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puch lesvthan 108 per cent, Ohfo 18 & falr average ba- freen she old and the new Btates. Tow f# It with na? There ars but st citien sud towns of aver 10,00 tn 1870 Mt admit of comparison Ly the official fuures. Tha JgRregstes are: Tt e 1,405 "Ifl:fl?&?fl“‘l"flfl- 412,410 V6, Lapd st over city. LAin 741 Biale increse. City inereas Jtoral Incresse... Tneresse, per cent. Btate, 1812 Fural, 20, Afterscanaing sl the townahips of Ohlo, and separ. ating the village, town, and efty popuistion from the grand tots] of the State, we have reached the followlog resulue: i pulation. PRl . tho rursl msjority in 320, agalast £05,300In 18704 & 0w in N0, OF OYEE 80 per centy rural, 5. Theso States are New YVork, Mamsachusetts, Penne syivanis, Maryland, Ohlo, Inalans, llifnols, Missaurl, ‘Wisconsta, and Michigan. Tho greatlesson from thesn facts 14 that efforts to prevent the Increase of vice and b exite, and to mitigats the calemuities of poverty in our . ¢ltles, shonld be fucreaced in proportion to the Increase of concentration, 'The Christian philosophers sud phi- Janthroplsta can study the problem at thelr lefsure, the mora they study Lie morn they Wil find it neces sary todotn order to counteract the unfortuuate ve- ! sultsof this tendency of populstion, * nd e ! Ono of the ablest writers and highest autori- ties In politieal econumy and fAnancial sclence s the Iate Warten BAaenot, who was editor of the London Economist. e wes called before the Committee of the House of Commons ap. pointed to {nvestigeto the depreciation of silver in 1610, and testified that he had glven the sub- Ject his best attention, and that, among the eauren uf hie deeline of sflver, was, first, the In- creased produetion fu America, sccompanied by exageerated in.pressions of the amount of that the demonetization of sil- ver by Germany ; third, theiuerease ofthedrafts of the Indian Councli: and fourth, and most fm- portant, the action of the Latin Statesin re- strlcting the coluago of silver ns an unlimited legal-tender. On the last point he salds Questfon 1,406—What I3 tha fourth caus:? Anaicer—A great number of Btates whicl are grouped togathor fn what fa called the Latin Union havc ceased (o coln sliyer ever slnco the year 1874, In the smne_niunner which they did before; aa the Committee areawary, the Latin Union ls s name for e btates, France, Uelgium, Italy, Bwitzerland, and Grecce, which up to thu year 1874 had what they call a dooblo standurd—thist {s to 8ay, sflver and gold wero tenders for any amount for delts, nd the colnago was frataed on e relatlon of 134 t0 1. Upto that thma it was upen to anybuody ta goto tho Freneli or any other mints, with siiver or Fold, as tho care imight be, and et ft colned. Tha consequence of caurss was that tho moment metal beeame depre- clated the holders taok ft to those minte and had it colned, Rut fn the year 1874 that process wansrested, beenuso these Governments lmited tio amount of milver which they would coln, and (7 {t had not deen Jur that change af palicy, all the siteer wwhleh o now Ainoding- the London market and lacering tho price, would bava been lorg.since n fhe mints of thuse couns trics. 1t would hava relcaicd gold froin thent, and the cnnibined effect af ths trn operatione wautd Aute heen that the compuratire talue of aold and sitker wauld hare been very little aliered, PRONABLY XOF AT ALL. Wea havo looked through the tlles of the Na- tion ond the New York and loston daltics to tind the above fromn Baarior, but have looked {n vain. They hove neither published it nor repliod to It. Wo respectfully ask them to do bott. And when they are about it, Jet them show that the colnage of the surplus sllver preas- ing on the Londoun market by our Govermment would not have sxactly the cffect stated by Baovzior tu the extruct from his testimony, e — According to the Uttrnmontane Journal, the Gazdte di JMidi, the most pecslstent ealler utthe Vatlean fs the personage popularly suppored to rule over a certatn sulphurous rezlon whose cx- Istence le denjed by tho Rev. Mr, Bugcusa, of .+ Hrookiyn, During the last elzhiteen years his o Batanle Majesty bas walted at the Pontitlent 3 gates nu less than 0,670 thzes, wad on cdeh o caslots bas anxiously fnquired after the hiealth of the Pope, This kindly intereat §s rendered all the more aflective drom the probability thay the Devil will have to call many miore times bofore hearing of the death of is adversary. Dastecres, In the midat of att the Juxuries and splendors of Lils palace, was unhappy on neeonnt i ofnswonl, BourCieauLT. In his room recently fitted up . marble, preclons stones, and gor- eous uphulatery ut a cost of §13,000, Is sad bee cause the publie has awanled to Markyve's ¢ firet ottempt st a play the prafse whilch it ree 1 fused to bls own four-hundeeut, Younzz gentlemon who break thelr enzage- * ments ghould remember that the blow falls » mot slone upon the expectant bride, vut wluo upon the enruged country editor, who lus for several weeks been giving them an wnlimited smount of gratuitous putling, A CI— . o Bome statistics huyu recently beon publishe:l sliowing that no less than 2,530,021,81 grajus of opium are nnnually brought lito this country, » aud that there are 234,03) prople who use the drug solely for itg narcotle effects, Bpeaking of fat ofilces, it 1 nnnouncel that three new Judgges are to be udded to the En- glish Beneh,with §25,003a year vach, and §25,000 alluwance for clerka, ———— . Bt. Louls la blest with s baby-show, ana the reporters ure all trylug to get Into the contl- 5 deuce of the manager, in order to tind oup by foreband when Lo lutends to gLscond. R ‘The Iatest stvlo fn marrled numes; Mr, and T Mrs, Jaxe Cooxus, That's the wav they have At written on the hotel reglaters, FPour Bugwse! ~——e—— e PERSONAL, The World calls the Rev. Joseph Cook a featherliead, Jolin Broughem {s looking for n big hene- 4 B8 06 the'15¢h of January, Courbet, the demolisher of the Column ‘Vendome, tsdangeronuly i1, Justin McCartly, the novoliat, will proba- Lly aft fn the nest Parllament as a Homo Ruler, Edith Longfallow and Richard Jf. Dann 1. 810 to bo married the second weck tn Jannary. .. Dr. Schlicoiann said Iately that it did ngt * tako him more than six weeks Lo learn to opeak and wrile modern Greok with fuency, : ll:m‘l;l Butler, son af the General, is Supore atendent of the United States Cartridgo Works at Lowell. 1o i about fo vislt Hussla, iy Xg‘ 2 Frazer's Jlug'm[na ncknowledges that Lon. J doucreaay cawn for corn, pawk for pork, laud f lard, witch for which, and weal for vlv‘:ul. s Emily Rigl, who went 10 sce ono of Mme. Modjeska's porfurmances In Now York, swoaned away from excltoment caused by the vealism of tue aceuc, G : T. 8, Artbar Is writing another instructive story for marrled folks. It iu frighttul to think what divorce statlstics would be ta-uay but for the hllmn of tbis amlabis Listurian of tmpossible peo- Ple. The following awful warning is going tha rounds; ‘*A fow years a0 Mra. Ksle Chase Bprugde patd §2.000 per vard for dress material, To-day bes husband's paver sclls for two aud o balt cents on tha dollar.” P. 'l Barnum says in n rocent letter to an latimate trlead: ** Ko, my friend, no more how en- terprises for me. 1am now dolng the work of ten men, sud lam U8. lawm setilng my house iu ore der, and shall be ready to pass in. 1wy chccks whene ever required,” Tho foct that the Germsn Government fs about to adopt tho ** Uckatius gun, ™ o bronze rite, 1or fortideations and siege purposes, has called out ihe statement that (hle celebruted yun in Aot an Austniag but 3o Awerican Inveation, Col. Uckatlue Of he Anstcian aruiy baviog Lad tho Aworican draw, nd patterus that are on v in tho Ause tnan patent dephrtmont to guide i fu the con- « Styuction of this powerful war wuchiue. bo fo- veutor of what s called fu Europs the ** Uchatius 3 " s Mr. Samuel B, Liean, of the South Boston l{l.m ngnanl. 81d his pateot was granted by the Vailed Statea tn 1860, and by Austels, ¥raucs, sod thi sdiae yeas. STATE AFFAIRS, Annual Message of Gov. Robin- son, of New York. Canal Receipts Smalter Than at Auny Timo in Forty-five Yenrs The Governor of Virginin Urges the Full Payment of the State Debt, NEW YORK. AvLnaxy, Jan. 1.—The Legislature organlzed to-day, © Wiillam #. Rabertson was chosen Presfient pro tem. of the Sepute, and Jomus W. Itusted Speaker of tho House, The Governor's message shuwa the total debt Sept, 80, 1877, after applylug the sinking fund, to Lo 88,707.063. 'T'he actual reduction of the deht duting the year by cancelfation fs $12,359,- 83 Tha bounty debt higs been finally extine guished. The gross canal tolls for the year were £830,000, a lower amount of reccipts than hus Yeeu known for forty-flye years. In rd to unemployed Inbor, the Governor £ay L I8 cusler to discover the cause of this distrees than to polot out the wannor of its re- Mef. "There can . be but ovue permanent and ciTectual remedy, that 18 to return s speedily a8 pusaibie tu the conditfon of things that ex- ‘| isted before the road to ritin wua entered “pm:] by mcansof a return to specle payinents nn sonud and sable currency, and reduction of the tariil ton strictly revenio standard," The Exclse luwa are discussed, und the opin- fon cxpresscd that what fa needed I8 to substi- tute fur all existing taws on thy subject n care- fubiy-prepared statute, reasonable in fts Himita- tona and restraluts, elear and explivit in all its rovisfonis, and, above all, complete in feacll to e uniformly, steadily, sud constantly enforeed, The Legislnturs fs ured to fuke u strict ae- count of Ife-fusnrance companfes sod savings Lanka, and hold them to exuct aceountabllity, The Governor favora the resumption of speie payments Jan. 1, 1830, Upon this subject he says: It rrems to me manitest now that if the credit of the Federul Government cun be malntatned at the point at which it stvod a month or two ngo, so that Its bonds bearlug low fnterest are frevig sold, the Treasury will be Ablo to resumo parment on or before the day designated, without distress to the community. Itrust that there will be wiedotn enough at Washington to aveld hindering our present hopeful progress toward specle payments, and that the laws of goneril government wod those Of our own Btato on this subject will continug to be, s they nuw are, in burnony.” VIRGINIA. Ricustoyv, Va., Jan. L—For the first time n tho hitstory of Virxlnis since colonlal times, its Uovernor, Col. F. W, loliday, was fu- augurated to-day with all the pomp und display of & grand public demonatration. The Governor fu his fusugural address takes the strungest grounds for the malntcnauce of the State’s credit, moking points that the debt was created to provide fmprovements which the State now possenses, and from which it dally derives profit; that the War effected no change in the relations between the State and 1ts creditors; that 1o one questions the oblizatfons of the debt, and thy laws under which [t was created, In the beneits conderred on the State Ly the property fts proceeds bought, and that thie General Asacmbly should direct its utmost efforts to the question low to vay, 1o de- nuuuces the course ot those who scein to strive how not tu pay. The address declares that Virglofa cannot “escape the Habllities which all men weksowledpe except by o process sinilar to o schedule in bankruptey with the surrender ot pssets, and concludes this Mm‘]m:t writh the decinrution of the hellef In Virginia’s ubility to mect her ubliations, Urvat applatse greeted these sentimenta. The Qoverror seemed o consider the debt question 10 he the ouly one of real tmportauce before the people, WISCONSIN, Spectal Dispatch tn The Clicagn Tribure. ManisoN, Wis,, Jan. L—Leading members of the new Legistature are assembling, and many of the State oflleers olect spent the day n the «ity. The-universal oplnfon {s that the statute revislon and Northern Rallroad tax-oxemption guorrels will bu the leadiug features before the comfmg pession. The sesslon otherwiso proms faes to be diort and Interesting, - The statute- vevisors will Lrinze fn thele work at the fatter xlx-lr; oll the seestun, aud endenvor to rush it throuzh. TENNSYLVANTA, ITanmsnung, ', Jan, 1,.—The Leglslature met at nocn. T the Senate Thomas V. Cooper wud choyen Bpeaker pro tem. This belue an adjourn-l resslon of the Leglslature of 13837, with hut few exeeptions the ofiivers of both Houovs are the same us last y P TEPITANIA? W. W, Story's Now Tragedy, tnston Herald, Amew tragedy by un Smeriean author who has a European reputation {sa iteeary event, und ity Iporiance B maznied when it s the worls of sl o man us Willizm W, Story, Thirty-thiree years ago this gentleman was writ. fuz law-books, which are still vained by the pro- fesston, Thirty years ago he publishied a vols ume of poeme; und casuye, blography, govity, und technleal work bLave sface been produced by bis ready pen. In 1843 lis went to Rume, and hus chleily dovoted himsell to seulpture In the snevceding yearss 1Ds latest plece of work i3 he tiagedy whoso name heads this urticte, and which ho reat privately in New York Sunday atternoons e s harddv to be expected that o tan with talonts so varled cun ottain - Oie highest ctlnency in any direction, so it 13 not surprising to fnd mueh thut i com plucy fu Mr. Story's new work, but the verdict of the best judies seens tobe that, as o whole, it lia erudit to Amerdean literature, The seenu of Steolunta ™ s lall fn Rowe, 835 yeurs ago. ‘The people, bemlod by the Constl, Crescentius, hadmade A Lold but uneuccessful attempt to #luke off the yoke of the Emgwror Otho 111, Crescentius gave up the contest under a proms ix0 that hig personul safcty should be sccured, but this the Ewmperor violated, and he wia cruelly executed, Otho's renorse worked upon Bin and be fel) wicli, and the truzedy nacrutes tho cyents following, coding ln Otho's death ut the humls of Stephunla, the wite of the betrayed Crescenting, 1u the flrst acenc the Baron Eru. steln and Count Tammo, friends of the Emperor, hold o dlalogua tu which they disclose thet the conrt of Utho I3 thled with abixiety, purtly Ly the vopular disaffectlon and partly on connt of the Bmperor's wretched healtli, aff vd by the Roman {ever, an4 still more by the re. worse and unguish which haunt his spirit onaes count of the base wind treschiceoua way fu which ho had dealt with the Consul Ciesientius, Count ‘fammo declares that under the influence ol the priests, whum he consults to southe hiy consefeice, tho yuung Emperor §s losing oll hiy strenpth of body and svul, wasting away aud be- caming & twere shadow of himesclf, The Em. peror Mmself apvears, and by his bearluzand bis speeeh contirms this dlamal pleture of his con. ditiou, He retires, und then Fritz, wn oflicer of hls puard, enters, aud relates the hoinble seene of Crescentiug' death, 1n tho second act Erne stein il Tummo, with other gentlemen of the Court, discuss the Emperor's sad etate, and sll agree lually thut the only way of veealling the Einperor t0 himself will Ue to Introduce love oy o player In thezame; they discuss the beauties of the Court, speculuthng ou tuc uossibility that ot or auother way {uspire the Ewmperor with o rassion strong enough to chase the durk past from s miud, Couut Tawmo declares that nong of thei sre worthy ta be compared with the wite of the murdered Crescentivs, anl lu ments tho impossibility ol By 7 such snother wowun in the world, " This suggestion rouscs the eurlosity of his compaufon, aud Tamumg describes this fascinating woms lu auswer to e quury what sbe was like: Likgr Likea temutiug fruit With a wild forelgn tsvor, us wa palat Tho' feupiries Bre— lr, young, bub mot too vuBpR: Slendlr and lithe, with massive, golden harr, Eyes larys und Lustrous, tawny 1 thetf buo uick 1 her worewvuts, with luug, sleudsr bands, nd that steuuge, subtile grace 1ho tger Las, As from tha castl he passed out Guarded by suldiers, wocked by all (Lo ool Her lips sct close, ber palo face Sxed und sud, Bhe scurcely seemcd to beed the Jeoring crowd. Ouly Ler baudae twitched, clutcbing buw sad then Jler f31ling Qreds; 800 vnce & sirsuge, Serco swlle Quivered convalaively across ber lips. 1t way su sirunge—1 wondured what it meaut. Thiea 1 waa epled. L uover saw hee lnore. Just then two wowen appeared, seculng to be sbiters Lo sowe couvent wud ececing ap t- poxsess rare skill In medicin in dealing with the malarial Bhe proditces certifieates of her sklll_from the abless of her convent and from the Pope hiin. relf, aud asks leave to testit for the relef of the Emperue. Baron Ernsteln filmlly agrecs Lo present her roguest, to which Otho necedes, and at oncg enters, and, bidding his oflicers with- draw, falls Into a geat and motlions to the veiled siater that Le 18 ready to hear, whiat she desires, aml grant her an (nterview. Tu the sceno which fullows Is some of that common-place Work to which wo have referred. work which anybody might have done. For fnstance, Stephania dis- clalina auy special skill, and goes on: e e Vo ot arroyaace, very carelansne N “tl’?h“u‘sh ’nn’e. true; mnd then sgain 8 woman's thap & man‘s, her sympathics H e ok s iving. wad ho acen gnd feels ‘coaras scnee lote allp. Fiue Instra- ments Foven (o & touch respond. reath will stir The harp's tense stringe; the dull drum minst be 1a weaker, Sire, and what she : of her very weaknens: Steph. Blepl A no §hie feele by virt 8lie teasts fier (natinct as hie reanan man, - Utho, Ay, we rre bold enongh whunwe are well, Tat not 10 atrong to sufler an to do. And o on. But she sgrees to lr{ to drive away * thoss fearful, harrid thoughts which are maddening the guilty man, Steph. \Vhat thoughts, your Majestyt Otho,” ‘Thoughts, that like flends pursue me, memoricn That silng l1ke adders, drenma that haunt the mind And eill renow in vislons evil deedn Dinne in fierce passion and repented of, Rtepented uf, but not 1o be ettaced. The pretended mater hints at & sad story of Jove and betrayal, but gives iittle satiafaction to Tier patient, who would kuow mnore of her his- tory, lor he says: Bamething there ls abont you stirs my soul; Ne It for youd of evil, wha can tell? Finally ha gives onders for her entertalnment. in the patuce. s friends soon coms to wouder at the impressfon sue hus inade upon bim, but Stephania hersclf sollliuizea: A{. there they all go clattering dotn tho ateeet, Tho line I8 thrown, nna he has sunpoed the bait, Poar foolt 1la Lnows not there's u lioui within, Yet there 4a noed of all my care nmd skiil, l'uul T“I keep down, ye atartling thoughte, and o 3ty hand and aplrit calmly move together, Kharp eyon are on vie, aml the path 1 tread 13 peeilonn and dim, ~ What's to do nesty What fs my purpose? Dare § whisper it Evon o Lknow it? When T look ut him e yontb und his remurae both huld unt hands Al e, A Lo push mie back, and yet Th f il not =+ Bue off from wy deelyn, Do [ 1ack conrmisd Has my wonan's heart A tender spot that weakena sl) my willy Let it be burned out! Loy mo think un thee, Crescentius, noble heart! whon this proud youtl Slew in coid blvod. Let me reeall they bead With {is white lips and ghastly, bloodless chevks, And glaesy, -h{hllcl yus ~deut llus whereon 1 huny so fonuly—sweet, poathetic eyes s ‘That ever gnve 8 loving light to e, Ah! no: this band shinil nut be wesk nor fall Tu do its duty when the time shall come, 1t peace—and let o keen 1y spirit cold And harden alt my whi. It st be done: Ay, and ftshall be. 1wl s way fieart OF atl 1ta weaknesa 11} the debt bo pofa. Bat nut at ouce—not now—time presses oot ULho; you must be used to mount upon; Yo krv o step from which I meau to climb, Who's there, 1say? Otho's passiun for Stephanie, or Blster Pru- dentla us ho kuown her, fncreases, and hio ex- clalms: 1cure nnt far your past. Whate'er [t s, I know the present, "That's enongh for mo. I know that, ltke an angol, you are fair. I know what burns within niy heart like fire), Lknow Iove you— 3 11is cutreaty {s too powerful for the nun. The scene whera shie abandons lier purposs of revenge and discloses berocif to hilin s une of the best in the dramua, 1t ends ns follows: Aleph, * 'Thls la madnese, sice, Taku back those words or treat them as unsald, Otho, Nuever. Prudentla, shrink not thus from my! Ilove you, From the ashes of dead hopes— Liead, 1 I dreumed, Torever—sulden, glad, The flaming forth "o waft acrows tho desert of my sonl It perfect tragrance. Ah!llove you, Nay, Thruet e not Lack—bide nnld]lmr face from me. "Thank Uod that you have lifted up 8 heart Qut of the dust—brimmed It o'er with joy! Steph. Oh never, nover: Take it back agaln, Think what L om: think what 1 s, Alas! Yon know not what you suy—to whcm yuu speak. Yuu know nat all the past that makes it all Itaposaible, ORI L Wa wroug of mie, Utho. What do I care for all tho past? Your vows &r¢ not perpetusl. Steph. Ah, it s not that, T'a hear these words 1s wroug; 1o love 8 wrong, ‘foluve you fe crime, Why more to me Gtho, Than uny otherman? A, you conless You nre nut qulte indierent. Steph. But oy, 1 sa0uld be far, far worse. Inalfterent? 1 wuzht to hate you, bug my foolish heart Fool pity on you. and 1 Endly dreamed ‘o do B great and Curisilan aet o yont, Ang cura your aching life who ruired mino, And now—and nuow—waat can I think, what say? Why did 1 tako un we this falée disgao? Wiy did I cume to your Why am | hera? - Otho, Lutued your iife! This droas iua disguise, Who are you, theut sfou-fower of Lifu throwh Stephs Alsat! 1 daro not any, Qiho, Iet all theso words that you und | Have sabl he dlotted out from memory, Let me gu hence. itho. No!ucver, while thess arms Iave airength to bold you, Steph, Nay, T must—must go. You know not whe I an, or you with scurn Would urlv.u we heace. Aud yet, perhaps—per- iape You might furgive mo etili} AD, Who are yon, then? Eznlain this mystery, £ “Steph. Oh} lct mo go. You never swould faraive me. No!polno! . Uthe, Luves ;:vxmru everythiug, Who are you! sineak Stepli, T ww Stephaula. Utio, Stephania? What? Steph, Cresenting' wife, ith Great Godt )4 cannot he, s monstrous—1s it yot? but etfll ‘ia frue, 1 knew you would dewplsc ino—as you do, 0, 1t 1devplyo yout Not It caunut be, 1"l not helleve you. Slepl, (Throwe off her cap, vell, and nun's dre and unlovses her huir.) Do you kiow ms now? Qtho, *Tisbuttootris. Al, now indeed 1 ace What seemed ut it famihiar in your face, ‘Thuugh [ but saw It onco~that dreadful aay, ephania, pity we, forgive 1 knew not what 1 did, Pu Ul [ dld wrong Almurt buyuud for Un my kpecs 1 enie 10 5ou as [ bave woed to tod, Sleph,” Oh, donot kneel to Lowgg fur ravenze Lened; hut your romorse, ur suflering woved my pity. ietter thoughts valted ot kst, A womun's heart 19 weak— Tou weak—=for pity led we va o this, Now yuu will seorh vie—you ull tho world, ko, Naver, Stephanla; never! To forgive As you forgive Is Godlise. How can § Duane jook st you und love you as | dor Ui Jut e bury out of slzht the past Av sunse foul thing that uuver should nave been, No more ta-nlynt, 1 fain would sp i 1 caunut, fur tho chill coues v u, 3 Fo-orrow we will upeak of thls agatn, Don't Ieavo me. Stoph, Ah, indeed, you need repose. 'l'huutnm on thls, Lean, i, upon my sru. e Uet y0u o beed at Onee, you dre wot woll. Gtha. Turmarrow, thed, to-morrow | 10w ta bed. In the fourth acty Otho still sues and b rome iy, but Secplianig hesltatus, telling Wim: ©aths srs withes of straw, . You cannot bind the Future with an valli, ‘The courtters ace her I er chanzed attire, and, recounizing, wonder, Bays Count Tummo: In suything God ever framed w0 irange ke WuiLan 18 "Thure {s no bittor wrong Douo by a man wosen will not furgive, It i cadls atlier they will not tongive, 14t but & wigter allp, aud with oo vuico Thoy hound her 1o destruction. For ukn's crimes, Ezcopt whon jvaluuy, they can fiud a ) Ahuont, at Usies, they veom (0 31otd their fove Les (o carese than tu cruslty, * 'This contiuues u the Bith act, the sccond scene of which op with a atriklug spocch by Stephauia, fu which the dlscord within her beart is powsrfully contrasted with the beauty ol the night, 18 vuds: All {8 peaco Savo here within, Cowe. sturm! ‘Fewvest, blast This sickeuiny beanty, b Lo carth with rain. Tortuee thoss Wwurmurous troes tutil Shoy shriek: Selau thons and shaky tuele writhing bouzhs about With iy deepalr! Tear thoin as $tiou dost we' Mark! Sheqw uru footeteps. Lt me bl wiysalf ‘Theu slic overliears & conversation i which Erustelu wurus Otho -quu.r. ber o effectually thut the Emperor redolves to Lreais off Lis ut- tuchuent, wud secks @ wuy in wich to rid hin- self of the womuu he bad Joved. Bbe Guda thosy of her swn sk weorn her us a yhlo thing, und ber ol pesolution seturus. Her jeulouay, s is excited, aud, when ber brother cowes .‘fifl rupruaches Lur, Otho's doom 14 scaled, fle dies by the poison she admivlsters, and the play f“",fi" with Steplauia’s speaking over iy dead y: It s done, - Oh, borror! it 1s done. Speai! Otho, speakt e'will not speak. ke pulu fs oves Uow atill Lie lius* Yes, | forgive bim now: Notulog shall barm bim wore tu this bacd world, Onvw kibe—tho lust. Farewell, fareweli—furevor! Our extracts sre wsdequate to give an fw- pression of the full beauty sud power of this drama. Qo the stuge it would L effective, surely, 1f u Stepbunia vould be found who could portrey the pessiun fu Wl fla varylug forws whict thy poct bes dellugateds Preparations for the Conclave to Meet After Pius IX.'s Death, Spcculations as to iy Successor in the Chalr of St. Peter, Correspondence Iandon Ttmes, Rowe, Dec, 14.—~There never, perhans, wasa man whose death was made of cooler calcula- tions and dtscusstons, oven (n his presence, aud himselt jolning In the speculstion, than Plus IX.'s hias been for these last seven years. The Pontlticate of Plus VI, had, indecd, an even miore disastrous end, for he died & real exfle ond prisoner at Valence In 1799, But, although be, also, apprehennive of what might happen after Mm, wave at Florenve, belng already in the power of the Freuch, secret Instructions to the Cardinals ua to the forms to be observed at the Conclave which was to meet under great ditfleulties after his death, his bull only related to the place of the Conclave itscll, and to the number of voters which, in pressing circumstauces, ho wished ahould be accepted ' by the Catholie world as conatituting n legal election, Plus VI, mnen- tloned no name, und preseribed nu policy to his suceeasor, for the hlow which hod struck him had beeu sudden: the violence to which the Holy 8es then succumbed was the work of the ‘Freuch Dircctory, and he coutd safely rety on the sympathy of all nations, and of the French peopte thenselves, for a repesl of whe tyraonieal act of a republie in every respeet godlese. But thethirone of £} fell under the attacks of a puptilar revolutlon; under attacks which had already twice shaken it to its foundation both underhis predecessor's relzn and hils own, and would fong since have determined [ts ruin had it not been precarlousiy upheld by an overbearing forelgn force. Between ltaly and the Vatican, the rmum. Pope muat {ecl thie con- tet [+ frrevocably settled, und ths alternative for im sud for “those who are 1o come after it 48 cither to m}uwu:c in the avcomplished fact as the result of the will of Providence, or Lo rely for redress and restoration on extraoeous wds For Plus 1X., therefore, it fs MATERIAL TO BEQUEATIT A POLIiCY, and to poiut out, so far as it may be deemed Iawful, the per<on best litted to varry it out. Soon nlter the m\'u‘r:llluu of Rome by the Ttallan troups fn 1870, 1 am told, the Pope called together the twenty-oue Cardinals who happened to Lo in Rome, und laid betore them two questions for discussion. The frst was, “8hould he aud all dependent.on him quit Kome at oncel” and vighteen votes were given fu sup- port of hisown and Cardinal Antonelll's opinfon, which wos thuc all should Fesnain where they were, Tl second question wus, “ Whether the Conclavk, which, owlng to the: Pope's infirmi- tles and chiefly to the !rm‘ueucy of his cpileptic fite, was even then looked upon ns sn Imminent contingeney, “should Lo hetd 1 Rome; ™ and on this polat, elso, only three voted for u depar- ture from the nelzhborhood of the Tomb of the Apostles, By this trausaction the Hae of cone duct to be pursued was already partly decided. Plus VI, allowed the Concluve to be” held anv- where, In obedience to tho necessity which ban- tshed it from its usual sent: hut what the present Pontiff suggested wos o sponts- teous migration, which could only = have been hncrprumf as u conviction on the part of the Vatican Council that the delibera- tions of the Canclave could not be free within the Vatfean walle, By resolvioe to stay, the Counell gave the 1o tu that foud fiction of the Ultrumontanes, that the successor of 8t. Peter was a enptive iu his palace, and virtually pro- clalmed that there could vo freedoin for the Church and for the exerclee of some of hier most solemn rigghts, notwithstandfug bier luss of tem- poral soverelenty, s It was at that time deemed exp«e‘dlcnt thattho opy BIOULD 'REFARE A BULL relating to tho clection of hia successor, A bull purporting to be the Papal document {n ques- tlon was, i fact, published In some German papers fu 18735 but it was declared, and justly beld to be, apou {1'""' and entlrely framed ot thnt of Flus VI, The real Lull, as I lave reason to belleve, preseribed thut the Conclave shonl boe beld at the Vatican, exclud- fuge imany formalities, hut insisting on the usual fnterval of ten days after the Pope's deceass to ¢ arrival of ubsent. membors of the Cotlege; it {3 preseribed that the notary who drew up the certiticate of death should convoy the ntellizence to the munivipal author- ities; that the ercat Lell of the Capntol shiould bu tolled according to custom, awl that the Pope's Mujurdomo should extra-oftictally com- wmunicate thy same formutivn to the Profect of whlla the Curdlual-Vicar should lssuo urders to wll the ncumbents of the Roman parlsh churchies to joln in that funcral cldime of which all' thoso liv- e i Italy whuse recollections datu from further back than tho Jenr 1546 will, perhaps, not have forgotten the dismal hnpres- Ahe Pope's burlul service should be per- in the Ststine Chapel; but there would also be fuueral ceremonjes velebrated in St. Poter's. Continement in separate cetly for the Cardlunls duriug the Couclave would not be ob- liatory, us 1o such cells exist any lunger in the Vaticai—all Paput clections aluce that of Plus Vil having been hewd n the Quirfnsl,~asud woud huve 1o bs bullt. the new Fontiff should be unless prevented by elrcumetans cus 1t should be made In the great Coundl Halt in the worthern tran P;o Bt Peter's, ‘Ihe Ambassadars or Ministers of Forelen Powers acereditedd to the Vatlean should be ad- mittel to the Conclave as usual, All these littlo matters ore only of some con« Kequence 50 1ar as thoy show on the part of the Popo and hits udvisers, ut the thne the bull was {ranied, o DISFOSITION TO BURNIT TO TUE INEVITADLE,— ut least, for anything councernlig tho Papal eleetion beyond the walls of the Vatican, The authoritics of the Itallan Guvernment, and ol the Romun Munkelpabity established under ita nusplees, are to be dealt with, and, therefore, nu l‘:mzcr fcnored, though there Is nothing 1n what {s expeeted of them about which applica- Uon was nevded. The Vatlean Council ight well have felt sura that the Capliol Uell, as well as all other bells, would be ut thele service,— the eugerness of the GUovernment and of tho King at the head of it to accoms modute the Pops wnd his Court in every- thing, aud 1o show them the utmoet deference und reverence, being earnest und vonstaut, It bay been rashly wsserted fu some Journals that a “very high personuge® had driven w the Vatfeun this week, and that hfs carrlaze had been seen lovg waitiug ‘at the door; but, although there was nothing fmprobable stid nothing unbecoming insuch a visit from the King to the Popu ut this soletu woment, 1 Dave bev positively assured that o person of sy eapeciul distinetion hus eitber gone or been 5 oy Tha proclamation vt wady coram poptiloy which sent from the Quirinal to the Vatican, either” at the thne mentioned or at uny other time, Messages, nid good wishies, and miuor ucts of mutual clvitity liaye, however, been exchaoged Detween the two Courts at ull tines, for the Ring is o very devour Catholly, and the Tope, Knowligg very well thal the ltalians would wever bave come (o Kome lud the matter lan with Victor Enunauuel, alwuys n his private futer- course apeaks .of the sacrileious’ usurper with great benevaleuge, and 1akes a Hyely futer- et s everythivg counected with the Koyal houschold, For thelr own part, the Kiug sua Ly Government surround the Vatlcun with UNBEMITIING UEIFECTIUL ATTENTIONS, and will bo sure at Lhe Fope's death to order thy stricteat mournivgthat way over be sllowed iu houor ol suy carthly potentate. The Kwmg bss been Jatelv sending daily, and even more tlan twico u day, mossengess “to the Vatleau to wquite after the Pupe's falling health; aud on Monday Jast, the news betne very alarmiteg, one ol thess iessenzers was diven to tho Vaticun upou this same crmud at mfd- nigiat,—~the carrbcee wulting, of course, st the door W ke bud seeu the physivians, This Jue cldeut protably gave riso o the legend of the Klufin vislt. But, thoueh thut story t4 not true, $t 18 the fact that between the splritual sl the teaiporal soverelgu there has been nos lulrequent, sud even g very reeent, exchange of fetteni. Au 1 bave repeatediy telezraphed to {DII, the Topu still reckous upon beivg utive ue the cud of tufs wonth, sud Lolding bis Cousfstory on Christiias Eve, whetbier fu bed or fu his arin- chiulr; and the goueral Teport 18 favorsble to thivae vxpectutions, as bis [oliovss expericuces sousurehol in tho worning, when people wo Lfu—bis symiptoms boing geuerally more ag- gravatea fu the eveulug, When be 14 alone with the doctors sud 8 few duwestic utteudauts, Lately, it sceus, be bas sutfered less frow sleep- icaantas, All thly, though of taine consequence with reapect 1o the arcumstances (o which the future Conclave will be beld, docs not greatly advauce us {n the kuowicdgo of TUB MAN ON WHOM T4 sUPFRAGE ELELTOKS WiLL ¥aLL, o of the pulicy which the choscn one da kely to usher i ut Ll accesalou, 1t 18 not likely that either wny bBame or rullcywnl have been poal: y or tus tively aud deliberutely wiitten i the bull o huded to; becadac © belteve i would be uulaw- 10l fur o Pope to attcmpt 1o vaerdse way bus agreed upon In private counclls or_ con- yersatiuns, and much couveyed by mere hinta. 0 8forza, now dead, was the only Cardinal whuse elevation was for a long time predicted as probable with general confidence, | e who arc more frequently 1 now are Peeet and Nina, as the candidat of the morn liberal and conciitatory oarty: Francht, D'Avanzo, and Paroechi as_more lkely to deserve thelr col- leagues' suflrage inconsideration of thefr distin. guished abflitles and respectable char- acter. The chances of the monk, Pane- bianco, the favorite of the urcompromising rty, seom tn be not go gouil as they werc hitherto aupposed 1o he: fur s there muich hope for the Apostolic Vicar, Lomonaco |a Valletts, or for the State Sccretary, Simncon, botb of whom have, In discharze of thelr re- nrm:un- oflices, shown rather zeal than discre- tion. Cardlual Simeon{ bas given great of- fense by the intemperate cireular with which he has conveged to forelgn Powers—as i the mat- tee could In auy wn( concern them—the com- plaints of the Holy See aboup a diocese of the Itulian Government forbidding outdoor proceasions to be held without a frevious per- missiono! the local authoritics, = He contends that processfuns arc among the integral rites of the Roman-Cathollewarship,and theie celebration ameans of propagating and strengthening the bellevers’ taith, There may be more than one opinfon on the subjeet, and, at all cvente, that fith thrives in countrics even purely Roman Catholic fn swhicl, for the eake of public order, outdoor processions are absolutely and fnezora. bly forbidden. Himeonl nutotes the ustance of Turkey, where these holy ceremonies ars not only freely allowed, but even escorted with every demonstration of honor by the Ottoman troope, But the Cardinal Secretary should remem- Uer that the Ottoman fiovernment {s & theoe- racy, the altun a Pope, and that the Catholfe vriests In Turkey are the staunchest friends of the cause of the Cyescent, while the pricsts in Italy are the opentund declared encrnies of the established Constitution of thelr country. - o —— . A LITTLE GIRL'S JOURNEY. The Story of Jer Trip from Chleago to Concord to Hpend Christmas with Her Grandfather, Currespandence Rnston Journal, Coxconn, N. H., Dee. 27.—Onc of the pleas- ontest fnstauces assoclated with the recent Christmas unniversary that has comoe under our obgervation was a Journey that a lttle Chicago glrl, onlv 10 years ola, took alone from that city to Concord, this State, n distanco of uver 1,100. It was such a remarkable journey for one 80 young to venture upon that we arc sure the many young readers of the Journal, and probably every one of the older ones, will want toreadabout it. ‘Thelittle zirl's grandfatherlives inthiscity, and she wanted to spend Christmas with him very much. 8he though it would be 80 nice to make such a vislt that one morning, at breakfast, she sald to her Iather thatshe wanted to go to New Iampahire to Cheistmas, and that if he would be 80 good as to buy her a ticket and take her to the cars she would not Le afrald to goall the way slone. Her father could hardly belicve her to be In earncst in making such a request, and toll her the juurney would be nore thun 1,000 miles, and that shie would be two or throe days and nights un the cara before reaching Concord. ‘The matter was talked over in the fanily, but the little girl per- sisted so strongly in her desire to make the trip that at Inst her parenta consented, and alt }ln: necessary preparations were made for the journey. 1t wasn Monday evening when a gentleman in the Chicago rallway station approached the couductor of the Puliman sleeping-car tralnand ssked Mm AL he would tuke tharge of o small wirl, who was golng alone to New Hampshire to epend Christinas with her grandfather, The xind-hearted conductor looked down on the Httle girl with astonishinent, and at first conld vot belfeve that the pgentieman really meant what he ratd, Thg littlo cirl was go very amall that the conductar said e was atrald he should Tore her, e looked at 'her caretully, aud no- ticed that she had black hair and eyes and ros checks. 8he wore a black dross, n dafnty travel- ing hat, and a dork sacyue trimmed with very rich fur, and she carrled o heavy shawl ina strap, and a nicc bog on which wos Inseribed hier name and residence. The conductor touk her on the train, nssicned her o nice section of a car, whereshecould sitinthedaytime and have a bed made for her to alecp on at night, and at just 9 ¥ m. there was a rattling and rumbling, und sho had just time to say good-bye to her father when the train rolled out of the depot Intu the darkncss, and started on its way to Canady and the Btates, Wo have not the room to give all the particu- lors of the little adventurer's journey, but would ay that on the next morning shé woke up to find the train on a huge steamer at De- truit thut was carrying 1t across the river tu the otlier shore, where it would bo placed onthe rails agaiu. 8ho took break{ast on the steamer, and when the conductor was assintine her Lack to the car, a nice-looking man mndl{ asked her name, and how far she waus golng, 1 will givo her_exact reply, beeause the buss snd girls who read this letter will becomo futerested 1 her, and will wish to hear from her again. 8he an- swered the gentiemans “ My name s Emma Rand. Tlive in Cgbonm rlnm.()hlnxn.-ml my futher’s name s Douglas tand, and hie fs & manufacturer, I am going ta New Hampshire to spend Christmas with my Grandfatlier Rand. My mother says he lives {n o white house near the City-Hall. "I don't ex- pect to have sny trouble tinding him when I get there, for my Aunt Nellie has written me that ahe wlil be clode to the cars .when they stap at Cu:l":Jrll. and will not mbis my when | step oul Her artlessncss and simplicity so pleased tne funllm'nnn, whu wis a Methodist clergryman rom Kinsas, that he at ouce told her that ho was traveifug: alone as far as Montresl, and would miost gtadly do ull he could to weslet ner, Kwa, as wo now shall call Ler, was much pleased with her uew scquaintance, who did all fu his power to mako her journcy a happy oue, Near Kiugstow an accldent oceurred to the tralu, but it was not thrown from the track, and uo onc was hurt. There was, however, considerabla doiay, and when at lust It reachod tho Bunaventuro Btret Station, fu_Stontreal, the Boston train hiad been gone some two hours By thus misslug the raflway connection the passengers for the South were compelled to walt and tuke the lute afternoon tralu. This pave them o good tull-lay. to spend fn that qualnt old eity. The weather was dellghtiul, ond the kind ‘minister took Emma to many laces of futerest. 1e pointed out to her tho cautiful bulidings In Notre Dame and 8t, Juuies streets, showed her the clli squares, aud Unally took lier up {nto the great bich tower of the Cathedrul of Notre Dame, where sho had o most lovely view of the «ity oud the 8t. Lawrenee and Ottawa Rivers,” At about 4 o'clock In the atternoon she went to the Hoston train. She shook hands with the vlergymun and the conductor, and thanked them for all they had done tor her, The latter Introduced her 1o the couductor ot the Hoston tralo, o tall mun with sundy slde-whiskers, who In w most pleas- ant voleo suld he wonld take the best care of her, und would wake her st least hall an hour befure reachiig Concord, O this train woud fortune continued to fotlow her, for a kind lady wha learued Eumwa's bistory tond Ler that sho wad soquainted with her futher, who went to schoolWith her when he was u boy. At b o'clock the next morning Emima Rand stepped trom the Putlman slesper wt Concord, where her Aunt Netllo elasped her In her arua, Bhe had truveled over 11w ibles, sud had shown what a brave littls girl could do who tranted Lo o to bier grandfather’s tu Christmas, e et OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, NEw Yoxrx, Jan, L—Arrlved—Steaniers Pom- wmerauty, from Hamburg; August Audre, from Antwerp, Loxooy, Jan. 1.~The stcamships Ethlopia, Oder, Ferdinund, Vander Fallen, sud Othello, from Now York, arnived out. ——— A Muo-Bloadud Clown, . larpess Kaar. Bome of thoe English urlatocrucy -appear to be stepplng vut of the traditivnary exclusivencss of the nobility and Jdofug very plebetan things, It 14 only a few months sinces seion of the Pevraie felt It o duty to go aud cullpt 04 2 comumon sols dier,—probubly the best dispusition he could utakio of bhnsel!, A later fnstonce b antouncs ed fu receut London papers ws u **romance of the Pecrage,’ nauely, the lpgcunnw ol My, Costnan’® at the Metropolitan Music iall, * Mr, Coswan’ bewur no less person thau Viscount Hinton, son und helr of Earl Poulewt, and s de- scendunt of Bir Amyus foulcit, for wo wany cars the juiler of Mary of Scotlund. The Lou- on Wurid saye thay * Mr, Cusman,” who, by~ tha-by, 1s graudson of & Lundport pilot as well 8s so of Eurl Poulett, was cugaged years acoat e Burrey Theatro ns's clows. e b 8 good wverage professtonal pantomlmbst, The Viscount- cas was ouce 8 bullet-dancer, uud s uot ashamed of It, vor hassby reason to be. It b worth uotbiug that Earl Pouictt Linscit 3 upparcutly less lberal thau the Wordl, s name ap- pears In the Peeruge without that ot bidson or his sou's wile, the only mention of bis furuily belug that hly wite, Laviuls Newmsn of Port sea,' diod 1 1971 For ull that, Mlr. Cusinan” will £o uptothe Houseof Pecrs, U he likes, when bis futler dica, The Killing of Judge Howard and His Companions. Howard’s Narrow Escape on a Prevlous Uccasion«--How He Shot Lonis Cardis. Correspandence Koe York Heratd, Bax Antonio, Drc. 24.—At tha time my last Jetier was. written there was reasonto hope that the United Statestroops would reach Ei Paso, or rather San Eilzario, in tfme to rescue the beleaguered rangers and thelr brisoner, Judge Ioward. These hopes, howaver, were «ashed to the ground by the telezram to Gov. Hubbard that Howard and two of his compan- fons had been fusittaded after they had sur- rendrred. Although San Antonfo is only 700 mifles tron the scene of thistragedy, there belng neither rallroad nor telecraphic facilities, we are stiil in the dark about the particulars of the fight, our news from El Paso coming to us via’ Austin and Galveston, Boyond the reported facts that nine Amcricans in all have been killed, that Howard, Atehison, and Mcliride were tried and shot by a volley of musketrg, that the sur- render was caused by the asminunitlon running shiort, and that tne Mexlenn mob fs sthil organ. 1zed and In srmod resistance to the United States troope, very little I« knoswn, § JUDGE HOWAKD. Judge Howard, wio fi one way i3 the couse of the troutle in El Paso County. has already been }mulnlly rketcied in previous letters to the Jlerald. “Your correspondent wan Re onal- l?‘ uifilmin(cd with hin. e was called ¥ Char- He '™ Howard, and was not over 32 years of nge at the thwe of bis death, Illllnu%h he looked older. Although quite tull, he did not appear soat first glance, owing to his burly propor- tlons: he Al not weigh less than 200 pounds, yet he wih very active and pos- scesed great strength, notwithstanding he hal been shot through She lunie and recelved inany other wounds {n the battles of the Coufederacy. - His cumplexion and halr were dark, the Jatter belog not unlike that of an Indtan. The forlicad was not high, but of im- mense breadth of base, the space between the e{'cs, which were dark brown, belug very broad, ‘the eycbrows befug In & straight line, and very close’above the eyes. He was a ruler of men, as far as they could be ruled by fear, for ho scortied to concillate, and, although rifted with great bruin-power, ic went on the principle that o stralght line was the shortest road Letween two given puints, and disdainea stratepy. He did not secm to know what fear was, nor, alas! what merey was cither; for it was safd truth- {ully of hlin that he never took a prisoner. In fight he neither guve nor took favors. ATCHIZON. 4 Atclifson, who was shot with Iloward, was a small, wiry mur, of uudaunted pluck, who came to El Puso with what was called the **California volumn,” which came down to El Vaso during the latter part of the War of the Rebellion. M'RRIDE, MeBride was an old United States soldier who bad been lionorably dischiarged, and had scttled down in El Paso Countr, "Atchison and Me- Bride were membiers of a State militia organiza- tion, bavine been cnlisted 1n that county. Scrrzeant Ellls, who was taken prisoncr, and whose throat was cut, was also a resident of LI Puso County, he having marrled o Mexican womay, MHe was a most estimable tuan, and untll this vutbreak much lked by them, Which fact goes to stiow that tho quob must huve de- geucrated into resassine, A FOIMER INPPICCLTY. This fs not the rst tine the Moxicans Nving in Mexico have had trouble Iu enforcing thelr demand to the unlimited use of salt deposits, A short time previous to our Civil War Col. Jutnes Magoflin, i resident of El I'aso County, Iaid clalm to these lakes, and collecting n torce drove sway thoso who were not entitled to take salt, Quite u number of the intruders were killed and wounded, but ho was compelled to yleld ultimately to the pressure from the oppo- site sldc of the river. 1LOWARD AND CARDIS, Judge Howurd, nssoclated with an Austin bankiug firin, located thesc lakes. T suppose they would bave buen located before had any- y in El Paso County hecn inclined to as- sunie tho respousthility of the tsauo that would bu surc to arlse from any attempt to fnterfere with the twe-houored custom of their belng used indiscrimivately, Tu lncl‘ these lakes had Leen conuuon property of the Mexicans on both sldes of the Rio Grando from time lmmemorial, aud to defend this supposetl vested right the Mexicans were ready st any time to siulto the intruder, more particularly if ho was u Gringo. 'There was an unprecedented rise in salt in the City of Chitbuahua. Then tne Mexl- cann themselves began to rise o thelr wrath, Their leader nud sdviser was Lonis Cardis, State Scnator from the - El Paso District. an ltalian by birth, who had fought under Garle baldi in bis canpaigns against King Bombn; o shrewd, caleuluting, plausibly politician, who wanipulated the ignorunt Mezxlcaus of El Paso County as readily as 1t they had been children. He encouragzed thewm i the delusion_that they had o legal right to the salt, and, in o quiet way, Inflamed their nlready exclted ‘passlons to a white heat. For years Candls and Howard Lad been mortal cnemfes, although, ot ono time, when they unlted to defeat the Republicans, who were iy pussession uf the county offices, they were the warinest triends avd ailies. Owing to his In- fluence with the Mexicans in the political con- test Cardis came out victordous. There lhiad been several persomnl rencuntres, In which Cardis barely eacaped with bis Tife. Undor these circumstances It whil not be stralnlug on the reader to understand why Cardls entored no frenzied protest when a hords of howling greasers seized Howand, tied him up carctully with ropes, placed bim in a wagon, stdfescurted lbi to the county scat, Bau Elizario, MVIVA MLXICO! DRATIL TO TUE ORINGOS!™ lluward, aithough a giant, was tied un a horse and dragged fu triumph through the streets, surrounded by o whooping, shricking, howliug wob of mougrel tndlans, “His undaunted com- posure maddened them. He was taken to the court-Huuse, bound with ropes, and securely guarded. The other American residents fled for their lives, 'The county oftlees were fn the hands of 8 mob, who spent most of the thno bowling, “Vhg Merlco! Mustle a los Uringos I They dld not know what to do with Howanl, ‘Tho'question of shooting im was debated in s presence for two whole days. At last it was decided that he should bo shot, and the hous was fixed. o fact, s Ufe had been In constant Jeovardy from the beginning. ‘Lhe sentence, which was hailed with demoniac vells, would have been earried out with that relous fideli- ty for which thu Mexicans are noted, had It not beeu for the local pricst himself, Pudre Borra- £0s, the devoted friend of Howard. A FRIEND IN NEED. Pudro Borragus fs one of the institutlons of El Paso County. lc dabbles somewhat in pol- ities, For instance, when Howara aud Candis tuade the fght against the Republleuns Padre Borrugus joined fu with them with the zeal of'a crusader.” It is an unvarnfahed fact that he publicly blessed, with bell, book, snd candle, the strulht out Democratic tickets previous to thelr {ssuance to bl tlock, and, tnoreover, o thesame wettsion stowd un the lut root of a Mexican house near the pollsuwd sonnukled with holy water the unbribed und unbotght suflrazaus on their pil- grimagze to the ballot-box with those blessed tickets In thelr unwuslicd paws. Hurragos ubjected to the Mexicans shooting Howard in thelr wild crusado for salt, but for wace e found hiwsel! fn the minority, He fu- lured and begged, offering them frout aeats in l'nrm\ln', and threatened to give them frunt eests sumen here elvo If they did not release his amigo Howant, who, like a chained lon, detied them to thelr teeth, Of courss thy clergy pro- vulled, Howani was juade o pressot of his Jife, on conditon, however, thut he would ~ sign w boud penouncing his clam to the salt lakes, prombing to leave the country, and also promilsing (it'is so specitied fn the bond) to forget uvurvnm? that bad happened, With desth starlug bim o the face loward refused to sign this wonderful fu- strument, The Pudre used his intluence on hin, but it did vot draw. Floally, 1k suother Usmau _Fasha, having recelved uo reluturce- wents, Howand sigued. 1u the meantiwe, Dou Louls Cardls was in o little town hall @ duy'’s Jourucy dlstw;‘ regret. tiug that ho had no {uvtluencs with the Mexicans when they got excited, aud appurently much de- En-m:d at the sad ndings that Howard wus to ¢ shot at certaln bour. He bad counted withuut his host, Still tho Mexicans thirsted for the blood of the undaunted Howand, and when, sulky und full of rage, be stowly passed out frum " the Court- House, the sheltenng srms of Padre Bor- zua were azound buu, aud the body of the F:?u; was Letween Howard and the cocked aud cveied muskets, bebind whick glared the woltlsh eyes of Padro Borragos® flock. A BINGULAR LITTLE ACCIDENT, A few days later Howard sirode to the store of Mr. 8chulz, a Hebrew merchunt of the fittle Tuwn of Franklin. On bis ari be bore asmalt shotgun, 84 the Mcesille paper described it Huwanl, who wus & lincal son of Nimrud, wanted Lo purchase wads to it > guu. He explafued o the clerk what be wanted, but Wiy wstopished to perceive that the clerk was agitated. The clerk's Hugers trembled a3 be buuded out the wide. He glaaed AMIS CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY., JANUARY 2, 1878, g % TV AT T ST e = = = e et audience with the Emperor. One claimed to THE POPF thumous Influence over the proceedings either | £ over his shoulder and shuddersd. Howard’ i bty pikoiag i mara it Sa g dee s S7es dlowed T " ST they meu the quiet face of Loufs Candls, who was standing behind & deak. floward cocked :.’s(n xn;{n and dropped on his knee. Mt, Bchulg emarks: “8chentlemens, for' God's sake, don't shoot in de store!"! “* Lt him come ontatde,” seid {loward, stern- 1v, for from his plous position on his bended knee he perceived under the desk the hand of Cardls ‘clagped n_revolver. ‘The revolver wae alowly raised, Howard fired under. neath the desk, and Cardls reeled, and the next moment hifs breast was riddled with a second lond of huck-shot from that little shotgun. The Howard-Cardis quarrel was over. In fifteen minutes Cardis was a corpse. ‘The Meastlla psper stated that Howard, sup- posing some of Cardla' friends would make trouble, provided himseif with s Winchester rifle, but Cardis' friends were In no hurry. Tloward wanted his triel, but the chaotlc con. |lu;on of suciety in El Paso made this impos- le. bl ——— LATE LOCAL ITEMS, At 3o'clock yesterday aiternoon Mrs. Jennte Ducker, residing at No. 187 Bouth IHoyne avenue, comimitted sofelde by taking = heavy dose of arsenfe. She had been alling for eome time, and suffered greatly from ncuralgin tn the head, and this Is supposed ta be the only cause for the act. She was Enalish by birth, 35 years of age, and leaves & hustand and five children. Medical atten- dants were summoned when it became known !In:: Illu.'hml taken poison, but they could do nothing. P At 10 a’clock last evening Btdget Glaason, 70 years of age, residing at No. 17 Wright atrest, Wwas run uver and {nstantly killed by a wagon loaded with beef from the Btock-Yards, on its way to the market on Jackson strect. ‘lhe driver kept on his way as If nothing had hap- pened, but was captured Iatet by Licut. Bim- owns and Officer Fitch Taylor. Me gave the name of Patrick Thomas. e oi—— Time Is Money. EU Perking, 1 lectured In o wood old Quaker town up in Pennsyivania a few wecks 2go, and after the Jectire the Lecture Commitice came to me with my fee in his hand, and sald, as be count- ed the roll of bills: “Elf, my fricnd, does thee belleve fo the maxkms of Benjamin Franklint" * Yea, I said. “ Well, fricnd Elf, Benjamin Franklin, {n his Poor Richard muhnl. says that ‘Time is mun%v.' " ** Yea, verily, I bave rcad t,” I sald, « Well, Ell, {f *Time is maney! s thy friend Poor Richard savs, and thee betiove 8o, then verily I will keop the money and let thee take it out In time,” ——— Mr. Rynders, a prominent and well-known citi- 7en at the St. Lawrenco Hall, {a loud and enthusi- astic in his praiss of Giles® ILniment Jodide of Am- tonia. Tle jolots in his limbe were so stiff that It was with diiticulty that he conld walk, snd thle linlment cuted him. - BUSINESS NOTICES. A Fragrant Breath and Pearly Testh are easily attained, and those who fall to avail themselver uf the means should not complain, whex accused of 88 neglect. The sozodont will #peedily eradicate the cause of a foul bresth, autlfylng and preserving the teeth to the oldest 0. - VEGETINE,. Strikes at the root of disesss by m:r\lyluz.l the blovs storing tho liver and kiduoys to Lealthy actiun, invigorating the nervous syatem. VEGETINE Isnot & vile, nauscous compound which -hnxly purges the bowels, but o rafe, pleasant’ remedy, which i sure to purify tho blood; aud therely re- store the healib. VEGETINE In now preseribed, in cance of Scrofnla and other discases of the bluod, by many of the best physte clans, owing to Ita great success o curing el dise eases of thls nature. VEGETINE Does not decelve invatlds tnto falwe hapes hy purg. |nxz'|nd creating 8 fictitions appetite, but assisty nature in clesring and purifylu: the whole aystem, loading the patfent gradunily 16 porfect hanitn. VEGETINE . ‘\Was lookea upon as an experiment for some time by agme of our beat physiclans but thorw most - credulons In regard to ite merit, are now its most ardent fricude and supporters. . mnd VEGETINE, Instead of being & pulled-up meaicine, has worked it way ub to 11s present astonisling success by ue- 1aal merit In curing all diseases of the blowd, uf whatever natare, VEGETINE, Says a Boston physician, **Haano equal as a blood purifier. Hearlng of its many wonderful cores, after all other rumedies had “falied, 1 visiled tho lnlmrllor‘. and convitced myself of {1s geaulno ncrit, It1s prepared from barxa, roote, and hosbe, cach of which is highly effective; and they ure compounded In such 8 inanuer 84 L0 produce aston- falifug resuits, " VEGETINE Is acknowleilged and recommended by physiclans and apotlecaries to be the best purifier and cleanser of the bluod you dlscovered, and thousands speak In ita pralse who have been restorod to health, PROOF. WHAT IS NEEDED, Bostox, Peb, 18, 1871, Alr. 1. T Stevens: Dear Sir; About one year since I found I‘l?lllf in a feeble condition lmmgen-ul debility, Vegetine was strongly recommended tome by & friend who Lad been much bemefited by ita use. 1 procares the article, and after using sevoral bottles was re- stored to health, and discontinued its use. I feol quite confident that there fe no medicine superior 10 It for those complaints for which it is especially rnpuml. and would cheerfully recommend it to hose who feel that they need something to restore tliem to porfect health, Hupuclrull{ yours, U. L. PETTINGILL, Plrm of 8, ¥, Pattioghl & Co., 10 State-at., Boaton. IHAVE FOUND THE RIGHT MEDICINE. Boovon, Mass, Mr. . R. Stovens: Dear 8ir: My only object In giving you this testie monfal s 1o epread valusblo Information. Having Leen badly afticted with Salt Rheam, and the whole surface of my skin being covered with pimpies and cruptlons, many of which caused me great painand annovance, and knowing it o be & blood disease, I took'many of the sdvertised blood preparations, among which wss sny quaotity of Sarsaparills, without obtalning any benefit untll 1 commenced taking the Vegetine; &nd before I had completed the first botile J saw that I had got the right medi- clue. Consequently I followed on with it untll i had taken seven boltles, when I was prouounceds well wan: and my akin is smooth and entirely free from plwples and eruptions. I havo never enjoyed %0 good health before, and 1 attributa It sll to 1ne use of Vegetine. To beoefit those siiicted with - Theomativn, 1 will make mention slso of the Veg- eliny's wonderful power of curlug me of this scute complslut, of which 1 bave suffured so loteassly, ¢ M. TUCKER, Pass, Ag't Mich, C. R. 3, No. G0 Washingtonst., Bostom. | vHRGETING Frepared by H, R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, Vegeline s Sold by All Druggists. AT 1 Wallialls's o OF rurg suibrusla, Whics wo rend Thu bumas balaty uever pails. K 12 doth them all nacel: e HR 'And pire &8 surigs trons mouncaln’ fow. . Ta palo cheeks It brings back toe roseg uiparts new lustry (v tho eyest 18 cools tha feverzd 1ip, aad dows Fhruugh wesey frames like glad surprise. . T EMH,MD Copyrigbt spplied for. ND, turer, A AMI bemtst, m&.;m TN Ntockholders’ MectluE. ‘The Annual Mcetlng of tho Stuckbulders of the Hide aod Leatlier Bauk of Chlcago ’b‘-’:h‘&hla election of i cciors fur Lhe ensuli var will $he odice fha sty bauk. 1 5:“5-12 day. Jaa. 7. 1a7a Chiewio, Do L. MITIL Cashler. v, 00 Mo Letweea the buurs 6L 104, i, and 13 G20 1877, BYROY Ask Your Nowsdsaler for East Ly 11,8 6vem war wid (bl week'e VIIGBIDK COYe