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p———— Jaced upon perlary, and the social foundations of Kentucky shaken, not to say destroyed. Moreover, how sad to sce the changed relations \ of aalovu-keepers and Christians! The drink- ! fog-places would be fited no louger with reck- less and profane men, but with deacons und ylders, Whiic every minlster of tha Cospel yould ssunter uv to the bar (having, of course, 4 blue o red ribbon npon thelr coat) and mildiy sex for & glass of Anderson County, or Bourbon County, or some other favorite product of tha Blue Urass reglon. Nos; this will never do. Let Atie temperance brethren try some other method f coerclom. <L People who object to the loiv wages recelved by women {n this country should compare notes with their fcllow-complainants in the * Hold Country.!! Miss ExiLy Farrneuty has written to s Loudon paper glylng an acconnt of, somo of the situations offered the poor eirls” under per protection, In ono case n gentleman want- &d a houselieoper to take sole charge of his establishment and to perform all the dutles, washing included, for a conslderationof $50 a year. In another. an actlve, clever lady was re- quired to do the vractical work of a largs board- {ng-bouse; where d cheerful howe would be re- garded a8 compansation. e — That remarkable Congressional eplsode, the trruption of Woman-Buffragists, has not yet e from remembrance, One of the par- ticipants was Mrs. Crokzm, and ale, haviog beer snubbed in some way at that time by Mrs. IsapELra BEEcner HOORER, haa siuce come out with & cand In which she bids adicu to that 1ady and the public, as follows: * ButI thank ter for It, as It has opened my eyes and taught me the real mission and duty of a woman, and Just where her right lay,—at home, taking caro of her iuvalld huaband, <and teachiog her children.” Btrange! — Woolwich Gardens, ncar London, are famous for belog the sceue of an annual exhibition called the Pretty Barmatds' Show. Atabout that timo of year the number of young men wolog to * Woolldge™ {s simply appalllng. +*Now some cnterprising person in New York has caught the idea, aud proposes to transpiant It fo that city, THe has alrcady advertised s “Qreat International Congress of DBeauty,” which is to go into session at the Hippodrome Feb. 11, ‘Ihe cxhibition will consist of 1,000 women, besldes any number of fnfant phenom- ens. Why not put up the whole lot at auction? —— Offictal returhs made to tho Dureau of Stats- tics show that during the month of January, 1878, there arrived at the port of New York 1,711 immigrants, of whom 1,278 were males ond 435 females. O the total arrivals, shere were from England, 403; Scotland, 62; Wales, 4; Irclund, 243; Germany, 539; Austria, 33; Bweden, 14; Norway, B; Deumark, 8; France, 84; Bwitzerland, 70; 8palp, 20; Postugal, 1; Italy, 124; flolland, 18; Deiglum, 8; Ruassia, 83; Poland, 123 Hungary, 7; Chioa, 3; Nova Beotis, 8: Peru, 0; Cuba, 6; and Haytl, 1. In addition to the above, 1,043 passengers arrived, of whom 904 were citizens of the United States and 183 sojourners, Loxpoy, Feb, 7—0 p, m,~There Is tremendous excitement outaldg of Parllament. Crowds are thronging the wtWdbts singing ‘‘dod Have the ueen,” and making demonsteations In favor of ¢ Government. —Cable Special, Too late. No London street”mob can save the barbarous Turk by getting * tremendously excited or singlng “God Save tho Queen.” ‘Those crowds who throng the streets are not soldlers nor men {ntending to volunteer to fight the Russians; they are only a brawling rabble, who desire war for the sake of the expenditures it may cause. But it ls too late. The Russlans . bave won the game, ———— When ‘*‘silver s remonotized ™ into Dl-cent leces, every D1-cont pieco will be worth 01 cents, o0 B { bya fctitlons Preunu. call it a doliar, dat it will b O cents leas than o dollar, 1t will pay 100-cent dollar debts with Ol.cent pleces, but it :;l'l not buy 100 cents worth of property, —Jour. Proverbs say: ** Though thou shouldst bray [grind or pound) a (01 per cent] fool in n mortar with » pestle [the way that druzgists pulverizo :al-uz'n’], yet will not his foolishuess depart from ! e 8ays the Washington Sunday Herald: fte fact that the annual Sinking Fund of .000,000 has beenu anticipated by shu various Becrotarles of the Treasury until 1t” amounts to 000,000, an excess of over $245, 000,000 be- youd the smount required by law, {s sufMcicnt Tesson alone Mr the bankruut condition of tha country, And all this hardship s put upon tho ople In order that the price of Government dé may Lo ralsed I wome instances ovor 100 E::'““ beyond what thcy costthe present hold. Canzznr HaniE0N Is 50 auxlous to reducethe price of “rot-gut " to the old soaks among his constituents that he 1 urging the reimposition cf the Income war-tax. Would it not be better it he would exhort the whisky-swirging part of bis constitucnts to juln tho Munrny movement sod adopt the red ribbou? Then they would save the whole orice of the whisky. Let *Our CARTER" think of this. ——————— What ae rullroad monopoilsts {n this country Lo their brothren In Brazil? A correspondent of the New York Evenlng Post writes from Rio de Janetro that cort cun be purchased n Chicago sud shipped to Rio by way of New York cheaper than ft can bo brought from the intorior of Brazil over 200 miles of the Dom Pedro rail- fuad, and that, too, the best road fu the Ewmpire, —— The frst number of Tux TRIBUNE was Lssucd In Chicago, Feb, 8, 1810, by E. G, Rrax, nuw Chief-Justive ot the Supreme Court uf Wiscou- slu, whio sald, In n noticuuf }orACE GREELEY'S New York Z'ribune some time after, * We wish, brother or neighbor, you had taken another uame for your banttiug.” — —ti—— . Prof, RiLzy, the eutomolonist, ias done the United States some scrvics by suggesting the most effective means to ewploy ln the exter- mination of thy grasshopper, potsto-bug, and cbinch-bug. He has, however, falled to polut out a way to exterminate that pestifcrous lusect kauwn as the gold-bug, e It used to bo thought that when the brains were out the mau would die; but au exceptlon must be, made of *0l-per-cenf” newspapers which get wlong in vacuum cerebro caput, aud keep mocnanically repeating * 91-per-cent dol- lar " altertho last thimbleful of cercbrum s exhousted. ——— In- the celebrated fight between Jonx Poaxix and bt editorin-chict, tno former held bis antazonist down by adroitly inserting bhis Bose between the latter's teoth. This pleasing Wratagers bears a striking resemblance to the manner fn which the savage Greeks are subduing tbe Turks, ——————— A 8, Lows paper predicts a general contifct Europe, and says the warcloud is already as big as & Chilesgo girl's hand, No one will place much coufidence in this prediction until saud ¥arcioud bas attaiued the size of aiBt. Louts Rirl's toe-nall, et 1818 with unfelgned regret that 8iTTing BuLs 8 of the extension of thwme for the construc- tion of the Northern' Pacific Raflroad. Mo be- lieves that the completion of that line would bavep tendency to relieve tho striugency of the sl market, ————— The Journal has not nmamed the nation in Which gold sud silver aro fuil legal-tendess Sherosilver iy o §l-cent dollar® It cau't do i but it keaps repesting its senseloss chiatter Sbout g g1-cent dollar,” to the disgust of jta feaders, 2 ——————— A newspaperio peighborlug city remarks 3 the oue pofut which the Chicago Courts bave oot declded is, under what clrcumstouces L1 not legal to kilt & man in Chicago, Thisis Yoth abatruse sud sardonic. e —————— nn' Counties of Carcoll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, tepbeuson, and Whiteslde constitute the Cou- i’fllluud Plstrict represcuted st preseot by F. Bukcuamp, aud are jubablted by u very tew- Petale people, who drink cowparutively lttle .well they constantly recur 1o him. THE CHICAGO THIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1878 : whisky. Itisexceedinmly questionable whet they desire the reimposition of the income war- $ax in order to cheapen whisky for those who are fond of swigaing it. e —— Credit was Inadvertently omitted yesterdsy o be given to the New York Timer, from which Col. inaEnsont's lecture was copled. The Times contained the fullest and tmost accurate treport of the address. » ———— Henator GoRDON received six bullets in his body durinz the War of the Rebellion. Our troops always meant well enough, but they were frequently swindled in the quality of their powder. ——ett— * Rusala tnsists that the Conference of the Fu- ropean Powers shall be held fu a small town, and, {f neccesary, sho wil raise the armistico long cnoughi to capturs a suitable town to hold it tn. ‘When Tuarkey declared war she relled upon 8 substantfal backing from England. 'The only backing which she reccived, however, was En- gland's backing out. } } Maj. BUrk® was once a stonc-cutter. ITe scems to lave resumed his old trade long enough to construct a monument for tho late W. E. Cuasprax, | The only returning bosrd that anybody fecls much fotcrest In at present s the daily-recur- ring matutinal Liash. —— The sflver dollar wistes it diatinctly under- stood that all {s not gold that glistens. e ————— PERSONAL, It is about time for Mohammed to turn over In bis grave. The statue of John Stuart Mill now adorns the embankment at London, The Courier-Journal says thot the name Oshkosh {8 derlved from the Wisconaln woras ‘tgnch" and **gosh. Will Constantinoplo herenftor figure in history as a port of entiy, or will the Ruseians not put thelr foot In it, after all? ¢ Alfonso married well-th,” says n news- paper wit. **And his wife 1 sald to be jell-th," adds another. At which a third exclalme, **And be 18 {n helleth,* Cardinal Bilio is sald to have the best chance of snccesding the Pope, Ifhe had ever sung lo opera we should presume, with all due respect, that his roal name was William O'Brien. Tho man with the ulsler ocoupies an equivocal position In soclety, remarks Puck. le ¢an wear big old tronsers every day,and he doesn't caro I thero la o patch on the knce and the whole rear platform Is worn off. “Phocion” Heward, late editor of the Tnscola (11l.) Beciew, hos sued sl of his late sub- scribers, and two conatables, srmed to the teeth and mounted on swift horees, are chasing tho do- 1linquents down, of whom the most are Democrats apd tho rest Independents. There is o man in Rockford, in this Btate, who advertiscs himsclf a1 dealer in Pampns and the Perpetunl Oc. Theso are, perhaps, akin to the *‘frnmlous bandersnatch" ond the *'Jabber- wock, " which, with cyes sflamo, Came wi h Agne pAMiae Sormek iha tulay wood, King Humbort is sald to be anxious to get ‘Nlce and Savoy back from France., In Bavoy, tho cradto of his family, the people speak Itallan, and: aro In every way more Itallan than French. Threv yesrs ago a member of the French Assembly from Havoy blew out his bralns becauso his plans to re- turn his native province to Italy met withsuch angry opposition, The next best thing to achioving great- nesa for onesolf Is to bo able to boast of having great ancestors. There is a woman 1n Washington who Iays carpots and hangs curtains for a llving, and whose grandmothcr was & sister of Napoleon Lonaparte, Anlece of Gen. Winfleld Scott has Just been nppoiated attondant in the ladies' walting-room of the louso of Representatives, The wives of the late Brighan Young wero unablo to sgree during his )ife-time, and cannot, of course, Lo expected to harmonize after s death, They aro how quarreling over the estate of the Propliet, and & LiZ lawsult scems to |oo in prospect. Between the twenty-five wives and forty-five chlldren tha property wilt look sick, very sick, eapeciailyafter a year or two of litigation. A correspondent of tho Boston Transcript has uncarthed a singular prophecy from an oid volume of Punch, writien at the t'me whea Jenny Lind was singing mn Awerlca, Tho article baglns by saylng, °‘Itappenrs tbot songs and ploces of wiusic are now sent frum Lvston 1o New York by electric telegruph." Of courso thle was merely meant as & Joke, but tho teleplone has aluce changed 1t into u prophecy. . 1t is rumored from 8t. Petersburg that thos Czar ia seriously Indlsposed,—weak and so thin that he aits un pillows and aolt cushions to prevent lio bones from coming through tho wkin, Iie Ia depressed, too, with a prescntiment of his ap- proaching death. No ltumano® Lss lved beyond 60, and ha will 00 in April. When his sister died, 1omo two yesr: she reminded bim of this, and told hini by muat by prevared to go be- fare ho was 40, Thoy say her words mado a great lupresston upon bim then, oud now that ho s not It iv related m3 an iflustration of Victor Emmanucl's innate politeness that when the Em- peror of Germany visited him they rode ont to- gether, snd knowing that the Emperor had difi- culty In mounting his horse, Victor had some stalrs mode for hm, lle prided himself, despite bis slzo, years, and wolight, upon springing lghtly fo- to thosaddle. The Emputor came out 10 monnt, and found two paire of stairs with two horses bo- side thom, **\What)" said the Emporor, **do you mount in that wayr™ ** Always, sire," replied tho e galantuomo, swinging Muwselft awkwardly off tho stulrs into tho saddle. Miss Clara Lonise Kellogg has consented to slugat & private concert next Tuesday afternoon for the benefit of the lowpital for Women and Chil- dren, Mr. Wilpm Blalr has ylelded his residence, 230 Michigan avenue, for tue occaslon, Mr, Strakovch, Miss Kellogg's manager, consents to hor appusrance for this purpose, and has agroed to furnlehs the scrvicea of several other artista iu his troupe at the sawe time. Tho entlre proceeds of thu coucort will be givon to the hosplial, The price of tickets hay been tixed st $2. They way be procured ¢ suy of the mansgers of the boapital, X Personally, Pius IX. was rather fond of Victor Emmanucl, He knew very well that he wigbt fall upen many wonarchs and not find anotnerso wild, sud be was fond of getting ot okes ot the expense of thu Ke galantuomo, When tbe Kiug's death was anoounced (o hiw, Plus LN, sald, with the old merry twinkle in his eye: **AA! acest co quil teut prendre ma place {a haut aussl.” - He seemed 10 tuke pleasurs ia tho idex that Victor Emmanuel had gone o paradise before him lu order to yot bis place If be conld.— Corraspondence Now York Tunes. Becretary Bherman is sald to be haunted by & mysterlous female,—uot 8 Woman fn Whita exactly, but something of that kiuag, ouly she wesrs a walking-drees jnstesd of & robs de nuit. Sho flops in upon him now and then, demanding private Intervlews, and golng sulkily away when refused. ‘This remarkably visitation is aomething after the order of the dog of Vealn, which trouvles the Germau Chancollor. Ureat men, as & rulg, do uot seew tb keep thelr skelctons in the closet, but are compelled to carey around ln ortice hour. Au Albany man, while sojourning in Colo- Tado for his health, nad his objtuary writton up by nustako in the home papers. Whereupon he wrote back torrecting the ercor, aud plaintively describing bls experlences in that lively country. lle sald: s1¢ three undertakers in town, snd av ey saw the notice they all walted upoa xtzeme'y indignant to Gud e alive, 8 very bolsterous in hivindignation, sod fosisted that I was tnding with tho foer aud wore sacred feelings of his profession, sud had particularly outraged hls feolings, hebelng the arge family, snd hosbeolutely declined 10 leave the bouse witbout an order fos his klnd oftices, 10 be used upon 8 futare occaston. His terus arc balf cash. Oue of my friends, of & par- ticularly seusitive, I might say jeslous, nature. sents copy uf the motice 108 paper publisbed in. ny native town, asking for sn obituary, aod plich- ing Into the editor for Bot kaving published one be- fore, snd yccusing hiw of o want of enterprise. I will say notbiuz of ® disgraceful fight between tho Superiutondonts of the two rlyal cemeteries on my accoutg and of the Sowers I bad to pay for becanse they 1d oot keep.'* ‘e RANDE. A Jury to Try the Desperado Secured Late Yesterday Afternoon. The Galesburg Ladies Show Little of the Sickly Sentimentality Seen Elsowhere. State's-Attorney Tunnicliff Re- cites thoe Slaughter at Gilson. Opening Statement of the Counsel for the Accnzed Ontlaw. Much Argument Probable Over the Old 3 Law of Hue and Cry. Minor Itoms of Oriminal iIntelligonce @leaned by Telegraph, RANDE, Sotelal Dispateh to 1ha Uhleago Tridune. Garrssurg, Knox Co., I, Feb, 7.—Tho efforts to obtaln a jury for the trlal of Rande were rencwed this morning, a second special venire of fllty persons befng brought in by the special bailifts. Taken as an average, they were a very feall Jot as to Intelligence and apparent good sense, conslsting mostly of farmers, black- amiths, storekeepers, Justicea of tha Peace, Town SBupervisurs and Trustecs, and the like. Such belug the care, and the Illluols statutes In regard to the qualifications of jurora Leing what they are, It naturally was a tedfous. operation to secure a dozen good men and true, at once so denscly fg- norant as to never have heard or read of the Glison tragedy, and so unprejudiced against murderers {o_ the abstract as to al- low Frank Rande (or Ncott) the ono chance in ten thousand of cscapifg tho gallows. The morning proceedings opened with eight jurors accepted by both aides and two taken by the prosccutfou but not passed upon by the defense, Up to last night tho prosccution had used fourleen peremptory challenges, the defenso eight. At the opening of court this morning the at- tendance was moderate, but the body of the court-room rapidly filled up, sud by noon it held 400 to 500 persons. For the credit of the women of Gulesburg, it must be sald that the cnormity of Rande's crimes has not elevated him to the poaltion of & melodramatic hero In thelr eycs. ‘There (s a healthy moral tone and on absence of sickly sentimentality about the womcen of tha rural districts, and they nefther scnd bouquets, tracts, or jelly to motorious malefactors, nor make of the trial of a human bolnF for Mfe an opportunity displasing new bonuets and gowns. Dut, for the first time 1 the history of this case. three or four of tho geutler sex werc on hand this morniog, aud touk a lively luterest in the pro- ceedings. ho dme’ old Opera- which, In dofault of » Court-House, Knox Coun- ty justice i adiniuistered, with fts low roof, its tawdry frescolng, and paltry drop-scene block- fog out the stage, is not ‘a particularly lively rlm at the best of times, and, whilo the weary- ng cross-examination of jurors as to their ualifications went. on, thu audience fawned, of the prisoner, old Malaclil Heott, of Fairfield, In., un honest-looking farmer of 00 odd, sut be- nind bis son, and pal questions put by tho attoraeys to the jurora. TUR JURY SECUNED, city, for the defonse, “State's-Attorney Tuuni- Cliif took lttle purtfn the work, for, between challeuges for cause aund perciptory ordera to stund_duwn, very few of the tlan caught in the Sherifl's drag-nuet came under bis consideration. hood of Altons, a sinall town on the apposite sido of the county frum the scene of the murder. ‘I'kie questions put to them were of the regular stock onder. iave you heard of this casof Have you mnade up vour mind that the news- g glptn toid tho trush! Are youa church mem- er{ und 80 on ad nauseam, AT THE APTEINOON BE89I0N the court.roont was crowded and the examina. tion of jurors went onas before. At halt-past 2 the defeuss had. nccepted tho remainiug four jurors, but the State’s Attorney exaiuacion. ¥ An hour iater the jury was filled, the prosceus tion accepting the fuur without dubate, ‘The jury haviug beew sworn, Mr, Leach, one exc time of thearralgnient, asked to by from further service, as the prisoner had obtain. ed nttorneys siuce that thne. The Court grant- ed the request, BTATE'S-ATTOUNEY TUNNICLIPR then stated thoe case tor The Peovle as follows: 1t becomes my appropriate duty on this occaslon 10 stato to you tae natare of tho caso you are about tatry. ‘o indictment, In substance, allegos that the defendant, Fi Fraug Du- tande, al runde, on the Btk day of August, 1577, at and within the Couuty of "Knox and State of Iliiuols, did unlawfully, wiiifully, felonlously, and of Iis malice aforethought, by shooting off and discharg- ing & certain loaded revolver and pistol. kill and wurder one Charles Belden, The princiole of jaw upon which the People prosecuta the prisoner at the bar for the murder of Delden s the rignt at comniui law of privale citizens Lo arrest & person upon **hue aud cry . who bascommitted a felony. tono In his Commentarics, Vol, 2, Book 4, s duwn this principle in the following languuge: . ‘Tuera 18 yet anothe: lcs of arrest wherein both ofticers aud private in concerned, aod that (s upon & *Vlhueand cry * raleed upon 8 felouy’ committed. A liue 1u the 0ld_common-law process_of pursuing with Loru wnd With voice all feluns sud such as have dengers wusly wouded snuther, | Tl brinciya t v To thita matter ls thatof Wincheater, 13 4, wh cta that from thencefo county ¢ iminediate] Tobuer lonfes ¢ awle frum town 10 lowa, Trom | county (o cuunty, snd thut buw sod cry shal Fafsed upou thie and they thai keop tha town shull i ¢ 'aud oery with sl the town and the towus near, and so hue and cry shall be e Trom (own_tu town \until thcy be taken and geitverad to the Blerll, 'L o By mistute 37 Elfs., C, 13, nohue and cfy fa sulicient unixss made ‘butts lirselicn sud foornen. Huo and cry winy ised clihar by precept of udustico of tno Mesce Qrby 8 peuts GRcor, OF Uy 8 i Vate Lina that Kuswa ot Thia principlo of the common law fs in forco in this State by virtuo of tl tatutes of the State of Iimote {Revisod Btatutes uf 1874, pagu 260), The principal statutes rolative to hue audcry aro Westminster lst, ju third year of Edward 1. und Winchester, thirtecath “year of Edward Cuap, 1, and oro not embraced witbin tho excep- tluns ¢f tho statutu uf our State. Vi 0 on the part of the people thut no cccasary fur Lile orfest, that the *vhue and cry '’ wasa good warrunt in law, and that Uelden aud s other citisons wore only doing what the law required them to do when a felony nad beeti comuitied, vix,: atempting to arrest the felon. “Ths leading case on_thlsauostion fs Jackon's case In Vol 1 lale's Pleas for thg Crown, page 404, In this casc bue xnd cry was ralsed, the citizons turoed vot and attsmpied to arrest ltande foe vurglary sud lsrceny committed; ho waa often called upon to balt, but he rufused, and reslvted, and killed Beldeu, onu of the runuou. who bad W to **balt." werely called uj t will . the part of the lsh” beyond & seasonable doubt bat Han d commitlod burgiary or larceny, and that tho deceasod had turned out with otlier cltizens 10 try and arrest the burglar itaudu wheu ho sbot and killed Belden. 1t 1e proper for me to give you a brief wammary orsbstruct of the facts which will bo proved to zcll by the witnezses un the purt of the people. On abbath moruing, Aug. 5, the house of Woodford Piorce, ncar Gilson, Lurglariously enterod while the family were at church and ¥75 in mouey sud other articlos of ubout $:30 stol The ollense, we shiall show, was comuitied beiween 11 and 12 o'clock in tbe forenvon. after 1l Kande wax upon_the son'h of th Thal 800Ul & quartee o 10 go into toe yard wud Plerce house; that tracks were found leading to and from tLe porch, and o the Kitchen winduw, and when the truck was followed up it led 1o where lands was di- cavered on that Suuday afternoon shortly after the burglury, aud thess tracks wure the means of dls- coveriug his whercavouts; that be was puraued, sad, 1u the stiempt to srrest hlm, Charles Belden was worcileasly shot dowu Ly Rande; McKuwn, anotuer . Of the pursuers, was dangerously Wounded, and two olher persone and & Lores wety wounded, sud one bunie nidden by two of tho pursuers waa Kilied; what property which was in l"iflrcu'l Louve whon the fawny leit for church was louud iu s estchol which sude bad 1o bts Pposseasion whe bo Was pursued by the citlzens, aad sitorwards was found concealed fu the corae feld where Heldon waa kHled; that otber property was also found, coucealed lu’ the viciuty of the fllfl where Rande wasOrst dlscovervd, which was Xen trom Plerce sLuuse at tho some time that the arilcles found {n Haude's satchel was teken, sod thal burkiare' toola were also found in this satchel; thist fu the pursuit of do he tirow sway & ve which was picked up by belden, Dbetwoen hnngaud cloth of which wus afterwards covercd an express reccivt glven Frauk Rand Ximwood oa the Fridsy betore s wurder fus e, of hia being mnhaenuoently arrested at Wright's for House, in the Judge pulled lazily st his beand, and the prisoner calmly read the pewspaper, Thefather great attention to tho The examiuation during the worning wus con- ducted nltuost entirely Ly Mr, Price, of this Nearly all_the panel were from the nelghbor- peremptortly challenged one of these without of counscl assigned for Rando's dufeuse ut lfi 5 money sent to Bt, Loub d which was the means pawnatiop In St, Leuls. We shatl _ucther show that the prisoner, Rande, wan ot Eimwood on the day the recelpt beara date, e 3 iy of Anguat; that he ealled ot 2 ran- op at Rimwood and procared & rainrod; thatthe nie night the gan-shoo was burglanzed, re- valvers and other articles iaken, which were found in the satche] which Hande had at the time he was uraued, and found on the foilowing Monday, and n whicii Plerce’s propert; found and (dentl- fied by the gunamith as his property atolen on the Friday night of the day Rande got tne ramrod. A gun was thrown away Ly ltande in the poreatt, which the fhnamith identifled as the gon stolen from his shop on the Fridav night. We shall also trace ltande up from Elnwood o within amile and a Laif of Gllngn, and identify him by the pereons at whowe house he tuok breakfast on the day he shot Belden, ond {dontify him pos! tively. e ahall Identify him also by mamerons wiinesaca wio saw him on that Snnday while in ursnlt and by others who saw him after he had cft (he house where he brenkfasted going in the direction of Giison, and after he reached tin ont. akitta of the viifage, with his gun and satchel, about s :,unnu before 11 o'clock. We shall track him and prove him st Plerce's honre, and sleo vau positively by rcveral witoeases that ho In the dentical man who shot and kiiled Charles Belden. We shall prove his admisslons that he took breakfast at the hoasc near Gileon on that Snnday 0 that he admitted to several yartles ¢ Elmwood, and that he threw away ¢ corn-field, having taken ont all the papers but that express receipt, which he forgot, and thit that waa what **gave him away, " 1t will appear from our statement, which will b pruven, and from nrticlea found in hia posscesion, that ha'ia a profeselonal harelar and an outlaw,and rmed with deadly weapons and T'hls, gentiemen of the jury, aw or outline of the testiniony on the part of the people; what tne de- fore” will ret up ‘s an _escusa or aa a defensa to this most helnous crime I cannot say, but if thy defenes of nity 14 interposed as Intimated In the aftidas it made to sceurea continn- ance, then they virtaally muet admit that Rande committed the offonac, but cxcuna it hy saging be did not know what Lie was doing. Dui this tho people will be prepared, wa think, successfully to rebut. 1f 1t Is sttempted to be setup tuat hekilled Belden in self-defenee, we reply that Lelden was fawfally In pursuit and attemptiog toarrest him forn felony,—sn uniawfal act,—a crime he had committed, and that under the authority of Jack- son's caso’ he had a right npon hue and cry to arrest Hande and no warrant was neccssary. The offense fs murder, and the reckless. Lol character of Runde merits the_severest penaity of the law if we prove satlefactorily to you what 1 have stated. TUL PRISONER. While the Statc’s Attorney was weaving his fateful sweb ot erideuce, and the entire audience were Iistening in absolute sllenve to the narra- tlon of the Glleon tragedy, the prisoner, nppar- ently the ounly unconcerned person present, oc- cupled himsel! fn reading the Chicago papers, which had just arrived. The story of findlng the vest with the cxpress receipt in it and the sachel with the revolvers in it in the cornficld created a profound impressfon. The prosceu- tion rely greatly on the evidence of Mr. Liley, s gunsmith, at Elwwood, os to the re- volvers having been stolen from his stora two daoys before the murder, aond claim 10 bo nble to trace Rande's movements before and alter the murder. As to the identity of Rande with the man who robbed Plercc’s liouse at Ullson, the State’s Attorney clalms to bave abaolute evidence, while as to the killing of Lelden there arc a perfect cloud of witnesscs. MR. D, ¥'. STUDDS opened for the defevsc, Ho sald it was hard fur any case not. to have two sides, ond asked the fury to allow him to state what the detense consldered the law and facts In the case, After remindlug the ju?r of ftsduty to look upon the prisouer a3 fonocent, Mr. Btubbs claimed that tho prosecution could not prove that Rando was the burglar. Bome men had peen him on the porch, and some other person hadsecen n man leave the nelghborhood atter- wards, but this wus ‘gumlv ctreumstantial evi- dence, Ho quoted the statutes deflning what coustituted murder under the Jaws of Iilinols, and satd that, even 1f it could be proved that Raude shot Belden, the State's Attorney could not ask a verdict unless he could also prove Rande to_have been the robber. The detensa contended that there were two mien engaged fo the burglary, and that two were chased on the day of thy murder. Belden was not 0cn ourcer or conatable, and Mr. Stubbs bold that TIE LAW OF NIUE AND CRY aid upt apply. That law prevalled in the days of witcheraft, when men were hanged for sheep- stealing and_ other minor crimes, and they had rown out of {t. No oflicer had the right to ar- rest even a felon without o warrant, unless the felony was cominitted In his prescuce, and this had been held over and over ugalu by the Bupreme ~Court Ilitnols, The people of this Htato were mnot bound by old Eoglish ~statutes made 300 suars ago, He quoted from Gith Tiliuols, page 117, the Raflerty case, and sald that tho Su- premo Court decided, On appeal from the Cle- cuit Court of Cook County, that ‘Raflerty was not gullty of murder, becauso O'Meara ate tempted to arrest him without a legal warrant, but lie ncglected to say that Rafferty iwas haug- «d, e suld that the persuns pursuing Raude, if 1t werc Rande, were an Jjufurlated mob, thirsting for bis blood, and that Belden was anned with a shot-gun and two or three re- valvers and bowie-knives. JUDGE SMITI{ LERE INTERPOSED, 1t was not usual n 1iiuols to ll:{:uv.- o case in making an openlug statement. The jury were judges of the law and facts. Mr, Stubbs quuted Corrigan and Thompson on self-defense, to show that reststance even to deati of the execution of an fllegal warrant did not make the killing murder, e belleved the men in pursult mode o violent and wicked assault on tho wan in the corn-ficld, whoever lie way, aud that he, belng treated as & wolt, de. fended himsell even to death, and that the killlng was not murder. . & ANOTIIER DEPENSH they had, §t the prosceution proved that Rande was tho man,wus, that the defense would prove lis insanity, e lost hla wife ten years ago, and hind become melancholy and left his home. itis relutives and probably some cxperts In sychological selence would' testify to his pecul- ’:ll‘llh.‘l. and there could be no vetter evidenco of his insanity than the facts which the State's Attoruey sald be could prove. They would not get the prisoner free by pronouncing him fnsane, for tho Stato had usyluims for stich uufor- tunates, Mr. 8tubbs concluded by reminding the jury of the time-hovored maxim that 1t was better to let ninoty-nine gulity escape than to condemu oue jnnoceut mab THE JURY, Bait M, J, Hart was theu sworn to take charge of tho jury, and the Court impressed on them the uccessity of keeplug out of discu stons on the case, and not readiug the news- papers or listening to remurks. ‘The withes: for tho vrosecution will be fullell st the opening of courg to-morrow morn- ug. restated to the 18 8 hasty rev. SIPRINGFIELD, ILL, Szectal Dispalch fo Ths Chicagn Tribune. SeuiNarigLp, 1L, Feb, 7.—The jury In the District Court found Marcus O.Frost, Postmuater of Marahall, Clark County, wullty of futercept- fog letters which wero written to interested partics to expose a criminal alventure of his with & young woman, He will boe scntenced Thursday next. The Federal Grand Jurv indicted James 1, Boswell, of Liucoln, for frandutent tankruptey, and James E, Eastmian for nerjury {u the same conueetfon, Jacob Behauntz was {ndicted for alding.and abetuing Henry Marsbiall, tue dotuulting Cash- fur of tho First Notlooal Banok of Oluey, fu his embezziement of §50,100. ‘I trand Jury ud{numcd. as, nlthough there temains much work to do, the tou ceonomic valiey of tho Department of Justice at Wash- inrton preveonts a loug tern of this Court, aud annually leaves wauy of the criminal trials to 10 over for luck of money to pay jurors, BRUTAL CRIME. Special Dispaich to TAe Chicaga Tridune. EAsT BxuiNaw, Mich. Feb, 7.—0n the night of Ja, 7 lust tha residence of Mrs, Jones end her daughter of 13 years, near Peterboro, Ount., wus eutered and both fewales brutally outraged by three rufilans named James Murphy, Hubbs, and 3McVelly. At the pre- lim{uary examination & mob attempted to lynch thew, aud fn the melco Murphy escaped, He wont to Byrucuse, N. Y., and theuco came to this city aud wout to work at a lumber camp on Rifte River. Otlicers got on his track, and s Cauadian ofticer, sssisted by su officer here, ar- rested Murphy Jast nleht, and he passed hero to-day en route for Peter! e BODY-SNATCHING, Speciut Digaich (0 TAS Chicuas Tridund, Fort Warxs, Ind., Feb. T.—Dr, A, E. Van Buskirk, of tho Fort Wayae Medical Collegy, wus fudleted by the Grund Jury to-day for steal- fng the body of Deldrich Buck from the Luther- an Cemctery, He was, arrested . to-vlght, and guve $1,000 bonds. s trial for stesling the bady vt Charles Wright coucluded » few days sluce with 8 verdice of acquittal. BURGLARY, Special Diapaica to The Chicago Tridune, Garxna, i1l Feb, 7.~The housc-breakers aro plying thelr vocation fu Southern Wisconsin fust now, Thelr last exploit was bresking into the residence of Diederich Harms, a wealthy fanney residing betweeu Elno and Plstterille, fu Grant County, and making off with the sum of $410, which tbey found while Fummagiug a drawer fu Harua' siepivg spartment. Iu tho same drawer a larg ¥ waa concealed, which the thicyes overlooxed, 8t. Louls wife polsoning casc, on trial fu Fre- mont for several daya past, was discharged to- day, having been out fortv-elght hours snd be- ing unable to agree. Th? stood eight for con- viction and four for acquiftal. a prominent resident and charchman of Ames- bury, Mass,, ta missing, and his name fs men- tioned in conncetion with “lrregularities in ““managing " funds Intrusted to his charge. Thomes P. Fisher, the Carbon County Mollle Magulre, fora commutation of the death-sen- :.!enu:. lias been refused by the Board of Par- ons. Boud Commission, sppointed last Juve to in- vestigate the bonded debt of Buuth Carolina, was made to the General Assembly to-day. It shows the amount of outstanding consolidation bonds and certificates of stock under the nct of Dec. 20, 1873, amount the Commission report #1,577,835 un questionably vaild, tunded upon vouchersabout which there §s no dispute. The amount affect- ed by vouchers not issued originally in accord- ance with law fs §2,813,454, Of this amount about 8800,000 were {ssued upon valld youch- ers, but were funded along with vouchers con- sidered fllegal or tainted with fraud, ol vouchers remainiug {n the Treasury, $8,703, 7i9, belng au overplusof $1,190, The Fundinzact of 187 authorlzed the consu} ount of money In bills DISAGREEMENT. Feb. “The jury in the Dr. e ANOTHAER GOOD MAN. Bosrow, Masa., Feb. 7.—Wiillam C. Binney, COMMUTATION REFUSED. Hanrisntro, Feb. 7.—~Tho application of STATE AFFAIRS. SOUTII CAROLINA. Contatnta, 8. C., Feb, 7.~-The report of the to bo $4.306,2%0. Of this Amount idation at 5 ceuts on the dollar, Of the vouchers in the Treasury, 24,703,633 are found to be Valid besond ques- tlon, that ls, {ssued acvording to the law origl- nally, and authorized to be funded by the Can- solldation act. The remainiog 83,199,146 vouch- ers are divided into classes. One 18 cumposed of detached coupons, generally §f not siwase eut from the bonds before they were issucd from the Treasury anid funded Dy or on behalf of the Financlal Board and Financlal Agent, to- wit: Chamberlatn, Farker, Beott, and Kewp- ton. These detached coupons were not suthor- ized to be funded l:%om Consalidation act, and smount to about $(00,000. °Fhe others embrace bonds hypothecated by Finhncial-Agent Kemp- ton in New York alter'the time limited by law for thelr hypothecation had explred, the second issuc of fnterest on public debts, n few bunds fssucd to redecin bills receivable, and both is- suca of the Lund Comnmission bonds, All thess are declarad by the report to have been fssuced wwithout authority of Jaw originally, but anthor- 1zed to be funded by the Consolidation act, and awounting to about $3,400,000, AROTIER CUANCE POR FAULINE 7O COWIIDE al Discatch bs T Cnigan Trib Speetal Dispateh 13 Tha Cilcagn Tribune. New YOug, Feb. 7.—The stors is published here that, when ex-Gov. Scott, of South Laro- 1ing, was brought 1o this city, in furtucrance of a scheme to take a new {ssuc of bonds, as de- sired by the riog, Pauline Morkhatn was used ns. the flnal mesus of persua sion, It is slicged that Bcott was treated to tho highest 1lfo of the metropolis for mau, days. When it was thought his of bonds head was sufficiently carried awuy the new issue waa propused to him, also the bringinz of the Btate scal to this city, It Is said Scott resisted vigorously. The dining and wining was renew- ed, but still the Governor refused. At lengtl, taking advantage of his PONDNESS POIt PRETTT WOMEN, itis allezed that the bewitching Paulioe was won to the service, on conaitlon that she should recelve n percentage of the bonds lssued; that Scott waa introduved to her o the green-room, and succnmbed speedily to her infiuence, and that, through lier persuasions, he yielded to all demauds, consented to haye the scal brought here, aud sigued the bonds, which were neatly counted and arrsnged by the falr Pauline. ‘This {s the way & woman s said to bave fucreased the flua ~fal woes of South Carolina. Ex-Gov. Chamt - -:in, who was fm- plicated in the story, denles to a World revorter that x‘;mrc 1s any truth in it so far as lo is con- cerned, MINNESOTA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, 81, PauL, Minn., Feb, 7.—The 8enate ndopted o memorial to Congress for s practical test of Adams’ lovention for deepening river chauncls by forcing the water through o perforated flume lald sloug the river bed. It also passed the House bilt extending the time for the payment of taxes of 1877 to grass- topper sufferers, and recomuicnded to passage abill providing for tha location of a second State Prison by a commission of two from cach Cougressional District, with the Govervor as Chairman, a donation of 160 acres of land to be required as & conditlon of location, ‘f'he Committes on Public Lands, on memo- rials of Selah Chamberlatn and others, reported in favor of subutitting to the neople an act pro- viding for the exchauge of 500,000 acres of in- ternal improvenient lands for Minnesota railway bunas aud acerued juterest, the land to be ex- exempt from taxation for s¥ven years after the transfer to the bondholders, or until sold or contracted for salo or lease, The House bill extending the tima for the completion of the Hastings & Uakots Railrosd was, under o suspeusion of the rules, unani- mously agreed to. Tho Text-Book bill, smending the law of last winter, belng o measurs supported by the fricnds of the Merrill coutract, was passed with butone vote to spare. It witl probably have & wmuch larger mojority in the Hous ‘The Houso coucurrad In the Senate ments to the Qrassbopper Rellet bill, for turnlshing $150,000 worth of seed wheat, nnd thie same goes to the Uovernor for hlssiguature. amend- rovidluz VIILAINIA. Ricusosp, Va., Feb. 7.—The Ll for the re- 'adjustient of the public debs, uuder discusslon in the Benate nearly a mounth, psssed to-day—21 to 15, ‘The action of the Senato {s a death-blow to the forible readjusters, who are fu a majori- ty In the House, which bufl 4 uow cousldering aTax blil which, i¢ adopted, would leave but a sinall wargty for the payment of any debt in- terest. ‘Tho differcnce between the two Houses will probably be settled by a compromise. OHI10, Corunpus, O, Feb. 7.—In tha House, tho House bills appropriating $42,000 to pay for publishing the proposcd smendmeots to the Btate Constitution last year, and to provide for mscertalniug the number of unmarked soldiers' graves in Chio, were passed, A bill was {utroduced to amend the Common- Schoul lawe o as to abolish high schools and forbid teachiug of other than tbe English lau- guage, MARYLAND, ANNaroLis, Feb, 7.—Tho Committee on Fed- eral Relatlons tn the Houss of Delegates, to which was referred the memorial of tho Hon. Montgomery Blalr calling upou Cougress to reopen the Electoral yucation, reported to-day uniuvorably on the eworial. lair belng ubsent, the, reoort was imade the special oraer tor Thursday next. . PENNSYLVANIA. Harznissurg, Ps., Feb. 7.—~The Benote adopt- ed aresolution declaring the Tariff bill now uuder cousideration, in pruposiug to levy duties upon crude or raw smaterials not produced In this country, and adwmittiug frev of duty ani- cles manufluctured from the same, is 8 fatal blow to the mauufacturiog industrics of tho nation. o — NEW YORK, Nzw Yorx, Feb, 7.=The Chamber of Cow- merce to-day adopted a resolution declaring the canals should be made free at the earlicst pos- sible date, A mewmorial toCongress agalnat tho Sliver bill was adupted. TEMPERANCE, Special Corvespondenca of The Tridu Moxgis, 1lt,, Feb, 4.—The foterest 1o this pluce i the temperancs movement secns to bo constautly increasiug. Meetlngs were held cyery uight but one during the past week, aud the farge ball was tilled to overfowivg. Sun- dsy vight tho sitendance was so at that e second eetiug was stasted in the Coust-House, aud that also was tilied. EXPORT OF TREASURE, 8ax FRANCI3CO, Cal,, ¥eb. 7.—8uiled, the City of Tukiv for Hoog-Kong, via Yokohams. Treas- ure list of the City of Tokio: Mexicuus, $1857,~ 00; trades, $36,004; gold volu, U0 ting, silver, $120,190. “There were sone large ordershere for trudg dollurs, but the colu could pot be vbtalned fn thoo to 81l thew. The occurrence of the Chiness New Year alio stopped sowe business. Poter Herdic, the Great Lumberman History of the Extended Operations of Becord of Yesterday's Failures in Various millionaire and areat lumber king of Pennsyl- vanla, Is on the point of fallure, if he has not failed niready, a victim, as le says, to the Sher- man financlal polics. Herdle {8 & remarkable map. vort an Ignorant boy, unable to read and write, and pulled fogs out uf the rver for a living. He saved every cent he made, and then began to speculate. He it got porscssion of a flour-miil snd saw-mill, try was faw the Importance of making Willlamsport, then a town of 4,000 peovle, the headquarters ol the trade. To prevent logs from belng floated to pointa in Maryland and down the Busque- hanna lic bullt a great boom, and it was the be- ginniog of hisgreat fortune. llued the river, and all paid toll to htm. Hardic bought lauds, which rapldly increased in value, increased tho population and wealth of Rrown o be a inhabitants, and. the most beautifal and pros- perous in the Btate. Herdic's hooms sometimes yielded bim an annual income averaging $150, 000 to $200,000, and recently his wealth was es- timated at §4,000,000 or $5,000,000, Two thou- sand men are absolutely dependent upon his euterprise. all that related to the welfare of his own city (Williamsport), he was engaged tn different large enterprises throughout the State, and bis FI} CIAL. of Williamsport, Pa., in Trouble. This Enterprising Man. Parts of the Oountry. PETER HERDIC, Suectal Disvateh to The Chieagn Tridune, Prnsperenis, Feb, 7.—Peter Herdie, the Thirty years ago he went to Willlams- ‘The lumber {ndus- then in its infancy, and he Saw-mills soon and embarked in all sorts of enterpriscs, which swelled the which has thus cty of 25,000 the town, Besides taking a prominent part in pame was coupled with so many interests as to become a houschold ward fn some parts of Pennsylvanis. He s owner,of the Herdic House at Willlamsport, and is at present en- gazed in building six large stores and an Opera- House. Besldes, he owns a streot rallroad, has a large {ntercst in 8 boom, ofl-works, and a rub- ber factory, and many manufacturing establish- ments, His estates are so great that a person cannot get to any part of Willlamsport without polnting to some portion of his property. Ho Is owner of most of the land between the Herdie Houss and Lycoming Creck, and on DPlno Creck he bos & tract of 23,000 ncres of coal lands. All these arc asscts, and, if they could by made remuneratise, would yield enormous profits. His laollitles, huwever, are not leas than £1,000,000. The immediate cause of{his tinanclal embarrussments are judg- nents to the amount of several hundred thou- saud dollars entered up agalnst him in the last few weeks, One of these, for 840,000, Is held by Mr. Weightman, of this city, for a loan securcd by inortgage, A Mr. Lyun lss alto cntercd o judgment for about $100,000. Mr. Herdic has had accommodation from a number of the Puiladelphia banks, but not mueh of his paper is bield at present. e has also obtained large amounts of money, it s sald, from Mr. Johu B, Redding, President of the Lumberman's Bank of Willlamsport, and & short tlme since Mr, Herdlc entered between $600,000 and £500,000 In mortgages. Every effort s being wode to prevent bis going under, and the possibllity of such on event causes great trepidation io inan- ufacturing and commercial ch It 1s under- stood that be is nuw {n Boston trying to secure means to enavle him to weather the gale. He ' recefves great sympathy in his mistortuncs, MILWAUKEE IRON-WORKS, Spectal Dispaich 1o The Chicage Tridu MiLwavrer, Wis,, Feb, 7.—To-day tlie prop- erty of tho Milwaukee Iron-Works was sold by order of the United States Court for the benefit of the first and second mortgage bondholders. The property covered by the first mortgage— twenty-seven acres of land, two blast-furnaces, rolling-mill shops, and sppurtenances—brought $180,000, and was bought by Matt Keenan, C. D, Nash, and D, Feruson, of this city, trus- tecs of the fiest boundbolders. The property covered by the second mortgage was bought by P. 8, Burt, of New Bedford, Mass., Matt Kee- uan, oud J, 1. Tweedy, trustces for the sce- ond-mortgage, for $180,000. Property sold In another lot inade the entire sale 801,141, which property cost $2,600,000. The creditors will realize but a small percentage. The works are to bo put In the hands of & lcasee. CLEVELAND. Soeelal Disputch to The Chicaga Tridune, CLEVELAND, O, Feb. 7.—The most extensivo assignment of the scason was made here to-day. It was that of Hallet Bros., proprietors of tho Aurora Doliar Btore, 210 Buperior street, of similar stora at 92 Woodward avenue, Detrolt, another at Bay City, Mlcb., and atill another at Norwalk, O, "The business donc by this fiem for the past few years has been simply tmmense, nod their faflure creates goncral surprise. ‘Tho Assiguee Is Jouathau M. Gay, and the bond is tixed at §20,000. To the Western Associaled Press, CrLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 7.—W, C. Saop, one of the leading dry-goods merchants of Mouut Ver- non, 0., made an assigumeut this morning, The ;:'m.»u are cstimated at 812,000} liabilities uu- OW . GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . Anecial Disvatch to The Ohcago Tvidune. GRAND Rarips, Mich,, Feb, 7.~The firm of E. Q. Stevenson & Co., picture-dealers in this city, made an assignment to-day, naming L, W. Wolcott as Asslguee. The figures of asscts and 1fabilities have not been made public yet, but it 1s reported to be a bad fsffure. Tho labilites probubly exceed $5,000. DETROIT. Dernotr, Feb. 7.—A voluutary petition In baukruptcy has becu filed by the Wyandotte Rolling-Mill Compauy. The secured Habllitics are $360,000; unsccured, $65,000. The noininal assets are §1,000,000. Capital stock, $834,000, PHILADELPITA. PmwapsLruia, Pa, Feb. 7.—C. J. Fell & Bros., dealers in spices, cte, No, 120 South Froot street, have suspended. Liabilitics be- licved to be heavy, Ths suspeosion is dus to geveral depression. SPRINGFIELD, BIASS, SPRINGPIELD, Mass., Feb, 7.—D, K. Brigham & Co., clothlers, who lateiy falled with lHatili- tles of $250,000, have compromused with thelr creditors, paying 40 per cent. —————— THE PARIS EXPOSITION. Spectal Dit 10 788 Chicago Triduns. Nzw Yosk, Feb. 7.—Gov. McCormlick, Com- missloner General to the Parts Exposition, to- day had s letter from Gov. Blshop, of Obio, offering the services of the Columbus Quard, numbering 100 men, to protect the lexhibits iu the American depart- ment at tho Exposition. This was declined respecttully, as marines are expected to be fur- nished by the Naval Department. The Art. Comiittee is making good progress in the work, aud will exhidit 1ts selections hers before shipuent. Gooda are being stored on the Sup- luy snd Conatitution, which will sail on the 25th nst. G INDIANA POLITICS. o Hpecial Dlvatch Lo The Chlcuze Triduae. Ixplavaroris, Ind., Feb, .—The platform of the Natiouals, cs mado public, is simply the deglarations of the Democratic Central Cotn- iittes bolled down, sud 1t ls evident that the Association 13 engioeered by Democrats for the i of trapning unwary Republicans, "fhe friends of Schuyler Colfax sud Wil Cum- beck aro takiog active iutcrest in the comlug campalin, with s viow of scading onsof taem to the Senate. SPRINGFIELD, Snecial Disoalch 10 Tha Lhicugo Tribuss. BrmiNarisLy, {1, Feb. 7.—ov. Cullom to- day tendered to Dr. J. M. Gregory, Regent of the Industrisl University, Champaign, the posi- tton of [lliucls Commisafoner to the Paris Expo- sition. Prcf. Gregory has ngt yet siguided bly acceptance. Therv is stll another vacancy in the representation of the Statc séthe Expost tpn, aud it Is reported that the Governor will Divislon of the Ohfo & Mlssf and most brilliant andlence of the week. Iatert work improves upon scqaaintance and each ‘new performance of 1t only confirma onr previous- Iy-atated impre tender the fappointment to Mr. Keith, of Chi- cago. ‘The Raflroad and Warehouse Commissioners 80 changed the rnles for grain fnspection at Chicago that, upon a call for & Committee of Appeals, the appellant Is to deposit 85 per car- load instead of $3. Commissioner Bogue was designated to see if the warehouse-men fn Chi- cago will not collect on warehouse bill out-in+ apection fees. as the rallrond companies pow collect in-Inspection fees In frefght-bills. ‘The Board next month In!‘pectl lll;‘enslml:!‘xflem P! rot AMUSEMENTS, THE OPERA. 14 Alda' was presented last evening to the largest Verdi's’ n, that when the composce of **Traviata* and **Trovatore " dropped the mere mannfacture of melodies, and tunefol ariae, and concerted effects, and set his face Wagnerwards by developing the emotional and desmatic qnalities on his music 8a well asthe fallness and sxpreasive- ness of hia Instramentation, forwardas as compared with his provions work. In the cast of 1ass avening there was but ono artiet, Mirs Cary, who has sung in it here hefore. When it wan first glven, in the title role, Mi: s Nadames, Del Pucnte as Amonasro, the anclent Colett! as Ram#s, and Beolara as the Xing. The cast of ity second performance, Jan. 23, 1873, differed from the above in that Maresl tried to sing Atda and Carpl appeared a8 Radames, and Florinl 48 Ramfls, he made 8 longatep 10, 1874, Torriaal appesred Cary as Amneriy, Campanind An 8 whole, the performance was one of more than ordinary excellence, when the proper allow- ances are made, In the first place, the company 1s not of that general strangth and consistency in all Ita parts to adequately present an opera as heavy aa ‘' Alda," and one in which neatly all the roles sre of equal prominence. In the aecond place, the sttempt to produce spectacnlar effects apon so small & stage, and whers there In auch contracted roum for menouvering, stmost always barely escapes being ludicrons where ft should imponing; and, third, the opera |s comparatively new (o the troupe, which, A% was apparent last evening, makes the prompter one of the most rmmlnent personages in the representstion. Max- ng theeo “allowances, there {s room for con- gratulation fo nil 'engaged uoon’ the snce cess of the performance, And, first of all, to Mien I-(clluflf;e She s never appesred to better advantage "before, snd never has shown such eterling dramatic guallties. Her tepresentation was in'all respects”conscientious, powerful, and Ic, and we aro compelled to credit her with lflbfflll of Intensity and paselun she has never dieplaved before, As an illnetration of tender- neas, sympathy, and pathoe, it wonld be hard to excel her elnzing of the sccond act 10 clell azzurel, " and, for broad, vigorous, and forcible dramatic power, her performance of the long Wagnerian apottropho o the drst sct, **Ritorna vincltor," wan a revelation of strength and_histri- onic ability she has never made before. She has evidently inade a close stndy of Aida, and she ma: claim it #a the most lezitimate and artistic triumpl she hav ever achleved, a claim evidently recognized by the suaience, who greeted ber effort with hearty enthusssm ana recslled her several times, Blias has gained upon her representa- tions of Amneris. She. was In splendld vofce, and Improved the dramatic opportonities of her rule with nore than ordinary power. The music of her part gives full scope to her nobie volce, and 1t rang out with anususl powsr and richness, IHer success in_the fourth act was an ovatlos she was called three times amid the wil cnthusl . The remalning parts, Sladames (Grafl), Amongiro (Verdl), ftumfls (Conly), and the Aing (Uotts schalk), wero' taken very acceptably, Mr. Oraft making up in power and penetration what b lacks In inosic. and Verdl, lllbonfih he had vere cold, breaking through iL and doing some of the best work he has yet showil. ‘This evenlug, **The Bohemian Giry," with Miss Kellogg as Ariine. & SPORTING. 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