Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1877, Page 6

FOREIGN. tiflcation of her frontiers on the Drina, Timok, and Ibar Rivers, = MIDIAT WILL NE RRCALLED. Loxwox, Feb. 10.—Midhat Pasha has arrived At Naples. ‘The Jtalte announces that he there recelved an fmportant communication from the Sultan. The Jtalle nlso says: It appears that Midhat Pasha wilt be recatled to Constantinople in vontequence of England’'s advice, but it is not known whether he will be reappolnted Urand Vizler. Animated Debate in the British Parliamant on the East- ern Question. The Twn Groat Parties in Ignorance of Each Other's Future Line of Policy. FRANCE. RXFLOSION, Pants, Feb, 16.—~Ten persons wera killed by the boiler explusion at St. Etlenne, s TRESS LAWS, VERSAILLES, Feb, G—In the Chamber of Dep- nties yesterday the Committes on the Press Laws presented a report proposing a Uil to pro- vide trial by jury for press offenses. HELF POR THX UNEMPLOYED, PaRts, Feb. 10.—~Tho Government snbmitted to e Chamber of Deputivs Tnmmuu to ap- propriate $100,000 for the purchase by the State of silk fabrics in Lyons in order to glve work to suffering wperatives who have been thrown out of employment., Midhat Pasha to Be Reeatled at 1bo Request of Great Britain, : L] Buesis Making Estonsiva Arrangements for Hospital Bervice, Rumors of a Political Slruggle'ln Prog- ress fn Constantinople. CRIME. SITOT BY A WOMAN, &pecial Dispatch to The Tribune. MisnmaroLis, Mion., Feb. 16.—While walk- ing on one of the public streets this evening Willlum 1. 8idle, Asslstant Cashier of tho First Natlonal Bank, wns shot through the face by Kate Noonan. a young woman of solled reputs. tion. The wound s not consldered fatal, She gave herself up immediately after the shiooting. pectal Dirpaich to The Tribune, Mixxnearonts, Minn., Feb. 16.—Kate Noonan, o tast woman of this city, thismorning, in front of the Nicolet House, shot William 8idle, son of the Cashier of the First Natfonal Sank, the ball entering the back of his head and ludging inornear tiic basc of his bratn. Sidle belongs to ono of the wealthlest ond firat familics o this city, and the aflair creates the most Intenes excitement. The woman and & ian accompanying her are under arrest, and deed has been acknowledged aud the revolver given up, Sulle s still con- sclous, but inflammation fs feared, as the bill bas not yet been removed. It [s sald that Sldle has been keeping the woman, and the fact of his * golng back un” her Is the cause of the deed. She asserts, howeyer, that Bidle first seduced and then deserted her, She threstened hia 1ife previously, and at one time Sidle placed her under arreat, after which she lett town, re- turning a few doys since, and hanging about the bank until opportunity offered. GREAT BRITAIN. L4 ERIB TIAILWAT. Loxpow, Feb, 10.—It1s announced that the v Erle Rallway Trustecs have obtained a majority of the nsscnts of tho first consolidated first mortgare bondholders. The restruction schemo 1s therefore ante. GORTSCHAROPE'S CIRCULAR, s In the Touse of Commons this afternoon the ! Under 8ccretary for the Forelgn Department, 1h teply to a question by Sir Charles Ditke, sald * that the Government Intends answerlng Prince 4 Gortschakofl's circular, but the time of answer- fog depends on the course of events. The cf- fect of the change of Government as Conatant!- .- mople, and the results of the negotlations be- . tween the Porto and Serviaand Montenegro, <0 mustbe awsited. It Is aleo desirable, before .4 pressing our views, to know thuse of the other ".. Powers, TRUATY ENGAGEMENTS. Loxnpow, Feb. 16.—In the House'of Com- mons Gladstone asked the Government's opin- 1on regarding treaty engagements, and Gathorno Hardy, Secretary of State for War, replied that < the Government did not consider itsclf free .+ from the obligations of the treaties of 1856 aud w 1871, He could not agree that Turkey b left In <" the cold, yet saddled with all the obligations of 7. those treaties. If Turkey was bound by them, he openly, loudly, nnd peremptorily declared he rest of Europe must also be bound by them. TIIE REPEATERS. Ciwamsxati, Feb, 16—Eph Holland, indlcted for complicity in the frauds at the October elec- tion, has made a long aworn statement tyhich * Wedo not at present, he sald, intend to use regilfl'::r pu't;l.:;;loed |:’z:;?" fig; ndg‘l!:; ‘) muterial coercive measurcs against Turkey, BF | York partics 'to be ,~ and_ accounts 3 draw the sword for her. for somo 156 fllegal votes. Ho thinks Mr. Gladstone, In questioning the Govern- ment to-day sbout the treaties, cited the dis- putch of Lord Derby to Bir Henry Eiliott, dat- Bept. 5, 1870, fu which the former declared that Eoglish sympathy was completely allenated from Turkey by the atrocities committed, and Her Mujests’s Govermment, even in the event of Russlan attack, would find ft practfcal- I+ 1y impossible to protect Turkey. War between Ruesla and Turkey would thus place England in +* & hwniliating position, as it would bring her * sympathles iuto direct opposition to her treaty . eugagements. Gladstone argued that En- gland’s treaty ongugements did not bind her to *! support Turkey In ony circumstances.. Ho - porticularly ‘urged that the guar- . anteeing Powers were completely “ freed from their obligations if Turkey on ber # part bad not (ulfilled the expectations of reform ++ which shie beld out_ st the thne tho treaty wns = slgued. He wished to know whether tho Gov- ernmnent now consldered themnselves absolved frow the oblizations which Lord Derby hns as- serted were binding upon them i his Septem- = berdispateh, o Unthorne Hardy, after replying that the Goy- ernment dld not consider thetnselves freo from * the obligations of the treatics of 1830 nnd 1871, gaid he was gurprited that Ul'dstone had not complalned of mirgoverument in Turkey when the treaty of Paris was revised in 1871, and ho had no right to eay fhe present Cablnet ought to fullill obligatious which ¢his Cabinet nog- lected In 1571, Mr. Hardy demonstrated] that nonc of thocon- tricting Powers had the right under the treaty to aet without consulting others, He wantéd to know whether the bad conduct of a8 party to o treaty towards its own subjects was sulllcient cauee fur excluding it from” European advant. -egzes and for excluding Europe from the advant- .. ‘mio of the treaty. If this wns answered ‘i Iuthe aflirmatlve, Turkey wus cntitled to bo freed from her engozements, As to the ques- .+ ' tlon whether England was bound under the .. treaty to go to war for Turkey, he would say no. The Dusfs of the Confercnen was the in- 500 or 600 were cast throughout the city, The statement implicates no candldato bere directly, but he had frequent lnterviews with prominent Democratie candldates, and_ worked in their in- terest. Holland says. ho had a man from Chicago named Burns with o ang of twelve men, and a man wpamed alrehild from Pittsburg with eight men, and Mike Gleason, froin New York, with elghteen men, who cast In all abont GO0 votes. e res celved 81,000 from the Democratic Committee, and was promized more from Individual politl- «clans, who falled to give him the mpney, THE FRANKLIN DEFAULTER. - Special DispatcA to The Tridune. InpiaNarorts, lud,, Feb, 16.—R. T. Taylor, the defaulting Franklin Cashler, has been de- clared insane and will be taken toan Insane asylum to-morrow., The Grand Jury to-day re- turped indictments agatust Lim for embezzle- ments and forgery, W. C, Jolinson, of Wash- ington, 1. C., haa been appotnted Recelver, and will tako charge next week. An nssessment of 50 per cent on the capltal stock will, it Is thought, with the aasets of the bank, mect all the labllitles save the forged notes rediscount- cd at New York, Loulsyille, and Clncinnati, and the claim of o special deposit of 216,000 by Btrung & Co., of Chicago. A BRUTE™S WORK, New Youk, Feb. 10,.—About half-past 1 o'clock this moming Joe Coburn, the well- known puglllst, shot two pollce officers, both dangerously. It appears that Officer Toblas, who ordered n hackman from the front of Co- burn’s salnon, 1288 Broadway, was followed to the curner of Brnndw-gc-ml Thirty-third strect by Coburn, who dellberately fred two shots, oue tukiug effect in the breast and the other Ju the arm of the ofllcer. Another police oflicer named Joflrics, hearjug the firlng, ran to the ussfstance of his comrade, when Coburn flred again, wounding the second officer ju the side. Coburn bas been arrested. tegrity n:d " lnduwlfiwnlm of mum A):’ * towwi mplre. aving with other VIPE " Powers adhered to thab priuclole . at ‘WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDF. the Conferente we wers bound to support it fu Spectal Diepalch 0 The Tribune. the gense in which thoss words were cinployed, It would be entlely unjustifiable action to draw the aword to coustrein Turkey. It ought to make us blush with shame, for we should there- by violate promises und treaties. Hardy refused to enter into any engagement relative to the future. 1o hoped that the mor- al pressure of Englund and other powers would nut by without result. England was not obliged tu make war, but she was obliged to maintain 4 treaties. An animnated debate followed. Ilaplin, Con- { servatlve, declared that Gladstone, an hunora- ble man, should withdraw his churges agalust the ?‘uvcmmuut or test thelr truth by a detinite motion, > ¥ Gladstone complalned bitterly of haviog for S the first tiine in his life been uccused of a disin- ;+ ¢lination to meet hls opponents falrly, but he dedlined 1o reveal his plaus. + Blr Stafford Nurtheuto urged that the Opposi- : tlon were bound either to challengo the Gov- ernment's conduct or ndimit that thelr charges ¢ Lad been made in Jguorance, J ‘The Marquis of Hartington, without absolate. ~ 1y proulsiuy to introduce such a motion, would -+ not admit that the Liberal nccusations were » made uuder a falao lwpression, [f they re- * frained from chaltenging the Govermuent's polley, 1t was because that policy had undergone o change. The debate on tho subject was adjourncd uutl Fridsy vext. TIIE EAST, A PEACEFUL VIEW, . 87, PereRsnuna, Feb, 10,—The Czar holds N that war s needless, becauss the fall of Midhat Pasha marks a commencement of o state of anarchy wiich will eventually compel Europe 1o interfere. Gen, fgnatlefll supports this view. ‘Thé {dea among the peace party {s that the Pow- ers answerdng the Russlan clreular might enable Russia to withdraw aud awalt tle result of the ‘Turkish refforts at reform by publicly recognize fug the sucritlces which she has made on behalf of the Eastern Christians. MOSPITAL ARBANGEMENTSH, Loxpoy, Feb, 17—6a. m.—A Vicona corre- ‘spoudent reports that the Central Hoclety at St. . Yewrsburg for assisting the wounded has notl- tied fts branch establishments that the Czar per- mits the Immediate commencement of the col- lection of money und waterfals, Al Russiun . nuunerles huve received orders to prepare to send delegations as uurses to the Pruth, CONSTANTINOPLE, The Time' dlapatch from Belgrade . saysa rumor {8 current that the Servian deputation ’ bas halted on account of disturbances fn Con- .. stautivople, z A Berllu correspondent reports that the gor- rison of Constantluople s belng relnforced by 3 Levantine reghents, which are supposed to be iguurant of secent events. : .. The Standard's special from Berlin says a coup d'etat fs dully expected at Coustuntinople. Stewners ure anchored before the palace, ready 10 ald the Sultan's cacape. A Times Vienna dispatch meutions re- dy oceurred In Oregon, Holt County, this morn- ing, J.F. Blmer, a well-known citizen, shot bis wife and aftcrwards bimself. Iis wifo still breathes, bnt caunot recover, Bimero s dead. The affalr creates luteuse excitement, Tho pare tles referred to nbove are the parents of Mr. John Bhinero, who has for some time been eme Elo.ml i the drug stora of William Loving on econd strect In 8t. Joseph, aud were livingou a urin near Uregron, He recelved n tolegram this alternoon stating the above horrible facts. s MEMPIIS ITEMS, Mawurms, Tean,, Feb, 10.—Ex-Mayor Loague, who was scut to jall -some days since by Judge Logwood, of the Criminal Court, for refusivg to testify ngalust Lis son Robert, charged with forging his 1ather's name, was released to-day, the Attorney-Uencral thinking the cvldence suftlcfent to' couvlet without the father's testimony, Judge “Irizg, of the United Btates Dlistrict Court, sentenced Thomas Drury, father of Bob Drury, who killed Deputy Unfted Btates Mar- slial (ilbson, to the Penltentiary for three and & lr’c‘xl): yy“" for passiug couuterfeit natioual cur- A ORRIBLE TALE. Bax Fraxncisco, Feb, 10.—A Victorla dis- patch says news from the north this morning statea thut au Indlan belongiug to the tribe near Kumscott has confessed thut fifteen whites und un Indian reached shore from thu George J. Wright, the steamer from 8itka lost on the Northiern coast threoyears ago, TheIndlan says the unfortunate people were murdered by lfm tribe und thelr bodics thrown Into the seu, The uews Is not reeelved with eredence. —— A FAMILY IROW. New Yonk, Feb, 16.—The wife of J, Marsen- {no was to-day fatally shot, stabbed, and kicked by lier fatler, Antoulo Leon, at lLer resideuce, No.43 'Presldent street, Brooklyn, durlng the absence of hicr hustund, Her fatber-n-law, nged 65, attempted to shicld her from her Infurlated {atuer, und was dangerously stubbed. John Leou, u brother of the wotnun, who was present b the attack, Las been srrested, but the el A e eated, but the father INCENDIARTES, Special Dispaich fo The Tribune, Fr, Wayxe, Ind, Feb. 1.—During the past week two large and destructive fres have taken place In Columbla City, the work of fncendia- rles. The bellef gained ground that an attempt was belog mado to burn down the town, Last night two men wera detected jn the act of set- tiug tire to the lwlxihl. lwuse of the Pitteburg, Fort Wayue & Culeugo Itallway, and wero ar- rested, Much excitement provs there, MURDER CONFESSED, 8an Faancisco, Cul,, KFeb, 16.—A Portland dispatch savea German hamed John E. Hofl- man, arrested on thechargy of murder, recently committed jn Oregou, confesses to have mur- porté represeuting (but . 8 struggle | dereda Freuchwaw named Jifilus Combler, in Letween the palace and popular par | Macon County, Hlluols, vo the uight of the dth ties §1 proceediog o Constantinople, of fust Juyuary, He then tled ‘the country, ‘The prisoner [caves for the East to-worrow fu custody, - HIGHWAY ROBBERS. Apecial Dispalch so The Tribuns. Ay Aupox, Mich,, Feb. 16.~Edward Foloy aud Davld Norton werearrested to-day for high- Way robbery comuitted last night un Juho which, if the pupular partyis successiul, will 1.} vesult lo Midhat Pusha's recall, rumors of an spproach to which are already rife. GORTSCUAKOPS, Iu well-dnformed circles in St. Petersburgit Is stated thut Prince Gortuhakoff has yiclded to the Czar's request, aud will retain his ottice un- 80l Aluy, at wileh thue ko §s tinuly resolved to Rogers. Their examiuation comes off to-mor- Tetire. LG e~ ‘ THE SEKVIAN PHONTIERS. g Viesua, Feb. IiThe spectal Irom Belgrude BURHLARY, Special Diapuadc to Tha Tridune. CLINTON, fu., Feb, 16.—During last night the safe fu the office of Anthony McCluskey & Co., saw-will owoers at Cowancke, wes cut Wto L0 thel'vlita! Uvrrespondencs reporta that M, Risticy baw Leen structed 1o draw up & detluite © wetlemeut of tbe frontler question during nis stsy iu Constantinople. Sesvla clains the ree- 81, Joseru, Mo., Feb, 16,—A shocking trage- |+ from the back. and the contents, §200, taken. The burglars, it is supposed, came from Clinton on horseback. ARRESTED. Fisnxiy, N. Y., Feb. 16.—Alexander Barlow, the alleged defsulting Cashier of the Fishkill Bank, has been arrested, and given ball of £50,000. CASUALTIES, RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Bpecial Dispated to The Tidune. Orrawa, 1L, Feb. 16.—A sad accldent oe- curred to-day, which will probably resuit in the death of George Fuller, an aged and wealthy farmer of Utlea Township. IHe with bis wife were driviug beside the ralirond track, when the horse becoming frightened at the cars ran away. In attempting to crossa high bridge which spans the canal it ran off the embankment, Laking the buggy and Its cccupants with it. 'fhe horse was killed, and the old inan was taken up insensibvle, in which conditfon he still remains. Tis injuries are internal, and of - a very serfous nature. His wife escaped with fewer and Jess fatul brufses. Much blame fsatta:hed to the City Guvernment for leaving this bridge embankment so une sguarded, NONE SURVIVED, p Navirax, Feb. 16.8A telegrun from 8t Joln's, N, F., says a life buoy marked * George Cromwell " was picked up In Placentia Bay. She no doubt struck on Cape 8t. Mary’a on the nignt of the 5th of January. Cape St. Mary's is twenty-five miles weat of Cape Race, where tho George Washingion was wrecked. The land fn the neighborhovd s rugged and affords little chance of saving llfe. 1t 'is supposed that all hands were drowned, as occurred with the sister ship George Washington on the 20th of Jau- uary. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE, Spectal Dispatch o The Trisune. Font WArsE, ind,, Egb. 16.—Michael Horn, an old resident of Allen County, started from his home, cight miles from this city, last Mon- day, on a spree, since which time he had not been seen antil 1ast night, when his dead body was found In the woods one mile from his house. Hia death {s supposed to have resulted from dissipation and exposure. Deceased was & man of consldcrable property. TETANUS. Spectal Dirpateh to The Tridune, Kexosua, Wis, Feb. 10.—Charley Cooper, nged 8 years, 8 son of James Cooper, of this city, while playing with some of lis playmates a few days ago, was accidentally pualied oft the Aidewalk, running a large, rusty nail into his hand, groduclnz lockjaw, from the cflects of which he dicd this alternoon at 6 o'clock. CORONER’S INQUEST. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. LaSaure, Feb, 16.—Tho Coroner's inquest. upon the bLody of Frank McGovern, who fell through the raflroad bridge over the Illinols River, o distanco of ninetv feet, and was killed, Lrought fn o vendict, * Unavoldable accidenti no blume attached to the Illinois Ceotral Rail- way Company.” —— ““UNACCOUNTABLE !* Special Dixpatch to The Tridune, GALEXA, 11l,, Feb, 10,—A dry-house connect- ed with the Latiin & Rand Powder Compuny's mill, at Platteville, Wis., blew up In some un- accountable manner at 6 o'clock this morning, hilling one of the operatives, 8 man named Stout, and cowpletely demollshing the butld- ug. EXPLOSION. New OriLEANs, Feo. 16.—It 8 reported that the ferry-boat Joues, from Bayou Goulato Plaquemine, exploded her boller Thuraday, kill- ing six peravns, i FATAL COLLISION, AMippLETON, N, Y., Feb, 10.—Mary Boden and Tenac Baxandalo were killed last evening, thelr coach being struck by au Erle Rallrond engine. ———— THE MORAL OF ASHTABULA, Clemens Herschiel, C. E., of Boston, writes to tho Buston Adverilser, revicwing the testimony n connection with the Ashtabula accldeut, which he aseribes to negligent construction of the bridge. We quote theclosing portion of the communlcation : Icome to the moral of the legaon as I nndorstand it. 1f the responsibility for fallures of this sort In toappear clearly and withont doubt. some in dividual class of men must bo Intrusted with the constructlon of bridges. There are in every com- waunity edugated, experienced constructing eng- neers whose dusiness it is to bear such a responsts Mlll{: they are Jilted for 11, competent to insure tewith tlielr head, if you nsk §t," s George Steveuson wald, the safely of the structures they crect, All they nak ix that their advice be taken, not overriden by the fancy, perhaps, of 8 moment, Aunow tou uften sitaated, thess men ara not ullowed to bulld ar y know it {4 proper to build, and yet, wlien onything accurs, the oye of overy ono [s st unco tarned to them, and to” them only A melancholy interest attuches to this part of the subject by tho wsuiclde of the chief engineer of the road on which the - Ashtabula bridge fallurs ~ hoppened, ~ With the experience of the deeigner of that bridge bafore him, an obsti~ nate llnndlfl&l out for hin own views would hardly have effected hie objects, and tact will not dv every- thing. [ desire again 1o refer to my own practice, and inake the statewent, that, us I luok back to the varlous structurcs nominslly mine, in varlous places, the rule is thot they are the chtldren of ine genlous compromises, not such as [ would proudiy callmy own, 1f the public will dlatingulsh botween surveyors, railrond stukers-out, muster-mechunica, professors of mathematics, contractors, aud constructing engl- neers (elvilenglneers, Iwould say, but that theterm has well-nigh Joat eaning) i i thoy will appreci= ate that whero the une pariy Lo a burgain bn (they will pardon the expression) elther ignorant of, or what way bs equaily bad, only aifttle educated upon a subject, and the other yarty is knowlngaad iain comPcmlun with n ucors of “others equally wharp, all tryiug to beat each other in a raco; If they will appreclate that unde thesscircumstances it 18 tho order of nature and of human nature that theru la egitinmute work for thosa who have davot. ed themselves toa full knowledge of the subject matter, without pechlary lutercat in who wins the sace, and only atriviog to worve the first nemed, then the scrvice of conetructing coglneers will find ite trug appreciation, Thero I8 only one correct way of | bullding bridges or lurge roofs; a coustructiog engi~ neer must design the bridgo or roof; fii- luns can bu changed in detail until satle- actory 1o the porties that pay for it, and all cuntructors must bid on thut oue plan, This v fair to all. This {s the way all the Lridzes on the Pennvylvanis Rallroad are bullt, it is the way they aro bullt on the Boatou & Albany itoad, it'ls the way bridgesaro bullt fn Europo univeranlly, —it §s the only “safe way, 1t placcs the responaibliity wher [t belongs. * The distinctlon botwoen come peting clvil vaginecrs nnd gontlenen nof civil en. locurs, between engineers and contractors, must wbarply drawn, It will undoubtedly surprive many englueers who have left the profession snd taken up bridge contracting, to be told that they are no longer of their foinior profussion, and have changed thelr very nature. - Lut humasn nature is sugh und cannot be changod, **No man can serve two mastors, " and whou It comues to advising unvn bridge conatruction or lullcllnq Letween acversl lany, the coutractor or **bridge-bulluer™ L by reason of pervonal ieto Ieaf here from the experiencaand practice of tho gentlemen of the law, Who fur agee have kept tho sitainment of exact fistido. snd fne partiolity in view. Itfs with & fecling of mortifi- cation sad doubt, and perhaps with a hieavy heart, that a Justice of the Buprewme Judiclal Cours sou times steps from the bouch and cusy In whlch, way,a rallrosd compan because hie or his wife may own s cou hares in the road ;yet the foundatlone of Justice rest upon such actel aud It v equully proper that the coutractor should be equally” cautlousin glvin his opinlons free frour tho talut of persoual interest, and should be encours: by the public when he i¢ =0 conscicotious as to distlke acting ¢ envineer and contractor both. I believe that all couscivativus contractors, men wh dealre to advnacy e quility of bridge! work and stamp out the whoie tribe ni POOTr Work- men and poor work, are snzlous to have (he pub- lic_have confidence §n competing constructing eogineers, ‘Fhere 14 no condict between the two, fur tuey work In_tarmouy toward tho atiainment of the same cnds, With that purt of the public whose duty ft be- comes o employ clvil engineers, thess cnginecrs and the coutructors, or the waster-mechanic, wurks i togethur in harmony, and cach in his proper wphero, such falluros—I decline to call It an acel- dent—as that at Ashtsbuls will be oxceedingly rare, and, slould onu ever uccur, the rnfinnflbll- ity Sught'to, und will, come howa ke lightaing to tlic proper party, o ———— SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF TRADE. Bax FrANCigCO, Feb, 16.~At a special meot ing of the Chamber of Commerco to-day, s resulution was adopted petitioning Cobgreas to vrovide & seml-monthly mall between 8an Fran- claco, Ching, and Japan, Lo bo carricd onsteamers l!_vlu;; the Auerican m“ia also u resolution to appoiut o comwitteo co-operate with the lmlwlflulun slguli Servive, —— . SCARLET FEVER, Hpecial Dirpatch o Tha Tribune, PeRo, Feb, 16.— A mualiguant typo of searlct fever Is raging here. Chlldren who have been attucked with it bave dicd before a physican tould reach the case. Two familles Lave loat five culldren cach. PACKARD. The Would-Be Assassin Arraigned and Pleads Guilty. Opinfons Conflicting ns to the Significance of the Act. Bepublicans Attribute to Political Hatred and Desperation, And the Democrats Lay It All to Abe sinthe and Bnd Whisky, Testimony of the One-Legged Man Uoncern- ing the White-Neoktied Party. Special Dispal 10 The Tridnune. NRw Oreeaxs, Feb, 10.—The comments of the Democratic city presson the desperate ate tempt of Weldon to assassinate Gov. Packard yesterday are peculiar, ‘They all make haste to disclaim any responsibility for the act on the part of the leaders of thelr party, and seek to explain the object of the wounld-be murderer in varjous ways, without profossing® to know any- thing aboant It. They declarc Wellon is a lunatle, a monomanlac under the influence of oplum, absinthe, and whisky, and no Democrat} yet those who saw the attempted murder declare that Weldon acted with § perfect compo- sure, nnd gave no indication of excitement,from liquor or other cause. His clothes were fashlon- able, his ltnen clean, and hisface freshly shaven., The Democrat says: “We doubt If & more daring, desperate, and absurd attempt at assas- sination Is on record. ‘Thedesperate purpose of this man, and the coolness with which ho walked under the very shadow of death to carry it out, certainly partakes of the sublime; but the out< come very nearly assumes a tings of the ridicu- lous. The businces, however, has a deeper meaning than may bo read upon {ts surface. It wa arc not much mistaken, man the abnormal of this unfortunate lent symptom of affalrs in this - State, Mania cxists the action 8 a vio- state of o all countries and o all times, but when it manl- fests itself In a disposition tu perpetrate political nssassination it is d certaln indication that there 15 a viclousncss, a rottcnness In the politieal system which is threatening to invade soclal 1ife and destroy the whole fabric of Christian soclety.” The Picayune says: “We have no positive evidence that anyboay fired upon Mr. Packard at atl, or that anypody cawe to bodily harm in attempting to take the expectant de facto Gov- ernor’s life In any manner, Nothlng is more cvident, nothing could be more obvious, than that the conservative people of Loulslana are entirely {rresponsible for the deed.” The Z¥mes says that the affalr falled of belng o complete tragedy not for any want of vil- lainous purposo to make it so, and expressea regret on account of TIA POLITICAL EFFECT which the affair tnay have. The truth of the matter probably fsthat Weldon Is either & monomanlac to about the same extent ns Wilkes Booth was, or that he was under the Influcnce of prolonged sprees, as the Mobllo dispatch would fndicate, aud whilo not belng au authorized representative of tho White League or other secret political organiza~ tions in Loulstans, he heard so much In Now Orleaus about killlng Packard that bo thodght 1t would be herole to do it himself. Weldon de- clarca, however, that he came hera for the - ex- press purpose of killing Packard. WELDON ARNAIONED, To the Western Astociated NEW ORLEANS, Feb, Wo—1lis corder 8tals, accompanled b Fress. uiternoon Re- several reportera and polies ofticers, proceeded to the room In the old 8t. Louls Houss where the wounded man Weldon lics, and_formially arral with a charge of assaulting ed him on o cadly weapon Btophen B. Fackard, Uovernor of tlic State of Louisluna, with intent to murder, mal quesllcn‘ “ Are this charge?” the pi To the for- ou gullty or not gullty of oner replied in o gnn voleo “ Guilty,”” Au order of commitment was then moce out directing Chief-of-Polivs Loan to retuln hitm in custody until further orders, Dr, 8mythe, the attending physiclan,was pres- cnt durlog the examination, and atated the at Lo could not at present give an oplnion 8s to the probablo result of Weldou’s infuries, During the day, Philip Steln, o one-legged Ger- man peddler of dry 1zowds, made THE FOLLOWING APPIDAVITS I 1ive at No. iH Nluth streef sell dry goods. Yestordsy, Thureda, In thiscity, and Y, Fol 1477, Getween. ihe. honrs of 10 And 1T o'closk 1 thio forenoon, wont fnto & beer anloon In Louloz Thore wps a gentle street, nesr man sitting necktio, buy “any lueeis n ocketknives, % o State-llouse, in the saloon who had on a white naked this gontleman {f Lie wanted to leather pocketboul Mo sald **No,» any good ‘phatols ho would' buy, 1 ks or bat if sald 1 bad got no pistole. Hetold me to takea scat, Asked moif Iwasa and began” 1o talk Republican, sald, **Well, asked mo It cept that he rnn for Governo: polltics, 1 told him th will iz him, the damncd rascal. businoss with him to-day," ‘There wasa one- armed man who wan drinking with a MAN WITH A WHITH NECKTIR, 3 The man with the white necktie asked the ove- armed man if he knew Packard, ex Mo sald to m:: Ax 1 have particular ‘The one-armel man said ** Yes, Thonan with the whits neck- tio naked the one-armed slong with Liwm, a8 busivess with Packurd, armed man and also ho L the owner of man If ho wanted to go had rticul ioid_{he " ono. tho bar, I think, **That must be 5 very mean man, [ don't know what to way of him, " m’unhlg the man with .the white neckile, Then 1 left, 1 noticed nothing In the manner of the man with the white necktie to make me think he was crazy, 1 should know hit again If 1 saw him, Btein was tuken to the room where Weldon is Ho at once salil It fa the man T saw and talked with In the and confronted with him. bar-room yesterday, tho white necktle.’ RECOUNITION, Hearlng this statement, prisoner turned his head witn ditfleulty upon the pillow, and, look- Iog Inteutly at Steln, sald, % You are the man [ was talkly Bteln replh:fi You are in a bad way, but Its ‘With an impatieut turn of hishead Weldon re- plied, * 1t's done now,” aud closed his eyes, The Republican Btute authoritics corildently aseert that at the proper thme they will bo abla to prove Weldon's conuection witha baud of aseasalng, and who was then wearing to_fu’ tho bar-room yesterday.' Yo, and I am sorry for you. our own fault,” A TALK WITIl WELDON, ‘The Evening Times hos the followlog: At 1 o'clock & Times veporter was admitte He secins room of Weldon, ta the very eomfortably fixed. ITa occuples an improvised cot, and a) parently has cvery attention paid to him, IR; says that while coming over hers on the cars b concelved the idea of killing Packard, thinking that it would be n popular uct, Hu asked Mr, Drury about letters which were taken from his erson. e romembered sbout them, Among bo letters thore wero & nuwber from s lady cvidentl! in Mobile, Is very clear uot. a sweetheart, in his He mind yet, and docs not talk coherently or connected- ky. o acts much like 8 1an who has been un- er the influence of strong drugs. Hessidtos ';alluum:n who was Iu s room on Friday morn- hiz that he was sorry for what he bad done, and that he had ‘been drinking poisoned hquor of some kind before lie came to the State-House, The Weldon sensation of Thursdas was the Yllux'lnul h:lmu of cunversation at Odd Fellows® {all on Friday morning, Whennearly all of those present had digested Lhe various and conflicting reporte presented by the different city papers, somo wers buclined o tho bellof. that’ Weldon ‘eldon wos influenced by Republican schemers, while the majority, including the leadi: ng Conserva- tives, wero 0f tho opinfon that tho man wasa wonomaniac, and that he wauted to make him- sclf & second leadera disayowed au Wilkes Booth, and these same belief or suspiclons that politics or the politiclaas of efther party had nnvunuE to do with it, thatat once. They dealr eslre, however, orough iuvestigation shall be had, an with that view It fu more than prubable that Graud Jury will take actlon in the premises 3 ME. GEOROE DRURY was with him qt‘;“. a long timoon Frids g moraing, trylug went from . Mr. get_souiekind of & nm»’- Drury says that ho does not sppear to_remember Well, and th, ut bis mind “sppeared clouded, He remembered the nawe of the man, Joseph Huttel, who accom. panfed him to iuarked that Jt tho State-House, and re- secined curious that the muu Huttel sbould Lave allowod bun to use bis (Hutwl's) Mr. Puckard's ottice, pawe when ssking permisaion to It seemns that ho did use Huttel's naine, altbough published regurn have 1t that he gave tho nawe of Hutton. asked bl about TUX TUILD MAN AT TUE DOO! and to thls question o sald, wela the door, did be nol W i Drury Why, "'lu pushed ur"Drury say8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1877-TWELVE PAGES. that he got some points from him which he wlshes to fuvestizate, and, if they prove to be as stated by Weldon, hie will be induced to belteyo that Weldon attempted assassfnation under the %(“tmim“ of strong “drink, or a drug of somo nd. WRLDON'S WOUND. With reference fo tha wound of Weldon, Dr. Smythe says that the ball entered about two inches above the elbow, and catme out about three inches below, The wound Is a flesh wound, and, while it is not considered b{ '"fl‘ meaus dangerous, Dr. Smythe says that he satisficd that Weldon on Thursday, when he at- tempted the assassination of Mr. Packard, was under the fuflucnce of absdnthe and bad whisky. CHARGN TO THS ORAND JURY. Judge Whittaker, of the Supetfor Criminal Court, tolay dellvored the following charee to the Grand “Jury: It I8 a notorious fact that yestenlay a prominent citizen was shot at with _the intent to murder Lim at the8t. Louls Fotel, and also that the effortsof the police authoritics to investigata the matter have been trustrated. These matters, in ! opinlon, réquire tho attention of the Gran Jury. ‘o proteetion of the laws should be ac- corded to every one, and oflicers of the law be 'lumltlul to {nsure that protection. In vour nvestigation of this matter tho Court will ace cord you every sseistance in its power, while, at the same time, it would take no hasty action calculated to further complicate the condition of 8 ordinarily referred to as the status quo,” PEOTLE WIl0 RNOW WELDON. pecial Dirpatch to The Triduns. 8rriNGrIELD, 111, Feb, 1W.—~Willlam Henry Weldon, the Jyunz inan who attempted tho as- sasaination of Gov, Packanl, of Loulsiann, wasa former citizen of Bpringficld. _Ho was employed here about six _years slice and carlier in Brown & Coleman's dry-goods stare, and was then o very popular young man sm:lnlly. and atmost the last person one would: suspect of ever harboring nssassination. Il " fs_tho son of a clergyman In Butblehem, Pa., and has been In corren{)ondcnco with frlends hereupto a comparatively shiort period, e wan.an intenso Democrat, and there” are those wiho think ho may have Leen hired to aseaseinate Puckard, probably taking ta the plan out of a craving for notorlefy ho was known to cherish. There are others who think Insanlty must have Jed to the attenpt. He has never ‘been copnected with the press in any way, ‘The Stafe Journal in the morning publishes Weldon's portralt, with a Listory of bis Springficld careor. PHILADELPIIA, Pa., Feb, 16.<Inquiry lhicre develops the fuct -that W, H. Weldon, the oung man who_made the attempt on Gov. ‘ackard’s life fu New Orleuns, is asonof the Rev. G, F. Weldon, a highly respected Lutlhieran clergyman of West Philadeiplia, To tha Editor. af The Tyibune, Cinrcaco, Feb.16.—Willlam H, Weldon, who attempted to nssassinate Gov. Puckard, of Louls(ans, wos formerly a resldent of Bethle- hem, Y'a. father was a Lutheran minister, aud had charge of a church In’ Bethlehein for many years, Mr. Weldon was cducated at Charles Schwartr's Academy fu Bethlehem, * On leaving school hegentered the dry gooda store of M. H, Soyder, jn the samc town, where he re- mained lfor several "yun, bearing a good reputation. At the thne of the great Chicago firehowas in Cincinnati, O,, and soon after came to Chicago and was employed in the dry ‘:pd:shlfiunan Ross & Gossage, then on tho 8 e, Mr. Weldon {s now about 30 years of age, and is not murcthan five feet four’ fnches In hoizht, Ho hAs a mother and sisters living n Philadelphia, as ke Is roported to have sflx.l.ml. FIRES. AT PEORIA, ILL. Bpecial Diwpatch (o The Tridune, PzoRia, Ill, Fev, 16.—This morufog about 10 o'clock fire was discovered fu the rear por- tion of Elovator B, owned by Tsng & Brothera, Owlng to the inflammable nature of the bulld- inz and the delay In getting o pressure of wa- ter the fire gained auch headway that the entire clevator with its machinery ond contents wero destroyed. Loss catimated at $40,000 to $45,- 000; lusured as follows: Bvotife Commercial, 8200; Merchauts’, of Now Jcrufiy. $800; Farm- ers' and Drovers', $2,000; Rogal Canadian, £3,000; Germanka, of "Newark, - $2,600; chants’, of Newark, $1,000; Franklin, of Indi- ann, $1.000; Peopl's, of Newark, $1,800; Roger Mer- Willfan 3 Northern New York, 31,0003 Atlantlc,’ $2,000; American, of Pennsyivanin, §3,000; 8t. Juscph, of Missourd, $2,000; Lan- caster, of Pennaylvania, $2,000, The ,premlses were undoubtedly set on five, IN ARKANSAS. Litrir Rock, Ark., Feb. 10.—The Court- House of 8earcy County was destroyed by fire on Monday, It was the work of au incendlary. Loss $10, Most of the records saved. — CIIICAGO. The slarm fromn Box 15 at 6:45 yesterday mornlog was causcd by the explosion of a kero- sene Iamnp lo the saloon of Georze Ross, No, 69 River street, No damnee. E AT NEW IIAVEN, CONN. New [Avey, Conn,, Feb, 10.—The fire in Edward Malley's dry-goods etorc last night caused damnage to the stock of $756,000; insured. > AT NEW ORLEANS, New OnrLeAxs, Feb, 10.—SBtraight University gull&lfl‘zu burned. Reported {ncendlury, Loss 10, AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. &pecial Dispatch to The Triduns. Minxzaronts, Minn,, Feb, 18.—The grist-mill of 1. B. Croftson burned last night; loss $3,800. e — ) THE WEATHER, . ‘Wasuinaron, D. €., Feb. 17.—For the Lake Reglon, diminlshing westerly winds and clear weather, with lower temperature and rising baroineter on the Lower Lakes, but higher tem- rature and statlonary or fallfog batometer on ho Upper Lakes, LOTAL OBSEEVATIONS. . Cinloado, Peb. 16 Tinie. lDfl"»‘fll’,llfl.‘ Wind, — |#n. @338, m. 20,241 2 | UHAR. W, D020 B2 2009, m. W10 07 | 84 383D, tn. 1A i | 01 Di00p, m, 5041 101K D, T 0,221 30 | b e Mszimum thermometer, 401 intolinum, 29, ENabaL SR TAT] e Ciioado, Feb. 10-Midnlght. _ “Siattons. _1Hlar, | Thr, JRain, Weaiher, Wind, 5 13 15 ENEET HEBSY; ST, LOUIS INSURANCE FRAUDS, 81, Louis, Mo, Feb. 16,—In the matter of the 8t. Louls Mutual Life Insurunce Company, which has been hefore the Clrcuit Court for some timo past, Judge Wickham to-day entered o final decree forover debare ring It from further prosccuting business aud turnlug sll tho property of the Compan over to the Recelvers recently sppolnted. -~ All claims against the Company may be presented to the Court by petition, after which ‘"’?,' will be referred to Judge Thomas T. Gantt, who hias been appointed speclal referee to determine all such demand W. R. Walker, Asalgnee of the North Mis~ souri Insurance Cumvun{! uow {in bankruptey, filed a suit to-day In the United States District Court agalust Josepli T, Relsterand John F. Will- fams, the latter preseut Bpeaker of the Missour] House of Representatives, Directors of the Compauy, for §138,000, asscts of tho Company climed i tho Assigues to have been mbsap- propriates "' GRAB-LAW " MONEY, Epecial Dispasch (o The Triduxs. Broosixoroy, Il., Feb. 10.—~The City,Treas- urer was agreeably surprised to-night by a note from State Auditor Necdles informiing him that thero are $4,000 to the credit of Bloomington in the Btate Treasury. 1t Is an eccumulation of tho special Interest lovy to pay interest on bonds of the Jacksonville Divlslon under the “(irab law.” The coupons were prescnted pald bere, 0o demand bc\ni.uwh on the Treas- robably R ury. This fuud will be dyvoted to {58 wew City-Hall bl ? e ——— LATE LOCAL ITEMS. T, 8, 8tackel, & wealthy farmer from Lens, L., got drunk In town _vesterday and fell futo the hands of, the Philistlnes. Fortunate- ly coough he fell Into the bands of the police st tho comer of Clark aud Polk streets just as Willlam Bpeed aud Willism McCartbey were golug through bim,— fudoed the thivves had already obtalned posses- slon of his bagraze checks. Omllcers Curson and Lung arreated both upon churges of attewmpt~ ug 1o commlt a lurceny, [ iul, yesterdsy worulng Officer Cook chased two ausplclous claracters atong North Wells strect, until they dropped a baz of booty con- taining about 500 cigars. Beveral other officera continulng the <chase captured one of them, n noted young thlef named Billy McEwen, and” last nizht Detective gc.lfinmk uu%:,ecdcd In elvluflng)ll!lp‘aflln::; "."éy, rien. & Lof are supposed to h heer: Surglorizcd e & shtoar AL Go. 00 Soath Water street owned by a Vun Keusen, Entrance was lulnud by forcing open the front door witha inmy. ———— ENGLISH SPARROWS. An Addition to the Afr-Fauns of Illinols-~ Thelr Frotection, . To the Editor of The Tribune. Sanpwicn, - 1IL, Fev, 8.~The birds.of our country are not only attracting increasing inter- cst as objects of study and classlfication by nat- uratists, but are beginning o be recognized as indispensable agents io chiccking the enormous increnso of the numierous species of noxfous in- sccts, In this interesting fleld of Natural His- tory, the masses, owlog to the rapid increasc of knowledee In this direction, are commencing to understand and appreciate the real value of birds in the economy of Nature. Agriculturists and hortlculturists are also beginning to discern in them thelr best friends. As public sentiment strengthena In favor of thesoagents, which Prov- fdence has go kindly adapted and qualified, by diversity of structuré, for the destruction of the diffcrent tribes of insccts known to live upon grain, fruit, and other products of the sol), wo confidently expect that each State of tho Unlon will so protect them by legislative enactments that crop-failures will become less appalling to the titlers of tho sofl. The Amer- {ean people hiave given vr:‘r‘y tardy assent to the value of {nsectivorous birds as o powerlul rem- @ly jor ridding our flelds, gardens, and orchards of the main hindrance to remuncrative returns for Iabor in paying crops. Bclentista, as well ns enlightened tillers of the eoll, corrolorate the usefulness of all the song-birds In checking the abnormal increascof nscets that thrive in fam- {lics upon overy known product of the soll. Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, who fostered every Industry, the machaniz arts, agriculture, and hortfcultitre, by first learning nearly every useful trade himeelf In the countries of Etir was particularly denfimud with gardening and fruit-growing, = He discovered, in the raising of cherrler, that the birds devoured more or lcss cach year; whereupon he ordered the general destriction of such as were known to cat this fruit, It sofell outthat the cherrycrop soon failed altogether, Peter, being o shrowd man, #aw, upon cluse Investigation, that insects were entirely robbing him ‘of fruit for which ho Lad an especlal fondness. He at once issued s royal decree for the protection of every species of Insectivorous birds iu his Empire; and soon was greeted, every scason, with bountftul crops of this most esleemed and health-piving luxury. One object of this communication {8 the an- nouncement of the quite general diffusion of the English Bparrows (l‘HnFllla Domestica) over rtions of 1lilnols, Having been colonized In he beautiful parks of some of our citles, they have strayed moreor losafnto the rural dis- tricts. ‘They are very scdate 1ittle wails, indus- trious ond enterprising, and mn{ be seeu, in many of our villages, flitting hero and * .there, secking thelr daily food during tucse nlmost Arctic days. 'Thoy are at- tired in uniform but sombre costume, very like staid English folk, as they are. We heartily welcome them as winter-rcsidents to keep tho lllne-hz {Cyanura Urestata), Chickadee (Parus DPaluatrls), and Snow-Bunting (Plectrophanus Nivialis) company through tho long, bleak win- ters. 'The Bparrows and other of our birds were well known in Orlental countries wany conturics 0goe Frequent allusions aro made to them in the Bible,—in the Paalms aud in the Now Testa- ment,—in many touching and beautiful Bgurcs of speech, Pa,, 1xxxiv., 8—** Yea, the Bparrow bath found su house, aud the 8wallow a nest for liorselfl,” England’s mreatest poet, Bhakspeare, {2““’";‘11’{,"'{‘.:"‘5 “%n-' %pu{lmw and Raven as ng fel 6 Father's hand: . B fe o tha douh the Raveas focd, Yea, prudently calers for tha Sparrow, Lo comnfort Lo my age. 1t 1s o beantlful custom of the Norsemen, and wortby of universal imitation, that, as soon as the chiurch-bells have “rung in the feast,” at 5 o'clock on Christmas-Eve, the fother of the house takes his l1)lumpn.-n and richest sheaf of uats or barley and ties it to tho end of a pole, which is then fastencd to the gable of the barn or storehouse. Tho birds, conscious of the feast the good farmer hns Emmmd for them, flit about the genercus repast, cating and chirp- ing,—the mother and children looking approv- Ingly on, while the father mayhap reminds his children of God's care even of the littlo Spar- rows. Providence having kindly directed the Sparrow to our houes, let us bufld snug Mttle cottoges fn our gardens, near our dwellings, slmilar to.those wo buitd for the migratory birds that come to gladden the early dnys of spring and to mrr‘y with us untfl sutumn-days, Little boxes flned with wool or cotion arg incxpensive indeed, i wo can make them our comuanlons through the dreary winter-season, in which so fow species can sus- tain themeelves on account of scantiness of food. Forthe small outlay in boxes, and scat- tered crumbs from our tables, they will pay us many-fold in rldding us of moths, aphidss, and other noxious fusects which infest our flelds and eardena for no other purposs than to destroy, year after year, tno frults of our tofl. Therc- fore, let us carcfully provide for these winter- sojourners, opportunel sent us that they ma jncrease o such numbers that then thoy may become strong enougl to maintain the balance of power over the myrlads of insect-cnemlies that 8o’ sorely afllict tho cul- tivators of tho soll. Asa fitting conclusion to what I have sald regarding these birds, will not the appropriate Legialative Committce add tho Bparrow to the st of -unfi-mm already protected by the statutes of I{linots, that it, too, may be shicldca from the rapacity ot thosc who scciningly destroy useful bl merely for the pleasure of killing thewn, while they confer no benefits whatever upon the destroyer? Nanux E. BaLLou. —— THAT CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY. o the Editor of The Tribune. ‘WasiNoToN, D, C,, Feb, 12.—Once upon & time, ond very soon after *a greatand glorlous rovival of religion ¥ among them, a large and Influential congregation of Pittsburg Christians got Into & dlspute on faith and nanners; and, on several occasions, undertook to enlighten cachi other's minds by hammering each ather's heads with cancs, umbrelias, and other sanctl- fled srguments, and only desisted in their mis- slonary labors when the police was called in and the lights turned out. ‘The case was taken to court, The first jury could not sgree; and, ou giving it to the second, the Judge charged that agreement on the facts must bo impossible, since, from first to lnst, one highly-respectable witness had sworn positively to certain things as facts, and was, in each fnstance, followed by on equally-respect~ able witness who swore positively to the oppo- alte. e added that, in'a long oxpericnco as lawyer and Judge, he had heard many cases brought up from the lowest dcus of viee, but' ln mono of them had there heen so0 much cross-swearing. No sgreement ever was legally reached; but the brethren came to thelr senses, and the Church prospercd. Now It {s evident that we are to hiave, or rather do liave, & second exam- nl:c:s v.h: kind of swearing, and this on a na- nal s cale, Every fuct proved by Republican committees of ru{x’d in Bouthern elncl.gml 1s to be alsprov- ed Dy thelr Democratic nl)ponenu. From au outsldo view, tho contest s lluml{oonu of fao- tlon, In which facta Lave nothing todojandlf, os fu the Church case, the opposing wltnesses were of equal mmbunr. there uever could be soy agrecwent. But it le 8 common rule at law 1 in cuse of contradictory testlmouy, the previous character of the witness Is to be care- lulrm scrutinized, and thelr evidence welghed ac- condiug to thelr reputation for yeracity. rule is applied by the Presldential Com- missioners, they will bave little trouble ju reach- '"'i a conclusion; but, without it, they must fal to agrec. In o fts application, they must first look at ‘tllu chmlu.wr getc the uul: u’ulmu‘;xwt‘:.h Mr.l Til+ 60 bas long becn openly charged with perjury, This cllu*efiu hos x‘wd to deufl sud IK; party bave wdmltted it, and made light of the crima {:t whllfh{af 14 now held to sppear as defendant asult st law, Mr, Hayes' character has been sifted, aud rid- ed, aud winnowed, aud turued, and twisted, Leld under the calclum-light of public opiuion, sud examiucd by the magollying-glasses of B:l"’ seal and pulitleal hute; yet no flaw of sehood hss beea found ia it. parties which “lh'ext mulel‘.l.ho initl\m.\ of the i ey represen FIfLy years 820, the Southern De:{sou?nk: gm,, undycr Calboun, was sweariug to support the Coustitution, ¢njoyiug the lon's share of honors and emoluwents uuder it, sud lottlug Lo overtbrow It by uubliication. For rhlm' ears Linwediately precedivg the War of the Kebellion, the Southers Democrucy took oatbi to support the Coustitution, while plau- umi "'1‘".5{“:{“3"',, s oy Ahey luysded the dow! of & weak uelgh- bar, fiul«p, Kot up & rebellion; and 8oy LY treachery, fraud, and violence, won Texas, that they might extend 8lavery and overpower the Frco Staten, They demanded the admission of Missouri, as A Slave 8tate, contrary to the known spirit and Intent of the Constitution l.he{ had sworn to Illm'vofl.' and made a show o Sunemal(y by Jotulng In guarantees to securo all the rest of the Northwest to Freedom mod, asaoon as they were strong enough, theso guaranteca were thrown aside. The Missour! “Compromisc was broken, after they had secured thelr share of the territory divided under it. ‘They rusticd tho uation futo awar with Mexlco to galn more slave territory; and, when do- feated in that project, forced the Fugltive-lave bill on the North as n compensation for recely. ine Calilornia tnto tho Union. Then they made the non-fultliiment of the degrading terms of that bill an excuse for war, after they had openly and hoastingly set at deflanee, for more than bhalt a century, that clanse of Lthe Constitu. tion which guarantees freedom of speech and the press in every State In the Unlon, They detlantly, openly, and boastfully tm- prisoned, drove’ out, or nurderen hundreds nf citizens of the United States for exerclaing, fn the South, rights soletnnly guaranteed to themn by the Constitution; whife “kecplng up a hypos critieal how! about Interference with am Instl- tution ns clearly unconstitutional ns the act which drove Judge luar ont of Eouth Caroll: aufter he had been sent by Massachusetts to te:l In tho United States Court the constitutionnlity of imprisoning citizens of Massachusctts for the crime of landing at thelr wharves, In nddition to all the trickr and frauds pos sibloin legislation, they ewmployed brute forco to make Knnsas a Blave Stote “and, when this was reported, denled the facts as earnestly nul persistently as they now do the violence charged upon them in Louistana and Florida, During the campalgn fn which Buchanan was elected, every. nssertion of violence fn Konsas, which was wado by the Republican purty, was denfed h{ the Democrats, Men of natlonnl reputation staked thelr word and honor on these denlals, Leglalatures and committees were created, and used to cast diseredit on the sccounts of out- rages comnmitted by Democratie ruflians ou the peaceful people of Kansus; and, hg' mnklufi thesc outrages 50 outragoous as to Do heyon beliof in any Northern community, they suce cceded In branding them as Munchausen ro- mances, ‘They converted the cry of Freedom Into ridi- cale, and flouted thelr erimes in the face of the world by shouting * Bleeding Kansas 1"—teeling that no clvilized peopla could realizo the dew pravity which thus mnade a jest of murder. ‘They carrled that election by sheer force of fraud ‘and falsehood; for to-day tho crimes ara known to have been committed by that party which treated thelr recital with mockery and jciul-n, and the boldest and most positive de- Dials, In these frauds and falschoods, the Northern Democracy, as the ally and tool of the South, becamo {mplicated ua vriminal participanta {n unprovoked murders, comniftied to carry a volitfeal point. For the falschoods which cov cred them, they are a8 responsible as those who fnvented hlet_n to escape punlshment; and so tho Democratic candidate and Democratie party coma before the Commission with o record of falechoud, fraud, treach- ery, and perjury seldom equaled In lie annals of erime; while the Republican party, ke fta chosen leader, has a record unstalned by anything but magnanimity, e crimes committed in Its name have been those of individuals,and generally of individ- uals magnanimously takenfrom the Democracy. As the party was unable to comprehend the enorinous wickedness of the Border-Rufianism of Kansus, and the cunning aud porjury with which it was concealed, 80 it bas been unable to see Ltho low cunning, taking the name of con- viction, which has_Lrought Democrats into it for the loaves and fishea thut are to Lo dla- pensed, » Muny crimes ave been committed in the Re- publican party, but not one by It; while the rocord of the Democravy vresents o innz 1ist of penal and capital offenses, of petty frauds, and outrages shocking to huwsnity, The name of the Jast President it elected will gu down to history as tho_synonym of treachery 0 ngreat trust; while hia by “whom the Re- publican party displaced him will ever stand as the other word signifying patriotism and purity. Bad men have mado their way Into the party, and bave used thetr place to bring disgrace upou it; but, as a party, it has never committed o fraud; and, when theso two parties vome up with thelr contradictory testiniony and irrecon- cilablo cross-swearing, the Comumlsalon cannot say, like tho PittsburgJudge, that tho witnesses ou both sides aro ** cqually reliable,” provided that pruvious character Is taken into considerae tion. JANE GREY S8WIssHELM, ——— MACOUPIN COUNTY, Tothe Editor of The Tribune. CARLINVILLE, IIL, Fob, 10.—Macoupin County does not wholly lle within the wiuter-wheat- growing belt of tho State, ' 1t Is a large county, being thirty-six miles from sonth to north, aud twenty-four miles from west to cast, and has au area of 652,000 acres of Jand, most of which Is susceptible of cultivation. The northern half of the county is ndapted to raising corn, and oc- casionally Eroducw large crops of wheat; but, owing to the uncertainty of the Iatter crop, many agriculturists have turned thelr attention and onergies to the reafing of cattle und hogs, ‘The southern lmruon of the county Is well adapted to nll these purposes; and hence sdne farmereturn thelratteation to one, and othersto all, of theso interests. There fs in the county a large population of farmers, whose hablts of In- dustry and economy forbid thelr having uny un~ productive Jand, In tho northern dmrc there i3 a largo number of Auerlean-born German Bap- tists, or Dunkards, who arc addlug largely to tho material wealth of tho county, 'The north- ern boundary of Macoupin s about sevent (y miles from Bt. Louls, aud 200 miles from Chl- 0. The Chlcago & Alton; Rockford, Rock nd & St, Louls; Wabash & Weatern; Indi- Rglh & 8t. Lauls; and Ilinols Northwestern uthwestern Rallroads pass through the Is| & caunty, aud afford facliitivs for shipment, Chi- cago ‘and St, Loufs are ths markets for.the county. The entlro county is underiaid by & Led of coal from six to elght feot thlck, which is reached ot o depth of from 100 to 800 feet, tha vein dipping to tho north and east, There are elghteen shufts in successful operation, The hog crop of 1870 has all been marketed: while there are sowe lots of cattle ready for market, and others feeding for the suwinmer trade, ‘There Is a largo amunnt of corn {u the bands of bfyers, awaiting a forelzn or Fastern market. ‘The winter wheat now looks well, and the pros- pect sorms to fndicato & good hnrvcu:\.' W —————— BOODY Vs, TILDEN, Naw York, Feb, 10.—Tho suit of Henry H. Boody vs, Bamuel J, Tilden and othiers for ac- counting and repayment on alleged pool trans actions on the Galena & Chlengo atock In 1804, ‘was dlamisscd by Judge SBedgwlck In tho Su- ecrlor Court, special term, to-day, as agalush Mr. Tilden, on the ground of the statute of Hin~ {tatlons, but with regard to defendant Ogden,y who resided fu [llinols, tho Court would “con- flur the matter after proof was In next Moue Y. ——— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, NEw Yonx, Feb, 16.—The shipment of beef from the Jersey City abattoir to England this week has boen so large that prices rosu suddenly at tho cattle market yesterday, The experle ment of lth ing live stock will bo tried this ‘week, and If it proves succesaful, extensive and rapld importation of cattle front the West will be the result, Tho Yacht Club Is 40 embarrassed that it has voted to wivo up ita New York aud Staten Lil and houses, * ——— Z OLE BULL, Bpectal Dispalch to The Tribune. Mipi1soN, Wis., Feb, 10.—0le Bull, the re- nowned viollnlst, and Louls Falk, of Chicagoy give u concert in the Congregational Church to- uight, the proceeds of which go towards pur chasing Morau's celebrated Jznluuug of Lake AMendota, which will be placed {n the art cvle lection at the Btate University, ————— OBITUARY. Bpecial Dispatch (o The Triduna. BLOOMINGTON, 111, Feb, 16.—{lenry Henllng one of tho firat settlers of McLean County, dicd on Thursday at his homoe on the Upper Mackk naw, in this county. ———— ‘Tho Shock that Killed o Wife. Sun Franctsco Hulletin, Bishop Willlun gmxn bas long been looked upon a8 a liberal Mormon, because he has kept hrugull Iree frowm the polyzamous abominativi, and has also condemned Hrigham Young's sy tewatic sobbing of the poor people. ilis wife was & verp superlor wowan, and they bad Lived happliy tozether, ralstng a large family of chils dren. ~ Bishop 8moot bad often been beard 1 say that poll)'g u[ was an fnvention of theevil one,aud bis wilo Lad often sald that its in= troduction foto ber huuse would kil Ler, but still she dfd not drean that s an gvent Wil cven & possibllity. About two mouths a0, howe ever, without hér knowledge, Siwoot tovk a coue cubine aud brougbt her {uto the housy with bis wife, wWho was ' delicate health at the tlus The terrible shock virtually kllled bLer. Sbe gave births to ber fourtecnth clild, faiied rupidly, und went to Jolu the throng of brokew bearted women in thy graveyard on tho besc