Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1879, Page 2

- jection could prevent Harrison from presenting z WASHINGTON. The Blodgett Matter to Be l.aid Before the House To-Day. Mlow Democratic Testimony Is @ Manufactured Down in Touigiana. A Method which One’ Would Say - Smells Strongly of the . Bar'l Vo Prospect of the Passage of the Army Reorganization Bl at This Session. An Important Decision Announced by the United States Supreme Court. ‘The Laws for the Suppression of Polyge .. -amy Are Declared Con- stitutionals Over Eleven Millions of Four Per Cents . - Dinposed of Yesterday. BLODGETT, AX INVESTIOATION TO DB CALLWD ¥OI. . Epectal Dispatch fo The Tribuns. Wasninarox, D. C., Jan. 6.—Carter Harrison _srrived hers to-night, his train Laving been de- Jayed but & short time. In reference to the Blodgett matter, he atated that he cortainly stionld present a petition from the three Chicago geutiomen who bad first moved Intho matter, and that he should also present a petition signed by about 2,000 citizens asking that in- quiry Into tha conduct of Judge Hlodgett with refercace to tho charges he bad. Harrison sald bis action would be in accordanco with his ‘promise to partfes moving in the matter before the recess, He hod said that he did not wish to take any joitiative nntil he could have so oppor- tunity to visit Chicago, and to EXAMINR THR SUBJECT IIMSBELE. This he has done, and, recognizing the right of petition, he will present tho memorials He aleo says thatin his onfnion it I8 & desiro of a large portion of the citizens of Chicago that an lo- quiry be had, Jlarrison, however, had not fully decided the manner fn which the subject should becalled to the sttention of Congross. 1t is understood heeo that Blodgett's friends will elther gsk foran investigation themselves, or, when the subjoct is brought to the attention of the House through Carter Harrison, that they willstate that they desiro that tho inquiry be made. Thero are TWO COURBES, 5 elther ono of which Harrison can adopt. One is to place the memorisl in the petition-box ander the rula which accords every member the right to present a petition couched In decorous language. Putting the petition in the petltion- box would not call the attention of Conzress 10 the matter in a publi¢ way, as the only notico taken of petitions Introduced is a brief minute of the nature of the petitlon, which {s pub- Tushed fn the Congressional Record of the next morning at the cnd of the regular pro- ccedings, with the ordinary rcference ' of tho petition to the Committeo designated by the pfron prescnting ft. Every member can introduce & patition In this manner without objectton, and for that matter almoast without tho knowledge of tho House. THE BECOND COURSE 18 for Harrison to ask for an investigation In the form of a resolutioa creating onc. 8hould the Speaker rule that this wos a question of privi- lege, Tlarrison could obtain tho floor in spite of uslogle objection, If, however. It should not be desmed 8 question of privilege o single ao- the matter. The exact form in which Lo will prescot the matter will probably not be de- termined until to-morrow, but 1t is now slmost certain that the subject will In somo way be brought to the attention of Congress to- morrow. Harrison says that the petition which Lie will present Is not the one which was tele- graphed to a 8t. Louts paper from Chicago, le declines, bowever, to GIVE ANY INFORMATION es to the contents of the petition until alter it sball bave been presented to the House. Some of the Jucges of the Bupreme Court have rerefved an lotimation that Blodgett, of bis own motlon, will esk for an Inquiry. The statement attributed to Judge Trum- bull fo Chieago, - thut the words, ‘‘am [we belleve,” were omitted by newspapers from the dispatch sent by the Chicago lawyers to Carter Harrlson just before rocess, is not con- firmed by those who read the orizinal textof the"Qispatch lcre. A dispatch was dictated to 1 am very contident that the words, s we believe,”” ‘Wero not in the dispatch re- celved, - Indeed, it was a matter of surprise at the time that the lawvera wha had no informa- tion s to the charges should nndertake to say that they would fully exonerato Judge lodgett irrespective of tho fact whether ur not they knew of charges. THOE TREASURY. QOLD ACCUMULATING. Sorcial Dispatch (o The Tribune, Wasninoron, D. C., Jan. O.—President flayes’ predictions in bLis annusl wmessage that the resumption of specle-payments will be suc- cessil and essily maintalned, sod that i will be followed by a revival of business prosperity, ‘48 belog realized. Indeed, resuinption, fnstead of diminishing the stock of volu In the Treasury, has tucreased it. At the closo of husiness on Baturdsy tho coin balance was'larger than it bad been the preceding day. n ‘* The President Lias not fully decfded whether he wili send & megsage to Congress announcing the successful sccomplishment of reanmption, But whetlier such a8 messare 13 sent or not, it ls vrobable that a resolution concratulating tho country upon the success of resumption will be jutroduced 1o the Senate. TUR YOUR-PER-CENT CIRCULAX. Boma of the returued Cougressmen stato that it 1s theilr purpose to luquire why Becrelary Bberman has made bis new arraogement offer- fug commissions on sales of lurge quantitics of bouds, and has abolished the order by which purchasers of sinsl! amounts could ubtain a like cowmisslon. They say that if the law author- {zed such dlscruuination between the banks and large capitallsts aud small tnvestors tney fu- tend to have the Jaw chauged. Indeed, vo one point in the recent policy of the Secretary of thé Treasory Bas excited so much unfavorable Lcumment a8 this circular. It Is claitmed that 1t fs. epticely for the beoefit of the- bagks, and io fuct practimlly for thie cLenett .of the First Natiousl Bauk -of New York City, through which two-tnirds of all thg bonds business is done. it is sald that the 'commissions, oo threo days' sales of the $irgtNatlonal Bauk slove New Year's Day, under the new chvular, - * 3 AMOUNT 7O SOME FIFTY TUOUSAED DOLLA! and'thst this method of procedurc 13 uot the " mny to make the 4 per ceuls @ populur H B MORX BOXDS CALLED IN. § ez tha Wesdeen S3maciated Press. Wasimieton, D. Jau. &.—The Sccretary - ol 3the Tremsury has called the following 553, “futerest o cease Aprll 6 nest: Coupon bouds dated July 1, 07, nawely: $30, 11,001 tu No.°18,000, both joctusive: $100, No. 11,001 to No. 18,000, boths Inclusive; 8500, No. 11001 to No. 16,000, botb Inclusive Lo, No. 15wl to No. 20,000, botb tuclu ‘Total, $6.00LOW. Regmtered bonds, redeemuble at the pleasuro uf the Luited Stutes sfter the dst ol July, 1572, o, IRIN-TWELVE PAGE 7 as follows: 850, No. 401 to No. 550, both in- | Democrats would like Seantor Thurman to ee- “ehfbments of metal nd ntherwise clusive; $100, No." 5,801 to No. 4,400, botn in- | cept the nomination for Governbr in' Obilo, but | from the mines, and they nre b ved to be rea- cinsive; £300, No. 2001 to No. aks0, hoth In- | yo'w probably refuse absolntely to do 40, fongble aceurste. conaldershle amonnt of cinsive; $1,000, No. 7,401 to No. 11,000, both in- clusivo; £5.000, No. 9.601 to No. R.550, both fn- elusive; $10,000, No. 2,001 to No. 2,300, both in- clusive, Total registered, $1,000,00. Agire- gate, $10,000,000, RRSUMPTION 1N TENNESSEE. A letter received by Treasurer Gllfillan to-da, from the Cashier of the First Natlonal 'a & o Nashvllie nays: **It may bea matter of fnter- eat to khow that we have_taken in more coin than we have pald out. Thus, I belleve, it has beeo all over the State."” FOUR IR OENTS. Bubseriptions to the 4-per-cent loan to-day gold bullton protueed In Califurnia and Colorado €os not appear in the retnrns inade by the ex- ress companics, that In Calitoreia being taken direct to the nunt at 8an Prancieco by the own- era, and thot in Coloradlo helng shipped from the Sinte throueh private hands. Dr. Linderman catimates tliat this would add to the gold prod- uet of California, as given in the table telow, at Teant. two miltions and a hall, and to that of Cal- orado over half a million, ‘The tollowing {s Dr. Linderman's table: Loeality, tiold, Sitrer, California, 817, 200,070 § 2, 90 817, Nevadn ..., 10,010,617 28,1 47,070, R0 ©Ohlo Republicans say that he would not be the worst man to defeat. ‘They helleve that thers aro clemenis in the Democratie party which would give Me. Thurman so lukewarm and halting a support that, with a oot candidate ll’ml nhwlrlu:d cauvass, tho Republicans could eat him, . It is underatood that Mr. Thurman is not pre- paring n set ur formal speeeh fur the St of Jan- uary, but means to go out to Ohlo and haye a frec talk on that day with his nelghbors and friends. 1t has been reported here very fre- quentiv that he fntended wihen Congress reas- Total, (14, 00R renched 11,008,550, s fomblod to begin an attack ot the Natiomal | {olomdo .. 4 404 Kol Nzw Youx, Jan. .—Up to noon to<lay sub- | banks; but he has not committed himaelf to do %, 000 1 scriptions to the Unitea Ntates 4 per cent bonds thie, and so far s the public knows his_tvourse in this matter tn not_determined on. The Re- publican leaders ara very anxious thut the Dem- ocrats shall be in somo ay committed to an at- tack on the banks, They are remly to take the side of the hanks, and would more readtly go to the country on that issuc than on auy other phase of tho currency question. Close ubservers liere, however, belleve that Mr. Thurman will hesitate to ralse this question, becatau ho must know that to do rowould e to split the Democratic party, which, far varfuis reasons, he Is haedly anxions to do. Aoy at- tempt o movement to deatrov tiie tanka, such a8 lias been talked of, whil be sizorously opposed by Eastern and - by tnany 8otithern Demoerats, and, besides thin it will foll, and Ita failure witl not ralse the credit or increase the inlluence ot those who maka the nttemnt, ‘The Republicans have determined that their only ctianice for success [n 1530 liea in making sound monzy and Southern outrages the sole fssuca of the Presidential campairn, But they scathat to do this they must sumchow get the Democrata commniltied agaiust them. ‘Lhe wiser heads among the Democrats ree tliis als0, and thelr aidvice to tholr people fa to mako tha canvass in Ohio and New York this fall on £ o o0 wary 8,315,000 Fadgin TIE CHINESE. MUST TIXY GO OR 8TAY] Sneciai Dispateh 1o The Tridunr. WasminotoN, D. C., Jsn, 6.—A number of New York merchants ara causing thelr oppos!- tion to be known to any attempt to drive ant the Chinese from California, Itisalso known here that a Jarge numbar of merchants in San Francisco are alsa opposed tu any action In that direction, Their beliaf Is that if we insist upon any modification, the Chinese will put an cnd to the whola treaty, retallate upon our country- men o Clina, and deprive us of the advantages waaleady enjoy us traders at the treaty ports. This belle? Is fonnded upon certaln observa- tions some of the Chinese Embassy let fall in the course of converiation on the subject with somo New York merchante. These merchants stato that thereare various enter- prises requiring the *emoloypient of a large number of clieap lahorers which are to go Into 2, ()0 HOU, (K o 5, (KD * 1,000, 01k} 301,000 Grorgia.. . O'r au'e's bl 25, 000 Totnl, $47.920,107 $10,7 Adding the estimates for Calffornta and Colo- railo, the foregome returns shiow thut the total 50, 000 T4 80,052, 471 auld produts for the 1 80, 1878, amonnts to & of the Mint shows that fon from domestic sources was actually tepos- ited, and tha reportaof the Customs authoti- ties exhibit over $200000 worth of bullion ex- worted, leaving shout two millions of the pro- duetion of this country unaccounted for, which 1s a sropl! amount to be consumed in manufac. turing. - ‘The returns of silver more nearly approxi- mate the actoal production of the respective States and Territories, because, from Its greater bulk and weteht, sliver Is not so rapldiy trans- ported ns gold by private partles, and must yeur ending June , 226,107, The 5&-0“!- 003,000 of gold bull- State and local {ssucs entlrely, and to lot nn- o ¢ convey- operation AL Joon e suring ‘“',‘l"“; but ‘e{“'l"“' tional nucstions alono until the timo comen In | Hoce = Durl ::; “ihe Y st pul;}&“l wn;gr brojectuny. v been calculating upan Chin% | 1880, Thev sav that by noxt vear the currency v $30,00000 of dowestie, silver was ut chesn labor, theve may all Jayed i au attempt is made toset aside the treaty. ne: duposited at the Mint or purchased by the Guy- crnment, and over 315,000,100 was exported to forclen countries in the form of bullion. 1t is esttmated that the amount of silver consumed lirthe arta and the manufacture of articies of nea would bring the total doniestie production for tho year (o nearly $50,000.4G0, In his report, Dr, Linderman thinks that it (s very gratifylug to know that the mines of the United States during the last year have added to the solld wealth of the country nearly §1i%),- 000,000 in preclous metals, aud that this larze proituction {s not only likely to continue, but will gradually Increaac in the future. MLVER-DOLLAR ISSUE FOR DECEMDER. ‘The followlng 1s the amount of siiver dollars ordered from the Treasury for the wonth of December: 2 820,000 Dec. 4,000 Dec. 3uenuau ouzht to b us good as deud ; that isurders have occurred anywhera In the Bouth which Federal or State law can reach, thelr por- petrators ought to bo puniehed: that not cven the stalwurt Republfcans pretend 1o any power or wish to revive Federal intervention of the Grant kind in the douth; that conscquently thera I8 no politieal Southern question, and that, finally, If tha Democrats hold stil they will seriously embarrass their opponents. As to the Greenback movement, so catled, it s scen that 13 amounts to nothing for w Prest- dential year, whon there can be only two par- tics, for even fu the oll-year, lnst Novimber, the Greenbarkers made but a pitiful show. Togll this the Republicuns reply, however, that the Democrats are sure to blunder sist the auxlety to get ahead witl lead some Demio- crats to commit themselves aod the nl'fl.{ to some folly or other; that it is uatural lora purty to have a puhe{lln oppostion tu the other party, and that, as the Republicans have takon ground, the Democrats arg sure to fall into the trap, and commit themselves to a policy of op- position to the Republicans. it remains to be scen which of thesa proplicts most accurately fortells the future, but It must be admitted that the Domocrats have by thelr mistakes Justified the Kepublican contidence in Demo- eratle folly. There ara reporta heee that Mr. Conkling has determined not to oppose_the conlirmation of the New Yourk Custom-llouse nppolntments, and that the foll campaign In New York will be arranged [0 such & wannor os to candidates o3 to sotisfy Mesars, Arthur and Cornell. It ts sald that Republican Benators have urged Mr. Conkling tomaka no fusther reslstance, ou the rruund that it Is ncvessary to have barmnou u the party, and on the further ground that o 18 advisable todo everything possible to prevent the necessity of calling nn extra scssion of the Benate, because, if an extra scasion is called, tho Democrats will bave the opportunity to re- organize the Senate, which would be imconyeu- {ent to Mr, Gorham, the present Sceretary of the Senato, who {s ong of the most active and cffect- ive Republican campalzn munagers, aud who 18 depended on to carry Callloraia next fall. NOTES AND NEWS. ¢ THR ARMY DILL. Apecral Dispatch ta The Tribune, WASHIRGTON, . €, Jan. 0.—The new Army bill stands on the Houso calendar 4a tha speclal order for Thursday. The appropriation bLills Wil probably erowd It out. The bill becomes daily more unpopular, Tho fatal objection to ‘ftis the fact that it takes'the power from the Becretary of War'and coofers it upon the Gen- ernl of the Army, making the latter a practical military dictator in all army matters. It s re- ported that members of tho Scoate Judiclary Committee will move to have the bill referred to It for & report upon its constitutionality. - The fact has come vut that both Uena. Sherl- dan ond ‘Terry wrote to Gen. Burnside in an- swer to letters from the latter nsking thelr views, duprecatiug such an attempt at re- organization as has beew mude. UGen. Sherldan 1s roported to have written a short timoe before the bill was reported, cxpressing the opinton that tho prescut orzanization was good enough; that It hod proved eflicieot {n two wars, aud suy attempt to chango it wonld probably make 1t worse, CLAREBON POTTER'S SUR-COMMITTER bas returned from New Orleans without having mccomplished anything. The trip, however, doubtless fndlcates that {t {s not the purpose of the Potter Committee to cater into further fu- vestigations. Very little Is expected to resuit from the taking of testimony by the two New Orleans lawyers, Members of the Committee all sgres that the Jenks womunn attempted to play a trick on them. DID NOT AFPEAR. " Nolther ex-Becrctary Robeson nor suy of the persons implicated In the allezed Navy Depart- ment frauds took advantage of the opportunity offered them by the House Nayal Commitice during tho recesdo appear aud testily in thelr own behalf or to offer documentary evideuce, KELLY, Tno Democrats on the Teller Committee will endeuvor to have Judie Kelley sutmmoncd as CONGRESS. WILL NECONVENE TO-DAT. Boectal Dispateh to The Tridune. WABUINGTON, Jan. O.—There will probably be n quurum of both Houses to-morrow, in the flouse the Genova award ls the special order, and in the Senate the blll for the reviesion of the atent laws, Cougresstaen are rapldly coming Lack, the cold weather fn Northern latitudes rendering bome an unattractive place. It {s not much mitder here. ARMY APPROPRIATION PILL. Abram 8. Hewitt, Chalrman of tho Sub- Aporopristions Committee with the Army bill in charge, will report the bill to the Houso Fri- dav. Thobill 4 drawn for the support of the army an now organized, lgnoring the Lill of the Army Comun{ssion, It provides for$5,000men,and not for 20,000 as did the bill lst year, but there will probably be a sectlon In ft directing that no appolutments or promotions shall be made unthl alaw for permancnt rcorgantzation® has been enacted, 4,000 Do, 7,000, lec, Total for the month... TNURMAN PREPARING A SP'EECIHL Diapateh in Iadinnapolia Journal, Wasmnaton, D. C., Jau, b.—Senator Thur- man has rrapnrcd the specch he will dellver on the occaslon of his fortheoming visik to Colum- lus,and it s safd ho will-improve his oppoy tunity to give the Ohlo Democracy the rensons for declinlog In ndvance to aceept'tho nomina- tlon for Uavernor. ‘The Nenator’s friends stats | that he will also ndvocate the wisdom of maln- talning speele pasment, and produes his cele- Uratell specch of two years ngo at Hamlilton, 0O., to show that he slways favored resumption on the day fixed by law, Thurman is a sagacious trimmer, and he is fully prepared to furl the safl he has been eareging for the pust two years, If he makes such 1 apeech at Columbus, as fs pre- dloted by his fricnds, 1t will show that he has now a proper appreciation of the direction and strongth of the popular gale. It fs thought Tiere that it 1s too Iate to regaiolost Ymmul.lml thet Bayard has nircady distanced Iiim for the Democratic nominatfon to the Presldency, ‘Thurman’s only chanco lies in belng elected u&wrnor of Olfo. Thls, even, his Iriends con- cedo, NEWITT'S SILVER DILL. Abram 8. Hewitt thinks that tho prospect of pasaing his Bllver bill before the close of the present’ slon of Cougress is by no means hopeless, A favorable report from the Banking and Currency Committes would, he {s confident, {nsure its adoption by the House, and fo the Beuate it is iikely to bie favorably received. OF the Bankiog and Curroncy Committee, five members—Messra. Hardenbergh, Yeates, 1lart, Eames, and Chittenden—are nlready pledged to ‘v‘mtfi'!cr the bill, and one inurs will'muku s wa-~ orlty, .+ POTTER'S COMMITTEE. AN BXPPANATION NEBDED, Fpeelal Diswatch to Tas Tribune. Wasninaton, D. C., Jen. 6.—Republican members of the Potter Committco have evi- dence at command that will give the Democrats & flue opportuonity for an extended explanation. It Is o lees than o chargo made by St. Martin, acousin of Gov. Nicholls, who was Deputy Ser- geant-at-Armo_of the Stenger Bub-Committeo which visited New Orleans carly last summer, to the effect that money was raised.and pald for a good deal of tho evidonco taken by tho Democrats st that time. 1t will be remember- ed that a number of the witnesses who had made sfiidavits of {raud and Intlmida- tion in conncetion with the Presidential election before the Roturning Bosrd appeared before Stenger's Committeo and denfed thelr evidence before the Returning Board. Bt. Martln says these witnesses wero hunted ap and pald in money for the tostimony they gave, In somo cases, however, they recelved the promise that it they would retract thelr formner testimony they would be allowed to return to thelr bomes, from which they had becn banislicd on acconnt of the statemncnt they made before the Roturn- fog Board, 8t. Martin further says that he was fnstructed, when he summoncd witnesses, to nscertain whether they would give testimony of value to the Democrats, and, In case it was foand they would oot, to report them to the Committes as vot found. The afiidavit goes d sots forth the Democratic deal- artin himself, whom they sup-. uccessfully purchased, SUPREME COURT, DECISIONS ANNOUNCED. Wasuarox, D. C., Jav. 6.—~The followlog Bupreme Court decisfons are announced ; No. 83, United States, appellant, vs. Unlon Pacific Ruflroad Company et al. Appeal from the Cireult Court of the United Btatcs for the District of Counceticut, This is the suit com- wonly known as the Credit-Moblller case, aud was origiually brought by the Attornes-General of the Circuit Court of the United States for the A A BCOTCIIMAN'S 10BT NONDS, A mnovel and intercsting case has been pre sented to First-Comptroiler Porter for devision, A wculm{ Beoleh gentleman, while traveling by rall in his native country, in 1870, lost his porsmantesu, taining 860,000 In bonds of varioun nations;"nmong which were $5,000 n United Btates Aper cent._conpon bonde, Soma thine azo tho ‘piiice of Beotland nrrested’ two men-and one ‘wuman upon suspicion bt hiving stolen the portmanteau, Upon belng arrafgned they confessed’ tho -~ theft and “related a singular story about the disposition of tho property, The; expining that, not belng " able read, they were not awarc of the value of the papers, oud, fearlog to retaln them, they wero burned. A relatlve of tho Scotchman residieg in this coun- try now comes forward with an application for thia fnsuo of duplicates for the bonds stolen, & full description of which s given. Similar ap- Egcnuonu to European (overnments whoss r.ds wero umong thoso alleged to have been burned have been granted, A transeript from the reeords of tha Beoteh courta scts forth theso {ncts, and attests the respectability of she gene tleman who losts the bonds. - "The First Comp- troller intimated to-day that if'upou a thorough examination, the facts ure found to be as stated, be will approve,the applicition, Bhould “the duplicates bo fesncd they will have Lo be de- posited In trust with the United States Treas- urer, In order to secure the Uovernment against loss, \When those particular bonds aro called for dedeu:})uomm amouut will be paid the owraer, and fn tho meantime ho can regularly Araw tho ioterest, MORTON M'MICHAEL. Death of This Eminent Philadelphlan Yes- terday~Concise Statement of 11is Curoor. Spectal Disoaich ta the Tridune, PinLADELPNIA, Jan, G.—After sn Hliness of seven weeks, of rhewmatism, beart-disease was discovered yestorday, aud Morton McMichael died at 4 o’clock this alternoon, fn his T4 year, Ho was born in Burlington County, N. J., edu- cated at the University of Ponnasylvania, ad- District of Couneetleut in obedicuca to the re. | €c7ly o8 passible on nccount of the recent letter | mitted to the' Hur of this city ffty ” written by him, In which he arcused the Federal | yoqp quiremonts of the forth sectlon of tho net of | RHHEE lu’ Philudetphla of corrapt attouipis 1o | SC4re ago soon alter clected Al Conpress approved March 8, 1871 Its maln purposs was to protect the mortgaze sequrity and other intercsts of the United States arising out of tho Ilatter's relations with the rallrond corporation, The defendants in- terposed & demurrer, which was sustalned Ly the Clreuit Court, aod the bill of complaln~ ant’s wos dlsmissed upon that decree, and the case brought to this court. It is here beld that = court of justice {a not called on to fnquireinto the balance of benofits and favors butween pur- ties to such contruversy s this, but Into thelr reapective rlighta e establishied by law found in their coutracts und recognized by thecstablished principloot equity, Goverued by this rule, and by the futention of Congress lu passlog the law under which this sutt was brought, this Court Tiolds that no easo for reliel s made vut by the bill pf complalnt, and the decrec of the Clrcait Court dlsinlssiug it is accordlugly aflirmed, Justice Mibler delivered the oplnlon, Justices Bwayne and llarlan dissenting. No. 180, Georde Royuolus, plalut!i® fu error, va. United Btates. In error Lo the Suapremo Court of the Territory of Utal, Thls wus o case brought up by appeal from the Bupremo Court of the Territory of Utah to test the cou- stitutionntity of theacts of Conuress prohiblting polywsmy. Heynolds, plaiutiil fn error, was tried fo'the 'Lhira Judicial Court of Utah for blyamy, und fouud guilty, und the Suprems Court of tune Territory, upon appeal, attinued the Judgment. ‘The cass comes hers upon & writ of error, plaintiff pleading the unconstitu- tlovality of the law probilitiug blgamous mar- risges, the {ustitication of retiglous belief, xud various uulwportant legal techuicalitics. “Yhls Court, {u 3 long aud carefully-prepured opiuion, delivered by ¢he Chiel Justice, holds that paly- E\un 18 not under the vrotection of the clause y the Federal Conatitution which probibits jo- terference with religious beliel; that a plea of retizious conviction is not a yalid defeose: that Coujzress did uot step outside the limits of its constitutional powers, iu passing the law lor the supuression of polygumy ju Utshs and thut the judgment of the Suveddor Court of that “Pesritory must be atllnided. Justice Fleld dis. derman, and st the sgo of 88 Bherll, which ofice hie filled threo years. 1e then be- came one of the fri owning the North Amert- can, of which Rubert T. Coorad was editor. Bix months later they bought the United Stites OGazelte, which wasof the smnc politics, Dr, Tobert M. Bird became & partner, and, fu the following year, Alexander Graham retired, leav- ing McMicheu! sculor proprictor, Elght years later MeMictcal became sole owmer, In 1860 he was clected MMayor, o has been from fts beginning Fresident of the Falrmount Park Commisdlon. For five years after 1870 ho was President of tha Unlon Leagues fn 1873 tem- l:;rnry Choirman of the Nationsl Republlican Conventions I 15T, member of the Constitu- tional Counvention; in 1570, a delegate to the Clnctonatl Convention; and last year made a Doctor of Laws by his alma mater, For u g cration ho has been famlliar with all the fumou: men of the time, nud sluce thero was a Republl- cun party be hus been foremost o fts councils, Inull that tiine he has always been ready with tomzue and pen, Ilis twolsss. public sppearances were on lntroduciug 8enator Conk- ling at the Avademy of Musie, just before the electipn, ond at the banquet given® to Quay after the election, ‘As_editor, orator, fricud, wndd genfal companton, he bas lad vo equul in he Btate to the lust twenty vears, ‘Tl followin s furnlstiod by Dre, Gavin and Fox, attending physicians: Prof. Nlcodemus hud for scveral wonths been attlleted with s avyers form of bervous dise the prinecipal symptom uf which wus sleeplessucvs, For days past thia trouble has been unusually divtresdiug, With a view of rellevivg this e’ resortud to laudauum, aud, by ageident, it fa probable, tuok a0 overduae, from the elfeets ot wiite be died, ¥ - - QBITUARY. . Bptcial Dispaick ta The Trivune, Mapisoy, Wis., Jan, 8.—Ma}, William J, Nico- dewus, Professor of Military Science snd Civil aud Mechanival Enginecring of the 8tate Unl- versity, dlud this afceruoon of congestlon of the brafu; Huess was of short dursilon, ba bo- {njz takert at 8 o’clock thisworning, Mal. Nico- demus bad becn slilng for some time, and was defeat his re-election. PITRIN ‘Ex-Marshal Pitkin, of Loulsiana, has made & polnt in the cammpatgn which some dissatisfled Hepublicans bave attempted to miake agalnst him. Judge ‘Nouthworth, the supposed suthor of the chal that Pitkin was t-orru?‘. in a card over his own aturo states thot the retended Interviow with Llin was fase, and hat it does not correctly represent elther his vicws or bis statements. BUERMAN'S BPEECHES, ‘The specches of Secretury John Sherman upon finance and taxation will be published during the coming month by a New York tirm, and will fill 8 volume of some GO pages octavo, Everything thut Buerman has cver sald fn pub- lic specels on this subject, the atrictly politieal parts_only excepted,” will be published, It wonld s:em that the publication of this volume nt tlds time fs at Jesst un ndirect announce- ment of the fact that Shermun recognizes him- sclf as o Presideutial condidate, s VERY OLD, ‘The public schoola, which recommenced here to-gay after thu hollday recess, were dlvinissed Immediately npon ossembdliog, as it was - vossible to keop wcholars warn. For the tirst time fu mauy years the noviga- tion of tho Cliesapcake Bayis closed, thu bay steaners fearlug to encounter the ics gorges. ™y I To the Western Ansociated Press. Wasminarox, b, C., Ji ~The recert rul- fng of the Pos Pt products of pupyrograph, electric pew, aud munifold proccss must pay letter-rates postage was baskd on the law as it 1s,fsud not us the De- partmentthinksit should be. Among the suead- ments to bo proposed by tho postal authorities to Congress by oiie which will perinit the sduns- sion of uatter prepared by these processes ot third-<lass rates whenever the connnunications are uot of the nature of actusl uouulmm.leucu. FOR TIR CHICAGO FOST-OFPICE. ? A llrfe supply of cuvelopes uf all kiuds and 8 stock of various blanks supplied by the Tost- Oflice, is now on fts way to the Cbicago Post- mwater. STRICKEN WITH PARALYAIS, It is learucd to-night that Justice flunt, United States Bupreme Court, was stricken with paralysls at bis residence b this city lust Sut- seuted s far as related'to_the sdmbssitulity of | undsy, sud {3 now in such s coudition that | grauted w leave of abicnce early in the wiloter, certuin evidence (ntroduced in tho lower court, | bls recovesy s despatred of. Oue sids v entirely | souxht todicat advive fu Culcago, and was to but upon the maln guestiou—the constitution. | Dasul, zed, and by [s to-ulght unuble to, ta)k. | =il appearances o well o aud lutel ‘y resumed ality of the act of Lovgress prohibittng poly- | It 1a frared he canpot tlve more thap.s lewdays, | bls dutivs o tho University. “Uhat {nstitution RuLous Warriazey—there was e aud apprebeusions were exprvascd by ono of bis | lias lost a very vulusble profeasor. Maj. Nico- priect uusu- Lo Intluate friends who saw bim today that & ¥ fatal chauge in hia ovngdition way occur within & comvaratively few hours. -‘The fact of bis very serious Uincas was put kuowu eveu to his ass0ciates un pho Beach until thls alterucon. INTERESTING MINT 8TATISTICS. Hueciai to Cincinavil Commercial. WasmsaToy, Jan, 5—Iu the uspcudlr to the report of the Dircetor of the Mint are sviue in- teresiing statistivs which bave nut yet been pub- Islied, showing the vroduction of the preclous metuls o tbis countrs for the last ycar. Dr, Linderman bas compiled the returns for wost of the States oud Tersitonics Irom the reports of fwmity. demnus was a geutieman of Hucst education ard culture, und his suddeu death bup cast o deep gluom vver our city. PRILADELPUIA, Jan. 8.—Dr. Elfas R. Beadle, one of the most distinguished clorzynica o this Btate, died thls worniug of hear.-diease, ——————— When mind und body sry out of surty, with coid extremitics, & yellownoss dn the skin, costiveticss, dutl beadache, aud sn Indiewosltion to slir.abunt, e wure voo ars fo for & bilious atiack, sprivging 10w & mora or lexd dlsordeced Mver. Dr. Javio's Sauatlve il will brigg the Liver tos bealthy condition sud specdlly remove all villazy diatress. ' JOLITICAL, TUUKMAY AKD TUS OHIO XLECTION—TUR CAM- FAIUN OF 1850—COSKLINU ON TUE NEW YOUK APFOINTMENTS. . Disvaichto Sew York Nevard, WasuinGrox, D. C., Jan. 8.—It Is odd that thu Obio electlon of next fall attracts a good deal wore attentlon here thun the New York clection; at teast it 1s oftener spoken of among politicdans, ‘Ihere 1s po doubt that the Western (JllMlNAL‘ NEWS. - Capture of. the Men Who Burned i Mitchell and Ketchum to Death. The Veople “of Nebraskn Elated at the Prospect of Inex- orable Justice. A Road-Agent Near Carbon, Ia., Hung Up for Daws to | Peck At, Merrick, the Woman-Killlng Brate at In- dianapolis, Must Hang, NERRASKA IIORRORS. Soectal DisnateA tn The Tribune, Lixconn, Neb., Jan. 6.—The people of Ne- Lraska are greatly pleased to learn that tho nen who were guilty of the Inhuman erime of roasting allve Mitchell and Ketehum were ar~ rested in Dawson County yesterday, Thev nre John Baldwin, s hotel-keeper, Myron Brown, MBarney Armstrong, J. P, Olive, John Fisher, the ** Kid," John Gantlin, and Willlam Green, Olive was the ringleader of the dastardly roast- ing of Ketchum anid Mitchell. The men were arrested one at a time, quictly, by a preconcert- od arrangement, at the Town of Plum Creek. Attorney-Uencra! Dilwortli, tozether with three brothers of the murdered Ketchum, and other zentlemen, did the work. Learning that the men were ot Plum Creek, they slipped dbwn upon them from Kearney, and arrested them without firing a shot, notwithstanding Olive and others hnd boasted that there were not men enough in Nebraska to arrest them, Threo men had been in hot pursuit of Glllian, the Sneri{f who sur- rendered the unfortunate men, Ketchum and Mitchell, to tho flends who burned thens, This afterpoon they ‘caught - hlm. All the men are now o Jall at Kearnoy, and aro securcly ironed. ‘The whole city is acting as guard to prevent an incurafon of cattlonien to the rescne. Nearly all tho villains are from Texas, holding o citi- renship here. ‘The people of Nebraska rejolce &t thelr capture. Special Dirpatch to Tha Tribune, . Ostana, Neb, Jan. 6.—Yesterday. a prisoncr called * Dutch Charley," a roadagent, was be- ing taken in charge of an ofiicer from Laramlo to Rawlins for trinl, and when the train yeached Carbon, Wyoming, last night a party'of masked men entered the car whero ho was sitting and ' carried bim out some Jittlo distance from tho train, They halted at a tolegraph-pole, and then 1nformed him that his timo had come, a8 they proposed to hang him, aud If he had anything to say he bad bettersay It quick, "They sue- ceeded In fnduclng him to confess that ke wns one of the murderers of Widdowfiedd and Vincont. A strong rope waa then thrown over the cross-bar of the telegraph pole, and one end was securely fost- ened around the villaln’s neck. The men then took hold of tlic gther end, and nt the sigual, “ One, two, three, pult]” ho shiot up fnto the alr'and was launthed into eternity. The end of tho rope which they had hold of was then tied around the foot of the pole, and the body of " Dutch Chartey* was loft dangling o the air, and remained there until to-day. Tho affalr created but little excitement The particulars of that terrible crime, the havging and burping of Mitchell snd Ketchum, fn Custer County, are still fresh in the minds of the publle. It ereated @ terrible sensation in Nebraska and all over tho country, and, coupled with the erimes of Richards, which wers made publiec at about the samo time, and also the lynchiug of two convicted negrocs at Nebruska City for murder and rape, gave o scyero blow to tho hitherto, falr reputation of Nebraskaos a law-ablding and peaccablo State. The buruing of Mitchell and Ketchum created intenso indiy- nation all over tho Btate, nud the Qovernor wos appealed to to make every cffort possible to eifect the arrest of the vilnins concerned in tho brutal outrage. It was suggested that the Leg- fslature mnke nn appropriation .of $10,000 cs @ reward for thelr capture, but na tho aup- posed murdercra aro now in custody such a stop will not be necessary, But it would probably bave been done had not the arrest been made yesterdny ot Plum Creek, The suspected mur- deres are A, P. Olive, an extensive cattle man, and his herders, It was Oliva's brother, whoso allas was Btephens, who was kilied by Mitchell aud Ketchum in self-defense, whea they were attacked by Btephens and his party. Olivo Is the one who pad 8750 for the arrest of Mitchell .aud Ketcbum, and the burning was done to avenge the death of Stephens. Yesterday morniog Olive snd seven’ ot hismon came Into Plum Creck to get thelr motl. as it {8 customary with tbem on Sundays, nud as they unsuspectingly dropped into the Pout-Ofilvo elther aingly, or In twos or threes, a8 tho case muy be, were surprised by & party of armed men fuside, who covered thiem with short-guns and ordered them to surrender. ‘This they dld, offering no resistance, ns they saw it would bo of no use. The partics who were thus orrested ars named A, P, Ollve, _ William (Gireen, - Johu Baldwin, John QGatlin, Barney Armstrone, Myers, Hrown, oand Fisher, Tho prisuners were taken to Kearnov and lodged fo lall last night to mwait trlal, They may be tried at the special term of court, which I8 to begiu on thu 12tn just, for the trial of Richards, Yesterday at North Piatte Barney Glllan, of QCentro County, from whom Mitchell and Ketchum were taken Ly masked men, was ar- rested, A1fs connection with the affalr fa rot ousldered straight, WORKS BOTI WAYS, sveclal Disputeh ta Ths Tribune, WiasminaroN, D. C,, Jan, 0.—~The Virginla Denocrats; in establishing the whipping-post as an instrument of terror to keep negroes in or- der, overlooked the fact thot it might happen in some districts that tho colored people would hove the mujority, and would refuse to be bull- dozed. This bappened in Alesandrls, Va., where a colored Justico of the Peaco has just sentenced & wealthy white man to be whipped far petty larceny, The sentenco would have been carrled Into effect by a colored Constablo bud nov the case been appealed. The caso arlses out of a dispute asa to the ownershi] of some - e eut from the Alexandris Cunal, one of = the rlll‘llul churgiug the oiher with stealing a lot of e of the valuo of ten cents, ‘The colored Jus- tice found the white capitalist uulll{ of petty larceny, and proposed to administer 1o bim the medieine the whites fntended. for tho colored veoplu aloue, aud sentenced him to be winpp ed. The case 13 now penuing on apoeals 2 MACOUPIN. Apecinl Dispateh 10 The Trivune. CanvinviLLe, Il,Jan. 0.—Sberif Joba ¥, Sun- derland reccived o dispateh frotn Columbia, W, | Ty, to-duy from Deputy-Bherlf Danicl Delany, who left this city with a requisiclon Irom Quv. Cullom suine days ago, aunouncing that he had wrrested Ueorge 1. Llolliday, ex-County Clerk of Macoupin County and ons of the Court- House Commissloners, fle loft this placo about ten, years ago for New York Ulty, alter whlch ho wus never beard of. Mo was a man of retnarkable ability, and at one tine u very popu- lar politiclun {n ‘this county. s arrest Enl created the greatost excitemiont in this city, his old home. Bheritt Sunderlund leaves to-inors row for Ban Frunclseo to weet bis Deputy and bring Holliday to thisciry. , — LCRIMINAL CARELESSNESS, BAN Francisco, Jan, 8.—The Boapd of Local Tvspectors of Biean Veascls made a report this morning iu the Georgla case. The luspectors find that Capt. Floward did not use proper care and skill fa navigatiog the Georgis on the niglt suo was lost, and congepuentiy fuperiled the safety aud lives of the pastenyors snd erow fn- trusted to hils care. Iu consideratlon of thess facts the Insvectors have revoked Capt. How- ord's certilicato &s waster for the terus of two years. ONE OF THE WOMAN-KILLERS,. Bpectal Dispaleh 10 The Tribuse. Ixpiasarorts, Iud., Jan. 8—To-dsy Judze Elam {uforiued thu attoroeys- for Merrck, 1be wife-mmurderer, Lhat their motion for a new trial wust be fled aud dispused of at one:. They neked for further delay eranted only until 3 o'elock. counsel tiled seventr-four feasons why a new trial should bo granted, most stress was placed sas the strong prejudice of the community, preventing a feee and fm- vartial trial. The Uonrt overruled the mation nind sentenced the defendant to bo hanged the 20th Inst. it of exeeptions for appeal to the Supreme Court. Susctal Piepated 10 The Triduns. Minwavree, Wis,, Jan, 6.—The preliminary examination of Bamuel and Iendrick Biitings, brought hither from Packwaukee, Wis., on a charge of making snd uttering counterfeit silver coin, was completed befora Commissioner Blovagood to-gay, mnd resulted fn their dise charge, Jotin Price s the only oue o1 tho trio held for trial, Ike Bonnell was arrested hers this afternoon on suspicion, and turned out to have com- mitted a robbery at Kilbourne Citv, Wis. {aalso wanted at Fond du Lae, it is said, for robbing 1 bank. Sverial Dispatc to T Tribune. Tenne Hauvre, Peters, a wealthy old mald, was found murdered in her hokne near Maxville, ncar Nere. To-day Deputy-Marshall Vandover arrested s man named Oliver Parry and Mes, Catherine Trader for tho crime, The evidence against them fs certain, The woinau confosses all—that her husband, John Trader, now serving in the Pent- tentinry for another murder, and Parry, com- witted the deed In her prescuce for wouey. THE Hantrorn, Conn., Jan. 6.—fudge Carpenter, of the Buperior Court, to-day ducided the con- bug onrt At that hour or later a great commerce must pass up to that point, Water Improvements aro al. rendy well ndvanced towards cowpletion. Ay an early day they will give a draft of fourtcen feet of water from Chleago and Dy. luth to the Atlantie, practically opening 3 gew Capaidfan water-ronte. This new comptis tton_mmust result in the removal of tolls frog the Erle Cana). A line of telegravh I8 already 1n operation from Thunder Bay to Fort £dmond. zon, 1,400 ~miles west, of the raliroad survey of K the Lominlon Government. The Mcbonald adminiateaticn, recently come Into power, so pledged to asoeedy rmleclluun of this work, A loan of 815,000, 1as recantly been effected for this purpose. The importance of the work and fte accord with ®the British policy of preserving ita Iines of commerce, whenever possible, within Dritish territory will secure for {t all the neoded financial ald to completion. The carly completfon of this Canadian Pacific Rallroad across the continent, on the shortest parallel of latitude, and within British territory, will he a prime, possibly the con. trullln'f. factor in the movementa of cotamerce around the world, The dépeaker clord The one upon which Sixteen ilays wera granted to file o on the lne MILWAUKER. Ile rmfuuml relations of the fucts 1 have Rresenud buaring upon the rapid ecttlement of the Amer- can and Brisish Northwest to the subject under consideration, The new Narthwest 18 cven now waitiug at the @ates of this national fh. land water-way, Shall “we not eive her unobatructed passage into Lake Erie,and thencs to the seal The shelteiing aring of Cleve land’s breakwater must be outspread at once to revelye Lhis new accesafon to hier trade. Nop lf:l“ ln,:.ur shiould be lost lo securing Its comjle. on, At the cloru of this address the Ion. R. C, Parsons made_a_strong specch judorsing ity sentiment, und Mr. Ely was appointed & dele. to to present tho claims of the plun before ongress. There [s much Interest in this city over the matter. BLOODY MURDER, Ind., Jan, 6.—Mlss. Eva S LIPTLE JOKER. ~ test over Lo reenlt of the O..ober eleetion of TFIRES. Selectmen In Hartford by throwing out the 5 Democratie firet and third Bclectten and put- CHICAGO. ting Republleans into thosc oflicos. cision was given on the ground thee the “little joker tissue ballots found Inthe bux were Traudulent. BURGLAR IN BAD LUCK. &pecial Dispasch to The Tridune. Vincenses, Ind., Jan, 0.—Guiney, the Oak- town burglar, jalted here Batugday night, zave Lail In §500 this morning, with bis father and Dr. Beard as suretics, to appear ot the February term of court. Bloomlleld on the noor traln, atlil critlealy owing to inteenal fnfurivs. THE BODY-SNATCHERS. Spectar Disvateh to the Tribune, F1. WAYAR, Ind., Jan. 6.~ untington is stiil the eccuo of much excitement over the budy- snotzhing pleaded guilty ond turnea State's evidence, cscaped from the énll last night, and s still at ‘The trial of gon to-doy. THE FACTS AT LAST, Txana Havra, Mid., Jan. 6.—It hag been found that Oliver Perry, of this county, and John Trader, who Is in tho Stote Penitentlary for life on anather chnryre, were the parties who ravished, murdered, and robbed the old wotnau namea kiva Peters near this city, on the night of tho 16th of March, 1875. Perry hos been ar- Tureze, reated, W il Naw Yonx, Jan. . G.—Detectives searching for J. W, Hull, who robbed Flold & Jumes of 30,000 in Wovernment bonds, learned that JHull left the city on the day of the rob- bery on a Fall River steamboat. 'Thu detectives traced [ull to Providence, but thers the clow was lost. dpéclal Dissatch (o The Tribune. Decatun, Iil, Jan, O.—Alonro Plerce, the wman who Lroke into J. Kavlor's houss the other uvight and got away with a 825 overcont snd other valuahle articies, Hangamon County, Sab Ly here awalting the actlon of the Qrand Jury. o ALLBRTOWN L0 3 M formerigr Presidentof she First Navfonaf Dank of this city, which went hito lquidation a year ago, was arrested to-day charged with embez- lemeat, aud rolessed on $3,000 ball, Ponr Jenvis, N. Y., Jan. G.—James W, Quick, Treasurer of Plke County, Pu., whoso term of} oftico explred to-day, Feats_oro “ontertained that ho hias absconded with $10,000 county funds, Report Dellvercd Befare the Ioard of Trade of Cloveland Yesterday—A Trewmondous Pleturo of the Future Ureatneas of the Far Northwest. Spectal Dianateh (o The Trivune, CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 6.—A very full meeting of the Hoard of ‘Irade woa held to-day, in con- nectlon with vesscl and fron-mea, to recelve tho yeport of Mr. Gieorgo W. Ely, who was President. Tho alarm from Box 80 at 6:10 last evenlog was caused by s fire In the shooting-gallery under the Tivoll, nt 112 Clark street, caused by o gas jet scttlng fire to o window frame, Dumage, 85 ‘The ularm from Box 317 at 11:45 vestenday forenoon was causcd by a fire fu tho three atory frame bullding Nos, 23, 25, nod 27 Norb Teoria street, owned and occapled as a wooden- ware factory by A. W, Ovitt & Co. Damage to huliding, 825, Cause, woodwork eatching fire from the chimney. The de- He and his father left for His condition s morning was caused by the burning out ol chimney in the brick dwelling, No. 684 Wt Adams strect, owned and eccupled by J. B Hewes. - Damage, nominal, A stil) alarm to the Firo Patrol at 8:20 yester- Qay nfternoon wus caused by an incipient fire in Mande! Broa', dry-guods store, Nos. 121 and 13 Btate atreet, caused by over-heated steam ploes, Damave, nomival, - ‘The.alarm from Box 401 at 2:15 yesterday al. ternoon wus caused by a five jo the basement of tha fratme cottage No, 8l Emma street, oert fed by Hefnrien Drocse and Louts Pomeraloick. Damage to building, 8100, covercd by s 850 nolley lu the Agrleultural of Watertown, N, Y, ‘The firo was causeld, by hot ashes cacelesly thrawn into the hasernent. ‘thenlarm from Box 161 at 0:20 yesterday mon- {1z was caused oya fire In the wagon-shon of A. K. Piper & Co., at the corner of Ashland avense and Loveo strects, ‘The flames also commnol vated S0 somo old {ee-houses. Damnge to buiid- ings, $2,5005 fnsured for $1,000 in tho Water town, of New York, Loss on tools in shop, #3,000% fnsured for £300 In tho same Comnanr. Loss on stovk and cosl, 85005 no insurance Cuuse of dre unknown. trials, Dr, Isracl Reed, who had Dr. Myera, of this city, be- TRD. who are 2"AT ABIITADULA. O. CLrvELAND, O., Jan. O.—A Hera'd specl from Ashtnbula, O., #ays a firc nt that plae this mornlog damaged the Ashtahula House Block to the oxtent of about $5,000. ‘The block was owned by R, C. Warmington, J. R, Sterre, lessee, loscs mbout £3,000 on furniture. Ths lower floors of the *block were occupled by stores, us follows: J. Topky, hardware; & ‘Thurber, drugst George Dickinson, jewet tvi and the Ashtabule Natfonal Bask ‘The following Iusurance companies are o terested: Hibernlan, $3,000;, Van Wen County Mutual ,Rellef Assoclaifon, 82,000; Fureats Al Richtand * Coonly ARRESTED. was arrested ot Bertin, urday, and 18 now in jud EMBRZZLEMENT. | sl att, G Willar. Blumert, - Ay Mugypl,. 83,0005 A 500; Phdpio's Sutual, Raveons, Oy 82,000;_ Pheenix Mutual, Brooklsn, $2,000; Glenn Falls, $2,0005 Amazon, $1,000; Hartford, 31,0903 North Cineinnatl, $1,000; Lt veoming, $3,000; Londog Liverpoul & Globe, $2,.2005 Delaware Mutol #3002 Buolby Mutual, 8500. 'The totai loss wil L ubout $10,000. - AT GRAND RATIDS, MICH. Kprclal Disvateh to Tha Tridune. GuaNp Rarins, Mich., Jan, 8.~The fire bers yesterday morning proves more disastrous thin was at first reported. The Dehnes siaters, deat ers in women's furnishing goods and notlook estimated thelr loss ac about 5,600, on whith thuy wera $4,000 of fnsurancd, 81,250 each & the North British and Mercantile and the Ropt of Loudon and 81,500 in the Phenix of Nev York, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, who occupled s part of the storo with a millinery shop, bsl 21,000 of Insurance in tho London Assursoe, which, she says, does not cover the loss. Th loss wn these -stocks s practleally totss ABSU DED. 1s misslog. L ——— WATER-WAY. of the St.wPaul Convention for opeslng | pe . p, Patman, who owned tho block, loxt up & route to the Upper Lakes. Mr | about Tm' covered by oh Insurance of $1,W Ely first went ‘over the work of the | Inthe Home of New York, ‘Those who e Convention in s careful inanner, by wuy of report, and then proceeded to make certoln statements and recommendatians, that §1,045, Convention, would vecessary fect of water. He called attontion to the great sdvantago from theso improvoments, and safd thu looa to the Murquette reglon alone duriny the year from the present arrangement is £300,000. Eigbt borges loaded with wheat at Daluth last scason on o draft of twelve and one- hull feet, the presont max‘mum In 8t. Mary's lock and bushels tho new ‘Thielr dimensious and depth of sixteen feet were thouht to bo fu ndvance of any imucdiate necessity, but tho hour had slready cune, the emergency was here, our internal commerce was belng tlons, of and onc-lalf feet, they would have carrled 244,000 bushels, ond with sixteen fect of water, 1o Ilke proportion, The sfngle sdditlousl ap- propriation of §49%,000 bring Into such as the the Welland and 8t practically furnishiug & new water-way to the Atluntie, with the possible romoval of tolis from the Erle Cunal as u consequence, the grow- ing use of steamn power for propulsion and tow- ng, and tho rupid scttlement of oyr own aud the Dutnjuton Nortbwest. These changes guvh examined the premises sre of the opinfon thst the lire was fncendiary, aud an favestizutiosd 1o thought Hielv to be mude, ,000, the sum agreed upon by tho be amplo to mako the improvemnonta and sccuro sixteen IN 8T. LOUIS, 87, Lous, Jan. G,.—The building of Charla H, Peck, occuvied by the Beef Capalng Coz pany, and which burncd last night, was fniured a8 follows: Firc Association, Philadelphis, 13 German, Pittsburg, $2,200 each; Home, Color bus, 0., aud Manufacturcrs', Boston, 250 each; Mercbants?, Newark, N. J., ana People's Trenton, N, J., $2,000 each. The canniog o3 pany will occupy tempurary quarters, aud ¢ 8t. Mary's River, carried 182,000 | tluue business without juterruption, wheat. Loadea to fourtewn | ° AT ALTON, TLL. Sueciut Disvaich tn The Trisune, AvTox, 1ll., Jan. 6.—This eventng, about bt past 7 o'clock, a fire broke out In the City-Hal fu which are all the city oftices and the Pov Otfice. The bullding was ouly partly baroed The city records wére all_removed and sarelt also il tae valuubles and letters Ju the Puv Ottlee, AT SBAGINAW CITY, MICH, Spacial Dispateh o Tae Tribuns FAST Sa0i¥Aw, Mleh, Jan. 6.—Tho eleott resideuce of Mrs, E. E. Thompson, at Sagiss? City, was destroyed by fire last night, Lo 80,0003 fusurcd for 83,00, A portlo of conteuts was saved. NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN. New Yong, Jav, 6.—3{ayor Cooper's lnsc ural message urges that the burdens will complete avd in the summer of 1880 locks at Bt. Mary's. use canal affected by rapidly-changing coudl- varly completion of lawrence Canals, us no uncertaln admouition. Wo wmust | ypon New York's commerce In the way of toilh adjust oursclves to them and se- | charges, or cxactions bo lghtened, and that ¢ cure thelr advantages. Thla 850 mltes | harbor facllies and dock and WP West was to e of deep water navigation between tha East and meretal significance was 100 vast for comprehen- slon. Could woallow an inlicritance ke this uuutilized! accommodations be extended snd adiwicd 10 modern cheap methods of b dlivg bulky products. These aud ot recommendations purely local can be attald at a lower rate of t3xation than is uow Lndus & magnificent possession. Its com- Could we pormit ' Its valus to be mmpalred and its power crip- | und without Increasing the'debt. He I‘"W; pled by a few semaining obstructions [ Feduction in the wumber of city “’gjfl. fu the river chounchl Duluth stanas | 304 20 equsization ot sslariedi L, at the Northwestern guteway, 1,40 wiles from L;:,,‘f‘"g:‘;:",“;‘ tha couts dr i New York via the Erie Canal aad lakes, Ilere Y she had already vegun to recelve the vast tributes which the American 8nd Lritish North- recominends taxation upon all mrlmrulwnl“: Joyuug spectal privileges and franc sesj anl ] slsts upun un elficicat, economical, and enied west wero sbout to offer to the world's | Vg sdwinlatration uf public businss. commerce, Her harbor sccoumunodatiung | “‘:’.:_r‘: nl:;.: :I'I]-: :‘l‘!vu m’f'fli:ufl'&; '(l:;‘é:fi‘!fi" were adequate to her prescot pecesal- | 8185 an {ucrease within e yeur o1 $3,55 tles. Bho must be prepared, however, e ——— for a very large Increaso in the near future or WORKING- HOURS REDUCED. trade, DBrief aa ber nlstory bad been, and shar- jug wisfortune, as Duluth has done, with the Nortbers Pacitic Hoad, tuero have been shipped from ber port 2,000,000 borrels of flour aud 12,500,000 bushels of wheat, and sho had passed Westwurd 200,000 Lons of coal, 300,000 barrels of wult, and 120,000 toos of mercbandise, Nuw Youk, Jav. &.—The Poat’s special lf"l‘ Cobiucs, N. Y., says the Harmony Cottowdiiith employing 8,500 Lands, aud produciog S yords of cotton goods & day, Lave ndflflw worklog tima t3 three d onler seduce production aud stlifeo prives. o Newnuk, N, Yo, Jan G—The- operativet & the Newburg Steamn Cotton Adills were P But what of the future! What was the measivg | ou balf time to-day, Tho low price of wad) of this decpwater nuyization, two-thirds of the | tured gouds is 0 a8 thy catse, distance scross the coutinent, its lovg arm stretching Westward ona high paraliel of lati- tude until it plerced the most woynllcest do- miu Upou the carth for the babitation of 1w ‘Tols water-arm touched the future howe of uu- counted millions. oue upon Amenican and the other upon British ‘Lo spesker next curefully considered the tojozraphy of the rezion surrounding Duluth, bricgiog out fucts which patut to the future suil. areatueas, | e — THE CREDIT-MOBILIER CASE. Nzw Youk, ‘Jan. 6.—The United & preme Courd this alternovn gave a dedild the css0 of tho Umited States vi. The Lo Uacitiz Kallroad Cowpany and otbers, 0B 1{ kuown as the Credit-Mobilier case, T8¢ S0 claton of tue lower touit sustaiulng the de2iy rerto the Ll equity §s attraed, sid He bolds that u larie emizrution 1a | Goveruwent's suit 1s videsed dismivacds Here was o double erupire, constantly pouring into the reglon, and sooner Y 05 Briciah, $1,000; Phonix Mutns), * as follows: “1Ineed hardly sugzest to you the | ‘Tha nlerm from Box 401 at 10:30 yesterdsy -