Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1879, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBU NATIONAL SURVEYS. The Proposition to Consol‘dats Them under the Interior Department, Arguments Urged hy Those Who Are In Favor of {he Measure. The Now Plan Recommended by the Nationnl Acndomy of Hcience. From Our Own Correspondent, WasnixaTon, D C., Jan, 6.—There are two #ides to thie proposition to vonsolidate the sur- veye. ‘The aruinent atsed by the ovivouates of the =hange fs ket forth in tho Interview which follows, had with une of the persons active fn support ot the consolidation: * Tho subject of the consolidation and trans- fer of the varions Natlonsl Survcys under the ausplees of the Government,” he said, * has ueen before the Commitico on Approbriations since the begloning of Congress. This subject was referred Ly the Ilouse of Representatives to the Natlonal Academy of Science, at the closc of the last session, with the requost that d report be made and & plan submitted for the future management of all surveys of a sclentifle character connected with the Government. The Comnmittee received the report of the Academy, nud has prepared a number of clauses which nre to be embraced In the Legislative Appropriation blll, coverinz the entire subject, aa recammend- ed by the Nattonal Academy of Selence, THR COAST BUNVEY Wil be, according to this blll, tranaferred from the Treasury Department to the Departinent of the Interfor, and will be authorized, In addition to the work alrcady carried on by it, to prose- cuto all loterl r surveve, such as geodetle and topographical, and measurements for the needs of the publle landato be disposed of by the doveroment. The geodetic work willbe the ertublishment of principal points between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across tho Con- tiuent, from which the geologleal survess, and tho surveysof the Gencral® Land-Oftice, will take thelr initial or startiug polute.” * But is not a_new oflice created by the bill " © WA United States Geologieal Ofiick, or Turcau, fato ba established, which will maks all genlogical, mincrealogical, and other lnvesti- tigations necessary to determina all the practi- cal and scientific features of the country. The bl provides for tho abolishment of the Rurveyors-General, as the Const and Inferior Survey will herealter assumo the duties hercto- fore performed by the Burveyors-General. The Commissioner of the- Genernl Land-Office will retain his position as at present; but his du- tles will be confined to the sale nnd dlsposition of the punlic Innds, and tho keeplog of records and titles of the same. ‘The officer to be placed 1o chiarge of the Ueodetfc Surveys will boap- pointed by the President, as will, aleo, the Di- rector of the United States Geolozical Burvevs. ‘I'he United Btates aud Geodetic Suryeva will De enarged, In addition to the duties of survey- ne, with the Fremrutlnn of wmaps, charte, and all othier detailed topographical dats for the ufe of -the General Land-Ofllce. . Tha Geolorical Burveys will he rerkulred to make examinations of nll economic features of the country, which arill bo prevared for Lhs useof the Commissioner of the (leneral Land-Ofiice, to enable him to determine the charscter and value of the public Janis which may be disposed of.” * WAT 18 TILE NEED of the proposed changof “The necessity of these changes and this cansolldation has been foreed upon Congress by the lack of accuracy in theeo various surveys;: us well na the lact. that, s they arc now carried on, the diferent surveylnz cxpeditions, having thenatter of the selection of 1ha country to be surveyed entirely under thelr own control, Dnve penerally sclected Lhose poriions of the country most remoto from civilization: anid fu- formation* thus obtained would not' be ayaila-~ bie for tmmigration and scttienent for 1hat season, Under toc present syatem, the desire of the heads of the surveys hins been to pusn out {nto uncxplored ficlds tu increase fin- ividital reputation,—omitting.the very regions af vountry most ikely-to bo.needed for fin- wediaio settlenent. e ew plan, the varfous' surveys will work in hurmony, and co- eperate: with cach other {n such.o way that (he ereatest amount of valuable- information will e obtatned for the Jeast expenditure of money, ‘The easurement surveys, belng In charge of the Coast and luterior Baryoys, will sccure o ereater degree of aceuracy in “the pare:ling of the public lands, aud.thus avold tho andlcss titi- gatlon fn which so _mauy people aro now In- volved on ecount of bad survers.” ' What have the present Surveyors doned™ “They huve gona luto unexplored snd distant countrics and survesed lands, putting up litl wooden sticks, Acting us lhe{ uow are, the HBurveyor-Uaneral can go Just whero he vleases, The Surveyor-General does the work by cou- tract; and, tho more wround he covers, the mora monoy hic gets, und he sumetizics does {6 Jor persongl gain," . Wonld thero o o ANY GHEAT ADVANTAUR o this changel” 4+ As 1t Is under these three dilferent lieads, the Secretary of the Interior will Luve at all times o knowledgo of the country to be sur- veyed. With these three surveys thus arranged, the houndaries ond vorners, und other monu- ments 1o be arranged for surveying, would be of & more permanent churacter.” *+Cun you state any speeial cuses of errors in ryeys Under the present svatems (7 *Bult Lake. for tostauce, was located astro- nomically, Bubrequently, when moro approved methods were ndopted, its location was ascer- talycd to be several miles vut of place. The estublishuent of points by triaugutation secures the most. acenrate location, By the process of triangulation, Salt Lake conld bo located from Wasniugton within o few feet." 4 Daoes not the proposed plan chango the pub- Ne-lund sysiem (" H1t does not change tho present public-land system, but gives 1o It mory accurato nicans of earry{ng on 1ho Buing Micustiromotits,’” *And s the Coust-Surver quallticd to do this ‘work {n the {nterior " . “The Coast-Survey has established prett, nesrly a Hoe of net-work clear ucroas tho Contfe nent.” In many Instances they establish fron columne, whers there are no mountutng, which are more aceurate than the mouniaius, -In an. other year the cstablshment of these great points will 0dt ubatit 40 cents a mile.”? © MWHERR DY INATEI? “*The plan umitiee on Appropriations of thu last Congress, on unt of the various contcata that wers enacted sesslon In getting upproprintions for the diff, entsurveys. The Comnitiee tried to scitle the matter atiout thewe surveys some years ajro, ‘The Commlttes gn Pollie Louds had the matter under thelr control, aud mada a report favorlng the contlunancs of thiese surveys as thoy now are, dividlng the sreas to be survared by Lhend whizh wax submltted to tuo Committes on Ap- propriations. Thut did uat scem to settlo tho question, because, subsequently, there were some diftfenlties coming up o regurd to the oreas. One purty wanted the same area thae the others wanted, aund that deslre bicame so great, that they trespassed on cach othur’s arcas, ‘The t’.'mnml:u:u again took the watter up, aud referredd the whole subject to the Natfonal Academy of 8cience, und this |7mrohlllun they iutend to bnag forward {s wholly ln secordauce with the report of the Academy,!? **How many uifferent surveys have been au- tharized by Congressi 1 1hiok { can pame them sil. They are: The Ueoeraphical Burvey, weat of the Une-hundredth Meridian, under the War Departmeat, u charie of Lieut, Wiweler, ‘fhers was u Urological Buryey of the Fortieth Parallel, under the War Devartwent ; but it was couducted eotlrelv by civilans, In charge of Ciarence Kiog, Theu there ure the United Blates Geological und Geo- “raphical Burveys of the ‘Territories, uvder the nterior Departiient, {n charge of Prof. Haydens llml tue Urograpbicat and Geologieal Burvey of 1be Rocky blounk\dn reglon, under the luterlor Departinca, ta charee of Blnk- Powell. Then there was snother survey of the Biack Hills, fn tharge of Prof, Jeuoey, now campleted.' + ks fu proposed to abalish all those .urve‘nl " *The proposition s to discontinue all of the Em:ng suryeys, aud to establish an ofllce nowit a8 the Geological Survey, which shall Lave coutrol of the work uuw doue by thess dif- {erent organzations,” *WHO FAVOK, AND WHO OPFPOSE, this proposition { **All uf tha clviliaus favor the plao, and Gens, A arreq, Aleigs, and others of the sy, sud rol. ‘Trowbridge arc fo 1wvor of 8. Tha Corps of Enginecry are apparcutly opposed to it, for 1ha reason that, uccording 1o the Acsdemy re- vort, thy Curps of Logineers ure coufived Lo l‘.’o’k of wilitary cugineeriug, such 88 rivers, arbors, fortifications, wuilitsry youds, ew. ‘Tuey &re allowed o Lave chargo of the lake-surveys uatil ompleted.! 2+ Who sre candidates for the new place?” This bill creates a new uffice, the head of Whick i 10 be appoluted by the President. [do 1ot kuow of suy candidates; but, as there are MWaye more of less persous Watcling for new oul offices, I presume there are some looking after thia, Tt sould reyulre aman of a hich onder of talent,—a man who has alrcady had large ex- periehen fn this kind of work, and who has broad knowledge of ail the features connected with {t, “What the esiary will be, [ don't know." “Is Cangress disposed to favor the mave- mene 17 ‘“There does not. acem ta be any opposition 1o it in Congress, bt there {8 a general feeling it favor of it. While It I8 not yes |ufl1c|nnvl(y befure Conaressto be thoroughly understood, the fmoressiun of most of the members I8 favor- able to some such plan,* “1)o you uot expect apposition 1% “There will $ & cunsiderabie opovition on the part of thors who nrw Interested fn public lands, who are qnite wedded to the pressnt ayatent, and who hellove that thn present ayalem is gotne 1o e disturbed. he people in” the Western country have bad the present ryatem so long before them that they understand ft otehly s and in all new countrics un; aaysiem which eecms famtilar 1o creates more or Irss upposition.” “Wou ot the Commlssioner of the (ien- eral Land-Offlce oblect to heing sborn of fo mitieh of hls yower 1" “Tha Commirsfoner of the Gcneral Lante Office betne an officer of the Sccrctory of the Interlor, he would very naturally wish tu vo- operate with the Secrefary of the Inierior, The latter fs very much in favor of this measure. Al general officers of the (fovernment, outside of the War Department, favor the nni-‘r_mure." g — THE WINGED HEEL. Sowe Interesting Focts and Refiretions He- lating to Bieyele Nrvigation, . Roston Adrertiver, Mounted on his fifty-twe fuch wheel, with the wind humming In the spokes, and the mile- stones flitting. behind him, the hicyelist svpro- priates the esthetic meanlng ot the “winged heel ** with which tho anclents endowed the messenger of the pods. The prophictie myth of the wise and athletic Greek has become a moxl- ern reality. To get over the ground and through tha watee in the quickest manner fs the goal for whichurdent spirits in all ages have put forth thelr beab endeavors, The bleyelo ranks atmong those gifts of sclence to mwon, by which he ts en- abled to supplesnent his own tuny powers with the exhanatless furces around him, lieaitein the maddle, and all Nature is but a four- footed beast to do his biading. Why should “le @0 n-foot, when ‘he can ride a mustang of steel, who Luiows lils rider and never ueeds a loszol This Is no boy's plasthing. Thero are plenty of men, nod thelr nuwbers are ncreasing, who prefer it on sume accounts to a horse or n yachit. It is the only way by which you can rin_ond not be wenry, and walk aud not fafut, Bicyeling I8 walking, with scientific cconomy of expended encray, It Is an extension of the persot, an enlargement of the bodhiy functlous {n the direction of locotno- tion. It seemsdliMicult to tho uninitinted to keeg one’a Lalance ou a vertieal wheel, but the mechanical principle, or kiuek of the thing, 18 as easily acquired 08 rkating, and much easler than to balanco o load on the head. ‘The ereet posture of the human lIrame, sustalnlng and muataining a lencthened columa of boncs on the foot, s a mechanieal marvel, but it comes by vractice. The exhilaration of bleycling must bo felt to be appreciated. With the wind ||mfilmz in _your ‘ears, ond the mind us well as body in a higher vlane, there Is an evstasy of triumph over fnertin, gravitation, and the other lazy tiea that bind us, You are tray- “"n’fnl not betng traveled. You loek upon borse nichices with contempt, aud even your old ac- qualntatice, the pedestriam, with nity. The sad- ale, firm as & plllor, bears Il‘p your 170 pounds dead welght, which in waiking you have to ralse up end lower with every attp. Your body faat resty the leygs ars in motiou, avd your walkine stroke geared up to & wheel thirtedn feet t vl cumfereuce, shod with rubber, You sitand elide with scarcely a perceptivle jar, but the towns und villages dwindle as you pass throurh them. -Tho birds that eleavo the aly have o like motlon with vourself. By moanlight on a bard road the enfoyment of yourself as n ceotaur s intense. Ta'sco a closc-knit, sun-hrowned fellow In fitting costume, shooting down & lung bill with perfect compuosure, dispensine with hands, or feet, o7 both, ot a pacs excceding that of race-lorse, 1s fearful, but it Is pretty., Ex- perts o up lL or down with ll'?u!ml ease, il 1n alngle ruts for milcs at the #ides of country ronds i but the better tho rond the better the rlde, whicl §a equnlly true of all other vehicles. All modes of trnusit along the hlchways of travel, 0%-power, liorse-power, | sfeani-power, electric. or g0y other motor, pudestriauism and pedallsw, have cogh thelr hour and riglt of way for the time belug, arcording to law,.- ... ‘Though there aro dilllenitics Lo be overcome, we clafin that uny oue of urdinnry paticnce an Juck can ‘lewrn’to ride a bivselo” satisfuctorily. The fent Is somewhat gyroscople anl less thin 1t looks'to e, * Onee Jearned, "It 1s an - clégunt and healtbful sccumplisiment, woith ol the time and monuy 1 costs, Goud-hy sick Ilst 1" s the hiall of 8 good bieycilst as Lo leups into the eaudlo fora ten-or twenty-milo run, The bieycle 1s not intended to be a * commnon carrler,? but 1t whl carry 0 mian with somo light bocpage und give him the cquivalent of a poir. of Jegs ten feet loug. ‘Thero I¢ no ecosation fn the suddic of belng balauced on n kulic-edge. ‘This Iccling 1s an element of donger In daclf, and must over- come. As to safely in goueral, the bleyele beng n macnine fs aufer than u horse, for tho latier hus a will of his own to ho consulted and con- trolled, Bieycling fs an [ualitution, hoving al- ready developed the clements of permanency, It takes with the **ssna mens Ji corpore suno,” and noue but these who lave ontlived or for- gotten their yur will ¢all it question, The mechanical princlples are gund, as far a8 they Ro, sl cacht new fmprovement (there s plentv of room yet) glves (L tinnes hold with the athietie. " Every Uoy fu thu coming generatjon should he tramed to it commencing with the velovipede at an early oee, Giet a good inashine by all means ; and, if you can afford Ity Indulgo in the Juxury of a first-cluss article; one that you can ride with the louse reln of confldence, throwlng your cutire musclo into & level spurt or a steep asvent, With 10 nervous spprebension of u badly-made screw, or u loose ruber, bacauent repaire, The "\rclv.-mu-u glven “ hand-sewed " shaoe applivs to bieyel clally while lnportant portlons requtre o be forged. Each part should be pericctly fit- ted to the other, and to no other, the grouping of tha wholu coustituting o preclous ndividuals ks, an be turned out by the thonssn , eleetrle clockwork, und bieye are the vroduct of a high ravgs of urs, Indewd, considerablo us the outerop canity for rupid travsit bov- o piven bleth to the tavention, With jull fartl io the progress of things, we Jook beyond this machine of to-day, aud svu private carriages to und fro on our best rouds, impelled by smatl petroleum engines of Ilehit hurac-power. Iu o tavorits subject with sole of our udva mechanicluns, and by them considerced po Llons to e nlmost ‘a reaiity, \yhen the first wachme comes alung, und IV will come in Jus thne, it will be another winged beel, W give itin advence a ity which Is not to be found o *bo Clothuspins but Lelescoy Veur Keoception, Prooklyn Faule, ut ringing ' was the fovitation caferdny 10 the donr of Mr, Beecher’a o, 124 Columbta He 3 ock In the evening 8 vonstant streamn of mon, women, asnd children poured iito tho open portals, Inthe parlors the o liere and the suproundings wery cliara f the cultured New Eue wlaed home, Everytnlng wos bricht and cheer- ful, from the open, happy cunatenance of the distinuished prescher to thu fire of cannel conl that crackled merrdly i the erate, Wreaths und featoons of ircsh green sutlux twlued about thu statues, bronzey, wtd laall vlaces wiere their 21t grrungement belglitvacd the beau { the secue. “Viue, vine, uwml vilantine” were on cvery band, T Vases, lsjulica vases, sod vasus of rure ol Bulicmian gléss, tho choleess flowers, in wreat protusion, lent their glowing wwlors 10 the voliuncei { tue decoration und diffused their dellclous perfwme through tho afr, Mre. Beecher naslsted at the reception, Btie wore & tasteful custume of dark uurple stik, trimmed with Jace, aud u lace beaddgees ol very hecomfug style, Mrs. Cul. Beechier alsa vartivipated 1w the reception; the Colonel wus also preseut during a pertlon of the duy, and & bevy ol rosy-cheeked aud sunling chlldren play- cd about Ll kuees of the venerable Dr. Edwurd Beecher, who bud come down town (o speud the day. {lr. Beecher was in excellent sulrite. He Lad extended 3 sweeping 1nviiation, aud It was geo- erally appreciated, for in the.seves hours that the Liouse Was open 1,150 persous bald their re- spects. Mr. Beeeber's receotiou of bis yuests way characterized nr the cordality and carncsts neas of wanuer which bus wade biw so well be- loved by all who kuow blin, Every onie sectined ot homd 83 s000 83 tho threshold wus crossed. ‘Thero was uu cold, sssuming formallly fu the erectinge luterchauged, but 8 sinccrity wnd sime plicity of stile that was truly reteeshiiog. Tus preacher had a kfudly word, a twinkle of the oye, aud & laughable pun for cuch guest, Thero steined 10 be 0o end to th bui nits tbat tell ju sparkles of wig from bis lips, aud when his guests departed they were 84 huppy os they could be. . ‘Toward 8 o’clock in the eveulog the arrivals were very frequent. When the writer cotered Mr. Bevclier wus sbakiog bonds with s collego professor and exchuniiug cougratulatious with o filend froin England, His arm was wo: 1ike & pump handle by fus friend, sl he ntood it like n martys, The famlly formed a pletur- csque group {n the hack parlor, and the pletare wa homelike and boautiful. Sald the preacher 10 the Fagiereporters ** 1 have hiad more calls from judyes, lawyers, physiclans, clergsinen, editors, and anthora than _ever before, This ia tle thirty-first vear that 1 have received calls, and the numiber of [rienda has multiplicd like the rands of the e, There liave been A number of reachors here to-day. Among them were two Moravians and & Hubrew rabbl. A party of Enelisli gentlemen pald, Lbeir respects, and there svere others from varfons parts of Encope, “The dav's experiunce bas been a successton of happy incidents.” - {CURRENT OPINION. Clinrlen Francis, &b Loute Thues-Journal (Dem.). While the thormometer wus down {n the nine- hole below zero last Wednesday morning, Charles Francis Adams was wearing 8 cabboge- leaf {n bis hat to prevent sunstroke. Of Course 1t Will, Pattadelphts North American (Reb.). Now that resunption {8 succvssful, will not the Democratic orzans and candidates gradually discover that the Democratic party was always fa favor of hard moncy on comstitutionsl grounds! Hia Conditiong, Cineinantl Commeeial {fod, Ren.), It is repeatedly suggeated that If Benator Thurman will not be a candidate for (overnor of Oho, perhaps Qen, Ewing inay consent, upon the condfiion that If clected Governor he is to be Presfeent of tho United Ntater, taynrd and Tilden. Jancaster (I'.) Esaminer (Ren.), Rasard’s is the only nome which can make Pennaylvaula anything llke a debatable State, aud he could carry New York with Jess effort than any other candidate, Mr. Tilden will lose it hovelcssly, and not be Iu the contest in this State. . (iona to Meet. Tilden, Virksburg (Miax) Commercial (Inil.), Sam Randalt clalms to have 100 Congressmen pledeed to vote for him for Speaker. Asit re- «uiren just forty-nine votes more to elect bim, we venture an assertlon, that bisturians will write after {he asscmbling of the pext Con- eress, ** tione to mect Tiden,”? Chleago as n Bummer Rosort Detrowt Free Press, Evervbody outside of Chivuzo knows that this cold weather 18 produced in that city; that it {8 taying in a stock for use in that “summer resort’ nest summier, To attempt to evude this responsivllity u{ calllng it o “ Manitobn Dlizzard " is cowardly and contemptiblz, Another Ohlo Man. Wasnington Republican (Itev.). The Republteans talk nbout Uringiog out o “ niew mau to bo thelr candidate for Governor out jn Oblo. And this in the faco ot common report that there fs not a sirele lving Buckeye who has not hevn an aspiraut for oftive; but the Ohto Republicaus arc capable of great thinge, us wo all know. - Where In He? @rand Raptds Eagle (Rep,). Where is Dick Trevellick, who sald in Powers' Opera-Ilouse, a year.or more ago: *‘The Qov- croment cannot resiting on Jan. 1, 1870, any more than you can 1ift this Opera-Rouse on your shoulders and set it down on the other Bide of tho street]” And there was s*loug- continued applause and waving of hata.”! What Tt Amounts To, Jinstan Trareller (Ren.), Mr. Tilden s reported as desirous of sppear- ing before the Poiter - Cotnmittee to clear his skirts of the cipher disgrace. Unhappy Potter! Hle started out to show how the KRepublicsu party stole the Presidency, and finds himsel{ re- duced to the moro modest task of giving the great Defrauded a chanee to prove sb alibi, Knows How It In Mimnelf. Hostan Tvat. 4 Bafd Mr, Beechier, fu his Sunday sermon on the dominance of destructiveness of thls age: * Laok st tho fecling of soclety towards those who have done wrong. it 18 not that of sym vathy or rugret. *The feetiug ts, ¢ Crush him ¢ crush bim1' " Or, a8 the Tower portion of soclety . tersely cxpresses it, -M'Serve him right, damn biwm!*” Ho koows hoy it Is biwself. P " Hoo 8F Perlsh, Lauistille Coprler-Junrnal. 1 Mrs, Bwisshelm,”. pn exchange tells us, “gnys the only way to civilize the Indian fs to put a hoe in his hand and tell bim to hoe or per- {sh."" ‘Then, * the only way " {s no way, Pute hioc In bls hand aud tefl him 1o loe or perish; £o back n two hours, and you'll fiud that he hos swapped his hoe for o quart of whisky, and s off perishing Iike a ford, Contrasting Rermarks, Indlanapnlis Junrnal (itep,). 1t must, have been bighly oratifying to Tildon, na ho #at In a box at the Bryaut memorial cele- bration, to hsten to the burst of appluuse which shook the houss when tha orator of the cecasion referred to Hayes, and® quoted his cclebrated phirase, ** o servea his party hest who serves s country best,” Contrast with that Saminy’s contidenttal remark when informed of his notil- nutlon at 8t. Lonis: * The people want reform, uud that's the yeason they have nominated me," A Timely $lint. Haughtan (Alich.) Fazette (Rep.), Bammy, 'ere’s o bint. Did It ever occur to Mr. Ttideu that tho lowest Jevel in his New York fron mine, Marquette County, would bo s capital place for him and Miscoparccuers to hids while Cougress 18 investizating thoso cipher- dispdechest Properly stowed uway in an over- Naud stove, down in'the fron wine, underncath the ground, tho craw of political salnts could even defy oue of those New York detectly who fs tindlng tho remaoins of the latu A, Blewart overy fln'\' Or 54 The Need uf tha Hour, Rattumore Gaseite What is nceded now lu every large city {s a tread-mill for professional watkers, The mn- ehine conld be gttachied to a will which would erind corn tor the poor, and cvery gentlomsy ambltious to attract attention to lis pawers of endurance should by senteoced 1o slx daya® teamp. Peopls who ure anxious to seo a weary man with kore heels and Hiood-shot eves izt bu ekurgzed o snall admisslon-fee, and the sum thue rabed might be used i bulf-soling the slices ot tht lettercarriers,—un honest clnes of wentlemen who sre distinguished for uuvstens tutious pedestiiantsm, Not & Brave Man, Prartdears Prexs (Rep,) It was a very shrewd dodize 1o give out that Mr. ‘Tiidea would uppear bufore the Fotter Com- mittee. The probabdlitics ara that ho will aveid that semi-letunct body us sumebody else fs sup- posed to shun holy water. Mr. Tilden {s too slv a fox to go futo suy trap; he is notoriously timid; he uever wos fronk, and he witl assert hls politival funucenve alvuys by somo kind of - au_ univtetlizible fmatendo. ~ Lven i hs wers subpauacd, he would fiud wavs aud means, lugal techutealltics, plysiviana® certificates, sng thut surt ot thing to dodge the puint, Mv. Tiiden 1y ot & brave wau. N “The Advoca at Doesn't Aidvocata, . N York sabtee, & 1t §s obscrved with regret, by some bellevers in fst moncy who have forwarded thelr 425 cents 8 year " to W. Il Bhupe, that his National Adwocate no longer advocates. - The elcctlou s over, Mr. 8hupe bus the quacters, Theretore, where was tho ‘seuse 1o publlabtog the puper auy louger! - Naturally, r. Stupe stopued. ey, besween Alr. Groum and Mr: Snupe, tuo veuerable Peter Cooper bus u weary time of i, Pusalbly it niay occur to hiw, beforo ho dies, that the editor who s willlag to advocats swindliog of public creditors is aut 1o be u per- sou from whow private creditors must espoct awsil dividends. . ‘The Clilcugo ¥scurslon to Mexico, Deirost Free Press. It is to be hoped that our Chicago fricnds will enjoy thelr trip 10 Mexico, 1t ought to be resl pleasant, aud {s uot lkely 1o botiresome for want ufexcitelacnt. Tno press-dispatchestbootherday sbow how a rallroad-train was captured and the vassengers lodged fn the wountalas uutil & rau- som for cach was pald. It s to be hoped that the robbers will not swoup down on the Chicogo Aldcrmen, brokoers, bavkers, aud merchauts, hiko several wolyes ou o fold, cveu thouwh the excitement would be fuimenio aud the sensation noyel, 1t Isall right to clinb a wountaio, but i makes the accent ruthier too hurrfed and anxious when 1980 I8 around o perfon's neck, [t addw alto- gelber too much animation to the pastime to Le prodded along by & sharp Mexicgn knife frop) hehind, whils the rape askiats in front. If the Chicazo peopte should fall fnto such a pre- dicament, they can have oo difficulty fn Aow- ini the robbers that Chicago Is a completely Dbankrupt city, without a cent to binss herself or anyhorly else with, and is besides hehind fn the salaries of the officiala, ‘This, supniemented by a short atatement of {he tnethods of banking fashionabie In thu city, wbuld »;vedily convineo the disgusted Mexiesns that they had raked in the wrone crowd. The Chlcago veoale could (hen borrow goma inonev from the robhers, and go on their way rejoleing. The Negro's I'rogress. Fhttanetphta Timesilnd, Do) Tha elevation of the colorcd mnn lias proceed- ed slowly and under ieanffest disadvantages. For generatlons lic was & hewer of wood, & drawer of water, o blacker of boots, aud a hearer of burdens, He was klcked, cuffed, swindicd, and despiscd. He was not affurded a chsnoce to rise, and he never so greatly desired one. If he has not in cvery instance Fleen to tame and scholarship in tha few years during which he has had a ghost of a chauce to do ro, It fs not to be womlered af. Tho Israclite, swldenly emanclpated from his howd- oge to the tack-masters of the Pharaoh, was forty years in making hitasclf much of a man, sud,” even after the expiration af that term of schooling, was so still-necked and un- riehteous as to be exceedingty difficult to deal with, Sinca the black man of our Houthern countey has been frec, he ban been too much of a m%lucnl foot-ball to sit stil and sty with a vlew to the attatnment of great proficiency In book-'earning, 1ie has hekn soclozely ovcupl- d with hin endeaver to keéep hudy anid roul to- gathier that his educatiopal traline has been carcied] on at grest disadypntoze. Despite this umpromising condition of nfiaira, the enses in which the black man has' becn faithiully and thoroughly put through a proper vourse of education sccve as evidence that labor is not lost upon him, K —————— MME. ANDERSDN’S FARE. The Amount and Vstlety of Food Con. sumed by tho Tady Pedestrlan Every Twenty-four Hours, Aew York Hlerald, Jan. 8. There 18 no apparent 'Wlinlontion In the at- tendance at Mozart Carden, Brooklyn, and Mme. Anderson appears on the track at the commeneement of every quarter-hour, looking almust as fresh as the day she started. \While the question of the amount of fatigue which the constitution of Mme. Anderson can support {s forming an fntercsting subject of discusslon among the medical fraternity, this walk has brought to. light snother feature which will also proveof interest to medical men and professional trainers. This is the extraor- dinary amount and varjety of food which Mme, Anderson cats every twenty-four hours without at all Injurlug her health. ‘The amount and varlety of her food witl be Been from the follow- ing table, which was mnde out by her assist- ants: JAK., ey 111 p. m, ~Port wiie and brearl, g":é 3, ‘r:.—ll?lr n p::'rk ple. and winegtasafnl of T A 198 p. m.—S1x oysters aml port wine, 09 P, m. —Piccs of pineagple: port wine, 0546 p. m.—Cup of tea andmail plece of candled fralt, 7 —Port wine, # —Hcef tea and Rort wine. 1. —\Went on traelt eatinz peannts, of champagne. P2 e 3 wine, 08 Do m, —Cup of Kok}l hreakrlaet tea, . m.—Plece of rl\ll!b\“u and | ort wine, A0 p, o, —Candied fHAIEENd purt wine, 162 . . —Fout oystcrs :kj}l nort wine, 3. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1n 12:07 &, t.—Leg of lokistet had port wine, 12:21 a. m,~-More mhm;md port wine, 1 m,—Tort wine,*? "1 00 &, u, —Port wine; : 518, m,—Cap of tea.: 110, m,—Port wine:.« \.. {18 8. m,—flect ten dnd port wine, 01 8, m,—Ate peanuts on tra~k, 07 8, m.—Port wine: a4 81x oy eaten while walkiag, Port win ,—Leef tea ang port wine, m,—Gnes of champhgne and plece of can- - dled frut.: a7 8. tm.—Piece of pineapple. ., —Sipped ehamp: m,/~Lup of tea & . =Cold labatee” buter whils walkine. of clampapne, faur oysl ~Twu oysters and aip of cham e, . —Pieco of mileg of lobutur aud port wine, m,—Cup of tea. m, — At nuts wiitle walking. m.--Port wine, m, —Part winc. m,—Fonr oyators and port wine, ne., : uur oysters, wine. —~Cpop, unious, and roll. —Part wine, 2. Port wino, m,—Four osaters and port wino, -Mazneata, Port wine, Port wine and bread, ort winu and |rluelJ|p|t. eof Lew, with breud, t wine, Tt wine, m,—('bop, yotdtoes, and wineglass of \ luger, . m—Port wine. . i, —Port wine aud candled frult. . M. —I*lece of plauapple, Port wine, Chup, putatoes, and tes. Purt wine, Tort wine, . m,—Pimesunio’and vort wine, m.—Beef ten and broad, . un,—Port wliie, . T, —S1% oveters, ~—Port wino and plnea; o+ — ngulehod Frenchmon and & ¥atal Warnan, Durds Letter 10 S York Tridune, Puol Qv Cassagnue will o wmorg perhaps be able 10 rll_v thevart uf 8 nolsy ghstructionist in the Chumber of Degutles. The™ election wax sct agtde rumdn{. niter 8 debate of two days, in which be was himselt, up to the closing hour, the sole speaker. Those parliameutary mou with whum 1 returned (rom Versallles seemed to think it would have been more politie to vatldate bim, heeauso e is lkely (o be re-cloct- ed, Ilistencd to ull they had to say on the sub- Juct, but did ot agre with them, I thiok it was right todtsplace hum,—a proposition nobody whuu [ et yesterday would gansay,—and thut the aet will serve as i wholesciue exampte, It is utso wy vululon that he will not, I thg pres- ent current of Republicau feeling Tn’ the south- western departments. of France, - turned sgnin to - tho Cuumber. Gau betta, 1 waa told, was wrainet the tne validstion, and his ‘fricnd Bouller refused to draw up u report In fuvor of it, I wus sorry for Gambictta aud Jor tovse wlio took their cuy from him 1 the Jobby. ‘Tl filegalities perpe- trated by Do Cassurrna, the Preicet, sub-Pie- feet, and other functivkaries uuder the De Broglle Government, were »0 gross and glaring that Gumbetta was powerless Lo prevent a hos- tile vote, It muy be ushied why the Republican tribune mado nhnsell mnderhand the udvocats ot Faul, whoss conduct i the Chumber bas uecn @ cause of ecuudul, aud of & uature ta bring discredit upon iarlismentary Institutions, beek out the womui fn the case, I answ Madame dv lestmont, sister of la Murcehiule MucMalion,lize Leen o warin, 8 very warm friend of Usmbetta, who still often sces” her, aud fs & warmer one of Do Cassazuac, hig recent mar- rlage notwithstandine. ‘Fhis ludy {s & fomuie futale, Prince Metternich fought n duci about her o the latter days of the Ewmpire, sud was badly wounded by his udvereary, the Comid de Pourtales, lu the srm, Tho Marquis de Gallipes called out an tusolont ud- miier of hers, and wounded htm, I a chind duel the person challenged was killed by the galtaut who defied L A Germun jourosl speaks of four ladles, * the blonde, the brunette, tho strong, and the auatere aud witty," as otten welgbing through Gambetta on the politics of Eurupe. *The sustere and witty,” it would avvear, ls an old fricud, never asks anything fur Nessell or bier trieuds, and exerts hes futluence fu luyorof 8 pulicy of mudcration aud ot princl- ple, “The bioude ™ is Madame de Beauwont, wha I8 ll\'fl{i beguins for places, Whether sby comuicated tho socrets of the Presidentisl Court to tho tribuoe, or dlscovered bls weuk pouts to the Elysce, I csbuol preciscly state: wite may bave dowe buth. Guubetta colls bee fo Ler face “*Muadi Carlisle Levuuse pcrceived fu her & lkeuesd to that celebrated fntrlcusute To -the loug harunzue of Cuzsuguac *‘la bloude,” who hus made s wuch mischisf {u the worly 84 Helen, Mstencd with feverlab iutercat, mingled with up- rebenslon. Notes paascd lre:txuntly betwect cr and M. de Bethinont aud Gambctta, You vun now understaud why the Jatier fu the lob- bies saked Lis 1liowers 10 validate the election of tte Bonarertlst Depaty, who, he observed. IH/9—-TWELVE PAGES. did himselt in the Chamber Jntinite harm snd no goud to the Bonagartist cause. De Cassagnac’s namo has been a good deal be- fore the public since he entered the Chambet of Deputfes (u 1870, A London journal, probably on account of Madame de Beanmont, generally characterizes him as “the young and lere Deputy.” Ha naa young seven years agos fire, he hiny none when siesking. Jlls interminable oratlons, delivered in & drawliug accent and a mullicd tone, are without iicthod or vigor. A show of fempestuous passion might excute the Billingsgate whick appears what ft Iz, promeditated, and which flows in a slow, turchd siream, Paul has the phystque of an athlcte ata [sir, and a rather handsome Crevle head and facc. The dark circles round the eves tell of a nezra creat-grandmother and of Sy- barite habite. He has a largoe, dark, indolent eye, neyer more than baif ovened. fn the FEm- oross Fugenic's estimation he is the hand- suwmest monin Europe, The Bonapartist ladies who are of The samo mind are Teqion. T'aut al- lows himself to be pursued by the falr, butdoes not_ sptrn thein when they catch him. Via- countess de Brimont, the ©* Mademoteetle Cl patra ? of Arsenc Houssaye, isone of hia pur- suers. In the tribune De Cassagnac throwa his handsome head bock and advances his right fout. When the corresponding hanil is not in the breast pocket of his frock cuat, which he wears buttoned up, It is on his hip. At the close of each phruse he stowly fooks round the gallerien to sea what ladiesarc smiiing approval. THE ELIASES “BANKRUPT.” An Ansignment by the Patrons of the *Saw- dust Game* and # 3ilton Gotd.** New Tork Wurld, Jan, 5. The Elias Brothers, Willlam M. and Ellls H., eredited with the “sawdust game,” * Milton gold " Jewelry, and countless lottery and *‘gift enterprise™ schemes; friends of the late “ Dol lar Store " under the GOrand Central Hotel; dealers in watches and sl sorts of “ Jewelry "5 aud probably the greatest and most succersful aperators on the confidence sud cupldity of the virtous countryman who Mave lield forth In New York during the past ten yesrs, made au assignment yesterday for the benefllt of their creditors to Hamiiton Flsn Burtnett, The firtn 14 historle In the newspopers, They carrfed out their schewes with great boldness and energy, and these were so carefully devized that they always managed Lo heep within the aw, They tame here from Cinclunati about a dozen yedrs ago, nnd tirst came inte public notoriety with the *sawdust game. Then there were headquar- ters at No, 5%) Broadway nnd hundrede of ofllces in yarfous parts of the ity from which the country was flovded with cireutars. For soveral years somebody teaped n harvest, the receipts anounting to hundreds of thousands of dotlars. When tins *bonanza " was stopped by the police and the postal authonties thelr ngents sttended to * Miltun gold,* and rented a large store on Broadway for §1,00 a month to display thelr watcues and jewelry, This B gold "' “proved profitable for weveral months, aud then 1t was abandoned, bhut the acents con- tinued to adsertise 4t both as * Milton ! and other gold until rv.-umllv. It was alt the time worth its welght In brass or nearly. In the meantime the * Doller dtare" was _opened,—~the first of fta kind In this clty,~and It had &n immense Fun of customn for pevern] years, people from tae rural districts particularly taking to it os the seventh wonder of tbe world, **The Chicage Reliet Distribu- tion,” a *“Cuban Relief Concert,’ aud fonuwmer- able gift euterpeises and lottery echemes fol- lowed. The vrinciple of all of them was to et the coufidme rurnllat’s money _2nd give him & disappoiutment In return. “Sume of the schiemes were stopped by the police, but the othiers were very successful jor a tine, News- paper exposures have gradually opencd tho eyes of the peoplc tu these schemer, and inoney be- gnn to come in slowly, though once v a while 1 wail from New Eugland or Texas Is yet heard, ‘The Dollar-8tore was removed o ihe corner of ‘Tweaty-flest street and Brosdway, and after o profitiess existenco of four months it was closed. The woteh bustncss s ear- vied on at the cormer of Twenty-see- omi street nud Brosdway, up-stalrs, ss “Ellas & Co'' Formerly there was a branch at No. 37 Bond street, umier the name of * Kuseell & Co.," but that cume to naught turce months nzo. Anong the names under whicih the business operated recestly were “Elgin & Co,," #lHappiag & Co," * lether- fuglon & 7 ¢ Robert A, ekeeps,’” und “Russell & Co." Brudstreet’s commerciul re- {\mu say, ‘“These firns are well known toa jarze purtion of the publle throush tho medfuty of the press as well as by the 'esperience? of thuse vietimized. They are believed to posicas tatent and eapltal, and” smongz portiona uf the trade hare Leen ealled excellent cash customers far refuse stock and materials, and ore satd to manufacture on tuelf own névount loree quantk Ales of Jewelry termed * Kingston gold, or iy any natie which may appear templing and _vet cviwde the law when proven to be brass, Will- min M., the youngest of the Ellas brothers, is .apparently ™ the bLest known to the trade it the cenacity of a buyer, aud, no matter Low lurge the contract, issald nlways to have thio cash for such gonds us hie may require, pay- Iu-lu,f made. as soon s the goods are checked, Those in the trade who have thus dealt with them may aeem it salo to continue, but the geoerul tradu would hardly recommend trauanctions other thau cush betore delivery, and the public at Iareo would act in the face of a1l precedent slionld they | it anything wimt- cyer inany of the lottery aud fowelry schemces advertlsed for them. Change of name and Juca- tion i frequently necessary to wvold visits of poliee and vietitas, Lut so cunnbicly sre the rchemes devieed that the luw ta_unbroken, aml the chief ofiice of Elias & Co. hias s buny forca of clerks engoged fu looding the malls whih or- culurs, xnd tranacting the subsequent busl while there wre olllees, undir vurlous nanies, believed to be mere feeders of the waln con- eern " The flrm has recently been negotiating with (ta crediturs [or au extenslon, but was unuhle ta get the extension wauted, and one of the cred- ators begun suit (o recover his movey, wolch foreed the firm Immediately to moke the as- signment, The labilitics are hetween $40.000 and 860,000, tha tyeater part of which is due to ahy Jewelry trade, utnong the ereditors belng J. . Hookinson & Co, J. M. Young & Co. Stepbien Iichurdson & Con, Wiillani Richardson, A, flusbee & Co.y and T G, Whitney & Co. In the assigniment there s one preferénee to Nan- 16t A, Loring for 0,000, The sseets consist of watcehies, Jewelry, funcy goods, and a lot of odds and cods in thelr oftice at the coraer of Broad- way und Twenty-secoud street, the real valuo of which, ut of the hands of the firmy, it wlll be difiicult to determine. The niciubors uf tho Hri say thedr cinbarrussment fs only Lemporary, amd that they expect to oblain o compromise from thelr creditors, from inany of whom they luve bought o for tha past (en yeurs, Eilis 1. Klius hus fve or six Just horses, estl- mated to be worth £3,000, aml yesterday ho ap- peared on Bromiway wearlie o profusion of diu- monds. Bix years wgo ho owind 10,000 ucres of land (n Kentueky wnd uther reat estate, all unfneambered, valued at £150.000: of Govern- ment bouds, $100,00; cagh [ bank, $15,0003 and disupnis, $10,000 Tus was testlied 1o fo court, snd will be of interest to his creditors, — Superiority of Anierican Nutls, Au Englisn workwmun thus testilics lu the Fugeish Mechawic of Nov. 29, 157, to the goud- niesn 0f American Wares: whut I speak of thines which 1 know thor- ouglsdy well when I say that 10 verymany things ot manufsctures are nut it to Le shown tn the same sireet with Amerlean oncay and this not merely 1o plek-nacks ur littio ingennitivs, uy 1o which it is tolerably evident we huve vo pre- tention 1o enter Witl any comparion, 1 ouly fuvile suy one who doubts my statcments to compure such o rouzh comton metter vs ‘cut natls.’ Our rubblsh, with bull them split up, which tend to turn round in the vioud uud split it, and with conleal licads, ook very poar azralst thle strafglit, clean nalts, with well-tormed heads, which the Amerleans used 10 send out to Ats- tealiv, sod whivh, when I had once sevn thew, provented uie trom ever buving au Euglish nail sizuln a8 long as L couid get the Awcriean ones. - —— Hevenge In Italy, Two Euglishucn, nndarlnFIu # bost [n the suburbs ol Veolee, suw ait object In the wuter surrgunded by birds, ‘They lomnd R to Len wan, yet ulive. His arme ond lees were vroken and 1ed, and 10 order that o mleht not ein large dewnffohn ot iass wes allscbed to ¢ shoulder, which sustolued the head and neck sbove water. Jevonld ot speaki bis tuugus buug from his mouth. s vies bad Leen pecked oyt by birds, The murderers wer Luipl Parmaschetti, u farmer, and bls 50 bratherd, Parmuachotti bud u buuidsome and froprouch- blu wito sud o deuebter of § yeare. ‘Tetaldo, the murdered wan, wus by bim and well treated, but, beeoindn raaschrit, be unuoyed ber to such o degreo that hier husband best Lilns and drove bim from his house. Beveral Jus wlier Parmuschettl sturied st widnleht, with u boatioad of carden produce, for Veulee. Hbs wifo wus suou awakened by steps I her roum. Her door was locked, but Tetuldo bad entered by the window, yud ho atood before Ler, kulfe in Land, ' He threat- ened death If sbe catled for help, but she defouded bersell bravely. In the wneaulimy her daughter, uupeielved by Tetaldo, bad uuder the bed, and was o wilvess of th v Muwe, Parmascheitt 1un round u table, aud sev- seral tnes escuped from Tetalda's krasp, Hut he stebbed her, and sha fell in adviveg coudition. Dav vezan to davu, d Fetaldo fled, ‘The child tbeu elurwed tho Leighbors, va, oo reach- Ing the bouse, fonnd the womaudead, with thirty-twu wotindz upon her hods. On the re- turn of Psrmaschettf, himselt and brothers sought Tetaldo, and found him. Parmaschettl plunged & plteafork three.times {nto his breast, and held nim ploned, while his brothera broke his arms and legs with an lron bar. Parma- achiett] fntended then toburn him, but a brother proposed that he ahould he floated upon the Adrlatic, that the birds and fishes might eathun allve. This was done. Thethiree brotlhiera wers condemned to ten yeara’ fmyrisoument with hard lubor, but a petition to Lhe King was ex- tennively algned (n Venice, asking for thets com- plete pardon. o —— FIUIT. A Paper from the Natlonnl Ageicaltnenal Departiments From Our wn Correrpondent, Wasninarox, . C.,Jan. 8,—Col. A.C, Jones, formerly of Minnesots, now an oflicial of the Agricuitural Department, who has been en- zaged In prenaring a number of valusble papers on ugricultural products of the country, has just” completed au intcresting one upon the subfect of the dried-frult trade. The paper will be of value to merchants in- terested o that article, as well os to .ali who take an Interest fn the material devel- opment_of the country. The paper Is s long oue, and no attemot will be nade to give eveu a synopsis of it, Hanie of the more essential features, however, may bo briellv summar;zed: ‘The abundance of the friit eron of the United Statea fs one of the most gratiiving resulta of the progress of Agriculture fu this countes, In the strip hetween the Deluware and Chesapeake Bayx more than 6,000,000 0f peach Lrees hloasom anntally. ‘The crunberry nas heen found to be very profitable in Minnesota, where [n 1877 there was t crop of 40,000 bushels, of the value of at lesst $150,000. * ‘Fhe ILluropean demand for American fruits increases with the supply, and proves to bo very generally remuperative. To suve the graat amount of surplus fruit Is a sub- jeet of important consideration. There 18 fruit vnottgh raised In the United Btatesto supply both our uwn country and Eurcpe. The upple Is one of tne most wons{derable and fnportant, and is a leading branch of agriculturnl enter- prise. It is eathinated that mors than 2,000,000 of acres are under cultivation in orchards: and the orchard-product of the United Siater, acconliog Lo the census of 187U, wua 251,84,571. Inn period of tweuty sears, there was the enormous increase fn this product 24 385 in value, The Increase rlnce the us has becn Inan even greater ratio. t tothe applo isthe peach. On a mngle 1 in Maryland, of 1.850 ncres, there are 136,000 peach trees. The Peninsula of Delaware and Maryland sends to warket 8,000,000 busketa nnnuull_}'. worth 81,500,000. Another finportant districtis the Lake-stioro reglon in Mlichigan, whosu climate, githough so far north, s modi- fled by the proximity of large bodies of wates This reeion produces a cropestimuted at 81, 000 annually. Une grower in Michigan sells crov from twelve acres for $12,000 nnuunll[\. ‘The estimated value of the strnwbel crup In the United Stutcs is $5,00 Ameriean frult In"\m In great cateem In Europe, The first exportatlon of appics was tnade thirty ycars sgo, when the apblcs comn- munded frum 3 1o 88 u barrel in Liverpool. ‘Tust city now rocelves 90,000 barrels of Ameril- cay apples sunually, The value of fruits ex- ported last vear was $2.U37,025. Tho exportn- tion of canned fruit ta rapidly fncreasiog, The supply of drled frult has never been cqual to the demand, The extraordluary Increasc in the production within the lost few yeara has been met by still greuter consumption. No census of this trade hiss ever been taken, New York Is the largest sruit-producing Btate, and the bulk of it {a morkeied st Buffalo. At Chieago the trade In dried frutt is vory laree, 88 1t fy a dis- tributing point of considerabie fwportance for the West and Nortnwest. The Sceretary of the Board of Trade fn Chicago, in o letter to tho Department of Agriculture. statea that (he re- cefpts of dricd trults In J$77 were as tollowa: Drled applese, 0,000 barrelsof 200 pounds cach ;. dried peaches, 18,000 barrels,of 250 pounda each ; drled blackberries, 8,000 arreis, of 200 pounas eacn. A proportlonate amount ol the kmaller frults aud berries was recelved, The general trade In dried fruits s not nerenssor, the de- tmund bing supplicd within 8 tew years by the great lncrease in cauned goods, UPSETTING OLD NOTIONS. Gury's Electrical Discovories—Electricluns anil Belentitlo Mon Indorse Mr, Gary's Clatm, Dimaleh to Xewr York Times, BostoN, Jan. Hh—The dynamo-electric ma- chine contrived by Wesley W. Gury, on :he principle of his dizcovery of the neutrsl line and change of polarity in themagnetic machine, described at length in & recent dispatel to tha Z'imes, bas been furtber perfected, and now the Inventor, with the Indorsement of several elec- tricans of prominence, is nearly ready to put ft betore tho publie, He has been prevemied by iliness from perfecting it as promptiv as ho wishied, but meanwhlly Iis work las been ex- amined by exverte-and others; and a numbor of capitslists hove nade Lhe prelimuary rangements for organzing a company to put the machine at vnee ypon the niarket, ~ Auong v who have examived the fuvention is Mr. Moses (. Crane, u prominent practical elee triclanwho bus Jungiheen aud il s conpected with the construction of fire-alur telegraslis, und Who lias u Javze work-shon at Newton, near ths clty, tor the munutecturs of electrical utu- rutus. * Knowing that there s u veneral wish to have the judgment of some rocognized nutbor- ity on the macnine and its principle, 1 have ol talned the optnfon of this gentleman, Mr, Crane.was vislted this atternoon ut his Jabor- tary fn Newton, and to the direct questions put to ‘him rewnnting the tinry muchine, and the claim on which 1t Is based, wafd that there was uo doubt of Mr, Qary’s aving discovered 8 most fmportant principle i moagaetism, ile tisd not " examined the worklugs of the Gary mognetic motor, and would express 1o Ovinfon as to the extent to which it could be developed, but he felt that there were gooud rea- sons for Mr. Gary's claims: the priuciplo fiaclf ‘wae the maln thing after As Lo its applica tion to thu weneration of electricity for light, he et that there was every resson to expect o great result,~perfoct Kucee ‘The experimental teats that had been brought Lo his notiee, miule with sumll magnets, fodicated that Mr. woull uecomplieh everyinlng which he to uttuin in this felt vontidence from the fuct that ndvised to develon his discovery concerning thie utihity of uguetlsi for the purpose of the eleetrie Heht by a gentleman for whose § ment hie, uy well usnll othier both practiea theoretieal electricians, had the hixhest regsrd, The cbunges und modieattons which Mr. Gary hus made o bis dynamo-electric ucling ure of much boportance, smplifying 1ts von- structlon and inereaning ite cspacity. Thaey consist mainly of Improvements 10 thie way of abtatting the vibeations of the asrmature, fo the hatancinz of the same, and tn (ts position In re- Jutiun to the mavvets, It hus been sacertnlned that by keeotnz the urmature constantly witnin the magnetic feld, us I dong by MF tary's principle, the entire power of the mugnet 18 made avallubly, o reault inmpossible 19 ohtam in the exmting machinesy the the rovolving of the srmature Lakes jt ont of the ekl end so weakets tho curients, By the new pwocesa un astoubshiog qusunty-of clectricny s derivs trow small waeneis, ol no greater gppll- cation ol power ia required to generute efee- trivity from a Jurge machiue than trom u sinutl ane, [ tlie workioy modet which bo bus just campleted, Whhl the havges oad Jmproves monts, the armuture s accurately balance top of the ma: cinz ot tacked Lo & pivo! lever wonghted ut the other end and cuurde svrlingas vuly the slizhiest vioratious aro nee sary fu lnduce & powerful current, and thess vitrations are produced fo the amount of th sanas o gnute by meaos of osimple arran: ment of gearlow. I w practieal sacha unother plic of maznets would bo tsed, the tw piles bewuy placed with thelr curved ends up posite; fustead of weighting the Jever the bal- anve would by ubtaluied by & corresponding annature ut the other end, dunhhng the quuptity ot electricdty genera The wide-spresd fateres f s shown v the leiters T trou ull(l ris of the couniry, phty, Cufcszo, Sun Franciavo, muny other large cities, astiuge b uve of bis wuchines by electrae organizivg o these Places. Mo bas alao re- ceived many letters from larze manufectiuring establisumenty, etating that they wished to order his mavhiluce as soou us thev could be turned out, I the meantiog, Mr. Gory lss flut oegiected bis motor, but has made importent Snprovewcuts it and by a change in the po- sitiun of wagncts fu tie rolury enzine he lus sucecedud b doubling its puwer, so that be now expeets it to be fully ai use 88 the bea cuglue, Meauwlils the uotor und 1ts privciple are recelviug, quite nuturaily, savage uttucks sl seyere denuuciation . from those who have not scen the one o mastered the other, aud who dlhailss the whole thing with the sutoorathe declasstion that Mt pew discoveries wre to be wude fn inugoelism, oue can safely atlivas that it will not bo by the e ploywent of teopenuy vatld and pocket maz- nets” To thess Mr. Gury says be 18 too busy to reply, conlident that the practical results whil be toe best auswer. \WEether or not fUis * fi- wrobable, st this stage of the world's progrees, that ao iyvorent or a wercl ractica mau sbould discover w pew force in Nature,” as vus 000 annually. trection, umd he M in the fuvention od by Mr. Uary cludlng Mew- hington, und terns for the flib companues pructical for general crftle declares, It fs the fact that the prindplé which Mr, tiars clnims to have dlscoverd I8 demonstrated by lim to the satisface tion of men of Intellizence, . nelther, ig- norant nor ' merely practical,” but bork and_ enllege edmecated persons, and -that his worklng models work. Whether any npprecte- ble amount of power can be ohtained in this way fs a question warmiy discussed by thoso who have examined tha ventor snows. tlowever this may be, with ovb of the smail workine models, constructed of & few 10inch magnets, he has lifted n welght of seven pourdds one foot from the floor within a minute’s time, and_he himacl{ Ia satisficd that e can obtain by his principle the samo amount of power from permanens magnets that has ai. reatty been obtalned from electro-maxuets, and which would have long sluce been mado uee ot had It not heen for tho greatexpense of the bat. terles, Mr. (lary has been fuvited to exbibit amd explain Is”machines before tho Boctety ot Arts connected with the Massachusetts - Instl- tute of Technoloxy in thix efty, and will comply as soon as he fias finished the worl now o haad, ——— A FREE-THINKER'S -l)EA’l‘g. ¥l Leaves Hia Tiady to the College of Phy- slclans und Surgeons. [ New York Times, Jan. 5. Among the certificates of death reccived by Dr. John 7. Nogle, Registrar of Records of the Health Depsrtinent, yesterday, wos that of Dr. A. Habel, a German physiclsn well known among his fellow-countrymen, whadied op New Year's Day at the Roosevelt fTospitsl from: chronle Bright's disease of the kidgevs and uremta. The certifiente was sent to the Durddn of Vltal Satisties by Prof. A. B. Bands, one of the Faculty of the Coliege of Physic und Surgeons, to whivh Instilution tho deceased lind benueathed his body for the phrpose nf dissnd- 1fon and Inthe interestof hnmanity. The usuat permit for the removal of the remiaine from the hospital 1o the dlasecting-room of the Cotlege was Issued by Dr. Nagle, on recelving frum the representutive of Dr. Sands the assnrance that the terms of the statutes covering snchr cases would be complied with, viz.: that the remming would, be decentiy Interred when they were of no further use to'the students, Dr. Habel had only heen an Intate of the Lospital for a fewr dava when ddeath ensued. The will which Dr. Habel left commences as follows: “in the name of the Sunreme belng, lumsnity, hefors whotn wo all bow, aroeul™ and, aiter disposiug of his smail property, he goes nn to_diepose of his body in the following terma: % Finally, my ilfe having heen devotdd to the Intereats of Hu- manity, [ desire after my death my Lods may be devoted to tne same end, and lor this reason Idesre and demand that my corpse shall be delivered to the dissecting-room of of the wolleges in tha City of New York which” will ac- eept of it, for the purposes of dissection, or 1o any other college clsewhere, If not accepted by any in this city.”” 0 necordance with the terms of his will, Mr. H. W. Brown, his exccutor, tendered the Budy of lils friend to the College of Phyaiclons and Surgeons, and it was accepted by Prof, Sanda ou behalf of the college. The romalus were yesterday removad to the dissectlog-room of tug colleze., Dr, {label was o notive of Austris, snd sbout mryunn of age. - e become involved fn u no- litfeal plot atout c.?lllenn or Lwenty years ogo, and was compelled fo leave hls wnailvo lano. With une of his sons, he cama to this country. After soJourutng heve o short time le weut to Bonth America, and *7hile Iotiowing h's profed- slon there be devoted a great deal of | dy of the floea and the fau Mo sent _=a large numbor af specitnens to the Siithsonlan Institution in Washington, snd scvernl of s works on Houth Atacrica were publiehed by the Institution, e subsequently settled in Providenve, R. I, vnd theru orcanized w hospltal, of which he axsumed charge, but his advauced opinlons on rell.fluun aud Soculisthe matters resuited In his nbawdonment be that benevolent cnterprise, fle retirned «to- thia city and resumed the pracy af his protession; unt heallowed his practiey to graduadl v slip awoy, and devoted himselr almost endrely to writing long disscrtutions on Soclaistis thpied. Hewas cceentrir fn bis habite and diége, antl wore a loug-tailed coat, Ihvar:ably buttvatd up close, and pever cut lus bair, ailowing It o hanz over bis shoulders, One of bis peculiar tdees was that the Chrastian natnes of persons sbould be deafrnated sinply by letters of the ulshuoet, As, for Instance, Smith, beme (he head of & family, should be known as * A" St elidest von wia 1o bo deslenated o - 13, his sey- ond sonas »C," and soon. 11e spent u grear deal of thne anil uaed |l]ln larze quanzity o paper In cluclduting thix theory, S A MERCANTILY FAILURE, An Assignment Mado by Appleton, Noyes & Co, of Ht. Louls=Lishilltios About BHOO, 000, oy L &t Loule Gilobes Demacrat, Jun, 7, ¥ “The mercautile community aud the citizens generally will be erieved to hear tiat the welle known wholesale Loot and shioe house of Apple- ton, Noyes & Co. har fatled, A week nco o ruwor communced to spread hat disaster Mag overcome the tirm, based, probahly, on the dis- charge of & nuinber of clerkd, Those Iutepested in the concern o creditors, or o few of tlam, mude dmpuiry at the Bank of Cohunerce, domys bualness with Appleton, Noyes & Co., vut Hud- fog thot the paper of e house was bemng wromptly met at waturity, their apprebeusions were stayed and conlldence was restored. terday, however, Apnleton, Noyes & Co. msds an_ usszoment under the Stute law 1o Mr. ‘Tuomay Richvson, of the Colller White Lead Company, and resident of the behood Buare, The rumors of the nality of the firm to medt Its indebreducss or to earry on basnrss haa sl most died out, guid tho asafenment of yesterduy was u wnrprlse, Whlle the geueral depression thnes had sonething to 4o with the sus- : leading cauas was the withdrawal aniount of capital, through the deatls ed partner, ‘Tl firm waa composed ot (teorze D, Applo- ton, Nuthan B, Noyes, and Joln B. Maude, For many vears it lins beeu the most prominent hoot and shoohouse i the West, dofoz, until recontly, u_lurger business than eny similar house iy Chlcago, Busiticss was commencad Ly tiw flriu ou tue 1th of July, 1862, the two seolor parta¢is, Appleton and Noyes, liaving bud, however, on_extensdve experlence tn the trade. Early in December, 1817, Mr. Robert Jarviv, u milllonairce of Loufsvile, Ky.. camo futa the girm us a Hlted partoer, ho ) 12 10 #250,000. Bomo time carly n last month he adied ae his Lowe, leasiug, exclusive of s - terest In the houss of Appleton, Noyes & an estato supposed Lo b worth from 159,000 2200000 His deathy, by the operation or law, gusolved the conartnership and uecossitated the closing ot of the tusiiess, 50 far as the ol firng fn which e was & apecial parther Was concerned, fn tho wiil probated e other dav 3o reterenco was tade to this particular hivest- menity 0 chat uny wishes tho Leststor may have Dl 40 the premises cannot b It fs supposed tt the puiount, 1hierr face value, to $1,150,000, Mabltitles up: supposed to ba hetween $300,00 and K0,000, A faree aniouut of The ussets urd . ulfuved 1o to uacollectahle, and are conalilerea of lttle vatue, sfuny, But just whut propors ton Of ussets are fi this comlition canuot_be previsely Jearred, The huise b us work mak- 112 UD W Atateiaent. npon this volt, for the fis formation of creditors and il concerned, Mro John 1, Muuds was ggrsnd-nephew of Mr. Jog- and wlso, through his mother, the chtef Deneticlary of wie wilk, T principal creditara i coitrse, b Boston and Now York, . utor of Mr, darvia’ estute, Mr. Joshu ausville, 19 row n the city, and was yer ay i cunsaltstion with Mesasw, Glover & Sheuley, wtiurtieyn, In the course of “u few days Mr. Noyes whl vo for the East, und whl corey with him s fuil tatemeor of tho condition of ‘tbe ffuus of the firm, Bver since its vommencoment tha house bus been forcinost tn natters” of puhifs wpirit in this city, and ull alone 18 has enjo thie contldence oud pespuct ol the mercantile community, 8o far as tog reporter heaed, noth- lug but words of sywpathy one regret have beens expresied by those wiho Luow the faces ot the vase, - As the Company wos orcayized os o ilmited copartuersbip, cach fudividual wus respousible only for the sisount of vapital he coutributed. They weve not Incorporated. It 18 well known tusé speclul partoers i concerns ol this Kind are of two closses,—onue where a ou way be s spectal partuer Ly mers sgreemens ol tho pat- 1 aud the other waere be ls a speclal partoes, limited under the Limited Partnersbip et, whica limits the amount of aman's ilabilty merely W the cupital bv bl contributed to the concorn; and Mussrs, Appleton & Noyes® inn wos of the lutter ciasy of partuceship, . Formerly thelr ofllee aua warcbuuse werg of the souchwest coruer ot Main street nud Wash- fugtou avenue, bus latterly they hisvo been lo- cuted at thu nortbeast curner of Fifth ang Bu. Chigrles strects, Mz, Bichesuu, the asalguee, says he was much astontsued at the fallure, On Batunlay » mew- oer uf the fru called upou him, und stated that they wight be competled to mako an ais slzuweni, owing o somo misundorstavditne with r-:%unl to the capital tuvested by Mr Jurvls. 1t was hoped that an uwibuvle getol. ment would be eflected, but the expociutions ln uuuI dlu.\:_uld plolV:d mu&nm. Alr, Rictson could wive nu luformation a3 to the Macis sud Havdlities of the trw, - ittle machiues the ln-.