsall, of Front atreot, Now York, wau caused by the dofaleation of tho bookkeoper, who iu nino yoars atolo $52,000 of bis employora' monev, Tho statement of tho firm, that Loy woro uot aware of this groat loas taotila fow woelks ago, ia thought to bo rathor tousual, Mayor Brown, of Columbia, Tenn., rresented #livo rattleaunko to a lsdy triond, sud she im- nodiately took her new pet on o pleasuroe-trip o Italy, No spocimon of this roptile is cownt lrgo in Enrope, nnd tho lady who carries the mako oxpects to exert a fascinating iufluonce in Lo cffete society of the Old World. Abernethy, the groat physicion, aald thata glnaa of ale boforo bodtimo is a cure for slocp- lessnesa. Anothor authority saye that holding the bands in wator wili brivg slumber totho pyolids. Now acrives o writor in Moore's Rural Mew- Forker who recommends a hoartfolt prayer | u a romody for those to whom Morphous doea not osuily come. Thaunk you. Martin Farquhar Tuppor's now drama is smd toboa bold plagiarism of abad play by s dlr. Boolair, The titles of the two plays ars tho mme, tho developmont of the plota in both eaned {s similar, and somo of the dialoguo is Montical. 'Fhe myutery is, why Martin Farquhar Tapper should hase etolou s bud play when ho 840 capable of writiug one himsoelf. The New York Sun, which fa exceedingly un- trustworthy authority on any matter portaining to Gon. Grant or auy member of his Cabinet, glves thia version of what forced an ex-Attorney- General to resign and stop down and out, It at- fributes tho wholo thing {0 snonymous lstters written by his wife $0 othor * Oabinet” wivos, iz, . Ay = Thia Cabinet ofticer was Georga I, Willisms, then Attorney-Gieneral. A long sa he'was guilty of notbing but the lavish and even lical use of tue public monoy, Moasrs, Tobeson, Fiah, and Delknap were quite wills Ing that ko should reniaiy 10 oftive as thelr ansociate: dut wien Mru, Hobevon got au ancnymous lottar full 3f unpleseant stuterents and sugsations, and when Afrs. Fish got another, aud Mrs, Uolknap anotlier, sud Gen, Habcock another, thon the very iuchiel was to pay. It was somothing they conld not stund; 3nd, putting ull the lottors togother, thoy cawe to tho conclusion that Mra, Wilhams was thelr author, Then they went ta Gen, Grant with tho thing. It wes doubts losn one of the most yainful moments tho Presldent had ever known in bis life, becauso ho and dtrs, Wille isms lnd wlways been very good fricuds; and yet the beat of friouds must part, all on account of amonye maus letters, And now the proud and stately letter- writer is nid to bo ruaticatitg in Fiorids, aud where Candauiet Willjams {8 niobody cares, " Tho scandal of s peraonal utfdcks contatued a the lotiers on some ot thosa 1o whom thoy woro milroased fs uxid to0 have beess somothing truly startling of ita kind. We cannot readily beliove Mrs. Williams was any such woman, B8ho bad displayed very seri- ous wealmesaes, but nothing that would justity bellet in such paity, shallow, yet grave, wicked- sdness a4 this, TOTEL ATRIVALS, Palmer IHouss—Dr. 1L T, Coffy, Pittsburg; An. thony Godbe, Sult Lalio Citys C. A, do Muueha, Tone don, Eng. ; Levi Dodge, Waterrurd, N, Lyons, In.; T. W. Bathydt, Burlington, I Puuke, Dubuque; W, A. Drown _sud O, E New York; E. 8, Smilh, Bau Fi bert, Omalia; A, Wade, New York; G. W, Goodrlelt, ..Grand’ Paciie—l." B, Bxnborn, 8t Osterberg and George Bkiuner, 'Rock O, M. Osborn. Rock Iuland; T. C. Lowis, the Hon. J. K. Ldsall, Springfleld; Jawes Ludiogton and i, B, Bherman, Milwaug . R, Adam, alontreal ; I, It, Doolistle aud A. 15, Itust, New Thomas kutlieriarid and A. J, White, Lafay- «dyemont Ilvuge—Tho Uou, E, F, Qsborn, D, W. Dutler, Philadelpbis; the Hon, J. Tndiana; rs, J, A. Ualos sl mald and Tndisnapoite; " 1. Luther, uctuca; J, 8, lot Otleans ette, Ind the ion, James Mapide: G, N, Hobluson, T, Perry, aud ' Goorgo Knook, New . York: ave Ifall, Oates Opers ‘Troupe....Sherman nor Bab- B, Gust diowse—Tha Hon, J, I, Oborly, Catro; Hu esok, Jolun Howson and wite, aud A, A, Jackuou, New Tark: G, I, McDonald, Calédouts, N, ¥ ; Howland . azard, ‘W, McOayiu Greig and W, 8, Bakar, Lons dan, ELq'mid | . 2 Sangor, Iibisburg 'L, A: Blone, Qinton, Ja; J. AL, Thacker, Washington, voae Gardner liousc—A, D, Hough, Virginis; W, D, duneavn, 3Molbanrue, Afstrulla; L, Harrls and Uy, Oswego, N, Y. THE WEATHER, Wasnmearow, D, 0., Dec, 27—1 a, m.—For Tinoessoo, Oblo, the Uppor Mississippl, and Wo Lower Missourl Vatloys, and the Upper Lskes, rising barometor, coolor, northwest wods, and olear westhor, followad in tho Inger -and&:n. by falling barometer and southerly wnda, LOCAL OBSERVATIONH, Cuiuago, Dec, 26, Timie. Wind, Tean] Hither, Bar.[Thr Jiu, Maximum thermometor, 39, Minlmum, 3% ORNKBAL OBSERYATIONS. Oir3au0, Doc, 33--10:1 Stafion, 'Dar,[Thr; Wind, T Wealher,” 20,651 23(N., Hght.... 29,05) 1IN E, Kam Qayunne, Dsmarck. 10, o |m : Ol so.ad @, Haven..;10.00| Davenw'thi 30,0 80,154 OCEAN STEAMGHIP NEWS, Nxw Yonx, Dec. 20.—Arrived, the ateamship GQliforais, fron: Qlasgow. Axtwzse, Dec. 20.—Arrived, the sieamer Britzerlend, from Now York. Lomnpox, Dec. 20.—Tho steamships Oity of Ychmond aod Frisls, from New York, have .lem?c;w Doo, 26.—Ths steamahlp I . . {13 doa, trom Puhadalnhin. bas arrived. : OBITUARY. Oxana, Reb., Doc, 26.—The Asaosista Justica {tie Bupreme Court of Idaho, W, O. Whitson, at this city last vight of 3 Wis en ruulyc l.;nmgc O?ly.p il bl }uuunn. Dea. 20.—Cuarles W, Rhodes, of 3 cily, for many years Auditor of the Wastern vialon of the Expresa Company, died a0 sazly hous 0-day of & tuaor on the braig. WHISKY. The Chicago Ring-Thieves' Last Bpitoful Sting at Secre- tary Bristow. Arrival in Washington and Loulsvillo of the Obscure Journal Publishing It, Ridiouls,. Oontempt, and Donial Heaped upon It in Wash- ington, i Republieation in a Louisville Paper and tho Indignation of Louisvillo Citizens. From {he Milwaukee-Ring Sojourners Within the Borders of Canada. Ex-Rovenue Agont Conkling as Plain Mr, Jones, and Hermann Nunne- maoher ns Mr, Lacier, Whaiting for the Whisky-Ring Prosccutions to Blow Over. INTER-OCEANIC QOZE. WHAT 18 THOUGUT OF IT IN WASHINGTON. amectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, ‘WasurNaron, D, C,, Dec. 26.—Tho Chicago Inter-Occan which reachiod bers to-night has a four-column articlo on Socrotary Bristow and tho whisky frauds, which is rogarded hero as one of tho last desperato offortsa of n gang of thloves to bo oxposod In Chi- cago. Ilints that tho prominent manipu- lators of tho Chicago Wbhisky Ring were ongaged upon an exposure which would shake tho Troasury Dopartiieut wore given hero sov- oral days ago. Tho trat part of the articlo seta forth that Gon. Babeock has concluded to go ba- fore a Congressional Committeo and confosy all ho knows of the Whisky Ring for tho purposo of protocting himself and proving that Goo. Bristow ia aleo doop {v tho mud. Tho theory of tho Jnler- Occan articlo is that Babcock will then escopo punisbment by virtuo of an act of Cougross pru- tooting & witness boforo its Committeos, It ia furthor sticged that Chicago distillers will also como beforo n Commitreo and confess, and thus savothomselves, and further, that MoDonald will bo brought from St Louis boforo sontence, and, by giving teatimony, will aleo escapa tho Penitontiary. This iu all utterly absurd, If theso mon ali appoared boforo au iuvestigating committos and confossed thoir connection with the Whisky Ring, it wounld not etop legal proceedinga against them an instant. The act does not bar prosecution, but only provides that testimony given by sny individaal criminating Limself shall not bo used agsinst him in a criminal gnit, This nover provents the indlet~ moot and proscoution of such a witness, the cago being proved - against him by oth- or parties, mnor does it prevont him from beiog called sgainat any one olse who may have testiled bofore the Committee—nbove all, would not #avo in McDonald's case, Lo being convicted, This will be plain to all who recall tho eafo-burglary caso last winter. Nottloship, Harrington, and Ab Williams wero sl witnosses before n committes, and woro, nll exawined touching thelr complicity in the safe-burglary, and yot, notwithatandiog this, they wora afl ine dicted and tried at tho next torm of court hare, ‘The statemont thot Gen, Bubcook is roady to confees any connection with tho Whisky Riog is scouted by Lis friends hero to-night, who say the article is au insult to bim after his protoatations of innocenco. It is stated that these men are to go beforo s Congrossional Committas with Sam Randall &8 Chairman, and that the whole thnig is already arranged with four Domocrats and throe Roepublicans, Afr, Tandall authorizos tho slatoment that bo hears of tho thing for tho first time to-night ; that Lo thinks the Ways and Acans Committen ought to 1uvostigate theso whisky frande with a view to providing suct legisialion ra may bo nesded to provent them, but that neither ho nor tho Committeo {n bis oplnion witl do tho lesst thing to shicld aoy one. He furthor {s parfoctly wure that Socretary Bristow foars nothing, As to chiarges that Socrotary Bristow, whon in Louisvllle, atops with a rolation of Wellor, who In fn tho whisky business, and when in Cincin- eiunati with Mr. Hobart, & largo whisky dealor thore—tho revorse is truo, 'I'ie Becrotary navor stops with Alr. Woller; he doos not ovon know lir, Qobart. . As to the charge vhat (len. Hammond rovoaled tho fraud of the Rallrosde which tho Becrotary did wot look up sod prosecuts,—tho let:er of Jiammond with the information was turned over to the Comminsjoner of Internal lovonuo with tho statement that tho Bocrotary kuew Hammoud to bo a rolinble man, aud asking pur- ticular atteution to bis connnunleation. As 10 the 1eloaso of whisky for Cunuingbam & Co., of Louinvills, tho Becretars was nover counsol for tho firm, aud when their attornoy cuno 1o the Department, asking the Becrotary to commend couusel to the Comunssioner of In- ternal Revenuo, Gen, Bristow declined, and the result was that counsol took peraonal offensa at the Hecratary’s refusal As to the “romminmug ktatment—the Sccrotary bes nover baeu the couuncl of tho Luchanun & Co. Tho Dupartment boa luformation to-night that evervibing {8 moviog woll -1 Chicago, and 1he émblicmcn of tho Inter-Ocean is regarded by Chicago I!nrtlzu hera a8 & cheeriul proof of & vory promisiug condition of sffairy. (70 the Avsocksted Iress.) WIUAT 18 TUOUGHT UP IT IN' LOUIIVILLE, LoutsvitLe, Ky,, Doo, 26.—The Ohioago Inter- Ocean’s charges and ineinoations rolutvo lo Secretary liristow, which were publishod at lungth tfinlurdl{ Inat, wore reproduced in tho CouriemJournal to-day aud resd very gonorally in Loulsvillo, Aeirwas well known horo that Brlatow 14 uot nor bas cvor beon conneoted with or counsel for any Louisville whisky firms, the statonout to tha coutrary only receivos ridicaly in Kontuoky. It isalloged 1n tho Iner-Ocean's report shat, when Dristow visits Louisville, ho invariably makes his atay ot the houso®of Mr. Jacob Woller, his brother-in-law, and tho brotbor of W, L. Woeller, s whisky-dealer aud rectillor, Both Wellora deny this, and say thut while Dristow and bils biothor-in-lnw hnve al- ways bson friendly, they aro not at all intimato, I'yriher, that Bristow alwave puta up ot the Galt Houso, and volos in the ward In which all Tosi~ dents of the hotol mentlaued aro required to do their votiug, As far a8 Mr. W, L, Woller i3 con- cerned, bo says Mr. Dristow has never scted as counsel for fum, but one time awnisted, as in duty bouud, in the prosocution of his firm for om alleged technmical vio- Istion of the Ilevoous Iaw. Iu roference to the whivky of J. A. Cuoninghaw, weizod at Veorin, aud roferred to by tho Infer-Ucean, the facts 8ro that tho whisky was snld by Monks & Cobb, of thin city, to J, A. Cunningham aftor ure. Mr, Bristow whila lere, 2nd bofore ho becsme Becretary of the I'teaury, au s friondly act for Monks & Cobb, wroto to the District Attotney, st Chioago, requesting that ho dofer action until all the facte were ascartsinod. Bub- sequently thet whisky, and a part of tho samo lot seized at Chicago, were forfeltod bocause thero was ug defouss, the parties intorestod iu the dofenss Laviog beou Laken by surprise. A new {rial was granted, sod the oaso fu still pand- Ing, J. A, Cunuingham has zofused *tho oompromise offored bocause he inwsts the whisky wae all right. After Mr, Dristow became Hecretary of (ho reasury ho wes ap- phied to by Cobb Lo order the releasa of the whisky, but declined to givo noy order upon the Aubject (for tho reason that be had beon con- wulted by Cobb prior to becomlog Becretary), unloss the Commissionor of luternal Revenne aud the Holicitor of tho Lreasnry should recom- mend the releass. 'Ihese are the facis gathered from Cobb, a goutlemsan of the highest #tandiog here, *He also esys an ageot of the Governmens investigated the wholo caso and Loponm nothloy n:x&ughu?oia‘: ‘:h‘; \'vm-ky.m 48 really compl of w's senl neas 84 10 ofvlal proprisly has prevented bim _occurred Saturday night at 8 o'clock, from doing what the facts wonld havo justified himin doing, Mr. Conningham says therg was no oxcuno for tha melzira of hie wiiaky, ud that ax-Commisatonor Dougiasn was apprirad of tho fnsts coneceraing it, and intimated that monny would socura its rostoration, Mr.Caoninghamaayn ho has paid nothing and doos not inteud to une monoy to securs what provorly bolonga to him. All the other whisky-men named in the /utrr- Ocean arliclo as having employod Bristow, in- cluding Newcomb snd Buchmnan, dany such statomont. Peoplo liore aro indignant at the Inter-Ocean's lltnml)l to nily them with aschoine to add the Whisky-King and Babeock, It in ns- cortained from a roliable wource that B Bilatow doea not know Hoeat, of with whom the infer-Ocean churges ho mways slays when in that cit e "SKIPPER THOSE NOW INFEATING CANADA ONCE MILWAU- KEANH, From Our Own Correapondent. - Wixpson, Can., Dec, 25.—Ilere, aa of old, abound the **ekippds,” which by no moeans in- conniderablo eloment of thoe population conaists of thoes sprightly individuals who havo found it conveniont to & BRIP OUT OF THE UNITED ETATES MIGHTY LIVELY, aud who, over the border, waleh and wait for #afe opportunity ‘to return. They aro prosty much after tho old sort,—fraudulont bankrupts, runnway dehtors, broach-of-trust thioves, anl nwindlers gonorally, who make wrotclied efforty hero to live in sumptuous, repid fastion, nt hololy which, in suy city v tho Ubited Htates, would rauk as third-clasa; who, while thoir plundor hiolds ont, skip from henco to Toronto or the Falls, anid back again; and, when their money 18 gone, aro the forloruost tut of oxiles to be found outside a penal colony. You find thomn overymwliora Lero, in their Iattor stago, dragging out n wretchod existenco sa clerks at tho sbabby littlo hotels whera thoy wors wont, on Lbeir ad- vout, to astonish tha natives with their proligal outlay of stolen monoy ; or bar-keopers, railrond- employes, lnborers, and scody loafers, who daily ponder whether tho Peniwontiary at homo could bo worso than tho torments of their so- Journ horo. Occasionally thoir money halde out, and they continuo thoir faat lifo with such limited opportunitios for fast Jifo as are nftorded horo as compared with the gayetlos and dissipa- tions of New York or Chicago. Thon thoy bo- como consplououn; sud of such havodbeea plain Mr, Joues, sud his confrore, Mr. Lucher, for soms weeks sojouruers hero, and now absent on oue of their Jaunta to Toronto. M. LACHER i a lively sprig of Hobrew descent, who managos to squander a des! of monoy, sud, by hus lond display and flourishing cof hundred-dollar bills 1 hitliard and bur rooms, bas won the reputa- tion of almost princoly resaurces and quito princely ' prodigulity. 1o soon found the resourcos of thia placo, 1 tho way of gided wice and its mccessories, t00 limited “for his tastos, and skipped over to Toronto, wloro ft is supposed muy be found moro lifo, But lattorly ho sooms to have found {t so dismal over there that ho is now ne- gotiating for apartments at s botol here, from which, at loast, ho can look ovel the river into the Unitod States, Mr. Lachor, it has bosn vb- sorved, althongh his muney hetds out, fs growing ospocinlly woury of Hor Majosty's Donunio, and labors under dosponing conviction that his conforcod etay boro 18 au infernal bore, With no public amusctments worth visitlog ; with no Bourd of Yrade or Htock-Bosrd on whicl to oporate ; with mever a soowstion such as the papera of the United States sorve up daily, to ro- Jiovo tho tiresomo mouotony of existonco i thug dull proviucial town, ho is sald to contemplate skipping back into the Unitod States, and taking nis chances of what may come. Mr. Lachor it not at all roticont,” though he disguises lumsclf undor an nasumed nsmo, ' Ho boauts of hia father's millions, and is full of rowminix- conces of the Opora-Hiouse ot Milwaukoe, denl- zous of which city would have no dificuity in rocogniziug bim aa . TUUNG XUNNRMACHER, The gootloman by the uncommon name of Joucd also biaile from Milwaulkeo, aud slso waits for tha Whisky-Riug excitemont to blow over. Perhaps he i loss impatient at bissisy in tho Domiion than-is Mr, Lucnor, ahas Nunno- macher, for ho 18 solaced by the companionshi) of hia sister,—nt least sho parsos as nuck,—an in the estimation of the habitues of the Lotol patrovized by them, is fair enongh to eolnco the oxilo of her brotlier, or any other girl's brother. Jones s communicative, between drinks, and 1mparta that ho {8 8 lawyor, and, whon at home, vory largely ran the political - machino in tho Dadger Btate. In plain Mr. Jones, any Milwau- lee man would rocognizo XX-REVENUE-AGENT CONKLIN, the aame who vollectad the levios of tho Official Ring upou tho Whisky-Thioves' Iung; who was Carpontor's right-hand man o the late Sonatonsl canvaes ; aud who skipped out of Alilwaukoe, not 8o mach on his own account (for hio has not yot been indicted, though doubtioss he will boe) as bocsuga he was tho repository of such o vast doal oft information respecting the truo {nwadness of the Jung that it was tearod Lhio might provo leaky, and cougoquentiy his exito is protably wall pmd for. And yet he also grows weary, thus far trom home; and, if the Whisky-Iting proseontions do not soon blow over, ho is very lisbla to mako tho beat torms for himsoif Lo can and tell all he koows, tuplieating tho big thioves of the Oileial Ring, for whom lLia mrde tho collections from the man- ufacturers of tho crooked. r. Jones, alias Conglin, takoea bis Christmas-dinner to-day with Mr, Lacher, allas Nunnomacher. Wnaon the wine ls brought in doubifeas they will drink in silenca to TIE Q00D OLD DAYY, when Nunnemachier, now Laclor, in his w-{ Tan the Milwaukeo Opera-Honsn after the stylo in which tho lato lamented Fink, Jr., conductod his Grand Opora-House ; ana whoro Couklin, now plniu Mr. Jonow, colleetod the Ofticial Ring's ussossgionts upon tha Whisky Ring, oud, with commendable Tunctunhw. drow front tho Goverumont bis ealary ss Rovenno Agout for wimply clactioneeriug for Carpentor tn the lato Bonnzorlal canvais, —to ouable lim (Cooklin) to do which more offoctually, by spuoial disponea- tion be wag rolioved from the titfliog formality of rendering wworn dotalled accounts of his mervicos for the Govornmont, Mr. Conklin, now plain Mr., Jonos, ia also memfostly disguatod with his exporienco an a tojomuer amoug the Cauncks, and doubtless vadly miosps tue exbiluratiug oxcitewent of Wisconsiu_politics, lis money, hke that of Nunnemasher, now Lacher, holds out remark- ably ; but ho I3 ovidontly strugzlivg with the temptation, which daily grows siroug, to mako tho beat torms Lo osn for hitmself, avd nmught taio a malicious plossure in LITUIING SOIE UF HIN CONSEDERATER AND 8CTE- BIORY 1n tho official and political thigves’ section of tho Wiisky g, who aeo now g0’ busy in washing tueir Uands of all responsutality for Conklio, Yrom what has leaked 0.t, 1918 suemissd that bis visit Lo-day to Nuunmnacher, at ‘oroulv, 18 with & viow to somehow getting back to Wiscousiu rs bout they both oan, leariug their associate Ot- ficial aud Whisky Ring thieves to also look out fur themaolves as best thay can, I;‘U'! S, AT JACKSONVILLE, ILL, Byeciad Disvaich to The Chicace I ribune, JACKHONVILLE, 111, Dec. 26—OQus of the most dovastating firea tuat hag evor visited this city Tho fire was discovered in the Jacksouvillo atock-yards and ealo-utablos, which occupiod a block corner of Bandy and Noith streets, Lelongiug to W. Howard Thompaou. 1ho fira broke out in o stable for mules. It wasthio work of an incen- diary. It spread rapidly, and soon extonded to the principal stablo and the stock-yards, the Iate ter all lnclosed undor roof, The Liorsos, mules, aud other mock were all roseued, but lsrge quantities of Lay, corn, and oats wero burned, The hovks ond ofiice effecta werc all maved. A high wind prevailed, sud soou the dwelllug- bousa of Mru. Fay, on North sireet, was onvel- oped in_flames and totslly destroyed ; alio a second dwellivg on tho sawe lot bolongiog to the samo, A teuomant houso for theoo fumilies on Bandy etreot, belouging to (loorge Muuseys, weut noxt, and two otlior mallor dwellings on ou alley, belopging to George Detherdaine’ holvs, Tho familica lmug 10 these dwolliugs saved woat of thelr offects, Owing to_nismavagemont aud the bursting of hows, the IMre Department was of littlo avail. 'Che firo was wholly checked by citizous, The total loss will reach §20,000 ut Jeast, Thompson was Jnsuted for $4,800 fu the North British aud Merchants', of Loudon: 3,000 o tho Commercis! Unlon, uf London, and $1,000 in tha iome, of Columbus, U. Mrs, Foy's housa was insured for 1,600 tn the Franke lin, of Philadelphia, There was po insurance on the other dwellings. Thers 18 no question bus thst the firo was tho work of an inceudiary, AT AVON, N.'Y. Avox, N. Y., Doo. 26.—Tho business portion of this town was destroyed by fire Satarday, Lass, $80,000; losurance, $88,000, FOREIGN. Destruction by Fire m‘" Spanish Royal Palace at Barcelonn, the Ex-President Thiers Consents to Stand for Eleotipn to the French Senate, Denunciations by the German Press of Amerlean Charaeter and Dyna« mite, Observations Rolativo to' the Present Un- onsinces of Mount Vesuvius, The Selsmograph, by which Earlhquake Pres monitians Are Detected. SPAIN. DESTRUCTION OF A IMTAL PALACE, Mapaiw, Dec “Tho Royal pulnze ab Darza- lons was almoat eutircly deatroyod by firo tu-day, HE HTILL LIVES, DBenriY, Doc. 26.--A Madnd tolegram gives douial to tho ropoit that tion, Caballero de Kodas in dead. T e FRANCE. MACHANON TO BUIFLT, Pante, Dec. 26,—FPresdont AlacMahon lins wnitten a letter to Miuiater Buffot. thavking him for, and oxprossing approvil of, his specch in tho Assembly last Friday on tho I'ross bill. EX-PRESIDENT FHIERS hina necepted an invitation of the Towo of Bele fort to stand for the Senate, Ho has received and doclined gimilar inuitations from eleven Do« partments, NEPUDLICAN EXPECTANCT. Republlcan loaders aro coutident that in tho general olectious the pariisans of & mode:nto Ropublic will socuro o majority in both, Housos of the New Asgembly. % B MUTINEERS, Naxtes, Do, 26.—Twoof the crowof Lthe Lon- nie, who are not implicated in the allegod rauti- ny, Lave boon seut to England for examination. A BALLOON ACCID) Correanondence New York Times, Panis, Dec. 1.—Anothor balloon accident oc- curred on Wodenday, Wo hava bero what is callod the ** Ailitnry Committee of Aerousuts,” composed of cieutifio arny ofticers, who mako & groat maouy atmosphoric exporiments. Thoy froyucutly sond up s balloon for the purpose of waking cortain tosts, aud thus furnish employ- ment for tho professional acronauts like Godard, Tinsandior. and Fonvielle, 'fhe bLatloons aro chartered and paid for out of a special fuud de- voted to scieutific researcues. For somo timo past tho Univens has beon watting to talio up sonio members of this Committeo for tho purposo of making upecial studies at different aititudes, but tho weather lias boon stormy and cold.. On Wednesday, howovar, tho conditious wero found more favorable, and though Godard was iu favor of furtbor dolny his companions wero impatient. The Univers in & balloou of 3,000 cubic yards aud bins a car which weighs 1,600 pounds. ‘It ju the samo usod Ly Godard iu his Brussely na- cousious, Whon fillad with gas at La Villotte, cight purdony stepped into the car: Col. Laus~ scdat, Maf, Maugin, Capls. Bidard and Itepard. all of tho "Military Committee, Godard and bis sdistant, Tores, & Bpanish balloouist, and Aibert ‘Lissandser, brothor of Gaston Tissandier, tho compauion of the unfortunate Croce aud Bivel. At 11 o'clock the cords wore cut, and tho balloan, baving some two hundred sacks of sand on bonrd, rosio slawly into the air and drified rap- idly sway sbovo Vinceunes. *Now to your pencily,” said Col. Lnussedat, ‘“tho timo has coms for taking notes; wo are 200 metres from the earth.,” The port of Vincenn:s had Juat boen passed, mnd tho viueynrds of Montreuil were pear at hand, whon a sbarp, whistling sound wos beard, Godard looked up quickly, and, seizing a haodful of saud, throw it out. lustead of falling, tho snud eamo back into tho car, which was proof that the balloon itself was falling, Godard, Toros, und Tissaudier immo- diately bogan to gbrow avor sand, and told the others todo 8o, but they scem to havo boen vanic-stricken. Tho lower part of the balloon collapsed, and Tores want up to seo it he could push it oul, but found tho gas cscaping from an enormous rent. ‘Ihe Univots was falling to the ground, as a poasant deacribed it, liko a “lupdie of rags” sud in some ten seconds strick in an owmpty lot. Tho car was half buriod in tho earth, so hoavy wau tho sboclk, When within 50 yards of tho rround Godsrd epraag into the ropes and told the others to do the wumes, but Tissaudior alono waaquick enough to doso. Ciodard lost two noo- onds whilo tryiug to get the other up, and honce camo down to the ground with such force that Lis knee pan was shatterod. 'Peres, who was up 1 tho ropea all the timo, was uninjured ; Tia- anuder encapod with soma sevora brulsgs: Col. Lausnocdat had bis laft log broken in threo places ; Maf, Maugio had big loft log broken; one of tho Captatus bhad his fibula brokew, and the othor waa atretehod out sonselass, fortanately none of the party ware 8o sovarely injurad us to endangor thowr fivos, but ot laut rejorts thero aro foars that ampntation will be necossary m the vako of Col. Laussodat. Uodard tufoka that tho rent fn the balloon waa caused by tho in- tonsely cold woather of the paat fow days. ¢ —— CERMANY. OX ACCOUNT OF OUR COMFATRIOT THOMPEOX. Lospoy, Dec. 27—Ga. m.—A tologram from Dorlin reports that loading Amo rican residenta of that city eslled n mecting for the purpose of prowsting against the strictured of the Gorman press on Amunivau churaoser i tholr comments oa tao Bremer-havon plot. — s ITALY, MT. VESUVIUS, Correspondence Awericun (Marls) egtatar. Navrrs, Kov. 87,—Probably befurs this letter reuches the Register you will have already fuscrt- od {u your columns tho nctice from FProf, Pal- wnierl, who watcles high up v the observatory on tho stopes of Yenauviuy, that the old volcano {8 showing signs of an eruption. The daily Punqolo of Naplos Is {the ordinary medinm of the Professor's aunouncamouis of the throsten. iug ot tho historic (aud, for all that, prehistoriv) firo menntain that rears ila gracoful form ubove tlo Bay of Naples. Doforo tho Bourbou regime liad veased obuervations wero establishod in tho moteorological observatury referred to, with the oud in wview of ‘rzcording the phe- nomevs connected with Yeeuvius, und, 13 poseible, to givo waruing © of of* approaching eruptiono, ‘Il has Luen par- tislly succoserul, fur that modt froquoutly ro- onrrng phuncmenon in coneation with volua- nood—tho onrthougke—In immodiately detestad by an tustrumout callod the selsmograph (eartu- quake writer); the slightost shock i readuly in- dicated by ‘tha scudative mechauiam, Tits inutrument {3 the tuvention of almieri, who is a Vrojessor in the Univermity of Naplew, and oue of the mont cmineut physicists lving, No propor dcacnruon could bo given without en- gravings of tho soirmograph, by which the Pro. fevsior fcole tho pulsations of earthquakes; bot Bobert Maltuit, tho firel suthonty on earthe quakes and volcauces, states the goucral principts to bo ome ‘‘In which wave mavemonts ara indicatod by tho displacement, alativo or absoluto, of colunns of mercury in glasn tubos, 1t bs n wolf-recordivg instrument, oowoposed of two distinct portione—ouo for ree- ord vl horizantal, or rather wlat aro called un- dulatory shocks j the other for vortical shocky." Now, while the selsmograph has baen inoat suo- cossful in recorduny; thy earshquake movouionts, a8 & Joretellor of oruptions 1t canuot bo waid to ba porfectly reliable whon taken alons; but if 1tw rucordinge are taken 1 cunjunction with care ful observalivus of the iguecus and other tudi- oations of Yesuvius, au eruption can pretty surely bo forotold. Such & coujunction has just oceurred, which has caused the communication o tha Funyolo, aud we learu from Prof, Ialmierl that Veeuvius gives unmustakuble symptome of a0 approachiug eruption. Uhe crater formed by tho terrible eruption of 1872 has been fallivg in on the southeast, or, to uso tha uvxact lan- pusgo of the Frofusser, has been * becumivg mtiomlesy, with emauations of black smoxe. ‘The instrunieuts st thio obavryutory are elightiy agitated, ‘Thore s no telliug when igneous re- sulte will tollow these iudieatious. But fu tbe wouth of Docomber, 1884, & almilar phouome- nou waifested 1teolf w the crator, and the oo- wentrio crupuion, with copous foods of lurs, touk placoin Muy, 1856, ‘Tho P'rofessor does not predics with absolute certaiuty whou the uext sruption witl take plavo. Iudooed, he canuos, for wo must remeiuber thut outo Nuovy, 1 tbe sixtvonth century, was throwa up between FPoziuolo (Pulaull‘hlud Lais o & wivgle n.IHIn; sud, ay lles Lay well observed, “a fusilade may 0 on for mootha, offi Py snd yoi, ar's any without an aign, waken up with & roar, and darken the alr with anhes and lanilli, such s thows which aver. whelmed Pompoii. Ons cruntion way blow forth hittlo Lut durt and mahon (so-called), and another may pour out rivers of lava aud litdo olre.” '] be crnption of 1930 taok place in February of that year, when I Iappeued Lo e travnling in Bouthern Italy, 1 was just Gnishing my student days, and my mind was very open to impresstons. Btace that tims I have gazed not onlv on Stromboll and Etna, but on the Inftiest voleanoes of South America: but for the display of awful power—of swful subiimity and grand- eur—no after scena improssed mo more aol- cmaly and doenly than Uiy eenption of Monnt Yonuvinw, when the mountain, reasing to aject volcanie mattar from ity ordinary chaanel, npened far below two tew craters on the very #ido—thio routheantern—which now giving threatuning indications. The naw crater in 1850 rhiot forth threo rireams of lava. Tho most eon- pidorablo was that which ook the dirnction of Bosco Ttesle, n viilags just sbove Pomuod. In- decd, the lava, 1 it hed tiowed & bittie oz than s milo farther, woull have utterly dertraved what tho astios’ Ift of Pomjcii, H0J seai 15, Thi4 tava streaw, In rurhing toward tho viit of Boseo Realn, marched through a wool of oal ilnx, and ash, As itinclosed thietreca the heat engendorod wtean in tho cavities of the rostg Aol trupks, tho lend delenstionk of ing treen and the fmediatn blaze whis inwed. formed a prrotechnic display of tho must briliant cuaractor. * The namber of teeorded araptiona from the Sirnt century Lo thn ecventeontl, inciusive, was Ditmisey, & 1Mo 100rs than tue averago of ons por century, Daring thy aghteeuth cenfury thers wore twente-thras, oo on th nverage of abnuat four and n half yeare, Up to the prosent tirmo in thin contary thers have occurred twonty- | five craptions, or an averagn of oLo I AvOry threo years. Au tho laet took p.acafn Aril, 1372, wo may confidently aoen look for another, TURKEY. TAL BULTAN'S PROMIAEA. Toxoon, Dec. 27.—A spacial frum Vieuna sara that Turkey bas eont a circular to tho Powers pledging hersolf to tho execation of the re- formas promised by the Sultan. A DUTCHMAN I3¥ TROURLE. Brnury, Dec. 2(.—Herr Ponnor, correspondent of tho Schicsisele Zeitung, in Bosnia, bas bLoen atieatod, imprisoned, aud maltroated by Turkish troops, aud s Borlin foreign oficor {9 asked to interfera, e KHOKAND, RUBAIA TO ANNEX IT. Loxvoy, Dée. 25.—A Derliu dispatch ssys tho information has beon received Lhat tho disorders in Northorn Kliokand will soon be mado tho oo- casion by llussia for the aunczation of tho re- maindar of the conntry. g CREAT BRITAIN. THOMAB CALLYLE. London Times, hee, 5, On Sagurdsy, being Mr, Carlylo’s 80th birth- day, tho following nddress, with the medal re- ferrod to fn it, was forwarded to him : Hin: We beg loavo on thin fnteresting and memora- ble annivarsary to tender you the expredsion of our rupectiul good wishos, “Nat n few of tho voives whicli wonld Linve boen_dearest {0 Fout to hear to-day are nllent in deathi, There may, pertaps, be sonio compensation in tho assurance of the raverent Kym- pathy and affoctionato gratitudo of many thousands of iving men and women throughout the Britial falands and elsewhero who have derived & delight and inspiration from tha noble series of your writtnje, sod who have noted, also, bow powerfully tiie worid bas been influenced by your great personsl examplc, A whole generation han elapsed rince you deacribed tor us tho luro #sa man of letters. ~ We congratulute you aud ourselvos on the mpacious fulneen of years which has cnubled you to sustain this raro diguity among wankind {n all s pomsiblo aplendor and completoness. It in & matter of general Tejolcing that a teschor whowo goafus and schicvo- ments have lent radianee 0 his_time still dwells nmid us; and our hope Is that You may vet loug continue in falr beaith to feel how much you ars loved and honored, and to reat In the retroapect of a brave and illustrions Lfe, 5o request you t do usthio hozor to Accupt the accompanying copy of o medul, destgued by Mr, J, Moehm, which bas besn struck in com- miemoration of the day. The names of thoso who eignoed the sddroes follow. Tho modsl montioned in the addross has boen ovgraved Ly Mr, Georgo Morgan, and bears on_ouvc of it faces a modallion of Br. Carlyrle, by Mr. Boehm, and ou tho obverso tho words **Ji commeuoration : Doc. 4, 1675, Bil- vor and bronze coples aro struck for tho nse of tho subscribers, with a fow for presen- tation to public institations; the copy AMr. Carlyle was requestod to accept ia in gold. Onr Berlin correspondent telographs, undor dato yesterday, tbat ton omiuent Gor- man professors_and politicisny, amoog them Ranke, Sybel, Droysel, Treitechko, Gneist, and Mommson, havo sent & congratulatory telegram ta Thomas Carlyle on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The telergmm thauks Carlyle, the champion of Garmanie freodom of thought and mcral tntogrity, for having dono g0 much to ‘prowote cordial relations between the English and Gorman nations. CRIME. CHRISTMAS AT NEW ORLEANS. New Onreaxs, Dec, 36.—~A diliculty occurred in Freotown, opposite tho city, in the forouoon, botwoen a fow wintes sud blacks, rosulting in ono or two of the latter being roughly bandled. After that quict reiynod until about 7 o'clock, wien Barney McCabo, John Roussett, and Jexn- tin lousdott, whilo standivg in front of tho har of Bowen's coffva-housa vaiting to bs served with drinks wore tired npoa by nogroes. Tho firat two named wero instautly killed. L'Be lat- ter probably is mortally woundod. The polica from this wide crossed the river and made soine urrestd, Tho fre-bells rang, and wmuch excite- 1ot prevailed on the Alzioss sido of the river. B. Wiouegaruer, st (iretns, whilo drunkpcut his wife's throat. ‘the marderor was arrosted. Charles Admn, nged Y, was shot through the hoad and xilled, 1t is suppused by tuo reckless discharizo of o loaded pistol in the Liands of Jumos Gibson, agod 10. Tho latter was arrostod. Au uukoown rwan jumped 1o the river and was drowoed. e is engposed Lo bava beon ouo of tho hauds oonnocted with the steatuer Era. “DEPRAVITY AND BLOOD. Stectal Dimvatch o I'ae Ciagao Lribune, Sroux CitT, Is., Dec. 26.—A shooting sifray oo curred about 3 miles from Smithland, in tbis county, Thursdsy night, in which an old men named Rpencer weo shot at twico by Liswon Wiliam and once Ly bis Lrother-in-law J. Otip, tho latter’s vhot taking etfect in the nocl produciog & deugesoas though not fatal wound. The causs 0f tho Lronble, & young Bpamucer stuted 1t, iv that Lie fathor hins oevoral tiwes ro- comly been dizvovered i cnminal councctiot With Lis own daughte: 10 bo unsouud 1w ntulie wliziag tho torablo criaie of which bha was tho victitn, Afler tho thosiing, Ous aud Witiiain Hpeucar went to tho nonrdss magistrato and sur- rondered thewselved, Tley weio hell to auswer o4 tho noxs terwm of tho Disirict Court, CHRISTMAS CRIME AT AND NEAR INDIAN- . APOLIS, Spectal Duispatehs b0 I'ha Chizaga Tribune, INDraNAroLLy, Doc. 20, ~Clridtiuas was mora ponsrally vbserved yesierday than v has been for threo yoars past. Tho day woas Leautiful, aud evorybody wad at the hoight of onjoyment. 'Tho only sopious iucident of tho day was tho shooting of Jawos Evans, o negro, by an un- Lnown gang of roughs, who sssnulted a party of negroes returning from church yumrdf morn- ing. Lvans w daugorously wounded, A shoot- {ng-match at Fisher's Htation, 40 miles north of here, yesterdny, resultod i the killing of James Redansio by J. D, Parsioy. Tho wmurdorer mado Lis escape. CASUALTILS, NEWS FROM_ERIE, PA, Emig, Pa, Doc. 20.~Prof. Btrawinshl, the Pollsh dancing-master who shot himsel! in the forchead laut Houday night, died yestordsy mornlog, having lain 1n & uaconscioos stupor wors than fivadays, Jobn Kano, s brakeman, was killed by tho cars sowo time Jaus uight. At an early hour this murning tho romaius wore found scatewered slong the truok just cust of the depot for a dis- tauco of 400 feet. Ho wasao terribly mangled aud torn to pleces a8 Lo be unrecognizablo ex- capt for o portion of tho face. Even the cloth- jog was redaved to ausil bita. The remsina were collectod with a shovel and broom. Iils brothior waw kitiou by the cars somo time g0 in precively Lo s2me apot, RAILWAY ACCIDENT, Jauzstowy, N. Y., Deo. 26.—An express train was thrown from the track to-dsy noar Bala- msanca by spreading rails. Beversl porsons wore slightly injurcd. DAMAGE BY STORM. CizomNayy, Dec. 46.~—A severe storm of wind, rain, and lghtoiog, visitod the country north and northweat of this city this afternoon. Near Buahiville, Ind, freighd trains wero. ditehed by an overturned treo on (hn track. At Hamilton, 0., the Mismi Kiver swelled rapidly, flooding cellars on tho west sida of tho river. At Cartbage, O., tho Hamilton County lnfirmary ’ was partly unroofed. ! ACCIODE'IT TO ACTRESSES. Specral Inapateh to T'he Chicam Triduns, Broouixatox, 11, Dec. 20.—1bo Villia ala- tarn, varisty sctrosscs, from Kankakeo, formerty of tho Chieaga Adelphl, now mombers of Colia Borgoc's minatrels, fell through n trap last night at Nchrooder's Opora-House, recoiving dauger- ons Injuries. Onoof them suffered injnry to bor spine. RURNED TO DEATH, Special Dueratzl to Tha Chicovo Trihins, Dasroy, 0, Dec. 26.—3aruh Houser, o serv- ant gul Living at the Hov. Ur. Wintor's, wes turribly burned by her viothen taking fire whilo i atanding near o mlove last Haturder might, | After wuffering excrucinting pain, sha died last | night. WASHINGTO 'The Navy—Swuborn—The Mexlcan ! Border utriges — nterview He. | tween tho Fresideat and a Texnw i Delegntione | Frecul Dupaten to The Chictgn Tvibune, Wasiiaron, D. C., Dee. 2B.—Four skips | from vur Me Witorrancan S juadron and hall of | the South Atiwtte Squadron aro expacied to ar- rive in fow days, the finst ut Port Royal snd tho last at Kev West, Whether this 1 in view of complicatious mot yel roached, or whether it 18 Lo result of general orders insued somo weeks Eince und not countermanded uutil the wquadrond Btuct- ed fur thoir destiuation, caonut Lo ascertsined, It is iknown that o fleet of iron-clads ordered to rendozvouuat Port Rosal wers stoppod on thoir way at Norfolk, and this kas given rien to a be- liof tbat tho original intontion of concentrating o naval forco at Port Royal Lias been abandoned, sohn D, Hauborn, of moiety-contruct fama. hoa | appeared ¢ tho Tressury Dopartmeut * with hin _ attorney, Gen, Butler, to domand 200,000 for 1formation wtich b collocted, but whieh, Lo chargos, tho internal rovenuo oficers liave nsed, Lo recover paymont of back taxes. 1fe claima that, under the lew, ho is evtitied to 10 por cont of tho mousy collected upon this information, aud makea demiand on Commisaioner Pratt for pay- ment, which was refused. Butlor then appear- ed, and peremytoniy domanded payment. Pratt 1efused, Appenl o takon to tus Kecretary, who alno refused and roforrod the case to the Attorney General. Tha President Laa signed tha bill farther ex- tending tho time of the duration of tho Court of Commissionoers of Alabama Claiws to the 23d of July uext. (Lo the Amsociated Press.) Wasmmxatrox, D. C., Dee. 26.—IFrom officisl corroapondonco it appearn that, soms time sinco, Minister Fostor asked permissiou of tho Mexi- can uovernment for regular troops of the United Htaten to follow tho raiders across tho vorder when in close pursuit. or permisaion to temporarily occupy cerisin points ou tho Mexi- can #ida whero raiders are sccustomed to como acrogs the rivor. The reply of the Moxican Becretary of Foraign Affaira’ wag that tho ecutive had 1o nutbority 10 graut such porinie- slon without the cousent of Congross, and it would- mot bo prudent to ask such conkent, as tha seutiment of tho country wonld not approve it. Ioster stated that he was au- thorized to givo sraurance that our Governmant Liad no dosign of soquiriug an oxtension of torri tory, but said that the scknowlodginent of tho Mexican Government of its inobility Lo restrain the Jawlcssuoss of its own citizons would atford tho strongeat possiblo argument to all advocates of acquivition of territory whom there may be in tho United Btates. Foster further said that tho citizons of Texas must bo protected, and that, if protection did pot como from the Mexiosn Gov- ernmeut, 1t must {rom ours. Lnspateh to New York Iribune, Dee, 24, Boveral mewmbers of the Texas delegation, headod by Sonator Aaxoy und Hopreseutative Haocock, called upon the President to-day to urge him'to take some more effactive moasurcs 1o protact the Rio Granas frontier from Aox- ican dopredstions. They explainod the wholo sitnation to him, and told nim what, in their judgoent, ought to be done. Thero aro now ou that frontier about 8,000 United Btates troops, conaistiog of two rogiments of cavalry and two of infantrv. ‘fho infantry and ons rogimont of cavalry are colored, and aro reportod by thoir ofticers to be mr{ inefliciout for the servica 1equired of them. ndeod, ex- copt for gurrison du:{. they are almost worth- Jeas, It was suggosted to the President that thess troops be withdrawn, and their places flled by white cavalry. ‘Lho President reforred 1o the proposed reduction of the army, and said that tho prusent forco wes nol suflicient Lo oc- cupy all the terntory noeding protection, snd if tho armyis roduced, it will be necedsary to withdraw troops from tarritorios where new wmines ave about to be opeved, snd whero new comers nood protociion. A greater force on tho Iio Grando is out of tho quoestion. He did, lowover, suggest that somo infantry already thero might be temporarily mouunted, but way rominded that the objection basod on tho in- ofliciency of tho calored troops would still exist. The Prasident did not socm ablo to give tho Tezas dolegation much encoursgement that ho would be ablo to atford poople living ontbe trontier of their Biato much baotter protection in tho future than in tho past, ALRBERT EDWARD IN INDIA, An Hoorwith IR 3 Snato-Canrmoers. i Anotuer little incident of the **quiot doy” wag i one which is do nzuour with all visitors to In- dia—~nsmely, an honr or 80 with tha HmJdoo con- jurers snd soalo-clisrmers, of whom Lowmbay pougesses many akiliful and extraordinary vcci- wens. The professions of juggler sud charmor aro very often united in the eamo porsous or compuny, aud no doubt tho {rince saw some- thing to uish him, ovon aftor the pnzzling perfaimauces of the Houdiva und Muskelenes of Europe. ‘Therois cortalnly much thatishigh- 1y ourious 11 thesy snake-charmers of tho East; nor liag any one yos thoroughly explawed the method of many of their tricks. ‘I'he mon thumwolves, nlwaye of low carty, DOSHCES an wwazing command of the deadly varioties of raptiles, whicn thoy bring tn flat water-baskets 10 the door of any vno who will pay o tritle for the vzhibition. Thav lift tho lid and out glldes tho dreadvd cobrn; but at a prick of his tall, or u light toueh with o stick, tho *“iiving aeatn® renrs hin Lead nnd nocls, paffs out his fiood, end danees timo o the sonnd of (ho sumbi, o rude instroment which the *eampwallsh” blows upon, being a goonl sLuck over with the rod and bleck soudy of tho cbrus pecatonius, end fitwed with a double red, ‘Lho gray, horr:d oyes of tha serpout 13 thewaslves stondfustly npon the man's | | wotrd or turban, ood tbo ereatura nods back- warda or forwurds, this wav or that, with an obedient movewens which follows everv . Lend of the chunmer, Armiod with tho eanio 1udo muewal instrumont, thosomen profess, us is woll kuown, to ba sblo to draw vevomoud rnakes from tholr bolos—bat it may bo adavted whother the roptiles cars_for tha plaviug, of oven bear it, mnoo tho auditory apparatus of tho cohra i imperfecily doveloped, and 1 Durmah 88 woll aw gypt thoy play the amo trick with thie wnake, not only without any such musio, ‘but whou tho fangs aro not oxtracted, as the almost atways aro in tho case uf these tam réptiles. Tho in by theso men will bo found not only fangloss, but with the faug-gum cauterizod, so that tho poison-teeth cannot grow again, At the samo 4o {ustances aro common voough, like thous «notea by Forbes in his * Orieutal Momoirs,” to slOW that many of the charmers aro not s all ofraid to handlo now-caught sud deadly suakoy, ae indeod ovorybudy must contess who has watchad thew at work in sy Indian gardeu, Mr. Nicholwon, in his oxcellent book on Indfan ophiology, has vory truly poluted out that oven the doacliost sonkos may be taken up with im- pupity by thoss who have nerve and quickness of touch, Uuluss frightensd or bus, thoy are rewarkubly slow to exereise ther power. 'W'hey weain to huvo an instives whick warng thewn ta oconomize it for a real extremityj for once spone by angry striking, the oobrs, it secms, 1wust bave Lmo to colloct his lethal forco—not, liowever, his venomy, for bo efocis but a drop of that at caoh stroke, 3r. Nioholson eays, “* I liavo often onvisd tho nurvo of & man hsre who puts his hand into # nerrow-mouthed basket containing sevoral freshcobras,sud ploks out the one ha wants, without the wlightest objeo- tion oo tho part of tho snako beyond o furious biuging." ‘fbo gremt thiug is,m [fsct, not to ternfy sho terrible naga; sod half the wyatery of thio busiooss;atands explained whou this odd amiability io the desdiy cobra is undurstood, snd tho perfectiy-coltacted msuuer of the charmera is o obsorved, ‘Tho suake, judiciously hao- alod, seoms Lo know he will not be hurt, aud even whon he omerges, indubitably fresh sud fatal, from ki hoto, it 1s » lcwson whicl Rtaray would have treasured to seo low the gharaer presacs his head quietly to the ground and takes piw up calmly and smilingly, bissing and ex- _panded, Whough ons-sixteenth of 8o loeh of that oo Conjurers and | the groat serpent of * logends, tho marks of Krishna's feat. carved needlo-tooth driven in esrnest s deatk beyood hopa, In {llustration of this curicug Rood-lemper In poisonoua snaken, we may men- tion that tho Ifindoos have litile or no fesr of them. It ia considered rathor lucky to havens cobrs in tho chupper of the hut, and the ohil- dron put out mitk and egga overy might for *their unclo,” who keops down therats, and will live & wholo srsaon sbout the place without doing any kind of barm. Retigion sud legend combine tn protect theas reptiles In Indin; an Lesides a(l tho mythology which clusters roun 18hnu and 1ta xnhqm worship, Hindoos believe that cobras gdard all kinds of undergronnd treasures. They account tor khooting wiars by weying that when the sacpent finus buried gold ho curla round it and gradually changos {s 10to a gem, which he finally beara away tn the Nagsd, the strange serpent-raco hiving in tho Narth, T track of tho ahuating star (s the effnlgenct of tho tinowporicd jewol. The lunettor on the eobra's head sre, by thors Inding When vou find tho snake's jawel you mny tell ita value Ly putting it npon’ the surfaco of water ané pouring gold duat ovor it: for the gem will 1ol snk till an inmonee nmount hag been thus do powited, 1f tuis singnlar mildness of dirpoeition in the droaded Naga accounts, ms wo think it does,'for a ¢ood deal of what ricems otherwisa wondarful in'the; knako-channing yo-lerday witnessed by tha Prince, many of tha eonjuring tricks pore formed by th kampwallaba may, jarhnps, be alue oxplained by their knnwledge of & way by whick the £nako mas bo pinched betwoon the fingors into tempotary raralyais, Thus, it troe, ae {8 ale tezed by soma among thom, might cant hight al oucnupon the featexhibited by Egyntian jugglers at the Court of Pharaoh, and also noon a very common pieca of legordemain shich tho Bombay fuako-tamora abow, and which 13 descnibed by of. Nouewelot du his charmivg voluma upon “Ilo Iudin of ltajahe.” e writos: **'Tho Jifg= rler, having no othor warment on bim than” tho fingouti, houses aserpoul of & hatmices spo- cic, sud places it ostenaubly in o basiet, whicly ho covors with u lid. Ho thien rises and flings his srms about, the wiulo mnitering somo csbalistic® words which bis compauion Bc- corapavies on 8 tambourine. ~ Huddeuiy Lo arms himsolf wih o ble wand, which bo whirls for some minutes avove hin head, sud then awldenly throws down, nt our feet, whore it arrives in the form of a norpent. In apite of the closoat attontion on two repotitions of ths foat, I conld notdetect thy - mene whan the wand was exchanged for tho ser- pont.” That is an exampla of tho marvelous odreitnesa of theno Nats and Madari or Hoake-peoplo, who sare thought, by soma anthonties, to_bo identical with tho Gypsios of LEuropa. 3Mr. Nicholsou, for examplo, points te tho word Sarpomgro in the Romany Ianguage, which means the some thing nnd 18 slmost iden. tical {n spoliing with Barpeudron. one name of tho GYeat Berpent Vasuki, o tho Indian my. toology. It may, therefore. b that in ihe Lombay voske-charmers the Prince eaw the roltc of & nation aud of practices Infinitoly woro autiquo than Aghs Khao's ancestor; and cortalnly it 13 curious how reiigious myths hisve mado the serpout aa little drosded by tho Hin. doo people as hie i dotested and feared by tha European races who believo that In Edep, ag Barns puts 1t, “bo gave the infant world a shog maist ruined It in & curious point, howover, that ono of the gt of the decaying influenca of the liindoo religion is soon iu tho lesmening venoration sbown for enakes. Fot o slight reward the acricultural peaplo now kill them with much roadiness and indastry. * The conjuror of Indin aro set moro remarks. bie than the snake-coarmors, and nothing dooa Ly profeesionsl imitator Lore can rival the teat. noss of tho best tricks shown by thoss naked and laughing vagabonds, With absolutely no para- phernalis, and only the docr-stop or tho gravel path for a platforn, thoy deccivo overy senso and can outwit tuo most practiced observer who han not bouglit the eecret of their art, The bost fllu- wions of our **prostidigitateurs” are borrowed from them ; tho famous tasket trick, tho fish or ducks produced in water from nowhere, the child or man suspended in the air,—the tendrils which croop along tho ground at a aigo, and the chat- ties which roll bither or thither untouched, oz without fire emit smoke, or aro suddenly full of water and as suddenly ompty,—ail thoso fours da force will bo shown without & rag of garment to oid tho decaption, or any ap~ paratus but a fow old baskets and rod and whito plotha. No doubt the Prince saw yeaterdsy tho 8 _datouishing coup of the mango treo, which is made to grow out of nothing, to bud, te put forth loaves, and to produce fruit befora the smazed eyes of tho spoctators. And if those tricks hiave, no doubs,|some very uimfi;lc explana- tion, thero aro others ocearianally shown which liave never recoived the attontion they deserve— feats, somo of them ordinarily witnessad by An. glo-Indinns aud othors, rome teatified to by re. puted writers, such os the thing rolated by Ja. colliot as scon at Iiopares, Among eimilar strango exhibitions there exists, we bLeliove, the #olomn Government record of the feat shown bya Fakir of Kaugra, in the Punjab, who, in the presence of Runjeet Singh'a Coart and the British Residont, sllowed himself to bo buried alive, having, it was esid, loarncd soms soorad way of suspending respiration. According ta the account, this man was interred, and wheat was sown ovor bis grave, which grow, riponod, and was resped under a guard, after which, the earth being reopened, tho fakir was taken forth, and by processeadiractod by Lis friends, restored 10 nctiva lifo. *Judicus. Apolls” aud others 103y find 1t all sociously related in ofticlal docu- wents, and in any case such an inataiico shows what somne of these Ilindoo coojurors protand to efect, In truth, the iIunxllng performed by wome of the Dazigats of the Northwost is so natounding that thn me‘r‘adescrlpl.lnn of it would appear too incredible, tétung alone any attampy st oxplanation. BANK FAILURE. Bax Fraxcrsco, Doc. 26.—The Commercial Bank suspended Friday sftornoon. It was a small concern, Liabilities about €30,000, fully wacured. The Preaidont bopes Lo rosume in the WOrnIag. ——— AT THE POINT OF DEATH. Spectal DiapatA to The Chirago Tribune, A v, 1L, Dec. 24, —Ex-Honator Richardnos js much worso to-night, 1t (s not expeated that he will live till moruing. s o Childron’s Fancies. Cars and duty ham us in 8o closely daring maturer yoard shat wo shaitld becomo dry aud dosolate hut for coustantly roourring to thie one’ period of 1ife whon tise hmitations of space aud tuno do not oppreed ug, and the far off 1s as the noar, 'Tho bavy who guw out his littlo Land for thu moon is compelied to draw it beck owpty, yet bo puts 1t forth many timos sgain. Ay Triond's littly daughtor,after baviug tho stars for tho firt tiaio pointed out Lo bor, requested uoxt dwy tohave **two littlo sturs with sugar on thom for breakfast.” And in their irat doatings rith Loman boinga children set avlde the potty bartieni of genorations aud centuries in tho same lno way, **Mamma,” said i ey hoaring the Iuitlo ~daugutor of o certaln poetuss, “uid over soo Mr, Shuksposro ¢’ It wan ot the dinuer-iablo end botweon twa bites of au appls, On another occasion the samo child said with equal contidenco, * Mam- mn, did yon over know Cleapatsn /" Thero wasd 10 afioctation ubout it ; sho was avoustomed ta #ooing Jiterary psople and othor notabilittes ot her wmother's houso; ond Bhakepoaro and Cleopatrs might have come and gone, arm in arm, without exciting lier bslf 8o muoh as the wrriva) of a now pupor doll. Thus aohud fravel- fug with mo, and seeiug ino salute, at & rallway station, a certais Methodist minister of groat dimenxions, Uit with casnal intercet, Wwhather that was she Pope? To avsign to tha TPopo his proper place in space, and to Bhaks. oare or bis Loroines their rightful positlon ln lno,—what have children to do with much trittes ? Mattars more important clalm their at tention; aro thore not ho‘n}m and skippinge ropes, and lunchoon ?—Cok Ligginson in Erlbr ser for January. U Political Oonven tiol 18786, Jan. 6—Now Hampshire Republican State Con vention, Caucord. Jan. b—Loxae Damocratio Hiate Convention Galveston, Jan, 12—Texas Ropublican Etats Convention Houston. Jan 13—Tepublican National Committe: Washingion, to sclect time and place for holdis, L\mv}hllobl] Convention, Todiana Republican Btate Conventiony Y. Iudianapolis. 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