Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1879, Page 7

SAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, (B79—~TWELVY: PAGES. MORE MEAT. Coburn Goes for Harry Lawrence with an Afidavit. fir. Ford Asserts that COardoer ade Adyances to Him. There ware nonew devetopments yesterday touching the reeent Tetting of the meat contract to Patrickt O'Donncll, and those who had been loudest [n talking about bribery had the least to say, and with ona accord the Commissivnura settled down to the conviction that the whole thing hal been a good Joke, and a ‘very chesp one, The Domocrats cunld not keep their faces stralgnt ot the mentfon of meat, and Messrs. Coburen and Spoffond haa yery little to say on the snbject, and, so far as charges and counter- charges of fraud are concernud, the whole ques- tion tnay ba enid (o have aropped, and It Is safe to say that neither of them will go beforo the Grand Jury. The only incldent of the dayworthy of noto was the APPEARANCE OF O'DONNELL at the butlding, his visit belng for the purposo of sizning his contract and giving bond in tho sum of £30,000 for Its falthlul exccution, which be did, Tho object ul this move was to fore- stall, {t possible, any attempt nta teconsidera tlon of ths Board’s action in the matter Moo- day. Merctofora contracts have been read In open Board, and the Committee on' Public Service and the Chalrinan have been nuthotized to aporova tho same upon the contractor sign- ing (¢ and glvinz tha necessary bond, which has beeu fixed by the Boaml: but in this case an ex- ception 18 made, owlng to the peculing aur- roundings. Who fixed the hond §s well known, aud it is inmaterial, since 1t s larzs enough, but the unduo haste louks us If the combination which carried O'Donnell through was a little nervous. Commissioner Miller was not aro1nd, and his {ntentivns on the question of moving & recon- stderation of the award to O'Donuell could not be learned from him. It I8 belived, however, that he will move to recousider, and if he docs it 15 apporent that acveral Cuinmissioners whl {nslst uoon glving the contract to Curtls, or eome other rood peraon, even at o higher hid than that of U'Dounell or Furd, and they arguo that the county will eave moncy in the end. The fact that O'Dounell has signed the contract and given bond will not preveut a recousliera- tion, from the fact that ho was not suthorized tu sfgn it, and hia boud has not been approved. During O'Donnell’s stay at the building a re- porter talked to bitn about It being sald that ho kina offervd money, etc., to get tho award, He denfed 1t {n toto,snd snld he did not know Qnrdner, atid,as for Harry Lawrence, lic did hot kpow him from his barkeeper. 1o hiad been appronched some weeks sro by an individual suswerlng tho dencrlguon of Unrdner and asked i ho waa going to be a bidder, but he had no dealing with him, and would wot_have. If any onp had offered any moucy to Cobura or any ape cise {u his name, it had been done without lils authorlty, knowledge, or approsal, - Mention was inade yesterday of the fact of a note belog handed to an ex-Commissiduer, gsk- {ng him whether Miller was all sleht, sud his re- ply that he was. The ex-Commiasioner was not John Crawforl, oce of the bldders, who hap- ened to be over at the bullding at the timo of Fho Board meotlnm. CODURN-LAWRENCE. - There was [;‘\lmlshed In Tuesdar'sTRIBUNE an intervicw with Commisstoner Coburn, fn which be stated that he had been visit «, during the previuus week, by Harry Lawrenve, and the o- timation made that l¢ would be worth §1,000 to him to vote for giving the meat contract to Pat O'Donnell, The samo day (Mouday) Mr. Law- rence was Interviowed, and denled the truth of kh“ atacement and of yarlous others made b ir, Coburn, saying, Incidentally, that he ha wen bim but once sinco the efection, and that, he thought, at his —Lawrence's—own store on Madison street. Tuesday svening, THE FOLLOWING LETTER ‘was personally delivered to Mr. Lawrence: Ciuicato, Jan. 14,—Marry Lawrence, Kug., firm of Lairence & Martin, Cliy—Dean Sin:' In this morning's issue of Tng Tiwinexe 1 notice the ro. pors of an interview sald to have been held with you by eno uf (ho feporters of that paper, In which you aro reported 1o have sald that {he stateniont hat I made to & reporter of thiat paper *ia o Il rom beginnink to end, 1 haven't acen Coburn but. once since hifs eleciion,” sad: **that was about & weck ago,’’ and that you are nnl“mmlvu where, but yon think it waa in your store,™ Wil you bo kind enough to Iuform me whothor this report in gorgectly mado? It not correct, 1shall expect you to do ma the Justice to correct itin accordanco with the facts. Your immcdiate reply fn_writing will oblige, yours truly, C. B. Conuns, Mr, Lawronce declined to make any answer to Ahis, atating that he had vo reply to make, and that ho hiad satd in the Intorview in the paper al) that [t wns necessary to say, Therefore C‘u;umlnlunur Coburn sgoin comes forward with TIE YOLLOWING AYPIDAVIT for his partuer, Fred Billings, with which o desires to refresh Mr, Lawrence's mncmory on the subject of their meeting, . Mr, Lawrcnca being under the fmpressfon, according to hls interyfow, that it was st his own store on Mad!- son strect: . Statenf Illinols, Cook Connty, #2.¢ Fred Tli- fngs, being duly sworn, deposos and says that hu wos in the ofiice of Dtllings, Coburn & to.. 3 In- diana avenue, on Batorday last, That between 11 and 12 o'clock fn the forenoon Mr. Harry Law. reuco drovs ut in w alelth, came Into the eifice, and apake to Mr, Cobutn, saylng that o would like to have a littlo private couyersation with him, where- upoty Mr, Coburn requested this deponent to step up-stairs a fow. minules. loponent ieft the ofico, ond, noticing that Me, Lawrence's hurio was quita reative, weni aut and hold bim tili Lawrence went out, Deponent furthor states that M, Coburn im-« atuly Informed him, that the object of Law- roncu's Yistl wan {o get him 1o vote for I’ 0'Don- nell, and that he had mada him (Cobura) sn offer of §1,000 1t no wouid do so, and Lhat before he left hie intimatod that $1, 600 woula be paid If he would change hils mind and vote for 0'Donnell, n Fitan HiLLings, Habacribed and sworn to before ma this 15t) day of January, 187D, Anugaw J, linowx, Notary Pybile, Charles ®. Coburn, befng duly sworn, deposes and pdys thit he uas read the above AMdaylt, and that It 1 true I every reapect, €. E. Conciix. Subscribed and awora (0 before mo this 16th day of January, 1850, Axvnew J. Biown, Notary Publle fu and for Cook County, 11, JONN YoRD, the hitherto unsucvessful bidder for the meat- cuntract, lives ot No. 13 Third avenus, a short distauce from his market on Adams atreet, sud, a reparter callod “Pu" him at his Liouso lnst evening to get his views upon tho question uf thie hour, a8 woll ax to call hils attenlion to the allegattons thag have been fiytug sround regard- o bis part in the muddle. fTow sbout that assertion of Boofford's,” asked thu reporter, *to thoeffect that you wurs willlug to put up inopey, vr that {uur Iricnds wr;:s' fur you, or that it had actually been put on 2 “There's not a word of truth init. To go back a little, lot e eay that when wo thought ol trylug tor the vontract we tligured the matter up, and gongidered that fmy bld was 2L conlra Lundred lexs thau O'Doovell's, That betng the case, we ol course thouuht we ought to bave the contrant, Now, 6s to Mr, Spotlard, Ibclicye ho mavs ha visited my ploace, and was dlsgusted whth the looks of things, the pw‘p\u banglug sround, or something llie_that, Toe fact 13, he tame there with Mr. Coburn, was treated fiy u respectiul monner, and_ thers was nobudy hanglug around st all—nobody tlse ticre, fu fact, but my uwn workmen, As Lo thu siatesnent thut | kuew of Lhe Comtultice’s culming two daya previotts, there's not a word oftruthin t.” ] neyer bud auy intimatiou of thelr call, and didy’t, ss was alleged, i ny market up fu expectation of thee vieit.® You deny the charge that movey was used to further sour clajma Eutirely. " I'iever laid out s cent to gt the contruct, abd yover uuthorized duy one 1o ap- Druach any ona with moncy to get it. The chare s eistirely false.” WERN YOU APPROACUED BY ANY ON2I" * Doe! Uardner came to me and told e no {hult, et th coutruct for e for & covsiders- * What did you say to that {" *1 tuld lim’ T would bave vothing to do with ansthing of that sort; that it I couidn't get the contract falr and square, on ite merits, ) cere tamly wouldn's speud any muuef to get it.” 4 What was tuo proposed cousideration?” *Out of I.'urlull‘))'. asked Lim bow much he wanted, and ne sald 83,000, uess bho twice or threo tmes, but 1 stuck to what I bad —ihat i [ couldu’t gat the vontract ou the merlts of niy bid, and 'y uwn reputation, 1 x:u'!d have nothiug further to do with the wat~ Ui bo say whother snybody was toget s slarg i the $5,000,~utimste that thure was to bea taivy? 1 T4140" aak Lt about that.” “ When 8poford sud Coburn came to your f.‘?lr\?l Uid yuu bave any talk with tbew particu- ‘“Nat at all. 7hey came, looked around the place, suw whiat clags of weots [ kept, snd (x- bressed themselves as well satisfled.” *There waa no talk, v lutlwation of money, or anything of that kiud} " “Nothiug of thoe surt.” “But why abould be wake the assertion be did about money being put up on on your skiel O, that's all a lle, gotten upin O'Donnell's intercst." “Had Jou orer acen QGardner befofs he caled on ;nul' 4 *“Nercr met, him before, and didn't know who L was.” " How did he lntroduce himael[1' ‘4 \yell, ho tried to make me think he had a good deal of [nfluence with the Commirsioners, and that by usiug that influence in my favor he could get me the contract.!” * Dud you cver scu Bpofford after he ealled with Coburni?” * No, I never apoke to him hut that once, or tonrny of the other Commlssioners sfter the Committee ealled.” ** DId you hear anything sbout the offer of o certaln §1,0007 " YAt £1,000 was offered to Qardner in the Interest of Curtls, 1 think, lecause Gardner called on A, M. Wreizht Inst Eaturday and tried to get him In- terested In Curtls, Mr, Wrizht aaid that I had heen o personal friend of his, and that if he vould do nuything in_the matter ho would cer- m'nl{' work ln my favoe from feellugs of friewd. ehip, 'rNow. a5 to Fltzgerald’s remark that vou wera [treapunalble, and of no aceount, ete.1” “'The letters which were rend in the Doard were suflicfent evidence, I think, of my busi- ness stamding and my responstbility, Besides, I can et plenty of bonds from 820,000 to 30,000, Fitzgeralil ssid I wasn’t a citizen, too. I flatl contradicted that, as well as the assertion Lhat wasn't rubning oiy business fn my ovwn name, but in the name of mr wife, * How about tho safei” **8poffurd hns something to say about money belng piut up in a safe, and all that sort of thing, Now, all ['ve zot to say ia that I haven't put up three cents, ond have tever apcut a dol- lar with anybody to get the conteact.?? roLTics. : According to one report, Curtis was supported for political reasons,—for the sako of gaining strength for the hunubllc:m! in the ensulng spring election. Libby, McNelll & Libby, who criploy 1,100 men, arc great friends of the Cur~ tises, who also have a humber of men working under them, It was the Idea that, {t Curtis could get tha contract, Libby, MeNeill & Libby would throw ' all thelr men to sunport the Reoubllcan ticket, as far as they could. 1t Is understood that some of the hotels nud restaurants, to which mest is sup- plied by the Curtises, were also vislted for the purpose of secingg whether thelr walters and otlier servanta conld not be brought in. Tt is allezed that Mr. A. M. Wrizht, whois a candi- date for Mayor, was also urgedd ta o what he could in Curtia® hehial?, fn order that this large vate might be recured to the Republicans, and possibly to himselt, liow much truth thore is ‘u all this 1s unknown. DR OARDNER. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaao, Jan. 15.—Your paper has mentioned my namoe on geveral occasluns of late in very uncomplimentary and unjust manner, and par- ticularly so in conugetion with the letting of the mcat contract by the County Comunls- sloners. I wish to say that I am not n go-betwween, as you term it, for anybody, I have had no deal- ings with any County Commmlealoner or City Councllman, { have never offered a public officer a dollar or any otlice sum for any pur- pose whatsoover. I never holl any authority from Mr. O'Donnell to purchase Commissioncr Coburn or any other person. And I never did offer or promise any money or other Liings. {Iow Mr. Coburn ran’construe anything I ever eald In favor of Mr. O’Donnell, s b\'}'ulld my comprchension. fle well knows that I was for Mr, Curtis fieat, last, and all the time, Mr, Curtis Is a_personal friend of ming, and what- ever Idld for im wns done in o friendly and honest way, Mr. Coburn I have kuowi for several years, and whatever waa safd to him by me upon this sibject he has my permission to repeat, Respectfully yours, J. E. Ganonan, “YOUNG CORNEEL.” An Alleged Interview with Vanderblit's Younger Son. Newo Tork Letter fo Indianapolis Journal. ‘The Vanderbilt trial droigs and drags, and infloite indecency is the result. 1imet Cornelius J. yesterday,—the Comimo- dore’s younger som—and we walked to o restaurant aod lunched togother. Ifoisa man of 40, sbout five fect eleven inches In hight, ellgntly stoupiug, with a thin, worrled, soxlous face, booy, mnd with stroy furrows in it, blue eres, an amiable expression, a flaceld grasp of hand, a gontleman's apparel, He hes not the strong, voarse face that marks Willfam I, Lls luckier brother. 2 - Before proceeding with our conversatlon, T may say right herv that it {s understood that Surrogate Calvin willcertoluly decide for * Bill** and Lowyer Clinton, Terhaps tho justice of #hio cono frould bo deemed to 1le therog but (L 1s sssumed that Calvin will decide that way be- cause be usually leans toward the heaviest in- terest, (Ho is the Burrogate, you remember, who “allowed ! several hundreds of thousands of dollars os fees to a man whom he appolnted to scrve as a referee.) “Well,” I said to Cornellus, * you are making 1t lively for Bill? “You walt,” sald hej ‘‘the trouble hasn't begun yet. 1 hate to drag these family nifairs to lght, but I've got to do it er he branded as an outcast,” “ Why, you bave some money by the will as probated.” #Only a pittance !’ he exclaimed, with a shrug of contempt: ““unly 810,000 a year! Who could 1ive ou thati" + How much do you sue for ™ I inqulred. #1 shall suc Bill next Monday," sald he, *for $1,200,000, which ho contracted to allow me after father's death, i 1 would allow the bill to Ko to probate.” “No," by avawered, *t s oral; but T have five a8 jrood and unfmpenchable witnrases aa there are fu the State of New York, 1Ml prom- ised to give we u millton dobisrs i 1 would let the will go to probate, and the other $200,000 ls for acentuulnted foterest,” Mr, Vanderb{lt ate heartily of solid meataand veguotables, bud declined wihives: b sald he had nut drank or several yoars, sud his sppcarance certainly justitics Lis words, Whats thot behisd youl! I asked him, aliuding to 8 man whom 1 bad seen follow us in, and who now sat watching and listening. *That's my double,” said be, turning and smiling ot him, My mao, Why, they've be- deriled thisquestion so, aud haunicd méso with detectives and infernal sples, that I've had to hire a soy myself, who goes with me all the timo to protect me from thow, ' *Do you mean to say that he s always with yout ' "._A’Ivmyl'. summer and winter, night and ny. I ssked the doubls to order something, Lut ho elsuced over the bill-of-fare listicasly, aud lllskl;\ lm Lo vxvuscd, saying be bhad recoutly unched, “ Wit loe of attack shall l‘ou adopt In yonr ault for the $1,000,0001 " 1 asked, *Wao sholl prove a contract,” hie sald, “and a consideration, L have letters from severnl of ths best business experts i this country, that 4f Bill woes un fo the present feckless mauner he will be a hankrupt la five years1? Then Curnelius read 1o me a letter which he wrote to the Comiuudore five years ago, and which was read to bim at the tiine by the wnit- cr's lawyer, *lu leaving ine thus portlonicss, and giving all your Immense posacssions to m: broter Willlatn,' vaid this curlous mmmuvrn;g * you caat o terrible reproach uppn my saint muther's memory, and virtually declure to the world that I am an tilegithnate son!' Btrange language this from o son to a fatlier, ‘Wa shortly separated, Coruciius assuring me with a cordial shuko thut Be would “not be & pauper forever,’ and the spy put nis ulster up around his cars and resyicctiully fullowed bim up-atreet, two paces Leblod, 1 bear privately that suiong new matter (o be produced {u tie uew trfal of Cornelius agaluat Williani Is certalu testimony proving that the latier wos discharged from a New York dry-goods store, when 13 years old, for stealiog woney frow the I 'This corresponds with what Coruclius satd: “Did got they cull him ¢ Lying BUL" all over Stuten Island{” ne inguired of me with fraterual auxloty, ublle optulon bere is Ladly mixed, The real law of the craso docs not excite much toterest, {tall New York were o Jury totry the case Lo- morsow, they would give * Cosuecl ™ §5,000,000 ou the general principlo that estutes vughbt to be disscinluated, and that one way ls us gocd as sootber, it vot better, The moral senss of this dsy iv seaiust greab capitalists ehd mono- polles of every kiud,—aguinst them wlthout giviug a reason, and without taking the trouble to foriulute 8 resavn. Bol think Coruclius will got & beap of William's woney fu thy end, He ts, fway add, a wan of cunsidcrable literary trainfug, with wore of what we call * culture” than bis bl brother; while the public 3 fuclined tosav: “Well, t's wstawo todrag the ol Commodore's eorpse arouud through the mud o8 Il §t was 8 dog's carcass, and Willaw 1. 18 respoustble for it 1 bo bad beeo a decent s9n, middie ratner than sutmit to the family dis- grace.” The Htev.' Dr, Cooke's Treatmont in 1870~ N count of thu shamefal mannerin which the Rev. -years, e secined partially satisticd that 1 was be would have divided the property In tho Hut folke will talk, P SOUTH CAROLINA. 1tls Bitamofnt Treatment by Democtats on n Ralirond TralneAn 014 Letter from the Rev. Mr, Webster. New York Tribune, The subjolned letter, taken from Zlon's Merald (Doston) of Dee. 29, 1876, gives an ac- E. Cooke, of the Clafiin University, was treated (becausc of his politieat views and bis connec- tion with tha Unisersity) while traveling on & South Carolina rallroad. This letter followed one from Dr., Cooke, fn which e spoko very highly of (lav. Chamberiain’s Administration, and referred to the determinntlon of the Demo- crats to obiatn control of tho Blaté at all hazards, .. Conxing, Intimidation, force, and blood have been the rocond in seversl of the countles,”” he tien sald. A month after the oublicatlon of Dr. Cooke's letter Mr, Webster repurted the scenea described in the following Tetter. Dr. Covke voted for Goy, lampton last Sall, nnd hod slves denied that ho has over been intimidated, L, Zion's Jlerald, Dec. 38, 1876, ORraNaznuRg, 8. C., Dec, U, 1870.—Afr, Fdi- or: Oh Tuesday, tbe 5th inst, Dr, K. Cooke ana migkelf were on business fn Columbis, 8, C. connedted with the colleze at thie place, Wa took passage for our return on the night train over the South Carolina Rallroad, which Jeaves Columbla nt 7 o'cluck snd arrives hero ahout midnight, We hoticed that the cars were more crowded thah utual, but took bur sests in the rat-class car, designed for tho use of gentle- men and lndtes, aud both classes were as usual occupying Lhe cars, We iad Just left the city when a man came abruptly to'my scat and grufily dsked me who [ was, what waa my name, abd how long I tad been in Nouth Carollnal Ou iny quletly in- formiug hiin that [ lived In Orangebutg,” and had been 4 resident of the Btate for eleven not the may he was looking for, and then went for Dr. Couoke, who was seated ih a seat back of 11s put tha Doctor through a set of iuter- rogations gs thoneh he Lad been appointed b the [fampton Legislaturs Inquisitor-Genera! tor the State. The Doctor made the best of his inpleasant position, replying mildly, But It soon appesrcd that he had come to South Carolina (rom the Btate of Mnssachusetts, hiad Ueen buta short Uime, comnatativel Bouth Coroling, This waa enough to mnke it certain that the Doctor was the man they wers anxious to find, Tho Insult and anuse that folluwed cavnot be descrived, ilo wos calied . son of a h—" and all the vulzar and lnsultiveg epl- thets that can be raked from the slang plirases of these loty, grug-shop politicians, Asall the passengers fu the car sccningly approved of this_nttack upon us, I thought It & matter of prudenco lor me to cacape from the car; and [ feft, golng futo tho sccond-cinss éar fust for. ward of thie otie wo had been aceupying, But I was soon followed and hesct by thest men, who wanted to know if Ihad not a'son who had ed- ited a Radival vaper, and where ho wad at that time. A8 hecamoto the cars with me, they probably thoucht he might be on the train, They used laugusge oo foul snd horrld to be repented, They threatened to put nte off the cars, On my sayintz that 1 would appeal to the canductor for protection, they sald, **they did not care s d— fur_the counductors that they sau this shiebanz.” 1 was flnslly told that tlicy would p}lvu e twenty days to leave Lhe Blate, and if [did not go Iu that tima thoy would come aud pive me h—, As the curs stopped ot a statlon, and a favor- able opportunity preseoted, 1alipped from the ear to the platforin, and went back and got into the sleeping-car, 1 had beet here buta short time, when three men camo in from the other «ar, and commenced convetsation. They sald it wns 100 bad to have an old man abused so. Une said he was constralued to foke his part, for he {eared for the personal eatecy of the old man. He sald If it bnd been a young man lie should not have cared; but ho bind respect for age. 1 then veutured tospenk, and sald to then that auch sbuse on & qulct traveler was a burniug shame; that £ knew the old gentloman to be a very fine mat in every respecty and that Ihad heen told that he voted for Hampton. This last remork scciied to have a ver softening effcct, One of them replled: dary say he dicl." ‘Then they bad the word sent Lo the Doctor's assallants, that be voted for Hawmpton. The Doctor has since Informed me that this seemed to have s quletivg {nfluence, and be was told that was right, but bo mus! ®et out of that * ({—— nigeer school (refer- ring to the University), or thoy would come and give him ho—."" 1 then tricd my best to get the Doctor out of his unpleassnt and perilous condition. I told the colored nan in charge of the sicening-car to Ket pear epough to tho Doctor, i1 possible, to whisner tmy name 1n his ear, and tell bim [ wanted to ‘sce him In tha sleeping-car. Ho on- tered the car some threo times to do Ws errand; ns 80 many were pressioz around the Doctor, he cotlid ot ot at bim; but ho finally reached him, and the Doctor found a lull in the atorin and zot safely nto the rear car, These Churleston gentlemen clalmed to sym- athizo with him. For nearly threo liours thy Joctor had endured this fufliction of taunta nnd insulta. These rowdies were armed, and their revulvers could be s on Lheir belts, or stick- iuig from thelr pockets, Thuy took from the Doctor hia bat, putiing on so “old slouched one in Its place, They demanded his coat, but hu had in it several hundred dollars, that he hait Just drawn at Columbia from the Treasurer of tho Clafiin ‘Irustees, for tha purposs of nly(n{x the coutractors on the new bulldlbw. He felt reluctant to give up that, and therefore held on Lo his cont and money. They trisd to compel him to take tobaceo and whizky, and apparent- 1y used evory pussible mesns to insult aua irrls tate bim, ‘The reader inay bo ready to ask, Where was the conductor! ‘He was careful to keep away, apparentlyl Wo asked the Charleston gontlo- men why the cotductor would allow such svork ou thocar! And they sald in reply that his hfe would not Lo worth flve centa if he sbould undertake to futerfers with thess men. Tha man who had been ous of the feaders in this abuse came to us bofure we Irft the car and apologized for his conduct, saylng he should not liave done a8 he did, but ofliersfn_the car act him oo, sud urized him to do it It turne out that sume of thoso who clalmed Lo be re- spectabile people of this place, aud who know Dr. Cooke and myself, had a hand in the affalrs and omong these s merchant of Orangeburnr, who claiins to be reapectable, sided and abetted 1 this disgraceful affair, Dr. Cooke anys he does not regard his Jife sale, lu traveling In tois Scate; and he shall nof ride nuy inore, 8t lonst on night tratns, To sie tend my quarterly mestings 1 am oblived torids on night and duy tratns, and [ propose to cone tiuuy my work while I can keep soul and body together, unless relloved by the suthorltles of the church that took the responsibitity of put ting mo Into this floid of labor against my por- soual preferences. As ths church was short of means to provide me with a sbeltor for myself we. and . u and family, drew upan tho scanty driblets lnid by from my meagre salary while traveling $o ‘s Nosthern Conference, and purchased & place lu which to live; but 1 bave recently had word sent me by soiue of the chivalry that Hamuton was elected, and 1 must puck upaod leaves But our poor people nuver needed lielp from the SChurch they luve 80 much us now,—lu good advica aud the cone solativns which the Uospel only can afford, Many sre bylog turved from thelf bomes, sud deuled the scanty favors hey enjoyed before, for the regsup Lhat they would not vote the Democrusid ticket. { buve been told nz those whoclaimed to be my best friends that tho nnl{ way for me to live fn the Bouth was to go with the Damocratic party. From eleven years® realdeénce {n the Bouth, and extensive obscrya- tion, 1 lmmml know {hat {t1a of no use for o ma to undertake to do business here, lu which ho depends fn the least on the sympainy or co- oporation of the Bouthern peuple, unless ko will fudurss thelr political views, Bluve {ba recens clatned election of Tilden and Mampton, I have héanl men again snd ngaln boast that, although beaten by the North inthe receut contlict of arwms, they have now Leatcn them at the ballot-box. Many of them foudly expgct to recover in ihis victory of bal- luts wore than what they lost by the defest in anns; and'uo mey, Democrat or Hepubllean, can inake thew understand or bellove that whiat thoy have galved in the ballot is uot the cause for which they bravely fought iu the re- cent Civil War. ‘Ther do not understand the North; and much leés does the North under- staud tha South, sud the nsturs and purpose of the lesalug politiciaus of this le\'rluu. The spirit of purty lutolersuce {s as bitter aod unre- lenting us before the War. Duriug the recent excitement over the sup- posed Democratio victory, as | weat upon the strcots cofured mes would fraqueutly como to we sud say, “If you sre obliged to lesve here, you must et us go with you; for we are told that wo arc aputted, aud we cannot live bere.” ‘Fhoy liad been spotted for the reason thas they bud been kuown to vole sod st in syinpatby with the Republicau party. Oueof tho Hucst young men of this place was recently danger- ously stabbed lu the neck and afde, for the sime ple resson tuat he veutured to atep between wy sub aud w rutllan who was svckloz bislife. In Y Iute vint to Charleston, our pecple told me tlere that tho recent politieal excliomant and troublo fu the city had been more_perilous to tbem thon auy period during the Wwr, What will be the fssue we eannot devine, but, unless thera (s a change for the better, we have reason to fear that the rondition of the colured people ' here will, in many respects, be more deplorabls than when In slavery. Ther wers then brotect- ed and cared for by the white peanls of the Bouth as yaluable property, and now Lhcir pres- ence s intolerable, no long na they are reganled st political enemies. A. \WansTER. LITTLE ADELE COBB. A Deramatic Beene in the Norwich Polsoning Cnse. . sete 1ok Sun, Nonwrcs, Conn., Jan. 11,—The evidenco was almost afl in, and there still remalned ao fm- portant point which the prosecution muet make before the summing-up began. ‘That was to in- troduce the testimony of the 10-year-old daughter of the prisoner ss to the cupand satcer marked * Pet,” which Bishop claims he gave her, snd which she denies ever recelving from kim. They were afrald to put on little Adele an & witness 6f thel? own, because It had got abroad that the prisuncr’s friends liad tam- pered withh her. It remalned to bring out ber testimony scainst her mather in some ather way, because it would never do to put a witness on the stand whom they might wish to tmpeach, There was a hurried consultation between the Prosecutor and his nssistant, and then the latter called out In & foud volce, * 8herid, briug fo the litle girl"! " ‘There was a atir among the speciators as a tallmao in & bluo coat and brass buttons ap- peared walking by the slde of a pretty little form, ail Jace and feathiers and dimpled confu. slon, Everybody tnade wav for them, and they walked alowly pass the little figure in black which bent forward for an Instaut, sod thea drew back quickly, until they reached the wit- ness-chalr. 'Fhe little girl climbed into t, and then tuened to tho sudlencs a preity face, re- markably like that of the prisvner, though with more of the roscbud than the ruse in ber checxke, 8he v onns wee thing, with her Jong gold- cn batr pushed back over her face by s biack circular<omb, golden ear<irops, and A hat of Iustrous blue sfik snd white lace perched on top of her ringlets. ‘The tiny whito Jace scar( aboug her throat was tied with just tho least susplcion of jauntincss, and her small white hands, nestling agaiust tha piaytnlog of & nIug, eliowed tho glitter of 8 ring—her motber's ml'f'wm {s your name, little onef’ ssked the Public Prosecutor, with a gentlencss which con- trasted strongly with the war of words which coded It T mgur:nl moment the witness Jooked about in childish _confusion. Tleo she murmured, # Adele W, Cobb.”! - Whiite-haired and venerable Mr, Wait coulu bear |t oo longer, ‘1 object to this, your Ilon- or? he cried, bringing his hand dowi pon the bar with an emphasis thst made {L reoound. ‘Then he rose, and, with something of the air of the lton, tutned to his learned autngonist and shook his hand warniogly as bim, ** 1 objecy," o eried, In & ringiug volce, *to this unparallel- ed scene. I object, your Honors, to bringing thils little tender thitig, innocent of the nature of an oath, or of the knowledze of anything evll, into this coust to teatily agninst her moth- er, who is on trlsl for her lifel °It is bad enough 10 hiave these law)ers for the Btate putting ber questions, as they admit having dooe, without Uringing ber here to bear forced testimony that wmay help bang $he mnotber that bors her and nursed ber. 1 ask your Honors to put a stop to this thing bere audat the outset ' Prosecutor Waller rose with a flushed face, which regret at the part e was uctiug strugaled with a scnre of duty, He spoke i u low voley, every syllabls of which was audile .in the furthest corner of tho erowded court-room, He ol WYour Honors, T Mmit that it is a moat pain- {ful sight, and :cfihlnfi but the couvletion that T an dolpg my sworn duty to the State nud to tho mm":,""'lv"y would Justily me in what I am about to do. s The prisouer at the baris her mother," broke 1n Mr. Wait, imnpatiently. ‘tAye, gentlemen,® contloued the Public Prosceutor, “the prisoncr at the bar, a8 my learned friend truly soys, is her mothier; but is not the murdered man lier father! For myself, it you or 1 were to bo murdered by polson, | trust that we would leave children—vyes, even little ones like this—with honor and “alfection enough to ald 1o poluting out the murderess, creu though ahe wers her own mother 1" Kind-bearted Judge Culver drew his chair to the edeo of the plasforni, and looked upon the witness. %, “ Adele,’ ha sald, In &« kiod, theerln% volce, “ do you know what it is to tell a fatsehoodi® 4 Yes,' auswered tho listle girl, with a nod; “4s eicked.! * Who will punish you it you tell a falso- 1 0od dod will," she replicd, "'A'u’nl who tola you that God would punish ou " Mamna did, sir." The Judee wiped his glasses, and both e and the Chiel Justice luoked vor( grove. Thero wera few d? eyes dn the viclulty of the iittle witness, snd even the stern jurymen louked welted for a moment, A tear stood in the prisoncr's eye, and then rolted slowly down her pale face. Bhe ralscd her vell nod brusbed it amay with her handkerchlel, * Weo admit this testimony," sald Chlef-Just- ica P knunllg. “ to lmpeaeh: tie testimony of the grandinotfier, aud not for any othier purpose, Mrs. Waterman ha testified that she did nat tell the hittle girl a certaln thing, it ia al- lowable tu lmpeach her testimony by asking tho little girl what she did teil her," With coustant. pmu?uuzs from the Tublle Trosecutor, Adela told her atory. Ble sald that 1ha lawyers camo to ber une day and ssked her 1l she hind seeu anything of the vup. Ble od- mitted secloe the cup niarked YPet? in the cupboard of her mother’s house, When sho noxt aaw her grandmotlier, the Intter said tober, * Your mother had oo such cup us that. Thers 1s & cup marked somethtng else that belouged to me.” Duclug this painful recital Mrs, Water- nan, who was being virtually accused of per- iury Ly her grandchild, looked pala as death, {er face was irmly sct, and she did not lower it alltioueh the gaze of th crowded court-ruom 'was concentrated upon her, When the paluful scene was concluded, not without maoy Inter- ruptions by the counsel fur the defense, the Fublic Prosecutor heaved a sigh of relfef. Do you know the nature of an vath, Adelei” asked Col, Walt, rising onco more aud looking flxedly at the witness, « **No, alr," was tho artlcss answer. 4There, you aee, your Honors,” oxclaimed tho prisoner’s counsel triumphantly, “sle admits that she doesn’t knuw what she's doing." ** But she aays it's wicked tu tell a falschood, and that God will punial he: {d Judgo Cul- ver einphatically, "“8he may uot know about tae lowal foriu, but sho underatands the essouce of-the thmh." . When little Adele left the witnes walked over to where her mother Curlosity-scekers crooked their What the mother would do. “The child t: uuhesitatiugly l:p o the sllent figure In whose Jife shiv ha ack, d beon Lelplng Lo aw and put out hier tiny haud, "’l‘hf ,fl.,u.ii'c:".',?(’.l lier iu her arms, ratsed bier upon ber lap, pressed her to her breast, and hcfinn smoothing Lack her golden hair with trembilug vut loving bads, ‘Those who staod near say that the obly words she uttored, and those tu a choked voles, were, My precloust " Five bundred gaplug spectators slared at this scens with dry wyes, and tho lawyers for the brosccution, to thelr houor, did uot bide thelr eotlon, The tears coursed down the furrowed cheeks of tho venerabls couusel for tho pris- ouer s be rosu sud In a tremulous volde de- ;:namid ‘IHI“ tnfl eutlr‘r uvlde:n:u be ruled out us admissible. 6 made au eloquont srgument, but the Judges felt compulled o refunce " ——— CALIFORNIA MINING COMPANY. Bax Fuaxcisco, Jao. 13.—Ths California Min- ing Company held its ungual meeting to-day, The old officers snd trustces were re-clected without opposition. 'The report of the Bacratary shows s balance on band I coln and bulllon of 853,000, The Buperintendeht in nis repurt, after reviowing the operations of the year, sud dwelllng upon the increased cost of production In consequence of extensive repalrs to the work- {ng aud greater depth from which the ore has been extracted, concludes: *“The latoral drltts, cross-cuts, audl winozes which have beeu run In the diferent lovels to secure good ventilation and form @ completo base from which we can uow contiuue the extraction of ora from the productive Jevels, aud carry on the work of de- developlug tho new lower levels, leaving the two upper lJevels fa which the oru has been exhsusted out of considers- tlon, there still remaln in alyht in ather productive levels blocks of good ore, and 1t 1s not uureasonuble to suppose that the low grade ure that exists thero sy hinprove un urther exptorution, aud portions of theso levela remain entircly unexplored, aud are yot to ba ruspected, The three luwer levels, particulsr- y the 1,050- sua 2,150-fout levels, have unly bus Kuu to be opeucd, aud there is hicro & larpy ex- tent of ground to be prospected. 8o far as wo Lave advanced nto these luvels the formatlon appuars furorable, aud already s seam of Oro yleldiug tice assays has been reached In the inaly drift ou sbe 1,050-foor level. “Fbis scam Ligs bevn followed tor wore than 100 feod, and ! The Buperintendent ¥ | widening a» it gocs dowys, and takes a favorsble it Mes fully sixty feet eaft of the main ore vein, We are encouraged to hope for renewed orosperity to the mine, not only from indications visible'in Itself, but 2lso from the finportant fact that ore developments have heen made {n the Comstock veln considerably deej.cr thau our present workings, notably in the case ol the Sicrra Nevada mine, whete fie top of the late ore development Is 200 feet deeper than our lowest levet. The Slerra Nevada also held its annual meet- ing to-day. ‘The report of tho Buperintendent 1s in effect & review of the aperations previously made public from Lime to time by the press. buljeves the ore body ts view of the prospects of the mine. AMERICAN 1RON TRADE. Report of the Becretary of the American Iron and Bteel Assoclation=A P'rosperons Tear Passed and n Letier Gnm Antiel. pated. PRILADRLPHIA, Jan. 13.—A report of the con- dition of,the American Iron trade for the past year has just been cumpleted by James M. Bwank, Becretary of the American Iron and Steel Aseociation. It statesthat the production of pigdron in the United Btates in 1877 was 2,314,555 tons, aud o 1878 was 2,382,000 tone, Pennsylvania shows an increase of over 100,000 tous, while Ohlo shows a decrease of over 30,000 tons, 1n 1878 Pennsylvania made more than GO per cent of tho total production of ple-iron in the United Riates. At the close of 1377 there were in the United States 710 blast fucnaces, of which 270 wers In blast and 4408 were ont of bl AL the close of 1878 thero were 00 furnaves, of which 260 wero In blast and 410 out of blast. These Neures, taken in vohnection with those of the production above given, Indicate an Increased nverage production of the active furndces in 1873 over 1877, Dur- fbg 1874 thers were eightecn futhaces torn down, burncd down, or otherwise taken ont of the artive llst, and l’hem were two new [urnaces crected, one In Ohlo and one in Tehnesaee, ahiowing a net decreane in the year of sixteen furnaces, The stock of plg fronon binnd undold at the close of 1377 amounted to 042,351 bt tons. At the closo of ISTS they wero very much less, belng about 516,000 tons. At the close of 1878 the stocks mgcrezated 057,793 tons, In the whole of Pennsyivanis there was a decrease (n 1979 of alout 30,000 tone, althongh in the Lehigh Valley there was on in- crease of about 13.000 tons. ‘There was s de- erease fo New York of about 24,000 tons {n Olilo of about 17,000 tons, nnd a inarked de- crease In Michigan, Missourl, and other States, The shrinksge in st was_remarkably uni- form in a1l producing Btates, and it is very sig- nificant of tne cautlon wnich characterized Lhis branch of the iron trade throughout the year, No State materially increascd its stocks fn 1873, ‘I'he constinptiou and production of pie-lron, as well as the reduction of stocks, were greater in 1878 than during the previous year, A uareful cstimate shows the production was {ncreased ahout 70,000 tops. Stocks were de. croaged about 126,000, aud comsumption in- creased about 195,000 tons. ‘This Indicates that the rolling milis were more steadlly emploved during the past {ur than inthe year preced- ng, Bomeof the reasous for this incecased activity are the improvements in fron ship and Uridge building, the requircments of the New York Elcyated Rallronds, and the large mabu. Iacture of locnmotives and ratiroad cars. Ten out of eleven steel works were buelly engaged in the production of steel ralls duriug the en- tirc year, and other steel works were also active. The prosperity of agricultural fn- terests—two good consecutive crops having been procured—and the general revival of tinsiness throurhout the 1atier half of the past year, were fufluences which favorsoly affected ho {ron trade of the country. The exhibit in connection with the production of Hessemer is particalarly gratifyloe, causling, pethaps, that of (ireat Britaw during the War, In 1877 tlu‘prm!nm«m of Iron rails amounted to 842,040 net tons, which was s great reduction from the production of 1870, which was 47,108 tons, In 1878 this decline wwas wholly arrested, tho production during the year beltig fully great as fu 1877, and probably a few thousand tons greater, In 1877 the production of Bexse- mer stecl ingots was 500,687 net tons, and the production of Bessemer ralis waa 432,108 tons, In 1874 the production of incols was nbout 730,- 000 net tons, and the wolzht of Besseuicr raifs produced was ahout 600,000 net tous. Putting the fron and ateel rall products of the year to- gether wo have in round numbers a total of 1£40,000 net tu‘u a8 the rail product of the year, "This product hax onlr once been exceeded i our history (In 1872), when tho vroduct reached 1,000,000 net tons. 1o 1879 we wiil probably eu"l"’ even that Immouse product, 'he decline in price of pig fron durlog the yenr was $1.50 aton, nnd on bar fron it was one- tenth of A cent per Dound, or 82,24 a ton, Iron aud steel ralls suld during the year at average prices which were higher than the qotations in January, Tho only discortaging featurs of tho fron trnde of 1878 1 that which relates to prices. In buth pig fron and steel raila there was an im- provemunt, but in ple and_ bar fron tliere was n decline from umuvcrtlnnnhly low prices of 1877, ‘The report concludes a8 follows: “ The old year, take It all in all, was 8 wore d:tive and nore prosperous vear for the Ameriean Jron trade than‘elther 1678 or 1877. ‘There was fin- provement in the demand for all fron and seeel products, oitd prives, although not satisfactory, were well inaintained, except (n the case of pir fron. This branch of the trade has had a hard struggle, apd many furnaces have beeuruy with- out profit. The new ycar opens with the vrom- {sc of a still more active and mare prosperous business for our fran nod steel tanufactures than tho old year gave to them. Business fa in fewer hauds, aud the homs competition caunos be vo desperate as it has been. Forelgn comype- titlon for the prescut is not to be dreaded. Prices, it 18 boped, are st last at the lowest point to which they can possluly fall, while 1he unimistakable and uudenluble rovival of eenyral prosperity throughout the country gives every assurance of the continuance of ‘the increased demand for fron and steel which characterized the old year.” —— DOCTORS, Special Dupatch fo The Tribuns. CENTRALIA, 11k, Jan. 15.—The Bouth Iiinols Medical Association met thia afternoon fu Betz Hall, Dr. Daviid 8. Booth o the chair, After the reports of the Standing Committees, the followlug oflicers were elected for the ousulng year: Presldent, Dr. Q. W, Dunniog, of Cafroj First Vice-Fresldent, Dr. W, A, Gordon, of Chester; Second Vico-Preatdent, Dr. D. 11, Me- Cord, of Centralla; Secretary, Dr. 11, Q. Ferrell, of Carlinville; Assistant Seerctary, Dr, A, N. Lodge, of Marion, 1L.3 Trcasurer, Dr. L. Dyer, of Duyuoin, Buard of Di- rectors—F, I, (luthrle, of Sparta W. It MeKlnzle, of Chestery M, 8. Joues, o Shawnestown; T. B, Muare, of Bellerille; J, K. Raney, of Balem, After the ropurts ol the Sce- retary und Trousurer, and other business, Br. O, W. Dunntng, uf Calrg, read a papcr ou ** The Causn of Diseases,” aud Dr. D. 1. McCord vn * Chloral na & Beneficial Temedy.” Adjourned to meet to-night to hear the sdiress of the re- trlug Presidens, Dr, Booth, of 8parts. bl il STATE FAIR. Bpeciat Diwaleh o The Tribune. SrriNariBLY, IIL, Jan, 15, —The State Doard of Agriculture continued i1s session to-day, most of tho time belng devoted to routine pro- ceediugs. ‘The Intpartant business was speedily disposcd of, the question of locating the 8tate Fair for the next two years belng postpoued untll Feb. 18, In order to give thn polnts com. vuting an upportunity tocomplete thelrarrange- ments, The points represented were Boring- flald, Moumouth, Bloomington, and Peorfs. Formal propositions were received from all but Bloomington, aud further thno requested. “fhe other Interesting question—that of perinaucut- 1y lucating tho Siate Fulr—cane up sand oc- casloned a epirited debate, but the entire sub- Joct was suddenly tabled, Adjourned thl morniog. e ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT. Special Dispaich to The Tridune. BeriNarinLp, il Jau, 13.—The following busfuess was transacted in the Buprewe Court ta-da; 04, Powell et al. vs. Evans et wandawmus summons swarded, aod mnade retuzoable Juu, 3. 78, Juecke! et al. va. Phillips, executor, ete.; appeal dism] npgul from Cass 08. A8 and 44 weru stricken fruim the docket, 88, Moro et al. va, Bayre ¢t al.; appeal [rom Edgar; wfllrued uuder the rule. e et INDIANAPOLIS ITEMS, &uectal Diwaich fo The Tridwne InpiAxaroLis, Ind., Jan, 15.~The 8tate Em- erald Associstion clocted tho followlng offivers: Grand President, Jamo Daowling, ot 1ndian- spolis; Graud Vice-President, Joseph Grine- stelner; Urand Secretary, Patrick Vaughsu, of Lafayette; Uravd Tressurer, M. J. Carroll, of Crawfordsyille; Grand Marshal, E. P. Doty, of, Iudisvapolis; Board of Trustces, i1, A. Counel- 17, of Lafayettej M. . Kaae, of Indisuspolls, Marlun Bruwder, of Lufuyette; N. B. Beuoeultz, of Lafavette, Representative to tho Intern: tionnl Conventlon. ‘The Cleveland Rolling-M11l Company sties the City of Anderson inthe United Riates Courts an the first three reries of seml-annual Interest coupons on ten bonds of $1.000 fsancd by that mnnl.»nmllay. which conpons, due Julr 1, 1877, Jan. 1, 1978, and July 1, 1%75 remaln unpaid. The Btate Cmventlon of Hiue Ribvoncrs s th sesslon, A tmémbership of 20,000, sod 100 uolong, Is claimed fn Tadiana. 1HE RATILROADS. UNPROFITABLE CONTRACTS, The rallroads Fast from this city are just now reaping the harvest of thelr own selfishness and avarice, About six weeks 2g0, under the sup- vosition that this would be an open Winter, they took advantage of the unsecttled tarifts, and imade contracts for iarge nmount s of frelght to be delivered during December and Janti- ary. Shoctly afler makiog these contracls the winter ect in In real coruest, andthe Eastern roads, particularly those controlled by Vander- biit, have been blocked by suow and troubled hy intense cold weather nearly all the thne, pre- veating them from earrying fortvard the freizht contracted for, lmmense amounts of f{reight awalting shipment are piled vp in the cityj and tlie clevators and storetiouscs are all filled to tueir utinost capacity, thus preventing the Western roads, which havenot suffered so much {from Lho rigorous weather, from bringing tn much frelgnt, and Inflicting heavy losses upon them. Just when the roads were con- gratulating themselves on having gotten over the worst of thelr troudles,and the much- nceded freight ¢sre, are on thelr way back from ~ the Easty another — heavy spow-storin [sets In at this end which threatens to rlnn another embiargo on the husinéss, If this snow-storm does not abate before tnorvlng there will be such trouble on the varivus roads leading Enst as has hever heen egpetieted before, owlng to their Inability to earry out the contracts made befote the severe weather cumtnenced. Even 1! they escape law- suits for pot carrying out the contracta within the stipulated tinie, thelt losres willbe Immenne. ‘The coutracts were made at from 20 to 25 cents er il(oo pounds an graln from Chicago te New ork, aud at about the ssme fignres for boged nueats, proyisions, and other fourth-class goods, With the difliculttes tho roads had to contoud agalnst 1t costs thein at least 35 cents per 100 pounds, if not mere. If no contracts had been made afl thia Joss cotld bave been avolded, and the only damake done by the westher would have beed that resultiog trem tho stoppgae of :m-lneu. which alone will ruu up Into the miil- otis. THE WABASH'S CNICAGO EXTEN= SION. ‘The managers of the 1Hinofs Central Ratlroad returned from the East gesterday,and they continn the runiors mentioned {n Tie Tripexe vesterday that they had bean unable to effect anarrangement with the Wabash which would not make it necesrary for the tirt roads to sutld odditional lines between this eity sud 8t. Louls. Although they hinve been upaucceseful In their efforts, yet they have nos glven up all hope of bringing about an amlcable arrangement. in the end. They clalm that s majority of the Dircet- ors of the Watush are oppused tu the extenaion of thelr road to tids city, but somchow or other the minority, which t fn Tavor of the extenslon, has thus far ructeeded In hullduzing the others, 1t must be understood that it is not the W bash Company thut means to bulld the new tensfon. The Wabash lisa purclhiused the Clu- cago & Paducaly, which brings It trom Bement to 8trawn. _From thix polnt to Chicago the old Decatur & Btate Line right of way 13 to he used. For the bullding of this lue a Construction Compauy hes been formed, and nrone ol the Directurs of the Wabash and former utllcinls of the Cliicago & Paducah ure said to be tembers of ft. This Construction Company wiil leane the road, when compieted, to the Wabash, It is clalmed by some parties that the Wabash b ready entered ihito d contract with the Construe- tlon " Company, aud that this {s the reason tha proposition of the liinots Central could not be accepted, though a majority of the Ditectors of the Wabash were in favor of it. The Construe- tiuo Luinpsny evidently means to make the vest of the bargaln, and it will lenve nothing undone to prevent the scheme from bejoi spoiled, ‘The Illinols Central people say HM{ will cur- ( the WVa- tafuly extend thelr line to 8t. Louts, bashilnsists on accepting the terms of the Cob- struction Company. 1TEMS. ‘The Indtanapolis, Deloh! & Chicago Narrow- (suge Rafiroad bas completed the long bridge over Tippecanoe River, and most of the road fe graded between louticello aud Delphl, Since tho cold westher set fn the work has been su pended, but will be nushed vigorously with the return of favorable weather. The Detrolt Pust states that rumors are re- vived of & prospective amalgamntion of the Grand Trank and Great Western Rallroais, sud some rallroad ollicials arc sangulte that the unlon will be brought about withiv the next six mouths, There have Leen sume dlfticulties in the way herctolore, but it is thought that mos ot there have beeu overcome. The stocl both roads is nearly sll cuntrolled Ly the sate Engllsh eapitalists, Anather railway publication naks for patron- agu. ‘This Is the [Naly Record, published mouthly tn New York. Tuc first number, which has juat made {ta appearance, I nestly gotten u, and fuil of lutereating ratiroad rending mat- ter, The publishur saya the paper will be inde- pendently fearless in advocating new iaflroad schemes “which seem to Lo beneficlal to the country, and In denouncing sl wild-cat so Tattng jobs, nnd will contatn mauy features that will m:ke it valuablo to railrosd men, ‘[he reports of the carnlues of twenty-ona railroads tor the month of Lecember show an {nerease of $189, scomparcd with themouth of lnst year. O thess roads, thirteen shuw an fucrease, and elght o decres The Atchlson, Topeka & Banta Fe shiows ab Increase lust Do- cember over Lhg eame month last year of 45 453 the Central Pacifie, #58,118; the Chicae & Alton, $19.440; the Chleago, Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul, 810,644; Clieago & Northwestern, 8107,870._ The followinz roads show a falling oft last Decetaber, compared with the same month In1877: Grand Trunk, $18,150; Great Western, of Canada, 885,817 8. Loutn, Iron Mountatn &Bouthern, 104; Wabasb, $15,850, e ENGLISH SPELLING. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicado, Jau. §1.—~There ure many who with you dgreo thut tho orthugraphy of Fugtlsh words demands sitention, and with the present practical lntelligence of our people it is hinpos- sible that this question remaln utianswered. But I lvok not fur the answer In the overthrow of present systems, ‘The mnistake has been made by many earnest advocates of Instituting 8 rew'ution instead of wrgorm 1o spelling. While we recogulze that cach atep In 30 stupendous an undertaking fur unlshes debatable ground, all must cuncede that the nearer our argument livs to great Nrst prin. clples the moro sure sro wo that our course ls right, ‘To mutilate or superscile the letters of our pressut alphabet s revolutionary, To take {rom or add to thelr number, as nec- cessity masy require, 1s legitimate reform. But, bowever eager for reform we may be, we are not ready to grasp at straws, - Something mnore than the name must be attached to every proposition for change. Thero ust bea welznt of authority that the Jaws and vrinciples of the Eunylishy Innfuuun remain juvlolutei that the genlus of the lsogusge I8 not compromised; thal the chaugo lies in the Mug of progress, snd is uot arbitrury | that the clulm Is fuberent i tbe luoguage and not forelgn to 1. Thus we purlly und systematize our written lauguaage. With due “deference to b Spelling Reform Associntions and respecs fur thelr earuestuess and fugenuily, we question on the above fruumll belr system aud Bleroglvphiles. To overtrow sn catublished and sceoptable law of represontation by digraph (a law universsl lo all uodern languages). thercly creatioz s demand for scveral uuw characturs which— ol horrors [—they subply, not by uew combina- tlotis of Hoes aud curves, but by bsheading or garroting vur own fambilar letters; to attempt to estublish tbo shors sounds of a, ¢, 4§, 0, W o8 the uucs these Ievters shiall represeat lustead of thelr long or nawes sounds, and to sttemol to effect this change by ‘** transitiou letters,” snd to drop flval e wheu its oflice Is to lengtuen @ preceding vowel sound, are pulots of attack, Ou the principle that sound aud uotqusutity of sound ls the matter for represcutation, the palrs o long and ¢ sbort, ¢ lovg aud § shore, ete., each Deing compored of coguate sounds dilteriug only In qusntity ana foree, require but a slsule represcutative " churacter, — Unfortunstely our present syslem furolshes s representative for each” Individual of & palr. This ereor the Assucistion does uut seck to correct, but almply shifts, sud wakes the sacrifice v the art of e loug or vaie suund, thus sdvocat- ug & retrogrude wovement, For it must by conceded to be duslrible that the namgots letter shall cotre! Yufid neatly as possible with the sound the lettef represénts, usages of other languages notwithstanding. I woula further sugizest that the so-called “transition leftets” ate the result of a wrong hypothesis, ‘Ihat & transition period js ceceas #ary, that the ultimate pure orthoffaphy id hot the work ol a moment or the resuls of a singla ntep is true, hut that transition characters sro practical Is fallaclous. The &fé will fio iore readiiy accept an e with the tall of an a, of st Inverted letter fot s eotdd repreféniative, oo, nor 80 roadily, ns 1t will aoentirely new char- acter. Unct havine deteemined tlist ottt Alphabet docs not furnish a proper representative fdr a varticular sgund, it then becomes our dm‘clo rupply the deficiency, hot by athifirary symbols but In harmony with the laws that gave ts_ ouf e Englian 1 Inits orda, ta he English Janguage, In its spoken words, the debtyr of E"grt; fi:uuulu of the anowsn warld, 1t has swooped in the rlchess Words of avilized nations and forsged, tnhesitatingly, the realms of barbsrism. Bommeé vounds hdve beeh fost by the Emglish toneue, and some acquired, and may we ot lm’t!l{lhll still uther eqinds are within otir faturity? Will not the persistent offort to pro- nounce, like a native Germad, the names Goethe, Mucller, etc., to render the whit of thelr #, of to Imitate the lighil amootlihess of the Spanish or [tslian, have their effect] And shall we not adopt, not only their expressive words, but the natlve ptonunciation of these words, atd why not the thardctets which répte- sent the peculfar sounds It scems quite consistent that letters are as truly subjecta for adontion ss words and pro- nunciation, and that the Iatgitheéd Iforh Which onr worls snd sounds hare beeh botrawed s the proper source from which id obtain suy needed character. Until the defect resches bock of all of this, and_ Lbe Alphabels, aneleht anil moderh, sre foutnl inaideatiate tu supply this want, attempts at Inventlon are ostynigs tious, Dropping the finale in such words as wake, rame, like, etc., fpnores the relation of o vuwel tu & consonant and the conscauent nodi- ficatiot of the vowel, Fron the natire of the vyuwel, uttcred with the orgabe vf speech open, it foilows that ita full, Joni suund, and especials Iy the * fvanlsh ! In e" doea not naturally re- cefve full forve when followed by a cotsunart, the natureé of which i3 to close the organs of epeech, Hence the very eompteliensible ruls toat a vowel soaml Is atiort or exploded when follotred by & consunant fu the saing syllable. It Is necessary, however, to fudleate (n the writs ten language that this power of the cohronibt over the vowel s somethnes set aside, ory in other worils, that a tong vowel sound is uttercd Lefore a cotisunant. Estabished usuge has come to indicate this by what s known a8 *‘final e To confuse thise with ¢ tinal in such words as foe, rue, native, cte., where the ¢ iax no such oflice, should not b the work of a Bpelijng Reform Arsaclation, howeyee necessatily an vutgzrowtn of dolible represettn- ton for yowel sounds. But the work of today s not 8o much the de« vising ol a peefect alpbabet ns it is the correcs tion of Inexeusable errobs in the uso of our much-abused 1wentv-eix letters, 1do oot give this as my oplulon, but os a 1act which all ma sce o the work gotn onarvind us. This {s more noticeable, perhaps, If we vontrast tha usagzes of the decades, aod mich note Ad 1f we compare those of the centuries. Our fathers will epeil parlor, musie Busincas-men write Bot, and sre not ashsmed of it, but would rather cunsider the eircutnlocit- tioh of -g-h-t an acknowledgement of a su- perabundance of spare thne. To strike deep and atrong, blow alter blow, until we batter out al) superfluous lettcrs, is the unquestioned priv- fiege before us. To establish a efngle, unvarys iz sound for every letter, and yice versa, al- though binelng 1iitte nore on thikorles, Hnst tiot be far distant. Neitber will wait fof thia manialeof Btate,—Loth will bs accomplishied by tho people. But the work of to-dny Is not s much 1o devising & perfect alphatet as it {8 the vortection of fuexcusahle errofs {n the uss ut our much-abused twenty-six leticrs, 1do not €lve this as my opinton, but as a fact which All may nee in the wark|jzuing on around us,—more noticeable, perhaps; i wu cutnpare the usagep uf the deendes, or coutrast those of the centurles, To etrike deep and stroug, viow after blow, until we babter out the stperfivous Tettcrs from our worda, I8 the unquestivaed privelegs before us. To cstablish a single, unvarying sound for every lotter, dnd vice veran, althouzh hitiziog a little more un thicories, muat not be fak distant, Nelther will walt for the mandate ol Btatd,—both will bo kevummplished by the people, Mha. M. B Warken, MUSENENTS, g 2 3 STV Ill\‘ RV S TREANRRE, . 1 MAVERL 'roprietor s0d Maasger, Her Majesty's Opera Co, Seoond Appearance cf Mme, Elelka Gerster, THIS THURSDAY, Jan, 16, Donlzetit's Opdts, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR +.+.Blgnat Uampant: Clver i Madame Etolka Gerster Tiday—11 —Mara i I..‘;vluh'-,yluzmmy'fl\flfldl "u. st wvrelzr'.!fl:lglfn; 4 1ea), and'Ualassl In th ca) Saturdny Masinee ~Becond a| D FlE e Semnd atiomies of dadue aturday Night—tlle. Silanid fsuk s **Carmen.” Moday, Jaa. 20-HIUOLETTO. 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UNI" lill!l’l‘il_)i.\'fl'l’llli DAME Jbe naxtssmion of tne above named lustisution wit SOl e i S D1 b iog hdreri via's LAW, MEDICAL, CLASSIOAL, BOIENTIFIC (INCLUDING CIVIL ENGINEERING) and COMMERCIAL, Rach Stadent la fred to take 807 0f 1B abovs dearod. aIDixEd Course. o0 1 i 1 B RO B frec va spplicat o Yery Rev, W. CORBY, C. B C., Prest., Notre Dame ¥, 0., Ind. _ P NN YLVANIA MILITARY ACADENY, OCHESTER, PA. mfllo:o s Jau. 8. Tlulvw iastruction fa Clvi) i e e Ceott Mo it Wi