Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1878, Page 3

ope 3 LA kA THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES COLLISIO -A Schooner Run Down by a Ferry-boat in New York Harbor. The Steamer’s Crowded Cabin Badly Damaged by the o Shock. geveral Persons Believed to Have Been Swept Overboard. FATAL COLLISION. Epecial Dispatch to The Trivune. Ngw Yorg, Feb. 24.—~There occurred on the North River to-nizht a collision believed to ;mre resulted fatally to many persons, thouzh this belief could not. be verificd to-night. The Timus say8 that €oon after 7 o'dlock the Erie Railway ferry-boat James Fisk, Jr., on her way to Jersey City from the foot of West Twepty-thind street, Tan into the schooner Josie Crowley, of this city, lsing off the foot of Twelfih street, North River. The bowsprit of e schoomer crushed through the men’s abin of the ferry-boat, causing a con- gderable loss of life. Only one tody has been found thus far, but i is certain more perished, for the boat was cowded. Adense fox hung over the river at the time of the disaster. The ferry-boat was geaming down the river, near the New York pore. Tbe_schooner lay about 100 yards fom the West Twelfth street pier, with er bowsprit pointing north. There were no Jiohts on the Josie Crowley, and the pilot of the Fisk did not 6ce the schoouer until it was 10 late to avoia the collision. The ferry- poat was veered slightly towards the Jersey shore when the accident took place. The disaster caused s panicon the ferry-boat, and the cries of the frightened passcngers were beara along West street. Workmen at the foot of Twelfth street heard the Fisk steaming down the river, and spddenly they heard screams and cries for belp. Sereral boats were at once sent to the scene, though the fog made it diflicult to find the bosts. The first ofticers who rowed toward the epot fell in with a boat beionging to the ghooner Leaman, in which was Herman Lowe, Wwho nad been rescued from drowmng - by Spencer .Collins, one of the deck-hands of the Leaman. Collins gnid the attention of the crew of the Leaman was atrracted by the crash, and the shrieksand cries of the passengers on board of the ferry- * bost. The yawl was at once manned, and pro- cceded in the direction of the sounds. The foy was so thick they could scarcely s¢e 2 boat’s Jeneth ahead, and they had to pro- ceed very carefully for fear of being run down, They discovered the ferrs-boat and the un- fnown schooner in collision, aud were told s oumber of persons had either becn thrown overboard by the shock of the concussion or “jumped into the river in confusion. They cruised around for some time, and- heard men calling loudly forhelp. Aftracted by this, Collins, with a ‘boat’s crew, scarched ‘around very carefully, znd discovered a piece of timber, ‘evidently a portion of the uard of the ferry-boat, on which sman was floatine. They pulled this man into theboat. One body was recovered, that of Cherles H. Ebert, of this city. The only person reported missing was Will- fam C. Andrews. a prominent Western railroad man, of Dixon. Ill., who could not be found by Frederick A. Freaman, of Dixon, who was with Lim in the cabin at the time ot the aisaster. The Fisk was thoroughly stove in. It is said atahole was cut tbrough which many per- sons could have been swept into the water, and must bave been if the cabin was as tull asre- varted. Samuel Duntiam, of Little Valley, N. Y., was tadly bruised on the rient knee, and went to bed after having his wounds bathed with arni- & Hesaid tos Wortd reporter: “I was on my wsy to my home at Little Valley, and had telegraphed ny wife that I would be with her 120'dock. We waited for some time for the tost from Jersey City to come in, and even alter she was in her slip we were detained. I fupposed that it was on account of the heavy foz. Finally we stcamed out, and 1 tok a scat oo the left hand tide outside the mentleman’s cabin. [ had a valise and basket. Before we started I noticed the boat was very crowded, and that the teams were even up rizht to the chains, There were 2lso some gentlemen smoking in front. Sud- denly, 28 1 was looking out on the water, I £a% 2'dark object to our left, and almost at, the tame moment 1 felt a tremendons crash just between me and the forward part of the boar. Immediately after the collision I turned my back towards the cabin, "and . then everything teemed to go from under me, and ¥as precipitated into the water. 1 could not tell very well, bat I thought the water was full of teams and people. Of the latter I feel cer- , 8s they crushed up azainst me as if tnére was a load over me, amd they even pulled me down under the water. When I rose sp, I saw some timber floating, which I caught hold of. Tncre was a little boy by my side, whom I drageed with me, and we cventually managed to get hold of some ropes banging to the bow of the schoouer. I balloocd _again,. and aman on the schooner came _to the side, and 1 pushed the boy up tohim. I then climbed up the bowsprit aud the first words le sald were, *‘Good God, what is going to happen? Is the boat going to enk?” * He asked me to go back w0 the stern, and corce into the cabin from the cold, 1s my clotbes were all saturated, and my boots fall of water. I preferred to shout for assist~ toce, and after about twenty mioutes o olice boat answered -to” my cries of ¢Boat ashoy,” and hove _alongside. 4s soon as I ‘got on deck I saw the &hooner was {n total darkness, and it was not ill after some minutestkat the man on board went to the cabin and Iit a lizht. I borrowed m old hat, and was rowed ashore with the Young boy whom I assisted. I did not sec any- thing farther of the James Fisk, Jr.”? . Tothe Watern associated Press. NEw YoRk, Feb. 23.~The steamship Spain, atward bound, came in collision jn the bay during the foz witn the Staten ISland ferry poat Castleton, tearing away the side and in- Jjuring three passengers. Oune, G. H. Carey, of Castleton, was thrown into the water, and may ot recover. Mr. Carey was taken to his home, where Lie died in the afternoon from his injuries. He Jeaves & widow and two children. He was o Jaree owner of real-cstate, and was believed to bevery wealthy. Hewas o lawyer, having an office in Wall ‘strect, to which hc was coming from his home when the collision took vlace. The fox continued throughout the day and evening. About 7 o'clock the ferry-boat James Fisk, Jr., s in collision with a schooner off Pier 47, North River. The blowingof the steam whistle 20d cries for help attracted the attention of the tmen on shore, who put out in the foy in the direction of the sound aod rescned three passengers of the Fisk, who bad been swept overboard by the jfb of the schooney. These reported thau several stauding beside them at the time of the col- lision must also_have been thrown into the sea, t the only person reported missing is Judze Audrews, of lilinois. A deck-hand of the ferry- boat, Charies H. Evert, of 159 Seveuth avenuc, was killed. The schooner was subsequentlv found at a dock and badly shattered. The ferry-boat had n;rl guards and a portion of her cabin torn Y. Alater account of the collision states that l-i: report of Judge Anderson being ‘missing is error; Frederick A. Truman, of Dixon, T, was in- quired for at the ferry when the passcngars landed, but he did mnot respond. It does not follow, however, from this circumstauce, t ay mishap had' befallen Truman, 8s, tbe -Passengers went their several ways as soon as they reached New York. IN TIIE BREAKERS. ‘Wasmxcroy, D. C., Feb. 23.—The Signal- Bervice officer at Hatteras reports a German bark ashore yesterday and men clinging to the Tigging, with sea running so high that assist- 2nce coald not be given. be that of the Captain, has been washed askpre. g Vasmseroy, D, C., Feb. 23.—Tne Sizmal ice reports that the bark sunk on Hatteras Bar is the Philip Suppicicl, witli the crew lost. TOE TARIFFVILLE DISASTER. 7¢0RD, Frb. 23.—The jury of inquest on the Tariffville disaster, Jan. 15, reported to- &y, They disagree. Four have not yet sub- ed their report, but cight agree, and pre- g;mwm declaring that there was no evi- . thas the bridee was tampered with. They Rot believe the engincer was careless. They - unsafe. A budy, supposed to. Uelieve the iron had lost its sustaloing aud the wood had decayed. Brides making the bridge u They find the responsibllity for the (;g:sflmgcr&f‘rxfa‘\ rests \}vluhfl:ue Directors of the 1 estern Road, and for using a dangerons brigge, e e THE SACRAMENTO FLOOD. 8N Francisco, Feb. 23.—~Relief-boats from Bacramento have vislted the submerged islands in the delta of the iver, and returned with many families and considerable vive stock Tes- caed [x:om the flood. Many arein a destitute condition, especially those renting land. Sac- ramento is being actively canvassed for aid with- fratifymg suceess, and a general relief move- ment will probably be inaugurated in oth Dortions of the State, i & . STORM-BOUND. NEew Yonk, Feb. 23.—The steamer. City of Hartford, from New York to Saybrook, Conn., Thursday nicht, and. for the’ safety of which there were grave apprehensions, arrived this 2;(;1;!&2:;.’ ll‘.Q )g&r}?fl%sflnn:inlni tr““lcm.v»n‘llfle hours . S S0 1 cluge storm in a Long Island hgrbor. S Lo e A FINAL NAP. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. MENAsma, Wis.,, Feb. 23.—A young man by the name of Lawrence Mace, in an intoxicated condltion, took a nap on the track of the Chica- £0 & Northwastern Railway at this place., The carly passenger-train going north this morning ran over him. He died at 6:30 this evening. THE RAILROADS. TIE CEICAGO & ALTON. ‘The annual report of the ‘cavuings, . cxpendl- tures, and condition of the Chicago & .Alton Railroad for the year ending Dec. 81, 1877, bas just ocen completed. The following is a sum- mary of the important and interesting docu- ment: z The length of road operated s as follows: Chicazo to Joliet (leased), 92.205 Joliet to Fast | St. Louis (owned), 822.52; Dwlght to Washing- ton and branch to Lacon (owned), 86.51; Rood- Louse to Louisiana (owned). 41.85; Coal Branch (owned) 6.78; Chicago & Illinois River (leased), 29.67; St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago (leased). 163.56; Louisiaua & Missouri River Railroad (leased), 110.36. Total, §49.45. FUNDED DEBT. First-mortgage sinking-fund bonds, due Nov, 1, 1877..... 2,000 First-mortgage 7 por cent bond Jap. 1, 1893.... o - 2,383,000 Income bonds, 7 per cent, due gax. 1, 1883 ... Ciyerislyaluassilis 03000 Coneolidated § per cont uteriing bonds, due July 1, 1903, £900,000, say.... 4,379,550 St. Lonis, Jacksonville & Chicago TRailroad bonds, assumed in purchase of road from Roodhouse to Louisiana, first morigage 7 per cent, maturing April 1, 1894... . e . 504,000 Sccond-mortgags 7 per cent, maturing July 1, 18987...... 158,000 Total stock and bonds ... ....... $21,000,622 The amount, of capital stock remains thesame a8 at the date of last annual report, with the exczption of a smali amount of scrip which hus been retfred and canceled. The bonded debt of the Company has been reguced during the year $30,000. " The stock and honds issued by the Company represent the cost of the lines owned by it, and the cxpenditures made for improve- ments and rolling-stock upon lines held unaer lease. In pursuance of the terms under which the several leased lines ~are beld and operated, there has been ex- pended upon them for improvements and additions an aggrerate sum amounting to about £4,600,000,which deducted from the total amount of stock and bondsabove stated, leaves a balance of $16,400,622, represented by the lines of rail- Ty and other property owned Dy the Compauy, and by leasehold interests in other lines above designated. The gross earnings were: From passeagers, $1,211,851; freight, §3,067,769; ex- press, $54,842; matls, $98,160; miscellaneous sources, 81,719, Total, $4,464,313. The oper- ating expcnses were §2,357.005. The Mississippl River bridee has been leased by this Company from Dec. 3, 1877, in perpetuity, at a fixed rent of msu? per nlmmm, ‘which re’nE] our Company has agreed to apply in payment of 7 per centpdi\'idcnds on SSOU,EUU of the stock of the Bridge Compauny, and 6 per cent interest on $700, - 000 of its thirty-five-year mortgage bonds, with'a covenant to rotire said bonds at matwrity, after which the amount of rent will be rednced to $21, - 000 per annum, the amount required to pay 7 per cent dividends on the stock. The Mississippi River Bridge Company’s capital stockand indebt- cdness is represented by the amounts above named, snd it I8 szrced that no more stock fnd no more bouds shall ever be jgsucd. The net carnings of the Mississipi River DBridge for the year, based upon rates corresponding with those charged on eimilar traffic over the bridees at Hannibal and Quincy, after dedusting taxes and all expenses for operation and repairs, amount to $112.018. 6, or $19.018.86 more than the annual Teni, In conelderation of money advanced and nsed in the construction of the bridge, the several amoupts of capital stock and mortgage bonds 2bovelnanicd Bave been £31d to-our Company and are now held by it. The net profit derived from traflic during the year, after deducting therefrom )] fixed charzes, rents, taxes on property, and expenecs properly chargeable thereto, is equal to 7 58-100 per cent on the share capital of the Com~ pany outstanding, both preferred and common. The policy of subetiluting steei rails for those of fron. and permanent stiuctures for those of per- ishable materials, has been steadily pursued by Jour Compuny, and very great improvement his con made durihg the sear. LOUISIANA & MISSOURI RIVER RATLROAD. ‘When it became apparent that the Louisiana & Missouri River Railroud Company wouid be unable to complete its line to Kansas City, it was found that $941,000 of its first-morteage bonds, based upon the 'uncompleted part of the line, had been sold. The proceeds of these bonds were at thar time represented by cash in the hands of the Trustecs, and by rails and other material that our Company could use upon its i Four bundred and forty-six thousand dol- the bonds were eoon after purchased and canceled, leaving still_outstanding on the uncom- pleted part of the line $498,000 of " the bonds. In coneideration of the transfer to our Companyof rails und other material at their cash value, in the settlement which was then made, it was agreed that the interest and ultimate redemption of $430.100 bonds and scrip should be assumed by this Company, and that the iuterest on the remain- ing §59.000 of bonas should be puid by our Con- pany, and charged from time to time a3 & payment on account of rent. This matter baving been the £uoject of misrepresentation and considerabie re- cent correspondence, altbongh before reported, is again referred 10 thut it may be understood by all sharenotders and others who are interested. Smee the date of the eettlement ubove referred to, our Company lus advanced to the Loueiana & Missouri Railroad L'nmgnng, he pavment of interest on its bonds, $265,730. which, with the extension of the railwey about to be made, will goon be repaid from increased trafiic on that Iine, which leaves the halance of account of net obligations of our Company, $173, 333.50. In order that the obligation to pay the interest, and ultimutely to redeem the principal, of the £439,100 of bonds and scrip above referred to, &hall ot interfere under any Circamstances with The application of current receipts from trafiic in payment of aividends, etc., our Board has set apart as a epecial fund to be devored, so far as may be necessary, tothe payment of intcrest and prin- cipal of taid bonus and scrin, $300,000 of 7 p cent guarantced stock, and $150,600 of guaran-- tecd G per cent bonds of the Mississippt River Bridge Company. The tralic on yl—hl.l line amounted to £213,528.18, Vemng only $332.67 less than doring the previous car. The subject of extending this line to Kansas City in purenance of the original undertaking, was re- ferred to in our last annual report, and has led to continued misrepresentations relative to its effect npon the value of vur shares, The officers of our Company. since the-commencement of the exten- sion of our line west of Roodhouse, bave had abun- dant reason for a confirmed belief that the project, 22 originally designea for a line to Kansas City, was then and s now wise and judicious. Under Dpresent circumstances the part. of the line alresdy completed ié not operated at a loss; but fts value to our Company is much less in proportion to its enaih aud . cost than the completed line i be. In. ibis belief we are confirmed not only by ecsperience extendisg over a Jong poriod of time. but also by the unanimous Judinent of disinterested experis who have carc- fully mvestizated the matter. In response to the circular relative o the cxtension of this line, which wasaddreescd to onr shoreholders on the 1st day of Deceaber last, the Board has received the consent and direction of the holders of consider- lblg‘ more than the lhr{cc}l{mg‘tha :;,‘;‘;J:m::fi;fl ares of the Com e 3 and common share: lgc Toam hji iy con- and since the close of the year solved to entend the line fo Koneas City, tract has been made with responsiblc parties under which, at least onc-haif, and provably -ail the money required for completing the line Will be ob- tamedfor a period of twenty-five years, at & Cost of abont 6 per cent perannum. The contract pro- vides for the issue by our Compsny of s twenty-Gve-year O per cent Sinking Fund bond, Intercetand principal pavable in gold. This bond is not to_besecared by mortgage on property now owned by our Company, bat will be Eceured by a deposit, with the United States Trast Company of New York, of an_cqual amount of 7 per cent bonds, sccured by a first and only mort- pace on the line to be comstructed, includingan iron bridge over the Missouri River, which mort- gage is limited to 33.000,000, and is cqual to §35,000 per mile and tho estimated cost of the ‘briage. 0 ‘The new corporation, known as the Kaneas City, st Tonss & Chicazo Railroad Compans, has ob- tninea donations_of right of way, and a limted amonnt of other Jocal aid, all of which will be as- Figned to our Company, and the construction of the railway, and its subsequent oeration, will be solely in the interest of our sharetolders. and we have no donbt will enhance the valucof our shares. THE REDUGCED EARNINGS s ‘of our railway during the last yenr have resnited from exceptional causcs, a8 well, as from the gen- eral depression of business, which bhas continued since the panic of 1873. - A carefnl examination of our acconnts shows that the fallare of tho corn crop in 1876, In certain sections of the country upon our lines, where we have little or no competition, and the strike of coal miners before referred to, reduced onr traffiic in_the transporta- tion of corn and coal, compared with tike traus- portation from the same stations the year provious, to an amount nearly equal to the entire reduction for the year. :Other losses, resulting from the sugpension of the large iron and sicel works at Joliet, the general strike in July, and other causes, have been compensated for by a gain in many other kinds of traflc. The crops upon our line, which will scek a market during 1878, ure equal toa full averave, and we bave reaspn to hope for botter results in the near future. .It is gratifying to your Dircctors to be able to reporta continued rednction in the cost of operating and maintaining our lines, and to state that our prop- erty has becn in_all departments fully maintainad in eflicient condition, and in many respects consid- erably improved durihg the year. THE CHICAGO & PACIFIC. Abram Gale filed 3 bill in the Sucrior Court agafust the Chicago & Pacine Railroad Com- pany. T.S. Dobbins, Mars C. Dobbins, S. D. Kimbark, J. W. Walker, J. S. Hunt, W. F. Hunt, W. I. Bush, Marion Munger, Daniel L. Flemlog, Anton Skow-Peterson, Axel Isberg, E. Q.. Lovell, exccator, Ezra May, Alexander Hawthorne, Aunnie P. Adams, H. H. Hoflman, Jobn Suermier, August Muller, Horaco Faber, A. J. Guraee, A. C. Hawkins, D. S. Wells, E. C. French, H. L. Norton, F. E. Walker, the Backus Oil Company, the Miami Powder Com- pany, Hiram Burchfield, Edwin Hart, George Kozier, Georgo F. Lowis, the American Bridze Company, the United States Rolling Stock Com- Ferderick Kuehler, vany, Mary Francls, Charles Kachler, Danicl Quigg, _J. T. Molineus,, Charles Cbandicr, R. B Chisholm and L. J. Bliss, in which he tells a long story of the affairs of the Railrozd Com- any. r Tfie Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company wag organized in Febrnary, 1805, for the purpose of locating & road between the State of Indiana by the way of Chicago to the Mississippi River. ‘The capital stock was §2,000,000, to be increased to any amount not exceeding the cost of the road. J. F. Ayer, Darwin Harvey, Elliott Anthony, and A T. Galt_were Commissioners to open_subscription books and take subscrip- tions. It ischarzed thuy these Commissioners never obtained any bona fide subscriptious, and that the Rairoand Company in fact was never orgunized, but the charter remained o dead let- ter on the statute books until December, 1871, when W. D. Howard and Harry Fox acquired the t to scll this charter to any one,and on that date sold it to R. M. Hough and others for §50,000. Of this amount §35,000 was to b in full-patd stock of the At- Tantic & Pacific Bailroad Company, and $15,000 iucash. It 1scharzed that no cash was ever paid, apd that the stock was issued without con- sideration in fraud of the bona fide stockhold- ers, and is void. Shortly after R. M. Hough, T. 8. Dobbins, George 8. Bowen, W. T. Hughes, J. 8. Wilcox, W. L. Pease, aud George W. Young held a meeting and eleeted themselves Directors o the road. ‘Strenuous efforts were then made to get subseriotions to the stock, and it was represented the Company was in a sound financial condition, that the members of this Board were worth $3,000,000; that Dobbins was to furnish tle iron if he would furnish it as cheap as auny one else, but not. otherwise; that the stock was only sold for cash at par, and that the Company was free from debt. By these represcutations, all of which he ¢harges “are false, Gale was in- duced to subscribe for’200 shares of stock. He charges that all the money_recelsed by Dobbins aud the others as the Board of Directors itnme- diately passed into the hands of Dobbins and the others, 28 partners and members of the firm of Dobbing & Co., so that uitimnately all the property of the road rot into the hands of this firm. Notes were issued in the name of the road far in excess of its cash mcans, and in October, 1872, 3,000 bonds for 1,000 each were issued, secured by trust-decd on the road, to be used as part of the scheme in converting the funds of the road into the hands of Dobbins & Co. Gale paid for hisstock by aecding tothe Company the -undivided of the N. of ‘the 8 E. of * Sec. 381, “and an undivided 3§ of fthe N. 3§ of the N. W. 3¢ of Sec. 83, 40, 18, on the understanding that all the stock had been paid up in full, and be bonestly uscd in building the road, and he charges be wonld never have taken any stock except upon such an understanding. He thinks the whole Board of Directors at the time had not invested over $500,000 of their combined capital in the road, and it never had any cash capital, nor _its stock any market value. Bv this Credit-Mobilier scheme, Dobbins & Co. authorized themselves to build the road for $§35,000 a mile, to receive and _Puy out all rnoneys, and operate the road until completed, and virtually be the Compans. Complainant, besides complaining that his subscription was obtaiued by fraudulent repre- sentatlons, avers that the Company had no right by its charter to take pay for stock in hand, and that its action “in respect to him was void. That instead of only sellinz stock for par it was sold 2s low 25 cenis on the dollar. Instead of buying the necesssary material, cars, etc., at cash rates they paid as high as 40 per cent over.market prices, because they bought on time, without capital, or paid in notes of Dob- bins & Co. Tn April, 1878, the name of the road was changed to that of the Cbicago & Pacifle Railroad Company. Finally, Gale charges that there was no such corporation,legally,as the Atlantic & PacificRail- road Company at the time he bought its stock; that the stock is and always has been worthless, and that the consideration for the salc of theland has failed. He thercioro asks that the sale may be set aside as fraudulent and void, and that the land, which is estimated as worth $20,000, may be returted to him, and that the deftndant way be _enjoined from selling o in- cumbering the land in the meantime, THOE EASTERN FREIGHT MUDDLE. For some reason or other the trunk line Presidents have reconsidered their intention to hold a meeting at the Windsor Hotel, New York, Wednesday, for the purpose of taking measures to stop the present freight war among the various roads leading East from Western points. A dispateh was received by Mr. N. Guiiford, the Western Pool Commissioner, yes- terday afternoon from Alr. J. N. McCullough, Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Company, informing him that the meeting had been post- poned until further notice. No reason for rhis action was given. Some railway-mansgers ascribe the cause to the inability of some of the managers to be present at the appointed time, while “otbers think that it has been done out of a fecling of revenze towards Vanderbilt, who, up to the present time, has refused to' join in any arrangement calculated to bring about a sctilement of the difficultics. Now that be is aoxious to bave the macmates come togetber und make peace because his lines have been worsted in the encounter, and are siiffering more than the others, they are not so anxious to accede to bis wishes at onee, preferring to let bim sweat 2 little in order to make bim a little more tractable hereafter. The following statement of the shipments over the ‘various roads leadivg East from this city during the week just closed shows how badly Vander- bilt's rond, the Lake Shore & Michizan South- ern, has been beaten by its competitors, particu- larly by the Michigan Ceutrdl: Gruin—Michi- ran Central, 27,300,703 pounds; Lake Shore & lichizun Southern, 9,847,104 pounds; Pitts- burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, 12,749,600 ponnds Pittshurg, Cincionati & St._ Louis, 1,987.78 unds; Baltimore & Ohio, 1,705,850 pounds. ‘otal shipments of all kinds—3ichigzan Central, 83,965,048 pounds; Lake Shore. & Michizan Southern, 25,363,937 pounds; Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, 22,990,000 pounds; Pitts- burg, Gincinnati & St. Louis, 9, 198,240 pounds; Baitimore & Ohio, 2,941,323 pounds. The rates on fourth class and grain still re- - mains at 20 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago _to New York, and other points in proportion. It is stated that in some instances lower rates that the proceeds of the stock were and should | adopted by the trunk lines. As inall cases where cufting is secretly done, the railroads and agents implicated -deny that they are yuil ty, while they admit that the goods are going forward at redaced rates. Xor several months there has been very little, if any, freight trans- ferred from one to anotherof the trunk lines for the purpose of equalizing the shipments ac- cording to the apportionment scheme adopted. last July. The cousequence{s that some of the trani lines aro far ahead of their asreed per- centages on certain classes of freight, while they are behind on other classes. As the business of each linc {s thus left unchanged, the apportion- ment- scheme appears to have been practically abandoned. 4 FLINT & PERE MARQUETTE. Spectal Dispatch 1o The Trivune, EAST SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 23.—Your corr spondent is permitted to obtain the following facts from the forthcoming annual report of the officers of the Flint & Pere Marquetto Railway, showlng the operations of that roaa during 1877 as follows: Gross earnings, $997,965.865 operat- ing expenses, $581.236.06; net earnings, $416,- 670.80. The compargtive figures show & de- crease in gross_earnitgs over 1870 of $240,249; a decrease of $53,008 in operating expenses, and an fncrease of net carnings the past year of $50,605.51. The percentave of operating ex- penses in 1876 was $ 1877, 358,35, In- cluded in operating expensos is au item of cost 0f 1,281 tons of stecl rail, and renewing §6,025 ties. ‘The Company have:868 tons of steel rails on hand, which wil b Inid carly In tho spring, “'hki'? will give them sixty-five miles of stecl track. g DMISSOURI RAILROAD BONDS. St. Lous, Feb. 23.—The people of St. Clair, Henry, and some other futerior counties of Mis- souri, are holding mass-meetinzs upon the county-bond question and the attempted en- forcement of payment by lezal process through the United States Courts, which hes just been inaugurated. The resolutions adopted are very strong, and in some fnstances declare the pay- ment shall be_ resisted by every possk bie. means. They declarc tliat - the bondholders have put 8 compromise out of the question by adopting this course. The County Judaes of several counties have been ordered to appear before the United States courts at the March session to show cause why they do not order the levy to pay thé defaulted interest on these bonds, the great bulk of which were issued a few years ago in aid of various railrond enterprises. The action of the Court will then bring the long-pending troubles be- tween the counties and bondbolders to a erisis. SPRINGFIELD ITEMS. 5 Special Dispatch to The Tribune. SprrxerIELD, 11, Feb. 23.—The Springficld & Northwestern Raflroad was sold at public gale to-day by J. A. Jones, Master in Chan- cery of the United States Court, by virtue of a decree of said Court. It was purchased by John Willlame, for the bondholders, for the sum of $100,000. ;- Attorney-General Edsall to-day received no- tiee from the Chicago, Barlington & Quincy oflicers that they would not further contest the payment on taxes on canltal-stock, etc., for the vears 1573, 1875, and 1877, but would pay.the same. The taxes due amount toabout $520,000, :}w principal portion being due to municipali~ ies. THE CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS To the Public: There being an imoression that our Compauy is out of St. Louis trade for freizht and passenzers, I respectfully {nform our patrons we are in the ficld, prepared to ac- commodate our friends as usual. RoBERT Forsyrn, General Freightand Passenger Azent. ITEMS. The INinois Central Railroad commences to- day the sale of round-trip tickets to New Or- leans at greatly reduced’rates, in order to give the people fn this- section a chance to wituess the Mardi-Gras festiyitics at New Orleans, "which come off on the 5th of March. The rate to New Orleans and return will be but $33. ‘The sale of the tickets will continue until the departure of the morning train Saturdav, March 2. Tickets will be good to reach New Orleans until March 4. Return tickets wiil be good to leave New Orleans until March 11. The arrangements made for the Mardi Gras {estivities at New Orleans this vear arc on the grandest scale ever known, and an immense influx of strangers is expected. The Illinois Central will also sell round-trip tickets to the Mardi Gras at Memphis at $24.60. A meeting of tho General Ticket and Pas- eenger Agents’ Association will be catled ina few days to take some action in rezard to the allezed cuttfng of rates on the part of the Grand Trunk. Canada Southern, and Evie & Chicago Roads. Much lll-feeling exists among some of the General licket ond Passenger Agents, and If tbe preseot difficultics in regard to the passecger business are not speedily scttled there will undoubtedly be considerable trouble. A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A DOG. To the Editor of The Tribune. CimicAGo, Feb. 23.—T am onlya little girl, but [ thouszht perhaps you would put this in your paper for me. If you dowt want it, scad it back to BerTin WHEELER. OUR DOG MAGE. I was born in Deaver City, Colorado. When T was about 5 years old mny papa moved to Cim- arron City, New Mexico, - A small place situ- ated beautifully smong the Sierra Madra Mts. One eveaing about oue month arter our arrival, papa came in and brought in one of the most beautifull shepherd dog if ever saw, and gave to me. _Weli it is about him I am trying to write but I tyink it will be a failure, for Inever thouglit 'of tryiig to write any thing before. Well father asked me what I was going to name him. I thought a few minutes, thea said Maze. That will do said he, I had scca some dogs that had been taught to carry baskets and do other cunning tricks, So 1 asked papa if he would teach Mage to do the same. He said he would {f be would be tauzht. Inavout two months after, papa had got him so far ad- vanced as to understand a few things. papa would hold a picce of weat up and, say, speak Mage; and he would bark. then papa would give him the meat. then father would tind o Hoope, and say jump Mare, aud he would bound throueh the hoope as nice s could be expeeted. Then in a sbort time afterwards, papa gota basket with acover on it. in a short time Mage would go to the meat market and bring home the meat. in a short time after Mage had ®Mcarned to carry the basket we mooved a little way out of town, just a pleasant walk in sum- mer. one duy mama went to town and Mage followed her. She did not motice him till she was going home, when she gave him her para- sol to carry. sho did not notice him titl be got nearly home, when she looked around and her parasol was Zone. she looked at Mage a mo- ment, then safd (“ Mage, you raseal " where {s my parasol.”) he started back to getit. she was tired aund sat down to rest in about a quar- ter of ~n hour when Mage came up to her tired out. but he had her parasol. We had hima bout six years When he dicd. 5 ——— THE LATE WILLIAM WELSH, ‘We have permission to copy and publish the following extract from a private letter from Bishop Kerfoat, of Pittsburg, to a zentleman in this city, of course not intended for the pub- liceye: TYour letter of the 9th inst. met me here to-day y._return from ‘Philadelphia, where I was to share in the tuncral services of onc of the uoblest men, head and heart, of this Church and of tnis land. my dear friend for many years, William Velsh. The maker and promoter of many charities,—great ones andsmallones; among the first rank of skilifal and successful merchants; lavishin givingand work- ing for God and his fellowman; deeply devout and profoundly wise in plansand defails; full of life and “than these have been made, but, as a general rale, the roads adhere tirmly to the 20-cent rule, and seem disinclined to go any lower. CUTTING UNDER. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. NEewW Yoz, Feb. 23.—The, Tribune says that {reight rates between the East and West be- come more unscttled daily. The open rate {rom Chieago to New York for grain and pro- visions, reported a few duys azo a5 25 cents per 100 pounds, has fallen to 20 cents. When rates are unsettled there are always figures below the open rate, at which large shippers can make -contracts. Within threo ‘days contracts have undoubtedly been made 1s low as 1S cents from Chicago to New York, at 16 to Philadelphia, and 15 to Baltimore. Even lower rates than these, itis ciaimed, bave been accepted to secure larere shipments, while contracts are made at the lower figures above mentioned. The bills are made out at much higher rates, and then the rebates asreed o are allowed on the bills. This practice is giving much trouble and anuoy- ance_both to the railroad officials and to the ‘merchants, a very larze number of voucliers be- ing reqlx:ugd that otherwise trould be unneces- sary. It is also gencrally conceded, and by ‘maby railroad men directly charged, that ship- ments continue to be made” from™ New York to the West at rates beldw the “schedule recontly™ cheerfulnese; always busy in good ‘decds, and yet ever free for sny service to any one. Iie passea away at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, while visiting one of the hospitals nearly built by him, in one instant, and patnlesaly out of this life into the life notscen by ns. Iandmy family have long been closely intimate with him and his home, . Eiznt Bishops, 100 or more of the clergy, peo- ple of all ofiices and _grades, the State Supreme Court in a body, and thronea of bereaved poor were at his burial. I never ssw such a wide, deep feeling. —— The Origin of Consumptlon, . Topular.Sclence Monthly. In 1853, when Hanover and other parts of Northern Germany were. visited by a very malignant kind of small-pox, the great anato- mist Langenbeck tried to discover ¥ the pecul- farity of organic structurc which disposes one man to eatch the disease while his neighbor cscapes, . . . I have cutup morebuman bodies than the Old Man of the Mountain with all his accomplices,” he writes from Gottengen in his semi-apnual report, “and, speakiug only of my primary object, L must confess that I am no wiser than before. But, though the mystery of smali-pox has eluded my eearch, my labors bave pot been In vain; they have revealed to me somgthing clse—the origin of consumption. 1 am sure now of what I snspected long ago, viz that pulmonary :discases: have very litsle t da with intemperance or ‘with erotic - exces3es, and_much. Iess with cold weather, but are | near]y exclusively (if we except tubercalous “few swallows, but never a whole zlass, proba- tendencies inherited from both nurenu.isnv that Lio had not seen me before, and explained ?ulte exclusively) produced by the breathing of his preoccupation of mauner while the ‘people oul air. The lungs of all persons, minors in- | were shakine I cluded, who had worked for Some years in cl0s6- | Tie was * thinkine: of @ ooty Syine ., that workshops and dusty factories, showed the | aftorwands camo>ous ther oo an dome erm of the fatal disease, while confirmed | Sonth ¥ was Sherman, Once, whean a2 visitor nebriates, who had passed their days in open air, had preserved “their respiratory orzans intact, whatever inroads their excesses had made on the rest of their system. If I should £o into practice and undertake the care of a consumptive, 1 should bezin by drivine him out into the Delster (1 densely-wooded mouutain range of Hanover), and prevent him from enter- ing a house for a year or two." CURRENT GOSSIP. TUMAN LIFE. #*How sweet she is!” sald he; **how pure!. how fairl \ = I love to gaze npon her stainless face— 1t seems at peace, with never tmee of care;” Tle sald. **It showeth only grace.” « “*How grand his face!” she said; **how calm! Tt illeth me, ™ she eald, **with strunge delight; Tis presence seemeth in itself a'baim,” She said; **his absence brinzeth night." *4She fs 80 far away " he said; *‘so high! Tamnot worthy one so pure, so sweet; Touly dare," he 4nld, **in coming nigh, To kneel and worship lowly at ner feot,” **Tlow great! how zood!" she sald, **is he; is Jifo must be a droam of perfect rest. Te s 0 far away,” she said, from me! Andah!" she sald, **perhaps it 50 is best. = Paut FELIX BRowxE. TAKING AN ELEWATOR. e Fork Journaf nf Commerce, We have had many inquirics about the de- scription of Mrs. Tubbs' expericnce at A. T. Stewart’s retail palace in the year 1852. Tt was publisbed in the Hearth and Ifome, but, so faras we know, bas not' been reprinted in book form, 1t is often read in public by elocutionists, being e c_rose and -said, had sent me a gentleman. Thero s the door, and 1wk At another _time, State waited on against certain appointments. The paper con- tained some reflections upon the c!?urgcter of Senator Baker, Lincoln's alg With great dignity, is my paper which stired that it was, he added, “To do with as I plense? coln stooped to the_fire-place behind him, Jai it on the burning coals, tnroed, Ao day, gentlemen.” usher. profane language in- his presence, 71" thought Senator C. was mistaken. and Iwish you good night.” & delegation from a distant him with a written protest and veloved [riend. the President said: ¢ This you have given med” As- “Certalnly, Mr. President.” Lin- andsaid, *Good- QUIrsS. For The Tridune, Custom maid: The bar-mald. A eool caleulation:*Caleulating the fee-bill. ‘The man who gives you the slip: The church- The Silver bill is passed, and our talor-bill is past,—past dag. A Detroit chambermaid calls herself “the Sheet-Slinger of Michigan.” Do lectures by mediums come under the head of trance-acting business? You should employ Chinamen to chop your wood, because they are trained to chop-sticks. A bird is a fortunatobiped. Tt can feather its own uest, and not be accused of *‘playing it on anyl y. “ Inquirer” is informed that Irish memberd of Congress are not partial to Coneress-water. ‘They, without exception, prefer Celt-zer. Proprietars of Totels having rooms believed to. be haunted should reserve them for inn- spectres who may call their way. A little boy doesn’t object to having his hair. a stock piece on their list, but we have foundno R % hineled. is eliea way to answer the demand fur it except bY ¢~ | Snatetny to Whieh b dehans. fo. havine-the priuting it in our columus. shinglive done. 2 JIRS. TUBDS JAS AN ADVENTURE. M. Editbr of' Hearth and Home: Your perfect gentlemanly way of putting my letter in your peperlast, wintes, writ as a warsiog to all bud o¥s on ice, inclines me to scud another letter which it will be 8 warnin® to all young women never to commit the mistake which L did most Innocent on Saturday Zonea week at a bix draa- goods store in New York. 1 had heerd consid- erable about this ’ere store, but I warn’t in no way prepared for oll I seo there. Sakes! Itwas equal to a" dozen villases hike Vandusenburg a-<coming out o’ mectin’ all at once. Such a crowd I mever sce, and the women maulio’ of the goods without buyin’, and the clerks lookin? on’ garcastic_ just Jike you sce in any ornerystore, Well, I weutabout better’n anhour gettin’ acouple o' pair o’ good dumestic hose for my son Jabez, and seven-cighths of a f:\rd of stulf for cheese baws; and sudden, beln’ un- common tired, I felt a weak spell comm’ on, apd I hada’t hardly strength to ask for chintz for the settine-room sofa. ** Next story ma’am,” says the clerk, kind o’ looking sharp at me, “wouldn’t you like to take a elewator?” & Well, I was beat! It seemed a most uncom=" mon_procceding, and what I never heard no zentleman do berore, to ask me to take 3 ele- wator. 1bad my misgivings what it meant, for our Jabez with his jokes and what vots, thouzh bis father and me is most strong temprince folks, persists sometimes in takin’ what he cails elewators, which is glasses o’ speerits and. wa- ter, catkerlated, as he says, o raiso droopin’ feelins and failin® strength. £ 8ir,” says L as loftv as I could, “T prefer not, and to my mind yoa'd do better for a re- spectable sliap mot to be offerin’ elewators, leastawlse mot to me” So I kept walkin’ round, not likin’ to ask questfons showin’ my country ways, and stiil feelin’ that awlul feclin’ stands to reason that a man who makes a loaf s uloafer. g that way. to suit themselves, and never untll conironted by the inquiry suppose is going to pay for all thisi” If aman who makes a hat is a hatter, it Ergo, all bakers are loafera. gicl out In Bridgeport hid her lover, who wwas pursucd by the Shert, in the stable, behind the cow. in some shape. She was determined to cow-hide him “Ts there a Hell?” A man on the West Side, who has a scolding wile, unswers that question. He says be knows there’s a. Hell, and it's Jocated rizht in his house. “It’s a poor rule that won't work both ways.” Bat, it arule works only one way, it does better than a Chi work any way you can fix it. 0 bummer. He won't «Children, obey your parents, for this is right.”” This injunction, so manifestly unpop- ular, should be revised at once,—the revision to read as follows: Parents, obey your chil- dren, for this is expected of you. "A soft thinz: A young man with hair parted in the middle, and arrayed in a_ruflled night- shirt, with a silk wipe protrudiag from tbe pocket thereof, is the softest thing that we can imagine at the present writing. “ Order is Heaven’s first law.”” Or soroething Some women constrae this sentencs € to ‘““order’” “Who do you “You have a very ungainly walk,” said a mentleman to his friend; “ but I hope you won’t take offense at my tellinz you so.” all,” replied the friend; % yon will always find that a man of my gait never takes a fence.” *What makes your doz snuff at that news- paper €0?” {uquired a mab of Spilkins, whose pointer was running the journal over with nis ‘“Not at of goueness which them a3 has weak spells is | nose.” Good deal of Turkey in the papers now- subject to, when another clerk, hearin’ me ask | adays,” replied Spilkins; “guess he must be for chintzcs, said something azain about my | smelling of that.” H. takiog a elewator. By this time 1 felt dread- [ - TUE GREAT VESTRIS. {ul, sod so, says I, makin® up my mind it was a York fashion, and it warn’t Best to scem too back-country, “Thanks to you, si” says I, 1 don't mind_tryin’ somcthing of the kind, bein’ most remarkable thirsty.” “ Certainly, ma’m,” says he, bowing careless towards a stand holdin’ a fancy pail with spizot to it, full of what I might have tookto be water, judgin’ by the taste, but I know well enough it was some deceitful genteel kind of lquor with the taste and smell tnken ou, like they dd to beaziue and castor oil. No sooper had 1 swal- lered 2 goblet of it when the young man pinted to 2 little room which, it you'll believe me, Mr. Editor, give the queerest kind of jerk you ever see just as Ilooked in, and seein’ comfortable sofus all around the walls of it, I stepped in. There was other ladies goin' in too, so we all set. down, ard I couldn’t help wondering whether the poor thiugs had been takin’_elewators like me. “It wan’t donoharm,” saysI to mysclf, “to sit_here o minute or two till this weak spell passes off,” when, massy on me! if I didn’s fect UP! Yes, azoin’ up. and with himself the God of Dance. down his vanity. snid to him, ‘“that your son surpasses you?’ «T have no doubt about it,” he auswered; “I had not 50 zood & aster as ke has had.” another secasion he remarked: “I know ouly three men in Europe who are unique in_their way,—the King of Prussia, Voltaire, and my- selt; Sixtus three heads self, “ Do talking, aer of the opera, after an insolent speech from the God of Dance. I am talking to the man who makes his money out of my talents.”? his first appearance, old Vestris, in full court Allthe Year Rount, Vestris the clder, or Vestris the Great, called Nothing could put “Do you know,” some one On in which he uncousciously parodied Pope V.’s sayiug that Europe coutained ouly capable _of ° poverning,—him- Henri IV., and Queon Elizabeth. you know to whom you are M. Vestris?” asked the mau- “To whom I am talking! Waen young Vestris made myselt AGOLN? lls it ap 1d Vi 1 &8, & i ress, led him on the stage: and, after s grand o' wild like as not, for one of the lagies bit her lip as if contemplating to laugh, and still we was all aroin’ up, leastwiseso it scemed. “It’s all on account o’ taking that elewator,” thinks T to myself, and then it come upon me how un- common appropriate the word was, meanin’ a drink, though often I bhad heard Jabez's pa gcold bim for using that wulgar expression. But 1 couldn’t help feelin’ scared, particular when I see, all of a suddent, men and women kind o’ walkin' about in the air. {Onee I jumped up to Zooutof the room, but a man workin’ some clockworks in the corner held out his hand. © In one moment, madam {7 said he, a pushin’ me back with such an air! & Did you take a elewator? T whispered to the lady sitting alongside of me. She nodded Der head without saving nothing, and from ber queer 160k 1 reckoned she was worse aflected even than I was. “ 1t's the first one I cver took in my life here in York,” coutinues Iy “ our country elewators is more positive to_take, but they don’t have nothing like the effect, though I must say such things never oughter to be took except in sick-, Now, madam,” says the clock man, very pompons, ““you won’t have no difliculty now.” Sure coough I didu’t bave no difliculty. For a mivit ~ the effect of the eclewator passed off suddener than it came. I fol- lowed the ladies out livcly enmongh, but sakes alive! what a time [ had findin’ the street door!” 1 mever was so bothered in all my life, though I knowed all along what was the matter, but just kept on without askingz no questions of nobody, and finally agoin’ down stairs and down stairs, and _cxpectin’ nothing else put to find myself in the kitchen, if Mr. Stewart’s family lives anywhere in the buildin’, which is most likely, tbere bein’ cnough room I should think.” Well, to make a long story short, how I ever got ont of that store don’t ever expect to know, but after I once ketehed sight of them glass doors 1 didn’t turn neck nor heel till I stood out on the sidewalk explainin’ private to o police that I'd been takin’ a elewator, and wouldn’t he put me in a down-town staze. To this day I haven’t sald a word about the busi- ness to Jabez, nor husband, nor no one to home. Some things had best be bygones. But I feel it a bounden duty, Mr. Editor, to wamnall re- spectable females, great and small, not to be led into takin’ elewators when they go into them York stores, least of all this new-fangled kind which s equally fatal in conscquences to pure sperits, and tastes like nothing on carth but water, which leras you to taking too much. Hoping you will print thesc bouest words for the benefit of all concerned, I am, most re- spectfully yours Locommundj e ASE E. TUpDs, GLIMPSES OF LINCOLXN. From Reminscences by Noah Brooks in Scribner for aren. 8o much has been written about Lincoln's private life and personal habits, that it secms unpecessary now to add more than a word. He was simple in all his tastes; liked old songs and old poetry. He was always neatly, but not finically, dressed. He disliked gloves, and once 1 saw him estract seven or cight pairs of gloves | from an overcoat pocket, where they had accu- mulated after having baco furmshed him by Mrs. Lincoln. Usually, he drank tea and coffce At the table, but he 'preferred milk or coid water. Winé was neyer on the table at the Whitc House, except when visitors, other than [amiliar {riends, were present. The Presi- dent’s glass was always_filled, and he usually luuc\mgit to his lips. Sometimes hedraok a bly. He was cordial and affable, and his sim- ple-hearted manners made a strong impression apon those who met bim for the first time. I Dbave kuown impressionable women, touched by his sad face and his gentle bearing, to zo away in tears. Once I found bim- sitting in his chairso collapsed and peary that he did not look up or speak when I addressed him. He put out his hand, mechanically, a5 if to shake pands, when I told him- Thad come at his bidding. It was ecveral minutes before e was ronscd enougrh to say that he ¢ had had a mighty hard day.” _Once, too, at a reception in the White House, I joined thelong “quenc of people, shook hands with him, received the gsual “&lad to see you, 8ir,”? and passed on. Latcr in the evening, meeting me, the declared debutant and display your talents to the public; your father is looking on.” ¥ c of the old block. Onec evcning, when it was not Vestris, Jr.Js, dancinz-day, the Queen of France chose to go to the opera in the expectation of secing him. ber arrival, the young caper-cutter answered: “] do not mean to dance to-day.” - Queen bezs vow? ©I can't help that. Very sorry indeed, but "ts quite out of the guestion that I shoutd dance to-day.” Twenty beggints and prayings et with twenty refusals. gentlemen of the bedchamber put the rebel Under arrest, and seat for his father, who bronght him to his senses. * 3 d you know what vou are doing by making dilli- culties with the Queen? Are you aware that the house of Vestris lias never had a misunderstand- ing with the bouse of Bourbon? I forbid you to cause any coolness between the two familics. Go and dance, and let vour daciug be worthy of your name.” held out by hls promising heir, turned to the ompousty said: *Go, my son, The young oue proved a chip Informed of “ But the The “You great ass! do IS ONLY 'TERMS. Detrott Free Press. The old saying that some men would want more il they had a billion was exewmplified yes- terday woen a Windsorite and a Detroiter got into a dispute at the ferry-dock. Said the Cana- dian: “You ought to be weil pounded, and I'm the man who can do it! However, I don’t understand the laws over here, and don’t want. 10 be locked up. 1€ you will come over to Can- ada DI'IL pay your fire both ways on the boat, buy your dinner, treat you to the cigars, lick vou till_you can't squeal, and send you home with beef on your eyes.” The American thought of the proposition awhile and then asked: “1f I go over with you will you buy me a new overcoat!” ¢ I—~1—yes, by thunder! I will!” replied the mad Windsorite. * And a suit of clothes?” v No, I won't! That's asking too much!” “Well, those are the only terms I was ever licked on,” caimiy replicd tne other, “and vour rejection of them shows that you are all blow and no fight.” They took it out in jawing. kbl L THE THEOLOGIC WAR. Hary fares the theologic was Who wins,"and who s 20ry! Who leaves the field with wound or scar, "To spout azain his story? What purposc fcrves this shower of wind .. To courchman or to sinncr? 2 ‘Thath the outcast another {ricad? Or hath the poor a dinner? Gle us a rest from well-trained jaw, Sarcense from Winter-thander, The hent of Hell with Arctic saow, ‘Which makes the simple wonaer. Sirs, you should know the Beecher shell Was filled with wind, not ){m\-dur; He sprang bis mie of litersl Hell To bicw his horn tne louder. happy they who live right on, D oan bared ndecd. not wounded; §till in the round of dutics done, Thes cannot be confounded; In honest work, at home, abroad,® They 6] life’s mensure even— Thus keep the greay command of God, For this life, and for Heaven, FEBIUARY, 1573, C. B. Cazren. e —— Faster than s Mile a Minate. Jamestowen (X ¥.) Democrat. Every wuflc ncq'nnint.cd. with the Dunkirk, “WWarren & Pittsburg Railrozd knows how ravid is the descent from Laona into Fredonia. Last Saturday evening, about 11 o’clock, an accident happeucd at that place. The nizhi was intense- 1y cold. and, when the regular frefebt train pull- ed out of Cassadagn, all the brakemen but one were in the caboose, Warming up, preparatory to standing guard over the long train of twenv.g‘- pine cars when the heavy grade should bereach- cd. broke in two, the last —the others, with only one brakeman, going on, unaware of the accident. The top.of the hill was rez-hed and tue deacent began. engineer, finding himsel{ fmpelled along at a terrible rate, reversed his envine, though ne says he expected to sce the cylinder-heads blown out and Lis locomotive a wreek, and Just after lc‘_’xflng the etation the train ive cars beingleft behind, The whistled for brakes. The cars were covered With ice and snow, and the solitary brakeman took his life in his hand when, Irg the dark- Tness, and with the train thundering alons at the-rate of about a mile a _minute down a erade that increased the speed every second, he sprang from one car to another, and set every brake on_the whole twenty-three cars. The run from the top of the hill to Fredonis was made in an incredibly short space of time, and to the discovery of - the brakeman the quick discovery of the impending danger by the engineer, ‘aud the good work -of the lacomotive and cvery brake, is due the fact that the train was kept.from a plunce into the Dun- kirk depot and total annihilation THE _CONCLAVE. T. A. Trollope's Account of the Way the Cardinals Elect a Pope. ‘We copy the following picturesque deseription of the Conelave’s proceedings from T. Adolphus Trollope’s book, ““The Papal Conclaves,. As They Were and 4s They Are,” recently pub- lished in England and not yet reprinted here: ““ After the service and breakfast, the Cardi- nals 20, accompanied by the conclavists, to the Sistine Chapel, to proceed to the first scrutiny. One of tho, conclayists, at the door of tae chapel, hands to his Cardinal a closed desk containing the ruled 2nd prepared register for the day’s voting, the schedule especlally prepared for giving the votes, the Cardinal's scal, and materisls for sealing and writiuz Tequisites. *The Conclavc then Tetire, and the doors of the chapel are closed. Eack Cardinal is cn- throned undera canopy so arranged that they all can be let down but one when the new Pope ischosen. In the middle of the floor are six little tables furnished with everything neces- sary {o the business in hand. On a table in {ront of thealtarisa tablet with seventy holes in it, answering to the number of Cardinals e Is full, together with a par- iniog as many balls of wood as there are Cardinals, with_the name of a Cardi- val oo each of them. From this box every morning are drawn the three scrutators aml three Cardlnals to attend any invalids who muy be confined to their cells. The balls with the names of the Cardinals are placed in the ro- spective Loles of the tablets just mentioned, and gre nifowed to remain there during the ens tire time of each scrutiny. Finally, there Is also on this large tablo the form of wath to be used in puiting the voting papers into tne urn, and two urns with thefr dishes beneath them, Which, during the time of scrutiny, are placed in thealtar; also a box with a slit in the lid, and alock and key, which the Cardinals appointed o receive the votes of their invalid colleaguey carry round locked to the celis of the latter, and into the slit the slek Cardinals put their folded papers_containing their votes with theit own hands. Bebind the altar there is alittle iron fireplace, with a tube chimney communieat. ing with the outer air. ‘At theclose of each serutiny in which ne elcction has been accomplished, owing to the requisite oumber of votes not having been given to one single Cardinal, all the voting-pa- pers are placed, together witha portion of straw, in this grating, which is then-inserted in the iron-stove, and the whole is set on firc by 3 match lighted by 3 tinder-boy, eo that the burn” ing creates a debse smoke, by which all Rome, cazerly on the watch, is informed that no elec- tion has taker place at thatday’s two scrutiuies. 'This {5 the celebrated ‘Slminata,’ of which s much has been heard, andon whicn so many bets have been decided. It serves also as a slena) " to the artillerymen, who are on the watch at .are first read by Castle 5t. Augelo, ready to fire their guns as soon us the election shall bave been made; and, {further, to the workmen also on the watch, to pull down the walling-up of the great balcony from which the new Pope will, immediately on his election, mive his tirst beaddiction—* ms‘fa [ urni’—on the fnstant that an election shait lave been consummated. Every possible care is taken to prevent the Cardinals™ from communi- coting with cach other, and cven the dinners are ‘administered ? separately by a ‘dapifer? (3 bringer of the fcast), by whom each Cardinal is attended. The dinners are scverally examined by an official, before they arc taken fnts tho cells, to see that no scrap of writing or messaxo of any kind is conveyed in the viands. Any letters which may come in from the outer world a Board of Prelates before tho Cardinals can have themm, and the most scrupu. lous care is taken in every way to prevent all communication with theouter worlg, all the ofti- cers, couclavists, and others acting and fulfilling their dutiesunder solemn vowsand oaths. Threo hours after sunsct, at the last ringing of a sig- nal-bell, the junior master of the ccremony calls out, *Incetum dominf!’~—+To your cells, my -lords!" " And all retire again to rést. It is not necessary to describe the technicali- ties af writing upon the voting papers the numes of the Cardinals set forth by the vaters for election. ‘They are not unlike modern bal- lot-papers, with the exception of some fines of Latin and certain regulations for folding and sealing the yvote. Only onc name is written, and, when the vaper is illed up and folded and. sealed, each Cardinal walks from his place to the altar, carrying the schedule or vote held figh between his fingers and thumb. Arrived at the step of the altar, be kneels and pronoun- ces in Latin the following oath: ‘Icall to wituess Christ our Lord, who shall be my Judgze, that [am electing whom before God. I think ought to be elected, and the same a5 to the yote which 1 shall give at the “aceessit "’ ‘“On the altar there Is a larze chalice orurn covered with a patina: and the elector, having thus sworn, places his schedule or vating paper onthe pating, and, taking tbat in his’ haud, throw the vote Into the chalice with it. Ifa sick Cardinal canpot do this, the ceremonial 18 zone through for him bys scrutator. For those who capnot leave their cells there isa very claborate system of assistance and substitution by the sworn ofticials. When all the votes have been placed in the chalice, the senior then takes cach vote from the chalice and drops it into another similar recentacle. ‘*Then comes the scratiny itself. The three scrutators sit at a larze table with their backs tothe altar, so that they may beseen by all present. The first of them takesa votivg pa- per from the chalice, and, leaving the seals which scal down the nameand motto ot the voter intact, opens the ouher, in whose favor the voieis given. Ie then passesit tothe second scrutator, who also takes a note of the person voted for, and passesit onto a third, who declares that voteina loud voice; and eucht Cardtual, as “the vote is_declared, marks it on a register before him. When all the registers are marked, the schedules or voting papers are threaded on a file by the juior serutator. The two ends of the thread are then tied together, and the whole placed apart on the great table. Then comes the last operation of tne serutiny, which has tbree aivisions in case an_election has been accomplished, which are, first. the counting of the votes; second, the certifsing of the votes by three other Cardinals drawn by lot and called ‘recoprnitori’; and, third, the burning of the vote in the manner alrcady described. But if no clection bas been acnleved, the last portion of the operation, the ‘post-scratintum’, consists of seven ‘acts,’ of which the first is the taccessit.” Thisrevoting is similar to the first, but no Cardinal can be voted for by acceseit un- less he has Lud at least one vote previously. Nor can an elector give an aceessit for the ame person for whom ne vored in the first votinz; otherwise he would bevoting twice for the same erson. ¥ The mode n which this method of tho ac- cessit operates, and the nature of the motives which wil influence the clectors in proceeding to {t, are sufficiently intcllizible. If A, for whom you have voted, shall be shown to have received four or five votes only, white B bas received twenty, add C thirty, it will become a declicate question whesher you shall transfer yonr voto to one of the latter, aad, if so, T which of them? 1, falling your own favorite candidate, who has been shown to have no chance, you are conterit- ed to have C, your course i3 clear. You ‘ac~ cede’ to him. +If he is objectionable to you, you may still prefer to accede to him il it ghall scem to you that bis efection is inevitable. It B would con- tent you, and you think he has_a cbance, you accede to him.” If your main object fs to pre- veat, if poesible, the clection of either Bor C, you accede to some other Cerdinal in hope that the votes given him, {f not suflicient to elect him, may at least, in conclusive languaze, zive au exclusion to B and C,—~i. e., Srevem, either of them from having a two-thlrd majority. It ‘will thus be seen that the accessit requires for its inanagement some of the most delicate and dexterous play of any portion of the Conclave operations,” Preferred a Whipping. Sedahia (Mv.) Democrat. A neero by the name of Bob Falkner, a resi- dent of Brownsville, has been detected ina number of petty thefts during the past three or four weeks, and was_frequently admonisned to desist. He continned in his cvil course, bow- ever, until yesteraay morning, when he was jerked up before a drumhbead court-martial. e proof was positive against him, and e was allowed to elect whether he would stand o pros- ecution aud go to jall, or take forty-nine lashes and leave the country, never more to return. He preferred to take thc lashes as his punish. ment. Yesterday morninz the lashes were ad- ministered. They were laid on with a stalwart arm, and be was not swindled out of asingle lash, Hegrinned and bore It, and when the punishment was concluded hedbid farewell to Brownsville, and started West to grow up, ete. -