Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1877, Page 2

‘ H F i i 1 5 ot s o with with Watts' case. The witneas recelved L3 Euck e from New York by exprees Dec. 11, " he l;:'Allflvmnz dispatch was offered In evi- , dencs hy Renator Mitchells { 1870.—70 Gen, 1Wade Ponrraxn, Ore., Nov, 21 Hampton, Columbia, &. C.: Vow many Demo- eratic Electors on official connt? Answer, (Rigned) C. T, HELLISAER, Chatrman Democratic Committee. {Paid.) . CONGRESS. BENATE. ‘WasnrxoTox, D. C., Jan. B1.—Tha President pro tempore lald before the Senate a communt- cation signed by Associate Justices Clifford, Btrong, Miller, and Field, of the United Btates Bupreme Court, announcing that they met yes- terday In pursuance of the Electoral Count bill, and selected Assoclate-Justice J. T. Bradley as the Afth Assoclate Justice upon the Commis- slon. A concurrent resolution was adopled provid- Ing that no person shall be admitted to the south wing of the Capltol during the counting of the votes for President and Vice-President, except upon tickets tasued by the President pro temporc of the Senato and tho Speaker of the Hougc of Representatives, such tickets to be distributed equally to each Eenator and Repre- sentative by the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Sen- ate and House of Representatives. Frank [lereford, elected Scnator from West Virginis, took the onth of office. . The Chalr laid before the Scuate the creden- 1fals of John R. McPherzon, clected United Stater Senator from the State of New Jerscy, Flaced on file. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Print- ing, reported back the resolution of Mr, ‘Wright, submitted yesterday, to print 10,000 extra coples of the mcesaze of the President approving the Electoral bill, with an amend- ment to_print 25,000 coples Instead of 10,000 Adopted,—yeas, 273 nays, 14, . " Mr. Merrimon eald ‘upon scrutinizing the resolution adopted this morning In regard to tho {ssulng of tickets for admisslon to the Capl- tol to-morrow, he found it did not answer the rpose, Upon his motfon, the vote by which he resolution was agreed to was then reconsld- ercd, and he submitted an amendinent to strike out {he latter portion of tho resolution in re- gard to the distribution of tickets ctludly to ‘cach Benator and Representative, and lueert in Heu thereof a provision that tickets assigned by the Committec on Rules of theScuate and House of Representatives shall be Issued to Senators, Reprcaentatives, and others, and distributed hy the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Scnate and House of Representatives.. o said the object of the amendment was to {ssue tickets to Tamilies of the Bupreme Court Judges, members of the Cabinot, and other officials. The amendment waa agreed to andl thio reso- lution passed. At the explration of the morning hour the consideration was resumed of unfinishied busi- ness, boing the biil toamend the Paciflc Rall- ad acts, s0 28 to create a sinking fund for the [[‘:;llllhtlon of Indebtedness .due the Govern- ‘ment, and Mr. Thurman continucd his remarka . favor of the Judiclary Committee’s report. Messrs. Bogy and Sherman favored the bill re. ported by the Judiciary Committee. Pending discussion, iho S8coate went lnto ex- ecutive scssion, and soon adjourncd. TIoUSE, ‘The Bpeaker laid before the House a commu- aleation from tho four Assoclate Justices des- ated members of tho judicial branch of the Jommission, announcing that they bad selected Justice Joseph P, Bradley s the fifth member, The Scnate's resolution for the n‘npnln(mcnz of fifty men to serve as special pollee at the Capitol during the counting of "the Electoral wfix ‘Wwas agreo 10, Mr. Cox, from tho Commitice on Rules, re- ported the following resolution: . Resolted, That durlng tho counting of the votes for Prealdent ang Vice-President, no person be- sides those who now have the privilege of the floor of the Houso of Hepresentatives shall be ndmitted 10 that portlon of thio Capitol kot apart for the use of the [louse and s oflicers, except upon tickets 10 be fssucd by the Presldent of the Senate and the Bpeaker of the lloase, and the tickets to Lo used . under this resolution sball be distributed under tho directlon of the Commitice on Rules of the two Mousce. ‘Mr, Cox explained that every member would be furnished euch duy with thice tickets to the gallery of the Hoise, to be distributed as he wight'see it. The resolutlon was adopted, Mr. Hunton offered a resvlution permitting meniners of the Comnilsaion to sct ns meiubers of sald Commlssion during the sesslons of the House. Adonted, Mr, Garfleld introduced a bill providing for more thoruwzh pvestigntion of accldents on rallroads, Mo suld it referred to tho horrible disarter which had oceurred in his district o few weeks ago, and he asked that it be relerred to the Comunittee on Raitrouds, with leave to re- port at any time. 8o ordered. Conslderation was then resumed of the reso- lution reported from the Judiclary Committee relative to tho admisslon of Jumes B, Belford as Representative from Colorsdo, Mr. Jlurd, s member ot the Commlittee, rpoke In favor of the minority report, declarbng Colurado not yet admitted as a State in the Unfon. Mcsars, McCrary, Hale, Banks, und Canllleld supported the resolution'of tho majority. o Sr. Botithard opposed it, The questlon was taken on the amendment ot the minority, and it was rejected, nnd the reso- Tutlon of the majority, declaring that Colorado +4s 8 State and that Belford fu entitled to o seat onthe floor, was adopted, nud Belford was sworn fo, ‘The Benate amendmenta to the foint resolutton in regard to the admisslon to the House and galleries during the counting of the Electoral Votes were concurred in. ‘The Couference report on the blll revising the statutes of the United States were agreed to, Mr. Knott offered u resolution dischurging E. W. Barnes from custody, be having detivered to the Sclect Comnlttee, of which Willlam R, Mor- rison is Chalrman, all the telegrams in his pose seaslon. Adopted, ‘Tho Bpeaker luld_before the House thh reaiz- nation of Frank Hereford us Representatlve from the Third District of West Virgiula, Mr. Waldron, from the Appropriations Com- mittee, reported the Deflaency Approvriation bill. Madu the -.;rm-lnl order for Saturday, It appropriates $! 13, cess until RVENING BESSION. The regular order belng demunded, the Speak. er proceeded to call comiuittees for reports. Mr. Throckmorton, from the Commlities on Paclfic Raitroads, moved to tuke from the cal- cudar and make the apecial order for Tucsdoy next abill reculatiog freights uerors the Omulin bridge on the lue of the Facitic Rallroud. Bo ordered. Mr. Cox moved that the House proceed to the business on the Speaker's lable. Mr. Foster gali that when the House took o Tecess this afternoon it hud been gencrally un- derstood on his slde of the Chumber that the evening sesslon was to be devoted to thy con- sideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill, and he gave natice that he would reslst by overy means In bls power a motion to go to the busiess on the table. He thereforemaved that the House adjourn, Mr. Page moved that when the House adjourn 12 be to meet an Friduy next. The Bpeaker ruled that that motion was not fo order, from which decision an sppeal was wfin. and several other dilutory motions wers made, After one vote having been taken the E{wuktr sald that there was no occasfon for slarm with referencs to the busivess on the table, There were two pupers there which bo would ask unammous consent to luy betore the House. The titles of the papers were read ay follows: ** Anautlientleated copy of the act to o deelareand establish the appoliitinent by the Btate of Florida of Electors for President,” and SWilkinsou-(oull et al. ggulnst Charles 1, Peurce ¢t ul, records of proceedings fn the nature of (uo warranto,” Mr. Conger objected, ‘The Speaker then placed the papers (n the petition-box. Mr, Cox then withdrew bis motlon to go to busloess ou the Bpeaker's table, the Bpeaker re nized Thompeon to jua port on the Florkla matter, Mr. Wiieon (Iu.) called the Chalr's attention ta the fact that the wotion towdjourn wus pend- ing, but the Speaker dedded that the motion to go to the table having beeu withdruwn all motions pending thereon would fall through. uite & discussion corued as to the currect- ness of the bpeaker’s ruling, sud u number of Bc&nblhfim deaired to apoval from tae de- cislon of the Chalr, but the Spesker would not recognizs them for thut purpoee, holdiug that Thowmpeon wus eutitled to the fluor, aud Wwould not be taken frow the luor, After un excited controversy, the Clerk com- menced 0 read the report, but L3 volee was drowned by cries of *Louder,” and genera) confusion und disorder throughout the Ilouse which was ouly guelled atter wany cilorts of the Bergoant-at-Arms, who patrobled the House armed with Lis oitlcial inacc, ¢ +- The polnt of order havivg becu ratsed that ‘Thorpson would bave to read the report Lit- - self, B procceded t) do 8o from the Clerk's desk amid wuch lauglter aud confusion. ilpal- ly the readlug was takew up by the Clerk, and, ter some progress bad Leen wade, It was 5 . greed by yuanimous consent that the further 5y e reading Of the report bo dispenscd with, and 4 " that it bo printed. in the Kecurd ; also, that the ;. miority repurt, wheu ready, be priuted In tho a re- Iflmrd“ ,and that Loth reports be stitched to- gether. The Speaker suggested that the resolutions which close the wajority report be read, hut Mr. Conzer obfected, remarking earcastivally that the membhers were tived, (hat their nerves were unstring, and that they did not care to haye it read. The resolution fs that at the late election the Electors on the Demoventic ticket were falrly and duly chosen as Presulentfal Electorss that that fs hown by the face of the returng, and Iy su’ stantfaied by evilence of the actual naty that these Electurs, on the first Wednesday in December, cast {lielr votes for Tildeu for Presldent and’ Hendricks for Viee- President; and (hat these consequently are the legal votes of the State of Florlda, aml must be connted us_miteh. The report 13 elzued by Thowmpson, DeBalt, Walling, and Hopkins, A mutfon ta adfourn was then made on the Republican eide, 50 as to prevent a- vote on the resolution, and was resisted on the Democratic 5 the effort to get a_vote on the reso- lation was abandoned,” and the House ad- Journed, MISCELLANEOUS, NEW HAMPSHIRE PROUIDITIONIATS. Maxcuester, N. A, dan. 3l.—Aefa 8, Ken- dall, of Weet Swansea, was to-day nominated for Governor by Prehibitionfsts, s AGAMEMNON. Dr. Schllemnann ou His Supposed Discovery of the Tomb of the King of Kings. ZLondon Timen. Dr, Henry 8chllemann, writing to ns under date Mycena, Dec, 5, discusses the grounds for identitying the anxulchrm he has excavated Wwith ths tombs of Amamemnon aud Caseandra. After having, In my five preceding letters, de- acribed the five great sepulchres and treasures con. tained In them, 1 ar now going to discies the quea- tion whether it is posaible to 1dentify the former with tho tombs wlich Pausanias, following the teadition, attribute to Azamcimnon, to Cassanden, to Eurymedor, and to (hele companione. The T'rojun war han for a I tima past, by many eminent echolars, been regarded ns 5 myth, of which, howvever, they vatnly endeavored to find the origin in the Rigveda, But in oll anttquity the eleye and conguest of Hiam by the reck army nnder Agamemnon has heen cunslderced as ap undonbted hletorlcal fact, and ns such it 1 alto aceepted by ihe great authority of Thucydides (1., 8-10). ‘The tradition has cven retained the memory of mnn{ detalls of that war which hayo been omitted by fllomer, For my vart, 1 have always firmly beleved in the Trojan war; my finn faith In_Hoiner and In the tradition has never been shaken h{ madern criticlsm, and to thinmy faith 1 am indebted for the discovery of ‘Troy and Ite treasure. Iowever, the want of orna- mentation on the Trojan jewels, the band-made, uncolored pottery, with finpressed or engraved ornamentation, and, finally, the want of iron and glass, convincegme that the rains of Troy helong to such a remote antiquity as to precede by uwes the rulns of MMyceme, the date of which I thourht I could fix hi the result of the thirty-four ehafin which I rank in the :\l:rofl)lll in Febroary, 1874, 1 thereforo belleved that Homer had only kKnown by an snclent tradition, commemorated by preceds ing poets, the siege and destruction of Tray, and that, fur fuvors recelved, he put In hie contempo- rarien as nctors I his great tragedy, Bt 1 never doubted that a King of Mycenm, by name Aga- memnon, his chariotecr Eurymedon, 8 Princess Carsandra, and their followers had been treacher- onsly murdered either at dinner by Hgisthue, as Homez (Odyrsey IV, 530, and X1., 400-411) raye, or in the hath by Clyteminestra, aa the luter tracic pocts (Esch.,” Agamemnon, 1,18, Euripid,, Dreat., 26) rrclcn and I firmly belicved in the rtatement of I'ausanias (11, 147) that the wir- dered persons had been interred in the Acrop- olis, diftering in this reapect from W, 3. Leake, **Travels in the Morea, " 1I., $5: W, Mure, ‘“Journal of 8 tonr in Greeco Edward Dod. Tour In Greece," 1L, p. Otfried Mitl- ler, **Norier*'; Ernest Cartlu 1,," 411413 W, dell, ** Argolin;* Prokesch, ** Denk- wurdig keiten und Lrinneruncen, ™ 276 who all hiad misunderstood the statement or Pausunias, Ii and thought that Le me the murdered pereons had been'burled In the lower town, Ay fir faltlc in the traditions made me under- take my Jate excavations In the Aeropolis, ond led to the discovery of the five tombs, with thelr im- mense treasurers, Althongh 1 found 1 these torabe, fn techaleul point of view, a very hlch eivilization, yet, us in Vinm, I found thers only hand-made pattiry, and no trice of glues ur of iron, Further, writing was known in Troy, for 1 found there ' nuutber of whort Greek | in " very anclent Cyprioty Troy and Its ewnins,™ p. B whiereas we have the certalnty now th alphabet wus unknown n Mycenm. Ilad it been kuown the Mycennn goldsmithiv, who wero always endeavorlug o invent wome new ornamentatlon, would Joyfully have avafled themsolves of the nov- elty Lo luterweave the sirange chatacters in thelr decorations, Tieeldes, fn thit remolo antigunty I sebich the lomcile rhaprodles and the tradition of tho Myceniean tomibs refor, thers was a4 et fio commereln] dntercourae. Nobady teavelod excont on warllke or piratical ‘expeditlone. Thnn_ there may huva been 8 seey bigh ivlization at Mycen, while at the very wamie time the arts were l)nlrln thelr Arstdawn {n Troy, and writing with Crpriote claracters may huve beon fn uso {n Troy more than 1,000 yeurs before any alphabel wan known tn Greeeo” I havo nof the alightest obe Jection 1o admit that the traditlon which assigns the fombs in the Acropolls to Agsiemnon and his compantons, who on their re- turn from Iltum were treacherously murdered by Clytemnestra or her paramonr .Egisthux, may be petfectly correct and faithful, 1 am bivnd to ad- nit this'so much the moro as we have the certaln- ty that, to suy tho teunt, all the bodles of vach trib hud been burnt simultancously, The caleined pebbles below each of thew, the niarks of the fire 10 the right and left on the Internal walls of the tomb, the nodisturbed state of the ushes nnd the charred woud on and, around the bodics, give us the most uamistakable proofs in this respect. Owin to the enormons depth of there sepulehres and the close sroximity of the bodies to each other, it Is quite [npossible that three or even tive funeral piles “could tave been drersed at different “Intervals of thme In the same tomb. The idutity of the mode of burlsl, the pertect shtlarity of all the tombd, their very clase lmlxlmlly. the “1mpossibility of adinliting that hree or tive Neyul personazen of linmeasurable wealth, who had ‘tied a naturul death st long fnter- vuls of thme, should have been huddled together in the xame tomn; urd, fually, the great resembiance of all the ornaments, which show exactly the samne style of art und the sume epoch—all these fucts ure 20 many proafs thatall the twelve men and three women had been murdered slmnltaneonsly aud burnt at tho same thne, The veracity of the tradl- tlon seemn (urther (o o confirmed by the deep ven- eration which the Mycemvans, and, In fact, the [n- hahitants of the whole Argaltd, huve alwayw shawn for theso fing munsoleums, The funes byres wers not yet extingulshed when th were covered with n layer of clay and then witha layer of pebbles, on which tho carth wie thrown at once. Vo #ils circunstance are we chiclly indebted for the conservation of so large a quantity of wood und the comparutively good pres- crvation of tha bodles, for In 1o Justutics wers tho hones conagned by sre, und on several badics, which were Govered with golden masks and thlck brenst-plates, even much of the Besh hal remain- ed. The slte of cuch tomb was ntones, and when these bad b dust_of ngen and had_disapp fresh tumb- stones iad been erected an the evel, but pre- clsely on the pot where the nncient memorials |y buried. ~ Only on the lirge fourth sepulehre, with the ve hadies, instend of now tombstones, sace ridcial altur of almost clreular forny was built, Ax explained in my letter of the 11th of Novem- ber, the tiret tomb had, according to ull uppear- uhve mitively been decorsted with monuuient, from which came the three tombatones with the bax-rellcfs, aud the latter must have been extracted sud erected on the new level, [ at firet thought that every one of the large slabsof the circulur double “parallel row wann tombstene and marked a erive; bit this ot the caxg, Thero are no rea) fumbs elther between tho two paraliel rows or un esther side of them, oxcept ou the north side, where we sce alwye und, ard oualesel with the doubl quac- raugular recsscn of irr Wiz mpuved of “lsrge slabs and resembling wepulchros, It fs by no mcana certan, Lowever, that thyy have ever werved mnoeuch. The cre L Witk hois bold renaaine aud bones of anlmals, Ay ull events the great doubly elecle of el slays cun only have been expeetcd i Lonyr of thore whi were burfed In tho tive spulchres, but evidently at 4 much dater perlod, thoagh undoguledly Tong bes fore the capture of 3 3t by the Argive. Icur- clude thls from the uuld ‘careless archis reture of the Cyclopean wall which saponris tho double parallel fuw In tie lower part of the A ohs und from the number of slabs of more cfent monuments it contalus, Awu further )In)« Lmuy mention thut between the stonea of o wall, as well us helwern the two double clrcutar rows of slans and 1o tha tombahsped receescs, tind vnly fraguments of the usual Mycensan pot- tery, aild no trace of that anclent hand-made poitery which i+ found 1 the tombe, | think it therefore Iih.’hl{ probable thai the ¢ tiun of the clrealar double row of alsbs coincldes with the renowal of the tombetones ou four tombs aud the ercetion of the sacrltcial altur g the dfih futb, and that this rencwat was occasivaed by the nutense euthusizsn whicl the Jthupsodi who went frow house to botse chauting the Homerle hyous, rouscd umons the people fof the heroes of e [ad and the Odye. Very likely the whole pjace within the cireilar double fow was converted 1nto a garden, where the glurions ucts of the King of Kinzs, Al eninon, sud v cotpantons were un o sepulclices. Atall ereate, whila the whule Acropolis §s covered with femnsits of opean luts whatever' of any pre-hist wacred precincts of the great eircle, But, neertheleea, the accutaniitionof rubbish couthnued aud in the couree uf Lime the new Loubslone, as well as the double drealar row of elabs, were burled aud disapprsred, while tho sity of the towibs resiuinea alwuys o the memory of the Inbsbitasts, When in B G Mycewme cup- turcd by the Arzlves, and tha peopla wers forced 10 cmirate. th reaalned for Wore tiuu sty years de . Auuther city was built on Iiy Fuins, about 400 B, C., whea sl the tombstones, the vacriticlal altar, gud the cireular double row of elade bad for ages Leen buried ju the rubbish. Nevertheloss. Lo preclse ite of cach towb was perfectly rewembered by the ubabltuts ol the Aigolld. After ou existence of sboul the Dew clty was, for suniu cawas vf other, ugefu abandoned.” 16 nite semaiued desert- ed; b 1 the traditivn rewalued 5o (reah that ueariy 400 years after tho destruction of the uew I found uo trace ¢ baildlo: within the g town the exaet place of each tomb was shown to Paneaniar, Nay, the interest the inhabitants of the Peloponnasus felt in tho sepuletires was atill 40 great aixtecn or cighteen contaries after the fracic event that, os Pausanian atates, the Lacedn- nonians of Amyole diepnted with Mseenn. tht honor of posses«ing Cas<and; tomb, which lllt‘( thomeht they norseseed in thelr n clty, At afl cvents, Paueanias (1L, 19, ) ys that the Amycloans had fn their village the ranctnary and the statue of Alexandra, whom they fdeutificd with Cassandra. ‘The five tombs of Mycenm, or at least thiee of thes, contained such enormous ireasurenthat they cannot but helong to members of the ftoyal fam- Siv. Rint the perlad of the Kingsaf Mycenm be- 1ongs ta a vory remote antiquity, Royalty ceased there at the Dorian Invasion, the chranology of which has always been fixed at 1104 B, B, Thu. cydides saya [t was cighty years after Uhe war_of Troy, which was hitherio supposed ta linve ended In 1184 18, €. Bat, in agreement with all arche- ologists, T hold ta tho conclusion that, on the cvi- dence of the monuments of Troy, the eaptaro and destructlon of that city. and consrquentiy also the Dorian invasion, must have occarred at a mnch earlicr date. THE RAILROADS. NEW JERS NTRAL. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. New Yonx, Jan. 31.—The Dircetorsand stock- holders of the New Jersey Central Rallroad Company met to-day. President E, C. Kulght contradicted the charges ogatnst himsclf, and sald he fntended to hold his 1,000 shares of stock, and to stand by the Company In its pres- ent extremlty. He had no fear for the Com- pany If this erfafs could be passed, and was confi- dentits stock would be worth 100 cents on the dollar. The road had carned durlng the year 471,000 above its operating expenses, and would Le mnow in a comfortable positon i o dividend had been withheld. A proj »&}l;lou wus made to the stockhioliters to take & 000 In certificates of indehtedness authorized by the Directors Dee. 20, Mr. Knight authorized the statement later that nearly this entiro amount was subscribed heartily and geuerally; also that the futerest an tho frst-mortgage bodds of £65,000,000 comlng due to-morrow would all be |v‘:|d. The result of t nceting on Wall strect wus to send the stock up as rapidiy as it had fallen {n ths morning, and tho closlng salo was made_at 27, muklnF a fluctuntion of UL 227 during the day. What _ with the Coal Cumpany_stocks and the Jersey Central, the day on Wall Street was unusually lively. ' In ft& atock report to-morrow tho Tribune [Jay Gould] sa “Ihe cond shares were bieavy and lower {u the carly tradiie, re- covering [ater with the uhnrr wlvance led by Jerscy Central on n report that the Company had suceeeded fn ralstng the money nevessary to pay the Interest due to-morrow on its tirst- mortgaze bonds of §$5,000,000. Numerous storiea are afloat as to how this mouey was ralsed, but 08 none of thewn pretend that It was not borrowed from somne source it is of little consequence, The truth thus scems to bo that the Company does not pay interest on s paltry flrst mortgage-bonds of 5,000,000, hut finds some fricnd who has another frivnd who {3 wiitivg to advance the funds upon a consid- eratlon, which may be a rise In the stock- market, Henee the Company's tloating debit to-morrow night will be §175,000 greater than to-nlghe." i THE CIIICAGO, BURLINGTON & NCY. QUIN The annusl meeting of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy Ralflroad takes place In the latter part of February. [t is rumored that consider- able of the stock of this Company has changed hands during the past year, and that {t fs not certnin whether the old Board of Directors wiit be re-clected. It will be remembered that about two years ngo the Dennlson and Joy alrectory +way forced out by Mesars. Forbes, Griswold, and others. It {s now claimed that the former have again secured a majority of the stock, aud that there will be an_entirely new deal ot the next clection. Whcthier these rumors are founded on fact or not is hard to tell Lefore the sunual meeting has taken pince. ‘There [3 every pros- [wut of un cxciting contest between the two actions, The unnuai report of the Company {s now re- celving its fhusiing touchies and will bo luld be- tore the Boarl of Directars ut loston by Presi- dent Robert Harris, who leaves for that place in o few daye. It 1 steted that the showlnz s n very favorablo one considerinz the times aml will refluct eredit on the present management ot the road. CONSULTATION OF MANAGERS, The manogers of the Pennsylvania Company were In the city yosterday, 1t 1s belicved that thelr presence has sonething to da with the preseut freight cowplications, but nothing re- luble concerning their doings could be learned, During *the forcnoon Mr. John Newell, General Munager of the Lake 8hore & Mlchlgan Bouthern Ratlroac called at the Penngylvania Company’s oflice, an consultation with Mr, J." N, McCullough for Fome thne, As faras can_be learned they camo tono understanding, and the frelrht-rite stil] remalns the same us before, the Michigan South- crn tarlfl beln: cents lower than those of the other ronds leading to the East, Itls the gencral oplnlon that the three roads which huve made the ndvance Wil come down again us soon a8 the Fastern roads can furnish cars to thelr Woestern connections, woleh will be In a few days, During the afternoon Mr. McCullough was in consultation with the managers of several of the roads jeading west from this eity, Inthe evening he and party left for St. Louls. PEORIA & SPRINGTFIELD, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Peonty, Jun, Bl.—Tne Peoria & Springfield Railroad filed in the Circuit Court here to-day o petition praylug for the removal of Jubn R. Hilllurd, Receiver, on the ground of bad and dishonest manageinent of the Road. They as- gert thut he has run down the eredit amd busi- ness of tha Road in order to advance the {nter. csts of thy Peoria & Lock Island Road, ot which e lsn heavy stockhul Hiltgrd “re- pies to the petition denylng t urges and in- viting a thoroueh Investication, cladming that ne hus conducted the atfalrs of the Peoria & Springtleld Rond with an eye to the interest of its bondholders, The matier will probably ha referred to the Master i Chaucery sud’ evl- denee tuken, was fi —— FIGHTING TAXE Special Dispateh 1o The Tribune, Davenront, lu., Jun. 8l.—Judgs Beek, of the Towa Bupreme Court, yesterduy granted a tem- porary injunctlon restraining the collection of o speclal tax amounting to $40,000, voted by this clty Jast fall fu uld of the Duvenport & Nortli- weatern Rallroud, The sult Is brought by o number of property-holders. The grounds upon which plalntitfe suic for an Injunctlon are the unconstitutionality of the law under which the tax was voted, and the non-compliance with that law. There will be an cudless amount of Hltlizatlon, an® the result wilt be looked for with futerest, ws it {nvolves the constitutionality of a law pasacd by the Legdslature two years ago, allowing towns and counties to vate uhd to mil- roads, and under which revoral hundred thou. sand dollars havealready been voted n the State, LAKE BIIORE ROAD. ew Yok, Jan. Sl.—Judge Lawrence has denled the upplicatfon of Rufus Hateh and other stockholders of the Luko Bhore & Michlgan Southern Nallway Company for a mandamus to compel the Farmers’ Loan &4Trust Company to lve uceess to the tranafer baoks of the rallroad, the object belmg to cotnmunieate with the rest of the stockbolders as to tho alleged tnisimunage- ment of the road by W. L Vanderbitt und 13 Dircetors “Lhe Court holds that no exigency exlsts for the writ, 03 the allegstions are tully met o the respondent’s atliduyits. BANKRUT ROADS, Special Dispatch to The Trivu INDIANAPOLLS, Tud,,Jun. 81.—W, R, McKeen, W, B, Tuell, aud Jusephus Collett, of Terre Haute, purchased the Cinclmatl & Terre Haute Railroad to-lay for 875,00, under g de- of the United States Circuit Court, Petitlons will be azzued to-morrow hefore Judize Drummiond the Receiver of the In- dlunapolis, Bloom|n| 1 & Western Railroad bo nstrac to fssue certileutes for back pay to ctaployes. ITEMS, Mr. A. L. Hopking, Recelver of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Raftroad, was inthe ity yester day consulting with the managers of the Chicago cunncctions of his road. In regard tothe rumors that Mr. Hopkius 13 about to beconie the Gener- al Manager of the Wabash Rallroad, Lo stated to o TuteNe reporter that the position had been offered to Lim, but that be bad not yet fully decided whether ho would accept or not. Iu connection with this it may be remarked that Mr. Hupkius s coguged to dne of our Clileagro belles,—Miss Dunlsp,—and tho wedding will shortly take place in this city. My M. G, 'Townsend, General Ticket and Puasseugrer Azent of the Toledo, Peorla & W saw Raflroad, was in the clty yesterday inspec ngg those splenddd new Woodrufl sleeplnizars now stunding on the Luke-Front, aod which will hereafter run over the ilfuols Central aud his Yne between this city und Pedria FOREIGN The Prospect of Immediate War Now Entirely Dispelled. Bpeculitions Coxcerning the Hontile Preparations Making in Ruse sia ard Turkey, Turkey Donnanding Material Guarante:s of Scrvia’s Loyalty. The Gorman Pross Growling Savagely at tho Fronoh People, TITS WAST, NUSIAN TALK, S, Perensnung, Jan. 831.—The Golos says: ““No sensible Russim can desire a renewal of the Scrvian war. The advance of the Turks to Belgrade would dlsturb tho friendly relations between tho Powers which now constitute the oniy basis upon whith an Influence can profita- iy be brought to har upon Turkey. If, on the other hand, Servia chtains peace on satlsfactory couditions, the taskundertaken by the Powers of rettling the dittialtjcs wiil bo considerably faclituted,"” MASTERLY INACTIVITY, Loxpox, Feb. =5 . m.~—A Berlin dispateh to the Times Alter much hesitation Rus- #la ecems to have decided npon a peeuliar plan, The present stade of thinmes, which fa neither yc ve nor war, 1s to bo indetinitel Emlunm}d. tursfa docs not care to encounter Turklsh troops fu thele present condition, nor does she wish to abandon the campalen altogother, She trusts elie can support the straln of PROLONGED MOBILIZATION better than Turker. She will, therofore, keep ler troops on the frontier, thus mm;u»mnu- Turkey to do the same. It Turkey follows Russia's example ft 13 expected thiat hefora many mouths the people wiil demand peace at any “price, beeause of the consequent fnancial collapse, "If, however, Turkey o desperation decldes to notledpate the Russtan attack, the Rueslana nre sufllciently contident of the result, a8 they would then FIGUT IN THEIR OWN COUNTAY. The Russlaug, In order to redoublethelrpressure on Turkey, will nrobably cross the Pruth, if not fmmediately ot o Iaterstage, It is not likely #he will attempt to cross the Danube unti! Turkey's fighting spirlt i3 scnsibly di- minlshed by “delay, With n view to these contingencies the Ruesinn army is ron- tinnally belue increased, while all the southern fortresses nrehelng madle ready for defense. 1t is heeanse of these elroumetatices that Turkey thinks It ncl-usss{{ 1o ask 8crvia for guarantecs nzainst participation In a possible resumption of Lostilitles,” B FINANCIAL, The Vienna correspondent of the Times r ports that Russia hay made fresh but unsucc ful attempts to mlse o loan in Amsterdam an Uermany, aud will_be oblized to have recourse to an increnso of her floating debt and an isssuo of Treasury honds. .Russia fs em- ploving her time well. War preparations are continuerd with energy, and on a larger ecale than bofore. Nothing has been done hitherto which would indicate that the beginning of war I8 very close at hand, hut the prc}mmllunfl leave no doubt of a determdnation to follow up the warf It breaks out. The reserve obeerved hitherto and Y IN ARMING may aure slizn that Rus- sln will not speak untii ehe'is yuite prepared for any continigens Tieh may ful’lu\\‘. THI GUARANTEES. Tue Times' Belgrade dispatch supporta the len that Turkey reauires tonte- rlal F arantees, Servin s making urgent appeals to Western Cabluets. to support ber in refusing the demands of Furkey. 'The Servians are exceedingly unxious to seeiire the eupport of Western Earope, a8 the conctuston of a peace whh Turkey would enuee a rupture with Ser- via's sympathizers n Rtussio, A diapateh from Viennato the Dally Telegraph reports that England and Austria hove advised the Porte not t [nsist upon uarantees, as Servia's exbaueton s o suflicient pledge of rood conduct. TCHERNAYEFF, THOE DOBUERY 118 KICKED UI' AT PRAGUR. Dispater to Loniton Timea. VienNa, Jan, 14.—The prescuce of Gen, Tehernuyefl ot Prazgue, which has led to ascan- dul, has ended in his belug sent away yesterday cvening, under esvort, to the frontler. The Czeeh party ut Prague, which has hitherto had no epportunity of demonstrating in favor of the South Slavcnic cause, bad ulready endeavored to induce Uen. Tchernayefl at his first stay in Vienna to come down to Prague. Butat that thne the Gieneral was preparing to go tothe Russian headquarters at Klschinew, where he EUIL hoped to * make it up " with the suthorl- tivs there, so he did not feel nuch fnellned to u{mll Lls chiances in this respect by becoming the hero of popular demonstrations, which wlzht o Inconvetdent to o neizhboring country withwhich Itussla seems bent Lo keep on guod terima, 'The Jotirney to Prugie was, therefore, put off 4t that thie, aud the General went off to Klsehinew. llaving failed a0 completely, there wus no longer any reason for show. Ing any couslderstion “for the pleusure or sdispleasure of the Russtan Goy- ernment, aud, ylelding to the sollelt tions uf the Czech ‘natlunal leaders, the Gener- al, un his way to Brussela nnd Nice, went for a few days to Prague, where preparation hud been mado Tor rece himn with great ovatluns, i n ruther ludicrous inter- mezzo whiclh happened at his arrival, the com- poscr Suppes earrhice, who bad wrrfved by the same traing and which drove off first, being taken for that of the General, and befug ered, ‘The mistake was, howeyer, reetitiod, and all went off smoothly enough the first cvening. Yesterdny thero was o pgreat of the General, As on the Russian 8 Day, at 1w m, Divine servico was at the Russian Chureh, at which most cehlsh party leaders wero present, In hero wasto bo o gulu representation Natlonal Theatre, aud on oncof the 3 the Gienvral wua to wive a lecture o1t his catnguiien, in shich he was to have made i statement on fhe question of the ltusstan sube sldies sent to - Belzrade, about which e much has been sald. But all this cut ghort by the authorltics, feared counter-demonstrations from the German party, and, ahove all, excesres on the purt of the crowd, which bud asscinbled In the strects tu the number of several thousands, utid slowed o dispusition to be rlotous. AL 1 . m. the Chief o Polfee brought the order in writlng for Gen, Tehernayetl to leave tn the cventow, as his prescnce in Praguo disturbed the publle ‘w.m-, Until then b wad nelther allowed to leave tho hotel nor to reeelve any one, Gien Tohernayefl addressed Wnself to Count Andrassy nezadiot these measures of the police. Thae latter, however, replled that he could do nothiug fwan uifalr which concerned the home, above all the local, authoritivs. Ou this Tehnernavell refused to depart, and de- clded to vield only to force, In the meantlme o erowd of several thousands of peoplo ussem- bled bhefore hs hotel, shouting, snd yeliing, aud dbsposed ta b rlotony, on which tiwo bat- | talious of wfantry und some cavalry wes marched out, who cleared the streets, ‘8o that measures vould be taken for trabsfersiog “Tehicruayefl to the railway station, The lutter, however, resisted, threatenfug Lo return mzain 1o the fronticr, and tinally by had, accompanted by lwu}mlluumvn, to be taken to the fronder. Some dteen errests have been made, but no other casualty of uny sort oceurred. From u dis{ance 1tis not eusy to jadze how far there was reatly danger of a distirbance of the public peace which niy lmw")uillfled this suui- mary proceeddng with Geo, Tehernayoff, As b 15 more than probable thut one or snother of the Slav members will bring forward the mat- ter in the Reichsratl, which (s shout to open, the hotiie uuthorities will have sn opportunity for explainng tieir conduct. As for any reclaui- ution from ubroad, it could only be lodied by the Bervian Governnieat, foe TebernayefT ceased to be u Ruassiun subject when e eatered the Ser- vian army. s CENTRAL AMERICA, A WAL TO T§B DEATH. Panada, Jun. 2l.—Disturbauces fo the Cauca continue. A letter to the Panama Star and Herwid, dated Palmira, Jun. 3, says: ** On Dec, 154t was reported that the Couscrvatlves utend- ed torisen the citfes of Culf, Pulwira, sud other places. On the 20th they sttocked the City of Call, overpowered the smull guard at the cuartely freed the political prisoucrs, and succeeded in organizing a force of 300 men, badly urmed, and began o prepars for reatst- auce. Befure many duys, however, the Liberals surrounded Cull with a force of about 2,000 to 3,000, und o the Sith attacked tho Couscrva- thves, who tried 10 defend thewsclves fora time, but s00n succumbed. The Liberals were exasperated, beltevlug the Conservatives abused the contidenco which had beea placed In H13 CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877. them. Therefore, Gen. Pena, leader of the Liberal forces at Call, gave orders that no pris- oners should ba taken Rlive, and that the town should be delivered over to thgfroops. The consequence of it was that every” Conservative that was caught with or without nrms was ent down; holisea were sacked, all the furnl- ture " destroyed, and il other kinds of outrages committed, All the store-rooma and warchouses of nerchandlse disappeared. Forelgners shared the samo fate an natives. It {8 reported that the number of killed reached 00, including women and children. Dr. ncent! Borrero, aged 00, ono of Colombia's earliest Preaidents, was shot down. The Town of Palmira was threatened, but escaped by pay- Inf a hieavy ransom," ‘restderit Parra fssued a proclamation do- rlnrlm} that peace negotiations in Antloquia havo failed, and war, as the only means of re- d;:ulug the rebellion, s an unavoldablo ncees- sity. GERMANY, QUARRELING WITII PRANCE, Beniiy, Jan. 81.~The scmi-ofticlal Provinzial Carrespondenz reproduces an article from the Lievue des Devz Mondes warning Sweden and Denmark egninst Germany's covetousners, and comments thereon as follows: “The French press is repeating the frivolous game which ft played two years ago of insulting and challeng- ing Germany, with its reserved Intention of complaining of threats of voerclon when Ger- many, as natural, repels these insults,” LEDOCIOWSKL. Rowz, Jan. 31.~The Dircito announces that anoflicer has visited the Itoman Archbishop Ledochiowsk! with a copy of an ludictment and a summons to appear before the Pusen tribunal to answer for breaches of the German Jaw. EXPLORERS DEAD, | Lisnoy, Feb, 1—b. n. t.—Herr Barth, the Germau explorer, who waa engaged {n rurvey- ing the Portugiese possessons in Afrien for the Government of Portugal, committed sulclde in Loanda while dellrfous with fever. Herr Moher, another (ferman explorer, who helotized ta the expudition which was ecarching for the sources of the Congo River, {8 dead. CREAT BRITAIN, SMALL-POX IN LONDON. Loxpox, Jan. 31.—Eighty-six deaths from small-pox last weel ADVANCE IN SUGATS, Grasgow, Jan. 3L.—Finc sugars have nd- vanced fully 1 shilling per cwt.; other qualities G pence. Good business dolug. e a— LOCAL CRIMINAL ITEMS, L. Petersen, o clgar-maker on West Ohlo street, was before Commiesloner Hoyne yester- day, charged with violation of the Mevenue law, e was held in ball of $500 for further examing- tion. Mathias Warmerspine and Theodore Righold were arrested last evening by Officer Hedrick while endeavoring to break into a vacant house opposite Lineoln Park with o view to cleaning outall the lead pipe it coutained. Otlicers Reardon, Maloney, and Seibert Iast night at 11:30 o'clock swuooped down upon a ekin game, at No. 63 Randolph street, and there captured John Walpole, George Gallagher, J. F. Watson, and J. Young, together with o cum- piete faro lny-out. Tom Euglisb, pick-pocket, was arrested yes- terday plying his voeation smong the croivds that ussembled at the Gardner House sale. He {8 lucked up In the Amory, In the next eell to Johuny Lamb, with whom be Is wanted for the recent attack upon the Collseum. A successful attempt was made at 1270 this mornlng to foree open with a Jimmy the doorof Buck & Rayner's druge store “on Clarl strect, Charlie Ford, the night clerk, alarmed the ope ators hefore they had kmxmlm fur, and after- wards kaw theni try to kick open a elgar store opposite. No urrests, A bold atternpt was made by three foot-pads Tast eveniug to o througi the house of teorge Dougai, No. 45 Cudar street. Entering the kitchen In the garb of mendicants, they sudden- 1y turned robbers and presented a pop at the head of the servant-girl, und demanded the lo- cation of the silverware and jewels. The girl Irightened the wromg way, huwever, and sereuined ut the top ol hier Volee, so alarming them that they made rapld tracks {n n northerly dlrection, Detective Schanck and Oficer Lat- tich followed in thelr wake, sud succeed in overbauling them at the corner of Stute und Guoetlie strects When taken to the Chlcazo Avenuo Statlon they gave the names of James Scott, Louls Niethen, alias Backhus, ond Niebel Bucho. AN ARNEST UNDER DIPPICULTIES. When an arrest I8 mude [n Lthe ith street district the people turn out en masee o view it, us though ft wers a funeral or o barbeeue that required o concourse of ]wnplc to make It n success. The eceentricity of the people does not end here. In somo of ‘the hard localitics, the men tn the fmmediute neigh. borhood of the arrest skulkc through alleys und around corners to get a good chance to shy o stone ut the Intruding oflicers’ heads, thelr wivea ure knives, dippers, and other household urtleles whenever s pollecinan comnes near thew, and even the chtldren put in their our. Several nights azo the lguor store of A, HBochim, at ‘the corner of Centre avenuo and Henry street, wus burgloized of obout 2120 wortn of wouds, wml fust us the rubbers were making off with the plun- der, Otlicer T Mahouey entne upon them and fired four shota at then, One, a tow-sized fel- low, threw up his hands and exclalmed that ) was ehot, but nevertheless manatzed to ke his escape, Yesterday the ofileer learned that o Barber-strect gung, leaded by the notorious JohnDier altus Scanton, were ol drank, unmis- takable evidence w3 to their gullt, for they rarely have money cnough fora luxurious drunk, A descent was eeconii ordered, Seret, Fitze patrick leading the way,” After a teritle ren- contre, during which the ollicers each recelved rellea of rolling-pins, dippers, and deftly thrown knlves, Sergtl. Fitzpatrick siececded 1 taking in the notorlous leader of the gang, Keanlon, cr in an almost nuked condition, und Ofl- cers Mahoney wnd _ Muthelen took in Albert Beder and Frauk Patterson, tho two young thleves auspeeted of the Hquor roh- bery, The Sergeant rocclyea a blow from a stone or brick upon the crown of his head, which brohe his hat, and {nflicted & severe sealp wountd, This Is the sate crowd who soie two weeks ngo knocked Oflicer Hambrock senseless and shot un old mun on DeKoven street. who attempted to stap them in their ight, A more dangerous crowd cannot be fouud luslde the ity hnits, ——ee— ILLINOIS EDITORS, Special Dispaich to The Tribune. SrrinarirLn, LL, Jun, 81, —The Ilinots Press Assoclation convened here to-day ot the uew Btute-llouse, J. W, Balley, of the Princeton Repullican, preslding, and C. B. Bostwick, of the Mattoon (uzette, Secretary. About seventy- tive members were presont, The afternoun ses- &ton wns occupied dn the discdssion us to the best and jnost profitable method of running countey newspaper. The _priucipal speakera were J. H, Oberly, of the Cairo Bulleting V', Wood, of the Mattoon Journat; J, W. Baltey, K. Magie, und others. The lon, . Plilllips, of the State Journal, made s fel{eitous address upon the progress of the press of IHinofs in tho last wwenty yeurs, 'Tho eventng sesslon, which was lurgely attended h?' speetators, wus oceupled in the discussion of the comparative wmerits of uly uud female compositors and the wa el them. Judze Bradwell, of the Chivago Legal 1es, openied the diseussion, and was_ followed Dy Mesara, Phillips, Oberly, Berouws, Mugle, - win, and’ others, The séotiment” scemed to largely obtuln that female compositors were nut udapted toand couldn’t be profitably employed in country newspaper otllees, ‘Fo-tdorrow thy members, besides transacting the business of the svsslon, whl view the Btate-fouse, the Stute Arscnad, und ju tho evening have u recep- lllun at the residence of Secretary of Btate Har- ow, ——— STRIKERS, Special Dispatch to The Tridune. New Youk, Ju Thres hundred steve dores and gralu-shovelers in South Brooklyn arc on o strike on account of a reduction of #yve ceuts an hour in thelr wages, There is every possibility of o serfous riot. Pollcemen wers detalled to gunrd these put on In place of the strikers. ‘The latter mado ony assault to-day with stones, scriously wounding threo men. In ansther nstance they were driven back by tae police 8t the poiut of their plstols. The police a0y they will b able to prevent an outbreak but the atrikers are threatening loudly, und bloodshed 1s apprebendod. LIBEL, Davron, 0., Jan. 31.—A verdict was given to- day of 31,500 and costs in asuit for libel ugalust the Demmocral, of this city. Sult was brought for $3,000. The srticle which occasioned the suit was published in March, 1575, et TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, 87. Jousssuny, Vt., Jan. 3L—~The will of the late Arunab Huntington, of Baofurd, P\ Q. (a natiye of this State), icaves & $202,000 tund for the bencfit of the common scbuols 0f Vermont, BREAD OR BLOOD. Meeting of the Starving Inmates of the Musenm Menagerie. A Committes Appointed fo Wait on {ho County Agent and Demand Rellef. A lack of appreciation of the merits of the Museum, attributable unquestionably to the Prestdential muddlo (and the feur of the public that the queation would be eettled before the highly moral performance shoulil close), haa had n reflex fnfluencs on the anfmals, [t might bo spposed that the devoted shuwman would look to the creaturs comfort of lis menagerie, but hard times affect the salarics of actors and the ratfons of brutes about the same, and after suflering for more than a reasonable time the pangs of hunger, the constitucnts of the dumb clement arose st night and proteated, A TriBuxge reporter songht admittance to tho meceting, but was informed that it was private; but later application to the Secretary would insure hiin an outline of such portions of the proceedings as were deemed proper for publi- cation, “The trolued Jackass explafned coni- dentlally that there was really no objection to the reporter’s presence, but that it woull pive the meeting n more dlenliled and natoral us- pect If it followed the precedent established by other reformers, From the Sccretary's minutes, sent in with a request that his nuue be pul:lluhed. with a small pufl of his eminent fitneas for his office, the foowing outlino of the mecting fs ex- tracted: TIR TRAINED JACKARS ‘nesumed the chalr, und after the eleetion of that vopular and well and favorably known fellow- citizen, the r!nt(tnllcd monkey, to the oflico of Secrotary, which ho_graced, efc., the Chalr ex- plained ihie object of the meeting. 1o sald that the animal stomach was susceptible of the high- est degree of tralning, but every effort to ne- custom it to storvation had fafled. = He aid not wish to aceuse the munagement of a desire to atarvo his csteemed friends, but he submitted that n aquarc of ginger bread and an apple- core were not suflicient to support life jnore than u week, and ho felt that_the diet might bo changed, If not increased. Upon this point he would Ilsten respectfully to tho senso of the meeting, TAT LIOX cleared his throat and sald ho hiad consldered the matter In all its beacings, and had concluded that somcthing must be done. ihs belly bad for several days labored under the detuslon that lis throat was cut, and he felt disposcd elther to sccure for his digestive orzuna something ure substantinl than cigar stumps and buttous or resign. When he was at home In the junales of Bouth Africa he iad accustumed himsclf to four natives per dicm, and since he hud been reduced to cabbage leaves and oyster cans he found his blood finpoveriatied and his circulation {mpalred. But thia was not ull (and licre there wnea totich of nature {n his_voice); he could sulfer bimself, but when he looked upon Liswite (whom he remetubered as the belle of youthful days), and saw her languishing on potato-sking, nnd few ut that, it cut him deeply. Only thres nights before in her hungry sleep nhc{llll hit his thamb, and thouzh In his anger he had kicked her shins for the foray, yet in his soul e felt sorry (or_her, und kicked her agaln that ahie might Deled to forget the pangs that gmawed her vitals, Some action shiould and must be taken, he concluded, and ho thought a cominittee mfl;ht do gome good. He didn't muke n motion; he merely threw it out as o sugzestion. ‘Then the Cashmere goat aroso timldly and asked i any one kuew what the receipts of the Jiuseun had beon for two wocks back, The loness replled that she dld not know how the leeture-roomn had done, but shie was frank to adinit shic bad not heard much applauag of lute. Aato the menagerie, that had been visited by one woman and a small_boy, o fact Impressed upon her mind by the fat legs aand general Juicfness of the youth, TIHE BLACK BEAR corroborated the statement so far as the woman was concerned, and sald she had presented him (on the end of a stl(:k) with a chunk of pepper- mint candy. But he hoped the lonesa in her fzuncmuu fmpulsivencss would not. sugizest cat- ngz up the patrons of tho show., This might, hie would admit, tend to tomporary relief, but, if earrled 00 fur, would probably be nolsed abroad, aud ina cwtln?‘a cven this supply of fond would be curtailed, 12 not cut off, "Tho lloness sald she did not mean unything of thesort. 8he had been a mother herself, and sho was merely answering the goat, and uot even suggesting tha Iminolation of patrons. When her first child was 8 months— Iere she was Interrupted by the lon, who rald these things were harrassiog, and he felt It was better for tho cub to go from the maternal font ton premature grave, than to live to be htillou peppermint caudy from tise cud of a stick, ‘The bear was about to reply, when the chalr rupped for order, and muds a brlet speech, doprecating all personalitics. 'hm goat ussumed the tloor again, and sald his ruce had Leen noted for eellbacy, but he haild been prevented from tuking to his breast a goat whom he toved devotedly, sitmply because he had no visibls means of support. THLE LEOPARD thought this a hardship, but not much worse than his own, for, having two wives, ho was compelled to look onand see thom st urved Into an fnabllity to fight for the firat lick at what. he was fortinato cnough to plck up. He had enoken to the manager about the natter amd laxl been assured that the recelpts had been evenly divided all around, and when he nsked tho manater how it was the eabbages had fallen ofl, i was informed that they were now util- fzed in o free-lunch temptingly set before the reluctant public, An allizator eatled attention to the preserred birds, und desired {nformation wpon tho at- struse queation, * Why ehould the dead bo ‘stuffed while the living 2o etpty 1" * The seal sald ho had pondered over that inter- rogatory for some thne, Ho had scen the eking of gther seals wrapped around full stomachs, while his own was bat a hollow covering to nn empty vold, ‘Inc ring-talled monkey Iafd down his pencil and remnrked that it lay ina nutsbell. The nienagerie ha put up with sueh treatment fop 80 long that the managzement had eonchiuded to slcletonize the outflt, and were only awalting the slothful progress of nature toward the ne- complishinent of that consummation. “Thic Chair resnarked that perhaps sometning temporary could be done with THE COUNTY AGENT. It he were properly urpmuuhml he might be fn- duted to ufford relief, and 4t wus in onder to move the appolutment of a committee to wait upun the Agent, with power to make all conces- slons aa to short welizht and sick meat, ete. Thie fion suld le understond thut all applicas tions_ for all from that source required four months' coustderation before any action could be taken, ‘The bear asked if 1t wonld bb fn order to ap- point & Counmittee of Investization futo Best '.stemmn of Feeding, with power to compel the attendance of Sheritls and paupers, ‘Il Chalr thoueht not. The cases were only parallel tothe extent of lron bara, and it was v to be expected that SherifTs could Judse as well of the wants of u menagerie us of the neceesitics of constituents, The Honess thought she had read somewhere that the supplics ol the Agent were llmited to supar and sies. Bhe would usk If the County Hourd could not do something, She had scen that nplxruprluiuuu were constantly wade by thut by, aud she felt that perhaps it had ap- propriated enough to go somewhat futo charivy, “Fhe ring-talied moukoy was called upon, ol suld he was posted on thu operations of the Board and thought it micht be well o ask for something, Commeyer aud Van Amberg, both great shuwmen, had” been Hberally dealt with of late, and perhups the Board would bave a fellow-feeting for brutes. "The liog moved the APromiTaENT OF A coMMiTTRR to awalt on the County Agent and the County Board. Carried. ‘Il Chiulr appoluted the lop, the bear, and the goat. The hyena moved that a Committce be ap- inted fo wait on Ma). Kirkland and fnvoke iin to write & pluy to be performed for the tit of the sutferers, Carried. “I'lic Chalr appoluted the hycua, the seal, and the alligator. lOll notion, the Chalr was added to both Con- mittee, ‘The lloness introduced the following preamblo and resolutluns, which were adopted : Wirncay, We are hungry, Hlesolred, 'Fhat we form onrselves into an asio- clatlon uf sefurm for the snrpulo of bolding weet- ings and looking wise, and gelting freo advertisc- cnts, Jtesitcad, Tuat the press be excluded from any participation, aud that all news be suppresscd. Adjourned. ——— When i classical thucs s had done some great thlng, ho was honored with a public triu a wreath of Jaurcl or of bays. Now ho leatall events honored with the estcemn and romrd of otbers, We are rizht by hosoring the luventor of 1. T. 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