Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1878, Page 2

THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. OCTOBER. 26, 1878—TWLLVIL insignificant that it had no recalar organizat! Mr. 8(ngleton has not been in consequence of the prevalen fever, but he {s thoroughiy informed as” to the condition of potitical affairs tn that State, and o one famillar with the Missisaippl plan of con- ducting a political campaien can doubt thst he spoka correctly whes he sald to your corre- apondent: ¢ Yes, sir, vou may state that Mis- sisslppl will fend a solid Democratic delegation to the Fortv-aixth Congress.,” \When it s stated that Missizsipp, If her citizens were given a fair opportamty to cast their ballots In accordance with their convictions, wonid give a Repablican majority of at least 25,000, turther comneot on Mr. Smeleton’s statement e unnecessary, The colored popnlation of that Statets so thuronzhl; overawed that it will he mrvmluz it any ol them venture to visit the polis for the purpose of casting thelr votes azast the Demovratic candidstes. MISCELLANEOUS, England’s Designs in Asia Freely Com- A SLIGHT DIPFERENCE. ¢ mented on by the Rusaian Nrew Yorx, Oct. 35.—ln ihe report of Mr. Press. Evarts’ speech, ss furnished last night, he was made to say: “And now the Executiye looks with IndlTerence, {f not contempt, at evury method of contumely and slander by which that title was sought to be impugned.”. The lan. guage he really wsed wes as follows: **And now this great and peacelnl nation, reposing (o that justice and wisdom, and sccepting from one end to the other the determination of the exccutive power, thus lodged and thus protect- cd, has Jouked with indiiTerence, if not with contempt, upon all the idle and puny schemes by which, {n streams of contuinely and slander, that title was scught to be impugned.” JOWA ELECTION FIGURES, BrrLiNGTON, I, Oct. 25—OfMcial figures trom pinety-four counties on_the vote for Sec- retary of State, at the Iate Iowa election, are ns follows: lull, Republican, 180,1834 5, M. Farnsworth, fusion, 122,001} scattoring, 1,183; Hull's rnuimu,v, 6,939, The rematining four counties will lvercase this mn]or\% to W2 The majority ol the other State ollicers will be still less. ST, LOUIS. 81, Louis, Mo, Oct. 5 —The Unlon Work- Ingmen, growing out of the splits In other Labor and Greenback smlu, met in Cunvention to-day and nominated & city ticket, ‘This istho sixth tickes fo the field. BUNBET COX'S OPPONRNT. Kew York Ttmes, Oct, 23, A conferenca of all the political parties op- Posml to Tammany §Iall was held last evening n tho rooms of tho Twellth Assembly District | Republican Assoclation, No. 783 Fifth street, for the purpose of uniting apon & candidate to op- se S, 8. Cox In the Sixth Congrcssional Dia- rict, “There were nrosent representatives of the Irving Hall Demoeracy, the Republican party, the Blalr-Connolly wing ot the Natlonal Greenback party, the Greenback-Labor party, FOREL orizinal text, but was a frandulent Interpolation by'the Trdmne man. . $1AN3 OF UNRASINESS AROUT RIM, nennatt Enquirer (Dem.). Col. Waalley's greatest distress appears 1o be for his scquaintances, 1 Col. C. W, Woolley would only visit a few mara cities and talk a littla mare freely abous cipher dispatches, ctc., ba would place Mr. -rflum and his {riends under everlasting obli- gations, ROMETTIING FOR MOSKS TO CONSIDER. Brictaturg UN..2.) TYmies and Journal (Rep.). It Me. Man 2 publie ton Marhlé would put n anpearance he wonld draw aimoxt as wellas & six-legged horse in a country villaze, Says Mr. Manton Marble: * Real or protend- ed brokers overran Talishassce, flushing the §nme which Noyes bagged.” ‘Ihat's !l right, fr. Marble, s0 long.as Noyes bacged gamo honorably; but who In the name of plety, early and fate, flushed Mr. Manton Marble when ths Tribune bagged him? ¥ WILT THE UNCLE DOESN'T NOUNCE TR XKPREW. Albany Erewing Jaurnal (Ren, ). The cry s going up In varfous auarters, Why Aon'’t Tilden repudiate Peltonf We have no doubt the old man is aching to,~that he yearns to lead that reprefiensible nephew by the ear to the front door, and give him o 11{t with his boot from Lhe threshold that should land him bevond the Rocky Mountalns on all fours. But, {f we Interpret the uncle aright, the reason which for- bids lim from presenting Pelton with auchn testimoninl of his reward lies in the fact that he s awarn that there is exceeding much tar upon his own as well as upon the nephew's garmenta, and that the presence of the detilement upon Loth Is due to the Impingement against them of wue and the same stick, firneia Weeliy oy 1rper's’ Weekly (Rep.). There has been time 1o observe the general fcellng o regard to Mr. Tiklen's knowledge of the acts of hia azents, and it {8 that he must be hield morally responsidle for them. He man- aged his owo campalgn. His own house was’ the basc of operations, Tt was from his own Bouse that the *Gobble” nemotiatfon for a Yote wns carried on, aud forn votefnn State which it was not pretended that he had car- rled. 101t be assumed that he did uot distinct~ 1y and In detatl authorizs the offer or the pay- ment of money for n favorable declsion In Floridn, 1t must be upon the further nssump- lon that he had virtusily Jelt everything to tho discretion of his agents. ~ But under the clireum- stances, a3 he trusted himsell more than them, and as he was personally conducting his cam- paten, he could have ‘given such discretion only he waa . willing 1o have dane so Joug as he could plead personnl fznorance of them. If hisagents told him that they mished ta pledee 850,000 tn Florida pendiog the count, of which the circumstances were known to the whote country, and Mr. Tilden assented without Snquiry, {s any Intellicent man eatisfled to ac- Russia Believed to Be Bent on Further Conquests. Her Armies in Bulgaria and Roue melia on the Alert. IRussian A‘genu Said to Onan'ly Clafin o Portion of- Bulgarin. Altempt fo Assassinate King Alfonso In the Streets of Madrid, Bis Would-Be Murderor Betoued from a ; Orowd of Infariated Women, TuE BasT, NENSATIONAL. 3 Loxnox, Oct. 26—5 a. m.—The Standard pub- lishes a scnsational dispatch from Vienna to the cilect that Russ!a’s military prepsrations oroso vast that nobedy can doubt she is bent upon further conquest. The only question nppears to bo whether she will wait till spring or recommence the war beforo that time. The excuse will probably be tho outbreaks of the Bulgarians, which wers gotten up by Russian agents. A campof 00,000 men is forming at Kischencit to replace the troops who crossed the Balkans souttwara. Russia refuses to evacuato the Dobrudacha or Roumania until Roumania hsa concluded an offensive and defansive alliance. Russian agents openly claim that Moldavia as far as the Sereth must become Rusalan, WIAT THE LONDOX TIMES BAYS, Loxpoy, Oct, 28 a. m.—The Times, in a leader, says: **Russia ventures to atand in the way of the exccution of tho Berlin treaty be- cause she trusts to the forbearance of otbers. A word spoken In earnest by England or Aus- tria would briug hor to her scnses in 8 moment. cept 1t us o clearance from the offenset Why | (he County Democtacy, anrd the Otten- 1 i hand did hio uot Inguirel 1iad he probably been i Toa . Or, t Is propasterous o assert that our hands ean the liabit of allowing such plodges 10 5o mads | fomer, Uty atodpendents, e Louls | oSl by the Afghan difleulty. We must Without knowledge of the circumstances! Nothe 10z could be flmster than such an exeuse, MAKES IT DAD YOI TILDEN. Teictimand (Va,) Xtate (Des In an {nterview, swhich appenrs have been forced upon bim, Mr. Charies W. Woollcy, ous of the parties fmplicatea in the famous cipher dispatehies, throws not a fittle Jight on the question of thelr cenulencss. ie owns, in the firet place,ito one of them,—ihe one yhich force ourselves upon Afghanistan to the exclu- sion of others who: have noright there. Our coursc is clesr, Whon we shall enter upon it Is another question. It Ia certaln, however, that & decisive cawmpalgn will not commence before spring, Our atteation will meaowhile be given to carrying out the Derlin treaty.” ' A RMUSSIAN TIHREAT. Irving racy preslded. After o ?onz consultation, one offthe Democratic Gorman. delegates an- nounced that the Convention of his party had alreads nominoted Msurlce De Vries for Con- rress, to oppose Cox; and added that the nomi- nation had been nceepted, the candidate hopln, to receive tho Indorsement of all partics opposcy to Tammany rule. The époaker then declared Cox to bea c-mbbflzzer," who did not live in the district. ter some discussion a reso- was slened by Mr. Woolley a3 Fox,” urging | lution was passed declaring Maurlco De Vrles | LONDON, Oct, 265 0, m.—The Zuak! Air saya the New York managers xg nohllr.' Marble's | the unanimous choleo of th% confcrence s can- | Anglo-Turkish fotrigues are on foot to apread s proflers to Keturning Boards. he allows 1hdt the cipher nt lenst s corfrect whenever used. Araly, Instead of denyinz the others, he answers Lhe fntervlewer by saying that he Jus nothiug to say, Likewise, fnstead of hav- inw ony idea of ‘prosecuting tha_ Tribune for livel, fie puys that he has consulted o skillfut lnwyer to know {f he himself can be prosecuted for what he did in Florida, and that the luw,ynr axsured bim that he Jid “gothing to bring him under the crimingl low. Thus . Mr. Woolley duninges the ense u,"\flllllt Gramercy Park. even wmore taan he aid Mr. Marble, the silenco of Telton, and the declaration of Mr, Tilden, Wwhich neizlected to declaro anvehing but that ho didato for Congress in- tha 8ixth District, Maurice De Yrics, whom the conference regand 28 o very stroog candidate, fs a member of the law firm of Patshaw & De Vrles. “He was edu- cated at Columbia Collége, and I8 about &3 years of age, He has pledged himself to wage a vigorous canvass agalual the Tammany nomi- nee. 3 WASHINGTON. ‘The Hayfen Expedition—Advantageous Con. tracts for the Exchange of Bllver—Nurth Crrolins Whisky Men Petition for Len. the Rbodopo Inaurroction to Bhumla, Tho only result of such a muve wiil be to cause Rusata to nssert her rights as conqueror, and revert to the treaty of 8an Btefano. All the Powers aro too much occupled elsewbere to offer any re- sistance, DISCRRDITED, A Vienna d'spatch discredits the report con- corning Russlan threats agoinst Roumanfa. Russia has amplu means of exervising indirect bresaure, as Roumaula cannot pacify the Do- brudscha without Ber co-operation. did not Know of any- such transactions os thosa tency. DULGARIA. umtdu‘:L xm!:nr\v[x:_zh ‘I!l!fi‘c;“.I;E:‘;frgu‘adm'wfi:; Rpgclal Dimpateh to The Tribune. A “Bucharest atspatch savs the Brlgarians cuse a Mr. . Y 4 Letter, irrows worse, und” the Demoeratie party |. Wasiminatoy, D, C., Ott. 23.—Prot. Hayden, | have been informed from St. Petersburg that ‘'wbo has retarnea hero from tho Woat, has re- telved a letter aunouncing the saflo arrival at the Unian Pacific Ratlroad of hlis surveying par- tles, ond that they will immedlately retura to Waapington, The regton explored during the season has peen the Yellpwstone Natlonal Park and Myd River. Mountalos. In the latter glaclal formations were diecovered. - The snow-storms vompelipd them to suaidon thelr work carlier than had been fotended, Sensntlonslists.will ‘doubtless find » basis for anothier ramor . about & movement on the Rlo Grando In tue fact. tbat Col. Corbin, in charge of the recrulting service here, will next week tuke 20 reeruits from New York to reluforce the posts on the Rio Urande. To tne WWeatern Associated Presa. Wastixoros, D. G, Oct. 25.—ids for a con- tract to supply 400,000 tine outves of silver bulliun to tie Uovernment, in lots of not lnss than 10,060 ounces, were apened to-dsy, and are nuw {n the hands of the Commission sppointed Ly the Secrctart of the Treasury to award the contract. Bldders request that their Lids be not made public. -It s stated at the Trensury, however, that tho bids were very favorablo to the Government, There were less than twenty-five _recalved, about balt s dozen being” from Now York firins, and the balance froni Sun Frauclsco. The Government succeed- ed 1o seciring coough to mect its present de- mands, although $he whole 400,000 cances ad- vertised for were not purchased. The bids which were nevecpted ranged from 3¢ to 13 cents per ounce below the London quotation | to-day of 493({d, A clauso In the juvitation of the Becretary for bids requires sellers nelther Prince Nikita nor Princo Milan has a chance of becoming thelr ruler. It Is bellaved that the election wiil be managod auletly, and Europe will ba confronted by the accomplished fact, . ABSAULTED, Loxpox, Oct, 25.~~A dispatch from Porn says the British Vice-Consul st Hourgas lios been se- rlously msasulted by Russian oftivers, and the Ruaslans retused to'nllow the British man-of- war Coudor to go to Bouraas. 3 . TURKISIL COMPLAINT, | - ) Loxpox, Uct. 95,—A dispatch from Vienus says the Porte banizddressed e clreulsr to the Powers declariog tlint the Insurrectiun of tho Bulgariaus is fosterdd Ly Slav ngitators. AMTA MINOM, A dispateh from Trebizonde reports that dis- tarbances occurred at Artvin, in which tweuty persons were killed and wounded, Relnforco- tents bavs been seat to the Ruasian forces. TUE ENOLISI ARMY ON THN AFOUANISTAN BONDER. A dlspatch from Simla’ cstimates that the Peshawur column will number 16,000 men with sixty-six guns, the Koorum column 6,000 men and twenty-four guns, and the Quettah column 12,000 men oud sisty guns, besldes a stroog siege trafn, Uno-tturd of the troops are Euro- pesns. The deciston of the Homo Cabinet is expected on the 27th inst. : A POSSIOLE CONSEQUENCE, will be false to itsel? If It does.nos fusist upon s Investreation by the Potter Committee, and letits late candldute sluk or swlm according to e Vol E0 nteg Sapress (Peim. ) 2 - New York Eomiwg Zrpress (Dem. ). : The- Tribune's pherrrums, taken dn . vonnees tlon witn Mr. Marble's eqed and My 'Filden's dis- ciamer, will ell for auothier Congressionnl fo- vestization, Mr Tllden wifl rfjo;m.- Lo have an wpportumity to make his' positive denfals under watn, and Messea. Pelton, Marale, Smith, Wool- ey, Weerl, ind others” will bu most happy to ol all they don't know.” ‘tnns, nt, last, Mr. ‘lden’ wall“have tha coveted . vpportunity to Viudicate Uimaeld thrust upon.hlm. . A BATTLING WHACK AT MOsEd, Aalanta L0 ) Constytutlon (Daw, ), Mr. Manton Marble was the rocognized mar- plot af the campaizn; Concelted, intolerant, Wiamsieal, und with a well4lofined vein of n- teigue percoluting his system, be repellod all gerent gentlemen, and marred all - rensonable schemes, It was understood also thae ho was [copardizitg the character of his rol- Teagues, by payine repeated viutsa to Cowpill, and taliking dim willany to that worthy, who repested It at oncs to the Re- Dublican caucus.” Mr, Woolley biad mare sazac- ity than Marble, and was minus Marble’s offen- eive bubits. Gov, Brown was the master-spirt of them all, Had the eambatyn been placed in the hands of Brown, Woolley, and Saltonstall, und Marble had been smotheéred in a barrel of pomade, Flonda woula have voted for Tilden, and not a dollar would have been spent, Cow- £ilt was not amenable to principle, but he was subject to fear, and was romewhat earcful of his threndbare reputation. iad the caso agaiost him been made absolute and rigid, he would “he vérdict wand, 1 . liverles within 3 ] Jiavo voted right. As It wos, Marble showed | 10 Somplete “-thelr de 8. Pereunssuna, Oct. 25.—The semi-oflcial weukness by sncaking {uto bis Liouse with doubt- :gnkcl,g"g‘ m“" Object of this being | o o, g Petersburg, commenting on the reign bldders, who cannot deliver silver within that time, All tho bids at snd abuve the London rate were rejucted, and those below it ouly nceepted. Bubscriptions 10 the 4 per cent loan to-day were $252,500. ‘The votn balance in the Treasury at the close iness to-day was $32,160,000; currency nve, $12,877,000, tucluding $1,000,000 of tha fractional-curreney fuud, “Tha Cabluet sesaion to-day was of short dura- tlon, and devoted to ondinary departnnental business. Tho Attorney-Gemeral hed resd number of telegrams from partles In South Carolina, complaiaing of the trouble there on account of politics, but it was agreed thas noth. Ing could be dous by the Federal Government while thoe judicial processes of the United iates aro not resisted, aud it s acknowledged theyare not. Bome 400 {llfcit distillers and tobaceo block- adere now indicted bofore tno United Siates Co’rl at Statesville, N. C,, petition the Internsl Itefenue Burcau to have the same clemency ex- tended them as was recently extended to a pumber of MNiclt distillers In Bouth Corolina, excepting only thoso who had vio- lently resisted the revenue ofticers. They olfer to pledge themselves, I this clemency Is grauted, not only to nbataln from further viola. tlons of the iuterual revenue Juws themsolves, bub to use thelr influegcs to prevent others from dofug it. The Department will probably Rrant the request, d ‘The Bupreme Court, sccording to the reas- afgninent of its calendar, will nest mouth hear arguments lnvolving tho constitutionality of all laws heretofore wade Learing on the question of potygawy in Utab, The declsion will lu- volve the legality of all laws, national, Biate, or ;l“‘crrlw(lll, v crush wue the Murmou mode of e, Wasnmiaron, D, C., Oct. 2L~Secrotary Src;h-;;x has detinitel 'm:crud the tavitation of the fut pibberish, and Cowgill, Murhle weukened, slipped throush the gaps thut divisions und bickerings had left fo the Demacratic arguinent. Marnle spoited the Re- turning Hoard campalgn 1o Florida, It is hardly Torn than wy expected that he has compro- wised Tilden, DEMOCRATIC FIASCO. A HOPT-MONEY CHOWD BSURPRISED WITH A HARD-MONEY BIEECIH. Dispasch to New York Tvaes, Hagnsnime, Pa., 23,—~The Democrats of Jlarrisburg held thelr first weetlng of the campalgy n the Court-louse this evenlng, and, true to thelr Instincts, made a bungtivg Job of it. A full house grected the orator of the even- Ing, B. B, Daily, of Indlana, That gentleman divided the hour which his speech consumed be- tween abuse of the Republican party and ad- Yocaey of soft-money doctrines, which were re- cefved with enthusfusm, At the conclusion of s tarangue, the meeting adjourned, but’ the sudicnce ¢id not leavethe hall, They bad como out to ““makea night of it,” aod asingle specch, and that voly on ono stle of the mouey ques- tion, foiled 1o satisfy them. Calls werd mado for several local Mgh f the party, who re- #ionded brictly, as also did a colored orator ummed Youunger, whom the Dewocracy have 1akeu to thelr bosowns tn the hope of Hlaitering some ol thu colored voters fnto supporting theie ticket: At this juncture some one an- nouuced that * Uncle Jske ¥ Sclgler, 8 Demo- wintie war-horso [rum Butler County, was in tuwn. At this the moeting was hurrisdly reor- * suntzed, und & commiltes sent out alter Beigler, ‘The Committtce soon returmed with thelr man, who proceeded, much to the surprise and ¢hogrin of the lun{ur portion of his audience, to deliver a ringing hard-money As may strenothentog as references to tho Afghan question in 8ir BStaf- ford Northcotg's recent spceches, says: W1t Great Britain 1§ simlog at an extension of Its frontier in Asis, an attempt to carry out sach a nollcy':nlghtml!y lead to serious complica- tlons,! THR MECOA PILGRINS. CoxszanTinOrLE, Oct. 25,—Arif Boy, Presl- dent of the Red-Crescent Committee, has gune 10 Meces ostensibly fo auperintend the execu- tion of the sanitary srrangements adopted at the approach of the Coarbanbairamn festival, Tho resl motive, howerer, is to confer with pil- grims from Indis, Afghaoistan, and Central Asla, who will reach Mecea In larce numbers withln the nexth munth, to influence them fa- vorably towards the British policy and adverso- 1y to Russia. DOUBTIUL, Pars, Oct. 25.—I¢ s ataled that, fn conse- Quence of the gravity of the situation between England and Agghanistan, and the state of aflairs in Turkey, a Cabinet Councll was held at Versailles yesterday, and witl tucetsgaln to-day. WILL RESIST TO TUR DEATY. Amimns, Oct, 25.~Intelironce has been re- ceived from the Turkish frontier provices that the Albanian Leaguo, mustering 100,000 com- Latants, bave resolved to resistto the death the cession of the territory domanded by Greece. AERVIA AND GRKECE. i LoxpoN, Uit. 25.—A dispateh from Vienna says hegotistions have been proceeding the tast few days for the concluston'of un offensive aud and defensive alljance between Servia and Urcece, PERSIA'™S DEMAND, A Constantinople dispstch states t Min- Le fmurined, this Lad the effect of & shower- | Hyer upon fluancial topics, | Ister ~Layard supports the — demand™ of buth on the listencrs, many of whom hustily o | Lersta for tho fmmediate cession of ieft the hall, whils the runnylnder hrlued l‘t‘ou{ £ ehas flaud ubon Mouday evaulnz noxt av the Khotour, — The Persian Ambassador has thne, 1o leaves Washington tor this purmm ou Baturday, Tho speech will deal es ly with the question of money In 1ts_relations to workluzmen, [uvitations to speak bave been received by him from Provideuce, Cambridge, Bullaly, flartford, Philadelpbia, and otber cltics, but, owiug 1o tue Juwauds of Depart- meut business, it 1a oot lkuly that any of thum will ba accepted, —————— PROF, WATSON. Special Dipaich t3 Tic Triduns, Axx AxBoR, Mich,, Oct. 25.—Ths ‘Assoclated Presy Wsoateh! frum Madison, ‘Wi, published this morning, regording Prof, Watson, was ln- correct ‘fo its statement that' he- wonld leave hero at, once. Mo enters upon (he dutles of Disector of the Masdison Universjty immediate- 3y, but, as the buikling e not yor-vemplete, his with lllconcesled wortifeation, After talking about half an tour, and undoing fn that tinie what Pally had oceupled an hour (o accotnplish- fur, “Uncle Jake? ook a hint from the chill- duie recoption Liw remarks met witn, stopped bis epeceh, and the meeting sdjourncd, a success o polat of uumbers, but a Iwiserable faflure in lnunagement, ‘Thers were umny Republicaus aud some honest-money Democrats (n the sudi- cace, aud 1r these camy thy only fudorse- meut of Belgl rowarks. MISSISSIPPI,- - TUE LAUGE -HEPUNGICAN' MAJOHITY THOR- UUGULY INTIMIDATRD ON. TUX *Missisatrps YLAN.? oo . ' Dupateh tn Xep Jork Tipws, . Wasurxarox, Oct. $1.—Congressman Blogle- tou, of Misslesippl, who arzivid. bere to-day, sssured Minlster Layard thet tho report of au understanding bewween Ruxsia and Persia is une founded, and that Persia would observe stricy neutrality, THE BRRVIAN ARMY. Beroraps, Oct, 35.—It 18 stuted in officlal circles tuat theBervion army will be lminediately reduced to @ peace footing. AFGIIANISTAN, TONE OF TE KUBBIAN FuKSS, Huecial IHIDatch ta Landon Tvmes, DERLIN, Oct, 9.—The Afghan axdtement be- ing ou the increase, evén the ‘most pacifie pore tion of the Kusstan préss ts enchanted with the delightful prospect of scttling Eogland detl itively, Tho Bt. Pelersburg Hourse Gazelte,"a paper which was steadily opposed to the Turk- Wus questloned Ju regard to the progress of the | oceaslunielt préstics: ouly will'Bo roquired for | 45 War, now loslss upon wussures 1o establish o apan i State. Ho'replcd that tho great- | somo tme. Ho-will not assuine the dutien of | Kussian cantrul aver tho passes of the Hlndoo «ex barmuny prevailed, wud thaf pearly every- | Frolesgos of Astrouomy there -tlll - nexy, May, 876 thigs Lody wes supparting tha Dewocratic candidates | WHeU be will Laye coinpleted als lustrustion | 1 the pasees forming tha only road from ftussia ¢ ‘I to_Igdis ace unger Kosalss control for Cougress. No meutlage were belug beld, | bepes WU reret ut loalig bim bhero 1o uuver- | 19,1980 fi;'m"f iy flwml"‘g“fi'w i, wud there \:A'u i fuct Do ncoessity for them, ————— } x‘n’s;a:':‘;u Anlll’u‘n: a‘? .En‘:llusx :E;’:o“‘l. ‘:mlm OWIBK Lo the unaDiwi cnt.’ g Jucas bhoss Nyt sewapaters ore Leluwpustanes 15 | - OGN, STEAMSHIP NEWS, - piasEL D TSRS, B ey, Siouins thse the yeuw-terer diatrict, Ho b it v, FanATRTed - tedmahing —become Kugily o the heetton of & softd bcméj‘:«nmflcfigfi?}:’;fin‘;{ Btate of Penuvylvanis, from Glasgow; Nockar, -‘:fi. u.:‘.‘.:n":f:'a'.‘:.&‘z’f.‘" '.ti“..::"z:'}. 13 bo delegation. No other result was possible, a8 /| from Bregen City of Brussels, from ' Liver- | conquerd by uuu uf thowe coupa whith bxve made the Democratic randidutes wercunopposed ex- | puol; Cauada, froms London, ndis 30 Enzlub dependency, Meaded Ly the Coptin the Finit Districr, whictd an ‘Tudepend: | ~Lownos, Get. 95.—Stcamers I, Stetunyun, | 146 wewspaper, Epgliah press s boondiug ot was ruuuiog, but with sush ylight proba- | Russts, sud Haves, from New York, bave art | bublic vpimun agalost.ths defonstices Amcurs Ulitiea o surtess that M it | Reed oo Sty "Bkl Daxe the Ameers cauto ber uwug was wencrally cxpected. ireenbact - = sollicicut torce rvader Js ool g““,{:“cht'flmgl‘:‘ J;u::;\t’,.u‘:‘lfl‘cu mlifizfirux.““ Oct. 25.—Arrived—Ollo, from | Afeudniatan fasviucible, A anai Haceon, curps would aullve tu furee Euzlaud LJ stake ber Aslatic f the stragele. For Ra ta ¥indicate her awn Impe- Itogether different from the il inte; an offle Quizotic defende of the Stay. A letter tn the o’or, dated from Orenburg, the city forming the base for Russian military operations (n Central Asia, savs: The inhabitanta of Britiah India at this moment Ampatiently await the arcival of their Kuenlan lb- erhtors. The hape of [mminent emancipation from forelgn yoko {# univereal in the countey. The En- =iian, rurlnf that the Itaesian host, bent upon freeing the Thindoo race, will thresd thels way throngh Afchanistan, are determined to anticipate ineir advereary and to occapy the passsa in ad- vance. Not many years ago e dispaich of Batish agents to the then independent Khanates of ('ene tral Asia waa tntended to accure the like object, Hiut Capt. Conolly, expelled by the Khanof Kiiva, who had no wish (o offend ftassta, fled 1o Roknara, where he was decapilated with Col. Stoddart, another agent who had been dispaiched to the Khanates' The like fato would have befallen Capt. Abbatt, in hhiva, had he not heen saved by Russian nfiicers. After these cvents, In November, 1841, the Afghans rose, killed the Tritinh agentn, Burnes and Macnnnutiten, and desiroyed an En- ghsh force of 20,000 men. carrving off 28,000 hurses and camels, Since then the Afshans have crer been hositle to England, To-dar Hntlsh nolicy deems it all impurtant to withdraw the Afghans from the sphere of Russian infiuence, and to place them ander the control of a so-called Restdent Ambassador, The Russian ontposts heing on hy 300 miles distance from the Indisn frontier the possibility of & Itussian invasion 1 constantly apprehended by the frightencd Englishmen, An editoriat In the same paper #a; England fo intent upon attackiog Imitating Rer nocent rabbit with beginning 12 world knowa the rights af tho case, and will not be deceived Ry these frandulent tacties. The statement that the Uerman Governmdht have shown a disposition to futerveno fo the Alghan-European complicatious {s crroncous. GREAT BRITAL . THR GLANGOY DANK. Gr.asgow, Uct. 35.—The call made npon the sharcholders of the defunct Bank of tilasgow hos just been fssucd by the committeo who are Investigating the-aflalrs of tho institution, ‘The amount 1s £500 per share, but it 1s believed suother £100 will be ealled for. CULLEN, Duntin, Oct. 25.—The body of Cardinal Cul- len . has been embalmed and removed to o private chapel. To-morrow It will ho placed in the Catbedral In Marlborough streot, whero it whl, on a grand catalalque, lic in stato tiil Wednesday. Tha report is again freely clreulated to-day that Dr. McCabe, Condjutor Blshop of the laty Cardinal, will've his successor. ‘The majority of the citizens to bo seen fn the streets to-day are wearlog mourning. SPAIN. . AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE KING ALPHONSO. MapRip, Oct, £5.—As the King was drisine through tho stre¢t known as Calle Mayor, this evenlng, a man In a blouso fired a platal at him. The Ring was not touched, and continued on his way to the'palace amid the scclamations of the crowd, Tfie'man was tmmediately seized by the soldlers and taken to prison, The would-be assassin ‘ts named Juan Mon- casl, nged 23, Ly trade a cooper, and = native of Terragona. fle states he s a member of the International Bociety,nnd his crima was pro-, meditated. g arrived at Madrid Oct. 20, Mongas! was rescued with dificulty from some women who wished to Iynch him. All the for- elzn ministers and diplomatist in Mudrid have A nard, the fox, when char ng the in' rghnnllum. P di but tne congratulated the King on bis escupe. A sols emn Te Denm il bo sung to-morrow, Judiclal progéedings against Moncasl bave already mmmeg:ecgd. ; ) —— MISCHLLANEOUS. i MATIMNONIAL. Benei, Oct, '25,—The marrlags of the Countess of Bidharck, Prince Bismarck's daugh- ter, with the Cogxr‘l Rantzau, takes placo on the Gth of Novembyr. i . BETTLED, Loxpox, Oct.25~—A dispatch from Rome a noances that thé Mlolsterial crisis {s ovor. Ad- miral Brico has fid{‘d‘mcd tha Minlstry of Marino. NEfY PRUSSIAN LOAN, Benun, Oct.’ $—The Miolster of Finance and a syndleate erlin bankers to-day sign o contract for o l‘pfl ian 4 per cent loan of 60,000, 000 murks, 5 B UL — CASTALTIES. 20N TITB COABT.. ; v, - BaArziMORE, Mdiy Oct. 35.—0f Lie nersons.on bourd tho " rivée steamer FExpress, which foundered fn a ;;'_a!@fun tha noruing of tho 244, fifteen are knowiilo bo saved, sixtecn are miss- {ng, and some ofihbess may have boen picked up by passing vessals, . Nonrorx, Va., Oct. 25.—~Tho steamer Gen, Barnes, from Savgijfiah fur New York, foundered on Welnesday sporning off Capa Hattcras. TPassengers and craw saved, Nxw Yonr, Octv' 25,—Tho steamship City of Houston, which left New York on tho 10th for Gatyeston, foundéved off Feylngpan Shoals on tho 231 inst, dd¥ing m fearful gule that day. The pnn-enzer'nhmd crew were rescued by lfi'a a, Margaret, of “city, ‘and are now safe in Feruandlna, Fla, ' ‘The Uity of Hoifston was an fron steamship, ol 1,615 tons burdén, 235 fect in length, She was bullt In Chestey, Pa., in 1871 and owned by C. I, Mailory & Cv., this eity. ‘The Bignat Station at Capo Ienry reports six m«!:‘re bodles fromy the A. L. Davis washed asbore, i BURNED TO DEATIT. Bpectcl Dispated (o The Tribune. Bnxxannoan, P, Oct, 25.—The 3-year-old child of Augnstus, (able, n mine boss, met & terrible death to-lay. A bonfire was burning fn front of Gable's;resldence, and the child waa attracted by the flamgs. Jt walked up to the edge and slipped and foll Into tho fire. Sowe women hearing the shirleks rushed forward and attempted,to pull the child out by the dress, but the garmont wonld give way, and thelr ef- forts weru futlle. The mother succceded finally In getting the child out, and conveyed {t teu- dcrlfv to the house, whero it dled after sulfering terelbly, L e CRUSHED TO DEATH, Apectal DiepateA 1o TAs Trituze, Jovier, 1L, Oct. 25.~An accfdent, resaltiog In tho death of as employe named Arthur Earl, took place at the rolling-mills yesterday after- noon. Earl was working at onc of the vessels 1o the ‘converter when a huge mass of alag, welghiog several hundred pounds, fell and, striking tim on the shoulders, crushed bim to death, Tha deroased was about 91 years of aye, snd was preparing himasel? for the medical pro- fession, baving already attended one cuurse of lecturcs, B ——— UNDER TIUE WIIELLS, . Bpectul Disvatch 10 The Tribune. + +DETROIT, Mich,, Oct. 28.—At ¥ o'clock this moruing the express tralu on the Detroit & Bay City Road ran over and instantly killed a man three tiles north of this city, 1o was ldent- fied us John Whalen, who (’lhl down on the track and wont to sicep while under the ‘nfiu- ence of liquor, 3 FATAL EXPLOSION, Craveranp, 0., Oct. 25.~A special to the Zeader says thp boller of the Otsego Pan-Handle Works {n Rome, Ashtabula County, exploded at noon to-day, fustantly killlng the ongineer, Uoorze McKeuzle, and serlously fujuring two et nauies unknown, The [actory was totaily destroyed. Loss not known, AVPRENENBIONS, Bavtimons, Md,, Oct. 25—(Grave fears are ontertalned for the safety of the steamer Ma- tilds, which Jeft Fredericksburg for tuis port: Monday last withi forty persous on board. by | e ASHORE, JaoxsowviLLy, Fia., Oct. 25.—~A steamor fs reported ashore to-night wesr Bt Augustine, It I8 Lwpossible to learh anythivg deoite. e DROWNED, [ - Povauxxzrsts, N. Y., Oct, 35.—The barge Van Bhaack sauk off Yonkers this morning, and the Captain, biswile, sud twochildreu wero urowned. e —— | BAEACH OF PROMISE;: - Apaclal DivpalcA 10 Th Tripusie. NasuviLLs, Teyn., Oct. 25.~Thi caie of Bare bars Bergcuboffer against William, Brencman for $10,000 damajges for seduction and breach of prowise of marriugo wos teled 1o the Circult Court to-day, sud declded in favor of ‘the plain- LT A verdict for the full smount was- glven. W. Q. Bricn & Son represented the plalntiff, she defendant baving uo couusel. Barbara is & bandsowe Genman girl, who left Germany and cawme Lo Nashvilte four yeurs ugo. Breoemun \geled wooed her, and they became engage: months after he suddenly ceased his vislta to her, and, golng to Pennsyivania, ho marrled and Harbara brcame incensed, brought & wife here. and fnstituted suit, with the above reaunlta, IIYMENIZAL. ROBERTS-=~TAYLOR, Apecial DispatcA 10 The Tridune. Prixcrrow, 1., Oct. 25.—An event of much Interest to society people occurred last evening Io Princeton, being the wedding of Mr. William B. Roberts, ot Chicago, and Mtss Calla I Tag- lor, daughter of the late J. I. Taylor, a promi- nent lawycr and author of ** A iyre Through the Orient,” of this city. Mr. Roberts is well and widely known in the Northwest, having been for years connected with Reed’s Temple of Music, and at present the reptesentative of the well-known firm of Pelton & Pomeroy., Miss Taylor, now Mrs. Roberts, (s & charming young Indy with large, expressive dark eyo falr complexlon, and a cotntenance stantly inspires contldence, and made her an capecial favarite with her nnmerous friends. The bridal robs was rich and elegant. 1t was made of neavy pearl gros-grain silk, in Princess style, with long, squara traln, draped elaboral Iy with cascades, bows, and loops of satin to matcli on cither stde. The trimmings were of koife plajtings and corded silk to match, The neck was cut low and aquare, fitled in with tulle. The slceves descended to the elbows. Orange blossoms and pearls adorned the halr, and 8 heavy tuile vell completedthe tollet, ‘The bridesmatds wero dressed fn tulle and white silk, looped nod trimmed with smilax and tube roscs, and pearl ornaments to match, Misy Olza Taylor wore a dress of white tulle hlended with white and cardinal satin a I'Emperatrice, with very long traln. It was excecdingly be- coming to her eraccful fizure. Pearls naorned the hair and neck, Mrs. Taslor wora n very tleh black gros-grain silk dress henvily trimemed with crape and jet oruaments. The costiines of al} the ladies were clezant In the extreme, and, on tho wholc, it was a dazziing assembly of fashlon and beauty. The presents consisted of an eiegant silver ten set, n liltering water-pltcher and goblets from Mr. and Mra. Roberts, of Autora, parents ol the groom; Bible, pillow-shams, snd cover- Iid in lace from the ' bride’s mother; a cluster diamond-ring and Russta leather work-box, with gold fittings, from the groo: pearl op- era-glass from Miss Etts loborts; handsomo silver cake-basket from Thomas Roberts; ornamental fvory comb from Miss Mary I. Tay- lor; beautiful solid silver card-receiver fromn Mra. J. 11 Quick; silver and glass berrv-dish and bouquet-holder from Messrs, Pelton & Pomeroy: a silver and an_ornamental china cake-basket from Mrs. L. W. Temploton and Mrs, P, F, Richardson; elaborale siiver butter- dish from Mr. and Mré. Joha Warfleld; hand- somo silver and glass fruit-stand from Mr, John 1, Bryant; sliver cake-basket from Mrs. and Mr. U, . Templcton; & winter scene, painted by Mrs. Olga Taylor, sister of the bride; “The Madonna,” panted and present- ed by Mrs, Bwanzle, from & copy I the Vatiean by Carlo _ Dolct; inlaid chony album, from Stles Jeunlo Warren Chicago; silvor and cut-glass._ card-recetver and bouquet-holder, from Miss Ida Vanco! sflver and glass- bouquet-halder, Mr, C. Hinzo; one tozon nutpickers, from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Couper: sliver and glass frult-dish, from Miss Mary Templeton: embroldered velvet handker- chief-bag, from Miss Lizzia McCotnlie; ** Songs of Yesterday,”” from Mrs, Murphy: one dozen silver teaspoons, from Mr. an ra. Matson } stiver and cut-glass berry-dish, from Mr. and Mrs. Stephensi embrofdered satin pincusbion, from Miss Lu Zeariug; silver and cul-giass pickel-caster, from the Misscs Henderson; cbooy card-recolver, from B. H. Baldwin; lace tidies, from Mr, B Walker; traveling vallse, from Mrs, Charles Baldwing Emh- vases, from Mra. Bullons siiver_ bouguet-holders, from Mr. and Mre. Murphy; ** Sweet Briar,” a painting, from Pauoline Bchueck; a 81,000 Hazelton up- right plano, from “a fricnd™; a maguilicent cluster diamand ring. from tho groom. Tho oride: and groom lefs for a two-montha® tour to the East. ‘Thoy will hold a reception at the residence of the groom’s father fn Aurora at Christmas, and at the bride's home on New- Year's Day.’ The affalr was one of the greatest eclat that bas taken placa a} Princeton for years, P DANVILLE, ILL, Hpéctal Ditpatch to The Tribune. DawvieLe, Ik, Oct. 25.—r, Charlas B. Yeo- mang, o leading business man of our city, Was 47a5E ‘Gvénlug fo Miss Katle Léscure, at thio resldente of Ner father, Mr,, Victor Leseure, a respected citizen of this place. Tho ceres mony, performad by the Hev. Mr, Brooks, was withessed by o .large number of fricads and woll-wishers, " ABORTION, ! Excitemant Over'the Discovery of & Roasan Why Detrolt Is Not 8o Large as Chis cago. Bpecial Ditpatch to The Tridune, Daritorr, Mich., Uct. 35.—A. llvely fluttering has been cansed among a certain’ class of physi- cinns by the vigorous war the authorities have inaugurated. against the sbortlonists. The crimes of the latter have reached au alarming the first one impaneled here In many gears—{a fnvesti- eating them. Tho first frult s & true blil against Dr, James W, Hollywood, now awaiting trial on slmilar charges. Some of the,duvelopmeunts made belore the Grand Jury wero absolutely borrifylog, and bave created a. great sen- eatlon’ here. A servant employed at the house of a suspected abortlonmst testified that Knuuu: WOl came thero in great nuimbors to o operated upon, and that crics and shricks wera of constant oceurrenco, Another witnesa testifled that the late Dr, Grigas, a well-known phiysician, confessod on his death-bed to having vrocured 2,500 sbortions in this city, Other cyldence was taken, showlng that many dark crimes hind been covercd up,—~youug girfs from other cities dylug from the effects of abortion in houses provided by operators aud thelr ro- malvs being foterred burriedly under falao cortiticates of desth, giving assumed names, 1t Is Lolicved that scveral Irreqular practitiovers witl be Indicted, THE WEATHER, Orri‘n or Tum Ciinr Biowan OrricEn, Wasumnvaron, D, C., Oct. 20—1 a. m.—~For 'l'on- nessco and the Olfo Valley, partly cloudy weather, with rain arcas, wasm sautherly, shift- Ing to colder nortberly winds, and statlouary or higher preasure, . Furthe Lower-Lake rezion, colder, cloudy, and rafny weather, wind shiftiog to notherly, and stationary or rlsing barameter. For the Upper Lake Reglon, Upper Misstasip- vland Lower Missourl Valieys, partly cloudy weather, possibly occasional . light rain or snow, northerly winds, falling followed by statiouary or rising tempersture. and risiug followed by statlouary or falling baromietes LOCAL OUNEBBYATIO] aENERaL oMsERYATIONS Cutgaan, Ut 33-Mldnight, Bar, | 7k, Wind. | Rain Weaiher, |70 AT, Ar, adlons, LOPEERCEESDTLERAYLI2RULEALRELY § e —— THE APPELLATE COURT. Special Dispatch to The Trioums. ¢ SerinGrisLy, llb, Oct. 25.~The Appellats Court wet to-dsy and concluded the work of the terw, . tben adjourglog to the courh in course. The followlog orders were entered: Arundel va. Foremap, sppeal from Fulton County Cowrt, seversed gud remanded; an order to cert! Iremrd wus eutered i the cade of the Towu of Pava ve. Lipplucott, ex-Auditor; Mauning et al. vs. Fruzer. error to Verwilion, aflinued; Hormou vs. Holverstads, vrror to Cuampuigo, rebearing grauted, LOCAL POLITICS. The False Charges Against Ma), Hoffman, Hlow Easily the Plain, Truth Confutes Them. ' Kern and His Juries---How Jurors Are Obtained, Peckham’s Escape---A Poor: Irlshwoman 1o Jall—Kern in Despair, The First Senatorial—The Dralnage Amendments—Advica to the . Qolored Vgtm. An Inventor Inhnlawin,' George ‘White---Ward Meetings, Ete, THE TIMES AND ITOFFMAN, The straits to which Charley Kern is put fn order to try to find polltieal capital against Maj, John Hoffman, the Republican candldate for Slteri, 1s best shown by the roorback which the Times contalned yosterday in relation to'n re- plevin bond, in which Mr, Hoffman fs Inteveated asone of the suretics. The Zimes endeavored to make tha peopla believe that M} Hoffman I8 trylng to crawl out of an alteged Mability by attempting to commit perjury. Daser or more villalnous les were never circulated ngalost any man,® The Times tried to bolster up the casq "by " vublishing the fac-similes of the signatures of the surctics, and among them Jolin floMman, Ooly n fow days ago the Times stated that Mr, Hoffman could not wrile—could not write his own name except with an X mark, ‘This le is refated by the Times* own columna, can write plainer and better English than most of his traducers, Tn SBeptember, 1874, as it has been learned by & TRIBUNE roporter, August Evert, now with Behmidt & Glade, the brewers, camo to John Hoffman with a blank vaper and roguested him to sigo m» replevin bond for his father in the sum of 84,000, to_recover goods attached by Snerift T. M, Bradley. _Mr. Hoffman con- scoted, knowlog' the Evert family, and slgned the 'paper in blank, = which wis to fixed up as & replevin bond for 84,000, ' as accurlty for the eoods that were to be taken from " the Sheriff, ond which were valued at £3,800. On the same blank ""K’r r_wera put the names of ' Herman Stiefet, W. Reinhardt, Willlam Schade, Fred Boerner, and Henry D, Miller as snreties. Theso gentlemen all signed a blank form, which they understood was to be fllied up aftciwards us a replevin bond for 81,000, and to which thoy wero to make ‘proper acknowledgment, Tho bond was forfelted, nnd last Septembor suit was en- tered ucon 1t in the Clrcuit Court, which sult {s now pending. ‘The .7imes assorted that Mr, Hoffman tried to shitk out b'y falss swearing, ‘The shoo {s ou somebody clsu’s fool. The bond was made- to secure Kecloy & Korwin, of fra- grant whisky-fame memory, The bond was to bavo been” for the penal sum of 84,000, and now it turns up in the sum of 24,000, Who changed ihe figures? The caso bas not becn tried, but through threats an attcmpt hos been mads to extort $5,000 out of John Hoft- maun, ¢ Now, John Hoffman had better sottle thls,” sald Kee]av to Hoflman’s partner the other day, ‘* As hie is a candidato 1 will bring the matter to thue pavers, and It wiil make floffman trouble,'! Btowe, Kecler's attorney, peddied out the documents published in the Z¥me. They should, have been on record, John Holfman has fre- uently tried to sew the paper purporting to be the bond, on the filea of the conrt, but he has bean unsbla .to do so. Btows kept it in bis vault, and Keeley beld it over to make him glny the 84,000, The case ls fo the. courts, and lluflsn.n‘-u Is ‘rendy to stand by tho' decision’ which may be rendered. That s just how the case .stauds,' and suy one’ at’ all famillar with law knows ~ that the fraud Is all on Keeley's slde (if thera I8 any) in- whois not at all likely to. shirk a flnancjal re- o} Tomrsdrssarehal oyt Lavite - ©MAL JOIN HOFPIMAN, nod found him at his stable-on the West Bide, 8uid the reporier: . “ Hngeq;luu seen thoe -roorhack published HTE. agatnst you in this morning's Times?" - 1 Yul’nlr. 1 have," roplicd Mr. llofman. I8 ke other thingsthat.the Times has published to injuro mej it f4 false Ia cvery particulnr, ex- cept that they published a truo copy of the bund and siznatures.” R * 1 wish you would satate the facts as you know them." 3 *The thing occurred four years azo. I alm- ply slgned a blaok .paper at the request of August Evert, which I understood was to bo filicd up as & replevin bond for John Evert, his fatner, for 84,000.", £ * How did you come to make an afdavit in the casei” j * [ acted under the advice of my lawyer, Mr. Green, who prepgred the afldayit which. I ulgned and a copy of whicl'fs published fu the Times, Iam surc there is nothlng i the afil- davit which canoot bo malutained by the facts, Don't you think that I kuow what [ swear to? ‘The toullsh thing on_my part was iny signing a blauk paper. Mr, Evert, I belleve, octed per- fectly honorable in tho matter, 1 have never scen'the paper from the day I signed it to this agy, over four years, though I have oftou tried to get a glimpse of it." "vYou remember what -tho bond was to be for . I want you to understand that 1 aigned no bond. . Lsigucaa mPar in blank which I was nsaurcd was to be tliled out as s replevin bond for $4,000 for John Evert to recover a stock of liquors selzed under attachment by the Sherlil, 3;1;! gx store at that Ume at No. &1 West ian, olph stpeat. “me:‘:ny you never saw the bond!? " 1 sny s03 yes, sir. ‘That paper on whichsult is brought for $5,000 I never did sign, ‘Ihut Is t!w loug and short of it. That's plain, ain’t ) 1t TR 3 “ It you didn't sign that, what did you sign fori® 1 signed, as T told you before, for & supposi- Utlous bon.l tor $1,000:" * Julin Stepucns was Coroner then, I bollave. Did he call ou you to atknowledge your stgna- turo ou t 'bundl" . o, alr," 4 1id not his Dovaty call on you?" 4% No, sir; no one frum the’ Coruner’s office cailed un inoat the time in reward to it." 4 DId you ever acknowledgs the Lond beforo Coraner Biephens (™« * I never aekuowledged the bond before Mr. Btephous, _1 did expect to be shown the boud after it hadbeen fliled up, or before it was se- cepted by the Coroner.! X - * DId vou undersiand that the -bond was to be ackuuwledged (" ? *There 18 common sense and law fa all things, and I did understand at the tiwe that tho regular vourso wasthat | shuuld go befuro the Coroner und rertify 1o and ackuowledge my, sigoature to the bond.” . fine the case been decided #Tha case Lina not been declded yet,t 5 *You have acknowledzed your signatare in open court, L ouderstand ¢! “Yes, on the trial of tho replevin writ I was asked U Iwas oncol the bondsmen on tho bond, and I said ¢yes,’ but I expected the paper 10 bo what 1 biad 0 agrea to sigy fu 1874, & ro- pleven boud for 4,000, wich this papur waa certainly not. The bond was not produced at that tmie, and it was never shownt tome in court, A L sald before, 1 uever saw the paper since Usignod 16 In blank, Auything there is in that paper, so fur as It relates” to suy action of mins, s open 1o the fullest scrutloy of the public. That is all I bave to sav.” After baving fuished with Msj. Hoflman, the reporter next hied himseif so search out 5 o MR- AUGUNT- BVERT,* . ' That gentlemav was found st tho- Behm Glade Browery, 9to 33 Grant concera bie s acting as sgent, 3 “Do you kauow snythivg about 4 replevin suit 1o which Jobu-Hofaiau ls involved " deked be reporter. T - ¥ 1 bellevs 1 do," repliod Mr. Everty I was 1z Wt & place; for which ‘I the men who judueed Jubn Hoffman to slen, was then 8 blauk, but wos (o be Blicd up as'q repleviu bond (or $4,000.” 2 Wi you give we the facts fu the' case, P tataly, ate,_Thoy arb bilady thases 1 -ertalnly, alr. Thoy are bri these: Ia Beptember, fu‘u. I duu¥l ;mnemblr the ‘exact dale, un attachment suit ‘was brourht sguivat wy father, Jubn Evert, who at that tiwe was iq. the whotusule llquor busiucss at No. 81 Went Randolph street, Of course he had to give & boud fn order Lo repleviu the gouds,' I went over to Muf. Juhn Hotluan and asked him if bo would sigo'a boud for sy father to tho amouut of $4,000. Hesaid thathe would, Ho sigued the peper {u blauk. It was also sivned fo blank by Herwan Btrefel, W. Relubardt, Williain ochade, and Fred Boeruer. | took the bond 1o Jobn Btephens, who wus then Coroner ot Couk Couuty, purtlully tilled out aud asked Ul It 1s & yafo assertion to make that Alr, Hoffman | stead of on the side of Honest John Hoffinan, sponsibility. . Yesterday. afternoon. a IRIBUNY, whether tha names wnon it would ba . ifthey were not, I could got Mr, (Hnlx’x}y' nmf(""' fogoom It alaod that hie Ll comnyy 1ol 18 Lo additlon o the otner mame oo ,0 oo biming. e atdto ney o 1o ok Miller to sign the bond, too, an el so,miicHbarerth » o0 And Tt wil e i3 * I got Mr. Miller's algnature, ang the paper batk to John Stephens, w10 flled it ont_complste. At fhio samne f1-buls said that. thif was ot tha_Tight way ey i b bat that the buretles on the bond S,y been enlle't to him to acknowledze the, Vg, ! No, Ar, they were rot, Mr, g Lnnt‘ge Pn{i kifown me for amnre .53."}?”;:.‘,1’:'( m«;x: he‘ ate that the slgnatures wore py) tleh routd consider thia paper st o Your statement surety,” oL e peeented 3 * Certainly he did, I got in Seephne Wwith him; and we went aver to lh:"-'(‘l\:r‘n L‘y"m West Btdc. where my father was ne. oy f and also the custodian fo charge, (o iz i ed tha custodian and left, raving that f 12 to,ga o the ShétifT's offica wirh the s 141 L ¥ou :|n mrfinm nrfitllu factam o8, Alr, am am ready to e ol i iR, ‘That seitled this portfon of ¥ The next man visited was " ' 1 Matter, R, A, W. ORBZN, M the attorney for the bondsmen in th was* found in lis offlec, Room 2,6 ‘l‘l‘u’rfllh corner of Clark and Madison streefs,"*Fi7et porter atated his mission, e te. ** You saw the statement fn the morning." sald the newsgatherer, to Ma), Hoffmian}'? Timar thy in retatiog ** Yes, sirg but the casa {a on trial, syl ({Lfl,t anL{otry it tho fresiay ‘Mkmu."A n,!. offman hias bLeen unjustly g * That's so. T'll tell you. After man was scrved he came o me and s, he had signed a paper to be the replevin casn of Johin Evert azalust 7, \j Dradluy, Shenil, anid Ke.lex & Kerwiy.' jj; stated to me the'conditian ol tho binnr whey | signed it, and the circunatances uuder which 1:: slgned {t, and that he had never 4 Te. Fag. ated thy o sine aper.'t | * el ,,,.'i."»"‘ he any there were other signaturey on ** Mo told me that when he signed 1), that pono of tho bianks wero fllcd u: (I was then understoad that the bond was t be [y the sum of £4,000, end that he had never guyy betore tho Coroner, John Blophens. or wnvmy s elsg, to acknooswledge the paper. [lo 23.d thyy the pnper hiad been brought to him by Augusp Evert. I also had an Interview with Augys Evert, who confirmed what Mr, Hoftman bind told me that when hopresented the Londto)y, Stoplicns it was in an imperfect state, that. Mr. Siophiens completed the nd, I knew of my_own knowledpe that this way trie, because I was prosent In Mr. Stephenyt oftice, in tho Honoro Block, i this city, whey e took the bond. I therenpon sadvised Mr, Hog. man, a8 his attorney, that the paver suejqn parporting to be o hond fn the sum of &30, was not his deed, and 1 then prepared the proper plea and ofldavit to put that fasjy issuc. ‘That Is the only lezal way that [ kugy of of putting such fact'in fsade.” 4*Did Mr. Hoffman swear to that paper|t *This aflidavit Mr. Hoflinun, at my requut, signed and swore to. This was the reguia; proper, and only legal modo for Mr. Hoffmag {3 thake his legal” defense. Even I there way anything {mproper about it, the responaibilty is entircly minc, as Mr. {foffman acted uyder my advice. You will observe that nelther the plea nor the aflidavit denics that Mr, Holmag did siien the paper. The ploa simply 230 thay it 1a not hia decd, and that s the lssue thaty to ba tried when the caso I8 reached In count, Tho charge ol perjury is simply sbeurd, { man to commit porjury must swear falsely anf know that he {s swesring falscly ot (he tine; ona do ft with o crimioal Intent. This whols thing ia & mere trlck of Michacl Keeley to get his mooey; and taillng In that o s trying 1o make - campalgn capital out of It agalust My, Hoftman, **Bo far a8 this replevin sult is concerned, Yr Kcele{u not altogother pure. Me ewore dit ferodily at threa different thmes. I will add, that L-was ' also - reiained by Mesars. tiefel, Schade, and Hoeraer, and they gave me the same Information In - reference {0 thelr siguicy tle paper that Mr. Hoftman did, The story of aif four colncided, and I prevared the sdme pley g :lr':g aflidayit for all of them, ana thev sworeto “ [ underatand, Mr. Greon," broke In the e porter, “‘that Mr. Keeloy called upon youln raferenca to this matter, ‘Is that sof" ST de. - Mr, Kecley called upon me somedars 0Qo with his attornes, Stowo, Keeley sald that . he had. Leen to. sce Hoffmay, and. not tindivz | hitm, bad left word with his partuer, Mr. Ac ebevgt .‘Ium!:hn‘."‘uum:n; #Lould comnoe nut ect see him, a8 ho proposed to have Hotlmaa rested for perjury, but that HoMman had nled to cownc; and thot he had came to me, andbe repeated to mo this same threat.” k HWhat did you say in renly " ) ** 1 told hiny that there wus no use of trylnz o frighteu Lloffinan Into payiog him at 'ty thno wiicn he was o candidate for oftlce; that | kuow all the ciecumatancos about the siunluz of -tnat puper; that Mr, Hoflman was now actio? under miv advices that the charge of perjury ‘Was preposterous, and that if he wauled w o rest Mr, Ioffman ho had better go ahead sod dojt?. - . . 4* Did he do {L1" “ He has not done 1t yet." , This coucluded the intorviowing, Tie otler gentlemen oo the bond ogree In the aWose atatewnents, And now something as to John Stephers Horctofore, when he cutmo up to ask anythinz of the Republican party he has always been well treated. la has. held public office atmost since :&u War, in somae capacity or other. tn there it Convention. his candidate for Sheril was defeated, sud now he fusore, flo hus airick somnething which showed Lis inctliciency while acting as Qoronior, and 1t looks as if e pro posed vow to fnjure the fla?uuumn party by helping Laflul ut:.nmpanm fteruturo for the coemy. ‘This not the way to do. Mn Htephens has had opponents in his party Inkis time, and he knows full well 1hat they tave heretofore leartily supported bim aficr their defeat. o should remember that he i not - vulnerable, and the falschoods vpurpurted to have come from him fu his futerview with s Z'emes reporter should bo prompely repudisted by hun, ' PACKING JURIES. One of tho reasons why every hooest man— every mau who wuuts to scocrime punisbed and Justice cone to rich and poor ultke—suoutd vote for hoveat Jotn Hoffinon fa that be stanks pledzed to do away with the abomivable s sulnous system of packing Jurics In the tgrla!{' courts which has been 50 populur under Ker's sdminfstration. It was stated a fow duys s n speakloe of the juries in the Conaty Courty that they bad been ox bad as [t wos pussible for ‘them to b I cases whero Kern's birelings were sent out with spoctal ventres. It was alsoatsted thut Judge Loomls bad bud to dumbss juvié who Lad been taken from the fal 10 the Jury-box, which 1o . ong . con or Wl e dedy, and that {n the Crmlual ('uw‘ - thorulo hud ot been ditferent, all comws U Pm fact-that thers was voustantly kept 4 Wik h the Sherifls oftice tn which were htvt M names o a list of ¥ biuniacrs ™ whou the Sher 1T could not take Lailfils sud deputles of, and who were rewarded from thne to timne L Iu};- asslgned to jury duty, Badlf Hooghtativs who js.employed fu the County Coust, und s summous the apeclad juries, and who tills jur s when they are uot full, docs not dc"“h'"mv hus thne and agalp, when ordered bflu’;p Louwmts to get a Jury, one directly to the She 1M’s ofilee mud been handed a Hst of nauicd 14 does not deny cither that ho has oiten seouft : the slums, aud found men ovn mk r_u' he would not aceept, because be ;,x;a them w0 well, nor yet that thy Court has |I-v“ dismissed those L bas summoned after a gl at thelr hardeued countenances, ¥ Tho Bheriff hlmaelf will not and cannot de that lu his deiire tw fewara sud apucase l"‘l bo bud promised places to on s *stafl, B8 has goue to sundry individuals timo aud .m“ and Jusisted that they m.wgl. the pusuoun‘m iun\r 10 vov or auutir of the courts, w‘":]udl Loughtaling depy that une of these Lidhvi i 31;\»: ule occasiun reported to him fur jm uty lu the CountyCourt, saylu that he hl becu sent by Kérn, sud that he refused to ¥ e mon him” _uuless he brousht 8 l'm om “the Bhertf <r (urnck, v B tiuinal Court, it 1 8 nutunuusjm thiat eresy time @ Jury is to be jumpancled the Sied b doputies” biave bad their * professhials i o tluned o varfous puarls uf the rou sl 1, | bailifs instructed to suuwon thens to b u‘n( i pancls; aud this thing las rone snm‘mm oothiug uuusual o the teiul ol un lbEhh case 10 8¢ tho attoroeys quarrel n:‘l_flu“_h_,. Lailtlt should go out utter the Jury, they B stauding full “well that the Teluoos ol oo Suaril's oitice with certaln oflicers were ST cut frow what they were with uthes thers Was Goutiol uver sowe sud hu WISEE over. others, and that, If the veuite Kcu‘: ' to vertatn favoriles, they wuuld kv 13 Bherils offfve for a gt and the sl would baa ¥ buunaer,” or purchasavle b PECKIIAMN'S 18CAY It was noted & few day'a ayo as 3 comuentr on Shentf Keru's edicieocy that the uoiort b aiamoud-tiles, Cunntugham, had Leen %htnl;- 10 walk out of jall In midday, the turvkey 54 1ug polite cnough to uulovk Lww dovrs uuldW