Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1877, Page 6

. 6 PEMMICAN. How the Condensed Food Is Made and Eaten. How Pemmican Tastes-Flavors of Tal- low Candles and Sofa Cushions. The Liguor Trade Among the Indians— An Indian's Method of Treating His Friends, Correrpondenee New York Erening et Winsireo, Manitoba, Nov. 1.—The nutomn trade along the line of the Iudson's Bay Con- pany's posts in the Baskatchewan or Plain dis- tricta Is reported to be more than nsnally Neeht, This is partly owing to the failure of the autumn buffalo hunts, the entire procceds of which have heretofore, with little exception, found thelr way into the forts of the Fur Company; and in part to the cstablishment of fur-trading statlons throughout the Indian country. With the exceptionof dealings in buffalo-robes and provistons, but little valuable trade reaches tho Saskatchewan distriet. In- deed, the enttre lincof sonthurn forts would probably have been abandoned long since, had the Company considered mercly tho ques- tion of profitsaipon the trade of the district; whicls, Inm given tounderstand, has not pald expeuges for scveral years. Unfortunately, the Plain districts furnish a species of provision unattalnable in any other portlon of the terri- tory, and to sccure this the Company aro forced to maintain many expensive establishments and a largo force of men. This provision 18 manu- factured from the flesh of bufalo, "and {snlmost the solearticle of food {ssucd by the Company to its thousaads of voyazcurs, hunters, and traders. A scarcity of this staple threatens the vast transport eervice of the corporation * with the dlrest conseyuences, Take from the regular army ratlon flour and york, and you would produce about the same effcct s that produced by the subtraction of pemmican from the datly supplies of the vast force of the Com- pany’s scrvants,—a forve equal to more than ‘hall your standing .army. It fatho natlonal dish, 8o to speak, of a population composed of many nationaiities; and, like eversthing else in this pecullar country, is a wonderful mixture. 1t Is n diffcult matter to tell at all times cxactly where the half-breed ends and tho white man or Indian begins; correspondingly diffienit i it to tell where tho buffalo terminates and tho pemmican begins, TEMMICAN, It is quly of late years that pemmican hascome into public notico as a condensed food valuavle to tho commissariat upon long expeditions. Hitherto 1t has beena provislon pecullar to Brittsh Amerlca, and particularly to the scrvico of the Iudson’s Boy Company. Notwithstand- h?; the vust annual slaughter 'of buifalocs south of tho forty-ninth paraliel, no pemmican s made therosthe tneat Leing used fu the fresh or green state, or in_the form of jerked beel. The pemmican of the English Arctituxpeditions differs frum the real artlcle in being mude of beef mixed with ralsios and splees, and presery- cd from decay by belnr hermetieally sealed. Buffalo pemmican may be sald to keep itsell, requiring no spices or seasontng for Ita prescr- vation, uid may be kept In uny vessel and under any vonditions, cxcept thatof dampness, for unifunted time, It js one of the most perfeet forms ol condensed food known, and s excelled by no other provision in Its sutisfyiog quality, ‘I'he amount of it used throughout the terrl- torv 13 ahunost Incredible, as, beslde the enormous quantity cousumeid in the Comnpany's service, it oppears, when attatnable, upon iho tuble of every balf-breed in tho country. So cssential 181t to the wants of the ruyaqeurs, as the ataple artlcleof food upon the long voyages made in the tranaporiation sorvice of the Fur Company, that its manulacture is stimulated ln way by thoagents of that corporation, ovesy avallailo pound is bought up for its use, 1OW PEMMICAN 18 MADE. Pemmiean torma the prinelpal product of. the summner hutTalo bunt, when, to preserve from deeay the larze quuntitics of meat taken, sone artitfcial processts neccssary. A cunslderablo antount is alsu- made In the carlier purt of the autumn hunt, though the mujor part of the product of this ¢hnse Is prescrved by frost fn atresh condition. To manufucture pemmican tho flesh of the buffalo s flest cut up into large luxnys. and then again nto flakes or thin alices, and hung up in the sun or_over the firo to dry. When 1t {3 thorougnly desieeated (tis taken down, placed upon raw-hides spread out upon the prairie, snd pounded or beaten sometimes by wooden flalls, again ‘between two stunes, until the meat is reduced to_a thilk, flaky sub- stance or pulp. Bags mudeof wvuffalo” bide, with the hafr un the outslde, about the slze of an ordinary pillow or flour sack, suy two feet long, oue and a haif fect wide, and cleht inches thick, nre standing ready, and cach ono is ball filled with the powdered wcat, The tullow or fut of tue buflalo havi.ig been hotled by ftsell Inahuge caldrun 1s now poured hot jnto the ovlong bog in which the pulverized incat hos previously Leen placed, The contents ore then stirees] together untd! they have been thurough- 1y mixed; the dry pulp” befug solderod down into a biard solld mass by the metted fut poured overit, When full tho'busa ore sewed up as * tizhtly as possible, and the semmlan ollowed to cool. Each bag welghs 100 pounds, the quantity of fat belng nearly half the totat weieht, the whole composition forming the most solld duscription of food that man can make. It s the traveling provistun used throughout the North, where, in addition to its already specificd qualiticutions, its great faulity of transportatfon renders it extremely valunble, ‘There 1s no risk of spolling it, s, It ordinary care bo taken to keep the bags (ree from miold, there 18 no asalgneble lmit to the thne pemnmivan will keep. 1t 1s catimated that, on an average, the carcnsses of two buffuloes oro required to make one bug of pemmican— one tiling the bayr ftsclf, the other supplying thu wunts of the wild savoge eugaged fn hunt- ug it down, A DAINTY DISIL, ‘The best foru of peminican, made for table use, generally has udded toft ten pounds of suyrur and saskootoom or service berries,—tho Iatter acting much as currant jelly docs with venison, vorreeting the ureastness of the fat by [y lllv.vhhy aud eweetness, Bomethives wild cherries are used instead of the savkootvom, This berry-pemmnican s considered the best of 1ts kind, snud {8 very pulataole, Ax 1o the appearatice of the commoner form of pemmlcan, tuke the scrapings from the dryest outsde corner of a very stule plece of cold roast beef, add toit lumpsal tallowy, rancld fat, then garnishull with long huian hatra, on which string Im:m:l, ke beads upon a neckluce, and short halrs o dogs or oxen, or - both, an yuu uave a (air Imitation of cowtnon pemimieun, Indeed, the prosence of halrs In tho food has sugiested tho inguiry whether the hale on the builaluee from which the pepimican s mude doesnut gruw oo the luside of the skin. The abundance of siall stonea or pebbles in pem- malcan also fndicates tho aiscovery of o new bullulo diet herctofors unknown to nuturaiiste, In tuct, 1 hove seen men whowere only prevents ed trom taking a sleve and fing tooth comb to th:e table wheaw pemmican furmed the prindpal dish by 4 certatn to reapeet forthielr bhost's feclings, But thess men did not like pemimi- vau. Carclully made penmican. flavored with berries und sugar, is nearly ulguod; but of nlost persous new tu the dict 2 way be sald that, I two ecores, allttleof it goes I:dhnu way, Nothing can exceed its suiicing quidiey'; t [x ecqual or superior to the funous Prussian sutsmre, judsing of 1t 88 we wust, Two Twunds” weiskt, with brewd and ten, fs enough 1or the dineer ol eiglt bunzey en. A bag welhitng 14 pounds, thew, would supply thres #oena wicals for 100 wen. sledge-dog that will eat from four to #ix pounds of tesh per day, when ot work, will only consume two Joubls ol pemmican if. fed” upon that food wwue, Dhuve viten seen bungry wen laugh fncredulously at the swall bandful of pemmi- - cau placed before thow us sufticlent for & meal; i)ct they went away satistled, leavine hull of i1, i the other buud, 1 have seen Lalf-brecds and Judh‘l_u “fid"“fu?.‘{“fl"' of it hj & slugle duy; appetites like , bowever, do uot count W ‘ordinary food estimidtes, 1 THE YLAVOI, OF VEMMICAN, ‘The flavor of pemwicon dependa much on the faucy of the person cating it. These b noutier asticlo of food that bears tho slightest resem- blauco to it, Bud 83 & consequence it i diticult t0 detine its pecullur flavor by comparison, | Lave heard it ned 1o sawdust, oak chips, and tallow candles) aculn, to tallow candies, el chl;::], and the' stutling of wofa cushivns,—the candle Havor belog thy only vulnt common to all descriptious of its taste. Pemwican may be prepared for the table o wany ditfurent "3" the cousuuier being at fult liberty 1o dudde which fs thy Jeast objees tiooable. “Tbe wmethod lursely in yogus sumoug the wym]wn 13 that kuowu us * peninicau stralpbt.’’ thut fs, uucovked - Bat there are THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1877. several wnys of cooking it which improve its flavor to the civilized palate. There s ru- Bedioo, which s & composition of potatoes, onions, or other escnlents, and pemmican boll- @l up together, nnd, when properly scasoned, very palatable. In the form of richo?, howerer, pemmican Is best liked by ?cr!una who use it, and by the toyagenrs. Miged with a little four and fried in a'pan, pemmiean In this form can be caten, provided the appetite be sharp, and there {2 nothing clse to be had, This last con- sideration 15, howeser, of fmportance, DRIED MEAT, Another form of pruvision, nlso the product of the summer hunt and cxtansively need, is dried meat. In its manufacture the flesh of the buffalo underzocs the same treatment as in the prcsmr-mry stazes of pemmican making,— when it has been cut inta thin silces it s hung over a fire, amoked and cured. It resembles sole leather very much In appearancé. After belng thoranghly dried, 14 is packed Into bales welizhing about sixty ponnds each, and shipped all over tho territory. The fresh or green meant supplied by the late autumn hunt Is generally coneumed in the seitlements, and s not much used aa s traveling provision. The serious deerease in tho number of buffalocs, which has been observed year by venr, threatens fo produce n rer{ dizastrous effect upun the provision trade of the country} and the time cannot_be far dlstant when some new proviston must be found to take the place of the old, Irccollect very well when pemml- can, which now can be procured with difiiculty for one shilling and three pence a pound, conld be had at two pence, ond dricd meat formerly costing two bence now costs ten pence. This is n fact which threatens to revolutlonize in atmanner the whole business of the territory, but more particulary the transport scrvice o! lie Company, TIOW TIB INDIANS DRINK, So requisive to the successful proscention of tho fur trade ls peminican consldercd to be by the Company that, until a commrnuvulr lato year, it wasthe ouly artide embraced In the trude-lists for which liquor was bartered, 8pirits never at any time form a mediun of n“ change for furs fu the Company’s scrvice, an thelr importance into Who northiern districts for any purposo whatever I8 atrictly prohiibited. In the Plain districts, hawever, the trade in lquor was first surgeasted as a stimulant to the manu- Jacture of provisions; the amount given belng limited ton small quantity to cach Indlan at the terminution of ‘a tmde. Even then no drinking was permitted within a mlio of the forts,—a coursc donbtless suggested by the fact that an Intoxicated Indian fs about the most frrepressibie being o 3‘"“ man can possibly have about him. Unfortunately for the muder- ale use ol this Inceutlve to petnmlean-making, on the part of the red man. his acute Intellect Instantly concelved the fdea of utilizing this Pnrtluulur provision naa qer tunl legal-tender for Ilquor. 8o he withheld his pemmican until the food supply ran short among the forts of the corpuration, and forced a compliante with bis own terms, For all the other wants of his gavage life ho had furs and robes to traae. The scenes that occurred fu the Indian rooms of the forts during the progress of s liquor and pemmican trade wers not caleulated to impresa one favorably with the inoral statusof elther Tis white or red brother. *Toe spirit used was eenerally rum, which, although frecly diluted with water, soon reduced the assemblago ton state of wild hilarity, quickly followed by stupldity and sleep. The streugth of the fires water dealt out “was varied according to the eapacity or handheadedness of the different tribes.” The lquor for the Cress, as living the neighborhood of the forts and supposcd to be capable of standine more, was composed of three parts of water toone of spirit: that of the Blackfeet, a distant tribe, 'who lind sccess to llquor Infrequently, seven of water to one of spirit. Sogreat, however, is the power which plcohol In any lorin exerclses over the red maun that the Blackfect, even upon thetr well-<diluted liquor, wore' wont to become hopclessly futoxie cated. . QUEER BCLNES AT A LIQUOR SBALE. A lquor trade generally began with o pres- ent of flre-water all round. Then busincss went on apace. After an Indlan had taken bis first drink it was a matter of littlo dificulty to obtaln all be had In exchange for splrits. Horses, robe, tents, provisions,~all would be proffered for one more dram of the beloved polson. As the trade advagced It degenernt- ed-into acomplete orgie. Nothing could cx- cecd the excitenent foside the room, except it was the excitement outside,—~for only a Hmited number of the thirsty crowd could obtaln en- trance av atime. There the suxious braves coulid onty learn by hearsay what wrs golog on within, Now and then o brave, with an amount of sclf-abnegation wurthy of a botter cause, would lssue from tho fort, with his cheeks dis- teuded and his mouth full of rum, and golug aloug the rduks of his fricnds he woulll squirt & Iittle o thetlquor Into tho open mouths of his less fortunate bretbren. There were tlmes, however, when matters did not go on so praco- ably, Knives were wont to flash and shots to bo flred, and tho walls of the Indian rooms ac mauy of ihe forts show many traces of hullet marks and knifo backing, done 1 the wild fury of the intoxivated savage. Some seventeen {,fl:nn u;ilo this banefal distribution was stopped y the Company In tho Plaiy districts, Lut the fur-traders stlll continue to employ lquor naa means of acqulring tho furs belonging to the Indians. Great as was tho quantity of peminl- canobtained fromthe fodlans during these trades —mory than 0,000 bags befng stored In the Company’s fortant one time,—{t is still small as compared with the amount produced {u a favor- able year Ly the seat-annual buffalo buuts of the nousadic halt-breeds, .M. R, et —— How the Firs European Porcelain Was Mado, 1 suppose you have all heard of Dresden chinal” presently sald Unclo Jack to the group of merry children surrounding him, 0 yos, siel" cried AL Aunt Busia had a Dresden tea-pot that bolonged (o her grand- mother, and sha sald the tea nlwaya tasted bet- ter out of it than from anything cfse,” * Well, here {8 on excellent french copy of an old Dresden fizure, It s apretty Sower- girl. Bes how gracofully she reaclies for n nosegay from her basket. Ihave seen bou- quets of Dresden poreelaln that you could buraly distinguish from real flowers,” said Uncle Jock, ' “You'd hardly think that sucha beautiful thing was made from common earth," aaid 0y * Nor {s IL,'" sald his uncle. “This kind of china s made from a vory fine and very raro rln{ that fora longtime wasonly foind fu Culna and the Corcan Islands: but about 160 yuurs 00, o noted chemist of Messen, in Sax- ony, nowed Bottcher, discovered abedof it there, and manufactured the first true procelsln made In Europe,’ sald Unclo Jack. 2% \Why coukin’t they cet the flno clay from Chion and make thelr porcelain anywhero!"! asked Wil « 4 ecause the Chineso Jealously kept all thelr clay to themselves,' answered Uncle 8CK. *How did that man come to discover whero thz :‘llu‘{lwu. and If it wos of ‘the right kind(" asl “ly a strange chance. Actording to the fashion of the thne, men powdered thelr hatr, mlnf wheat tlour fur that purpose, One aay a ocighbor of tha ‘chumlst, in " traveling an un- Irequented part of the country, obseryed on bls hioree’s hoofs some white sticky clay, and it occurred to hin that this white clay, drled and powdered, would make an excellent aud cheap substitute for wheat tlour as a halr powder. . Bo ho carried a Httte home with bim, and some of it finalty reached Botteher, The chemiat found it extreme )wnvr. and, fearing the presence of some metal burtful to the skin, he tested the ¢lay in he laboratory. To his surprive and joy this white hair-powder proved itscll pusscased ot the sune qualitics es the Yeritable Chinesg kaolin, 03 their clay i called,”—% A Chat About Pollery,” (n 81, Niehvlas fur Deceniber, ——— Sclontific Cheap Labar, We mn{‘lm‘mhned l-g sclentllie chicap labor as casily as by Chineso cheap lubor, Here hag M. Uisclon, » Euvropean genius, buen turning his sclentifle attatuments” 1 the tavention of a incerschauti pipe which will color beauttfully in less thuu five tinutes aud coat only 3 eeits. This is awful, but wu dun’t see how it can be helped now, L Glalon manufactures a plpe of [:)mu.. clay, molded to uny deskrabls fori. This Js tho chieapest of pipes.” 'Then e soaks the pipe io @ mixture of cther and alcoliol, to which o Jittle roge csacnco s added, and fn wolch {3 dissolved 10 per ceot, by welght, of camphor and 10 per ¢ent of borax, and o trace of nitrate of silver. ‘Thls gives the plpe a tlne glouy like weerschaun, and perfumea It agrve: ubl( elear through, Ouce smoking, uor even Iuying the plpe 0 tho auutizht, will color it handsomely f-’x u minute ur two, With seleeted Elw—cluynj roud fnitation of meerschaum may ¢ 1uade; §o that the poorest tramp way swok 4 pipe apparently of as ruurh value snd ele- gunce as the most aristocratic’ mcerschauin sucker. The long-cstabiished aud depply-root- ed ofstiuctions are fu daoger of beinyg wiped vut by clicup sclence. 5 ————— Judgnent lovited on the Evidence. Artzonyg Ainer, Hugo Richarde telis a qufihnhle story of two frieuds who were uttacked by [ndiaus o Ar- zona. Thbey were both on imulcback and the Indtans rieht at their beels letting tho arrows iy past thew thick as & swarm of erusshoppers In Kuzsas, Uue of the wules could outrun'the other, mud ft3 rider Lecame elarued for the safety of his fricud, who was spurriug, whip- ug, sud yelllog at the unfmal to urge ftalouys, ut it vould not keep up, The foremost man luoked back, saw the peril of bis fricud, und, fn afreuzy borderivg on deapalr, saug out, 4Joc, thau avting onu few accounts and infnor wat- why don’t you come along?” Joe, whosa lezs and hands were fivit In the air ltke the arms of & tunaway windmill in r_storm, conld not let the opportunity pass, atid, a8 an arrow flitted by his éar, which, {f possible, tncressed his ex- crtions, he exclalmed, Do 1 act 1lke a man that was throwing oft 1 — e —— MONSTER CANNON. Two More 100-Ton Guns for the Italian Navy—A Charge of 470 Pounds of Fowder and More than s Ton of Shot. London Times, Two more of the 100-ton ‘guns in course of mannfacture by Bfr W. G. Armstrong & Co. for the Italian navy have just been completed nt the Elswick Ordnance Works, Newcastlo-on- ‘Tyne, and await shipment on board the Europa. This yessel is oxpected to arrive from Bpezia in tho course ot the preaent month, bringing back tho first 100-ton gun, which has given the high- est satisfaction to tho Itallan Government, and is now to be rcturned to Elswick for tho ggnme of being chambered and having Its ro enlarged. The first gun was in some de- rrco experimental, and fmportant principles have been demonstrated by its use. Thus It has been shown that the polygonal rifling aud the expanding gas-check are ~sufficlent for the pur- qu ol rotating the projectile, thereby dispens. ng with tho atuds which haveso long beena defect of tho projectiles of the Woolwich zuns. By the now method increased steadinces {a given tothe shot, and the latter I8 a porfectly smooth lece of metal, * unwottnded® by the loclslons onn:rlzrmulu in order to fusert the gun-metnl studs. The grooves of the rifiing are also di- minished in depth, whereby the steel tube is rendered less Mable to become cracked, The gas-check was primarlly devised to provent ‘scoring,” or the eroslve action of the powder-gas n rushing past the shot along the grooves of tha rifling. ~“{ts ofl- clency for this purpose was sufliciently proved ot Shocburyncas, even in connection with stud- ded shot, nnd was nssoclated with some ncrease of velocity. Now that the gas check fs nlso found to ronder the studs unnccessary, the guin to muzzle-lvading rifled ordnance I8 very decld- ed. The varlous aavantages thus atiainable wero ctearly pereelved by Gen. (then Col.) Younghusband, while present at the 8pezia tri- als, nnd the attention of the War Office was called to the cyldence thercby afforded. Ex- critnents as to the best forin of gas chieck bave Becn oing on at Shocburyness for a considera- ble timo post, and the sccond of the elzhty-ton ms has been constructed with A polyzon tifiing _resembling that of the Elswick cuns. ' The two 100-ton guns about to be conveyed from the Tyne to Spezia are considered capable of _producing much bet- ter resuits than those exbibited by the first of these monsters, same finportant modifications having been Introduced {ntheao later specimens. Instead of having a bore of 17 Inchies, which characterized the first plece, theso guns havon enllbre of 173 Inches, and o powder chamber of inches.” The hiehest charge of powder fired from the first 100-ton gun was 807 pounis, the projcctile weighing 2000 pounds., The Itallan aathoritics will probably firc the new uns with o chargo of 470 pounds, and the pro- chl!lu may be expected to welgh 2,250 pounds, e “higheat 80-ton Fraser a profectile of or o liitle more than & ton. charge yct fired from tho gun 8 425 pounds, with 1,700 pounds, the bore of the piece beluz six- teen tnehes, and the powder-chiamber baying a diameter of eighteen Inchies. Another change oxhibited by the two Arinstrong guns just fin- fahicd, s comparcd with tha first, consists in an altered contour, ‘The welght of (ha gun 18 not {ncreased, and the chango Is not very marked, but it has the effect of throwing s ereater por- tlon of the metal forward In the breech part, so a4 to atrongthen the gun somowhat in edvance of the powderchamver. While caro Is thus taken to develop the utmost power of the gun, the Italians likewise have tho advantage of an excellent material for thelr projectile,—the Gregorini metal, which the! employ for this purpose, being cx{remnly good. ‘The nccessity of tinproving on the Palllser pro- Jectilus hasdately been very distinctly felt " in England, and experiments aro about to be tried with projectiles baving heads of chilled Iron and bodles of steel, the former deslzned for hard- nces and tho latter for tenacity. Tho extraor- dinary manner {n which Falllser nnflcctfln aro, 80 to speak, disorpanized when fired ngainst alr- spaced plates has already been described In our columns. At the same time the skill of the motallurgist is now buing cxercised in the pro- duction of composite plates, {n which steel nnd iron are comblacd, for the purpose of defylng the newly-dovised projectiles. In reference to tho guns about to be uonvnfi'cd 1o 8pozls, it should be stated that they will bo accompanied by the hydraunlic carriages and gear devised by Mr. Ueorge Rendel, of the Elswick firm, It will be remembercd that the Itsllan Govern- ment required olght of these great guns, Tho experimental gun, when altered, will form one of the eight. Thus five remain to completo the act, and theso arc {n various stages of manuface ture, together with their carrlages and gear, —————— SOUTH PARK. To the Fditor of The Tridane, Cuicaao, Nov. 28.—Four columns of matter in a morning paper yesterday invite a scrup of additfonal Information. ' During the last scasion of the Illiuols Legislature the South Park affalrs were {nveatigated by a speclal committeoof that body, and thereby tho dofaleation of Chauncey T. Bowen weas uncartled, and nothing of o criminal naturo wes proved against the othor members of tho Park - Commission, Bowen reslgnod, and John B. Sherman “was ap- pointed " in his place, which was all very well - as far s it wont. The cxemination developed the further fact that, since the appointment of one James Mor- gan as Commlesioner, ho has made the wanage- ment of park nffalrs fo conform to his tndividu- ‘al fintercat instend of that of the taxpaycrs. His brothcr-in-1aw controls the dcllnf&:em park mml wlu:mlxly1 he bids in all lands sold for park taxes without pn[vlngn dollar, When the taxpayer wishes to redeem, then tho screws aro put down to the utmost Hmit of the large rato of Interest, 1f thls work was done for the beneflt of tho park, and the cnormons profits devoted “‘to the maintenanco thereof, It would be mors - tolerable - to tho people. Another’ morganatic brother-ln-law socurcd o st coutract for dredeiug saud out of the park, whera It did not couforin to the plan adopted, ‘There {sa probability that thls same excava- tion will be filled opain at s future day, The'| attornoy of Morgan, throngh the same jufluence, has been made thie attorney of the Park Board, and recelves a retainer of $2,400 anvuslly, and {s old extru for oll services rendered, Addl- fonal to this, both Mr. Xales and Mr. Root uro retained. Another Morgan appointment is that of & tricnd to a clerkship In the Commissiuncrs office at o salary ‘of $240 per month,—the law prohlbits anv sulary in excess of $,000 per an- num, This clerkship is $2,840, when there wro hundreds of competent mon who would bo glad to do the work for 8100, or even less, per manth, The aforesaid clerk 1s engaged fn writ- ing up the Collector’s warrant from the delin- quent return in the hunds of the County Treas- urer, It is slmply clerical work to copy from ono book futo anather, and does not require an expert accountaut, while the salary pald is mlrgwl in excess of tho ablilty required and ob- talned. In ui} these feats of sklll Comunlsaloner Mor- an 8 solldly backed by tho votes of Bleasrs, ornell and Prica, Why s this thusl Bocause Cornell s the *Ieathen Chineo™ of the Duourd, and alwavs votes with Morgan in tho matter of contracts and appointments. Ho has been educated in the school’ of experl- euce, and ho Knows be can always depend on mnrzlunluunplxun in Improving such strects and portious of tho park es the personal fntere est of Paul roquires or dictates, ‘To form the third face to camnplete the park triangle Mr. Price §s appolntod Auditos at a salary of $3,000 por annum, 80 each of this trio is satfsfactorily Yfized,” and '*we thres mcet agaln" cvery time. To prove tho assertion, it 13 only neces- sary to state the sluglo fuct that when Mr. Prics becamo a member of the Park Commlislon he wus o bitter upponent of Mr, Cornell, and he s0 expressed himsell to wany persons, 80 that the matter was of gener- al report. The records show that in ‘these latter days he invariably votes with Mcssrs, Cornell aud Morgan, It {s 8 well-knowu fact that nt the regular mectlugs of the Purk Qummweloners there §s but Jittle done furtber tera, It {4 at the special meotings where the roguish play L performed. These speclal meot- 1nys are frequently called and beld bnmedlately atter the adjournment of tho regular mectlng, whon tho n&ufl.eu and unwelcome visitors are well out of the way, By this shrowd wanage- ment the public’da bot even sca through & glass darkly, except through a bled report nublfihul onco 'ug yenr.m‘l‘hu Purk law provides thut auy Commis- sloner, or Commlissloners, may removed by petition of 100 voters of the three towns in- tereated. It £s higly tine that a petition for thy removal of Mesars. Cornell, Morgan, and Prica be put In circulation, ‘Lherv are thoussods of tazpayers ready to place thelre nanes upon such 8 docuwent, aud tho Judges caunot refuso to obey the law aud the volee of the people. ‘Tucre tuay be s wide dilference of opinfon as to the integrity of these Park Comuilssioners, but thera is & marked lack of cosfidenco being vx- pressed quictly by the people, 'The litle breezs which has been fanned by late developmonts 1s rapldly funcreasiug In power, sud prowmises to becowe of such mapoitude oy will wmake the South Park Comnissioners glad to * step down and out”? Max Asour Towx, ‘mysterious “for about ono “for a long time 1 GEORGIA “TIGERS.” A Tale of Revolting Crime from the Wilds of Baldwin County. Shaw, the Wife-S8layer—~-The Uncount- od Butcheries of His Gang of Outlawz--Discovery of Skeletons. Cervesnondence New York Tierald. ATLAXTA, Ga., Nov. 21,—Somo months azo a bluody and mysterious murder startled the good people lving near Milledgeville, fu Baldwin County, of (his State. Tho body of: Mra Michael 8haw was discovered horritly mutilated in the dining-room of her little home. There waos no one in the houso with the body except a little glel (daughbter of the murdered woman), who was unable to give any account of what had happencd. It appeared from a survey of the scene that the nnfortunate woman had been attacked upon the front plazza, Thero were sprinkled stalns of blood just outslde tho door, and somo pleces of o dress found on the plazza. In the rgom In which the body lay the floor was smeared with blood, while the door that led from the room Into the hall wus spattered with brains and blood. Near by the corpse waus aheavy pine bludgeon with which the woman had doubtiess been beaten to death, as It was covered with stalns of hlood and plece of halr. The skull was battered In and two plstol balis hiad been sent through tho face. These had ev- {dently been fired after the woman was down, ns they sped Into the floor, aftor passing through her head. There wns no clew to the murderer. There has been 1o attempt at rob- bery. Tho body of the woman had not been de- flled, and it was evident tho murderer had boen allowed ample thme to hava carried out any of the purposcs that usually move men to murder. Very soon after the murder a negro who had been scen near the house that mornlog was ar- rested and brought to trial. Thero was no evi- dencenpon which to convict him, and ho was re- leased. A TORRINLE STBPICION. : After some timo had elapsed the mother of the murdered woman astonished the com- munity by chargime that her daughter had been murdered by her (tho daaghiter’s) husband, Mr. Michacl Shaw was a manof desncrate character, and sone hesitation wns shown in arresting him upon suspiclon. Tho mother swore, however; that ber dauglftor had frequently told her that she was afrafd Mr, Shaw would kill her—thiat he had besten her frequently and had threatened to kill her. It was discovered also that he had once been arreated for beating bis wife. Tho mother further testificd that tho little child had told her, after the excitement had left her calm, that ler “‘father had killed mother.” Bhaw was then arrcsted and put unon trial, The the- ory that he murdered his wife met most of the ints that hung about the murder, Itremoved the apparent causelessncas, and ne- counteil for the use of the rounded biudgeon in }:rel’euncu tothe keen ax that lay at the plie rom which tho bludgeon was token, A man bent upon murder would have selzed the axas the est Instrument. A brutal husband deter- mined to punish his wife would have taken the bludgeon rather than the ax, AN UNEXFECTED WITNESS, The tria) had hardly opened, however, before a witness was introduced who swore dircctly and positively that Shaw did kill his wife, and that ho, the witness, saw him do it. IHis stor! was as followa: * [ was_standing on the hn{ near Shaw’a house when I sns him como ot on the plazza where his wife was standing. o had somg words with her and struck her once or twice. He then ran to the woodpile, and, seiz- ing n heavy pine knot, seized her by tho thruat and rained the leks down upon her head. she screamed onee or twice and then sank upon the floor, S8haw still elinging to her and beating her with the knot. Aftcr beating her over the head minute he dregwed her in tha house. After prohably another minuto had elapscd 1 heard two plstol shots in the house, Immediately aftcr this Bhaw came running out of the housc with a pistol in lls hand and o bundloof clothes underhis armn, Ile sawy me and at once hurricd up to wherol was, lo rsked mo what I was dolng there. Ttold him I was just looking about. “Ile sald, ‘DId you know somcbody had kitled m wifel 1 replied that 1 had seen everythlog that bad hup‘immd at tho hiouse, At this ho beeame very mad, and drawing Lis plstol np to my face sworo that he would blow my bralns out if 1 cversaid one word about what I had seen. I promised him that I would not speak of it, and he hurried into the woods near by, While thers he changed his clothes, and buried the sult he had vn when ho lelt me, ns it wns bloody all nlou‘; tho sleeves and panta; ho also Ll the pistol,” Tha witness further sworo thut he hod kept Shaw’s sccrct because ho was afraid Shaw would kill_him if he * peached,” s story recelved confirmation from the fact that the snit of clothes that ho doscribed Shaw na wearlng on that day have never been scen sluce that day, and eould not be accounted for by Shaw, The accused man was convicted of munder, ‘The witness has sworn stuce tho trial that he wus taken into the woods by some men who put a rope around his neck and awore thoy would kill him if be did not awear against Shaw, After- ward. however, ho sworo that ho made this Jast aflidavit under misapprehension as to what he was swearing to, and that his first story was true. 8o that Bhaw now rests under scitenco of death in tho Jail In this civy, His wifu was o dsome yoman, und bore a good character. UBANDED MUNDEKERS, Aund now some strunge deveiopmonts are made. A short time ago Mr, E. O. Murphy, o professlonal detectlve of skill, with head- uarters at Atlanta, received a lotter from Ci ol . B. McComb, of Baldwin County, fuclosini an anonymaus letter, In which some startiing statements were mnde. The anonymous letter, written in o legiblo nat awkward haud,—~evi- dently by some person whose llnzers were msore at homo around the plow-haudle thanthe pon,— stated that Bhaw, tho wile-murderer, had heen fic feader of a band 'of ruflung living in the forests near him, and that he wwns the author of perhops @ dozen mur- ders, The letter waa addressed to Col. McComb, and stated that (£ he wauted to kuow where Jim Bostick—a young fellow who bad guno to Bhaw's house (as his mothor testified) ono evenlnz to collectan bill ond wus Nover scen na;nln—mlulu be found, to look in his (McComb nl well for him, as Blaw and his fanu had killed him and thrown him in thero, t turthicr stated that ono evening Shaw and his crowd killed two mnen thut they had hired to Eu" fodder for them, Atter the hands had nlahed work Bhaw and some of hls crowd killed them, as it 4 was the eaaicat way to pay them," and threw thelr bodles into the ' ereck, having first cut them epen and tilled them with that they might sink readily, ‘The letter urately the spot at which the skelctons of theso men might be found, The writer also detailed the story of anotiicr murder :\mlu ns atroclous aa any of tue others, und stated that toony more had been committed, Ho turther stated that Bhaw and his crowd had o regular organization, and kept the Bection through which they operated in'a state of ter- rorlsm, Col, ‘eComby, fu bis letter to Mr. Murphy, stated that ho bad bad the well searched for Bostick's skeleton, nd direeted, and had found It thebe, as described by the an- onymous writer, and that the Coroner ‘was then holding an fnquest over It, Ile stated that he had not yet been able to havathe creek searched for the two disembuweled bodles, but that he hud no doubt they could be found. In sbort, hie helleved the anonymous letter to bo trus {u all fts detalls, us {t bad been proved true fn oue particular, e wrote further that the wen said 1o have been murdered were misslng . just abuut the thae the anonymous writer sald they were murdered. OUASTLY CONPIRMATION. Upon recuipt of this letter Mr. Murphy went at once to Baldwin County sud fuvestigated the watter thoroughly, He “reports upun his re- twn that ufluirs wore touch worsa than be vx- pected to flud thom. He found that 8haw had collected sbout htmselt a bumd ol desperute meu that he called “ The Georyla Tigers.” Tocy huwl a secret onmuuization, und botd the thinly- scttivd sectiou uround them lu s completo state of terrorlsin, e tound the corpses in the crec us described. Ho captured certabn fuple- meuts of turture that wers used by the *Ti. En'" conulsting of Landeufls, heavy leather clts Hued tuslde with spikus, snd buge barbud sirups for wl'xl_tvlun purposes. that tho* “Flgers" _ ussaulted whi er they pleased, killed whoever Ho s o6 the; wanted to, and made thoss dismal forests u’a terriblo that hauds could siot be found to work the furma, Mr. Murphy found an lwost supes- stitlous dread sgainst going uto the dotain of the *Tigers ” pervading all clusdes, ond bo was vurnestly dissuaded from tryiug to explore their feareoise sucrets. I went ahead, however, oud dlscovered enouzh to convinve bim that Bhaw had for years led the llfe of a dend, and that not less than eicht murders, bealdes tho wluylug of bis wife, wight botruced to his hauds. Theae wurders werg, cruel aud wanton to the last degree, a8 fu the case of the two laborers who were killed in cold blood alter they had falthfully performed thelr work, simoly tecanre killlng them wns an ensier war of settling with _them thau thelr biil. ‘The Grand Jury got out a bl for murder against Shaw on one of these cases, which will be tried, if by nny quibble he ehould eseape hanging for the munler of his wife, If this trinl comes up it will result in some rich developments, It i nlmost impos- aiblo to gueas At Shaw’s accomplices In bis ter- rible work, as the organtzation was small, It is settled beyond doubt that ho bed four or five allics, and the law will probably reach them be- fore lopg. by oaying TNB PIEND IN JAIL. Your corresponident visited Bhaw in his cell on yeaterday. I found a small man with im- mensa ehouliders and forearms, so large as to he almost misshapen, and a small, but wiry body. His face Is pallld, and brond, and ugly, lis thin lips-presaing sharply over his mouth, and bis nose being pinched at the base, Iis eyes—the most notable features of his facc—ars very small and restless, and gleam with latent hato ond passion, glowing and snapping like the oyes of o orute. This was Michncl Shaw, a murderer whose bands aro aald to be rod with the blood of moro men than those of old man Bender were. Ho met me eivilly enough, but positivoly rofuscd to talk about himself; and, when hie found that I knew something of his work §n the awamps of Baldwin, became sullen and susotclons, e satd that he did not expect to be hung, and that he would explaln every- .thing when he was once sot ot llberty. Ie would “neither neautcsce In nor deny any inquiry put to him, but was evidently yery miucli ogitated by the amount of Informa- tion shown in the “fcelers' thrown ont by yourcorrespondent. Finallv he ceased replying altogether, and put an end to the conversation by turnlnF and walking o the furthest corner of liscell. Heis very much worn ond shows slzns of grent distrese. The faller thinks he is very remorseful and will mako a foll confession 18 s0on 08 his Jast (cehnlenl appeal to the Court 18 decided against him, A few nights ago, In company with Johnson, another murderer, o suceceded In escaping from jall by a tuntol un- der tho house, and sinco then has been put n the murderers' dungcon. The developments, while they bave not yet fully come to light, have creatod a declded sonsatlon. [t may be safd that there were some fuen belonging to tho *Georeia Tigera’ agninst whom no charges have been or will be brought. It is possible that Bhiaw and a fow others acting under tbis nama comunitted all the murders, - RAVENOUS BEASTS. The Effcct of tho Bunday Fast on the Cagod Carnivara, New York Sun. At the extreme left, along the line of the old promensde, fn the graylsh gloom of Gllmore's Garden at dusk yesterday, stood thirty SBhetland ponfes. -SBome whisked thelr talls in o lazy, deliberato manner, others chewed thelrhay, but a Inrgo majarity stood perfectly still, and swhen the visitor sald ** Get up,” no’ onc of them an- swercd nclgh, George Arstingstall sald: I take carc of tho clephants, I'vo just finished wasbing them, I wash them overy Sunday with hot-water, soap, and carbolic acld, It softens the hide and cleans It nt the samo time.” “ Do they have vermini" *Not at nll. * No, nothing but dirt, and that crusts tiiom up and hardens them. The carbolic acld softens thelr hide wonderfully, Thoy llko to bio washed.” The elophants were wrapped in blankets, and looked 1lko small barns with flapping shuttors, The keeper fondled a baby elephant and put his thumb in the creaturc's mouth, Ho sucked it with ovident relish, and when It was withdrawn cried for more, **What do you feed the baby oni? +**Wo bring lim up by hand. flerc's his bot- tle, 1t holds three gallons of milk, and ho would take more If wolet him have it. This onc, ‘ Babo' we call him, 18 14 yearsold. Ho s very fond of Dick, the camel, Now, you sce what he will do whon Iask him nbout Dick. Babe, where's Dick1" As he said this the u!o{mnnt gave a tremend- ous grunt, then flapped his cnormous cars, and waved his trunk like tho arm of a windmill. A fearful growling, a scrles of abarp iulla, and a flerca roar attracted the attention of the keeper, and, inviting tho reporter to follow, he went over to thecagzelwhero the nolsc was, Mr. Parkes, tho provrictor, chanced tocome fu, and Iniresponsc to the writer’s roquest called an ot~ tendont, and togethor they wont from cage to enge, Thero was no ono elso In the place, from all'ades of which rose some barks, {zmwl-. and a concert of runrs and cries, . The Mexienn hogs were all hog. Thoy thrust tholr snouts throurh the bars and bcufiud for food, The sacrod cow chowed ber cud placidly, Tha great two-humn- cd camel is o comlical creatare. il 1ifts his hond and chews hay precisoly as an Inclegnnt eater who hoa lost s back teeth mumbles his food. A lioness was fast aslecp, I'rodded with a poker, sho awoke and jumped the length of her cage, then showed her tecth and growled, * Mon- arch,” tho lou that broke from bis cave fn ugusta, Un., and killed a 8000 yalk, sat on his bawniches, shook his mane, roarcd as if he had & contract to furnish thunder for o flrst-class sturin. A long, beantiful tiger paced hia ca up and down, up and down, na,restless as pol o, What's the mattor with thom ani “They’re hungry. Wo never feed thom on sundnry." “Why nott" “Well, we think It's good for them to fast, Of courso it makes thein ugly, but thoy bear it vory well, They know when SBunday comes well enough, W clean all the cages and wash many of tha animals on Sunday. 1if vou want to sce fun, look at ‘e when wo feed thom alter a day and a half of fasting." Noxt wus o cago of striped hyonas. Their cycs flashed firo in the darkuess, and thoy lit- crally encerod os thoy svlt and laughod like demons, When Baker, the koepor, snked up the four Bengal tigors, tl maddened and exclted, they fought auiong themselves, thelr shricks seemed to aflr up tho blz 1on, and he roared iike thuns der ferat least flve minutes, This stimulated the clophants, who added thelr peculiar gufTaw to the chorus, until {n a brief time the nofsewas deafoning aud not especiolly plensant, All the monkeys were huddled together on tho top perch of thoir cage. Thoy chattered with tndlicnation when the front of their caga was let down. ‘Yhls woke up a bevy of parrots, who Indulged In a serics of remarks enleulnted to enrage the cockatoo, who shricked wilily, All this time a gravo but soclable pelican had accompanled the party. Like the other flesh- eaturs, lia was an fnvoluntary keeper of tho 8abe buth fast. Gravel rv he walked along, and at each exhibition of tho lfons or tigers he vlaculated with moro or loss vchemotice, at timeaimpatient- ly moving off toward another cage. Four ruysl Benpal tigers nresented an amaunt of appetito fearlul to behotd, They walked, and walked, and walked with great rapidity, opened thelr {mnmonse mouths, showed their angs, switched thelrrobust talls, and growled, Wheth- er it was a blow from tho poker, or anaccldental push from her companion, wus not very clear, *but something angered ot of them, and she pounced upon the tigress noarcst ber, nud floor- edbierin & sccond. A sharp confiict ed, above the notss and eonfusion of which ruse tho roars and q‘mwln of tho other “cats,” und tno queor shricking of the slephants, Pandemonium In cages couldn’t bo mors nolsv, The whole spaco wus ons vaat yell, The keeper's volce and poker—principally ihe poker—restored peaco in a fow svcon: 8 peace which meaut armed usutrality e ——— A Monster Sorpont. Qitroy (Cul,) Adracals, While one of our sportsnicn was hunting late- ly in the T'res Pinos country, he killed w fawn and left it ou the ground 1o go in pursuit of other game. Returniog a short thne after, bo fouud, to his amazement and bhorror, that o iuge serpent was colled around its body, Judging from the mischievous look of the reptile’s cycs, tho nervous curvine of fts neck, and the threat- ening poise of its onlongatud huad ‘that it would not surrender the prize without lght, the hunter concluded to ratreat and tuke alin at the glitteriug thicl ot long rauce. After scating bimsel! bohind a rock 100 fect distant, aud get- tiug b nerves somewhat éteadled for work, he vlazed uway, and epent wbout twenty chiarges of troble B shot without any visible eltect. “Feel- inu bis pulse, be concluded from ats rapld run he must be nervous. ‘The evake by this thne had uncotled itself from the carcass, and bad twisted frsell fn the forin ot a corkscrow, ready fur a sprivg, With & manly effort our bero cuntrolled bimself, sud guve a tinn and steady vull ot the trizeer. The serpent’s head wos neurly severed Irom its body by the sbot, and its furm was ut once relaxed “sud stretcned out css upon tho ground. When considercd ¢ eale he ad- vauced to et a closer view of his victioy, sud 10 atepping over the ground tound it weasured twenty feet in lensth, The body was as large around au a child's walst, While looking on and woudertng to what genus of Jurge serpeot it be- louged, he was horritled tu seo ul, 190 enudfl anakes twistiog, bissing, and emerging from a nost close by, Kach particular buir of his bewd stood on eud, sod bis legs were suddenly elec- tritled with wonderful uotion us ho skedaddied liky @ ruce Lorss from the sceve. Therslsa uon-veovinous sapent of the boa [family lu California, but it attatus full prowth only tu warm tlinates, ‘Fhis oue wes of uncomtnon #lzy, nud sowe of Its ollspring may yeb atiract the attention of naturalidts. . FINANCE AND TKADE. i FINANCIAL. Tho banks, Noarl of Trade, anid bosiners hounes wera cloced In obwervance of Thanksglving-Day. The Slock Fxchanges in the other American cities were also ehut, The only guotations of the day l-ro tiiose from mbroad, which will be found be. ' ow, ‘BY TELEGRAPH, FORRION, Loxnox, Nov. 20—-4 p, m.—Tho proparlion of reserve in the Dank of Engl to labilities, which last weok was 44,716, Is now 47 per cent. The Bank of England's specle Increased for the week * £742,000. The Baok of England rate of discount is4 per cont, Consols, U7 3-10 for money And seconnt, United States Londa—10-10s, 108X: new Os, 106%. Erie, 1043 Illinola Central, 733 Pennayl- vania Central, 12: Erle preferrod, 24, Pamis, Nov. 20.—In the Bank of France speclo has decreased for the wook 6,600,000 francs. Rentes, 100f 60c. 2 COMMERCIAL. Yesterday was a very quiot day {n commercial Affalrs. The Board of Trade held no session, and its membera kept away from the bullding and de- voted the day to feasting nnd thanksgiving, The wholesalo housca genernlly wero closed, lnmber was quiel, and the strect commission-dealors opened tholr doors only for a shurt time to receive tho goods that arrived on the morniug teains, It enowed and blowed, and the day was docidedly wintry and gloomy, especially for Turkoy. MEMDERSHIP IN TILE BOARD OF TRADSE, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaao, Nov. 20.—If I underatand the proposi- ton, the object of tho recently-defeated smend- ments {o the rales of the Dosrd of Trade was to improve the character and credit of those allowed to do business under the protection of the Associa- tlon. There seems to be very little diversity of opinion {n regard to the desirability of the bnd aimed at, but much as to the best means of sttain- ingit. Tho majority of the members having de- nied that this proposed cliange in the rules was not & remedy for the evils suffered nnder cheap mern- ‘berelilp, let us endeavor in some other way to find a romedy. 1 for one am In favor of continning the present banis of memberahip and allowing the Associativn to_increnrs indéMnitely on that basls, but am do- cldedly opposcd to s continnance of the present 10086 system of credit prevailing among the mem- pers of the lonrd, and have to offer the following proposition for improving tha same? Lot us pasa & rulo by which the fallure of any meinber to meet his obligations wirl suspend him at once from all privileges of the Assoclatlon, and make it incnmbent upon his creditors to file with the Secretary of the Toard within a certain time thercafter s statoment of their claims sgainat him, or failing o todo to rellnqu all right of ro- coarse on snch claimabefore the Board of Directors, This will prevent one member, whon he gets *‘canght" by Irresponsible pariles, from becoming an accomplice in the present pickvockot system, ursncd for the purpose of ** robbing Peter to ;;ny aul," and will enable all members to get at the financial reaponsipility and extent of liabilitics of all parties who fatl, * When all claims that have thus been filed with the Sacretary within tio timae allowed have been satiafactorily settled or adjuet- ed, then and not till then allow the party sus- penldfil to be reatored to the privileges of the As. soclation, ‘This much, at least, the Toard can do towards enforcing & betler slandard of credit smong its members. CouxissioN MENCUANT, LIVE STOCK. . QuigAao. At the Stock-Yards tho day was very qulet in ail ‘branchesof the market. There was s fair supply of #tock, but the fact that the banks were closed pre- vented extenslve trading. Cattlo recelved Lut liulo attentlon, snd were nominally unchanged at 81756 223 for scalawaga; at $2.50@.00 for natlve butchers' cows; ot $2.50@3.30 for stockers; and at $3.50@3.33 for common to choice shipplag steers. logs wers ln some demand on packing sccount, snd sold rather stronger—quoted st 84,23@4.40 for common to cholca packing hogs, and at $4.0034,40 for common to prima becon grades. Bheep wore scarcely inanired for, and may bo auoted s steady at $2.7634.00 for poor. to cholce grades. Dy midday the business of the day was racticaily over, 3 major(ty of boh buyers and scliers ving lefs tho yarda. 8T, 101 8y. Lovis, Nov, 20.—Hou ywor and actiyey Hght, .17501-!”‘" r:c#ln o B4, 31 I:ulchuny. 4. 3560 ot 445, tecel A CATTLR~Unc dek demand light on acconnt of Liolidays butchersstock firmy prinie ‘to cholce ships Ing stecrs, $4,5044.70; falr to good, 84,0044, 50 utchors’ stet 7,401 do cows ‘and ' hoifers, /) ors, 4, 40 4.73; doTexani, €3.0003.85; foeding_sicors, §7,500 i 81.6363. 50, ‘leu! lu;.fl'fl« "t with good demand; best grades tocholcer $3.7634.30i common 10" falr, 373,65, Ttecolpta, 300, CINCINNATI. Cixomxxari, 0., Nov. 20.—liocs-Receipta, 8,000; aciivo, firm, and highers common, [ 4 lights .‘A)d‘.‘.\fl pucking, BO4.35] butchers', $4.50@ 83} no shipmenta. B BY TELEGRAPII. FOREIGN. LiverrooL, Nov, 20.—-Cotrox-The moderate fn- quiry frecly supplied; middling uplands, 6 7+10d; Or- leans, BY(; sales, 10,000 bales, includiog 1,600 for speculation and export; 6,750 American. Cuxxsz—ods. - ProvisioNs—Bacon, 30¢ 8d for loog clear: 40804 for short cleas 1oNDoN, Nov. 20.—[inFINED PaTROLON~12884] Lixsxxs O1.~208 8d, PETROLEUM. CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 29.—1'sTEOLRUM-Market steady; standard white, 110 teat, 12}c. ——— MARINE NEWS. NAVIGATION CLOBED, The freaslng weather of yesterday added greally to the mariner's hardshipe, and those vesscls that arrlyed—thero was qulto s large feet—came in with their headgear covered with large masscs of ice, while thelr decks and spars were olso coatad over with the same stufl, sligutly sprinklea with snow, ‘That made it rongh on poor Jack, and ho was only too glad to get Into port szaln and scck = comfortable fire, and quit salling for the winter. Owing to the snow-fall and consequent thick weather, soveral craft that arrlved just outside the harbor night be- forolast did not venture in and laid at anchor un- tll daylight, whon they wero lowed lu. _Among the arely the achirs Lizzio A.Taw, Mclvina, Flylng M sle Dall, M. C. Cameron, and Clara Parker, and tho bark Parana. The prop ‘arker, Scut!a loaded and left port vesterday afternoon, 1t 1s probable that no more sall or steam vowsels will attempt to za below this season, and naviga- tlon s practically closed. WHAT A DIVER SBAYS, Quinn, the submarino diver, says the schr Dridgewater necd not have gono ashore if sho had liad & squaresall, Sl got lnto » tight corner, and, m! g staye, could not back nor get out fast enough with hor foro-and-alt canvas. Tho latter rig has for years Lecn all tha rage on tho Jakes, on &ce count of lts economy, but wero all tho accldents recorded which have occurred 1o vesscls through the absonce of & single square topsall; perhaps it would nct be so popular, PORT HAURON. Special DMepalcA (o The CAlcagn Triduae, Pour lunox, Mich., Nov, 20.~Down—TProps Malne, Aunnle Young, Waverly, Rosnoke, St Josepli, Csnlsteo, Egyptlsn and consort, Nalelgh and consort, Hoss snd barges, Isasc May and barges; schrs D. E. Balloy, Dantord, J, G, Mas- ten, Jobn Magee, Donaldson, William Graody, Wind—Soutawest, frosh; weather cloudy, snd froexing hard, -BOIFALO, Burraro, Nov, £0,—A namber of sieam and sail craftwhich cleared for Westcrn ports yestorday, pot back to-dsy on account of violent wind, heavy sea, and & ynow-storm. NAVIGATION NOTES, Cuicauo,—~A half-dozen lumber-lsden vedsols wero at the market yestorday, but most of the car- o4 have been dusposed of and will be discharged l:-non as room can be bad at the overcrowded docks.,..Tho Jam in tho river ls pecoming worse with every now arrival, and it requires & great deal of ngzenulty on ‘h- part of the harbor masters to kewp thu chunn Ozukn Pours i Smith will be robulit at Butialo this 'The schr i, J, Webb new decks and batch 1sto recelvo 8 new comblngs at IhuHH\lKnkeo Company's yard. ... T prop Kelchaw s of her way 9, from Buffalo, sud wiil wiater beru 1f she does not gut ico-bound, <. The rctir Shannon was sold Tueaday, &t Clove- ‘apt. Edzar oud a Detroit partuer, for Hazard Hartzell will ree bulld ot Vuflalo this wiuter ..Private dispatehes secerved at Manltowoo atato “that the tug Minule und schre Ueorge Oucar andiBen Jooes, waiel left there Uct, 23, have arrived &t New Ur- 1 The departare of the Minnle has loft that purt without o tuz, watle Two Rivers haa three— ho Bertha Endress, M. A. Gagnon, uod the Black — TORT OF CHICAGO. The followiug were the arflvals and clearances for the twonty-four bours ending at 10 o'clock last night: ' A Q. ¢ Erio, coal: stme Mus- reph WAEoR Sisdther it Stk oL b glrihir o g T A4 Tananis, Dun v aiilrlen: Clay of Culcacs, Codar iiiver, lugbort A .‘maxb, wfi;‘ufiun Naalieet, iimbes ol A7 gury, Gre o L CERaacE-teys Dyduor Blate, MuIaio, 34.000 - b=Depotcornerof Canal snd " Nehra i i P corn, 200 brls fiour, nd mund e ——— Telegraphing Withont Wires, Prof, Loomir, of Washington, who ha his life to demonstrating the pmvflc‘;h?lel:nl hi theory of nerial telegraphing, serma go o, OF the cve of auccess, I1in ayetem fa hased oy current of clectricity which he has demonstrit.y exists at differant hcights, and which tranampty communieation between two verpendiey, wires reaching into It, whatever |hedlnt=mnr may be. He hunlmnd( Rent messages fn g way for a distance of cleven miles, using 1hy Morte hntlcliy in cannoction with one of hiy ov:: Inventton. It scems assurcd that acrig) tele. raphing by means of rods on hatural or rtfe. ficlal eminences can ho successfully Tractive] at all times, thouzh its great value wil) pe In inng-dlstance teiceeaphing, as from une slile of the ocean Lo tho other. Drof. L.oomis 1y ner making arrangements for aseries of expery. ments between peaks of the Alps and g, Rocky Mountatns, If he suceccds, of course telegraphing between tho ol sorld and te new will be clhioancned a thousand fold, anq Prot. Loomis is thoroughly convinced that, e foro many ¥ , sulimarine cables will be Iying abandoned and uscless In thelr ocean beds, o ——— 0 bt gy, LSy 210 0o More Dlackmail, {Detrott Free Press, An_oldish man, having an_apple-stand oy Woodward avenue, was yesterdas_approacheq by a huners-looking lad, who asked : “Zay, ajn't yon guln’ to gimme an nyp‘[g]“ “ DIl give you to the station first!" "wag thy it reply, “You_declare war, floJcM All right, my old buckehot! T'I stand right herefor ghy next hour and tell eversbody that you spit o your apples and thew burnish 'ein on yoge greasy old coat sleove! We'll seo who'il comy out nhead in this mad strugglel” Tdho boy did. Ho got hisapple Inflve geo onds. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAG, EXTLANATION oF RErEnence MAnts.—t Raturdyy :x‘(’c‘rl ;fd. Bunday excepted. {Mondsy excepieq 62 Clark-at, (Sh 2 EMILWAY. ‘Ticket Offices, 62 Clarkat, (Shierman Houso) aaduy Arrive, aTaclfic Fast Line. .. .. aslonx City & aliubuque Day ¥ annburme(flihl. Ex. via C'ton| aumalin Night Expresa aStoux Cliy & Yankton atreep'l, lockrd & Duh: aFreep't, Rockr'd & Dy h.\llltl!lkfl l"‘:nn Mi “Puiiman lotel Cars aro_rum throngh, bei cagn And Cotinctl e amrin ook, L/ And Cotncil Blafla, on the tratn téaving Chicaa 1] oad vune Pullmen of any Othee f Botel s et o Chicagg e i g a-Depot cornor of Wells and Kinzie-ata, Kinate-sta. CHICAGO, BURLINGION & QUINOY RATLROAD. A B 50 Clarks at., and at dopots. o T Traine Kanss & Colorado Kxpre Downer's (irove Passange Aurora Tassonger. Mendota & Btrea Aurara " owner's Gruve Freeport & bubnaqus Expréia.. s Omaha Kight Express, 1 Texas Fatt Kxprem . Kansaa City & bt. Joo Puliman Palsco Dining.-Care (used for esting pur. soniy) and Pullman fo-whoel Sieoping.Can. (il o7 fvanin Dirposcs anly) ar- run biiweea Ch S5 Umana on the PaciRc Lxpress. L OHIOAGO, 8T, PAUL & MINNBAPOLIS LINE Ticket oflices 83 Clark-st. and at_Kinzle-5trect Depol, T [ Leave. | amre *10:00 m, . 2 4:000 t 0:00p. m. !t 7:00 8, m. 8t. Paul & Minneapolls Fx., Bi. Pail & M(nneapolls Lx.. OHIOAGO. ALTON & ST. LOUIS AND (IOAM KANEAB OITY & DENVER BHORL LINEa DBty At st Hickes Omevs 15 Tianabmanis, ™t : Loave, Ransa City & Denver Fast Ex st2:0 . m, Pt Seneanc i Ex gt ¢ Lot korincfeld & o5 § bt 1y ekl and I'borla, Faat Expros Chittasos Paducan b ILkr, o B0%, M Lacon, -Wash'ton K3)' 1IEW ., 5 Btreator, Joilot & Dwigut’Accomndat’n’ CHIOAGO, MILWAUKER & ST, PAUL RATLWAY, Unlon Depot, corner Sadison and Canal-ata. Micksi Office, 03 Bouth CArk-st., 0pposite Bhorman House, _andat depot. Leave. Arrlve, MIIWAUKED EXDTEM, 1orrrsosssels 7133 M 1o |° T:805 1 Lhconsin & Ml i casane theocsn #10:108. m. [* 4:00p. . * 8:00p. m. [*10:480. m. Wiiconsti. 1o sota kx Wieco fifsen iy, Ashe _ Xprss, '} 9:00p, . |3 71008 B fraios, Tickels for St Ta Al and Minneapolis ar ther vin Madi d Fradrie S CHCE S vid Waliriows. LaGroma. nad Widota. 018 L AL, SATROAT, O s SALLBOALL DR e oica, 151 Handolscst. Beat Ciarer 1 Louls s .. 8t Lobls FRimy ;’“ ris Quettouion & HEOLL o 0 Jubiiqie & Blonx City Bx. Dubuque & Sloux City Kx. Oliman Passengor. ... OHIGAN OENTRAL RATLROAD. ok ias A Axaufl‘m‘g\%wmdi 4 Office, 67 Clark-st., southcast corior of lan ‘Pacio Hotel, aud at Palmor Houss. Leave. Arrive. Matl (vis Maln and Alr Line). sy Express. AmALow AT inodaiiun fi lantig Express it Bxjireas.s Depot LR uuquum!{ 5 ¥ -sia. TVick S Ciarkee, aimer louse, bed drnd lacias HORL, Leave. | Arrre. Lsasve Al g R Rt Ll er itop: . T L, 5 e Tralnaleave fromn Fxposition Bullding, 1 “Ticket Ofices: 83 Clark-st., Gread pactics aad Devor m;fifn'o{xk 3o+ Lobgttaeey o ulldiog). Artive. LAKE BHORB & MICHIGAN BOUTHERH. Losve, | _Arrire. agreees] T3 Lm. 70 B b g T Saing z PITTISBURG, CINCINNATI & BT, LOUTS B B Desot coruor of Clioton sad Carroll-ats. West Bids. [« bus & Past Day Ex. Glbmbi & it Bt OHIOAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIPIO BAILB‘O:E e opret e Sl g T Amive. AT *10:13 8. . LAKE NAVIGATIO] GOODRICH STEAMBRY o B, Shaday excapeaes. Yidhy Giaraing » bout o SEFGGEA 10 oo’ Ludlogton, sad Peatwater, iod, uk 0 & Al For !nquu &Y Dally, baturday sud puaday e: omedadd deen ot blead) Sianianan O LLANEOUS, s M. 3, MAHLER, 16 rue da la Graige, Datsllers Parls, loaalv syvut Jor twls pajxrla Fraucs: by Druggists R Everywhare Hygientoe, Infallible andf Preservative. _winol RGN o Dr.A,6.0LIN'S e cured. Cold o weki far Bgok alan,