Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1878, Page 2

bnrdens of the Government, whils weaith es-- caped. Fo gnoted from tho apeechea of Mr, Mar- 1111, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Jiawes, n member of that Committee, And eaid ha fenred they wonld control tho Committes and do- feat nin resclution, Tle argued that the Tl‘ellnr'! Department shanld be divided: that there shoal Te two Secretartcs, one to collect the rovenno and tho other (;Iy rfeburse ft, esch one being & check npon the other. ‘mtnncluilon. he eaid tho resolution hmngt forward by him was not intended to weaken ihe pablic credit, which he hoped wounld ever be maintained, but something must be done ta revive he commerce of the country. Mr. Mortiil £ald hd wan quite ready to go as far an the Senator from Kentucky or any ather Senator 10 properl, relieve the country from taxation. It sean & Hitie singnlar that the Senator (Beck) shonld Vring forward this resolation, embracing fo wide a ncooe, and Aek 1ts parenge withont reference to the Cammittee on Finance, It was a little remarkabla that the Senator coming from Kentucky, the ‘home of Henry Clay. rhonld deal out such op- robrious epithers abont onr navigation and tartd aws, when 1t was known our navigation laws now rere Jost the same na they were In 1861, He de- mied that onr taxation was oppreesive to the poor and In favor of tho rich, and argued that in all tarift Jeglsiation tho rlch wers dlsctiminated ngninat. No people on the faco of the oarth to- day were clad bettee than the American people, and that proved that they were mot oppress- o by. taxation, o favored the reference of the rerolntton to the Committee on Finance, and +#nid he hoped there would not be an effort to have £nap Judgnient opon it, unles this was one of the rerion of measares to ba passed nnder the whip and spur of somo outslde influence. What wonld be the cffect of thiarcsolation on the publlc credit? Would It be good or bad? There wera many Tlu- tlons connected with it which should ba considered by the Committee on Finance. The removal of 13xcn wae & very pleasant duty, but their Imposi- tlon sometimes was a patrlutic nceenll{. The Teference of thia resolntion to the Committes on Financo was imperatively requiced, and he maved 1hat It bo ro referred, The matlon was nereed to without a division, After cxocutive acssion, ndjourned. HOUSE. In the Honre, Mr. Marshoffered a vesolution re- citing that the Unlon Pacific and Central lacifc Ttailroad Companics owoe the Unlted States $§28,- 000,000 of accrued interest on honds guaranteed Dy tiie Unlted States, and that the earnings of said Companfes have heen consumed by alvidonds do- clared on the capltal-stock, in viglation of thoir charters, and directing the Jdudiclary Committes 10 report whether It I expedicat to_enact such Jaws na will prohlt the payment of disidendn on eald atock nutil thoe fndebtcdness tothe United Stales is Niquidated, Heferred, ‘On motion of Mr. Eden the Scnato smendments t0 the House bill, making an anpropriation for the payment of clalme reported and allowed by the crretaty of the Treasury wero concarredin, ‘The Speaker then eallcd on commitices for fo- porta, Mr. Cran, from the Committee onFoml%n Affairs, reported back the Ul supplementary to hie act to carry into efcet the Conventlon between the United Stutes and Ching, concluded fn 1858, and to gve the Court of Cintms jurisdictlon in cer- tain enscs, This vill nuthorizes any person or per- wons having any clalin against the balance of the fand desienated s’ the ¢+Chincro Indemnily Fand,* for lusses sustained by tho olunder of the bark Caldera in 1854, to commence within the twelve montha next sfter the passage of thisact procecdings in the United Btates Court of Claims, Taseed, f Mr. 1t1ddle, from the Committeo on Territories, reporteq back adversely the bill to cstablish the Territory of Pemblna, * Lald on the table. At tl:e” conclnston of tue morning hour, & balf- hanr dircusalon srure an to the business to be next constdered, After a great deol of amusement, and while Me, Townnend waa on the floor, tha Epeaker anounced that the dlscupsion was entirely vut of order, and that It seemed to hitm the public business stionid be proceeded with, which calied forth & romark from Towneend that he did not want the Chalr to lccture htm in public, "The $peaker—The Chate will lectare the gentle- man In private, Mr. 'Fownaend—You had hotter, 1do not want any public lectuze, and, farthor, I witl not submit to it.” [Great Taughiter, | Tne House then went lnlo Committee of the Whole, with Mr, Potter in the chair, on the For. tiGeation Appropriation bitl, ‘The bill n{mmmlulu £100,000 for the protection of fortifications and other worka of defense; $1235, « 000 for the armmnent of fortidcations; and $50,000 1ur topedo and harbor defenso. “Fhe bilk wan read, and withont amendment laid asidu to bo reporied to the House, The Cotmittce thon took up the blil anthorzing tha Seeretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, and making an apvropriatlon for the same; making appropriationa for dotecting treapass on pnblic iauas, und for bringing into the market public lands T ceriatn States, sr. Durliom addressed the House in explanation of tue hill, and in the course of his romarke had read u Jetter from the Secretary of tho 'l'reasury, wiating taat ninety-fivo, clorka in his Departineint yould lave to be tischarged 1l tho sppropriation acre not made for them, Mr. Durbam then proceeded to explain the por. 110n of 1he bill relating to the prosccution of dep- redators on Gorernment timber-lands, Mr. Keliey took the floor by ananimous con- seut, and procecded 1o make a speech on the fusiinpitn questiun, Tho wpeach wie 8 reply to 'm souie thine ago, 1o denled Gariel nt that the fear 1800 was o n une, aud quoted from various nuthorlties 10 rus- tain e positlon. o reply to Garfleld's assettion that no J'resident or stutemman had tavored any moncy bul standard goid and eilver, he sald thot Jetferson and Madison were cxcepiions to that hing upsertion, und that Alexander 1lamiiton had ever favored a resort 1o greenbacks under the name of ‘Freasury uotea, lle alvo contradicted the avertion of Gardeld'saa to the hesitation and unwillin; 8 of cnutors und Members Lo pass the Lewal-Ti t, and bo quoted Thad Stevens, Huop ud Senator Sherman (u cominendation of that measure, Ile denled tarfleld's assertion that the greenbuck curroncy was a forced loan, nud sald n farced loan fva dedt. Ureenlnckn are the money witli which wo pay the debt. If the kentleman's wxsertion had been mado In 1802 It would ha buen denounced ne the hisslng of & veoomous cupperhiead. Coming down to the quostion of specio reaump- Hon, he suld that with 303, 000,000 of gold in the ‘Pretsury. With none In'the hands of the people, endw U0, UUU, V0V to be redeemed, the propo- EILUn Wie 0 meanuro of insanity, It was & propo- #ition the enforceinent of which was driving the prople to bauperism, to lunacy, to suicide, and Wi Cienting u taneyed oligarchy whoss wealth, [ ed with thu body of the peuple, would by i than that of the niuneyed ullKarthy of Ene piaud. In conclusion ue eaid: The clements (referted 1o na witn us) ure nguinet us. No re- turning wave of cmumny carries the natlon for- ward, We are belng welled tho slough of derpond, Jastend of business reviving every- where prices continne to rink, wn{c- o full, employment for labor, ekilled or vuskilled, becomen more difficult to obtain, and the natlon 1n oppalicd by & profounider gloom' than Lus oyer- enndowed it aluce the geptieman's othor prosperous yenr of 1660 "Phis coudition will continue, und will trom month te month tntensify, untll that raciuce to confldence, the Nosunption act, shall bu repealed, Tho dMiver bill was an act of justice, not of sehief, Jta pood intluence cannot bo felt upvrecluoly until restured confdence will jusdf, riement f tho circulation of wmunvy an owds have not fallen nor gold risen’slnce age over tha Premdent's BpCTO B mpoluut veto, 4 cneniics huve becu confounded by experlence, il o, too, Wil ita (riends bu If tho ltesumption nct be permitied to dingrace vur statuio-boaks, Alr, Giaridcld roso to reply to hlm, snd §s 1o have un hour for that purposs when the louse agaln #ouw lnto commitie on the bill, ‘T'hie Committce rose, and Mr, Fort Introdnced & Uil to suthurnze the preparation of fine or stand- aund stlver burs of the value of $100,000, the do- poslt of the eame tn tho Untted States Troasury, wiid the lesu of certificates thercon. Mofvrrod and wdjoursed, z THE WEATHER. Orrtce or Tus Cuiey BioNAL Orrioza, Wasiingtos, D. C., March 6—1a, m,~lodica-. tlons—Fur the Lake Regton, falling, fullowed by risiug, barometer, southerly to wosteriy winds, warmer, partially cloudy weather, possibly oc- casional rains, and succceded by colder west or uurthwest winds, LOCAL OBSERVATIONS, Uu10a00, Mareh 8, Thr Hu.|_Wind, | Vl.| Fin, Time, Har. LY ATIONS, Cutuago, Marcl S—-Midatght, Thr,| WWind, | Rain Weather, Fur, e —— CCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, BAN Fraxcisco, March 5.—8alled, stesmer Collws, for Pavawa, Gravouw, Murch 5.—Arrived, stesmship Btate of Penusylysais, from New York, New Your, Murch 5.~Arrived, atcamahlp Otranty, from Hull; W. A. Bholten, from Rot- terdam Faraday, from London. New Yous, Morch 5.—A second cable has Juat been Ludd between Junalva and Bautiago ds Cuba. ALgxanpuia, Vi, March B.—Judgo Robert- 501, cuuuscl for Uen. Custis Lec, in tho suit for the teeovery of the Arlington estate, concluded Lus urguiuent Lo-aay, and the case wus subtlt- ted to Judie tughed, who will resder an opin- fuu vu zaturdsy, provably in Hichmouds THE CHICAGO 'RIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. FIRES. A Calamitous Conflagration at the Hot Springs, Ark. The Single Btreet Devastated from One End to the Othiers A Loss of from $200,000 to $300,000 Entailed on the Residents. TIIE 110T SPRINGS, Larre Rock, Ark., March 5.—A special to the Fvening Star gives the following particulars of the great fire at the Hot Springs this morning: + About 1:90 o’clock this morniug a fire broke out {n a shanty occupieidl by a negro nmmed Greenlee, The firocommunfented to the French restaurant, and thence north and south on both sides of the street. All the buildinge are burned north of Rockafoliow's drug store, and south below Malvern crossing. Abont 250 buildings were destroved and nao immense amount of goods. As thers Is but onc strect in the valley, the steamer was cut off and could afford no rollef to the lower end of the town until the fames hiad been checked above them, Tho borscs, firemen, and engine dashed through the flames to the Sumter llouse, and came around the avenuc and Quinn Iill, and are now (at 8 o'clock) fighting the fire at tho south end of the town., Among the buildings destroyed are the Hot Springs, American, and Ear] Hotels, the French resteurant, the Valley and State Baunks, the Post-Ofice, the Dally Sentinel office, Huffman & Hamilton's bath-house, Jones Bros. & Cos's, Luttle & Jenkins', Moore & Co.'s, 1lvery-stable, Kimball & Co., the Knights of Pythtas Hall, B. Brown & Co., Karatousky, the Western Unlon telegraph-ofiice, Blake & Co., jewclers, and Manrice’s bath-house. It is im- possible at this hour to estimate the loss, Lut 1t will bo $200,000 or £300,000. The mountaing are covered with peoplo driven from shelter, nnd goods carried from stores. No lives wore lost. There is very Jittlo insurance. During the excitement the Daily Teiegraph offica was maliclously damaged. o Western Uniou telegraph-office hns been reopencd, and business 18 belog carrled on without interruption.'” CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 287 at 6:80 last evening was caused by s fira In the works of the West- crn Planing and Manufacturing Cowpany, Nos. 130 to 184 Fulton atrect. Damage, $50. Cause, shavings lylog near a furnaco, The alarm from Box 102 at 8 o'clock yeater- doy afternoon was caused by an inciplent firo in tha bakery of Charles Mench, No. 754 Archer nrenlue., Cause, 8 defectivo flue. Damage, nomloal. . The alarm from Box 872 at 0:05 last evening ‘was caused by a fire in the smoke-housain the rear of No, 432 West Fourtcenth street, owned by Conrad Bahan., Damage, $15. AT MEMPHIS, Mestems, Tonn., March 5.—1The residence of William W. Goodwin, on Vance strect, was busned ot 1 o’clock this morning. The family narrowly escaped with their lives. Loss, $7,000. Insured fn the Planters, of Memphls, $2,000; the Underwriters', of Mobile, sud the Man- ‘hattan, for 81,600 each. s CANADIAN NEWS. Epldemlo o o Deaf-and-Dumb Institution— The Queliro Crisis=Finnncinl=8itting Ball =Lumber=)unitobn Dissntisfled, 8pecial Dispateh to The Tribune, BRLLEVILLE, March 5.—An outbreak of fever, supposed to be typhold, has taken place in the Institution for tho Deaf and Dumb here. Four puplls have died withina few days, and ten or fifteen others aro prostrated. In conscquence of represcntations made,an inquest was ordered by the Ontaric Uoverument. The inquest opencd ast night, and after some medical testl mony bad been taken it was adjourned tilt to- day, when the Jury procceded to view the sourco of the water supply at tho bay, whenco 1t is supposcd tlie infection has arisen, owing to potlution froum sewers. There 13 o good deal of excltement {n relation to the matter, Bpectal Dispatch {0 Ths Tridune, Queneo, March 85.—~Tho House agaln ad- journed until 'Thursday without explanation, ‘The English press {n this city carefully abataln from an cxpression of opinfon upon the action of the Lieutenant-Governar {n regard to bis late Miulsters until _rl:uml fuposscssion of official uxplanations. Tho French Conservative vresa 18 loud in Its desunclation of the Licutenant- Uovernor's conduct, Politiclous are on tha move in antcipation of an carly dissolution of the House, Bpeciat Dispatch to The Tridune. Moxtrear, March S—Campbell Bryson, leather merctiant, lins Talted s llabHities, 50,0005 nssets not mscertalued. Also, Louls Lesster, renl-estate agent; Habitities, $20,000. the estate of Il & I, Merrill, who falled yusterday, showed o surplus of $40,000 a few isonths ago. They offer 5 cents on Lhe dollar, Au Euglish croditor of J, Rafter, o dry goods merchant, opposed the latter's passing through the Insulvent Court to-day, Thecase was taken o lhfibrl.w t Dispateh to The Trivune, ia (spal BrooxvitLe, Ont., March 5.~-Maj. Walsh, of thie Northwust Mounted Folico, who has been here onavisiy to Lis fawily, gives some in- terosting persouul reminiscences of tho great Bioux Chicf, Hittiug Bull, and slso mekes known a fact ncver before tuuched upon In reforencs to the hold which tho Chief soums o cxercise' over his ople, ‘Tho Major stated that Bitting Bull's =~ personal valor and his reported autbiority over his peopla are greatly overrated, sud that, in cose of a rupture to-morrow, he (the Mayor) could effect- ually cause & eplit ninoung t riors of tho renowaed Hputted-Eagle, vue of Bite ting-Bull’s Chicly, the Muayor characterlzes as o fur greater warrlor thau Bitting-Bull himselly and, althougt he Is at present favorable te the polive, he would, it angel rove s for- midable wdyersary,—belog po ed oftall the coolness and bravery of the true Indi d very foud of tiguting. At present, 8itting Bull, with his lodges, I8 encamped upon Cunadlan territory, about forty-five miles from the post, and {s"in_constant commuulcation with the ollicers at Fort Walsh, Spectal Dispaich to Ths Tridune. Oprawa, March 8.—Oiliclul igures show that tho value of the Jumber and tlinber exported from Canada fu 1877 was 823,605,587, Of this amount, $16,000,000 worth was exported to Ureat Dritain, aud 84,300,000 to the United States, In 1578, tho tutal export of Conada fumber reached it higest polot, viz.; $23,500,- 000, of which the United Btates took $12,600,- 000, The decrease fu the export of this product during the past fow years fs attributed Lo tho d?rcman uof trade fu the United States. Be- sides this, in cousequence of cheaper produce tlun, and the unusually low frelght-charges that bave prevalled, Michlian lumber has competed strongly with Cansdion In the New-Eotland states. The indicatlous at present are, that the sutimer of 18578 will witness at least o purtial Tevival of this lmportant brauch of busiuess. = ai Diepuich to The Tridune. Winsieeo, Man, March 5.—The Fres Press, In an article commenting on the Duminion Goy- ernment’s raltway poliey regarding Manltoba, poluts out that cullateral circumatances fudicate that \\'lnmpu‘f and the Assluibonos Valley are “to be left out In thecold, and rewmarks that it 1y8 sppeared us though the Dqminton Uoverumeut studied how ot to glve them rafl- way facilitles. It belleves no awswer hus been returned from Ottawa to the petition asking for asslstance to butld the Munitobu Western Rall- way. Toearticlo coucludes: ** Winuipeg niuat be up and dofug, for Uod Lelps those who belp themiselye e —— MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Rocnmstei, N. Y., March 8.—Fursons (Re- publican) was re-clected Mayor over Tiiton (Dewocrat) by 1,700; over Rhbuades (Working- man), 1,200, “Wilitamas (Dewsovrut) was ro- clected City Treasurer by 500 majority. The Bupervisors elected sro ten Republicans, two Dumocrats, and four Workiogmen. The Work- lngman’s vote was 1,200 short of last fall. pecial Dispaich 10 Tas Tridune. Avkora, I}, March 8.—~The clty election to- day passcd off In the most quiet aud orderly munver, and & comparatively Jleht vote was polled. "C, C. Earle was elected Mayor without opposition, R, B, Gates, City Marghal by small wajority. over tun otbier oftlees flled. Troy, N. Y., March 8.—~Troy City elected the Democratic eity ticket, eight out of thirtecn Bupervisors, and elght out of thirtecn Alder- weu. The Republicans sud Dewocrats clect But Mitle foterest was manltested | each two 8chool Commissioners, The Work- fogmen's tlcket received about 1,000 yotes. Cohoes clects n Republivan Mayor, fipectat Dirpatch 10 The Tridune. DecATer, Iil, March 5.—The city is wild with excitement to-nlght over tho result of the clection to-day. The antl-license party clected thelr Mavor by 47majority. In Aldcrman the ficht was very close. For ona ward the major- ity was only 1. The Councll wili be a tie, Utica, N. Y., March 5—lotin Benton, Work- ingmen’s candidate, was elected Mayor to<lay, defeatine both tho Repubifcan atrd Democratie candidates. ‘The Workingmen also efected the City Treasurer, indorsed by the Democrats, and -Illnnucc of tho Peace Indorsed by the Repub- eans. Etatina, N. Y., March 5.—The Greenbackers elected Granville L, Parsons Mayor to-day b{ n majority of 42 uver Jackson Richardsan, the citizens’ camlidate. They also carcled five of the seven Aldermen, £ Auvnuny, N, Y., March 5.—Martin L. Waltey g)cmov:rnt and Natlonal) woa clected .\In]‘ur by 14 majority over Orlando Lewls (Republican), Osweao, N. Y., March 5.—The Democratle and Greenback conlition elected Thomas Peat- gon Mayor by about 250 mnjorlv.i_.l Newnuna, N.'Y. March "6.—The Republicans elected Col. Charles H. Weygant Mayor by 56 majority, MARDI-GRAS. MEMPIIfS. Mexrmis, Tenn.,, March 5,—Never in the his. tory of the Carnival here hasa brighter day dawned:for the votarics of tho King of Misrule, Not a cloud flecked the sky during the day, and with the mercury highup in the sixties, those who sought amuscment In the immense crowd of maskers cven In airy costume felt no incon- wenlence from the balmy brecze which kept up during the forenoon. The city was literally filled tooverflowing, Ilml it was almost Impossi- ble to_ traverse any of the leading strecte, so dense wus the crowd, and, dospite this, up to this writing not asinele accldent or ditficulty has occurred to mar the general good humor during_the day, Tho visitors and citizens amused themseives watching the crowd of maskers in cyery concefvablo costume, but ns evenlug drew on the crowded streets presented for many blocks a solid mass of surging human- h’y taking positions to witness the crowning fio jury of the carnival, tho gorgeous pageant of wmphi, which this year starticd even thuse who had witnessed Its trimmphs herotofore by the Fnrxeoulneu and perfeetion with which the subject wna handled, The theme chosen was ** Myths," {ltustrating the Myths of the Suuth, Greceo, and those of Norscland or Beandinavia. A the pageant appeared on Matn and Market strects, and tho magnificence of the leadin tableaux was scoen by the brilliant . chemical 1ights, cheer after cheer burst from thousands ond thousands of delighted people, and_as the soventeen tablenux passed each heneld, what scemed an finpossitillity, that the succceding was more briltiant and ” beautitul than the one which hud preceded. ‘The line of march was down Main to McCall, thonee through MeCall to Shelby, and up Shetby to Union, where tho whole was packed in tho parade-ground on the blufls to witness the pyrotechnie llllphr of Prof. Jackson, of Phila- dnlxhln,tha ke of whichi never was witnessed In Ameriea except on the night of Penusylvanin day at the Centenntal, After thts theline of march was resumed through Unfon street to Malu, up Main to Ad- ams, and down Adnms to buvev'l ‘Theatre, where the invited guests of tho Memophi sgun assembled to witness a grand finale, consiating of two tableaux formed DLy grouping all the characters containcd in the soventeen tableaux into one,~crowning the triumph of spectacular display. As Eichern's Loulsvlio baud of thirt: perforiners finishicd the overture of **Gods, Ti- tang, and Satyrs,” from Ruplalre, the curtain rose upon tho first, which was * Bunland; or, Sunrise upon the Mediterrancan,’” and na ggauao alter gauze was lifted and theglory of the scene was roalized, the theatro rang with the plaudits of the delighted guests, After an Interval, this was followed by ““lecland,” and through tho miaty curtains " Is scen the herocs of Val- halla attho feet of Odin amtd the fey eaves of Norseland, which, with the ussistance of tho calefum lights, prescnts a scenc of unsurpassed wooder and graoddur, After this follows the Ma-t.h'l March, succceded by a grand ball which closcs a grand carntval. NEW ORLEANS, Ncw Ontgans, March 5.—~The triumphal march of the Kingot tho Carnival through bis capitnl] to<lay was o ULrilllant spectacle. fifs followers reveled In fantasticiforms Nustrative of the heroes of metnology, including thirty groups, Tho aiystlc Krewe of Comus a rpcmd in procession to-night, the characters occupylng twenty-ono cars IHusteating tho Metamorphoses of Ovid. The Mardi Gras festlvities conclude to-nlght with a grand Rex recoption aud ball at Expo- sition Hall, and_masked balls throughous tho city, The weather I3 clear and pleasant, . 8T. LOUIS. 81, Lots, March 8.—Mardi Qras was cele- brated to-mizht without any concerted pro- gramme, Tlhe streets were full of maskers and speetators, and there wers hall n dozen differ- ent processions, noue on_the extenslve scale of more Southern cities. The musquerado balls in progress to-night are almoat funumerableo. LITTLE ROCK. Lirtes Rock, March 5.~The Mardl Gras processlon was over ong mile Inlength. There wero twenty-five flonts represcuting varlous scenes In the procession, ‘Yho whole clty 1s flven up to galety, uo business of consequence cing transacted. Tho balls to-nleht arcof a xortuou.- character, ‘Thero were tnore visitors tu the city to-day than were eves known befora on an_accaston’ of this kind, Weather de- Hghtful, ————— e THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE, New Youg, March 5.—Now plans have beo adopted for the sccommodation of travel over the East River bridge, The creat exposure to the weather aud the great length of the bridge, however, caused tho chlef engineer to declde that three sidewalks were uunccessary, Two were accordingly abolished, and, by widening the whote bridge tlve fect, two more wagon- trucks were added, s that the bridge will nave two double tracks, each eightecn feot aud sevon fnches in width, for vebicles; two ruliroad- tracks, cach thirteon fect wido; and 8 central promenade for pedeatrians, also thirt width, The ralirond-trains will bo af an endless wira rope, to bi propelled by o sta- tlonary cugine on the Tirooklyu side, —— SAN FRANCISCO FINANCES, Bax Francisco, Marcn 5.—The Board of 8u- pervisors last night adjourned till April 1, The aflairs of the municlpality have come to a dead- fock for want of funds. Tho bill receutly passed by the Leglslaturo restricts the Board to o monthly expeuditure of one-twelfth of the snnuel “revenue, holding members and thele bondsmen personally respousible for nulv over- drafta, . As & conscquonce, nearly every tund is exbausted for tho current outh, The Flre Department has not money cnouch on Land to buy feed for horses. Noresolution can goto the priuter; no authorization be pasecd for the [yl{mwn!, owing to tho exhaustion of the adver- falug fuud, Toe hospital sud almshouss have but 000 to run un for the current month, Bome leyrislation will probably bo sought to re- lieve thu city, e — WHAT A FALL WAS THERE! Naw York, March 8.~The Industrial Exhi bition Company in 167t purel d & lot of land lylog Letween Nincty-ninths aud One-Hundred- ana-Third streets nud Third and Fourth ave- pues, fur the purpose of establishing an Indus- triul exbivition. “The price pald was §1,700.000. The scbems was not successful, and the land, which had been divided into lots, hus been sold under foreclusure by several fusuraiico conpas nies bolding mortgages upon it The suw real- fzed was $100,000. The former manager of the Exhibltion Company states that soon after the urchuse of the proberty the Cowpany was uf- ered #2,600,000 for ft. ——— ICE. 8pectal Dispateh to The Triduns. Osugosi, Wis., March 5,—~The jce-harvest has been suddenly stopped on Lake Winuebago. ;l'!i\) \\hhll “.Vd" carried’ thy iep;.ous oto the uke, The Washiogton Ice Com of about K000 tons, the lg.,‘;;,,.”('g "58-:‘,"-‘:" about 7,000 tous, und the Kankakee about tons. Thie concerns bave all pulled up.?” e THE INDIANS;- LS Dispaich 10 The Tridune, Bisuarc, D, T., March B.—Advices, under date of Feb. 20, from Fort Keogh say Miles was organizing sn expedition to leave on the 2ud, threo days later. He was to bave 800 mea from the Fifth Infontry, tho Elevesth and Becond Cavalry, The 150 recruits en route wereto mewt ot a rendezvous, snd uot march to Fort Keogb. War parties of fudiuns are reported MARCH 6, 1878. between Peck and Keogh. Yellowstons Kelly," the great reont, reparts that Sitting Bult'has been on this sido of the line, hut is not st pretent, Kelly saya there are hostilea In the Mitk River eountry, and that Miles is golng for a thorough {nvestigation.. CASUALTIES. or Ay NUN OVER AND RILLED. Epeciat DinpateA fo TAe Tyibune, Prrranura, Pa, March 5,—~Edward March, one of the oldest and best-known brakemen on the Pennsylvania Rallro#d, was killed st Tor- rens Statfon this morning. He was found lying on the track insensible, and s supposed to have been coupling cars at the time of the accldent. 1le died while on his way to the hoapital. Aoy about 15 years ol named Jamnes E. Qreen, whose parcnts reside at Fort Wayne, Inul., wns struck by a traln and killed at Shady- side this morning, IN DANGER. 8pectal Dispateh to The Tridune, EAst Saouvaw, Mich, March 5—Monday afternoon the fce on 8aginaw Bay moved out five miles, and this morning was ont of sight. Ten or fifteen Oshermen are reported on the fce, Two Crco brothers and Dan Ritchio aro tho only ones on the fco whose nanes I can learn, The tug A. W. Wright starts at 7 o’clock to-morrow morning to rescue tho men, FINANCIAL. FORT WAYNE, IND, Spettal Dispatch to Tha Tribune. Fort Warns, Ind, March B.~Webster, Weiler & Co., merchants of Monroeviile, in this county, to-day flled a petition fn bankruptcy. Tho asscts arc $45,000, and tho labilitics £18,- 000, Thonssets wore mot available to' meet maturing K:pcr Lut will probably pan out 100 cents on the doilar. AT NEW YORK, New Yonrr, March 5.—Nino creditors of Wil- son & Grelg, dry-goods dealers, Brondway, havo filed a petition to have tha firm adjudicated baunkrupte. - . POLITICAL. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Rixaston City, N. Y., March 5—In the olection to-day the Democrats clected Willlam Lounsbersy Mayor by about 200 tnajority, the first party fight on Mayor s{nce tho orzanization of the cflg. Rous, N, Y., March 5.—The Democrats elect Tarks Recorder by 244 majority, and the oatire clty ticket, RHODE ISLAND PROHIBITIONISTS. Provipexce, R. L, March 5—Tho Btate Prohibitory Conventton to-day renominated, unanimously, the prescut State officers for ro- cloction. BEN WADE. ‘The Unostentatious Cercemonios Attending il urinl at Jeflerson, O., Yesterday, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. CLEVELAND, O,, March 5,—Tho funcra! of the Hon. B. ¥. Wade took placo at Jefferson to-day. A large number of people were present. Tho day was beautiful, The town wore the appear- ance of Babbath, Flags wero at half-mast, The most of the buslness blocks wero draped In mourlng, and nothing was dolug upon tho streets. Tho funcral was held at the residance. ‘The body was Incloscd in n plain coflln, and no display was indulged In, fn accordance with a request of the deceased. The Rev. Dr. Dickin. son and the ton. 8. A, Hathaway dellvered the addresscs, both appropriste. At the close of these, the procession repalred to the cemotery, when the body was lowered Into adeep grave, within o short distance frum tho monumont of the Hon, Joshua R. tiddinzs. PIUS 1X. Patting the Dead Pope In Mis Cofin, Rome (Feb, 14) Letter to London Times, Manniog goes by with dignitied stop, his faco alittlo bent down. Howard passcs with head erect, and that dignified bearing which enabies him to wear his robes with such grace, Bome of the Collego have handkerchiefs to their eyes, and ono old Cardinal is sobbing. The chalr now hurst forth with o solemn funeral chant, and tssues from the chapel, followed by the Cardinal Archpricst of 8t. Peter's Dorromco, the Chap- ter of tho Dasilica, Mugr. Follealdl, Arch- bishop ot Ephesus, officiating, aud the bodyot Plus {5 borne shoulder-high by the Noble Guard. The procession turns to tho loft, pnsscs before the bronzo statue of Poter, sweops slow- zl!V round In front of the Confesslow, and passes lown the other side to the chapel of tho cholr, All peoplo kneel as the dead Pope passcs: and as chorlsters givo forth their solemu notes, the plek of the workman fn the cavity above lsheard Wwith regular stroke, far more “sigulficant and full of wcaning than any passlng bell could glve. The rellgious ceremontal witbin the chapol belufr completed, svno of the Noble Guard advanco to the sides o the couch, and, taking the edges of the crimson velvet coverlet woven with gold, on which the body s lving, lift 1t reverentially, dreasced as it i in the Pontifical robes, and ° wearing the miter, Into the coflin, Monsignor Ricel, Maggiordomo to the dead Pope, roceives {rom the hands of Mon- signor Catnldl first o rich velvet Lag embrold- ered with gold, containing thirty-one gold, thir- ty-oue silver, and thirty-one bronze medals, ono fur eachi year of Vio's Pontiflcate, the thirty- sccond not having becn mmrlulcd, and then'n tube contalnlug a roll of purchinent, v which a cutozium und fe of the deceased Poutdi hus peen written by Monsiguor Mercurelll, which ho places in turn at tho feut of the corpac. Mou- -{Enor Cataldi covers the facy with a vell of wlite silk and the body with oue of crimson, and then ull lavmen, minor eccleslastics, an Cardinals allke stretch forward to tako o Inst look3 then thy attendants steo forward witn the ld, aud all that retnains of Plus Is hid- den from sight, Nothing is now heard but the first carpenter foreing the serews of the cypress 14d down, then the hissing of the solder. fustng the leaden cover, Again the Monslgnors gather round the cotlin, ana this tiue afllx the sesls ou two of the corucrs, Tnat of Cardinal Camer- leugo is placed by Monsignor Cataldi, but Mon- signor Rleed will not depute any otber. Ho cutnes forward nimself, places one, and sinks down luatitol weeplng. Thoy have to walt some minutes until be can hmpress the second. The ffth scal, thnt of Curdinal Borromeo, 18 fim- rinted o the skle by his secretary; ho sixth, that of the Chapter of Bt. Pe- ters, by the Archivist, 8ig. Wenzel. The pens of tho Prothonotary Apostolic, the Chane cellor of the Apostolic Uhsmber, and the Notary of the Chapter of Bt, Peter's are heard writing tho proces verbauz. Thoy are reud In & lund volce. “The lead cotlin s placed In that pollstied clm, and Monsignor Catald, o the nnmes of the Cardinal Camcrlengo and the Ba- cred Collegy, formally consigns the care of the collin and its contents tothe Chapter of Bt. Peter's, ‘The cotliu is now placed on » platfurm with wheels, the Curdinals descend frum thely stalls aud surround it, and uy the choristers chant thy Beuedictus it {8 slowly moved from the chapel. Mousignor Folicaldi, who was Dap- ifero to Pius IX, when he entered the last con- clavo as Cardinal Mastal, pronounces the last abgolution, tho tackle 1s tfxed, the capstan and ropo creak with the heavy strain, and sluwly the cottin ralsed aloft and slipped futo thu hole, for blchu it canuot bo called. ‘Fherc is a moment's pause, and then tho bead of the chureh during the seds vacante 1s surrounded by the Prelates of the Apustolle Chamber, and, attended by two palalrepterd, with scariot lveries, and four Bwiss uards with balberds, returusto the spartments {u tho Vatican he has inhabited stuce the death of Plus, aud until the election of Lils successur, Mcanwhlic the wasons ure busy bricking up the wall where the cotlin bas been placed. Four Cundiuals liuger to look on, while the Nublo Guard vad Swiss keew wateh around. 'Tho great majority of those invited gradually de ruxt. and at 10 o'clock the mrcu{:huuuu. shaped o froot with & cushion and a tlura upon it, is hoisted up and fixed iu its place. Oo 1t ara fo. scribed (o capitals, “Plus IX., P, ALY —————— PEDESTRIANISHM. New OrLBANS, March 3.—A walking match for a stake of $1,000 commenced to-night at Grucnwald Hall, between Mlss Ellen Wickers, of Chlcego, aud Heury Bchmehl, pedestrisu, ; Bchineh) is to walk 400 miles fu 120 hours, and Hnish fa less thne than Miss Wickers complotos %50 miles. Thero wes a large attendanuce pres- eut, (ncluding s nuwber of ladies. L —t—— DONATION TO A COLLEGE, Bpecial Dispaich (o The Triduns, ADRusY, Mich, Mirch B.—Adrian College, tho national educstional fustitution of the Methodist Cburch, bas received a donatlon of $10,000 from Mr, Towpkivs, oo atlucut rosl- deut of Kocklaud County, N. Y, heur motious. ‘THE COURTS. All the Testimony Submitted in the Case of Ex-Treass urer Gage. Other Wholesalo Houses Pray for Reliof Agaimst the Personal-Prop- = erty Tax, New Suits, Divorces, Judgments, Bankrupteles, Etc, Tha trial of the Oage caso was resumed yes- tenlny morning, and the lone list of law-books on the lawycrs' table, with narrow slices of legal-cap In eacty, gave tokeus of breakers ahead. ‘Tho progress of the casc was so slow, however, that the breakers will not be encountered uutl) to-day. The defenso announced that they would rest, and Mr. M. F. Tuley was then cailed on behalf of theelty, 1o testified that he was Corpora- tion Couunscl in 1873; that two bonds were pro- rnrml at the beginnine of Gage's second term, hut thal onc was destroyed on account of hav- ing been made out Incorrectly, The sccond was mado out In due form and signed, and then given to the City Clerk, with directions to have the suretles appear belfore him and acknowledge or recognize thelr signatures. Hotchkiss subae- quently stated that ho had seen all the bonds- men, cithor In the ofllco or on the street, and they had admitted signing the bond. Shortly alter tho defalention, also, wituess had a con- versation .with Hotchklss, ot thich the latter eald he sras flml the bond had all been mnde out regularly and tho surctios had sdmitted signing it, Uen, Stiles then took the stand and confitmed Mr. Tuley’s testimony as to tho two bonds, he baving been City Attorney at the same time. Mr, Bridgman was called to tell the amount of intorest necrucd on the deficit since Itecem- ber, 1878, but tho evidenco was ruled out. The interest amounts to nbout §118,000. Aftor some littlo talk, Mr. Hotchkiss was recalled,, but tha ¢ity hnd more evidence to offer, aud he' was withdrawa, In the alternoon ho was agalf recalled, and testified that tho conversation with Mr. Tuley, abuve mientioued, was sbout O'Lars’s bond, and not about Unge's, Mr. Tuley was recalled, nnd refterated his assertion that the talk was about Gago's, not U’llnm’a} bond. 4 Prof. Vipor wns then called to show that tho bond was not signed in blank, “The dofendauts ehifrged that tho bond had heen taken when blank to Tucker, who slgned it, then to Sher- mau, and afterward wiven to Gage. Prof, Plper testified that the microscope showed that Gage's slanaturs was on the bond before It was given to Tucker to sign, amd that Crosby's name was written alter Sherman's name, This closed the testimony on both sldes, and Mr. Jowott rosu to speak, but complained of {liness, and tho caso was then postponed until to-day. BTILL THEY COME, The bllls ngainst Collector Kimball still con- tinuc to come In. Yesterday Frank Brothers, Felsenthal & Kozminskl, Sciinadig, Faroman & Co., Rindskopf, Barbe & Co., aml N. Matson & Co.'united in linga bIll, Xbels ssscesmonts and taxes nre as foilows: Original valuation, Frank Bro: Felsenthal Schnadig, ¥, &Co. Ttindakopt, 1, & Co. N. Matwon & Co.... And thoy want Lho usual relict. Tho fullowing purtics also clubbed together tomeet the cxponses of o ltawsuit with Mr. Kimball: J. L. W Edson Keith @. Kelth, 811083 J. W, arl $318.04; Keith & Gnle, $357.613 By & Co., 8307433 H. & ilart, Bros., 710, 81,381,07. THR OREAT WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANT. Tho following is tho showing ot the Ureat Western Insuratice Company, as shown by the Assignee's monthly regort, tiled yestorday with the Reglster: Cash on hund, Jan, 1, Collected stnce. 27, 2 281,14 Total... .. Tald on accotint of dividend. . clori time, Assiznee, Dalance on hand 22,043.04 DIVORCES, Loulsa Aaron filed her bill yestorday for diverce agalost her husband, Barney Auron, statiug that she wna marriod to him in October, 1875, and lived with him until the 15th of las month, when sha left him, having dlszoyered that hie bad been zullty of adultery. Lizzlo Welsh 18 olso'In want of "a dlvorce on necount of thocruelty of her husband, John Welsh. Bhe claims that for years back he has been fo tho habit of beating her, and abusing Lier fu othier waya, and he tinally loft her a short timoe ago and went to Koasas, leaving her nnd her flye children destitute, He Is tha helr ton cnn—&lflhm Intercst In his mother’s cstato worth $50, or §i5,000, and she wants a sharc of this glven to her a8 gome cowp trouvles, Lastly, Joscphine Dn( mmiv)lnlns that the conduct of herhusband, Alfred Day, has been so brutal that sbe connot livo with him. Jlo left her last November, after giving her an extra amount of abuse, and she prays that he may ueyer coma back agaln, tlou for her Judge Williama yesterday }gmma a decreo’ G4 ofdlvorco to Margaret A, Koalio from Jawes Keaho on account of his crucity. Judge Mooro granted 8 decreo to Mary D, Perrine from lobert B, Perriia on account of adultery, and to Mary Wilson from Edward Wilson for drunkeuncss. ITEMS. Friday noxt will be tho last day of service to the March term ofthe Clreult Court. To-day 18 default day In the Suverior Court. Judge MeAllistor will bo fn court to-day to Yiaiat usizan nnrnimunr:.d i [sanc Croaby began a suit yesterday for - 000 agajust Amarlah A, Duwu,r. 4 0y Fanny M, Jenkins filed o blll sgalnst Ellza- beth W. FitchIn tier own right” ana as ex- ecutrix of 8. 8, Fitch, to forecloso o trust deed for $4,000 on (Lots 85, 86, uud 87in Cottage Grove Addition, . BANKRUPTOY MATTERS, Warren F, Hlolden, a real-estate dealer of this city, went tnto voluntary bankruptey yesterduy. ed debts are $,083,33, ‘and “the unso- $10,750, No ussots. Refercucato Regis- s cured, ter fifbbard. Murtin O'Brien, a picture-dealer at No. 208 Wal enuie, al cenimbea to his troubles, iis preferred deUts sre $205.1 for taxes, and the unsecured, §0,345.87, The ts compriso cash, §823; stock of guods at his store, $7,6003 furultur und fixtures, $1,000; and open accounts about $1.700. A cowpositlon meeting will be gy tssued to Josoph B d charges wero fasucd to Josoph Barton an George B, Kerloot, B Assiguees will bo chosen’ at 10 a. m. to-day for W. i1, Winning and Burton M, Ford and for for M. Cleveland at 11 o'clock. ¢ composition meoting of L. G, Falrbank is set for 10 o’clock. H Auramion, g)iummmpaxkun. W homas V. aoi Wi . Ferry hegan & ;nl), yesterday for 3,500 sgainst E! .’thr. urne. Audrew Peck commenced o suit agalnst the 1Ninols Staals-Zeluny to recover $10,000 dam- es. '6';““’ Munroe Organ Reed Company filed & bill agaiust Danlel K., George ¥., and Ella R. Child, and F, M. Teas to forecloss s mortgago for $1,200 on Lots 8 and 9, in Block ¢ of Beck's subdivision of the 8. E. X of Bec, 41, M. Fimira Carswall began o sult for €000 mira Carswe n ainst Robert W, l‘um‘f;‘a\lmaf1 g e85, Willlam Jobnsou sued Hceury Moore for $1,500, Julla Laskowsky brought suit for $3,000 ;‘guhm. tho Continental Iusurance Company of ow York. Robert Smith filod & potitlon arainst U, P, Bmith usking for u mechanic’s ifen to tho nmount of $3,150 on Nos, 23, 23 24, 25, 26, 27, 43, 31, 8, 83, $4,05,6, 07, and 41 Aldivo squarc. Catlierin Ronch flied a bill auinat Johu G Brown, B, W. l'hlIHEc Cornelia C, Lyou, C. F. W, dunge, sud Jacob Weil, to_foréelose a trust deed for $1,600 on Lots 1 und 2 In a subdiviston 1uado by William Moscback of_the centro 3 of tho W, 8 44-100 acres of the E. 16 44-100 ucres of that part of the W, i¢of tho N, W. X of Bee. 14, 8Y, 18, lying nortl'ol Barry Polut ruad. Mary Youux and Mary McDonough sued James Geary for $1,500, CHIMINAL COURT. . Fannte Drown was tried for larceny and ace uitted. q George Grahsm was found guilty of burglary soms weeks gro. A wotion for a new trial way overruled, and he was sentenced 10 two years in the Penltentiary. A BTHANGN DOCUMBNT. ‘Tho following docunent was filed o the Probate Court yesterday. It purportsto bu o will, aud in its way 1s novel and atravge: Cuicaao, Bept, 20, 1877, ~This is o certify that ‘Danley, on trial. "Curtle vs, Coj 1, Yaevey Rrower, make an Asayenment of all my property in Palmyra, defferson County, Wisconain, to my wife, Amauda, to keep or disposn of as her Judgment may decido aslong a8 ahe remains my o5, Hanvar Browsn. Witnesren ; Charlle Brower, Lillie Brower, The Court viewed the Instrument suspiclously from n legal point, and, while it was called a “will,” ho did not so constder ity nor would he admit it to record. It was taken under advise- ment. The deceased reslded in the city at the time of bis death, and his widow now resides here, but whero !s not known. Tho value of 'tho estate, it any, I8 alao unknown. . THR CALL. - Junnk BLonneTr—Motions for new trial andls. rnml of on jaw cnlendar, then motions for,new trial n bankraptey canes. Jubam UAnY—247 to 043, 247 16 253, and 256 to 200, incluslve, No, 234, Breaton va, Johnslon, on trial, 10. Ko, 7, Dafour va. Jupne Moonx~8, 0, Jovun Nooens—~No eall. No. 232, Uity vs. QGage, on trial, Junar llooTn—Set case term No. 9,602, calendnr Nos. 156, 147, 168, 150, 160, well, on teial. Junex McALtisTen—Motions to-day énly, - To- morrow ho will resume his call, JUnGr FARWELI~B58, (ferard vs, Qalean, and 15, Dickinson vs, Van torn, upuk WiLLiAxs—04, Walker vs. Unlon Trust Company. JUNOMENTS. Cincotr Counr —Juba2 Boors — Qeorge 10, schFewnnh v#. Gottfried Kocher, 87. Wal- tor Philbin vs, Patrick 3 verdict, A FAMOUS DUEL. Itow Sam Moustor's Scout Dropped Ool. Morton, of Texnn, Austin (Tez.) Correspandence New Fork Sun, Ot all the famous ducls recalled by the Sun, perhaps nono was more remarkable than that fought near this city by Deat Smith and Col, Morton. About two years after the Texan revolutlon, o difliculty vceurred between the new Govern- ment and a portion of tha people, which threat- cnecd serlous consequences. Btlefly, the Cone stitution made Austio tho permaneut Capital, but empowered the President to order the tem- porary removal of the archives In case of danger from "a forclzn encmy or sudden insurrecton, ‘Thinking that the exceptional emergency had arrived, as the Comanches werg vonunliting ravages within slabt of the Cn{'Iml. Prosiden Houston, who then restded at Washington, on tho Brazos, dispatched an order cumnanln:: lils subordinates to scnd tho Btate records to thnt town. It is jmpossible to descrive tho excitement which the promulzation of this order ralsed In Austin, ‘The keepers of hotels, boarding-houscs, groceries, jand faro-bauks wero aghast, The measure would be adeathiblow to thelr business, A mass-meeting was called, and the farmers of the surrounding country, wlxu were ail mors_or Iess intercsted In the question, came in, After many flury speeches, It was unanimously ro- sulved to prevent the removal of the archives. Four hundred nemed men volunteered to guard tha State-Houso. The commander of this foree, was Col, Morton, who had distingulshed himseit In the war tor indopendence, and more recently in two desperato duels, in both of whichihe bad cut his antogonista nearly to pieces with tho Lowle-knife. Indeed, from his reputation for vindletivencss as well as courage, It was thought that President Houstun would renounce his rur 8¢ a8 soon as lie should learn who was the cadeg of the opposition. Mortn awora that it tho President succeeded fu removing the rec- unl? be_waould him hunt him down like o wolf, He eveu wrote the hero of San Jacinto to that offoct. 'he Jatter repliod In & note of lnconic brovit, 1L the ‘n ¢ of Austin do not send the archives, I shall certainly como and take them; aud It Cul, Morton can my ear-cap.’” Un_the rcception of this snswer the guard was doubled around the State-House, choson seutinels wero stationcd aloug tho road leading to tho Capital, av.ied inen patrolled tho strects, und n select conmnities went Into.permanent sesafon In tho City-Hall, Une day this committee were surprised by the sudden appearanco of a atranger, whose modo of sutormg tho room wus us oxtraordinary as his looks nund drees. He did not knock at the closed doory but, climblng a small bushy-topped llye vak, which grew beside the wall, ha leaped through o lofty window. lle was clothed in buckskin, earriéd a lung avd beavy riflo in his haud, wore at the bottom of his leit suspender o 1arge bowle-knife, and had in his Jeathern belt o couple of pistuls half the length of his gun. Uo was tall, strafght ns an arrow, active as a pautirer In his motions. He hada dark com- ploxion, luxuriant, jotty balr, and plerang black il me hio {s wetcome to C8, i \Who are you who thus presume to intrude smoni gentiemen without fuvitutionl® de- maunded Col. Morton, in his most fcrocfous wmauner, ‘The stranger returned his stare with com- poul::d"lnlumr.. aud laid ks loug, bony finger ou his lip, #\Who aro youl BSpeak! or I'li cut an answer out of your heart!” shouted Morton. Tho stragger removed his finger from his lip, and Iald 1t on the hilt of his monstrous knife. ‘he tery Colouel drew his own knile, but was scized and held back, * Lot bt aloue, Morton, for God's aake! ' exclaimed his friends, Do you not see that ho is crazyl ! At this moment Judgo Webb, a man of ahrewd and courteous mauncrs, stepped forward and addressed the {ntruder courteously s My good friend, I presume you have made a mistake in the house. This isa private meot- ing where none but inembers are admitted.! ‘Ihe strauger did not appear to comprehend the words, but hy did the courtesy, Walking to a tablsto the center of the hull hoselzed o pen and truced one lne, *1om doal.” o Judgre Webb took tho paper aud wrote a ques- tion: ** Dear sir: Wil you be so obliglog as to }ufn,r’x‘n us what is your “business with the meet- ng % The ntrn,;{r st ounce handed him a letter, inserfbed, *To the Citizeus of Austlu” Ho broke the seal and read it aloud. It was frum Houston? * Feliow-Cltizens: Thoufin in_error, and do- celved by the arts of truiturs, I will glvo you thres days more to decide whether you will surrender tho' public archives. At the end of thot time you will pleaso lot wie know your de- cision, Baxt Houaton," After the rendlmi. tho deaf man wolted for o fow scconds, us it for a reply, and thon turned, sud was about to leave the ball when Col, Mar- ton sternly beckoned Lim back to the table. Tho stranger obeyed, and Morton wrote: *+ You were brave enoughi Lo fusult me hy your threateninyg looks ten minutes ago; are you brave enough now to give ma satisfactioni® 'l'l;u -ll'r,-nugcr penned hisreply: *Lawm at your sorvice All;x'rlton wrote agatn * Who will be your scc o ‘Tho stranger rojoined: “Iam too gencrous to seck an edvantage, and too brave to fear any on the part of theirs; thereforel nover need thy aid of a second.” Morton wrote: * Namoe your terms." The stranger wrote, without a moment’s hes- fation: **'Tunc, sunact this evening; place, the lety bank of the Colorado, opposite Austing weapons, rifles, and distance 100 yards, Do uot 1 to be in thwe." He then walkcd across the floor, and disap- peared through the window as nmfdunlv as ho had eutered. * What,” exclaimed Judge Webb, **1s it pos- sible you Totend to tight that wan, Colonell le Is wute, it not a wuntae, Buch o mwesting, § Lear, will sadly taruish your laurels.” “You aro inistaken,” said Morton, with a smfte; ¢ that mute 1 u biero whoso namo stau; in the records of a dozen battics, aud at leadt hall us many bloody dugls. Bosides, Lo Is o favorite emissary and bosom fricud of Ytouston, 1bave tho good fortuns to kill i, 1 think it will tempt tho President to retract bis vow In‘-.'ulnlv’._ veuturiug any wore upon the field of Jouur,’ “You know tho may, then? Who is het” aaked twenty volees togother, * Deafl 8Bmith." ¥ # No, that canoot be, - Deaf Smith tras killed at Ban .hu:mm." said Judize Webb. ““Fliero, agulu, your Houor is wistaken,” eald Morton, **Thestory of Smith's death wos a mere fiction, got up by Houston to save the lite ot his fuvorite fiom the sworn vengeance of certain Texuus, on whoso conduct ho had sctéd us o wpy. 1 found that out twelve months n;xo." s/fhen, you are w wadman yourselt!” ex. clainied Webb, *Deaf Swith was vever known 10 nlss bis mark.” 4°I'he tuing is scttled,” sald Morton; 1 lave agreod to weet bim. Thero can bs no disgrace iu fulling before such a shot, aud i Tkil bl will be tho greatest feat of uly Life. ‘Toward eveniny o vust crowd assembied to wituess the medting, and so great was the Euuulnr recklesances as toxtfairs of thissort that els wera offered and taken ou all sides upon the resuit. At suuict the two men wrrived, with louy, beavy rlfies, took thelr places, bucs 1o back, and ol a signal walked slowly sud steadlly off fn &{)fiwte directions, countivg their steps uutid cach bad measured $1ty, ‘They Lotk cowpleted Lby giveu nuwber at about the sams fostant, and wheeled around, A the distance wus lg at, both pauscd for some seconds, The face of Cot. Murton was cal and swiluz, The fuce ofgDeal Siulth was us stern sod jwpassive us cver. The Colonel was fu roudeloth, the scout tu smoke-tinted leatbior, The two rifles cxpluded at the sawo fustant, Col. Morton spraug futo the sir, sud dropoed tothe earth, deod. Deat Buith guictly re- loaded bis ritle, aud walked awsy luto the forest. Yhree days alterward, Gew, Houstow, oo companied by Deaf 8mith and ten other men, appeared fn Austin, and removed the Btate vaners, Deal Smith was one of the most extraordinary characters ever known in the West, He made s advent fn Texas at an carly period, and con- tinued to reside there until his death, which oceurred, I beliove, about 1550, But, although he had many swarm frieids, no one ever learned whero he hiad been born or any pattlealars of his previous historv, When he'was questfoned on tho subject, he laid s fluger on s p. 1ifs" ex'u was quick and far-aceing as an eagle’s, and I8 nosc as keen ns a rdven’s. He could diserrn objects miles away on the profries, when otliers eaw nothing but earth and sky; and the savages used to declare ho could cateh the acent of a Mexican or an Indian ot as great a distance ns a buzzard s dinner. o vould never be pers sunded to slecp under the roof of ahouse or oven a tent eloth. s ——— A _ROMAN PATRICIAN. 1ls Vills, and His Made of Life, Tompels Corvespondence New Fork Herald. Here, fof Instance, Is the home of our friend, M. Arrius Diomedes, Our friend Is a partrician, # great man fn Rome, who came to his villa by thosea for summer air and repose alter tho carcs of the Capital, I am certaln that he would recelve us with true Roman courlesy did he know of our arrlving. But he has vanistied into the night, and all wo have is the graclous word, “Salva,” in mosale, on the door-sill, Hero It §s in indetible mosaic; curiously worked, sitnotl You push the ashes away with your foot, for sotneliow our partriclan friend 18 not as well served with olt hia slaves. You pusly the ashes nsido and read the warm word of wel- come, Its whito stoncs smiling a4 though they would anticipate the grecting of the inaster, Bo, encouraged, we trace our way into this sup- urban villn, . Tho strect through which wo have just pasead fs the Btrect of the Tombs, but let us draw no inliospltable omen from that, fur our Roman frictls arc stofes, and find no terror In death. There {a much dust and ashes, ard roofs that might bo maonded, and the villa of M. Arrius Divmedes has changed somewlat since his rotreating fuotsteps pressed for the Inst timo the wolcoming word ou his duor-sill, We can examing this houso at our lelanre if we aore curlous fo sce how our noble friends lived in the gotlen daya when Crsars rofgned, Yo note that thero 18 o sllzht ascent to the house, tho duorway belng as much as six or soyca fect above "the roadwny. Well this s as should becomo a lml.rlclnn, and a man like Diomedes does not choose to live under tie staring gaze of gladiators, and tragle pocts, and the ritl-rafl of people who flock about Pomuell, You go up to the porch hly an Inclined plaue, and pLsa through the perfatyle into an dpen courl-yard, where the rain was gatlered. On ono slde tho descending stoalrenses point the way to the rooms devoted to the bumbler oflicers of this princoly house. Around us sro rooms, sa twenty in all, wlilch opened on the court-yard, Inono corner are the rooms for bathing, for our host_balongs to a race who do honor to the god-h by honorlvg tha body which the gods zave them. Here aro cooling chambers, warm chambers, an anofuting room, a furnace. If you do uot caro to go through the process of a bath you may anoint yourself and walk in the sun, Iicre 18 a chamber fitted for tho purpose—a gallery lightod by windows looking out upon tlio trelliscs, whera I am sure tha roses would be creeping in Juxuriant bloom were our friend only hera to look after his home. The roses have faded, but i€ you pass Into a small room to the right - you will sce -why thls. wallery was built. Out of that win- dow—which, unfortunately, Is wanting in glass —out of that wintlow, through which you may. wazo while your slave anvints your person and perfumcs your tresses, you may seo the parlors, and beyond tiae gardens the wholo aweepluy ny of Naplbs as far as Sorrento. After cnjoylng {onr bath, and care to discipline your body fur- her, hera {s another room, into ‘which the sun beats with unimpeded power, n room glven to Indoor games and mmuseincnta, Ilero s tho cating-room, commanding & “view of a garden, nnd Llere is s room which was onee the librarv—a lbrary of papyrus volumos—whers wo can fandy our friend studying the sclences with Pliny, or ver- Mying a guotation with Clecro., The panyrus rolls arc not here, to bo sure, aithough somo of themn oro up in tho Naplea Museum, and sinco we bave this modern fashion of printing wo shall not envy M Diomedes his few chierlaned scrolls, And, if {cu ask for the lndies, you ara potnted to tho atalrease leading to the gymnne sfum, or_the door leading to the venerium, where I am afrald we should not un- der ordinary circumstances bo welcome. You seo " our friend hns exclusivo notions abont the ladles, and prefers to dlsponse his own Lospitalitics, Boyond theso rooms is a garden, a garden inclosed by walls, and over the walls should be a trollis of Howers, Under the walls is a portico whero M, Diomedes and his friends can walk when it rafns, Hero should bo s fountain; rather, bero is the foun- taln, but the waters somchow bhave censed to flow. But you may put your fingers futo the yery apout and admlro the grafu of tho marbly, for'the work camo from tho hunds of cunning workmen, If you open tho door—anlas! I am afrald it 18" open, with - no prospect its betog closed—if you open this gate you will find that &t is the rear of the vills, and looks out upon the vinu- yards, the gardens, and the ses. This garden should be full of mutberrios and figs, and (€ the gardoning-slaves were diligent wo should now bo walking, not {n gahes, but under a shady watl of vines, and breathing the perfume of the vivlet and the rose, You will obsorve, 1 time {s not pressing, that our friend wus fond of iue arts, and that the walls of thesc rooms are decorated with care. Thls Is none of your whitewashing— none of your French paper and modern English decorations, all runuing to pale wreen and gray, Our noble host lived fao the land of sunabiue, and drew his colors from the rafubow, To bo sure, tho colors do ook fresh,—vo fresh us to make you wonder i€ they are already dry, But tiwe will give them the Titlan and Reme beandt tiot; this will mallow ! we wlil only walt long unnuTh. When & 8 noblo- man bullds & home l1ke this, & homo possessiug all that taste,and luxu:‘y and wealth can wish— 16, Tnay, & Roman_patriclan liko Marcus Arrius Diomedes plants all these gurdens, aud constructs 80 luxurious & home, you, must not bo fmpaticnwnt tho glacing colors, Porhaps, if you aro an artist, you will note the poverty of “his tnvention in tho matter of colurs—red, “blue, green, yellow, and black, “These ars all that scem to have occurred Lo 0fs artists, And you . will object tumnany of his Pagan themes, But do not forget, I pray you, that our friend s a Pagun, sud that you will find fn his boine and the bownes of his uéurhibors aod kinsmen many things to offend a taste ‘educated up to the morl stondard of Bostun ana New York. Bat, hap- oily, wearo nolther misslonaries nor critics, buy frlends—{riends from far Amorica—who have heard much of Pompell, and have como to call n-this opulent citizon. Beo with what min- uto cara this house is decorated. 'Tho tloors nre mosnio—white stones on a black ground, or black stones ona white ground, descrivlug plaln geometrical lnes mad curves.- If you study closely this mosaic work you will tind it of mar- ble (black nud whits) and red tlios, buried o wortar, ‘e ar0 now looking at the ordinary mosalo work, the courtyarde and dourways. Hore s the fluer work, ‘Llhere, for fustance, is o group of dancers and musiclane, masked l\mmu. lflnvhlk upon_the tawbourine, the cymbals, and thoe pipe, What skill, woat patienco fo tho fushloning, lu the folaing drapury, the movement of the Mnbs, harmoeny of motion! You note that the walls arg all” pajated, and if you do not liky tho glarfiug colors fn some rooms, pauss for & moment befors”this tgure, a tewmale forn foating futo space. Thu lpsare openlu the ecatacy of motion, thu Hmbs ure poisod fn the air, and the liwbé drapery, through which tha sun shincs, scoms to tuy with the breczo; the Vosom almost heaves with lifo and youth. It means nothing, you say. You mias the sweet ueas of the luter schools; you sce nothing of the divine, scraphino beauty which lives lu tho Madonnus of Kaphael; you inlss the high teache fugs of our modern art, the motler's love fu the virgin's face, the lovo that cmbraceth all things In the face of tne sufferiug Hedeemer. You mias all this und loug for that wogle peos ¢ll which told, as in & pocmn or an opera, of the splondors of ancient and mioderu Rowe. You say tuat our friend kuew ouly of fuuus and satyrs and besatly representations of iecherous old Sllenus and thal drauken bruts ucchus; that even bis Venus wus o degrads- tlon rather than en idvalization of woman; that his art was physical, aud became an apotbeusts of strength, and vice, sud passion, You wsk what possiblo use, either a4 cutortainwent or study, cau thero bo fn a bearded Bucclus orlu mauy other things that I am uot permitted o describe. This art 18 not our art, und ms Wo study it and admlire much of its tustc, snd kil sud {ruth to nature, we canuot but feel, au with grateful bearts, that the Pom- pelian aze is dead, snd that we cote 0 8 new age; that the zods whowm our fricud w shiped bave faded futo night, and thuat & 1 blor, igher faith has taken their place, gisius purity toourart. ‘This we owo lo the work done by Jesus Christ. Aud if you wurvel thit our friead Marcus Arrlus Dioedes did not fuel the gawa intueace, reweber that our fricud § # Romau patrician aud a man of greag wealth and station, and not & mau to shave bls tastes atter the catious of aJewlsh carpenter, crucided Just seventy-uine years ago, aud of Jewish fob- crmen who followed hit, atd bave buen weell) punssbied for thelr follics uud crimes.