Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: MONDAY. JANUARY 187 INDIA. Ceremonies Attending the Procla= mation of Victoria as Empross. The Affnir Conducted with Great Grandetr and Impres- R siveness. Terrible and Widespread Effeots of the Cyclone-Wave in Bengal, THE PROCLAMATION, Dispatch fo London Timer. Deeny, Jan, 1.—The Imperlal Assemblage fs over, and her Majesty has been duly proclaimed Empress of Indla. The programme which I summarized yesterday was vpretty closely fol- lowed. The ceremony passed ofl without any lfteh, The swenther was ns fino &3 could bo de- sired, falsifying the predictions of the prophets ot evll, who declared that it alivays rained at Deibl about the New Year, and that If any clouds were to be seen In tho sky tho salvos of artll- lery would certainly bring down showers of raln. ‘The placo selected for the Proclamation was an extensivo plain about threo miles north of tho Viceregal camp, Workmen bad been en- gaged thero for some wecks past erect- ing a dals and ampbitheatre, which were completed only two or thres days ago. The dals s a circular plafform ratsed about cight feet from the ground, and fs ap- proached by trvo flighta of steps opposite to each other. The framework {8 painted light blue, relieved by pancls displaying alternately the Royal arms and the Imperfal crownj be- tween are the Initlals “V, 1"} overhead, sun- ported on glit posts, I8 an umbrella-shaped canopy, in which the predominant colors aro red, white, and gold. The upper part of this canopy Is eliver and runs to a polnt, on which is poieed a large gilded cushion bearing the Im- perial crown. This was, perhaps, the only bad point about the dais. The crown scemed too large for {ts support. Opposite to the dals was & largo semlcirclo of seats reserved for the natlve Clicfs and bigh officials, Theea were protecied by o white canopy fringed with blue and supported by white and gilt plle lars, which were ornamented with fes- toons aud flags. Behind the dale, and forming segimnents of a clrcle of tho amphitheatrs, were two blocks of seats for visitors and gucsts, Be- tween these blocks was the grand entrance, from whichn scarlet carpet led to the dals steps. Troops were drawn up outside, exeept the guards of honor, which were arrayed within the clrelo o elthersldo of the dais and along tho carpeted entrance. From an carly hour ¢f the morning the bands of tho diiferent regiments marching to the ground made the camp resound with lively strning, ‘Theroads to the plaln presented a strange and animated spectacle, 1 have not £pace to attenpt a description of it. The unly English sceno with which it can at all compare fathat presented on the Derby Day, and even that comparieon must be s largely qualitled that it ‘would Ue little better than mis- leading. . Gaudily-trapped elephants and cumele, tha many-colored dresses of tho ' crowd, quaint vehlcles, amd has never been scen lnhnghml. tormed purely Orfental features. Soon alter 11 most of the officinls and- Chlefs bad taken helr seats at a distance from the visitors' plices Loo reat to enablo us to distingulsh the aces, dreeses, or ilmvcls of the Princes; but cach could be Kentificd by the banner presented to him tast week, and now displayed nbove hls chalr. These banners were of satin, and wero shuped liko those in the victures of Roman trl- uimphs, Af one bmlnt rhone Qudeypoor’s golien sun_on a red disc; st another “appeared the Gnekwar's blue elephant, supporting n shicld which displayed n lancer charging, The Nizan sliowed a full moon on & green standard; the Tiegin of Bhopal the fish, the historlc cog- nizance of her house. It would be Interesting dust such as to deecribe oll the banuers, but the necessity of brevity prevents me. Behind the Chiefs seata Bome flundred elcrlmntp, arranged In unwicldy Tows, llnude uot the least striking feature fn tho pazcant, About lnlf-past 13 the Viceroy arrived, Ha advanced to the throne on the dafs, rrcuc-lcd by the chief herald and trumpeters. Lord Lytton wore the rob¢sof the Grand Master of the Btar of lmlln(lnml two pazes bors his train. A brill- funt stafl followed, Ashe ascended the steps the bauds played o grand march and then tho Natlonal Anthem. ‘Takiug his seat, the Viceroy upened the proceedings by . commanding the chief hernid to read the Trdclamation, Alfter aflourlsh of trumpets, Ma}, Barnes, in a loud valee, which could be heard all over the circle, read her Mn{uty'p onnouncement of bher na- sumption of the title of Empress of Indle. ‘This was not 0 new documnent, for It was published in the Gazette last August, and, if I sm not mis- tuken, appeared fn your cotumns then, The herald | fulling buck, Afr. Thornton, For- egn Becretary, advanced, ond read an Urdu translation of the Prociamation, There was apain a flourlsh of trumpets, nnd the Royal Standard was holsted at the entrance of the amphlitheatre, The troops saluted it, the artillery lring thirty-four sulvos of threo guns cach; after which two long lines of Infantry fired o few de joie. This was twlce agaln repeated: tul the third artillery sulute— of only thirty-three salvos, to make up the Im- inl “number of 101 salvos—wers not very #uceessful, owlog to the small field-guns with light churges. Frequently all threo guns did not go off eimultancously, but nothing could !mrc been better than the rattling ren de jole, The infuntey, running wp one line and down an- other In perfect thue, massed; the mlitury' bands played the National Anthem, ull spectators standing up; and Lord Lytton cume forward to read the speech £o fong talked of, and which was expected to containsiich startlinzdisclosures of polley, 1t wos hnrmfl!hle to cateh his words in the “vast circle, but pristed coples wera distributed, Tha speech Is too long to telerraph entlre, and o sumwary, doubtless, has beensent to you by Reuter, It was, on the whole, re- celved with feelings of pleasnro and surprise, for ft enunclated nons of the ulmost revolutions ary meanttres and oplufons which were looked for. In fact, it announced onty one novolty— namely, the creatlon of a new Order of Kniehite Nood, to be called the Order of the ludisn Em- vire, The rematuder was chlefly devoted to the exprosslon of the Empress' abd.the Viecroy's satisfuctlun at the Joyally shown ln India, aud thelr desire to promote the welfare of the ofli- clals, soldicrs, Princes, and people of fndla, The Viceray's speech practically closed tho As. sembly, The Natlonal Anthem was eeatn played the troops cheered, and Lord Lytton declared Lho proceedings ended, and at once feft with the sume stateas bho hud arrived. The high otticlals and Chiefs followed, Tue InveriaL Caxe a7 Drout, Jan, 1.~The Viceroy addressed the assemblage. Ilts Excel- Teney referred to the promires contalued 1 the Queen's anulnllmflun of November, 1855, and fully conflrmed them. ‘The Princes and peophs had found full security under her Majeaty's rule, The Viceroy procecded to expliin the reasons for the wssmption of the title of Empress, which was ntended to be to the Yrinces und- peoples of India a symbol of the unlon of their uterests anda claim upon their loyal allegiance, the Linperlal Power jrivine them u ruarantee of impartial protection,” Tha Viceroy then rally “uddresacd the b nd milltary servi ey aind the ofllvers and soldlers of the ariy sud volunteers, conveying to then her Majesty's cordial sentiments of esteem and honor,” e annonuced, also, that her Majesty, With the object of notlne public ser- vices and private worth, had sanctioned an fn- ¢rease in the number of memnbers of the Order ot the Starof India n Lritisn India, and bl iustituted a new order entitled the Urder of the Indtan Empire, Adidressing the Princes and Clilefs, the Viceroy bid them welcome, and sakt be regurded thelr presence as evidence of thelr attuchioent to the Imperial rule, Iis Excel- leney, proceeding to address the natives gen ally, recogulzed thelr claim to parcipato large- 1y In the adwinistration of the country, and couneeled the udoption of the only: system of tducation that would enabls thems to compre- licud and practice the principles of thi: Queen's Government, Kefersiug tu the pos-iodity of invasion, the Viceroy suld that no enciny could attack the Empire o{lmllm without w:saillng the Whole Empire, und poluted out that the fidelity of her Majesty’s allles provided mmple power to repel and punish assailants. ‘The V conctuded by readling the Queen's teley: Messuge, TUE DURBAR. The ‘\‘mccrdmm at the Darbar, beginning o the 2Gth o December, were perhiaps even more Jleturcaque u detait, If not ou s grand g seale. During the ye days of the week the Viceroy Tecelved seventy visits of state and paid forty, The contrust bitwoen the masulticent carriazes and well-equipped retalners of the greater chicls and the shabby vebicles and ragzged followlug of the petty JiHL rajabs was yory rewarkable. udiah und Holkar drove up, attended, as Le- ;flmu Mahraita chiefs, by a smll but soldicr-itha 4y of lancors. A body of falrly-mounted tulrassiery egcorted the Mabarajah uf Cashmere, 8ud broopers ot camels peecedid the plaiy, closg carriagoof the Begum of Bhopal, Behind her ceame ten or twelve lorseme, and at the end of the procession a miserable old man, riding an enually miserabla pony; now and then a chiel came up with troops dressed fn what ecemed to Do cust-oft British uniforms; then a hody-guanl clad with chaln armor carried the imagination back to the Middie Ages: As cach Chicf alighted he was Jed throngh a prettily-fitted drawing-root tent to the Dunbar room. " 'The manner of reception was varied se- vording to the visitor's rank. The oy ad- vanced'to the furthest extremity of the red car- 'ml. to meet each of the greater Princes and Jed him to his seat. Tho Chiefs of less exalted po- sitfon were mct Lall-way between the throne und the door, A short conyerzation fullowed, und then the attendant nobles were presented, eacl, aa lie was Intruduced, Inying. before the Vicoroy his nuzzer or offering, shich wae tottch- ed In token of acceptance, ‘Fhe Vieeroy's cifts wers then brought In and spread on the ground. Two servants ju scarlet ?lverleu approached, bringing n vesscl contalning attar of roses, which Lord Lytton handed to' the Chief. This was a slgnal that the interview was at_nn end, and the visltor backed out of tho Vicorogal presence with a serica of low salsams, to make room for anotler, One of the most Interesting reveptlons was that of the Khan of Khelat, on Friday, The Klan comes from beyoud the border, and had never entered Britlsh” Indla before. The Khan and Sirdars_are tall, powerfullouking Beloo- checs, wholly ignorant of the usages of civil- fzed 1lte, aud the officer in charge of thelr camp Tad for the first dayor two much trouble in Prnvenung them from appropriating knives and orks after meals, They showed, too, a readi- ness In drawing swords when any attempt was made to enforce camp regulations, which had to be promptly suppressed, Wild as they looked. they acemed not a whit abashed at the aplen- dorsof tho Vivoregal Durbar. The Khan wras quite at his ease, and answered the Viceroy's questions without hesitation, J'ruscnh' which comprised shawls, guns, and a variety of other things, were brought, and his Excellenc handed to the Khan & commemorative gul medal as_ A persomal glit from the Empress. Then, binding n “jeweled sword round his visitor's — walst, he sad he trusted ft might mnever be drawn save ngalnst the comnmon enemles of England and Khelat. The {nterview then closed, and when the Khian got to the door he found await- {ng him ancther gift in the shape of a mugmtl- cent clephant, which greatly pleased him. other Chlef recelved fres\:m,a a8 costly as thoso glven to the Khan of Khelat, but no one left the Durbnr tent cmpty-landed. Each got a commemorative medal,—gold for greater Princes, sllver for thoss of Inferlor rank, The medal, which 1s large and haundsome, bears on one slde the Queen’s hend, and on the othor the words * Kaisar-I-Hind " In Arable and Sanserlt characters. Each of the greater Clifels also re- ceived & heavy and _beautifully-worked bunner, cmblnzoned with the arms of his house, and carried on o %tiola, which bore the Inserip- tion, * From_Victorla, Emnpresa of India, 1st Janwary, 1877, Two stalwart Ilighlanders supported the banner before the thrane, and the Viceroy, rising and grasping the {)ule. addressed. to his visitor somo suchwordsas thesc: “ When- ever this banner I8 unfurled, let 1t remind you of the rolations between your princely house and tha paramount power.” Beveral of the chicls of highest rank recelved lionors, Scindial, Holkar. and the Maharajuhs of Cashinere, Bandl, Jeypore, Jhing, Rampore, and Travancore were created Countillurs of the Empress. This, bo It understood, Innvuwlr Iwonorary title. To Scinalah and the Maharajuh of Casfimere the Viceroy communicated the fact that the Queen hnd been pleased to appoint them Genernls of the British army, This s lit« tie more than honorary, and will hot give them any authority over Britlah troops, but their natnes will appear in the ** Army List,” and they will recelve thu honors to whieh Generdls nro entitled. Scindiuh was presented with an Arab horse, o General's suddie and accoutrements. The Mubarajah of Casbmere expressed and evidently felt great deliht, Scindiah was sulky and out of temper, The general belief was that he expected a restoration of the Gwallor Fort, and was angry ot (ndibz his lope disupt poluted, The young Guekwar got a loug string of Perslan words, which mean “Child of the Engiish.” ‘Fhe Muharaah of Casliere le- coues the “Bhlcld of the Indian Emplire” Scindlah can now add Hissnn-as-Sultanah to his already long st of deslgnations, but perhiaps what plessed the Chiofs most was the fncreass which was made In nuny Instances to the num- Ler of guns In thelr salutes, Hitherto only the Nizam, the Guekwar, aud the riiera of Mysore have beun entitled to twenty-one guns in British territory, 8cindiah and Holkarreceived a Royal salute from the Enclish troops statloned within thelr respactive dominlons, but on entering British India they got only nincteen, Aboutu month azo ft was announced that the Maha- rajah of Caslimeru was 10 be added to the Hst of Princes recelving twenty-onc guns. ‘This 15 now confirmed, and the saie houor hos been con- tarred on the Manhurajahs of Odeypors amd Travancore, Several others Lad their sulute; ralsed from seventeen to ninotecn, from fift; to seventoen, and so ong while atliers, who fors merly were tiot entltled to uny guns at all, got nine. ‘Thess additiounl guns, however, are ouly given for life, and wiil uot ‘necessarily be con- tinued to the successors of thieso riuces, THECYCLONE-WAVE, The supplement to the CGazette of Tndla, ia- aued Nov. 23, 1870, contains tho minate of the Licutenaut-Governor of Bengal, Sl Richard ‘'emple, on tho cyclone and stormewave In the distriets of Backergunge snd Noacolly, The following Is the minute, which {s dated the 21at of Novetnber, 18i0: T was proceuding to Noacolly on an ordiuary tour, hava recelved repiarts only of o cyclons, liaving uc curred at Chittazong an Noacoily. Approacin; Noncolly I heacd of the disaeter which had happen el In tho highly-cultlvated and thickly-iohabited ialand at tho mouth of the Mexna, known as the groupe of Sundeep, latiea, and Dukhin 8hahbaze ore, and on botly the cousta of that ureat nver; so cutshort my visit_to Noucolly, afier inspectin some of tho rulned villagea fn that quarter, an hustened to the polata whare it ecemed prohabic thiat the worat atress of the starm must have boen, ‘I'hus, beaides the coant near Noacolly and the in- terior an far as that station, 1 vislicd the llands of Ilatten und bukbiy Stnhbazpors fu the Megna, near ite mouth, und the weatern coant of the grest river within the Dletrict of Dackergunge, In each of these Jocalitics [ visited a number of vil- tages, and had tho prechae mortality in each houso uncertained in my own presence on_ the spot, o na to prevent any possibility of deception, From the uuthentic data thus obta(ned I um able to check the local etinates, and to measure tho miscllcl us it actanlly wae, Tuclnsed 1s an gatimate of the probuble number of lives los t(ull, or nearly all, by dwwalng), pre- pared by Mr. Hevorley und miyeeif from our own data, cotupared with Jocal reports, oral and writ ten, and based on tha returns of tho Jst cennus, ILwill be sven that we sjprckentd that n an aren of sume #,000 wuare niilex out of 1,002,000 persons winddenly thrown Inte wore or leas "o danger, 215,000 must have per. whed. Wlids, ' of course, s _only © an estimata] the uxnct nuinber cannat be known yet a Wulie, pechaps never wiil by kaown, Wo found inaume of the villagea 30 per ceat uf the Inhabe Itants lost, [n others 50 per cent, Tn somo even 70 ficr cent. " ho tolal yeuma very'hlzn; | earnestly iope that 1t way be found ta ezeeed tho truth, and Ahst the facts may not prova to be quite so dread- ful, 5till, wuch {1 the esthmate at present. At t3a Teast, thero must havo been a most vhocking Joss uf the urvency of our duty to. not drive from odr minds utnai life. warde thy survving ca the ¥orrow for ro giealn multitude of dead, - There was a sevure eyclone i the dlay of Dengal on the nizit of the41at of Octovcr, Lut ft was not the wlnd which proved #o destrdetive, thouzh thatswas bad enough it was the storm-wave, sweep- inz alois to the heght of from ten to twanty fout, accarding to ditlereat loealition; in wowe piuces, wheze It et with any resistance, it mounted even hlzber than that, 1 will endeavor (o liave meteors ulogical inguilry wade as to- how and from what a1 rection thls lnundution came. The Noacolly peovle think (b came from the aca Hizht up thi great iver (Mezna) with ealt water: that then tho cyclono turned round and rolled (he £ from the Fiver downwa there wana piling up, as 1t we water, venhiug Hself by rush al) overthe sur- ruanding tracts, I amn not sure thatthis 44 the true explanation. It Iv underatoud that the castern cuast of the Mezna sud the Sundeep Irlaud, ad; cent thereto, caught the fnumlsbon fiom the ennthwest. {1at tho ulmost unvarying direction of th reat deflected and uprooted trevs D the Islands of lattea and_Dukhin Shalibazpore aud tin we etn coast of the Mezna convineed ug that there the storm brose frum the north and northr ast, In the evenin: the weather way a little windy and hazy, sl bad been somewbat hots but thy people, 8 milllon or thereabouts of suule, retirel o tost approhendlog notling. But bifore L1 o'clock tho wind suddenly frshened, and about {duight there aross ® cry of **'Fhe'water is un wud great wave burst over the country ueye eralfeet Lighs (¢ was Lollowed by anoluer vwate, sud srala by sihird, all three rushing raplidly southwardy, the air and wind bein chllly cold, The people Wwers thus caushit up bufure ey bad thne even (o climb on to thelt roofs, and wers lift- «d to the surfaco of Lhe water, together with Lhe beams snd thatches of thelr cottage Uut tho hotieateads are surcouuded by treed,— palmy, bat- bous, and a lsrge thorny apecles calivd wadat, Tho people were then borno by the water vt Lo the tujs and brauchies of the kreca, Those who were 1ty stop:wd were saved; 1hoss Who were not must have been swept away and were lust. Doubtless. there wust have been variation fn dutsll thls struggle for lfu with death. thero 18 mu eslroordinary sumeness In geveral manser la which peopls weru raved or Jost. Jumott cases they would show us tho particular tres on which they stuck, aud gence- ally'the survivors palnted to the severy scratches they recelved from tba prickly branches of the Tuadar treves fu v ity e thiorns al prickics held thew tight, se [f with uatursl grapptine. houks, aud provented thom trom belnyg burne away, Uhe’ mode of babitation {s in thls wise, Each f fuur of six bouscs (to each hotse & y); tuces aro bulit (thatch aud mal- tng) vns slightly salecd platform, composed of and salt earth thrown up from the surronnding ditch: they are aurrounded by a wall of trees, high and dente. It was thin formation, nnvaryinz fn kind. thongh yarying in degreo, that prevented the logs of iifo from being aniverssl, Indeed, the treesin thelr long-stretchiuz arm«, held up tho poor drowning eonle, In those hamlets where the trees grew thickly, many’ lives wore paveds in those hamleta wiere thero happenedito be gaps or breaks in the envirnment of trecs, foat of the inbabitants were carried off, The hodias of tha lost wers carriad to considera. ble distances, whera they conid not be Identifed. Mart iomesteads have dead steangers 1ying sbout, washed in from diatant villaver, “The corpacs be- «nn ta putrefy hefore the water cleared off the ground, wo that they re left nnburled fn numbers all over the country (1n & Mohammedan popuiation there |5 no cremation), They are, indeed, mastcs of corruption swhich no one can bear to approach, and they present & aickening spectacle. Mixen with himan bodics arn the bodice of eattle, all heaped up together, ~Tho amcll in many pl wan distreseing to us a3 wo walked throug! fieldn from vilinge to village. men In the Bay of liengal saw many corps ont from tho Jand with” tha waves. Corpses from the Sunderp Tsland wero dung on to the scashore at Chitiagong : and Nving pereona were lorne thitner scross an arin of the rew. clinging to tan roufa or beama of thelr own liouscs, as |f upon rafte, . Asan authenticated instance (as dascribed to me hy the witnesa) of the suddenncas of tho onact of m’«_ storn-wave, 1 may mention that Mr. Hizgina, an inapccting Postmaster, wvas in hix traveling barze that nizht, moored in the creck near Noacol- 1y, abont ten miles inland from the dtegma. 1le Har gone to bed that nizhtat 11 o'clock. withont any fear or_ snxiety whatevers the boatmen were astiore, but his Tour natlve servanta were on board with him; shortly before midnight he was awaken- “The watersare up s Jumplng up, d saw a high wave, ‘With its erest gleaming In the ntarlight: it seemed Tiko n tlash, {n an Instant his boat seemed rising upon hight le fartened ona life-helt; Inafew momenta another wave camerollfaz on, and the barzo caprized. Ile paddied about in the water all the'reat of that nicht with the help of the life-belt; thenative wervants clung o spare. Three were saved, one was loat. Tucwater felt warm to the hotly, but the alrwaa bitierly cold 1o the head or hamils above the surface, Of fome natives ludved on the hranches of a tree, ono_waa scen o relax his hold from cold and numbness and sink into the food., 1t ihis happened at Noacolly, what must hava heen the emergency in the lelands stlil more ex- posed to the fury of the storm? Tho forco of the inundation appenrs to have Iaated fn most places from ahout midnizht to 2 a. m.,—that I, for twa hours, - By daybrenk thers waa much ubddence of flaod, and by noon naxt day the survivors had cowe down fram the trecn and rexained terro firma, Buttliey must have been foodlees and whelterless for the’ rext of that day the Weather-tossed aca- osted edbyacryof * he ln{flke(lrnut and &l the next diy. After that, how. cver, they began o reassemble, not, ine deed, ot the roine of thelr homesieads, which had been carried awnay entirely, but at th slten and foundations, They ook ont thelr store: of graln burled In pits, dricd those which wero wet, —the sun having comae out in the cleared sky —unl cooked Auch ax were undamsved, At every homestead which I vislted I found the people en- gaced n drly[nglhelranln. They alro made frame- works with broken branches, over which they threw ehects and clothe, such na they had about them at the moment, and a0 made litle tent-like Dabitaions. Plantaln trees alounded, but the frnit was moatly destroyed. The cocosnuts, how. ever, very frequently aiood through tne storm, and must hiave affordad fome suelenance, Thers must have been much trouble about water at firet: but axther the drinking-tanks sveedily recovered from the brackishness left Dby the salt wave, or clsa the stormewave ~must have maluly consisted of freah waler, for the drinkiny fanka wore not brackish wlien we fasted them & fow days atierwards. a great relief Lo find that sich was the Soine 1anka and sono rwamps, indecd, are full of human corpees and dead cattle, and all mannec of fetid matiers, and canuot_bu' approached, ‘Tho streamlets which carey off the accumalated water wero fowing black and thick with puirid substances. No crtimato ean be mado of the number of cattla drowned. They are chielly bullasn and cows, nome few nre buffaloes, but the hualues are mostly raved, bemnz excellent swimmers. The lovs uf cose [s bad for the cuple, and the foss of oxen ls atill worse for wgrlculture. Fortunatoly, there s no_immediste demand for plowing in the flelds, a0 the lurs will not make itsclf felt for somo monthe, In eoino places, and for the dret two or threa dlays, the people scem to have been often §n want of fand, —they could not get at their stores, In wame praces they anfiered kevere hunger, assalling with entreatles far food the Hev. Mr, George Kerey, who was ung of the irat to appear amons them. Tut this dizlicuity must have cradually sub: wided, for when Teaw thm there wasno elanior for foud particalarly, though there was naturally loud lamentation for thelr sorrawe generally, nor wero there any slgns of linner. On the contrary, tho noticeabic circumeiance wat the trouble the pcopio wera taking to dev their grain. ‘The demeanor of thowe whio really bore the brint of the storm was marked by that enlurinz fortitude which dix- thigushes the natlve charucter. Nor was there ag the tha of my visit any sign of apidemle sl ywhiere snve around Noacolly, o Ton:e thin Inmaanicy will be voac P oF survivors nuy be u question angle We liave wince lienrd that cholera han broken out gn the Chittagong coast and on the enst side of tho Meyma. Forthe firat day or two nfter the catmtrophe there wore eome attempta at plundoriig, and some Tawlessness broke out; butull thia wits promptly suppreased, When tlie storm burat there was an abundant rice crop ripening for the harvest—the well-known deltalc rice crop which lsmueh beyond the needs of focal conanmption, and nffords quantitics (mesnred by thuusands of ton unnualiy) for ex- wrintion to distant districte. A part {n Toat, that [ which the plant baw not advanced beyond the etuze of Rowerins, and a part s safo stilf, that in which the grain had fornsed o began to form. 1f oven one-third wua sayed, that would suitice for 1lie populatiun now on the Tand. The boats, preat nud small, which constitute the only carriage in theso tracts, and which 01l tho pluce of carte, wero ull lost on tho night of the storm, jarauied and smashed up together, or wrecked, or disabled, or earried Inln high and dry. The Noacolly authoritics were thus Derett of alf reavurcen for movinz acruss the fluods, In the case of the Hattes Islanid, this wan very hard, 1y reasan of the fous of all hoatw, thero were no meuns of crosalne the Megzna to redch tho {sland, and for threo days nt lcust it was] succors Iees, Tho people on the malnland knew itx danger, hut could not croxs over fo it. Tho Mackergunge autharitids wers more fortunate; thelr bouts es- caped dontruction, and tiey were able to move with @l the promptitade that could be desred, ‘Tho Chittagons anuthorities had niust of thelr bonts tomporarily diabled, but desplta thelr own press- ing newds, they manazed to send succor tu tho devastated Tslanda of Sandeep, M, s, fruit-bearers or others, wiil recover, except the areca of betelnut palmy, Theso exitin'great’ numbers, of which very many aro broken, cre, and much of the be- o4 was destroyed, though somo putt was saved Tha country liere' i well wobded; hut ot prestat It has lost il verdure and nylvan appenrance, It seems to be stricken by a withierng winter, and weare a deab color, with bary branchies or de or trunks contarted ay it by sumn superhuman destiuctive az trees Larn up by the ruota wera carrl the oot into the ereat river, and ther wanken treea, known toxatlore an ** enage * nodan- srerows to navization. They virtually borricaded the [ilnazo out to uox hy fho westeri brooeiof tia Megna, eo that wo were harred frowm approaching Iy Water tho aed face of the devastated tract, ~The $anage, " extaniing aver an cxpanse of water, Tnaked a9 1f they hiad heen sel up by an enemy, ‘Tho wealth lust wisalinost entirely ngricaltural — cropsor catile, "Ta this, however, therg 1 one no« tlceahlo exception—nnmiely, howlutkhan, a rich trailing town, elean destroycit, with lows of mircel- Ianvous property and svaluable recotds, It Lad 8,000 Infiabliants, one-foarth of whom perish l,u-rh:]n more, Approaching the place, we steanied ar twu iniles throngn o creck, the banks of which all the way were rtrewn with buman bodler, foated up and down by tho thde, e o2 SILVER-MINING, v the Editor of The Tribuna. Cittcado, Jun. 2U.—~Aslde from the {nterest which Chicago In common with the other great citles of ths Unlon has fn the development of onr magnfileent mineral resources on the Fa- oile Blope, your community Is directly and Iasuely fotercsted fn the prosperity of those rining Industiies. Your merchauts furnlsh o Jarge sharo of the provisions and supplles con- sumed in the minlng camps; your manufactur. ers supply the mines and reduction works with mnchinery; whils It is known that your capital- {sts and business men have made quite large in- vestments fn mines. Opposed to thess conald- eratiuns, however, are the romantic notions hcre :ml there, and the very unromantie projus leea H more frequently encountered on mining In tho communitics remote from the mining camps. Aunythlng, therefore, tending to place the minfug ludustries fu thelr true lght befora the poopls ought to have {nferest sud value; and if, In venturing to mauke suma practical suggestions on sltver mine ing, Ishall succeed fo somo neasure in repre- suuting this finportant Industry, with which atu [doutilled, as it &5, with its shiady a5 well as its bright sides, my oli&cfl will have been at- tained und [ shall conalder mysell fully reward- ed for my labor, 1 therefore beapeak & placo in thy columne of your valuable paper, which, [ understand, aro open ta all matters of publlc concern, gratefully q»{no"hcluk the constant and § think deserving atteutlon you have glven to our minfug intercsts. And n the liest place T ber to observe that silver-miniug dueg vut mean thoe taking out of thy ground the silver In priusion,sll but cofued, aud accumuluting fortunes over night, a3 some #eem to thiuk who ussoctate siiver-minlog with Aladdin’s Jamu snd the Arabisn Nights, Nor is 1t & pursult of hazard and chunce, disastrous to the many and succeastul to the lucky few only who engage fn ft, the cost of minlug & silver dullar being o dollar fn gold, as vot & fow oplue who assoclato silver-miniug with gambling, ui couslder its {umuiz unat Jor respectable busl- ness ien. - The rat of thess votlons Is absurd tho othier {s unjust, and not creditable Lo thoso who affect tohold to it, Silver-wlniog requircs capltal, and much capital, skill (and education), good mansgement, and ime_for its saccessful prosccution. Its risks may he estimated upon the fact, well known to educated miners, that na deep-worked silver mine has yet falled to he lilghly remuverative. Anapproximately correct fdea of tha profits of silver-mining ‘may be formed on the hasis of production of the silver mines and ru{.lm expended to make them pro- ductive. Reliable eatimates place the granl total output of the silver mines on the Facine nlui)e, sinee thelr discovery, In sliver, gold, Tead, and copper, at 8474,000,00, tho capital ex- nended in bringing them to a state ot roductiveness at €18,000,000. As for the otscs sustained In ellver-mining through bad investments, they will ha found o this, a4 fn all other inlustries, to have resulted from mmature schemes, barl Judgment aud manage- ment, extravagance, dishonest practices, and other causes which usually prove rulnous to bueineas, The Indus!r{ of allver-mining should no more besaddled with any but it legltimate risks than any other Industey. It {s said that 95 per centof those who engage in business fail, while tunl(vbp(r cont are successful; atill buei- ness continues and improves, and while every day some drop by the wayside, others, nothinz daunted, atep into the arena and take their places. Possibly the same proportions, as to numbers, obtain’in silver-mining, but, in dollars and cents, In the Frnnd aggregate, this industey has, in #pite of failures and losses, becn wonderfully successful and remunerative. Nor docs the character of silver-mining necd vindi. cation at my hands. /1 is an tnilustry, as respecta- ble as aoy industry in the Jand, and as cascutlal to civliization. Any great calamity to our mines would disastroualy react on all the business fn- terests of the country, and were, if possible, the production of the” precious inctals to ccase altogether througbout the world, soclety would undoubtedly relapse into semi-barbarism. With these general observations onsilver-min. ing I proceed to conslder somo of the particulars and details of this industry, DBut, this commu- nicatlon belnf alrcady ample, I reserve, with vour permission, further comments for the next lssuc of Tug TRIBUNE, Ciias. BOSTON'S BOFFIN'S BOWER. A Poor Girl's Labors In Behalf of Ifer Fol- Jow-Crentures, Roston Correspondence Cincinnatt Commerrial, When George Macdonald’s ** Robert Faicon- er' appeared, soclety clasped its gloved hands iu cestatic adiniration, and wished that heaven nad made it such a man that it might fall down and worship him as o perfectly disinterested philanthroplat; but for years a woman has lived and labored in Boston who fs _as devoted as the Scottish hero: and Boston fashion, Boston pall- ticiang, Boston suffragists, and Boston benevo- Tent socleties frown upon her, and, were It not for hard-headed business men, who make no retensions to ohilanthropy, her cfforts to_heip her slater women might be prematurely closed by starvatlon. Jenny Collins is this little wom- an's name, and “*Bollin's Bower” s the title of the insthtution which she has created snd maintains. ‘The Bower is as qualnt as that in which the retired dustinan listened to Silas Wegg's read- ings, and as comfortable. It occupies one floor of a bullding at the South End, anil consists of a large room, which Is open to working-girls all day and every evening. Prefty plctures bang on the wallsy magazines and “newspapers lle upon the tables; hooks are at the service of any otie who wishes to real, and convenient lzhts for any one who {s disposed to gee. In short, it i3 a pleasant public Flncc, and at firet Miss Col- 1ins ‘did_not intend that It shouwld be anythin, more., She hatl been o sewing-girl herself, ane she knesr how long and dreary were the sewing- girls’ cvenings, and how many sere fairly forced to go into the streets for amusc- ment by tlic depreasing dullness of home. For a sesr or two she worked harl to make the place pleasant: coaxing elocution- Ists to read, planista to play, and vocalists to sing, for those whom slic fondly called * my girfs,)" and steadily refusing to aceept any as- sistance that would plice her under obligatfons toany sect or party. Church benevolent socie- ties fretted and whined at the ungodiiness of the place. Labor-reformers, suffragists, and prohibitioniats denounced it hiecanse they could not eapture it. But Jenny wasundismayed; her girls loved her, and she was content, Then camo the great tire, and hundreds of women found themselves on Monday morning with only the slender plttance received Saturdu; night between them and atarvation; Boflin's Bower was_crowded with helpless beinzs beg- giug Miss Jenny for advice: they did not asi for moneys many of themn were of that fough New Eugland stock that will not take charity from anyband, but they were clamarous for work, Poor Mliss Jenny lnoked at the picture of Betty Higden on the wall, and at her Ainerlean sisters who stood around lher, and saw that the thine wascome when ehe mist work, not to moke women's lives pleasant, but to enable them to live at atly and she took up her burden conrage- onsly, and never lnkd It down. She went to the Tendlng manufacturers whose bulldings had been swept away by the Dames, and_showed them that it was “for their Interest to keep thelr ofil hands in the city, and they one and oll gave her money shie went to atew men of social Influe ance and ahowed them that now was the timo for Amerlean famnllles to secure Ameriean serv- ants i they rel]l{ wanted them, and they promised to talk in her behalf, and they did, She went to the churches and to the persous wha were distributing the funds subseribed for the sutferees by the fire, and they spurned her con- temptuously, and she went back to Ler glrls, hatt anery and half joyful, She distrlbuted the mqlneg that she hiad ob- talned with a careful hand, but it was cone at last, and she had to nsk for more. Ehe half btarved herself; she conxed beds and bedding from furniture dealers, and gave loditug ton few of the girla s she begued provisions and gave food to others, cooking it hierself; and ahe help ed them through the winter, and was happy, though almost vxhausted. But this was not the g & G. LocsEn. end. Botlin's Bower was known far and wide asa in which a working girl was sure of Kkindly recention and guod advice about seeking cmployment, and the” pretty parfor was turned into do intellizence oflice; it was knownasa refuge to which o woman might go without belng asked fnsutting questlons, or referrod to sume other fnstitution arcund the corner, and {ta beds were never cianty. Miss Jenny found tlne to attend to everybody: buf, nat satisfied, she announced that she would give frec dluners to unemploved girls during the winter, aud would have a falr to defray cx- penses, aud she carried the plan through triu phantly, althmish the amount reallzed was piti- sl fu comparison to that which tnany a falr for some chimerfeal humbug has drawn from Bos- ton pockets, Now shofs holding her sccond sale for the suine purpoze, and hopes to be able to feed tho hungry snother winter, but it must be confessed that, were she not the Incarnation of enc the profect would bu honeless, for the hunzry are numberless. Poor Miss Jenny! when alie dies we shall give her_a monument; until then shemust be satlsficd with her consclence and the wratitude of her girls, for Lenevolence with no clap-trap about it i3 sadly neglected tn Bos- ton. e THE JURY QUESTION. To (he Kditor of The Tribune, Cuicagu, Jan. 1—Tu to-diy's ssuo of your paper the following appears: Mr. Kern clalmn that tho responsibllity (n re. purd ta the chaice of {umu rests upon tha County Commissluncrs und_the County Clerk, and_ that e hus o authority escept in cascs of n apecial venlre, whn e wivee v assistunts instructions to securs thoe very Lest men they can 0od. My, Kern disclafs any intention of casting reflection upon me, but us he doea so uninten- tionally, and In order to place before the publie the responsibllity in regard (o the cholee of Jurors where it belonge, permit e the use of aur columus for th followlng siatcient. of actas Paragraph 1 of Chap, 78, entitled Jurors, provides: That the County Board of each voun- ty shall, at or before the thine of its meeting jn September fn cach year, of, at any time there- after, wien necessiry for the purposcs of this act, make o Hat of & eutliclent vuniber, not less than vite-tenth ul the leitul voters of cach town or precinet in the county, glving the place of reshdence of cach name o the liat, to be kuown s the jury lst, Turaieaph 7 of the same act pravides that Y Nstof jurors so selected shall be keptln the oflice of the County Clerk, who shall write the name and residence of cach person selected upon o seperate ticket aud put the whale {uto a box to be kept for that purpose.” Bince 1 have hicld the ottice of Clerk theee pro- visiona of the law have been curricd out to ‘the Iutter, u new dst, contaluing oue-fourth of the legal voters, being made wut yearly by the Bosrd of County Commissloutis, in cheeking — off cvery tenth nams on tuo poll-books of the'election Just Lield, which names were copled by e upon scparute tickets snd put [u & box kept fur that purvuse, Thiere ure_cousequently, before suy Jury is draws, trom 6,000 to 7,000 nauies of legal Voturs fu the 'box, not one of which 13 kuown to me nor to suy of - tho Cowmissloners. Tuere may be the names, of scaluwags among them; It there wre nelther ths = Com- missloners nor the County Clerk cn esibly bu respousible, fnusisuch as ft |y .'}ifmm’ar these, but the Clerks of the differcut courts, who, as the law providvs, rffim to the oflice of " tha Couuty Clerk, und fu [ressiice, aiter the box bas becn well shaken, sud without partiality (that is, without u:lucuuf) draw frumn sald box the names of & sufliclent vumver of said persons, ete. © Now It would scem to mo that if the Clerks ot the different courts fotendeil to have a Jury fm- partially drawn as the law providos, thes, would “for every name retnrned to them w the balll ‘ot found repmir wealn to the office of the County Clerk and get it fresh nupr]y, There shall be no shortage of it In this oflice, because the law provides what ahall ‘do in_such emergency. This whole trouble of profesrfonal jury hLisincss ean be settled by an order of the “courts that no one shall be called upun to act as a juror unless he Iadrawn from the box in the office of the Coun- ty Clerk, as the law provides. Respectfully, Henrvasx Lizn, —— GLENDENNING. To the Edttor af The Tridune. HERRY, IIl,, Jan, 17.—I notice in your paper of Jan. 10 an article under tha titlo of “ Vin- dication, signed by “*C.,,” and devoutly pray- Ing to the God of Truth that he may be kept as remote as possible from the vindicated Gi.s and B.s both in this world and that which Isto come. Now, It {8 not my purpota to attempt to vindlcate the Rev. G., or to withdraw from your correspondent “C.” any of the glory he may bave obtalned by writing the above letter; but slmply to make this asscrtion a8 regards the de- pravity of those who could or would ask the Rev. G, to preach asermonto young !ladfcs, That T not only think, but know, that there are those here wha could conscientiously do such a thing, and do not consider it necessary to ab- tamn the sanction of an‘ecclesiastical court In or- der o eace thelr conscicnce eltber; and further- more, I wish we might have a more definite un- derstanding as rezarda this onc word, **deprav- 5. 11 toextend a_sympstbizing hand to an erring brother when he la putting forth every effort to redecrn hlmself s an unmistakable sign of depravity, then I, for one, must submit to the inevitable, and bear that titie. Now, Mr. Editor, Ido not wish to be understood as assertIng that the Rev. (3. {a an erring brother, or that ho s not, but I simply ask for informa- tion as to what constitutes a” depraved nature, As far a3 my knowledge extends, and no doubt it Is equal to that of your corrcspondent **C." may have un the same sublect, he(the Rev. 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Tt I3 & dellghtfnl mazazive forall children bee tween 5 und B3, “—Christian Union. *: Tlearts where sunny thoughts are welcome Never can grow old.™ 1n the future, we liave plans for usefulncas even brighter and vetter than any that have gone before, The remyrkably iex of paners of Iast year, **Talky with s 1o be followed this § popular **'Talk with Hoys, * 10 which Wil eu liryant, Willlam Howltt, Tom dughes of Kug. by fanie, onr own Whittler, and many uihers, will have good and strong words for hrave oy hiarta, Prof. Pructar, of nd. will telt of the wonds civ1ng each month the name; of the leadingntars to be seen, and telling how to Aad them, undall this inastyle that 14 at ouce shmple, direct, and delightfal. Nor will this scl. enceand carncetneas be all, for the raro and fanny pictuies und rhymeswill bo as plentiful n<over, and of eerials and whorter stories there will be an ahundant and deltzhitul variety, Including tales aud adventures for boya. Four Months for One Dollar, 1, Nictintas for February, besides the plctares, and akeiches, and wiorics, “and wit_and wisdom, and fun, snd the continua of Trownibat’ Seaian, s Uws Mast # story for baye wnd A Tatk Wit Aweweay Bovs, by Tuovas ifvuies, whois known all over the world as the chool-hoy, contalng slso the opening Fhapicrs of S PATIL Tlacee," o eertal sory cielw, with fliusteatlons by Mary A, tlale wie Cortlv, Abvo, the amueing alven- kins at the’ Centennta At Cunaries; The Arting ur Andre, the Spy: T ‘rol. Proctor; Musicy ike, stc., etc, The Four Best Numbers, Do not fail to buy the four best numbers of Sr. Nicuotaneter lasued; the splendid Thankgiviug number, Which Eegine the present voluwu: tha mavnifcent Christnias Holiday number, with Will- funi Culten Bryust's **Buys of My Boyhood;" the wondertully Leautifal New Years oumber. with Willlan Huwitt's ** Letter to a Yuung Naturalist;* aud the Felruary fasue, which contaius Tom Mughes' **Tulk with American Boys, ™ Subscriptlos price, §3 & year. 25 centsapume ber. Eold by all booksellers. SURIDNER & C0., 743 Broadway, Xew York, SCAL. FAIKBANKS' STANUARD or R FAIRBANKS. MORSE & GO, 111 113 Lake St., Chicugo. Bozareful tobuyanly the Genuin: . ')lr‘f(l. MAULER, 16 Tue de ta Pals, e acls aséat for thls vape ___AmusEmENTS, : HERSHEY MUSIC HALL, * Grand Tnangural Goncerds; TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EYENINGS, Jan. 23 and 23, 1877, « Miss ANNA DRARDIL, the Distinguished - Contralte, of New York, M, WILLTAM . !nzfiw?fe“fil TPlantit of Boeton. he Leadlog Plant ou Mr. ALFRED WILKIF, Me. l1. CLARENCE EDDY, Mr. CARL WOLFSOIIN, Mr, WILLIAM I8, and Sr. EICHAE, Admisson (Including resersed seat). 81, Sale of 2#atA heging Frida o Jan. 19, " e B o3 fimarainR. daa. 10, 8¢ hyou & tealy’s NEW CHICAGO THEATRE, THE EMPEROR OF PRESTIDIGITATEURS, LE COMMANDEUR CAZENEUVE EVERY EVENING at 8o'clock, and WEDNRS- DAY and SATCRDAY MATINEES, in bis grand SOINEES OF PRESTIDIGITATION, Including that Inacrutable mystery, tha . DOUBLE INDIAN MAIL, Matinee entertalnments eapecially arranged Lo plessc LADTES AND CHILDRES, "rneed to INVERLY'S THEATRE, MAGUIRE & HAVERLY.. e LR AR St ] Week commeneing Mandny Evenlng, Jan. ugastia Daly's Famona® %, FIFTH-AV. THEATRE CO. With the Metropolitan Success, entitled LIFE. Jan. 20-THE BERGER FAMIL SMITIT RUSSELL. it 80 ADELPHI THEATRE, TO-NIGHT, TO.NIGRT, Rolltn Howard's 1he] lfllchmnnd fillllerrrr e ':t:' !Ig‘!lmfl!' "Lite fi:“ 8mith and Dogm ND'UNVEILED Hiiber and Gl Tatkelin. lsahn p. G aod Gudden, }lnny,)l:;ln!.ne Chlkln‘;gnl Fflrtplx;l"l'h 4 £ ey Hamilion. BENKETToAAT " [Matinee Wedngsnre ™ i Ladiex ight, Thuriday. . Th % ‘ ffis:s’-u'.‘{fnyxu"lm. TAHOLD HAWR, T on ara; LGTT, 107 the tieneatof her Fathers 1 A HlghE: McVICKER'S THEATRE, FOTt ONE WEER ONLY. The Besutifal and Glfted Toung Actress, LOUISE FPOMEROY. fonday and Tuesdsy evenlags, Jaa. 22 and 23, BO- L MED AND JULLE: W nr-dny{ AS YOU LIEE IT. (ednryday nnd Friday: THELADE DR LN MERDT Natinee, Eaurday, LOUISE POMERD e 1] ess Comedicane, HAGGIR UNION PARK CONG., CHURCIL 3onday and Thursday evenings, Jar 25, two Free Lectures by Praf, O, 8, Fowler on Life- Health and Life-Culture, ‘commencing at 8 and cloting with public examinations, Consultations dully Trom 8 a. m, (ill 10 p, m., at tbe Pal Honee, untll Feb. 10 only, © " i PROF. 0, 8. FOWLER In McCormick Hall on \\‘edne-d.iaunln Jan, ’j(]."nl !'l u'c'l‘ ck, on SUCCESS AND FAILURE, f n, LEGAL. United States of Awmerica, Northern District of Hlinols, ra. Inthe Circnlt Court thereof, William 1. Tasdlck and damen 1. Ffsh, complinanie, va. The Chteago, Daa~ Viicsuies Rallraad Company, James Eiwell, Blddie liober:a defendants, {1 Chuncert, MASTEILS RA Notice {a hereby given that by virtue of a decreeof foreclosure of the wrt of the Unite | Etatey furthe N, 1Linols, rondered on e cember 3 whetein William it b lainants, nug Yhe Lh Tvad C y | | ; pmpany, 1 with terminy 1 dcightsien i (T8I0 v A 10 the Indiana o geAe ‘ (4 e li) niiien a7 ALl Afllm-hll\hk 'ranchin v c livie o poruatafng an the rolting stori ond oyl the cou 1ract righiis of satd Tl and equtty of teder: r & Vinernna Eahiro Lot the eald'proper v 1 {a S0 = sold ws au entiro'y v deserived and scheduled In Chicago, Daaville & Vig- tou, In the oty of Coo'ty the” Gy of Vormittion, & el b . i . TUe uih line o th cennes iatirond from st wuntherty to 1 gayilic hit of wuy, me 1 therdaf. Daaviiia 1 ihe tracks erit itlitnad A CurIeLE s of the £ Louls Tatlwar Compne wuk County, to aud into the Clig of sidings, ewlitch Danviily & V: ¥ uf Ol ruile o al. i o n frut Thoritoy, fu ¢ Chicaco 431 Thiate on th ot way length uf L T Wit wil L and Luilise stractres, thereor, Including terest In wh engin o RTEUNde OF i Uhieslo & 12 ! 1) ai ek i 2 lut Taenty wrpenter's Ao abeut twenty-fe b Y " i b seven (77, Aubjeci to s len of duila, 1 i four Hic Tous tweniytine thirty-two (32h Rl Archinls T ne (I0), all fivilock four ci, Magre & 11 ddition o Chicaga, with e Crac k' minl” Wufidiniis, and' Oxtures (hercon, Tots Cwentynine (o ety (b, and thirty-two o lratfew ot wubut twenty-thirca o, locomotIyes numnbered 1, 2. 3, 4, 1208 1, 15, 10, 20, 90, 2h 307w e, pumbered 3, 4, ackasecart, yumuered 3, 3, iree (4) 104ll cars, b aud 4. St ) catoure 46T, h?- szde, One hundred and alzty-one (185) box cars, belng thosa heating nuinbiers hetween Sud 1o 613, both {nclusive, and 1401 to 1, sl ve. Lighty: belng those bears n 0 Lot Juciueve, uudred andclylte 418) coad cars, belng e LT bt we cti 180100, bt faciusive, U und elcteen (118) block conl-cars, bae €l und elghieen (11%) bloc e, e 7y redBoxn tauoters ot Chawpe Parls g . K t BLUE"BOXES u'i’znu.'u’?.“flm apcrive ity ve Curela3days. Forsaleby FOUCERA, Now York. 1140 Ing Lion Ucaring uutibers betweea U W OFI4 Lo ciusive. ‘Lhtrty-faur (34) stock cars, being thosa bearing nume bers between 5l to sk, both luclusive. #; AlLut ke franchilacs of thie saldChicaro, Danvills Iroad Coinpany within the’ Stace of 1t | uf e proj ¥ e other then Uiut b this e deacribed ln which the sald Itallroad N iy futereat, lwld by It for Gse th tho ialulonince and operatiin of he sald llue of rallrail, Teinn, E 3 alc will e at ~ w'cluck & M. of the sev DIIHTZ. 8 1l west dms of tiie Nepub fanc ¥ Buliding, uu Laratle-st,, (o cago, Hllaols, terof (ia bl £ to e paiid 10 caah 8t tiie time E Ul the balance to h i fa cash in and the rematuder ta b6 paid 1 vash wil x the froin the day of sale, Ou the cone firistiun of the sale, anid the full ’)!)‘mflll of the pur- cliwso wuney. s vouveyance will ha' tiade o tlis purs clawsr, wiih wilf enltle hio o the'puskcation of i @ broperty 50 dirceted (0 e sold, e HENIY W, BIsHOP, Master In Chancery uf the Circult Couri of the United « ‘btates for the Norihera Disiries of lllinols, Juisary 2, 1877, 1.awkeNci, Cairnstt & Lawszxcs, Complaloanis’ Ealleitors, Court Notice, I'hiladeiphla Cosnty, s Ahe Commonwealth af Penusylvania to Micalel Mullicron, grectiug: ~We couinaud you. that, [ayIng aside all bustucss and ex cusce wslsocyer, fou boaud appear in your prope peraun befure the Honorable the Sudges of our Urphana ‘ourt, 8t & Court (o ba beid on batu, teeuth day of ¥elruary, A. D. the foren o, 10 show the e . 1677, use why au fuguost fu juska tatalate of Patrick Duffy, due \ rded. and further abide v e s And berout 7! peusity of One [lundred Pounds. Witacss the Hunorahle William H. Haona, D. O'irien, and Tho'twa Braiford Dwight, Ju C Phijadeiptila, tho cleventh day of gor uf uur Lucld one thuusaad elgh X E ] Missouri School of Midwiferys Antomy, Pbyatologr, Midwifery, Dissassesof Women ot kst DY WAL G I CEA D L., ¥t Loula Mo. a4 Culldrea tauxht practically i bedside 1 Hlattals” SEete ot Hirvatame. ez Sorih Fenth! DISSOLUTION NOT! DISSOLUTION, Motce e efaby slvep tuat the coneriaorablp Rerstos S5 TOLURG "My Ubder iy aaue sl v cr thy Serais, dyery ’o;.umung glisoived by’ Butudd coaseat: D Echian, of Wiweukes, Wit s ibe only party autburized Lo collect all secau ) 821 dobis uf sald Arw. Chicago, Jas. 8, W77 L