Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1878, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 3, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGHN WASHINGTON. The Ultra Silver Men Apparently Not ‘Yet Satisfied. A Bill for Unlimited Coinage Will Be Offered in the House. Such a Measore Would Fail of a Two- Thirds Yote in the Senate. Tom Scott's Texas Pacific Bill Gota & Favorable Committee Report. But Several of the Committeemen Will Oppose It in the House, 3 SILVER LEGISLATION. A SUPPLEMENTARY BILL. Bpecial Dispatch to The Trivune. ‘Wasmixerox, D. C., March 2—Those who are dissatisfied with the present Silver law are beginning to form plans for future action. The first attempt will doubtless be made on Monday by Sprinwer, of fllinois, who has the floor in the House, to move to suspend the rules. He has prepared a supplemental Silver bill,which pro- vides for unlimited coinage and for the issue of bullion certificates. The supporters of the measare cxpect a vote of two-thirds in the House, and 3 majority in the Senate, but there is hittle probability that such a Dill could be passed over a veto. The Democrats vre- fer that it should wmot be. Every effort will be made, bowever, to ‘have the proposed bill pass both Houses, so0that it can be vetoed in order that the Democrats s Y saxe me swvee QUESTION AN 18SUE in the Presidential campaign. Such a bill as that proposed by Springer will not receive a vote as large as that given the Silver bill just enacted. TUnless information received by the State De- ‘partment is inaccurate, Ben Butler's wish that the bonds may return home in large quantities Irom Europe is likely to be gratified. News comes through the German Legation that the Berlin Government has recently disposed of some $15,000,000 of United States bonds which had been purchased with the French indempity fund. Mcauwhile, the zold men’ are at 2 loss 10 know why the bonds do not decline, and WHY GOLD SHOULD NOT APPRECIATE. ‘The report is repeated that the Treasury De- partment will still continue to pay bonds held in Europe in gold, and persons who had con- versation with the President some time Dbefore the bill passed clafm that he espressed himself in favor of such action. Gov. Boutwell, who ‘was eight years Secretary, is of opinion that the Secretary of the Treasury would hardly venture to enter upon such g course. He thioks the only thing for the Treasury Department to do 1s to put siiver into immediate use for all pur- poses. Boutwell anticipates that large quan- tities may be recetved tbrough ‘payment of customs. Sepator Ferry presented the Silver law from the State Department to the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday. 1t is Ferry’s opinion, from a conference with Sherman at that time, that the latter WILL ENFORCE THE LAW {n the spirit in which it was passed. Ferry un- derstood from Secretary Sherman that the coin would be immediagely seot to the Sub-Treasu- ries, and issued in the regular payment of sala- Ties of employes, and for purposes of current Toney. The President, it seems certain, felt annoyed that the bill was passed over his head without more consideration, but his annoyance could not have been greater than the indiznation of Congressmen that there should have been a veto of ameasure which had more than two- thirds majority in both Houses. But the Presi- dent’s feelings could mot have been gravely wounded if the statements of his most intimate friends are correct. Several of them say that tlie Presideut greatly feared that the bill would not pass over his veto, and was exceedingly gratified to learn that it IAD DECOME A LAW. The President had a keen appreciation of the effects of that exasperation of the peuple which Secretary Sherman predicted in case a veto should result in the defeat of the bill. TOE RESUMPTION ACT. It is by no means certain that the bill to re- peal the Resumption act, which has passed the House, will be favorably reported by the Senate “Finance Committee. Therc is a growing dispo- sition to press action upon that nill. Several members of the Committee desire to know what the effect of the Silver law will;be. Some are confident that the act will become pullified if- the Resumption act is repealed. Silver conld not circulate. Seopator Allison is not well dis- posed toward the bill. Senator Ferryis now disposed to be nnfavoradle toit. Thereare two estimates of strength of the repeal measure in the Finance Committee: One that the House bill will be reported favorably by one majority; another, that it will be reported unfavorably by . the same majority. THE TARIFF BILL. COMMITIEE CHANGES. ‘Wasmxerox, D. C., March 2—The Commit- tecon Ways and Means to-day amended the Tarifl bill as follows: Cigars, cigarettes, made fn part or in whole of paper or any substance, angd tobacco or cheroots of all kinds, $3.50 per pound. Tobaceo in the leaf unmanufactured and not stemmed, 85 cents per pound. Tobac- ©o stems, 15 cents per pound. Sawed boards, planks, deals, and other lumber of hemlock, ‘whitewood, cottonwood, spruce, and sycamore, 50cents per 1,000 feet, board messure, All - other varieties of sawed lumber 31 per 1,000 feet, board measure. But when Ilumber of any sort is planed or finished, in addition to therates herein provided there shall be levied and vaid for each side so planed or finished 25 cents per 1,000 feet, and if planed on one side, aud tongued and grooved, 50 cents per 1.000 feet, and if Dlaved on two sides, tonzued and grooved, 75 cents per 1,000 fect. Timber 3:::!"{:; s‘?;r‘u!, squared c:{ sided, aflnd timber uilding wharves and spars, r 1, cubic feet. N 2 P S pEsTIn Hubs, wheels, posts, etc., rough hewn or sawed, only increased to 15 per céntum ad val- orem. Hotse or cabinet furniture of whatever material not otherwise provided in picees or the Tough .and not finished, 30 per centum ad val- orem. Cabinet wares ana_house furniture, fin ed, 35 per centum ad valorem. Casks and barrel, emty, sugar-box shooks and packing boxes of wood not otherwise provided for, 20 per centum ad valorem. TOM SCOTT’S PET. THE TEXAS PACIFIC BILL IN COMMITTEE. Special Dispateh to The Tribune. Wasmrvaro, D. C.,; March 2.—The House Pacific Railroad Committce took a final vote this morning on the Texas Pacific bill, and de- clded toreport it favorsbly by one majority-. Thevote was7to6, s indicated a few days ago. The ayes were ‘Throckmorton, of Texas; House, of Tennessee; Chalmers, of Mississippi; Elam. of Louisiana; O'Neill, of Pennsylvaniu; Cole, of Missouri; and Caswell, of Wiscouers’ ‘The negative votes were Hewitt, of New York: Morrison, of Ilinois; Lattzell, of C:.li(ornh" Landers, of Connecticut; Bisir, of New Harnp. shire; and Rice, of Massachusetts, There were two absentees—Morrison, who is sick, and Hewitt, of New York, but both sent ig their ‘vote, and they were RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE The vote of 7 to 6 does mot indicate the affirmative strength of the Stephens bill. Cole, of Missouri, who voted for it, did so only pro forma in orderto get the bill reported. Cole, who is from St. Louis, {5 for the Vinita branch. That branch the Committee has stricken ont of the bill. Accordinely the measure has Jost interest to Cole’s section, but he decided to permit the bill 1o come before the House by his vote with the special understanding that he re- served the right to vote aginst the bill in the House if he desired to. Cole’s iricnds eay ho will vote against,it uniess the Vinita branch ts - adopted as an amendieent. The action of Cas- well, of. Wiscotsin, i1 giving sugport to the | measure Is . s UTTERLY INCOMPRENESSIBLE, Caswell will doubtless be called upon by the Northwest to exploin why he supports” Tom Scott’s subsidy Texas Pacific Road. Committee- ‘men say that during the session of the Commit- tee Caswell has said nothing, and has not mdi cated what his action will be until very recent- Iy. Caswell {8 understood to have reserved the right to vote arainst the bill in the House. THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILEOAD. To the Western Associnted Press. WasmNGToN, D. C., March 2.—The House Committee on Pacific Railroads to-day, by a ma- jority vote, decided to recommend the passae of the Texas Pacitic Railroad bill in the precise terms reported by the sub-Committee last week. Representative House will report the messure at the first call of the Commitice. Twoof the thirteen members of the Committce—~Ilewitt and Morrison—were absent from the meeting todav, but their voies were cast by prox: against it, together with those of Luttrell, Landers, Elair, and Rice, who were present. It was understood and agreed, however, that every member should be at Jiberty to take such posi- tion in the House concerning the bill or any of its provisions as his judgment may hereafter dictate, regardless of his vote to-d: The Committce subsequently resumed consideration of the prorate controversy, and heard the con- clusion of Judge Usher’s argzument in Lebalf of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. INTER-STATE COMMERCE. REPORT OF THE NOUSE COMMITTEE—THE BILL TO REGULATE INTER-STATE COMMERCE AND PROUIBIT UNJUST DISCRIMINATION. ‘Wasim~Groy, D. C., Feb. 27.—The bill report- ed by Representative Reagan from the Commit- tee on Commerce, for the regulation of inter- State conmerce, and to prevent unjust diserim- fnation as to freizhts, cnarges, and facilities by raliroads and other common carriers, is accom- panied by an elaborate report in favor of its pas- saze. It says, among other things, “ When we consider the magnitade of the commerceof the United States, and the direct interest which the whole of our 45,000,000 pcople have ia it, the broad extent of our country as compared with other commercial countries, and that its internal commerce carried by railroads alone is estimated at about #18,000,000,000 iun value, while it is supposed our whole internal com- meree amounts to not less than §25,000,000,000 in value, and when it is remembered that this commerce is carried on over 75,000 miles of railroad, snd Dby steamboats and other vessels on our rivers, lakes, bays, and canals over a length of navizable waters proba- bly_exceeding half the length of all our rail- roads, the importance of the interest mtended to be tostered and protected by this bill may be realized, and any measure which will materially bewefit this vast commerce will not fuil to be sensibiy felt in relieving the country from its present financial and industrial embarrassments. The most of this commeree is now carried by railroads and other corporations, each having, 1o some extent at least, a monopoly of the car- rying business over its particular route, but in i though not in all instances, the evils ich might result from these monovolies are mitigated hy competing lines of communicazion. Each of these corporations, when not restrained by legislative authority, can discriminate in freight rates and charzes fn favor of and against whom they please, and may in this wav benefit some persons and places, whoile they injure rela- tively other persons and places. ‘as may suit their interests or inclinations. This, in fact, has been so often doue with results £o injurious to many as to call for the passage of some law to prohibit and to punish such diseriminations. Une of the objects of the bill is to give an intelliwible detinition of what is 1o be considered inter-State freivhts and com- meree; that is 1o say, property carried by rail~ roads or other common carriers, which wouid include steamboats and all other water craft, when wholly or partly carried by such railroads or other common carrier as part of one con- tinuous carriage from or to any foreizn nation or country, from or into any State, or States, or Territory, or Territories of the United States, or 1n or through two or more States or Territories of the United States, or from within one State or Territory of the United States intoor through one or more other States vr_Territories of the United States, and in order that the pro- visions of " the act shall not be evaded or defeated, it is provided that it shall be unlawful for such com- mon_carriers to make any combination, con- neetion, contract, arrangement, or schedule, or to cause any delay in carriage, or to do any other act or thing with intent to evade any pro- vistons of the act, or with intent to preven 3 such carriage from being one substantially con- tinuous carriaze; aud it is provided that as to such carriages of property the freight rates, facilit] and cbarzes shall be equal to all shipvers; and it is also provided that mo more shail be charged for such inter-State or through freights than is charged for freight in_any State through which they arc passiag, having reference to identity of time and sim- ilarity of freights and services, and that equal facilities shall be allowed to cach. Tne biil also provides that as to such inter-State freights no more shall be charged for their car- riage for a shorfer than for a longer distance. Inthe competition of railroads especially, a practice is very general of charging very low rates for throush freizht on long roads and be- tween remote centres of trade. These charges are often so Jow as to be unremunerative, and tite competition for such freieht is one of the fraitful causes of what has been called the raii- road wars,winch have often proved so injurious, not to say disastrous, both fo the com- peting railroads and the commereial intercsts of the communities involved in them. The bill has for its object the correction of great and manifest abuses, and the prevention of unjust discriminations of common carriers against ship- pers who are entitled to equality of terms. It imposes £o unjust or even inconvenient bur- dens on such common' carriers. It does not attempt to revulate and fix a maximum or minimum of rates of freight and charges, or to deal fn matters oL detail as to trausportation. The bill requires, among other things, that all persons or corporations engaged in business as common carricrs shall keep posted in at least five place in every depot or station in every dtvor village, havinr 2 population of 1,000, through or to which their lines may run, a de- tailed schedule of tariff rates, which schedule shall not be changed without ' five days’ notice, The prohibitions azainst carrying freizht at less than schedule rates are not to apply to Govern- ment business, or to the transportation of arti- cles for public fairs or cnaritable purposes. The Cowmittee quote authotity to show that Congress has the power to enact such a Jaw as they propose, and argue that as Congress only can furnish the remedy for the evils cited, the time has come when this duty should be per- formed. NOTES AND NEWS. BOCGNUT A POST-OFFICE. Specinl Dispateh to The Trivune. WasniNGToy, D. C., March 2.—In the investt- Zation of the Boston Post-Office matter to-day, it was proved that Meredith, a small New Hampshire post-office, was given to the Post~ master in 1875 in consideration of $250 paid for political parposes, THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNT. 8. J. Moscs, son of ex-Chief-Justice Moses, of South Caroling, in New York said to-night that Chief-Justice Cartter, of this District, while present at the count of the South Carolina elee- tion returns, was guilty of collusion to the {raudulent returm of the State for Haves. Cart- ter to-night. in on interview. vizorously denics this. Columbus Alexander, a prominent Dem- ocrat who represented the Democrats at the count, confirms Cartter'’s denial, and says he could not have done what was charged, as he (Alexander) kept nis eyes open too wide for any crookedness. TREASURY STATEMENT. To the Western Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON C., Mareh 2. —The Treasury now holds $316,597,530 in United States bonds held for circulation, and $13,593.0C0 in bonds to secure public deposits; United States bonds de- positea for circulation for the week ending to- day, $204.5%0; bonds held for circulation with< for the week ending to-day, $236,000; National-Bank circulation, outstanding currency notes $320,430,233, old notes §1,432,120; inter- nal revenuc receipts, $204:600.2): customs re- ceipts, $550,032.95; receipts of National-Bank notes for the week ending to-lay. as compared ivg_t_h l‘h;:1 éaofispam_gng yaerh&c)lo of last vear: & 15,0003 1§ 11,000; receipts to- S e, 00; 75, §3,011,000; p TRE MEXICAN BORDER. The House Committee on Militars Affairs to- day heard the testimony of Lieut. Turner, of Fort_ Clarke, Rio Grande, in relation to the Mexican border outrages. Lieut. Turner said the raids upon American soil had been made solels by Indians, and that Mexican citizens werenot _engaged in the depredations on ghe border. e related several incidents of depre- dations on the Mexican side by Americans, During the recent” absence of Col. Sharcer in Washington an American scout, crossed into Mexico, killed a man, spd brought the body inta Texas to secure a reward of 530 offered by the authorities of the town on the Texas sde Tor the person of the murdered map. DOORREEPER POLK. The Committee-on Civil-Service Reform con- tinued the investization into the affairs of Doorliceper Polk, and Clerk Adams testified jn relation 1o the rolls of the Doorkevper sent to his office and the employment and discharge of men as shown by the rolls. e OFFICIAL CITANGES. Gen. Smith, the Chief of the Appointment Division of the Treasurv Department, will be appointed a Pavmaster in the army, and Assist- ant Chief Lamphere will become Chief. EDWARDS PIERREPONT, ex-Minister to_Eugland, called to-day upon the Tresident and Secrotary Sherman. THE PATENT LAWS. . The Senate Committee on Patents will report, early next week; to the Senate the pending bill roviding for n general revision of the existing atent laws. [t §s understood that the amend- ments are not very material. CRIME. A MARTYR TO DUTY. Dexter, Me., Feb. 24.—Early Friday even- ing Jast an attempt was made to rob the Dexter Savings Bank, in this place, which met with only partial success, but was accompauied by the most foul murder of the Cashier, Mr. J. W. Barron. The first knowledge of the crime re- sulted from the failure of Mr. Barron to return home as usual on Friday cvening. lnquiries were made for him and he could not be found. This excited suspicion. When the bank officers scarcied at the bank the doors were found locked. When the Cashier of the National Bank opened his vault, which is conneeted with that of the ssvings bunk, he found the door of the savings bank safeopened so he could not get through, but could hear Mr. Barron groan- ing. Ther then broke open the doors of the savings bank rooms but found the vault locked. They then passed a small person through the aperture between the vaults. He found Mr. Barron lying in the vault handeufled, gagged, and a rope around bis neck. Ile was taken out senseless, and remained so nntdl about half-past 5 vesterday morning, when he expired. He had scveral bad wounds unon his forehead, which probably caused his death. The buralars sue- ceeded in getting away with less than §100 of the money in the bank. ‘The robbery was accomplished probably on Friday night between the hours of 5and 6 o'clock. Mr. Parsons, an msurance agent, left the bankabout a quarter to 5 o’clock, and noth- ing unusual had occurred then, Mr. Curtis, the Cashier of the National Bauk, left nis oflice at5 o'clock and tried the door to Mr. Barron’s room and found it locked. He supposed he bad left the building; so, as he went down the stairs, he locked the outside door. About 6 o'clock, a person passing the outer bank entrance saw three men, strangers, standing in the entry beside the open door, evidently preparing to step out. These must lhave been robbers and muraerers, as mno citiz were there at that time, and this same outside door bad been previously locked by Mr. Curtis. A lady who passed up the street about this time saw two men step out from the bank entrance and walk rapidly down the strect. The robbers must have quartcred themselves in the Masonic Hall, in the third-story over the bauk, as the doors Ieading thereto were found unlocked iu the afternoon, and were locked by the janitor, but they were again found unloeked after the crime was committed. The men ac- cidentally sct upon Mr. Barron as he went to a closet opening out of a rear room for coal to replenish his fire. Here was found the partial- 1y filled hod, overturned, and his false teeth and the pen which he baa over his ear were here ly- mg on the floor. The key of the haudkuffs aund Mr. Barron’s bunch of keys were also found here. These men probably thought to find the safe doors unlocked aud the funds of the bank unprotected, but this was not the case. The door of the vault must have been open, and the outer door of the safe, but the inner door of the safe, protecting all the valuables of the bank, was closed and locked. There waga combination-iock on this door, and also a time- lock; but the time-lock was sct_to close the safe at 7 o’clodk, so at this honr did not proteet it. But Mr. Barron, although a man of slight build and little fitted for @ combat with Dbis persccutors, was yet possessed of an iron will and faithful purpose— to lay down his life rather than betray his trust. Frowmn appeerances, it is thought that thev put a cord about his neck to foree him to divulge the combination. Ho was probably beaten for thi st purpose, and, when they found nothing ~ .d be forced fiom him, and fearing detection, they locked him in the vault todie. He was found gagwed with a picce of wood like thosc seen on pail-handles. A picce of cord-line was run- through the hole m the wood and securely tied around bis neck. He was_handeuffed with his arms behind him, the bandeuffs being finely finished aud nickel- plated and of the latest pattern. ‘The thicves must have had keys to all parts of the build- ing as well as to the safe, as they left all the doors locked behind them. The Trustees of the bank have offered a reward of §1,000 for the ap- prebension of the murderers, and eflicient meas- ures have been taken to intercept their flizht. A Corouer’s inquest was in sesslon on Saturday afternoon in regard to the death of Mr. Barron. The tragic death of Mr. Barron has cast a eloom over this community never before cqualed. He was a man of rare purity of character and purpose, and had the full con- fidence of the cutire community, a_confidence Wwhich he did not fail to deserve, as his faith- ful surrcuder of his_ life rather than be- tray the trust reposed in him shows. He was a man of slight stature, about 40 years of age, and had hetd many responsible positions of trust for more than ‘ten years. He had been Treasurer of the town, and Treasurer of the savings bank since it was first orzanized, in 1863. The care of the funds intrusted to him was so great that when, a few years since, the bankk made a losing fuvestment of a few thou- sand dollars, an investment for which he was Tot more responsible than the Trustees of the institution, is desire to protect the interest of the bank was such that he insured his life for $5.000 in 1avor of the bank, to caver this loss. This action on his part they knew nothing of until an examination of his papers yesterday re- vealed the fact. OFFERS TO TELL. PHrLADELPIIA, March 2.—The Prosccuting Attorney of Camden Countg, N. J., bas received an anonymous letter sayieg that for $5,000 the writer will give such information as will lead to the conviction of the person who murdered dJohn M. Armstrong. He addsif the offer is accepted through the persoual column of o morning paper be will give an interview: also if he does not give satisfactory information he wiil make no claim to the amount. The prose- cuting officer says the county will aceept the terms, and rely only on the writer’s information to strengthen their case. The insurance . com- panes will not pay any attenticn to_the anon y- imous letter, preferring justice should take its course in the proper wa CHARGED WITH PERJURY. Sax Fraxcrsco, March 2.—Cbarges of per- jury have been brought against J. C. Duncan and Thiomas Gray, Duncan’s father-in-law, the ex-Secretpry and President of the Pioneer Bank, for having published sworn statements last July, falsifsing the condition of the afTairs of the bank. “The general impression is that Gray, as President, was merely a fleurebead, knowing nothing of the affairs of the bank, and having 1o voice in its control, Gray furnished bail. Duncan remaius in confinement. BURLINGTON, IA. Special Dispatch (o The Tridune, BURLINGTON, Ia., March 2.—In the District Court to-day, Jack Tierner, Join Garrity, and A. G. West, convicted of the rovbery of J. L. Davenport, were sentenced to six Yyears each in the Penitentiary at hard labor. Walter Bird, convicted of burglary, was sen- tenced to four years in the same institution, ‘The last-named stole $5,000 Trom the residence of J. B. Dunbar, proprictor of the depot eating. house in this city. A BURGLAR KILLED. Forr Scorr, Kan., Mareh 2.—A man named Bernard McKinna was shot aad fatally wounded about 2 p. m. yesterday by a night-watchman in the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad yard, while attempting to break into the passenger depot. Deceased is entirely unknown here. He had stated the previous” evening that his home was in Springfield, I1l. * Letters fonnd on his person, however, indicated that his frieuds, or at Jeast Lis sister, recently resided in Providence, R. L. A QUADRUPLE HANGING. Mario, Ala., March 2.—Albert. Young, Rob- ert Jones, Silas Wright, an@ Lucius Porter, all colored, were hanged in the jail here vesterday for the murder of Isaac D, Moore (white) Nov. 6, 1876. The necks of Youns, Wright, and dones were broken. Porter died from stran- zulation. ANOTIER EXECUTION. Heresa, Mout., Mareh 2.—Michael McAn- drews was hune at Radersburg, Mont., at 2 o'clock p. m. yesterday for murdering a man named Mauer last fall, with whom he had tray- cled from the Black Hills. The evidence was crcumstantial. He made no confession. SHORT IN IIS ACCOUNTS. LAwreNce, Mass, March 2.—Charles §. Whittier, Town Clerk and Treasurer of Mezhuen, left town on Thursday, and to-day o Jetter was recefved from him saying he shoald not return, as he was short in his accounts. Investization shows that he is a defaulter. His bondsmen arc liable, . Whittier was recently conspicttously before the public in_conuection v;lilh the fight over the Mcthuen Postmaster- ship. * EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED. 8ax Fraxcisco, March 2.—Charles A. Sum- ner, Seeretary of the Committec of Depositors of the Pioneer Bank, has filed a complaint charging J. C. Duncan with the embezzlement of 17,000 shares of the stock of the Safe-Deposit Company. OVERRULED. CLEVELAND, O., March 2.—The motion fora new tridl in the case of McGill, convicted of the murder of Mary Kelly, was overruled this after- noon, and Mc(ill seatcuced to be hanged 'm the 26th of June. " SENTENCED. 3 PHILADELPHIA, March 2.—Seven persons were sentenced to-day for making, passing, and bav- ing counterfeit money to terms of imprison- ment ranging {rom four months to twelve years. HEAVY SILK ROBBERY. CiycisNaty, 0., March 2,~The dry-goods house of Alins & Doepke, in this city, was robled yesterday by burglars of between $3,000 and 51,600 worth of silks. —————— B. F. WADE. Death of the Ex-Senator at His Homo in Jefferson, O. Bpectel Dispateh to The Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., March 2.—Ex-Senator Wade passed away at his home in Jefferson precisely at 6:30 o’clock this morning. A deeided change forthe worse was noted by his friends on Fri- day morning, and before night it became evi- dent that he could live but a few hours Jonger. His wife sat by his side hotding his hand, and hisson, Capt. Henry P. Wade, and several other friends surrounded the bed. At a few minutes before 6:30 o'clock in the morning his breathing, which had been very irreou- lar for some tfme, Dbecame hard for a short time, and then censcd forever, Ho was conscious to the lnst moritent, and tried to speak but a short time before hie died, but with ali attention he could not be understood, except. to say in a low whisper, * I cannot talk at all.” “His especial request was that the funcral be very plain, and especially that no costly monument be placed above his head. Me left uo will, being willing to leave his property at the disposal of his friends. e is worth about $50,000, all in good condition. His physician says that his advanced age was the real cause of his death. . The funeral will take place on Tuesday, March 5, at Lo'clock p. m. “BEN” WADE. That blufl, sturdy, radical o!d wheel-horse of Republicanism, Ben Wade, is no more. Aftera long and painful fliness he passed awav yester- day morning at his home in Jefferson, O., and in his death one of the most vigorous, impul- sive,and aggressive of Americanstatesmen drops out of politi His success in polities was ail the more remarkable in that ft was obtained notwithstanding the crudest and most un- vromising of beginnings, and perhaps he owed that success more to his own indomitable personal push thanto a lesitimate ascent upon intrinsic merits, or to ‘combina- tions of auspicious circumstances. He was a Massachusetts man, born in Springfield, Oct. 27, 1800, and was therefore in his TSth year at the time of his death. Me sprang from the humolest of beginnivgs. Tntil 1326, his sum- mers were spent in farm labor, and his winters in scnool-teaching, the common experience of a great many other not very well-to-do New Englanders who' have made their start in life by cultivating their rocky soil half the year, and cultivating youth- ful ideas the other half. He was cvidently not very much attached to either, as he followed Greeley’s advice and went West at the aze of 26, and at s time when there was little or no fever for Western emigration. He wan- dered to Ashtabula.County, O.. and com- menced his Western life, we believe, as a stage-driver, in which vocation e speedily became one nf the most noted Jehus ou the rond, and enjoved a reputation far and wide for his ready wit and rough stories. He was hail fellow well met with every one, and made crowds of friends by his rough and ready style and boisterous geniality. His stawe-driv- ing, however, was of short duration, for short- ly after his arrival in Ohio he made a radical change of avocation by commencing the study of law at a time of life when most advocates arc already in practice. In 1828 he was admitted to the bar and made such rapid progress in his profession and so impressed him- self uvon the community by his positive quali- ties that in 1885 be was elected Prosccuting At- torney of bLis county, in1S37 was sent to the State Senate, to which be was twiee re-clected, and in 1847 was made presiding Judee of the Third Judicial District of the State. His Con- gressional career co:nmduced 1851, — oot in the Lower House, as is usually the case, but in the Senate,— to which he was re-elected in 1857 and again in 1863. During his service in the Senate be was Chairmun of “the Committee on Territories and of the Special Committee on the Conduct of tie War, and was also a member of the Committecs on Forcign Relations and on the District of Columbia. He was from the very outset an uncompromising opponent of slavery, Ile was the roughest, bitterest, ugliest foc the slayeholders ~ever faced. He ha led them and their institations without glov His record on the slavery question was a con- sistent one. Grant's terms at Donelson were Wade’s terms in his flaut with slavery. It was nncouditional surrender. Ile opposcil not only every measure that favored slavery, but every one that looked like temporizing with it. He was one of the six Senators who voted in 1852 to repeal the Fugitive Slave law. Ile epoke and_voted agninst tne bill to abrogate the Missouri Compromise, against the Lecompton Coustitution for Kausas, against the appropriation of $30,000,000 for the purchase of Cuba, and aguinst every one of the compromises that were offered betiveen North and South after Mr. Lincoln’s first election. I[le was a prominent and zealous advocate of the Homestead bill, and it was in his charge when it in passed _the ‘Semate in 1862." During the . War of the Rebellion he ad- vocatea a radieal policy even to the verze of recklessness, urged the enactment of alaw to contiscate all the property of leading Secessionists and emancipate their slaves, and constantly advocated the most visorous meas- ures withont regard to the disastrous results they mizht precipitate. Mr. Lincoln’s con- servatism and cool, strongsense, however, acted as o suflicient bulwark against bis radical and cometimes hot-leaded determination. 1n 1 as Chairman of the Committee on Territorie: he reported a bill abolishiug slavers in all the Territories of the Government, and prohibiting itin any new Territories that might Le acquired. In 1868, atter Mr. Lincoln’s assassination, he be- came_President pro fem. of the Senate and Act- ing_Vice-President of the United States. e held this oflice when President Johnson was tried on the articles of impeachment, and had there been o conviction, Wade would have be- come President, Since the expiration of his Senatorial career, in 1869, he has not fieurcd prominently 1n vol- itics, except in 1871, when _he was one of the Comniission sent to San Domingo to report upon its proposcd aunexation to the United States, a_proposition which he heartily ap- proved. Since those days he has been séen in the Washington Jobby frequently, but other- wise had entirely dropped out of political life, and bis influence had censed to be felt in public matters. His nature was of that sort that could only make itself felt in stormy, turbulent times or pling with some strons cuemy. During the slavery agitation and the fonr vears of war that resulted from it, he oceupied a position hardly Jess conspicuous than that held by Mr. Lincoln, aithouzh his influence was not as healthy. A Conzress made up of such men would have been tantamount to a public calamity, but nevertheless bis bluntness and vigor made him popular, and he will go down in Amcrican history as the cnemy of slavery who wgave it its most mortal hurt, He was not a Chesterfield in man- ners, not always courteous in his contact with men or his treatment of opponents; and he had mot the calmness of thought or clearness of ision that are essential to great statesma but he was at_least honest in his convictions, and no taint of corruption attaches to his name, in which respect the modern school of politics largely differs from bhi; —————— MICHIGAN 1TEMS. Bpectal Dispater to The Tridune. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 2—Last Tues- day Susanna Newhouse’s son, Zour months old, died, and the neighbors said it was ‘starved to death. A Coroner's inquest was held. The Jury ascertained <that it was an illegitimate child, nnd rendered a yérdiet that it died from the willful neglecs of its mother Criminal pro- ceedings are to be taken. < Elizabeth Wickham died at Muskegon yester- day under circumstances that indicated foul play. She had been living with one Henry J. Murphy, and a dead infant was by her bodr. An inquest was held to-day, and a verdiet given that death resulted from congestion. Sus- picions are yet entertained against Murphy, but 00 afrests have been made. "Murphy is said not to have been married to the woman: FIRES. CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 391 at11:05 yesterday morning was caused by some damaged dry goods catching fire irom a stove on the first floor of No. 613 Milwaukee avenue, occupied b Julius Liska and a dry-goods store by H. Sai- hinger. The goods were dryiog about a highly- heated stove. Damage slight, AT FAIR RAVEN. Fa1r HavEN, Vi, March 2,—The burning of Pitking Brothers’ hardware store, J. W. Park- hurst’s dwelling, and L. W. Collins’ millinery establishment, caused a -loss of $20,000; insur- ance, $15,000. IN NEW YORK. NEW York, March2.—A fire in West, Bradley & Carey’s corset factors, 227 and 220 West Twenty-ninth street, caused a loss of $25,000. —————— THE WEATHER, Orrice or TiE Cuisr SIGNAL OFFICE, Wasmixeroy, D. C.. March 3—1 a. m.—Indica- tions—Far the Upper Lake Rerion, Upper Mis- sissippi, and Lower Missouri Valleys, rising ba- rometer, brisk and high north to west winds and generally lower temperature, with partly cloudy weather in the last district and with cloudy weather and frequent rains, partly turn- ing futo snow in the first district. LOCAL OLSERVATIONS, £ ¢nicago, Mareh2. Vel.| fin.| Weather [nr‘nn.l Find, 51| 65 iSouth...| 8 | .47 Cloudy. i 11 | "0 Cloudy; EQ 0 Thr'tn's ] . rafn, ~Mldnlght. tin| Weather, | Stations, Temvina Davennort Miwaukee! Alpena Grand fiaven MINNESOTA ITEMS. Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune. ST. Pauvt, Minn., March 2.—The Speaker of they Ifouse appointed Representatives Campbell, Mead, West, Hiuds, Morse, and Fel- ler to act with himself as managers of the case against Judge Page. The first four are mein- bers of the Judiciary Committee who reported in favor of impeachment,and the other two were selected by them, The Judiciary Committee fully exonerate Judge Cox from the newspaper charge of being drank on the Bench durine the January term of court at Fairmont, adding that thev did not inquire fnto his conduct off the Bench or subse- quent to the time mentioned. Cox’s friends hope he’ll now join some blue ribbon club. —————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. NEW Yonrk, March 2.—Arrived, stcamship Mosel, from Bremen; State of Virginia, from Glusgow; Holland, from London. PimraveLrin, Pa, Mareh 2.—Arrived, the steamship Switzerland, from Antwerp. Loxpoy, March 2.—Steamshins Nevada and State of Louisiana, from New York, have ar- rived. QUEENSTOWYN, March 2.—Arrived, steamship China, from New York. L —— FINANCIAL. PHILADELPIIA, Pa., March 2.—A meeting of the creditors of C. J. Fell & Bro. was held this afternoou, and a report submitted recommend- ing the acceptance of 20 per cent in cash, to be realized from the sale of stock, merchandise, and book accounts, and that an Assiznee be ap- pointed to take charge of the real-estate of the firm, from which it is anticipated additional div- fdends of 25 to 50 per ceut will be realized with- in a short time. — THE INDIANS. RawriNs, Wyo., March 2.—A letter received here from reliable parties on Snake River says the Ute Indians are acting in a very defiant man- ner. They have already killed 125 head of cat- tle, and threaten to o on the war-path when the «rass comes. A leiter from Bear River states that the people are wreatly excited over the actions of the Indiane, and ace preparing places of safety for their women and children. e — JUDGE EUSTIS, Special Dispaich to The Tridune, SpriNGFIELD, (11, March 2.~The official can- vass of the Thirteenth Judicial Circnit, special election, held Feb. 16, to fill the vacancy caused by the decease of Judge Heaton, was made to-day by the State Cauvassing Board in the presence of the Governor. A certificate was made and commission issued to the Hon. J.V. Eaustis, Judge-elce ————— AWARDED $6,000, CINCINNATI, March 2.—In the breach-of~ promise case of Dickey vs. Titus at Hamilten, the jurv rcturned a verdict awarding vlaintif $6,000. ——— Heart-Disease. o P bliz_ Health The origin of heart-disease is frequently to be in hereditary predisposition; but in many cases it is directly traceable to causes which are easily removable and preventable. In round numbers, about 10,000 deaths are annually caused by leart-disease in England alone. The wetiology and geographical distribution of this most agonizing disease have been c: retully investimated by Mr. Havilaud, Dr. Black, and others, and the valuable knowlcage acquired as to its nature within the last ten ycars should have led long ago to a marked decrease of the discase, bad that knowledge been utilized in a fairty intellizent mauner. [t is certain that impure air ¢xercises @ most baneful influence upon the heart, and that confinement’ in badly ventilated houses, cellar-dwellings, schools, ~Workshops, and factorics, i3 & cause of a great. portion of the heart~ discase unhappily 5o orevalent in . this country. Thne impure atmosphere of crowded dwellings scems to have a sunilar deleterious action on the chief organ of circulation to that which it cXerts on the respiratory apparatus, and thus we find identieal conditions favoring the development of both diseases in one and the same locality. The thorourh aud effective ven-~ tilation of our rooms und houses. our courts and alleys, which proves a preventive in the latter disease, will assuredly hinder the prevalence of the former. In some cases disease of the heart is produced by violent and continued ex- ertion, such as that of lifting teavy weights and violent rowing; but the demon dri is a far more frequent producer of eardiac mischief than is overwork, and by its indire:t, cffects on the muscular structure of the heart, it predisposes, especially in advanced life, 1o fatty degenera. tion of the organ itsclf, and of its great’ blood- vessels. The law which shall. effectually con- trol the liquor traflic may be reasonably ex- pected to diminish the mortality under this head. ——— Time for Economy, Detrolt Free Press. A man from the lower walks of life entered a drug store yesterday and inquired the price of an ounce of arsenic. ~ Being iutormed, he drew a Dpaper from his pocket, consulted some fgures, and said: **That’s two cents more than they asked me in Chicago.” **Well, those are my lowest figures,” replied the druyrgist. The 1man took out a stub of a pencil, fizured for three or four minutes, and sagely observed : “Is time to practice economy, and L might as_well begin Sere. Two cents on an ounce s | thirty-cents on a pound. Thirty-two cents on a pound is $32 on ¥ nundred weight, or 26.400 on a ton. ' Great heavens! but do vou think I would recklessly throw away $6,400¢” The druggist could make no reply, and the man looked terribly indiguant as he went out. CALCUTTA. Life in the Principal City of Brit- 2 ish India. The Omnipresent Punkha—FProminent Public Buildings—The Municipal ‘Water-Supply. A Splendid Market---The Bazars—DX: tive Artisans---How the Ladies Dress. RBeligious Festivals—The Door~Ga and the Lmckhes Pooja—An Oriental Exter- tainment and & Nautch- Dance. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribiine. CALCUTTA, Oct. 25.—At the close of my last communication, I promised to ive you a de- scription of Calcutta, and of Hindoo life_in - @eneral. It fs, of course, very little that I have been able to learn sbout the Hindoos in the short period that T have been in India, especial- Iy when we consider that most of that time has been spent among the Santhals, and that the Hindoos are so reticent that a forcigner may live almost a lifetime among them without knowing what takes place in their houses; moreover, their mode of thinking is so entirely differenc from ours that few ever become thor- oughly conversant with it. ~Still, as what Ihave heard and scen will by no means be without in- terest, I shall endeavor to give it as best I can. CALCETTA is situated on the eastern bank of the Hoogly River. It has grown more rapidly than any other Oriental city, for where, two centuries ago, only a few native huts could be scen, we find to-day a large and well-organized city, with upwards of 430,000 inhabitants. Here we find the luxuriesof the East combined with ail the modern conveniences of the West. The resi- dences of the wealthy, wherher forcigners or natives, are magnificent,—built in Oriental style with flat roofl and terraces,—and many of them surrounded with beautiful gardens. Ev- errthing being arranged for coolness and com- fort, we find the rooms spacious and airy, and each room provided with punkhas (huge- fang suspended from the ceiling). These are cer- tainly a blessinz during the hot season. N body thinks of slecping without a punkba over the ped. nor dining without it, nor of doing anything without it. The clerks in the offices and stores are constantly being fanned while at their work: in_the churches, the congregation, as well as the minister, are being fauned while at worship; in the theatres, both tne audiencs and the players arc being fanned dnring the verformance? in fact, in the theatres in Caleutta, you may, instead of taking areserved scat, take a reserved lounge, from which you can witn the play ina recliving position, while the at- mosphere around you is kent coal and fresh by the punkha. Were I to recommend any im- provement in American hotels, it would bethat each room be turni=hed with a punkha. Caleutta has been called the City of Palaces: the part of the city which is first seen when we arrive by steamer, or the southern portion of the city, only deserves that name. It has also beea likened to St. Petersbure; bat I, for my part. utterly fail to see the resemblance. The city is well defended, from the river, by Fort William, the military headquarters of India. THE PRINCIPAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS are the Government-Iouse, the Custom-House, and the Post-Office. There are several hotels, of which the Great Eastern is the Srincipa!. I think there are two theatres: and great care has been taken to supply the spiritual wants of the peovle, for, bes he numerous Christian churches of 2l denominations, we find flindoo temples conscerated to the ditferent Hindoo deities. Buddhist temples, Parscetemples, Mo- hammedan mosques, and Jewish synarozues. Tuereis a University here; two Medical Col- lezes,—one for Enzlish-spe ng students, and one tor natives: and severalhospitals, of which the Medical-College Hospital and the General Hospital are the largest. Among the public zardens, the Garden of Eden is certainly the most beautiful I have ever secn. ‘There are sev- eral other public parks, a_Zoolorical Garaen, and a Botanical Garden. The port of Caleutta is visited annually by thousands of vessels, and at the present time there are no less than 216 sailing and steam ships in the river. Calenttais connected with Howrah, where_a number of factories and the East India Railway station are located. by a large floating bridge,—perhars the finest of its kind in the world. The city is also well sapplied with water, since the water-works were built, about eight years aro. Until thea tke only water used was that taken from THE PUBLIC TANKS. ‘These tanks are immense ponds dug in different parts of the citv, in which the Hindoos bathe and wash their clothing, and inta which a ereat amonnt of filth finds its way by surface-drain- age, especially during the rainy season. There is no doubt bug what these tanks were the source of a great amount of sicknesss; still, when the vew water-works were finished, and water taken from the Iooely River, far above the city, was brought into” every house and ¥ard, the Hinaoos refused to use it on religious orinciples. However, after a number of con- suitations had been held by the Iearned Hindoos, it was decided that its use was not probibited in their sacred writings, and since then the mor- tality of Caleutta has fallen considerably. Among the places in this city worth visiting is THE NEW MARKET. This is perhaps the cleanest and best conduct- ed market in the worid. The market-house consists of a main building and two long wings, between which is an extensive garden. Enter- ing the former, you first come into the meat- market.. Passing through this into the right wing, you vext come to the fish-marhet. Both the tables are of marble, and around ecach is a trough of zine, which opens down iuto the sewers beneath, and into which the water and all washings run; and, as the tables and floors are washed daily, there is no unpleasant smell about the place at all. Passing along, you pass the cheese and butter venders, the bakers, those who sell all kinds of preserved fruits, and, lastly, a departnent for all kinds of varieties and notions, asthe Yunkee would baveit. Crossinz over to the left wing, you come first upon the poultry de- partment, then the vegetable, aud then the fruit department, which occupies more than half of the left wing. Here you can buy a pine- apple for_one anua (threecents), a bunch of bananas for three pice (two and one-fourth ceuts), & cocoanut for two pice (one and one- haif cents), ete. Hundreds of varieties of fruits, only known in Tropical climates, may be bad lere almost for nothinz. You must, however, never pay more than one-fourth of what the venders ask, and often they will sell for one- sixtn of the original price asked. I shall vext take you to the native dry-goods establisbments, or BAZARS, You enter alow room, resembling a stall more than anything else. The Baboo (a Hindoo gen- eman) will offer you a ehair, and immediately sct - the punkha - going, while he bhim- sclf squats down, while he displays his goods on thefloor. In many of these low, miserable-lovking shanties there may be dry gouds to the value of 50,000 rupees (325,000)). You can_buy the most - beautiful silk for two rupees (31) a yard. Alpacas are alzo very cheap, :;-uiln owestics and calicoes are extremely ear. In Calcutta wefind generally one street of nothing but shoemalkers, ancther of watch- makers, another of tinsmiths, etc. The shoe- stores are all keot by Chinese. who, however, do mot-vork themselves, but empioy Hindoo workmen. Hindoo carpenters and blacksmiths, and, in fact, il tradesmen, squat down on the ground while workinz; and they use their feet as well as'their handsto take hold of things with. The Hindoos are VERY EXPERT WORKMEN, and no European can compete with them in cheapness, Passing through the different strects in the manufacturing portion of the city, we see men at work muking brass vessels, ornaments, pipes, ete., while others are embroidering slippers, caps, and gowns. You will sce syuatting down on the sidewalks a bar- ber at work . shaving the head of some rindoo of the lower castes. In Amerlca many men would pay to have barr on their head, but 3 Hindoo will pay to have it removed. Some shave the top of the head and leave the sides; others shave the entire head; others again leave a top-knot. Some of the lower castes, especially the palanaain-bearers, ornament their face and body with fanciful figures painted with mud. These men have no . other clothing than a picte of cloth round their Toins, while the better classes wear a dnotee— a long picce of cloth worn instead of panta- loons—and either a jacket or a picce of cloth over their shouiders. " Sowne wear shoes on the street, but seldom o the honse. THE LADIES' DRESS consists of a long cloth, of the texture of an or- i dinary ‘mosguito-bar, wound round and then over the head. They wea:!;fu‘::l’s t their ears,—some as manv as ten ring iu’cu‘: car. They also wear rings in_ the nose,—som, only one. but others tarce, one in each win; . avd oncin the septums the latter may Bos) much as nine fnchies in cirumberence) Tt also wear rings, and. sometimes bells, on lb:*i{ tocs, They tattoo their face and arms, sos some paint their face with red lead. They Ho the betelleat, which makes their monty ray, and then they blacken ther teoth to beanros them. They wear 2 grest number of bmcr.‘lcts{ —I have seen a3 many as twenty-three on each arm,—and rines round the ankles, You can hire_a carriage (eharry), which wiy carry four persons inside and one outside, fc thiee ruecs (SL30) n day.on, it vou travy alone, you may be carricd all & for hall that prce, o7 1o @ palanguiy The Hindoos have ‘A NUMBER OF FesmIv. two of which have been ceiebraft’du' during stay fo Calcutta~the Doorga Pooja apg o Luckhee Pooja. ‘The former began on the 13,; of October, and Insted cight days, It 1y oo prated in honor of the goddess Dooras, tn e, male Privciple, by whose iuflaence the untec. oo was created.—the wife of Shiva, who, in tim immemorial, destroved 3 miant nameq this!:\u soor, who had maltreated the wods and opprees ed the individuals of three worlds, The. iudol worshiped i this festival is an jmaga of Door. Wwith ten arms, which grasp different Weapon: the §oddess SUDDOTLS her rignt lee ona ton, and the Teft on the shoulder of the giant whotn.she conquered, and into whose heart a serpent from one ot herarms strikes its fangs, The second festival is celebrated in houor of Luckhes o Goddess of Prosperity. It was on the Sist ot October, lasting only one day. During the fes- tival, and for six days aiter, ail Governmery. offices and wholesale houses Jal- cutta are closed. Larpe pmctssitl;ss. LI;‘LX" companied by mative bands vlaying the most discordant of music, pa strects, and the Rajohs and other ative ot distribute food and clothing to the destitute, Many have an image of Doorga i their house, and have _ AN ORIENTAL ENTERTAINMENT, to which evervbody is invited. On the last eveninz I was present at the entertainment given by Rajah Narendra Krishoa Roy Bape: door. In a macnificent hall was placed op oy clevated platform the image of Doorga, whose dress wos sparkling with gold and: preciges stones, and into whose prescace 10 one coj come except with bare feet; while the remaip der of the hall was fixed up for a ballet-ropg with seats for several thousand spectators, To guests were receivea by the Rajah bimself, ang conducted to thelr seats. The Rajah, ang ser. cral young Princes and other nobles who were present, were most gorgeously attiredin silk gy velvet embroidered with gold, and 1 eoug not help imagining mysell at some Eurgy Court durine the Miadle Ages. - Abost Sy m. the performance commenced. The first part consisted of A NAUTCH-DAXNCE. 1 lad read some of the most glowing descrip- tions, in the most_extravagantly poetical Tyg guage, of the nautch-girls and their dance, of their beanty and costly attire, of the elegance and eracetulness of their movements, of ‘their bewitching cves, and I don’t know what,—so that I was Very anxious to witness one. 'Had 1 remained satisfied with reading about ity 1 micht to this day have imazined it to be some- thing slmost divine,—a sight only for and Brahwmins to gaze upon; but, alas! thejlig. sion vacished as soon a8 1 saw it, and, though the nauteh-girls arc %ertainly attired most © zorgeously in silk andvelver, and ornamented from their head to their heels with old end dinmonds, the dance consists only of & number of ridiculous and -meaningless movements, During the performance they are accompanied by native musicians, who perform on an instru. ment resembling a violin,and on 4 kind of a drum made from a picee of hard wood. After tre dance, thegirls sang some bewailing love-sonz, in which there was neither music nor poers. Then came a performance by native gymnasts, Crossing the strect, Ientered the palace of Rajah- Narendra Krishoa Roy Bahadoor. Here A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE was being exccated. - I walked up-stairs, snd passed throagh several magnificently-furnished rooms. but, wherever I went, 1 found nautch- irls either dancing or sinzing their love-songs; and, as [ was told that this would go on uatl morning, I retired about midnizht to drest all nighit about nautch-zirls. Towards evening the following dav, all the imagzes were taken dowa to the river, accompanied by large crowds of people and bands of musie; ‘avd tinally they were thrown into_the waters of the Hoogly, Thas ended the Doorza Pooja. Next month the Hindoos have another festival, the Kali Pooju, celebrated in honor of the goddess Kall, In my vext letter I shall eive a description of ;:f as well as a more detailed account ot Bindoo c. —— A Flying-Machine. XNotc Itaten Journat, An exhibition was ziven in Bridgeport o Fri- day of the workiog of a flying-machine invented by C. t. Ritchel, of Corry, Pa. Unlike many acrial machines, this one is not shaped likea bird, nor has it any wicgs. It consists of & laree bag of cylindrical form inflated with by- drogen, and a car provided with attachments de- sizned to control the elevation and deseent of the. bar, and to direct its course. The bag fs twenty- tour teet lonw and twelve feet in dizmeter, and requires 3,000 feet of £as for its inflation. The raising and stecring apparatus undernesth has a framework made of brass tubing, and Is pro- vided with aseat for the passenger. Directly in {ront of the seac is a crank, which he turns o produce the power that puts in motion twosmall fans that can beoperated singly ortogetier. The elevating fan has five blades, set spirally, und can be made to rotate at the rate of 8,000 revo- lutions per minute. This fan furnishes, or is inleudcg to furnish, the lilting power which constitutes the noveity and value of the inven- tion, and, by reversing the motion, depresses the air-ship on the same principle as it raisesit. At the end of the frame-work of the cary some ten or twelve feet distant from the passenger, is another similar fun, which works at an angle with the air-ship, aud i3 desiened to turn it In auy direction desired. It may be stated that both faus work in the air on the same principle that . the Fowler stecring and propeliing ap- paratus works in the water. The exhibition was fiven ma large hall, a boy operating the Ty The boy commenced to turn the crank, the fan ' whizzed flercely, ana the baz rose three or four feet from the floor. It refused to go any further, however, but, after ascending slightly, sak back toward the floor at cach trial.” Then the steering-lan was set in motion, with abont the same degree of success. The attendants aserib- ing the partial failure of the experiments to the boy who engineered_the machine, another boy wus substituted. He succeeded considerably better than tae first, elevating the bug to the ceiliug several times, and bad turned it about half way around with the steering-fap, when two of the blages broke. The experiment led to the opinion that, with some changes in the fans, the machines micht be made to per- form as intenacd. As Is well known, one greab difliculty in balloon navization is that the acronaut is dependent for his elevation on the buoyancy of the balloon aloue; another is that its course is dependent on the direction of the wind. Mr. Ritchel thinks that his apparatas can be made to overcome both these difficul- tivs. —— A Mixed Report. Not long azo Lord Shaftesbury dc_llveredhl lecture in Liverpoo! on * Tae Gonversion of the Jews;? and, by a strange coincideuce, Gc‘l.L e Y. D. Scott spoke in the same city upon Conversion of Sewage.” A paper the Dest morning contained the following report of toe speech of the noble Earl: s ““The Chairman, after the meeting had beed opened with prayer, explained that the coure™ slon of the Jews was one of the greatest wol that could engage the attention of uur_snmflfli authoritics. They were aenied the foimitatle - blessings of Christianity, which might counted by thousands of tous per nnnfl:,‘ allowed to run waste, when by a fudidont admixture of Mme and clay the S nighted Hebrews who sat in Klfllhm might easily be couverted into lime and cem for building purposes, and if thus deodorizZ after being first dried and burned in a kilo, anclent race \ral;;ud once m?rtehuke ::l’. ool sition among the nations of the worl :v?rlnunns were earnestly solicited for &heb::' pose, thoagh he (the speaker) discluimed 37 idea of making a protit oat of the D! B and, in conclusion, be urzed {ucreased ef s thegood wurk.xnowinzthu&,thngdeodcrul?yh very novel process of evangelization o tanks constructed for the pury.ose, the !:fll‘ © Hebrews might flow over the laud without B jury to veretation, while the expense of coo¥ sion, which was progressing as rapi by best {riends of Christianity could wisb, 'fi = be more than repaid by the sale of the phospbs! of Jime und valuable cement for building pur poses,” Disruei. Lord Beaconsfleld is not exempt from mu{ annovances in these times, A delegation :.. 7 rough fellows from the East End of London rived at the Premier’s residence in Whitel 7 Gardens about dusk recently and knocked, odmission. The flunky came to the door- *“ Where is Lord Beaconsficld3 We've an aid dress to present him.” ¢ He's at dingery !" the servant, discreetly. ** Ob, in that usen 54 shall be zlad to join him,” said a sturdy fcl etid who appeared to be the Jeader; ¢ this shmlm_ makes onc hungry and thirsty, too.” Theserr- ant added that the Premier had goneoutto vl ner, whereupon the delegation withdrew Wit out leaving their address. idly as e |