Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1877, Page 7

* ' 'THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 7, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, 7 PASTIMES." A Chapter in Cherokee Fish- er's Biography. The Latest Plan for a League«==A Three-Story Edifice Rece ommended. How the Profits of the Pool-Box Affect the Racing Interest. gngland’s Crack Cricketers Beat- en by Some Colonists. for Bowlers, Curlers, jeperal Paragraphs & aud Billinrdists, Walkers, Wrestlers, BASE-BALL. $CEROKER " FISHER'S FAILING. A few weeks aro 3 gentleman in Milwaukee wrote to THE TRIBUNE relating some facts in conpection With William Fisher, commonly fmown 35 «Cherokee,” who played several es in the West. Ends of Milwsukee toward close of last season. ‘Theallegations against. er were so grave that it did not appear 10 print them until they had becn looked inte. Now that there seems no doubt of the ruth of the charges, it is quite proper to pub- Jish them to show the character of the player, snd perhaps towarn other clubs against em- flgflnghim. 1t scems that a good deal of sus- gidonwas excited by some of tCherokee’s " play Tiththe West Ends, and especially by his con- guct in 8 game where they were beaten, Sept. Ty thé Fitnos of Detrolt, by a score of 18 100. Atthe time of that game the Club man- goement announced that they would ferret out the affair, and they were successful. When con- fronted with the sccusation and what proof could.be obtained, Fisher owned up to the whole sell, and implicated a prominent gambler sad betting man in the affair. This last man siso gave up the story, and the whole swindle ameont. 1t was a very simple trausaction, and needs 1o especial comment. It was simply §100 in “ Cherokee’s ** pocket, and the game war lost. Of course he could mot stay in the Club after that, and he accordingly mude weyfor snother man. The case is somewhat remarkable as being the only authenticated in- ttance of 8 “sold” game in 1§76. There have been plenty of charges, and a good deal of wild 1alk, but nothing like proof inany single case Tefore this onc, and even here there wes no ac- cusation that the Club suthorities knew any- thing about tbe matter. As aposteript to the (areer of Fisherin Milwaukee, it may be noted that some one arranged for a farewell party or ball to him, and sold a considerable number of tickets, with the proceeds of which Fish- er went awsy unostentatiously, and with- out waitine for the party, which, by the way, zever came ofl. Toe only information as 10 Fisher's whereabouts comes from the Phila- delphi2 Mereury, which recommends him as one of the players for the Athletics of 1877. CONCERNING A FALSENOOD. The Clipper n its last issuc undertakes appar- ently to justify its course in abusing the League, an inily in misrepresenting “the doings of the Cleveland Congress: but in the course of the attempt the writer flounders about in falsehood, and trips himsell up so curiousiy actobe rather an object of pity than of scorn. A couple of instances will sufice. The Clipper - mam Tnregard to the report in ‘question, asitwasa rule of the insugural meeting of the League to ex- clude from their conventions all persona except acioal delegates,—3n exception being made in faror of oué’ Chiczgo paper a1 the annual mecting of the League,—1t followed as 8 matter of course that our regcler base-ball reporter was unable to Depresent at the meetinge. The same hand that supplied the one Chicago paper with its report senl the report whick appeared in the Clipper, 2nd 1he comments interpolated were the result of in- formation furnixhed to our reporter by a party per- + Eonally wgnlijum of the proceedings of the meet- inge in question. The words in italics cover as exact a falsifica- tlonas words can be made to express. It is true thattie Clipcer was furnished with slips of Tax TRIBUNE report,—and that was done at the wrequest of 2 member of the League,—tut there w15 Do Teason to used. that the receiver would mancle, garble, and distort facts so as to com- pietely reverse the meaningandintent of section alter section of the Constitution. The report that appeared in the Clipper was not Tne Txin- T¥Ereport, nor was it sent from here or any- where elses it was cooked up in New York and based on TRE TRIBUNE'S slips, with every -di tortion and twist of meaning which ingenuity could devise. The assertion that the Ciipper presented a fair report of the Leasue dolngs is Isughable. The writer of this paragraph 1s in possession of testimony which caunot be :;1:511(1 Iio g’ ;ficcv. that Mr. Queen, owoer of e Clpper, was opposcd to 1he Leseme at its bogianing, and expressod him- el as “down on the aliin” because It was {formed ** without consulting the Clipper.”” The first thing in the article referred tois a state- ment that only the views of the proprictor are embodied in sby speciz] article; and if any casual reader cannot see the connectivn between those two statements he is blind indeed. There never was & more sbsurd pretense than that of impar- tislity on the part of 2 man who starts out with Lhe express asscrtion that he is opposed to one side, and tnen ;_:luaims to be a judge. FIELD'S PLAN. The Chicazo Field hias suunded a new note on the Lall-field, and proposes a separate and dis- tinct planfor_a League, based on the present - one. "It would have erc’ry professional club in the country a member of this League, and then l[!lvethnc dlasses formed with 2 championship fi'a?‘i"ufl St it doaes Tt s 258 lea §s ingenions enongl, but wili the writer i kindly ssy Liow be :l::bs into bis Leazue? and, second, what man :1‘::‘!;: on God's green earth conla handicap Lwo i gg that either would abide the result—let Ioned dflicalty of judging of the merits of fortys ubs, the strenath of which no man could now? The idea of handicapping comes not udi{nk:n'}hfofi::u!g; ixl. l{alunga in Engiand, out'of place to say now to the Fidd that the sports of America_caunot be Judged by those of the United Kin 5 ; uwrdom of %‘:}Bfli&lnlnd Ireland. If it could forget or a titme, and cease to judge base-ball standpoint, it wonld add greatly he Fish proposes to. force all the froma :fis The Field article has onc_paru- lvw:~ onsound reasoning. It is as iol- 1be Eastern base-ball report N e - ere—notably of New };n!rk and Philadelphia—were hnd and glove with St ilarers and managers of these pestilent organi- Sowns end prostituicd thelr pablic positions to Srciicy, Srerwith smootk: words, tie nefarious 8 of their cherished **pals.” They looked i League movement not merely a% a con- Snnition of the Enetern rascalities, but a8 an Hag eng 3 Probation of their own venality, The of “{, fron: of this clan wae the base-ball man B e York Clipper, wha was doublx criminal Tropre JPogerul to chieck the evil. The amour cence of the Clipper was hurt at the reti- f the League promotors with re- @ to fta ‘intentions. = Feeling . ko hurt, oreeped at the first means of making its ,,mg}‘mnte ecem thet of the whole clan, and onigeie public. With this intent it raixed the jod 91 Western " gel{-assertion and Westen dic- 9 readily taken up by the reet of the sup- Oof corrupt play. It was manifestly not e 08 0 admil the corraption; so, naving to " rinte 12 Wroory OF komie sort, none was ko appro- £ e Western usurpation. The League destroy- and the c?"""' dominance in base-ball matters, it e SHnper has virulently Ied an insensate as- Nag Rinst the League. in itsblind rage it has mmgg:g;:d ln\;mn::!nfly. instead of _ taking body bes Faiie, which the League as a reforming TI:OKZ 1&‘ Lzs;g.\' EXPENSES. tor. of The Tritune. e‘“‘“‘:,e ':lelll‘:‘b—e‘,l‘nfie question among club ¥ - ow to reduce expenses fi:‘fhkecp within a reasonable income? and I bead, “a_ honor to make a suggestion on that 1 by pot do away with the expensive = !m"um o"! oD a8 the pitcher, who costs a large v Mw‘;;lf.ncry and have instead a cheap sort of Lot ound or slide the ball along theground? Tear s asif anvbody could do that at §700 & s eamd then $1,000 or §2,000 2 year would be Wiy ‘;0 the club and the sport just as good. %mbl;}:ls l‘:.‘be lesi {{.]ll.erl;t‘.ilningfl,w sce thg way af e ball on the groun than in the air? Cocater. s GENERALLY. Br'ffif Crickete, of Binghamton, want' Boston ey to pitch for them next year. Bradley Prefer to play in some othier position. +.Several paragrsy i phs avout the championshi fim#;n(mfileg:sb wildl play un a{hnex% ve rror. - bas ool et been ordered. o fs The Philadelphi phia _Hercury gives placetos erlack about battn's refusal to pia} proVIded him. A‘ge for uniform, etc., is made against cutingy, Jotter from St Louis denies this fact The organ of the Af thatit S0time pipe mscu 'illlllc:‘;lce my;!m‘l'l:v of ®okedness. The writer of the parsgraph lied when he made the assertion, T and he knows per- mm?' well that he lied, He cannot name x:mc The Quickstep Club, of Wilmin on, Del., ad- Tertise that they beat ‘the White Sto z:arl h:?d utterly fail to be honcts:cggfiflzhég 8 yv" the mame wag only 'four inningd in u;,):}md therefore not a game at all. chafer of the Bostons and Bradl ;Erllll‘:flfnos have gone on record as r:;e ;’flfix‘:guig oo i bp“mtccfi_\'e association such as has been ity no;:- 1{‘:0 nesd of any talk nbout the 207 onch L%;. never was n.nd never will be The Post of yesterda b y Is authority for the fol- lioevgnr: Snr‘?gmph: “The Emnklins.’imvmg been Ba“nre_ the c!mm?hms of the Amateur Base- 3 .§‘s=onlnuox- ot Chicago, were presented to- I!?{s w %h the flag cmblematic of their victory. a handsonie banner made of blue silk, bear- .ing in gold Ictters the letters *A.B. B.'A. of Chicazo,’ beneath which ar ! ¢ placed the r 1~ ;::;é)nt and ball, a pair of uhfbs cmssea.fi“&’l mark er. dThe flag is handsomely mounted and - & nged with gold lace, while above it files a Trenmer bcanqg the words, ‘ Frankling, 1876. Lie cost of the'trophy is about §50.7 . The milder weather of the ] ! ast féw days Pt the ball-playera in mind of the coming s mcé-, and a few of the more eazer are flremdy guuelrgoin soine sort of preliminary work to n; th ,:3 better prepared for the active training “;‘ 1[1.‘ will begin in March. A letter from Mar- 8| n" tolwn,' Ja.,, says that Anson is devoting a Ear of every day to_sharp running, which ke xx::!nct; will improve his, wind sud” make bim {;?‘ iy for the campaign.. McVey is also feeling s weight a little, and’ will begin to-morrow gm; ymoasium work to bring himself down h‘ 6t degrec of activity necessary for a man who may have to stand in front of Bradley’s ;1,%13“"3'- The latter is working every cay in xlndeldmln. Peters is keeping his niusclé up gnd his flesh down by work in the Four-Courts, e;- Lq\gs, where he has an excellent ‘place for The St. Louis Globe-Democrat publi 1 shes av in- firflew with George Scward, late of the x\‘el:v. avens, which coutains the following opinion nfl ‘l ‘:2.1{)15. 3t. Louis’ coming piteher: k. 8aid Seward, that he i at pi In the United States, with the poi;?belg °;§é’駀?§: of Tommy Bond. 1fis effectivencss is_due to his yarious etyles of pitching, for where one fails h: has otherd 1o fall back on. He nses cither **curv 1l to an extraordinary degree. His outward -curve 18 cspecially deceptive, for though it looks 10 the batsiuan as thonzn the bull would go dire Iy over tlie plate, by the time ftgets Tt far 15 ga eyond his.reach, Thie, of course, keeps his caicher vers busy, but not as much g0 as & tricky habit whicl hie has of pitching an apparcntly fair Ball, which drops Juct &5 it resches the plate, and it extremely snnoylng to the batsman. Nichols such a perfect command of the ball that fre- quently during tho pust ceason. afier {wo ! balle a led and two s deliverea, pitched the batsman out on strikes, i e THE TURF. POOL-BOX PROFITS, oL 20 the Bilitor of The Tridume. * CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—It is curious what circum- stances affect the interests of the turf in Chi- cago, and how *“one thing brings on another in the strangest, and, apparenilv, the most inconsequential, way. Here, for instance, is the Dexter Park track, under good management none will deny, and run honestly. There never _wasatrack more carefully watched than was Dexter Park last season, and that nothing was alleged against it s pretty conclusive proof that there was nothing to allege. Mr. Mansur gave good purses for iwomectings, and received fair, but not ‘large, patronage. If he made any profit, it must have been a small one. Now that' we have just entered upon a new year, it is proper to ask what are tbe trotting prospects? Two dates have been claimed tor Dexter Park,.and meetings will undoubtedly be given on both of them: What the horsemen want to kmow is, What money the manazement is goiug to hang, up and how it is to be divided? They know the quandary into which the police force of Chicago are putting Mr. Mansur, though the police themselves haven't an idea of if. The shortest wav to tell the story is this: Last year the pool-seller was present at the Chicago races and sold, in round numbers, $150,000 worth of pools on all the events. Onthis he drew a commis-’ sion from the winners of 3 per cent, or about 24500 .on the lot. By agrcement with the owner of the track, a falr proportion of this profit went to him, and was really as much 3 part of the Income as the dollars which were taken at the gate from the spectators. With the aid of this sum the heavy purses were paid, and the lessec brought out of a financial hole; for it should be understood that atno time have the people attending races in Chicago been nu- merous cnough to warrant their paving ex- penses. This rfivcnu‘c tlrnm thie commiscsloa:(nn n, into an jmportaut factor BT raars” or. failure of ihe Chi o meetings, apd when it is con- Sidered that the class known as “sporting men,” and more commonly called gamblers, bave always been the mainstay, support, and backbone of the pool-box, their propensity 15 still another question to be considered. Tuey patronize the races, they pay liberally for their Aecommodations, and they manuze: to invest a d deal of money without being offensive. It is hardly doubtful that this class own two-thirds of the pool tickcts. Well, if they haveu’t any money, they cannot bet; and theyacertainly are ‘not making much now; they are ncearly or quite closed up by the \l)olice aforesaid, and 'fl this continues up to July many of them won't have 2 dollar to bless themselves with. Then they can’t attend the races, and their presence or ab- sence will very possibly be the weizht which will turn the meeting into a financial failure or jal Success. finl::'?rfl?ilug 1('5 here meant, or written to be con- strued, to indicate that the turf in Chicago is depondent on gamblers for a living. It I8 in- tended solely to show how Mr. Mansur secms to be plzaced in getting up his preminm list. He is, fu fact, between the devil and the deep sea, an is quite likely to £o wrong whichever way he turns. At the same time it is curious to note how little circumstances affect the results of projects a great way off from them. .t might very well be eaid that it is nnt creditable to the Chicago_people thut they neglect to suppork Dexter Park as they do, but that is not exactly in the line of this discussion of ‘‘cause and ALL ABOUT. effect.” Wilkes! Spirit gives o list ©of 214 horses Who trotted in 2:30, or better, last year. Detroit Horse Fair Association have cl:l‘xh;lid July 3 to 7 for their summer meeting. . P. B. Richardson, of Tuscola, Mich., has ha"nxghf th 3yearold stallfon Oracle, by Sat- telite: he by Kobert Bopuer, of Messrs. Smith & Powell, of Syracuse, N, = - 2. W. Wheelock, of Moline, 1., has ol m&c, Merserean, of Chicago, the stallion Younz Kirlkowood, by Kirkwood. dam Maggie Dnvis?by Star Davis. The price was sl,BOO.‘ is tobe held in St. Paul in 8 few %mfg}ilfic Minpesota g;:m;—Bmgfim‘;hfig c to take action as to when :g;‘!;m meeting of the Association will be held. V. -, of Brooklyn, has recently vu“r{;n’s];:f{‘frfn:nglh % D.Wiliis the brown stall- jon Dean Sage, b Rysdyk's Hamblewm?;{, dam by American Star, grandam by Long Isl- and Bellfounder. E. A. Smith, rence, Kau., hfis zolg‘r 3’1«1‘%“ ’ Wis., the 4-ye y £l ;;:‘lg;nrbon Chief, dam Crocket Girl, Doniphan, for §1,000. e _ B. R. Westfall, of Macom Ly (o?{lgh%ufinc; tbe’yrflsunt month With & mrz Joad of imported Norman horses, a part o,’ which are already enzaged. He will stop af Ogden and Sacramento. i e . McDaniels has sold his _interest I wgflmown racers Madge and Yirginius to i 0. Barnard, of New York. The regate winnings of Madge are $11,700. V rgm;xssw but three years oid, gnd has already won $ ,L. . ting the_sale of Eric the Kentucky Live S(Ru:ics%ftmal zlfin{fi m]n %ggn:{mha:hf;urfidi: rd if he will only L t?fiflz mfic was sold to_Mr. Bonner by Col.‘ g Strader, Lexington, Ky, on the ‘rfio:.‘l:\?;;o?; e St eph 1L, Bryan. He is @ vear-ol i:[ax; Tg‘v‘:’]srfi‘x):g, md?}‘u the fastest time on record asa Jour-year-old, 2:28%. of the New i Orleans Race After'the’ close Rite i chards, of Kentucky, sol t:rfm'nn, his entire ‘sdum RctLx mri’n dm;‘p&xfi:::; the two four-year-olds, Re | bt m"i and the two mecvycar—olds,m%c‘l:x;d Sl at the New Orleans mecting. of the fastest two-mile xeclgu N' Stock Farm, Law- Norwood b K saaer White- filly Sunshine, by Young spring mect! % Y , Hamtramek George Voorhes, proprlelorog the Ham! Driving Park, Detroit, is bandling tho “botses through the winters CoZC Voorhes, Harry M Fleet, Gray Billy, San H.. and Bashaw, JI-3 is also in his care. his colts, tha Kate, are at. Flint. Jim Fisk is at Pontiac; Mollie Morris is stopping at Romeo; Fred HooK- er ig cared for 2t Almont; Lady Turpin is_stil at Grand Rapids; Lady Vesta stays at Kala- mazoo; and Lizzie Davis is at Jackson. Brown Dick is cared for by his owner, W. E. Stearns, of Detroit; and Butcher Boy is at his home in ‘Windsor. The Rochester Ezpress says: ' While East av- enue was crowded with fiyers Christmas after- noon, onc of the fastest, Westfield, came in col- lision with a conntryman’s horse near William street, and the thill of the latter's wagon was run about a foot into Westfield’s side, near the ad of the harness. The thill broke off short, eaving the picce sticking in the animal’s side, An investigation by a veterinary surgeon showed that the thill did not penetrate far, bat that it ran up toward the back close to the skin. It is hoped therefore, that the wound will not perma- nexltlv_injure the horse. Westficld has a record of 2:26%¢, which he made in Calitornix, and.is greatly ‘admired on the avenue for his honest and swift trotting.” Russia is one of the leading countries in the "’rorld in the matter of horses, possesging some 20,000,000 of those fine animsls, or about twenty-seven to every 190 inhabitants, three times as many in proportion to population as either England, France, Prussia, or Austria pos- sesses. - Siberia -{s the best supplied of all the proviaces, having a little less tgan one horse to every male inhabitant. The horses of the step- pes, though small, ere remarkably hardy. The crown possesses some twenty establishments, with 1,000 stallions and 8,60 brood mares, with something like 75,000 stallions and 700,000 brood mares in private establishments. About 150,000 animals are annually sold at 400-horse fairs, out gé&flfl,flofl offered, Lhe average price being about The official repert of the meeting of the Board of Appeals of the National Association contains the following table to show the persons and horses under penalty: = Mo af penal- g iedniateen, TS ; S HEE Nature of pinalty. Slelgs! 5 e |RII8 & £lz0i8| % i |38 Suspended for unpald due: 511958 1,061 2,022 Sushended for other cause 18 2% 1O Expelled. 117, 851 95| 180 " _Total £99.1,171:2,170 momses. Suspended for unpald ducs 1,507 969 1 148 2,117 Suspended for other causes 7| 8l 1 7 Expelle | Total, 5 X The total of all uncettled dues is $182,060.96. CRICKET. ALL-ENGLAND HEATEN. The London Ecko thus narrates the story of the defeat of the All-England Eleven at cricket, —a thing never before deemed possible: England has been beaten, bowled ont, snd stumped. Let all onr enemied rejoice and be glad, exceedmnge %lnd—!n Paris, in Berlin, in St. Peters- Surg, and in Washinzton; wherever, indeed, it is &osub]c to conceive that the noble game of cricket understood. The Eleven of All England ha¢ been beaten. It is some slight consolation to us to know that the defeat comes fron one of our oldest Colo- nial children, New South Wales. We fear, how- ever, that our enemies will etill point to the defeat ag_evidence of our national decadence. We are obliged to confess that New South Wales is too many for us; the other day she sent Trickett over to defeat us on the waters of the Thames. We wait with as mach anxiety tor news from Esgdney a5 we do from Constantinople, for indeed the former .touches us neurly. We were inforined gently, we suppose to let us down easily, on Wednesday, that the match between the two elevens had been **drawn.” That we could have borne, always ‘bearing in mind that New South Wales is an cldest daughter, but we would have prepared an odd ball in our favor in the total ecore. But now we are told that the Sydney Eleven has beaten us by two wickets. This is simply horrible; an odd ball in the score in their favor, or the los of a wicket by **lez before wicket™ at the critical point, we conld have stood; but two wickets! It readsssif we had been defeated in the field by an ememy who had two regiments or brigades he did not need to nse. Now let us see what consolation we can find, Of course, it is not the best All England Eleven which has been beaten. Next, the Eieven contained no *‘gentleman.” Not one of the Three Graces went out to Sydney. It was a bowling Eleven, and there were not four decent batsmen in the team. England was represented by a Enrcly “‘professional™ team, and that was ad. There are no better men living as a class than professional cricketers, but they a all the better for association with gentlemen, indeed, all men are. Atall events, it is to be e: ected that hamun nature will expect profit out of Eo“’ling aud glory out of batting. The bowler who is paid receives substantial consideration for the labor he undertakes and the accuracy he seeks 10 cnltivate; and even if & gentleman does descend 10 act 28 a wicket-keeper, he cannot hope to rival the fame of Box and Tom Lockyer. We may, therefore, urge that, after all, gentlemen have their uses im the world of cricket, and that it is w{se to rely ::‘,aenflemen to Ill(lml!ll tltlfi baltsmel; who appear to be neceesary 1o keep up the glory of old England in the cricket field. g‘nw. we can afiord to learn a leeson, 8s it comes to us from New South Wales, all the more pleasantly because it comes from peaple of our own race and lan- guage; but still we do not wish to see **Ichabod " yet. b3 BILLIARDS. THE NEW OHAMPIONSHIP EMBLEM. 3 The Northwestern and Southwestern Billiard, Congress has at last done just what was proper under the circumstances, and in expelling Bur- leigh and Shaw has removed a stain from its own members which they might easlly have gotten rid of before. The resolutions adopted at the meeting of the Congress in this city ‘Wednesday were well written and to the point. After stating the facts of the sale of the game, they procced to expel Messrs. Bur- leigh snd Shaw, and, incidentally, to pullify the medal held by the latter, or, 25 is rumored, by a pawnbroker for him. necessary, it is ordered that one be struck and fnade the emblem of thechampionship of th Northwestern and Southwestern States. The J. M. Brunswick & Balke Company, official stakeholders, will hold this medal until two of the members of the Congress challenge for it. A very wise move was to reduce the stake for all games to $250 a side, and the forfeit to §100. ‘There is not so much money at the back ot any player as there used to be, and it will bothet some of the uspirants to find the stake, even at the reduced figrure. There ought to be no difficulty in wetting on a match for the new emblem at once. Gullagher will play almost anybody, and he ought to be able to find some one willing to give him *a’ show for bis white alle; Gallagher and Me- Afee would make a good team, and if the match Twas played in Chicezo—about half-way bétween them—it would draw a hall full. OTHER POINTS. Sexton and Slosson are abont through with {heir New Orleans exhibitions, and are expect- ine to nake their way to St. Louis and Chicago -and pive exhibitions In both those cities before returning to New York. The Ohio handicap billiard tourunment has o1 ol in g the folloflsz 3 rino | shooting which has in progress during the past week at Cleve- Hind anl osed by Houing. winniog the frst ‘iz, Gallagher _sccond, Heiser third, and Bnm:l' ~Iaux§:. Thatcher was left out in the TRAP-SHOOTING. SMALL SHOT. The annusl meeting of the Audubon Club for the election of officers Will be held Tuesday evening of this weck at their rooms in McCor- mick Block. - Capt. Bogardus, the pigeon-shooter, will probably visit Virginia City, Nev., as one of their best men has offered to match bim st fifty birds for $250 2 side. The annual meeting of the Kennicott Club for the election of officers and the transaction of other important business will be held at- Nos. 87 and 59 Washington street Tucsaay evening at 7:30. At Dexter Park, last Thursday, Tom Btagy defeated E. T. Martin In three consccutive matches, the stakes on each being three turkeys and §5. J.B. Wiggins defeated M. Bonfield, and T. Martin in turn won & stake from Bon- fleld. The third and deciding pizeon-shooting ‘mateh Dbetween Capt. Bozardus and Crittenden Robin- 00, to take place in San Francisco, ?: 253: dseléa?c'd off, I&blnson being satisfied with his former victory, and preferring to rest on his honors. “Ira A. Paine, the ex-champion, arrived in Lon- don Dec. 90, and lost no time in promulgating 3 challenge to shoot a match against any man in Great Britain at_fifty sing;eo or double birds, ‘Hurlingham _rules, “for x50 _or £100 a side. Thornton will probably attend to his case. i, Esq., the well-known amateur B B e e ving been called to' Callfor- nia on business, was particalar to have his gun e o e ken along. The fever of plgeon- e Tatsiy aficted the San ‘ritten on the door of *‘Lords™ and the Oval as | A new medal being thus made/| " pilot of the locomotive. The train ran clsco people may lead them topick a match witn Clark, and they may possibly find that it wasa mistake to wake him up. OTHER SPORTS. . 'WRESTLING. The collar-and-elbow matck between Brink and Becker will be wrestled at McCormick Hall next Saturday evening. The stake {s $200. The New Orleans Times says the Grazco-Ro- man wrestling match between - Christol and Rigal, at the 8t. Charles Theatre, turned out to be a short and sharply-contested ' struggle, with the honors at the close resting with Rigal, who gained the last two falls in clever style. In the first round, Christol being on his hands and knees, with Rigal stoutly clasping him, man- aged to get his hands firmly locked across the ‘back of Rigal's neck; and, by a very skillful and powertul effort, he threw him, by turning him completely over, having no other hold save that upon the neck. In the next two rounds, how- ever, Rigal avided a similar contlngeuce', and, by sheer strength in each Instance, lifted his oppouent bodily, and floored him. In thelast fall Christol first landed upon his head, and uporr arising after the fall was observed to act as if he had been injured. A surgical examination revealed that his collar-bone “was broken, and with that serious injury he is now laid up, and 1ikely to remain so for some time. Contrary to all expectation, Joseph Owens, the young farmer of Fairficld, Vt., upset Col. J. H, McLaughlin, of Detroit, champicn of the world, in their wrestling-match at Boaton, Dec. 27, The match was for $1,000, and was_coliar and elbow, best two out of three falls. The first bout, after twenty minutes’ work, both fell at the same time, the referee deciding no fall. Lively work on_both sides ensued sfter the usual rest, until the second and third bouts closed with McLaughlin thrown on his knees. No fall. The fourth bout was another hot one, McLaughblin again thrown, but no fall was de- cided. From this, until half-past 1 o’clock, there was no child’s Phy' and at the close of the five aud 2 half hours’ contest, the match was de- clded in favor of Owens, he having won two fair falis, and wrested the champion “honors from Col. McLoughlin. The winner comes of a wrest-. ling family, being cousin to John McMahon, who bas thrown every man he ever tried, au also to Cox, the lighter weight. FGR_AND FEATHER. ‘The Iowa State Poultry and Dog Association will hold their annual siiow at Cedar Rapids, Jan, 23-26. The premiums will amount to $£1,000, and $500 of that sum will zo to dogs in the sporting classes. 1t seems probable now that the bench show of dogs at the Exposition Building will not take place as originally intended. The reason is one of the best In the world, and it would be more honest if it were allowed to govern.” The man- afiemcna cannot sce their way clear to pay all the premiums they’ are hampered with a connection with ™ the poultry show which i8 pnfl):cd to be held at the same time." t year the dogs brought money enough to pay all their Kmmiums fiuh the fowls did not, and, beeause the two ehows were connected, all the receipts had to be pooled, and even then only 85 per cent of the promises premiums were paid. Now the chicken people arc anxious to repeat this show, but the dog- fanciers say nay, and will have none of it unless the roosters will guarantee the pups payment of their premiums in full. This the birds very naturally refuse to do, and the whole affair is likely to fall through. The true polley is to hold the bench-show separately if possible, and it is to be hoped that the admirers of finely-bred dogs will encourage the Committce so faras to enable them to go on. TnE TRIBUNE does not believe in begging, bubit believes that a guar- antee paper tu cover any possible deficit would be easily filled up. PEDESTRIANISM. The Bostonites just begin to suspect that Von Hillern, the pedestrienne, is a fraud. Frank Johnson, the pedestrian who excited Louisville by walking 1,300 miles in 1,800 con- secutive hours, and also 100 miles in eighteen hours, has been arrested for forgery. Beyond the meagre dispatch in Tne TRIBUNE, one week 2go, nothing has been heard of the | match where O'Leary was beaten by Howee. Eoglish exchanges have not baa time to reach here, however, and no other paper than Tnz TRIBUNE seems to have had the news by tele- graph. ‘Weston gave an exhibition match at the A%- cultural Hall, London, commencing on Dee. 0. He proposed to walk 500 miles, and, as an extra inducement to draw the public, he cngaged to meet three of the best Jong-distance pedestiians who liked to meet him; ' and, s anather inducement for his competitors toput their best foot foremost, Weston guaranteed to give £00 to the man who accomplished the longest dis- tance, provided it was over 160 miles; £30 to the second, if he covered 150 miles; and £20 to the third, if he walked 140 miles. The three En- glishmen, Crossland, Ide, and Parry, hiad their Jjourney equally divided, and the result wasa regular surprise, as Crossiand registered 170 miles, Parry 163 miles, and Ide 153 miles. Wes- ton could only sccomplish 460 mil The American got, badly_tripped, for. in addition to Fetting beat, he had to part with the whole of the premfums, the Londoners all beating the /prescribed time. : CURLING. On the 16th prox. there will be a grand carl- inr match at Lincoln Park, when the Gordon medsl will be contested for b{ representatives of no less than eighteen clubs_from various cities, among which are New York, Toronto, \Hnmmun.) ontreal. Obfo and Michigan will ‘also be represented. \ Albany, N. Y., is preparing for a series of curling matches. The rink of that city will con- test with three rinks from the Caledonia Curl- 1ng Club, of New York City, and with three from the Albany City Club for a medal. The Caledonians of Albany desire to play a friendly me with the Caledonians of Troy. The Utica lub intends putting in an ngpeamnu also, and will 31:15' the Troy Club for the district medal of the Grand National Curling Club. : NINE-PINS. At a match, played pursuant to challenge from the *“Friday Bowling Club' to the * Chi- cago Bowling Club,” Friday evening last, at the club-house, corner of Gocthe and North Clark streets, best two out of three games, for the championship, etc., ctc., the * Fridays » car- jed off the laurels.of tho evening, after a spir- d contest. ———— ~ A FARMER'S VIEW OF IT, To the Editor of The Tribune. Drxox, IiL, Jan. 4—I have been looking on quietly at the progress of the Presidential mud- dle. It is conceded that the Republicans have secured the prima facie majority of the Elect- ors, for the Cronin fraud is too transparent to rest any claims upon. The Democratic office- seckers, secing thelr chances of getting into the land of Canaan, which flows with milk and | honey, bread and oil, have become perfectly desperate, and are ready for any strategem and. treason to clutch the spoils. Take their case and that of their candidate, and an indivtment could be drawn up against them which ought to overwhelm them with disgrace: 1. 01d Tilden purchasing his nomination, and then spending epough money to corrupt the very fountnius of political life, and yet having the effrontry in his’ valedictory to claim he has elevated the tone of political life. 2. Refusing admission to Colorado. 8. Trying to steal Oregon. 1. Purchasiuyy the venal judiciary of four of the Gulf States. 5. Offering to bribe two Electors. 6. Calling State €onventions to seftle ques- tions which only can be settled by law. 7. Countenandng and instigating armed re- sistance. > 1f this is not desperation, where will you find it? The great mass of the people have no sym- pathy with the violent measures the office- seekers propose_for counting in Tilden. <The ‘great majority of voters will be perfectly content With Hayes for President, as they lave faith that be would do sbous right by all_scctions of the country. Yours, A GRANGER. L ———— IN BANKRUPTCY. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. KEOKUK, In., Jan. 6.—Westly Joues, a well- known bookseller av Burlington, who failed 2 few days since, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptey in the United States District Court 8t this place to-day. His liabilitics are $118,607, B P asots 301764, The latter includes $12,° 000 in cash, and & 6tock of s valued at $30,000. Jones was adjudged 2 bankrupt by the Court, and_Georze C.” Lanman, of Burlington, appointed Receiver. A Cold Ride. Poplar Blugs (Xo.) Cirizen. Asthcpuscp:iger train was coming up from Cairo the coldest night this winter, just as it Jeft Essex Station three tramps jumped o:b;ht ul three miles to a wood station before stopping. When the engineer went around to put them off, two of them were 50 stiff with cold that they conld not move, and the third rolled help- S| the pllot. AIL were speechless, and carried into_the ecar. When “might be ex- that that was on a locomo- been a little longer, - they would, in all probabllity; have frozen to death. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. A Funeral Demonstration by French Radicals. Bismarck and the Clock---A Curions Theft---Engenie and the Pope. German Orders—A- Suicidal Hess--Vicloria and Gibson-~-4 Bateh of Bishops. A FUNERAL DEMONSTRATION. A recent Paris letter to the London Standard (Tory) says: **Parishas just witnessed another of those churchyard demonstrations so dear to the heart of the Radicals. The corpse out of which political capital was made to-day was that of Mille. Marie Raspail, danghter of the veteran Raspail, who has spent so many years in durance vile for his extreme political opinions, and who is also famous for his system of medical treat- ment by camphor, which he prescribes as a panaced for all the {lls under the sun. It may be remembered that M. Raspail, who is now past 80 years of age, was condemned last year to a twelvemonth’s imprisonment for the seditious justification of the ~Commune which he published in his almanae. His daughter, who appears to have been devoted to her father, was allowed to tend him during his imprisonment, but her weak health broke down, and on leaving prison with her father she was ent to the Bouth. However, It was too late, and she died at Monaco a few days ago. Her body was brought to Cachan-Argueil, one of the Paris suburbs, where M. Raspail resides, and the burial was fixed for to-day. The event was profusely announced by the Radical papers, and the day being Sunday; when everybody turns out for a holiday, the Radicals were sure not to lack spectators. The funeral was, of course, a civil .one—that Is to say, unaccompa- nicd by what most peu%lc consider the consola- tions of the Church. The funmeral cor- tege left Cachan-Argueil at _half-past 12, but the: great rendezvous in Paris was fixed at the Place d’Enfer, which was crammed with eager crowdsof sight-seekers. Long before the appointed bour the budy was laid out in TRadieal state at M. Raspail’s house, and the faneral, on the whole, bore a luxurious charac- ter, not exactly in kecping with the supposed simplicity and austerity of the Radical party. The procession was comparatively smallon leay- ing Cachan, but it swelled as it proceeded, and on reaching the Place d'Enfer it comprised sev- eral thousand persons. The hearse was got ) orgeous style; the horses were caparisone: with white satin trimmings and long, waving white plumes. The hearse itsell was al- most hidden ~ under the nosegays and- crowns of immortelles presented” by the friends and admirers ~of the pail family. There were crowns of immense size qn the coffin, crowns on the top of the hearse, and crowns attached to the pall which bung over tke sides. The hearse was followed by 2 miscella- neous crowd df mourners about a quarter of a mile in length; then cume the private carriage of M. Raspail, and u Gozen mourning coaches, M. Raspail, unable to follow on foot, remained inside e, accompanied bfihis cldest son, who is 2 Deputy like himsell. "His young- est son is, I believe, at present undergoing a short term of imprisonment for his Commun- istic writings. As soon as the crowd of specta- tors on the Place d’Enfer caught sight of M. Raspail there was aloud shout of ¢ Vive Ia Re- publique! Vive Raspaill” and hundreds of Bcrsuus flocked round his carrisge to_shake ands with the_eccentric veteran of the French Democracy. The mourners included man members of the Extreme Left, among them M. Louis Blane; but I could not percoive either M. Gambetta or M. Victor Hugu, and their absence was remarked by the mob. It was said that they joined the funcral corteze at the cemetery, but, as I did *not see them myself, I caunot vouch for the statement. The procession wended its way to the Bridze of Austerlitz, past the Bastille Column, and thence to Pere la Chaise. All along the route crowds of peole, dressed in_Sunday attire, gathered on the pave- ments, and o posse of policemen were on duty to ke% order, which, kowever, was not seriously infi d anywhere. A good trade was done in the gale of red and yellow imwortelles, the em- blems of charch-yard Radicalism, which the devotees stuck in their caps and button-holes. A very large gathering of German Democrats, in blouses, assembled on the traditional Place de 1a Bostille, and as the funeral passedin- dulged in a deafening cry of * Vive Ia Repub- Uqlne,‘ and waved their caps in the air most joy- fully. The Cemetery of Pere la Chaise Was besiczed at a very early hour, and by the time the procession arrived every nook and corner and vautage was occupied, while thousands of persons assembled outside, unable to gain ad- mittance. The scene inside the cemetery \was almost indeseribable. The people, in spite of the police, chmbed on the tops of the tombs, and created fearful havoc. I myself saw no fewer than fourteen graves smashed and tram- led under foot, and on all sides slabs had been graken, tombstones overturned, and railings knocked down in the strugzle of Democracy to get a good view of the fuvcral. It was 4 v'clock Defors the funeral cortege arriyed = within the' cemetery, and the policc had the greatest ' dificolty in making a passace forit. Imusf say that the police were more lite than usual on Radical demonstrations. he Pubiic said it was all owing to Jules Simon's accession to office. But that is a point on which 1 refrain from venturing an opinion. The arri- val of the body was greeted with a long cry of +Vive la Republique,’ which wastaken up and re-, echoed throughout the ecmetery. As soon as the coflin was.lowered into the zrave the speech- ifying began. The republican virtues of the de- ceased lady were, of course, duly extolled. and the crowds round and on the neighbor- ing tombs_responded with shouts of ' “Vive Raspatl,’ ‘Vive la_Republique,’ * Vive I' Amnes- tie,” and go the affair ended.” A CURIOUS THETFT. Liucy Hooper writes from Paris to the Phils- delphia Teegraph : *A curious theft has just agitated the fashlonable world of Paris. Alady of high rank, the Marquise de X—, lost some -months ago a valuable set of jewels of very pe- culiar and artistic style, the drawer where she kept them having been broken open during her absence from home. The police were called in and the matter was thoroughly investigated, but no clew could be obtained to the identity of the thief. A few days ago Madame de X— chanced to be driving in the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore, when what was her astonishment to behold, glittering in the window of asecond- hand shop, the missing set of jewels. She drove at once to the police-station, told her story to the Commissaire, and, accompanied by that functionary, returned to the shop. The roprictor, on belng questioned as to where he Bnd procured the ornaments, stated”that he had purchased them from Mile. L— a pretty little actress belonging to one of the minor Parisian theatres. Tho Commissaire proceeded at once to the dwelling of Mlle. L—. The borror and distressof the Marquise may be imagined when Mile, L—— declared that she had received the trinkets in question from Count Z—, the son-in-law of the robbed lndy. Farther investigations proved that the actiess had told the truth, and that Count Z— vas undoubtedly the criniinal. The case,though 2 tiagrant one, is not without, precedent. Sowne years 1go a sct of black peul:l unigue in quali- ty and of almost priceless value, were stolen froma noble dame of the Faubourg St. Ger- main. A great hue and cry was raised, and the police searched far and wide for the missing or- uaments, but o vain. Years after, s celebrated ucen of the demi-monde sold out her posses- sions at auction. The fashionable world crowd- ©d to behold the splendors of her sumptuous hotel and of her equally sumptuons ‘wardrobe, for her jewels, furs, laces, and shawls were in- cluded in the sale. There, among diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds, enough to stock a moderate-sized ehop, glistened the Jong-lost and peerless parure of ‘black pearls. ‘They had been stolen by the son of their original "possessor, Who had presented them to the Torette in ques- tion.”” BISMARCK AND THE CLOCK. Antonia Prouer's ** 16 Prince de Busmarex.” Madame Jesse, the owner of the hotel occu- pied by Bismarck, returned to Versallles on Sun- day, March 5. She was welcomed home by Bis- marck himself. As though proud of the state in which she left the house Which had sheltered ‘him, he conducted Madame Jesse through the rooms of the ground and first floors. They Were all go dirty that it was found necessary afterward to.scrape the floors, yet Bismarck bragged to Mme. Jesse of the meAthnt had been taken. * You see, Madame, what pains I have taken to have your hotel ;a:nuteg'.h I ¢ cted your guinea-hens. ey :{;;fi::j;;figf a little, I ug:teu you. Ishould at least have liked to eat their eges, and thJ( souldn’t oblige me with an cgg, even. Well, in spite of they are there; come ‘nn:l see 5 2 5 'thg«;‘ ‘saying, he calls the gardner's wife, and 2 fl"“ of the Dorfgeschichten; gives ordurs for the fmmediate exhibition of the B h ate th expostu “ But you ate them eight days ago.” 3 lates the gardener’s \\'KE e Bistaarck is not the man.to lose countenance for guch a trifie. Hehad forgotten ' this detall, thatisall, and he pursues his role of suave, even obsequious, gentleman. Let us conticue. In ong of the ground-fioor rooms. Mme. Jesse had noticed the absence of a marble clock ornamented with a statuette in bronze repre- senting Satan wrapped in his wings snd in meditation. This clock had been carried into Bismarck’s working room. Arriving there he sohl to Mme. Juesse: “ Here is the clock you were speaking of just now, Madame. Yon see it has't disappeared. Ah, how Thiers detested that clock! He couldn’t bear to look at it, and e was forever grrumbling: ¢ Thedevil, the cursed devil? The peace was -signed in front of that clock. Thiers doesn’t love it “ And you, Count?? D m‘;fil:g::tt)'. very artistic—are you mnch attached - % Yes, Count?” And the conversation on the subject went no {n.;lther. 4 owever, Bismarck didn’t renounce his do- sire for the clock. He conducted ‘Mme. Jesse as far as the Boulevard de la Reine, bareheaded and afféeting the most polished manners. But Mme. Jesse had.only gone a few hundred steps when she was overtaken by two horsemen, one of whom dismountea ond sald to her: Madame, this clock of which you were talking with Herr Bismarck—it would be a great pleas- ure for us to make him a present of it. His. Excellency would like to take it home with him as a souvenir. Will you sell it to us. What- ever price vou ask, Krovlded it is iot a million [this was added with a smile] we -are ready to pay.” Mme, Jesse refused to gell, and vn.{ked to the cars. The little narrative doesn’t end here, how- ever. Efforts are made by the Chancellor’s Secretaries to persuade Mme. Jesse to sell this bistorical clock. She proves firm, and, the day of his Jeaving Versailles, Bismarck hands the gardener’s wife, with forty tranes for repairs, & sheet of paper, on which hie had written his 8d- dressat Berlin. ‘If Mme. Jessee changes her: mind.” he said, *‘ here is my address.” EUGENIE AND THE POPE. .The Rome correspondence (Dee.-18) of the London News gays: * Immeédiately on arriving the Empress Eugenie wrota au antograph letter to the Pope, thanking him for his fatherly re- cepuion of her sun, and craving an audience on Baturday at 11 o’clock. The Pope, although un- well, and fresh from & visit of his physicians, acknowledged her Majesty’s missive at once, and expressed the pleasure he would bhave in receiving her at sny time convenient to herself. Punctually at 11 o’clock on Saturday, & closed carriage, destitute of all armorial insignis, drew up at the entrance to_the Vatican, and the Em- ress and the Prince Louis Napoleon alighted, ollowed by a lady and gentlemau in waitine. The Empress and her lady in waiting wore dark silk dresses, were thickly veiled, and without jewelry. T‘:Aey were received at the entrance by Cardinal Simeoni and two other prel= aies with :{ejal honors. The Empress and Prince Imperial were ushered through the Papal ante-chamber between lines of “the Noble Guard and the Palatine Guard, and shown into the Pope’s library, while the Pope himself was in 2n adjoining room. There the Holy Father received the Eropress alone, ana the two re- meined in close colloguy for one hourand a half. Afterward, at the invitation of Cardinal Sime- oni, Prince Louls Napoleon and the two attend- ants were admitted, and, tozether with the Em- ress, conversed with his Holincss another our. ‘The party then withdrew into the Vati- can library, and inspected the cabinets of coins, the archwological rarities, the albums presented to the Pope, and paused with peculiar interest before the Sevres vase which served as ‘baptis- mal font for the Prince Imperial in Paris. Baron Visconti then conducted them through the gal- Jeries and museums, and they returned to the Villa Bonaparte. The Liberta asserts that the Empress no sooner saw the Pope than she fell on her knees and wept bitterly, till, after some mhml.es&f'ieldlng to the Pope’s entreatles, she permitted herself to be raised by Cardinal Bonaparte and the Prince Imperial and dried ‘Ther tears.” —— GERMAN ORDERS. Besldes the numerous decorations which exist in Germany, and which are so lavishly bestowed by crowned heads ana;Ministers upon courilers, officers, civil servants, scholars, and artists, that they have almost ceased to be distinctions, there are two which differ from all tho rest,—the Ordre pour la Merite and the Order of Maximilian. They are intended exclusively for men distin- ished in sclence and art; the mumber of nights is limited by statute, and the clection rests with the Knifihts themselves, though it has to be approved by the Emperor or the King. These orders are still highly prized by scholars and artists, and, as several vacancies had oceur- red during the last year, there has been much curiosity as to the results of the new elections. The Ordre pour la_Merite—for, strange to say, it still retains the French name which was given to it by Frederick the Great—is confined to twenty men of science and ten artists for the whole of Germany. There are also some foreizn Knights, among them Thomas Carlyle, Prof. Owen, Sir . Raw- Tinson, in England, but without the right of voting at new elcctions. This order is valued highest; it is_tho order which one alwags sees ou Humboldt's portraits, and to -belong to the Thirty Knights pour le Merite in Germauy is as much as to belong to the Forty tmmortals of the Academic Francaise in Paris. The Order of Maximilian, founded by the late King Max of Bavaria as a reward for distinguished merits in science and art, sdmits a larger number of Knights. The elections for this order have just been held, the best known amons the newly- elected Knights being Berthold Auerbech, the Prof. E. Von rucke. the eminent medical Professor of Vien- na, te founder of the_ science of ‘phonetics; Prof. Conrad Mauer, the Icelandic scholar; and Prof. Snisgal, the editor of the Zend-Avesta. A SUICIDAL MESS OF POTTAGE. Pall-Jall Gazette. With & confused reminiscence apparently of '| Esau and the Duke of Clarence, a gentleman of Luneville has, if we may believe the local jour- nal, sought to leave & world of which he was weary by converting himself into a mess of pot- tage. The other day, at 9 8. m., M. D—; care- fully dressed, presented himself at the bath of St. Peter,—with an' eye, doubtless, to certain eventualities In which St. Peter might be con- corned,—ordered a bath, aud sent off a boy with a 10-franc piece to buy him a supply of cay- enne pepper, 8 bottle of white wine, and a bottle of whisky, carrots, turnips, tomatoes, onions, and cloves. He recefved his purchases a quarter of an hour later, and, haviog dismissed the boy, he empticd the bath, refilled it with buillng water, threw in the ‘white wine and the whisky, the vegetables care! 3{ sliced, and the condiments, and finally jumped in himself, cry- ing aloud 50 28 to be he outside, * Adien, vous autres; je me fais cuire aI’Amcricaine!” The door was instantly burst open, and be was dragged out aud taken to the bLospital, but, as might be expected, returned somewhat inco- herent answers to all inquiries on the part of the police and the authorities of the hospital. His condition is, unfortunately, pronounced to be desperate. VICTORTA AND GIBSON. A correspondent of the London Times relates the following pleasing incident concerning the Queen and sculptor Gibson: *During. the hot season of 1349 T saw much of Gibson at the Bagnl di Luccs, that cool and lovely spot whither ‘e had flown from the fervid heat of a Roman summer. In familiar conversation he one day related to me the following anecdote: ‘At the first sitting her Majesty gave me not & word was spokea on either side, and at its conclusion 1 departed, according to etiquette, in solemn silence. On the next occasion, when the Queen had taken her seat, solemn silence was again the order of the day, but after working for some e the dreadful monotony became absolutely insupportable, and the thougnt flashed across me,’ gaid Gibson, *This thing will never do,” and in the impulse of the moment I turned round, and, pointing to_the model, ask “Does your Majesty like the tiara I have places on the head?” **Oh, yes, Mr. Gibson,” exclaimed the Queen, in a bright and smiling way, 13 think it Is very nice.”’ The incubus was ra- moved, and from that moment to the comple- tion of the statne Gibson Rhad never again to complain of silence, and the Queen herself lis- tened with evident interest to the Roman anec- dotes that Gibson related from the stores of his fertile memory.” A BATCH OX' BISHOPS. Abont two years aiter the elevation of Pius IX. to the Papal throne he was walking through the grounds of the Basilica of 8t. John of Lateran, one afternoon, when a camenata or section of students from the Propaganda came | The camerata was, with the exce; Prefect, composed entirely of little Asia Minor and other of the Lo e Oriebial Bin had been sent on b) East, who een ¥y - s o4 da. With one accord the boys doffed. {hr:g’)f‘n‘: and bent their knees to the Pope. € Qh, what & batch of little Bishops!” he ex- claimed. into view. tion of the Take care, holy father,” said one | of the urchins in gowns, “ your words may all be fulfilled.” The Pope sm’fl:d at the young- ster’s precocity, but many years later the present patriarch of Alexandria brought to the notice of Pio Nono the coincidence that eve one of the little fellows had attained the mitre. SWALLOWING A NOTE. Bills are as a rule very disagreeable things to pay, and, since the world bezan, various dodges have been resorted to to avoid the excruciating operation; but it has been recerved for a young woman pamed Mabire, living at Evreus, to strike’ ont anew way of getting rid of trouble- some creditors. The notary went to her house and presented a three months’ bill she had signed; but, instead of paying it, Mme. Mabirs coungeuusfysnnu:hed it out of his hand, popped it into her mouth, and proceeded to eat it with the greatest avidity. Unfortunately for her, the notary was a sharp young mac, nmi before she could swallow the whole of the bill, seized her by the throa?, and made her disgorge the verybis’ which bore ber signsture. For this act e, Mabire was brouzht before the tribunal and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, during which she will be able to sharpen her tceth for ber next bill-paying operation. e —— THE CARPET-BAGGERS. To the Editor of the Tribune. Carcaco, Jan. 5.—Your Washington cor- respondent, **Raconteur,” has expressed him~ self frecly upon the subject of carpet-baggers. He saya: “If the carpet-baggers pass away into political insignificance, few will mowrn. They have been tolerated as a result of the Civil ‘War, a military nccessity, and the rapacity they have displayed fn the scramble for offices, their sclfish intrigues, and their clumsy venality, have made them eo unpopular that thelr over- throw will cause rejoicing.” Ithink he aldresses himself to some imaginary evil, for, if I under- stand your explanation of *Carpet-Bagr Govern- ment in the Southern States,” it is “‘one administercd by adventurers from other - States, who go there to get office, and then return whence they came when they loose office.” Iam unable to discover any such government there.” Gov. Chamberlain is.not an adventuser. He got Lis position in an honorable way, and isand has been acknowledged by both parties a8 2 good Governor and a fair man, .In your issue of the 5th inst. you publish an edito- rial account of Gov. Kelloza’s carcer as a Gov- ernor, and I think you fullyiudorsehis position. Now just compare the conduct of Hampton and M. C. Butler with Chzmberlain and Kellogg. The two former I think fally represent the true Home-Rule ia all of the *Southern States. I think it will be well to be very cautious about tmsunfievexg much to the Southern chivalry. Even Ben Hill may not be so very lovely after all the fine things he has said. In one of your editorials of Jan. 14,187, in reference to the days of Rebellion, you say: “This Mr. Hill, then a Confederate Senator, gm}msed as a retalintory measure the instant illfog of every man taken prisoner on South- e soil.”? It is to be hoped that the Republie- an party will not be foolish enough tobe drawn into any snare or compromise with the Confed- erate party North and South. Compromiso was the zame played upon the North for thirty fears before the Rebellion, and finally resulted n a civil war, and will again If the same vacil- lating course is pursuéd. I think we have many Republicans in and out of Congress that should go South and slecp in the snme bed with Hampton and Butler. A SUBSCRIBER. ————— : The Widow Van Cott's Pedestrian Expe- rience. . New York Sun. The Widow Van Cott told her hearers in West ‘Thirtieth street Methodist meetinz-house last evening that ehe once walked a mile in twelve minutes. *“I was,"” gho said, *‘in a small coun- try place on the Hudson River Raflroad. Ihad an appointment to preach in one of the cities on the linc of the road. Iwent {oto the station and told the agent that I wanted a ticket for the city. The sgent told me that the passenger train did not stop at his station again that day. I told him that I must gn, as I was to preach In the clty that evening. The agent said, * Well, Madarae, the train doesn’t stop here, but it will stop at the next station, a mile from here. The train will be there in tiftecn minutes. ou can make a mile in fiitcen minates_you will ba allright.’ T told the agent that, God helgicz me, I would try. Istarted down the trach. It was a_hot summer’s day; and the sun was scorching hot, but I had an umbrella to shelter me from the burning rays. I walked so fast that 1 almost fainted, but a drink from a spring revived me, and I pressed on. TIreached the station three minutes before the train came.” — e POLITICAL 'ANNl,lIX(!i‘..l'lx‘f'!fl'i“> . BECOND WARD. 2 The Second Ward Republican Club will hold ts annaal_ meeting Monday evening, at & o'clock, in the College, 513 State-3t.., for the elcction of clab officers. By order of the President. FOURTEENTH WARD. 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