Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 29, 18T—SIXTEEN PAGES. : ~mn Englich bas lenrthened Anzlo-SaXon words and spoiled their phonetic orihography. If it {s true, therefore, that the present irregularities in epelling teach the history of Anglo-Saxon words, they teach an exceedingly unprofitable part of that history, and one that had best be forgotten. So far as etymology is concerned, thiey afe a hindrance rather than a help. With the reformation of the spelling of Anglo-Savon words nearly all the difficultics would disappear. ‘Those that remain would be disposed of by adding to the words of French and German origin the accents which belopged te them, and which Lave been. dropped silently in~ trans- Jation. ‘fhe English is the only important modern language which does uot use accents, Br foregoing them, it gives up virtually eight to ten additional letters which correspond sirietly with sounds now in current use, and which al- ways and everywhere stand for the same sound., It shodld be as casy for English printers to re- sume accents as for the printers of other lan- gruaees to keep them. : Enoush hes been written to show the. impor- tance and -reasonableness of spelling-reform. “The strongest opposition to it comes, after all, not from knowledge or rational conservatism, but from ignorance, prejudice, and the unwill- ingness of men to exchange what they know for what thev don't know. It1sthe duty of intel- ligent men everywhere to assist in the move- ment; 'aud a State o far fo advance in constitu- tional reform as 1llinois is should not lag be- hind in a great educational work. The reso- Iutfon of our Board of Education is timety. We bope it will receive the attention it deserves in the Legislatu g s ——— | 1t is alittle curious to observe bow tenacionsly a well-developed lie will hold on to life. Almost anything else can be killed. A munderer may be hanged.and a felon imprisoned; but once get o robust faleehood in circulation, and utterly vain seem all attempts to silence or stop it. For the last eight or ten years a historienl fraud has ‘been fioating about in the newspapers concern- ing COTTON MATHER, and, although often ex- posed, it reéfuses to “ down™ at anybody’s bil dieg, but is stili on its travels as vigorous and healthy a le as Jix ANDERSON would care to behold. The story fs, that in September, 1653, Corrox MATHER wrote the following letter To ye Aged and Beloved Jomy IjociNeo: ‘There be now ot rean fllgjz‘re (for vur friend E. HoLpenarr of London did advise, mo by the last pocket that it would sail some time fn August) called ye Welcome, 2. GrEENwas, Master, which hineaboard a bundred ormore of ye hereticsand me- lignants called Quakers, with W, Ps who is ye camp st ye head of them. Ye General Court has accordingir given eecret orders to Mastes MaLacir HUXETT, of ye brig Parpose, to waylaye ye said Welcome, a8 near ye coast of Codd as may be, and ke captives of vesald Pexx and his ungodly crew, 50 that ye Lord may be glorified and not suocked on ye soil of this new couniry with ye heathen worshipps of these people. Much spoil cun be wade by kclling the whole fot to Darbadocs, where slaves fefch puod prices in rumme and sugar; and we shall not only do_ye Lord great service by punishing ye wicked, but_shall make payne for nis minisiers and people. Yours, in ye botwels of Christ, Cotrox MATRER. ‘This base forgery has often been exposed, but the Chicago Zimes one day last week again re- prodaced it with some very characteristic edito- rial comments sbout ‘‘that gentle servant of the Lord, tie kind and tolerant CorroN MATH- ER, arood man and a holy,” ete., etc. In June, 1570, Mr. W. F. PooLe first called public atten- tion to this literary ana historical swindle in the Boston Truaseript, in which he said: * Tins tetter flrst appeared in the Easton (Pa.) Arqus April 28, 3670, and was copied into nearly cvery newspaperin the United States. originally with the following introductio JopriNy, the Librarian of the Massachusetts His- torical Society. in overhauling a chest of vld papers deposited in the archives of that body by the late TRoBERT GREENLEAF, of Malden, has recently made - curious discovery, which has especial interest for the people of Pennsylvanin. ~Among these apers was one of ancient date, which bore this inuorsement: *Ye Scheme to Bagge PENNE.' This curious titicattracted the attention of Mr. JODRINS, and he" examined the conteuts of the docament with more than common interest. It is in the familiarand quaint bandwriting of the Rev. CoTrox FaTuER, and s addressed to * Ye aged and beloved Mr. JouX Hrocinsox.” It bears date ‘September yei5, 1052.°" Thongh residing in Boston at the Tiwe, I tirst saw this letter in TAECiicA00 TRIBUNE of Miy'23, 1870, and, immediately detectini bea forgery, wrote to the Boston Zranscript of June 1, a6 follows: . ** Western rosders-can:hardlys be expected to know that Mr. JeDE1Ns and the late” Mr. GEEENLEAT are persons who have never been liez¥d of in these parts; that no such incident oc- carred at the Massachusetts Historical Society; 1nat tne Masenchusetts Colony did' not maintain & pavy; that CoTTox MATHER was only 19 years old in September, 1652, never persecuted the Quakers, and mever wrote and spell hke a blockhead. Its author is more likely to attain the honors of a Pepnsylvania or Delaware whipping-post than the guestionable motoriety of & CHATTERTON Of an Ipzranp.” It 1s, perhaps, sufficient to say that Mr. PooLE traced this hoax to one JaMEs F. SnuNE, the editorof aDemocratic paper called the Argus, who acknowledged its authorship and was prond of its success. The Z%mes has given it a Iresh start and a new lease of life. % ——————— A Roman Catholic priest, Father J. E. BECKET by name, has taken a step recently that will be very likely to place him outside of any heslthy Catholic organization. The reverend Father was in charge at Kilbourn City, Wis., and bas Jjust taken to himself a wife, in the person of a Jretty, vivacious young widow, a member of bis congregation. He bad no thought of love in the beginning, bot be bad not read the advice of the elder Weller, and so it is the old, old story: the woman enticed bim and he suc- cumbed. The pair sought a Justice of the Peace and were married, and took a train for a neigh- boring station. Here they registered as hus- band and wife, aod, the priest being recom- nized, quite a scandal was telegrapbed to the mnewspapers in regard tothem. After staying there a day or two, they took a night-traln for Chieago. The father of the widow, thinking that the priest had seduced his daughter, was on the point of following them. But before starting he inquired of the persons in town who are priileged to join man and woman together, und finally came upon the Justice. As a son-in- 1aw, he has no objection 1o the pricst, and con- sequently has pursued tbe matcer no further, justly supposing. that the widow-wife can man- 2ge her own connubial affairs, especially as she and her husband are comfortably off. It is said $2 be the first marriage of a Catholic priest in ‘Wisconsin; and what actlon, if any, witl be tak- en by the Church remafns to be seen. —— . Senator THCRMAN'S speclal political friends, representing the * property, intellizence, and respectability * ot Helena, Ark., asserted their right to “‘govern” at 2 late election for Mayor of that city. An independent Democrat under- g0k tostand as a candidate and the Democratic managers undertook to bulldoze him off the track, and the defeated candidate writes a letter 10 the Memphis 4va’anche detailing their mode of operation. The offender was a Southerner, a veteran of the Confederate army, and a brave, peaceful citizen. They tried to pick a quarrel Wwith him, but he went unarmed, refused to re- sent their insults, and persisted in - his candida- cf.. They put & coffin on his doorstep, but ne was impervious to the hint. They summoned Lim to withdriw bis name under dire penalties, ‘but he declined. Finally, on election-day, they seized bim, shut him up in close confinement, ‘ore up bis tickets, and’ drove his fricnds from the polling places. Of course, they carried the election, and Mr. THURMAN assures us that the “property, intelligence, and respéctability”’ al- ways will. If these insults had been offered to o Republican, or a negro. or a carpet-bageer, it would not have been surprising; but, a3 their ‘victim was a Southerner and a Democrat, it only shows how the discipline of that party is to be aintainea and that.section kept solid.” .+ ———— Jonx S.-Morro, President, and SaxvEL P. Tuss, ex-Treasurer, of the Philadelphia Street- Railway Company, have both been taken to the Xastern Fenitentiary to serve aterm of ten years for forgery., A letter to the:New Yori* ZImes details the method of their operations.. The case Involves about $2,000,000, sud is of #Teat interest. MORTON, in’ comnection with Huns and one Stokes, the Seeretary, maae an over-issue of stock of the Raflway Company smounting to about 1.100 shares. This was Tneea as collateral, and large loaus were obtained irom banks and private investors in the eitv. Tlie moncy was taken by Monrox for Lis own he was inter- whea Moz~ LWith the rest,, A ggloo but 170 deaths bere, all toid. since Aprl 1, and ing Railroad stock, about four -years azo. He bought un a declining marlket, his fnvestment requiring nearly 1,000,000 to keep it afloat. Ile set the bogus stock-machie at work, and in- velgled the Secretary and Treasurer into the scheme by the statemect thav the stock was needed to replace other stock. Af- terward, HUmN got his’ hand in aond over-issued obout $70,000 on his own account. From that time until tho conspirncy was dis- covered, these. men robbed the Company sys- tematically. Whenever they needed tnonsy for thelr private speculations the’ over-issuc mill would be put fnto operation, and the conspira- tors. would have plenty. Flually, one of the Diredtors of the Company came across 8 note of his corporation, held by a bank, on which the number of the stock was in the ten thousands. Knowing that the jaw authorized only 8,000 shares, be made known his discovery to Presi- dent MORTON, when ,the Iatter confessed his misdoiogs. MonrtoN’ wasa prominent Demo- cratic politician, and one of the most respectable citizens of Philadelphia. - STOKES is insane and in an asylum. ————— An old English poet, who wasa sort of Old Probabilities in his way, tells is the reason we are having such cold weather. He says: If that the Chrletmas-Day Fall upon a Wedduesday, That yeere shall be hlr({:mfl strong, And many huge wyndes amon: The somér geod and mury ¢hall be, d that veer ehall be plentce; Yongze folkes shall die alsoo; Shippes in the vea, tempest and woo! What chylde that day is borne 1s his Fortune 10 bé douhty aud wise, Discrete alfo aud eleyh of deeds. ‘The fact that the present winter up to the week before Christmas was noted for its mild- ness, Is quite at variance with this weather- scer’s prophecy; but it is possible that on the home-streteh old Winter may give us all thezero we want. . ———— The Wisconsin State University at Madison is s00n.to be in possession of one of the best tele- scopesin the world. Messrs. CLARK & Sons, at Cambridgeport, have just completed an in- strument thut is said to . be superior to the {amous telescope wow in use at ite Cambridze Observatory, at a contract price of SI3,400. Mr. CLARK says that this is onc of the best teie- scopes he has ever made: The people of Wis- consin will not soon forget the generous donor, Ex-Gov. C. U. Wasapory, who has also at his own cost and expense pald for the erection of all necessary buildings for the purposes of an ohs:rvapry. Such a magzaificent gift is the fit- ting crown of the Governor’s ten years of un- ‘blemished service in Congress and one term as the Chief Exceutive Officer of his adopted State. —————— At the resumption hmeeting next Tuesday night it would not be a bad {dea to invite some of the prominent Greenback lunatics to come forward and corfess their sins, It wouldu't take them long co tell how precious little they know about the currency question, and how foolish and vain had been all their attempts to throw cold water upon he efforts of the Repub- lican Admimstration to resume specie pay- mepts. Mr. “Brick” PoMERror should be especially icvited to come forward to the anxious-seat and confess his shortcomings. e———— The fact that DURKEE, WALKER, DOOLITTLE, CArPENTER, and Howe, who have occupied seats in the United'States Benate, were,ail resi- dents of the lake-shore towns of Wisconsin, is quoted ‘ss favormble to the choice of Col. KEYES, who is a resident of the interior portion of the State. The Senators named have oceu- pied seats in the Scnate during an aggregate of forty years. As a sign of returcing prosperity, it may be stated that business in Chicazo during tho holi- day season has vastly incressed over that of last year. People indujged in making presents to a greater extent than for some vears before, and the articles purchased were of a superior grade. The King of Denmark must take his turn per has U rested for threatening to 3 the head that wearsa crown now in the Old Country. Perhaps that is the reason that the one in Bulgaria goes beeing. One week from to-day, when the plate is passed in church, you will drop in a gold plece, the country baving resuwmed specie-payments. This is on the theory, of course, that you are present when the usher goes his round. ———— The bar-room bell-punch that was to yleld $600,000 in Virginia this year has only brought $83,000. It is not regarded as good as & license system. " Its noise bas a reformatory tendency, and people don’t drink as mueh. ————— Bra1rE has 300 letters from Southern Repub- licans piving chapter and verse as to bulldozing and intimidation. BLAINE made o bad raistake in opeminz up that question at this time—for the Democratic party. e — ‘VooRrmnEEs says thatif resumption is a success he shall not raise a hand against it. Dax will probably accept his next installment of pagasa member of Congress in the old BENTON mint- drops without a growl. e e=The Washington Republicar again alleges that Mr. FARNSWORTH, formerly a member of Con- ress from this State, has been engaged to de- fend Mr. W. A. PoTTer, the ex-Supervising Architect. —— And now they are after FRANCIS JoSEPH too. Those Socialists are bound to make it hot for all the Sovercigns of Europe. Happy is the man who is bald and a private citizen. ————— The South will ask tae General Govérnment for about $5,000,000 to build a bridee across the Mississtpp! at Memphis. The bridee would be 3 good thinz—for the contractors. —_———— Wape IaxrrON’s refractory mule would scll well in some of those States where a United States Senator isto be elected. That was Haxrron’s “dark horse.” ———— Bararp Tavrow’s fricuds say that he died because his doctors did not know what ailed him. We wonder if it would have made any difference if they bad known. ————————— In refusing to run for Governor of Ohio, GARFIELD {5 imitating THURMAN, 2ud perhaps for the same reason—both looking towards the White House. ———— HavEs is in favor of GARFIELD for Goverhor of Chio. GARFIELD isn’t a GARFISLD man, but is solid for CHARLIE FOSTER. The play of *Hamlet” with the part of Hamlet omitted: the BLaoINE Committee with 10 BLAINE. —eet— A Republican paper thinks that the party is as strong to-day as when GRANT was first clectea. ——— CONKLING'S home organ says authoritatively that be won’s be acandidate in 1830, That's honest, —_—— ICE-GORGE. st. Lotis, Mo., Dee. 25.—Two or three ferry- boats were refcased from their positions in the ice to-day, and in contection with the transfer boat Bogy and three or four small tugs have been breaking all the afternbon. A goodly part of the harbor below the bridge fs nuw clear of fee, and there fs a channel through the zorze to open water below Carondelet. .The ferry- boats resumed’ their. tiips this afternoon, and, il continue,,as the ferrv company has deciared its intention to kecp the barbor open iill the general break-up comes. i ol T, A GROSS EXAGGERATION. Speelel Dispatch 10 The Tribune Cepar “Ripmps, I3, Dec. 95.—The report tylegravhied from DLes Moines to the Cnicago Journal copeerning the ravages of diphtheriz here Is a gross exagweration. Trere have beeu ! 1rom diphtkeria. - WASHINGTON. Funds Provided for the Work of the Teller Com= mittee. Twenty Thousand Dollars Will Now Be Flaced at Its Disposal. * Seare,témy Sherman Not Alarmed ab the Bellowing of the Bulls, He Dares -Them to Attempt Interference with Re- sumption. - The Esteem in Which _Senatoj' Oglesby Is Held in the Senate. A Flattering Tribute from One of His Congressidnal Colleagues. TELLER’S COMMITTEE. MAKING UP A CASE. Special Dispaich to The Tribine. Wasnixerox, D. C., Dee. 25.—If the feports are trustworiby, Scnaters ‘who very often de- nounce the press will rely very extensively upon the newspapers to sustain the charges which have been made in connection with intimidation - North sud South. Senator Thurman, not to be outdone by Semator Blaitie, also intends to have resort to the newspapers, and will submit files of the Boston Globe, Ben Butler’s ‘campaign orgiu, iu support of allezations of bulldozivg in Mussa- chusetts. & Scuators Edmunds and Teller were ico confident last night that the 20,000 supposed to be available for the Blaine Com- mittee would still be at the disposition of the Committes notwithstanding the adverse report of the First Comptroiler. ‘The latter oflicer to- day, hoivever, declined to reconsider Lis furmer decision, and insists that the Attorney-General shall give his v upon the subject. Comp- troller Porter to-day wrote & letter to Senator ‘Teller declaring that, in his judzment, the funds were appropriated for auother purpose. The Artorney-General s to be called ugon for_an opinfon. 1t is very evidens that Senator Ed- 1nunds is in error in this matter. Of course he meant to draw his original amendment 5o that the moucy could be appropriated for just such an investifmtion as this, and he did so draw it, but the Senate did not vote on such an amend- ment, and Scnator Edmunds, who_is usually so ;cr); ;;_nm!ul in such matters, is evidently at fault n this. : NO DRCISION. g To the Western dssociated Press. Wasmxeros, D. C., Dee. 28.—The Teller Committee met this afternoon in anticipation ) of a favorable decision of Acting Attorney-Gen- eral Phillios recarding the Senate appropriation, but the decision not being received the Com- mittee adjourned to Monday pext. The Chair- man informed the Committec.that ‘he has not et received from Scnator Thurmen sn aoswer to the call for specifications, and presented the reply of Senator Blatne to the same call. LATER—Acting Attorney-General Phillips has sent his opinion to_the Seeretary of the Treas- ury. He holds that the Committec has the right to usc the $20,000 ‘appropristed lor the fuvestizations by the Scoate. ? SENATOR OGLESBY. THE ESTEEM 1§ WHICH HE IS-LUELD IN TIE SEN- ATE—A TRIBUTE FROM ONE OF HIS CONGRES- SIONAL COLLEAGUES. . ¥rom Our Own Correspondent. 4 Wasniseroy, D. C., Dec. 26.—The Illinois Senatorial contest attracts much attention in ‘Weshington. A friend of Senator Oglesby, fu referring to his departure from Washington, turnishes the tribute which follows as to Gen. Oglesby’s career here, and the esteem in which he is held by his Congressional associates, of whom the writer of the litule sketch that fol- lows is one: “As the time approaches for choosing a United Stawes Senator from the State of linois, the interest in the result of the elec- tion incresses amongst Republicans of the Eastern States, and esoccially in Washing- ton. The rapid approach of the next Presi- dential election, and the vital consequences at stake in that contest to the country, make Republicans anxious that no.mistakes should e ma )y the party anywhere. Iilinois is the fourth State in the Union, and has ninetcen members of Congress and twenty-one votes in the Electorai College, which facts. give her substantiai_streugth in all national political contests. The lact that ehe furnishea her Lin- coln aud Graut, whose services were vital to the Republic at a time when weakuess, -or a want of capacity, or lack of patriotism would have been disastrous, if not utterly destructive, give her. reputation and prominence througfiout the conniry, so that any action of Illlinois, national in ¥ ‘effects, probably attracts more attention and solicitude than that of any otber State. “There can beno disguising the fact, espe- cially so far as Kepublican ‘United States Sena- tors are concerned, tbat Gov. Oglesby is their decided choice. His hold upon the good opinion of his brother-Senators is sowcthing remarka- ble, and perhaps unusual. All seem to enter- tain the hightest respeet for him; and the pos- sibility of bis defeat secms to them so unde- served that it elicits expressions of surprise and regret. o It is perhaps not sufficiently. koown 1o Ii- Tinois that, white Goy. first expericoce, put himselt torward in debate, or sought to assume the part of a leader on the floor of the Senate (modestly yielding in’ this respect to the ambition of otliers), no Senator stands higher in the healthy and'pure influence of his stainless pablic life; and the opinions of none in matters of honest lesislation and political mapagement reach farther, or are more geuerally sought. Uniformly, when be speaks, be obtaius the respectful attention of the Senate; for he always addresses_that body with force, clearness, and felicity. No citizen of his State has ever been wortified by his manncr or the character of his remarks. “Free from osteptation and assumption, Gov. Oglesby has made an impression, in_the one term hie has beea the Senate, most creditable to himsetf and bonorable to the State. It is un- goubtediy the general opinion here that to re- tire him now would be a grave mistake, and one: that would lessen the influence of the State in natioual Jegislation, and fits prover political influence in tife coming contest of 1830. L NOTES AND NEWS. THE OHI0 GOVERNORSIIL. \Spectal Dis 10 The Trivunc. Wasmmxeron, D. C., Dee. 28.—It is stated with much confidence in” some circles that Sec- retary Sherman desires to be the Republican caundidate of Ohio, and that soon.after resump- tion shall have been recognized as an established fact he desires to surrender the Treasury port- folio and enter actively upon -the camipalzu. The objective point which Sherman, under these circumstances, could have in view would be, first the Governorship, sccond the: Senatorship, and third the Presidency. It bas been 2 matter of political gossipa long time bere thar Sher- man is the dark horse {o the Presidential race. THE ARMY REGISTER: Congress at the last sessfon required that, in the publication of the annual-Army Rewister for 1879, t! should be apoended to the name .of each army ofticer a sketeh of his previous gervice. ‘The publication of the Register on ! tiis account will be delayed' untit-May. It has been found that nearly two-thirds of the officers now in the army have performed service as en- listed men. SURVEY! The Sub-Commitiee of the Avpropriations Committee baving charge of sirvevs is said to have aerecd to tavorably repor: to the whole Comnmittee a bill which proposes to transfer the Coass survey to the Interior Departmeit, to create o geolowical survey, To sirip the Commis- sloner of the General Land-Office of many of his present functions; to abolish the Havdei, . Powell, and Wheeler surveys, and generally to reorzanize the survey system: Tne planis to attacn tbis proposition: to the -Lezislstve Ad- propriation bill, whien il be the first 1o be re- porred after, recess. This is, of. comrse; new ment, and therefore be admitted. I61s ciaimed that the change will save $150,000 annually. 'DEFIES THE BULLS. The attention of Secrctary Sherman having been called to-day to rumors of attempts on the part of different banks to bull gold after Jan. 1, Mr. Sherman again said that be did not see bow it would be possible for any combination to e formed for accomplishing any such:purpose. THE KANSAS PACIFIC CASES, To the Western Assoclated Press. WASmINGTON, D. C., Dee. 25.—The hearing in the Kansas Pacjfic Railway cases was continued to-day. The first question considered was the traflic contract, or running arrauzement he- tween the Kansas Pacific Railway and the Col- orado Central on the one side, and the Kansas Paciffc Railway and {ts Receivers on the other. This is the_pooling contract eutered into last summer, and which places the Kansas Pacitic Road_under the management of the Union Pa- citle Company. The Court ordered the parties to take -furtber testimony before the 1st of February, that the matter be fully set forth and disposed of at the March terms of the Uniteu States Cirenit. Court in Kansas. Counsel for B. W. Lewls, trustee in the in- come morteage, maved to dissolve the injunc- tion_restraining the prosecution of the suit institutea by Lewis against the Kansas Pacitic Railway Company in the State Court of Kansas to foreclose that morteage. At the con- clusion of his argument, the Court declined to Liear counsel on the othier side, and refused to dissolve the fujunction. . g “The Court reserved its decision on the peti- tion of Heury G. Holmes to be admitteasde- fendant in the suit of Lewds. and Burobam against the Kunsas Pacific Ruilway to foreclose the funding morteage. i WILL BE CUT DOWN. About' 140 railway post-ofiice clerks, route- agents, and local agents will be discharsed, and the pay of thase remaining be reduced to bring the expenditures within the appropriatiou. e t——— " SUICIDAL. The Rev. James A. Dixon, of New Albany Noterlety, In a Fit of Insanity, Swallows i Large Dose of Strychnine. &necial Dispateh o The Tribune. Mesems, Temn., Dec. 98.—The Rev. James A. Dixon, the party whose name bas been very uopleasantly associated with a socicty scandal at New Albany, Ind., the pust sereral weeks, attempted suicide at his rooms in the Peabody Hotel about 1 o’clock this morning, by taking u stunning dosc of strychnine. The fact was dis- covered by one of the bell-boys about 4 o'clock, three hours afterward, when Mr. Galloway, the proprictor, was cailed, who immediately sum- moved a couple of physicians. They pro- nouaced it a_case of poison, and treated it ge- cordingly, with little hopes of aaving the vietim, A number of letters were foupd on the tablc of the room oceupied by Mr. Dixon, and the indi- cations are that he had made careful prepss tions to commit suicide. One of the letters, written in peucil, on paper used by newspaper reporters for soit and quick work, is as follows: Mgexpms, Dec. 27, 1876.—70o the people of Alemphis : 1 came, 10 your city near two weeks ago, and came as an erring and foolish, 1 may add, sinning citizen of the United States: but 1 was not deemed by the people 1 left, and who knew me ‘best, an odject of scorn and indignation. I as, up to that tume, Dec. 18, at least guilty of no more than indiscretion. huve not been charged with more. Some demoralized pavers, such as the New York Police Gazette, bave gotten up o sensational report of letters pnssing Between myself and a - certain young lady In thut aty (New Albany), all of which are misrepresent- atton and lies. I have never by the young lady or her friends been charged with immorality, 1. e.. criminal intercourse with the young woman. All 1 bave ever been charged with was imprudence, and that has not been tried. -and there- fore mot proven. 1 bad _ resigned my charge " as n pastor last September, and decided to settle in .Memphis as a physician, my old practice. I lived tn the Sonth many years, and wae born and educated in Englind, and if I am juclined to love the lanies, a wrong which I never wos charged with before, the place of my birth and where I spent my happlest life muy have something to do with it. I suy this _sincerely, _becamse 1 am mow in the South. Iam surpriced at the excitement I lesrn of in this city. 1 know it to be unthinking and unjust, aud the eitizens will afterward regret it, i. c., when they have found out that it was un- justand purely the work of sensutional Northern Dapers, who love to feed the nnhappy taste we have, alas, cultivated so lareely in the United States for scandal, Please wait and do me the jus- tice of o fair hearing, JaxEs A. DixoN. Among the other letters was oce addressed to the Mavor of New Albany, fo_which he ad- dresses him as ** My dear friend,” stating that there is much excitement {n this city over what is called the Dison scandal. ‘The news scems to e late gettiug here. Long has the whole thing been known in Ingiana., In this letter be refers.to bla wife, asking;that she be in- formed of the facis. He also states that Mrs. Dixon was to have started for ‘Memphis yester- Oglesby has not, in bis day (Friday), but the condition of atlairs herc caused her to change her jutention. - He adds: Iam a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, as you all know in Indfana, and have always been so re- garded for twenly years. 1am perfectly astound- ed at what 1 have neard with my own cars here in Memphis. You saw me before I started, and bade me **God speed.” I have done no offense to the Jaws, and yet { am hounded among strangers. and that in the South § have loved s0 well. Sce my dear wife, and tell her this in gddition to what £ nave written her in thelast day ortwo. Yours traly, JayEs A, Dixos. Another letter was addressed by “Fioyd Turley, Esq,” whose name he calls frequently in his delirtum. In this Jotter letter he recites that e is surprised to find himscif an object of suspicion in Memphis, s if he had been euilty of some crime. He overheard remarks hinting at these suspiclons while awaiting the arrival of his wife and family. Healso refers to aso-called scandal between himself and Miss K., und asks to have the Mayor and other friends notified that ne will call for statements regardingthe matter, so that he may be exonerated. Hesays Le came here to carn his living in a: Jawful call- ing, and does not understand why he sbould suifer so much indiznity 2s he has been called upon to suffer. - Mr. Dixou came to Memphis and took rooms at the Peabody Hotel about a couple of weeks azo. He lefta few days after, but soon re- turned. By his strange manner in frequently ascending and decending the clevator, taking a seat by the bell-boys 1n the hall, and other ce- centrlcities, he awakened suspicion in the minds of the hotel attaches, but, being not in ‘the Ieast troublesome, it was agreed by all to allow him to do as he pleased; but at tlic same time a close watch was kept on his movements, re- sulting in the discovery of his attempt to com- mit suicide soon after the deed was done. In his delirium he calls the names of persons supposed to b his friends in New Albauy, say- ing that they are in the room witls him, or have visited him. Every attention is being given theunfortunate man by the physicians aud the attaches of the hotel, but at this writing (9 p. m.) no hopes are cntertained of his recovery. ——— THE RUSSIAN CRUISERS, Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune. POILADELPIIA, Pn., Dee. 28.—The Russian ship Africa, with 1,000 tons of coal, 200 Evans rifies, several hundred boXes of cartridges, three Gatling runs, and provisions enough to last a month, win safl from Philadelphia for the Old World in the latter part of this week. She now les at the Willow sireet wharf.where she was taken to on account of the scarcity ot room at Cramp's ship-yard, which prevented ler being placed in the dock sccure from floating 1ce. Her cargo, as recards guns aud amnu- nition, 1s the same as that of the Eu- rope and Asia. Like them, she will clear for Sitka, Alaska, but will in reality go to Co~ Ypenhagen, where, with the otber two vessels, sne will receive her armament. Each vesscl will .receive three elght-inch gruns and four broadsid These guns will be sent to Copen- 1 _ronstadt. ‘The fourth Russian is not yet fnished. e THE COMMERCIAL ASEE{SY, TAPPAN, H'KILLOP Alibéra? reward will be patd by this agency for the names of the canvassers of rival ngencics who are revresenting that our Western ook of Ratings will not be §ssuea in January, 1879, . " Ilonorable competition is comméndable; but when an agency, to gain advantages, resorts to means thut wonld disgrace a Modoc Indian, it for- feits ull rigits to civilized castons, und deserves scalping. -+ . g Our full Western Took of Ratings will be fexucd to patcons in January as promised. 1ts contents are from original records, received direcily from wur own correspondents and branch oflices in every Western and Soutliern State and Territory in the Union. The Title, Ratings, and Key are entirely original, and the whole book, now running rapidly through the presy, will be euperiog to any work of te kind yet published. Many orders for this book have slready been received from Eastern cities, and it is_expected that the public-spirited bnsiness men of the West will liberally sustain 2 worsof this character, which is the Grst of its niagnitude ever printed In Chicago. $ .- Taveas, McKiror & Co. . 3 FOR MEW-YEAR CALLERS. Owing to the quantlty of adulierated liguors in the market, and the dillcuity of secaring auything that is absolutely pure, many of our leading'so- cicts people have decided this year to present their | callers only with tne mative wines and brandies lemislation, bur tne supporters of the meusure b wid cotne wifl e of rel ch- " Madison ifest. of the Steaben County Wihe, Company. No. 170 S ioes’ and braadies are indorsed by connolssenrs and recommended by the entire médieal profession. FORTY THOUSAND: PIANO-FORTES. On Saturday, Dec. 14, there came from Steln- Wway’s factory to their ware-rooms an justroment stamped **No. 40,000 "—one of those smail won- ders, a patlor grand only six feet long. This new style, latcly introduced, has created a genuine sen- sation in musical circles at home and abroad, and the demnnd is £0 large that the Steinways cannot promptly supply enoush of them, These remacka- ble nstruments afe rully twelve inches shorter than an ordinary square piano, but nevertheless the volume of tone 18 traly surprising; it is round, full, and clear, and posseases that poetic, Eympa- thetic, and singing quality which always character- iz the Steinway piano. In order to show tho steady progress and increase of Messrs, Stelnway & Song’ business, it may be of interest to state that at the London Waorld's Fair, in.1802, they exhib- fted piano No. 4,600; at Paris, in 1807, No. 12.500: and at the Centennial ' Exhibition, Phila- delpliia, in 1876, they exhibited No. 3¢,300. Since the Centennlal the Steinways have manufactured 5,700 pianos; since the Paris Exhibition of 1867 they bave finished 27,500 pianos, and since the London Exhibition, 35,400. These fizures are significint when it i3 considered _that Steinway & Sons are the only manufucturers who make every vart and particle used m the constructisu ofa plano, from the iron plate of a grand piano to the smallest hitcn-pin for the strings, instneir own factory, which is now conceded to be not anly the most perfectly arranged, but by far the most cx- tensive, cstabhehment of its kind in exlstenze, supplying theee standard planos to all parts of the civilized world. —N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. . s K3 5 A NEW HEATER. Armonr's new heater attachment for the Adams & Westlake wire-zauze non-explosive Oil Stove zives fully 30 per cent more. heat than any other made. Tt is Just the thing for heating vedrooms, dining- rooms, conservatories, Cashiers' offices, fruit- houses, cellars, rooms where heat from the register is insufiicient, und n thousand and one dilterent places, In many of which other stoves .cannot be’ used. No emoke. No stovenipe. In operation atthe A. & W. Mufg. Co.’s Stove Ofiice, 100 Lake street. THE NEW SILENT FEED. a8 introduced 1n the new No. 8. Wheeler & Wilson machine, Is found oxLY in this lock-stitch machine, and is but ono of many improvemexts over all ottiers, J. L. Fiannery, City Manager, ofice and salesroom No. 133 State strect. Love rules the court, tse camp, the grove. But this we tud wheze'er we rove, “T'hat Sozodont uieuc suplics "The dazzling teeth and ruby dyes, “I'hat lend o maiden haif the charmns "That win her to Ler lover's arms. T BUSINESS NOTICES, Kimball’s new asthmatie cigarettes never fail in giving instant relief. Sold by dra: CUTICURA,CUTICURIA RESOLVEN' (dticura Humor of the Face and Head Cored. A Terrible Casec. MEasns. WEERS & PoTTER— Gentlemen : To say that T am gratefnl. is only a pour expression of my feclings, but it is the best word 1can use, for{ feel it in every sense of the word. 1 have beena preat sutlerer with skin disenses for the last twelve 112) years. My heaa and face being covered with sores, 1 could not rest with the burning heat and 1tching of the purtsaffected, and was confined tomy house for weeks at a time. My disease has been cailed Eczemn, of a most aggravated type. by many ohysicians, but I dount if ever fully understood by any of them, It was more likea combination of several skin homors. 1 have spent much money recking a cure, and in 1867 I went to Europe, and consulted some of the best physicians in London. Ireceived temporary relicf only. for in the spring it ‘would break out azain asbad asever. When I came back to Boston, I was told by many frisnds that Dr. (whose reputation for_the cure of those diseases was of the highest order) could cure me.. 1 waited on the Doctor; he .prescribed forme, 1 followed his advice for six months, and I can safely £ay, Without 227 improvement. I Lried other phy- sicians, and among them Dr, —, of East Boston, and Dr. —, of city proper, but all to no purposc. They did me no gooa; their remedtes were so inef- fectual that at no time did I feel that a cure wonld result from them. 1 have swallowed five hundred arsenic pills. 5-20 graln, and taken bottle after boitle of internal rem- edi2s, besides all the external apolications T have used, but the effect was the same. I became eatis- fied that I could not be cured, but might be Ecpt from getting worse. Now, avout three months ago, Mr. Meehan, & gentleman well known to Boston people, called my #ttention to your CUTICURA, and promised wonder- fai results if I would only make a trial. He told me of his own experience with it, and so persever- ed on me that I went with him to a drug store and bought two large boxes of CoTicrna, and some Soap, and commenced to nse it according to the di- rections. There was o much humor lodged with- in the skin, that a8 soon 2s I commenced the nse of CUTICURA it came to the eurface and fesiered, until vast quantitics had come ont and greatly in- tensified my sufferings for about two weeke. But 1 did not mind this, as I felt that I was going to zet rid of the humor whaai I saw it coming to the sur- face in such larce quanti After the first two or three weeks' use of this remedy, I was greatly -encouraged by a gradual lessening of the inflam- mation of a number of painful sores. 1 carefully, Imtbfully, and cheerfnlly followed the dire tions to the letter, feeling each week nearer 'a cure, until at the present moment, after three months' uge of Curicrns, ard twelve years of as conatant suffering as was-ever endured, I.can say that 1 am cured, and pronounce my case the most remarkable on record. T have been 50 elsted with my success that 1 have stopped men on the strect who were afflicted. and told them to get the CUTICURA and it wonld cure them. Thisie why T am so grateful to you, for I helieve it to L the beet and ereatest discovery of the age. aud that it will cure all who are sufiéring with_these diseases. may add that I took no internal medicine bat the CoTICURS RESOLVENT. WILLIAM TAYLOR. 1878. Endorsed By Prominent Citizens af Boston. We know Mr. Willism Taylor to be a well-known citizen of Boston. 1is long service in the Legisla- ture of Massachusetts and the Common Council of his wide business exoericace i this ven him a larpe circle of [riends and acquaintances who would cheerfully join us iu en- dorsing his trustworthiness if they were invited to do go. CHAS. 1i. TAYLOR, anager Bostan Globe. : T. 3. DACEY, Asst. Attorney Sutfolk Co. Affidavit and Statement of Charles Reynolds. . s REvSOLDS nEss1NT Rooxs, iEEN-ST., BOSTON. 1 hereby certify that T have heen a hair-dresser for_twenty-six vears: am known to RBos- toniuns: that during this time [ havo had among wy customers many afllicted with variouy forms of ekin and scalp discases, but_never have sel severe o chec as that of Willlam Tay or, hereto annexed. The humor covered every part of his- face, ears, and scalp. 1 furtner certify that T have shaved the raid Taxlor, whenever it has been: pos- sible 10 do so. for the last five yours, und during this time there was no sbatement in the severity of the cisease. or approach to & care,—althouzh, 1o my knowledee, constantly under medical treat- ‘ment,—until he bezan the nse of the Cuticora and Coticura Resolvent, which have effected, in the short space of threc months, a perfect care. - CHARLES REYNO! Bostox, Aug. 22, SUFroLE, ss. Ave. 27,1 “Then personally appearcd the said Charies ey~ nolds, and made oath that tae: foregoing state- ment, by him subscribed, is trac. Before me, cHAS. §. LINCOLY, Justice of the Peace. The Cuticura System Of Resolving and Eliminating all Constitutional Ifumors und Purifying the Circulation of Scrofalu. Scrofulous, Cancerons, and Conker Humors, aud of Treating all Affections and Diseases of the Skin and Scalp, with Loss of Hair, consists in the infer- nal ndministration of the COTICTUIA RESOLVENT, 3 Powerlnl Purifying Agent, and the erfernat use of (ericuna, The Great Skin Care, assisted by the Curicuna Soar. These greal rémedies. etrictly original in their composition and revolutionary in their methods of treating the diseases and ntfec- tions under consideration, appeal to the sick and fuffering with a forco nover before eserted by anv. ‘medical preparations in the history of the curative art. Prepared by Wecks & Potter, Chemista and Driggiste, 360 Washiugton etreet, Boston, Mass., ‘and Tor salc by ali Druggists and Dealers. 'Price of ‘CoTicura. small boxes, 50 cents; large boxcs. con- {aining_two_and one-balf times the quantity of $1 per bottle. CUTICURA ‘ceuts per cake; by mail, 30 cents; three 75 centa. & 1TONAL. EDUO LAKE FOREST ACADEMY, Winrer term begins Jan. 13: closes Jane 25. Ne puiwls recelved. Fur Catalaue aduress the Princtpal, A K. SABLN, Lake Forest, 1l . GROCERIES. HEADS OF PAMILIES HOUSEKEEPERS, . HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, ETC., Why not commence the New Year with a determination of retrenchment in your family expenses? Close your pass-books and purchase for cash. WE WiLL SELL YOU GROCERIES In Original and Broken Packages CHEAP- ER {hun any Jobbing House in the North- west, Choice to Extra Fine Teas, 30 to 50c per 1b. Choice to Extra Fine Rio Cof- fee, 15 to 20c per 1b. COFFEES ROASTED FRESH EVERY DAY, DRIED FRUITS. New Tarkey Prunes. per Ib. ic New Valencia Raisins, per Ih 7c New Patras Currants, per 1b 5¢ New Leghorn Citron, per 1b.. 20c New Mixed Nuts. per 1lc New Michizan Sliced Apples. per . dle New Michigan Dried Peaches. per 1b... dic CANNED GOODS. 1b Cans Sugar Corn. per doz 1b Cans Tomatoes, per doz.. ‘ SUGARS. Estra Standard Granulated Jc Estra Standard = 8ic New Orleans Clarified Yellow.. . Golden Drips Syrup, in 5-gal kegs..._..$ 2.20 FLOUR. Archibald's Extra Patent Flonr, perbrl... Plant’s Extra White Winter Flonr, per brl Choice Spring and White Winter Floar, ) BARREL WARRANTED. New York and Western Factory Cheese, perlb....... e Choice Dairy Butter. per Ib.. Sugrar-Cured Hams. per Ib 20-1b Pails Leaf Lard, each -$ Proctor & Gamble's Mottled German Soap, _per box of 60 Ihs..... = 3.30 Kirk's Own Mottled German Soap, per box of 60 ILs.......... ces-oee 315 M%Iérm:s Plain German Soap. per bex of i S saas (oS dasiare OV McBride’s German Erasive, Soap, per box Of GO IS .oooeoo. e McBride’s King Bee Soap, per box of 100 12-0z bars i . 3.50 Excelsior Stareh, per box of 6 Ibs. 40¢ And every otker article in our stock at EQUALLY LOW PRICES, One Trial Will Convince You. C.H. SLACK’S GROCERY HOUSE, 109 EAST MADISON-ST. BRANCHL, 210 and 212 North Clark-st., (CORNER SUPERIOR). b {¥~SEE PRICE LISTS. &1 MTSIC BOXES, Etc. A Good Stock aud Variety of USIG TO BE CLOSED OUT AT BOTTOM WilOLESALE PRICES. A FRESH INVOICE OF THE ORGUINETTE Eecetved. The large number of these charming in- '6C1t8_zave more pres- attractive aod lo- struments Sold for Christ ent satisfaction, and wiit terestin ‘onger, than any other wift, the Holidays only, for. 88 sings tac poet, Tiay come and Christmas way £o, but the plays on forever.” J. HOWARD FOOTE, STATE-ST. FURS, WORTH OF $35.000 LADIES' FORS, AT A SACH W have a Splendid Stock—finest auallty—newesstyl We want (b ael] every doliar's worth before taking ac- count of stock. that purpose have TO A PUINT, REACHED. AND BOA. ‘815, €3 to S13. $2 10 Sia. TS, $3. $IX ANDMINE, s:0and525. Gonds sent C. O. 1. by express with privilege of ex- amination on Dayment of exXaress cliarges. . 203 AND 267 ST, T, MAMMOTH ESTABLISTMENT FOi SPECIAL BARGAINS. ND'S KUMYSS AR OR MILEK WINE. A heveraze or food for everybody. sick or well, Fa- mo fattening and restorative power, casily di- Iy nourishinz. and grateful to a deilcate or mach. Nothibg else makes fiesh aad blood and streamih 075t [toften resiores health where medicines fatl. ally benedicial [z Dyspensia, Gen- cral Debility. and s:1 Wastlng Diseases. Send for circu- lara. Noagents. Unty depot 179 Fast Madison-st. Be- were of [mitations. A D, Chiemitst. Urfzinato and HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES, Catarrh Afections. DR.PE1! tion to these diseases. Otlice hours, 1u to 3. Their Chicago Pharmacy {s at 35 CLARIK-ST. AND LUNG DISEAS UA 91 Washinuton-et 16 ihe omly iomeopathic Physician 1n Chi- cago devoting exclusive atien- DR, J. WIIBY R teets Prsiin, Lo of: BV 22l b 125 State-st., 1s mikinz some of the most wonderful cures on rec- ord. _Coinpetrnt lady assis.ants in attendanze, DARDRIDGES PRIGES! 200 pes. All-Wool Blk, Cashmere: at 45, 50, and 80c. = 200 pes. Lubin’s Extra Heavy All- ‘Wool Cashmeres, 40 inches wide, the best make in the msrket, at 65, 75, 85¢, and $1. These are fully 10 per cent below the prices asked elsewhere. Blk. Silks. Special Bargains in Bollon’s Satin Finish Gros Grains at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, and $2. 25 pes. Bellon’s Superior Finish Gros Grains at $2.25, $2.50, and $2.75, former price $3.50, $2.75, and $3. 200 pes. Improved American Silks at $1, $1.15, $1,25, and $1.50, war- ranted to wear. Col’d—fiilks. 100 pes. Improved Amorican Silks, 22 inches wide, 30 different shades to select irom, warranted to wear, and fully equal in appearance to the finest grade of Lyouns Silks, price $1.25. Velvets to match at lowest prices. PARDRIDGES MAIN STORE, ‘ 114 & 116 STATE-ST. FUKRS. WHEH RETATIL FURS Cheaper tham Wholesale Houses Sell to the Trade. Senl Bacques from $100 and upwards. Mink Socques, 40 inches long, $125 and upwards. TSovs, and Misses’, and Girls’ Seal Caps, $2.50 and upwards. No. 1 Mink Sets, Muff and Long Bos, $8 and upwards. And all other goods in proportion, ‘We have marked down our No. 1 Silk Fur-Lined Garments from $80 to $60, and from $T75 to ¥50. 2 ‘I'he 400 fins Velvet Seal have arrived, ond we have also just received 700 fine Halitax Mink of this year’s catch. Nolady wanting s Seal or Mink Garment should %lil to call on us and exzmine thess fins ‘urs. If you wish to see tho finest Black Sillk Fox liviug, by caling on us we will show him to you with pleasure. His value is ERBY & PERIOLAT 141 STATE-ST. WYOMOKE! A BLOOD, BRAIN, AND NERVE FOOD! The most powerful vitallzicg nerve tonic and iovl orator known: 3 sovareiym cure {n all pervons discases heart disease, exhansted vitallty, droxen-down coust! tutlone, dyspepsia, weakness of 'tho kiuneys, bladder, utinary organs, arresting semiaal and prostatic affec- tions. “restoring nervous and debilitatled svsiems 1o Bealth and vizor. Price, $1.50 and S Soid 55 arst- class druggists. FHE VAN SCHAACK, STEVENSOY & CO. : General Agents, Chicago, ASTHMATIC CIGARETTES! | An Instant RELIEF for ASTILMA. A combinatio o¢ the latest and best known remedies —especially for Asthma. SRS BOR DY NaIL, 25 cEXTS. M. ¥, KIMBALL'ECO., Hochester, N. ¥. MEDICAL EDUCATION. THE ECLECTC l{}ll]lfLLl IllldiTITfll'E, CIHCI¥NATI, 0y Holdsn A SPRING SESSION, Commenclug Feb. 10. Tn every reapect it Is the equ-l of the Winter Scxston, aad exsmigacluas for graduation are neman its_ i For anuduncement, addreds 1 JHN M. SCUDDER 3. U.. Cincinnatl, 0. FINANCIAL. ESTABLISHED 1860. RANDAL 1. FOOTE, BABKER, 70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, _ Having been for twelya yeard a member of New York ‘Exchange and Vice-President of Goid Roard. tha nds: alsn. Stock contracts, suc **puts,"and ** calls " on larze or small amounts, bought and sold on resnlar_commisions and moderas: ma rgios. Pamphict entitled ** Wall Street,” and stock tables contalning valuable (nformation, matled on re- celpt of 1ve. TOWN OF WEST CHICAGO. T TOWY PARK DONDS. . The January interest oa these bonds wiil” be patd ox Erm‘i-nl?rt:: ?‘itll-\c office of the Northwestern Natfonal <o 3 a0k O TS O GDORE F. GURNET. Supérvisor. Chteago, Dec. 23, 1873, ZOTOGRAPIH Y, Photographer oy, TOMADISONST, Cabinets. ;. CALLING CARDS. Test. Lovust 7 - OZND T0U3 03TZES EAZLY 2212 0ALLING GARDS ponpiry S Y TORRIST, Russian, Eigeuro- Thermal. Sutphur, and Medicat. ed Vapor BATHE, for ladies and cendemen. have e equal In the st DR. SOMELS, Graud Fa- 3 Eeite ilotel. YEARS RECEPTIONS. Elecant Flowers for recentlons, parties, weddiu Garnitures for evenlew drésscs and New Yeara re, tioms at MME. PONCELET'S. Frénch Importer. “Wabash-av., between Fightecith.and Twentleta: Flowers and Follage for pasior decorations. -B;LESSfiG TO WOMAKNT 'he greatest wonder of £ Atamenial BAck.” Jasc oot Gend stamp s errens 115 Randolph St Kwn 3y G. Scaniiae & Co, NEW YEAR'S u