Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1876, Page 9

1 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY JANUARY 9, I876—SIXTEEN PAGES. WHISKY. Deplorably Dull Day Around the Custom-House. A Small Seizure Rade and a Liitle Appraising Done. what the Distillers Think of the Sitnation--Some- thing Conecrning Rehm, tihat Is Known as the Juz Busi- ness---Tae Weeli’s Works TNone btut the Small Fry Yet Implicated at Spring- field, in Agent of the Whisky Ring Work- 3 Azaicst Bristow, THE CUSTON.HOUSE, DECIDEDLY DULL. Tus sdjsurnmest of tie Greznd Jury from Fiidsy till diondoy caused a decrease in tho pumber of reojle srcund tho Costom-Touse seaterdsy, and aliowed tho reporiors a day of Coscation from (ho intezcsting Lut mot.alto- | getber pleasant cceupation of lounging zround the etrances toa the Grand-Jury room in ecarch of victima. From tho firet dsy of the sessivn, tho corridors of tha Custom-Iiouse have beea the loncging-places for istillars, reetifiers, Gov- roment agents, and onteiders, including tho pewspaper men, but yestercay tho raiings wero spared to soms coneiderable exieat their nsusl 1oad of straight and ercoxed human- ity, aod & sesson of comperative quiet prevailed slldav. Yntics czma Into-court cn all sorts of 125l brsiness, aad tie only matter of real inter- est in connection with the subject of whisky was the FILING OT INYORMATIONS agaicat the recufving houses of tho Chicazo Al- cohol Works avd Dickirson, Abel & Cc., the bonding oat of the Alzohol Vorks, the rc-appraisement of tho Iliinois Distilling Compsav's property, and a emall soizure. The information apainst tho Alechol Works snd Dickinson, Abel & Co., were filed by District- Atiorey Duike during the mernicg, and wero in form ad substance cuite liko those alrealy filed. The appraisers in tho cass of the Clzcazo Alcohel Werka reported the vaine of the premi- ises, buildings and contents at £25,230, azd the welus of the recufsiczk hose axd contents st 28.200. The 1eport met with tho apjroral of all pactics, znd bond was then tled in a penal 2um equal to twice the vaine of tto pprasement, with the Chicazo Alcoliol Werks. represented by Ar. Pahlman atd Dr. Buh, (Lo two priacirs! pa Dere, 88 priocipalt, and L. F. Rangan end Hogh Bradshaw as eoreties. The bond was approrad, end the two pariners, who have been waitiog for more than a wek 10 boud out, depatted witn Lghter bearte. The appraisers io the case of * TUE ILLINOI3 DISTILL'NG COMNPANY met again 1 Judge Dlodgett's rovm m the after- DooN. aud, after consultation with tie Judge, crs, and the propriztcrs of the distil.ery themsalves, it was agreed on all sdes to increaso the appraised value Dy the sum 103 the uew appraisement $£0.600. A pew bond was then filed, wih the sime me- carities u3 appeared 1huredey afternvon, acd wes approved by the Cours. Danng the efterzoon there was a liitle varia- ti00 in the dreary moroteny which bad prevailed dariog the greater parv of the day. Underorders from Gen. Webster, Revenue Avent Brown and Deputy Cotlector W. 31. Louzfellow procerded to tie rectifsiug houea of the illivois Distilisg Comgany, st No. 269 Futl aveuue, sod 2832LD ADOTT 120 EARRELS O1' WHISKY. _ It ceems that since tho first seizure, on the $1a: of December, a new partner hus been taken icto the fitm, aod this amounz of whisky, which i & part cf the oid lot made under tho former firm, was not seized at the t:mo mention- ed, becanse it wad no: Loown exacily where it coald bo found. Whenever a distiilery is scized, aliits poods ere. for thie t:me beibg, forfeited to ti:e Goverument, and shoald ba takea wheuever sod nhereser they are found. Inasmuch as bas been a new irm formed since tho fizer sc:zare, theen goods were eeized for tho lisbili- Liesof thedirst firm, which will render amnew bond wecessary for an amourt equal to the ap praised valge of the goods, This was tlie cnir scizurs made yesterday, and will probably be tho laet for symo time to coate, axcapt, perhaps, the seizure of scme small-fry Pplaces belonging to daalers in TIZNE. 026 of tha bitiers men in the southern yart of fke city 13 maing bitters which be sclls for tbo imported article without cvea the shadow of a icenge, and ove of the Dopaty-Collectora thinks be hag the dead-wood on hum ; s0 tiat his estab- hisbwent will probably nct remuin ntact for more than a day or two st the fartbest. TEZ GOVEENMENT OFFICERS were enraged yesterday in Icoking up the odas end ends of things gemerslly. Mr. Brooks, of tke Secret Service, was c'oseted with Supervisor Msthews zod Detective Herr, and thoe tr:o were Eusits engaged in an_inveatigation in tho mys- teriout booke alrcaJy alluded to in these columns, which are expected to pisy £o importanta part mtbe a; proaching trials. as well as in the delib- #rations of tho Grand Jury. Parkec R. 3laton's mammoth Shaksrearean eollar was seon aroand the Lalis of the Custom- Houss yesterdes, and it 18 quite safo to 2ssumo $hatiis owner accompanied it 1n its wanderings. Tue gent'emen i question was nozicad convers- Ing with 3r. G. G. Ruseell, nbo still insists that Ete hasu’t squealed and doesn’: interd to do so, 10d wich Mr. W. §. Golsen, who frankly sc- koowledzos that ho bas equealed to the extent of giviog awar four custillers, and who is mot pounve (bat he has yet obtained immunit form furiher appoarances at tho confessional The trio talsed over the events of tho pass, and wisely cast up the probabilities of the future in 3 w2 which left no Goubt thas thoy are Amoug the knowing anes. THE BLACERATE. An effo:t was made yestcrday to bond ont the Bliclbawk Gistillery €0 thac it could resame operadon at oace. Gep. \Vebster was acen I the natter, and tks only troutle ;m‘lxed tobo tnat Le conld not give an nbeo- un,“i eecurity to the projricicrs of the distiilery at1f it sterted it wenld uot be sgaiu seizod on t58 cld charge. Some fuither teps ure tobe taken to-moirow, and 28 a latt resort the su- Lorities at (Vashiagton will be consulted. 1o p?nd 18 &1 resdy and wil te entered tho moment 2¢ bondeman can te made sccnre from being o Cd into tue rrecent troubles. The futurs b8 distillery will bo decided to-morror. Bupersisor Mat(hans left the city last evening bume, but wiil probably return in a few deys. fslmeclin; THE DISTILLERS. HOW THEY FEEL. ATerecye reporter lss: evening met s prom- bea: Gistiller on the strest and elicited from bim something of the feeling and inteation of Listiliera, which is probally relisble, the gentle- 2 i3 question bacg in & position to know ¥hezeof ho epoke. He confees d tha the distillers were ex- Medingly cneasy, especially thise under bond, # whom ho was one. He thoaght the worss had Bot come, frem the fact thut the distillers woro Peabiless, and many of them unablo to procure soroess 1o defcnd them. Their policy, bow- frer, w3 to'remnin Ivactivo uotil it was Jearned uw]nuxtgnt tae prosecation would go. Such i vete guilty knew it, of cuurse, he said, avd ;u defense would be simple. i ngfltha care of ifr. Hesing, be £aid, all that 3103 be bronght agmunst bim would be a charge T (o0Rsy 10 dafrand, which fonnd its basis 51 e dact that he at coe time wont cn the bond ¢ certain yacties with the understauding thst '® Waa to share 10 tho profits of their establish- Reat, which hedid, did mot think that the es weuld be able to demoastrate thas thz: he wss sbanng in a frauculent u}uszc on, vl.lem:r: be fwonld not eafier, o spaaking of (he teatimor far eclicted before the Grand ny-Tm:? e esid o had reason to believe that it halso far been verv damaging omiy to two rariies, Rehm end Keelev & Nerwin, 2nd that the p-in- cioal wituess bad Leen Mr. Go'san, He was saiisfied that Golsen bad testifled that he bid filed tho same barrels tim> and apain for Keeley & Kerwm, with spiits urea which o tax was gpaid escent upon tho original filing, which he thought a very probably story frem the fact that the tyo firms' places of businees wero intho s2ame reizhborhood, winch facilitated tho canyiag onof eucha businzss without discov- ery. Against Rebm he gaid the testimony had been that he had acted the part of an agent ba- treen certain parties in Wasbington aud tho diztiilers and rectifiers here, in add:tion to what bas alroady been published. Yor instance, wbeu complaiot wns lolzed at besdanarte:s ngainst & Chicago firm word was tetegraphed to Tehwm, £nd ho saw the parties and posted tham, Ia fact ho acled n8 a telegrapl 2pent, and thus enabled tho duetiticrs to havo their houwes ia ne-x:l!inesa for tho oficial vistations whenover made, e THE JUG BUSINZESS. HOW IT IS CARRIED ON. A roporier was busy yesteraay in ascertainicg the zature of the business carried 0a at a cer- 13io Chicsgo distillery which was among the last to bo suepected of crooicdness,—and it i3 fair to state right hero that tho Iliincis Dietiliing Coxpany is not meant,—and the inquirer fonnd, ter n long scarch among Gangers, Sloretecp- ers, and the Iike, that the business carsied on by his particulss concern was nniqua in its charac- ter, that they did no: raa off thoir coods to Gol- sen & Eastmap, or Mason, or eny one eige, anfl t thay did not ship goods out of town crook- odiy. Wiat ho did ascertain was to tho eoffect that this ccncern did not despise the **day of little things ;" taat its proprictors believed in goids glowly, and in making money as fast as thoy could safely. Tho zevenuno law piovides that quantities of hquor 1EsS TIHAN FIVE GALLONS ut upon tho market shall oot be required to bear a stamp. ‘Fhis provision. whiea zparani- 1y bears oaly upon the sale to and by druggiets, has been pervorted by the distillers ja que-ticn €0 &8 10 cover a coisiderabla zmount of frand—small ia b particuler, bat psgrogating protiy wellin theimatter of profitsto tho person committiug it. The distiler 1o ques- ticn, in conversution o few days ago, bofor: tio scizures, sa:d that bo qid nit believe that tho Govoromen: cou'd ever detect hum in any irregu- laritios. 110 had, bo ssid, always com:lied with (he fax a8 far 33 anvbody conld comply witl it, and ko contided to lus friend that Lie had never bought Luc one Gauger. He did mob bo- Leve fhat ic was verth wiild to go into this crcokcd busivess larxels. be- cauea by thoght ho would bo moedlesly imperiling bis propeity, and thercforo he made it bis business 1o iun off a few galions estra daily. 7arying in bis distillery from 2 gatlovs (o ta0 or three barrels, and rarely runniog overtho medium between theso two. Iaving gotten tins whisky on hand. he never trustod it to bub cna wan, and that individual took tho crookad stull from the wine-toom, by a process which will be macre clearly explaned on tho trials, aad got 2t into tize rectifier's vats. In order to TUT TS WHISKT SAVELT ON TAL MARKST, the gentleman in qaestion culiivated tle retail trzde, someiimes catled tho bottle trado, aud. ueraed the jug trode, ilie ceseniial poiuts b zre that the peraon buving whisiy, al- cohol, or oiber product. comss with mg own jug or bo:tle, snd takes away small quantitios. " In 1bis way the genileman siated thai hs bad becn alle to dispoee of ail tha prod: that he had ned-over aud atove that on which lte had paid ths tax. He did vot telicve that the profits wero vers larco, bat he was thorcoglly inced of tho teauties of this metbod, bs. bimecif. Ho claimed that he had oever paid avy large sums of mones to snsbedy for auy Atcal- ages ; he had pat them to hia own accou: in this way be said that he had made more thantae Jargo Louses which bad rap, as ths eaying is, wido-open, end bad been obiized to di cnly with the Storokcepers and Gangora. bt &is0 with the paliticisos, Tkis private couv tion, which was zeported to tna writer, in- dicstea that the gentleman had never paid 1mors than §100 at s time_to any man for parsicipation in tbe mincr frauds which Lo bad carried ov, 2nd thet 109 weus to & very obeso Gsager. who bas been at times accnred of run- nicg away, a0l of twning Stato’s svideacs. gty PROGRESS MADE. TEE FIEST WEEK of the scesiens of the lonz-sxpected Grand Jury bas paseed, aad though very little has been sccomplished to the eyes of men, vet a largo hole has been made in the Whissy Riog of Cai- cago. It has ai no fime been the purposo of Sapervieor Matthews to convict apy one par- ticuiar d:stiiler or Gauger, or any other person, but it bas boen his wish sad bis design, 23 he expre:sed it, to puil the foundation out from under the whole stracture, and lct it £2ll at once. In this he bas been emizently successful so far, ond the indictments of Hesing and Rebm, which 8o almest sare t0 bo hanled 12 Tuesdas of this weel:, wil g far towards brealivz cown the structurs of froud which hss govermod a part of tho City ol Chicago for foveral vears. Looking bask, it is scen that” the testimony of Golsen, which s 1:0f yet been concluded, is ono of tho chief azencies in overthrowing the Chicago cizrcle. G.laen stated Friday night, after he had come oot of the Grand Jury 100m, thas he had given asay fonr distilleri and it vwas weail Lnosn that his testimony againat othor plases i wot leas conclusive thea that given on that day. This being the case, it is fair_to £aopose that a pumber of indictments besides those against coliticians will be returcod into con:t his week. ~'fhe Grand Jury Lave shown adegrea of case and caution in their movemeuts winch i3 emi- pently sstisfactory to themeelves aod to 1o oue elso, Tuey have made it busmess to sit from two to thrce, and perhapa four hours a dsy. and, baving besn summoned on Tuesday, closed the week with a record of about twelve hou:s work, which may appear to thom o good average, but which thoy would bardly solerate i a mau work- ing for thamaalves ot tho hiberal poy which thoy ara receiving io the present ecvico. It i3 under- stood to be thedesire of tae Government of- ficers mot to push ths work before the Grand Jury very rapidly in the boliof tl:f, as soon as the first coovictions ars mado, the rush to pleal guilty in tac hope of receiving some allowance therefor will be increased. ——— SPRINGFIELD. ONLY THE SMALL FRY. Spectat Dupateh to The Chicaao Tridune. Spnovorrewn, I, Jan. 8.—Thbe developments in the crooked-wlisky busipess are not very en- couraging thus far =a to showing up the ianer wotkings of the Ring and the hoad-centres of it—tho powers beh:nd the turono. In fact, the investigation thus far seems to take iu only tho small fry, & few Gaugers and infertor officials, anl some of tho leading rroducess, tod; but thege form only the scales, 80 to spealk, of a vory o'd Ring, and fhe solid parts are yet intact, and, from present appearances, will remsin 8o, so far as the present iuvestigation goes. Yorinstance, take tho case of OLD 7ACOD LUCAS, a Gauger of tue Distiliing Companv of Pekin, of which Charles Aczermau is Presidaut. e cor- tifled on oath that ho snw cortain packages of wiueky emptied and the stamps destiozed, sod these ssmo packages, contawniLz the samo amount as repoited, emptied and stamped sith the same stamps_intact which wers reported cancelled, wers found 3t a wiiolesale houso ab Tudianapotis, nod the Government officets are in ‘possersion of the barrel beads with the uncsn- celled stamps adhering ; but yot this wholoaffair, 80 far 38 at preseut investirated, ncoms only o implicate the poor devi of a Gauger. ‘Then there is THE CAMPSELL CASE. He was an ontaide Gauger at Pekin, and was im- plizsted in crooked opera'ions, and it was sap- posed he would implicite his explovers. I was 5o aiated in these disoatclies, but it is now esid that be has forfeited bia bonds and skipped, aud Tar TwnuNE, through theee dispatches, is charzed wi.h givicg him warning that his mis- deeds woro known, but for waich oftizials say ho wouid nct have tried to escape, aad Le pravably could not any wa7 a1 l2ss some of those Lis tes- timouy would implicate Lad aided him in their own interest, WARDLATGH, THE STOREREETEE, who got off, don't soem to try hard euough o get beck, aud 80 with ozhers from whom testi- mony that shou'd knock the Ring into smither- eens was expe.t:d. In like menoerthe Lebanon Gistillary busioess is boginoiog to p2n out. The frauds could nos have occurred withous the 0ol Jusion of the Government officers, from Super- visor Munn down, yet the only ones arzestod are s one-armed Biorekaoper and & Gauger, one of “Ile had learned tout meu o abaresl for the crooked and the iloctor Stephens, of Ballaville, is named by them as bazing got a sharo of tho ILebanoa ricking, and his” prineinal Dapu-y, Hela, bu Iluhn don't tell anytolug to our Grand Jury. His memory is shocingly bad £8 to aoy but the small-fry fellows. Besides, he is mad be- causo James Fishback, of Jacksonsille, tbe Col- lector of tho cousolidatcd Teuth District, which inzlades Lehanon, dorsn't appoint him and his old cord as Doputr Collectors. Hervce ho isu't geing to accammodato the Gavernmant by opoen- 1ng s mouth wide. 1o don't tell the Grugd Jury here 28 much even as his former reports eiowed. Tor the present the small follows and the producers WILL GET ** HAIL COLUMDIA™ until 8ome witnees is found who kuows sad can tell evervthiny. ‘Ihere are straws indicating that the wind blows i another dirsction, say nog far from Springficld, and tha’ sn able-bodied siorm thas would sweop polit cians and promi- xent men of both purlies from their eminence conld be raised right hore. Dut the Ring can stand tao tiztla storm that now blows. It is yet strong, ani con laugh al the vicarious sacrifice of the Littls follovia. i A MISCELLANECUS. THE MILWAURKEE GRAND JURT, Special Dnwoatch & I'he Chicaoo Trioune. MrLwaukeg, Wis., Jao. 8.—By wayof post- script it may bo said that some facts have leaked ont in respect of the investigation entered upon by the Grand Jury which are of general interest. 1ti8 8aid. for ezample, that Thomas O°Neill, whose distillery was not_scized oo the occasion cf tas last raid, bas testified and given very dam- aging evidence as tothe extent and natura of tho trands perpetrated on the Goveroment. Ic in82id that Lowms Rivdskopf, who would * ratber rot in prison than open his lips,” has also given valuabio testimonv. It is a fact that Col. Good- win aud N. 8. Murphoy bave been retaned in nearly all tho whiszy cases, but Mr. Carpoater has not, somo of tho whisky men consideiing that Lie has DISERTED THE COLOLS and is not to bo reficd on. Desden that, they nffirm openly thaz Neaton S. Mu phey and, Col. Gooldwin Lavo torgotien moro internal revenuo law then Matt over nequired. Lho cases n which evidence was given befors ths Grand Jury wers thoss of Gen. Munn, ex- Tievenno Acent Conklin, nnd seversl Govern- ment ollicials who had therstoforo escaved in- dictment, and thero seems to be no doubt but that somo vory damegme facts have boon mu- eartbed. I am assurod that the whisiv men never were sseessed for political purposes in this city by the Llepublican party. A PLOT HATCHING. Srecial D.spa aa3 Tridune, Viasmixaroy, D, C., Jan. 8.—It has becoma known bero that tho \Whisky-Ring of Chicago is en leavoring tv bring about a coliision Letween I'resident Grant and Socretary Bristow. TFor tins purpose, a Chicazo detcciive was sent here to confer with fiionds of the 1iug aud enemies of the Secretary, in order to concert a plausibie scheme. ‘1ho detect:ve who bins beea in Wash- ineton for atout two weeles left this evening for the \West with the plan matured, and 18 expected at Chicago Tuesday moraing. NOT GUILTY. X7 Yorr, Jan. 6.—Imeiligence having reach- ed tiis city thas Mr. Golsen, of tbe tirm of Gol- sen & Eastman, of Chicago, gave testimoay yes- teidny buiore the Geand Jurs in that aity, impli- cating the firm of F. 0. Boyd & Co.. §) Broad streot, this cily, in tie ilicit-whisky business, r. Loyd, whon questioned by & reporter of tho Ecening Losi, ga.0 tho stery an explicit cemal. e deciared that neither ho nor his partners had any kind of nnders:acdine with Gaelsen concern- ing the sale of ** erooked whisky,” nor bad they 2thay tmo nor in suy way deslt iu whisky ilie- golly. s tirm had ne -er told Golsen any goods or 820t him anv on co.i~ gumeat, bt thev bave fiom time o tims received whiskv {from bim on cousignmant, wnicls has invarably been sold a: prevalling mu ket rates. COTTON. The Scason?s Crop. Wisnryerox, D. C., dan. 8.—The statisticizns of the Dapartment of Agriculture bave com- pleted the compilation of the ofiicial returns for the past montl, and find correct the general assumptioa of lower yield of lint in proportion to seed cotton. Ouly Arkaneas and Texas re- porta larger proportion than in 1574 The At- autic States, which bave previcasly made low estimates of aggremata production, all return n smalier vield of Lot to sced in compatison with the previous crap, nad ncue of them over SO pounds to ezch 100 pounds of reod. The avorago decreaso in all tho Status is 4 per cent. Tbis rrduction is attributed 1 moat cagen t06XcessIve motstars and resu'tant imper- feet devolopmont of the boll, aad 10 eome to the effects of eariy drouzht in preventing full matu- ritv. Cot:on growa in ficlds heavily dressed with commerei ferlinzers 18 found to have groater rtionate development of seed than of fint. Tho averngo quatity of fibro is romie- what Jover than last year. Arkaneas and Texas furnish the on!y excep:ions to this statement, thouzh the averfho depreciation is slight in Loueana and Alapsma. 1t is greateat in AMississippi and Atlantic S'ates. The proportion of the crop gatherzion the 1st of December was 90 p=r cent, reported as foliows: Nerth Curolina, 89; South Cacolina, 95: Florida, Georgia, 92; Alabama, 87: Missizeippi Louisiaaa, 83 ; Texas, Ot; Arkanws, 70 uesce, 7S. In sn ooalysis of the moathly cotton reports of tke season the average coudition from Juoo to October 18 made 8355 per cent, againab 83 in same period of 137k This wo.ld indi- cata a crop of aboat 4,403,000 bales, vath an equally favorable autumn aod an eqaal pooporion of lat. Tie loss of & percensin tia yield of Lot makes & redaciion 176,000 bales, and the difference in ‘maturiag and pathering siaco October poiuts to aforther reduction of 2 to 4 per cent, wilb a margin of 103,000 bales for contingencies aitor b firat weols in December. The season’s re- ports, taken together, judicate a crop of not lees than 4,050,000 bales, nor moro than 4,130,080 e HALL RE(IRES. New Yors, Jan, 8.—Ex-Mayor Hall and the play of “Tbe Cruciblo” Lave retired (rom the stago of the Park Theatre to-night. The houso was 25 crowded and cnthusiastic 88 on tho first night. _ Mr. Hall made an address, in which he ti:anked the people for tne support he had re- ceived from them. Ko said that lus eaemies and friends differed as to wbether he could act or pot; thas he had tried to arop the legal haraesa in vain, but fonud ho could die with it on. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Lower Missisgippi is rising rapidly, caus- iag sowe apprehension of crevasses. Mrs. Benton, the last survivor of the Adin tragedy, died at Cleveland last evening. The stote-ship Supply sailed for Turope Fri- dav, to collect articles for the Centenuial Exco- sition, and is expected bacic by the 1st of April. Ths Court-House at Pora was crowded Jast nipht by citizens gathored to discuss o vew hotel project. Bpeeches were mado by promiment citizens. Fifty thousand do.dars in stack way snbacribad on the 8no:, and a committes of five appoiated to canvass tao city for stock subzcri uon. Tweed’s Memory of Faces. The New Yurk correspondent of tho Toledo Blade says: **'Lhe Buss b urgets a face. emed 1 & cOxpii- meat to be remembered parsoualiv, and he prac- ticed upon this information. Somo vears go, at Albany. the writer had occasion to call upon M7, Tweed, baving mo: him frequently, and havinz always fouad Lim reads to give any in- formation that lay in hus power. An acquaint- anco said be would go, tod, hsving only met tue Tammany Sachem ouce, and bewg de- sirons of renesing tho acqaaintance. Tweed met the writer cordisliy, and then, tmning ton 8 companion, called bim by namo and injuired after his htile dooghter. A flush of gmtifi~d delight spread over tuo gentleman’s face, and bo afterward expressed his satonishment at tho recollection, 1t seoms that at the time they uad first met the gentleman bad bi: .dlughter with Lim, and sha_atiracted Tweed's notice, and he spoke to her, The incident bore it fruit. Tweol gained a firm friend by tho power of his memory. The courtesy cs% nothing, and in its rank fraits proved to be ve<¥ valuable.” _— A Waaicrer’s Eciurne Sacramento (Cal.) Record-Unioa, Dec: M, Tillinm A. 3. Thompson, of Quartz Valloy, left for hus homo in Iowa last week. The old geutloman bas been bsent from home twenty- five years, nud darng tho whole time e has pever baard from his fami'y, vor thev of bim, 201 sLoy hiad supposed him cead. e bas been adlictad with rheumstism for several years, and some of his friends here opened & cerieapond- once with his peop'e & short time since, which haa resulted 1n taerr sending for . He is now 74 years old. When became to Califorois o left o wife and nine childrea, and now, after twenty-five years' sbsence, be retornsto find the family circle nobrokea by death.. He finds to welcomo nm bis wife, the whole nie chul- dren, Hfty grandchildren, and threo great-grand- children. WASHINGTGH. Annual Report of the Librari- an of Congress. A Steady Increase Noted in the Copy- right Buosiness. Proposition to Reorganize the Judi- ciary of the Tnited States, Reasons for Establish'ng the New Na- val Station at Part Royal. Scnator Gordon Denounces the New Confederate Awme- nesty-Dodge. Talk of Abolishing the New England Navy-Yards, THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. LIDRARIAN SPAFFORD'S ANNUAL EEIOBT. Special Dispateh to The Chicaao Tridune. ‘WasmiyaToy, D. C., Joa. 8—Mr, A. R Spof- ford, tho Librarian of Congress, preseated his annuil report as the meetiog of the Joint Com- mitteo on the Library to-iav. It coveia the cal- endar year 1375, Mr. Spafford says : Ihava agin to report a large Incrzase in the numer- fcal extent of the liLrary, My last report ealiuiedun agzrezato of 24,150 volumes on thy 1st of December, 15i4. Tho present enumerction shows & total of 293,507 volumes, of which thero havo Leen addol during tho Isst thirteen montks 19,75) volumes, Ont of thisaggrezuto the low department contains 34,515 volumes, snd tho miscellaneous library 278,191 vol- nmes. 'To tieso figures zers 10 alded nearly 63,000 pampblets, bound snd unbouud. Tho copyright Lusiness of 1875 £hows 2 eleady invrcas: of entrica fn each clwea of publica- tions® whi-h remain SThjects of copyrigat, motith- stanling tlat lavels and prints arono longer subjects of copytight, The actual number of entres for copy- rights weie for tho thirteen months endfnz Jan. 1, 1874, 15,427, and the czsh re-eipts paid into e Treae- ary for the same were $13,151,°0, The importaat work of indes.g tho public documen's hs gone forward with vi3cs, thongh nith a very small force, during the past oix monthy, ntont 10) yolumes baving been already indexed. 'The public:ton of the large and valuabe sele:tion of orginal French docaments rela- ting to th explorations and dizcoveries made in the northwestorn port of the United States sud on (he Oiseissippi, under the susp of tho French Governwent, from 572, w28 authorized Ly tha last Con printing of thess documents w2a comwmenced nf W ‘months since under direction of Mr. PieiTs Margtes, of the Department of the Navy, at Parir. The coilc.ion will form six octavo voiumes, of sbout €0) pages eachs. These documents, tho first volume of which 13 nearty ready, will tlrow new light upon tae sctilement and ecrly Listory of a mos: important section of onr country, ozintiting the Listory of the eacly Frenth cojomal enterprisod,whi'h, ephemeral as they we s in many quarters, have stsmped 50 large s portion of the ropublic with French nzm¢s, which bove rematued in- deifblo to tell the story of early colonizition, The catalogus fcroo of tuo linrary Liis Leea contin. nously_exployed for many months uj on the prepar: tion of the general catalogue, whica it is prope £0 issuc during tho coming year, 1876, This catalozue 1 embrace in several vo;imes the en'ire contents of the liurery ip 10 its date, arranged in the alphaletical order of suthorities’ names. Mr. Spafford again calls attention to the urzent mecessity for & now. ecoatate builhmg for tho National Libracy, in order to prevent the over- crowding which, unless remedied, threa‘ens 800D to becomo an_almost insurmountable ob- struction to the ut'lity of tho librarv. Ar. Spalford say: Congress oprronrist=d at its lazt ression a sum ox- ceediug §30),40 to re-uraa crediuable representat:on of the various depsrtments of the Governmn nt at the Coutenzial Eshilition st Philadelpida, While large sum wia thus devoted 103 temrorary purfose, though closely copnected w.ta tho development of the coun Ty, it canmo: £.1 to exvite the regret not only of echolars and men of ol but of ail the peo- pls who ore jealons «f our mational good Dame, that year oftar year goes by witie oat sny [ rovision for shelving the overflowiuz stores of a great Nationzl Library which represents tho growtl of a country’s lit. ruture. The steady snd im- menre growth of the capynzht alone will soca re- quire o Space which can oaly be provided for by a seperate bullding, No poibls ealargement of ths Capitol, which is likely to baagres1 upon, could pos- sitly accommodnte the existing library and its normal growh for moro fthn & very brief period. Ths whole space of the preeent library is only about onc-t nth th ¢ devctad to books alore in the Dritlsh Museum. If ielt In its pris ut condition thie meglest of Cungrass will soon place tho Librarizp in the unbappy pr.d cament of presiding Ger thie greatest chos n Americs, but if pertansnt y provided for with liveral forettought tor tha futurs, suis lbrary will becoms not ca'y oo of the foremos ornaments of tha Natlonal Cupital, but a Dot s Dniiod Stares, U gt —_— PROMINENT TOPICS. JUDICIAL BEORGANIZATION. Speciat Duspateh ta Th C.asc 193 £Tiduns. Wasuxxoros, D. 0., Jsa. §.—An important bil bas been introduced in the House of Repre- sentatives by Mr. McCrary, of lows, to reorzaa- ize the judiciary of ths Unilel Btates, Tae purooso of the measurs is ro facilitate tho ad- ministration of justics in tho Fedeial Courts This is arcform imperatively domsuded. The business of thio Supreme Co.tt is fally two years in arreary, and is conatntly incrzasing. Tbero are over $00 upon tho docket now awaiting con- sideration. Mr, McCrary proposes s plan by which both ths Circnit sod Supreme Courts can bo ralieved without creating ne:w offices, and yat the right of apgesl bo preserved. THE INVESTIGATIONS, Tho oldest Congressmea predict that ths in- vestizetions which have beeu besun in the Honso will rosuls in wo advaataga to the Demo- cratic party. They recall the fact that in 1323, under Joho Quincy Adams, eimilar wholesale in~ vestigations were made which resulted only in tho discomfiture of the investigators. DEPATTMENT EMPLOTES. R ‘The Doortecper of the Houee has been going around amoog bis emnloses aud injwriog_bow many of thom actually did serve in thn Rebel Iy, nith & view, it is noderstood, of publish- iog a statoment on tho mubject to meet the eriticisros that have besn maae uvon him for s appcintmect. The Union zol- diers who beld places undor the last Doorseeper, and wero discharged, bave been provided with positions in the Departmsnts. Some of the dis- charged men bave been hunting up the records of employes in the Departmeuts here, and Lave discovercd that there are a few men still hers who were appointed by Jeff Davis when he was Secrctary of War, among; the nuwber the person Dbaving charge of tho Dotanical Gerdens. The removs] of these men is now demanded by tho Ropublicans nho hava beoa discharged from o= ployment around the Houso of Representatives. THE LATE NAVAL ACTIVIIY. Tbe Demacratic members have thus far sbown & singular disinclina;ion to inquue into the re- cant cnormoas naval pregaratious, which are etill gomg on at somewhat lecs rapid rats. Somo rivato inghiries bave brou made, however. of gucrcruv Robesou, who replied that when tho preparations were begun Lo soticipated & war. Porhaps somo of this delay 10 catechusing tho Admimstration 18 due to the fact that Presidenc Graut sent for Wilham Whitthorne, the Cbair- man of the Honso Committes on Aprropriations, soon after ho was appointed, and told bim tuat the explanaiion of toe naval activity sould bo fortucoming st tho | roper time. 1t is understood tiatthe fHonse Committeo on Foreign Affairs bas notified Secrotary Fish that it desiros to bo informad concerning the state of our relaticna With Bpain. —_— NOTES AND NEWS, NEW NAVAL STATION. Speoial Liwalch to (ke Clucrao Tribune, WasaiNGTo, D. C., Jaa. 8.—Taero is & new rumor that there is to bo an immediate coucen- tration of our availablo maval force at Port Royal, S. C. The large receiving ebip New Hampshire, now at Norfolk. is to be immediately towed to Port Royal as the store ship of the squadron. Several ships from Europe are daily expected at the new rendezvons. THE HUSGLY INDLANS. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs thinks that temporary arrapgements cau be msda g0 that thero will be no troublo ot the Red Clond Ageocy on accsunt-of waut of supp.ies. The auppli2a have been bought but thoro 1s no money 10 pay foc them. Delo gate Steele, of Wyoming, 258 to-ight that bie apprehends ro ontbreai. GAMBLING JOUSE_OPENED. John Chamberlain, of New York, thewell known gamblor, opencd sn esablishment lLiere last yoar in the handsome villa on [ strest, formesly occupied by the English Minister, He did oot et much patronnge, aod the establishment bas Eecn closed sinca the adjonrnment of Congress until to-night, when it was reopened with s free entertainmens. Chamberlain no doubt hopes to reap a harveet this winter, but h's prospects are peor. TOE MILWAUEXE POSTMASTEREHIP. = The contest beiwcen fayoe aud Suaw for the Milwenkee Postmastership still continues. I'ayna liclds ths position of bewnz the most favered candidaze, provided he can clean bis record of two charzes : Furat, that he 18 & Carpenter man; secend. that be isie the Whicky Ring. Thete hau been u conferonce this week of the differ~nt members of the delegs:ion, but no result was :ozched, Some favored Shaw, but mira san- rorted Payne. The friends of the latter claim that he has disproved the charge thathoisn soecial friend and protege of Carpenter, but 1tis no: yet so clear that Payne hus freed himself of c.mplicity in the Whisks-Ring frauds. TANDALL'S PET 6CUEME. AMr. Randall, in his iovestigations for the pur- mose of redacicg the appropriations, gives most thought to the srmy and navy. Hs is parsicu- latly well informed apout the way basicess is condacted in the navv-yards, ana is embiasiastic over tho opportunily for rotrenchment which this brancli of tho Government affords. He pro- poses to lavo all the woukt that is doneat the pavv-yards nest year coocenmcrated at two or three yards. [T0 the Associated Press.} TEVESUE APPOINTMENT. @ Wasmmvoroy, D. C., Jan. 8.—Con.” James Packard, ex-Reprcsentaivo in Congiess from Indiane, baa been appoiuted an Internal Revenns Apgent. KEW XAVAL STATIO! ‘The concentration of naval vessels at Port Rayal ia in purauances of the gencral plan ot the Secretary of the Navy to muko that place tho keadquarters of tho North Atlaotio srations, which presents meoy advantages over aoy other port on the Atlavtio const. The clunate is very healthfol, and tho harbor offars every facility for exercise of naral tactics. Vessels rendezvonscd there can,reach Cubin waters and the Galf, whero our interests mest peed to be lcoked after, within forly- eight bouts. It 18 the policy of the Socretary of tho Navy to bave the homo 83nadron larger than any abrosd. He believes in being propared fos auy emergency which may arise. THE NAVI-YARDS. Representativa Whizchorne ( Uenn ), Cheirman of tho Houge Naval Commities, favors the abofi- tion of all tha na.y-yards in Now Enzlsnd, and wan:s bis Commities to anthorizo bim to report racih bills. The New Enjland members ara very much exercisad abcut it 10_consequoica, sod wiil make a determined odpasition. TIZ AMNESIT BURINESE. Tho general curront of talk i tha: Blaine hes ot the pest of Randall on his amnasty measars, oud that the latter will be forced. for political reasous to ec3apt Bliine’s amendmneut to ex- cludo Jeft Davis. Seoator Gordon is opposel 15 granting an awmopesty, exsept whase the par- tios comoe forward and ask forit. e says it is not r1ght that men hke bim3e f, who asic for pardon, thoald be he'd us a3 a ta=gat for Soath- ein Rebels Llte Toombs, who refuses to nsi for pordon, and who will go upon the stump and de- ciare that they till encertain seutimects of hoa- wlity to the Union and wers parduned without asking; for it. CONTEST FOR A LUNCH COTNTER. Thero were toarieen candidates for the privi- loze of keeping the Houso rostuurant, and the Committes on Public Buildiags 2nd Giounds bed forty-five ballots to-dav before making a setec- tion. F. Freund, of this city, was choscn. A SEBENADE. Representatives Furt, of lilinois, and Casoo, of Indian:, wero serenmaced to-uight by therr Repubiicon friends, ucluding Umon 8Jl- diers, a: Willerd's Iiotel, the iormer bavieg offered the resolatio™ in tha Tiouss of Lepresentaizves ibstructing elective ofiicers to give _sulordinate places to well-qualt- fied Unton eoldiurs in preference to soldisrs of the lato Confederate army. Tho latter oTeied o re-olution dectariug tiat, all other things being equal. the soldier should have preierence over tue civilian 1 the emoinments of publ.o office, ete. Each made an address in support of the princicies anncunced in their resolutions, asd were {requeotly applauded. J.Y. SCAMMON. e Denouaces the Charges Against Bl as Utterly Dalse, ‘WasmssTox, D. C., Juo. 8.—J. Y. Scammon, of Chicazo, publishes the following caid bere this afternvon : WASHINGTOY, J2n. 8, 167%.—The indi-tment report- d by telepr. g been found sgalnst me in Ciif:ago sin ¢ [ + ¢ come last week to sttend the Bu- preme Cours i, wre coufesiedly blackmuiling opera- tions, g tten u) by 2 Boston creditor of Mr. Reod, who is my ron in-iaw, tocompel Mir. Reed's friends o' pay a debt wniza, throogh unforesesn calamities, be is unable to paz. Tue charges sgainss me are utterly false, malicions ko far s any intentional wroms f3 charged agzuinst e, xnd esunot b maintained in sny honot form anywhers, much less in Cui-3go, whers I bave zesided for over furty years, syl am weil known. 85 far frow usiog the funds of the Mechanics' Nation: al Dank for my own purpeses, I became peraonally re- spon« 12 fa 1573-"4, {0 23ve the credit of that bank, to 1ts corresponden: in New Yurk, to over §25,000,1 do mot re.liect the exact figuras. J. Yorxe ScaMox, [Ebbitt House. ASUALTIES., STEAMER SUNK. New_ Onueass, Jan 8.—A Picayune epecinl from DBayou Sara, rororis hie iuking of wio steamboat Belte Yazco in 12 feel of water 13 miles nbove that placo. No lives lost. It is belived that the boat can be raised. ‘W' cargo cousisted of 15 bales of cotion and 2,500 sacis ot cuttoa-saed. M'GRECOR ITEMS. Svectal Disuateh to Tas Chiczao Tribune. MeGLE 1R, Is., Jau. 8.—Adoipbos Kuiserock, 11 years old. son of Augustus Kurserock, of Mo~ Gregor, while sisting lately went iuto an air- bolaand under the ico. His body hias not been recoverod. E. Saermeyar, sged 15 yvesrs, fell through a trap in Charles Badde's sav-mill to-day, and sus tained iujuues that wil probably prove tatal. s Sesenon By MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Privceroy, Iil, Jan. 8.—A young man named Guatic, who bes been in the empioy of the Rochestar boot and 8hos store, 1t 142 West Mad- ison street, Chicago, started for this place to visit his relatives Dec. 27, eince which time Dotaing nas been secu or heard of him. Taue firm that he was with write that Gussin was per- fectly honest, and that he bad but Lttle mouey with bim when he left. Tho areateat apsisty is felt by the parantsof the missing young ma n. prieek b i WILL CASE DEC!DED. Sverial Duspaleh to The Chicago Triduns. Mruwauker, Jap. 8.—In the Huoesland will case, Judge Mann to-day delivered a decision sastaigiog the will, and admitting Laura Knee- land’s rights to the widow's dower. —_— Showing Pictures to the Comnnches, To-day I have been busy showing the **Al- phabetical Object Teacher,” kaleidoscope, and sterecscopic views., I have beem much sur- prised, as well a3 amused, at the effect produced by the exhibition of the latter. As & bedy tho lngians of th.s countiy who have never been Tast, and, a8 & consequence, bave soen but fowr white people, are disposed to d:sbelieve ths z6- counts they receive respocting their nambers, the magnitude of their towns and cities, rnlthe extent of the couutry they occupr. Toes be- lieve that tteir own peopie who have been East bave beaa duped by some kind of soreery, or, 28 they woald sag, “*medicine.” They also think it 'is impuemble to wmake un imagpary picture. Henco a pictore is t3 them *-procf positive ™ of the cyisience of an orizinal. Coa- saquently my exhibiting towns, dmildiugs, roral ecenes, snd goldiers, has bad & mos: ¢ mvincivg effect. Lhiz was much heightened by baviug some moun‘ain scenes from Colorado, famitiac to thewm, and which taey 1ecognizzd at once. This was, iu fact, the sironzest adduzible evi- denco thn: tho acconnts tuey bud received were 8o far from being exaggerations toat the ha f had not been told them. Oae middle-azed man. who hus always treated these reports wih tha utmost skepicsm. was paitculmly struck with them. He counld oct safliciently express his surprise, but beat npon h.s mouth in utter astonishment. Sun Bo:, who hai often told bum what ho eaw in the Xast, wou'd say to him iu Kiows, *What you thiok now? Yon think £l e cow? You think all Ci been to Wzshiaglon fools nmow again wonld bo look them over, with his hand upon his month, dumb witn amizement. Aftsr bo had looked them over several times, beinz a war-chiel, ho called ia bis warriors, and exlnbued the picturea to them, talkiog 1o them all the time. Icould undereiand but a par:, yet would gather expreasions 2 thoso: **Look! see what 2 mighty, powerfal people theyaro!" meaning Whits pacple. * We aro fools: We don’s know eoything! We just lito wolves ruaning wild oo tho piams.” Suca an effect on the war-chiels aod warriors cannot bat be verv salutarv. and ‘must conduce muca toward deterring them from going on the war-path agaicat such s *‘mighty, poweifal people.” I couid but wish that a good stereoscope, with suitable pictures, conid be ex- hibited in n-g:ivn zgdxm-f;mp in lt.ha land, and roporly expl %0 the people.—4 Quaker 2...::-9 the Indians. B ¢ FOREIGN. Several Exiled Spanish Generals Permitted to Return Home. Strousberz, the Collepsed Finanoier, Released from Prison on Parole. Acconnt of the Hapging of Henry Waln. wright ia London. Bishop Daganloup on Hi: Election to the French Senate, The Racent Agitations of Vesuvius Prove to Have Been False Alarms. SPAIN. EXILED GERESALS PARDONED. MADRID. Jeo. §.—The Government has given permission to several Geaerals in exilo to return. s¥ow. A heavy f3ll of enow in Gaipnzcoa impedes all military operztions in that proviace. DON CALLOS bas arrived at Azdey:ia, 15 miles southwest of San Sebastisy, on a tour of inspection aloog the Carlisy Lnes. —is RUSSIA. STROTSELEG ON PABOLE. DraLm, Jao. S.—A telogram from Mloscow savs Dr. Stronsberg, the bankrapt railwav contrac- tor, has beeu releasea from orison on coadition that b wili remein 1o Moacow uatil lus trial bas terminated. ——— AUSTRIAS A DEYIAL. ViEN®A, Jan. 8.—Tue Fremdenblall sonouaces tbas 1t is ecabled to state posiiively tha: the dispateh reporting that the Ausirian Govern- mozt bad ordered il mea beore liadle to milisary service to holi themzelves in readiness to join their respactive corps on fortv-gight hon:e' ni- tice is tozally without fonndation. T'uo raserves nave peither besn caliod Oit, Or Lavd aDy preparationa been mada for so dung. —_— GCREAT BIITAIN. COTON HILLS BONNED, Loxpoy, Jaa. 8.—The Bolzrave cotton milly near Ollaam, Laccsshire, contaizing 50,600 Brindles, hava been burnad. Loss compaied st §2430,000. THC EXECUTION OF HENBT WAINWRIGHT. Londen Staniard, Dec. 22, Yesterday momiag st 8 o'clock Hanry Waln- vright sufferad death at the hands of the com- mon hanmao in aropewment fer bis crime. 1tis unoeceszsry now to recapitalate the shociing details which scccessive exbaustive injuuies bave rtevcaled 1cspecting the crime fcr which this man w33 cpooished. I i, therefore, sufficient to state that pothing occared sinco tho death sentznce was paeaed to induce tho eutherit.cs in the eLohtes: dozreo to moaily their opinioa that Hoonry Wain- wright was the muiderer of the unheppy woman Hairiet Lene. Hia protesta'ions of inmocencs wlen at the bar of justice were, as might nata- urally be imagwed. unaval 1he gb- tlo concoctics enbsequenily addressod to the Ilome Secretary more enccessfel. Wainwright retired on Moudsy pizht at 11 'etocin, and slept well natil €:50 ou tha follow- ing morning. At tha¢ bour he bad an interview o1 fiftcen minutes’ drration with the Governor, and he theu expressed a wish to be lefs1d as mach orivacy a4 was possibis dunng the re- wainder ot ‘he time alictted Ium touve. He did not at this jucciure either read or write, but enzagzed in silen: meditation. Sometime beforo Lo was led to exezution, tho Chirplzin visited zad engaged wiih bim io devo ional exorci Lvea eo early as 7 o'¢cet, while it was vet dark, & crowd of individuals whose dress and demeanor indicated their staion in life, had as- tembled outside the walls of Newgate, and a3 the mioutos pessed the umbers swailed unhil, at S o'clo.k, an assemblage of many thousands oocupiad the space 1n fiout of the yrison. That pottion of the public which had orders for ad- mission weie allowed- to onter Newgate at 7:3) o'ciocir, where, pasenz through the various cauridors, they gatiered in the exesu- tion vard. This spuze, surrounded by tus grim walls of ths prison, was divides by o parrier int> tzo pa-ts. In a coroer of the in- per cne was a Baia't pent honss, lit by a couola al lamps, which thiew a dim light oo tho white beam, from which. on the suspecding links, a new rope, about 4 fees in lenzth. hnaz trimly, the no se res:ing on & heok projecting from aprarstos. The spectators, now numberi some fiftv or sixty, hudd'ed against that pirt of ihe tarrier oprosite the s:affo!d. and hece for naif an bour th'y waifed, mostly in silance. From above, a¢ intervals of a fev seconds, tho chapel bell sonnded, while, in the intermttent momonis the fainter Tealing of dietant church beils paseed soltiy overbcad. A soltary In- spector of Polico rastel up azxd down wit the live of demarkation, and a few constaulos wereststoned in a eooveri'n: corner. The nrnghts suprorhing the crossbeam were visiblo for a disiance of arout4 fest above the half- dhors that concealod the lower interior of the gallows-houss from. the ouieide gaze, but the portion neareat the mamn wall was keot open. At 8 few minuies befors 8 the dismal clanz of the priFon-bell was hcard, and then, befors tho clock strock, it wasa repetition of chaper-bell, distant chnreb-bell, prison: bell,—decp-toned, soft-tored, ba sh-toned. The speciatars grew more quie: a3 tho hour of dooa gzrow mnearer. The cry came, *All hats off," ana zt Lhs instant the clock chimed 8 o'clock. Every head was nocovered, and every eye &trmned in tho ditection of the door from which the prisoner waa to procesd. DBehind the Chso'a n a flgure ceatly, but plainly, dressed, tlo hair of whoso nncovered bead was carefaliy combed, and whose hands wore tiehtly pinioned behind, uceded no one to ask the gaestion, *Who ishe?' for all koew that it was Henry Wain- wright. With n conutenauce a8 compozed ns at sov timo during ths .soveral examinatons—in fact, les3 xicus looking than on the last fev dava of his (r'al—w:th a lip firmly sar, zod an unblaselied facs, tae culprit enterad the place of his doom, followed by the Governor of Nowgate. the Sheriffs, the exccationer Marwood. and othear officials. The Chaptaio, lesung ageinec the half doors beiore metioned, read paseages smiable for the occasion ; Jarwood condacted Wauinwright to the assizued spct. and the Governor of Newgato placed himsaif almoat in front of the prisoner, wiulo the Sheriff stoxd a Dittle aloof. 'Tswice Wainwright loozed in tiie di- rection of the spectators, but tho plsvcos wote ewiftly taken, aud the expression had no mean- 0z bavond a seeming deoira to fatiycomprebend the circumstances of bis appalling e1:nation. Then Marwaod, a thin. spare man, of sharp coun= teuance and determined mou b, raiaed the shita cap, aud covered with It tho _head of hin sictim, who, without the [aintest indication of emotion, eubmitted to the process. Deftly unncoiing tho noore, the exacationer placed 1t roaud Wau- wnght's neck, and. baving 0Coaion to slight- Iy raise the wnita covering, one could geo| benoath it the _stil unchaogod faco of the uohapp7 man, It smemed that Marwood waslneol essly lang i adjasting tha rope. for he turdes, a:d twisted, and smoothed, ani folded it several times bofore its position ploazed him. Ac lengry, however, he draw the ruening koot taot, and thereapon immedisteiy withdrey from tke same material at the time ha baried the cory #3 of the unbappy cirl Harries Lane. mstead of chlo:ide of line, the efoct woald pradatly have beeo that his cr.me misht never have been dizcov-red. Ino'der:oavoid the pesmbilits of a0y woproper tze Leig mado of them, every veatigs cf the c'othing of the priscner was san- soquently destroyed by firo. caro being tanea thae ths ehould be done 1n the moss edectual manaer. —_—— INDIA. A PIG-STICKING ACCIDEXT. Lucxxow, Jan. 8,—While ths Irincs of Wales and his party wera pig-stickiog to-day, Lo:xd Carmogten hal his collar bone brosea. Despatches tr Lanon T Sttoor, Dec. 22.—The Prinza of Wales, ho- fora leavicg lied:ss, expreased his warm thaoss to the Duko of Bickingham, 2ad pud his visit to Sladras bad affordad Lim wush olxasura, Dirine sorvice was celsbrated oo the quarter- deck ou Suaday. ko reliet sy ing cylinder of the Sersris broks on Monday morning, cansme & detention of an bour and a quarter in a dead calm. Oo Tu: ‘day, the Sand Heads lizhtship weg sighted. Two pilot officors toarded ths Sarapis, and informad ths Princo thet the vessel could ot pass the Lar uatil to-morrow. ‘a3 Raleigh left for Bombay, the crew chosr« ing the Serapis; the Osboine proceeding to Dis- mood Harbor. The Prince and hid suite ars all wall. Ths preparations for the recention on Wednes day are coing on almirably. Calcutts is crowdes with Chisfs aud - people, aod thera is immonse excitement. Diayonp ITarnor, Dec. 2%—Ths Sezapls and Oeborne warighed anchor at 6 o'clock this more. ing and procseded up tha Hooghly. They an. ctiored again at 11. The tids was the lowex nzap aed the mlat co: not 7o on. They weighed anchor st 5 o'clock in tha afternoan, and reacned Diamon i Ifardor at onlv 6 1cnes uades the bottom in passing the benk. if the tido snswers to-morrow, the Serapis and Osborce will prooceed. At daybreals the thormometer atood at 70. CaLeTTrA, Dec. 22—Nir Salar J and the Mghacajah of Jolhpore bavs zrrived, Ths Mabarajahz of Trevancore and Johors ate ex: vected to-tav. The Lientemant-Govacnor iay gone do vu tho river to mact. the Princy at Dia. mond Harbor. Deavry, Jao. S.—Coant Andrasev's note, in rezardto tha proposed reforms ia tho Sultau's sassal provinces, makes £o defiaita propoess for coatrolli=g the execatioa of theso raformi; bax ftissrated that he propmes = virtual ecootril tiroazh the superrision of Coasats aad reports of Amuaysadors. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. Parra, Ja1. 3.—Connz An‘irassy’s nots regerd- ing Tatkey haa not vet been officially comman:- cafed to tbe Sublime Porte. Tme. howavo-, will probahly be dono a3 saon as an un-lersland- ing has been arrived at betweea ths vignatunica of tho treatv of Pzne. If France and Englaai havanot yet elfic.ally made koown their views in the matter, tho delay seoms £clely to bave arisen throuyh the temrorsry abeencn from London of Lord Deroy, British Forzign Minister. —_— CERMANY. . DINALTE. Correspoadsnce Lond m Timer. Beriry, Dec. 22.—Tho disaster has cansed s genera! hunt for explosiva stares all over the country. Thres ships with drnamite carzoes Iying off Harburg, in the frozen River Eibo, bad to turn out their fiery cargosa without a mo- ment’s losa of t.me. No lessthan 1200 chests— enough to beave up tho eerti—were casried to a bollow in the mils some seves miles from thecity. There tley will remain baried until r taroing eprinz allows tha ships $o coas unud their vovage. The 1oaabitaars of tho tor- tress of Mind:n, too, hare sent in n peiition re- questing tust 20) oxt.of the dangerons stal dorosited in tha carthworks in the immed a‘s ity of their city e removed forthwth etition will. no doubt, be a:teadad to, aad fresh regulations issu~d to control the manafac. tare. storing. and szlo of explosives. It is, however, obyious that, ooless the more ciihized and indmatnal countrien weiln 10 theso precautonmary measaras, ths citizens of all will ba expcsal to the ’rll of suffering for the omission of on~, Whers £ tow pouuds sufiice £)wora sach terridla havae. this is a consideration which sionll no: o lost @it of. Baely, affer the barm cGue by Am=ii- caz gl cerino in Germany. it ought not £ ba Loo saugnine to hore that 2 niiro giycerine conven- tio will be siiortly conciuded betreen tao twa States. BISMARCK AND CABLYIZ. Pasrs, Dec. 2l.—Princa Dismarek, a German paper states, seot bis congrarulatiads to Mr. Carlylo oa his birchday, and received zn answer exprovsior unqualified sympathy with the Priace’s statesmauship. —_— ITALY- TESTLICS. Narres, Dec. 17.—Eleven davs have nman passed sicce Naples was frichtoned ous of ita wits by a severe shock of an earthquike, 2nd if any thin~can jrstify s rane i is such a pheno aenor a3 thac. All apprehansion, however, hus nov ca'med down. “Prof. Palmieri aaniuocel a fon dass sinco taat the earthquake period was on the dectine, and people are now absorbed by their preparations for Christmas. Four Provinces wate afected bv tha shocks,— Naples, Terra di Lavoro, Bagilicats, and Caican. ata. lothe last t~oit was more severoly felt than olse vhers, tha centre of sgitation beiug in the Ca:itanata. Turoughout taese two Prov- inces, thau, tha alarm was great, and 1t bas not ot caimed down. for up to the 14t 1mat. Pal- mieii was beseized bv tslerrama from the Depa. tic3 of many towns reporiag shocks, and ask- ing for information as 1o bow lonz thev might bo espected to contiaue, and whether the ib2 immovable tgore round waich for the last minute or 8o Lo hadbecn basied. He disap- peared, and thero was a moment of profound gtiloess. ben—n crash—Wainwright sauk out of s.ght, and tho tightiv-strotched Tope toid its own tale. A profound stilluess prevaited in the yaid as this instant. The offictala gazed into the depth concaaled from tho spectators ; the latter rega Ged . oly ine strained anl alizhtiy-quivenng ropo. All wi,bua the pent-honao was silent, bat from_without came the roar of the bnsy London world, quickenivg into activit7 witn tho ad- vaocing dar, sod urging the spectators to the immediste dispersal shich foilowad. After baoeing a0 bour the body was cut down and duly esamined by Mr. Gibson, the pnson surgeon. Haviog pronounced it dead, the rap= reseutatives of the press were requosted to ad- Jjoaca 1o what ig calted the Board oom. An in- ques: waa thore heid, und immediatels afcer the verdict was delivered tue body of the wretched man was divested of the wholc of i clothing, in the presenco of Mr. Mppperaon, the principal Warder, andthe Goverior, and the coiin was filled up with quickiime, in wnich the toay was completely enveloped. The Lid wae thea kcrew- ed down, ana Leory Wainwright was foréver rémoved from mortal eges. 1t was buried in tho coaree of the afterncon in_one of ths gloomy pas- sages of the jail, by the side of the laat coavict- ed murderer, and 10 arow with the Flowery Land pirates and a number of other crimmals who had imbrued their hands in the blood of their tellow-crestures. The effect of the quicz- 1.me upon the naked corpse, 1t was siated, would be to entirely destroy 1t io the courss of a ve short space of time, and if the prisoner had \uafi *ear:hqaase per.od was oo the decline. The azitatisn extended from Naples to Dar oo the Adiiatic, and thoush many pl ces sulferad #ove-ely, St. Giovannoi Rotnlio, St. Marco ic Lamis, donte Si. Aageis, and Banls folt it the moat. The shocks for scveral days were ro- peated threo or four times, occasioning great damago to property and the lo:s of four livei— three wen 204 39 iofant child—n Darile. Siln there 13 great cause for congratuiation when cne ramomabers the rn effected by eacthquakes i thoee vacy FroviacasZonly & few years ezo. Ac- cording ©> the lutest ropor's the on 58 raments thiat Vesuvius agitatod ;3 bue a8 arc more *he crater mhotws 2 increasing _activizy, 1t s diifi determin, sava Pelmiori. whether this i8 created by local canses, or whecher it is con- nee.ed wich some more genoral movemsnt. It generally peas before an ernotion thal sbocks are felt 1n the imweliate nsighborhool snd then termisato, occasioning alsrm ooly to thnso who live at tho baga of tho mountain and npeniog tissuren iv thzlc houses. Og2 thing 1y biy cecviin, 1f Stientific proznosrieations cau b dopended on, and it is, that Vesawmins during the winter oz the spring will offer ons of those grand and awful spactacles which [ bave 80 fraquently dsscribed. ———— FRANCE. GOVERNMENT REVENTES. Panis, Dac. 2l.—Aczonding to oficisl returns published to-uay, the customs revenne dming the first four months of the present yenz amonnted tb 242,000,000 francs, azainst 203,000, 000 francs duriug tue same pariod of 1871, Thw indirect taxes vielded 1,000,0J0,000 francs, sgainat. 835,000,0% francs ia 1874, The total revenue of the Siate amonated to 1.167,000.C0) francs, deainst 1,036.000,000 francs 1 the tfirst fonr montis of last year, thus showing an increase of 131,000,000 francs. THE BISHOP OF ORLEANS ON THE FLENCH SENATZ. The Bishop of Orleans, Mur. Dupanlozp, has addressed the folloxiaz leiter t)a fnena wko coogratalated him on enteiing the Nenmats of Frauce : Box Bcros, near Vinorras, Dec. 18.—Mr Dzas Foesp : Shouid you cungrutd'ats ms on an election which Las ben accompliabed under such palnful cr- cumstances? 59 fur as I am person:ly concerned, what can T ey unless that ot the ead of my diss Tzr thrown, ke Dantel. into the Babylonfan furnscas A% all evcats, pray for me to God that, since He has per- misted my election to the Senate to have be:n amang #izne the last, He may grant me ktrengih to combut to the Jaat for the Indisputanle rights of the Holy ¥ ther, for the liborty of tho Chusch, and for the welfars of 30- lety. Yoars, ete., FeLx, Bisop of Orleana, Tno Univers, which is not sorry to catch Mon- seigoenr Dapaoloup tripping, re:narks that Dao- {et, s0o whom oo his eleclion to the Senats he compsred bimsclf, was not caat, as the Bishop said, inta the furuace of Babylon. It ironically sucgests that it was the transzriber of his lester who contused the fierv farnzce with the d2n of lions, but M. Dupanloun’a fellow-Senatars migl.t Dot bave felc iattared bad he compired them to o dea of lioos, for, tyough the lion 1a the King of Leasts, the word **den” has an uupleazny sonnd. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Nzw Yorg, Jan. 8.—Arrived, steamship Stats ot Indisos, from Glasgow; Ethiopia, from Glasgow. Loxvpoy, Jan. 8.—Steamship Chiza, from New | York, has arrived ous.