Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1875, Page 2

cS] NEW YORK. A Cruel Swindle---The Caso of Judge Van Bruut, fatraordinary Experience of an In- surance Company---The Volan- Noe Murder-Case. Failures Among Manufacturing Corpora- lions---Beach and Fullerton on Opposite Sides, Throo Hundred Six-Footers—Olerical Fisti- cuffs—Oakey Hall’s Dobut—Bin- gular Superstition—Boeoh- er's Aggrossive War, Sreciat Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Naw Yous, Dec. 23.—Ono of tho moat cruol trindioa evor perpetrated in this rascallty-riddon xty eamo to ight on Monday Isat, An odvor- tisement recently appeared iu all the morning papets for five bookkeepors, twolvo salesmen, four porters, and threo mossongers, foro new wholeralo dry-gooda concern, All applications nerotobe mado by letters, and it was added that all [otters inclosing « 3-cont stamp would bo snawerod, Address Box ——. ‘Thin may cem o very «mall affair, but tho re- sult proved bow many people there ara withia city watching for situstions ; for it hae trevspired that the number cE sostyere to this ulvertisemont exceeded rota tiateaxn! ‘ No answers aro known to bare boon sont to any of the responses, and, although the amount pail by cach victim whs very ensall, tho swindle prob- ably paid the parpotrators 2 proflt of ovor 2100. tt waa, however, a very palpful joke on thons who wero encouraged to hope for os rituntion, Tho detectives have tho matter in band, and ara trying to discoyor the awindlors, 10 o1dorto punish them ag an ox- ample to others. An officer who has expericoce in ferrating out this claes of crimivala asaures mo tha: four of overy five advortisemouta in which an inclosura of ariamp or othor valua- ata consideration is royuested, aro downright frauds. Any step toward punishing such awiudlors will bo a service to the community. RETURN OF AN ENRIND ZUDOR. Judge Yau Brunt returned from Europo last woek, aud prosided in the Court of Common Pleas on Monday. It was a surprieo to bin fricuds, und will probably provoke action in somo form for his remaral from office. Me is the Judgo reforrod to by the paperaa few wooks 0 who admitted biuself guilty of a violation of tho Sevyeuth Commandment, in order to allow his former wifo to obtain a Avereo of divorcee, ‘the decrea wan ontored, roupled with s proluibition egainst another aartiogs upon hla part. Tu tho teeth of thia Jecreo bo went abroad, and shortly aftor mar- cied, in Paris, 9 protty choir singer. An ordinary tndividual might bave dove this without exciting Any espectal surpriee; Lut fora Judge, who has tho powor to maka dscroos of this kind himself, so violate tho ordor of Court, is regatdod, oven in this free-nnd-casy city, af an outrayo, Tho Judge has thus far fought of the interviewers by a very simplo process. He rofuscs to ses them, and ¢hua far has not voluntaored 5 single statemout im bis own Qofenso, Bub rosa, it ig understood «that ho bas no selid dofenge; and that, if ail the facts wure mada known, it would reatly appenr worse for tho erring Judgo than the par- iteulars mado public will warrant, What is ieryhody's business is nobody's buainees, and. shis iv tho real reason why uo stops have bocn iuken tu call tho Judge to an account. After a time it will oceur to somebody that, if Judgo Von Brant ean bo ousted from office, & vacaucy tan be made which somebody clso can fill, aud then a motive for action will appear, QXTHAORDINARY EXPERIENCR OF AN INSUBANCE GOMTANY, ‘Tho Germania Viro Insurance Company, of New York, recently enjoyed a novel songation, “aut cpiing the Company mot with a low, wt aue «f ite Western agencies, Ly the burning of ao \wetling-houae, aud paid around sum fore risk iehkt on vomo bouschold-furnituro. Tho loss was Wjustad aud paid, and forgotten. Recontly an in- imation reached the Companys that, although tho party had positively sworn that he was the solo neuer of the property destroyed, yet, in fact, » tonuiderablo portion of it belonged to auothor ndividual,—thus making bim hable for perjury. Tho Company ordered an investigation 5 bub bo- tore thoy had a¥cortainod all these fact tCathofie priest entered the Compan: id handed the cayhier a chook for ¥ the Bishop to the Company's ordor, ststing that this sum had boen wrongfully taken from she Cowpauy by a Catholic, who had become sonscience-siricken, and now returned it through tho coufessional, No uames were given or sued; but, remombering that, in the swindle rst moutioned, tho party waa known ay on Ardent Catholic, ond knowing that tho amgunt restored js about the samo ts is involyed in the swindle, thero is little Acubt that the rostitution And the fraud were by jho same person, Thia is a very novel ox- perience, indeed, for an Insutauce Company, aa sho reputation of many of them is #0 queation- sb‘o that many pooplo would regard it ay an act of airtna to 10b them of aby sum of monoy with- h reach, 18 DOLAN INNOCENT? Atlost tho Sun has yenturod to speak out boldly what bas been in the winds of many thousands, and baa been openly spoken by pany moro during the laat fortnight, that Dolau, eho was condemned for the murder of James iI, Noo, is the victim of a thirst for womebody’s blood for that murder, He narrowly oscaped banging, through the Intervention of Judgo Donatiuo; but thero exists in this community & very strong doubt as to his actual guilt. Tho evidence against him was purely ciroumetanilal, and all coutored upon his posscusion of the watch belonging tothe docossed. ‘I'hrow that put of the cave, aud thers isn't apog to bang o ruapiciou on, Tho man is enticely different in hia personal appearance from the musderer og deverihed by Mr. Noe during the few daye that be lingured, nor does he at all resemble those who were Uret arrested by the polico aud taken to My. Noo's bodsive for identification, although reveral of the arceated partica answered the de- acrij:tion yory closely, according to Mr. Noo's statements on Lis doathbed. ‘The foclivg fg bee coming yoneral that Dolan ought to have another ‘chance for hia life. — Bein poor, be could not employ, able counsel for hia defenso tn tuo frst isl, oud Lonco thoro lg gratification that ho was uot executed with the threo negroes, Probably beneath all this 16 the fact that Dolan fe an Irishman, andthe powers that bo dared vot offend the Irie vote by do- tiining to give Lim one more opportunity to prove himeelf innocent. TAILUBES AMONG MANUPACTCRING CORPORATIONS, The suspension of the Previdenco Tool Com- pany, laut weeb, wasn genuing aurpriao to the mercantile community, ‘Tley rated A No. 3, aud eujoyed high credit, ‘This iu the concern alluded to in a former letter au having @ very fat contract from tho Ottoman Gaverument toe rifles aud ammunition, ‘Ibis very contract proved their ruin, iv the Bonse thot they required more road; capital to carry it out than they pousessed, The frequency of failures among manufacturing rorporauions contirms what many of tho shrawud= get bankers ead tinaucters of this city Jong ago predicted, If the individuals who wore the Di- rectors of the Providence Tool Company had pperated the buslooss in their own names, they would not have failed ; and the reason why thoy rould not sppliva with equal force to a majority af the mauufacturing corporations at the pred- spt tins, Dhejr origia, oxcepting in the cave of iho mammoth coucerny, is about as follows; Iwo or threo individuals owning a sinall factory, waking moderate protite in the making aud ealo of a few staple articles, coucuiye the idea of: ene larglog theit business. Not wativfiod with emall rotita, they seck larger. ‘Ibey are eaatly able jomake a good showing of what they have dons in {he faut. ‘Ihe record is cluar and jndiuputable thai they have wade good profits, although working af a divadvantoge, withou, machinery, capital, etc, A stock comjauy 19 formed, with the projectora ax President aud Treasurer, st round sularics, Busiuesaia dull, ood dividends aro small, Nest year iy woe yot, aud thore iano dividend, ‘Thon the stockhold- ore are aevessed, and new buildings erected; apa year after yoar passes without dividends. Yor the projectors, Sraylue tat walaries, sro yetting richer slithe time, Then the pinch comes; the corporstion file; and tho olticera, who Lave fattened oy the spoils, buy the property at 20 cents on the dollar, Tbiw is wot precisely the @use with the Prvyidpnce Company, bub ols ® paralle) with mang othors whore failures Dayo Leen announced to tho Inat twelve months, NEACH AND FULLUHTON OF OFTOMTR RIDES. Dy a wingular concatenatios of oyonts, William AY Honch and Judge Fullerton aro now opposing counsel in a caro wherein sume of the samo isettea ara boing tried that wore befora whe pnbhio inthe Beechor-Titon ene, when thes distinguished lawyers sero Lor ov the sumo aide, Beech is defonding the Brooklra duzr, and Fullerton prosecuting that paper on bea of Henry ©. Bowen, of tho Jadependent, Itiaa lively case, Bowen has two suits against the Eagle,—tue tiret growing aut of the famous in- terviow in which Lowon sas alicned ta havo slashed Tilton terribly, The second [4 for hbel growing out of a charge that Bowen gut up a company to recovor Capt, Kidd's buried troastre, and thet swindied his sraociates, Tho firet ot Beach and Fullerton vad a tilt, which would have been lively if it bad notbean suppreased by tho Court. Bonch saidho sheuld insist upon hig rights an coungel; when Fullerton, who fa ocessionally very anapbieh, retoited that ha would take caro that tho dofento pot all its tighta, React rafomed that Fullerton would havo his hands full cnongh to take care of his own client. Hero the Judge interfered and stoy- pod the imponding fracas. The Lagle has been such a strong and prominent Koechor paper tine it seems strango that an adyocate who malo atch 8 savago acmauit on bins should new be iv that paper's employ. TURKE NUNDRED BtX-YooTENS, Jarrett & Palmer aro about to roproduco “Julians Cesar" upon a neale of uucqualod mag- nificenco, ote, otc. ‘To ofuauizo a ** Noman mob,” ag it is termed, they advertised fur su) ablo-bodied men, not less than siz sret high? The result may becalled appating. Tho atage- door was thronged by voung gianta for noveral days, aud, et tho ond of tho fourth day, the number roquired (which was teas than 204) wore enlisted and ordered to appoar for drt. Somo of those mon camo 8 distance of 400 miles to apply for tho situation, and their apposranco on tho stage of Booth's Thoatco will certainly form one of the most romarkable oxbibitions evor witnessed in this cliy. Apropos of 6-fout- ere, the Equitable Life-Insuranco Company hias employed Bcolored man who 1s 6 foot 9 inches in holght, as a policoman, Ilo in dressod in uui- form, aud all he hag to do is to walk the basc- ment hall and preservo order. Ho haila from Virginia, and was formerly a slave. ‘Thousands of porsona walk through tho halt of the butld- ing oxpresaly to aco Lim, and ho ie justly re- atded by down- town folks ag ono of tho eights of New Yori, Ho ia sald to Lavo had an intercating oxperience since his artiva) in Now York, with colored females, who have cast simatory glances at him on various occasions at church and eles- where. ‘Thus wo go; black and whito, it {s all tho same, A CLERICAL FISTICUFF CASE. What ia the matter mth tho ministers? Tho littlo teaven of the various dificuiticy and acan- dals which havo beon made public within the lant year threatona to leaven the whole lump. Thero mong mimsters recorded in tho papers nowadays thau would have beon witucas- odin alife-tims o generation since. ‘Tho latest fa a genuino case of Iisticuffa between two clergymen at Betmore, L. 1, ons named foo- cocko, o retired Baptist preachor, and tho other Dr. Wright, a Methodist. Boococke had retired frcm tho miniatry to practico medicine, ont atill bad a bankoring for the pul- pit. Ho ischarged by Dr, Wright with sowing feode of discord in his congrogation; aud, about two weeks ago, after tho Sunday sarvice, when Wright bad finished somo porsonal romarls, Roococke rose in hts pew and publicly charged Wright with falsohvod. It ended there for tho timo, but the noxt day tho partics mot at tho rmirosd-atation, when some words passed, wheroupou Boococko strick Wright so sovercly that the latter was thrown from the platform and considerably bruised, Boococke was arrest- ed, tried, convicted, and sontonced to pay o fine of #3, Ho pald it, and then aaked Dr. Wright's forgivencss. 1t was freely given, when the par- ties shook bands, oud left the court-room in ing embraco. FAR-FETCHED OENENOSITY. A tow daya ago, the City Comptroller opencd Dids to provide 13,000 pounds of poultry for a Christmas dinner for the convicts ia tho Poni- tontiary. City Pris:n, aud other penal institu. tions, “This ta perhaps a wise economy in the presont atinted condition of the Pubtio Treasury, butt strikes a dirintorosted observer as a spoci- men of far-fetchad generosity te provide criml- nals with tarkey when thore aro eo many do- serving people, who are not couvicta, competled to go witbout turkey and overy other luxury on. that groat festal day. ‘Tho moat noedy peoplo in New York to-day aro tho hnif-starved mechan- tes and clorks of both sexes, who havo situations and emplovmont at salaries scarcely suflicient to koop thom io bourd, aud not eaough for board aud clothing both. NHalarios in thia city havo eon reduced Bo far during tho past yoar that hundreds of casos of ombozzlement on a emall gealo have occurred, through tho actual suffering of tho offenders for bodily comforts. ‘Theso claswos (not the seborzlery) ‘are tho poraons who should recoive Christmas diuuore, sud not tho convicts on Blackweli's Island. OAKEY HALL'S DENUT. Tho gonoral verdict uf the clubs sud soclaty- Opie who froquent theatres in, that A. Oakey Vial oe anactorisa failure. All the papery but the Tribune faintly praised bis irst appearance; vot Walliam Wiutor, of tho Tribune, saw through the deceit at fimt glance, sud said, in asnbatance; ‘“‘It was Onkey Wiat, but it was uot acting.” The ‘other jour- vals, taking the cuo from Winter, have since said substantially the same thing. It was an adroit arrangement to havo Mr. Hall appear ins part which symoolizod his own pooulinr oa- porienco,—that of a man wrongly accused, under tho ban of suspicion awhile, and at fast vindi- cated; in short, the old, old story of injurod ipnocence triamphant, The thealro has beon crowded, but the shrewd ones express gravo doubts asto whotber the crowds will continge tocome, Aside from the votorioty Mr, Hall hus acquired as a publio character, which bas rendor- ed him to some extent au object of curiosity to the multitude, there is nothing in bis acting which nould induce an ayorage Chicago audience to sit out three dull acts of s dull play. RAGE YUR PRIVATE THEATHICALS, Wo are having a ruo on private theatricals this winter, to s greater extent than ovor, ‘Chere sro more exhibitions of this character on tho carpet now than the oldest socloty mao ever know before. Home of the reprosentations of the Hehter quality of plore, buch as farsox, comediattas, ete, aro very,creditable; but the more ambitious attompte are failures, Ono club, whieh had attained in former winters considar- able repatation for first-rate amatenr representa tions, undertook “Lhe ‘Vicket-of-Lesvo Man” afew ovenings sinco, They hired tho Lexing- ton-Avenue Upora-House (a private thoatro), and bad «6 crowded audience. Tho por- formance was, however, a most dismal failure, Jt waa spun out til! noarly half-paat "1 o'vlock in the morning; and, when the curtain fell on the fourth oct, at nidnight, two-thirds of the audience re- tired. Kverybody was disgusted acd sorry, but itshows how absurd it is to fet ‘up a play of such length without properly-trained stage man- agewent. BINGULSR SUPENTITION. A very curious eylkode ix reported in the caso of the murdered Jewoss, Sara Alezander, Her body waa taken to the Soria Tor idontification, and of courde was washed aud dreswod, Jt ap- pears that hercountrymeu—Polish Jows—jiave a custom of burying tho bodios of murdored per- woné witbout this necessary washing process, ‘Yooy were, theroforo, quito horror-atricken whon they found that the body had been washed, and it was with difficulty that bor owo brother could bo porsuaded take charge of her remains, His repuguance was ouly overcome when it waa made known to hin that the body would bo brriod ia the Potter's Field ; and that ia to the Jews even & worus pollution than the other, BRECKER'H AGORKEHIVE WAR. Among tho items of Brovklyn onal now quite current is the statement that Plymouth Churep is about to aysume an aggrenaive attitude toward evory charch organization, ministers, or its own Memboie, who have manifonted hostility to Bir, Boechor siuce the famous trial, Beauty, oo OBITUARY, Mpectat Dupatch te Tha Chicago uvibune, Laan, Mich., Dec, 28.—AMra. Wobstar diod recently at Eveox, Clintou County. Her hus- band and horsolf wore pioneers of that county. Mr, Wevster went to Culifornia Iu 1850 in search of gold. In eighteen months ho sent home $60, and started for Australia, After reaching the new El Dorado, he wet with good success, and in Auguat, 1856, wrote to hls wife that he would be come on Now Yoar's with a small fare tune, Ho naver came, or any Uduige of himaclt of his fortuuo, and his wifo conjectured that he was murdorod for bis gold. Wearing, W. V5, Dec. 23.--Bamuel SoCletlan, formerly Mayor of thiscity, died this morning of eongsatlon of the trai, ‘The Rey. Joua Moffat, for anumbor of years pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city, died last night, Avacial Inauatch ta Lhe Chisaga Tribune, Lancotx, Neb. Deg, 24.~—W. U, Wilson of tho Supreme Denon of Idaho, died at Omaha you. terdsy aftor au illness of a fuw days, He was on bis way to ldsho from Now York shen stricken by paralyaie. Wo was 38 yeard old, pad had besn.on the Supremes Bench of Idsho for tho last wiz year, é P Deo, 4.—Thomas 2, Hous Fisapyad, Few WEDNESDAY, TUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ton, ono of tho propris‘ors of the Pittabuty Oazecette, diod at lie rosidenca in thin oity this morning of consumption. iis hoalth has been failing for oyor two yoars, but ft isonty dating the past yoar that he has bow table to attond to buninesa. pares weaned IOWA, Medient Butchery — Cotton — Bloods Ioney Cente Special Correspondence of The Caress 7 Dra Motses, Ia., Dee. 27-4 few days ago, the wife of n Swedo uear Freedom, Lucas County, was about to be coniuod, and ao doctor named Wiikerdon was called. After aufforing tha pains of labor for ten hours, the dogior with a kutfo cut the child la pieces, and, whila attempting to remove them with a bent fouco-wire, so tacerated the woman that she died ina few hours. Conscious of bis horrible proce of butchery, the doctor fled tha country; and itis well ho did, for there je a well-organized Vigilance Committee ao that county. COTTON IN IOWA, Mrs, Allon Wood, noar Linevillo, Warne Conn ty, the past sonson ralaod 6 quantity of cotton in ber garden, which she spun and ware into cloth fortawily use, Sho is a Sonthorn womag, and does tho xaino thing every year. Her husband's farm fa protected by tmoer, DLOUD-MONTS, Mrs, M. Aborn thinks $1U,000 will corapenenta hor for tho Joss of bar huxvand, who was lavod nt Brite Station, on tho Milnatkeo & Bt. Paul Road, July 23, 1874. Some anti-monopoly Jury will probably soo that sho gots a good aliaro uf ite NAWREYE CENTENARIANS, Yeaterday, Jon Campheil, a resident of Jof- forson Lownstup, in this county, reeordad hie 100th birthday. Ho was bora at Guilford Court. Houso, Vo,, whero he revided until 23 years of ago, "hon ho tomoyed to Oblo. In “1343 bo cate §=to Towa, and, flyo years lator, to Pulk County, where ho hay sincs remamod. Hv is in good heaith, and quite active, Ho hos never Jost n tooth, although he fas chowed tobacco all his lite; nover was sick, and nover took s doso of medicine. His eight {8 quite feoble. At 40 yoors of age be was noted for his muscle and litheners. Hie woight ut that ago waa 135 pounds, which ig now reduced to 00, He haa been twice mar- ried, and is the father of sixtoon children, Eloven of bis chidron now resido in the county. Aaron Montgomery resides near Cantril. Ilo fa of ebouy bue, nud says ho was boro in Norih Caroling in 170d, thirteon yearn boforo tho Dovlarstion of Indopendonco was eigned; but ho noyor baw G. W, Ho haa beon twice married. Tlie tirat wifo died Atty yeara ago, and by hor he had ton children, Is youngest child by bia sec- ond wife is naw over 45 years oll. RICHES WAVE WINGS. Taaac Hodgson sold Lita hoya at Rod Rock, Ma- rion County, last Wednesday; roceived 81,045 ; went toa hotel to atop overnight; tucked his greonbacks into the fold of o window-ourtain near thy bed, and turned in; but, when he turnad outia the morsiny, bis greopbacks had down away, oe eee EDUCATION FOR ENGLISIL WOMEN, Tho Cambridge ioys’ Neighbors and Their Instltutlons« Progress, London Correarondence of New York Times. During tho last fow years an interestivg ox- porimont in regard to tho higher education of women has beon golug on at Girton Colloge, Cambridge. Girton Coltego was founded with tho object of Ming, in relation to gitly’ schools and home teaching, a position anataguous to that occnpiod by the uviversttics toward the public schools for boys. The course of inetruction lasts about three years, half of cach yoar being spent in College. ‘hore are three tera in the year, and the charge for board, lodying, sud instruction mw £35 a term, Every candidate for admission must pass s proliminory examination in four subjecta, one of which must bo English gram- mar and compoaition, arithmatic, English his- tory, pbysical snd political geography, and Scriptura history from tha Now Testament; tho laut sublect being, Lowover, optional, as well ns Urook, French, Gormun, algebra, chem- istry, botany, masio, etc. ‘The object of tho prelimivary examination is of course morely to test the capacity of tho candidate. Tho course of study jacludcs aivini- BA modern languages (English, Frouoh, and jerman), classics, pure sud mixed mathomatics, moral scicnes (including history}, natural -hid- tory, and vocal music, au oxtts charge being mado for instrumental music, harmony, Iisliau, and drawing. Dogrees and college certificates are couferred on studouts who havo shown their proficionoy according to the standard of guy oxamivations qualifying for the B. A, do- gree of Cambridge Ugiversity, Cortificaten aro ulso givon for proficionoy in single sabjects. ‘Thero pre several acholarships and oxbipitious Attached to tho inatitutton, Tho religious instruction and services ate in scoordauco with Church of England principles, but thoro 18 8 liberal “coneciouco clause.” ‘Tha college was firat opened in a temporary building fu 1869; in 1873 it was instaliod in the buildings spocialiy orectod for it at Girton, in tho imma- diate neighborhood of Cambridge, In Octobor, 1874, thor wero nivoteen students in residence, Aud now there aro trronty-threo, boing two moro than accommodation was origivally pro- yided for, and efforts sro pow being made to enlargo tho score of tho institution. Soveral of the stndesty have greatly distinguished them- velves in the examinations. CHURCH-PROPERTY. To the Zyitor af The Chwapo U'ribunez New Yonk, Dec. 24.—The Blaine amendment, 60 known, is good s8 far as it goos; tho J’resi- dent's proposition ix, in some minds, debatable, It churches are rightfully conmdored on esson- tial part of tho educational aystom of the United States, as many beliove, then taxation cannot well be dofonded, I rofer, of courso, to church-edifices in actual use, and not to Proporty not required for church: edifices, cometerieg or other burialplaccs, I do ot now cate to debsta this general ueation, The rvot of this flslenlty lies in the fact that churchioa are not restricted to property of this kind, but are allowed to accumulate ag ouch a8 they pleasa ; some of thom practicing upon this liberty toa notorious aud dangorous extent, To put sn ond to this practice, lot Con- ares bo generally potitioned to take conatitu- tonal Btope ia tho matter. ‘The following form of potition is suggested, not deflning dotails of 8 nrosoodiag that will roquire caroful considerns tlon + Te the Congreis af the Gatted States: ‘Tho undersiguod, citiazna of tho United States, petl- Hon your honorable boty to tako the nocersary com stttutlonal stepe to prohibit, within proper limita, all churobos from acquiring or holding, diractly or ine diroctly, 1u their corporate capacity,’ by legal or per- soual Yepresentatives, or in any other way of manner, real ar poronal property or eatate, of uny kind whut poover | providing for to eale, within a reasonallo Uma, of allauch property now ao beld, other th which may bo excepted by law, Task you to publish tho above; and I suggest its publication by Western papora genorally, and that the potition be copiod and signed by indie viduala, families, oto., and forwarded 4 men berw of Congreea at once, B. pec eS A THE STARS AND STRIPES, New Youu, Dec, 23.—Tho Huard of Aldormon have ordorod that in commemoration of tho adaption of tho Star-Spangled Banner” by the Continental army as ite standard in Jvanu- ary 1, 1770, the na:ignal epaign shall be displayed from eunsiso until sunset on every public Duilding in the city on Now Year's day, and that the propriotors of hotela, places of ainusement, aud other public places, and mastera of vessels in the Larbor, ba reqacsted to display their flage on that day, The Atdormen hope this com- inemoration may be genera! throughout the ouuntry. Pintapecpnia, Deo. 28,—Tne Contennial year will bo usbored ia on Pridwy night by a graud evlebration in this city, _Batimony, Mu,, Dev, 29,—Tha Mayor of this city, 13 ofici) recoguition of the beginning of the now century in tho life of our Nopublic, bag directed that the great bell on the City Halt and tbe bella of tho Fire Dopartment bo rang for half an hour, commoncing at midoight of ‘Frie day. ‘ho dome of the City Hall wil be illumt. nated, On Saturday national fage will be raleod oy all the municipal buildings, and cuizoos ara raqueated to display the national ensign from thor revldences sud places of business. gees SOUTHERN COLORADO, Te the Keilor of Tha Chteaao ‘'ribune + Laxx City, Col., Das, 23.—Lake Olty Js the thriving metropolis of the Lako Mining District, whioh ts in tuo northorn portion of the San Juan country, about 160 milog weet of Pusblo. Ita altitude is 7,800 foot, and there ts piouly of Wood, wator, and grass in the immediate vicin- hiy. ‘Sho town was ‘laid oub last yoary and pow haa a population of sbout 6, $0 lat DECEMBER 20, 187b. and a livo, aix-column weokly werapaper, tho Silter World, that wae otartod here before tho tosn hat a post-oMece,—tho entorpriaing editor, Me. IL M. Woon, carrying hla firot iseuo about 100 miles to mar) it. ‘The mines oxtend 9 distance of several miles in all directions from tho town, uit aro mostly xilvor, though rome excelicnt galt lates ! have been -dtscovered dung tho lact fow | uoutha, There aro yeing here trom 23 to 1) } toet wide, but tha ‘pay-atreak" doves not go¥ oraily exveed t or 6 fort in width. Tho Motehkies, one of tho principal miner hora, [8 very rich in gold, somo portions of the + voln having assaved 495,044) ta the ton. Ore from this ming baa been shipped to Now York, 20 miles by wagon and ovor 2,000 miles hy raid, and roturned a net proiit of 2100 porto. In tho vicvntty are several hundred locations, many of which are almost as rich ag the Hotebkies; in fact. thi Lake District ia one of tho richest ani must important in tho whole San Juan country. ‘Tho nearest railroad point in Puebio, which fa roached from: the north by the Denver & Rio Gramto (narrow-gauge), and from tho east by tho Atchison, Topoka & Santa Fo (broad-gauga) Ruilwoy, vie citbor Atchisov, Kav. or hansss City, Mo. Exauiyyr. Ls, pain TUE §LOOLE OF & MAGA,” Entoreating Sketch of the Pince Whera Wilson, Mogg, and Lockhart Wel. Correstonience Portince Journal, During our weok's stay iu Edinburg, in tho summer of 1867, we Word constantly onyeloped ina Scotch miss; thatis to say, the rain fell continually, drentily, pitilossly, a4 it dues no- whoro outside tho Jund o’cakos. Iaving waltod in vain for it to oloar up, one alterncon wo started out detorminod to visit one spot ilespito wind and wet. For years tho homo and haunia of " Maga" had beon to uss shrine at which wo reaalyed to bow sooner or Inter, So whilo tho reat of the party gather ground tho fro in tho snug parlor at tho oval, wo mado our way ta famed 45 Georgo strest, in tho naw town tho pablicetion offica of Blackwood's Magazine, Having uo spociat fatter of introduution, we ro- queated a clerk to say to Mr. Blackwood that an merivan wished to #00 tho room in whick Wil- son, Hogg, Lockhart, aud others woro wont to vongrogato. We were prosontly invited up-statra, and introduced to Jolin Blackwood, Esq., ous of thosonsof old “Ebony.” Ploading our long timo interest jn tho magazine and ita contribu. tors as ouronly apology for the intrusion, wo wero quickly rooved from our ombarraysmont by tho agsuranco that it would bo a ptoaguro to gratify our curiosity, Wo sat awhile by the iro, and listeved to an tutoresting account of tho choice apirita who attended '* Afaga" during her early daya, and wore ebown tho parlor whora they commonly met for conversation or work. The furniture remained much a8 it was during Wilgon'a lifetime, oft Kit's chair boing an its accustomed placo, Tho most conmpicuous ob- fect im tho room was tho magmificont portrait of Prof. Wilson. taken st ful! longth, though iu aaitting attitude, Wa agkad if ho was aa gunial 1 porsonal intercourao as he was in hie writing, Tho reply was that during most of his life ho Wau nn agrooably companion, but thet for a fow yeara preceding hia denth te bacame somewhat rritablo by reason of physical euifering. Aftor passing ap agrocable half our wo camo away euriched by inany pleasant momorics, and by 5 copy of tho atagazine with the autograph of Mr. Blackwood, trensurod till now, Lord eaves, a son-in-law of Wilson, onda valued contributor to the magazine, cutenod tno apait- ment a8 we caine away, Tho Noctes Ambrosiane must bo accopted an tho most brilliant resultof conjoint literary offort which has ever appoatod. It wif] never bo ace curately known what were tho exact contilbu- tious of cach writer, but there is no mistaking Kit North's porvading spirit, It ts doubtful if the nturdy okt man ovor fully recovered from the shock occasioned by tho doath of hia wife. Bheis described a» being vory lovely, both in paraon and disposition, and it is known that ho was ardently attached to hor. It was said of her by ono that kuow ber woll, that “if there was o woman to bo sorrowod for through a widowed life, 1% was she, 60 opposite to the daz- ' H { | } | { { \ aling, impetuous spirit of hor rate in tho beautiful gontlencss and equa- nimtty of hor tempor.” Thore is a story that Wilson meat her by accident while she wos on a tourthrough the Iskes, aud knowlog of no way to obtain an totroduction, followed her from inu to inn, disguised su a waiter. Mackonzie narrates tho folluwing foci dente, showing tho offectof hor death upon pin “ When Wilson firat met his clasain the Uni- yorsity, after his wifo’a death, he had to adjudi- cate on the comparative mority of various exanys which had beon sent im on competition foro prize. Ho bowod to bis class, and, in as firm 6 voice a8 he could command, apologized for not baving oxaminod tho ocwsays, ‘for,’ said ho, * I could not aes to read thorn in tho darkners of the valley of theehadow of death.’ As ho spoke, tho toars rolled down hla cneoks. Ho snid no more, but waved Lis band to hia class, who stood up as he concluded, aud hurned out of the lecturo-room. Bomo time later, when Jecturing upon mom- ory, ho doscribed tho way a long-widowed hua- band would luok back upon the carly partuer of his lot, the warm eloquence of the fosturor heid his audieuco enchamod. On and on ho went, waxtog more touching and impressive, and bis faco lighting up with omotion as tho wordy caine ranbing to his lips, his eyes began to iit with moisture, then tho tower jay bogan to trombls, sod at laut, overpowered by his omo- tivas, the old man stopped in mid-caroor and Yurtod his head in big ormson the dosk before him, For s minute thore was porfect atilloosa iu tho claus, but whon Wiluon agsin raised bis head, and tho big tesrs wore sooo rolling down his cheeks, ashe essyayed to proced, lia yoioo waa drawaed in tha laud cheera of the young utudente around him.” THE SOUTH CAROLINA MUDDLE, Cnanteston, 8. 0., Deo, 28.--Tho largest and mout enthusiastic public meoting held in Char- logton alnce the War took place this evening, In responus to acall to sustain the notion of Coy, Chamborlain in rofusing commissions to Whippor and Mooos, Resolutiona wero wuanimously adopted denouncing the action of tho Logilaturo in electing them; protest- fog against tholr elovation to the Boneb, and avowing an unalterablo purporo never to allow them to occupy the position. ‘'ho rosolu- tions furthor declare that the colored people shall bo protected in all tho rate and priviloges guaranteed by the Constitution aud jawa, but the avowed purposs that thore sball not bes oquality, buts domination of their raco ovor the property ond righta of {he white peonle of tho State, will be resisted to tho laut, and undor no circumstanoas shall it prevail. ————> MOODY AND SANKEY, Pumaperyat, Dec, 23,—The congregation which assembled at the depot to-day at noon was large one, Mr, Moody's romarks ware upon the aybjoct : * Prayor for the Aflioted.” To-night, notatthstanding the bad woathor, 6,000 attauded the service. Mr. Moody proacha: from the text, ' And they laid Him ia & manger becaueo thera was no room for Him in the inv,” The speaker showed that many people atill re- fused to receive Christ as thoy did 1800 years ago, and declared that if the pocple of auy Btate were to vote on the gestion whether tho would havo Christ aa a ruler or not, thoy would Fejeot Hing. ‘Tne discourwe waa roplate with illus srationy taken from the Libie. Adologation from the Sixth Regiment of Ponusylyania Volunteers was in attendance, TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, The Buperintendant of the Michigan Fiek Come miseion yesterday dopositod 80,000 young Calis forvissasmon tn the waters of Lowance County, ‘The Stave Board of Charitlea and Reform ara fn aeenton at Madison, Wio., to discuss and dow cide recommendations for tho report of appro- priations to tho different State institutions. The eogine of the Chicago express on Monday night atruck and displaced a quantity of railg placed in s cagtic-yuard on the Lake Shore track, near Adrian, Mich, tor tho wvident purpose of wrecking it, ‘The [ilinola Agricultural Hoard moat at Bprivgfleld ovat Tuesday to olect otticors, award winter premiums, revise the premium Sint for the next Jair, and decide upon the time and placa Jor holding the same, A report haa beon in circulation In Bt. Louisa for several days that G, W, Fishback aad Goo, Boynton wore arracging for the publication of a new Republican papor in that city, but Mr. Fishback ensphatically denies that he 1 contem- plating apy euch project. ‘The Fisk Unlversity, of Nashville, a magolf« cont pow building for the aducation of colored outh, 18 jus} completed, and will be dedicated Now-Yoar's day. Gen. Fink, after whum the inatitution iv “named, snd other promineny gentiemen, will make addrosace, The building coat $140,000, nearly all of which was raised by the: famous Jubiise Slogere, atudents of tho Univeraity. —-—___ OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Lonpox, Doo,’ 28,—Nteamshing Holland and Botivis, from New York, snd Heele, frum Bos. ton, have arrived ous. SoctuamEson, Doc, 23.—Hloamer Oder, from Now York, baa arsived. "CRIMINAL NEWS. Tho Condemned Victims of Por- jury ot Herkimer, N, Y., Ree spited for a Month. Valiant and Homicidal Evforts to Cap- turo tho Under Man in a Fight at Fort Wayne, Now a Wisconsin Girl Was Compelled to KU Her Father tu Self-Defense, Four Persons Murdered in Brond Daylight Near a Texan Lown, BUFFALO MURCFRERS. Speetat Dispute ta Lhe Chwuty iridune, Dorraro, N. ¥.. Deo, 98.—Iu tho caso of Jon Freoburg, on tris) for tho ‘nurder of Bello Piorce, whom, It ia charged, be throw into tho canal Inst July, was cioued last evening. Tha jury aro thus for unable toagree. They came into Court this evening for tho fourth timo, ard were romanded bnok to their room wutil #8, mo, to-morrow. In the caso of Wilhelmioa Weick, charged with the anurder of her stetson, Michael Weick, who was found ina woll with a kettle aod chain attached to hia neck, on tho 2ath of November nat, tha Coroner's jury to-day reached nm verdict that tho Loy caino to his death by poluon at tho hada of bis stepmotbor, ‘Chis Mrs. Woick was triod tn Germany for tnfantivide, and there aio strong suspicions thot sho polyoned two busbande and tae or more childvon, ‘Tho last husband's body has boon exhumod and tho stomach ia noyr in tho hands of @ chemist. BURGLARY, Snecial Dispatch to The Chicaan Tribune, Kaysas City, Muy Dov. 29.—Lhbo Lown of Parkvillo, on tho line of tho Kaneos City, St. Jovoph & Council Mutts Nailrond, was visited Inst night by a bold band of burglars. Thoy broke into the store of Suzomers & Son and blow open a large enfe, in which wae ® largo amount of moncy, which they secured, Ihoy thon passed on to tho store of 0, 8. Rengo and blew opeu na Jargo safe, from which thoy extracted nearly 471,000. Tho noiee of tho explosion st tho latter place was heard by a watchman and the burgiara firod npon, One was surely wounded 08 ho was makiug bis oxit from a back window. HUMPTY-OUMPTY POLICE DUTY, Specrat Dinyatch te The Chicago Prebune, Font Waxxgj Ind. Deo. 29.—A young man named Schreck, bearing o very hard charactor, had aome words last night with a bar-tonder about payment for somo drinks, during the conrae of which tho bar-tender knocked Schreok down and boat him badly. Tho police took after Bebreck, and, in ordor to got away, ho swam tho river twice and the canal twico. Mla cold baths, with tho fujuries recerved at tho hands of tho bar-tender, causod bis death to-night. A GIRL KIDNAPPED. Speciat Dispatch to Ths Chicwo Tribune, Lixcoux, Nab, Doo. 23.—Maty McGregor, a girl of 16 yoars, claiming to have been kidnapped from Now York Clty etx wooks ogo, passed through horo yesterday. Bhe says she lives in Connecticut. While visiting inNew York Citysha was coticed by a tvoman Into a covered carriage, dnvon to & depot where wore sevoral girls, The woman was going to take thom to Han Fran- claco bawdyhouses, and forced them to go with hor. At Toraco, Utah, rho succoeded in ce~ caping, and is nowreturning home. MEMPHIS ITEMS. Mexrmis, Tonn., Doc. 23.—A. Woodward, in= dicted for embozziemont as County Trustoe, will bo released to-morrow on a bond for $1,200. Judgo Trigg, of tuo Vulted Blates District, han dismissed the charges of forgory against Waddy ‘Thompson, and will hear tha charges of felony On tho 12th of January, Judgment was given against A. T. Lacoy and Ed Hart for over @27,000 as surotios on tp bond of Itucl Hough, Isto Collector of chia district, chargod with dofatcacion. MURDERERS AT SIOUX CITY. Spenat Lnavatch to The Chicaan Tribune. Sroux Crry, Io., Deo. 28,—Sherif Laker, of Yankton County, Dakota, arrrivad hore this evening with tho prisoner, Tom Welby, who waa sontencod lagt wook to the Fort Madisou Pon- itontiary for shooting at a maz last fall, Otis and Bponcer, concorned in shooting tho old man Bpencer voar Smitiland Jast wook, were brought here to-day and locked up in jail to await trial, FATAL AFFRAY. New Onurans, Dec, 28.—E. L. Paterson, Ie- publican momber of the Legielature from Nat- chitcchos, was shot and instautly killed ou Bun- day by Cosgrove, editor of the Vindicator, The diticulty grew outof tho abuse of J’ateurson by Cosgrove in his papor. RESPITED, Urtoa, N. ¥., Noo. 29.—Gov. Tilden hea re- Bpited for thrty-flvo days Sodicea Fredonburg and hor son Albort, sentenced to be hanged on Friday for the murdor of Orlo Davia. ‘TWEED'S RECOGNIZANCES FORFEITED, New Yor«, Doo. 24.—Judga Donohue bas forfolted tho recogalzances on saven indict- meats far fclony againat tha fugitive Twoed. PARRICIDE IN SELF-DEFENSE. Cotumbua (Fis) Repudtwan, Dec, 25, Thore was probably no doubt in tho mloda of tho jury that Jane Williams drovo tho fatel koiva Into her father's edo on that night, but it was also evident thero was a desperate Dght botween father and daughter, and that his trong Landa were on Jauo's throst, and i was dll or ba Killed witn hor. Wo give Jano’s touti- thnouy: Our family, since my mother’s dosth, waa fother, my brother William, aud myself; my fathor was alinoet atwaya drunk; when drunk he often struck mo and Licked re, aud knocked ma down; and would may, “du you to Ll, | would like to give you one shat would Suieh you ;"" (wilneas then uarratod several oceusiona whou ‘her faiher liad sana throstencd to kill her); on Thuradsy, a wook tila occurrence, he came toward me with « pitchfork, and knocked ma down and threatened to kill mes my oldest brother Hill and my aluter-In-law were preseut; Taortod *murdor,” X wag sick tha rest of tha week, and hardly able to do any her Doxt Tuesday he abused mio, and said somebody had stolen bis jack. knifo, Wedluesdsy the cattle aot ip the of Ne ewors at me, and suid he wonld take the ax apd cut my bead of, and be would kick is to the strovt; ‘Thursday night be threatened to Kl me egains = calling my sewing-machine B® . Cuesbing-waching, and ssid he would Wek te old dori out of the house; saturday nigut 1 was ap-atalra potting ready (o qo to towns my tathor catia {n, aud fimade a noite to ly} bins know { was ta, the house; father went up to thebarn and got his bote tlea ; Taaw bim put thom ju bis pocket; Tatarted ous and wen§ to town; my father also went to town bes bind mej 1 saw blu go into Lardoge’s saloon aa [ atood fn Anderson's store; afteswarde 1 met bin on the stroct and asked hito to carry home a ploce of cheese Thad bought and aomo Wels papers} 1 went down to my siator's and loft « two-qnart 1 of bute termith; when T came tack I got «woman to bay oe a pint of whisky, which was put ta my pail; I then rolurasd howe; sated say brother if he bad milked Lo said he tad; Laatdown bo reat? my broier bad eat down to read {o my father, who was sitting on the Youngs; 2 took some mending a de; 1 got upto Light alamp} when I wont out itd the kitchen my father made polue with foot in a atrange we Treturned and sat down; William stopped Tealing, saying bo wes sick; 1 asked bim ithe wanted anytling to cat, oud he saldno, not then, He found ae ly the aper abuut somebody being killed io the old country ; fathor tyld him to read lb; sald be was acquainted in Vat path of the country, “After a while I said, “Ob, dear me, how I wiab that grave had been nied (meaning att could go tothe grato-yerd and jowere on any inolber's grave, After I epoke father vaid, O—d tallor's grave), 20 i$ none d—p your oid soul to b—! about that gr: you will ‘Lela hl ia two houre;” Le jumpe aud aid, "By J—-a Q—-t, B aun golng to kill ber.” He ran to ino and Kicked ade tn tha alqu; T hollowed murdera tow 5 roy brother Jumped up ahd grabbed him around the vated apd ead, "| Woat-in the world alle yout” ‘He awore in a moal borritle manner. I got up to get the key and yo out; the door was locked; he came st ine and kicked me} he raleod bia band t9 etyibe me] aud #aid, “ Give me half a chsuce, aud I will give ova blow that will kill her deadoy than a atoues” he Gok Bold of iny Ustr and pulled me He want ed to know ff 1 was going down town after Capt, Deriugt he said, If we ever were goiug to need him, it would be thatilght. My brother told ime ta 0 Up-ateize sod get out of the woy; asid it made my fuse angry 10 400 nie eround ; Laald, * 2 sib golng ‘Up-stalza 5 will ga dawn tomy brother-ia-law’s 5" he anid, Bs ahall Dever go there ;” hestruck mein faco; I fel] aud cut my lip, aud i cried out, “Dear me, dear me (” snd he mocked wo every word; said hw would send me to b—lin a minute; sald be would pound me tiiht was blacker than eng nigger before bo Lites me} aad be would Kili tno and alt Ls 409, ma would ef tbo Bouse on fire aud buru it lo welica{ had determutned to do It te fore, a bound ty doit, Bly Urother bad Win round ble walat, and wag trying to drag pin du the bedroom, I “went ta the “olalrwey pid od S9WO oy the stats, and held on Knob: wan Urestairs, drtemined to leave tho house; my father piehed tho duor apen: fo bad a Jack-khifa in hia hand, and rwore ho would kill mag aatd ho would cnt my hes o tried to get hold ot my taront ; he epit tobacco Juice in my face, and tried tospitinimyoym ¢ 1 ran under bly hand into the Klteben and ho lide with tis kate in the back of iny heats hi the kitchen almost aa acon ny 1 wit; I hollered *murderation, be je killing met” My father knecked me down ant pound wo with hie feot on my head; my Lrcther wan trying to bod in; 1 got away and ran into the #hed ; he war thera an qhick ae 1 ony ho bad me by the throat, and swing mo around and choked mo; Thad a pelt of to. the nat gone Vg nbears in my hand—had ‘three pale in the bow-e—ton't know which pair I had} ho bit a chunk cut of iy army whe T dons to my father I don't know, Twas scared (0 death, T hud no faotings, and thought J wen dead, 1 cart agy anything about the elirt ; I never knaw what Tait do, When tho netabbora caine, 1 don't know what T eald to thens3 if they bud nsked me to go hack Tahonld have gone siong. When Dr, Davia unk die wbiCT bad been doing to tho vid nan, f anid heonght to bave been there to rea what the old man Lad dons to me, Capt. Dering nrrtetel me, and aa'd ho wan goloy to pus mo in tho calaiooges meld the old inan wan deat. We went to the house, and 1 wan acared toaee 80 many folk there had not changed my dreas. When T wis out ttoora, In Me night, my head wan bleeding, and £ felt the blood running down my Lack, THE ATOKA MASSACRE, Danivon \Tex,) Creacend, Baturday afternoon, about half-past 4 o'clock, an Judian arrived in Aloka with the atartling in- telligonco that he bnd just witnessed tho killing of roveral norgons about 4 miles from town, A numbor of persons immodistely repaired to the scone of the ki'ling, and thora beheld beforo them, strolebed aut on thoir backs on tho prairio, four burned snd charred bodics, tro of which were fumalss and two males. Two wero burned beyond recognition; the others were recognized oa whites. .A pony with a lady's sido-saddle on, odog, anda gin wore found near, Thero was also found a pair of Iady's shocs, marked with o Choctaw oost-marir. Thoro was nothing elee to tell who thoy ware, | from whenco they cama, or of tho manner in which they mat their sudden deatu. Thoy had atl beon shot fromthe front, and Wero jying on their backd. Nine milo from whore the mardorous ork wan done a teamgtor met three men riding under whip and spur, with their horses badly fogged and rundown, Tho niost plunaible theory with regard to thin dack affair ie that tho killing ssa dono for the pure pose of robberr, and that the heavy pralrre grasu wna fired to destroy the bodtos, and, if posutble, to coucoal the bloody deed. Doubtless, after accomplishing thelr bellialt work, tho three flonds incainato monuted thico horses bolongiug to the victims and mado ther cacao, ‘The Indian who witnossed tho killing, boing about a milo distant, could only give a confused account, and did not nypear to know much sLout the circumstances, Ho only hoard the report of fire-armea and aaw several persona cngagod in a deadly affray. ‘fhe three men met by tho toametor aro beloved to be tho murderera, and ofticors aro doubticss tn hot pursuit beforo this lite. ‘fbis murder was committed on an ralsley, in broad daylight, and almost ip sight of oka. ‘The Indian who witneased tho affair started for Atoks to procure help before the {ormination of the affray, RAILROAD NEWS THE LAKE SUPERIO R & MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD ‘Tho Lake Superior & Missiserpp! Railroad has thue far proved an unprofitable Investment to its stockholders and bondholders. ‘The main canue of this ia that it was constructed undor tho beliof that, aa it furnished the ehorteat and cheapest outlot to lake navigation, 2 large por- on of the wheat exports of Minnesota would naturally seok thig souto. But in fact thia road only touches the borders of tho great agricul- tural districts of the State, which ara penctrated matnly by roads terminating on Lako Michigan, aud tho whoat traffic ts mainly controlled by them, The indopondent rosda whicn do not tor- minate at Chicago or Milwaukeo aro the St, Paul & Sioux Oity and tho Bt. Pani & Pacific; but herotofore 8 large portion of tha wheat carried by theo ronda bas beon requirod by the Blin- veapolis mills, sud though to Surotior & Midgisvippi Road takes n large share cf sho jour produced thero during the lx mouths at navigation on Lake Superior, tho yreator share ie controlled by the Chicago and SMilwaukoa roads. Tho whole froight passing northward over tha Leake Superior & Mississippi Iattroad amounted for the year ending Dao. 1, 1875, to 80,559 tons, of which 24,000 tona wero wheat, 91,562 flour, and 25,099 merchandies. ‘The freight passing southward amounted to 89,653 tons, of which about 39,600 wore coal, salt, and ather merabendisa, Tua live of tha road fu at preaont sparaoly sottled, thora being only 8,190 people between Dututh and St. Paul within 10 miles of ‘the road. Undor theso clronmatances it ig not ablo to moot tho iutcrost on ita indobteduoss, Mr; J. DP. Isley, the Prosidont of tho road, ates no othor way out of the diffenlty except to reorganize tho Com- panyon wome plan which will briog tho labill- tiew of the Company noarar to the par valuo of tho road, and place i$ in sych @ taauojal condl- tion that it will bo ablo todo what 1 absolutcly required to make the proporty capable of ylold- ipg future revenuon, TNE NORTHERN .PACIFIO RAILROAD, Mr, Jay Couko is reported ta be juut ay conf- dont as ever of the future guccoss of the rail- road which asvallowod up his great fortune and brought him to bankruptcy. Io says it now oor cupics the proudest position of any road in the country, being entirely froo from debt, itp bonds having all been converted into preferred stock, Hoth ends of the road caro. s monthly surplus over running oxpensea of about $60,000, Tho yaluo of the Company's land grant, Mr. Cooke says, is far groster thap oven tho Diroctors themselves imagine. Tho completion of the Iast 200 miles of track in Dakota gavo the Com- psny 200,000 acros more than aro contained in the whole Btateof Massachusetty. ‘Tho reservar tion of tho alternate sectiona belong. ing to the Govornment for actual setttors in tracts cf 60 oziey, or 160 to soldiers, enables the Compauy to virtually offer tho sot~ tlor who buys a ferm of it avotber farm adjoine ing as & free gilt. ‘The settler who buys 80 aoreg, from the Company bas only to buitd his house on the adjatolug 80 acrea to own tha whale 160, 1¢ he wos a soldier he gets 820 sore by the sama rocess. Ax, Cook argues that tho atrict provia. jons of the law to provent speculatora getting possession of avy land within the Innitof tha rant will eventually reault in thickly populating fue region through which the Northern Pacitic runs, aod, as 8 rosult, will prodacaa large local Dbusinoss for tho road. THE MIEBOUR! PAGIFIC, New Yoru, Deo. a1.—Mayor Britton, of Bt, Louis, prealded to-day at a numorously-attonded moeting of tho atockuoluora of tho Pacific Rail- road of Misgourl, Speakors wera limited to iit- teon minutes sack. . A resolution which wan of- fored, that tho Chairman ba roqueated to ask each Director presont whother or not ho would abide by and Sony with the action of the maot- ing when qxpreased by a utock yoto, brought several Directors to thuir foot, Jerome N, Yar ker, one of the Directors, gaid that if the reso~ lution wat adopted ho woald leavo the meoting, aud ho thought hiv colleague would do the same, doamtquch se it was on insult to them. 1! came thera fo attend q moating of gentlo- men, aud they proposed to be treated a@ ai or ela they sould nos remain, The otber Diroctory present—samuel . Hays, the Preadent of tho road, Daviel H. Gatrison, Jolin Tousey, Androw Viorce, aud Willa J, Coftin—oxpressed their fotention of Jaaving un- leag they wero treated with proner couitcxy, Baker continued, saying that the] Divectorezem- hetioalty denied the « aryee egeinat them by ie atockbolders, and that thoy wore without any foundation, ‘The mooting was w stormy one throughout, end adjourned without action, A GALIFORRIAN ROAD. Baw Franaisoo, Cal, » 28.—A dispatch from Los Angelos seys thet a large mecting was hold laa pight to take stops to ortend the Log Angolog & Yudepoodence Nullrond to oonvock with (ho Union Pecifio. A lottor wag read from Benstor Joves promising od-operation. A coni- mittee wee anpolnted to proceed to Salt Lage in the interest of tho road. THE RAILROAD-AID HARDSHIP, Burcu Lispgicd to La Chipage Svioune, Bt. Joxeru, Mo,, Deo, 28,—A suit waa fled iq tho Circuits Court of thlu county on the 2ith inat., aud the papeys served to-day, whergin Mong. Lionbermax and othora, of St. Louis, aro plaintiffg aud Huchauan County defendant, and the amount claimed is $400,000. Tho claim originated from mouey loaned by plaintiffs to tha St, Louls & St. Joseph Mailrogd Coupapy, and allowed (0 them by the United States Djatrict Court while that Ralitoad Company wos ip bank- rupwy. Buchanag Gouniy wasa stockuolder in. Opon | tho Ht. Louisa & &t, donaph Hattioad Company to tha amoitnt of $400,000, and, under the thou oxinting double tiabillty clause of aie Beate Cone Blitution, iy suad for tho fall amount of a sib reription already pald, If this amount should be recovered, 1+ would bo only $800,000 that Bae chanan County would bave imvestod in that littl road without ownitg.a dovar of reat interest, Mepers. Jolm DB, Henderson & Ahlekda_ and Chandler & Young aro stturneya for plalnti(ts. INDIANAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON & WESTERN. New Yoni, Doo, 98,—An adjourned mocting of tho Indlanapolis, Bloomington & Westorn Ex- fonston first-mortgago Londnolders.qas hold to+ das, to hear tho report of the Special Committea Appoluted an the 15th of October. Tho roport, wich wag adopted, closed with a suggostion thas measures should bo unmedistoly taken to foro~ clogs the muitgage. HWINANCIAL MEW YORK. Nnw Your, Dec. 23.—Judgments gmonnting to €125,000 obtained against Duncan, Sherman & Co,, wore fited to-day, A benvy failure in tha hattrada is roported, but the name is not given. Alexauder Duncan, to whom was conroyed sundry picces of real estate valucd at £150,000 at tio timo of the fatiuro of Duncan, Sherman & Co,, haa determined to place himsslf on « foot ing with the general creditors of the irm by reconvoying the proporty absolutely to ox-Judge Hhinman, the Assignac, for the bonefit of tha craditors. Cippetly & Collins, hat dealers, have made so assignment to Robert B. Gardner, for the bene- fit ofaltereditors. ‘Tho liabilities are placed ht from $100,000 to 2200,000. WORCESTER, MASS. Woncesten, Mass. Dee. 23,—Tho suspention of James A. Smithand G. N, & J. A. Bmith, woolen manufacturers, is announced. James A, mith operated threo mills in Chorry Valley, Leicester, and ona in this ofty, and in conaectlou with GN. Smith amillas Millbury, Masa, and another af Graniteville, 1. I. Liabilities not known, but variously reported at from $300,000 to: 8100000. Axes unknown. Tho oreditora aro mostly Now York, Boston, Vhiladelpbia, sod Worceeter parties, who will meet on, Thursday te hear a report of tho liabilities and agsotn now bo- ing prepared. Tho milly are still in oporation. NEW GRUNSWICK. Sr. Joun, N. B., Dec, 28.—A nel settlomont has boen arranged betwoon E. D. Jewell & Co. aud their creditors, the Isttor agreaing to accept 20 centa on tho dollar cash, and 10 conts on ting, ‘The sum sagqnived to pay this compro: mise (£510,000) way ready, but a dificulty arosa in Rutorouod to tho security for tho timo pay- ment. ft in understood that 1, D. Sutton'a notes, in- doisod by JE, E. Wilmoro; of Providence, It. T-. aud I. Q. Dunn, of St, Joho, sre sasegead for 170,000, payablo in instalimouts on two or thros years’ time, ¥ PHILADELPHIA, fnmanerrnra, Lec, 28.—Tno firm of Lood Walker havo applid, for tho bevofit of tha Bankrupt law, placing thoir liabilltios at $190,000, ee re Boasi’s Duel in the Darke A lotter from Varis tothe 8t, Louis Globe. Femocrat rolatos this pleasant little fabrication othe prowess of tha actor Rossi: Ono cyoning, ix spatulian toxn, Rosai waa giving a farewoll roprosentation Loforo bia do- parturo for Milan, and tt was necosanry to take Gn carly train uy order to arrive at the scone of hia now labors ou the following nfternoon. Near the orchostra was a group of fasbionably- dreveed, Iadics and gentlemen, who whispered aud talked togethior rather more loudly than was strictly in good tante, Rossi, who wae playing “JIamiet," endured it ae long naa he could: thon he came quickly down tu the fuotlighte, saying **T ghall conno speaking, unlcrs you do.” Natnrally, tho pubtic applauded, aud the dis iurbers were compelled to rotiro, After tho performauco was over, Rosi fouud a card from ono of the gentlemon who bad been reproved. Appended to the card was uw challonge. ‘Tho town bad already heard a rumor that there was to be a duel as the reglt of Rogsi'a rebuke, and the gendarmes had received orders to prevent it and to srroxb any patties who should ondoavor to fight. So Ronai went to tho honso of the challenver and eaid: " We can vottle this little aftair with w brace of pistols in my rooms at tha hotel. Will yon como there? Wo shall be cer- tain not to be diaturbed.” The other consented, and they had already takon their positions, pistola in hands, at oppo- alto onds of Roeasi’s rooms, whoo tho landlord, who suupected something wrong, knocked, avd inquired it “Signor Ross) was ill, as there was a light in bisroom so late.” The two antagonists held a hurried whispored consultation. “Tho best thing wocan do," sald Rossi, ‘is to extingnial tho Ipbts." That done, and somo oxcuso offered, tho landlord was watisied, and retired. y “Now,” sald Rossl, wo will cach Yght a cl- garotte, and those wilt eorvo to aim at in tha midst of tho darknoxa.” ‘Two minutos lator tho iatols wora fired, the challonger had s bullet in hia shoulder and Rossi was upharmed. But tha noise of the rhots was tho sigual for the arrival in the chamber of tho police, who kept a watch on tho actor's movements and who brought him to jail, Taken in the morning bofora a Justice of tho Porco, be mado a little epoech in bis own behalf, adding thatho had buts fow mioutes before him ip which toroach the train, and thot be was auxious not to break his engagement io Milan. The Judge recolved him coldly, and asid that ‘such an offense ag that of last night morited five yoars in prison.” Rossi vontured again to remark that ib was then 7 o'clock, and that hla train left at 8, * Woll.” aald the Judga, " now that the eer- yont of the law has spoken, Nuton to the same man in thw characsor of a filend. Iwas at tho thestro Inet ovaning. Your peting Ja divine; you wero quite right to punish that blackguard Iknow that thoy are oxpocting yon in Lombar- dy; so—hero ina ring which ploaso accept iu token of my admiration, sud-—good morniyg." Rowet raached the train {a time. . |; Rich Gold Dtscovory in Australia. Afglbourne Araus, Tbo most Important discovery over mado in convection with gold-mining in thls colons, with the orcoption of the originel discovery of gold ta 1831, occurred here au tho 1th of Bep- tomber, it im tho fading iu the shalt of the Magdala Company, at Pleasant Croek,—or, as it ts vow called, 8tawoll,—of a gold-bearing quartz roe at the tmprecedented depth of 1,042 foet, or about 740 fect further jato tho intorior of tho cart than gold has ever yet beou obtained in Victoria, ‘The mapagera of the Company. eluca thoy struck tha reef, bavo gono oy sinking so ag to ascoitain tho thickness of j¢ in thar clam, and thoy havo passed 10 fect of it with+ out aa yet having fone through it. Bome speci- mena of the stone Lave been sence to tho Nehool of Minos at Datlarat, These #pecinens, weigh- ing altogother 103g pounds, wero treated by two different procosses, the result boing as tho rate of 19 dwt, 17 gr. per tonal stone by oye process, and 14 dwt, 10 yr. by the othor. Mour otber ro- salty which were obtained showed & much richer qualliy of stone, bub sa the stone tested in thovo casos was taken from a higher portion of nd above the mullock bxse, it is ablo that tho ere and lower por- tions of tho fode may be much richor than the contro, ‘Tho directors have doelded to break off w good- sizod block of the stone and send it to the Phil. adelphia Exhibition. with a eectlonaldiawing of the ghaft aud tho differeptatrata pasged through: ae a ina Lion's Den, Meriden (Migs.) Sorcury. Poor old Leo Balk, who lout his lito hera oo Baturday at tho hands of Bosson brothers, bad been ja numerous tight placoa during his avent- ful and checkered life, Tha younger Robinson, who wag mauaging the slow which was boro ou Baturday, related tho parthiularyce a rightiul scrape ald Leo got into once durug tho form ot soyaral years ho travoled with bia father's slow. Ii Was ia Tegan, Lea nad gob into trenble with a body af Tosae sullen who had come te the wbow at, we think, Auattn, Furjoue with anger end whisky, thoy set upon him with revolver and bawio-kuifo. The case was hopeless bus in fight aud succesfully eluding puryuit, Luckily ho cacapad ibe fret opgot wad thren them off tha track fora moment. He could boar thelr bowls aud vengeful threats Timo wad predions, aud w desperate dowd fo safety bad tobe done quickly, Hy approache the keeper of tho lion's cage, and, upon poill of his life, bade him deliver bim {nateotly the key Belk unlocked the door and eutared, ceving to | wafety Inalde jiou's dey bo wa'l kuew wes Ro ontalde. @ wuccersfully threw them of the wognt. i rode 14 the lion's cage 17 mile and the ncble bruto—pobler than the bums brutes who pursucd—treated bh with kind + differeyco. Jhiadoubtiess tho only \ootance! record Wherein mortal man sought ‘ond obtaia eafety frown bis infyriate fcllowaby babing rely ju 6 Hou'y den,