Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1878, Page 5

TfiE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. JANUARY 15, 1878, ————— e —— e e e e ——— e — 8 #hall be replaced hy the new colnage of full fegal- tender silver doliars, When read please direct your Secretary to paes this aver to 8enatoe Alllson for the n4e of the Senste, Most respectiully yours, And the responses as follows: FIRST DISTRICT Cureaan, Jan, 8, —In my opinion, if the silver doline In not restared to the pincett held In {his country prioe tn tho hustness men of i country will he nearly sl bankeupt in anather ear, and thy most of them are t or an exlatence. Wintaan Il SPCOND DISTRICT, Ctiteano, Jan, § Itecognizing tie Imperativa necesdty of imnediate retief to the hustness in- teresia of the courhiry, and believing that the ren- tment of n large majority of the people of the {Inion (4 decideily {n favor of the remonctlzation uf allver, and that to remonetize 18 fe, in view of the manner of s demonctizalion, but a stmple act of Justice, and calculated to bring about the de- #ired reault, or 1o abd In eo doing, 1 express the hope that the umlelnrlllml legitiation may he favored by Congress and the Excentive, Joseent £, Surn, FOURTI DISTRICT, & Cnicana, Jan, 17, —The temonctization nf aflver was uncalled for, unwire, and iniquitous, Tty prompt maed unconiditional restoeation o its former place 1%, In my judgment. o sine gua non to prosperity. 1t i n slmple nct of justice, and as such s iriperatively demanded by the people, E, 15 S#EnMax. TIMRTEENTH DISTRICT. saxnwier, 1L, Jdan, 10.=Permit me niost respcetfully to cail your altentjon to above petie tion, which mects my views cntirely, M. B, Castix. PIFTRENTN DISTRICT, Jovies, 111, Jan. 12.—In this gity the working. men caunot fAind employment. he properly- owners cannot get money cnvugh fopay tascs. 'The resources avallable for the supoort of the den- tltute are atready ncarly exhiausted, and n loug Northern winter vet beforc ue, Publle meetingy are being held to'devise means to prevent actual eiffering and starvation, and thus far with nosat. Isfactory results, Yours respectfully, A, O, Mansttant. SIXTRENTIT DISTRICE. Buentxr, 11, Jan. 10— believe the above to boatrie siatement of the nffairs of the country, and think (he remonetization of allver wili arreet the downirard tendency of prices. . J. A, Korran. Warrzia, 11, Jan, R, —So faras the buriness of the country I3 concerned, the above fs more than trne, We ure truly in & deplorable condition, Yours truly, . Brcniat, KaNkakwe, 11, Jan, R.—The alove are my views, giving the U howaver, the profits on te colnaze. ( VoNriEL, BEVENTRENTI DISTHICT, Stneaton, 1, Jan, 10, —1 an in favor of mak. Ing the geeenback a ful) Jegal-tender for all viure rsen. ’\ an in faver of waling it the only paper SILVER. Arrival at Springfield, 1ll,, of Many Delegatas to the Great Convention. Ben Butler Tells What Capitalists May Reap from a Pig- 1lendea PPoltcy. ¥ strogeiing UDNVROSN, The Silver Petition Circnlated Among Qur State Senators and Repro- sentatives, A Prayer Straight from the .Iomes and Hearts of the Feople of Hlinols. The Dishonesty nnd Sophistry of the Gold-Shylock Argumaents. A Challenge to the Eastern Balldozers to Exccnto Their Threats Against the West, THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION OATHERING AT RPIUNGTIELD. Speeral Disvateh to The thlcugn Tribune, Srumarieny, L, Jan, 14,—The city s rapld- 1y tilling up with delewates to the two Convene tlons which will be hiclit to-morrow—the Bilver- Dollar and the Miltary. The ey uniforin of the warlike gentry, resplendent with gold lace, give o pleturesque appearance to the hotel core ridors, which, however, I3 relleved by the every- dayattire of tho advocates of an honest and honorable currency, A meeting of the moet promincut citizeus of Bpringlield was held to- night, at which cnthuslastic speechies were wade calling upon Congress to lmmediately re- store the silver dollar. 'The followine were ap- pointed hat ehall be peemitied i cirealation, Tum in DELEOATES fuvor l'uf ||llfl wl:re'nwnll l:lf ’ll‘li' ?n‘lllunll'l{,:ilt reentiuc to the Conyentlon: James C. Conkling, J. C. | ot Ad au lasuc n s stcad of the full greeyblc Robinson, D, L. Phillips, John Willlama, Johu M. Palmer, Alexander Starne, Ueorga N. Black, Zimrl Enos, Milton Iay, A. Orendorll, 8, D, bola Paulen, A. F. Carpenter, tt, R, C. Steele, Mexpota, TN, Jan, 8,—So far as 1 kuow, the abare expresses the nearly ununinons scutiment uf this purtion of tue State of INlinols, L. 1. Croonen. NINETEENTI DISTRICT. Tirissta, N, Jan, 10.—2he Hoa, J, 1. Ked- zie—Dran ks Herewlth | retarn the memorlnd which 1 signed with s good will, for 1 sm etrongly Intpressed that silver must not be nnnibilated ny woney. 1t 18 monstrous that boudholders should underiake sucl a thing, ‘Fhe discovery of gold in Colifornia and Australia by ite hedlthy inilux grently promoted ull kinde of Lue 2ood work known 1o civillzation. wilver [s to 1eversuy the wheels ond to undo the pood. 1 desire to add that 1 believe the shrinkage which must result from annihilation of half the coly money of the world will paralyze enterprise and bushiess for mun{ yeurs, and work o greater damage to tho country than resuite from the entire natlonaldent, A wholegencration mnstsuiler feom the paralysie, 1antglad you sro woving In this cause. No_greater or bétler can commund your cnereles. Yours ruly, L. D. Winrixa, TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT, Keirusnuna, 11, Jan. 8.—Your Ercellency, President llayes: Thu inneses of the pevple are lurzely in favor of the repeal of the Resumption act and the law demonctizing silver. From the Dest hght 1 can obtain on thu subject, sy Judg- munt {4 that tho wide-spreadiug desolatfon nnd 1nin at this time throvghout the country hna been brought about by the pavsage of the trst-named 1aw ani thu demanetization of sllver. Yours very respectfully, A 1, C, TALLiATERTO, TWENTY-TIIRD DISTRICT. Monyourn, 1., Jan. 7.—The shove statements are not matters of fancy only, but are serious and alarming fucte, and certainly scom to demand the carnest attentlon of the law-making power. The peaple of the Weat expect to fulflll the letter and splrit of the contract with thu bondholders, and cunnot bo expected to do more, Joux T. Mongax, TWENTY-FOURTIE DISTRICT, Deyesr, I, Jan, 11—P B.—[ will further ”l’ that the above 18 tho carncst desire of the ‘whole peoplc of Western 1tinoly, Very traly, Jouy I, RsAvuRN, TWENTV-81XTIL DISTRICT. Pronsa, L, Jan. 10,.—7ke Hon, J, I, Kedile— Dean Si: Petltion just recelved, I sien It chee lurl‘{. Aw'it exprosscs my views cxactly, it is hardly necersary tiiat [ should sdd tu i, ° Hoping that the cfforts of thoss who are so lonestly en- denvoring to hava the sllver dallar rovionetized will be crowned with snccess, I am, 'lermgul’lu"" . 8. Bigu, TWENTY-SRVENTIL DISTRICT, Liscoty, 111, Jun, 11,—1 think the sliver coin- aga should Do’ restored Just as it was prior fu its demonctization, without nny fncrease In weight to wmake kood it supposcd deterloratl with gotd, flealy, but not onu dropof blood. J. €, Ross. TWENTY-BIONTH DISTRICT. Droouinaroy, 1k, Jan, 10.—Tlhe Presluent nor Congress can_be mivtaken the public judg- ment mpon thiv question, and, unless the over- whelming conviction shall be regarded, the people will find ‘s way through the wreck and ruln that threatens to make thelr wishes felt awony those whom they have for d fime Intrusted with the power of Government, May we not nope that the power of the Republican varty shall in this cuse, ay I yeurs past, bo on (hu sideof the peonlet Hoe spectfully and vory tenly, Trioxad ¥, Aircuznt, 1iLoouinatox, Jil., Jan. 10, —Unluas the policy of the Uovernnient and the lawa of Congrees ro- garding the demonotization of silver be epecdily changed, zuch losses will cnsuo to busfess-men of the West ua will amount to a practical conflacu- tlon of millions of !)mwrl n favor of the creditor clasy, lelief should bo aiforded luaedllr.or wide epresd raln will follow; and as looking in the direction of rellof, 1 think a spuedy remonotiza- tion of ellver f4 desirable, : Joux 3. Hamirvon, TIIRTIETIL DISTHICT, Manouzr, 1L, Jan. 11,—For God's sake, Mr, Presldent, eava the country fram ruty by enicour ayng the passaue of the lemonctization” bill, that 1t may soon become a law. Yours teuly, . C. BauTuOLOW. Crasratan, I, Jan. 12,—1 belleve yon have #aid all that is nccessary to sayi theso are tho unaniinous sentiments of my people ox well as my own, S, 1. Busev. TUIMTY-FINST DISTRICT, r Mo =1 aw heartily o favar of nption o o {mtlll dJan. 1, 1870, if silver b restored to the h tlon 1t uccopled pro- yious to 1873, and provided, further, (hat Trea: nutas bo relsviied Bfter resumption Uf nec But resnmptlon without the “remonetizatl sliver, 1 conalter, would Le ruin to the country, ‘wid, without the tlght to retsane greenbacks, loi- pructicable, Most reapectfutly youre, 4, 11, Oarwoon, Pants, 1), Jan, B, —Iwonld furthor suy thsl, owing to the decline In property in this lucality, whicl §s @ farming comniuti l{. iy of our bevt fari are unable to pay thelr oblizaitons, and perty 18 betig vacrificed at less 1han one. Feal value, “The people, fegardless of purly sfiliationy, demand the Temoniization of tha wilver dullur, aud the repeal of the Resumption Maule A. H. Bunders, atlier, Btuart, George Passiield, Mathen; Smith, dobn W, Privet, Walter Ordw Miller, J. N. Williams, J. L. Witcox, Vanderen, and W. C. Gilbraith. TELEORAMS were recelyed to-night from Quiney, Carlinyille, Charleston, Ycorls, Decatur, Eftingham, an other clifes in the southern part of the State that delegations were on the way, and will o rive fn the morning, Should Judge Lawre: of the Chifengu delegation, reach homg to-mor- row nsorning, hie will be appointed Chalrinan, BEN BUTLER. IR TIMOWS A DRICK AT TIE DANKERS, Dispateh to Uineinnatt Enguirer, New Yurg, Jan, 13.—Your conimissioner was kindly recelved by (en. Butler this morning at the Fifth-Avonue Hotel, and the General flnally consented to glse the Enguirer a few Butlerdan ideas. “@en, Butler, how do you vlew the nction of the banks In making a combination to put tho banks on @ gold basis In cage Congress should remonetizo silver?™ Gen, Butler—** If Tunderstand what the banks are about, and I have no knowledgzo except what I seeln the newspapers,they ure making nconfeder- stlon orcombination. Uncharitablo persons might call it a consplracy to control the currency and the finances of the country fu opposition to a lawof Congress which they think s lkely to pass, ‘That fs, they threaten to put themsclves ia a position to mullify tho law of Congress making the sflver dollar a lezal-tender, Lither tothrenten or to do It secms to me to he mar. velously unwise. The threat Is {mproper ns well, and the duing of 1t will provoke & contest {n which tho banks will get alesson which will Iast them an entire’ ccueration. What- ever individuuls may do In attempting to put busincss on a gold lasis fn definnce of & law of Congress need not be tuken Dow Into nccount, — But when the banks, the creatures of Congressional legislation, eetthem- sclves up agalust thefr creator, thero {s n very short way of deallg with them, to-wit: the power that made them can and ought to un- + make them, Congress chartered, Conuress tan uocharters and In iy judzment it would be a duty of Congress to take away the charter of any bank or banks that cuter fnio nuy combina- tion to nullify the laws of Congress. If, as is ndmitted, thero fs an obaolute majority in both Houses In tavor of_sliver currency, and as it {s also ndmitted tho Constitution has placed with- in the jurlsdiction of the two [louses tho right to coin money and regulate the value thercof, then that majority, acting within its constitutlonal power, will not permit any set of men for thelr own love of paln to wullify that or any other law of Congress, It will be remembered that In tho contest with the United States Bank the President and the House of Kepreacntatives were alone in accord, the Benato belug agafust them. Now, on the silver question, the mnjority of both Houscs arg tn aecord: and tha Preeident +fs whero ho will find himselt to bo when the question coues be- fore m—where that is I do not know, But, upon the questfou whether o law fm- B;ml by Congress under the forms prescribed be W r = o *pound of the Constitution can bo nullilled, thers can no doubt whero the Presflleut must be in punishing uullifieation. 1t Is sald that this combination is golog to be n wide- spread one, The “extent of the consplracy s only n reasou for tho swifter punisbinent of it, and the more cuergetic meusures to break K down, For these reasons 1 can see nothing mor tse than the reported action of the If they go on with It they will provoke astonn that will weep them out of existence, And I trust never to hear any more of it. wouder that fn all the pupers ‘Wwhich have rted thelr action this view has not been inted; and T would suggeast that tho question for tho next financial detmting club, val a8 Doard of Trade.! or a *Couvention of Bauk. ors,'—If thiere Is auybody thery 1o rep nt flumuuu.—chu CATL Ahi mory than one slde of thy next questfoned discussed shull bo: ¢What wil Becomo ot tha banks 1 they nt B n ek Laan P L NeRina Y. fempt to sec themselves up In form=—us | opinion, the onl ’1,'. con I y . naces for the pevblo. and {s toudly dewanded by & majority of all partics io the Mivasvrippt Valley, Tiouar d, FuirTe. Alajouiry Poixr, I, Jan. 8. —Unless the coune try fu telioved there must wnovitably be great {ering lu all business, and bring ruln on the coun- ry. ‘Tuowas Buzwen. TUIRTY-PIFTIE DISTRICT, Hatee, 11L, Jan. B.—In my county (Sanpamon) thy feeling among busluews wmew, “fanucre, and workingmen, without distinction of party, is al- most unanimously in tavor of the renionvtlzstion of silver and repeal of the Kesumption act, Un- Jeas one of botn of (hees meaus of rollef 18 soon thero Isa very strong prevailing opinlon that they have In luct—ngainst the will and fncerests of & majurity of the poople in this countevi? [ have broken iny determination not to speak fure ther on public questions vutaide of Congress to 8ay 50 umuch upon this question, fn the hope AL L may uwaken the thoughts of the uin- agers of bunking cadital upon this subject, that tiey muy not jeopurdize, euhier by fuolish threats ur unwlse action, the interests of the wilows and orphans contided to thelr cure, and then come to Congress to escaps the Yunlsh- aent due Lo such uctfon, on the ground that the | sdepted, I belivve there will bio a very o feel- lflltrc\;h of the widows amd orphans will b :n ‘Iu I‘nnvur n!l:'an'\:ld'l‘-llmuhm%x” :-:5:‘3:’1 e vel ¢ g Tou L T le____n.rl!y OF thu punlsbinguts \u.om‘ll!l:‘old:x would justify such a cotrse, 3ost reapectivlly, D, W, ST, LEGISLATIVE OPINION, WIAT ILLINOIS SENATORS AND KEUHESENTA. TIVES 8AY, The Hon. J. H, Kedzle, a Representative from thls county, hus sent out petittons for siguature to all the membors of ihe Legislature, which e befug returned rapldly, in inany ¢ases with plthy postscripts or independent leiters, As these wero nteuded for public cffect, there cau Bo 0o impropricty in publishing somo of them, & fudlcating the toue of public opinfon fu this Btate. ‘The following fs the form of the peti- Won, with some of tho accompauying lettersand Postacripts, In the frequent allusions. “tu the #bove " |n thess letters, the petition of courie Is Felerred to, THIRTY-SEVENTI DISTIICT. qQuier, M., Jan, U.—J, I, Kedile, Eig.— Dean bin: 1 cheerfully comply with your request, and return to you with my slgnaturo the P«m(un tuihe Prevideint and Senate 1u favor of wilver re. wonetizottan, ‘The people of thie Senatorial Dis: trict, which lncludes the lurge commercial and manufacturing ity of Qu!nc{‘ ars almost unanl- wously fu favor of the restoration of the sliver dol. lar to ru former pusitlon fu our Auanclal system, fect justly todlgnunt ovee the unfortunato tion by which forced resnmption, upon an 10 gold Lasts, 18 10 be tmpased upon vz, and eadlug mherdp bankeupicy, and crime over our country, sboundiny with the greatcst and most wanifold revources of wealth sud prosperity of auy Jand on earth. Yuuré, sespectiully, B, Amxramy. TUIRTY-RIGUTI DISTRICT. Wixcnzsten, 1l Jou. 8.—I favor the Silver blll, and advocated the sa: in the Leglalature winter, &, R Powzel. TORTIETU DISTRICT. Jenservitte, 1L, Jen. 10.—For Qod's sake. #nd for the ssko of our varalyzed fndustries, an our unemployed labarers, mechanice. nud artlisps, our bankrupt merchants snd manufaciurers, give s the rellef for, and restore, to its proper a6d forwer positiun tEe silverdollar of our faihers, ‘Fhiera bas been too wuck legislation for the beuedt of tke creditor, Moat respeciiuliy yours, Gro. W. Hxroxax, Scastor. J. N. ExcLisu. Jepresctative, VORTY-3ECOND DISTHICT. Gazxuvizie, ML, Jan, 11~ would sled esy that u Soutbiern Lifuole the continued contraction of our clrculating mediugs hse so decreascd rice of all propurty ss to @ widespresd diui ve amoug the deotor class hich include: wiost all our axeiculiurists, sud also greatly impsies 1be bueiness of 1be county. Qur bopo e in Con- greas ang tn your Excelleuey, Grogen P, Braxy. FORYY-TUIRD DISTRI Bauxy, Lb., Jaw ¥.—Niwe buudred out of evary 08 PETITION 1 as follows: Ty Jau. 8, 1878.~To Jits Frceillency Rutherford I, lisues, Frestdent of e Lnie 7 States, und (o (ke Hon. Senate of thé #icd Stutes: The undersigned, wembers of 9 Legislature of ba State of *Ilinols. beg ot seut (o your Excellency that ¢ fluanced ‘vud business of the 4 rapldly becomn intoleratle. Prices 0 declino; business cauuol be conducted 4 1abog s unemployed, und fallures. bank- 80d defalcatlons are slariugly uu_the i The great mavs of vur people belleve 4t the couttnuauce of ¢ ate of aluirs, which 8ot Jast wuch leoger without widevoresd Fuin, Coonrkely owlng 1o the dvmonetizatiou 1o ibls huntey of vie of thu preciuus wclale and the wredtened resumption wilblu w year of specte pay- b "nt wilh the olher only. We therefor roeitly L] Sht You to Tuvur legisiatico by Congreds for 1hy i Testoration of wilver o the place 3t beld 1o our Sopnry prior (o 1874, sud to vreveut all further ‘Bliactiun of ur grevbback currency, €3cept s it one thousand In this part of the Rtatonre for (i, TitoMan E. MzRRITT. PORTY-PIFTIL DISTRICT. Lawnexcrvistr, 1., Jan. 8, ~The rich are fali- ng. \We poor ars suflering, If the remonctization of silver witl affoed pay rellef, in the name of God let ue have It. The Weaiagn peopte are tow hesin. ning to realize thele condRon. and, If fusther con. traction Is bad, rain I (nevitable. Very reepect. fally, 0, V.8 FORTY-RIXTIt DISTRICT. S|enrxa Gagpry, M., Jan, The peonle are nnited on thi«guestion, regatdless of parly. for the common Intereat. 1t 13 question not in the least conpled with the Insane poiley of the Inflation and Greenback party, lul, sceing the deplorable va. snlt of contraction and the calamity that mus fol. Tow spccle renumption with sliver demonctized, alt cry willi ane accord, Stop, and give ue the mane of our ** daddlen. " T, 4 WitLIAus, FORTY-NINTIT DISTRICT. Mawtesa, 111, dan, 11, —Thi« distelet (3t Claie Coutty) 34 one nf the richeat portlona of linots, 1t len great wheat-praducing reglan, Our croy have been good, but sthil many of bur poor peanle nre bozgink for hread, knowing no means to ob itz and all thie while anr granaries ee with fullness. dony W, WeLts, PIPTY-FIRST DISTRICT. Erizansrnrows, 1k, Jan, 8.—1 am In favor of resumption within the tlme epecified, and_nl<o ot remonetization of miverut ence, Very respect- fally, W. 8 Monuts, CORRESPONDENCE, QOLD AND SILVER, To the Eilitor of The Tribunt, Cntoago, Jan. 14.—In view of the jmmense fndebtedness of our conntry at this time (agere. gating more than seven thousamd wmillions of dollars (when we have to fnclude our Natfonal, State, county, ity rallroad, and otlier corporate and individual debts), and in view of the further fact that it is notorlously true that all of these debts, Including the persunal debts of more than 1,200,000 mien who arc farmers und me- chanjes and other tradespeople, were contract- ed for and entered inte by the most explicit age<Cnent Lhat payment was to be made in the tne” “lawful” paper money and *“coin '’ dol- lara (the sliver dollar belng composed of 8713 erains of pure silver and the gold dollar, derlv- niz its value by previous lays of Nxing it on il ver, at a certain number of grains),—doces it not, 1 say, in. view of the foregoing facts, becaine & matter of fearful moment Lo contemplate the arrogunce and effrontery with which & smal}; portian af the lenders of this money—even of less value than we desire to repay them—now demand, and actually clatm, the right tochauge the contract, aud to demand paynient in n different nonoy which ey first make nearce and most difiicult to ohtain? Iwcanot the scorn and derlslon with which theso Jenders of money and thelr hired acents buth in and ont of Congrese tannt the honest debtors fne dicate the moment for nll {riee American to rabne a united volce azaingt such felonions exactiong, and 10 organize for united actlon which shall forever put (o rest thls [nsidious teilline with pal con- tracte and this prostitution of the legialative oflice? Do the grrut huneat debtor musaes, us well ae {rue and patriotic creditors, nrobose now to kand etitl and argue » guestion wiilch has but one stide, an thint, tov, solely un the aide of tho prople wha cons tracied e debtaon the: specliic contracty Shall the fnrce of oven dixcuswing the singlo guid stand- ard be longer continnedy Or whall the maus by thalr united voltea let thelr Representative ol \Wuphingion * wnderetand Juuediatery . that procrastiutivn on thele part caunot luiger ha tolerated, bub that tie tmmediate, and ungone ditiunal, "aud unlimited restoration "of the 3713 graing of puru milver (o the currency of onr couns try ne the dollar s parawonut 1o oll ather bustness tils time. The propusition for o singly gold standard means ultimatsly only vold money for tho wealthy. 'Ilie proposition for snbsidiacy sllver coin only, and te be only a limited tender, meuns o feaud oni the mifllony for the benefit of the fuy while the proposed fncreuse of pure silver to tl dollar meons ‘a tub fo 4 whale, in order tonce complish the mame goiden fraud. And the whole together means: Yiret, the partial contlreution of tha present property of the great mass of debiors In present and endinig eettlement, and thence after- warde o dear mioney for the ure of tho env who by life's lucky wheel happens to amase a large share of wealth, and o different und less valuoblé money for the mulllons who are always doomed tu plod Tife's weary rond with ¥mail sccunulatiuns, t nisans to establie the precedent that s wmall fa- vared claes huve power to lepd to the necdy o saall dollur and then colloct 8 large doHar, —und to ac- complish thiv, 1t ineans to extablish the precedent that contracis may be violated in thu interest of the fow by tho destruction of that which 1s the very basls of sucloty. Thu whale schemois pre- cinely in keeping wiihithe procese by which strewan and favored rohbers, hundrede of yearapo, louded thlmacives with other peoplc's property, umd handed down (o us taclr children and descendnnts 8¢ i superior cl because being the representas tives of the mo; yrmt:rnl a nation] Ate wa zo- ing to submit quietly to the Inauguration uf auch n system here in tho Unfied Statest Tho tenncity wihth whicn this frand by the fow on the maeacy s peralsted tn presonts a question of serlous thiport, ~—more serious than any that this conutry hns evee et hod to denl with, “Mhe udvocales for Inued negro slavery biad at teast tho well-gronnd Jutter in the confract (I e., Coustiiutinn) that It might oxlst, Secondly, they had at least tho Inferential basiv of & wmoral ¢quity In some eluim (however thin and furced) that 1t shoull go with thew Into Lerritory which the white master foughi, biey, and died to ‘acquire, whils tho slave cooked tis eals and cleaned his cnn by the camp-ilral But whers can we look for uno shadow uf cining that any man, or coterle of men, can hsve for the effort to destroy & sacred cunteuct, made iy accord. ance with our then exining luws, andinvolving | well+heing of more than thlrty millions of peapte, and moro than threa thmes the money valuo of ofl tho alavet latoly hield In our coaniryr HHave we ot already reacheld o point wheore wiass-tovelines in evary nelghborhood should Lo called to give plan aud ‘unmistakable expreesion to the slde of the right, oml 1o denounce the weonge belng perpetmted on the Amerlcan when we read dully, fu of “the fow moncy-lenders, 1le unblushing denunciation of the great mas hoges!, hurd-working debtord, and the co reltorated epithet o’ ltepudlator,” wit honest motlve, " and branding vnr Kepresentativ In Congress, who are (rylni to stem this ide of corript money power, aa *Jiepresentatives of fn- pecunions conutitucncies," whoss highest ldea right fu fo ** tivt other people's nioney for noth- ing," etc, Docs it not scem (ull thue that the calimny and_emihot should bevhurled back in the tecih of thuse who ro unjustly utter them? 18 it not timo to cunsider whothier the vast popula- tious of our nower Btatesand Terrltorles, which supply the great bulk of_our natlonal revenucs, as weil having to AT anunal interest 1 tho few tondors whuie fortunes (tho accumulations of centuries) they are ensbled 1o keew in a condition now veople? tho orgune most 10 cacapu fuxation, sre not vergling on toa cons ditfon — of vasalige to ' King Money? lias not the time- come when our Weytern entorprise ang mwm{ ueal to demand othier guarantecs for honcst dewling than 1o merely Trust (u tho lawsof o Congress whoss duembers In ono branch wre roinforced with unlimited money puwer, and yet bave coustituenclvs of numerics) number {hun many of the singte Moy wentatives i the Lower llouse from the Wy Statee? 11 woulil secnn 1o the writer that,od 1) now extet, onlinary prudence whould prowmy Western borrowers (in fact Eastern aud Southeen borrowers as welli to m‘mlnln in overy cueu that payment shall be made in United States spucis Calue, of siiver or gold, or thotr cinivalunts, ut the wption of tio debtor; and also epucify that such coiny ahall bu of no egreatee value than exfsted anterlor to the year 1870, While protecting the borrowor, sulation would alsu rve to Inform the urd uf notes, boads, and vecurities, that ull schemes for felonfony ex- tortlon, by londing onc kind of money and thon detandlug paymeit in a deater mones, vanot ba enforced vither by purchased legistsiion or other- wise, Infact, such precaution may have u nost beneclul offect: trst, by leaving money idio in theie own hands, and thue nitinately force them tu Invest it {1 womu vistbls manner which the tax. gotherer can reach und wake iy it e whare of public revennu, 1t will ateo tend to enlichten the now u)cpnu-mly bolulevs $Eastern workluy mussce ow them that therr troo infereets and valy for_acliverance frum their present woney pondage Hed 1n (ho sirict adhereace to contructs. Tho Eaviirn caplialut yays s newspaper oryans to relterate daily that **he lvancd good money, und thut the borrower now wante Lo pay him back A worthless materlal,™ or st U1 cents, mstead of 100 centy, 10 the dollar. This assertion 3 w cleare ly untrug that the one who asscris it inust be cither a fool or a knave. The remedy for tho, onu 1s a jittle instruction, whichwill camo of ftaelt wre long, but for the latter it must be tho jmme- dlats sdbereuce to contract under the law, Thesa wen who demand only fnld kunow as well ad tho borrower that they loaned e representative of the stlver yud pold dollar of & apecilud Soen and tuoy were glad to Jo so; and they swora by ail the godd atthe time thatall they wanted, or even ex- pected, was Lo be patd back in the coin dollars, or ihe equivalent then exlating wathin ths lmite of 1Be United States, No man then ever beard of only gold iu_payment, stlil less of uny **Latin Unlon silyer.”" \What duplicity, then, what dishonesty, fs it to enter llku o thief $uio unc's houso sud dustioy one-baif of our means,—our most va ablu prop: erty, which wo had carefully Jaid up safely Uf pay- day should comwe, —aud then coolly dewand (311 payment from the Hitle they bad left ual No sdvoeate of sitver and gold inomey has ever yet pretended to want 0 pay s debt n- anytbing of lces valuo than what was countracte for st the tmu o akiug i 0ever says he did mlirepresents tho y be enlightensd if bo does so . Even the few who may bave rything in papet money, yet d or not) that v rnpu should first be at par with ihe coln specifed In the contract, —nothing leas, uothing different: and, when that fe the case, I would trave) along way (o sec & man who was foul envugh to decline 10 take it, of prefer the ponderous metal uf the exsct equivalent in valuel As 10 the ultlmate cunsequences (0 tRoney-lenders of fatling to lusn their '*good money ' 10 the uus washed wililons of hard-working men, who now the debt. Wh facts, aud can through fga ata called '+ divhoucst tepudistore,” »ald monoy. nders wust be The ju {e. and will be, thelr own aflalrs It theic un- thel lawfu), unpatriotle, sod un-American achemvs for doubling the value of the dullar canobtsin, thex ceriaiuly bave we lsbored in vala sluce 1774, f tbowingle plotborlc purse has scquired that power 308000 in our country, Letter far 1o have acquiceced Iu Its power lony a0, Beticr, a thou- asnd times. lolt foar militvns of blacks whiers they were, Lhan to bava glven them the bullow mockery of sday's liberty, only tv be re-cualaved slunie with forty millinns of whites, Tiat the writer don't for n moment _bollevo that the purse in [n|nt{ to tnle in this mem\cd frand. Thoxa who count on 1hiat power 0 shapa leginlation, and as being auf- fielent to Jand them on the golrien shores of the single-money liels, nre counting without thelr Toet. fqually in error are tiey to suppose tnat what they aro jast o plessed to call **li. pecunious conatitnencies of the Weet and Sonth ** firo fool4 enough not to comprehend thedr Hglits undern debl contract, or that they are deficient in pluck and conrage 1o enforce them, The West and South have ali the elementa reqaiaite to en e a conteact: and all holders, whomsaever, of thie xeventeen thousand nilliona of dalinra debt had hetter understand the fact that the honest pay- ment of the same In sliver and gold eoins—or equivalent —of 1hat fineness ond value that exirted in the United States 1n 1870, 10 the only thing that they can hope for on the oue side, and it is more than they aver will get If they sncceed in fixing their alnzlo gold standard and enfarce reenmption, ar now threstened, They sught o conalder that all thid debt was incnrred when all kinds of money wns lesn valnable than at present nnder the most favurable eircnmstancess that n thourand dollars of silver to-uay will ]:mchm more_property than tweive hundred dollars wonld when the bulic Wf onr debts were createn: and, aside from the abeolule contruct of allver and gold mong, of specified finencas, we have the fact o moral_equity on onr aid: Lo tender in paymunt ¢ ouly whicih we agreed to, “The ropliiatsy wid faf<e rensonsng attempicd to he nsed in thie inatter have becama naudeating, and the dobly bankrnptcles taking place, the stagnation indemand for labor, and the difiiculty many find in ralsing meana to pay Inzes and interent, leings 8 about 1o the volnt whera patienco |s exhausted and a sterner vittue becomea “the only medicine to be applied. We care little at prerent swhat mn( be done In regard 1o ** wps reruniption next Jan- uary. First wo want **illezal loans® repealcd, andour former and legal loans to tesume thele proper functivne, After that—ihen wo will talk abiout other matters, PTT. NEW FORK BULLDOZING THE WEST. Ta the Editor of The Tritune. Cricaco, Jan. 14.—You have no {dea how much more effective your empbatic leader In this morning’a paper addressed. to the New York bankers and nerchants is than your per- baps :more philosophical artieles refuting thorotighly, but, In my opinfon, at the same time giving under algnity to thelr flimsy argu- ments In favor of therr selfsh and one-ded views, Isay “you have no fdea," hecause I know thut even s fully apureciative as you areof the grreat wrong done the people, and henee the country at large, and sence the Government, In the dethronement of tue silver dollar, you do not, as we who aretn conslant pereonal intercoursa with the wasses, sce how these inasses are aroused to the feeling which I growing dally thranghout the West towaeds New York aud New Englund, and sl out of this monetary domincering spirlt, evineed by these *‘brceders of cent per cent. nt, Not fend to tlie West and Sonth: not eell to the Weal and South, forsooth! In whore hanks are lying to.day the money-balances of the West Noithwest, and Sonth, nll Ibefill‘ tho proceed: the qaricaftural induetry of the West, Northwest, ana Houth? Why, In the very hanks whose ofticers are threatening fo bolldore the owness of e money! Lot them tey iton. Why, suppose wo In the West drow the money thus oblalned an fllbhll{ os it Is obtalned from New York and New England, and lold them hiere In our vwn metropolls, would we not deprive those haughity Kinga of o vast aenl of thelr sotirce of profit? The Dalancs of teade fs very largely in_favor of ihe West. Wo ship to New York and New England far more in value than we buy from them, Let ug deanand gold from then nafast oy wo ship our slhiare of the Incrense of the worls ubetantial wealth, instend of allgwing anr baiances to He in New York and Boston, and rec how the shoe would pinch, Now, Mr, Editor, this la the |K'Ellllll|xy of the cropping oat of the legitimate and Inevitalie re« sl ur"nm ovetbearing spirit whtch dealing in momey begets, Ihiiy §4 the ciement of which a few dayssince 1 #poke when I retd tho East and Northeast are nrouslug piore potent as a means nf Jooaening the bonds of this Unlon than slavery over was, And wo want no more abstract discusstons of the ttextion, We want the plaln facts throwa, an you threw them this morning, directly In the face of the Enst and New England Shylocks, We want the cauntlet hurled before them, and an emphatic challenso to them {o take It uy, Chicago nnd the whole Northwest would be bet- tor off to-day had we never borrowed une cent fram New York snd New Enwland with which to build vur overpriced hotses and stures. Much success made un mad, and we were Impru dent. Dut New Englami took care not to share inour maduues, alwnys requiring two to one o urity, and to-day she 1s profting by her prudence and we are her victima, Tho West, and the Northwest, and the South il da exactly ana fullv al] that tiey agreed to do, —pay even more. They will_pay as many doilars s thoy ngreed. to puy, even I cach dollar has by the legitimate Iaws of trade and erenls become warlh from 30 to 40 cents more now than it was when they agreed to pay, and thus the orlinal lenders have profited to this extent by those ) of trade und ovents, Jlur the Woest,” Northw and Bouth will not tamely submit to the cfleet of mnchine.deslined and tricky legislation, by whicn the money power lias deprived those reglons of onc-half thele abllity to pay the debt au It wan **pronounced fn the bond " joon, then, with your plain English alike intel. fhgible to the nueees and discomdting to the suphlsts, and the Northwest will **rise up and call you blessed. ™ 8 W K. MISCELLANEOUS. AT CARLINVILLE. ILL. Spectal Dieputeh to The Chicagn Tribune, CantanvitLe, i, Jan, 14.—~A Cuunty Con- ventton in favor of the Sliver blll and the repeal of the Resumption act was held In this city to- day, Tho resolutions favored the remonetizas fx‘"fi';“‘ silver and making it a legal-tender forall ebts. ——————— ST, PAUL. Bpectal DisnateX in Tha Chicagn Tyibuns, Br. P'avn, Mion,Jan. 14.—The Chamber of Commerce to-day adovted a mewmorial to Con- gress favoring the extenslon of the timo for bullding the Northern Facifle, Tho Chamber of Commnerco busincss statistics of Bt, I'aul for 1877 give the following totals: Retall houses, 849, employlng 2,474 persons; ag- eregata sales, $020,635; wholesale house: cnmlovln_lz] 1,210 persons: ovgredato 27,»!5.04‘.3, manufacturing establishments, 229, employing 2,027 persone; valuo of articles mans ufactured, $4,001,037; {mports by rail an river, B04,883 tonsi cxports, 247,281 ton banks' averaie datly balonces, §3,043,573: a exchange sold, age taily discounts, $4,197,003. im0, i DISMISSED WITH COSTS, PritAperenia, Pa, Jan, M4.—Io" the United Btates Circult Court to-day Judge McKennan delivered on opinfon In the case of Henry 8. McComb ve. The Credit Mobiller. Plaintiff ¢lalms that in 1800 ho purchased fora third party 250 shiares of capital stock of thc Cotn- pany, an Interest in which stock was fubscquently transferred to himself, but objevtion was ade by the Company to grantinz vertilicates to McCoinb & Co, un the round of informality, oud the shares, it (s al- lezed, were trunsferred by the Compsuy to Oakes Aines as trustee. McComb now clalms nut only 25 shares, but also s stock dividend upon toeim of 125 shares inore, and the profits acerulny, The Court 1s ot oplnfon that the lainthe §s not entitled toreifef, and his bitl {s therelure dismissed with costs, ——— SPRINGFIELD, Apactal Dispatch to The CAicago Tridune, SeuivorieLy, 1N, Jan, 14.—A number of militie oflicers have already srrived to attend the military convention to-morrow, and more ure expected by loter trains and carly morning. The oflicers of the First Reglment (Chicago) bave arvived. Gen. Ducat and staft srrive in the moruing, A Major-General’s salute will be fired, to ve followed by au ofticers’ parade, then the Couvention, and in the evening u reception ut the Exccutive Mauslon. Bowe uf the dele- gates to tho Depsrtment Encampmient of the Qrand Army of the Kepublic, 1o be held Wednesday, Lave aleo put fu an sppearsuce, s DENIAL, Cixcinnaty, O, Jan, H.~Tho sensational paragraph going through the papers that the Cluctnnatl Wesleyan Freach Cotiege has closed its doors on sccount of debt is an entire uo- truth. This Is oue of the oldest colleges for wouuen in the Methodist denominatiou, aud was never more prosperous in everythiog rela its educational work than bow. - More new students wre nluw{ corolled for the next semester, beginning Feb. 8, than at any corre- spouding perfod of the present sduilulstration. “There s & debt on tho butldlug maturiog Janu- ;ry, 1579, but this will undoubtedly be provided ot e ———— THE STRIKING SHOE-BUILDERS. Bostoy, Jan, 14.—At Lyun to-day most of the shoe operatives who wera requested by the cm- plovers to withdraw frow the Crispin orcaniza- tlon or quit work kave adopted the latter siter- nafve, The manufacturers bave not unaul- wously adopted the resolution *afmed at the Crispin Soclety, and the operatives are thereby much eucours, A vumber 0 wanufacturs ers who sigued the resolution’bave chavged thetr winds, sud refuse to have s notlce pusted fu their shops. ‘The fewale lasters fn oue of ths slops atruck this woruing becsuse tho proprictor would not take down the resolution, sod wost of thelr compavions fn other shops will tollow e ezawple, CRIMINAL NEWS. An Extraordinary Episode in the Streets of New York City. Uarroters Attempt to "Waylay o Messenger Carrying $2,700. Thoeir Flight in a Wagon, After Be- ing Foiled by a Detective, is Intrepid Pursnit fn o Froitelawk- er's Rickely Charfot. 6" The Villaina Fiually Capturcd and Ironed After n Protracted Ohase, The Crimes Committed Yesterday in Various Scctions, GREAT STREET SENSATION. Soecial Dispntch to The hcugo Tribune, New Yong, Jan. t.—A skillfully-planned daylizht game of garroting ond robbery was fortunately folled this morning by the watehe fulness of & private detective. Ilenry Nevers, of . Whitney & Young, paper manufacturers, was gent to the Sccoml Natfonal Bank, at Fifth avenue aud Twenty-third street, for £2,500, with which to pay the hands. Some one Informed o ganit of thleves, who prepared to garrote and rob Nevers. A fast horse and light wagon were hired. The progranune was for one man to drive the horse, anothier to follow Nevers and ive his comrades a sigual if he had the money I lis posseasion, and for Join Mor ris Clark, aged 85, of Bt. Lok, ond dJaseph McCabe, aged 32, of this city, o do the robbing, The man who was to follow Nevera succeeded fn shadowtnir him from the bank to the corner of Thisty-first street and Ninth avenue, and, In sending word through a confederate to Clark and McCabe, that their Intended victtm had the 2,300 In cash on hls verson In a certaln pocket, and that tho best place of attack would be Tirtyfirst street, east of the corner of Nintn avenue. ‘The confederate et the men on Ninth avenue, and this proceeding was notfced by Ilenry ¥, Hunter, o private detect- tve, who guspected froin thelr movements that something was wrongz, Wien Hunter saw Clark and McCabe get out of the wazon and hurrledly walk toward Thirty-first stieet, e followed them, Tho horse was stopped ut the coruer of Ninth avenue and Thirty-first street, and on the oppusite corner Hunter posted bimself. Clark and McCabe turned up ‘Ihirty-fiest street, coming down which was Nevers, followed by one of the gangs, Just as Nevers was about to pass, Clark, by n suditen. movement, placed lis arm around Nevers' throat, bent him backwarduand MeCabe struck ot his head with a Joug plece of Jead-pipe wrapped up {n brown paper. The blow nissed Nevers® hiead, but feit upon his lett shoulder and stunned i, Just na the two were about to rifle his pockets, Hunter rusbed upon them with a loud cry of * Murder! " And Clark and McCabe Jumped into the vehicle and storted the horses at a furlbus galt up Ninth avenue. Hunter pursued them, and rafsed the cry, “8top, thief!” Thev turned the corner of Thiety-fonrth stregt, where Iunter jumped Into n vender's wacon ond mduced the driver to give chase. The excitement along the street was very great, the peoplo all ersing, “8tup, thief!" but not o pollceman was secn, When Clark and MeCabe saw Hunter chas- ing them with u good horse, McCabeturned aud pointed n larce navy revolver at him. Hunter drew a revolver in turn, and pointed it at McCabe, who subsided. With furlous speed the lighwaymen went down o the strect to Eleventh avenue. Turniug the wrner sharply and driving to Furty-sixth strect, thoy turned there and droveto Fifth uvenue, It belnwr o straight drive from Eleventh avenue to Fitth, the race was very rapld, dangerous, and extremely exciting, The chase down Fitth avenuc became more exclting than ever, for Me- Calw beat his horse mure viclous! ud the auimal was now on a full run, w the old horse hehind was following at n tervifle rack, and thu vender was yelling ns Joudly us he could “8top, thiell’ "Thus the racs went untll the cornee of ‘Twenty-seventn street was reached. ‘There Officer Morris heard the cries, suw the horse driven by tho lighwaymau cuming down furlously, aud posted bimsell, at the risk of his life, squarely in the road of the gals lup{ng beast, He suceceded In erasp- fng the bridle firmly and hold- ing it He was dragged along to Delmoncio’s,and there succeded In bringlng the Lorse to a standstill, Clark jumped out niul attempted to kunock Morris” down. McCabe aleo jumped, drew his revolver, pointed 1t at the ofilcer’s head, and threatened to shoot if hie did not lec the horee go, McCabe's revolver was knocked out of his pand by a bystander just a3 Morris had_ drawn hls own wenpon and waa about to fire. With the asslitance of Hunter, Clark and McCabe_were both disarmedaud hondeufled. Ou_ McCabe's person was sound o humber of false keysand a pairof bruss knuckles, McCabo wus sent to Btate Prison some flye years ago for blighway robbery, but Clark fs not known to the police, ALLEGED AUORTION, Svecial Dispatch 1o The Chicag Tridune, Quiner, I, Jan. 14.—About aweek ago a strauge ladv came to this city sud went to the housv of one Dr. Parks, where she soon died, An fnquest was beld, and it was determined that sho had dled of hemorrhage. A short time befure & lady named Price left Plttsfleld, Pike County, in amysterious mauner, and, from the descrin- tion of the woman who dicd bere, the citlzens of Pittstield were cunvineed that the deccased lady was Mrs, F. C. Price. who had lett Pitese fleld o December, when sbe lisd pot beey heard from sioce. The woman who died hero had a thlinble with tho fnitials ¥ F F. C. 12" This morning the body was exhumed by order of the suthurities, and the physiclaus who made a post-wortem examination dechded that the womman had dled trum an abortion. Ur, larks, st whose house she died, and wuotber doctor named Springer were thercupon arrested upon the charge of procurluy an abortlon. Mrs, PTrice was @ widow with three chlldren, and was respecta- Lly connected with one of the leadiug familles 0 8t. Louls, who, no doubt, will take fmmedi- ate stepi to ferret out all the guilty partfes. For some mouths it has been the cowmon toote of conversation that a promincot attorney-at law i1 Pittetleld had been excecdiogly lathuate with Mrs, Price, —— STABIRING AFFRAY, Apecial Dispatehto The Chieaga Tridune, Detroir, Mich., Jan. 14.—A viclous fight oe- curred at Masonville, a mile north of Windsor, Ont., this sfteruoon, between a gang of rougbs and a Constable and hls fricnds, Twomen, vamed Hurns and Gordon, who had feen ou trial for the robbery of a store in Csnada, were acquitted at the Essex Assizes yesterday, Itis said that they threatened to kiil Chlet-Consta. ble ‘Balns and Coustable Campan. This afteruoou, they, with a crowd of their frieuds, all roughs, met Campan in a saloou near Wit sor. A quarrel was chkexl. and Campan knuck- cd Gordon down. He was lumediately stabbed three thnes by one Oaklev, & * pal ¥ ol Gurdou, and was also assatled by a Detroft backian named Frank. The latter was arrested. lior- don and Uakley took tu the woods, auid are now belog pursued by o posse trom Windso o NEW YORK MURDERERS. Nzw Yogk, Jap. 14.—Jaumcs Morton, allas Rose, shot, a8 slleged, in the Bowery last Weduesday by Owen Geoghegap, died this morning. Geoghegan is at large on bal), sud esterday attended the fumeral of Whliam iould, who was killed iu s Bowery saloou Christmas ozt Ly George Wayman, sllas $ Californla George.” 3 C—— A YOUTHFUL MURDERER, Special Dispatch to The Clicugo Tribune. 87. Louss, Jau. 1{.—Thomas Armstrong, son of Police-Bergeant Jobu Arwatrouy, wes ar rested to-uight for stabbing a man uvamed George Murray four tmes (n the abdomen sud bresst. They quarreled over a game of cards at 10:30 this eveniog in o salovn ou Teuth strect and Cags avenud, and blood was the result, Police-Commissioner Nedetet, who Is & physlcian, rives It as his opinlon that Murray cannot poseibly recover. He {3 23 years of ago and unmarrded. Armstrong s also s mere youth, and much sympathy 18 expressed for his Iather, who was formetly n detective, and s considered une of the mmost rellable men In the Police Department. turcd ont of the unattractive object’the skin presents at this juncture. It s hatd and unyleiding as & board, and stiff, conrse hairs cover the fur o comnpletely that its very ex- Istence might not be suspected. The problen 1o be solved is how tu scparate the hsle from the nnder fur, For many yeara cach Individusl hair was plucked ont deverally, at, of course, n greal expenditure of time and money, until a Jucky accident revealed to the dressers the fact that” the roots of the hatr wers more deeply reated thas the roots of the fur, Now, theres fore, after pretiminary preparations, the sking are Takd, hair downward, npon n_wooden block with u curved surface, and pared down with n knife until the routa of Lhe halrs have heen vat throuuh and the skin s very little thicker than akid glove. All the consscr hair can fhen le brushed off with the hand, lcaving “the fur, which Is then scen to be arranged [n small curla of a light hrown color, varying slightly In sunde o the parts. 1o consequence nearly nil * peal- skin s dsed before it 1a sold, and in the proce ess ol dyeing the curls untwist themselves ana tho fur bucorues smouth and ready for uae, A PPARRICIDE. Snecial Diepated 10 Tha ChMeagn Tribune, A7. I'su1, Minn,, Jan, 14.—0le Auderson, the parrldde of Cokato, Wright County, was lodged in jail here Saturday night, beine lield for trial, According to hia story, he quarreled with his father about money, and, fn a it of passion, struck bim an the head with the back of an ax, and then hid the Lody under a floor, where it lav for over three weeks, during which tite hie had the ncighboring voutl at a dance in the honee. Ole Tormerly worked in this vicinity, and I8 known as a hulf-foolish fellow whose mind was entlrely npset when drunk, as he nrobably was when he kilied his father, ARRESTED FOI ROBBERY. Suectul Diapateh 15 TA Chicayn Tritmne. Buntinuroy, Is, Jan, 14.—=Mrs, E. Ridley aud Henry Meyer have hieen arrested on charge of complicity In the rolibery of the restdence of 4, B Dunbar of upward of $3,000, soine iweeks slnee. The charge belng n scrious one, the ace ensed were given till Monday to prepars for 1helr defense, whien they witl apreliminary examination. Meanwlile they were sent to fail for safe-keepiny, The accused are buth colored. FIRES. Al WATERTOWN, WIS, Spectat Tispaleh to The Chicaon Trioune. Warenrows, Wis., Jan. 14.—A fire which oe curred at hall-past 11 o'clock to-night destroyed the frama elevator warehouse of John Betz, sit- unted at the track of tho Chicazo, Mllwaukee & St. Pauf Raflroad, near tho depot, and the frame + cating-house adjulning, owned by Mrs. C. Sveer, and occupled by Louls Street. Two cars Letonging to the Chileago & Northwestern Rail- road Company, lvaded with cosl snd lumber owned by Hamlin & Ford, wera nlso destroyed. The confents of the wareliouse, consisting chiel- 1y of batley, were consumed. The total Imslxh{ the fire ls Drobably between £5,000 and $0,000. Betz had an fnsurance of 2, 0 on graly, In the Franklin aud Peonsylvania Fire. Mrs. Sucer's tiilding was fosured In the Atos, of Iartlord, for §500. GAVE HNIMSELF UP, Councit, Biurrs, fa., Jan. 14,—Wlillam Mar. tin, who stabbed and instantly killed a youny man named Frank Briggs, in Washington Town. ship, this county, In the carly part of Deceratier last, came to Council Blufls lust evenlog and voluntorily surrendered bimself to the wutbord- ties. Mo ls now in fail. LIGITTED OU'r, New York, Jan, 14.—A Harrlsburg (Pa.) dis- pateh says that James Ferguson, a lawyer of Newport, Perry County, and Wilkians Iicken- baugh, of the same place, who weres belng tried on o charge of robbing the Peuple's Bank of Newport, have fled, AMUSEMENTS. THE RIVE-KING CONCERT. The fourth af the serles of Rive-King concette in ald of the Foundlings' llome waa given taat even- Ing at Hershey tlall, the audlence in attendance 9 belng larger than an sny provions oceasian, Tho | O30 Fellows’ Hall were burned at Concord this Intcreatin theso recitale haa ateadily increased, m";;’t""&' at 8 o'clock. The Joss Is from 88,000 which augurs well for the Jast of thie serles, which’ e takes pluce next Monday evening. With the ex. ceotlun of the Fourteenth Ithapeodio, the one orchiestrated by Von Buelow, 3Mre. King's nombers were light, includlng the Chopln **Cradle Song, ™ and Palonalse In A tlat, Mendelssohn's **Spring. Suong, " Jensen's ** Kecret Love, " ondl the Liszt tran. weription of ** Faust™ themes he main interest of her work centered In the Rhapeoate, the orchestral port being taken on second plano by Mr, Eddy. Mre. Ring funlways at home with Linet, and never vlayed with inore beilliancy and dash, Mr. Eddy's accompnulment, thougis sumetlies lacking in force, was always, steady, precive, and inteilie went. The general performance was so aduiranle that the Rbapsodic oueht to be Leard agajy at the nexteoncert. 'The vocallsts of the evening were the eame os ot the othe ncerts, and wers qulic cordiatly received, The moet ambltfous vocal number wns Reinecke's ** Mirinm's Sonz," o AT CLIMAX. MICIT. * Aoeetal Dispateh to The Aicago Tridune. Karastazzo, Mich., Jan. 14.~The Hodgman Tlack, In Climax, In this county, was totally destroved Ly firo yeaterday morning.. It con- tained the Masonie Hall, Mardell's drug-store, Wilson's harness-shop, Hodgman's shoe-shop, and the County Burvevor's oftice. The loss Ia in the vicinity of 5,000, partly Insured {n the Citizens' Mutual and Hartfurd fusurance Come punles. A1 CcoONCORD, MICH. Demroir, Mich., Jan. 14—Keeler's drug- store, Purchinse's grocery, and the Maosonle and s AT CANTON, MD. BarmiMone, Jau, 14.—A fire in the bonded warchouse attachicd to the Urlent distillery at Canton caused $20,000 s fi . z VALUABLE SEIZURE, Boston, Jau. 14.—Facts relative to the sclze ure of dutiable zoodls brought by the United States steamer Kearsarge from Japan recently are that the Captain of the Kearsarge notifled the authorlties that the goods were on Loard, sl i necesaary, the dutles would be pald. During the absence of the Captatu one of the oflicers unlonded a large lot of goods, which P! ar Sielnecken s iinnle, i were afterwards detained by the authorlties to Mrr. o 2 with muc ¢ de ¢ farvor and dramstic. intensity, Datwithamniing | o the declsion of the Treasury Department 1t wevere desnuude Dpois the voice. Mise Whinnery | 8% to their Hability to duty. The Kearsarze rang Beethoven's 44 Quall," Mozart's aria, (' brought quite an "extensive cargo of Turkish ferettl Heanginrl, and Taubert’'a ** fird Sou ruus. valuable wines, and _silks, nearly all of tor guining an encure, althongh her best | which are consigned to ludividunts in different was done In **The Quail,” her vulce ot | parts ol the country, some quite promnioent. being trug in the other numbere, Mr. Tyr- | Tne dutte . Tell rang Figeutin o1 foar no Foe s und Jellcrs dolln‘i‘x‘.“u may smount to scveral thousand ** Yong of the Sen-nhell," but nelther of them add- ed nn{uhlm; to hin reputation or descrved a place insuch n progratmme. The Iatter, tn fact, both nn regards the sutg snd the ainging, waw hardly aboye the dignity of the minatrel stage, Mr Edde played the Wholesome nixth Handel concerto in 18 flat, snd_ Dodley Duck's scholarly ¢ minor ronat 'hu laxt'concert of tho reries will take vlace next Monday evening, Leinz In placo of that which shonld have been given last Friday evening, This evenlmz, Mrea, King, Miss Whinnery, Mra. Stacy, aud e Tyseell will “appear in a_concert ot Mifwaukos in il of the St, John's Home. The rasue party will eive concertent Keokuk on the 2ith; Burhngton, the 18th; Cedar Itaplde, the J0th: Toledu, the 2d; Cleveland, the 2845 and Akron, 0., the Ml inst. ——— OBITUARY, Soecial Disvateh fo The Chicago Tribuna ADR1aN, Micl., Jan. 14.—~George F, Hovt. a cornet virtitoso of splendid attalnments, died this morning after a short lincss of discase of the lungs, acgravated by exertious on his favorite fustrument, 1lc waa nged 27, and held a position [n one of our city banks. e has ap- preared publicly us sololst in Detrolt and Toledo, und liad large personal acquaintance fn Chivago, Funeral Wednesday. Speclal Disvatch to The CAleags Tridune. CanvizviLLe, I, Jau. 1,.—An old German dltizen named John Copatico died here to<day ut e was a soldicr, and fought under Blucher at Waterloo, oud cotered Vuris aiter the dight of Napoleon, THE PARENT OF INSOMNIA, The parent of insuinnia or wakefoics carew unt of ten ool diges- tion gived eound i u foterferes with The beals and wtomach sympatlize, Unu of the prominent symptoms of 4 weak state of tho wastric orgens ls & distarbance of e great ueryo entrepot, the bratn, [uvlzorate the stumach, and o acirees of grest merlt, Her inital efforte iy | You restore equillirium tu the grest centro. A Enelinh drama—laboriny, as alis does neceswarily, | Intst relinbla medicin for the purpose io (ostet ander the diticulty of sifuuling with n Torewn | cre Somach Wittors, which 14 far proferavie to tongua ovee which shc hus not yet scquired the erol sedatives and’ powetful narcotics whicl, mastery—descrve veencet(ul ‘consideration, and n | thouch they may for,a thae exert & soporidc fufu- Pathent overlooklme of snch defects, I mmanner as | €RCE BpoL e Lraln, suon coase Lo ety aud thvaria- biy njure the tone of the stomach. 'The Bitters, ol the contrary, resture nctivity to the operations of thut all imporiunt organ, sud their benelcent Influcuco fa Perlected tn sound vicep and a trauguil state uf the nervous systenn, A wholesouie twpas tus I llkewise glven to the action of the fiver autl bowels by It uve, ————— BUSINESS HOTICES: HOOLEY'S THEATRY. 4 The frst appuarance here of Mme. Ehizaheth Von Stamwitz ae sn Enciish actrese wae greeted lnst evening by an andicnce which evidently was com- poved of rened and cultured people. The lady bad u gencruna welcome, and was called bee fore thu curtain st the end of every act— s matk of respect which ts Yot rarely accorded {0 artista who occupy a_mare vecore posi- tien In public esteem, Mine, Von Stamwitz has won the A‘-plnnla of herown _countrymen. smonig whom lic has been esteemyd for soveral years as in uioe B wellne accentuation, o audience on a c wlil be sare to vecsir tu op a1 sorvey of her porformince, fl was & hopeful sign of her ultimute success that she grew in" favor wilh her nuditors os the play prozressed; and we must admit this fv b aome- thiug of a triumph when 1t fs consldered that the Play was a 'very uninteresting one. This dramaof **Lady Jane Gre s somethiog of o wild traverty of Englis lltn'{. The hislorical inatcuracies might easily be forgiven If there were: any compensation offered in the dramatic con- sistency of the plece. For that matter it might bave been latd in tho Homeric as well asin the Elizabethan uge. Dut here we are bresented with a picture which s absurd, it fns histarical and in s theatrical ecnse, ‘Iho leading thought of the constructor of this stngulsr hmlucnpodq apparently to nresent Mary Judor 2 a kind of nger, who, bafited and slighted in love, cherishcs only tbe desire of getting even with ll‘"vlmd{ who moy have come Across her vath. It {8 & pgrotesque carfeaturo of *‘Lloady Mary," conjured up in the braln of some impcrfectly.instructed person, {n which the plot fs worked out is pure burlesgue. It was an unfortunate selection or Mine, Von Sitamwitz for her opening, while at thy same time 3t affunied her uvccastonal opportunities for the exhibition of her fne Hunllllu, which, one may hope, whifind a better eld for development thin e possiblo In such n pla(. 1t will bo repeated this evening, aud at the malinee to-miorraw, On Wedniend :‘y evuolug Mme. Von Stamwits appesrs as Leborut. ——— M'VICKER'S TIIEATRE. The dramn of ** Loat in Londou " was given last cvenlog at this theatre before a fale andlence, and was well received. The farce which followed—*'A Quies Famlily ""—rcintroduced Mr. Joln Dil- 2 Usa # Mra. Winslow's Huathiug Syrap« for children while teethinz. 1t cures dysantery sud diarrhiws, wind colic, aud regulates the buwcle. e e— Pluckuey, Jackson & Co.'s Fine Splces, Chas. Gossage d- _go.;- Lace Dep't! e the! occmion” ot 'a' ety [Wo place on salo this morning & hearty welcor o the favorita comedian. Mr. Special Tnvoice of Nambure Embroiderics! “New and Fxceedingly Choice ilion I engs, for four weeks 0s ong of the leading attractions at this lvuse, THE ADELPII. 3r, John A. Stevens msdo a decided Uit 1ot etenlng In 8 drama entltled ** Unknown,” which evidently sulted the taste of & -, I largo and enthuslastlc audience. Tho play is full Patterns! of ood situations and i busine 4 has coneiderable merit, though & llitle prunln, enhance its interest and reduce ita lengit twamod- st gvenind’'s smuscment. —— How Seal-Skins Ars Dressnil, Wnen the scals have rcached the killing grouwd, they are allowed acertain time to res! and cool. after which about 100 are driven to- gether foto an foclosure, and tho flttest are selected for alauchter. The nthers ars then allowed to go down Lo the nearest water, whence they make thetr way back to the ses. 1he Jostrument of aestruction Is s loue club of hapd wouwd, with which they are struck a violent blow on the head. Que §s usually sutlicient, A long, starp kuife 18 then thrust joto the vitals, and tbe carcass lald aside, oudso till about 1,000 bave been slaln, when the work of skin- uiug cominecces. Wken taken off, the sking are salted oud seut bome fn that condition. On thelr arrivat here they are properly cured, and then couies the preparation needed for their cou- fute what is popularly called “seal- skin. It 1s diticult to concetve tuw L besutitul In both Naingook and Cambrio. Aleo the “Foyaux” Embroidery, something entirely new, Very de- sirable for Children’s Dresses end Ladies' Skirta, Colored Embroideries and Guipure Bands, choicely assorted. “Allatextremoly closeprices!’” We rocommend these as especially desirable} as goods of excellent val- ue; and decidedly cheap. Chas. Gossage & Co., article of dress cun ever be manul State and Washington-sts, DR, PRICE'S BAKING POWDER. DR. PRICE'S 5pscrie 20w 18 THE ONLY POWDER Indorsed by Eminent Chemists and Physi- cians' for its PERFECT PURITY and HEALTEFULNESS, and USED 1IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES.