Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1877, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, NOV IBER 28, 1877, FOREIGN. Little in the French Politi- cal Situation. Improvement Noted Neither President nor Depu- ties Will Listen to Pro- - posed Concessions, MacMahon as & Iinst Resort Will Ap- peal to the Senate, Failing to Secure Another Disso- " lution, He Will Resign s Office. - Prince Gortschakoff Said to Be Earnestly Endeavoring to Bring About Peace. Gen, Grant Sumptuously Enter- tained by M. Emile Glirardin. Gen. Noyes' Recent Eunlogy of Grant Sharply Criticised by the London Times. FRANCE. DECISION POSTPONED. PAnts, Nov. 27.—The Chamber of Deputics resolved yesterday to postpone a decislon ns to the valldity of Fourtou's clection untll after the roport of the Committes on Electoml Abuscs. This sction suspends Fourtou's right of votlng. A PRECAUTIONARY. M. Bordonx’s motfon regarding the state of lege and the Press laws Is to the cffect that duriog the prorogation of both Chambers the President may proclalm a state of sieze, but the Chambers will mect on thclr own authorlty withip three days of its promulgation. Daring .the dissolution a stato uf slege can only bo pro- cinimed in the event of a forcign war, WILL NOT BE BULLDOZBD. Batbic had an Interview with Presidont Mac- Mahon a8 the delegate of the Constitutional Right Centre, and” urged hilin_to take a mod- eruto Republican Cabluct. ThoPresideat, how- ever, expresscd resentment on account of Satur- lay's vote in the Chawber of Deputles, 1tis end the Conatitutionallsts, notwithstandiug * this tailure, will again endeavor to_obtaiu the formation of & Ministry from tho Left Centre, THE ARMY, The newspapers are discussing whether the army will support the Kepublic or MacMaton (n case of & conflict. Manuscript placards in- ulting or threateniog President MacMalion ave been posted. A hundred persons were arrested yesterday lordruukcnncu‘ ralsing seditious eries, and in- sulting or resisting the pollee, Payss, Nov, 25, —The Uonileur noys the Right has resolved to taks tho fuitiativo of b g ing sbout a discussion of the budget. Tue Minister of Finance will take this opportunity toreaftirm the jdeas of cou- cillation snd nppeaseémnent which predomlnated at the formation of the Cubinet. Bhould the Chamber Jof Dn:i:nm.-n nevertheless rofuse to vote the budget, President MacMalon will draw. up a mersiye renderiog the Senate tho judge of the situntion, and sumnnouing it to chovss be- tween aoother dissolution oi the Deputles aud it reslgnation, VensatLes, Nove 27—In the Chamber of Deputies to-loy, o partial report of the Budget Committee was resd, declaring the supple- wentary credits decreed after the lust dissolu- tion were legul, The report was not discussed, because the Mmisters wers nbsent from the sitgng. The procecdlogs of the Budget Com- mtted wers seeret, WILL 1GNORE M, WELCTIE. Pamis, Nuv. 2.—1t 1a understomd that the Budger Conunittee, lguoring Minister Do Welche's mution for o nelurnlu conslderation of the four categories of dircet toxes, Wil them- !fx‘“. subioit a rccommendation to thosamo alfuct, 2= GEN. GRANT, THE BX-PRESIDENT DINES WITH GIRARDIN, Pants, Nov, 27—M. Emile do Girandin gavo a grand dinger to ‘Gen. Grant this ovening. Amourr the gucsts wero Miolster Noyes, Mr, Hitt, MM, Gumbetts, Grevy, Reuault, Do Les- scps, Waddiugton, snd Vignaud. M. de Qlrar- Qin proposed Uen, Grant's health, The General respounded, and dravk to tho prosperity of the French Ropublic, saying he hoped It would at- taln the result which Americans had endeavored to attain, namely, the reglime of lberty nccessi- ble to everybody. . ¢ Gambetta, proposing tho health of M. do *@lrardin, thanked him for affording bim an op- portunity to st ot the same table with tho cx- Wrealdent of the United States, o spoke with 1praise of Gen. Grant's politieal carcer, and ~showed how the General, obedient to the laws ol hla country, while he understood the im- portance and dignity of tho army, never per- mitted 1t to nssume supromacy over tho civil power, Unmbettn concluded s follows: 4 France, hotwithstanding her unmerited infs- Tortunes, renialns great and generous, and at- tached above all ta liberty.'? li8 XULOOY OF OBN. NOYES BEVERELY CRIT- 1CISED, From the Zondon Times, Nov. 1% The modesty and reticonce of Uen. Grant ure, ¢ Is said, severcly tried by tho honors he Yhioa recelved In Europe. . lle msy, perhaps, congratulate himeelf that among the puinful pre-occupations of Frenchwen at the present ‘Yiour the duty of hospitality towards thelr alius- trious guest is likely to be somewhat neglected. But, it he cscapes durlng the political crisis in Paris somo of the attentions which would other- wise Lo bestowed upon hiwm, ho camot baflo the persistent homage of bis own countrynien. The Awerlcan “Colony” n the French Capl. talls a very considerable and ought to ho a very bappy communlty. Its members enjoy in this present Itfe thu blesseducss which i popularly believed in tho United Statea to be tho equivalent of Paradise. It would seurcely bo conslsent with human nature that theso fortunato people should retraln from showing thelr respect for tho ox-President intho waoy which suggests ftscll to Americans as readlly as to Euglishmen by askivg him to dinuer. 3 ‘The banquet which was given in Gen. Grant's hooor st tho Grand Hotel Tucsday uight at- tracted & numerous company, or whom sll save & few distingulshed Frenchmen wero citizous of the United States. ‘The excoptions wero ro- warkable, for they bore eloquent tustiuouy to the long tricndship which has for wiore than o century bound together the great Engllsh- spcaking Ropublic and the first of the Latin nations. The names of Lafayetts and Rochuine beau recull the vielssitudes of the War of [n- dependence, It wus in the cututon of 1756, u Jew wootbs after the ¥ Coutinentsl Cone eress hiad flung it rhetorical detlance In the Iace of Ucorge 111, that & young Freuch Mar- juls, serving ut Metz, was u guest st o divoey Eiv:n to uu Euglish Priuce, und there for the rst timo Lafayette learnt that the colonbits of North America were ighting for thetr frecdom. .. How lotly he sided witt thew, after what ro- wantic wdvestures be touk service fn tkelr fsnkl. how ho pecamo the devoted udiniror and nthoato fricnd of Wushington, how his exam- plo won over his couutrymen, snd fo time bis courtry’s Goversuwent, tu the Awmerican cause, s an " oft-told tale. Next to Lalayette, the Frenchman to whomn the Uunlted States aws tho largest debt of bistorcal wratitude fs, Rochuwbeay, the Cowmsuder of the French Couttogent Tn that declaive calupaign upou the Chesapeake which ended in the surrender of Lord Curnwalida st Yorktown. ‘Ths deswendunts ot Lafsyette and Kochbambeau wero atnong the Freuch guests at the buuquet of Tueaday night, and wwong them also was Al Laboulaye, an vx- eellent type of those Freuch Liberuls Who baye fouud i the study of free fnstitutions fu the Uulted Btates a wholesonis discipline und u rich fund of expuericuce. Bug, i apits of the pres enve Of thess cuilueut Freochuen, the ssocin- Lluge tat the Grand Hoted wus distinetively an Aulerican wosciublsge. ‘The Untied Slutcs usual grades of the United States Arm; not up to the level of Gien. Grant's But he stralus the, Junguage of cunpliment roughly wihen he affirms that Gen. Grant's amon, gant, Gen, o‘( the Bouth and the reform of the vice. and will not offend an. honest oud o modest man. Flatteries, Indoed, will now pass him by recelved frow theso two sourves, sdd vast shipmeuts from the Americuu Atlantic ruwur. owidg to the unsatisfactory ylel ! checked jugubry, b O, while paid for grinding barley. “&3‘ oat trudu is slow, but late rates aro main- ister, Gen., Noves, presided, and the specch in which he proposeil the toset of the evening was addressed to the patriotle pride of Americans, The theme upon which ten. Noyes expatinted may be describod as the doctrine of “Providen- il men? in_jts application to the careerof Uen. Grant. Evervbody knows that France Is the country where this “doctrine, {f it (id orlei- nate, has lieen brought to the hizhiest degree of perfection; nnd one party after another has mnade nse of it ever slnce 1739, Gien. Noves was talking a language very famillar to his French hearers when he prefaced his euloglum on the ex-President with the tollowing phrases: ‘It has generally happened. according to the world's history, that when a preat public erisia has oc- curred,—snch ns & revolution for fndependenco or a strugele for natlonal existence,~some man t1as been found mpevially fitted for and equal to the cmerzeney. Ile often appeara suddenly from an unexpected quarter, and §s not always seleeted from the area of polittes or from among the most pruminent of his countrymen. He as- rumes at the proper timo leadership and con- trol simply because he was born for them, and seems to have walted for the opportunity and the necessity.” To be sure these words do not mean In Gen. Noyes’ mouth what they wonld mean in the mouth of a Frenchman, b, all the same, they strike us ns rather incongruous when #poken of Geu, Grant, 1f there ever wasagreat soldler who fourht his way up to victory amd glory without nrx of the surpriscs, myrieries and” eoupn de thetre of **predestined” and * Providential " mnfiucmn and rulers, 1t was Gen. Grant, is trinmphs had none of the dazzling and perplexing Lrilliancy of Navoleou's great cambalgns; they were the slowly-ripesed frult of a comblipation of quali- tics, 8o rare, Indced, that we may give them the name of genfus, hut vot fdentical with genius fn Itemost imoosing form, Dorred conree, in- vinelble perseverance, indifference to criticiam, the eapacity of uupl»onlug reverses without flinching, the determination to shrink from no sacritices In order to reach tho end set before him,~these were the soldicrly virtues by which Gen, Grant won his victories on the Misslesippl and on thg Potomac, They. have merited the lasting’ gratitude of his conutry, but it would be absurd to speak of them asif the mnde him the_equal of strategists ke Hmmf- bal or Cmnr‘ Marlboraugh or Frederick, Napo- leon or Wellington. When Gen. Noyes says that the military achiovements of the ex-Preal- dent were so splendid that * there was no grade In the American army sutliclent for his recogni: tion and reward, and that two new ** had to be created {n order to heatow an ade- quate recompense upon the victorious General- o8 " fu-Chdef, he cxpresscs the simple fact. The wero eacris. “pinec in history as a Civil Magistrate will be the foremost.” Without resorting to hyperboles eo extrava- (Grant's eminent ecrvices to his coun- try tn war and peace may be falely estiinated aud freely acknowledged. Tie brought to an cud” was undoubted) tho greatest that any age has witnessed, It was the more terrible because It was declded, not by the organized power of stauding artnics, but the voluntary cfforts of vast and high-splrited go;mlntlmw commanding finmense resources, ! The strugglo which smong ut previously unskilled In war, It was no slight claim to au honorablo place in the nonals of his couuntry for cessful vlose of thls desperate strife, to be the suprema commande; and to have acconiplished the overthrow of a Government and peoplo who tiad shown so much capacity for warfarc as the vanquished South, Nor was it a trifliog testimony of national respect and gratitude that the conqueror should be “twice called bya highest oflice In tho gift of 45,000, That -the ntentlons with which Gen. Grant entered office were deservinz of certaln as that his performance fell short of -his promise. Gen, of the late President wo must make o partition. We may allow him the eredit of “modcration " wmitting that In polities” he attained cither to “wisdom® or ¥ succoss. T Gen. Grant during his Presidency * was con fronted by many very complicated and difllentt questions relating t@both ferclen and domestle offairs, all of which hesolved with rare iutcl- ligenco and, patrlotiem,’ §s somewhat out of Gen, Grant, at the’ suc- r of a millivn of men, rrateful vation to the 0000f people.’ upon his touurs of the Presidential high praise is as Of the applanse which Noyes heaps upon the civil caveer and “generosity”? without ad- ‘The assertion that pluce In the mouth of o Minister appointed by i‘meldcnt Hayes, and rn:mmnlxly In_aceord with the new policy of ¢ ment at Washingten, It is notorfous that Gen, e Exccutlve Govern- Grant left “the lurgest and most vitsl ot the problems which per- plexed his country unsettled, and his fallure to mettle them brought s Uovern- ment futo discredit and almost destroyed hls party, and that President Huyes Is now laboring to repalr the errors and the storteomings ol the receding Admluistration on two of the most mportant of these questions—tho pacitication Clvil-8er- The truth can do Gen. Grant no. larm, without injury, aud bls well-carned repose will not be disturbed by the delusive belief that his civil policy was always wise und just, thoutrht 20, he would' becompelled to think also that the Amerlcau people, who condemned that 1t ho llcy Jast year, were fickle and ungrateful, hough no one knows botter than Gew. Gran how far that is from belng true. ‘WAR NOTES. PEACE I'OPOSITIONS, p Vizxua, Nov. 27.—The cvenlug papers pab- Ush Bucharest ndvices, nccording to which Princo Gurtschako(? is engaged in a lively diplo- matlc Intgreourse, A proposal has already been wade for o couferenco on the peace conditions, ANTIVARL. LoNnpox, Nov. 37.—The citadel at Antivari st!ll holds out, cucouraged by tho nssurance of rellof coming by sea, A Corfu dlsvatch reports a'Lurkish fleet of Iron-clads and transports pass. ing there, and expected soon ot Autlvarl. Tho Friuce of Montenegro is thoro, SERVIAN OCCUPATION. Bucnanzst, Nov. 27.—The Roumanians bave occupled Zibru and Lom-Palanka. SEHVIANS WONSTED, Loxpox, Nov, 23—5a. m.—A Delgrade cor- respondent statea that o Servian buttalion re- contly crossed the frontler near Vratarnitza to protect some Bulgarian women and cbildren, Tl Tucks drove the Servions back, and tnany were killed and wounded on hoth aldes, A Commission left Belgrade to investigate the matter, of tho affair. Varlous Consuls have been nformed TURKISI DISCORTENT. Loxpox, Noy, 23—58 a. in.—A Vienaa corre- spondent telegraphs that Intelligeuce has been recelved from Constantinople that tho speedy fall ot Mahmound Dawmau Pasha (s antidpated tn cousequence of discouteut at‘the loss of Kars, FOR nTHATSGIC REASONS. Loxpox, Nov. 23—5 . m—A special from Pera reports that the Turks bold a strong posi- tion at the head of Orchanle delity, and hayo avandoned the Towa of Orchanis for strategic reasous. E GREAT BRITAIN. TUR GUAIN TRADE. Lonnow, Nov. £7.~The Mark Lans Ezpresw’ weckly review of tho gralu trade says: The cereal yleld is turuing out very deticlont through- out the couutry, Supplies of bome-grown grain are aguln moderaty both ot Mark Lano and the countryauarkets, The Euglish wheat 8 geo- erally In a deterlorated condition. . ‘Tho etoall ness of tle supplics may bo aecounted for to some oxteut by the fact that the present prico of wheat offers little induceineut to farmers to thresh, whereas barley {s steadily luwrwlnz‘ aud toere has been wmoro dlsposition to marke this than whbeut. The meagre supplies of '.l?u {::h:r fudicato the expectation of bigher prices or on. Lioports into London tho last weck wore agaly unusyally heavy, the returns of Monduy showing thewrrival of over 100,000 quarters, the lurke proportion of which conslated of Russlun wheat, shipments of which by the wildnoss of the svason. sy be prolonged Iudian wheat s comivg lu freely, Suppliey ed to the rts, still fotter trade, although during the past ortulight it has excreised loss de vessic o 0me ¢rop Yo threshiug., Thero "has beeu o falr consutuptive dewand for most claases of whoat ull tho stunds, Vulucs rewain stationary. The higher rutcs demanded for wnalze bhave ut this artile is still ig/le per quarter more bas been MEXICO, GOVERNMEXT INTENTIONS, New Yors, Nov. 27.—A reporter has fnter- viewed Beoor Zunacona, who bus just srrived. Revorter—Whut ure the views of the Mexican Goveruwent! Zamucova—As for the slucerity of tho Mexi- cau Gogeruent, aud ite lutcotion to suppress thosc troubles on the frontler of Tamaulipas, no one can doulit of that, heesuse it Is the real fnterest of the country to succeed in that under- taking. Thero I, cspectally in the State of Tamaulinas, a certain class of people who nre not confiued to that side of the frontier, who are constantly fomenting trouble. The Government of Mexico s extremely interested in putting an end to thoso causes of complainty beeanse these people make troublo for the Mex- fcan Government ftsclf, and are a permanent hindrance to the internal peaco and tranquiility of the country. Fortunatoly, at present, the Government of Mex{co can apply ta this abject the military means [n that part of the country, becaure fn” the Government over which Diax presiues T2 7AS NO OPTONENT. His authority Is acknowledged all offer the Re- public, Diaz has endeavored to Improve the organization of the nrmy, and the public rev- enuc has been Increascd sinco his administra- tion. _Thus the “responsibility devolves upon Geu. Diaz to fmprove the {nternal condition of the conntry and frontfer. Teporter—Were these the only questions) Zmnaconn—Tucse were tho most important uestions, hut there were otherss) for fustance, there wero some_complalnts about that institu- tion peculiar to Mexico which fs calle THE ZONA LIDGE, * There i3 a trnct of land on tha Rio Grande, where the Mexican Government has establizhed 8 kind of enucm&, that is to say ntract of land where micrcbandise can be {mported with- out paylug duty, until it is taken fnto the tn- terlor of the country, The Government of the United States complains that the Institution is detrimental to its flscal Interests, and fs favorablo to smuzglers on the frontier. This Is o question that could casily been sotticd, but fts solution 18 ROW DIPPICULT on account of the pecullar circumstances in which It has been discussed. The impression produced_with the Mexican pecfile, and even with the Mexican Scnate, fs that theso demands from the Government of the United States are 1 kind of condition for tho recaguition of Mexlco. From that poiut of view n question that tould casily have been settled 1a rendered ditiicult of solution. 'fhie Mcxicans do not wish to yield or pay anything for recognitiun, and I think they are right, too. Zamncona further declared that the Mexicans do not desire tho Americans to cross the frons tier in pursult of rafders. The Mexicans are abundantly able to prescryo tho peace. MISCELLANY. | REPUBLICAN DEVONSTRATION I¥ ROME, Loxpoy, Nov, 27.—At a demonstration in Rowe In commemoration of the battle of Men- tang, Sunday, the police selzed some Republican flags, aud telegrams to forcign papers ore stopped beeause thoy contalned reports of dls- loyal specches made on the occasion. GERMANY AND TUE URITED STATES, Loxpox, Nov. 233.—A Berlin correspondent snys the nezotiations botween Gortnany and the Unjted States for n mutual naturahzation treaty to supersedo the treatics now in forco with the sepamte German States, are fora treaty on o much wider basia than has hitherto been stated. The treaty is to settie all Intor- national questions which™ have hitherto caused misunderstanding, such na naturatization, ex- tradition, commercial intercourse, the marriage law, and tho protection of trade-marks, SPANISIT RAILWAYS, MADRID, Nov, 27.—The Goceta publishes a Rovyal deerce eatablishing one aystem and man- agement for railways throughout Spaln. TRMPLE DAR. Loxpox, Nov. 27.—Olliclal notlee Is publish- ed by tho city authorities lnviting proposals for the fmmediate removal of Temple Bar. STEAMER AGROUND. Loxpox, Nov, #7.~Thu steanier Kashgar has been aground in the Buex Canal sinco Saturday, and all trafllc is stopped. STRIPED STOCKINGS. An Alleged Caxe of I'olsoulng from Thelr Use~Buit for 83,000, Speciat Dispalch 1o The Chicagn Tribune, Br. Louts, Nev. 27.—A quecr case s on trinl in the Circuit Court, fnvolving tho alleged pols- oning and ultimate death of a little daughter of Willlam G, Waite, & .printer employed on the ZRepublican, and for which he and lis wife osk danaces agalnat Mr. D. Crawlord, from whom somo striped stockings wero purchased last year, and which wore worn by the Qeceased cnild, nud from the effects of which, it ia alleged, sho was poisoned and dloc. The case Is attracting gen- cral Interest, it belng a novel onc, and among the number of witnesses cxamined are several medical cxperts. The fact of ,the parchase and salo e, of course, admitted by the defense, but the fact that the striped stock- ings wero the cause of the malady which aillicted the child is dented, and Mr, M, Kinealy, tho attorney for the defonse, who was formerly s professor of mathematica and chemlstry In ono of the first fustitutions of the State, nnd Is therefore thoroughly conversant with the effects a8 wall a8 the carllpounding of chemicals, sets forths tha defonso that the ingredients :fiuue\l $o have been used in tho coloring would not nccessarlly have produced n pafson. Mc, Kiueal also denles the efflcacy of the remedies applied for tho cradieation of the polaon, even i1 it hal existed in the materlals used to color the stockings. Tne child 1s nlieged to have sutfored about one week with sores and pluples upon her lnbs, all of which is attributed to the polsoned color- Ing in the atockings, but the defunso alleye that tuo malady might Lave occurrcd from many other causes. - . ; e ——— THE NATIONAL GRANGE. CrxcinnaTi, Nov. 27.—Tho Natlonal Grange to-day clected olflcers as follows: Master, Adams, of Minncsota; Overscer, Woodman, of Michigan; Lecturer, Mortimer, of Cin- ciunatl; Bteward, Houghan, of Towa; As- pistant Bteward, * Symmes, of Kansgs; Chaplain, Forsytho, of Iilin Treasurer, AMo- Dowell, of New York; 8ceretary, helly, of Loulsvilie; Gutekeeper, Dinwlddie, of Indiaun; Curos, Mre. Adams, of Minnesotn: Poungna, AMrs. Woodman, of _Michlgan; Kiors, Mrs. Moore, of ludiuna; Lady lstant Bteward, Mys. Hall, of Loulaville. Horrible Discoveries in n Ioformatory. Zondon Vanity uir, ‘Wo understand that tho moat horrible dis- coveries have been mudo in the Jumalea Kee formatory for Native Bu]'-. which {s situated on o hill sbout nine miles from Kingston, Some time ngu( under the Uovernorship of sie Willlam' CGrey, o Bantlst clerzyman was ap- pointed Superintendent of the Reformatory, with & salury of. £400 per year, beldes a house and other perquigited, But these apoear not Lo have been sutlicicnt for the reverend gentlemun, ‘who applied the food allotted for thy 400 poor bovs under his charge Lo futtening plgs for the market, Meanwhilo tho little wretches wers starved and growlng desuerate,—they actually fought with the pige for the food thrown to tusws. The wmlseruble creaturs wore neglect wl m every possble way, A nasty insect, called o tick, woll kuown to cviry trave cler fo the “tropics, burrowed iuto thelr {fect, and,as the doctor had to look afier bls pri- vate patients, thed wouuds, which (f examiued in time would bave been lrllllnx, beeams 8o scrious thut amputation of toes or fvet were nccesanry in o Jess than cighty cases, Sturved ol negleeted, the lads becaine unruly, The offendera were then shackled tugether In pairs and consigued to thu cells, whera goue wers furgotien Jor three days sud left without food ordrink, All this at last came to light by incre aceident. The boys were (utrusted with kuives 1o cut down soinge gulnea-grass outside, In cherge of une warder wuly, ThE{ naturally thedr Mberty to satisfy the cruvings of huu- ser by plundering tue ucighboring purdeus, The owpers did not dare to luterfere, but re- Jorted thio matter to tho Goveruor, 'This led to nvestigation and reform, aud wu undenstand that Lord Carnarvon bus, In s strongly-worded dispatel, denvunced this borrible alair as a dls- grace 10 the colouy aud to the whole Govern- wents > —— Bomo of the lights of Chlldren, Froun Col. IngeriolPs New Lecture. £ will never nsk Uud to take cars of any of my chlldron, unlcss £ am dojug my level Uest b them, | will tell you what | sey to-my chil- drep. Tt s thist “Go where you may, do what Lo\n will, there 1s no eriing you can cou- ik, there is wo depth of fufamy “to which you can gluk that can suut Lo you tmy door,’m arws, ormy hesrt, Adlong us 1 live you shall huve one aineers friend Auother thivg. There Is nothiug ke being houcst with these Httlo childron. Donot pretend you wre per- fectlon. You are not. If you fiud une of your children has been telling a’lle, don't let on'as 1 the world waa golng tu burst, ‘Tell Lim houst- ly that you bave tuld buudreds of tuem, and {t ecsns’t pay. You can't play uny George Wiush- fugton busisess on this geucrativn, sud the sbarp oye of childbood will ook thsouzh the robe ol byooerisr. Sowg pwglu will &3y thut will du for rich folks, aud "not for poor, It's ‘\ufi 43 casy to wukv @ child with 8 kiss as with W blows ‘negro be brought Into her presonce, after the JUSTICE. Hopeful Signs of a Speedy Restoration of Her Sway. Five Years Given tho President of the New York “ Seour- ity " Lifo il A Hypocritical Villain 68 Years of Ago--Tho Judge's Remarks. A Neck-Tie Sociable Given in Honor of Mr. Roper, Rapist. f Ho Is Suspended by the Neck from an Ellgible and Conuuand- ing Station. The Blatant Ontlaw Rande on His Way to Galeshurg, XiL No Prospect of Mol Violence--- His Speedy Conviction Promised, A CHIECK TO ANGLO-BENGALEE. dpectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tridune, 2 New Yonk, Nov. 27.—Robert L, Case, Preal- dent of the Becurity Lifé-Insurauce Company, who was recently convicted for perjury, was to- day sentenced to five years at hard labor in Btate'’s Prison. A motion for stay of judgment waoa denled and Caso called to the Bari In answer to the usual quesiions hemade responsa that he was 03 years of aoge, reslded at Nowburg, had learned no trade, and bad npothing ‘to eay why judgment shonld not be pronounced against him. Chlet Justive Davis sald, in passing eentence: I can- notrecall, in the course of a loug Judiclal expe- ricnce, o time when I have performed o more painful duty than that which now devolves upon me. You are uow an aged man, verging upon three-scors years sud, ton. You liave, durlng thAt long life, borne an oxcellent reputation. Men have looked up to yom, trusted you, rolled upon you for tho snfoty ol largo, investments of money, and, doubtlcss, hnd at all times unbounded con- fidence fn your integrity. You ars surrounded by an estimable fnmily, upon whom this blow must full with greater severity than death it~ sclf. Yct it becomes my duty, alter what I be- love to have beeu an fmpartial trial and con- viitlon, to promounce the sentence which wil have these terrible covscquences, not only wupon yoursell, but upon your Innocent family, But this caso {8 one which, however palnful it may be to mg, ahsolutely requires that the sentenco of the law shall be imposed, which shall operatens a warniog aod an cxample.” Speaking of Case's belng at the Lead of an nstitutlon professiug to be safa for men who sought to lay up some- thing for thelr familles which might be enjoyea after thelr own deaths, and who lovked to such an orgnn}muvn for the future® sc- curity of thelr” widows aud children, the Judge sald: I can concelve of no trust more sacred than that reposed under such clrcum- atances In the head of such an Institution, and yet clothed with all that power, burdened with all that duty, we find you convicted of perjury in holding out—ta alture to their loss thoso who confided §i,tha ,Company-talsy" 1izhts, " more' decoys, to obtain the annunl price pald for “protection -ummlud 1o bo complete and certain® - Glving varfous Iustances showiug the deception o8 to property, thoe Judge coutivued: “8o, upon testimony not contradicted or explalucd on your triul, a total of nearly £500,000 of that gross suum which was sat forth to the world us seeurity for those who wero fuvesting thelr premiuma’ vaifishes when its tulsehood 18 develuped by proof, aud the only excuse olfered {s that you were poselbly lgno- rant of the real ‘stato of the case, aud decelved by your subordinates, That excuse may be one to bo necepted by o higher than earthily tribunal, but, in the préservation of the requircments of law, and fo tho protection Cuurts owe to tho people, It 18 necessary that such ignbrance should not be accepted. Ivz was your plain duty to know, It was o viola- ton of vour duty to be fumorant. The protection dueé the public must be respected, and officers lolding such Importaut trusts uiust bo held to their duty, or all contidence In human integrity must be sban- doned, Mcen must look out’ for themaelves, as though there were no law, no justice, no duty, 11 public vfllcers holding such o position of trusl a8 yours are to be pernutted to wmake vatbs o tho truth of such statements as this report con- talus, aud thea fall back upon the pitiful plea of ignorance of the facts which duty ond the law required thom to know. Under Lhw;lumuuuuneu Lam called upon to pronounce the sentonce. I must tako (nto cou. slderation your aze, If you were s iuanu in the middte of life, If you were not so near the ter- wiuatlon of & lonig lite, I should fecl it my duty to fmposs upon you the heavivst scntonce that tho law allows. 1 should not -feel Justified In declining tho exepclse of that duty i ndsinistering the law In o fit‘cy where so much depends upon tho integrity ullicers of insvitutious of this churacter, and of auks, suviugs buuks, and thy various trust companics which hold auch vnormous capltal aud transact so largely the ailairs of_the coun- try. But, undertho circumatances, I feel juse tiiled in lmEmm‘ another soutepce, and no man_ fo thls whole community will more decply regret the necessity of dolug’ that than I do. Not only have you by this act destyoyed to o great degreo fho contidence in this and eimilar fnatitutions, but you have injured, aud others of like fnstitutions have ine tln:d. those of rual valuu to tho community, ifo lpsurunce Is a watter of very great tm- portance. 1t Ls gomething which, i well man- aged, 15 of vast valueito thu public. Wo have Inatitutions of the charucter which stand fore. most among those of Hke character fu the world, yut the conduct of tho outlicers of these lustltutions like yours lias broughta blcht upon even them, sud shaken contidencs In thie futcgrity of lustitutions where wen_shoulil bave conlidence, und fv bus done 8 doubly inju- ry, uot only by deatroying the confldeace of the conmunity, but by shakiug down to a certain extent those that were untitled to enjoy that ence,” ———— ROFER ROPED, &pecial Disvatch to Tha Uhicaga Tridune, Nasuviees, Ten,, Nov. 27,—Gcorge Roper, aliss Frank McGhes, the would-bo ravisher of Miss Temploton, was lynched at Colwmbls at 11310 a. m. to-day, The rope was suspended frum the third story of tle Caurt-House. It was the request of Mls Templotou that the arrival of the traln contalning her two brothers {romn Nashville, that sho might have ono wore look at bim, and be perfoudly satisfled he was the guilty party, A cummltive, on which wers two prominent colored wes with a guard ap- poluted, convoyed Lim tothe residence. Beofore bis rewoval from the cell o was Interviewed by & culored preacher; who tricd, bug without avall, to extort a coufemion. The minister offcred up a prayer, after vhich he was takon from the cell to the residesco of Miss Tewple- ton. The fuuily were staading in the frunt hall. On the approach of the comuittce and posse, Ll neyro in the rear, the guards stepped aside, and the young ladystood fuce toface with the negro, ~ Closely sxutiviziug bl for an fustant, she exclaimed, * Yuu are the gutlty wretch, Youare thes scotndrel that tricd to W we. lawn foutly sitladed. Under the cxcitement last uight there was slight doubt on ‘Thuro s noue noy. You wmust die.” m{ wlud. I'Le words were spoken I a calin but decided tone. No change was perceptlblo bn the uegro. 1143 face wore o Llank look. Ou the return to the squatetha crowd lomb‘I’y 00k the Degro frow tha Bhertll and posse, and, sftera fow worda from Major Walliwoson, W. J. Whithuue, aod two colo; weu with refer- once to Misg Tewploton'’s Wentilicativg, pro- parations were madse to lwunch Roper {nto etesulty. Roper ackuowdodged nothing snd do- . nied nothing, A banner upon which wos printed n axull and feroes-hones, and the legend ** The will of the peovle, hung frum the Court- Houre. Twenty-fivo hundred people had s rembled on the aquare, sronnd which were ar- ranged a guard of 100 men, with cocked pistols toaeo the oxecution carsled into effect,” Blind Truitt was the exccutioner, Hover waa asked, as tho rope was tied ahout:bis, neck, if ho had angtiing to aay. e responded firnmly, ' Noth- ing.! Tho usual black cap was omitted, Ata given signal Roper was slowly drawn up as high an the top of tho second-story window, his body writhing in torture, his hands clutched, witha gurgling eound Insuing from his uu-nni, dying hued. 1Hs tongue protruded from his moutl, while n ghoatly amilo plased over bis face as ho Was awnnhg un. An awkward and unforeseen Incident occurred. Ilis pantaloons, &1l the clothing covering his Iegs, fell down over his feet. Ho wns at onee Iet down, however, nnd the pantaluous adjusted, Jlc was taken down after hanging tifty-six min- utes, hoving been held up by a crowd of men at the other end of tho rope, Tho body woa lald in the Court-House, anl was recou- nized by Skates, of Mobile, a3 tho negro who commiticd a mpo there soveral weeks aince, and rurlvrh&)m aroward of $1,000 was offered allve or dead, ¥ His home was In Columblang, Ga. lis body nlu be taken to Mobile for further identifiea- o, % ‘The two colored men on the Committes ap- )}mnle«l to witness what occurred before Miss ! mpleton enld they wero satisfied ho was®) guilty nnd descrved hanglog, One of them strongly intiimated that s whito man sentenced 1o ten Fears’ imprisonment. for raping o colored glrl 13°years old deserved the same fate. ‘Thero 18 n stromy fecling In favor of _this iden, ana ho may be taken from the fml and Iynched to-night. He s waiting to be taken to tho Penitentlary to serve out 1is term, HANDE. Specta Dispateh ta The Chicano Tribune, 81. Louig, Mo., Nuv, 27,—Sherifl Hitcheock, Chief-ot-Police Kimecy, and Prosccuting-Attor- ney Kellogg, all of Peorla* County, Ill., arrived hero this morning to take charge of Frank Rande, tho cutlaw. Thoy proceeded at once to the Four Cowrrts, whera they had a conforence with the Polie® Boatd, and camo to n satisfac- tory agreement concerulng the division of the reward offercd for Rando's capture. Tho terms of the diviston, however, were not made publie. At 7 o’clock thit formal dellvery of the prisoner to the Illinois authoritics took place, At 8 o'clock Rande was led hancuffed from his cell, placed in an ambulance, and driven to the Union depot, where he was put on board a traln of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. The fact bad been mado public that the famous desnorado was to Lo taken from the 8t. Lows Jail, nnd, in consequence, a crowd of about 200 people nssembled at the Four Courls to witness the transfer and get o eleht of Rande. It was only a block distant to the depot, and tho curlous crowd followed, At the depot were several hundrod people, attracted by the same morbid curlosity to sce the outlaw. Iande contiuued his braggadoclo to tho Inst, talking focessantly svhilo on the way, and speaking to the crowd while belng conveyed into the car, Being placed In n seat, lio put hEs head out of the window, and said to the mob: A “You fellows must be good boss, and keep out of tho Penitentlary. I'm ina heitof a fix, but I guess 11l como out all right. {'m sorry to leave you, but you've got scoundrels heron a— slizlzt worse than 1am." One man fu the crowd sald: ¥I Buess you won't have achance to kil any more police- wmen.” Another sald: *“When they get you over to Galesburg you'll know how It ls yourself,” Auother sald: #They'll give you o hempon cravat when you met to Gilson.” Nande laughed ut these hustile suggostions, and sald: “ Dy G—d, if I hed thcsa handeufls off, I could take a bar of soap and whip this erowd," One man sald: *“Why, Rande, you ain’t s baa-looking man,” “ Why, no,” replied the outlaw, *there aro worse-looking men out of hell than I am,” Though there was a crowd of 400 or 600 peo- plo at the depot, there wus no demonstration ol violence, and the platoou of policemoen scnt there to quudl any mob that might put fu an ap- pearanco had nothing to do but to lovk on the queer scene. - 2 At half-pass B tho traln, with onocar sct apart. cspecially for the Illinols officurs and thelr pris- oner, togother with o lurge number of reporters and correapondents, nulled out for tho (ilinols shore, Thers was some apprehensfon that there wight, be & mob In walting at the rolay dopot in Eust Bt, Louls, whero the train would necessa~ rily havo to stop o few moments, When the train arrived thero only a few curlous people were there, Who showed vo dis- position to interfero with the formldabla posso Ja chargo of tho outlaw. . K The train wiil arrive in Monmouthat 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, und at Galesbure at 8§ o'clock, and the prisouer will be lncarcerated fn the Jaff ot the latter pluce. ‘The train will have to loy by one hour at Monmnouth, and thero are some fears that there wiil be trouble there, but Sherlfl Hitehcock, who bas charge of Iande, says ho will resist to the bitter end every effort fo mob or offer violenca to his prisoner. The Grand Jlrr{ of Knox County have already found a bill of Indictment ngninst Rande, and it 1a atated that bis trial will comsmenca at oncy, the State belne roddy with oll 1ts tustimony and the prisuner having ho grounds for delay, Spectinl Divvatch in The Chicugu Tyribuna, Br. Louis, Mo., Nov, ::s.—srudnl dispatches recelved from stations slong the Chicago, Bure lington & Quiney Rallroad, over which Hande, the outluw, s belug conveyed to Galesburg, stato that thicre have been no slims of throuten- od violence, und there 1s now littlc .approhen- slun that any will bo atiempted, Rande talks freely ubout the threats that huve been made to Smb A‘l.:”,nnd says ** Thoy can lynch and be G—d |—i! Suecial Dlsvatch (0 Tae Chicigo ne. Beitiortuib, T, Nove Stmdor. Gallom to-duy recelved o letter from Sparts, Raudolph Couuty, stating that Rande, tho outlaw now In Louls, wua the murdorer of Robert B, Little, who was assassiuntcd on the strevta of Sparta st September, noar his resldence, and robbed of a couslderable suiount, RIFLING THE MAILS, Bpecial Dlspaich to The Chlcagn Tribune. Crkveranp, 0., Nov. 27.—~C. E. Henry, Special Awent of tho Post-OMte Department, has” for some time suspected a young maa named Georze O, Inghan, son of W, A; Ingham, n prominent book merchant, of tampering with the malls, being o carrier botween Statlon A and the insin Post-Office ot this vity. o fixed the _usual decoys, and to-day capturcd his man, who confeswed, On hls person were found several valusble letters, Hoalwo owned up to suveral thefty in the past of lotters coutajnlng cash and fewelry, the latter bud been given to wonen with whow ho was {uthmate, He was placed fo the Counvy Jull pending his hearfug before the United Stites Commissioner, A BOLD EXPLOIT, Spectal Disvaick (o Tha CAleugo Tridune, Bunringroy, la, Nov. ¢7.—J, B. Dunbar, ‘proprictur of the depot dining-roow, waa robbed ol 8000 by awost daring rogue thia woruing. With his wife hio left their privato apariinents nepr the depot, aud went to superintend the proparation of breskfast, A thief placed & lad- der against the wall of the Lullding, entered the window, and carried off the mouey. The thett was commltted alter daylight, aud tho porpetrator wua seon, but was supposed to bu a muu:rvrepuflnn for his doy’s work. No clow bocn furnlshied to his identity, ~ A BERIOUS JOKE, . NasnviLLz, Tenn,, Nov. 27,—~A spocisl dis- putch from Bowliug Greon to the Americen says Alvin Poe, aged 18 years, was horribly curved by Nowtou Btumnps, 8s is supposed, in soveral f(uuu. oud disemboweled, Iu Wurrou Couuty, cntucky, on Bunday, the fatal altercation bo- ing the result of a juke. HURGLARS CAUGHT, , ZaxmgviLLs, O., Nov. 27.—Tin outer doors of Josiah B. Allen's safe, sotting in the count fug-room of the store, were blown off by burg- lars last might. The glass and sash 1o the front and back part uf the store were cowplotely de- molished. ‘Jhree persons, cowing back to view tho result of their work, were arrcsted. ’ A SBRIOUS SETTLEMENT, Euis, Pa., Nov. 27.—Tyo threo mea fodicted for tarsivg aud feathesiug w woman of doubtful character at Watart in thls county, beve all besn sentenced 10 the Peultentlary for from ous 10 {wo yeani. CASUALTIES. Additional Faets Concern- ing the Appalling Huron Disasler. The Blame Lies with the Dead at the Bottom of the Sea. . Striking Similarity to the Bad Salling Whichi Wreeked ho Atlantle, A Hoerrible 8peotacle Prosentod to View + OFF Kitty Hawk, Twenty-one Corpses to Be Seen Lashed to the Rigging. Accounts of the Great Devasta- tion Caused by the Floods. Travel on the Baltimore & Ohio in the East Almost Suspended, THE HUNRON, Bpectal Dirvateh to Ths Oheago Tribune, ‘Wasuinaron, D, C., Nov. 27.—Several of tho “survivors of the Huron havo arrived here. They were examined privately this afternoon by the Bccrotary of the Navy. From their private con- versation the following facts are ellcited: The ofticers knew the danger flags were fiying. The Huron, however, was signaled .perinission from tho flag-sbip on Friday morning to leave when- ever her Commander deemed advisable. Her officers were nearly unanimous in the opinion that it was absolutely safe to start at once. The wind, although blowlng a gale, was not sich na they thouglit should deter navigators from put- ting out, cspeclally In o vessel so stanch and seaworthy ns thoy considered the Huron, Chief-Engincer Olson was indeed licard to say that tho danger signals were up, and that it might be well to heed them, but it was roplied, “\Wo can go outside, and, It the galo proves to bo too severe, wo can put back.” Nelther at the time the vessel struck tho beaeh, nor pre- viously, say the surviving officgrs, was there o wind high enough to muke navigstion along the coast perilous. There was mo troublo with tho machinery, tho compass, or with the vessol in any respect. Tho theory of the disaster held by tho surviving eflicers, and one in which the ofllclale of the Navy Department scen to agreo with thein, Is that o temporary but strong surface curzent, caused by the wind, was setting 1 toward shore along the beach morth of the point where the vessel struck, and that while, according to compass, bearings, and soundings, they should have been ton miles off shore, they had been slowly moking leeway, and runnlng in toward the land. Wautch was kept for tho Douwdy land light, but the weather was so thick it could not bo scem, mud had it been seen tho course would have been changed, ‘The Navy Dopartment offlciala arc ot diaposed to blame any one. The responsibility for the timo of ealling was with Commander Y“' whu has atoned for his crror with his Yfe. Yet tho navy men gencrally say that tho most ex- perfenced navigatora under the samo clreum- atances would put to ses. If the vessel had gone; further to sca she would haye had to muke hendway ' agafnst the Gulf Stroam, but, by Leeping tn shore, that stream was in Ler fasor, "The rigging of the ship waa of wire, and, when tho masts and spars broke, could not be cut. ‘This cost the loss of mauy lives that might otlierwisa have been saved. To the Weaterts dasnciated Dress, - Wasfinarox, D. O, Nov. 27.—Master Con- way, Eusign Young, and_Cadet Engiucer War- burton, of the wrecked Iluron, arrived here to- day, und immediately went to the Navy Depart- went, In response to their lustructions, Fontiuss Moxnos, Nov, 27,.—In_regard to tha sailing of the Huron on Friday lnst in the faco of nstorm, it I8 atatea that ou Friday morning, Admiral Trenchand slgnaled Capt, Ryun inguiring 1f bis draughtsman had arrived, and betng answered §n thoe aflirmative replled, * You ca go to sea when you choose,? NosroLk, Noy, 37.—Advices from Kitty Hawk state that twenty-ono dead bodies can be scon from the shore, lashed to the main and mizzen rlgging of tho Tluron. - 1r7Y LAWK, Nov. 27.—Tho body of Capt. J. J, Quthrio, Paymaster ot Lite-Saving District No. 0, and two colored men washed nshoro flve miles north ot this statfon. ‘Thirteen aead bodlcs washed ashore near No. 5 station, one Licutenant, by name 8limmons, one Corporal of Marises, name unknown, nine sallors and sol- dicrs, aud two colored men, ——— TIUE PLOODS, Bpecial Maputch to Ths Chicago Tridune, Bavrisiors, Nov. 27.—Thé damago on the Baltimore & Ollo Rallroad by the great flood is much greater than was reported yesterday, and oll travel excopt between Baltinore and Wash- ington is still suspended. The Bt. Louls, Cin- clonatl & Chlcago cxpress left Camden Station yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, but,on reachiog the relay, the train could not procced. A speelal traln haviog on board Vieo-Presldent, Keyser and othor ofliclals of the road reached Martinsburg shortly before 1 o'clock, and left for the West ot 1:20, Dispatcics of fts progress- were received at Camden Station from the welegraph offices along the lne, stating that the track had been found all right, and the tralo was ablo to proceed at the usual rate of speed. After the train passed Cranperry Bummit, a station twelve mites west of Martiusburg, no further reports wera ro- ceived, as the wircs arc down from this point to Cumborland, A largo forcs of men have.i been sct to work putting up new wircs, and tel- egraphic communication jsexpected to Bo cstab- lshed by this mornjog. This portion of tho track fs atill under ' scv- cral fect ot water, and no thorough lo- spection bos been possible. . The Harper's Ferry bridge was found to be uninjured. An engine and traiu ot cars were sent over the bLridge at 11:30, a carctul inapoction made, and only a fow bolt-«aps were found loose. The water was about five fect below the bridze at the time, and was rapldly falling. The Chlcago, Colum- bus'& \Vllllllllilull express, leaving Camden Station at 5:15 lu theatternoon, was not seut out. -A passencer express arrived st Camden Station from Martinsburg, couneeting with the Vatloy Road at Harper's Ferey, at 8330 p. u, heling on thne, The local tnall-tralu to Cranber Bumnit left Camdon Statlon as usual ut! o'clock, mado its way to Martinsburi with- out dificulty. The water from the trucks be- iweon Chonoy Run and Orecn Spring roceded Tate tn the ufteruoon, snd ua tospection showed that they hnd been badly washed in several pluces, lurizo lorce of men wero set to work muodistely, but tho Compun{‘duflu not uxpect 10 be able to run trains over this portlon of the road Befare Thursday morning, ~ Last nlgll;t al of the malu stem, with the exception of thls por- tlonof tha road, was In runnlog ordur, and truins were possing. The damage ou the Valley Kuil- road 18 betnig rapidly reputred, and Lratus are ex- ted to run to snd from Slaunton this moru- pg. o 5 -chhl recelved here ur-dn{ from Willlams- rt, Md., says: ¢ The scene of the freshet yes- erdsy from Lhis polut wos excitiug as \ul{ [T distrésaing fu the extreme. The whole Mary- land eide secmed flooded snd destined to de- struction. ‘Fue Potomac, which {s usuully ford- able a4 this polut, woa swollen to & mighty tors rent, and ou it wera stacks of bay, bundles of fodder, beavy and ligut timber, barrels of rovislons, turuiture, and wany other articles. Persons fu skilfs wero ob work getting Lq shore such articles us they conld suateh from the lood. Au entlre house passed dowu the river, also & number of canal-boats, A large quantit of coal was swept away from here. The romd- bridge over the Conocogeague Oreek was hid from view, while the top of the capal-bridge was visible. The flood reached as high as the third floog uf Ariluger's wmill. The water reached up to the rl track. QGroups of persons gathered upon the hill-tops and gazed upou the destruction of thelr ticlds and dwell- inge, The damage done to property biere is immense," ) ‘Tlio latest dispatches from Cumberland ss “The Cumberland & Pledmout Ruliroud was much dawaged by the fresbet, Baturday und Sundsy the Bouth Branch ross yvery high, and many bouses glong ita borders were washed wway, Two colored and ous white family were drowned, Thelr resbdeuces were destroyed, and $ho Inmates have hot slnce beew heard from. Thres hotscs wero swept away ub FPawpaw, au two ut Okonoka, with all the furuiture, Mun: wilcs of track were wushed out, sud the South Branch bridee destroyed. The canal is almopt rulngd. Noutblug cau be heard from below "Pawpar, na the wires are down, Al o tom Tanda of huth branehea of tho I‘uh‘;:‘rfim’ e awept of everything, The lows s fearfulr 0 Bucnanay, Va., Nov. 2.—Therlver is nlx fret bigher than it the areat freshet of 184, Ty, colored people wera drowned in the nelzhlyr. hood, The destructlon of property in the tow, and mnm{ is unprecedented. ‘( brlilge .\mr: thirty dwellings were awent away, Many o0p runp 0 are left without property, food, or cloty. ng. CixcisnaTt, 0., Nov. 27.—A sudden rf the Ohlo earried away & nuimber of eoal-hol) from their moorinms, Beveral wero sunk at (1 rallrond br:;‘lflo below tho city. The loss wiy exceed $10,000. KILLED IN TIIE WOODS, Apecial Ditpateh to The Chicaan Tridune, EAsT Baainaw, Mich, Nov, 27,—A youny man named Joha Powors was killed yesterday by a fatling tree in the camp of Pearson & Aj. . derman, on the Tittabaswassce River. Deceare 1 was 20 years old, unmarried, and h 2t Pototbaro, Ont, v el 1l elalves e BTEAMER BURNED. New Yonk, Nov. 27.—The stcamer C. {, Northam, plying botween this city and New Tlaven, was burned this morntn;u:t her_dock, Three colored men perished, 88, $172 1 insurauce, $120,000, h $130,000; “THE GREEN VAULTS.” Tho Famous Art Masoum nt Dresden, Irenceun in New York Observer, The “Green Vaults' aro called so beeausy they arc not vaultannd are not green. In othep respecta tho namo 1s as woll a8 aoother would be. They are rooms on tho ground floor of the old palace of the Kings of Baxony, in the City ot Dreaden, filled with curious works of art, jowels of silver ond gold, and precious ‘stones, the pride and play of Kiugs formore than 800 years, o vast muscum tho lke of which s not toba scen clscwhere in Europe, perhaps notin the world. Duke George, the Bearded, In 1539, wasthe Princo of Baxony,—Rlector ho was called I those daye,—and he began to- collect and pro- Bervo tho curlous things ho could lny his handg .on, und his succossors fn the Klngdom have added to them from yeor to year. Before the American mincs were dlscovered, before Amcrica was discovered by Europeans, ths Frelverg sflver -mines were the richest in the world, and the Kings of S8axony wera wont to convert the frultsof thosn milnes into works' of art, cither having thie silver ftaclf worked up into them, or exchanging It for grcclaul stones, In this way the gold mincs of Bpain made the Ttoyal gullery ot paintings in Madrid the most costly and extenslve in Europe, while Bpain ls now miserably poor. The pletires would not Yuy liendebts, and there is 10 market just now or pintings such as Royal purses only can buy for Kinga have too many dcbts on liaud to 3:- dulge In’ the luxury of buylng works of art, Ong of these rooms contnins a_jowel cstiinated to bo worth £15,000,000; and they all lave an Instrinsic. value, such as can hardly bo raid to attach to thomost spleudid pictures by tho krentest arists. A dionmond 13 moro caslly cared for and s less labls toporish than o pointing or s statue, nnd thero 1a an fmpression that preclous stones become more ~ostly from age to age, 1 hiave heard it stoatly malntained - that [t {s o better investment to buy dizmonds than real eatate or rallroad bonds. "My experl. ence Is not largo cuough to make an oplnion of any valie, oln of Bologna was oncof tho greatest. sculptors of tho sixteenth century, aml dome of Lis works én bronze aro the first to arrest atten tion a8 you enter the room. A cruclflx only efghteenjuches u helght shows the hand of the funater, and the uninstructed ey discovers itg benuty, The Bull Farnese Is” reproduced fu bronze, and bas o charmn that Lefougs to the original _marble In Naples, represcnting tha puwerlul work of an artist who lved 400 yearg before the Christian era. These and many - other copies of the noblest works of tho carly centurics aro now studied with sdmiratfon, even by thoso whio are famillar. with the original oud asall the Royal collectious ara supplly with coples when'it 18 imposaiblo to procura tho originals, why may woe not fn the United Btates, and cspeclally why may not the Clt of New York, possess” a gatlery in which llml’l be collevted coples of the greateat works fu thn' European schiools of ancient add wodern art 3 What works in ivory are thceo in the second room1 l’lmmlds, goblets, chaing, plilars, groups of pirls, goddesses, sca-pqgs and. uymohs, Apollo and'the musces, allegories that have lessons tobe read!’ wyen the cunnipg hand of Albert Durer s scen {n a group of his ‘exquisite carving, aud an Lece Jomeascribed to Beuvenuto C»lllnl; o monle apent bis 1ifetime g o group of 141 figurea in one pleco of 1vory, and here his patience, (€ not his genius, appears {o o woudrously-elaborated work. There I8 no end to this curivusly beautiful collection. Amber wrought Into ahapes juuuterable, vorale, ahells, mosaies of jasper, ngato, lapise Tozull, cornclian, chalcedony, Jald fn black mnrbfe. in forms of Uirds, flowers, insccls, fruits, and ull mannerof pretty thivgs; the Baviorand tho Apostles; sowmo of them res garded ns the flncst specimen of this kind of work, In the mlddlo of this room|s a porcelaln flre-place, ornamented with biscuit ching, vre. clous stones, pebbl topazes, moss and eye ngzuu. and Baxon pearls, muking o romarkable objectythat gives the nante to the room in which 1t stands. he art of paloting enancl was known to anclents, and desiuns belng paint- ed un a coating of plzments with a_prusk, and fixed by tho action of fre. The French have carried thy to Yem;euon. having pursued it for BU yesrs. ‘This is tho simplest of thestyles of coameling. Tho .Beripture scencs, the mythology, the protraita of inodern aud anclent hiatorle rprmun;c-, thomadonnas, are beyood my capacity 1o recount or Lo remember,” bub cach ono of themisa study,’ giving: pleasure while the eye 18 upon it, though tho scnsution ls Tost 80 s00n us you turn to something moure beautiful beyond. 1L you aru .uot weary of this repetitlon of things curjous, wo will pass into the next room, which 1s palnted 1n geroon, and ro 18 sald to have given *the nawme tho vaults, Itls colled the sllver-rootn, and tho vessels of ornament aud use thatare gathered chielly In silver would easily furnfsh o palace, from tho baptlsmal fonts In whith the children of thy Hoyal family aro **christencd,” to the chalices forthe coms munjon table and the goblets that bave scrved at Royal bauiuets for centurles. The Geuos filgres work represents flowers, and frufts, snd fgures, boxes, aud vases, overy vurjety of fancy aby folly, displaylug execedlng fugenuity in construction, with no ;ircnuuu-eu - produce lufinuylhmz very useful or ornamental. ud wo are not yet Iu the great hall,—by way of eminanco 1t is callod. *'Thio Hall of Préclous 'l'blnfi:,"-no for doues [ts fnventory excecd ol that -has goue beforw it. The room stretches tho widili of the palace, and is llwmllfi' filled with o wealthof gems, and gold, aud cryse tal, wrought into objects of uss or of displafs or, more than elther, of amusement, for It lardly possible that iul( of these thivgs werd made for anything elso but to entertain tho maker or themn for whom they wers tuades All the precious stunes that arenamed m ho “ Revelation,” aud any moro, huve becu wrought luto the form of suufl-boxes, spoutisy cups, seals, voriralts of Emocrors, sud Poves and Quecnd; o % tower of Lubel” ysterle ous machinery init that works aud every mluuts performae some maryel of lue genuity; u Venetion thread-glass jug baving as alr-bubble betweon cach of thu ineshes; a droms edary lying by thu side ol s Moorj Veous carrfed In s Sedan chalr by porters; a ship on which tho sceus of Perscus aud Andrumeda i3 drawn; the rock<hrystal ‘Eublen of Martin Luther—ono of s0many of ln:ufin; 1 begin to fear ho wys often u them; and tho’ goblots of 80 mauny mmlghty men sre treasured bere, wo may be'suyv that the time was when drinkiug was moye a0 urt and ag eojoyment thap itis now, N The armory-room, which Is ao called because it hos no armory in it, isadorned with woud carviugs, six by Albert Durer, 4 chepry-pit on which :lzuzg Leads cen bo scen “distlictly, i you look through a microscope; a case af l:moh about au inch loug warrsuted uot to 1)l; and us the crown of the whole, we have two real crowns, two sceptres, and two coronds tion "klobes that were used lu_ crowning Augustus Elf and his Queen in 1738 1ftha blazing juwels are mot realy the hlieuulun oned aro fu the next roow info which we Bow water. For we have now corse Into the treasury of the Saxon Kings;to elx cases, in which ore divplayed tho lurgeat, wost brilliant, bmguluul. -miJ valusble collectionof jewelsin Europe. What may be fn tho paluces of the Usfent 1 do not kuow, 7These bave been gathered b{ pur chaso, by dowrics, sad Inberltance, uptil they aro unrivaled; bure we eeo 8 zaruituro of rosy diamonds,' sixty-four inbumber, avother with sixty, u sword hilt with 1,688 siuglo stoncs, Wil ordérs, epaulets, buckles, nud buttous ‘"o numerous t0 luuntion,” strinys of pearls, peck- 1aces, shoulder-kuots, carringy, brooches, buire ping, rluge sct with rubles, puicrulds, ssprblres gorncts, and ju the mldst of this dazaling Hgbé are two plain fingerriogs that once were the roperty © of Murtly Luther sud Philip Mclancthon. Theau two rugs are precious be cause thelr owners wers useful wen. Nob oo dismond of all the rest has tho slightcst vulue n.bcum of the King or Quecs W wore