Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1876, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1876—TWELVE PAGES 2 'TREASURY-ROBBERIES. [ i, mtty roteemca, - The Illinois-Bank and Previ- ous Thefts. A Running History of Government Scandals-=The Alleged $10,= 000,000 Deficit. A Look at the Treasurer's Office---* The Beost Civil Service the World Ever Saw." Tempiations of I1l-I'aid Clerkse«Ilonosty of the Female Counters ‘Congress Treafed Gen. Skirner. From Our Own Correspondent. Wasnisarow, D, C., Dee, 28, ~The thefl of the §10,000 package beloneing to the National Bank of Iltinola caunot fall to attract attentlon to Treasury methods, aud to the compensation and responsibilities of thoso who havo theeo vast trusts, The salary of the Treasurcr of tho United, Blatesand his hond have always been in ridie- ulous disproportion to the extent of his duties and the mature of his responsibilities, The first thin thnt the Continental Congress did, after the Declaration of Independence, was to organize a Treasury Department, ‘Two “Jolnt Trensurera of tho United Colonles® were ap- pointed. Thev recelved o salary of 8500 tho first year, and gave bonds in $100,000, Mr. Wyman, the presont Treasurer, reccives £6,000 salary, which many plcayuuc Congressmen liave thought too mueh, and gives bonds for §150,000. The tirst Treasury was bankrupt; the last con- tains thousunds of milllons annually. Mr, Wyman {5, morcover, made responsibic to the full extent of his bond for every dollar of money which disappears from the hundreds of millions that Annually pass through hls hands, And this fs under **the best system of Glvil Service that the world ever saw * (see Mortaon), ‘I'he Treasurer has practically no volee in the se- Ieetion of his subordiantes. 3 OUR CIVIL BBRVICE, The United States, in bricf, says to Mr. Treasurer Wyman: *You shall take tho office, and recefve $6,000 a year for It, and shall give £150,000 bond, poor man that you are. You ghall put such and such persons In the custody of this mooey, giving them charge of the keys, and uniinpeded progress to the rvoms at all houra of thoduy or night, without any sugges- tious on your part. You nre mot to know whetker they are moral or fmmoral, tempearte or {ntemperate; whether they lave been con- nected with seandalous traneactions here- toforc or not. You are to take them without even Knowing thelr names, nnd are to maname this zreat oflice. It avy one of them eteals £50,000, §16,000, or 847,500, na they have stolen from yuur‘pmlemuum, you ara personally to Le responsible to the fuil extent of your own ;nm}ma, and to the amount ot the faco of your honds. §10,000,000 A DAY DISHURSED ron $0,000 A YEAK. Yet, Inono day fn its history, the United Btates Treasury has pald out, for Quarter- masters’ stores wlone, §46,000,000,~a suin more than was neceesary to support lixc entlre Na- tlonal Govermment during the first year of Washington's Adminfstration. What Insurance company ur express compuny would take such risky for such compensationst TEMPTATIONS, The temptatlons in the Treasurer's Burcanare: enormous. The checks and safegnards have Deen fnereased cach year, so that, when Mr. New Jeft the Treasury. Department, It was thought that it was fmpossible tor any employe of the Treasurer’s ollice to abstract o 25-cent }ch. Yeu the tanptatlone scen miinite, There (s one lady Inone diviston of that Bureau who, upon oceasfon, hng conunted 0,000 notes fn a day. “Thix, divided among the Department, hours, 18 ut the rate of 9,000 notes an hour, and two and o hait n second. Inall therecords of these days there are serlous temptations to the poor, over- worlied, 1l-pald female counter! TIONOR 10 WOMANNOOD, Througl thic lingers of women-counters have pussed every note, smnall or great, printed by the Government stuce the War.” 1t 1s 1o the ionor of Amerivan womanhood that In very few nstances have thero been any euspiclons cast upon their works und In but few eases hnve losses from that di- vision been reported; yet the pllo of dellars they hwve counted fs us mountainous us the na- tlonal debts TIHE YAULT. In tho vault from which the $10,000 package was takeu there are puckages which contatn millions of munc{. in $1,000 notes, which a cluld an 1ift with one hand, The floor s plled up With the moncy-bugs, arranged with ns muci wnconeern a8 if the bags and Jmcl:ngu! con- talned old fron, On the outside of ecach 18 marked {n larze character’s the suin ‘which corre- sporuds to their valuable contents, That vault alone has held §560,000,000 at thae, TUE ELEVATOR. A few steps from the door of tho vault s the elevator which connucts with the roon of the airent of the Aduins Express Company, In the busernent of the floor below, The motive pow- er ol the elevator is water from the conduit which suppiics the ‘Treasury Building, ‘I'wo fron plstons, attached to either alde of the cle- vator-plutform, are all that 13 seen of the mechs anfsm, A turn of the haudle admits the water into the eylinder benenth, The pistons ure toreed up by the water, and with them the ele- Yator, A reverse motion of the hundle allows the water to eseape, and the elevator de- scends. Al the approaches to this ele- vator hiave been closely guarded by a tlnely- woven wire-gruting since the $5),000 robbery, Une of the theorjes nt that time was, that tlie $50,000 euvelope might have buen taken from the box as it was descending this clevator, and thrown out of the window leading from the cor- ridor vhich 'the clevator opens, into the ath, from which 1t could huve buen cusily “taken, without excitiug any sus- piclon, by n confederate, This slevator inal u great many trips w day, carvylng packages fram the Treasurer's oflicoto the express-oftive, It was down this elevator that the 10,000 Chi- cugo packuge went, or what purported to be that packaye. RESPONBINILITY, The Express-people will uudoubtedly seck to throw the burden of the loss upon the Lreasur- er's ollice, Where the dividing line betweoy tho end of the Treasurer's responsibility and the heginuing of the Express Company's Habil- ity Is tobe drawn, may )uanlh)r only e deter wined by the result of Judidal nguiry, Itis certaln thattho monoy s fn posscasion of the Government ofllcers ustil it 18 tuken from the elevator fn the busement and manded to the Express Acents, The Government contract Wwith the Express Company s doubtless of mu- tual sdvantage to both contraetlhg parties, The money 13 carrfed by the ExpressCompany for 25 cents per 81,000,—a smaller suim than isdemand- ed tor the trunsportutlon of the money of prl- vate partics, But the contract is m?’ ]mnllamu to the Express Compuny. Thelr Hnbility, how- ever, Is very great; for, inder the terms Of thelr cantract, thely rcupmuh)lmy dovs not end untit some of the puckages committed to thelr care nre delivered in tho wilds of Oregon or Arlzona, THE TEN-MILLION DEFICIT, 'The following are some of the scandals con- nected with the ‘Treasurdr's oflice: ‘The Demoeruts and Opposition at one time endesvored to make a_ greut deal of partisan camtal outof an alleged deficit of $10,000,000 in the coln of the Treasury, 'This report srose drom the apparent detlelt of o much smaller amount. Thisdeficlt jtsell fs nttributuble to the complicated system of Treasury Lookkeeping, An application was mnde to a Tressury ofllelay 1o mscertain the exuct mmount of coin In the Treasury, irrespective of the statement of the bulunees as published fn tho annugl reports and the menthly statements, Thia officer, having pothing to conceal, forwarded the desired fnfor mation to his correspondent in New Yark. Tublivation was made of the fucts of this Jetter, From it it appeared that thers was a deflclency of ubout $3,000,000 {n cofn between tha officlil balances and the actual count, Upon this the preat charge of the $10,000,000 deficit was bascd, The ditference, however, was readily aceounted for by tho proper oflicers, through an explanution of " the J:rocuws of redemption under the system of 'Treasury bookkeeping, 1t arose from the wauner fn Which the 5. totds wero redecued, ‘I'o permit culled bouds to co directly upon the books of the 'I'reasury, before a corresponding amount of bonds of tly new Joan could” be fssued, would bu to make an upparent focrease of the publle debt upon the Treasurer's books, This was unlaw- 1ul, and, conscquently, the bonds were curriod 28 gold untfl such timo ns the Treasurer wus relinbursed for the umount by the ercdited Londs, A wnonth was often requisite to put the Luuda through the redemption processes, befors they could uppear us canceled. In the mouns thue, beture thu pavicss wus cowpleted, the and the war- the redemp- tlon {saricd, there was nii apparent discrepancy in the coin in the Treasury equivalent to tho amount of the bonds, In utlmr words, the honda had been actunlly paid for in cofn, and the coln was not fn the Treasury. But, by the method of bookkeaping, it was counted for gold in the Twm\hr‘y and the bomls redecined were carrled as woldf lor that pariod. . The bouds rep- resented really nothing more than o ticket ina cash-drawer for money expended., NOBORRIES OF 30,000 AND OF 847,500, hen the venerabls Gen, Spinner was Treas- urer of the United Btates, thers were, 1 belleve, three defalcations of large sume. In ench in- stance, save tho last one, the deticlencles have been made gond fn the appropriation bills, with- outt party division or any exhilition of partisan- ship, The most conspicuons of these robberies were tha Marden robbery of about, $50,000, and the Ortman-Halleck robbery of last year of $47,500, Both of tlicss thelts were committed hy confidentinl clerks from Spinner’s own Stato, who had grown up teusted nud experfonced in his service, Bad habits and fast nssoclations ovensloned both crimes, Marden was convleted and sentenced to the Albany Penitentinry, Ho has rince been pardoned, or has seryed out his time, and " hi confederate died. .Uen. Bpinrier was relieved by_Congress of any responaibllity for this loss, “None'of the moncy was ever found. Tt had all been squandered be- fore the loss was discoverod, Wall street dld it. The money, under a yery loosa systcimn, wns carrled for months as eash, and waa only repre- santed by memoraudins, or cash-tickets, {n the cash«iratver of tho Treasurer, Of this drawer the defaulter had undisputed econtrol, In the last great robbery, the guilty persons escaped any severa punishment; but most of the money, &47,500, was recoverad. Stupld management fn 1he District-Attorney’s office resulted In thoe practical defent of tho prosecution. A greater defnleation than elther of these was that of the Army-Paymnster, Ledyard Hoge, who lost - $400,000 of Qovernment money In ¥ l|:\Il ntre'ut. ———— LETTERS FROM TIIE REOPLE, . now 18t Tn the Editor of The Tribune, Cii0Ago, Dec, 20.~In n well-merited exposaro of the Southern Underwriters' Assoclation of Ralcigh, N, C., which appeared In Tue TrinuNg of Dee. 24, you give an siccountof an Interview with Mickel & Gardner, who claim to bo Gen- eral Agents of tho concern, In which they stated that the Company **had done no business out- sldu the Btates of Oblo, Indlana, and Mlssourd, in which they were legally authorized.” If such 18 tho case, how fs It that they sustained aloss || of 81,200 Nov. 27'on West Madlson street, noar Caual; that they nlzo sustained a loss of 31,500 n the recont great Jficc i Little Rock, Ark.; and that they havo u-ncles at Oshkosh and Menashn, Wis.! Oue ). M. Taylor is doing business for , the, Compuny ut Mcenasha, and is well known fn counection with the nwmerous wild-cat orjranizations formerly operated by tho defunct Chicago Insurance Agoncy Assoclation of thiseity, whilcone L. H. Douglnss, of Musko- gon, Mich., Ssplneing risks In the Company from that State. Tlow is it that Mickel & Garduer have sent out clrenlars to fnsuranco agentsthroughout the Northwest soliating business for tho bozus Stato Insurance Company of Laporte, Ind., swhich has alrendy been sliown up by Tix Trin- uNEl The facta regarding the operativns of the Southern Underwrlters' Assoclatlon of Ralelgh, N. C., ure very much at variance with the state- ments of their yeneral agents. Their clrculnry have flooded the Northwest since May last, and hundreds of their policles have been written fn Chicago nnd mnlled to country insurance ngents all over the Northirest, It 1s safe to presumo from their style of dolng business that appien- tions trom Patagonia or the Fesjeo \]a ands would meet with favorablo consideration it ac- compunicd by tho premium. As the only way 1o break up such {ostitutions is to expose then thoroughly, It 18 to be hoped you will continuc to show up such of them ps nicrit exposure. GeoRras T, FARMER. WEDDED NI1SS, T the Edilor of The Tribune, Sourn Evansrton, Dev. 20.—I eame neross a very remarkable case, not so much fur the longevity of ife, but the length of time the purties bave sustalned the relationship of man and wife. IHarry IHam or Hom,—I think they nrull 1t 1lom now,—living_ona farm near Ping Kiver, Wisconsin, will be 84 years old fn Janu- aryy nnd his wife, beine nearly a month his senlor, was 84 Lhe present monib, They woro married at the carly aze of 20 {n Duchess Coun- ty, New York, having ived together sixty-four years. They llve alone and do thefr own house- work, Their son lives ouly a short dlstance from them, works the farn, and farnishes the +told folks ™ with the necessaries of life. Thoy have great-great-grandehildren hving near theni, 13 there anotier cose of this kind {n thfi West? i 3 HAD. - NO SUCIE LOBY, To the Editor of The Tribune. AMERICAN Exeness CoMPANY, ABSISTANT GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S Orrice Nonti- wesTeRN DivisioN, Cuicauo, Il., Dec. 20.— Wi you please allow me space in your columns to correct i report in’ etrculation fixing the Juss of the Amerfeun Express Compaoy by thoburn- Inz of wearnnd its contents on the New York Centrnd & Harlom River Raflroad on the Uth fost, at $1,000,0001 Tho loss will not exceed $20,000, Yours truly, Cuanngs Fanco. TAST DRIVING. o the Editor af The Tridune, Curcaco, Dec. 28.—It may seem to you that Iam apartleularly unfortunute ndividual, but nevertheless It huve on” soveral occasions nar- rawly escaped belng ruzn over on our atreets through thy reckless driving of men who do not seew Lo understand that pedestriuns bave auy rights that the cquestriaon I bound to respeet. 1 hops Ald. Throop will *ga for them," wod rid Chleagzo of one of its greatest nulsances, Yours truly, Peoar, v YET ANOTHER, 7o the Edltor af The Tribune, No, 037 Wesr Lakz Stueer, Cuicaco, Dec, 20.—I see In your paper this morning something in reference to o denlul of Mr, Mickol n fssuing policles for the Southern Underwriters' Assoclu- tlou of Ralelzh, N, C. 1 have one—No. 1,103— for §500, from Nov. 5, 1875, to Fob. b, 1877, three wonths, st signed * Mickel & Gurduer, Uenerul Agents,”” Respectfully yours, Jastes Hanuta, ——— THAT METEOR, Totha Kditor of The Trivuns, Moxnoe, Wis., Dee, 28.—~The moteor cannot escupe the fato of all strunger visitors to our country. It must be talked about, wrltten about, and have many conjectures started about It that are untulr, if not untrue. Lest 1t mieht bu thonght tho first of jtg kind that has appeared on the earth, we note ' That on Aug. 18, 17}, o metcor traversed the whole of Europe, from Shetlnud to Rome, with aveloeity ot thirty miles a second, at o height of Afty milesabove the earth, with u 1ight great- 1y surpassing that of n fll moon, and disineter ofholfamile. It separuted fnto several dis- tlact parts, which proceeded In - parallel direc- tions, cach followed by a train,” Asto the Inquiry respecthys the origly of theso strango bodies, there s much room for specalation, and we do not expect unlformity of bellet respecting then; but they teach some lessons respectling the formation vl budles fn spuco and tho Juws of planetury motion, that nigy be of uss to astronomieal sclence, Tho fact that such budies have u velocity in space doubls that of the rotory motion of the earth, sud that they are deawn gradually 1o- wurds tho earth, and ut Inst reaching | l?' grudual deflection, instead of taking the gravl- tal line of descent towunls the centre uf the enrth, I evidence thut around tho carth are or- bital torece moving, fram west to cast, with much greater raphlity thau the duily rotary motlon of the carth'a’ surface, which s 1,000 amiles ver hour, This meteor seetns to bave had an actual veloclty of mors than 2,000 milvs per hour, while that” scen in Europo must buve had a velocity of over 100,000 miles un lour, Now these veloclties must have been ate tulned in the orbits the bodles had traversed In space beforo thelr deglection from thelr orbits was secured by the attraction of the carth, Now, the carth noyes in its orbit arvund the sun ut the rate of 60,000 miles un hour, und the planets, nearer the sun, buve un Incrensed yelocdty, so that Mercury ate talus a velocity of about 100,000 milcs an lour, The compurison ot these velocitivs teaches that there nre orbital enrrents of yreay force, and moving with great velocity, around ull the re- vulving bodics”of the solur system, and that theso currents of Jurce, instewd of *‘inertia,” constitute tho centrltugal force of planctury motion. ‘Th same compuarison teaches that thy teteors that reach our earth with an orbital linw nearly puralle] to the convex surface of the carth, belong solely to the carth systein of currents, uud” have bad thelr orbits around the carth as o centre of motlon, and ot wround the sun, Had hey been detocted {from thu sun system of orbits, their volocity woull have been too great to huve been oyer- come with the retsrdation of the earth's at- traction befors Jeaving ite {ntucuce. The re- ported veloeity of the meteor of 1753 In Europe is doubticrs far too great, ns it would, with o velocity of thirty miles a second, simply hayo touched our atmoaphere at n single potit, and pazecd off ns a tangent line fnto epace. A body having o velocity g0 grent could not bo balanced by the carths nttraction 80 aa to deflect 1t to an orbit of radial niensure of only 4,000 miles, and, &8 thors could have been no nccurate measure of the velocity of such o body, we conclude that our own meteor should g ni- lowed to correct the rockoning of the Evropean. Tho current hypothesis respecting tho supply of tho suw's falling energy, from its loss by ra- diation of heat, by thu concussion, arising “from the I'rourlmt of cosmical matter upon the Lod: of tho sun, thereby generating heat from gravl- tr. loses much of {te signiticance. Tha meteors that vislt our earth are “lct down upon {ts sur- {aco under the balancing forces of veloelty and attraction, 80 u8 to produce an effect worthy of notfee upon the atmosphere through which the nas, or tipon the earth where they fall, With the yast strongth and veloclty of tho orbital forces maving around the sun, belng much su- rerlur to those of the earth, all cosufiml matter hat might be drawn by the sun's attractions would descend to ita surface by the long lines of gradunl retardatlon. The mnlrmumf forco of motlon would balance the centripetal foreo of attraction, 80 aa to bring cosmical bodies to the sun's surfac with comparativoly slight concts- slon, ‘The nebulous theory of creation will nlso recclvo much damagn” from the gentlo letting down of such bodies upon oug carth, ‘The rapid shrinkage of nebulous matier, and the detachment of rings of mntter from the sur- face, by a rapld rotating of the whole nebulons inass, 80 88" L0 sccurs A scparation of bodies from each other, at tha dlstanco of mililons of miles, will, under the influence of tha two forces of attraction and surfaco veloclty, ecom on absolute impossibility, The shrinkage of ot~ traction would result in’ retardation of surfaco motlon, and with this balance of forces all mat- ter would fall In long descending playes toward the great centro of shrinkage or attraction. Fiually, thedeacont of such bodies upon the carth, rovealing {n an orbit of thelr own, is ovl- dence tat the primary molecules of all Plane~ tur{ bodles nm{ have been gatliered ln spaco b{y he plav of the same forces Lhat now control thiem, and that the forco currenta of apaco may bave performed a moro lmportant part {n' tha formation of the zlobes of matter, and nssin- ing thom thelr orbits, than has hitherto beot ag- signed them, 8. E. Mingn. T — ACROSS TIIE CONTINENT. TReport of the Commlssioners Upon the Pan- Rms Survoys, Dispatch to the New York World, ‘Wasmixorox, D, C., Dec, 20.—S8bortly alter thesurveys of the Interoceanic eanal routes Beross the lsthmus of Darfon and the contiguous territory wore completed, the President desig- nated Brig.-Gen, A, A, ‘Humphroys, Chief of Engineers; C. P, Patterson, Superintendent of the Coast Survoy; and Commodore Danlel Am- mien, Chief of the Burean of Navigation of tho Navy Dopartment, a Commission to examine the varlous reports of the oflicers fn charge of the surveys, with nstructions to.recommend what In their Judgment was the most feasible route. The fallowing is the report of tho Com. imlasion submitted to-day: To the Presldent of the Unifed States; The Commission for tho United States appointed by you to conslder the subject of communication by canal between tha Atiantic and Facific Occans nacross or near tho fsthmus connecting North and Sonth Amerlea, have tho honor, in advancs of thelr moro elabornte and final report containin thie date. for their conclusions, after o carefal an minute study of the soveral surveys of the varlous routes across the contincat, unanimouely to re- port: First—That the routo known a8 the Nicaragnan route, beginning on the Atlantle sido at or near Greytown, running by canal to the San Juan River, following 1t by slack-water navigation {0 Lake Nicaragus, ncroes the lake to the Rto del Brito, on the Pacific const, posscssos, both for the construction and nalntenance of a canal, groator advantages snd orfers fower difficulties (rom oa. gineering, commercial, and oconomical pointa of viaw, than any one of the otlier routca shown 10 ba practicatile by survey suflicionily In .detall to cnable & judgment to bo formed of thelr rola- tive merits Second—Tha summit Jevel of this\ ronte, Lake Nicaragna, is designed to pe kert at 8 permanent height of 108 feot above thy level of tho sea.* 'This hieight 1a o bo avercome on the Atlautic slops with four dams in the San Juan Riverand ton 1ift-locks, sad on the Pacific alupe with ten lift-lockd, Tho total dlstance from the Groytown ond to that at Drita 16181 33-100 anfles. Of this distance tho Atiantic slope division, from Greytown to San Car- lo, nt Lake Nicarngua, compriscs 108t miles, of which 63 milea ary by siack-wator navigation and 45% miles by canal. The summit-lovel division compriscs 503 miles by Lake Nicaragua, from San Carlos, at tho head of. San Juan to the Rlo del Medio. . The Paclic Slope division comprises 18 43-100 miles by canal from thomouth of the Rio del Brito, The dlinensions of the locks roposed aro 400x70 feet, with 20 fect dopth of water, Artificlal harbors must be constructed at Brito and near Qreytown, and, although that at Greytown presenta unusual features requiring careful ‘study and skillful treatment, there is no guestivn of i1s procticabillty. Zhird—Thut the coat of tho conatructlon: of the catnl and harboes, with all the necosxary udjuncts, Wwill be at least $100, 000,000, and that the cost by 2ny other route will groatly excoed tho cost by this routo, Fourth—That all prellminary arrangements have ing been made, the x’l-lmn required IuE actual con- struction should not exceedl ign yearn, th—That an interoccanic’canal acposa this continent should be undor the pratection bf all the nationa intercsted, and that they should zuarantce not only the neutrality of the canal snd fts wurks, but also of & contlguous nlrllp of territory on each #ide of not Jeas thun Afty miles In brendth, and the ocean approaches for a distance of not less than 100 nautical mile in any direction along tio coast and out scaward from cich end, 5 The prospects of an early commeéncoment of the work aro considered cxtremely favorablo, Under the dircction of - the President the princl pal maritime powers of Europe have been sever afly addressed upon the subject of the canal and the satisfactory results of the surveys which have been made, and olso the views embraced in tho above report as to the beat roate, Auswers Laye been recelved from sume of the Governe imenta addressed, in which thoy express them- selves favorable to an carly prosccutlon of the work, and ndmit the wisdom of sccording [t an international character by an equal participasion of the great commercial “natlons In its construc- tlon, and the malntenauce for it of an inviolable nuulfruln.y. As 8001 #8 tho views of all tho na- tions communicated with bave boen received, the President wntum‘sflntc. submitting all tho papers and corruspondencedn a special muunnfio 1o Congress, in which he will urgo that the United Btates take the steps necessary to tho fnauguration of the grent enterprise, ———— A Woundod Stag's Fury, [Fureka (Cul.) Seniinel, From Dr. J. M, H-iluy, who lias been fn the Ruby range of mountains, we learn tho par- tieufurs of s desperate Hght with o wounded atug, fn which an Indian was killed, and tho Doctor himeolf narrowly cacnped a violont death, The Doctor bad woundd the deer, which took rofugze fu a low growth of cedor. Becunug the serviees of two Indiaus, the Ductor went in pur- suit. Buddenly 8 cracking of the bushes was heard, when the stag, which bad become ene ruged ut tho close chuse, appearcd In alght, and, churging upon the party, caught the Doctor on 118 broud autlers, Dofors ba could: reallze the situation, he was tossed fn the air bg, the Inad- dened beast, and sent rolling over the ground, though fortunately not sustaling . much Injury. One of tlic Tndiaus, scelng the turn wifuirs had taken, tled, but the other, apparently varalyzed with fear, seemed rooted to the spot, und to him the deer next turned, The anfm rushed upon the territled wan, sud, catching Nim on the antlers, the luckless Indlan was sent whirling lhmu;ih the nir a distauce of nbout thirty teet, and fell flat on his fuce on the frozen tround, “Cho Doctor sought satety in flight, but the animal, percelving his intention, started in pursuit, and he barcly had thino to climb o low vedar tree befors he wus ugain brought tace to fuco with the brute, luvine lost his pistol when the deer first mude Its attack, ho was left with- out any means of defenso save a common jack. kuife, und Lo endeavored to stab the animal in the eyes, but the deer successfully purrled the blows with his antlers, 'The Doctorcutabranch from the tree, aud, tylng the opeu knifo to it by means of o handkerchiet, ugaln commienced tho attack, this time more sucecssfully, foruw well- directed blow severed the jugular vein fu the untual’s neck, The fiht was over, but uot without one more dusperute attem; pt on tho part of the brave auimal, which, Immeidlately on re- celving its death wound, drew {taclf up, its cves fashing ke balls of fire, sud scemed preparing itsell lur one_nore churge; but it full to the eurth dead. The Doctor descended from the trov and hastened to the Indlan, aud found him in & dylng coudition, Onoof the antlers had {wnulrulu the abdomen, the other the region of e splual column, the sntier breaking olf and luu\'l.uq & portion, about threo uches, u the Tndian’s body, The other Indiau bad come up by this tfme; u tiro waa bully. and prepurations nude to remorve the wounded man to his camp, but he died fu o few minutes. . —— Aother and Babe Burned to Douth, > * Foré Scall (Kan.) Sonfior, q W Leard a weazre uecount of o terribleburn- Ing cuso which occurred on Tue-du{ near Leroy, Harton County, Mo., which resulted In the xlu-.\(’;s of Mrs. Ham “and Der little cbiid, 1t oppeurs that Mra. Hum went out to get s bueket of water, leaving her little child pluylng Lefors the tire, While on her way back shie heard tho ¢hild scream, and, dmlmmz her bucket, she ran buck aud saw thu child with its clothing fn Humes, She caught 1t up and el smother the dre, when 1t commun, und, there belng no sssistuuce near, vurued to death, avored to cd to her, both were THE REVIVAL. Yesterday's Noon Meeting De- voted to the Temper- ance Cause. God Can Deliver the Drunkard as He Did Petor from Prison, Nr. Moody Paints a Warning in tho Fate of Iing Ahab. What Does it Profit o Men if Ho Goin the Whole World and Lose His Soul ? THE TABERNACLI, THR NOONDAY TEMPRRANOE AMRRTING, Temperance-day at tho Tabernacle agaln brought out a large congregation. There werg fully 6,000 persons present, and they cvidently wera well pafd for coming, i one might judge by tho stroug sympathy between tho speakers and the audicnce, which I8 often seen at theso Friday meetings, but uever to so great an ex- tent at auy other time. - The following ara tho requests for prayer read by the Rov. Mr. Davis, which wero follow- ed with prayer by tho Rov. Dr. Everts, Theunited vrayers of God's poopla arp earncat- 1y desired that tho Iloly Spirit will manifest 1is eaving and healing power with the follow- fng: A lady ond her friend, both struggling agalnst Intemperance; for a dear brother given todrink; by a wife, * For my husband {n Cnit- fornin, piven to drink, that he may sce himsclt 88 God sces him ™} for a commercial traveler, whoisruined by drink; by awife, “For my Tusband, who Is a moderato drinker, and an op- poser to rolizlon !*; for a soldfer; for the salva- tlon of & brother, o drunkard twenty-gve years; for a business man, a slave to drink; for a wan- dering som, presented by his fathery Ly a mother, for ler only son, that the charms of appetito be broken, and le be saved; by n wife, that her husband willgive uphis cupsand that her only child may boa ciill of God; for n kind lusband and Iather, In daoger of becoming a confirmed drunkard; anurgent request by a daughter, that her fatherbo saved from drink; for o radlrond conductor; from Kankakee, by a wife, “for myhusband nand sister's husband, both moderate drinkers, that both bo saved and con- verted”; by a daughter, *for my father and mother, both [ntemperate; for a Lrother, who 18 breaking the hearts of friends by drink, and foran aged fathier; larns'nuug man in Pltts- buryz, Pa., thut he be saved from drink; = per- sonn] request from Jamestown, N, Y., “pray carnestly for me"; far the salvation of an ou brotlier; from Cedar Rapids, In., for an inten erato father and his sons, and for the saloon- cepers of thot city; for @ brother in Cleveland, 0., “ruined bfly rum; for unlon-meetings in Dixon, 111.,1ed by Brother Welton; for an ailifeted family and gn fusanu Bunj by nnunxious wifc, for iny busbund, who 18 kept away from Christ by drlik '3 fur @ pro- fane and drlnking husband; for & lawyer a sluvo to drink; for o fiaung man whose widowed mother does not know where he Is; for o phy- sielan, an inebrinte; for n father that he will glve up his love of drink, The Seripture lcsson was from the twellth chapter of tho Acts, being an account of Peter's lmprisonment by lir.-rod and his deliverance by the augel In nuawer to the proyers of the ©Church, on which Mr. Moody spuke substau- tially ns follows: In'this cuse the ear) Christians mado thelr appeal directly to God, Thines looked very dark for Peter. Herod had put him In prison, intending, after Eaater, to deliver him over to the peoplt to b killed, and, fn order to mako sure that he did not cseape, there were sixteen suldicrs, four at a time, sct to keep guard over him. In our day wo shonld get up un ndigna- tion meeting in Farwoll Hall and protestagainst such treatment of o man wha had comuiitted no crime, and had not even been nccused of any, We should probably get up o committee, composed of Nicodemus, Joseph of Arfinathen, and Gamsliel, to go and represent tho caxo to Herod and ask that Petor might ba act at lberty; but those Christians did not commit the mistake which wo have been making in thls temperance movement all along, of look- Ing to men Instead of to God. They appointed & prayer-meeting, and, to judgoe by "the record, WG may suppose they kept it up n( and night for six days. On the soventh day, which was the time when Petor was to have been brought forth to die, they wero still praying. No doubt some of us would have been diécournged tha firat day when we did not got any auswer, and would havo given It up; but'not thay. I surpmu they thought that God would softon the heart of Herod and that he would let Peter go. They certalnly dldn't expect God wus lfu ing to send nm angel ond bring " Wim out of that prison. But while Peter is sleeping botween two sol- diers, bound with two chafns, and the keepers withput ku&nt the prison, the angel of tue Lord came In and a light shined in the prison. God docs not work fn the durk, but in the llght. Then, as Poter aroscat the bidding of the angel, bis chuins fell off, _If we had been there, wo snould havo taken oft tho chalns and Tutd &llmm down softly for fear of waking up the sol- lers, . “Bindon the sandals,” says the angel, If wo had been dolng it wo would hove taken him out barefoot, 50 a8 not Lo make auy nolse, “Cuat thy. gurment about thee, says tho angel, Then they go past one ward and anoth- er, and when thuy come to the great fron gate it opens of {ts own accord, and out they go, and, when Peter realizes that o fs out of prison, ho Koca strafght to whero they aro praying for him, and 1ets them know that their prayers have been anawered. How many men are thern lero chalned by lust, and passion, and sppetite, to whom Qol has’ sent Iifs angel, and delivered them? e has not only sent s aneel, bat Hle has sont His Son to redeem them, and now there Is no excuse for any one Who fs not saved. ‘There are hundreds of prisoners In Chicago who wero hound hand and fout, whotn God has brought out of prison ond set them freo during the post few weeks, And whut will you say to thelr testimonyi Will {ou call them ail linrs when they tell you that ho grace of (od through faith it Jesus 'Chirlst Lus taken thy nppetite for strong drink away from them? Let the Church do as Tt did in the case of Peter,—pray to God to deliver thesucap- tves of Batun and help them_ out of all thelr difliculties, und e will do it How we all used to pray to God in the time of the War; and God hieard us at Just aud delivered us, But futem- perance fa worse thau auy civll war, sud wo ought to pray to God contitinally night and doy to romove this curse from us, After o brief scnson of silent gm{er, Mr, Moody offered prayer aloud, *Rock of Ages ' was then sung, and the remalnder of the hour was spent In- testhnontes trom Messrs, Von Hann, Lloyd, 8haw, and_ Storchouse, the last- nuined gentleman, having beon converted cight zcuru 8§20, andl, lko the others, at the time of s converston s appetite for Hquor had wholly disappenred, and had never returned o him for one noment from that dn{ to this, ‘The audience Ilstoued with tearful interest to the words of these men, who, like so muny oth- era who have Lurne o similar testhuony, had been saved from the plt of drunken gegradi- tlou by the power of Chirist's Gospel, tirough the work of the revival seetings or the work of the Womon’s Christlan ‘Temperaucs Union, Tha closing uddress was by Brothor Sawyer, who related the case of a yorng man whoti he had lately picked up, who showed him s letter {from his old broken-hearted mother, beginulng #3ly Uear Bon—L canuot writo for the tears that il my eycs.” Ina few days after, the loat one wus saved, and wrote the good news to lils mother, ‘Thou thers came another letter, so different from tho first, which commenced; My Dear Son—* Hold the fort{*" Alter the most stirring and eloquent address Which Brother Bawyer has yot wiven, huclosed by suylng: Brethren, Ict, us pet right on to Ro- mung 1., 10: ¢ For 1 am'not ushamed of the Gos- velof Chirlst, for It s the pawer of God unty salvution unto evory ono that believeth,! Every curthly hopo fulls, but out oi this chaos thu !u|l-or'x:ul sun {s rising Hko u stron inun Lo run uaruce, Mr, Moody then announced that these Triday nuonday lemperance mectings would be kept up at the Tabernaclo just as long as tho congry- gation required a building of this slze. MF. "'""rf" would havo churge of it for u fow wecks untit ho was needed in Boston, and then they )md,rmunmr munto go on with thy work, ‘The wateli-night 15to be {n part u temperanco meeting, und Mr, .\loodr will preach on now thluge, smong others ths new departure in the temperance relorm, e urged people w tuke oud distribute tickets for th reacrved seats at the Taberuacte, as u incans of persunding peopls to come who would otherwise stay away; sud mentfoned the cuso of o young lm.l{ who took a ticket to hier father, who had ot Leen fuslde n church for twenty-uine years, and conxed Nl to como und uss it Ho came, was convicted of bis wius, mud {s now happy with tiod. ‘Tho benediction was thel yronounced by ¢he 1 e Rov. Mr. Ravlin, anid the instraction of - inquie era wns contfnued until the hour for the ey Ing preaching. ot LVENING SESSION, -, THR BTORY OF KING.ANAR. ; The thirteenth revival weelk closed with a ser- ) mon by Mr. Moody on Rinz Abab. After thoh. ustial devotional exerclses he spuke in substance as followa: I want to take for my subject to-night n, man, Aliab, King of Jsracl, tho one of them I have been readlng (I. Kings, Chap. 22), a man who sold himeeif to do ovil. Wo used to think in tha doya of slavery that ft was avery hord thing for a tnan to be eold for a slave, but no slave was ever sold futo such a slavery ag King: Aliab sold himsolf fnto. Thera Is an old saying, and thero 18 o good deal of truth fu ft, too, ‘*Every man has lis price.” Judas had his price; he sold cverything he had - for: thirty pleces of silver, Esau lnd hie price; ho sold hls Drithright, for . o mess of _pottnge. Iferod had - his’ price; o sold himeclf to plenso a daneing girl, the Jaugh-, torof o wretched adulteress, nnud Ahnb sold himscll for n garden of herbs—bitter hierbs they muat have been, too. You think Ahab sold him- sclf very chenp, but Iet every one otf‘un nsk himeclf tho queation, *What am I selffng my soul fort What {s the darling sin for the'sako of which I am rojecting Christi' This Ahab was a vacillating_man, a policy man. o thought the prophoet Elijal was nn old bigot for belleving iu the Ten Conmand- ments fand the.rest of the law_which God hind given to thoso frhorant Hobrow people down fn the wilderness; but as for Wim he lived In a more enlight- ened age and hnd got past thoso old notions, just as'we find mon sayine and thinking.now. ‘Ahnb was n religlous mau, a very religious wnnn. 1ie had 430 prophets that sat nt” his own tible every day, but a inan has ot to have something mora than relizion. He may have some misern-' ble form of religlon, and not haye any real plcty;. he may bave plenty of religlon, and yot no have Christ. a The firat mlstako this man mnde was fn mar- fi'hl)‘l for his wife the daughter of a heathen ing, no doubt with a viow to strengthen him- selffn his kingdom. Ahab was bad enouwh, but his wife was a thousand times worse than he, and by listeniog to his wicked commands he lost his kingdom, . his life, DIis soul. One of .the . first linipses wo have of this man tho prophet, ~‘l|{u h flashiea out before bim like & metcor, and tetlls i that God will shut up the heavens; that there shall be nelther raln nor dow; an then he is caught away nnd s seen no more for ,the spaco of threo years and alx months, No Kivg ever hadamore faithful subject than Abab had in Elijah, but he hated him most bitterly. Just solt is with some of you, You count Jour ministers and even your inothers to- bo your eneniles, becausa they warn you of the evil that your sins are about to bring upon you, I Isce a man golng down to death and hell, am 1his encmy beeause I warn him? - Nay. Ho is your enciny who would lure’you on to ruing ho s the one that is doing the devil's worl, Now, look at Ahab going up to Samaria with sulks Jlko n spolled child, ~ He gocs in aud lles down tipon his bed, and refuses his food so that the servanta think he must bo elck. The Queen | heard it, andshe comes In and says, * Ahab, what {5 tha matler with youi Aro’ you, alck"! * No," suys Ahab, “but thero {8 a fnan by tho namo of Naboth dvwn at Jezreel who has o vine- yard close by my palaco gardens that I want for i garden of herbs, 1 have teied to buy it,- but hu‘ Iu;yn"n. 1s agniust the law of Moscs for hiin to sell I 11 get that vineyard for you,” says the Queen {1 a ereat n!fu “and 1t shan't cost you anything, either, ’lfshow that Naboth who {s Kiug in this kingdom,” i gu she writes "u royal decree n the King's nane, and sends it down to Jezreel, nnd the ro- sult of it 8 that Nabothis accustd of . blus- Phemy agalnst God and against the King by Wo false witnesses, and then they tuko him out of the city apd stone hin to death, Word I8 sent to Sumurla that Nuboth is dead, and Ahab takes Lis charfot nnd rides down to his palacs of iyory, aud takes awalk in that vineyard whivh he now can have without buying ft. Dptatl-at oneo he turns pale, for thers suddenlly appear ing before him is tHut old prophet Elijah. 1o husi't scen him beforo sinco tho day st Mount armel. “Hast thou killed, and takon possessioni® asks the prophet, “In the place whero the doga "gb‘l_".‘.l tho blood of Naboth shall dogs lek - thy blog ilow did Elljah know {t? Ahab tlmugh& tho thing was done fu sceret; but, llke the blood of Abel which cried out against Cain, the blood of Naboth cried out against Ahab and his wretched wife, Jozebel, Ab! ?mu whotake sdvantage of the poor and the widow; their’ God. 8 on . high, and will avengs . them. 1f you have slnned flgu(nut God and sold your- sclf to do any ovil, don’t let the year 187U roll away and be stamped with the stamp of eterni- ty, till you repent of your sin. Confess {t— ke réstitution, and feturn to God, who will have merey upon you. Abab repented and walked wnl{ for awhile, but preseatly ho went back to Lls old ways again, and in tliree short /| {ci:lxl-lu] "|llm awfol prediction of the prophet wns {1 led. Do you think you can trifla with God? Do you thiuk there Is no judgmont dayt . A, your Il-gotten galns Wikl ‘never do you any good. ‘They will burn your hands s the thirty pleces of sitver burned the band of Judas. 1f you have wronged any one, restore tho \vmnF at once. 1 uever preach about restitution butsomo one who hears me makes restitution, and that shows that God owus ilis truth. , Thoe other night after I had been preaching on this subjec & young mun came into tho luqulrf-mom 08 | 1o had o mountatn on top of hini. I called ono of our business-men to talk with him,and It was tho vory man from whoim that tnguirer.bad stulen money whtle in his employ scveral yoars bofore. 'Thu- poor fellow confessed. bis crimo then and there; his-old .employer Knelt fn rm,ver with him, and he rose up saved, rejoicing nlmnluu both from God and titan. fter reciting the miscrable death of Ahab and tho fultiilinent ot the curse pronounced u{»— on him {n thio name of the Lord by the prophe Mr. Moody closed with an nppeal to sinuers nof to sell thelr souls aa Ahab had done. Siuner, what does the dovil pay you for scrv- gt lllnnphunmr, what do you get! What docs Bitun promiss youi. Ahabsold himself for & parden of herbs, and what {:rluu are you Retting for your soull Ahab got’the vineyard for nothing, bus it cost him wverything, ~Oh, may the God of Elijah come here fo-night and show all theso souls who are trifilng or burgaln- Ingg with sin und Satun that the wagos of afix s denth, but that the gift of Godl {4 eternal life, Mr.' Moody then closed the mceting with o few words of prayer. ‘The usual after-meetlngs were then called in the inquiry-rooms, aud Mr, Sawyer started at once for Farwell Hall to open the men's moeoet~ log there at 0 o'clock. ANNOGUNCHMENTS, Bunday-school lesson at noon meeting in Far- wull Hal to-uy. Meotlng thero at 9 p. m,, to | Le led by Maj. Cole. i Sunday morning, et 8 o'clock) Mr, Moady will preach ut the Tabernaclo on % The Roturn of the ord," Atd p. ., Messra, Whittle and Bllss will condurt the service there; and in tho eyen- Ing from 810 13 thero wilt bo a watch-meoting, | conducted by Messrs, Moody and Sankey, nsslat- ed by city pistors, Next weck Mossrs, Whittle ond Bliss will have charge of tho noon meeting ot Farwell 11wl and will hold mel mectings there ‘Tics- day, Wednesday, Thursduy, und Fridey at 8 o'clock p, m. Mr. Moody will lead the femperance prayer- mectiug at the Tubernacle Friday noon, the only nceting between Sunday, Dec. 81, and Sunday, Jun. 7, at whicli he {s asunouncad to speak, Bostou Is not ready, and Mcssrs. Moody and | Bankoy wlilapend the week of pruyer in Chleago, =1 e,y Jan. =14, Wiclusive, i The farowell mecting ia announced for Tues- day evening, Jan. 10, A reunion of the membors and friends of Mr, Moody's North Slde Church will be held to-mor- row uioralng at 10:80, Preaching Ly Me, .\hmd{‘ singlng Ly M. Banky. AL 10230 the doors whl be open to persous without tickets, A Warm Morsel, ‘The following detalls o cruel trick, as de- seribed In tho Glasgow Ubserver: ¥ Looking over tho tulwarks of the schooner,” writes & cor- respondent to this journal, %1 saw oue of these wutchful monsters winding luzlly backward und forwurd like a long neteor; svingtimes rising untif s nuso disturbed the surface, and a gushs e wound lka o deep breath rose through the breakors; at others, restlug motlonless on thy - water, as If lstening to our volees, ayd thirsting for our bload, Aswe woro watching' the mo- tlona of this monstor, Brucy (a lively fitilo ucpl;]ro sud my cook) suggested the possibllity of de- stroyiug . This’ was brielly to heai a fire- brick In the stove, wrup it up hastlly in some old cloths as asort of dgulse, und to heave It overbuard, 'This wos the work of u fuw minutes; and the effect was triumphunt, The monster followed after the hisslog 1pn.-y. Wo gaw it durt at the brick lke a fash of liglit- ning and gorge it fustanter. Thu shugk rvse to the surfuce alinost Linwmediately, and his ubcasy totiuus soon betrayed the success of (the - neuver. His sxonlea becamo terrible; the waters appearcd as if disturbed by u violent squull, und fl\u‘:‘t})rn{l was driven over the tuffrail where wo stood, while the gleaminz body of the fish re- peatedly burst through the dark wuves, us If writhing with ierew und terriblo convalsion Butuetitues wo thought we heard a- shll, b lowing cry, o9 i ludlcative of anguish und rage, || State strect. e tiring hawever, wis soon exhausted tho suunds liroke away (nto Jlnlnncc, and the agitation uf tho sea subsided, Tho shark had given himaalt up to the tides, ns uuable to wtruegloazainst the appronch of death, andthey :x"mh :‘;flrrylng his body unresistingly to tho oach, i e ——— SUICIDE OF A MAJOR-GENERAL. 5 A'Wramlinent Cltizen of Philadolphia Takes “,‘Mfi Own Lifs—The Probable Cnusc—Iils | Miltpry Record. E E) " Plewaleh to Nein Tork Times. by rfiunuum Dec. 27.—Maj.~ticn, John P, BanKpdng & prnminunt merchant of this tity, ‘nod éomiander of the First Division Ntfonnl Quard of Penusylvania, conimitted suiclde to- day at thd ofticcof ‘the Harrfs Distilling Com- pany. Hespas Treasurer ofthe Company, and attendéd to business this nmmh:i; s nsual, though secming somesrhat dopressed” fn spirite, Durlag the day a number of drafts, which were overdde, “woro brought in to him from abank I?' tho rupner, and Lo promised to call and getflo them. Inndditlon to this, he re- ceived o tolegram concerniug n speculation, which seomed to fnereaso his troubles. Ho left tho main_ofllce angl: retired to a private room, where soon, wis *Rurd the report of apistol, and when his ng ndérd, rho wera {n_the plnce, reached tho rdonuthu. General was dead. The causo of .the suiclde I8 attributed to financiul dilteulties in Gon. Bankgon's: privato busines he being also.d chmmisstbn merchant. It {s nof known \vhcthufillo.;\fl:@ln of the distillery com- “pany are affected, or fn:what condition they are, alnco he had théHanIiip5F the funds, and was himsclf go heavi)yilnvolyed. i~ . _Uen. Bank qp,fio}muqnwd his mllitary carecr, through which'hs beengllefly known, when e wns but 27 yers of ‘i, knd was Colonel of “the Onc Ilqndrq&l end Bighteduth Pennaylvania Voluntcers' at .th ‘D‘Etlk nie: out of the Re- bellfon, He uci‘fl.mfi th ‘Ulstinction and honor throughout the Wary2and rotived with the rank of Brovet-Major-General,::0n Aug. 81, 1675, he was tendered the position of Commander of the First-Divislon Natidnal ‘Ganrds of Yenusyl- vania, embracing al tho inflitia {n this city, e was well known to, i), 'url?uu milltary organi- ztlons which visited Philadelphia.on tho Fourth of July last as tho Corifttitnder-in-Chief of the procession. Gen.:Baniaon®wns Vice-Uresident, of tho Commoerclal, Exghauge, a prominent member of the Unlon Loeague, and an ' estecined morchant, —— : .GRAIN SHIPMERTS FROM BUFFALO. A Furthor Reduotlon of.Cnnnl Tolls Recom- * monded—-Tho Divarslan of Trado frotn NewYorke . . Burraro, Dee.27,—At a meeting of the Board of Trade, which*wda held to<day, tho fol- lowing resolution rethmmonding a further re- duetion of canal tulls waa unanimously ndopted Resoleed, That, An the oplnion of this Board of Trade, the best ylz counteract in the futnre 1lifs great divorsion of trade and restorc to the Ete Canol and the Stato of New York {ts commercial supromacy, s ban:uductlan of tolls to a polat only sufiicient to'keep tanals in repalr, and to dia- card the idea of any revenue to the State being de- rived therofrom in the future, . . The proanble preceding the resolution shows a falling off In n_;gr.ipu by lake of grain, includ- fog flour reduced ‘to wlicat, 08 compared with 1874, for 1875, : of 6,100,000 bushels, nnd 1870, T)M}O, ; and dn. canal exports o falling off, ns' comparéd with 1974] for 1876, of 5,610,000 bushels, and for 1870, 18,600,000. The annual movement of graln from clevators of tho cit; connected with rmlrondsa a8 compared with 1874, shows an increaso of 3,418,000 bushels in 1875, nnd 2,618,000 bushela in 1876, notwithstanding the docreased recelpts for that year, and that from -tha .1st of Jan to” the 10th of December this year, tho recelpts at Baltimore, Philudelphis, 'and Boston of wheat, corn and’ flour reduced to what nggregates 70,751,654 bushcls, nnd the receipts at New York, 71,244,583 bushels, or 5477,321 bushels less than at thoso three uumncung‘rurlu; also that increased shipments of flour and grain may be soticlpated through Caunds when the ci- larged Welland Canal 18 completed, which it ia expeeted will bo in 1677, alsu showing that ho flnanciul results of the caval business of 187 and 1876 has proved disastrous to canal- boat-owners andothera fnterested In canal trafiie, 1t was also resolved to forward n copy of the preambles and resolutions to the Governor, the Caual Bosrd, tho Btato Legislature, aud the Now York Produce Exchiange, TRENTON. An Ol1d Battlo ‘Refought. New York Sun, Dec. a7, ‘Whon day dawned yesterday Trenton was gay with flags, the_blossomings of a sort of wintry Independence Doy, and the maln streets were already beginulng to bo filled by throngs'from near and far. Loug beforo the time the troops 0 engage {n the mimic battle had takenup thele positions. Tho Continentals marched far out ot town and formed—purt, representlng Gen. Greene's Division (Gen, Campbell commanding), at tho toflgatoon_tho Pennington ruad, aid art, doing duty for Gen. Sullivan's Division g\L Keegun commandlng), at the west end of late streot—formed for a hostilo advance upon the snugly ensconced and incautious foe. Amerdean forces were under Gen. Willlam 8, Truox, whose " white horse-halr wig algnn!l{y falled to realizo the sanguine expectations of his {riends in making Llin resemble the portralts of Gen. Washington, hirough the gurgling watera, s fury, woon Exhmteds in & short, Hin . he ‘The Heasluns of Knyphausen's regiment L{out.-Col, Schafler cominauding) formed in ront strect, thoso of Rall’s command (under Capt. 8am Yeomans) on their left, the {{essian plekots being posted at Maas' house fn Pon- nington avenue, and at Atterbury’s in West Ureeno atreet and part of State wera cruwded, and cachof the numierous fncom- ing trains Lrought more eager onvs sulfling the battle from afar, even from Philadelphis and distant Now York. Tho intersection of the streets nomed was the rallying polnt for the wmultitude,—many, especlatly of the ¢lder folks, atill cllul.'lnfi to thelr conacrvative notions of where the finale of tho aifalr should be, and hesitating to bellove that precedent_would bo sct uside by the newly-discovered lghts of listory, Doorways, open windows, und even tho_ housctops wera thronged with spec tators. Hall-past 0, the hour sct for the en- fagement to begm, passcd, fut to the lstenlng and anxiously expectant throng there wus borne nosound of the distant conflict. A thin but steady drizzle of fine raflu sct in, but woas unheeded, The snow In the strect becamo slushy, but the throng stood fn it patiently. Ten minutes before 10 o’clock the rattlo of's distant volley of musketry was falutly*borne of the breeze down Greene street, and the mtl- tudo by onc sympathetic fmpulse shouted $That's them " Greene's division—consisting of four companlesof the Exton Guards, Wash- ington Guards of Princeton, Trenton Guards, \\Fuhlngl.nn Ploneer Corpa, cavalry and artil- Tery—wera slowly driving back the minlons of tho tyrant, composed of ono_company of the Beventh Regiment N, G, 8, N, J. and ono of the First Regiment N, Q. 8. Pa (from Phila- delphia), Gradually the firing becamo more dis- tinct, and the sharp clatter of the musketry was overbiorne from time to time by the louder roar of a howitzer fired by the siruggling pa- triots, A fow minutes alter the ongagement Degan in this direction, the nolse of contlict dis- turbed the alr of West Stato strect, wheroe Gen, Bullivan’sgaltant Contineutals—threecompunics of the Exton Guards—wore rapldly driving fn the hireling foe, two_companies of the Beventh lleglnwm,%l. (1, 8, N. J. Ono of theso Hesslan companics, following historic precedent, sought to escape down Willow and Frout strects to Greene, wero pursued by two companics of tho herocs of the darkest lour, and captured in front of Tuylor Hall, just below the Tyus Amer(- can oftice, whero with much chafling and jollity the victors surrounded the vanquished aud ex- changed mnrtefle-l semb-vrivately, through the medium of pockot-flasks, while thuy awalted the l‘e:ulu of '.&{!ubatlla rngfng in other parts of the town, Tho-other Ilessian company retreated through State street, trotting shoit distances quickly by the right ilauk, then tun‘filg forin- ing by platoons pud firlng back at '3 pur- suers,—sliowing fa this way somo very good e, platoon, aud volley fring,—and then frot- tizoft again. The American forces advanced with such reapoctful deliberation as not to n- terfere with these mancuvres, but kept up a Enlling ro. When tho Hesslan conspany crossed tate Blreet jt hulted ata *‘pordo rost, and tho Americans ossumed & lko atlitude, facing them, two blocks awsy, not because history divectod this armistice, but for tho rea- sou that the llesslans up Greene street, having been told that they wero to make o stubborn resistunce, were doing so to the hest of thelr knowledize and ability, and progress on tho art of the chunplous of frecdom was vonse- quently slow, Popular excitement was by this timeat fever- heat, espoetully in the brepst of tho multitudi- nous small bvrv, who ouly futerrupted his clarlon blusts upon Bis Chrlstinas horn to wuge war with snowballs upon friend and foe alike, A fut darkey, carrying o gun, went running at full spoud dowh Greene strect, and, belg popularl; suppoaed to represent the totally demnorallzo portlon of the hated fnvaders, the throng made elirous way for hiin und cheered with slmost joy his fulthful rendition of tho few woments, however, he wos nicate with the managers of this end of the bute tle, und start back upgho bill. Then tho multl- tudu reallzed that ho Was o courler, Who had defrauded them of thelr applausy, wheroupou they revited him uand scoffed ut his bovine at- ble and perspiriog, sooty fuce, Meuuwhile the fortunes of war were sorely sgulust the eeslaps, Nutwithstaudlug stholr goallant resistance they were slowly (1 and n their retrent brofa, off o inck, steoct, e nenrly following whicrn {hely roCo Dlara led 100 yedrs g0 o the Houses ey facn- erccted sinca'that tima would permir, lh\u“m Lowburg's _troops having "stoutjy "m0 Urceno's advancing division nt the eaiy nfht woro prevented from recelving anh.:';e‘ i) ald by n masterly flank movement cxoontag tien. Stevens! brigade theough Brungwice oY nuo and Rose strect, over tho Junctl}m |,,‘,‘|r"' anddown tha canal bank, ‘That turned the ford tunes of "o . duy nzalnst tha = grT: of “King Gcorge, ‘lnd thoy ‘PO able ~to" plant “thelr ~battery fy Ve street, tho result might have' heen mfl"’ ent; but the raking five of the Continenta) ani. lery down Warren strect forced them ty nbay. on the nttempt. So, atlll ighttng stubhon: Rall's forcon ratreated dowsi ‘(ircene, thronsy Acadetny and Btdckton streeta {nto Btato, whije Lussbur's men were driven baek In thg fameg directlon through Hanover and- Montzomers State. Hero they jolned with what remninei] of Knyphausen's troops. Dut by this time tho Amcrlcans lind hommed them fit on three aidgs were advancing with the licht of victory on theje brows, pourlnit in n withering fire of Loty mus- ketry and artillory; furtherretreat wos Tinporal. ble, and common prudence, ns well s popular oplnion and the programmo of the day's pro. ceedings, compelled them to ‘surrender, ’lllwv wmiu uien an :m e‘xm:t m"sltmim 8pot, where ny orchard once stood, now Alo siree Btfiuk%flr;"l:‘ruluthumnnl.“I i Y betieen n to this tima everything hod eone ag by, but here, where tho chane for fing I]n}!r:l‘:llwc dctalls was reached, there was n perceptible weakenine and ovident lnck of prapar rehicarsal, Eveu If Bam Yeomang, who rlnyml Gen, Ttal) had been prejudiced nbout belng shot, througk tho howels, just to ke(l?l uo the Hlusfon, |y mightat least have made belleye that he waa, But lio didn't even lie down {n the BHOW, OF fo mitch ng gob ofl s horso to surrender, i n point of fact there nre acrlous doubts, Nzt the throng and confusfon, und the way Contl. nentals and Iessians beeame mixed up, and the murderous fire of horn blasts and snow balls kept up by the small boys, and the persistenc of the soldicrs In firing ‘ns long ns they Iind o cartridgo left, nnd the hurrahs of the excited populace who packed the windows, roofs, and strect, aa to who did givo up his sword L0 the gentlemun fn the white horse-hnir Wig repre- senting the Father of Lis Country, The 1lcsaluns laid down thelr atms, thon tank them up agaln, and-went on firing off the Instot thelr cartridges, the cheerlng continued, a deaf- onine clangor swelled from' tho brazen throats of all tha tire and church bells {n the city, and o |nlrulto of 100 nlunsuwnulllrcd. ‘Thera were In the sham battle 000 men r senting tho Contlnental army, and 700 whgr:{fi duty for tho foreign foe, Tho Intter, helne regular militla men, wore their uniforas, but, singularly enough, carrfed no flazm.' Tug former, with tho” excoptions of tho Princoton company, Which wore the handsome Contf. nental uniform, and a small portion of the Jocal militia men attired in regutation uniforms, were gotton up to represcut ns nearly ns practicable tho mgged band: of hcrole tatter. demalions who fougght at Trenton and winterpy at Valley Forge.” Not n sound sult o clothes Wwas fn- tho ranks, Bome wore straw lats tled down over thelr cars; others had old-fashioned *hickory " shirts over thelr clnthlng; not a few had rags bandaged about thelr boots, as the men bnd who left their tencks fn blood upon the frozen ground when marchfg to that vietory one hundred years azb, After the surrender, the Continentnls sur- rounded their prisoners, and all marched to the arscnal, where the arma borrowed for the ocea. slon were returned. It had been purposed to hold here a review, but, in consideration of tho fatigues nlrcndJ undergono and the fulling rain, this was abandoned. “Victors and vanquished together wera glven o bountiful collation fn Washington 1all, Later in the day Judge Jamea Buchanou delivered a patriotlc ‘oration In the ‘Caylor Opera-House, wiich was dense) throny ed, and s0 cnded Trenton's centennlal colebra. tion of Washington's great victory over the Hesslans. ——————— THE TERRITORY OF IIURON. Its Proposed Geographical Tosition, and tho Rensons for Croating It. Wasuinaron, D, C. Dec, 24,—The bHL. to ¢s- tablish- the "Territory of Huron and provide o temporary Government therefor, which pussed the Scnate last week, proposes to create the new Terrltory out of the morthern_portion of tho Yrcaene Terr(to? of Dakota. It has been be- ore Congress for the past four years, and loving passed the Sonate, mow pocs to the House of Roprescutatives for the con- currence of that body, Tho present Ter- ritory of Dakota contalns 150,052 square miles, aud tho new Territory would have an aren of about 70,000 square miles. 1t fs to be o parallelogram, extending from Minnesots on the cast for something less than 400 miles to Mon- tana on tho west, and from the British Posses- sloos an the north 200 miles to the boundary of the remaining Territory on the south, Its popu- lutlon I8 estimated at nbout 10,000, having re- celved vonsiderabla acceesions by tmmigration sfuce tho tnking of the last ceusus, It 1s said that one of tlio best farming reglons in the United Stutes lles In the proposed wew Lm'rltm?'. Atnonyz tho reasons given for the prssagoe of thio bill 15 that the scttlementa in the present Terri- tory of Dakota are comprised fn- two comi- munities eutirely soparate and distinet from thelr geographical position, The _inhabited portlon of Southern Dakota, the old_scttled Emr!lon of the Territory, §s along the Missouri River. Its commercial’ relations are with Ne- braska, 8loux City, and through Iowa to Chi- cago. Northern Dakots, the portion which the il l)mpuael to create l'ntuu new Territory, Is scttled for 200 miles along the proposed North- ern Pacific Rallway and along the Ted River of tho North. Its commerciol relations are with Dututh, 8t. Paul, and Milwnukeo. - Tho Inhabit- ants of tho northern portion are often com- L)Innca In winter to travel ns for_cnst as Chicaro order to reach the Capltal, Yankton, fo the southern part of tho Tcrrltnr{, there being no direct means of communieation betweon™ the northern and southern portions. It was at first proposed to call thenow Territory Pembing, but the name was chauged to Iluron“on the motion of Mr, Dogy. ¥ B e The Lifo of a Reporter, 1 reported on o morning-newspaper thres yeara (says Mark Tiwain), and it wes pretty hord work, leut 1 en,loyed its attractions. Heporting 18 tha best school In the world tu get s knowl- cdge of humau beings, human nature, and human ways, A nlee, gentlemanly reporter —I make no differences—is well treat- od by everyvody, - Just think of the wide ‘range "ol acqualutanceship, his crience of life and Bul'lul,)u No pther oceu- f)fl’lou brings man into such fumiliar soclal re- atlons with all the grades and clnsses of people. T'ho last thing at night—midulght—he gocs browsinz around alter ftema amoug the police and jatlbleds in the lock-up, questioniuy the prisoncrs and moking pleasant and lasting friend- ships among some of the worst people in the world, And the yery next evening ho wets hilm- self upregardless of txpense, putsonull thegood clothes Wis fricnds have got, goes aud tokes Qlmer with the Governor or Cummnnderma Chief of the distrlet, the United States Sonator, aud somo of tho upper crust of ‘soclety. Hois on good terms with ull of them, and {8 present at every gutlmring, und has ensy aceess to every varloty of people,” Why, 1 breakfasted nunrlfi every mornlig with the Governor, dined wit the ‘principal” clergyman, and slept In - the station-houso, : A reporter has to lie o littlo, of course, or they would dischargo bim, That s why 1 Teft it, "I am different from Washington, Ibhaven uder and higher standard of principle. ‘nshiugton could not lie. I can lic, but won't, Reporting {s fascinating, but then it 18 80 dlslrcaaml.i]m avo to e so. ~ Lylng s bad— lying ts very bud. Every ludividuul knhows that by experferiee, I think that for a man to tell & lie—when he cannot mnke unything by it—is wrong, . 5 R — Appropriato Ohrlstniag Presonts, Datroft Fuat, An advertisement In an exchange, under the headlng of “llulldn{ Goods," s thust % An approprinte Christmns presout. Give our wWo o st of Jones' Beautiful Artitical ‘eotht” This is suggestive of o vast increase iu the scope of appropriato holiday gifts, Why ahouldn’t tho advertising columns of newspa- pers blossom out with such lollday adyertlse- ments as theso: Take your motber-ju-law to Tu and have hier Tecth 1'ulled at Chrlstmus Prices, Get your Aunt's Corns Excavated Cheap during ‘the Toliday's at_Digg's. Buy your Unclo & Palr of Squint's Elezunt Glass ses, Wooden Logs aud Arms_for Hollduy nfn- to Relativea at Liwpeoy's, Put a Boxol Puostle’s Bowel-Regulating Pllls In your Grund- mn:lmer’a Christmas Stockings, And so ou, 8O oud, ———e———— The Gruin Bug Speoulutions 'Tho Ban Franclsco Chronlcle says tho spceula- tors In graln bags have broken down. With the prospect of a prodiglous wheat cruln they ran up the prices of bags from 10 cents bl the opeuing of tho senson fo 1834 cents at thu end of last June. With further lurge fmportations m{» tigure could not be muintuined, and rates dropped to 11 cents or 153 conts fn Auguste Then a determiucd attempt was made to e triove past losses und creato u corner, It was & sgnal fatlure, . Millons of baws were bought up m‘l’)y to rgmain unsold upon the buyers’ humds tho prim@ mov 120,000 buflzs wers latcly sold at 85¢ cents, nud‘fl stock of 8,000,000 15 belng carried over sy Leavy expenig. A ers futhe comblnatlon fulled;