Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1878, Page 2

TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNGZ MONDAY DECEMBER 1878, paral. The fact appears 1o be that the chlef oim of theae experts Is to keep themselves on the pay-raolls of the House | pretenge of he- Ing engared unon Important traits, the discav- erv of Wihich they report from vime to time to the credutous and confiding tilover. IN THE SENATR, The debate tn the Senate on the Rlaine reso- Intion will not commence until Wednesdar, Senator Blaine heving atranged with Scnator Edmunds to give way, sothat thedebate on the constitutional amcndment ralative to the Presidential Eiectors can proceed. This delay will fnsure the vote of abscnt members for tie Binine resolution, ¥ THR TEXAS PACIFIC PEOPLE have commenced gctiva effurts here, and apnear 1o be confident of sucress, Pereons familiar with euch thiugs say, hotrever, that no moncy Is to be spons, a8 ciorts of that surt are regard- e na useless. It §s expuected that the managers ol the acheme will permit & testvoteto be made ecarly in ths sesslun, as it ls not believed the bill will galn any strength by longer delay. Itiseven sahil that the Scottpeonle are now willing 1o accent a pubstdy one-hall Tess thau that which they demareled a fow mon: ago. "The bill anneare ty have lost rather than gained strength nring phe rovess,. it is considered almost certain that no votes for a subsigy will be gainerd, and that any mare speeches in favor ol it wili be useless. The final favorable oppor- tunity for that vote will be taken advantage of in the Senate, and, §f tho vote shonid prove un- favorable n that body, the scheme will be prac- tieally kitled, violate the Penastan Jaws, —Amerlcans heing put on A footing af uetfect equailty with German nubjects, The Daneroft treaty recoguizee tiermant Wha have Teon natnralized in the Unitel Statesaftera five years' reaidence pA Amertcans, And stipalates that hey rhall b treated ne such when they return tn 1heir native conntry: and they cannot, thercfore, he expelled from Actnatinz natives of Inteensl po- lice regnlations or State pollcs, but enly if they violate the laws of Germany, snd are convicten thereof, And sentenced o Imprisonment and pat ander poll rrefllance by » judicial procers. ™ *How about ArRINOER'S RESOLUTIONTY * Springer’s resolution is about the same. He Epeaks of terminating the treaty with Prussia, 1 have xpoken to him, potnted ont the resuit of sten action, and have tried to convince him that the best plan (3 ta modify the treaty. He ar- gued that that conld not be done. 1 pointed out 1o him the pussago in the President’s messace where he speaks of the effors of the Govern- ment of Japan to madify treaties with oter Powers. Instead'of terminatioe the treaty, we #hould endeavor to madify ft xo that It would ‘(th Lhe treaty with Baden, whichls n P 1y satisfactory treaty.” “Jlave you any hlications whether tho North-Gerinan Confederation would favorably «recelve such a proposition 1 doubt {( they would. Take, for Instance, a voung frllow, the son of m merchant in Bremen or Hamburg. Wiken ho Is 10 years old, his father scuds blm to cuter his busincss in New York. When he is 21 years of age he has a right to become a eitizen of the Unlted States without any declaration of intention. He re- ceives his certitieate ol naturalization, He has never inteuded to remain fu this country per- maucotly, He returns to Germany, and “there mers some of his schogimates in the military rervicd corryinge muskets on thelr shoulders, e laughs at themand savs: [ omop Amerlean citizen, but I intend to remaln in ticrmany.’ S DIBMARCK 8AYS: “Verv well, young man; you can laugh and ridiculs us “for two years; then we will sco whether you will o back to the United States ornot. If, at the expiration of these two years, you are still here, you will not laugh any longer; and 1teli you you will vither 2o _home where yait belonir, or"you wil reinaln bere sod do mtlitary service.” ‘Yo sce, that's the point, and we can hardly Liame then for i, as tiere are cases whers Ger- mans cama to thiscountry and becamo Ameriean cltizens elmply to shirk the military dutics m- l;n ed upon them by thelr own Government: ut there nmuzrcntmnnyrtuonnwhynuhuflld not have such o clause, which imay serve as an puuoyance to bons-fide citizens.,” _ E. B. W, WILLIAM IIENRY SMITH, HE SUCSTENDS Mit. WILL. Disvaich to New York Worid, WasniNoroN, Dee. 5.—The sudden suspen- sion of Supervising Architect [1il, after thean- nouncerment made Inst week that he would not be suspended untl the time for histrial arrived, has created much surprise here. The facts which led to tho Indictment of Mr. Hill, ex-Su- pervising Architect Potter, and several contract- ors In Chicago have been published, William Henry Smith, Collector of Custotns at Chlcago, cuused the fndietments to be found. Becretary Sherinan champloned Mr. Hill's cause. Iu thy Cabmet ticeting last Friday the President re- quested Mr. Sherman to saspend Hil lmme. dutely. The Secretary ot the Tremsury declined to do this, except on a pereptory orger from Mr. Jlayes. It {s sald that o lively tilt ovearred between tho two Ohlo statesmen on the subject, the result of which was an _agrecement on tho Secrctary's part co sugpend Hitl when the time for bia trial urrived. Mr. Shermaa then gavo a dispatch to the Azeockated Press announcing the conclusion reached. When Willlam Henry Smith read the telegram coutalning this {ntormation he wrote aletwr to Mr, Hayeqd aod sent i€ to Washing- tou by the Assistant Tnited States District-At- torney at Chileagzo, Mr, Thomson. Mr. Banus, the Unlted Stutes umrwn.-.uwrnu{. who ls re- ported ns not betor an adhicrent of the dicta- tarial Collector, was not consulted about the matter, iw this letter Smith asked that Judwe Lawrenee, whose services on the Louisiaba Commission were yaluable in placing Hayes in the White luuse, might b retainea as counsel for the Governoient 1o nssfst fn the prosecu- ton of the imdicted oflicials, He slso requested that Hitl be suaperded forthwith, and directed Thomson to tell the President an frmcdiate suapension was desirable. omnon presented Sinith's letler to the Prosit dent tant Moudav, AL tue Cabinet mevting on Tuesdny 1he Presldeut agnin requested Sher- man te suspend 1HH, bt the Scecretary tartly avserved that he consbilered that case to huve been settled for the present, and he declined to further conversatlon on the subject, sterday afternoon the President faswed v osuepending STl At the same time UGeneral to employ Wreti ute the Supervisiog A an fustasee of the curions influ- 1 by Smith over the President, (t 1s not tong sluce Simith cowo o from Chleago to Wistiluiton and{nduived Hayes to uppeant an uttoriey samed Ji L Lo prosectity t iy casc in Clhileazo, “Ibis uetion wos 1 by the President witiout consulting thy Callevtor of Internal Revenue at Cidesgo, I Tact, Bmith seems to run the eotire povernment af the Northwest, and his eity should be called, us the Worrd has suggested, Willlawm Heory Smithvllle. Secretary Bherinan has aeslguated Mr. Jol:n Frazier, Superintendent of Conatruce tiul of the new building for the Burenu of Eo- giwving and Printiuig, to temporurily discharge thu duties of Bupeevisine Archltect, THE GENEYVA AWARD, /TILE SEVERAL PHOMOLITIONS NEPORE CONGUESS, Special igateh to The Tribune, Wasninagroy, D, €., Dee. 8.~The Geneva Award bill will come up for discussion In the House the coming week, The following, in Lrief, 15 the sltuation of thoe cutlre subject matter: A moority of the Youse Committee has madc # report accompanylog the bill, the passawo of which they recomment, the effect of which is to refer all cluimants on this fund, of every sort uud kind, to the Court of Clakns,—sllowiug them to bring sult amninst the (lovernment fn that Court withln two years, and giving that Court Jurfsdiction of all rights fu the premises, Jt1s proposed, also, that any clalimant who shall D dissatfatled with the judgment of thst Court shall have the reht of appesl to the Suprema Court of the United States. Provislon s made that (e Judgment of the Court of Clalms In Tavor of iy elgimunt on this (und shall bu pald 0 ull if there {8 woney enouwh, and pro-rataif there ks not; aid that Interest atb the rate of 4 pec cent shall be allowed on oll awards wl {the Court. This ls & bill which receives the tavor of insurancs copanics. It leaves the question of the law to be suttled by the legal tnbunalk, allowine them to determing whether money belougs to the Government or to private individuals, o that bill there i3 s ninority report by « of Malne, Gen, Butler, Conver of Michizan sl Luplisty of New York, The iinority bil] und report provide for the practical exclusion of thy fusurance companies from the award, snd sfecres clusscs of paysents as follows: HForat—To el persons who suffered by ex- culnnted cruisera,—that Is, vesscls for the acts ot which Great Britain was held not to be llable, Second—=For the payment of war-premium cluimants,—that ts, of persous who had affected insurunce agulist capture ut hikh premfuns, and who uuw seek tu recover the premiunt which they pald for thut fusursnee. This class of clalmants, It appears, woas excluded at Gieneva, Third—That there bo an allowance of 3 per ' AN EXTRA SESSION. A careful inquiry of Democratic Senators #inve the bepinning ol the sessiun showa that tho report that leading Democrats desira to force an extra scasion of tha Scnate s un- founded. Conversation on this aubject with nearly every prominent Democratic Senator ehows that lh::‘y are most declded fnabellef that nothing should be done by the Democrats to compel An oxira sesslon. Events yet to come will determine whether there shall’be au extra ecasfon of the Scnate, as there has been one at the Leginniug of every Cungress for sixteen years, LOUISTANA, The friends of “ My Dear Pitkin® ex-Unlted tates Marahal for Loulsiana, are confldent that Jack \Wharton, present Marsbal, will be re- moved, and that Pltkin will be restored to the place; also that Gov. Packard, Consml at Liver- Q’m" will soon succeeit 8mith as Collector of New Oricans, Thesc statemonts, however, cat be rearcely authentie, nnless thera has been n most extravndinary revolutton In scntiment ot the White House.” Scnator Kellorg bas indi- eated that he no longer tares who is Superin- tendent of the Mint at New Orleans, and will uut, offer serlous ovpusition to the confirmation of ox-Scenator Foote, aAs, There {s a general belief fin this city that the Gaa Lompany chartered by Congress i3 dofraud- ing citizeus fu & most barefaced manoer, Com: plaints of this nature bazo been gathering force for n long time, but natably witliln tho past twomonths have they formed the subject of frequent foquiries amung citizens, snda compar- ison of nutes has developed acoudition of allairs that will result {n, Conuressional fuguiry, unless the Company ls strong enouch to provent it. ‘The gas-bitls for last month were marked un in varlous_parts of the city from B0 to 400 per cent. Two city jfournals have charged that this s in" view of the fact that, when Congres is here, an mmenso amount of free gns is furnished to individunls and to buoardinz-houses, and that tha citizens are com- pelled to pay for thia by the fraudnlent increase of thele montdly bills, The marking-up this tine was so bolt'as to be gencrolly noticed. TIHE UNION PACIFIC, Correspondence with Mr. French, Auditor of Railroad Accounts, shows that, while the Unfon Pactfie Ratirond is promptly furnishivg all in- formation called for under” the now law, it still holds 1t to bo unconstitutional. Upon thls potut President Dillon writes as follows: 1 deairo to state that, while this Company deems the act of Congress npon which thesa requisitions are supposed 10 be based a violation of Its char. tered rights, yet, under protest, and without watv. Ing in any manner those rights or right to futuro objection” ta reaulsitiviw, in detail or In principle. which miny bo In assumed conformity thereta, witl nevertholeas ace upun each requisition as it ocenrs, and furnisk Infotmation deeired na far an nossible, Tho baoks und records of ths Cumpany will be apen 10 your Inspection, and this Compauy will furatah tranaportation ovel s rond, withont expense to 1he United States, to you or ‘any person anpolnted in writing by you to examine ths same for the pur- posea of the act, RLAINE'S RESOLUTION, .. Tofhe Western Arsociated Prose, ‘Wasnineroy, D. C., Dee. 8.—~Tho debate In tho Sonate on Benator Blaine's resolution In re- ard to the recent clections in the South wiil hegin Wednesday, 1t will bo opened by Blafue. Hie will he followed by Thurman and Uordon. CIINA, The deposition of Dr. D. Bothune McCarter, in relation to tho Shanghal Consulate, which the Comimittes on Expenditures in the Stats Departmont will make public Monday, is mainly In corroboration of Wells' tescitnony hefore th Committee luat syring concernlng the conduct of Bradford White, Vice Consul. DEMOCRATIC UOASIE ABOUT CIPHERS. Washington Disgatch to FA ladelohra 7(ines{ Ind, Dent, *We hiave certainly got hold of thu hot end of the poker In thisclpher telegram bnsincas,” frankly remarked the Hon, Otto R. Stgleton, of Missiesivpl, to-duy, and this expression very well volees tha geacral foeling of prowmtuent Dewocrats In reirurd to the further investigo- tion relative to the Inner nl!lur{ of the late h] Presidential cunpalgn. The subject has been anxiously discussud by prominent Democrats to-tlay, such ns Senator Bayard, Abram 8, Hew- itt, Mr, Clymur, and othors. ’i"buy all fcel that it would be botter to let tatters rest just where theyare: ‘The Democratic leaders have discovs vred a simllar fecling prevatling among promi- ucut Hepublicavs, andit i possinla that this tna) lead to sume definito arrangement by whic there will be nio vexatlons procecdings for niere- 1y volitical clect on either side. No resolution for the tuveatigation can got n except by unan- imous canaent, as of couras it cannol be fucs- tion of privilege, and thersfore o suceasstul at- tempt to huve un Investigution of the talegrams must be earcfully worked up beforehand. Thore 1a & general recognition of the fact that such an Investleation would be matnly an advertisement of the New York 7'ribune, which docs not make membery any tho more anxlous to authorize it. 10 there [ nuy investigntion both sldes will do thelr worst. “Tno Republicans will call on Til- dety the Democrats will inslte Hayes to take the ataud, and the atrugele will be to see whivh side can throw the most wud botwecn this ting and tho 4th of March, e —— Chiuese Clvilitios, 8an Franciscs (oiden Fra, The Chinese ure singularly atlected fn thele personal clvllitive. They even calculate the number of thelr reveronces. These are the must remarkable postures. The men move tholr hands In aa aflectionato manuer, while they are joined togeiber on the bLreast, and bow their beads a little, 1f they respect a person, they ralse thefr hands joined, and thea lower them to the earth fo bending the y. 1f two persons meet after a long separa- tion, they both falt un thelr kiovs and bend thelr face 10 the earth, aud this ceremony they repeat two or threw times. Surely, wo may well claim this ceremony to be ridiculous. It arlses from their natursl” offectation. They substitute ar- titlcial ceromonies for natural actions. Thelr expressions mean a8 Jittle as the ceretnonfes. If s Chineso 1a usked how he Hods bimself in health, he auswers, “Very well; thanks to your abundant feliclt ty. "It they would tell'sa man that he Jooks well Iu health, thoy u& **Prosperity Is paluted on your face;' or, ‘our air snnounces your hapipiness,” I vou render them any sesvice, thev say, “My thunks shell bo Imwmortal.” If yuu pralie them, they answer. * How shall 1 are to _parsuade lu{vull of what you any of cent wdditfonut futerest to thosy persous whoso | ul? Tt you dine with them, they tell you at clatms were atlowed by the Court of Cowmts. | partiog, #We bave wnot treated you with wissioners of Alubama Clatms. ulticient distiuctiun," 3 e — e ‘Trouble st the Montreal Hall, ‘There was commotion 1o the nolite eircids of Monteent after tne graud ball at the Windsor, ‘The gosslps wers shocked to Jearn that tne Mar- yuls did not danew with the right people. There was Lady This, who bad arrayed hersed uy ruluous ¢xpenss ln order to dance with him, and Wilo Was Dot so Uy {utroduced 10 bim; and then thero was Lady That's daughter, with all Lier ow, oud bl bier wothier’s, aud all ber fra cousin’s diamonds in the upper sections of ber totlet, who hud to waltz with tha youuz men of Moutreal. Meuuwinlo the Marquls wus dunclng with ladivs who wero pretty und nice cuough, 10 bu sure, but who did uot grace thu tirst walk of soclely, dow't you kuow! Wheo the supper- roums was opened natters went from bad to Worse, The Marquis who hud been dofug his Leat b mako biwsell agreeable to everybody d\lrh\l: the evenlng, took dowt stufrs o very ace cowpllsbicd lady, to bu sure, but oue whom Lady Thisor Lady That's duughter consider atightly beueath themuclves, lnasmuch as shio i & brewer's Wi or daugnter, or something of tho sort, Wherelore, thero are heart-burnjugs, und the conmitive fu charee of tha ball ure con- deasned 31 uomitigated noodles, Al thess thinge tend to wake the unregencrato Yunkee smile, ' — - ‘Tue Chicken Whose Nane Was Charity, Luneduter () Nsw Bra. A certatn fumnlly in towu sre tho fortunate owneryof & ting large flock of chickens, for nearly ull of which they buve sume capectal nawe Lo destgnate thewm. A fow evesings sioce, iunl after lightlur the gas, two ot the young adivs of the house, who wero sliting ncar a window, were fngbtened alwost out of their seuses Ly o sumething Mylog up ou tho vutside NOTES AND NEWS, LINDERNAN TO GET TUE BOUNCE, Hyecind Diapatch 10 Tha Trivune, Wasuixgros, . €., Dee, 8.~Dr. Linderman, Directarof the Mint, 8 not ta be reappolnted, all reports 10 the contrary notwithstunding, Postnnaster Bnowden, of Pluladelphia, has beey here, buviug been sent for by the President. The place wis tendered to bim, He has re- turoed to Philadelpbia to coufer with bl filends, wnd will give his auswer this week, ATTORNRY-GENEIAL DEVENS, there 13 every reason to belfeve, will be appolut- i United States Judgo for the Masinoe Cireule fn pluce of Bllpley, deceased, The Attorucy-Geu- crul's tastes are judlelal, and ho npas often ro- rietied baviny relfuquished bis lfe-position on the Supreme Court of Massachus¢tts to accept 4 Cabinet utlice. THE ARMT. A confldential suemoris] Is being circulsted througzhout the artsy for sivustures ssking that the aruiy be ncreascd to 100,000 wew, The e worlal scts up that the anuy Is et prescut in- sullicient to perform the work required of it. 5 : HEXFERTD." Beeretary Sheruan s cousideriug the ques- ton prescuted by Glover of sendivg thres exe perts futo hls Depsrtment, whbo tnsist upou be- g perwltted v overhaut the records at will, in a randow bunt fur sotetbing to found jnveeti- Eatwne ou. e Beeretury (3 diaposcd 10 stun this wholly frregular’ buslucss by Inststing that call for books uud Lapers shall be specie, wod relste to the matter defluitely stated, so that the cotise Fecord 14 eaeh wust tan by pre- of the windowsill and tauping the pancs, evidently trving to attract the atten- tion of some one. This somethini, upon @ sec- ond 1oo%, broved to he nothing clee than one ol thelr chickens, by the nang of “Charity.” One of the young iadies divined whiat the tinl- cnlty wias, and started down to the chicken- coop, followed bly the knowing Charlty. Rhe found the dour of the coop alint, blown ta, per- haps, by the wind, and tlie flock collected to- gether sud walting very patiently until some one shaald appear and open the door. As soon 2¢ the door was opened the whole flock went quietly in, and nothing more was heard of them kil the next morniog. CRIME. A CLERICAL RASCAT. Special Dispaseh 1o The Tribune. Des Motnss, In., Dee. 8.~1L now transpires that the Rev. John Williams " capturcd a fow dnys since hy Canadian officers at Terre flante, 1nd., on & charge ol emberztement at Bt, Cath- arines, Can,, 18 none other than the veritablo Ttev. A, C. Copeland, of notable fame {n Towa, and who was vonsidered one of the most elo- quent and successful prenchers in the Weat. e began life as amaddler at Jowa City. lle had & wife and daughter, both highly estimable rsons, 1la united with the Methodist Church, #nd, manifesting great sgeal, psh, enerey, and piety, reached the front rank as a worker, and s00n hecame a preachier, He went to several citles In the State, and always left undora cloud, At Cedar Rapids ho got mixed badly in a wotn- an-scandal, and was suspended from the miu- fstry. Hle them took an__Insurance-agency for’ the Northwestern of{) Milwaukee. “tle engineered a loan of $10,000 for the [on. H. D, Augle, of Cedar Rapids, for which Angle exccuted a real-eatate morteage as collateral ncnn‘y. To this mortgage Copelund aflixed the offfcial stgnature of the County Recorder, went {o Milwaukee, and recelved tho money. He falled to yeturn to Cedar Raplds, When the notes and mortgage were due, the Insurance Company sued Angle for the amoiutnt of the loan In the United States Circuit Court here, and there was o hot contest over tho case, In which geveral fmportant and fine legal points were deelded, The Conspany set up thac Cupe- lopd wes simnly the azent of Anale, that ho negotfated the lnan for him, transacted tho business, and receivod the money for Angley but the Court decided the other way, ‘The Company, having relfed entirely upon theh clalm against Angle, of course made no effort to arrest Concland, 8o that he es- caped. Me was naxt heard of in Indianapolis, where he had secured a fat thing with n churchs but m some way his identity was diselosed, and ho loft i a hurry, He was next heard of in Tannesseo, and othier Btates, snd al- ways skedaddicd to save himeclf from punish- ment for some woman-scrape. Ie coutd change his name oftencr, and work himscif into the pastoral chnrge of a church, and the true in- wardness of & woman's graces, (‘ulcker than any othur man liviog, lle hnd only been at Terre 1laute five days, and yct had sacured a fat liv- ing und_a widow of means, and was boss of thy ranch. When the oflicers called him out, he wae just abiout to atart for marke® to sell tic widow's fat hogs. Iie would provably have failed to return, A single pave of Tie Tnin- UNE would fall to recount tho rascalltics of this individunt, His wife has secitred a divoreo from Iélm. ond, with ber daughter, 1 residiug at lows iy . BREATHITE COUNTY. Apecrai Disvatch to TAe Tribune. Cixcinsat, O, Dee. 8.~The following dis- patch has been lorwarded from Jacksun, Dreat- hitt County, Ky.: Jacssoy, Ky., Dec, 4,~Everything is qulot at this time ln town, but everybody 1s expecting another outbreak at any moment. All that s nceded is that the Aghters come togesher. Tho report reached here on Mouday last that Bill Btrong and bis Jittle army of veterans were sur- rounded in a tog fort about twelve miles up the river. flo® had with bl about thirly men, while bis encmies numbered about a hun- dred. Ho must have extricated himself from this difMculty, for, two daya later, ho and his varty were engaged In a bloody Oghv on Lost Crack, the homu of the Littles, In which Jurry Little, the man who commenced the Hght on Nov. 23, and Gambril, who is supposed to have killed Judgze Burnett, were themsclves shot to death, while & number of othiers on both sldes were wounded, None of those who accomp: nled Gov. McCreary's comiisstoner, Licut. W, 0. Thampson, of the McCreary Quards, por the Commissivser Wimsclf, vared to go to the locs- tion indleated to make o full nvestigation into the facts. Ono thing Js certaln, that the men of both fuctions are away from thelr homes, and ore camping out In the brush, with plenty of arms and wunitions of war with them. Hidden amont these mount. alns and dwelling on the hawks of the creeks, they are 50 socluded from the rest of manking that they seem to forgel thers fs nn outside world, and dream that the only object ol 1ifo {s to tlzht out to death, ifvnecessary, tho petty dispttes that aorise umong thewmsclves, The people of Jackson are alrald. slmost to open tbelr mouths to speak to a stranger obout the Breathite troud) d thu stranger must be careful how he opens hia own or he will ha a Ught oo bis houds before he knows it ‘Theru is trouble brewing. 8herl Higgius ¢ peces armed resistance to his attempts o arrcst the ringleaders in the recent disturbunces, 118 will niot jro atone, but will have o well-armed vuaso at bis back, A dispateh from Fraukfort states that the Governur's spcelal commibs- sloner, who wus scnd 1o Investizute inatters, hins returned with a report that Jackson is now quiet, The two factions arc quartered avart from each other, and are not likely to renew the row unicss an attempt s made ta bri somo of thein Lefore the Court, When Judge Randall musters up cuarage enough to o back and open Court he will be supported by soldlers, aod lively thines will probanly enaue, OUTRAGE BY TRAMPS, Boactal Dixpatca 10 The Triduns, Des Moings, In., Dec. 8.—A day or two since, two tramps entered tho housa of a rail- ronlt scctionewan, at Eldon Station, on the Keokuk Road, ‘The mso was out on the roud. Hia wifc was atone, and shk, in bed. The tramps ordered her to prepare them breakfast, The woman told them she was slek, and could not even et breakfast for hersell, They be- came furious, snd one of thom caught her by the bale sl dragged her to the floor, and de. mandedfmone: Ihe woman begau to scream, when the brute atifled hor, wille the other went through the house, and found 45 which bod beeu saved ulr from meogra esruings aud hid. den away, CGiving the woman scveral kicka, the et the house. A uelghbior cams to the house a fow hours after, aud found tho woman In a eriticl conditlon, A posso of citizens started in [mnull of the viliaius, but hod uot cajitured them as It roports, CUMULATIV SENTEN Auecial Disoutch 10 s AT 20 Des Moixzs, Ia., Dee. 8,—<Willlam Maler, o eonvict fu the Penltentiary ot Fort Madison, was convieted in Mahoska County on two in- dictments for forgery, and sent to the prison one year on cach fudictment. Tho Court, In givivg the sentence, neglected to state that the sccond term ahoulyt begly at the cluse of the first, but the mittimus to the Warden did so state, For xkood behavior oue month was re- mitted ou the first year, which would make the term_expire bolore the scconi term began, Maler ctaimed his dlscharwe, but the Warden re- fused, Maler was brought betore Judge Beck, of the Bupreme Court, oy hubeus corpus; and, alter o Jull heanng, it was declded tuat the sentenca wus, Hke Boss Tweed's, cumulutive, hut on two separute Indictincuts, and that he DIUsE 8CrVe vut the seutencs on each conviction, THE STRANGE CASE. * Special Dipateh 10 Ths Tridune SrriNarigLy, i, Dec. 8.~Juduo Zane has foturtied trawm Curliuville, und will to-morsow wwornlug take up the babeas corpus procecdipgs lu the cuse of Michael Merrick and Alichael Ualligar, thc men receutly arrcsted bhere, charged with the aiurder of Michuel Durkin, In SchuylkiI County, Penosylyanis, nearly thirteen years ago, Notwitbstauding the stroug pres- suro brought to bear upun bim, UGov. Cullom bas declined to withdraw the warrsnt of tiov, Hartrauft's requlsition, The accompanyiog bapers beiug sdmitted to be fo due form, the privouers’ attorueys will attewmpt Lo show that they are not the men called for, But It ls gen- crully betieved that they will be obliged to ko to Penuaylvsnia fur trisd, MERRICK MUST GO. Bpecial Dispatch W The Triduns. Ixp1ANaroLis, lud., Dec. 8.~~The defense fn the Merrick case bozun the introduction of tee tmouy yesterdsy, but was not successtul, and made little progress. Au ottempt was made to show & couspiracy sgalpst Merrick, of which wituesses fur tho State wero wmembers, but it falled to loy the fouudativn for it {u the cross- examiuation of there witnesees. The gencral n|\lr‘lnr| Is that no defenss can be satistactorily made, A MYSTERY. Special Dispatch 10 The Tridune. Fonr Warsg, T, Dee. 8.~This morning, at Warsaw, & woman was observed to ‘throw something into the lake and liasten away. An investigation wea made, résulting in the dis- covery of an nfant aboit 1 year old When the body was recovered, (L fvaa vet warm. The wotnan made her ercape, not having becn recog- nized Ly any one. " FIRES. 3 CHICAGO: ‘The alarm from Dox 159 at 1:44 this morning, and 2 2:11 alarm 27 minutes later, was caused by fire breaking out, apparently at all points at once, in the larg « packing and provision estal- bahiment of Col.JJ. L. Hancock, located on the south branch of the river near the corner of Calogne and Deering strectt. The locatlon is some istance away from all tolegraphic points of communication, and no additiona! particulars conld be gleancd. At 2:30 a dispateh from the Water-Works sald that the blazo appeared to be undor control, and was gradually golog down. pooetlibetiatlirly THE FARM AND GARDEN. Sam JoneW Dilemma—Farm-Securities—So- curity for n Nelghbor—Feoding Piga—-Tho log-Markot—tiybridizing Wheat—The Na- tlonal Urange—A Cruclty that Costs, From 0ur Own Correspondent. CHAMPAIGN, 11k, Dec. 7.—Sam Jones, one of the old friends of *'The Farm and Gurden,” made s a call tne other day. Bam was in apeck of trouble, e is getting old, and, when things 2o wrong, he worrles awfully, Two years ago, owing to a couple of successive crop-fallures, Sam an o Jittle bebimd§ and, about tho same thne, one of his girls got married; and, follow- Iniz the custom of the day, he gave her a grand wedding and an outfit that cost §400 or $500. In order to get even, he mortzaged his farm, From that day things havae been going on from bal to worse witn him. ITe never was much of a financler anyway; his wife {s the smarter of the two, ms Ler lettera to Tur Tminuxe In times past ploioly showed; but Bam fs o hard worker, and honest, for all thet. Last fall 8am attended a Grecnback politleal meeting; really it should not be called that,— it wus a meeting whera the speaker denounced the Administratlon for contracting the cur. rency and Imnqluz down vu the *horny-handed sons of tolt”? Tow prices and o successlon of poor crops, The bloated bondnolders, and the capitalists who bave load money on FARM-BECURITIES, wevo denounced ns robbers and thioves. The remnedy for all this was an {ssue of unlimited “fiat # moncy. This touched Sam on o tender spot. He had been obliged to go to a hank to borrow money to meet his semi-annual interest, and ho felt mad and bad, and wanted a changs; su ho went off and tratued with the Fiat Jupa- ties. Siuce then he hasp't been nronnd to make his triendly calis, but, heing ashwmed of his compnny, kept ont of sight, But, the ollicr day, he came agsin, cured, as be wsid, of the Fut foily, and goud a Re- anlmu s ever, but In a great deal of trouble, 1ta semi-nnoual nterert is cowing due in o few weeks, and not long ago e alzned a note as SECURITY FOR A NEIGHHOR who can't pay. ‘That day Mrs. Sam had been giving bim a blece of ler mind, as women fre- queutly will, when sbe found out whst was the matter, Bam eame to us for ndvice,—a vory cheap commpodity, and one which every one seems Lo déal In. Ho wanted to know what to do. Day his Interest and the security-deb, he cunnot. Borrow more moncy e says he shall uot. After talking the matler over, we con- ciuded upun the tollowing plas: Wrlts to the man who holds the morteage, and give him a plain statement of the facts, and ask hit for an extenvion of time, and a reduction of -interost Irom 10te 8 per vent. Wo don’t have much Lopes of accomplishivg tho latter, but the re- ductlon will not be made unless it Is nsked for, Then we decided to go to the bank aud offer to renoty tho nute at a less ratw of futerest, and Bam pledged bis word that ho would nevor sign anvther pute aa lonk os hic lived. Tne bank ex- tended the note, und Smin weot lLomae more cheerful, He hns a few hoea 1o sell, four cows that give mtlk, and pgumber of tens} und ho proposes to muk¢ thoso cows bvay the security-uote, and .the hena the Intereat, beforo it cotaes thue to plow next syring. Sald he as he left us, ** I can do it Hke o hook. The cow-stablo §s warin I've plenty of potatves and turnips, and they'll have to give mitk, and thy miik will moko lots of butter.” ‘The hens | will feed on buckwheat bolled with ecraps of wmeat from the slaughter-house, aud he expects to sull eight or ten dozen cegs each week. We bellove that he will succced. Tuerg aro hundreds of furmers 1o his cond!- tion. ‘They bave grot to runulng down bill, and, {nstead of saving and ceonumizing, they enguae In speeulution, cxpeeting that every trads will turn out better than thie last, votil they must finally lose their farms, and perhaps run off Iu the night to save what little they can, PEBDING PlOK, Lawx Rinox, Doc. 1.—[ have Jze from two (o fous nontbs old, nforus me the eral littars of Could you pleass best manner of foediug thow, Have vlonty of corn and kitchun-alops for them, Would b, of numclh\n‘( of that kind, be botter for thew than theve? 1fave gowd sheds 1o keep the vifs in dncini ho wintir-muntie here |s an establivhuient in Davenport making wugar frown corn, Aftee cxtracling the sugar from the corn, they sell the waste, wi luoks farmers' 4 Cu mieal which lsground in This stuff Is wald tobe yood fur milch cows, and aluo for hos. 1o you supposa it {s sat And would it pay to buy it at from $1,80 to $7 por wavon-loaa? FanarR, If you have n mi) handy, anil can eet your corn ground, we should think it would be profit- able to du so} and, If you can couk it, all the better. For growing “anlinals thero Ia nuthiue better than cooked meal; and, If vegetables can be cooked and mixed with the meal, 50 much the better., Give tbe antinals plenty of clean beddive, and keep them vut of the mud. Exer- clae I the open air is benetlcial, when warn and dey, Regardiog the refude of the * corn-sugar' factory, we have our doubts as to §1s value, anit should be ve avout teeding It, ‘Mhare ure so many chemienls used {o thy manufacture of thia »ufnr that they mignt uffect the vatue of the slop for foed. I8 wu wers in a posiiion to use the stufl, we snoukd call on the chemist of the estublishment and ask his opinion, and also Nnd out what the residue consisted of, 'the refuse fron corn-stareh faciories 1 consldered kood for milch-cows, and this may be. THX 1100 MARKET, **Farmer’ alsu requests us to state “our opiniun uf tho huy market, and the best breed ot hogs to ralse lor shipplug.” The present do- pressed cundition of the hog market {8 likely to continge, 'The production of Logs has {ncreased mich fastee than the wmumguou of ther, product, Bhould there be u European wart there would probably be an fncreased demand for purk; Lut, i veace prevalls, wo cun see no reason for an advance, "The beat breod dovenda wereat deal on the “swill-barrel.” Wo liave secn Herkakires thut welebied 300 pounds at ten muntha, but they Lad extra vare. Perhaps the Poland-China witl make tho most profit with ordinary feeding—1, e,, water, grass, aud corn., On oué form we breed Poland-Ching, aod on anuther Berkablres, Thia s done to ur thein sepurate and pure, hut wo can sce 1o real differ- ence tn the protit, There (s but lttle at present rices, A TIYBRIDIZING WUEAT. A correspondent of the Gardeners® Monih'y sends the cditor Lhe tollowing, whick he fiuds fn a public docusuent from the pen of u bigh ofil- ial, and asks him to comment ou lte ahsurdity : Anotlier maxlm which furmers geuerally acceot a3 wu axlom |e that, by sowing wheats of ditfercnt qualitios lugettier, thoy will 80 hybridizu s to produce & milxed breed; while even a litle obyere vation wouid teach tuew tho ercor of tuls conclu- . wion, ond that vach grain produces ite own lke, wud that really 50 hybriuization takes place at all, aud - toat by wixture of sved producce tigated il of muxmg o wieste t dillcrent periods, or pure haps require gilerent truatmoot whew they come 0 bu reduced 1o four, N 1itlo study of the natury of planis would seen to bo necessary tow kuowl- edge of thelr proper treatuient duriug theie growth, Of (he fluwers of plants sowmy rv male sud sowe fomale. Iu some the stsminkte sud pistillate Rowers occupy dilercut }nru uf the raime plaute, 34 In lsulan cusn. Eu the langer puwber of ‘plauta the walo and feunsly crgaus wature ut the same me lo the saiso fowerd and 0F thess sume aru subject Lo aclt-fertilization, sud others b cross-ferttlizatlon. Kuch plants as pras, eaus, wheat, sod burley Lave ihe male and {vwale orgaus wilhin themaselves. and aro not sut- Joeb_ta Cruss-fertilization, aud therefury it 1s tuat Wheatsdo not mIx thuir gualltics 8t sl by berng planted togoihvr; and, &a it is ubjcctionadls fur utbier reasuts, 1 ehauld never ue daue. ‘Vlis loal of flowes which piotrudes from Lo giuwa of wheat fapeher uu anther, wpleifl, norn stawen, sud welilier emily nor recetves the fertllizing poilen. ‘The editor, Mr. ‘Thowas Mechap, say: 1t1s, 10 Lo wure, ratacr Lengliogly written, es- Y toguisued” ollclal; but, 'as & tu what ‘the writer to say,—wblca iu tho choritable at things, —we do nut sce & great deal to uo{ct“ 3 We belivye that “out Weat ™ it Is generally conceded that two varletics of wheat sown to- gethier, provided they booul at the same time, Will uix, wud the distluctive charactertsthos of each Wit be merged In the succecding crops grown Trom the seed ro prodarel. TIE NATIONAL GRANGE, the exiatenceof which has almost passed ont of the minds of people, held its snrnual ression in Richimond, Va., tie 1ast week in Novemmbhes, The meeting of that hody wae, a few yeara aro, Iooked tpon with s great deal of intereat; but its labors trought forth nothing to henefit the farmer, and conscquently all Intercal 1n it has been lost, excet. by those frho are pald to attend 1t sesalons. Secretary Ketly hins reslgned, and his place ts now fillex by Me. W. M. Ireland, one of the origiual founders, A correspondent of the 1I';-a rie Farmer weites from Richmond ns fol- ows: “I'here aecma to be a disposition again to attempt the permanent Incatton of the National Uranse. Some want the oflice of the Secretary lacated_in Washington City, and annual sesmons of the Na- tional tranvo ta be held as heretatore, in differcat cltica or piacs in the United Stator, 'Othera want the Secretary'n oflice to be migratory i ita char- acter, as heratofore. Othera still want both the oflic: of the Sccrelary and the annual seesions of +the Natlonal tirange fo be permanently Tocated in Washington Citv. ~ SN} another class want both localed in anme centenl place, both as to member. ship #nd geographical locatlon, Soms very fine «amplen nf graln trom different States Are on the Becrelary's tablo, ‘I'he Urange having fafled to do the work ex- pected of it, the question of loeating the head 1s of minor Importance. Tho only question that oveurs to us is to inqulre, Why have any Natlon- #l Girange? If some one will point out any good it has dune, except to furnish cmplyment and pay salarics to a lot of officers, he will doubtices confer a fayor on many ex-Uirangers, A CRUELTY THAT CO3TS." Undler the above heading, a correspondent of the Noew York Zritune niakes the following trite romarka: It 1# hard for & knmane man fo underatand how & farmer ina civilized land can sleep comfortably nnder extra blankets, while Lls domestic anlmala shiver In the blcak flelds of cnill November, or vainly strive ta keep warm on the leoalile of o fenco of rils, And yot more than half of tho live-ntock of the conntry are thus loft to shift for themaclves, Enow covers the grara befora thoy arg taken to the harn, Flesh Just under thie miserable aystom is dearty restored s wherear, if they were fed a litlo, they would not hecote tius depleted, and the thin Dblood, making them more suscentible to the win- ter's cold, would have been thick and full of warimth. ‘A cow put (nio & atable over nignt, and aiven nothing more than a bundle of staiks, will retuen n tiknd more milk than i Jeft withoat this cxira enro: the fond which would make millk If she werg kept warm In consumed in maintaining the tiecesaary antmal heat to support Jife, 1t I« protit- Abie kindness to stable cattle daring the cold nights of autumn, even §f they aro not fed anything, rather than leave them to the cruel mercles of winds and storms. One cold raln will prodice maore dlsardera, catareh, and cougha. fn a flock of sheep, than a wwhole winter of aficr-care cancare. Manv of our Western farmers mlfinl. profit by heeding the nbove, UNAL JR. TUE FIELD AND STABLE. A Valanble Bubstitute for Carbolle Acll In the Treatment of Wounds—Overronching =100 Soft=Copporas and Alum. From Qur Oun Correspandent, Cuicaao, Dee. 7—It Is well known that wounds and sores bavo beea treated with better success sluce U'rof, Listerintroducwd lis carbolic- ncld dressing. Many of the most dangerous conscquences of surgleal overatlons have been vrevented, & healing per primam (without In- flammatlon and suppuration) has become quite common, and spiendid results bave been ol talned in madern times lu the treatment of dan- gerons wounds by the use of Lister’s antlsoptic dresslug, Bat, notwithstanding that carbolle acid has doue such cxcellent service in the treat- ment of wounds and external leslows, 1 poescsses some propertles which are not very desirablo: it Is very poisonous, causes vonsiderable Irritation, espectally at its frst ap- plication, and has a disagreeabla smell; besides that, |ts spplication fs not quito nasimplo ns might be dealred. Ileuce, ather autisoptics,— such aa salicylle acid, benzole acld, and certain sulphates of alkalicr—have been tred as substi- tutes, but have proved to be of inferlor valuc, In modern timos, however, another phenol, Aomewhat similar in its composition to carbolic acld, hias been tried, and has given fuil satly tlon, Jt s called . thymol, or thymic acld, aod constitutes a kind of gum- camphor, ~galued by distillation from the Esst-Indlan thyme, and from asnothier East-Indian umbelllifcrous plant, Ptychotis _ajowan.- It posacsses soversl advantoges: 1, t 1s still more effectiva as an antlsoptic than car- bolicaeld; @ It is much lesa pofaonous; B, it produces no Irritatlon whatever; and 4, it has su agreeable smell, Besides that, its applica- tion {8 vory simple. Its price Is yet a high one, ~—an ounce costs from $1.26 to $1.50,—but, os only u very small quantity s needed, its use, siter all, f4 less expenslve than that of carbolle scld, ma far ss the treatment of wounds |s concerned. A solutton of thymol in water (1: 1,000),—or, what 15 bhetter, d solution of, say, 8 gralus of thymol in 1i¢ drachms of aleohol, 8 drachms of glycerine, und 1pint of water,—is snfliciently strong, and an- awers us a dressing of any wound, It Is used as foilowa: At first the wound or soro is washed ur cleancd with the solutlon, and then the dreasing s applied, Iu human surgery the Iatter canalsts slmply of elght or ten turns or wind- ings of wauxo eaturated with the thymol solu- tiun, and is covered, for tha purpose of cx- cluding the pir and bacterla-geris, with gutta- percha paper, In veterlnary surgery cases weeur In o which ‘it may be found mora practical to use, instead of thy gauze, & bunch clean volton saturated with the thymol-solution, and to keep tho samo ln placs by means of u banduge connlsting of a stripof common cotton- wmuslin, ‘Thymol has yet another advantage in suriery sbove carbolle acld, which Is somattine; especially in the treatment of anlinal siderable Importance. A thymol-dresaing nut require to Lo renewed as often as o dress- Ing wit carbolle acid. ‘Thymol dissolves easily [o nlcohol, but only with Qitilculty In water, OVEINE, Dee, 2, huve been ruding yont ** Anwwers to Correapond. ents* for a long time with s great doal uf Interest, A (hay rvally do show what wo x0_weldom witness in the wnitings of **horse-men, " usmely: real scientific knowledye and Jractical comuua sene Nuw 1 resart ta you far lalacmation that will les 1 hope, Lo the mending of the movement of & vory Gne 4-year-ald horee, Wha ** oyersreuches” bauly when o, a mllrl Lt'n-’d-nm Our suiithe have o Dixax, fatled, What 4 carly anewer througl Kuur column in 'Ius Tisuxs will greatly onlige, ‘ours respectful Canovus, Answer,—liorses which havaalshort back, are very strong I thelr hind-quaricrs, and com- varatively weak In tho forc-hand, ure apt to overreachs, especlally i getting a little tirod, As thio back caunot be leogtheucd, the only thing that vau ba dono s to strengthen and o develop the muscles of the fure-lews, und to quicken thefr motfon by heavy shovs and Loe-welehts, and by Judicious and gradually fnereasing exer- cise, “Thut tho lutter wust never be carried too far, awl that the anhmal must not be ariven tiil gets tirea, s self- evident, and may not need any nientionlug, ‘Iho bind-1ect ought 1o be sbod with very light upd swooth whoss, ur not st all, After thy nuscles of the fure-legs have becoma strong and active enouih to be able to remove the fore-feet In time, orout of the reach of the hiud-fuet, ut cach atep, tho toe-walghis may be dispensed withe TO0 BOrT. “Anaver to S Anziowa Inquirer”—1 should Judge you put a ** green ® horse to & very severe test, “‘lhreo hundred miles {n ten days un a heavy ruad Is o play for any horse. even i€t vehicls s o light one. "If the ani. mal s well pmranluned. naturally strong, sand well-knit In bis forc-legs, he wjay turn out atl right after hs has ot used 1o truvctiug, If, however, bis fore and eanceinlly his knvo-joluts, are naturaily weak und defective, tho soober you dispose of him tho better it will be, Whethics the knee-jolutu und their hgaments could ot stand the atrajn and concussion ofZsuch 8 drive, because the aui- il was soft or Ju a weak condition for want of conventrated, nutritious food, want of previous exerciso, ¢te., or because tho kuveJoiuts sro naturally dufective, 1 bave no twesns to declde, SULPHATE OF 1HON AND ALUM, Wuis Vatiwy, Holt Co., Mo., Dec, 3.— “*Vizemnanians Woliavo dlaeasy hure, In oar herds of eattic, tdentically tho sanie ss tbat viven y L. 8. Wooas, of Aven, lli, in ‘s Twacxe of Nov. 1T ult. ; aud 18 yiclds teadlly 1o treat- weut of copueray and aini disolved In woter,— awisbbing the wouth two or three time. ll;n!muv + 3L Davia, Jeemarka. —Copperas, or sulphate of iron, and alum, aro astrivgeuts, and bave esscotially the sawe effect as the freatwent recommended in the artlcle referred to, VETRHIKABIAN, SUICIDE, Avecial Diwwaich 10 Ths Tribune. JxpranavoL, Iud., Dec. 8.—Orphsus Everts, Jr., 8’ sou of Dr, Everts, Buperiotendeut of tho Iusane Hospltal, connnitted sulcido last night by wmurphive, seed 19 years. o lately bhad waunitested sywploms of jucipleat jnsanity. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Nzw Youx, Dee, 8.—Arrived, the City of Brussels, from Liveroool. New Youk, Dec. 8.—Arrlved, the Erde, from Livervool. g “ GATIL” He Qets in a Long Inter- view with President Hayes. Many Questions on Widely Differ- ent Subjects Put and An- swered. The President Balieves Butler Will Soon Lead the Entire Op- position. He Belleves that Nothing but the Den_lh of Haters Wi Extingulsh ates We Are Walking on Hard-Pan, and Must @ot Freo Trade a Bite at a Time, Sperial Diapatc ta The Tyldune, ‘New Tork, Dec. 8.—An dnterview with Presl- dent [layes, furniahed by.' Gatb, Is printed fn the Brooklyn Eagle. The more Interestiug por- "tlone are: “You have passed through half of your term with a good deal of quictness, Mr. Presidout, Tho Republican party seoms to have derived somo benefit from your Bouthera pollcy, to Judgro from the election.®? “1 am pretty certaln,’ sald the President, *that many Democratic votes wore cast for the Republican candidates last month. The course I adonted toward the Southern Btates made it possible for many Demoerats to vote with us,'* I called tho President’s attention to the oplnton of . OROW, OF PENNSTLVANIA, ' a8 to the blunder of the Republicans in not hutidinz up a Unfon Hepublican party In the South, ao as to auticipate the withdrawal of the carpet-baggers, when the negroes wero loit with nothing to lesn upon. *“f have my douhts,” suld the President, “whethor at thattimotherell- able nucleus o a Republican organlzationgould have beea formed fn the South. It woulldave donoe no harm to tey it, but all such great revo- utions scttie slowly after the sword has been sheathed. We expeet timo to move too fast. Afterall, only a few years hiava rolled by since the War, and many things havo been settied for the better.” Bald 1, *Gon. Grant made a fcobls effort to create s Unlon party in the SBoutl. There was GEN. LONGSTREET (irant gavo him a prominent position, but aid not appoint men of the samo class in other Boutlern portions. Consequently the whola tury of the South was turned on Longstreet as the frst renegade.’? ‘The President answefed: **Gen. Grant wonld have had to contand with his own party if he had made any such nominatlons. It fs my recol- lection that Longstrcot was the aixth of the Confederate peoplo Grant nominated. fe did not, theroforé, set up Longstreet alone, Grant found cvery ono of these nominatlons produced counter-excitement in the North, Neither sece tlon was ready to make such sacriflces of feel- ing or patronage for the sake of reconclifation. Thave had most of my trouble on that verv score, Thero 1s not enourh ol patronsge to satisty the wants of two partics, even I that was thie way to accomplish apything.” S WITAT 13 TIIE NEXT MOVEMENT of the Democrats, or Opposition, Mr. Presl- denti? | It looks to me as If Gen. Butlor would take the teudership of all the antl-Republican forces In Congreas,? 4 This scemed n stortling remark,. coming from the DPresident. . Mr. Hagos ndded, “Don't ft ook that way Lo youl Bee the jrresolutlon they show In Congress, They look as if thoy wero walting for somebody to coma forward apd head the Opposition column. Who is there so ltkely as Gen. Butler? “Why, there s BENATOR THUEMAN, Is uiot hio lkely to bo theirlcaderi? “0! course, lic has boen rogarded for somo time as rather the bighest expouent of bis party in tho Benate, but this time seems to me favora- Dile for the appearance of somo person who may mske s stir. [should not bo surprised if But- ler would avall bimself of the chance, and they would bulld up a considerable party for the time belog—lndeed, a growing one for a while." BUSINESS. 4 Mr. President, have we not probably touch- ed bottom in our busincas depresafon i’ ¢ Yes; T'think we have been walking on the buttom for soma tine past, and are rather olng ‘up the other bavk,’ This matter of our excess of cxports Is very Important for us, because ftis a pew thing In ftscll. I really thingk England has’ reached a place where her su- premacy 18 to be arrested. Bhe can uo longer supply the whole world with the products of her looms, forzes, and shops, The newspapers onght to gu into that department of Investiga- tlun, and lelp the confideuco and splrits of the people.” 4 " 4 Mr, President, thero is thoquestion of tarifl, Don't you think our tarlftoo hleh to give, us tho best of the present advantage?” “Thero Is no doubt,” sold President ayes, “ihat the rectifieation of the tarifl 18 u loni way bohind other things. Tn time womustapproach that tople, but not now." Wiy not now?® 2 * Not until we have turned the corner. Wo are just shoving ln ahead of our Euglish com- petitors, and tals fs not the tlmo to muke radfeul chauges and derange the estimates of our manufacturers aud wmerchants, i cver so lttle, That wus the trouble with the Wood tart. * Wo must take up the tarl® guestion o litele further on. The present ndvantage is fnterwoven with the times as they staud sud rates as they have been In history," # Wheu are wo to chauge the tariff, Mr, Pres- Wdenti" * I don't see any othor way than as the Eu- allsh Hberalized thelrs—plecemeal, ' * Hlave you any fears ol ovil-dolng fu the present Congeresad " “ Noj they will bave to sdjourn March 4,— too saon to plunge into follies.” - ————— AN TMPROBABLE STORY. What Dr, Mary Walker Bays of Charley Ross. torvemondence Nostan Globs. Nonwiuit, Conn,, Dec. 8.—Whilsthe atroclous theit of Biewart’s body from St. Mark’s Curch- yard is still fresh in the people's mind, another tragedy that startled the nation somw four years ago bas until now remained 8 mystory,— the caso of Chaorley foss, the alleged kid- napped boy who wus supposed to have been stolon whilo st plav {n the street In Phila- Gelphiy, In the front of his father’s house, The detectives, as Is well known, have follows up every clew, but without achieving any suc- cess. Thoussnds Gf dullars have been wpent, ostepslbly, by the father In vain sttenspts 80 re- wnln bis lost one. Now comes along & woman at lust to reyeal the facts futhe o ‘Cue lady in question 18 no less s celebrity than Dr, Mary E. Walker, of Wushlutrton, who, a Globercporter Is infurined, holds the key that 18 to unlock this glrautic sveret. Dr, Walker dlsclosea only a part of tho scheme to frivuds (u thils city, and will uct at uressnt go tuto the des talls of the matter, ‘The Ross boy was not stolen or kidnapped, according to Licr theory, and bis pascuts pave kuown trooi thy outect where huo wasi conse- ucotly the abductlon schemo s 8 gleautic ruud. The wumo has proved extremely lucrative, money belug advauced from sympa. thizing people all over the world; and the Tuther, who was 8% the bewinuiug uearly bavk- rupt, Dow bas a competency i this worlu's iouds to wake Lun cowfortably wetl ol Charley Ross has been fn Wushimgton the greater purt of the tinie, slthousl oceasfonally hustled biher pud thither to elude the otticers. Juurnevs to Harrisbury, Baltinore, Bt. Albaos, and other pl bave been made, telegrams tumetliies 1 the assumed ‘08 well as the real Charler. Die. Walker Tias manusirdyt picl! comprising the detall of this matier, 1o ml;r' 1ah ‘an_Interestioee book, Shich sl Ingia: dolng when some enterptinng publlsher cor s nlong that wants o make 8 fortune. il aleo " fotends to fecture on the Charley (o caso aoon. I tha abovo fs true o and ¢ 10 Do gives it as genulne, the pullic wilf 'x’nfifi"; think that truth Is strancer than fetion. 1o Dost evidence that this theory fs true appe. ba that the lady savs she [ reen r;,},'," prodigy berselfy and mmxrrxlmnv speak from rcrmnnl obscrvation and knowledge, Tl j, ook well. ani no one ®ould misiriat vt o mnch fictiflous mattcr had - been printed ‘apor such fnnocenco abroad, e THE WEATHER. ow the Snow Came Down all Throngh the Northwest — Everybody Pleased — Indjey. ‘ tions. Urrice or Tar Cmine SioNAf, Orpye Wasminaroy, 1, C,, Dec, 8—1 q, m.~lrnl«'ni’." tions—For Tenncssca and the Ohio Vailoy, cloudy weather, with frequent ruln or augy. northiest wind, mlms barometer, preceded iy the east portions by falling barometer ana warm wi‘lllm;u ]!rlndu. tak : ‘ For the Lower Lake on, cloudy weathe, with raln or snow, wlrggunu(beullu;;l\' ‘:::‘:d:' falling Larometer, geverally followed by rivng barometer, and colder northwest winds, For the Upper Lakn region. clondy weather, with frequent enow, varinble winds, shifting 1, colder northwesterly, followed vy ristng buroy,. cter. i Faor Mlssquri and Towa, cloudy weather, 1, wnow, “tollotred “by- bledting wweather, ot northwesterly winds, statiouary or higher press. ure. . lteports from the Upper Lake region Naorthwest are gonerally missing, s ng Cautionary signala continue at Duluth, Mar. uette, Escanaba, Milwaukee, Sce, 1, Cilcage, rand Tlaven, Mackinaw Clty, Alpeys. Port Husan, Detrolt, 8ce. 4, Toledo, Sandusky’ Cleveland, 8cc. b, Erle, Bufalo, Rochester, 0. WG, B e oateh to The T fal ixpatch ta The URA DrKars, fll. Dec, 8.—S8now commenced fal]. Ing here about 10 o'clock this morning, and has continted for thirteen hours. 8Bome five ficts has fajlen, and the roads are 08 stmooth as elags, It will_make good sleighing. ‘The weather 4 mild. Mo wind. Speetal, Dispateh to The Tridune, MzxnoTa, INL, Dee, 8.—Four inches of suow fell here to-day, and, as the roads were fn vx. cellent conditlon, the sleighing is good, The weother {8 modernting copafderably, with tlie sky heavily ovorcast, and, as the barometer 3 still falling, the indlcations look like rain, which, if it would coe, would prove n bless: ‘Ing, a8 all tho clsterns and many of the wellg . Spectal Ditvatch to The Tribnne, Wirewater, Wis., Dee, 8.—Snow _bezan to fall-thls morniox, and still continues. The wheel. ng was oxcollent before, and 80 the roads are iu good snape to warrant fluo sleighing. Thg gcason untll now has been very open. have been dry for some time, Bpectal Dimaleh {0 TS Trituna. Pron, 1L, Bee. 8,~8ix Inches of snow sell hore during the last tiventy-foar hours. LOCAL ONSERVATIONS, Cittoano, Dec. 8, Time, | Bar. \TAT J7:| Wind, | Vel.| Rn. 0 curner 0:53 2. 1n, 0,000, Cloudy, 11! 120, -3 891 mintmum. 10, GRXERAL OUSERYATIONS, Cutoaan, Dec. A=Midnight, Bar.)Ihr. 1 Wind. Rain) Weather, fazy. Lt tow. wiatisns, L 1Ly, rain, 38 Tai; lauily, Gl Claaty, Toudy, S — Electrio Light in Massachusctis. HNaston Heratd, ‘The portion of the Bosion Manufacturing Company's ureat mills at Walthaw, wiero the Lest laht {8 required, and whero the most cui has been consumed, 18 now and bas been for over three wecks continuously lighted Ly eleetrival ueans, Tho portion of the mill al- luded to Is the hoslery department, an hnmenee room messurtng 91x 150 feet, and having un arca of gbout 14,000 squiare feet, In it aro emploed 860 hands, The lact that the elcetric systen gives au nmple stount of lght, of the mod satisfactory quality, scoms to be eatablished, and the onlv remaining A]um.lon fs that of ey vense as compared with other fluminsting agents, In the hoalery-room at the Waltham milie there hava beon™ 144 < burners diapenseil with, sud their placo more than suppiled with ten clectrle lights. Now, each of the burners must have consumedd at least six fect of fras un hour, or a totsl of 584 fect for the 144 hurners, All of these burvera have certalnly been fn use for three hours a day for 180 dava In cach Tuls gives s cousutnption of 460,00 euble” feet of gas, which, at 8223 a thousand, wonll wnotnt to 81,044, whilo tho expense of run- ulug tho electi e lizbt, includlog the power fora far greater umber of Bours, wonld be juas (b 0002 at the sawme time a bewter light would by aupplied, ———t— Merry Enginnd, tLondon Week. v It sometfmes happens that when Engllahimen return hoine from a lone resfdence {n a distant land they do not at flrst entcr heartily fnto tha amusements of thelr follow-country- men. An Anflo-lndluu svems to have la- hored urder this disadvantege lsst Satur- day esentow. Whilo passtug olong Ox- ford street,. admiring tna heauties of his native laud, a jet of water wus squirted into s wif's face, and upon bl remonstrating with the offender, the answer he roccived was, * Wo all do it.”?. Upon this oar benighted country: wun wrote & uomlllulnlmt lotter to tho Times. A man who oblocts to Laving dirty water squict- ed lnto hia wifu's face, or even into his vwh, must ve hard to please, and caunot have u very higgh uppreciation of popular Yiberties, [t 1s 1o sole wnusemnent of the peopls on ar fllumination nleht nad affords a very Jalr filus- tration of popitlar taste, ‘Flio writer of the lot- tor says that hohas “been absout from Eu- glund lu indla for many years.”” This is b only excuse. He has beed living under a des- botlsm 50 lone that ho has lods the taste tor (berty, When e has lived hiere a few months lunger many signs of progress will astunish hin beside those which ho wituessed last Suturday, A Trick that Cured » Desiro for Death, Jor Leafird (o) dercura, A young mun, suffering from the reactlon incidental to Teey eutered 8 grocery az 1o North End, Wednesday, and uucercmoniousiy Knely before the proorletor, asklug his forsive- niess for belng Tn such w voudicion,” The gentle- man thus addressed tried to pagily him, but could not, and finally referred bim to the clerss. The young' perststent then turned to the scnlor elerk and on bis knoes pleaded tobe sholy olfering toalen his own death warrant, Fleling hitin perslatent, the clerk decldea to try ond dis- pel his morhld desire for death by weans ofa practical joke, Bu a death-warrant, solumnly worded {n looe and sonoros phrases, was tuadu by one of the clerks, 10 which the petitioner altixed Lug name, remslnlog still upon hia kuoes. The tirst clerk then drew & revolver, and ordered tho victim to closo his eves, which was done. A tire-cracker was_meanwhile slyly bznited snd pluced upon theflovr at the back of the fellow, who with pale face and anxfous expressivu awalted the fatal shot, Buddenly tho crackes cxploded, aud ot the same_ lnstunt the youuk man overcame all desiro toshuflic off this mortal coll, and with a howl and bound he was out of the store, fully persuaded that bis thmy Led not yet come, e g— —— Whither Afe We Driftlog? Vorristoien Ieratd. e was a alncular-looking customer, and (o & crowd of & thousand you would not haye picked bim out for 8 muijonaire, Ho passed through the warkot with his thumbs inserted In the armholes of bis vest, and, wacn be reached & and, he surprised the owpur by observ: fug: * Youmsy iweasure me five quarts of your chulcest atrawberries.” * Haven’t any bieawlerries,” ruplied the attondaut. * Beenout of seasun four mouths.” “ Hum,” wused the mav; *No strawbercies! Well, 'l ieave you my address, sud you may send ma n,r'ougg‘,: Lusles of thy best beaches you b peaches 1 the worket,” explilned frulterer. The season’s over”” **No peaches elther? saja the strauze customer, with a surprised lovk., “7Uue wholo country vutiog for hard, bonest money, und 1 can’t purchase a few strawberrics or pu 3. lu the Janguage of tal Shakspeare, whitber are we driftiugt’ Five mioutes later be had drifted ub to & wesbstali and was tryivg so e cown " 10 CceLts v @ csll's liver,