Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1877, Page 1

The Thicage Dailp TETbwne. CIIICAGO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1877—-TWELVE PAGES. VOLUME XXXIL CLOAKS. Cloaks! Cloaks! FNGRIOUS REDUCHIONS DRY GOODS. BARGAINS Feld, Leiter - &.Co.. EXPOSITION BUILDI ARE OFFERING (reatBargains EVERY DEPARTMENT! MINERAL WATER, The Queen of Table Waters, OHIGHLY EFFERVESBCENT. DRLLEWIHA.SAYRE. A deltghctol beverage. Dt WILLIAM AL HAM M +*Farsuperlor to Vichy, Beitzer, of any uthier, PRALFIED Lo LOOMIN, *'bopt gratefal and refreshing, . DR, R, 0GDEN DOREMUN, ani whiolesomes auperior to all etions FOREIGN. Turkey : Takes the Initiative in an Effort to Se- cure Peace. England Requested to Sound the Russian Government on the Subject, 'Abyalutely pure for dally use: free againet Croton and And Has Consented to Acoept the Important and Delicato Office, [ NOTE THESE PRICES! Rough Beaver Cloaks formorly % 9 formorly 12 formorly 814 Plain Beaver Cloaks AT 87.60.. reducod from §11 AT $10.00 ........reduced from $14 AT $16.00 (Slikend Velvel Trimmed) from $32 Matelasse Cloaks AT £8.00, markod down from 512 AT $10.00, markod down from 814 AT $14,00, marked down trom $20 AT $16.60, marked down from 22 AT £18.00, marked down from $25 200 Tmported Cloaks, |Hhss & i Hi LYN, L . Eog, ¢ 3 MY Rondons Eae, *impred nn.fi; It PEASLEK. **Usful and very agrees: DR. AIT‘I‘IN FLINT. * 1then), and well :\3::_. for Dyspepsia and cases of Acuta Dise Army Operations in Bulgaria Provented by Deep Snow. DR. FORDVCE BARKEIR, Ny far the most agreeable, alone oF mized with wine, utefulin Catarrhe of Btomach or Biadder, and In Gont.” DR.J. MARION SIMS. *‘Notonly s juxury but A necesity.” Ta be had of all Winc Merchants, Grocers, Drug. 173, oo iherat Water Dedlers througtoat the (it tates, and wholesale of TREDK DE BARY & CO, 41 & 43 WARRENNT., NEW YORK, New York Bowery Loan Ofice, tPXOTE THE FOLLOWING PRICE! Interesting Incidents of the Re- cent Political Crisis in France. . Schemes of Political Intriguers Little Relished by the Army. A Growing Cnrdinliti Observed Between France and Germany. B PEACE PROPOSITION. YU N TUREEY TIRED OF THE CONFLIOT, Good Stylos, reduced ONE-THIRD AN [Dy Cable to The Chicago Tribune.} less thad cost. 1 D 3 PREVIOUS TO Loxooy, Dec. 20.—Publicity has just been SILK CLOAKS iz oway given to the English noto to Russia, men- 3/ ? 7 tioned in thess dispatches Deo. 19, - Turkey leK Cl 0‘“(8 f“[‘ lmed enta " f wlith ol s s toeutalty Lnving asked England to sct as mediator, i y 9 | o take your clivice (ur Speclalty Bujt. SIC“Jl \N CLO “{S 14 fram _ tuirty.ave Oui uity sut. tho lntter addrossed a note to Russin i LV H n iy 8 nsking her what would bo her terms for Our Entiro Stock of CHLDREN'S CLOAKS, peace. This noto was sent the day after the carly session of Parliament had been called, e “’»‘l"?rlhr!r :-1&':3;}5 oy l.:.m_fl»'f-!‘ il PIANOS AND OIRIEANS. and, though ten days have passed, no answer ALL MARKED DOWN' Hi’?.{'fl.‘ OFTHRAEWC XU ROR R L0 = or even acknowledgment bas been received . 206 South Olark-st,, Near Adams, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, eveninga till 0 and Baturdavato 1 p. m. FURNITURE. FURNITURE! Holton & Hildreth, 996 & 227 STATE-ST, | New and elegant designs at lower prices for CASH than ever before. Weare determined to sell our from Russia. The London press regards this The above REDUCTIONS aro step ns mado with a- view to roducing our large stock. THEY MUST BE 80LD + MANDEL BROTHERS, 121 & 123 STATE.ST., Branch, Michigan.av. and Twenty-second.st, conms LITRARY, To conform to the aconomic tendency of tho times, wo have reduced our subscrip tion rates, to take offect Jan. 1, All subsorip- tions now mado recsive the henefit of the roeduotions. 1 volume, 1 year, £ volumes, 1 year. 3 volumes, 1 year. 4 volumes, 1 year Waare onabled to make the above roduc- tions because wo are woll established with an unequaled Library, tho best of facllitios, and unexampled opportunities for obtain- ing ail the Now Booka at Publishers’ prices. COBB'S LIBRARY, 173 WABASH-AV., PALMER HOUSH. * GRAVELY. DIPORTANT. . Tho Times says.it is an announcement which will tend to calm the fears which have been excitipg tho country, and HOLDS OUT HOPES that the dreadful war may bo brought to 8 close more quickly than by tho shock of battle. The Daily Telegraph, Turkish organ, daya: ***Mediation and warning,'—these are the subjects which liave lately absorbed tho sitontion of ber Majesty's Ministors.” The Daily News says: * By its prosent AND Estey Organs SPECIAL PRICES FOR CASH , DURING THE HOLIDAYS. STORY & CAMP, P 211 STATE-ST. MATHUSHEK PIANOS! With Equalising Scalo and Linear Dr{dge. ek Planos sre now acimowledged by the el s cs Tl gartsof o Counes,” 0 vasl periur to any other Plana 3 R aCalouné, contalning foll explanation ef the xii"" tho character of an intercessor for onounfor- ly for Europo; but it has to harmonizo this new character with the declar ations which it has repeatedly mode, Retail Stock if prices will do it. which the loast that can bo sald is that they lins now undertaken to play. By its own de- WATCHES AND JEW 5 $100,000 Watches and Jowelry. JANUARY 1, 1878, OWING TO REMOVAL TO CALIFORNIA, The unprecedented success together with the so. Jeftatlons of friends, and_the {mmenss stock ot WATOIHES snd JEWELRY still on hand, 1 naw oller the same untliJan. 1 regardiess of cost. Tosltively Oue Price Ouly. Open Eveuloge untd 8 STATIONEIRY. CULVER, PAGE, - HOYNE &G0, 118 & 120 Monroe-st., the reasons for this separatist polioy and Linear iridge, sent 4 A W HAYE NOT BEEN CONCEALED. 0t free upon Ap) tun rson wishing tw purchase s I'iano shou! tosnd foroue. v Taylor & Farley Organs, New and Deautiful Dealgn of Cascs. PELTON & POMEROY, 152 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. Soie Agenia for the Norihicest, EZ-AGENTS WANTED IN EvERY TOWN, than o formal acknowledgment of its receipt will be sont. In Derlin, England's offers of mediation torvention. emphatio, almost violent, article sgainst tho Offor at rotail Fino Stationery from | dclock The .| Eoglish maritimo policy generally in tho RIS TR | SWISS & GERMANS| — Awucssosssos sner ) et i b b Do grotoé:.rds.“ gf:iax;gnn%%elo Sfia{‘,.",; Are particularly fuvlted tocall bofore NEW YEAR. AT THE feld's Esstorn policy. It refects absolutely Htationery in all the most fashian- ablo sizes, tints, and shapes, put up 1in elegant boxes, "NEW PUBLICATIONS, WORTH AWBRICAN REVIEW, January-February, 1878. any communily of interests with England, and distinctly warns her that GERMANY PREFERS A RUSSIAN ALLIANCE \TERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION, 70 BE HELD IN PARIS, I THE YEAR 1878, May be addressed to the underaigned, up to Jau. 10, At Room No. 24, Post Oflice Build~ ing, New York City. Jolhn G. Ashleman, 130 State-st, BANKRUPT STOCK OF JEWELRY, At 124 Twonty.Scoond-st. Private rale Saturday and ondsys Auction, 70 p. . Closly: uLe. Clusl M alng. R OO ¥ & CO.. Auctiongats. liberal combination be carried out, this ar- 1 Charlea Sumnner, loo. George F. Hoar, the foreign policy by the now Oabinet. 1L A Crum for the Moderu Symposium, Prof, John ¥iske, FINANCIAL. i 1L Art of Drawatic Compasitlon. Dion Bou: UIAL: | Apoliaants will state sa specinoally as pos. | Berlin about Jan. 16, just beforo the open- clesult, sible the number of aquaro foet required, ing of the British Parliament, 1V. General Amuesty. llon, John Tuaadolph 1[). | whetner of floor or wall apace, and tho ohar- eker. 2 noter of exhibita, vigid NTS. V, Engllsh Arlstocracy, W, B. W. Leckr, + | Reataurants, or stands foreating or drink. T ‘fl,‘.fi?fgfl;}?fifif 5 VI, Rewlnlsconces of the Clyll Wur. General ) ing, will not be sllowed within the space ale litcland Taylor. 100 WASHINGTON-8T., lotted to the United Btates, ViL. Qrigla of ko Halixn Langusge. W. . Tramaaed B R RS Gt RICHARD U, MoCORMIOK, fi“g":""’;n;‘""b:':";:s"gu:&:%ff.fi‘;mi;:x: . Drafia: Unitad Btates Commissionor Qe nderal e vxxl.‘rflh;-uu Cyprus, and Mycenm, Dsyard ,,{, € Hiatea Bonds, and Other Firut. Nt o Briclsh Goveroment to spproach the Czar with yivr. made on U. &, Nonds and other At low rato of luterest. South Park Bonds. li2 Coupans 10AUFINE Jan. 1, 1676, will he pald at Tl e ot Clitdaon o At tho Aer: L Batitouc Nastonal Miak, Now' York, upai pre- a o % S1AHEL, VL8 5 inviNG pranc, Treaaurer Kot Purk Comulsslon. aview to bring sbout ucgotiations for peace, aud the British Government has consented to doso."” IX. Capture of Kars and Fall of Plevoa, Uen, George B. McClellan. X. Currency Quacks snd the Sliver Bill, CONFIRMED, Loxpox, Dec. 28.—The Advertiser's announce- ment that the British Government lias consont- ed, on the solicitation of the Potre, to approach the Czar with'a view to brioging about ncgotis- tions fur peacs, s ofticially confirmed. Manton Martlo. Contewporsry Literature. i Price §1.00 per Copy. Bold by Booksellers and Newsdealers Generally, To Proprictor 1. APPLETE Ormanfacturers of arcicles sultable for exportation. Loxpo, Déc. 28.—~The Post u its leadlog ar- MONEY to LOAN Wauseds. b respoiutulo party (Uest of reforsica Stse: | ticlo saye the duty which Euglaud has under- duee ‘tho saie I Kurope. taken is uot embarrassed by suy basls for the settlement of the war, and fnvolves nothing more than to test the willlogness of Rusals to enter Into uegotiatious, tho terms of peace be- {ng o matter for subscquent couslderation. RUSSIAK DEINFORCEMENTS. Buciaussy, Dev, 23.—Relnforcements order- cd for the Russlsn anny excced 230,000 men. The Army of the Baltic, numbering 90,000 wen, 4 also belng formed. Kussia has bought 200,000 rittes {n Berlin. A SNOW BLOCKADE. Lowpox, Dec. 233 —A correspondent at the B usrters of the Russtan (Rustchuk) anny says: *The snow is over two feet deep, sod sl overations are suspeuded. Two soldiers snd many beasts bave perishod. “Trausport service to the bridges crossing the Dacube at Blstovaand Petroabanl ia tnter- rupted. #Therg are no sledges bere to replace the wagons which are rendered uscless by the suow. The Quartermaster's Deparument has declared that it cannot supply food for the cav- sley bere. One regiment of Cossacks s sbout tostart for Roumanis, to outan Adateis Ve, Trihune. 'fO BENT. FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDING TO RENT. Applyto WM, C. DOW, Room 8 Tribune Building, BANK;..%:T“.S“'EOOK WILLOW BASKETS, By JOSIAT H, REED. Mo 20 Nassau-sl, N. Y., . B i, oV D cullcauo L, Applicationa recelved snd pr y 11 A. NUKLBU — ARPLITON & 00, Py S CURLEBI X CUTLERY. 15 | dot dnausry on T PER CENT {5 lary el ) IDISCOUNT| TT. and ; 3 "ok Flatofe [ ELLEY'S,~d Mad: wn-at., Tribuse HId'K, —— omptly ‘attended to ¥, 75 Rundulph-at. " "COUNTY ORDERS And City Vouchers Bought By LAZARUS BILVEIM AN, Chamber of Cows Pl il AL LSS BMANABSE, OPTICIAN, Tribase Buildiug. i fia oftering thelr I Canada {.;mmm“ AR 0f Fur G iy jeal . Fhety. Sititate e Brvk 1o Liairce (@ the history of the turing Co,, [ s haso & sliglo sriicle st Madison and Frank-Lirhase tulals arill e b ioag0, I b ey reat BEAK & BUCHBR. Fine gpectac ca sulted o al) sights on sclentlfic prin- siples. e d Fleld cieacupes Scbuies, Marvaicters ac Uil TEVRE A __NTOCKMOLDERN ME MELT BTOCKMOLDERS Notfca 18 Lerehy giren that there whil bo & mectingof the stockLolders of the Myrchable’ savivgs, Loau, sad Sl Tyt tmee oo Tuceliy, Jatt e, 5 E s, Gold_xad Nick O™ s ibar SLATE MAMTELS, F BODASCO & RUMSEY Suraur 03. W, ud 13, TLF 150 Buryuee uf 50 Cents on tho Dollar, rovender. The best suthorities comcur fu H :;:. ke "J.“;i;al}h..‘&‘ 'ai“fué'.:‘;;‘.;t‘ JE&:‘:"{. L At ¢ THE FAIR,” oo opibion fust the Russlan bridges i e upbetin (5 westlog. LBLES HEN- ARt 104 8tate-st, 6L "’“mflms. across the Danube must all goia & fow days, until the river Is frozen enotigh to permit eross- fng on the ice. 1 the winter is of ordinary vigor, field operations will be impossible. to the Porte's but Mr. Layard bas been {nstructed to sound tha Porte on several points relative to the con- ditlons of peace. action our Goverhmbot Liug taXen upau ftself tunate belligerent while acting also officious- and with tho whole courso of conduct, of Liavo not prepared the world for the part it liberate scts the Queen's Governmont has soparated itself from tho restof Europe, and Russia has not yot replied to this note, nnd"‘ Vionna dispatches stato that nothing more aro scoffod at as only another uame for in- Tho National Zeftung hoa sn Sinco this journal will Lo tho chief orgsn of the Government in case the national ticle may almost bo taken ss o declaration of Prince Bismarck is expected to retumn to Loxnow, Dec. 295 o m.—The Adwrtiser when communication will be comoletely cut off OSMAN PASItA arrived at Bucharcet on Wednesday last. IHis wound s progressing favorably. It s betleved that he will be interned at Moscow, PRINCE CHARLES of Roumania returned to Buctarest on Thurs- day." ENOLAKD'S TOSITION. ConsTANTINOPLE, Dec. 29.—England’s reply circularhias not yet been recelved, FRIXCRE CIIARLES, Bucuanest, Dec. 23.~Priace Charles of Rou- mania intcuds to joiu his troops operatiog against Widdin. SOUNDING ITALY. Gambetta Is expected here for an Informal conference with the new Ministry on the policy of ftaly toward the Vaticau and on the Eastern question. TURRISIT REINFONCEMENTS. loxpoN, Dec. 20-5a. m.—A speclal from Bofia reporta that forty battalions of Turks have arrived at Pirot. ADRIANOPLE. THE STOPPING PLACE BETWEEN PLEVNA AND CONSTANTINOPLE. Adrianople Leter to New York Timee. From the kunak I proceeded to visit the town, of which a description may be necessary, as it 18 rarely forelgners, Adrianople s nssociations. Bullt by the Emperor Hadrian o tbe onthe ruins of Uscudamu, antiquarions have sought to prove, from its position between the three rivers—the Arda, the Tondja, and the Marltza, the Hebron of classlc times—that it is the site of the still more ancient city of Ures- tias, founded, says the legend, upon the spot after the murder of bis motber. this be the exact place of explation or notit certainly possesses many vestiges of construe- tions of Pelasglau origin. Blocks of granite from three to six fect long by three in thickness, with beveled edges and uncut, slightly-rounded centres, arc superposed in Jayers without u trace of ccment. great cotrance to included fn the Eastern tours of nich s historie first ball of the second century where Orestes himsell Whether puritied One plece of wall near the tho bozaar is forty feet fn length and sixteen feet hizh, and all along tho citadel, which still preserves its Byzantine name of Kastro, may be followed the trace of the primitive enceinte, where blocks Iiko those which I have described form the basc, while above are placed otber smatier lavers of Roman workmanship, These arc the remalfus of the walls constructed by the Antonlues on ithe ruins of those which, without going back to the almost prehistoric days of too Atrides, defended the great Capital of the ‘Adrysian Kines of Thrace long anterior to the reign of Philip of Macedon. Excent in the Kagtro, aud the stoties of fts auclent edifices were used tor the bullding o musquea and dwell- ing bouses, in whose waulls may yet be secu vceastonal furmless fragments. ‘But 1n the mosque of Selim I11., whose fmmense dome is four fect higher than that of Ays Sophia at Constantinople, there s a grand gateway sup- ported by columus of undoubted Romuu art, in verd autfque, and cipotiv, aud Slenna granite, which must hiave been transported thitner from sonie heathen temple, ‘Therv aro four tall fluted minarets - to this bullding, each with three galleries, each @allery betug reched by a separate stalrway, the peculianty of the construction being that these last twist up in & spiral from tho baseruent without mect- fuy eaclother. The one leadiug to the higheat guiloryHas 577 steps, and from its top there ls maguiffent view ot the Valley of tha Maritea and of the city, which je destiucd oue day.to re- gain alf {ts auclent prusperity and comtnerclal activity, The futerioro! themosque s impusing, although bare, ss it is only oroamented with laups, vatrich eggs, and rich carpets, while above cach of fts nluctv-nine winduws 1s fu- seribed the de rigueur Koran verses in gilded letters o a bright blue ground. There are ex- acely 150 mosques tn the clty, but soneof them are rewarkavle for thelr urchitectural beauty ur from assoclation, and even the Muradyst, bullt Ly thu conquerur of the vrovince, which 18 ‘older thau auy ‘Turkish edifice 1 Constautinople, s purely Byzautine, aud offers more of those peculiarities of Arab art thun any to be scen at Calro or Broussa. ‘Yo bazaars are very fine, wuch larger thau those of Conatautitiople, the principal gallery being 800 paces fu lenieth, aud fur more Urleti- tal, though, even bere, the warcs of Dumascus, and Alleppo, aud Bagdad arc gradually giving way to the cheaper Luiportations ol Birminghauw and Mauchester, ‘he most interesting of all the edifices of Ardrianoplo {s the Eski 3eral, the auclent palucs of the Bultuus, whon this was the Capital of the Ottoman Ewpire. It stands at the distance of u quarter of au bour's rlde from the town on the banks of the ‘Trondja, which s crossed by wwo mosumentul bridges. A few luzy Zape tlens were lulterfog before the gatcs when I rode up, and they offered no upposi- tiou to ® free examination of this once alwost sacred " bulldivg. “The entrauco s through an lmmeuse court-yord, nothing, {n- deed, but & vast meadow surrounded by she supported on wouden pillars, where, in duys long ed, the Astatic bordes pastured thoir g a1t ta called pompously tho »Court of the Guurd,” and coutd have accommoduted ut On the further sido least 10,000 horsemen, stauds the *Uate of Happiness,”—the Lab- Beudet—the orlizinal of thst Sublime Porte of wiich 50 frequent wentlon s made in Usmunll documents, even in our time. This i the entrauce proper to the patace, und is of remark- able stmpllcity, belug witbout sculpturs or ornament of any Kind., Thence the heavy duors of fron open Into o vaulted pussage, beyoud wilch the prandees of the Empire, tho chicl of tributary ‘trihes, aud forelzn Ambassudors were forbidden to proceed, the Sultan bimsell @iving audisuce in 8 e touluted pavilion ut oue cud, where througy two gided gratings hio lutened to dumatids sud recelved the petitions of bis sub- Jects. ‘T one cbumber of- the butldlug—so vall that it could uot have sccommodated more than three persons at one thue—used Lo contuin & large divan at ono window on the right, srom which thejCommander of the Faith- ful communicated with the Graud Vizier, and avotlier ou the left ruscrved 1or peiitioners. ‘hie walls are covered with paiutings un wood of birds and Howers and gurlunds of doubiful tuste, but with whose Urilhsney even tha lopse of four centurics has not diminished, lieyond this is o sceond inclosure, lvus vast thau the Guard's Court, but still of considera- ble extent, with a gygantic tower in the centre, commanding the distant town; an ex- terlor stalrcuse of white marble leads to the suwunit, where 1s a huge, bulbous-shuped wood- cincupols sumilar to what was seen at the old Serad ot Stamboul at the Golden Horu, befure its aucient bulldlogs were- destroyed by tire, Allthe left wing of the paluce, ncluding the harem, 15 now fu ruins, but & part of the Tight wing Wil remalng, sud lere i3 the Lullof reception, with thres coutinious bed- oo, orusmented from tour 10 cefllug with sltcruate rows of bricks, cuumeled blus and @reen, of vxquisite workisoship, Most of tucso represcnt ouly owers und Irults, buy en some of them can bo seen the exact plan of the Kuaba ot Mecea. ‘Lhe dependencies of the palure, such as the kitehen, theservants’ roots, aud the stublew, o louger olfer o shugle pogit of interest, fur, with the carclossiess roverblal to the ‘lurks, they bave beew at jowed to deeay sud fall toratn, Inthe cons atruction of_ il the early Turkish mosques By. gantive architucts were cuplyyed, wueresd Persian taste uud skill presided at the erection of thepalaces, When ous lus passed suie nours fu_rambliog through these now deserted balls, whoss profusion of nuturul beautles, united_to all tus jugenlous druameutution of early Oricotal ast, carrics you back Lo the daye of the barburic couque: ! the Byzantlue Em- pire, the traveler bs alsasreeably mpressed by the junovations, fn spurious Europeau tuste, which have becn {utroduced nto Adrianculy ll.t{ the Turklsh suthorities. I bave alrealy uted st the conditlon of the waiu thorougl- in truth, 1did not antivdvate uny- g but L certainly did uot tuok dor a ublic catled “'Tivoll? ow the buuks of tho classic Hebron, nor was I prepared to tind cales cuncerts eatublisbied ju kuuus ‘um from thy fourtecuth and fltecutt centurled. A Jvet- tul troupe I$ represcntiog sow, aud my x erv Way @ive s Kucss 8% the bosritle o fures, aud cophony of *Girofle Girofla.' and * Orphee aux tnatize the composer and Lis translator, Jews, and Armenians, the former being In the -] Adriunople has few -autiquities. It was taken by Bultan Mourad in the year 1800, Enfers,” as sunz and acted {n the vernacular of the country, §might possibly have found it funny it the ainging had been situated elsc- where than under iny bedroom ; but as it was, with the most siucere possile desire tobe amused, [ was unable to do aught but anathe- The population is fairly estimated at 100,000, of whom a little more than one-third Is Mus- sulman, the reat beinz a composite of Ureeks, majority. The shopkeepers and merchants are clever aud_enterprising, and take In and do for the stranger with all the sauviter {n modo pecullar to the ntine. But there s also an upper ten.—}w ple who would live in brown-stone fronts 1 they were Americane, where the men read French novels and newepa- pers, and the ladics play the plano and wear re- productions of Parislan fashiuns, particularly in the article of Louts Quinze heels, the which be- o not precisely the thing for these streets, are usunlly inclined obliquely tothe foot aud produce 2 kind of & waddle {n their gait. This class s not much more beblnd the age than the similar one found In French provincal towns, Lut {s s vast deal more airish_snd unaoproachable, ex- cept you be known to isve money, when it takes yon toits heart, sud 8sks no questiovs 8s to your origin, The consequence of ali this being ihat the aforesaid upper tenls rather queerly composed, and has amung its meinbers 8 good many exotics, who lave left thelr country for their country's good, and purpuse tot to return there, One peculiarity of manpers very noticeable here i the abhor- rence ol forks, €xcept 1o hold the mcat iu place, anil with this a wonderful cleveruess with their knives, which they vlunge duwn their throats with o rapidity sud surcty of sim unly to be found elsewhere wmong professors of legerdemaln, From ail} have seen and heard, progress, lough ~ more real here than in auy province of the Empire, 18 not_yct up to our standard, and neitner the clective nor the {.ulllulury ‘bodies enjoy sufiicient Indupendence, ut ure always mnore or less the creatures of the Valt, whose will' Is in 2l things supreme, and, 1t may be sald, without appeal. Perbiaps when the new constitution gets into full swing things may Improve, but ut present o doubt of the cfllca'i'l of promised reforms fs certainly ad- mivsible. wther FTRANCE. PREFECTORAL PROSECUTIONA. Panis, Dec. 23.—A correspondent telegraphs that the Cabloct has determined to prosecute Sub-Prefect Gallae, of the Department of Tarn, for insulting President MacMshon, to whaomn he wrote a letter of resiznation descrlb- fug the President as o Marshal of France who wus wanting fu alleglance to bis' sworn faith.” Ultra Republican papers demand the impeach- ment of the late Ruchebouet Minlstey for the alleged {ntended voup d'etat. President Mae- Mohon hus expressed to Dutatre, the President of the Council, uncasiness lest the prorccution of the Prefects should result from the investi- gatlons of the Electoral Inquiry Commissivn. ‘The Marsbal depreeated o revival of party pas- sfons, and urged that his own conclliatory att- tudeshould be reciprocated. Dufaure assured bim that, if any prosecutions resuited from the inquiry, they would not be based on simple obedienvs 10 orders, but ou deliberate personal excessen. TOE LATE POLITICAL CRISIS. The Officiat Jowrnal munounces that Gen. Bressolles has been placed on the unattached Ust. The Journal des Debats says: **This was done because Gen. Bressolles cxaggerated or wisrepresented the tenor of the orders that he was fustructed to_commuvicate to his subordi- nates, thus furnishing n pretext for the protest of Maj. Labonlere. Thuse orders lad refers ence to measutes of publle safety foreseen und permanently provided for in the regulur duties of the garrison”” This 1s accepted us an au- thoritative explanation of the Limuges aflair, the published report of which makes it appeur that President MacMuahon hsd elgned a decree cashicring the Captaiu of s line regiment stationed at Limoges, who declared, Dev. 13, ‘hent thie urders were received to marc to Paris, that he would nng abel the coup d'vtat. (ien. Bressolles writes to the Fyaro, contra. Qicting the aceount printed fn the Monlteur, ait savs: “When I recelve orders 1 execute them without comment.” The tollowing seems to bo the correct verslou: Gen. Bressolles called the otticers of the girrl- son Into his room snd communicated his in- structions, which seemed to ludicate a coup d'etat. He olso mude o speech about how the orders wers tu be exeeuted, saying that in case of an fusurrection orcommotiun, if the lusur- wente resorted to the stratagem of placing the women and children in thelr lmnl‘( tho soldiers must fire, notwithstanding, Mal. Labordere -ufign protested andresigued his swond, rel, Minister of War, on fnvestigation, pl Ueun. Bressolles ou the unattuched st and dismiesed Labordere for fusubordluation. DON CARLOS. LoxpoN, Dec. 23.—A Paris correspondent telegraphs that {t I8 reported that Dun Carlos was ordered to quit Frauce partly In couse quenve of ex-Queen Isabella's overtures to htm., hose overtures are regarded as an uk\nmlon of licr displeasure ot tue masrlage of Kiuz Al phonso. ONLY FRECAUTIONARY. Pamis, Doc. 23.—The Tempa sars when the Cabinet discussed the Ltmoges allulr President MacMahon warmly repudlated haviug ever cou- templated a coup d'efat, and declared that ss far as be was aware suthing was futended bevond precautions against armed reslitance, which some newspapers threateued should the Govern- ment have demanded u dissolution, FOREIUN POLICY. Lospoy, Dee, 29—3 o, m.—A Yuris corre- spondent telegrupis that Minister Wuluiugton hus notifled forclgn Governments thut the French Cabinet will, in the event of a cuncluve, conforn to the understaudiug subsisting wuoug the four Catholie Powers. ™ As regurds the tnternul eccleslastical poliey of Fruuee, it will defend the public worship estimates frow those wishing to assall thew, but will pro- toet seenlur soclety from clerical encrouch- ments. du regard to the Easteen question, M. Waddington ~ tbiuks France = tudy pre- serve u purely expectaut attitude until the belligerents lave opened megotia. tions, and when her oplufou s osked she will give ft with tho candor - suthorized by lier attitude, o does not tiesitate to soy ut uoce that shu vcould wnot regard with miliffercnce any chunges m o the Medi- terrauean or agitation of the winull sur- rounding States Uy questions which might be rused dn conuection with a purely Eastern question, France fa distutereated relative to fatic question, and eveu fu regard to the lzation of 'Turkey's Eurvpean pruy- Inc She has no slliances or eugugemen and does uot seck thew. GERMANY, BISMAKCK'S PINANCIAL POLICY. PerLiN, Dec, B.—Ths Emperor seems to have upproved the substanceof the provositions submitted by Blsmurck respecting the new cotu- merciul und Uoanclal policy. 11 the details can be satifactorily arranged, there will Lo un fu- crease of indirect tasution and turifl, aud un ut- tempt to place the Prussiun Fluauce sand Hall- way Departuents under the effective cuntrol of the bnperial authoritjes, The latter ncasure, Lesides making the Germau Government parus mount [n watters toancial, s lutended to pave the way for adding totbe Chuncellus's suthority fnother depariments, and accondingly will be oprpused by sumo of the minor Goverowents. The better o overcume their reststauce by pup- ular und Purbamentary support, some of the Jeaders of the Nutiunal Liberal party will prob- auly be requested to jolu the termat sud "ruy- sian Cabluets. INFOUTANT FAVEUS. man secently arreated on suspleion of teason, had handed to the Freuch Guvernmest some Germun military papers which he wbtalued frow a clerk lu the War Utllce, GOOD OMENY, 2 The appolutment of M. Wuldington os Min- bier of Forcigy Atfairs fu e French Cabiuet, and the Marquis Do Safut Vullier to by Freuch Awbassadur to Berlin, s an carueat of bester Telations between Germuny wnd Frauce, The Murquis D¢ Saiut Valller fs aoveptable both for is own suke wwl v successorul Viscouut Do Goutsut-Biron, the retiriug Ambassador, who had the reputation uf belug Ultramoutane, sud certalnly wus persouas grats fo dllustrious crcles suppused to pprove of the eodestuticul pol- fcy of the Governwent. Bl ATES. Bxuuiy, Dee. 25.—Tho usthuates for uest your Lave buen subuitted to “the Fedyrad Couus It is statea bt Mr. Hhhnr. the Eugish- | e Ty T R 30 s { PRICE FIZS CENTS. i cil. They exceed {on marks. Tnib % last yearby one tilll- ment ‘proposes au o crease for the riavf. 43,500,000 ciarks fo ordt: nary dclrlnmcn ,md.ouo marks in the extraordinary department. A LINBRAL CABINRT. Loxpoy, Dec. 20—3 a. m.—A Berlin dlapatet #aays the Jateat report is that Herr Von Benda, Moderate Liveral, will enter the Prussian Mine istey, as well as Beningsen and Forkenbeck. The Cabinet would thus be more -tronfly Liversl than any which has existed siace 1831 ITALY, A PAPAL CONSISTORY. Roxe, Dec. 28.—The Pope held s conslstory stthe Vatican to-day. Monseignors Morett and Pelligrini were nominated as Cardinals. and some Bishops werg appolnted. The Pont delivered s short sllocution, thanking tht Cardinals for their solfcitude concerning hit health, and sskiog them to pray to God to helg the Church and presetve unimpsired the mind of its head, whose body was ailing, NEOOTIATIONS WITI MEXICO, Towx, Uec. 24.—Negotiations are proceeding for the reception of the Papal Nuntco in Mexico. . TUE ITALIAN MINISTRY. Lonnox, Dec. 23.—A dispatch from Rome aays nobody beleves the present Ministerinl ar- rangement 13 permancnt. it Is sald the King s consented to the dlssolution of Pariiament. MISCELLANY. GEN. GRANT. La VaLerTa, Malta, Dec. 23, —Ex-President Grant, wife, and son, arrived here to-day on the United States steamer Vandalla, from Palermo. Salutes werc exchanged between the steamer and fortiications. Willlam J. Stevens, Con- sular Agent of the United States, first walted o1 the General, who then received » visit and welcume on board the Vandalla from the Port Admirat sud Duke of Edinburg. On the de- parture of the Duke, salutes were fired and the yards manned. Gen. Grant will land on 8at- unday in state, and lunch with the Duke sad Ducticss of Ed inburg. © MINERS RESTMZ WORK, Lonpoy, Dee. 20.—Six hundred cotion-spin- ners who were un_a strike in Macclesfield have submitted to a reduction of wages. The colilzrs of Syuth Wales have agreed o aceept a tempo- rary reduction of & per cent in wages. Some detulls renain to ho settled. but the gencral clostngt of the pits, which the masters at one thne contemuplated, seemns to haye heen averted, MODBING A RITUALISTIC CUUKCH, Inndon Teiegramh. Yesterday morning, Dec. U, at_Hatcham, was marked by resh acenes of disorder, A 8 10 the morning there bad been an *early celevration,” which passed off quleily enough; but st the 11 o'clock service the futerior of the church pre- sented an appearance of disorder, turmoll, and contualon suich as comparutively fow people can ever have witneased In such a place, ‘The chiuf cause of Lostllity avainst the vicat designate {s supposed to lle’in the restoration, since hisappointment, of nearly all the fine g niture that previously haddraped difTerent Jects {n the chancel, and in the re-catablishment ofacrossin the ventrs of the nave. Bix tull candiesticks and tapers that- stsnd upou the altar also meet with o larzeamount of strongly- expressed disapproval. The members of the cholr walk into the chancel in couples, dresscd {n cassocks and surplices, another elemeut of discord bolng thus tntroduced. Mr. McColl bimself, when officiating, wears ¢ cassock, a surplive and hood, and lfi:fl)lellfllh It Is evident thut the older members of the chotr share the proclivities of their pastor. As for the prasers, they aru intoned througliout. Notwithstanding the prerence of these rituul- 1stle vlements In the service, uo sizn of dissatis- faction was shown vestenlay morufug until after thedelivery of tue blessing. The church was 80 lllled that scores of men and sume ladies were unuble to find seuts, The cunsequence was that the spuces abuut the doors were crammed. Upto the end of the service It scemed prob- able that there would be littls occaston for the services of the 200 constables stutioned iu the yicinity of the church under the com- mand_of Chlef lmrec'.or Dutt, Iuspector Fyfe, and Inspector Relf. Fortunately, this proba. bility was not acted upon. The cholr badretired to the veatry: part of the congregation liad leti the chuech, and the remalnder were but lHoger- Ing in it out of curfosity, when a cry arvea gut- side the edifice which seemed to shapo Itsclfiuta * Lot's sec If snything's on."” A vordon of police bad beeu drawn up fnfront of thu north door. but now the mob burst through it, ond surged futo the church, lu front of the chancel screen and behind it were postud severul constables, besides otber pro- tectors. These groppled with the in.rushing crowd, unid & scene cnaued bearing close kinship to u dangerous * mawl ¥ at tootball,—cxclatmu- tions of feur and anger mingling with the truimp of feet and the creskivg of benchcs, over whic nlxltn‘wcra burrying cither to Joiu or cascape from the fray. :\mo{ng those who had mounted on the s was a prominent member of the Workiugmen's Protestant Leugue, and now defendast ou u churge of misconduct tn the church on the 24 fnst.. On seelng the sdvance made into the bullding he bad risen to his feet aud attempted to quicttie masses pouriug {n. Scarcely, huw- cver, had be opened his mouth when ho was selzed by four ur fivo constables sud burred at a great rate down tho nave aud out at the west door. After bis removal the commotion still continued for some ifnutes, but before any dumage was done the constables manuged 1o oust the most disorderly, and tnen It became ag ensy matier completely to clear the church The crowd was afterward grodually movec down 8t. James' rond and kept from re—cnterluu it, and it a short thine the locality had resume: its uormul _quietude, The afternoon service, which was held at 3 o'clock, wus sttended by & full congregation, and was not disturbed, Thore was no service fu the evening. “PENNESSEE. The Loglslature Adjourns Withient Action on the Ktate DelitwThe Oatlook. Bpectul Disvatch 1o Tae CAlcago Tridune. NasuvitLe, Tenu., Dee. 23.—The Leglslature hus sdjourned siuo die, baving fatled to pass suy other bill than that to defray its own ex- penses, The Btate's ereditors waoted 8¢ couts nnd 6 per cent Interest in & comprumise of thy Stute debl, The Senuto’ pussed a bill to com- promise ot 50 ceuts, with graded futerest (4, 5, amd 6 per cent), but the Houss rejected it. General dlsappointment at the action of the Legisiature prevails, especlally ju commercisl cireles. It faliure to compromise the debt docs not meet the approbation of the the tax- payers or mercantile element o the BState, The obstructionists, or leading low-tax men, as they arn called, in the Leglsla- ture, seem to huve had but one Gbject In view, tho making of gecords with a hope ot future political preferment. Tho twenty-one K lcans out of the 100 members of thy Le ore Tojoiciug in u purty sease wver the fallure of the Democracy Lo sceept the compromise, clalwing that they are the nulK party, us o perty, which stood solid for biul credit, uud that ovstructionists on the Demo- cratie sidu huve done oxcelient work for thew. ‘Fhey boldly sasert thut they will o befors the people un @ hizh Ntale-credit platforim, and have u majority in the Lmiuluwm 10 cuuvene in Jan- [ uary, 1870, They believe it will bo impolitle to aven nominete 8 caudidate for Governor, au will oppose’ it ou the ground that, Jet - wong, thu hightax, or tom- promise Democrats, aud obstructlonlsts, or low-tax Dewocruts, will be divided -foto fac- tions, euch to run u candldace for Governor, aud thus oid them toward pettiog coutrol of the Hrtitacure. i gucstion to be decided at tho pexst election will be u cowprowlse of the Btate debt ur sepudiation, e e ——— FIGHTING TAXES. Suectal Disvatcd do The Chlcugo Triduns. Orrawa, 111, Dee, 38.—~The Towaship of Ot- tawa bas been plunzed Into a tex-fzht. A motivn for an injunction to restrain Collector aber from collectiug 8 certain towa tax of $5,000, which was extended upou the books by onler of ths Town Auditor without s dircct vote of the people, was argued to-day before Judge McRoberts by 4. ‘T, Ulibert oo hehalt of the lu-flfibu’u. and Henry Mayo for the town- suip. \bu Judge bus reserved bis decisou. The alfaiy bas created cousiderable jutereat, as mauy ol the heayicst taXpayers are among thoat who petition for the fnjunctivs. e ——— THE GLOUCESTER FISHING FLEET. Boszow, Dee. 38.—Buven yesscls aud thirty- soven tmen were loat by $he Uloucester fabiug- feet thy piat svason.