Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1877, Page 5

" THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1877, CRIMINAL NEWS. Buspicion Centered on a Man Bes lieved to Ba O'Neil's Slayer. His Arrest at Bloomington, Ill,, at Five 0'Clock Yesterday Morning. The Murdered Man Delieved to Have Aroused the Prisoucr’s Jealonsy. Arzost and Arrival at Omaba of One of the Union Pacific Robbera, Purther Coneerning {he Svindles of the Washiaglon Land-Sharks. THE UNION PACIFIC ROBIEUS, Spectal Diepatch ta The (Silcagn Tribune. Oxana, Dee. 80.—Thomus Nizon, supposed o be ono of the Unlon Pacille express rubbers, arrived here late Tust night in charge of two of Plukerton’s detectives, and lodged in jall, ‘The prisoner's right naina fs Henry Underwoud, and, 1€ e was ever known as ‘Tomn Nigson, then o assumed that name while up notth, e wae ar- rested Chirfstinus night at his home, seventy- five miles west of Bherman, Tex. A wedding ‘was about to take place at his house, which was surrounded by seven offlcers, who made the in- mates surrender. They denfed know- fug the whercabouts of Underwood un- tl the party threatened to ) , when they acknowledged that ho was Inside. e nrmed himself and held thu fort, saying bie would surrender inthe morn ing, which he did. No money wus fouml with him, This morulng he was futerciewed i the jall by Detective Leech, of Ogallala, who kncw by alght ull the robbers, and who tralled them from Ogallala, and was in thelr camp one night when they were aslecp, and lieard thelr conversation, witnessed thelr divislon of the gold the next night, and saw them the next alternoon, cscaping eapture ot thele hands by hasty flight” oo his lorse. Leeel was [ " some doubt as to the prisoner beinr Nizun, whom he greatly resembl Bowerer, Tony Wails, of Ogatlata, who | been with the detectives In Texas after hin nys positivelv bio fs Nixon. Underwood kuew Colliua und Heifrldgo, who were killed ut Buf- fulo Btation, and also Bass, In whose cotnpany hie hos very recently been, but whosa present whercabouts he does not clulm to know, Under- ‘wuod maintains his innocence, although he s o hiard case on general principles, 1le was tiken to Ognllala, where it {s expected there are cral partles who can positively Ientify him if he s Nixon, He says he never saw Nixon, who 1s a Canadian, and who never was in Texas, but who fa now in Cannda. O'NEIL'S MURDERLER, Bpectal Diwaich to The Chicaao Trivune, Brooyinatoy, 11, Dee. 30,—At 5 this morn- fug Clarles Wheaton, night yard-master of the Chicago & Atton Raflrond, was arrested for thy murder of James O'Noil I this city at S Thure- day morning. Boun alter the murder 1t wus learned that O'Nell had been on terma of in- timacy with Whoaton's wife, and, until further developments, 1he police determined to shastow him. Last night the detectives concluded that the time bad come, und, ns related, arrested him this mornlug in the watch-nouse at the depot. He was perfectly vool and collected, aud denled the charge, He was lodzed fn jall, Ilis wife, who is a younz aud pretty womau, was also placed under arrest, being alloved to sty in her house under guard. Two Colta revolvers, sive 86, were tound in tho houee. They sre of . tlegant finish, bearing the mark *Lieut, J. T, Bafley, Quartcrmaster IIrst United States Hussurs,)' elghtincl) barrel, shooting exnctly the same kind of Unll s the bullet which ssed through O'Nell, Tho rifle-marks in the B:Il 1it the ritics s the pistol, Gunsmits find Lut littlo trace of recent fring fn the revolvers, slthough onechumber of one pistol Touks some- wiat different from the others, Wheaton ls o “Fexun. It fs sall e was In the Rebel ariny, aud that, sluce then, for five years, he was ontlie plutnsdrlylug a Government wugzon. Ho has been ve yenra off the Chileago & Alton. During the Just year he has been in his vresent occupation fnthe Chicazo & Alton yard, e {o n six- fouter, well bullt, and uicular. Ho fs sald to be o fine pistol-shot, ond u man of great cour- age, deterintnation. and Urmness. It is said thut O'Nell hus been in fear ot bim for some thne, Waeaton will be examined before Coroner’s jury to-morrow, probavly, There fs deep fecling at tho Weat Sute, but everything is Fnunzlul, O'Nell's velatives aud friends counsel- bE quict, uud assurlng the police that they will pri it ol violenee, ITHE WASHINGTON SWINDLERS, ASpecicl Disatch fo 1A Calcugo Tridune. Wasiminaroy, D. C., Dec. g0.—After the late exposure of the Neal Eatats & Loan Company in this city, the Sceretary, Gen, Bullock, print- cd o statement that, up to the date of last Wedoesday, every f{nstallment of intercst on 1ta notes had been promptiy pald, but, in spite of this assertion, the intercat on somne $250,000 ol promissory notes supposed to have been guaranteed by the Real Estate Loan & Trust Company of Washington, and payable at tne Becond Nutlonal Bank of this city, was dcfuult- «d last week, ‘The notes bear oo their face the vames of J. C. McKeldeo, lutely DPres- fdent of the Becond Nastlonal Bank, as Treasurer of tho Loun & ‘Trust Company, und Georgs W, Bullock, of Freedmen's-Bureau fame as Becrotary of the Compuany. The languare fu which the votes are drawn I8 very adroitly worded, and to the ordi- nary reader it would appear thut the Cumnpany 15 respousible, but u carelul inspection of thew whowa that the Company & 10 more thun guaruntee that the title to tho lund securing the uotes I8 valid, The land is tn Scott, Wise, utt Buchanan Countics, Virginla, and com- prises s tract of B00,000 acres, A great deal of excltemsut among the parties futereated tins been caused, and publications charging o gl tie swindle on the Cu )y have appeare ‘Uliero {8 no doubt but thut tus cunning wor of the notes have nusled most &l who have fn yested fn tha notes, und it is known they have been widely circulated, The countics nuued ara In the eXtrome southwestern corner of Vir ginla, ninong the Cumberlund Mouutsins, — SCARED BY A BULLET-1IIOLE. Special Disvaich to Tas Chicago Tribtine, Dx KaLp, Doe, 29.~Tlie clerk sleeplug in the store of Rasmus Bozen was awakened last night by the souud of some ono boring fu the door leading from the store into the back-roum. Hustily arisivg, h:: lc‘lml h’u:llut through the door, and ti burglar “1it out’ through a back- o e uuh i b Bat el phpni leaving Lehind w kit ot tools and a Jurgu satchel. Ou examivation, It was found that the bullet-hote, altbough tired In the dark, was ouly ulne {ochies from the suger-hole. S EMBEZZLEMENT, Bosrox, Dec. 80.~Ucorge B, Bigelow, a prom- foent lawyer, was arrested yesterday cvenlug on charge of embezzlin, 000 held by him in ek and was oo o $00.00 batl, e — Steallug Children In Italy, ‘The Naples correspoudent of the London Times writes under dato Nov, 22: 1t isnot look since I reported the discovery of a vile trade which wag belug carriod on in Naples,— that of the exportation of women undur falie pretenscs to Alexandria. The exportation uf young boys and girls who, under the direction of cruel inusters, haunted aud stunuved all the capltals of Europe, has long been Mnown. Much bas been doue 1o Londuy, as wellus n this country, for the suppreasivn of this trade, apy both the evils to which 1 bave udverted bave latcly been under the stnict fuvestigation of our sctive and Intellfzent Quastor. The result bas beeu that four wen were recently arested as ogents n procuring sud sending off youug musi- «iuos Who, in some vases, had scarcely emerged from {nfaucy. I canuot dobetter than tllustrate tua vileness of this trggde by mwnlufi two ur threo cuses which bave¥vome under the uotico of the police, ‘The Provines of Basllicuta s been the principal source from which these vic- tims bave been dorived, aud it 18 frow too vuighborbood of Potenza that twu of tbuse re- ceutly discoversd were brought up to Naplea In l{wmln tho Strada Fiureutin! two boys wers found—oue 15 years of age, a perfonucr on the harp, the other, 11 {lmm of Bge, & pere 1ormer on the ¥iollo. oy bad been coollued thery by their taskwaster for sixtecn days wait- dug for uw psssage on & steawer, During that thne they had been fed on bread u‘r{ aod bsd elept oo tho sud water ol base ground, Lesa iven Up W a conduttorrs de musicantt_ambulants by thele parents, one for four vears for the orice of 100 ducata, or abeut 400 lire; the other also for fonr years, on condition that the profits of the first ¥ear should be paid to the parents: for the re- imainder of the teen, 20 ducats o yenr wer to be sent Lo the parente. The puor ehildren made 38 traordinary revelations, showinz yet more the entelty of the trade, snd awong other fucts related that thelr conductor, who 14 ealled Tratnbent, went to America not fong tzo with twelve or thirteen children, , another awent, who like s fellow has heen atrested, hnd 8 rexister fn his possession showing thut last October he undertook to send olf to Awcrica three puraons on the re- cefpt of 1500 lire fn gold. Auother fonture fn the vile ~ and frawdn- lent trade which has long been carried ou in Southern Italy Is clandestine emigration. Theac [ Tellows, us fgnorant as poor, wers provided by the agent with pussports ouly for the inte- rlur, »o that at sume point they were sitre to by atopped minne thelr tnoney und sent fuck to thetr honies poorer i not wiser men. During the perquisition which the ofll of juatlee winde they cate on 5,000 lire, which tiorels reason to belleve was u part of the profits wrang from wretchied emfgzrants, Tlere, then, T have reported thres distinet erimes which have heen practiced In Southern Italy against the weaker and more unprotected classes of Aoclety—wuom- en, children, and ignorant peasantry; und it s satisfactory that the Government and the Juead authorftfes huve tahen up tha subject with yreat energy, and some of the results of thelr fnvestigatlons 1 e glven you. RAILROADS. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINERRS. Dutlng the past year 36¢ members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engincers were ex- pelled, and the cause I8 assigned to the * non- payment of dues.” Usually there are very few such expulslons noled, aud the Inference s that o guod many members are dropplng the Brotherhood. 'The unsuceessful strikes on the Boston & Maing and the Readiug Rallroads probably has csured much dissatisfuction, as they have cost the mmembers considerable for thelr contributions tu the strikers, and most peonle are casily disheartened when they do nut sieeced fu effectine what uu-?- work and pay for, But uside from this there Is doubticas a strong feeling agulvst the Brotherhood amongeal nenpls who have nothing to do with railroad husliess, part of wihich fs due to the strlkes of last winter, which were onlered Ly the Hrotherhuod, but most of which is owing to the great strike - of flremen und brakemen lnst summer, with which the Brotherhood hadinothing to do. The aver- aue tman, however, dous not atudy these things wvery closely, The lrst strikes of raflrond men, some suceessful and some not, were inade by the Brotherhoud, and the community learned this fact so well that It took It ns a matter of course when there were other tnore seriotis and reneral atrikes that the Brotherhood was at the hottom of thew. ‘The enginemtan {s likely to ook ut the Boclety fn a very vractleal way, and Lalanee its disudvantages ‘against fts ad- vantages, wd when he fluds that his cmployera, or u very large part ot them, would lke” him better If lie were not 8 member, and that soine propie lovk upon tho Brotherhuod ns un fnsti- gator of rlots nud arson, these facts certalnly welith agalist the advantages, ‘there hag been suinu talk In the newspapers of the disbandment. of sumlry divisions; but no mention of ruch a pracecdling has been mede in the Brotherhood's Journal, which publishes every month o list of the divislons, with the names of the ollicers of cach, und its_place and time of mecting, Nos, 110102 atood fntact v the Decetnber Journa's ‘The exprlsions for non-payment of ducs, how- ever, indivato that some_divislons luve at least becote very wdak., From No. 189 (Houston, Tex.) 18 are expelled ; from No. 71 (l’hllndu{rhln), s trom No. 10 6(. feago), 173 from No. 20 (itlctinond, Tnd.), 93 from No. 45 (West Phila- delphin), 215 from No, 97 (South Battlmore), 27, 'rnL looks ke a wholesale abandonment of some of the divielons, and Indicates a considera- ble and widespread dfeaifection. CHICAGO, TOWA & NEBRASKA, Spectal Correspondence of The Tritmne. Drayoings, In. Do ~It luoks now ss though Chicago would have a narrow-gauge roud from Central Town very svon. Last year the road wan started from Liscomb, on the Cen- tral of Iowa, in Murshall County, and twelve miles puilt eastward, when ft was discovered that ft was beguu at the wrong end, as all ma- terlal eame from the East for construction, and the cost of tranaportation over other ronds was eating up the substance of the road. A chango was thereforo made, and work will_be pushed westward from Uellevie, Juckson County., A contract lias boen Jet to bulld forty “milcs ut 4,600 per mile, From Monticello weet to Slecainb the cstimated cost s 33,000 per mite, The heaviest grode s sixty-six feet. ‘Fhe rond ean be bullt, and equipped with roll- ing-stock, devots, and telegruph line, fu flrst- clays mnnner, tor less than’ 0,000 per milo. Partfes are ready to do it us soon us loeal ald 1s secured along the line, It §s proposed to cun- neet this line with the Chiengo & Pacitle, now running weat to Rock River, which {8 on an afr- line to Bellevue: snd, In conjunction. with a mirrow-gauge ruunlug north from Guleny bridgo the Mississippt ut Bellevae, If this tay ad iy voted this winter by the towns on the 1fne, the road will by built this year, NEW YORK CENTRAL LEARNINGS. NEw Yoy, Dec. 23.—=The Times prints a sum- mary of the annual report of the New York Cen- tral Rullvond, It shows the tollowing particu- lars: The cost of the ruad ond cquipment in 1870 was $97,820.811.05; n 1877 it was 309, 142,- 408.71; total leugth of track wwned and leased by tho Company was, [n 1570, 2,432 03-100 miles; In 1677 1t wa$ 2,471 90-100 wiles; the nutber of miles run by passenger trains in 1577 was 4,604,- 610, und by frelght trains 9,574,038; passengers carrfed, 8,010,435, or nearly 1,000,000 less than 10 18305 thy number of 1ons of treight carried wus 431,350 the earufogs of the road for 1877, wa compared with 1570, wore us follows: 1877, $_0,57¢, 810 10,424,810 1,037,1 Tuterest. Tac of roud, .5 Mivcolluneoun, Total., $20,670, 085 Thie puyiienin ure For traepurtath 0 4,040,101 2.744,008 7,140,050 1115, 572 Total..es 820,770, 40 27,071,040 ° ANEW ROAD. Roecial Dissateh to The Chicagn Tridune. Dunuqug, Ia., Dec, 80,—Yusterday o meeting was lelid in this ¢ity, and a company was organ- fzed for the purposs of bullding a raliroad from Dubuque to Caseade, to bo called the Dubuque, Casciulo & Westorn Rallroad, ‘The capitalstock 13 $130,000 i sharea of 850 cuch. The Directors- are M. Browu, L L. Btout, A, A. Cooper, (1, B, Burch, B, E. Linchan, W, G Stewwt, C. I, Hooth, E. Langwarthy, W. Cuoates, J. Waller, Q. Bovker, Wo H. Peabody, U, G, Bangbart, Johu Murphy, and M. - Vay, 1t s int tended to use tho truek of the Iowa Central Rallroad to Rockdale, aud thencs to New Mellary and Pralris Creek Township, near or through® Gurryowen to Cascude, and, after that, farther west, A road through thls scetion bas Jong been nceded, and will, no doubt, be carried through suceesslally, RAILROAD EARNINGS. ‘Tha Public states that olghteen roads report tor part of Decembhicr, amounting to on the whole, thougn but few of the roads urs of the most mportant class, Fifteen of theso roads bave reported for three T4, and theso carned $1,700,80L {n cortain weeks this year, uwatust 31601534 fast year, and 81,704,030 during the same portion of Deceinber, 10, Eleven roads hiave reported for four yoars, and bave earncd $1,47,603 this month, agalost $1:030,410 bast yewr, und $1,450,500 fu 1875, uud $1,55008 in 1574 The result is thus for en- couraging as to Lhe trallls for the wonth, 3o 1ar a5 rewurns trom roads malnly of thy weond or 4 smaller class cau kudicate the conultion of trutlic Reucrally. GAULT. 148 Cawaun Ividune. MILWAUKEE, Dee, 80.—Jobn C. Guult, Assist- ant Uenerul Manager of the Chicago, Milwaukes & 8t. Paul Rallway, who has been i)l some thne, hadt pse Saturday vigut, and s old (unlly bysician, Dr. [sbaw, of Clicago, was seut for, ll"hom 3 serious, buc bupes are sutertafuod for his recovery. ITEMS, Owing to the fact that the free-pass system bas been abused so often durivg tho past year by dead-beats and sealawags, the raliroads will be much wore ¢areful doriug the comivg year {0 tho Gsausuce of such pusscs, sud the systuw | will be mrrounded with such mafegnards by mont of the roads as will make the further abnso of pasaes atinost imponsibie, The plan adopted by the lifnuls Central Rallroad last yoar of placing the potogeaph of the holaer un the pass will be adopted by & number of other roads this vear, N ton trouhlesvie w nasses by putting holider, which th purpose as photo of sitting for a pleture. Tite Denver Pacific Railroad will struct Inrze new freieht and passen at Cheyenne, and draw out from which * they had hitherto with Paclfle. ———— OBITUARY.. DEATII OF GEORGE W. MCOOK, Telegram to Cineinnatl Commereial, NEw York, Dec. 28,—Last Tucsdoy Licut.- Col. Ucorge W, McConk went to tho housc of his eousin, Gen. Anson, in Twenty-second strect, toa Christinas dinner. While at the table he complalned of a strange feeling in his liead retired to the parlor and lald down upon a sofa. 1lis Mness grew rapldly vorse, however, and be- came 50 gerlous that Dr. Enstan, who chanced to be present, ordered him to bed, and from which e never agafn arose. A partial paraiysls of the right slde developed and the General was soon In u dangerous condition, He lost the power of speech and partly the power uf mo- tlon, but was eonsclous, aml recognized all hls friends and relatives. Ho lingered untdl 2 o'clock this afternoon, when he died, his uged mother, children, brotiiers, aud other relatives being at his bedside. Duceased wus a_son of the late Judee Danlel MeCooke, of Carroltar, 0., who at the outbreak of the War enterced the army with his nine suns, of whom only three now survive, e was horn in 1822, ond graduated at the Ohlo University at Athiens, where o varly wave evidencs of those tolents tor which the McCook fuwily have been Tung distinguished, Leaving college he adopted law as Lis profes- elon, and” studled it with such imarked suceess that at n comparatively varly awe he had wonn leadhnz position ot the ‘Bar, and becama the law partner uf the Inte Edwin M. Stanton, forming the law firm of Stanton & McCook, which snb- :lequumly acyuired un alinost nationul reputa. lon, % After practicing o few years he organized the fiess company of Ohio volunteers, ol whicl he was elected “Capraln, and went to the Mexican war, serving out his enlistment sud winning the positivn of Licutenant-Coloncl of thu ‘Ihird Onlo Regiment. While in the war lie received a sunstroke, which was the foundation of subae. quent paralysis, which caused his death, Atter lus return to Ohlo he reatmed the prace tice of the law with Mr. Stanton, aml beeame prowinently ldentified with politica, In 1852 he was elected Reporter of the Supreme Court of Otifo, s reports betne No. 1 of the seriecs now knoown us the Ohlo State Keports, und, later, he was chosen Attorney-General of the State, belng the first to serva under the new. State Constitutfon. 1le wus now one of tho most prominent law- yersin the West, being eapeclally noted for his success fn rallrond litiations, In 1800 hic was Chatrman of tho Ohfo delega- tlon at the Charleston (8. C.) Natfonal Conven tion, which broke up in disorder und terrible ex- citement, and, upon s eplit In the party which then took place, attended the Baltimure Con- ventlon, and was one of thedelegates who nom- Inated Douglas, of whow he was an intimato friend and ardent supporter, At the outbreak of the Rebellion, Col, Me Caok threw his whole soul into the cause of the North, and by his acts and with Lis influence bure testimony of his loyalty to the Governe ment. His carnest bellef was that the Iebel- 1lon shiould be ruppressed, and the Union pre- servel at atl huzards. All ! energy was thrown into the task of orzanizing u corps for the lov- ernment, and as tho Chalrinan of the Military Committee of his Congressional District he Tabored night and day in ralsinz voluntecr troop, B About this tine he was Intrusted by Gov. Dennfron with the responsible duty of the equivping of the First und Sccond Ohlo Regl- ments, which were sent to the defenee of the Nattonal Cupital. Subsequently, when the President called for *100-duy men,” he organ- llfcul Nw‘ One Huudred and Fifty-seventh Ohlo oziment. £ 1803, ns Chalrman of the Ohlo delegation to the Natlonal Convention, which met v New York, he made the speech nominating Horatio Beymour for the - Prestdency, aud fu 1871, in recognition of his brilllant record us a War Democrat, hie wis nominated as the Democratie eandidate Jor Governor of Ohlo, against Gen, Noyus, now Minister to. France. © While actively cngaged in the canvass, however, ie was pros- trated by a paralytic stroke, and, upon bis re- covery, Was oblized to relinguish his extensive law practice, and went abroad with his family for tha benefit of his health, 1l¢ returned after five years' sojourn in Fue rope, aud was appointod by Gov, "Allen us one of Olijo’s Commlssloners to the Centennial Ex- position, together with President Huayes, with whom hie was on terms of Intimacy aod Irieud- ship. 1u July last i visttea Paris to bring home his sou and daughter, nt school there, and nfter- wanls went to his home af Bteubenvllle. About o week ngo he came to New York to escort hils mother, a venerable lady of 70, who Is on a visit at the bome of son, Col. MeCook, on West Twenty-fifth stre v would have returned :ix;me agzuln before this, but for his unfortunate ness. (%ol, McCool: nns always been prominent as a Dentocrat in Ohlo politles, aud was u man of much culture, and was very widely read. He was the Chuirinan of the Onio delegation to the Nutlonal Convention for twenty years, le leaves two sous and a duughte roads who think this plun try to stop the abuse of wm o deacription of the think will scrve the smne raphis withoul the necessity con- depots |irm depots the Union JACKSON FRICK, Soecial Dinpatch to The Chicugn Tribune, Joxxssoro, Ill, Dec. 80.—~Jacksun Frick, Erq., who was onc of the ablest Jawyers of Southern [lnols, a well-known Reoublican, and caruest worker for tho temperance cause, died at s resldeuce 1o this ity last night ot sbout a1 o'cl aged sbout 33 years. He was con- flued only & few davs, Ynmmmnll being the dis- case, The sud event hos cast a gloow over the cutire commuunity, MACMAION'S SUBMISSIO What Forced llim to the Yollticlans Used Faolud hm, 'I'he netivo and frumedlate cause of Marshal MacMahon's submission to the Republiean party Js] explained in our latest European cx- changes, Tho London Speclutor of Dec, 15 thus summarizea It What was o false liopo 1ast week Is a verified fazt thiv. ‘The Marshal hus submitted ut last, aud M. Pouyer-Quertier nrpunts 10 hava hind the credit of dolug what the eloguence of M. d'Sudiffret Pasuler had fulled to do. From day to duy thuscales have swayed to and fro be- tween the gloomicst and Lhe wost hopelul proa- I:u&'ll. Une day thu Duke d'Audiffret Pusquler ud linost been Insulted by the Marshal ™ for teliing bl u_fow plain - truths coneeentug the situation, and yet people read the fnsult rather us fndieatiug that the Marshal wished to aflen- ate the doubltul party {u the Hene ate, iu onler to get 4 definlte excuse for realgning, than ws w wipn ol fighting. — Another day & Dissolutionist Mjufstry had sctuudly bteen formed, asud the Henats wero to havo the screw applicd to voty an uncoustitutional dlssolution, A third duy tho Marshal was golug to ask fur & Pleblscite— o thing uuknown to the present Constitution— 08 to the peoplu’s wish that he should stay or reslun. All the possible ol have been rung on all the possible exp ts, constitu- tional and uncoustituitonal, but through thicu ull sober people have scen that it the peoply vould but kecw gulct, and the Deputles could but adopt the Mursbal's mottu, *J'y suls, J'y Fuate,' ,ur thelr own, the logle of facts would gwathmmu it Las given them, the victory, il I must bo wimitted that * tho logic of facts " never met with & more actively-resisting wedlum than the mind of the Murstal, und that ft oewled heavier metal thun the Duke d'Audilfret Pusquier's to pen- ctrute it. ‘The licavy mctal was fort uately discovorud fin thy well-kuowu tlugucier aud Protectiontst,—It 15 only fair 10 nute the fact whenever u Protoctionist shows a zeal and Vigroruds grasp of tiv true drife and meaning of flnauaial transactious,—M. Pouyer-Quertics, & Juvial, casy-golug, strong-volced mun, who docs but take sentiinental or ludeed nany btgh sense *carnest " views of politivs at ull, but who has for thut very reuson icans of [ hilmaelt underetood by auch o twan as the Marshal which the hu&h politicluns und statesinen do not po: sesd. It would bu well for Franco i€ there wers mwre of tho leavenlug iuluence of such men a3 Pouyer-Quertler 1u poth politheal parties, Such med mterpose valusble bullerd between the cullfalons of party suirit, and they bring pulitles down out of the clouds luto the reeon fu which blunt soldiers lke the Murshal, with a vast upt- ftude for nut understundiug politicul priveiples, cuutollow them, ‘The Dima'vorrespundent’s most amusivg account of the mode ju which this worthy “muan's big guns were upened on tho Murshal, after. e bhud got hls Dissolutiontst AMiulstry ready for action, gives us oue of the wmost fustractive cpbudes tn Mudern Freuen politics. He becan to speak n 8 foud tone, and with the Norwau fmpetuosity characteriz- tug blw” Hy bad dodined with veliccucs to be the Financial Minlster of such s Minlstry, £iving as his_reason no high motive, but that it would ha hazarding alt his fortune, and muach more than hazarding It. The Marshal would have to go without n legal budget. He woula have to linpose the taxes by his own—or at an rate Tess thun constitutionsl—anthority, Tho sutnde and hundieds of thousands would refuse to pay them. The ease of sl these recusants would be hrought hefore the telbunale. Even the French tribunala wonld hanily dectde that there was the legal authority to” fmpose mich taxes, end, was not so decded, the Minlster of Finance, with the whole Gov- ernment, would he responsible to every shilling of their fortunes for fllegal attempts to extort taxes not eanctioned by law, In & word, it wonld be civil war,—with the Goverminent pe- cuniarlly responsible for all_the incidents and cunsentiences of that war. This cmphatic ¥ oh- Juration " of the Dissolutioniat policy, and this very vivid pleture of what It tvould mean to the private purses of the Marshal and hls Minis- tera, striack an awe nto the Presblent ot the Hepublie, which the Duke d' Audiffeet Pasquier’s mare retined and ethical nauner of pressing the constitutional dutfes of the President had quite farled to produ And the result was, we arg told, that the shal vave way absolutely, sent ugain for M, oure, utid suthorized lim to choose liis own Cablnet ns to hin might seem 1L, gtving him n promise to slgn st once the neeeasary ollictal decres, It Is further stated that the Marabal had, on the lla¥ of the brenk-down, used these alinost pathetle wonls, th refation to his fznorance of Dl own position since the 24th of May, 1373 “Un the 2ith of 147, the Duc e Broglic told ine [lad_ been chosen s the soldier who wua to reactie the army from the hands of the Hadleals; that I was to defend the finperiled Interesty of the country, ke a sentlnet guanl- Iz 1 pust, but that ax to politics he undertook i that, At that moment, and ever after, § regorided M, de Brovlic an a second President. 1 wua the Milltary Presldent. Asto his poliey, you have seen how he hus managed ft. For my vart, [ understand nothing of all these ques- tiuns of Rights and Lefts, Right Centres and Lett Centres. Iinerely wished to remain faith- ful to the \\'nl(‘lmunli and saye ing honor. fluce the 10th of May, however, I huve Tl to slgo wn {as de papiers of whih [ do not oven remember the number, and which made me enter Into en- gaazements which will sully g e, 10 this goes un, I have had enouigh ot it L will have no more of ull these yellemes, which are too subtle for ne. {am not o schemer; I am a soldier,” 1f that be the substancc of what Marshal MacMalion really fald, after lstening to M, Pouver-Qurtler, he [s—even now—more to be pitled thou blamed, But what au im- pression it Flwn of the necessity for finmense solidity aud for physical obtrisivencss—so to speak—in the guarantees ot a Constitution which 18 to be worked through such agents as these! Hud there been an absolute necessity for getting money to carry on the Government, an sbsulute |mrm\nlhlll(y Tor procuring it Inw- fully, cxcept with the consent of the Chamber of Deputies, aud the greatest pecuniary riek 1n trying to prorure it unlawiully, the Marshal would be signing his * tas de papiers® still, un- couscious of the artlcles of the Coustitution, or thelr bearing on wliat he ought to sign and what he ought not to sign, The spur of finan- clul necessity, as interpreted by the loud, objur- gating volee of M. Poaye: liucrllcr.wulhennly nstrument by which the Marshal was reatly to be converted—if, indved, ho really has boen convertod=to constitutional modes of pro- cedure. That s what comes of putting soldicrs in the place of politiclans, It 18 clear enourh, if this aceount of his coufessions be suthentle, that the Marshal was quite innocent of any opinlon as towhether M, Gambetta was entitled, or wus not_entitled, to sav that in the end he must efther submit or resign. ‘The *‘{nsult was not appreclable tothe Marshal, but was dis~ cerned for bim by the volitical and legul advis- vrs whom he now accuses of havlog got him inton host of subtleties, for the grasplug of whitch lic fs quite fncompetent. ENGLAND AND HER EMPIRE. Ho Far from Glving Up Asla, John Dull Meds- tates Absorbing AfrlenmThoe Ixplorations of Stunley Likoly to ltesultin n Now Anglo- African Protectorato, DBritish Mal, Dec, 13. The recent discoverles in Alfrica bring with them new respousibilities for the British Gov- ernment. Hitherto the navy has kept onder on tho consts and estuarles of *the dark con- tinent,” aud now & slmblar work will have to be undertaken on the rivers and lakes. The obll- gatlon cannot be shirked, no matter how cal- loualy Mr Goldwin Smith moy theorizo or how cyueally M7 Lowe may- spcer, For- tunately -the ondherentsa of the antf- hnperiul policy counstitute only a molety of the minority, and 1t ly atterly focrealble that they can ever have the powero of dolng more mischlel than may ncerue from their dle tall, while even that carries with It Its antidote, for it repels rather than attructs, and creates disgust whero It sceksto carry couvletion. do far from the creed of the cnemfes of finperial futegrity obtalutng any couverts, thure are un- tuttuiabte Indicattons that our distant ponses- slons arc now more highly appreeluted than ot any former perfod, and It may with contidence by predicted that no statesman wlo muanifes u disposition to cheek the natural growth of the Enlnlnlru witl ever be permitted to gulda its polley, 'l‘l|{ territory In Sonth and Centrat Africa, brought within th= natural guardfanship of En- gland by the discoveries of Livinustone, Bur- ton, Spele, Baker, Caineron, and Stanley, forms an ares of about two millfons ol square miles, These discoveries are so coonected us to exclude any rival intercst. From the nortbern boundary of the Cal up of coulondes to the headwaters of the Zambesd, and thence eastward to Luke Nyassa and westward to theJlortuguese coast settlement. Living- stone covered nearly the whole of the ground, leaving bat littlo to Le gleansd by subsequent explorers, 'Tho cquatortal aiscoveries of Hur. ton, Spoke, and Buker, jucluding Tangunylka and the two Nyanzas, bave been conneeted with thosu of Livhigstone and with cach other b; the enterprise of Camcron und Btaniey, ap now the whale course of the Lualoba-Congo, to the sccond degree of north ‘latitude, hus been added tothe_domaln, thuy giving to the guar- dlanship ot Eugland a torritory, inclusive of the previously explored and occupled regions of the south, equal 10 the whole of Austialla or todouble the nrea of India. The great river, henceforth to be Known as the Livingstone, whose course for 2,000 miles bes within the domain whereln no foretgn exploror ever won laurels, 18 unquestionably ong of the chief waterways of the world, and for commercial fmportanco wuy, In the course of timy, attaly an finportauce sccond only to that of the Mis. shasippt. I voluie 1t 18 éxcelled by the Ama- run, and in thu less fmportant particular of length by three or four others, but In regard to capability of supporting on its shores a vast population, It is perbaps equal to any of them. Its nuvigoble wuters, with thelr large afllusnts above the Yallalla Fulls, are estimated uk up- wards of 2200 mites in length, while the shores of the lakes—the sum of thelr circumifereuces way bo sufely catimated at 4,000 miles, the whole presentliy an oxtent of water privileges nowhore excelled fn uny equal lnland urea of the carth’s surlace, The Portuguese havo puseesslons on the two ocesn fruntages, but heso a0 pot extend to thy interlor beyond tho cosst ranges, and their clalin tu the moulh of ‘the Cougo recently urged will assuredly be resbted. England lius niscady entered juto treatl ith the chicls of the lower reaches of the river, thua iguoring the alleged soverviguty of Portugal, and there s nothiug to prevent the estuary sud the por- tion of the stresm which 3 navigable from the sea frum belug neutralized Inthe futerest of the world's comwerve, (inbaon, the settlement of the French at the mouth of the Ovove, is virs cumscribed by the discoverfes of Stanley, and the great expectations formed respecting the fmportance of that river urs doomed to disay polutment. Not onc of the nutierous expedis tlous seut to explore i has succeeded o penss trating far cnough o tup the upper vavigable waters of the Liviugstone, su that rival cluims on the part of tho French have been hopplly wbyiated, even if, us i3 fomily fLinagiaca by some, thy Ogove should liereafter bo fuun to bu 8 bifurcation ol the Liviugstoue. Our re- latfons with Zanziber ure such that we need not Jear obstruction to s dus of fres futercourse frow the Iudlan Ocean to the lakes, sud we aro establishing vestel iuterests in that quarter which will justify us In keeplug open the rouds, the fonmation of which has commenced, ‘The rejected upplicution of the Sevyid tor u ship or two from the British navy sboaid now be recon- widered, for everything that leads to unity of interest ou Lhe caatern coust should be eacour- pray Even It no uctual soverelgnuty over the new re- glons should bo assued, there iust be 8 vl tual protectorate. Ju the foterests of civilized Lumaulty, it will never do to allow oue-fuusth of the African Coutisent to becowe 8 Bu-wan's- laud. The right of wative kiuge to do all that 13 cunslsteut with Hberty aud justive beed put bo duputed, but thelr prérogative to do wrong will huva to bo kept fu check. Out- Tuges on British subjects will have to o pun- isted, und fucldeotslly the traders of other natioualities will be protected. “The churchics aud rellafous sucioties buve lost uo thwe fu undertakiug thelr share of tho work of clviliza- tiou, &8 the wisslous to threc of the great lakes bear testimony. Tho slave trade, althoush vot quits extivgulshed, bas been 80 bawpered and the vrouts of the buslucss so treucbed upon that it Is not ikelv to be much longer carrled on, and legitimate commerce will snon flow along the pathwaye hitherto sprinkled with blood. The Iatest discovery should mark the commencement of & new era in the relations be- tween heathienisin and civilizatlon, and it should make inevitnble the decision of the British Goe- ernment to adopt nergetie measures for the protaction o eommerce oy siinll be efllea cfous {n glving safety to the whites on the one hand and in securing & just treatment of the natives on the other, ‘The way In which England has souzht toat- tain tliesd ends on the searonst Is capable of Improsement, Heretofore the protection of 1ife and property has not usually been looked to untll after they have been endangered, Gute rages have heen punished rather than prevented, The trading adventurer has preceded the elvil and military authoritles, and he has too often ben the fstrament of oppression. as well as Ita victlm. Tne wrongs have not been all on une slde, and the administention of punishment has often fallen on the innoeent equally with the gutity, “These evils have Leen Inherited with the system—a system which grew out of the efforts 1o ridreas sn establishied swrong, bhut which ix not applicable to the conditions ot fn- tervourse with s newliv-opencd-up region, The question then arlies how England shonld pro- ceeld to AHMI)I(I,’(: the Auties arising from respon- sibilities which have devolved on her. The problem Is not diticult of solation when the circunstances are clearly percelved anda kent fn view, The msintenauce of urder, the dissem- Ination of the gospel of peace awl the operation of commercial’ enterprise shoatd be Initisted and carried on by cqual steps, ro that they tnay sl flouriahi by mutual co-upuration and fnterde- pendence. The fint merchant veseel launched on the navigable reaches of the Livingstoic should, on its tirat trip, be under the convoy of an armed steamn latneh, so that the natives should huve it made vlear to thein fromt e vut- set that they snust lay uside all liopes of obtain- Ing any advantage 0y other mcans than falr deallng, The missfonaries have been the oneers on the lakes, and they will not Ing be- iind on tho rivers, so that the turee alllcs, good-will, order, mnd Industey, may be brought luto co-operation from the” very outset, Thu proapects of this vast regfon—this newest world—ore thos of the brightess, but all depends on 8 prompt recognition by onr Government of the wbifzation cast uzm it Of establishing a protecti rate throughout (he whole extent of buland South Africa, from the Cape to the outlet of the Al- bert Nyanza, and from the peak of Rilamuanjara to the lower falls of the Cotigo. 'The firat cost will uot be great, and the cconomist miay bo soothed hy the comlderation that cre long the rotectorute should be made relt-supporting. e prospeets are even such as to warrant tl raising of n loan to be cventually repald by legritimate imposts on the trode which 1s sure to be developed. ‘There fs no beed to ilo anything in o Lurry; but a settlement of the principles of action, the initiation of u definite pollev, should be determined upon and made known to the world without loss of time. It may be ureed Ly way ot s special pleading objection that the lateat” discoveriea are not British, tho use by Niunley of the Unlon Jack havine been forhid- den by the Forelgn Ofilee, but tho alsability thus finpored uvon him had reference only to the abuse of the flag i his contests with” the native races, The precaution was wisely tuken, aud the prohibition was founded on the indls- putable rflnulylu that no fndividusl can assume u sovereign prerogative whicn has not been del- egated to him, The futerdiction does not In the least alter tho character of the discoveries, es- peclally as they are so conuected with the re- sults achieved by previous Dritlsh explorers that their united work must be dealt with us whole, But even If the United Stutes were to claim a share fu the responsibilitics and advan- tages of a protectorate over the regions border- Iniz ou the Liviugstane, the clalm might with ndvantage be conceded, If the new reglow is not to be exclusively English, it would, under o {uint protectorate,be morc broadly Pan-Anglican, and the co-operution of the European und Ameriean branchies of the rce would be a elr- cuimatauce of hapoy omen, tor it 1s thne that their estrungement, arslug from the family quarrel at the close of last century, should. be brouglit to a close. TUE PATENT OFFICE. Some Facts in Its listory. Hoston Jonrnat. The official gazette of the Patent Offlce pub- listics an account of the tire of Sept. 24, together with some facts in regard to the Listory of the Department and of the patents which it has ls- sued. According to this authority the luss by the recent fire Included 87,000 models, 12,000 of which were valucicss, and 000,000 photo- lithoeraphie coples of drawlngs, which can probably be replaced for 00,000, though the total Joss can not well be repreeented fu money. The first American patent aystem was founded April 10, 1700, under the inspiration of Thomas Jefferson, who ls sald to have given personal consideration to every spplication’ made durlng the years 1790-3. Durting: the year 1791, M patents were granted, and {n 1785 the number was 11, and i 1703 20, maxing 67 In all under tho first statute, The act of 1700 mnde no distinction between citizens of the United Btates nud allens as to thete rights under the Patent law, but the act of 1703 refuscd patents to persous not citizens of the United Btates. By su act passed April 17, 1800, the law was so amended as to glvo alleus who'lind resfded two years in this country the citizens, vrovided they filed nu th _their application settiug forth their desire and inclination to becoms citlzens of the United States. The nct of 1783 was In general construction much the same as that of 170, cxeept that the power of rejection was destroved, and the duty of granting patenta lodged with the Scerctary of State alone, The first Buperintendent ol the office was Dr, Thornton, who presided for twenty-six vears. He touk a lively fnterest in the Department, and durlnF tho War of 1512, when the Britlsh captured the City of Washing- ton and destroyed the Capitol | bullding, a8 loaded capnon was trafned upon the Patent-Office for the purposc of destroving it, and he la sald to havo put himseit before the gun, ond In o frenzy of excitement exclaiued, ** Are you Englishmun, or only Goths and Van- dals! “This is the Patent-Otlve,—1 depositor) of the ingenulty and Inventtous of tho Amerl- van uution, in which the whole civilized world is futerested. Would vou destroy it? 1f ao, tire sway, and let thecharge pass through iny body, The effect is sall to have been magicat wpon tha soldiers, and to have saved the Patent-Otllcy from destruction. The lirst bullding was crect. wd {n 1812, on the present site of the Patent- Otfice, where It remalned until burned in 1530, Duriug tho years from 1790 to 1512 jnventors coutined themselves slmost wholly to agricult- ural aud commercial ubjects. luiplements tor tiliing the woil and couvertiog its products and wuchivery for nasvigation aitract- cd most attentlon. Manulactures, except of s purcly domestic character for domesticpur- voscy, wera hardly kuown., The war of 1813, however, forced uur peoplo to sttempt producs tion [n many branchie of munufacture and n- dustry heretofore almost wholly uncuitivated, and $n the following cleven years 1,819 fmpor- tant patents were recondud, ficluding looms, ull manner of machines for manufacturing clothlug, Dresses, engines, ele, ‘Iho statute of 1830 first provided for the classification of models and for the oftice's Jl- brary, aud retsined the discriminations In favor ol Amerivan patentees, but they werd so modi- tlod us to ouly require a restdence of one yvar, and provided that o subject of Great Dritain should upon making his application S e ) athte fordhn apmlleute the fco was F200. ‘This discrimination wus kept up In faver of Amerivan fuventions until tho act of March 2, 1841, abolishied it. This law provided that thers should be no discrimfuation weainst nllens un- less thu country to which they owed ullegiance discriminatod wgaliat cltizeis of the Uulied States. ‘The prussat faw n regard to tiing caveata wus then tisst d, und the good re- sults of the system of examingtion eatoblished by it werc soon munifeet, for lu the test part of 183, for under the old system #5 wers granted, whils fu the” laat half ot 183, under the new law, there were only 07, Moro than twe-thirds of all tho svpll- vatfons made were refected for cither wang of novelty or uscfulness. Thu numnber of patents cranted {0 each year increased steadily from 3 in 1390 to T3 1o 1N making a total of 11,348, while tho fevs which were the results of this bus- Iness bod seeumulated v surplus on Jan. 1, 1537, s the Treusury to the eredit of the patent fund wver aud above all expeuses Incurred of §150,- 207.78, The fire of Dec. 13, . 1830, destroyed everythiug fn the Patent-Otlice, vave’ puw vol- utag from the lbrary, of little value to suy onc, including 700 models, iucludivg thoss Ulastrat- lug the application of stewn power 1o vessels aud Fultou's original urawiugs of his stesin- & t. ‘The irst application of the photo-lithograpbic process wes ado July 1, 1809, twelve copies of each exlating patent belug then made, sud siuco thas thuw many full clusses have been re- produced. The result of thy late tiro wus bK U weans as diaastrous s that of 1830, althous twenty thuos thy Ruount of property wus de- stroved. Iu 183 the model, written, aud {Hus- trated yecords of the oflice were all cousuined, while notbing origtual was destruyed by the ire of 8cpt. H exeept models. The pocunlary loss fu thosc cascs falls oo the juventor sloue. Hard as this wmay sppear, where au expeusive wodel bas beeu destror through 1o fault of b own. thoru fsno faw under which be cau Gud relicl, save by eclin. ing to furnish the model. Though the aggre- fate money salue of the models is great the loeg In widely distributed and by 1o means frrep- arable, IARS Somn Particulara of Its Capture, Corvespendence Lomdon Times, &1, PETZR30ERG, Dec, 3.—AL last we aro be- ginning to receive from occaslonal correapond- ents afew detalls regardinz tho capture of Kars. A correspondent of the .Uascou Gazette, under date Kars, Nov. 20, gives the following dezeription of the event: “ Kara, a firat-class fortreas, and the Tarkish barrier iy Asia Minor, has fallen. QOur troops touk it by atorm, With Ita garrison of 2,000 tuen, its fimpregmable fortifieations, and ita imass of war material, it did not succeed in holding out, The attack was fixed for the esening of the 17th of November. The troops were disided Into scversl columns, the whole tmder the command of Gen, Lozarefl. On the south, opposite Fort Kanly, was _the colainn of tien, Count Grahhe: “ophosite Fort Hatis, the column of Uen, Alkhazoff; on the north, the colnmn of Gen. Bhatilof: and on the west, opposite the forts ‘Tenim, Suvara Las- ‘Tepes!, and Mukhlls, the column of Gt Joop. On the eventful evening the weather wia won- derfuily beautiful. There was a totch of frost in the air, and the full moon shione brightly, Allaround there wascomplete sllence, and ever! thine was ovolded which could warn the Turks of the Intendedattack. At 7 o'clock theadvance began. In the most perfect silence the truops went forward with volunteers in front. Slortly after 0 o’clock were hearl a few musket-shots, Which showed that the outposts were reache: Then thundered the camoen aod thefight begun, The storming columns met with such a terrifle firc that nothing could be heard but a contint- ons yoll ol big guns and nusketry, Al the forts were suddenly, as {t wore, girded about with n belt of “fire, In some places with eeveral belte, one above tho other, Thy Karadngh hefahts were hterally covered with fimne, angd looked lke a wreat bontire. Fvery soldier of the gardson fired hundreda of ahots, ANl the big guns, It sccins, were [n actio From u distance §t sppeared {mpossible to re- main for & moment under sich a fre, but through it sliently, without firing, unwavering. 1y advanced the storming columns, When near the fortitieations they rushed forwand with o *hurrab.’ . ‘The " artillery flrc coases, Uur soldiers jump over the * wolf-holes * down Into the ditch anid begin to scale the parapets. ‘Thestorming ladders, twenty-one feetin length, arc too short, but the brave fellows climb an clnaber all “the same, clinging to each other, dizuring thelr bayonets {uto the parapot, giving cach other a lift, and ever formant. Now they arc on the top; the gates are blown open with dveamite; Fort Kanly the Terrible can no longer reslst. Count Urabbe fa in front with his volunteers, and falls with two bullets In his breast. After him comes Col. Delinskl, at the head of the reglment, aud e, too, falls under butlets and bayonets, But that does not stop the forwanl movement. ‘The warrison wavers, takes to flight, and our troops enter. Kauly is ours; and” thoss of the defenders who shut themselves up fu the cascinates are obliged to cupltulate, Soon fall in ltke manner Suwarrl and Hafiz. Anadvance {s then made on the cit- adel, At all points the Turks offer a desperate reslstance, Toward mornine the Kutals Re ment takes the Karadugh and Arab Tabis, and souu atterward the citadel falls into our hands, “Apsoon ns the Karadagh and Arab Tabin were storined, the Turks, It scens, determined to abandon Kars. ALout 8 o'clock in themorn- ing the garrison left the town, with the inten- tion, apparently, of making their way to Erze- roum. - Thut was an act of wonderful daring, and by us quite unexpected, To the number of 10,000 they retrcated In the directfon of Talidja—that s to say, In the dlrection of G Roop's forces, Mauy of us from a_dis- tance imstook themn for our own troops. Very svo, however, from Diaven our artillery began to aet, and Gen, Roop attacked them, “The at- tack Jvas so vigorous that the Turke, though mucft ore numerous, could not reslst, and were completely scattered, About 1,500 of them lald down thelr arma. Of the remainder, some threw themsclves into the fortiticatlons, and tho others fled. ‘That was the lust of the great drama. QOur cavalry was scut in pursult of the fugitives, and many of them werccut down. At 10 o'clock i the niorning the whole affalr was atan end. Tho soldlers made the sien of the cross and thanked God for the vietory. Thc fortress wos tuken without bombardment and without sfege works. *Unc must sce Kars fn order to understand ‘what was done. It fs ditlicult to believe that a place of such strength could be currled by storm. Before the fortitication is u row of ‘wolf-holes.” and beyoud thess s ditch and o parupet. The ditchies are from twenty fect to twenty-ive feet wide, aud from fifteen fect to twenty feot deep. The parapets, from . the bottom of the altch, are Iu some places nearly thirty fect high, and fear- fully steep. - In tho'majority of the parapets are stone- casements vonstructed for defense. Our dead and wounded were ut onee collected, ana tho doad and wounded Turks ss soon as the fortiflcations were taken. At noon, how- ever, there were still nuny Turks in the ditches and forts, on the parupets, and in the casements. The prisoners were all conveyved to Greot Ztkma, hiey amount to 12,000 men, Tho wounded havebeen placed (nthe tuwn hospi- tals. To-laythere was a great religlous n'r\'}cu for the troops. At Do’clock they wore drawn “Y ou the south slde of the town, near the wall, ‘The weather wus bright and warm, and the sun gilded the arms and the unfurled bunnera. At 11 o'clock the Grund Huke arrived and joyfull: congratuiated the soldiers, who replicd” wit deafening hurrabis, The troops were drawn up mw the form of ‘o vparallelogram. In the centro were the priests and the Icons, ond around them, in_ the form of a scmicircle, the colars unfurled. Tho scrv- fee began. Harmoniously and solemuly rosu to heaven the sacred chaots'which nad uever been hieard here before, and with deep emotion we listed to the Te Deum laudamus. ‘Then the cannon boomed from tho frownine forts, not to sendl messages of death, but to proclalin fur and wide our victory and our refoleing. Calm- ly and solemuly tae pricats pronounced tho Heternal remembrance for the dead, and with hearttelt sorrow all kneltdownand prayed orthe souls of the departed heroes, The scrvice cnded, the colors were lowered and sprinkled with holy water, Once more the Grand Duke cullected the officers abont him, and trans- mitted to them the thanks of the Emperor and of the Commanderin-Chiet. ‘The troops re- lled with loud hurrahs aud threw their caps uto the afr. Then ewme o nomentary sileoee, after which tho bands of all theregiments the pational suthem—‘Gud Save tho ——e—— e Torrible ‘Denth, A horrible death recently occurrad at the blast furnuce in South Stockton, Eugland, The hovper of & furpsce wus cliwrged by & man named James Higzins and otber workmep with fronstoue, ete., and In order to allow the' mate- rial to fall luto the furnuce anatterupt whs mads to lower the bell—a large conical-shaped sppa- rotus fittlng futo the bottum of the hopper— about two feet juto a broader spuce, The bell had become Jammed Into the upper part of the ring, and could 3ot be stirred.” Mter several foeffectual attempts to iree it, Higeius pro- curred u larze Lummer, leoped on to che bell, and struck it u blow, The apparatus immedi- utely sank Into thu Lroader space, and liccing weat with it, A groan was heard, but nothing could be seen of the poor Tellow ax ho passed swiftly with the material Into tho furnace. The blast ‘was ut ooce thrown off anda Kowerlnl current of alr forced i, but tho horrible smell which arose Emvcd that the poor mun's budy was belng raplily consumed, snd not the slight- cst portion ot It was recovered, A Coroner was sumtioned, but could hold no fuqueat, s thero were ho remains to view. A Roman Catholic pricst read the burlal service of the Church, on op of the furusee, shortly ufter the wecldens. e e A Ralic of Washington. A Washineton correspondent of the Boston Journal ssys that Capt. Balley, of Newburyport, Muss,, who Is cousuccted with the Warraut Division, Las been cugaged for wany years by wrranging the old und inusty tlcs of the Tress- ury, with u view to the preparution ol 4 com- pleto finguctul history of the Government. 1u the_course of this Investization he husdivcov- eredayreat many very valuable bistorfeal papers, awd bus brousht down the tabulated results of the expenditures of the Guvernwent, (u all the braucties of tno servicy, frow the foundation of thy Republle untll vow. Oue of the curlous pupers dlacovered fy the mauuscript statewent Of the wceounts of Geu. Georze Washingtou with the Lunited Btates Government for thy period of cight yoars, commenctug Jung, 1735, sod ending June, 17538 This stalement was orizinally the vuucher to the Warrant Diviston for the playwent of the sccount. - It is preserved as & tost preclous sutvgrupbic relie. This account lucludesa great persunal expeuses which Gen. Wushilnztou charged Lo the Goveru- ment. His reasons for makiug these charzes are iven o the fullowing note at the end of bis statement of uccouuts: Altho' § kept muwius. of these expendilures 1 did wut fouodace then tute my Public accyuunls a they occurred—tuo feason waa, ft appeared at frst view, in the commencomsut of thew, to have the comblesion ot 8 private chante—tuxt my duubls thercfore of the propeicly of wak'y it But the peculiur_ eircumstances autcadiag my command, ud the ewbartasacd witustion of our Puvlic adair which obliged mo (Lo tho nu small detelincut of wy rivate lutercst) 1o postpous the visit L every year contewplated to wuke wy Family between tbe cluse of ouo cawpalzn snd opcoivg of ao- otlier—and ss thls expeuce was Luctdental therely, have, u charge 1 sna a8 due conslderation, Just with respect coneequant of my relf-déntat, 1 of rght I think I ought,- sdjnderd the the Publle 84 It i ‘conventent with rospect to _myself; and I maka it < to with Ieas relnctance as I nd upon the final ad- inatmt, of these nccts, (which have, as will ap- ear, heen long uneettied, ) that 1 am a considera. le lonter—ay disbnracmente falling a ood desl #hort of my recelots, & the monev | had npon and of my own—Far haefden tho sums 1 carried with me 1o Cambridee In 1775 (and which exceeded the aforementloned Balee of £300.10.11) I recelved mnnies afterward on private accts, in 1777 and aince which, except small sumis that I had occa- sion now and then 1a apply to private nses, were sl expended 1n the Public Scrvice—znd thro' hae- 1y, 1 suppnse. & the perplexity of husiness (for [ knew not how eise to acet for the deficlency) T have omitted to charga—whilst crery debl againat me 19 herecre:lited, G, Wannixarox, Juey st, 1743 o e — A BIG SWINDLE EXPOSED. To the Editor of The Tribunz, Waukraay, TilL, Dee, 20.—In your fssue of . Dec. 21, 1 notive communieation and editorial comments upan the subject of menndered lands aml lavd-swindiers. There is o case Insour connty just In point. You have probably visited the lakes fn the northwest corner of Lakeo County for recreation fn duck-hanting and fishi- ing, You will probably bo surprised to hear that Fox, Grasw, Blull, uand the other lakes in that reglon lave dried up sad hecome good agricultural landas yet such I8 the . Al the aflldavits of suine of the Chieagn lnwyers and two or three other dlerenutable men, harked up by an agent from the General Land-Oflee, sent on purposcto ascertatn the fncte, can be belleved, These afidayits, together with the afidavits of more than a dozen goud men and true, whu have llved fn the immedlate vielnity for more than twenty-five years,who swear that the lnkes ore there yet, fust s they were nnd have been for at teasf twenty-five vears, urc on file {n the General Lutd-Ollfee. Tha répart of the Special Agzunt, sent by the Commissioner of the Land- O1liee, 1s protably on fike, ou, su that the decls- ton of the Cumnmissioner of the Land-Otlice can- a6t be excused by theplea that lte wan deceived. The result s, that thess lukes and the marshes around them have been sold by authority of tue General Land-Office to n ot of land-sharks, Ignoriug ull precedent or law, human or divine; tiuscompelling the publie und thuse persons whose rights huve thus fraudulently been tres- paksed upon to go into the courts or elso sub- it to severe blackalling. You jnstly ralse the query that, If such action and rulingIs sustalned, Lake Michigan Is in duner of becomtng private nrupetlfl: If these lakes und marshes in Lake County which have been excludea from the public sur- veys n8 ‘‘lake, tho plats, field notes, and records concerning the same accepted and con- flrmed by the Laud Department,' and the salo of the lunds adlolning by the Government wade, representine the lauds o sold as belug on the margin of the lake, and tho whole ac- ufesced i and ncted on by the Government ur over thirty years, and then, as far as posai- Lle, clandestitiely and secretly sold for nearly worthless keript, and such sale and ante- cedent preliminary actlon thereto 1nde in derogation of somo of the publish- ed rulcs of the Land-Office, shall be permitted and sustaived by the Government, then wl:]v may not slmflar action of & mmrnny of swindlers sccuring the co-uperation of tho General Land-Office, with or without collusion, secury prisato ownerahl of tlo wholo store of Lake M Ichllmn fora sufllclent distance inward to enable them to control the flshiug, not to ray the commerclal, (nterests of the region adjol ingl In me‘ opinfon, our Bcuators In Congzress ought to De requested ‘Lo try to havethis sub- Ject investigated, T will here say that Scnator Oclesby has been fighting the above-described frapd for two years, but was unable to prevent {ts consummation, and Senutor Davis e known to have no sympsthy witli that class of depre- dators, I hope your jonrnal will give these swindling schemes a thorough afring, Cinizex or Lags Coontr. e—— In neuralzin, acuto and infammatory rhenmas tism, enlarged joluts of the hands or feet, silff neck, paine in the back and Ioins, headache, { rec. ommend Dr. Giles' Lintment Jodide of Ammonla. R. 8, Lathamn, Chemiat, comer of Dleary and Cralg strecta, Montreal. For sale by Gale & Blockl, and all arugyists, Ivory In eomi sot, Wien ‘twizt partles' lipn you sce, BOZODONT, “tin safe to vet, Desutifies the Ivory, —— In malarial or fever-and-aguc dlstricts, take Banford's Jumalea Gitnwer, R PHYSICIAN'S TEBTIMDN*. 80 Years & Physiolan. 12 Years a Suf« forer. Trled Rogular Remedies. Tried Patent Modicines. Per- manently oured by SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE, - TSERS, WEERS & POTTER, —Birs1 T have practlscd medicine for thirly years, and ha een's sufferer myeell for twelve years with 3381 Dastayes, fauces and Iarynz. 1 lu the materfa medica with. o1 any permavent relier, unti] naliy I wasinduced iotry'8 batent medicine wometifay that ¥ siio; pathists sre very loth to do). Hled ——m anc divers others until [ yot Lot of yours, 1 followed ihe'directions to the Ictter, tnd’am Kappy to 63 Bare lad e permanent cire. YVour RADICA CURE 4 certaluly & bsppy comblnation for the €nre of that posk unplensant and dangerous o direnses, Tours, ragpecttul ofDr. D, W. m"‘»’:amn' 1 r. D, W. Gra) on, I' & Drvaisia, Muacatine, 10 , Moscarixs, Towa, March 37, 167, tarrh in o and - The valueof thls remedy must not ba overtooked: 12 the cure of tuote SYMPATHETIC DISEASES, fifluunm.‘:c the Xy Lungs snd Far, Thro ranclilal Tubcs which 'In imany cascs accompany 1 and dis- B scvere case of Ustarsh. The fofl up of the mucous membrans (s the tased coi 1 £are of all thesa troubles; aud uatil the syste Lisa haer brouglit praperly uuder the influence o he RAINCAL CURE, perfuct fryedow from them cannot be Feasonabily o3 per 1t 1a but threa yeurs fluce SANFORINS RADI- GAL CULE was ptaced Usfors the pabife, but int thatatort ound its way from S(aing to- Cailfornf {8 aycrywhere acknvwledged by drugglsts and physiaiand Lo be | sahil ation for rough res tment of Catarri ‘oupINBYEd, o . The fact wiil be deeraed ¢ lmportance whaw it 14 coapled with L Uiat years over 250 or Catarrh b x- 1th ons or tw ptions, thelr nimes be recatiod by fhe beaf infored druggiat dveritsiug sy succeed In forcing & few sales ! possess nadondte: sUeolutely cesta Srtien. it obacutily ol W& FOTTRE enggiat, Bkt Ky 1copthier Tiasrs Lostpster feser e iidieg ©C. Mcstomow, Hopx du ot Apri T 1t bas donewy boy wire good thew all attar wediclues. tla Buw guss bu scbaol, fur the Sred tluady thres yrars Ktisa Juxs borrizeo, . STER | uess, soren iulncu-' ; et "0F ‘tive Tunger 11vers : Idueys, splees, buwels, Uisddar, Lusst, and wmoe Clea, 4 £qual tu” kg arwy of ductors and acres ui Plaite auu slirubs. Drico, a5 conts, a1t Wholesato and Lictatl Drugsista ot o Dneteie, aha Canads, o » Wl & POXTEK. Propriciuia, Luston, Moss. Stockholders® Meeting. ] The Annual Hctlln? of tbe Stockhulders of the Hide ; ond Lestber Bank of Chicagu for the election of. LI- yeclors for 1be cnautug year will be Beld ot the ofice of the sald Laak. lu Cll v Motday, Jaa. 7. ol cent b hours ol b sud 3w, e et s Dy LON L Sarran Caatten u e e