Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1877, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2I, 1877, FOREIG Todleben to Take Command of the Army of the Czaro- witch. yigorous Operations Resolved upon Against Rustchuk, Shumia, and Rasgrad. fuleiman Pasha and His Army March- ing to the Defenso of Adrl- anople. An Anti-Russian Demonstration Called for to Take Place in ¢ London. Rumors that finglnnd Contemplates Full Ownership of "the Buez Canal, LA SULEIMAN’S RETREAT. BULGARIA DESERTED, WITRL THE EXCEVTION OF THE QUADRILATERAL FORTRESES. [y Cable to The Chicago Tribuns.] Toxpow, Dec, 21—4 5. m.—Suleiman Pasbis, with 10,000 men, bas arrived 1n Con- stantivople from Varna, on his woy to Adrisnople, to tako command of the'nrmy in Itoumelia. Tho movoment of tho bulk of Lis army by tho same route is in progress, leaving n strong garrison in the Quadrilateral fortress. d o WILD MU NS OF A PROBADLE COUP D'STAT wero started in Conatantinople on his arrival {here, but thoy aro groundloss. ‘Lhis routo gives him nearly all roil communiention to Adrianople, and is, therefore, better than to «ross tho mountains on foot. (GEN, TODLEDEN has boen appointed to the command of the srmy of the Czarowitch, who will return to Russia, The siego of Rustchuk, Shumla, snd Rasgrad will now bo pushed. The Russian flank movement toward Sofla {aslill progressing, and Gon, Ghourko hns been 8o hoavily reinforced that tho Turks ara on tho dofensive, while his ndw column {s pushing around thoirleft. If theServiaus carry Nisch, they will join Ghourko’s ad- vance on Sofis, the capture of which would open an easy road to Adrianople. THE TONE OF THE ENOLII PRESS atill shows grave fears of war, and ovon the Times, hitherto peacenbly inclinel, soems ready to join tho war party. Tho groat snti- Russian mooting is eallod in Trafalgar Squore for Dea. 20, Heavy snow-storms in Asia Minor have praventod the assault upon Erzeroum or Batoum, but both places nro now fully fu. vestod except on ona side. TI3 SEAT OF WAR. TUE TUNKS PALLING DACK ON ADRIANOFLE. Lospox; Dee, 20.—A Vieuna vorrespondent freports that Suleiman Pusha, with 10,000 men, pas orrived at Constantinopls fram Varpa. e goes to Adrlanople to take.commaud of the Army of Ruwmelln, Sulchman’a clrenitous routo Is explatned by tho fact that in vonhsequence of the fee und smow i the Balsan passes, Beavy materksl §s more casliy transport- ed by raliway to Varos, and thence Dy sea to Coustantinople, than by the more direct route. It is thought, also, that a portlon ‘ot the troops from the Quadrilateral have gone to Houmelia by lawl direct, us the Czarowiteh re- ports Turkish forees out side of Rustehuls und ©ar tho Luwer Lom withdrawn. B THE CZAROWITCIL A correspondent ‘at Buclarest says the Czarowitch will probably return to Russ.c,57:3en Gen, ‘Todicben will assume command-in-cl.lel. A correspondent at Orsovasends a report that Gt Tudleben has arrived it Ursova to arranie the bombardment of Abukaleh, THE TURKISY NOTL. Lonpox, Dee, 21w-A Vienna correspondent telegraphs; Since the faflure of the Turkish note to the Powers, the {dea 6f direct nerotla- tions between Turkey aud Russla appears to flud more advocates. It is supposed that oven Great Dritain has somewheat abated her ubjec- tlous to such a course, aod adyised the Porte to try It possibla to ascertaln the Russiau condi- Huns. The Pofte, however, scems to huve little fnclination for such n course. All fts encrales scewn to be bent on the defenseof Roumelia, It 13 thought aleo that the Turklsh Purllament, to which the Vorte declarcd its lotention of sub- witting the question, will opposo ncgotlatiuns. THE NON-COMBATANTS. ENOLAND AND LOYIT. LoNpox, Dee, 20.—Tho Zhmes, in-its lending article, throws out atrong Indications of bellef that Fardament will bo asked to vote money ‘or the purchase of further witercst of somu «ind {n Egypt, possibly the Khedive's remalu- ing tntereat fn tho Suez Canal and the Porte's suzerainty over Egypt. Flnanclal articles this moroing note o marked firmucss in Egy bouds yesterday, aud sseribo it to polithaul rea- sons. PARLIAMENT, Amung tho rumored projects makiug noces- sary the summoning of Parliament aro fucecused armaments of war, which must Le vuted, and for the purchase of the Turkish flect. DISSENSIONS, Every attempt to striko out nmew forelzn palley for the Governmeut revives, ILis sald, disscnstons ln tho, Cabinet. LOND DEROY, The retirement of Lord Derby, Forelen Min- later, 1s by no means improbable, NEWSPAPEI COMMENTS, The Times yays the auvrcinavy of Oroat Brit- aln ls not endangered; at th me time, thero arc futereats not threatened by thu progress of war, oxcept so far us the mutuul cubeaton of the whole Ottoman Empire Is threatened, which might e moro strongly protocted than theyure by acts not Inany degreo savoring of the char- &ter of war, Wo are mot cofug to allow our lutercets to be bound up with the malute- Dauce of the Ottotnan Empire In ita tutegrity or Independeuce, It will be found, when Lurlia- tneut wects, that the communieatious the Miue faters will have 1o make fuboth Housca ary uot fusplred by that terror which now disturbs the mcnixl vislon sud distracts the judgmeat of so many, The Duily Newa says: * We think Purllument 18 suminoned to apuroye the war preparstions.!” b FRANCE, FRENCH AMOASSADORIAL CHANGES. Loxoow, tec, 20.—A Parls dispatch suys the Marquls of Harcourt, the French Ambassador 19 Londou, s to be removed, aud tho Marquls of Bauneville will go a3 Ambassador to Cou- #lantluople. A Larls dlspatch says a son of M. Prevost- Paradul, sged 17 years, sbiot blumself yosterdav, The causo of the act s unknown. Jt will be Temewbered that M. Irevost-Paradol, the fatler, cowmitted suicide when Ministor of £rauce 1o ths Unlted States. il CUBA., AXOTIER DEFRAT OF TIfk INSURGRNTS. w York, Dec. 20—A Havana (Cuba) Jelter says that & Lody of 250 fusurgents wus lately encountered by s Spanish columa fu the neghborhuod of Sauta Bpiritor, sud, ulter au *ugazewcnt lustlug two hours, the [osurzeuts were dispersed, leaving fifty-nine dead and 121 prisoners, Among the latier are two aldes-de- camp_of Maximo Gemez, and fourteed officers. The Spanish had twelve killed and ninctcen woundell. Very hlumr(nnt correspondence was found on the aldes-do-camp. Twenty-threo men and seven women surren- dered on the Bth inst. near Puerto Principe. Augother prominent insurgent, Arsenlo Bsts- riba, has likewlse surrendered. GREAT BRITAIN. TEN I'ERSONS KiLLED, Loxpox, Dec. 20.~Thegable of Milne's Hotel, in Edinburg, which was weakened by the fire, fell to-day, burying several persons ln the ruins. ‘Ten persous were killed. AMUSEMENTS. MOTIER GOOSE BOIREE. The cntertalnment given at Farwell Ifalllast evening In the Interost of tho Central Jlomeopathic Free Dispensary may bo set duwn as a success, fushlunably, artistically, and financially. The elze of tho audience was considerabie; it was respecta- Ule, for thero were clergymen prescnt; and itle presumed that all paid their way, with the excep. tion of the doorkeeper and the ushers, who are miged up with (ha current expenes. The nrilatic effect praduced with the ald of pure- 1y amatenr material wan certalnly creditable to the akill ond patience of Mr. Dartlett, who was thc master of caremonics on the occaston, It 1s not an casy task, probably, 1o drll o company of unskilled people Into statuesque bosle tione, or 10 create pantomimists all of asudden ont of plaln business-men and society Indiee, Mr. tartictt appearn to ponsres the ability 10 4o thia, and perhaps lie was heled turough the difiiculty h{ hin goul fortune in fnding apt_schol- are, ALal) cvents they munaved among thom to pravide an entertainment of o very ehjoyabls chars acter, Tho Orst of the programue introduced Mother Gonse, Contrairy Mury with hor sllver bells and cockle sholls, Jack Npratt, Curiy Locks, and other realizations” of famillar legendary lore, besldes somo strlkingly beaotiful groups, very tastefully arranged. Ti the kecond purt thero were & weries of mouninutal groups and tableaus, siong Which the most favored was that of Littlo Jack Tlorner, who throst hin thumb o the ple, and ovoked from e mysierious depth o sweet Wido plum In the shaps of little Mias Goskelt, who peefurmed a very gracefal and plctureauie dance. | A Hitle wueical skelch fu Nreu svener, fobhy Khafto," was pleastoyl ey Mine. A Woohward and e, do | part. cousleted of 8 sorice of 'ho Falry Voyoge," a repe mody, *}The Be- of ‘France,' and " ‘Phuy were one aud d the ellect wan charai- which represeniu a very fair women, consider- and adusiration croated action, Mauter wau win the Cupld. o Mttic follow was placed fur un attiinde which would have taaked the cuer- gies uf & atont sdilt to auatain for the leugth of e required, und fura tme he comvorted i el like bru¢ artlst and & plucky cap. Iy and by, huwever, he hegan to waver, and as the up- fnuu Incteaned he got mad wnd began to stainp [is ook, The. linoof ladica i the bachelor's dream way siretching out Lo the crack of doom. and to accomnodate Mittlo Cipld thie curtaly fell for 8 gest, Muntr licebs, hosi curricd off (he nonore, The eutertainment cl with 8 hutnore Istic extravagauzs, **The Rats and Mice Panto- mime,** The minuet st the close uf *'*Uobhy Shafto was_omitted in defsrenca 1o the wivhes of the Y. M. €. A, It would buve evidently turned out tobe 8 very innoveut afalr, to juoke from the per. formance of the Iadies and “goulenen who were et Tur 1, Minnets, however, are betloved to be ohjectlunable from a wmoral point of view, just us plasiug the fidle 18 to some peuble, Thin oyuning o froxh prugramme Je prepared, be- ginning with nd contalniug u acrica of urt studice In the shupe of living plct- ury For the Haturday w of last evenlng will be ropeated. here 1o, Lowever, a Jittle ritt withiu the Jute. The tuted trottial of tho 1. *+ Reverles of a Jtuchelu all gracafully penenled In the ** Keverle dresm of amusement by thu af ) ' ‘which by and by may make the mnsic nute, 1t 1s the ofd” cuntruversy on the subject of dancing, which hns shaken the rllulchel} and now comes up to distarb the teanquiliity of the Y. When the agent of “the **Mother (3oose went to the represuntative of the Y, M, C, A, Wire Farwell 1lall fur their performances, he way nsked whether thero wan to be any dancing, He, in the fnnocence of hie heart, touk it for grante that his questivner wanted fu koow whether, after the performance wus over, the floor was to be creared and the ladics and genticmwen were to waltz ond pulki. 8o he said, ** No, of couran there i3 to Lo o dancing, Certalnly not." And on that understanding the hall was rocured. But subsequently, one of the gentiemen having the hail in churge found out. possitly by attending the reheuruals, Uiat thers were to be suime dunces, hut wl of them performed by ehildren, whosefnnocent, wpindline It Tege could not awaken the alighteat feeling of impropricty in any one any inore than could a danclug ehalror table. * Yet It wad doncing, nudd though Davld danced with all his night before the Ark of the Lord when It was brought from the fousw of Obed-Edom, that was a very different tutag frum danciny minnete, cachncus, and bolerus w banwell Hall, “And ho eald **his ie a desecru- ton. ‘thls will never do, There tnust be no caporing un these floors by ltde children with wliort petticontn iud exposed lege." The managers wad **All right, It §s Lrae that wo have put down on the programing that thero was to ba dancing, nid we presauie wo hnve sold wany tickets on uecount of that teature, which was such an at- traction at the Nuttel Dall, Bl If {llu (134 thnt there must br no dancing hnte, even by theso Dinrmntosn littlo crealares, why we will cut it out.” at sathailed the ngent. " 1t Just nizht thery was a mishap, & misunder- atunding, Little Jack Tlorner wue sitding in the corner, droser In character, catiog ki Christinee plu, _ He put I bie thumo to pull ont that linmore tal pluni, nud suddenly there camo farth Instead of the plum of wur childbood, n lttle girl, nee Guwains, whu dninedintely bevan dancing’ the cueitinit, —i Spualeh dance, —a danco of the hot, 5 u dance of waving arus und flasting feet and . The noun prayer-meeting 3 phave thero .but six hourw befor, tho plattorny where Dr, fverts, und 2 d yet und yel Mr-’ i o ';D'nrmlll and 1, F, Jocobs had prayed and tashed fortlh this iriefent of skirte, glitt postured aud plrouette waven the white nrin, and puinted tho pilunt fve "'—bufure the des lighted andlence, I uny of the representatives of the Y. M. C. A, were there, u olush of horror, o culd chill of muagewent, must bave tuchod thelr chieeks and heurts, ‘Plio manngers say thnt (¢ wus o n, B [nadvertance, that tho ditile girl who iuy cuuched in the pio had nut Leen told that her purt was cut out of the programme, wid hionce It was that the tujunctions of the Y, M, C. A, were asinty little ercature in ¢ 'WI!ll ornaments, disobeyed, hey fevl that they "aro funo: cent of * any intentionel misdevd, aild aruInclined fo fortily mee| with tug examples of David, Terudiae, aud otlice ladies and gentlemen of lloly Wnt. 'y 810 afrald, how. ever, that the uwhers of the ball will think that thids \vaw a bit of wanton dedanco; that lue{ will itk tha roum b been poltuted, and that it will have to ba purlfled with carvolic acid and orim- stone—that De. DeWolf wiil havo to be cailud In with lils now anpanitus for thie prrposo of cloansing it s, they ml‘ 1t th v turged out lnto the cold, that thoy will get Mecormick's 1all and cone timuo tholr performaucas there, dr they should bo cted o nceount of tbls Innvcent cuchuca, due tico will be wiven W the alternoon papers, Lot tlicro can bo uo fuar of that, for the Sunerintendent of the bolldime will be couviaced I8 was & pure = TIY, OPERA, That ** Fra Diavalo™ atil) retalns ste hold apon the populse favor was shown lust syoniug ut Hoo- lov's Theatre, when the largest audlence of the scason grected Mo represcutation. The per- formancy bogan with & divappolitment, owing lo thy unuouncement that Miss Mulville was unable to appesr ou account of fndleposition, snd that her lace would Lo supplied by Miss Huuziger. Those who had secn Miss Mulvills in **The Chimes of Normandy " and the *'Summer Night's Dream ** were ol the more anxioud to wee hor lng roluof course wuch atronger musleally und a wiably adapted to her etyle of vocalism and uction, 1t sccms o Lo Miss Houzlger's dustiny to sppear ln opeta here substitute, and to take roles ut short notice, 8o tlat sho doce not do her- uelf full jurtice, Thie was tha case last evening. Althougl slio sang it very pretiily, she failed lu the couccricd effccts to A1) thuny out witn Ler Jight a conata 0 w to uct too much, and to ioyest hor ebar ' 100 much of knowingne: The Temmining parte, with the esception of Uigcomo ;llul‘l’xml and Lorenio (‘V'urner) wera taken by old ricudu. Mr. Morton. slthvugh an vxcelivut actoe wiluess lls adutlcublo lser, ln **'T'ho Chimes of y Uad dittle uppreciation of cownedy parte, o cliv had uot wtudied the pule of Gtacoio suiliclently to brig out ite_huwory, con- sequeutly leaving Mr. Peaxes Lo sustain the bumor ulune, which, furtunately, Lv wes sble to dg. lu hia4 Dever boen ok Krulewque or rollicking 1 this 10t Lo was Jael eveulug. Mr, ‘Furner sang s wusic very cleverly, Lut he was sbout av fmpaseloucd in Who role of the fover s the post of Zerling's bed- stead. That old stigms of Euslish opere aiic artists, **good siigers and poor actors, " pecalinrly spplies o Turver, -~ Mre. Heguin Rud 3ir. Custls gure the roles of Lady Ailcadk und Jra Inawoly with thelr ususl excelicuce, sod Mr, Beyuin, as the Angliahinan, sdded o the drolle; b acation ¥ KoinK through Zariinu's bed with 8 crush, ks Bollfud did unce. Whereby bringing the bouss, se well e the bed, down, and sccuning 4 call beforothe curtatu by 1he sccident, sltbough vary pearty deatroyis the gravity of (o artlte on thosiage. Phis erenlug “Ybe” Cliwes of Noe- waudy " will bu Kiven. . THE IIERSIEY 5CHOOL RECEPTION, Thovuplls of tho llershey Muale School will give o pudlic reception thls evculug ut the lall, apo which occasion a very stiructive prugamuio will be perforucd, The Inetrumental uumbers will Lo ss foliows: Thicle's diticuls Themeo and Venations dn A fat for orgun, by Mise Carste . Kioguoan; Mceudelsohn's 4+CapHecto Brlllante 7 Mim F Mayets, the orchestral parta by Mr. Eddy npon the organ; Reethoye Honata in K fat, op. 27, No, 2, by Mr. Lucfus J. Temderon the frat and second movementa of 3endelasohn’a ¢ minar concerto, by Master Leon Vel Mott; and Rach'a Prelade 11 ¢ for orcan, by Mr. A. ¥. MeCsrroll. The vocal nambers will cnmrr\w raben-Hoff- mann's qunr(e(le, *¢Hoftly Rleep, Thon lLovel, Chsld, " by the Sissen itz Tendrirk, Mina and Fan e Jlommelas; un aris from M 'a T i Mulder's * ia B min uow Thy Merey, Lort, " by e Proch's trlo, ** Speed Theo, Lit- lost," by Misa Hliitz and the Missce ftom- o wn arla from **Der Frelichuetz, by 3. —— OTES. Mr. D, }, Harking takes hie henefit at the Adel- phi thls evening, playing by request **King Riche ard 111, Prank Bkiff fe repalnting and decorating the walls around (ne box-oftico of Iaverly's, with a view to make an fmpresajon on Rose Eytinge when she comer, *8idante "' continues on the boards at McVick- er's tili the end of this week, For the holidays *'Baanty and tha Least' and **Himpson & Co.™ are belng prepared. Miss Jtoso Eytinge, George Doniface, and Nair's entire rosdwar Theatra Company left New Yark 1ast evening for this city. Mme, Hetly Rigl, who leada the ballet In ** Antuny and Cleopatra,™ will be here onFaturday. ‘The scenery, costumen, and other paraphernsi(a of the piece 16 on the way. ————. ANOTHER CONSTABLE SHOT. A Colored Man Defends Jls Property with ® Revolver, and the Constablo Retires from tho Scene with n Iutlet in 1fls Neck. Fuch succeeding day since the shootlug of Me- Elligott bus bronizht some tale of wolul defeat of the constabinlary, Ycsterday afternoon the wenal scrimmoge took placeat Nu, 110 Fourth avenue, the restdenco of James Taylor. The bullding ls an old twa-alary frame honse, the upper purtion of which was badly ncorched soma mix months ago, the family barely escaplngauffocation, Thie, ‘Taylar says, way the beginningof his tronbles, The houso wasat tho time owned by himself, and ha held o lease of tho grovnd from F. R. Otls, o brother to Judge Otle. The ground rent was in arrcars, and awrlt of reatitution was ontaineit by the landlord from Justice Ford, of 1lyde I'ark, and a fow days after the firc a Constable came und dumped the furniture oyt on the strect. Two negroes did tho work, bnt Wwhen thay went Into one of the buracd bed-roomis up-siairs, and saw Mrs, Tay- iay Jylog In bed mick, thelr guty was aroused, and they refused o take her oul, and gave up the Jub. The Constable then barre caded the duor, and tho sick wornan was Jailed for uearly twenty-four houte, Iler children, still sufe fering from " tho scorching aud wmoke of the Ore, woru forced to sleep outdooms, . lvery plece of honschold fnrnitare, save tho partially-burned bed upangrlich 3irs, ‘Taylor lay, was carted nway, and not a Rick of It has been ween sinee, Mra, Taylor retalned pussession, and tho following duy the fawtly moved back In, .Hl:m{u hat date the honne Wi 1d by Taylor to Tobert McClellan, of No. 40 Thind avenue, sl Hie in turn sold It to Annie Kraus. 'I'hu mouey for i rent is in tho hands of Shnon Sfrauas, n's atlornoy, hut the Otfs faction would 0ive it,and It §u also asserted that they wonld ow the houss to be moved, and acted the the dozin e manger, Roitefal fealous- es bhave arisen i1 consequence, and every effurt Jan been mady to keep possession, Yesterday Taylor hieard that Constanle Lundbury, of Justico laines’ ufllco, tvad polng 1o aerve the weit of r tution, which it was clalined wns still vali having been nn‘l’y partially execoted Iy fore. Mo barricaded ‘the doors and await. ed thelr coming, At 3 o'clock Conetable Pater Lundburg, sccompanied by John Worth, George Gay, and anothier man, arelved at the house, and endenvared to gain admiliance, Not succecding, they went through o barber-shop on Harrison strcet and @alncd Accews 10 Lho reur of tho house. Finding the lower dour barricaded. wntslde stairs awd forced open n to tae partially vurned avart- ran up an Innfde an ae they pre- sonted appenzanco at the dour which they Lad forcod he showed himsell ot a door dircctly oppo- site, Some words vasscd between them, Taylor threatening 10 shoot 12 they peraisted In forciug their way. At this point the atorics of the par- ties' concerncd diverpe. Worth und day, representing tho Constalle, sy thut Taylor fired two shute at the: withuat any provocation or & momen warning, and, at the second sliof, Lundburg e: claimod, **I'm hit.” Ho did pot fall, but re. treuted, nud on bis way out fired twu shuta at Taylor In retarn, ond_oneat o dog that showed fignt ontelde, 'They aro both positive that Taylor was the Srsttofire, | . . 2 Taylor's versiun is materially different, and wit out uny prejudice toward the Constablo auld that apjearances bear ont the former B8 the lr\wlnnfi.b lluulll11 h‘l]h'h‘d‘ml"w: 10 1 they persluted breaking fn the dours, and w 4 with l‘:vunl shots from revolver. . Lu clos toe a partition, ruoniig down stalrs, called to hia to get his rovblver. Roturning, he was aguin fired upon by the Constable, and it waw then'that he firod tho 1wy shots, His won then reloaded the weapon, which iv a four-barreled pocket-pistol, and awaite ed furthor developwen A lady who was visit. ing the house, and wuo twd run Up stalre with her infaut_for safety, also states that the Constable fired first, aud that sho and her child narrowly escped belng it tho Arst two shots, I'hy condition of the doorsnd the ma. n it Indicato the trith of thls statoment, wurks uf at leaet & bulf dozen bullets In tue d and hntels at which ’x‘n‘{lur atood, 1f, as 1 serted, Taylor was the drat to iro and wound th Conutable, how does it come that he empticd Lis revolvor at ‘Unylor ufter huving Leen wounded? Perhaps tho Constablo can explain, utilcers Murnano aud Wiley were oarly upon the aceno and arrested both Luudlm(fi nd Taylor, und charged thew with ussault with Intent tokill, e furmer was wounded In tha neck, and was bleeding so profusely that he was taken to the ofics of Dr, Mclonald, whers the wound wus roved, and the ball cut wnt of the back af The wound thoagh serious was pronvunced not neccesarlly futal, deemed expediont tw send him tw his hon fwon Forty-third strect, near the Boul tho Village of §lyde Park, 1le reactied therw aal Ty and will doubtless pull througl, 8s he 13 o stout, healthy wan. ‘Uaylor rewamed st the Armory unil avening, whes ke gavo ball in $2, 000, nnd wis releaved, they went np Uiy tending dour he e thu door and then won THE COMMISSIONERS. Tossibility of un Agreement, The Cominleslonere were buaslly engaged yoster- day quagreling with one another au to who should nawe the mon for the different county officus, The Domocrats wero tha most actlve, and it was avident to une viewing them, as they utood arvund tn Jlitle kuots, that they wero not in tho best humor, nor near as comfortable or confident os they bad been tho day befors. They wore fre- quently closcted with louutres, drinkimg from the depitis of Dl wisdom, and took bs!f * on eye to sce that i n) 1hat Billiaui was making dosperato strugglo 1o folat himeelf upon thu bublic for auother yeur, aud 1hat bua old (ricadw and atiies of the ** Ithig * 'werg reudy 10 help Jum au beut they could, Thvy did not hold’a formal cuucus, however, duriny the day, t was in Hountree's utlien” ur Lunzen's dr ing-places vut from the fact that Conly was not thurougnly Ju uccord with theim tbuy were powers Jeas 10 4o snYliing, Iu the slterncon the latter stiowed {be teporters what purvorted to e tho Deniocrolic elate, but fnaemuch s bo v given to Jollng they took bo stock 1o it, veu, hows ever, Tur what it lsworth: Wallace was nuuied for County Attrncy, Burdick for County Agent, Cunaiughoi for the buvano Asyluum, Kossell for Warder of the $oor-llouse, und Meynolde for Soupital Warden, —cach to select hls uwn nealst- ants. '{'ha Tlapublicans werc inore hopeful, and 1t was evidens that bucy had bvcowe ashuwed of dygut- 10K nin0ng theniwelves, a1 Wero Dvub on Iusking suother dusporate ullort to ugrea {n caucus, leoraed feum Mr. Burling that letters had b 1 to 8l the Hepublicaus, wviting thew ta atl & caucus 10-dny, and furthermore thut Moyor, oncu-lust sbeop, bad prowieed to rotaru 10° the foid; aud from unathier sultrce 16 wae siated tiat Tabor would not stand out for Sulzhead i be con- unaed 10 bo objectionabls tu the otuers, which it waa belioved be would not be. The coudition of Movor's quitting the <tiiug'* It was wos thet name Fersier, loky-gauger, g Warden, anted othor favors, Whether o witl vo glven what De wouts oz uut 18 by Bo weans cerwin, and, since be bas ucted Ba Lo bus, sonw doubt the policy of making any concessluns to huu of suy kind. e will be 1n the cuucuy, however, 1 bis word cau Lu totied oif, and uout the Arst propoeition that will and ought tu be made 18 to acstruy all slstes, and numiuate by Lallot scn for the uilices 10 Lo Blled, with uu ey o tuclr capacity sud tinuss fur the soveral poaitionw, 11 thiv 1e agl (o sousethiug may ve accumplishicd, otherwise very lctlo ca by vapected. A1 thoy do ol agrco Lo-day OF 10-aurrow Bt tuy farthest, o Democraty wiil carry Wby day Moaday. e ———— HOW WAS HE KILLED ? Yesterday morning Coanty Plysiclau Holdenand Drv. 0. J. Price and McVickar went (o Calvary Cemetery aud exbutned for exsmiyttion the Lady of Joun McCarthy, U5 yesrs of sge, who was found dead on tho eveming of Nov, 24 on the trscks of the Alton Kallroad, sear the Lime abrect cruisiag. 1t was suppoacd at the time that be had been run down while returnlog from work Uy swilch-eoging No. 03, nod & ver- dict to tuat efuct was rendured by the Coroner's jury. Docessed left a wife agd eix cubldren Io” poor clicuwatances at Nu. 178 Farrell struet, and they Lave lustituied a suit fur $10,000 dawages. 1t wasthen thutsoue oo discovered that Motarthy could uot bave bect killud by tLe vugine. The onglueer aud drewan wero positive that they bad wot run Lim duwo,. Tho examinstion yeastorday proved Lo the fhree yeutlewen obove wamed that bo could not have couie Lo his death ln thal movner. Oficer Bulllvau snd another wan who fouad 1o Lody states Lbat it was sUil wurw, [ tenler” capacity. © handn anil feet were extended, bat were inside the enfle, There was no mark of the wheela having even grazed the bad rtill warm when foand. The rmilroas thorities maintain that the man was mardered and placed on the track av n blind. There were ao marks on the body about the le; where the cowcather would have wtemek fom, nnd it was - pusaiblo for him to be rolied under the en- £ine, the firo-hax of which s only four and a hulf inch om the groond. and have thirteen Joaded €ar4 yass over him without manalingthe holy, The death-olow was evidently infiicted by wome dull instrument which crostied in the breast.-bhone and sibs, and snchin woond, it ta claimed. coald not ba ifflicted by the ears. ' The police have taken th= eaee In hand, and are working up the murder theory, and, finlean they find romething tn indicate foul play. there 14 likeiy to be a lively wrangle in Al snit for damages. " SILVER. CONGRESSMAN ITAZELTON. From Our Oun Correepondent, Wasitinatox, D. C., Dec. 17.~Represantative (eorge C. Hazelton, of Wisconsin, will remain here during the holiday recess, and wil devote his time to departmental business and to the preparation of wurk for the regular scasion. Mr. Mazclton has very positive snd defined views upon the silver question, and in the course of a conversation recently with Tue TrInUNE corresporslent gave expression tothuse views in the manter detailed betow. It will he ubseryed that Mr, Hazeiton thinks the Presi- dent should at least hiave nut expressed the de- sire to exclude the old silver dollar from any place In the coln of the country, and shvald have given that dollar a chance, 8o that it might be nscertained whether or not it will not prove the equal of gola, Mr, Hazelton considers that the conditlon precedent to resumption s the re- munctization of stlver. “ What appear to you, Mr. Hazleton, to be the esecntial cunditions of resumntion ' ** I luok upon resumption, elther at the time now fixed by law or further on fu the future, s conditlonal absolutely upon the remonetiza- Hon of silver, and its future jucreased coinage ol recognition as money—side by side with fold—aa it has been in the past histury of our own Government and as It s today in some of the leading nations of the O1d World: and upon this also depends larzely the revival of trwle aud commerce, and the vast Lusiness enterprlses which encagu capltal and labor in the United States.” * What arguinents do tho bullionists make against silvert” “1have noticed that among the gold advo- cates hiere at the Capitsl uearly all tnake con- cesslons I Taver of tho ure of silver as a limn- ited auxillory to our etallic currency. ‘The contest scems to hie between those who would usc it fn a degraded form, limiting its |rznl»ll'ndcrcnbfldl( in any event, and those who would restore {t to its_original status in Amncrieau colnage, Jacreased in amount, with unlimited legai-tender capacity, and rezulate 1ts value so as to place the *siiver dollar? at par with what s now ‘full legal-tender money,” and employ it alike with_goid In the gigautle work of resumption and the payment of the public indebtedness, and all the purposes of trade and commerce, aud thus give the nation twostrong armsof financial power, instead of one imuaired aut weskened by the loss of the other, ‘Lhe Dircetor of the Mint concedes that *there should be a sliver dollar suthorized by as sn_auxiliary to the money of large puyments,’ and furbicr sass ‘that with our present mintinie capacity wo could vith o full working force coln siiver dollar ple ¢ the rate of $2,000,000 per wonth, and ot the samo time manufacture the neeessary gold, trade, utd fractional stiver coln- aee. The tssuc ol silver dollars for cireuiution to the amount above stated (82,000,000 per month) wonld no doubt pruve of much beneflt 1 the public, and ald fu stimulating the revival of bummness, It would also serve to steady the valuoof silver, aud protect nn important mising interest '; nor does the President or thic Seere- tary of the Treasury, who scem to be lu accord upan this question, disparage ellver as one of the two preclous metals which furnish the coin- age of the world, but they stand upon o sflver coluage of Hinfted lepal-tender, and clalm, os o matter of law, honor, andexpediency, thut the Publlc debtof the United States is justly pasable n wold coln alone, or In cpln of equal value, ‘which means, of course, coln of unlimited legul- In other woumls, they are in favor of maintalning the cireulation of “the two metallic currencics, silver and gold, for all commerclal purposes of the country, but the single gold standard for the payment of the publie debt. The President states, i -his mes- Bage, that *the bonds 1ssued prior to 1873 were fasucd nt o time when the gold doblar wus the only voln fn areulation or contemplated by eitlier the Governmeut or the holders of the bu::ih"nu the culn i which they were to b ald.’ “What answer do you make to tha cry of the bondholder that a payment of the bonds {u efl- ver 18 a breach ot falth " “Suppose, fur the sake of argument, that gold were us much below par to-day as the silver way above par at thu tines the acts of Congress authorizing this bonded indettedness were gxu:ed. viz.: prior to February, 1578, whut would o the good faith of the Governinent under such cirewinstances! Would the bondhulder ey *Wo were to bo patd {n gold coln alone’{ What renson was there for such an understanding be- tween the Governmnent und the bondholder as thy President insists upoui—silver was more valuable than eold, Wers the Londholders seeking investment lu that which was worth the least when they were not even asked so todol In 1801 the silver dollar of -IlS}f qnlm, since demonetized, was worth 10310 in American pold colu; In 1502, 104.10; in 1543, 104,003 in 1568, 104007 in 1805, 104,52; in 1500, 103.03; (n 1507, 102, fu 1848, 102,573 in 1800, 1 in 1 102,073 n 1871, 102.57; i 1873, » and In 1578, 100.48, belug at'a premfutn above the dollar Iy American fiuld coll when it was hit onthe liead by a blow from the great power that had given it life. And yet, during nearly all this time the bondholder did not *contemplato? that ho was to bopald in_such coln. In 1872 the Govern- went colned 81,113,001, and lu 1873, 877,150, In this *dollar of the fathers,’ und had minted atuce 1853 88,045,553 of thy smine siiver coinage, nside from the trade-dollar aud subsidiary col Duoes {t look as if the Presient had seen a reud the uct of March, 1809, when he made this declaration in his messagel It had neen contended that the priucipal of cevtain kinas of bouds fssued prior to this thu were payable in frreenbacks, amd the iterest only fu coib, The disldlug Hne of conflicting ovinion was between greenbacks and coftuge of silver aud gold, and not between the two metallie currencles—silver and vold. Cougress passcd this act s acon- clusive expression of tho public. falth towards ita creditors. They passed it ‘In onder to ro- move any doubt us fo thy purpose of the Gov- ernment to discharze all fta just obligations to the publle creditors, snd to settie contlicting questions and interpretations of the laws by virtiie of which such obligations have been contructed,’ and, leaving uothing to ¢ con. mmal:nlum.' solemnly pledgel the falth of the Government to tho nayment of the United States notes iu coln, and the futerest-bearing obligations In gold and sifoer, cxcept fu cases where the law itsclf authorizing the Issue of such obligations expressly pruvided that the sume may be paid In other currency. ‘The wond *coin’ at that tme, and from the foundatlon of the Governent, by uil its Departinents, tn its statutes, and under fts Counstitution, was, sud liad been recognized and construed ds meaniug Dotk gold and stiver, and so-continued down to the act of demonctization i February, 16733 was 80 understood and expressed fn th debates of both Houses of Congress upol the pase sago of the act of 1869, sud w0 recognized by the highest Courts of tho Btates and the Bupremo Court of tho United States, from {ie carliost adjudications down o sud fucluding tho legol-tender cases of Deceimber, 1570, as gwunlnx" the gold and silver coln of the Unlted ta ‘hat rewedy would you proposel™ * Give thls *shver dollarof the futhers® s just sud reasonable opvortunity to msscrt its truc relative valuo to cold by reatoring it 1o ts original place in American coluage and drealus tion, and then, I it shaill not standon a par with pold, regulate ity value accordingly as has been done fu the past bistory of Congressional Jeglelation. You wihl nut thus {mpair tho pub- lie faith, but {ncreass the capavity of the nution to walvteln fs faith.” E. bW, LEGAL-TENDER MONEY, To the Editor of The Tribuns, Lavarsrre, Ind, Dec. 17.—in answering “QObjections to Hewouctlzation,” in your to- day’s lssue, you sdvance an argument whose forve I am uot quite able tosce. You ask, *“If paper dollars, which have uo value whatever, upon belng made legal-tender becowe exchangos able for U7 cents gold, and two silver Lalf-fol. lars, worth ounly 58 cents as metal, becowe, though only & lmited lcgal-tender, worth a8 much a3 the paper dollar, why the sitver dallar, worth (33 cents ws wictal, being wudo » legal- tender to o bigher degrou than the paper dollar, should not bave as great a purchaslog power as that paper dollar." Iu the first vlace, the legal-tender qualifica- ton, it scems to toe, has but Mttle to do with the velug ot the paper dollar, ‘The paper dol- lar {s & promise on the part of the (overnment to pay the hearer $1; and its market value Is deterinined by two' circnmatances,—irst, the prohability of the Government redeeming that prombse; secundly, the proxlmity of that re- demption: —and, notwithstending Mr. J. W. Heach's asscrtion that **upon due proviie that they shall be puld on the Ist day of January, 1870 "So, even without the lewal- tender” qualification, they would be worth thieir discounted valies, anl if we discount them at the rate the Giosrnment fs¥paying on loans, they would be worth U5 to 9 cents on the qualification, In the second place, it seems to mo that it is the very limitation of the legal-tender character of sliver half<doflars that keeps them nt ',hd{ b etamine it for a moment. Because the small colns arc receivavle for all dues under 5, its preacnt value. This sonnds paradoxical, power hetomen equal to the paper dollar for sums under that umount, and transactious in small_amounta constitule large share of all business transactions. no fear that the paper dollurs will ever be paid In thetn, and thus the paper dollar 18 provested fron declining to the value of the sniall volus. In the third place, if silver be remanetized and ade full lewal-tender, the paper dollars will be redecimed on and after Jan. 1, (579, o silver dollars, henco the ‘mmr saltar will ot only not rire above the siiver dollar fn value, but will decling to the preeent worth of a dollar due fn sllver Jan. 1, 1879, plus what the legul-tender qualification may enhance ita value, You sny also that *if a valucloss piece of paper ca be made equivalent Lo §7 cents In old by being made a teval-tender for certaln Hmited purposes, the silver dollar which fa now worth 92 cents as inetat, when inarde a legal-ten- der for all purposes for which cold ean be used, may hope to have at least as reat o power as tmuncy ae the irredeemable puper dollar.’ 1 repeat that the ' valucless Yim: of paper"' obtains its value principally by virtue of jts character as a promissury note azainst a relfable party, and that it [s not " frredeemable,” unless the ‘mymmlun uct Is repealed, but payable Jap. 1. 1579, 11 sflver be remonetized, I think there {8 no doubt that the lrrlu.- of silver bullion will ad- vance, and with it tue valuc of silver colo, on account of the new and larye de d for §t, and If Englund and Gerniany were to remonotlze it also, very likely it mirlit equal or even exceed wold; bLut the siate: t that makiog stlver Iegal-tender in this cul wili even cuuse it to advance to the present value of paper dollars is = proposition of which one may reasouably demand demonstration. In concluding, let inc say that'I sm no oppo- nent of remunctization. [ read znmr articles on the sliver questlon with a ereat deal of 1nterest, andutn glud tosec the stand you take in the matter. The foregolng thouehts occurred . to me while I was reading the articles in the issue of to-day, and If I am wstray I shoukd be glad to read your auswer. Yours reupewuully‘w [Our correspondent assumes that the valuc of the greenback {s not dependent on its legal- He 18 in error. The green- back Is a promlse to pay, aud bas been In clrcu- tender character. Intlon since 1862, waiting redemption. It {8 an overdue note, not bearing any intereat, aud pay- able only at the pleasure of the Government It bas no intrinsic value: it fs evidence of n debt, hearing no interest, and whose payment is not enforceable by legal proceedings, Divested of the chatacter of money, given to it by law, ‘a8 a legal-tender, the greenback would have no valuz other than the speculative one, which o man would give for ft, taking the chances of collecting it at some future time. Whatever its value may be s duc to its charac ter asmoney. A bank-uoteisnot alegal-tender, but it obtains Its valuo because redvemable on demand in somicthing that 1s a legal-tenders consequently, bank-notes, though not legul- tenders, have the sune value as the greenbacks, If grecubacks were niot legal-tenders, and ot belng redeemable, they would have nothing but a speculative value. der sllver moncey, which has an intriusic value much below that of gold. The proportiunate valuc of thoe silver in the coln Is much than that in the American coln, and this sflver coin, ‘*dishonest money,' Is made o legal-tender to the amount of $10. Tho vaper dollar owlog its current valuc to its legal-tender character, the sliver dollar cannot fall to have an addi- tional money value by belng tmade a legal-teu- Gold ftsclf has o valuc as der with gold. bullion and a value as legul-tender. For years before 1870 the jrold dotlar as legal-tender had a valuo equat to that of the silver dollar, while as bulllon it was Jargely at a dlscount in silver; then gold as bullion had almost the same value {n silver that the paper dollar has now lu gold, but, belnk a legal-tender, it had the same value 88 oucy as the silver dollar had.—Ep.] A DETROUL SILVER MAN. To the Ldilor of The Tribune. Dezrrotr, Dee, 15.~I am delighted with your treatment of the silver question. There {s *no other name by which we can be saved.!” If our advisers and Congressmen were ot home, and kocw anythiug of the condition of affairs, ft would seem [mpossible to concelve of a stupid- ity that would strike siiver out ol the money of the world, Iam arcsumptionlst squars out, but resumption without silver Is simply im- possible. What I wlahi to say s this, you™ have struck the right man when you hit Secretary 8herman, Mo scems to have no falth inthe veople, but unlimited faith In tho sharps, 1t new bonds were for sale for lawful mouey lu overy commercial centre, L believe the people wouldl absorb them by the miillun, justead of putting their money Insavings banks. IHere we are fn thu hands of the Ishmaclites, Our Dotroit papers are orgaus of moncy sharps, and our people have no incaus of bearlng but one side froin thelr home papers. 1 hops you will keep it warm, The party that gets” ou the wroug side of this question will never bo heard of in future electious, Mark tho pruncuug.. JIOW RACINE FEELS ON SILVER. To the Editor of Ths Teibune, Racixg, Wis., Dec. 18.—~The peopla of this place thank your paver for tho able aud fear- less manner In which you handlo the subject of dcmonetizing the silyer dollar, and they hope you will not yleld until the swindling legisla. tion is repealed. No mecting has as yet been called to discuss this subject, At a meeting held in_November, during the esmpaign, ox- Senator Doollttle ventilated the action of Con- gress fu demonetizing the siiver dollar, 1is speeeh opened the eyes of our people, and it is sale to say thut nine ous of every ten are red- hot for wiping out thts Jaw, 10 nut repealed this sesston of Congress, a shnon-pure par-dotlar man wiil oe clected I this district vext fall, and 1o other question wiil be dlscussed durhiz the campalgn. Yours truly, A, I Durrus. e e —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Nxw Yonx, Dec, 20.—Arrived, steamshivs Faraday, from Loudon, sud Bothula, from Liv- erpool. . Loxnox, Dec, 20.~The steamships Denmark, from New York, and Nuva Scotlsn, from Batti- mure, have arrived out. Nxw Youk, Dev. 20.~Three stcamships, each witl u full curgo, leave this port fur Eurupe to- day, the City of Brusscls, of the lnman Line, being tho drat vesscl to eail under the new urm‘x.acmcm of the British Post-Otilce Depart- wen Nxw Yorx, Dec, 20.—Arrived, steamer State of Ueorgla, from (ilasgow, Quuessrows, Dev, 2—Arrived, stcamship Novad, from New York, e e~ SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Corummia, 8. C,y Dec 20.~The Lexislature took a recess until Jan. 16, Themost loportant measuro adopted was the ratilying of the amendmout to the State Constitution which Jevies an avnual tax of two wlls upon all tux- sblo prooerty fu the Ntate for the support of frec schools.” Ou the fiual passage to-day more tuan two-thinds voted afiruatively, be Committee to investigate the bonded debt will peport wnmediately alter vecers, Noo wpeclal class of bonds will be declared fruudu- ieut, but ouly particulsr bonds which wero 18- sued drregulur), ——— DEATH OF AN HEIRESS, Atabont 0330 last evening Mansan Smith, 37 years of age, whiloon the crossing of Wabsah ave- nue ond Twentlejh strect, was ran over and billed by car No. U2 onibo Wabash and Coltage Grove avenua Hue, Boruard McMahon driver. The woman wascarried lnlo the Homeof the Pricodicss. and dted within ten winttes. McMabon was Jocked up st tho Twenty-second Street Station Lo swait the re- sult of tho Coraner's inquest. Decessed was well- kuown to the police. having Leeu srreated for Jrunken and disorderly conduct ou worersl occa- slous. On the 20t of Novealber last she wis Saed 850 by Justics Summerdeld, which stio worked out Ly thy Mouss ol Cucceetion, sud from which institntion she was Itherated only & thelr face they disclose the fact that they are not nd_never will bey” the resolutions of 190 dol- lar, and It sccms to me that the difference he- tween these values and the present gold value f= all that can be credited to the lezal-tender But as long as they rmncu only limited legnl-tenier aualities there s that Englavd has alegal-ten- 5.7 few days 230. She was a4 Norden's glwnwhep eater ay aitersocn alter 4 o'clock, and was then n an intoxicated conditlon, . Norden snys there ls a fortune of several thousand pounds cominz tn her in London, England. The Interest on tho sum having accrned to some word twar sent to h'.fTh her to come in_person. Bhe saved sp enough lo pay her passage, bot got drunk, and never stopoed 11l her money was spent. e body waa taken to the Morgue, CONKLING AND BLAINE. Coneiliation and A Graphle the United States Senate, New York Timer, A few days since we took the liberty of refer- ting to Benator David Davis, of lllinols, as man whose usefulness was Impatred by his ina- Let.us hiasten to add bility to setile anywhere. that Senator David Dayis bas a misslon. A peace-maker. Tocs, Blatne and Conkiing. 2 atanding. He is whnich he had received from the other. But both lunged to be conclilated. When Conkling's fluht over the Custom-l{ouse appolntiments (n New York camc on, Blaine's heart was stirred, It was a grand thlng to the Blaine Leard Conkilog's cry, “A Conk- ling for the tide-watersi™ it roused hin fike the call of a trumpet. There was something In his sont that responded to tha de- flance of a quan strugeling to retain officlal patronage. Mo voted with Coukllng. The Kreat tnzn wae deeply touched by this tributs to bis excellence and worth, 1iis heart yearned over llisin nd Blaine Jooked longingly for a sign. of recoznitton. Thus matters etaod, each anxious- 1y watehing for & suggestion of relenting in the face of his long-estranged ana entirely moble fricnd. The two foes—foes only In name-stood uesr each oliier una day, when e ponderoun and oleaginous Senstor David Davis approsched them, puta podgy arm oboot each, drew them together, and said: **Oh, why should the spirit of mourtal be proud?* **\Why, indeed?" said Biaine, the 1. tears conraing down hischeek, **1 Beery matk on your left elbos n hin deepest bas notes. 1 have, . cried the Senator frum Maine, sobbing viotently. “*8e brother! Me long-loat brother!" ctled Conk. ling wildly. **Come to me arme!™ Thun em. braced with rapture, while Senator David Davie, is yuice hasky with emotion, Lioarsely whispeted, **lilent you, blesh you, me children.” The Ken- ate was dissolved In tears ot the sight. Gordon 1sid down the bowleeknifo with which he was icking his teeth, and applaunded vinlently. And he Jon, Timothy O. llowe, pansing in the midst of one of his incendinry specch the balance of trade, furtively aricd a trickling 1t bas been o long feud. It began in 1806, Noth. ing .but offices could poesibly have healed it. 1t was in 8GO that Ar. Coukling, then s Hepro. sentative o Congreats took info the linuse bis littly quarrel with Pravost-Marshal-General Fry. In the course of business, one Crandall had been removed from the ofiice of Provost-Marshal for Mr, Conkiing'e district. it ls needless to eay thal Mr. Conkilng's soul was in arms, Crandall was s friend, and not Hiaddock, who succoeded Cran. dall. With trme Conkling assarance, the Kepre- sentative from the Twenty-frst DMetrict carried e Into Congress, snd made it his personal Mr. Blsine, mmu:vnllns lightly on the id that the ilouse reslly did not care any- thing **about the grost recruiting frands of New York, or the quarrels of the gentlenuan from New York [Mr. Conklingl with Gen. Pry, In which quarrels, it was generally undec. stoud, the genllemsn came out second best at the War Uepartmont.” The great man from New York srose In his wrath, There was & wordy pases rins, during which several amall pages fainted with sporeaenslon and excite- ment, 3lr. Conkling sdvired the zentlewan from Slaine o+ prescrva himself s fres frum sgitation an possible," and otherwies sald vcotching thinge. Then there was an accusation thst Conkling, while & ltcpresenta hag drawn pay from tne Stala Department s Judze Advocate. And Conklin, mugnificently replied to this that he **did not wis) to have snything to do with the memuer fromn Maine, not even 8o much as toyleld the floor to bim." This ought to b been & *'curker™; bat 1t was not, for the ‘‘member from Majuo" replied by veferring, with cruel oar- casm, to Conkling' haughty disdatn, hle grandiloquent swell, his majcati ereminent, vyerpoweriug, turkey-gobbdler stral d other the quarrel affair, nice personal characteristics of the gre New- Yorker. llesaid that ** the extra stru which M, Conkling bad been obeerved Lo affect was due to Theodore Tilton's baving satirically sald that the mantle of the lately-dcceased Henry Wiuter Davis bad fallen ou Conkling. And strikiug an attitude, the Malne Represontative excluimed: “'liyperion to 8 satyr, Thcrslt@ to Hercules, taad 1o miatble, dungbiil 1o diamond, a singed cat’ tu & Ienyal tizer, o whinlug pappy to 8 foaring lon. Shade of the mighty Davis, (Orgive the prufanation of that jocose satire!" Now, not plegsant to Do calléd a satyr, Thersites, mua, dunghlll, slaved cat, whining puppy, all in one breath, - o, from April 50, 1800, untll Dec. 13, I477, theso two crore of bililngegsta have not ex- Benator David Davis bar air his olly blesslug, and {amburg Batler {a concil- 1ate Gorlon has been co) ated 50 many tiues that he hus forgotten to_Keep acconnt of bis cou- ciltations: and even the Vice-Presidont bns pouted his shsro of oil on the tronbled waters by appolnt- ing, by sccident t were, all of Conkling's frlends on Conkling’ mmittes to investigate the State Department. Aud, in the goneral cancilla- tion and reconclliation, it Is meet that Conkling and Blaine should bury the hatchet, fall ou each uthet's necks, and forget how lustily they black- gusrded each uther eloven or twelve years sgo, We neod oply one more tableaus Cunkling, forgiven and forging, clasps Sccrelary Evarts to bis mlnli breast, while tho lght and airy Benator Davi Davta iovers over them Iiko & fat cherub, o —— 10WA STATE GRANGE. Boecial Corverpondence of The Tridune. Dxs Moixes, s, Dec. 14.—The State Grange has been fu session here duriog the week, with slxty of the 100 members {n attendance. % The action of the Nationsl Grange o reducing {nitiation fees to 83 for males und §1 for fetales, was ratitied as to temales. A resotution was udopted in favor of com- pulsory educstion, and requesting the Legtsla- ture to provide the nccessary legislution there- for. A resolution was adapted in favor of the re- monetiaation of silver and the rcpesl of the Resutnption act, and requesting the Leglalature to memourialize Congress to leglalats [n accord- ance therewith, A motlon to disenlve counection with the Natlonal Grange vas Joat. A resolution fu favor of reducing member- ship fron 100 to B0 was rejected. The salary of the Master was fized at $150, with postage and atationery. The offices of Beerctury and State Agent were consolidated, aml the salary Bzed i $1,000, with postage and statiunery, nad £330 for clerk-hire. A resoiutton wus adopted indorsing the effort of County Bupervisors in the Btato to reducs tho burdeus of taxation; wnd tho Master of tbe (irange was justructed to urge the dtate Con- vention of Bupervisors to procure leglslation o tha following subjocts: 1. 'Fhie abolition of the Grand Jury. 4. To compel hitigants Lo give security for changed 8 word. It ls al] over naw, given the conclliated eurdvlhlng [ lov:lfl. A ee costs. 1L, ‘To tax all costs to thu lostog party,—the ;luulw‘piny o puy the Jury befure'tho verdive recorde 4. Tolix the fec of attorucys appointed by courta tu detend cnminasl. 5, To regulate and fix tha compensation of shorthaud court-reporters, 8. ‘' luvestizato the propricty of abolishing County Superinteudents of Publle Schools. 7. 'Tu compe) Sheritls to report fees, as otler county otficers do. A vroposition to abolish all lawas for the cul- Tection vb delits wus Juat, A proposittun for 1 orzonlzationof s Patrons® Lifc Tusurance Company was accepted, aud the watter referred to 8 vpacisl commitiee to dralt articles of fucorporstion and perfect the plin of operation, which {4 1o bo carried into effoct sud be under vontrol ot the Exccutive Cummnittcs of the Srute Urange, The Secretary's report showed a large decresse u meimbershitp and subordinute Grauges duriug the vear, wud, &8 0 cousequence, & badiy-de- pleted Treasu He reeomwended vigorous Tutsstunary work amoay Lacksliders, sad nigid ctunuiny lo expenacs. Special Correspundence of The Tribuse. Dxs Moixus, [a., Dec. 15~Thursday eveutng the fullowiug utheers of the Btate Urange were clected o the cusulog year: Mader—0. B, P. Bucanap, Vearaeer—3. 11, I Lacturer—J. W, duruby, Stewuard—J, Tustelor. Asslslunt Stewurds=d, T, Qlaugue, Mre. A. B, Snnrdh,. Chuplain—D. B. Clark. Treasurer—M. L. yvin. Galekeey P. Nicbardson. Cerea—Yry. £ Day, Klora—Mrs. Murpby. Pomona—Nra, O. . P. Buchsnan, Messrs, Moazland of Fuyette, Blackford, and Murphy, wers sppointed & Cowaities ou Co- operation. A committee of five, with the Master 3a Chale- wan, was uppointed to lovk after the rallroad question befure the Legislature during the ses- #lon, snd sceure the jutcreats of the agricultural classes in ull esactuicnts, ‘A substitute tor the Comwmittee,that the work be uous al bueswong the Represcutatives, tiat at it would be necersary for Reconcitiation — Senator Durid Davia in the Role of Peace.aker— eseription of & Great Scens In He has recunciled thoseanclent And this Is how It ne about: The yuurrel bad been one of long Esch bad called tbe other hard paines, and nefther had forgotten the sbueo stand by Custom-Housc patronage, aod when ::I:;ln-lezmman may be avolded, was Taid on the able. On )'rirh{ 1t was voted to permit delinquent members ol suhordinate Granges to foin other tiranges on paymant of 25cents, 10 centsof which shall go o the State Grange, ! The report of the Committed to amend the Coustitution of Pomona Oranze, by atriking from Sec, 2 815, and inserting 86 and striking out all after the words ' four womeu," In the eame section, and inserting ' fourth-degres mernbers in goad -undmrr“'x also, atriking out *¢ Masters,” and {nserting '‘Post-Masters and their wives who are Matrona'; also, striking out all other restrictions on fourth-degree mems- bLers, an changing the fees from $3 to $1 for males, and 50 cents for females, was adopted. The Committee on Resolutlons asked the adoptlon of a resolution tn favor of amending the Code of 1873, Bec. 3,078, so that no higher tax ba collected than 6 per cent; andof a law making the incorporating of penalty and ate torneys’ fees for collection In promissory notes, usury; butthe Grange refused to adopt it. ‘The quorat of the Grange was cheoged from MR' to twenty. resolution asking an aporo| FLeuiulature of $2,500 to tho State Agricultural Soclety was tabled, ‘The Executive Committee was lostructed to redistrict the Btate three months prior to the next meeling of the Grange, and no county to Lo allowed more than two delegates. ‘The Cominlttee on Co-operation presentea & rlrllnl report, in which was expressed full con fidence in the urcess of the co-operative sye- tem; and asked further time tocolicet statlstics and facts thereon; which was granted, the Com- mittee to report to the publle press. The ofiicers were duly {nstalled, and the Grange adjourned alng die. » . ———— SPRINGFIELD ITEMS. Special Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribung. b 8eninarieLp, Il Dee. 20.—Gov. Cullom to- day vardoned out of the Penitentinry W, Sallly, who was convicted of robbery at the June, 1875, term of the Cook County Crimioal Court, aud sentenced to the Penltentiary for four years. The Btate’s Attorney and prosscuting wituess united in the petition for clemency. “The date for tolding the proposed Nattenal Guard Conventlon has been changed from the Bth to the 15th of Jaouary, Over 800 milftia officers have signified thelr tutentivn to be present. Reduced rates on rallioads have besn secuted for visitlug officers. e ———— COAL-TRAIN WRECKED, Porrstowx, Pa., Dece. 20.—A broken rafl on the PLiladelphia & Reading Raliroad caused the wreck of an cugine and forty coaldaden cars thls morning. ———— Moclanical Tiokering g cannot arrest tho decomposition of the teeth, Notbug will do thi bat thas pare disinfectant and reservative which, nnder the uame of Hoxodoat,: has bytome & siaple of the toflet b by wmll. pl e toaghset (he BUSINESS NOTICES. Use * Mrs, Winslow’s Soathin, children wbile teething. 1t cures diatrbers, wind colic, and regulates SIJAWWLS, Syrnp*” fow Speatary aad e bowels, Chas. Gossage We would suggest an inspeotion of our unusually fine stook of Shetland Shawls! Just out of the Cnstom House, which were manufactored expressly for ug in speoial designs and weights, snit~ able for Promenade or Evening Wear, “Specially Desiradble for Holi- day Gifts.”? Real India Shawls! Filled and Open Oentres, at prices Iargely conceded. Also the popular and Btylish Dacoa Shawls “At Very Moderato Prices 1” Imported and Domestic Wool Shawls in all the best grades gnd colora and the freshest and moat styl~ ish patterns, Priced low to close! Large Reductions throughout the Dep’t! Chas. Gossage & Co., State and Washington-sts, MINTGN TILES TILE FLOWER BOXES FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT REDUCED PRIOCES, O AS. L. PAGH, AGENT, Importer of MINTON HOLLINS & CO.'3 For FURNITURB HEARTHS, Tl LES SEARTRNA, FIRE-TLAOHS, VESTIBULES, Bio., Eto. Junekson & Denrborn-sts. O S e MEDICAL, 3 BOYER'S CARMELITE iy MELISSE CORDIAL. (Eau de Melisse des Carmes,) A SURE CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA, DISORDERS OF THB STOMACH AND ALL NERVOUS AFFEOTIONS, GETTHEULNUINE, BOLD DY ALL DRUGOISTS. General Deput st BOYEL'S, 59 Park-place, New York. VAN BCHAACK, STKVEN! 5 Wholcasis Duslers. Cll:ago. TR0 WS | Hiaving pickand wievicat Elogant SihUIN SR e, MAINE MINK misfsrisen sefis ity SETS | splendid Sets, SACRIFICE. !S5, $20, $25, $30, $35. Goods Sent C. 0. D. if Desired. R. T. MARTIN, POPULAR FUR HOUSE, -4 SMtntoest. STOVE POLISH. Ttanks Bretyfo the aits of (be blocks 13 ity frecdom frutm dusi, 1b tie oritilaney of ita Jet-blsck xioss. In ite durability'on the stuve, sad fo Ihe quickocas 8ad cass of appiieadlua, thercdy meslug it the cheapest, clegin: Fat, nost headsome stove-puidsh 1 1ha warkd, sav sy aud Labur 1u (14 ude, a0d aktug it EVERY WOMAN'S FRIEND. - Terh, aud ses 11 8 g nat oo, ) g cers. Trale supolied by - Forsmaby elergsts TULOHRANY Apens W 3 asd 2l Laka e, Yetta ation h(‘ tho *