Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1877, Page 2

i I'Hi! CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877, . 10 conform to the rulea of Parlinmentary Gov- emment. Ile had civen M. Defaure carte Blanche, with n aingle reservation as to the M aters of War, Maring, ad Forelen Aflai thia rceervation was nut a sine . M. Grevy pointed out to the Marshal that 1t would be mare worthy of him, aml more cons sistent with Pnru.lmm:tfry' :{nmnou:;yto defer, unreservedly to'the will of the countrs. A g tnat 1t was diffl- o Marshal comueldr¥ad piven, 1o break llhmv'-‘l with his friends and his family tradi- tions, M. Grevy reminded him of the deference pald by all constitutlonal sovereigus to the verdict of the country, He dwelt on the de- plorable condition to which the men of the 16th of May had reduced France, and on the merel- Jess war carried on by them against the most moderate Republicans; for, in apite of unheard- of pressure, Erance Bad emphatieally exvressed her opinfon, and the Marshal could “only honor himeelf by leing the first ¢ bow to it The Marshal warmly thanked M. Grevy for his efforts towards effeellng an arrangement, and enil he woula willlogly give wuarantees to the Chamber, but vould not renounce the right of dissolution. M. Grevy, 1t is added, told the Varshal he had becn wrongly represented as coveting to_be his succeasor, and assured him that, with a Du- hu:]c }Ilnlmy. no soclal interests would be Im- eriled, While the Repubtican papers exhibit great re- serye as to the new phase of affalrs, and dwell on the necessity of ndequate gusranices against another 16th of May. tiie reactionary journals {ndulge In lauientations or rage. Tho Francais, *he De Broglis organ, expresses rofound Dbut grict, and. while rcspecting the Marshal's ool Intentions, thinks his adyis bave mssamed o serious responsibllity, The Legitimist Unlon declares that the Marshal has preferred capituiation to realgoation, that e has Juld dawn his arts, and given his parole to behave as st honorable vrisoner, Lut that the Left_doubt bis word.-~tlie penitent’s ordeal. "The Bonapartist Ordre denounices the Orlennists, Lut (inds consolativn dn the reflection that the Budget will now be yored. M. de Onssagnue, in Lho Pays, deseribis the Mars! & prisoner, and as tundergoing a worse def un at Sedan, Where he at lenst fought to the last~ Hyp asks whether the clinrge neafust Bazalue was not o ‘berlpus than that to which tudi Marshal 18 open, atd whetlier Bismarck’s enbisary to Metz was less tutul than M..Dufaure’s inter- vyiew with the Marsha), for whuns, however, there s stil ihe inlnitesimal chance o his ~preferring resiguation to an ig- noble captlyity. The Clerleal organs aro scarcely less severe, The Defenss speuks of the Magshat humbly extending his hand ta adver- sarfes by no means eager to take it iL resuects his mistortune, nnd shares in the grief he fecls. ‘Lhe Lniversa wonders the Marshal lad no aod- visers to tell hin Le waa not a constltutional ruler like the King of Belginm, but a Maratial of France; and it protesta agaivat the cou- version of the personal Septennate into o com- wonplace ruler poverued by exotic Parllament- ary llcslons, 10 the Marshal follows his adver- saries’ perfidious counsel, lie not unly conllrms the Republican systent, but agrees to his own deposition, and lands Frauce over to thu Rad. feals. The Monde canuot belleve that the Mar- ial will agreo to a eapitulation, which would bo ‘esignation plws servitado and nifiue honor, and 20 into the {e‘mlluwu rings of an Iinplucablo and serfidlous encmy, who would talie away his 1onor as well as hla liverty. MEXICO. AN INGLORIOUS FIZZLE, AMaravonas, Dee. —A notorious parilsan of Cortina namerd Portgual, who some years Mince made nn attack ou the pulice headquar- ters, kiled tue Chlof of Police, wounded two vthere, escaped, and has recently been robblne bu the hivhiway ncar this city, rode into thy market-pl ast mglt and shouted for x-Lresident Lerilo, When tho * police ittempted to inter! they were fired on and wounded, After conslderable shooting, Rhich createld quite an exeliement, 18 it was leared that o portion of the troups had revolted, Portgua! was captured und lodged in jatl, it 1y suppoacd bis ubject wus to create a disturbance to try the loyalty of the garrison for Prestdent Dinz) amd, 1f the troops were not falthful, to take advaotage of thelr disaficction and organ- 1ze & revolution. As nothing to the advantnze of the lerdo party wus developed, order was Yoon restored. GREAT BRITAIN. WELSU AND PIERREFONT, Lonpox, De L. —Mr. Plerrepont presented hia Jetters of recall o the Gueen, ot Windeor Crstle, Batuniny, and Mr. Welsh presented his credentlals a3 Minister of the Umted ‘States. Yhey were both introduced by Earl Derby. et ARABLA. BTANLEY. Loxpon, Dee. 23,—Stauloy, the African ex- plorer, has urrived ut Aden, TUE EXECUTIVE EXCURSION Attendnncs at Church Yesterday~-Conclus- lon of Becratary Lvarts' $peoch at the Now Eugland Dinaer. NEW Youk, Dee, 24-~Tho Fresident and Mrs. Hayes this morning attended divine service at Bt. Paul’s Metbodist Eplscopal Church, and n the cvenlng at the Rov, Dr, Jobn Hall's Presby- terlan Church. ‘The President and party start for Washington to-morrow moraing. ‘The totlowing 18 the concluding portlon of Hecretary Evaris’ speech at the New England dinner last cvenlug: We have finlsticd u(ruflulu that has made per- maneut and genorwl do the Coustitution, in the laws, in the arrngements of -utlcl{. A complels utimisslon of the cquality of man, of the rafety of eitizenship. und of the doty of mutual Jove, N after a great civil war, greater thau uuy natiou haa wver endured separately, without dislutegratlon or 1njury o s lutesnty, there aro duttus LSt do nok uloiig to the cundition elthur preparatory to strife or wheu tho atrife was ln progresa, Weo bitve found ou&nh;& !»Iyuucu mean in this country, and you Temewmbor what Hosca Bigelow says on’ that sub- e’ treaky fho Orat werg peeptng, wud you will observo that tueir oillity wasof & Boinewnut demenatiative chanc Lut, I think, 11 iv Bisumrck who'jg credited with the mot that *4payonetls are nut 4 tastitutlon to sly down on, " oud su the Amcricun pevplo are a8 sverse as any Bwpls could bo tu Ihe use or admiusiration of ayvnets, aind 18 the last nation of the world Ihat would wish to eit downs on that lustitution. Ll;lllgnlnr and applsuso.| When, therefure, wo Yo come 10 a tiwe when, having vecured every mugme of wur, when, baviog vullsted luw anil he dnetitutions of socicty 1a- furtberance of New Rugland virtucs, thel judticc, aud dity, end right shuald prevall ibroughout this land, Jei us accupt #touco what wo shall bu recreant and faithless 12 wpur dnbenlance i wo do_uot accepl Wat New Kogland vplulus, New Euzlsud ideus, sud New Enland resulte are to make their way In ilts country by smoral sud intellectunl methods. gear soime tallFut reactionary tendeucles ana jo. Baences, but If we sre uot williug to be patlent, { do not tinok It {8 advisuvic Lo reeort o the dnal methuds of furce. Whenever thuse methods are Boteanary, Now Logland will rexunio her arms aud 10t resust 1u noimusiiivs 3ud Jealousies fu order 40 reach the cuarsct methud of Bustliilice, New E: gland vractices Ler falth, if thess wcthods are Nluw, und by & gradust dilusion of morsl govern- went, We can never bo charged with having dune anything that does not houor our New Ene Now, gland ancestors, There aro tuns - wow Lefore thy puhllc, unseifsb, ennctifig, and patriones Tho pubile pea a the irst one, wod that s tobo hnu-.'dl‘u Lo peuerul way lu which § bave jnai- “Lhan cro (5 the public faithy~[the ce at thle polnt rees and cheered beartily for the President]—withogt which we caungt bave au honorsbly natloual lfe. "And, tast of all, theru (s the pubilc service, which, une less It by pure, strong, and nable, will degrade the poane of our freedos'to tho Jowsst dogyerel In vu tar. lu regard to the public falth we hava r:ued the alage of sntagonwim, With tegurd to 0 Bation's debld, and i What 18 gulng 0 witlin aur Vorders Were ure dificultivs aud dangers o bo acrcome, but there v no bosthlities, Lvery. itiug from East to Weat, from Nueth to South, 1a WU peace. What we nced fa fo touk after our wealth, 10 lucreaso our gold and sliver, proserve par industry wnd theift, aid make the most of our brotherbs I8 was a very wise waxnm of Mr. Welmtur, whien, Ju tho biltcruces of (4 sirifs that ing aculnst biw o tue lutter davs of bis ‘wude Wie ready answer: > They aro 4 bad vicn, but bad ressouers.” Cpou tho sub- fect of the'pullic sunlce, 1t 18 pecter that sll should Bave uno goou exutdplo than meny priuci- ples. e mast put siep bickward, This wast bo Lo wolto of our wagistraice, ststesme, teachery, sditors, and peoble. We Wbt o v ' We waust andersiand that there are many dificulitics be encountered in the methods by blch We wuy feach our way out, and i bolleve thut those diticultics will bu wet. Ju the words of Mr. Burke, where by speaks of the life iy Governweut ** By whatever path the freat placeu ury 10 bu reached, even If that puth o Vimy with calumny and jealuusy, the vae which tonus upwarde will Ue ths o which is tsken." 1t s fur you ae & people 10 muke your public life bright and clear, and over tending upwards. An An cxample of your pablic service | uced vuly stass with your honored Preesdeut. o bas never pur- ‘:ed a0y devivue patbe, sd be docs pot praposs o eacoirasy thelr pursult by others. {Prulonved cers. Alr. und Mra. John W. Elils, formerly of Ciu- finuu, luat eveulnr guve s tivn to Mra. 3yes 6t thelr resldcuce on West Fiity-s:ventd Jureet. Although it was quits sn luprompiu Miuir, there were a lurge number of dla- ugulshed people present, and the eutertulu- ent was of the moet agreeable cbaracter. The Proaident wus cXpectcd 80 wrrive al sowe thue durig the eveniug, but thu lutcness of the bour Mt whico tho dwver of the Now Eoglsud Soclety was over ruadcrsd his prosaucs buposiible - i Wi Commisslon, the timo of cpartre of the cot- ton from Alleyton and the distanceof that point from the Rio Grande, arc «tated with 1r- reconcilable differences by diffetsut witnesses far the claimant; that the point of alleged crossing Is_misdescribed geographieally t the extent of 800 miles, and located whero there are neither roads or ferries; that no body of troops is_kpecified ns the captaring fon; and that, as there was no pretense that the cotton Fuslcll the Mexlean Cnstom-Houses, It would, [ 1t ind crossed the bordet as alleged, have been liable to selzure as smuggled, Upon the evidence now st hand, it 1s claimed that Weil. In his cotton-traneactions. waa acting oniy as the arent of tho Hebel State of Lowist- ans, which State, or tha United States as its successor, should have been tha claimant; that sach amafl lots of cotton as e dkl have were used 1 the purchaso of supplles and munitions of war in atd of the Rebellion, and that tho United States, for this reason, should not have supported the ciaim: and, lastiy, that the evi- dence of his partners and the clalmant's own statementeg, his books, pnpers, and business-vor- respondence, covertng the period of the alleged capture, which are produced, show conclusively that he never had any auch smount of cotton, and never lost any that he did have by scizure in Mexteo, Tho other clatm recails the celcbrated Gara- ner vase of 1830, it belng for the cost, with in- terest, of mines, works, and ores In Durango, from whick the Cummn; claims to have been driven by the Mexican nuthorities Io March, 1863, ‘Upon the casens it stood belore the Commission, slnglo country; hut it hna been ro often, thomsh m.';'m...»yflmm.n-a a3 tho criterlon, that the condition of afialms shawn by the reporta of the Eecretary of the Treasnry tv well worthy of notico. Sincotha termination of the treaty, the propartion of the forelen commerce of Canada which was trnnancte.l with this conntry has been rednced from b2 to il per cont, Thus we are drivlng her trado ssyny froi o, v’l‘ o teat of our trade with'any conntry ts mainl whether It is condneted on Jnet and eqiat princf. ples, not what the rrapectivo amonats of our pur. chases may bo. The rame rale e hétsesn In- dividnala fa the trae teat. and that fa whether tie purchaser suppliea hia wants and tho sclicr makes & falr profit, not whetner the Iaborer or other con- ramer buya nore flour from the miller, or more #ugar from the grocer, than thots who sell these articles buy from him, BUGORSTIONS POR A LIMITAD CUATOMB-UNION. Should it be fonnd {mpracticsble’ to form A come plote customa.nnion between ke Unlted States and tne Dominton, it may not be difiicalt to effect an agreement partaking of that character, by es- tablinliing n common tar{fl on mnny articles, a8 to the taxation nf which nrrangements matualiy sat- isfactory can b made,® Sagacions and careful ige Yeattgators and nevotiators conld surely, by con. forring togother, fx upon & Iarge and Important list of cammodities tn which the teade of tie two countrica might thug becomo commun and fres be- tiven them, with advantage to both. Experience would rapidly enlargo tho list. ~Even iu suen & sten, and anide from the induateial and commercial venefitn which would be galned by the people, the savings and protits which would accrus fo the reve nue aro worthy of serious thonght, Oualiarticies -soch A nilke, laces, brandies, wines, Jewolry, ete.. the lmportation of which 18 taze onlr for revenuae, and in regard fo which no irreconcilable aho encountered: & gale. On the 3tst, when about 100 miles from the pasdee, she haa her balwark stove in, and lost two boats and her fore and main masts. Bne fell in with the ship Oliver 8. 8outhard, which towed the War Bpirit tfi}ho passcs. Bhe fs now belng towed to this clty. WASHINGTON, Possibility that We May Yet Become Great Tea- Growers. ofnted to his position tn the Fxeise Board by Mavor Wickbam, and, with Preslitent Norton, forined a Democratic majority {n the Board. may avajl themselvesof its facliities. The mata featare of the Inatitute wil} be a speclalty-pre- pared course of lecturen on_agricultural avienen and prectice, by members of the Faculty, and several of the Teading axrlculturists of the State, Thore {n attendance will also have access to the H'l(wnnnn. cabinet, and mnusenms of the Uniyer sity, . ’{'hcre wili be no fees or charges of any kind, Tho leading hotela of Champaian and Urbana wiil give reduced rates, and boarding mny be abtalned n familics at reasonabio rates. ‘The tollowing raltway companics have proy ised reduced fare: The Iilinois Central will re- turn over {ts lines Ia Iilinols ot one-fifth fara, The Wabash will =ell round-trip tickets to ‘Tolono and return from fts stations in Ninols, at ong and one-fifth fare, The Indlauapolis, Hioomington & Westorn will sl _round-trip tickets to Champalgn or Urbana for five centa a mile, to thosa presenting certificates to agont at statlons. These certificates may be obtained by eending nddreas to Prol. Morrow, st Obam. palgm. Thess armangements hold good from au. 14 to Jan, 10, Inclusive. rRooRANNE, AMonday Erening—Public recevtion, Address by J. M, Gregory, Regent of the University, on **Tue Needs of Agrlealtneal Rdneaston, " i Tuesday—+Folls and Their Manazement,™ @, E. Morrow, Professor of Agriculture: **Planta ‘and Their Hrowth," 1. J. Durdll, Professor of Tlotany and Horticnltares **Qenecal Farm-3an. agement,” Traf, Y. F. Biise; ‘*Grain_and Grane Caltore,* 1. B, Gillbam, 'Prosident Stats Board of Agricultur FErening—*' Formation of 86ils,” D, C. Tal FORGRRS, New Yonr, Dec, 23, —Efforta to bring to jus- tico n gang of forgers who last spring endcav- ored to negotiate $200,000 in forged bonda of Quincy County, 1L, and 8t. Louts County, Mo., culminated tast night in the nrrest of Joel N, llayes, & broker, of Naw strtet; Ferdinand Hertog, & broker, of No. 14 Broad strect; and Willlam Mule, of No. 158 Broadway, who were locked up. The detects ives hold warrants for tna arrest of fonr other Wall straet operators, but their names, sithough kaown, eannot b published until'the arrests are made. The polles nnd detectives were very reticent, but {t was ascertained that the arreste were mada on tha confesslon of J. IL Hpsted pnd Willimn_ Cavrors. 3t is nnder- stood that Huated and Carrere will be uscd na Btate’s evidencn, and that the casé, when folly divulged, will present sumiesonsational fea‘ures. ‘The arresta of Carrero and Husted - were made in August last, and they were chargred with negotiating $10.000 in forged bunds of 8t. Louls County, Missourl A MINISTER BURNT ALIVE. Mobite Reginter. Fannle Burnctt and ber daugnter, Kansas Burnett, were murdered pear Choctaw Bluff, AILROADS. CALIFORNIA RAILROADS. The report of the California Rallroad Com- rhissioners, which has just been made public, contalna mich- valuable Information. The principnl features ol the repors are condensed fu the following: Length of broad-gnnge roada in the State, 2,410« 76 ilea; vatrow-gauge, 105,03 milcs, Notal, 2,014,81. Lees millca of the Central Facific Rail- rr.ad without the State, 308,37, leaving total miles Withln the State, 2,010.44; stcamer lines con- heeted with ronds, 76.44 miles; length of line jn bteel rafls, GUT milen, auge roads, pald In stoek sn The Department of Agriculture Qiving Great Attention to This Subject. . Indientlons of a Vigorous Effort to Restore the Odlous Income Tax. Facts Concerning Some of the Mexican Claims under Conslderation, 4 292, 001 MR $$29, 406,890.00 B:741,004.83 An Interesting Collection of Items Oon- neoted with National Affairs, Average coit per mile, broad-gan, e differcntes of palitico-economical theary arise, It | Averas cost per mile, narruw-xauge. AMERICAN TEA. % County, Als., on Nov, 20, by & negro | TTofessor of.Geolozy; *Mechsnios for Farmors ! Mozl ought not to be dilicult to agreo npon the basis of | Total earnlngs and oporsting expes Clar] ) ) ) TaomorgE (o S Machanias for Darnung MAY WE ROT CULTIVATE IT OURSELYES] {,‘j"&,fi";‘,""‘,‘?flh‘ e e e rockolIers | & common tarlfl. or fo fx the terms of a divisfon | mencemont o sporations {0 dudo named Mark Woodard, who cut tho throat of | {Yofemor of Mocheaherl Homms neon, Sperial DipateAto The Chicagn Tvibune. Company had purchased worthicss -mines, long | 8f tho tevenncdcoliected from them o common. | terest included: Mrs. Buruett and bralned Miss Burnett with a ering. Tednesday—'* Principles " of Dreeding,' Prof,- Motraw; V4The Horse," Sandars, I this were done, the most estensive amuggling o S editor Natlonat Jire-StockiJournal; *' Voterinnry from which the revenue of the United States saf- Wasiineron, D. C., Dee. 23.—A pamphlcd treating of tho culture of the tea-plant in Amer- sine abandoned by Mexicans, at a smalt but {:mlfl'klflfl earnfnf still extravacant price: that heyond this there G ad- RRULE OXPenA lightwood knot. He nlso kitled Willlam 129,071,038.81 ’ R ER fers wonld be stopped, and otir own Public Treas- ——e Baruett, nged 10 years. Until the bodics of | gejence,™ Dy, ¥. W. Prentice, Veterinary Iny 1s no evideuce except the siinple allidasit of the ‘would bo the gainer by many miliions. Broad-gaugs net earningy, -8 25,081,337.47 | 'the womon were found, on Dec. 8, it was pen- | i " DI, Mr:lx;'n:fuu’;g:flfi:da:;r:?; lofifl%’:’:’ro(fi: Tresident of the Company of any deflnite ax- | ™ "' Ans THE 14nTANS DEING OUT] ‘Narrow-aiigs expotises. AT crally supposed that Mrs, Durnett_and lior chil- |ihreses ** Ualvéraity; **Tho Hog," Dr. Eera ‘Bletron, Lrening—** Rolations of Water and Carbon DI« oxide to Plant and Antmal Life ™ (llinstrated with experiments), 1, A, Weber, Professor of Chom- 1, 18%,A11,24 Sl KTk $ 132,084 penditnre, no books or reports being produced, and the President’saflidavit not giving the itcms of expense, recelpts for the saue, or proof of Gen. Eaton, Commissloner of Education, has submitted to the Commissioner of Indian Al- fairs n rnpt‘r cutitled * Preliminary Ubserva- Narrow-gaugo earnings, Narrow-gauge nes loss. dren had ‘gono to Misaissippf. While the In- quest was being hold on ths bodics of the two ‘women the negro offered to take the constable the Commisstoner, and will soon be publishied ns 2 supplementary report of the Department. ony payinents on stock; that the investment, | tions Relating to Indisn Civilization and Edu- | Reported profts or nat earnings of Cen- to where the y of the boy was. Theboy'a | istiy. i Guotiug from Treasury tatisties, which shoW | Sudh as {1 was, was e at. tho Wight of (he | catlon. Oné porion of s pador. s devotel | olah LAcioe fairont: ® 20,102,118.29 | ‘thioat had becn cut. {ront ear to ear. Tho dul | 5, Thirsday—ssThe Sheept A. M. sriand, 1at the anuual Importations of tea Tar with the Frenh, but, that, notwithatanding | to- auswering tho- question; Aro. the Indians | 038l oiber brosd-gsu o oo | 2ous seizea the munderor and burned Wim | SIERSH T Datryiag Trof Mortow; country from China and Japan amount to abolit [ tite thera Is o definito evidence of the Inter- | dying out! The most experlenced observers of RALo lovs faes 743,307.17 | mlive. ttar : a i 44 Thuttor-Maklng. K. L. Lawreace, Hiead Fargiot at University, A i Ltening—"*Thé Present Ontlook for American + Agriculture and Othor. Industrics, with Causes of tho Indurteial and Commercial Deprossion Now *Afllicting Enrape and America, Dr. regory, Hriduy—*'Frults of the Farm," Drof. Burelll; ¢ **Tho Apple," A, G, Humphrey, Prosident Slato THortienitnral Soclety: ** Advantages ond -Disad- vantages of American FarmeLifo," Dr. Gregory; ** islorical Bkoteh of 1lilnols Agriculture, " Raiph Allen. TN LECTURERS ore, most of them,. gentlemen who are well posted on the subjects which they bave agreed to Yrucm. to tho public; aul the discussions which aro to follow each address will, no doubt, be vory uscful, and tend to elicit a great deal of valuabie information, Wo bope thut the lect- urers will do jsomething bestdes deal in gen- eralities, and, Instead, give the publle facts, which, by the aid of superior Jearnlug aud faclls ities for, obmmnr information, they are oqual todo, II there is anything ‘which ‘disgusts an nsccmhl:{(u of practical farmers, it {8 listen .to n windy dissortation which conveys no infor- matlon nor supolics & basis upon which to hang a single new Idea. 220,000,000 {n coln, the Uommissioner expresses the belief that the payment to forefgn countrics of this large sum can be saved, and that the United Btates cau at least compete with those countries for our local constunption, evenif we cannot rival them fn supplylng the forelznmar- kots. The pamphlet gives A DETAILED RISTORTY of the cultivation of the tea-plant in the East, and then contlnues: “The latitudes In which tea is successfully cultivated In Chine, Assam, and Japan correspond with those of the States of Delaware, .\lurflnm] Virginia, West Vir- ginla, North Carolina, South Caroline, Loulsi- ana, Alabama, Tennessce, Kentucky, Arknne: Missouri, and a portion of tho Paciffc Coast, an the conditions of temperature, soll, etc., are #lso about the same. Successful experiments in tea-culture, already mate in several of the Btates mentioncd, amply juslify the opinion that it can e made an Industry In this country of {mmcdiate ndvantage and profit. A little caleulntion will show TIIR PROFITS which may ba derived from an arca of land con- Woodard was an ordained minlster of forcuce with the Cormpany by the troops, which 2 fa mueged to have occurred fn 1808 and 18673 that the Compuany's azeats were Inctliclent, and thelr methods too exnensive to miake even good ones pay the cost of reduction; that this was the renson of the abnndonment of the nines whon thelr funds were oxhausted, and nof an nlicged, tho hostility of the ‘troops an local authoritics; and that the mines, ores, und works exist today as they did at that time, untouched by fhe Mexican suthorities. 1t was further clalmed that it was absurd to say that threats of two subordinate civil officers, commanding the Company to pay its workmen, tho last of which is alleged to have been uttered In July, 1867, In which very month the chief of thescoflicers, the Profect or local Mayor, was disin! from ofllcs by the Mexican’ Government, and nmow oOppears Rs a witness for the Company, should have caused the- abandonment of tho mines the following spring, alter the rastoration of peace, when i s also alleged, in the same breath, that the Camm )y keot on working the intervening nine ‘months, and mincd over 1,000 tons ot ore, from twenty of which the Buperintendent swears that early in 1863 he extracted $17,000; that it tho Indian Burcau lase been consuited upon this subject. The resnlta dro, In outline, these: In consldering the statement of Tndisn pépulas tlon at dillerent perluds from 170080 1870, agveral things shouid bo remembored and heeded: . 1. 1t s entlrely impracticable to present any lmuwunh( statement of the number of Indians fn the whole territory comprisvd within the pros- ent limita of tno Uniied Btates in 1700, or at any subsequent perfod. Afl cnamerationa and. esti- mates prior to 1850 wera hased on fragmentacy and otharwisc insofMiclent data. Onr oflicial intorcourse ‘with the Indian tribes at the boginnlng of thiscen. tary did uot extend much beyond the Ohlo Livee and tne Misulssippl, from Its conflnence with tho Ohlo to the tiuif of Mexico; and our information reapecting the number of Ind‘an tribea beyond, and their numerical strenyih, extreinoly mea- gre and indefinite. The number of Indian tribes 10 oficial relations with (e Unitod States steadily {ucrcased from 1778, the dato of our first Indian |renl{. 1o within & few years, 2, Buch estimates and enamerationsas have been In thede eatimates the Commission Included the stock debtn, cost of d roads, 8lC., eXpenscs an earninaw of the Central Pacific Railroad within and without the Stato, a expenditures for the year ending Earnlugs, broad-ga Kibenses, broad. Net earoings.s. Farnings, narrow-gango, Expenscd, narrow-gauge. Loss In the year, FRTCRAL fits on hroad-gauges, ex. A e oo, &% 9114, 409,000.28 Ezxpenditares for construction and equipments during the yea: & tho, Gospel. rwiiforted e fwith narrow-iaiigs’ g }Ia INDIANAT'OLIS. Snéetal Depatch to The Chicapd Tridune. InDiANATOLIS, Tud.; Dec. 28.~Arthur \valls, ckster, hos beon arrestgd for the munder of John eenan, whose death was tho subject of o Coroner’s Inquest for several davs recently, ending with & verdict . that unknown parties wero responsible, An effort will be made to re- cetn the inquest, but it Is not believed that Walls is the gullty one. Four years ngo Louls Veateh killed brother- in-law Melville Murray, was tried, convictod of mansiaughter, and sentenced to_twents-ono years. The SBuprome Court granted himn a new trlal, which ended last night with the same ver- dict, und & sentouce of fourteen years. i DRUNKEN ABSAULT, Bpecial Dianateh to Tha Chicaan Tridune, Dusuqus, Ia., Dec. 23.—A shooting affray oc- curred at Peasha, Wis., last night, which came very near proving fatal to onool the partles. '24,248,000.87 20,018,057 10 22,432.816.83 1,407, 36301 23.090,179.24 presented do nulcnlncldfll(cxu‘pl in two Instances, 1820 and 1870) In dato wlth the yeats in which the regular census of the United Staty ag taken ; nor -do they appear at regular {ntervals, £ 3. 1t ia aimoat Invarjably true that estimates of the numbers of an Indian tribe exceed the real numbera; aud, fromthe nature of the case, all of- Tiroad-gauge, {ron, 5157 Droad-gauke, atee . Twoyoung men named Phil Des Jarden and KNOWA ALL ADQUT IT. - 9, -pli three d. 18 not shown that tho Company ever complained | gein) powerstions, until within n very recont 2 2 A correspoudout of the Jiural New-Yorker e e il b T otis, 10 | to tho higher. pulitical autkorities, althouglt It | Do Hava necessariy ncimilan many estiiatos, | Fome ol srens s Joar : 5345318 | Charlos Ott stopped to pass a fow words with | ripoy )iy Ideas of swina-reeding, and the causo alleges they hiad {ssued proclamations fuviting Amerieans to the country; that it 1s not oven alleged that {t complalned to_ the courts, al: and are, for that reason, Inaceurate, 4. The United Statea census returns bofore 1850 did not inclade fudians. fourth year 81 pounds, the Gfth year 500 pounds, and the sixth year 760 pounds per acre. When the leaves ure nbundant, one person can gather On the Central Pacifc Tiailroad the profits por traln mile lmve bean 84 cents, and on tha Southern Pacific Rajlroad 6 conta, o Indy in front of her house, when Cooper of diseasn, in'a lato issuc of Kuutz stepped up and insulted the parties, to at paper, a8 folloyas- B s nt hich Ot roplied, and Kuntz thercupon drew & | The gencral principles, or, moro properly, the | ¢ rago e thouch it hod Influenca envugh early in 1863, A recapitulation of the estlmates made at ‘Avorago cont in 1876 of running s tratn a mile In | ™ - ;l{x:chgyg:u:\z:kvlc&:;lm‘t::;::_::dn{:n wol:;i‘vl: according to lts own "“"""F to 'f"}"" a civil | Qovernmont. diraction for - diTorant p:‘r?o(‘l‘a ‘c‘fi"““".}&“’)‘d i"“.“"‘““ tughest bolng $2.07, the fi{:‘::;fl'g y;:g“:'«:v:;:: '%";'_fi;':&:‘",‘}iflo:fi i T o) i‘i‘fc‘t‘x’«!:nlrflu%:fi by, thd - pounds. The leavesars gutheredl ot theeo dif. | BUlk galust the other hostilo oficlal, who - | shows tha folluwlag singulor resultst 01 tho Gentral Pacifc Ralirosd tho avarage was 4 sequently, by amleable arrangement with the Company, occupted’6ne of its haciendas; that the Superintendent loft a man in his place when he went nwl{. as ho sald, to consult with the 1 that he took no Inventory ot prop- erty abiindoned, mado no report of abandon- ment to the Company, and no protest beforo the United States Consuli. and, finully, that no clalm was ever heord or thought of untll two years afterwards, when a lctter was written on o page of note-paner to the Secrctary ot State, making a claim of ucarly $2.000,000, which was subsequently ralsed to E!{‘OOO.@, and again to nearly $4,000,000, . The Mexican Government authorities mnow ch:u}zu that the claim 1s largely, If not enlirelv, the fabrication of a person whom they aro pleas- wl to characterize **a notorfous adveuturcr,” who had no connection with the Company, but [:ruvnnud upon {t tw serul him to Mexico, and here, by Improper means, sccured tho testls mony on which it {s based, and, roturning to “his country, now represents himself oa its priu- clpal owner. ODDS AND ENDS. COMMBIICIAL RELATIONS WITIl CANADA. From Oue Own Correspondent. WasiixgTos, D, 0., Doc, 20.—At the open- ou, o moveiuent ,will \be cated. Jorlty %l ‘reeders, bias had & two-fold tondency for vil. wa broed t00 early: & sow af 2 years, not under, {s surc to have strong, healthy” pigs, and tho mother Is ablo to nure them up to six weeks, soas to give them s atart not easily loat, evon by after-neglect. Then, when a sow proves 10 ho & good mother in eyary particalar, sho should Yo kept buay, two broods o year for ten years. The "mr:| just tho first two yoars ls amply regained aftors wa P Next, we w hogs of & weakly charadter, avery part o hotr syatema o deiloato” that ala 1a iavited and perpotuated. This conditior brought about by feeding corn cnmuml{ ~the moat dabilitating, (‘"r-lnvlllnf. stuntiog kind of | f00d ever invented for any growing anlmal. Itoots until maturity, a godd range, and corn only in veory severe weather, and while fattening. 1log-cholera fw tlie product of w ock moltl- plied” by heating food; or, In a mathematical phrase, multiply & drova of hogs Ly as many cons siant beliyfula 0f corn, and you have the consiant product, —hog-cholers, g Let the hoge chioose betweon roots and corn, and o will Rrow nind-tenths 1001 10 one-tenths corn, he park crop will weigh 50 per Cont mure in tha fali, bo ontirely clearof disesse, aud, if fattenod quickly, will pay. 5 Lsioks Therels 8 g deal of sound sonse in tho above, capeclally that part rezarding breeding. BFIBADING MANURE. Probably every Farmers' Club in the Btate has discussed, ** When ls the proper tima to spread manuro?” but there ts a great diversit ferent periods, raoging from March to Soptem- ber, and, on an acre yiclding 500 pounds, the firat plekiug would be about 120 pounds, and could be gathered by four persons in - two days. The smne number could pick the other two crops In three days.” MANY EXTHACTS from lctters written by farmersfin the localities uatmed abovo are wiven with the report, and, the Commissfoner-thinks, justity the opinlon that the pructicubility of cultlvating the tea. plant successfully in this country Is no longer a matter of doubt,” On the subject of prepariog the tea-leaves for use the report says: a Duwiness, and in competition with' the eheap lator of the Cainese, it would be an experiment In tlils country, espectally as regards tho coarser urt&vle. Astiie finer teas rarely leave Chins, an 8f—Eatimate of Socretary of War,.. 70,000 a2, H-Dl~Estimate of Gilbert Imlay., 60,000 a l!‘.’a—lt(l!parl of Morse on Indlan sf- 8lr8 oo os 4. 1825—Heport of Sccretary B. 1829, Report of Seeretary of War, 0, 18:34—Report of Secratary of War, 7. 18U0~—Neport of Superintondent disu Affairs.... e ee 2 8, 1837—lieport of Superintendent In. disu Affals e D, 1850—Report of H. I, Bchoolcraft. ... 088, 220 10, 1u50—Kopart of Uaited s £2.20, and ou the Sonthern Paclfc Railroad 5,42, bat a largo part of the latter road was constructed {u tho year, and the operating expenses woro com- pamtively great. Thie casaalties on raflroads horo are largely In ox- cess of those at tho East, oming In part to the lack of Atringent lawa with rogard to highway-crossings 1n $hia Huate. > In ulnclunlon, the Commissloners make the followiny recommendations: The keeping by rallroad companies of financial and statistical accodnts upon & uniform system., Authorization of the Comlesivn to take legal proceedings 1o ascertaln Judiclally the true amount af capital of fonds, Declaration of tho life limit of companies here- after formed by consolidation. No further consolidation of companies withont copsont of the Commlssloners and on conditions to be prescribed. 'he clasaltcation of Jood.l. and rates of freight and fara on all railroads, lawfally in force Dec. i'!. 1477, be conflnued in force until modifed by aw. Hallroad companies to be forbiaden to ralse the classification of any merchandise, ,or the price of transportation, o oa to increass . fosont rates. That no_reduction in tho clasaification of any goods, ot the price of transpottation of goods or ‘passengers, nor any concession or improvement In. tho number or apced of trains, or chai servico, made by any rallroad company, sl THE FARM AND GARDEN. Road-Making=Spolled Corn—To Kill Rats— Bran of Corn-Cobs=Ono-Third Sawdast Somethlng New—Illinols Agricultaral In- stituto~Tho Leoturers—Knows All About It=Sproaglug Manure~She Month of Do- cember, . From Our Oun Correspondent. CrnaMPraIoN, 111, Dec, 22,—Tha country press 1s now treating Its readers with disscrtations on road-making; all bocause tho long-continued rains have made tho roada and streets of thosa cities and town which are located on our black loam alnost fmpassable, Advico s al- wagscheap, ndeed, when an editor advises farmers to gravel the roads; when there fsu’t & gravel-bank withintwenty miles, It coght not to cost much, Grave editorials also fro- quently appear, advising City Councils to Mae- adamizo tho atrects, when stone to do it with must bo brought 100 miles by rafl, and at an enormous cxpeosc. The only advice that farmers need about makiog roads is to. dig 11, 1855—Ktepost of n 8 12, 1867~Report ot i, K. School 1. 1860—Report of Indinn Ufica, 14, 1803—Roport of Indian Oflica. %040 74 15, 1870—Report of United States census.d1, 712 8i0—Keport of Indiun Ofco. BINGTL ftoport of Iudian Otmca, 18, 1870—Report of Indian Ofiico. The Commissloner suys: . ‘White our ofticial Indlan statlstica have been Im- proving from yesr to yesr, especially since 1801, they are stil] vory luperfect in man{ respecta: in nonie more 4o than I that rolating to Actual Tn- crease by bizths aud decrease by deaths. In 1874 the first attempt was mada to prescnt such statlstics in the published roports of tho In- dian Ofiice, Bimilar statistics were included in tho reports of that oftice foe 187, add 1870, The subject may bo ghemiesed hure with the re- 3,008 THE PINEST NEVER, 2u1, 852 thery would be mu competition in theso pgrades If the manfpulation of the leaves wers - care un{ nad successfully ute tended to, while the possibility that mod. crn methods ond appilauces might be sobatita- ted for the tedious handwork of the Clilneso scems to prowulse sniticiently well to muke the experimont a wise one, Tho concluslon I reacl in that, whether or not the cultivation and cur- Ing of tes can ever becomws an udustr s itk ravoked without the consent of the Comniission- 2 in tho practice of different farmers, Tho fol- o o g ey 876 thoWssa [ 1 ludo to catablish more porfoct counmerclal re: | Sord. in;Hot 15 0¥0F Of tha' TLscky 1Y & e[ erme o rorrons 8 ""f""cl" ‘Wfi’“ b‘:’“ rdssyior T 1°fl Jowing from the NewAngland Jlomatead ap- tivate the tea-ganlen, auid can ehjoy its Friita | 1ations with Canada, and to ascertaln on’ shat’ | creass' of the Indian bopulstion from Bataral | _ That second-elass accommodations for auickly. o benefits arlsing from dolng ‘pears to contaly good, sound doetrine: 1f mapure ls aproad on meadows now, the hrecz. ing and thawing during winter will tend to pulver- cau as they do thoso ol the orchurd or the berry- " pateh, and have TUE AGUERABLE SENSATION Lasis & Reciprocity treaty ean be newotlated. gors Lo providad on all roads, snil 1t 8 cost 1n connection with tuls subject, the minority coeding 60 por cent of frat-clase far ‘That rajlroad comrn nica be regaired to separate, this arc eo apparent that one would 'think” 1t useless to waste words {n advoeating it; but POLTOAMT IN UTAIL Benator Chrlstlancy bas started upon a ¢l e fzo | d th 1 111 wash the fercliizl; of drinking o hoveraizo never bofors known in | Feport of the Committeo of the last Congress, | erugnde ngoiust polyzamy In Utab, Iio pro- 1’r‘lnnnlll;o::&:;n ord that ‘e Formor :’:‘:‘-fi.p:‘:f "{g",‘" ::llll ‘T,‘”‘“,"""“’ m“::l 'mlm" eoond | ot ialPoto the. eull 1t wil a %flu::lldly ] this countes. from & grado of ten worth in | Whlch was treated with so much contempt, will | posca to rezulate it, or to asnist 1o its abolish- | sengor tranaport, and on 1ike classes of foode Vo 8100 in cartlng dict Into o siotigh, where water ste planianeed the maoure. Dul, it the China nd Jabay fron #3to 814 per pound.” [ not b without Intoreat, Tho minority—con- | mentvya novel kind of regulution, ‘o billy | mads uniform, wiibout roferenca to” the ngth of ;"“J'fi;};“ Lo "o':fl' ‘;‘::‘t“;e‘:::':‘:“‘,’;:‘:_‘:‘f‘ g, A e ot i Y -] hch he pro| % 10 accom| e T i1 n's o Bl ettty oF ‘i one iy g | tatug of EUjal Ward, Bdward 0. Kt and | WA lootuns ‘mod i Secive | o TU8 i A caten whero rfivonda reach nawizable | and mlghe aloo bo beachicd. Waen a commu | Loarizolyial 5o iile, Iate tn spring befors tre Cominissioner ot Agricuiture, Dr. Junius | 1160y L. Pleree, Muy 1 | franchise in the Territory of .Utah™ Tl | [Y8Lers at more thag ona paint transportation shall Slthar abth aidered that the following tovles woro especial- 1y wortliy of notics: IMPORTANCE OF OUIt TRADR WITH CANADA. Nezt to the mugnitude of our own natuml and unyarsileled resources, the frue axchanga of the B’mdu:u of industry, with untraumoled tranelt tween the States, contributes more than lll( other alngle cause to our prosperity, . Without ft our murketsa would be petty, and our resources Would 10 hia day have fematnud compamiively undeveloped. The extenston of the sawo come Ve (nrnished to or from any of such points, at the condition to chalce of tho shipper, st tio rame rate per mile, That on exceptionally bulky aticlos the presont mazimum be abolished, and the companiea laft freo to contract for tranaporiation at:rates agreed on. ‘I'hat conductors of railroad tralns on duty have the powers of & Doputy Bhoriff of the county, the company alone Lo bo responsible for any abuso of power by them, Forbidding shioping freight under falae desig- natlons, and imposlog adequate ponaltics for vio- nity feels this way, the roads donot usually do- rive much benefit from being worked. Wae mention this subject of road-work now beeause, in many parts of the country, thers will be tmes during tho winter when ditches may bo dug snd water dralned off, while thero is noth- {ng better to do % < 8POILED CORN, It is anundisputed fact.that there isa groat deal of spollec corn fu the country, At cannot o best limo or to tha it Is much harder wark tos ’ua Aps after they have latn during the winter that 1t 1s to do It ns sqon na they Ara pat out, Oa the whole, wo think 1% & groat object Lo spread manure on grass-land in tho fall, TIN MONTH OF DECEMBER has been a very pecullar one, so far: It reminds us of March, without Its dump winds. Farmers have been busy plowlug and ditching, and it is safc to say that at leass one-fourth the stubble- Smith mado very carcful and extendwl experi- meuts with it-at Greenville, 8. C., abont thirt yeara ago, and reports his success in the Patenf- Otflve reports from 1348 (o 1850, ‘The same ex- perliuent {8 now beiug repeated in Callfornia by u colony of Jupanes ” fuaturg of the bIL is, that it proviges that no person who Is o bleawulst or pulygamist, . i ho entered into that relatfon sinca &‘u passage of the act of Congress of 1803 forbldding the practlcs of polygamy in Utab, and has not ceased 80 to o, shall be allowed to yote; and that the luw conferring sullrazo upon women {n Utali be repealed. In another bill, Sonator Chrlstlancy proposes to provide that polygamy whall be & ground for NOTES AND NEWS, EVARTS AND CONKLING, Apecial Dispateh to Tha Clicagn Tribune, : tloped. THE extanaton ol hooarst | chaflenge of Jurors, The bill, after declaring | Tasion: bo sold, and sometimes hogs cainot bo pro- | land snd corn-flelds have been tuencd over, Wo Wasunatox, D. C., Dec. 2i—Au cflort to | MErclel, fherty, betwacs, suf Soostond thoes of | 41,00 ‘pulvgamy siiail be sublicient round fof | “A'asi the cliargo for carcylug eithor frelght or | cUred td consuina It. Those who bavo a sur. | shall doubtiess reap tha benedt of this by get- effect & recouclifation bytween the Evarts and free {ntercour: oach between the peovle of | challeugc, contalus tho followtng proviso nassengery by ral rtion of & d! plus of the ting {o our vas, aver any tance spolled article may Rener- flax, and corn s grest deal Conkling factions will be vigorously made dur- | vur | States I8 to them, Tho Canadianssru | Jrovided, That they cobabit together as husband | Shall not sxceod that forcarrylog over the wholo of | ully find d cows that ore quite | sarller and better, next spring, than usnal. ity . e ing thecoming week. Tu New York this matter | [20r® pumerous, .;lhu- :l‘ulhn::r:'};:‘::‘ :ll' I.n" nl‘:x‘; ag sud wife usually do in that Torritory ; second, that | Such distance, thin in flesh, (o the towns, which Runan Ja. b belloves |t moraily or lezally Hght'for & man 10 have wore than one Iwing and andivoreed wito at thio snme time, ho knowlng them ta b alive and in they can purchisse at two and onc-alf ceuts per {s attracting close attentlon from those who are {mnud. or even lesas and theso will readily fat- privy to it, aud tho result will ba watched with to the peoplo of tate of Now Yurk. Intho i area of hor lerritories and tho magnituce of ber NATOAN GUILEGID, BALTIMORB, Deo, 28.—N THE WEATHER, " ban Gullford, Gen- | teu on solt corn. Waare of the opiuion that Y s erea; futoreat, as It s looked upou as warking | FANSHS Fefonrees: tho, Dominjoa us all fnat fo | whe Territury, or tu « On womme Xos peraon | erul Frolght Agent of the fll.m"'“l'umomfl pobrenen Inangrantablo: o feal 1o fattening U;::r. "i'-fl?'{igifi' %wfi: ":omm!;::v::l:: one of the important turning-points in the | strougeat Emplres ~ on the facs of | cluiluuzedasa Juror on sither of tho forogoiny | Halload, hias resigned to accept. tho positlon of | J0BS-—thes should always have the bost; stock the ~ world, ° ‘The resoluls _enterprisa and stoady progross of ber wurh are already stiown, uot loss in the success of tholr war upon tho wildorness than by the fact that, witha popu- Iation ewall fu comparison with thiat of France, Austria, Jtaly, or Spul y rauk as the fourth Power on the globo 1n the extont of thelr mercan- tilo navy, taking precedence of all countrics ex- copt Great Britato, the Unlted States, sna Ger- maar. "The obstac] policy of the Administration. While, however, the frlends ot Evarts und Cookling tnay be able 1o scttle their differeuces, it is not Ly any means regurded as certain that the baals of settlement ‘will be satisfactory to the President, THE INCOME TAX ‘The Bub-Comualttee, of which Fernando Wood {s Chalrman, charged with the subjoct of ruvis- fug the Tariff bill meet here for active work duriug the coming weok, Tho jndications are that, ut the coming scaston, there will be & vig- orous effort, in which the members from the West aud South will bo pretty generally united, to restors the focomo tax. Connectod with grounds gy ba questioned upon bils oath ox to the existenco of althor 6 themy but, an ta the trst ground, he shall not by bonnd to anvwer, if Lo suaid #ay upon bis oath that ne decllucs o tho groand that lic feaca hls. snswer might tond to criwinate hitosait; &ad, if Lo ahall ausiwer 04 10 thatgroupd, bis answer slinll not L given 1n evidenca ln any criminal prosecution against him, RESTIICTION OVON CHINESE INMIGUATION, The Caltforuts members are very resoluts in thelr determinasion $o securo soine leglslation st this Cungress to prevent the hnportntion of Chinese luto Californta, excopt under the most stringent restrictious, Senator Burgent, who {8 un ollleer of o socloty the ubjoct of which {a ta ['fl“"’"‘ the luimigratiun of Chineae, bas a bl o purpors of which {s shown by the following hoys, however, may be wintered on it, and be kept 1n a thriviog condition, TO KILL RATH, A fricnd Informs us that he has found tine cornmcal aud Plaster-of-Paris inixed—ouc-third of the latter—the beat and safest thing in the wortd to kill rate. He says that, as the pluster 18 tasteloss, the rodents cut it along with the meal, and afterwanis 1t sbsorbs the julces of the stomach and causes death. Wo finve secn the sams thing recommended fo print soucwhere, but never saw ony one who b tricd it Waobave great confidencs in our lu- formunt, and we kuow that ho bas ao Interest 1o & plaster-mill, If this mixture will kill rate, why not kill rabblts, too} Let some of our bor- wiuds, statlonary or faillng barometer, wariner, d light ralns. 1048 Cindago, Dec, 23, |Liar, (Tar I Wind, | Vel 8w, | Weatker Commissluner of Weatern raflroads to which hio ‘was uppoluted by the unsolivous yols of forty- elglic roads, FLU office will be at Chicago, @ . TTIMS. Tho Pittsburg, Cinclunatl & 8t. Louls Rall- rond Company has fssucil the following notice to the holders of its 7 per cent comsolidated mortgagé vonds: The Pittaburg, Cincinnatl & 8t. Louls Rallway Cowvany, belleving that wnany of tho holders of this of thelr bouds desire fo aysil thowwelvay of the privilexe conferred woon it by the variods Btatos through which ite railway passca to con= vort thetr present coupon bond {nto a rugiatered uch freo commercial Intercourso with us as exists botween our various States Lus ||¢Lrllnd Cansda of ber natural prosperity, while 1t hias also injured tho businexs uf iaany of ous Btatos, and must serluvaly impeded the progreas of those portions of onr codntry which are near the Canada frontier. Nolwithatunding the adyorsa laws lu both countrica preventing the free vx- L33 D, | TR MO TGS AT Yoan bar.t. .|20.647130,275 2. 704, 20,849 30,502, 0, 138 fean ther., 25 14 gy }in b 1o, 3ean hu clinugo of the products of tho Indosiriex ot thulr | pusaugs’ bonds without conyons. baviug the stiue yscurliy Heulturists uy i )(“odr T Masa g, = oply, wxpor| uc P of the muri an 1 apon the C g . 3 X D ko oas meoton, | Stcorlng T topr o' e ko vt of any wchel omned i whols or | urtyavit prouens chipun boni, bersly yve o | | A gentlemai L thia' city, who koepa o’ cow, | 455z ollsat 1o {bls, they proposato reatore the el g;;;g,:'.flmg‘:‘ O S o I Thliar: of any ferotea oty ooy i o by & | tica that It & jent number of the - fioldors of | receutly orderod some brau suat to his house, eaiid bunds, representiog In amount not less than 000, sfunlfy their deslre to make such con- Jeislon) this Coumpany wil Lisre prepared fns rou: e nds and re ary to carey 1o proposed chu, ulner’em:;l. S Houdlolders desiring (o svall themselves of thia priviloge should uotify thy Tressurer of the Come pany on or before tho 1st day of February next. ‘The Ruceiver of tho: Detroit & Mllwaukee Railroad makes tho following statement of the busiugss of the road for the mouth of "Navem- ber, 1677: Lialsnce, Nov. 1. . ... 1is boy remarked that he * gucssed tha cow must bo slck, for she wouldn't cay the bran.” This led to an investigation, which rovealed the fact that:the stull was composcd of tha bran or outer covering of corn, which had been ground und then bolted, with an addition of two-thirds bulk of fincly-ground cobs. e canuot ssate Just the amount of nutriment there might be fn a hundred-welzht of auch stufl, but we presuine it ml;}lu bo desizoated with two figurca, thus: 00, TLis way of manufacturing bran is no now ¢d quite cummonly. Bowse titncs wheat-brun fu added to the mixture. ‘The largo 88 ‘those 10 Chins, wheiice we draw a0 large 8 proportion of our fmports, and larger than our ex- ports af a simiiar coarscter to any country in the world, excepiing only UGreat Britain, Germany, and France, | Our exports 1o Canada of oods of foreign origiv, in the mame yuar, smounted to $4, 50U, $4, aud the wisl trude wiil ber o at Jeast Tho vast sum of 845,385, 104, ' ¥ECTS OF TILE FURMEK TREATY, Uutil 1n7.='74, tew trade betweea the United States und the Domiaion pever equaled that dur- ing the last year of (bo former treaty; and it furthur negatiations, conductad with due ragand to the futercate of bofh countries, had then takeng stch vesacl, a8 any porbof the Chlieso Empire, of st any other foreigu port or place whatover, any number gxcacding ten Chineso passongurs, Whother wiale or fewale, with the lutvul to briug such pus- serigera 10 tho Uuited Bales, or shall brlig. such passengors to any number cxceading tou on one Joyaze within the jurfsdicion of the United JUDIOIAL DIATRICTS IN MICHIGAN. It 18 poposed to diyide tho Statu of Michigan into three judiclal digtricts, by estabilshing a third diatrict, to bo known ua the Northern District of Michigan, to conslat of tho following GENERAL OBSEUYLATIONS, [ fucomnes, Itis bellcyed that thls latter part of the plan, st leust, will rocelve the sanction of the Treasury Department, ap Becretary Blier- man always hetd, after the abolition of "the lo- come tax, that tho thne would shortly come when {ts resturation would be necessary Lo sus- taln the revenus of the Government, NEW-FANGLED [DEAS 1N CUINA. ‘The Becretary of Stats bas recelved & very ine teresting letter from Prealdens Martin, ut the Ipurial College st Pekin, China, giving o ace count of the dourishing condition ot that insti- 110440, Dvo. S3~Midnlyhe Wind, Hain_Weaiher, Bar. | Thry ok EEESEREEE! EEFUEETSPRERTESRNE trick, but one practiced Cal 33 (K K., fre K fre 43 Hecelpta on all accounts, i territory taken “frut the £ OMINK | Hecalpts on all scéounid. - ¥ o, anil tho proeroes Whidk 18 elng | piica. ticiu'le o s for doul st tho mutualy fortory taken s the Baelach s Woatuen 9 DERH s uduillo of cobt o br eus ouly Lo fdstlicd @ i mode'ln tht quurter, glelog the edycas | benoficlal exchance of tho products af labur o th | {yistetey s o embraco al) the territory and heating. . ABOUL PEar ago parsgrapli ment 1 s on wiith tnta” fgsttuthon Tinparts, “Tho | e counines wagld bave,doued, Buring 156 | aulirawishly ho forlowii boundance: ‘e ' the voiils of the Papers, seyInF (hat s0ss0 AR 3 8| prejulico amoug Chinese, which, 10 the | g0 ineag Jarco us In tho three yeais preceding . is LA outact, was very vitter against it, sud whll cansed many predictious there of dire ualioual calatitics 28 the result of this Inuovatlon, has dlssppeared. The collego bsanalatained eutire- ly at Governwment cxpense.” The Studeuts gre selected by strict competltive examination, aud thoy receive a regular ullowancs of pay, The chiet object of the fustitutlon Is to lutroducy such studies of arts and sclences us aro pursucd torn uationd. ‘The collego s very evi- dently uccomplishing a great work in glving Western jdeas o foothold in Chins. BECRETARY SUKKMAN. The report that Bocretary Nuerman would Countlus of Chippews, Schooleratt, Marquette, Houghton, Kewsenaw, Untunagon, Mauomuuue. Delty, aud Mackivaw, wiich coutitica einbraca all of 't terrdtory of tho Btate of Michigan kuuwn as the Northern Penhgula. S —— CASUALTIES. AN OVERDOSE OF MORPIINE. - Svertal Dispatch ta The Chicugo Trivuns. Mapson, Wis, Dee. 2.—A" young man named J. B. Lilloy, aged abogt 80 years, of Fd- gertou, Wis,, stopping ovar 8undsy - as tho Fess Lown East had fouud that an sddition of ONE-TUIRD SAWDUST to the corn-neal with which bo fed bis mich- cows added creatly ! kept- the animals® healthy, culturat journals printed the article without comment, 1t docs ot speak very n!&BIy ol the lostinct of tho Down-Easter's cows; but we yea- ture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that Western cows, who kuow what coru-meal (s, wouldn't swallow = piut of auy such wixturc. BOMETUING NEW, The farmers of the country may get ready for sometbing new. Tue Presldeny of the it, —tho amount ‘n the furmer perfud having been $33,018,710, and 1o tho Jatter, $220, Uf, WKL WY TUR TUKATY WAS TEUNLNATED, It ls vosious tha tivs people on boik sldes fonad the resolts of th prutitavle, of they would never have cuuul?:a AT after year, to exeuany 0,830.54 hilencs Don 3 cessed. s e , 21 for the mont ! yee , " ORIME. AN ABSCONDER. N=w Youx, Ded. 23.—The viclnlty of police headquarters was excited this evenjog by the announceiment that Excise-Commissloner Owen —— PAYING THE PIPER, apucial Dispatoh to The Ohicago Tridune. Prrrsnung, Pa., Dec, $3.—Of the mavy claime made agalust the County of Alleghepy for Ines and damsge by incendiary fires and® pilfering Quring the July rlots, 124 bave beou passud upos by the Cowmmission sppoluted by the County Controllur and Comuisloners to adjust thu e products of Yoz industrics, ~ Lut Canada fv jn wmany cespects wur now northwestern couns trivs, pro llflni rge sorplus of products from her forests sud farmlug-lands; and thess. undee Salraystews of reciprocity, would have been ex- cuanged for & yiwt varicly of pucvesary uanufsc- tured articles produced 1o our vider Btates. No proviaivas for (s bud boea wmado in tils treaty, sud the Uanadisns, oucding increasud revenus, nut Thesu 124 clalms amonot to - $165,522, u 5 ded hearier duth 2 od o 4 5 Murpby had wbsconded with a large amount of | Bouth Caroilus Btate Fair Association has sold ) - ek o eerraw wone: | ith a most ajuroas ioc ‘apuaout maiuie: | Mg 2 s et it waklng bia appearance | ey funds, - Murpy was Treasuror of the | bs sbise crop of Dreatcora to Gca. . 0. | S ‘oa Gomimison, Chrew ook tor ovel wmaln through the week, o Ghvert T ey orke Lo e o7y, Fess hud 000 | Excivo Hoard, and had fal- cobtrol of the [ LeDuty Uslted States Commbssioner of Agr: | charges, etc., 850N, ~ There aro s large yus of her domestics cali bim. Me reaponded that BENATON FATTERSON. Buances, 'The acvount was Kept st tho German Ottt gty diateibuted | ber of datmd suilf pendiog, whish wid b ure. ather Auneticay porty ut L Atlautlc, the benedts mn‘)nuhnnt the To (s Weatarn Auocieied Sress, b would coine &oon If be felt well euoug. Not | 32" b United Btates for seed. | op ig Japuary, 7TheComuitssun, for prudeutial Wasnnston D G Doc S Senator Pay. | Bitartly rosullog(russ the relative:geograpdical |y ariug at supuor, Mra. Fess, with ot hor | Exchavie Bank.' Murphy was last scen Sature | Wo doo't koow just what merks tbls | reasois, Bociluna 0 Five the NANER Of Clalnunte tersou's cundition ducs tiol scem as favorable as | fradelto Quebec L Vg, wack wa. | bired mop, proeceded to his room, and, beariny | 44y forcucon. . Prestdent Norton and Com- h_uua e Tolt pouckiuny but, ,fi' ‘or permit further ficts aud tigures Lo be tuked 1uterdzL. He s wetk from uervous prostra- | cuntont witls the old treaty wae justly produced on | kroans on the inde, broke open’ tho | missloucr Pattison were Jooking forhim all dey | the Comulasouer uas veuly purchised the | from thair bovks. o ol il el BB | SIS S A T S | el eyl | fodr o cou oner - v of | S0 itz et st o8 bt e e c rfact rociprocily. b0 w i 2 guver, s would wob be able to Jeave his ruor | turfimeiactrsipmeiy, b which o majority of | the ‘sgualos of death, {a‘fé’n.‘fi e oirous | bim. Karly in the evenlug Mr. Faitison drovo | for it proprietor, viz. 1 1 Gove A FIRE, the jeatiments cnZendered by it led to (he termi- ‘:lhl u breaty withoat providiag remedies ernmeut, If {t hos mh"p‘aue‘ u}‘ are gury to flud them out 1o time, sud without any great expeuse to individuals. The Bureau of ixr( culture Is a good thiny for thoss who have now yanieties of geeds, especialiy if 1t 18 somethin that Ls of no value, soa fts owner 44 on guufi terms with sotwe ofllclal who can be prevalled ou to purchase it. Really meritorious artlcles or teed seldom or never tiud thelr way to the ‘aubllu through thils medium. Let us sce, What was Lhe name of a guod thing sent outb frow the Burcaul Can auy ope tellt . ILLINOLS AGRICULTUKAL INSTITOTR ‘The Illinols Iugustrial Luiveraity will bold an up to police beadquarters, but would not di- vulge the objoct of his visit. Later, Norton rrived, sad the two were clossted wish fa- ector Thurue. 1% was then aunounced that Cowisslonor Murphy had disappeared.. Afew mioutes after 11 o’clock Jast nigbt the follow- lug geueral alarm was seut out to all police statlons; **Arrest Owen Murphy, Treasurer of the Board of Exciss. Ho has shscondud with between $30,000 and #40,000.” The Mur phby .transaction was exvlaied by In- —r—— MEXICAN OLAIMS, TUE WEIL AND LA-AUMA-MINING-COMPANT CANES. Bpectal Oorrarpondance of Tha Triduns, Wasmisoroy, D, C., Dec. 20.—The claims sgalust which the 3lexican Government hus coargod fraud and perjury, snd the psyment of which the Houss bes ordered suspended uotll au inveatigation can be had, are thoss of Hea- Jemio Wail, Now 447, aud the La Abra Mining Company, No. 439, American dockot. Boscual Dispaick lo TAe Chicago Tribuse, Mapiso¥, Wis., Dec. 23:—A frame dwelllng- house, occupled by A. O. Beott, a drayman, inths ‘Third Ward, was totally deatroyed by fre to- nigbt st 6 o'clock: Part of the furniture was saved. ‘The owner was insuced lo’ the Phu‘éj of Hartford, for $1,600 on the nouuhn\! it ou the turniture. The fire caught in the roas tof the bouse from & defoctive chimucy. 0 Juas 8 covercd by losurance. e e — " OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. worphine, Medlcal ald was Inynedintely sum- woned, but sll otlorts ta uw bls Jife pmvnu‘d abortive, Nu reason was sssigned for the deats In fact, it {s unkuown whether [t was an at- tewpl ab sulcide or au acident. Au loquest will be held on the body to morrow moruiug. NCB OF THADE AND IT8 CHANOR. thio commercial trunsactions between the tw oiries solely uy the tust of what is cajled **the buluuce of trade, " It L FATALLY HURT. Svactal Digpsich 40 TAs Chicaga Tridunel MoGuyaom, Ia, Dec. 83—Willlam Doyle, s brakemsn oo the Chicazo, Milwaukes & St Paul Rallwgy, fell tetweon tender and car last tions wit) masifestbeocdt o ihix countey. Yet, on the bts of the thiricen yours of the treaty, the *4 bula van it L 1,4 ap- | pixbt while oo n tralu i motion, and bad both | spector Thoruo ia the followlng inanner: A Lavsrroor, Dec. 3, —Arrived, the stoamship sy nce ssvercd from his bod, 5 % ricultural lustitute at the Uuiveruity, fn this “The formier Ia fus the valus of 1) bales ot | Peafe (fa the sumo repgrs, SRt exee siuce the lucd gt o y. o will pol sur- | Murpby drow » check - for 854,0ub snd bad 1t tity, commencing Monday, Jan. 14, and doutiuus | 11Uuols, trow Phulsdelobia. cotton allcged to have been capiured by tho the presjuce {n vue aduire teaded 2o orce saloe &t cerufied st the German Egchurge Bank. e | fug uotil Frida) * Naw York, Dee. Z—Arrived, the stesmer eyening, Jau. 15, 1678, This Liberal Merican tr00ps b 18654 on 148 way from | low prids, there bas ok & Licke balsuce calngt THE STORMY DERP, next went to another bauk, whoss nuwe the | Institute is beld asa part of the work of the | City of Chester, from Liverpool, Allsyton, Tex., to Mataworus. It s clharged | 158 Usifd Suatce Lu tho trady wiih tha Do, m |y oi g - | Juspector did uow kuow, and tfapuclled the check | College of Agriculture of the Umversity, bel Loxpoy, Dev, 28.—The ateamsbips Cambris, 3kamy S ek “Tuo fbalsuce of trude* La by 1o weaus the trus xw Owisaxs, Dec 23—Tio sblp War | gud drew oul $100 " Where tuo remsinder | desigued capoclally sas means through' which | from New York, and Peruvisu, from Bultworey that, upan the ovidence s It stood belors the | teet of advastages of intercouniy with any | Bplrit, from (iresnock, reports $hat bn thy 19th | was drawn b uos kuowi. Mr. Murpby wes 8p~ 1 thoso who cunuot attund the regular scasions | have ardyed ous ) N