Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1876, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1876, SPORTING NOTES. eme Further Account of the Tormation of tho Natlonnl Lengue of Base Ball Clubs. tringent Provisions Against Rovoly- ing and Dishonesty of Players Adapted. ‘encral Approval of tho Schemoe by Fricnds of the Gamo In Philadels phla and New York. BASE BALL. PHILADFLPRIA'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE LEAGUE, The Pbiladclphia Zinmes, tho only psperin that city which evor hears of any ball news, hina s vory creditablo roview of the doings of tle New Yok Convontion which formed tho cight~ ¢ub loaguo, Ipasmuch wa it supplomenta ju somo points Titr TRIDUNE corrospondent's ac- conpt of tho moeting and {ts resutts, 1t is glvon balowe Atlast base-ball haw s prospact of belng lted from (be unfavorable and destructivo sursoundivgs that guring the last fow years havo wleadlly Leen despging { dawn towarils thio lavet of the dog and cock-plt, Tne primary causes of this wero tho Jealounlen amony clabe, engendered by the presence i tha chsmplon- Jhip srenm of cluba ruu by speculators or en- {husts sl Gumllers congregated, and by thelr vile cticen, at first, Iadles wero drlvon fromi th Lalls Tid,and with this restratuing fofluence remaved, 2 belling men took partial or full control, and at Jest edged Inio o oiDcial management of aoms clubis ol nuscomty Puws and bitter’ necusations of fraud werofast driving away the reputablo portion of the serner_pox, Tholovers of tho pamo and managers of tho clubla 8aw the nure fall swaiting, atid last autumn Tesoived t0 * tako tho bull Ly thio' hutha” auil con- quets The movement sgitatsd in the East was cone summaled In the Weat, and the Aihlelio Club, of this dity, a8 invited to meet In convention Lo consider tho fubject of regenerating the national gama of baseoball, e tho followiug letler will nhow ¢ w§r, Louta, Jan. 23,~Tho underaigned havo been sppointed by tho Chicago, Cinctanatt, Loutavitle, aud §t, Louts Glulw & commlitco o confer with you on matters of Intercat to the gama at larges, with special peference to the reformativn of existing abuace, and ibe formation of a new sssoctation, and wo are clothed with full authority in writing from the above named cubs to bind tham toauy arcangement wa may tuako with you, Wo therefore Invito your club to rend a repretentatiso clothed with ko suthoiity to mest us A tho Girand Central Hotel, in the City of Now York, oo Wednedday, tho 24 day of February mext, ni 12m. Aftor rareful ronaideration of the neods of the professionsl cluta, the organizations we represent ar of the firm beliof that existing circumstancis demsnd promipt and vigorous motion by those who ara tha hatural ppousors of the game, 1t du tho carneat reo. cowendation of our conutititenta that ofl past troubles snd difforentes bo fgnored nnd forgotien, aud thst tho couforence we projosa shsll be o calm, friendly, and deliberato discuznion, lookingly solely 10 the geuernl good of tho clubs who are calculated to gire claractor atul permanoncy to tho game, Wearo confident (bat the proposftions we have to aubmit will meek with your approval and ruppori, sud wo siall bo plessed to mzet you st {he time and placo above meutioned, Youts reapectfully, V. A, Horscny, 4 Cuan A, Fowre," Thie Convention met st the Grand Oentral Hew York, on Wadneilay mummg, tho Mulus!, Dos- {on, Hartford, Athletic, Chicago, Louts, Y.uu[nvfllc, sudCinclunati Clus being ropresented, ‘The Weule 3 ern clubs wero ut tho boltow of the movemeut, as stated, and theg camo prepared with drafly of comtl. tutlon’ and by-laws, A organization was rosolved upon, to bo caflod the Natlonal Leogzuo of L'rofossfonal LoDl Clu, fustead of B Aseociation of Flayers, s befcrs, Under the contitution adopted the entrance-fes of each club s fixcd at 8103, in+texl of $10, as herotoforo, o club shall over bo adinittuid from a cliy of lesn that 5,000 fnhabltants, or froin any city within 6 miles of tholocale of any club {n the Leagite, thus giving to tle Leaguo olub virtually full proprietary righis over thecity to which 1t belouga, No visitiug club, mem- berof thie Leogun, shall plsy any club 1o s city in which Whiero i8 & League clubexcépt il Lotgto_ciub, ‘but this does not prabibit a Lesguo club fromn playing anolher elub beionging 1o tho sams cily, For in- stance, 00 club of the Leajguc, sitcl o tho * Sutunl or Chlesdo, can como here snd play the Philadel s, “the Iattor not belonging to tho Leagio, Eunh- Atbiclio, if it denres, can play with tho Philadclyhis & friondiy o, 18 both clubs belong horo, Thie penalty for a viglation of thiu o Jho espilelon of " Lun ofewiiug club from tie gue, Tuo Leagtto, in tho preamblo adopted, daclates that 28 bade-ball hos beon doprectated in the eatimation of tho pulilc, principally Lecause of dishoucst sud fn- competeat’ clubs, 812 for tho nlerest of the wamo, pubiic, and ylaycra, for an entirely not system o ba deriscdt which will koon out all dishonsat and fncom- tent clube £nd playore; \hcrofory this orgabization s ollccled. To pruvout bsd feeling and sectional dif- ferences, sa the foundution and futent of o Leagus 43 harmony sud unity, Which can only Lo obtaiied by meking it & whols i Cverythiuig, a clatigo in tha todo of the election of officers §a Noccasary. Every one au equal chiance, cach club Having butons yote on any masiter. Tho numes of the clnbs are Jisced tn 8 boraud ivo drmwn gut, Tho delegatos of ioss clubs form the Dosrd of Directars, snd haye o1~ clusivo charge of il thonffairy of tke Leaguo, thus doloy away with s}l Judlciary, Chamionship, and'otbor Conimittees, 88 all dutics formerly ucvolving upon them are ow to be performed by the Loard, Tho Doard cloct tneie Tresfaut, i1 & person ta act us Bocretary and ‘Troasurer, the Iatter notto bo a mom- Ler of any clnb, and reafly but a clork, who shall take cata aud ehargo of sll papers and bustioss dosumonta af tho Leagus, and bo plodged to divilgo nona of ita alfuiza witiout permission, Mo 13 to recelva not less {hian $300 nor mure thon $300 per anauw, and by un- der bonls, Tha clubs which form the Bosrd of Directors for i yea a3 drawn, aro the Uartford (redidanty Lostan, Bt Louts, Mutusl, sud Loutsville, This Toard has exclueive control uf ail tho Reneral bisin and futereats of the Ievguo, In cano of dispulodarle- ins uyon, pisying Tulus tho Prosidont shal apyalnt throe arbitrators, not membera of the Board, and wiilia fftoen diya the compiainiug club mubt fits with the Gcerefary taoir compiaint, with tho aMdavily of witnesses, and the ather club aball atato their caso, or tiore may be & nutual statement made of the alfll- cully, Tue Bacretary must forwerd tho atuteraents o tho first arbitrator, who fndorses his oplniun and senda the papers Lo tho second arbitrator, who, doin, likewiso, sende them to tha third, who with similsr actlon sénds thom 40 tho Secrotary. ' Tho majority do- ciafon i ent to tho contesling chibis, and thers 18 no ) appeal, The rules on p|l¥n aregreatly changed, A clubin 1lo Leaguo can nus contract with a_ player for the succoeding yoar at any time, It must bo sigucd by the player and an officer of tne club aud & witneas, A €opy 1a to Lo sent 0 the Becretary to lo, and Lo st once notifies all otbor clubs, who are bound thencefor- ward to bave no negoliation with such player for that seaton, ihus preventing rovolving, The pemally for violatiou is tle expulsion of Loth Klsyer and. elu, 1f 10y player is relossed duritug bis contract the cluls ro- lesting him s bound tosend to tho Becretary & stato. ment of the fact, and slso that there Is nothing sgalnet 6f8 characler a8 & player to provent his baiug re-cn- fged. 1f his relosso Lesrs no such indorsemcnt it all bo taken for Franted thattho vlayer isa Leen ox- pelled or dismineod for causo that will provent bis ro. ingagemont, and 1t 18 not necesaary o send tothe clul 0 ascertain thin, the absance of tho judorsonicut belog srima facle ovidence, No player stall be ongaged o oy club until his rocord shsll be fonnd lr on tho Hecretary™ book, under penalty st taking Dim befog espellod, No vlayar expelled for dixhionesty whall ever ‘eadmittad, aud i€ 8 club engages bim the clubsiall vo tspalled, In caso of s club bLeity oxveiled thoro shall be 1o reconaiderstion of the voto st aty time, ‘Theso riogent rulea will meko both eluls ond players ares ‘Ihe champlonsblp serios will bo ten gamcs, fivo on 100 grounds of eacls club, and it cane of & tie or post- voncd game it may bo pisyod over, but this 1 nol nev- Maary, If & playor ou & hine les afler a gamo lian 3un arrangud, thu gamo can by poatponed by eithir Poteatant; bit pottpaniemant, oulshdn of woatr or omavoldab dout, can_ba'lind for no othior eaune. The scason ehall begin on March 15 and eud on No- eembor 16, Tho champlonship emblom siall cost §100, ind be & national fiag, beariug the date, uuno of club, ind the word # champion.” “The licard of Disectors tiall msot on the firat slonday of December of eachs year, and bear all cases coming before it. Tho con- vontlon icets ou the following ‘Tuursday, at a city at 60 miles from a station of any'ciul in tue wue, Ouo ruloadoptod was thata player, being roleaved dithier by sgreemont or alsbauttnient of a club, ton pliy after twenty doys. ‘The playing rulca dopted ' provides * that a etriker cau run on & foul fly toat da held, but not it it is dropped, & siriker “who makes threo fonl striked nhan thers sra ottiors on baso who would bo forced, ihall run to first, tha othors advancing slso, Auy of them may be put out, but i tha er i not, o wuat rebiry, and If thos on baso Ate not they iuust ru also. ' This tu fntended as & peualty only, 1t llia notsa of " crowd Jrorents & runner féom Leariug ihe + foul ¥ ha aball not ba put out, but allowed 1o raturn to Lis Laso, Fhe ruls ou * stri¥ea " nrovides B84 aftor two atrikes the third ahall bo called gout bali” sa & warning meroly, and the penslty enforced 2aly on the fourth si; . . Youug was sppolited Becretary and Trosaurer ¥ tho Lenguo, and (o Convention udjourned atier ‘o completion of Ui dutics, tl aen thoroughly harmoutous sud Bous in every pasticular, Wil bo been, the clanges u the rules ars radical, out thoy will bu Moudarfully to tha Svantige of 1o fawe, slthiough the minor clubs may conalder (hein 1ard, 'as they virtuslly rule thou out, with ouly the ree faurce feft of formiug au wasoclation of thelr oww, Ius fntorest lu the mutlonal gamo f¢ great as over throughout tho cauatry, I fact 1s fucreasing sl the 4ime, and there fa indication that the Centen- year will wituoes viry masuy well-couteated gamea, * The Times commonts editorially on the new @ovement in the following torms ; Tho effgrt of the Ivadin their of th upoa Lhe game, and to maka base.ball what it ought o 14, a0 boseas Anlelio gurio, sud uot cone Cur iz blsgand trickery, will receive tha warin approval of {zation formed in New York is 80 wtriugent, that sa b muu&w&a’%’c od -u'g'&'?'w':'&fl casion having clon wuauls T h i aa A e fennal year {hat will reflect ercdit on the players and tho cattatry, A NET YORK OFINION, ‘Tho New Yotk (}raphtc Lind » short account of tho tooting, covering substantially the pamo ground ss the nrecoding. In it is the fotlowing DArngraph concerning & maticr not commontod on in'tho Times Ono of tha most flagrant sbnnes of the old Asaonis. tlon was the earo with which s piayer expliod from one clubs far ralsdemranor could foins(ato bitnelf ilo- spite the knowlcdgo of his misconduct. It he had any exceptinual abilily as a player, hin rervices weore in. variably demanded by s rival club of that from whish ho hiad been driven, abd sn appual Lo the Matlonat Bonrd, provhted the elub wan fufuontial cnough, wonld give i the ryht to play, Under the vodn o the now organization, If thero {8 renson to & thatp player In guil'y of corrnid pracilces, cl sy bo preferred sgafust Liin by any one include: League to the Hecrelary of o League, Tho Sncra- fary will notify the elub to whiclh tha snagectod mom- bor belongn, and the elub must {nveatigats and tako nction upon tho chargns within a spceitied time, In caxo thin {n delayed, or nothing 18 done fn (he Jnatior, the club 18 helil rusounivio, aul will gu out of tho or- Kanlzation under the rulcs, In ail irias layers tho Doard of Ditostars sit an final juslgen, and from tielr dechrion thers {4 nnappotl, A most wholerome regulation n thin connretion I 1o the eifeet that \whien player la murponded ho must wait until tha end of the aeason, when the Director meet {u Dezetber, Lo~ fore Lin appost can bo heard, Thu, if o mnn {8 ax- potied frow o elud hn cannot Jolu andther nino and toulinue ia the Nold, na under tha vld system, —_— ROWING. PROAPTCTA FOR AN INTRUNATIONAL MATCH. Tho New York Herald has tha following dis- pateh from Cambridge, Eug.. under date T'ed, a3 Thero waa a meeting to-day of forty-ono representa- tives, fircluding tho Captaina of {he® Cambiritgs Unle yemity and Cotiegs ot Clut, V%, B, Cole yucaloing; o buslnoss of tue meting'wes ho discussion of tho Amioricat chaltenge. It was resolved that tiio fn- vitafion cauld ot o accopted, owiug ta tho lenley Iiegatts engagement and. fnterferonso with collegs dutics, 'Tho renolution wan passed witli exprezatons of rogret, Asaddstional fcawua for decliniug it was Btated that a pickol erow conid not he gathered, bub. if 100 dxto of thio event wero aiterod to July W tho coss would bodifferent, anl tho American’ lusitation be probubly necepled, Auother objection was that s dis- tnction was myada fi tho challeiys batween geadustes and undeegraduates. € thin obstaclo wero Fomoye, aud tho duto for tho coutest changed, thery were atill Wond Bopes of accaptauce, Attheclos of tho mealiug {ho Ifrall correspond- cutasked, * Would suy crow aceopt tho Anicsican cliollengo'as reccivod 7 Tune mien tespunded, volun- tearing 10 find two others, providing the graduato and underytadute rosteiction was abalisbet, This was Dafled with onthuulasm, 1k war resolved, and carriod by neclaation, that o aubscriytion 166t La posted in the varioua colieges, with s viow 10 obtatn fumda {o defeay the expennca of tha Journoy of tho tnen in tho event'of amace ptauco of tho Euglish reply In thin form, Tho most likely reoult In 1hat o cioy will Lo aclected from the Colego Hoat Clubm, but nut fram tho reguiar University crew, E. B, WASUBURKNE, An Enterenting Lettery Not Rofore Pube Itstiedy on fcconsiritction, Tho Washingtoa correspondont of the St Lows Bepublican has got hold of the subjoined lettor from the Hon, E. B. Waelburno, writion twonty months ago, but still luteresting for the views It oxpresscs : Lraartoy or Tite Untren Srates, Pants, Juno 17, 1874.—-Dean Biu 1 1 bave duly recelved your lotter from New Yorl, dated tho 23d ujt, Al the epoch you speak of groat ovonts wero so erowd- od togothor that it is impossible for me, al this length of time, to rocall tho dotails of many of thom. Dut I well recollect tho arrival of tho deputation of tha threoe eitizeus from tho Muoiclpal Govoroment of the City of Lynch- burg at Appomatiox Court-Houso. aud tho ob- Joct of therr visit to Qen. Gibbou, then in_com. wand of the Union forees. [alall vever forget tho plosanut intorviow I had with those gentle- men and the nterest 1 took fu their nar- ration of ovonts aud of the stato of thinga at Lynchburg. Aftor hearing their statomeuts [ kuow I wes n full sympatby with the purposo thoy tiad in view, sud so oxpressed mysolf, But [ was thoto eimply a8 & private ndividual, and biud no authoity Lo sdvise, or ecarcaly to sug- gest. Vorbaps wny opinlous may bave had somo weight, but ['would not claim ovan tbat, and I fear that tho gouerous citizous of Lyuchburg have givon me credit for what really bolougs to otliets, 1 csn only attest my feshugs of genlifi- cation nt the sliecess whick attonded tha cffurts of tho Lynchburg delogation on that occavion, and tho ploasire wo foit at the timo at thelr hav- ing succossfully nccnnTuuhm\ thoir mission. Enowlng Gou. Graut oa § did, and knowing bim t0 bo & just nod mgnALINOUH 88 ho was brave, 1 had no hesitation 1n saying to the dologation (aud £0 tho others) that L had uo doubt, were ho prosent, bo would ot ouce accedo to {hoir re- queat. Your lotter and your allusions to (on. Gordon roviva many recollections of thoso svontful duys, Iarrived at Appomattox Court-Ilouns on Tuas- day, tho 11th of April, 1865, Gon. Uraut, afler. tcnoivln;ilmo sucrender of Gou, Loe on Sunday, tho Oth, hiad loft tho noxt day with his etaff-ofli~ cera en runte for Washington, I wot tum the noxt ovoning at Prospectt Bation. Desiriny to seo tho two armies, the uoxt morning tho Uen- eral guve me a company of cavalry a3 sn oscort t0 Appomuitox. Though tho suriender had beon medo on Bunday, yet tho details as to tho parolo aud many uther mattors bad to bo agreed upon, and the laying dowu of srms was to tako place at u future doy and #8 soon us tho prolimi- narics could ba arraugod. Thres Comminsioners were -8umnlud ou eithor sido for that purpose, Gou. Gordon, Gon. I'endleton (I think), nu: anothor goutlomau whoss name I do uot now recall, on thosido of tho Confoderates, and Gou. @ibbou, Gon. Mormitt, aud s third, porhape Gen. Mackeuzio, on tho mde of the Union forces. Whon Iarrived ot tho Court-liouso, negotiations and pour parlers wore goiug oo beiwoou the Commissfonors at Geu. (ibbons' hoadquarters, at tho nouse of o Mr. McClean, and I thou snw many of tho Ceuoral oflicors on both wides. Trom what one saw thore it could hardly have been conceived that those mon had been in arms ngainkt onch otlier thirongh more thau four yoars of doadiy strife. Lho torror of the broach, tho fury of the chargo, and the fatigus of the march neom to have boon forgotton, aud theso brave men came together more as frionde than eno- mios. 1n all of thoir talka thero was novor & suggention nor a srord from eithor sitlo that could Lave wounded the tondorcst susceptibility, Mauy of “theso oflicors ou both sides had votved togethier in the ofd army, eund it wos touching and mtornuuni\ to _witness tho aympathy botween them which had sur- yived those long years of caudiot sud catuage. Gen. Cadmun Wiicox told with emotion how hin old classmato, Cibton, acensed him of having nothitng but Confederato money, sud taking frowm bis packot 8 now ond crisp #60 groouback, thraut itupon bim, Thoro was one sentiment auiong all thess men, which neemed to crop out in apite of thomuslvos, aud that way that, after all the blocdy strugglos of tho past, thoy woro still all Awericans. Tho only punishmont I saw in- flicted waa that ou some large juis of brandy which had found their way to the Unjoo hoad- quartors, and undor the peculiar circumutancos that was not takou and decnieid a3 » ¢ cruel and unusual puuishment * withiu the meaniug of the Uaastitution, 1 mot on that occaslon two genilemon In the Confederate sorvico with whom 1 hud servad in Congreus,—the Han, Alexnudor R, Hoteler, of YVirgluis, aud tho Hon, Lucius Q. 0. Lamar, of Miotisuippl. Lamar waa member of tbo Com- mitteo on Commerco it the Thirty-slxth Con- gress, of which I wes Chairmay, ‘aud though wa diffored on all political mattors ax widely sy twomen could well dilfer, our personal rela- tiovss had always boen pleasant and sgrosablo. Thongh 1 had not wueh mouey with mo, I pro- poeod to divide with hilm, but ‘ho doclinod, vay- 1ng he could koo Lia way clear o got to Baltis more, and whon oneo whero Wiuntor Daiva waa ho shoul! bo all right. L know what this meant, for tho intimscy and frrendship that existed Letweon those two bnlliant snd gifted men, nmo utterly opposed to cach othier un all of tho politreal quostious of the doy, was woll known in Wasbiugton ciroles, ‘luoy were uuited together by o tie which binds fogother scholor, perdons of sin- ilor tastes, and moi of genuw avd elozfiuenca aud_which evon tho utorms of war could not sunder. ad theso men livea in Frauca dnngfi tha groat revolution, Lawar would Lave rival Mirabestt i the tribune of the National Assem- bly, and Winter Davia wonlil tave beow tho poer of Vorgniaud, tho ochovs of whoao gracoful but indignant oioquence resounded through ull I'rance lony ll‘cr bia Lond liad rolled into the baskot of tho guilletino snd hiv bloud ran iu tho gutters of llne%m:. du Ia Revolution, After remaining two duys ut Appomatox, I was roady to start with my escort ou my rotinu towards Durkeville and Rlchmond, Gou., Gor- dou, having heard of the sickuvss of Lis family ut Potersbury, was extromoly anxious to get away 88 soon o8 his missfon in_ connection with tho ‘surronder should ba ended, snd Lo sont word to Gon. Gibbon o inquire if bo thought I woulkl have aby objection to his sont lme with ty escort, I 88 an auswor that I should ‘e pleased to have him or any of Lis friends for vompsuy on the long hordoback-journoy botere e, 1 hind beard 0 tuuoh of tGordoy, and kuow 80 much of bis wonderful caroor as . soldier, that I was very happy to buve him ;in slunt( with me. Goa, Cadmus Wilvox, au ol rogular army ofticer, snd woll-kuown in juilitary aud naval ciroles befora the. War, and Gen. Alexsador, & youug gradua(s ot Weut Poiut from Georgis, wlso joiued ud, Wilh tasss Gouszals oamy “.vl’ alr gtk SECUh AR eun QY 1 s we ot At e A N o ., atarted wa had quite & Jarge party. Our firet day'a march brought us to Farmville pretty Iatn fu o oveniog. 1 took my “comman 1" dlrect- 1y to the boadquartars of tho Union tieveral in command, (len. Curtln, sn accompliebed yonn, officer from Ponnnylvapia, IHa recoived un with tho most coudisl hospitality, and immcdiately davotod himaelf to providing aomo rations for his half-winsveld guests, aud to staming them eway for tho might. Tho Iat- for was m womowkat diftfenit matter, for wo wera lu quite largs numbara, Hedn being. wearce, Curtin ‘aud Gordon (I think 1t was) turned in" togathier, which reminded mo of tha Incidont o much talked of b tho time, of John L'ylor and John 31, Botta nleaping toznther at tha National llotel at Wazbington saon after the doath of Gon, Unariiron In the apring of 1941, ‘Lhio uext day wo [mrsued our journcy to Burks- ville, aod from thero wo took tha cars to Peters. Dborg. Wo thon soparated, aud I linva socn nons of the goutlomen aince, axcept Uon. Alexander, whom I et o fow days after in Washington, Allof theno recoliectionn aro now oxtramely {n- toresting to me, I lad Boen the enlmination af ovents ot Appomattox, and I botlove I was tho only man thora on cfther sido who wan not fn nome way connected with tha military seivice, 1 onjoyed my lone horseback ride from Appo. mnttox to Hirkevillo vory much, Gordon nnd 1 rojenidolysidetnontol thadistance,and no *Iind- feal™ and ™ Confederate™ over got along better fogether. I found tho Generst s man of raro inteilizenco and great couvermational powars, atid 03 wa woul ‘‘marching along "' we talked for hours and houra of the incidents of the War on both sides, sud _specuiated os to the future of thocountry. Bidding each other good-by ot Peternburg, wo each went onr way. Idonot boliovo that Cordon b that time beliovod he would ho & Honator In Congress from tho Btato of Ueorgia within the noxt eight years, and { certainly had no {dea (hnt within tho next fow voars I would chiange iy resldence from Galoun to Parfw. Dut so {t falls ont, And hero I will stop, and you_ may say it s quilo thno, Not stopping after having endeavored to give you the julormation you sought for, I have run off inta personal reminisconces in which you can feol but littlo interoat. I Lisve tho houor to be. very rospectfally, yonr obedfant uorvant, E, 1. WASKDUBNE, Joun L. WinstoN, Lynchburg, Va,, U, 8, RU_B-SL\N TROUBLES, Einancinl Embarrassment at Odessie. Americnn Competition with ffussia in the Grain Trade, London Tymes, Jan, 18, A corrogpondent has beon Iatoly describing in our columng the financial ombarrassmont which has overtaken Odessa. A vost pationality, exe tonding over two continents, has been, in ono fashion or anollior, siriving for now neatly Lwo conturica to win a poaition amid the leading uations of tho wortd, Russia bossted, bosides her sizo, o brave and plaatio people, nnd rulors of singulerly markoed iudividuality, Dat it is only within tho last quarter of a con- tury that tho ambitlon of its Governmont and thio enorgy of tho pation have takon siich a form s jodicatod opon compotition with tho Weat, ‘Tho emancipation of tho sorfs in 1801 was m Ppractical plodgoe that tho Russian Government wore canscloun low many thinge must bo changed Lefore thoir poople coutd do justico to Russian bopos. Thoy saw that a great State was not ta bo built up by mechanical applisnces, Neither nymamonts nor railways, uor even flnancial skill, could make o powerful nation. Tho work must bo begun lower down—in tho habits and dis~ position of the noople. Dut it is the old atary. Rowo was not built inaday. Notwitlstanding tlie suppound advantagos cnlightoned despotism rives for tho Intraduction of reformns, the mass of the population remain what thoy wore. Only very slowly iu the gross ignorauce of the poaple diminiehed. Evon at presaut Lbero i only one porsou ablo to read and writo to ovory eighty-oue of tho inbabitaots, and tha very rolorms alresdy introduced hava ocessioucd new miezhiets, Tho Boyard, who, from futsreat or principle, extorted Bong oconomio resuits from this eluggwh massy, has boen sot asido. Tho abolition of sorfdom hoy destroyed bis antuornity, snd tho nowor in- fluoncos which are to succepd Lim nro uot yet dovelopod. Ruesia las, by tho policy of lier ralers, boon hurried futo cowpetition with older nations, or with nations hks the United States, whoso origin mnkes habits of industry and stiergy their natural inberitance; but this Buddou growth of comuioroial mctivity ecau- not yet bear tho tost of the. vicissitudos to whicl all communitics sro now and sgalu ox- posed from the mero altornation of the soasous, A succession of thres bad harvests has reducod the richest and most prosperous part of Iluesia to such straits that nothiog but eomo novel ex- pedlent guggeats a hova of rescua. The foreign markots are to ho appealed to, on tha combined oredit of all tho jolut-stook banks of the Em- pire, to raiso & loan to mout the presout omor- proncy. Dut this s ouly & tomporary expodiont. Tho embarrassmont, though uumodln{ul»' 0c- casioned by tha repettod failares of tho barvvest, 1s but a suddon duvelopmant of symptoms which have loug beeu manifeat. Aa coru-prodac- ing country tbo United BStatea lavo boon radunify outstrippiog (holr Russinn compots tore. Che failure of recent harvests has only procipitated & result which loug proviously might Layo besu nnhcl{mwd. Noswithatavding the natural richos of this Podolo-Vollynian dis- trict, sho population have noithor tho tralmng uor the individual onergy to onable then to do justico to tho resonzcos of their country, and, Bwoeping a8 wos tho obange from sorfdowm to oquality bofora tho law, thero woro atill many in- stitutions absolutely oppased to ecouomlo progress. Though “tho villagers wero por- doually freod from allogisuce to a eupo- lord, they did not Dbecomo owa- ors of land " directly, bLut only go far 8y befag mombors of tho village conimunity to whom the adjacont land Lelonged. Thoy were thng without any indlvidual tncontive to indus- try. They ouly ehared in the Eflflu(ll vroduct, and in such o systow, whoro the lulo and un- tratned aro #tiif o cousiderable bady, the most worthloss hsve tho clearest advantage. Not only {a this Communistic B{nam adverso to agricul- tura) impravomont ; it is fatal to tho intraduoc- tion of munufactures, for the village suthoritios can compel the {ubabitants at least to go through a perfuuctory reudering of thoir servico to tho community, and s workman at s factory ie al- ways linblo to bo recalted to tako bis sharo of the common labar of his village. 1t 1s not surpriaing, in such a stote of things, that American energy bhas geadually supplantod Itussla ju tho markets of this country, and ovon of Gormany., Odossa was choeou Dby tho great Cathorivo as the emporium of Disck Soa traflic, but, naving no natural intand eommunieation by wator, it as, in its competition with modern soaporty, dopouded on railway commusnication, 'Fuo rallways, Lowevar, Lave, like othor thmgu, suffored from corruption aund intrigue, * For roasuns bost known to thomselves, the Odessa engluoern did not chicoso to counoct principal towns by tho wmoarcst routes, but Y - dulged In plasful mennderivgd, very much to the incroaso of the longth aud uxlmlluu of tho linea™ ‘Cho more thoury of tho value of railwav communleation will not suflico to l;lvn o oountry full command of Its rosourcos, unless thore aro at baud men of principle . and with sufliclent 1‘"““‘”‘,{"‘ to apply that theory, With rallways built Iy dlsrogard o{ tho patural lincs of c, and compaules eudeavoring to mako up for this disadvautage "fl ligh rates, tho tradiug community Lad further to coutond agaiogt political troubles. There are the ald fouds botweeu Poleand Muscovite, and thero I tho still moro urgent difioulty of religlous obe sorvances, Lvery fourth day s s lholyday, so that nearly olght days out of & month sre, Ly Chureh -ulhum{; Rivon up to idloncss, It isin snch s stato of things us this that tho Odesua Chamber of Cowmerce, our carrospondent tolly us, Lurng (o statistios, and, looking at tho past and the prosent, 18 *losk in palnful thought when cousidering the quantity of corn Amorfca will yoon bo cnabled to oxport,” This alarin la intoliigible onough whon wa recollect thas nino yeara ugo 44 per cent of the {mm gont to this couulra cama from Rassis, and only 14 per cent from the United Btatos, whila now 44 per cent of foroign grain_comes from the Unitod States, aud only 21 por cent from Iltusala, ‘The Odoesa morchaots thiok matters witl bo ntlil worso In the future, as the Amaricans have found a nuw and cheaper routo for thelr corn to Enfillml. snd, wstend of sondiug it by Cbleago and Now York, will sbip it down the Aissisaippl to Now Orleans, and thence on by nen, securing an open-water journoy the yhole way. Hut that this dualnntion of Rissian trado 14 not due morely to any accidental advantago obtaiuod by tho encrgy ol another pooy:le la cloar from tho account givea of othor artlcles of ox- port. *The dewnud for tallow sud eoms other articles of rurs) produce i decreasing in pro- portion.” It s one of the reunlts of'such n state of things as this that the clowo of tho last year has wituensod tho mouetary crisis at Mos- cow, succesdod by & continuous dopreclation of the paper_currency sud oxceasive dlotress fu Houthorn Rusuls. = s TRACHEAL TROUBLE, Spictal Diswateh to T'hs Cawage T'riduns, DaxvirLy, L., Feb, 8.~<A disosse, termed by tho physlolans diphtheria croup, is proving very fatai to numbers of people fn this city, thore baviug Laon tbres deashu feom it durlog the pest Weary-IQur Lok " N— ST Pt % HARD TIMES IN ARMERICA. An English View of Now York-—Dee pression in Trade-~Extrava: goant Living. Contest Between Fashton and Poveriy--- Insurancs Conipanias=«-Itoften Navings Banks, Correspandznze Landon Teleqran’. New Youx, Jan. f,=To-lay we have o cofe- Lration which supgests an min:nded Fourth of Jnly. Wa Lave enterad ths Unntentta] year, and onr munleipal magnaten Lave prenenibed certain nolsy tokeos of oxuliaton, and g zeted othor obssrvauces which public Lodics and splrited eitizonn aro carrying out to the bukt of theic ability. Caunon proclaim the beginning of a yoar which will tiro un with its coleLrations long vofora ita oloss, and flags give the city s holiday lnok which peaple genorally gladly wole como. Ask them why, and thov are puazied in trying to flnd an answer. OFf all ou Jargo citien, New Yorl is lesat distinctively Awmerl:an, and the Lopes aud aolicipations expressed to-day hevo more of 8 businoss thay o patrlatio caloring, Thero 1w oA Bonxke ot rofief in tho escapo from a year thas Liay been fraught with iutoaws dopreswion sud wide-spread misfortune, and 8 populnr belief that {0 somo undofined and mystorious way the great sbow at Philadelpbla will bring back pros- porlty, Tha boliof itself is not a very rational ono, and tho forma it takes nre often ahsurdly axaggorated; but it Lias a great deal to do with tha wishoa and oxpectations thac are exprassed to-dsy., One can scarcely wondor at tho eager- neng with which Lho fainteat prospest of bottor timos Is welcomed. Daliness aud deproseion are terma that imperfoctly Indicate tue dissstrous character of tho yoar ust ended to ovory form of American industry and onforpriss. Frostration and cxhaustion ar words thal cate much nearer tho real stato of tho cass. Tho volume of trado {unsome Lranches may bave boon fittle, f any, 1088 than in 187 ; evou in theo more favored instances, the profit bas been simply nominal Mr. A.T. Btowart, tho *'dry.goods princo,” slaton that his wholeenlo trado awonnted to buy $22,000 les than in thopreceding year, and that hin rotail sales show no decline, But Mr. Htew- art's enormous woalth cnables him to profit by tho bargains which herd limos brings, and to soltat prices which to othor mea imply donu- right bavkruptey. Tho truthis that for two Yoars tho great majority of merchants and siop- keepora have lived upon eapital, aud the failures which coustantly occur ave tho con- mequences, not of recent mishinp or” of present unsounduess fn tho course of trade, but of tho utter exhaustion of ropources, ‘Lho puiferars havo strugeled bravely agaiuet odds under thio bape that a furn in tha tido would savo thew, and lhoy succumb now bo- caueo thioy can staud tho strain no louger, This ciroumstanco has produccd vxtreme caution on the part of the banks, whose managors find or- dinary calonlstions upset Ly ab experienco which is almost without yrecedsnt. lusiness is so ** bonoy-combed,” thoy say, that it is itnponsibin to tell whore assistance may Lo prudently tendered; aud this ostremo cautlon, justi- fiod 88 it undoubtedly ls, adds to tho eavity of tho buawoces situstion. ‘Tho holiduy soason, usually s period of liboral expendituro, las brought no reliof. A retail dealor iu fancy goods tolls mo that b saley have avoraged a thousand dollars a day Lie- low those of last Christmas, sud thic stelomont harmounizos with tho roporis of rotailors gon- orally. ‘I'he book trade suffors torrbly fiom tho Bquoozo, aud the Euglishi publishors that bave agencios here without an excoption complain of loss on tho year's transactiond. ‘Their talo is the commou ono. Iow the Centonnial Eshibition is to chiaugo all thi, {t s difficult to 1magne. It sill stiract vasterowds, aud New York will proilt by thom quito as much as Philadoiphia ; but tlo casual expoudituros which crowds imply will bardly Ift the trading olatses out of tho Blongh of Despoul, Bo- eldes, tho uncortalutica of a ficrco Presidentisl contoat—aud forco tho coutost will this yonr ba—aro always unfavorable to ordina- ry trado. The roparts with rogard to the groat industrios of the country are oot tnsro ingjint- ing. Not oneof thow is prosporing. Tho fact thas a large numbor of furoaces and foundries aro closed roveals the couditiou of the iron man- ufacture; and tho impouding umps-ngu of work in tho voal-miney Ia one ol tho reanits of the pa- ralysis that afucls groat productive forces, Lumber manufacturers havo lost lieavily, aud a sorious duclive in tho prices of woolen and col- ton goods hay emborrassed wany unily, aud lod to the olosing of others, Tho accoptod explanatlon of all this, whother relating to manufacturas or tc trado, s that the country 1 gradually gotting back Lo * Lardspan.” We aro returning to the normal condition of thiogs which existod before tho War, and the process involvos tho castiug off the havits of ex- travegance which the waste aud spoculation of tho War eora eogonderod, It s & proosss that oporates moro ewsslly in rural parts thanin o great city. The agricultural elass, and the classes “immediately connected with it, adapted thomuelves to tho slterod oircum- stances without wuch ado, With fashiousbla city folk tho cago is difforent, They b nes quired luxurioustastes, and, unwilling ta confess that tho gratificution of thoso musy cosse, still reuist tho fuovitable change. 1 am awsured by tho State Buperintondont of Banking that Lie hay [;.lnlul avidenca of tho portinacity with which ho ladies struggle to koop up appearauces. ‘Lhe Loads of familics bave exhausted thoir means of obtaining accommodation, and now their wives and daughtors are gathering up available soouri- tien and obtaioing loans upon them. Tuoy histen 1o Jessonn sbout economy with & bad grace, un- mblo to realize the rovorues that have ovortaken their husbands sod fathers. Jlore iy oune of Presidont Graut's bosom frionds, n former Oollector of $hix port, and s man who two yoars ago ranked among milllonuires. Oue aftor another of tho anterprises in which Lo was interested toppled over; tho renl estate in which the bulk of his fortune way Invested shrank jn value uniil it no longer reprosonted tha mortgages that inoumbered it ; aud uow hia bome inadvertisod for salo, and tho man who, since tho advent of Gen, Grunt to powor, has virtually coutralled politioal pationage in this city, disappeara from the acono. You havein this gontonee & aketch that might ho multiplied nlmost Iindotinitoly. Nuwbera who two ysa ago wore rich, snd maintained sumptuous establishments, aro to-day unable to pay intercst on borrowed monoy, or to maok the assossments ou their up- tomn tots, Maauwhile tho standard of living is sl extravagant Loaders of fasblon are vo. luotaut to surrender their away, sud fashion fights againet retrouchmont with a porsoveranoa w'z.\lch only mortal vanitioa can explain, If it could bo misde certain that this Coutsunial year would restore genuino American oconomy to tho businoss and sonial lifo of Amorica, tmore wonld bo accomplished in the direction of bettor timoes than by auy plau that has yet boon dovised, Apart from cosily labits sud tho unwilling- noss of peopls 1o foregu city life, tho Krent tronble is want of contldenco, ‘Tho bauks are afraid of their oustoniers, s 1 have siready shown ; and the merchants, in turn, aro nfraid of thcee who conduct tho foralgn exchange Luslness, Tho failure of®Duucan, Hherinan & Co, 8hook falth to its foundations. 'Lhe wmnsh- up of Jsy Coake & Uo., though it jnaugurated tho papio of 1873, surprived only the unin- itiated 5 but tho downfnll of the flrst-named firm was eomothing quite different, and the subsoquent oxposare of thoir long.coucealod inzolvenoy ocontributed moro ta tho provailing olstrust of monotary agencios than any othor causo, Up to that timo a large numbor of flvtas bind beou engaged in tho foreign ox- cbauge buminess. Now, Lowever, tho business bas (allen almost wholly into tive hands,—ihrea baukiug flrms and two “British-Amorican banks, Othar ooncorna are virtoally out of tha tleld, 0 {ar &8 this department of busiucas govs. Even in quarters where providont manageniont might moss naturally ba fooked for, disgracerul faitures liave occurred. 'Ihoy are quarters, too, of which tho Btate lma takou apccisl coguizauce, and for the intogrity of whtch i1t might alinoss be said to bave furuished wpecial vusrautoen, ‘I'lo supor- vision exurcised uver lifo insurance companies has been supposed to be complote, tho vompa- nies being raqnired yearly to furnish returns setting forth fully fheie” atfairs,~tneir bhosi- ness, their wusots, thair oxponsos,—uverything, in whort, that au actuary would voquire to su- able him to judge positively as to their condi- tion, And the Buperfutendent to whom theso returna are submitted is smpowored to {ustituto an Indepondent iuvestigation whenover the re- turbs soggest jusolvoucy, or even voucealment or doubt, That this supervision, howovor por- fact in thoory, ias baen practically inoffective, s fact of which thase who havo studiod tho subjoct hava for soms time boon aware, Auvets of w dubious nstute Lave beou allowsd to pass 28 aelewonls in the sum of solvenoy, aud the u&llnn- of masagemeut bava grown, updes tuo WAusuoo o kesa eempetition) wakl 7 e e e they roached a point that would starils a cmtlnua nctsey of Tftobure or London, The ovil has gono from bad to worae wi'h tha mal- Hpticetion nf comisnies no tns omployment of tottors for tho azuisition of bueinews. 1here tro_compenics which atiow an agent tho swhols of tha first yvnl‘u‘p-cm!nm for hn jutroduciion ef alife, and tho beet of eonpanion psy & rate of which'tha funacrnt insarod uever droame, Tuo conmoyionces sy enmly bo Imagined. T'hano pract ro poralble A3 1ong an tha now brieinesy was larga eoouzh to Xoop up appear- naveu and 1o proside for cho dram, }lu: when hard tinos not only atopped 1Ow Lusiness, hut compelled multitudes of these alroady inenred to el lons npen theie policies or to mirrender them outright, matters poan camo o & ecrisien Tha worthlessness of ruhianea upon Btate minerviaton then beesme aps parent, Stopiages and Fecelverslips wern anon the order of tho dar. Weak and rotten coin- povies amalgamated in the mannes not nufamil- Iar to Laudouerr, and life inanrance generally pasaed nuder o clond, which stifl obacures it. No ono alleves that there aro not companios nhove Ruspicion, Cogtliness of jmauatoment, howaver, in un objoction that applies to the nld- ent and richest, aud all of them havo got mors real estato In thetr banda then they bargained for, an & 1ceuit of foreclosuren, In scme - stances the number of lapsad policions bas bheon #o great that pezounts Lalauco whero befors there was 3 defleiensv: and il fenl tho effect of the dislrist for which thalife insurance mane- £oTR oro thameciven roap ugible. Homo half-dozen savings banka havo failed, under circumsiances aa disgraceful to thair menagora and {0 the Stata Buperlntendont of Fankaas thay aro dirsstrous to the depositors. Tne monov nf the thrifty poor has been squan- dored in targs eniarien to all sorta of pooplo, or sunk in woithices secorivios, or loc{(’u’l up fn property that {9 wurcalizablo, or loaned to Di- rectors and Dircctors’ {riendy who are nnable ta blo, irropularition, sud but for his Ineficioncy others could not have occurrol. But the wholo aya- tem sudly nends anondment. The advantago of handling other prople’s money fs understond to rerfection on this wide of tho Atlsntio, To woeuro it eavings bankw compoto ly offoriug high dividends end tataining showy establixhe mente, The Iatter would not bo & recommen- datlon olsswhera ; hero It In worth a great desl, ‘Ihie averago desmtor accepts a fina building an proof of weshth, and phury the bank that is care ried on in » shiabby edifice, Even now ong of tha finest bulldings in Jrosroes 1s that of a dime (10 ceuls) savings bavk. Bo long as thils wenkness lasts, and so Joug as managera acceps doubtful securities to keep np hieh raton of interest, wu shall Lave a reprtition of the faflures that Lave plunged hLosts of mechanics and laborera juto distress ot a timo when wo k 18 unattainable, This baety glance at soma of tha outlinea of the eituation mny gerve partially ta oxplain the ropular sversion to tha incroase of taxation roc- ommended by the Prosident sud Secrotary of tho Freasury, and the domand for reduced Gov- erumontal exponditure, 8y foresbadowad in the policy of the Democratic majority In tha Honso of Mopredentativen, Tho cconomy that s dis- cerniblo among tie peopla Las been forced up. on thom by the harsh tenchings of advergity, nnd tho sama inflexible mentor preseribea tha adop. tion of » mimilar couree at Washington, Home- thing muat be dons thero to make Loth ends meot. With o falling customs rovenus, au io. cotme from whiskv and tobacco below official ox- rectation, snd ths requiremonta of the sinking und unsatietied, one of two thinga i< juevita. bla—the income must bo enlarked, or the outge must be reduced. CHICLGO FIRE-LOSSES FOR 1875, Less Thau Balf a JMitlion of Losves— Insuriuce Compantes kkave Ouly to ray $267,150. ‘I'ho following tire statiatics for the year end- ing Jan, 81, 1876, nro taken from Sloan's Jnsue- ance Fire Report, sud sbhow tho number of olarma and still alarms respondad to Ly the Lire Dopartment aud Insuraoco Patrol darivg tho pagt year, Tho figures In the following tablo rapresent the actunl loes and the portion covered Ly insur. nuco; nleo the tolal mmount of insurapcs ine volved st well aa tho clsed of tho Luildings do- strayed or damaged by the element : “astieanrp £ paressg 800 944K} 125,300 1180 0 21,50 21,13 5373 December,| 43 12 Javuary,..| 31 23,0%) Total,. qxi-.ufi FOR T AT ey Tho loss for Fobruary includes Wabi's glua {nctory, amonuting, as “claimed, to $200,000, covered by nn ingurance of $60,000; total in- suranco {nvolved, &30,500. HOW OCCUTIED, Tho buildiogs visited by the flames wero oc- cupied as follows: Duelliugs, 152: uslaons, 23; buardiug-houses, 19; grocery storos, 14} tenoments, Ui vacant, 18; sheda, 13J; uutin. inhed, 7: barus, 433 notion and goents’ furufshe ing goods, 53 dry goods, 7: eigars and tubacco, wiltinery goods, 3 ; abirt faclories, a; 53 moat warkets, 4; foundry, 4 ; bakeries, 33 furnituro fuctorlos, 9; hotel. 51 restauraues, 2; vriating offices, 4 ; tauudtles, 84 theatros, 25 confoctionories, 23 clothiug, 3‘\- juuk, 8: shoomokers, 3 churches, U; gchools, 33 Dally, bay pressos, 4 distile 1eries, 3; smoking moot, 4 ; carnentornhap, 4 ; of- ticen, 1: paoking houwo, 43 publishing, 8 second- hand furniture, §; browery, 4 ; planing mill, d ¢ framo factory, 2; news depot, 2; hardware, wachinivts, 3; jnmp and crookery, 9; sowing waching {rames, 3; resort thieves avd stolen property, 2; mill forniture, 2; mill, 2; and 1 oach engravor, albumen factory, colleution sgoncy, baby carriske, tinoer, club-houss, wilk dupot, toy slore, ice-houso, wooden wars, clicess factory, glove factory, hides and polis, etore- roow, uniilia beadquarters, rooting factory, bod- stond factory, malt bouse, bracket fuctory, wagon tuctory, cooper shiop, foed, axlo-prosso factury, coetion batting factory, sewing maching repairs, piatio factory, rchoo! furtiture, photograpibing, &lug fuctory, tabacco factory, jewelry, barbor shop, hat wnd cap patterns, f1elght car, omnibug Larn, skower maker, Jast fucbory, carringe fac torv, tug-boat, wram ('Ic.ullll‘:‘ Hwo works, and unliconxod grog-shop on city lot, ‘Lotal, 450, THE CAUSES of tho wlarms ure classitlod ad follows Stoy es overtivatiug, and of oxposed woodworls, 20; children plaging with firo and matchos, koroseuo lamp, carclossness of, 275 [ntention dafruud insurance, viroummiances pomting to, 42; wulivionsuess, as traced to motive, 2 cigar siub sod lightod wmateh, onreless disposi- tion of, 30; mitwumavle matenals, overheating on of, 11} foul obimneys, 27; sparks falli shinglo roof and among vefude, 81; drnu ness, resullivg from, 14§ furuaco dofoctiv iueailicient brick wall, 8; stove and ho! pines, disconnection unid wond-work expoxod, 8 ; Kkna jetu In show window, 7; xen jets folding nggainnt wood, 8; dropw of grosae faltiug from rueat heiug smoked, 8: shavings storad in dwell- ings for kindiiug nnd sllowed to acoumulato in violation of law, 19; shavings in sbavings. shute ignited from furnace. §; embers falling from giate, J; combustion from oxidation, 63 hot ashew, 8: defoctive grato hoarth, 8 ; explosion of gas, 2 sccidewnl, 235 intontional caroledd. ness, apparontly, 18 ; vacated buildiogs open to wccoss of mivchiovous chuldron and” vagrants, playing with ire and wmoklug, 63 friotion of uaild or gravol, in malt liopper, 23 flwes, defect In dovoloped by overlieating, 60; brazlers, § dry kiln, overbeating of, 4 uucapped stove- pips hole, 83 atovo-pipe hole stope ped with paper, 23 Lorizontal emoke- stock, Lwmning out of, 1; Kindliog of smoldoring embers, 4: soldering, carolossness with, lighted candlo, ¥ wachinery, friotion of, 23 friction trom ctavator bucket, 11 creoked rendering tank, ignition of dumping of, 1 shavings burning, (u violation of ordinance, ; feathers, dryiug of fulno alarins, total, 504, Boo- oud alarma, 103 third aiurms, 3 ; goneral alarms, vono, Betlivg fire to premuses, couvicted of, 8; fndiciments pouding for sefting firs with iutont to dofraud iusuranco companics, 3. Arsou onaes tried sud dinwlaged by Police Court, 35 paymont acfuscd on account of fraud, 0, 3 Ihe presonco of tho lnauranco Patrol with their chemieat estingnisbers and water-proof covers wt tiros has rowulted in materislly entting down thoe smouut of Lhie losses us compared with provioua yearw, ‘Tlis nee of the chewmiosl extiu- guisbers by the Fire Departwent Las slso done wway with tho uncessity of floodiug buildivgs In tho cayo of inclpiont fires, and thoreby affectud o considerablo kaviug of property. ‘The determi- natiou of the fusuranco aguuts to vigurously in- vostlgute and prosocuto {u all cases of suspacted nrson, has had the offect to discourago thio ** firo- buig " olomont, _Altogettior, the record is very natisfactory, and spoaks well for tho oflicicuoy of the Fire Department su bandled by Chlet Beuuor sud lug wortby co-laborores o resse in, 1 cupols, aing disposed of by MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Tho Remains of an Ex-New York Btock- Brokor Found in an Empty Howe Did William ¥, Ward Commit Sulelde, or Dle from {lie Effects of Rum end Exposire 1 ‘Tho dead body of an unknown man was dis- covered yestordny aflomoon fn n closat oponing out of & room on tho second story of & bullding on tho corner of Wash- ington and Union streots, Tho building, for some unexplalned reason, lns remained vacant, and it was doring an examination of the viomises by s proepective losseo, that the dis- covory was mado. ‘Tho docessod was appatently about L0 years of age, aud ho had boen dend some timo, a8 was evidenced not ociv by the fact that mortification bad sct in, but aleo from tho dust aod dirt which had uottled upon Lis gar- ments, that Isy on the floor near tha hody. Tho body was completoly nude, tut, as oo marks of vlolenca wers to bo abmarved. tho rouclusion scemed to be tlint it must have beeu a CABE QF RUICIDE. Tho geotleman who fimt found tho remaing communicated tho fact to Capt. Ellis, aud o= cera woro Dlaced 10 charga of tha premises untit {ta disponition shou!d be ordered. On searching his dust-stainod nod decayiug garments for evi- dence sd to his name, nothiug was found fudi- cating who he might have bees in life, his cccu- pation, or rosidouce, Late in tho sfternoon James O'Neis, who maintaina a reataurant on West Madieon atreot, hearing of the mystery. visited the scenc, curious to view tho corpss, sud {dontitled it as that of WILLIAM P. WARD, who has resided {n Chicago for several years o 1o in reported to have boen a confirmod ncbrinte, for whom thero soemed to bas no - redomption, and it s suppneed tint ho offected a0 entranco fnto the Luiding while in an {ntozicated condition, sirippod bim- self. aud Iny down to a eleoh from which o was awaliened ncross the river that divides Timo from Etoruity. Provious to the panic consoquent on the operations of sk and Gould, which cul- minnted oo the day known to tho calondar as M Biack Frulav,” he resided in Now York City. Theta hio was identified with stock spozulatfons, a3 a momber of the Giold Board and Biack Ex- chm‘xfi'u. sud at ons timo was sstimatod to bo worl TPWARD OF A MILLION. Ha lived in a stvie of magailicouco pseuliar to tho frateinity, and wean a4 well known to the frequontera ‘of tbe road as Lo ihe operntors on Wail streot. Ie went down o the panic, and, despauriug of regaining his position in tho me- tropolia, omigrated to tho Woet, fu thio hopo that by somo fortunate speculation he might be nble to retifeve bis shatlered fortunes. Failing to realize iy expectationy in that bubalf, he made hin adveat into Cliicaga soveral years sgo, shore ha Las ondured a lile of penury and diatress evet rinco, lus sufforings mitizated ot iutervals by tho agsistauce of friends who koew hun in bappter dnve, About s year sitce ho was em- ployed at Daxter's restaurant, ‘No, 174 Woat Madison strect, but, 0sing to tha failare of that fiouee, o again became s despondent. Two weecka aga he way met by o gentleman o the West Division, Lo whom HE APPLILD FOK AID to anable him to avail hims2(f of treatmant at the County Hospital, Thia was furnisbiel lim, and it wae tho last veen of * Baldy " Wurd alive. ‘fho Lody waa sont to the county uudertaiers, whete an fuquest will bo Leld to-day - THE COUR Record oI Bu incss Transacted Yot urdny. TUE CRYSTAL LAKE LICKLING COMPANY. Tu the c¢aso of John C. Meyer and others agaioet the Cryatal Lake Pickiing and Proserve ing Works, an order was uiads Saturday suthor- izang tho Ileceiver to lusurs the propetty of ‘the compaoies iu good jusarance companios to tho amount of §75,000, and alio to sell such goods as aro [n his hands prepared and ready for the atket. The motion to dismiss tho bill and all other questions wore postponed ansli ¥ob, 18 at 9 o'clock a. m. DIVORCEI. Tho noighborbiood of Unlon DPark is a very pleasant placo in which to live, but it doas not seem to always bring domestic felicity, and oven in tho high-toned Uishop Court Hotel thore are marital bickoringa, The lady who feels thia fact most dooply juat at present fa Honriotta Mae, Farlane, who recited n very dotailed aud chrono- logical talo of woes Saturday in abill filed for divorco frombor husband, James B. MacFarlane, Klio was marriod in 1370, sod from that timo un- til Jan. 29, 167G, rbo eays she tricd her beat to cook James' beefsteak and mako his coffeo to siit his porticular taste, but quite unsuccesstully, for Lo was I the habit of drinking too much. Pretiy soon also he ndded cruelty to hia othor faults, and seoma to bDave boen accustomed whou ho met ber, to aalute her with a blow on the back or shoulder, avon on the streot. Ticse familiare iticn, olton repeated, havo become tirosome. and 80 Mre, Maokarfane aska for & change. PERSONAL. J, Charlon *1ainea was Baturday sppointed United United Biates Commissioner in place of 3. T, Ely, decossed. DXITED RTATE RCOURTH. Tho United fitates togao & euit in dobt Saturs day for €10,000 agalnat Andrew J. Griegs, Il O, Goodwil lie, ¥ I, Myers, Q. V. Dictrich, and J. 1, Bowen. Goorga D. Burrows, Assignes of Norton Em- mons, also began s suir s debs for &15,000 againat Ira P, Nudd, 8. If. Noo, A, 1I. Johnsou, Philip Dyckman, aud William €, Grant. BANRRUPTCY MATITEA. Tovert 8. I'attersnu and Jamos K. Pattorson Nod a voluntary petition in Lankruptey Satur- day. Theie prefecrod andsocurod dobta amauut 10” 8336.40, and tho unsecurod to $6.GIL64, ‘The baukrupts tiave 1o aseots besidoa 8 stock of Roous, which has beon bLoreloforo couveyed to an Assignes forthe bonolit of all their eradit- ots. The nasignmont was made Jan. 20, 1876, to William Morey sud I3. James, of Braidwood. T ansots 80 conveyed consist of opeu accounta to tho value of 81,004; cash realized from wale of part of tho goods, #1,215; value of romaiudar of ‘stuck, #1,160, The bankrupls have neithor individaal debts nor asseta, John Durham was adjudiciated bankrupt by dofault, and a warasnt ixsued roturnable March 4, before Rogister (irsnt. Warren lickox was appolntoa Provisioust Asslgueo, ‘I'he croditors of Ordway & Newlanlheld a ‘mosting Saturday, aud voted 10 accapt the com= poaltion of 40 por cent offersd Ly the bankrujuy, OF this 10 per cont is payabla in thres wonths, 15 per cont in vix months, and tho remawder in muo mouths, “Tho croditors of Jobn P. Board agrood Satur- day to necopt & compositton of 10 por cent on thoir clalmy, payablo in cash. BUPERION COURT IN RMIEY. Murray & Hchwartz, for the use of Edgar Toanus, began & suit for $0.000 agamet Wilisam It, Grafion, Dugan, Caso & Speara bogan an action against Charlton I, Mtlis ¢o rocovar 1,000, CIBOUIT COUBT, Leroy Pennoyer bogan s euit in trespass stisinst Josoph Lawb, to recovor $5,000 for au alieged agssuit and battory, ) Miller Bros, & Koep bogan s suit in dobt againut Josoph Hoottos, layiug dawages ad $1,000. > Charics I Caso filed a bill sgainst Sarah Ehzsboth Whitohousa, Mary Euly Nuktes, Vau %, Hoftwan Wemer, Jiubbard Sioffmsn, Caroline . Hoffwav, aud IS, b, Shermau, to foracluse a trust-deod for 84,100 an tho west 22 foot of Lot 3G in Walker & Kreigh's resubdivia- fon of Blocks 10 and 19 of 8. Eiutmlla Hubdi- vision in tho N. E, I ot tho . 1£ of Beo, 18, a9, 4. UL CALE, Jupam Gany—143 tv 197, 139, 160,102 to 167 iuclusive, Jrvok JaursoN—1 (o 20 ou calendar No. 2. Jenar Moun a1, Jupag Roreus—Sat casos 1,002 aud 5,351 and catondar Nov. 365 to 30, except 871, Jupar Houru—-1238 to 444 molusive. JUDGXENTS, Cinewrz Covnt—Junuk Hourni—Tatrick Colman i, Jubu . Phillips, 420, Jupan Boosu~J, Purent sud E, N, ¥, naw trial, . B, Btliluan ve, Georgo W, verdict $133, snd moltoy for e Suiclde on & Good Dinner. Oue eveuing av I was walking sloog tha Bou- lovard des itations abui 10 o'clock, I aaw avrowd i frout of a restauraut, sud learnod on juquiry that & mau bad taken hie own lifo inside. It appeared sbiat hie had installed Limself in & cab- {ruet particulier, aud ordered a regal rupast, dwelt- lug with unotion on each course. s ropast occupled » coupls of hours, and when coffes, coguao, aud cigare were furhivied toward the clors of it, L@ informod the gaycon that he won!d Tagnire nothung else, aud he nead not retnra un'il hie rang for him, Abont fifieen or twonty minutes afterward-—the timo to ala his cognas a3 Amolio & cigar—tho rot o7t of & firoarm was A p o:reding from his cabinet, On opoain, thn door le was fonnd Iylug on the sofa doad, with s mmoking pistol at his nide. On searching him, uot s eon was discovered lo his pocke! Tho {nferance was thet boing neatly starved, he dotermined to rogalo himself in s snmptuous manner for onco, aud then canceled thin and al) othor debta by paging with his life, The pro« priotor of the reviaurant maid ho wonid have wl(huully given him hisdivner if ha tad only kiliad himneit clseshero than on his prem This was tho practical wide of the question, man who paid such a pifon for his dinner w, cvidently a diaciple of Lrillat-Savatio.—Albert Rhodes tn the February Ualazy, SPECIE-PAYMENTS, New York to Reanmo in 1870 Any way. New York I'ribune, There is & complication in taking backward fteps ow mpecio-payments, which thoy do ool seen to havo thought of in Washtugion, What- ever eoutne Congreus or tho other Btaten may puraue, tho Htatb of Now York has made hec election 1o favor of 8 sound currency, New York in 1838 was the frst State to oxact and enforca #pecis-paymonta ; aug, at tha last sasnion of the Legislature, she took anothor doclaive and im» portant etep in the namne dirsotion. ‘There ta mare gold liere, or oasily obtainable thao {s needed for tha wants of this State; and, the loas compotition we encounter from other Hiates and tie National Govornment, the sures and oasier wonld scem to bo our firat stops tos ward resumption, ‘Fliors sro more thaa 11,000 schoo)-districts in this Btato ; and the total taxer collsated, both State and mauvlcipal, amount W more than 255,000,000 annually. A Iaw, then, which requires sll taxos, inchidiog school-dis trict taxos. to0 be paid in coin, or coin-boaring bank-notes, will practically soon produce apecie pasmonts, No Heato ean long retafn s currency which fo uot receivablo for Stats and local taxes. The power of collecting taxes in gold has been the zroat snd powerful {nstrumantality of maintain= ng epecie-parments in Taxas, Colorado, Oregon, Novads, aud California. The United Blatos Sa- prome Court, iu the _case of Lane County vs, Oregton (7 Wallace, 71), haa decided that s Btato can ooforeo tho collection of taxes in gald ; sad that ‘*The clausce in the soveral acts of Con- grosa of 1802 aud 1868, making United Blatos notes o legal-tender for dobts, bave no refer- onca to taxes imposed by State authority,” 1t & Tax-Colinctor 1u this State shouid fall to colloct taxon in tho eurrency (or s¥en 1a nuy ar-, ticlo) desiguatod by Jaw, bis willtul oialssicn would bo s midemennar, and the penalty might the same as wos imposed npon Tweod. ‘Thiorefore it in to bs presumed that tho follow- ing Stato law, approved March 42, 1875, will te rigidly exccuted : grorion,l, All tazes fevied and confirmed fn fhit Htato ou aud atier Jdau, 1, 169D, sbai) be collocted fn wold, United Btates gold certificates, ur Natiousl-Dank Lintes which ata rodectuablo in gold un demand, Hec, 2, Evety contract or obligtivn made or $m. plied, wud payablo within this htato, aud mado or i plied’ agtor Jan. 1, 1370, snd payabls in doliars, but not In a_sneciticd kind of dollats, aliali be payaio in United 8tates cow of tho stsudard of weighit or fino- ness eatablfm'ed Ly the laws 0f ths United Blaten at tho time the coutract ur obfigation ehull navo becn made or impliat. [** Ttig Iaws waich ezist at tho timn and placs of the making of & coutract, and whera it {8 10 b portarmed, enter into and forn) 8 part of it ‘Clis #inbraces slkd those which nffect ia3 validity, construietion, dincharsey and onforcemout,"—Walker v, Wisitobosd—16 Waliao, U14.) (Jold-contracta sre alid, and ara not prohibits od by the United Stata s Constitution or the Le. pal-Tender nct na inwerprezed by the United Staten Supreme Court ; av'd. therefore, tho abavo law of this 5State *will eiitor iuto snd form a rurt" of every contract mwle in this State alter Jnn, 1, 1879, and will thus moke oll coutracta nady nfter that dalo parabis in cuin, uuloss some othnar curreucy is deignated fu tho cou- tract, \Whatever porty-mausgers elsewhore might ba willing to do for the ceko of touporary opularity or 102l succers. we L'uow of nu party 1 this State whica would dare tu go_Lefore the Pooplo 1u the campnikn of 1476 to wdvacats each a step backward as tho ropeal of this law for resumption in Now York in 1879, TTUFARWELL HAIL LAKESIDE “ENTERTAINMENT, FOUR GRAND CONCERTS. Richings-Bernard, Camille-Urso, Mendelssohn Quintette, Philharsonic Club. ONLY $1.50 FOR ALL! {ncluding rererved scat, Frout eata in balcony, §J, Only atimiled nume ber of courss tickets to be sold. Entertninment No, T--eMondny Bye'm Feb. 7. Richings-Bernard Costume Concert. Admission, §1: incliding reserved scat, Cotra ticketn and alnglo tickets forvale at tho Lall Saturdsy aud Monday, The best and cheapeat courns cvar offerod here, ADELPHL THEATRE, Every Night and Matinees, AMMOTH VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT. Firat appearance of tha Great Sketch Artlsts, HARRY & LIZZIE BRAFAM “The Gerinan Comedians, ADANMS & RANSOM. Tast week of LUSKL] and WATEON, DELE- TRELY, “Llin tresteat Hlimw and the Chrapest Prices, MoVIOKER'S THEATRE, Engagement of {he Distingulshied Artinls, Mr, & Mrs. FLORENCE, Who will appear (o tho glorous comedy written ez~ preasly for tuon by I, K. WOLFE, Eaq., entitled the MIGEHTY DOLLAR, And acted by them over 100 nightn in New York, Thie ton. Lxrdwell slote, 3r, W. J. Florenos Mrs. ten, Gilitor) s, Wa J, Florencs Nl pSucetss covui Ktanding Jtoen At obnie's Thratro. - Nightly a T HOUSES CROWDLD! r Jually Dedivatnd the uded by from L . A 1bg of uiir best eitiaunt to witisas ths famous OALIFORN (A SUNNTELS, cortaiuly the lasiesh aad most eumplole comuany I (o e Wask b T, idate for publia favor, e cand of, publs fever, ayv, Suvutor Frank I hia fiea bissk Domast progeol New York, ol uaalnions in tholr rame. ol Juleraon, Belivolcratt, luwn“lbnd Kembis in dew acts, fin trunal, witl sun¢s of tba differvas Wedaoedy aud Ssturday. " THE (OLISEUM, Manday, Feli 7, and ovory ovening thin woek. o) STATLS., BERTLE RILEINHART, PIELDS and PETTIT, BLANCHL snd JOILNNIE NIQUOLS, and the wone A WTHO dvrtul RNE CHILORAN, Uny more wosk of tho marseious JARS, JEPFR NIE, DELANO, Miss LOTTIE BROWN, ele. CARRIAGES. Wao are selllng at greatly roe Auced prices, LANDAUS, LANDAULETS, OLARENOES, QDACHES, CQOUPES, and COUPELETS; Our Patont Counterbaluncod Front. FIVE-LIGHT LANDAUS & FALL« ING ¥RONT BERLIN COACHES are the loading Carringos of the day, and, for boauty of dosign; simplice ity, and thoroughnoss of construge tion, aro unsurpassed, The Falling Fronts to both aro nicely counter< balanced by a Bpring, whioh ar< rangement is Patented, and oan with oach bo lowered and raisod with the finger. Wo guarantee our work to be FIRSTEOLASS. and to please in evory partioular. +No lufriugument of our rights, under the aborg Paiogt, il Lo aliowed, U T8 H, KILLAM & 00, 29 Chestnut-st., New Haven, Conny 0, 0, TEN BRORKK ls our Agent o Chiengss 4