Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1877, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1877. A st present constituted, it Includes six differ- ant partles, not one of which fa stronz encuch to command an absolute majority. TheLiberal party Is composed of three scctions,—the National Liberals, who represent a temperato Liberalism; the Advanced Liticrals, who form the Eble; and the Free Consarvatives. To thess three sectiona are opposed tho Ultramontanes, the Conservativos, and a combination of Poles, Baclalists, and other odds and cnds called “@avages.” Of those parties, the National Libersls command a majority only whon united to the Advanced Liberals or Froo Conservatives, and tho Ultramontancs, to secure a majority, require the support of the Advanced Liberals, the Poles, Boclalists, and *Bavages.” The Conservatives arn a mero handful. —— In a recent lecture In New York, Mr. Joszrrt Coox made some Intcresting speculations on the future of this continent. Ile observed that America could sustain a greater population than the whole of the Old World, and it was unqucs- tlonablo that some day sha would. The pivotal polnt about which the population of the United Btates would swing, I a solid bady, was pow a }ittle east of Cincionatl, and was moving westward at the rato of about forty-five feet daily. The pomible populstion of America he placed at 1,200,000,000. —— Tho Journal astarted out with tho reckless, ignorant asscrtion that fractionals werc not legal-tenders, and owed all their value to uso, 1t has progressed to the polnt whers it admits that they are a logal-tender to tho tovernment for everything except dutles on imports, and, be- Ing also cenvertible into legal-tender money on presentation, are thercfore eguivalent to legnl- tenders, which word means equal to. Haying thus conceded away Its case, It repeats its ortgi- nal aflly quibbling and inano bosh. e i—— The report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows that the total number of Ueensea salovnsor drinking pluces fn the country 18 164,599, or uno to every 280 persons. Of all the States, Iillnols {s fourth in the number of saloons, havifig 10,648, tha three which take precedenco being New York, Pennsylvania, and Oblo. North Caroliva has the greatest number of distiilerics, 1,025, and New York the most breweries, 870, ——— There Is a reprchensiblo tendency among the locat poets to apcak of the yule-log, the mistle- toe, and the punch-bowl. We must remind our contributors that in theso parts people are ace cistomed to coal-stoves or furnnces for heating . purposcs, and evergreen at 10 cents o yard for decoratlon, while the wicked and clissipated are quite content with egg-nog and Tom-and-Jerry 1a the way of retreshmont. —— The Nation calls thiose who oppose paying cheap currency dobts fn dear gold ‘‘dangerous charlatans,” Aro not thoss who demand gohl paymeut for cheap currency dchts “rapacivus rascals ) The Natlon will discover that calllug mames is a little game that two can play at. —————— Was there ever such a Christmns In thesc latitudes? The grass 1a sprivging (n the parks, the birds of spring aro returning, there is no Legislaturo fu Springfield, tho gontle zephyrs arc whi-spring, and it has been spring-kling for mors than o week. e ——— The Cincinnat! Gazelte (anti-resumption, antl- silver paper) thioks that ITansteap, of the Uommercial, is insane on the remonectlzation question. But®if this be true, there s a licap of **method in his madness.” —— This is tho cra when murderers exhort from tlo virtuous scaffold, and polnt out to the multitude how casy it is to attain to their emi- nence und then be walted upon angel’s wings o a home boyond tho akics. B Mrs. Woopnoit is lecturing In London on The Human Body,” which Is very inhuman, to Lo sure, conslderlog that the poor Londuners laven't dona anything to descrve such treats, ment. ————— The real El Dorado scems to have been at 1ast discovered, aud in the most untouked-for place—Northern Biberla. ‘Fhero they setl wheat by tho tou and beel by the squars yard, et ot wionhrs The sonivorsary of the battle of New Orlcans will be celebrated under Duinoeratic ausplees, and Voonuzks, of Indisua, will utter the princl- pal lament. He began: ' Peaco on carth, good"——and immediately expired, - e — PERSONAL, 3r. SBamuel Bowlos still improves, All the Justicos of the Bupreme Court are marrled men, and thelr wivey 8ro with them ‘Washington, 'The Bapthuts of Eoglard have organized o misslon to enter npon and occupy the Congo ter- vitory explored by Stauley, Fannle Davenport says it ‘is a shamolfor , the nowspapers to report thas her noso Is broken and that sho la searrod for life. Nothing of Jgho kind tstrue. Adv, ‘Clie Ban Francisco Alta remarks that the Rasalane showed tholr civilization when they paid homage to the bravery of Osman Pashu after his surrender, - Dean Btanloy invited the Rev. Dr. Stough- ton, an eminent Congregutionallut, to preach in the nave of Westminator at the special sorvicos on Bt Androw's-Day. Jonathan Brownle, Jr., & graduate of Har- ‘vard, refuses to pay his livery-bill on tho ground that, at the time tho bil) was contracted, he was o studvnt, and legully exempt from paying his just debts, = Mr. Button, n wellknown professionnl base-ball player, was converted at a revival moet- ing in Philadelphis pot to Mo to ad. jag, dad sl mado lhu 1h first base, and by the helprol the Lord will make a home run,” A report of Oanon Farrar's two sermons, recently delivered In Wastmlnstor Abboy, afirming and arguing that tho oternal dsmnation of lmpent- tent sinnors In hell (4 not a doctrine of Beripture, and should bo rejected from amongthe formulas of Christian truth, wes printed in the Now York sun of Banday, Dr. Holmes, while lecturing to his class in snatomy Friday at the Harvard medicsl school upon the differences n lengih and the pecullari- Ues of tongues in gonersl, observed thas about & Sentury sgo s woman fn Lundon tnsde ber llving by Heking her eyo; but taat sha wsed most of the money to liquor up! Dr. Holland wrote to the editor vf the Now York Zribuns in regard ta the literary awine dle pracliced upon Scribner's Lonthly ss followe: NTV 'Y“. Dee. 18, 1877, ~WIll you kindly asalat 1o give a listle notoristy 10 Mr. i, 6. Kellogip, the pre- r-da 131 Milkwala," puv- .lflud in Ll ‘:"l" A tunllb- By pocin iy mn" ey unued‘:‘nu o- filnlllltll Y s Mr. Kullogg 8 lld1n B4 ToC0! upou the mssuscript of the m, {8 No. 423 Weat Tweoty nrst sirvet. uder this AT AT T A e LY, , ASE hul uted 1o ibs modest sum of 83 fur bis wors, ke could hardly en drives o bis wriched Job B a1t et 2 sl B sl b s 2 e PR el o Berary vilet Sud vedler,. © J. U. HoLLavo, Bheldon & Co. have ceased to be the pub- lshers of the Galaxry. W.O.& P, P. Church, ‘who were the original editors sud publishers of the magasine, Bow resuwme the entira control of it. The Lenox Library, just opened in Nuw ‘Yotk, fs one of tbe moat complete in the conntry, ‘The fund s Jarger than any similar one, snd tho collection Ls exp! vo of the tastes and Jearniug ©of the fuands buliding bas fronted Contral Yark for several years, but has been closod to all Passers-by. Mr. UBeecher once sent in hls carg, aud was rofused ndmission, Mr. Lenox returning the frigid anawer that he had not the pleasure of Mr. Becchar's acquaintance. When the Conven- oo of American Librarisns was holding its annual seasion In Now York, last Beptembor, s inspece 101 of tha trossurcs of the Lenox Library was con- 2cently counted on among tha pleasures of the oc- caslon. But put even tho prescuco of all the rep- Toseniative Ubrariana of the United States could move Mr. Lenox to depart from hls programme, 8ad be told them plainly that the lbrary was not Tt 1a s condition to be showa (e visliozs, COLORADO. Favorable Reports from the Min- ing Districts, The Trade of Denver Increasing Rapldly. Grain and Cattle Products for the Year 1877, The Patterson-Balford Contoste.-Pate "terson’s Record. Boectal Correrpandenca of The Tridune, DaRVER, Col., Dec. 15.—It wna very freely predicted during the spring and sumincr that those of outr people whowere leaving the towns, mines, and ranchies of Colorado and swarming toward Deadwood,;with golden visions, would bLecoming back by winter, well shorn. But such has not been the case, A fow of those who left uahave returncd, and have *got enough' of tho Black Hills, but tho great najority that went Into the now dipginga remaln there. It was not 8o Jast winter. - The most of those who flocked into Custer and Deadwood the season before were glad enough to *‘hoof it” back this way,- and take off the “roughodgo ' ot winter clrcling thecomfortable fires In our well-to-do towns, and recounting their cxploits and mishaps, displaying their sack of *“colors,” and ready to trade tho Lost #¢lating " they had been able to ** stake oft '? upin the Hills toany inn-keeper whowould givethem bed, feed, and “*thedrinks” untii soring. Owing 10 this cianged state of things, the opinfon has galned herothat the * ITills" nrca fixed fact, From the considerable numbers who ata golug back and forth between Denver and Deadwood all chasc of inining machinery, supplics, and frelght- ing, the *status® of the diguings fa pretty well known here, Denver, Contral City, Black Ifawk, Ueorzetown, and Pueblo, contributed uvor 1,000 to what {8 now tho permauncnt population of Deadwood Gulch. Alany of ths merchants, mincrs, miil-men, and epcculators in tho sey- eral canps aro Colorado '60ers. Tley naturally send hore for thelr suoplies, and as a result DENVER ENJOTS A GOOD TRADE with that new country. From catimates gath- ered by Inqulry nmong our leading dealers, it ap- pears that the sates to Dlack Hills buyers the ‘oast year have exeoeded s balf milllon of dul- lars. Largo numnbers of teams have bLeen pur- chased hero through the senson, loading with grocerics, miners’ tools, clothing, ete., for that scction. Therd aro o great many travellug mer- chants “outfitting’* all the while, scilimront team and cargo when they get to Deadwood, and then coming back to fls out again. The traders in this new catnpa aro reported to be dolng well, aria the peoplo at larje getting o foothold and prosperiuyg. Although the guleh mbnce, out- aide uf a few clalins, have proved pretty much n failure, yet the quartzzmining lns “nssumned quite larie pronortious, and forms tho hasls for thy permanent settiement of the Black Thils, av Jenst that portlon of them about Deadwood Guleh, Bevernd stamp-inills have been forwand- ed from Denver, and many more from Chivago ond other Eastern citics, nnd there ato now In wuperation {n Deadwood, Central UIII'. Gayvills, and vhe coonecting campe, sowme . forty ndils, carrylng over 1,000 stanips, This s the result of afew months' work, and Is more than the; have fu operation In our old milling-town ol Black Hawk. Al aceounts agres that TIIE GULD PRODUCT 13 INCOERARING, aud the promiso for next year excellent, The ouartz mines snd milla” ore workiug eright through the winter, piving employment to lurge numbers, and preventing the possibility of any such suffering as was vxperivaced Jost year fn that country. The following estimate by the stage aud express companies engaged i the Black i1ils currying business {s made of the gold-yleld for tho last half of the yeu ho agreed that the results tor the entire year huve been about 82,255,000, ‘I'his’has Leen u gund year for Colorado, The minea, ranches, abt bheids, have all dono well The ghuits and tunnels ubous Central und Black Unwis, aud at Sunsniae, und the placers of Bum- it und Lake Countics, have produced an aver- age of about &230,000 per mouth 1 gold, mok- hins tho yleld for the year fully 83,800,000, The aliver mines at Georgetown, Carbon, und m the San Juan and Hnrbserabbio districts, have con- trbauted aboal as mieh more, iInaking thoentlva gl o i prociou fo_somcthine over §0,600,00, ) 1 nlnes at Erie, Canun Cliy, Gokder, umd Trluhlad have produced 5,000 tone, woith §1,000, “T'lits makes thototal of 2ol Advers aid coul, for the year, §7,500,050, THE C A% BECTER TUAN MVEN BEFOKE i the history of Colurado. Sute et of their maguitude tny be scen by the followlng atutes ment of the wiseat yleld fit the best districtss Busnels, "Tho Cache la Ruitva Valley, taking tho country nhout Greeley und nurthweat, ncluding Fort Colitus, 1 mory, and athier small suitleients s seeen Tho iy and Litle i hompion, front Evans westwurd, ducluding Hilisto: 250,000 ough, 8t. Lonls, and Namayun, 80,000 Tho nt. Vraut, Including Longwai lington, and Foll . 180,000 The Boulder, {ncludiug the farme about Baulder, Krie, tie 225,000 Tho Suuth Flati . Corou 175,000 Clenr u he 11 + valloys fu Araplios and J etlerson Conne e Ly viersenns srversies seneens oo 100,000 The Arkansus ond {ts tributarles ‘in Boathern Colorado..e. e seseens. « 300,000 This makes the total wheat crop something Mke..veensses. . 00, 000 ‘The averago per acro having: beva sbout twonty-tive bushels. ‘Tho’crop of barley, potatocs, and vegetables was ubunaant in all purts of the State, and corn did well, even In Northern Colorado, whers 1t has been popularly supposcd that the nights were too cold to allow it Lu ripen properly, ‘The total farm dem't, fucluding ghe reaults of gardenfog und smali-fruit raliing, s esti- wated ot §4,500,000 TUR VALUB OF OATTLE MANKEYED from the ranges of thu Ntute s put at 84,500, 0003 and the mereuss of hierds above what was ed nt §3,000,000 snore. Tho shipment of dressed beef, dalry products, and other lndus- trics akin to this,"amounted to 075,000, The woul gruduut reached ovoer 1,500,000 pounds, worth 835,000, ‘Thie aales of niutton marketed in tho several large towns and ut the military poats wero also very lurge. 1t will thus Lo scen that tho main products of this new State luz the yewr 1577 stiow up well, Ay o reault of the favoruble scuson., times have beon good In all the vitles and towns dusing the fall and winter. Considerublu aceesslons to populution have been noted; und bullding ime roveaicnts are seen on every hand. Denver has added from 2,000 to 8,000 to her perancat population duniug tho year, and her trade with all tho surrotndfug couiitry hos been $5,000,000 larger than 1 any previous year, showing that all parts ol tho State ure partuking of this pros- verity. The san Jusn regiun hos turued oue well, and the wnfues end tunncls about Lake City, Stiverton, aud Ouiay arc ylelding well, and promlss better than ever befors. deal hus beon dono towards extending the rullway system of the State. Tho Colorado Central hus beew completed from Lopgmont to @ conncction with the Unlon Pacific, giving Denver and the mountain towns a_competing lin for tho trude aud fravel from Chicage sud tho East, The Denver & Rio Grande Ruad nus beun bullt over Vota Pdis to Fort Uarland, giv- {nig the business futercats of the 8au Juau coun- try a better chance, Work ontho Denver, Bouth Pirk & Pucilic Live 1s tar enough nloug to - :nre itg completion to ¥alrplay during the com- ug yedr. THAVEL AND ¥RRIGnT on all our raiirvals has been Loavier thau In aoy former yeur, KiViug capitalists mors conll- debice fu the outcome of such juvestwents fn Colorado. As o regult, several short lines to coal miues have been bLullt; aud & narpow gaugo road to Curibou s now under wuy, A uew road from Denver to the Gilpin and” Clear Creek country gold aud silver districts is also projected, with considerable capltal alread pledged. * The Atchison, ‘Lopeks, and Bauts Fo Cowpuny are feclfng sbout for o lino over the rauge through thu Uwray lu the Sau Juan dis- trict, spd thence to # juuction with the Utal Boutbern Rallroad, by “that imncans getting & counection with the Ceutral Pacitle, Our peuple are uot much surprised at the resylts of TS PATTRRSON-DELVORD CONTEST. ‘Thoy were ewaru that the ways of a Dewmocratic Cougress are Mfi“ inding out. It 18 believed, however, that f Belord bad beld bus ground she result would baye been w nuw election, This the while on business connected with the purs would have sulted {he peouvle, and been an caltable adjustment of the ity Tolford threw a hese chaneed by cominiz howme be- fore the matter was deckled.” He oustht to have remained at Washington anrd fought his way, ns Patterson dél. %Our Tommy,” as tho Repre- sentative that has heen seated for Colorado Is called, Is a young, wars, keen-witted. lawyer, with what Sam VWeler would call *a gift o the gab a wollopte’” He Is an, awful talker, and ven ennmunlnuu of facts. Jio came to Colorado to get office. He is from the Wahash Valley, hasbeen in Colorado about five years. His first aspirations sere from the phelghts of North Denver, when he sueeceded in getting elected a delegate tu one of our city convontiuns. BOME ADROIT RTIEANDLING « he worked his way In as City Attorney the fol- lowing year, Then he beuan to Jay his plans fora nomination ns dclezato to Cangress agrafnat Bromwetl, fn tha fall of 1874, He massed the young Democracy about hin, twk care to et the gamblers well In tow: and then n car-loud of them, well supplied with the reyulsites fora successful bourhon caucus, wem. down to Cotorado Sprlngs on copventlon day, and carrled him through with such a rush that it made the lends of the old Hers swim, By o defection fa the Re- pablican tanke, {rnwluz out of the McCook- Chaffee fighit, Pulterson was alloswed to got the most votes, Again last summer, when nomle nating Limo came. Pattersnn and his land took the fien] and salled fn. The results of tie clee- tlon and Patturson's subscquent electlan all to himself are pretty well known, ¢ may be sct down 08 a fact that the Democracy of Ll Stato are not by any means elated at the outeuine of all this, “They begin to regard Patterronas an intrader. 116 lins not kept his pledzes e w111 not ngaln be able to ect a nomination from his party; and, had 8 new election been held thls fall, o would have been quictly shelved, + AMUSEMENTS. THE ADULIIN. The opening performance of * Antony and Cleapatra' was witnessed by a large audience ot thg Adelphl,—a much larger and finer assem- blaga of thieatre-goers than could have been antlclpated, consldering the ‘mud on the crossings, Tho drama was handsomely presented fn aa far s concerns the acenie embellishments,—although some of theso wera considernbly Uclow the very clovated standand one was led to look for afier reading tha strect biile,—and some of the principal mem- bers of tho cast wore **according to pro- gramme.” The remalnder labored'under the disndvantage of o first night, In presence of a rirangzo audicnce, and with unfortunato hitches in the nrrancement of certain mechanical ef- feets, which warred the effect of some beantiful scenes. There Were, huwerer, & fow uninfatal- ablo succesees, which were &t once and loudly recognized by the audit- ors—firal, the_ supceb fmpersonation of Cleopatra by : Rose Eytinge; sccond, the graceful danclug of Betty Ruwrl; thind, tho scenery, some of which was very fine, and some of whith was evidently gotten up In heste; and Inst, but not least, the baltet gencrally, which, thongh not exaibiting o surprising namerieal furce of dancers, was excecdingly taseul In ity arrangement, and fn the barmobiziug of colors in the costumes. Tho play has been cut down to thevery bune, it would appear, norder to sub- vridinate the acting vart of 1t to the spectacular, but enough. was leit of the text to display some eplendld porsibilitivs on the part of ‘Ius Eytinge. Mlr. Boulface scemed rather it at ense m Antony, us If he was unable thorvughly to zrasp toe full meaning of the character, Il st act was tho only one i which he could be sald to bo **equal to the oceasfon.” With the exeeptiun of one of the ladiea (oside from Miss Eytinge), aud avery few of the gentlemen, the cst was by 10 means so goud as the publle had beenled to expoect i a pleked company from the Broudway, There are, however, 80 many brill- lunt features in thie piny that we have no” douot 1t will fornvone of the first nitractions of the holiday week. IIOOLEY’S THEATRE, Mr, Joseph Murphy, the [rish comedian, who has made bimself a great favorite In Chiengo, began an enzagement last eventng at Hooley's in Lla serlo-comico-sensntional drama of Kerry Gow." In this pleée My, Murpby is allowed a wlle iatitude In that ke I called upon ta pereonate a varlely of charaeters, somowhat after the fashlon of thie *protean urtdst,” ilis mbmicrics of Irfsh, Dutch, and other characters are cleverly done, und never fuil to please. The harse-shuclne Lusiness fs vory, * reallstic,” ol though there Is a strong tingeof Vincent Crum- mles In it, which makes ono think that Dickens was not 80 much of a carieaturist, after all, Mr. Murphy will have losts of edmirers during the Chrlstmias week. M'VICKER'S TIHDATRE, Tho falry esteavaganza, * Beauty and the Beant,” constitutea the main portion of the hoitday b)) ot MeVieker's, and & very agreeable spectacle t (s, well enacted, und haadsomely adorped by tho able hunds of Measrs, Malmshu aud Rogers, who have vrouteed some very®| protty effccts for the ocension, The comedy of *Binipson & Co.” formed a divortin lprn.-llflu. aod turnished occasfon for soima sprightly act- fte on tho part of the company, Mr, MeVicker hlinsel! carrying off n large share of the hon- ors fn his unctuous renderdne of Almpson, ‘The suaue Lill is anuounced for the entire week, THE BABY SHOW, The babies are all dofug well at the Taberna- ele, Thero were no elek onea reported yester- day, and {u aplto of bad weather thero wasa pretty langu attendunce dusinz the day. No new untries lave been hade for two days, and tho voiing on the samples on hond has been acte Ive. *This ovening the awards will bo made, e prize bubfes will bo set In the platform, amd wady tosquall thelr acknowl- cdznonts to the vanous compliments bestowed upon them, ——— ‘A QUEQI‘ION OF HONESTY. Henry Ward Heochor's lirother Malntalng that It Is Tlonest to Pay Unlted Ntat Bonds I Shiver. Thonuta IT, Heecher (n the Chriztian Uniom, Two distiuct questions are ofien Jumped in ono and discussed endlessly. Ouu question at n timo 18 & good rule. The two referred to are (1), 18 1t honost to pay Unlted Btatea bouds in sllver coln? and (2) Is it cxpedient so to dol T minfutain that it Is honest, \Yhether expo- dlent or not Is anuther yuestion. At this pres et writhne I dual with tho bonesty questlon exclusively, This question Hea fatrly within my domaly, ¥8 & teacher of othice aud religlon, 1 am o fotruder. By statute (Feb, 25, 1602) the cutlro revenue of tho United States, ralsed by dutles ou im- ports, was duclared pavable In cofn only, This revenue, thus guthered, wod st off aud conse- crated to the * payment {n coln® of fnterest on bouds. At that dato (1862) the * coln " of the United States wus nutorfously and legally silver and gold. 2 By act of Conigress (Feb. 12, 1873) tho sllyer dollur was dropuea fiom the Mst of cofus; leav- oz tho balfy quarter, dinie, and hall-dime un- chaugod as 1o welght and fineness. ‘Tho same act deflned a- very rareand iocou- venlent gold colu, to weigh 25 8,10 gralns (uino parts guld aud oou part altoy), and wawed it one datlar, aud declazed ftta be * the unit of value.” Hencs: “Coln™ obligations of tho United States negotlated aince Feb. 13, 1878, are paya- bt in gold cotn. Cofn cbligations ncgotiated befors Feb. 13, 1873, arc paysblo in sliver or gold coin at pleas- ure of the payer,—I{n both cascs, because tho puyment must bo fn coln as defiued by statutes 41 force at the datoof the negutiation. What msy have becn the “expectation” or “understanding” of bond-buyers when they bought may ba relevant matter of foquiry when tho queation on hand ls: Is it ecpadient to pay in sllver! But Avpsity In fivance requires the ex- uct fulillinent of contract obligations, without whiniug s Josses; without envy at & lucky wan's galu, 1 thus conclude that It is wholly honest for tho United Btutes to call fn outsf {ng Bouds, and pay thewn i gold or stiver, us ‘Treasurer way elect, 1go further; as a lay-reader of the Coustitu- tlon and statuta-book, sud until coutradicted b s duclslon of the cours of last resort, I shal boid that so much of thy (so-called) demono- Sizing mct of 1579 s took awsy trows sliver its mfl—undu power is uncouditionsl sud youd. % 3 tbat Congress way not by logisistion Impalr tug coutracts bas beeu proclaimed by re- sivtless anquwents b both Cuambers of Coo- arcasy, sud before the Supreme Court, while dhcusmxxi“thn United States legal-tonder uotes {grecubacks), 2 Except us o war measure, the act autnorizlog these grecnbucks fa coudemued by all jurists eud by all departments of Goverument Uuauls mously, Except naswar measure, it was snd is nnconstitutional and vold. My case then fa this: In 1993, Congress gare a llr!}t-u:¥lnz power to & greenback now in m. pocket. 1n 1871, Congress tmk awray the deb ;my{lllfi power of = sllver dollar, slso In my puckel .~ To give or to taka away this debt-paylng power of cxisting money Is an exercise of one and tho same questionabie power of Cnnfinn The necessity of war justified the exerci this power in 3 (o ereate my n- der greenback, There was no war in 1873 to justify the exerclsc ot the wer to deprade my ellver dollar, th cs the act “of Congress varled, impatred, and deranged existing contracts; (n 1863, with reasons. justifying: in 1873, without rensons, T therefore conclude that so much of tho legislation of 1878 ss medcles with legal- tender i upon Ita face unconstitational and yold, 8ilver Is legal-tender to-day for all debta incurred prior to 1874, the act of Congress to tho contrary notwithstanding. Ono ?\lcnlluu more remains, viz.: Will it bo whdliy honest for the United States to buy silver at 0 cents, cofn it into & doll: and compel bondholders to take such dol for thelr bondsl 1 answer: Honest beyond all question. Honeat, hecausc it will be an exact fulfliiment of the = promisc and upon the fuco bond. posc that gold and sllver bave fluctu- ated (and they certaloly hlre?. is the United Statcs, when' huying aod selllng In upen mar- ket, nover to maka profita as well as losses? 1f, by the very termsof & contract, a farmer has anoption to pay 1,000 bushels of wheat or 3,000 bushicls of oais, is ba disbonest when he electa to pay (o oats that have fallen to 80 cunta a bushet, and not In wheat, which has risen to $1.25 a bushel? Linsist that it is the duty of the people’s agents to pay the people’s debts in Phu way s«enuhlcnl with honor snd _honeaty) that pays hetn most easily and cheaply. In other words, 1o transact the business of the Treasury on the samo principles that control an honorable and honess business man when pasing his debts. Bo much for the honesty question—the only question I now discuss. I'hear slready the buzz of obfections swarming up from the circum- Jucent reglons of policy, expedleney, cte, But wune question at a timo {s cnough, To coin siiver, as gold 1s colned, In quantlt: regulated by the naturat supply, and with this silver colnage to redeem any whfintln 8 of the nltcd Btates outstanding Feb, 12, 1873, Is, and always will be, an honest transaction, even ;houalh sllver should betome chesp as frou or Tavel, And those bond buyers who bought In 18630, and by the fortune of war found their Londs donbled In market valdo Immediately, and on this donble value have drawn Inflated in- terest punctually, and on the Jucky Investment aud focome have lived and thrived cver alnce, unvexed by taxes—~these, surcly, are the very last peonle who should ralse ‘the cry “Silver swindle,’ when, by the fortunc of the metsl market, the depleted Unlted States [ able at last to save 10 centa on every dollar of redemption money, LA, N, Yo ——— THE INDIANS. Movemannts [n the Biack Iille=Depredations In Sonurn—VFears of Trouble In Jdaho, Special Disatch to The Chicngo Iribune. Drabwoon, D, T, Dec. H4.—~Thres companies of the THird Cavalry, under command of Ma}. Evaus, arrived at Spearfish yesterday. Four companies of tho Eleventh Infaotry, Maj. Bartle(t commanding, arrived at Crook City to- day from tho Chuyenns Agency. They report following the trail of a large body of Indlans for several days, estimated at 700, traveling nurth, Botween 100 and 200 Indlan ponles aro in Speaefish Valley, believed to have been stame peded by the whites from tho camp of twenty lodges of Indlans {n Bear Lodgo Mountains. The military aro walting for orders, Dzavwoon, D, T., Dw. 24.—Companles E. T, and K, Eleventh Infautry, in command of Maj. Charles G, Bartlett, arrlvad at Crook Clty laat evening, from the Cheyenne Agency, via the Fort Plerro route. Maj.” Bartlett reports that, though often hearing of Inilans along thic road, he saw none, His vommand crosacd tho Indian trail nt tha Cheyenne River crossing that led northwest, and he expresses the opinfon that the Indians who committed the depredations in this vicinity iave gone to the Little Missourd or Tangue River. BAN Fuantisco, Dec. 34.—A Tuckson dis- patehatatea that about 130 Indiana wero camped near Jouvs, In Sovora, recently. ‘The Bunora troope attacked them, losiue twenty-seven killed and o number wounded. The Indlan casualties nro not stated, The Indlans wero apparently victorlous, as they wubscquuntly siripped Pie country I the vieinity of Janos of stock. The Indlans have been rubbing traine fn Sau Himon Valley, Troups are fu pursnit. BarT Laxe, U. T, Dee. 24,—Col. John E, 8mith, commandlng Fourtecnth Infantey, sent to Fort Ilall, Tabo, to fuvestigate the threat- encd war with the Bannocke, hag made a de- mand for the surrender of the Indlans who mnrdered Alex Rioden at Ross Fork, They l:rumhu that they will deliver him, but it fs nnt elieved thiey will doft. They are well armed and wetl wounted, and [nsolvent, 1t Is thought they will make trouble in tho spring. e —— - TIE ANTONELLI CASE. Close of the Trinl—The Court Iieserves Judgment, 3 Corvespondence London Times, Tloxe, Dee. 7.—Tho long-oxpectel and re- peatedly-adjourncd cause celobro was yesterday Lrought before the Clvit Tribunal, prosided over by Blgnor Plo Teodurani, 8 furiner momber of the Itallan Government,and attended by two Judges, Antonfo Spazlantand Lulgi Ottavi, The plaintifl, Countess Loreta Lambertini, was represented by Dlego Tajanl, a Deputy, aud the oldest advocato in Naples. The counsel of the defendants—Counts Gregorlo, Angelo, and Luigl Antonelll, and the Countosses Rosalin Antonelli-Sanguigul sud* [nnocenting Bortazzo- li-Borgnana, vo-helrs of tho late Cardinal—was Adriano Marl, a Deputy, and former President of tho Chamber and former Minwter of Grace .and Justice, a Floreuting adyucate of the highe st reputation, asslsted by Antonlo Bacchetto- nl, a lluman advocate, After o fuw words by the plaintifl’s solicitor, Curlo Galiut, 8ignor Tajani opeued the case b; describfug the public and privato career ai character of the Cardinal Giacomo Antonelll, tho statemunts to tho puint velug that the prelato had boen known fur w variety of amor- ous Intrigues, and bad died in posscaslon of enormous wealtn, The Lulk of this wealth wos by Ll bequeathed to the defondants, throw of his brothers, oue sistcr, snd one nfeee, Do pro- vislon belug made for his natural daugnter, the plalulifl. platntif?, wishing to_avold tho scandal The Ukely to arise lrom o trial, highly detrimental tw ber father’s memory, us well as to the Court at the Vatican, had, on the 2th of November Jast eary und ouly tweuty-thres days after the Cardinal's death, addressed a letter to the de- feuduuts expressing her desirs to come with them tu & compromive, which, Iu{ admittiug her Just clatms, should relieve her from the nccessity of wounding tho feellngs of the friends of tho deccased, ana especially of the Pontiff, who highly valued his scryices. As her spplivation remaiucd unanswered, the plafoti, in conalderation of her own rights, and of the intercst of her children, who would be reduced to starvation,was compeiled to bring anaction agaivst the defeudants vu the 8Uth o lait Juno, ‘The plen was that the plaluti® was u ustural daugliter of Cardisal Autonelll by & foreigzu lady, whose name aud pereou were lot mentioned or mentlonablg, and the proof of this paternity was to be establiaued on the testhino- uy of witnesscs whivso depositions had already been brouglit before Court, & fusurs memoris, and of ther witnesscs now tn attendance. 'The counsel for the defenss objected that this testl- niony was not adimissible, and the Court had to- day to deal with this prel‘lnlnu‘ question. ‘The plaintiff’s counsel bascd bis as; the fuct that the Cardlnal's natural daughter wis born {n 1855, ang that walters relating to hiee birth wust be settled ncvording to the Jaws then fu vigor.—L ¢, to the ol Roman and can- ment on ou laws and the Hegolameuto, or codo based on both, sna publiskicd in the Poutideats of Ureg- ory XVI. Thesc laws, says ‘lajani. admlit the testimony of witncases fu cases of this uature, 1o contrudiction to the present Itallan law, which forbids all Inquiry as to tho_paternity o} ldren Lorn fn wedlock, as the Couutess Lambertinl was, on the old prisciple, + Pater cat 1s quem nuptiz desunclant.” Siguor Tajuni argucd that, although tle plalutif'was Loptized a9 duugbter of Angelo Marconl by bis lawiul wife, Autonta Batlerlnd, aud Hyed with ber mother as her daughter il the day of ber mother’s death, and altbough sho was warrled 88 Loreta Marcont, a legitimate daughter of the Marcouls, aud bore no other vame, she was aiways kuown to bo s natural daughter of Car- dloal Autoncllf; snd ber mother, s it would be *proved, waa not Autouls Marconl, but o forelgn lady, whose child waa_secretly Iabrusted to the cart'of tho sald Marconl, to o brought up as Lier own child The pluiutifls coucsel, therefore, removed from hia clisnt’s case such objectious as wlzat risu agzalust it on sccount of ber belng sa terous child, for she was the daugbter, oot of the Magpoul, & marded woiman, but of the for- adul-’ elgn Tady, who was deserilied an unmarried. fle next eombated the objection raused against her *aacrilegions child,”~1. e., a3 daughter of Cardinal Deacon In holy onders. Iic nr- that, aithough to the clreum- stances of the plaiuti@s birth the old lawa wera to bLe applled, and, to_ those lawe, the plainufll might be considered “a sacrllegious chfid," she could not be ac cunsldered under the present Hallan law, which lznored Ifoly Grders, and admitted cven ex-oricsts to the benelits of the civil marriage; the Jearned caunscl (nsisted that although the birth was amenable to the old Papat law, the question of the successlon, opened In 1976,—1. e., nfter the Ttalian oceupa® tion of Rome, and tlio promuliration of the ftal- fan Code hiere,—was to he settied in_nccordance 1o the present Italian law. Slgnor Tajan! add- ed that were even the title of * sacrilegious chfld?* applicable In the case, it could nhardly deprive his client of n claim to er honorable subsiatence, consfdering that the number of children In her condition had always been and was extremely numcerous in Rome, and that *agerilegious chilldren' ol many prélates and Pontiffs had not only been well * provided for, but also Invested with ficfs and sovercigntics; aml he quoted tho Instance of Plus IL. JEneas Ivius Plecolumind, one of the rreatost Popes In the fifteenth century, who, n a letter to an Intimate friend printed in his epistolary,recommenda that care stiould be taken ogn daughter, the offapring of bis unclerical indiseretion, Tajani wound up 1. an appeal to the Court, from whom “in & great canse great Justice was expected. s was answered by Bacchettont, who, as an old advucate accustomned to Papal courts where only written pleadings. were acmitted, en- deavorud, not with much_suceess, to demolish the arguinent which tho plaintiTs counse! had built on the authority of old Ruman aud Canon {urluu and cormncutators, Then followed Mad, quita & match for Tajanl, now startling the Court by the thunders of his earnest dellyery, now edityinz it by the extent of his professional erudition, now begulling it by the varlety of hix forensic subttety, but more often ainnsing it by sallles of genuine wit, and even of less atlowable Florentine drollers® contrast- ng vot unpleasantly with the broader humor of bis Neapoiitan sdyersary, Mari cstabllahied the principle that ne man has right to pass from o leritinate to an fllegitimate condition, Jilo contended that the Counfess Lambertinl was born of lawfully wedded parents; that she was baptized as the daughter of Angelo and Antonia Marcont; that the fede dl battesimo wasat the time of her ‘Lirth the only public register; and that her namne was always given fn that capacity when the oflicers of the ceusus, both in Papal and Italfan times, applied to hor mother for gthe names of tho membvers of her family and of the lnmates of her house. Under that pamie shie was married, and shu has eved uow no uther malden vame, She is Countess Marconl Lambertink, or she is notbing. From this condition, cstablished in her faver Ly all these documents. and by tho posscszo df stato— 1. €., from tho fact that she has always been held and shown hy her parents as their own, well cared for by them, well brought up, lupoed In luxury, aod at Inst advantogeously inarred,— she would now by her own act, and from inter- ested snd immoral motives, pass herself off for ay {llegitimate, sn adultorous, aud a sucrilegious child. To tute, Mart declared the Jaw objects on principle, because, were such pleas admitted, there #ould be no end to the clumants who, for sordid objects snd with “hotter themselves,” would thelr well-known parents and themeolves” upou wealthy end nobte persous. Upon that ground the learned counsel thougtit the ,Court should not proceed to the examination of the platntiil's wituesses, There would be no means to prove that the plaintif was not the daughter of Autonis Mar- conl, or that she could not Lo the daughter of Anguio Marconl; no meaus of establishing the absencs or finpotence of the latter. Much less would It bo practicable to trace the maternity to the forelgn lady, who was, and would always remain, n mero myth, or to prove the * substitution of ler child as that of the Marconl. ‘The evidence alluded to by tho plalutiil's lawyers was uttérlv worthless, and sv imuch 8o that the plaintiil's advocate, Signor Tajunl himself, had no Land fn drawine 1t up, and had not deemed It expedientto Inslst wpon it. Bignor Mar, of courde, adverted to a view to repudiate ** father " the contradiction involved in the argument of lila adversary, who would, accepting ns it suited his purpose, ablde now by the uld Papal, now by the preseut Itallan law; but Elgnor -Marl thiought both laws were aguinst the clalmant, for nelther ndinitted the cvidenco of witnesses towards the establishment of the ilegntinacy of s legithnato child, nothing Leinz more diffleult, nothing mare’ delicate, nothing morg 1iable to deception and abuse, Stnor Mard see aaldo the argument that the Countess Lambert- ful was ealied Lorota beeause this was the namy of tho Cardinal's mother, Lorcta, he proved, wus equally the numu of Antunla Marconi's mother, The wealth lavished by.the Cardiunl on the plalutils mother vroved nothing, or, at the utmost, It only showed that he might have been broutht ‘to belleve facts which could never have been substantlated cven to his uwn full satlafuction. Paternity, exeept a3 catablisbed Ly law in lepitimate wed. lock, was anlways & maotter of doubt. What could easily e bused on brools was the maternd- ty, for mater semper ost, but here the mother could not be produced. Hefore the law the Countess Lambertini was cither Autonla Mar- cont's daughter or she was nubady’s child, The Court reserved judement, Lut the cause is apparcutly st an ¢nd, for the fmpression made on o very large ond ottentive sudicnce, among whom “the lawyers were nutnerous, was that In point of law the plalntiif had no cause; and auch anust weals boe tho couclusion of the Court. Signor Tajeni, inde-d, expressed his determination to bring the farclgn lady into court, it her pres- ency was necessary, and no ous could say to what uxtent the ‘present aspect of tho case migbt be altered by such an lncldent. But, as it now stands, there sceins to bo no question us to the plalutifl being the legitinate daughter of Augelo und Autouia Marcon sny presump- tion of Cardinal Antonelli’s paternlty, huwever m}{ based on his own convietiou and enrrohor- ated by hils acts und couduct, not behng reduc- ible to muilblu ezl prool, ‘' trial beian soon alter noon, and only ended atter 0 o'clock. Sentence fs expected to e given before tha codol the prosent month, e e— A Qualnt Legend afbl tatnbow, Accordlug to pular belief in Qermany, the eumfiulu I:; a ralnbow aiways touch streams, wheuve it draws water by means of two large golden dishes, That {8 why it ruius for three days after tho uppearubco of a rain Low, becauss the water must full again on the carth. Whoever arrives st tho right mo- ment on the spot where the ranbow s drinkiog cau tako Imncuiun of the galden dish, which reflects all the colors of the ralnbow ; bat 1 nobody s there, thie dlshes are azaiu drawa up ato the clouds. Bome say that the rainbow always Icte & dish fall, This once bappened at ltuutxlngun In Buabla, It brokelnseveral pleces, but tho Ander rocelved a bundred gulden for i1, At Tubingen people used to runto thcondof tho rainbow, which appeared to be resting over the Necker or the Steinach, to secura the golden dish. U“m"cxx" 18 cousidered wrong to sell the disl, which ought to bo kept asan heir- loom ln tbe family, for it Urings good Juck, A shephierd "In the Suablan Alps once found “such a dlab, and he uever afterward lost a sheep. An unfor- tunate native of Heubach, who suld the treusure at a high price, was struck duygh on the spot. Small rouml gold cofus, marked with & cross or star, are frequently found ju Suabls, snd the peasauts declars ‘that thess were manufactored from ralubow alshes by the Homaus when they fuvaded Germany, In the Black Forest tho rulnbow used ‘s golden goblet, which it afterward dropped. A shioe throwninto a rainbow comes back tlled with gold. The Bervians have a theory that passing beneath o rafubow changes thu sex. When a double rulnbow Ls scen Busbian peas- ants say tho devil would llke to imitate the rainbow, but he cannot succeed. Tue Estho- njuns called the ralubow * tho Thunder of God's slckle,”t A theory existed fn the Middle Ages that the ralubow ‘would cease ta appeara to tatn nutaber of years hefors the Last Judguent, and Hugo von Trimber, fu a old German pocm, mentious torty years as the prescribed time, ee—— — The lorse-(lair Enake, Now York Tritune. ‘There is & well-knuwn \muular beliet which atill lanzely survives, ju svite of the cffurts of naturalists 10 sssure the public of 1ts fallucy, that tho gordiuy, or ‘*‘lorse-hair snake,” actually Uve borse-batr. Thers are stil} suan people” who firmly belleve that i the bhalr Froin & Dorso's mage or tall s left for soie weeks o runuing “water, tho [ndividual bairs will wssume witality and become * horse-hatr snukes.” Mauy s country lad bas tried this vx- periment, thougb, uf course. with unsatisfacto- ry result. At o receut weethg of the Mary- laud Academy of Befences, Prof. Ubler, the Preeldent, read an fntercsting paper sumwming upour kuowledvus of this strunge worm, Dr. Leidy hus deternfued the fuct that In lts sduli state the * borsc-hair snuku® dovs vot cat apy food; llke wany insects fu thelr duat stage of lfe, it 1s then solely devoted to the re- uctlon of its specles. A single fewalo way have wn cuormous number of egis; Dr. Leldy's catiwate fs 6,UM,600. Tho young gordius at- taches iteclf 0sa parasite o wany thbes aud swal syuatle creaturcs, aud aleo to such ju- sects us grasshobpors sud day-tlles, The levzin of tho wature gordius s about fuurtcen fuclics its thickuess the twenty-1th of su fuch; its wudeucy to coil lu kuots bas given the wor its scientific name. THE COUNTY BOARD. The Election of County Officers Postponed until To= ' Morrow. Mr, 8torrs’ Claim for §3,000 Approved ~-The Court-Honse Plans Must Not Be Reviewed. The regular weekly mecting of the County Board was held yesterdny afternoon. Thesh- sentces upon a call of the roll wero Messrs. ‘Tabor, Boese, and Meyer; but the two last named camo in during the reading of the min~ utes of the last meeting, Under the head of unfinished buaincas, Mr. Cleary called up the matter of clecting county officers, which had been 1aid over from the last mecting. Mr. Fitzgerald moved that when the Board adjourn it adjourn until Thursday at 2 o'clock. Mr. Conly offcred as au amendment that the day bo Wednesday, which was put and prevatied by a vole of 8to 0, Mr. Fitzgerald then moved that the electfon of oflicers be postponed until Wednesday. Mr; Wheeler maintatised that the Board had not agreed to adjourn until Wednesday, for the reason that the amendment to tho motlon to ad- Journ bad been carried, but the original motfon Liad not beenput. Heappealed from the dectston of the Chair, and the Clale was sustained by a vote of 1t 2, The motion of Ar. Fitzzerald to postoone the cleetion of officers untlf Wedneaday was then renewed, seconded by Mr. Mulloy. Mr., Spoffurd objected to the inotlon on the grouni that it was out of order under the rules of the Board. ‘The previous question—the motion of Mr. Fitzgerald—was then put, and prevailed Ly o vote of 11 to 2. Thoss voting in the negative were Messra. Cleary and Wheeler, ‘The regular order of business was then taken up, the firat being the readiug of n communica- tion from the County Attorniey submitting au Sopinfon ! as to-the relations of the ity and county in the matter of bullding o dome for the new Court-House, about which 50 much has begn sald of late. The document was lunmh{. evasive, and not worth the paper upon which it waa writien a8 a matter of information, aa it simply repeated what everybody knew—that the whole question could be settled inthe courts. It was placed on file. A communication on, the same subject waos reasd from Mayor Heatli asking n confercnee he- tween the city and county authorities In refer- ence to the dome question, which was referred, A commmunication was’ read from the County Clerk askiug that vroviston be made for the sularies of employes In the new Department of Statistics, Referred. ‘The usual number of bills were then read, in- cliding the pay-rolls of the courts and county offices, _Amoung the bills was an estimnate W «favor of the granite coutractor on the Court- Touse, amouating tv 87,0:0. Heferred, The Finanee Comtnlttee submitted a majority report it favor of abolshine tho office of Attor- ney in tha lower coury, and reducing the mllx'n;,y of the County Atturnev from 85,000 to 83,000, The report was sigucd by Meesrs, Ayars, Spof- ford, and Benne. Mr. Fitzgerald sent in n minority report from the same Cominittee protesting ageinst any re- duvtlons being made, and apainst dolug awa with tho Attorney ju the lower courts, whicl was slzned by Messra, Fitzzerald and Lenzen, ‘The two reports were discussed pro and con by several members, whereitpon a vote ou the mlnority report was calied for and the report was adobted as followa: Feas—Nradley, Cleary, Conly, Fitzgerald, Loff- ‘mann, Leozen, Meyer, Mulloy—8, Nays—Ayars, Boese, Burling, Spoffon], Wheel- er, Eenne—U. ‘The Cotnmittce on Judiclary reported [n favor of paying £3,000 to E. A. Btorrs for pssistance rendered the State's Attorney In prosceuting the inuleted Cominlsstoners a_few weeks ago. Adopted by avoteot 10 to 4, The Committes on Public Charities reported on bitls aggregating 80,213.47, and the enme wero ordered pald, “Fhie Committce on Equalization reportod in favor of moving the Atlas Department to what & knowi as the samplo-roon, and that the Committee Clerk oceupy the atlas-room, aud that thy umplufen of the department namcd bo rotafned at thelr former salarios until the map- work is completed, Adopted. ‘The Committee on Jatl and Jatl Accounts re- vorted fn favor of auditing Lills amounting to $9,508.8L, Adupted, Alr. Hoffmunn ezlied attention tothe fact that the rates on tho full-roads had been reducea, aid to the further fact that the owners of thy roads were charging the old rates. Ho wanted 10 sce the new schedule earrled out. My, Conly replied that the Cummittes on Roadw and Bridges would attend to the matter, Mr. Burling iutroduced o resolution author lzing the Committes un Publie Butldlugs and Publle Bervice, in connection with Architect, Egan, to thoroughly fnspect tho plans irom whicls thy uew Court-llouse was heing built, eapedally with reference to the heating ung veuttlatiug, atd report back to the Board if any alterations Were necessary, In explanation of the resolution, Mr. Burling sad be nover saw s building of the magnitude of thy Court-Huuse but could be lmproved {n some way, and, innsmuch as the huliding was now in shape to admit of siterations, if auy were necessary, now was the thine to act. Tho aduption of the. resolutlon, he sald, could do uo injury in any event, as his oblect had been to eeonomize, i possible. Mr. Fltzgerald was opposed to the adoption of the resolution, but guve no reason there- for. Mr, Wheeler thought the resolution eminent- 1y proper aud sight, and hoped 1t would be ndupted, Ho diduot knw thatuny changes fu the plans would Le fuuud to be necessary, but if nny wero they could bo nuw made ut vue-fourth tho cost that they could wheu tho Luilding was completed. Mr. Burling further safd that ho had not fo- troduced the resolution in o mruum splrit, but sitwply becauso bie bolleved that the sction coutemplated should by hiad, ‘Tho motlon to adept the resolutions was thon put and lost by the followiug vote: Yeas—Ayars, Bueso, Burling, Meyers, Spofford, Whgoeler, Sanne—7. Nugs—firadley, Cleary, Couly, Fitsgorald, Hoff- mann, Lenzen, Matloy—7. The Board then adjourned untll Wednesday, et i HARD ON THE DISTRICT-ATTORNEY, Special INsvuick 10 The Chicago Tribune, Ixpiaxavorts, Ind, Dee. 2h.—In tho Blog- hamn whisky cases the Comptroller of the Cur- reney bhas decdided that the Unlted States District-Attorncy 13 - entitled to a feo of $10, the usual amount allowed for judgments, The law allows 2 per cent on all moncys realized n such cases. The declstun fa madoe on the ground that at tho fret salo of the Hbeled “property tho Government bid it in, aud, of course, reallzed pu fuonoy, although alterwards selling it for many thousands of dullars, 20 $10 1s all the attorncy peta for neurly u year's hard work, Gen, Tom Brown bad an allowance of 38,000 for assisting tn prosccuting the saime cases, e — CANADIAN NEWS Aicial Disgatch 1o The Chicago Trivune, MoNTnEaL, Doc, H.—Mesars, Wood & Davis, importera of fancy dry goods, who bave carried on a systomatic course of swindiog here for somo years, aod who recontly falled with llu- bilities exceeding 1,000,000, absconded & few duys ago, sud the two brothers, Julius aud Henry Davis, wero to-day arrested at Platts- burg, N, Y., at the fustance of Mr, Galtwan, of Montrea), who chargod thein with haviog forgzed his uame to uotes for §36,000. The Daviscs aftorwands bad Galtman urreeted for perjury, ‘The whercabouts of Wood are not known. ‘Ihe keeat strike {3 uow tu a falr way of set- tlement, The taen buve sgreed upun Mossre, Mr. Jette, M. I, as arbitre- tors. atrictors have been fovitod to elect two other gentleuicn in tho eame capacity, to whow vowers will bo delequted, Itis ex- St e e gy e coem o pected the men will resume work on il th sectlons Wednesdsy, Stesmboat excaralons takeplace from Berthler ' to this city to ailow the excursionists to attend midnizht ‘mass, The forry-boata will run to Langue Jsle to-morrow, 18 Is unprecedented iy ety 5ad Ditelet. Savinga Danke lay tho an strict Savings Banl distributed $10,600 among the various :finrllla fn‘ tll':: ;lly being the fntcrest on the poor fand ank. 2 A scttlement hes been arrived at between the Passuinpsic and Southeastern Rallways, and the Compaunies’ regular teaffic resumed at once. THE WEATHER, Orrice o Tnm Crixr Stowar Orrioem, Wasarvoroy, D. C., Doc. 24&~For the Lake Reglon and Middle Btates. ensterly winds, ex- cept northerly In New York, cooler, parily cloudy, or foggy weather, and falling barometer, Spretal Dieputch fa The Chlcago Tridune. Jovizr. Iil.,, Dec. 24,—Considerable rain has fallen here during the past fow days, and the Yenp!e of this vicmity are virtaally mud-bound. t has rained aimost” incessantly tolay, and the mud {s fathomless. The country roads are Im- rflnu:hle. and the count ople cannot get Into town either to markof thelr produce or da thele necessary trading., The weather has s very depressing effeet on business of all kinds, and especially the hollday trage. LOGAL OBSRRYATIONS. Cnidaao, Dee. 24, i) _wind, Timé, | Bar. | TAr Vel Bn.|Wenther T[ioL i & [ialie: iR 11574 [1A7S. | 1S, | 1o 290 30.174, 30,377 30. 31 30,000 50 {25,740 1;0,75 50.75 s i3, e B. B, BAsSLE! Bergeant Bignal Service, U, 1% — S —— CALIFORNIA CROP PROSPECTS, 8aN FRANCI8CO, Dec. 24.—Within the last few daye the State hos been vimted by n general ralu. In some places the rafn has been heavy enough to jusurethe crop, even If theremainder of tho season should be comparatively dry. This Is partleularly truc of Napa and Sonoma Countics, The cunat counties gencrally have Iad a good supply. The southern portlon of the State has been highly favored, and the newepapers of that sectlon conslder the crops sesured, The SBap Joauln and Banta Clara Valleys have bad i light’ ruinfall, but probably suflicient to remove the cause of any immediute apprehension, The Bacramento Valley haa had cuough for present peeds, On the whole, the preapect {s cousidered very encournging. s WISCONSIN STATE PRISON, Apectal Disalch tn The Chicaga Tribune, Mapison, Wis., Dec. 24.—The aunual report of the State Prison Directors is publisbed for the year ending Sept. 30, 1877. It showa the number of convlets in the Prison Scpt. 80, 1870, to havo been 2003 number received durlug the year, 1705 total cost of feed, clothes, fuel, In- struction, and superintendenca of prisoners, ex- clusive of ey ¢ connccted with manufactur- ing, 839,8125 average cost per man, $137. A contract’ lias been made to leasa the convied latwr to M. D, Wells & Co., of Chicage, at 40 cents per couvict for flve years from Jan. 1, 1878, ——— A SCHUOL IMBROGLIO. Special Dispesteh 1o The Chicago Tribtine, Jaxeavinie, Wis, Dec. 2L—A case of con- siderablo intcrest to the public schoul authuri- ties has just béen dectded by Judge Concer, of this Circuit. A. E. Borpee sucd out a writ of mandamus aizalost Prof. Burton, of tho tligh- Hehogl, to compel. bim to permit Burpee's son, who had been suspended for bad conduct, to re- turu to school unconditionally, ThsJudge de- cliled that Prot, Burton Lad noright to suspend, and ordered that the.boy bo admitted. The .Ix;'ggol autburities propose to carry the case er, OBITUARY, TPovonresesig, N. Y., Dec. 2{.—Robert P. Tarrott, the inventor of the Parrott gun, dled at Cold 8pring this wornlng. ——— The Length of n Minute, Few porsons reulizo how long a minute fs. The World retates this of a witncss who fre- <\uontly used thuexpression, *'several minntes': Now, Mr. Sinall," sald the Judge, ¢ when you thiuk o minuto 13 gone say ‘now.’ I will sa) Snow ' when I wish vou to begin." My, Bmall nodded hls eutire comprebension of the plan and looked contldent of his ubility uzlzucu well. Now," erled Yhe Judge, and 10 u dead sileuca the Court waited, Tho witness fidgeted about in his chalr, and, with a great clock-faco staring at him from the wull, stood tho suspense as fon ho was able, and then cried * Now," * Just twelve secouds,” sald tho Judie, amid & chorus of laughter. —— HOSTETTER'S ALMANAC, Tha editlon for 1878 of the sterling Medleal An- nusl kuown as Lostetter's Almansc 1s now reagy, sud niay by obtained. §freo of cost, of drapglsts aid geueral country dealera fn all parts of the United tates and Britkeh Amerlca,and Indeod in ever civilized portion of tho Western Hemisphere, It cambines, with the soundest practical advico for the preservation aud restorativn of Lealth, a largo amount of fatereting and smuwing Heht reading, aud the calendar, astronomical calcalntions, chro- nological calculatlon, chronological ftems, otc. ato. preparea with wreat care, and will bu found entircly aceurate. Tho lssue Of Hostotter's Alma- nac for 1478, u the English, German, ¥rench, Welsh, Nurweglan, Swedish, Holland. Dobeuisn, and psnlsls lanzusges, wiliis all probability, be the largest edfilon of & micdical work ever pub- liwhed fn any country. "Tho anprlclcn, Mesars, Hosteticr & Nmith, l'uubxmt. ., on recolpt of & two cent staip will forward a cur’ b{ mail to any K:::l"n ‘who caunot procure ope in bis ueighbors BUSINESS NOTICES. Vao 4 Biry, Winslow’s Hun"hlns children whlle tecthing. It enre diavelira, wind collc, and regulat - — Byrup* for 2atory and Vinckney, Juckson & Co.'s Fine Spioel " GLOVES. Gloves! Gloves! Gloves! The Best In the World for Centle= men's Wear are the CITY MADE GLOVES Fisk, Clark &Flagg Tho Best Kid Gloves, The Best Dofskin_flloves. The Bost Driving Gloves, Tho Best Cvaching {loves. At RETAIL EVERYWHERE OWN FAMILIES. Dit, PRICE'S BAKING l’o\?’lfl'flh - CRE BAKING POWDER IS THE ONLY POWDER Indorsed by Eminent Chemists and Physi- its PERFECT PURITY and HEALTEFULNESS, and -USED "IN THEIR