Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1876, Page 2

2 T1IE CHICAGO TRIBUN 9 SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, transferred from places where they were ob- noxious to places waers thoy could dono harm, —io-wit, the reuwed list. i SR SLIGHTLY OFF. Dispat:h to Cincinnati Enquirer, AYSTERIOUS EETICENCE. ‘WasmnoToy, Dec. 29.—For some reason or other all eources of Whicky-Ring information in the Treasnry Department bave suddenly dried up. Hitberto it bas been essy to obtam from PBluford Wilson or from Secretary Diietow any information which tue interas:s of the prosecu- tion ¢id not sbsolutely requiro shou'd be kept secret ; but of laie every olicisl 1u the Depart- mert, fiom the Secreturs down to clerks m the ofice of Revecua Agens, is dumb a8 an oyster. Thia state of thiage seems to be the result of Eluford MWilson's recens trip to Chicaga. 1t is impossible to ge: any su'beutic juformation about the cond’tion ot the Chicrgo Rinp. This is in such mascked contrat to tho course thet was pursued in relation to the St. 1.cnis Riog that 1t excites the graves suspicions, 2nd gives riee to the most startling conjectures among well-informed men here. The drift of thero suepicions 18 that the Administiation has determized .not to allow the prosecution to proceed any furiher in caroest, [!] and that Becretarv Bristow hss yelied to the unani- mous voice of tho Cabinet, which 18 kaown to be iz favor of letting up in this terrible crusade of Tepublicans against Regubhcans [7].. Whatever Toay bs the facts 28 ta these points, it is certain that thie condition of;\Whieky-Ring affairs in Chi- cago 16 chrooded in the most impenetrable se- creey, and tho reticence has been doubled since the Inter-Ocecn’s celelrated Babcock interview. (Since this dispatch was wnitten, the Enquir- er°s reporter wast have discovered that he was ©-off his exgs.” The “myeterions reticence bas been changed into forked lightning, and «gtreck.” Tho “ unanimous voice of the Cab- inet" is, Let no guilty man cscape.—Ep. Tap- ©e] —_——— MISCELLANEOUS. MERSEREAU'S CLHTIFICATES. To the Editer of The Claesgo Tribune: Cricaco, Jan, 1.—I have read an article in your issue of Dec. 81, 1575, purportiog to say that the guardisnship of the safes in tle various distilleries of this city seized by the Government alain Mav last was patin mv charge, and ‘my mex: acted as custodians of ead safes. As I'am pot in the babit of being intervi I wilf speak through this medi:m. and will give v tife for the truth of my statement. My men were custodians of eaid safes. which werasealed by the United States Marshal, andfam ghle to €bow by the sffidsvits of my mep that they were ofered several thousazd dollars on ~arions occasions to atlow certain parties access to £a1d eafes, which information was reported to Ar. Tlmer Washburn, Chief of the Secret Ser- Tice Department. from time to time. Is it pezessary for me to €3y that mv men did not entertsin or reccivo any of these offera. as bv the wrstem 1 bad adopted in warching the eafos the tmen, even if wiiling, could no: give 2nv party acess to the safe I aefy noy man who knows me to say that it was poselbis to abstract the contents of tho eafes without its being known. On toe22d of Juve last my men were ramoved from the custodiznship of the_safes, at which time the seals were intact, and in which condi~ tion they bed remasined duripg the time they were in my charge, and this f am prepared to certify. Yours respacifally. ArLLAY FINEEBTOF. FIARTINI UF AGAIY. Tre dietillers formely ocoupied by Roelle, Junker & Co., known at'the Uninn Copror Dis- tilling Comsur, at Calnmt, in this district, has beeu purchased ly A gerrleman named Hassel- man, and he will begin Miing whisky a: that pince Monday or Tuesday. Hle bas been for some time exvecting to etirt up these works, ond has been only deternd by the for- malities of the law. Some ~days 8go he sent to Wasningtou the Pans necessary 10 be passed npon by the Departhept, and yes- terdav Collector Webster received g tolegram stating that the bonded warebouse ma accepted by the Governmeat, and that Hasselnann conld commence a8 s00u a8 he had filled Lis bond. This Lond was apparently srrenged f¢ some weeks ago, but Gen. Webster objected t¢ some 95 vesterday Mr. Hascelmann bad been uiaplg |6t003 to fill thoir places. He, bowaver, Btated that b expocted Monday morninz to be atle to file he ‘bond. and that His first mash would probabiyls ‘made thet das. IN CRNWCLTATION. Messrs, Tiebm and Hesine met vesterdarat the offico of tue lattcr, and had & lcng and on- fidential talk over 3 bottle of wine. B.th seened to bo in good spirits, and if they discussed Iri- dav's dmnes—which is more than likelv—he r did not scem to epecially troable tleir HINTY. £ The gambting-houses were examined Fridsy pirht by the officors who weve in gerch of tis judividual. bt without enccess, and they ceo- clused they had been investizating in the wrang Gquarter. They kert on bunting vesierday, but 1 a8t accounts were Btill in the dark asto their man's whereabouts. IWAUKEGAN, Yezetation Misleddby tho Late Ethereal Mildness — Firc — Ieligions Ftems— yersonal Gossip. Snecial Cortetponience of The Chicazo Tribine, WArEEGAN, Jan. 1.—The past week bas boea one of moistare throughout,—iodeed, 80 much g0 that tho condition of certain localities oa . some of our thoroughfares will warrant the astice, ** No bottom bery,” £2 be posted op in & crnspicusus placa. This co1t of weatber is hard- Iy m keepivg with appearances. Oa every side may be giea the trecs 2ud ghrubs with their apparently leafless bare brauches, but can them more clogely and yoa will observo the tender buds ehooting forth, and the ting biade of grass secling. out s if to welcome' the Now Year. 3ai i ; i is onls midinter! We will defor urther remarks for s few montbs and nov mis- ead peoyla 54 regards the szason. = ! Ou“_\lg\udny moromg abot 2 o'rlock. the citi- zens of this placs were aronsed from theie slum. bers by the soand of beilg. cousinc:ng then that something was vrong. An examibauon proved tbe fact that alarge fire was in progresd. Tha Yorrent Fire Company was promnily on band, and did r..ach stayiog the flames. Consider- able deley was occasioned to the steamer owing {0 the migmanagement of tuoss in charge. The tire originated ip tbe blacksmith shop on Counnty street, occupied by S. Harding. After destroy- ing that buildiog, it proceeded north aad south, Sonsuming toe dweiling owned by Jolin Peter- mann. on the north, snd U. Krautz's dwelling on tho sonth: also badly dsmazing the pew Swelling owned and occapied bs J. It. Dady. It was the mcst extensive conflagration this city lies witneseed for some time, thio losa reaching €400, Our citizeus deem it very fortunate That the entirs business portion of the cits isnot to-day in ashes, 1t 8 gnpposed that tho fire was {he work of 2n incendiary. Tue loss falls heavi- Iy upon the owmers, who unfortunately bad no no . e \week of praver wil be observed by union meetings aa follows : This eveuing, Methodist Chbureh, also t0-morro eveuing < Tuesday and Wwednesday evenings. Congregational ; Thurs- day, Baptist ; Frdur. Presbyterisn. Dr. and Mrs. B. 5. 1ast, for Council Bluffs, malie a brief stay with frionds ovidis Judze the fore an of the week. 5 A Morsl Insurance Compeny of Watertows, | snd New Y conld auly, b aeathed: f1on) A vikited this city on Tuesdar. hero by oY g standing the storm Hiam Luttrick, a former recident of Wauke- | tho ~ ehapirg), San Francleco and tho Fu&:ogr‘ ‘c_:( Quindaro, Kansas, is visiting friends ::;m‘-g ba“rsuch ed ooly in s hspahlzlrd in city. % ny. What news was received from Ry ofark Ridgs,re: [\ 98 ‘,’:,{ Without was to the_eflect ibat the visiting fnec P s a general one, and was moving The lotters and 3. e i 1 . emjosaole cCTmEioh: 1 right. still it wouldbe | ol TR HLORERCH euffores by e imple 3 for the married Iadies who sre to | At ‘clograph Company were e e eh Thuraday | ljyivto thase of the Westera Uniod. lis Loap. Year S0 on the prairies were broken earlyin the attend the ° ‘evening to inform going to accompany, t to 4 : :g:‘;:det that he may be eatisfied 28 to Lis lady judsment. The sopual mesting of Torreat Engine Comr % will cccur on Tuesday evening at o'clock. Al members ebould be preeent, o On Wednesday evening the Rev. S. 8. tendsred Lis reaignation as pastor of the Bady Chorch. The members of the eociety have, et taken ectiou il the matter. When tt, . ey will act for their own m;urest, by en’ jop to retain him. ~ Club %ue jvaugarsl perty o!m:hiun Lakeso on took place at {neir new 100 ot 02 | inun’;' eveung. It proved an enjoy” sioo. 2 i 1t appear- We do not stato it as beitg a facks, Ef: % ances would indicate that W0 Weyre the firet take place in the Baptist Society close, Par- month of the new year draweth ticniars horeafter. ., otions of New Gwing to the frequent intelonid close his Year cellers, yonrvcuxmeponq“w Year to all.” commuuication with a ** Hay any No. a The n almost a twinkling. \f the wind wers very preat, and the damage ione must bave been considerable. f course, drove callers home in manv cases, lbut there were others who broved the wind, and Cory started, on Thureday | eigns. hers they intend to ‘wesr ehildren and other %43 Tlodrett was in the city duriog - Johneon. General Adjuster for the dance at Pugnix Hallon {leir husbands who they are and not compel the old wecrete lumsel{ in_some obcare place THE STORM. A 'Tempestuous Beginning for 1876. Destruction of Telegraph Wires---The Fire-Alarm Service. >rick Building Blown Downe--A Flury Amoung ihe Signs. Catalogue of Minor Misheps. The wes'bur yeaterday waa most renarkable for the seamm of the year. The costsmary old inbabitant of Chicsgo cannot remember when New-Year's Dhy dawned under euch favorsble auspices for caling. The morniag vas beanti- fol. The air we s balmyas i Jlay, and tho eun ehone brightly, favoriog especially those who started earb iu malting calla The morning was 8o warm t!:t ovorcoats, mufflers, and furs were almost enirely discarded, and in some of the up-town relings lsdies received callers with opea parlir-windows, something that has bititerto been mknown in Cuicago. By 11 o'clock, though tle stzeats presented a surface of clemmy mad, e main thoronghfar:s of the city were CROTWDED WITI PEDESTRLASS and carriages filled with Now-Years callers. It was most assuredy a harveat.das for livery- stable keepers, wlo, in some cases, reccived £30 for the use of a mrriage from 11 a.m. till8 p. m., when the callng wound up A day which legan 8o besatifally promised 2 similar afterncon. Fleecy clouds decked the sky during tho foresoon. but the weatler then wagmot threatening in the lsst. At1o'clock in the afteraoon peny-makers wero abuodant on the stroets. . Tur clouds coverad the horizon, gark. omincus, tkr-atening clouds, which warnod the nnwary pedetrian that A +fORM WAS BREWING. «ir coniuued still and spring-hke, and “en tho eur appeared it had s glowicg warmth, mekirg fires An exponso and an annoyance. Abaut 5:30 the rain shower camo down. Tater Zefl pretty briskly, and csllers on foot wre compelled to soek sheiter in the street cra, which woie soon crowded with young men gd ol1 men, ond maidens from 15 o 40, wil even standing-room on platforros was un- cainable. Hacks were not to be thongbt of. TJeir hauants were deserted for the nonce, for Mr-YVear's Day had called them all into use at ‘ahby's" own epormous ratch. The rain cared away by a little after 4 o'clock, but still eky was lowering rud tureatening, premia- ig'of a storm. At 5 o'clock THE RAIN CAME DOWN IN TORRENTS, a3 probably lssted about 2o hour. Ly that me a breeze began to blow from the sonth, which on grew into a strong eouth by southwest wnd, and the stars began to show themselves. 9¢ clouds had entitelv disappeared, and the pon shone out resplendently. The wind de- sloped into a hurricane, and in portions of the tv, ospecially the most cxpored, shutters, sigos, ‘ees, atd other movable articles wers blown own or away. The flags upon the staffs, hung ut in honor of the dav, were TORN INTO SHREDS Tha severity and velocity The storm, ade & day of it. The man of lizht weight or the woman jncnm- red with superfluous garmants, acting As eails, ad a bard time of traveling the streets last sight, after the wind roso into something that ery closely resembied a burricano. It was the kind of wind best deseribed by the torm Pgulll,— ow dving away to almost a breatn, and pres- entv burstinz forth azain with a vigor that of the sureties as not perfectly reliable, ad no threRaped to demolish soything that in it devions path. It rat- tlea '~ gigns and loogened the bricks 08 Cxmper.topg in a maouer that mada ervous PEOT koap to the rdeo of the sidewalk. Porhspe 00 80 haq cver done so much e ROTION ON HATS of all describtions: g 1o ‘man rushing along wth nat pressed €05 o s Lrow with both bands had lu3 3iCOwrr, “eronned by beinz of 4 in_the T :ugg;e pedestrian Lot 1:1;3 S_Q‘r;lmx;;:h bead almost oo 8 lev along with his with bis . bips. t would pay some enterprisin, L a0 04 g0 Aronod (§°T207 L0 get 1o cant lots picking up runaway' teets aud va- Gireet corers tha eitoation wad'd On the unpleasant, even the eturdy hagiarticutarly comeelled to keep close within the 0 beiog doorways, while their horses and velgsses of Deared ‘to be in immigent reril of beirfs 1P~ away. Nothing could be more uufort?he than the position of ladies who caBle babies in taeir arms, when canght by tho pitild whirlwind. It often reduced them to a condt tion on a parallel with tbac of the * Cao-Cas hey were compelled to endure it, or clso Soro'the tbe mod. Vers thin fe- males, waiking with their lovers, were in con- of having their spare snatomy Toindicionsly displaved, while stout women, unable to breast the storm full-front, were splitting drop their infants io stant_terror obliged to esecuie & side step, the wind as it wera. Tt was a dreadfally it blew directly south; often, it secmed to blow from oints, and, : tima, completely bewilde point at the same 2 pedestrians. Peoplo did not care blocks, and the horse-cars = ingly, _well patropized, Owing unstesdy _gais of every woman who walked, it sible to tell whether their #in were tho tesnit of wind or whekY. most ceses, it was a combinshOn O exents, maoy of the Dew New Year'scall were wet pight. The etorm, hovever, did A GREAT SE! artially drsiog U] P m“)‘ reudered ings mext to ymp the unpatural aod and showed that 1876 to make iteelf felt in spondiog '76 of & century 8go, ‘more bloodloss MANNAT. a mud-bath, but its gaccessor in a very lively manoer. and moon passed coldly through ¢ Jooking as clean and bright 2F, rain, or slect, could ever rea¢ Some enthusiastio D! bsul dowa their Star-Spat the storm came will have Lake Michigan to-dar. cateh *¢ s cap-full of win' ful biaet. Abous midnight the aod 1t seemed for & over. but it eudden o'clock woA trvio; their beats aod 0 080 «a3 6 etrems filth street to. feverish its silvery disk. RAPH WIRES. The wi telepraph wiref sanburbs of the /- but one wire v was oo the lir I T 8Ot 0L, 8 il destroved, as far 88 neofuluess goes. commencer: kept in a coutiomed wild _commotion. The operators’ thumbs end _fingers flew with rapidity, but mot fast enough, to keep pace with tha constantly-recarring eig- nals. sreaks and rumors cf bresks wero fre- quent, and to locato them nll secmed a hercriean task. ' The repairers were ruoning from box to box iu ali parts of the city, repairing bresks as fast 25 found, but the rottenness of many of the wires kept up the breaks in a constantiy-increas- ipg Tatio. ‘There was but one line that was atall reliable, ond & feiv were but httlo better tha The strength of the galo creat uselexs. alarms of s mecessity for prompt orratic wind. Sometimes then to the otber pole: then esst and then nest. end so on to_the minor eve? o o wall 23 cord- kg ths and impos- ooy movements . Ferbaps, in 3 bofln{At ?1“ its purchased for the rnhnpbize! 10 med last of cross- 1t ml® cooled ptmosphere, was detormined ‘history e the corre- HoR el ia e yes 1875 died in The ¥¢F 1o aqualling +6 young winter b fittne clonds, f nought of mad, fatries Who neglected to plod Dannera befors to look for them in Nothing that could /" stood before the fit- «od temporarily abated, <imo that the storm was rocommenced, and at 1 4D arive the policemen from %posa of the few remaining storgPIayed 8ad havoc with the S0t the prairios snd in tho Of the Western Union hine left up to midnight, aod that ‘of tho Ilinois Contral Hailroad, 10Ty, ~ 1t had prevatied as far South as Mouday might wes well attended, and proved an "'i‘i,‘,‘ia. No dispatches came in afteé © ing, and dispstches were neither received The Fire-Alarm Telegraph wires were nearly At tae :t of the gale the nonsense of run- ning fire-alrm wires over house-tops bscame painfuily apparent. The receiviog-instruments seemed possessed of a devil, and ths little point- ers on the indicator at the main office were fes t. insare one kingle iots of safetr, and recorse was bad to the police instruments as the oaly safaiy. And even these went almost into diause owin to the dempness of tho air aud the house- tops to which the wires are attached. Happily there were but few fires, and the lagt one t2rned in, from the corner of Bradloy and Noble streets, was £00n 0ut. The wires of the American District Telegraph Company, which are about 88 poorly supported a1 those of tho Fire-Alurm service, were also in- jarsd, Between Randolph and South Water 3ireets, in the Sonth Division, there were seversl breske, and many of the West Bide wires were also oat of order, but from what causes or at what poiats, required some time and labor to as- ceriain. DUILDING DBLOWN DOWN. The most gerions accident reported up to mid- night was the demelition of a gouble four-siory pew bnies baiding at No. 819 and 39l South Canal street. Sbortly aftor 6 o’clock an upusu- slly stroug gust catried it off its foaudations, and depostted the greater portionof iton the street. It was erected by Ryan & Hagerman, contracters, and was owned by & gentloman re- sidiog on Pooris_stroet, wnose name could not be ascertained. It was not completed, and con- sequently no one was injured by its fall. In con- structiun it was tlimsy to tho utmost degree, and no more opportuna time could have been select- ed for its deswruction, -The loss will amount to about 7,000 CIURCH-SPIRE GONE. Shortly after 7 o'clock last evoning the wood- enspire of a German Lutheran Church on Wentworth avenue was blown away by tho zale, and was domped on the residenco of Mrs, Bud- ioger, No. 1247 Wentworth avenue, just across tho wav from the church. Fortunately the io- mates of she house were in the kitchen at the time, And no one was iujurad. The houso Wwas damaged to the extent of aboat $200. A FALLEN SION. On East Madison stroet, Charles P. Kelloge's immense sign was blown down at about 10 o'clock. Tho buge planking. which was about 50 feet long, was carried bigh up in the air, after being torn off, and thon came down with s cer- rific crash, a number of pedestrians narrowly escaping. Solomon Dingee, the auctioneer, had s lurge wire sign, which was torn aod tmstel by the wnd, and camo crashing through the windows, scattering sash and glass in every direction, and creaung groat consternation in the vicinity. "About 6:40 o'clock last evening’ & large’ trunk sign over the store of Lecker & Kopaell, at No. 205 and 207 South Clark street, fell with a crash to the sidewalk below, siriking & colored boy named Joseph Butler over tho right eye, and in- dicting o Jarge zash. Ths wouud was sewed up, and thie little fellow was taken to his residence, in the rear of No. 862 Fifth avenne. There has not been that riotous extravagance in signs which used to prevail befora the fire, but the way in _which laet night's wind dealt with somo which were thbought to bo secure, ought to convince the authoritica that they area nuisance and source of danger. When thev do not blow off and smash & man'agkall, they make unpleasant uoizos and cause him to get nervous. MINOR ACCIDENTS. At 9 oclock s zinc cornice on the brick build- ing No. 118 Archer avenue was binwu down and destroyed. Loss to the owner, J. Matternis, &50. The Jackson street sidn of tho bigh fence en- elosing tho new Custom-Houde took a tumble on its own account duriug the eveniog, and 13 DOW Ising nearly on level with the sidewalk. A large plate-giass window in Chapin & Gore's saioon, on Monroe stiset, caved in uuder the wiud proseure at abont 10 o'clock, dsmagiog the pockets of tho proprietors to the tune of about $735. A lurge tin sign projecting from Lipman's pawashop ou tho corner of Clark and Monros streeta camo flying dosn at 8 o'clock, and alighting on o fancy gas lawp totally demolished it., Loss, &30, ‘Between 9 and 10 o'clock Adams street bridgo was blown open, and was not secured again for soma time. No one wag in the neighbarhood ut the time, sud it was oot noticed nntil a'policeman chanced to pass by. Huudreds of chimners in all parts of the city succumbed to the blast. aad, scaring tho neigh- bors half ont of their wits, came rumbling down to Mother Earth. They were all small ones, and failad to result in any damages worth chronicling, Up to miduight no accidents from them had been reported at any of the stations. Sidewalks in front of vacant lcts proved but as mere feathers in the wind. In many olaces they wero lifted bodily from off their beams and de- pos.tcd on opposite wdes of tho strcet. Tbo most noteworthy incidents of this character in the busiuess portions of the city wero the uplift- ing of GO feet of the eidewalk'in front of Nos. 806 and 303 Sonth Clark street, and of & 1C0 foot length of walk ou the south ede of Monroa street from Doarborn to the American ExpressCompany's bailding. In each case s hesvy plank sidewalk about 2) feet mn width was_car- Tied to the opposite side of the straet. Mauy otber smaller Jengths in different places were similarly uprooted. On Halsted and Tyler atree’s, in front of the French Chnrch, the trees were uprooted. Tha Bame accidents happened at many poinid 0o Ashiand aveouo. On Blue Isluna avenoe and Coolidge strects car was blown clear off the track. On this strect, signa and chimneys wero blown down. and sov- eral houses partially nnroofed. Io the extreme west portion of tho city houses in course of con- struction were blown down, but theexztent of the damage could not bs ascertained. On Randolph, Lake, and Washinaton streets, shutters, signs, and stuingles slmos: tilled the ir, and made pedestrianism extremely dangerous. n —————— -ortant Resalts of Recent EXCAva- & tiony in KRomc. Tha lo§.Correspondence Cunernnati Gazette. etaay in tb@f antiquity bave constant food for aro slmost daifyy, relics of anctent Rome which tjo08 carried on, ~pght fo light in the excava- city Governments, bfioly by tho general aad individuals. Among thp private soctetics and the head of the English Afr is Mr. Parker, at who has the roputstion of alogical Society, aequainted with the topozraphy o thoroaghly his own exvense he carries on excd Roms. At great many different parts of the city,ans in & Blrasdy expended quite & fortnue in thil bas Some of Lus labors have been crowned with 7y, success, and it was be who discovered an entrant.| from the Mamertine prison 1nto the Catacombs Which had for years boen lost sight of. A prvate eociety digmng nesr the ancient. Porta Maggiore has lately made eome most it teresting discoveries, In the last century, one ur two colombari found here alieady poiuted 1t out as the site of an old cemetory, but for many vears the work has been discontinued, aud noy, taken up again, it is rich, not ounly in an arch- mological but in an artistic poiat of view. Al togetber, up to the present time, twelve colom- bari have been discovered, besides quite 3 nam- ber of skeletons, showing that both imothods of burial wete practiced. Two of the colombari aro of e=pecial interest. Ono of them, from the inscrintions, is shown to bave belonged to the wealthy family Statilia, ono of whese members, at his own expense, con- structed an ampbitlestre in Campus Martius. The internal wills of tho other ono are_covered with a seried of frescoes, ropresontiug the early mythologicalhistory of Rome; thoarrival of Eneas ou the shore of the Lazio; his wais and peaco with the inhabitants; the foundation of the City of Lavinin; the abaudonment in the Tibe: of Tomulvé dnod Remus; their finaing ad growth. One picturo of Romuius, a3 a yowg shepherd leading his ebeep, i8 very bemtl- ful, and_ tho whole series has boen aro- nonnced by artists, who have visited thery, to bo of a very advanced stage of art. They 8ro considerably defaced by exposura to dagp air and as soon as possibie they will be cetached from the walls and trapsterred to a wore pro- tecied place. Around the room ere sbelves, containing eartheniwara vases, some ¢f them per- fectiy fresh and now, with the ashes of tie dead. The varions objeots found in thede tombs, con- gisting of female ornaments andarticles of daily use, lachrrmal glasses, smail fncrery uros and somo busts, had been placed or_ protection iu a emall house nesr by, togeth’t with somo skele- tons in their stone sarcopsagl- The Society is very anxions to goll this calection tothe Govern~ ment, provided they caraet their price for o - An Infant Auacked by a Cat. A correspondent ¢ tho Richwond Dispatch sava that on tho 1981 ibst., 85 AIr. Daniel Jones’ family, in Jamesoity- Va., was bronkfnsting in tha kitchen, sbort 25 yards from the main dwell- ing, one of b/ dsughters went to look after Alrs, Fanny ~inman's baby, 3 weeks old. that bed been lo¢ suuely covered up and stowed away in tis_enjoyment of his usnal morniog's nap. 1he little infant was found £Creaming con- vulgive] and covered with blood. A pet cat, that hea evidently rou ab the sound of footsteps, ‘wos ound under the bed, blood being opon bis threst and fors legs. Two though's ai the sawme tine occupied tha minds of all prescut—one to wro for tle baby, the other togo for the cal. The cat order was promotly obeved: * Oif with his kead.” The baby, boing washed, presented a ghastly sight. One arm. shoulder, face, ove, and ouo sido of the head were terribly scratched, avd the ekin upon the head so torn sod lifted us ® expose the skull. Dr. Hanking was called in, and tho little feliow is now doing well, with pros- pects of recovery. e A young lady asked a youog msn in a musio- store, ** Have you Happy Dreams #” and was as- tonished when he repiied, **N. mostly troubled with the nightmare RAILROCADS. Rumors of Changes on Two Lead- ing Lines. The Cans=da Roads Abont to Secure a Coancetion with Chicago. The Pooled Lines---The Workingmen’s Train. 7 RUMORED CHANGES. The air is fbick with rumors regarding import- ant changes in ths macsgoment of eoxno of the leadingChicago raiiways. It is uow stated by some that Mr. J. M. Walker, President of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiacy Bailroad, will shortly re- sign, aod that 3r. AL C. Forbes, of Boston, will be elected to fill tho place. It will be re- momberea that this gentleman, in conjunctou with Mr. Griswold, soother Boston Director of the road, made about a year agoan onslaught on Mr. J. F. Joy for his cofinection with tho Chica- go, Minpesota & Dubuque Consatruction Com- pany, and thay succeeded in farcing Mr. Joy from the Directory of theroad. Mr. Walker has always been Lkoown as a warm friend of Mr, Joy's. Mr. 0. E. Perkins, s relative of Alr. Forkes, and at presont General Manager of the Burling- ton & Missouri River Railroad of Nebraska, is mentioned as Vice-President. Mr. Robert Harris, the present General Super- intendent, can 1etain his position if he desires it. It is howevor stated that bo does nou in- tend to remaip if Mr. Walker goes out. Inthis case tho position of Genersl Superinsendent will be offered to Mr. W. B. Strovg, General Superintendent of the Michigan Central Rail- road. Mr. Strong is probably hotter titted to step in the foostops of Mr. Harris than aoy other railway man in tho country, having beon Ausistaut Geoeral Superintendont of the Road for mauy yoars, and kuowiug all its workinge. As the road is one of the most prosperous in the country, there is a probability that Mr. Strong will givo up his present position and accopt thig ooe. Mr. Robert Harris, who has the reputation of being one of the best-iaformed railway manag- era in the country, is eaid to have been offered the position of Genmeral Superintandent of tho New York Central Railrcad. If Mr. Ilarris, bowever. should decile to remain with the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy, then the position of Goneral Suporintondent of tho New York Ceu- tral will be offercd to Mr. Strong. Desides this, it is ramored that nearly all the general officers of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ralread will have o give way to noew mea, Awmong those whose heads uro said to_be ready for the guil- Jotive &rs Mr. C. W. Smith, General Freight Agent: Mr. Hudson, Assistaot General Superintendent; and Mr. Sam- umel Powa!l, General Ticket and —DPas- senger Agent. It is boped that the rumors rozatding the remorval of somo of these gentlemen are not true, as they are really able &nq meritorious men, and no better ones conld bo fonnd to fill their places. This 18 particularly the case with Mr. Powell, who has been General Ticket Ageut of thia road for mauy yours, and bears the ropntation among railway men, and especiallv among othrr General Ticket Agents, of being one of the ablest in tho business. The rumor that Mr. I. F. Joy, President of the Michigan Centra} Rauroad, contemplates sending in his resizvation snortly, has already boen mentioned. s uccessor will nadurbted- Iy be Mr. Bamuel Sioas, of Rew York, the prescut Vice-Presidont of the road, nrod an intimate friond of Commodore Vanderbilt. Tt has not been learoed who will be the Gereral Superiotendent of tho road in csse Mr. Stroog docides to accept the position ou the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy or New York Centrpl. "It is said that Mr. Ledrard, the precent Assistant Geoeral Saperintendeat. will bo the only gen- eral ofticer who will have to give way to a new man. Mr. C. C. Whoeler, the General Freizht Agent, and_3Ir. Hensy Weatnorth, the Gouoral Ticket and Passenger Agent, will, from all that can be learned, retain their positions, as it wouid bea difficnuit matier to fll tueir places with equally good men. A NEW THROUGH LINE TO THE EAST, Mr. Vaoderbilt, in obtaining coutrol of the Caoads Soutbera and Michigan Central Rail- ronds, is not likely to gain the resnlt which he anticipated from this stroke of poliey. It was his principal intention to cut off the Westera connections of the Great Western snd Grand Trunk Railways of Canads, which beretofore pnad an excellont outlet by the Michi- gan Central. He Deliezed that either ot these two lines would be unable in the pres- ent state of its finauces to obiain the right of way aud baitd & new line to Chicago. In mak- ing his considerations, however, he did not take into calculation that there was alrealy a line o existescs which could be finished to Chiengo 1n lees than sixsy dass, and al an expense of not over S400,000. This road is koown as the Chi- cago & Lako Huron, aud ruos from Port fluron to Valparaigo, Ind.. where it conpects with the Pittaburg, Fori Wayne & Chicago RLailcoad, with which 1t has s contract by which it can ran over its track into this city for tweaty years. Tbe | similar to the one now runnmg ant of Boston on the Massachusetts Eastera. ‘LTue mnnagers have the matter ouder consideration, and there 13 every probability thst such s tra'n will hegia to rao abont the 1+t of April. It is theintention to charge but 5 cents a per=on for tne entite dis- tauce or any yart of Tha train, if put on, wiil leave Biao Island at 6 a. m., and Chirago at 6:3) p.m. If thi3 veuturs proves a success, there I3 bardly a doubt that the Hllnois Central, Chrcago & Noithwestern, and othier roads that do a 1argo suburkan business wili £illow suit. FOREIGN. Russian Journals Dovoted to the Discussion of the Eastern Question, A Jewish Merchant Stoned to Death by & Persian Liob, TURKZY. A TROPOSED EUROPEAN FROTECTORATE. Berwty, Dec. 9.—The &t. Petersburg Golos, in an article very complimentary to England,’ pro- poses that the example set by Great Britain in Egypt sbounld be imitated by all Europe in Turkey, and the Porto placed under the tatel- sge ond directing influenco of the Pow- ers. Eogland, we are told, will be the more inclined tb approve tbe plan, ns she has nothing to loss from its failure now that she bas acquired 8 new position in Egynt Indeed, aftor recens events, evon the dismem- bermeut of ‘Parkey must be a matter of indiTer- euce to Great Britamn. Though Itussis, for one, wants nothing, things being thus, thero is vothing to prevest England from lending a hand in _an attempt to place Turkey under a European Protectorato; while if tho rest of the world is really as pacificaily inchoed as Russia, therawoull, oa the uther hand, be notbing to lunder the St. Peters- burg Government frown taking part in the opera- tious which civilized nod eivilizing Evgland bas et afoot in Exvpt. 'This article, a porfoct essay in length, is the more remarkable 28 it is the firee of auy importance which has been aliowed to appear in the St. Petersburg press on the Suez Canal travsaction. However, no immedi- ate action in this sense is likely. AN ENTIRELY NEW PUASE OF TILE ORIENTAL QUES- TION. Berury, Dee. 12.—It would appear as though Oriental developments will bo accelerated by tha Suez Canal transactions. Russia, who but a short time ago found it exceedivgly difiicult to eotertnin the Austrian propositions, aud cont-ibuto towards & changa whiok she considors promature, now dispiavs & marked inclination to co-operate with her Vien- va friends. Remembering ths indierence ghows tmmodiately after the publication of tho famous anti-Tarkish article iu the St. Potersburg oflicial Gazetle, it would, perhaps, be rash to regard the preacot eymptome as indicative of coming action; but the symptoms exist, and thoe fact of their being gllowed to be- come visiblo is the mo: ntereeting feature of the gitaation &t this moment. The Prague Panslavistic jonrnal Pokro says that, according to the best Private intelligenco received, Do anger is felt atSt. Petersburg aboat the Snez Canal affair, and that the highest per- sonages are nsking themsalves whether they bad not better imitate the example sel by England. Tha Delgrade Vidoidan, a Servian Government organ, daclares that everythi changed by the parchase of the Suez shares, and that we have entered upon aa en- tirciy new phaso of the Orieatal question, for Prince Gortchakol"and other lruling peron- ages cannot but be conversaut wilh ths Latin adage, Beali possidentes. . PERSIA- STONING A JEW TO DEATH. The details of tho recent ternble murder of a Jew in Hamadan (Ekbatana of the ancients), in Persia. have been recaived. A weslthy Persian owed large sum of money to the Rabbi Chajim, who asked the Persian to repay bim oue day when they chavced to meet in a bazaar. A quar- rel ensacd, mod the crowd which had col- lacted asked the Persian what the cause of the tronble was. He determined to get rid of s creditof, and, turning to the erowd, said : wIf this man had merely insulted me I shonld havo kept sileat, but he has abused ovur religion and blasphemed the prophete. T canuol. there- fore, besilent.” ‘The crowd fell apua the Rabbi and threatened to kill bim. e took refugeinthe neighboring house of a rich L'arst, to whom Le appealed for protection. Tite lat. concealed tug,Jew 10 an inner room znd od the doors of the bonse. The crowd demazded his surren- der. The noble Persian refused, and the doors were broken down. The lawless rabble poured in, found the fugitive, drazged him 1into the street, and stoned him to death. The dead body was dragred abomt the town with jeers, and fGipally bromght into- the market- placo, whera the month was filled with powder aud the head wa3 blomn’ to pieces. A firo was tbon kind'ed and the corp3o was burned uF. Four Jews, who had fallen into the bands of the mab, wera ili-treated and severelv wonnd- ed. 'The dweilings of the Isgaciites were piun- dered, and a genoral massacrePof all the Jews— and Chrnstians likewise—wonld bave followed road 18 aiready built and io running ord:r from Vort Huron to Fiint, Mich, and also {rom Lansing, Mich., to Valparaiso, Tho distanco between Fliot and Lansizg waich is not yet completed is only 82 mles, and can ensily be finishad io sixty days, even during tha winter. ‘The Chicago & Port Huron Railroad crosses tho Michigan Central at Dattlo Creel and at Cassapolis, and the Michizan Southern at S>uth Dead, thus tapping thoss ivo trunk lines at very important points. It ic stated on the boat of authority that tha Grand Truuk and Groat Westorn msnagements have obtained con- trol of this lice and will at once completo it. In this way theso two roads g s moss oxcel- . lent ontlet to the West, though omewhat long- via the Michigan Ceatral It is also ru- B3 that the Eme Ralrond intend to join lino f3ith these lines, thus creatog a through yicago to New Yori. which will be a And as thi k\t'o ~hmderbxlt'l ‘monapolies. nection like tba'-line has noZouthern coa- entirely dependent on g, 80d 18 therefore Chicago and tho Northyclusived it obtaius in tkat it will fight for Chicagd't if 13ir to presume 3 6top to the outrageons diseiorests and put 1zninst this city by the pooled lifinations made Frunk Railroad, being bankrapty 1o G >act to par dividonds, nod if tho' 038 oot _es- «@n be made to pay ruoniog axponL _‘3“_5"‘55! arry through freight at almost any pr. it can nerchants and shippers of Chicago will un, Lbe ally hail this new movement on tho pa?d tio Canada lines with much _gratification. TH Ine hins no Southern connections and no South- em interests to subserve » COMING TO TERMS, AIr. C. 0. Wheeler; Geveral Freight Agent of the Michigan Central Railroad, and 3fr. D. W. Hrchcock, General Agent of the Erie & Chicago Line, have returned from New York, whors they havs been takiog part in the meeting of railroad managers. They left New York before the con- ferenco was over, and hence their information &8 very meagre. AMr. Wheeler; however, stats that an arrangement was made to make no fir- ther advance in freight-rates this winter. The railroads, however, will adhere to the presut tan{l. The dispoeition was manifest nmgnithe mauagers that tho rates from the various Wast- ern points should bo better equalized than ihey have been herotofore, and satisfactory arrmge- ments it was thought wounld undoubtedy be made beforo the ndjournment of the meetng. As hias been already reported by telegram, the rated from the East to the West have bien re- stared to the old figures. ‘This action is not &0 much due totho New York trunk lines 33 to ther Western connections with Chicago While ibe great trunk linos themselves woull be able for lome timo to endare the ruinous conpetition witt the Grand Trunk Railway, the Western road, which share the reduction and losses on the hronzh rate, found the burden Whis the trunk lines were tighting over tho1 heads, most of the blowa fell mpon tuem Besides, the securing of a near out- let t Chicago by the Grand Trusk and Groat Westrn Railroads has bad much to do to keop tho moagers of the truok lines,more pliable, and tey thought it better to grant the diffr- enco { 10 cents on firat-cines freight asked for by theGrand Trunk Railway tian go on with the figt which, if {t had continned any longer, wouldiave broken up the pool.- By this sstion it hasiained another short lease of life, which, liowewr, makes but littlo differencs now that the Gind Trunk Railsay with its new outlet to Chicag will put a stop to all the ercroachments the po| may attempt to make in the futurd. i VIORKINGMEN'S TRAINS. A nuiber af people owning proper:y at Wesh- ingron leights, Englewood, and Blue Island are importiing the nanagers of the Chicago, Rock Island &Pacific to put ol next spring a work- Ingmen‘train betveen Blue Island and this city, Lad not the aathorities intervened. P e THE THREE EMPERORS. TUE CZAB ON THE ALLIANCE. St. Prrensscna, Dec. 9.—At the anoual fes- tival of the Knights of the Order of St. George, held here yesterday, tho Emperor Alexander propossd “The Health of the Emperors William and Francis Joseph as members of the Order.” oud eaid : Tam happy to be able to state on this oscasion that the ntimate relations betwaen our threo Empires and our fhiree armies, founded by our xugust predecessors for the defense of our comnion cause, still remains fn- tact at the present moment, whea it has o othor aim than tho maintenance of the trauquility and the peace of Europe. 1 have full coufidence that with the aid of God our upited efforts will attain tho peaceful end which we nave 1n view, which the wholc of Europe desires, and of which all States are in neeld. May God syare their Aajesties for the happiness of their peo- plea! ‘The Archduke Albrecht of Austris returned thaoks mn the name of both Monarchs, who, be sud, wholly and_ desply shared tho foelings ex- pressed by s Majesty. The Emperor snbse- quently drank to **The Ifealth of the Archduke and Prince Charles of Prussia.” Viexsa, Dee. 9.—Archduke Albrecht of Anstria, who is at presont staging in St. Peters- burg, has been inatructed by the Emperor to present the Cross of Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa_to the Emporor_of Rusdia on the occasion of the 8t. George's Festival. —ge ROME. n DRAZIL AND THE VATICAN. M,@;{': Deo. 7.—The Vasican has declived to tions 0 tho mat Brazilian Gouvernment declara~ ()]indn,‘, a c;:;: snggested by tha Bishop of e “>nently, the matters in dis- pute are agw in a fald Tho Vatizaunns dectard, PHATGR sottlement, right to il cé’uutry_ act ogposltmu ~ the laws of L8 —_——— Killed by & Catnmoenm.. A correspondent descrites ths terxible fate ot Jackson I'railey, a vete:an old Pennsylvania hunter who started out from Martinsville on Weduesday of last week vith two comrades on & huuting expedition. The Welch Mountain in the vicinity is heavily timbered and surrounded by great 8wamps and ravines, in which baars, cata- mounts, and other wild snimals are plenty. The buntersdid not return oo Wedneedsy night nor was anything heard of them the next nighs, and their friends determined to dispaich searchers to find them. On Fridsy morning twenty stalwart ‘woodsmen started to vearch for the missing meu. At abont 10 o'clock the body of Frailey was found nearly covered up in a snow drift neat the foot of the mountéin. His clothing was torn off from his throat to his knees, and his face, neck, breast, and abdomen were terribly lacerated, seemingly by the clawa or teeth of & wildanmal, Ndthing furthier was found until thé party reach- ed Tamarack swamp. While goinzy about the swamp one of the men found Frailey's rifle standing against 2 trée, Both barrels were empty, A short distance to the righe, in a hollow, was tho body of au ecormous catamount. It way covered with wounds, one being made by a ritle ball, and the rest plaily by & knife, Tho snow bavioe been scraped away about the tres against which the rifle staod, the hurter's kaife, a long clasp knife with a buckhoru handle, and pieces of bis clothing were found. it was evideat that thero bad beeu a fearful struggle, for the ground was covered with biood for eeveral feet sround, and the underbrush was bloody and broken. The search was resumed, and the other two miss- ing hunters were at last diacovered alive and welt, though they knew nothing of the fate of Trailey until now, he baving separated from them on tho first day out. Frailey'was known through- out Pennsyivania as the Nimrod of the State. He has followed hucting and trapping for thirty yoara, and had killed over 2,000 dear, 243 baars, 25 eatamounts, throe panthers, and unnomhbarad wolves and foxes, . HEAVY DEFALCATION. Flight of City-Treasurer Bork of Luflalo, Leaving a Deflcit in the Municipalgreas- ury of Between $300,000 and 400,000, Efato Commereiat, Dec. St. o Yosterday forenoon. rumors gained curtency on the streets that Joseph Botk. the well-kuown aund popular Treasurer of the city, had left for New Yotk without any immediate intention -of returnivg—in other words, that he was a de- faulter and had absconded. For interesting information in reference to Mr. Bork’s movements, bis confession and his views of the situation, which are aliogether moroe katisfactory than the thousand and one rumors that drifted through the streets yester- day, we are indebted to BENRY W. BOX, ESQ., a rentleman who is a heavy loser by Mr. Bork's fei are. Mr. Box avpeared ot the office of Lyon, Lutk & Co., & little before 6o'clock last evening, and his face revealed the fact that he knew more of Mr. Bork's affairs than any otber per- eon who had assumed to discuss them during the day, The gentleman in question had trusted Dork implicitly, 2nd tho last dollar he had in the world was Bork’s to commend. Upon being ap- proached by the writer, Mr. Dox remarked : I spent lass night with Mr. Bork at Suspoasion Bridge, and he has gono to St. Catharines. Canada.” farly inthe week Mr. Bork informed 3r. Pox that ho was going to New York for the pur- poge of negotiating some of his bonds and mort- gages. Ho was apxious to raise funds with which to start the projected Union Bank. e was pressed for money ho sgaid, but if he could get the bank started on such fanda as he could reise on his gecarities, he would go through all right. “Mr. Box, very much tatigued by his ciforts in_the Irecbury case, and ueeding a rest concluded to accompany Mr. Bork to New Yark, and according to agreement et him at Lyon, Bork & Co.’s oflico at 8 o’clock on Wednesday eveniug. From there fhey took a carriage for the dopot. stopping at MT. Do-k's house before dniving there. On the way Bork remarked that he had many things to eay to him ADOUT HIS BUSINESS, and just before reaching the New York & Erie depot b suid Lie was not going to Now York but to Canads, and he wished him, Box, to accom- panv him a3 far ag Suspension Dridge. Mr. Box 81w thore was trouble; Bork mrew excited and gave him to understand that his affaws word in a bad sbape. Mr. Box -bewsg finsncially interested and & personal friend, con- sented to accompany him, and on the train ho placed in his hands a general aseiznment of all his property for tho benefit of his cred- itors. The Assignecs named were: Henry W. B.x (attorney at In v). John Mcdsuua (real es- tare), Aloxander Martin (insurance), and Georgo Baldus (contractor). Ho also placed in his hands several paoers, two 2100 bonis belonging to the City ‘Creasury, and several notes for vari- o1 amounzs which hie had reccived in parzazut of wtaxes. Mr. Bork gavo to Mr. Box an estimate of the AMOTNT OF RIS DEFALCATION, which he pliced at £310,000. Hedi} uot assuma to be exact in his fizures, and Mr. Box was dis- posed 1o think the detiait in the Treasary would oot fall much short of $350,000. The embezzlements began, according to his confession to Mr. Box, soon after entering on his duties a3 Treasurer, and contioued uainter- ruptedly throngh both his tarms, extendinz over a period of forr years. The deficit ha consid- ered about equallv divided -betweea both torms, thus renderinz each 8ot of boudswen lizdle for aa equal amount of the deficit. THE METHOD OF HIS OPERATIONS may be briefly summed up a4 follows: 3r. Bork, =ho held the business of his ofice closely in his owa Lands, was in the babit of substituting for the funds raceived by him in pavmeni of taxes, his personal chsck on the baok of Lyoa & Co. These checks, atthough thoy called for large amounts and wera piled up with terrific rapidity, where never preseuted to Lyon & Co., but were curried along year after year as casb. Bork was al3oin the babit of talung notea from rasponatble parties—and irrespoasi- ble ones too, for that matter, receipting for the tax and enpatitmting for tho wotes so recoived the uofaling check on Lyom & Co. It 18 estimated that during bhis four years® in tha Treasuryship gome 260,000 a year were pmd for taXes through the real eatate and backing oftices of Lyon & Co. and Lyou, Bori & Co.—one and the same establish- meat, notwithstanding the difference in name— and for the amouats 8o received, or a largs oro- portion of them, these checks were subsntuted. The entire liabilities of the firm named Mr. Bork gave to Mr. Box a3 380,000. and in this cocaec- tion Lie toois vccasion to say that that institution was BOTTES TO THE CORE- Mr. Dork expressel siuce regret that so good a man as Mr. John AMcdlanus, who bad come into the firm supposing it to be 3 prospar- ous one, had been induced o risk his hard earnings and the savings of years in tha con- cern. He was sorry that he had held out any inducements to AMr. McMaans to bLecome a member of the firm and thus bring disaster upon him. Mr. Lox asked him how it was that he suc- cecaed in avoiding datection bv the Comptroller and thoso associated with bim. [fe rephed: I could cheas the Dovil himself. Bauoy is a suspicions old man, and Smith is & most careful accountant, but they have never had the shight- est suspicion of me. Yesterday afternoon, when I went over to the office and obtained two_city orders, they believed me whean X told them I was g&mg .tn New York. They never suspected any- thiog." In reference to the Comptroller, ho said be knew nothing about the condition of his cash ac- count. He eaid that when a tax was certified to agbeing psid and receipted for to the Comp- troiler, thac officer had no means of knowing whether the Treasurer had taken cash or a note forit. Bori eaid that the money had gone INTO REAL ESTATE SPECULATIONS, and had escaped from him in other wars. James 8. Lyon, he said, otred him 860,000, and there were other parties owed him in varioas amonats aggrezatiog a large sum, He bad upon his life an iusurance of $100,000, one-half payable to his wife aud family, and the other to himeelf. Ia his great distress and asony he wished that God would take him that the amount might go to the reliaf of his cregiters. A Mr. Bork's asots, he estimated, in bis talk with Mr. Dox. at $500,000, providiog his real estate conld b® properly nureed. His property consists priacipally of real estate. and bonds and mortzags, and noder pressuro these would fall far shert of the value put upon them. He thousot that his bondsmen need mnot suffer 1f the city would deal leniently with thom, bat.that if il enforced immediate payment it would bring ruin to many of them. Mr. Box thought that Dork bad po mora money with him than £330, aud he stated to thas genfloman that : HE WOULD RETTRN TO THE CITY when the storm had blown over. He was willing to staud his trial and suffer whatever penaity ;Tl:! m\' might inflict, but he could not now meet :>ds who had confided in him and to whom ho had brownpt trouble. By Mr. Bos noto to Mr, T ou oo, B 3z, Box he seut & troller, which i8 as<,) [o“:. 8 Qity, Comp- I Jeft town lust D vg 1 not in the dlrection indicafes ‘ol 7ou T ghould, but more lament my aitastion than E’,;- 0 sha cin 1t enemy will not nccuse me Wrong. 1 am ot only sarry for thoss who Secmtional from pec embarrasament on ccoURE of tay ey, ut those who have been sssociated with me 1 thg administration of cits Affairs; fearing an uncharitabl world may think ou and others kave not dono their duty, it is only justice to say that I alone am responsi- Bl for the situation, and T take the first opportunity 0 exanerato you most folly, Respectfully yonrs, i . Joszpu Bosx, e men 1most seriously affectad . k's detalcation aud feilice, are el HIS SURETIES AS TREASURER. The bonds filed in the offico of the City Clerk are two in number. The first bond is dated Fe 15, 1872, extends for two years, and is for $175,~ 000, albeit it will be seen that the ngarogats amouuts of this and the second bond, sum up a greater amount. The following is a list 6f the sureties : James S, Lt $40,000'Patrick Gordon.... 10, David Bell, 2000/D, 5. Resmolds. ‘}8‘5"3 Jacolr Bet er.... 15,000 Tacob Korzelius, . 16,090 Clford A. . 15,000/ August Higer, 20,000 Matthiss Halfelder .. 15,000[C. E. Young.......o- 1,000 15,00/ Gordon Bailet ..o 101010 i 15,000/ Augustus Pant..... 10,00 Heury, W, Box. 000{ Alexander Aartia.. 10,000 John Iribacker. 05{James Mocney..... 10,000 M. Strauss, iy 8amuel D. Colie, .., 10,10 ‘I'ne second bond is dated Jau. 17, 1874, and nominally calls for 3175,000, alist of the suretiea: James S, Lyon.... Thomas W. y The following is Marthins Holfelder.. 15,90 Alexander Martin.. 10,00 T, X Eavrd 1010 Tacob Klaus....._. .. 105 Fraucis Ha 10,0 il Charles Swartz . 10,0 Selustian Eise 10,00) Georga Daldus.... lugn FOR SEVERAL YEARS Joseph Dork has been the great real estats op. erator of this city. Indecd, he had becoms unown a8 the great land-grabber, and hig echemes were of an exceedingly comprehensiy ¢naracer. Ile built East Ruffalo, and the hjp, dreds of little brown cottages there—nearly ) of them—owo tbeir existence to bis speculatisy entorprise and enerzy. He had “come tg be the real-estate gud of the citv, and pg. tonished _prodent old fogies. Youne Amer. 1¢a 8took Btock in Joe Bork, and the trilliancy of i« career was dazzling to tham In the highest degroe. Thers were many who shook their heads snd eaid tha: he would sink nnder his load—pg wad cantying toomuch. ‘The writer rememlery once suggasting to Mr. Bork in a plavful way that he was wasing wealthy fast, and his reply was, *Yes, I'm piling up paver.” . That is probably what r. Bork has boag doing, although his fortune was e-timated af anywhere from 250,000 to 8500,000. In mny essential res;ects Joo Bork differed from mosy adventurers. He wus..mot a fast mag ag the character is popularly understood. Hig bost emt of clothes probably neger cost him 330; be wore no diamords, drove mo fug horzes, and indeed his life ontside of his buy. ness operations, was noassumiog and common. place. Ho roceived his basiness edncation ig thareal estato offico of Lyon & Baker, enj showed an sptitude for the real estate busines truly surprisiog. His knowledea of tne Ger. man people was creat. and, if a largo number of Germans of the ci'y do not lose by his failurs, it will certainly not be becanse thev did ngt place the most implicit confidence in him. Iu politics he was'a Republican and gerved for one or two terms a8 Alderman. Four yearsaz he was elected City Treasurcr, aod_his second term closes with the present year. Last fall ha was n;‘zln:lminan:] &:nndidn? for M.I:-m. bt way, compelled to yield to the claims of Philip Docks the Republican Mayor elect. POkl CRIME. A MURDER IN EAST TENNESSEE. Special Correspondence of The Chicans Tridune, NasuviiLe, Tenn., Dec. 29.—White County, in* East Tennesees, is a rugged, mountainous py tion of the State: and the inhabditants of th: retired region aro quite as rough and uncouthin their ways and maoners as are their native hilla, Oue peculiarity has cbaracterized the people of late years, of geveratinz feuds, and then fghting them oat to the bitter enld In this way, sometimes many me are killed on sccount of msome quarr that may have had a trivial origin. Tbe mur. Jerers bide ont and around among the hills and hollows, and, ere they can be apprebended, they wreak their vengesnce on whomsoever they choose, or elsa are killed themselves. Anold grudge had long been unsettled between two parties, named respoctively Fisk and Little, tbat culminated in an awfal and fatal manner Christmas-Day. Not the least horrible of the details was the fact that a womn took part in tho fray, and, by her own hand, dealt the blow that deprived a fellow-baiug of his lie. Early on Satorday, & young maa camed Van Fisk, Qestined to be tho victin of this old feud. got into & canoe, near Roso's Nills, abost 5 miles abova Sparta, and started acress the etream. AB he drew near the opposiie bank, he saw etanding there Tom Little and his son William, Suspecting nothing frow them, Fisk landed b canoe, and Degan the ascent of the bank, whea suddenly he was startled by the loud report of a pistol, and, a8 he observed that the younzer Little was firing upon him, anoter loud repors rang out mpon tho air. = Fisk €W in & moment that he was in'a desparate situs. tiop. Wiliam Little hetd in lus hand large nav-pistol, nd Tisk, closng with bim, endeavored to get possession of ths weapou. e was about to get the beat of Little, when the latter’s father and mo*her besan to take a band tn the game, bitting Fisk repeatedly with stones aad breaking his shull. Tisk thex began to weaken, and \illiam Little, now baving fall possession of tho piatol, fired twica at .the prostrate form of Iiak, strikiog him both times in tne bowels. Findiog that they bad accomplished théir bloody work the Littles next bethougbt tbemselves of their own gafety, and left the bleeding and mancled form of tho young man, who had 80 recently stood in all his strenth and manhood, to b cared for by others. The skall was fractured three or four places, but Fisk lived lcnz enonst to say that the blow which killed bim was dall by Mrs. Little. In abontan hoarhe breathed his last. Tom Little and Williams roported, Sucday, at Sparta ; bat the mother made herselt acarce, and. at last =accounts, tho Sheriff wg the country for her. The Coroners be case returned & verdict of murder i3 degree. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Srecial Diapateh to T4 Chicago Trdune. . Sterursg, UL, Jun. 1.—L. H. Lincoln, Deputy Sherif of Whiteside County, was shot at last night, whilo sitting in his room, by some mi. known person. Tho ball jus: missed hislelt side and buried itself in a volume of poems oa the table. The would-be assassin escaped by the back-stairs, and could not be found on o sz:f of the darkness. Tie police are on the erf ury the first SUDDEN DEATH. Svectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. Frivt Deror, Mich., Jan. 1.—A peddler namsd Ira Laoceton, and hailing from Byron, Shiawass Couaty, was found dead in & room at the Sher man House, in this city, to-day. He retired as well a3 usual at midnight last night, Heis - supposed to kave died of paralysis. The Eusband of e Tahitian Prin. cess, ‘The Hartford Courant gives some accomnt of Dorrence Atwater, American Consnl for the bo- ciety Islands, who recenly martied the Prin- cess Moelia, a wealthy native lady. Itsays: * Dorrenco is_a Connecticut bov, who enlisted from Plymonth when quite youog in the first squadron of Counecticnt cavalry. 1o was taken prigoner and confined for a long time at Andar- sonville. Ho was an excollent penman, and wad detailed to ssaist in keeping thorecords and so- counts. ~While on this daty ho managed adroitly to keep a record of all tho deaths sb that terrible camp, and when he was finally ex- changed ho brought his record away with him, concealed upon hia person. It contained soms 12,000 names, and gave the first reliable informs- tion to many mourning families throoghous tbe North of the final fate of friends who bad been captured. Atwater was calied to Washingtos with his roils, whera they were copied, sod afterwards tho officials refused to return them to him. He managed to obtain them, and some officials there trumped up chargea against him for removing his own docnments from w6~ Department, and he was uojustly imprisoned for & time. Miss Clara Barton, the soldiers friond, esponised his canse, and, after long effort, succeeded in getting partial justice dona to Atwater. - Ho came home from Andersonrille a mere shadow, and,. broken in_health, was made, through misrepresontationa and perseca- tions, to euffer an unjust punishment im] by the Government he had so faithfully served. Numerously-signed petitions for red::ss wers |, forwarded to Washington from thia State, fob lowing o meeting held in this city which Waé dressed by Clara Barton, and at which Mr. Atwater was presént. Ho was finally appointed Consnl at the Seychelles Islands, in the Indisa Ocean, and afterwards at Tabisa, in the Society Isiands.” — " There ix in this city, says the Hartford Times, 3 Southern ™ contraband * who 13 38 innocent of he puile of Northern darkeys asanv of the 5?3:“:?“23‘;’{1‘8““‘1, &: Bhflnlh Carolinn. He came, 1 is employer, ssying Tano 120 Siko'wecn Sormooinn b 13 dicheny the relative antiguity of the Catholic ana Jewish religions. ** Am de'Jews as old as do Caffolicks?” he nax!ouul,y asked. ** 0, yes,” was the answor, * the e older. "Chriet was a Jew.” Yo * What!” exclaiimed Sambo, his eves and moath opening wide ; ** what you eay 3 a Jew " * ) “ Yea” Gasping for brecth, Bambo was hardly abls to mugfind Whu{—whuf—whuffore daygo on Him v, ke 4 OLD PAPERS.. OLD PAPERS FOR SAIT At T5 cents per 100, Tn the Countihg-Room of this Office,