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critice aayn of it: /'To distribute wealth In poetical way, & man must have a horn genins far tbe occupation, and It s ne difficult to supgest any wotk of what Aristole might bave eafled the ‘art of expenditure® a4 it iy Impassible to withhold ad- miration where a great stroke I done, The gift of Cleopstra's needlo {a such a stroke, and deserves tsthetic approval, an well as geatitade." Prof. A. I, Burbank, thie reader, has planned an smbitions entertalnment for Banday, e purposes Aing the principat portlons of ihe play of **famlet," occopying abont one hour and & half. The reading will take place in the lerahey Music. Hsli Sunday afternoon, and if the succenss obtalned fa as Jargs an naw seems nrobable othor Shak. speatesn plays will be glven In turn, forming a se. ries of entertainments as unique as valuable, Thera lasome hope that the want in American literatare which has.long been felt—namely, a eritical weekly of the first class~will soon be Alled. Tho Lisrary Table, heretotors Jamaed monthly, haa met with sucl: favor that It wiil hereafter be pnb- lished weekly, Henry i. Hinlon & Co,, of New York, are the proprietors, The [ntenlion ia to make It an American Athenaum or Acadery, Tho ANation, which has many dLitinetive foatures, fa not distinctive enongh, In small space itattempts ta covet the whole range of politics, litcrature, and art, and 14 not thorough in any department. Its vaok notices sre froquently defuyed until after tho Interest in the books mentioned han dled awny, Many Americans no doubt are Iaborlng tnder the fmpresalon that the Gninesborough portralt of the Duchess of Devonahire, which was scld last year for the largest' aum over pald for & pictate,— £10,503, ~and Afterwards stolen, hias Leen recov. ered. Buch 1s not tho case. The plctnre secms lo bave vanished (nto the limbo of Jost and destroyed plctares, **which, " eayethe Londun Times, fortunatoly too il of snch treasures, A majority of stolen plctares have, In fact, been found again, #a was tho famous 'Reading Magdelene® of Cor. zegglo, stolen from the Dreaden gallery In 1788, which was discovered In 8 hiayloft, hidden in s hole close by a chimoey. This plcture was worth a st many Dachess of Devonshires, the recovery of which Isstill likely to remain a problem for the detectives." The great art-saleof the present scasan inTondon il be that of the collection of the late Mr. Robert “Napler, the fron shipbullder of Glasgow. The making of this collectlon was the occupation of tha awner for more than half a contury, std, as his wealth was enormous, the value of the paintinge Is” now beyond (Lat of almost any private collection in Scotland. Tho mala will take place in April. Thu catalogue has 5,000 numbars, of which nearly 500 sre pictures ropresenting the old masters of the Itatian. Bpanish, ¥rench, Dufch, German, and Flemish schools. A more attractive ssle even than this will be that of the modeen plctures helonging to Mr. Albert Grant, tho speculutor, which slso tomes off In Aprll. Tho Sibson collcetion of Wedgewood work, which takes 118 name from the Iste Dr, Sibson, ia to be old early In March, ‘Tne radical paper of Boston ealled tho Jndex aayasincere tribute to the earnestncss of Mr. Moody: **Here lles his mighty power—for mighty sower he biar, or his carcer wonld ba fmposuible. 7alth In hla own Gospol burns aud blazes in overy #ord ho utters, Beldom has tho umnipotence of & fxed purposo and white-heat enthualasm revealod Meelf more than In the manner {n which ho Las commcripted mon, woney, and organizstions Into tho eorvico of his own will." Tho enceess of Mr, Moody In Doston, however, - is thus for sot ot all equal to that whith he enjoyed in Chicago. Tho congrogations are not particularly. 1arge, and they are mado up In greal part of curl- ousunbolievers, While on the Moody subject, one word must be added in regard to the Saxan ele~ ment I his disconrses. Tho Springfield Repubile. an_ haa been at the pafos to analyze the passage in which he speaks of tho love of Uodand his expe~ tlenve witha Doy-preacher, and fluds that therc aro hardly five words of Latln origin .in the first £00 epoken. Tlhils In one of the most airiking in- stances of the predomiuance of Baxon to bo found Inmodern Mteraturc. The story which uscs this §axon Is sweet and touching enough to have been written by 0 master of oxpresston, ———— FIRES. AT EVANSVILLYE, IND. EvaxsviLig, Ind., March 8.—A fire in the Poscy Block on Main,street this morning de- . stroyed Weber's Lint store and Gross' clothing store. Weber's loss s 841,000 - Insurance; §2.800. Gross' loes s $20,000. -Insurance, 412,000, Loss on buildings, $20,000. Inaurance, #11,000. The orfein of the fire 8 unknown, Evansvitiz, 11l March 8.—The following fs acorrect llst of the loss Ly the firs hero L) with the msurance: Weber, §31,000 20,0005 Posy, bullding, 88,6003 tna Ulrard, I’Mlfld‘elphln‘ £3,0005 ° Autert- Philudelpnty, §2000; Hoval Canadlan, 000; Howe, Now York, §5,000% Loriliard, Sew Yorl, ¥2,000; Phenx, New York, 86,500} Cammunwealth, flo:wn, $5,0003 Amerfean Ces tral, 8t. Loul nderwriters!, e i 4 iu, $1,000; ork, $1,000; Hartlord, 84,000, Etng, Phanlx, Hariford, $2,000; itoyal, 81,760; an- hattan, $1,7503 Amazon, 85003 North American, Phlladelphis, $2,600; Nlagara, * New Yorlk, ,600; Royal; New York, £3,600, IN NEW YORK, New Yomk, March 8,—Large numbers of workmen are digging in the still smoking rulns of bulidlugs 1 aud 8 Bond street to extricato the many safes [mbedded wnong the heaps of bricks and old fron, ‘fwo mafea were dug out and holsted from the cellar early, and were sunt to the factories of the makers to be opencd. Ons befonged {0 Robbins & _Appieton and the other to Baldwin,. Scxton & Peterson, Anather Inrge safo was unvovered helonging to the Jast-named firm. Streams of water were dirceted upon the ruins wiich atill ;I;K’)ldcn:dl and fire-lines were molutalned by the ce, The Josers by the firo sre unable to state thefr losscs, ns much of their stock §s In the unopencd anfes, which olso contaln thelr books, Tho loss of tho jowelry firm of Taylor & Hrother (lato Tuylor,” Olnstead & ‘Paylor) ‘s ecstimated at mare thau $100,000; toauratce, $72,600, bibasadiy AT OSSIAN, IND, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Fonrr Warne, Ind., March 8,—~Thls morning, Z between 1 and 2 o'clock, o destruetive fire oce | curred at Osstap, fifteen miles south of this dty, Tho buflding of Jauwies Garret was cn- tirely destroged, together with o stock of dry koods, grovérivs, and miscellancous poods, Loss, 310,000 fnsured for $3,000. The Masoule Hall, fu this block, wns also destroyed, togetlier withs dwellng-louse oceupled by Jolin Black, whose loss s 82,000, # . AT PEORIA, TLY., Special Diwatch 10 Tha Tridune. . Pronna, I, March B.~A Hro last nighit burned sotne store butldings corner of Hall ung Maln streets, but caused no great loss, The bartlea wera tully covered by {nsuranes fn the Tollowlug Bompuilea: Exchange, of New York, ¥500; Lancaater, 81,5005 F rantdlu, Lud,, $200, AT NEWBERRY, 8. C. Covrusuia, 8, €., March 8.~An extenslvo con- fagration occurred at Newberry Court Houso Ahis afternoon, consuming tho principal busiuess blocks, Loss, $150,0,), Insuranco unknowu, A'l' ELLSWORTII, KAN. A Torsxa, Kan,, March 8.—A dispatchi from Ellsworth, Kan., says an Iucendiary fire thero this murnlni’ destroyed ten buildings, tuvolving ®luss of §14,000. Insurance not known, e AT BRADYORD, KY, Cixcinnary, March 8.—~The tobacea ware- Bouse of D, J, Bradtord, av Bradford, Ky, was burued yesterday, together with 15000 pounds of tobacco, Loas unmacertalued. et REVENUE. MATTERS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL, . Bpeclal Ditpaich to Ths Tribune. SramvaieLp, fIL, Murch 8.~The internal Tovenus collcctions fu this (the Eighth) dis- Wit for February ageregated $172,001.41, Maj, A, J, Pinkhan, Cbiet Deputy and Cashier fn Uniteq Btates Collector Mergiam's office since the latter becamo Collector, hss restgned, to ke effect March 81, In acceptiug the resigna. Yon, Collector Merriam takes ovcasiun to com- Pliment Ma). Plnkham upon his efliclent serv- €3, and congratulates hlm upon the fact that, ¥hile over §8,000,000 have psssed through bis ands, avery single penny has been accounted for, The aftalr lpthu{mlcc,w complicated Upon the retiretmenst of ex-Collector Rarper, are Bow In excellent condition. M . Hiervaym ! the same ottice, succeeds Maj. Pinkham, Col. L. W, Shepard will tuke tho present desk Of Mr, Micronymus. - —— SUICIDE, Special Digpaich to The Triduse, Mitwavkxe, Wis., Murch 8.—Fred Horscl- brluk, ‘dealer o Sourand feed, st Bhebogan, bung hluselt this morniog. No cause asalgued STATE AFFAIRS. Business Transacted Yesterday in the Illinois Leg- islature. The State-House Commissioners * Likely to Bo Looked After Carefully, Rojection hy the House of the Merchants' Bill to Make Copied Accounts Evidence, A Wrangle in the Senate Over Gov. Beveridge’s Ap- pointees. Final Adjournment of the Wiscon- .8in Genéral Assembly Last Night. The Indiana ' Legislature to Adjourn Sino Die by Next;Saturday. ILLINOIS, THE BTATR-TIOUSH. Epectal Diwalch to The Tridune. BrniNarieLy, 11, March 8,~In the House, this mornivg, Mr. Herrington renewed his mo- tion to refer the $700,000 State-1fouse Appropri- atfon bill to the Cotnmittee on Appropriations, Mr. Hopkins moved to refer to the Commit- tee on Publie Buildings aud Grounds. Carried. And now the bill repuses In that Committee uu- il tho State-House Commissioners drum up re- cruits enough for it to venture agaln to feteh it forward for passuge. What debate wns bad yesterday upon It developed a powerful desiro an the part of the House to know something about the State-flousc Board which has expend- el 33,500,000 without cver huving had its necounts overhauled or sudited. Thero Is alsba powerful desire to know whether the elght hun- dred thousand asked—8700,000 by one bill aud £100,000 by another—is required to finish the Btate-House, while tho srchitect himsclf reports It can be finished for §630,000, Whicn the bill s reported back it will probably be referred to the Comumittce on Appropriations, when some In- quiry us to what appropriation fs required will ‘be Investigated, COURT TAILIPYE, Mr. Kearney fotroduced the following, which was referred to the Committee on the Judicial Department: A sy for an nct to anthorlze the Judges of Conrls of rocord to appoint Court Ballills, and to pre- scribo tho dutics nud A the pay thcreof, Bucriox 1. Do It onacted by the people of tho State of 1llinols, represouted In the Goneral As- sembly, That the Judges of each and every Court of record In this Stats be, and they are liereby, nuthorized and ompowered to sppolnt such humbicr of Court Bn1lifls na thoy may deom neceasary for the proper conduct of business In thelr respect! Conrts, to x thelr pay, and to deflne their datics; provided, however, that such Court Balliff shall In no case exerclso the duties now performed by Hherlfs and Deputy-Shorl (s, except that they wmay, under the direction of the 'Judge, subpana wit- uesscs or summon Jurors, Such Court Baillff, when so appolnted, and subscribe the _oath or adiemation prescribed to Sec, 5 of Art. G of tho Constitution of 1870, which cath shall be filed in the oflice of the County Clork of hix count{l. xs, 8, Such Court Baillil shall be llable to re- moval at the will of the Judge in whose court he ofticiutes, and shall nut be liablo to removal by, or contrul of, any other person whatsoever, B Atthe endof each month 5” other pe- fiod, s may appeat proper to tho Ju dgo) the aald Judge shall certily to the County Clerk of his county the amount ‘duc and owling to ench of sald Latlifls, who shall thoreupon draw his warrant on the County Treasuror, and sald County Treasurer slsll llwnny«uflmy the wame out of auy proper or contingent funds of the county ju his hands not otherwise apprupriated, - COFIED ACCOUNTS AS BVIDENCE. The bill to allow certifled copies of books of account to be admitted In evidence, instead of requiring the origiuals to be produced In court, wlhrh haa Ueen commented upon by Tus Thin- UNE editorially, is as follows: A Birt for an act to smend Bec, 3 of an act entiled S*An Act in vegard to evidence and depositions {n civil cases,’ approved March 90, 1472, Ue it enacted by the peop the , represented in the Gensrdl As- ‘"Mr’«' ‘That See, 3 of an act entltled **An Act In regand’ to evidonco and depusitions in civil casee," approved March 20, 1874, bo and Lereby Is smonded to read 2 follows: *+8ge, 3, Whore in any civil acilon, snit, or proceeding the claim or defe: Is founded on a book accaunt, any party or Inlerested person may lc-ll!{ to hinaccount-tovk and the ltema therein contnined; that " the sume is & book of original en- tries, and’ shat the eutrlos thereln wore made by Llmself and are true and just, or that the samo were made by a decuased person, or by a disinter- ested person, noneresident of thu Htate at the time of *the trial, and were made b such decensed or non-reaident person In the usu) Ioatead of u provided here- action, wult, or dence in the canwe; or, tofaro o thls sectlon, In soy civl where _ the ~ claln or e a book nc:onhnh or _interes! on may have complete copy oi’“mu leL' account show. ing a1l tha several fiems of debit and credit relating to the trausaction I question, as they appear fn the books of uriginal encty, and In ull books to which the acovunt has ‘been transferred, snd anuex (o wuch copy. the alfidsvit of o prty to tne sult, or pervon whou made the origls nat entrics, or if u corporation Is o party, thenof some oficer ur agent uf the corporation who has the buoks fn cliarye, that the afisut has carcfully compared suid copy with tho buoks of originsl entry, and ull books to which the account has been ferred, und thet the samo Isa true aud com- plete copy therufruim, that the untries wore made 'n #ald books at ur abaut the time of the severnl trunmactious ond i tho usual course of busineas, and are truc aud just, Buch copy, #o verified by utiavit, shall be prima fucio evingncy that the ac- cuunt to which It s attached Is a trug and complota copy of such book account, and shall bo admittod 8 gvidence In tho cause sud as eviaence skl huve the swme force and effect a8 would the bovks of otlginal entey, Mr. McKinlay moved to mnend so as to Nmit he use of such certiled coples of books of ue- :'lonlmz‘ tocases fn which the defendont made clault, roceedy s (mllmle on UNFAVORAULE CRITICISM, Mr, ITerron opposed the bill us & dangerous innoyation upon the law of evidenc the defendant of his right of luspe original books,~aly Lo save the plalutiff the ex- penso of sonding his book to vourt, ‘Ihis was a Chl\'lllz‘J LIty that the rest of the Btate did. not want. * Mr. Wentworth denled that this was s Chl- gnuohm. 1t was In tho interest of the whole itite, Mr. Herron—Is it not Field & Lelter's blll} A, Wentworth—1It fs thie Committec’s substi- tute, I drew it mysell. M, Matthews opposed the bill, It sought ta muke un open account equivalent 10 a promis- sury note, That was what the. bill propesed to do,” it made the certiflcd copy of tha uecount prima facle evidence, sud put upon the defeud- ang he burden uf evidence; ” My, Wall opposed the bill because It was di- roctly I the ‘loterest ot thy merchants and sgatnat tho T nan, AMr. Watkina sald the bill allowed a party In subatance to take depositions without notice to tho vther afde, Mr. Morrison explained that the bill was mis- understood, It only made tho certifled copy priwa facle evideuce that tho copy was a truu Loy and jaro 't sk e efleck: the original books of account would liuve, and uo viore. S TLE FRINCS OF DENMARK LEIFT OUT.” Mr. Boyd wmuved to strike out the enacting The notion carried, and the bill was defeated, u;mmmy Ita operation was nqt fairly under- [l 0 CUT OFF NEW BILLS. Mr. Bmith, of Cook, futroduced = resolution to cut oif the Introduclion of avy new business after the 20th iust., which would put a stop to the inundationof . bills, resolutions, ete, The resnlution was lald over wnder the sules. AGAINST QUACKS. Mr, Albright's LUl wmekivg {t uulawfal for any person to practico mediclos who Ly not & gruduste of a chartered medical college was taken up on secoud reuding, and, sfteru scal- tering discussion, was recommitted. BEIZING CHATTELS VOR REAL-EFATS TAXES Mr. Zepp's bill mokivg personal property lla: ble for actzure by the Collector for taxes oit the ownes's reul eatate wus passed sfter u prolonged discusslou extending, late juto the afternoon. The bill proyides thst in ell cases the warrant sball authorize the Tuwn or Distrlel Collector, in case any person nawed fu such Col- " THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. MARCH 9, 1877. Jector’s. book neglect or refuse to pay his real personal property tax, tolevy the same by distress and sale of the gooda 'and chattels of such veraons, and it shall require all Kn'l\'memn therein specificd to be made by snch Town or District Collector on or before {he 10th day of March next enaulng. IN THR SENATE this morning a dectied breeze was ratacd hy the reports of tho Committee on Btate Charit- able Institutions. The majority report, heree tofore published In Tie TRinuNE, rejects the nominations made by Gov. Beverldee for 'frus: tees of the varlous Slate charitable Inatitutions. These number sixty i all. They were mado Goy. Beveridge some time sluce. The sopointments wers made In conformity to the provisiun of the law gov- erning those institutions by tho last Alnemhl{v. ‘Thecy were for a term of ‘six years each. The mn“nflly report, signed h{ the Democratic and Tndependent metnbers of the Committee, re- Jects the nominations, first, on the ground that thie present Governor, belng now responsible for the tmansgement of the {ustitutions, should be given owmflunll to make the nominationss second, that the Democrats and Independents were eutitled 1o repreacntation on the several Bourds, which had been denled them, Tho mi- nority repott signed by Davisand the Republican members of the Committee, sets up that po- Htteal constderations should not_be taken into acconnt fn making these confirinations; that the preseat nplpolnu:u lave falthfully perforin- ed their dutice; and that the nominations should be rejected solely ou the ground of fu- competency or unfaithfiilness, DU JOSLYX . obtaned the floor and proceeded o denounce tho mafority report as the result of a conspira- cy hetween the Springfleld Ring and the Demo- cratic managéra to give the appolntmenta to the present Administration upon condition that the Democrata sceure representation on tho scveral Boards. - The result of this bargain, he declared, would he the plundering of each of the Blate charitable institutions by the Ring. Mr. Hanna, fu behalf of the Deniocrats, de- nled that there wwas any such compact s that mentioned by Mr, Josiyn, The reoort of the latter, if Intended asan attack upon Gov; Cullon, s a failure, since, by the Constitution, be has power to remove any ofticer whom he 1nay appolat, The sixty ofticcs n quertion are also all merely honorary, and all the patroyage there ia In bestowlug them s not worth rechoning, Both reports were lald over untll Wednesday of next week, TIIE COMMITTER ON REVENUE reported back thelr Tax bill, which contalns the eseential provisions of the Frank Adams bill, with those also of the Anthony LIl as agreed upin by the Revenue Cominittees of buth ouses, affsty 1vsrecTion. The Chicago Board of Trile's Grain Inspec- thou bitl, restoringg the tuspection to the Boand, was [ntroduced by Mr. Rovlnson, of Coox, The N"g!! that hieretofore published In Tug Tuis- U TZOISTRY, Mr. Kehoa Introduced a bill to make the Reg- lstry act apply to all city clections. GIAIN ATONAGE. Mr. McClellan introduced a bill sent here fram Chicago fixing the rates of grain storaga i wareliouses of closs $ A, which” ls printed in full fn the local colutnus of this morning's Tninoxe, . THE INBANK Mr. Mayborng introduced a bi)l appropriating $6,000 for noving and repairing tho two cote tages on the Elgin fnsane grounds sv ns to fit them for the reception of thirty patients. This Is designed to cuublo o test to by made of the cottuge system of grouping and treating tho n- sape, fusteud of crowding them ull Into fm- Inense caravanearics. as is now done. PULABKL Mr. Waro introduced u ill for the abolltion of the county organizatton of Puluskl County, and for the reannexation of the terntory to Alex- ander County. ‘Chie schetnc, it {8 stated, meets the approval'of two-thirds of the voters of Pul- aski County. ‘ PHOBATE COURT IN CHICAGO, Mr. Delancy’s bill providing for the establish- ment of a Probats Court In Cook County was ordered to a third reading. BLECTING ELECTION-OFPICERS, . Followlug Is the text of Me, Huut's bill whic! prosides for the Electlon of Judges und Clerks of Electlon: A li1Ls for on act to provide for the clectlon of Judges and Clerks of Elestlon, BuctioN 1. Deit cnacted by the People of the Stateof Iilinois, represented {n the General As- aemily, That ot the election tobe held on the Tues- day afterthe Arat Monduy in_November, A, D, #77, and anbually therealter, thero shall bo clect- od in every township and clecilon precinct fu tlils Sitate, threo Judges of Eleetlon and two Clerks of Elcctlon, who shall constitute the Bonrd of Eioe- tlun for such township or precinct; and wlencver any township bas been or shall be divided into two or more election districts, thore shatl ba elected fn 1d districts a Board of Electivn, consti- ve. clector voting at eald election Hrc. Ev!:{ shall be entitled to cast thres votes for Judges of Electlon for aald township, precinct, or election trict, a8 tho case wny be, and ho may caxt all,of aaid votes for ouc and “the' same candidste, orte imay distribute tho asld votes, or equal parts there- of, among soveral candidates, as lia shall see 6, In'like manner every clector ahall ba enitled to cast two votes for Clerks of Election, and muy cast both of s1ld votes for one and tha samo cane didate, or may cast one vota for each of two can. didaten. Th three candidates having the higi- eot number of votea for Judyra of Klection shall be declared Judgva of Election, and the two cans ing tho Ighuat number of votes for of Lilection abafl be declard elected Clerka of Blection, . 8rc, 3. Tho Judges and Clerks of FElection, choson under tho provislons of tho foreguing sece tions of thin act, shall perforin all the dutles now devolved by Iaw upon Judges and Clerke of Elece tion, whall act an such at ail town meetings, Aud at all elect 2 and townehip ofi- cers; hall also act aa the Yoard of Regtstry fur thelr reapective townehips, precincts, or election diotricts, ‘and stinll lild their ofices for one yoar, and untll thelr auccessors are elected. Bxc. 4. Wheover, at any clectlon, Juages and Clerke of Election stisl] be chiosen, ps herein pros Vided, it whail bo the duty of the Board of Flec. ton, holdlug such election, to lo n the ofiico uf the Town Clerk of thelr township, within five days thereafter, s certificate of the election uf suth Judyes and Clerks; aud ¢ shull bu the duty of tho ‘Town Clerk of such townatip’ to dellyer, within ten daye thereafter, to cuch uf such Judged und Clerks, 80 elocted as nforesnld, 8 certlficate of hls vlection. 8gc, 8. Vacancien In the Boards of Election shall ‘be filled In the manuer now provided by law, — WISCONSBIN, TUR LBOISLATURE, Bpecial Dispateh to The Trivuna. MaDisoN, Wis., March 8.—But very littlc busl- ness has been transacted today. Tho usual resolutions of commendation to the President aud Prealaent pro tem, of tho Benate, Speaker of the House, Chicf Clerks and usslstunts of both Houses, aud, i fact, all employes, and rep- resentatives of the pruss, wero unsoimoualy adopted. Tu tho Asscmbly this forenvon, Speak- er Cassadsy, who has made 3 most acceptable ofticer, was presented with a solld silver ten-set, beautiful In design and workmanship, by Mr Hubbard on behalt of the mewmbere, Mr, Cassa- day, In, & clear, ringing volce, expresscd his thanks fn most cloquent language. Mr, W, A, Nowell, - Cbief Clerk, was ulwo presented with an clegant servies of sllver, that gentieman replytug in lus hopplest veln, A Jomt resolution passed both Houses for finak adjournment te-morrow at 11 o'clock. Al husl- ness {s comnpleted, and notbing remalns to bo done but to recelve the messoge from the Gov- ernor. A great deal of sport was hail In the Assembly this afteruoon, snd the grave and reverend seignlors becnine boys, amd Tom Refd, Bergeant-ut-Arms, with all s digulty failed o preaesve order. . S A SLATE, As at all scaslona of the Legislature,the forth- coming Btate tlcket Is discussed and partly scttled on. Tho L)rovulllnx uplulon seems to exlst that our worthy tioverior, the Hon, Har- rison Ludington, will be renominated without oppwosition, and the Hon, 11, %, Sackett, tho popular Beuator from the Ninth District, will Toceive the nomtnation for Livutenant-Govern- or. Rock Flint, th etlicient Senator from M- nomonee, ts stronsly Eiate, --:lmé: nln&ullx'mm u;‘-nlx;flu L"i{i Hal }- ’flw"- urer, und Carl Pope, of Black River Falls, us Attoraey-Ueneral, b & VINAL ATNOURNM Spectat Dil o s MAnuq)l‘:‘\u‘u.. Murch l{‘ 'hmucl ad- aurned sint dluat § o'clock this evenin, both fouses hauving rescinded the resolution for final adjourmnent at 11 to-inorrow, Lfeut.- Gov. Yarker, upon closlng the Senate, in feellng 1cris eapressed his thanks to the Benators fur thelr uniform kindness and forbearance. Speaker Casgaday, In closing the Assembly, wade an eloquent und appropriste speccl, Must of the wembers will leaveun the aight trains for bome. INDIANA, THD LEGISLATURE, Bpecial Dispaich 10 The Tridune. Jaoraxarous, iud., March 8.—~The Eenate to- day passed the Specide Appropristion bill. It appropristes $528,085.77; awount sporopristed in tbe House biiL, $319,314.44; Increase, $730.53, Tho House has passed the General Appropria- tion bill, snd it now seems probable thut both Lills will bo agreed upon before the House sde Journa to-morrow. 12 tbis be s, the sesslon will conclude by Esturday, Apother vote was 1¥ taken on the Btate-House bill, resulting ayes, 483 noes, 43—not & constitutiona! majority, 0110, LEOISLATIVE, Cot.umsus, 0., March 8.—In the Houss to- day the political resolutions offered by Mr. Brunuer last Friday wers expunged from the House journal, Bills were introduced to mako sfiver coln le- gal tender In Ohlo, aud to require all persons clected to ofiico to make oath that they have m;tfl ‘uued money Improperly to sccuro thelr lon, ol In the Benate the following bills passed: Senate bill to Jimit the time for the recovery of ustrious Interest to two years; to reduce the poll-tax from £3 to $2.50,"and to regulate tho price of legal advertising THE RAILROADS. RAILROAD ENGINEERS! TION. The following clrcular baa just been recetved by the Chiet Engincersand General Managers of tho raflroads In this city asking thelr opin- fon a8 Lo the advissbility of forming a Rallroad Engincers’ Asrociation, to prevent, in the fu- ture, undue blame falling on the engincors in such cnscs 98 the Ashitabula dlsaster: Nrew Yonk, Feb, 1, 1877.~Dean Bin: The death of 3r. Charlen Collins, Chief Engineer of the Lake Shore Line, nwlni probably to what he thought an nndue censure In rgand to the Anhta- bulz accident, #eems to me Lo call for tome nction on the part of the ¢Ivll englucers of the country, to prevent in the futare, undue blame falliag on an englineer jn such cases, have often thonght thero ahould be soma kind of 8 Board of Englneers, elther central, or State, with 8 central body,. 10 whom il ‘questions T imjiortanco fn railrond engineerinz could bo referred, and 1o whom all infonnatton tending to assiat in Improvments, and economy in tonstruction, or operating of railroads rould Le Klven, su that s perfect record conld be kept, and 0 complled 24 10 be of ureat benefit 1o the public at large, the raflrond companles, and the ongincera n charge, 1 lave, therefore, taken the liberty to address this circiine to as many of the rivil enginecrs of the country as I have béen able lo obtain the n aud addresses of, to all railrond companics, 20110 uf the public men of the countrv, W Il you please send inc your vpinion on this” subject, and ansnswer to tho following questions, at my oftice in New York City? 1, Would 1t he ndsisable 1o eall a Convention of Engincera for this object? 2, When and where would it be best to meet? 4. What shall the name be? 4, Oricers inamoa and namber)t 5. How shall the stubjects to ba discussed and acted upon be brought before the Conventlon to prevent vndlens dlscussion on those questions now fore the various railrond sssoclations and unim- , portant, so-called patent rights, as 1o place the ull’fill:lzluon %a fur 8bovo petly susplicion o8 pos- slible U, Mow ahall the organization be supported? 7, When and where shall the annusl meetings be cld? 8, Whatshall the organic act be? Youm trnly, *W. H, Grezxwoun,’ ARSOCIA- IMPORTANT CASE, DavnNronT, Ia., March 8.—A very important railroad case, Involving the transfer of s great amount of property, was heard In chambers by Judge Ditlan, of the Unlted States Clreult Court, In this clty, yosterday, It wus entitled “Philler ond Other ‘Trustves vd. The Lake Buperor & Misatesippl Raflroad Company.” The rallroad 1a the onc extending from Duluth to 8t. Faul. ‘The case wns brought for the purpose of sct- tling tha relative rights aud prioritics at fssue bLutween this Company and the Northern Pacific Ralroad Company, who own an undivided onc-half of the Lake Superfor & Minnesota track hetween Thomson and Duluth,and part of the great docks at the Iatter city, Tho plaintiffs represented the holders of Lake Buperfor & Minnesota mortgage-bonds to the nmpu?ft. ‘with interest overdl:t‘:,gol 100,000, nnd they asked a decrce of foreclosure, in order that there might be an adjustinent of the ques- tions ralsed, us well as the rights ol the bond- holders guarantced. After hearing the stal ments of ‘tha attorneys snd thelr arquments, Judye Dilton granted the decree of foreclosure us prayed, to be carried out as per terms stated in the original contracts between the partlas. TITE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, ‘fhero. I8 no truth in the report that the Nlagara Falls suspension bridge had been con- demned because {t kod been found Insceure. The truth about the inatter is, that ever since the Ashtabula dissster much fear hoa been ex- pressed as regards thisas well as most other raltroad bridges. In order to satisfy the public that the suspension bridga Is perfectly sccure ond sound, Messrs, Broughton and Ledyard, Genersl Buperintendents of the Great Weatern and Michigan Central Raflroads, have requested tho Dridge Company to have the structuro thoruughly examined by a board of competent enrinecrs, and if_any repalrs wero found to bu necessary tohavethem madeatonce, The Bridge Company have complicd with the request and op- polutd several of tho best Amerlean engineers {u make the cxamination. Pending this ex- amination and test, tho trafos of the Michigan Central ond Great Western Rafiroads will run via the futernational bridge at Bufalo, es it was thought more adyisable to take the trains oft until the examinstion hud been completed. The Michizun Central through trains leave the same as hieretofore aud arrlve at New York o regue lar thae. PEORIA & SPRINGFIBLD. Nvecial Dispatch fo The Tridune. Troris, 1L, March 8,.~The Hon. Willlun Jock, Master n Chancery, wiil 'probably make his supplemental roport to-morruw on & petl- tion for the removal of J. R. Hilllard from the Recelvership of the Peorla & Bsirlnzflehl TRal- rand, and Judgo Cochiran expects 1o rendera declslon upon the petition during the day. ADVANCE PREDICTED, New Youxk, March 8.—The Jost says: “We hear on good, although not officfal, authority that the trank Nnes have decided to advanco \‘v'utlf,rwbuund froights 50 per ceut on Monday nest. TLEMS, ‘The mecting of the Managers and General Frelzht Acents of the Western roads which was to have been held at Toledo yesterday hos beeu postponed until to-day, and will bo held fu the Grand Pacltic Hotel in this vity. As al- ready stated, this meeting will be & very fm- portant one, as it {s jutended to establish uni- form rates from common Western polnts to Eastern scaporsts, aud stop the discrimination agalnet the Chicsgo roads by the Bouthwestern lnes, The regular monthly mectiugs of the lowa pool-liner, consisting of the Chicago, Burliugton & Quincy, Chleago, Rock Jsland & Pacific, and 'Chivago & Northwestern N ads, way held yesterday ot the Gencral Buperin- tendent's oftice of “the Chicaro, Rock Islund & Laclic Railroad, and .wos attended by General Superfutendents W, B, Strong, Hugh Ridille, aud Marvin Huchett, As far as could be learned no other business was trunsacted ex- cept nuditiug und dividing the reular monthly cwounts. “)‘l’:l-‘l‘- Q. A, Bean, General Freight Agent of the Micblzan Central Railroad, wus talien slek whito un bis way beve from Bulfalo, 1lis indls- rosition i uot vonsidered of a serious nature, and ho will probably bo about {n & dsy or two. — —t—— SAN FRANOISOO. The Electlon ¥rauds—Silver—Consolidated Virginola, Bax Fuanoisco, Cal., March 8 —The cven- Ing papers print & st of 4237 names alleged, in the repory of the Fluancs Committee of tho Board of Supervisors, to havo cast {llezal voutes at tho recont general election fu this city, Nincteen hundred and elghty-seven are foreign. ers, 1,005 belug Irish, 899 Germaus, 117 English, aud the others variously distributod as to nativ- ity A casual examiustlon of the llst shows the names of inany promiucat citizens and old resl- dents of all walks of life, whois right to suffrage has been unquestioned for years, in- cludivg bLoth mative-boru und paturalised citlzens. The County Clerk hlinself fgures in the lat, also a prominent member of the Denio- cratic State Central Committer. The work has evidently becu yery carclessly performod, sud |lln‘e!:‘l,n‘l will probably bé largely reduced on closs eriticlam. 5 ‘The Nevada Bank bai closed a sale of 1,000,000 ol;:Lrfi:filnnn sitver to the Governwent st terms w s A Cowmittee of exoerts and prominent min- {og men aud operators ure to-duy exploring the vewly-opened 1,650-foot level in the Consolldat- <d \’{rgmtn minc. Their report is awalited with the greatest intercat on Culiforols street, and is expected Lo set ot rest various contradictory stories h:fl afoat concernlug the prospecss of 4 wiue CASUALTIES. The Coroner's Jury at Ashtabula Finally Ends Its Long Session. . A Boathing Verdiet Rendered Against the Lake Shore Railroad Company. Avarlce, Negligence, and Criminal Cares lessness the Cause of the Horror. Fatal Panic Last Night in o Catholio Ohureh in New York, Seven Persons Crushed to Death in the Stampeds from the Edifice. More than the Usual Daily Number of Individunl Accidents Reported. A MIGHTEOUS VERDICT. CLEVELAND, O, March 8,—The Leader's Ash- tabulz spectal saya: ‘* The Coroner’s Jury to-day rendered the fol- lowlng verdict: That the fall of the bridge was the result of defects and errors made In design- Ing, constructiog, and crecting it. That s great defect, and one which appears In many parts of the structure, was the dependence of every member for {ts efficlent action upon the probability that all or nearly all the others would retain thelr position and do the duty for which they were designed, instead of giving to euch wmember a poaitive connection with the rest, which nothing but a dircet rupture could sever. The micmbers of cach truss were, fustead of being fastened to. gether, rested vne upon the utler, as filustrated by the foilowing particulars: The deticlent cross-section of portions of the T chords snd some of the mmn braces, and Insufikclent strength and bad arrangement of both the hori- zontal and vertieal transverse bracug in the construction of the angle-blocks as Anally modl- fled, without suflicient Jugs or flanges to keep the eods of the main and counter-braces from allpping out of place; du the * comstruction of the packing and yokes used In binding together the maln and counter-braces at the points where they crossed each other; in the slfm- miog of the top chords to compensate the de- ficlent length of sowe of thelr membera; in the placing during the process of Lcrection of thiclk beams whers the plan required thin ones, and thin ones where It required thick ones. ‘That the ratlway company used and continued to use this bridge for about eleven years, daring al) which time s careful juspection by n come petent bridge eoglneer could not have falted to discover all the defects. For the nezlect of such earcful nspection the rafiwuy company alone th responsible; that the responsibility of this fenr- ful disuster and Its consequent loss of 1ife rests upon the rallway company, which, by ita chiet cxccutive officer, plauned and erccted this bridge; that the cars In which the deceased passengers were carrfed fnto the chasm were not heated by heating upparatus so constructed that thie fire in them would be Immodfately ex- tinguished whenever the cars were throwu from the track and overturned ; that their fallure to comply with the plain requirements of the law places the responsibllity of the orlgin of the fire upon the rallway company [sce act of May 14, 1869] 5 that the responsibility for not pute ting out the firo nt the time it first made its appearance In the wreek resta upon those who were the fiyst to arnve at the acenie of the disaster, and who seemed to bave been sooverwhelmed by the teurful calamity that they lost all presenive of mind and fufled to use the incans at hand, conelsting of the stesm l)ump u the pumptig-house, und the fire-cugine Lake Erlo and 1ts hose. wilch might lave been attached to the ateam-pump - thme_to save life, The steatner belonglug to the Fire De- partment and also the irotection fire-ngine were hauled more thun o mlle through u bllndm&: suow storm, snd over ronds reudered almost dmpaseablo by dritted snow, und arrived on the rround tov Inte to save luman life, but nothing should have provented the Chlef Engineer from mak- sl efforta to extingulsh what fire ained, For bis failure to do this he ls responsible. ‘The persons deccased whoss bodies were (dentited and those who bodies and purta of bodies were unidentitled camo to thely deaths by thoe predipitation of the aforeanld cars, in which'they were riding, futo the chasm i the Valley of Ashtabula Creck, lett by the falling of the bridge as aforesatd ; the crushl n[I' atd burn- ing of cars aforesald, for all of which the rail. way compauy {s responsible.’ A CHURCH IPANIC, Special Dispalch o Ie Tribune. New Yourg, March .—~A fatu) pante oceurred this evenlng fu the Jesult Church of St. Francls Xavier, In West Sixteenth street, this elty, bnt which, fortunately, was not so bad os it might have been, The Rev. Fatber Merrick, the pastor of tho church, makes the following statement to your correspondent: At the tune of the affalr, which happened at about half-past 8, he was sitting fu the church parlor, which is situated at the vear of the buildh®. A wmisslon for women was belng cou- ducted this week, and the church was crowded with women, no men excepting tho ushers helng present. The iret part of the services had heen concluded, and the Rev, Fatuer Langeake was preaching 8 sermon, when 8 disturbancn wos beard fun the gullery In the northwest corner of the church. A woman bod {afoted, aud become Dhysterical, which cauéed A general atampede by those nearest the stalrway, who were under the lm- pression that the bullding was on fire. The of- clating pricats, aud those In the vestry, rushed to the chancel-rall and urged the peopla tore- maln quietiv n thelr seats, a3 thers was no dsuger to bo appreliended. Tho people obeyed, and the ecrensouy of benediction was cotne menced. This lasted about fwenty minutes, and by that time the congregation had chtained its wonted composure, Tho doors were then opened, aod the peopls passed out quictly, He then made Inquiry as to tho cautse of the occurrence. and fts result he was horritied Lo learn that noless than seven had been killed outright and mauy wworg fo- jured, Thuse people” neapeat the doors and stalrway, hearlng the woman's hysterical cries, fmagined st the cry of fire, and rushed mully towanls the sincle esit, In un instant thoe narrow staivway leading from the gallery was choked with —human buings, snd “before quiet could bo restored tho number mentloned " had met thelr death, Straoge to suy, when the bodles were subse- quently temoved to tha police stations there were 10 brulies 10 by discovered, nor were any of their fhinbs broken, ‘Ths fujured persons were all taken to Bcl‘lfl-’uuhllnudiuul.' Al of the e winbler classcs. New Youk, Murch 5,~Tha church was terri- bly crowded, princlpally by waneu sud children. ‘Fhe zallerics wers “ulso Dlled to overflowlng, Futher Lanceaks was preaching a sermon, and bad been speaking sbout ten winutes when a ‘woman went into s hyaterlefl fu tho galicry on the «ide of the church towards Sixth ayetiue. This created quits u etlr, and the commation {n- ercased fu the endeavor of the crowd to find out what was the 1matter. At ths juncture the ery of fire was heard, und o Tish was wado for the exit from tho gallery. The timrwuv was hlwze-il fnr lfi |Il‘!u:::l::|lh{l|: ery lurgo wonan, and this ctiec] Vanje to Inercass ténfold. “Trie ceowd hurled thy woman down ghe steps, Iu the rsh that fol- lowed seven persons were crushed 0 deuth others h-{umd aud had thelr clothlog torw from them. Ths wounded were taken home before thefr names could bo learned, The bodies r:f the dead wore fdontiticd as follows: Mury Cascy, of 220 West Bighteeuth streets Aun Spencer and Micharl Spencer, of. 80 Nioth avenue; Mary Coughlan, of 203 West Twonty-fith street; Eliza Muaterson; of 408 Bove avenue; au Aun Forves, of 61 West Nincteenth strect, At the u.&lfu—bnuwn heart-reuding spene was cat P e Devplen_*he body of thy church wero quicted and disulsaed ju au orderly manver, and many FATAL RAILROAD-ACCIDENY, Diswatch a ihe New Yok leratd. PuiLavxiruss, Pu, March 0.~Another illus- tration of the futal covsequences of alluwivg a steam rallwuy to cross the strects of a crowded ity un the pavemeut level, ub express speed, wna today added to the long I'st already on record. Early thls moming as the outgoing train, on the Germantown Branch of the Read- ing Raflroad, was crossing Broad street, in the extreme northern part of the city, a terrible col- licfont occurred with a amall, one-horse street- carof the Germantown division of the Thir- teenth and Fifteenth Street DRaflway, which crosars the steamn rallroad track at this point. Five police oflicers of tne Second District wera the owly passengers in the strecl—ar asfLap- rosched the crussing, Of these three, Officern Lingart, Hunter, and Beaton, fortunately got out elm Lefore the accldent ocenrred. Thio re- mainl nlnE A%0, James P, Bouyer, of No. 1007 York street, and lleory Lucas, of No, 1001 Arizona street, remained fu the car, Just ns the rear of the car was crossing the tracks the traln made ita sppearance, dash- Ing across the street at full speed. Tho driver whipped up the horse and the. two polica officers ran to the rear doortn escape, The engine struck them botb, hurled the ear over, tore off the platform, and carried the car with the driver intlde over to the gutter near the sidevalk. Tho horse became detached and nac:rcd injury. Boyer was struck on the fore. head by the coweatcher and horribly mangled. e waa picked up some distance away a mo- ment after the colilelon, but he lad” been in- stantly killed. Lucns was terrihly injured. and wiil dle. Both thigh bones and one arm were broken, and he wus otherwire injured. Tho driver, Willion Durton, a yuung man, but. o carcful and roher 1oan, was thrown from the platform to the luslde of the car, whenve he wastakenonbutconscinus, Hewas budl{brul-cd un the tarchead, cut in the back of the head, and brutsed on fhe Hight Jeg from the kuce ta the hip. Unless algo Injured internally ho will probably rerover, A man s detailed by the raliroad company to watch this cmu!ufi atidywhen a traln Is 1»om{nsz, to flag all appronching yeticles on road strect, which Is u fuvorite drive and often crowded with carriges. This flagumn was on duty, but the car-driver asterts positively that he gave no signal of dangzer, as he watclied him closcly and saw no Algosl, uud aceondingly drove ahead slowly, The flnginun, William Hartlett, nseerts that lie did give the danger alzasl, . Beveral wit- nerees, however, declare that he did not, and one"hnnr'l himeall out to the car<drver, “ Cowe on, BURNED, Bpecint Dispateh to The Trilane. Leavexwonry, Ks., March 8.—Night before 1ast. the hotne of Mr. Kellery, about seven miles south of the rity, was destroyed by fire, and himself and mother burned in # horrible man- ner. The old lady (s not expected to live, S8he wua Lrouizht out of the fire by lier son In & most lierole mauner. 8he would foon have been suf- focated, with an fnfant child In her srms. Bpeclal Dispatch tu The Trivune. MiLwaukee, Wis., March 8.—Early this morn- Ing the house of o milkman named” Plautz, on Humboldt road beyond the elty limita, was de- stroyed by lire, together with u” child that had been left steepii uear the stove while the faimn- ily were in a distant barn milking. A LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES, Special Dispalch o The Tridune. Strrsing, Jll.. March 8.—Engine No. 15 of the Chivago & Northwestern Rallroad, drawing the Pacific Kxpress, bound east, Llew up at Galt Statlon, four miles west of here, this fore- noon, kitlng the, englucer, Willlatn Watson, and Nick Nickland, firomay, and mortally wounding Samuel B. Wolcott, station agent, who was standlng on the platforin of the depot. ‘The train was nearly stopped when the aceident took place, or the loss of life woutd have been 1auch greater. ‘The engine, tender, and mall- cur are 8 wreek, The oflicers of the road reaclied here In o specinl traln from Chicizo in three awdLa balf hours, and are now at the wreck, AN ACCIDENT IN CANADA, Special Dispatch to The Trivune. Bim20K, March 8.—An secldent oecurred on the Ar-Lino this morniug by which the Chicago Express froni Buflale, bound west, due hers ut 5:50 a. 1., was thrown off the track a few rods east of the atatfon. The tender, two passenger and ope Lutyagecar were thrown from the track and badly wrevked, Two Wagaer sleepera escaped with Night datuze, Beveral passengers aud o brakenuut were Injured, but nol seriously, The cause was 8 broken wheel. i NUN OVER AND RILLED, Speclat Dispateh to Tha Tribune. Lixcouy, 1, Margh 8.—The sud news was re- eelved here this morsing announcing the death of a young inan named Thowas, at Kunsas City, he bejug run over by o tratn on which he wus traveling with stock, 1o was the eldest son of Jobtr Thomas, £sq., one of our oldest and most esteemed ctizeps. Frienda Jeft here this ufter- noon o accompany the remalns tu this city. l‘ifncm sorrow 1s manilested throughout the clty. FROZEN T0 DEATIT. Bpacial Ispatch (o The Tribune, Dummus, ls., March 8.~A mun' pDamed George Meyer was found this morning frozen to douth op the rosd a shiort dlstance beyona Key ‘West, In thia county, The Coroner’s jury ren- dered a verdict that he died frum {ntoxicuting driuk und exposure. He was between 65 and 70 years of nge, and had o brother In Cincinuatt. ACCIDENTALLY SIIOT. Special DItpasch to Tt Tridune, Forr Wavse, Ind, March 8.—To-aay a young man nuned T, D. Wilson was exawining o revolver, when the weapon was accidentally dischuiged, the ball entering bls furchead and intlicting a fatal wound, e o CRIME. WIISKY, 8pecial Dispateh lo The Tribune, SenivorizLy, Ik, Marct 8.~Two more Pekin whisky casca wera disposed of fu the District Court to-day. George C, Glassford, Indlcted with Henry P, Westerman for consplracy to de- Sraud the revenuty ¢ntervd a pics nf ruilty and wis fined $400 and costs. The pcuMV = im. prisonment was suspended. George Wardlow, u Guuger at Westerman’s distillery, indict for making falso returns, hind o triaf Dofore the court. 1t uppesred that the slleged falsity in the return was simply u clerical error, and that the Government (il not suffer thereby, De- fendaut was d!’ndml;o i al 2 3 New Youx, A ST ouste o whieh F. 0, Boya nud Edgur P, Hitl are charged with conspiring to reniove erooked ” whisky from Chicago to this city, Assistant District Attorney Sherman wanted” to show to-lay Ly stubs of statig-books from the oftice ol the Collector of Internal Revenue fin Chicago that 8 lot of whisky warked “C, consigned by Golaen & Eastuian to defendants, must have been py d s *atralght " by meaus of reused stampe, and that this whisky was not entered fu defeudauts’ books untl) four months sfter it was recelved Ly them, Gen, Tracy eald that cight days had been copsunied by the Government in e deavor to show that eertaln whisky Leen entered on defendants® books, fense was willing to voncedo that thess entrics huad wot been made at the time when ad ot The de- it was clalmed the Government, they should huve beeh made, Mr. Sherman il that under great disudvantupes ho was steadily procecding with tho introduction of documentary evidence showlug a prinia facie caso of conspinicy, o wus not willlnz to ac- cept aduilasions s conclusive when ho could eatublish his casu by documentary evidence which coutd not be controverted, Mr. Sherman waa permitted to proceed, with the understaod- iz that he would so correct Wis documentary evidence as bo make out # prim fucly case, TEN YEARS ¥OR JOE COBURN, New York dun. Nurch, Joe Coburn was takien to the General Sesslons yesjerday to be sentenced for shootlug Ofiicer Toblas, He rods from the City Privon ln a Lorse-car, mccompanied by two officers, and Centro strect way filled with his frieuds. The driver urged the horea into a gallop, and the meu aud boys who tried by band ruuniug to keop alougside the horse-car were Jeft beblud; hut at Chambers strect s multitude saw b on Lis short walk to the browu-stons Court-House, 'l‘un!ll:c; edidve generul adinlaglon was Dol ue- wln‘mavlnz for scntence, Asalstont Dlstrict-At. toruey Rollins said: * The eyidence fu tho trial ot lhly- prisouer proved that, besides shootis Uficer Tobias, be alio shut Ofiicer Jeriivs, un for that offcnae s scparute lndlctment was found, ‘To corvict him under this second indictment the law makes it uecessary to show that when hio shot Jertlss Le bad ‘wbanduned for the ln- staut tho iuteation of killiug Tobias. 'The thne Letween tho tive shots was incansiderable, and the cutlrs shiootivg probably did bt occupy wore than Ove steonds. ~Durlug thet thow all parties were fu constant motlon. - Jeriics was tryink to defend himself with bis clud, aud Fo- hias was drswing & plstol, There way wellva & gruve doubt whekher tho shot that B3t Jerive wag hot futended for Tobias, and a jury would probabiy fect bound to glve the prisoner the cuellt of thut doubt, Under the dreunistanaes, aud lu view of the fuct thut the prisoner way on this conviction receive a sentence commen_ surate with his crime, I do not propose 4o move for a trial on the indictment for shooting Jerflos.? {“Now Coburn,’" Judge Butherland sgld. * 8tand up,” was the clerk’s order. Conurn stood up usunl question with, 've got to say is I'm not gulity.” Judgo Sutheriand then aaid to Coburn: * You mhst not suppose, becanss I was lenlent in some points of my charge, that I had any doubt of your gullt. I ouiht to soy that, In my opfn- fon, the verdict of the jury was just, legal, and !ulf, anthorized, I "have “a horror of o C“prisoner belng convicted on any- thing except the cvidenco In - the case, ond "I Qid all T could fo prevent your cause from being preindiced by your previous rePnuHrm. 1 thought about it a good deal, and I belicye that no Judgo could have been fairer to you, I think ¥ oufilll to givo yon as severs & sentence as the Jaw allows. Therefore, the aen- tence of the Court fs, that you be confined fn the State Pricon at 8ing Biug, at hard lahor, for the term of ten years,’ Coburn hid whaterer emotion he may have felt under this ordeal. Outwardly he was calm, but a littlo paler than usual. e was taken back ta the City Prison immediately, and was again fullowed by a multitude, It 1s understood. that Coburn fs to be taken to EI?HIHL' !o«ln{'. e many inquiries after bls return to the son, the pugilist calmly replied, " Only tcn years,” Helighted a fresh cigar, and was put Into ncondemned ceil. Boon afterward his Wife and Ed Mallahan entered the corridor and hadatalk with the prisoner. Then Joe Goas, who fought Tom Allen in Kentucky some time aro, was admitied. Goss was fashily attired, and wore a gold boxing-gluve ns a ecarf-pin. Ho scemed much affected at. tho fate of Joe Co- burn, and said to a bystander, They got away with *fm 1n & devil of & ‘urry,”* AN UNSEEN MURDER. Bpectal Dispateh to The Tridune.® ¢ Nasmvitee, Teun., March 8.~K. L. Bright, ron of the Hon. John IL. Bright, shot and killed Lec Allen at Fayettcville yesterday. It hae transpired that Allen had been quaceling with Bright oll tho morning. Allen followed Bright Into Bright's law-office, when & plstol-shot was heard. The parties ran (n and found Allen dead, %ith u large navy revotver, loaded, on the table, No une elue was fouud fu the room bLut Alleu. It 18 supposed that Bright Jid the shooting, but noone faw i1, Brizht was next scen fu the Conrt-House, nnyluF threats of violence bad been made againat hiin, and asked the _protec- tion of the Court then In session. /He was granted an cscort of three men. The verdict of the jury was that Allen came to lis death by a stol-ball from an unknown hand. Allen had two -re- volvers and « dirk on his person at. the time of the killing. Bright basn’t_admitted ho killed Allen. The lon. John 3, Bright arrived there this moruing from Washington. Intense ex- citement prevalis In Fayetteville, Allen was nlton Iawyer, Itis supposed the atillculty or- Izinated out of a law-zait now peuding in the ‘Tennessce Bupreme Court, A TEXAS MURDER, . Cixcinxaty, 0., March 8.—In the Court ot Common Pleas to-day, Judge Avery declded In favor of granting thec requisition of the Gover- nor of Texas for Abe Rothschild, charged with the murder of Bessle Moore, in that State, Rotuschild's counsel took exceptious, and will varry the cuse to the Bupreme Court. Rotls- ¢hild was committed to Jail for twenty days to swait actlon fu the latter Court. DALLOFF, ¥ Special Dispateh to The Tribune, Brooyixaroy, Ill., March 8.~The McLean County Supervisors to-day svent considerable time discusslng 8. F, DallofMs defalcation of $6,000. He was Clrcult Clerk of Vi can Coun- 1y, and has cavsed unlimited t-uble by a re- fusal ke nd pay ¢ ver Lis blance. A specind committee was appo). ted to foree him to settle, and to bring crimiual : nd clvit suls. MURDERED IS SISTEI. Bosetoy, Murch 8.—~Willlan F. Speakman, of Oakdale, wan arrested this morning while kille ing his wife, who was rescued. The dead bodv of his sister, 70 years old, was found In the woodsbied, witls the head aud body almost cut topleces, Speakman {8 & mill operative, aud s been insane from Hquor for several days, He was druuk when' the wurder was cotu mitted, CAPITAL SENTENCE, Hpecial Ditpateh 1o The Triduna . LixcouN, Neb, March 8.—Warren Clough, convlcted of the murder of his brother in the York County Court last week, bas been sen- tenced to hanging on the 10th of July, An appeal will be tuken to the Suprems Court. PRIZE-FIGHTER ARRESTED, Nzw Yonk, March 8.—Joe Goss, the English pugllist, aud a prisclpal In the Goss-Allen prize-tight, has heen arrested and held to awalt the arrlval of Kentueky oflleers, MURDERED, Wasnixarox, D.C., March $.—~Wash McGraw was killed aud Willlam Mahoney soverely beat- el hy unknown negrocs fu the Capitol grounda tast evenlng, FRATRICIDE, Dennr Lixg, Vi, March 8 ~Two brothers named Rid quarreled at Barnston, in the Prov- fuce of Quebee, yesterday, and one fatslly shot the other, REAPITED. Mavenr Ciusk, Pa,, March 8.—Yellow Jeek," the Molly Maguire, was not executed to- tlny. lils case having been taken (o the Supreme Suurt. VANDERBILT. Tho Dead DMlonoy-Gutter's Mouey to Be Wrangled Over, Special Diepatch (o The Tridune, New Yous, March B.—The Venderbilt wil 266 cumo (0 the front agafn to-duy fu the shapo OB estaucut iade by counsel for Mra. A, La Bau, 8 daUzuew of the Jate Commodore. . The counsel sald his clicu ., % H fowlog & Ao subsianep | (Op 0 and fol- Jectlons that are to be fileu,. the will, I it was made or exccuted by Cotie el dors Vuuderbilt, was obtaloed by fraud and vir- cumvention, and undus infuence brought to bear upon him by his son WU Inm IL Vanderbiit, and otbers acting with him to that end; that Cominodore Vanderbilt was lsboring under o morbid aud mental delusion and manizat the time the will wia made, inducing au absenco of unturnl uffes tiou, and that thess disqualifications, taken n conticetion with his physical debility and the weakness conscquent upon old age, dlsqualited him froms naklng ooy testamentary dispoaition of bis estate, ur from scting in apy testumentry cupacity; that thls mants and " a continued morbid “wnd unvatural desire and fervent inclination vn the part of the Cowmodore 1o perpetuste his name, wealth, and power Iq- concentration of bis property In bl son Wil- fam and his progeny, had a0 perverted and dis- turbed the normal condition of bis wental fuce ulties 8s to utterly tucspacitate bim from mak- fug any testamentary disbosition of his vast estate, which equity “demauded should be di- vided fairly among his uext of kin.* pale B i SCHEME AND CHARTER. 87. Louis, March 8.—The autl-Schems aund Charter party guve notico in the Court of Ap- peuls to-day that thoy would tile & bil} of exvep- tlons and carry the case to the Buprome Court. Meantlme the scheme ana charter will be put more fully luto effect thag it is vow, and with this view the old County Court this afternoon Ppassed au order to tryusfer to the ity all coun- 1y justitutions and property under the control ol that \m)}', aud hasten the full sepasation of i {'llm county from the city as specdily as posal- e ——————————— FINANCIAL, LovisviLve, Ky, March 8.—8. 8. Clarke, whisky-dealcr, has gone into bankruptey, Lise wotlities, §00,000; assets, $67,000. e ——— BUSINESS NOTICES. Mrs, Winslow’s Sootllng Syrup, for chily h , redoces infiszaina. S S e Burk 8 e fuiate Toe boweis rom Wine of 1z0a fe Boland's Aromstic Bitter a rowedy fur nervous dellity, impoversbed blood, andampaired digestion. ~ Depot, 53 Clark atreet. 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